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ABUJA- AHEAD of next month’s Presidential election, National Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC of Planning Fake Poll rating for its Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, Rtd. According to PDP in a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the APC and its Presidential candidate must focus on real campaign and try to win followers genuinely instead of what it termed, applying cheap diversionary tactics. According to Metuh, “the APC so called ‘change agenda’ should be based on issues and not on change of dressing and religious gathering. “This election is not about political window-dressing and dramatizing. What will count is record of performance and antecedents, which President Jonathan stands taller than General Buhari. “It is therefore not surprising that the APC and its Presidential candidate will resort to organizing a kangaroo opinion rating in a failed attempt to cover up the...

Police said none of the tablets have been handed in as part of an amnesty More than 400 ecstasy tablets believed to be from a batch linked to the deaths of four people have been found. Police believe the deaths of three men in Suffolk and a man in Telford, Shropshire, were caused by a batch of ecstasy carrying a Superman motif. The pills were found hidden "in a public place" near Norwich Road in Ipswich on Sunday, Suffolk Police said. A 28-year-old man has been charged with being concerned in the supply of ecstasy over the Telford death. Damian Malolepszy, of Redlands Road, Telford, is also accused of possessing methylamphetamine with intent to supply. He was remanded in custody. Two men from Ipswich who died have been named locally as Justas Ropas, 22, and Gediminas Kulokas, 24. They died on Christmas Eve and New Year's Day respectively. The deaths of John Hocking, 20, from Rendlesham in Suffolk, and a 27-year-old from Telford, who both died on New Year...

Ched Evans was playing for Sheffield United at the time of his arrest Oldham boss Lee Johnson admits the League One club are in "a very difficult situation" after expressing interest in signing Ched Evans. The convicted rapist, 26, was set to join the Latics on a long-term deal and train with the club on Monday. But more than 20,000 people have signed an online petition urging Oldham not to sign the Wales international striker. Labour leader Ed Miliband has already said he would not sign Evans if he was in Oldham's "shoes". "He hasn't shown remorse and I wouldn't take him on," Miliband told BBC Radio Manchester. Speaking to media outside the club on Monday, Johnson said it would be a "board decision" if Oldham opted to sign Evans. But with thousands of people having signed an online petition against a move for Evans, the club is increasingly worried about a backlash from fans and sponsors. Mecca Bingo and Verlin Rain...

Arsene Wenger is set to miss out on three midfielders this January. The Gunners boss looks set to miss out on Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira, Paris St Germain ace Adrien Rabiot and Inter Milan's Mateo Kovacic. Khedira, 27, is reportedly on the verge of joining French champions Paris St Germain . Rabiot, 19, looks set to stay with the Ligue 1 side after Laurent Blanc reiterated his desire to keep him at the Parc des Princes yesterday. And  Kovacic, 20, has revealed he is on the verge of signing a new deal with Inter. HAMMER BLOW: Arsene Wenger looks set to miss out on three midfielder this January [GETTY] However,  the Frenchman has received a boost in his pursuit of West Ham's Winston Reid. Speaking earlier today, Hammers boss Sam Allardyce revealed it's very likely the New Zealand international will leave Upton Park at the end of the season. He said: "There is no future for Winston Reid at West Ham United at the moment because his contract ends ...

Brisbane, Australia, is one of the world's most livable cities Unique among Australia's major cities, sunny Brisbane has a beach near its central business district South Bank is an area for culture and international eateries Interested in a lunch-hour swim, free from the office, in a big open-air pool with warm sand between your toes, palm trees swaying in the breeze and a cool drink close at hand? Or hitting a big city that doesn't feel like a big city, filled with bars, great coffee spots and decent dining options? If the answer's yes to either or both, consider Brisbane, Australia, one of the world's most livable cities, according to a 2014  Monocle Magazine index . Unique among Australia's major cities, sunny Brisbane has a beach right on the doorstep of its central business district. Its setting is South Bank, the lively entertainment and cultural precinct that -- as the name implies -- sits on the south bank of the Brisbane River. This is where ...

Some football fans have urged football authorities in the country to give the late Sam Okwaraji’s bust at the National Stadium in Lagos a facelift. In separate interviews in Lagos on Monday, the fans said that the bust had been neglected for a long time and required attention. Okwaraji collapsed and died on Aug.12, 1989 while playing for Nigeria in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Angola at the National Stadium in Surulere. An autopsy report indicated that the 25-year-old professional footballer died of congestive heart failure in the 77th minute of the match. Femi Ojuri, a businessman, said that he was not satisfied with the way the country’s past heroes were being honoured, especially those in the sports arena. “We have to remember our past heroes in ways that will encourage the younger ones to know that they will always be remembered. “Okwaraji was a true hero that played with his heart and died in the national colours of the country. “The structure displaying his rem...

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip will pay their fifth state visit to Germany in June, Buckingham Palace announced on Monday. The 88-year-old monarch and her 93-year-old husband will visit between June 24 and June 26, at the invitation of German president Joachim Gauck. They have made numerous previous trips to Germany, including four other state visits, in 1965, 1978, 1992 and 2004, while the queen also went to Berlin in 1987 and 2000. News of the state visit comes just two days before German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits London for talks with Prime Minister David Cameron. The queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, have scaled back their overseas trips in recent years, allowing their eldest son Prince Charles and other royals to represent them. Last year they attended the 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day in France and also made a one-day trip to Rome, but before that the monarch had not left Britain since visiting Australia in October 2011. ...

Lagos – The President of Igando Customary Court, Lagos, Mr Ruphus Adeyeri, has said that the sin of adultery is threatening most marriages in the country. Adeyeri said on Saturday in Lagos that most married men and women were engaged in extra-marital affairs for reasons best known to them. “Most spouses are perpetrators of infidelity, they get involved in it for one reason or the other,’’ he said. Adeyeri, who is also a marriage counselor, attributed the cause of infidelity to economic reason, said that many families could not meet up with responsibility of taking care of their homes. According to him, there is a limit a woman can bear, when she discovers that her husband cannot provide for the family, she seeks assistance outside. “The issue of money makes women to cheat on their husbands when he cannot meet their needs financially, she falls for a man who showers her with money.’’ He said that infidelity was just a way of life to some people; they could never be satisfi...

Lokoja – Malam Abdul Adama, the Chairman of Kogi United FC and Confluence Queens FC both of Lokoja, has commended the team’s performance in 2014. The chairman, in a press conference in Lokoja on Sunday, commended the two teams for maintaining standard. Adama tagged the last season as “Season of Restructuring and Repositioning’’ for the teams, especially for Kogi United which had been relegation-bound in the previous season. He said that Kogi United FC made a miraculous recovery to become one of the teams to be reckoned with in 2014. He attributed the feat to the new management team and a new indigenous technical adviser invited from Denmark to assist the team. “The teams achieved significant results with Kogi United finishing seventh in the last Nigerian National League season while Confluence Queens made the fifth position. He also praised the management team for working in conjunction with the new technical adviser to reposition the team. He said that the management h...

Ahead of the friendly matches against Sudan and Ivory Coast, former Nigeria international Patrick Pascal believes the Super Eagles should win those games so as to start the country’s football calendar on a positive note. A predominantly home based Super Eagles will play the Jediane Falcons of Sudan and Africa Cup of Nations bound Ivory Coast this January in two friendly matches in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and Pascal says it will mean a lot for Nigerian football in the New Year, if they start with wins. “Those games against Sudan and Ivory Coast are games that I think we should win because we have to start the New Year on a positive note,” he said. “They are not must win games but it will mean a lot to us if we can win those games because it means we will start the football calendar on a good note, which will be a good omen. “Seeing that we have failed to qualify to the AFCON, these games should mean a lot to us and hopefully we will make them count,” he stressed. ...

Many followers of Nigeria’s most prestigious musical awards were left stunned when they got to know that comedian Bovi would not be hosting the Headies 2014. Questions started coming from all angles and some even came up with different suggestions like something went wrong between the organizers and the popular comedian. Well, the real reason he couldn’t host the show has finally been revealed. The show was initially slated to hold on October 25, 2014 and he was in for the date and preparations and rehearsals had already started when the organizers decided to change the venue and the date due to some logistic reasons and he was already billed to have a show on the new date picked. So he couldn’t just combine two shows in one night. Considering the calibre of the awards, the organizers had to get someone of a like mind with him in the name of BasketMouth and everyone present at the awards knew it was a job well done by our host.

like Jim Iyke because he is a hot guy’ By Ekerete Udoh READ  My Lesbian Story (1) Jim is now seeing fellow Gallywood actress, Nadia Buari. I asked Yvonne if she was not treading on dangerous path if indeed she had ever dated Jim Iyke. Smiling, Yvonne told me “I am not dating Jim Iyke – and that’s the truth, but I want to confess that we have very close relationship. We have great chemistry together – call it some form of magic between us, especially when we act together. He is a hot guy and I like him a lot. We are always together when he comes to Ghana to act in movies, I drive him around. When I am in Nigeria, he does the same for me. But does that mean that we are dating? The answer is no. We are great friends – the manner I am with Majid Michel, John Dumelo – these are great and hot friends of mine as well. Does it mean that I must date ever person that I have an on-screen chemistry with? People should learn to be less judgmental. There is nothing wrong about havi...