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Thursday, September 13, 2018
My Next Album Will Be Controversial” — Falz
Nigerian rapper comedian and actor Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz has promised to continue to make controversial music.
The “This is Nigeria” crooner, who recently won an Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA), in an interview with Channels Television said that he is currently working on a music album where all the tracks will be as contentious and norm-breaking.
Falz said there is the need to tell stories through conscious music and he is set to take his controversial music to a new level.
“Right now I’m making a lot of controversial music. It’s always going to be like that, people are always going to get angry when you make that sort of music but those stories need to be told,” he said.
Falz said it is important for artists to project the truth in their songs and in the right direction, despite mixed reactions.
“People need to hear our voices; our voices need to be projected in the positive direction as artists.
“It is something I will continue to do, I’m working on a fully conscious album which is dropping very soon,” he said
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Brexit rebels in UK PM May’s party discuss ousting her
The BBC reported on Wednesday that about 50 Brexit-supporting lawmakers in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s party have met to discuss how and when they could force her out of her job.
Twin Sisters With SAME NAME… Set To Marry Two Brothers With SAME NAMES On SAME DAY!!! (Pre-Wedding Photos)
Rocking the internet is the adorable pre-wedding photos of Ghanaian identical twin sisters who are getting married on the same day, have emerged on social media.
The interesting part of it is that the twin sisters who are both called Josephine, are getting married to two different guys who surprisingly also bear the same first names, Emmanuel.
The pre-wedding photos where the sisters are seen beaming with smiles as they posed with their respective husband-to-be, has been hashtagged “#Twins Wedding”, with many people drooling over the bond of the sisters.
BREAKING: Billionaire Femi Otedola ‘Accepts’ PDP’s Offer of Lagos Governorship Ticket
Femi Otedola, a renown businessman and Chairman of Forte Oil PLC, has “accepted” the offer of a governorship ticket by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to Dele Momodu, Publisher of Ovation magazine, Otedola “personally confirmed” the news to him, meaning he will run against Akinwunmi Ambode, the incumbent Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in 2019.
“Breaking news: Lagos 2019 promises to be interesting. PDP offers Femi Otedola governorship ticket. He’s accepted and personally confirmed to The Boss newspaper,” Momodu wrote.
Otedola’s emergence comes a day after Ambode officially declared interest in a second term, telling supporters at Alausa: “In these three and a half years as your Governor, I have seen visible proof that we can achieve unbelievable things when we all come together with no more than our belief in our dreams.
“We achieved because you believed. But there is still a lot more to be done. But I am not daunted. I am not tired. And I am sure you feel the same way because we all envision a better Lagos, a Lagos of our dreams.
“So, I humbly call you again, to give me your support as I seek to continue with your mandate to steer the affairs of our State. I ask you to believe again and together, let’s achieve more,” Governor Ambode said.
Prophet defrauds widow of N18million, threatens to kill her
A prophet with the Celestial Church of Christ, Alfa and Omega parish, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, Peter Onunuju, has been arrested by the Police for allegedly defrauding a widow, Oluchi Grace, of N18 million, The Nation reports.
He was alleged to have swindled Grace with the intention of procuring a landed property for her at Lekki area of Lagos state.
Dan Okoro, the Commissioner of Police in charge of Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCIID), Alagbon close, Ikoyi, Dan Okoro, revealed the victim later discovered that the land belonged to his ex-wife. .
Okoro said detectives discovered that the suspect collected N16 million cash and asked the widow to pay the other N2 million into his bank account, adding that information gathered revealed that the suspect had other intention. .
“The so-called prophet took advantage of the relationship he has with Oluchi Grace to swindle her. From the beginning he had the intention of defrauding the woman.
Later, he started threatening to kill the woman and her children when they discovered that he had swindled them.”
The victim said she knew the prophet for over two decades and trusted him as a man of God.
She said:
“I later discovered that the land in question belongs to his ex-wife who is remarried and based in the U.S with her new husband. .
My son discovered her contact from her Facebook account. When we contacted her, she told us she was not selling the said property. In fact she rained abuses on us. .
When the prophet realized that the game was up, he started threatening to kill us. That was why I ran to the police before anything happens to me or my children
Kofi Annan body receives hero’s welcome in Ghana
Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s body has received a hero’s welcome upon landing at Kotoka International Airport in Ghana’s capital.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was with Annan’s widow and family members were present as uniformed soldiers brought Annan’s coffin down from the aircraft amid solemn music played by a detachment of Ghana’s armed forces. Prayers followed.
To signify Annan’s return home, the U.N. flag covering the coffin was replaced by a Ghanaian one.
Annan will lie at the Accra International Conference Center, where people can pay their respects in the days before Thursday’s state funeral.
Annan, the grandson of tribal chiefs died in August in Switzerland at the age of 80. He was the first black African to work as U.N. secretary-general and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
Nane Maria Annan, his wife, had revealed that the late ex-Secretary General of the United Nations, died peacefully in his sleep.
Kofi Annan was sworn as the United Nations Secretary-Genral in 1997 and served till 2006.
He was awarded the Peace Prize for having revitalized the UN and for having given priority to human rights. The Nobel Committee also recognized his commitment to the struggle to contain the spreading of the HIV virus in Africa and his declared opposition to international terrorism.
National Daily gathered that the body which will be laid in state at the Accra International Conference Centre on Tuesday, September 11, while dignitaries will file past and pay their last respects until Wednesday September 12.
A burial Service will then take place on the September 13 at the Conference Centre before he is finally laid to rest at the new Military Cemetery.
– onlinenigeria
LAGOS 2019: ‘Tinubu Instructed Us To Work For Sanwo-Olu’s Emergence As Governor’ – APC Elders
The scenario that played out in the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the build-up to the reelection of Babatunde Raji Fashola, former governor of Lagos, is repeating itself as the chances of his successor, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who is seeking a second term is slim.
Daily Independent had last week exclusively reported that Ambode may have incurred the wrath of some elders in the party who felt shortchanged by his administration.
Sources even alleged that the demand by Bola Tinubu, National Leader of APC, during the last stakeholders’ meeting of the party on August 14 that the Lagos State chapter will go for direct primaries is targeted at the governor.
As at Tuesday, all the 20 local government chairmen and 37 Local Council Development Areas’ (LCDAs) chairmen in Lagos have endorsed the governorship ambition of a dark horse, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, a former Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions, who is now the Managing Director of the Lagos State Property Development Corporation (LSDPC).
Daily Independent gathered that the Nomination and Expression of Interest forms were purchased for Sanwo-Olu by the Mandate Group, a group of party leaders and local government chairmen loyal to Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
In a viral video circulating on Tuesday which was seen by Daily Independent, Asipa Kaoli Olusanya, the APC State Vice Chairman, Lagos East Senatorial District, said their leader, Tinubu, has instructed them that Sanwo-Olu is the next governor of Lagos State.
Speaking further, Olusanya, who was a former Commissioner for Agric in Lagos State added that it was Tinubu who instructed them to queue behind Babatunde Fashola in 2006, queue behind Governor Ambode during the 2015 election and now support Sanwo-Olu as the candidate for APC in the 2019 elections.
He said, “In 2006, we were in the council, cabinet of Lagos State. We have a large number of aspirants wanting to be governor. When Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu) gave the signal, those of us who believe that this is a visionary leader who can be trusted, because it is God who appoints a leader in a season. This season, this is the man whom God appoints and we all accepted.
“Where (he) Tinubu directed us then, many protested then that his preferred candidate doesn’t know anybody in the party, be it ward, women, or party leader.
Then, we went to Adebola House, it was a serious fight but our oga (leader) insisted that this is my preferred candidate who will succeed me as governor of Lagos State? Did we enjoy him or not? We enjoyed him because he performed creditably well.
“During the 2015 election, our oga again gave signal. Some people again protested, saying this person you are canvassing for the position is just a civil servant. Each time oga makes recommendation or say this is where we are going, some of us who believe in him, we don’t question it.
“We follow it and we have never regretted it. This one that oga has again given us and we accepted it because we believe our oga and we believe in God because it is God that chooses a leader in any season. The leader God has chosen for us, this one he has given us as his preferred candidate, we will be successful.
“We may be wondering why is this so? But if we yield to our boss’ direction wholeheartedly, we will be happy at the end of it. His preferred candidate right now is our man, our brother, our son, our member, our friend. It is the person Jagaban hands over to us as his choice, we will follow.
By the grace of God and the support of the people of Lagos State, we will assume the leadership in the State House by God’s grace. Sanwo-Olu will sit as the next governor of Lagos State. If he assumes the position, none of us will be missing in action”.
Olusanya’s position was corroborated by Cardinal James Odunmbaku, the former Deputy Chairman of APC in Lagos, who emphatically said, “Honourable Babajide Sanwo-Olu is the incoming governor of Lagos State”.
Speaking with our correspondent on Tuesday, a local government chairman who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they have respect for Ambode as governor but their ultimate loyalty as far as Lagos politics is concerned goes to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who is the political godfather of the state.
The female council boss, when asked about the earlier endorsement of Ambode by the 57 council chairmen in the state, said, “Yes, we all endorsed Ambode for the second term given the fact that he performed and the tradition in the state since 1999 where serving governors are asked to return.
But now that our party leaders have withdrawn support for the governor, we have no option than to toe that line”.
– naijaloaded