I Have Never Hobnobbed With any Government – Omotola

Nollywood’s leading lady and mother of four, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, is not known as a woman who takes things with a pinch of salt. She has a reputation of hitting back fast and hard whenever she is hit.

At the Nigerian Entertainment  Conference (NEC), which held last week, Omotola told the audience that people should count her out of  those who hobnobbed with government either for businesses or pleasure.

Secret of Wealth In Tribulations -Bishop Oyedepo

Bishop David Oyedepo says poverty is not of God.  He insists a child of God has no business being poor and declares: “There’s a proven covenant cure for poverty.”  If this were true and proven, all the world’s poor would have become rich Christians by now.

Let us juxtapose the bishop’s enticing words with the word of God and see whose report should be believed.  Jesus says: “You will always have the poor among you.” (John 12:8).  Moses says: “The poor will never cease from the land.” (Deuteronomy 15:11).  So where does that leave Bishop Oyedepo’s “proven covenant cure for poverty?”  It is a pie in the sky.

Wealth transfer

My Interest Was No Longer Protected In APC- Hon. Odedo

Hon. Charles Odedo, a member of House of Representatives representing Idemili Federal Constituency, Anambra State, in this interview, explains why he parted ways with his mentor, Senator Chris Ngige. He says he is returning to the PDP from where he joined the defunct ACNand contested election into parliament. Odedo also speaks on his chances in the 2015 polls which he aspires to contest.

Why did you dump APC?

Censors delay release of Nigeria civil war film

The release of the Nigerian civil war film “Half of a Yellow Sun”, which had been set to open in cinemas nationwide on Friday, has been postponed by the country’s censorship board.

The film based on the eponymous best-selling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is about the 1967-1970 Biafra War which killed more than a million people, many from starvation.

A statement on the film’s website said the Nigeria release has been “postponed to May 2 due to delays in getting certification Nigeria Film and Video Censorship Board”.

Board spokesman Caesar Kagho told AFP there were “regulatory issues” with the release, but that the film had not been “officially banned”.

Breaking News: At Last, P-Square Reconciles!

Peter, Paul and Jude Okoye all tweeted their message of re-union almost at the same time in the early hours of Friday morning.

Anita Isama wife of Paul Okoye also joined in the celebratory  messages. She tweeted…

Top music videos and the big ideas behind them

The Nigerian music scene has come to life in such a short period of time. These days, it seems Nigerian music videos are being produced at the same rate Nollywood movies are being produced every day.

From club bangers to love songs, from afro-beat to gospel, you name it; the list of music videos being produced is endless. However, of the thousands of music videos being produced, check out the best of the lot and what make them hot!

Anxiety, panic as Lagos APC holds congress

As part of preparations toward ensuring electoral victory in the forthcoming 2015 general elections in the country, particularly in Lagos, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos State chapter, will today holds its all important state congress that will produce the executive members of the party to steer the ship for the next four years.

In a statement issued in Lagos by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, “the postponement is a confirmation of the party’s stated stand to be part of all genuine efforts to end insurgency in the country, and its strong belief that bi-partisanship must replace the crass partisanship of the presidency and the ruling party if the security crisis is to be overcomed.”APC had earlier postponed its state congresses scheduled for Wednesday, April 23rd, to allow state governors under the a     egis of the party to attend the rescheduled expanded National Security Council meeting, fixed for that day to discuss the security situation in the country.

PDP’s bid to recapture Kwara, a mirage -Saraki

Chairman, Senate Committee on Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that the quest of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party to recapture political power in Kwara State will be a mirage.

Jonathan and PDP leaders had in many occasions said PDP will recapture power from APC in Kwara.

Saraki speaking during the state congress of the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress in Ilorin on Saturday said PDP cannot recapture power from APC in the state.

Ekweremadu seeks ECOWAS support to fight terrorism

Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, who is also the Speaker, Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, lamented that terrorism remained a major challenge to the country.

He therefore called on the new Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President John Mahama of Ghana, to make war against terrorism and youth unemployment the top priorities of his tenure.

Ekweremadu, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,  Mr. Uche Anichukwu, said this during a meeting with Mahama at the State House in Accra.

See 3-year-old girl Who settle kingship tussle

Three year old Mma Abumi  Edet is currently the toast of her community.  The people of Mbarakom community in Akampkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State believe  this “mysterious’’ child  has not only  helped  in resolving an age-long monarchical struggle in their community, but put an end to a catalogue of evils that had befallen them for over a decade.

To reward  Abumi Edet, the community has pledged  to sponsor  her  education to tertiary level as a sign of appreciation.

The new monarch of the community, Sylvester Etim Eta-Agbor, told Saturday PUNCH that  the community would forever be grateful to Mma-Abumi, adding that it would take full responsibility for her education to any level and in any institution of her choice.