Nigerian music icon, Sound Sultan welcomed guests to his much anticipated and star studded musical tagged 'Jungle Story' over the weekend.

The 3-day show which was held to celebrate the artiste's 18th year anniversary debuted at the iconic Terra Kulture, Victoria Island Lagos from October 12 - 14, 2018.

The stage show featured a number of top Nigerian actors, comedians and musicians such as Richard Mofe-Damijo, Wale Ojo, Helen Paul, Reekado Banks, Seyi Shay, 2baba, Simi, Basketmouth, Harrysong, Gbenga Adeyinka, Ramsey Nouah, Bovi, Lasisi Elenu, MC Lively, Broda Shaggi, Falz, and many more.

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Source - https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/events/a-list-stars-perform-at-sound-sultans-jungle-story-musical-id8979997.html

Leading logistics and engineering company, Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL) has continued to earn more plaudits owing to its commitment to local content through its investment of $500 million into building the only 100 per cent Nigerian private industrial free zone in West Africa.
The company scored a double honour after being recognized by Oxford Business Group and bagging an award at by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo).
According to an Oxford Business Group report, the company under the leadership of Dr. Amy Jadesimi was listed as one of the Nigerian free zones offering a multitude of incentives for investors.
At the just concluded NNPC/SNEPCO Nigerian content supplier exhibition, LADOL also bagged two awards as the Most Improved Value Joint Award and Most Technologically Innovative/Responsive Award. The exhibition had as its team Tagged In Country manufacturing, Indigenous Asset Ownership and Competitive Local Alternatives.
OBG acknowledged LADOL as “a custom-built, fully integrated, secure and independent engineering and logistics base in LADOL Free Zone, set up for the provision of logistical, engineering and other support services for deep water offshore oil and gas exploration.”
“LADOL is strategically positioned at the entrance to Lagos harbour and provides a one-stop shop for multinational industrial and oil and gas companies operating in West Africa.
It added, “The zone is managed by Global Resource Management Free Zone Company, and accommodates a range of local and foreign enterprises.”


Source - http://expressng.com/2016/10/ladol-gets-oxford-business-group-recognition-wins-nnpc-shell-awards/

As the Federal Government intensifies its diversification plans, about two million Nigerian farmers are now set to benefit from the roll out of a new initiative by foremost agricultural firm, Saro Agroscience Nigeria Limited.

This was revealed by Mr Oluwole Adeyegbe, Managing Director of the company dring the unveiling of the Specialized and Large Farmers division of the company to stakeholders including financial institutions, farmers and others at their corporate headquarters in Lagos.

To underscore the importance of the new initiative, Adeyegbe revealed that it is capable of enhancing crop yield and income for Nigerian farmers.

He said, “The division we are launching today is focused on specialized and large scale farmers. By this, specialized farmers are those who operate green houses and large farmers are those with large expense of farm land. Our package for small farmers makes available important crop procession products that farmers that are small can afford for the benefit of their farms and thereby improve their crop yield.

On that we are unequivocal that we are going to reach two million farmers within the next three years and we are going to improve their livelihood with inputs that will improve their yield.

While making an assessment policy direction of the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration, the Saro Agroscience boss said noted that Government is taking a step in the right direction.

“The government is quite keen in supporting agric because diversification is nonnegotiable in the face of scarce foreign exchange. It is important for Nigerians and Nigeria to look inward. Agriculture is readily available through crop and livestock production among others. Agric is a way out and can help us increase Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings through exportation. Agric is a readymade employer of labour that can help in reducing unemployment. There is a lot that we can achieve through Agriculture as a country. I think the government of the day is well focused on this and are going in the right direction,” he added.

Speaking on the irrigation system at the media launch themed “Saro Creating Wealth And Empowerment Through Innovating Agricultural Technologies”, held yesterday, Thursday, September 15, 2016,

Also speaking on a presentation entitled “Saro Creating Wealth And Empowerment Through Innovating Agricultural Technologies,” Patrick Ohaji, Head of Business, SAS Large Farms Solution, said that the company has open field drip irrigation for maize, lettuce, cabbage and other crops.

He further noted that “the greenhouses are fixed at 10x24m which is equivalent to 240 square meters, but for small farmers, it is usually advised that they use open field because of the cost implications and specialties involved in certain crop protection products to produce at their own level.”

Established in 1991, Saro AgroSciences –a subsidiary of SaroAfrica International Group has grown to be leading marketer and distributor of Crop Protection Products, farm machineries, irrigation and greenhouses in Nigeria.

Source - http://expressng.com/2016/09/two-million-nigerian-farmers-to-benefit-from-saro-agroscience-initiative/

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has drawn the ire of Nigerian feminists after he preached a sermon that wives must accept husbands as masters, they are not equals!

Responding, Joy Isi-Bewaji, a popular feminist and author dismissed the preacher as a man sulking after divorce from his wife who is fondly called Pastor Anita.

In a viral Facebook post that has gathered over 70 shares and 300 likes, the fiery feminist seize the moment to criticize anti-feminists sermon emanating from Nigerian Pastors.

Sources - http://expressng.com/2016/09/chris-oyakhilome-preaching-witchcraft-author-blasts-over-anti-feminist-sermon/

She wrote…

Chris Oyakhilome is just a bitter man because his wife dumped his cheating ass.

Go an' sit down on a pile of shit.

The woman has moved on to better things.

I can imagine a marriage where the man thinks the wife is an "after-thought"...

The life you need to bear.

*shivers*

First we are not equal to men. Now we are an after-thought.

What next? What sick revelation will these religious fools spew in 2017?

The pile of dirt and manipulations these men of dogs are made of.

Nigeria is one of the poorest nations in the world...

When is your god going to heal the land where you have made billions... the land you have ravaged with spiritual deceit?

You are flying private jets in a land where 85% are dirt poor and you justify it with God's blessing on your own life.

What these people are preaching is witchcraft.

They are destroying families. Ruining the lives of young Nigerians. And adding no value whatsoever to our growth as a people.

Abrahamic religions are the bane of our society and sanity.

To hell with these idiots.

You couldn't keep a home... it is paining you that your wife left...

Now you want to make sure every woman in a marriage suffers for what your Ex did to you (or really, what you did to her)...

Daft husbands will sit and listen to this crap.

A woman is about to become the first citizen of the entire world.

According to your warped interpretation...she is an afterthought?

Hillary Clinton is an after-thought. Serena is an after-thought. Theresa May is an after-thought. Angela Merkel is an after-thought. Queen Elizabeth is an after-thought.

Your mother is an after-thought.

Someone...anyone, hand Chris his medication.

Sources - http://expressng.com/2016/09/chris-oyakhilome-preaching-witchcraft-author-blasts-over-anti-feminist-sermon/

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Read what Punch Newspaper wrote about her here


Mary finds love on the tennis court - http://punchng.com/mary-finds-love-tennis-court/

Yes o, the girl is a future star!

jaymejate:
Olympics all the way!

We go need you in the future sis

Nigerian Tennis youngster, Marylove Edwards is on the way to etching her name among world Tennis greats after emerging third at the 2016 ITF/CAT 12 & Under Talent Identification Programme in Morocco.

She beat her Kenyan opponent 6-1, 6-1 in the third-place match after losing 7-5, 6-7, 4-6 to her Moroccan opponent in the semi-final. The tennis competition which held between August 26 to 28 recorded participants of over 80 players from 25 countries.

Marylove who is being managed by creative talent agency, Temple Management Company was sponsored on the trip by Zenith Bank PLC.

Edwards who was born on March 18, 2005, Edwards started playing tennis at age four under the guidance of her father, Eddy Edwards and was coached by Nigeria junior tennis head coach, Mohammed Ubale.

Before her trip to Morocco, the Ishan, Edo State-born champion won last year’s U-14 CBN Junior Tennis Championship and the NNPC Junior Tennis Masters. Alongside Barakat Quadri, Edwards saw off Anna Lumengo and Manuella Eloundou of Cameroun 6-3, 6-4 to win the 2016 ITF/CAT West and Central Africa Junior Championships holding in Abuja U-14 girls category.


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Nigerian Tennis youngster, Marylove Edwards is on the way to etching her name among world Tennis greats after emerging third at the 2016 ITF/CAT 12 & Under Talent Identification Programme in Morocco.

She beat her Kenyan opponent 6-1, 6-1 in the third-place match after losing 7-5, 6-7, 4-6 to her Moroccan opponent in the semi-final. The tennis competition which held between August 26 to 28 recorded participants of over 80 players from 25 countries.

Marylove who is being managed by creative talent agency, Temple Management Company was sponsored on the trip by Zenith Bank PLC.

Edwards who was born on March 18, 2005, Edwards started playing tennis at age four under the guidance of her father, Eddy Edwards and was coached by Nigeria junior tennis head coach, Mohammed Ubale.

Before her trip to Morocco, the Ishan, Edo State-born champion won last year’s U-14 CBN Junior Tennis Championship and the NNPC Junior Tennis Masters. Alongside Barakat Quadri, Edwards saw off Anna Lumengo and Manuella Eloundou of Cameroun 6-3, 6-4 to win the 2016 ITF/CAT West and Central Africa Junior Championships holding in Abuja U-14 girls category.

http://expressng.com/2016/09/amazing-11-year-old-nigerian-marylove-edwards-emerges-no-3-female-african-tennis-star/

International Artist Ms.Bodega, a New Yorker of Israeli/Middle Eastern/Spanish descent has collaborated with Nigeria’s AfroBeat / Dancehall Nigerian Sensation Timaya and producer Young D with another World Music titled WATTA.

Watta is an Afro-American music which is already taking over the international airwaves gradually. The music was inspired by the late Afro music King Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s ‘Watta E no get Enemy Song’.

The song is produced and recorded with Super Producer Young D in Nigeria and has a mix of African rhythms and melodies.

The Video of Watta was shot in Nigeria by Unlimited L.A and it’s fast spreading over the global airwaves.


Read more at http://expressng.com/2016/08/new-yorker-ms-bodega-plots-nigerian-invasion-collabos-timaya/#5E2d3lBYcr6hOcVc.99

Spiritual leader of the One Love Mission, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji was spotted on Thursday morning at Juju maestro, Yinka Ayefele’s Fresh FM located at Challenge area of Ibadan, Oyo State.

It was the first time the flower dotting spiritual leader will be seen in public after a long while. The controversial figure hardly leaves his Sat guru Maharaj Ji Village located on a lonely stretch of the Ibadan-Lagos Expressway on the outskirts of Ibadan.

He was a live guest on the morning show tagged...

Continue...http://expressng.com/2016/08/guru-maraj-makes-rare-appearance-at-yinka-ayefeles-freshfm-ibadan-photos/

The Studio of Modé is having an interactive two-day event tagged: ‘Palm Wine and Other Drinks, An Exhibition'. It comes up on the 27th and 28th August, 2016 at 4 Olumo Road, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos.

This indigenous and exciting event will shine a light on the different variations of Nigerian drinks such as palmwine, ogogoro, kunu amongst others and their origins.

There will be free tastings of these local drinks and the local foods that usually accompany them. This will also be an opportunity learn how these local alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks are made and what they contain.


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An unlucky whale strayed to the coast of Enu-Ama beach, in Ilaje area of Ondo state, yesterday and was butchered by local fishermen.

Eye-witnesses said that the amphibian was still alive and gasping for breath when the act occurred.

The huge fish has been identified as a sperm whale, the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of genus Physeter, and one of three extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the other two; pygmy sperm and dwarf sperm of the genus Kogia.

Source - http://expressng.com/2016/08/ondo-local-fishermen-butcher-stray-giant-whale-photos/

An unlucky whale strayed to the coast of Enu-Ama beach, in Ilaje area of Ondo state, yesterday and was butchered by local fishermen.

Eye-witnesses said that the amphibian was still alive and gasping for breath when the act occurred.

The huge fish has been identified as a sperm whale, the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of genus Physeter, and one of three extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the other two; pygmy sperm and dwarf sperm of the genus Kogia.

Source - http://expressng.com/2016/08/ondo-local-fishermen-butcher-stray-giant-whale-photos/

Peter Okoye has confirmed that Psquare is finally back.

He wrote on Instagram @peterpsquare and shared a video

My dear fans, P-Square is back. Ours is a journey that started from our mother’s womb. It was a journey that started from Primary School, continued to St. Murumba College, to when we were in University in Abuja. It was a journey in which we shared childhood memories and grown-up dreams. We are back because brothers do not let each other wander in the dark alone. We are back because we have tried the lonely road and it was not the same.


I want to take responsibility for what has happened and sincerely apologise to you our fans. For supporting us throughout this journey we owed you so much more than what you have had to endure and I apologise for that. We are embarking now on a new journey with exciting new management, new music and new ideas.

We cannot thank you enough for all your prayers and support throughout this difficult period. Maya Angelou once said that brotherhood is a condition that people have to work at. We will continue to work on that and you can be prepared to be blown away by this new phase of P-Square.

God bless you all and be assured that you have not seen anything yet!
Peter Okoye

Read more at http://expressng.com/2016/07/psquare-is-finally-back-i-accept-the-blame-peter-okoye-apologizes/

In a swift reaction to rumour flying around that he has converted to Islam, Gospel Tungba crooner, Yinka Ayefele has cleared the air describing it as an unfounded claim. It was learnt that the news of the conversion to Islam of the ace singer went wild like a harmattan fire with fans both home and abroad making calls to find out the veracity of the claim.

A release issued by his Publicist, David Ajiboye said, Ayefele is still a Christian and has no reason whatsoever to renounce his faith and believe. “We believe the rumour must have emanated from the annual Ramadan Lecture which Fresh 105.9FM owned by Ayefele organized on Tuesday, in Ibadan.

DETAILS - http://expressng.com/2016/06/yinka-ayefele-addresses-rumoured-conversion-to-islam/

Coming 15 years after she went bald in her movie, Makomi, Nollywood screen diva, Fathia Balogun has done it again in a new title ‘Shola Arikusa’.
The light skinned actress and proud mother of two is not relenting in bringing out the best of character in her.
When asked her decision to go bald again, she said ‘ when I was approached by the director that my role will require me to scrap off my hair totally, I did not think about it twice before I scummed to playing the role since it’s what I have done before. Am a trained actor who can interpret roles and that I am doing on this project too.

Read more at http://expressng.com/2016/06/fathia-balogun-goes-bald-again-for-new-movie-photos/#aQ4dg3MZzp1gr4ac.99

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Several images revealing some rickety furniture inside one of Nigeria’s leading airline, Arik Air has been exposed by veteran Nollywood actress, Carol King.
According to the actress, the photos are of the interiors of an Arik Flight 638 which she boarded from Lagos to Calabar.

Read more at http://expressng.com/2016/05/actress-carol-king-exposes-arik-airs-rickety-furniture-photos/#f69f5uFJe1qlRSuW.99

British Prime Minister, David Cameron shocked a car dealer when he turned up to buy a used blue Nissan Micra.
Harris, owner of Witney Used Car Centre, said he was asked if he would mind staying open for an extra half an hour on Friday night so the prime minister could look over the secondhand car, which cost £1,495.

Read more at http://expressng.com/2016/05/david-cameron-buys-second-hand-car-for-wife-samantha-photo/#b6RxO6yujwh1x1H0.99

Proudlyngwa:
Don't believe this news,
I saw them playing draught behindviya latis place

Egbon Ngwa, if it is believe you want plz go and buy The Nation Newspaper. Kashamu spent like 400k buying full page advert to blast your brother

Senator Buruji kashamu bought a newspaper page in The Nation Newspaper to blast Ekiti Governor, Ayo Fayose and Dr Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo States.

His response came on the heels of the crisis rocking the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West.

Some parts of his comment reads,

"Both Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo fayose and Dr. Segun Mimiko of Ondo State really disappointed well-meaning leaders and members of the party. How can these two governors who have the law to thank for their current positions brazenly work against the law? It is rather unfortunate that Governor Mimiko allowed himself to be railroaded to Fayose's den of infamy; much more is expected of anyone of his calibre who found redemption from the law courts. Both governors have, by their complicity in the nullity that took place on Saturday 14 of May in Akure, shown that they are agents of anarchy, discord and deceit.

Continue...http://expressng.com/2016/05/buruji-kashamu-bombs-ayo-fayose-mimiko-over-pdp-power-tussle/

Embattled Mavin Records singer, Tiwa Savage broke Youtube records with her tell-all interview on her marriage crisis to emerge one of the fastest to reach 300,000 in 24 hours.

Released Friday, April 29 on the streaming site, the 45 minutes long video has been seen over 281,000 times and is projected to reach 300,000 in the next few minutes at its current virality rate

Read more at http://expressng.com/2016/04/tiwa-savages-emotional-interview-shatters-youtube-fastest-video-records/#R05OPfPfje7UgIRH.99

Korede Bello: NIJ Lecturers Reportedly Punish Student Reporter Who Exposed Singer's Failure

Following reports of Korede Bello's absence in school and his likelihood of missing out on school's examination due to not meeting the 70% attendance of class criteria, the student-Journalist and Blogger, Damilare Famuyiwa who leaked out the story to the media is bearing the brunt of the management of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) over the report, which the management considered unfavourable. Consequently, Damilare was marked down in the last semester examinations with very low scores in virtually all the courses, while Koredo had very high grades.

According to reports, the Mavin Mega Super-Star, Korede Bello with the Godwin hit song cleared all his examination results with good grades while the student-journalist, Famuyiwa Damilare had two carry-overs and low grades in eight other courses offered last semester which ended February this year.

Korede Bello whose matric number is HNMC/15/091 reportedly cleared all his results with the help of some corrupt members of the school's management who manipulated the system to allow him writes his papers after being absent in school for over half of the semester, whileDamilare who course mates described as a brilliant student with no record of carry over or low grades since he gained admission into NIJ, is marked down with very low grades.

Continue here -http://expressng.com/2016/03/korede-bellos-carry-over-nij-lecturers-punish-student-reporter-who-exposed-singers-failure/

Funke Akindele said ‘Yes’ to multi-talented musician, Abdul Rasheed Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz when he recently popped the big question to the actress, ExpressNG can authoritatively confirm.
She was moved to tears and speechless, when her singer lover went down on one knee and presented to her a beautiful ring. ExpressNG source confirmed that the surprise proposal took place few weeks ago in Lekki on the set of her new TV Comedy Drama, Jenifa’s Diary.
Funke Akindele has remained single after separating from her hubby, Kehinde Almaroof in 2013 under very controversial circumstances. JJC Skillz is a single father of three children, ages 18, 15 and 10 from three different women.
“Their romance is not a rumour as many people believe. Funke Akindele said Yes to JJC Skillz when he proposed marriage some weeks ago while on set. I am sorry, I can’t give you photos even if you give me $1million. Just wait for them to officially announce it,” ExpressNG source confirmed.

Read More - http://expressng.com/2016/02/exclusive-funke-akindele-set-to-remarry-as-lover-jjc-skillz-proposes-marriage/#r7jHrjv7vbwiACxP.99

Nigerian billionaire and Capital Oil MD, Ifeanyi Ubah has explained that he will use street-wise knowledge and not academics to achieve his claim to crash the dollar to N200 within one month.

Ubah spoke Wednesday afternoon in a programme monitored by ExpressNG on African Independent Television (AIT). According to him, Nigerians have glorified people in suits for too long and must now turn to ‘street-wise’ businessmen like him.

“Although I said that I won’t reveal how I am going to do it on Sunday but let me tell you something. The little gain that the Naira has made in 24 hours will go up again if adequate structures are not put in place to safeguard it. It is not about academics but market place experience. You need to combine this two forces; academic and market experience to achieve results. Bill gates said it is not about education but being streetwise,” he said.

Continue - http://expressng.com/2016/02/ifeanyi-ubah-ill-use-street-knowledge-not-academics-to-crash-dollar/


Explaining further, he said, “The cardinal points to achieve dollar crash include policy structure, information

Africa’s Richest Man, Aliko Dangote and billionaire oil magnate, Femi Otedola were spotted using cheap phones on Sunday in Lagos.

http://expressng.com/2016/01/photos-dangote-otedola-flaunt-cheap-phones-that-will-surprise-you/#iJOav2pRFu4CSSOI.99

Jidenna got a Grammy Nomination and last time I checked, he is a Nigerian. Plz get your facts right bro

A 45 year old education institution, Aromoko District Community Secondary School, Aramoko Ekiti now lies in ruins after it has been neglected by the Governor Ayodele Fayose led Government.

SEE MORE - http://expressng.com/2015/12/fayose-must-see-goats-rats-take-over-dilapidated-aramoko-ekiti-secondary-school-photos/

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The rev Fr paid a courtesy visit on President Muhammamudu Buhari and Vice President , Prof Yemi Osibanjo and Rev. Fr. Mbaka at Statehouse on 18th Dec 2015

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More revelations have followed reports that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration doled out cash to 12 media companies through Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, President of the Newspapers Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria.



This followed investigations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating series of allegedly dubious payments made to politicians and government officials by a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.).



Investigators had earlier invited the Chairman/Editor-in-Chief of Thisday Newspapers, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, whom Dasuki reportedly gave N670m.



In a letter dated December 9, 2014, Obaigbena disclosed that he collected N550m as compensation for the Boko Haram attacks on Thisday’s offices in Abuja and Kaduna on April 26, 2012 adding that he received an additional N120m as compensation for 12 newspaper houses whose copies were seized by soldiers in June 2014.



The newspapers are Thisday, Vanguard, The Sun, The Nation, New Telegraph, Daily Trust, People’s Daily, Leadership, Daily Independence, Nigerian Tribune, The Guardian and Business Day.



However, while some of the newspapers listed to have benefitted from the N120m confirmed doing so, others said neither Obaigbena nor NPAN remitted any money to them as claimed by the Thisday Publisher





New Telegraph Newspaper

A statement from the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the New Telegraph Newspapers, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, denied that N10m was paid to the company by NPAN.



It says, “It is on record that following the decision of NPAN to seek compensation from the Federal Government in the aftermath of the seizure of editions of newspapers by the military, New Telegraph computed its losses, which were passed to the association. However, since then, the company has heard nothing from the association on the matter.



“Following a report that NPAN has begun paying N9m (not N10m as contained in the report that has gone viral on the Internet), the management of Daily Telegraph Publishing Company Limited, publishers of New Telegraph, Saturday Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, has written three letters to NPAN for its share of the compensation; but regrettably, as at this moment, not even a kobo has been received.



“Therefore, it is nothing but sheer falsehood for the NPAN president, who claimed he received the money on behalf of the association, to have included New Telegraph Newspapers as one of the beneficiaries of the funds, which as it has now emerged, was disbursed by the former NSA.”





Tribune Newspapers

A statement signed by the company’s Managing Director/ Editor- in- Chief, Mr Edward Dickson, faulted claims made by Mr Obaigbena that the Tribune was one of the 12 newspaper companies compensated by the Federal Government for the June 2014 attacks on newspapers, their circulation personnel and vehicles by soldiers in Abuja and parts of the north.

The two paragraph statement reads:

“Our attention has been drawn to claims by the Publisher of Thisday newspapers who is also President of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, that a sum of N10 million was paid to our company through NPAN by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) as compensation for the disruption of our circulation operations, seizure of our newspapers and damage to our property by soldiers in June, 2014.

“Although, like other NPAN members, we filed claims as requested for by NPAN, the fact of the matter is that up till this moment, 11th December, 2015, our company is yet to receive a kobo as compensation from NPAN for the 2014 disruptive activities of the military to our operations.”



As a company, we collected N9m –Daily Trust



One of the media companies, which received the payment, Daily Trust, issued a statement on Friday through its Editor-In-Chief, Mannir Dan Ali, and also confirmed that it collected N9m.

Ali said, “It was at the time military personnel were interrupting the distribution of our newspapers. We considered the option of going to court to seek for damages but there was a meeting of Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria. We were told (at the meeting) that government was desirous of compensating those who lost whatever it was that they lost in terms of not being able to distribute their newspapers for the number of days that that operation happened; and that all members of NPAN who were affected, should submit their claims.

“Media Trust submitted its own claims. At the end of the day, ten million Naira (N10m) was to be given to us out of which, the consensus made at the NPAN level was that NPAN had issues with its Secretariat and out of that N10m, N1m was ceded to NPAN. As a company, we were given nine million naira (N9m) as compensation for the losses we suffered over that period.”





Leadership Newspapers: We got N10m

The Deputy Managing Director, Leadership Newspaper, Mr. Mike Okpere, also confirmed that the Abuja-based newspaper got N10m. He said, “We did a computation of our loss and it was substantially more than that N10m and we gave it to NPAN and NPAN I heard handed it over to the NSA and what it resulted in was that each newspaper House was given N10m each as compensation. NPAN was to go to court. This was out of court settlement. That is what happened.”



We did not collect any money –Peoples Daily

One of the first newspapers to deny receiving the money was Peoples Daily Newspaper. In an email to one of our correspondents by its management, the company said it did not receive any compensation from government.

It says, “One of the revelations on the current inquisition of the tenure of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) is that this newspaper is among several other national dailies that received the sum of N10m from the office of the former NSA through Nduka Obaigbena, the President of Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria.

“We don’t know of others, therefore, we can’t speak for them. This is news to us. At no time was such money made available to us in whatever guise. We wish to state clearly that it is false and therefore, wish to completely distant this medium from this revelation.”



The Sun Newspapers

The Sun Publishing Limited, in a statement, denied claims that it received a share of the alleged $2.1bn slush fund from the Office of the NSA.

It, however, admitted to

READ MORE - http://expressng.com/2015/12/nduka-obaigbena-the-sun-tribune-new-telegraph-tribune-react-to-n120m-compensation/

The irritated mother of two came down hard at a US-based lady identified as Vivian Rowland for poking her nose into her marital life.
According to the actress, the lady in question was pestering her for still bearing the surname of her estranged hubby.

Read more...http://expressng.com/2015/12/actress-georgina-onuoha-battles-lady-who-pryed-into-her-failed-marriage/