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2015 GRAMMY AWARDS IN PICTURES + FULL LIST OF WINNERS

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Full list of winners below...

Album of The Year

Beck, Morning Phase - WINNER

Beyonce, Beyonce

Ed Sheeran, x

Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour

Pharrell Williams, Girl

Best New Artist

Sam Smith - WINNER

Bastille

Iggy Azalea

Brandy Clark

Haim

Record of The Year

Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith - WINNER

Fancy, Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX

Chandelier, Sia

Shake It Off, Taylor Swift

All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor

Song of The Year

Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith - WINNER

Chandelier, Sia

All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor

Shake It Off, Taylor Swift

Take Me to Church," Hozier

Best Rap Album

The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem - WINNER

The New Classic, Iggy Azalea

Because the Internet, Childish Gambino

Nobody's Smiling, Common

Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q

Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Say Something, A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera - WINNER

Fancy, Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX

A Sky Full of Stars, Coldplay

Bang Bang, Ariana Grande, Jessie J & Nicki Minaj

Dark Horse, Katy Perry ft. Juicy J

Best Rap Performance

i, Kendrick Lamar - WINNER

3005, Childish Gambino

0 to 100/The Catch Up, Drake

Rap God, Eminem

All I Need Is You, Lecrae

Best Alternative Music Album

St. Vincent, St. Vincent - WINNER

This Is All Yours, alt-J

Reflektor, Arcade Fire

Melophobia, Cage the Elephant

Lazaretto, Jack White

Best Rock Album

Morning Phase, Beck - WINNER

Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams

Turn Blue, The Black Keys

Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Songs of Innocence, U2

Best Rock Song

Ain't It Fun, Paramore - WINNER

Blue Moon, Beck

Fever, The Black Keys

Gimme Something Good, Ryan Adams

Lazaretto, Jack White

Best Country Album

Platinum, Miranda Lambert - WINNER

Riser, Dierks Bentley

The Outsiders, Eric Church

The Way I'm Livin', Lee Ann Womack

12 Stories, Brandy Clark

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

The Monster, Eminem ft. Rihanna - WINNER

Blak Majik, Common ft. Jhené Aiko

Tuesday, I Love Makonnen ft. Drake

Studio, ScHoolboy Q ft. BJ The Chicago Kid

Bound 2, Kanye West & Charlie Wilson

Best Rap Song

i, Kendrick Lamar - WINNER

Anaconda, Nicki Minaj

Bound 2, Kanye West & Charlie Wilson

We Dem Boyz, Wiz Khalifa

0 to 100/The Catch Up, Drake

Best Country Song

I'm Not Gonna Miss You, Glen Campbell - WINNER

American Kids, Kenny Chesney

Automatic, Miranda Lambert

Give Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church

Meanwhile Back at Mama's, Tim McGraw ft. Faith Hill

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Gentle On My Mind, The Band Perry - WINNER

Somethin' Bad, Miranda Lambert with Carrie Underwood

Day Drinking, Little Big Town

Meanwhile Back At Mama's, Tim McGraw ft. Faith Hill

Raise 'Em Up, Keith Urban ft. Eric Church

Best Country Solo Performance

Something In the Water, Carrie Underwood - WINNER

Give Me Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church

Invisible, Hunter Hayes

Automatic, Miranda Lambert

Cop Car, Keith Urban

Best Pop Vocal Album

In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith - WINNER

Ghost Stories, Coldplay

Bangerz, Miley Cyrus

My Everything, Ariana Grande

Prism, Katy Perry

x, Ed Sheeran

Best Urban Contemporary Album

G I R L, Pharrell Williams - WINNER

Sail Out, Jhene Aiko

Beyonce, Beyonce

X, Chris Brown

Mali Is, Mali Music

Best Dance/Electronic Album

Syro, Aphex Twin - WINNER

While (1, Deadmaus

Nabuma Rubberband, Little Dragon

Do It Again, Röyksopp & Robyn

Damage Control, Mat Zo

Best Pop Solo Performance

Happy, Pharrell Williams - WINNER

All of Me, John Legend

Chandelier, Sia

Stay With Me, Sam Smith

Shake It Off, Taylor Swift

Best Reggae Album

Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta - WINNER

Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Back on the Controls

Sean Paul, Full Frequency

Shaggy, Out of Many, One Music

Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate, The Reggae Power

Soja, Amid the Noise and the Haste

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Cheek to Cheek, Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett - WINNER

Sending You a Little Christmas, Johnny Mathis

Nostalgia, Annie Lennox

Partners, Barbra Streisand

Night Songs, Barry Manilow

Best Americana Album

The River & The Thread, Rosanne Cash - WINNER

Terms of My Surrener, John Hiatt

Bluesamericana, Keb' Mo'

A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek

Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, Sturgill Simpson

Best Spoken Word Album

Diary of a Mad Diva, Joan Rivers - WINNER

Actors Anonymous, James Franco

A Call to Action, Jimmy Carter

Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, John Waters

A Fighting Chance, Elizabeth Warren

We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration and the Power of Song, Gloria Gaynor

Best Gospel Album

Help, Erica Campbell - WINNER

Amazing, Ricky Dillard & New G

Withholding Nothing: Live, William McDowell

Forever Yours, Smokie Norful

Vintage Worship, Anita Wilson

Best Rock Performance

Lazaretto, Jack White - WINNER

Gimme Something Good, Ryan Adams

Do I Wanna Know?, Arctic Monkeys

Blue Moon, Beck

Fever, The Black Keys

Best Metal Performance

The Last In Line, Tenacious D - WINNER

Neon Knights, Anthrax

High Road, Mastodon

Heartbreaker, Motörhead

The Negative One, Slipknot

Best R&B Performance

Drunk In Love, Beyoncé ft. Jay Z - WINNER

New Flame, Chris Brown ft. Usher & Rick Ross

It's Your World, Jennifer Hudson ft. R. Kelly

Like This, Ledisi

Good Kisser, Usher

Best R&B Song

Drunk In Love, Beyonce ft. Jay Z - WINNER

Good Kisser, Usher

New Flame, Chris Brown ft. Usher & Rick Ross

Options (Wolfjames Version), Luke James ft. Rick Ross

The Worst, Jhené Aiko

Best R&B Album

Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface -WINNER

Islander, Bernhoft

Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc

Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper Experiment

Give The People What They Want, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Best Dance Recording

Rather Be, Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - WINNER

Never Say Never, Basement Jaxx

F for You, Disclosure ft. Mary J. Blige

I Got U, Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones

Faded, Zhu

Best Latin Pop Album

Tangos, Ruben Blades - WINNER

Elypse, Camila

Raiz, Lila Downs, Niña Pastori & Soledad Pastorutti

Loco de Amor, Juanes

Gracias Por Estar Aqui, Marco Antonio Solis

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Frozen - WINNER

Guardians of the Galaxy

American Hustle

Get On Up: The James Brown Story

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Music Video

Happy, Pharrell Williams - WINNER

We Exist, Arcade Fire

Turn Down for What, DJ Snake & Lil Jon

Chandelier, Sia

The Golden Age, Woodkid ft. Max Richter

Best Music Film

20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill - WINNER

Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour, Beyoncé & Jay Z

Ghost Stories, Coldplay

Metallica: Through The Never, Metallica

The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne, Pink

PHOTOS: ANGELIQUE KIDJO WINS 2ND GRAMMY & DEDICATED IT TO AFRICAN WOMEN

 One of the Africa’s great,Singer-songwriter  cum activist, Angélique Kidjo, yesterday Feb. 8^th@ LA won her 2nd Grammy for 'World Music Album' for her album, "Eve". The 54 year old dedicated the award to the women of Africa.

"This album is dedicated to the women of Africa -- to their beauty and resilience. Women of Africa -- you rock!. For me, music is a weapon of peace, and today more than ever, as artists we have a role to play in the stability of this world," Kidjo said as she accepted the award at a ceremony in LA. Congratulations to her. See more photos after the cut..

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IF I FIND A MAN STILL ATTRACTIVE I WILL MARRY HIM...NKIRU SYLVANUS

Nollywood star, Nkiru Sylvanus opens up about her relationship with Oge Okoye's ex-husband, Stanley Duru, marriage issues, rumors etc. etc. etc... Enjoy the interview…

What's your reaction to the report making the rounds that you are getting married?
Now ok, first I've been married on the internet for more than three times! They first got me married in 2008, then they got me married again in 2011 and now, they are getting me married again in 2014/2015. I'm beginning to ask, why do they like to get me married? If I were married in 2008 and again married in 2011, why again should I be getting married again in 2015? That means they were all lies. It's all rumours. Some people will report this stuff like they know you, when they only see you on TV.

It's just like Governor Okorocha whom many are saying all sorts of false reports against lately. Some of this people have not been to Imo state in the last six years, but out of hatred, they'll go on social media to post rubbish. Right now, I'm not married. I could be thinking about marriage very soon, if the right man comes calling. If I'm satisfied within my soul that this is the man I'm going to spend the rest of my life with. Because I've worked so hard as a young lady that right now, I don't want just any man but a man that will be there for me. A lot is being said about me, and I know. There was one time a friend sent me a link where they wrote that Nkiru is desperate to get married and that was why she said she can be a second wife. I just laughed and smiled because of how ignorant a lot of people can be.

But really, most people find it weird that you could utter such a statement and they are in fact angry with you, hope you know that?
Let me tell you something, people who are very close to me will tell you that I'm a realist. I speak my mind. Unfortunately, we are in a society where people will see black and pretend about it by calling it white just because of what others will say. I speak my mind. I talk about what people know,but pretend like they don't know. If our society has to change like we've been clamouring for, then we must be ready to be truthful and realistic. In the real sense of it, who isn't a second wife or second husband? The truth is that every young man or woman out there who isn't a virgin, has been married before. What is marriage? Marriage is not just when a man pays a bride price. Marriage is when you both know yourself; when you sleep with each other and cleave together. That is marriage! Unfortunately, that is what everybody is now taking lightly. If you pay a woman's bride price, put her in your house and just look at her, then both of you are not married. Physically and spiritually, both of you are not married. Now, in Nigeria a lot of young women prefer to be a side-chic to a married man and you know he has a wife, then you are the second wife whether you like it or not because this man does to you everything he does to his wife at home. Also in Nigeria, so many married men have as much as 20 side-chics and keep them at different locations then they come out to tell you they can never marry a second wife. If it is declare today all over the world that every woman you have slept it must leave under the same roof with you, many men would have as much as 400 wives while many women will have close to 2000 men as husbands. And when one talks about the fact that it is better to be a second wife people go wild! What's more honorable for you as a woman? That you are a side-chic to a man who doesn't show you respect and treat you like a dog or that he legally marries you as a second wife and accord you the respect he accords the woman he calls his wife at home, which is better? The interesting thing here is that many of these married women know that their husbands have side-chics, but they'll say that it's fine as long as he doesn't pay her bride price. Imagine that? Again, I put it to you as a woman that which is more honourable, that a man pays your bride price and put you under a roof or makes you a side chic and toss you around like a piece of rubbish? So it's all about the condition surrounding it.

What do you mean, 'condition'?
For instance, their are circumstances that can warrant a woman being a second wife. What works for me maybe different from what works for the other woman. So like I said earlier in my Channels TV interview, if the situation is right, then I can become a second wife. Not like I'll just see any happy couple and I'll go join them. It's either you're marrying a man who has been married before and divorced or you are marrying a man who has been married before but the wife is dead. So if you are getting married through such circumstance, then you are a second wife. So that is what I mean by the condition. The condition that puts you into being a second wife is what I've been talking about. If a man was married and lost his wife and he is coming to marry me, then I'm not his first wife. I'm the second wife because the man has been married before. So that was why I said if the situation and condition is right, I can give being a second wife a thought. It's good for people to stop reading or listening to things from the surface before they start criticising. Remove the log in your own eyes before removing that of others. I know some ladies who will go on TV and say they can never be a second wife, God forbid yet they have a married man they are dating and who is footing their bills.

Let's talk about Stanley Duru, that name has been the subject of controversy around you lately, who is he to you?
I don't like talking about a man because I am a lady. And it should be the man talking about me. A man should find me so precious enough to take out his time to talk about who I am to him. If a man would not be proud to talk about me, then he doesn't worth having me. So for me to spend my time analysing a man, come on, that's not possible. I'm too precious for that. So I don't want to talk about him and who he is. If he so wish to talk about me, fine.

Is it true that you've known each other for a long time?
Yes I know him. Very well!

How and when?
That's still talking about him. I don't want to talk about a man.

Ok, since you know Stanley Duru, when last did you see him?
It's been a long time. I last saw him about two years ago.

But they said you have already done an introduction secretly?
It's all rumours from idle people. It's all lies. For me, my private life is my personal affairs. So whatever decision I take tomorrow, it's totally my responsibility. If it turns sour, I face it alone and if it turns sweet I face it. It's my life. I do what makes me happy. Why would I even do a secret introduction, why?

So what will be your reaction if Stanley Duru comes out to attest to all the reports making the rounds that truly he is in love with you and wants to marry you this year?
It's ok! It's entirely his opinion and he is entitled to it. It's no big deal. I've had a man take out pages in a newspaper before to talk about his feelings for me, so it's not new.

Oh really?
Yes, I no be anyhow pikin o. For a man to have me in his life, he is blessed. I know what I'm talking about. So it's a free world.

So you saying that there is no secret traditional wedding?
Like I said, I'm still young. I have years ahead of me and I'm not ugly so why do I want to make secret something as beautiful as a marriage? Why shouldn't I be proud to show the world, the man I want to spend the rest of my life with? Think about it. If I'm having an introduction, it should be something I'm proud of. If I'm having a wedding it should be something I'm proud of. You know, take pictures with my man and let the world see it. That's what marriage should be like. So the man too should be able to do likewise. So when the time comes, everybody will see it. I'm still young because I started quite early, there are many ladies way older than me and are still in their parents houses,eating their parents food.

But where do you think the rumour is coming from, those who are giving the media this information seem to be so sure and claim to know everything about you?
Right now, there are no plans. As I'm talking to you I've not made any plan for marriage. There are no planning committee or anything like that as it's being rumoured. It's all rumour.

What's your relationship with Oge Okoye, most people are also reporting that she is crying that you wanted to snatch her husband?
I don't think she will say that. Maybe she'll answer that question when you ask her. Oge is my colleague.

But it is being reported that both of you have an history as best of friends?
Oge and I were never 'best of friends', we are just colleagues. She is not my best friend. we are both into movies, working in the same industry.

When last did you see her?
I last saw Oge like 7-8 years ago.

But let me ask you, if you were dating someone a long time ago and it happens that he left you to marry another woman, years later he is coming back to marry you, would you accept him?
Why not? If I find him worthy and still attractive I can marry him. No one is above mistakes. In life people make mistakes and regret. What is meant to be will be. It's our ability to realise our mistakes and forgive too that makes use humans. So why not? I'll accept him if I still find him worthy.

Source:linda ikeji's blog

MOHAMMAD SANUSI II CONFIRMED OFFICIALLY AS THE 14TH EMIR OF KANO

The Emir of Kano... Emir Muhammad Sanusi II has been confirmed officially as the 14th Emir of Kano on Saturday 7th , February, 2015, under the Fulani Dynasty. He has been presented with his staff of office by the Kano king makers of the Emirate council signifying the official beginning of his time as the Emir of Kano.

Present at the event are General Muhammadu Buhari, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, General Abdulrahman Dambazau, Father Mathew Kuka, Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, Sultan of Sokoto, Emir of Dutse, Governors Ibrahim Gaidam, Kashim Shettima, Babangida Aliyu, Rabiu Kwankwaso amongst many other invited guests. See pics after the cut...

US GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED OVER POSTPONEMENT OF NIGERIA'S ELECTION

The US Government has expressed disappointment over the postponement of Nigeria's general election which was announced last night by INEC chairman, Prof. Jega. Below is a statement by the US Secretary of State John Kerry posted on the US Department of State website read thus:

The United States is deeply disappointed by the decision to postpone Nigeria’s presidential election, which had been scheduled for February 14. Political interference with the Independent National Electoral Commission is unacceptable, and it is critical that the government not use security concerns as a pretext for impeding the democratic process. The international community will be watching closely as the Nigerian government prepares for elections on the newly scheduled dates.

The United States underscores the importance of ensuring that there are no further delays. As I reaffirmed when I visited Lagos last month, we support a free, transparent, and credible electoral process in Nigeria and renew our calls on all candidates, their supporters, and Nigerian citizens to maintain calm and reject election-related violence.

MY FRIENDS PLANTED DRUGS IN MY LUGGAGE...SAYS ITS ALL FOODSTUFFS....VICTIM

Maureen

 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are now investigating two-jolly friends , Obidike Ugochukwu Maureen and  Ebere Ohakwe Sandra, after the drug was concealed in foodstuff and local alcoholic beverage called Alomo Bitters were discovered in the luggage of Maureen.
The lady, Obidike Ugochukwu Maureen, said she never knew her friend; Ebere Ohakwe Sandra could set her.

Maureen said: “My friend did not tell me she had drugs in the luggage she checked in on my name. She told me that it was all foodstuffs but it turned out to be cannabis. I feel very sad.”
Sandra on the other hand, confessed that she wanted to take the parcel of drugs out of Nigeria for her travelling agent who promised to give her free visa.
The NDLEA commander at the Lagos Airport, Mr. Hamza Umar, while confirming the arrest, said that the case was under investigation. He however added that 78 parcels of dried weed were discovered in the luggage of Maureen.

Sandra, a 2010 graduate of Economics at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology who lives and sells foodstuff in Dubai, said her travel agent told her to smuggle cannabis in exchange for her visa.

Sandra said: “I used to export foodstuff to Dubai since 2012. Each time I go to Dubai, I stay for two months and come back because I have no permanent visa. I came to Nigeria since December 2014 to spend the Christmas and New Year at home. While I was preparing to go back, my travel agent in Dubai called me that somebody will give me a parcel to take to him. My first question was that I hope it is not cocaine, and he said that it was not cocaine but weed and that it was not something serious. He also promised me that if I could take it to him; he would prepare my next visa for free. I agreed to take it.”

Her words: “Maureen is my friend. We met in Port Harcourt and had been chatting always. She told me she would like to visit Dubai to buy clothes because she sells female clothes. We concluded that we would both travel to Dubai when I’m returning in January 2015. Since she had only hand luggage, I decided to check in some of my luggage in her name because I had 80kg and did not want to pay the excess charge. Unfortunately, NDLEA discovered drugs in the luggage I checked in her name and we were both arrested. I regret accepting to take the drug.”

Sandra