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Olamide, Oritsefemi, KCEE Are Winners At 2014 Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA] + Full Winners List

Check out the list of winners below.

Best Producer
5 Star – WINNER
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Ybnl
Effyzzie Entertainment
Chocolate City
Mavin Records

Best Use Of Visual Effects
Gbade Adetisola — Baba Ti Soro – WINNER
Tuface Idibia — Spiritual Healing
Victor Uwaifo — Bobozi
Omawunmi — Somori
Suspect — Nsogbu

Video By Minors
Amarachi — Amarachi Dance
Chyko Boy —— Boy Chyko
Mya K —— Special Friend – WINNER‎
P.K.K —— My God Is Good

Best R’n’b Video
Joel — You Are In Love
Gt Da Guitarman — Save Me
Ruby — Good Man
Niyola — Toh Bad – WINNER
Tuface Idibia — Let Somebody LoveYou
Wande Coal — My Way

Best Pop Extra Video
Davido – Tchelete
Mavins — Dorobucci
Yung L — S.O.S
Mr Songs — My Story – WINNER
Olamide — Eleda Mi O
Yemi Alade — Johnny

Best Use Of Dance In A Music Video
Orezi — You Garrit
Dammy Krane — You Sabi Dance
M.C Galaxy — Sekem – WINNER
May D — Jekajo
Chindinma — Oh Baby
K.Cee — Pull Over

Best Soft Rock / Alternative Video
Rock Steady —— My Love
Shobzy —— Kondo
3.Viktoh   —  Say Dem Say
Nikki Laoye —— Only You – WINNER‎
Nayasoul —— Go Where U Are

Best High-Life Video
Timi Dakolo — Iyawo Mi
Ransome —— Local Boy
Sean Tizzle —Komole
K.Cee — Ogadinma – WINNER
Solidstar — Oluchi
Ice Prince — Whiskey

Best Gospel Video
Preye — Ebezina
Gbade Adetisola —— Baba Ti Soro
Samsung — He Lives In Me
Obiwon — Hail My King
Sammy Okposo —— Who Tell You Say – WINNER
Kenny Sam — Yabo

Best Director
Gt Da Guitarman —Save Me ( AkinAlabi)
Patoranking -Girlie O Remix (Mr Moe Musa)
Ransome — Local Boy (Adasa Cookey)
Yemi Alade — Johnny (Clearance Peters)
Olamide -Sitting On The Throne (Kemi Adetiba) – WINNER

Best Cinematography
Olamide—Sitting On The Throne (Kemi Adetiba)
K.Cee —Ogadinma (Aje)
Sean Tizzle —Komole (Aje)
Timi Dakolo — Iyawo Me (Clarance Peters) – WINNER
Patoranking Girlie O (Mr Moe Musa)

Best Afro Beat Video
Oritsefemi — Double Wahala – WINNER
Joel — Oya Now
Wizkid — Jaiye-Jaiye
Zaina — Sarewale
Tm 9ja —— Magawu

Best Afro Hip Hop
Suspect — Nsogbu – WINNER
Leriq — Comment Tu Ta’ppelle
Olamide —— Turn Up
Phyno — Alobam
Lil Kesh — Lyrically

Best Video By A New Act
Joe EL – Oya Now – WINNER
Randawest —Happy
Anette Cookey— Magomago
Runtown – Gallardo
Steve Willis — Yei Yei

Best Contemporary Afro Video
Mr Songz   — Kolombo – WINNER
Skales  —— Shake Body
Tee Blaq     — Garawa
Sanni  Danja   —  Yawa
Vj Adams  — Whatsup
Mr 2kay – – Summer Girl‎

N'Assembly drama: Senate sets up panel to probe IG of Police

N'Assembly drama: Senate sets up panel to probe IG of Police

The IG of Police Sulaiman Abba was invited by the House yesterday to explain why his men invaded the National Assembly last week Thursday but after the meeting abruptly ended over the IG's refusal to properly address Speaker Tambuwal, the Senate has now set up a committee to probe IGP Abba and other policemen involved in the siege.

A seven-member committee has been set up to probe the action of the police on that day and the committee have been given seven days to have those behind it brought to book.

Members of the panel include Senator Ahmed Makarfi, who will act as chairman, Abubakar Bagudu, Victor Lar, Adegbenga Kaka, Paulinus Igwe Nwagu, Mohammed Jibrilla Bindowo, and Ehigie Uzamere.

"We are appointing members from this House and we are not bringing anybody from outside and nobody is going to interfere in the work of the committee. We want them to be very thorough, we want them to be very sincere and we want them also to bring the report as quickly as possible.” Senate president David Mark said

"That act was unconstitutional, criminal, deliberate and intended to tell us that we are not what we are or what we called ourselves.Where are the privileges of the National Assembly? Can this action be contemplated in South Africa, Ghana, Cameroon or even Mali that is close by? It is impunity of the highest order and we must act and very seriously to do justice to this issue in order to restore the dignity and sanctity of the National Assembly.” - Senate Minority Leader, George Akume said

Source: Punch

Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke Elected OPEC President

Nigerian petroleum Minister Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke is the first female President of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Nigeria Indepth with Promise Owunnah

Breaking News: Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke Elected OPEC President

Nigerian petroleum Minister Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke is the first female President of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). She has been elected today (27.11.2014).

For the development of Nigeria and for strategic reasons in the spirit of peaceful coexistence, Nigeria who had wanted the position of Sec. Gen. of OPEC settled for the president.

Congratulations Nigeria!

Via Global Reporters

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PDP Will Capture 30 States In 2015, Akpabio Boasts

Governor Goodswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State boasted in Abuja on Tuesday that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would win at least 30 of the 36 states in the country in 2015, dismissing the opposition as being bereft of plans for Nigeria, and accusing some of them of sponsoring instability in the country.Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State

“Many of them are fighting selfish wars; many of them are coming out because of their personal aggrandisement; many of them are coming out trying to sponsor instability in Nigeria.”

Akpabio spoke on behalf of his fellow PDP governors at the rally held at the Eagles Square where President Goodluck Jonathan formally declared his run for second term, sounded as if it was the place of his party to determine the election.  

“We cannot handover the federal government of Nigeria to enemies of progress,” he said.  “We cannot hand over Nigeria to people who are trying to destabilize us; we cannot hand over our future to people who are blackmailers and propagandists.

Of the number of the governors present at the occasion, he said, “We were robbed of three states, we used to be about 25 to 26 and with the entry of Ondo State and Ekiti State we would have been 27 today.

Referring to Mr. Jonathan, he stated, "We are here on the day you decided to heed the call of all Nigerians, to reassure all Nigerians that we the field commanders will work very hard come 2015 election to ensure that the PDP presence in government House in Nigeria will not be less than 29 in number. Some people are saying we may end up with 30 states.

“We are here because you decided to heed the call of all Nigerians to run for second term in office. We were the first set in the country to notice your efforts in transforming Nigeria.”

He told Mr. Jonathan that they had gone on a special retreat for two days around, and travelled around their various states, during which they saw his transformation efforts.

“We went down and we saw the dams and the irrigation projects in North; we saw what we are doing in the railway system; we noticed your efforts at empowering farmers; we took cognisance of your efforts in the power sector; we looked at the many roads that you have done across Nigeria; we look at today agriculture is business in Nigeria.

“Mr President, after taking cognisance of your efforts we the governors resolved that we are not going to contest against you; we are not going to show any interest in the presidency; that we must give you a second term in office for you to complete your good works.”

He acknowledged that the route to 2015 was not going to be very smooth but assured him at the end that victory will be his as well as of the party.

“We will never be intimidated, we will not be intimidated. You are like David in the Bible, you are fighting all the wars today so that future Presidents in Nigeria will have peace. We recognize that.

"You have taken the right step by building the Almajiri schools particularly in Northern Nigeria, you are building other schools in the South. You have decided to take education as a major step to educate Nigerian children so that they will not be misled in the future again.”

Turning to the subject of terrorism, well-known to be one of Mr. Jonathan’s weakest points, Akpabio said, “Never again will people mislead our children into terrorism; never again will our children succumb to insurgency. We are witnessing something that is totally un-Nigerian and we are saying do not be intimidated, we are behind you. Those who are behind you are more than those we are against you. In 2015 all Nigerians are going to tell you that we are behind you.

“We are against terror, we are against enemies of progress, we are against propaganda, and we are against blackmail.”

I NEVER WORKED IN MORTUARY TO TRAIN MY CHILDREN IN UK – ACTRESS SHOLA SHOBOWALE

No-nonsense actress, Shola Shobowale, rarely talks to the press – in spite of all the negative tales flying about and around her person. But on Thursday, October 28, 2014, at her home in Ikeja, Lagos, the woman finally broke her silence. Pouring out her heart to  YES INTERNATIONAL, no question was left unattended. Particularly all the negative ones that won’t just let her be. Excerpts…  

You are one of the old hands in the industry, how would you describe the journey so far?
It’s been fantastic and I give God the glory because it is not by my doing nor by my power, but by the grace of God. That is why I’m still where I am today. There have been ups and downs, negatives and positives, because there are a lot of people who sit down in the corners of their homes and cook up stories, unpalatable stories, stories that destroy people, and that is horrible. I make people happy. I put joy in people’s homes, but how come people pay me back this way?  

 

The worst part of it is when you say things that are not true, it kills that person that you are talking about. There is nothing wrong in saying things the way you see it, because if you don’t want people to say bad things about you, then you don’t tread on such ways. The moment you are on that path and things are being said about you, then those who say it are justified and there is no sin in it. But when you say things that are not true, it’s unfair. I’ve heard so many things about me. I have read a lot of things about me, things that are not true, things that have rubbed my name in the mud, because when you have worked so hard to attain a particular position in life and some people say such, they bring you down. But as far as I am concerned, I’ve gotten a tough skin because when they call me that they have written or heard something about me, that I’ve carried cocaine, you are imprisoned, you were killed, you are dead… A lot of negative things, I say to them, let them say. Because there is law of karma on all those who are bent on spoiling people’s names. That has been my motto and my pillar and it has kept me going, so I don’t give a damn about hearsay anymore.

   In spite of all that, what has kept you going?

I’m happy in all of this because I have a God and if people could still say bad things about the dead, how much more Shola? Why won’t they say things about Shola? But I’ve said to some people that they are just envious of my success; that is why they are bent on spoiling my name. But despite all this, God Almighty has been raising me up. I have my God and I’m growing stronger each day. I travelled to England 12 years ago and returned 3 years ago. Then, few months ago, I produced a movie and it was well accepted and before you knew it, people started calling me to come on their own sets as well. I was surprised because I didn’t know that I’m still that relevant. That simply means that God has a hand in what I’m doing.  While some people are protecting my interest behind me, some are calling me a prostitute. All, I leave to God. But so far, so fantastic; so far, so beautiful and if there is another life, I’m still going to be an actress that will be loved and recognized all over the world.

Why do you think that bad stories are always written about you?
Because number one, you are a journalist, you have known me for ages, have you ever seen my interview before? I don’t grant interviews. I always say ‘let my job speak for me’. Some of the journalists are bad and horrible. When they don’t see you or get closer to you, when you don’t grant interviews, they say you are proud, you are too cocky and they want to pull you down and they do that a lot, but I don’t give a damn.

 

So, are you saying that this is mere witch hunting by the press?
That is their own cup of tea because I don’t know them, I don’t know their motive, I don’t know. So, you are entitled to your own opinion, my darling. So also I’m entitled to mine. This is life, this is the world we live in. Life is unfair, very, very unfair. Well, if it goes too smoothly, then it is not life, because life is full of ups and downs.

So many things have been written and heard about you, which one do you consider the most damaging?
I don’t give a damn. Nothing. They said they have killed me in America and at a time in Saudi Arabia. They even said that my hands were cut off in Saudi Arabia before they killed me. They said I begged the Saudi Arabian authorities that they should please spare my life that I’m an actress in Nigeria, but they refused my plea and cut off my head. When I got back to Nigeria after the story, everyone that saw me ran away from me because they thought I was really a ghost. They asked me, “Shola, but they said they have killed you?” I told them that I don’t believe in abracadabra. That it was magic that I used. I told them I commanded the head to come back, because I was coming to Nigeria and the head got fixed. I came from England again sometime for a meeting at the National Theatre and a colleague of mine saw me and marveled. She said, “Shola, but they said you are in Holloway Prison in England and I said yes!” That those people recognized me and gave me a break to come home so that when I’m done here in Nigeria, I will go back to the prison in UK. She said I wasn’t serious, but I asked that when they told you I was in prison, did you believe the story? And she said yes! So, I said fine, because she told me she heard that somebody came to Holloway Prison and saw me there and that the person even spoke to me; that all I could do was just to cry. She said it was that lady who came to Nigeria and told them. If I carried cocaine and got imprisoned in Holloway, there is no way the UK government would have kept me in England till now. I would have been deported. So, I have never carried cocaine and I have never been imprisoned. So, all they have said or written about me is none of my business, because it doesn’t bother me a bit.

   But why do you think the allegations of drug peddling surfaced in the first place?

Why are you asking me? Let me re-direct the question to you. Why are you asking questions? (I asked because there is a general belief that there is no fire without a smoke). Okay. You will do me a very good favour by announcing to the whole world that anyone that saw Shola Shobowale where she was peddling cocaine should come out and I will personally give a monetary reward of one million (N1,000,000). But the person must be able to tell the world where he/she saw me, the time, the occasion, with who and who we peddled the drugs together. I think that will surely answer your question.

Does your aggressive roles in movies effect your health?
When you are ordained to do what you are doing in life, it comes so easy to you. People ask if I use high blood pressure drugs, they ask if I am hypertensive with the kind of acting I do, but my blood pressure is like that of a new born baby, because I do it effortlessly; I’m enjoying what I’m doing. I know my calling and can interpret anything that is given to me. The ones I don’t have to shout, I do; the ones that involve nagging, if I need to kill, I do it, because this is what God said. God said I should go into the world and do it. I see myself as a preacher, a doctor and a teacher, because all these are embedded in my acting. But I don’t understand why people want to pay me back with evil by writing nonsense and false stories about me. Anyway, one thing I know is that God will judge us all individually.

Why are you always at the receiving end of bad press?
God has given me a name. People know me. You attend parties, but I don’t attend parties because I’m a down to earth woman, I’m a mother. My children are my priority in life. I went to the UK because of my children and I became something else in the UK because of them. Let me bring you back to what I was doing in the UK. The documentary is being done already and it will soon hit the cinemas, starting with OH Television in England. People said I was sweeping in London, but I never swept. But I will leave that for the documentary to come out so that you will know the kind of job I did in London for my children to survive. I left stardom and everything in life for my children to be what they are today and glory be to God, because one of my daughters came out with first class in the University of Middlesex and the other two from Northampton University, with second class upper, even though I was sweeping, which I didn’t anyway. But even if it was that sweeping job that I did to sponsor my children, to God be the glory. Let me tell you this today, my father was a retired school principal, my mother was a retired headmistress too, so I know the importance of education and as God has helped me to sponsor my children, I’m happy. One of my children, a Computer Engineering graduate, just got married (Saturday, November 1, 2014). He works with Etisalat Telecommunications. So, if anyone says I swept in the UK, then glory be to God. Because if you want a perfect example of what they call dignity of labour, then you have seen me.

Tell us a bit about the documentary you spoke about.
Don’t worry, it is coming. The whole world will know what I did in the UK, but let me brief you about it. It wasn’t prostitution, not drug peddling, not 419, not yahoo, not rituals, but it is called dignity of labour, because (owo igbe ki run). Money from shit doesn’t stink.

But is it true that you were working in the mortuary over there?
Just leave it till the documentary comes out. Some said sweep, others said I was washing dead bodies in the morgue. But I will tell you this, as I am talking to you now, I am an Assistant Manager in a care home in England. So, I never swept. Let me also say this, when I got to the UK, I became a student, I went back to school and I got my certificate in everything. But leave it for the documentary to come out. Those who are saying rubbish about me are only being envious and jealous because no one can know the source of my grass to grace story. I am 51-years old and I’m proud to say it. I can hide my age and let any 25- year old lady stand me and see who is stronger. God created me complete and I’m a hustler, because my foundation was as solid as a rock.

You pride yourself as having single handedly sponsored your children, how does this make you feel?
It’s God. I’m a mother. There is a difference between a mother and mothers in my own case. I’m a mother, not only to my children, but to the young ones and that is why I’m in Nigeria today because God has given me the name that everyone loves. So, I give glory to God. I’m now a crusader which has made a lot of state governments to know me more. This crusade with Tade Ogidan is called Family on Fire, I’m being loved the more and this is where I want to use my good name to bring children out of moral decadence.

What has being an actress done for you?
Hmmm! I’m loved (Claps for herself). I am well received. I won’t mention this woman’s name, but she’s an MD of a bank. I don’t know her, I have never met her before, but I was in the UK when Tade Ogidan called that somebody wanted to meet me in Nigeria and I asked him who the person was, because I was busy. I was curious what she might want from me, but I was told that the woman said to her husband that she doesn’t want any gift for her birthday because she has all she needs and that the only thing she wanted was for her to meet me, because she watches my movies. I was shocked because the woman was celebrating her 60th birthday. I have never flown first class before, but I flew into Nigeria in first class, from London, with a return ticket as well. They used me as a surprise birthday present for her and when I saw her (Crying now), she held me firmly and asked me what I’m doing in England. I told her, she looked at me with surprise and today, she has become part of my family. When my children graduated in England, she came with me to receive them and she gave them job experience here in Nigeria during the NYSC period. So, what else do I want? She has already promised my children jobs when they finish their Master’s degree programmes in the UK and she has since been a member of my family. I’m ordained to do this job and I know that I’m going to change lives with the job.

 

What has it not done for you?
Nothing. I’m comfortable, happy and fulfilled in life. The only thing that would make me sad is if I cannot achieve my vision and that is all.

You have achieved a lot so far, what else do you want from God?
Long life, good health, so that I will reap what I have sown. That is all.

Your children are successful and getting married one after the other, how does this make you feel?
I feel on top of the world because Jesus is Lord. Halleluyah!

Why do you think  that a lot of our celebrities can’t sustain their marriages?
I am not there. I don’t know what happened in their homes, because all I know is my own home. But the only thing I will say is that if anybody, not even celebrities alone, wants to go into marriage, they should go in for love, not for money or any other thing because love supersedes everything. So, how can you make your marriage work? You can only achieve this when both of you move closer to God. I don’t poke nose into another person’s home, I’m a very private person. If my husband will kill me, I won’t say it out because a friend you tell might deceive you and advice you wrongly and you never can tell; a friend you tell might be passing through a worse situation, but she would advice you wrongly and break your home. So, if you can keep to yourself, then think, focus and pray to God.

Being a celebrity, why don’t you like attending social events?
I was not exposed to that kind of life. When you have parents that are socialites, definitely the children would be socialites. But my parents were academics and we all lived within the school compound. We read all the time, so that has been me. But I’m not condemning those who go to parties anyway, because look at me now, thank God I have friends who understand me very well. They know it wasn’t because I was proud or hated them; they know that it was as a result of how I was brought up. As you know, if you don’t attend other people’s events, no one will attend yours.

Do you think this has made people to tag you snobbish?
I don’t think so. Proud, yes! But a lot of people don’t know the difference between being proud and being principled. When you are principled, they would tell you that you are too proud and pompous, but I’m a very principled person. I will call a spade a spade. I’m not diplomatic in any way. If it’s white, so it is.

So, who are your closest friends in the movie industry?
None of them is my enemy, but I have a daughter, Foluke Daramola. They all love me (Mercy Aigbe, Fathia Balogun and co). But I’m particular about Foluke Daramola because my twins (daughters) grew up in her hands and they resemble her. She is a sister to me. You may not see me with her, but she’s my sister and she’s one in a million. When you look at her very well, you will see my mannerism in her. She is a no nonsense woman and doesn’t joke with her children as well unless if the person wants to die. She got that from me.

China Understands What The West Doesn't: Africa Is Our Next Superpower

Not that “Africa” is a country, of course, but it helps to look at broad, continent-wide trends. People are reluctant to the idea of demographics as the great driver of history. In the general case, this might be true. But the 21st century will see an unprecedented situation: one where every continent will face large-scale aging and slowing demographic growth. Every continent, that is, except one: Africa (or, to be more specific, sub-Saharan Africa). Africa is young whereas the rest of the world is graying, and any strategic thinking about the 21st century must take this into account.

Add to this Africa’s steadily improving situation with regard to governance (there are still many problems, but steadily less war, steadily more free elections, and so on), and a technological landscape and future that will allow Africa to leapfrog many aspects of the rich life that the rich world takes for granted. And national resources are just icing on the cake.

As is frequently remarked upon, and as a book review in this week’s Economist touches upon, China has a very deliberate and ambitious strategy of investment in Africa. The old categories of “neocolonialism” miss the point. So does the remark that China is only interested in Africa’s natural resources in order to fuel its own manufacturing-driven growth and put its strategic eggs in more than one basket.

For sure, China’s drive into Africa is mainly motivated by natural resources. But this is merely the catalyst of a broader phenomenon, which is really driven by the frustration of so many Chinese with the unbearably stifling and corrupt Chinese system. From a slow-growth West myopically hypnotized by China’s largely meaningless growth figures (and a bizarre envy of authoritarianism), we don’t actually see China for what it is, which is a very unhealthy society. The limitation on births. The ruthless and ineffective education system, which now no longer provides the jobs it promised. The omnipresent corruption and inflation. The stifling (literally) pollution. No wonder everyone who can is running for the exits.

For Chinese who cannot find advancement or fulfillment in a tottering system, Africa is actually enticing. Chinese are more at home than Westerners in cultures where clientelism (understood non-judgementally as a system where networks of interpersonal reciprocal relations are very important) is more important than legalism, and in Africa they can find a world where opportunities are more available for the taking for the driven and hard-working who are shut-out of the best networks in China. And, of course, we cannot discount the fact that most of the Chinese doing business in Africa are men coming from a country with an increasing shortage of women to a continent where there is not.

It is this social phenomenon which is driving China’s scramble for Africa, more than “neo-colonialism” or a mere geopolitical grab for oil and soybean fields. And underlying it is an understanding that the West ignores at its future peril: Africa is where the future is.