9ice warns blogs and websites not to upload his songs

9ice has sent out a warning to bloggers and websites, especially Notjustok, not to upload his songs on their websites and blogs without his permission.

In his tweet, he said it is good intention but wrong execution.

1 GAME to distribute free books, pens in five states, FCT

The 1 GAME Campaign announced on Tuesday that it will commence free distribution of exercise books and pens to primary school children in Borno, Kano, Lagos, Rivers and Yobe States as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) beginning from Thursday, November 28, 2013.

In a statement released by the Press Affairs coordinator, Jude Ochang, the founder of 1 GAME Campaign, Philip Obaji said the move is aimed at encouraging enrolment of vulnerable children into school and making learning easier for children from disadvantaged homes who are already in school.

“We’ve received thousands of exercise books and pens from individuals and organizations who have decided to be part of our 1 Book, 1 Pen Campaign. We’ll begin to distribute these materials to those in need as from Thursday.

“Our focus will be on schools in remote areas with children from disadvantaged homes. The main aim is to encourage enrolment into primary school and ease learning for children from difficult backgrounds,” he said.

Obaji further stated that distribution of books and pens to primary schools in the five selected states and the FCT will last throughout the remainder of the year, after which focus will shift to other areas.

 The 1 GAME Campaign launched the 1 Book, 1 Pen initiative in September 2013 with an aim of providing exercise books and pens for every child from disadvantaged background in school.

2FACE WINS AGAIN WITH TIMELESS AFRICAN QUEEN

Barely a week after clinching an award for Best Afro Pop Video at the the 2013 NMVA, 2face Idibia has done it again with the timeless African Queen.

African Queen came top as the Song of the Decade at the Caribbean African American Nations, CAAN Music Award last Saturday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

The star studded show was perfectly opened by Timi Dakolo who rendered the National Anthem to the admiration of guests. He also thrilled them with some of his songs.

The Silverbird Group – packaged even came to a close with performance by the legend, 2face.

Stone him to death - Sharia verdict for a randy man impregnated his sister

A randy Nigerian man has been condemned to die by stoning, for impregnating his younger sister. Umar Mohammed Kandahar, 30-year-old, is however appealing the sentence handed down by the Upper Sharia Court in Bauchi, his lawyer has said.
Umar was arraigned before Upper Sharia Court Unguwar Jaki, by the Bauchi State Shari’ah Commission. Counsel to the Shariah Commission, Barrister Dayyabu Ayuba, told the court that though married with three wives, Umar forcefully had sex with his younger sister, from the same father.
Barrister Ayuba disclosed Umar committed the abominable act when the younger sister was brought to his house by their father to help take her to school. He said the offence is contrary to section 136(1) of the Bauchi State Penal Code Law 2001, disclosing that the girl, who was 16 at the time, became pregnant and has delivered a baby.
Umar pleaded guilty but claimed that the act was consensual. The Shariah Court Judge, Musa Barde, sentenced him to death by stoning.
Umar’s lawyer, Barrister Sadiq Abubakar, promptly filed a motion before Bauchi State High Court 7, asking for the bail of his client, pending the determination of his appeal by the Sharia Court of Appeal. His argument is that his client’s family has suffered as a result of his detention since 2011.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Aliyu Baba Usman, has fixed next week Monday, November 25, for mention.

Source News Express

LAGOS COMMENCE WELLNESS WEEK; OFFERS FREE SCREENING FOR CANCER, HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES

Lagos State Government has said that an integrated free health screening for hypertension and diabetes as well as breast, cervix and prostate cancers will commence in the State under its first statewide wellness health week screening
programme from Monday 25th and Friday 29th November, 2013.

Special Adviser to the State Governor on Public Health, Dr. Yewande Adeshina disclose this yesterday during a press conference to intimate the public on activities lined up for the week which is expected to be flagged off simultaneously in all the 20 local
government areas (LGAs) and 37 local council development areas (LCDAs) by their respective chairmen.
The  State flag-off ceremony is scheduled to hold at Rauf Aregbesola primary healthcare center at Mosan Okunola LCDA on Tuesday 26th November, 2013.

Asiwaju was scared and opposed my nomination at first - Tinubu Ojo

The new Iyaloja General of Nigeria, Chief (Mrs) Folashade Tinubu Ojo has debunked the rumour that her father, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu imposed her as the leader of Nigeria Association of Market Women and Men saying the chieftaincy title is frightening to Asiwaju.
Folashade who was officially installed as Iyaloja General at the Iga Idungaran palace of Oba of Lagos also debunked the rumour that her educational attainment is not beyond Secondary School level.

Speaking with journalists at her office in Ikeja at weekend, Folashade explained that contrary to the reports about town that her father imposed her on the market women and men. She said, “Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is scared and opposed the idea at the beginning when ‘Mama’, Alhaja Abibat Mogaji muted it.

“Those who said my dad imposed me on the association don’t know how he opposed the idea when Mama came up with it. For three separate occasions, Mama kept on pestering my dad that she wants to take over from her as the leader of the association.

“I learnt that it was when it got to a stage when Mama uttered a statement from the deeper side of her heart that if my dad will not want his children to disobey his directives, he should support her desire. It was at this stage that my dad tactically heeds to the demand from Mama,” she said.

“Aside this, I have stand in for Mama as the leader of the association at various occasion since 2010. I have been acting in her capacity while she was alive. I have garnered experience deputizing for Mama since 2010. I have the experience and virtually all the market leaders knows me quite well and I relate very well with them even when Mama is still around,” she explained.

On the leadership role threw on her shoulder, Folashade described her attainment of the President General, Association of Nigerian Market Women and Men as an assignment from God. “To be honest with you, I never thought of becoming Iyaloja in my dream in life. Before now, I have always had ambition to go into politics like my dad but now, such cannot happen any longer. God had said Iyaloja assignment is what HE wants me to do and who am I to say No when God say this is how HE want me to live. I am not the type that queries my creator,” she said.

However, Folashade admitted that despite the fact that her grandmother, Alhaja picked her as successor while she was alive, her choice did not take place with fiat as people thought. “It is not unexpected because for any public position, whenever it is time to choose a candidate, there could be as many aspirants as one could think of but only one will be chosen at the end of the exercise. If the chosen candidate is well accepted by the majority as it happened in my case, other contestants will need to hands down and prepare to work together as a team for the development of the association or political party.

The Iyaloja General admitted that the responsibility of an Iyaloja General is enormous. “There is no way I can do it alone. The job before me is beyond what I can do all alone by myself. I need everybody contribution, support and prayers,” she said adding, “ I will try not only to improve on the record of Mama, Alhaja Abibat Mogaji but will break new grounds of which generations born and yet unborn are to live with.