FG Inaugurates 28-Member Committee to Review Defence Policy

In line with President Goodluck Jonathan's determination to wage a successful war against Boko Haram insurgents, a 28-member committee was yesterday inaugurated to review the National Defence policy. Minister of Defence Lieutenant-General Aliyu Gusau Mohammed (retd) noted the current national defence policy was promulgated in 2006 and since then the nation had undergone a lot of transformation in terms of development, as well as security challenges.

Nigeria Set to Have International Cement Research Centre

In line with the newly introduced cement policy and President Jonathan’s industrialization process, Nigeria is set to become one of the six countries to have international cement research centres from Lafarge, a global leader in cement, aggregates and concrete making. Nigeria will be joining France, China, Brazil, India and Algeria as host of Lafarge’s development laboratory targeted at developing new solutions and business opportunities to consumers.

BoI to Award 220 MSMEs Loans per Annum

Furtherance to the job creation efforts of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Bank of Industry (BoI) has set up a scheme to provide loans for 220 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country yearly. The scheme, Business Development Service Providers, requires the service firms to help the MSMEs package their business plans and proposals in a manner that the project can be financed by the bank.

State Capitals will be Linked by Rail

President Goodluck Jonathan stated his administration will ensure all state capitals in Nigeria are linked by rail to boost the nation’s economy. The President said this in London during the 17th meeting of the Honorary International Investment Council (HIIC), themed, “Rail Transportation.” Jonathan said with such nationwide rail coverage, roads and highways would be better maintained, adding, “If we do not link state capitals by rail, our roads will not last.”

GEJ Felicitates with Awolowo’s Widow at 99

Yesterday, President Goodluck Jonathan felicitated with Chief Hannah Awolowo as she clocks 99 today. In a statement by Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Dr. Reuben Abati, the President and his family joined Nigerian to wish her a very happy birthday celebration.
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5,300 Farmers to Get 1.4bn Naira from BoA

In line with the transformation efforts of President Goodluck Jonathan in the area of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME), about 5,300 cassava farmers are to receive N1.4 billion out of the N9.9 billion SME fund from Bank of Agriculture (BoA) to cultivate 11,000 hectares of cassava. Also farmers cultivating 8,000 hectares of cassava have been provided with N1.1 billion.

Malaria: Niger To Get 2.7m Treated Mosquito Nets

In accordance to President Goodluck Jonathan’s efforts to eradicate malaria in Nigeria, the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) is set to distribute 2.7 million treated mosquito nets across the 25 local government areas of Niger State.

permanet.jpgMrs. Adaeze Aidenagbon, the leader of the state support team of NMEP, disclosed this yesterday during a media orientation programme organised by Society for Family Health in Minna to acquaint the media of the knowledge of the consistent use of the Long Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN).

Restoration of Ogoniland to Start in 2015

President Goodluck Jonathan has slated the first quarter of next year for the commencement of the Ogoniland restoration following the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) recommendations. The Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke stated this at a follow-up meeting of technical working groups in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday.

FG to Set Up Cultural Centre in Abuja

In order to replicate the National Theatre in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration engaged an Italian company, Studio Nicoletti and Associates to construct the Nigeria Cultural Centre and Millennium Tower in the Federal Capital City (FCT). The cultural centre consists of a 170-metre tower would be home to a 1,200-seat auditorium, museums, galleries, cultural centre, top notch hotel, fitness centre, restaurants and shoe shops.

Photos from the birthday Thanksgiving ceremony of H.I.D Awolowo

Matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief Mrs H.I.D Awolowo turned 99 yesterday and to celebrate the landmark age, her family and well wishers converged at the Awolowo residence in Ikenne, Ogun state, to hold a thanksgiving service for her. Present at the ceremony were governors of Ogun and Delta state, former Lagos state Governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, Princess Abba Folawiyo, her grandson Segun Awolowo and others. See the photos after the cut..


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Nollywood producer Fidelis Duker tells how his dogs killed 2 Cobras in his compound

  Nollywood producer Fidelis Duker shared how 3 of his dogs killed two Cobras in one month inside his compound. Don't know which part of Lagos he lives in, but if two Cobras visit in just a month, isn't that a dangerous place to live? He explained to his followers that the land next to his house is undeveloped..so that's where the snakes are coming from. He shared photos on his Facebook page.

'I'm married to only one woman & we still share same bed 43 years later" - Alake of Egbaland

Unlike many title holders, the Alake of Egbaland HRH Oba Michael Adedotun Gbadebo is married to only one woman, Olori Tokunbo, and they have been married for 43 years. They say he's the only long serving Oba in this country with only one wife. He became Alake of Egbaland in 2005.

The Oba revealed recently at a wedding where he was the chairman that he still shares the same bed with his wife and mother of his children, this was after he praised her for being an incredible partner. He said they have a strong bond and he never had the need to marry another woman.

Check out 2014 Mr Tourism Nigeria contestants

Mr Tourism Nigeria 2014 contestants just released their first official camp shoot and it's sexy! The contest will hold on November 29th in Uyo. See the hot men after the jump...

On the killing of students in Uni Jos: the military has two weeks to. Ensure justice

  It is with a deep heart and sorrow over the reports that Nigerian military shot dead two students protesting in uni jos on 25 of november. The students who were protesting relatively peaceful were sent to their graves by the forces who swore to defend our dear country.
   The protest who were protesting over a sudden 100 percent increase of tuition fees from 10 thousand, to 20 thousand naira. That development made the student to protest in order to call the attention of the university management to stop the proposed increment.

Jordin Sparks disses former Jason Derulo in new song, How Bout Now

Jordin Sparks and Jason Derulo broke up in September after dating for almost three years and even though they say it was an amicable split, Jordin still seems bitter about it. She released a new song yesterday titled How Bout Now, where she kinda dissed Jason. In the track, she sings;

"Remember when you broke your neck and I had to wash your back for you?" (Jason broke his neck during dance practice in 2012)

"You thought you had it all figured out back then, boy how bout now? 'Cuz I'm up right now, and you suck right now"

"Always been mom's little angel / but once you blew up head got big and you started changing / Can't believe all the things you started saying / Like I'm with you for your fame and your name, what?"

I'm a cancer survivor- Prof. Wole Soyinka says

Literary Icon, Prof Wole Soyinka, revealed today at a press conference in Abeokuta Ogun state, that he's a cancer survivor. He said his appointment as a board member of the African Cancer Centre made him undergo a routine checkup last year which revealed he had cancer. He said he diagnosed with the disease in December 2013.

"It never occurred to me to test myself because men have their separate test like women and I have heard people who lost very dear ones, closed ones. They just told me, ‘Prof, we hope you’re having your own?’ And I told them I had one 10 years ago and he said, “No, no, do it regularly.” And by accident in December last year, I discovered that I had cancer.”.

Kris Jenner forbids Kim from divorcing Kanye West?

 Radar Online now claims Kris Jenner has forbidden Kim from divorcing Kanye over fears another divorce could ruin her career. The report below...
As Kim Kardashian’s marriage to Kanye West crumbles, RadarOnline.com has learned that her momager Kris Jenner hasn’t exactly been a sympathetic ear. According to insiders, she’s forbidden her daughter to divorce the rapper, telling her she needs to keep her fame in focus and avoid another divorce debacle like she had with Kris Humphries! 

“Kim told her mom that she and Kanye are arguing and Kris said that she better fix it because her career won’t survive another divorce,” an insider told Radar. “It was kinda of threat. Kim’s career is on top now and she doesn’t want her to screw it up.” 

But despite Jenner’s best intentions to help her daughter avoid going through that again, the source said the momager is really part of the problem between Kardashian and her man. 

“Kanye wanted to take over more of Kim’s career when they got married and he’s started doing that, but Kris won’t allow him to have 100 percent control,” the insider said. “She wants control and so does he, because he’s thinks of himself as a visionary and feels like he sees things differently than Kris.”

Summed up the source, “Kanye and Kris don’t see eye to eye.”

Hehehe: Halle Berry accuses Gabriel Aubry of trying to turn their daughter white - TMZ

Halle Berry took her baby daddy Gabriel Aubry to court, claiming he's trying to make their 6yr old daughter white. In court documents, Halle said Aubry was straightening and lightening Nahla's naturally-curly hair in an effort to make her appear less Black.

According to TMZ, a judge has ordered Gabriel to stop what he's doing with Nahla's hair. He ruled that neither Halle nor Gabriel could change Nahla's look from its natural state moving forward. The judge is allowing Nahla's hair to grow back naturally.

New Video: Akin - Nigerian Girl

Few weeks after releasing “Nigerian Girl”, Akin, The award-winning RnB and Hip-Hop artiste, releases  inspiring fresh visuals to complement the essence of the song and his soulful voice. 

Akin’s “Nigerian Girl” has since its release, topped charts on Nigerian and Canadian radio and has been well received by listeners and industry taste-makers, often calling it "a breath of fresh air". 

Produced by Webcrawlaz, the video was shot in Canada and in Nigeria and tells the story of Akin's homecoming, its a showcase of beautiful Nigerian queens and a celebration of it's rich culture and various ethnic tribes.

Photos: Nike Oshinowo on radio tour

 Nike Oshinowo went on a radio tour yesterday to promote her new talk show, 'Late Night with Nike Oshinowo’ which premieres this Thursday at 11pm on AIT. See more photos bellow.

Anambra state 1st Lady lovely in new photos

 Anambra 1st Lady Mrs Ebele Obiano looking lovely in new photos. See another pic bellow.

Atiku Abubakar celebrates as his wife is called to Bar today

 Atiku Abubakar spent birthday with family, as they celebrate his wife, Jennifer Jamilah Abubakar, call to bar.

North Korea sends "atomic bomb" to America, says U.S. 'Graveyard Of Human Rights' Over Ferguson

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is saying the police shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, is evidence that the United States is a "graveyard of human rights."

The comments by a Foreign Ministry spokesman fit a North Korean pattern of seizing any opportunity to turn the table on Washington's longstanding criticism of the North as one of the world's worst human rights abusers.

OBJ catapults GEJ again, says his “evil” actions destroying Nigerian democracy

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again torn at President Goodluck Jonathan, saying Nigerian democracy remained at risk due to the action of the present administration.
Speaking at a book Launch in honour of the pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, Mustapha Akanbi‎, in Abuja, Mr. Obasanjo, who is the Chairman of the occasion, said the president should stop encouraging ‘verbal violence which may not physically hurt but has ways of degenerating into physical violence’.

PDP To APC -- Enough Is Enough.

Chief Olisa Metuh finished apc with this statement
“Nigerians have waited for too long for the APC's roadmap with convention after convention (two in less than a month) producing only humbug, claptrap and a regurgitation of worn-out, anachronistic clichés.
APC is a disgrace.
There is no occasion they won't talk about GEJ or FG, it baffles me to see them speak more about GEJ and PDP, instead of selling themselves and telling us their roadmap.
Okay nah.