2015: Don’t over-stretch your ‘good luck’ by trying to remain in power – Tsav tells Jonathan

Elder statesman and a former Lagos State Police
Commissioner, Abubakar Tsav, has advised President
Goodluck Jonathan not to over-stretch his “good luck” by
remaining in power beyond 2015.
Tsav, who spoke with newsmen in Makurdi, the Benue
State capital on Sunday noted that the nation would
continue to retrogress as long as greed and corruption
remain in control, adding that 2015 would determine
whether Nigeria will still remain as one indivisible
country or not.
While he attributed this to the intention of Jonathan to
contest the 2015 presidential election, he urged the
president to burry his ambition in the interest of the
nation.
He said, “President Jonathan’s followers are saying there
would be war if he does not win in 2015. He should save
us that trouble by relinquishing his ambition in the
interest of the old and young people in this country.”
Tsav reminded Jonathan of how God made him to rise
from the position of deputy governor to president, even
as he urged him not to run for second term in office.
Adding his voice to the ongoing debate over the
inconclusive Anambra governorship election, Tsav
described the Attahiru Jega-led INEC as a shame to the
nation.
The former police boss asserted that the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC, was not capable of
conducting credible elections in the country.
According to him, judging from the Anambra election,
the hope of conducting free, fair and credible elections
in the country has been dashed.

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Album Review | Ice Prince – Fire Of Zamani

FIRE OF ZAMANI
ICE PRINCE
RECORD LABEL: CHOCOLATE CITY
YEAR: 2013
IcePrince is the most sellable Nigerian rapper at the
moment. The only person that can wear an Agbada with
sneakers and still look super dapper. The best rapper in
Africa considering the recent BET Awards as the Best
International Act: Africa. After the success of his first
Album Everybody Loves IcePrince, he has consistently
dropped hit singles and collaborated with other
musicians. At a time when fellow Chocolate City artistes
are dropping off the record label, he has maintained a
good relationship with his label and has focused on his
music career.
IcePrince is an outstanding artiste but this review is not
about his life, past or awards but about the collection of
songs titled FIRE OF ZAMANI. Enter the Fire of Zamani,
Ice Prince’ sophomore Album:
Stars & Lights: A soulful and inspirational way to start
the album is Ice talking about the journey so far, his
struggles and hustle. He gives props to his crew and
most importantly MI. Ruby did very well to make the
hook and the song enjoyable. /if there has ever been a
rap this fly, it had to be done by an M.I’s guy/
Aboki is one of the most important tracks on this Album
and yet it is clear that iceprince sang all through without
necessarily dropping rap bars. The beat is groovy and it’s
a heavy party track. With repetitive lyrics, he mentions
many rich Hausas as his ‘guys’.
My Life sounds more like a live performance by a band
in a local joint. Iceprince delivers the chorus cold and it
has more singing than rapping. He talks about his life in
bits and pieces without any particular direction.
Mercy has a lot of repetitive keys and it starts to get
boring till Chip a British rapper resuscitates the song
with his rap verse. The chorus is a stereotype dancehall
hook
Another Sammy Gyang production, a story based song
but the big question mark on this song is: Why feature
Sunny Neji on a song if he won’t sing the chorus for you?
Maybe to achieve a surprise effect, I guess its different
strokes for different folks. On the overall, Whiskey is a
good song.
The N-Word song sounds like a Rick-Ross song though it
was produced by Ace producer Don-Jazzy. Considering
it’s a hardcore rap song, this track comes off as an irony
from a producer who thinks that the Rap Genre still has
a long way to go. Ice Prince came hard on this one. To
appreciate the rhymes in this song, one should omit the
N-word at the end of each line . Pretty Impressive. /We
don dey gather all the Cheese N****, Big Shots chilling
Overseas N****. Fast Whips automatic keys N****, So
when we drive by e dey be like breeze N****/
Jambo is a spirit lifting song, a bit groovy and fun. A
Chopstix production with a catch word: Jambo. Jambo is
not well defined and it leaves inquisitive minds
wondering what the true meaning of Jambo is, but when
you think of it, the mystery is a positive. Enjoyable song.
No die Tomorrow has a reggae beat with political
activism content in the lyrics. This song shows political
side of Ice Prince. It’s a bit awkward coming from a
commercial African rapper, but that doesn’t mean he
cant speak his mind right? Just doesn’t sound believable
for some reason. /2015 na him be the question, my
people dey anticipate who go be the next one, afterall we
no say dem go rig election/
Gimme dat is a dancehall hit enjoying play on most
radio stations across the continent , it features some of
the best new acts. Burnaboy serenades the song with his
signature voice, Young L comes through with Jamaica
styled lyrics and Olamide delivers his verses in his local
Yoruba tongue.
Komotion is yet another Dancehall Reggae fusion this
time featuring Wizkid. If you love dancehall then this will
be your favorite track. IcePrince and Wizkid prove they
can do music that is not the stereotype naija styled
music.
I Swear is the most anticipated song on this album
having featured French Montana an A-list international
act on Maybach Music Group and Badboy records. Ice
Prince did a good job on this dance-hall track,
unfortunately we cant say the same for French Montana.
Person wey sabi is a harmonic tune and a typical African
song with drums and trumpets. A groovy and celebratory
song, it will pass for a highlife song that puts you in a
happy mood. The kind of song that you don’t even want
to know what the lyrics are about.
Kpako is one of the strongest songs on this album
featuring his old time friends M.I. and Jesse Jagz. Even
though they were not all present in the studio and
recorded the songs independently because of busy
schedules and logistics it wasn’t clear that there was no
chemistry or bonding between the artistes. Jesse jagz
came out tops on this one.
Pray initially starts up like filler on the album. If not for
the fact that Sound Sultan was featured and he added a
little spice on the track then it would have been another
boring song on this album.
More is a reggae infused melodic tune that gets everyone
singing along. Here Ice Prince raps excellently like he
was in a battle when actually it is supposed to be a love
song. Rhymes, punch lines and metaphors characterize
his rap. The newer fine-tuned version makes it an
excellent song. / It’s too much bomb and hate that kinda
complicates. Its too much dropping around and now u
talking out of state/
On my Knees is a Gospel like song featuring Jeremiah
Gyang with African drums. The Plateau state citizens
ended the Fire of Zamani Project by thanking God. The
song does well to take those who grew up in Plateau
state down memory ran.
Fire of Zamani is an anti-climax coming from a Nigerian
artiste like Ice Prince who has an outstanding debut
album. On some tracks he comes out exceptional on his
vocals but on other tracks his voice comes out flat like he
is not putting in enough effort. One would be tempted
say this was a rushed project. Sometimes he strays off
from the theme of a song in pursuit of Punch lines.
However, for an album with about 5 hit singles it is safe
to say it is a good project, but falls below the hype With
international collaborations and recognition, Fire of
Zamani marks the beginning of a new era for Ice Prince.
He is saddled with the responsibility of representing
Nigeria and Africa in general. We can only wait for the
future to unfold what comes next for him.

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VIDEO: Veteran Rapper, Modenine, Olamide And Phyno Joined Ice Prince To Light Up FOZ With Gimme Dat

Veteran rapper, Modenine, Olamide, Phyno and Yung L
joined Ice Prince to deliver a show stopping performance
of the track Gimme Dat at the Fire Of Zamani concert. Ice
Prince started with a solo performance and even invited
Dele Momodu’s son, Enikorewafunmi to join him on
stage when he noticed the young boy singing excitedly.
They were later joined on stage by Phyno who delivered
some sick flows in Igbo, Yung L made a grand entrance
with his reggae style rap while Olamide added a touch of
fuji to the performance.
Ice Prince introduced Modenine as an inspiration to
Nigerian rappers and he finished the song with some
freestyle rap.
Enikorewafunmi, who is quite popular on his father’s
Instagram page, had his 15 minutes of fame performing
with Nigerian superstars.
Watch the explosive performance here

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Popular Nigerian DJ, DJ Humility, Calls Out US rapper Wale on Twitter; Says Wale Doesn’t Respect Nigerian Artists

Wale not coming to Nigeria for the Fire Of Zamani
concert has definitely rubbed DJ Humility the wrong way,
especially after the reasons Wale gave for not coming
through.
The DJ took to twitter to call Wale out, and went a step
further by saying Wale doesn’t respect Nigerian Artistes.
DJ Humility definitely wasn’t twisting his words around.

Wale is Bastard Who has no regard for Nigerian
Artist or Nigerian Djs.
— Dj Humility (@djhumility) November 24, 2013

WALE IS A BASTARD!!!
— Dj Humility (@djhumility) November 24, 2013

I wonder why our peeps takes Nig Based Stars for
granted, Dis same Wale did the same thing to M.I
Abaga just 2yrs ago at the BET Awards.
— Dj Humility (@djhumility) November 25, 2013

A quick? To my Friends & Fans on Tweet er, If you
See me in a club then come to me introduce your
self & appreciate my work,
— Dj Humility (@djhumility) November 25, 2013

I then turned you down because you introduced your
self as a Nigerian how will you feel?
— Dj Humility (@djhumility) November 25, 2013

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Insecurity: Butchers Union denies allegation of breeding Boko Haram in Borno

Alhaji Abubakar Gula, Chairman of the Borno State
butchers association has denied the allegation by the
Gwoza Christian Community Association (GCCA), that they
were using the Maiduguri abatoir as a breeding ground
for the Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
He described the allegation as reckless, false and a
misrepresentation, under the guise of religion,
advertently to disrupt the relative peace being enjoyed by
the citizens of Borno State.
The Christian Community in Gwoza Local Government
Council of Borno State had in the recent past suffered
numbers of attacks, which they claimed was caused by
some politicians, who allegedly use the butchers of
Gwoza community in Borno to slaughter Christians.
The butchers’ association in a statement made available
to DailyPost in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on
Monday, also stated that the sum of N25, 000,000
(twenty-five million naira) given to the butchers by Borno
State Governor, Kashim Shettima, was a grant to the
National Butchers’ Union of Nigeria, Maiduguri Branch.
“It is a common knowledge that such a gigantic
commercial site cannot be said to have consist of only
people from Gwoza, but it comprises of people from
different states of the federation irrespective of their
religion or tribes as well as people from the neigbouring
countries of Niger, Chad and Cameroon republic”, the
statement signed by Alhaji Gula stressed.
They condemned the allegation that the abattoir was a
breeding ground for insurgency in the state, describing it
as malicious, baseless and devilish, intended only to
instigate hatred and disaffection among the peace loving
people of the state.
Also, Alhaji Mala Modu, the Chief Butcher at the Borno
Abattoir, said the allegation by GCCA was a deliberate
attempt to paint the group black and also tarnish the
image of its operators.

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Jonathan fires another aide, gives no reason

President Goodluck Jonathan had on Sunday sacked Mrs.
Aisha Umar as his Special Assistant on Social
Development.
The sack notice was contained in a brief statement issued
on Sunday in Abuja by Mr. Sam Nwaobasi, the Special
Assistant (Media) to the Secretary of the Government of
the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim with Ref. No:
PPR/OSGF/PR/02. However, the statement did not give
details on why the aide was relieved of her job.
The statement further stated that, the termination takes ”
effect from the November 25, 2013.”
Recall that the President had in few months back sacked
three of his aides. The first was the Minister of Youth
Development, Inuwa Abdulkadir, followed by the Special
Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Mrs. Joy Emordi
as well as his Special Adviser on the New Partnership for
Africa’s Development, Dr. Tunji Olagunju.

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ASUU agrees to suspend strike, states three conditions

According to reports from the Nigerian Eye, Nigerian
university lecturers have agreed to end the five-month
old strike, if the federal government says yes to three of
it conditions.
These conditions will be made known to President
Goodluck Jonathan today and if all parties come to
agreement, the strike will be called off.
ASUU has forbidden its local chapters and zonal
chairman from talking to the media, until the end of the
session. But a source, who was part of the ASUU session,
which was held at Mambayya House in Kano, revealed
the conditions as:
•Commitment from the President that any review or
reconsideration or renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement
will not substantially affect the pact which is the cause of
the ongoing strike;
•Immediate payment of all outstanding salary arrears
and allowances of varsity teachers without victimization;
and
•A written commitment from the President that the
Federal Government will commit N225billion annually to
the funding of universities for the next four years.
There is a fourth condition, which is said to be “personal”
to ASUU.
The source said: “Our leaders are meeting with the
President on Monday to table these conditions. Once the
President accepts these three terms, the strike will be
called off.
“In principle, members voted about 60-40 per cent to call
off the strike, but they added a caveat – that ASUU
leaders should extract a commitment (signed and sealed)
from the President.”
It became imperative for ASUU to makes these demands,
as it became obvious that the FG wanted the 2009
Agreement to be renegotiated.
“If ASUU had accepted to renegotiate the entire
Agreement , it means there will be no basis for the
ongoing strike. The worst that can happen is either
having the abridged version of the 2009 Agreement or a
phased implementation of the document,” the source
added.

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Photo: Chika Ike As An Okada Driver

Chika Ike and Bob-Manuel Udokwu are shooting this movie where Chika Ike is an Okada driver. These movies sef. All kinds of characters. But it makes for good entertainment.

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Rivers crisis: Opposition politicians condemn visit of APC leaders to the state

Ahead of the high powered delegation of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to Rivers State, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Felix Obuah has accused Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of hiring a crowd of supporters to cheer the General Mohammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu-led APC team at the Port Harcourt International Airport. Obuah made the accusation at the Grassroot Development Initiative rally held in Eleme, Rivers State. He alleged that the whooping sum of over N500 million has been budget for the purported propaganda. “Only yesterday, he (Amaechi) has given out N500 million of our state money to a nearby state to mobilize people to the airport to receive the leadership of APC. Is that what our money is meant for? “If for any reason Amaechi is not comfortable with the peace we are witnessing in the state and he’s going about giving out our money to other people from Edo and nearby states to come and support him here, we say no”, Obuah alleged. He also said Amaechi should be held responsible for any breakdown of law and order in the state. “As a mark of sign and warning, I want to say that if there is any breakdown of law and order in this state, Governor Rotimi Amaechi should be held responsible”, he said. DailyPost reports that other speakers at the rally includes Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, National Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus and Nigerian Ambassador to South-Korea, Desmond Akawoh also criticized the impending visit of APC officials According to Secondus, “days from now, you will see that those that are not in GDI and those of them that are in government will be declaring for APC and they will leave us alone in PDP. I announce to you that there will be thanksgiving. Let them go. We shall meet at the polls”. The APC members are expected in Rivers State and other members of the G-7 states as part of their nationwide membership drive for the newly formed party.

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Brown Shuga - Have Mercy + In My feat Tekno

Brown Shuga [real name - Aliu Oshiomale] who was born on the 23rd of December [late 80s] hails from Edo state; he is an undergraduate of Mechanical Engineering at Auchi Polytechnic. He currently has shot the video [directed by Patrick Elis] to one of his offerings titled “In My” which features Tekno; he currently is signed on to Blaque Ox County Records, with 3 massive singles currently rocking the airwaves and over 50 recorded and unreleased materials. Addicted to good beats and dropping freestyles, his debut album titled “Stories Untold” is currently in the works and hopefully to be released, come next year. He bagged an award for Peace in Kaduna by NF Nollywood, based on his reality song titled “Gang War [One Love]” and the record company has plans to do a video premiere in Abuja and Lagos before the video will officially hit the screens. For now, check out these 2 offerings coming from Brown Shuga – “In My” which features Tekno, and “Have Mercy”; both tracks were produced by Tekno. Listen up and share your thoughts.

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ASUU strike: Union rejects FG’s N200bn offer

The end to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union Of Universities, ASUU, might not be in view yet, as the union has rejected the offer of N200 billion by the Federal Government. The government had earlier offered N130 to the protesting lecturers in order to resolve the impasse; the offer was also increased to N150 billion, all of which ASUU rejected, insisting that government must implement the 2009 agreement. The union asserted that going by the 2009 agreement, government is supposed to have injected N500 billion by the end of 2013, with another N500 billion by 2014. Nassarawa State University Keffi (NSUK) branch chairman of the Union, Dr. Thephilus Lagithe stated that the actual amount in the 2009 agreement was N1.3 trillion to be paid over a period of four years. He said, “Recently, they called us and said instead of the 100 billion, we are giving you N150 and recently they said from that 150 billion, they are going to make it 200 billion. But these are just promises. Speaking further, he said, “last year, they were supposed to inject N100 billion and this year N400 billion. Then next year, N500 billion. But from all indication, the government is not even serious about injecting money into the education sector. It said the N100 billion which the government had earlier promised to give the union was supposed to have been paid in 2012. It said if the strike continues to 2014, the money will then rise to N900 billion.

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Boko Haram attacks wedding convoy, kills groom, 30 others

Gunmen in north-eastern Nigeria city of Borno state have reportedly killed 30 people in an attack on a wedding convoy. The incident occurred on a notoriously dangerous road between Bama and Banki in Borno State. The groom was one of those said to have been killed in the attack. Despite the state of emergency declared by the Nigerian government, the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram has continued to attack Borno residents and the special security forces mobilized to the state. A commercial driver who ran into the scene of the attack had told AFP news agency that many of the victims appeared to have died out of bullet wounds. “All the victims were brutally murdered by the attackers,” said the driver, who had pleaded that his identity be concealed. “My passengers and I were shocked when we met the dead bodies lying by the highway.” It is not clear whether the bride and his family members survived the attack.

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N255m cars scandal: Stakeholders call for EFCC, ICPC probe of aviation sector

Stakeholders in the aviation sector have urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, to as a matter of urgency intervene in the ongoing aviation crisis, by probing its officials. The stakeholders had made this call, after having reviewed the N255 million armoured car scam involving the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA. Speaking to newsmen on the stakeholder’s position, former National Secretary of the Airlines Operators of Nigeria, AON, Alhaji Mohammed Tukur, said that it was imperative the anti-graft agency come into the matter now that the sector is enmeshed in corruption. “It is a sad situation because we have never had this level of corruption in this industry. The corruption in the Aviation Ministry is huge. It is not only NCAA that bought such vehicles. I can tell you on good authority that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, and Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, also bought some vehicles. “That is why we are asking the anti-graft agencies to investigate these aviation parastatals. It is not only the Minister that is involved. If somebody asked you to do something illegal, why not resign, instead of doing it?” Tukur asked. Tukur, who reiterated his trust in the ability of President Goodluck Jonathan to tackle the issue vehemently, said that his position in the matter was crucial to the popularity of his government, hence shielding those involved in the matter will tarnish his government’s image. In a similar assertion, the National Cabin Crew Association, NACCA, expressed surprise over the purchase of the armoured cars. He had argued that, addressing security in the sector does not justify price inflation, affirming that the cost of the two vehicles was indefensible.

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