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Baba bubu @ work, this is wat we want, more arrest and prosecution to follow.....watch out......wailers beware.

OP u forget the vaseline crew

Na them.........am never disappointed at all.

Op you are on point, ur reason is as Good as mine....
I think putin can help in decentralized this world power, since UK is american TOY.....they can be manipulated like like a toddler.......all they Good at is deporting innocent nigerians thinking that will solve their problem.

APC

Change.........

Ok

johnmartus:
THAT IS YOUR OPINION EVEN IMAM CANNOT TELL ME THIS I KNOWS WHAT AM SAYING

off course you are entitle to ur opinion likewise everyone, u are only responsible for what u say bt try to be objective sometimes........no religion supersede others we all have equal rite to live, move and practice our fate with no fear.

With songs like Denge Pose and Notice Me, Friday
Igwe popularly known as Baba Fryo dominated
Nigerian music scene in the ‘90s. The Ajegunle-
born singer tells OLUSHOLA RICKETTS why
Ajegunle musicians went into oblivion and his
worries.

Musicians in Ajegunle dominated showbiz at a
time, including you, African China and Daddy
Showkey; but things are different now. What do
you think went wrong?

There was no unity. You know that when people fail
to corporate or are back-biting one another, you can’t get the best. Though they say ‘dog don’t eat dog’, I don’t believe that. Ajegunle people often backbite and are envious of one another.

Being one of the most celebrated musicians to
come out from the area what are you doing to
bring back the glorious days?

I have tried my best. The young artistes will get
shows, tells us lies that they didn’t collect any money
and we would later find out that they did. They also
engage in impersonation; they would call someone to
pretend like a particular artiste just to collect his
benefit. I have heard at different times that some people used my name somewhere. This is the level at which Ajegunle people have degenerated. They would collect the money and pretend as if nothing
happened. At the end of the day the artiste will get to know, but if you challenge them they would deny it.
Such thing kills creativity and causes problem. When
house is divided, it spoils many things and all these
bring Ajegunle music down. I am worried and I am
still trying my best. Some artistes know me; if I have
events I call them, but the ones I refuse to call would
go about to rubbish my name.
Another thing that killed the music is making one
style of music. If you hear me, Showkey, Nico Gravity, Daddy Fresh among others, you will know the difference. But today you cannot differentiate songs; they play the same kind of sound, tempo and melody.

And when people hear the same thing repeatedly
they lose interest and see a people that lack talent.
When did you move out of Ajegunle?

I left Ajegunle over 10 years ago, but I still visit there
often. Naturally, I don’t like environments that are too noisy.

Are you still doing music?

There was no time I left music, but the system is
changed. At present, we don’t have raw talent in the
music industry; people doing music now are the
yahoo and drug boys. They took over the industry
and the media. A yahoo boy could just enter the
studio because music is easy now unlike before when you would have to pass through many processes to bring out your music.
Then you would sing from the beginning of that track till the end, but they cut corners nowadays which also explain why their songs don’t last more than six months. When they play some of my songs like Denge Pose and Notice Me, people still dance to it and remember the lyrics. Many things have changed.

It was reported at a time that you left music out
of frustration…

It can never be so. When I was growing in Ajegunle I
became use to gossips. I cannot be moved by dirty
talks because I have been hearing it all my life,
especially when my music was famous. I am not the
only artiste that has gone silent over the years; we
have many but I am not willing to mention names.
You know them yourself. If they said I left music out
of frustration, they should describe the frustration. If I was frustrated out of music I would tell people
myself.

So, why has it been difficult for you to make
songs like Denge Pose and others?

Promoting a song is hard now. I don’t have the kind
of money these other artistes are giving out to push
their songs. If they collect your song at the radio or
television stations, they would just play it once or
twice because you gave them little or nothing. People try to shy away from this truth, but I have decided to use this opportunity to speak out.
Those drug and ‘Yahoo boys’ enjoy airplays because
they have money to share. If you go to Alaba, they
are always there. But I feel this is wrong. We still
have that raw sound; I have a single now titled
Country No Send. It is on the internet and I plan to
shoot the video soon. Media also are not helping
matters.

Asides fame did you really make money from
music?

I started making money from music when I released
Notice Me in 1999. I didn’t make anything from Denge Pose because piracy hit us badly and the company couldn’t handle the job well. By the time I released Notice Me, my eyes were opened to many things and I made money. Denge Pose gave me fame, however.I still have all of my songs on the internet and I thank God that people still like them. We have many songs that have gone into oblivion.

What were your regrets?

I don’t have any regret. Anything that happens to me I did it to myself. So, why do I need to regret?

What message do you try to pass with your
songs?

I feel that songs like mine relieve people from their
pains. My latest single, Country No Send, means that
regardless of your status we are still in the same
journey of life. If you are using a big car and I am
using a small one, we are headed to the same place
and sometimes I can even get there before you. So,
my music gives people hope and joy.

There seemed to be an endless rivalry between
you, Showkey and Daddy Fresh since Denge Pose
and Notice Me days when it was alleged that the
tracks were directed to them?

That wasn’t true. Normally musicians could have one or two problems but it doesn’t mean we should speak badly of one another. You know we grew up in the ghetto and we saw different things that gave us
inspiration. We saw controversies, struggles, so to
console oneself one has to make music that gives
rest of mind.
I know that Denge Pose gave hope to many people.
When I sang Notice Me they said I was referring to
Showkey while Denge Pose was referring to Daddy
Fresh. What inspired the songs were things I grew up seeing in the environment and people I have met in life; I wasn’t referring to any musician.

Do you still keep in touch with the likes of Daddy
Showkey, Mad Melon, among others?

Of course I still see them. We meet at shows or in
Ajegunle, but it has been a while I saw Showkey. I still saw Fresh a month ago; we drove in the same car. We talked at length about the industry; so I don’t
think I have issues with any of them.

How about your trademark eye patch?

I still wear it. I don’t use it every day; I only use it
when I have to do business.

Is there any mystery behind the mask?

Nothing supernatural; it is just being different. When
I wanted to record, my company thought my brand
should be different from others and the chairman
(Lucky Tunde) of Optimal Records came up with the
idea. I later added to it too.

When did you release your last album?

It was 2003, though the album was delayed for over
three years. It was frustrating; I don’t want to
mention the name of the recording company
anymore because they felt I am talking bad against
them.
How long have you been married?

I have been in that institution for a long time; my
priority at present is business.

You are blessed with how many children?

I don’t count my children, but they are many. As a
ghetto boy, we’ve played around before we got
serious. I don’t like to talk about my family; I like that
part of me to be private.

What should people expect from you soon?

People should expect something new and that has
good message. I have some songs ready and I am
still working on more. I call my music afro-reggae
beat.

Is there other business you are into?

I am still doing my music obviously; I go to shows.
Also, it is not only Yorubas who are land speculators
(Omo Onile) in Lagos. I collect my entitlement too, I
sell land.

But I thought you are from Delta State?

Did they give birth to me in Delta? I was born and
bred here, so I have the right to collect entitlement. I
live in Lagos all my life.
What do you think is working for Orishe Femi?
I don’t want to talk about him for now; it doesn’t
mean I have issues with him.
www.newtelegraphonline.com/baba-fryodrug-yahoo-boys-have-taken-over-music/

pedrilo:
siasia's fate will befall ur household

I wish u the same.

Islam is not the problem its the misconception people has that's the greatest enemy of islam...........let's us give peace a chance.

Two men were kept from boarding a flight from
Chicago to Philadelphia this week because they were
speaking Arabic, one of just several incidents
reflecting the paranoia sparked by the Paris attacks.
Maher Khalil and Anas Ayyad were told by a gate
agent at Midway Airport that they wouldn’t be
allowed on the plane because a fellow passenger had overheard them speaking Arabic — and was afraid to fly with them.
Ultimately, the two friends reportedly of Palestinian
origin and in their late 20s, got on the Southwest
flight Wednesday night, but only after being
questioned by airport security and police, called by
Khalil, who told the local NBC television affiliate he
didn’t know what else to do.
Once on board, Khalil told NBC 5 that some
passengers made him open a white box he was
carrying — filled, it turns out, with sweets.
“So I shared my baklava with them,” he was quoted
as saying.
Contacted by AFP, Southwest Airlines declined to
comment. Similar incidents have reportedly taken place on other US domestic flights in the wake of last week’s attacks in the French capital that killed 130 people and have been claimed by Islamic State extremists.
The group has also made threats against US cities.
Also at Chicago’s Midway Wednesday, six men
identified by fellow passengers as being of Middle
Eastern descent were removed from a Southwest
flight bound for Houston after they asked people
around them to switch seats, causing a commotion,
the local ABC affiliate reported.
In Florida on Thursday, a Spirit Airlines flight en
route to Minneapolis turned around and returned to
Fort Lauderdale after a young passenger “heard what she believed to be a conversation during which the subject made a remark about blowing up the plane,” according to a police report quoted by the Sun Sentinel newspaper.
Once back on the ground, Yaniv Abotbul, a US citizen
born and raised in Israel, was interrogated for five
hours, his lawyer Mark Eiglarsh told a news
conference.
Abotbul was let go, with the police report quoted by
the Sun Sentinel saying “intensive interviews revealed no actual threat was made to the flight and the incident appears to be a miscommunication from a juvenile witness.”
His lawyer has demanded an apology both from the
airline and authorities involved.
Spirit Airlines did not respond to requests for
comment. The same carrier was implicated in another incident, in Baltimore, Maryland, on Tuesday. A woman and three men described by fellow passengers as being of Middle Eastern descent were escorted off a plane headed to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport when a witness reported suspicious activity to the flight crew, the Baltimore Sun reported, citing police.
In the end, police determined that one of the
passengers had simply been watching a news report
on a smartphone, according to the newspaper.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said the
individuals were racially profiled.
“These passengers were inconvenienced and forced
to endure humiliating treatment and invasive
questioning for no apparent substantial reason other than because their perceived ethnicity caused alarm in a fellow passenger,” a spokeswoman told the newspaper.
www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/11/21/two-men-stopped-from-boarding-us-plane-after-speaking-arabic/

President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria has
joined other peace-loving nations of the world in
condemning Friday’s dastardly terrorist attack on a
hotel in Bamako, Mali.
Buhari assures President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
and the people of Mali of the full support and
solidarity of the Federal Government and people of
Nigeria as they mourn those who lost their lives in
the attack and strive to bring the surviving
perpetrators to justice.
The President also extended his heartfelt
condolences to the governments and people of
China, Russia, the United States and Belgium whose
nationals sadly lost their lives in the heinous and
callous attack.
Against the background of persisting atrocities in
Nigeria and other countries across the world,
President Buhari calls once again for an
intensification of international cooperation against all known terrorist organisations, their collaborators
and sponsors.
The President reaffirmed that Nigeria, under his
leadership, remains committed to deploying all
necessary resources and working with friendly
nations, regional, continental and global
organisations to speedily overcome the continuing
threat of terrorism to world peace and security.
www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/11/21/terror-attacks-buhari-assures-malian-govt-of-nigerias-support/

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Saturday said that MTN Nigeria, Globacom and
Etisalat violated the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) process time obligations in the third quarter of 2015.
The commission made this known in its `2015 3Q
Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Report’,
obtained by NAN in Lagos.
The regulatory body said to address the increasing
cases of port request rejections, it had resolved to
monitor operators and take appropriate actions.
“Consequent upon the above, series of compliance
checks were carried out regarding timer violations by donor operators with respect to `validation and
deactivation responses’, which have timelines of two
hours and an hour respectively,” the commission
said. It said that during the compliance check in the
quarter, it was observed that there was a timer
deactivation violation by Etisalat, regarding a
Corporate Port request of over 63 lines belonging to
Neoconde Energy Limited.
NCC said that the company had initiated a corporate
port out request from Etisalat to Airtel on Aug. 7,
2015 at 9.13a.m., but was partially completed as at
1.52p.m. on the same day.
“As a result, these 63 subscribers were unable to
receive calls from Etisalat’s network,” it noted.
The commission also said that a timer deactivation
violation was noticed from MTN, regarding a
Corporate Port request of over 109 lines belonging to Nigerian Breweries Plc.
According to NCC, the company initiated a corporate
port out request from MTN to Glo via lead MSISDN:
07036735494 on August 11, 2015 at 1.20p.m., but was partially completed as at 11.22a.m. on August 14, 2015. “As a result, these subscribers were not able to receive calls from MTN subscribers.
“In the same vein, a timer validation violation by MTN regarding four individual Port requests from
MSISDNs: 08139382308, 08143810152, 08135485305
and 08162108093. “MTN breached the timer of two hours for validation of four port requests from the NPC as stated in the MNP Business Rules,” it added.
The telecoms umpire said that a timer validation
violation was observed from Globacom, regarding 11 individuals and one corporate Port request.
NCC said that Glo had breached the two hours
allowable for validation of six port requests from the NPC, as stated in the MNP Business Rules.
It said that Globacom validated one of these port
requests over nine hours after receipt from the MNP adminsitrator.
“Glo also breached the one allowable hour for the
Donor to deactivate 147 Ported out lines belonging to Reckitt Ltd consistent with provisions of the MNP
Business Rules.
“All the above timer violations are currently
undergoing enforcement actions,” the commission
said.
The regulatory body said that its compliance activity
was consistent with Section 89 of the Nigerian
Communications Act 2003.
It said that the section mandated the commission to
monitor all significant matters relating to the
performance of all licensed telecoms service
providers and publish annual reports at the end of
each financial year.
NCC said it had developed `Compliance Monitoring
and Enforcement’ strategies to prosecute the above
mandate and achieve its objective of fair competition, ethical market conduct and optimal quality of service in the Nigerian telecommunications industry.
www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2015/11/21/fine-looming-ncc-says-mtn-globacom-etisalat-violate-porting-time/

This coming from the most jobless part of the country.............kidnapping is their trade.

Crash course lecturer.........a serious headache for the wailers.

We hear u o.

This lastma re clueless and helpless like their boss, all they know is to extort money from innocent citizen........Ambode, I hope u see ur first assignment for lagosian.

I pray this news is not real o, cos ve got my people around dat place...........I rep. ESHS.......my alma mater.

I hope the man buttock no swell after flogging

Received serious flogging in the cause of duty.

Congrats to the ingenious one.......representing well @ the world stage.

This is fascinating........how I wish our men understand and follow all this, women would be seen as a precious as Gold......I love my woman.

That moment when konji don hold u......u kom hear free sex tonight, omo na to grab am sharp sharp.

What is the OP saying.......?

Even nursing mother too dey hustle for fuel, when will people learn from the past experience.

Good for him, I hope he would be more serious with his life and get married........he should stop deceiving our ladies with ' all I want is ur waist'.

Useless set of people.