Tuesday 6 October 2015

Ministerial List: “There is Nothing To Be Excited About” – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said on Tusday, October 6th, that there is nothing to be happy about with the list of ministerial nominees which was sent to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Read Full Story HERE: The Pace News

Full List of 2015 FIFA Ballon d’or Nominees

Below are the full list of 2015 FIFA Ballon d’or nominees:




  • Claudio Bravo – Barcelona
  • Javier Mascherano - Barcelona
  • Andres Iniesta – Barcelona
  • Lionel Messi – Barcelona
  • Ivan Rakitic – Barcelona
  • Neymar – Barcelona
  • Luis Suarez – Barcelona
  • Gareth Bale - Real Madrid
  • Karim Benzema - Real Madrid
  • Sergio Ramos – Real Madrid
  • Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid
  • Luka Modric – Real Madrid
  • James Rodriguez – Real Madrid
  • Toni Kroos – Real Madrid
  • Giorgio Chiellini – Juventus
  • Paul Pogba – Juventus
  • Alvaro Morata – Juventus
  • Arturo Vidal - Juventus/Bayern Munich
  • Andrea Pirlo – Juventus/NYFC
  • Carlos Tevez – Juventus/Boca
  • Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich
  • Arjen Robben – Bayern Munich
  • David Alaba – Bayern Munich
  • Thomas Muller – Bayern Munich
  • Manuel Neuer – Bayern Munich
  • Wilfried Bony – Manchester City
  • Yaya Toure – Manchester City
  • Sergio Aguero – Manchester City
  • Nicolas Otamendi – Valencia/Manchester City
  • Kevin de Bruyne – Wolfsburg/Manchester City
  • Diego Costa – Chelsea
  • Willian – Chelsea
  • Thibaut Courtois – Chelsea
  • Eden Hazard – Chelsea
  • Edinson Cavani – PSG
  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic – PSG
  • Javier Pastore - PSG
  • Wayne Rooney – Manchester United
  • David de Gea – Manchester United
  • Memphis Depay – PSV/Manchester United
  • David Ospina – Arsenal
  • Alexis Sanchez – Arsenal
  • Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid
  • Jackson Martinez – Porto/Atletico Madrid
  • Carlos Bacca – Sevilla/AC Milan
  • Giovani dos Santos – Villarreal/LA Galaxy
  • Phillippe Coutinho – Liverpool
  • Son Heung-Min – Leverkusen/Tottenham
  • Christian Atsu – Everton/Bournemouth
  • Paolo Guerrero – Flamengo/Corinthians
  • Eduardo Vargas – QPR/Hoffenheim
  • Gary Medel – Inter Milan
  • Harry Kane – Tottenham
  • Alexandre Lacazette – Lyon
  • Andres Guardado – PSV
  • Carlos Sanchez – River Plate
  • Andre Ayew – Marseille/Swansea
  • Massimo Luongo – Swindon/QPR
  • Shinji Okazaki – Mainz/Leicester


Source: The Pace News

Omatseye Lectures LASUSOC Students

The First ever faculty lecture in the history of Lagos State University, School of Communication. The lecture which was organized by the faculty, and it took place at the lecture hall I of School of Communication with the theme: “The legal & Ethical perspectives in the media coverage of the 2015 presidential elections.”


Tuesday 23 September 2014

Don Jazzy Shares His Thoughts On Nigeria In New Music, "Arise"

by Omotosho Adeola





In the early hours of Sunday morning, Mavin Records CEO Don Jazzy shared his thoughts on Nigeria and the ongoing series of negative messages that are gradually defining the modern Nigerian perception, through a new song titled "Arise". Arise is an up-tempo song about belief and pride in the Nigerian heritage and potential. Released as Don Jazzy's contribution to the International Peace Day, the song also features vocals from Reekado Banks and Di'Ja.

Usher Admires Alicia Keys Baby Bump At Music Show

by Omotosho Adeola 



Usher pictured admiring the baby bump of his dear friend, singer Alicia Keys at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Vegas on Friday

Boat Capsizes In Port Harcourt

by Ogundimu Omolabake




At least 10 persons have been confirmed dead after a boat carrying 35 people capsized in the early hours of  August 29th in a river in Port Harcourt, Rivers State

The coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mr Onimode Bandele said rescue efforts are still ongoing in the search of more people.

We can confirm that 10 persons died early friday when a Port Harcourt-bound passenger boat sank. Rescue efforts are ongoing and the agency is already working with other bodies and security agencies in the rescue efforts. he said

Chairman of Bonny local government council, Adonye Wilcox, said

"Information available indicates that the boat hit an object on the way and sank. Local divers have rescued 17 persons, including four members of the National Youth Service Corps, while 10 persons died as a result of the accident he said.


The search for the missing passengers of the capsized boat is still ongoing and hopefully they will be found alive.

Qatar Will Not Host World Cup - FIFA Official

by Sulaimon Shakirudeen Adetunji





The 2022 World Cup will not be held in Qatar because of the scorching temperatures in the Middle East country, FIFA Executive Committee member Theo Zwanziger said

"I personally think that in the end the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar," the German told Sport Bild

"Medics say that they cannot accept responsibility with a World Cup taking place under these conditions," the former German football (DFB) chief, who is now a member of the world soccer's governing body FIFA that awarded the tournament to Qatar in 2010.

Although wealthy Qatar has insisted that a summer World Cup is viable thanks to cooling technologies it is developing for stadiums, training areas and fan zones, there is still widespread concern over the health of the players and visiting supporters.

"They may be able to cool the stadiums but a World Cup does not take place only there," Zwanziger said.

"Fans from around the world will be coming and traveling in this heat and the first life-threatening case will trigger an investigation by a state prosecutor.

"That is not something that FIFA Exco members want to answer for."

FIFA officials, contacted by Reuters, said Zwanziger was not giving the view of the all powerful Executive Committee.

"He is expressing a personal opinion and he explicitly says so," FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer said. "We will not comment on a personal opinion."

FIFA President Sepp Blatter said in May that awarding the World Cup to Qatar was a 'mistake' and the tournament would probably have to be held in the European winter.

"Of course, it was a mistake. You know, one comes across a lot of mistakes in life," he told Swiss television station RTS in an interview at the time.

"The Qatar technical report indicated clearly that it is too hot in summer, but the executive committee with quite a big majority decided all the same that the tournament would be in Qatar," he added.

FIFA is now looking to shift the tournament to a European winter date to avoid the scorching summer where temperatures routinely rise over 40 Celsius.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa chaired a meeting to discuss the matter earlier this month with the options of January/February 2022 and November/December 2022 offered as alternatives to June/July.

However, talk of a potential change away from the usual dates has resulted in plenty of opposition from domestic leagues around the world, worried the schedule switch would severely disrupt them.

Both FIFA and Qatar World Cup organizers have also been fending off questions of corruption ever since they were awarded the tournament back in 2010, while Qatar has also been criticized for the conditions provided for
migrant workers' in the tiny Gulf state.

Police Officer Beats up Harmless Trader for no Reason

by Ogungbo Shamsideen





A female trader identified as Madam Pere was battered by the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Oko-Oba Police Station, Mr. Akintade Williams, on Tuesday night at Olayinwola road Abule-Egba.
According to the woman, after the workday she was going home when suddenly the DPO who was on patrol of the area ordered her to come to him.

And as soon as she approached him, the policemen just pounced on her as if they were having problems before. 

Then he tore her clothes, punched her in the face, destroyed victim's cell phone and took all the sales proceeds she was bringing home.

Later on Madam Pere has reported the attack to the State Commissioner of Police, Umaru Manko and referred to Ikeja General Hospital for treatment.

The incident caused widespread outrage.

An anonymous resident of Abule-Egba said the attitude of Williams since he took the post of the DPO of Oko-Oba is troublesome and unacceptable.

And the way the DPO behaves does not correspond to his position.

Residents expressed outrage as they do not understand how a DPO could beat up a harmless trader for no reason.

When contacted the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer of the state Police Command, Mr. Damasus Ozoani to speak on the matter, he directed the reporter to the PPRO, Mrs. Ngozi C Braide.
She could not be reached at the time of filing this report.

It was gathered that last year Williams battered a police corporal attached to his house for going out to eat on a Sunday.


Fashion Trens On The African Attire: "Ankara Blazers"

by Abiodun Olaoluwa




In latest times, many fashionable outfit rules the town in Africa. The developed countries brought the knowledge to Africa and the Africans have taken a very good advantage of that to explore better in fashion, bringing the English style pattern of dress into the African style to make an outstanding unique look.

"Ankara" usually known to be a traditional native attire has now become a material for the exploration of different fashion style

African women are embracing a range of new ideas and have continued to expand their taste by spreading their styles across different African ethnic formal wears.

Nigeria and African designers are fast redefining and redesigning styles emerging from the continent by defying stereotypes and encouraging people especially African women to wear hand made Ankara Jackets.

Ankara blazers have become a part of everyday casual clothing, that most female have at least an Ankara Print Blazer in her wardrobe.

Jonathan Emerges PDP's Endorsed Candidat For 2015

 by Sowemimo Itanola Omowunmi




All things seem set and good for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as the PDP Board of Trustees (BOT) officially endorsed him as the party's sole candidate for the forth coming 2015 General elections. This is coming at a time were various speculations have being made wether Jonathan would be given the mandate to re-run, but with the turn out of things now, President Jonathan can now breath a sigh of relief.

In lieu of this,President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, tactically accepted his nomination by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT), promising not to disappoint in his capacity.

The president as a form of acceptance stressed that For the Board Of Trustees (BOT)and National Executive Council (NEC) to have that kind of confidence in me, is a big challenge, extremely big challenge. But I promise, I will not disappoint you.”

It should be further noted that  The motion to adopt the president at the NEC was moved by former acting national chairman of the party, Dr Haliru Mohammed, who was seconded by Second Republic governor of the old Enugu State, Chief Jim Nwobodo.


In addendum, the  PDP NEC’s endorsement is the penultimate step in the emergence of the president as the standard-bearer of the party, which is now set to be ratified by its national convention on December 6, before he is proclaimed the candidate.