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October 03, 2018
Famous rapper, Kanye West surprised his wife, Kim Kardashian after she rejected a $1 million deal because of him.
Famous reality star, Kim Kardashian West was offered the opportunity to do a sponsored post with a clothing brand for $1 million some time ago and she wanted to know what husband Kanye West thought before taking the deal.
Kim, while speaking to Ashley Graham on her debut episode of her podcast, Pretty Big Deal, said, “It is great money, but the brand was typically knockoff Yeezy, so I said let me ask Kanye how he feels about it.”
Kanye West then told his wife to turn it down and she obliged. But to make up for the lost business opportunity, the Yeezy designer sent Kardashian West a $1 million check for Mother’s Day two weeks later.
“He happened to be recording out of town and I get an envelope delivered to the door. I open the envelope and it is a million dollar check and a note saying, ‘Thank you for always supporting me and not posting,'” Kardashian West says.
She adds, “My mom was like, ‘Are you going to cash this?’ And I was like, ‘You better believe I am going to cash this!’ I have no shame. I did feel bad, but two days later, I was like, cashed!”
But that wasn’t the only big gift West gave the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star for Mother’s Day this year. The fashion designer and rapper also granted her an ownership percentage of his Yeezy brand.
“In the rest of the envelope, it was a full, thick contract to be an owner of Yeezy to my have my percentage,” Kardashian West says.
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October 03, 2018
Many folks are complaining that the selfies they take with iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max, which are the new iPhones, are making them look too beautiful.
 
Obviously, there is nothing wrong with people looking very beautiful, other than the sometimes undesirable attention that beauty generates.
Moreover, a little enhancement here and there on your looks doesn’t sound much like a bad idea. However, many folks are complaining that the selfies they take with iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max, which are the new iPhones, are making them look too beautiful. People think that the camera is over-processing their faces with filters that smooth out their skins – getting rid of stuff like acne or rashes – and making their skin look clearer and nicer. How dare the iPhone make people look more attractive?
Yes, the new technologies in iPhone appear to smooth out your skin and reduce shadows and other details in photos you take with the phones’ selfie cameras. The effect is similar to the so-called “beauty mode” on some other smartphones such as Samsung and in some apps.
The difference is that, whereas you can adjust or turn on/off the beauty mode (beauty filter) in these other phones, the phenomenon observed in iPhone is automatic (hard-coded) and can’t be controlled by you. (Ironically, one of the big selling features of the new iPhone XS is the 8-megapixel front-facing camera. The front-facing camera is for the selfie, whereas the backward-facing cameras are for the regular shots.)
Apple says it does not offer the beauty filter feature in iPhones, though it seems that the effects of the new photographic techniques in iPhone are similar to those of beauty filters.
According to the company, the selfie camera system on the new iPhone uses faster sensors, improved chips and “advanced algorithms” to make your photos look better with a feature called “Smart HDR.” Some users believe Apple uses the beauty filter in its cameras’ algorithms.
Is the complaint of too much beauty an overreaction? Beauty is not supposed to be such a bad thing. However, some people want their photos to look like them, “warts and all!” Actually, it is a case of “one man’s meat being another’s poison,” as some people, particularly in Asia, actually love the beauty mode feature in smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxies. Meitu, an app from China, is advertised as the most advanced way to make your photos more beautiful, and it is loved in China. FaceTune, developed in Jerusalem, is another photo-beautifying app. These apps smooth out and brighten your skin so you look a little more polished on social media.
What does Apple say? Apple traces the problem to its aggressive effort to reduce the noise from shots taken by smartphones. A serious noise problem happens when you take photos in low light, which causes little bits of grain to appear across the photo. Noise is a particular problem with smartphone cameras because they have small lenses and sensors that are not able to allow much light in as do professional rigs. Apple’s disposition centres on producing high quality cameras by improving the system’s chips to enable noise reduction in photos.
This is what the company says it does: “We set a reference frame and fuse in information from multiple frames. As you stack the frames, if you have the same image, you have lower and lower noise and better and better detail.”
Lewis Hilsenteger of Business Insider interprets this to mean that “perhaps if a photo is taken with more light, the smoothing would appear less prominent. A test run on Thursday in natural daylight did show a less pronounced smoothing effect.”
Let’s look at the great technologies, two them, behind the cameras in iPhone XS. One is HDR, or High Dynamic Range, which is a photographic technique for dealing with tricky lighting situations. As someone phrases it, when you have both bright spots and shadows in the same frame, it becomes difficult to capture a good image, as either the bright parts will lack detail or the shadowy parts will appear too dark. With Apple’s “Smart HDR,” you are able to capture great detail from dark and bright areas, to obtain brighter reflections, cleaner shadows, and you can see further into distances. The HDR will eliminate shadowy or washed out areas. Because HDR takes several different images, you can notice slowness in your camera if you are taking several photos in quick succession.
The other technology to be aware of in iPhone XS is “bokeh.” Bokeh is a Japanese language word that refers to the quality of the out-of-focus areas of a photographic image as rendered by a lens. It is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens.
Bokeh makes photographs visually appealing and forces us to focus our attention on a particular area of the image. It is said to be one of the most popular subjects in photography. Apple calls bokeh, the portrait mode, or the bokeh effect. Bokeh can be seen as the amount of background blur used to give an image definition. I’ll call bokeh “making nice with blurriness.”
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October 03, 2018
Criminals have now begun to engage in the dangerous act of kidnapping dead bodies from mortuaries in Imo state.
*From left: Chukwudi Chukwu and Bethel Ibeh, suspected kidnappers of a female corpse in Imo State. Photo by Chinonso Alozie 
If nothing is done soonest, relatives of the deceased in the morgue, may start facing another dimension of sorrow for keeping the dead in the mortuary.
South-East Voice gathered in Owerri, that kidnappers might have found a new dangerous trend, whereby they break into motuaries and collect the dead bodies after which they demand for ransom either from the relatives or a proprietor of the targeted mortuary.
One of such incidents happened in Imo State, where a female corpse was stolen by two young men after which they were said to have asked the manager of the mortuary to pay them a ransom of N5million.
In what some had described as a new trend by kidnappers, took place in the month of September, 2018, in  Ikeduru Local Government Area. The name of the affected mortuary where the suspects stole the dead body was given as Jesus Hospital Motuary.
The suspects who were arrested and paraded at the Imo Police Command, gave their names as Chukwudi Chukwu, 28-year-old man and Bethel Ibeh 29-year-old man.
One of the suspects, Chukwu told South-East Voice, that he is from Okwu while Ibeh claimed to be a native of Ugiri Ike, both of Ikeduru Local Government Area in Imo State.
The two suspects were said to have gained entrance into the mortuary in the night through one of the windows and pulled out the dead body.
They went to the forest and deposited the lifeless body and started communicating with the man in charge of the mortuary to offer them a sum of N5million before they would release the body to him.
The deceased was in the forest for more than a week, according to the manager of the mortuary, Mr. Prince Charles Nwanshi.
He said: “I was worried when they called me to give them N5million. I was thinking of what to tell the owners of the dead body. I was comfortable because the relatives of the kidnapped body will hardly believe me.

“I was confused. I was advised to report the matter to the Police, which I did. It was after a week that the body was recovered and these two boys were captured.”
Nwanshi continued: “I am surprised that one of the boys is my former staff. I could not believe it. I want to tell you that I have suffered and I thank the Imo Police for handling this matter professionally.”
Speaking to South-East Voice, both suspects confessed to the crime and pleaded that it was poverty that led them to committing a thing like that.
While Chukwu, said: “I did not know when I did it. I want the police to forgive me.” Ibeh said: “I was encouraged by Chukwu to join him in this business. I will not do it again.”
Meanwhile, residents were thrown into shock as they discused among themselves what could have  prompted young boys to visit the mortuary just to steal dead bodies and demand for ransom without any iota of fear.
Reportedly, the number of motuaries in Imo State had increased which may also portend great danger.
With residents calling for improved security in the state, there is also need to monitor activities in and around mortuaries to curtail similar development.
This is as motuary proprietors in Imo State had been advised to establish a quick information dissemination in case of any threat to their businesses.
A resident, Mr Okechukwu Ibeh, who spoke to South-East Voice, said: “For me, I am shocked. How can  young people think of going to a mortuary to steal dead bodies? They want to make money and I ask which type of money is this? Will they be alive to enjoy this money?

“My thinking is that, the police must introduce different tactics in this early time just to nip it in the bud.”
Also, a mortuary attendant who did not want his name mentioned said: “Some of these mortuaries are not protected. They don’t have fence. You can even see the dead bodies from  afar. They expose them and leave the bodies outside.  They are even beaten by rain.

“Another  problem is that some people who establish mortuaries don’t even manage them well, that is why you hear stories of people coming to a mortuary to carry a corpse that is not their relative. I think the government should intervene in this matter.”
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October 03, 2018
A man who was rescued after jumping off third mainland bridge to commit suicide has died.
The yet-to-be identified man has died
A yet-to-be identified man has died after jumping into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge.
He was confirmed dead by Lagos State Government officials after he was rescued.
Vanguard gathered that the man, who was trekking towards Lagos Island end of the bridge, jumped into the lagoon at about 7:30 am, yesterday.
It was learnt that his action drew attention of passers-by who raised the alarm and alerted the emergency agencies including the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Marine Police and other rescue officials in the state.
An official, who didn’t want his name mentioned, disclosed to Vanguard that he was rescued but while been resuscitated by the paramedics officials deployed to the scene, the man passed on.
The official said: “The emergency official was alerted about an adult that jumped into the lagoon. After the alert, some officials, including divers, were deployed to ensure he was rescued. We achieved the aim but he was unconscious when he was brought out.

“Unfortunately, during the process of resuscitating him, he passed on. His remains has been handed over to the State Environment Health Management Unit, SEHMU."
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October 03, 2018
Nigerian artistes including MI, Simi, Mayorkun, Adekunle Gold and others have thrilled their many fans in Lagos.
M.I. performs
Nigerian musicians, M.I Abaga, Mayorkun, Simi and Adekunle Gold were the star performers at the annual family-centric festival, Nickfest, Premium Times reports.
The event held at Balmoral Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday and Sunday.
The venue came alive again during their exhilarating performances, which set the audience in a delightful mood.
Adekunle Gold performs
The excitement continued as children of all ages in attendance witnessed the arrival of their favourite Nickelodeon cartoon characters live at the festival.
They included SpongeBob Square Pants, Rubble Marshall and Chase from Paw Patrol, as well as the feisty and fun Dora the Explorer.
Mannie
NickFest host of the day, celebrity On-Air personality, Ik Osakioduwa, and Nigeria’s Got Talent maiden edition winner, Amarachi, kept the mood alive with their comic delivery.
In his remarks, The Executive Vice President and Managing Director for VIMN Africa and BET International, Alex Okosi, reiterated the idea behind the event.
“We have translated our hugely popular and family-centric TV entertainment content to an event experience that resonates with audiences.
"We had an incredible show of support from parents and kids at the 1st edition last year and this 2nd edition turn out for Nickfest in Nigeria has gained even more fans. At VIMN Africa, we are grateful for the valued support from our partner Maltina and the new associate sponsors in bringing NickFest to Lagos again,” he noted.
Simi
The slime challenge, a favourite section at the festival, saw the likes of MTV’s Folu Storms, Cool FM’s Mannie and IK Osakioduwa get slimed several times over to raise awareness and funds for indigent Children’s Trust project.
This follows last year’s success which saw Nigerian top entertainers such as Mr. P (Paul of P-Square), Chioma Akpotha, Ill Bliss and Mr. Eazi do same.
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October 03, 2018
Two women who stole a child and sold her off in Anambra have been nabbed as police launch serious investigation.
The suspects
Punch Metro reports that a two-year-old girl, who was stolen by a trafficking syndicate, has been rescued by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.
The victim, who was sold for N300,000 to a buyer in Delta State, was reportedly resold to another member of the syndicate in Anambra State, who resold her to a woman in Enugu State.
A police source said the child’s mother, who lived on Oluwale Street, Olodi Apapa, Lagos, had handed her over to some relatives while going out.
He said, “The relatives were careless with the child and they did not know when she was stolen by members of the syndicate.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, who confirmed the incident, said the victim’s father petitioned the police over the matter.
He said, “On May 1, 2018, the command received a complaint from one Nwoagbo Ekene that on the same date, around 11am, his two-year-old daughter suddenly disappeared and all efforts to trace her whereabouts had proven abortive.

“Based on his complaint, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, directed the Officer-in-Charge of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad, SP Musa Bulus, to use all the assets at his disposal to unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of the little girl.

“Consequently, investigation was instituted and in the course of it, one Ms. Joy Okoye, 28, of No.64 Kirikiri Street, Olodi Apapa, was arrested in connection with the case.

“On interrogation, the suspect revealed that she and one Amarachi , who is still at large, stole the child and sold her for N300,000 to one Miss Uju Obieze, 40, of  Okwe Road, Asaba, Delta State.”
 Oti noted that the police proceeded to Asaba and apprehended Obieze on September 13, 2018, adding that the suspect, who confessed to buying the child, said she had also resold her.
“Obieze confessed to have bought the child from Joy Okoye, but added that the deal was done jointly with one Ifeyinwa Ezene, 46, of Eze Bishop Street, Onitsha, Anambra State.

“Ezene was apprehended and she confessed to the crime by corroborating the statements of the other two suspects. She added that the child had been resold to one Ifeoma Okoye, who lives in Enugu,” the police spokesperson added.
However, when all the suspects were taken to Okoye’s residence on Amaechi Street, Agbani Road, Enugu, she was said to have died.
A crowd of mourners reportedly said Okoye died a week earlier and her remains were in a mortuary.
The police spokesperson said while the victim was rescued from the house and reunited with her parents, the three suspects were returned to Lagos for prosecution.
Oti said the three women would be charged to court on Wednesday (today).
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October 03, 2018
Superstar singer, Davido Adeleke aka Davido took some time off his busy schedule to play around with one of his children.
 
Davido and Imade
Davido was seen having fun with his first daughter, Imade.
The two look so cute together as Imade feeds Davido. They were also seen playing and hugging as Davido put smiles on his daughter's face.
Davido remains unmarried as he has two children from two different women.
See photos below:
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October 02, 2018
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been accused of meddling in the local politics in Oyo State as the people prepare to elect a new governor.
 
Seyi Makinde
The candidate of the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party in the forthcoming 2019 election, Seyi Makinde, on Monday alleged that the national leader of the All Progressives Congress , Ahmed Tinubu , and some businessmen's interference in the politics of Oyo State had dragged the state backward .
He alleged that a repeat of the interference was witnessed even in the governorship primaries that took place in Ibadan , the state capital , on Sunday.
In a statement issued by the Makinde’s Campaign Office and signed by the media coordinator, Dotun Oyelade , the PDP candidate said it was disrespectful to party members and the Oyo State people for Tinubu to dictate who should rule the state, alleging that the problems Tinubu created in Lagos was still unresolved and festering.
He said, “Recall that similar imposition occurred in 2011 when a former Governor Lam Adesina was sidelined in the process leading to the adoption of Governor Abiola Ajimobi, a decision that has drawn the state back leading to record indebtedness yet unsurpassed since the creation of the state in 1976.

“Why must outsiders insist on their stooges to rule us in Oyo State and why must we always accept their orders when what is left is a crumbling empire? For me , the masses of the state remain my motivators because they will insist that we build the state together for the benefit of all.”
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October 02, 2018
Deontay Wilder who is set to fight British boxer, Tyson Fury in December has verbally attacked Anthony Joshua.
 
Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua
Deontay Wilder branded Anthony Joshua a “coward” live on television, talkSPORT reports.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain alongside Tyson Fury to promote his  December  1 fight, the American was asked about the possibility of meeting British heavyweight Joshua in the ring.
Wilder, the WBC king, believes the Joshua camp don’t really want the fight.
“Hey Joshua, me and Fury are about to get this thing going on, baby,” he said looking down the camera. “We’re about to see who the biggest and the baddest in the world, one champion, one face, one name, something you were too much of a coward to do in your own country.

“You were a coward and you know this, your whole team know this. You said different things over and over. You manipulate, you’re compulsive liars.

“The audience put their hard-earned money into this, this is an emotional sport. Enough is enough. Joshua had a career plan and Deontay Wilder wasn’t in it from the start.”
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October 02, 2018
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, at the Presidential Villa.
President Muhammadu Buhari receives Pastor Kumuyi and wife
MY MORALE IS RAISED BY YOUR VISIT, PRESIDENT BUHARI TELLS PASTOR WILLIAM KUMUYI OF DEEPER LIFE CHURCH
“God did not make a mistake when he created over 250 different ethnic groups, and decided to put them in a place called Nigeria,’’ says President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja.
Receiving the General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, at the Presidential Villa, President Buhari said Nigerians must appreciate God for bringing everyone together.

“We must appreciate God for bringing us together. He knows what he was doing. He didn’t make a mistake,’’ the President noted.
Describing Nigeria as “a great country’’ endowed with human and natural resources, President said:

“We have challenges in trying to get people to understand us.

“With my experience as a governor, Minister of Petroleum, Head of State, Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund, I thought I had seen it all, but Nigeria has a way of going at its own speed.

“My morale is raised by your visit. I very much appreciate it.’’
President Buhari recalled what he described as Pastor Kumuyi’s “intellectual achievements’’ as a scholar and university lecturer before going into full time ministry, adding that he was “excited a great deal’’ for the General Superintendent's acceptance of government’s invitation to preach the sermon at the country’s 58th independence anniversary.

“Thank you very much,’’ the President said.
In his remarks, Pastor Kumuyi, who leads one of the country’s largest Pentecostal churches, said it was an honour to be received by the President on a busy day as October 1.
He told the President that he appreciates the government.
“Please remain focused and courageous and do what is right. Not everyone will support you publicly, but we are praying for you so that your tenure will be one of progress and prosperity for the country.’’
The General Superintendent was accompanied by his wife, Esther, Pastor Samuel Afuwape, Pastor Chike Onwuasoanya and Pastor Seyin Malomo, the Chaplain of Aso Villa Chapel.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
October 1, 2018
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October 02, 2018


A Kogi state polytechnic lecturer has suddenly slumped and died, causing serious stir among family and friends. 
File photo
According to a Punch Metro report, the Kogi State Polytechnic community was thrown into mourning on Monday after one of its lecturers, Mr Yakubu  Nataala, slumped and died at his residence in Lokoja, Kogi State.
It was gathered that the residents of the area speculated that the late Nataala might have died due to his frustration over the non-payment of his salaries.
Punch Metro reports on Monday that the lecturer received his salary last in July 2017.
According to sources, his inability to meet up with his financial needs had been a source of concern to him.
However, the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Luke Tijan, debunked residents’ speculations.
The institution’s spokesman told Punch Metro that the lecturer, who was earlier operated upon for ruptured appendicitis, died from complication arising from the operation.
Tijani, however, confirmed that the deceased was among lecturers that had not received salaries for many months.
“Yesterday (Sunday), we lost one of our lecturers in the polytechnic. He was earlier operated upon for appendicitis. He was among some of the lecturers that had not been paid salaries due to the screening,” he said.
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October 02, 2018
Despite the intervention of President Buhari in the Lagos politics, Tinubu has refused to back his godson, Governor Ambode for a second term.
 
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu said last night that his position on the candidates battling for the party’s governorship ticket remains.
Tinubu’s media adviser Tunde Rahman said last night in a statement on Tinubu’s meeting with the President in Abuja:
“Asiwaju Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande were invited by President Buhari and it turned out to be a good and productive meeting. Asiwaju was quite pleased to have conferred with the President who has always shown himself to be a committed party member and a true democrat.

“Just like the President, he is looking forward to a good and credible primary that is peaceful and free of rancor. As previously stated, Asiwaju plans to vote in this primary and his position regarding the relative merits of the candidates remains unchanged.”
In the race are incumbent Akinwunmi Ambode and former Commissioner Jide Sanwo-Olu. The primary election is today.
Asiwaju said of his choice in a statement on Monday: “I am encouraged by the presence of a candidate in this primary, who has served the state in senior positions in my administration, the Fashola administration and even in the current one. While possessing a wealth of experience and exposure, he is a young man endowed with superlative vision and commitment.

“Most importantly, he understands the importance of the blueprint for development. He esteems it as a reliable and well-conceived vehicle for the future development of the state. He also knows the value of reaching out and working with others in order to maximise development and provide people the best leadership possible. With people like him at the helm, the state will write the proper history for itself.”
In  377 wards across 20 local governments, members of the APC will vote today.
Every card-carrying member of the party is eligible.
There will be no ballot box and ballot paper. Party members will queue behind the posters of their preferred aspirant.
The mode of the primary is “open direct primary”, which involves open and physical counting of members on queue behind the posters of their chosen aspirants.
They will be accredited by 9a.m. Election will take place by 12 noon. Members will show their APC Identification Card. No white slip will be accepted,  Chairman Tunde Balogun said yesterday.
Posters of the two aspirants will be held by their agents. After accreditation, party members will queue behind them.
“They will be counted on the queue and recorded. After that, voting ends. The agents of aspirants will sign. Then, the results will be taken to the local governments, the final collation will be done at the state level,” Balogun told The Nation in an interview.
The chairman urged members to troop out to participate in the exercise.
He said the shadow poll will be very transparent and peaceful across the wards, urging members to maintain decorum as they participate in the exercise.”
Ambode is campaigning on continuity. Sanwo-Olu has promised an all-inclusve government –  if elected.
Chairman of the electoral panel former Cross River State Governor Clemant Ebri attributed logistics challenge to the shift of the poll from Monday till today.
He told Ambode when he visited the Government House in Alausa: “I also like to apologise for the delay; it had to be postponed as a result of logistics in Lagos, Imo and some other states because of the pressure and work load from the secretariat and other developments that have taken place.”
Raising the stakes on the shadow election, Ebri said: “Lagos is more like a decider and like they say, when Lagos sneezes the rest of the country catches cold.

“So, that is why we are very careful about what we are doing and the National Chairman asked me to send his best wishes to you and ask us to come and do the right thing to the satisfaction of all members.

“Moreso, the President of this country stands for transparency and detests corruption and, a situation where no one feels manipulated.

“The process we are laying out is such that will ensure and guarantee transparency and credibility. We have people of integrity in this panel.
Other members of the panel are: Alhaji Ahmed Mahmud Gumel as secretary; Mr Nze Chidi Duru; Chief Clever Egbeji, Sen. Clever Ikisikpo and Ambassador Jerry Ugokwe.
On the integrity of the members, Ebri said: “These are not rookies in politics; they are people who have been tested. You can see senators, former governors, former deputy governor, former member of the House of Representatives; so, this is a star-studded team.

“I can assure you that we have all the experience that you want and you can think about to conduct this exercise. We assure you of our sincerity and transparency and we seek your cooperation in providing a level-playing field.’
Ambode replied:  “I receive this election team as being acceptable and credible to me enough to discharge their civic responsibility to the best of their abilities and to also say that whatever it is that is the outcome of the primaries, your presence has also shown that this will be credible and this will be acceptable to me.”
“So, it is very clear to me, all I seek is credible primaries, transparent primaries and level playing ground that we will all be proud of at the end of the day for the outcome,” the governor said, adding:
“There were issues that we have raised that we are also trying to correct.

“The bottom line is this, we are family, we must not go into the elections divided because this is the very first time that our party is controlling the centre and also the state; that is what I want us to continue.

“The issues that I raised have been put in form of a letter which I will pass to the chairman and I believe the committee will look into it judiciously.

“And also I welcome the stakeholders meeting which will allow you feel the pulse of what is going on in the state.”
The panel’s members attended a stakeholders meeting at the Lagos State APC secretariat in Ogba last night to perfect the planning for the election.
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October 02, 2018
The President of the Nigerian senate, Bukola Saraki, has explained why he was absent at the Independence Day parade.
Bukola Saraki
Saraki has explained that he was absent at the Independence Day parade because he was out of Abuja attending to other important political assignments as an aspirant to clinch the presidential ticket of PDP, ahead of its primaries, weekend.
According to Vanguard, he also said in his home state, Kwara, the gubernatorial primary election took place yesterday and required his presence.
Special Adviser to Saraki on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, who spoke on his behalf, said his principal was unavoidably absent at the parade ground because he would also meet with Kogi delegates to the national convention of the PDP.
According to him, these are two very important political assignments that required the attention of the Senate President.
Olaniyonu said: “The Senate President and a frontline presidential aspirant on the platform of the PDP is currently not in Abuja, he is at the moment in his home state, Kwara.
"The governorship primary is holding today (yesterday) in Kwara and he must be present and after that, he will be holding a meeting with Kogi State delegates to the PDP National Convention. These are two very important assignments that require his attention.”
Spokesperson of  Speaker of the House of Representatives, Turaki Hassan, said he had no idea if his boss was invited to the event or why he was not present at the ceremony.
“Actually, I am out of Abuja and I don’t know what is happening there,” he said.
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October 02, 2018
Duncan Wene Mighty Okechukwu has bought himself a brand new Mercedez Benz worth several millions of naira.
Duncan Mighty
Nigerian musician, Duncan Wene Mighty Okechukwu, simply known as Duncan Mighty, from Obio-Akpor, Rivers State has shared photo of his latest whip. 
The new Mercedez Benz
Duncan Mighty took to his page on social media to share photo of the expensive Mercedes Benz car said to be worth several millions of naira.
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October 02, 2018
The All Progressives Congress in Lagos state is facing serious fight as the party is finding it difficult to produce its Governorship candidate in the state.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
The Electoral Committee of the Lagos APC governorship primary and stakeholders in the state chapter, on Monday came out of a meeting without agreeing on the pattern to adopt for the election on Tuesday.
The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa made the disclosure to newsmen on Monday, after a meeting between the committee and state party stakeholders in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chairman of the electoral committee, Mr Clement Ebri, led his team to the meeting which was also attended by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, the state party chairman, Alhaji Tunde Balogun and other party officials.
Obasa said that the disagreement stemmed from the insistence that the committee wanted the use of ballot papers for the primary as against the choice of open direct primary by the state stakeholders.
He said stakeholders in the state rejected the use of ballot papers, contending that it was not possible to train members on its use before the election.
Obasa said since the open direct primary system, where members queue behind their preferred aspirants was successfully used in the presidential primary in the state, it would also be suitable for the governorship primary.
“The meeting was held between members of the state House of Assembly and other stakeholders with the committee, and we were briefed about the coming primaries in the state.

“They told us that the directive from Abuja was that they should use ballot papers for the election.

“But we as stakeholders have rejected the idea because we have earlier informed our members on this.

“So, our consideration at the meeting was that if they aim to adopt the use of ballot papers, there is no time to train officials and party members on the new strategy the primary would follow.

“We told them that here in Lagos, we stand for open direct primary.

“We also told them that the presidential primary in the state was conducted in the same format.

“They then told us the outcome of the meeting will be sent to Abuja and response would be conveyed to us.

“I am not sure what the outcome will be, but I believe they will yield to our stand,” he said.
Asked if both parties would agree before the primary, the speaker said he was not sure.
He, however, expressed the optimism that the primary would hold as scheduled.
On the primary held in some parts of the state, Obasa said the results would be cancelled.
He, however, said that the election held because party members were ready to participate in the process.
Ebri, in his brief remarks, assured that the primary would hold as scheduled.
He said the committee interacted with stakeholders on the ways to ensure the process was credible.
“We discussed the basic principles of the guidelines for the primary.

“The primary will hold tomorrow. For you to participate in the primary, you have to be a member of the party, and you have to have your membership card, and your name must be on the register.

“If you don’t have a membership card and you have a slip, and your name is on the register, you will vote ” he said.
The Lagos Chairman of APC, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, who also spoke with newsmen late Monday, assured that the primary would finally hold tomorrow.
He said the party had concluded all arrangements to ensure its successful conduct.
Balogun said the format would be option A4, where voters queue behind the photographs of their preferred aspirants.
He said that members with the party ID card will be allowed to vote .
Accreditation starts by 9 and ends by noon, while voting starts immediately after.
The incumbent governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode will slug it out at the primary with Mr Jide Sanwo-Olu, a former commissioner in the state.
Sanwo-Olu is going into the primary with endorsement by leading members of the party, which Ambode claims is an unfair advantage.
Ambode had urged the National Electoral Committee to ensure fairness by conducting a credible primary.
The primary, earlier scheduled for Monday, was shifted till Tuesday.
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October 02, 2018


Nigerian singer, Rasaki whose new music album is about to drop has bought himself a multi-million naira car on Independence Day 
 
L.A.X who was formally signed to Wizkid’s label, StarBoy, has just acquired a new car, a GAC GS8 worth 20 million naira.
The young man who hails from an elite family in Lagos, unveiled the car on his Instagram page yesterday with the caption below:
"#NewWhipAlert #20millionnairapere when doing music; dont limit yourself to just money from music. Build new doors, break open some; above all keep doing you. 
Make money, drink water and mind your business. Happy independence "
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