2019 Election: 'We will not accept any move by INEC to accommodate APC in Rivers State' - PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a statement that vehemently rejects contemplations by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accommodate the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the general elections in Rivers state.

PDP’s position is predicated on the suggestion by INEC, through its National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, that certain circumstances could lead to the postponement of election, in Rivers State, to accommodate the APC, which currently do not have candidates in the elections, following the quashing of its congresses in the state by the Court.

Such suggestion by INEC is distasteful and only points to a collusion with the APC in its plot to stalemate electoral processes in some strategic states to pave the way to postpone elections in such states and use compromised security forces to effect massive rigging, as was the case in the 2018 Ekiti and Osun states governorship elections, a scheme, which will be firmly resisted by Nigerians in the 2019 general elections.

First Sony, now Universal Publishing has also dropped R Kelly...TOO BAD

Last week Sony records announced they were parting ways with R Kelly in the wake of backlash from the 'Surviving R. Kelly' documentary on Lifetime. Universal Publishing has followed suit...

From Billboard

Universal Music Publishing Group has quietly dropped R. Kelly from its songwriter roster, months before his label, Sony Music's RCA Records, ended its recording contract with him Jan. 18.

“UMPG no longer represents R. Kelly,” a company spokesperson confirmed to Billboard.

The move happened last spring, according to sources.

'Babyfather was looking too fine in Paris' - See Cardi B's sultry tweet about her husband Offset

ADMIRES HER HUSBAND STILL

“World’s oldest man” Masazo Nonaka dies in Japan at the age of 113

“World’s oldest man” Masazo Nonaka, who was born just two years after the Wright brothers launched humanity’s first powered flight, died today at the age of 113.

According to Guinness World Records, Nonaka was born in July 1905, just months before Albert Einstein published his special theory of relativity. Guinness officially recognised Nonaka as the oldest living man after the death of Spaniard Francisco Nunez Olivera last year.  

“We feel shocked at the loss of this big figure. He was as usual yesterday and passed away without causing our family any fuss at all,” his granddaughter Yuko told Kyodo News.

Presidency to Obasanjo, Get well soon''

The Presidency has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to seek medical attention fast as it appears he is not medical fit. Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this while reacting to the former President's statement which he released yesterday in which he alleged that the Abacha Era is back as President Buhari is presiding over Nigeria the same way the former dictator did .

Recall that Obasanjo in a 16-page letter titled, “Points for concern and action,”, made some damning allegations against President Buhari. Read here.

Read Garba Shehu's reply to the former president below

The sixteen-page letter the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari and released this afternoon is the last push by desperate politicians who can’t handle the President politically and have resorted to subterfuge.

Our first message to the former President is that he needs a good doctor for good treatment and to say to him, “Get well soon.”

Remo Stars fan attacks, breaks referee’s head after match failed to end in the club's favour (photos)...NAIJA LEAGUE HMM

A NPFL referee who officiated the Remo Stars vs Bendel Insurance match on Sunday January 20, was left with a broken head after he was attacked by a supporter of the home side.

The match which was played at the Gateway International Stadium, Sagamu ended 1-1.

According to reports, the home supporters were not impressed with the way the game was officiated. The referee identified as Bethel Nwanesi was said to have disallowed the home team - Remo Stars, a goal in the 88th minute which got the fans upset.

Immediately the referee blew the whistle signifying the end of the match, one of the Remo stars fans, stormed the pitch and attacked Nwanesi, giving him a cut on his head.

Meanwhile Remo Stars Football Club management has promised to fish out those involved in that barbaric act of injuring the referee. The club said this in a statement released by the team’s media officer, Oladimeji Oshode.

“A manhunt has started immediately as the management of the club and the Nigeria Police Force Sagamu division are working closely to ensure that the intruder is brought to book to face the consequences of his actions.

WOW!! Former jihadist's 10 year challenge which saw him convert from Islam to Christianity generates mixed reactions...Gods great!

A former Islamist militant who converted from Islam to Christianity took part in the 10-year challenge and his story has generated mixed reactions.

Mohamad Amin Faridi shared a photo taken a decade ago when he was a Jihadist and another taken recently after he converted to Christianity.

His captioned on the photo reads:

My 10 years challenge. Destination-USA

From Jihad to Jesus. One day a slave to Islam and now a prince in the Kingdom of the Son of God!

#10yearchallenge #10yearschallenge #metoo

His post quickly went viral and didn't go down well with some people, while some considered it a testimony.

See reactions to his post below.

Egyptian TV host, Mohamed al-Gheiti jailed for interviewing a gay man...GOOD!!

On Sunday, an Egyptian court sentenced a popular TV host, Mohamed al-Gheiti to one year in prison for interviewing a gay man in 2018.

Mohamed, who has expressed his stance against homosexuality on several occasions, was accused of promoting homosexuality and contempt of religion.

The misdemeanours court in Giza also fined him 3,000 Egyptian pounds ($147) and ordered he be put under surveillance for one year after serving his sentence, said Samir Sabri, the lawyer who brought the case against him.

In August 2018, Gheiti hosted a gay man on his talk show and discussed homosexuality on air. During the interview, the gay man, whose face was blurred to hide his identity, said he was a sex worker and openly talked about his relationship with another man. After the interview was aired, the Supreme Council for Media Regulation, Egypt's top media body, suspended the channel for two weeks for "professional violations".