"Made In Lagos" album reaches number 1 on the chart

Nigeria's Musician, Wizkid

Cool FM 96.9 Abuja reported few days ago that Wizkid’s ‘Made in Lagos‘ album reached number one on the chart.

According to the report, Nigerian superstar singer, Wizkid (Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun) is now holding the record of longest stay on Billboard World Albums Chart.

He tallied with Fela Anikulapo Kuti last week.

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's ‘The Best Of The Black President‘ album, a compilation released in 1999, spent forty-five weeks on the Billboard World Albums Chart, making it the longest-running album on the chart for a Nigerian singer.

However, according to current updates, Afrobeats sensation Wizkid has broken the record by spending a total of 46 weeks on the Billboard World Albums rankings with his 2020 ‘Made in Lagos’ album.

Wizkid’s ‘Made in Lagos‘ album reached number one on the chart, while Fela’s ‘The Best Of The Black President‘ peaked at number three.

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside Nigeria’s worsening kidnap-for-ransom scourge

A study of reported cases of Kidnap-for-ransom in the media reveals that the crime has become perhaps the biggest security threat in Nigeria.

Tears dropped down the cheeks of Catherine Ukpekpi as she narrated her family’s ordeal. It was April and her husband, Ben, the leader of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Cross River State, had been kidnapped four weeks earlier. It was the second time in 16 months that he had been kidnapped.

Mrs Ukpekpi said the circumstances of both incidents were identical. Just as in December 2019, he was again abducted at the front of their house in Calabar, and by people she suspected were the same.

“Two days later they opened communication and said we should pay N150 million before they release my husband. I asked them N150,000 or N150 million? They said ‘madam N150 million! We abducted your husband for money. Pay us N150 million, not a kobo less. He is the NLC chairman’”.

2023 Campaign Posters For Ailing Ex-Lagos Governor Surface In London

Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu

Images of the APC leader were on display at some London train stations.

From Sahara reporters, New York comes this report of political campaign posters of former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu.

See the full story below, curtesy of Sahara Reporters:

Campaign posters for the ailing All Progressives Congress National Leader and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, to run for Nigeria’s president in 2023 have emerged in London, United Kingdom where he is currently receiving treatment.

In a viral video shared on Monday on Arise TV, images of the APC leader were on display at some London train stations.

SaharaReporters observed that several groups had of recent campaigned for the frail APC leader and shown support for his presidential ambition, even though he had yet to officially declare his interest in succeeding Buhari in 2023.

The adverts were also said to be on display at the popular London’s Heathrow Airport. Tinubu’s photographs were splashed on the walls.

Career Path: Young Boy Wishes To Be A Killer

Did you miss this? Well, don't fret, this is it, the video of young boy with a stunning career choice that has sent many wandering. The lad wishes to be a killer. Yes, that's what he said. See it here in the video below curtsey, Arise News:

Bobrisky apologises to Tonto

Via her post on IG, Bobrisky is apologising to Tonto with this message: “Tonto, I humiliated you here so is a must I come back here to apologize for calling you out !!! I honestly didn’t know what came over me, but I later realize I was wrong... pls find it in your heart to forgive me. Yes I might have be there for u as friends, the truth is you were also there for me at some point of my life. Pls find it in ur heart to forgive me once more. We necessarily shouldn’t be friends no more but let me apologize for calling you out.

“To my fans, and to tonto fans I’m sorry many of you are disappointed at me, pls forgive me and I promise never to repeat dis no more.

“@iamfaithojo mummy thanks for giving me the best advice God bless you ma, you are truly a mother who don’t support evil.”

What helps you cope with stress?

Photo credit: Medical News Today

Stress can feel like a baseline condition for many of us – especially during a pandemic. But there are ways to support yourself through the very worst of it, whether through help, sleep or radical self-care, The Guardian reports.

“Style and sustainability don’t have to be two separate things - Jazmine Rogers

Black and Mexican creator Jazmine Rogers (@thatcurlytop), says “Style and sustainability don’t have to be two separate things. They can be one and the same, and sustainable living itself should be fun.”

This is curtained in a report posted on Instagram’s official account few days ago.

2023: NORTHAN GOVERNORS OPPOSE POWER SHIFT TO SOUTH

Northern States Governors’ Forum at an emergency meeting on Monday in Kaduna

Governors of the 19 states in the North have opposed the call by their southern counterparts that the Presidency should be zoned to the South in 2023, Channels Television reports.

This formed part of the resolutions reached on Monday when the governors held an emergency meeting with traditional rulers in the region at the Government House in Kaduna State, the report stated.

According to the report, Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, read out the communique containing the resolutions on behalf of his colleague which submits among others that zoning the office of the President as being agitated by southern governors is against the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, stating further that any president elected must meet the constitutional requirements which include scoring the majority votes, and polling at least 25 per cent of the votes cast in two-thirds of the 36 states of the Federation.

BIMPE – THE PROUD GIRL

Bimpe, a girl from an extremely poor home is been the hope of her family. She’s exceptionally brilliant, distinctively beautiful and quite proud, and she’s the only choice of the governor’s son for a wife. This spells a very bright future for her, as well as her family and friends. However, many including her mother have advised her severally to bury her pride to avoid undue difficulties and hazards of life. But she claims she’s not by nature ‘proud’, she says it’s just a way of packaging to win confidence and attention in the heart of everyone, her own way of fooling the world. Really, she’s been quite fortunate with such act over the years because she gets anything she desires from anyone without losing a thing, not even her virginity. But suddenly, she’s confirmed pregnant just as soon as the marriage rites between her and the governor’s son commences.

Now, this is not a true life story. But if you were to do a resolution for this story what would it be? Yes, rack your brain on it guys.

Ebonyi landlords directed to renovate their buildings

Dave Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor

“All buildings in rickety shapes and some leaking roofs must be renovated by the landlords before November 30, 2021.”

Ebonyi State Government has ordered owners of dilapidated buildings situated on major roads in Abakaliki, the state capital, to renovate them before November 30, News Agency of Nigeria reports.

According to the report, the Commissioner, Ministry of Capital City Development, Peter Nwebonyi, gave the directive at a meeting with the Ebonyi State Landlord Association on Friday in Abakaliki.

Mr Nwebonyi said the government’s directive was to enable structures to match the present level of development in the city adding that the state government spent resources constructing flyovers, streetlights and concrete roads, and required the landlords to play their part by rehabilitating their buildings, the report stated.

TROUBLE IS GUARANTEED

Rayo Abe, Professional Housewife

The message today is about trials and temptations and as such we bring you this very beautiful piece titled “Trouble Is Guaranteed”, a two part ministration by Rayo Abe, a professional housewife popularly known as the “Lagos House Wife”, an Instagram user with a passion for women and family. Trust you would be blessed and edified by the message:

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Hosting FFK at Aso Villa evidence of Buhari’s capacity to forgive -Femi Adesina

L-R: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari and Femi Fani-Kayode, Fmr. Nigeria's Minister of Aviation

Special Adviser to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has explained why his principal hosted an unsparing critic of the regime and former minister Femi Fani-Kayode in Aso Villa following his defection to the ruling All Progress Congress, Punch Newspapers reports.

In the report, Adesina wrote:

Not a small ruckus has been caused by the defection of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last week.

An icing on the cake, or the salt added to injury (depending on which side you are), was his reception at the Presidential Villa by Muhammadu Buhari, father of the nation. The development has been rocking the polity for many days.

FFK is by no means a miscellaneous personality, and whatever he does, or does not do, attracts loads of attention.

Northern Elders regret not supporting Jonathan in 2015, advises South on 2023 polls

NEF Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

The Northern Elders Forum on Wednesday said it regretted backing then candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election, instead of the then incumbent Goodluck Jonathan.

The position of the NEF was made known by its Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed.

Ahmed, who spoke on a programme on Arise TV: “The Morning Show,” said Buhari had since succeeding Jonathan let down a majority of Nigerians who trusted in his leadership before the 2015 polls.

He said: “Is there any Nigerian who is not disappointed in President Buhari, including diehard APC (All Progressives Congress) people?