Ngige Has No More Supporters In Anambra--Umeh

The senator representing Anambra Central in the national Assembly, Senator Dr. Chris Ngige has on Sunday, described the recent  defection of  some All Progressive Congress (APC) members to the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), as an act of a few inactive members looking for an alternative platform to  further their political pursuit.

He revealed that the leader of the group, Chief Amaechi Obidike had left the party six months before he openly declared for APGA, added that he had earlier left for the PDP with  Senator Annie Okonkwo before joining the All Progressive Grand Alliance, shorlty after he stopped functioning as the  state chairman of  the APC.

Sexual harassment made me abandon acting for a while — Sotayo Sobola

At first glance, Sotayo Sobola looks like one of those girls who have eight packs of cigarettes in their purse, ready to smoke and party from dusk till dawn, getting into all sorts of trouble. On getting closer to her, you realise that she’s just the regular girl next door. Sotayo is beautiful, eloquent and ready to take Nollywood by storm, starring in both Yoruba and English movies. Her movie Corper Jide is getting a lot of positive response and she is set to release her latest movie titled Bella very soon. In this exclusive interview with Potpourri she talks about her life, career and more.
How many movies have you done so far?

Update: Mob kill men who acompany suicide bomber

A female suicide bomber blew herself up Sunday at a mobile phone market in northeast Nigeria, killing several people, witnesses said.
The attack happened in the town of Azare in Bauchi state, which neighbours the three states worst hit by attacks from Boko Haram Islamists.

I came into a deeply divided family— Bianca Ojukwu

In this interview Bianca Ojukwu gives us an insight on the kind of family she is married to, the man Ikemba Nnewi her late Husband, her children and if is ever going to re-marry again. The interview was no-holds barred-every angle that the media has been speculating on but didn’t get her to talk about; she had opened up to me. “I wouldn’t really wish to talk about some of these issues Ekerete”, she had told me, “but since it’s you and I have come to trust your judgment, I will answer your questions” and she didn’t disappoint.

Female suicide bomber ‘kills several’ in Bauchi

A female suicide bomber blew herself up Sunday at a mobile phone market in Azare Bauchi State, killing several people, witnesses said.

“A suicide bomber came into the market as it was closing and blew herself up in the middle of all the merchants and their customers,” a witness said.
“I saw at least eight dead and lots of others wounded,” another witness, Alyu Habib said. (AFP)

Warri conflict, bloodshed changed my writings —Efemena, UK-based writer

He witnessed the Warri crisis during Abacha’s regime and that changed his entire being. Born and raised in Warri, Delta State, Efemena Agadama, a UK based Isoko writer, got his National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Federal Polytechnic Oko before proceeding to University College Kensington, London where he bagged a Higher National Diploma in Computing. The writer who later got his Masters in Information Technology at the Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, in this interview, shares the transformation his writings have undergone over the years. Excerpt.
At what point did you decide to become a writer?

2015: How Jonathan, Oshiomhole fell apart

It was the first time Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State will be blowing so hot against President Goodluck Jonathan. Unlike other governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Comrade Governor had hardly attacked the President publicly even though he may not be satisfied with the way the country is being run. He apparently tried to avoid situations that will warrant him attacking Jonathan. And that was why his recent tirade against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government came as a shock to many.

2015 APC Presidency: Fierce battle for Tinubu’s endorsement

Fresh facts emerged yesterday that contenders for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have intensified their bid to get the endorsement of Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The five contenders – former military Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal; Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; and publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah – are said to be appealing to various sentiments with a view to getting the former Lagos State governor, who is the most prominent APC leader but who is yet to come out openly to any of them.

I am not super human, says Pastor Adeboye

CONTRARY to popular opinion that influential ministers of God are superhuman and immune from challenges which mere mortals face, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye recently shocked members when he declared that he was susceptible to fear, including other human weaknesses.

Ministering at the November monthly Holy Ghost Service with the theme: ‘Great Expectations’, Daddy G.O., as he is fondly called by members and non-members, at the Redemption Church revealed to the mammoth crowd how he was gripped with the fear of death during one of his numerous ecclesiastical trips outside the country.

30,000 polling units: Jega threatens southern commissioners

By Jide Ajani

National Chairman of the  Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has issued a query to Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, in the South for not going along with the suspended lopsided and illegal allocation of 30,000 Polling Units, PUs.
CAVEAT: The expose on INEC is not about personalities; but about the need to ensure that an enduring process based on equity and fairness is bestowed on the nation.