November 2019

Eko Hotel Set For Tropical Christmas Wonderland

The Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos will kick off its highly-anticipated Tropical Christmas Wonderland in December.

Following four years of organizing small scale Christmas holidays, the hotel has decided to go the whole hog and for the first time, treat families to a fantastic holiday by recreating the lights, magic and spectacle of Christmas to a backdrop of tropical themes.

Alongside the Light Up ceremony will be a Cocktail @ Sunset event, before what the hotel’s sales team describes as Theatre under the Stars. They go further to promise that the hotel “would be the most magical place to …

Melaye

Melaye Accuses INEC Of Collating ‘Magic Results’

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Kogi West Senatorial election,  Senator Dino Melaye, has rejected the outcome of the poll, saying what was being collated and released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are magic results.

He also decried the wantom killings that characterised the exercise and the governorship election in the state.

The PDP senatorial candidate in his reaction to the volatile election, accused the ruling APC of manipulating the senatorial poll results on Saturday afternoon all through  midnight.

According to him, the manipulations were made possible through the machinery of the APC in the state …

Yoruba

Yoruba Youths Demand Clarification On Osinbajo’s Fate

Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW) yesterday rose from a meeting in Lagos and demanded from the Presidency a clarification on the fate of Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and his office, saying the controversies trailing the sacking of his aides were giving cause for concerns.

This was coming as the group urged Nigerians to shun negative attacks targeted at the personality of the Vice President, lamenting that the multiple attacks were being orchestrated by some disgruntled elements in the Presidency to reduce Osinbajo’s growing national statue and acceptability.

YCYW …

INEC

No Ad Hoc Staff Is Missing, Says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that none of its ad hoc staff is missing.

The commission, in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, said that it can confirm that all of its ad hoc staff engaged for Saturday’s Kogi State governorship election are hale and hearty in their respective homes, adding that even the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, has spoken to some of them to confirm that they are safe.

According to the CPS, “We can now …

Dangote

Dangote’s Shocking Revelation

On November 10, Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, honoured the invitation to the Gold Gala organised by a wave-making entertainer, Florence Otedola, aka DJ Cuppy, in support of the Save Our Children initiative.

Interestingly, the multibillionaire businessman chose that moment of all moments to reveal a personal secret hitherto unreported, which pleasantly shocked the audience who had graced the occasion.

While making a personal donation of N100 million, the President of the Dangote Group of Companies disclosed that he had made a vow with his creator to donate all his money to charity before he leaves this world!…

Saraki: Nigeria Accounts For 70% Trade In Gulf Of Guinea

The Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki has disclosed that Nigeria is a destination of choice in terms of maritime trade as 70 percent of the Gulf of Guinea trade takes place in Nigeria.

The minister said the country is always open to new ideas and new ways of improving services to its citizens, saying Nigeria is tackling the challenges through proactive environmental friendly policies.

She made the disclosure at a meeting with a trade mission from the Kingdom of Belgium on Friday, citing the World Bank report on Ease of Doing Business to justify the progress the …

Kogi: PDP’s Wada Dissatisfied, To Appeal Election Result

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kogi State Musa Wada has rejected the election results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Wadda said he would go to the tribunal to appeal the election result he claimed to have won.

“They (Kogi people) should not despair,” Wada said in a video tweeted by the PDP.

“We shall pursue this to a logical conclusion with the coffers of the law in this country.”

The PDP candidate said the announced results were fabricated.

“We hope that …

NCAC

NCAC Boss Urges Nigerians To Ensure Full Participation

 The National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) has called on Nigerians to ensure full participation in the 2019 edition of the International Arts and Crafts (INAC) Expo, slated to hold from Nov. 20 to 24.
Mr Olusegun Runsewe, the Director -General of the council organising the fair, made the call in a statement signed by  his Media Aide, Mr Frank Meke, in Lagos on Sunday.
He said the expo billed to hold in the Federal Capital Territory Exhibition Pavilion would encourage cultural exchange programmes between countries, thereby fostering unity across nations.
He assured Nigerians of a special outing with
LIMA

Music Meets Arts At LIMA Best Of Gospel Talents In Lagos

Lagos is witnessing a great gathering in gospel music today, November 17, 2019, with the staging of the fourth edition of LoveWorld International Music & Arts Award (LIMA) at the LoveWorld Arena, at the headquarters of the Believers LoveWorld Ministry in Lagos.

The event, which is being beamed live, celebrates excellence and success in God attracts different musical artistes from different continents. It has the theme “Hotter than Fire.”

Speaking at a media briefing in Lagos that had gospel music artistes like Buchi, Joe Praize, Kenny Young and some of the LoveWorld All Stars, Pastor Tony Ikoku, Director of Media …

Service

Bayelsa/Kogi: Police Service Commission Lauds Oficers

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has lauded the police and other security agencies for their professional conduct during the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi.

Mr Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of the Commission, gave the commendation in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

He said the commendation followed an interim report from the commission’s teams that monitored the elections.

Ani said the report indicated that the police and other security were very professional in spite of numerous challenges in the two states.

He said the monitoring teams from the commission observed over proliferation of illegal …

INEC Adjourns Collation Till Monday

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjourned the collation of the Kogi State governorship election result till 8am Monday.

The INEC Returning Officer for the state, Prof. Mohammed Umar, disclosed that this has become necessary to enable the collation officers do their work in the remaining two local government areas — Lokoja and Ibaji respectively.

Meanwhile, Governor Yahaya Bello is leading in the results of the 19 local government areas declared by INEC so far.

With the results of the remaining two local governments to be collated, the coast is clear for the return of the White Lion to …

Gunman In US School Shooting Dies As Police Hunt Motive

The teenager who gunned down classmates at a California high school before shooting himself died Friday, leaving detectives baffled over the motive of a Boy Scout with no obvious alarm bells in his background.

Nathaniel Berhow died in a hospital one day after shooting himself in the head at the end of a 16th birthday rampage that left two fellow students dead.

Berhow had been in critical condition since police officers storming the campus found him lying among the wounded.

The Los Angeles sheriff’s department confirmed Berhow died shortly after 3:30 pm (2330 GMT) on Friday.

The puzzle of what …