Nigerian singer Naira Marley’s trial is set to resume in a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday, Oct. 22 over facing fraud charges.

The singer had in May 2019 been arraigned in court by The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who preferred an 11-count charge against him, PM News reports.

Also mentioned in the charge is one Yad Isril, who is said to still be at large.

The “Am I a Yahoo Boy” musician, was arraigned on May 20 before Justice Nicholas Oweibo but denied the charges. Following a bail application by defence counsel, Mr. Olalekan Ojo, (SAN), the court had granted Fashola bail in the sum of N2 million with sureties in like sum.

The trial of the defendant, which was earlier fixed for Monday, has now been shifted to Oct. 22 (tomorrow) as the court did not sit. However, both the defence and prosecution counsel were present and seen in the court’s premises.

According to the charge, the defendant allegedly committed the offences on different dates between Nov. 26, 2018, Dec.11, 2018, and May 10.

The charge reads that Fashola and his accomplices conspired to use different Access Bank ATM Cards to defraud their victims. It said that the defendant allegedly used Access Card number 5264711020433662 issued to another person, in a bid to obtain fraudulent financial gains.

He was said to have possessed these counterfeit credit cards, belonging to different cardholders, with intent to defraud, and which also constituted theft.

The offences contravene the provisions of Section 1 23 (1) (b), 27 (1}, 33, 33(9) Cyber Crime (Prohibition) Prevention Act, 2015.

SOURCE: https://codedwapng.com/2019/10/naira-marleys-trial-in-court-resumes-tomorrow/

You must have spent the past couple of days outside planet earth if you did not at least feel the Starboy Fest frenzy on social media.
The event which was a massive success which saw Wizkid celebrate African music, putting Nigerian artistes on stage to sing to over 20k people who came to catch the Wizkid fever live.

One of the obvious appearances at the event was African Giant, Burna Boy who shared the stage with Wizkid and thrilled the crowd with hit songs from his album Outside and his latest, African Giant.

Towards the end of Burna’s performance while the duo was busy slapping praises at each other Wizkid revealed that we might be in fact getting a Wizkid Burna Boy album soon.

“We have to give them that Wizkid Burna Boy album”, he said as the African Giant left the stage. If you’re thinking what I’m thinking then you’d reckon this album will be straight up flames! But then Wizkid is not one you’d take for his words especially when it comes to releasing music, but we’ll wait sha.

SOURCE: https://codedwapng.com/2019/10/wizkid-confirms-new-collaboration-album-with-burna-boy/

The wait is Over… Tekno dropped his most Anticipated 3 single of the year titled “Skeletun”

The song serves as his 3rd single after returning from hiatus with songs like “Agege” featuring Zlatan Ibile and “Better”.

Listen, download & share your thoughts below.

DOWNLOAD HERE >> https://codedwapng.com/2019/10/music-tekno-skeletun/

Wizkid is now the most streamed African artiste with over 4 billion streams on all digital platforms.

The “Ghetto Love” singer is not only the most-streamed Nigerian artiste but also in Africa with a total of 4 billion streams. The streams which also includes features cuts across streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Tidal, Deezer and SoundCloud.

SOURCE: https://codedwapng.com/2019/09/starboy-wizkid-becomes-most-streamed-african-artiste-in-history-with-over-4-billion-streams-on-all-digital-platforms/

See video evidence here http://codedwaptv.com/download/linda-ikeji-is-pregnant-reveals-gorgeous-baby-bump-photos/X0goLRA1zhg

US Rapper, Jeezy has released the tracklist of his forthcoming album titled “Pressure” and interestingly, Wizkidis on the lineup of featured artistes. The likes of Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole, Rick Ross, Puff Daddy, Tory Lanez, Trey Songz, YG are also bid to feature on the constituent tracks of the album.

Going by Jeezy’s caption, the album is set to drop on December 15, 2017.

This development is expected to add toWeezy’sinternational credential and line him up for more achievement on the global music scene, as he continues to make Africa proud.

See post below.

SOURCE: https://codedjam.com/news/wizkid-set-feature-us-rapper-jeezys-pressure-album-alongside-likes-kendrick-lamar-j-cole/

Soulful singer/songwriter announced the nominees for the annual music awards show Tuesday morning during an appearance on CBS This Morning, and the industry’s biggest stars are going head-to-head for the coveted honors.

This year’s crop of nominees might be the Grammy’s most diverse class yet, following a year in which Recording Academy President Neil Portnow went on the offensive after many accused the annual awards show of having a race problem.

Big winners include several rap and R&B stars, like JAY-Z, who was nominated in three of the awards’ four major categories for his album 4:44, raking in a total of eight nods. Kendrick Lamar closely followed, getting recognition in seven categories.

Read on for the first round of nominations and head over to Grammy.com for the complete list of nods.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Awaken My Love!, Childish Gambino

4:44, JAY-Z

Damn, Kendrick Lamar

Melodrama, Lorde

24K Magic, Bruno Mars

SONG OF THE YEAR

“Despacito” Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi and Marty James Garton, songwriters (Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber)

“4:44” Shawn Carter and Dion Wilson, songwriters (JAY-Z)

“Issues” Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Julia Michaels)

“1-800-273-8255” Sir Robert Hall II, Arjun Ivatury, Alessia Caracciolo, Khalid Robinson, Drew Taggart, songwriters (Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid)

“That’s What I Like” Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars

RECORD OF THE YEAR

“Redbone,” Childish Gambino

“Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber

“The Story of O.J.,” JAY-Z

“Humble,” Kendrick Lamar

“24K Magic,” Bruno Mars

BEST NEW ARTIST

Alessia Cara

Khalid

Lil Uzi Vert

Julia Michaels

SZA

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE

“Love So Soft,” Kelly Clarkson

“Praying,” Kesha

“Million Reasons,” Lady Gaga

“What About Us,” P!nk

“Shape Of You,” Ed Sheeran

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM

Kaleidoscope EP, Coldplay

Lust For Life, Lana Del Rey

Evolve, Imagine Dragons

Rainbow, Kesha

Joanne, Lady Gaga

÷ (Divide), Ed Sheeran

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

“Something Just Like This,” The Chainsmokers & Coldplay

“Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber

“Thunder,” Imagine Dragons

“Feel It Still,” Portugal. The Man

“Stay,” Zedd & Alessia Cara

TRADITIONAL VOCAL ALBUM

Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version), Michael Bublé

Triplicate, Bob Dylan

In Full Swing, Seth MacFarlane

Wonderland, Sarah McLachlan

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90, Various Artists

BEST RAP ALBUM

4:44,  JAY-Z

Damn, Kendrick Lamar

Culture, Migos

Laila’s Wisdom, Rapsody

Flower Boy, Tyler, the Creator

BEST RAP/SUNG PERFORMANCE

“Prblms,” 6lack

“Crew,” Goldlink featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy

“Family Feud,” JAY-Z featuring Beyoncé

“Loyalty,” Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna

“Love Galore,” SZA featuring Travis Scott

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM

Cosmic Hallelujah, Kenny Chesney

Heart Break, Lady Antebellum

The Breaker, Little Big Town

Life Changes, Thomas Rhett

From a Room: Volume 1, Chris Stapleton

BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE

“It Ain’t My Fault,” Brothers Osborne

“My Old Man,” Zac Brown Band

“You Look Good,” Lady Antebellum

“Better Man,” Little Big Town

“Drinkin’ Problem,” Midland

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE

“Body Like a Back Road,” Sam Hunt

“Losing You,” Alison Krauss

“Tin Man,” Miranda Lambert

“I Could Use a Love Song,” Maren Morris

“Either Way,” Chris Stapleton

BEST ROCK ALBUM

Emperor of Sand, Mastodon

Hardwired…to Self-Destruct, Metallica

The Stories We Tell Ourselves, Nothing More

Villains, Queens of the Stone Age

A Deeper Understanding, The War on Drugs

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE

“You Want It Darker,” Leonard Cohen

“The Promise,” Chris Cornell

“Run,” Foo Fighters

“No Good,” Kaleo

“Go to War,” Nothing More

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE

“Get You,” Daniel Caesar featuring Kali Uchis

“Distraction,” Kehlani

“High,” Ledisi

“That’s What I Like,” Bruno Mars

“The Weekend,” SZA

BEST R&B URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM

Free 6lack, 6lack

Awaken, My Love!, Childish Gambino

American Teen, Khalid

Ctrl, SZA

Starboy, the Weeknd

BEST DANCE ELECTRONIC ALBUM

Migration, Bonobo

3-D the Catalogue, Kraftwerk

Mura Masa, Mura Masa

A Moment Apart, Odesza

What Now, Sylvan Esso

BEST DANCE RECORDING

“Bambro Koyo Ganda,” Bonobo featuring Innov Gnawa

“Cola,” Camelphat & Elderbrook

“Andromeda,” Gorillaz featuring Dram

“Tonite,” LCD Soundsystem

“Line of Sight,” Odesza featuring Wynne & Mansionair

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Baby Driver, (Various Artists)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2, (Various Artists)

Hidden Figures: The Album, (Various Artists)

La La Land, (Various Artists)

Moana: The Songs, (Various Artists)

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA

“City of Stars,” Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone)

“How Far I’ll Go,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter (Auli’i Cravalho)

“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker),” Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Zayn & Taylor Swift)

“Never Give Up,” Sia Furler & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Sia)

“Stand Up for Something,” Common & Diane Warren, songwriters (Andra Day featuring Common)

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Arrival, Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer

Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer, composer

Game of Thrones: Season 7, Ramin Djawadi, composer

Hidden Figures, Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams & Hans Zimmer, composers

La La Land, Justin Hurwitz, composer

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

” Up All Night,” (Beck) Canada, video director; Laura Serra Estorch & Oscar Romagosa, video producers

“Makeba” — (Jain) Lionel Hirle & Gregory Ohrel, video directors; Yodelice, video producer

“The Story of O.J.” — (Jay-Z) Shawn Carter & Mark Romanek, video directors; Daniel Midgley, video producer

“Humble.” — (Kendrick Lamar) The Little Homies & Dave Meyers, video directors; Jason Baum, Dave Free, Jamie Rabineau, Nathan K. Scherrer & Anthony Tiffith, video producers

1-800-273-8255″ — (Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid) Andy Hines, video director; Andrew Lerios, video producer

BEST MUSIC FILM

“One More Time With Feeling” (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) Andrew Dominik, video director; Dulcie Kellett & James Wilson, video producers

“Long Strange Trip” (The Grateful Dead) Amir Bar-Lev, video director; Alex Blavatnik, Ken Dornstein, Eric Eisner, Nick Koskoff & Justin Kreutzmann, video producers

“The Defiant Ones” (Various Artists) Allen Hughes, video director; Sarah Anthony, Fritzi Horstman, Broderick Johnson, Gene Kirkwood, Andrew Kosove, Laura Lancaster, Michael Lombardo, Jerry Longarzo, Doug Pray & Steven Williams, video producers

“Soundbreaking” (Various Artists) Maro Chermayeff & Jeff Dupre, video directors; Joshua Bennett, Julia Marchesi, Sam Pollard, Sally Rosenthal, Amy Schewel & Warren Zanes, video producers

BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson

Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen

Confessions of a Serial Songwriter, Shelly Peiken

Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In (Bernie Sanders), Bernie Sanders and Mark Ruffalo

The Princess Diarist, Carrie Fisher

BEST COMEDY ALBUM

The Age of Spin & Deep in the Heart of Texas, Dave Chappelle

Cinco, Jim Gaffigan

Jerry Before Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld

A Speck of Dust, Sarah Silverman

What Now?, Kevin Hart

BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM

Come From Away — Ian Eisendrath, August Eriksmoen, David Hein, David Lai & Irene Sankoff, producers; David Hein & Irene Sankoff, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Dear Evan Hansen — Ben Platt, principal soloist; Alex Lacamoire, Stacey Mindich, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, producers; Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Hello, Dolly! — Bette Midler, principal soloist; Steven Epstein, producer (Jerry Herman, composer & lyricist) (New Broadway Cast Recording)

The 60th Grammy Awards will take place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday Jan. 28. The telecast will be broadcast live on CBS at 7:30 p.m. EST.

SOURCE: https://codedjam.com/news/checkout-complete-full-list-2018-grammy-nominations/

Budding artiste, Teniola, has claimed to have written Davido‘s new and trending song, ‘Like Dat‘. The <em>Fargin</em>crooner made this claim via a Twitter post and she gave a shout out to Davido for encouraging and supporting young writers like herself.

The singer who recently got signed up by Dr Dolor Entertainment, is one of the young artistes tipped to climb to the upper echelons of the music industry in the coming years. She is said to have been working with popular producer D’Tunes on her new projects. In a catch-up session with Jim Donnett of TooXclusive TV, the producer raved about her talent, saying she reminds him of Sean Tizzle

SOURCE: https://codedjam.com/news/wrote-davidos-like-dat-teni-entertainer-claims/

African Union Commission (AUC) & All Africa Music Award is proud to present the Nominees to the Biggest Afrima Awards 2017, Ekukole one of the members of Afrima from Cameroon said Afrima Awards 2017 Nominees are thoroughly vetted before picking up, He said the nominees were picked based on production quality, talent and creativity, melody, originality and authenticity, composition and arrangement. It has to do with the quality of music not on the number of views from any online video platform, some songs from certain regions have more than half a billion views and would have garnered the awards based on such sentiment, but it is not so. It has to do with quality.

Afrima Awards 2017 Nominees was listed in 33 Different Categories which comprises of the Regional Category which covers the five African regions (Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern & Central) and the genre-based Continental Category. The Nominees & Voters of Afrima Awards 2017 is listed below, Kindly vote for your best artists @ afrima.org.



See FULL List of winners :

Best male artiste in Central Africa – Locko

Best female artiste in Central Africa – Montess

Best male artiste in Northern Africa – Shefi

Best female artiste in Northern Africa – Ibitssam Tiskat

Best male artiste in South Africa – Emtee

Best female artiste in South Africa – Thandiswa

Most influential African artiste – Neza

African fan favourite – The Dogg

Best African collaboration – Ali Beka

Best artiste in African jazz – Nduduzo Makhatini

Best artiste/group in African rock – Gilad Millo

Best in contemporary African RnB & soul – Eli Keba

Best Artiste in contemporary song – Wande Coal (Iskaba)

Best artiste in African raggae/dancehall – 2baba

Best artiste in African traditional – Halmelmal Abate

Best African hip-hop – Ycee

Best artiste in African pop – Tofaan

Best female artist in inspirational – Asike

Best male artiste in inspirational - Gilad

Video of the year – Orezi (Cooking Pot)

African legend award – Salif Keita and Oliver ‘Tutu’ Mtukudzi

Songwriter of the year – Simi

Best African group – Toofan

African discovery of the year – Shyfan

Producer of the year – DJ Cublon

Album of the year – Eddy Kenzo

Song of the year – Wizkid

Artiste of the year – Wizkid

SOURCE: https://codedjam.com/news/afrima-awards-2017-full-winners-nominees-full-list/

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Singing# ((What's gonna be gonna be, what goes up must come down, what's gonna be gonna be, there's nothing you can do about it))

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Controversial rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem has turned his attention to Peter &amp; Paul Okoye, of the defunct PSqaure music group. The two brothers have now taken separate music career paths; with Peter Okoye flagging the stage name, Mr. P, while Paul Okoye bears Rude boy.

However, Eedris Abdulkareem believes the two brothers would lose their relevance as artistes, by flying solo careers. He quoted the late mother of twins to have said to the Okoye brothers that, “don’t let anyone come between you guys.” Eedris advised the two brothers, in an interview with TVC, to deal with the issue maturely, saying that, “you (Peter and Paul Okoye) need to sit your women down, talk to them to stay away from you guys, sit them down to respect you guys opinions. You guys are gone doing your solo career.”

Watch video below.


https://www.instagram.com/p/BbMtBFRl4dO/


SOURCE: https://codedjam.com/news/p-squares-problem-spiritual-eedris-abdulkareem-claims/

[Verse 1]
Oya sare sare sare sare ke ma bo
Mo ni ke mere mere mere mere se ti gbo
Oya ko won so wun je ko ma lo
Baby ko won ko won je ko bale
Oya ko won so wun so wun je ko ma lo
Baby ko won so wun je kin sere gbabe
Wo badi ti omo yen fi jo mele
Bo se majo mole ni won da gbe
Ileke ibadi yen lo mumi bode
Oni pami si le, femi Ma pami so de
Omo meji kole yomi
Omo meta kole yomi
Omo merin lo fi n ma n ki mi
Emi baba won oritsefemi
Ema lo le Mo ma n de be de be
Ema lo le mole pon omi sibe
Mo se fun onile mo tun se fun alejo
Mi o da kan mo ni won fi n ba mi je

[Chorus]
Move your body kelele
Shake your body kelele
Dance and party kelele
Everybody dey move their body kelele
Ju ibadi jo kelele
Shake body jo kelele
I be omo mummy jo kelele
You be omo daddy jo kelele party just dey start jo kelele
Water don dey high jo kelele
Iye koko

[Verse 2 – Olamide]
Eni bi eni, Eji bi eji
Eta ta gba, Erin woroko
Erima shake your bottom
Weda you be lepa ab orobo
Make you dey shakiti bobo
Give it to them ko ma lo go
Once upon a time i went to Jamaica
Once upon a time I went to Mexico
Once upon a time i went to Shomolu
How happy, happy i was
Dem give me dogoyaro
Sare ki ijo mole bi ti baba mi anikulapo
Ararara o rara
Orororo o roro

[Chorus]
Move your body kelele
Shake your body kelele
Dance and party kelele
Everybody dey move their body kelele
Dance Hall catch fire everybody don dey manyan kelele
Dance hall catch fire the girls dem don mara kelele
Dance hall don catch fire everybody dem don nornor kelele ye ye o

*Sings in his language*

[Bridge]
Money make the world go round
Money make the world go round
Bvtchs make the party go down
Bvtchs make the party go down
Everyday niggha balling no time
Everyday niggha balling no time

[Chorus]
Move your body kelele
Shake your body kelele
Dance and party kelele
Everybody dey move their body kelele
Ju ibadi jo kelele
Shake body jo kelele
I be omo mummy jo kelele
You be omo daddy jo kelele

Oriste Femi – Kelele Lyrics ft Olamide

Source: https://codedjam.com/lyrics/lyrics-oristefemi-kelele-ft-olamide/

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Please you may want to edit your caption to probably top Nigerian criminals no one has probed

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‘Atlanta’ creator Donald Glover made history as the first black man to win best directing in a comedy while Lena Waithe equally made history as the first black woman to win for writing in a comedy series. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ became the first streaming show to win an award for best drama. Hosted by Stephen Colbert, the 69th edition of the annual awards took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, US.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Crown (Netflix)

WINNER: The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
This Is Us (NBC)
Westworld (HBO)

Outstanding Comedy Series
Atlanta (FX)
black-ish (ABC)
Master of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
WINNER: Veep (HBO)

Outstanding Limited Series

WINNER: Big Little Lies (HBO)
Fargo (FX)
Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Genius (National Geographic)
The Night Of (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)
Claire Foy, The Crown (Netflix)

WINNER: Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
Keri Russell, The Americans (FX)
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld (HBO)
Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

WINNER: Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (NBC)
Anthony Hopkins, Westworld (HBO)
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC)
Matthew Rhys, The Americans (AMC)
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan (Showtime)
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us (NBC)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon, Bad Things (FX)
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie (Netflix)
Allison Janney, Mom (CBS)
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

WINNER: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO)
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish (ABC)
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, black-ish (ABC)
Aziz Ansari, Master of None (Netflix)
Zach Galifianakis,Baskets (FX)

WINNER: Donald Glover, Atlanta (FX)
William H. Macy, Shameless (Showtime)
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (Amazon)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Carrie Coon, Fargo (FX)
Felicity Huffman, American Crime (ABC)

WINNER: Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies (HBO)
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

WINNER: Riz Ahmed, The Night Of (HBO)
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective (PBS)
Robert De Niro, The Wizard of Lies (HBO)
Ewan McGregor, Fargo (FX)
Geoffrey Rush, Genius (National Geographic)
John Turturro, The Night Of (HBO)

Outstanding Reality Competition
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Vh1)
Top Chef (Bravo)

WINNER: The Voice (NBC)

Outstanding Variety/Talk Series
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)

WINNER: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things (Netflix)

WINNER: Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us (NBC)
Thandie Newton, Westworld (HBO)
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul (AMC)
David Harbour, Stranger Things (Netflx)
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us (NBC)
Michael Kelley, House of Cards (Netflix)

WINNER: John Lithgow, The Crown (Netflix)
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland (Showtime)
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Anna Chlumsky, Veep (HBO)
Kathryn Hahn, Transparent (Amazon)
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Judith Light, Transparent (Amazon)

WINNER: Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Louie Anderson, Baskets (FX)

WINNER: Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Ty Burrell, Modern Family (ABC)
Tony Hale, Veep (HBO)
Matt Walsh, Veep (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie
Judy Davis, Feud: Betty and Joan (FX)

WINNER: Laura Dern, Big Little Lies (HBO)
Jackie Hoffman, Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Regina King, American Crime (ABC)
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies (HBO)
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie
Bill Camp, The Night Of (HBO)
Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)

WINNER: Alexander Skarsgärd, Big Little Lies (HBO)
David Thewlis, Fargo (FX)
Stanley Tucci, Feud: Bette and Joan (FX)
Michael Kenneth Williams, The Night Of (HBO)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Ann Dowd, The Leftovers (HBO)
Shannon Purser, Stranger Things (Netflix)
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away With Murder (ABC)
Alison Wright, The Americans (FX)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline (Netflix)
BD Wong, Mr. Robot (USA)
Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan (Showtime)
Denis O’Hare, This Is Us (NBC)
Brian Tyree Henry, This Is Us (NBC)
Gerald McRaney, This Is Us (NBC)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Becky Ann Baker, Girls (HBO)
Angela Bassett, Master of None (Netflix)
Carrie Fisher, Catastrophe (Amazon)
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Wanda Sykes, black-ish (ABC)
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Riz Ahmed, Girls (HBO)
Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Tom Hanks, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Hugh Laurie, Veep (HBO)
Matthew Rhys, Girls (HBO)

Outstanding Television Movie

WINNER: Black Mirror: San Junipero (Netflix)
Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (NBC)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)
Sherlock: The Lying Detective (PBS)
The Wizard of Lies (HBO)

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Billy on the Street (truTV)
Documentary Now! (IFC)
Drunk History (Comedy Central)Portlandia (IFC)

WINNER: Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Tracey Ullman’s Shows (HBO)

Outstanding Structured Reality Program
Antiques Road Show (PBS)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)
Fixer Upper (HGTV)
Lip Sync Battle (Spike TV)

WINNER: Shark Tank (ABC)
Who Do You Think You Are (TLC)

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Born This Way (A&E)
Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)
G.aycation With Ellen Page (Viceland)
Intervention (A&E)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked (YouTube)

WINNER: United States of America: With W. Kamau Bell (CNN)

Outstanding Host for a Reality/Reality Competition Program
Alec Baldwin, Match Game (ABC)
Kamau Bell, United Shades of America With W. Kamau(CNN)

WINNER: RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race (Vh1)
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway (Lifetime)
Gordon Ramsay, MasterChef Junior (FOX)
Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party (Vh1)

Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within an Unscripted Program
E! Live 360 (Red Carpet Show) (E! News Mobile App)
The Oscars: All Access (Oscar.com)
Stand for Rights: A Benefit for The ACLU With Tom Hanks (Facebook Live)
Stand Up to Cancer: A Program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (Standuptocancer.org)
The Voice on Snapchat Show (NBC)

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Vince Gilligan (Better Call Saul- “Witness”)
Stephen Daldry (The Crown- “Hyde Park Corner”)

WINNER: Reed Morano (The Handmaid’s Tale- “Offred”)
Kate Dennis (The Handmaid’s Tale-“The Bridge”)
Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland-“America First”)
The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things- “Chapter One: The Vanishing Of Will Byers”)
Jonathan Nolan (Westworld-The Bicameral Mind)

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Joel Fields, Joe Weisberg (The Americans- “The Soviet Division”)
Gordon Smith (Better Call Saul- “Chicanery”)
Peter Morgan (The Crown- “Assassins”)

WINNER: Bruce Miller (The Handmaid’s Tale- “Offred”)
The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things- “Chapter One: The Vanishing Of Will Byers”)
Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan (Westworld- “The Bicameral Mind”)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

WINNER: Donald Glover (Atlanta- “B.A.N.”)
Jamie Babbit (Silicon Valley- “Intellectual Property”)
Mike Judge (Silicon Valley- “Sever Error)
Morgan Sackett (Veep- “Blurb”)
David Mandel (Veep- “Groundbreaking”)
Dale Stern (Veep-­ “Justice”)

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Donald Glover (Atlanta- “B.A.N.”)
Stephen Glover (Atlanta- “Streets on Lock”)

WINNER: Aziz Ansari, Lena Waithe (Master of None- “Thanksgving”)
Alec Berg (Silicon Valley- “Success Failure”)
Billy Kimball (Veep- “Georgia”)
David Mandel (Veep- “Groundbreaking”)

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special

WINNER: Jean-Mac Vallee (Big Little Lies)
Noah Hawley (Fargo- “The Law of Vacant Places)
Ryan Murphy (FEUD: Bette And Joan-“And The Winner Is…”)
Ron Howard (Genius- “Einstein: Chapter One”)
James Marsh (The Night Of- “The Art of War”)
Steven Zaillian (The Night Of- “The Beach”)

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies)

WINNER: Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror- “San Junipero”)
Noah Hawley (Fargo- “The Law of Vacant Places”)
Ryan Murphy (FEUD: Bette And Joan- “And The Winner Is…”)
Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam, Ryan Murphy (FEUD: Bette And Joan- “Pilot”)
Richard Price, Steven Zaillian (The Night Of- “The Call of the Wild”)

Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Brown Girls (Open TV)
Fear The Walking Dead: Passage (AMC.com)
H@ck Into Broad City (ComedyCentral.com)
Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training (AMC)
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (Slingshot)

Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Ty Burrell (Boondoggle)
Alan Tudyk (Con Man)
Kim Estes (D!cks)
Ben Schwartz (The Earliest Show)
Jason Ritter (Tales Of Titans)
John Michael Higgins (Tween Fest)

Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
Mindy Sterling (Con Man)
Jane Lynch (Dropping The Soap)
Lauren Lapkus (The Earliest Show)
Kelsey Scott (Fear The Walking Dead: Passage)
Mindy Sterling (secs & EXES)

Outstanding Short Form, Nonfiction or Reality Series
Creating Saturday Night Live (NBC)
FEUD: Bette And Joan: Inside Look (FX.com)
Jay Leno’s Garage (nbc.com)
National Endowment For the Arts: United States Of Arts (arts.gov)
Viceland At The Women’s March (Viceland)

Outstanding Variety Special

WINNER: Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017 (CBS)
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner (TBS)
Louis C.K. 2017 (Netflix)
Sarah Silverman: A Speck Of Dust (Netflix)
Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Sh*t?(Showtime)

Outstanding Short Form Variety Series
Behind The Voice (YouTube)

WINNER: The Daily Show- Between The Scenes (TheDailyShow.com)
Epic Rap Battles of History (YouTube)
Honest Trailers (YouTube)
The Star Wars Show (YouTube)

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
Jeremy Konner, Derek Waters (Drunk History- “Hamilton”)
Andy Fisher (Jimmy Kimmel Live-“The (RED) Show”)
Paul Pennolino (Last Week Tonight With John Oliver- “Multi-Level Marketing”)
Jim Hoskinson (The Late Show With Stephen Colbert- “Episode 0179”)

WINNER: Don Roy King (Saturday Night Live)

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special

Paul Pennolino (Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner)
WINNER: Glenn Weiss (The Oscars)
Jim Hoskinson (Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Sh*t?)
Jerry Foley (Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet To Come)

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee

WINNER: Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

WINNER: Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Louis C.K.
Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust
Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Demoracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going to Clean Up This Sh*t?


70th Annual Tony Awards

SOURCE: https://codedjam.com/news/view-full-list-winners-2017-emmy-awards/

[Intro]
Babe

[Verse 1 – Simi]
Baby, maybe I was wrong, but definitely I was crazy
I no mean to say, go go away
Baby maybe you were wrong, but I must have been out of my mind
To tell you to go go go away

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh Kunle, no leave me, no no no
Cos I no wan make you go, e say kilode
If you no want make I go go go, tell me why you treat me so
I say Kunle, hu don’t you know know know
That I miss you so, e say kilode, why you con dey form, you too dey form

[Chorus]
I say I don’t know, just take me back, hu hu
Take me back, Shakara is over
Just take me back, hu hu
Take me back, Shakara ti tan
Just take me back, hu hu
Take me back, Shakara is over
Just take me back, hu hu
Take me back, Shakara ti tan

[Verse 2 – Adekunle Gold]
Se mi n be o, lo gun ife o baby
Dem tell me say you go call me back o
Why you con mess with my heart o, before o baby
Ife fi mi lokan bale oh oh oh, ma ma je’n lo commit oh
Ofe ko fi’mi se yeye oh, leyin odun meta ata’bo

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh Kunle, no leave me no no no, cos I no want make you go
Kilode o, if you no want make I go, tell me why you treating me so
Kunle, hu don’t you know know know, that I miss you so
Why you con dey form baby, you too dey form

[Chrous]
Mo ni I don’t know, just take me back, hu hu
Take me back, Shakara is over
Just take me back, hu hu
Take me back, Shakara ti tan
Just take me back, hu hu
Take me back, Shakara is over
Just take me back, hu hu
Take me back, Shakara ti tan

[Outro]
Omode lo’n se mi o, jowo o baby
I no ft to let go my darling, because you be my lady o
Parara
Would you take me back now, hu hu
Na me mess up o, Shakara is over
I no know what I dey do o, hu hu
Darijimi baby, Shakara ti tan
K’okan MI le bale o, hu hu
Kunle take me back o, Shakara is over
Take me back, hu hu
Please take me back, Shakara ti tan
Do my heart softly softly oh, Shakara is over
I swear say I no go let you down and I go hold you down baby , Shakara ti tan
Better stay with me, wherever you go take me
Cos I no ft to less over (?)
Cos I love you my baby

SOURCE: https://codedjam.com/lyrics/lyrics-simi-take-back-ft-adekunle-gold/

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Saraki
The incumbent President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, is a political enigma of sort that cannot be shoved aside in any political setting he finds himself. Saraki came to political limelight riding on the wings of his father, Olusola Saraki, a top-notch Second Republic politician and former Senate Leader (1979-1983). In 2000, former president Olusegun Obasanjo appointed him as his Special Assistant on Budget. In 2003, he ran for the office of governor of Kwara State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and won. He was re-elected for a second term in office in 2007.
Nevertheless, Saraki showed that his political teeth had become sharp enough in 2011 when he opposed his sister, Senator Gbemisola Rukayyat Saraki’s governorship ambition, which had the blessing of his father. The disagreement forced his father, who dictated the tune of Kwara politics to pull out of the PDP and float the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) in a bid to actualise the gubernatorial ambition of his daughter and maybe teach his son a bitter political lesson. Thus, he campaigned vigorously for Gbemisola with scores of his supporters, but she lost the election to her brother’s anointed candidate and the incumbent governor of the state, Abdulfatah Ahmed. The younger Saraki also made it to the Senate, literally demystifying his father politically.
From then on, Saraki has waxed in political strength. He is today wearing his father’s shoes as the new godfather of Kwara politics. He was instrumental to the defeat of the PDP in the 2015 general elections as he was one of the influential members of the party that defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014. He effectively delivered Kwara to the APC in the 2015 polls and was re-elected into the Senate.
Saraki emerged as Senate president in June 2015 against the wish of his party’s leadership, having connived with the PDP caucus in the Senate to secure the coveted seat. Shocked by the development, his party’s leadership initially chose to dissociate with him. In fact, they sought to remove him from office by every means possible. But not even a case of alleged corruption instituted against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) by the Federal Government at the peak of the crisis could sway the tide against him. When it became obvious to those who wanted him removed that it was an impossible task, as he has succeeded in currying the support of both the APC and PDP caucuses in the Senate, they initiated a fence mending process. And he has remained firmly in charge as chairman of the National Assembly and Nigeria’s number three citizen. He is indeed one of the political heavyweights of the Fourth Republic.

Wike
Rivers State Governor, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has had a no love lost relationship with the Federal Government since his victory in the 2015 general elections. And he has won all his court cases. Many people had thought that Wike, who contested the governorship of the state on the platform of the PDP, had robbed the APC of victory in the state with the support of the Federal Government, which was then controlled by the PDP. But events of the last two years do not corroborate such view.
The courts had nullified virtually all national and state elections conducted in the state in 2015. Although he succeeded in upturning the judgment of Court of Appeal nullifying his election at the Supreme Court and retaining his mandate, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had to conduct fresh elections into the vacated seats as ordered by the lower courts.
To the former Minister of State for Education, the fresh elections served the purpose of proving himself as a grassroots politician who is loved by his people and dispelling the speculation that the 2015 election was rigged in his favour. The APC only managed to win a few seats amid intimidating federal support, proving as many people had argued that he was the brain behind the electoral victories recorded by the Minister of Transport and former governor of the state, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, while steering the affairs of the state. Wike has indeed distinguished himself as an outstanding administrator, leader and politician. To the opposition in Rivers State, the fear of Wike is the beginning of political wisdom.

Obasanjo
Without a doubt, Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo is one of the most favoured among the past leaders who had ruled this country. Apart from being the longest serving elected civilian president under the present political dispensation, he still enjoins tremendous level of goodwill and respectability within the political class. In and out of office, he knows when to pull the string. While in power, he ruled with iron fist. Despite all the criticisms against his alleged profane use of power, Obasanjo had no cause to look back.
Even as a democratic leader, he did not hide his aversion to undue criticism. Within a short while after his swearing in, he literally ran all the founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who worked for his emergence out the party. No supporter of the party would forget in a hurry how Obasanjo plotted the removal of Chief Audu Ogbe as the chairman of the PDP for having the gut to write a letter to him complaining about the intrigues of Anambra State politics during the tenure of former governor Chris Ngige.
In his quick reply to the letter, Obasanjo declared Audu as betrayer, saying, “I am amused and not surprised by your letter of December 6, 2004 because after playing hide and seek games over a period of time, you have finally, at least in writing, decided to unmask and show your true colour.” What’s more! He ordered Ogbe to voluntarily resign and drafted in Col Ahmadu Ali as his successor. And, of course, the Garrison Commander played his role to the satisfaction of his benefactor. In the words of Ali, you must be 100 percent loyal to the national leader of the party or chicken out. And that was it.
Subsequently, prominent figures like vice president Atiku Abubakar, Alex Ekweme, the late Abubakar Rimi, among those who had the gut to show ambition for the presidency, were shown the way out of the party one after the other.
When in the run up to the last general election, the former president publicly announced his exit from the PDP and tore his membership card; many had expected that he would take a permanent retirement from politics. But contrarily, Baba Obasanjo is still very much visible in the political scene, playing the role of a kingmaker. His most recent outing being his meeting with the Minna Generals: Abdul Salami Abubakar (rted), Ibrahim Babangida (retd), over the health matter of President Muhammadu Buhari. The last is yet to be heard of the matter.




Tinubu
Other than his current position as the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu earns a lot of respect for his capacity to take a peep into the future and act appropriately. His role in the merger arrangement that culminated in the formation of the party is still fresh in the memory of most Nigerians. For the first time in the history of Yoruba, he succeeded in breaking the traditional Berlin wall between the South-west and the power at the centre, leading the All Progressives Congress (APC) to a landslide victory in the last general elections.
In terms of political strategy, Tinubu towers above his peers. This he had demonstrated as far back as 2003, when he emerged as the only survivor of Obasanjo’s political intrigues against the South-west governors in that general election. With his prodigious capacity to read events and peep into the future, he was the only governor who survived the massive incursion of the PDP into the South-west. This led him on a regular collision course with the PDP-controlled Federal Government, especially following the creation of additional 36 local council development areas for the state. The prolonged litigation battle that followed the creation of the additional local governments by the Tinubu administration is already a familiar story.
Stories have also been told of how Tinubu circumvented the Afenifere in his bid to secure second term ticket as governor of Lagos State. Unlike most governors elected on the platform of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tinubu met a brick wall obtaining the ticket of his party (AD). Due to the power play intrigues, Tinubu literally became a protégé of AD leaders like the late Abraham Adesanya and Ayo Adebanjo. By the twilight of his first tenure, the Afenifere leaders had become so uncomfortable, feeling that the man they had made was becoming too difficult for them to control. They, therefore, felt the need to curtail his power. Consequently, there was an alleged plot to deny him the ticket of the AD for a second term.
Realising that the party was fast losing its pride of place in the politics of the South-west, Tinubu, a grassroots mobiliser, took a bold initiative of forming the Action Congress (AC). Within a few months, he transformed this new party as the credible opposition to the PDP in the country. In 2003, he sought re-election on the platform of the party and won alongside a new deputy governor, Femi Pedro. Since then, the AD has never remained the same, while the fault line in the Afenifere camp is also yet un-amenable.
Today, nearly all top functionaries in the present government of President Muhammadu Buhari from the South-west are the so-called Tinubu Boys. These include: Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, Minister for Solid Mineral, Dr Kayode Fayemi, FIRS’s Babatunde Fowler, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, to mention but a few.
Tinubu is such a person you cannot predict his next political move.

Buhari
By virtue of his position, President Muhammadu Buhari is the leader of the APC. Even though he may not be visibly seen dishing out orders as ex-president Obasanjo did in his tenure, he has the final say on all matters that concern the party.
One of the cardinal points of the present administration is to fight corruption and ensure openness and transparency in the conduct of government’s business. And, of course, since he assumed power, he has been unwavering in his commitment to deal with the penance. As they say in political parlance, ‘the fear of Buhari is the beginning of wisdom.’ Even though many of his critics have attributed the dismal performance of the economy to the way and manner the anti-corruption war is being fought, his government has not had any cause to look back.
However, there is now a discordant tune on the raging war among some key members of the party, including the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola, who recently criticized the approach of the anti-graft crusade. This is coming on the heels of the president’s medical vacation. Nonetheless the divergence of opinion on the war, the administration is pushing on.
Meanwhile, Nigerians are awaiting the outcome of the probe panel set up to investigate the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir David Lawal and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency NIA, Ayo Oke. According to a close ally of the president who spoke with Sunday Sun, no one caught in the act would be allowed to go scot-free. A former minister of information, Prince Tony Momoh, speaking on the hard line position of the president on the anti-corruption crusade had this to day: “I think one mistake people make is their lack of understanding of what President Muhammadu Buhari makes with governance. If you are a minister; like my friend, Prof Jerry Gana would say, he will allow you to minister well. If you are a governor, you will govern well. If you are a teacher, you will teach well. He allows you to do your work, but bears responsibility because he cannot delegate responsibility, he can only delegate power and authority. My knowledge of him (Buhari) makes me conclude that he can never abandon his responsibility.”

Ibori
Former governor of Delta State, James Ibori is keeping a cool head in his Oghara country home after serving a four-year jail term in the United Kingdom for money laundering and other related offences. Ibori’s conviction came after he had been discharged and acquitted of the same offence by the Nigerian judiciary.
Before he ran into troubled waters, Ibori was one of the movers and shakers of politics in Nigeria. He was said to have allegedly bankrolled election campaign of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua. Many people believe that the plea bargaining option instituted by the Yar’Adua administration was to give him with a soft landing.
Since his return from the UK concerns have been raised about his post-prison life. But the excitement and jubilation that heralded his home coming last December has clearly shown that he still remains a man of the people. On arrival in Abuja before proceding to Oghara, the Director General of the State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Daura, was said to have allegedly had a brief talk with Ibori on how to achieve peace in the troubled Niger Delta region. The belief is that he could influence the Niger Delta militants to lay down their arms against the Federal Government.
For obvious reasons, Ibori may not be visible in the political scene. But recent developments in Delta State have shown that the man is still capable of pulling strings. For instance, there are speculations that the recent impeachment of the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly might have been instigated by Ibori.

Fayose
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State represents the face of the opposition in the present dispensation. And as an ardent critic of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), he has remained a thorn in the flesh of the Buhari government.
However, some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party have blamed the current crisis facing the party on Fayose, his counterparts in Akwa Ibom and Rivers State, Emmanual Udom and Nyesom Wike respectively for propping up Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the national chairman against the wish of the elders.
For now, the fate of the party is hanging in the balance, as the Supreme Court reserves the final judgment on the case between Ahmed Makarfi-led Caretaker Committee and Sheriff’s faction. While the waiting game lasted, Fayose has vowed to dump the party should the judgment go in favour of the latter group.
Whichever way it goes, Fayose is certainly a strong force to contend with in the politics of 2018 and 2019, especially in Ekiti State. Sunday Sun reliably gathered that his predecessor, Dr Kayose Fayemi, is having his eyes on the governorship seat. Even with the advantage of the federal might, Fayose has minced no words in his determination to make Ekiti State an impregnable fortress for the APC.

Eze
Billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Prince Arthur Eze, is a political kingmaker in his native Anambra State and a major donor to political causes in the country. Eze, who is the founder and Chairman of Atlas Oranto Petroleum International Ltd, the largest holder of oil exploration blocks in Africa, also wields remarkable influence in the politics of the South-east geo-political zone and is often looked upon for direction. He is popularly known as the “godfather” among his loyalists. Although he is not into active politics, concentrating rather on his oil exploration business, which has earned him a place in the current list of top 10 richest Nigerians with a net worth of $5.7 billion, he has been close to the seat of power since the Gen. Sani Abacha junta, who was said to be his close friend.
He was a major financier of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) during the administrations of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. During the 2015 presidential election, he openly supported the re-election bid of former president Jonathan to the extent of declaring that anybody fighting Jonathan was fighting God and would perish. But shortly after the presidential election, which Jonathan lost to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, Eze was one of those who visited Buhari just weeks after the election to congratulate him. The visit had fuelled the speculation that despite being a well-advertised Jonathan’s supporter, he backed Buhari in the presidential election. His place as a close confidant and treasured donor to Nigerian politicians makes him one of the politicians in the country that cannot just be ignored, even though he is always in the background.

Danjuma
Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (retd) has been in the corridors of power since 1966 when, as a Captain in the Nigerian Army with the 4th Battalion in Mokola, Ibadan, he was involved in the counter-coup that claimed the life of the late head of state, Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. A politician, multi-millionaire businessman and philanthropist from Jukun in Taraba State, he was Nigerian Chief of Army Staff from July 1975 to October 1979. He was also Minister of Defence under the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999.
Danjuma, who is chairman of South Atlantic Petroleum (SAPETRO), a Nigerian oil exploration and production company established in 1995, is one of Nigeria’s richest men. He has played active roles in Nigerian politics since the restoration of democracy in 1999 and his political network cuts across the country. Although Danjuma has been close to Nigeria’s seat of power, that does not deter him from taking a principled stand on national issues and following through to the end.
In 2006, he was one of those that avidly opposed Obasanjo’s third term bid as civilian president despite his closeness to the former president. In 2010, then acting President Goodluck Jonathan appointed him Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council and he had an unfettered access to Aso Rock. But in July 2014, Danjuma, who also served as Chairman of the Victims’ Support Fund Committee, which was created by the Jonathan administration to raise fund and supply
aids to victims of Boko Haram insurgency, publicly criticised Jonathan’s handling of the insurgency, noting that, “Boko Haram insurgents appear to be having the upper hand, as they choose where to strike and capture territory.” As it turned out, Jonathan’s perceived poor handling of the war against insurgency was one of the issues that cost him his re-election in 2015.
In his native Taraba State, Danjuma is widely seen as the political leader of the state. He has a firm grip on the state and plays a crucial role in the allocation of power. He is highly revered in the country’s political circles.

Atiku
Atiku Abubakar made a foray into the Nigerian political arena in the early 80s and maintains a nationwide political network, which was initially built by his late friend and political mentor, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua. He also enjoys tremendous wealth, which flows from his many flourishing businesses both within and outside the country. Atiku understands the media and knows how to use it to his own advantage. He has a formidable media team any politician can boast of.
He was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and was elected as the governor of Adamawa State in 1998 on the platform of the party. However, before he could be sworn into office, former president Olusegun Obasanjo recognised his political worth and chose him as his running mate. Obasanjo won the presidential election and he served as the second elected vice president of the country from 1999 to 2007.
Atiku, however, had a frosty relationship with Obasanjo during his second term in office, which arose mainly from his ambition to succeed the latter in office. Meanwhile, Obasanjo, it was rumoured, had vowed never to allow him to taste the seat after he (Atiku) almost used his powerful political machinery to stop him from clinching a second term in office but for the intervention of notable members of the party. But in a bid to realise his ambition, Atiku defected to the defunct Action Congress (AC) in 2006 and was nominated as the presidential candidate of the party. He survived further attempts by Obasanjo and the PDP-led Federal Government to rubbish him and stop him from contesting the election. He, however, didn’t win the election.
On April 8, 2010, Atiku returned to the PDP with his associates and contested for the presidential ticket of the party in January 2011 but lost to former president Goodluck Jonathan. On August 31, 2013, Atiku led seven governors of the party and their loyalists to walk out of its national convention following a protracted crisis in the party. The action, no doubt, contributed to the awful performance of the PDP in the 2015 polls. He had rebuffed pleas from the leadership of the party to return to their fold. He joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in February 2014.
Although Atiku could not realise his presidential ambition on the platform of the party in 2015, as he lost the party’s ticked to President Muhammadu Buhari, his contribution to the success of the party at the poll cannot be over emphasised. Atiku has defied all odds to remain irrepressibly relevant in the country’s political landscape till date.