Families and friends mounts pressure on Aki and wife to start making babies

The gist coming from the homestead of Nollywood star actor, Chinedu Ikedieze fondly called, Aki, is not palatable at all.Those who are peddling the rumor, claim that the pint-sized actor who got married to Nneoma sometimes in 2011, we learnt are presently being put under pressure by families and friends for their inability to produce kids after over three years of marriage.Rumor has it that Aki’s wife now find solace in the church, where we learnt she prays; morning, afternoon and night asking God for the fruit of the womb.

APC picks Peterside as Rivers gov candidate

There were indications on Wednesday that the Rivers State All Progressives Congress had settled for a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dakuku Peterside, as its consensus governorship candidate. Peterside, who represents Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, was chosen ahead of the member representing Rivers South East in the Senate, Senator Magnus Abe.
The governorship candidate emerged at a stakeholders’ meeting presided over by the State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi.

3-Year-Old Boy Accidentally Shoots Mother Dead

A three-year-old boy shot his mother dead while she was changing her baby daughter’s nappy in their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

According to local medai, Christa Engles, the mother of two was shot in the head with a ‘large calibre’ weapon. It was later discovered that a toddler found a loaded semi-automatic handgun under the sofa and pulled the trigger several times till his mother fell down on the floor.

D’banj dismisses debt rumour scandal

Self-acclaimed ‘Koko Master’ and businessman, Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo, better known as D’Banj, who recently bagged a multi millionaire endorsement deal with international company, has rubbished recent allegations that he is in a multiple debt mess.The multiple award-winning entertainer, who also plays the harmonica, took to his Twitter page to react to the allegations.Since last weekend, there have been reports alleging the singer of being indebted to a company. He was accused of owning the outfit several millions of Naira.

Boko Haram: Senate holds closed-door meeting with service chiefs

The Senate on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with the service chiefs for about eight hours over the insurgency situation in the north-eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.

Those in attendance were Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah; and the Director of the Department of State Service, Mr. Ekpeyong Ita.

PDP will never rule Lagos; Obasanjo never wanted me as Oba – Akiolu

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will never produce a governor in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.

The monarch is known to have a cordial relationship with former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, incumbent Babatunde Fashola among other chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Obasanjo replies jonathan again ,says President’s “evil” actions destroying Nigerian democracy

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again torn at President Goodluck Jonathan, saying Nigerian democracy remained at risk due to the action of the present administration.Speaking at a book Launch in honour of the pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, Mustapha Akanbi‎, in Abuja, Mr. Obasanjo, who is the Chairman of the occasion, said the president should stop encouraging ‘verbal violence which may not physically hurt but has ways of degenerating into physical violence’.Mr. Obasanjo said the greatest indictment against any administration is to be seen trying to destroy opposition of all sort‎s which invariably mean destroying democracy.

Mrs. Obiano advocates for effective reforms to end violence against women

(L-R): Ambassador Edith Udeh, Ambassador (Mrs.) Ada Agbasimelo, Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Chief (Mrs) Ebelechukwu Obiano, and World Peace Vice President and Chairman Governing Council Board, His Excellency Chief Amb. Per Stafsen, and Country Director, international Association of World Peace Advocates, His Excellency Ambasador Alhaji Ali Abacha, and students at the Flag-off of 16-Days of Activism against Gender violence during the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women organized by the International Association of World Peace Advocates at Women Development Centre (WDC), Awka on 25/11/14.

The wife of the Anambra State governor Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano has advocated the adoption of drastic measures and institution of reforms to bring about an end to the spate of human rights violation, and violence against women and girls.

INVASION OF APC DATA OFFICE:Jonathan bent on pushing Nigeria towards anarchy —Buhari

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, General Muhammadu Buhari has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of being determined to push Nigeria into anarchy in the shortest possible time.
Reacting to the recent invasion of the APC Data Centre in Lagos by security operatives, Buhari alleged that the Jonathan presidency had “mastered the art of how to push a nation into chaos within the shortest time possible.”

CBN devalues Naira, now N168 to dollar

The Central Bank of Nigeria, yesterday, devalued the national currency, the Naira, as it moved the midpoint of the official window of the foreign exchange market from N155 to N168 to the one US Dollar. This means that the Naira will exchange between N168 and N174 to the dollar at the foreign exchange market. Official devaluation of the naira became inevitable as a result of reduction in government revenue from oil production and sales. The devaluation will increase the volume of Naira available to the federation account and to various levels of government to prosecute their local programmes.