D’Banj May Be Evicted Over Unpaid Rent

This period seems not favourable to the career and personality of music star, Dapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’Banj.

In recent weeks, the entertainer has been bugged by various allegations of debts and decline in his creative talent.

The latest of this negative gist is about his accumulated unpaid rent in his Lagos, Nigeria, home.

A source close to D’Banj squealed to P.M.NEWS Entertainment Cafe that the singer has been having a running battle with his landlord over unpaid rent on his apartment which had even expired some months back.

Fake INEC officials hijack ad-hoc staff recruitment

Fraudsters posing as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recruitment officers are now collecting money from unsuspecting individuals in Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria, with the promise to give them employment.

Investigations by NAN in the state revealed that many unemployed youths had already fallen victims to the fraudsters.

Some had given money to fraudsters with the hope that they would serve as the ad-hoc workers in the 2015 general elections.

2015: Nigerians will enforce free and fair elections – Aregbesola, Oshiomhole

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state and his counterpart from Osun state, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, yesterday declared that Nigerians will enforce free and fair election in 2015, saying that the developmental strides of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in its controlled states will sack President Goodluck Jonathan from Aso Rock come 2015.

REVEALED: What OBJ actually told PDP governors

DISCOMFORTING news for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid broke out from former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Hilltop Mansion, Abeokuta, yesterday evening, indicating that the outcome of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors who had gone there to plead for the President’s support was initially played down.

We can authoritatively disclose today that Obasanjo flatly refused to support Jonathan although Obasanjo had publicly said that he only explained to the governors his position on national issues.

From Left Governor of Bauchi State, Ishaya Aguda, Godwin Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State former President of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obansajo, Muhazu Aliu Babagida of Niger State, Sule Lamido of Jigawa State and Liwel Imoke of Cross River State during the visit to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo at his Hill Top Resident GRA Ibara, Abeokuta on the 4th December, 2014. PHOTO WUMI AKINOLA.

Confusion in Enugu as corpse of Jim Nwobodo’s son disappears

There was pandemonium yesterday at Amechi, Nkanu-West Local Government Area of Enugu State as the community could not come to terms with former governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo over where his,son,Jim, Ifeanyi Nwobodo Jnr would be buried.

It was a show of shame at Amechi Awkunanaw in Enugu State as the burial ceremony of Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, the late son of former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo turned awry as Nigerians from all walks of life waited in vain for the arrival of the corpse.

Oba Akiolu appeals to APC members in Lagos

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The Oba of Lagos, Oba Alayeluwa Rilwanu Babatunde Akiolu 1 has appealed to all the APC members in Lagos State and especially the candidates who contested in the last Thursday’s Governorship primaries in Lagos State under APC to come together as one force for peace and harmony of Lagos State and Nigeria in general.

Nobody does my kind of music —Cynthia Morgan

Cynthia Morgan is a singer who is surefooted when it comes to her musical abilities. The light-skinned musician who recently released a new single titled Popori , has told Showtime that nobody does her kind of music.

See First Africa's Underwater Hotel In Tanzania

The first underwater hotel in Africa has opened off the remote island of Pemba, part of the archipelago of Zanzibar, in Tanzania.

Raymond Dokpesi Steps Down from AIT/DAAR Communication Plc to join politics

Chief Raymond Dokpesi  has voluntarily Resigned from the board of DAAR Communications Plc, to join politics. 
He made this known last week at the company’s board of directors meeting in Abuja. He said;

I took to drug trafficking to send my children to school - Suspect

A suspected smuggler arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency attached to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, has told investigators that he took to drug trafficking to send his children to school.

Photos: Angry APC Youths In Surulere Sets Ablaze APC Posters and Flags

See what drinking soda everyday for 30 days did to this man(Photo Before and After)

Me that I am a soda drinker. No wonder I no longer have a flat tummy..choi! Lol. 50 year old George Prior wanted to show what drinking too much soda does to the body and used himself as experiment. The result is scary.

George said he drank 10 cans of saod a day for 30 days to see how the sugar content will affect his physical health. It did! He gained over 20 pounds in that one month...mostly in his stomach area. Above is the before and after photos. He documented it all on his website, 10 Cokes A Day.

So Sad!! Kelly Rowland's Mother, Doris Rowland Garrison Passes Away

Kelly Rowland's mother, Doris Rowland Garrison passed away yesterday December 2nd just weeks after the singer welcomed her first child, Titan. Ms Doris had reportedly been battling a long ailment. Kelly hasn't mentioned anything about her mother's passing on social media but friends and family members have been sending condolence messages to her on Twitter. May her soul rest in peace, amen.
Also lets pray that this december we shall not loose any of relations......

Tony Tetuila Loses APC Primary Election

Tony Tetuila who was dreaming of becoming a member of Kwara State House of Assembly come 2015 didn’t even attend yesterday’s APC primary elections which took place in the State. A source disclosed that party stake holders had earlier advised him to step down shortly after his campaign posters littered the State because they feel he wasn't ripe enough for the job. His name was not mentioned at the primaries not to talk of him attending.

Police Shut Kidnappers’ Den In Lagos

The police in Lagos have shut the house where kidnappers kept their victims until a ransom was paid on them in Isheri Oshun area of Lagos State, western Nigeria.

According to the residents, the landlord of the house who allegedly harboured the suspects, has also fled and after one the victims was rescued and some of the suspected kidnappers were arrested by the police recently.

The house located at 18, Odeniyi Ishola Street, off Bola Road, Isheri Oshun, was shut after the police raided the place and rescued one of the kidnapped victims, Alhaji Fashola Hammed.

The  building was locked by the police when our correspondent visited the house at Isheri Oshun on Monday.

The occupants of the two-bedroom flat Kelvin Igah and his wife, Ogechi and Kelvin’s younger brother, Victor Igah, were arrested there.

Nigerian Tennis Players Resort To Gambling After Losing Matches

According to P.M. News Sports (sorce)  report came that tennis players at the ongoing Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA Tennis Open resorted to gambling after losing their preliminary and first round matches.

The players, who were switching positions, used the players’ lounge as their base and caused all sorts of nuisance in the course of the betting game which they used playing cards to prosecute.

One player, identified as Kayode, had to borrow money on numerous occasions as he was not lucky enough to win while the betting was going on.

Indian Actress Slapped by Man for wearing short skirt on reality show (Photos)

Actress and model Gauahar Khan was slapped by a 24-year-old youth who was in the audience of a singing show hosted by her at Film City, Goregaon (East), on Sunday.

 The police have detained the suspect, Akil Malik and  said the accused told them he disapproved of her wearing a short skirt and dancing to racy music.

Oops! Rihanna's near wardrobe malfunction at BFA after-party [Photos]

Rihanna almost had a double wardrobe malfunction last night ..The songstress was having a good time at the British Fashion Awards after party when the nip-slip almost happened.,.

Does Rihanna even qualify as one to have a wardrobe malfunction...She already bares it all without a care in the world..
She looks amazing as usual though....see more pics here.

Why Mavin or Chocolate City can't sign me - Eva Alordiah

Talented female Mc Eva Alordiah has been on her own since she parted ways with Eldee's Trybe Records..In a new interview with the Netng, she says though she wouldn't mind being under a record label, two of the biggest record labels can't sign her for reasons she stated below.

Musical Taliban!! music group,D'banj,avatar presents Range Rover Evogue to Oritsefemi [Photos]

Avatar, an entertainment company that signed singer Oritsefemi Majemite Ekele, presented him with a brand new Range Rover Evogue. His friend, D'Banj was there during the presentation which held on Sunday November 30th at Blowfish Hotel, Victoria Island.

The entertainment company gave the SUV to welcome the Double Wahala singer into their company. Congrats to him. See more photos after the cut...

Henry return a certainty, says Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Tuesday that former great Thierry Henry will “certainly” return to the club in some capacity in the future.

Henry, Arsenal’s record goal-scorer, announced on Monday that he will leave Major League Soccer outfit the New York Red Bulls after a four-and-a-half-year spell in the United States.

The 37-year-old recently told French sports newspaper L’Equipe that he wants to “help” Arsenal win the Champions League and Wenger believes it is only a matter of time before he returns to the Emirates Stadium.

Only hawks’ll vote for Jonathan again — Kwankwaso

Kano State governor and presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rabi’u Kwankwaso, spoke with journalists on issues ranging from his presidential ambition to the state of the nation’s economy and other matters.

General Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Sam Nda-Isaiah and you are the leading presidential aspirants in the APC. How is this situation being handled for the sake of the party in the coming general election?

Obanikoro declares, says Lagos belongs to all of us, not one man

LAGOS State governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Musiliu Obanikoro Tuesday promised to ensure the rapid development of abandoned rural areas if voted governor of the state in 2015.

He said this at the formal declaration of his campaign which he tagged ‘walk with me’, held at the National Stadium in Lagos.

　

Musiliu Obanikoro

APC announces 2nd raid of party’s Data Centre, calls it lawless, provocative

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as the height of lawlessness and an orchestrated provocation the second raid that was carried out on the party’s data centre in Ikeja, Lagos, by the DSS on Monday night, saying the out-of-control agency must urgently be called to order.

”The raid by over 40 armed DSS officers, despite a court order restraining the service from such action, shows that the DSS considers itself to be above the laws of the land, and this is totally condemnable,” the party said in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

I didn’t mastermind abduction of 14 journalists —Tompolo

Ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, has described the allegation that he masterminded the abduction of 14 journalists in the creeks of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State, as untrue and misleading.

*Tompolo

Boko Haram: 50 female suicide bombers on loose

A female suicide bomber arrested by the vigilante group also known as civilian JTF has revealed that, 50 female suicide bombers has been released on Maiduguri, the Borno state capital with a target of 100,000 people before the end of December 2014.

Henry Close To Arsenal Coaching Role

Thierry Henry has dropped the biggest hint yet that a return to Arsenal could be his next step.

The New York Red Bulls star, who could play his final game in MLS on Saturday in the second leg of the Eastern Conference final against the New England Revolution, is widely believed to be retiring from playing soccer when his 2014 MLS season is over.

Ronaldo, Messi, Neuer Vie For 2014 Ballon D' or

The contenders for this year’s FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the best player of 2014 and for the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2014 award were announced today on FIFA.com.

In alphabetical order, the FIFA Ballon d’Or nominees are: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Lionel Messi (Argentina) and Manuel Neuer (Germany), while Nadine Kessler (Germany), Marta (Brazil) and Abby Wambach (USA) will contest the women’s award.

Algeria’s Brahimi Wins BBC African Footballer Of The Year

Algeria’s Yacine Brahimi has been voted the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014.

The 24-year-old midfielder becomes the first Algerian to win the award, which is decided by football fans.

Porto winger Brahimi told BBC Sport: "It’s a big honour for me to receive this wonderful trophy. I owe it to my country, Algeria, and to all the people who voted for me.

Buhari - I’ll end insurgency if elected President – Buhari

A former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has promised to end insurgency and other forms of insecurity in the country, if elected President under the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections.

The pledge is coming amidst rising insurgency by the Boko Haram Islamic sect in the North-East and especially the Friday’s attack on Kano Central Mosque.

APC rules out Fashola as vice presidential candidate

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has been ruled out as a running mate to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress anytime the candidate emerges, investigation by The PUNCH has revealed.

Alleged Rights Violation: Coca-Cola, NBC challenge charge against them

ABUJA —Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, its Managing Director, Mr Adeola Adetunji, Nigerian Bottling Company and its Managing Director, Mr. Ben Langat, have challenged the mandate given to Chief Bayo Ojo, SAN, to prosecute them for alleged violation of the Consumers Protection Council Act.

Jonathan’s afterthought visit belated, says ARG

Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has described President Goodluck Jonathan’s attempt to woo Yoruba nation for the support of his re-election as "already too late in the day."

Publicity Secretary of the group, Mr. Kunle Famoriyo in statement Sunday, stated, "The Yoruba Progress Summit which was held last Friday is an afterthought and a futile effort to sneak the President into Yoruba land through the backdoor.

JAMB Enugu zonal office in manhunt for impersonator

Enugu—THE Enugu zonal office of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has raised alarm over alleged impersonator, claiming to be a JAMB staff found to be going round deceiving school authorities and parents.

Fashola commissions engineering academy

 

By Tare Youdeeowei & Faith Olatide

SOURCE: VANGUARD

LAGOS—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, has commissioned the Lagos Skipper Engineering Academy at the Government Technical College, Ikotun.

The academy which is designed to provide all round instruction with a curriculum that is aligned to the current needs of the industry, entrepreneurship and further education, is the outcome of a collaboration between the Lagos Eko Project, Lagos State Electricity Board, LASTVEB and Skipper Limited. It will complement the current three-year technical education carried out across Lagos State Technical Colleges by focusing on both practical and theoretical training relevant to current industrial and domestic needs.

EFCC declares Rivers Chief wanted for N200million scam

Find the EFCC press statement below...

    The public is hereby notified that Chief Jonathan Alatoru, Chief Executive, Chemotronics Nigeria Limited, Plot 3 Joe Alatoru Drive, Rumuokwuta, Port Harcourt, whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in connection with a case of conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of Two Hundred Million Naira (N200 million).

22 Dogs Killed In Mystery Kennel Blaze

An investigation is under way after 22 dogs died in their cages in a fire in east Yorkshire.
Firefighters said the blaze "totally destroyed" a wooden kennel at a dog breeder's home in Graingers Road, Hornsea.
The owners, who are thought to breed Staffordshire bull terriers, returned to their home on Saturday night to find it alight with the dogs inside.

How MTN Is Killing The Quality Of Project Fame West Africa With Greediness

MTN is one of the most innovative and creative brand in Nigeria, I know a lot of you have issues with them (including me) but that does not deny the fact that this company has been proven time and again to be miles ahead in creativity and innovations. From their advertisements, their value added services, community projects to their talent hunts and reality shows am sure you will agree with me that they are a genius or let me say they have some genius handling these areas because in some other areas, hmmm you and I know MTN ‘na wash’. A lot of us still remember the“Chris, where is the phone” advert not to talk of the more recent Saka I don port ooo advert, the truth be said MTN makes us enjoy watching adverts on TV, not to talk of ‘Who Want To Be A Millionaire’ show and their Project Fame West Africa is undoubtedly the best among its peers.

Tinubu Denies Supporting Boko Haram And Offers Antidote To Solving The Menace

Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday denied sponsoring the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, saying his belief in the sanctity of human life would not have allowed him to support such mindless killings of human beings in the name of religion.

Tinubu, who spoke to journalists at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos,

Stephanie Linus Releases Touching Trailer for New Film "DRY" (WATCH)

Nollywood A-List Actress, director and producer Stephanie Linus has wrapped up production for her new film “DRY” from her production company Next Page Productions. Written, produced and directed by Stephanie Linus, the film is an inspired true story based on a young girl Stephanie met in Nigeria many years ago, Aisha.

Schools To Resume On September 22 – FG Says

The Federal government has directed all primary and secondary schools to resume on Monday September 22nd. The resumption date for schools had earlier been postponed to October 13th as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria.

However, the date has been shifted forward to September 22 following a review ordered by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

French Man Jailed for Phoning & Texting Ex-Girlfriend 21,807 Times

A 33-year-old French man has been sent to prison after phoning and texting his ex-girlfriend 21,807 times, admitting that, with hindsight, "it was stupid".

The unnamed defendant, who had made the calls to demand the woman thank him for fixing up their flat, was given a 10-month sentence – six months of which was suspended – and a €1,000 (£793) fine.

Ebola: FG Bans Importation Of Bush Meat

The Nigerian governemnt has banned the importation of bush meat into the country following the outbreak of Ebola Disease Virus, EDV, that has claimed at least 1,500 lives, according to the World Health Organisation.

Nigeria’s Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, announced the ban on Monday during a meeting of National Council on Health, NCH, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

The ban on bush meat through which Ebola could be contracted, is to prevent the spread of the disease which is being contained in Lagos and Port Harcourt.