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q The political atmosphere in Owerri, the Imo State capital, was heated up at the weekend following Governor Rochas Okorocha’s comments on the state’s ideal governorship candidate in 2015. Okorocha, speaking at the yearly Oru-Owerri Festival, said people with questionable character, including “419 persons” and women who beat their husbands would not be voted for. The governor said the would-be governor must be godly, honest and decent. His statement angered many aspirants who stormed out of the venue. A senator allegedly wept before moving out of the venue with aides and other supporters. Other aspirants, who earlier adorned the venue with their campaign posters, left furiously as a large part of the crowd continued to urge Okorocha on, despite spirited efforts by some hired thugs to shout him down. But a statement by the governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, warned politicians, especially governorship aspirants, to jettison intol...

Igbo leaders claim that Boko haram terrorists are desperate to bomb south-east states in Nigeria; Vanguard reported. Deputy Secretary, Evang. Elliot Uko, the Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, issued a statement on behalf of Igbos during the weekend. In the statement, the Igbo leader said, described as worrisome the Sallah day arrest in Borno State of a long trailer laden with bombs and IED’s disguised as cattle merchants headed for Onitsha and Port Harcourt. "This simply tells us that those who are committed to bombing the east are very serious at their plans. We have two choices facing us. One is to keep quiet and look the other way until it happens. The other is exactly what we are doing now: Raise our voice in warning, praying and hoping that this avoidable catastrophe would pass us by. Truth is that Boko Haram is desperate to bomb eastern Nigeria. We don’t want that to happen because the implications are clearly frightening.

Wife-of-Ogun-State-Governor-Mrs.-Olufunso-Amosun1 Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, the wife of the Ogun State Governor, has called on the people of the state to vote her husband, Ibikunle Amosun, for a second term in office if they were satisfied with his performance. She said this during an empowerment programme organised by a member of the state House of Assembly representing Abeokuta-North, Mr. Olayiwola Ojodu, on Saturday. The governor’s wife, while addressing party members who thronged the venue of the programme in Abeokuta, said her husband’s second term in office would consolidate the current infrastructural development being executed in different parts of the state.

Good times are here again for Hip hop artist, Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, otherwise known as Vector, if words coming from the singer’s camp are anything to go by. The singer has been battling to save his music career for more than a year following a breach of contract with YEG Entertainmet, his former record label. It will be recalled that YSG Entertainment  had obtained a Court injucntion restraining Vector from recording, releasing or distributing of any song or musical work since January 31st 2014. At a time when some of his colleagues were raking mouth-watering endorsement deals from telecommunications giant, Vector the Viper as he’s fondly called had been busy slugging it out with his record label and working silently on how to get his career back on track. Vector started having issues with the label in 2012, with sources saying the rapper felt the label was not going in the right direction with his brand and promotion hence his decision to start...

A GROWING church should be one that continues steadfastly in fellowship, study and prayer. Each believer amongst them should grow and become strong in the Lord. The church that will grow must be a studying church, a sharing church and a praying church with manifestations of signs, wonders and miracles, just like the early church.'--Pastor Enoch Adeboye. THE Redeemed Christian Church of God, reputed to be the fastest growing church in the world, will this morning ordain a total of 8,622 deacons and deaconesses to flag off the 62nd annual convention of the church which started in 1952 as a daily prayer group under the leadership of Rev. Josiah Akindayomi (1909-1980) after he had been involved in several other churches. He was a member of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. Members of the Redeemed Christian church of God from all over the country arriving for the 62nd Annual Convention at the RCCG headquarter,s KM 46, Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Photo: Lamidi Bamidele...

  For those of you, including us, hoping that Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo and Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson are gonna get married some day and live happily ever after, sorry, that day MAY never come. And that's because Yvonne just described John as her "crush". She made the statement during a chat with Peace Hyde of GHOne TV when she dropped a bomb saying "a lot of men suck!" That means she's still single and not yet ready to mingle! She insists that what exists between her and John is simply fantasy and that they didn't date. “He (John Dumelo) was my first crush when I first joined the industry, but we are now friends, not just friends but best of friends now, and he has a girlfriend somewhere,” Yvonne revealed in response to a question on whether she had ever had a crush on an industry person.

The album was released on July 21. The latest and 6th album of Nigerian pop star, Tuface Idibia, The Ascension, was on Thursday listed on the BillBoard charts. The album which was released by the 960 Music Group on July 21, was debuted at no. 12 under the World Albums category. According to BillBoard, Chart positions are usually determined based on key fan interactions with music, including album sales and downloads, track downloads, radio airplay and touring, as well as streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, Vevo, YouTube, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music.