Red Cross Allegedly Drops Tonto Dike, Stella Damasus as Ambassadors

Stella Damascus and Tonto Dikeh have allegedly been dropped as ambassadors by Red Cross Society. While Stella was allegedly dropped because of a recent messy marriage scandal where she purportedly snatched  her Nollywood colleague; Doris Simeon’s husband, Tonto was dropped because of her razzy nature.

EXCLUSIVE: LASTMA Arrests Dismissed Officer for Impersonation

Despite a dismissal letter which took effect in March this year, 40-year-old Muhammed Ayinla Ibrahim, was yesterday arrested by the Provost Unit of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), whilst he was still parading himself as an officer.

The native of Abeokuta, Ogun State, who was dismissed on grounds of misconduct, was picked up at Mile 2 area of the state for operating illegally, constituting nuisance and parading himself as an official of the agency.

EXCLUSIVE: Eko Atlantic City Not Safe Without Proper Monitoring'

PROTOTYPE OF ATLANTIC CITY

Despite several assurances from the Lagos State Government about the Eko Atlantic City Project, a new district bordering Bar Beach which is being constructed on land reclaimed from the Atlantic, a hydrographer and consultant lecturer with University of Lagos, Dr.  Dupe Olayinka, weekend, raised fresh doubts as to its safety.

When completed, the project, which is billed to sprawl on nine million square metres of reclaimed land, according to the state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, would provide housing to over 250,000 residents as well as go a long way to curb the menace of erosion which is fast eating into the Lagos coastlines.

DELE MOMODU: PDP and the Rest of Us

Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, let’s begin to congratulate ourselves on the crisis currently rocking the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of Nigeria. It is the troublesome association that harbours the most unruly politicians on the surface of the earth but which prides itself as the largest political party in Africa without any empirical data or proof other than the fact that it is the party in Government in the most populous African country. The PDP is clearly an incredibly boastful party that has not been able to deliver on any of its many promises in the past 14 years despite the stupendous resources at its disposal which it has merely awarded to itself and its followers. The party never fails to praise itself like the lizard that falls from the top of an iroko tree and nods its head that “I have done well”. PDP says it has done Nigerians a huge favour and deserves to be in power for a further 50 years in the saddle. Who are we to argue in the company of the world’s biggest squander-maniacs?

CHINEDU EZE: Arik’s Uyo-Bound Plane in Dramatic Air Return as Airport is Plunged into Darkness

Arik air

Passengers aboard Arik Air flight to Uyo from Abuja on Friday evening were gripped by fear and anxiety as aerodrome light went off at the Akwa Ibom International Airport, Uyo as the aircraft which was already on approach to the runway was forced to go up again as darkness descended on the airport.

One of the petrified passengers graphically narrated his experience and the timely calculation and action of the pilot who took off after hovering for about 25 minutes waiting for the restoration of the aerodrome light, before returning to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Don Jazzy At It Again! Donates N1m to OJB Jezreel

A cheerful heart is what can best be attributed to Don Jazzy, and he constantly knows how to maintain the status quo. Whilst the cry to raise N15M for prolific music producer, OJB Jezreel continues, DON JAZZY put his cash where his mouth is by donating N1million. He didn't just stop there, he has continued to canvass for well meaning Nigerians to contribute too. GOD BLESS OUR JAZZY!!!!!!

State of Emergency: 1,500 Refugees Flee to Cameroon

Nigerian Ambassador to Cameroon, Ambassador Hadiza Mustapha

The recent fallout of the state of emergency declared by the federal government is the movement of about 1,500 refugees who  fled from Nigeria into the northern part of Cameroon. This figure is about half the figure being brandished by some media reports, which estimated that the number of refugees is over 3000.

Nigerian Ambassador to Cameroon, Ambassador Hadiza Mustapha, told newsmen in her office in Yaounde, that contrary to those media reports  the official estimate as ascertained by the United Nations Refugee Commission (UNRC) and the Cameroonian authorities was half of that.

IKEDI OHAKIM: El-Rufai and His Accidental Discharge

Guest columnist:  Ikedi Ohakim

It is on record that since I left office, I have refused to join issues with anybody in spite of several falsehood peddled about me.  Honestly, I never wanted to react to issues raised by Mallam Nassir El-Rufai about me in his book, “The Accidental Public Servant”.  This was especially as I never took a second look at the book, on account of its poor print quality and a rather pedestrian title.

But inundated with a barrage of calls from both within and outside the country, I had to reluctantly but painstakingly go through the book.  Mark Twain may have had El-Rufai in mind when he wrote: “From the moment I picked up your book until the moment I put it down, I could not stop laughing.” That was the same frame of mind I found myself in after reading El-Rufai’s “The Accidental Public Servant”.