The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, CECP-Nigeria, has concluded plans to ensure that the 2015 edition of the National Cancer Week, NCW, is successful and makes a positive impact in the fight against cancer in the country. Speaking at a press conference held on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at the Lagos office of the Nigerian Stock…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the incumbent governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, as the winner of the governorship election in the state. Okorocha defeated his closest rival in the poll, Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who is also the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. The governor…
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Okezie Ikpeazu, has been announced winner of the governorship election in Abia State. The election, which was first held on April 11, was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and a supplementary election held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 in the areas where the first…
Like they always say, ‘success has many friends while failure is an orphan. This seems to be the real case with President Goodluck Jonathan, who has lamented that those that used to be around him have abandoned him since he lost his bid to get another term in office from Nigerian voters. Speaking at the…
The supplementary election in Imo State on Saturday, April 25, 2015, was not without pockets of violence and irregularities in some areas of the state where elections were held. Also, the governorship poll was marred by low turnout of voters as many eligible voters stayed indoors during the exercise. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…
Nigerian movie star, Uche Jombo, on Friday night, invited few of her friends to celebrate her baby shower with her in the United States of America, USA. Her husband, Kenney Rodriguez, was also on ground to welcome the invited guests for the special occasion. The actress was full of joy as she rocked the dance…
According to Juliablaise.com, the marriage of the former heartthrob of veteran actor, Segun Arinze, Ann Njemanze, has ended abruptly. It was reported that the woman’s union with Silver Ojieson, a lecturer in one of the tertiary institutions in the country, hit the rocks just when some industry observers and fans of the popular actress had…
Some residents of Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, woke up on Saturday morning to witness a horrifying death of no fewer than four persons, who were reportedly killed by a truck carrying fully loaded container. Our reporter gathered that the ugly incident occurred in Agric Bus Stop area of Ikorodu while some residents were still…
Preamble and political life Trying to capture the picture of the sham that is called the 2015 general elections in Rivers State, South-South of Nigeria, I lacked the words to capture what happened but Dictonary.com came to my aid with the word ‘macabre’, which it defined as gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible. The elections in…
The Lagos State Government has announced the cancellation of human and vehicular activities during the April sanitation exercise across the state. In a statement issued by Fola Adeyemi on behalf of the Ministry of the Environment, it was disclosed that the decision to remove the restriction in this month’s exercise is as a result of…