Neymar, C. Ronaldo & Lionel Messi make Balloon d'or final shortlist

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo will have a huge task in his hands of retaining the Balloon d'or  award he won last year as he has been drawn alongside Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Neymar. Messi who has won the award for a record four times is seen as the favourite after helping Barcelona win the Champions League, LA Liga and Copa del rey titles last season.

Also, the coach of the year award will be contested between Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola, Barcelona's Luis Enrique and Jorge Sampaoli who led Chile to their first ever Copa America success. See the full nominee list after the cut;

Burna boy, has opened up on why he does not get awards in music industry

Speaking to The Fader magazine,he said
He said, “It’s political, man. To be honest, I don’t really feel like I’m a part of the industry. Check out awards, I don’t get awards because the powers that be don’t really like me. I’m not like everyone else; I won’t do what everyone else does. They don’t like it.Everything is really political, too much politics in the industry and I’m not a very good politician.
So I don’t really involve myself in all that. I just drop hit songs, and my fan base keeps increasing.“If I was a part of the industry then I wouldn’t have shit today. Think about it. It would just be one of the songs you hear in the club and then that’s it.“But right now, you see, I don’t have the most Twitter followers or the most Instagram numbers or whatever, but the things that I do the people with one million followers can’t do it,”

Photo: Faleke picks late Prince Abubaka Audu's son as his deputy

APC Deputy Governorship candidate in the Kogi state November 21st governorship election, James Abiodun Faleke says he's picked late Audu Abubakar's son, Mohammed to be his deputy governor once he is declared governor by INEC. Faleke said this while speaking to some of his supporters who had gathered at the home of Late Prince Audu in Kogi this morning. He is pictured above with Abubakar Audu's son, Mohammed.

Faleke is calling for the cancellation of the supplementary election which is being planned by INEC this Saturday December 5th. INEC had declared the November 21st inconclusive and ordered a supplementary election by December 5th. This has caused a division in APC as the party has refused to field Faleke as its candidate for the supplementary election.

Yahaya Bello who came second in the party's governorship primary that produced Audu Abubakar, has been asked to replace Audu in the supplementary election, a decision Faleke is against.

(GRAPHIC PHOTOS) FUTA STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER FINDING OUT HE HAS AN EXTRA YEAR.

And this is just a bad way to kick start the day. Bad news making the rounds from my Alma mater is that a final year student of the department of Engineering, Federal university of technology Akure simply identified as Festus, hung himself after checking his results and discovering he will be spending another year as an extra year student in the school.

SEE PHOTO AFTER THE CUT.....GRAPHIC!

Photos from the bank robbery at Agbara this morning

This morning armed robbers stormed a bank in Agbara and engaged the police in a gun battle. One person was killed, not sure if its an armed robber or a security guard. See more exclusive photos after the cut...

Drama in the Senate as Sen. Abaraibe queries the dressing of his colleague, Waliki

A mild drama which led to general laughter ensued in the senate yesterday as one of the senators, Enyinnaya Abaraibe representing Abia South queried the dressing of his colleague, Ali Waliki representing Bauchi South (pictured above).

Waliki who had received a petition from students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, was about to lay the petition before the Senate as directed by Senate President Saraki when Abaribe raised a point of order, saying that Waliki should not be allowed to lay the petition as he was not well dressed

Airline gate agent exposes how Rick Ross treats his fiancee, made her sit in couch with his crew

Rick Ross and Lira Galore recently reconciled after breaking off their engagement but it looks like her position has been downgraded. According to an airline gate agent, Rick made Lira fly coach with his boys while he was luxuriating in First Class. Instagram blogger Fameolous received the tip on the recent flight. See what the person wrote after the cut...

Election update in some state #Nigeria Decide

Osun State Presidential election result:
Ayedire LGA. APC 8,280; PDP 6,323
Obokun LGA. APC 10,506; PDP 9,325
Ilesha West. APC 11,714; PDP 5,145
Ayedade LGA. APC 13,560; PDP 9,466
Olaoluwa LGA. APC 8,125: PDP 5,910
Oriade LGA. APC 12,724; PDP 10,490
Egbedore LGA. APC 9,577; PDP 6,507
Ifelodun. APC 17,040; PDP 9,847
Irepodun. APC 12,485; PDP 7,750
Isokan. APC 10,187; PDP 6,974
Orolu. APC 8,466; PDP 6,360
Odo Otin. APC 13,351; PDP 10,230
Ife East. APC 12,513; PDP 15,532
Olorunda. APC 23,342; PDP 7,958
Atakumosa West. APC 6,639; PDP 4,734
Ife South. APC 9,793; PDP 9,283
Ife North. APC 8,369; PDP 7,921
Boripe LGA. APC 12,152; PDP 7,457
Ila LGA. APC 11,576; PDP 7,647
Ifedayo LGA. APC 3,824; PDP 3,786
Atakumosa East. APC 8,668; PDP 5,418
Ilesha East. APC 13,229; PDP 5,740
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Now 23 LGAs. APC win in 22, PDP 1

DAURA ZONE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION KATSINA STATE:
1.Daura LG: Apc 69632 Pdp 117
2.Sandamu LG: Apc 53209 Pdp 79
3.Baure LG: Apc 43691 Pdp 108
4.Mai'adua LG: Apc 51003 Pdp 214
5.Zangon Daura LG: Apc 39219 Pdp 118
6.Mani LG: Apc 35001 Pdp 254
7.Mashi LG: Apc 40003 Pdp 317
8.Ingawa LG: Apc 35339 pdp 89
9.Kusada LG: Apc 51963 Pdp 901
10.Bindawa LG: APc 29641 Pdp 26
11.Kankiya LG: Apc 47814 Pdp 107
12.Dutsi LG: Apc 29600 pdp 209

#Nigeriadecides: GEJ Swept the Whole Ekiti State

Gbonyin, Ekiti State APC 6334, PDP 8792

Ikoje, Ekiti State APC 10,036, PDP 13,306

Ise Orun, Ekiti State APC 5675, PDP 9158

Irepodun Ifelodun, Ekiti State APC 7970, PDP 11395

Ikere, Ekiti State APC 7990, PDP 14091

Ekiti South-West, Ekiti State APC 7195, PDP 10,220

Oye, Ekiti State APC 8574, PDP 11262

Ido Isi, Ekiti State APC 7433, PDP 12,479

Efon, Ekiti State APC 3103, PDP 5699

Ilejeme, Ekiti State APC 3000, PDP 3799

Ekiti West, Ekiti State APC 8,001, PDP 10,003

Emure, Ekiti State APC 5,5352, PDP 6,822

Ekiti Results: Ado APC 14,414, PDP 25,411