Ini Edo begins UN work in earnest 
April 23 will always be ever green in the mind of actress and UN Habitat Youth Envoy, Ini Edo and those who accompany her to Dustbin Estate in Ajegunle Area of Lagos.


Her visit to LOTS Foundation at Dustbin Estate coincided with her birthday hence the gifts packs, t-shirts, food and gift items to the community leaders.  But according to her publicist, Platform PR, theessence of the visit is not just birthday. ‘Ini was appointed alongside two others (one Nollywood actor and one Bollywood actor) as ambassadors of the United Nation.
Her responsibilities according to www.unhabitat.org are to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all in Nigeria and Africa as awhole.

 Speaking on this new role Ini said ‘being named a Special Youth Envoy for UN is one of the most interesting moments of my life, I know this ambassadorial role is not going to be an easy task, but it is a call to responsibility. Beyond acting and making people happy on the screen

we need to learn to stretch our hands and touch people’s lives.

Did you make the Royal Wedding Guest list? Perhaps not

Buckingham Palace released on Saturday an edited guest list for Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton. Ok... perhaps you did not make this list.  Many like the fact that this royal wedding is no Oscars red carpet although there will be a few famous names ... and that many ordinary people we do not recognise will be there. Still, perhaps you should not hold your breath for an invitation if you do not have one now.

For example Nigerians had never heard of Seyi Obakin, the only Nigerian on the Prince William’s Royal Wedding official guest list released at the weekend by St James’s Palace. Obakin, a chartered accountant and Chief Executive, Centrepoint, a charity organisation in London was listed alongside David Bekham, Sir Elton John, among others on the merit section of the guest list. He is one of the three Africans invited for the wedding and the only non African monarch after the Crown Prince of Morocco and King of Swazi in the list. The royal wedding cake will also be donated to Obakin’s Centrepoint.
I am however more concerned about another Royal Wedding and this post is a third part in a series on lessons for the Church as we observe preparations of royalty for marriages. You may want to read  Part I; Royal Weddings in the Bible. The Good, almost Bad and the Ugly and Part II; Royal Wedding Gifts, Charities and about sending Donations to Rob Bell.

LAGOS — Seyi Obakin  the only Nigerian on the Prince William’s Royal Wedding official guest list released at the weekend by St James’s Palace will receive the Royal Wedding Cake on behalf of Centrepoint.

Obakin, a chartered accountant and Chief Executive, Centrepoint, a charity organisation in London was listed alongside David Bekham, Sir Elton John, among others on the merit section of the guest list. He is one of the three Africans invited for the wedding and the only non African monarch after the Crown Prince of Morocco and King of Swazi in the list.
Prince William is a patron of Obakin’s Centrepoint and has met many of the young people supported by Centrepoint over the years
Obakin joined Centrepoint as Finance Director in 2003 and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2006. He became Acting Chief Executive in May 2008 and was appointed to that role permanently in January 2009. The royal wedding cake will be donated to Obakin’s Centrepoint

Producers of the Broadway musical, ‘Fela!’, donated N407,000 to Yeni Kuti after the last show of ‘Fela! In Lagos’, which took place on April 26, 2011. A representative of the producers announced, after the cast of the musical came out to take a bow, that the donation to Yeni Kuti was made “to show appreciation for her support and motherly role all through their stay in Nigeria.” An obviously emotional YK Power, as Kuti is fondly called, was on stage to receive the donation but couldn’t go through with her acceptance speech as she broke down in tears. As she was led away from the stage, her half-brother, Seun Kuti, held her in a warm embrace, wiping tears off her cheeks.

The final show of ‘Fela! In Lagos’ was attended by the Ghanaian vice president, John Dramani Mahama. He revealed that he grew up listening to the afrobeat legend, Fela, and hopes the producers of the Broadway musical will take it to Accra, too.

Cowell wants Paula Abdul, Cheryl Cole for ‘X Factor’

Simon Cowell wants his former ‘American Idol’ sparring partner Paula Abdul and British singer Cheryl Cole join him on the U.S. version of his TV talent contest ‘The X Factor’. But, the music impresario told entertainment industry website Deadline Hollywood, no deals have yet been signed to complete the lineup for the show, which is due to start airing on Fox television in September.

So far only the acid-tongued Briton himself and record executive Antonio “L.A.” Reid have been confirmed as judges on ‘X Factor’, which is offering a $5 million prize to the winner and a recording contract.

“I’ve always wanted Paula,” Cowell told Deadline Hollywood in an interview released on Sunday.

“I’ve never found anyone better than her. I think there’s a good chance it will be her. We’ve agreed we would meet with as many people as possible, and now [that] we’re reaching the deadline we’ve got to make the decision soon. But I think she’s got a really good shot,” he said.

eLDee denies plans to start new music association

Ace music producer and performing artist eLDee has denied any intention of forming a new musical association to rival the Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN). Speaking in an exclusive conversation with X2, the former Trybesmen member revealed that, contrary to speculations that younger musicians want to form a new union — since their visit to a PMAN meeting in Osogbo earlier this year was perceived as an intrusion — they will only act as a pressure group.

“We have no intention of forming a new musicians’ association,” the Trybes Records boss said. “We went to Osogbo asking to be involved in PMAN’s activities, but they said we were being used by Tony Okoroji to come and collect the money the federal government promised to pump into the entertainment industry. Can you see the type of mentality they have?” eLDee said disappointedly.

“Since they don’t want us involved, we will continue to act as a pressure group and continue to pursue our right to copyright protection and payment of royalties as a pressure group.” eLDee, who made 2009 hit song ‘Big Boy’, also denies the accusation that the trip to Oshogbo was sponsored by Tony Okoroji for personal gains. “Am I a kid that someone will be using?” eLDee asked dismissingly.

Earlier this year, mainstream acts including eLDee, Chocolate City rapper M.I, and Empire Mate Entertainment boss Banky W, visited the venue of a PMAN convention in Oshogbo and it was reported that the current executives of the association did not welcome their presence. Earlier this month, eLDee launched the ‘Top Talent’ initiative to help develop young music hopefuls.

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A MUSLIM actress has caused a storm by posing naked for Playboy.

Sila Sahin has been branded a "whore" and a "western slut" after appearing
topless on the cover of the German edition of the men's magazine.

Soap beauty ... Sila Sahin

And Islamic fanatics have posted threatening internet messages.

Sila, raised in Germany by conservative Turkish parents, says she fears being
"spat at" and "shamed".

Her parents are said to have reacted with "horror" at the 12-page coverage,
and her mother has apparently cut off all contact.

Sila, 25 - star of German soap Good Times, Bad Times - claimed the shoot was a
reaction to the "slavery" of her youth.

She added: "What I want to say with these photos is, 'Girls, we don't have to
live according to the rules imposed upon us'.

"For years I subordinated myself to various societal constraints. The Playboy
photo shoot was a total act of liberation."

Threats

But Islamic internet sites are being monitored by the BND - the German
intelligence agency - after threats were posted about her "shaming Muslim
womanhood" and "prostituting herself for money".

One poster on the Jihad Watch website wrote: "She needs to be very careful..."
Another simply said: "She must pay."

A kebab shop owner, asked on German TV what he would do if Sila were his
daughter, replied: "I would kill her. I really mean that. That doesn't fit
with my culture."

The Islamic Community of Germany has called for a boycott of Sila.

About three million Muslim immigrants live in Germany, which has seen numerous
honour killings in recent years by fanatical husbands, fathers and brothers.

In 2009, an asylum seeker was sentenced to life after killing his "too
independent" German wife.

One police intelligence officer said of Sila: "I think what she did was either
very brave, or very stupid.She will be double-locking her door at night for
a long time to come."

Cossy Orjiakor best known for her humongous boobs that she’s not afraid to show off, and her pretty racy movie scene in itohan, releases a video for her song Me & You.
Well… Well…. Just watch & Drop your comments :)
Directed by Cossy Orjiakor herself… Hey, why not? 

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This bitch of a life
By Carlos Moore
343PP; 
Cassava Republic Press

The year 2010, the 13th anniversary of the death of ‘Abami Eda’, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, was undoubtedly an epiphany. It was a year like no other since his demise. Broadway, the home of theatre in the United States, staged a musical that took the world by storm in a manner the Abami Eda himself did. In the same year, as part of ‘Felabration’--the annual event set aside by his scions to mark his anniversary--the book ‘Fela: This Bitch of a Life’ by Carlos Moore was published in Nigeria, 28 years after it was published to world acclaim abroad.

A rebellious heritage

The release of this book, which marked the first time it was published in Africa, has added more value to the discourse of Fela the man, his music, life and philosophy. Written primarily in the first-person narrative, Fela tells his story candidly, starting from his long-awaited birth and the kind of child his parents expected. In his words, his parents expected “the meek, quiet type ... [a] well-mannered” child but gave birth to him instead. In Yoruba cosmology, it is believed that if a troublesome child is not allowed to breathe life, it will disturb its mother throughout hers. In other words, Fela was a child that had to be born in order for his parents, and especially his mother, to have peace.

The biography traces Fela’s lineage in a way that demonstrates he inherited his rebellious streak from the Kuti family. His father, a priest, once refused to remove his cap while passing by a military barracks where the colonial British flag was flying. He refused to back down when challenged by a military guard and the forceful removal of his cap with a bayonet led to serious uproar in the city. This eventually led to the relocation of the army barracks from within the city of Abeokuta to its outskirts. The book also captures the essence of the mother who was instrumental to the women’s protest against the Alake of Abeokuta for imposing a tax on women.

In writing ‘This Bitch of a Life’, Moore was able to have unrestricted access to Fela. This is perhaps what others who have written books about the legend never had. Fela was at once a man of the people and at the same time a very hard man to get in the kind of close interaction that would have resulted in writing a book as intimate as the one Moore eventually wrote.

Another strong point that Moore had over all other authorised biographers of the Abami Eda was that he was able to give voices to all 27 band girls whom he (the late Fela) affectionately referred to as queens. He married them in one day. In justifying this rather bizarre marriage to 27 girls all at once, he was trying to let the world know that the band girls, who were being rejected or scorned, were all worthy to be married.

The queens

For the first time readers are able to get a firsthand peep into the minds of the wives and what they think of their man. Leading the pack is the numero uno, Remi, mother of the clan. It must have been a tough task for Moore to get her to talk about the man she loved. Many journalists would attest to the fact that she was a most reserved woman, who hardly ever spoke to the press. She was content with living her life in the background. She was also a no-nonsense woman who was not bothered by her husband’s ways with women.

She says, “The only thing that bothered me was if any woman should come and try to act big over me. I wouldn’t take that. It really didn’t bother me because he had, you know, girlfriends outside. He never brought any woman to my house.” (p183) Answering a question about why she stuck to him for over two decades despite the tumult she says, “Most likely because I know he’s honest and he’s really doing what he believes.” (p185) Remi confesses that Fela taught her humanity and how to forgive. This is something very positive and revealing as many perhaps would have thought of him as a man who loves trouble. About the things that irked or rubbed her wrong way about her man she admits, “His generosity is the first. This was in the past and sometimes now. And I think sometimes his humanity is misguided. I can be pretty hard with people. You hurt me; I can’t accept anything else from you. He’s made me change a bit and I don’t like that change, ‘cause if somebody does something to me I don’t want to talk to them again. But through Fela I’ve learnt to subdue that feeling.” (p185)

Many great and hard men are known to calm down where their loved one is concerned. Could Fela, with his public persona, be afraid of anyone? A man who took on systems and one brutal military government after another? The woman who should know him more than us all reveals, “I sometimes feel Fela’s a little bit afraid of me. I really do. He may never show it or admit it, but I feel it.” (p187) But that demonstrates that he was human after all.

There are so many more revelations about the lives of the women in Kalakuta Republic and many reasons as to why they married him. One of such was Kikelemo, who was asked what her ambition in life was, to which she replied, “I don’t know.” When asked, “What do you want to do in life?” she said, “I just like to be Fela’s wife.” (p228) He was such a captivating phenomenon.

Treasure trove

‘This Bitch of a Life’ is no doubt a well-written and researched documentation of the life of Fela. The long wait for its publication in Nigeria and Africa has been well worth it. The publishers, Cassava Republic, have really done well. If marketed well, this book will be one of their bestsellers. The publishers have turned out to be an outfit to look out for, as Cassava has become home to great books, such as Lola Shoneyin’s ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’, long listed for the prestigious Orange Prize, and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s ‘I Do Not Come to You By Chance’, which won the Commonwealth regional prize.

However, there are some few typos that they need to correct in subsequent reprints. These include Calabaris instead of Kalabari (38), Buckner for Bucknor (p65), Zill Oniya for Zeal Onyia (p82), Urobho for Urhobo (p221), Ejor for Ijaw (p229), Beni for Bini (p234), and Shosanyu for Shosanyan (p237). Despite these little glitches, the book is a wonderful treasure trove that must be explored. Time spent reading through it is amply rewarded with a wealth of information and insights on one of Africa’s greatest exports and gifts to the world.

These are the results so far from the governorship elections. We will update as soon as more results are confirmed.

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Lagos

Ifako-Ijaiye
ACN-74331. ADC-167. ALP-150. ANPP-187. APGA-102. CPC-406. CPN-114. LABOUR-775. NCP-159. NNPP-44. NPC-82. NTP-49. PDP-15561. PRP-64. SDMP-308.

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Kwara

IREPODUN: ACN 10318; ACPN 1800; DPP 1386; PDP 10500

Kaima: ACN 4223; ACPN 1743; CPC 2621; PDP 7905

Baruten: ACN 5241; ACPN 5241; CPC 1470; PDP 20853

Ilorin east: ACN 18152; ACPN 6792; CPC 523; PDP 22686

Ekiti: ACN 2470; ACPN 1903; PDP 6441; CPC 711

Ilorin south: ACN 19184; ACPN 5262; PDP 17865; CPC 399 NTP 99

OKE ERO: ACN 3327; ACPN 2002; PDP 5096; CPC 211

ISIN: ACN 3316; ACPN 847; PDP 5981; CPC 150

Moro: ACN 5044; ACPN 5205; PDP 17172; CPC 620

Ilorin WEST: ACN 38984; ACPN 13853; CPC 1487; PDP 39716

IFELODUN: ACN 5630; ACPN 5632; PDP 34230; CPC 241

ASA: ACN 5910; ACPN 4290; PDP 19747; CPC 406

OYUN: ACN 4815; ACPN 1445; PDP 10515; CPC 98

EDU: ACN 4229; ACPN 9517; PDP 18903; CPC 629

PATIGI: ACN 2673; ACPN 6184; PDP 9612; CPC 156

OFFA: ACN 19064; ACPN 1810; CPC 89; PDP 7747

OYUN: ACN 19064; ACPN 1810; CPC 89; PDP 774

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Lagos

Ojo
ACN-62627. ADC-399. ALP-113. ANPP-188. APGA-1035. CPC-274. CPN-100. LABOUR-157. NCP-111. NNPP-28. NPC-55. NTP-77. PDP-11809. PRP-54. SDMP-29.

Alimosho
ACN-156384. ADC-848. ALP-313. ANPP-477. APGA-305. CPC-651. CPN-188. LABOUR-656. NCP-263. NNPP-87. NPC-199. NTP-128. PDP-33750. PRP-159. SDMP-117.

Ikorodu
ACN-88311. ADC-507. ALP-187. ANPP-292. APGA-105. CPC-344. CPN-111. LABOUR-836. NCP-126. NNPP-38. NPC-69. NTP-87. PDP-15373. PRP-69. SDMP-63.

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Benue: ACN agents' call for rejection of results from Ukum turned down by the REC, Nasir Ayilara

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Kwara: PDP wins 22 of the 24 house of assembly seats while ACN wins two

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Benue

Ohimini: ACN - 5519 PDP - 9024
Logo: ACN - 12353 PDP - 46262
Buruku: ACN - 47750 PDP - 18269
Otukpo: ACN - 12761 PDP - 23681
Ukum: ACN - 6575 PDP - 46704

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Oyo: ACN governorship candidate ahead in results released so far by INEC

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Kwara

Kaima LGA 
ACN 4223, ACPN 1743, ALP 40, ANPP 39, APGA 33, APS 46, ARP 38, CPC 2621, DPP 58, LDPN 25, NCP 15, NTP 96, PDP 7905, RPN 147, UNPP 14

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Lagos

Oshodi-Isolo
ACN-95000. ADC-532. ALP-198. ANPP-280. APGA-285. CPC-321. CPN-129. LABOUR-371. NCP-466. NNPP-56. NPC-151. NTP-419. PDP-19917. PRP-83. SDMP-69.

Kosofe

ACN-113727. ADC-874. ALP-236. ANPP-264. APGA-122. CPC-831. CPN-160. LABOUR-2012. NCP-208. NNPP-49. NPC-109. NTP-163. PDP-18801. PRP-79. SDMP-65.

Agege
ACN-65521. ADC-369. ALP-110. ANPP-235. APGA-114. CPC-1322. CPN-134. LABOUR-102. NCP-171. NNPP-27. NPC-123. NTP-85. PDP-22134. PRP-81. SDMP-66.

Surulere
ACN-106140. ADC-487. ALP-173. ANPP-635. APGA-646. CPC-283. CPN-141. LABOUR-602. NCP-193. NNPP-110. NPC-75. NTP-81. PDP-13777. PRP-70. SDMP-132.

Mushin
ACN-129655. ADC-465. ALP-170. ANPP-341. APGA-163. CPC-259. CPN-154. LABOUR-953. NCP-113. NNPP-43. NPC-69. NTP-84. PDP-13881. PRP-57. SDMP-118.

Lagos Mainland
ACN-59824. ADC-339. ALP-116. ANPP-193. APGA-767. CPC-286. CPN-58. LABOUR-580. NCP-110. NNPP-33. NPC-56. NTP-143. PDP-11966. PRP-48. SDMP-73.

Ikeja
ACN-55108. ADC-289. ALP-203. ANPP-152. APGA-75. CPC-302. CPN-62. LABOUR-156. NCP-95. NNPP-20. NPC-39. NTP-65. PDP-16218. PRP-42. SDMP-39.

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Kwara

Baruten LGA 
ACN 5241 
ACPN 5241 
CPC 1470 
NTP 189 
PDP 20853 
RPN 260 
ANPP 75 
ALP 82 
APGA 57 
APS 50 
ARP 62

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Lagos

Epe
ACN-46076. ADC-146. ALP-58. ANPP-65. APGA-16. CPC-40. CPN-26. LABOUR-790. NCP-30. NNPP-9. NPC-15. NTP-17. PDP-9458. PRP-27. SDMP-49.

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Benue

Ado: ACN - 6324 PDP - 21226
Okpokwu: ACN - 6655 PDP - 24270
Oju: ACN - 14708 PDP - 19979
Obi: ACN - 6415 PDP - 14202
Ogbadigbo: ACN - 8002 PDP - 12649
Agatu: ACN - 7135 PDP - 14742
Apa: ACN - 5228 PDP - 15788
Tarka: ACN - 23994 PDP - 2788
Oshongo: ACN - 32279 PDP - 24924
Vandeikya: ACN - 37900 PDP - 31028

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Lagos

Badagry
ACN-40166. ADC-257. ALP-127. ANPP-161. APGA-73. CPC-401. CPN-73. LABOUR-516. NCP-49. NNPP-34. NPC-76. NTP-78. PDP-9632. PRP-68. SDMP-57.

Lagos Island
ACN-57792. ADC-194. ALP-50. ANPP-132. APGA-30. CPC-75. CPN-26. LABOUR-291. NCP-49. NNPP-18. NPC-31. NTP-0. PDP-7819. PRP-33. SDMP-32.

Ibeju-Lekki
ACN-25410. ADC-111. ALP-26. ANPP-710. APGA-14. CPC-37. CPN-11. LABOUR-67. NCP-30. NNPP-17. NPC-17. NTP-05. PDP-9187. PRP-18. SDMP-11.

Etiosa
ACN-52380. ADC-290. ALP-26. ANPP-123. APGA-83. CPC-365. CPN-59. LABOUR-55. NCP-101. NNPP-25. NPC-48. NTP-58. PDP-14147. PRP-61. SDMP-60

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Kwara

Ilorin east 
ACN 18152 
ACPN 6792 
ALP 128 
ANPP 167 
CPC 523 
NTP 148 
PDP 22686 
RPN 90

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Ekiti

Ekiti LGA 
ACN 2470 
ACPN 1903 
PDP 6441 
CPC 711 
DPP 441 
ANPP 50 
NTP 23 
ARP 19 
RPN 14

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Lagos

Amuwo- Odofin 
ACN-61719. ADC-362. ALP-99. ANPP-127. APGA-1120. CPC-199. CPN-71. LABOUR-351. NCP-115. NNPP-28. NPC-70. NTP-375. PDP-11222. PRP-46. SDMP-45

Ajeromi-Ifelodun 
ACN-101910. ADC-741. ALP-253. ANPP-340. APGA-360. CPC-534. CPN-140. LABOUR-75. NCP-217. NNPP-71. NPC-117. NTP-120. PDP-21529. PRP-130. SDMP-21

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Kwara hotel 1/ilorin east
ACN 122 
ACPN 44 
ALP 1 
ANPP 1 
CPC 2 
PDP 151 
RPN 1

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Kwara Results

Mogaji are 2
ACN 183 
ACPN 14 
PDP 58 
RPN 2 
DPP 2 
ALP 1 
ANPP 1 
CPC 1

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G.R.A, Ikeja PUs
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1a. La/11/09/025:
Total voter registered: 765.
Accredited voters: 162
Number of votes:

Gubernatorial: 152 votes cast
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ACN-129
PDP-13
ANNP- 1
NCP-2
NTP-1
ALP-1
Invalid-5
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1b. La/11/09/025:
Total voter reg: 765.
Accredited voters: 162
Number of votes:
House of Assembly:152
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ACN-120
ANNP-1
PMP-1
ADC-1
CNP-1
NCP-3
ALP-1
NAC-1
LP-2
PDP-16
Invalid-5.

2a. La/11/09/024:

Voter reg:
Accredited voters:187
House of Assembly: 177 votes cast
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Nap-5,pdc-1,acpn-2,dpp-1,nmpp-2,cpc-3,pac-1,lp-6,ncp-2,pdp-37,acn-106,alp-1,nup-1,anpp-1,acd-3,mpc-1,invalid-4.

Gubernatorial:177 votes cast
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Acn:141,adc-1,cpc-1,alp-2,invalid-2,pdp-30

3a. la/09/11/020. Oduduwa crescent,gra, ikeja(1).
Registered Voters:839
Accredited votes :152
Lagos Assembly:147 votes cast
Acn-69,alp-8,anpp-1,lp-10,pdp-42,sdmp-1,invalid-16.

b. Gubernatorial: 147 votes cast.
Acn-104,alp-2,cpc-1,lp-1,ncp-1,pdp-38.

4a.
la/09/11/021. Oduduwa crescent,gra, ikeja(2).

Laha:223votes cast
Acn:98,alp-3,cpc:1,lp-13,ncp-1,pdp-71,invalid-36

b. Gubernatorial:223 votes cast
Acn-163,adc-2,alp:2,apga-1,cpc-2,ntp:1,pdp:52.

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Isele Polling Unit in Ikorodu, Lagos
ACN-159
PDP-24
ADC-1
NPP-1

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Nathan primary school, Surulere, Polling unit 019 in Yaba/Ojuelegba ward. Dosunmu's polling unit.

Governorship election:

ACN-156;

PDP- 90;

PRP- 1;

NPC- 1;

NCP- 2;

LP- 1;

ADC- 1;

Registered voters- 654;

Accredited voters- 280.

State House of Assembly :

ACN- 139;

PDP- 97;

NAP- 9;

NRDD- 1;

NCP- 3;

ACD- 1;

VOID-2.

Nathan primary school, Surulere, Polling unit 018 in Yaba/Ojuelegba ward, In the same school compound with Dosunmu's polling unit.

Governorship election:

ACN- 175;

PDP- 78;

NCP- 1;

ADC-2;

PRP-2;

ANPP-1;

Registered voters- 783;

Accredited voters- 286.

State House of Assembly-:

ACN- 156;

PDP- 74;

APGA- 1;

NCP- 3;

UNPP-1;

NAP-15;

ACPN-1;

ACB-3;

NAC-1;

ANPP-1.

Multiple-award-winning rapper and Chocolate City's frontline act, MI, will relaunch his sophomore album, ‘MI2: The Movie' in London next weekend. According to a statement from his record label, the rapper, whose album is currently receiving rave reviews, will be performing an album release concert at Indigo O2 in London.

"We bring the best of Africa to the world and MI is arguably the biggest African Hip-hop star who we believe can hold his own against any of his international counterparts," Ropo Akin, the chief executive officer of Cokobar, the event promoter, said.

The concert will feature performances from Chocolate City label mates, Jesse Jagz, Ice prince as well as soulful singer, Waje.

MI2: The Movie was released in Nigeria in November 2010 with hit tracks including, ‘One Naira' featuring Waje, ‘Number One' featuring highlife singer, Flavour and ‘Action Film' featuring Brymo.

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***Hip-Hop World Awards changes name

Popular urban music awards organised by Smooth Promotions, Hip-Hop World Awards, has now adopted its moniker, ‘The Headies', as its running name. According to the entertainment website, thenetng.com, Ayo Animashaun, chief executive officer of Smooth Promotions believes the name change wouldn't come as a surprise to many.

"It was just a matter of time. Everyone in-house has been calling the award that name [since] forever; because that's what we christened our [statuette]. I think the name is more hip and trendy, and it helps us place proper focus on the prize, which is the [statuette]," Animashaun told thenetng.com.

Animashaun also used the opportunity to announce that the annual event will not be hosted in Lagos this year. Although the host city is yet to be named, Animashaun revealed that the awards ceremony will be hosted in another city to help show it is a national award.

"This will be the second time we're leaving Lagos. We had the show in Abuja in 2009 and Abuja showed us love. Since then there's been clamour from different regions for us to come stage the awards there. And as a truly and proudly national brand we're very open to moving the show all over Nigeria. So when the opportunity came to move again, we happily grabbed it," Animashaun said.

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***Lindsay Lohan out on bail

Lindsay Lohan was briefly jailed again on Friday after a roller coaster day in which a judge downgraded her jewellery theft charge, but sentenced the actress to four months behind bars for violating her probation.

Looking confused and distressed, Lohan - who was locked up for two weeks last summer - was taken immediately to jail from court after a day-long preliminary hearing on charges that she stole a $2,500 gold necklace from a store in January.

The "Mean Girls" actress was ordered to stand trial on June 3 but the jewellery charge was reduced to a misdemeanor from a more serious felony, and will cut to one year her maximum time behind bars if eventually convicted.

Los Angeles judge Stephanie Sautner, however, felt the evidence on Friday suggested Lohan intended to steal the jewellery.

She therefore ruled Lohan had violated her probation for a 2007 drunk driving and cocaine possession incident, and sentenced her to 120 days jail and 480 hours community service in a morgue and women's prison.

Lohan's lawyer filed an immediate appeal and Lohan's camp scrambled to post $75,000 bail and secure her release from custody pending an appeal hearing.

She was released late on Friday after about five hours, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department website.

Lohan, 24, has strenuously denied that she deliberately walked out of a Los Angeles store wearing a necklace without paying. Her lawyer on Friday argued that she was distracted and absent-minded when she left with the item around her neck.

Lohan's assistant returned it to police after news leaked that a search warrant was to be served on Lohan's house.

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***Mel Gibson breaks silence

Mel Gibson has broken his silence on his damaging domestic violence scandal, calling the leak of angry personal phone calls with his then-girlfriend last year a "personal betrayal." The Oscar-winning director of "Braveheart" described the leaked tapes, in which Gibson was heard ranting, swearing and threatening Russian girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, "terribly humiliating and painful for my family." Gibson added that he did not care if he ever acted again.

"I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period," Gibson told Hollywood journalist Allison Hope Weiner in a lengthy interview for website Deadline Hollywood on Friday.

Gibson last month pleaded no contest to a charge of hitting Grigorieva, the mother of his baby daughter, as their relationship broke down in early 2010.

He was sentenced to three years probation, a year of counselling and community service.

In his first public comments on the saga, Gibson said the tapes of phone calls leaked a year ago were edited, adding; "It's one terribly, awful moment in time, said to one person, in the span of one day and doesn't represent what I truly believe or how I've treated people my entire life." "Who anticipates being recorded? ... Who could anticipate such a personal betrayal?" Gibson said.

Gibson's longtime manager left him, his movie "The Beaver" was delayed for months, and actors on the sequel to comedy "Hangover 2" refused to work with him because of the fall-out of the sexist and racist remarks on the tapes.

They were leaked to the media as Gibson was trying to make an acting comeback after making vicious anti-Semitic remarks during a 2006 drunken driving arrest, and the end of his 28-year marriage.

Actresses Whoopi Goldberg and Jodie Foster were among the few Hollywood stars to publicly defend Gibson at the height of the Grigorieva scandal last year.

As protests rocked the northern part of the country over results of the presidential election, DIPO LALEYE reports the then unfolding event and how it affected different sets of people including the perpetrators themselves.

BY the time the protests got full blown, Christians in Minna and other parts of Niger State suddenly discovered that they had become targets of attacks arising from a national political event that had no colouration of religion.

No fewer than five churches were burnt by the protesters. Some of these churches are the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Deeper Life Bible Ministry, Joyous Miracle Gospel Church, as well as Grace Assembly Church.

The Deeper Life Bible Church lost an ultra-modern Information Communication Technology equipment installed for the reception of messages from the international headquarters of the organisation. The equipment was installed only 24 hours before the crisis broke out.

The case of Associate Pastor, Yussuf Ishaya, of First ECWA Church, is more pathetic. For sometime, the pastor and members of his family had accommodated the almajiris in his area, often sharing meals with them and even allowing them to sleep in his compound. Though his wife was not too comfortable with this arrangement and the possibility that they could one day pose a threat to the family, Pastor Ishaya remained undaunted.

That day came on Monday when one of the almajiris told the pastor that they would burn his house that day.

The pastor did not take the threat lightly. He transferred his wife and children to the Mobile Police barracks not too far from his residence.

It was while returning from the barracks that he met a neighbour on the road who informed him that his house was on fire and that neighbours had tried to put off the fire without success.

"Nobody could control the fire, neighbours tried to put out the fire, they did not succeed. They only succeeded in stopping it from reaching the church," Ishaya said.

Virtually everything he had was taken away by the arsonists before the residence was set ablaze. The protesters even took away a goat and some fowls in his poultry.

The next day, according to Pastor Ishaya, when members of the church were assisting to clear the rubbles and see if they could retrieve anything from the burnt house, they came across a shock find; the burnt body of one of the protesters under collapsed blocks of the building.

"The neighbours immediately recognised the boy, so they invited his father who identified his son. Both the church members and the father of the deceased have made statements to the police, while the corpse was released to the parents for burial," Ishaya said.

The Catholic church, also in the Abdulsalam quarters as the area near Angwa- Kaje, Minna, also lost all its furniture and equipment to the protest.

The protesters in their hundreds, like they did to the NCCF building, stormed the other churches, forced the gates opened before wetting the buildings with petrol and set them ablaze.

Several millions of naira worth of property, including furniture, musical instruments and personal property of the church resident pastors were burnt in the inferno. One pastor was almost killed as he was macheted in the back and thigh.

At the Faith Foundation Church along Top Medical Road, the General Overseer of the church, one Pastor Samande, was attacked by those he had lived with as neighbours for over 30 years.

The arrival of security men saved his life and the church from being burnt. The combined efforts of the state Police Commissioner, Mr Haassan Bala, and men of the special operations unit of the force saved the Shiyona Baptist Church along Sabon-Ngari from being burnt.

Nollywood actress, script writer, GLO ambassador and nominee for Actor of the Year at the Future Awards, Uche Jombo has joined the list of artistes who own movie studios with the launch of her movie studio, Uche Jombo Studios.

The first project from the new UJ studios which is also an ambitious and socially conscious project is a collection of 3 movies Titled ‘The Damage Movies’.

At advocacy for social issues, each of the three stories addresses important problems affecting individuals, families and societies at large, the first movie to be released, DAMAGED, sees her act alongside movie star Kalu Ikeagwu as a married couple in an abusive relationship as it highlights the psychological effect it could have especially on the children.

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