Nicki Minaj set to lunch new albums!

Nicki Minaj is set to lunch her new album tilte 'The Pinkprint' album.

It is slated to be released in about 50 days.

Nigerian t.v reporter held in custody on alleged orders of the Inspector general of Police!

According to reports, senior reporter with African Independent Television, AIT, Amaechi Anakwue, has allegedly been detained for over 8 hours now in Abuja on the orders of Assistant Inspector General of Police, Joseph Mbu for referring to him as 'controversial' during a TV programme.

According to AIT, Anakwue was invited to Mr Mbu's office this afternoon where he was immediately detained. 

Statement the management of AIT released on their Facebook page below..

"The management of DAAR communications owners of AIT, Raypower, Faaji FM and DAAR Sat has demanded the unconditional and immediate release of its senior correspondent Amaechi Anakwue who is presently in detention following a order from Joseph Mbu, AIG Zone 7.  Joseph Mbu had ordered the arrest of the ace journalist for calling him 'controversial' during a TV programme." 

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Ini Edo's Marriage Crumbles!

Nigerian actress Ini Edo, has confirmed that her marriage to U.S based Phillip Ehiagwina has ended.

She took to her Twitter page to confirm the divorce rumors:

Remi Oyo Dies At 61!

Just a few days to her 62nd birthday, the Oyo family has announced the death of a one time Senior Special Assistant to President Olusegun Obasanjo on media and publicity, and former Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Dame Felicia Oluwaremilekun Oyo, in London on Wednesday.

In a statement, issued on Thursday, her husband, Mr Vincent Oyo, said she died peacefully on Wednesday, in London, where she was recuperating after receiving treatment from an ailment.

Born on Oct. 12, 1952, Oyo, a seasoned journalist, served as Senior Special Assistant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo from 2003 to 2007.

She began her journalism career in 1973 in the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, now known as the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), as a reporter.

She later joined NAN as a Desk Editor in 1981 and left in 1985 as a Principal Editor, the first woman to attain such a high position in the Agency.

In NAN, she was responsible for editing copies for the General News and Foreign News Bulletin and headed the two desks at different times.

Owing to her professional astuteness, she was put in-charge of the control of news going out of the Agency.

In her role as the Control Editor, she had the responsibility for ensuring the standard for which NAN became known.

"All stories transmitted by the Agency had the stamp of Dame Oyo," the statement said.

She worked in NAN up to 1985 when she left to take up an appointment with Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) as the Nigerian Bureau Chief.

She later became the Chief of IPS West African Bureau.

Oyo was elected President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and served for two consecutive tenures from 1999 to 2003.

She was the first woman to be so honoured and she had also served first as Secretary of the NGE, the professional body of editors running the country's media industry.

"As President of the Guild, she set up a functional secretariat which still exists today at the NAN complex, Iganmu, Lagos by the National Arts," the statement said.

Oyo was educated at the University of Lagos, where she studied Mass Communication at the Diploma level and graduated with distinction and the best graduating student.

She held a master's Degree in International Relations from the University of Canterbury at Kent and also earned a post-graduate Diploma in International Relations from the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos.

In honour of her patriotism, the former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, appointed her as a member of the 1999 Constitution Drafting Committee.

She is a recipient of Nigeria's National honour, the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON).

She has also received many other awards, including the National Council of Catholic Women Organisation of Nigeria, Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), and the Nigerian Institute of Peace Administrators.

"On Jan. 7, 2011, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, imparted Apostolic Blessing on her for the prestigious award of Papal Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great," the statement said.

Her union with Vincent was blessed with two children, Otome and Okiemuote, and three grandchildren.

A devout Catholic, Oyo was Vice-Chairperson of the Parish Pastoral Council of SS Joachim and Anne of the Catholic Church, Ijegun, Lagos.

Her primary education was at St. James Catholic Primary School in Ilorin and she attended St. Louis Girls Secondary School, Bompai, Kano.

Boko Haram Members Bag 75 Years Jail!

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced three members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram to seven-five years jail.

Justice Ibrahim Buba, who gave a secret judgment in the case, sentenced each of the convicts to twenty-five years jail, after finding them guilty of terrorism charges.

The fourth accused, who was charged for funding terrorism, was however discharged and acquitted by the court on the basis that the Federal Government was not able to satisfactorily prove the allegation against him.

The trial was conducted in camera pursuant to application by the prosecuting authority, the Lagos State Government, that there was need to protect the witnesses in the case.

Initially, seventeen suspects were charged to court but we're later reduced to four following the withdrawal of the case against the suspects, leaving only four.
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Oil Subsidy Fraud Trial Resumes!

A Lagos High Court Judge summoned a witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to appear before the court in in the ongoing trial of an oil marketer, Opeyemi Ajuyah, over allegations of fuel subsidy fraud.

Justice Lateefat Okunnu issued a witness summons on Engineer Kehinde Akinmoloyan.

Ajuyah and her company, Majope Investment, are standing trial alongside another oil marketer, Abdullahi Alao, and his company, Axe Eneryg Nigeria Limited, and Olanrewaju Olalusi, a staff of Sterling Bank Plc, over an alleged N1,1 billion fuel subsidy fraud.

At the resumed hearing of the matter on Monday, EFCC Prosecuting Counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, told the court that Akimolayan, who is a principal witness in the trial, had refused to honour invitations to give evidence in the matter.

Oyedepo claimed the witness had alleged that some persons were after his life and only recently attempted to gain entrance into his residential building.

He said that despite several assurances, the witness had remained adamant on not showing up before the court to give evidence in the case.

Oyedepo prayed the court to issues a witness summons against the witness before the next adjourned date of the trial.

Justice Okunnu subsequently granted the request and directed the court register to issue a summon against the witness.

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Okonjo-Iweala Disowns U.S.$9.3 Million Arms Funds!

There appear to be no end in sight yet in the search for the source or owner of the $9.3 million ceased from two Nigerians and an Israeli by the South African Government, as Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Ikonjo-Iweala says she has no knowledge of the fund.

 Nigeria's Finance Minister, Ngozi Ikonjo-Iweala 

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala told newsmen yesterday at the Yola International Airport after flagging off the Presidential Committee's distribution of relief materials to victims of Boko Haram in Adamawa State that her ministry was not aware of the funds purportedly meant for arms purchase.

"It is only the Ministry of Defence that can speak on that issue, we in the Ministry of Finance are not in the picture of such money or project, we are not arms project ministry," she said.

The minister further blamed government's silence on its activities on opposition parties for their attack on President Goodluck Jonathan, noting that no administration had performed better than the present one in terms of economic, human and infrastructure development.

"That the present government is not making noise over its activities does not mean it is not working, this government is doing everything possible to ensure that Nigerians are comfortable," she maintained.

Okonjo-Iweala further refuted the alleged political colouration in the distribution of the relief materials, saying the claim was fabricated by those afraid of Jonathan's scored card.

"We are here in line with the 'Safe School Initiative' of the Federal Government and to see that the relief materials are enough to carter for all victims that are able to find their way into the Yola refugee camp," she explained.

Also, the Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Boni Haruna, who was on the entourage, said the Federal Government was packaging some programmes that would empower jobless youths.

He noted that the military success in Konduga, Borno State, and the killing of several insurgents, including their acclaimed leader, Abubakar Shekau, was a pointer that Jonathan's government was on top of the security crisis in the region. He urged the region and the entire north to support government's efforts in the development of the area.

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