2Face Idibia rocks the Old School! Photos from “Baby Jowo” Remix Video Set with Sir Victor Olaiya | Video Directed by Kunle Afolayan

Just like he can be contemporary with his style, Nigerian music star, 2Face Idibia has shown he also knows how to rock the “old school” style and look good in it!

 The artiste recently shot a video for the remix of “Baby Jowo” a classic song by the veteran artiste, Victor Olaiya at a location in Lagos. The video was directed by the award winning filmmaker, Kunle Afolayanwho is making his debut with music videos.

Farouk Lawan & Boniface Enemalo Remanded in Prison for Allegedly Collecting $620,000 Bribe

Farouk Lawan, the lawmaker and former Chairman of the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy and Boniface Enemalo, former Secretary of the committee have been remanded in prison by an Abuja High Court.

They were arraigned on a seven count charge for allegedly soliciting for and collecting a bribe of $620, 000 from Femi Otedola, Chairman of Zenon Oil.

The Majek Fashek interview: ‘I’m not a mad man’

It took me a while to find my way to the Sewage Road, Gowon Estate residence of Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly known as Majek Fashek.

As I knocked on the gate, a young man named Ogaga came to attend to me. I introduced myself as a Journalist from Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET) and explained my mission. He tried to dissuade me from seeing the rainmaker, insisting that I needed to speak with the management before I could chat with him.

But Majek heard our dialogue, rushed to the gate and insisted that I come in. The nineties hit-maker was dressed in a denim shirt and jeans. It was 10am in the morning of Friday January 25. Majek  was already reeking of alchohol.

Since Ogaga had warned me against having an interview with the veteran reggae artiste, I left  the premises and waited not too far from the house, hoping to catch Majek coming out of the apartment.

I was determined to speak with the man who many say has become mentally imbalanced, about to roam the streets.

Nigerian Navy caught 15 Russians Smuggling Arms Into Nigeria

The Nigerian Navy on Monday handed over a 15-man Russian crew to the Nigeria Police to be prosecuted for weapons smuggling.The vessel on October 20, 2012, arrested at the Lagos Roadstead of the nation’s waterways by personnel of the Nigerian Navy Shi, Andoni, for illegal entry into the nation’s waterways.The Navy also arrested the crew for non-declaration of cargo and possession of cache of arms and ammunition.
About 8,598 ammunition, 14 AK47 rifles and 20 Benelli MRI rifles were recovered from the Russian ship, Merchant Vessel Myre Sea Diver, Avatiu, after the ship was searched.
On Monday however, the Navy handed over the Russians and the recovered arms to the Nigeria Police.

Nigeria Set To Launch New Cement Policy

VENTURES AFRICA – Nigeria’s Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, has disclosed that a new policy will soon be effected as part of the country’s cement sector’s Backward Integration Policy (BIP). According to Aganga, the BIP which was adopted in 2002 during the regime of the erstwhile President, Olusegun Obasanjo, will be reviewed to consolidate on the tremendous success recorded so far.
The Minister revealed this during a meeting held with stakeholders in the cement industry in Abuja on Monday to resolve the current disagreement between local cement producer (led by Dangote Cement and Lafarge Cement Wapco) and importers (led by Ibeto Group owned by Nigeria entrepreneur, Cletus M. Ibeto) in the Nigerian cement industry over the allegation of unbridled importation by some importers of the commodity which have supposedly led to glut in the Nigerian market. The situation took a new dimension as it lingers to a crisis point some few weeks ago, forcing the Federal Government to intervene.

America's nonreligious population on the rise

 

The number of religiously unaffiliated Americans has risen, while Protestants are for the first time ever no longer a majority, a study reveals. The so-called “nones” vote primarily Democratic, giving Obama a boost in the upcoming election.
­The survey, conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and released on Tuesday, says one in five Americans describe themselves as atheists and agnostics, or choose not to identify themselves as religiously affiliated when it comes to their faith. The figure is an increase from the 15 per cent reported five years ago.

Virginia official labels atheists as 'fanatical terrorists'

Loudoun County Courthouse in historic downtown Leesburg.(Photo from wikipedia.org / Karen Nutini)

A Virginia official referred to a group of atheists as ‘terrorists’ after one of the group’s members criticized a local courthouse for putting up religious holiday decorations.
Ken Reid, a supervisor who represents Virginia’s Leesburg District, was angered by the atheists’ reaction to the Christmas decorations on the lawn of the Leesburg courthouse, the Washington Times reports.
Over the years, the courthouse decorated its facility by hanging a Skeleton Santa Claus from a cross and featuring paintings that show the manger birth of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as well as the traditional birth of Jesus. The lawn this year also contained a Christmas tree and a menorah. Such decorations have been displayed at the courthouse every year since 2009, when the Loudon County Board of Supervisors lifted a ban on courthouse holiday displays, allowing any religious group to contribute decorations.

ATM Charges Removal to be Implemented from December 17

 

The laudable collaborative effort and decision by the Central Bank and the Bankers Committee to streamline the e-banking services and transactions to the point of ensuring that inter-bank transactions no longer attracts service charges , will be implemented from Monday 17 December.
The Committee believed their decision is based on their embrace of the principle of financial inclusion and creating a favourable atmosphere for Nigerians with ATM phobia, and enabling them to use the machine without fear and anxiety.
Also Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi highlighted further on the ATM policy direction at the retreat of the Bankers Committee, held in Calabar saying “We have agreed on a final date of Monday, 17 December, 2012 for the kick-off when every bank will remove the charges. We allowed some time for banks that have not configured their IT to do so and stop charging and hopefully by 17th of December, you are not going to have any customer pay additional charges”.
From this statement the ATM services will definitely experience increased subscription especially during the Christmas period when Customers across the Nation realize that using the ATM of other banks will not lead to service charges again.
This underscores again the Proactive Sanusi leadership and the power of collaboration which is the key to achieving Policy plans and initiatives in any given sector whether Oil and Gas, Agriculture, Telecommunications and also Banking.
Speaking further on this Governor Sanusi stated “Through collaboration with the government, the banking community and real sector stakeholders, the Bankers’Committee programmes and initiatives have contributed to a tangible improvement in the enabling environment and private sector funding for the power and agriculture sectors”.
Which this decision, the Banking Industry is set to reposition itself in Nigeria as a sector that has great value for Citizens, with people-oriented policies that will encourage Nigerians to be more engaged with the banks.

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Gunmen kidnap Okonjo-Iweala’s mother

 

PROF. Kanene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
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PROF. Kanene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was on Sunday abducted at the gate of the palace of the traditional ruler of Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo, who is her husband.

The 82-year-old monarch’s wife was said to have been abducted at about 1.47pm by a gang of armed men who seized her at the gate of the palace at Ogbe-ofu and took her away, when her husband travelled out of the town.

ACN, ANPP, CPC to form new party in 2013

 

Buhari, Tinubu and Onu
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THREE major opposition political parties - Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party – may drop their identities by April 2013, when talks on their proposed merger are expected to be completed.

The merger of the parties is one of the strategies being canvassed by some politicians to defeat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party which has dominated power since the advent of the present democracy in 1999.

Analysts are of the opinion that any genuine and honest cooperation among opposition parties for the 2015 general elections could make the election tough for the PDP.

The Chairman of the ANPP National Rebuilding and Interparty Contact Committee, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, told journalists in Abuja on Sunday, that the merger talks between the three ACN, CPC and ANPP had reached the last stage.