Fellow Nigerians, PDP brings you greetings from Ibadan. The journey to
reclaim Nigeria from the shackles of poverty, bloodletting, economic
depression, hopelessness, stagnation, etc continues in today in IBADAN
Oshiomhole said, “Those who think our political future is tied to them;
they are poor students of their own political histories. Some of these
people who talk as if they are invincible; they have forgotten that they
have run elections in the past and lost until they abandoned their
parties and joined us. So, if they return, history will repeat itself.
Nigerian politicians and their supporters are some kind of entertainers.
If you follow events on social media, especially now that elections are
around the corner, you must have been thoroughly entertained. Or highly
embarrassed, disappointed, disgusted. Or both!
Femi Otedola received his daughter's boyfriend, Mr Eazi in his office
today and he shared the photo on social media.The billionaire business
man shared the photo with the caption: "Eazi does it! Received @MrEazi
at my office today!".Otedola's daughter, Temi Otedola, who has been
dating Mr Eazi for a while now reacted to the photo writing, "Mineeee"
along with lovestruck emojis.
South African Based Nigerian model and founder of 'The Boob Movement',
Abby Chioma Zeus, took to Instagram to flaunt her banging bikini body as
she hit the beach in Durban.See more photos she shared below.
Bisi Alimi has criticized female presidential aspirant, Ms Oby
Ezekwesili for saying that as a Christian she doesn't subscribe to gay
and lesbian life choices.Ms Ezekwesili made this statement at Chatham
House in the UK. Bisi Alimi, who was present, asked her a question about
the discrimination he suffered as a gay man in Nigeria.In reply, Ms
Ezekwesili said she believes in equal rights and opportunities for the
LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria but that as a Christian, she doesn't subscribe
to their way of life. She also took to Twitter to explain her statement
after it was misconstrued.Bisi, who is an outspoken gay rights activist,
criticized her for her stance. He said religion is a choice but
sexuality isn't and Ms Ezekwesili cannot rule a secular state with her
religion.See Ms Ezekwesili's statement and Bisi's reply below.
She wrote; 'same girl, shorter skirt.
Meghan Markle's old headshot and résumé have resurfaced online,
revealing new details about the Duchess of Sussex when she was still an
upcoming actress. The résumé was posted on Facebook by an unnamed user
alongside a stunning black-and-white headshot of Meghan Markle In the
résumé, Meghan's height and weight was listed 5'6" and 113lbs, with her
hair and eyes both described simply as 'brown'. Her special
skills are kickboxing, tap, jazz dance and ballet among others.Her
professional TV experience in the résumé was limited to just two roles,
her two-episode appearance on General Hospital in 2001, when she played a
nurse named Jill, and her 2004 role on CBS's sci-fi legal drama Century
City, in which she appeared as a party guest named Natasha. 
The
anonymous poster who shared the images on Facebook wrote:'I had the
pleasure the meet the lovely Meghan Markle several times as an agent but
funny enough I couldn't convince the agency to sign her with just a few
credits'. She kept calling. Hmmmm. 'I wondered today if her cell still
works?' the poster continued, before adding that they 'really had an
instinct about her so much that I had her headshot/resume and cell on
file'. The unknown person then jokes that they are going to 'try
calling her tomorrow', adding that the 'least they can do is let the
owner of her old cell number know'.
Earlier
today, President Buhari declined assent to the amended electoral bill
(2018) which was made by the National Assembly. In his reaction, Kaduna
State lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani called out the president saying,
'opposition to the Electoral amendment Bill is a disservice to
democracy.The Prez should not be in league with those allergic to
credible http://elections.How can the ruling elites now fear &
discard the chariot that delivered them to power,one they showered so
much praises?
Rapper,
Cardi B, finally arrived in court today after failing to attend earlier
this week to face charges of assault in connection with a fight at a
strip clubThe 26-year-old mother of one was all smiles as she made her
way into the courthouse in Queens, New York on Friday wearing a fur
coat, floppy beige hat, and a head full of vibrant blue, yellow, and red
locks. 
According
to TMZ, Cardi was ultimately released after a quick hearing by the
judge, who allowed her to go without bail, even though prosecutors had
wanted it set at $2,500.The judge ordered the rapper not to make any
contact with alleged victims Baddie Gi and Jade, the sisters who accused
Cardi of ordering an attack on them at the Queens strip club where they
work.
The
'no contact' order includes making threats or comments on social media
about the two sisters, the gossip site reported.Her appearance in court
comes after a judge threatened to get her arrested if she doesn't appear
in court after failing to show up on Monday. 
While
in court, Cardi B who just called off her marriage to Migos rapper,
Offset was pictured sticking out her tongue.The rapper is scheduled to
appear back in court in January 2019
Legendary singer, 2face Idibia and his wife, Annie, grace the December
edition of leading lifestyle magazine, Genevieve. The couple who got
married in 2013, spoke about their marriage, career and 2face Idibia's
many children.2face in the interview, disclosed how having many children
from different women almost sent him into depression''Having so many
children from different women at such a young age almost sent me into
depression' - 2face tells Genevieve magazine. I drank alot because
people laughed at me and called me names. Nobody cared that I was an
artiste or that I hard worked so hard'' he said2face has seven children.
Two with Annie, Two with Sumbo Ajaba-Adeoye and Three with Pero
Adeniyi.
A fuel tanker crushed a commercial motorcyclist, simply identified as
Kayode, to death, at Oma Junction, Alagbaka area of Akure, Ondo State
capital on Friday. The incident happened when the fuel tanker which was
heading towards Yeoma Plaza was stopped by the traffic warden on duty.
The tanker driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the
motorcyclist who was approaching the junction, killing him on the
spot. "The tanker was stopped by the traffic warden but the driver
claimed he lost control of the vehicle and rammed to the bike man and
crushed him. The tanker first dragged the cyclist forward and eventually
crushed him before stopping. We tried to rescue him but it was too late
because the vehicle was on him.” 
The
younger brother of the deceased escaped unhurt from the accident but
lamented that Kayode got married a couple of weeks ag, while his wife
is pregnant.Angry Okada riders, however, besieged the scene of the
accident and descended on the driver of the vehicle. He was quickly
rescued by some security operatives who took him away. 
American rapper, Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 61st
Grammy Awards that has just been announced today with eight nods
including a nod for Album of the Year' for his work on 'Black Panther'
soundtrack, as well as Song and Record of the Year for SZA-featuring
“All the Stars.” Kendrick is followed by Drake who has seven nods in the
nominations list.The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on
February 10, 2019, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here is the
full list of nominees for the 61st Grammy Awards:Album of the YearH.E.R.
– H.E.R.Brandie Carlile – By the Way, I Forgive YouDrake
– ScorpionVarious Artists – Black Panther: The AlbumKacey Musgraves
– Golden HourPost Malone – Beerbongs & BentleysCardi B – Invasion of
PrivacyJanelle Monáe – Dirty ComputerRecord of the YearCardi B – “I
Like It”Brandi Carlile – “The Joke”Childish Gambino – “This Is
America”Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”Drake – “God’s
Plan”Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All the Stars”Post Malone & 21
Savage – “Rockstar”Zedd & Maren Morris – “The Middle”Song of the
YearKendrick Lamar & SZA – “All the Stars”Ella Mai – “Boo’d Up”Drake
– “God’s Plan”Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood”Brandy Carlile – “The
Joke”Zedd & Maren Morris – “The Middle”Lady Gaga & Bradley
Cooper – “Shallow”Childish Gambino – “This Is America”Best New
ArtistChloe x HalleLuke CombsGreta Van FleetH.E.R.Dua LipaMargo
PriceBebe RexhaJorja SmithBest Rap PerformanceCardi B – “Be
Careful”Drake – “Nice for What”Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, &
James Blake – “King’s Dead”Anderson .Paak – “Bubblin”Travis Scott,
Drake, “Sicko Mode”Best Rap/Sung CollaborationChristina Aguilera ft.
Goldlink – “Like I Do”6LACK ft. J. Cole – “Pretty Little Fears”Childish
Gambino – “This Is America”Kendrick Lamar & SZA – “All the
Stars”Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – “Rockstar”Best Rap SongDrake – “God’s
Plan”Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, & James Blake – “King’s
Dead”Eminem – “Lucky You”Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk, & Swae Lee –
“Sicko Mode”Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar – “Win”Best Rap AlbumCardi B
– Invasion of PrivacyMac Miller- SwimmingNipsey Hussle – Victory
LapPusha-T – DaytonaTravis Scott – AstroworldBest Pop Solo
PerformanceBeck – ColorsCamila Cabello – Havana (Live)Ariana Grande –
God Is a WomanLady Gaga – Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)Post
Malone – Better NowBest Pop Duo/Group PerformanceChristina Aguilera ft.
Demi Lovato – Fall In LineBackstreet Boys – Don’t Go Breaking My
HeartLady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – ShallowMaroon 5 ft. Cardi B – Girls
Like YouJustin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton – Say SomethingZedd, Maren
Morris, and Grey – The MiddleBest Pop Vocal AlbumCamila Cabello
– CamilaKelly Clarkson – Meaning of LifeAriana Grande – SweetenerShawn
Mendes – Shawn MendesPink – Beautiful TraumaTaylor Swift
– ReputationProducer of the Year, Non-ClassicalBoi-1daLarry KleinLinda
PerryKanye WestPharrell WilliamsBest Music VideoThe Carters –
Apes***Childish Gambino – This Is AmericaJoyner Lucas – I’m Not
RacistJanelle Monáe – PYNkTierra Whack – MUMBO JUMBOBest R&B
AlbumToni Braxton – Sex & CigarettesLeon Bridges – Good ThingLalah
Hathaway – HonestlyH.E.R. – H.E.R.PJ Morton – Gumbo UnpluggedBest
R&B PerformanceToni Braxton – Long As I LiveThe Carters –
SummerLalah Hathaway – Y O YH.E.R. – Best Part [ft. Daniel Caesar]PJ
Morton – First BeganBest R&B SongElla Mai – Boo’d UpMiguel – Come
Through and Chill [ft. J. Cole and Salaam Remi]Childish Gambino – Feels
Like SummerH.E.R. – FocusToni Braxton – Long As I LiveBest Urban
Contemporary AlbumThe Carters – Everything Is LoveChloe x Halle – The
Kids Are AlrightChris Dave and the Drumhedz – Chris Dave and the
DrumhedzMiguel – War & LeisureMeshell Ndegeocello –
VentriloquismBest Rock PerformanceArctic Monkeys – “Four Out of
Five”Chris Cornell – “When Bad Does Good”THE FEVER 333 – “Made An
America”Greta Van Fleet – “Highway Tune”Halestorm – “Uncomfortable”Best
Rock SongGreta Van Fleet – “Black Smoke Rising”Twenty One Pilots –
“Jumpsuit”Bring Me the Horizon – “MANTRA”St. Vincent –
“Masseduction”Ghost – “Rats”Best Rock AlbumAlice in Chains – Rainier
FogFall Out Boy – M A N I AGhost – PrequelleGreta Van Fleet – From the
FiresWeezer – Pacific DaydreamBest Alternative Music AlbumArctic Monkeys
– Tranquility Base Hotel & CasinoBeck – ColorsBjörk – UtopiaDavid
Byrne – American UtopiaSt. Vincent – MasseductionBest Dance
RecordingAbove & Beyond – Northern Soul [ft. Richard
Bedford]Disclosure – Ultimatum [ft. Fatoumata Diawara]Fisher – Losing
ItSilk City & Dua Lipa – Electricity [ft. Diplo and Mark
Ronson]Virtual Self – Ghost VoicesBest Dance/Electronic AlbumJon Hopkins
– SingularityJustice – WomanSofi Tukker – TreehouseSOPHIE – Oil of
Every Pearl’s Un-InsidesTOKiMONSTA – Lune Rouge
Former Education Minister cum Presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili,
has said that although she does not support homosexuality, she would
give everyone including gays and lesbians, equal oportunity if she is
elected as President in 2019.Ezekwesili said this on her twitter handle
while making clarifications to an answer she gave to Nigerian gayrights
activist, Bisi Alimi at Chatham House in London recently. See videos
from her interaction with Bisi and her tweets explaining her position
below 
View
this post on Instagram Oby Ezekwesili's response to Bisi Alimi
when he asked if she would be working in favour of LGBT community in
Nigeria if elected president in 2019. This was the Chatham House in
London recently.
Destiny Child singer, Michelle Willaims and her fiance, Pastor Chad
Johnson. are no longer together.The 38-year-old singer took to Instagram
to shock her fans with the split news by announcing that she’s a single
woman again. 
“I
still remain fearless,” wrote Michelle. “I guess I still remain single!
Things didn’t work out. The healing that needs to take place is a must.
I don’t wanna destroy another relationship. Blessings to him, his
family and his ministry. #Fearless” 
Williams
and Johnson, 40, who both met in March 2017 at an Arizona spiritual
retreat run by Johnson, announced their engagement in April 2018.
On Friday, court of Appeal Benin Division granted the prayers of five
prisoners seeking the order of the court to direct the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include all prisoners in the
voter register. Justice S. Oseji, delivered the lead judgment on
behalf of Justice Helen Ogunwumiju. The appeal was filed by five
inmates on behalf of other inmates in Nigerian prisons. Those that
filed the appeal are Victor Emenuwe, Onome Inaye, Kabiru Abu, Osagie
Iyekekpolor and Modugu Odion. The judgment affirmed the judgment granted
by a Federal High Court in 2014, that prisoners can vote. However,
Oseji did not grant a declaration that INEC liaise with the Nigeria
Prison Service to create a registration centre at various prisons across
the country.Speaking to newsmen after the judgment, Counsel to the
appellant, President Aigbokhan of the Initiative for Rural Development,
Information and Legal Advocacy (IRDILA), urged INEC to commence
immediate registration of inmates across the country for them to
participate in next year’s election. Aigbokhan said they would appeal
some aspects of the decision of the Court of Appeal. According to him,
“Prison inmates have their community. Polling units should be located
there. We believe they have a right to vote in an election so as to
decide those who ultimately decide their future. When franchise is given
to them, attention will be focused there. Their situation and health
conditions will be improved.In 2014, the Federal High Court granted our
prayers that prisoners can vote but narrowed it to the four applicants
in the suit even though it was stated there that those applicants were
representing other inmates. We went to the Court of Appeal and the court
agreed that the judgement represented all inmates in the country.That
INEC should with immediate effect collate the names of inmates and allow
them to vote in 2019. “The judgment disagreed that INEC should create
polling units inside the prison. In 2015, the inmates were over 550,000.
All INEC needs to do is to update their voter register and liaise with
NGO as volunteers to help them. It is victory for Nigeria’s democracy.”
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The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal
Education is focusing on strategies to increase literacy level as more
than 38 per cent of Nigerians have been described as illiterates.Its
Executive Secretary, Prof. Abba Haladu stated on Friday that the level
of illiteracy was a big challenge.“The available statistics with us
shows that 62 per cent of Nigerians are literate and 38 per cent are
non-literate. The out-of-school children are 11 million, while the
non-literate Nigerians, that is the youth and adults are about 60
million, so put together. We have about 70 million citizens of Nigeria
who cannot read and write or who lack basic skills for modern living .So
that is a big challenge for any nation, and that is why we are trying
to sensitise and mobilise all stakeholders, including government at all
levels, federal, state and local, Non-Government Organisations and
international development partners. So that together we should do the
needful to ensure literacy is provided to this large number of Nigerian
citizens.So we can have even development and ensure our people are
well-equipped and empowered to face the challenge of becoming the third
most populous country in the world in the next 32 years.’’He said that
adequate resources would be required to provide literacy to the large
number of non-literate citizens.“Well this requires a lot of things in
terms of planning, budgeting – that is, allocating the necessary
resources, in terms of mobilisation and implementation of tangible
programmes, that will lead to educating the people or making them
literate and also ensuring they acquire the necessary skills.“The
programmes include for instance, basic literacy, where people learn to
read and write equivalent to primary three, then post literacy were
people continue and learn to the level equivalent to primary education
and there after continue in education programmes for completion of post
literacy.“All those that starting schooling and left because of one
reason or the other and then the acquisition of vocational skills ,
entrepreneurial skills and off course life-long learning in general.“So
there are various programmes targeting youth, adults and out of school
children, which are being implemented by state agencies for mass
education, National Commission For Mass Literacy, National Commission
For Nomadic Education and indeed other partners.“What we are saying is
that there is need for the resources to continue to implement these
programmes so that the reach out will be wide enough to cover
everybody.’
Operatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have handed over
three suspected Advance Fee fraudsters to the Ibadan office of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for further
investigation.The suspects who are between 22 and 29 years of age
include Ebenezer Adeniyi Oluwafemi, Kolade Samuel Sogo, and Olwagbenga
Majeed Ejikunke. They were arrested Tuesday 4th, December, 2018 in
Ilesha, Osun State following series of intelligence gathered by the
operatives.Preliminary investigations further revealed that the suspects
allegedly got involved in different romance scam posing as female
foreigners to fleece unsuspecting victims on the social media.At the
point of arrest, varied fetish materials, two laptops, and five
different brands of telephones were recovered from them. Several
documents containing false pretences were also recovered from the
suspects.According to the Head, Ibadan Office, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the
handing over of the three suspects brought the total number of Advance
Fee fraudsters arrested in the Ibadan office to 40 in the last couple of
weeks. “The zone is no longer a hiding place for the fraudsters”, he
stated.Investigation is still ongoing and the suspects will soon be
charged to court.
President Buhari has declined assent to the amended electoral bill
(2018) which was made by the National Assembly. This is the third time
that President Buhari would be rejecting the amendments.Senior Special
Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Ita Enang,
while speaking to state house correspondents after the Special Federal
Executive Council meeting held in Abuja today, said President Buhari has
communicated his decision to the National Assembly.The national
assembly had passed the bill on July 24 and transmitted to the president
on August 3rd.Among the controversies on the bill were the reordering
of the sequence of the 2019 elections, placing the presidential last,
instead of the governorship and state assemblies and exclusion of card
readers.
Following the recent controversial statement made by TVC presenter,
Morayo Afolabi-Brown, ACP Abayomi Shogunle, on Friday afternoon,
released a list of married men that should never be allowed to bathe
their daughters.According to him, his experience in the police has
proven that these class of men are the ones that molest their daughters.
See his Tweets below. 
A 16-year-old secondary school student in Ekiti state has died following
serious injuries he sustained when himself and his fellow classmate
were testing the superiority of their charms on Thursday, December
6th.According to reports, the deceased, Mathew Favour and the culprit,
Kehinde Timilehin, both students of Ado Grammar School in Ado Ekiti, the
state capital, were said to have engaged in a dispute over the
ownership of a ball before it degenerated into an argument over who had
more portent charms.Eyewitnesses say the deceased initiated the test for
superiority of charms when he rushed to his home and brought a small
axe and a knife wrapped in a white and red scarf and dared his
colleague to fight with him. The colleague overpowered him and in the
process, stabbed him in the chest with his knife.Favour, an indigene of
Ebira in Kogi state, was rushed to the Ekiti State University Teaching
Hospital where he died.Speaking on the incident, the principal of the
scool, Ebenezer Falayi, said the incident occurred at about 2.15pm
after the school had closed .“This incident really saddened us because
it could have been avoided. What I gathered from students who were at
the spot of the gory incident was that the duo were arguing over who had
superior power and the deceased had earlier gone home to bring all
those weapons which could not pierce the suspect when used on him. I was
told that the suspect later overpowered him, collected the weapons
and stabbed the victim in the chest. Our teachers, including myself, my
Vice and Registrar alongside other teachers who were resident on campus
here rushed him to EKSUTH. We even took the suspect along.The victim
was put on life support, but that could not help the situation, he died
in the hospital. I had to quickly call the DPO of Odo Ado Police Station
who reinforced his men and contacted the police station at Oke Ila to
prevent the suspect from being killed by highly enraged family members
of the deceased. The hospital insisted on doing the autopsy before
releasing the corpse but the family resisted this. They later released
the corpse to the family when it nearly caused trouble in the hospital.
The police also took the suspect into custody. But I had to beg for
security beef up around the school when there was a threat that 30
students will be killed in a reprisal attack today(Friday),’’ he said.
