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JIGGYBOY:
It was supposed to be a good date. Instead, it ended up being a nightmare. The Enugu student hopes to use her personal tragedy to help others

An Esut student who endured a horrible, terrifying experience has taken to her social space to call out an alleged rapist who roams about free in Enugu State. She turned her tragedy into something she hopes will help ladies in the coal city state

“this is my Story, on a very good day (2017) I was in my lodge in school, Enugu state university of science and technology (ESUT) my friend visited me from University of Nsukka (UNN) my friends cousin came with her so she (my friends cousin) told us she would call her friend (a guy) to take us out because girls were bored, so she called him and he asked us to o come meet him where he was (Villa Toscana) Enugu, we came and we ordered Fish and drinks, by the time we finished gisting and eating it was too late to go back to my school (Agbani) so he decided that we we should all lodged in a hotel and go back to school the next morning. I and my friends were in the same room while he was in a separate room, we were all gisting and eventually I became comfortable with him. Later at night he asked me to come to the hotel bar that he wanted to talk to me about my friend that he really likes her and wants to be in a relationship with her and he wants me to help him talk to her. So I went downstairs only to see him standing in front of his room so he asked me to come inside ( I never suspected anything giving the fact that he was my friend's friend) so I came inside, next thing he locked the door and told me that if I scream nobody will come to my aid because he was familiar with all the workers at the hotel so even if I scream I'd be wasting my time, I was still confused and immediately I started crying and begging him he told me to shut up and lie on the bed and he asked me to open my legs and he put on his phone torch and put the light in between my legs (didn't know what that meant) next thing he did was to forcefully tear my dress, I was still crying and begging him he didn't listen to me(well you know the rest). When he finished he asked me to leave the room, I was broken into pieces I didn't know what to do, I went upstairs, ran into the bathroom and called my very close friend onyinye and told her what happened so she asked me to calm down, I couldn't sleep so I sat down counting hours untill it was 6am, alot was running through my mind I was scared, what if I had gotten an infection?, what if the guy had AIDS? What would I tell my mum?


So I went to the hospital to next morning and ran some tests, meanwhile I got some antibiotics while waiting for my test results to be out, eventually my results came out and I was free,this is a chapter in my life I never wanted to open, not even my family members knew about it, because if I had told my brothers I'm sure the guy would be dead today and I didn't want that plus I was scared. Apparently I wasn't his only victim, because few weeks back my friend sent me this picture and told me he saw it on his class group chat and he picture was going round Esut group chats and I also learnt that he also dupes girls, takes money from them, promising them he can help them make more money. He told me his name was KENE while his real name is OBUMNEME. This is his picture me fellow sisters incase you run across him, RUN! OBUMNEME NNAJI is a RAPIST! He is from Amurri Agbani Thank you to my friends ONYINYE, OLUCHI, AMAKA and CHISOM who were there for me and gave me the support I needed. God bless you all.� Enugu state. #saynotorape #saynotorape� #saynotorape❌

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JIGGYBOY:
Sequel to further directive of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Enugu State Fire Service, on Saturday, commenced the decontamination and fumigation of Ogbete Main Market, Enugu

It would be recalled that the state fire service carried out the first phase of the exercise in the market on April 1, 2020, shortly after it was shut down by the state government as part of the proactive safety measures to contain the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the state

During the first phase of the decontamination of the market, monitored by Gov. Ugwuanyi and heads of security agencies in the state, the State Chief Fire Officer, Engr. Okwudiri Ohaa, hinted newsmen that “the state government will fumigate major markets in the state before they are reopened”

Addressing newsmen during the second phase of the decontamination, at Ogbete Main Market, Engr. Ohaa disclosed that the exercise will last for two days (Saturday and Sunday)

He added that the state government has been consistent with the exercise to ensure that “the fight against COVID-19 is won in Enugu State”.
The Chief Fire Officer maintained that the decontamination is a continuous one, stressing that “when the market reopens, it will be a weekly event”

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'This Isn't a Fad': Three of Africa's Biggest Stars on Making the Industry Come to Them

The next musical revolution is brewing in Africa.

As the industry buzzes with — and profits from — new languages and sounds from all over, the prospects for artists across the continent have never been brighter or more numerous. There have, of course, always been African superstars — from Miriam Makeba to Hugh Masekela to Fela Kuti — as well as great respect for the continent’s music, thanks to projects like Paul Simon’s iconic 1986 album, Graceland, which famously put Ladysmith Black Mambazo and others on the international map. But despite major-label deals, chart successes and eye-popping sales figures, African artists have often been siloed from the popular music landscape, segregated under the “world music” banner or viewed as Africans first, artists second.

Yet in recent years, especially as streaming has helped hip-hop become a universal language, the industry is witnessing the rise of the first generation of truly global pop superstars from Africa, whose defining trait will not be their geographic origin, but the artistry and business savvy that are on par with the biggest names in their field. In 2016, Nigeria’s Wizkid topped the Billboard Hot 100 as a collaborator on Drake’s summer smash “One Dance,” which hinted at the possibilities awaiting his peers from the continent. In the years since, Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé have fueled interest in the motherland by curating ambitious, Grammy Award-nominated movie-music projects — Lamar’s Black Panther: The Album and Beyoncé’s The Lion King: The Gift — that put a spotlight on African artists and producers and showed just how closely their music resembles today’s reigning pop and R&B styles.

A-list tastemakers aren’t the only ones lavishing new attention on the region, however. The three major-label groups — Universal, Warner and Sony — have all ramped up their investments in Africa in recent years: opening offices, sending A&R scouts to major hubs and forming joint ventures and partnerships. Meanwhile, advances in technology and social media have further connected a continent of 1.2 billion people — with a median age of 19.7 years — to the rest of the industry, creating a lucrative audience for both homegrown and foreign stars alike.

Among Africa’s 54 countries, Nigeria, with an estimated 206 million people, has the largest population and the largest economy. It has also emerged as a particular wellspring of talent, thanks to stars like Tiwa Savage, Davido and Mr Eazi, whose diverse paths through the industry have helped pave the way for other artists — and highlighted just how many possibilities await African talent.

Lauded as the “Queen of Afrobeats,” Lagos-based Savage, 40, signed a landmark global recording deal with Universal Music Group and Motown Records last spring after making a name for herself as an independent artist (on Nigeria’s Mavin Records and her own 323 Entertainment), a songwriter (for the likes of Monica and Fantasia) and a backing vocalist (for Whitney Houston, George Michael and Mary J. Blige). With two degrees — one from Boston’s Berklee College of Music, one in business from England’s University of Kent — and stints in London, New York and Los Angeles under her belt, she’s showing how primed for global stardom African artists already are as she readies her fourth studio album, Celia, due later this year.

Davido, who has been in the business for a decade, has brought the worlds of African and contemporary black music together like few others before him. Signed to RCA Records through his own Davido Music Worldwide and Sony Music U.K., he’s fusing Afrobeats, Afropop and highlife — a cosmopolitan style of Ghanaian music — with dancehall, hip-hop and R&B, while recruiting some of the genres’ biggest names as collaborators. The Lagos-based 27-year-old’s most recent studio album, last November’s A Good Time, featured guests such as Chris Brown, Summer Walker, Gunna and Popcaan, and breakout hit “Fall” spent an impressive 21 weeks on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart. He’s currently working on an EP that will showcase the acts he has signed to his label. (In the United States, Davido Music Worldwide is registered as Davido Worldwide Entertainment.)

Mr Eazi, who grew up in Lagos but is now based just outside of London, has devoted himself to supporting the next wave of African artists as he builds an independent solo career making what he calls “Banku music” — a twist on Afrobeats with greater influences from Ghana, where he moved as a teen and attended university. The 28-year-old, who worked in mechanical engineering before becoming an artist, founded the talent incubator and label emPawa Africa in 2018. Its first round of investment raised $300,000 to help cover video costs for 100 emerging artists from 11 countries, including Nigeria’s Joeboy and Ghana’s J.Derobie; in 2020 it will award 30 artists grants of $10,000 each. Mr Eazi, who last year made his Coachella debut and toured with J Balvin, is also preparing an upcoming EP as well as a collaboration with Major Lazer and Nicki Minaj.

During a late afternoon in early May, the three artists joined Billboard for a video conference to speak candidly about the opportunities African artists have now, the stereotypes they still face and how they’re staying true to their culture as they bring a slice of Africa to the rest of the world.

JIGGYBOY:
Enugu State government have commenced decontamination of all court premises, offices, fuel stations and all public offices in the state, starting from the State High Court, Pecohub has learnt


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