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As the December 7 presidential election in Ghana draws near, Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has counselled the people of Ghana to be mindful of making the same mistake made by Nigerians in the 2015 presidential election by voting for change, which has brought hunger, sufferings and economic recession to the country, such that even the entire West African sub-region is being affected. He said "by buying into the All Progressives Congress (APC) message of change, Nigerians are now facing a kind of hunger and suffering never experienced in the country in the last 30 years and Ghanaians must not fall into that kind of trap." Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday that Governor Ayodele Fayose made this call while playing host to some men of God from Ghana on Saturday. The governor said; "Ghanaians should not succumb to the deceit of the opposition party that are call...

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has said that the intervention of the Supreme Court in the party's governorship ticket dispute would hasten the process of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede reclaiming the ticket from Mr.Jimoh Ibrahim. Publicity Secretary of the party, Banji Okunomo, said the intervention of the apex court would hasten the administration of justice. "The PDP believes strongly in the ability of the judiciary to give the matter involving Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, PDP, INEC, Biyi Poroye and eight others, appropriate legal interpretation and adjudication. The PDP is already aware of the totality of tactics deployed by self-imposed candidate – Mr Jimoh Ibrahim to stall justice and frustrate the efforts of the Court of Appeal to hear and decide the appeals before it,'' he said. Okunomo continued: "It has become glaring that the intention of Jimoh is to frustrate Jegede in order to provide a soft landing for the All Progressives Congress, APC in the electio...

Singer and songwriter Harrison Tare Okiri has dumped record label Five Star music. The 35-year-old Reggae Blues star says he is setting up his own music label, Alter Plate HarrySong disclosed this during an interview with Planetradio TV. He said he was not appreciated at Five Star music, staing that his contract with the label had expired a long time ago. He said, "What bothers me is not the work, it's the appreciation….. You're helping someone that knows nothing and the person is feeling like he is helping you. You write a song for someone and the person is telling you, 'it's when I sing your song, you blow'. It's childishness."

There is about to be another artist/label drama/fight in the Nigerian entertainment industry. And this time, it's between Raggae Blues singer Harrysong and his Five Star Music label. This evening, Harrysong shared the poster on the left on his IG page, he didn't say what it was about but when LIB went digging, we found out it was his own music label. Thing is, Harrysong still has a 2-year contract with Five Star Music and we hear Five Star Music will be coming for him… We don't have all the details but according to someone in the know, Harrysong was unhappy with his contract and wanted out. Without informing Five Star, he started his own label. A source close to the music label said he believes that the music label will take it up with Harrysong as they paid a lot of money to break his contract with his former music label, Kevin Luciano's Question Mark Records before they could even sign him and they have spent a lot of money on him and he still has contractual agreem...

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The fact that Kogi State thrives in controversies and rumours of negative reports about its leaders came to the fore once again with speculations trailing the recent unannounced trip of Governor Yahaya Bello, outside the country. With the trip shrouded in mystery, the rumour mill, which for some time has been inactive, came alive with speculations that the governor had died in a German hospital. He was said to have collapsed in Abuja and rushed abroad with some of his cabinet members including his personal physician. The rumour, mostly peddled by scaremongers, did not come as a surprise judging from the fact that a similar one was also peddled during a foreign trip embarked upon by his predecessor, Idris Wada, towards the last year of his tenure. For a state noted for elevating strange events to a level of public consciousness, the rumour refused to die even after attempts were made to clarify the situation from the governor's media team. In the previous case of Wada, his deputy,...

A former Governor of Abia, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, on Wednesday, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), with prayer that God would use him to add value to the party. Kalu was received at the APC National Headquarters, Abuja, by the party's National Chairman, Chief John Odige-Oyegun and members of the National Working Committee (NWC). He said that his defection to the APC was made possible by the persistence of some of the party's chieftains who had been wooing him for some times. According to him, I was invited to dinner over 20 times by some of the party`s chieftains, including the national chairman, while the wooing lasted. "They had been on by neck, asking that I must come over to APC and the national chairman always buys me red wine. "My red wine is still packed in his house and I visit his place regularly to chat because we attend the same church''. Kalu, however, said that it was a privilege to be accepted into the party, addi...

The former Chelsea player gave the nod to the Black Stars at the expense of in-form Super Eagles while praising his former teammate Former Ghana international Michael Essien has chosen his country as the better side ahead of Nigeria, regardless of their present form. The former Chelsea midfielder who severally lined up for the Black Stars against the Super Eagles in his playing days made the choice despite Gernot Rohr's side head-turning performances. While Avram Grant's men failed to stamp their authority in the 2018 World Cup qualifying series, the 58-time international capped player revealed his choice in an interview with BBC. The 33-year-old also named his former Chelsea teammate John Obi Mikel as a contender for the outfit's top prize.

Peter Dedevbo's men came from a goal down to earn their first win at the Fifa U20 Women's World Cup Nigeria defeated Canada 3-1 at the ongoing 2016 Fifa U20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea. Goals from Chinaza Uchendu, Joy Bokiri and Chinwendu Ihezuo were all the Africans needed to nick past the Canucks despite going down in the opening minutes of the game. The Falconets were shocked by a 6-0 loss to Japan in their opening Group B fixture last Sunday, but they bounced back at Bava Park on this occasion. Gabrielle Carl made the breakthrough for Canada 15 minutes into the first half before Uchendu's penalty in the closing stages of the first half when Bianca St Georges was penalised for handling the ball inside the area. Bokiri put the Falconets ahead immediately after the restart of the second half before Ihezuo sealed the win after capitalising on a mistake by goalkeeper Foster to slot into an empty goal. Nigeria face leaders Spain in their last Group...

KADUNA – Governor Nasir El-Rufai yesterday charged at Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, saying he was "haunted by his corruption demons." and that he is already running for 2019, and he thinks that he can make people like him collateral damage in his attempt to rejuvenate his image. In a Statement personally signed by El-Rufai and made available to newsmen in Kaduna yesterday El-Rufai said Atiku was a liar. His Statement: "This statement is issued in response to the latest falsehoods to emerge from Alhaji Atiku Abubukar. He has a record of spewing outright lies and innuendo against my person. As we struggle to build a law-abiding society and secure progressive outcomes for our people, we cannot allow the triumph on these shores of those who will have us move to a post-factual world. Not even from a man as practiced as Alhaji Atiku is in the dark arts of damaging other people through a campaign of lies from him and his media machine. ...

By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA- THE Senate, Tuesday, rejected the names of 46 non career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate which sent the list back to President Buhari, said it was for resubmission and re-jigging.According to the Senate, it became imperative to reject the 46 Ambassadorial nominees which include former Deputy Minority leader of the Senate and Immediate past Deputy Director- General, Muhammadu Buhari Presidential Campaign Organisation, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora; Yussuf Tuggar, former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice George Adesola Oguntade, among others because of the over 250 petitions received from Nigerians against their nomination for screening and subsequent approval. Meanwhile, the Senate today, approved the confirmation of 47 career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Buhari in July this year as ambassadors designates. Senate's action was sequel to a 51- page report of the Screening of 47 C...

By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA- THE Senate, Tuesday, rejected the names of 46 non career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate which sent the list back to President Buhari, said it was for resubmission and re-jigging.According to the Senate, it became imperative to reject the 46 Ambassadorial nominees which include former Deputy Minority leader of the Senate and Immediate past Deputy Director- General, Muhammadu Buhari Presidential Campaign Organisation, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora; Yussuf Tuggar, former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice George Adesola Oguntade, among others because of the over 250 petitions received from Nigerians against their nomination for screening and subsequent approval. Meanwhile, the Senate today, approved the confirmation of 47 career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Buhari in July this year as ambassadors designates. Senate's action was sequel to a 51- page report of the Screening of 47 C...

YENAGOA-THE Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, announced on Tuesday that it blew up the Nembe 1, 2 and 3 trunk line jointly operated by Agip, Oando and Shell Petroleum Development Company, affecting a supply of 300,000 barrels per day to Bonny Export Terminal in Bayelsa State. Spokesperson of the militant group, self-styled Brig Gen Mudoch Agbinibo in an electronic mail, Tuesday, asserted: " At about 11.45pmNovember 15, 2016, our elite Strike Team 03 struck Nembe 1, 2 and 3 truck line operated by Agip, Oando and Shell with supply capacity of 300,000 barrel per day to Bonny export terminal in Bayelsa State." "This is in response to the so-called "Operations Sharkbite," an art of terrorism commissioned by the tyranny of the Nigerian Navy establishment and orchestrated by some elements of the ruling political class to continuously undermine any effort by the Nigerian state to addressing the legitimate demands of the people of the Niger Delta and as well a conspiracy t...

ABUJA—The current economic recession may linger for a while as the Presidency yesterday raised alarm about imminent food shortages that might eventually lead to famine in the country starting from January next year. This, it stated, was consequent upon an aggressive exportation of grains to foreign countries. Describing Nigeria as Africa's largest producer of cereals and grains at the moment, the Presidency said that no fewer than 500 trucks of grains depart the country every week, following a huge demand in the global market that is targeting the country's surplus production. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, disclosed this during an interview with Pyramid Radio in Kano. He said the "huge demand for our grains in the global market is creating an excellent environment for the mindless export of Nigerian grains across our borders and unless this is curtailed, Nigerian markets will be bereft of food by Ja...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has given clarifications on how a good petition to the commission should look like. The commission gave the clarification on Monday where it said the foremost stage of every good petition is that it must be addressed to the Executive Chairman of the commission. Below is the various stages of a good petition according to EFCC: 1)"A good petition should be addressed to the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission." 2)"A good petition should include a name, telephone number and address (For contact)." 3)"A good petition should have a title." 4) "A good petition should have an introduction." 5) "A petition should have a body of complaint (s) – facts, documents, sources of information e.t.c" 6) "A good petition should have a conclusion" 7) "A good petition should end with a name and signature." 8) "If anonymous, a good petition should h...

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr believes beating strongly fancied Algeria has set his team up to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. With only one qualifier from each group, Nigeria landed what most pundits believed to be the toughest, in Group B alongside Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia. Nigeria ensured they remain top of the group and in prime position for Russia with six points from six after Saturday's 3-1 home win. "It's still a long way to go but we're on the right path," said the 63-year-old German Rohr, who posted his third straight win in charge of Nigeria. "We had a great first half, but the second half was difficult," he said. "We suffered in the second half, but the players were not nervous, they are professional. We played on the counter-attack when it became 2-1 and we got our third goal from a fast break. "We defended well. We were organised against Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani and we largely kept them quiet." Rohr praised skipper Jo...

Donald Trump will keep his vow to deport millions of undocumented migrants from the United States, he said in an interview to be broadcast Sunday, saying as many as three million could be removed after he takes office.What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, where a lot of these people, probably two million, it could be even three million — we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate," Trump said in an excerpt released ahead of broadcast by CBS's 60 Minutes program. The billionaire real estate baron made security at the US-Mexico border a central plank of his insurgent presidential campaign, which resulted in last Tuesday's shock election victory against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Trump added that the barrier to be erected on the US border with Mexico may not consist entirely of brick and mortar, but that fencing could be used in some areas. "There could be...

Super Eagles 3-1 win over Algeria in the World Cup qualifying match has sparked an "MMM" trend on twitter with over 6,000 tweets as at the time of this report. MMM was derived from the names of the Nigerian goal scorers in the qualifier, Moses Mikel Moses (MMM) However, the trend has gone beyond the football match to celebrate an online platform: Mavrodi Mundial Movement (MMM) which is gaining wide popularity among Nigerians. The platform is said to yield 30% of donations made after 30 days and many Nigerians have embraced it in the wake of the economic recession and in the quest for financial freedom. However, the platform has been classified by the CBN and SEC as a ponzi scheme that Nigerians should be wary of while the House of Representatives had ordered its investigation. The trends following the football match however suggest that the call by the financial regulators as well as the lawmakers may have fallen on deaf ears.

Former Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton has blamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Director James Comey for her defeat in Tuesday's presidential election. Clinton said in a conference call with her top campaign donors on Saturday that Trump was able to seize on both of Comey's statements and used them to attack her, according to two participants on the call. According to the participants who were on the call, Clinton told her supporters on Saturday that her team had drafted a memo that looked at the changing opinion polls leading up to the election and that the letter from Comey proved to be a turning point. The memo prepared by Clinton's campaign, a copy of which was seen by Reuters, said voters who decided which candidate to support in the last week were more likely to support Trump than Clinton. "In the end, late breaking developments in the race proved one hurdle too many for us to overcome," the memo concluded. Clinton was pr...

Yesterday at Quillox, Oritse Femi bought another man's fight and was beaten to a pulp by bouncers for interfering. According to source, another artiste, Rock Steady had been prevented by bouncers from entering a section of the bar. Oritse Femi who was reportedly already seated and enjoying himself went out after noticing the scene being created. Rather than resolve the issue amicably, the self proclaimed Fela's Protégé got to the scene, slapped and stabbed one of the bouncers. The bouncers got angry, took him out of the club and beat him to a pulp! Guess being a musician doesn't exempt you from getting your clapback. Oritse Femi who was held for a while was later released to go treat himself. But now we know that "Okpolo eye, no be open eye!"