Saturday 28 September 2013

SHOCKER!!! Late Goldie's ex-boyfriend Prezzo has been declared wanted by the Kenyan Police!!!

Controversial musician Prezzo is on the run after he was involved in a gun fight outside a popular club in Nairobi's Westlands area.
Police say they want Prezzo aka Jackson Makini to report to Parklands Police Station for grilling after he allegedly assaulted a Swiss military officer in the head with gun butt and holster on Saturday morning.
The two are said to have been involved in an argument outside Aqua Bar over a parking slot at about 3am.
According to Gigiri Division police boss Vitalis Otieno, Prezzo had obstructed the military colonel from Switzerland which prompted the argument.
"When the military officer came back ready to go, an argument broke out over the parking slot which degenerated to an assault using a gun. We want him to report at Parklands," said Otieno.
The military officer is attached to Amisom and was headed to Ethiopia Saturday morning when the incident occurred. He was forced to cancel his flight. Otieno said he was treated and discharged from MP Shah Hospital.
And after the drama, Prezzo is said to have tried to cock and shoot at the officer who was bleeding at that time.
Otieno cited witnesses who said Prezzo was restrained by his bodyguards who dragged him to his car and drove off.
A hunt on him was on-going on Saturday morning even as police appealed to him to surrender.
Police visited his home but they did not find him.
It's not clear if Prezzo is a licensed gun holder. We could not reach him for a comment over the allegations as his mobile phone was switched off.

Check-out Wizkid on set for his jaiye jaiye music video!!

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The video which will be airing soon is directed by Sesan.
 He shared the picture with the caption
'Me nd my g Sesan abt to make a dope video! “Jaiye Jaiye” day 1!'

My frustration as a musician – Baba Fryo Reveals

My frustration as a musician – Baba Fryo

In a recent interview with Vanguard, Denge Pose crooner Baba Fryo spoke about his frustration with his record label, his lifestyle and his next move.
Here is the interview;
What is happening to Baba Fryo?
I am living a very simple life and trying to re-arrange myself since my last record label O’jez Music, frustrated me. I am trying to pick up myself again. If you listen to Peter Tosh in one of his songs he said: “I got to pick up myself, dust myself up, and start all over again.” So, I just want to start all over again as if I have not done music at all. I have some beautiful tracks right now. I will release one on air as a single.
What do you mean exactly by being frustrated?
My album was delayed for three years. Is that not frustration? Already I have taken my mind off music. I was made to feel as if I am no longer doing music again. He didn’t make me feel as if I am still in the industry.
What were the terms of the contract?
For me, I refused to sign any contract when time has been far spent. It took them three years to draft a contract as against when I started with them spanning one   to three years. You are now asking me to sign a contract. I am not a baby in this industry. That is why today, artistes pay for their songs to be on CD compilation and also pay the marketer to sell their music. The music industry is already corrupt. It has cancer for now.
COSON is paying royalty. Are you a member?
People that are being paid now are members of COSON. I am not a member of COSON but a member of MCSN. MCSN and all others are having issues. They don’t have time to look for money. Everything about our royalty is pending. While I was there, they usually give us something no matter how small. I used to be a member of PMRSN that is the former COSON. I left because they were not working well.
How many albums do you have?
I have three. I am working on the fourth one.
What happened after you released, “Notice Me” and why Notice Me?
Notice Me is about people who are full of themselves.  You know my music affects the lives of people positively. Before the ‘Notice Me song’, there were a lot of braggarts who pretended to be what they were not. When people travel and return from abroad you know how they intimidate people around here.
It was rumoured that the song was an attack on Daddy Fresh?
Well, I will not say it was an attack on Daddy Fresh. In my first song, I said, ‘I want to throw a stone and anybody the stone meets, that’s his own problem. It is a conscience. If you are engaged in ‘notice me’ and I play that song, it will affect you. Many musicians attacked me when I released the song. I will not mention names but they know themselves. Those who put earrings on their noses, ears, tongues, stomachs, everywhere, they attacked me seriously. I give thanks to God for the inspiration. Everybody has what influences what they do.  People feel the kind of songs I compose and I am happy because when I did ‘Denge Pose’, it really affected people positively.
It was rumoured that you made so much money but lavished it, living in hotels?
That is iniquity. I lived in a hotel but I didn’t pay a dime. It was while I was living in the hotel that I thought of buying a land. The first land I bought was two plots. When I realized I didn’t like the area, I decided to sell them and bought other lands at Okoafo and Amuwo. Living in a hotel to me is a worthwhile experience. I experienced many things .It is not every cloth that is dried in the sun. I spent and I’m still spending. But I don’t spend anyhow. I still give thanks to God.
What was your experience?
You will see the case of a nursing mother with her baby coming to the hotel to sleep with an old man using a walking stick. I have seen some men with pregnant women. Not that the owner of the hotel supports these things, he dares not see it. Some would come with their child, give the child biscuit and leave him at the reception while they climb upstairs for the amorous romp even in a very hot afternoon. I saw many iniquities.
Denge Pose, was said to be an attack on Showkey?
Like I said, anybody who thought I was referring to him, then I was referring to him.
What is your relationship with Daddy Showkey now?
We are best of friends. We have talked about the past and realised we have made our mistakes. If we had been working together right from time, I think many Ajegunle artistes would be more successful today. Now that we are working together things are bound to improve for our people.
What do you think about Majek Fashek?
I wasn’t close to Majek. Some individuals are saying his problem is spiritual.  You cannot ask a sick person to tell you what is wrong with him. He cannot. If you ask Majek, he would tell you it’s spiritual. I think Majek needs to go back in time to correct his mistakes, his lifestyle.
You have been in music for sometime but some younger guys have taken over. Do you honestly think you can still make a great comeback?
I believe hundred per cent that I will come back with my own pattern. Let me tell you something, some people believe that you must play what these boys are playing before you can make it. No, I disagree. Play something that people will accept. Once people accept what you play, that is all. I listen to the music they play these days and discovered they are old pattern. It’s just a small touch that is added. Listen to Flavour. The beat is old; it is the tempo that has been increased. Even the woman that sang ‘Ko si Oba bi re’ is not different from the normal gospel music that was being played in the past. How can Baba Fryo sing like all these small boys? That is iniquity.
What kind of music do you play?
I play Afro reggae beat. That is why when I sing, they would say I sing like Fela. My own pattern is not Afrobeat. If you say Fela did not sing like someone, we were not his age mates when he was alive. We may not know who Fela’s mentor was or who he sang like. Somebody must imitate somebody.
In other words, Fela influenced your going into music?
Not only Fela. Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Manu Dibango also influenced me.
Do you agree that you are one of those who started lewd songs with Johnny Waka?
No. I disagree because many people have been singing it. What would you say about Fela?
Are you a member of the Jehovah witness as your wife is?
I am everywhere. What I mean is that I stand apart to observe things. I always attend ‘Jehovah Witnesses’ preaching because it is very educative. They don’t go after your money. They don’t need your money. Some pastors call them vendors. If they sell the book, I will be buying it. I have investigated many churches and found out that many of them are full of iniquity. Many exist to exploit people. They have turned all Christ taught upside down. They twist the Bible to suit their own interest. If they have not collected tithes and offerings repeatedly, they are not satisfied. I call them fancy pastors.
What do you do aside music?
I sell lands. I am an Estate agent though I still perform my shows. I just came back from a show in Abuja.
Among the younger ones, which one do you think can last long on the scene?
I think P-Square is good. Those boys are good entertainers. They show other artistes example to follow. Secondly, I think Tuface is trying but I pick P-Square.
When are we expecting your next album?
Wait, you will hear my single this year even my mother is insisting that I sing in my native dialect. So expect to listen to my single in my native dialect with pidgin English to spice it up. It is called, Kpokrikpo.
Since you left AJ, it has not remained the same. Why?
It cannot remain the same because it’s like the pillars have left. We put structures on ground but the people handling it are not doing so well. All of them are following the same pattern which is not good and I was saying this thing when it started. If you listen to Daddy Showkey, you would know it is Showkey. If you listen to Baba Fryo, you would know it is Baba Fryo.
Ditto to Daddy Fresh, Nico Gravity, China Ray.  Apart from Fleckterman who is different, many people followed Femi Oritse style. They want to play like Femi Oritse. So Ajegunle music began to go one way. I was in Ikorodu where they were playing all these Nigerian hip hop music and one lady got annoyed and said they should remove the Ajegunle music because it sounded the same. But our own songs back then were not sounding the same. We laid the foundation but they did not follow it.

OMG!!! Cristiano Ronaldo shows off his jewel encrusted watch... worth £100,000



Image is everything for football's 'King of Bling' Cristiano Ronaldo who has been spotted about town flashing a jewel encrusted timepiece that would likely put a dent into even in his substantial wallet.

The watch is a Jacob and Company limited edition H24 with a total diamond weight of 15.25 cts and an retail price of nearly £100,000.

However, despite being able to afford the ostentatious accessory following the renewal of his Real Madrid contract earning him around £288,000 per week, the world's most image conscious player is unlikely to have paid the full price - since he is the new face of the luxury watchmakers.

The Portuguese was seen leaving a Madrid restaurant wearing a watch that costs more than most cars before stepping into his Lamborghini Aventador - a car worth more than most houses.
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If you've got it... Cristiano Ronaldo rocks up in his Lamborghini Aventador wearing a jewel encrusted watch

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King of bling:The Portuguese superstar flashes his diamond encrusted watch

'I’ve been a customer and fan of the brand for a long time so it is a natural fit. I always used Jacob watches, even before I knew Jacob,” said Ronaldo, referring to Jacob Arabo, the founder of the company.
The Portuguese recently starred in a high-profile advertising campaign to complete the relaunch of the company.
Ronaldo who has also fronted campaigns for Emporio Armani and Armani Jeans, Nike and Pepe Jeans said he was comfortable in front of the camera - to the surprise of absolutely no one.
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Strike a pose: Ronaldo fronts the new advertising campaign for Jacob & Co. watches

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“I always try to do my best on-set, as I do on-field,” said Ronaldo during the photo shoot in Madrid.
'I try to accomplish the briefing I’m told [about the campaign] and I’m quite used now to being in front of the camera.'
The 28-year-old has also been recently seen sweating in a tuxedo on the red carpet for Jacob & Co.'s gala event in Monte Carlo.
Star supporter: The brand's founder seemed pleased to have the high-profile support of Ronaldo
So hot: Ronaldo looks a little overheated as he parades the red carpet with the brand's founder in Monte Carlo
 

Funke Akindele, O.C Ukeje, Gabriel Afolayan, others nominated for Nollywood Movie Awards


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The list of nominees for the  second edition of Nollywood Movie Awards (NMA) have been released by the organisers of the award ceremony which will hold on Saturday, October 21, 2013 at  Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Topping the list of nominees this year are O.C Ukeje, Gabriel Afolayan, Funke Akindele, and Imeh Bishop Udoh with two nominations each for their movie roles.
See full list of nominees below:
Best Movie
1. Hoodrush
2. Journey To Self
3. The Meeting
4. Phone Swap
5. Udeme Mmi
6. Mrs Somebody
Best Lead Actor
1. Bayo Alawiye – The Gods Are Still Not To Blame
2. Gabriel Afolayan – First Cause
3. Iyke Adiele – Broken
4. Oc Ukeje – Hoodrush
5. Moses Armstrong – Udeme Mmi
6. Wale Ojo – Phone Swap
Best Lead Actress
1. Rita Dominic – The Meeting
2. Nse Ikpe-Etim – Mr & Mrs
3. Mercy Johnson – Dumebi
4. Funke Akindele – Ma’ami
5. Bimbo Akintola – Hoodrush
6. Uche Jombo – Mrs Somebody
Best Supporting Actor
1. Imeh Bishop Udoh – Udeme Mmi
2. Akin Lewis – Heros & Zeros
3. Bimbo Manuel – Broken
4. Gabriel Afolayan – Hoodrush
5. Afeez Oyetoro – Phone Swap
6.  Bob Manuel Udokwu – Adesuwa
Best Supporting Actress
1. Ngozi Ezeonu – Adesuwa
2. Barbara Soky – Bridge Of Hope
3. Ada Ameh – Phoneswap
4. Chelsea Eze – Hoodrush
5. Mary Chukwu – Broken
Best Actor Indigenous
1. Ekere Nkanga – Kokomma
2. Wole Ojo – Maa’mi
3. Segun ‘Lanko’ Ogunremi – Odasan
4. Imeh Bishop Udoh – Udeme Mmi
Best Actress Indigenous
1. Tope Brass – Odasan
2. Belinda Effah – Kokomma
3. Obonganwan Bennet-James – Udeme Mmi
4. Funke Akindele – Ma’ami
Best Indigenous Movie
1. Udeme Mmi
2. Odasan
3. Maa’mi
4. Kokomma
Best Director
1. Mildred Okwo – The Meeting
2. Lancelot Imasuen – Udeme Mmi
3. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush
4. Kunle Afolayan – Phone Swap
5. Tope Oshin Ogun – Journey To Self
Best Editing
1. Paul Apel – Mr & Mrs
2. Yemi Jolaosho – Phone Swap
3. Victor Ehi-Amedu – Adesuwa
4. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush
5. Okey Benson – The Meeting
6. Kunle Adejuyigbe – Journey To Self
Best Sound Design
1. Obi Emelonye – Last Flight To Abuja
2. Semiu Adewuyi – Kokomma
3. Carl Raccah – Journey To Self
4. Olukunle Adegbite – The Gods Are Still Not To Blame
5. Alex Njuguna – The Meeting
6. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush
Best Cinematography
1. Alfred Chia – Heroes & Zeros
2. James Costello – Last Flight To Abuja
3. Shalom Uyi Enabulele – Broken
4. Yinka Edward – Phone Swap
5. Jim Bishop – The Meeting
6. Byron Ene – The Gods Are Still Not To Blame
Best Original Screenplay
1. Tunde Babalola – Ma’ami
2. Mildred Okwo/ Tunde Babalola – The Meeting
3. Rita C Onwurah – Udeme Mmi
4. Dimeji Ajibola – Hoodrush
5. Tchidi Chikere – Dumebi
6. Kemi Adesoye – Phoneswap
Best Costume Design
1. Jaiye Owolabi – The Gods Are Still Not To Blame
2. Titi Aluko – Phone Swap
3. Ekene Okoye Mpon – Kiss And The Brides
4. Yolanda Okereke / Aminat Olateju – Journey To Self
5. Wanger Ayu/Rosaline Ijejem – Mr & Mrs
6. Iyen Agbonifo – Adesuwa
Best Make-Up
1. Temisan Etsede – Adesuwa
2. Touch Of Glamour/ Tobi Jeje-Phillip & Korede Olowoyo – Journey To Self
3. Tracy Iyoha – The Gods Are Still Not To Blame
4. Jennifer Alegieuno – The Meeting
5. Olivia Obasi – Broken
Best Set Design
1. Pat Nebo – Phone Swap
2. Adeoye Bakare – Heroes & Zeros
3. Hilary Patrick – The Meeting
4. Sango B’song – Last Flight To Abuja
Best Soundtrack
1. Truth – The Meeting
2. Luke Corradine – Last Flight To Abuja
3. Patrick Mathias – Hoodrush
4. Slam – Udeme Mmi
5. Truth – Phone Swap
6. Oludare Olateju – The Gods Are Still Not To Blame
Best Diaspora Movie
1. Man On Ground
2. Alaalo
3. Epitaph
4. The Past Came Calling
5. Secret Past
Best Short Movie
1. Unspoken
2. 15 Minutes
3. Turning Point
4. Ogondah
5. Blink
6. Till Death Do Us Part
Best Rising Star Male
1. Oc Ukeje – Hoodrush
2. Ifeanyi Kalu – Kokoma
3. Bobby Obodo – Mrs Somebody
4. Uti Nwachukwu – In The Cupboard
Best Rising Star Female
1. Linda Ejiofor – The Meeting
2. Belinda Effah – Kokomma
3. Ijeoma Agu – Hoodrush
4. Rachel Isaac – Daisy
5. Tehila Adiele – Broken
6. Tess Abubakar – In The Cupboard
Best Child Actor
1. Ayomide Abati – Ma’ami
2. Adeola Faseyi – Married But Living Single
3. Regina Ojeogwu – Wave Of Glory
4. Obiora Samuel Olife – Broken Silence

Young, Rich Rulers Of Nigeria Music Industry



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A new generation of artistes are rocking the entertainment scene and smiling to the bank, JAYNE AUGOYE reports

A wind of change is currently blowing across the music industry in Nigeria. A new order championed by young, vibrant and talented artistes has emerged. Rather than curse the day that their children decided to embrace a career in music instead of education, the parents of these wave-making artistes are pleased with the success they have achieved.

Today, the young artistes are giving the older and established stars a run for their money. These new-wave superstars now rub shoulders with the same artistes whom they once looked up to or chose as role models.

Apart from competing with the ‘old guards’ in terms of income and expenditure, they are often nominated for major music awards in similar categories.

Multinationals and telecommunications outfits, as well as other major events sponsors, have realised that the younger generation of music artistes represent the future of entertainment in Nigeria. With a good number of them aged between 20 and 25 years and a few others barely clocking 30, the sky seems to be the limit.

Many of the emerging stars are not just rich; they flaunt their wealth at every given opportunity. It seems that the rewards for their modest efforts at making many Nigerians happy are without limit and they always come in the form of luxury mansions, sold-out concerts, huge fan base, state-of-the-art cars, bestselling albums, multi-million naira endorsement deals, chattered flights, big budget videos, custom-made outfits, ‘bling bling’ and generous airplay on terrestrial TV stations.

Usually dressed in sagging pairs of trousers with expensive jewellery around their necks, many of them charge as much as N1.5m to mime to their songs for only 10 minutes at wedding parties or concerts. Many of them had to drop out of school to pursue a career in music.

We present to you six young music stars that have taken the music scene by storm.

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At 23, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, a.k.a Wizkid, leads the pack. A string of endorsement deals, including one from MTN, has placed him on the list of big earning music artistes in Nigeria. At

FG Hands Over Power Plants To Investors On Monday



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 The Federal Government has said it would on Monday formally hand over the privatized power plants to private sector investors.

Vice President Namadi Sambo gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja during a special forum on financing the power sector reforms for economic development.

The forum, which was supported by the Central Bank of Nigeria and sponsored by Nigerian Deposit Money Banks, was aimed at reviewing the contribution of the banking sector to the reforms in the power sector.

Sambo, who is also the Chairman of the National Council on Privatization, said that all labour issues with workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria had been resolved.
To this end, he added that the payment of severance, pensions and gratuities of all the 47,913 workers would be settled on Friday (yesterday).

He said, “At the inception of the privatisation programme, a total of 25 generating companies and 54 distribution companies sent in bids. After a rigorous and screening process, five bidders for the Gencos and 10 bidders for the Discos were successful.

“The relevant government agencies have since February 2013 signed the transaction document. The winning bidders have also paid their bids in two instalments of 25 per cent and 75 per cent by the end of August 2013.

“With their full payment of the transaction amount, the stage is now set for the formal handing over of the generation and distribution companies on Monday 30 September, 2013.

“Another major success of the transaction was the successful resolution of all labour issues. The agreement reached is being implemented and payment of severance, pensions and gratuities of all the 47,913 workers of the PHCN is planned to be completed today.”

The VP described the response of the private sector to government’s call to invest in the sector as massive.

This, he added, is a clear demonstration of the confidence of investors not only in the potential of the nation but in the government’s commitment to deliver the dividends of democracy in the power sector.

He said the FG was also implementing an extensive programme for the upgrading and expansion of power transmission capacity and called on the banking sector to support in financing power projects in the country.

“The FG through NNPC, the Nigeria Gas company and the private sector, is implementing a robust programme for the realisation of Nigeria gas masterplan with specific interest in meeting the gas-to-power demand in the country at a planned cost of about $8bn.

“Already, $500m out of the $1bn Eurobond would be utilised as counterpart funding for the implementation of this project. This is another opportunity for our bankers to participate,” he added.
He said the FG would, in tandem with the goals and objective of the National Electric Power Policy, continue to improve the efficiency and affordability of power supply.

The VP added that the generation capacity of the power sector is being improved.

He said, “We are investing in improving the generation capacity of this country by the construction of Zungeru hydropower which would add 700 MW at a cost of $1.2bn; the construction of the Mambilla Hydropower plant which would add 3,050 MW and we are utilising $1.7bn from the sale proceed of the NIPP power plant as counterpart funding for this project that would cost $6.4bn.”

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Escaped Death In Kenya


Nigeria's Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, would have been among the dead in the terror attack that took place at the Nairobi Westgate mall in Kenya last weekend.

Speaking at a press conference at the Freedom Park in Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday in honour of the late Ghanaian poet, Professor Kofi Awoonor who died in the attack, Soyinka led a group of Nigerian writers to condemn the Nairobi massacre.
“Those who organised and carried out the outrage on innocent lives in Nairobi are carriers of the most lethal virus of corruption imaginable – corruption of the soul, corruption of the spirit, corruption of that animating humanistic essence that separates us from predatory beasts." Soyinka said he and Prof Awoonor would have attended the Storymoja/Hay Literature Festival, but couldn’t be there with him due to other pressing engagements he had elsewhere. “My absence was particularly regrettable, because I had planned to make up for my failure to turn up for the immediate prior edition. Participant or absentee however, this is one edition we shall not soon forget,” he said.

The literary iconic said, giving his close relationship with Awoonor, he might have been at the same place with him and could have been shot as well. He said: “Kofi and I could have been splitting a bottle at that same watering hole in between events and at the end of each day.”

Condemning the use of religion to commit atrocities, Soyinka, who spoke on the theme, “Humanity and Against,” said: "I am no theologian of any religion, but I aver that these assailants delude themselves with vistas of paradise after life, that their delusion is born of the perverted reading of salvation and redemption.”
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Nigeria's Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, would have been among the dead in the terror attack that took place at the Nairobi Westgate mall in Kenya last weekend.

Speaking at a press conference at the Freedom Park in Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday in honour of the late Ghanaian poet, Professor Kofi Awoonor who died in the attack, Soyinka led a group of Nigerian writers to condemn the Nairobi massacre.
    “Those who organised and carried out the outrage on innocent lives in Nairobi are carriers of the most lethal virus of corruption imaginable – corruption of the soul, corruption of the spirit, corruption of that animating humanistic essence that separates us from predatory beasts." Soyinka said he and Prof Awoonor would have attended the Storymoja/Hay Literature Festival, but couldn’t be there with him due to other pressing engagements he had elsewhere. “My absence was particularly regrettable, because I had planned to make up for my failure to turn up for the immediate prior edition. Participant or absentee however, this is one edition we shall not soon forget,” he said.

"All she wants to do is smoke and f**k" - Wizkid Tweets

Lyrics to a song or is this real life? :-)

Tuface Idibia Shares A Photo Of Himself Drinking Pure Water

Tuface captioned this picture - After a hard day's run, I cool off with some 'pure' water...*winks*!

Tonto Dikeh shares new pix

She posted this pix of her's on facebook, saying she got red in her eyes.

I Did Not Pose Topless - Chidinma Shares Original Photos

Pictures recently surfaced which showed her topless in a new photo shoot. She finally decided to release the original photos. She didn't go nude after all..