The university of Lagos made the announcement for zero tolerance on hard drug usage and have been making all effort to screen the newly admitted students of hard drugs.

A student of human kinetics department (James) have been withdrawn from the school after being tested positive to Marijuana use, and with the screening still ongoing there might still be uproar of more students to be withdrawn.

Uyo township stadium played host to the gubernatorial flag off campaign of the APC for Obong Nsima Ekere, the APC gubernatorial flag bearer and it was a sight to behold.

The strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities may be coming to an end as the striking lectures and Federal Government have reached an agreement on seven key areas.

Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, after the meeting with ASUU officials led by its President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi stated that the government had made “substantial progress” in its discussion with the union.

He said the government has released N163 billion from Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) to satisfy some of the demands of ASUU.

Ngige said the union and government had resolved most of the issues, adding that ASUU would need to consult its members and then inform the government of its decision.

Ngige said: “Today we have agreed to fund revitalization. Government has released from TETFUND account about N163bn. The meeting will reconvene at the instance of ASUU. FG is not weak in the negotiation. The strike is not slipping out of our hands.

”We did not take a long time than we anticipated. We have other commitments but the important thing is that we have made substantial progress. We have reached some agreements in seven areas.

“We have reached some agreements in seven areas. Most of the issues have been resolved but ASUU will need to consult its members and come with what they think. If you aggregate the total amount of money involved, it is beyond N50bn.

“We are paying in several compartments and these are debt from 2019 to 2012. We have started defraying the earned allowances there and released N15.4bn for shortfall in the payment of salaries.

Prof. Ogunyemi said discussion with the federal government will continue at a later date.

He said the union had not called off the strike.

Mr Ogunyemi said before the strike can be suspended, the government must address the issue of revitalization.

He said: “We have not suspended the strike, the discussion will continue at a later date.

“We are going back to our members for further consultation. FG gave us reaction to our proposals but there were still grey areas that we are trying to sort out.

“Before the strike can be suspended, the most critical area that FG must address is revitalization. It is central to our academic work, unless that area is addressed, our members will still have issues.

“We are not demanding for N50bn, we are saying that the minimum that Fg can release to reactivate revitalization fund is N50bn,” he added.

President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier ordered Mr. Ngige, to end the over two-month-old strike by Nigerian university teachers before the meeting with the university lectures commenced.

However, one major issue that keeps dragging the negotiations back and forth is the revitalisation of universities.

At present, the government is yet to release the N1.1 trillion it agreed to release as part of the funds for the revitalisation project.

The 2013 MoU stipulated that public universities needed N1.3 trillion for a modest revitalisation.

The fund was to be released in tranches of N200billion in 2013, N220billion 2014, N220billion 2015, 220billion in 2016, N220billion in 2017 and N220billion in 2018.

Although the previous government of Goodluck Jonathan released N200 billion in 2013 nothing has been released since then.

APC members burning their brooms in Kachia local government Kaduna. See below...

Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano State removes Kwankwaso 'Red cap' from defected supporters.

While receiving some defected members and supporters Kwankwasiya from PDP to APC, he removed their red cap and dumb it into the waste bin behind him.

The 'red cap' which means Kwankwaso trademark. See photos below...

Pop star Davido's song Fall is reportedly taking over radio stations in the United States of America and the song is described as one of the biggest to ever come out of Africa.

This is according to a report by Rolling Stone.

Davido's song Fall even ought to have reached greater heights in the country, according to the report.

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The Nigerian style of music known as Afrobeats has quietly entranced a large swathe of the world’s population. “Pretty much every song on pop radio [in the U.K. now] is sort of a Mr. Eazi-style, chill, afrobeats [track],” the producer Riton told Rolling Stone last year. But Nigerian singers have not yet established a foothold Stateside, despite well-received, afrobeats-dusted singles from established stars like Drake and Janet Jackson.

So it’s unusual that “Fall,” a springy, 19-month-old track from the Nigerian singer DaVido, is currently gaining traction on the airwaves. The growth has been gradual: 482 plays to date, spread across 36 stations, according to Nielsen BDS, which tracks radio activity. BDS reports that four new stations added “Fall” into rotation last week.

Those are admittedly not huge numbers — for comparison’s sake, Post Malone’s new single “Wow” grew by 1,700 plays last week alone. But listeners who hear “Fall” are scrambling to find their phones: It was one of the Top 100 most Shazam’d singles in America this week. In New York City, “Fall” was a Top 10 record on Shazam. And in Atlanta, another crucial market, only two tracks were getting more Shazam activity than DaVido’s.

Eliciting that level of interest in America is no small feat for an African singer. Columbia signed “Pana,” a 2016 single from Tekno, but wasn’t able to transform it into a U.S. hit. RCA signed Wizkid, the guest on Drake’s “One Dance,” but hasn’t been able to get a hit either. (RCA is also working with DaVido now.) Burna Boy, another Nigerian singer with impressive talent, is now affiliated with Atlantic, but his “Rock Your Body” didn’t reach a wide audience in America.

That has nothing to do with the music — “Pana” and “Rock Your Body” are both indelible polyrhythmic pop songs, wonderfully weightless next to the lead-footed trap that currently dominates both rap and pop radio in America.

But the machinery that creates hits in the U.S. remains conservative, even in the supposedly “new” era brought on by streaming.

Nowhere is this more true than at radio, which throws its still-considerable weight behind only a tiny number of tracks — “A Top 40 radio station is playing five songs 120 times a week every week,” according to one radio insider — and rarely takes risks on music that doesn’t align with seemingly-ancient-if-not-totally-incomprehensible norms.

Mainstream “urban” radio usually won’t play Latin trap next to American trap, even if the same producers worked on both tracks, or pivot from hard hip-hop into soft R&B. Meanwhile, pop radio tries hard to ignore viral rap records, which programmers characterize as “pretty extreme,” in favor of bizarre but ostensibly more palatable concoctions by Panic! at the Disco or Marshmello.

Even some Top 40 programmers are confused by this tendency: “I don’t know when everybody’s gonna get it through their heads that we can’t just keep forcing these pop songs that nobody likes down everybody’s throat,” Nathan Graham told Rolling Stone last year.

Radio also depends on a favor system of sorts: Artists play station concerts, stop by for interviews and record drops to help get their music onto the air.

This is costly for artists without American passports. “To work the U.S. is big money — even getting music onto radio in New York alone might cost you upwards of $100 or $200 grand,” the Nigerian star Mr. Eazi explained to Rolling Stone last year. That’s another reason why, “at the end of the day, nobody has properly broken an African act in the U.S.”

It’s too early to tell if DaVido can establish a new path from Nigeria to the American airwaves — his team only recently started “attacking US radio properly,” according to an email from the singer’s manager, Asa Asika.

But there’s no denying that when listeners hear DaVido’s music, they are immediately compelled to figure out who sings it.

And that’s not just the case with “Fall.” This week New Yorkers were also trying to determine who steals the show on local rapper Casanova’s new single “2am” (Shazaming Top 25). Surprise — it’s DaVido. He is also the artist behind the 2017 track “If,” which is Shazaming Top 50 in New York.

DaVido’s success appears to be a boon for other Nigerian artists as well.

Afro B’s “Drogba (Joanna)” was even higher than “Fall” on New York Shazam this week. If more radio programmers are willing to give these artists a chance, they may be pleasantly surprised by the results.

The former Big brother Naija Housemate, Leo Dasilva has revealed that he is abstaining from everything called s*x for now till he is married.

This came while responding to a question posed to him on Twitter, and this is his response

"I’m not having any type of sex. Protected or unprotected. I am keeping myself for marriage".

Many people escaped death, yesterday, as a pavilion collapsed under the weight of the enthusiastic crowd that trooped out to see Pres. Buhari during the APC rally in #Maiduguri, Borno State.
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Some supporters had sat on the roof of the pavilion at the Ramah Square, to have a better view. However, the roof later crashed, injuring many, but no casualty was recorded.

Dozens are reported injured in a stampede at President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign in Maiduguri.
The stampede started as the president stood to address a large gathering of APC supporters at the Ranat Square in Maiduguri.

The crowd greeted his standing with chants of “Baba Oyoyo”

The atmosphere became uncontrollable for the security personnel despite heavy security present, correspondents in Maiduguri report.

A pavilion in the venue collapsed, injuring several people.

Rescuers from the Red Cross moved several wounded to the State Specialist Hospital in the capital.

Songstress – Seyi Shay, dishes out the visuals to her previously heard single – “Gimme Love” featuring Soundgod, Runtown.

In the visuals, Seyi Shay can be seen battling her addiction, which is love in this case.

Enjoy the video below:

After the Federal Government and ASUU had a close door meeting which lasted for 4 hours today. The President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi has told Journalists that the meeting has ended and there are some areas needed to be address.

He said, “We have not suspended the strike, the discussion will continue at a later date. We are going back to our members for further consultation. FG gave us reaction to our proposals but there were still grey areas that we are trying to sort out.

“Before the strike can be suspended, the most critical area that FG must address is revitalization. It is central to our academic work, unless that area is addressed, our members will still have issues. We are not demanding for N50bn, we are saying that the minimum that FG can release to reactivate revitalization fund is N50bn.”

Meanwhile, the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige said the government have agree to meet up with the demands of the Union and waiting for ASUU Leadership for another meeting.

The Minister also added, “We did not take a long time than we anticipated. We have other commitments but the important thing is that we have made substantial progress. We have reached some agreements in seven areas. Most of the issues have been resolved but ASUU will need to consult its members and come with what they think.

It seems American political analyst, Judd Legum who wrote about how President Donald Trump’s corrupt administration paved way for PDP Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar into the United States of America, despite being banned, lied as the contract letter he shared was signed before Atiku Abubakar became PDP's Presidential candidate.

However in a twist of event, it seems he actually lied about Atiku Abubakar inking a $1.1 million lobbying contract with a man named Brian Ballard. According to him, Ballard is one of the most connected lobbyists in the Trump orbit. He ran Trump’s Florida operation and before that was a lobbyist for the Trump org in Florida. Since Trump was elected he’s signed up a slew of A-list clients like Amazon and Uber.

However reacting to the claims, Twitter user @Dondekojo disclosed that the contract was signed before Atiku Abubakar became PDP's Presidential candidate. The deal which was to enhance US-Nigeria relations and advancing democratic values, was also found to be a $90,000 deal per month

So @osita_chidoka signed a contract for the PDP a month before Atiku emerged as the candidate, liars like @MrAyeDee are making it into a lobbying deal for Atiku. #FakeNews

 

INEC has once again confirmed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not participate in elections in Rivers State, Igbere Tv reports.

Festus Okoye, the Commissioner of INEC said the commission is acting based on a court ruling.

He said; “The Independent National Electoral Commission acts on the basis of existing facts. The facts on the ground as of today is that the Federal High Court Porthacourt Judicial division, delivered two judgements and said that the APC will not participate in the elections and that the logo of the APC or any of the candidates of the APC will not appear on the ballot papers on election day and INEC has fully complied with this particular directive,” Igbere Tv reports.

Okoye also stated that in cases where there are disputes, the commission has abided with court rulings and will only change its position if there is a contrary ruling from a higher court. Furthermore, he stated that it has no plans to postpone elections in any part of the country, contrary to claims in some quarters.

“If anything arises as we proceed towards the 2019 elections, we will deal with that particular eventuality. But as at today, the reality is that the APC will not participate in the elections, the elections will go on and it won’t be postponed.

The PDP forwarded the name of a candidate to the Independent National Electoral Commission as the candidate of the political party. INEC accepted the name of that candidate. During the period of substitution, the candidate was not substituted, therefore, the candidate’s name will appear on the ballot on election day.

The only basis for the removal of any candidate from the list as at today is death. We have released the final list for presidential and National Assembly elections and there wouldn’t be any change anymore”.

A motorcycle rider popularly known as 'Okada rider' has cried out for help after his wife welcomed a set of triplets.

The new mother identified as Mrs. Igwe Justina from Mbiri in Ika North East local government Area of Delta State, successfully gave birth to triplets, two females and a male at the Central Hospital in Agbor area of the state.

Two years ago, the mother of the triplets, an unemployed NCE holder - gave birth to a set of twins..

Speaking with Tsm Reporters, the husband named Mr. Camilus Igwe, an unemployed University graduate (B.sc Econs), now a Father of five hustling as a motorcyclist in Agbor - glorified God for his mercies that saw his wife through what he called a Titanic battle.

"I am short of words, please Delta State Government , politicians , businessmen, well- to -do individuals, NGOs , clergymen should come to my assistance ; the load too much , one room apartment can't contain us, Okada money can't feed , clothe or provide drugs for the kids, I am confused right now , so many things racing in my mind but I know that my God liveth, -God will send my helpers" he posited.

The beautiful kids are still cooling off at the Post Natal ward of the Central Hospital, Agbor.

 

Simi and Adekunle Gold are currently on honeymoon in Cape Town, and we have photos of their beautiful time together.

Simi and Adekunle Gold are off for their honeymoon few days after getting married in a private ceremony, which was held at Eko Atlantic in Lagos. Here are photos below;