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Gora Entertainment Award organisers of the Prestigious Music Awards in kaduna and Nigeria, Gora Entertainment Awards (GEAwards) invites all Artistes, Producers, dance groups, Record labels, Artistes managers and other Entertainment sectors involved in the Gora Entertainment Award Categories.music/arts content circuit to submit entries Songs/works (Audio) for possible nomination into the 1st Annual Gora Entertainment Awards (GEAwards) Kaduna 2020.
Event Organiser, Crock Empire Music said, We will not relent in building and promoting excellence in the Gora music and creative.”
Note:
Gonin Gora
Karatudu
Federal Housing
Buwaya
Ung/ Tanko
Ung/Rimi
Ung/Bije
Kaku
Ung/Sauri 1&2
Ung/Madaki
Ung/Doma
Plus all over Gonin Gora axis mention and
Un-mention.
This is the First of its Kind plus is Coming really strong.... 

The Supreme Court on Wednesday
affirmed the election of Governor
Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State
after dismissing two appeals
against his election.
In a decision by a seven-member
panel of the apex court on
Wednesday, the court said the
cases brought by the applicants did
not comply with the requirements
for such applications according to
Nigeria’s electoral law.
The court also ruled that the
allegation of non-compliance
brought against Mr Sanwo-Olu
were not substantiated.
“A petitioner has the freedom to
use his own language but should
know that he is taking a big risk,”
the court ruled.
“They were supposed to prove that
the noncompliance not only
existed but that it substantially
affected the result of the elections.
This they failed to do,” the apex
court ruled.
The court in a similar decision also
affirmed the election of Governor
Aminu Masari of Katsina State
after ruling that the application
challenging the legality of
documents submitted by Mr
Masari to the electoral umpire,
INEC, was unmeritorious.
Details later

Marlian President,Naira Marley Has been Nominated In 3
Categories For Soundcity Mvp Award Festival Which will Be
Held On January 11th 2020.
See Full Nomination List Below.



Soundcity MVP Awards Festival 2020 Full Nominations List –
The organisers of the Soundcity MVP Music Award Festival
have unveiled the list of nominees for its 2020 edition. The
award would be happening at the popular Eko Convention
Center, Lagos on January 20, 2020.
Burna Boy fondly called the African Giant and new acts like
Mavin Records Rema, Joeboy, topped 2020 Soundcity MVP
Award Festival 2020 nominees list.
Other nominees on the list are Zlatan, Skiibii, Kel P, who
bagged nominations in different categories. See the full list of
2020 Soundcity MVP Award Festival 2020 nominees below.
Best New MVP
FireBoy DML (NG)
JoeBoy (NG)
Marioo (TZ)
Rema (NG)
Simmy (SA)
Wendy Shay (GH)
Best Collaboration
Blow My Mind – Davido [NG]
Daz How Star Do – Skibii [NG]
Gugulethu – Prince Kaybee [SA]
Jama – DJ Mic Smith [GH]
Killin Dem – Burna Boy [NG]
Inama – Diamond PlatNumz [TZ]
Best Pop
Innos B [CG]
Nandy [TZ]
JoeBoy [NG]
Otile Brown [KE]
Kizz Daniel [NG]
Teni [NG]
Mayorkun [NG]
Rayvanny [TZ]
Naira Marley [NG]
Best Hip Hop
BlaqBonez (NG)
Falz (NG)
KHALIGRAPH Jones (KE)
Kwesta (SA)
Medikal (GH)
Shinski (KE)
Sarkodie (GH)
Reminisce (NG)
Ricky Rick (SA)
Zakwe (SA)
Best Duo
Black Motion (SA)
Blaq diamond (SA)
DopeNation (GH)
Ethic (KE)
Show Dem Camp (NG)
Toofan (TG)
African Producer of the Year
Cracker (NG)
Prince Kaybee (SA)
Jay Synth (NG)
Kel P (NG)
MOG (GH)
Ozedikus (NG)
Pheelz (NG)
Rexxie (NG)
S2Kizzy (TZ)
Best Female MVP
Betty G (ETH)
Daphne (CMR)
Nandy (TZ)
Sho Madjozi (SA)
Teni (NG)
Tiwa Savage (NG)
Yemi Alade (NG)
Best Male MVP
Burna Boy (NG)
Davido (NG)
Diamond Platnumz (TZ)
King Promise (GH)
Sjava (SA)
Wizkid (NG)
Zlatan (NG)
African DJ of the Year
DJ Creme De La Creme (KE)
DJ Kaywise (NG)
DJ Neptune (NG)
DJ Spinall (NG)
DJ Vyrusky (GH)
DJ Zinhle (SA)
Digital Artiste of the Year
Cassper Nyovest [SA]
Davido [NG]
Diamond Platnumz [TZ]
Kizz Daniel [NG]
Mr Eazi [NG]
Yemi Alade [NG]
Wizkid [NG]
Listeners’ Choice
Baby – JoeBoy (NG)
Dumebi – Rema (NG)
Fetch your Life – Prince Kaybee (SA)
Jealous – Fireboy DML (NG)
Jama – DJ Mic Smith (GH)
Kainama – Harmonize (TZ)
Killin Dem – BurnaBoy (NG)
Kpo K3K3 – StoneBwoy (GH)
Oil & Gas – Olamide (NG)
Viewers’ Choice
49-99 – Tiwa Savage (NG)
Able God – Chinko Ekun (NG)
Banomoya – Prince Kaybee (SA)
My Level – Shatta Wale (GH)
On The Low – Burna Boy (NG)
Soapy – Naira Marley (NG)
Tetema – Rayvanny (TZ)
Zanku (Legwork) – Zlatan (NG)
Video of the Year
49-99 – Tiwa Savage by Meji Alabi (NG)
Dangote – Burna Boy by Clarence Peters (NG)
Jericho – Simi by Adasa Cookey (NG)
Ngwa – Blick Bassy by Tebego Malope (SA)
Ohema – Kuami Eugene by Rex (GH)
Song of the Year
Jealous – FireBoy DML (NG)
Killin Dem – Burna Boy (NG)
Malwhede – King Monada (SA)
Soapy – Naira Marley (NG)
Tetema – Rayvanny (TZ)
Zanku (Legwork) – Zlatan (NG)
Baby – JoeBoy (NG)
Case – Teni (NG)
Dumebi – Rema (NG)
Fetch Your Life – Prince Kaybee (SA)
Jama – DJ Mic Smith(GH)
African Artiste Of The Year
Burna Boy (NG)
Davido (NG)
Diamond Platnumz (TZ)
Shatta Wale (GH)
ShoMadjozi (SA)
Tiwa Savage (NG)
Wizkid (NG)
Yemi Alade (NG)

Northern Nigerian music king, DJ AB dishes out a brand new
song titled "Dai Dai" , produced by Rexxie .
However, he features Freshout Music rapper, Magnito . This
serves as his December debut and latest release which
comes after his previously released single, Ke Dani.
Listen & enjoy below.
Download

Sunday Ehigiator

A veteran journalist and former governor of Ogun State,
Chief Olusegun Osoba, has expressed fear over the
controversial Hate Speech Bill, which has passed the
second reading at the Senate.
Speaking at the launch of two books, ‘The Gatekeepers’, a
biographical work featuring 20 Nigerian editors,
columnists and media leaders, and ‘Nigerian Journalism:
160 Years of Advancing Accountability, Promoting the
Public Interest and Speaking Truth to Power’, published by
Posterity Media, in Lagos Tuesday, Chief Osoba charged
the media as the fourth estate of the realm to do all in its
power to sensitize the public and educate the legislators
on the pending dangers of such bill should it be passed
into law.
While ‘The Gatekeepers’, celebrates the inspiring
contributions of editors to democracy and public
accountability, ‘Nigerian Journalism’, a series of essays
and articles by renowned Nigerian journalists and
stakeholders, proffers ideas and insights on how to
improve journalism practice in Nigeria and sub-Saharan
Africa.
According to him, “The challenge I want to place before
all of you is the bill before the Senate. I read in the papers
that the Senate President said the bill will not scale
through, but it has now passed second reading.
“Passing second reading means it would go to the
committee, while the committee would call for public
hearing. Now the challenge before all of you is that, now
that the bill is with committee, we should not just sit down
and write columns or editorials, each one of us must sit
down and write a paper on why the hate bill must not
pass.
“We must make the presentation to the committee. Not
only that, as many of you that would be able to go to
Abuja on the day set for the public hearing, make your
presence felt, and explain to the committee the dangers
of allowing such a bill to pass.
“I must admit to you that we are being embarrassed by
bloggers and social media practitioners. Nobody grounded
in journalism would say that what they are doing is right.
And I would not want to defend the impunity and
blackmail these people do on social media, I will not be
part of it. And the very sad part is that, they are not
journalists nor trained in this profession. And they do not
operate under the code of conducts of journalism practice
all over the world.
“But our challenge as journalists and even myself is to
appear before the Senate committee when they call for
public hearing, and express the dangers in passing the
social media bill and hate speech bills into law.
“Secondly, I want to appeal to you, that we should all
invade social media. All of us as trained journalists must
use all our online platforms and invade the social media
to give credible news and investigative journalism, which
is the kind of news we should be more focused on. That
way, we would begin to change the negative impression of
social media overtime, and also create good alternative
for readers and overtime, they would lose interest in fake
news.”
Speaking on the books, the author, Femi Kolawole, said
the books were as a result of his belief that “journalists
and especially editors, who act as media gatekeepers,
deserve to be recognized and applauded for their tireless
jobs in ensuring that Nigeria becomes a country that
offers hope and limitless opportunities to its people.
“‘The Gatekeepers Volume 2’, is a biography work on 20
Nigerian editors, columnists and media leaders and their
inspiring contributions to good governance and
democracy”.
Some of the editors featured in the books include Mr.
Mike Awoyinfa, veteran newspaper chief and former MD/
Editor-in-Chief, The Sun; Mr. Dare Babarinsa, Editor-in-
Chief, Gaskia Media Limited; Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi,
Chairman, THISDAY Editorial Board; Mr. Gbenga Omotoso,
immediate past editor, The Nation; Mr. Eze Anaba, Editor,
Vanguard; Mr. Tokunbo Adedoja, Digital Director,
THISDAY; Mr. Don Okere, Editor, Daily Independent; Mr.
Debo Abdulai, Editor, Tribune; Mr. Onuoha Ukeh, Managing
Director, The Sun; Mrs. Olabisi Deji-Folutile, former
Saturday Editor, The Punch; Mr. Seye Kehinde, Publisher/
Editor-in-Chief, City People; Mr. Azuh Arinze, Editor-in-
Chief, YES International Magazine; and Mrs. Juliet Bumah,
Editor, Sunday Telegraph, among others.

Democrats and Republicans will grapple on Tuesday over the
rules of engagement for a historic vote this week in the U.S.
House of Representatives, where President Donald Trump is
likely to become the third U.S. president to be impeached.
In what is widely expected to be a marathon meeting, the
House Rules Committee will decide how much time to set
aside for debate on Wednesday before lawmakers vote on two
articles of impeachment charging Trump with abuse of power
and obstruction of Congress over his dealings with Ukraine.
The looming vote promises to bring a raucous, partisan
conclusion to a months-long impeachment inquiry against the
Republican president, which has bitterly divided the American
public as voters prepare for next year’s presidential and
congressional elections.
The Democratic-controlled House is expected to approve the
impeachment articles largely along partisan lines. The action
then moves to the Republican-controlled Senate, where the
effort to remove Trump from office faces long odds.
House Democrats accuse Trump of abusing his power by
asking Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden,
a leading Democratic contender to oppose him in the 2020
U.S. presidential election. He is also accused of obstructing
Congress’ investigation into the matter.
Trump denies wrongdoing and has accused Democrats of
conducting a “sham” impeachment to oust him from office.
The 13-member Rules Committee will hear testimony from
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, whose
panel drafted the impeachment articles and approved them
along party lines last week. The panel’s top Republican,
Representative Doug Collins, also will testify.
Lawmakers are also expected to offer amendments at the
meeting, which could run for 12 hours or more depending on
how many of the House’s 431 sitting legislators decide to
show up and speak.
In the end, the committee will set the rules for the floor
debate that will precede the impeachment vote.

A passenger with Air Peace whose name was not revealed by
the airline has been sentenced to two weeks imprisonment for
smoking onboard last Wednesday.
The airline in a statement said that the convicted passenger
had committed the act on its Sharjah, United Arab Emirates,
flight.
A statement by the spokesperson for the airline, Stanley Olisa,
said that the court also gave the convict the option of
N200,000 fine for the offence, which he said negated
international convention.
The passenger was convicted on Tuesday, six days after he
committed the offence by the Ogba Magistrate Court in
Lagos.
According to Olisa, the passenger was discovered in the act
by one if its  crew members, Adewale Oyebade.
The airline lauded Oyebade for his safety consciousness,
stressing that this exposed the passenger secretly carrying out
the act.
He charged the flying public to make it an obligation to
comply with all established flight safety standards, adding that
such measures were meant for their well-being.

President Buhari on Tuesday directed Ministries,
Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure the
presentation of the 2021 Appropriation Bill to the
National Assembly in September 2020.
The President gave the directive when he signed the
2020 budget at the State House, Abuja.
He said: “I am confident that all Federal Ministries,
Departments and Agencies would cooperate with the
Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning to
keep to this timeline.”
President Buhari pledged to work with the National
Assembly to give effect to the constitutional,
legislative and other actions necessary to address the
various challenges currently associated with the
budgeting process, including the enactment of an
Organic Budget Bill.
He noted that the 2020 Budget passed by the National
Assembly provided for aggregate expenditures of
N10.594 trillion, an increase of N263.95 billion over
the Executive’s Proposal submitted to the lawmakers
in October.
He added: “We have examined the adjustments and
may revert to the National Assembly with a request for
a virement or other relevant amendments.’’
President Buhari revealed that the Minister of Finance,
Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, would
make a public presentation of the details of the
approved budget.
“With today’s global oil market outlook and our
strategic approach to revenue growth, we are
optimistic that we will be able to finance the 2020
Budget.
“However, being a deficit budget, an appropriate 2020
– 2022 Borrowing Plan will be forwarded to the
National Assembly, in due course.
“Mr. Senate President, Right Honourable Speaker, for
this submission, I will once again count on your usual
cooperation and support by ensuring quick
consideration and approval of the plan.
“To optimize the desired impact, I have directed the
Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning and
all Federal MDAs to ensure effective implementation of
the 2020 Budget ,’’ he added.

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to continue to
serve Nigeria with more vigour in the remaining days of his
administration.
He also pledged to make the country occupy its rightful
place and turn it to one that all Nigerians would be proud of.
Speaking Tuesday in Abuja when a coalition of his
supporters, Buhari/Osinbajo Social Media Supporters and
The Buharists came to congratulate him on the occasion of
his 77th birthday celebration, the President, who was
represented at the occasion by his Special Adviser on Media
and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina said, “I appreciate the
youths and thank you for remembering me on a special day
like this. It is a special day for me as I just finished signing
the 2020 Appropriation Bill into law.”
He said that for him, the day was significant because some
people thought it was impossible for the Budget to be
signed in December.
“Before now, the minimum time it will take to sign the
Budget is seven months, but after two months the budget
has been signed,” the President added.
The leader and convener of the groups, Blessing Chenfa,
said: “We came to show support for the President and the
Government, we deemed it fit to come here today to
celebrate our President, because we want to appreciate him
for the good things that he has been doing for Nigeria, with
Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria is on a firmer ground and we
thank God for that.”
A gift was presented to the President by the youths.

Norwegian State-owned investment company Norfund has
written off its Sh1 billion investment in Kinangop Wind
Park project which was cancelled in 2016 after protests
from local communities.
The institutional investor had acquired a 19 percent stake
in the venture in 2013, joining a group of shareholders and
lenders who backed the project that was to have a
generation capacity of 60.8 megawatts (MW).
Old Mutual and Macquarie Group were the company’s
major shareholders and they are expected to have booked
losses of about Sh4.2 billion assuming they have also
written off their capital.
“Unfortunately, the Kinangop Wind Park project had a
negative effect on the returns as values were set to zero
on December 31, 2018 when the operation was shut
down,” Norfund said in its investment disclosures.
Following the project’s collapse, Stanbic Bank appointed
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as receiver managers. The
Kenyan bank had teamed up with its South African parent
company Standard Bank to fund the venture.
PwC is currently in the process of selling the wind turbines
that had been bought, with the priority being the
settlement of debt.
The project was to cost a total of $150 million (Sh15.5
billion). The process of selling the wind turbines and other
items has dragged on because of the unique nature of the
assets. Only firms interested in expanding or putting up
new wind farms are likely to buy the devices.
Lake Turkana Wind Power is the biggest producer of
electricity from wind in the country with a capacity of
310MW.
State-owned KenGen also runs wind farms in Ngong Hills
and plans to add more such plant in the same area and
other locations including Meru.
The Kinangop wind farm was abandoned after disputes
with locals over compensation for land and other
concerns.
The residents conducted protests, fearing they would be
forced to sell their land while other said the turbines would
cause harm their health.
This resulted in delays that saw funds provided by the
lenders used up before the project was completed.
Shareholders, on the other hand, balked at pumping extra
capital into the venture.
The project sponsors had sued the government seeking
compensation but their case was dismissed by the
International Court of Arbitration which said the protests
did not amount to a political event.

Trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange
(NSE) closed on a bearish note Tuesday, a clear
departure from the positive note on which yesterday’s
trade ended. The All Share Index (ASI) shed 0.13% to
close at 26,660.44 basis point. Market capitalisation
fell by N16 billion, closing at N12.868 trillion. Year to
date, the index is down by 15.18%.
TOP 5 GAINERS
Presco took the prime spot on the gainers chart, rising
to N47.5, indicating a 9.20% appreciation. Guinness
inched up by 9.88% to end the day at N35.6. UBA
climbed up to N7.2, appreciating by 2.86% in the
process. Access Bank equally recorded marginal gain,
increasing by 2.04% to close at N10. UCAP closed
trading at N2.3, representing 4.55% rise.
TOP 5 LOSERS
Dangote Cement topped the rank of losers today,
plunging by 1.41%% to close at N140. NASCON
followed with 5.36% loss, closing at N13.25.
International Breweries ended trading at N9.5, having
depreciated by 5.94%. UPDC Real Estate Investment
Trust fell by 8.99% to end the day at N4.05. WAPCO
completed the top 5 losers, crashing by 2.11% to close
at N13.9.
TOP 5 TRADES
Altogether, 331.916 million shares were traded at the
Monday trading section in 3,358 deals. The value of
the transactions was N4.781 billion.
Access Bank topped the activity chart with 106.851
million shares worth N1.069 billion exchanging hands
in 312 deals. GTB came second with 50.118 million
shares valued at N1.480 billion traded in 138 deals.
Zenith Bank traded 46.635 million shares worth
N873.558 million in 427 transactions. Transcorp
recorded trades estimated at N23.526 million on
24.080 million shares in 108 deals. FCMB completed
the top 5 companies by trade volume with 20.554
million shares valued at N37.597 million in 106 deals.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Trans-Nationwide Express Plc
Trans-Nationwide Express Plc announced the
confirmation of the appointment of Mr. Theodore
Chikelu as the new Managing Director/CEO of the
company. His appointment took effect from 12
December 2019.
Mr Chikelu is a Bachelor’s degree holder in Geography
from University of Nsukka (1987) and a Master’s
degree holder in Public Administration from the same
university (1991). He worked briefly in the civil service
with the National Directorate of Employment, then the
oil servicing industry before moving to aviation with a
focus on regional commercial expansion/cargo and
courier development in more than six Nigerian airlines
including Bellview Airlines, Aero Contractors of Nigeria
and Arik Airlines.
He joined Trans-Nationwide Express Plc in October
2018 as the Chief Operating Officer and assumed the
position of the Acting CEO in December 2018.
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc
Seplat Petroleum informed the Exchange today of the
Court Order sanctioning the Scheme of Arrangement
enabling Seplat Petroleum to acquire the entire issued
and to be issued ordinary share capital of Eland Oil
and Gas Plc. According to the statement, “the Scheme
has now become Effective and the entire issued and
to be issued ordinary share capital of Eland is wholly
owned by Seplat.”

The Nigeria Customs Service has confirmed the killing of two
of its officials in Kogi State.
Comptroller of Customs in charge of Niger/Kogi Area
Command, Abba Kassim, disclosed this while mourning the
death of the officers.
He said that a team of patrol officers were attacked on
Thursday resulting in the death of the two men.
The officers killed were identified as S. Ohiremen, Assistant
Superintendent of Customs, and S.M. Omale, Assistant
Superintendent of Customs.
He added that H.I. Oladapo, Deputy Superintendent of
Customs, sustained gunshot injury during the attack.
“On Thursday, December 12, 2019, at 2200hrs, a team of
patrol officers were attacked by armed bandits along Lokoja-
Okene Road.
“The injured officer was quickly moved to Federal Medical
Centre, Lokoja, for medical attention.
“We are pained by the sad development and share in the grief
of losing fellow officers, colleagues, brothers, husbands, and
fathers.
“We will continue to work with other sister agencies in
identifying the armed bandits in connection to the attack on
our officers. "Anyone found guilty will be made to face the full
wrath of the law.”

Clashes erupted in New Delhi on Tuesday between thousands
of protesters and police, the latest violence in a week of
opposition to a new law that makes it easier for non-Muslims
from neighboring countries to gain citizenship.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government says the new law
will save religious minorities such as Hindus and Christians
from persecution in neighboring Bangladesh, Pakistan and
Afghanistan by offering them a path to Indian citizenship.
But the law does not apply to Muslims, which critics say
weakens India’s secular foundations.
Police fired tear gas in the New Seelampur part of the capital
to push back protesters swarming to barricades and throwing
stones. At least two police were injured, a Reuters witness
said.
“It started as a peaceful protest against the citizenship bill …
but got out of hand,” resident Azib Aman said.
Cars were damaged and roads strewn with rocks while small
fires on the road sent smoke into the air. Small groups of
youth, some with their faces covered, threw stones and
bottles.
There have been growing questions about the stance of the
government, led by Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party, toward
India’s 172 million Muslims, or 14 percent of the population.
The citizenship law follows the revocation of the special
status of the Muslim-majority Kashmir region, and a court
ruling clearing the way for the construction of a Hindu temple
on the site of a mosque razed by Hindu zealots.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said India’s actions in
Kashmir and on the citizenship law could drive Muslims from
India and create a refugee crisis.
“We are worried there not only could be a refugee crisis, we
are worried it could lead to a conflict between two nuclear-
armed countries,” Khan told a Global Forum on Refugees in
Geneva.
Anger with the Indian government was stoked this week by
allegations of police brutality at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia
university on Sunday, when officers entered the campus and
fired tear gas to break up a protest.
At least 100 people were wounded in the crackdown which
has drawn criticism from rights groups.
Modi told a rally for a state election on Tuesday that his
political rivals were trying to mislead students and others to
stir up protests.
“This is guerrilla politics, they should stop doing this.”
The most violent protests occurred initially in the northeastern
state of Assam, where mobs torched buildings and train
stations, angry the law would help thousands of immigrants
from Bangladesh become citizens.
Later, the unrest spread to New Delhi and other major cities,
driven by concern that Modi was advancing a Hindu-first
agenda and that India’s Muslims were at risk.
The metro train station near the Delhi protest was closed to
prevent more people from arriving. Riot police were deployed
and were trying to push the crowd off the main road into side
streets and alleys.