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Nigerian Soldiers, Policemen Arrested For ‘Raping, Sexually Exploiting’ Women Displaced By Boko Haram

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The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Ibrahim Idris, said two policemen, three army personnel, one prison official, one Air Force personnel, a staff of Borno Ministry for Agriculture and two members of the Civilian JTF have been arrested for sexually abusing women and girls displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency.

A report published in Human Rights Watch, in October, detailed how government officials abused and raped women living at IDP camps in Borno State.

The report documented sexual abuse, including rape and exploitation, of 43 women and girls living in seven internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

Four of the victims told Human Rights Watch that they were drugged and raped, while 37 were coerced into sex through false marriage promises and material and financial assistance.

President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the I-G and the affected state governors to investigate the allegation.
Police set up a special panel to investigate the alleged abuses.

Speaking Tuesday at the Inspector-General of Police Conference in Abuja on Tuesday, Mr Idris said police would liaise with the Army and Air Force to make their personnel available for a thorough investigation.

Mr. Idris said after the investigation, any suspects found guilty of the offence would be dismissed and taken to court for prosecution.

“We are going to conduct a thorough investigation and if anyone is found guilty we will dismiss him then take him to court,” he said.

He said the police had put in place some mechanisms, including the deployment of female police officers to IDPs camp, to check future occurrences.

On the Rivers re-run election, Mr. Idris said the police force had begun the deployment of personnel to the state for peaceful and fair election.

He said there was need for collaboration between the police and sister security agencies for the election.
Mr. Idris, who declined to comment on the alleged withdrawal of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to Gov. Nyisom Wike of Rivers, said the police had a good working relationship with all the 36 state governors.

He advised state commissioners of police to ensure that Nigerians were not subjected to hardships on the roads during the Yuletide.

“You should ensure that no hardship is created for citizens of Nigeria, try and ease movements on the roads,” he said. (NAN)

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Abeg! Are We Really The Leaders Of Tomorrow?

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Parents listen to your Children,

We are the leaders of tomorrow,

Try to pay our School Fees,

And give us the best education.

I remember when we used to joyfully chant that rhyme back then in Primary school it was like we are leaders already.

But today, I look around, I look at the government here in Nigeria. We may be leaders in our own different capacity but am looking at government leadership.

Then, we will be like, don’t look down on him /her o, he/she might be the president tomorrow but today, it’s as if we could predict where the next president is coming from. My question is Where are the youth in Government? why are they shying away from Government Positions? Could it be because of godfatherism?

Could it be the huge funds for campaign which they can’t afford? Could it be they are not old enough or matured enough or they have to wait for the older ones to go first before them even though they may have better ideas? Or could it be they don’t want to be dirty as they say politics is a dirty game?
Would there be more youths if it was a level playing ground?

If it was supposedly a clean politics? Would there be more youth’s if financial support is given? Would the youths even show support for their fellow Youths? So many questions but with answers only if actions are taken.

Good luck Jonathan was said to be Nigeria’s youngest democratically elected president at 54years( wondering in my head if that is young). The current President, Buhari is 73 years old and let’s not Forget President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe who is 92 years old and has been the president since 1987 and am wondering, Are We really Leaders of tomorrow? As someone rightly said, “Our Tomorrow had not yet Come” .
Author – Ehiabhi Ebehi

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BREAKING!! Deceased Corper In Kano Had Untreated Infection- NYSC Reveals

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Late Ifedolapo Oladepo, a corps member of the 2016 Batch ‘B’, who died at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Kano, had renal sepsis occasioned by infection, a report that was conducted has revealed.

From the result of investigation, the doctor concluded that the deceased “had kidney infection, probably due to untreated urinary tract infection.”

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung and Director General of the NYSC, Brig-General Suleiman Kazaure, while presenting the report on Tuesday in Abuja, reiterated the government’s commitment to safety of corps members.

The PUNCH reports that three corps members had recently died during the on-going 2016 Batch ‘B’ (Stream I) orientation programme.

They are Chinyerum Nwenenda Elechi, Ifedolapo Oladepo and Monday Asuquo Ukeme, deployed to Bayelsa, Kano and Zamfara states respectively.

But the death of Oladepo, a graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, had been generating ripples, with family members accusing NYSC of negligence.

While presenting the report of the committee set up to unravel the immediate and remote causes of their deaths, Kazaure attributed Ifedolapo Oladepo’s death to her “refusal to disclose her ailment she had been battling with before resuming to camp.”

He said,

“It is clear that the deceased had an ailment which she did not disclose. From the doctors’ report, the corps member died of renal sepsis occasioned by infection.

“Even, to the untrained, kidney infections do not develop and degenerate to the level of mortality in three days (i.e 7th to 29th November, 2016).

“The deceased first appeared at the camp clinic with complaints of headache and fever, which she said she had been experiencing for two days.

“On examination, the doctors on duty noticed rashes on her legs, which she claimed started appearing as a result of her use of a second-hand knickers she bought without first washing it.

“Doctors noticed increase in the rashes on her legs, the deceased still dismissed it as a reaction to usage of a second-hand knicker. By this time, she had been vomiting. Therefore, she was admitted at the camp clinic and treated with Drazamol injection and Piriton to soothe her body pains as she was already on malaria drugs.”

The NYSC DG added that the deceased was immediately referred to Gwarzo General Hospital for further treatment, where, after examination, “the doctor concluded that the deceased had kidney infection probably due to untreated urinary tract infection.”

According to him, Oladepo gave up the ghost after she had been stabilised for the long journey to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital for immediate dialysis.

He said,

“The investigation showed that the deceased responded well until about 2:00am on 29th November when her condition worsened, and her body began to show noticeable signs of fluid retention.

“She was thereafter placed on oxygen as the doctors battled to stabilise her for the long journey to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.”

She finally died at about 4:00 am on November 29, 2016.

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STRANGE!!! Woman Says We Won’t See 2017 Because Jesus Is Coming This December

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We’ve got some good news, and some bad news. The good news is that lovely Jesus is coming back – and he’s going to be here by the end of the year. But the bad news is that he’s not here to hand out any loaves and fishes.

In fact, he’s going to kill us all – and leave the world a sterile ball of dust for 1,000 years.

Or, at least that’s what Christian conspiracy fans think – after Nora Roth, owner of the website Markbeast.com, predicted the end was just weeks away.

Several fundamentalist Christian sects believe the end is just around the corner – based on a prophecy in Daniel in the Bible – but Roth, a Christian computer programmer thinks it’s just weeks away.

If she’s right, we won’t be toasting the bells on New Year’s Eve – we’ll be toast.

Just to help you visualise this, here’s Jesus Christ wielding two massive machine guns.

Roth writes, ‘The 70 “sevens” prophecy in Daniel 9:24 has two fulfillments. The 70 “sevens” are 70 Jubilee cycles – 3,431 years, pointing to the second coming of Jesus when His people will be permanently freed from sin. In the fall of 2016 the 6,000 years of sin on earth will come to an end, everlasting righteousness will be brought in, and Jesus will come again.

Biblical fundamentalists believe that the world was created only a few thousand years ago – and that means that our time is nearly up.

The Reverend Donna Larson claims that the number 6,000 is bad news – as the Bible predicts that man will rule the Earth for 6,000 years.

We should point out that even the Bible is pretty scathing about predictions of when the world will end, with a verse in Matthew saying, ‘But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.’

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RIP! Young Footballer Collapses & Dies After Scoring A Goal (Photos)

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Tanzanian football club, Mbao FC U-20 player, Ismail Mrisho Khalfan collapsed on the pitch and died while his team was playing against Mwadui FC in the Vodacom U-20 league on Sunday.

The match took place at the Kaitaba stadium in Bukoba, Tanzania.

Speaking to Super Sport, TFF President Jamal Malizni, said:

“I regret to announce the sudden death of Ismail Mrisho.He collapsed on the pitch during an U20 league match today .He was a Mbao FC player and the game was between his team and Mwadui U20.The TFF Medical team is following up this sad event very closely.

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“May Allah rest his soul in eternal peace.”

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Just In!! Governor Fayose Presents N93.4BN Budget (See Details)

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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday presented a N93.4bn Budget for 2017 tagged, “Budget of Higher Height” to the state House of Assembly in Ado Ekiti.

The governor also announced that he would go to the mountain on December 14 and return on December 21 with predictions for Nigeria.

Stating that almost all his predictions for 2016 had come to pass, Fayose alleged that there were plans by the Federal Government to place Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State under house arrest on Thursday – two days before the legislative rerun elections in the state.

“There is a grand plan to put Governor Wike under house arrest and if he resists, his life will come to an end,” he said.

The governor, who was clad in a military camouflage, lamented that security challenges in the country had made things worse, adding that robbery and kidnapping had become the order of the day.

“It is quite horrifying; Nigeria is moving towards a one-party state. The disobedience against court order. It is shameful that the Federal government is sponsoring rally against court judgments. Today, the judiciary is blackmailed to submission.

“We beg the international community not to look away; Nigerians are suffering, human rights abuses are on the rise.”
For the 2017 budget, the Recurrent Expenditure is ‎N55.02bn which is 59 percent of the budget, while ‎Capital Expenditure is N38.42 bn or 41 percent of the estimates.

The budget is 33 percent higher than the N70.5bn presented for 2016. The governor explained that the increment was due to the economic recession and high exchange rate of dollar.

However, there was a mild drama during presentation when Fayose said he was the one in charge at the assembly that Speaker Kola Oluwawole was only holding brief for him.

“I’m the speaker, he (Oluwawole) is on that sit on my behalf. He is the Acting Speaker; therefore he cannot be wrong. If he is wrong, we will take it to the government house and resolve it. Therefore, I will pass the budget myself.”
Fayose, while appraising the 2016 Budget, said the state only recorded 89 percent performance due to unfavorable economic climate in the country, which according to him, negatively affected the state government.
‎He said out of proportional estimated revenue of N58.7bn for 2016, only N52.4bn was realised as actual revenue.

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Good For Him!!! Man Beaten To Death By Parents Of Children He Raped

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phileA trumpeter has died after he was beaten up by the parents of preschool children he had molested. Marcelo Fabian Pecollo, was chased off the stage by the victims’ parents who shouted ‘there is a paedophile and a rapist in the church and he is playing in this orchestra.’

He was given a 30-year prison sentence in 2010 for molesting five children under the age of five. But he was released in 2014 after his sentence was reduced.

The parents attacked him on October 30 in Moron, Buenos Aires, but he died on Friday.

Pecollo, 42, tried to get away but the group caught up with him and beat him, including one parent who hit the man with his own trumpet, according to witnesses.

‘When I arrived, those people were leaving,’ priest Jorge Oesterheld told local media.

‘He was in a very, very bad way, until the police and ambulance arrived. He was in a coma and died on Friday.’

The priest criticised the attackers.

‘They say they took justice into their own hands, but it was revenge, it was murder.’

Pecollo was arrested in 2007 after a mother complained that her four-year-old child had been abused. Six other cases later came to light.

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Grammy Awards 2017: Adele, Beyonce, Drake & Justin Bieber Nominated | See Full List

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Grammy Awards 2017  full nomination list is out and all the big name in the music industry have been drawn to compete for various awards. Beyonce, Adele, Justin Bieber and Drake got the most nomination slot.

The award ceremony, is billed to take place on February 12, 2017  at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The award show will be hosted by celebrated TV host, James Corden.

See the full list below;

Record of the Year:

‘Hello’— Adele

‘Formation’ — Beyoncé

‘7 Years’ — Lukas Graham

‘Work’ — Rihanna Featuring Drake

‘Stressed Out’ — Twenty One Pilots

 

Album Of The Year:

25 — Adele

Lemonade — Beyoncé

Purpose — Justin Bieber

Views — Drake

A Sailor’s Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson

 

Song Of The Year:

‘Formation’— Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)

‘Hello’ — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)

‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’ — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)

‘Love Yourself’ —Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)

‘7 Years’ — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)

 

Best New Artist:

Kelsea Ballerini

The Chainsmokers

Chance The Rapper

Maren Morris

Anderson .Paak

 

Best Pop Solo Performance:

‘Hello’ — Adele

‘Hold Up’ — Beyoncé

‘Love Yourself’ — Justin Bieber

‘Piece By Piece’ (Idol Version) — Kelly Clarkson

‘Dangerous Woman’ — Ariana Grande

 

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:

‘Closer’ —  The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey

‘7 Years’ — Lukas Graham

‘Work’ — Rihanna Featuring Drake

‘Cheap Thrills’ — Sia Featuring Sean Paul

‘Stressed Out’ — Twenty One Pilots

 

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album:

Cinema — Andrea Bocelli

Fallen Angels — Bob Dylan

Stages Live — Josh Groban

Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin — Willie Nelson

Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway

 

Best Pop Vocal Album:

25 — Adele

Purpose  — Justin Bieber

Dangerous Woman  — Ariana Grande

Confident — Demi Lovato

This Is Acting — Sia

 

DANCE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC FIELD

Best Dance Recording:

‘Tearing Me Up’ — Bob Moses

‘Don’t Let Me Down’ — The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya

‘Never Be Like You’ — Flume Featuring Kai

‘Rinse & Repeat’ — Riton Featuring Kah-Lo

‘Drinkee’ — Sofi Tukker

 

Best Dance/Electronic Album:

Skin — Flume

Electronica 1: The Time Machine — Jean-Michel Jarre

Epoch — Tycho

Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future — Underworld

Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII — Louie Vega

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album:

Human Nature — Herb Alpert

When You Wish Upon A Star — Bill Frisell

Way Back Home Live From Rochester, NY — Steve Gadd Band

Unspoken — Chuck Loeb

Culcha Vulcha — Snarky Puppy

Best Rock Performance:

‘Joe’ (Live From Austin City Limits) — Alabama Shakes

‘Don’t Hurt Yourself’ — Beyoncé Featuring Jack White

‘Blackstar’ — David Bowie

‘The Sound Of Silence’ (Live On Conan) — Disturbed

‘Heathens’ —  Twenty One Pilots

Best Metal Performance:

‘Shock Me’ —  Baroness

‘Silvera’ — Gojira

‘Rotting In Vain’ — Korn

‘Dystopia’ — Megadeth

‘The Price Is Wrong’ — Periphery

 

Best Rock Song:

‘Blackstar’ — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)

‘Burn The Witch’ — Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)

‘Hardwired’ — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica)

‘Heathens’ — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)

‘My Name Is Human’ — Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)

 

Best Rock Album:

California —  Blink-182

Tell Me I’m Pretty — Cage The Elephant

Magma —  Gojira

Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco

Weezer — Weezer

 

Best Alternative Music Album:

22, A Million — Bon Iver

Blackstar — David Bowie

The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey

Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop

A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead

 

Best R&B Performance:

‘Turnin’ Me Up’ — BJ The Chicago Kid

‘Permission’ — Ro James

‘I Do’ — Musiq Soulchild

‘Needed Me’ — Rihanna

‘Cranes In The Sky’ — Solange

Best Traditional R&B Performance:

‘The Three Of Me’ — William Bell

‘Woman’s World’ — BJ The Chicago Kid

‘Sleeping With The One I Love’ — Fantasia

‘Angel’ — Lalah Hathaway

‘Can’t Wait’ — Jill Scott

Best R&B Song:

‘Come See Me’ — J. Brathwaite, Aubrey Graham & Noah Shebib, songwriters (PartyNextDoor Featuring Drake)

‘Exchange’ — Michael Hernandez & Bryson Tiller, songwriters (Bryson Tiller)

‘Kiss It Better’ — Jeff Bhasker, Robyn Fenty, John-Nathan Glass & Natalia Noemi, songwriters (Rihanna)

‘Lake By The Ocean’ — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)

‘Luv’ — Magnus August Høiberg, Benjamin Levin & Daystar Peterson, songwriters (Tory Lanez)

Best Urban Contemporary Album:

Lemonade — Beyoncé

Ology — Gallant

We Are King — KING

Malibu — Anderson .Paak

Anti — Rihanna

 

Best R&B Album:

In My Mind — BJ The Chicago Kid

Lalah Hathaway Live — Lalah Hathaway

Velvet Portraits — Terrace Martin

Healing Season — Mint Condition

Smoove Jones — Mya

 

Best Rap/Sung Performance:

‘Freedom’ — Beyoncé Featuring Kendrick Lamar

‘Hotline Bling’ — Drake

‘Broccoli’ — D.R.A.M. Featuring Lil Yachty

‘Ultralight Beam’ — Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream

‘Famous’ — Kanye West Featuring Rihanna

 

Best Rap Song:

‘All The Way Up’ — Joseph Cartagena, Edward Davadi, Shandel Green, Karim Kharbouch, Andre Christopher Lyon, Reminisce Mackie &  Marcello Valenzano, songwriters (Fat Joe & Remy Ma Featuring French Montana & Infared)

‘Famous’ — Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Rihanna)

‘Hotline Bling’ — Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)

‘No Problem’ — Chancelor Bennett, Dwayne Carter & Tauheed Epps, songwriters (Chance The Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)

‘Ultralight Beam’ — Chancelor Bennett, Kasseem Dean, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico ‘Donnie Trumpet’ Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West & Cydel Young, songwriters (Kanye West Featuring Chance The Rapper, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin & The-Dream)

 

Best Rap Album:

Coloring Book — Chance The Rapper

And The Anonymous Nobody — De La Soul

Major Key — DJ Khaled

Views — Drake

Blank Face LP — ScHoolboy Q

The Life Of Pablo — Kanye West

Best Country Solo Performance:

‘Love Can Go To Hell’ — Brandy Clark

‘Vice’ — Miranda Lambert

‘My Church’ — Maren Morris

‘Church Bells’ — Carrie Underwood

‘Blue Ain’t Your Color’ — Keith Urban

Best Country Duo/Group Performance:

‘Different For Girls’ — Dierks Bentley Featuring Elle King

‘21 Summer’ — Brothers Osborne

‘Setting The World On Fire’ — Kenny Chesney & P!nk

‘Jolene’ — Pentatonix Featuring Dolly Parton

‘Think Of You’ — Chris Young With Cassadee Pope

Best Country Song:

‘Blue Ain’t Your Color’ —  Clint Lagerberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen, songwriters (Keith Urban)

‘Die A Happy Man’ — Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)

‘Humble And Kind’ — Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)

‘My Church’ — busbee & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris)

‘Vice’ — Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

 

Best Country Album:

Big Day In A Small Town — Brandy Clark

Full Circle — Loretta Lynn

Hero — Maren Morris

A Sailor’s Guide To Earth — Sturgill Simpson

Ripcord — Keith Urban

 

Best New Age Album:

Orogen — John Burke

Dark Sky Island — Enya

Inner Passion — Peter Kater & Tina Guo

Rosetta — Vangelis

White Sun II — White Sun

Best Improvised Jazz Solo:

‘Countdown’ — Joey Alexander, soloist

‘In Movement’ — Ravi Coltrane, soloist

‘We See’ — Fred Hersch, soloist

‘I Concentrate On You’ — Brad Mehldau, soloist

‘I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry’ — John Scofield, soloist

Best Jazz Vocal Album:

Sound Of Red —  René Marie

Upward Spiral — Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling

Take Me To The Alley — Gregory Porter

Harlem On My Mind — Catherine Russell

The Sting Variations — The Tierney Sutton Band

Best Jazz Instrumental Album:

Book Of Intuition — Kenny Barron Trio

Dr. Um — Peter Erskine

Sunday Night At The Vanguard — The Fred Hersch Trio

Nearness — Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau

Country For Old Men —  John Scofield

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album:

Real Enemies — Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society

Presents Monk’estra, Vol. 1 — John Beasley

Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles — John Daversa

All L.A. Band — Bob Mintzer

Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom — Ted Nash Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

Entre Colegas — Andy González

Madera Latino: A Latin Jazz Perspective On The Music Of Woody Shaw — Brian Lynch & Various Artists

Canto América — Michael Spiro/Wayne Wallace La Orquesta Sinfonietta

30 — Trio Da Paz

Tribute To Irakere: Live In Marciac — Chucho Valdés

Best Gospel Performance/Song:

‘It’s Alright, It’s Ok’ — Shirley Caesar Featuring Anthony Hamilton

‘You’re Bigger’ [Live] — Jekalyn Carr

‘Made A Way’ [Live] — Travis Greene

‘God Provides’ — Tamela Mann

‘Better’ — Hezekiah Walker

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

‘Trust In You — Lauren Daigle

‘Priceless’ — For King & Country

‘King Of The World’ — Natalie Grant

‘Thy Will’ — Hillary Scott & The Scott Family

‘Chain Breaker’ — Zach Williams

Best Gospel Album:

Listen —  Tim Bowman Jr.

Fill This House — Shirley Caesar

A Worshipper’s Heart [Live] — Todd Dulaney

Losing My Religion — Kirk Franklin

Demonstrate [Live] — William Murphy

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album:

Poets & Saints — All Sons & Daughters

American Prodigal — Crowder

Be One — Natalie Grant

Youth Revival [Live] — Hillsong Young & Free

Love Remains — Hillary Scott &The Scott Family

Best Roots Gospel Album:

Better Together —  Gaither Vocal Band

Nature’s Symphony In 432 — The Isaacs

Hymns — Joey+Rory

Hymns And Songs Of Inspiration — Gordon Mote

God Don’t Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson — (Various Artists)

LATIN FIELD

Best Latin Pop Album:

Un Besito Mas —  Jesse & Joy

Ilusión — Gaby Moreno

Similares — Laura Pausini

Seguir Latiendo — Sanalejo

Buena Vida — Diego Torres

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album:

ilevitable — ile

L.H.O.N. (La Humanidad O Nosotros) — Illya Kuryaki & The Valderamas

Buenaventura — La Santa Cecilia

Los Rakas — Los Rakas

Amor Supremo — Carla Morrison

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano):

Raíces — Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizárraga

Hecho A Mano — Joss Favela

Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo) — Vicente Fernández

Generación Maquinaria Est. 2006. — La Maquinaria Norteña

Tributo A Joan Sebastian Y Rigoberto Alfaro — Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea

Best Tropical Latin Album:

Conexión — Fonseca

La Fantasia Homenaje A Juan Formell — Formell Y Los Van Van

35 Aniversario — Grupo Niche

La Sonora Santanera En Su 60 Aniversario — La Sonora Santanera

Donde Están? —  Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo

Best American Roots Performance:

‘Ain’t No Man’ — The Avett Brothers

‘Mother’s Children Have A Hard Time’ — Blind Boys Of Alabama

‘Factory Girl’ — Rhiannon Giddens

‘House Of Mercy’ — Sarah Jarosz

‘Wreck You’ — Lori McKenna

Best American Roots Song:

‘Alabama At Night’ — Robbie Fulks

‘City Lights’ — Jack White

‘Gulfstream’ — Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars

‘Kid Sister’ — The Time Jumpers

‘Wreck You’ — Lori McKenna

Best Americana Album:

True Sadness — The Avett Brothers

This Is Where I Live — William Bell

The Cedar Creek Sessions — Kris Kristofferson

The Bird & The Rifle — Lori McKenna

Kid Sister — The Time Jumpers

Best Bluegrass Album:

Original Traditional — Blue Highway

Burden Bearer — Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

The Hazel And Alice Sessions — Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands

North By South — Claire Lynch

Coming Home — O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor

Best Traditional Blues Album:

Can’t Shake This Feeling — Lurrie Bell

Live At The Greek Theatre — Joe Bonamassa

Blues & Ballads — Luther Dickinson

The Soul Of Jimmie Rodgers — Vasti Jackson

Porcupine Meat — Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album:

The Last Days Of Oakland — Fantastic Negrito

Love Wins Again — Janiva Magness

Bloodline — Kenny Neal

Give It Back To You — The Record Company

Everybody Wants A Piece — Joe Louis Walker

Best Folk Album:

Silver Skies Blue — Judy Collins & Ari Hest

Upland Stories — Robbie Fulks

Factory Girl — Rhiannon Giddens

Weighted Mind — Sierra Hull

Undercurrent — Sarah Jarosz

Best Regional Roots Music Album:

Broken Promised Land — Barry Jean Ancelet & Sam Broussard

It’s A Cree Thing — Northern Cree

E Walea —  Kalani Pe’a

Gulfstream — Roddie Romero And The Hub City All-Stars

I Wanna Sing Right: Rediscovering Lomax In The Evangeline Country — (Various Artists)

REGGAE FIELD

Best Reggae Album:

Sly & Robbie Presents… Reggae For Her —  Devin Di Dakta & J.L

Rose Petals —  J Boog

Ziggy Marley —  Ziggy Marley

Everlasting —  Raging Fyah

Falling Into Place —  Rebelution

SOJA: Live In Virginia —  SOJA

Best World Music Album:

Destiny — Celtic Woman

Walking In The Footsteps Of Our Fathers —  Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Sing Me Home —  Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble

Land Of Gold —  Anoushka Shankar

Dois Amigos, Um Século De Música: Multishow Live — Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil

Best Children’s Album:

Explorer Of The World — Frances England

Infinity Plus One — Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

Novelties — Recess Monkey

Press Play — Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could

Saddle Up — The Okee Dokee Brothers

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):

The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo — Amy Schumer

In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In The Sandbox — Carol Burnett

M Train — Patti Smith

Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A. Punk — (John Doe With Tom Desavia) (Various Artists)

Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink — Elvis Costello

Best Comedy Album:

…America…Great… — David Cross

American Myth — Margaret Cho

Boyish Girl Interrupted — Tig Notaro

Live At The Apollo — Amy Schumer

Talking For Clapping — Patton Oswalt

Best Musical Theater Album:

Bright Star —  Carmen Cusack, principal soloist; Jay Alix, Peter Asher & Una mJackman, producers; Steve Martin, composer; Edie Brickell, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

The Color Purple — Cynthia Erivo & Jennifer Hudson, principal soloists; Stephen Bray, Van Dean, Frank Filipetti, Roy Furman, Scott Sanders & Jhett Tolentino, producers (Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell &Allee Willis, composers/lyricists) (New Broadway Cast)

Fiddler On The Roof — Danny Burstein, principal soloist; Louise Gund, David Lai & Ted Sperling, producers (Jerry Bock, composer; Sheldon Harnick, lyricist) (2016 Broadway Cast)

Kinky Boots — Killian Donnelly & Matt Henry, principal soloists; Sammy James, Jr., Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Oremus & William Wittman, producers (Cyndi Lauper, composer & lyricist) (Original West End Cast)

Waitress — Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Neal Avron, Sara Bareilles & Nadia DiGiallonardo, producers; Sara Bareilles, composer & lyricist

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:

‘Amy’ — (Various Artists)

‘Miles Ahead’ — (Miles Davis & Various Artists)

‘Straight Outta Compton’ —  (Various Artists)

‘Suicide Squad’ (Collector’s Edition) — (Various Artists)

‘Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1’ —  (Various Artists)

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:

‘Bridge Of Spies’ — Thomas Newman, composer

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’ — Ennio Morricone, composer

‘The Revenant’ — Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, composers

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ — John Williams, composer

‘Stranger Things’ Volume 1 — Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers

‘Stranger Things’ Volume 2 — Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers

Best Song Written For Visual Media:

‘Can’t Stop The Feeling! — Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel)

‘Heathens’ — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)

‘Just Like Fire’ — Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk)

‘Purple Lamborghini’ — Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex &Rick Ross)

‘Try Everything’ — Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira)

‘The Veil’ — Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel)

Best Instrumental Composition:

‘Bridge Of Spies’ (End Title)  — Thomas Newman, composer (Thomas Newman)

‘The Expensive Train Set’ (An Epic Sarahnade For Double Big Band)  — Tim Davies, composer (Tim Davies Big Band)

‘Flow’ — Alan Ferber, composer (Alan Ferber Nonet)

‘L’Ultima Diligenza Di Red Rock – Versione Integrale’  — Ennio Morricone, composer (Ennio Morricone)

‘Spoken At Midnight’  — Ted Nash, composer (Ted Nash Big Band)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella:

‘Ask Me Now’ — John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

Good ‘Swing’ Wenceslas — Sammy Nestico, arranger (The Count Basie Orchestra)

Linus & Lucy —  Christian Jacob, arranger (The Phil Norman Tentet)

‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ — John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa)

‘We Three Kings’ — Ted Nash, arranger (Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis)

‘You And I’ — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals:

‘Do You Hear What I Hear?’ — Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Featuring Take 6)

‘Do You Want To Know A Secret’  — John Daversa, arranger (John Daversa Featuring Renee Olstead)

‘Flintstones’  — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)

‘I’m A Fool To Want You’  — Alan Broadbent, arranger (Kristin Chenoweth)

‘Somewhere’ (Dirty Blvd) (Extended Version)  — Billy Childs & Larry Klein, arrangers (Lang Lang Featuring Lisa Fischer & Jeffrey Wright)

Best Recording Package:

Anti  — Ciarra Pardo & Robyn Fenty, art directors (Rihanna)

Blackstar — Jonathan Barnbrook, art director (David Bowie)

Human Performance  — Andrew Savage, art director (Parquet Courts)

Sunset Motel — Sarah Dodds & Shauna Dodds, art directors (Reckless Kelly)

22, A Million — Eric Timothy Carlson, art director (Bon Iver)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:

Edith Piaf 1915-2015 — Gérard Lo Monaco, art director (Edith Piaf)

401 Days — Jonathan Dagan & Mathias Høst Normark, art directors (J.Views)

I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It (Box Set) — Samuel Burgess-Johnson & Matthew Healy, art directors (The 1975)

Paper Wheels (Deluxe Limited Edition) — Matt Taylor, art director (Trey Anastasio)

Tug Of War (Deluxe Edition) — Simon Earith & James Musgrave, art directors (Paul McCartney)

Best Album Notes:

The Complete Monument & Columbia Albums Collection — Mikal Gilmore, album notes writer (Kris Kristofferson)

The Knoxville Sessions, 1929-1930: Knox County Stomp — Ted Olson & Tony Russell, album notes writers (Various Artists)

Ork Records: New York, New York — Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, album notes writers (Various Artists)

Sissle And Blake Sing Shuffle Along — Ken Bloom & Richard Carlin, album notes writers (Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle)

Waxing The Gospel: Mass Evangelism & The Phonograph, 1890-1900 — Richard Martin, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Best Historical Album:

The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Collector’s Edition) — Steve Berkowitz & Jeff Rosen, compilation producers; Mark Wilder, mastering engineer (Bob Dylan)

Music Of Morocco From The Library Of Congress: Recorded By Paul Bowles, 1959 — April G. Ledbetter, Steven Lance Ledbetter, Bill Nowlin & Philip D. Schuyler, compilation producers; Rick Fisher & Michael Graves, mastering engineers (Various Artists)

Ork Records: New York, New York — Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering engineers (Various Artists)

Vladimir Horowitz: The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966-1983 — Bernard Horowitz, Andreas K. Meyer & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Andreas K. Meyer & Jeanne Montalvo, mastering engineers (Vladimir Horowitz)

Waxing The Gospel: Mass Evangelism & The Phonograph, 1890-1900 — Michael Devecka, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Michael Devecka, David Giovannoni, Michael Khanchalian & Richard Martin, mastering engineers (Various Artists)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical:

Are You Serious —  Tchad Blake & David Boucher, engineers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Andrew Bird)

Blackstar — David Bowie, Tom Elmhirst, Kevin Killen & Tony Visconti, engineers; Joe LaPorta, mastering engineer (David Bowie)

Dig In Deep — Ryan Freeland, engineer; Kim Rosen, mastering engineer (Bonnie Raitt)

Hit N Run Phase Two — Booker T., Dylan Dresdow, Chris James, Prince & Justin Stanley, engineers; Dylan Dresdow, mastering engineer (Prince)

Undercurrent — Shani Gandhi & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Paul Blakemore, mastering engineer (Sarah Jarosz)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical:

Benny Blanco

Greg Kurstin

Max Martin

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Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical:

‘Cali Coast’ (Psionics Remix) — Josh Williams, remixer (Soul Pacific)

‘Heavy Star Movin’‘ (staRo Remix) — staRo, remixer (The Silver Lake Chorus)

Nineteen Hundred Eighty-Five (Timo Maas & James Teej Remix) — Timo Maas & James Teej, remixers (Paul McCartney & Wings)

Only (Kaskade x Lipless Remix) — Ryan Raddon, remixer (Ry X)

Tearing Me Up (RAC Remix) — André Allen Anjos, remixer (Bob Moses)

Wide Open (Joe Goddard Remix) — Joe Goddard, remixer (The Chemical Brothers)

Best Surround Sound Album:

Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement —Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, surround mix engineers; Dmitriy Lipay, surround mastering engineer; Dmitriy Lipay, surround producer (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)

Johnson: Considering Matthew Shepard — Brad Michel, surround mix engineer; Brad Michel, surround mastering engineer; Robina G. Young, surround producer (Craig Hella Johnson & Conspirare)

Maja S.K. Ratkje: And Sing … — Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Maja S.K. Ratkje, Cikada & Oslo Sinfonietta)

Primus & The Chocolate Factory (5.1 Surround Sound Edition) — Les Claypool, surround mix engineer; Stephen Marcussen, surround mastering engineer; Les Claypool, surround producer (Primus)

Reflections — Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene)

Best Engineered Album, Classical:

Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles — Mark Donahue & Fred Vogler, engineers (James Conlon, Guanqun Yu, Joshua Guerrero, Patricia Racette, Christopher Maltman, Lucy Schaufer, Lucas Meachem, LA Opera Chorus & Orchestra)

Dutilleux: Sur Le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystère De L’Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement  — Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay, engineers (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)

Reflections — Morten Lindberg, engineer (Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene)

Shadow Of Sirius — Silas Brown & David Frost, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Jerry F. Junkin & The University Of Texas Wind Ensemble)

Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 — Shawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons & Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Producer Of The Year, Classical:

Blanton Alspaugh

David Frost

Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin

Judith Sherman

Robina G. Young

Best Orchestral Performance:

Bates: Works For Orchestra — Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)

Ibert: Orchestral Works —Neeme Järvi, conductor (Orchestre De La Suisse Romande)

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 In B-Flat Major, Op. 100 —Mariss Jansons, conductor (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)

Rouse: Odna Zhizn; Symphonies 3 & 4; Prospero’s Rooms — Alan Gilbert, conductor (New York Philharmonic)

Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphonies Nos. 5, 8 & 9 — Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording:

Corigliano: The Ghosts Of Versailles — James Conlon, conductor; Joshua Guerrero, Christopher Maltman, Lucas Meachem, Patricia Racette, Lucy Schaufer & Guanqun Yu; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (LA Opera Orchestra; LA Opera Chorus)

Handel: Giulio Cesare — Giovanni Antonini, conductor; Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky, Andreas Scholl & Anne-Sofie von Otter; Samuel Theis, producer (Il Giardino Armonico)

Higdon: Cold Mountain — Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor; Emily Fons, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard & Jay Hunter Morris; Elizabeth Ostrow, producer (The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra; Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program For Singers)

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Thomas Hampson, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni & Sonya Yoncheva; Daniel Zalay, producer (Chamber Orchestra Of Europe; Vocalensemble Rastatt)

Szymanowski: Król Roger — Antonio Pappano, conductor; Georgia Jarman, Mariusz Kwiecie? & Saimir Pirgu; Jonathan Allen, producer (Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus)

Best Choral Performance:

Himmelrand — Elisabeth Holte, conductor (Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen, Ragnfrid Lie & Matilda Sterby; Inger-Lise Ulsrud; Uranienborg Vokalensemble)

Janá?ek: Glagolitic Mass — Edward Gardner, conductor; Håkon Matti Skrede, chorus master (Susan Bickley, Gábor Bretz, Sara Jakubiak & Stuart Skelton; Thomas Trotter; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Bergen Cathedral Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Choir Of Collegium Musicum & Edvard Grieg Kor)

Lloyd: Bonhoeffer — Donald Nally, conductor (Malavika Godbole, John Grecia, Rebecca Harris & Thomas Mesa; The Crossing)

Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, Volume 1 — Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, choir director (Nikolay Didenko, Agnieszka Rehlis & Johanna Rusanen; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir)

Steinberg: Passion Week — Steven Fox, conductor (The Clarion Choir)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance:

Fitelberg: Chamber Works — ARC Ensemble

Reflections — Øyvind Gimse, Geir Inge Lotsberg & Trondheimsolistene

Serious Business — Spektral Quartet

Steve Reich — Third Coast Percussion

Trios From Our Homelands — Lincoln Trio

Best Classical Instrumental Solo:

Adams, J.: Scheherazade.2 — Leila Josefowicz; David Robertson, conductor (Chester Englander;

St. Louis Symphony)

Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway — Zuill Bailey; Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony) Track from: Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle

Dvo?ák: Violin Concerto & Romance; Suk: Fantasy — Christian Tetzlaff; John Storgårds, conductor (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)

Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vols. 8 & 9 — Kristian Bezuidenhout

1930’s Violin Concertos, Vol. 2 — Gil Shaham; Stéphane Denève, conductor (The Knights & Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album:

Monteverdi — Magdalena Kožená; Andrea Marcon, conductor (David Feldman, Michael Feyfar, Jakob Pilgram & Luca Tittoto; La Cetra Barockorchester Basel)

Mozart: The Weber Sisters — Sabine Devieilhe; Raphaël Pichon, conductor (Pygmalion)

Schumann & Berg —Dorothea Röschmann; Mitsuko Uchida, accompanist

Shakespeare Songs — Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano, accompanist (Michael Collins, Elizabeth Kenny, Lawrence Power & Adam Walker)

Verismo — Anna Netrebko; Antonio Pappano, conductor (Yusif Eyvazov; Coro Dell’Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia; Orchestra Dell Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia)

Best Classical Compendium:

Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon A Castle — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Tim Handley, producer

Gesualdo  — Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor; Manfred Eicher, producer

Vaughan Williams: Discoveries — Martyn Brabbins, conductor; Andrew Walton, producer

Wolfgang: Passing Through  — Judith Farmer & Gernot Wolfgang, producers; (Various Artists)

Zappa: 200 Motels – The Suites  — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Frank Filipetti & Gail Zappa, producers

Best Contemporary Classical Composition:

Bates: Anthology Of Fantastic Zoology — Mason Bates, composer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Daugherty: Tales Of Hemingway — Michael Daugherty, composer (Zuill Bailey, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Higdon: Cold Mountain — Jennifer Higdon, composer; Gene Scheer, librettist (Miguel Harth- Bedoya, Jay Hunter Morris, Emily Fons, Isabel Leonard, Nathan Gunn & The Santa Fe Opera)

Theofanidis: Bassoon Concerto — Christopher Theofanidis, composer (Martin Kuuskmann, Barry Jekowsky & Northwest Sinfonia)

Winger: Conversations With Nijinsky — C. F. Kip Winger, composer (Martin West & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra)

Best Music Video:

Formation — Beyoncé

River — Leon Bridges

Up & Up — Coldplay

Gosh — Jamie XX

Upside Down & Inside Out — OK Go

Best Music Film:

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead —  Steve Aoki

The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years —  (The Beatles)

Lemonade — Beyoncé

The Music Of Strangers — Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble

American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry —  (Various Artists)

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Gov. Fayose Presents Ekiti 2017 Budget In Controversial Military Outfit (Photos)

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People’s Democratic Party governor, Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State today stormed the House of Assembly in the South-western state to present the 2017 state’s budget to the lawmaking body.

Governor Ayodele Fayose has stellar ideas of attracting media attention with his frequent public appearances as he has rocked a military outfit – camouflage cap, trousers and black shirt with black snickers to match while presenting his state’s 2017 budget of ‘consolidation’ before the House of Assembly in Ekiti State.

The presentation exercise which was in progress as at the time of filing this report was attended by lawmakers and other stakeholders in the state.

Again, Fayose’s military appearance has distracted social media users as mixed views trail his appearance.

It would be recalled that the act of wearing the military camouflage clothings by civilians has been banned by the leadership of the Nigerian military who deem it as an act of dishonour to soldiers fighting to protect the territorial integrity of Nigeria.

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I Regret Playing For Nigeria – Super Falcons’ Francisca Ordega

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Francisca Ordega admits she regrets playing for Nigeria’s senior women national team.

The USA-based forward, said she would have opted for another country if there was a chance, because of the lack of support for women’s football in Nigeria.

Ordega was part of the Super Falcons team, that won a record 10th African Women Cup of Nations last weekend.

“If I had not played for Nigeria at full international level, trust me I would have played somewhere else,” she said.

“The U17 and U20 teams have been blamed for the performances at their recent World Cups, but they were poorly prepared for these competitions.

“If this continues, Nigeria will soon cease to be a force in Africa because there will be no future Super Falcons.”

The Falcons are currently in Abuja, waiting to receive their bonuses from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

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I Caught My Mother-in-Law Peeping At Us While I Was Having S*x With My Wife – Man Cries Out

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A man who has obviously had troubling times with his mother-in-law, has made a bitter complaint on social media.

A frustrated man has spoken out about his mother-in-law’s outrageous manners. According to him, the woman’s ways are unbelievably frustrating and disturbing.

He revealed that the woman spends too much time in his home with his wife and ends up causing problems there. Needless to say, this has left him saddened and distraught.

Below is how he told the story:

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Congratulations Nigeria, You Just Played Yourself – Tunji Andrews Speaks On MMM, Blasts Federal Government (Video)

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In a new analysis on television, ‘an MMM special’, a host has spoken out on why MMM is a Ponzi Scheme, and the inevitable collapse of the platform.

Ndani television’s ‘Analyse This’ co-host, Tunji Andrews comes out of the park swinging with this refreshing take on everyday financial issues – “2 Minutes Money”.

This Episode is an MMM special where Tunji spoke on why MMM is a Ponzi Scheme, and the inevitable collapse of the platform.

“You give loans to the average Nigerian at 25%, then turn around and borrow money from the same Nigerians via savings account at 3%… 3 bloody percent. The issue here is that CBN will not cut rates, then you expect people not to join MMM,” he said.

He lamented the fact that finance professionals are looking into the scheme from the Risk and Return point of view.

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Guys! Your Partner Is Less Likely To Cheat If You Do This One Thing Well In Bed

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Scientists have discovered that if a man does this very well in bed, his partner is less likely to cheat.

A new report by Dailystar has revealed performing a certain sèx act could stop your partner from cheating.

According to scientists, a new study found that giving oral sèx is proven to stop ladies from straying – and the more they get the less likely they are to play away.

Researchers at Oakland University quizzed 243 heterosexual men in relationships to see whether they performed cunnilingus to make their partner feel more satisfied in the sack. They found that men are more likely to perform oral sèx if they think their partner is attractive and at risk of being seduced by another man.

Obviously keeping your partner happy isn’t just down to giving her great oral sèx, but according to scientists it helps alot.

The news comes after a recent study revealed there’s an “oral sex gap” between women giving and receiving. According to a new survey called “Was it good for you too?” men are more likely to receive oral sèx but not return the favour.

The study found that 63% of lads said they’d received oral during their last sexual encounter compared to just 44% of women.

Researchers also discovered that more ladies (59%) than men (52%) reported performing oral sex on their partner.
But it’s not necessarily down to guys being selfish between the sheets.

The authors reckon it actually comes down to women feeling sensitive about being “unclean” down there.

They said: “Women indicated that they would not be comfortable receiving oral sex from a partner unless they had just finished showering/bathing, due to feelings of self-consciousness about the way they smelled.

“This interfered with their ability to focus on their own pleasure and led to feelings of anxiety when receiving oral sex was a possibility.”

 

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Sweet Love!! Cristiano Ronaldo Finds His Girlfriend A New Job

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The model is believed to have lost her last job due to the amount of paparazzi around following news of the couple’s relationship but the Portugal star was on hand to help.

Not content with leading Real Madrid to the top of the Liga table Cristiano Ronaldo has also turned recruitment consultant to help new girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez find a job.

The couple’s relationship appears to be going from strength to strength after Spanish outlet El Espanol reported Ronaldo had intervened to help in her employment search.

Rodriguez used to work in the Gucci boutique in the heart of Madrid but is believed to have lost her job due to the amount of paparazzi and journalists around the store after her relationship with Ronaldo was discovered.

However, the Real Madrid star quickly rode to the rescue, using his contacts to land her another job at Prada – one of his favourite stores where he is a regular customer.

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What Will Happen To Two Men For Giving Police Fake Information Will Shock You

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Two accused persons, Patrick Onomhante -54, and Dickson Ugoche – 52, have been arraigned before a Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja for allegedly giving false information to the police.

They appeared before Magistrate B. O.Osunsanmi on a three-count charge of conspiracy, false accusation, false statement to a public officer and given false information to the police .

The accused were docked for allegedly making false accusation against, Paul Njoku, who was charged with an offence of threat to life and unlawful diversion of properties knowing same to be false.

They pleaded not guilty. The accused allegedly committed the offence on February 26, 2014 at about 11:45 am at the State Criminal Investigation Department, (SCID) Yaba, Lagos.

The Prosecutor, Inspector SimonImhonwa, said the offence is contrary to Sections 94, 95 (c) and 96 (b) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011.

The defence counsel, A.E.POyenetor, told the court that the first defendant is his uncle and the father of Miss Ugoche, his friend, who bears the same surname .

He told the court,”Yourhonour, this matter has been taken to another court and the defendants have been in custody since then.

The prosecutor did not oppose the bail application.

Magistrate Osunsami granted the defendants bail for N100,000 each with two sureties in like sum.

He said the two sureties must work in a reputable company, have fixed addresses and show evidence of tax payment.

He adjourned the matter till January 13, 2017.

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Police Recruitment: Commission Release Names Of Successful Applicants

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The Police Service Commission (PSC) has released names of successful applicants for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force in the Federal Government’s 10,000 policemen recruitment programme.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the commission’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, said the candidates comprised of 500 cadet Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP), 500 cadet Inspectors and, 7,500 Constables.

Mr. Ani said that names of the successful applicants had been uploaded on the websites of commission and the Nigeria Police Force.

He said the commission also concluded the recruitment of 80 per cent of the 1,500 specialists into the force.

Mr. Ani said the commission shortlisted applicants who applied under some disciplines that required further professional and expert interview.

He said the disciplines included engineering, laboratory science and community health.

Mr. Ani said the exercise was based on merit, federal character and geographical spread, adding that all successful candidates went through the required processes.

“These include state screening which involved the screening of credentials of the candidates and physical screening such as height, sight, chest, etc,” he said.

He said that the commission electronically received a total of 911,438 applications comprising 262,462 for cadet ASP, 211,832 for cadet inspector and 437,144 for constable.

“A total of 338,250 applicants were later shortlisted, also electronically, and invited for screening at the state commands of the Nigeria Police Force.

“This figure was made up of 44,684 shortlisted for cadet ASP, 87,736 for cadet inspector and 205,830 for constable.

“This process was followed through from command to zone and finally, the national level, where the successful candidates were selected,” he said.

He said that the commission was guided by its enabling law, recruitment guidelines and the federal character as enshrined in the constitution.

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Meet The Nigerian Entrepreneur Who Rejected Job Offer From Bill Gates (See Why)

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Chris Kwekowe, a young Nigerian entrepreneur reportedly turn down a job offer be a software engineer at Microsoft, owned by the richest man in the world, Bill Gates to begin his own start-up in Lagos.

The twenty-three years old Lagos university graduate proudly revealed this to Bill Gates during a television interview for Africa’s brightest young entrepreneurs in August 2016, according to Vanguard.

He said he did so, to build up his own website called Slatecube– a website aimed at curbing Nigeria`s unemployment problem.

“When I told him, Gates was intrigued and he smiled. After the programme, all the directors were like, ‘Dude, you mean you actually turned down a job at Microsoft and had the guts to tell Bill Gates?’”

According to reports, a survey of 90,000 young Nigerians which was done in January 2016 discovered that 45% of college graduates didn’t have jobs with key reason on lack of professional skills such as: critical thinking, entrepreneurship, and decision-making.

He noted that Slatecube seeks to solve that problem by nurturing the graduates through digital internships and so far, Slatecube has an 80% employment rate for its users. Companies that have used the platform, have saved over $100,000 in 2015 by hiring skilled, ready to work employees.

Chris who recently won the 2015 Anzisha Prize which came with a $25,000 cheque, is currently seeking investors and potential employers to use Slatecube in America and expected offices in Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa in 2017.

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“There Is No Longer Business As Usual In Nigeria”– Buhari Says

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President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Nigerian elite to stop insisting that things should be done the “old way”, which impoverished the nation.

Speaking at a meeting with a group of Nigerians in the Diaspora, on the margins of the 3rd Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa on Tuesday in Dakar, the president said his administration was on the right track to improve the image of the country by entrenching accountability and probity in governance.

President Buhari told the 11-man Nigerian delegation of association leaders resident in Senegal and Cote D’ Ivoire, that the last 16 years of poor handling of the nation’s resources and infrastructure have continued to impact negatively on the country.

“This administration is pleased we won the election, we are pleased Nigerians are cooperating with us. But the problems are so enormous that we need the cooperation of Nigerians, particularly the elite.

“They (elite) should reflect on the condition of the country, and stop making expensive demands because things cannot be done the old way,” the president said.

On the welfare of Nigerians in the Diaspora, President Buhari assured them that the Federal Government will continue to promote good neighbourliness and improve the negative perception about Nigerians abroad.

“Nigerians are known for their competitiveness and I am very passionate about Nigeria. I will continue to preach good neighbourliness and work hard to improve the numerous human and material resources in the country,” he said.

In his remarks, the President of the Nigerian community, Cote D’ Ivoire, Alhaji Adebayo Yahaya, commended the President for his bold and unflinching fight against corruption, saying “Nigerians are praying for your success, don’t relent, do not lose hope, the almighty God is behind you.’’

Also speaking, the President of the Nigerian community, Senegal, Osas Edigin, told the president that Nigerians in the country have enjoyed excellent relationship with their hosts.

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‘‘Soldier’ Was Actually My Song, But It Became Falz’s’ – Simi Says (Video)

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Nigerian singer Simi is on the cover of the latest issue of Accelerate TV’s The Cover magazine.

In the accompanying interview, the ‘Jamb Question’ singer answers questions on a variety of issues, including her ‘chemistry’ with rapper Falz and their hit song, ‘Soldier’ which was actually her song.

According to her, ‘‘Soldier’ actually started out as my song, I wrote the song and he had heard the song even before ‘Jamb Question’ and I was like you know, ‘you can write a verse for this, but let me be honest with you this song is not going to come out for a while because I already have other material I’m trying to put out’. He was like no problem and then when he was working on his album he called me and was like ‘I want to do a song with you’ and I was like ‘Okay’. Actually, I was even fighting and gunning for an Afrobeat song. He was like ‘nahh nahh’ , that soldier song and I said ‘but that’s my song’. So we flipped it and it became his song.’

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Gobe!! Over 100 Mental Patients Escape From Hospital

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Nawao! More than 100 mental patients have escaped from Mathari Psychiatric Hospital after Doctors and Nurses made good their strike threat.

A major operation has been launched along Thika Superhighway in Nairobi, Kenya, for patients who could be seen jumping over the hospital’s perimeter fence.

In what looks like a scene from a Zombie movie, the mental patients in their uniform are seen jumping over the fence of the hospital and sauntered towards the express road.

Doctors and nurses in Kenya have started a nationwide strike after talks called by the Health ministry collapsed on Sunday evening proved futile.

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