Actress Beverly Naya vents on twitter

Uche Jombo temporarily relocates to the US to be with her husband

Uche Jombo left Nigeria two days ago to join her husband at their home in the US. Heard she plans to stay over there for a while, though she will come back for a few days in November for the Africa International Film Festival which will hold in Calabar.. after that it's goodbye to Nigeria till 2014.

Monalisa still going ahead with print of magazine despite controversy

Monalisa Chinda has not only reconciled with her boo, Lanre Nzeribe, she has also reconciled with the editor of her magazine who put her on blast a few weeks...so she's still going ahead with the print of her self-named magazine. Good for her...

Is D'banj working on a mix tape with Banky W, eLDee and M.I?

The Hennessy Artistry finale will take place this Saturday, October 19th at The Federal Palace Hotel in VI, Lagos and Dbanj, who is this year’s headliner will do a mix tape with some of the past Hennessy Artistry headliners. 

Dbanj has been in the news lately for either hilarious videos, talking about Genevieve or getting customized designer shoes from international label designers. This Saturday, he has promised to blow the minds of guests who will attend the final lap of this year’s Artistry project. Continue...

The mixtape might be a collection of all the Hennessy Artistry theme songs from “Like A Bottle” featuring music icon, Sir Shina Peters, Kas, Nnneka and others to this year’s “Raise Your Glasses” by Dbanj.

Other performers include supporting acts, Olamide, Phyno, Kay Switch, Chidinma, Seyi Shay, Pucado, Vector, Sean Tizzle and Show Dem Camp

New PDP Gives FCT Minister 48 Hours To Reopen Adamawa Gov’s Lodge, Apologize

The Abubakar Kawu Baraje faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday gave the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed 48 hours within which to unseal the Adamawa Governor’s lodge in Maitama District and apologize to people of the state for the action.

It also demanded that the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge, Legacy House (PDP Secretariat Annex) and other venues where political meetings are purportedly held, should be immediately sealed if the sealing of the Adamawa Governor’s lodge, which serves as the temporary secretariat of the faction by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, was to be justified.

This was contained in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the faction, Chukwuemeka Eze yesterday in Abuja.

The statement reads in part, “The sealing off of the Adamawa Governor’s Lodge by the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, only demonstrates his lack of understanding about the status of a Governor’s Lodge. What the minister has brazenly done is to indirectly attack the people and Government of Adamawa State in his desperation to impress the PDP tin god, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. This unwarranted and rash action by Senator Mohammed can be equated with the recent attack against the Nigerian Embassy in Bissau by the Guinea-Bissau authorities, which sparked outrage and for which that country’s government swiftly apologised.

“We advise the misguided minister to within 48 hours not only apologise to the people and Government of Adamawa State but also to unseal the Lodge, which serves as our temporary National Secretariat following the sealing of our National Secretariat by the police. The Government of Adamawa State has not committed any offence by allowing us to use the Lodge as contact office.”

The statement which accused the FCT minister of usurping powers that do not belong to him, said the decision to seal the Adamawa Governor’s lodge was not only unjustifiable but evidence of impunity by some overzealous people in the current administration, who are hell-bent on “blackmailing President Goodluck Jonathan and portraying him as draconian and undemocratic President”.

The faction insisted that “Such people must be stopped forthwith! We, therefore, appeal to Mr. President not only to call Senator Mohammed to order but also sanction him accordingly for portraying Jonathan’s government as lawless, evil and anti-people.”

“Finally, we urge our members and supporters neither to worry nor be demoralized by the rascality of the Tukur faction as we are ever ready to ensure that undemocratic elements will not go near the leadership of our party anymore. We are on course and by the grace of God we shall surely come out victorious for the greatness of our party and growth of democracy in Nigeria”.

21 Killed In Attacks On Benue Communities By Suspected Fulani Herdsmen

Separate attacks on Benue communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen claimed 21 lives over the weekend.

The Benue communities that were attacked include Apera, Gberija, Tse Pilla, Uchagh, Ukaha, Atenger, Agema and Agule in Guma where six persons were killed while another 15 were killed at Oguchi-Ankpa in Agatu local government area by the invaders.

A source from Guma local government council said, “They marched into our villages from Awe in Nasarawa State and passed through Damko before invading and burning down eight villages in Guma local government.

“Unfortunately, the herdsmen stormed the affected villages when most men had gone to their farms and since we thought that the persistent crisis had been settled by both the Benue and Nasarawa state governments, we were not prepared for the surprise attack.

“They killed six of our people who were mostly women, because they were at home preparing meals for their husbands and children who had gone to their farms at the time of the attack.

“Several persons were seriously injured while many are still missing as at today and no one has a clue as to their whereabouts.

“In fact this latest attack has brought to the fore the need for both the Benue and Nasarawa state governments to take a closer look at overhauling the security apparatus operating on the border between the two states,” he said.

Meanwhile, Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam has charged the people of the state to be vigilant and report suspicious movements in the communities to security agencies, following the weekend invasion of Benue communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Speaking yesterday at the Catholic Church, Oshigbudu after inspecting the damage at Enogaje, one of the communities earlier attacked by the marauders, Suswam urged the people to “be security conscious and report suspicious movements to the relevant security agencies”.

Reps Set To Probe Presidency Over Service-Wide Votes

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) has disclosed that it would launch an investigation into the disbursement and expenditure of service-wide votes from 2008 to date to agencies under the Presidency by the Budget Office later this week.


Rep. Adeola Solomon Olamilekan (APC, Lagos), who is chairman of the committee made this known at the weekend.

According to the lawmaker, the investigation has become necessary in order to find out how the funds were disbursed and utilized.

It would be recalled that the national budgets from 2008 to date under late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua down to President Goodluck Jonathan, were at over N4 trillion annually with service-wide votes accounting for about 40 per cent of the budget every year.

But the Public Accounts Committee chairman expressed surprise that the Auditor General’s office was still experiencing paucity of funds to carry out audit of government accounts, pointing out that there have been abundant sums of money extracted from the budget every year to cover for such services.


“We are going to investigate the Budget Office on Service-wide votes for 5 years especially the year 2011; how much was spent, how much was the expenditure for that year and all these years.

“40 per cent of the nation’s budgets which amounted to about N1.6trillion went for service-wide votes and nothing went to the Auditor General of the Federation. Rather, the budget office has been paying hired auditors to audit the service-wide vote accounts,” Mr. Olamilekan said.