The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has rejected the recommendation of the National Conference for the creation of 18 additional states in the country. It said the recommendation of only one state for the Ijaws as against the two requested by them was unacceptable. The IYC in a statement issued on Friday in Warri, Delta State, by its spokesman, Eric Omare, the youths also warned that should the conference fail to retrace its step and give the “fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria” a fair consideration in state creation, the Ijaw nation would start reconsidering its status in Nigeria. The IYC said only…
Author: Wale Adebayo
The current insecurity in the country especially Boko Haram insurgency in parts of the North, caught government and security agencies unawares, President Goodluck Jonathan admitted on Friday. President Jonathan also admitted that issues of ethnicity and religious intolerance pose one of the greatest threat to the continued corporate existence of the nation especially if allowed to fester. The president, who spoke through Arc. Namadi Sambo, the vice president, at the graduation ceremony of the Senior Course 36 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna state, however, assured that government will continue to equip the armed forces to…
This is another one of those list that I know my readers enjoy. It’s a compilation of the hottest 5 music producers in the country at the moment. This is just an opinion, if you disagree, feel free to let me know in the comment section. Enjoy: – T-Spize- This young producer is the hottest revelation of the year. We has an infectious pop production, we can clearly associate this to Davido’s Aye, Runtown’s Gallardo, Skales’s Eyes On Your Ikebe, H-Boi’s Feeling You. His first single ‘Lamagado‘ is arguably the hottest tune around now. He’s got some other tracks out…
It seems like the pressure of dropping albums constantly isn’t something everyone can cope with. Uk/Nigerian singer Tinie Tempah has shocked his fans as he says he’s not retiring but he’s bored of putting out albums and thinks there are better ways to let fans hear his music using digital platforms and streaming services. According to The Sun newspaper, he said: ‘This is a Spotify/iTunes/shuffle generation.’ ‘I don’t think people really listen to albums completely from track one to 12.’ ‘People now curate their own playlists so I think it’s clever to beat them to it and say, ‘Here it…
Probably the most famous artiste in Africa at the moment, Davido has sent shivers down the spine of both his and Wizkid’s fans. In anew interview, the Omo Baba Olowo of music revealed that he is a fan of Wizkid and they might not work together. Might being the key word. In a recent interview by AvantTV, he said: “I’m a big fan of Wizkid. We might work together, we might not. If we do, it’s going to be crazy no doubt.” Davido who also revealed that ‘HKN’ means ‘Honorable Kings of New-school’ also laid to rest several rumors as…
I must confess that I laughed like crazy when I saw 2face in the Red Cross outfit, he looks so gangsta in it, hehe. Anyways, the superstar singer — 2face Idibia has join forces with the Red Cross Society of Nigeria in an effort to increase the awareness of 2face Reach-Out Foundation initiative. At a press conference, which took place on Friday, July 4, 2014, at Club Rumours, Ikeja, both platforms agreed to promote peace and development in Nigeria through advocacy, training and use of arts. The Pop singer was also made a Red Cross ambassador. Months earlier, he linked…
A group known as the New Lagos Movement, has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the successful holding of its maiden national convention and the emergence of new national executives to steer the affairs of the party. The group while condemning the practice of appointing caretaker committees in the local councils, advised the national executive of the party to uphold the cardinal principle of existence of democratically elected local government councils in all states as rigidly enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution. The group insisted that the policies of the party, as encapsulated in the APC Roadmap to a New Nigeria,…
A group, Tobacco Control Nigeria (TobaccoCtrl) has called on Nigerian lawmakers to pass the comprehensive National Tobacco Control Bill (NTCB) into law. The group said this during a campaign in Lagos, when members took to the streets of Ajegunle, Lagos to sensitise residents, especially youths and children, on the need to live and advocate for a smoke-free environment. TobaccoCtrl also had a weeklong quiz competition across its social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter. Tobaccoctrl is a policy change and public health campaign project using Social Media to advance tobacco control and support the passage of a comprehensive Tobacco Control…
The World Fashion Organisation is set to build its Fashion University in Bayelsa State as the state continues developing its tourism potentials. The establishment of the proposed Fashion University will make the State one of the beneficiaries of such institutions to be built in the six continents of the world. Speaking on the theme, ‘the Journey So Far in Nigeria,’ the Vice President of the World Fashion Organization, Europe, Mr. Borgogelli Percario said the choice of Bayelsa for sitting the fashion university was based on the state’s peaceful ambience and favourable disposition to the development of the arts. The event,…
The Federal Government yesterday said it has met its side of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in all agreements it reached with the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), stressing that there was no need for the doctors to continue its five-day-old strike. The striking doctors however said although there were meetings where some agreements were reached and points noted, they were not yet sure when the strike would be called off as they had to present the report of the meeting to their emergency delegate meeting which has the power to take the decision. Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu told…
Coordinator of the National Malaria Control, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Nnenna Ezeigwe said the country needed about $700 million (about N112 billion) within the next three years to eradicate malaria. Speaking in Abuja at the 2014 GBCHealth/CAMA Annual Technical Forum themed: “Capitalising on Competences: Partnering to Eliminate Malaria and Accelerate Impact on Maternal and Child Health”, which was supported by Access Bank Plc, she said the federal government alone does not have the financial capacity to address malaria. She urged other tiers of government, including the private sector to form partnerships in order to rid the country of the…
The Young Money music company is gradually becoming a family business. Lil Wayne first gave us a little teaser when he brought her up on stage at the 2014 BET Awards; but it became official s he reveals he signed his 16-year-old daughter Reginae Carter to Young Money Records. The YMCMB head takes to his Weezy Wednesdays vlog to make the announcement that his daughter Reginae is now officially a Young Money recording artist. Lil Wayne even world-premieres a snippet of her new video for “Mind Goin’ Crazy,” the leading single off her upcoming debut LP, Becoming Reginae.
The good news involve is that Yung6ix is very much fine, however, the same cannot be said about his car. Young Nigerian rapper , Yung6ix was involved in a motor accident at around 4 a.m 2 days ago in Victoria Island — Lagos. Yung6ix was still able to make an appearance for the Hennessy show on the Beat 99.9 FM Lagos. More photos below: –
There has been a long standing rumor that the hit track ‘Aye’ by Davido was written by fast rising singer — Runtown. Davido has however come forward to clear the air on the unresolved issue. The new BET crowned prince of African music, Davido has clealy stateds that he wrote the song all by himself. Davido while fielding questions about “Aye” from AvanteTV, stated, “Runtown and TSpice work great together. TSpice sent me a couple of beats and We recorded like three songs and everyone was just like, this is the one. So we shot the video naturally. Everything about…
Probably the only hardcore rapper left in Nigeria, Modenine has made a lot of necks turn with his new statement. The veteran rapper, Modenine, believes that no Nigerian artiste is a member of theIlluminati. A number of top Nigerian artistes have began to associate themselves with the hugely popular and enigmatic group, with many adding certain symbols and signs from the sect to their music videos. But Modenine believes that they are not members. See what he has to say: – I don’t think any Nigerian is a member of the Illuminati, I seriously doubt it. Cos they no reach.…
Chibok indigenes have alerted the federal government to a quit notice served on the community by the terrorist group Boko Haram. At a press conference in Abuja, Friday, The Chairman of the Chibok nation, Dr. Pogu Bitrus said that residents of Kautikari and Kaya town had received what the Boko Haram sect termed final notice to attack the towns again and ordered the residents to vacate the village or face total annihilation on their next visit. “As a matter of urgency, we wish to alert the general public and the international community that after the attack on four villages of…
Immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed joy over the decision of the National Conference to grant additional state to the South- East. He described the decision as one that would address the injustice in leaving the South-East with one State less than other geo-political zones in the country. Recalling all the efforts the people of the South-East had made in that regard, Obi thanked the South-East delegates for pulling it through and encouraged them to seek more issues that would benefit the people of the region. Fielding questions from Journalists at the burial of Lady…
The national leader of the Igbo Ezue Group, Chief Chekwas Okorie, has attacked Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for comparing the killings of Nigerians by Boko Haram to the genocide on the Biafran people during the Nigerian civil war. Okorie said the statement credited to Soyinka in his interview with the AFP was grossly an overstatement, alleging that it smacked of a deliberate attempt to annoy the Igbo and the peoples that made up Biafra for the genocide they suffered in the hands of Gen. Yakubu Gowon, and the death of about two million people. He cautioned that should Prof.…
The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has given the assurance that doctors will return to work on Monday, following the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Medical Association on Thursday. This is even as he affirmed that the association went ahead with its nationwide strike on July 1, despite an earlier MoU signed on June 25, after a meeting with an inter-ministerial committee chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim. “To be sure, almost all the issues in contention were either issues that had been satisfactorily resolved or issues…
ALPHONSUS IGBEKE Chairman of the National Conference, Justice Idris Kutigi on Wednesday admitted a former Senator, Mr. Alphonsus Igbeke, as a substitute for the late former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili. The Senator, who replaces the late Akunyili as a delegate from Anambra State, was earlier seen by journalists on Tuesday when he came to complete his documentation at the Conference Secretariat, Abuja. Senator Igbeke later confirmed that he had come to replace Akunyili at the confab. Anambra’s slot at the…