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BusinessDay newspaper on Thursday awarded Benue state gov Dr Gabriel Suswam the "Best Performing Governor in agricultural development and that of the state with the most improved security.the event took place at the Eko hotels and suites Victoria Island Lagos and tagged' "Competitiveness and good governance award 2014.
Gov Suswam who was represented by the secretary to the state government David Salifu,thanked the management of BusinessDay newspapers for finding him worthy of the award and promised to do more to ensure sustenance of the Food Basket status to enable farmers have value for their farm produce. Governor Suswam further promised completion of all ongoing projects embarked upon by his administration before the end of his tenure.
Earlier, the publisher of BusinessDay newspapers Frank Aigbogun said the BusinessDay competitivess and good governance award was a yearly programme of BusinesDay, the west African premier business newspaper and is anchored by BusinessDay research and intelligence unit to honour state governors and other public officials who have significantly contributed to the development of their respective states ,and commended the awardees for the giant strides they have taken in their respective states.
Other dignitaries who were also conferred with similar awards were the governors of Imo, Rivers, Kano, Abia, Jigawa, Osun, Bayelsa, Lagos, Kwara, Delta and Cross River State.
Source Barnes Igirgir BusinessDay Correspondent .
The Senator representing Zone B senatorial district in Benue state Senator George Akume today picked his nomination form to run for 3rd term.Sen Akume was the gov of Benue state from 1999-2007 ,in 2007 he ran for senator and won as a PDP member.In 2011,Akume decamped to ACN and Re contested for senator and defeated his opponent in PDP.
Today,he picked up his nomination for to run for Senator again today amid cheers from his supporters..Apart from Sen Akume ,nobody in APC is running for Senator in that zone so he is the sole candidate.The was serious traffic in Makurdi town today.
Nigerian based Cameroonian artiste, Xcellente who’s signed to Achievas Music reportedly slumped while leaving Wazobia FM in Lagos on Monday, October 3, 2014.
The Ella singer was at Wazobia FM radio station to wish the indigenous station a happy birthday which he did successfully when he visited in the morning only to step out of the radio station and suddenly slump while he was leaving the office of Wazobia in Lagos.
The management of Wazobia FM quickly rushed him to the nearest hospital where he is being treated at the moment. The cause of his sudden slump wasn’t made known to the public.
According to Pulse.ng the singer is currently being said to have recover and have reached out to the management of Wazobia FM for confirmation, and are waiting their reply.
OAP Toolz, comedian Bovi and rapper Vector are the new faces of Vitafoam. The stars were recently unveiled at the headquarters of the company in Ikeja. See more pics after the cut…
Labels: Bovi, Celebrity News, toolz, Vector, vitaform
Kanu who is the first and returning Vice President of the Association of Nigerian Motorcycle Clubs, has ridden motorcycles in 26 countries of the world, 23 of which were with his own Nigerian-registered motorcycle. In 2012, he rode solo from Lagos, Nigeria to Austria, riding through France, Germany, Austria, and Italy; and in mid-October, he embarked on another solo trip from South Africa to Lagos.
A three-year-old boy, Terfa Kor, and his mother, Nguwasen Kor, were yesterday, electrocuted in a bush at Lessel town, in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State.
Vanguard gathered from an eyewitness that the boy had gone to a nearby bush, around the old Union Bank area of the town, to defecate when he attempted to pick up a live electricity cable pulled down the previous night by windstorm.
The eyewitness said: “He was electrocuted the moment he touched the cable. His scream attracted his mother, who was standing afar.
“His mother also dashed to where her son was, and ignorant of what happened, grabbed him and also got electrocuted.”
The source said the death toll would have been higher but for the quick intervention of a passerby, who stopped some onlookers from attempting to rescue mother and child.
The eyewitness said: “Some other women, who did not understand what had happened, attempted to rescue the victims but for a man who understood the situation.
“He chased them away from the scene with stones, before the area electricity company was alerted and the remains of the mother and child removed and deposited in a mortuary.
When contacted, Benue State Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Superintendent Daniel Ezeala, said he was yet to receive details of the incident.
Labels: Gabriel Suswam PDP, Gemade Barnabas
As Nigeria consolidates her position as Africa’s entertainment capital, an artist is using gospel music to draw the connections between southern Africa and one of Nigeria’s largest ethnic groups, the Tiv. Through the instrumentality of two CDs released late October 2014, Ter Allam, popularly known as Vancouver, traces the Tiv historical journey to the present day in music, reminiscent of the renowned South African theatrical performance Umoja.
In Umoja: The Spirit of Togetherness, a South African theatre company traces South Africa’s history by the changes in the country’s musical culture from pre colonial, through Apartheid to the post Independence eras. This technique has held audiences enthralled for nearly two decades and it’s no surprise that Ter Allam, a thoroughbred theatre director has deployed this in music.
Referring to his brand of gospel music as Bantu, Ter Allam said in an interview on NigeriaInfo radio that Bantu music is about drums and percussion instruments. “I’m making the audience to discover these roots,” he told NigeriaInfo OAPs Ben200 and Georgina, “and I’m taking it to where it belongs, and that is the church.”
And the music rings true, especially if you get hooked on the title track of the first album, Tar Usha, which means Heaven in Tiv. It’s a very danceable tune with haunting congas that draw one into a praise mood. Its words say, “Heaven! I’m going to Heaven/I’m going to meet Jesus, my Saviour”. It’s the kind of message that’s no longer emphasised in today’s mundane Christian life. But Tar Usha will surely be Ter Allam’s hit song, even though a number of tracks are vying for that crown.
If you listen to the soulful “Thank You Lord”, for instance, its neo-reggae feel is immediately familiar territory but Ter Allam’s relaxed but high pitched vocals sit within drums and flutes like a bird in a straw nest, whistling gratitude to God early at dawn. It will be an easy favourite song just like the wedding song “Be My Bride”, which is Ter Allam’s response to a scarcity of real Christian songs that can be played at wedding receptions. These songs contrast with the meditative, worship mood of Yesu Hemba, the album that carries the soul of the NKST Church tradition in which Ter Allam was bred.
The essential theme of these albums, Tar Usha and Yesu Hemba, is leadership though history and love. The latter can be gleaned from the artist’s never fading love for his late mother who not only taught him how to sing but wanted to duet with her son on the Yesu Hemba album for which she wrote the title track before her death seven years ago. She was a church choir leader and wife of a renowned pastor who predeceased her.
Released on the stable of iRecord, a new label that promises new kinds of music and poetry performances, Ter Allam’s two Bantu gospel albums are together a worthwhile introduction to iRecord and to music that have social purpose. Most significantly refreshing is the fact that this sound comes with very minimal use of autotune, giving a confident, natural effect. This resonates with iRecord’s motto which is “sound.simple.”
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Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will join other leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Accra today for an Emergency Summit on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) which continues to ravage Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
The emergency summit which will also be attended by representatives of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation will seek greater international support and collaboration for the containment of the Ebola outbreak.
President Jonathan is being accompanied to the summit by the acting Minister of Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan and the Director of the National Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Abdulsalami Nasidi.
He is expected to avail the gathering of the benefit of Nigeria’s successful containment of the deadly EVD after it entered the country in July this year through a traveller from Liberia.
The President will return to Abuja at the conclusion of the one-day summit.
Labels: Accra, ebola, president Jonathan
Femi’s first record was released in 1995 by Tabu/Motown, followed by the release of Shoki Shoki under MCA four years later, which garnered widespread critical acclaim. In 2001 he collaborated with American Artists, Common and Mos Def in a project “Fight to Win” and soon after went on tour in the United States with Jane’s Addiction. In 2004 he opened his club, “The Shrine” where he recorded the live album, “Africa Shrine” and returned in 2008 with “Day by Day” .He released the critically acclaimed, “Africa for Africa” in 2010 which garnered him two Grammy nominations.
Chocolate City’s General Manager, Aibee Abidoye said, “We love good music here at Chocolate City and are big fans of Femi Kuti and his work- this deal marks another significant milestone in Chocolate City’s development as the leading entertainment company in and around Africa. The Afrobeat genre has found new interpretation through Femi’s prolific body of work and we believe that through this partnership ,we will not only revive the Afrobeat genre (distinct from Afrobeats) as a movement locally but also ensure that it is well positioned internationally and hopefully we can (finally) bring home that much deserved Grammy.”
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Femi’s first record was released in 1995 by Tabu/Motown, followed by the release of Shoki Shoki under MCA four years later, which garnered widespread critical acclaim. In 2001 he collaborated with American Artists, Common and Mos Def in a project “Fight to Win” and soon after went on tour in the United States with Jane’s Addiction. In 2004 he opened his club, “The Shrine” where he recorded the live album, “Africa Shrine” and returned in 2008 with “Day by Day” .He released the critically acclaimed, “Africa for Africa” in 2010 which garnered him two Grammy nominations.
Chocolate City’s General Manager, Aibee Abidoye said, “We love good music here at Chocolate City and are big fans of Femi Kuti and his work- this deal marks another significant milestone in Chocolate City’s development as the leading entertainment company in and around Africa. The Afrobeat genre has found new interpretation through Femi’s prolific body of work and we believe that through this partnership ,we will not only revive the Afrobeat genre (distinct from Afrobeats) as a movement locally but also ensure that it is well positioned internationally and hopefully we can (finally) bring home that much deserved Grammy.”
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According to a source, Jennifer Lopez's ex-husband proposed to his on-and-off-again girlfriend and model Shannon De Lima...back in March!What? Way to keep their engagement under wraps!Looks like the two will be getting married in the middle of November in the Dominican Republic.Hey, third time's the charm for him.
Kelly Rowland and her manager husband, Tim Witherspoon welcomed a son into their family.Kelly gave birth to her Son on Nov 4 and his name is Titan Jewel Witherspoon, according to PEOPLE.
“We are thrilled to announce that today we are the proud parents of our first son,” Kelly said in a statement. “We are blessed to report everyone is healthy.
Kelly and her hubby secretly tied the knot in May 2014, just two months before confirming her first pregnancy.
Ibinabo and Uche will be getting married on 18th and 19th December at her hometown in Okrika, Rivers state.
They were recently on vacation with their children in Disney land and Universal World of adventure. Uche is a graduate of English Language and Literature/Letters from University of Ibadan. He also holds Masters in Health Services Administration and Master of Divinity from Michigan University and Liberty University respectively. He currently works as a as Health Systems Specialist at the Eisenhower Army Hospital.
Am a journalist,I love creating news,am also a Human Rights worker,very passionate about people who suffer injustice in the society.
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