Happy Birthday to Star Actress Monalisa Chinda

Nollywood light-skinned actress, Monalisa Chinda is today, Thursday, September 13, 2012 a year older. The delectable actress and movie producer, who is also a Glo ambassador, is no doubt a big fish in the motion pictures water. She hails from Ikwerre tribe in Rivers State same as Tonto Dikeh. The divorced single mother is the first child from her family six comprising two sons and four
daughters. Monalisa is a graduate of Theatre Arts from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In 2011, she was made the Face of Port Harcourt - Carnival Queen.

Here's wishing her many happy returns of the day, cheers!!!

2Face Twitter Account Verified, Joins Omotola, D’Banj, Genevieve, Others

One of Africa’s finest stars, Innocent Idibia better known as 2Face has finally joined the few Nigerians that have their account with popular social networking site, Twitter verified.
The twitter handle of this Africa Queen crooner ‘@2faceidibia’ now carries the ‘blue mark’ sign associated with accounts with verified users.
2Face has now joined the likes of D’Banj, Ice Prince, Dencia, Asa, Omotola, Genevieve and few others. Before now, many have wondered why the over 200,000 twitter followers’ music icon has not been verified on the micro-blogging site until now.

NYSC inspectors extort money from corps members – DG

Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.Gen. Nnamdi Okore-Affia, has alleged that some of the inspectors of the scheme extort money from corps members.

Okore-Affia blamed the development for acts of indiscipline among corps members.

The NYSC chief stated this at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Inspectors Development Programme organised for inspectors in the South at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Sagamu, Ogun State on Wednesday.

Okore-Affia, who was represented at the event by the Director, Corps Welfare and Inspection, Mr. Emmanuel Obi, also said many of the inspectors had performed poorly.

One year old boy shot by armed robbers needs your help

 

One year old Taiwo Lawal (pictured above) was one of those shot by armed robbers during the GTBank robbery that took place on Sunday September 9th in Gbagada, Lagos. Taiwo, a twin, was hit in the head by a stray bullet as the robbers exchanged gun fire with police. He was playing in his father's compound when he was hit.

Taiwo is receiving treatment at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and needs N500, 000 for treatment. If there's anyone out there who would like to help him, below is the account to make your donations.

His Aunt's Account details: Lawal Mariam Oyenike. GTBank. Acct no: 2087293311590. You can call Taiwo's dad - 08028416683 or his aunt - 08121118895. God bless you all.

Nigeria offers to help Zimbabwe conduct fair elections

Nigeria, the butt of international derision for successive poor national elections, until the 2011 polls, has offered to assist Zimbabwe, to conduct free and fair election.
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Tuesday made the offer when the Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister, Mrs Thokozani Kitupe, visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said Nigeria was ready to support Zimbabwe through training of its electoral officers by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
According to him, Nigeria will continue to support sister African countries in entrenching democratic values for the general progress of the continent.
Sambo informed the deputy prime minister of the steps being taken to transform Nigeria in the areas of reducing maternal mortality, power supply, transportation, education, agriculture and women’s access to finance.
He congratulated the Global Women Power Network for the initiative to bring women from the executive, legislature, judiciary and civil society organisations together to fight for their rights.
He stated that in pursuit of the 35 per cent affirmative action in Nigeria, the  President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration had promoted the rights of women in government and other spheres of human endeavour.
Earlier, Kitupe briefed Sambo on the formation of a network for women, known as the Global Power Network for Women.

Jonathan returns to Nigeria ahead of schedule

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday evening returned to Abuja from his two-nation state visit to Malawi and Bostwana. He returned 24 hours ahead of his scheduled Wednesday arrival date.
His arrival ahead of schedule further increased the speculation over the state of health of his wife, Patience, who is believed to be undergoing treatment in a German hospital.
The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, had in a statement on Saturday said the President would return to Abuja on Wednesday after his state visits to the two countries.
Online reports had it that while in the middle of a luncheon in  Gaborone, Bostwana, the President received a message which allegedly changed his countenance and forced him to leave the country.
The reports further insinuated that he left some members of his delegation behind in Bostwana and might have headed to Germany to see his ailing wife. But our correspondent confirmed that Jonathan returned to Nigeria on Tuesday evening with members of his delegation.
Our correspondent spoke with Abati on telephone but while making enquiry on the President’s alleged sudden arrival, the line went off. The presidential spokesman did not pick subsequent calls made to his mobile telephone.
Culled: Punchng

Buhari: PDP must be stopped in 2015

Former Head of State Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of making Nigeria difficult to stabilise because of what he calls its penchant for rigging elections.
The 2011 presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) vowed to join forces with other well-meaning Nigerians to ensure free, fair and credible elections in 2015.
Speaking with our correspondent in an interview in his Kaduna home, Gen, Buhari said opposition parties’ merger plans were on course so that they could defeat the PDP in 2015.