Jackie Appiah Denies Marital Ties to Bobby Obodo

The Ghanaian actress Jackie Appiah and Nigerian actor, Bobby Obodo were rumored to have been struck by cupid's arrow.  Jackie is already separated from her husband and she is rumoured to be dating Bobby Obodo. Here is a press statement from her people denying the story which has gone viral on the internet.

I find it necessary to comment on recent scurrilous, slanderous and preposterous social media reports on Jackie Appiah's alleged 'marriage' to Bobby Obodo. First of all, let me state here that Jackie Appiah is absolutely not getting married to Bobby Obodo and the two of them are just good friends.

How True? Jonathan awards $40million contract to monitor Internet communication by Nigerians

Here is a very important information from PREMIUM TIMES for the 47 million Nigerian Internet users. Big Brother, in the form of the Jonathan administration, is watching you, and your communication is no longer safe.

It is one of the most far-reaching policies ever designed in Nigeria’s history to invade the privacy of citizens. The Jonathan administration secretly, and in open violation of lawful contracting procedures, has awarded an Israeli firm, Elbit Systems, with headquarters in Haifa, a $40million contract to help it spy on citizens’ computers and Internet communications under the guise of intelligence gathering and national security.

If you get tattoos, so will we, Obama tells daughters

 US President Barack Obama has a unique strategy for keeping his daughters from getting tattoos: threatening to get the same design, along with his wife, and turning it into a family YouTube moment.

“What we’ve said to the girls is: ‘If you guys ever decide that you’re going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo, in the same place,” Obama explained on NBC’s “Today” show on Wednesday.

Employment Letters from the Grave

Chairman of FCSC, Mrs. Joan Ayo

The last has not been heard of the probe into bribe-for-job scandal being carried out in the Senate as it came to the surface  Wednesday that the employment letters of two beneficiaries of the scam – Mrs. Rose Odey and Idachaba Tijani – who allegedly paid over N250,000 to the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) to secure jobs in federal ministries, were signed by a dead man.

Chairman of FCSC, Mrs. Joan Ayo, told the Joint Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs and Employment, Labour and Productivity that the two employment letters that the duo claimed they were given were actually “photocopies.”

Achebe's Body Arrives Nigeria May 21

Prof. Chinua Achebe

The remains of late novelist, poet and literary icon, Prof. Chinualumogu Achebe is expected to  arrive at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 ahead of its interment on Thursday, May 23, 2013, the burial committee has said.

Chairman of Achebe's  National Transition Committee Prof. Uzodinma Nwala revealed this Thursday in Abuja while announcing the one-week eventful transition programme in honour of the late author.

2011 Post Election Violence: Jonathan Approves N5.7 b to 9 States

President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the release of a total sum of N5,747,694,780.00 as assistance to nine states of the federation for direct disbursement to those who suffered losses of properties, means of livelihood and places of worship in the post-election violence of 2011.
In the same vein, the apex government said the families of the dead and the wounded during the crises have been identified and will be taken care of in due course.

SEGUN ADENIYI: Endgame in Massachusetts

The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi. Email, olusegun.adeniyi@thisdaylive.com

"Untilfurther notice, we will suspend all meetings related to the reunion. I will be back in touch later this morning. Please stay safe.” By the time that mail came in from Dr. Kathleen Molony at exactly 7am last Friday, I was already by the television, watching the unfolding drama. About 30 minutes earlier, an announcement had been made that the entire city of Boston and surrounding towns like Cambridge, Watertown etc. were on lockdown.

I arrived the US last Wednesday evening for a three-day “Fellows Alumni Reunion and Conference” of Harvard University’s Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs (WCFIA) where I had spent the 2010/11 academic session. The planning for the programme with the theme “Searching for Balance in an Unstable World” actually started two years ago and everybody had looked forward to it. However, in the days preceding the conference, there were apprehensions about whether it would still go ahead given the terror attack at the Boston Marathon last week Monday but the university authority decided it should.

Femi-Fani Kayode Admits to Cheating on his wife

While admitting to have cheated on his wife in times past, Femi Fani-Kayode
said, "I am not an angel. Like most married men  I have made mistakes in the
 past and I have let down my wife on a number of occasions. 

Yet despite that I never stopped loving her. I never considered the
possibility of leaving my wife though on many occasions she  almost left me.

Finally, Stella Damasus Responds to Marriage Rumour

Earlier, some blogs had reported that Stella Damasus and Daniel Ademinokan, Doris Simon's ex husband secretly got married sometime in February this year in New York, where they now live.

She further said last night April 24th, Daniel held a surprise 35th birthday party for Stella at a restaurant called 9ja Villa in Brooklyn, New York, adding that he also bought Stella a Range Rover yesterday as a birthday present!

Anyway, Stella Damasus has reacted to the report and here is what she has to say:

"I have been trending for the past two days now. Day one was about people wishing me well and praying for me on my birthday. Day two is now filled with gossip, scandals and all sorts, but that is as far as the so called journalists and bloggers are concerned. As far as I am concerned I had a blast on my birthday and I will not allow other human beings steal my joy regardless.

Kogi: Five Killed as Fulani Herdsmen, Youths Clash

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State

At least five people lost their lives when violence broke out on Wednesday  between some youths and Fulani herdsmen in Egbe, Yagba West Local Government Council of Kogi State. According to an eye witness account, the violence broke when the Fulani herdsmen and their cattle strayed into the farm of a local farmer damaging the farm substantially.

EXCLUSIVE FEATURE: Tactical Drills for the Army

Soldiers during the range classification exercise of the 81 Division at Owode-Yewa, Ogun State

Chiemelie Ezeobi, who was part of the ongoing Range Classification Exercise of the 81 Division Headquarters of the Nigerian Army, which comprise all units and formations in Lagos and Ogun States, writes that the exercise was meant to improve personnel weapon handling and marksmanship

It was the booming sound of gunfire that woke Taoheed Ajayi from sleep penultimate Thursday, but the gunshots were far from his house.  A resident of Owode-Yewa in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, he had become accustomed to the annual ritual. “The soldiers are in training,” he said with a sense of familiarisation.

EXCLUSIVE: Bamigbetan's Kidnappers Absconded to Ghana-Lagos CP

Bamigbetan 

....CP Identifies three groups behind the recent kidnapping in the state

By Chiemelie Ezeobi

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, today disclosed that the reason why the kidnappers of the state Chairman, Ejigbo Local Council  Development Area (LCDA), Kehinde Bamigbetan, have not yet been captured was because they fled to Ghana, a neighbouring African country.