Pastor Tunde Bakare Set To Bag His First Political Appointment

Those on the know has revealed that Nigeria’s President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has reportedly appointed the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare as a member of those to screen nominees into transition committee.

The News went viral after it was announced by a member of the All Progressives Congress, Kayode Ogundamisi, who revealed this on his social media accounts.

The transitional committee is expected to work with incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in handing over notes and taking care of administrative activities prior to the official handing over of government to Buhari.

Bakare was a one time running mate of Buhari during the presidential elections of 2011.

Faction in OPC asks Adams to present bank account statements

A group plotting the removal of the National Coordinator of the outlawed Oodua Peoples Congress, Otunba Gani Adams has challenged him to present the statements of bank account ‎of the congress from 1999 to date.

The call was made by the National Coordinating Council of the Oodua Peoples Congress(OPC), through its spokesperson, Mr. Adesina Akinpelu in Ibadan Monday.

According to the group, other members have lost confidence in the leadership of Adams and that the most honourable thing for him to do was to resign from his position as the national coordinator of the congress.

‎While speaking with newsmen in Ibadan yesterday, the spokesman of the council, Akinpelu, pleaded with Yoruba monarchs and governors in the South West to prevail on Adams not to cause another orgy of violence within the OPC.

Recalling how lives were lost in the previous internal crises allegedly ignited by the OPC’s National Coordinator in Lagos and Ibadan in the past.

He said, “It is on record that lives of many indigenes of Oyo state and Lagosians were lost in the battles between Otunba Gani Adams and Dr. Fasheun in Lagos and between him(Adams) and Alaka in Ibadan in the past. We will not allow him to shed any blood in Ibadan or Lagos again. Any attempt by him to cause another internal war within the OPC, the battle will be taken to Arigidi-Akoko, his hometown.

“We now know the antics of Gani Adams, and we will never allow him to have his way to start another internal war within the OPC. Just as OPC in Ekiti state has been libereted from the shackles of Gani Adams, other state chapters will be liberated. Oyo OPC has equally been liberated. No ammount of threat and intimidation from Gani Adams and his cohorts will stop me and other members of the council opposed to his tyrannical rule from upholding the truth we stand for”.

“We have discovered that Gani Adams is only after his own interests and not the interests of OPC members. He has over the years used the organization to better the lots of his own family”, he alleged.

UPDATE: Chibok girls seen ‘alive’ in Gwoza

The schoolgirls abducted from Chibok community by Boko Haram insurgents were reportedly seen alive, according to a report by BBC.

More than 50 of the girls abducted by militant Islamists in Nigeria last year were seen alive three weeks ago, a woman has told the BBC.
She saw the girls in the north-eastern Gwoza town before the Boko Haram militants were driven out of there by regional forces.

Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from their school in the remote town of Chibok, in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, on the evening of April 14 last year.

Fifty-seven managed to escape soon afterwards but the remainder have not been seen since an appearance in a Boko Haram video in May last year.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed they have all converted to Islam and been “married off”.

Cynthia Morgan – “Freestyle” (Prod. By Popito)

Jude Okoye’s Northside Inc. act, Cynthia Morgan who’s been really making waves jumps on this Popito crafted tune.

The 1 min 57 sec’s “Freestyle” would get you bumping all the way as you await the full version.
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Famous – “Igboro (Remix)” ft. Reminisce & Lopo

Fresh new single from Ting Tong Musik as Famous releases the remix to his hit single ”Igboro“. The monster hit features Alaga Ibile himself Reminisce and young talented artiste Lopo. Igboro is a dance track for the street and it’s definitely a party starter. Produced by 2TBoiz and mixed by Indomix.

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Madonna in awkward kiss with Drake

Drake found himself in the most awkward position when queen of pop, Madonna, 56 pulled the 28-year-old singer back to kiss him on his lips, for about three seconds at the Coachella event.

Right after the kiss, Drake looked horrified quickly wiping his mouth.

Many wonder if Madonna might have done that in order to entertain the younger crowd which Coachella attracts riled. Wearing black a tank top that said Big As Madonna, hot pants with stockings that showed off her toned legs, and a pair of kinky boot heels, she sauntered over to Drake, who was sitting in a chair.

She pulled back his head after caressing his cheek in and made the shocking move.

When Madonna finished her French Kiss, she walked off oblivious to the Truffle Butter singer’s reaction.

The age difference may be a problem – he is 28 and she is 56 making them 28 years apart. She is exactly twice his age.
Many also consider Coachella an odd place for Madonna to perform as it is known for attracting a younger crowd such as Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid.  Madonna has desperately been selling her new album Rebel Heart.

Also on stage was Christina Aguilera.

Guber Elections: PDP Blames INEC, Security Agencies for its Failure

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has questioned the conduct of some Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials and security agencies in last Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections.
The party accused some INEC and security officials for supporting widespread irregularities in the governorship and State Assembly elections.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said in a statement on Monday that the elections were characterized by widespread irregularities aided and abetted by certain INEC and security officials to the advantage of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and wondered if such officials were intimidated by APC’s blackmail and propaganda to deliver its candidates in the polls.
According to the PDP, “Evidence abounds of widespread irregularities across the country with INEC rejecting results from the strongholds of PDP candidates for no just cause while accepting the figures of the APC.”
Giving instances, PDP said that ‎in Lagos, Adamawa, Plateau, Benue, Kwara, Ogun, Oyo, Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Niger, Yobe, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi and Imo states, there were proofs of electoral manipulations ranging from underage voting, ballot stuffing and intimidation of PDP supporters to alteration of some aspects of the process in favour of APC.
“In Abia state, but for the outcry of the people and timely intervention of the INEC headquarters which rejected the illegal cancellation of results from three local governments and strongholds of the PDP by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) even after they have been announced by the returning officers, the PDP would have been robbed of its well-deserved victory in those areas.
“As a responsible party committed to national unity and democracy, our members have remained peaceful and orderly; our candidates have been conceding defeat in the interest of peace while we elect to channel our protest to the appropriate quarters.
“The same have not been seen of the APC, which has unleashed its members to cause mayhem and harass our supporters in states where PDP candidates clearly won, such as Akwa-Ibom, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Ondo, Rivers and Gombe states.
“While we urge INEC to take disciplinary actions against its erring officials, we strongly call to question the sincerity of some of the observers especially regarding their failure to raise issues on the irregularities that characterized the voting pattern in most of the states where APC candidates have been declared winner.
“Finally, we invite Nigerians and the international community to note the emerging dangerous trend in our country. There are rising concerns that the APC may have commenced a systematic destruction of democratic institutions and culture, which the PDP successfully nurtured in the last 16 years.
“Indeed, we wonder if there is a deliberate attempt to also erode the discipline and professionalism of our security forces and entrench the culture of impunity our society,” the PDP stated.