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Headline January 11 Headlines from Nigeria’s Major Newspapers
NATION
*Buhari on state police
*Tambuwal at 56: The man, the myth
*Djokovic is another whiny sports superstar with an exaggerated sense of entitlement
*The president has spoken
*Understanding Nigeria’s security challenges
*Malami’s many controversies
*Ogun CJ promises quality, professional services
*Law publisher urges more advocacy against domestic, sexual violence
*How we stopped ex-agitators from blocking East-West road, by Dikio
*‘Only collaborative effort will keep Lagos clean’
*Lagos steps up on exciting mass transit projects
*Buhari: Journey so far
*Playing games at Abuja-Kaduna train stations
*Capsized priority
*Has Southeast found answer to Igbo question?
*Kwari: Giving legislative impetus to war against corruption
*‘Is Makinde living to expectation?’
*Lagos steps up on exciting mass transit projects
*Military: Leah Sharibu, others will be rescued
*Clark to Buhari: majority of Nigerians believe in state police
*EFCC recovered N152b, $386m last year
*Insecurity pushing up costs of farm produce, say agric stakeholders
*States to get N61.2b survival pill
*Tinubu: my presidential ambition a lifelong dream
*Nigeria faces testy tie against Egypt in AFCON
*How PDP can produce acceptable presidential candidate, by Wike
*DAWN plans open data system, book for Southwest
*Troops foil attack, kill five terrorists in Kaduna
*New station to curb insecurity, says AIG Odumosu
*Gunmen kidnap ex-Imo Assembly Speaker
*Man remanded over murder, land grabbing
*Let ‘dear Sylvester Oromoni’s soul rest,’ Dowen College urges critics
*Man loses three children to midnight fire
*‘Govt never told states to enforce compulsory vaccination of workers’
*Zamfara killings: Buhari committed to crushing banditry, says APC
*Council chair upgrades Epe Customary Court
*Fed Govt accuses politician of fueling boundary disputes
*Workers defy management, picket National Assembly
*Transport union decries extortion at port
*Stakeholders push for uniform standards in criminal justice administration
*Vaccination is ‘moral obligation’, Pope Francis insists
*Greece donates 1m J&J vaccines to Nigeria
*FAAN arrests 90 suspects for fake COVID-19 tests, others
*‘Security situation in Enugu under control’
*Anambra to change security’s group name to Ebubeagu
*‘Peaceful agitation best for Niger Delta development’
*Teachers protest salary arrears in Akwa Ibom
*Imo PDP chieftain alleges plot to blackmail him
*Leaked meeting of Wike with Duke, Imoke, others creates conflict in Cross River PDP
*Minister optimistic about Paris Agreement implementation
*Adamawa Chief Judge inaugurates 31 magistrates
*KADSEMA donates relief items to 1,610 displaced people
*Bello inaugurates HPV screening centre
*11 years after, Yobe lifts ban on use of motorcycle
*Motorists groan over fuel scarcity in Jos
*JAMB to tertiary institutions: conclude 2021 admissions
*Dayo Kujore dies 84 days to 64th birthday
*Deepening real estate business
LEADERSHIP
*INEC: 2021 In Retrospect And Preparations For 2023 Elections
*KATSINA WATCH: Katsina Road Projects Under Masari’s Administration
*Appraising 20 Years Of Telecoms Revolution In Nigeria
*Tambuwal: Celebrating An Epitome Of Quality Leadership
*Ahmad Lawan‘s Principles Of Politics And Leadership
*Artisan Bags 30 Months Jail Term For Dealing In Heroin
*Lagos Nurses Suspend Strike
*Steer Clear Of Ekiti, NSCDC Warns Criminals, Arrests 3 Suspects
*Soun Of Ogbomoso To Get State Burial, Says Makinde
*Oyetola Faction Urges APC Reconciliation Committee To Disregard TOP Members’ Petition
*‘Elevation Of High Chiefs Devoid Of Rites For Olubadan Installation’
*‘New Ownership Structure To Make Mouka Regional Leader’
*UBA’s Leo Clocks 4, Set to Further Transform Digital Banking In Nigeria, Africa
*Strike: AEDC Workers Paid Outstanding Salaries, Allowances, 20 Months Pension Remitted – FG
*Nigeria’s Economy To Grow By 3.4% In 2022 – Report
*NGX Capitalisation Gains N28bn Amid Sustained Bargain Hunting
*Al-Ghais Emerges OPEC Secretary General As Barkindo Bows Out
*Science, Tech, Innovation Driving Force For Nation Building – Onu
*FCMB, Ogun Partner On Affordable Loans For Home Ownership
*Dangote Refinery To Boost Downstream Sector Growth In 2022
*Who Is Buhari‘s Anointed Candidate?
*Zulum Signs 2022 Budget, Warns Against Frivolous Expenditure
*Striking Commercial Tricyclists Paralyse Kano
*CSO Applauds Immigration Boss On Welfare, Passport Reform
*E-Cigarette Summit: Govt Urged To Regulate Harmful Tobacco Products
*NYSC DG, A Pride To Armed Forces – NDA Commandant
*APC National Convention And Internal Party Democracy
*Killings In Zamfara
*Governors Disagree With Buhari, Insist On State Police
*Tinubu’s Presidential Ambition Stirs The Internet
*Federal Govt Earmarks N3.53trn Investments To Address 17m Housing Deficit
*NLC, Health Workers Knock Bill TO Outlaw Strike
DAILY TRUST
*COVID-Induced Bad Behaviour
*APC Governors Split Over Convention Date
*I Won’t Hand Over To Anyone Outside C’River South – Gov Ayade
*2023: New Group Emerges In Kano APC
*PDP Will Produce Buhari’s Successor – Wike, Diri
*Oni, Other Aspirants In The Cold As Fayose, Olujimi Camps Reconcile
*How ‘Unknown’ Court Bailiffs Served Papers That Sacked Magodo Residents
*NGO, FG To Resume Legal Battle Over Cargo Tracking Operators
*How Safe Are COVID-19 Vaccines?
*Experts Seek Implementation Of RMNCAH+N COVID-19 Plan
VANGUARD
*Ridding Lagos of the nuisance of street beggars and hawkers
*FCTA clears illegal settlers, scavengers, traders in Gwarinpa
*Drug abuse, a tendency among the youths
*Power and its impermanence
*US experts urge Biden’s to send more weapons to Ukraine
*Doyin Salami’s appointment as CEA: Matters arising
*Entrench equity, fairness and justice to enhance security
*Gbajabiamila’s aides enrol 130 pupils into Kano school
*AfDB provides $14m grant to boost food security in South Sudan
*Zamfara Killings: Buhari working to crush banditry, insurgency ― APC
*Tinubu opens up to Buhari on 2023
*The revenge of the dispossessed
*2023: Coalition of 57 youth groups endorse Osinbajo
*Gov Emmanuel commends Senator Eyakenyi over empowerment of constituents
*Buhari to commission landmark projects in Ogun on Thursday
*IPOB advocates poultry, goat, fish farming ahead of April ban on beef
*Why we’re establishing Science TV – FG
PUNCH
*Eagles begin fourth AFCON chase against Pharaohs
*Ugbade gives Eagles tips on how to beat Egypt
*Eguavoen faces selection headache ahead Nations Cup opener
*Two die as Lagos hoodlums clash, loot shops
*EFCC re-arrests Mompha for alleged N32.9bn money laundering
*Channels TV interview (sorry, torture) of President Buhari
*Ekiti sales boy disguises, threatens boss with kidnap, demands N1.5m
*Court frees Ekiti man of rape charge, says act consensual
*Rivers mother demands body of son killed by IGP team, seeks cops’ trial
*FRSC begins enforcement of speed limiter, arrests seven motorists
THISDAY
*Seeking the Presidency is My Lifelong Ambition, Says Tinubu
*Zamfara Killings are Satanic, Says APC
*Fed Policy Tightening May Rattle Global Financial Markets, IMF Warns Nigeria,…
*Vandalism of Total’s Pipeline Forces Shutdown of 504MW Alaoji Power Plant
*Standard Chartered to Shutdown 50% of its Nigerian Branches
*Nigeria Ready for ICAO Safety Audit of Aviation Industry, Says NCAA
*EFCC Recovered N152bn, $386m, Others in 2021
*…Police Arrest 18 over Illegal Crude Oil Refining Activities
*MDAs’ Reports: FG’s ESP Has Created over 2m Jobs
*In a First, Man Receives Heart from Genetically Altered Pig
*Families Now to Decide Burial Rites of Ogun Monarchs as Abiodun…
*Only PDP Can Rescue Nigeria, Diri, Wike Insist
*Boundary Crisis: Osinbajo Meets Deputy Governors
*NLC Kicks against Bill Seeking to Prohibit Health Workers’ Strike
*Kwankwaso: Why PDP Should Zone Its Presidential Ticket to North
*Politicians Behind Kidnappings in Schools, FCT Authority Alleges
*Lassa Fever Kills Medical Doctor in Benue
*2023: 57 Youth Groups Endorse Osinbajo for Presidency
*Zulum Signs N269.6bn Budget, Child Protection Act into Laws
*Kano Targets 3.6m Children for Immunisation
*Effervescent Bolaji Akinyemi At 80: They Don’t Come This Good Anymore
*Indian High Commission, IITA Harps on Improved Smart Technologies for Agricultural…
*Shell’s Onshore Divestment: Let the Buyer Beware!
*IN THE STEPS OF FOUNDING FATHERS
*Insecurity: A Great Retardation to Peace and Progress (Part 4)
*Sylvester Oromoni: DPP Exonerates Dowen College Students, Others
*A Preliminary Appraisal of Nigeria’s First-Ever Company Voluntary Arrangement
*Ekiti State Concludes Payment of Compensation to Victims of Police Brutality
*Presumption of Trial Court’s Knowledge of Locality’s Applicable Customary Law
*Nigeria, Other GoG Countries Urged to Step up Prosecution of Pirates
*Tripple Gee Tasks Employees on Teamwork, Celebrates Retired COO
*16 Teams for Mark D’ Ball Basketball Championship Announced
*New AEDC MD to Collaborate With NAPTIN on Staff Training
*World Food Prices Dip by 0.9% in December 2021
*Edo Gets VTOL Drone, Vehicle-mounted Mobile Mapper to Enhance Land Administration
*UBA’s Leo Clocks Four, Set to Further Transform Digital Banking in…
*Report: Nigeria’s Oil Industry to Face Infrastructure, Divestment Issues in 2022
*2022: Daunting Task Before Nigeria’s Upstream Petroleum Regulator
*Finance Act as Nigerian Manufacturing Sector’s Nemesis
*How CBN’s Takeover of Discos’ Accounts May Curb Power Sector Debts
*Nigeria Remains in Darkness Despite NERC’s Approval for Over 2,000MW Power…
*Stock Market Begins Week Positive, Gains N28bn
*Wema Banked Ranked among Customer Experience Leaders by KPMG
*Global Shapers Lagos Hub Pledges Commitment to Nation Building
*Ossiomo Power: FG Conclude Power Supply Agreement
THE SUN
*Kukah denies DSS invitation
*NSCDC arrests salesboy over plot to kidnap employer
*Tricycle operators’ strike grounds Kano
*Kaduna: Troops foil attack, kill 5 terrorists
*13 kidnapped victims rescued, 1 kidnapper shot dead in Edo
*Recruit applicants advised to check status in police portal
*Zamfara killers won’t go unpunished, says APC
*Army arrests soldier over assault on traffic warden in Ibadan
*Grills 22 suspected oil thieves in Port Harcourt
*Ex-speaker, bizman, 2 others kidnapped in Imo
*EFCC recovers N152Bn, $386m
*Strike: You can’t gag workers, NLC tells lawmakers
*Medical doctor dies of Lassa fever in Benue
*Nigerians want state police, listen to them Clark replies Buhari
*Only PDP can rescue Nigeria – Gov Diri
*2023: PDP must unite for acceptable presidential candidate – Wike
GUARDIAN
*Nigeria can’t grow without science, tech, minister insists
*Gunmen abduct ex-Assembly speaker, four others in Imo
*Allow Sylvester’s soul to rest peacefully, Dowen College appeals
*Police parade 18 oil thieves, confiscate tankers in Rivers
*Lubo takes over NAFRC, urges teamwork among staff
*CSOs, others blame fuel subsidy for Nigeria’s economic woes
*PASAN protests ‘breach of agreement’ with National Assembly management
*CSOs, others blame fuel subsidy for Nigeria’s economic woes
*NSCC urges states to domesticate national policy on ageing
*41-year-old man bags 30 months for drug peddling
*Panic as 33,000-litre-diesel laden tanker spills content in Lagos
*25-year-old man nabbed for conspiring to kill father in Niger
**Artiste: AGUIKE, alias Allah-Bama,
Genre: Afrobeats, Highlife, Rap, World, Neo-Afrosoul
Reviewed by Franz Dickson.
Aku (wealth) is an anthemic, massive, banging track delivered contemporaneously and stylishly. It’s Afrobeats, hip-high life, and dance. It is your party song, without a doubt. It’s another praise for Allah-Bama’s versatility in songwriting styles.
With a steady beat and prosperous, whole, harmonious, and zesty choruses, pidgin rap leads with a spattering of genre-respected highlife vocal feels and adlibs here and there. It’s all done with great expertise.
And those crisp, fun, pidgin rap verses had AGUIKE deliver his message and call to “stay humble even when you’re on top” in a contemporary, avant-garde style.
His highly loveable pidgin rap style is well-measured, rhythmic, timed, executed on the bar and beat with great flair and precision.
A brilliant use of drum rolls and ear-friendly contemporary piano tones set this track up for great likability.
This is another cautionary song so brilliantly executed you won’t be able to help sing along with the highly singable choruses. The sweet choruses knock you off your feet.
“Eeeweh Onye akunaba ru raka Yaga ririwe o…”
“Ririwe… Ririwe o…” ( if heavens smile at you, enjoy it)
“When you’re at the top, Stay humble. Be mindful.” That’s the translation.
Neatly executed guitar riffs run alongside the track’s throbbing rhythm. Depending on the leads, AGUIKE switches adroitly between his trademark sweet falsetto and teasing vocal scats and adlibs to come through on this song.
His use of genre-respected highlife feels and adlibs are noticeably heartwarming. He takes you nostalgically into that zone. With some of those classic late Osita Osadebe’s feels on a contemporary groove, complete with a chorus you can’t resist. That gives you an idea of what I am talking about.
The bassline tones and play attitudes are all on point.
What you will need help to avoid about this party banger is the power of the musical, zesty, full choruses to pull you in. You will sing along after a couple of replays. That’s a promise.
AGUIKE again displayed amazing songwriting skills. From the sweet melodic structure of the choruses to his fun-styled pidgin rap verses, it’s all expert work. It is a thundering five-star track, trust me. 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
Franz Dickson is a music critic and is the author of The Contestant
franzdickson@gmail.com
Words/Music/Produced by -Maziyke-also known as allaBama
Genre: Dance, Afrobeats, Pop, Soul, Easy Listening.
Reviewer: Franz Dickson 2022-Musician and author
Artiste: Maziyke
After listening to “Whatever,” you come off with the feeling that here finally is an artiste and track worth their salt.
Maziyke’s return with this massive international track is a highly welcome development in these days of declining musicianship and artistry. The days of great, good music are back!
This smash hit is a brilliant assemblage of multiple genres: Afro-sounds, jazz, pop, rock, rhythm, blues, soul, Afro-soul, etc., into a truly seminal recording that is at once compelling, soulful, and evocatively nostalgic. If great music is your thing, then this is your track.
Being the veteran that he is, I couldn’t have expected lesser musicianship from the maestro, Maziyke; he proved pointedly that the long wait by his fans worldwide was worth it. He rewarded them with this ingeniously crafted masterpiece of a track, Whatever.
The song opens beautifully with a richly blended doo-wop-style chorus that sweeps you up in a soothing musical high.
Scoring truly professional harmonies has been a recurrent weakness of many of today’s tracks. But Maziyke would have none of that! The choruses here are beautifully blended, soothing, soulful, bright, crisp, and silky. He ensured that the department was well taken care of.
And his lead vocals are a master class in vocal delivery. Bristling with soul, style, and experience, he effortlessly breathed them on the mic with the flair and expertise of a vocal guru. His velvety rich voice was in its A-game. Every line is a masterstroke!
And a thing about veterans is their uncanny ability to craft songs on the appropriate sonic key that maximizes their leadership voice and the other instruments and voices on the track. It’s a function of great songwriting, and Maziyke-(born Emma Ike Agu) had that crucial question sorted out in the writing of this scintillating track.
The song’s mid-tempo rhythm makes it a soothing, delightful listening piece.
That’s a bold love declaration!
And appropriately titled, “Whatever” is a bold love declaration. Lovers worldwide and those pledging their love in marital vows just received a big boost and a new love anthem in this classic track. This is your next big international song on the key of love. Trust me!
And the soulful, anthemic baseline of this track rumbles sonically and definitively underneath throughout this masterpiece as if putting a stamp on it and augmenting its mellow mood.
Spicy, classic, jazz-influenced, Spanish-styled guitar riffs and disciplined strummed arpeggios help tell the song’s story at professionally interspersed intervals.
The soothing world-class mix and professional mastering are the icings on the cake. The total effect on you is that you want to press replay after each listen.
Carefully measured arrangements of chorus-verse alternation hold your attention and interest in the song for the 3 minutes or thereabouts from its intro to its coda.
And here’s the caveat about this massive track! The chorus is very singable and highly addictive!
This is a viral song. All the marks are in place and on point. A certified hit amongst Afrobeat, pop, RnB, soul, urban, and adult contemporary audiences.
I gladly give this five full stars.
Franz Dickson
This song is about world peace; it is Maziyke’s little contribution to peace around the universe.
“The Peace -Jingle-” is part of 1 People, a track off the much-anticipated album of international singer-songwriter and media entrepreneur Ike Agu- “MAZIYKE.” Titled “Peace & Harmony,” this massive track is your quintessential peace song to all the world’s people. And this call for peace and harmony is most auspicious, coming at a time like this when humanity is faced with the outlook of a possible world war spiraling out of the devastating war in Ukraine. From the singer’s own terror-stalked homeland of Nigeria to Ukraine, from the violence-plagued Tigray region of Ethiopia to the troubled spots of the Middle East and Myanmar, the most sought-after needs now are peace and harmony.
And the profoundly meaningful lyrics of this massive peace anthem capture exactly what the world needs now– a reminder to give peace a chance.
Song Title: Good Time
Words/Music/Produced by Ike Agu-Maziyke-also known as allaBama
Genre: Dance, Afrobeats, Pop, Soul, Easy Listening.
Reviewer: Franz Dickson 2022
Scheduled for release on the 29th of September to mark the International award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer’s birthday, GoodTime is unapologetically a pulsating, pumping beat!
Like the name suggests, “Good Time” is your ultimate party song! Crafted with one thing in mind: to give you a good time. If dance is your thing, or a great party song is your definition of a great track, then you’re in good company! “Good Time” has a bouncy, smart, infectious beat, rhythm, and groove! This song rocks as voices sing:
“Hello, hello, hey
We gonna have a good time
Good time tonight…”
A steady, innovative beat! Tight rhythm! Thumping bassline! Afro-influenced, highlife-reminiscent guitars, all executed with world-class musicianship!
The easy-going, impeccably delivered verse and choruses speak to letting down your hair and partying, especially after the day’s hassles, work, or whatever it may have been. The tone of invitation to loosen up and have a good time is unmissable in the voices.
The lead voice, while making it sound easy, actually delivers a masterpiece of a light-hearted vocal technique rendition that suits a big, artful party song like Good Time. Extraordinary creativity, indeed! I have heard it said; that the ability to express a big idea in simple terms is a mark of great talent. That’s what this song is. And Maziyke nailed it.
As usual, he was perfectly at home and sensitively communicative of the happy-go-lucky mood and attitude required of this brilliant song. His resonant, rich voice was on duty executing this beautiful party piece.
The intelligent, brisk, relaxed tempo at once makes this track an easy listening pick as well, while it’s already a dance song! And those well-delivered choruses have one thing in mind–an invitation to forget about the worries and have a good time here and now. But, again, this is essentially a dance song.
And the background guitars played by the singer are beautifully and nicely Afrocentric. Highlife comes readily to mind in the play style.
By the time the groove peaks and climaxes at the point where the voices switch into singing “Egwu-oma” which in the Igbo language means “good music,” this big song shifts gear and becomes a raging, sweet groove that’s totally off the hinges! Yes! This is good music!
With its groovy bass line, the drum-driven quality of this track is sure to get it into numerous dance music playlists and easy-listening radio belts. It has all the marks of a viral social media song.
Woven across dance, soul, pop, and the afrobeats genres, Good Time is assuredly the party man’s ultimate song and anthem, even though a broad spectrum of lovers of great music will gravitate easily towards this ingeniously crafted song.
DJs from Africa to the Caribbean and worldwide just received another considerable dance floor mover in this beautiful track.
Franz Dickson
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