Monday, January 27, 2014

NEW BEGINNING

Welcome to 2014.
Thanks for being there for us, even, when we were off for almost one year.
We hope to bring you fresh stories, incisive articles, opinions and commentaries and more this year. Next year, Nigerians will decide whether to continue with the PDP or change to APC or join the 'floaters party'(apologises to Dele Momodu). Nigerians have a lot of thinking to do and they must start now. Has our lives fared any better since 1999? What do we need to do? How do we make our vote count? Who will shake the entertainment industry this year? What new stuff is Psquare cooking? Will Nollywood raise the ante this season? These are lots of questions we'll try to answer and allow you, our readers across the world to become part of this discussions. We want to say again thank you and welcome on board. 

Friday, May 10, 2013

HAS THE DUKE GONE BROKE?

Some one once told me this man has a spare key to Aso Villa, but I waved it aside. Nduka Obaigbena  seem to have lost grip of what he preaches on the pages of his paper. His staffs have drawn a battle line to demand their entitlement which they say is more than seven months!

Well, I would have gone on and on to talk about this, especially is newest baby- Arise TV, but an online portal- Huffington Post posted this article on the Duke as he's fondly called by close friends.

www.http://huff.to/ZO81Wu

FANS TO WATCH S.A. MUSIC AWARDS ONLINE

Music fans unable to lay their hands on tickets to the hottest music event, the 19th Annual MTN South African Music Awards (MTN SAMA 19) at Sun City on 10-11 May 2013, will be able to catch all the drama as it unfolds live across multiple TV shows, online and on mobile or tablet devices with a newly launched app making it the most connected awards ceremony ever.
SABC 1, the official broadcaster partner of MTN SAMA 19 has announced a comprehensive broadcast schedule:
Kicking off on Friday night, the much loved and popular Live Amp music show will cover all the action from the Friday night awards show which focuses on the technical categories along with the Lifetime Achievement Award recipients.
The main awards coverage on Saturday kicks off at 6.30pm where RGB will be bring all the fashion highs and lows form the Yello carpet. Phat Joe and Pearl Thusi will catch up with all the trendy, fashionable and fabulous people in their glamorous outfits arriving for the live show before the official live broadcast.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

BIG NEWS OF THE WEEK


=BAMA=
The Joint Task Forces says suspected members of Islamist sect, Boko Haram, attacked Bama, Borno State, leaving 55 people  dead.
The gunmen killed 22 police officers, 14 prison officials, two soldiers and four civilians, while 13 of the sect’s members died in the clash with th
e task force members.

=NASARRAWA=
Also, a militia group in Nigeria killed 23 policemen in an ambush in Nasarawa state.
The militia, run by a traditional religious cult known as Mbatse, attacked policemen sent to arrest their members alleged to be forcing Muslims and Christians in the area to swear oaths of allegiance, Police Commissioner Abayomi Akeremale, told reporters yesterday in Lafia, Nasarawa state capital. Eight police vans were also destroyed by the attackers.

                                               =ASARI DOKUBO=

Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, said that the current insecurity and tension in the country would be a child’s play if President Goodluck Jonathan fails to win a second term in 2015.
He said that Niger Delta will ensure the nation does not know peace if Jonathan is prevented from returning to office after the 2015 general elections.

=ROTIMI AMAECH=

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has threatened to expose some Abuja-based politicians from the state owing to the crisis currently rocking the People’s Democratic Party in the state.
Amaechi, who said he was no more running for any political position, added that the people of the state would lose their respect for his critics by the time he opened up on their past deeds


=TIMIPRE SYLVA=

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC arrested the former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva following his refusal to honour invitations to answer charges over allegations of fraud running into billions of Naira.
The offence was said to have been committed while he served as the governor of the state.
He was picked up at his 3, Niger Street, Maitama, Abuja home.
The EFCC operatives stormed his mansion after being told by Sylva’s security men that the man was not in town and that they should come back upon his return.
However, the operatives smelling a rat, decided to conduct a search on the house since they were already armed with a search warrant signed by the court.
Apart from discovering the embattled governor in one of the hideouts in the mansion, the search also led to the recovery of what the operatives described as ‘very vital documents’ that could assist in his prosecution.

=ALEX FERGUSON -DAVID MOYES=
Sir Alex Ferguson announced his retirement as Manchester United Manager.
Ferguson has won 49 titles in all competitions and has spent 26 and a half years at the Old Trafford.
The announcement shocked millions of Man united fans who are still basking in the euphoria of winning another English Premier League cup.
However, Everton manager David Moyes, is billed to replace Ferguson.


=OSAZE=
Osaze Odemwingie’s future with West Bromwich Albion was decided during talks between the club and the PFA– with the striker set for a summer exit.
Odemwingie’s future was pretty much resolved involving himself, the PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor, Albion’s sporting and technical director Richard Garlick and the club’s chief executive Mark Jenkins.
The 31-year-old made it clear during those talks that he wants to leave this summer.




US PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA TO VISIT NIGERIA




Goodluck Jonathan and Barack ObamaAt last the President of the United States, Barack Obama, would visit Nigeria on May 28, 2013, as part of a three-nation tour of Africa.

This ends speculation of the Obama scorn with the flawed elections in 2007 that brought Umaru Yar’Adua to the Presidency.

Seen as long overdue but coming at a time when security is the number one item on the country’s agenda, the 44th President of the United States is expected to parley with President Jonathan on how to tackle the niggling problems of insecurity, the economy and trade relations between both nations.
President Obama would be interested in hearing President’s Jonathan’s plan to control the Boko Haram insurgents who he plans to offer amnesty, even as the sect continues to slay hundreds in their quest to end western education in the country apart from kidnapping foreigners for ransom. The growing bases of Al Qaeda, a long term enemy of America and its allies, along the Lake Chad region resulting from their recent dislodgement from Mali may find space on their agenda.
Both men are likely to contemplate the resurgence of Niger Delta militancy, which had simmered with the granting of amnesty by former President Yar’Adua.
On the political side, they may weigh the propriety of a Jonathan candidacy in 2015 and the implications for democracy not only for Nigeria, but also for the African continent as well as the implication of good governance as exemplified by Nigeria for the stability of the sub-region.

Obama’s visit is believed to be five years late given that he was billed to have visited the country in his first term in office, especially when he visited other African countries, including Ghana, which is only 30 minutes away from Nigeria by flight. Of that snob, Nobel Literature Prize winner, Professor Wole Soyinka, said, “If Obama decides to grace Nigeria with his presence, I will stone him. The message he is sending by going to Ghana is so obvious, is so brilliant that he must not render it flawed by coming to Nigeria any time soon.

EME'S SKALES DROPS HOT SINGLES

This is really a year of greater things for Multi-talented pop star, Young Skales.
 Skales is coming out strong with a massive combo for his anxious fans across Nigeria.


The new singles “Take care of Me” and “Denge Pose” which were produced by Legendary Beatz are fresh materials off his forth coming debut album tentatively titled 
“All The Above”.
 Also known as EME Soldier, Skales is expected to release his debut album later this year.

He has  other hit tracks like Mukulu, Komole, My Baby among many others currently been played on air.

Listen to Skales’ singles here: