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BOLA SHAGAYA:
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GIANT AMONG MEN
By: Eric Elezuo
S
he is beautiful, elegant,
famous,
enchanting
and above all down to
earth. She is a woman of
means and is known to bless
everyone with what God has
blessed her with. She is the
quintessential Hajia Bola Shagaya.
Bola Shagaya, unlike
most prominent and very rich
industrialists, was not born
with the proverbial silver
spoon. As a result, through a
dint of hard work, she struggled through times before
getting to the enviable height
she is occupying today. Her
efforts brought her before
queens and kings as well as
granting her recognition before the influential Forbes account.
Consequently,
according to Forbes in 2015,
she made the 10th wealthiest
woman spot in Africa.
The socialite, who
would turn 57 come October
10, was born in 1959 in Kwara
State, her home town. She attended Queens School in
Ilorin for her secondary education and the Ahmadu Bello
University in Zaria and Armstrong College in California,
where she studied Economics
and Accountancy. Bola also
attended Harvard Business
School and a number of other
local and international seminars, workshops and symposiums where she sharpened
her skills towards becoming
the best of what she is today.
As a fresh graduate,
she set everything in motion
to begin a promising career,
and her first port of call was
the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN) where she worked with
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the Audit Department.
Having acquired veritable experience from the
CBN, she ventured into commercial activities in 1983, beginning with the importation
and distribution of photographic materials under one
of her incorporated companies called Bolmus. She is reputed to have introduced the
Konica brand of photographic
materials into the Nigerian
market and West Africa.
She is also the owner
of Fotofair Nigeria limited,
and her photo laboratory unit
in Victoria Island is no doubt
one of the largest photo laboratories in Nigeria. The
photo laboratory has a net
base of over thirty branches
located in different parts of
the country and over 300
workers employed. A great
feat!
Her prowess is not
limited to the business of
photographic
materials
alone, Hajia Bola Shagaya is
also the Managing Director of
Practoil Limited, one of the
largest importers and distributors of base oil in Nigeria,
serving local lubricant blending plants. Not only that, her
extensive acumen in the
world of buy and sell include
huge investments in real estate, spanning across major
cities in the country with over
three hundred employees.
She is pro-active and
visionary, and so through her
base oil importation, she is
meeting the need of the local
lubricant blending plants. At
the moment, Practoil is building its own plant at Kirikiri,
Lagos State. When completed, it is expected to produce multi-grade oils and
lubricants.
An astute financial
The
wizard, Mrs. Shagaya is on
the board of Unity Bank
(Nigeria) Plc (formerly Intercity Bank) and has been for
about a decade. She is also a
member of the recently inaugurated NEPAD Business
Group, Nigeria.
She is known as a
fashionista, and her display of
good dress sense is a testimony to the assertion. It is
therefore, not surprising that
she is a patron of the Fashion
Designers Association of
Nigeria (FADAN) and a fashion and art enthusiast who
supports and encourages the
fashion and art industry. She
also loves sports, especially
polo. She is also hopelessly in
love with exotic jewellery, especially diamonds, and Deola
Sagoe, Folake Coker, Maureen Onigbanjo, Abba Folawiyo are just a few of her
clothiers.
Internationally,
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there are also Escada and
Christian Lacroix.
In July 2010, she was
conferred with a National Honours by the then President
of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan (GCFR), - Member
of the Order of the Niger
(MON).
A committed family
woman; wife and mother, she
is married to Alhaji Ganiyu
Shagaya, a Kwara State-based
transporter and their union is
blessed with four children,
among whom is Sheriff Shagaya, who got married in
2013.
Though a socialite
who loves reveling, Mrs. Shagaya knows when to open the
door and when to keep it
close. It was gathered from a
recent interview that as a rule
she doesn’t entertain friendly
visitations, no matter how
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close, between Monday and
Friday. Consequently, everything social revolves around
the weekends when major
work has been done. That accounts for her serious mindedness, focus and hand work.
A friend of first ladies,
Mrs. Shagaya is known to
have been close to virtually
every recent first lady in the
Nigerian political system, especially Dame Patience
Jonathan, with whom she
forged an enviable relationship. It is believed that her
amiable nature, down to
earth attitude and uprightness endeared her to the
hearts of those in the corridors of power.
A staunch Muslim,
she believes that no matter
what one becomes, God will
always remain number one,
and the revolving factor in
her life. As a result, no matter
where she is or what she’s
doing, she makes it a duty to
go to Mecca at least twice in
a year as well as creates time
to observe her ‘Majrib’.
“That’s my only way to praise
God”, she said.
The stupendously rich
female specie has houses in
London, Abuja, Lagos, Ilorin
and so on, and is to go to bed
every day by 9pm after listening to the 8 O’clock news, and
wakes up daily by 5am to
pray.
Bola Shagaya is
among women who had demystified the African notion
that the place of the woman
is, and ends in the kitchen.
She had, in one brief business
ingenuity, showcased the
stuff women are made of,
and that includes proving
that the female folks are capable threading the paths
men venture.
Consequently ma, for
your dexterity, zeal and informed ability, we crown you
the Boss of the Week. Congratulations!
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September 10: Gladiators Battle
C
for Edo Government House
ome September 10 2016,
the people of
Edo State will be
Ize iyamu
trooping to the
polling booths to exercise their franchise
once again as the
tenure of the incumbent Governor, Comrade
Adams
Oshiohmole, is fast
coming to an end. As
a result, political parties have concluded
primaries and have
elected their various
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flag bearers for the
all important governorship
election.
Consequently, the In-
Congress (APC) and
the opposition Peoples
Democratic
Party (PDP). On June
dependent National
Electoral Commission
(INEC) has recognized 19 political parties and flag bearers
for the all important
election.
Without an
iota of doubt, the
epic battle will sure
centre on the two
biggest rivals; the ruling All Progressives
18, APC conducted
its Governorship primaries amid tension.
At the end of the exercise,
Godwin
Obaseki, currently
chairman of the Edo
State
Economic
Team, beat 11 other
aspirants, to emerge
the APC governorship
candidate.
Obaseki scored 1,608
votes to beat other
prominent aspirants
in the primaries, like
the Deputy Governor
of the state, Dr. Pius
Odubu, who got 471
votes; former Governor of the state,
Prof. Oserhiemen Osunbor, who got 247
votes; former Minister of State for
Works, Dr. Chris
Ogiemwonyi, who
got 137 votes; PDP
candidate in the
2012 governorship
election in the state,
who later defected to
APC, Gen. Charles
Airhiavbere, who got
11 votes and several
others.
Though crisis
was envisaged during
the exercise, but it
never happened as
accreditation of delegates was well managed as a result of an
innovation
introduced by the electoral committee to
accredit at three different locations before voting at the
Samuel Ogbemudia
stadium in Benin City,
with the standard security officers in the
area.
This process
was also adopted by
the PDP, which on
June 20, 2016, conducted its own primaries, producing a
pastor of the Re-
deemed Christian
Church, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu with a
total vote of 584
votes, defeating two
other aspirants; the
President of Nigeria
Institute of Welders,
Dr. Solomon Edebiri,
who polled 38 votes
to come third, and
the two-time state
lawmaker and former Commissioner
representing
Edo
State on the Niger
Delta Development
Commission,
Mr.
Matthew
Iduoriyekemwen, with
91 votes at second
position.
The way it is therefore, the battle is
pitched between Mr.
Godwin Obaseki of
the APC and Pastor
Ize-Iyamu of the PDP.
Edo State, better
known as ‘The Heartbeat of the Nation’,
has been under the
control of the then
Action Congress (AC),
which later metamorphosed into the
All Progressives Congress, since March
20, 2008, after an
election tribunal nullified the election of
Oseheimen Osubor
of the Peoples Democratic Party, and declared
erstwhile
Labour Leader Comrade, Adams Oshiomole, of AC as the
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winner. The decision was
based on several voting irregularities. Oshiomole
was re-elected for the second term in 2012.
tested and won the governorship election. ACN later
merged with All Nigeria
Peoples Party and Congress
for Progressive Change as
said to have been favoured
by the party’s leaders, who,
as gathered, instructed delegates to ensure he won
the delegates election. It is
Battle Line and Strength of
the Candidates
Ize-Iyamu,
no
doubt, secured the votes of
the PDP delegates because
of his antecedents. In 2007,
he was instrumental to the
formation of Grace Group
with the slogan “No Man Is
God”, which later fussed
with the then Advanced
Congress of Democrats, Action Congress, which later
became Action Congress of
Nigeria, the platform on
which Oshiomhole con-
well as factions of All Progressives Grand Alliance
and Democratic People
Party to form APC.
When Ize-Iyamu left
APC and went back to PDP,
the party’s hierarchy, which
hitherto did not want to
see him because of the role
he played in the 2007 governorship election, accepted him as a force that
could give the Oshiomhole
led APC a run for their
money. That was why during the primaries, he was
believed that he knows the
in and out of the APC as a
party, and can cause an
upset. That alleged instruction was behind the anger
of the other two contestants in the race.
In his remarks, he
confirmed that he was
ready to upset the apple
cart to favour PDP. In his acceptance speech, he
boasted that the days of
APC in Edo was over,
adding that the September
10 election is PDP’s chance
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to keep the aspiration and
hope of the people alive.
However, Iyamu is
bedeviled by several odds,
which could pitch the electorates against him. Among
such include his years of
stewardship as a former
Chief of Staff and Secretary
to the Government of Edo
State during the administration of Chief Lucky Igbinedion, who is widely
believed to have grossly
underperformed. The PDP
flag bearer such has a lot of
explanations to make to
convince the Edo electorate that he would be
better than his former
boss.
Also,
Ize-Iyamu
would have a tough time in
convincing the other aspirants, who are aggrieved,
to work with him in the
forth coming governorship
election. Shortly after the
declaration of the result of
the primaries, one of the
contestants, Edebiri, declared that the result was
unacceptable, alleging that
the state executive of the
party, led by Chief Dan
Orbih, coerced delegates
into voting for Ize-Iyamu.
Furthermore, IzeIyamu is currently in controversy over a N700
million 2015 presidential
election campaign fund
that Edo State received,
which was allegedly signed
by him. Severally in the
build up to the party primaries, he had been invited along with other
leaders of the PDP in the
state for explanations regarding the money.
Another odd against
Ize-Iyamu and PDP in Edo
State is that there is cur-
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rently no clear-cut leader- tee, led by Ahmed Makarfi,
Those who champi- lieve the PDP may find it
ship of the party at the na- was informed by the oned the protest were difficult to convince the
tional level following the court’s decision on the Ogiemwonyi and Iman- electorate it can surpass.
Besides, there is a general
expression of confidence in
the APC national leadership and the National Electoral Committee that
conducted the primary
election by all the aspirants, even those that have
reservations about the result.
“The APC can easily
ride on many factors to return to power on September 10; some of these
include the incumbency
factor and the fact the Oshiomhole is touted in some
quarters to have traces of
achievements. Again, the
crisis bedeviling the PDP
could also create a frontier
crisis that has engulfed it. matter.
suangbon. It was, however, for the APC to triumph,”
As it is, the gladiators in the
The flag bearer for gathered that the inability said Godspower Ehimen, a
war of attrition; ousted Na- APC, Godwin Obaseki, may of the other 11 aspirants to Lagos based political comtional Chairman of the also have lots of internal drop their ambitions for a mentator.
party, Senator Ali Modu ghosts to contend with. As single man to slot it out
Furthering his arguSheriff, and newly ap- at date, nearly all those with Obaseki was what ment, Ehimen said that
pointed National Caretaker that contested the primar- robbed them of victory. In while in the APC, the aspiCommittee Chairman, Al- ies with him feel he is a a quick move to douse the rants are aggrieved against
haji Ahmed Makarfi, have usurper, and not well tension however, the APC one another, in the PDP,
vowed to fight on. And grounded in politics, only leadership begun a quick the aggrieved aspirants
concerns are mounting handpicked by Governor reconciliation move to and members do not only
over the effect of the crisis Oshiomhole.
bring together the aspi- nurse grievances against
on the party, especially, as
candidate
that
Just before the pri- rants to form a common the
governorship elections in mary election of the party, force.
emerged, but also against
Edo draws dangerously there were accusations and
“This is in order to the national leadership and
closer.
counter accusations among position the party to con- the electoral committee
The Independent National the contestants regarding front the general election sent by the national body.
Electoral
Commission the propriety or otherwise which comes up on the It would be recalled that
(INEC) recognized Osagie of the aspiration of 10th of September 2016,” one of the aspirants,
Ize-Iyamu as the Peoples Obaseki. Some said he was the Party Chairman, Mr. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen,
Democratic Party (PDP) not a party man and politi- Anselm Ojezua said.
rejected the outcome of
candidate for the election. cian, but only a technocrat
Presumably,
the the primaries, which proNick Dazang, INEC’s deputy who by chance found him- greatest advantage of APC duced Ize-Iyamu, and dedirector for Voter Educa- self in government as chair- and its candidate seems to camped to the Modu
tion and Publicity, disclosed man, Edo State Economic be the incumbency factor, Sheriff camp where he was
this in an interview with Team.
The
assertion and of course pockets of elected as a parallel candiNAN. Dazang said the deci- erupted protest by other notable performances of date, also for the PDP.
The former Majority
sion to accept Ize-Iyamu, contestants when Obaseki Oshiomhole in the State,
candidate of the PDP Na- was declared winner of the which many have praised. Leader in the state House
Some political analysts be- of Assembly described the
tional Caretaker Commit- primaries.
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primary election as a “comedy” which was “clinically
manipulated” to favour a
preferred candidate of the
state leadership of the
party.
While It seems the
PDP may be its own greatest opponent at the September 10 election in Edo
State, they could still cause
a swing as the Igbinedions
and Ikimis may take the
2016 governorship contest
as a medium of furthering
the personal political battles they have fought with
Oshiomhole in the past
seven years.
But according to a
political analyst, Dr. Francis
Edosoma, based in Benin,
the results of the last elections confirmed that each
of the two parties is strong
enough to produce the
next government of the
state to succeed Oshiomhole. But given Oshiomhole’s
superlative
performance, his party remains the party to beat in
2016.
Dr. Francis emphasized that, a lot depends on
the level of unity of each of
the parties, how far they
would be willing to carry
the people along, the quality and acceptability of
their candidate and the
level of their preparedness
for the election. “So, I
think the winner will be the
one that prepared better
and the one that made the
right choice of governorship candidate.
“It must however be
clear to APC that PDP is still
strong in this state. So, if
the party wants to continue to occupy the Edo
Government House after
the Comrade, it must prepare well and be wise and
fair when it wants to pick
its flag bearer,” he concluded.
The strength of the
two political parties, APC
and PDP in Edo State could
be determined from the result of the 2015 Presiden-
He had his secondary education at Edo College. He
graduated with an LLB
(Hons) from the University
of Benin, and proceeded to
the Nigerian Law School,
Lagos.
He was Chief of Staff
in Edo State Government
from 1999 to 2003 and Secretary to Government from
attended the University of
Ibadan where he obtained
a BA in Classics.
Mr. Obaseki attended the
Columbia University and
Pace University in New
York and has an MBA in Finance and International
Business. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stock Brokers,
tial and National Assembly
elections. In those elections, PDP won the presidential poll in the state and
got two out of the three
Senate seats, plus five
House of Assembly seats.
This brilliant performance
is said to be influenced by
former President Goodluck
Jonathan. But how far
those results could be
replicated will depend on
how far the parties and
their flag bearers can go in
convincing the electorate.
Osagie Ize-Iyamu - PDP
Osagie Ize-Iyamu
was born on the June 21,
1962. He attended St.
Joseph Primary School and
Ebenezer Nursery and Primary School in Benin City.
2003 to 2007. He was the
National Vice Chairman,
South-South Zone of the
defunct Action Congress of
Nigeria (ACN). He is also a
District Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church
of God and in charge of the
Edo Province I Headquarter
Church, Benin City. Godwin
Obaseki - APC
Mr. Godwin Obaseki was
born in Benin City, Nigeria
to the famous and illustrious Obaseki family. Education He had his early
education in St. Matthews
Anglican Primary School
Benin City from where he
proceeded to Eghosa Anglican Grammer School,
Benin City for his secondary school education. He
Nigeria and an alumnus of
the Lagos Business School
Chief Executive Program.
He was nominated a
Global Leader for Tomorrow (GLT) by the World
Economic Forum in 2001.
Mr. Obaseki is presently
the Chairman of the Board
of Directors of the firm
which won the Best Asset
Management Firm in Nigeria (2014) Award by the
Wealth & Finance International Magazine Finance
Awards. He currently
serves as the Chairman of
the Edo State Government’s Economic and Strategy Team (EST), a position
he has held since March
17, 2009 Pro bono publico.
All Hail Prime Minister Theresa
May, 26 Years After Thatcher
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W
hen the event that
was
later
code
named ‘Brexit’ took
place recently, it was not predicted that the person of David
Cameroon was going to leave
office, nor was it known that his
replacement will be in the guise
of another ‘Margaret Thatcher’,
26 years after she held 11 years
sway in Number 10 Downing
Street, home of the Prime Minister of the Great Britain.
In 1979, Margareth
Thatcher, a name that has so far
become a sobriquet for high
handedness, and in some cases
female dominion, came to
power. Her reign began on a
note of upholding the truth as
she quoted St Francis of Assisi
thus:
“Where there is discord,
may we bring harmony. Where
there is error, may we bring
truth. Where there is doubt,
may we bring faith. And where
there is despair, may we bring
hope.” However, observers believe that Thatcher derailed
from that maxim few years after
she ascended the throne though
either for good or for bad, the
world the impact of a leader
during her 11 years reign.
Today, with the resignation of David Cameroon following British rejection of
continued stay in the European
Union, another female Prime
Minister is stepping in. and without a shadow of doubt, as she
stepped into Downing Street as
Prime Minister on Thursday, July
14, Theresa May is foreshadowed with the painful reminder
that she’s the first woman since
Margaret Thatcher to do so.
For obvious reasons,
though, she’s wary of parallels
with the Iron Lady, insisting not
so long ago that she doesn’t do
'role models'. Such comparisons
are almost always lazy journalism. But in one respect, she
could do worse than recall the
words of St Francis of Assisi ut-
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tered by her predecessor at the
start of her 11 year tenure in
Number 10:
However, far Lady
Thatcher strayed from those
ideals, it is unarguable now that
the UK has rarely been in
greater need of harmony, truth,
make some friends.
In accepting the challenge, Mrs.
May struck a note of St Francis,
speaking of her desire to “unite
our country”. First, among her
tasks, is the need to unite her
party, which won’t be easy after
all the blood spilt and invective
“.…Delighted that Theresa May
will be the next prime minister –
she is strong, she is competent,
she is more than able to provide
the leadership that our country
is going to need.” David
Cameron
“Theresa May carries over 60
faith and hope.
Of course, where Britain’s first
female PM had had four years as
leader of the opposition to prepare for the toughest job, the
second has had just over two
weeks. As a result, though
Theresa May is known a little as
Home Secretary, there is only an
inkling about the kind of woman
who is now steering the affairs
of Britain through perilous
times.
Few know who her
friends are; partly because she’s
so private, but also because
she’s the least clubbable Prime
Minister in living memory.
This is a woman who
has made a virtue of not hanging out in the tea room or down
the many taxpayer-subsidised
Commons bars. And that
worked to her advantage. While
she was busy getting on with the
job, the lads were plotting. Now,
though, while she’ll clearly bring
her diligence and focus to bear
on the prime ministerial brief,
she’ll also need to reach out and
hurled during the referendum
campaign.
Just like the Thatcher
style, Prime Minister Theresa
May has unveiled a nearly completely new look cabinet, in a
major departure from predecessor David Cameron's top team.
She, in one fell swoop, sacked
George Osborne, Michael Gove,
John Whittingdale, Nicky Morgan and Oliver Letwin.
In replacement, Liz
Truss was appointed Justice Secretary, Justine Greening takes
education and Tory leadership
contender Andrea Leadsom has
been promoted to Environment
Secretary, Boris Johnson became Foreign Secretary while
Philip Hammond was made
Chancellor.
Eurosceptic David Davis,
meanwhile, will take charge of
negotiating Britain's exit from
the European Union, in a newly
created post of Brexit Secretary.
The days ahead will basically unfold the real Theresa May.
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per cent of support from the
parliamentary party. She is
ideally placed to implement
Brexit on the best possible
terms.” Andrea Leadsom “We
should now move as quickly
as possible to ensure Theresa
May can take over as leader.
She has my full support as our
next prime minister.” Michael
Gove “Theresa May will provide the authority and the
leadership necessary to unite
the Conservative Party and
take our country forward in
the coming weeks and
months.” Boris Johnson “She
is now the overwhelming
choice to be our country’s
prime minister. I have worked
with her for six years. She’s
got the steel, the determination, to do the job.” George
Osborne “May has not set out
an agenda, and she has no
right to govern. She has not
won an election and the public must have their say… she is
divisive, illiberal and calculating.” Tim Farron
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Bukky Ajayi: Legend at Saw It All
Story: David Adeyemi
t is a common saying that,
silence cannot be appreciated if there was no noise,
peace cannot be appreciated
if there was no war, freedom
cannot also be appreciated if
there was no slavery and life
will probably not be appreciated if we all live forever. This
love for the theatre cannot be
overemphasized as her passion for acting developed way
before she even made her
debut in a movie. Thanks to a
Federal Government scholarship in 1959, she studied at
the Stanislavsky Drama Institute in London even as she
Before her retirement, the ace broadcaster,
Ma Bukky, as she is fondly
called, hosted a couple of
children programmes which
depicted her love for children. She also hosted ‘Nigerian’s Sketches’, a programme
which extensively dealt on
explains her love and passion
for anything that has to do
with the cinema.
Although born into a
Christian family on April 2,
1934 in the Oyo state capital,
Ibadan, she died a faithful of
the Islamic religion, a faith
she claimed later in her adult
tells the story of the legendary actress, Bukky Zainab
Ajayi, who bowed out on July
6, 2016 after a prolonged illness.
It is a fact that she
lived a fulfilled life and
touched lives, loved unconditionally, used her sonorous
voice to serve her dearly
beloved country in the broadcasting industry. She was also
mother and role model to as
many as she came across.
A legendary Nollywood actress, Bukky Ajayi’s
worked with Pitman’s College, London. She returned to
Nigeria in 1965.
Following her return
to Nigeria, the AMVCA 2016
award winner served her
country with her flawless
voice as a presenter and
newscaster at the Nigerian
Television Authority (NTA).
The broadcaster extraordinaire did her work so well
and her brilliance prompted
her promotion and transfer
to Port Harcourt before she
retired in the late ‘70s.
the various Nigerian cultures
as well as shed more light on
her vast knowledge of indigenous matters and its affairs.
The late actress-extraordinaire’s unending love and
interest for the theatre was
impacted into her by her father who often took her to
the cinemas as a little girl. As
a young girl, her interest and
flare for acting was so aggravated that she used to do a
cardboard sort of cinema for
children where she charged
them half a penny watch. This
life. However, she spent her
life upholding the virtues and
doctrines of both religions
and living peaceably among
all and sundry. Living an accomplished life and positively
affecting many others around
her, it is obvious that the respected thespian will always
have good and inspiring
things said about her.
In a tribute to the late
Bukky Ajayi, Richard Mofe
Damijo popularly known as
RMD, who spoke the minds
of most Nollywood practi-
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tioners, said, “Aunty Bukky, I
am sorry. Sorry I did NOT visit
you in your last days, not because I didn’t want to but because I took for granted the
The veteran actor’s
situation explains what many
sympathizers have also regretted. The veteran thespian
made her last public appear-
members of the entertainment family. The late octogenarian also added that she
was happy from the depth of
her heart on receiving the
ing for me, thank you.”
These were the words that
ended her speech as it threw
the large audience into a
sober and very emotional
gift of life and procrastinated,
to think that I spoke to
Abounce Kunle your son
(whom I share the TV series
Hush with where he is such a
star now as Ruffy Jackson;
taking after you) several days
ago to ask for the best time to
come see you…if I knew it
was time I would have come
that very day to see you, but
who would have thought that
the bold, strong Aunty Bukks,
who has consistently defied
every circumstance and risen
above every situation will go
to sleep so soon. It is my
birthday today and as I sit
here writing you, I can only
think how ironic it is that you
have completed the circle of
life. I am deeply pained by
your passing, but I am extremely proud that you are a
part of my life and I yours. I
love you very much Aunty
Bukks, and will NEVER trade
the memories of you for anything. Sleep well in Gods
bosom. #GreatLoss.”
ance at the 2016 edition of
the African Movies Viewers
Choice Awards (AMVCA)
where she got an award for
excellence alongside senior
actor, Sadiq Daba as a result
of their immense contributions to the movie industry
(Nollywood).
The show cannot be
complete without mentioning the most emotional part
of the event which saw the
late broadcaster turned actress shed tears of joy. In her
words at the ceremony: “I
just want to say to all my
friends and non friends,
thank you very much; you do
not know how much this
award means to me. If I have
offended you in one way or
another, please find it in your
heart to forgive me, and if
you think you have offended
me, don’t worry, I have forgiven you a long time ago.”
She made this speech
like she knew it was going to
be her last gathering with
award of which it is sure that
the organizers of the award
will be happy wherever they
are to have given her the
award, not knowing she was
going to bid the world
farewell few months after.
She also added: “I am very
happy from the bottom of my
heart. I wish I could stand up,
but if I stand up, I will fall
down. But you all are stand-
mood.
Zainab Bukky Ajayi
has in no doubt written her
name on the sands of time as
she will be greatly missed by
many, particularly friends,
family, and most especially
her colleagues. As a result,
everyone’s prayers is may the
gap she left in the heart of
many be filled.
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Ban on Street Hawking: Unsteady Giant Leap
Story: Blessing Ehidiamen
When one is stuck in traffic
for hours and the only thing
that could be heard of is the
sound of your stomach, glad
that you could at least
quench the hunger with
sausage and soft drink only
for you to realize that what
introduced in ensuring that
the people abide to the law.
In the next few days, signboards will be imputed on
the street of Lagos warning
buyers and hawkers to be
aware of the consequences if
they go against the law.
ently, it is the hawkers that
suffer the most. Though they
go against the law, who will
buy their commodities? Nobody wants to fall victim. On
the other hand, traffic in
Lagos is exhausting, requiring
one to revitalize the body
you about to do is a crime.
Recently, Lagosians were
struck with the news that it is
an offence for both buyers
and sellers to transact business on the streets, especially
on highways.
Speaking at a live interview session on Television
Continental, the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode,
said that the renewed enforcement is in line with section one of the Lagos State
Street Trading and Illegal
Market Prohibition Law 2003
which restricts street trading
and hawking in the metropolis. Evidently, anyone found
guilty will be fine either N90,
000 or six month jail term. To
prove that the government
officials are in for real business, new strategies will be
Governor Ambode also went
further to say that his administration has concluded plans
to roll out a massive campaign which would warn both
motorists and hawkers of the
restrictions and the penalty
for defaulters.
“We will be watching
out for buyers and sellers,
and all we need is just a
scapegoat. Don’t buy plantain
chips or any other item in
traffic from July 1; buyers beware,” Governor Ambode
warned.
Consequently, it has
been observed that street
trading is reducing due to fear
of being caught and facing
the music. This has been a
general problem because 90
per cent of residents in Lagos
are being affected. But appar-
with either water or food
needed for the strength to
carry on. But, today in traffic,
one will have to swallow
his/her saliva till one gets to
his/her destination.
Certainly, the law didn’t just come out from the
blue as one thing led to another. It is a known fact that
the death of a street hawker
who was trying to evade the
arrest of Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) and got crushed by
an articulated truck along
Maryland Bus stop was part
of what led to the imposition
of the law. But that was not
exactly what provoked the
administration; the destruction of government properties of over 49 BRT buses and
the fact that that it has added
to the expenses of the gov-
ernment was actually the reason for the ban.
Apparently, there are
two loses here, a life and perishable commodities. Following what the Governor said:
“it is not in our DNA to allow
someone to just die by the
road accident or the way it
happened in respect of the
incident. But beyond the fact
that we lost one person while
crossing the road as a result
of evading the arrest by KAI
officials, I needed to tell
Lagosians that over 49 buses
were actually destroyed and
it is costing us like almost
N139 million to put those
buses back on the road” the
question is; what is the governor more concern about?
The lost life or the damage
buses?
So, it happened that
the poor boy met his death
while hawking on the street
leading to the outraged of
hoodlums thinking it was a
BRT that knocked him down.
But has the Governor failed
to ask himself what will cause
the boy to hawk on the street
in the first place. Certainly,
one can’t just wake up one
morning and say he/she
wants to join the hawking
business which of course is a
very unpleasant and difficult
task to do neither can it be
said to be a hobby.
Apparently, the real
cause of street hawking is
poverty and unemployment.
Going back to what Governor
Ambode has said, the state
government intends to be
civil in enforcing the law. Ask
what plans the government
has for the unemployed graduates who have taken to
street hawking, the governor
said that his administration
has launched a N25billion
Employment Trust Fund, urg-
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ing them to access the fund”
is that even good enough.
Aren’t Nigerians tired of procrastination rather eventual
actions? This people that
took to street hawking are
helpless as their only means
of survival are being taken
away from them. Where we
their source of living, do they
have anything to replace it
with? A whole lot of them use
this hawking to cater for their
families, and now you have
taken that source from them.
There are lots of things the
government can do to take
away this street hawking in-
and at the same time, you
can’t push the people away
hence it will create more nuisance.”
In his response, another resident, Daniel Nyang, said:
“Street hawking is generally
bad; it is because of the economy situation that is why it is
they turn to? Although, there
are the bad ones among
them whom claim they are
hawking but used the
medium to execute evil plans
such as robbing, pocket picking and so on. Some others
sell fake products or expired
products to buyers. Notwithstanding that the government
needs to call a spade a spade,
if there are jobs and better
standard of living this wouldn’t have become a topic of
discussion in Nigeria.
It
appears
that
Lagosians have mixed feelings
over this enactment. Melvin,
a resident of Ikeja Lagos said
“the banning of street hawkers is like a coin with two; it
has the good side and the
bad side, but the bad aspect
of it is higher than the good.
Now that the government
has banned them, taking
stead of asking them to live
the streets”.
When asked about
the advice he can give the
government on this issue, he
said “In the Europe, they
have social security if you
don’t work; we don’t have
that here. We can create
business environment, but
when the government set it
up they share it among themselves making it difficult for
citizens to access. By the time
they make it available to all
these streets hawkers, it is no
longer affordable, and they
go back to the street”
Okoro Oghogho, a
youth corper said responded
to the Boss Newspapers enquiry thus: “there is no construction
without
destruction, the government
is trying to bring sanity and
orderliness to the society,
so. Looking at the dangers involve, like getting hit by a car,
it is not advisable, but the attraction is that it is not capital
intensive compared to the
owning stalls. With N2, 000
one can buy things and start
hawking them on the street
but you can’t use that N2,
000 to buy a stall in the market. When you look at all
these street hawkers, the
capital based of their money
is not more than N2, 000 that
explains how bad the country
is. They can be banned from
the expressways, but not on
the streets; it has been with
us for a long time now and
has become a tradition. I support the government to ban
them from the expressways,
but not from the streets because it doesn’t pose any
danger.”
Jide Bisiriyu, who
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claimed that he had once
hawked on the streets of
Lagos, said the is wrong to
have banned hawkers, saying
they hawkers should been
asked to form an association.
“The
government
can’t just ban without making
provision for it. Let the street
hawkers form an association
and tell them what to do and
ways in which they can carry
out their activities without
posing any threat to the society,” he said.
A street hawker, who identified herself as Mrs. Idowu
said “it is very unfair. Even the
graduates don’t even have
jobs not to talk of us hawkers
who have little or no education. This is our only source of
income through which our
children are fed and educated, and I know that when
they graduate, they will take
this load off my head. We are
pleading for them to temper
justice with mercy because I
don’t have any other means
of income.”
But according to a social analyst, who pleaded
anonymity, there is good and
bad in every situation. “The
banning of street hawkers will
reduce the rate of highway
robbery but it should also be
noted that same banning of
street hawkers can lead to increase rate of robbery with
the rate of joblessness. It
surely cannot be disputed
that Nigeria is facing one of
the toughest economic crisis
at the moment therefore to
deprive some people with a
means of survival is cruel and
thoughtless. A law cannot be
imposed without the provision of a conducive environment that would ensure that
the law is obeyed,” he said.
The way things are, it is obvious that the disadvantages
outweighs the advantages,
and so the government needs
to re-think, and stop taking
unsteady giant leaps.
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Lagos Lawmaker, Eleniyan Olalade Floats Youth Empowerment Summit
he law maker representing Epe Constituency in
the Lagos State House of
Assembly,
Hon.
Eleniyan
Olalade, has set up a platform to
empower youths. The programme, Youth Empowerment
Summit, popularly known as YES
was organized by the “Eleniyancare Leadership Foundation” in
Epe, Lagos State, and featured
over 1000 youths drawn from
across the state. The empowerment programme is entitled;
“Unlocking the Potentials
Within, Making Your Ideas
Story: Blessing Ehidiame
Work”.
The session was anchored by
Ibrahim Owolabi, a young motivational speaker, he did a good
job in exposing the youths to the
experiences of their forebears,
and how they achieved greatness in their various chosen careers.
The speakers at the
event were the Publisher, Ovation Magazine, Bashorun Dele
Momodu, Chioma Chukwuka,
kate Henshaw, Hon. Desmond
Elliot, Chief Mrs. Kemi Nelson,
Alhaji (Chief) Akanni Seriki and
Hon.Olusegun Olulade and his wife Engr. Mosumola Olulade
Photo: Ken Ehimen
Oba S.T.A Odukoya.
It created a means of supporting
some participants in growing
their entrepreneurial vision and
goals to an attainable status of
success. The major areas that
were highlighted were Entrepreneurship, Agriculture, ICT, Entertainment and Sports.
The Chairman of the
event, Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode of Lagos State, who
was represented by the Lagos
State Commissioner for Wealth
Creation, Prince Babatunde
Durosimi-Etti, disclosed that
only creative unemployed
youths would benefit from the
first tranche of the N25 billion
State Employment Trust Fund
loan scheme.
“His Excellency has said
that the disbursement procedure of the fund would soon be
out,” he said, adding that “there
will be opportunity for start offs.
There will be opportunity for existing artisans and entrepreneurs and in addition, there will
be opportunity for small businesses”.
Bashorun Dele Momodu with Hon.Olusegun Olulade
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Alhaji Chief Akanni Seriki, Apase of Epe land with Oba S T A Odukoya, Omola Bashorun Dele Momodu with Chief (Mrs.) Kemi Nelson
of Omola Kingdom
Hon.Olusegun Olulade
Bashorun Dele Momodu with Senator Olorunibe Mamora
Bashorun Dele Momodu, Hoorable Muyiwa Okesanya with Honorable Olusegun
Olulade
Kate Henshaw, Chioma Chukwuka Akpota with Bashorun Dele Momodu
Victor Diali with Olumuyiwa Afolabi
Opeyimi Oretuyi with Olumiyiwa Afolabi
Youths that attend the event
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Logcal Communications Hold 12th Nigerian Telecom Awards 2016
Story by: Ajibade Morakinyo Temilorun
T
Photo by: Solomon Ekaghiemen
Among dignitaries that attended
the event were Ooni of Ife, Oba
Enitan B. Ogunwusi, and other
royal majesties of Yoruba kingdom; Minister for Communication, Barrister Adebayo Shittu;
Chairman of Nigerian Communication Commission, Prof. U.G.
Danbatta; Managing Director of
Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya; MD, 141 limited, Mrs. Olubunmi Oke; Vice Marketing
Manager, Airtel, Mr. Femi Oshinlaja; Veteran Telecom Expert,
Chief Ezekiel Fatoye, Otunba
Biodun Ajiboye and several
other eminent personalities.
Chief Ezekiel Fatoye (Executive Director Spectranet) receives the award of Telecom Hall of Fame
he Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) in
conjunction with the Logical Communcations Limited has
organized the 12th edition of
the Nigerian Telecom Awards.
The event, which took place at
the Muson Centre, Onikan
Lagos, recently was titled "Information Technology, a Veritable
Tool for Governance, and
achieving a Corrupt Free Public
Administration".
Stanbic IBTC won Card
Payment Bank of the year; Heritage Bank - Technology Bank of
HipTV/StreetHop won the Best
Online Radio of the Year, while
the ‘Telecom Hall of Fame’ was
carted away by the longest serving Telecom Technocrat since
1956, Chief Ezekiel Fatoye.
the year; PageMicrofinance Technology Financial Institution
of the year; Etisalat - Market
Friendly Operator of the year;
Globacom - Mobile Telecom Operator of the year; Airtel - Best
Customer Service Operator of
the year; Yudala - E-Commerce
Company of the year; Spectranet - Broad Band Company of
the year; World Telecom Labs Telecom Innovation Company of
the year; Slide Airtime - Mobile
Marketing Company of the year;
Nnamdi Ezeigbo - Telecom Entrepreneur of the Year; X3M
Ideas - Telecom Marketing Company of the year; SystemSpecs Best Software Solution of the
year; Segun Ogunsanya (CEO for
Airtel) - Telecom CEO of the
year; SLOT System Ltd - Mobile
Phone Dealer of the year.
Also, the Executive Vice
Chairman for Nigerian Communication Commission, Prof. U.G.
Danbatta emerged the Telecom
Personality of the year, while
Chairman, Zinox Group, Mr. Leo
Stan Eke (OFR, FNCS) won the
African ICT Man of the Year.
In other categories,
The Ag. Director General of National Information Technology
Development Agency (NITDA)
and Speaker for the event, Dr.
Vincent Olatunji, stated in his
lecture that ICT can be used to
achieve corrupt free governance
by checkmating the corruption
of public administration governance through the important
tools of Preventing, Identification, and Educating (PIE). “Technology makes it easy to track
anomalies and corruption in the
system”.
He added: “In order to achieve a
corrupt
free
governance
process, strong and transparent
institutions are needed to be
developed”.
Slot receives award for Mobile dealer of the year ( Ejei Kalu Brand Manger Slot receives the Mr. Olusegun Ogunsanya(Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Bharti Airtel
award from Barrister Adebayo Shittu (Honorable Minister Of Communication Technology) Nigeria Limited) receives the award of Telecom CEO of the year from Barrister Adebayo
Shittu (Honorable Minister Of Communication Technology)
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Vincent Olatunji (Director General of National Information Technology Development
Agency)
Lanre Kolade, David Venn (CEO of Spectranet) & Chief Ezekiel Fatoye (Executive Director
Spectranet)
Corbyn Munnik, Uchenna Agbo , Matt Miller & Emeka Onyenwe
Dehinde Oguntoyinbo with Kemi Koyejo
Vincent Olatunji (Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency), Prof.
Umar Garba Danbatta (Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Office (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian
Communications Commission) Barrister Adebayo Shittu (Honorable Minister Of Communication Tech-
Barrister Adebayo Shittu (Honorable Minister Of Communication Technology)
with Oba Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, (The Ooni of Ife)
Mike Ogoh , Barrister Adebayo Shittu (Honorable Minister Of Communication
Technology) & David Venn (CEO of Spectranet)
Hajiya Hadiza Umar-(Head Corporate Affairs National Information Technology Development Agency), Mr. Victor Oluwadamilare (SA Media to Honourable Minister of Communication) & Vincent Olatunji (Director General of National Information Technology
Development Agency)
Chief Ezekiel Fatoye (Executive Director Spectranet)
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta (Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Office
(EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission) receives the award of the Telecom personality of the year
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Africa’s 2nd Richest woman, Folorunsho Alakija in double celebration of splendor
Story: Blessing Ehidiamen
T
he more you praise
and celebrate your
life, the more there is
in life to celebrate. This exemplified the beautiful life
of the second richest
woman in Africa.
It was a double celebration for business tycoon and top fashion
designer in Nigeria, Mrs
Folorunsho Alakija. The
Photo: Ken Ehimen
philanthropist who is the
manager director of the
Rose of Sharon foundation
turned 65 years, not only
that, her marriage to Modupe
Alakija
clocked
40years. In the case of the
celebrant, one don't get
older but get better. Mrs
Alakija who looks twenty
times younger than her age
has proven to not only be
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successful in the world of
business but successful in
her marital status as well
where in some cases it is either one for the other.
The celebrant being
a believer and true worshipper of God ensured that before anything else, she
dedicated her birthday to
the Lord. Regarding this,
the celebration kicked off
with a church service at the
Cathedral Church of Christ,
29 Marina, Lagos.
Family and friends
from different parts of Nigeria and the world at large
honoured the invitation and
they ensured they roll and
dine with the celebrant.
The the order of holy communion and thanksgiving
were done with the normal
doctrines of the church.
Melodious hymn were rendered by the church choir.
Much were talked
about the woman of substance and how God's glory
can be seen in her life. Mrs
Alakija and her family were
called upon to give a
thanksgiving on the alter as
they danced to the sweet
praises rendered by guest
singers called the Rose of
Sharon Glorious Ministry International Choirs. There
after, friends, excellencies
and associates of Mrs Alakija came forward for their
thanksgiving.
Briefly after the
church service, the entire
guests make their pace to
the reception at The Ballroom, Lagos Oriental Hotel,
3 Lekki road, Victoria Island,
Lagos. From the entrance to
the inside of the hall was
magnificent. Life size pictures of the beautiful celebrant were spotted and
The
lovely flowers. Everywhere
was sparkling with crystal
gold, from the glass chandeliers to the accessories
on the chairs and tables
which were also of gold
colours. Gold and blue
being the theme colour of
the event decorated by Victoria F events. The entire
place display flamboyance
and luxury, surely nothing
less could be expected from
a multi-billionaire.
It didn't take long for
the event to begin proper
as the nearly all seats were
occupied. The anchors in
the event were comedian
Koffi with his co-host comedienne Helen paul. they really did a good job as the
guest were not bored for a
second.
Mrs Alakija being the
focus of attention was looking ever gorgeous and stunning in her amazing dress
made by Lanre da Silva. A
documentary about her life
and her success story was
displayed on the screen for
all to see. Mrs Alakija
started her career in 1974
as an executive secretary at
Sijuade Enterprises, Lagos,
Nigeria. She made her
marked in the fashion industry as the president of
Fashion and Designers Association of Nigeria, FADAN.
Her label, Rose of Sharon
metamorphosed into Rose
of Sharon Prints and Promotions; then Digital Reality.
Mrs Alakija who had
announce in several occasions that she is a lover of
fashion wore two stunning
outfits in the course of the
celebration. The faith music
bad thrilled the guest with
great songs that lured them
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Chief & Mrs. Ernest Shonekan
Chief (Mrs) Titi Tomori,Ugo Nnoema Nkechi Rochas Okorocha,Mrs. Yetunde
Ambode, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija & Mr. Modupe Alakija
Mr. & Mrs. Alakija
Folawe & Mrs. Yemisi Suwan
Otunba Subomi Balogun with Mr. & Mrs. Alakija
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Otunba Subomi Balogun with Mr. & Mrs. Alakija
Amb. Mayson & Yemi Kadozo
Sie Nath & Lady Ann Okedukwu
Mrs. F Willlington & Mrs. Sola Benson
Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa, Kemi Nelson & Aunty Jibike
Oba Kabir Shotobi & Olori
Lady Maiden Ibru & Mrs. Joke Orelope-adefilure
Mr. & Mrs. Akinyolure
Mr. & Mrs. Randle
Mr. Jim Ovia, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija & Mr. Tony Elumelu
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The
Mr. Jim Ovia, Mrs. Toyin Saraki & Mr. Tony Elumelu
Mr.Femi Otetola & Mr Timi Akinwunmi
Otunba & Mrs. Subomi Balogun
pastor & Pastor ( Mrs.) Femi Paul
Pastor & Pastor (Mrs) Faseru
into displaying their dance
moves.
To show that the the
celebrant philanthropy exploit is innate, some guests
went home with lot of gifts
after playing a creative game
which was all her idea. Very
exceptional, as the event
went on, guest were treated
with sumptuous list of meals
by Abilar catheral, all one
needed to do was to make
their order from the menu
placed on every tables to
the ushers.
Mrs Alakija used the
medium in the launching of
her inspirational books. The
reviewing of the books was
made by Pastor Shola Adesoye. Mrs Alakija authored
six wonderful and amazing
books
with
attractive
colours. Some of the titles of
the books are; 'Folrunso
alakija speaks', this book
contains the words of Alakija
herself, 'His name is?' the
book reveals the different
names of God in different
languages, ;Wish for it? pray
for it' and many others.
In unveiling of her books,
her husband with her children, grand childrens and
excellences joined at d unveiling. The greatest gifts
one can give to their children are the roots of re-
sponsibility and the wings of
independence, Mrs Alakija's
children are well established
in their various jobs and
businesses.
The event saw diverse cultures . There were
thrilling performances by
the Soloist Ms Elsie Otto
who sings like Europeans.
The impressive performance
from Oyinbo Jesu got everyone amazed because of the
fact that she is a white
woman and sings basically
yoruba gospel songs.
After the cutting of the
cakes, there were performances from the Rose of
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sharon foundation.
The party was of topnotch as Captains of Industry, big wigs, political elites,
cream of the society were
spotted everywhere. Dignitaries that graced the event
were Representatives of the
first lady of Nigeria, Ogun
state first lady,Olofunsho
Amosun Florence Ita Giwa,
former Cross river governor,
Donald Duke and wife, first
lady of Lagos state, Mrs
Bolanle Ambode and many
others.
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Who Choses Academic Courses: Parents
Or Wards … Nigerians Speak
P
arents even in this generation still select
courses of study for
their children in the university without putting into consideration the strength or
passion of the child.
In certain cases, the
child succumbs to their parent’s idea, and ends up a failure, because the course of
study has nothing to do with
his direction.
Consequently,
the
Boss Newspapers went to the
streets to seek Nigerians’
opinion. Here are some of
them:
I am not in support of
parents selecting courses for
their children. I expect parents to allow their children to
make their own choice. Most
times, we select courses for
our children, but because
they want to obey us, they
study the course we have
chosen for them, give us the
certificate and then go back
to do whatsoever they
please. By so doing, we waste
their time, and our own
money - Melvin
Students should be allowed
to study whatever course
they must have chosen for
themselves without their parents dictating for them - Gbemisola, student
Parents are not the
ones studying the course they
have chosen for their chil-
Story by: Story: Atangakak Annabelle
dren, therefore, children
should be allowed to study
whatever course they have
passion for. However, parents
should only guide their children and not impose courses
on them. Parents should not
discourage their children by
saying that the course their
ward have chosen to study is
useless because all courses in
the university have their
value in different sections Okoro Eghogho
Parents should allow their
children choose what they
want to study on their own
rather than impose courses
on them. For instance, my
mother selected a particular
course for my younger
brother while he had other
ideas, and it led to a confrontation that is still being
settled at the moment -
Photo: Funmi Adeyemi
Jonah Ifeyinwa, corps member
The issue about parents selecting course for their children to study in the university
is a two way thing because on
one hand, it is good for the
parent to select courses for
their children to study because the child may not know
what to do when he or she
leaves secondary school, but
on the other hand, it is not
good because the parent is
destroying the passion of the
child.
Parents should however not select courses for
their children to study in the
university because it is inappropriate, they should only
serve as a guide to the child
rather than a form of control
- Jide
In so many cases
where parents select courses
for their children to study, the
child ends up failing the
course because the he is not
in tune with the discipline.
Therefore, in other not to
waste the life of the child, the
child should be allowed to
study whatever course they
wish to study in the university
– Amanda, Model
Based on the present economic situation, parents want
their children to take up certain courses in school because of their lucrative
impact. Parents should have
it in mind that they are there
to serve a guardianship purpose, and not control the life
of the child – Bose, Trader
While I was still in the secondary school, my parents
had always said that they
wanted me to study Medicine
in the university, but I refused
because I wanted to study Engineering, which they agreed
to, but if by chance I had
studied Medicine in the university and eventually become a doctor, nothing says I
would been a successful or a
happy doctor - Udemba
Chima Christian
These are views of a
cross section of Nigerians,
and so, every parent or intending parent has his own
say to the big question; your
guess is as good as mine.
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I WAS
ONCE
MOCKED
FOR MY FUJI
TUNE
Surebanty
Story by: Blessing Ehidiamen
Irrespective of what
people think about why
many go into music,
there are few who does
for the passion they
have for it. Among them
is Surebanty, a fast rising upcoming musician.
In this interview, he revealed the deepest part
of himself.
Can u tell us about
yourself
Yes, my name is Osho
Abiodun,
popularly
known as Surebanty. I
am a native of Abeokuta
in Ogun State, Nigeria. I
am the only male child
of a monogamous family of four children. I
grew up in Lagos and
live in an environment
where music plays all
the time, and that was
my father’s hobby and
part time business; in
fact, he was a DJ in the
80s.
I am from a
Christian background,
but now a free thinker, I
believe in everywhere
they call God, I don't
criticize when it comes
to religion, and don't
smoke nor drink. I am a
funny person, easy
going, loves chatting
and listening to all kinds
of music, and it has always been my major
hobby. I can listen to
music from morning till
night, and night till the
next morning. I love
dressing and about passionate about wearing
jewelleries.
Tell us about your educational background
I attended St Peter
African Church Primary
School, Agbado Oke
Aro, where I was the
head boy in primary six.
Later, I passed into Agbado District Comprehensive High School
(ADCHS) for my secondary school education
which ended in 2001.
Between 2001 and
2003, I was busy doing
odds jobs to survive,
and later acquired skills
in Land surveying. In
2003, I gained admission into Lagos State
Polytechnic to study Science Laboratory Technology; this ended in
2006, before I heeded
to the call of showbiz as
a profession.
When did you start
singing and what motivated you
I started singing when I
was in the primary
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school. I also happened
to be a celestial choir
member too. Motivation to actually sing
started through the repeated music playing
my father is used to
when I was a kid. This I
thought eventually captured my heart and
make me fell in love
with music in general.
Among the popular
songs my father use to
play then are from King
sunny Ade, Commander
Ebenezer obey, Ayinde
Barrister,
Kolington
Ayinla, King Wasiu
Ayinde , Pasuma Osupa
Saheed,
Ayinla
Omowura and last but
not the least the late
Orlando Owoh, who actually serves as my main
mentor in music.
I quickly develop the habit of imitating Fuji voice over
other styles of music,
and recap the memories of music I have listened to, and I do them
in my own way by just
replacing the words, but
still maintain their
rhythm, but actually the
Late Orlando Owoh
music is actually the
one that turns me on
most, and determine to
actually want to sing. I
started combining all
these music styles till I
ended up creating my
own rhythm in Fuji
style. I started doing this
since my primary school
years. I was so popular
in my secondary school
level as a Fuji star artist,
and a book genius coupled with my exceptional style of dressing.
But in between all
these, I also have a big
flare for hip hop music,
listening to 2pac, R Kelly
and PDiddy; their ways
of life and style of
singing, with their dress
code really aroused my
interest, so I looked for
ways to imitate them
too.
that always make me
feel bad, of course,
some ladies back then
believe anybody that
does Fuji style of singing
was celebrated mostly
among my male colleagues and some ladies
for my Fuji styles until I
gain admission into the
But my mate
use to mock me back
then that whenever am
trying to do hip-hop
song, that Fuji tone is always there, which they
classify as wrong tune
for hip-hop music, and
must have a traits of a
tout, so I try to soften
my voice to suit their
choice, but sometimes
it works and sometimes
it doesn’t.
So I just carried
on with all the styles. I
polytechnic. There, I
told myself I can't do full
Fuji style unless I
wanted to be tagged a
tout. One fateful day,
during our departmental week in school, I concluded that I was going
to give it a try and decided to fully do the fuji
style in an hip-hop way.
Amazingly I wow the audience with just a few
seconds performance
and since then, I got the
courage to do Hip hop
in a Fuji style with some
Orlando Owoh flavour
How has the journey
into the music industry
been so far
The journey has been
rough, tough, but encouraging. Rough in the
sense that before one
can actually get everybody to like your song,
one needs to imagine
everybody’s mind while
composing which is a bit
hard at the beginning.
This is because I happen
to be someone that listens to critics a lot; this
really delayed my music
journey a lot thinking
everybody has to love
my music before I start
promoting. It is tough in
the sense that financial
support can't be ruled
out in Nigeria music industry, so I battle with
that a lot while trying to
make a head in music
just because there is no
fund available or financial support. It is encouraging in the sense
that anywhere I sing or
play my songs, people
always commend my
style of singing as exceptional, this has been
what keeps me going.
Do you intend signing
with a record label one
day or you are already
with one
Yes definitely, simply because music is never a
one man business, it is
always a team work.
Therefore, a label is always needed, so I so
much look forward to it,
although I was under
one label before but we
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didn't reach a tangible conclusion before I decided to do
things on my own.
Have your parents been supportive with your line of career
Yes and No. Yes is to my mum
and No is to my Dad. My mum
believes I am always an
achiever base on my educational performances back
then, and she believes everything is possible with God. She
can sing all my past and present songs from A to Z; she is
even the one that motivated
me to include Rap style and
the use of English in my music.
But for my Dad, it is a NO, he
wants me to become an Electrical contractor, which I don't
like at all, so he has never been
supportive till date, because
he used to say music is not an
easy business without a sponsor based on his experience.
He only looked forward to the
day I will be celebrated worldwide before he can believe me.
How have you been able to
convince them that music is
what you want to do
Hmm! At a point, my mum was
almost fed up, but the way my
fans celebrate me encouraged
her, and because she actually
sees that I am so determined,
she decided that she had no
choice but to be supportive.
But my Dad does challenge me
always, but I always make him
realise, music is my calling,
that with God, hard work and
consistency, one day I will
make him proud.
Now that you are a musician,
definitely girls will be all over
you. How have you been able
to handle that
Hmm! I just see them all as my
fans, though I appreciate
pretty girls but I am aware that
I just need to love one person
as a wife, and like others as
fans, so I just stylishly excuse
myself leaving no bad impression though one can't please
all. What you think you do to
avoid someone politely might
greatly annoys the person, creating a bad impression.
The
Are you in a relationshipNo.
Which artist will you like to do
music or collaboration with
Hmm! I will like to do collaboration with a Yoruba, English or
Ibo rap artist while I just do the
chorus and probably one
verse, so I am looking at
Olamide, Ice prince or Phyno.
What is your favourite food
Bread and beans (laughing).
Where do you see yourself in
next five years
Definitely I will be among the
most celebrated artist in the
world with God on my side,
hard work and consistency in
music.
What should Nigerians and
the world at large expect from
you, I mean, what are you
bringing to the table
Right now, I have decided to
give it my all having been overwhelmed by my fans’ acceptance of my previous singles
and videos and of course the
last video I dropped titled Sexual healing, a cover of the late
soul singer, Marvin Gaye. Right
from that spot, I decided to do
an official re-introduction song
which I titled ‘Call me Surebanty’, which I composed so as
to be able to relate with the
word.
Surebanty, meaning a philanthropist, is a new slang for the
street to be use, and a new tag
name for anybody that has the
habit of giving. SUREBANTY
means a cheerful giver that believe one good turns deserve
another, insinuating that helping people is like helping yourself indirectly because what
goes around comes around. It
is a reality message song comprising catchy rhythm, slangs
for the street with a banging
club dancehall beat, which I officially drop since the 1st of
June 2016 on all entertainment blogs and radios station;
a song you can't just wait to
hear.
What advice do you have for
people out there that have
their heart set in doing music
I will like to advice anybody
that wants to do music to first
search their hearts very well
and see if they actually want to
do music for doing sake or do
it for real, not to be bothered
of how things might be before
you get to the top. This is because music is more difficult to
do or excel in than what many
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people think; it entails a lot of
sacrifices that might make you
look like a nuisance at the beginning in the eyes of people
around you, but your determination and passion, with God,
are the things that see artists
through.
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By: Atayero Adeoluwa
The Weekend Playlist is a
weekly music review featuring five songs suggested to
our readers based on the
quality of the songs. The
playlist will offer a critical review of the songs and provide
some background information either about the creation
of the song or the relevance
of the song. The playlist will
give our readers an opportunity to develop a wider
palette for new music and remember some of the old
ones they are already know.
This week’s playlist features
ASA, One Direction, Simi,
Wizkid, Drake and Skepta.
Asa
• New Year By ASA – This
song is actually an album
song from ASA’s studio
album, Bed of Stone, which
she released last year. It
hasn’t been released as a single yet, however, if it was it
would be a certified hit. The
song harmonizes all the elements that we have to come
to love from the Why Can’t
We Be Happy? Singer. It features ASA’s gritty vocals layered on organic production
and we can’t forget those
masterfully crafted lyrics. This
song is the book definition of
a jam and you will definitely
keep it on repeat for the first
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hundred listens.
• Steal My Girl By One Direc-
• Jamb Question By Simi –
Simi’s debut into the Nigerian
tion – The British based boy
band have come a long way
since they emerged on the
music scene four years ago.
Steal My Girl, an offering
from their latest album, 4, is
a song that can only be a
made by a band who has
mastered the pop formula. It
is not the same sugar tween
pop sound that the band
used to own but it is still a
feel good summer track. The
production is exciting and
breezy, it doesn’t try too hard
to be a stadium anthem but it
achieves that atmospheric
feel with the help of the boys’
personalized delivery of their
verses. As we prepare for
their next studio album,
which should be dropping
any second now, this is a listen that will remind us why as
tired as we are of seeing
them there, they are still on
our charts.
music scene is probably one
of the more impressive debuts the industry has seen
thus far. Everything about the
song is smart. From the
trendy traditional gone pop
production to the sassy lyrics
and even sassier vocal delivery, Simi is able to bring together the different elements
that have made songs chart
toppers this year and put her
own spin on it. Of all the elements that make the song,
Simi’s vocal delivery is the
champion. Her vocal delivery
saves the song from being a
silly parody tune that merely
becomes ringtone worthy.
Her breathy vocals had a
twinge of sincerity and authenticity to the song that
saves it from falling off the
cliff. It’s a song that is definitely worth a listen and Simi
is definitely an artiste that
should be watched.
• Know Yourself By Drake –
In light of the recent Meek
Mill/Drake feud, that has finally come to an end, this
song is the perfect Drake tune
to be bopping to. The song,
although not a single, is arguably the most memorable
track from Drake’s mix tape If
You’re Reading This, It’s Too
Late, which he released earlier this year. The song is a
winner on many fronts; the
usual poetic tweet –worthy
Drake lyrics, the shout out to
his hometown, the introduction of a new term, the slick
Simi
vocal delivery, the tight rap
flow and most of all, the masterful beat switch that no one
does better than Drake. Drake
promised to release an album
later this year called Views
from The 6. Till whatever is
holding up the release of the
studio album quits it, we’ll
grooving and agreeing with
this Drake classic.
Wizkid
• Ojuelegba (featuring Drake
and Skepta) By Wizkid – If
you haven’t heard about this
remix, you have probably
been living under a rock.
There is always so much hype
whenever a pop start from
the West features or collaborates with a Nigerian artiste
and for the first time in a long
while, the track is worth the
hype. Drake and Skepta are
so masterful with their flow
and delivery, it doesn’t sound
like a remix. It will be hard to
listen to the original song
without the features after
you hear the remix. What
makes the song work the
most is the fact that Drake
and Skepta don’t sound foreign on the track. This is usually the problem with many
songs where foreign artistesm feature; you can tell
they don’t belong on the
song. The reverse is the case
with this song. Hopefully
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The
Ten ings
You Don’t
Know About
D’ Banj
M
uch as we know
our Nigerian pop
and energetic
artiste, Oladapo Daniel
Oyebanjo,
popularly
known by his stage name,
D’banj, there are some intricate things about him
that seem hidden to most
of us. The Koko Master
keeps close to his chest all
of these:
D'banj was introduced to
the harmonica (mouth
organ) by his late older
brother, Femi Oyebanjo,
who died in a plane crash
at the age of seventeen.
mored to be married to the
Jos born sister of Samantha
Walsh of MTV base, Didi
Killgrow in early July.
D'banj was named the official African ambassador for
Ciroc Nigeria. In an exclusive story on Tush Magazine Issue 11, Banky W and
D’banj shed more lights on
how they became Ciroc
Ambassadors.
In September 2015, D'banj
was made the brand ambassador of SLOT, a popular
mobile phone, and electronic gadget retail outfit.
He started to play the har- He adopted his stage name
monica to attract girls dur- D’banj as a combination of
ing his university days.
his first name Dapo and his
surname Oyebanjo.
His first endorsement was
with an energy drink called In 2015, he was applauded
Power Fist.
by World Bank Chief, Jim
Yong Kim for using his
D’banj has dated many music power and high
prominent and rich celebri- celebrity status to bringing
ties across Africa, four of attention to serious and
whom are:
critical issues in Africa with
Genevieve Nnaji of Nigeria special focus on agriculture
Bonang Matheba of South and poverty alleviation
Africa Adama Indimi of .
Nigeria
Jennifer As of 2016, D’banj is ranked
Obayuwana
to be the richest solo musician in Nigeria according to
The Koko master is ru- T.I.N Magazine.
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How Portugal Won Euro 2016
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Story by: Ajibade Morakinyo Temilorun
lthough, nobody really and UEFA Super Cup, and France has two titles, and Soknows when people controls the prize money, reg- viet Union (Russia), Italy,
started to play foot- ulations, and media rights to Czechoslovakia, Netherlands,
ball, historians think that those competitions.
Denmark, Greece, and Portusome form of the game was
However, the UEFA gal (in 2016)have won one
played in ancient cultures like European
Championship title each. To date, Spain is
China, Egypt, or Rome.
(also known informally as the the only team in history to
Modern
football, Euros) is the primary associa- have won consecutive titles,
however, started in England. tion football competition doing so in 2008 and 2012.
At the end of the 17th cen- contested by the senior
However, the most retury, it was played by young men’s national teams of the cent, hosted by France, was
people from rich families and members of the UEFA, deter- won by Portugal, who beat
between school teams. In mining the continental cham- France 1-0 at the final in
1863, the Football Associa- pion of Europe. The Euros is Saint-Denis Stadium after the
tion was founded in England, held every four years since its 90 minutes of the game (durand the first sets of rules first tournament in 1960, in ing extra time). The closing
were made. By the end of the the even numbered year be- rounds of Euro 2016 have
Portugal, meanwhile,
has managed one of the least
impressive runs to a major
final in recent memory. After
scraping through the group
stage with three draws, beating Croatia in extra time and
then Poland on penalties, it
wasn’t until the semi-finals
that it won a game inside 90
minutes. And that was only
after a desperately drab affair
with underdog Wales, decided by an awe-inspiring
leap and header from Cristiano Ronaldo. Thus far
Ronaldo, Portugal’s talisman
19th century, the game had
spread throughout the rest of
the world.
Today, all continents
and countries of the world
have several tournaments
and national leagues in which
teams play against each other
for the national and continental title. UEFA represents the
national football association
of Europe, runs nation and
club competitions including
the UEFA European Championship, UEFA championship
League, UEFA Europa League,
and Europe’s outstanding
player for much of the past
decade, has only shown up in
moments. So far that has
been enough. There is no
doubting, however, that a
meeting with France presents
a huge leap in quality, and
given the countries’ history, a
massive psychological hurdle
as well. Yet for all the pieces
that point toward a France
win, there is also much from
which Portugal can draw encouragement.
Portugal has made it
tween World Cup tournaments, it was originally called
the UEFA European Nations
Cup, changing to the current
name in 1968. Starting with
the 1996 tournament, specific Championships are often
referred to in the form “UEFA
Euro (Year)”; this format has
since been retroactively applied to earlier tournament.
The tournament which is in
its 15th edition, has been
won by the different national
teams: Germany, and Spain
each have won three titles,
been highlighted by new
chapters in long, storied and
previously one-sided rivalries.
And the final, while it may
not have quite the glitzy appeal of Germany against Italy
or Germany against France,
will be no different. France
and Portugal have clashed in
three semi-finals in major
tournaments dating back to
1984, on each occasion with
France coming out on top by
an agonizingly narrow margin
from the point of view of the
Portuguese.
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to the final playing in a style
very much like the cautious,
defensively focused and expertly organized Greeks. It is
no coincidence that the man
in charge of the tactics, Fernando Santos, coached
Greece for four years, taking
over from the mastermind of
its Euro 2004 glory, Otto Rehhagel, before assuming control of Portugal in 2014.
For Portugal, it is easy
to
foresee
what
a
scriptwriter’s final act would
be. Ronaldo, Portugal’s greatest ever player, sits tied with
Platini for the record of most
goals in European Championship history, with nine. One
more and he would eclipse
the player who broke Portuguese hearts 32 years ago
and just perhaps give Portugal its first major trophy.
Also, the Euros 2016,
which was played in time of a
world loved player, “Cristiano
Ronaldo”, who has struggled
for his nation’s team (Portugal) victory over France in
tournament (Euro 2016), despite the fact that Portugal
finished third in their group.
They won 1 of their seven
matches in the Euro 2016,
with a barely convincing 2-0
win over Wales in the Semifinal.
They barely dominated a single game, and the
final was no different, but
they were hard to play
against throughout and became very difficult to break
down in the knockout stage,
of which played with Iceland
1-1 at group, Austria 0-0 at
group stage, 3-3 with Hungary at final group stage, 0-1
with Croatia at rounds 16, 11 (5-3 won penalty) at Quarter final, won 2-0 against
Wales and at the tournament’s semi-final, and 1-0 to
France at the extra-time of
the game.
Several strategies was
put in place to enable the
‘Cup’ get to Portugal’s soil,
while both teams have been
excellence and created good
scoring chances, the final
likely won’t be an up-anddown attacking classic since
the group stage, and Portugal
has played a consistently defensive style. Santo’s side
lines up in a narrow 4-1-3-2.
leak out and attack, there
was very little space for Portugal opponent to work besides well outside the box.
However, Portugal
was had been willing to concede possession in midfielder at times, but its shape
prevents attacking penetration.
Portugal will have to
seek to break down a set defense.
So, this was likely to be the
matchup. Portugal defending
deep narrow and in numbers,
with France looking for the
pass or run that can pick the
lock. The host was rightly favored, but Portugal has been
effective in the tournament
at slowing down strong at-
It has been called a “diamond” because the runners,
usually Joao Mario and Renato Sanches, line up in the
half-spaces rather than on
the wings, but there was not
really a play maker behind
the two strickers. Instead of,
Adrien Silva has worked as a
destroyer in that role, breaking up opposition possession
rather than looking to create
for Ronaldo and Nani.
This tactic has enabled Portugal to control the
matches and limits quality
chances. Even though Portugal’s opponents have attempted 40 shots in the
match, not a single one has
been a clear scoring chance.
With so many defensively capable mid-fielders in a narrow formation, and with few
of them given freedom to
allow France possession, slow
the game down, and look to
prevent chances by defending in numbers. Unless France
can strike quickly and force
Portugal out of its preferred
strategy, the game is likely to
be relatively slow and tactical. But, however, exciting it
might be, this plan makes
sense for Santo’s side. As
good as France is, its attack
has yet to be really tested by
a top defense in the knockout
stages France had little trouble with Ireland or Iceland,
but those were two of the
weakest side in the knockout
round; neither got through
the group stage with a positive expected-goals difference. Germany had chosen a
strategy of all-out attack,
which enabled France to hit
on the counter rather than
tacking sides. To win the trophy, France will have to prove
itself against a quality side
built to frustrate its best opposition, but Portugal developed a technical of beating
the Euros Champion and of
making a great history in the
UEFA.
In conclusion, unfortunately, the Real Madrid
Striker and most watched
player in Portugal, Ronaldo,
got a left-knee injury about
23 minute of the game, but
by the end of the game the
agony of the knee injury was
exchanged for ecstasy as Portugal won 1-0 in extra time by
the striker, Éderzito António
Macedo Lopes, who pave
way for the victory of his
team.
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Story by: Ajibade Morakinyo Temilorun
here is an erroneous belief that the 'white race'
has distinctive cultural
characteristics, determined by
hereditary factors, and that
this endows some them with
an intrinsic superiority over
the 'black race'. This belief had
motivated several white countries to look down on Africa as
an irrelevant continent among
continents on earth, in terms
of economy, technological development and even sports.
The just concluded
EURO 2016, which was hosted
by France, and won by an all
conquering Portuguese team,
led by World superstar 'Cristiano Ronaldo' had it frills and
thrills! The exciting displays of
amazing football skills and soccer artistry by all the 24 participating countries gave football
lovers around the world so
much fun and memories that
would last for a long time.
Although it was an all
Europe tournament, involving
not just clubs, but nations, the
never say die African blood
was well represented as most
of the European countries that
took part in the soccer fiesta
had players with African blood
flowing in their veins. What
necessitated their becoming
nationalities of the countries
could be a combination of
many factors and mostly from
Africa with minor roots in Europe, there’s a considerable
amount of money flowing in
the English and European
League, which has attracted
the below list of players from
Africa countries and countries
they played for in the Euros
2016:
The decision with respect to international representation is a little different
though. There are a number of
players with African heritage
who can choose which country
they want to represent.
More so, Countries in Africa
like Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Nigeria, and many more had
players who participated in the
Euros 2016; here is the full list
of players (froms Africa) that
participated in the game:
ANGOLA
William Carvalho, (Portugal),
Blaise Matuidi (France)
CAMEROUN
Breel Embolo (Switzerland),
François Moubandje (Switzerland),
Samuel Umtiti (France)
CAPE VERDE
Eliseu (Portugal),
Gelson Fernandez (Switzerland),
João Mário (Portugal),
Nani (Portugal),
Renato Sanches (Portugal)
IVORY COAST
Johan Djourou (Switzerland),
Jonathan Tah (Germany)
EGYPT
Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy)
ETHIOPIA
Theodor Gebre Selassie (Czech
Rep)
GHANA
Jérôme Boateng (Germany)
GUINEA
Paul Pogba (France)
GUINEA BISSAU
Danilo Pereira (Portugal),
Eder (Portugal)
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Christian Benteke (Belgium),
Jason Denayer (Belgium),
Christian Kabasele (Belgium),
Jordan Lukaku (Belgium),
Romelu Lukaku (Belgium),
Steve Mandanda (France),
Eliaquim Mangala (France),
Denis Zakaria (Switzerland)
KENYA
SENEGAL
Patrice Evra (France),
Martin Olsson (Sweden),
Divock Origi (Belgium)
Bacary Sagna (France),
Leroy Sané (Germany)
MALI
Moussa Dembélé (Belgium ),
Ngolo Kanté (France),
Moussa Sissoko (France)
MORROCCO
Marouane Fellaini (Belgium),
Adil Rami (France)
NIGERIA
David Alaba (Austria),
Dele Alli (England),
Angelo Ogbonna (Italy),
Rubin Okotie (Austria),
Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales)
Ross Barkley(England)*Ross
Barkley's great grand parents
had ancestral roots from Nigeria*
DR CONGO
Michy Batshuayi (Belgium),
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TUNISIA
Sami Khedira (Germany)
TANZANIA
Marcus Rashford (England).
However, the players from
their prestigious origin to nation's teams in Europe, has
been assured that more footballers of Africa still developed
love to play in the foreign team
unlike their nation and local.
Also, the white has
never desisted from looting
players from Africa to their various countries, through football academies, football
scholarship and many more.
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Why Domestic Helps Should Be Avoided
By: Jesuloluwa Adebiyi
EDITORIAL
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Dele Momodu
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T
he rising spate of career opportunities taken up by homes in today’s society has undoubtedly necessitated
the need to engage the services of housekeepers in various homes.
First, what does Domestic Help
mean? It refers to those that are generally
referred to as houseboys, housegirls, drivers, nannies, maiguards, gardeners, and
laundry men. The ‘househelp’, ‘housekeepers’ or ‘domestic servants’ have become synonymous with most elite families
in Nigeria. These elites or ‘big men’ so to
say take young girls/ladies and guys in to
their homes as assistants, and are usually
treated inhumanely.
The cause of these violation of
human rights, according to some people is
caused by lack of quality education, which
is sometimes due to financial incapacitation. Another cause is the unavailability of
jobs for even graduates. So when graduates don’t have jobs, they are therefore
available for the elites and working class,
who are too busy to do take care of their
homes.
The employment of nannies,
housegirls and boys, cooks etc have therefore generated a lot of evil happenstances
in the homes where they have been employed. Examples are sexual abuses on
children, cheating by husbands or wives of
the home, spiritual cases like being possessed with evil spirit and the likes. Most
of these domestic helps have negative influence, especially on the children and
they eventually scatter marriages and
homes altogether.
There is a case of a couple whose
marriage is split today because of the involvement of a domestic help in form of a
driver.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams got married
three years before their break up, and before then their marriage was sweet and
fun according to Mrs. Williams, who spoke
to the Boss. The husband employed a
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driver when he got too busy and the same
driver drove him and his wife separately.
This driver, according to Mrs. Williams was
“hot and sexy. He had a sexy body with
strong biceps and the rest. He was tempting…I mean…I couldn’t resist him”.
Well, she went on and on. She was really
attracted to the young charming driver,
whose name was given as Akeem and they
started making out. This went on for about
two months before her husband discovered.
“That fateful day was the second
day of my work leave and I was so desperate to have Akeem all for myself that day.
Then my husband came in earlier than
usual and met me and Akeem on our matrimonial bed. He was mad! I have never
ever seen my husband in such a rage. He
left the house and came back with a couple of police men and arrested Akeem. He
was so mad that he asked for divorce immediately. It was sad.” Till today Mr. and
Mrs. Williams are yet to resolve this issue.
It’s been Five months now.
There is another case of a couple
who have asked for anonymity, who took
in a maid and discovered later that the
young girl was possessed. According to
her, she kept sucking the blood of the father of the house because she seduced
him and he did not give in. She was sucking the blood of this man till he became
terribly sick and almost died.
Luckily for the wife who ran to her
pastor immediately she sensed it was a
spiritual issue, the matter was brought to
a spiritual end, with the girl getting her deliverance. The woman had said “in my life
or even in my next life, I would never get a
house help again”.
From the views of many that
shared their experiences with me, it is not
safe to employ domestic slaves as it endangers a home. But some still feel it eases
them of stress.
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