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There are very few artistes in Nigeria who has gotten to the height in their career like the legendary 2face Idibia. There is absolutely no achievement he hasn’t accomplished in his music career span that he had to delve into acting just to explore other talents he possesses.

So many artistes look up to him and want to emulate him by sounding like him, dressing like him and even try to act like him. He is the only hip hop artistes in our generation who has attained legendary status because of his unique nature and song writing skill. If there is anyone who can contend with him then it has to be our very own starboy, Wizkid.

Wizkid rise from just a random artiste to an internationally acclaimed superstar is a source of motivation and inspiration to other African artistes that they can get to the peak of their career if they dream big and work hard. From the days of “Hola at Your Boy” to “Ojuelegba”, Wizkid has grown and matured in his music that he now features on top American and UK artistes songs like Drake’s “One Dance”, Tinnie Tempah’s “Mamacita” just to mention a few.

Just like 2face, Wizkid has won every major awards and recognitions that a successful artiste should win. He has won BET Awards, MOBO Awards, 5 times The Headies Award, 2 Channel O Music Awards, MAMA Awards, Afrimma Awards and many others. Wizkid has also received other top nominations at the MTV Europe Music Awards and World Music Awards.

In terms of International exposure Wizkid beats 2face hands down in that criterion. The number of international collaborations he has done with top international artistes is unimaginable for an African artiste. This year alone he has worked with Drake, Chris Brown, Tinnie Tempah, French Montana, Trey Songz, Dj Henry, Hoody Baby and Justine Skye his alleged American girlfriend.2face has also worked with some top international artistes like Wyklef, T-Pain, Beenie Man,Sway and Bridget Kelly.

Wizkid was the first Nigerian artiste to feature on Billborad, an international music chart courtesy of his role in Drake’s “One Dance” song which is off his album ‘VIEWS’. This is a feet no other Nigerian has been able to reach even 2face have never featured on Billboard before. The song peaked on the number one spot on Billboard for seven consecutive weeks tying Michael Jackson’s record.

2face is still one of Africa’s biggest artistes and has headlined some of the biggest shows and tours in the country and beyond but he hasn’t toured major European and America cities with top international artistes. Wizkid on the other hand has toured Europe, America and even Africa with top international artistes like Chris Brown, French Montana, August Alsina, Mariah Carey, Maxwell, Calvin Harris and Kendrick Lamar.

2face has some of the best albums ever released in Nigeria and he still has his most evergreen song ‘African Queen’ to his name. His evergreen albums are “Grass 2 Grace”, “Face 2 Face”, “Away and Beyond” and “The Ascension”. Wizkid has just two albums “Superstar” and “Ayo” and they are still evergreen. With only two albums to his name Wizkid has been able to carve a niche for himself to becoming Africa’s pride to the world.

To cut the long story short, from my own perspective I think Wizkid has gotten to the same level that 2face is and from the way he is going he might surpass him and also attain legendary status in a matter of years. There is hardly nothing 2face has achieved that Wizkid have not done or surpass. But can Wizkid command the same respect back at home just like 2face?I would say NO and I would leave it at that.

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Written By-IamRancho

In the afternoon hours of today, images emerged online of an Owl that was allegedly killed inside Lagos market, after it was branded a “ witch“. The controversial media personality reacts to the effect by sharing the above photo of the Owl, and saying people should stop going to churches that blame everything on evil spirits. He wrote: “Stop going to those stupid churches that tell you to kill owls and cats! ~FRZ Look at this backward thinking, vapid headed people, posing proudly with the carcass of a poor bird they killed, because of their benighted dogma, which labeled the poor creature a witch. If there was any justice in the World, these morons would be behind bars, but living in a 3rd world country only serves to fuel these acts of cruelty. According to an eyewitness report; “So I was inside the Ikotun market today to get some foodstuff when I heard people shouting blood of Jesus, some speaking in tongues. I turned back to see this beautiful owl trying to escape from a shop. The man in this picture hacked it down with a thick rod. Everyone said it is a witch in bird form.” It’s just an Owl guys, it’s not that serious, stop killing Nigeria’s birds and stop going to those stupid churches that blame everything on evil spirits”

Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, the outspoken daughter of a
former governor of Oyo state, Victor Omololu-Olunloyo,
has revealed why she has not been enjoying sex.
[b]Olunloyo, known for her straightforward comments
on social issues, told IBTimes UK during a recent
interview that few African women (especially Nigerians)
are willing to speak about their experiences with Female
Genital Mutilation (FGM) which she claims is one of the
reasons some of them have poor libido and urge for
mating. She has therefore advised such affected
individuals to use intimacy gadgets in order to get maximum
satisfaction rather than sleep with men who are not likely
to satisfy them.
Kemi Olunloyo, the 52-year-old daughter of ex-governor,
Victor Omololu-Olunloyo, says she does not enjoy sex.
“There was no anaesthetic and a sharp razor blade was
used. I remember my sister and I screaming afterwards.
We went home bleeding in diapers and, for a week, it
was like we were little girls with menstrual periods. My
mom was bathing us and diapering us. Deep down, mom
was not happy for some reason.
“After years of resentment towards my mother, I finally
confronted her in 2012. She burst into tears telling me
that our late paternal grandmother ordered my dad to
have us do it.
“This tradition is over 70-years-old. Our grandmother
was a traditional Muslim woman who dictated many rules
to her young son, my dad. “Some women and girls, who
undergo FGM, have their entire Instruments cut and “sewn
closed.”
My Instruments were only partially removed, meaning I did
not experience difficulties while giving birth, however,
the psychological and physical consequences of the
mutilation still linger in my life. “Calling it an operation
is nothing. It was a cultural barbaric act used to
decrease the female libido. It caused me post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) for life.
[i][b]“I don’t experience orgasm during sex and when I
tried to promote the use of intimacy gadgets among Nigerian
women, men started attacking me saying I was
discouraging African women ‘from the real thing’.
“Sex is not important. I have no libido or urge to have
sex and I’ve been celibate for 10 years. Millions of
women in Nigeria go through this, but they cannot talk
or be outspoken like me. It is shameful and a disgrace to
them. “Many women say they fake orgasms and others
have husbands who go out to prostitutes and girlfriends.
FGM has destroyed marriages here.
“My message to girls who have been through it is to stay
strong and get into support groups. Its better to educate
girls about sex education the right way, instead of
cutting part of their genitals off causing a lifelong
traumatic problem,” Olunloyo cried out.
This revelation is coming just days after the controversial
feminist slammed immediate past Imo state governor,
Chief Ikedi Ohakim, for saying the nation’s economy was
‘HIV positive’ before President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration.[/Quote]

The Niger State Government on Tuesday said it will
discontinue the payment of West African Examination
Certificate and National Examination Council fees for its
students in Secondary Schools in the state.
Governor Abubakar Bello said this when he visited Justice
Legbo Kutigi Secondary School to inspect the ongoing
renovation of the school in Lavun local government areas
of the state.
Bello said that government can not continue to pay N800
million every year for students that only five per cent of
them are able to pass with four credits.
He said government would rather invest such money in
infrastructure development and provisions of
instructional materials for qualitative education.



He said, “We must review the issue of the payment of
NECO and WAEC fees because at the moment, we are still
owing NECO and WAEC about N800 millions .
“Government spend such huge money for students that
cannot even have four credits. Only about five per cent of
students will have four credits and above.
“Basically, it is like we are throwing away money. We will
rather stop and invest the money on the facilities so that
with time we will get good results.
“We have made efforts to pay part of the money and the
results will be released.
“The Commissioner for Finance has met with NECO and
WAEC officials and there is an understanding that the
debt issue will be addressed.”
He said that the payment of examination fees would
henceforth be based on criteria where only best
performing students would be selected as beneficiaries.
He decried the decayed structures and facilities of
schools in the state, adding that such situation was
responsible for massive failure and poor performance
recorded among students.
He said, “For so many years, our primary and secondary
schools that are suppose to be the basic foundation for
our children have been neglected.
“We are aware of the plight of students and teachers in
our schools, some schools do not look as if human
beings are living there even the teachers quarters.
“Most of the roofs are blown off by windstorm, but now
with this new approach of bringing sanity to the
educational sector, the teachers will now have conducive
environment to live and hopefully that will boost their
morale to settle down and teach our children very well.”
He said that most of the science schools currently under
re-construction were about 70 per cent completed,
adding that when fully completed, it would bring about
improved teachings and learning.
He added that the effort was to ensure that schools in
the state reached the United Nations Educational
Scientific And Cultural Organisational and world
standard.

Chocolate City in the past one year, has had a revolving
door of artistes with a number of departures. The label
who relaunched last year with a change of leadership,
and a merger with Loopy Music had up to 14 artiste at
one point.
But while they have added new artistes to their ranks this
year, - Qritical, and Ckay – they have also lost a lot of
acts.
Up to six team members have left the label in various
ways, with Pryse being the latest to bow out. Pulse
presents a list of all the acts who have left the African
music giants.
Ice Prince
Ice Prince’s departure from the label had happened in
2013 after his contract expired. But it was this year that
he came out publicly to announce that he had split with
the label. A press conference was later held to mark his
exit from Chocolate City.
Jesse Jagz
Jesse Jagz has joined Chocolate City twice and left twice.
His first exit in 2013 saw him start his Jagz Nation
imprint and released two albums. His return in 2015 to
join the Chocolate City relaunch was celebrated and he
dropped 3 singles. But he left again, this time to setup
his publishing business.
Milli
Milli moved from Loopy Music to Chocolate City, as he
was assimilated during the merger by the two labels. But
he was dissatisfied with his level of creative control, and
forced an exit this year. He has since moved on with his
career by dropping a debut EP, and working on a new
one.
Pryse
Pryse was signed in 2012 after her discovery by M.I
Abaga in the UK. All through her four year stay at the
record label she had four official singles, 10 freestyle
covers, and a music video. Last week, she was cut loose
from the label, and she is embarking on a new phase in
her career to start a record label.
Kahli Abdu & VHS Safari
This was the briefest ever signing. Chocolate City
announced that they had signed the group made up of
rapper Kahli Abdu and producer-duo VHS Safari. But
nothing came of it. The group was signed in June 2015,
but Kahli Abdu publicly declared them out of the label in
January 2016.
DJ Caise
Caise was signed in 2011, and has served the label
faithfully all through his time. But he split last year, and
no official word has been offered.

Fuji artiste, Ajibola Odetola, aka Pasuma, has opened up
on the kind of woman he hopes to settle down with.
When asked why he chose to remain single, he said, " I
am not single. I have children out of wedlock. I am
married to my children and I am happy with them. That
does not erase the fact that I may decide to get married
tomorrow. "
On the kind of woman he's interested in getting married
to?
" I want a woman who has the fear of the Lord. She has
to be educated and homely. If I find a woman who has
all these qualities and a few extras, you would be the
first to know."
He also spoke about why he loves to date Yoruba
actresses. According to him, " They are all my friends and
we are in the same industry. That makes it easy for us to
understand each other. "
Not only that, the singer talks about what he loves to do
in his spare time, " I don’t drink, I don’t smoke and I
don’t womanise. I just do my thing and I love being in
my house watching TV. I love sports and I am an Arsenal
fan. That is the way I relax. "
The fuji star recently purchased » a Toyota Highlander
jeep worth N12m.

Kunle Falayi
Twenty-year-old Uweb Samuel, a Cross River State
indigene working as a domestic help in Magodo area of
Lagos, sat on the grounds of the Lagos State Police
Command Headquarters, Ikeja, with his head bowed.
Shaking his head intermittently to register remorse,
Uweb said he did not imagine he would end up the way
he had.
“My boss trusted me so much. In fact, I had access to
every part of the house,” he said.

But that trust came back to bite his boss, Mr. Ajadi
Babatunde, few days ago when he came back from a trip
abroad and left a wad of pound sterling notes in his
room.
Saturday PUNCH learnt that he trusted his manservant so
much that he left the house but left his key on the door
of his room.
That day, Babatunde took a peek inside the room and
saw something he could not resist.
“I counted the £50 notes and there were 67 there,” he
said.
That is £3,350. In current official exchange rate of
pounds to naira, that amounts to N1.33m.
Samuel said he knew it was a lot of money that could
change his life, but thought about building a house
immediately.
He said, “There is no house in our village in Calabar that
my siblings and I could call a home. So, I thought it was
my chance to build a house for my family.
“I took the money before my boss came back home and
took it to my sister’s husband to hide for me.
“When my boss came back and started to look for the
money, he asked me and I told him I did not see any
money. Even though it was just the two of us in the
house, I insisted I did not take any money.
“Some workers were doing some renovation work in the
compound. He asked if any of them entered the house
but they said no. The workers said I must have been the
one who took the money and started to beat me.
“They tortured me even though my boss did not instruct
them to do that. I still did not admit that I took it. But
when it got to a stage, I told them I would kill myself, my
boss then told them to take me to the police. But his
brother came and spoke with me gently, that was why I
decided to confess.”
By the time the police stormed the house of Samuel’s
brother-in-law, half of the money was gone, while the
man had gone into hiding.
Samuel sobbed as he said he was sad that he betrayed
his boss’ trust.
According to him, he was being paid N15,000 monthly as
a domestic help but that his crime had nothing to do
with his salary.
“I wish my boss would forgive me. I did not know this is
what will happen to me,” he said.
The police have said investigation was ongoing on the
case and the suspect would soon be charged to court.
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