Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, in a recent interview with Punch, has disclosed that she does not intend to stay away from acting in Yoruba movies. She stated that her roles in Yoruba movies made her who she is.
The Edo State born actress gave a clear and precise response to a question pertaining to her Yoruba movie career.
She said, “I can never stop acting Yoruba movies because that industry made me who I am today.”
“When I began featuring in Yoruba films, I wasn’t speaking the language flawlessly, so I had to learn on the job.”
“My industry is very accommodating and that is why I would always be grateful to them for accepting me and giving me a platform to excel.”
She mentioned that it was never her plan to be a regular feature in Yoruba movies. Being from Edo State, she had little exposure in Yoruba language.
Aigbe discouraged the wrong perception associated with Yoruba movie actors. She added that it is a poor misconception to consider them as illiterates.
She was quoted from the interview as saying,
“I didn’t choose to be in the Yoruba movie sector. I started out in Nollywood and I featured in several soap operas and movies.”
“My career took a different direction when a Yoruba film producer cast me in his movie titled Ara.”
“The movie became a hit and I soon began getting scripts from other Yoruba filmmakers and I couldn’t turn them down because I had just launched my career.”
“In no time, I became a household name in the Yoruba film genre.”
Mr. Shah, 40, was attacked with a knife and his head was stamped on as he was brutally murdered outside his shop in Glasgow around 9pm on Good Friday’s eve.
The popular shopkeeper, originally from the Pakistani city of Rabwah, was apparently enthusiastic to be hosting a meeting with Christian friends about the importance of Easter. He took to Facebook around 5:10pm and posted
‘Good Friday and a very Happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation. Let’s follow the real footstep of beloved holy Jesus Christ and get the real success in both worlds.’
In previous posts, he had spoken out against hatred and violence, calling for ‘unconditional real love for all mankind’.
Four hours after his last post, Mr Shah was in a pool of his own blood at the side of the road.
An ambulance crew arrived and performed CPR on him at the scene, and took him to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he later died.
A shocked and distraught neighbour on the morning of Good Friday said:
“This is disgusting. Mr Shah was the most peace-loving man you could meet.”
He was proud of his Pakistanti heritage but he loved Britain. He loved Scotland too and really wanted to reach out to Christians. This is such a terrible thing to happen.”
“Officers are currently pursuing a positive line of inquiry in connection with the death. Closures are in place at Pollokshaws Road and Titwood Road while inquiries are conducted at the scene,” said a Scotland Police spokeswoman.
Ola Orekunrin, now 30 years from Ilawe-Ekiti in Ekiti State of Nigeria, was born, raised and trained in the UK, where she graduated as one of the youngest medical doctors in England . She is also a trainee helicopter pilot.
While she was studying to become a doctor in the UK, her younger sister fell seriously ill while traveling in Nigeria. The 12-year-old girl, who’d gone to the West African country on holiday with relatives, needed urgent care, but the nearest hospital couldn’t deal with her condition.
Orekunrin and her family immediately began looking for an air ambulance service to rapidly transport the girl, a sickle cell anemia sufferer, to a more suitable healthcare facility. They searched all across West Africa but were stunned to find out there were none in the whole region.
“The nearest one at the time was in South Africa,” remembers Orekunrin. “They had a 12-hour activation time so by the time they were ready to activate, my sister was dead”.
“It was really a devastating time for me and I started thinking about whether I should be in England talking about healthcare in Africa, or I should be in Africa dealing with healthcare and trying to do something about it.”
Orekunrin did the latter. Motivated by the tragic death of her sister, the young doctor decided to leave behind a high-flying job in the UK to take to the Nigerian skies and address the vital issue of urgent healthcare in Africa’s most populous country.
Determined to make a difference in medical practice and health care delivery system in Nigeria, Orekunrin decided to set up Lagos-based Flying Doctors Nigeria, the first air ambulance service in West Africa, transporting victims of medical emergencies, including industrial workers from the country’s booming oil and gas sector.
It basically provides critical care transportation solutions to both the private and public sector by selling yearly air ambulance cover plans to states, companies and individuals.
Since then, she has successfully steered the company upwards in achieving its corporate goals and ensuring sustained growth.
“Against all odds, I passed my A-Levels with flying colors, started my degree at the University of York at 15. I supported myself all through, working. I wrote my final medical examinations at 21, thus emerging the youngest medical doctor in England,” said Ola Orekunrin.
Funke Akindele has shared a new loved up selfie of herself and fiancé, JJC Skillz, cuddled up in bed via her snapchat account.
The pair who had gotten engaged only recently have struggled to keep their love life away from prying eyes but now seem to be slipping, as this new photo proves.
Akindele, 39, shared the cute snap, with the caption, “Back to bed with my boo.”
Funke Akindele shared this on Her Snap (Photo By Misspetite)
The Award winning actress and Skillz, had earlier been spotted, piling on the PDA at the recently held Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards which held on March 5, 2016.
The couple who are so obviously smitten with each other are reported to be planning a surprise wedding, while they base in London in a bid to keep their relationship under wraps.
Akindele had separated from her former husband, Kehinde Almaroof in 2013, and seems to be soaking up all this love this new relationship is offering.
Meanwhile, Skillz 38, who has never been married, has fathered 3 children aged 18, 15 and 10 from three different women.
One of Nigeria’s Finest Comedian, Aletile Seyitan popularly known as Seyilaw and his lovely wife, Ebere are celebrating their 5th Wedding Aniversary today, March 27, 2016.
Recall Seyi Law and his wife lost their First baby in February. “Well if you have God there is nothing you can’t overcome. You know when these things happen you know it’s just the devil trying to actually derail you from your joy and your happiness” – He said.
Nollywood actress, Ronke Odusanya, is not happy with the way some people perceive actors who act in Yoruba movies as people who do not understand the English language.
The actress stated that someone had pissed her off after she shared a video of herself speaking English in a sitecom she is currently working on and the person came to intimidate her that Yoruba actors are not good at spoken English.
She noted that acting is not about language but about the ability to give life to a scripted character.
According to her, “A few days ago, I had to respond to a fan who insinuated an intimidation between English and Yoruba Actors because I posted a video clip from an English sitcom I’m currently shooting.
Now, she believed that because I chose to do Yoruba movies, then i can’t speak English. I know the reaction I have gotten when I go for an interview and the interviewer feels i can’t be exposed enough…. just because I do Yoruba movies. E ma gba mi ke. Laughs.”
“My response to the lady was simple; Acting has nothing to do with your language… its about your ability to give life to a scripted character. This transcends language. We have seen a British Actor (Idris Elba) play Mandela with the right accent. We have seen American Actors play a Russian character and deliver well with the right accent. The language you speak doesn’t determine your acting capacity. Acting is a beautiful profession. Can we just enjoy the act and stop criticizing so much,” she added.
Actress and fashion entrepreneur, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry, opens up on her career and misconceptions in this new interview with Punch.
See excerpts below:
What projects are you currently working on?
I have a yet-to-be released movie titled Victims for the first time. I am also producing an English-speaking movie. I will feature in the film even though I am famous for my roles in the Yoruba movie genre.
Why did you decide to embark on the aforementioned project at this point in your career?
I am a professional actress and I can choose to produce a French movie if all that is required of me is to learn how to speak the language. I am not one to jump at any project especially when I am not too sure about the intricacies. It took me four years to begin producing Yoruba movies because I wanted to be grounded in the industry. As a producer, I am also an investor and I would want to recoup my investment as well as make profit. I will feature a number of Yoruba actors and Nollywood stars in the film, which will be released later in the year.
Why did you kick off your career in the Yoruba movie sector?
I didn’t choose to be in the Yoruba movie sector. I started out in Nollywood and I featured in several soap operas and movies. My career took a different direction when a Yoruba film producer cast me in his movie titled Ara. The movie became a hit and I soon began getting scripts from other Yoruba filmmakers and I couldn’t turn them down because I had just launched my career. In no time, I became a household name in the Yoruba film genre.
In between this time, I worked with Lancelot Oduwa-Imasuen in his movie titled The Other Side of the Coin.
You recently spoke about Yoruba movie practitioners being discriminated against. Why do you think this is so?
I really don’t know why and it has been on for a very long time. However, we have started to get better recognition unlike what obtained in the industry four years ago. The gap is already being bridged and I think it is only a matter of time. I think we Yoruba actors also need to let people know that we are also a part of Nollywood and demand to be respected like our English counterparts. Our works will speak for us at the end of the day. I think it is about time we are respected, so the gap that currently exists can be closed.
Do you think the Yoruba movie genre has better actors?
Our counterparts in the English genre have always had fantastic stories and actors. I think Nollywood should be one and devoid of any form of disparity or segregation. The term Nollywood in my opinion means movies made in Nigeria irrespective of the medium. I am also featuring in a Hausa movie which will be released soon.
Why are actors in the Yoruba sector tagged illiterates?
This is one area where I have a problem with people’s perception of Yoruba actors. Many people think we are uneducated and can’t speak good English. I think people are not informed, so whenever someone tells me they are not aware I speak proper English, I simply laugh it off.
In the last few years, you have attained new heights in your career. Some of your fans are of the opinion that you no longer fit into the Yoruba genre.
Some people write to me and request that I should feature in more English movies because they believe that only then will I gain more acceptance and recognition. My fans believe I’m not being appreciated in my sector.
Will you eventually stop acting Yoruba movies?
I can never stop acting Yoruba movies because that industry made me who I am today. As a matter of fact, a lot of people don’t know I am from Edo State. When I began featuring in Yoruba films, I wasn’t speaking the language flawlessly, so I had to learn on the job. My industry is very accommodating and that is why I would always be grateful to them for accepting me and giving me a platform to excel. I also produced a movie titled Osas in order to connect with my Benin roots.
What roles can’t you take up even if the price is right?
I can never act nude because it is against our culture and my beliefs.
How supportive is your husband of your career?
Whenever I am overwhelmed with my business, career and family, he is always there to encourage me. He always recommends that I keep pushing.
Is he comfortable with the romantic scenes you take part in?
Yes, he is and I actually kiss in my movies. I was already an actress before I met my husband and he goes through my scripts. Sometimes, he chastises for not kissing well in a movie. I could be on set for a week or more and he does not make an issue out of it. I know I married my friend and he is very understanding.
How have you being able to keep your home?
It hasn’t been easy and this is actually my second marriage. Before I got married to my present husband, I asked God to make this my second and last marriage because I want to stay married. Our marriage is under scrutiny all the time and a lot of people just want to find faults even when there are no faults. My previous marriage taught me to be more patient, tolerant and prayerful.
What is the highpoint of your career?
That would be winning the African Magic Viewers Choice Award for Best Indigenous Movie. The film Komfo, won me the award in 2014.
You dressed like a winner at the last AMVCA. Were you disappointed that you didn’t get an award?
No, I wasn’t disappointed. I already felt like a winner because my movie, Victims, got a nomination and that is why I was dressed in a glamorous wear. The icing on the cake was the fact that one of my mentees was the overall winner in that particular category. I have always dreamt of a day when someone would clinch an award and mention my name as his or her mentor.I have always dreamt of impacting someone in the industry. When you get to a certain stage in your career, it takes the special grace of God to mentor a junior colleague. I feel that singular action is what makes you an icon.
Tell us more about your AMVCA outfit that sent social media into frenzy?
People haven’t stopped talking about my dress. So many people aren’t even aware that a young, creative Nigerian fashion designer made the outfit. We shopped for the fabric together, agreed on the style and God made it a hit. I arrived at the award venue with a team and a back-up dress even though we had settled on a dress. The outfit earned me more followers and some people have even requested that my designer make the exact dress for them as their second wedding outfit.
Celebrity siblings ti take over our entertainment industry.
The Nigerian entertainment industry is a tough place to make it in. Imagine two or more siblings braving the brutality of the entertainment industry and actually succeeding.
Yes, we all know of the success of PSquare (Peter & Paul Okoye) and their manager, Jude Okoye on the Naija music scene. Though that beautiful combo seems to be on the rocks, here are other celebrity siblings rocking our entertainment industry:
1. DJ Cuppy and Temi Otedola
Ifeoluwa and Temi Otedola are the daughters of Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola. Ifeoluwa is a popular Nigerian DJ with the moniker, DJ Cuppy. Her baby sister is a renown fashion blogger.
2. Don Jazzy and D’Prince
Michael Collins aka Don Jazzy is an award winning producer, songwriter and CEO of record label, Mavins. Do you know his kid brother, D’prince is equally killing it on the music scene?
So, yesterday, a Twitter user tweeted an epic tweet/comment where he commended D’Banj and Banky W for having the Best ‘Pull Out’ game in the industry…(Meaning, they’ve managed not to get any lady pregnant) – perhaps they’ve got babies we don’t know of? Lol
everyone has to agree that @iamdbanj and @BankyW have the greatest pull out game in the industry
Even Banky W didn’t argue…Abi you sef wanna aruge? You feel em’ Dbanj and Banky W don’t go down with ladies? They’ve really got the best pull out game mahn!
Twenty girls who were recently found pregnant after they returned from midterm break and expelled from Chelebei Secondary School, have been readmitted.
Bungoma County Director of Education Charles Anyika on Monday, demanded that the girls be allowed to continue with their studies despite their state.
How it all started
The administration of the school in Bungoma County was left in utter shock after they found out that 20 girls at the institution were pregnant.
The discovery at Chelebei Secondary school came to light following the school’s routine check-up usually conducted after students resume from their holiday breaks.
Deputy Principal David Emachar stated: “It was a simple pregnancy routine test that we normally carry out when the girls report back from holiday and from the results we discovered that 20 of our girls were pregnant”.
According to Mr Emachar, among the 20 teenagers aged between 14 and 20 were 4 – Form Four students while the rest spread in the other classes.
Teachers blamed the incident on lack of boarding facilities at the school.
The shocking incident is coming barely two years after a similar situation occurred at a neighbouring PRIMARY SCHOOL – Chepkurkur Primary School in Mt Elgon – where 18 girls were found pregnant! All 18 had to drop out of school after they were impregnated.
Primary school pupils pregnant? Can you imagine???
It’s one thing that comes close to our love for party Jollof because heck, it’s at these weddings they serve us party jollof rice.
So we wear our best clothes, make our hair well and essentially look good because if you don’t, the waiter will look at you and pass you when it’s time for food and small chops.
We go to weddings that we’re invited to, weddings that we’re not invited to, weddings we don’t know the couple, weddings we just gate crash. A lot. And we know how to turn up.
The highlight of the wedding is the couple because it’s their day and they’ve gone through a lot (of financial deductions and planning wahala) to arrive on this big day. Before the big day, they take pre-wedding pictures which used to be strictly for souvenirs back then but has now become a prerequisite literally.
In the words of Soumen Nath who is a wedding photographer,
A Pre-Wedding shoot captures the love-chemistry of a couple before the actual wedding. After the wedding, familiarity grows and the Love chemistry changes its colours. Obviously, the couple grows more intimate. However, before the wedding, they share a different chemistry. Its more lovey-dovey and they feel and savor each other’s touch and glances more, almost like teenagers. They are raring to explore each other and are very enthusiastic. A Pre-Wedding shoot captures those special feelings and emotions, which will soon be replaced by deeper intimacy and greater acquaintance. Today, Pre Wedding Couple shoot has become almost a mandatory ritual for many couples. Couples scout for locations, and themes for their shoot and want to make it one of the most special events of their wedding. Some couples want to recreate the scene of their courtship days. So they take their photographer to their favourite places, places where they have been on dates with each other or proposed to each other. Some couples want to get their first love letter photographed and preserved for the rest of their life. Some couples simply leave it on the photographer to unleash his creativity and capture their love in a candid way. Pre-Wedding shoots are most often require the couple to pose and each shot has to be pre-conceived, planned, and staged.
That should explain the concept to you. We just love seeing the end product and the beautiful chemistry makes us want to fall in love. Okay, maybe get married for those of us in love.
I was working in my Office and these Thoughts came to me,We all wanna make money,Buy cars,pop bottles,live the best life,wine and dine in the best places,Have the highest number of followers on Instagram,some girls wanna have the biggest ass,while some wanna take the best selfies,some girls wanna have the best body,some people battling for likes on IG, a quick reminder we all gonna Die someday…what do you wanna be remembered for?
The girl with the biggest ass,the girl with the best car,the biggest Popper in every club, Mr I have all the best girls in the world,you wanna be known for having Pride,Miss my face is on fleek, you wanna be known for Material things? KINDLY ASK YOURSELF WHAT YOU WANNA BE REMEMBERED FOR “GOD I WANNA TOUCH LIVES & GIVE HOPE TO THE HOPELESS WITH MY MUSIC ? ? #Whayasay!!!
So, Here’s a picture of a church banner that was spotted in Lagos..The interesting thing is the theme of the progam…and the picture that was used in depicting the theme!
The PSquare brothers performed their First show as PSquare after their bitter recent feud. Peter and Paul both peformed as PSquare on Friday night…They first performed at a club on that same day and later went ahead to perform at the Paulmundo World Festival Last night.
Peeps who attended the show claim it was one of PSquare’s best performances if not the best..Paul Even showed off his dancing skills.
This literally is the funniest shii I’ve read today.
Her story got me like:
You think you’ve had bad dates? Wait till you read this woman’s embarrassing (albeit hilarious) story.
She continues: “By this point, I was really frantic because I had been in there for too long. There was only one single piece of poop.
“So in that moment something came over me. And I knew exactly what I had to do. I got toilet paper and removed the one poop from the toilet.
“Once that was done I realized I didn’t have a plan. What do I do with it now?
“I can’t fucking leave it there. By this point I was REALLY freaking out because I’d DEFINITELY been in there too long. So, again, making another horrible decision.
“I did the only thing I could think to do. I wrapped it in multiple layers of toilet paper and put it in my purse.”
She then turned to her sister for advice..By sending a text to her..
Messaging her sister, she said: “I have a piece of poop in my purse and I’m afraid it’s going to smell or fall out.”
Clearly sensing the urgency of her situation, her sister replied: “YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING. GO OUTSIDE PRETEND TO SMOKE. Jesus Christ.”
Looks like the other guy who bought a fake iPhone last month, isn’t the only one falling victim to fake phone sellers in computer village.
According to this Twitter user, a friend of his went to computer village to purchase an iPhone. Unfortunately he realised he had been duped after he got home and opened it only to see a radio.
Yemi Alade, 27, Nigerian AfroPop singer, is in full fledged mom and daughter mode this Easter weekend as she shared cute pictures of herself, working team, and also the pic of her Mom sipping some good coffee.
It should be recalled that Yemi Eberechi Alade, was born on March 13, 1989 in Abia State, Nigeria, she’s referred to as a “Yoruba-Igbo girl” since her father, James Alade, is of Yoruba origin, while her mother, Helen Uzoma, is of Igbo origin.
One of the most popular and referenced events is Chris Brown’s beating of ex-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.
The incident, which occurred after a Grammys pre-party, effectively ended the duo’s relationship and began Brown’s legal troubles.
In his new book “The Song Machine: Inside The Hit Factory,” author John Seabrook has written what exactly happened that night, based on a police officer’s account in an affidavit.
Read the excerpt below!
Shortly after midnight, Clive Davis’s gala broke up and the beautiful young couple left the Beverly Hilton in Brown’s Lamborghini.
They hadn’t gone far before [Robyn Rihanna] Fenty confronted [Chris] Brown about a long text message from another woman she had discovered on his phone.
Shouting, she slammed both hands down on the dashboard in anger.
Brown stopped the car in the neighborhood of Hancock Park and leaned across Fenty to open her door, trying to push her out.
But Fenty had her seat belt on. Her door swung closed and Brown pushed her up against it, punching her in the left eye and in the mouth.
He started to drive again, steering the car with his left hand while he continued to hit her with his right.
When the beating temporarily stopped, Fenty sat up and looked at her left eye in the mirror.
It was starting to swell, and her mouth was filling with blood.
“I’m going to beat the shit out of you when we get home,” Brown reportedly said.
“You wait and see.”
Fenty called her assistant and got voicemail, but pretended she was talking to her. “I am on my way home,” she said. “Make sure the cops are there when I get there.”
“You just did the stupidest thing ever!” Brown cried. “Now I’m really going to kill you!”
He started punching her again.
At this, according to the police report, Fenty “interlocked her fingers behind her head and brought her elbows forward to protect her face.”
His blows thwarted, Brown got Fenty in a headlock. She couldn’t breathe and began to lose consciousness. She gouged at his eyes, and Brown bit her left ring and middle fingers, and then released her.
Brown stopped the car and got out while Fenty screamed for help. A resident called 911.
When the cops arrived they found a “very upset and crying” Fenty seated in the driver’s seat of the parked vehicle, with Brown nowhere to be seen. He didn’t reappear until seven that evening, when he turned himself in to the LAPD and was booked on assault charges, as the Grammys were going on at the Staples Center.
Needless to say, the couple did not perform at the show after all.
Fenty suffered two black eyes, with large contusions under both caused by Brown’s ring, a split lip, and bite marks on her hands and body.
More damaging to her image were the pictures of her swollen and battered face that two female L.A. police officers leaked to TMZ, the gossip site, several weeks after the incident.
For Robyn Rihanna Fenty, the pain of the beating itself was augmented by the humiliation of the whole world seeing her as the victim of an angry lover, just like her own mother and Brown’s. She was forced to confront in the most public possible way the psychic memento of domestic violence that lay underneath the enamel of glamour.
In the end, fame couldn’t save little Robyn from the horror of her parents’ marriage, as she had dreamed it might.
Yesterday, fans of top disc jockey DJ Cuppy were stunned to see top British singer Craig David in her comment section, applauding her for the work done at the high profile London club, Raffles Chelsea.
Among the songs DJ Cuppy played last night was a mash up of Craig David’s classics, and the singer let her know how much he appreciated the performance by tagging her to his comment.
But this is not the first time the fast rising disc jockey would gain international recognition. last November, the DJ whose real name is Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola was unveiled by Cosmopolitan, the world’s largest women’s magazine and the biggest-selling monthly magazine in the U.S., as the official DJ at their #FunFearlessLife event in New York. DJ Cuppy also hung out with T-Pain and other stars at MTV’s ‘Uncommon Sense’ show where she performed.
After breaking the internet with “Stubborn Drivers” comedy video, Mc Tall and WMB republic has come once again with another very funny comedy video dubbed “The Book Seller”.
Truly everybody can relate to this video as we all have encountered book sellers at one point or the other. This is truly hilarious.
Watch and Enjoy.
Video credit: @mctall1, @dr.ochinanwata, @mopcomedian.
Popular Nollywood actress, Jaiye Kuti has been announced as an ambassador of Lagos State Polytechnic by the Rector of the Polytechnic, Samuel Sogunro.
The ‘Jaiyeola Ni Monje’ actress, who is an alumnus of the citadel of learning, was announced as the school ambassador alongside Olanrewaju Olakanlu of Mr. and Mrs. Kogberegbe TV programme, who is equally an ex-student of the higher institution.
Sogunro made the declaration during a visit by the duo to his office recently to rejoice with him on his birthday and to present some students expensive gifts.
Delectable Actress, Ruth Kadiri turned a year older recently, and in celebrating her big day she threw a birthday party at the beach after her charitable visit to Whanyinna School where she donated several items to the pupils.
Yesterday, Quentin Miller, the guy Meek Mill said writes Drake’s raps, told the world that he got jumped by Meek and his crew in Los Angeles last year.
Meek’s camp says it’s absolutely NOT true.
via TMZ:
As we reported, Miller claims Meek and his crew left him bloodied after a run-in at the Bev Hills Nike store. But our sources say Meek’s telling friends that story is fabricated, and there’s zero evidence of such a run-in.
We’re told Meek thinks the proof is no security camera footage has surfaced from the busy Wilshire Ave location. Translation: pics or it didn’t happen.
Our sources says Meek thinks Drake masterminded Miller’s story … just to take a shot while he’s on house arrest.
Meek should hope this isn’t true — especially considering the all the legal trouble already in.
In the aftermath Nigeria’s 1-1 draw with Egypt in the 2017 Africa cup of Nations qualifier played at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on Friday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has threatened to sanction the NFF for allowing too many spectators into the ground.
The 25,000 capacity ABS witnessed an estimated 40,000 crowd for the crunch encounter as the Kaduna state government declared free entry.
“Nigeria will most likely be penalised by CAF for poor crowd control even though there was no major incident before, during or after the match,” a leading football official disclosed on condition of anonymity.
“Sanctions for such a shortcoming would be a fine and a warning,” he further stated.
Another official said the police did a poor job of stopping entry to the stadium even when it was clear that the capacity was overstretched.
Many spectators watched saw the game from inside the seating perimeter, with some on the floodlights and scoreboards.
A similar event in Abidjan seven years ago caused 19 deaths before a 2010 World Cup qualifier between hosts Ivory Coast and Malawi, with investigators blaming ticketless fans for the stampede leading to a fine of $47,000 on the Ivorian FA.
Following the release of Yemi Alade‘s critically acclaimed sophomore album “Mama Africa (The Diary of an African Woman)”; the Effyzzie Music diva releases the music video for “Ferrari”.
The high-life track which is produced by DJ Coublon and features strings from Fiokee serves as the album’s official third single; following the dance anthem “Do As I Do” featuring DJ Arafat and the Selebobo assisted gratitude preaching hit “Na Gode”.
The music video for “Ferrari” was shot by the award-winning Clarence Peters and features Nollywood heartthrob Kunle Remi. Watch, share, enjoy and buy “Mama Africa (The Diary Of An African Woman)”!
