THINGS COME TO A HEAD BETWEEN OLAMIDE AND DON JAZZY AT THE 2015 HEADIES AWARD HELD YESTERDAY

HEADIES 2015

There was a Kanye West kind of reaction from Olamide, CEO of YBNL when his protégé Lil Kesh failed to get the Next Rated Artiste award at yesterday's 2015 edition of the Headies Award held at the Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

The reaction came as a result of the choice of Reekado Banks and his Katapot track as winner, Reekado is a member of the Mavin Records group owned by super producer Don Jazzy who has always made stars of his signed on musicians like Tiwa Savage, Koredo Bello, etc. The award attracts a brand new Hyundai car as one of its trappings.

SENATOR BEN MURRAY-BRUCE PROFFERS ADVICE FOR NIGERIA’S GREATNESS IN 2016 BY MAKING IT THE YEAR OF COMMONSENSE

SENATOR BEN MURRAY-BRUCE

The Senator representing Bayelsa East , Senator Ben Murray-Bruce who is ever active be it on social media or live activities and ofcourse on the floor of the hallowed chambers of the Nigerian Senate is always an interesting individual to watch out for, what with his flair to bring out solutions using commonsense (which by the way is in short supply this days)for the good of the country.

Well, he is never lacking in this field and again he recently proffered some to start the New Year in 2016, which he has proposed should be #TheYearofCommonsense. Follow his ideas below.

AFGANISTAN; SUICIDE BOMBING KILLS ONE AT A KABUL RESTAURANT TODAY

At least one person was killed and 11 people were wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a French restaurant in Kabul late Friday afternoon, according to Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry. 

The official Twitter account of Kabul's Emergency Hospital reported a 12-year-old boy was dead on arrival following the attack.

NEW FUEL PUMP PRICE IMPLEMENTED FOR PETROL IN NIGERIA

 

FUEL PUMPING MACHINE

The directive of the Federal Government of Nigeria that petrol (pms) is sold at N86 per liter for NNPC retail stations and N86.50k for other marketers with effect from January 1, 2016 is reported to be taking effect.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) whose correspondent visited some fuel stations at the federal capital, Abuja reported that the product was available in sufficient quantity with standby trucks also bearing petrol. However, it was noticed most of the fuel stations in Abuja such as Conoil, Oando, Total and Mobil filling stations which are located within the city center experienced low turnout of motorists.

AMERICAN MUSICIAN NATALIE MARIE COLE, DAUGHTER OF LATE NAT KING COLE PASSES AWAY WITH 2015 AT 65 YEARS

SINGER NATALIE MARIE COLE

Reports have it that that singer, Natalie Marie Cole, who in her music career won Grammy awards has died at the age of 65 years. Natalie was the daughter of the legendary jazz singer; Nat King Cole was also a music star of her own standing passed on yesterday, December 31, 2015 at a hospital in Los Angeles in her home country the United States of America. Her publicist Maureen O’Connor who made the announcement stated that she died of congestive heart failure resulting from underlying medical issues and complications from a kidney transplant and Hepatitis C.

PHOTOS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE AS THE WORLD WELCOMES 2016! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Welcome to 2016. As we take in its freshness let's see how the new year was ushered in. Happy new year!

INDONESIA

CHINA

EGYPT

AUSTRALIA

JAPAN

TAIWAN

ISRAELI MODEL BAR REFAELI ANNOUNCES HER FIRST PREGNANCY BY POSTING PHOTO OF TEST RESULT ON INSTAGRAM

SUPERMODEL BAR REFAELI

 

CLEARBLUE STICK

Israeli model Bar Refaeli and her husband Adi Ezra must be very excited as they prepare for the arrival of their baby this year 2016.

The model who is also a television host, actress and businesswoman is reputed to have been the highest Israeli model in 2013 is used to photographs where she makes her mega pay and so what better medium to announce her pregnancy but by the same means as she did on Thursday night when she posted a photo of her positive pregnancy test.

ELECTION OF GOVERNOR ISHAKU OF TARABA STATE UPHELD BY NIGERIA’S COURT OF APPEAL

GOVERNOR DARIUS DICKSON

Yesterday, December 31^st, just as the Court of Appeal in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria was nullifying the election of Okezie Ikpeazu as governor of Abia state, the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the nation’s capital also delivered its judgment on the governorship election in Taraba state.

The Court of Appeal panel led by Justice Abdul Aboki passed its ruling which must have brought back the bounce in the strides of Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku, the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, as it was held that the nomination of Ishaku by the PDP was not open to questions by anybody who was not a member of the party and as such his nomination fully complied with section 85 of the electoral act.

BILL COSBY’S BROUHAHA: COMEDIAN EDDIE GRIFFIN ALLEGES CONSPIRACY IN HIS DEFENSE

EDDIE GRIFFIN

BILL COSBY

In a move to stand up for a brother, American comedian Eddie Griffin has come out in support of fellow comedian, Bill Cosby stating that his present ordeal with various accusations of rape was part of a conspiracy in the United States to emasculate African American cultural icons.