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Dammy Krane’s Three New Singles Out

Hypertek’s fast rising act Dammy Krane has made a huge splash in time for the summer with the release of three exciting new singles – Lobatan, Gratitude and the previously leaked Xteristics.

Dammy Krane

Dammy Krane

P.M.NEWS Entertainment Cafe learnt that Dammy dropped the three songs to whet the appetite of his growing fans base.

Lobatan, produced by TinTin, sees Dammy Krane fusing his modern Fuji vibes with Afro hip hop.

Gratitude on the other hand is a 21st Century Fuji track with producer Spellz providing the befitting production with lush drum patterns, talking drums and keyboard arrangements. In this song, Dammy Krane waxes lyrical in his trademark Fuji vocal cadence and commanding flow.

Dammy also linked up with Spellz once again on the mid-tempo Xteristics which has already become a fan-favourite after being leaked on the Internet a few days ago. The song, supported by all the leading online tastemakers, has Dammy exhibiting his smooth and sultry side to perfection.

“Whatever your tastes and preferences are, Dammy Krane does more than satisfy them with these three new singles. Not only that, he shows his vast repertoire and versatility in delivering excellent hit singles over several musical styles.

“Whether it is Lobatan, Gratitude or Xteristics, you can expect Dammy Krane to be a constant fixture on your favourite music websites and radio stations for the summer and rest of 2013,” said James Ashaolu, a music critic.

—Funsho Arogundade

 

Oluwaseun Gets Murano SUV From E74

Olatosin Oluwaseun

Olatosin Oluwaseun

Fast rising singer, Olatosin Oluwaseun, has been snatched by Lagos-based record label, E74 Records.

P.M.NEWS Entertainment Cafe learnt that the young singer was signed by the label with keys to a brand new customized Murano SUV and a posh 4-bedroom duplex in an upscale area in Lagos.

At a special unveiling session, Oluwaseun was described by the label executives as one of the next acts to rule the airwaves in a very short while.

Already, work has started on his official album for the label.  The 18-year old student of International Law and Diplomacy, Babcock University has already dropped a single Bosemaje featuring rapper Reminisce. And since its release, the song has been making waves on radio stations and enjoying downloads on major blogs.

Oluwaseun has also worked with Olamide on a song soon to be released.

—Funsho Arogundade

 

G-TAG Drops Two Singles

G-TAG

G-TAG

Fast-rising artiste, Akintunde Tolulope Gabriel a.k.a G-TAG has dropped two new singles, Champions and Bamijo.

Champions is a smooth rap song in which G-TAG features Spyce, his former school mate at The Polytechnic Ibadan. The song is already getting good airplay in Lagos and Ibadan where the artiste honed his musical skills.

G-TAG started his musical career a few years ago while at The Polytechnic Ibadan, where he studied Geology. He started with the mix-tape sampling of Ice Prince’s sound track Oleku to record Ere Mi which won the heart of students and lecturers in the school. He has always been the students’ top choice during campus musical shows leading to his emergence as the Best performing Artist on Campus in 2012.

Before graduating, he delved further into music with more mix tapes sampling songs like Iyanya’s Kukere.

G-TAG is known by fans as the ‘Great Baale’. He is also known as the ‘Grand Hook Master’ for his strong ability to drop tight choruses for Hip Hop songs. He is currently signed to Maestronic Entertainment.

—Daniels Ekugo

 

Nnenna Okore’s Akaraka Comes Alive

•Nnenna Okore

•Nnenna Okore

Art21 Centre,located at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, came alive recently with an exhibition of Nnenna Okore’s Akaraka.

Second in the series of exhibitions at the centre, Nnenna’s preference for discarded materials such as fabric, newspaper, ropes, thread, yarn, fiber, burlap, among others within her environment stands her out. She gives life to the materials and allows the work to speak for its self.

“Much of my inspiration stems from my childhood years at Nsukka, a small university town in south-eastern Nigeria. As a child, I was fascinated by the social, natural, and man-made conditions in bucolic dwellings around the university campus, where I resided. Embedded within the rural landscape were evocative imageries captured by its rocky slopes, humongous ancient trees, and architectural structures,” Okorie said.

Her works evokes thoughts about the connections between cloth and environmental elements such as water, bodily or plant-like form. “Through these works, I hope to enrich the experiences and sensitivities of the viewers and stimulate interesting and thought provoking conversations about the significant of fabric in our cultural and natural world.”

Akaraka, an exhibition sponsored by Art21, is a unique wall pieces that aims to resurrect aesthetic emotions resulting from the magical and graceful movements embedded within the works. Her works refreshes the mind and it relates to any aspect of life.

Okore is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Art Department at North Park University, Chicago. Her works have been exhibited internationally in museums and galleries in Chicago, New York City, London, Paris, Cancun, Sao Paulo and Copenhagen. She is a recipient of the 2012 Fulbright Scholar Award; and has also been recognised by the Chicago Tribune, BBC and New York Times, among dozens of media outlets, for her exceptional use of materials, textures and colours in her pieces.

— Daniels Ekugo

 

‘I’m Upward Bound’

•Dangata

•Dangata

Upcoming artiste, Tahir Umar, better known as Dangata, is ready to take the music industry by surprise. The Zamfara State artiste who was born and bred in Lagos believes he has what it takes to compete with A-list artistes in Nigeria.

He recently released his first single, Please Be Mine. The song which he wrote himself was belted out in Yoruba, Hausa and English. But there’s more from the soft spoken artiste who can also sing in Igbo and pidgin English.

Fresh out of secondary school, Dangata is optimistic that a career in music is exactly where his future lies. “I believe in my dream of becoming a musician and that is why I paid for session after session to record my song. I’m sure the fans are going to enjoy it because it has a different tilt,” he said.

Like many upcoming artistes, Dangata is without a manager and a record label. “I’m waiting for the right time and offer. Many artistes have jumped at offers from record labels and they ended up regretting it. I’ll wait until the offer is right,” he explained.

Dangata began singing as a kid and got the sobriquet, Dangata. “Dangata means I was brought up in a house where I was loved and properly attended to. Dangata translates to the loved child that is satisfied.”

With his family, he is satisfied but with his musical career he is not. He is hungry for success not because of the money but because of the message his music carries. “I draw inspiration from Tuface and P-Square. They are talented artistes and not a flash in the pan. They have succeeded over the years because of hardwork and determination. I hope to attain such musical heights,” he said.

— Seun Bisuga

 

Funke Treasure Debuts

•Funke Treasure

•Funke Treasure

Funke Treasure Durodola, a multiple award winning broadcast journalist shares her experience as a traveller child in Western Nigeria of the 1980’s with a juicy book entitled Memories of Grandma.

The setting is Western Nigeria of the early 80s, when most Nigerians maintained vegetable gardens close to their homes, men rode Vespa motorcycles for leisure; when public schools were as good as the private ones.

It was the days of Kingsway and Leventis, and Odutola stores in Ijebu Ode. The days without traffic gridlocks, when parents returned home early enough from the office, to be involved in their children’s growth.

According to Treasure, “Memories of Grandma is a collection of stories about my childhood. It’s about the world I grew up in and at whose feet I drank the water of knowledge and wisdom. It is set in the Nigeria of the 1980s. I don’t know about recent times, but back in the days when we resumed from holidays, our teachers made us write a generic kind of essay usually titled: How I spent my last holiday.

“Memories of Grandma speaks to the need for a child to familiarise herself with her cultural environment. It is about a child’s search for the reasons things are the way they are in her culture. It is a book about how a network of people and places united to feed the curiosity of a child.

“It captures food, music, transportation, farming, life in the country side and respect for elders, . There are more lessons in Memories of Grandma, individuals will have to appropriate those lessons according to their needs. I must also add that adults will find Memories of Grandma fascinating because it will definitely take them to their places of childhood and fill them with nostalgia.”

— Daniels Ekugo 

 

Koleosho, Afolaji Drop LP For MKO

To commemorate this year’s memorial anniversary of the late MKO Abiola, two upcoming artistes; Koleosho Ibrahim a.k.a Ryt King and Abel Afolaji a.k.a A-Pluz have dropped an eleven-track album titled Tribute To MKO.

The duo who had earlier released an album, Asawa, said they decided to release the album in memory of the late MKO Abiola as a man of the people who put smiles on people’s faces irrespective of tribe and religion.

According to Ibrahim, MKO, as the pillar of Islam, during his life time, assisted the down trodden in the society no matter your religion or tribe, saying his name should not be forgotten.

“The late MKO Abiola was a father to everyone without discrimination, and he assisted anyone who went to him with problem. So people like that cannot be forgotten in a hurry, that is why we are releasing this album in his honour,” said Ibrahim.

Afolaji in his own remark said that three out of the 11 tracts are dedicated to the late MKO Abiola to show how important and relevant he was.

— Kayode Aponmade

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Kano Transfers Over 1,000 Almajiris To Different States Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Kano State Government on Saturday said it has transferred 1,098 ‘almajiris’ to different states of the country.

The commissioner for local government, Murtala Garo, disclosed this while presenting a report before the state’s task force on COVID-19 at the government house, Kano.

Almajiris are children who are supposed to be learning Islamic studies while living with their Islamic teachers. Majority of them, however, end up begging on the streets of Northern Nigeria. They constitute a large number of Nigeria’s over 10 million out-of-school children.

Mr Garo said the Kano government transported 419 almajiris to Katsina, 524 to Jigawa and 155 to Kaduna. He said all of them tested negative for coronavirus before leaving the Kano State.

Despite the coronavirus test done in Kano for the almajiris, the Jigawa government earlier said it would quarantine for two weeks all the almajiris that recently arrived from Kano.

Mr Garo said another 100 almajiris scheduled to be taken to Bauchi State also tested negative to COVID-19.

In a remark, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said the COVID-19 situation in Kano was getting worse. He appealed for a collaborative effort to curtail the spread of the virus in the state.

Mr Ganduje, who commended residents for complying with the lockdown imposed in the state, said the decision was taken to halt the spread of the virus.

Kano State, as of Saturday night, has 77 coronavirus cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The decision to transfer the Kano almajiris is part of the agreement reached between Northern governors that almajiris in each state be transferred to their states of origin.

However, even before the latest agreement by the governors, the Kano government had been transferring almajiris to other states and neighbouring countries after it banned street begging in the state, most populous in Northern Nigeria.

Despite the transfers, however, no concrete step has been taken to ensure such children do not return to Kano streets as there is freedom of movement across Nigeria although interstate travel was recently banned to check the spread of the coronavirus.

 

Sourced From: Premium Times Nigeria

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COVID-19: ‘Bakassi Boys’ Foil Attempt To Smuggle 24 Women Into Abia In Container

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By Ugochukwu Alaribe

Operatives of the Abia State Vigilante Service, AVS, popularly known as ‘Bakassi Boys’ have arrested 24 market women hidden in a container truck, at Ekwereazu Ngwa, the boundary community between Abia and Akwa Ibom states.

The market women, said to be  from Akwa Ibom State, were on their way to Aba, when they were arrested with the truck driver and two of his conductors for violating the lockdown order by the state government.

Driver of the truck, Moses Asuquo, claimed he was going to Aba to purchase stock fish, but decided to assist the market women, because they were stranded.

A vigilante source told Sunday Vanguard that the vehicle was impounded while the market women were sent back to Akwa Ibom State.

Commissioner for Home Land Security, Prince Dan Okoli, who confirmed the incident, said that  smuggling of people into the state poses great threat to the state government’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID- 19.

 

Sourced From: Vanguard News

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Woman Kills Her Maid Over Salary Request

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Operatives of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Yaba of the Lagos State police command have arrested one Mrs Nene Steve for allegedly killing her maid, Joy Adole

The maid was allegedly beaten to death by Nene for requesting for her salary at their residence located at 18, Ogundola Street, Bariga area in Lagos.

Narrating the incident, Philips Ejeh, an elder brother to the deceased said that he was sad when they informed him that his sister was beaten to death.

He explained that the deceased was an indigene of Benue State brought to Lagos through an agent and started working with her as a maid  in January 2020.

‘’She reported that her boss refused to pay her and anytime she asked for her salary she will start beating her.

She was making an attempt to leave the place but due to the total lockdown she remained there until Sunday when her boss said she caught her stealing noodles and this led to her serious beating and death,’’ Ejeh said.

He called on Lagos State Government and well- meaning people in the country to help them in getting justice for the victim.

The police spokesman, Bala Elkana, stated that the woman and her husband came to Bariga Police  Station to a report that their house girl had committed suicide.

Detectives were said to have visited the house and suspected foul play with the position of the rope and bruises all over the body which confirmed that the girl had been tortured to death and the boss decided to hang up the girl to make it look like suicide.

He said: “The police moved on with their investigation and found a lot of sign of violence on her body that she has been tortured before a rope was put on her neck.’’

He added that the police removed the corpse and deposited it in the mortuary for autopsy to further ascertain the cause of the death.

Elkana said the matter has been transferred from Bariga police station to Panti for further investigation while the couple have been arrested and will be charged to court.

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Boko Haram Attacks: Buhari Summons Urgent Meeting Of Service Chiefs

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President Buhari and the Service Chiefs in a meeting. (File photo)

Ostensibly alarmed by the latest killings of dozens of soldiers by Boko Haram insurgents, President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned an urgent meeting of Service Chiefs to find ways to stop the trend. 

He has also dispatched the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, to the neighbouring Republic of Chad for an urgent meeting with President Idris Deby and his defence counterpart. 

Knowledgeable sources said in Abuja on Friday that the president is worried by on the deterioration of security situation on the Nigeria – Chad Border that has led to the recently increased Boko Haram terrorism in the area.

The sources which did not want to be named in Abuja said: “Nigeria has a Chad  problem in the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) put together to secure the Lake Chad basin areas and repeal the Boko Haram terrorist attacks against all the countries neighbouring the Lake.”

The sources noted that Chad is believed to be having their own internal security challenges and this has reportedly led to their pulling away their own troops manning their own border around Lake Chad,  saying: “That lacuna is being exploited by the Boko Haram terrorists, who go in and out of Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon to launch terrorist acts.  This is a clear illustration of the fact that terrorism is beyond national borders.”

When contacted, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed that the Defence Minister is going to Chad but said he is unaware of the purpose. 

Meanwhile, the military authorities are said to be in the process of identifying the families of the latest victims with a view to making contact with them. 

Credible sources revealed that it is the reason the president is yet to make any pronouncement on the matter. 

“The President has called an urgent meeting with the Service Chiefs, as well as the fact that families of the latest victims of the Boko Haram are being identified and contacts made before a government pronouncement on the tragic attacks. This, it is understood, is the reason for the silence of the government over the incident,” the source said. 

 

Sourced From: Tribune

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