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Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, on Friday took to the podium to explain to women in Akwa Ibom State the meaning of ‘corruption’. While addressing the crowd during the Peoples Democratic Party Women Presidential Rally in Uyo, Mrs. Jonathan said the promise by the All Progressives Congress to fight corruption were “all lies”. “Akwa Ibom people, judge o. Because we are not here for lies. We are not here for propaganda. Because their own number one campaign is corruption. As if them are not corrupt. They are not corrupt,” Mrs. Jonathan said. “What do you call corruption? He has a house. You, are you living outside? Are you living in the forest? It’s corruption. “In abroad, if a young boy works so hard and buy a copter, we praise the boy. But in Nigeria, if a young boy works so hard and buy a copter, we say he’s corrupt. Why? “Why can’t we encourage the young ones to grow? Why can’t we encourage them to do better? We, our mother born us and trai

Kano State Government has joined other well meaning Nigerians in condemning the many utter rubbish, belittling jargons and gutter statement credited to Peter Ayodele Fayose, Governor Of Ekiti. The Governor, while attending to questions raised by reporters in Lagos this afternoon about the statement credited to Ayodele Fayose that he (Kwankwaso), Atiku and some other Northern leaders in APC are technically leaving the party back to PDP. Alh. Musa Kwankwaso expressed his concern for the people of Ekiti State particular Yoruba who are vastly educated, respected and honourable people in the world. In his words, “I served in Ogun State during my service year. There, I was able to know that Yoruba people are respectable people, vastly intelligent, accommodating and reliably instructive when they talk. They have the likes Prof Wole Soyinka, Lateef Jakande, Olusegun Obasanjo, M.K.O Abiola, , Bola Ige, Obafemi Awolowo, Prof Osofisan and the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Th

Nick Cannon used to have a tattoo of Mariah Carey's first name on his back but since breaking up, he's had it covered up. But looks like that wasn't enough because he just got more tattoo to finally eliminated all traces of it. TMZ released few exclusive pictures of the procedure and the final result. More pics below

Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin Kingdom, has vowed that those who burnt the studio of his television station, Independent Television would be punished.The studio was last Saturday gutted by fire. The Esama said he received several threats through text messages and telephone calls about a possible attack and reported same to security agencies in the state. Promising to build a new digital television studio within 60 days,he  vowed to take the case to the church.He also said the aim of those who burnt it was to take the station off air util after elections.. “We have been pre-warned and had enough threat. More than four occasions, I sent letters of threat and telephone calls to the police and the Director of DSS.” “All of you have heard what ITV has been going through for saying the truth. Nobody has faulted us for saying what does not happen. I told people that for more than nine years, I have not been to this place though I have an office here. I

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President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP lied in their claim that no entreaty was made to woo All Progressives Congress, APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu into a proposed interim government, former Governor Kayode Fayemi said Sunday. Fayemi, presently the director of policy in the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation who disclosed the existence of verifiable proof of the plot also reassured the president and his aides that a future APC national government would not witch-hunt them through a probe. Fayemi, who spoke in Ado Ekiti nevertheless cautioned the PDP led administration against allowing any harm to the person of Tinubu, warning that any such harm would mean crossing the red line as he said that Tinubu’s assertion of a threat to his life was true. Fayemi spoke at Aramoko Ekiti Sunday during the 40-day Fidau for the late Pa Jejelola Akingbolu and Mrs Raliat Akingbolu. Tinubu had last week alleged that the presi

EKITI State governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has said the alleged withdrawal of support of former Vice President Atiku Abuba-kar and leaders of thought in the North for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), was enough signal that the APC has lost the battle. Fayose declared that the new development has deflated the ego of the opposition party to the extent that it has tactically conceded defeat few days to the March 28 presidential election. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti, Fayose added that the U-turn made by the northern leaders, which had realised that Buhari would be made to shortchange the North, had rattled the party. The governor noted that Atiku and his supporters were already retracing their steps back to the PDP and that the North had seen the deceit in APC South-west leaders in pushing forward Buhari, even against the man’s interest. Fayose also

Soldiers on Saturday detonated two homemade bombs found in a camp housing people displaced by Boko Haram violence in Maiduguri. Two men suspected of planting the explosives were arrested and an investigation is ongoing, they said. The bombs were found in the city’s Yerwa primary school, prompting panic until soldiers destroyed the bombs from a distance. The school was converted into a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) after Boko Haram Islamists captured the town of Bama, some 70 kilometres (43 miles) from Maiduguri, last July. “Two improvised bombs were found in Yerwa primary school IDP camp by the people who notified soldiers stationed nearby,” local vigilante Ari Butari said. “The soldiers asked people to evacuate before shooting the bombs from a distance, triggering two explosions that didn’t harm anyone,” he said. “Two men were arrested on accusation that they were involved in planting the bombs. They drew suspicion because they were n

There was a minor fire incident at Independent National Electoral Commission’s Electoral Institute in Abuja on Saturday night. However, according to Punch, the fire was contained swiftly and no harm whatsoever was done to electoral materials. The Chief Press Secretary to the chairman of the commission, Mr. Kayode Idowu, confirmed the incident. He also said the fire didn’t affect any electoral material.

The March 28 presidential election has made some traditional rulers in the South-West geopolitical zone millions of naira richer, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Findings show that this change of fortunes was brought about by President Goodluck Jonathan’s quest for the support of the traditional rulers and their subjects for his re-election bid. Jonathan, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, has virtually relocated to the South-West since the Independent National Electoral Commission postponed the general elections. The President has traversed the geopolitical zone, holding series of meetings with traditional rulers, groups and individuals. Analysts have said South-West voters might determine the outcome of the presidential election. As a result, the All Progressives Congress and the PDP are making strenuous efforts to win the votes of the region. SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that the President and his team doled out various amounts of money in dollars to monarchs du

In the last 2 years, quite a lot of ‘Open Letters’ have been written by fans to their favourite pop stars. However, this one meant for Kokomaster, D’banj by Joy Isi Bewaji of Sabinews has been trending and it is not difficult to know the reason. In the letter, Joy highlights the fact that D’banj needs to look beyond music and explore the full potentials and strength of his brand. Read the letter below… ‘I thought we had passed this phase of Dbanj’s career? Sizing up his phallus, suggesting sexual machismo, endorsing chauvinism and being a general nuisance? For all of his self-proclaimed virtues, we now know Dbanj is incapable of making another hit song. It’s like losing your wife and realising all those years of “great sex” was untrue, because the minute she left and you hooked up with another woman, she tells you- without the advantage of love- that your skills are lame. Dbanj has struggled. Oh dear! Every song- and you can see that he lost sleep, sw

Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi has given hint on how to prevent the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), from ringing the forthcoming general elections. He spoke at an event organised for youths in and outside the APC in Lagos. Amaechi himself a former member of the PDP said he knows the PDP and what they are capable of, the basis o which he advised those present at the event to protect their votes. Watch the video below: Source: Abusidiqu

Ezinne, the beautiful daughter of former Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Reginald Ihejiahi, got married to her man, Adefolabi Akanbi Ogundoyin, in London yesterday March 14th . 

Watch the video below Credit to  @ nnamdianekwe  

A Twitter user showed two random pictures from her experience at Yola Airport. According to her, since the wind blew off the roof of the main terminal, duties at Yola airport are being carried out outside. Another twitter user confirmed that it has been this way for over three years. It was initially fixed but it broke down again due to substandard materials used .

First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan says she is ready to be probed following accusations from some quarters that her office is funded from the federal budget. She said this while speaking at the PDP Women rally in Edo state yesterday March 14th. "Mrs. Jonathan is the first lady of this country. There is no budget, no constitutional rights. So if from  tomorrow  you hear Mrs. Jonathan is corrupt, am I holding your money? Are you giving me any budget ? I don’t have any budget attached to my office. Go and probe my office. Go and probe me and see whether there is any budget attached to my office. Go and probe and see whether there is any money they send to my office. I don’t touch your money. Whatever I have, I struggled for it. I worked for it. I suffered for it,” she said.

Two of Cameroon's Senior Army officers were suspended yesterday March 14th after 25 Boko Haram members died in detention. The Boko Haram members were arrested in Dec. 2014 during a raid of their camp and have since been in Cameroon prison. Cause of their death is unknown but according to Cameroon military, investigations is ongoing.

A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi State, Abdul-Aziz Aliyu, is dead. The victim and his younger brother, Salmanu Aliyu, were killed in an auto accident along Jere Town of Kaduna State on Saturday. Abubakar Aliyu, who spoke on behalf of the family, told reporters in Kano that the incident happened on Saturday afternoon  when the victims were returning from Abuja. Mr. Aliyu said  the 36 years old APC stalwart was in Lagos for an official engagement on Friday. He said the politician, who was to travel to Kano same day, stopped over in Abuja as his flight from the Nigerian capital was cancelled due to bad weather. Salmanu,  who was also in Abuja for a private engagement, joined his elder brother for the road trip to Kano during which the accident occurred. “Omeiza (the late politician’s son) spoke with his father around 1.30 p.m. on Saturday few minutes before the ill fated journey. We received the shocking and sad news of his