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Tuesday 31 December 2013

Nigeria: D'Banj, Genevieve Nnaji, Back Together?

News is flying online that the Kokomaster D'banj and Nollywood screen goddess Genevieve Nnaji are back together in a love relationship.

Blogger Linda Ikeji is reporting that as you

President of the Senate, David Mark
| credits: File copy

The Presidency has mounted pressure on the

They are style icons and made statements in the year 2

The year 2013 was shaped by several political developments, some of which have continued to heat up the polity ahead of the 2015 general elections, writes JOHN ALECHENU.

In the beginning

When the National Assembly passed

Christmas is idolatrous –Kumuyi

The General Overseer of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor W.F Kumuyi, has again warned members of the church against celebrating Christmas, saying the annual celebration of Christmas is idolatrous and unscriptural.

Kumuyi warned that partaking in the celebration made Christians

Mimiko blames quacks for Ondo high maternal deaths

Simon Ateba/ The high rate of maternal death in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria, is caused by quack doctors and the activities of unqualified midwives, Governor Olusegun Mimiko has said.
The Ondo State Governor made the submission in Akure, the state capital, while receiving the report of the Committee on Confidential Enquiry into

by PUNCH

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo

President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo

December 20^th 2013

His Excellency,

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR

Agbe L’Oba House, Quarry Road,

Ibara, Abeokuta.

RE: BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

I wish to formally acknowledge your letter dated December 2, 2013 and other previous correspondence similar to it.

You will recall that all the letters were brought to

Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal

The Federal Government incurred “illegal” expenditure totaling N4.17tn between 2004 and 2012, a report by the House of Representatives has shown.

The document was prepared as an interim report

Kate Winslet and her husband Ned Rocknroll have called their two-week-old son Bear.

Kate Winslet has named her son Bear.

The 'Labor Day' actress and her husband Ned

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Image: Associated Press

The BBC has named Chimamanda Adichie's 'Americanah' the best book of 2013.

According to their website, she has been awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (for Purple Hibiscus), the Orange Broadband award

It would appear that Nollywood actor is on the road to fulfilling his life long ambition of becoming a politician as the seasoned thespian has now become

I’m Not Engaged, I Bought The Ring Myself – Nadia Buari »

Nadia Buari wears what looks like an engagement ring; but I’m not engaged; I bought the ring myself, she says in reaction to media reports that she is engaged.

Since Nadia Buari and Nollywood ‘bad boy’ Jim Iyke developed a

1. Her online picture centers less on her facial beauty,

A 13-year-old girl has given birth to triplets in the capital of Santo

Truck Catches Fire While Discharging Fuel In Abuja

A Toyota Camry with Abuja number plate, Kuje 491 AP, was destroyed on Thursday in Abuja when a petrol tanker caught fire while discharging

South Sudan government says open to talks as Africans mediate

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's government said on Friday it was ready for dialogue with rivals to prevent a return to war as African ministers sought to broker peace in the two-year-old nation, where hundreds have been killed in fighting this week.

The United Nations said on Thursday a crowd of Nuer tribesmen breached a U.N. compound in Jonglei State north of the capital and it had reports some people were killed.

President Salva Kiir, a member of the Dinka ethnic group, has accused his former Vice President Riek Machar, a Nuer who was sacked in July, of attempting to seize power by force.

Fighting that began on Sunday in the capital has swiftly spread, fuelled by ethnic divisions.

Kiir has said he is ready for dialogue. Machar told French radio that he was ready to "negotiate his departure from power" and said the army could force Kiir out if he did not quit.

Handout photo of medic peacekeepers from UNMISS treating civilians at their compound in the outskirts of Juba

"President Kiir has always said that he doesn't want his people to turn back again to war," Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin told Reuters. "That is why the government has been negotiating with a lot of militia groups."

Kiir was due to hold talks on Friday with ministers from Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and Somali, along with representatives from the African Union and United Nations.

Fighting that has spread to vital oil fields worries neighboring states, who fear new instability in a volatile region of the continent. It threatens what were already only halting steps towards creating a functioning state that declared independence from Sudan in 2011 after decades of conflict.

Officials have said till now that oil production, which had stood at about 245,000 barrels per day and provides most of South Sudan's revenues, have not been affected.

A source in Sudan, which hosts the sole export pipeline, said on Thursday there had been no disruption.

But 200 oil workers sought refuge in a U.N. base on Thursday. China National Petroleum Corp, one of the main operators, said it was flying 32 workers out of one field to Juba, according the Chinese state news agency Xinhua.

ETHNIC TENSIONS

The foreign minister and other officials have sought to play down the ethnic rifts, blaming the fighting on political differences. But since fighting moved beyond the capital, clashes have been increasingly driven by ethnic loyalties.

"So we have a military coup in our hands which is causing a lot of instability in the country and is being played up in certain areas as if it is a racial ethnic war, which is not the case," Benjamin said.

"We don't want to encourage what happened in Rwanda," he said, a reference to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

The United Nations said on Tuesday it understood up to 500 people had been killed in clashes but has not given a death toll since then. It says about 34,000 people have fled to bases of the UNMISS peacekeeping mission since fighting started.

Clashes in Bor town, where Nuer in 1991 massacred Dinka, have fuelled the fears of an ethnic war. A Nuer commander and Machar ally, Peter Gadet, now controls Bor, officials said.

A U.N. official said Luo Nuer youths, from a sub-group of Machar's Nuer ethnic group, had assaulted the Akobo base in Jonglei, saying there were believed to be some deaths.

Presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny told Reuters that 54 people from Kiir's Dinka ethnic group were killed by what he called Machar loyalists in the Akobo raid.

Political tensions between the two politicians had been mounting since Kiir, facing mounting public frustration about the slow pace of development, sacked Machar.

The former vice president said he wanted to run for office and accused Kiir of acting like a dictator.

Speaking to France's RFI radio, Machar said that if Kiir did quit office: "I think the people will depose him, in particular, influential people in the army."

Before the fighting erupted, Kiir accused his rivals of reviving the kind of splits in the ranks of ruling SPLM party that led to led to bloodshed in 1991. But analysts said he had raised the stakes by branding initial clashes a coup attempt.

(Additional reporting by Drazen Jorgic in Nairobi, Aizu Chen in Singapore and Maggie Fick in Cairo, Writing by Edmund Blair, Editing by Angus MacSwan)

Congress sends sweeping defense bill to Obama

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2013, file photo, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif. asks a question on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's hearing on the proposed authorization to use military force in Syria. Facing a standoff in the Senate, the top Democrats and Republicans on Congress’ military panels are working on a backup plan to ensure that they complete a far-reaching defense policy bill before year’s end. McKeon and the panel’s top Democrat, Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, expressed optimism on Dec. 5 that they could agree with their Senate counterparts on a pared-back bill that would cover a pay raise for troops, buy new ships and aircraft and address the epidemic of sexual assault in the military. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The women of the Senate who led the fight to change how the military deals with sexual assault in its ranks are hailing passage of a comprehensive defense bill that now heads to President Barack Obama for his signature.

The Senate voted 84-15 Thursday night for the $632.8 billion

Simon Cowell: My son will not have American accent

'The X Factor' boss Simon Cowell is planning to play his sleeping son tapes of his voice so he doesn't develop an American accent.

Simon Cowell will play his sleeping son tapes

Last week, Miley Cyrus announced that "Adore You" will be the third single off her sizzling hot Bangerz album. And while the song's official radio debut is still a few weeks away, she's already hinted at what the music video might look like-last night

UEFA Champions League round of 16 classics

The 2013/14 UEFA Champions League is the 11th edition since

With Manchester United FC entering European competition

The start of their 2013/14 UEFA Champions League campaign did not go to plan and there was another sizeable hiccup along the way but, in the end, Chelsea FC did what they invariably do: namely win the group with something to spare. It was the tenth time in 11 seasons they have qualified for the knockout rounds –

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, has revealed that the team might be camped in the United States ahead of the Brazil 2014 World Cup. Preferably in a city that has the same climatic condition as Sao Paulo, which the Eagles have picked as their permanent nest during the Mundial.

Speaking at the weekly media interaction at the

This is style of dressing by the youth, which one will your own be for the Xmas period???????

I’m Living Perfectly With My Husband – Actress, Mide Martins Denies Marriage Breakup

Daughter of late Funmi Martins and popular actress, Mide Martins who married a popular Nollywood actor and producer Afeez Owo several years ago has denied reports that her marriage has crashed.

Mide in a recent interview with Encomium magazine says

DELIVERANCE GONE WORNG: Pastor Beats Accused Witch Woman To Death In Lagos Church

Tawakalitu died last November after a prolonged illness and under strange circumstances.
Her death has strained the relationship between her family and her husband’s in whose custody she died after her mother was denied access to see her for a month.Reportedly, Mrs. Oluranti Adesina, Tawakalitu’s mother said that Razak, his father and the leader of a white garment church where her daughter died,

Beyonce: Image by Robin Harper/Invision/AP

Last week Friday Beyoncé released her fifth studio album, simply titled Beyoncé, on iTunes.

What was different about this album, however, was that it was released without any announcement, any promotion, without a lead single

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday said it had not called off its proposed strike action scheduled to begin on 18 December.

In a statement signed by its president, Dr Osahon Enabulele,

Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma: Image by JOE PENNEY/Newscom/RTR

The African Union said on Tuesday it was "deeply concerned" about events in South Sudan following two days of deadly fighting in the young nation, and urged restraint.

The AU "urges the government

Wande Coal Slams Rumors Of Beef With Wizkid

Reports hit the net this weekend that Mavin outcast Wande Coal aka Black Diamond got into a physical battle with Wizkid at a show that held that same weekend.

Reports claimed that the fight happened at the

The Next Future Awards Africa 2013 takes place in Rivers State [PHOTOS]

Africa’s biggest youth leadership platform, The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) kicked off a week of celebration yesterday with a formal launch of events by the Nigerian Federal Government. The launch was led by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan represented by Vice President Namadi Sambo at an event at the State House, Abuja.

Access Bank of Nigeria Plc brought in American singer Mariah Carey to perform at its end of the year party as well as the send-off event for their outgoing Managing Director, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede. That decision has not gone down well with some people in the US.

An American gossip website, Radar Online, has

The federal government plans to prosecute telecommunications operators, found to be fleecing subscribers through poor service delivery.

The Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, made the announcement at a news conference in Lagos on Monday.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said it urgently needs capital in order to continue its operations.

The Secretary of the Board of EFCC, Mr Emmanuel Aremo, said

The Islamist supporters of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi will boycott a referendum on a new constitution next month and organise a campaign against the vote, a spokesperson said on Monday.

The Anti-Coup Alliance led by Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood movement had initially considered calling on its supporters to vote against the constitution.

But an extensive police crackdown on the Islamists has

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) announced on Monday that they have suspended their strike.

Channels Television reports that the ASUU

Salva Kiir: Image courtesy of STRINGER/Newscom/RTR

South Sudan president Salva Kiir has reportedly declared a curfew in the country's capital of Juba after saying clashes between the rival groups of soldiers were caused by an "attempted coup".

According to reports, Kiir said the milit

Caption From Isa Muraina's Freedom @ Owode, Ogun State

Jonathan should resign - CNPP

The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has called for President Goodluck Jonathan to resign.

Daily Post reports that the call for his resignation followed a letter sent to Jonathan by Chief Olusefun Obasanjo which advised him to

The Special Adviser on Agriculture and Food Security to Osun State Governor, Mr Festus Agunbiade, on Wednesday said Nigeria spends over N600 billion annually to import food items.

According to him, Nigeria is ranked the largest importer of frozen fish and the second largest importer of rice, spending about N356 billion on two million metric tonnes of milled rice annually.

What a cute couple!

Na wa o: Terry G’s Leather Pant Tears On Stage (Photos) By Naijapals

Fathered by a ghost, married to another ghost

The 25-minute journey on a motorcycle from Akoda junction to Odeomu to Gaga to Odansidi to Omodeere to Olodan to Abese to Ayetoro and finally to Tonkere village, all in Ayedaade Local Government

Wonders shall never cease to end! As LAGOS (AFP) - Samuel Akinbode Sadela, Nigeria's oldest preacher at 107, he is the founder of Gospel Apostolic Church,

Obasanjo Writes President Jonathan, Accuses Him Of Lying, Promoting Corruption

An apparently angry and frustrated ex-President

Kendra Wilkinson has revealed she is expecting a daughter with her husband, Hank Baskett, next year.

Kendra Wilkinson is expe

Ellie Goulding will never understand why her father walked out on her family, but she's decided she doesn't want to find out.

Ellie Goulding thinks her father has

Simon Cowell has joked that his pregnant girlfriend Lauren Silverman is "lucky" to have found him.

Simon Cowell thinks Lauren Silverman is "lucky" to

Oprah Winfrey is glad she isn't a mother

Oprah Winfrey is glad she never had any more children after her son died when she was 14 because she thinks her success would have caused them suffering.

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