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This video which was recorded over two decades ago in Benin City, Edo State (Southern Nigeria) captures the mood of Nigeria as a country, and Nigerians as a people through the preachings and prayers of late Archbishop Benson Andrew Idahosa, founder, Church of God Mission. He called on Nigerians to rise from their all time slumber and dream, think, pray and work for a New Nigeria.
As if the late first archbishop in Nigeria knew Nigeria was going to witness darker days like this season, he called on his listeners not to pray alone but embrace Agriculture as the fulcrum of development. Idahosa must have ironically spoken to Nigerians of this day, from his grave as we are bound discover in this new video. Enjoy the clip!


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Chief James Onanefe Ibori, the former Governor of oil rich Delta State, Southern Nigeria made his first social appearance on Thursday December 21, 2017 at the wedding reception of NEYA, first child of Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, first civilian governor of Abia state and ex-colleague of Ibori. It was exactly 11 months after his return from a London jail house where Ibori just finished a 13 years jail term over embezzlement of Delta State's funds to the tune of $250 million in his 8 years rule as the state's Governor. Ibori's jail term was concurrently.

Six years later, he returned to a rousing community of town's men and political fans in his home town of Oghara, Delta State.
But when Ibori stormed the Oriental Hotel, Lagos reception of NEYA with his long time friend Mr.Terry Waya, it was a galore of respect and solidarity thrown at Ibori by a community of Nigerian elites led by Ibori's ex-friend and President of the senate of Nigeria, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Find out more in this new video.


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Flavour the Adanma Baby crooner showed the world how best he could make a newly wedded couple feel in this heart rendering performance at NEYA, ex-Abia State Governor Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu’s daughter’s wedding to Edo State big boy, Ehimen in Lagos. Flavour dragged Quilox Night Club boss, Shina Peller, OBIGBO boss, Charles Ahize and many other to the stage to dance with NEYA and hubby on their wedding night. Watch the video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x58pg0moYw

Tuface Idibia also known as 2Baba dazzles Ex-Abia state Governor Orji Uzor Kalu's daughter, NEYA on her Wedding Night


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a9y2BdLi_w

If there is another name you can call 'Advertising Business' in Nigeria, that name will be BIODUN SHOBANJO. Just a google search on his name will reveal more deeper successes than imagined in his 5 decades of dominating his industry like a colossus. Named "Advertising Man of All Times" by Sun Newspapers in year 2013, Biodun Shobanjo brings more than advertising to the table. With a career spanning broadcasting at the then Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) now known as Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, the founder of Insight Communications, Nigeria's foremost advertising agency is reputed to be one of the few great thinkers who changed the face of advertising business in Nigeria and West Africa. Enjoy the clip!

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In this breaking video, the highly revered Alaafin of Oyo Empire, his Imperial Majesty Oba (Dr.) Lamidi Adeyemi II is seen scolding the Oluwo of Iwo HRM Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi (Telu) over an inciting statements the Oluwo allegedly made on the person of the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi. Enjoy the clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C28wuzJEXSs


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Watch Davido’s Uncle, Senator Demola Adeleke dance with beauty queens


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe6en4Hghag

Restructuring: Why British Favored Northern Nigeria at Independence – Sen. Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele Ex-Lagos Deputy Governor Reveal


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Today, Saturday July 22, 2017, around 11 am, a building on NO 7, Seidu Okeleji street in Araromi area of Meiran (Agbado-Oke Odo LCDA, Lagos State, South West Nigeria) collapsed and killed a woman and her daughter. The building which was an additional structure to an old 10 rooms (face-me-i-face-you structure (at the back) is said to have been seated on a wrong foundation as the landlord was determined to commercialize every space in the compound.

The building collapsed after the early morning down pour. It trapped a lady and her two kids (boy 5 years and Girl, 2 years old). While officials of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) who arrived the spot shortly were able to pull out the two kids and administered treatment on them via LASAMBUS, the mother was unlucky as she was stacked in the debris.

One of the child, a 2 years old later passed away.

The woman (whose name is yet to be known) was pulled out dead, four hours later with the help of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) whose boss, Mr. Tunji Disu help to disperse the crowd to enable emergency officials do their work.

READ MORE at http://www.asabeafrika.com/2017/07/breaking-another-storey-building.html





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Last Sunday July 2nd, 2017 one of Nigeria famous Nollywood Actress, Remi Surutu lost her 22 years old daughter, Elizabeth Ileri-Oluwa Ayomikun Oladayo. The beautiful 22 years old lady, a graduate of American International University, Cotonou (Republic of Benin) who is a Sickle Cell patient was said to have told her mum before she passed away that Sunday afternoon, “Remi, you have tried for me. Because of me, you did not have a good life. Don’t Mourn Me, Let Me Go And Rest’. In a historic encounter with Asabeafrika TV before her demise, Ayomikun told us what life means to her, being REMI SURUTU’S daughter. Enjoy the excerpts in this short clip.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twmZqpG26lg


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It appear that the silent war between King of Modern Fuji Music, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (K1 De Ultimate) and Africa's elder statesman and former Nigerian President General Olusegun Obasanjo (GCFR) is not near abating in any form as the musician shunned the General during a recent function in the city of Abeokuta, Ogun State. Watch Below


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The story of Pa David Ayeni from Ikole Ekiti in present day Ekiti state in South Western Nigeria is almost like a fairy tale story told by story tellers of the moonlight tales series on NTA. A veteran of the Nigerian civil war, Pa Ayeni who was a Lance Corporal in the Nigerian Army fought in several battalions during the 3 years war affair between the Nigerian Federal Government troops and the Biafran troop between 1967 and 1970.
Pa Ayeni ended well on the side of the winning Nigerian troops in Eastern part of Nigeria. However, one remarkable aspect of his civil war experience was the singular honor of rescuing one of Nigeria’s and World’s richest men of today, His Excellency Dr. Orji from the snares of post war experience. The young Orji Uzor Kalu who was a victim of the war found favour and peace in the ambience of Pa David Ayeni.

Today, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu is the first civilian governor of Abia state is one of world’s rated billionaires rated by Forbes Magazine. Pa Ayeni’s role then was to save ten years old Orji Uzor Kalu who was a victim of the very terrible and biting Biafran war. Pa Ayeni still has a picture of Orji Kalu at 13 with in his diary till date, took the Igbere, Abia state born business mogul turned politician into his custody as the head of his platoon.

Orji Kalu who was allegedly going through post war trauma and health challenges soon found favor in the ambience of the old soldier who treated him as “his servant-son’. When Asabeafrika heard about this great man and his efforts in the life of Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu who is today a role model in business and politics, we took the pain to go after him and locate the old man who after several persuasions agreed to speak with Asabefrika by breaking the story to us as the first medium to have the story in the world. Pa David Ayeni spoke to Asabeafrika penultimate Thursday Morning in the midst of his children and grand children.

Take a seat and get your favorite drink and snack as you enjoy the story of a war rattled boy turned world billionaire. Today, 55 years old Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu is the Chairman SLOK Holdings Ltd; Chairman, First International Bank Limited of Liberia and founder of the Progressive People Alliance Party. It is a story of nothing to something, from war to more!

Read The Full Interview @ http://www.asabeafrika.com/2015/06/world-exclusive-how-i-rescued-orji-uzor.html


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In this new interview, a renowned Prophet and Man of God, Prophet (Dr.) MKO Tibetan of Celestial Church of Christ (Elisha Parish, Europe and Africa) took an x-ray of eight political leaders who ran the affairs of Nigeria since independence on October 1, 1960 and submitted that they are nothing but failures and unsuccessful citizens who brought shame rather than grace to the country.

The famous Celestial Church of Christ of Prophet who is globally known as "The Nostradamus of our time" gave a shocking revelation on why Nigeria under these set of leaders has remained underdeveloped and why God is not happy with them. The man of God who recently returned from an evangelical trip to ten states in the United States of America and Canada gave more revelations on the Nigerian political situation and why Nigerians need to pray hard.


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Anthony Kojo Williams (AKW) is a bold, forthright and daring Nigerian Leader and a reformer of sort. The former Nigerian Football Association (Now NFF) Chairman and a former executive member of the world football bodies CAF/FIFA is one individual who will never condone corruption or any act capable of ruining the life of majority in the society.
Strict, amiable, humble and highly resourceful are some of the best adjectives to describe this dandy football buff. The scion of the late Chief SB Williams (Founder of the Nigerian Sport Commission) dynasty is a bloggers’ delight any day any time. With him there is no dull moment. He talks about why Nigerians need to give President Buhari military uniform to clean up corruption in the Judiciary

I have a lot of respect for General Buhari. In all fairness to the man, the man is a man of integrity. He is not a thief. But unfortunately he is surrounded by a lot of crooks. The poor man has been overwhelmed with a lot of things but he has a few people that are genuine around him. My prayer for him is that God will lead him and hopefully save him from the hands of the shylocks around him. Because in all fairness, he is not a kleptomaniac, he lived a very modest life. He means well, he wants the best for the masses. That is what I know but the pain is that the system is so bastardized that it is so tough to change a lot of things. I wish they could give him (President Buhari) that military uniform for six months. Let him wear that uniform, give him that military system and let him wipe the asses of these guys back in shape. I think that is what we need to do with him; and then kill all this judiciary system that is so corrupt; because it is really corrupt. The system is stained. So, we need a Buhari. We need to probably give him the uniform again and beg America and the other western nations to ‘please stay off’ and let him deal with all these people for a few month. So, when he is done that, it is finish, without going to any nonsense judiciary system. Then, we can now think of how to clean up and move on. But let him clean up.

Read the full interview at http://www.asabeafrika.com/2016/05/church-leaders-politicians-destroyed.html

Watch video of the Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBd6_wLxeas

Early in 1963, I got an offer from Idowu Owoeye’s band to go on a playing tour of Abeokuta. The band was not invited to play, but Owoeye believed that there was a chance to make money because the trip coincided with the coronation of Oba Gbadebo as Alake of Egbaland. His band members also believed it was an inspired decision, as they expected important guests to be in Abeokuta for the event.
Patronage, we all thought, was assured. We believed we would secure a hotel with a sizeable number of guests who might want to be entertained. Getting away from home was easy. The school was on vacation and I told my mother that we were going on an excursion.

On arrival in Abeokuta, we discovered that most of the guests who came for the coronation left immediately after the event. We stayed in Kano Stores, then one of the most popular hotels in the town. But we had neither accommodation nor the money to pay for it or even fares back to Osogbo. Our chances of being booked were slim because there were many big bands invited for the coronation and they had not left. They included Adeolu Akinsanya, Idowu Animashaun, I.K. Dairo and co. Everything suggested that our dream was going bust. The first two nights were spent idling away at the hotel, where we slept outside with our instruments. This infuriated the hotel management which viewed us tramps.

KSA sings, Ebenezer Obey sings, Fatai Rolling Dollars sings...all for KSA's mentor, Moses Olaiya aka Baba Salah
On the third day, however, the management of the hotel started warming up to us and took us as a resident band of sorts. We remained there for about two weeks, during which we were unable to make enough money to take us back to Osogbo. The crowd just did not respond well to our music. I longed to return home because I had spent about two of the three weeks I told my mother that the excursion would last.




Confusion and desperation took over me and I approached older members to lend me money, which I was aware they did not have. Another problem was that there was no replacement for me if I left the band. I was in trouble and knew it. All attempts to console me were futile. I woke up one morning and remembered that one of our former members had gone to join Moses Olaiya, who was to become famous as Baba Sala, in Lagos.

From Abeokuta to Baba Sala—One shilling, nine pence!
Instantly, I decided that I was going to join him in Lagos within that week. My head throbbed with thoughts of how to raise the fare. What I came up with was that if I got one shilling and six pence, I would get to Lagos. But where was the money going to come from? Hope rather than expectation ruled my head.
“With my little bag and two shillings tucked in my inner pocket, I took a bus to Tinubu. Midway through the journey, I slept off because I had become jaded after the grueling lorry trip from Abeokuta. But the time I woke up, the bus was in Keffi and I was the only passenger left”.
Then luck smiled on me. While playing one night, the crowd suddenly started appreciating our music. About 50 people danced before us, pasting money on our foreheads. That went to the common purse. My drumming got better and more revelers came to stick money in my breast pocket. By the end of the show, I had one shilling and nine pence—all for me. From the common purse, I was given about nine pence. I was ready for Lagos.

In order not be dissuaded, I told one member of the band, to whom I was closest, of my plan to leave for Lagos in the morning. He warned me not to go, particularly because our band leader would be into trouble with my mother if he returned to Osogbo without me. Though my mother still believed that I was on an excursion, I considered what my friend said and decided to write a note, through him, to her.

Read more at http://www.asabeafrika.com/2016/10/the-ksa-memoir-how-i-ran-away-from-home.html