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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J As the Supreme Court prepares to deliver judgement on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national leadership tussle,  Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has advised leaders and members of the party not to lose hope, but to remain in the party, assuring that PDP will bounce back soon. Dickson, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Francis Agbo, in Yenagoa, yesterday, said that what the party needed at this juncture to play its role as a leading opposition voice, was genuine reconciliation founded on compromises and forgiveness. Dickson, who is the Chairman of the PDP National Reconciliation Committee, said he was speaking out of concern, following the decampment of PDP members to other political parties as well as reports of PDP leaders floating alternative political platforms. According to the governor, if PDP leaders had accepted the reconciliation template formulated by his committee, a unity national convention would have h...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J ENUGU— Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, yesterday, decorated his former Chief Security Officer, Mr. Fidelis Ogarebe, with the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police. Mr. Ogarebe was recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police by the authorities of Nigeria Police Force and posted to Enugu State Police Command as the new ACP in charge of Criminal Investigation Department, CID. Governor Ugwuanyi, who performed the function with the assistance of heads of security agencies in the state, congratulated ACP Ogarebe on his promotion, saying it was “on merit given the creditable service that he has rendered to the Force and  the nation.” The governor noted that the promotion did not only come as an encouragement but also a call to greater dedication, responsibility and commitment in the performance of his duties, for the benefit of the society. While thanking ACP Ogarebe for the worthy services he rendered to Enugu State, especially...

http://ift.tt/2soeY6c •Libyan deportee recounts horrific experience trying to flee to Europe •Libyan rescue team watched Nigerian drown in sea •They turned Nigerian girls into sex slaves By Evelyn Usman It is no longer news that Nigerians on daily basis, leave the shores of the country in search of greener pastures, as they consider their mother land unfavourable in terms of job employment . But unknown to many who choose to embark on the voyage to Europe through Libya, the trip is not as easy as envisaged. In most cases, it is a journey to death. Between April and May 2017, 675 Nigerians have been deported from Libya after spending months in underground cells without food and proper medicare. Some of the deportees who were lucky to make it back home recounted their horrific experiences in Libya. The deportees crouched in front of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, in Ikotun area of Lagos, gazing into space, with their minds preoccupied with different thoughts of what l...

http://ift.tt/2qXZirU It was fun and a rewarding experience for all at the THE R.E.D. MOMENT Comedy Concert that took place recently at the SEE Events Centre in Lekki-Ajah, Lagos. Organized by Mrs. Lawretta Ogrih, Chief Executive of Ivory Whetstones and Mentors Foundation, publishers of SEE Inspiration Magazine, a non-governmental organization, the event was aimed at raising funds for women in need. According to Mrs. Ogrih, these special women include widows, single parents and those facing different challenges and unable to help themselves. “They do not only need our financial support, but also our love and care.  This comedy concert is designed, among other things, to raise awareness and, more importantly, to raise money to help us empower women in need,” she said. The event featured top Nigerian comedians such as Kofi, Owen Gee, Lepacious Bose, Cee Y, De Oracle, DVD, Eboh Bomb and Aboki with music supplied by ‘Party Machine’ DJ Bobby.  High point of the event ...

http://ift.tt/2qsCQDE 2baba in group photo with the team at Mandela House in Soweto *Singer Pays Tribute to Mandela It was an exciting moment for some distributors of Campari, who emerged winners in the Display and Win Promo, as they were taken on an all expense paid trip to South Africa. To make the tip a memorable one, the delegation was accompanied by one of the leading voices in the Nigerian music industry, 2baba Idibia, who is also the brand ambassador for Campari in Nigeria. The South African trip, which began on May 16, 201, included visits to famous sites in and around Johannesburg such as the Nelson Mandela National Museum located in Orlando West, Soweto. This national heritage was where Nelson Mandela lived between1946 to 1962. Coincidentally, it is only a short distance up the road from Tutu House, the home of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, another iconic anti-apartheid campaigner. While at Mandela’s House, 2baba joined a group of young South Africans in singin...

http://ift.tt/2qXN4zA OC Ukeje Notable Nollywood actor, OC Ukeje, and dependable stage and screen actress, Lala Akindoju, are in Cannes, France, to support the promotion of Potato Potahto, an African marital comedy of errors, based in Ghana and directed by one of Africa’s best female directors, Shirley Frimpong-Manso. The movie, which tells the story of a divorced couple whose plans to share their matrimonial home descend into chaos and recrimination after the husband, Tony, brings in an attractive female house helper, had its Cannes Film Festival market premiere on Wednesday. The premiere was followed by a question and answer session with the director, producers and actors. Written and directed by the award-winning Ghanaian filmmaker, Frimpong-Manso, who is well known for her positive and complex portrayal of African women in films, Potato Potahto, which has broken new grounds with its Ghanaian, Nigerian, British, French and Swedish co-production,features one of Africa’s leading...