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Senator Ayogu Eze not suspended – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the purported suspension of former senator representing Enugu North senatorial district, Senator Ayogu Eze, describing it as a ruse. A former chairman of Ward 7, Mr. Nwokedi Ugwuoke, had circulated information on alleged suspension of Sen. Eze. Reacting to this, APC State Caretaker Chairman, Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, in a letter to the party’s National Chairman and governor of Yobe State, Buni Mai Mala, said the former chairman of Senator Eze’s Ward 7 had no power to suspend anybody. While asking the APC and the general public to ignore the purported suspension of Eze, he said the APC was investigating Ugwuoke and will soon apply appropriate sanction against him. He said the alleged suspension of the former senator was laughable and of no...
Rodrigo y Gabriela, Lucero, and Slothrust Performances Now Part of Protect Live Music Archive: Watch
Once again, Consequence’s Protect Live Music Livestream Archive has been expanded with the addition of fresh performances. New on-demand content arrives weekly, and June 9th brings with it five videos from some top-tier indie talents. Guitar masters Rodrigo y Gabriela delivered a truly ripping, incredibly filmed performances for our benefit concert, and you can revisit it beginning today. Other clips come from Lucero, Slothrust, Lady Lamb, and Angie McMahon. Watch all the performance videos now on the Protect Live Music Livestream Archive. Taking place on April 9th-10th, 2021, the original livestream concert saw all proceeds from our Protect Live Music merch line being donated to NIVA to support their fight for independent venues across the country. A portion of proceeds continue to g...
PUP, Turkuaz’s Remain in Light, TEKE::TEKE Added to Protect Live Music Archive
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-02T16:18:39+00:00“>June 2, 2021 | 12:18pm ET Consequence’s Protect Live Music Livestream Archive has expanded with another round of performance videos, bringing five new artist from our relaunch benefit event to our on-demand viewing experience. New content arrives every week, and June 5th comes with five major video additions. In a special remote arrangement, Turkuaz, Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison, and King Crimson’s Adrian Belew performed material from their Remain in Light cover collaboration. In addition to their PLM-exclusive performances of “Born Under Porches (The Heat Goes On)” and “Houses in Motion”, our latest archival release includes footage from PUP, TEKE::...
Andrew Bird and Jimbo Mathus, Brian Fallon, Squirrel Flower, More Come to Protect Live Music Archive
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-26T19:47:09+00:00“>May 26, 2021 | 3:47pm ET Consequence’s Protect Live Music Livestream Archive continues to expand today, bringing more performances from our relaunch benefit event for you to revisit. We’re rolling out new on-demand archival content every week, and May 26th features six fresh videos. Back together for their new collaborative album These 13, Andrew Bird and Jimbo Mathus took to the fields for their rendition of the Squirrel Nut Zippers classic “Train on Fire”, exclusively for PLM. Other footage part of the latest PLM Archive release includes performances from Brian Fallon, together PANGEA, Squirrel Flower, Hounds, and The Ballroom Thieves. To acces...
President Buhari seeks international support for peaceful transition in Chad
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday called on the international community to support a peaceful transition from military to democratic government in Chad. He made this known at a summit put together to discuss recent developments in Chad after the death of President Idris Deby last April. At the summit, Mr Buhari called on: “development partners and countries particularly France, the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, and Russia; the United Nations, the African Union and the European Union, as well as other friendly and partner nations to support the transition framework put in place by Chad’s Transition Military Council led by General Mahamat Idris Deby.” ‘‘The need to support the Chadian government to effectively carry out its planned 18-month transition is sacrosanc...
SERAP urges President Buhari to tell Nigerians spending plan for James Ibori loot, others
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently direct Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning to disclose spending details of the $700 million looted funds reportedly recovered by the Federal Government in the past four years, including the list and location of projects completed with the money, as well as details of the contractors that executed the projects.” SERAP also urged him to “direct Mrs Ahmed to disclose how the government plans to spend the returned £4.2m Ibori loot, including details of planned capital expenditure, and whether there is any plan to ensure that the money and any future returned Ibori loot would be spent to achieve justice and effective remedies for victims of corruption in...
Consequence Launches Protect Live Music Livestream Archive
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-12T17:30:22+00:00“>May 12, 2021 | 1:30pm ET Last month, Consequence celebrated our rebranding and new website with the Protect Live Music livestream event benefitting the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA). Now, we’re giving readers and fans a chance to revisit a number of the Protect Live Music performances with our on-demand archive. Each week, we’ll be rolling out six to seven archival videos exclusively available on the Protect Live Music page. Launching today (March 12th), the first clips we’ve loaded up include performances from Anjimile, Briston Maroney, Claudio Sanchez’s Prize Fighter Inferno, Watkins Family Hour, and Skeggs, plus testimonials from Julien ...
Deregistration: INEC colluding with politicians to undermine court processes – ADC
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, Tuesday, alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was playing some tricks by colluding with some party leaders and politicians in an attempt to undermine court processes. The National Chairman of ADC, Chief Ralphs Okey Nwosu, who made the allegation, while reacting to the Supreme Court’s judgment which affirmed the deregistration of the National Unity Party, NUP, described alleged moves by the electoral empire as pitiful. Chief Nwosu noted that while the NUP’s case was not of much consequence, the case to watch and which INEC was trying to use NUP to undermine is that involving 22 political parties. According to Chief Nwosu, who is also the interim President of Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria, IPAC, “The Supreme Court j...
Consequence’s Protect Live Music Livestream Benefit Announces Schedule, New Additions
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-07T22:00:46+00:00“>April 7, 2021 | 6:00pm ET Taking place Friday, April 9th and Saturday April 10th, Consequence’s “Protect Live Music” livestream benefit will feature over 90 artists delivering exclusive performances and testimonials in celebration of independent music The event is free to stream; click here to gain access. Since announcing the event we’ve added a number of artists to the bill — including SAD13, Shovels & Rope, Jeff Rosenstock, Hiss Golden Messenger, Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH, Myles Kennedy, Old Sea Brigade, and TEKE::TEKE — expanding the lineup to over 90 participating artists! As a result, we’ve had to extend the event, which will now begi...
Arsenal legend Thierry Henry to quit social media
Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has vowed to remove himself from all social media from tomorrow until platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram take more serious action against racism and other abuses. Henry suggested that, as things stand, the companies are quicker to take action against copyright infringements than they are to the toxic behaviour poisoning the platforms. In a statement posted online, Henry said: “From tomorrow morning I will be removing myself from social media until the people in power are able to regulate their platforms with the same vigour and ferocity that they currently do when you infringe copyright. “The sheer volume of racism, bullying and resulting mental torture to individuals is too toxic to ignore. “There HAS to be some accountability. It is far too eas...
APC boycotts Delta local council elections
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State said it pulled out of the Saturday local council elections in the state. The APC spokesperson in the state, Sylvester Imonina, said this in a statement in Asaba on Saturday. Imonina said the party boycotted the election because the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC) and others “cheated the Delta people again.” “I told the people of Delta some days ago that there were evil machinations to deprive them of their right to choose who to lead them at the local government level. “Yesterday, March, 5, 2021 at DSIEC headquarters in Asaba, Delta APC representatives were not allowed to take statistics of the materials that it intended transporting to the different LGAs in the state. “This is despite the insistence of the party’s rep...
Wole Soyinka to Nigerians: Don’t accept child hostage taking as a way of life
Following the Friday abduction of over 300 school children in Jangebe in Zamfara State, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday warned Nigerians against accepting kidnapping of school children in parts of the north as a way of life. Soyinka who lamented that the government and security agencies have failed Nigerians, said he did not know what else to recommend as panacea to the nation’s “abnormal times.” The octogenarian playwright spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at the ANA Ogun award lecture and public presentation of ‘Chronicles of the happiest people on earth,’ the latest book authored by him. The event was put together by the Association of Nigerian Authors, Ogun State chapter in collaboration with Abeokuta Club. The 524 page book was launched by foremost indigenous ...
