Last Wednesday, he was at a function organized by the Kaduna Council of the Nigeria Union Journalists, NUJ. He represented the governor on the occasion. But two speakers on the occasion said publicly that they were eagerly looking forward to the day he would become the number one citizen of the state. By providence, Muktar...
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by Demola Rewaju To be certain, OBJ is neither God nor a god but to say he is a political pariah is far from the truth. The man has his own failings but as those who have worked with him will testify, he is a great friend to those who are friendly to him but...
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by Hauwa Gambo As we initially reported yesterday based on reports from the scene, it appears confirmed that the helicopter that crashed yesterday and killed five people including the Kaduna governor, Patrick Yakowa, who made history as the first post-1999 Christian governor of Kaduna, and former security chief, Andrew Owoye Azazi. The helicopter, which was...
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by Hauwa Gambo President Goodluck Jonathan presented the public with another viral photo this week as he attended another edition of the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s Holyshost Congress at the Redemption Camp on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Even though it caused a traffic nightmare for other attendees and traffic users, the president made the trip and...
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by C. Nwaonu Maybe we can grudgingly learn to love the other members of the harem or file for an amicable divorce or maybe we can just achieve acceptance. In pursuit of this review have done 3 things I said I wouldn’t do; I bought a book in hardback I read ‘There was a...
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by Hauwa Gambo Governor Patrick Yakowa As we initially reported yesterday based on reports from the scene, it appears confirmed that the helicopter that crashed yesterday and killed five people including the Kaduna governor, Patrick Yakowa, who made history as the first post-1999 Christian governor of Kaduna, and former security chief, Andrew Owoye Azazi. The helicopter, which...
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by Hauwa Gambo Headlines about the ongoing battles of wills between President Goodluck Jonathan and his benefactor, former president Olusegun Obasanjo have been all the rage the past few weeks. Obasanjo, apparently, could care less. Speaking yesterday when tha national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur visited him at his countru home in...
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Mrs Florence ltianu has pleaded with a Lagos Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, sitting in Agege, to dissolve her 12-year-old marriage over battery, threat to life and lack of care. The 48-year-old woman, resident at 4, Kaka Street, Agege, told the court that her marriage had never been peaceful. But the defendant in the case, Donatus,...
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by Chi Ibe A photo by Cosmas Asogwa has emerged and believed to be the last photograph taken of Governor Patrick Yakowa and General Patrick Azazi before their ill-fated helicopter trip in which the helicopter exploded and plunged into the sea as the two men were making their way to Port Harcourt from Okoroba, the hometown...
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Former Everton and Holland midfielder Andy van der Meyde has admitted he turned to cocaine and alcohol following the breakdown of his relationship with David Moyes. The Dutchman spent four years at Goodison Park after joining from Inter Milan in 2005, but quickly fell out of favour and mustered just 20 appearances before being released....
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by Hauwa Gambo Former president Olusegun Obasanjo manages to ruffle feathers anywhere he goes – and civil society groups across the West African region are not impressed. In ano open letter to the president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mission, the o axe the former President from subsequent assignments. In an...
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by Chi Ibe The presidency in its statement released late yesterday to mourn the victims of the helicopter crash, also gave name of its other four victims. Attention had hitherto focused on the Kaduna governor, Patrick Yakowa and the former National Security Adviser, Andrew Owoye Azazi. Others who were on the ill-fated plane include Yakowa’s...
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by Hauwa Gambo CNN is reporting that President Obama will nominate Sen. John Kerry to be Secretary of State, a democrat who spoke to the senator says. According to the network, its source has confirmed that a formal announcement could come next week. Susan Rice, who is United States ambassador to the United Nations, withdrew...
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STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT JONATHAN MOURNS VICTIMS OF HELICOPTER CRASH President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed utter shock and sadness over the crash Saturday in Bayelsa State of a military helicopter resulting in the death of Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and former National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Owoye Azazi (rtd), their aides,...
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When it comes to killer nails, Lady Gaga’s latest manicure could actually do some damage. The pop star stepped out with a huge sharpened talon on her finger on Saturday morning. The five-inch feature nail looked seriously scary, as she flashed it at photographers. No time to sleep! Lady Gaga out and about in New...
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A woman has unwittingly taken a picture of herself on a stolen iPhone that has then been sent to its rightful owner. With a downloaded app, the owner was able to take a photo of the woman as she tried to unlock the £319 mobile phone, as well as map the phone’s location after it...
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STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT JONATHAN MOURNS VICTIMS OF HELICOPTER CRASH President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed utter shock and sadness over the crash Saturday in Bayelsa State of a military helicopter resulting in the death of Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and former National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Owoye Azazi (rtd), their aides,...
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by Hauwa Gambo YNaija can authoritatively confirm that singer Timi Dakolo is safe and sound. The singer is in Bayelsa, and attended the Okoroba burial of Pa Douglas, father of presidential aide, Oronto Douglas. However, he was not in the crashed helicopter, as he was performing Luther Vandross’ ‘Dance with my father’ just as Governor...
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by Hauwa Gambo YNaija can authoritatively confirm that singer Timi Dakolo is safe and sound. The singer is in Bayelsa, but was not in the crashed helicopter, as he performed after Governor Patrick Yakowa and General Andrew Azazi had taken off. Our correspondent on the scene can confirm that he, and his wife who arrived...
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Officials in Carson City, Nev., shocked a California woman this week when they declared her the rightful heir to $7.4 million in gold bars and coins found stashed in the garage and property of a reclusive, mysterious cousin. City Clerk-Recorder Alan Glover said it took a month’s worth of genealogical research to certify that Arlene...
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A Utah mother has pleaded guilty to child abuse after taking nude photos of her 13-year-old daughter so that the girl could text them to a 30-year-old “family friend.” In April, the teen told Duchesne County detectives that Daniel Dean Divine, who lives in Oregon, was her boyfriend and had asked her to take nude pictures for...
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by Hauwa Gambo An unnamed aide to Kaduna governor, Patrick Yakowa, has just confirmed his death in a helicopter crash early this evening to international news agency, Reuters. According to the agency, “the governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, was killed on Saturday when his helicopter crashed in the southerly oil-producing Bayelsa state,...
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Her final teen contestant skated through to the finals on Thursday night’s X Factor. But as Britney Spears was gritting her teeth before Carly Rose Sonenclar’s name was called, all eyes were on her daring look for the television singing competition. The 31-year-old pop star harkened back to her hey-day in a plunging sheer paneled...
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These are the first pictures of the victims who died in a shooting rampage when a ‘deeply disturbed’ gunman went classroom to classroom at a Connecticut school. Ana Marquez-Greene, seven, was killed when the shooter opened fire on children and teachers at 9.30am on Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Twenty-six people died in the...
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She has spent most of the year performing in around the world as she continues to dominate the music charts. Finally taking a break from her hectic schedule, Rihanna continued her partying ways as she enjoyed a night out on the town in Hollywood at Las Palmas. The 24-year-old came across all coy as kept...
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by Chi Ibe YNaija has just confirmed a helicopter crash a few minutes from Okoroba in Bayelsa. Reports indicate that Gen Andrew Azazi, former national security adviser was in the helicopter. He is feared dead, alongside governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Yakowa. YNaija can however confirm that both men were seen boarding a helicopter to...
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by Sasha Brown-Worsham Marriage, when it’s good, can be a wonderful thing. It’s like being allowed to spend your life hanging out with your best friend in the world. Remember how much we wanted our best friend to spend every night at our house for weeks on end when we were little? Well, with marriage, you get...
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by Christina Pesoli Navigating a new relationship after getting cheated on in your last relationship can be tricky business. And while it’s wise to give previous experiences enough consideration to learn how to avoid making the same mistakes in the future, you don’t want to give them so much weight that they keep you shackled...
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One London man went to hell and back in a handbasket. Atushkumar Patel’s hand, which had been disfigured in an industrial accident, was restored to an incredible extent by a team of surgeons in Essex, England. Five weeks after the horrific incident, the 37-year-old father of two has even regained feeling and movement in his...
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A Southern California judge is being publicly admonished for saying a rape victim “didn’t put up a fight” during her assault and that if someone doesn’t want sexual intercourse, the body “will not permit that to happen.” The California Commission on Judicial Performance voted 10-0 to impose a public admonishment Thursday, saying Superior Court Judge...
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