Project Fame all stars storm GMA

This weekend, winners of all three editions of MTN Project Fame West Africa will head to Accra, Ghana, to participate in the 2011 edition of the popular Ghana Music Awards.


Iyanya (2008 winner), Mike Anyasodo (2009 winner) and Chidinma Ekile (2010 winner) will depart Lagos on Friday, as they make their first group trip to Ghana.
Sources say all three acts will participate in different ways in the awards ceremony organised by CharterHouse Ghana.
‘It’s part of the plans to expose and empower our talents’ a spokesperson for the show’s producers says.
Since wining PF in 2008, Iyanya has been to the New York Fashion Week, he has performed across the length and breadth of Nigeria; and collaborated with several top acts. Mike is enjoying the benefits of his debut; and has won many awards – including a Best Video prize from
Soundcity Music Video Awards; while Chidinma, the current winner, has been busy recording and working with her management to deliver her debut album.
The trip to Ghana, according to Iyanya, is not just to attend the awards. ‘We’re happy to be spending time together, as one family. And we also may take this time to hit the studios and do something together’.
The group will also spend some time with past PFWA Ghanaian finalists Nii, Kojo and Kesse.
The Ghana Music Awards, according to the artistes’ minders, is not the only event the trio will attend as a group this year. ‘Many more major events are coming. And the idea is that we make sure our best talents are there to represent Nigeria.
Ghana Music Awards holds today  Saturday April 9 at the Conference Centre (The Dome). Nigerian nominees include Asa and Wande Coal

Security agents place Jega, others under surveillance

 
Security agencies are mounting close watch on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, and other national officers of the commission ahead of Saturday’s National Assembly election.

The need for the action, it was leant, was to get to the roots of the alleged sabotage of the last Saturday’s election by some workers in the commission.

Though Jega was said to have rubbished the insinuations that some workers of the commission actually worked against the conduct of the election, our correspondent gathered that security agencies, who met with President Goodluck Jonathan last week, insisted that there was a need to put the officers of the commission under surveillance.

Though Jega was said to have been under “partial surveillance” since his appointment as the chairman of the commission, security chiefs were said to have decided that there was the need to “double the surveillance around him.”

Meanwhile, the commission has ordered the investigation of a member of the Election Management Board, who was accused of being behind the inability of the commission to hold the National Assembly election last Saturday.

The management of the commission, at its meeting on Wednesday, was also said to have raised the matter with the concerned officer, who, it was further leant, strongly denied the allegation.

The officer was said to have been shown a text message sent to some of the national commissioners and other officers of the commission, alleging that the officer was behind the botched election.

A source at the meeting said, “But he denied the allegation, which he described as baseless and blackmail. He also said he knew the person behind the blackmail. He said the person had tried in vain to extort money from him in the past.”

The suspicion against the commissioner stemmed from a text message, being circulated in Abuja, detailing his alleged “unwholesome activities” which portrayed him as a mole.

Bishop David Oyedepo Acquires N4.5bn Private Jet, Bringing His Private Jets to 4

Bishop David Oyedepo on Saturday March 26th added another jet to his hanger, for a whooping $30m. Thus bringing the number of his private jets to four. The private jet, a Gulf stream V was declared to the over 10, 000 worshipers who thronged Canaanland on Sunday March 27th, by the bishop himself. The bishop said the new jet will be used exclusively for the ministry's African Mission. In his speech on Sunday, the bishop also announced that a state-of-the art private aircraft hanger that can accommodate five jets at a time is being built for his jets near the international wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport.

Apart from this latest acquisition, the bishop has a Gulf stream 1 which he acquired in 1996. A Gulf stream 4 and a Challenger Aircraft.

When Encomium contacted the spokesperson for the church, Mr William, he confirmed the story. "Yes, Bishop announced the purchase of a jet on Sunday" He said.

Goodluck Jonathan Bribery Scandal (Cash for votes) !!!!

The campaign team of Goodluck Jonathan got all editors or major news publishers together at the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja and gave out N200,000 each in N500 denominations; and a bumper pack containling Samsung Galaxy Tab and a pack of lapels.

This incident happened at room 804 of the hotel at about 2pm today 6th April 2011.

This is confirmed, check the photos below

Photo Of What Lagos Looked Like In The 60s / 70s

Idumagbo close to Iga Iduganran ... sometimes in d 60s/70s!

Kingsway building

and federal palace hotel

Does this means Eko ti Baje?

Can you share recent photos of Lagos if you have them?

PDP faults Buhari over Lagos metro project

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council on Thursday faulted the Congress for Progressive Change presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the cancellation of the Lagos metro line project.

The council, in a statement in Abuja by its Director of Media and Publicity, Mallam Aba Dabo, described Buhari’s action as short-sighted.

Buhari, had on Wednesday in Lagos explained that in 1983 he cancelled the project, initiated by former Governor of Lagos, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, because he did not want to take more loans or devalue the naira.

He explained that when he got to power as a military head of state, the economy had been badly plundered and corruption had been entrenched in every sector.

According to him, it is mischievous to tag him an enemy of Lagosians because he cancelled the project.

But the PCC said, “After almost 30 years of silence, General Muhammadu Buhari has finally found his voice and provided a specious political excuse for his disastrous cancellation of the Lagos metro line project.”

It noted that Buhari’s spokesman, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, had earlier said the former head of state knew nothing about the cancellation.

The PDP stated, “We are appalled by this singular act (the cancellation) that has compounded the traffic problems of Lagos, the seat of Nigeria’s economy.”

Swimming Federation shops for N300 million

The Nigeria Swimming Federation is looking for a whopping N300 million for the successful hosting of the 2011 African Junior Swimming Championship which has been slated for Abuja from November 29 to December 7, 2011.

Speaking on the championship which is expected to attract participation from 52 African countries, the honourary life President of the NSF and chairman of the fund-raising committee, Chief Olatokunbo Thomas said the amount required would take care of accommodation, transportation, medical, a secretariat and cater for the expected 1,176 swimmers and their officials throughout the duration of the championship.
“It is a massive project,” Chief Thomas started, “that’s why we are appealing to corporate sponsors, well-meaning individuals and state governments to assist in making the event a success. We must not put ourselves to shame.”
The FINA Vice President added that “we must organise ourselves very well in order to project the name of our country in good light to the international community.”
Chief Thomas said the federal government through the National Sports Commission had promised to renovate the venue and put everything right before the event. “Government told us they had no money for us but they will renovate the venue for us. That is a very important aspect of the event and we are grateful for that contribution,” the honourary life President of the Nigeria Swimming Federation said.

TB Joshua Vindicated Over 2011 Elections Cancellation

Prophet Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, had predicted that elections may not hold unless very serious prayers were offered.
In a story published in P.M.NEWS on 16 March 2011 and titled “Pray For The Election To Hold”, the Man in the Synagogue: as TB Joshua is known by his followers, prophesied that only ‘serious prayers will make April (elections) a reality’. The story reads in part: “With billions of naira already spent by thousands of candidates and many hours invested in campaign trains, a warning by the man who predicted the outcome of the Ghanaian election two years ago may send shivers down the spines of many”.


In the interview to be published in TheNews magazine, TB Joshua said : "About the upcoming elections, I have said many times that I don’t like talking about Nigeria again because all the messages God has given me about Nigeria, nobody has bothered to come and ask me ‘what are you saying? Explain more so that we know the next step to take.

“But, I know that we need a lot of prayers to make April a reality. I said it earlier and you can see what is happening now: bomb blasts all over the place, court cases all over the place and so on. So, like I said, we need a lot of prayers to make April a reality.”

Nigeria is 5th On The List Of Student Visa Applicants To The UK

Nigeria is ranked fifth among 20 countries who top the list of those with highest application for students visa into the United Kingdom between 2005 and 2010.

According to a report by the British Parliament’s Committee on Home Affairs  a total of 2,468 Nigerian students applied for British visas between January to March 2010.

Out of these 1,716 were approved  while 1,082 were refused visas.

The report titled, “Student Visas,’’ obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in London, indicated that a total of 54,096 student visas were issued during the period.

Further breakdown showed that a total of 6,856 visas were issued in 2005,  7,036 in 2006 and 8,385 in 2007.

 The report further showed that 9,666 visas were issued in 2008, while 11,205 were issued in 2009 and 10,948 in 2010.

Meanwhile, a UK Border Agency document stated that the new migration cap policy affecting non-EU countries, including a new visa and immigration fees would take effect from April 6.

The statement explained that the fees would allow the British government to generate revenue to be used in funding the UK immigration system and to support wider government objectives.

“The revenue generated will contribute towards securing our borders and controlling migration for the benefit of the UK,’’ the statement said.