Category: Entertainment

Adeniyi Johnson: Toyin Abraham had an affair with Seun Egbegbe while we were married

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Adeniyi Johnson, Nollywood actor, says his ex-wife, Toyin Abraham, was romantically involved with Seun Egbegbe while they were still married. The ‘Meet the In-laws’ star married Toyin Abraham(formerly Aimakhu) in 2013 but the marriage was short-lived after accusations of infidelity brought the union to an end in 2015. “When a relationship doesn’t work, both people are at fault,” he said in an interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu on ‘Rubbin Minds’, a programme on Channels TV. “But when it reaches the point where someone is being painted black and the other person…

NIPR to Resuscitate Niger Chapter- Council Member

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The newly elected member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations Governing Council, Mr. Ohaeri Osondu has pledged to resuscitate and scale up Public Relations practice in Niger State during his tenure. The Immediate Past Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja Chapter who was among the 17 candidates elected into the Institute’s Governing Council at the 2018 NIPR AGM/National Conference recently held in Umuahia, Abia State. In a post-election’s statement, Mr. Ohaeri who will be coordinating public relations activities in the Federal Capital…

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: GOV SANI-BELLO CHARGES MEDIA ON FAIR, BALANCED REPORTING

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has acknowledged that the growth and development of democracy in Nigeria is essentially dependent on the level of freedom of the Press.   The Governor, who stated this in Minna to commemorate the 2018 World Press Freedom Day, said freedom of speech and information are a fundamental rights of individuals and cannot be trampled upon.   In the statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace, the Governor also affirmed that the freedom of the Press is not negotiable in any…

Dabiri, Ooni, storms Ile-Ife for UNIFEMGA Reunion … As Diaspora Tops Agenda

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The issue of the Nigerians in the Diaspora will take the centre stage as Hon.Abike Dabiri-Erewa is the guest speaker at 2018 annual national reunion of Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association, UNIFEMGA on Saturday May 5, at Ile-Ife, Osun state. According to a statement by the Chairman Planning Committee of the Reunion, Luqman Obileye and Mohammed Buari, Public Relations Officer, the three- day programme would hold at Oduduwa Hall from Friday May 4 to May 6 from 10 a.m. The statement added that Dabiri-Erewa would speak on the theme…

Most of my mates were almost grandmothers when I married at 24 – Aisha Yesufu

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The co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls group, Aisha Yesufu, tells Ademola Oloniluaabout her family and love life You became quite popular through the Bring Back Our Girls campaign after the Chibok girls were abducted in 2014. How did you become an activist? For me, activism has been part of me all my life. I am somebody that stands up against injustice because I have a ‘big mouth.’ While I was growing up, I always asked questions; be it from my parents or when I was in school. I…

How Man Slipped Hand Into My Bra To Squeeze My Breasts – Adichie

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Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie has narrated how a ‘big media’ man slipped his hand under her clothes and then into her bra to squeeze her breasts when she was 17 years old. Adichie, who joined the #MeToo movement’ shared the story of her sexual assault at age 17. She spoke at the Stockholm Forum for Gender Equality. According to her, she had written a book of poems and took it to a “big man in the media” who she felt would support her quest to have it introduced to the…

NEW BUSSA @50: GOV SANI-BELLO PROMISES TO PRIORITISE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello at the weekend said his government will give priority attention to tourism development in a bid to improve the economic base of the state. He disclosed this in New Bussa, the headquarters of Borgu Emirate in Borgu Local Government Area of the state at the grand finale of the golden jubilee celebration of relocation of the people of the kingdom from the old Bussa to the present position. The Governor who noted that the state can no longer continue to rely on the monthly…

Fani-Kayode, Oluwo And Limit Of Eccentricity By Semiu Okanlawon

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Let me confess first! I have written this piece much against the counsel of well-meaning individuals who believe that Femi Fani-Kayode, the loquacious controversial lawyer, is better ignored anytime he throws all cautions to the wind as he is no longer worth the attention of right-thinking people. I rarely do this but I needed to disobey this time! By his outlandish claims and ill-chosen diction, I doubt if anyone was taken aback few days ago when the former Aviation Minister released his diatribe against President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi…

I Can’t Stop Accusing Jonathan Of Treasury Looting – Osinbajo

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Here is the full speech of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Lagos on Thursday that former president Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) do not want published. ”Let me first say that we started this colloquium now about 10 years ago, and I’m sure that most of us have heard the story. Many of those who started the idea of the colloquium probably are here with us today. Most of us had worked with the then Governor of Lagos State, Governor Bola…

EASTER: FG Declares Friday, Monday Work Free Days

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The Federal Government has declared Friday 30th March and Monday 2nd April, 2018 as Public Holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively. The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, enjoined Christian faithful and Nigerians in general to employ the spiritual ethos of Easter, which includes love, peace and sacrifice, in contributing to the unity and peaceful co-existence among Nigerians. Gen. Dambazau also urged Nigerians to remain supportive of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari in…