ENOCH BASSEY EFFIONG popularly known as BORN-FLOW, one of the fastest rising highlife stars in South-South Nigeria, releases his debut album titled BORN-FLOW KEDO. The 11 tracks album is a must listen as it encapsulates varieties of sounds that will not just catch your ear but makes your legs move.
Five Americans Jailed For Years In Iran And Widely Regarded As Hostages Are On Their Way Home To The United States. The last pieces in a controversial swap mediated by Qatar fell into place when $6bn (£4.8bn) of Iranian funds held in South Korea reached banks in Doha. It triggered the departure of the four men and one woman in Tehran, who are also Iranian citizens, on a chartered flight to Qatar's capital. They were met by senior US officials and are now on their way to Washington. The Americans include 51-year-old businessman Siamak Namazi, who has spent nearly eight years in Tehran's notorious Evin prison, as well as businessman Emad Shargi, 59, and environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, 67, who also holds British nationality. The US has said its citizens were imprisoned on baseless charges for political leverage. In the first indication a deal was reached, they were moved in mid-August from Evin to a safe house in Tehran. Five Iranians imprisoned in US jails, mainly on charges of vi...
The Founder and General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries, Apostle Dr. Chibuzor Chinyere, on Monday, gifted a widow, Mrs Patricia Iyere, a bungalow house in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A Monday statement by Kenneth Nwachi, the Special Adviser (Special Duties) to Apostle Chinyere, noted that the cleric also gave the widow a car that would be used for an Uber transport business that would generate income for her. The elderly widow was said to always clean the altar at the church headquarters. “Iyere was firstly gifted a car after which she came back to the man of God to complain about her house rent which has expired. “Apostle Chinyere quickly intervened and called those in charge of the OPM free estates to enable him to move Iyere to one of the flats in the OPM 18 free estates but was told that the estates were fully occupied. “Apostle Chinyere thought about giving her money to pay but changed his mind and called his agent and directed him to look for a mini estate so he could b...
The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, can only find relevance under chaotic situations. Amaechi, the immediate Rivers governor, was also accused of using incitements as a strategy to win sympathy from Rivers people. Rivers PDP, yesterday in Port Harcourt, in an online statement by its Chairman, Chief Felix Obuah, claimed to be reacting to Amaechi’s comments on the security situation in the Niger Delta state. The ruling PDP in Rivers said: “Amaechi has adopted as a strategy. The penchant to cause unnecessary stir whenever there is relative peace and stability in the state, aimed at deceiving impressionable minds into seeing him as a redeemer he has never been, is never and will never be. “Unfortunately for him (Transportation Minister), the Rivers people are now wiser and have seen the difference between a stir-crazy politician of Amaechi’s stock and a natural/people-driven leadership of...
In a series of post on Snapchat, Kenya socialite and entrepreneur, Vera Sidika advices ladies to spice up their relationship by watching p*rn with their partners. She also revealed that she prefer phone recorded home porn to scripted p*rn. See her posts on Snapchat below: Do you guys agree with her?
The Ugandan military had reinforce the security on the border with South Sudan after the weekend clashes that left 19 people dead, Brig. Richard Karemire, the Ugandan military spokesperson said on Tuesday. Karemire said that security has been enhanced at Kaya border to ensure the South Sudan warring parties do not cross into Uganda without being detected. “We have intensified our security and intelligence at the border with South Sudan as we continue to follow and monitor the latest clashes in the country. “We shall continue to screen all the people fleeing from South Sudan into Uganda. “We are interested in knowing the government and oppositions fighters who might want to cross,” he said. According to the South Sudan government, the clashes on Saturday between government troops and the rebels left 19 people dead, including an American journalist. Thousands of South Sudan refugees continue to cross into Uganda after fighting erupted in December 2013. Karemire said the...
Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc has deepened its partnership with indigneous entrepreneurs and farmers to harness the huge value chain from its backward integration policy, its Corporate Communications and Brand Public Relations Manager, Mr. Patrick Olowokere, has said. Speaking during a tour of Psaltry International Limited, one of Nigerian Breweries’ major raw material suppliers, in Alayide Village, Ado Awaiye near Iseyin in Oyo State, he said the company was consolidating its local sourcing of input for its operations. He said the company has fast-tracked its plan to attain 60 per cent local input sourcing by 2018 as against the initial 2020 target. Olowokere said the strategy was to identify organisations that could produce raw materials and ancillary products as input for its business.These organisations, Olowokere explained, would be provided with a market for their products. He said the value chain model has been experimented in packaging material, sorghu...
To-promoters of the Imperial International Business City (IIBC), the Elegushi Royal Family (ERF), has said the IIBC is designed to align with the Cleaner LagosIntiative (CLI) of Lagos State in line with the new global order. According to the royal family, the IIBC, on completion, will have facilities to cater for its own sewage and water control to ensure that the dream of making it a smart city is fully actualised. ERF head, Oba Saheed Elegushi, disclosed this in a chat with The Nation , after an inspection tour of the site with the city’s project consultant on infrastructure development, Messers Mott MacDonald Limited of London, United Kingdom. According to Oba Elegushi, sewage control is a huge task in any city. This, he explained, is the reason for the promoters’ determination to effectively manage waste and reduce its attendant burden on the new development. One of the strategies to be used is by providing recycling facilities in the city. “The waste stra...
What makes an Embassy or Consulate reject providing you with a Schengen Visa? This is the question many people ask anytime they are about to apply for such a visa. The fact is that whenever a Schengen visa or any visa gets rejected, there is something UNSATISFACTORY as regards of that visa application. Many visa applicants get confused and unable to exactly understand the reason for their visa refusal. That is why the article will focus on presenting the commonly known reasons for such refusal. A visa application might be considered unsuccessful if the consular officer fails to get from the candidate all the needed information about him/her. Lacking to possess such information, the consular officer will be incapable of deciding if the candidate qualifies to be given a visa. On the other hand, sometimes the consular might get information from the applicant that is unacceptable or beyond the fixed procedures. Sometimes the candidate is prone of illegitimate and/or dishones...
Jude Onah, 24, may not be a university graduate or an auto engineer. But one Sunday, he drove to church in a locally-assembled three-wheel aerodynamic car, which he designed, writes Udemma Chukwuma. It was difficult for those present to believe that Jude Onah is a junior secondary school dropout when he drove his 2017 locally-assembled three-wheel aerodynamic car to Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Grace Land, Kaduna, where he worships, a few Sundays ago. A crowd, including children, who could not hide their surprise, gathered around the red car in admiration after the service. They cheered Onah and the children ran after the car as he drove home. Describing how he felt, Onah said it was a dream come through. “I was overwhelmed with joy. I never expected the number of people I saw that day. I feel excited and fulfilled,” he said. It all started last year when Onah told his friends and neighbours that he was going to construct a three-wheel aerodynamic car. A self-imposed proj...
A privately owned radio broadcast station, Fresh FM 106.9 FM, Ado in Ekiti State, on Tuesday morning, banned the playing of songs by Nigerian singer, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, from airing on the station till further notice. The radio station disclosed this in a post shared on its Instagram handle (@freshfm1069adoekiti) and signed by its Head of production and Music Content, Oluwaseunfunmi Williams. The ban follows the death of Nigerian singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji, popularly known as MohBad, and criticism surrounding Naira Marley. Earlier, on Monday, a radio broadcast station, Splash FM 105.5 Ibadan, Oyo state, banned the playing of songs by Naira Marley. PUNCH Online reports Mohbad, a former signee of Naira Marley at Marlian Records, died at the age of 27 last Tuesday. “Following the public outcry from the general public trialing the death of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (Mohbad), the alleged victimisation from different videos going viral and the involvement ...
