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Nigerian star successfully joins the sounds of his home region with elements that’ll appeal to Western listeners. Burna Boy has Africa’s blessing as the continent continues to march its cultural elements into the U.S. with crossover ambitions. He is connected to Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, amplifies traditional sounds, has his mother at the wheel of his career, and inspires pride in the hearts of fans from the whole of Africa. From his 2012 breakthrough in Nigeria with the experimental “Like To Party,” he’s worked his way up through six projects, building a career characterized by experimentation. From the start, he could release a dancehall hit in the morning, and by weekend, hug the radio waves for a Highlife number. All this makes the journey to his seventh project,   African Giant , a historic moment in the trajectory of African pop music. It comes with appearances from Grammy award-winning musicians Angelique Kidjo and Damian Marley on a track together, Gh...

Igbo  social cultural group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has assured that it will never make same mistakes again in the quest for independence for the Igbo race. Media Director and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Owerri, “IPOB is currently engaged in deep and fruitful consultations with local and international stakeholders, power brokers and influencers through our diplomatic outreach, which, for obvious reasons has been kept out of public discourse. One thing is certain; this IPOB-led agitation for Biafra independence will not repeat the mistakes of the past,” he said. Powerful also revealed that leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu would be touring some European countries to sensitise and mobilise indigenous Nigerians in the countries on how to achieve its independence. He said “owing to the overwhelming enthusiasm of the people  and resounding success of the just concluded lecture tour of United ...

Chairman   of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has assured residents of region that his committee will not fail in meeting the yearnings of the people. He said members of the committee would give optimum priority to the myriad of challenges confronting Niger Delta people while discharging their oversight functions. Tunji-Ojo, who represents Akoko North East/North West of Ondo State, gave the assurance in a statement where he also thanked Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila for appointing him to chair the committee, saying it is a privilege and a call to duty. “I am not unmindful of the challenges and expectations of the people of the Niger Delta area. “This committee appointment has come with its many responsibilities. Clearly, there are expectations to be met and challenges to overcome.  “I am also conscious of the loud yearnings of all our people that make up the Niger Delta states. “But, I can boldly ...

Former   Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called for the transfer of the power to appoint the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the president to the judiciary. He made the call yesterday, in a personally signed press statement titled “Towards Credible Elections: The Role of the Judiciary.” The former vice president said it is one of the key recommendations of the National Electoral Reform Committee (NERC) headed by a former Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN) Mohammed Uwais. Similarly, Atiku also called for the creation of an Electoral Crimes Commission to investigate and prosecute electoral crimes, insisting that if the two major reforms are implemented, they would help to deepen the country’s democracy. Former president, Umaru Yar’Adua, had after his election in 2007, acknowledged that the election that brought him into office was flawed and promised to ...

Gareth Bale’s move to China is off, after Real Madrid cancelled the deal, with the Wale’s winger now set to stay at the Spanish club. Bale, 30, had been expected to join Chinese Super League club Jiangsu Suning on a three-year deal, earning a reported £1m a week. Last week, Real boss, Zinedine Zidane said Bale was “very close to leaving” having fallen out of favour. Bale joined the Spanish club for £85m from Tottenham in 2013 in a world record deal at the time. He has three years left on his contract with the Bernabeu club where he has won four Champions Leagues, one La Liga title, a Copa del Rey, three Uefa Super Cups and three Club World Cups. Bale scored three goals, plus a penalty in a shootout, in four Champions League finals for Real as they won the competition in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. However, injury problems had limited him to 79 La Liga starts in the past four seasons.  He played 42 matches for Real Madrid last season but was booed by the home...

Mohammed Adamu, Inspector General of Police, announced the proscription order by the federal government at a press conference in Abuja   T he Federal Government of Nigeria has officially proscribed the Islamic Movement in Nigeria following weeks of public activities and clash with the Nigeria Police Force. The government had last week obtained a court order to place a ban on all public activities and demonstration by the group after claiming the religious movement has been hijacked by extremists. Mohammed Adamu, Inspector General of Police, announced the proscription order by the federal government at a press conference in Abuja, today. The IMN has been protesting to demand the release of their leader Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who has been arrested and detained since 2015 despite court order asking the federal government to release him.

On Burna Boy's 'African Giant' album cover, he portrays himself as a pan-African leader common in the continent which started at the begiining of the 20th century (Spaceship Entertainment) Just like rap music grew from concrete, Afrobeats has grown from a smouldering heap of poverty, bad economic policies, and ineffective leadership in Nigeria, but why doesn’t the genre turn a blind eye? There’s something slightly different about Burna Boy’s fourth LP ‘African Giant’. You don’t have to dig for long to find out what it is.  From the first track (also the title track), the album pitches itself as a hybrid animal roaming through the concrete jungle landscape that birthed contemporary Nigerian pop music (Afrobeats /Afropop/Afro Fusion), even though this difference might be inappreciable to those without a pair of discerning ears. The very first line goes thus “ tell them Africa don tire ” in Pidgin English (spoken by 75 million Nigerians). For  Damini Ogulu , he is tired ...

FIRST PUBLISHMENT………             QUOTABLE QUOTES (WISE QUOTES) BY ABRAHAM O. DANIEL (EDISON OBUS) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT               I thank God almighty for making it possible for me to write this great book titled Quotable Quotes I want to use this medium to thank my colleague Akoro Nathaniel, George-will Reuben and many more that their names are not here. Great thanks to my Parents Mr.& Mrs. Abraham Collins and family, my uncles& family mr. Abraham Simon,  Mr. God’s time, Mr. Umeka Ken my aunt Mrs. Beatrice Abraham for their care and parental advice on how to live, may God bless them all in Jesus name Amen. And to my younger brothers for their help and courage, may God shower them with blessings in Jesus name. I also want to thank the Organization that help in molding my life, , great thanks to the Boy’s Brigade Nigeria Never the...