Cossy Orjiakor says she will marry this year

Nollywood Queen of Boobs, Cossy Orjiakor has revealed that she would settle down this new year.
The controversial actress, who is known for flaunting her cleavages online, said she will finally become a ‘Mrs’ in 2016.

 


“Hello 2016…I started this year with work… Helping out… Almost like charity…. That’s when I know It’s gonna be a good year…. This year I will finally become Mrs Cossy Ojiakor……… Fill in the blank space hahhahhaha,” she wrote on her instagram page.

Angola hold Nigeria in CHAN 2016 warm-up match

The home-based teams of Angola and Nigeria played out a 1-1 draw in a friendly match in Pretoria, South Africa on Wednesday.

Adepoju backs Amuneke for Glo/CAF award

 

Idris Adesina

Mutiu Adepoju has tipped Nigeria Under-17 team coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, to win an award at the 2015 Glo/CAF Awards in Abuja on Thursday.

Amuneke has been nominated for Coach of The Year along with former Ivory Coast coach, Herve Renard, Etoile du Sahel coach, Fawzi Benzarti, and CAF Champions League-winning coach TP Mazembe’s Patrice Carteron.

Glo-CAF Awards: Renard ahead of Amuneke

FIFA U-17 World Cup-winning coach Emmanuel Amuneke will most likely surrender the CAF Coach of the year 2015 award to Herve Renard, who led Cote d’Ivoire to win a long-awaited AFCON trophy in Equatorial Guinea in February.

The 2015 AFCON win was after 23 years of wait by the Ivorians who last celebrated AFCON success in 1992.

Renard also led unfancied Zambia to win the 2012 AFCON in Gabon, incidentally at the expense of Cote d’Ivoire.

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Former FC Barcelona winger Amuneke, on the other hand, led Nigeria to win the FIFA U17 World Cup in November in Chile.

Coaches Who Need To Prove A Point In NPFL This Season

The 2014/2015 Nigeria Professional Football League witnessed some tactically astute managers deliver top notch knowledge of the game (football), leading their respective teams to greater heights.

But with a new season just around the corner, lovers of the local league are expecting to see more managers translate their ability and knowledge of the game into remarkable success in the football world.
It is in this regard, Naij.com has compiled a list of managers to watch out for as the 2015/2016 Nigeria Professional Football League gets underway in some couple of days.

1. Kennedy Boboye – Abia Warriors

What Kennedy Boboye could achieve last season with Sunshine Stars is commendable and deserves him a place on this list.

Glo/CAF: Ikpeba, Okocha tip Toure, Oliseh wants Ayew

Pius Ayinor and Idris Adesina

Top Nigeria football celebrities have pitched their tents behind different players as the Glo/CAF African Footballer of The Year awards hold in Abuja on Thursday. While a former African Footballer of The Year Victor Ikpeba and former Eagles captain Austin Okocha are fully behind Yaya Toure to keep the title, Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has emotionally put his cash on Andre Ayew.

Oliseh, who is Pretoria, South Africa with the Eagles preparing for the African Nations Championships told The PUNCH, “I think Ayew deserves it to stop the monotony.”

Psquare star signs artiste Muno to record label

The Psquare singer made the announcement on social media, welcoming the newly signed act to the label.

Paul Okoye
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Paul Okoye has announced the signing of a new artiste Muno, to their record label, Square Records.

The Psquare singer made the announcement on social media, welcoming the newly signed act to the label.

“Ladies and gentlemen, It's a new year 2016. I present to you all "Muno" my new artiste, a singer, best voice ever!!” Paul announced.

NAPTIP quizzes Davido over alleged baby abduction

23-yr-old pop star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, on Wednesday visited the Lagos State office of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), over the ongoing child rift with his baby mama, Mrs. Sophia Momodu.

According to sources at NAPTIP, Davido reportedly arrived at the agency at 11:07am.
It was learnt that his statement on the face-off over the custody of the relationship between him and the estranged mother of his daughter, Sophia, was taken by NAPTIP.

The whole drama started after Sophia who is a cousin of popular journalist, Dele Momodu, wrote a petition against the musician through her lawyer, Mr. Gbolaga Ajayi.

Ajayi while seeking protection for the rights of his client, petitioned the NAPTIP as the case borders on child abduction and trafficking.

Recall that Davido’s father, Dr. Deji Adeleke and Momodu, paid an earlier visit to the NAPTIP office on Monday for a meeting.

However, Dr. Adeleke was said to have stormed out of the meeting barely 30 minutes after it started.

Dickson is a deceitful, dictatorial and wasteful Governor – Sylva

 

 Chief Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the party’s candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship election, has described the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Governor Seriake Dickson, as the most deceitful, dictatorial and wasteful governor the state has ever had.

Sylva, who was reacting to Dickson’s world press conference on Monday where the governor referred to him as a violent politician, spoke through Chief Nathan Egba, the Director of Media and Publicity, Sylva-Igiri Campaign Organisation.

The State Governor had during the press conference said, “The party, the APC, is desperate. Their candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, is desperate. I hear they want to expand their empire across the Atlantic.
“Although Sylva is my friend and brother, I do not like his brand of politics of violence. I will roundly defeat him and the APC again and again.”

Southern Ijaw: Over 5,000 Police Officers to Storm Bayelsa Ahead of Election

Over 5,000 police men have been deployed to Bayelsa state for the conclusion of the Governorship race in Southern Ijaw Local government, this Saturday.The Bayelsa governorship election of December 7, 2015 was declared “inconclusive” by the electoral umpire, with Southern Ijaw votes outstanding.

 

 

 

 Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has reportedly deployed a deputy inspector general of police, an assistant inspector general of police and three police commissioners to the State for the rerun.

 

Police sources had also disclosed on Tuesday that over 5, 000 officers, as well as plain-clothes detectives, surveillance helicopter for aerial patrol, gun boats, speed boats and anti-riot personnel from the Mobile 

Police Unit, will also be on hand in Bayelsa to keep the peace during and after voting.

 

IGP Arase has also placed a curfew in the State. Movement will be restricted to the hours between 6am to 6pm during the voting exercise.

It’s Wrong To Expect Productivity With Poor Welfare – Minister

 

 

The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that he will continue to place emphasis on the welfare of the ministry’s staff in order to boost their morale and enhance their productivity.

Speaking yesterday during the handing over of two keys of newly-acquired buses to the Joint Staff Union of the ministry in Abuja, the minister said that he is committed to look at the best way to relieve the hardship of workers.

Nigeria 2016-2019: The tasks ahead

 President Muhamadu Buhari may not altogether be a Messiah, but by the grace of our ancestors, he appears destined to lead the long-suffering people of Nigeria out of the desert and the wilderness to a point from where they will be able catch sight of the promised land in the far distance. It will then be up to a generation of young and dynamic patriots to lead our people further forward into a land of sunshine and abundance…

Therefore, one of the first tasks to which Buhari MUST apply himself is to lay strong foundations for the future leadership of Nigeria to operate from in the decades to come. Quite rightly, he has begun by embarking on a through exercise of internal cleansing, whereby the main traitors who have been looting our nation’s wealth on an unprecedented scale for decades now are being flushed out into the open and brought to trial.

$2.1bn arms cash: I never received N1.7bn from Dasuki- Fani-Kayode

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has denied media reports alleging that he received N1.7billion of the controversial arms deal fund from the office of the ex-National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (reted).

Fani-Kayode, who was Director of Media and Publicity, Jonathan/Sambo Campaign Organisation, during the last Presidential election which Jonathan lost to President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement said he read with amusement the allegation made in the media report.

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He said: “I read with amusement the allegation that was made in the media report that I was given 1.7 billion naira cash by President Goodluck Jonathan. This is false. A few hours later they changed their story and said that I received 1.7 billion naira from the office of the former NSA, Colonel Sambo Dasuki. This is also false.

Don't Interfere In Bayelsa Polls - PDP Governors Warn Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF), have warned President Muhammadu Buhari and other relevant agencies of government to desist from interfering in the supplementary election scheduled for Bayelsa state.
 
The PDPGF also expressed confidence in the ability of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, to sweep the poll, adding that, his numerous achievements in all sectors of the economy in the state were commendable.
The group, which said the Presidency should ensure a hitch-free exercise, contends that “this is the greatest change the present administration could bequeath to Nigeria.”

Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, the chairman of the forum and the governor of Ondo state, issued the warning during a courtesy call on Governor Dickson in government house, Yenogoa, Bayelsa state capital.

Abia Tension: DSS Storms Hon Ubani's Premises

A combined team of soldiers and officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) have invaded the home of a former House of Representatives member, Hon Eziuche Ubani, in search of an alleged stockpile of arms.

Hon Eziuche Ubani’s home was invaded by a combined team of soldiers and men of the DSS.

Speaking with journalists at his Ovom residence in Obingwa local government area, Ubani, a former editor of This Day newspaper who is the current Abia state commissioner for works, said the security officials who came in six Hilux vans, rudely woke him up at about 2am when they smashed their way into his home and turned every thing upside down.