NEW PRESIDENT OF BURKINA FASO SWORN IN TODAY, SAYS DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM ARE SACROSANT (PHOTOS)

PRESIDENT ROCH MARC CHRISTIAN KABORE OF BURKINA FASO

Roch Marc Christian Kabore who was sworn in today, December 29^th as the president of Burkina Faso in the nation’s capital, Quagadougou with a number of presidents from West Africa present. Nigeria’s president was represented by a delegation led by the Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. President Kabore in the course of his inauguration assured his countrymen that his administration viewed the inauguration as a victory for for “democracy and freedom” which it would uphold.

PRESIDENT KABORE (L) AT INAUGURATION

NIGERIA'S VP OSINBAJO WITH KABORE (sesco)

NIGERIAN STUDENTS FIGHT OVER ZIMBABWEAN GIRL IN CYPRUS, ONE KILLED ON BOXING DAY

JERRY UDUIMOH IN POLICE CUSTODY

A party held on December 24th by Nigerian students in Cyprus, Europe turned out sour when instead of having fun, the boys got into a fight over a Zimbabwean girl. That was, however, not the end of the story as they would extend their confrontation to Boxing day, December 26th when Ebinabo Mendeinyo was stabbed to death and as a cover up it was alleged that he jumped from the sixth floor in the apartment where he resided and died in an apparent suicide.

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA WANTS TO DO TO THE PROMOTERS OF ENRIQUE IGLESIAS SHOW IN HIS COUNTRY

 

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS DURING THE SRI LANKAN SHOW

The President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena is annoyed with the promoters of the Enrique Iglesias show in Colombo on December 20^th where at the height of the excitement, female spectators removed their brassieres and flung at Iglesias and has advocated that the promoters be publicly flogged with stingray tail whips as obtained in ancient Sri Lanka.

NIGERIA: PHOTOS OF CARNIVAL CALABAR 2015 HELD ON DECEMBER 28, 2015 (AFRICA'S BIGGEST STREET PARTY)

Hello. Yesterday, December 28th, was the main Carnival Calabar 2015 show which had the Governor's Band initiated by the wife of the governor, Dr. Mrs. Linda Ayade, the 5 main bands; Masta Blasta, Freedom, Seagull, Passion 4, Bayside and international bands from Italy, Rwanda, Kenya, Brazil, etc. participating.

As usual the State Governor, Prof (Sen.) Ben Ayade cut the tape at about 2p.m. to declare the event open, the first in his regime. It was quite colorful as the bands went through the 12km carnival route all lined up with thousands of spectators some of whom had been waiting eagerly since morning for the event.

There were crowds all over the route, some patronizing commercial sit outs by the roadside, others just on their own while many others chose to follow the bands from the beginning to the final destination at the U. J. Esuene stadium where they had their final displays before the panel of judges and also a teeming crowd.

On the route, there were adjudication points where the bands also performed and were scored by judges at such places and this were all collated to arrive at a final winner.

For 2015, the winners were Passion 4 band who returned after 3 years of loosing the coveted position to the Masta Blasta band which came third this year. The Seagull band came 2nd, Freedom 4th and Bayside 5th.

See photos of the Carnival Calabar 2015 as they speak for them-self below:

TURKISH AIRLINES INCIDENT LEADS TO SUSPENSION OF AIRPORT OFFICIALS, AVIATION MINISTER ORDERS INVESTIGATION

NNAMDI AZIKIWE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ABUJA

It’s a bleak Christmas for three top officials of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja as they serve a suspension ordered by the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika. Their suspension is in connection with the recent incident with a Turkish Airlines flight at the airport.

The suspension was handed down to the Airport Manager, Terminal Manager and the Head of Airport Security for their alleged negligence resulting in a breach of security in respect of the intrusion of passengers from the Turkish Airlines flight onto the tarmac, in protest of their arriving without their luggage. He said the affected officials are to hand over to their second in command until the investigation is concluded.

BAD NEWS: NIGERIA WOULD STILL IMPORT PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN 2016 AND BEYOND

DR. EMMANUEL IBE KACHIKWU

Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum today Sunday in Kaduna gave information that the country would in 2016 continue to import Premium Motor Spirit (pms), otherwise known as petrol and probably in some years to come because even with the nation's refineries working at full capacity the domestic demands cannot be met.

NIGERIA; DRUNK MOBILE POLICEMAN KILLS THREE OTHERS AND SELF IN LAGOS

It has been reported that a mobile policeman by name Sergeant Steven James yesterday did the unthinkable when in a drunken state he put his rifle to the wrong use. The incident occurred on Anibaba Street in the Ketu area of Lagos when he apparently in a state of stupor shot to death a man and a set of male twins. He thereafter went on to commit suicide by shooting himself.

NIGERIA: CARNIVAL CALABAR 2015 BIKERS PARADE HELD IN CALABAR TODAY (PHOTOS)

The Carnival Calabar (Africa's biggest street party) 2015 Bikers parade held today, December 27th in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. This year's edition featured bikers from Lagos which had about three clubs represented, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Jos, Ghana, Cameroun and the host, Tinapa bikers club of Calabar.

The streets of Calabar which formed the route of the parade namely, Mary Slessor, Ndidem Usang Iso, MCC and Murtala Mohammed highway were lined up with spectators from as early as 12 noon for the show which was fixed to start at 2 p.m.

Sure enough the crowd went up in a frenzy when the bikes came pouring into the streets with the governor of the state, Sen. (Prof.) Ben Ayade and ex-governor Donald Duke among the riders. This excitement was heightened when the bikers started to display their stunts, though the refusal of the crowd to clear the roads despite threats from the police and pleas from the bikers would not allow for an elaborate performance.

See some pictures of the event below.

 

NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S CERTIFICATE SCANDAL; ARMY WAS UNFAIR - SSA TO THE PRESIDENT

SHEHU GARBA

It seems the issue of controversy surrounding the production of President Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate in the build up to the 2015 presidential elections has not been forgotten as the presidency on Saturday stated that he was badly treated by some of the military top brass when the last regime was in power. It would be recalled that contrary to the president’s claim, the military authorities denied that it was in possession of his West African Examination Council result.