Video: "Occupy Nigeria" Protest in Lagos on January 3rd

On 1 January 2012, Nigeria's federal government removed the fuel subsidy, an unpopular move confirmed in a statement by the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA).



The effect was immediate, price tags on petrol at filling stations nationwide went up from N65 to N140 and over. Struggling masses of oil rich Nigeria, angered by the added financial strain on their daily lives, took to the streets in cities across the country to demand the subsidy removal be reversed.

 Via: PilotAfrica

Win Free Tickets to Nigeria Idol Live Recording

SAMKLEF HITS NIGERIAN IDOL!

Ace producer and artiste behind the hit song ‘Molowo Noni’ Samklef joins the popular show Nigerian Idol this week. Samklef will be acting as celebrity judge on the live recording of  the Top 30 show come tomorrow. Fans of the show will have the opportunity to win giveaway tickets to attend the show.

This is your opportunity to win one of 10  tickets to the live recording. Please answer this question:

 *Who is the newest judge on Nigerian Idol Season II?
Please add your name and contact details.

According to information from www.nigerianidol.com, the show airs on Fridays and Sundays on the following stations.

AIT : Fridays 7-7.30 pm, Sundays 5.30-7pm
NTA:Saturdays 6:30pm-7pm; Sundays 3:30-5pm
DBN(Lagos): Fridays 9-9:30pm; Sundays 5:30-7pm

From theTimeline: Day 3 - Protest #OccupyNigeria #FuelSubsidyRemoval

 Today is the third Day of #FuelSusbsidy Removal protest going on in Nigeria and other States have joined to say NO to Fuel Subsidy. Lawyers too have joined in the protest. Below are Tweets from Kaduna, Bauchi, KAno, Abeokuta, Oshogbo and Lagos .

Bauchi -  #OccupyNigeria protest underway in #Bauchi.

Wind of change has just began in Bauchi

Flash! Photo #OCCUPYNIGERIA ABEOKUTA OGUN STATE! Police Protect Protesters acting as escorts!

We the youths of Bauchi have proven to the world that we are capable. #OccupyNigeria

Police protecting Protesters in Abeokuta

Confirmed, police are giving protesters full protection and support in #Abeokuta #occupyNigeria protest

Soldiers reportedly beating and molesting protesters around UI and Poly area, #Ibadan. #FuelSubsidy #OccupyNigeria

Flash! #occupyNigeria MTN phone network services down in Kaduna as protest hit city of Kaduna

Occupy Nigeria Protests: Locations, Times, and other Info

That is the brand of the movement. Anyone in Nigeria, I urge you to go. The urgency is now. The removal of fuel subsidies was the final straw. The Federal Government of Nigeria has made its choice. It is time for you to take your stance.


THURSDAY

OWERRI: St. Paul Church, Douglas Road. Thursday, January 5th @ 8am

KADUNA: Lugard Hall. Thursday, January 5th @ 7am

LAGOS: Rally. Location and time unknown.

ABEOKUTA: Iweiroyin, Oke-Ilewo. Thursday, January 5th @ 7am. For more info, call 08037161592

EDO: Benin City. Edo House of Assembly. Thursday, January 5th @ 8am

 

FRIDAY

ABUJA: Eagle Square. Friday, January 6th @ 10am

RIVERS: Port Harcourt. Rumukoro Junction. Friday, January 6th @ 10am. Call Paul at 08034323845 for details

OSUN: Osogbo. Olaiya Junction. Friday, January 6th @ 8am

ENGLAND: Nigeria House London, Friday, January 6th @ 1pm. For more information, please call +447852171675

 

Please note, these are peaceful demonstrations, not riots! This page will be updated daily. Be safe!

#FuelSubsidy Protest will take place in Ado Ekiti, Oshogbo, Benin City Tomorrow

ADO EKITI: #FuelSubsidy protest takes off at Old Garage at 7am morrow (05/01/2012). Please call Lekan on 08034931424 for details.

BENIN CITY #FuelSubsidy protest take off point is State Assembly Complex, Ring Road. Please call Smart Nosakhare for more details 08184816844

OSHOGBO will also go live morrow as serious mobilization has been concluded. Details shortly pls. #FuelSubsidy

Picture: Kaffy's Baby 'Kamal'

Congratulations Kafyat Shafau & Joseph Papy J

Kelly Rowland signed as the new face of Luxury Watch Brand TW Steel

She is already the face of Diddy’s new fragrance line, well now she is taking her talents over to TW Steel. Singer Kelly Rowland has been signed as the new face of luxury watch company TW Steel.

"This is so exciting especially when you naturally become a fan of the brand, which is what happened here... I love the statement wearing a big watch makes... It is fun and stylish at the same time," she said

Rowland is hoping to design a flashy timepiece for the company and says: "It's going to be so sexy, so stylish, so next level. Women will love it."

Source: Times of India

#FuelSubsidyRemoval: Protesters in Kano making history, vows to pass the night on the street

Christians, today January 4th 2012, surrounded Kano Moslems as a form of protection as they pray. #occupyNigeria

Pink Pearl Foundation and Oaken Events Rekindles the Spirit of Giving

 In the usual spirit of sharing love of the season, Pink Pearl Foundation with support from Oaken Events recently gave out items to 300 children from different orphanages around Lagos.

The event, tagged ‘December Giveaway’ was hosted at the Kings College Annex, Victoria Island, Lagos, held on the 31st December 2011 and featured Children from different motherless babies home and correctional facilities such as Special Correctional Centre for Boys Oregun, Children Centre, Idi Araba, Girls Centre, Idi Araba and Girls Remand Home, Idi Araba.

“We planned this event to reach out to young ones who are too often forgotten this season”, said Ayiri

Koffi is Back with 'Root & Roll' Album

Ace Comedian, Entertainer KOFFI is back with Root&Roll.. This is his 5th studio project and 4th personal album  (Comfussion in 2004 / Abinibility in 2006 / TradofunkHIPsouL in 2008 / Workerman Movement - All eyes Open 2010) . Root & Roll contains 12 Tradocentric groovy tunes with a spice of hipness plus a bonus track featuring members of workerman movement.Each song has a different vibe and feel with strong emphasis on Naija percussions and ethnic drive albeit some borrowed western touch to give it a crossover modern tinge.

Album is devoid of lewd content and is good for family listening pleasure as it contains songs that cut across all age groups and gender. songs like-
1."Get Back Home" visits the issues of Nigerians stranded in harsh conditions in the diaspora
2."Real Deal" is a moniker and tune to accentuate the koffi brand as a great work of art as well as an

New Video: Guztang – Gbenga Adenuga release hot new party music single 'See them O!

At exactly 6:00pm on Saturday, December 31st 2011, the New year’s Eve, Guztang, Gbenga Adenuga released  his hot single, a party track which he calls “See Them O!” on his website,  www.gbengaadenuga.com, radio airwaves across the nation and other social media, It is a three minutes fifty seconds long track, and you simply must catch the groove anytime its being played.

It’s almost six years since Gbenga Adenuga, undoubtedly one of Nigeria’s best when it comes to stage performances came out with any form of recording to meet the quest from his teeming follower-ship and fans based which are mostly young people.



In a chat with Gbenga, now Christened “Guztang” on why it took him that long, he says, he has been extremely busy and deeply involved with live shows, he runs a band of 14 workers and have travelled round

Enough is Enough (EIE) Nigeria condemns the Deceit of the Nigerian Government

“The young Ilorin protester will not die in vain”

EnoughisEnough Nigeria condemns the Deceit of the Nigerian Government: #CutGovernmentWaste NOT #FuelSubsidy

Yesterday, news came in – now confirmed - that a 22-year-old Nigerian, Mustapha Muyeedeen Mofoluwasho Opobiyi, was shot down during the Ilorin, Kwara State protests in another unacceptable case of police brutality. While young Nigerians across the country are joined together in mourning for this terrible and entirely avoidable loss of another one of us, it lends an even greater urgency to the widely condemned removal of the infamous fuel subsidy through a press release by PPPRA.

The Federal Government of Nigeria would be mistaken to assume this will discourage other young Nigerians from taking to the streets or wherever else it takes to stand down this wrong-headed decision – if anything,

African Model Samar Khoury brings the charm to ZEN MAGAZINE January 2012 cover

Every year, mistakes are made and lessons learned; 2011 is done & dusted  - Welcome to 2012!  A New Year is upon us - opportunities everywhere - across the world we have witnessed the emergence of African models from different ethnics & backgrounds and even though these models are separated by their different cultures, they each share a similar sense of want 'to be recognized internationally & appreciated'.

Been a model is serious business - just like a celebrity without fans, fashion would be pointless without the models who strut the runways -for this we believe every model is special. Samar Khoury is one special model

FACTORY78 - Awilo Longomba & Mista Precious interview

Legendary African entertainer and Soukuous crooner Awilo Logonba was in the Uk to shoot a music video for his collaborative song "johnny just come" with artiste and video director Mista Precious. As expected the guys at Factory78tv caught up with him for a brief chat . He talked everything from his surprise domination of the African continent from the 90's to the early 2000's, his successes internationally and the ongoing struggles of the people of the Democratic Replublic of Congo. Enjoy the energetic interview here on F78tv.

Nigeria Idol: Voting Lines are opened as First 10 bring the House down

Byno performs 'The Way you are'

The heat is officially on! Nigeria’s biggest music reality show Nigerian Idol has finally hit the top 30 elimination stages and the first 10 have performed brilliantly on the Nigerian Idol stage. Now, the voting lines are open and it is time for you to vote in your favourites from the first ten.
Will it be TimiMyles, the tomboy who belted out a befitting Beyonce Classic ‘If I were a Boy’? to vote Timimyles please text the number 501 to 36880 from any network or call from an Etisalat line Could your choice be

Joy the small but mighty who gave us the girl version of the Justin Bieber hit song ‘Baby’? To vote Joy in please text 502 to to 36880 from any network or call from an Etisalat line
or will it be
Babyface Chinedu who gave us the R&B version of Bob Marley’s ‘Dont Worry’.  To vote Chinedu in please text 503 to 36880 from any network or call from an Etisalat line still at a loss? Let us go on.

Israel the Cool who serenaded the ladies with Bryan Adams ‘Back at one?’  if your choice is Israel, please text 504 to 36880 from any network or call from an Etisalat line
Or is it Bharbar the dude with the Michael Jackson swag that gave us the funniest performance of  ‘Billie Jean’ ever?

Idol judges Jeffrey DanielCharly Boy with guest judge Kenny St Brown

Bharbar as Michael Jackskon

To keep Bharbar in the show please text 505 to 36880 from any network or call from an Etisalat line
Or could it be the sweet and sultry Nikky who got the guys following her every move with ‘Killing me Softly’?

#OCCUPYNIGERIA (London Edition)

Police clears Nigerians in London for 'Fuel Subsidy Removal' peaceful rally.
Date: This FRIDAY, 6th, Jan, 12
Venue: London Charing Cross Station
Time: 12.30.
Info/General Enquiries: 07436296907, 07436307574, 07852171675, 07438348346.
Pls tell every Nigerian (and friends of Nigeria) you know and remember to dress warm.

Video News from Sail Harbour Foundation & Lagos Polo Club

This video chronicles the highlights of the Captains Cup 2011, co-sponsored by Grey Goose. Enjoy the colorful pictures.



Caring for the needy is something the Sail Harbour Foundation takes seriously, and this year with support from Martini and Bacardi, they reached into the pockets of the privileged to raise funds for the not so fortunate. An interesting event documentary directed by James Amuta

#FuelSubsidyRemoval: Lagos Protest

Today in Lagos, Nigeria the #OccupyNigeria, #FuelSubsidy Removal protest took place from the Nigeria labour Congress Tejuosho Yaba to Ikorodu road (Fadeyi, Onipanu, Palmgrove, Anthony, Maryland) and the final bus stop was at the Gani Fawehinmi Part at Ojota, Lagos and the protesters were received by the late activist wife.

Seun Kuti, Dede Mabiaku, Banky W

There were bonfires at several points on the road.
Celebrities, Youth Activists, Musicians came out to protest against #FuelSubsidy removal. People like Dede

From the Timeline: Don Jazzy's Tweet

Eko Hospital Fire Incident: What really happened

I was at Koffi's album launch somewhere in Ikeja when someone sent the picture above of the fire incident at Eko Hospital, Mobolaji Bank Anthony way, Ikeja. After the album launch, I wwent to find out what really happened. I got there and I got to know it was an electrical fault that got wrong. Eye witnesses that I met there explained that an electrical fault happened on the third floor of the building.

Fortunately, no lives was lost and no one was harmed. Some good citizens climbed up the building to the 3rd floor to put off the fire even when the hose of the fire service couldn't reach the fire spot.

The Good news there is that it was stopped.

Picture: Eko Hospital on fire

Eko Hospital is located on Mobolaji Bank Anthony road, Ikeja. Part of the building is on fire As at now, the cause of the fire is not known yet. Full details coming soon!

You Only Have 3 Days Left: Boko-Harram to Nigerian Christians Living in Northern Nigeria

Islamic militants in Nigeria gave Christians three days to leave the north following President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in four northern states. Boko Haram, a Taliban-inspired group that has carried out a series of raids and bombings in the north and the capital, Abuja, also said Muslims should leave the south of Africa's top oil producer. The group urged "our fellow Muslims to come back to the north because we have evidence that they would be attacked," Abu Qaqa, a spokesman for the group, said today in an e-mailed statement. "We are also giving three days ultimatum to the southerners living in northern Nigeria to move away." (Bloomberg News)

Watch out for @ BezIdakula to emerge in the U.S. in 2012, starting with a visit to SXSW in March

"Super Sun'' A superb alternative-soul singer who happens to come from Nigeria - and a male counterpart to that country's new songstresses such as Asa, Nneka and Ayo. Watch for Bez to emerge in the United States in 2012, starting with a visit to SXSW in March.

Report on #Fuelsubsidy: Response from People on Fuel subsidy removal

Just barely few hours ago, it was announced that Goodluck Jonathan has removed Fuel Subsidy starting from Today January 1st, 2012 and the price per litre is #141.

Here is the response from contacts via BBM about the new price, fuel scarcity etc

All filling station from Ikeja thru to Abule Egba down Egbeda and around shut......wat happened to d fuel on ground......Naija we hail thee.

In Ohafia Abia stations, pple still selling at same

Abuja Metro all filling stations shut down. NNPC area of Abuja in Wuse all shut down.

Nigeria Announces Removal Of Petrol Subsidy

Nigerian government formally announces the removal of #fuelsubsidy effective from today January 1, 2012. The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has finally announced the withdrawal of petroleum subsidy, meaning Nigerians will now pay N143 per litter of gasoline starting from today January 1, 2012.

Confirmed this news via AIT and Channels TV