Getting nominated for the prestigious music award in the world, Grammys is a huge deal. Again is on the music world map as two of its music exports, StarBoy Music Worldwide act, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun well known as[b] Wizkid,[/b] and fast rising international act, Faridah Demola Seriki, who is well known by her stage moniker, Kah-Lo, has been nominated for 2017 Grammy Awards.

While Wizkid got nominated for his role in Drake’s hit single One Dance, Kah-Lo, daughter of former Minister of Defence, Demola Seriki, was nominated for her feature on British DJ, Riton’s track, Rinse and Repeat, which has been nominated for the ‘Best Dance Recording of the Year’.

The track, which fetched the Caro singer his nomination featuring Kyla, is off Drake’s award-winning album Views, which has been adjudged as one of the best albums released in 2016. The album made the highly coveted ‘Album of the Year’ category, competing against other award-winning artistes like Adele, Beyonce, and Justin Bieber.


Prior to this time, the award was only given to the main artiste but this year’s edition of the Grammy awards would see contributing acts and producers going home with awards as well. The 59th edition of the Grammy’s has 84 categories, and Wizkid and Kah-Lo are the only Nigerians on the list.
It need be noted that Wizkid has had a tremendous outing this year with top-notch awards credited to him, including MTV Europe Music Awards (Best African Act), 2016 MAMA awards (Best African Act), 2016 MOBO Awards, AFRIMA awards, The Headies (Nomination), and his Bill Board appearance as the first Nigerian to emerge on that list.

His international prominence started when his hit single, Ojuelegba had American rapper Drake and English rapper with Nigerian descent, Skepta, on the remix.

Kah-Lo describes herself as a ‘monotone rap princess’; her style is different and refreshing. The talented artiste posted on Instagram, “Oluwa did it! @ritontime has all the swag sauce!”

Rinse and Repeat has been streamed five million times on Spotify and played 1.5 million times on YouTube in less than a month after its release.

Recalled that the first Nigerian to be nominated for the Grammy award was King Sunny Ade, in 1983 for his album, Synchro System.

He was re-nominated in 1998 for his collection of Yoruba songs Odu, becoming the first African to be nominated twice.

At the 57th edition of the awards, which held at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California, Nigerian-born Kelvin Olusola and his team, Pentatonix, won in the ‘Best Arrangement, Instrumental/Acappella’ category.

By the feat, Olusola joined the growing list of Nigerians who have won the award after Helen Folashade Adu (better known as Sade Adu), Henry Adeola Samuel (popularly called Seal) and Sikiru Ade

In 1986, at the 28th Grammy awards, Sade Adu winning with her band, as ‘Best New Artiste’, became the first Nigerian to win in the prestigious awards. Ten years later, another Nigerian, Seal, won the ‘Record of the Year’ and ‘Song of the Year’ awards for his song Kiss from a Rose, a song, which was remixed as a soundtrack to Batman Forever.

Sikiru Adepoju won in 1991 and 2009 as a part of Mickey Hart’s group, Planet Drum, whose albums won the award for ‘Best Contemporary World Music Album’ for the two years.

Many other Nigerians have been nominated but lost out to other nominees. Afrobeat maestro, Femi Kuti, has been nominated for a Grammy award four times in 2003, 2010, 2012 and 2013, but did not win any. Others who have been nominated include Tyler Okonma, Tiwa Savage, and Chimamanda Adiche.



http://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/brighter-chances-for-nigeria-at-2017-grammys-as-wizkid-kah-lo-make-nomination-list/

igbo's are AGIP..

seunny4lif:
FB please
This is important

you dont need to beg them.. if na one big boobs bigger than the other.. u go see am on front p

and so

bless2tom:

Na u talk am oooo.... No b for my mouth dey hear am ooo

two great yoruba leaders

bless2tom:
Hope they meet in the other world

RIP Fidel Castro, Leader of the Cuban Revolution , and leader of Cuba for almost 50 years, pictured here with Late Ooni Sijuade, spiritual leader of Yorubas worldwide..
This is truly historical picture . the late ooni of ife oba sijuwade and fidel castro together.

I am not sure if many nigerians know about this visit. The Ooni of ife visited cuba in 1987. it reported was regarded in cuba as of the same importance as to the day pope showed up in a relatively remote christian community in some far away corner of the world.

This is due to the deep rooted connections of santeria as a religion in cuba and the slaves from west africa who brought their religion with them to cuba and has since survived to this very present day.

It was a visit which not only acknowledged the existence but further strengthened their connections to their beloved homeland, ILE IFE and the YORUBA KINGDOM

pic credit : prince Adegbite Sijuwade

very nice video i just came accross on the internet...
thank you minister louis farrakhan for putting that journalist in his place..

Afam4eva:
Whenever i think of Ghana, this is the first face that comes to mind

RIP Sir.

wow.. u are still around man

taiyesoul:
Woman wey u never marry?.

i see poverty speaking tru you ;Dn

can this ever happen in nigeria.. dont we have something like this incase of a preotest why our police keep using live weapon on the citizens

Students in the South African city of Cape Town have clashed with police during protest demanding free education across the country.

Police fired stun grenades, water canons and tear gas as they tried on Wednesday to disperse the large crowd of student protesters.

According to AP news agnecy, students burned a mock wooden coffin for the education minister to show dissatisfaction with the government's response to their demands.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa, reporting from Cape Town city centre, said at least one student was injured during the confrontation.

"The students kept coming back. They are refusing to leave. They kept hiding between the shops," she said.

"They are adamant and they say they want free education even if the government keeps saying it cannot afford to pay."

Protesters said they want free university education to help close South Africa's inequality gap.

Police called on the protesters to leave immediately and return to school "because they are disrupting business", our correspondent said.
"These are scenes that the government does not want to see in the city of Cape Town. It's a tourist destination. It's the last thing they want to see.

"But students are saying, 'our parents cannot afford the tuition. So how can you expect us to continue [university]?'"

In a speech on Wednesday, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan promised additional funding for higher education in his speech, while calling for the "violence to stop".

He promised to cap the tuition fees for 2017.


Funding South Africa's students

Violent protests began last year putting the government under pressure to fund free tertiary education.

Many black students say they come from poor families, and fee increases will rob them of the opportunity to continue studying.

South Africa’s economy is struggling. Although it has regained the title of Africa's largest economy from Nigeria, it could be on the brink of recession. It barely escaped a rating agencies downgrade to junk status recently.

It is rich in mineral resources, but mining production fell 0.2 percent year-on-year in August and farmers are suffering from the worst drought in more than a century.

The International Monetary Fund said corruption in South Africa is holding the economy back.

Source: Al Jazeera News And Agencies
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/clashes-cape-town-students-demand-free-tuition-161026134326852.html

Young03:
when we call him a mere commissioner, people will be calling u names.


una don c am nah

for your mind you don talk... kids everywhere.. what about this.. u no see am.
[b]Even the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, was said to have no input in the list of the nominees.[/b]was said to have no input in the list of the nominees. a whole minister of fereign affairs. so what then is his work..

the one he started already.. he cant decieve anyone

ibo girlz .. full of shit

that shows you that we yoruba's are not coward.. you can see for yourself from the history of nigeria.. we fought with our blood for this country called nigeria..
do you hear pim from any ibo govnor or politicians even ayim p ayim enter silence mode once jonathan was defeated but the same tribe he marginalized refused to be silenced

THE PRESIDENT IS OLD AND NOW HE IS ACTING LIKE A BABY.. OLD AGE HAS REALLY SET IN.. I WONT BLAME HIM FOR THE COMMENT..

Seun:

Good thinking. Welcome to the club of people who don't believe things for which there is no good evidence; the habitat of most great minds.

Una eye go clear when the D day HAPPENS.. THEY FORMED intellectual.. pple that can tell me they dont believe in God and i will consider are scientist, doctor cos they don read too much not someone that start a forum and wake up next day to be forming athiest

Mille:


Oh really? Yes, they are mostly friendly except for some idiots.

What's wrong with Hungary. Never been there but the Hungarian women I have met and talked to love black men like mad. I have lots and lots of date offers from them, very beautiful and above my class. I've been running from them because I don't have enough to be spending on dates. But I surely will go to 2 this weekend.

I'm surprised to hear of Poland. The three Polish colleagues I have (all Erasmus female students) are actually very nice to me. One even told me her sister is married to a black man. I need more info on Poland because I have promised to come visit them in Warsaw after the Erasmus.

you have to understand european girls. its like reverse gear.. while they are outside their country , they are free to do anything ,date or marry black guy .. but once you come into their country , it is something different. try visit hungary and you think you will easily get a hungary girl except you want ashawo wey u go pay romania are the easier and free minded people have ever met.. just surprise what you said about those guys yelling at you.. anyway if that happen next time , just smile at them. they just wanna say hi but felt intimidated by your appearance... cluj should be even easier to find blacks cos of the student population. how long have you been there?

Mille:
Lol.

One thing I ever come to notice in my little sojourn is that you have to be bold and confident. Any act of meekness makes you an easy target.

I mostly don't move around alone here in Cluj, Romania anymore. When I first got here, people were very very curious and stare a lot. It used to make me uncomfortable but somehow, I got bold. Walk and talk with boldness. That way, you intimidate them.

I am uses to walking with my female Polish housemate and friend People used to think we are lovers because we walk around the city together most times. So they always stare at an 'interracial couple' and we do get a lot of jealous looks from the young women, spiteful looks from the old people and young men and hear lots of comments, mostly curious.

So today, we were walking instead of taking a bus to a shopping centre about 20minutes away. Halfway, these two guys came, likely Romanians or Hungarians in their mid 30s. They kept walking up to us with the idiot shouting " Hey man, what are you doing in my country? Go back to your country and leave my country " blah blah blah.

I just ignored him, continued walking slowly and MAJESTICALLY and with real swagger and boldness while chatting hilariously with my friend. When he saw I wasn't intimidated, he had to stop cos I was making him look really stupid.

One thing about Eastern Europe is that they have not been exposed to people of other cultures. I go out almost everytime and never come across black people. I have only seen 2 blacks since I've been in Cluj.

seriously what are u looking for in russia.. do some research before travlling to some countries .. you see how many blacks even nigerians been killed in russia,ukraine.

@ mille.. am surprise to hear that.. i have lived in cluj and nothing like that ever happen.. i think romania are even more friendlier than some eastern europe..hate hungary like shit, try poland .. you will hate yourself..

richylee:
you crack me up. Damn funny.

really.. but its true

1. yoruba
2.hausa
3.niger delta
4.IBO

oduastates:
Good job.
Which one is arewa house of culture again.
Alaafin should stay away from that "jesus is my father" area boy.

what do you mean by that

It was dual celebration in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin recently, as the Alaafin of Oyo; Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III resuscitated the celebration of Sango festival in the city for the first time in 200 years. The city also witnessed the unveiling of a multi-million naira statue for the deity. Taiwo Abiodun reports.

THE crowd went into a frenzy, as it sighted the beaded staff of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III. Many surged forward to catch a glimpse of the majestic staff, which symbolised the essence of the monarch, acclaimed as the ultimate political power in the whole old Oyo Empire; while some even made efforts to touch it. The women removed their headgears and wrappers, spread them on the ground in obeisance, while some prostrated in awe, shouting Kaaaabiyeeeessssiiiiii oooooo. Both the men and women poured panegyrics, showered praises on the royal father and prayed that he lives long .

It was indeed an expression of the rich African culture and reverence for traditional stools. The occasion was the celebration of this year’s Sango (Yoruba god of thunder) festival in Porto Novo and spectacle at Ifoyin Town market, where the celebration held, was simply electrifying. The people danced with dexterity to the bata music rendered by expert bata drummers from Oyo Alaafin. The Alaafin, was represented by his daughter, Arewa Omo’ba ‘Sade Adeyemi, but the occasion nevertheless attracted about 22 royal fathers from across what used to be the old Oyo Empire, spread across Nigeria and eastern Porto Novo, who had come to witness the celebration.

Omo’ba Adeyemi’s epoch speech

As the Yoruba Cultural Ambassador and Yeye Isese of Yorubaland, Arewa Omo’ba Sade Adeyemi (of Arewa House of Culture), mounted the stage in a blaze of applause. Unique in her multiple cowry shell earrings, head, neck and sandals ensemble, Omo’oba Adeyemi was indeed regal and a cynosure of all eyes.

She wowed all with her sonorous song: “Iro ni won npa, Iseese o le parun , Eke ni won nse, Yoruba ‘o le parun (translated: It is a lie our culture cannot die, It is not true Yoruba cannot be destroyed), which the crowd wasted no time in hijacking. It was as if they had been possessed by the spirit of Sango himself.

Thereafter, she delivered a thought-provoking, historical and educative speech.

She said: ”I have been to Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago; I have been to some cities in America, and West Africa; and I have discovered that the Yoruba culture is well accepted, rich, interesting, honoured and respected. But while the Chinese appreciate their festivals, and the Indians do not joke with their culture and ways of life, we the Yoruba in Africa have allowed foreign religions to almost blindfold us, by discouraging us from observing our tradition. Today I am fulfilled; today I am happy that we are moving forward and our custom and tradition cannot be erased. Our father the Alaafin would be happy today, as he too is celebrating same festival in Oyo. Since my father, the Alaafin ascended his forefather’s throne in 1971, he has never for one day failed to celebrate this Yoruba deity in Oyo town.”

According to the princess, despite the fact that some of the people in Porto Novo now speak French because they were colonised by the French, it gladdened her heart that they have not forgotten their roots. “The last time Sango festival was held here in Porto Novo was about 200 years ago; so we thank the Orisas (deities) for giving us the opportunity to do this today….”

Shortly after her speech, a bata troupe led by Ojelabi Adesina Agberako of Agberako entertained with traditional Yoruba songs and acrobatic display.

And then the atmosphere literally transformed, as ‘Sango’ in his typical frenzy, appeared in his warrior costume, restless, wielding his legendary axe and spitting fire.

A six-footer, Sango’s eyes were blood-shot; his regalia was decorated with dangling cowry shells, which dangled as he pranced menacingly about. He tied a decorated leather band around his forehead, while the gourds tied to his neck dangled freely like a pendulum. His plaited hair and red skirt, typical of the Sango deity, made him look like a woman, but one powerful and possessed.

At a point, the rain threatened, causing the visitors momentary anxiety. In between, the terrified spectators shouted ‘Sango! Oko Oya Oooo!; while he responded by wielding the axe threateningly, as if at his enemies.

One of the visitors, Tunde Onibode, said the sight of Sango, with his axe and balls of fire is one that shouldn’t be witnessed by a child.

Unveiling the Sango statue and museum

After the show of theatrics, a life-size Sango statue was unveiled. The unveiling was done by representatives of the Alaafin, Princess Adeyemi, Prince Adeniyi Siyanbola Oluku – Ewu, Prince Jelili Tella and Prince Lawrence Loye. Seeing their dream come true, the community went wild with ecstasy.

A royal father and President of Foundation of Awo Imule du Benin, Kabiyesi Ayorinde Kolawole said, “I personally erected this statue for our people because they yearned for it. We all believe in this tradition, which has been in existence for a very long time. We need Sango here, to guide our community and help us reduce immoralities, stealing and other crimes.”

The Sango status is located behind the market place with the shrines. Worshippers danced around it and prayed for the entire community, on their knees. A group of worshippers grabbed a live ram and used their bare teeth to slaughter it to the amazement of the uninitiated viewers

According to Princess Arewa Sade, “the story of the legendary fire-spitting Sango has been told many times. He was a very powerful king in Oyo.”

The royal father, Kolawole added that “Whoever swears falsely or commits crime and lies against Sango would have himself to blame. And if such person is killed by Sango, the victim’s family must not touch the corpse, while the victim’s property will be confiscated to Sango the god of thunder.”

How Sango became a deity

According to Princess Arewa Sade Adeyemi, “In the days of old, Sango was a warrior and a powerful king who reigned and ruled in the old Oyo Empire. He became too powerful for the then Alaafin of Oyo, hence he created another community for him to rule over, as two rams could not drink from the same pot.

“Many did not know that the story of Sango was real until now. Sango was a king with powerful powers, but one day he set two of his powerful chiefs, Timi (agba le Olofa Ina) and Gbonka against each other, saying he wanted to know who was more powerful. While Gbonka had the power to sedate or make his enemy sleep off, Timi had the power to conjure fire along with his dangerous and powerful magical arrow that emitted fireworks to kill his enemy. Timi eventually killed and beheaded his enemy, Gbonka at Akesan market, but later discovered that Sango’s plan was to eliminate him. He then went to confront Sango and asked him to vacate his throne or face him in a war. To avoid being disgraced, Sango went to hang himself, while his wives Oya, Osun and Oba transformed into rivers, flowing in different directions. Till date, we have the Oya River, River Osun and Odo Oba in Iwo.

“But when Sango’s followers were taunted that their beloved king cowardly hanged himself, they went after those spreading the ugly news, setting their houses on fire and causing them to retract their statement. They also declared that Oba koso (Sango did not hang).”

The Alaafin must not meet face-to-face

Corroborating the story, Tunde Onibode said ”Sango hanged in annoyance and it was a woman selling bean cake that saw his body dangling in the air, who reported the incidence. Till date he is worshipped as a deity.”

Kabiyesi Kolawole declared unequivocally that the statue was not erected by the government of Benin Republic and that he spent about 20 million CFA (7 million naira) of his personal money to construct the statue. To avoid doubt, he said “I do not spend my money on frivolities and that is why I am able to build this shrine and this Sango statue.”

The museum, which was also opened, featured many effigies of Yoruba deities like Sango, Eegun, Oya, Sonpona, Ere Ibeji, Iyalode, Ogun god of Iron, Yemoja, among others. Kolawole said, “Many come here to find solution to their problems and Olodumare always solves their problems.

Babatunde Onibode, a lover of the Yoruba tradition and culture said he came all the way from Lagos, Nigeria to watch the event. He expressed optimism that the place “would soon become a tourist centre, where foreigners would come visiting. I have travelled to French speaking countries, China and some parts of Kenya and many of these countries use tourism to develop their countries. And that’s why I believe we should encourage the Benin Republic Government.

Prince Lawrence Loye, one of the Alaafin’s representatives said “Let the government turn this museum in Itako to a tourist centre. We should not allow colonial mentality to erode our traditional.”

Prince Siyanbola, on his part, described the occasion as ‘great.’ He said “Yes, today is a memorable day in our lives. We must appreciate the fact that Olodumare loves us all and we must abide by all his principles. It is good to know that the recognition of Sango extends to Republic of Benin.”

The royal fathers present include Baale Sango, Ifonyin, Itakete, Ijagba, Apena Tayese, Iya Agba Pobe, Ketu, Sakete, Iketu, Omube, Onipetesi, Onibuba, Onije, Onisale and Onitowe.

To cap it up, the Yeye Isese said the next festival in Benin Republic will hold in July, and would hopefully be graced by the Alaafin himself in his full entourage.

http://thenationonlineng.net/jubilation-alaafin-resurrects-sango-porto-novo/

wetin concern me.. i hope he will solve it, like he solve nigeria economy

EmeeNaka:
SE-1
SW-3
North-7
SS-2

can you name the sw -3... i dont know which list you are reading from

go to alade market in shomolu.. i dont know if its still there.. i remember growing up in the 90s ..we do go to the market to touch live electric fish in the bowl of the sellers..

iLegend:
I no like school, but nice one.

why dear

University of Ibadan has secured a spot in the top 978 ranked universities in the world.

In the ranking ranking released by the Times Higher Education, Nigeria’s premier university was ranked 801 on the list.

UI was the only Nigerian university to make the list.

Earlier in 2016, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (AWRU) and the Center for World Universities Ranking (CWUR) released a list of the top 500 and 1000 world universities respectively and no Nigerian university was on the list.

CWUR said that Nigerian universities were not considered for the ranking because of lack of quality research.

AWRU, who did not give a reason for Nigeria’s absence, made it clear that the criteria for ranking was the number of alumni and staff publishing journals in Nature and Science, number of alumni and staff winnng Nobel prizes and Field medals.

South Africa and Egypt had the highest number of universities on the list from the black continent.

63 universities from the United states made it to the top 200 while 32 from the United Kingdom also made the cut.

United States (U.S) had 63 universities among the hundreds of schools considered.
https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/finallly-one-nigerian-university-makes-top-world-universities-ranking/

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2017/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank_label/sort_order/asc/cols/rank_only