Annual Channel O Music Video Awards which took place last night in
South Africa.
Sunday 18 November 2012
Sexy Dove ''Tiwa Savage'' and mum
Annual Channel O Music Video Awards which took place last night in
South Africa.
LIVE UPDATES: President JONATHAN Addressed the Nation
Chat since returning to office in May 2011. The first was in September
2011 and the last in June 2012.
The challenges confronting the country – insecurity, economy,
corruption, fuel subsidy, dearth of infrastructural, among others –
are still largely the same since his last media chat. The president's
handling of the the flooding which ravaged parts of the country and
its aftermath would be an additional issue for discussion.
Send in questions via twitter handle @mediachatng or via SMS to
+2347026076865 during the presidential media chat
During the two-hour programme which will be broadcast live in major
government media between 7p.m. to 9p.m, "a representative selection of
the most significant questions received will be presented to President
Jonathan for his response," his spokesman, Reuben Abati, said.
20.55
The media chat ends, with the president assuring that he, with his
vice president and team, will "leave something behind (by the end of
his four year tenure) that Nigerians will be proud of."
20.52
"God willing, we'll stop stealing of our crude oil," President Jonathan.
20.51
Crude oil theft vs Subsidy: "Crude oil stealing is different from
subsidy," President Jonathan said. He added that one could find a
correlation where if crude oil is not stolen, government will make
more money and pay for subsidy easily.
20.48
"We want to bring experts… to sit down and analyse what is the problem
with the aviation sector," Jonathan said. "There will be a retreat on
the Aviation sector in January 2013."
20.47
The First Lady: "She is fine, she was with us in service today," the
president said. "She is fine."
20.38
"If he(Obama) did not secure a second term, the conclusion would have
been that a black man is not good enough," President Jonathan said on
Obama's victory.
20.37
Oops! The anchor just announced they still had more time. Discussion
now moving into Foreign affairs.
20.36
"The idea (of the media chat) is not for the president to come and
defend the action or inaction of the government," President Jonathan
said as his closing remarks.
20.36
The anchor announces the end of the media chat.
20.31
The president said he will soon take a final decision on Lagos-Ibadan
express-way concessioned to Bicourtney. The company does not appear to
be in a position to execute the project, the president said. He added
he will not allow Nigerians suffer for a concession that was not
properly entered into.
20.29
Fourth Twitter question is on power and roads. "I will be the best
president," he said, reaction to the question which was asked with a
caveat that any president that fixes Nigeria's power and road issues
becomes the best.
20.26
"I even eat two times a day, breakfast and dinner; and the food I eat
is not very expensive," President Jonathan.
20.25
Discussion moves on to the expenditure of the State House on feeding
and ancillary services. The presidents defends the expenditure citing
what is spent on dinners in other countries like Ethiopia.
"There is a lot of misconception about the State House," he said but
he did not offer more clarification for the misconception.
20.20
Dialogue with Boko Haram: "So far, no dialogue is going on with the
government and Boko Haram." – President Jonathan
20.18
"Before we get to May 29 2015, Nigerians will now the President
Jonathan and his team meant well for this nation." – President
Jonathan
20.15
The President, called back to answer question about enforcement of
laws on corruption. "It is better to be slow and do the right thing
than hurry and do the wrong thing," the president replied, avoiding
reasons why indicted corrupt patrons are not prosecuted.
20.08
The discussion moves back to corruption cases and Nigeria's
willingness to enforce laws with questions from Martins Oloja.
20.00
"The effort this government has put in in fighting corruption, I don't
think any other person has done that," President Jonathan said.
19.59
"If you keep money on a table where there are so many people and the
money is disappearing, why not keep it in a shelve?" President
Jonathan's idiom in defence of total deregulation of the oil industry
in Nigeria.
19.54
He said free and fair election is a prerequisite for fight against
corruption and his government is focused on getting that done. He
cited Ondo and Edo elections as examples.
19.52
Third question from Twitter is about corruption and low trial
frequency. "I can assure Nigerians and the global community that this
government is fighting corruption frontally," the president replied.
19.50
The president sees a growing trend in the private sector. He said more
companies have registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission and
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria.
"Even the capacity utilisation (in industries) has increased a little,
not significantly…," he said. "I never promised to reduce poverty. I
promised to create wealth."
19.49
"We are commercializing farming. We are encouraging young people to go
in (to farming)," President Jonathan.
19.47
The second Twitter question is about jobs and the president said "we
are working on it." He argued that job creation take some time.
19.46
"For now, Mr. President does not know who owns the (disputed) oil
well'" president Jonathan said.
19.45
The anchor runs through some questions sent through Twitter for the
president's reaction. First question is about the ownership of oil
well claimed by Kogi, Anambra and Enugu state.
19.42
"They (Manitoba) did not follow the law strictly," President Jonathan
explaining the controversy surrounding the Manitoba contract.
19.39
Discussion moves on to power generation: "Manitoba contract has not
been revoked," the president said.
19.38
The presidents said by the time he concludes with "the issue of
sanitizing the oil sector," the issue of queues in fuel stations will
be over.
"As we are talking today, there is no fuel queue in Benin Republic,
and all the fuel are from Nigeria, yet there is fuel queue in Lagos,"
he said blaming the human factor for the current scarcity of fuel in
Nigeria.
19.35
Fuel queues: The president returns the question to the journalist – "I
should be asking you why (licences for building of refineries are not
used by owners)?" he said. "You are a journalist, you should
investigate."
19.33
Discussion moves on to fuel subsidy issues. The president said he was
misquoted in some instances. The president said he has made provisions
for subsidy on petrol in 2013 budget, allaying fears that subsidy
might be withdrawn next year.
19.30
The president is asking for more time for himself and cabinet to work
before he is faced with the question of whether he will run for
elections in 2015 or not.
19.29
The president argues that in all the states where his party have lost,
the contestants where all from the "PDP family".
19.27
"PDP is doing wonderfully well. It is dangerous for this country if
PDP should win all the states," President Jonathan said in reply to Mr
Oloja's question.
19.26
Discussion returns to politics as Martins Oloja, one of the panellists
asks if the president is worried that his party have lost elections
recently. "PDP (the president's party) is doing very well," the
president replied.
19.24
The presidency and the National Assembly currently disagrees on the
best oil benchmark for the 2013 budget. While the presidency wants 75
USD, the lawmakers wants it higher, at 85 USD.
19.23
Discussion moves on to oil benchmark. The president said its is not
just an arithmetic but tied to other parameters, not just the oil
price.
19.19
"Mr President will not influence anything to favour Bayelsa or any
other state" President Jonathan said.
19.18
The president now speaking about the boarder dispute between Bayelsa,
his home state, and neighbouring River state. He said he has directed
all relevant agencies to resolve the dispute.
19.14
The President said he cannot teach the National Assembly their job on
constitution review even if he supports a referendum. "It will not be
proper for me now to begin to impose my ideas," President Jonathan on
ongoing constitution review by lawmakers.
19.11
President Jonathan said he will speak last on the components of the
current amendment to the constitution. "It is too early to make
comments," he said.
19.10
The first question is about the current amendment of the constitution
by the National Assembly. The president said the National Assembly
review process is the right thing to do. President Jonathan advised
proponents of Sovereign National Conference to partner with the
National Assembly on constitution review.
19.02
Presidential media chats begins. Mohammed Kudu Abubakar, NTA TV
personality is the anchor.
19.01
Highlights of last Presidential media chat: The eight attempt to call
into the "live program" from Victor in Markurdi got through as the
first successful call in for the day.
18.59
Highlights of last Presidential media chat: Asset Declaration: The
president said its a matter of principle and whether he is criticised
from "head to toe" he will not declare his assets. "I don't give a
damn," he said.
18.57
Highlights of last Presidential media chat: The president said he is a
calm person and gives people the latitude to do their job in reaction
to question bothering on his perceived weak body language on the fight
against corruption. "A lot of people misunderstand me," he said.
18.55
Highlights of last Presidential media chat: President Jonathan said he
has not visited Borno state, the center of Boko Haram attacks, because
the Maiduguri airport was not functional at the time he planned to
visit.
Selena Gomez Hangs Out With Taylor Swift After Fight With Justin Bieber
Gomez is hanging out with Taylor Swift who has this habit of writing
songs about every ex-boyfriend.
Will Taylor now help Selena compose such a ballad? This doesn't look
good for the Biebs.
And making matters more complicated, with Selena, 20, not expected to
attend Sunday's American Music Awards, three-time
nominee/performer/presenter Bieber, 18, may be seated in the audience
with Taylor.
But back to the girls....Selena and Taylor met up for dinner at L.A.'s
Osteria La Buca and seemed to have had a grand time
They surely talked about Selena's epic fight with Bieber the night
before, when she locked him out of her house.
Of course, Taylor, 22, recently broke up with Conor Kennedy, 18, so
she and Selena surely had a lot to giggle about. Oh, the immaturity of
those teenage boys!
9ice- Nigeria Music is Beat , it's better we to go back to the days of Plantashun Boiz.
pride to singing in their mother tongues. The brave act was not only
applauded, he became role models to many
upcoming acts trying to sound like. Lately, the super star has been
out of the radar except for the negative stories making the rounds in
different newspapers and magazines.
Upon his arrival from the UK, he sat down with Seun Apara to give
answers to all the stories that have termed him controversial
including plans to drop new songs and his new album.
Was it a deliberate act to stay off the scene for a while?
Well, I have been involved with other projects. I was busy with a
movie project where I played a major role and that took lots of time.
I also travelled to UK to shoot four videos which I will be releasing
as a compilation in a matter of weeks. I shot videos for Attitude and
3310 from my latest album, Basorun Gaa. Also shot videos for Get Into
It and Ike Kan, two of the four singles I will be releasing soon.
What about the four singles you are releasing?
I titled the four singles I'm releasing as 'Obawon', 'Ikekan', 'Get
into it' and 'I Dare You'. The motives behind the four songs are that
we are entering into the festive period and people need to party and
enjoy. Aside that, there is a need for re-think of how they spent
their lives from January to December. The four singles coming out is
also to whet the appetites of the fans for my next album coming out in
March 15 next year but before then, the Alapomeji All Star album will
drop in December.
What do you intend to achieve with these new singles?
The overall achievement basically is to be at the forefront because I
have been quiet for a while now in the industry. It's not going to be
over until it is over and as a result, we need to keep the brand
going. 'Obawon' is all about trying to reframe your identity or your
privilege in the industry and I Dare You' is another word that people
uses a lot; I dare you to slap me or I dare you to call my name. I am
daring people to say one or two things about me. I want a reaction
from them.
So what will happen after if they dare you?
Then I will react What are the concepts behind your new videos? They
are going to be historical videos. For instance, not everybody will
understand what we mean by 'Ike Kan'. So we are trying to explain what
'Ike kan' means in the video and same thing for 'Get into It'. The
videos were directed by Musa, the same guy that directed Wizkid and
Wande coal's latest videos. We are releasing the four videos together
as a compilation CD with a concert to accompany it.
The whole idea behind the concert is just to drive publicity to what
we are releasing so that the fans can go out there and get it. You
don't just release the singles and be silent about it.
You need to let people hear about it and also perform it for the
people that will be in attendance. This will go a long way in putting
it in the mouth of people. I will be supported by
other Alapomeji acts like Alabi and Seriki.
When is the concert coming up?
It will be in second week of December but no specific date yet. The
concert will take place at Civic Center. The superlative concert is
basically for industry people and the press as
well. It will be strictly b y invitation.
What is the title of your on-coming album?
I always release the title of my album long before it dropped. I don't
like to hide it. I'm releasing a double album like the last one I did.
One is 'CNN' while the other one is titled 'GRA'. Each is going to
come with eight songs making it total number of16 songs. The full
meaning of GRA is Galvanizing Right Ahead and the other one is
Cancelling Numerous
Negativity (CNN). There has been a lot of negativity about me of late.
One is cancelling all negativity and the other one is a step to move
ahead.
Apart from the new materials you are about to release, what are the
other projects you are working on?
We are working on the Alapomeji All Star album and that will be
released next year. People felt by now Kayefi's album should be out
but there seems to be no sign of such……
A lot of people don't know the story behind it. She just got married
and she's raising her child. We have to allow her to raise her child.
There is this news that you just joined a new record label known as
Diesel Music, how true is it?
There is no iota of truth in it. The owner of Diesel Music is a friend
of mine and we are just trying to make the label popular.
How do you react to controversies and negative stories?
I like it and I want more. If nobody talks about you, that means you
are not in existence. I have learned to realize that both negative and
positive stories work for the artiste but it depends on how you can
cope with it, live with it, get over it and move ahead. Whoever is
having it negative now, should expect it positive later and whoever is
having it positive now, should expect it negative soon too. The most
important thing is deal with it and get on with your life.
What actually went wrong between you and your former manager, Dehinde?
People always want to believe something might have happened before two
people with working relationships go their different ways. We all know
that 20 children can't play together for 20 years. There is always a
point in someone's life that you think you need to move on. That was
what happened and I still work with him on one or two other things
that I need him to help me do.
What is the true story that an Abuja lover that delivered twins for you?
Sometimes, I wish people can just ask me questions before publishing
their stories. That story is not true and I want to tell you that they
are making it up. If they had asked me, I would have been able to tell
them if it's true or not. I wish the habit of writing without
confirming from the person involved can stop. I wish!
And that you are back to your estranged wife hobnobbing in Magodo?
People just like to spread unpalatable stories and nobody will call
9ice to even confirm. I was once married and I'm now separated. That
is the fact!
You recently featured in a movie titled Jejere, what was the experience like?
Well, I don't think I want to feature in any movie again. That might
be my first and the last. You sit down at home, watch them and
criticize them but there're so much more to it than what we see.
Imagine shooting a movie for over a month and you are supposed to edit
it to an hour. It's much more difficult than we imagine.
How would you describe your experience on set?
I was there for about a week, in different locations. They shot in
different cities and places. It was difficult, quite difficult and at
the same time, very challenging. That is going to
me my first and last movie except if I'm being offered a huge sum
amount of money, then I can cancel other events for like two weeks for
a movie shoot.
Aren't you planning to shoot your own movie before?
I was supposed to shoot a movie of my own before actually but while
working on Jejere and I saw the way is being done, I decided to drop
that movie idea for now.
What is your opinion about the current state of the Nigerian music industry?
I think we are getting worst instead of us getting better. What we
dish out is not quality. What we have now is quite different from the
way it all started. I would say it's better we go back to the days of
Plantashun Boiz. What do we have now? Do we even have song now? What
we have now is the beat. Aside that, there is no content regulation
.We have been saying that we should go back to the drawing board.
Thefirst thing is to get PMAN right. Once we get PMAN right with the
artistes of this generation participating actively in PMAN activities,
the body will be able to represent all the musicians and fight for our
collective and individual rights.
‘I’m Not Evil’ – Empress Njamah Accuses The Media Of Painting Her Bad
smile and have the same feelings we experience.
Empress Njamah has reminded us, while pouring out her heart on her
Facebook wall some days back.
The actress has accused the Nigerian Press of poor journalism in
'order to make money'. Timaya's former lover went on the social
network on November 7, 2012 to profess her innocence while also
explaining to her friends and fans that the negative news said about
her are not true.
'Never judge a book by its cover; I am a typical example of that. When
people who have read or heard a lot of negative reports about me meet
me, they are always shocked. Some will even render their apology,
telling me, "Empress, I am
sorry, I didn't think you were this kind of warm, Njamah wrote on her
Facebook wall.
She also blamed the press for 'misinforming the masses in order to
make money'. 'You see with the way people painted at me especially the
press, anyone who has not met me before will think I am a devil. The
function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in
decadent society like ours is abused by misinforming the masses in
order to make money. If you believe everything you see and hear in the
news, then, you can as well believe Obama is a grandmother', she said.
Calling the society a hypocritical one, Njamah says 'Our society is
full of hypocrisy. Apart from the fact that acting nude is alien to
our culture, there are so many things happening in our society today
which are not part of our culture. The same people who would love to
see you look decent are the same people who would go behind your back
to criticise you.
That's our society for you. Yes, if my society is not all that
hypocritical, I will do it'. Njamah has failed to steer away from
controversy – from Kleptomania allegations, to dirty fights with
Timaya and all, she's fed us more than enough of her private parts…
And she'll definitely pass as the most controversial of the Njamah
siblings.
SOURCE: Thenetng.com
Former Minister of FCT, Mallam Nasir el Rufai ;Don't envy Nigerian pastors who own private jets
gift as Pastor Tunde Bakare's comment about a need for revolution
because certain eminent religious leaders have private jets, has been
greatly condemned by religious leaders.
Reacting to Pastor Bakare's comment, the General Secretary of the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Musa Asake; Director of
National Issues of CAN in charge of North West Zone, Rev. Haruna
Karatu; and the PRO of 19 northern states and Abuja CAN, Elder Sunday
Oibe said there is nothing wrong with people donating aircraft to
their religious leaders.
Bakare had said, a few days after church members donated a private jet
to Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor as a birthday present, that a bloody
revolution that would consume religious leaders who are acquiring
private jets would soon break out in the country, as he urged their
congregations to challenge them to explain where and how they raised
the money to procure such expensive jets.
Responding, the CAN secretary said: "What is wrong with giving a
birthday gift to Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor? Did he embezzle church money?
Did he collect somebody's money? If a group of people come together to
buy him a jet to ease his evangelical work, why should that be a
subject of public debate?
"Oritsejafor is a man of God. He is doing everything for the work of
God". Also speaking on the ongoing debate in social media especially
the tweet by former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mallam
Nasir el Rufai, Elder Eghes Eyieyien said Nigerian pastors who own
private jets should not be envied because they travel very frequently
around the world ministering.
"Redeemed Christian Church of God has thousands of branches and
millions of members on all continents of the world. Winners' Chapel
and Christ Embassy equally have many international branches and
hundreds of thousands of members. Pastor Adeboye, Bishop Oyedepo and
Pastor Oyakhilome travel thousands of kilometres monthly doing God's
work and have to be in places not well-served by commercial flights,"
he said.
Nigerian acts shine at Channel O Music Video Awards – See full list of winners
night, as Nigerian artistes carted away six awards from 13
nominations.
The Kokomaster won 'Most Gifted Male Video of the Year' for Oliver
Twist, after failing to show up last year to receive his 'Special
Recognition' award. P-Square were named the
'Most Gifted Group/Duo' while Flavour and Tiwa Savage's collabo,
'Oyi', won the 'Most Gifted R&B Music Video of the Year' The show was
hosted by Ice Princee and South
African model, Bonang Matheba.
Check out the full winners list below ..
Most Gifted African South Video of the Year
Cashtime Fam – Shut it down (Stundee)
Most Gifted Group or Featuring of the year
Psquare ft. May D & Akon – Chop My Money
Most Gifted Reggae Dance/Hall
Buffalo Souljah ft Cabo Snoop – Styra
Inonyengesa Most Gifted African East
AY feat Sauti Soul – I Don't Want to Be Alone Most Gifted kwaito Ees
feat Mandoza – Ayoba
Most Gifted African West Music video
D-Black ft Mo'Cheddah – Falling
Most Gifted R&B Music Video of the year
Flavour ft. Tiwa Savage – Oyi [Remix]
Most Gifted AfroPop
BrymO – ARA
Most Gifted Hip Hop Video of the Year
Ice Prince Zamani- Superstar
Most Gifted Dance Music Video of the Year
DJ Cleo – Facebook
Most Gifted New Comer of the Year
Davido – Dami duro
Most Gifted Female Video of the Year
Zahara – Loliwe
Most Gifted Male Video of the Year
D'Banj – Oliver Twist
2012 Special Recognition award recipient
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