Follow up to his Latest Single Realesed Few weeks ago, D’banj is here with a beautiful Video to “Feeling The Nigga”. Directed By Mazi C.I. Jizzle.
WANDECOAL of Black diamond Entertainment featured the SKUKI brothers on AYE DUN with SHIZZI the serial hit maker on production . The song embodies a lot of melodies and uncommon sound with lyrical content that carries a memorable story
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The Lamba king ‘Hakym’ releases the visuals to his slow tempo single “Hit It Right” featuring The self-acclaimed king of the south ‘Yung6ix, directed by Cardozo.
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Waje just shared some of the troubles she went through in 2013. How she was in a toxic relationship, how she almost quit music, the health issues at al. This is not just a testimony for a wonderful 2014, it is also an inspirational piece.
“Good morning sweets. I’m grateful for so much. At the end of 2013 I was in a very dark place, toxic relationship,wanted to quit music and was worried about my weight, health issues and actually believed everyone around me was balling except me lol, but This year!!! I’ve grown a very thick skin,
so things that will usually hurt are now refreshment when my friends and I are gisting lol (bad belle is allowed), my daughter graduated, moved into a bigger house with everything I want in it.
so things that will usually hurt are now refreshment when my friends and I are gisting lol (bad belle is allowed), my daughter graduated, moved into a bigger house with everything I want in it.
I invested more in business and God gave me more, can afford to take care of my parents, I no longer give excuses for my failures, I just get up and ask the Holy Spirit to help, discernment is my best friend and even when it’s far from me I retrace my steps. I’m more mature, not quick to anger like I was in the past and my year is ending in the most beautiful way,My whole family is here with me. I ve you guys. There’s so much to be thankful for. 2015 will be a better year, I know this cos I know my father, he loves me enough to ensure that my testimonies never end. What’s your testimony? Let’s rejoice with u #merrychristmas
Immediate past Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State Nsima Ekere, is one of many political heavyweights jostling for the ticket of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of next year’s governorship election. In this interview with Sunday Sun, Ekere explains why he’s the candidate to beat, his relationship with Governor Godswill Akpabio, as well as the driving force of his ambition to succeed his former principal. Excerpts:
It’s almost two years since you left government as deputy governor of Akwa Ibom state. People are still wondering why you left. The story is that you would have been impeached if you did not resign. Why, really, did you leave office?
You rightly stated it well that it will be two years in a couple of days since I left office. I will be 50 years on my next birthday. I do not know if my brain is beginning to fail me. I cannot even recall what the circumstances were. The truth of the matter is that, at a time I had to leave for some very personal reasons. I want to express thanks and appreciation to the media. They have been very understanding and have granted my privacy on those issues.
…You just needed to go and take care of some things?
I needed to go. I have spent the last two years trying to take care of some personal family issues and pay some attention to my business interest. More importantly, I have been reflecting on the issues and challenges facing Nigeria and Akwa Ibom state. I have been trying to articulate some responses and action plans which, I believe, if followed, will cause some positive changes in the nation and in Akwa Ibom state. That is why I am running for office.
You have been out of government and now trying to get back in. What have you seen differently? What do you think can be done better?
A lot of people, before they get into government, sit back and make beautiful speeches on what the issues facing Nigeria are. Now, when you now get into government, you discover that it is a different ball game. The bureaucracy and the system itself are so complex and complicated that they need proper management if you must get the expectations that you desire. What I mean is this. If you take a white serviette and throw it into the government bureaucracy, if you are not very careful, it will come out yellow or brown. So, you need to follow through to ensure that it comes out the way you expect it to be. You need the experience to deal with the civil servants, the political class and your aides. That is what stands me out from the rest. I like to tell this story. My first experience in government was as executive chairman of Akwa Ibom Investment and Industrial Promotion Council. It is the private sector arm of the government. That was very good for me, considering the fact that I was coming from the private sector. I needed that kind of experience. We sat down and articulated beautiful plans for the state. Somehow, I saw the things that hindered some of those memos that we made from being executed. That was why I said, with the kind of experience that I have, I can only add value.
One of the planks upon which you are contesting is industrialisation and entrepreneurial growth of the state. I read somewhere that, as deputy governor, you were entrusted with the industrialisation aspect of the work to you, while the governor faced the infrastructural development of the state. It was alleged that you fell flat and did not deliver. How would you react to that?
That is not true. The government never said that. I recall that some miscreants and mischief makers posted some stories online to that effect, but promptly, the governor had to issue a statement and faulted the claims. He said the government was not behind it and that it was the handiwork of mischief makers who were bent on causing disaffection. There is no way as deputy governor you could be said to have been entrusted with the responsibility of running industrialisation. There are organs of government that had that mandate. The former office I occupied before is there and you have the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. None of those departments of government reported to me as deputy governor. They were all reporting to the governor. I was not part and parcel of their work. I was not even a board member in any of those agencies and my inputs would not have mattered. I could not have been part of the implementation of anything that fell under the mandate of those agencies. They were not reporting to me. Anyway, like I said, the governor had already issued a statement and had faulted the whole claim in its entirety.
Today, we are seeing massive construction of roads and bridges etc. There is so much government presence. But you said your focus is mainly going to be on the human capital development aspect. How are you going to go about it?
Unfortunately, most of the campaigns that have taken place in my state have not been issue-based. Now, I am aware that about 16 aspirants have collected nomination forms. If you go back and look at it, nobody is coming to say why they want to be governor and what they intend to do for the people. It is only my campaign that has been able to spell out clearly what our focus is. I have spent the greater part of the last two years articulating what my response would be to the problems facing my state and the country. I have a ready answer in my palms. We will hit the ground running. I have been an acting governor before. I think in this country, I am one of the few deputy governors who had the privilege of being gazetted as acting governor when their governors had to leave the country. I have done this work before and I know what the challenges are.
Now, Governor Godswill Akpabio like you said, has built massive infrastructure all over the place. He has created that name for himself. I want to come in and create a name for myself as the governor that succeeded in putting in place a solid base for sustainable economic development. I want to come in and deliberately build the private sector. We will make the private sector very vibrant in Akwa Ibom state. It is the private sector that will build industries, create jobs, grow the economy and create wealth for the people. Ultimately, it is the private sector that will lift the people out of poverty. We will make very deliberate policies and put in place programmes that will give the required incentives to the private sector to operate. I know the kind of incentives needed to attract investors to the state. I know what has been done and what is remaining. I interacted first hand with the business community. I have spoken with a range of businessmen and I know what it is they want. I am committed to ensuring that I put those things in place and set up incentives that will give them the confidence to operate in the state.
Out of 36 states in Nigeria, Akwa Ibom is 22nd on the favourable places to do business. Despite the fact that there is so much money in Akwa Ibom, there is so much poverty going alongside. How much of the private sector will be homegrown?
Like I explained to you, there must a reason why you think Akwa Ibom people cannot operate in that sector we expect them to operate or they cannot do what is required of them. Now, the point I am making is that, because I know what those impediments are, government can be an enabler of the dream. Akwa Ibom people are very resourceful and industrious. They may not have the kind of economic might that other parts of the country have. They may not have access to the kind of credit people from other states have. That is what my government will do differently. I will give you some examples. You can partner with some of these development banks and set up an industrial fund. Start with maybe N10 billion. If you go to the Bank of Industry for example and tell them to set up a special fund for Akwa Ibom people with N10 billion and tell them that government is willing to give them half of that money as our contribution. If for instance their interest rate is 18 or 15 per cent, government brings half of that money. So, you tell them to crash their interest rate from 15 per cent to half of that which is 7.5 per cent. That means Akwa Ibom people will be able to access a special fund they need for businesses within the state. By the time that happens, that fear you are expressing now will not be there.
There are a whole lot of other ideas. Let me not discuss more so that other people will not steal the ideas. But you will agree with me that if you do that for a start, you get people to access funds at a single digit interest rate. It will be cheaper for businessmen. Apart from that, we will go a step further and attract major players like the Dangotes of this world. We already have Jim Ovia who is putting up a plant. Oba Otudeko has expressed interest to build something in the state. TY Danjuma has expressed interest to build a ceramics factory in the state. Once they know that there is a friendly government in place that will help them take care of issues that are of concerns to any genuine investor, why won’t they come? We will be able to encourage our people and give them support to operate in the local economy. We will also attract major players to come and operate in the state.
If you’re elected governor, are we going to see a continuation or consolidation of Akpabio? If you are ready to go with some things the governor has started, how come you could not stay and execute everything together?
You see, government is a continuous thing. Since the creation of Akwa Ibom state, there have been successive governments and every government is expected to come in and build on the successes of the previous administration. By the grace of God, once I become governor, we will consolidate on whatever the gains of the current administration are. I am someone who has always advocated that we should not bring in politics into development. I do not play politics with the development of my people. I keep politics out of it. The present administration has done well in the areas it has concentrated on. We can only use that to boost us to the next level. It would not have been possible to talk about going to the next level if the required infrastructure was not on ground. So, the present administration has done well in putting in place the right infrastructure that will enable the next administration focus on the economy of the state.
Are you thinking of spreading this gospel of development outside of Uyo? It appears Akwa Ibom begins and ends in Uyo…
One of the four cardinal focuses of the administration is rural development. Majority of our people still live in the rural areas. Like you rightly said, Uyo is just one out of the 31 local government areas we have in the state. We intend to aggressively pursue rural development. It will stem rural-urban drift. We will give them some rural economic base. We want to use agriculture as a major tool to tackle rural development. By the time we set up large mechanised farms that will produce and look at the value chain, by the time you harvest the products, they will have to be processed and stored. So, we have small aggro-allied industries we can set up along that line so that the entire process will be integrated and sustained. That will create jobs for people and grow the local economy at the rural areas. Once you put money in their hands, their wealth will increase and the purchasing power will be there. A whole lot of things will change.
By the time we tackle rural development and focus on agriculture, a lot to people will not want to live in Uyo anymore. They will go back to their villages. We already have 85 per cent of electricity coverage in the rural areas right now. The present administration has vowed to complete that so that every part of the state will have electricity by May next year. That will be fantastic and if it does not happen, we will complete it. Then, we will provide other basic amenities of life. We have the AfDB-sponsored water projects in the state which have not been completed. We will ensure that we complete that. We will provide primary healthcare facilities in those rural areas. We do not want people to walk long distances before they can have access to basic health facilities.
What about the Independent Power Plants (IPP) projects?
The IPP is an enabler. It is one of the things the state government has done that will make it possible for us to say the things we say today. We all know that one of the things that make industries to fold up and move over to Ghana was power. Now, we have a power plant in Akwa Ibom state that has the capacity to generate 190 megawatts of electricity. Currently, the state is one of the major shareholders in four electricity distribution companies in that part of the country. It means the state government is in some level of control over the power situation in Akwa Ibom state. We will look at whatever is left to be done in that area and strengthen it. One of my dreams is that Akwa Ibom will be one of the first states in Nigeria where you can have uninterrupted power supply all through. If I want to build the private sector that I want, I want to be able to give the industrialists a reason to leave other parts of the country and come to Akwa Ibom once they know that we have uninterrupted power.
From what I have gathered, the incumbent governor has his own candidate he is supporting. You are not that candidate. It is like the proverbial camel going through the eye of a needle for you to get the PDP ticket without the endorsement of the incumbent. How do you weigh your chances?
Well, the governor issued a statement recently, saying he had no anointed candidate and that there would be a level-playing field for all aspirants. Ultimately, the PDP as a political party has its own constitution. It has gone ahead to issue guidelines that will direct the conduct of the forthcoming primaries. I believe that the PDP under Ahmed Muazu as the national chairman has strength of character to abide by the provisions of the guidelines. I want to very specially commend the national chairman and members of the national working committee for their tenacity and adherence to the constitution of the party as far as the primaries are concerned. We are aware that in the last couple of days, there have been all kinds of meetings gong on with the party leaders, the governors and the presidency on this issue.
The party has maintained its ground that primaries must be done transparently. With this kind of commitment from the national leadership of the party and from President Goodluck Jonathan, I am very confident that the primaries will be held in line with the guidelines of the constitution of the party. That means that Akwa Ibom people will have the last say. They will decide who they want as governor and in all other offices that are going to be contested for. It will not be totally left to what Mr A or Mr B wants, but left to Akwa Ibom people and members of the PDP in the state to decide who gets the ticket of the party in the next general elections. I have spent the last couple of months, consulting members of PDP in the state. Everywhere I go, the kind of reactions I get from party members in the state are the things that have helped me to forge ahead. They know me and have worked with me. They know that I have what it takes to give the state what it needs at this level and for the next administration. That is what gives me the confidence that I will win the primaries.
How far are you willing to go if you do not win? Will you decamp to APC?
I am a foundation member of PDP. When in 1998 some people came together and brought PDP to Akwa Ibom state, I am one of the few people who made financial contributions for this party to be entrenched and established in Akwa Ibom state. I am a loyal party man. I have every conviction that if the PDP conducts its primaries in line with the guidelines that have been published, I will emerge victorious. I do not have to go to APC or anywhere else. I am a PDP man and I believe in party supremacy. At the end of the day, PDP will have the last say. My fate is tied to PDP and not to any other political party.
Recall that in 2011, the opposition gave the PDP a tough battle. With the likelihood of some aspirants kicking against the outcome of the yet to be conducted primaries, do you foresee a mass exodus to the APC in Akwa Ibom state?
In 2011, the opposition did not almost take over the state. The results of the elections are there for the whole world to see. Even when the opposition went to court to challenge the outcome of the election, it was judicially pronounced that we won. You can check the result. PDP had well over 85 per cent of the votes. We did not have any challenge. I do not think it is true that the opposition almost took over. It was the media that created that situation. I remember when I used to read analysis about the elections, they would say Akwa Ibom too close to call. There was nothing like too close to call in Akwa Ibom. The results of the elections will show you that. Now, to the other issue, the only thing that makes politicians angry and move to another party is where they feel that the processes leading to the primaries were not transparent. Which is why it is very important that the national working committee of the PDP took the decision they took today. If any aspirant feels that the process was manipulated by anybody both at the national or state, they will go away. Then you have no control over what people will do in such a compromising situation. My take on this is that, it is very important that the PDP ensures there is a transparent and fair primaries conducted in Akwa Ibom state. They must ensure that the process is not hijacked to favour anybody. Once that happens, I can assure you that there will be no issue about anybody leaving the party. Having said that, I would not say that I am not unaware that the APC is already counting Akwa Ibom as one of the states they will win in the forthcoming elections. They believe that the PDP will not have the capacity and the will to enforce a transparent process during the primaries. They believe that the PDP will allow the governor to have his way. Once that happens, the people will be so angry and they now want to move to the opposition. I have news for them. They need to think of other strategies. The PDP under Muazu is not going to do that. It is committed to a transparent and credible primaries. I can assure you that members of the party will not be aggrieved enough to want to leave the party. Once the thing is done and you can see that you have failed, there is no problem. You congratulate the winner. Politics is not a do-or-die affair thing. You can only lead a people if they want you to lead them. In a free and transparent process, whoever emerges is who the people want.
What do you think the Jonathan administration has done to warrant a second term? Akwa Ibom runs some kind of free education. I do not believe education can be free. Going into the future, can Akwa Ibom afford to pay and sustain that policy?
First of all, I believe education is key to development. At the level that we are as a country and as a people, government must continue to invest massively in the education of its people. The world is changing. We must also understand that it is time to modify and adjust the curriculum to meet with the changing needs of the emerging new world. Our children must be given the kind of education that they need in order to compete in this modern world. Coming from that premise, I believe the next administration in Akwa Ibom state must sustain the free education policy. As a matter of fact, they should go a step further to rejuvenate it in line with the new realities. It is a social responsibility of government to educate its citizens. We will continue to make that sacrifice so that we can train and educate our children.
On President Goodluck Jonathan, I thank the PDP national working committee for adopting the president as the sole candidate in the forthcoming presidential election. This shows to me that our democracy is evolving. It shows that our democracy is beginning to come of age. In other advanced countries of the world, you know that when you have an incumbent who is still eligible to go for reelection, they usually get automatic ticket. For Nigeria to begin to import that into our political system, it is a togo development. I applaud the party. Mr President has put in a place a very robust transformation programme for the country. I tell people that the problems of Nigeria did not happen over night. These are problems that had arisen out of years of several neglects and failure to plan. The transformation programme the president has put in place has the capacity to change things for this country positively. Nigerians must learn to be patient for the results of this efforts to begin to manifest. It will not happen over night. There are several sectors this administration has addressed. We talked about power few minutes ago. Power is one of the issues Mr President is working on. Today, we now have a private sector that is involved in the generation and distribution of electricity. I have a personal conviction that the private sector will be involved in the transmission of power very soon. Just like GSM revolution that happened during Obasanjo! I have this strong conviction that before the end of this administration after the next four years, our power sector would have been totally transformed. Nigeria would have been able to generate, transmit and distribute enough electricity to meet our needs. There are other areas. Look at agriculture. You could see that these things that have got to be sustained. That is why we do not need to change a winning team. What Nigerians need to do is to give them support. Be patient do that we can collectively reap the good works of Mr President.
If elected today, what would be the most pressing thing you will do within the first two weeks?
I believe in a comprehensive approach to tackling issues. I do not believe in a fire brigade approach. I am determined to lead Akwa Ibom state to run a very transparent and efficient government and involve professionals. Let government be run like a business. You run a lean and efficient administration. I will tackle the issue of corruption and block waste in governance so that we can deliver on the mandate given to us by the people.
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West, Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe, says Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has not done too well to merit the praise he receives from residents of the state.
He said Fashola had not performed as well as his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Mr. Godswill Akpabio.
Ogundipe said this at a forum of Local Government Area chairmen under the aegis of Goodluck Lagos Grassroots Project in Lagos on Monday.
He spoke alongside PDP leaders in the zone at the event themed, ‘Transformation Agenda: Continuity for National Progress’.
He said, “No one should say Fashola is doing well in Lagos. Go to Akwa Ibom and see what the governor is doing there. Look at the stadium in Akwa Ibom. How many stadiums has Fashola built? There are bad roads all over the state with heavy traffic every day.
“Instead of Fashola to fix the roads, he was busy repairing Federal Government roads and sending inflated bills to the Federal Government as the cost of repair.”
Ogundipe admitted that President Goodluck Jonathan had not been able to do much for the people of theSouth-West but said it was because Yorubas were not contributing to the success of Jonathan.
He, therefore, called on the people of the South-West especially Lagos, to ensure that the Peoples Democratic Party won most of the elective positions including federal legislative seats so that Yorubas would be able to get juicy positions.
It’s sad the stuffs some ladies go through these days in the hands of men who see them as cheap prey. This horrifying life experience happened to the beautiful lady above in Lagos and she decided to share details of her touching story so that other ladies will learn and be careful with men, especially those young ladies who call taxi drivers to come pick them at night and odd hours.
Below are details of what the Taxi driver did to her…
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A pregnant woman was rushed to a hospital after being beaten unconscious by a taxi driver last weekend along Lagos-Badagry expressway, near Oluti bus stop in Lagos State. She was said to have paid the unknown rider a stipulated amount of money to convey her from Iyana Iba to First Gate bus stop, Maza Maza.
According to LeadershipNG, an eyewitness who identified herself simply as Mama Bola, said the pregnant woman, Feyisara, when she regained consciousness in a private hospital, said the agreement was for the rider to move her to First Gate only for him to stop near Oluti, screaming at her to get off
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Bootylicious actress, Didi Ekanem has cried out to the public to leave her BIG behind alone and pay more attention to her acting skills. The actress who has appeared in movies like Escort Service, Royal Rituals,Brazilian Hair Madness also said most girls with big bum are VERY lazy in bed…
Read her interview with Vanguard where she talks mostly about her bum.Very interesting questions.
How do you feel having one of the biggest bums in Nollywood?
It’s a good feeling and a wonderful one. But I won’t lie to you, as much as I love it so much, I just wish people would focus more on my talent than my bum. All the concentration out there is on my bum not my talent. I would honestly wish people to see me as a talented actress not a sexy one. But my bum is not allowing people to see me deep down, to see the person and the talent.
That’s when you started noticing how big it is?
Exactly, and It’s been like this. Then I never loved it, if I have to tell you the things that I’ve gone through because of my bum, you won’t believe me
What’s the craziest thing somebody has done to you on its account?
Craziest thing? A mad man actually grabbed my bum in public, while walking on the road. That’s like the craziest thing, what else can possibly be crazier than that? I was just passing, I wanted to get something and next thing, he just walked up to me and grabbed my bum from behind. When I turned, he was still holding it like a mad man and I screamed, I ran, left my shoes and everything. People just stood there and they were just laughing
There’s a belief that girls with big bums are usually more sexually active than girls with big boobs, is it true?
I will speak for myself, because I feel girls with big bums are usually very lazy in bed, but for me I’m very active, so, I’ll just speak for myself. I’m very flexible with my bum.
You are very flexible with your bum?
Of course, I use it very well
How often do you feel people should be having sex?
As many times as you want; if you want to have it 100 times a day, good for you
You encourage it, you love it?
Who doesn’t love sex? I’m not going to sit here and tell you I don’t like sex. Everybody loves sex; it is just natural so I’m not going to pretend I don’t like it. For me, I’m a very busy person so I don’t have that time to even enjoy it as much as I should or have it as much as I should.
But you still enjoy it when you have it?
Of course, anytime I have the time for it, of course, I do.
What’s your favorite sexual position?
Every position goes, as long as I can feel what I want to feel at that point in time. Every position is fine.
What makes you horny or turns you on?
Basically, that would only depend on how sexually attractive the guy looks. I guess that’s the only thing that can turn me on
Has anyone ever spanked your bum and run away, something like that?
Of course in a club; He grabbed it and I turned and slapped him. It was just really crazy because I was dancing and at some point I noticed that he was actually staring at me but I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it. As I was dancing, next thing I felt was a hand on my butt, so I just turned and hit him, it was a reflex action. I was really pissed like how dare you do that? That was really embarrassing. It was as if he wanted to even fight me because when I slapped him, he still wanted to come at me until people intervened. I almost cried that day, it was really embarrassing
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