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So she's saying that if we make her minister of economy, Nigerian economy will become a trillion dollar economy in 9 months?

LIRS should do their thing since iyanga don wake trouble.

Gotocourt:
Where are the military apache helicopter gunships Buhari bought. Developed nations deal with criminals with superior fire power 🤷🏿

This country is really funny

Security operatives going to a known terror camp with Hilux. Intelligence didn't tell them the level of firepower those bandits has?
And why road when you have Air force that can send them hell from above without any casualty?
It's really pathetic.

Volunteers trooped to the streets to clean up Aba in celebration of World Cleanup Day

On World Cleanup Day, Aba came alive in a different way. From Brass Junction all the way to Aba Council Secretariat and Main Park, volunteers poured into the streets with one goal – cleaning their city. They swept, picked up dirt, cleared roadside dumps, scrubbed corners, and even cut overgrown grasses around marketplaces and business areas. Six hours later, more than 200 kilograms of waste had been removed, and Aba looked visibly fresher.

At the heart of it all was Daniel Chinagozi, a man who has spent years pushing for cleaner, healthier cities. Daniel isn’t new to this. As a waste management consultant for the Abia State Integrated Infrastructure Development Project, and CEO of Innovation Growth Hub, he has always seen the environment as a space that must be cared for if people are to thrive.

“This is bigger than just sweeping or packing trash,” Daniel said while working side by side with the volunteers. “Pollution is one of the biggest threats to our health. When you clean your surroundings, you’re actually protecting lives. That’s why I’m committed to doing this every year and making it something Aba can proudly own” said the Palmnet Consults Chief.

The cleanup wasn’t a quiet affair. Music blasted through speakers, and there were moments of laughter and dancing as volunteers bent over to sweep and gather refuse. IGHub fellows, students, tech enthusiasts, youth groups, partners, and even the Special Adviser to the Abia State Governor on Digital Economy joined in. The energy showed that cleaning doesn’t have to be boring when people see the bigger picture.

Daniel sees that bigger picture clearly. For him, this work connects to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - especially making cities more sustainable, protecting life on land, and fighting climate change. “Aba can be a city that leads in this,” he added. “It’s not just about looking neat for a day, it’s about teaching people that caring for the environment is a way of life.”

Though the event wasn’t backed by a big sponsor, Daniel’s own company, Innovation Growth Hub, was instrumental in making it happen, alongside companies like Bluekite, Abia Tech Hub, and a few private individuals. Their joint effort showed that meaningful change doesn’t always need massive funding - it needs commitment and people willing to get their hands dirty.

The community noticed. A keke driver who rode along the cleaned roads said, “I carried passengers today and the roads just looked different. Aba looks better. This should happen more often.” A market woman at Main Park added, “I’ve been here for years, and I’ve never seen people clean like this. It makes me admire what Daniel is doing. We need more of it.” Even a young POS attendant said, “I joined for a while, and it didn’t even feel like work. With the music and excitement, it felt like we were celebrating while cleaning. Now I want to keep my own small space cleaner too.”

For Daniel, this year’s cleanup carried a personal touch. As he turns 40 on September 30, he wanted to mark the milestone not with a party, but with impact. “I wanted my birthday this year to mean something for the city I love,” he said with a smile. “And it means a lot to see Aba come together like this. We’re just getting started.”

To round off the day, volunteers were welcomed to a sumptuous reception at the IGHub office in Aba, where they relaxed, shared stories, and celebrated the success of the cleanup.

The day ended with tired hands, dirty brooms, but lighter hearts. The streets told the story best; cleaner, brighter, and a little more hopeful.

On Saturday 25th June 2022, our Party, the Young Progressives Party (YPP) handed over the flag of the Party to me and other Progressives to contest and win elections in 2023 . This was done before a mammoth crowd of supporters and members of the YPP in Ngwa High School Aba, Abia State.
Indeed, it was a wonderful moment to be amongst the gatherings of people who are yearning for a better Abia.

The Aba Declaration has sent a shocking message but then, it’s a necessity and a mass movement whose time has come.

In Abia today, the members and supporters of the Young Progressives Party who are largely youths are undertaking a mere historic recurrence of fundamental change of the status quo.
And as someone who is seeking to represent the good people of Ohuhu in Umuahia North State Constituency, I cannot escape history at this critical time considering the fact that I am prepared to represent a clan that has made history before & through Dr MI Okpara & others in so many positive ways in Abia and beyond.

Therefore, at the historical Aba declaration that took place at Ngwa High School, I was part of history. I was handed over my Party, the YPP Flag to run for the Umuahia North State Constituency. I understand the challenges ahead but by the Grace of God, the assurance of victory which is inline with the yearning of the people is certainly good enough to keep me and other progressives on track.

I will serve and represent the interest of my people, Ndi Ohuhu effectively with humility and dedication. Obedient to the people and Obedient to serve the people.

With grateful heart, I want to thank my people that volunteered to accompany me to the Aba Declaration yesterday. Their selflessness cannot be taken out of context or for granted. I am also grateful to God Almighty for journey mercies, and for an event, that assured hope for us all.

To God be the Glory.

Nnaji Obed Asiegbu
Amafor
Isingwu, Ohuhu
Umuahia,
Abia State.

Onitsha, Anambra State / October 14th 2019 - Inaaga today announces the launch of its new app to transform transportation in South East Nigeria. Inaaga works with professional drivers to take riders to their respective destinations when they order a ride with the app, and book for a future ride in a whole new way. Inaaga also offers a chauffeur service where you make a custom request for a driver to serve you.

With Inaaga, South Easterners can comfortably move around the city with ease without standing on the roads hailing effortlessly. It is integrated with Google Map for easy location identification and route guidance during rides to avoid traffic. The app features security protocol which allows you to list trusted people you can easily notify when there’s a problem with your ride. The Inaaga app can be downloaded via Google Play Store or Apple store.
The app is also available on Inaaga website.

Anyone can use Inaaga to go anywhere in the South East. By making its service available to the public, Inaaga is making the ease of transportation a reality in South East cities, empowering its riders to achieve more with their time while providing a sustainable means of increased income for her drivers.

“We’re excited about the opportunity to play a bigger role in the South East business community, a very strategic market for us. What we want to do is to harness our resource potentials to help contribute in making South East cities smart cities. Part of our vision at IgHub is to use technology to improve the ever-growing transport sector in South East Nigeria. So, Inaaga is a unique product with outstanding technology, assets and people. We look forward to investing in and maximizing its technology both in Nigeria and all over Africa,” said Daniel Chinagozi, Co-founder and CEO of Innovation Growth Hub.

In recent years the use of smartphones has skyrocketed in popularity. There are 4 million people who have access to the internet in South East, that number is expected to reach 7 million by 2021. For brands, this has come as a new opportunity to reach consumers. Inaaga is in a perfect position to facilitate this rise of internet bloom, and help people move around in their own convenience at a very affordable rate

“The uniqueness of Inaaga in terms of technology will position both the product and its parent company IgHub as a leading force in African and Global technology and business market, ushering in a natural extension of the innovation pathway we have been designing for an emerging market like ours said Ufere Samuel, Chief Technology Officer of Innovation Growth Hub. Thanks to our unique offering, we hope that Inaaga will become a market leader in our country where technology fights its way through the teeth of its citizens”.

ABOUT INAAGA
Inaaga is a ride-hailing and sharing app that allows anyone to book the service of a keke or taxi driver using its mobile app. We ease the stress of standing for long in queues or the road looking for a driver. The app features account management, payment system, security protocol and ride statistics.

ABOUT INNOVATION GROWTH HUB
A creative, technology and business hub with interests in incubating and supporting startups and small businesses. Through our partnerships, we provide training and equip the next big thing from Africa. IgHub is built on a simple mantra: Ideate, Innovate, Incubate; with the mandate to hatch ideas into innovations that solve real life problems.

CONTACT
support@inaaga.ng

Please move to FP, it will benefit some people

Every year, Innovation Growth Hub Aba invites applications from eligible Abia youths into her free annual training program dubbed "IgHub Developers and Netpreneurs Fellowship".

After a remarkable outing last year in the first edition of the fellowship, IgHub took it further to organize another one earlier this year in what would be a consolidation of digital skills foundation in Abia state.

This time, they're calling on eligible Abia youths to apply for the next cohort of her free digital skills training sponsored by PIND Foundation.


Do you have what it takes to be the next digital ace from Aba?

If you're 16 to 30 years, you're already pre-qualified.

You can choose to be a:
- Mobile developer that builds mobile apps
-Front end developer that builds websites
-Backend developer that builds softwares
-Digital marketer that makes money online
- UI/UX Designer that designs products and interfaces




The training requires full-time participation of the participants and will be held physically in Aba.

If you think you meet the criteria, Apply here: http://ighubfellows.com.ng/apply

The training duration is 3 months plus another 3 months of internship and job placement opportunity.
It provides the participants with the opportunity to learn from experts and get mentorship.

The application deadline is 14th October 2019.

Apply here: http://ighubfellows.com.ng/apply

When the CEO of Palmnet Consults Daniel Chinagozi said “Never again will any innovation die in Abia under my watch”, one will begin to wonder what he mean or how to go about with that, giving the fact that each and every day, many innovations springs up like mushroom in Abia. Whatever inspired such epic declaration calls for acclamation on him by all and sundry as well as put serious consideration and faith to it.
Abia state is richly blessed with not just natural resources, but human resources and vast talents scattered all over the state. The state since its creation has produced individuals who excelled extremely well in their field of endeavor and profession. But, looking at the commercial center of the state Aba, one can see for sure the real definition of entrepreneurship at its peak. Aba boasts of over 450,000 artisans who exports millions of products every day. These passionate entrepreneurs whose profession cuts across various fields champions innovation on daily basis even with lean or limited resources.
Talking about Daniel’s declaration, it’s quite easy to spot the motivation behind such boldness. It’s centered on passion and strong-will to achieve more seen in the life of Daniel Chinagozi. Though trained as a waste management professional, Daniel had earlier worked in the waste management industry before he moved on to tech entrepreneurship. He doubles as a consultant and business strategist, empowering several individual businesses, startups, organizations and the government with capacity building bloc for them to achieve more.
Daniel’s passion for change and development in Abia state is seen in his work towards the development of a tech ecosystem in the state. By partnering and collaborating with other influencers in the tech industry, he is changing the tech narrative in Abia from an inactive tech state to a vibrant state where technology thrives.
He sees collaboration as a veritable medium to achieve greatness, hence his commitment to organizing tech events that brings youths of Abia state together to work on technological solutions and solve local problems using tech. He has continued to provide a mainstream access to resources they need to achieve success while building their solutions. Of notably is Startup Weekend Abia 2015, 2016 and 2017 edition. This was made available through Innovation Growth Hub which he pioneers as the co-founder. IGHub provides the tools, mentorship and resources startups need in their early stage to grow and thrive. Using IGHub as a formidable tool, Daniel proves his capability of living up to his declaration.

Getting started on how to make money online doesn't seem as easy as the gurus say it. It comes with its own challenges, setbacks, pitfalls, traps and at some point you'll opt to quit in your quest to make money online. These days, making money online revolves around selling either a product or service. Unless you've been hit with a brilliant idea right from the beginning and that's your motivation to start your online business, finding great products to sell online profitably can be a daunting task. There are thousands of possible choices, yet, everything seems like it's been done a thousand times before.

So with all these product choices where do you even begin digging to find the the gold? The first step to finding products to sell online is to be able to recognize the various opportunities that exist for uncovering great products.

I want to share with you the eight potential opportunity types that you must familiarize yourself with. Understanding these eight product opportunity types are key to helping you identify great product and niche opportunities to sell online.

Let's first look at the all eight opportunity types:

Uncover Opportunities in Keywords
Build an Interesting and Captivating Brand
Identify and Solve a Customer Pain Point
Identify and Cater to Consumer Passions
Follow Your Own Passion
Look for an Opportunity Gap
Utilize Your Own Experience and Expertise
Capitalize on Trends Early

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Nigeria's technology growth has risen beyond any doubt in the last five years. This could be witnessed in the number of tech enabled startups that are making impacts to the populace they are serving and their competitive edge in the global technology market. But then, there's more to this. There is a rational imbalance in the way Nigerian startups evolve upon inception. Some see the daylight, some do not. It's not because they have a bad product for the market but because technology growth in Nigeria is still on motion.
In emerging markets like Asia and Latin America, a tech startup with a smart idea in a booming economy might expect to attract investor interest, especially if competition is slim.
Business leaders and investors said the sector in Nigeria is held back by lower internet penetration as well as scarcity of early stage capital and a lack of management expertise. I totally agree with this. These two problems form the cum basis of Nigeria startups failure. Nonetheless, securing an investment deal most times do not guarantee success in Nigerian tech market.
Part of the problem for Nigerian tech startups is that internet use, despite mushrooming in the past decade, is low. Only 45 percent of Nigeria's 250 million people use the Internet, half the rate in the whole of Africa and below a global average of 36 percent.
Looking at what other African countries are achieving with tech, notably Kenya and South Africa, you'll agree with me that information and communication technology could help Nigeria overcome infrastructure inadequacies, satisfy rising consumer demand, boost regional trade and diversify economies, ending reliance on natural resources, most especially petroleum.
Technology we know today to be prominent is the internet. But the problem in Nigeria is affordability. Though Nigeria has one the highest mobile broadband growth rates, services cost between a fifth and half of average income compared to just two to five percent in other developing countries.
Truthfully, Nigeria's tech sector lags in terms of prominence and investment, according to experts. It needs better and cheaper internet access and broader adoption of smartphones.
Now talking about investing in startups, excepting of recently, getting an investment for a startup seems like the most impossible mission for any founder with the current economic recession int he country. But when a startup gets funded, it seems to be the eureka point of success for the startup.
Take for instance in Silicon Valley, startups can receive up to $2 million from a range of funders including venture capital firms, 'angel' investors and private equity houses. Such a financial ecosystem does not yet exist in Nigeria. Of which if exists, many startup founders in Nigeria would have been in market and ply their trade. By tapping into the amazing opportunities presented by the proliferation of smartphones in Africa and Nigeria in particular, no time is better than now to reshape the way things are done in Nigeria using tech. This will pave way for unequivocal and cross-country even development.
What does this technology-driven revolution mean for Nigeria? Routine blue-collar and white-collar jobs will start becoming automated, which means that creativity, IT and foundational skills will win over traditional know-how. Employers will rely less on traditional knowledge, prioritizing innovation and adaptability instead. High-skilled jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths will also increase.
The key for Nigeria, then, will be to adopt an innovative mindset and focus on skills development to ensure that digital transformation opportunities can be filled – and led – by professionals. It will also mean that now, more than ever before, Nigeria must become a creator, and not just a consumer, of technology. The public sector needs to lead the way, setting the example for inclusive transformation that benefits all.

So what can government do for this revolution to thrive?

1. Eliminate traditional methods of its operations
Governments across Nigeria need to replace traditional approaches to delivering citizen-centric services with innovative solutions powered by technologies such as cloud computing. Several countries are already well on their way. In Morocco, for example, a service known as e-Notary digitizes the top five administrative services used during litigation. Thanks to a biometric eKiosk, citizens can create a once-off biometric link to their online profile, allowing them to access services remotely. Over the years, spending in government services has risen dramatically – and is continuing to do so.
Cloud computing will enable governments to not only streamline their processes and service delivery, but enhance data collection and analytics. Government data collection and analysis can empower industries to compete on a global level by making information available on current trends, predicting future opportunities and even devising modern marketing tactics. Regulations are essential to create a regulatory environment that promotes innovative and confident use of technology. A balance must be struck between the free-flow of data and information, and privacy policies.
As governments continue to invest in digital transformation, civil servants need to be trained on how to optimize these innovations. As more tasks become automated, public-sector resources will be freed up to focus on better service delivery. Initiatives such as Microsoft’s 4Afrika School of Government aims to facilitate this, by partnering with governments on internal capacity building for civil servants, to embrace innovation and to be change-agents in the public-sector space.

2. Bring everybody together
There is a concern that digital transformation could increase Nigeria’s income gap even further, as automated jobs leave the working class unemployed. The key is skills development in STEM fields, especially artistic and creative ones. As Nigeria works to shift from a labour-based economy to a knowledge economy, investments in 21st-century education and skills development is no longer an option but an imperative. Strategies and policies for future skills and jobs will remain key in transforming lives, generating prosperity and promoting social inclusion.

3. Allow free flow of information
Data is emerging as the new currency for the digital age, creating new opportunities never imagined in the past revolutions. In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, data is what cotton was in the First Industrial Revolution. As more governments decentralize decision-making and increase responsiveness, they are seeking to empower more citizens by putting meaningful data in their hands. Democratization of information will play a key role in levelling the playing field. The prevalence of mobile phones should enable people across Nigeria to take part in politics, cast their vote and getting in touch with their political leaders.
However, more needs to be done – especially at the regulatory level – to increase affordable internet access so more people can participate in the economy of information. Countrywide broadband provides access to the creation and consumption of a wide range of applications and services necessary for effective economic and social participation.

4. Create a new playing field for new business models
The enterprising spirit of Nigeria’s youth reflects how Nigerians are becoming innovative in finding locally relevant solutions to daily challenges in health, agriculture and education, among other areas. How are governments in Nigeria tapping into this innovative spirit and readying young people to compete globally, this ensuring faster and quicker business growth?
As we move into the new revolution, a business-friendly environment and culture of entrepreneurship will be key. Nigeria needs to enable the growth of businesses that are creators of technology, not only consumers of it. A locally skilled workforce, updated legislation in the realm of cybersecurity and data privacy, affordable bandwidth, and a culture of innovation will promote growth of these types of businesses.
Governments play a pivotal role in creating an enabling environment for new business models and investment. Today, Microsoft is helping governments streamline regulations and ease-of-doing-business by using cloud computing. This enables investors to easily navigate the complexity, time and cost of complying with business governance and regulations on the continent.

5. Collaborate to innovate
As governments in Nigeria continue to aim for economic growth, good governance, innovation in local economies and the creation of jobs, most (if not all) will continue to encounter many challenges in the delivery of services to citizens, to business, or in relation to intra-governmental operations. The ability of these governments to adapt and drive digital transformation across all segments of society will determine their competitiveness.

If Nigeria can embrace a world of disruption and change, it will endure. With the kind of entrepreneural spirit that abounds in the nation , it will also deliver on its promise to be the next “growth pole” of the world not just as "Africa's Giant".

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No doubt, one will agree with me that the cloud has changed the way the world does business, and changed age old models that have been employed. It’s a brave new world in the cloud, and businesses are flocking to it. Startups are not left out in this trend too.
SaaS (Software as a Service) is a model representing how big the game in the cloud really is. Interestingly, more businesses are moving to SaaS model, and it’s much a better way to launch your service by utilizing the power of WordPress – the most popular content management system in the world.
SaaS with WordPress can be focused on WordPress itself – that is, creating services for WordPress-enabled websites, or it can use WordPress as a platform to create an entirely different service. Either way, the WordPress ecosystem has proven to be of great assistance in building and running a SaaS.

Now about my project, I am the helmsman behind Yangi (http://yangi.com.ng) Development. I spent several hours if not days thinking and planning how to get the job done in the most effective way that will benefit the users and achieve its goal of existence. While working out my way on this, I enjoyed every bit of each process. Believe me; WordPress can be impressively fast – right from installing the CMS to adding plugins of varying complexities. Given the near unlimited scope of quick customization with its availability of countless plugin, this is just an entire world of unlimited possibilities.
Before starting Yangi project, I had a difficulty in choosing whether to team up with another programmer and develop the project from scratch. Well, it was difficult to do because I was the only developer in my team. Getting another developer to work alongside with me was not a good idea as it looks like to the entire team. So much trust has been placed and bet on me that I can get the real deal done, therefore without further delay, I kick started the project that promise change in the way we all access local businesses.

I started by installing WordPress on my localhost using XAMMP to experiment and work out what am actually going to build. This was the most difficult phase of the job. First, I thought of finding a theme that will suit what I intend to build. I found one that I love and I tried playing the theme structures to give it more functionality and scale it to work according to our objectives. But, the poor theme was not meant to suffer such wickedness from my hands. Worst still, I tried some other themes and got fed up. It was then I asked myself if am actually a web designer or web developer?
Well, I took my time to outline what I intend to build and how to do that. I suddenly bumped on a theme ad and I checked it out at Themeforest and it seem something workable to me even though it was a hard way to go. Rather than having to custom code several services, I took to using various managed plugins in WordPress to get the job done well, and do it fast as well.

But it didn’t stop there. The theme is very raw and not connected with what Yangi is all about. Here comes the issue of working out APIs and Frameworks that will be incorporated to it to give it a super power. I always love playing around Redux Framework and Whiteboard framework. I chose to use Redux framework because of its ability to give you powers that are out of this planet to create an engaging application. Getting assistance from my Indian friend Khan, I was able to integrate Redux framework into the theme and work is set! Yangi development started swiftly and I looked at all the efforts so far, and I saw it was good.

An awesome functionality of WordPress I love that benefited Yangi so much is the existence of the JSON REST API, or the WP REST API. Truthfully, this big thing in the realm of WordPress single handedly made Yangi project in WordPress a dream come true as SaaS model application.
From my experience in this, I came to acknowledge that the real driving force behind the API is to make WordPress a fully-fledged application framework – something any SaaS application would love to get its hands on. By this, you can easily move data in and out of your application – retrieving or updating it by means of a simple HTTP request. This could completely customize the way we have been interacting with WordPress. This way, your SaaS could be working off a truly custom WordPress back-end and admin panels. If at all, the REST API won’t stop at being a plugin and integrated into the WordPress core that will be a very huge delight developers like me.
Well, by the time Yangi got online, the REST API was useful in querying the manner in which data are being fetched from the database. Utilizing its transient feature, it worked very much like a CDN powering the whole website files to be working independently and leave less server queries using HTTP.

When it comes to scaling a service that WordPress isn’t quite suited for, you will find even more trouble. That will be the time when you look for a custom coded solution, or a different framework altogether. While working on Yangi, I faced this problem of aligning the theme to be more eccentric using HTML5 containers. But it nearly messed the whole efforts up. Apart from developing a classical application that has functional features, I still need the User Experience to be rich, excellent and memorable. I set on working out a simple UI (User Interface) design that will best fit all devices even if am not using device select rendering.
It can take forever to build a new service, but WordPress can get you going pretty quickly, even for applications that may not be well suited for the CMS. I said so, because the huge variety of plugins and themes available can help you kick off your SaaS with remarkable speed. The rapid prototyping that comes with this approach will enable you to create a working model of your business at a fraction of the cost it would have originally demanded coding from scratch. Rather than working out the hard way, a developer who knows his way around WordPress will find the process remarkably quick by utilizing the available plugins and API hooks to give traction to a project.

A product doesn’t have to be perfect in its inception I noticed. If your idea sticks, it might be time to qualify it as a fully-fledged product, either on WordPress or with a different approach. For Yangi project, I think it sticks following the user feed backs we have received while running in Beta Testing mode. I have every reason and conviction to believe that Yangi will continue to run on WordPress and grow towards perfection.

Later on, I discovered Docker. It is an open source platform that helps you build, run and deploy applications. Using Docker, you have a web container, a database container, a container that saves files, and so on. Each container is different and communicates with each other via IPs and Ports. If I had discovered it on time, I would have sure made good use of it.

I have to explore Docker to discover how it can benefit my next project for Yangi. With this, you can create a container that runs your code (this may be Apache and PHP that runs PHP scripts), and one container that holds your database (MySQL, MongoDB, and so on). But you can also do this using Vagrant, and I must admit that Vagrant is quite good at what it does. It solves the problems usually associated with working on my machine in the development stage, and it also gets close to the production environment. On the other hand though, Docker makes the local environment and production the same. Docker performs better than classical hypervisor technologies. Docker is super-fast for local development if you are using Linux. It can also be faster than traditional hypervisors, even if you’re not running Linux as your server primary OS.

When it comes to building and scaling WordPress based site, the best option is using multi DB if possible. And yes, you need to move to other frameworks in case if you are adding many features that cannot be accommodated by WordPress core. That’s what I did at Yangi.
Using WordPress to build a SaaS reduces startup development cost and direct the available funds to validate the business and scale up.

Nonetheless, I am proud to be a WordPress developer and smart at doing that. Open Source is the new order for effective development and I am excited that I can work on one!

Yangi Developers has, following user feedback, decided to improve the design/development structure of the user experience on its first product "Yangi Search". As a consequence, the product launch will be postponed to mid February 2017.

Yangi has developed a unique and innovative integrated method for simplifying ease of access to local businesses in any location resulting in a platform that combines e-directory, customer support service and business development addons - facilitating an improved way of customer acquisition. During the final phases of the product development, Yangi Developers has, following user feedback, decided to revise the overall development structure to improve usability and thus the user experience of the service. As a consequence, the launch will be postponed relative to what has been communicated earlier.

"We have analyzed the benefits of executing the revision against the disadvantages of a postponement of the launch and concluded that the benefits come out on top. We are of the opinion that the improved functionality is beneficial to all stakeholders; users, business owners, as well as shareholders. Our promise to the stakeholders to deliver an innovative, user friendly and state-of-the-art platform to consumers is now further accomplished. We implore everybody to keep using the platform in its beta mode and send us their feedback, says Yangi's CEO Eze Jubilee.
''This decision came at the right time, says Yangi's CTO Jethro Theo Paul. Our approach to project Yangi is to deliver a product that lives up to its expectation. With the feedbacks we recieved so far, we are sure to align our efforts into modelling the product to be most effective to our community of users for the benefit of all''.
The new launch date will be announced as soon as it is determined.

About Yangi Developers
Yangi Developers is a team of innovators seeking to empower the society with the dividends of technology. Our long term ambition is to become a major player in the upstream technology sector of Nigeria and Africa, giving its citizenry the right to enjoy a simpler and productive life through effective products that means a lot.

Get in the Know
support@yangi.com.ng

How would you describe an optimistic, strong-willed, zealous, book freak and passion "driven" lady? No doubt what comes across your mind is same thing that I am thinking. To me as the Jetty I am, I feel that such lady is wonderful, super-fantastic, goal oriented and drives feminine excellence. Wait there! Before you get it twisted, this smart lady I am talking about is a two-way beauty queen. By achievement and physical adornment. Simply Amazing!
Ladies and gents, I introduce to you Urefine Precious, Nigeria’s most precious model!

In this interview with Jetty Jet, Waiola, which in Hawaii means Urefine talks about herself and what a modelling career seem like.

Excerpts


Jetty: It’s actually a delight to have you here ‘Your Majesty’
Urefine: (laughs) the pleasure is mine Mr. Jetty

Jetty: I sure wouldn’t have to start dragging whose pleasure it is
Urefine: (laughs) Oh yes. Thank you.

Jetty: You’ll do good to introduce yourself to our audience
Urefine: My name is Precious Urefine. I hail from Ukwa West in Abia State. I am a software engineer by academic training but currently a model.

Jetty: Hmm. A geeky model! Sounds very smart
Urefine: (laughs)

Jetty: So tell me, you were Ada Abia 2015, what does it feel like?
Urefine: Truly, it feels great. Being Miss Abia MBGN 2015 made me work twice as hard, because it comes with great responsibilities. It made me see a brighter aspect of this career path and opened me to a wider prospects.

Jetty: Sounds great. How did it happened?
Urefine: Well I entered the competition like any other person, and was selected during the MBGN 2015 pageant as MISS ABIA. It was a spectacular experience.

Jetty: Okay. Put aside the fame. Define who Urefine is
Urefine: I will define myself using 5 words; Industrious, Optimistic, Passionate, Humble and Strong.

Jetty: About your name Urefine, it’s a mixture of Engli-Igbo. What languages do you speak?
Urefine: (laughs) I speak English, Igbo

Jetty: So, you studied software engineering which has great prospects and you abandoned it for modelling. Why are you modelling and interested in this career path?
Urefine: I am into modeling not because I think I have got the physique, but because it’s something am passionate about.
Modeling redefines not just an individual’s approach to life, but also that individual. It teaches etiquette and helps improve self-esteem. Actually, I just loved how the runway models looked like Barbie dolls, strutting the runway like they own it. (laughs)

Jetty: That’s great I must tell you. You’ve got the right mindset for this. By the way, how did you get started?
Urefine: I started out by doing little commercials, then beauty pageant and the runway.


Jetty: Great start. How long have you been in this?
Urefine: 3 years now.


Jetty: Alright. Why would you think you’re fit to be a model?
Urefine: What makes me fit to be a model is my passion for it. I never give up no matter how bad it looks or turns out to be. Consistency I would tell people does the trick.


Jetty: That’s inspirational. What are your goals as a model? How do you see yourself progress in this field?
Urefine: My goal as a model is to be a "SUPER MODEL" where I hit the silver screen globally.


Jetty: What do you hope to accomplish as a model?
Urefine: The passion before everything else.

Jetty: Smart response! (laughs) If you were not a model, what would you have been doing instead?
Urefine: I must have got back to school to study and then practice Psychology.

Jetty: Alright. Now you’re into modeling, was it for the glamour? The money? Pure kicks?
Urefine: No. Not at all. Like I said earlier, the passion first. I won’t deny that modelling doesn’t go with glamour. But I am this type of person that overlooks what people considers as the most important things and go on my own way to achieve what I want. If I am a model and I get paid for what I am doing, it’s definitely not a bad idea. So I am not modelling for the money. I won’t even model for pure kicks because it is such things that usually brings about various scandals that tarnishes someone’s image. So, am not in for that aspect.


Jetty: What did your parents or family first think of you being a model and were they supportive?
Urefine: My family, they have been very supportive to me. They never thought it a bad idea for me to be a model. All these while, they have been more than awesome.

Jetty: It’s great feeling to have such family. As a child, who was your role model and how did that helped you in being a model?
Urefine: My role model have always been Dr. Ben Carson. If I have learned anything from his life story, books and all, it is "that failure is a part of the process. When you fail, you find and spot your vulnerability and you get stronger and better. So don’t be afraid to fail"; with this, I just keep pushing hard and moving forward.

Jetty: Very impressive and mind drilling! (laughs)
Urefine: (laughs)

Jetty: How did you feel when you did your first ever photo shoot?
Urefine: There was a mixture of both excitement and fear. I was nervous. (laughs).

Jetty: (laughs) But, was that how it supposed to be? How do you even prepare for a modeling shoot?
Urefine: You just have to be yourself and be free. You don't have to eat a giant burger to get ready for a photo shoot. You just have to be cool and keep calm. Bring out the best facial expressions you have and radiant your pride.


Jetty: Hmm! Inukwa! By the way, do you prefer doing your makeup or an artist doing it for you?
Urefine: An artist. But most times when am not shooting, I do my makeup.


Jetty: Alright. What is actually fun and rewarding about modeling?
Urefine: -The runway walk, the reality you are a brand, photo shoots, makeup, everything is fun and when you do a great job, that's rewarding.
I just tell myself this is the part where I have to be me. Whether it’s a photo shoot, runway, catwalk class, anything, I just tell myself "I own the stage, so I have to command it as well".


Jetty: Ahh! It’s like I’ll quit being a geek to become a model too (laughs)
Urefine: (laughs)


Jetty: To maintain your body shape, how often do you exercise or go to the gym?
Urefine: I rarely hit the gym. I work out at home a lot.


Jetty: What’s your fashion mantra and how would you describe your style?
Urefine: My style is not always simple, but always classy


Jetty: What are your likes and dislikes?
Urefine: I like Honesty. I hate Betrayal and Selfishness.


Jetty: Do you have a pet project? Tell us about it
Urefine: I have a pet project named TEEN NEGLIGENCE. It’s currently on Facebook, and I hope to build it into a foundation in future. Teen Negligence has been created to serve as a solace and juvenile center to emotionally and physically abused teenagers. They get to talk to me via email, and I will get them the appropriate help they require. Whatever they say, is highly classified.


Jetty: Wow! This is a classified vision you’re developing. What are your future aspirations and dreams?
Urefine: In as much as I am a computer software engineer, I hope to be a psychologist in future.


Jetty: Finally, what advice do you have for other aspiring models?
Urefine: To aspiring models, keep fighting, it’s not an easy fight.


Jetty: Okay! Miss Urefine! That’s all I have for you today, I hope to earn your audience next time I hear fiim! about you.
Urefine: There’s no problem. You can always share my time.


Alright ladies and gents, we round it up here. It’s been an exciting experience interviewing this beautiful smart lady. I hope you join me next time on A Talk With Jetty.

Technology has revolutionized Information Management and Communication protocols and no doubt has increased the value of even the smallest piece of data. All around the globe, effects of IT are noticeable in almost all aspects of life. Undeniable is the fact that in developing countries, the impact of IT is yet to be felt to an appreciable extent. It's on this note that the need is strong and the awareness, in certain sectors, high. To talk of the self-assumed giant of Africa, Nigeria, the situation is critically dampened when examined and a possible re‐orientation strategy is needed to forge the country ahead.
With the rate the world is changing and adopting models that helps improve the welfare of its citizenry, technological advancement usually takes credit for such success. From this, it is evident that a society that cannot use technical means to meet her material needs is technologically backwards. Now, if we ask ourselves, is Nigeria as a country able to use technology to meet her material needs? The honest answer is NO. But then why?
This year makes it the 56th year the country was granted independence from its colonial masters. From figures available, the country has not been so bad in achievements. At least, the country has athletes who has in various occasions made the country proud, excepting the Super Eagles, the country can boast of some crop of qualitative academic brain lords, the country does good too in violence sequence to the militancy in the Niger Delta and Insurgency in the Chad Basin, that’s a bad record though. What about good governance and agriculture, human and capital empowerment, job opportunities and social security, community development and medical provisions? Obviously, the country does not have a good record here!
Nigeria has so many issues ranging from Political, Educational, Infrastructural, and Economical among others. And all I have observed through all the years of backwardness is that Technology has a lot to do with the growth of Nigeria and if we don’t tackle the problems of Technology in the country, we may just be this stagnant for the next few decades.
But, if Nigeria must grow technologically, who should start it?
Individuals and Investors will be glad to do whatever they can to move the country forward into technological advancement, but it's not so. Why? The government is not as responsive as it ought to be towards the emancipation of this agent of development called technology.
Since the government does not put in enough value to technology, it makes its advancement in the country very difficult. The government will rather use old methods of doing stuff than use latest technology in order to save the cost of acquiring a modern simpler method. Government attitude towards breaking the jinx of technological backwardness in Nigeria is both disgusting and unappealing.
But, on a lighter mood, the Nigerian technology sector has witnessed some level of growth in a stealth manner over the last eight years. Mark Zuckerberg’s recent visit to Yaba, Lagos revealed some five to six years of work done by passionate Nigerians in the tech space. It’s on this note that I must admit that to some extent, technology practice is visible in Nigeria. For instance, the mobile-telephone revolution in Nigeria through which, in the last 15 years, tele-density has risen from 866,783 primarily fixed-line subscribers with a single provider (NITEL) to over 152-million mobile subscribers as of September 2015. In addition, Nigeria has over 97-million Internet users (indicating 51 per cent of the nation’s population access the Internet services) compared to a paltry 5,000,000 users in 2006.
In spite of these successes, quality of service, affordability and infrastructure expansion among others remain a challenge. Whilst successive governments have presided over varying degrees of growth in the sector to the point where ICT with a liberalized market policy has produced the explosive, but uneven growth in the sector so far. The dominant issue now is how to nurture the explosive growth being witnessed in the ICT sector to ensure that it reaches every part of Nigeria both urban and rural.
But, for this growth to take place, we’ll do good to find the answers to these questions: How do we build on this growth to ensure that ICT reaches all the nooks and crannies of Nigeria? How do we ensure that every Nigerian has access to ICT? How do we deepen the penetration of broadband to reach all the nooks and crannies of Nigeria? How do we improve the Quality of Service Delivery by Government? How do we make sure our knowledge and information is not only secured, but enhances our national security?
I strongly believe that effective reforms should be planned in the context of an integrated framework to navigate a path that will emancipate the acquisition, development and distribution of technology. With this, the country would be confident of producing a pool of highly skilled Nigerians that meet or exceed the requirements of employers in the sector who are conversant with 3rd platform technologies such as cloud, mobility, security and big data/Analytics.
Government can do more for the ever growing IT sector by providing incentives that will increase broadband development and national connectivity, consolidation of mobile wireless services, vigorous compliance monitoring and enforcement of regulations and directives, true competition apropos the benefits of the consumers and enhanced international relations and most importantly, create awareness and invest and empower young Nigerians who have the intellectual resources as regards to tech but do not have the capital and requisite experience to be on their own.
Throughout our long existence as an independent nation with an economy that cuts across various sectors, Nigeria ought to have crossed the stage of lackadaisical attitude towards technological development. The problem the country is experiencing in this sector is owed to the situation of the politics being portrayed in the country. When certain crucial positions are to be made, the wrong driver will be appointed for the driver seat even when it is clear the person does not have any qualification of experience to be in such position. But the person will be there just because he/she is a party faithful and supports the government or the person being recommended by a god father or party superior for such position. The result of this sort of situation is the person not being able to deliver because he/she is not qualified for such position.
The issue of corruption is nothing new in the Nigerian system. For so long, it has become a chronic disease that has plagued the country. Corruption has eaten deep into the whole methodologies and operations in the country that it’s quite difficult to get at anything for free. Presiding government officers will always want a token before granting you any request. In the tech circle, it’s no different. Because of the impeding corruption in the system, it has become so difficult for technology to thrive in the country. To the tech enterprises, either you are bugged with various degrees of fines or you’re tugged with heavy operational license fees and pay all manners of levies to the detriment of your business success and growth. It’s so bad.
We have all heard the histories of India, Japan and China concerning their tremendous growth through the use of ICT. We are all living witnesses to their status' today and how much income is being generated through ICT by way of export of both finished products and personnel and foreign investment by other technologically advanced countries not for the purpose of opening sales outlets as is the case with our country but for actual manufacture of both software and hardware. Even the school fees of Indian schools for ICT courses have risen astronomically as a result of the great importance attached to ICT!
ICT holds a lot of potential for economic growth and Nigeria being the "giant" of Africa needs to wake up and take the initiative of empowering her youths for the challenges ahead; more investment has to be made in the ICT sector, subsidies have to introduced to reduce the exorbitant cost of acquisition of ICT education in our country today; a state of emergency should be declared in the ICT sector of the economy and incentives provided to encourage more youths to pursue careers in the ICT industry.
The Techie Nigeria project will become a reality more than we dream if the government invest directly in its youth entrepreneurs who have intellectual resources. The government I am talking about here is not just the federal government, the state and local governments are included. They should train and empower youths to start their own business, this way, their business will create a unique environment where technology driven economy is reckoned. It’s because of government not being active is making tech entrepreneurs to crash out of business. Some of these businesses hold a promising future for the common Nigerian at large. Because of lack of support, many IT businesses, especially technology startups has failed woefully and gone into extinction.
On a sad note, Nigerians do not trust technology just enough to use it. It’s quite surprising when you talk to some Nigerians and they would tell you they will rather stand on a long queue at the bank just to transfer money from their personal account to another account rather than use technologies such as Internet Banking, or ATM, all because they literally do not trust the Internet. It is really sad. There is this problem of inadequate electricity supply. For smart kids that have dreams of starting up a technology company, their dreams can easily die away when there’s no constant power for them to power their tech devices. Also, the cost of internet is really high, calculated to be well over 200% of the cost of internet in western countries.
For me, I feel that the government should work on policies that affect the ICT sector; the cost of acquiring IT tools should be subsidized to encourage acquisition of such tools, even as more Public Private Partnership structures are cemented especially in the area of infrastructural development.
But then, ICT resources should be readily available to promote national development, create an enabling business environment and facilitate private sector (national and multinational) investments with government and private sector joint venture collaborations encouraged. There should be a special incentive programme to induce investment in the sector; there should equally be the need to promote legislation for the protection of online business transactions, to ensure adequate privacy security and privacy.

Technology today has become an important factor in the economic growth and development of countries. The greatest indicator is the formulation of relevant telecom and IT policies, as well as the empowerment of an independent regulator for the sector.

No doubt, technologically advanced western countries didn’t achieve what they are in just one day or without commitment. I believe Nigeria too can meet up to its great name and catch up with technology one day but if we have to achieve that, we have to do it together. The Nigerian Government should finance our Institutions well enough for Research and Development. The Nigerian citizens too should also begin to trust and patronize our Nigerian Made technology products and we’ll truly get there, just one day!

In Nigeria, it’s difficult to detect who to hire for a position that has to do with computing of any sort. Unless the person has a CV that proved that he has successfully worked in similar position in the past. Everyone seems to think that there’s a lack of qualified ICT professionals, and that the reason is that there aren’t enough people entering the field with the required skills. There is a fallacy behind that thinking, though. People think that ICT is a stand-alone discipline, but it is actually a discipline within the computer field. Treating it otherwise is a mistake.
Most of the people, who have been in the IT profession for more than a decade, including me, entered the field without a degree. We might have certifications, but we don’t claim that those certs are the source of any expertise we may have. We believe in the solutions that lay beneath our brains. So sad that most Nigerian youth who are talented in ICT has resorted to illegal activities using computer because they couldn’t get a job without certifications.
My own experience is not atypical. In all of my years of working, as an employee or contractor, for Systems Noah, Pintojet, Greenmils, Haventry, Great Grace, KloeTech and other creative agencies, I never performed specifically what would be considered as computer work.
In fact, I didn’t even start out in the computer field at Systems Noah. I was a web developer who hated his job, so a friend introduced me to one computer systems intern program. In those days at Systems Noah, I couldn’t find enough programmers as I expected, and so it created an avenue for me to develop my instincts myself. Although I later became known as a creative professional, I was never given any specific IT training. Instead, I had years of on-the-job and formal training in good technical and operational practices. My later success in web app development, cloud computing and system maintenance was mostly built on detecting the absence of good practices.
So sad, in Nigeria, you would think that organizations would realize this, since they apparently pass over people with computer degrees all the time. I’ve spoken to dozens of people with computer degrees who can’t get hired because they don’t have the technical skills and abilities required for low-level positions. But bad as it is that computer degrees are not technical enough for entry-level security positions, they also are usually not technical enough for any entry-level positions in the computer field. It has almost become a norm that you don’t get hired in a technology job in Nigeria if you don’t have any computer degree which is far different from what is obtainable in western countries, especially in public service.
In any case, IT positions are not entry-level positions, and if you treat them as such, you will have terrible technological turnaround. The best IT practitioners have experience in the technology and processes that they are supposed to develop. The earlier we realize this in Nigeria, the better for us. One thing is that; If you are not an experienced developer, you do not have the standing to tell people how to secure the code they write. If you have no experience as a system administrator, you cannot maintain the security of a system. If you have no experience as an administrator, you cannot secure a database. If you have no experience in designing a network, you cannot competently design a secure network.
IT professionals are developed over time, just as it happens with experts in every profession, including all of the other disciplines within the computer profession: You are assigned a position that is consistent with your skill level, learn on the job and receive appropriate training. It is that simple. You can “create” an IT professional by finding someone with the required minimum skills — usually a computer professional with experience — and then having them learn the specific industry skills required through on-the-job training, mentorship and formal training.
The approach that seems to prevail these days — seeking a new hire who already has the right skills and experience or hiring them away from another organization — just doesn’t work. But it is why so many people believe there is a shortage of security professionals.
I can promise you that a competent computer professional with five years of experience will be more effective than a new graduate with a computer degree. I’m not saying that training, including computer science degrees and certifications are without value, but they rarely are a match for hands-on work experience. If we should have this type of mindset in Nigeria, to hire people based on their skill set and abilities and not by the paper they carry, we are likely to save loss of time taken to hire them, salary wasted on them if they were employed and the disappointments that follows.
One of the approaches to fix this type of situation is for organizations to look internally for skilled computer professionals who, despite having no stated experience in IT, can quickly adapt to technological routes. Those people do exist, and their real-world experience goes a lot further than any number of certifications or degrees to organizations where they find their selves.
Sure, it would be great to have lots of people with the necessary computer skills clamoring to fill tech positions. But unless you have a program to identify competent professionals within your organization and offer them jobs and training that will arm them with tech expertise, you are creating your own technology skills shortage. Don’t moan and groan that these people do not exist when your organization is just too cheap or narrow-minded to look internally and offer training.
Left for me, it’s about high time we forget about finding people with computer degrees. Forget about hiring people who are computer theorists. Look for the people with a willingness to expand their skill set. I guarantee that the resource skills bank of Nigeria will increase, foster our technological growth, advance our economy and create way for investors to maximize our potentials.

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I was able to get the sizzling and sensational artiste shaking Nigeria’s music industry, “Chinedu ‘Nedlin’ Franklin”. In recent days, his latest musical single and record hit “Eze Ndi Ara” has been making waves in the internet as websites and blogs rush to get the song for their visitors to download. Not long ago before now, it’s quite difficult for upcoming artistes to impress the general Nigeria entertainment lovers with their music if the artiste is not established or member of a popular record label. But, it doesn’t seem to be same with this hit maker.

In this interview with Jetty Jet, Nedlin talks about his life and musical career and what he thinks about the music industry.

*Excerpts*

Jetty: It’s quite a delight to have you around. Good afternoon.
Nedlin: Good afternoon. The pleasure is mine. I feel real delighted too.

Jetty: Can you introduce yourself to my audience?
Nedlin: Sure! My name is Chinedu Franklin known by my stage name Nedlin. I am a Nigerian record singer, song writer and instrumentalist. I am a student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University and I hail from Isuochi in Umunneochi L.G.A Abia State.

Jetty: That’s a nice intro Mr. Nedlin. Good to have you here once again.
Nedlin: (laughs) The pleasure is all mine.

Jetty: So, when and why did you started music?
Nedlin: I started when I was very small. I know I am still small. (laughs) But, there was something spectacular about those days, I just found myself loving music more than any other thing. During Sundays when I go to church, I make sure I sit near the choir singers. The way they sing with passion really fired up my mind. I love music and would love to sing, I told myself. And not long, I made up my mind that I am going to commit myself to music. And that was how it all started. I started it because of the passion I have for music.

Jetty: Wow! Quite an impressive beginning. How did you begin your life in music?
Nedlin: I started with learning how to use instruments.

Jetty: Which instruments do you play?
Nedlin: I can hit the drums very well and currently am learning the guitar.

Jetty: What was the first tune you learnt?
Nedlin: I learnt the key C, in guitar and I equally learnt to beat some various drums patterns.

Jetty: Is your family musical?
Nedlin: My family loves music to the core. But, I seem to be the only one who has musical talent running in me. As much as I am a musician, my family supports me and my career.

Jetty: Interesting. So, what genre are your musical productions?
Nedlin: My productions are based on Afro, R&B, Dancehall and Rap.
Jetty: Is it possible that you could work on another genre like Reggae or Highlife or Worship, maybe an artiste from such genre featured you? (laughs)

Nedlin: (laughs) Why not? If you won’t take it as a brag, I can sing other genres if I am featured in genres I don’t sing. Don’t ask me how possible, I am a musician and I understand that music is an art that is borne within us as an individual, but one has to master it effectively to be able to carve out a niche for himself.

Jetty: Which famous musicians do you admire? Why?
Nedlin: I admire Wizkid. I admire him a lot because of the way he started from the bottom and now successful. I see him as a role model as regards to how he began from nothing and progressed to something through hard work.



Jetty: Were you influenced by old records or the modern day jamz?
Nedlin: Eeem. I don’t see myself as being influenced by either of them. I do my thing the way I propose it.

Jetty: What if I disagree with you?
Nedlin: (laughs) Then, I were influenced by both the olden days’ records and the modern jamz.

Jetty: So Nedlin, what are your fondest musical memories?
Nedlin: I still remember vividly the time I used to play drums with kitchen utensils when I was small with other kids. You know those days, we make good sounds with whatever we could find around us. It’s fun and very beautiful. I equally remember the first time I visited the studio to do voicing. Honestly, I was a bit nervous. But my performance that day proved to me that day that I could do this.

Jetty: Anymore?
Nedlin: Yeah. Another memory I cherish so much is when I won my first musical award. It was the happiest thing that happened to me last year, seeing my efforts being appreciated. I was getting invitations to perform at various events and each show is a wonderful memory on its own.

Jetty: Who are your favorite musicians? Groups? Albums?
Nedlin: My favorite musicians are Drake, Wizkid, 2face, Psquare and M.I. My best groups are Psquare and Bracket. And my all time favorite album is "Grass To Grace” composed by 2Face.

Jetty: Have you been in competitions? Any prizes?
Nedlin: Yeah. I participated in the UNIZIK Rap Battle Challenge and I won the competition.

Jetty: How much do you know about music theory?
Nedlin: Well, I don’t seem to know much about music theory. I am not a music entrepreneur to know everything about music theory. I think this question should be answered by the likes of Kenny Keke Ogungbe of Kennis Music or Don Jazzy of Mavin Records. (laughs)

Jetty: (laughs) Okay. Have you been featured in any public performance? Tell us if there is any
Nedlin: Yes, I have been featured in many public performances. I performed at the Anambra Street Carnival, Fellowship of Talents in Imo State, Star Trek 2016 in Awka and other major competitions. One thing that makes me happy about my public performances is the type of support I receive from fans. It’s truly enriching when you give fans the kinda thing they want and they throw back their maximum support to you. It’s a very big delight I think.

Jetty: What about song making? How do you handle mistakes during a production?
Nedlin: When I notice a mistake in any of my productions, l humbly meet my studio manager to complain to him and explain what I wish or how it could have been done. If the mistake is from me, I lower myself to accept corrections and help to make the production appeal to the fans.

Jetty: Do you get nervous during production at the studio or performance?
Nedlin: (laughs) No, I don’t get nervous now. I must confess that when I was not a regular to the studio, I usually get nervous whenever it’s time to put on the headset and sing to the mic. But you see, one thing about life is based on the adage that ‘practice makes perfect’. So, visiting the studio consistently and training helped boost my courage and morale during production or when I am performing in the stage. Right now, I don’t feel nervous anymore.

Jetty: Wow! That’s super cool. That means, Obi is no longer a boy? (laughs)
Nedlin: Exactly! (laughs)

Jetty: What do you think about the Nigerian Music Industry?
Nedlin: The Nigerian music is really developing and keeps improving in a high rate. It’s such a good development I must say. The type of artistes we have in the industry proves that, it’s not a child play. The quality of videos that we have now has improved greatly from what we use to see before. The type of producers and video directors on the helms is something worth to brag for. But one problem I personally distaste is the issue of godfathers or maybe boss-for-life attitude that some people subject artistes in. Such things are not good. And that is why you see record labels springing up like mushrooms. Because, when you treat a musician bad, he leaves your label and flaunt his own. Such things are not really good. If brands and maybe entrepreneurs can look into sponsoring up-coming artistes, our music industry will go higher than it is now.

Jetty: Okay. Do you attend sessions and what do you think makes a good session?
Nedlin: I do attend sessions. I am not perfect and besides, I always think of giving my fans the best of my talent. I think that a good session is one that helps you to generate and control your beat pattern, mastermind your production steps and empower the producer to give you what you will be proud of. An activity like this, to me, makes a good session.

Jetty: How often and for how long do you practice?
Nedlin: I practice two times in a week and any time I am in the studio, most times I practice up to 3 to 4 hours daily.

Jetty: What do you usually practice, new tunes, new beat, lyrical formations etc?
Nedlin: I practice new tunes and sometimes, when I visit the studio for practice, I direct the producer on how the sound formation could seem like to suit what I am practicing. I acknowledge that he has the final say, but during practice, I have such liberty to dictate what sound that is necessary.

Jetty: That’s fantastically smart. Ned, can you teach music to people like me?
Nedlin: What concerns a geek with music education? (laughs) Well, I can teach the little I have learnt to anyone who is willing to learn. Music is an art; anyone interested in music and is determined to learn it must be prepared to commit himself to it. It’s always better if you’re passionate about music, which will make the whole process a lot easier.


Jetty: How do you balance your music with other obligations like mate, education, family, social life etc?
Nedlin: There is time for everything, even the scriptures said it. I designed my mindset in such a way that I don’t have to find myself doing many things at the same time. I map out time for everything. For instance, I always visit the studio mostly during weekends and on my holidays. Then, when I am not in the studio or during sessions, I should be in the lecture hall or participating in any other activity that will benefit my life. My friends and family respect those times I set apart for my music and my career by not engaging me with anything that will distract me. For my family, I do make out time to stay with my family, more especially my siblings. In all that I do for the advancement of my musical career, I don’t allow it to affect my academic life. I live a simple life that ensures I meet up in all my social activities.

Jetty: So, any regrets so far since your career or scandal?
Nedlin: Not at all. I am full of appreciation to God for leading me to this extent and I thank God that to this time, I have not done anything that will warrant any sort of scandal linked to me. I give God all the praise and glory.

Jetty: What inspires your music?
Nedlin: I draw my inspiration from what is happening in the society and about my life experiences.

Jetty: Thank you so much Nedlin for your time, I appreciate your responses. Will be glad to have you next time
Nedlin: Oh! I appreciate a lot for the invitation and for the discussion.

For so long now, the duo of Peter and Paul of the Psquare fame has been in the news over the disagreement rocking the group, particuluarly between Peter Okoye and their elder brother Jude Okoye, their embattled manager.
From my own view, since Peter the most concerned about this saga has blurted "No more family business" in affirmation of his decision that Jude must not remain their manager if Psquare must continue to exist. But Paul retorted saying, " if you don't do family business, then who am I to you?" This is really getting interesting even as the former governor of their home state Peter Obi decided to intervene and make peace between them.
To me, as they've refused all pleas from their fans and well wishers to make peace and continue as a musical group, then going their separate ways is indeed a good decision as they've both proved that by releasing singles independently, with Paul establishing a new record label and Peter unveiled his new stage name as well as new management.
Looking at the disintegration, I think that nobody can really be blamed. Jude has been more than generous to his twin brothers. The duo has been generous too by agreeing to share all their profits equally with him too. But, the actual problem lies on what Peter alleged that Jude and Paul does that he distastes. Peter is a composer, producer, singer and the lead dancer. But, if they're to launch a new album that might feature 12 or 14 songs, only 3 or 4 of Peter's works will be voted for. That's so unfair! And the worst of it is that, none of their hit songs has credit to Peter's production. All their hit songs were written and produced by Paul. Are we supposed to believe that Peter can't write hit songs or his productions can't make a song a hit? No! But, it's just that too many hits just can't be in one single album, instead, they'll be released as singles.
At this extent, breaking up is indeed a good option for the musical twins. This will allow us the spectators of the whole event to see actually, who's making Psquare the "Squared" group they are. Lets see what will become of Jude, Paul and Peter as they each go on solo to mind their business.
By this, lets watch and see how many artists Jude may develope or raise to fame as he did to his brothers, in the same vein Don Jazzy of Mavin Dynasty and Kenny Ogungbe of Kennis Music is doing, lets just see what will become of Northside Entertainment. We'll also be keeping an eye on Paul and his Rudeboy Records, lets see how this independence will project him as a master musician without the backup voice of his twin brother which makes all his productions hits! For Peter, sure, we'll be seeing much dancing this time which people like me will love to see, but what about vocals, can he make it without the first verse introduction of his twin Paul?
We all know how the Plantashun Boiz split and each started their solo careers and we're witnesses of the result of that seperation. If there was still Plantashun Boiz, I don't think that a talent like Tuface would have been discovered or more still become a legend to reckon on in Africa's music industry. If Faze was still in that group, I don't think we would have been enjoying tracks like Originality, You need somebody etc.
As adventuristic our minds are, I'll say that if Psquare is done working as a group, they should please remain single as they are now lets see what is going to become of them. Whether they chose to call it quit with music now, one thing for sure is that they will never be poor again in their lives as they've acquired more than enough wealth. As Peter said in Collabo; "if I no get money I get place to borrow", they've got connection and fame, that is enough.

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Websites for sale; www.finestgist.com and www.peerdig.com. Contact me if you are interested.
Theojethro@gmail.com
08151731773