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The Nigerian music scene is an active content creating industry. Every passing minute, new songs are released by young artistes seeking to make a break into the industry or by popular artistes whose fans hunger for new music. From January to December, music lovers have been treated to the good, bad and downright ugly of music. Listed are the top 10 songs of the year. 10: Olamide — Motigbana With the fire he brought to the music scene when he first emerged, Olamide doesn’t seem to have impressed much beyond the expected. Like the intro to ‘Motigbana’, the year began on a slow motion for Olamide. However, as the song rose in tempo, although he had released a few singles in the meantime, Olamide did not get the expected buzz until the release of ‘Motigbana’. If the YBNL don expects to get more credit, he’ll need to up his game. 9: Victor AD — Wetin We Gain? Not long after it hit the airwaves in July, this track went on to take its place as the latest ‘hustlers’ anthem’. Victor Ad...

Deji Adeyanju Deji Adeyanju The Nigerian Prison Service has barred friends and family members from visiting Deji Adeyanju in Kano prison. The order came after a meeting between the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau and officials of the Nigerian Prison Service. Deji was rearrested and charged for culpable homicide by the Nigerian Police, over a case said to have been decided upon by the Kano State High Court in 2009. On Friday, December 21, 2018, he was remanded in prison custody after a Kano State magistrate court declined jurisdiction to hear the case. Meanwhile, on the same day, a high court in Abuja had ordered Adeyanju's immediate release from detention, a directive that was ignored by the Police. See Also Free Speech Abuja Court Sets Deji Adeyanju Free But Kano Court Sends Him To Prison Till February 0 Comments 1 Week Ago A source close to the prison service revealed that the order was handed down after the Minister got a report that some members of the Islamic...

The Nigerian music scene is an active content creating industry. Every passing minute, new songs are released by young artistes seeking to make a break into the industry or by popular artistes whose fans hunger for new music. From January to December, music lovers have been treated to the good, bad and downright ugly of music. Listed are the top 10 songs of the year. 10: Olamide — Motigbana With the fire he brought to the music scene when he first emerged, Olamide doesn’t seem to have impressed much beyond the expected. Like the intro to ‘Motigbana’, the year began on a slow motion for Olamide. However, as the song rose in tempo, although he had released a few singles in the meantime, Olamide did not get the expected buzz until the release of ‘Motigbana’. If the YBNL don expects to get more credit, he’ll need to up his game. 9: Victor AD — Wetin We Gain? Not long after it hit the airwaves in July, this track went on to take its place as the latest ‘hustlers’ anthem’. Victor Ad...

File Photo File Photo Four persons lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident in Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday. The accident occured at the popular 'Oluwa bridge' on the Lagos-Benin expressway, and involved a commercial Toyota Hiace bus. The victims were burnt to death. SaharaReporters gathered that the victims were passengers on their way to Lagos for the New Year festivities. An eyewitness, who joined the rescue team, said the driver of the bus lost control of the wheels, while the tyre burst into flames. "Before we knew what was happening, the tyre of the vehicle was already in flames, but only few persons could escape from the scene," the eyewitness said. Segun Ogungbemide, the Ondo State Head of Operations of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident in a phone interview with journalists in Akure. Ogungbemide said the driver of the vehicle drove carelessly, and the tyre of his bus burst into flames. According to him...

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has faulted the claim of Senate President Bukola Saraki on donating N10million to victims of the robbery in Offa, Kwara State. Saraki was said to have claimed in an interview on radio that he donated N10million to victims of the Offa robbery, when he visited the community to commiserate with the people. However, according to NAN, Mohammed debunked Saraki's claim, stating that the Senate President lied, and warned him not to play politics with the incident. "The claim by Dr. Saraki that he donated N10 million to care for the victims of the Offa robbery is patently false. He did not! The 10 million he referred to was donated when the Offa market got burnt, and it was made in Ilorin, not Offa. When Dr Saraki visited Offa to commiserate with the community in the aftermath of the robbery, he did not donate a dime! I challenge him to prove me wrong," the Minister of Information said. A statement issued in Lagos on Monday by Seg...

A Nigerian airline says it could pull its business out of the United Kingdom after one of its pilots was arrested by immigration officials on suspicion of being a stowaway and threatened with deportation. Max Air, which is based in Nigeria, condemned the move by border staff at Bournemouth International Airport, stating that it is an example of the Home Office’s “hostile environment policy”. The company says it is now losing £180,000 a day, because it cannot find another pilot to fly the plane after Captain Adam Dilli Ibrahim, aged 36, returned home voluntarily on another flight. Captain Ibrahim was detained for questioning, fingerprinted and photographed, before being told he would be forcibly removed — even though pilots do not legally require visa to enter the UK for seven days or less. Frank Unokesan, whose company is responsible for maintaining Max Air planes, said there had been a "long history" of problems with immigration officials. “Whenever they see a green (Nigeria...

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has called for the examination of President Muhammadu Buhari’s mental health status over the allegation by his wife, Aisha, that a cabal was controlling Aso Villa. The coalition made the call in a statement yesterday signed by the first national vice spokesperson, Ikenga Ugochinyere. The president’s consistent action of not fielding questions extempore from journalists intensified the group’s suspicion that two or three people had actually hijacked the presidency. “A country of about 200 million people cannot be thriving under the situation of being in doubt of the mental stability of the man who holds their mandate to lead and who is seeking an extension of that mandate. The international community is also expressing similar doubt, hence the reactions in the economy through the withdrawal of their businesses from the country. At no other particular time in the history of Nigeria has it witnessed the closure of the number of businesses...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has sanctioned four airlines over violation of regulations and non-training of personnel as required by the airlines. The regulatory agency said the sanctioned airlines include scheduled and non-scheduled operators, and were fined between N1.5million and N2million each for the violations. While, the regulatory body refused to name the airline whose Air Operators' Certificate (AOC) was suspended for 180 days, investigation revealed that the airline in question may not be one of the scheduled operators, as all the scheduled airlines are still in operation. However, there are up to 70 non-scheduled operators, including helicopters, in Nigeria. A statement by Sam Adurogboye, the General Manager, Public Affairs of NCAA, noted that the operators were sanctioned for various degrees of violations. According to him, during a spot inspection carried out by NCAA Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASI) on the operators, a number of deficiencies, including ...

As the 2019 elections approach, a special session of the Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR) has identified over-monetization of the election process as a major challenge to a fair and seamless electoral process. At a parley held in partnership with the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), National Orientation Agency (NOA), Technical Unit on Governance and Anti-Corruption Reforms (TUGAR), Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), and the African Centre for Information and Media Literacy (AFRICMIL) with the support of Strengthening Citizens Resistance against Prevalence of Corruption (SCRAP-C), the gathering said the increasing desperation during party primaries and elections, as well as alleged inducement of judicial officers should be monitored by the Department of State Security Services (DSS), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). In attendance were Olan...

The Nigerian Government has released the names of 114 ex-Nigeria Airways workers whose accounts were wrongly credited twice in the last verification exercise conducted in three centres across the country.  The government, through the Aviation Union Grand Alliance (AUGA), observed that hundreds of the former workers were erroneously paid twice by the Accountant Genera, and while other banks cooperated with the office and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to revert the sums to the apex bank, United Bank of Africa (UBA) was yet to do likewise.  A statement signed by Lukeman Animashaun, the AUGA President, and obtained by SaharaReporters, requested the affected staff to visit their banks by Monday as requested by UBA to correct the error in order to allow colleagues who were yet to benefit from the 50 per cent of the severance packages to do so immediately.  He warned that if the beneficiaries refused to do as advised, they risked being delisted from future exercise....

Omoyele Sowore, AAC presidential candidate, speaking at the ADF event in Akure on Sunday. Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says politicians are "hoarding money" to buy votes in the 2019 elections. He urged the electorate to reject such propositions and vote the right candidates who will make the country great. He spoke on Sunday at the Apoi Development Front (ADF) 2018 end of the year party held at Helena hotels in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The AAC presidential candidate tasked the electorate to challenge those "money-bag politicians" interested in political offices with critical questions geared towards the growth and development of their areas. According to him, the 2019 general election will determine if Nigerians are "ready for a revolutionary change that will birth a new Nigeria, or if they still want to continue experiencing the bad governance of both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Demo...

President Muhammadu Buhari signing the condolence register in honour of Shehu Shagari For the first time in a while after their political separation, President Muhammadu Buhari and Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto State, were pictured together as they paid their last respects to the memory of former Nigerian President Shehu Shagari. Shagari died on Friday at the age of 93 after a brief illness. He was buried on Saturday in Shagari town in Sokoto. Buhari visited Sokoto on Sunday to pay a condolence visit to Shagari's family.      During the visit to Sokoto, the president and the Sokoto Governor were pictured together engaged in a conversation. The President also signed the condolence register opened in Shagari's honour and prayed for the repose of Shagari's soul. He also prayed that Almighty Allah would comfort the family. On August 1, 2018, Tambuwal had announced his defection from the Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ...

As the siege enters the third day, policemen keeping vigil at the house of Senator Dino Melaye in Abuja fired tear-gas canisters into his compound on Sunday. The policemen were said to have fired several shots of the canisters with the view to forcing out the senator, whom they believe is hiding inside the building. Officers of the Nigerian Police Force had invaded the house of the senator on Friday to effect his arrest over allegations he was involved in the shooting of an officer in July 2018. See Also Police JUST IN: Melaye Refuses To Come Out As Police Invade His House In Abuja 0 Comments 2 Days Ago Electricity supply to his house was also cut off on Saturday. See Also Police Police Cut Power Supply To Dino Melaye's House 0 Comments 1 Day Ago It was gathered that neighbours living within the area were not spared, as many of them inhaled the tear-gas, and had difficulties breathing. The entire atmosphere was also said to have been enveloped in thick smoke emanating...

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo saturday asked the Igbo leaders across the federation to remain focused and united, saying the All Progressives Congress (APC) would not honour its promise to hand over presidency to an Igbo indigene in 2023. Consequently, Obasanjo urged the Igbo not to allow any person from any part of the country relegate them to the background, noting that the Igbo occupied a place of preeminence in the emergence of Nigeria. He gave the warning at a stakeholders meeting held at the residence of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazuluke Amechi in Ukpor Nnewi South Local Government Area, Anambra State yesterday. At the meeting, Obasanjo urged the Igbo to bury all their differences and work together for the actualisation of the Atiku Abubakar/Peter Obi candidature, which he said, was in the best interest of Nigeria and Nigerians. He, particularly, urged Atiku’s running mate “to reach out to Mbazuluke Amechi and other eminent personalities in Igbo land to drum...

The All Progressives Congress Deputy Governorship candidate in Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has disclosed that he rejected $5million alleged bribe from former President Goodluck Jonathan during the electioneering campaign in 2015. He made the disclosure at the launch of Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat Advocates held on Friday at Fidimaye Hall, Oko-Oba, Abule-Egba, Lagos. The event had over 1000 APC members and party chieftains who came him in from around Alimosho, Agege, Agbado-Ijaye, and its environs. He said that in 2014, “I contested with the current Governor, Akinwumi Ambode for the Governorship ticket of the party and as we all know how it went, the then President Goodluck Jonathan offered me bribe of $5miillion and I refused it. Some of you here are my witness, I mean some of you that were sent, are here to testify. I refused because I was thinking about the future and I don’t want to spoil my name. Let us remain calm, our turn will come.” Hamzat appealed to party faithful who are ...

APGA logo APGA logo Months after the primary election of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the party has remained unsettled following the demand by 450 aspirants that about N1billion collected from them should be refunded to them. This is coming despite efforts by the party’s reconciliation committee to resolve protests by the aggrieved aspirants over the conduct and outcome of the exercise across the country. In a similar development, the decamping of Chief Ifeanyi Ubah from the party, after loosing the Senatoral ticket along with his structure, has also deepened the cracks within the party. According to a source in the party, most of his supporters in APGA are with him while those left behind are allegedly planted to rock the boat of APGA in the coming election. Speaking to reporters in Awka after a meeting of APGA AGGRIEVED ASPIRANTS FORUM recently, one of the spokesmen, Hon Owelle Mbanaso said: “What kind of recommendation are we talking about here when people were rippe...