The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has denied saying that the Federal Government will ban the overseas production of Nigerian movies and music.

Mohammed noted this on Tuesday evening while reacting to an outcry by artistes over reports saying he hinted at the ban when he visited the headquarters of the Copyright Society of Nigeria in Lagos.

During a briefing at the end of a two-day Creative Industry Financing Conference, with the theme ‘Financing the Film, Television and Music Industries,’ held at Eko Hotels, Victoria Island, Mohammed said FG would not tamper with the aspirations and rights of the artistes and producers.

He said, “At COSON, I said that I would work to amend the National Broadcasting Commission’s code to ensure that if a product is designated a Nigerian product, it must be produced in Nigeria. I didn’t say that, henceforth, all music and films would or must be produced in Nigeria.

“All I said was that if a programme is designated as a Nigerian content programme, we will amend the code to ensure that it is produced in Nigeria. I didn’t say I’ll ban the production of Nigerian movies and videos overseas.”

‘Between the first Ghana Music Awards where Wizkid announced me till now, I’ve gotten record deal offers going into millions of dollars,’.
He continued, ‘I’ve not signed because I see that there’s growth (with Starboy Worldwide), so the evidences are clear.’

‘What Wizkid is doing right now, there’s nobody in the game doing what he’s doing.

‘If you go into the UK and put on the radio, the only two artistes you’ll most likely hear on radio are myself and Wizkid.

‘If you put on the TV, you would see myself and Wizkid on it. And the next R2Bees project, you will see it there.

‘At the end of the day, it’s like, ‘I’ve done everything, I’ve given you guys hits on hits’,’ Mr Eazi said.

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you forgot to add the calabar custom. The groom is a placed in a pit with 4 big dogs. If he is successful in killing them it means that he can both protect his family from danger (the angry dogs) while still providing them with daily bread (the dog's meat). The family of the bride will them bless the union

Over the weekend, social media went buzzing with news of a reported beef between Davido and Ice Prince at the Delta Alive concert organised by Quilox boss, Shina Peller.

While Davido and Ice Prince have declined to comment on the issue, LIB was able to get an exclusive chat with Shina Peller, the event organiser who narrated how it all went down.

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According to him,

'Ok here's what really happened, my arrangement for the concert was to have a tour bus, so there was no time when anyone had a saloon car. It was a tour bus which everybody was in including myself, my artistes, Lil Kesh, CDQ and everyone just so we are all together to have fun but along the line i found out that Davido had some friends in Warri.'

'Davido was in the same bus with us from the airport to the hotel, he used the same bus from the hotel to Quest FM where we went for an interview before the show. It was at Quest FM his friends came to pick him with a white G-Wagon, I don't even know the owner of the G-Wagon. So he was in his friend's G-Wagon from the radio station to the event venue so it wasn't an issue at all'.'
He was also asked about the issue of performance hierarchy that we learnt got Ice Prince angry because he performed before Lil Kesh and he said, 'now let me shock you, my artiste 'Base One' even performed after Lil kesh, so there was no superiority or hierarchy involved, I just wanted it to be a random event flow.

The event even had two of my waiters at Quilox that sings I got them to perform at the show and we'll still do 3 more of the event before the year runs out'.

He also commented on the issue of both artiste leaving delta State airport in different lounges because of the beef, 'when we were coming back to Lagos, It was Ice Prince that got to be at the VIP lounge, myself, Davido, Lil Kesh and others where outside in a shed with just a standing fan. really it's all one family everything is resolved now.

The only thing that got Davido upset is the fact that he felt Ice Prince was being disrespectful to me not even to him because even Davido didn't complain about any of the logistics issue it was Ice Prince that complained a little that's all'.

'I WILL MAKE sure u regret this ..trust me...... @fadafadaka n @officialheartbreakid glad u both where there!!!!!!!! Its just 1 day to my birthday and I don't my blood sheds everywhere!'

Erngie:
misuse of the word stunning. She try sha, better than her regular looks

'I hate this Uriel so much . I just heard Uriel and Tboss had issues with Payporte some days ago. Pretender Uriel, are you jealous of Tboss? I know u are pained that Payporte is using her and the clothes she is modeling are selling out faster'