Femi Fani-Kayode warns Buhari - 'Hell will break lose if El Zakzaky, Dasuki or Nnamdi Kanu die in custody'

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIexwpkrLEQiP8YpEbB0B8MIVo3bcOx5T6Z_S2RWAG0RkURhCREvr1o0SkCpOCnqhanP8M5GCHHO1QWjQjDMeMHzInw8CYd4QA95t9Kye3FQbWFsIb7FL5KLMlWOIgHoizNmSebQ5H_31/s1600/FANI+KAYODE+JUDGEMENT+AT+THE+FEDERAL+HIGH+COURT+IKOYI+++++LAGOS+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIexwpkrLEQiP8YpEbB0B8MIVo3bcOx5T6Z_S2RWAG0RkURhCREvr1o0SkCpOCnqhanP8M5GCHHO1QWjQjDMeMHzInw8CYd4QA95t9Kye3FQbWFsIb7FL5KLMlWOIgHoizNmSebQ5H_31/s640/FANI+KAYODE+JUDGEMENT+AT+THE+FEDERAL+HIGH+COURT+IKOYI+++++LAGOS+012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Former minister of aviation and spokesperson for former president Jonathan, Femi Fani Kayode, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure he maintains the safety of the detained leader of the Indig­enous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu, former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki  and Ibraheem El- Zakzaky, the leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeyFF9Sj-vFMqKeZucjSKY1bEQ9XZNot7CYaWe_gq4ct4xHz2D0udsBVPv4tinpTPJL0ZicKr4ZBwf_TI7NnOx9PMn-RXswP3BPCEtnvSN_vju_BEyEiPrtrmAy3yq3mWNDP_iSEylre5/s1600/index+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeyFF9Sj-vFMqKeZucjSKY1bEQ9XZNot7CYaWe_gq4ct4xHz2D0udsBVPv4tinpTPJL0ZicKr4ZBwf_TI7NnOx9PMn-RXswP3BPCEtnvSN_vju_BEyEiPrtrmAy3yq3mWNDP_iSEylre5/s640/index+%25281%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Mr. Fani Kayode issued the warning on Twitter Saturday: <b>“El Zakzaky, Dasuki or Kanu must NOT be tortured, poisoned, beaten or murdered in custody or else all hell will break lose. Buhari take note.”</b> He Twitted.<br /> <br />

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Saudi Arabia Executes 47 On Terrorism Charges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhDwT-pby3FzKNBHxOPdN5p6iTQDdN6mOi66KQx_3HgmrMhKzbuLkcPDm1JKt61HY-dFLAUT3-H2AmK9P0YPL4vJU3hAsZ3fJnmUr1SDRf8m7uc-LWaMSH9SPXgK5uhCgz8piS6uSITnO/s1600/suicide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhDwT-pby3FzKNBHxOPdN5p6iTQDdN6mOi66KQx_3HgmrMhKzbuLkcPDm1JKt61HY-dFLAUT3-H2AmK9P0YPL4vJU3hAsZ3fJnmUr1SDRf8m7uc-LWaMSH9SPXgK5uhCgz8piS6uSITnO/s640/suicide.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Saudi Arabia has executed 47 “terrorists”, according to the interior ministry, including Faris al-Zahrani, an al-Qaeda-preacher, and Nimr al-Nimr, a Shia leader.<br /> <br /> In a press statement read out on state TV on Saturday, the Saudi ministry listed the names of all those it said were already convicted on charges of terrorism.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The death sentence given to Nimr al-Nimr, who led anti-government protests in the country’s east, was confirmed by the Supreme Court in October.<br /> <br /> He was convicted of sedition, disobedience and bearing arms. Nimr did not deny the political charges against him, but said he never carried weapons or called for violence.<br /> <br /> The execution prompted calls for demonstrations in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province and in other countries of the Middle East, but the brother of Nimr called for calm in Eastern Province.<br /> <br /> “This action will spark anger of [Shia] youths” in Saudi Arabia, but “we reject violence and clashing with authorities”, said Mohammed al-Nimr.<br /> <br /> Many of the other men executed had been linked to attacks in the kingdom between 2003 and 2006, blamed on al-Qaeda.<br /> <br /> Among them was al-Qaeda preacher al-Zahani, once considered one of Saudi Arabia’s “most-wanted terrorists”.<br /> <br /> He was detained in 2004 while allegedly in possession of weapons.<br /> <br /> An Egyptian citizen and a Chadian citizen were also among the executed, the ministry said. The rest were all Saudis.<br /> <br /> Notably absent from the list, was Nimr’s nephew, Ali. He was arrested at the age of 17.<br /> <br /> Hussain al-Shobokshi, a prominent Saudi columnist, told Al Jazeera that Saudi authorities did not differentiate between “Shia source of terror and Sunni source of terror”.<br /> <br /> “[Saudi Arabia] made sure it saw no difference between any form of terror, as long as it was threatening its people and its economy,” he said.<br /> <br /> The interior ministry said that those convicted had participated in attacks against residential compounds and government buildings.<br /> <br /> Bombings of compounds in Riyadh in May 2003 killed more than 30 people.<br /> <br /> The following year there were 30 attacks, which led to a government crackdown on al-Qaeda and other homegrown fighters.<br /> <br /> Nimr had called for the oil-rich Eastern Province, where about two million Shia live, to be separated from the rest of Saudi Arabia.<br /> <br /> He also criticised the government for what he said was the marginalisation of the Shia minority in the country.<br /> <br /> The announcement of the executions comes just days after Amnesty International said that Saudi Arabia executed at least 151 people in 2015, the most beheadings in 20 years.<br /> <br /> Khalid al-Dakhil, a Saudi political commentator based in Riyadh, challenged “the integrity” of the rights organisation’s report, saying it failed to mention Iran’s execution record.<br /> <br /> “Iran executes far more people a year than Saudi Arabia, but it does not get the negative publicity Saudi Arabia has. This is something that must be addressed,” Dakhil told Al Jazeera.

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Who is afraid of Lai Mohammed?

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96MoJnHXKoXWdh8k61Wvpxy86xAHDq0wd0b17jeI7QU-4nSuViYLGUtp-SDzGkr822I-E-nYwl02SwTRWg4Ck9y6zZv_Cc6D5ATk2iocHi-oaRdumkRZgb-vjXqlhLjAUiiryI_jzvtb6/s1600/LAI-.Mohammed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96MoJnHXKoXWdh8k61Wvpxy86xAHDq0wd0b17jeI7QU-4nSuViYLGUtp-SDzGkr822I-E-nYwl02SwTRWg4Ck9y6zZv_Cc6D5ATk2iocHi-oaRdumkRZgb-vjXqlhLjAUiiryI_jzvtb6/s640/LAI-.Mohammed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> By Sani Adamu,<br /> <br /> The politics of pull-him-down is on display at a trade fair craftily packaged to cast a dent on the good name and image of Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture.<br /> <br /> If there is any doubt that Mohammed, the immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been pencilled down for an orchestrated campaign of calumny, recent events and the plethora of uncharitable and unwarranted attacks on his person by those who see him as a thorn in their flesh have obliterated all those doubts.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Mohammed, for the avoidance of doubt, is one of the very few Nigerians who meticulously and creditably performed what has variously been described as pure magic by presenting the then opposition party, APC, as a credible alternative to the then ruling party, PDP. Today, the APC is the governing party, and the PDP has not and probably will never forgive him.<br /> <br /> The fact that the achievements of the man are still been talked about with relish and nostalgia is a testimony to his great feat that helped to decimate the PDP.<br /> <br /> But pray, how can it be a crime that Mohammed played a pivotal role in changing the nature of politics and information management system in Nigeria?<br /> <br /> Even in his new role as the Minister of Information and Culture, Mohammed’s exploits have not gone unnoticed. Realizing that one of the keys to successful democratic governance is to ensure effective and sustainable communication between the government and its citizens, the Minister started off by holding a series of consultations and interactive meetings with stakeholders in the information sector, including the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), Radio and Television Theatre Workers Union (RATTAWU) and civil society organisations.<br /> <br /> It is also remarkable that unlike the norm in this clime, the Minister has directed government-controlled media not to deny the opposition the opportunity to be heard. This is impressive, considering what some of these media establishments did to his party in its days in opposition.<br /> <br /> Despite the daily attacks on the person of Mohammed, the good news is that Nigerians are so discerning that no one can deceive them. Much as they attempted to demonise the man before and during the last general elections, Nigerians sided with him by rewarding his party with their votes, which in turn propelled the party to power.<br /> <br /> That explains why, despite the packaged and unrelenting media attacks against him, Mohammed’s hard-earned reputation remains rock solid, especially as he has also availed himself creditably in his new role as the country’s image maker.<br /> <br /> It will, therefore, do the anti-Lai Mohammed drum beaters and their pay masters a lot of good if they could quickly realise the nullity of their actions and retrace their steps for good.<br /> <br /> Thousands of empty sponsored write-ups would not suffice against an innocent man whose only offence is that he is part of a team that is assiduously working to lay the foundation of the rebirth of a new Nigeria.<br /> <br /> Their latest past time is to blame Lai for rallying support for the military in the war against insurgency, yet it is on record that this military, which has been given a new lease of life by President Muhammadu Buhari, has successfully degraded the capacity of the Boko Haram insurgents to take over any part of the nation’s territory as against what was witnessed during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.<br /> <br /> Also, it is common knowledge that the insurgents, who at one time controlled territories in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, have now been dislodged from their strongholds and sent fleeing.<br /> <br /> Those who still believe in Nigeria and the ability of the present government to overcome the huge challenges facing the nation must not cede the space to the naysayers. They must tackle them the same way they did in the run-up to the elections that gave the APC victory. They must join hands with the Minister of Information and Culture to continuously work to bridge the information gap between the government and the citizenry, in the overall interest of the corporate existence of the country.<br /> <br /> Adamu is resident in Abuja.

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750 West Africans stranded in Nigeria evacuated

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG234WtWiGIvXPicVdl6z61M0do0OACkat77sHV-87kfcrw3XCwvoXpN5PvCz_ojkIin7vn0Kg05u94266fFZTaoH5m_yg_MbbMjyxyXiafIzW_RcRdlETDSsy0kaLVox_17GCq21m_OKE/s1600/calabar.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG234WtWiGIvXPicVdl6z61M0do0OACkat77sHV-87kfcrw3XCwvoXpN5PvCz_ojkIin7vn0Kg05u94266fFZTaoH5m_yg_MbbMjyxyXiafIzW_RcRdlETDSsy0kaLVox_17GCq21m_OKE/s400/calabar.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> More than 750 foreigners from eight west African countries, stranded in the southeastern Nigerian port of Calabar since Christmas after their ferry broke down, left by road Saturday, a statement said.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The 758 people were onboard a ship making stopovers along the coast of west Africa “when their passenger vessel… made an emergency berthing” after one of its engines broke down on December 25, the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said.<br /> <br /> A convoy of buses conveyed the stranded nationals of Togo, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Guinea to their various countries, SEMA said.

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Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United: Wenger's men top of English Premier League

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGehRklupYGtb8ateXkrjZxBDkXLQN3n9gkeMYuIcLBdabXzD1Q5l1utrJnITO2A7agueZtTXQ4IHM4ehIKu6effE36T_rADK7Fapt_wXgwOTENsGykV3SM0dt4tzbu1Nt5Gyr9WPi9ksA/s1600/arsene-wenger_1869548b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGehRklupYGtb8ateXkrjZxBDkXLQN3n9gkeMYuIcLBdabXzD1Q5l1utrJnITO2A7agueZtTXQ4IHM4ehIKu6effE36T_rADK7Fapt_wXgwOTENsGykV3SM0dt4tzbu1Nt5Gyr9WPi9ksA/s400/arsene-wenger_1869548b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Laurent Koscielny netted the only goal of the game as Arsenal went two points clear at the top of the Premier League with a less than convincing 1-0 victory over struggling Newcastle United on Saturday.<br /> <br /> Koscielny, along with Nacho Monreal and Mathieu Flamini, was one of three Arsenal changes from the 2-0 win over AFC Bournemouth last time out and the France defender's 72nd-minute effort proved decisive at Emirates Stadium.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech - who set a new Premier League record of 170 clean sheets in the success over Bournemouth - showed his class once again, superbly denying Georginio Wijnaldum on three occasions prior to Koscielny's winner.<br /> <br /> The breakthrough came following a corner, with Koscielny on hand to prod home from close range from Olivier Giroud's header.<br /> <br /> Defeat means Newcastle - who warmed up with t-shirts adorned with the message 'Pavel is a Geordie' following the death of their former keeper Pavel Srnicek earlier this week - see their winless run extended to four matches.<br /> <br /> Steve McClaren will likely be encouraged by his side's spirited performance, although they remain in the bottom three, while Arsenal took advantage after Leicester City could only draw 0-0 with Bournemouth.<br /> <br /> The home side began brightly and carved out the opening chance in the second minute when Hector Bellerin got away down the right, but his firm cutback was stabbed wide by a stretching Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.<br /> <br /> After weathering an early storm, Newcastle gained a foothold in the game and Cech was forced to keep out Wijnaldum's header low to his right before gathering Jack Colback's follow-up.<br /> <br /> Newcastle began to play with a confidence that belied their lowly league placing, but Arsenal continued to look dangerous and the visitors needed a timely block from Fabricio Coloccini to stop Giroud's shot following Oxlade-Chamberlain's clever pass.<br /> <br /> <br /> Newcastle's threat remained - Cech saving comfortably from Aleksandar Mitrovic's overhead kick before the goalkeeper had to rush from his line to deny Wijnaldum with half-time approaching.<br /> <br /> Three minutes after the restart, Wijnaldum had a glorious chance to break the deadlock when played through with just Cech to beat, but once again the former Chelsea star came out on top, producing a fine save with his legs.<br /> <br /> Newcastle went close again a minute later when Moussa Sissoko's cross was cushioned across goal by Ayoze Perez, where Mitrovic could only divert the ball over off his knee.<br /> <br /> Chancel Mbemba headed wide midway through the half and Newcastle were made to pay for their profligacy 18 minutes from time as Koscielny got free at the back post to turn the ball home.<br /> <br /> A Mitrovic header flew over as Newcastle went in search of an equalizer before Rob Elliot kept out Aaron Ramsey – who shot wide soon after – as Arsenal earned themselves some breathing space at the top of the table.<br /> <br /> (Goal.com)

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Espanyol 0-0 Barcelona: Champions held in goalless derby

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxfvKUkCukvBFFW6YvV71-jLx_wsq2r_9Dzo7pAXnY9c0Sl1lURIT6fF5qTgiajdm19HaAx41D5d-eUhnA4kNRFPL_SuWy8gnieuhYtpsOvVqYKPUGtf9NU0WPcmOHFzOghZAqq80qFtG/s1600/aq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxfvKUkCukvBFFW6YvV71-jLx_wsq2r_9Dzo7pAXnY9c0Sl1lURIT6fF5qTgiajdm19HaAx41D5d-eUhnA4kNRFPL_SuWy8gnieuhYtpsOvVqYKPUGtf9NU0WPcmOHFzOghZAqq80qFtG/s400/aq.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez both hit the woodwork as Barcelona were held to a 0-0 draw against Espanyol that gives Atletico Madrid the opportunity to take sole ownership of top spot in La Liga.<br /> <br /> Espanyol set their stall out from the off at Cornella El Prat, with their intensity and aggression proving an effective method of nullifying their illustrious neighbours' wealth of attacking talent.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Barca were far from at their best but for all Espanyol's hard work, the hosts still had to rely on the help of the frame of the goal to claim an unlikely point.<br /> <br /> Messi was first to go close when his sublime 25-yard free-kick shortly before half-time beat Espanyol goalkeeper Pau Lopez all ends up but struck the angle of post and crossbar.<br /> <br /> Suarez had a goal disallowed for offside and then hit the post early in the second half when it appeared easier to score, as Luis Enrique's team began 2016 with a point that means Atletico Madrid will go top of La Liga with a win over Levante later on Saturday.<br /> <br /> Barca began the game in uncharacteristically sloppy fashion and struggled to get out of their own half early on thanks to Espanyol's impressive attitude with and without the ball.<br /> <br /> But it was the visitors who carved out the first real chance of the game in the ninth minute, when Jordi Alba miscued Suarez's pin-point cross wide from close range.<br /> <br /> Slowly but surely, Barca wrested control away from a lively but limited Espanyol side.<br /> <br /> Suarez, Neymar and Messi combined in the 19th minute to create another clear-cut opportunity, only for the Brazilian's cutback to fall marginally behind the Uruguayan, who would have had the goal at his mercy from six yards.<br /> <br /> Barca defender Gerard Pique had to be alert to hack the ball off the line when Claudio Bravo failed to deal with an inswinging corner from the left, before Espanyol captain Javi Lopez was cautioned for a needlessly aggressive foul on Neymar as a bad-tempered affair threatened to boil over.<br /> <br /> Messi's influence was growing and, nine minutes before the break, Barca's talisman rattled the angle of post and crossbar with a sensational free-kick that Pau Lopez could only stand and admire.<br /> <br /> Barca started the second half quickly, and Suarez had the ball in the net four minutes after the restart only for the offside flag to deny him.<br /> <br /> Espanyol once again had the woodwork to thank for keeping the scores level when Suarez somehow contrived to hit the post from five yards after dancing around Pau Lopez, before Messi shot straight at the goalkeeper from the edge of the area after superb work by Neymar.<br /> <br /> Despite enjoying a near-monopoly of the ball and territory for the remainder of the game, Barca could not find a way past Pau Lopez as Espanyol, who travel to Camp Nou in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, clung on for a hard-fought point.<br /> <br /> (Goal.com)

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Manchester United 2-1 Swansea City: Rooney and Martial end winless run

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0_Gg-qWFfGcLQ6bZ_3VLd4VMAKJT9TTWfKh_lai2vs_StNphl9wSL_Z3aWbxEwYGvcqS1BWIbwCLzwiuEM9DtljQ9u3LQiAQ3xI8ZmBdIZm-5Fw4SlBBew_4-QVI_EOBnuPkgaKwdJRN/s1600/rooney+martial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0_Gg-qWFfGcLQ6bZ_3VLd4VMAKJT9TTWfKh_lai2vs_StNphl9wSL_Z3aWbxEwYGvcqS1BWIbwCLzwiuEM9DtljQ9u3LQiAQ3xI8ZmBdIZm-5Fw4SlBBew_4-QVI_EOBnuPkgaKwdJRN/s640/rooney+martial.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Wayne Rooney scored a long-awaited winner as Manchester United ended their Swansea City hoodoo with a 2-1 victory at Old Trafford on Saturday to ease some of the pressure on manager Louis van Gaal.<br /> <br /> The Dutch manager had lost each of his previous three meetings with Swansea by the same scoreline, including his Premier League bow back in August 2014.<br /> <br /> However, Rooney produced a sublime finish 13 minutes from time to earn United a first win in nine in all competitions.<br /> <br /> After dominating the early stages, Van Gaal's men allowed Swansea back into the match, with Morgan Schneiderlin surviving penalty claims for an alleged handball.<br /> <br /> But the breakthrough came two minutes into the second half when the impressive Ashley Young supplied the cross for Anthony Martial to score his eighth United goal.<br /> <br /> Swansea refused to go down without a fight and, after Andre Ayew hit a post, Gylfi Sigurdsson restored parity with a looping 70th-minute header.<br /> <br /> However, Rooney had the final say, with his flicked finish sending United into the top five and Swansea remaining a position above the relegation zone.<br /> <br /> Phil Jones came into the United defence in place of Matteo Darmian, while Swansea reverted to a more familiar starting XI after ringing the changes for Monday's goalless draw at Crystal Palace, with Jonjo Shelvey axed from the matchday squad.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> United put in a much-improved performance when they were held by Chelsea last time out and made another bright start on Saturday, with Ander Herrera having a shot blocked in the box by Federico Fernandez early on.<br /> <br /> Swansea settled as the half progressed and Wayne Routledge's volley force David De Gea into his first save, before the visitors' calls for a penalty were rejected when Schneiderlin's acrobatic clearance struck his own hand in the United box.<br /> <br /> Rooney climbed to power a header goalwards nine minutes from the break, only to see the ball bounce back off the heel of Jack Cork, who avoided punishment for what could have been deemed to be a backpass soon after.<br /> <br /> Young was a constant threat down the right wing and carved out two more opportunities prior to the half-time whistle - rounding Leon Britton and cutting back for Juan Mata to draw a save from Lukasz Fabianski before the goalkeeper also kept out a Rooney header from the England winger's cross.<br /> <br /> The warning signals were there for Swansea and Young proved instrumental as United took the lead two minutes into the second half.<br /> <br /> The 30-year-old's ball in from the right found its way to Martial, whose downward header beat Fabianski.<br /> <br /> United's last two Premier League defeats from leading positions have come against Swansea and they will have been fearing the worst when Ayew headed against the post shortly after the hour mark.<br /> <br /> Angel Rangel was subsequently booked when he was judged to have dived in the box as he chased the rebound, but Sigurdsson - scorer of the winner at Old Trafford last season - netted the leveller from a Modou Barrow cross.<br /> <br /> However, Rooney - without a Premier League goal since October 17 - applied an improvised finish to a Martial ball into the box in the 77th minute.<br /> <br /> De Gea came to the rescue when Ashley Williams unleashed an instinctive drive in the closing stages and goalkeeper Fabianski headed narrowly wide from a corner with the last action of the match, but United held on to end their winless run.<br /> <br /> (Goal.com)

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Olamide's #leavetrashforlawma jibe at Don Jazzy turns social media movement

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJZSwZui1i46Nu9zW8GD8aQ3MZ74RmuumgDiPspVF0jVL6bg3iJnluiR4yWlFQzqvNXM-QTv_VU9f9NygdZx7BasrheM7lY3mI5Kx4Ux3T1VHRzs-6BRtNG-RPSGFDKY-1t0eQENAzPqz/s1600/Olamide-Don.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJZSwZui1i46Nu9zW8GD8aQ3MZ74RmuumgDiPspVF0jVL6bg3iJnluiR4yWlFQzqvNXM-QTv_VU9f9NygdZx7BasrheM7lY3mI5Kx4Ux3T1VHRzs-6BRtNG-RPSGFDKY-1t0eQENAzPqz/s400/Olamide-Don.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> What started as a jibe from Olamide hurled at Mavin boss, Don Jazzy during the controversial Headies award <b>#leavetrashforlawma</b> has now transformed into a new social media movement to promote the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA)<br /> <br /> It can be recalled that the duo got involved in ‘Headies Drama‘, after Olamide blasted the organisers of the annual awards for not recognising his protege, Lil Kesh as the Next Rated Artiste. Don Jazzy mocked him (Olamide) by saying “Egbon Olamide, if you want the car, come and collect it”. The 2015 Headies Next Rated Artiste Award winner goes home with a Hyundai SUV car. The category was won by Don Jazzy’s boy, Reekado Banks.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, joined the tirade between YBNL’s CEO, Olamide Adedeji and Mavin’s boss, Michael Collins Ajereh, better known as Don Jazzy.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPIglF4El6hyphenhyphenjMCLN0xAtruvZVhRNFYNdpUCN8hXHZaRQHQSB1yQSSs2im5mt-hx6fwSTImnx90J8SZKzlql3bmgw4NZkJG7va7nX4FUjjV528OF36fh0i4WU4rXurtdbweFvp7lFg0V0/s1600/Capture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPIglF4El6hyphenhyphenjMCLN0xAtruvZVhRNFYNdpUCN8hXHZaRQHQSB1yQSSs2im5mt-hx6fwSTImnx90J8SZKzlql3bmgw4NZkJG7va7nX4FUjjV528OF36fh0i4WU4rXurtdbweFvp7lFg0V0/s640/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> To underscore the importance of the punchline to the waste managers, they joined the conversation on Twitter with the post, “<b>In 2016 we urge all our customers to #leavetrashforlawma use the licensed PSP operator in your area” </b><br /> <br /> Sterling Bank, a major partner of LAWMA also joined the conversation with the tweet, <b>“Let’s take this opportunity to appreciate #LAWMA for their work. Supported by #SterlingBankNg. #LeaveTrashForLAWMA”</b><br /> <b><br /></b><b>NigerianEye</b> gathered that the <b>#leavetrashforlawma</b> is now a trending topic on Twitter and presently the hottest trending punchline which is now used to design  T-shirts and caps, which are now selling  very hot in stores.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvo2UPOH_-qbVX-bZRKJV_mCFgZhAnB-_5lnptqg3xWSdfM_l25BJyLZqB2Nb2eGs26Xhv_yRmCyee4wAqOLXNjsz9ybsmQeIJl-WhI4rFqU_DVqXKdsiEBAW6zT7TCY7Qyw4IvHGJ3AK/s1600/leavetrashforlawma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvo2UPOH_-qbVX-bZRKJV_mCFgZhAnB-_5lnptqg3xWSdfM_l25BJyLZqB2Nb2eGs26Xhv_yRmCyee4wAqOLXNjsz9ybsmQeIJl-WhI4rFqU_DVqXKdsiEBAW6zT7TCY7Qyw4IvHGJ3AK/s400/leavetrashforlawma.jpg" width="224" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">#leavetrashforlawma T-shirt</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br />

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Lil Kesh and Reekado Banks make peace; Bosses, Don Jazzy and Olamide still at war

<br /> <br /> YBNL’s Lil Kesh and Mavin’s Reekado Banks have made peace while their bosses, Olamide Adedeji and Don Jazzy are still at war over who truly deserved the Next Rated Artiste between the Shoki crooner and the Katapot singer (Lil Kesh and Reekado Banks).<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRfRSCDulGO4WtCWBBp9V3ATkA7Goex9PfCPpz49TGORBe7IPbQtxV45M2_RmHAB3NzjKkQShufdmKJKUQxQRv1eMVpvVxLJ5sw8iWLXE74VA0X2A-UYd5qzPyK_lL26AszEgqFmoG-wY/s1600/lil+kesh+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRfRSCDulGO4WtCWBBp9V3ATkA7Goex9PfCPpz49TGORBe7IPbQtxV45M2_RmHAB3NzjKkQShufdmKJKUQxQRv1eMVpvVxLJ5sw8iWLXE74VA0X2A-UYd5qzPyK_lL26AszEgqFmoG-wY/s400/lil+kesh+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lil Kesh</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> Olamide and Don Jazzy blasted each other over the Headies’ Next Rated Artiste won by Reekado Banks early Saturday morning.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwBh5iiaMcNme-q4sLTrFYqJi3r3s1xx5WLKd13OWMumRJkfBy9BzvqF_vnLt0qBEpNPryoDZQ97pRcjLaEOIoTlKF-ZM57M_8llWu7QT2rcYJSqha_JFE5Jf-pV-L_2ZikuKjkrYnfvV/s1600/reekardo+banks+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwBh5iiaMcNme-q4sLTrFYqJi3r3s1xx5WLKd13OWMumRJkfBy9BzvqF_vnLt0qBEpNPryoDZQ97pRcjLaEOIoTlKF-ZM57M_8llWu7QT2rcYJSqha_JFE5Jf-pV-L_2ZikuKjkrYnfvV/s400/reekardo+banks+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reekado Banks</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> But in the spirit of sportsmanship,  Lil Kesh doused tension as he took to social media platforms to congratulate Reekado Banks.<br /> <br /> <b>Reek“Congrats on your next rated award @ReekadoBanks This will not be the end for the both of us,more blessings and 💸💸 nothing but ❤️ #REEKY,”</b> he posted.<br /> <br /> Reekado replied the post, <b>“Thanks Kesh. #YouAreTheMan ❤️”.</b><br /> <br /> While YBNL boss, Olamide has apologised to his fans, Don Jazzy still remains mute.

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PDP to APC - 'Buhari is not God and we will not worship him'

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5DMzRiTXJshZLvUV1ECof7dVGRz5G5iOoCH_A0E23praKZGs3YauqwuQ7AgyyFfYtGDRf7dbrR0Td65vIUKV0ZyOLFcw18kIB-ybAu2v9z2ChyphenhyphenYqZb8ZGshgxJy3n7Sq1LTaGDccbdC3/s1600/buhari+PDP-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5DMzRiTXJshZLvUV1ECof7dVGRz5G5iOoCH_A0E23praKZGs3YauqwuQ7AgyyFfYtGDRf7dbrR0Td65vIUKV0ZyOLFcw18kIB-ybAu2v9z2ChyphenhyphenYqZb8ZGshgxJy3n7Sq1LTaGDccbdC3/s400/buhari+PDP-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sympathised with President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over their inability to accept, with equanimity, constructive criticisms of their administration.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> In a statement on Saturday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, said it was unfortunate that the APC and its leaders, who gleefully and unjustifiably poured invectives on former President Goodluck Jonathan in the guise of playing the role of an opposition party, would now not want to condone criticisms.<br /> <br /> “Unlike the APC that denigrated the office and person of former President Jonathan by wrongly depicting him as ‘clueless and incompetent’, the PDP remains the most decent, mature and constructive opposition party in our democracy and we have evidenced great respect for the person and exalted office of President Muhammadu Buhari.<br /> <br /> “During the Goodluck Jonathan presidency, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, while in the saddle as interim Deputy National Secretary of the APC, in a post on his twitter page, described President Jonathan as ‘lazy, docile, incompetent, clueless, hopeless and useless leader.’ Other APC leaders made raining abuses on Jonathan a past time.<br /> <br /> “The PDP is a very responsible opposition party; our leaders are mature; and we have demonstrated so in our critique of the President’s responses during the maiden Presidential Media Chat. We have reviewed President Buhari’s performance and concluded that it was uninspiring<br /> <br /> “The entire world listened to President Buhari during the chat and went away with different impressions. We did and came up with the theme of our initial reaction that portrayed him very appropriately as a tyrant. And for purpose of clarity, a tyrant is a ruler who has complete power over a country and who uses the power in a cruel and unfair way, which was why we recommended the suspension of the operation of the constitution so he can rule for the next four years as a maximum ruler.<br /> <br /> “In its reaction, his party National Chairman, John Oyegun magisterially and dictatorially warned that ‘we (APC) may not condone such anymore.’ Our position in the PDP is that we are in trouble as a nation. All we hear from the APC regarding our freedom is ‘we won’t tolerate’, ‘we won’t condone.’ Are these words used by democrats or tyrants?<br /> <br /> “So, the PDP too is being warned and coerced on what to say as opposition party. The PDP must be commended for the civil, responsible, mature, issue-based opposition it has played. The nation knows how the APC rained insults on former President Jonathan and that the PDP, during that time, never used words like ‘it would not condone…’<br /> <br /> “Some have even criticised the PDP style of opposition as being too civil considering the tyranny we are facing. That is why Chief John Oyegun could term a dictionary word-‘tyrant’- as insulting. Nigerians do not need the PDP or anyone else to make them decide if President Buhari’s APC government fits the definition of a tyrant.<br /> <br /> “The real trait of the President was unraveled during the media chat. He has repeatedly shown his scorn for the Legislature, an independent arm of government while sanctioning security agencies’ disrespect for court orders and the impunity of continuous incarceration of people who have been granted bails by the courts.<br /> <br /> “Also from his responses, the President has even pronounced a guilty verdict on Col Sambo Dasuki and Nnamdi Kanu of Radio Biafra even before the hearings by the courts. Sadly, even the international community has noted this brazen scorn and disdain for the independence of the judiciary.<br /> <br /> “Furthermore, how do we describe a President who openly denigrated an entire race as he did in the media chat when he suggested that the Igbos were insatiable with the appointments his government has so far given to them? Indeed, the timing and the tenor of the President’s comment, given the security and political situation in the land, remain worrisome, especially at a time a nerve-soothing statement from the father of the nation could have reassured the agitators of the need for peace and unity in the nation.<br /> <br /> “Besides, it is sad and embarrassing that President Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade has now been reduced to a war between the APC and the PDP as declared by the Office of his spokespersons. Since they have confirmed that this is what the anti-corruption crusade is all about, the APC is obviously seeking to destroy the PDP so that it can push through Buhari’s second tenure in 2019 without opposition from the PDP.<br /> <br /> “This has also confirmed our concern that this is the reason the Federal Government is persecuting, and not prosecuting, Col. Sambo Dasuki. The APC and its leaders fear that Dasuki, given his vast political and security network, may be harbouring a presidential ambition, more so that the PDP has zoned its presidential ticket to the north.<br /> <br /> “The PDP is conversant with the sinister plan by the APC-led Federal Government to completely decimate our party by raking up all manner of allegations of corruption against the Goodluck Jonathan administration and leaders of the PDP with a view to taking them to court on orchestrated charges.<br /> <br /> “Finally we are aware that President Buhari has directed security agencies to be more vicious in dealing with our members and has continued to subtly coerce the Judiciary to convict those being charged to court. But what gives us joy is that President Buhari is not God and we will not worship him.

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Oliseh names 23 Eagles for African Nations Championship

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQoOwUdz6PiWEOAQr1Ik20bNXQ-bfORVGhjIc-tINlBUAVu1TCOvrY_8EmCFwGxaaBsXr6XOOf7LdS3ap_WYvlRlmPBBtt-6Y_-Bw-O2xn2urYgMKTkkx2Y87KY15M9Ofey8easz3w-VD/s1600/oliseh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQoOwUdz6PiWEOAQr1Ik20bNXQ-bfORVGhjIc-tINlBUAVu1TCOvrY_8EmCFwGxaaBsXr6XOOf7LdS3ap_WYvlRlmPBBtt-6Y_-Bw-O2xn2urYgMKTkkx2Y87KY15M9Ofey8easz3w-VD/s400/oliseh.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Saturday in Abuja said Head Coach Sunday Oliseh has named the Super Eagles B squad for the 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda.<br /> <br /> The Federation, in a statement by its Assistant Director (Communications), Ademola Olajire, said the coach released the team’s final list of 23 players for the championship.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> It said the list has goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, defenders Austin Oboroakpo and Chima Akas, 2016 Olympic team midfielders Usman Mohammed and Yaro Bature, and forward Chisom Chikatara, among others.<br /> <br /> “The list also has Enyimba International FC’s winger Ezekiel Bassey, former junior international Ifeanyi Mathew and Sunshine Stars’ trio of Paul Onobi, Prince Aggrey and Tunde Adeniji.<br /> <br /> “Former junior international goalkeeper Femi Thomas, Shooting Stars’ central defender Jamiu Alimi and former Supersand Eagles’ ace Bartholomew Ibenegbu have also been included,’’ the statement said.<br /> <br /> It further said the Eagles B team, alongside technical and backroom staff, left the country on Saturday afternoon for Cape Town in South Africa.<br /> <br /> “There, the squad will stage a 10-day pre-Championship training camp, and play two friendly games against Angola and Cote d’Ivoire, who are also CHAN-bound on Jan. 6 and Jan. 11 respectively,’’ the statement said.<br /> <br /> The Federation said further in the statement that coach Oliseh had arrived in South Africa ahead of the delegation.<br /> <br /> Nigeria’s Super Eagles B had finished third at the third edition of the African Nations Championship held in South Africa in 2014.<br /> <br /> The Eagles will campaign in Group C of this year’s championship alongside 2011 winners Tunisia, Niger Republic and Guinea, with matches to be played at the Stade Regional Nyamirambo, Kigali.<br /> <br /> The championship holds from Jan. 16 to Feb. 7.<br /> <br /> <b>The Full List:</b><br /> <b><br /></b><b>Goalkeepers:</b> Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Sunshine Stars); Olufemi Thomas (Enyimba International FC); Okiemute Odah (Warri Wolves)<br /> <br /> <b>Defenders:</b> Austin Oboroakpo (Abia Warriors); Kalu Okogbue (Rangers International); Jamiu Alimi (Shooting Stars); Mathew Etim (Rangers); Chima Akas (Sharks FC); Stephen Eze (Sunshine Stars); Christopher Maichibi (Giwa FC); Samson Gbadebo (Lobi Stars)<br /> <br /> <b>Midfielders:</b> Ifeanyi Mathew (El-Kanemi Warriors); Paul Onobi (Sunshine Stars); Usman Mohammed (FC Taraba); Yaro Bature (Nasarawa United); Bartholomew Ibenegbu (Warri Wolves); Ibrahim Salau (Shooting Stars)<br /> <br /> <b>Forwards:</b> Osas Okoro (Rangers); Ezekiel Bassey (Enyimba); Tunde Adeniji (Sunshine Stars); Bright Onyedikachi (FC IfeanyiUbah); Chisom Chikatara (Abia Warriors); Prince Aggrey (Sunshine Stars)

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‘Africa’s biggest Jesus statue’ unveiled in Nigeria

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F1I0ZzEM6fFb4VX4BshaUktR781Mrk8Y3BmiVBVeeVy3R7u24Pt6er3GajBHQiYYYGlBLI0iRsw7lwA0J2AnTFJKndcoleA7kp4e5VPy_r9SOXDX5SHkFaQHoB5t0_sKypsAy1G3MEwt/s1600/The-statue+jesus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F1I0ZzEM6fFb4VX4BshaUktR781Mrk8Y3BmiVBVeeVy3R7u24Pt6er3GajBHQiYYYGlBLI0iRsw7lwA0J2AnTFJKndcoleA7kp4e5VPy_r9SOXDX5SHkFaQHoB5t0_sKypsAy1G3MEwt/s640/The-statue+jesus.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Nigeria on Friday unveiled a nine-metre tall statue of Jesus Christ carved from white marble, thought to be the biggest of its kind in Africa.</span></b><br /> <br /> The Bishop of Orlu Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma on Friday unveiled the African tallest statue of Jesus Christ weighing 8.5metres (28ft) at St. Aloysius Catholic Parish, Abajah, Imo.<br /> <br /> The statue made of marble is bigger than the 20 metres (66 foot) Ramesses II Abusimbel statue in Egypt.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Ukwuoma Performed the ceremony shortly after a mass attended by the Bishop Emeritus of Orlu Diocese, Most Rev. Gregory Ochiagha, and more than 100 priests at St. Aloysius Parish Abajah compound on Friday.<br /> <br /> The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Chief Obinna Onuoha, who donated the Jesus statue had constructed 2, 000 seating capacity parish church at St. Aloysius in the year 2012.<br /> <br /> NAN further reports that the unveiling of the statue was used to mark the wedding golden jubilee ceremony of the parents of Obinna, Chief Geoffrey, and Lolo Justina Onuoha.<br /> <br /> Ukwuoma, who described the statue as magnificent, commended the Onuoha family for the gift and their benevolence to the church.<br /> <br /> “This statue is a great symbol of Christian faith, and I pray that for the Catholics that the statue will continue to constantly remind us of what Jesus Christ stands for us.<br /> <br /> “For other passersby, looking at the statue will also bring them closer to Jesus,” the Bishop said.<br /> <br /> Speaking on the golden jubilee, the cleric used the medium to remind marital couples on the need to see marriage as a vocation through which they could positively impact on the society.<br /> <br /> “God did not call any of us clergy and religious to be fathers and mothers, but those called into this vocation must use it to reflect God’s peace, love and unity.<br /> <br /> Chief Obinna Onuoha, the Managing Director of Premier Petroleum Ltd., and the donor of the statue, said that he constructed the statue to fulfill a vow he made to God in the year 1997.<br /> <br /> “Asking why I constructed this statue is like asking how do I came to this world, I am a Christian and a Catholic and Jesus statue represents my faith.<br /> <br /> “I believe we are here on earth for different purposes and each person moves with his/her instincts, and I was motivated to do this to build up the faith of this community,’’ he said.<br /> <br /> Onuoha, who did not mention the cost of the statue, added, “it took about three years to construct and erect the Jesus De Saviour statue at Abajah.”<br /> <br /> (NAN)

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Nigerians react to the epic Olamide/Don Jazzy beef at 2015 Headies

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6Xo2bnT6OrpmZAmWEpFALFjd_CvXrHwlJhl5-UpLdoBGll3KkoKsz7k0QAE0Gd150CGXiPQr9SFhyphenhyphenIDFF9xwEg26rAVtZWChF4jp0IIjVwdJfsHZRcwlA0NOnWbGXAGBr7w2bn_ZuqZ9/s1600/Olamide-Don.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6Xo2bnT6OrpmZAmWEpFALFjd_CvXrHwlJhl5-UpLdoBGll3KkoKsz7k0QAE0Gd150CGXiPQr9SFhyphenhyphenIDFF9xwEg26rAVtZWChF4jp0IIjVwdJfsHZRcwlA0NOnWbGXAGBr7w2bn_ZuqZ9/s640/Olamide-Don.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The social media is currently on fire, as Nigerians have started to react to the surprise beef between two industry heavyweights, <b>Olamide</b> and <b>Don Jazzy</b> at the Headies awards over the outcome of the much converted “Next Rated Award”.<br /> <br /> <b><i>NigerianEye</i></b> gathered that trouble started when the favorite for the award <b>Lil Kesh</b> (Signed under Olamide's YBNL record) surprisingly failed to win the <b>The Next Rated Award</b> which is arguably the biggest award of the night which also comes with a lot of recognition (and the bonus of a brand Hyundai Car) and Mavin artist <b>Reekado Banks</b> won it instead.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Apparently this angered <b>Olamide</b>  and harsh words were dropped, with Don Jazzy also ending the night with a bombshell saying “Olamide, if you want the car come and collect it”.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b7Puh-FaBhM" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ob6HZw4MiJY" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> Read Tweets below....<br /> <div class="storify"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="no" height="750" src="//storify.com/CuteNaija/nigerians-react-to-the-epic-olamide-don-jazzy-beef/embed?border=false" width="100%"></iframe><script src="//storify.com/CuteNaija/nigerians-react-to-the-epic-olamide-don-jazzy-beef.js?border=false" type="text/javascript"> </script><noscript>[<a href="//storify.com/CuteNaija/nigerians-react-to-the-epic-olamide-don-jazzy-beef" target="_blank">View the story "Nigerians react to the epic Olamide/Don Jazzy beef at 2015 Headies" on Storify</a>]</noscript></div>

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Dubai Investigates Cause Of 63-Storey Luxury Hotel Fire

<br /> Authorities in Dubai say they are working to determine the cause of the fire that engulfed a 63-storey luxury hotel in the city on New Year’s Eve even as firefighters continue to douse its embers.<br /> <br /> The fire erupted before the city’s fireworks extravaganza and engulfed the Address Downtown, comprising hotels and residences in Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates.<br /> <br /> The authorities said on Friday 16 people suffered mostly minor injuries despite the presence of thousands in the area to watch the celebrations.<br /> <br /> At least 14 people were slightly injured, one was moderately injured and one person suffered a heart attack during the evacuation, they said.<br /> <br /> All victims have been discharged from hospital except for a pregnant women and an elderly man who were said to be “well” but were kept in “to ensure their safety”, the civil defence said.<br /> <br /> Firefighters spent Thursday night trying to extinguish the blaze.<br /> <br /> Despite the fire, officials went ahead with plans to ring in the new year and thousands gathered in the area to watch the fireworks.<br /> <br /> The Address Downtown would have been a prime spot for viewing the midnight fireworks display, centred at the nearby Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.<br /> <br /> The Address Downtown boasts a luxury hotel with nearly 200 rooms, along with more than 600 residential units. Rentals of a one-bedroom can run $70,000 a year.<br /> <br /> The fire started around 9:30pm on Thursday, racing up the sides of the Address Downtown.<br /> <br /> More than 12 hours later on Friday morning, Dubai firefighters largely watched the fire from the ground, unable at one point to use a water hose on a ladder truck.<br /> <br /> They later regained water pressure and resumed spraying the building.<br /> <br /> Restaurants nearby opened on Friday for business, but served limited menus as civil defence officials cut natural gas to the area.<br /> <br /> By the afternoon, the blaze had largely died down, but small fires were still visible burning through some windows, sending smoke into the air.<br /> <br /> Dubai Civil Defence said the fire appeared to have started on the 20th-floor terrace, according to a statement by the government media office.<br /> <br /> Witnesses who saw the blaze start said they believed it began on the building’s ground floor.<br /> <br /> Civil defence said “cooling procedures” were still under way on Friday, and that the investigation was under way into the cause.<br /> <br /> Around one million people had been expected to gather around the Burj Khalifa skyscraper to watch the fireworks.<br /> <br />

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Cultists Kill Pregnant Woman, Three Others In Delta

<br /> <br /> Rampaging cultists in Obiaruku and Kwale Communities, Delta State, yesterday in the early hours allegedly killed a pregnant woman and three others between Ogume and Kwale community.<br /> <br /> It was reliably gathered that the cultists are members of the Ake dreaded confraternity and Vinckies confraternity who allegedly suck blood during their initiations, as they engaged in rival war.<br /> <br /> Eyewitness, Ngozi Adekwe said that the cultists during the melee allegedly unleashed terror with cut-to-size guns including battle axes during which a pregnant woman was allegedly hit by spray bullets but Police Officers at the Obiaruku Police Division who did not want their names in print said nobody was killed, adding that it was the usual and recurring decimal of cult war in the area as six suspected members of the gang believed to be leaders of both cult groups were arrested and are currently helping the Police in further investigation.<br /> <br /> The pregnant woman identified as Mrs. Mary Ossai, our informed sources said was allegedly hit by stray bullets during the fight of the cultists where three of their members were killed.<br /> <br /> Investigation revealed that Kwale, Ogume, Obiaruku and its environs have allegedly been hubs for cult groups; a situation the State Police Command through its Commissioner Alkali Baba Usman said had led to the arrest of several persons in 2015 saying that it would no longer be business as usual for any cult group.<br /> <br />

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FG Denies Plan To Change Uniform Of Prison Officials

<br /> <br /> The Federal Government has dismissed reports in a section of the media that plans are underway to change the uniform of officers of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS).<br /> <br /> The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd) said this in a statement signed by Mr Bassey Akpanyung, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry on Friday in Abuja.<br /> <br /> “The attention of the minister, Lt. Gen Abulrahman Dambazau has been drawn to a publication to the effect that plans are underway to change the fatigue uniform of officers of the NPS.<br /> <br /> “Gen. Dambazau states that no such issue was discussed at any of its management meetings and therefore the report is false,” he said.<br /> <br /> The minister said that the priority of the Federal Government as regards to the NPS “remains the prisons reform’’.<br /> <br /> He said that the reform would specifically focus on prison decongestion, rehabilitation of convicts, improved welfare for officers as well as enhanced logistics and capacity building.<br /> <br /> Dambazau urged media practitioners to always cross check their reports before publication.<br /> <br /> It will be recalled that a section of the media had reported that the Federal Government plans to change the uniform of prison officials.<br /> <br />

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Sports Minister denies clash with Plateau governor

<br /> <br /> Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Solomon Dalung, has denied that there was a clash between his supporters and those of the Governor of Plateau state, Mr. Simon Lalon, in Shendam, Plateau state, during the Christmas break.<br /> <br /> In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Nneka Anibeze, Dalung said the story was not only a media fabrication but also an attempt to generate confusion and erode confidence in the minds of the people against the current leadership.<br /> <br /> “I read with serious concern, stories making the rounds about a purported clash between my supporters and those of the executive governor when I honoured him at a festival of Gemai ethnic group in Shendam. I was at a function with the governor and it not only went smoothly but was also very cordial. Fabricating such a story may be the handiwork of idle minds who benefit from crisis of political differences.”<br /> <br /> The minister added that Lalong was not only a close friend but also a colleague, who, like every other governor in the present dispensation, has common challenges like paucity of funds and huge debt profiles. This, he said, had slowed down drastic change in the state.

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Boko Haram to bomb Borno with beggars - military

<br /> <br /> The Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole of the Nigerian Army has raised the alarm that Boko Haram insurgents are planning to execute bomb attacks in Borno using beggars among other strategies.<br /> <br /> Media coordinator of the command, Col. Mustapha Anka, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri, saying, “The attention of the Operation Lafiya Dole has been drawn to terrorists’ intention to use beggars to cause mayhem in the state.<br /> <br /> <br /> “Under the plan, concealed explosives in bundles of firewood are to be placed in crowded and strategic areas of Maiduguri and environs to cause havoc.’’<br /> <br /> He said that the insurgents had also devised a new means of recording larger casualty figures by attracting the public with shouts of ‘Boko Haram’ to create panic and draw more people to places where attacks would take place.<br /> <br /> He said, “Additionally, the general public should be weary of the terrorists’ plan to deceive the public by shouting ‘Boko Haram’ to create panic in order to lure unsuspecting public for maximum casualty, while detonating their bombs during and after the New Year celebrations.”<br /> <br /> He, therefore, advised residents to be vigilant during and after the New Year celebrations, adding that the ban on bangers and fireworks was still in force.

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Dickson, Sylva clash over rescheduled rerun

<br /> <br /> The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, and his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Mr. Seriake Dickson, are again locked in a row as the January 9 rescheduled rerun in the state approaches.<br /> <br /> Sylva, through his campaign outfit, Sylva-Igiri Campaign Organisation, has alleged that Dickson is ready to trade off his party, the PDP, to have his second term realised.<br /> <br /> <br /> This is just as Dickson, in his reaction through his campaign team, the Bayelsa State Restoration Campaign Organisation, described Sylva’s allegation as laughable, deceitful and wicked propaganda.<br /> <br /> Dickson, who said he had no reason to defect to the APC in order to win an election he had already won, called on Sylva to accept the fact that the APC had lost the election and had been roundly rejected by the people.<br /> <br /> But the former governor said Dickson had been deceiving the people about the things he had been doing in his desperation to remain in office beyond February 14, 2016.<br /> <br /> Sylva said, “When it was widely reported by every news organisation in the country that Dickson visited the Presidential Villa last Tuesday, without invitation, to beg President Muhammadu Buhari to be allowed to go for a second tenure, the PDP and the state government denied the story strenuously.<br /> <br /> “Our sources confirmed to us that Dickson went to beg the Presidency to forgive him over his derogatory and inflammatory statements during the election and to prevail on me (Timipre Sylva) to soft pedal in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area to enable him to win the forthcoming rerun in the area.<br /> <br /> “In return for that favour, Dickson proposed to foment an artificial crisis in the PDP at the national level and use that as a basis to defect from his party to the ruling APC. His argument was that he recognised the fact that Bayelsa State cannot afford to remain in opposition to the ruling party.”<br /> <br /> He claimed that would be the second time Dickson would be seeking to dump the PDP for the APC in the course of elections in the state.<br /> <br /> He stated that the first time was in the heat of the National Assembly primaries of early last year, when he sought to replace all serving National Assembly members from the state with his cronies against the wishes of then President Goodluck Jonathan, who wanted the performing ones to be returned.<br /> <br /> He added, “On that occasion, he openly threatened both the former President and the PDP hierarchy of his readiness to defect to the APC and using his past relationship with the APC National Leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, to secure tickets for his preferred candidates as well as himself to defeat the PDP at the polls. Of course he got his way in that election.”<br /> <br /> But Dickson said no amount of propaganda, lies and deceit could change the outcome of an election that had already been won by the PDP and lost woefully by the APC.<br /> <br /> Dickson said, “The allegation by Sylva is laughable. It is shameful that even in the new year, Sylva is engaged in lies and deceit.<br /> <br /> “I have no reason to defect to the APC in order to win an election that has already been won. The APC and Sylva have not only lost this election, they have been roundly rejected by the people.”<br /> <br /> It will be recalled that before the cancellation of Southern Ijaw poll resulting in declaring the Bayelsa poll inconclusive, Dickson had polled 105,748 votes in seven out of eight LGAs of the state against Sylva’s 72,534.

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Set up rescue team for Chibok girls, FG told

<br /> <br /> The BringBackOurGirls advocacy group campaigning for the rescue of 219 abducted Chibok secondary schoolgirls by the Boko Haram in 2014 has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to set up a search and rescue team to find the missing girls.<br /> <br /> This followed a statement by President Buhari on Wednesday during his maiden media chat that his administration had no intelligence reports on the whereabouts of the Chibok girls.<br /> <br /> The BBOG, in a new year press conference held at the Unity Fountain, Abuja on Friday, asked the Federal Government to investigate all statements by high-ranking military officers that they knew where the Chibok girls were.<br /> <br /> Addressing journalists, a former Minister of Education and leader of the BBOG group, Dr. Oby Ezekwezili, said the Federal Government should also make public, the Gen.Sabo fact-finding committee report on the abduction of Chibok girls.<br /> <br /> The group, while lamenting that the President did not mention any rescue effort for the girls in his new year message, demanded that the President should give the rescue of the abducted Chibok girls the priority attention it deserves.<br /> <br /> “Boko Haram cannot be said to have been defeated technically or otherwise without the safe return of the abducted daughters,” it noted.<br /> <br /> Ezekwesili said, “We especially noted with great dismay that the issue of rescue of our Chibok girls and other citizens in terrorist captivity did not feature in the president’s New Year address to the nation today (Friday). The implication of such a deliberate omission is not lost on us.<br /> <br /> “Therefore we, #BringBackOurGirls movement, families of our Chibok girls, the Chibok community, and all sympathisers to the cause of these innocent schoolgirls continuously unjustly treated will be marching to re-engage with the president in two weeks, on Thursday January 14, 2016 at the State House.<br /> <br /> “This date will be exactly 21 months since their abduction, and three months short of two full years in captivity. We shall meet at Unity Fountain as from 8.30 am that day to proceed on the march. We have already dispatched a letter to the President, duly acknowledged by State House officials.”

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The Headies 2015 Awards: See Full List Of Winners

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2N3cj2urRQZhlIymODP530adV0E6Sw8TRbKck5YH0mikIPrtckb-JOGZqXGwvuel5bXlFckWFptIKcl7hsf3IwIvnVEHOPT6FkEPokVqtRVRj35U_36oVUvLkEM1E3hIRLo_SXIFbZ7sy/s1600/Headies-1024x626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2N3cj2urRQZhlIymODP530adV0E6Sw8TRbKck5YH0mikIPrtckb-JOGZqXGwvuel5bXlFckWFptIKcl7hsf3IwIvnVEHOPT6FkEPokVqtRVRj35U_36oVUvLkEM1E3hIRLo_SXIFbZ7sy/s640/Headies-1024x626.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The highly anticipated 10th edition of The Headies Awards 2015 ceremony took place on Friday, January 1, 2016.<br /> <br /> The event currently being held at Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos was hosted by Nigerian comedian, Bovi and dance queen, Kaffy.<br /> <br /> The event was originally scheduled to hold on December 30, 2015 but was postponed to January 1, 2016.<br /> <br /> <b><a href="http://www.nigerianeye.com/2016/01/drama-as-olamide-and-don-jazzy-fight.html">This year's award was dominated by the unexpected drama between Olamide and Don Jazzy over the 'Next Rated Award' (CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS)</a></b><br /> <br /> However it was not all badblood as rapper, Eva also got engaged on stage during her stage performance.<br /> <br /> <b>Below is the full list of winners:</b><br /> <b><br /></b><br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><b><br /></b><br /> BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE<br /> <br /> 1. Reminisce – Skillashi<br /> <br /> <b>2. Olamide – Bobo – WINNER</b><br /> <br /> 3. Small Doctor – Mosquito Killer<br /> <br /> 4. Mastakraft feat. Olamide, CDQ and David O – Indomie<br /> <br /> 5. Falz The Bad Guy Feat. Yemi Alade & Poe – Hello Bae<br /> <br /> <br /> BEST POP SINGLE<br /> <br /> 1. Ojuelegba – Wizkid<br /> <br /> 2. Collabo – P-Square Feat. Don Jazzy<br /> <br /> 3. My Woman, My Everything – Patoranking Feat. Wande Coal<br /> <br /> 4. Woju – Kiss Daniel<br /> <br /> <b>5. Godwin – Korede Bello (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 6. Bobo – Olamide<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)<br /> <br /> 1. Praiz – If I fall<br /> <br /> 2. Shaydee – High<br /> <br /> <b>3. Timi Dakolo – Wish Me Well (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 4. Cobhams – Do The Right Thing<br /> <br /> 5. Bez – There’s A Fire<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BEST R&B SINGLE<br /> <br /> 1. Heartbeat – Praiz<br /> <br /> 2. Baby Daddy – Iyanya<br /> <br /> 3. Say You Love Me – Leriq ft. Wizkid<br /> <br /> 4. Do the Right Thing – Cobhams Ft. Bez<br /> <br /> <b>5. Wish Me Well – Timi Dakolo (WINNER)</b><br /> <b><br /></b><b><br /></b><br /> BEST RAP SINGLE<br /> <br /> <b>1. King Kong – Vector (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 2. Bad Belle – M.I<br /> <br /> 3. Bank Alert – Ill Bliss<br /> <br /> 4. Local Rapper – Reminisce Feat. Olamide, Phyno & Stomrex<br /> <br /> 5. G.O.D – T.R<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> HALL OF FAME<br /> <br /> <b>Special recognition for excellence and outstanding impact to the entertainment industry.</b><br /> <b><br /></b><b>2Face Idibia</b><br /> <br /> <br /> BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)<br /> <br /> 1. Waje – Coco Baby<br /> <br /> <b>2. Aramide – Iwo Nikan (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 3. Asa – Bed of Stone<br /> <br /> 4. Simi – Tiff<br /> <br /> 5. Yemi Alade – Duro Timi<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE<br /> <b><br /></b><b>1. German Juice – Cynthia Morgan (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 2. Sanko – Timaya<br /> <br /> 3. My Body – Solid Star Feat. Timaya<br /> <br /> 4. Daniella Whyne – Patoranking<br /> <br /> 5. Cheques and Balance – Burna Boy<br /> <br /> 6. Bad Girl Special (Remix) – Mr. 2Kay feat. Cynthia Morgan & Seyi Shay<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BEST MUSIC VIDEO<br /> <br /> 1. Jamb Question (Simi) – Mex<br /> <br /> 2. Crazy (Seyi Shay) – Meji Alabi<br /> <br /> 3. The Sound (Davido Feat. Uhuru & Dj Buckz) – Sesan<br /> <br /> <b>4. Katapot (Reekado Banks) – UnLimited LA (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 5. Baby Jollof (Solid Star Feat. Tiwa Savage) – Clarence Peters<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BEST COLLABO<br /> <br /> <b>1. Local Rapper – Reminisce Feat. Olamide & Phyno (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 2. Hold on – Joe El Feat. 2Face Idibia<br /> <br /> 3. Bad Girl Special (Remix) – Mr. 2Kay Feat. Cynthia Morgan & Seyi Shay<br /> <br /> 4. Shoki (Remix) – Lil’Kesh Feat. Olamide & David O<br /> <br /> 5. Do The right Thing – Cobhams ft. Bez<br /> <br /> 6. Sisi – Praiz ft. Wizkid<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BEST RAP ALBUM<br /> <br /> 1. Baba Hafusa – Reminisce<br /> <br /> 2. Street OT – Olamide<br /> <b><br /></b><b>3. Chairman – M.I. (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 4. Above Ground Level – Modenine<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> PRODUCER OF THE YEAR<br /> <br /> 1. Don Jazzy – Godwin (Korede Bello)<br /> <br /> 2. Mastakraft – Wiser (Flavour)<br /> <br /> 3. Young John – Bobo (Olamide)<br /> <br /> 4. Shizzi – Fans Mi (DavidO)<br /> <br /> <b>5. Legendury Beatz – Ojuelegba (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 6. Cobhams – There’s A Fire (Bez)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> LYRICIST ON THE ROLL<br /> <br /> 1. Ill Bliss – Bank Alert (remix) Feat. Ice Prince, Eva Alordiah & Phyno<br /> <b><br /></b><b>2. Vector – King Kong (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 3. Reminisce – Baba Hafusa<br /> <br /> 4. G.O.D – T.R<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> NEXT RATED<br /> <b><br /></b><b>1. Reekado Banks (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 2. Kiss Daniel<br /> <br /> 3. Cynthia Morgan<br /> <br /> 4. Korede Bello<br /> <br /> 5. Lil’ Kesh<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION<br /> <br /> 1. Praiz – Rich n Famous<br /> <br /> <b>2. Yemi Alade – King of Queens (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 3. Skales – Man of the Year<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR<br /> <br /> 1. Ojuelegba – Wizkid<br /> <br /> 2. Eyo – Asa<br /> <b><br /></b><b>3. Wish Me Well – Timi Dakolo (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 4. Bez – There’s A Fire<br /> <br /> 5. Cobhams – Do the right Thing<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG<br /> <br /> 1. Di’Ja – Awwwwww<br /> <br /> 2. Bez – There’s A Fire<br /> <br /> 3. Asa – Satan Be Gone<br /> <br /> <b>4. Adekunle Gold – Sade (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 5. Ugovinna – Rain On Me<br /> <br /> 6. Simi – Tiff<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD<br /> <br /> <b>Don Jazzy – (WINNER)</b><br /> <b><br /></b><b><br /></b><br /> BEST R&B/POP ALBUM<br /> <br /> 1. Bed of Stone – Asa<br /> <br /> <b>2. A.Y.O. – Wizkid (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 3. King of Queens – Yemi Alade<br /> <br /> 4. Rich & Famous – Praiz<br /> <br /> 5. Double Trouble – Psquare<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> SONG OF THE YEAR<br /> <br /> <b>1. Ojuelegba – Wizkid  (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 2. Godwin – Korede Bello<br /> <br /> 3. Kiss Daniel – Woju<br /> <br /> 4. Olamide – Bobo<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ARTISTE OF THE YEAR<br /> <br /> <b>1. Olamide (WINNER)</b><br /> <br /> 2. David O<br /> <br /> 3. Wizkid<br /> <br /> 4. Yemi Alade<br /> <br /> 5. P-Square

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Why Kanu apologised to Buhari – Lawyer

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EfNKF4uCDfqyrlym1PQGWtjRvvUCyAUnKRJ_zBjOgCX3XRLDBImQGbY4JFcnEfrpdq8MUUbmRzdP4wTKd2QC-5t2vvP4idGlgfwJ_tpzvtGWXDqE3TbGizO6WJKeMlQBX7KeuZtyZ2mf/s1600/kanu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EfNKF4uCDfqyrlym1PQGWtjRvvUCyAUnKRJ_zBjOgCX3XRLDBImQGbY4JFcnEfrpdq8MUUbmRzdP4wTKd2QC-5t2vvP4idGlgfwJ_tpzvtGWXDqE3TbGizO6WJKeMlQBX7KeuZtyZ2mf/s400/kanu.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> A lawyer to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, Mr. Vincent Obetta, has said “there is nothing irregular” about the apology tendered by his client to President Muahammadu Buhari, former President Goodluck Jonathan and Igbo elders for his “uncomplimentary” comments against them.<br /> <br /> Obetta was earlier quoted in online reports as denying that his client tendered such apology.<br /> <br /> But the lawyer, in a statement which he sent to newsmen on Thursday, explained that what he denied on behalf of his client was speculation that Kanu had written letters of apology to Buhari, Jonathan and Igbo elders.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He confirmed that Kanu tendered the apology in his statement to the Department of State Service on realising that some of the things he said against Buhari and others were uncomplimentary considering the culture and values of the African society.<br /> <br /> He said, “I denied the ruse making the rounds that my client apologised via a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, former President Goodluck Jonathan and some Igbo elders.<br /> <br /> “I also challenged any reporter to forward to me a copy of the written letter addressed to the President et al. I still maintain my ground that my client Mazi Nnamdi Kanu did not address any letter of apology whatsoever to Buhari, Jonathan and Igbo elders.<br /> <br /> “However, I am aware that in the course of making his statements to the SSS (DSS), he acknowledged the fact that certain words he used on these persons/elders during his broadcast were ‘uncomplimentary’ considering the culture and values of the African society to which he belongs.<br /> <br /> “He further stated that he might write a letter of apology to the President to express his regret over the use of such words on him. But up until this moment, such letter, to my knowledge, has not been written. And I challenge anybody that has a copy of such to make it public.”

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Nigeria can be great - Tinubu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufT5PdRPje-Dc9HSxnhZGSgHZQVZR6tQmQdIA23_P9nOEf6B1WrjhvNdShpgHxraW54WqSRpX7wqQYP4y3qDwuyMm1a_EdW69B2EBAJnp0uNMdTzqgtyln-ye7aLzViwvAWYZuRRxqpig/s1600/tinubu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufT5PdRPje-Dc9HSxnhZGSgHZQVZR6tQmQdIA23_P9nOEf6B1WrjhvNdShpgHxraW54WqSRpX7wqQYP4y3qDwuyMm1a_EdW69B2EBAJnp0uNMdTzqgtyln-ye7aLzViwvAWYZuRRxqpig/s400/tinubu.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerians on the new year, saying “there is no reason that we cannot attain greatness”.<br /> <br /> In his new year message, the former Lagos State Governor, said:<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “The new year presents a chance for us to place this precious nation on the right path. This path will not be easy as we must press to surmount obstacles that should have been laid behind us long ago. There are no short cuts to take to greatness, but there also is no reason that we cannot attain that greatness. Our new government offers the country its best chance.<br /> <br /> “Thus, we must dedicate ourselves to creating a more perfect nation, one built on justice, peace, unity and prosperity. We must join hands in common purpose to defeat insecurity poverty and corruption and bring back prosperity. Let us pledge never again to fall victim to these scourges. Let us pledge this year to walk together in strong unity. May 2016 go down in history as the year Nigeria reached a higher plain by conquering those things that for so long had set us back.<br /> <br /> “May this nation rise and become the standard for Africa and the black race that God intends it to be.

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Our challenges are stepping stones for greatness – Amosun

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFNQI9nkMzssk4iCvfSZQBHTRvg3uvWZGhY6H1IcLUeQ7du8UyIXY0KLaShL8cObJ6FtwIywvoIWmZkdcR8HGpbGuBW0SWJyIu2E3dKIe0PZcpdLC_pmFLusulckvRw2_jkQXSuMK4Wk7/s1600/Ibikunle-Amosun+ogun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFNQI9nkMzssk4iCvfSZQBHTRvg3uvWZGhY6H1IcLUeQ7du8UyIXY0KLaShL8cObJ6FtwIywvoIWmZkdcR8HGpbGuBW0SWJyIu2E3dKIe0PZcpdLC_pmFLusulckvRw2_jkQXSuMK4Wk7/s640/Ibikunle-Amosun+ogun.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Governor Ibikunle Amosun has urged Nigerians, particularly the people of Ogun state, to take the challenges of the current economic slow – down buffetting the country as stepping stones to greatness.<br /> <br /> Amosun charged Nigerians to gird their loins and prepare for the challenges ahead, adding that with collective prayer, sense of purpose and dogged determination, Ogun state and Nigeria would be lifted to the league of developed economies.<br /> <br /> The Governor who made this known in his New Year broadcast on Friday, said preparedness for the challenges ahead is imperative to ensure that nobody is caught unaware of the present economic slow-down.<br /> <br /> According to him, the only way to continue to be good partners in progress is for every citizen to play his or her own part through cooperation with government and payment of necessary taxes and levies.<br /> <br /> Amosun also noted that the current economic climate neither exempt Ogun from the imperative of financial sustainability as a state nor his administration’s responsibility to create wealth and employment for the citizenry, particularly the youths.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He said that the administration is working diligently to increase the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) so that it can be self sustaining and reduce over-reliance on the federal allocation.<br /> <br /> Amosun added: “No doubt, in the just ended year, the nation and States witnessed significant economic slow-down which expectedly took its toll on the States of the federation such that many States could not meet up with the primary purpose of governance and payment of salaries for their various workforce.<br /> <br /> “We have cause to thank God that the same year brought us an exceptional change, especially at the Federal level where we now have a new Government in place.<br /> <br /> “It is worthwhile to say that while the State is directly affected by the challenge of reduced fund allocation from the centre, our Government has been striving not to disappoint the good people of Ogun State, as we have ensured regular payment of salaries as well as continued with our developmental projects.<br /> <br /> “For our Civil Servants to have a fun-filled yuletide celebration we have not only paid December Salary before the Christmas celebrations, we equally paid ten (10) percent of their salary as bonus.<br /> <br /> ” We cannot but thank the good people of Ogun State for the support given to us that contributed to the immense achievements recorded during the first term of our Administration. You all are indeed good partners in progress and this is continually evident in this first year of our second term.<br /> <br /> “Truly, the first year of our second term is very important to us as a Government as it will dictate and set the tone for our second term which to us is indeed a period of “optimisation”.<br /> <br /> “Towards this end, the task of rebuilding our dear State and repositioning our workforce as the best in the country remains sacrosanct.<br /> <br /> ” It is as a result of these genuine people-oriented projects and developmental strides that our State has soared to a higher pedestal making it the envy of many and the pride of her citizens, both at home and in the Diaspora. Even, the most ardent of our critics have come to the conclusion that Ogun State is now carving a niche for itself among the comity of States.<br /> <br /> “I enjoin us all to continue to gird our loins and prepare ourselves for the challenges ahead. As a State, we must ensure that we are not caught unaware of the present economic slow-down, knowing fully well that challenges like these are veritable tools to be used as stepping stones for greatness.<br /> <br /> “With our collective prayer, sense of purpose and dogged determination, we will no doubt lift our State to the league of developed economies. Needless to say that the only way to continue to be good partners in progress is for every citizen to play his or her own part through cooperation with government and payment of necessary taxes and levies.<br /> <br /> “This begins from doing the right things and at the right time. Dear people of Ogun State let me assure you all that this New Year will bring us greater development.<br /> <br /> “This means we must be further prepared, more than ever before. As trustees of your mandate, you can be rest assured of our unreserved commitment and unalloyed dedication to the successful accomplishment of the “Mission to Rebuild” Ogun Statte.<br /> <br /> “We will no doubt leave no stone unturned in improving the lives of our people. As you all know, the New Year brings us into another milestone as our dear State turns 40, come 3rd February, 2016. It is imperative to thank God because truly, we are not the same as we were at inception 40years ago.<br /> <br /> ” In the same vein, we cannot but be grateful to our founding fathers, and particularly those that served before us whose efforts contributed to the development of the State and improvement in the lives of our people.<br /> <br /> “We have not reached the Promised Land and for us as Government, we will remain resolute and unwavering in our “Mission to Rebuild” Ogun State and consolidate on our present achievements.

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Nigeria warns neighbouring countries to stop sending deportees to the country

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxL0E0mRgVhRH_F_3ytUOizxDAZEnU2p214dStikHgw7E_2UHzXwr5eio8IPHj-LzTxKI0ncmFO8cNtkOVMM1jGmjS5YLCZofHatJy_8S461509CRHg4xVTx7J9jIbZSzWA5MWU9156nvi/s1600/nigeria+flag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxL0E0mRgVhRH_F_3ytUOizxDAZEnU2p214dStikHgw7E_2UHzXwr5eio8IPHj-LzTxKI0ncmFO8cNtkOVMM1jGmjS5YLCZofHatJy_8S461509CRHg4xVTx7J9jIbZSzWA5MWU9156nvi/s400/nigeria+flag.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Federal Government has cautioned Gabon and other ECOWAS member states not to dump deportees from their countries in Nigeria.<br /> <br /> Interior Minister Abdulrahman Dambazzau, who gave the warning on Thursday in Calabar during the evacuation of 617 people including women and children deported from Gabon to Calabar, warned that the federal government would impound any vessel used in dumping deportees in Nigerian seaports.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Represented by Mrs. Funke Adeuyi, the Comptroller of Immigration, Cross River Command, Dambazzau said that the affected people were dumped at Calabar port since Dec. 26, 2015.<br /> <br /> He said that other punitive measures including seizure of vessels and payment of fines as stipulated in the ECOWAS charter would be employed to stop the anomaly.<br /> <br /> He said: “Nigeria will no more tolerate this because of security implications of such actions.<br /> <br /> “This should be the last time this category of the deportees will be allowed to transit through the Nigerian land borders or ports.<br /> <br /> “Any country that brings this category of deportees to Nigeria will face the relevant penalty ranging from impounding of their vessels.<br /> <br /> “Nigeria has a new policy on this type of issue and I am here to reiterate that severe action will be taken by Nigerian government should this continue.”<br /> <br /> “Most of these people were deported for immigration related offense,’’ he said.<br /> <br /> Responding on behalf of ambassadors of countries whose nationals were among the deportees, Babacar Mbodi, the Consul General, Republic of Senegal, commended the Nigerian government for safe-keeping of the deportees.<br /> <br /> He said that arrangements had been concluded to take the deportees to their respective countries through Seme, a border town between Nigeria and Benin Republic.<br /> <br /> He assured that Senegal would comply with the new federal government’s policy.<br /> <br /> The deportees are from Gabon, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Benin Republic, Niger, Mali, Chad and Guinea. (NAN)

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We celebrated Xmas on empty stomachs - Adamawa IDPs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYxKVpWDC5NxZWBVE8fSjAg7fnGDAFx-L-NuSmKQjY2JpbPRikK_5gRyremtTqPEMKi6JuDWhnSw4KZqozBrGZF6m1fepfT8mh4GZnMDgOwxesCv09fzunRTEs4MaTP0Blf9oZIPE07DZ/s1600/idp+nem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYxKVpWDC5NxZWBVE8fSjAg7fnGDAFx-L-NuSmKQjY2JpbPRikK_5gRyremtTqPEMKi6JuDWhnSw4KZqozBrGZF6m1fepfT8mh4GZnMDgOwxesCv09fzunRTEs4MaTP0Blf9oZIPE07DZ/s640/idp+nem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in all the major camps in Adamawa State lamented their alleged abandonment on Christmas Day by most of the political leaders in the state. A survey our correspondent carried out in the camps revealed that the IDPs were left on their own during the Christmas period. Only the Catholic Church and the Veterinary Medicine Association of Nigeria distributed food items to about 4000 IDPs.<br /> <br /> Speaking during the occasion, Rev Father Maurice Kwairanga, said about 4000 IDPs were given assorted food items for Christmas. But he said the church could not do so for other IDPs for lack of resources adequate resources.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Veterinary Medicine Association of Nigeria had previously donated four specially bred bulls to the internally displaced persons at Damare Camp for the celebration of Christmas and Eid el Mouloud by the Christian and Muslim faithful respectively, who were accommodated in the camp following their escape from the dens of Boko Haram insurgents earlier in 2015.<br /> <br /> At the Malkohi Camp, one of the IDPs, Miss Fatima James, recalled that the previous year when political activities were in top gear.<br /> <br /> Another IDP, Hajiya Maryam, said at the Damare Camp that unlike the previous year there was nothing for them during the just concluded Christmas.<br /> <br /> She said: “By this time last year (2014), there were many cows in this camp for IDPs. But this Christmas, nobody brought anything to us. We are celebrating Christmas on empty stomachs. Only the NGOs are helping us here at the camp.”<br /> <br /> Veterinary doctors in Adamawa State also lent helping hands by donating cows to the IDPs. The President of the Veterinary Doctors Association, Dr Edgar Amos, who made the donation at the camp, told newsmen that the cows were donated to identify with the displaced persons and enable them celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ.<br /> <br /> He noted that insurgency had affected all sections of the society, “including our association. We lost two of our members to Boko Haram attacks. These cows were specially bred for the IDPs for the celebration of Christmas.”<br /> <br /> He said the association considered it necessary to identify with the displaced persons in celebrating the birthday of Jesus Christ along with other Nigerian Christians.<br /> <br /> According to him, what unites Nigerians irrespective of religious background are more fundamental than what divides them, saying that the interval in the celebration was not only coincidence but designed by God to Nigerians some lessons for them to continue to emphasize on unity in the country.<br /> <br /> The Nigeria Veterinary Doctors Medical Association, is the umbrella body of veterinary doctors in Nigeria and the mandate include the prevention, and control of animals diseases which are diseases that are common between man and animals.

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'Chibok girls are alive and kicking according to Boko Haram'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpt7jKB9OjzWxGYcxHXzxX9SAevpfPyhSSE7d1D3S_TkSXyHIeFGSBXxWURmqGGprMupBJO5JD_t3XXCsyFo12qdxQivWzvUlo9sUoRfmg7EziWvDW6oOhwdkHtqzcDgCj2LhkVlQ3KFKa/s1600/chibok+girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpt7jKB9OjzWxGYcxHXzxX9SAevpfPyhSSE7d1D3S_TkSXyHIeFGSBXxWURmqGGprMupBJO5JD_t3XXCsyFo12qdxQivWzvUlo9sUoRfmg7EziWvDW6oOhwdkHtqzcDgCj2LhkVlQ3KFKa/s640/chibok+girls.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Ahmed Salkida, a journalist and confidant of the leadership of Boko Haram is confident the abducted Chibok girls are still alive with some of them refusing to convert to Islam.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> No fewer than 200 of the original 300 schoolgirls kidnapped from their dormitory in April 2014 are believed to still remain in the custody of the terrorists.<br /> <br /> President Muhammadu Buhari said in his maiden Media Chat on radio and television on Wednesday that government had no intelligence on the whereabouts of the schoolgirls.<br /> <br /> He promised to negotiate with the Boko Haram leadership if there is evidence showing where the girls are.<br /> <br /> Online publication, The Cable, quoted Salkida yesterday as asking Buhari to use state machinery to open up access to the militants rather than say he has no clue on the kidnapped girls whose abductions sparked off the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.<br /> <br /> <br /> “Most of the Chibok girls, whether they are split into groups or not, are alive, multiple credible sources have told me. And if a deal to release them will weaken national security and endanger the entire country, then the federal government shouldn’t make a deal,” Salkida said.<br /> <br /> He added:“I am confident that Chibok girls and other captives can return to their families if the government is half as strong-willed as some of the girls in captivity that have refused to be married out or give up their faith.<br /> <br /> “The girls would have never backed out of any process, no matter how irritating it is. They would stay on and negotiate hard until they get a deal that will earn them their freedom and stop such abductions so that no one else can ever witness their woeful plight.”<br /> <br /> Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau — from whom nothing has been heard in the last 10 months — once released a video of the schoolgirls and said he had sold them off to marriage. All efforts to free the girls have failed.

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FG to marketers: violate petrol pump price, face sanctions

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwv-fIWEJHaH_cWef0aMa_uXPvz58nyFKI3RuFAgcJDb9FYIlzJ035XGeS2muB__Opc1F2yIoXeUirzu2PD_h4BuxVG1qDme9ZbtmoCXXSdYOj1wHlGbmfHvUK5W0ZniPIf6fmWIG4PKD/s1600/fuel2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwv-fIWEJHaH_cWef0aMa_uXPvz58nyFKI3RuFAgcJDb9FYIlzJ035XGeS2muB__Opc1F2yIoXeUirzu2PD_h4BuxVG1qDme9ZbtmoCXXSdYOj1wHlGbmfHvUK5W0ZniPIf6fmWIG4PKD/s400/fuel2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) yesterday warned petrol marketers not to sell the Premium Motor Spirit above the new pump prices.<br /> <br /> The agency threatened to impose sanctions on errant marketers, which may include withdrawal of licenses and all the benefits of participation in Petroleum Support Fund Scheme.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Assistant General Manager and Head of Operations of PPPRA, Mr. Victor Shidok, who led the delegation from the agency to enforce and monitor compliance with the new prices in the Federal Capiatl Territory (FCT), Abuja, made these known yesterday.<br /> <br /> The Federal Government had earlier announced that from January 1, 2016, all retail stations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will start selling petrol at N86 per litre while others will sell at N86.50k against the previous official price of N87 per litre.<br /> <br /> Speaking with reporters during the exercise, Shidok warned that government would not tolerate any deviation from the new directive.<br /> <br /> He said the monitoring exercise, which is simultaneously going on across the country, was conceived in conjunction with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to ensure that Nigerians are not shortchanged.<br /> <br /> Shidok, who led a team of officials from the PPPRA, noted that there was 100 per cent compliance in Abuja, although the team was yet to reach the outskirts where he feared there might be challenges with regard to total compliance.<br /> <br /> He said: “This whole exercise is to ensure that the marketers comply with the new pump price. You know usually when we have a change in pump price we go round to monitor compliance.<br /> <br /> “We have been to 10 filling stations and we are still going round to make sure that we cover as much as possible.<br /> <br /> “Good enough, in ‎all the stations we have visited, both majors and NNPC mega stations, there has been 100 per cent compliance.<br /> <br /> “But we shall go up to the outskirts because that is where our concern is. The challenge may likely be on the outskirts.<br /> <br /> “All those we have visited say they have received directive from their head offices. We are in touch with the leaderships of oil marketers in the country.<br /> <br /> “This is a nationwide exercise. All our staff are in the field across the country and we are doing this at depot level in conjunction with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). They are also out to do a similar exercise because whenever we have a change in the downstream, all the regulatory agencies come out to ensure there is total compliance.<br /> <br /> “The law spelt out penalty where you have deviants to whatever directive is issued. Any deviant may lose the benefits of participating in Petroleum Support Fund Scheme, because we may withdraw such people from participating.<br /> <br /> “And since we are working in conjunction with DPR, your licence may be withdrawn, apart from other measures that we are likely going to take to ensure that Nigerians are not shortchanged.”<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, the PPPRA has approved importation of three million metric tonnes of petrol in the first quarter of the year.<br /> <br /> The NNPC was granted 78 per cent of the total volume for the period while the balance of 22 per cent will be supplied by other oil marketing companies.<br /> <br /> According to Farouk, a couple of elements that were affected by the price review include traders’ margin, which was revised downwards from N1.47 per litre to zero; lightering expenses (N4.07/litre to N2.00/litre) charges by the Nigerian Ports Authority (N0.77/litre to N0.36/litre); jetty throughput charges, (N0.80/litre to N0.40/litre); storage charge (N3.00/litre to N1.50/litre); bridging fund (N5.85/litre to N4.00/litre) and ex-depot price (N77.66/litre to N77.00/litre).<br /> <br /> Other elements, such as retailers’ margin, were, however, reviewed upwards from N4.60/litre to N5.00/litre; transporters from N2.99/litre to N3.05/litre; dealers’ margin from N1.75/litre to N1.95/litre.“<br /> <br /> Accordingly, the ex-depot price of PMS shall be N77.00k per litre while the pump price shall be N86.50k per litre – in line with the prevailing market trend.

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14 Jonathan ministers lose severance package

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkw_HohJIoIVtBoG95AbCAVRLJcACfmK2XHBTfyzGFr6zcgj-1O4gxfQIHQ2EEW1VpWusVUm5YfgCCd-nTcfQ92kQF2FsvF8SRiquH-bp6KHCvzUGbIla1hvOCQyT4DVDm7KYl3O7eF1lu/s1600/buhari+bone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkw_HohJIoIVtBoG95AbCAVRLJcACfmK2XHBTfyzGFr6zcgj-1O4gxfQIHQ2EEW1VpWusVUm5YfgCCd-nTcfQ92kQF2FsvF8SRiquH-bp6KHCvzUGbIla1hvOCQyT4DVDm7KYl3O7eF1lu/s400/buhari+bone.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> About 14 ministers in the Goodluck Jonathan Administration will not receive any severance package from the Muhammadu Buhari government having allegedly failed to meet the requirement for benefitting from such.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> It is also gathered that most of the new 36 ministers inherited decrepit offices, making it difficult for them to settle down for work.<br /> <br /> The ex-ministers that may forfeit their severance package are said to have spent less than two years in office to qualify for the package.<br /> <br /> Investigation revealed that the Buhari administration has stuck to the implementation of the terms of appointment of the over 14 former ministers.<br /> <br /> A clause in their appointment letters reads in part: “Severance Allowance of 300 %of Annual Basic Salary payable after full tenure of office with government. The allowance will be pro-rated after a minimum of two years tenure.”<br /> <br /> It was learnt that some of the affected ex-ministers barely spent a year or three months in office.<br /> <br /> In this category are Senator Musiliu Obanikoro (Lagos)-Minister of State for Foreign Affairs II; Mr Kenneth Kobani (Rivers)-Minister of State for Trade and Investment; Patricia Akwashiki (Nasarawa)-Minister of Information; Nicholas Akise Ada (Benue)- Minister of State for Foreign Affairs I; Augustine Akobundu (Abia)- Minister of State for Defence; Fidelis Nwankwo (Ebonyi)-Minister of State for Health; Hauwa Lawan (Jigawa)-Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs and<br /> <br /> Senator Joel Danlami Ikenya (Taraba)-Minister of Labour and Productivity.<br /> <br /> Others are Mr Benjamin Osita Chidoka (Aviation); ex-Governor Ibrahim Shekarau (Minister of Education); Steve Oru (Minister for the Niger Delta); Prince Clement Adeyeye (Minister of State for Works); and Abdul Bulama (Minister of Science and Technology) and Dr. Abubakar Olanrewaju Suleiman(National Planning).<br /> <br /> A source said: “The affected ex-ministers have been notified that they are not entitled to severance package in whatever form.<br /> <br /> “They have not met the official requirements for severance package and they won’t get it.<br /> <br /> “I think those affected should be up to 20. So far, more than half of those in Jonathan’s cabinet will not get severance package.<br /> <br /> “If they had been paid in error, we would have asked them to refund the severance allowance.”<br /> <br /> Sources also said yesterday that some of the new 36 ministers inherited decrepit portfolios.<br /> <br /> The situation varies from ministry to ministry.<br /> <br /> In some ministries,ministers met no official vehicles, while in others, the treasuries were practically empty with no imprest to meet basic needs.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that many of the ministers are finding it difficult to operate because their predecessors stripped the ministries of basic tools to work with.<br /> <br /> Investigation revealed that some ministers have no official vehicles because their predecessors sold same to themselves in line with what they called “monetization” policy.<br /> <br /> Others appropriated government vehicles since their severance package was not paid.<br /> <br /> A highly-placed source said: “There is a case of a female minister who is using her personal SUV as official vehicle. Also, she has provided the pilot vehicles too in her convoy.<br /> <br /> “Another minister went to the National Assembly to clarify some issues and what was left as official vehicle in bad shape broke down.<br /> <br /> “We have the case of another minister who went away with 10 vehicles of his ministry and parastatals. The ministry had to write him to return some of the vehicles when the minister was adamant.<br /> <br /> “There is no minister without one story or the other to tell. All of them have no imprest to meet basic needs in their ministries. Most ex-ministers left nothing in the treasuries.”<br /> <br /> The spokesman for the Jonathan cabinet, ex-Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Olanrewaju Suleiman, said: “To the best of my knowledge, most ministers returned their official vehicles. The necessary handover procedures were fully complied with.<br /> <br /> “If there is any issue in a ministry, you can bring it up and we will crosscheck the facts for you.<br /> <br /> “It is also true that some of the former ministers will not get severance package because they did not stay in office for two years.<br /> <br /> “And as for those entitled to severance package, not all of them have been paid. This is to show you that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan did not abuse the privilege of office. Unlike previous administrations, Jonathan did not give his ministers any exit bonanza or package.”

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Drama as Olamide and Don Jazzy fight eachother at Headies awards

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28Y7zh2P4-_dDwPqIbOHkzB9trcibnCo_5vfEE8h5X1-vfvevHL41-P3zz3Nn2BmdzAsvxa0yBa06cxRlPf9Er3pxZt6dKEmHipiiQAJCawCt7BZQWLeqxRzTTQOQ_8VDbvOuegQqwFiw/s1600/olamide+don+jazzy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28Y7zh2P4-_dDwPqIbOHkzB9trcibnCo_5vfEE8h5X1-vfvevHL41-P3zz3Nn2BmdzAsvxa0yBa06cxRlPf9Er3pxZt6dKEmHipiiQAJCawCt7BZQWLeqxRzTTQOQ_8VDbvOuegQqwFiw/s640/olamide+don+jazzy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> It was a very dramatic award ceremony at the 2015 Headies held in the early hours of today, 2nd of January 2016 as two of the biggest names in the Nigerian music industry Don Jazzy and Olamide openly threw harsh words at each other over the outcome of the much converted  “Next Rated Award”.<br /> <br /> The Next Rated Award which is arguably the biggest award of the night comes with a lot of recognition (and the bonus of a brand Hyundai Car).<br /> <br /> The favorite for the award <b>Lil Kesh</b> (Signed under Olamide's YBNL record) surprisingly failed to win the award as it went to Mavin artist <b>Reekado Banks.</b><br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <b><br /></b> Apparently this angered <b>Olamide</b> so he stormed unto the stage when <b>Adekunle Gold</b> (Another YBNL artiste)<b> </b> received his award for Best Contemporary artiste alongside the whole YBNL crew,<br /> <br /> <b>Olamide</b> snatched the microphone from <b>Adekunle Gold</b> and angrily blasted Headies saying the award should have gone to Lil Kesh as he had back to back hit songs all year round. <b>Olamide</b> stated “Iyalaya anybody” and flipped off the whole hall before dumping the microphone on the stage and storming off  the venue with his crew.<br /> <br /> <blockquote class="twitter-video" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"> <div dir="ltr" lang="und" xml:lang="und"><a href="https://t.co/ee0cuXUQ5y">pic.twitter.com/ee0cuXUQ5y</a></div> — Mimisola (@Callmemims_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Callmemims_/status/683106745619591168">January 2, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Just when we thought things had ended, <b>Don Jazzy</b> was given a Special Recognition award and in his speech he stated that he has never liked awards and the only reason he came for the show was to support his “children”. He also stated that he had told <b>Reekado Banks</b> and <b>Korede Bello</b> (who were both nominated for Next Rated) that he’d buy cars for them.<br /> <br /> <b>Don Jazzy</b> ended the night with a bombshell saying “Olamide, if you want the car come and collect it”. He and the Mavin artists also angrily left the venue.<br /> <br /> <b>Olamide</b> was not even present to receive his 'Artiste of the year' award.<br /> <br /> 2016 is surely going to be  very intresting. The beef is on <b>OLAMIDE</b> vs <b>DON JAZZY</b>

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