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The 2015 Grammy Awards   was an exciting one and was full of surprises but in the awards given and other antics. Newcomer, Sam Smith stunned all by taking home 4 well-deserved awards including Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. Everyone was surprised when Becks clinched the Album Of The Year award in a tight group that consisted of Beyonce(!), Ed Sheeran, Pharell and Sam Smith, so stunned that  Kanye West almost pulled a Taylor Swift on the poor guy . Rap heads, for the first time are happy with the year's rap awards (mostly because Iggy didn't steal it as expected) as respected rap figures won the awards this time. Eminem won Best Rap album and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration while Kendrick Lamar won Best Rap Performance and Best Rap song for i. Iggy who was nominated for 3 awards and who people were scared will end up with Best Rap Album unfortunately did not win any while Beyonce who was tipped to clinch the Album of the Year (and the

The 2014 Headies Award, has come and gone, though not without its flaws, reservations and flaws as regards timing, programme quality, content amongst other things. We can only look forward to a better show come 2015. Below are the List of Winners in this Year Headies Award with Olamide, Davido and Patoranking winning 2 Awards each. Checkout the Winners below:- BEST R'n'B SINGLE LET SOMEBODY LOVE YOU- 2FACE IDIBIA –  Winner IYAWO MI- TIMI DAKOLO PLAN B – WANDE COAL DON GORDON – BURNA BOY BEST POP SINGLE DOROBUCCI – MAVIN CREW –  Winner AYE – DAVIDO JOHNNY – YEMI ALADE PULL OVER – KCEE DOUBLE WAHALA – ORITSE FEMI CARO – STAR BOY FEATURING WIZKID AND L.A.X SURULERE – DR. SID BEST RAP SINGLE PARCEL- PHYNO –  Winner DOPE MONEY – OLAMIDE FT. PHYNO SHOTZ ON SHOTS – ICE PRINCE FT. SARKODIE RAP IT UP – POSLY TD DEAF – EVA ALORDIAH WTF – ILL BLISS BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE DOUBLE WAHALA – ORITSE FEMI –  Winner SHOKI – LIL' KESH DOROBUCCI – MAVIN ALOBAM – PHYNO BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (M

Pharrell, Beyoncé and Sam Smith lead the field of nominees for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards with nods apiece, including Album of the Year, for which they'll square off against Beck and Ed Sheeran. Below is the full list of nominations for the Grammy Awards 2015: ALBUM OF THE YEAR • Morning Phase, Beck • Beyoncé, Beyoncé • X, Ed Sheeran • Girl, Pharrell • In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith RECORD OF THE YEAR • "Fancy," Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX • "Chandelier," Sia • "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)," Sam Smith • "Shake It Off," Taylor Swift • "All About That Bass," Meghan Trainor SONG OF THE YEAR • "All About That Bass," Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor) • "Chandelier," Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia) • "Shake It Off," Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) • "Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)," James Napier

‎ First, Baba(As he is fondly called) released his bombshell titled "Before It Is Too Late", now what do we call this, An Atomic Bomb?  If mere excerpts would be this revelational, one can only imagine what the entire book has in stock for readers.  I do not know, neither can tell what would happen to this book eventually (considering on-going legal restraints on its circulation). Perhaps Nigerians would get to have their copies legally or otherwise or not get them at all? Meanwhile, here's a peep into the book. Bellow is an excerpt from "MY WATCH" "By the Constitution, I had to inaugurate or prorogue the National Assembly on June 4, 1999. The most important officer in the National Assembly is the senate president and that office had been zoned to the South-east. And here was where Atiku Abubakar, my vice-president,first showed his hand and his character. "Without seeking my view or approval, he started planning the installation of Chuba Okadigbo as th