The immediate past Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Lamido Sanusi has been named as the new emir of the powerful Kano emirate to succeed late Ado Bayero. His appointment was announced not too long ago by the Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
It was an intimate family setting of about 90 people, including senior members of Glo and Con Oil. The birthday party was hosted by Basketmouth. Lagbaja, Seyi Law, Gordons, Helen Paul, Bovi, God Bless Band and Flavour all performed.
Above is a personal appreciation message from the celebrant himself to comedian Seyi Law for giving a good performance. Seyi Law shared it on his instgaram page.
According to my sources, Mike Adenuga was so excited at his party that he did something he rarely does, he danced.
And then he sprayed nothing less than N30million to performers and guests on the dance floor.
He sprayed GodBless Band N2million & sprayed several bundles of $10,000 per person
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As part of United States continued assistance to Nigeria in the war against terrorism, the United States has concluded plans to launch a 24-hour satellite television in the troubled Northern part of Nigeria to counter the spread of terrorism activities of Boko Haram in the region, Tribune reports.
The television project, which is to be financed by the United States Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism, according to the New York Times, will cost about six million US Dollars and will be used to sensitise the people of the North to the criminal activities of the Boko Haram sect and also redirect the orientation of the teeming youth.
The television channel, to be called Arewa24, according to US officials who spoke to New York Times, is being established with full collaboration of the Nigerian government.
The project, the newspaper disclosed, was “started last year and is run in Nigeria by Equal Access International, a San Francisco-based government contractor that has managed media programmes sponsored by the State Department in Yemen and Pakistan, which encourage youth participation in politics, in addition to countering Islamist extremism.
“Work on the project is nearing completion, but broadcasts have not yet begun,” it was reported.
State Department officials, who spoke to the newspaper, it claimed, “insisted that the Nigerian government was aware of the television project and that it had not planned to hide the American support for the programme, which has not been previously disclosed. However, US sponsorship will not be advertised or promoted,” a State Department official said.
American officials believed the television channel is crucial to countering the extremism of radical groups such as Boko Haram. The move, it claimed, is a signal of the decision of the US government to increase its counterinsurgency efforts to directly challenge the Boko Haram terrorist group that has been globally disclaimed for its kidnappings and mindless murders of innocent people.
The goal of the satellite television channel “is to provide original content, including comedies and children’s programmes that will be created, developed and produced by Nigerians. State Department officials said they hoped to provide an alternative to the violent propaganda and recruitment efforts of Boko Haram,” the report stated.
A US government official who spoke on the project said the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls was a game-changer, saying “it demonstrates the need for a strong and durable alternative narrative to the destructive narrative of Boko Haram and other violent extremists.”
Documents obtained by the New York Times “show that the television channel is to target youths, either subtly or explicitly, with Hausa language programmes that deliver themes which reject political violence and violent extremism, but do not include news or political reporting.”
Although foreign policy experts have been applauding the State Department’s programmes to counter the deadly onslaught of Boko Haram and other extremist groups, they outlined challenges the new satellite project would face in a region with low levels of infrastructure, public services, literacy and security, especially where only few people own or have access to televisions. They pinpointed the electricity challenges of the country as one of the critical challenges.
But State Department officials, according to the New York Times, acknowledged that setting up an American-supported channel could prove challenging in a region such as the North of Nigeria “where the American government and Western educational programmess are far from popular and where the Boko Haram has not hidden its distaste for media organisations and had launched attacks on some of them.”
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Alhaji Sanusi Ado Bayero is the new Emir of Kano. Born on April 1st 1956, Sanusi Ado Bayero, 58, is the first son of late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Dr. Ado Abdullahi Bayero who died on Friday June 6th in Kano after a long illness at the age of 83.
The new Emir holds a degree in Law from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
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According to a new report on Tribune, the chances of Kefee getting out of coma is slim as her situation not only requires prayers for survival, but also a miracle as the musician has been diagnosed as having pre-eclampsia – pregnancy induced high blood pressure.
Six-month pregnant Kefee had embarked on a 14-hour flight to Chicago for an event but went into coma, forcing the plane to land in Los Angeles so that she could be urgently attended to. A source told Tribune during a phone conversation:
“Kefee surely did not know that she had a high blood pressure before she embarked on
the long trip and suddenly went into coma in the air. That she is pregnant has made her situation dicey, so she will need a miracle to survive, a doctor told me”,
Meanwhile, a medical doctor in Nigeria, Dr Adeyefa, shedding more light on Kefee’s condition, said:
“Kefee is in a precarious situation because of the six months pregnancy. If the foetus had been nine months, the doctors would have removed the baby and saved the mother and child. As it is now, not only will the baby not survive because the carrier is in coma, Kefee may also lose her life from further complications.
The chances of the mother surviving is narrow, while the kid has a narrower chance. I urge Nigerians to pray for her for a miracle because that is what she really needs,” he added.
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