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Sexual Harassment Chased Me From Nollywood

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Donna Adja a.k.a. Donnadiva

Donna Adja a.k.a. Donnadiva

Multi-talented entertainer, Donna Adja a.k.a. Donnadiva talks about her career and why she quit Nollywood. Excerpts:

What have you been up to since you released the song, Shut Up?

The music industry is not one where you just keep singing. You need to evaluate everything you do and that is what I have been doing. I dropped the single and waited for a while for my fans to appreciate the song before coming out with a new song. I have since concluded work on a new single titled Gaga. Presently, we are promoting the video which will drop soonest.  The Gaga video is a little bit extreme, it is crazy and it insinuates that you should let the music take you to another level. The video is one of the best things you have seen in the industry. It will be dropping in the next two or three weeks and I am sure people will be awed when they see it.

What is unique about this new video?

I introduced something that has never been done in the history of Nigerian music. The avatar played a prominent role in the Gaga video. It is all about doing something different. It feels good to be the one setting that milestone. There are other things that I will still do in the industry that will make people wonder where this lady has been all the while.

From Shut Up to Gaga, you seem to be an aggressive lady. Why is this?

The Shut Up song was basically about people who were running me down. I wanted to tell them to shut up. It is not as if I was fighting anybody, but I wanted to tell my fans that if you appreciate yourself, people will start appreciating you, and if you love yourself, people will start loving you. When you are working on something a lot of people will come out and say different things about you. Some will say it is a difficult industry and that you can’t make it, but if you believe in yourself you will progress in that field. If you have faith in what you do, you will succeed.  For the song, Gaga, it is about music and its ability to take you high. I just wanted to do something different, unique and crazy.

What inspired the song, Gaga?

The inspiration for the song was basically music. I was looking for a song that would make you work without getting tired. If you want to focus on something and you don’t want to be distracted then the song you should listen to is Gaga. I know a lot of people in night clubs, churches and several other places love music and that was why I decided to do the song for them.

What genre of music do you play?

I play a wide range of music from hip-hop to pop and Afro pop. I am not going to stick to one kind of music because I don’t want people to get tired of me. I have performed with a live band for five years and during that time I tried all kinds of music and I have come to know it is not wise to say you want to focus on one genre of music. When my album eventually drops, it is going to have a bit of everything. You can call me a selfish person, but I don’t want to eat one meal day in day out.

Is the combination of several genres in your album for entertainment purposes or basically for commercial reasons?

It is basically about entertainment. It is about inspirational songs. It is about bringing different songs together and making sure they entertain my fans. I don’t want to do a song that will be all noise, but even if I have to do a dance track it has to make a lot of sense.

You’re also a designer, but a few people are aware of that. Why?

The idea is to build a successful brand as a musician and then use it as a platform to launch my clothing line. By the time I am accepted as an artiste, you will see how the fashion aspect will do. For now, I am just focusing on designing things for myself. The costumes for the Shut Up video were made by me and those for the Gaga video which we are promoting presently were also done by me.

What makes your fashion taste exceptional?

It is basically how I put everything together. The clothes, shoes and accessories might be ordinary when I pick them, but when I am done with my own addition, they automatically become different. Even if I buy them from you I am sure you won’t recognise the clothes when you see them on me.

What kind of lady are you?

I won’t say I am a trouble maker, but one thing is that I have a little trouble kept somewhere and when it is necessary it comes out. I am an Urhobo girl and trouble comes naturally.

Why was your foray into the movie industry so short?

I came to Lagos to act in the movie industry, but somehow it was not working so I started doing live bands, studio backups and from there people were telling me I was too good to be a back up person and I decided to do my own thing. The movie industry was so challenging. I got roles but not the kind of roles I wanted and there was some kind of politics in the industry and I just wasn’t ready for that.

Are you referring to the politics of sexual harassment?

Yes, that was too much and because I was not ready for it, I decided to find something else to do that people would see and say that lady has talent.

Were you a virgin when you were offered those conditions?

No

So why didn’t you want to sleep your way to stardom?

I knew that if I started trading my body for roles, I would be pushing God away from me; I would only be telling God I can use my body to get there. I didn’t want to do that because I believe in Him so much. I prefer not to trade my body to become a star.

But men are still chasing you around?

I know it happens everywhere, but I just wasn’t ready for it. Besides, I knew I had something more lucrative to do rather than just keep waiting for auditions to come. With my live band I was able to travel and you know music is a different game, which people get to see and hear as you deliver. People know your real worth and they will evaluate you based on it, compared to when producers chase you around just because of a role. I feel what I am doing now is far better than the movie industry I left.

Are you a freak for labels?

Despite being a designer myself, I am a freak for labels. My love for things like that started from when I was a baby because my mother was a good clothier. So, I picked up a few things from her. I am also a creative person. I can put two clothes together and by the time I am done with it you will be asking me where I bought it from.

Do you still have interest in Nollywood?

Of course, when I am grown I have a good story that I want to tell. It is still in my head, but I hope to put it together and do the production when the time comes.

Tell me about your kind of man?

I like cute guys who can represent you anywhere. I don’t like saucy and stingy guys. I am more attracted to simple guys.

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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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