For his debut album “Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps”, Fireboy DML delivers a mixture of emotions – a lover boy capable of getting you in your feelings and as well as bringing the heat.
Fireboy has been winning hearts and charts ever since breaking onto the music scene with his hit single “Jealous”.
Not relenting from the success of “Jealous”, the 23-year old YBNL signee is a proven songwriter with releases of good music such as “What If I Say” and “King”. This is not surprising considering that the youngster is being mentored by Olamide one of the best and most prolific in the industry.
For a first studio album, Fireboy is daring as “Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps” comes with no guest features. This is a break from the norm that sees new artists tending to overkill their first major projects with guest appearances.
Fireboy is sure of the viability of his style in an industry that pits him against equally new sounds as those of his contemporaries such as Rema, Joeboy and Oxlade.
The 13-track album is a vibe of good feelings and present the Afro-life crooner as a hybrid of Wande Coal and Adekunle Gold.
On “Need You” Fireboy shows off the strength of his voice on gentle guitar riffs as he serenades his love interest with lines such as “You sweet pass mango, you sweet pass agbalumo/No know where I wan go, omo mi o ma gbadun mo”.
We see Olamide/Zanku’s influence on “Omo Ologo”. “Vibration” is that track that makes you grab your lover and get on the dancefloor.
“Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps” without doubt would go down as one of the best Nigerian albums to come out in 2019.
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A nine-year-old girl, Maria Abah, has allegedly committed suicide in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
The incident occurred on the Bem Hotel Road, Ankpa Quarter, Makurdi.
PUNCH correspondent learnt that the girl was staying with a prophetess and her children.
The body of the girl was said to have been found in the early hours of Thursday on the floor of the bathroom with a wrapper tied around her neck, suggesting that she committed suicide.
When our correspondent visited the scene of the incident, which also houses a church being run by the prophetess, the guardian was said to have gone to the police headquarters in connection with the incident.
A neighbour, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the girl’s death was a mystery.
He alleged that one of the prophetess’ children celebrated her birthday on Wednesday, only to find the body of the girl in the bathroom the next day.
Efforts to speak with the woman’s children were not successful as they politely declined making comments.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Catherine Anene, confirmed the incident.
She said the matter was reported to the police around 11.30am on Thursday.
Anene said the corpse had been deposited in the morgue of the St. Theresa’s Hospital in Makurdi and the case was under investigation.
The PPRO stated, “On Thursday, November 28, 2019, around 11.30am, a report was received that one Maria Abah, 9, was found to have hung herself in the bathroom. Her corpse has been deposited in the St. Theresa’s Hospital morgue.
“The case is under investigation. Further development will be communicated to you in due course.”
A bill seeking to remove gender restrictions for rape cases has passed second reading at the senate.
The bill, which seeks an amendment to the criminal code act, 2004, also seeks to delete the statute of limitation in cases of defilement.
The bill was sponsored by Oluremi Tinubu, senator representing Lagos central.
Tinubu is seeking the removal of gender restrictions on rape offences as well as a proposal of stiffer penalties for kidnapping.
In her lead debate on the bill, the senator objected to the provision of section 218 of the criminal code which states that “anyone who has unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of thirteen or attempts same is guilty of felony and liable to life imprisonment or fourteen years imprisonment, respectively.”
According to her, prosecution of an offender under the section constitutes a limitation that should be extended as against the act’s provision which allows for only two months after the offence is committed.
“This is untenable in a country where investigations often take longer than two months”, Tinubu said.
“Considering the shortage of police personnel, relative to our population as prescribed by international standards, the two months limitation is unlikely to be met at all.
“With the development and innovation in forensic technology and the accessibility or otherwise of such infrastructure in Nigeria, rushed investigations with a view to commencing prosecutions within a two month period leave a possibility of a huge margin for error.”
The bill also seeks an amendment to section 221 of the criminal code which provides that “where a person has or attempts carnal knowledge of a girl being of or above the age of thirteen and under the age sixteen, an ‘idiot or imbecile’, he shall be liable to imprisonment for a period of two years provided that the prosecution is commenced within two months after the offence is committed.”
The senator described the criminal code act which defines rape as an offence against women as “grievous”, saying it perpetrates the socio-cultural belief that men do not need to consent to sexual acts.
The lawmaker said “there are incidents of non-consensual sex perpetrated against the male gender”.
The bill proposes an amendment to section 221 to substitute words like “idiot or imbecile” with “mentally challenged”.
Tinubu said while words like idiot, moron, and imbecile were professionally used to measure intelligence quotient (IQ), they have acquired pejorative connotations, become derogatory and obsolete, and should no longer be contained in our laws.
Comparing the penalties for kidnapping (imprisonment for a term of ten years) with that of robbery, which is 21 years, Tinubu asked: “Why is the punishment for stealing property and replaceable things higher than what is obtainable when you steal a human being?”
“The frequency of kidnap across the federation and its resulting trauma, not to mention the number of lives lost to the crime, make it imperative to review our laws with a view to ensuring appropriate punishment for perpetrators and deterrence for would-be perpetrators.”
After the debate on the bill, Senate President Ahmad Lawan referred it to the senate committee on judiciary, human rights, and legal matters for further legislative work.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has not withdrawn the criminal charges it filed against Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources.
The commission filed a 14-count charge of money laundering against Alison-Madueke, Dauda Lawal, a former executive director of First Bank; Ben Otti, Nnamdi Okonkwo, Stanley Lawson and Lanre Adesanya, in 2018.
They were accused of diverting $153 million public funds in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election.
Attempts to arraign the accused have been stalled several times.
Reacting to reports that the charges against the suspects have been withdrawn, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, said it is not true.
He said the suspects, including Alison-Madueke, were charged separately because some of them are frustrating the trial.
“At no time did the commission withdraw the charge, which is still before Justice Muslim Hassan of the federal high court, Lagos,” Uwujaren said.
“The only development was that the commission took a prosecutorial decision to split the initial 14-count charge to enable separate arraignment of the defendants following a spate of adjournments that prevented the arraignment of the defendants more than one year after the case was listed.”
“The charges were first filed on November 28, 2018. Since then, every attempt to arraign the defendants had been frustrated by one excuse or the other. In more than four times that the matter was called for arraignment, it was either that Lanre Adesanya was sick and bedridden in a London hospital or Nnamdi Okonkwo was hypertensive and on admission in a hospital or Stanley Lawson had had a domestic accident and could not appear in court.
“It was clear that these recurring excuses were ploys to frustrate the arraignment. To get around this, the Commission took a deliberate decision, which was disclosed in open court, to separately prosecute the defendants in different courts. This explains why the four count amended charge brought against Dauda and Lawal did not include other defendants, except the two who are at large( Diezani Alison-Madueke and Ben Otti). And the ingredients of the offence stated therein only pertains to Lawal’s involvement in the alleged crime, which is the receipt of $25million from the $153million 2015 Peoples Democratic Party presidential election slush fund.
“The non-inclusion of other defendants in the original charge in the amended four count charge does not mean that have been exonerated by the Commission of any criminal allegation.”
There was palpable tension, on Wednesday, at the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission as security operatives prevented Senator Dino Melaye and journalists from gaining access to submit whether described “additional petition.”
The camera of a Journalist was seized but later released when Melaye intervened.
After some minutes, he had his way and ushered himself, supporters and journalists, into INEC.
At INEC, Melaye insisted that he would not leave until a National Commissioner comes to receive the petition.
Melaye is contesting the November 16 election in Kogi West which was said to have been marred by violence and electoral malpractices.
Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari, during the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the All Progressive Congress (APC) said he was not going to stand re-election for a third term in office. Not a few Nigerians queried what necessitated that speech. The constitution is clear on the terms of office for the President and State Governors.
Granted, alot has been said in the media about the third term agenda of the President. It’s been speculated that should the third term bid fail, persons at the helms of affairs are determined to retain the Presidency in the North. Of course, with some alleged Southern support.
Just yesterday, I saw a post by the spokesman to former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Lere Olayinka, detailing how an APC chieftain from Ebonyi State approached a Federal High Court to ‘create’ the condition that would make President Muhammadu Buhari eligible to stand election for a third term come 2023. Shockingly, we are still in 2019. We elected him just this year! He hasn’t even stayed one-quarter of his second term in office.
The member of the APC, Hon Charles Oko Enya is said to have approached a Federal High Court in Abakaliki, seeking an order to direct the National Assembly and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to remove constitutional clauses hindering the President and State Governors from seeking third terms in office. Nothing can be more democracy-threatening, and worrisome for true Nigerians.
In his suit with the number: FHC/AI/CS/90/19, which was filed at the court last Wednesday and made available to newsmen by his counsel, Hon Enya is seeking the possible expungement of the very sections of the 1999 constitution that crush the ego and thoughts of anyone seeking to be the life-leader of our dear country.
Dictatorship is never coming back to Nigeria; the earlier Hon Enya and whoever his ‘backers’ are know that, the better. It is assumed that seeking political office is a means to serve the people. In our part of the world, it’s a means to have the people serve you and impoverish them the more.
Nigerians, most especially the youths, are set to embark on a protest to show our discontent with a bill that’s undergoing ‘vetting’ at the National Assembly. This bill seeks to shut every dissenting voice to whatever the government does; good or bad. That can’t be. This is a democracy. Imagine the insensitivity of the ruling party to the plight of the average Nigerian and their desperation to impose an almost senile man on over 200million persons! Are there no better heads?
Fronts and actions like these are probably the reasons they seek to shut us all up. But, we can’t live like slaves in our own land. Power always resides with the people.
If President Muhammadu Buhari has been a student of history, he’d have known that no backdoor and seemingly unaware stance of his to the third term rootings for his Presidency will hold ground in Nigeria. Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo had resources to change Senate Presidents as he wished, yet, he couldn’t have his way with a third term.
Nothing can be done to the constitution without the National Assembly. Although the leadership of the National Assembly have made the Legislative arm a puppet of the Executive, we’ll not fold our arms and watch our country and citizens ‘oppressed’ by a supposedly powerful but minute fraction of our country population. Power, ultimately, belongs to the people.
The President has broken silence on the killing of Madam Achejuh Abuh, Women Leader of the PDP in Wada, Kogi State who was burnt to death.
In a press statement released by Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, described the murder as a “primitive behaviour” that has no place in a civilised society and ordered an indepth investigation to apprehend the culprits.
Read full statement below:
PRESIDENT BUHARI AWAITS INVESTIGATION REPORT ON MURDERED KOGI PDP WOMAN LEADER
President Muhammadu Buhari expects scrupulous investigation into the heinous murder of Madam Achejuh Abuh, Woman Leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Wada/Aro campaign council, in the just concluded gubernatorial election in Kogi State.
The President decries whatever could spur anyone to take the life of another human being, particularly a woman, who was burnt to death in her home in the most gruesome manner.
President Buhari charges all security agencies involved in the investigation to do a thorough and expeditious job on the matter, so that justice could be served without fear or favor.
“We must learn to behave decently, whether during elections or at other times. No life should be taken wantonly under any guise, and the fact that this reprehensible act occurred two days after voting shows primitive behavior, which should not be accepted in a decent society,” the President said.
He sympathizes with the family of the deceased, vowing that the law would catch up with the malefactors, and justice would be done.
Any descent to barbarism, as was visited on the PDP Woman Leader, President Buhari says, has gone out of the realm of politics, and is pure criminality and bestiality.
“Such evildoers must be brought to justice, irrespective of whatever allegiances they hold,” the President affirms.
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi state, Hon. Charles Oko Enya, has besought a Federal High Court in Abakiliki, Ebonyi state, to direct the National Assembly and the Attorney-General of the Federation and minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to remove constitutional clauses hindering elected President and state governors from seeking a third term in office.
In his suit with No: FHC/AI/CS/90/19, which was filed at the court last Wednesday and made available to Daily Trust by his counsel, Barr. Iheanacho Agboti, the APC member is seeking for possible expungement of section 137(1) (b) and 182 (1) (b) in the 1999 constitution (as amended).
He insisted that the sections were infringement on the fundamental human rights of the likes of President Muhammadu Buhari and all state governors excluding the legislators.
Hon. Enya explained that the ongoing two-term tenure is discriminatory to section 42(1)(a) and articles 2 and 3 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples rights.
The defendants in the suit were the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr Mohammed Sani-Omolori, the National Assembly and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
Daily Trust reporter recalled that the applicant, (Hon. Enya), had served as the organising Secretary to President Buhari in the last 2019 polls. According to him, “that section 137(1)(b)of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,1999 (as amended) restricting the president to only two terms of four years each, is inoperative by virtue of its discriminatory nature in relation to the executive and legislative branches of government in Nigeria, and therefore null and void and thus inapplicable”.
Enya, who is earnestly awaiting the hearing of the matter soon, says he’s seeking the order of the court to direct the first and second defendants to delete and expunge sections 137(1)(b) and 182(1)(b) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
He also tasked the third defendant as the Chief Law Officer of the federation to give the needed support to the first and second defendants to commence a constitutional amendment that would remove the restrictions and the alleged discrimatory sections on tenure limits.
He added that he is seeking “Order of the court nullifying and setting aside section 137(1)(b) and 182(1) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended). “And directing the first and second defendants to delete and expunge sections 137(1)(b) and 182(1)(b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (as amended).”
Mourinho off to winning ways at Tottenham with 3-2 victory against West Ham United.
Son opened up the scores in the 36th minute with the help of Dele Alli, two other goals in quick succession were scored by Lucas Moura and Harry Kane in the 43rd and 49th minute respectively.
The match ended 3-2 with Michail Antonio scoring in the 73rd minute and Ogbonna in the extra-time for West Ham.
Manchester City will be determined to bounce back when they welcome Chelsea to the Etihad Stadium in Saturday’s Premier League clash.
Pep Guardiola’s men are nine points adrift of leaders Liverpool after going down 3-1 at Anfield before the international break, a result that has left them below the Blues in fourth place.
Manchester City vs Chelsea latest odds
However, having won three of their last four home games against this opposition – including a comprehensive 6-0 win last time out – they are 4/9 (1.44) favourites with 888Sport to return to form by coming out on top here.
The last meeting between this pair resulted in a 0-0 draw in last season’s Carabao Cup, and you can get odds of 4/1 (5.00) on this one also finishing up all square.
Manchester City vs Chelsea team news
Ederson is likely to return following injury, although Bernardo Silva is suspended and Oleksandr Zinchenko, Aymeric Laporte and Leroy Sane remain injured.
Christian Pulisic and Ross Barkley are both doubtful after withdrawing from international duty due to injury, while Antonio Rudiger and Ruben Loftus-Cheek are definitely ruled out.
Manchester City vs Chelsea preview
While their performance was certainly better than the 3-1 scoreline suggested, the Citizens looked worryingly fragile at the back in the defeat on Merseyside.
Indeed, that display will have given plenty of encouragement to Frank Lampard’s men, who boast the more profilic away record in the league so far and have averaged over three goals a game over the last seven on the road in all competitions.
Nevertheless, only three teams have conceded more away goals than Chelsea’s 12 in six games, so they are sure to struggle against the champions’ attacking riches.
Manchester City vs Chelsea predictions
With this in mind, odds of 6/4 (2.50) offer solid value on City maintaining their strong home head-to-head record by coming out on top despite making it five games in a row without a clean sheet.
