Nigerian Presidential Debate (Full Video) Without Goodluck Jonathan

Here is the full episode of the presidential debate that was held in Abuja, there was news that Goodluck Jonathan was at the Madison square, USA where he was chilling with Don Jazzy, Dbanj and some kokolets he also got a lap dance from Rihanna who did her "Whats my name" song .

and now for the video:



The winner of the debate was won by Ibrahim Shekarau

Nigerian Super Star @TinieTempah Named Rolling Stone Hottest Breakthrough Star

Uk based Nigerian artist made history when he was named the hottest breakthrough star of 2011 by the prestigious rolling stone magazine, he was dubbed the hottest musical export from the UK, checkout the excerpt.

Good to see someone doing us proud overseas and still maintaining his real identity (unlike short coconut head Taio Cruz)!

The son of Nigerian immigrants, Tinie (real name: Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu Jr.) credits his hardworking folks for moving their family from a South London tower block to the suburbs when he was 12. “Eminem rapped about 8 Mile, and Jay-Z rhymed about Bed-Stuy,” he says. “So even though I rap about Southampton and Scunthorpe, experiences are universal, and we speak the same language.”

-Peter Relic

Other people that made the list include:

Actress Zoe Kravitz who was named hot progeny and rapper Wiz Khalifa who was dubbed the hottest rapper.
According to  the 23 yr old rapper
it took him less than 10 secs to come up with his hit single 'Black and Yellow'

“It wasn’t even 10 seconds. When I heard the da-na-na-na da-na-na-na, ‘black and yellow’ was the first thing that came into my head.”

Ok spread this good news and share this story (that is if you like good things

Nude (Naked) Photo Of Dbanj And Dancers

@iamdbanj So our president refused to accept the challenge for the presidential debate, but instead went forward to do a campaign with Dbanj, who is supposed to be role model for youths.

See the photos of dbanj and tell me if he is the best role model for our youths

Lesbians Spotted In Super Falcons ( How Romantic!)

The Super Falcons' Coach Eucharia Uche, has made a statement saying that there are lesbians in the country's female national team.

The statement which was made at the 'First Seminar on Women Football in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects' says that: “It's a worrisome experience that some of our players indulge in lesbianism. Some of them go as far as renting rooms in hotels around the team's campsite where they go to satisfy their sin assembly.

She continued by saying “A good number of them even bring their male friends into the camp. It's a serious development that has been detrimental to the team's growth and performance.”

Tell me, will you date this lady?
She is a falcon player:

STEROIDS, SHEMALE FOREAL?

Meanwhile, statements from Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)'s Chief Media Officer, Ademola Olajire, who few years ago had echoed the ravaging scourge of 'women sleeping with their fellow women as love birds', could have laid to rest the veracity of the existence of lesbians among Falcons.

“We all know of these vices because lesbianism has become a thing of common knowledge that the female footballers no more hide it among themselves. However, those who indulge in the nasty act had promised to stop it and the NFF is putting measures in place to ensure that they keep to their promises,” the media officer stated.

official dangerious scandalous

Most expensive bra costs N300 Million ($2M)

This lady Adriana Lima, wore the most expensive bra so far. at the rate of $2M (N300M)
Ladies, can u buy such bra?
guys, can you buy such bra for your wife/girlfriend?



From Source
This morning when I turned on the TV I saw the Ariana Lima, the genetically-perfect Victoria Secret Angel, being interviewed while sporting a $2 million bra. Then I noticed that she happened to be in the same Victoria Secret flagship store in Soho that’s just a hop, skip, and jump from the BroBible office. I immediately got on the train and made a bee-line for the store. When I got there you could barely see the Brazilian model thanks to throngs of paparazzi. Determined to snap some photos, I wiggled my way through and I managed to get a few shots of the publicity stunt.

Owner destroys a $750,000 Lamborghini with sledge hammer

A team of sledgehammer-wielding men in China pulverized a new Lamborghini Gallardo with the owner's permission, because he was fed up with a mechanic who repeatedly failed to fix an engine problem, the Daily Mail reported.

A businessman from the city of Qingdao in eastern China bought the souped-up Italian sports car in October for about $750,000, but that didn't stop him from reducing it to pile of scrap metal on Tuesday -- World Consumer Rights Day.

Han Nan, the Lamborghini's owner, returned the flashy vehicle to the dealership in November to correct an engine malfunction. But the car came back from the garage in worse shape with a damaged bumper and chassis, the Daily Record said.




Subsequent arguments that Han had with the managers at the dealership and Lamborghini officials went nowhere.

Han, an entrepreneur with a wholesale lighting company, turned his personal frustration into a public spectacle. Crowds gasped as the demolition crew clad in blue uniforms and helmets totaled the car on the streets. At one point, the workers handed over the sledgehammers to the spectators and allowed them to join in the frenzy by climbing on top of the Lamborghini and smashing it.

Court dissolves 266 marriages in 12 months

The President, Abeokuta Customary Court Grade I, sitting in Ake, Ogun State, Mrs. Christiana Olaleye, said her court has dissolved 266 marriages in the last 12 months.

Besides, she said the court also reconciled 74 couples within the same period.

Olaleye, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abeokuta, condemned the high rate of divorce in the country, describing it as worrisome and disturbing.

She blamed the high rate of divorce on intolerance and immorality.

The court president accused some parents and guardians of shirking their responsibility of bringing up their children properly, noting that improper upbringing was one of the causes of the high divorce rate.

Olaleye said, “To some extent, I think some parents are to be blamed for not giving proper guidance to their children.Today, most children lack tolerance; this makes their marriages to crumble.

“I have had some turbulent times in my 48-year-old marriage too, but it is tolerance and the future of my children that have made me to remain in it.”

She, therefore, counselled prospective couples to pray fervently before getting married.

Funmi Iyanda, Folashade Laoye and Ory Okolloh join the Forum of Young Global Leaders – Class of 2011

Funmi Iyanda

Nigerian blogger, journalist and columnist, Funmi Iyanda, has been honoured by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. Also on the list of the 2011 honorees are Nigeria’s Folashade Laoye, Group Managing Director of Hygeia Group, and Ory Okolloh, Kenyan activist, lawyer, and blogger, who is currently Google’s current Policy Manager for Africa. At the event held in South Africa from March 4th to March 6th, 2011, other notable mentions were CNN International’s Hala Gorani, and Deloitte’s David Hill.

The Forum of Young Global Leaders is a unique, multistakeholder community of more than 700 exceptional young leaders who share a commitment to shaping the global future. The Young Global Leaders represent the future of leadership, coming from all regions of the world and representing business, government, civil society, arts & culture, academia and media, as well as social enterpreneurs.

Nominated under 40, these young leaders are proposed through a qualified nomination process and assessed according to rigorous selection criteria which create a diverse and truly representative body, while accepting only the very best leaders who have already demonstrated their commitment to serving the society at large.

Thousands of candidates nominated each year, between 100 and 200 extraordinary individuals are honoured each year with the title “Young Global Leader” at which time they are invited to become Active Members and sign the YGL Charter of rights and responsibilities.

MEND threat: Nigerians should be vigilant — Police

Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim

THE Police have called on Nigerians to be more vigilant in their daily activities.
The warning from the Police followed a threat by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, asking Nigerians to steer clear of political gatherings in Lagos, Abuja and Niger Delta.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olusola Amore, who stated this in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents on Friday, added that though Nigerians should not buy into the threat, they should be more security conscious in their day-to-day activities.

The threat, he said, could cause panic among the populace, adding that security agencies were already collaborating in order to make sure that Nigerians were safe wherever they were.

Amore said, “We want Nigerians to be more vigilant in whatever they do and wherever they found themselves. Though we believe that the threat could make Nigerians panic, they should not.

“Rather, we call on them to go about their normal duties; and be ready to volunteer information to the Police because we cannot do much without information.

Ipupa, 2Face, J. Martins headline live concert campaign

Fally Ipupa, 2FACE and J. Martins are the main acts as MTV debuts with its maiden edition of MTV Live a new live music night that will be taking over Africa in 2011.

Fally Ipupa

Come Friday April 1, 2011 Tribeca will host Congolese superstar Fally Ipupa as he  give his first full live set performance in Nigeria.  He will perform with his full band and back-up dancers, including his signature, hip-shaking sensational song ‘Sexy Dance’.
2Face, will be on hand at the MTV Live to showcase his trademark blend of reggae, R&B and traditional African musical influences that has made him Nigeria’s favourite contemporary musician.
MTV Live will also witness an on-stage reunion between J. Martins and Fally Ipupa as they reprise their 2010 collaboration on the remix of Martins’ hit Jupa Remix.
Over on the wheels of steel to keep the MTV Live beats going until dawn will be Naija’s finest DJs including DJ Humility, resident DJ at Lagos based Rhythm FM, Beat FM’s DJ Caise  and Cool FM’s DJ Jimmy Jatt.

VIDEO : “BlackBerry Babes” – What Does This Movie Say About Us?

For the past few weeks, a movie poster for a Nollywood movie titled “BlackBerry Babes” has been making the rounds on social networking sites and Nollywood fan sites all around the web. The initial fascination was based on the assumption that “Nigerians have become so addicted to BlackBerry devices that we just had to make a movie about it”. However, as clips of the movie began to emerge online, the questions got a little bit deeper. The story follows a very common theme that we have seen in a thousand and one Nollywood movies – wayward young women trying to live above their means. In this case, the focus is BlackBerry smartphones. The movie “premiered” via YouTube last night as has received over 27,000 views. It seems as though having a “BB” has become a “standard” that Nigerians expect people not fall below. Case in point, several young ladies and gents have mentioned that rather than asking for your number, intending suitors ask for their BB Pin and if they don’t have one, they get a blank look and then “see you around”. A young entrepreneur with a budding business also noted that prospective clients ask for his BB pin and since he doesn’t have one, he has lost significant business because of that. Anyway, back to the movie.

The official movie synopsis

Clip from the movie – BlackBerry Babes

 the Producer behind the Nollywood Hits – “Beyonce and Rihanna“, “White Hunters“, “Girls Cot” and “Life Partners“. Simony Pictures Introduces BLACKBERRY BABES (BBB) Damisa (Oge Okoye) and her friends (Tonto Dikeh,

How ACN plans to rig in S’West — PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has raised the alarm that the Action Congress of Nigeria is planning to rig elections in the South-West.

The PDP, in a statement by a member of the PDP Integrity Vanguard, Mr. Adamu Gwazuwang, accused some leaders of ACN of planning to rig polls by replicating the voter register through the active connivance with some unnamed officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

It said the ACN was already compiling what it called a special voter’s register to be used during the election, where the names of PDP supporters would be expunged from the main voter’s register.

But in a swift reaction, the ACN said it was the PDP that was actually exposing its plan to make sure that the people’s votes did not count.

Israel offers to assist Nigeria fight terrorism

Four days after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta threatened to launch fresh attacks on oil installations and political gatherings in the country, Israeli Minister of Public Security, Mr. Itshak Aharonouvich, said on Thursday that his country was ready to collaborate with Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and terrorism financing.

Aharonouvich spoke at the end of a closed-door meeting he had with the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, in Abuja.

Nigeria recently enacted an anti-terrorism bill to confront the rising cases of terrorist acts in the country.

The bill outlaws actions of individuals or groups that can be linked to terrorism, including kidnapping, oil bunkering, piracy and airplane hijacks.

Polls: Aregbesola urges ACN supporters to fast, pray for victoryPolls: Aregbesola urges ACN supporters to fast, pray for victory

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has directed ACN supporters  to embark on one day fasting and prayer in Kwara to unseat the ruling PDP in the April polls.
Aregbesola gave this directive on Thursay in Ilorin while addressing supporters of the ACN during the flag off of governorship campaign  by the ACN candidate, Mr. Mohammed Dele Belgore (SAN).
According to him, all the muslims should at night after the fasting, recite a specific portion of the Quran while the Christains should also pray with Psalm 24 after their fasting to ensure total victory for the party.
Aregbesola pointed out that the PDP administration at the Federal and State levels had failed Nigerians  and should be swept out at the next general elections.
The  National  Publicity  Secretary  of  ACN, Alhaji  Lai Muhammed cautioned  the ruling PDP against violating the principle of one man, one vote as exemplified by the INEC so as to have a free, fair and credible polls.

2011: PDP will sweep the polls – Haliru

The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, is confident of an overwhelming victory for the PDP in the forthcoming general elections in April.



Dr. Haliru in statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Emeka Nwankpa said his confidence stems from the overwhelming reception accorded President Goodluck Jonathan by Nigerians during the State-by-State Campaign.
He said: “From Borno to Bayelsa, from Ebonyi to Kebbi, from Adamawa to Jigawa, from Ekiti to Sokoto, from Kwara to Akwa Ibom, the voices of our teeming supporters resonated with the same pledge: it is either PDP or no other party.

ATM fraud: CBN recovers N2bn from banks

The Central Bank of Nigeria has recovered N2bn from Deposit Money Banks, being money wrongly deducted from bank customers using Automated Teller Machine cards within the last one year.

The CBN Governor, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ forum on financial services organised by the Consumers Protection Council to mark the 2011 World Consumer Rights Day in Abuja, on Thursday.

Sanusi, who was represented by the Director, Other Financial Institutions Department, CBN, Mr. Olufemi Fabanwo, however noted that the money had been returned to the banks’ customers.

According to the CBN governor, there is an urgent need to build and sustain consumer confidence in the use of ATM cards. He stressed that the move would go a long way in strengthening the nation’s banking sector.

North-South rivalry stops progress of petroleum bill

 
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke

The age-long mutual suspicion between the northern and southern parts of the country over the nation’s economic resources came to the fore again at the House of Representatives on Thursday, stalling the consideration of the report on the Petroleum Industry Bill.

The House boiled as a lawmaker from Zamfara State, Sani Takori, and his counterpart from Rivers State, Mr. Igo Aguma, divided the House on regional lines as they argued over the proper nomenclature for the ownership and control of the nation’s oil resources.

A line in the clause requires that the control and ownership of oil resources be vested in the “Government of the Federation.”

But, Takori, a former Attorney-General in his home state, leading some Northern lawmakers, including the Chairman of the Committee on Millennium Development Goals, Mrs. Saudatu Sanni, said the clause was deficient in defining ownership and control.

He opposed the use of ‘Government of the Federation’, arguing that the clause should rather read “Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”, “People of the Federal Republic of Nigeria” or the “Federal Government of Nigeria.”

Nigeria spent N155bn on rice importation in 2010 – Sanusi

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, has said that the country spent about $1bn (N155bn) on the importation of rice in 2010.

The CBN governor spoke in Kaduna at the Northern Nigeria Economic Summit organised by the Northern Political Summit Group, otherwise known as the G20.

While presenting the lead paper titled, “Mobilising Capital for Transformation of Northern Nigeria,” Sanusi wondered why Nigeria should be a major importer of rice when it had good climate and resources to produce the staple locally.

Urologist advises Nigerians to drink plenty of water

National Hospital, consultant urological surgeon, Dr Celsius Undie, has advised Nigerians to drink up to three litres of water daily to keep their kidneys healthy.
Undie on Friday in Abuja said that low consumption of water could lead to the development of kidney stones, as the small particles that got into the body could form substances as hard as stones found on the streets.
He said that kidney problems requiring surgical attention usually came with lots of pains and people were more aware of them than other kidney medical problems.
“The kidney is an excretory organ and the job of the kidney is to filter things that can dissolve in water that we don’t need in our body.
“The kidney works only when it has to conserve water; when water is just passing through and coming out the kidney is resting.

Omawumi debuts video for “When Breeze Blow” & A Sneak Peek of the “If You Ask Me” video

Her new single “If You Ask Me” is getting massive radio airplay and the video compilation DVD featuring videos for selected singles from her debut album “Wonder Woman” is selling well; It’s Omawumi - Nigeria’s powerhouse vocalist.

Here is the video for the final single from “Wonder Woman” – It’s for the song – “When Breeze Blow“. The video features Dr Frabz and Waje alongside Omawumi. It sells a story of infidelity, jealousy, betrayal and love. Video directed by Gini.

For her current single from her forthcoming sophomore album, “If You Ask Me“, we have a sneak peek of the new video. Video directed by Clarence Peters.

 

Cecilia Ibru regains freedom. Relocates to London

Mrs Cecilia Ibru regained her freedom sometime in Feb 2011 and was allowed to leave the country according to Azuh Arinze of Encomium Magazine. She’s believed to be hibernating in one of the family’s houses in St John’s Wood, London UK.

Encomium Mag reached out to EFCC spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, to inquire about her release. His alleged response was “I’m not aware, please. Only the Nigeria Prisons can confirm that since she’s been in their custody.”

A source at the Nigeria Prisons confirmed her release to the magazine, saying “Of course she has been freed. She was freed after she completed her jail term.”

Goldie: The misconceptions, the facts

 

Since her emergence on the pop culture scene about four years ago, Oluwabimpe ‘Goldie’ Harvey has been asserting her musical dexterity. She is emerging into a creative singer who cut the picture of the bold, confrontational and sexually liberated woman. Her musical strength and depth are already showcasing her as a songbird which other female singers might have to emulate. With the mixed reactions to the 27-year-old award-winning singer’s musical style and outre outlook, also comes the misconception about her style, sexuality and wealth. On a bright Friday afternoon in her home in Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, Goldie tells GidiGlobe according to her.
Why do people think I’m rich?

John Dumelo, Nia Long, Ama K Abebrese & Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde to star in Leila Djansi’s “Ties That Bind”

What do you do after you release a commercially successful award-winning movie? For Ghanaian filmmaker Leila Djansi, the answer to that question is simple – start work on your next project.

A few weeks ago at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, her movie, “I Sing of A Well” won the – British Academy of Film and Television Arts/LA (BAFTA/LA) Festival Choice Award and then her movie “Sinking Sands” was among received 9 nominations for the 2011 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) and now new details are emerging about her current film project.

Leila Djansi

Fake Herbalist Arrested In Lagos

A fake herbalist, Sunday Oseme, a.k.a. Dr. Ahmed, 56 who specialises in duping unsuspecting ladies, prostitutes and married women desperately in need of a child has been arrested by the police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

•The fake herbalist performing rituals on the ladies.

His mode of operation is to take his victims to a flowing stream for cleansing and ritual sacrifice under the pretence of exorcising the evil spirits and mammy water spirit responsible for their plight.

After the cleansing, the victims are made to pay huge sums of money to achieve their desires.

INEC investigates syndicate changing list of candidates

 

The Independence National Electoral Commission is currently investigating some of its officials suspected to be behind the alteration of the list of candidates submitted to the Commission by political parties, investigation by GidiGlobe has shown.
The affected officials were suspected to have formed a syndicate within the Commission. The syndicate receives ‘contracts’ from politicians to alter the list of candidates sent to INEC by parties and in some cases substitute names with that of their clients.

“They forge signatures and documents to perfect their evil deeds,” a source within the INEC told one of our correspondents.

Already, members of the syndicate are being probed our correspondents learnt on Thursday.

My father is useless, teenage girl tells court

My father is useless, teenage girl tells court

Ado Ekiti -A 15-year old girl, yesterday,  stunned an Ado-Ekiti Grade 1 Customary Court, when she described her father as a useless man.

The girl and her parents were in court following the failure of the father to comply with an earlier directive that he should take care of his children’s education and provide feeding allowances.

Ladoja alleges threat to life

A former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has raised the alarm over an alleged plan to kill him ahead of the April general elections.

Ladoja is contesting the governorship election on the platform of the Accord Party.

A statement made available to our correspondent in Ibadan, the state capital on Thursday by his media aide, Alhaji Lanre Latinwo, attributed the alleged plot to some people he described as “the powers that be in Oyo State and some groups.”

April polls: Two policemen to man each polling station –IG

The Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, has said that two policemen will be deployed in each polling station across the country during the general elections.

He has also said that Nigeria Police Force does not need financial assistance from states, local government councils and political parties to pay its personnel on election duties during the April elections.

He said that the Federal Government had given the police the needed funds, including vehicles and other requirements to carry out its mandate of ensuring violence-free and credible general elections in the country.

SSS arrests NPLF secretary

The Secretary of the Northern Leaders Political Forum, Mallam Bello Abdulkadir, has been arrested by the operatives of the State Security Service.

Also arrested was a worker of the Forum, Mr. Farouk Bibi Farouk, who was the immediate National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party and a member of the Forum’s National Working Committee.

The NPLF is led by a former Minister of Finance, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, which is still in discussion with President Goodluck Jonathan on how to work together to ensure the success of the President in the forthcoming election.

Exclusive – World Premiere: Julius Agwu, Adaora Ukoh & 2Shotz star in “My Vote Fit Change Naija” – Watch It Now

As the 2011 Nigerian General Elections approach, various advocacy groups and non-profit organizations are taking action and encouraging eligible Nigerian to “make their voices heard” by voting during the elections. Voting numbers relative to the number of eligible Nigerians were unimpressive during the last general election in 2007, therefore it is important that we do not let this happen again!

“My Vote Fit Change Naija” is a short film directed by Alex Mouth and produced by Kingsley Bangwell and Julius Agwu as part of a non-partisan citizen-led initiative by the Youngstars Foundation in partnership with the Julius Agwu Foundation for Youth (JAFFY). The project is funded by National Democratic Institute (NDI) with support from USAID.

We’ll win Lagos, S’West — ACN

The battle for the political soul of Lagos got fiercer on Saturday as the Action Congress of Nigeria maintained that the party would still emerge victorious in the forthcoming poll in the state.

The party also said it would capture the over 14 million votes in the South-West, leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, its major challengers in the zone, empty-handed in the coming poll.

Among ACN chieftains who stated this at the party’s colourful rally held at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Saturday were the former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his successor, Babatunde Fashola, and the party’s presidential candidate, Nuhu Ribadu.

Specifically, Tinubu, who urged the electorate to shun the PDP overtures, said the party had nothing to offer the people of Lagos and the West in general.

Barca Players Are The Shortest, Inter Players Oldest – Football Survey

Barca Players Are The Shortest, Inter Players Oldest – Football Survey

European footballers are on average playing at the top level until they are older, growing taller and running faster, according to a study of football across the continent published on Wednesday.

The survey, of more than 13,000 players at 534 clubs across 36 leagues by the Swiss-based Professional Football Players Observatory (PFPO), also shows:
* Barcelona has, on average, the shortest team in Europe
* Manchester United has the most stable squad
* European champion Inter Milan has the oldest squad
* Tottenham Hotspur has more active internationals than any other club on the continent

Big Brother Africa’s Kevin Chuwang Pam & Elizabeth Gupta tie the knot in Abuja

As you expect, GidiGlobe Weddings will be bringing you a comprehensive feature on Kevin Chuwang Pam and Elizabeth “Liz” Gupta‘s wedding. In the interim, here is an overview of Kevin & Liz’s remarkable love story and a glimpse of their wedding photos from family and friends.

How Kevin & Liz Met
The couple met in 2009 while they were both housemates in the Big Brother Africa Revolution house.
During the show, Kevin developed a crush on Liz, though nothing concrete happened while the show was on, the love between the Nigerian rapper and the Tanzanian actress blossomed after the Big Brother Africa show ended.

The Proposal
Kevin proposed to Liz on stage at an event in Port Harcourt, Nigeria in August 2010.
The Traditional Wedding
On the 30th of December 2010 and the 2nd of January 2011, the couple completed their traditional wedding rites and ceremonies in Tanzania.
The White Wedding
On Saturday, 26th February 2011, Kevin and Liz solemnized their love during a ceremony in Abuja. After the religious blessings, the wedding proceeded to the International Conference Centre Hall for the grand reception.
Liz was a beautiful modern bride in her embellished halter neck fishtail wedding dress. The silhouette of the dress accentuated her svelte figure, Liz completed her look with a birdcage veil. Kevin did something less conventional. The groom looked handsome in a black kaftan with white embroidery. We totally love that the couple did things their own way and both looked great!

3 Dead As Bomb Explodes At PDP Rally In Niger State

Police sources have told SaharaReporters that three persons are confirmed dead after an explosion at a rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Suleija, Niger state.

The rally had been organized by the state PDP with the aim of subverting a similar rally scheduled for the state by  the Congress For Progressive Change (CPC).

Police sources told SaharaReporters that, in addition to the casualties, there are also 19 injured people who have been hospitalized.

Representatives of former military general  and the presidential candidate of the CPC, Muhammad Buhari, told SaharaReporters that the candidate was on his way to a rally at taking place at the Minna Polo Ground in Minna, the state capital after visiting traditional rulers in the area.

N12.86bn pension scam

Forty-five thousand out of the 141,970 Federal Government pensioners who are being owed their gratuity can finally heave a sigh of relief as more monies owed them have been discovered in fictitious accounts in seven major banks in the country.

These monies, totalling N12.86bn were lodged in the accounts of some top directors of the Pensions Unit, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had last month found N800m in the account of a Deputy Director (Finance and Accounts) Mrs. Phiana Chidi, and only last Wednesday, GidiGlobe findings showed that an additional N12.6bn was traced to Chidi and another director, Dr. Suleiman Shuaibu, by the anti-graft agency.

Blood Money: Five Students Die Scrambling For Akpabio's Stolen Money

Akpabio

Five students were killed and several others reportedly injured during a riot by students who wanted a share of the ₦15 million distributed by the Akwa Ibom State governor Godswill Akpabio. The tragedy occurred yesterday at the Government House Uyo and the Ibom Hall where undergraduate students and unemployed graduates gathered at the instance of the state governor.

The inability of some unemployed graduates, students of the University of Uyo, Uyo City Polytechnic and Akwa Ibom State College of Education to get a share of the money led to a stampede.

Mr. Akpabio had announced a ₦10 million largesse for undergraduate students who were supposed to get their money at the Government House. His running mate in the gubernatorial election, Nsima Ekere, was billed to distribute the rest ₦5 million to unemployed graduates who converged at the Ibom Hall.

Trouble started with the rumour that organisers of the event have taken away ₦4 million out of the ₦10 million given to the students. After waiting for more than four hours for the remaining ₦6 million to be shared, the students started a protest.

The protest turned into a stampede as security agencies tried to remove them from the premises. In the ensuing scramble, gunshots were fired by the police and the protesting students responded by hurling stones at the police officers.

At Ibom Hall, a few fortunate unemployed graduates got ₦1,000 each but the rest had to run away when they heard the gunshots. Matters worsened when the protesting students were joined by others in the adjourning streets of Oron and Wellington Bassey road leading to sporadic shooting which extended into the night.

During a telephone interview, Essien Udoma, the Student Union President of the University of Uyo, confirmed that they were invited by the state governor to collect ₦10 million but people under the aegis of Concerned Students for Gosdwill Akpabio, the organisers, made away with ₦4 million.

He said seven students comprising three each from the Akwa Ibom State College of Education and Uyo City Polytechnic, and one from the University of Uyo have been hospitalised in an undisclosed hospital. He refused to say how many were killed in the riots.

In what amounts to a reaction, the state government has banned all groups from gathering at the Government House for any reason. The commissioner for Information and Social Re-orientation, Aniekan Umanah, said any such rally should be taken to the PDP secretariat.


Why am I thinking that this is some sort of ritual??? Innocent students

Nigerian Man jailed for attack on police officer

DUBAI // A man who attacked a policeman and broke one of his legs was sentenced to three months in prison by a Dubai court yesterday.

JE, 31, from Nigeria, confessed to attacking the officer but denied knowing he was a policeman. He said he had been approached by eight men who did not identify themselves as policemen, the Dubai Court of First Instance heard.

"I don't fight with police, I am a father and have two sons," JE said.

On February 2, 2010, the Naif police station was tipped off about three Nigerian men - including JE - possessing forged credit cards, .

Do-or-die mentality: Obasanjo rattles opposition

“Nigerians should make sure that they take the comment by the former president seriously. He said so the other time (2007)and we all saw what followed.”
A broad spectrum of the opposition riled by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s reported attempt to resurrect “do-or-die” approach to the April general elections have carpeted him, describing him as a man still living in the past.

However, they said the opposition was more than ever prepared to checkmate him and stave-off bid to manipulate the electoral process this time unlike what happened in 2007.

According to them, a desperate politician like him has no place in the current democratic dispensation.

Consequently, they urged Nigerians to be vigilant so that only the electorate would decide where the political pendulum would swing to in the April elections.

Those who spoke with GidiGlobe on the issue are the Action Congress of Nigeria; Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation; Congress for Progressive Change, led by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; Conference of Nigeria Political Parties; the Labour Party and Conference of Nigeria Political Parties.

US investors to inject $20bn into Nigeria’s power sector

Strong indications have emerged that investors from the United States may inject $20bn into Nigeria’s power sector in the next two years.

The development was confirmed by the Chief Executive Officer, Kaleidoscope International Business Forum, Mrs. Linda Middleton, in Abuja.

The decision is coming barely five days after the Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, had raised the alarm over the zero allocation to the gas-to-power projects in the 2011 budget.

Nnaji had said that the development could affect the Federal Government’s ambition to generate adequate electricity for Nigerians.

Kanye West, Don Jazzy & D’banj – The Tweet, The Collaboration?

Mo’Hits is riding high in 2011.
Weeks after they created a major sensation with the release the video for D’banj‘s track, “Mr Endowed (Remix)” featuring Snoop Dogg. Don Jazzy and D’banj inspired more buzz and chatter last night when they received a tweet from US Superstar rapper, Kanye West (@kanyewest on twitter).
Check out the tweet above and let us know what you think about this potentially explosive collaboration.

2Face Idibia in MADE Magazine

The most recent issue of MADE Magazine was released in December 2010.
Nigerian superstar 2Face Idibia was featured on the cover of the issue. Along with an in-depth interview, 2Face was photographed by Eleanor Goodey and styled by Liam Fashion Agency for this exclusive photoshoot. MADE Magazine is a periodic print magazine for the “Made Man”
Check out the online debut of photos below.

Bash Ali, 535 more Nigerians evacuated from Libya

Boxer Bash Ali and 535 Nigerians on Monday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Monday in the second batch of evacuees from Libya.

This brought the total number of Nigerians so far evacuated from the troubled North African country to 1035.

A statement by the Head, Press and Public Relations, National Emergency Management Agency, Mr. Yushau Shuaib, said the agency’s Director-General, Muhammad Sani-Sidi, stated this in Abuja while receiving the evacuees. The NEMA DG was quoted as saying that a total of 2000 Nigerians were expected to be evacuated from the troubled North African country.

Imam Arrested For Defacing Jonathan's Poster

Sokoto – Sokoto State Police Command has arrested the Chief Imam of the Farfaru Juma’at Mosque, Sokoto, Sheikh Abubakar Jibrin, for allegedly defacing the posters of the PDP presidential candidate, Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

Spokesperson of the Police Command, ASP Al-Mustapha Sani, disclosed this to newsmen in Sokoto Tuesday.
According to him, the Chief Imam was arrested at a roundabout while he was using black paint to deface President Jonathan’s posters by policemen on patrol.

“The renowned Islamic cleric was arrested by our men on patrol using black paint to deface the posters of President Goodluck Jonathan and Alhaji Namadi Sambo at some roundabouts in Sokoto metropolis at around 5 pm on February, 28.

I’ll remove immunity clause – Buhari

Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari

Former Nigeria‘s military Head of State and Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has promised to facilitate the deletion of the controversial immunity clause from the nation‘s constitution if he gets the nod of Nigerian voters in the April elections.

”We will amend the constitution to remove immunity from prosecution for elected officers in criminal cases,” Buhari states in his manifesto which was released in Abuja on Monday.

Section 308 of the nation‘s 1999 constitution shields the President, his deputy, the governors and their deputies from criminal and civil prosecution during their term in office.

10 Reasons why Marriages/Relationships fail in Nigeria

Marriage is an institution ordained by God. It is a sacrificial commitment between both parties involved, in which both leave their former lives and come together to become one in a new life. It is very saddening to note that the very people smiling and overexcited about their marriage some years ago, can not now stand the very presence of each other.

In Nigeria, the rate is on the increase, but because of our culture where we strongly dont believe in divorce to a larger extent, and how patient our women/men can be towards their marriage, our divorce rates are low compared to the other countries in the whole world

Now let us examine the Causes of Marriage/Relationship Failures in Nigeria.
Here are the 10 Most Causes of why Marriages Fail in Nigeria

LACK OF TRUST

ACN will bring Nigerians fresh hope – Tinubu

The Action Congress of Nigeria on Monday in Dutse, Jigawa State commenced its its presidential campaign in the North-West, with its leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, assuring Nigerians of its determination to offer them fresh hope.

Tinubu, in a solidarity message after the presidential candidate of the party, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and his running mate, Mr. Fola Adeola, were presented with the party’s flags, said the nation’s leadership crisis would be resolved with the election of the party in the April polls. He told the mammoth crowd of party chieftains and supporters that the ACN would provide a youth friendly leadership.

He said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party had been insensitive to Nigerian youths, assuring, however, that Ribadu would redress the situation. The former Lagos State governor said the Ribadu/Adeola joint ticket would create 120 million new jobs.

Double registration: INEC to prosecute offenders

AHEAD of the April 2011 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has vowed to prosecute anybody involved in double registration during the recent voter registration exercise.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwak, who made this vow on Monday, argued that such a step would deter others.

Ikoiwak spoke in Port Harcourt at the opening of a two-day seminar for political reporters, organised by the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists.

He said that the commission would soon publish the names of those involved in double registration, maintaining that electoral malpractices could pose great danger to free and fair elections in the country.

He stressed that those involved in double registration would not have their names on the voter register, explaining that the aim was to ensure free and fair elections.

“INEC will match fingerprints with photographs of the registered voters, local government by local government in each state and later state by state, to detect double registration throughout the country.

“The exercise may take sometime, but it will be done. When INEC is through with sorting out of persons with double registration, Nigeria’s prisons may not be able to contain them, but this will serve as deterrent to others.

“The tension being generated by the April elections is real. The politicians in the 63 political parties in Nigeria must focus on issues. The media must be clean and shun corruption in order to ensure credible elections. There cannot be free and fair elections without responsible media,” Ikoiwak stated.

He expressed worry that most political parties submitted fake addresses to INEC because they did not have any office or secretariat.

Ikoiwak said that the commission would soon begin to address the issue with a view to bringing those involved in the act to book.

Earlier, while declaring open the seminar, which has the theme “The Media and the 2011 Elections: Issues and Challenges,” the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, described the administration in the state as transparent, saying, “our books are open.”