Tiwa Savage Set To Release Sophomore Album ‘RED’

According to several online reports today, it looks like Mavins artist, Tiwa Savage is set to release her sophomore (2nd) studio album “RED” this month, December 2015.
The mother of one is reportedly on the verge of dropping the album in the coming days and is already finalizing plans to make sure it’s a major hit when its released.
The singer recently concluded her year-long maternity leave, and has resumed her life as an artiste with numerous strategic public appearances, recording new music and shooting videos.
On Tuesday December 15, 2015, Savage will thrill fans will a new body of work titled “RED”.
The 16-track album is produced by Don Jazzy and Baby Freshwith collaborations from 2face Idibia, Wizkid, and others.
She’s reportedly currently in south Africa, where she’s shooting the music videos for some songs off the album.

Promotion for the album is already on, with her team which includes label head, Don Jazzy and hubby already kicking off subtle teaser campaigns on social media, playing around the colour red on their avatars.
A source told NET, “The plan was to have released the album when she delivered her baby. But that didn’t happen because of the complications. Now, everyone is working to make sure December 15 happens. She wants her album to be the album of the season.”

Tiwa Savage is obviously looking to get regain her crown and status as the queen of Nigeria music industry, which was snagged off her by Yemi Alade during her short leave from the music scene.

OLOMU: WHERE IT'S TABOO FOR PREGNANT WOMAN TO DIE

• Corpses thrown into evil forest to avoid reincarnation
• What bereaved families do
• Corpses of suicide, drowning, accident victims dumped in bush 
By Akpokona Omafuaire
Corpses are supposed to be buried after death. That is the norm. But not so at Olomu Kingdom in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. Here, not all corpses are buried, according to their cultures and tradition. Pregnant women who die with pregnancy or during childbirth are not buried, instead their corpses are thrown into the evil forest near Akperhe-Olomu Community within the kingdom.

His Royal Majesty, Ovie Richard L. Ogbon Ogoni-Oghoro I, JP, the Ohworode of Olomu

It is a taboo for a woman to die with pregnancy as it is their belief that if given proper burial, the dead woman will reincarnate, hence the people do everything to prevent her reincarnation.
“Deaths from such circumstances are classified as bad deaths and such corpses are not given proper burial by not being buried in the town”, says His Royal Majesty, Ovie Richard L. Ogbon, Ogoni-Oghoro I, JP, the Ohworode of Olomu, who is also the oldest person (Okpako-Orere) of Ogoni-Olomu.
The traditional ruler explains further that such deaths are taken that way because of their belief in the reincarnation of women who died from such circumstances. “It is our belief that women who died in such manners, if buried in town or specifically at home, will reincarnate.
In the times of old, there were cases where new-born babies had marks of women who had died from such deaths. This is why we don’t bury them at home to avoid reincarnation.”
In addition to dead pregnant women, the traditional ruler adds that “when someone in a family have mental illness, epilepsy or other disease that are genetical in the family, if such a person is not treated properly or cured and he or she dies with such infirmities, it is also our belief that such people reincarnate by being born as children, and it is usually shameful to the family.” Such practices, he adds, are also applicable to people who died by suicide, in accidents, or from drowning.
Interestingly, those who die in such circumstances are buried in the bush as there are no designated places for such people in Olomu Kingdom, except the women who died with pregnancies, whose corpses are taken to the evil forest, according to the traditional ruler.
Decline in belief, practice
The advent of Christianity has led to trampling upon many native cultures and tradition. Therefore, certain Olomu practices of old which were revered and complied with have been compromised with increasing Western culture through education. According to Ogoni-Oghoro I, though certain cultural practices are still being observed despite increasing acceptance of Christian religion, especially the non-burial of corpses of such deaths inside town, these practices are declining as many people no longer hold such traditional beliefs.
The two factors he believes affected such beliefs are   Western education and Christianity.   People now insist that such practices are not obtainable again, so they have rebelled against the practices.  He says: “Some families, when they lose a pregnant woman, they immediately carry out surgery to remove the foetus so they can bring her home for proper burial. This is the very wrong practice that is going on now.
The late woman and her foetus are supposed to go to the evil forest. The Church has affected many practices. For instance, many who used to carry out such traditional functions like taking the corpses to the evil forest, have now become Christians and you can’t get people to perform such traditional rites anymore.”
He speaks further: “Many practices have been jettisoned today. People no longer forbid things. When such abominable deaths occur in families today, out of shame for people not to hear that a taboo has occurred in their family, people no longer adhere to the tradition of burying such in the evil forest or bush. They now blatantly bring such dead into town and bury. This wasn’t so in those days.”
Cleansing the land
He believes some of these disregards for cultures and tradition could pollute a community. “The dumping of pregnant women’s corpses at the evil forest or those of other similar deaths at the bush is not the end. The family and the entire community is deemed to be polluted by such deaths and certain cleansing activities are undertaken for seven days till a total purification and warding off of such spirits are attained.”
He explains that there is a certain group among the traditionalists whose responsibility is to take such corpses to the evil forest or bush. When such deaths occur, the traditionalists will be notified and they will come at night to take such corpses away. They are not to be seen by anyone as they sing horrifying songs and incantations. No one comes out as it is a taboo to see them while they perform the rituals which last for seven days.
“They will stay in the compounds of such families for seven days and seven nights, nullifying the powers that led to such death and generally cleanse the families with various rituals.” The 98-year-old traditional ruler clarifies that presently at Olomu, if a woman dies with pregnancy, the community will not allow her to be buried in the community unless the circumstances of the death is hidden from the community.
“But such a behaviour usually has its consequences”,   he says, and adds: “And non-Christians will not tolerate such a person to be buried in the community because it pollutes the community.” The difference between those that committed suicide, died in accidents, or from drowning, and those who died with pregnancies is that the pregnant dead are taken to the evil forest with no proper burial ceremonies, while the others are buried in the bush.
But after three years, their relatives can celebrate their remembrance with certain rites, which is not so with women who died with pregnancies. The remembrance is done for the others because proper burial rites were not done earlier due to the circumstances of their deaths. The remembrance is what gives them the sense of fulfillment that they properly buried their departed loved ones, though it cannot take away the shame of the death.

TRAGEDY S 7-MONTH-OLD BABY WAS ROASTED TO DEATH

Tragedy, occurred again in Lekki area of the state Thursday afternoon, when fire consumed a seven- month-old baby while her parents were away. It was sad that before help could get to the baby, she was completely burnt beyond recognition, Speaking with Saturday Vanguard, the Director State Fire Services, Mr. Rasak Fadipe, narrated thus:”We received distress call at about 1 pm of a fire outbreak at Ikota Housing Estate, I quickly dispatched my men to scene of the fire incident.
The fire men later retrieved the charred body of the baby girl from the debris of the fire. “It was later found out that the baby was locked up alone in the house while the mother went out. he husband it was learned had gone to his usual workplace. “ Fadipe added that from investigation, the fire started from the kitchen before it spread to the room where the baby was sleeping and due to the effect of the choking smoke the baby must have died before the fire later burnt her.
He said it was one of the neighbours who noticed thick smoke coming out of the apartment before the fire service was later contacted for help. Fadipe, while commiserating with the family over the loss, therefore, cautioned Parents, especially, mothers from leaving their infant child or children at home alone without adult being around to take care of them as such action often leads to disaster such as loss of lives and property.
Fadipe, lamented over 18 distress calls involving fire outbreaks at residences occurred alone last Thursday, describing it as “alarming and unacceptable” in the state.

WE WILL PUBLISH NAMES OF LOOTERS SOON

President   Mohammadu Buhari said yesterday that his government will soon publish names of those who have returned portions of their loot from public coffers. This was as one of his spokesmen, Garba Shehu,  said in Kaduna that the Presidency would step on toes in their anti-corruption fight. Shehu said that the Presidency would do so for the interest of Nigeria.

Buhari

President Buhari, according to The Cable News, said that the Central Bank of Nigeria will soon publicly name those who looted Nigeria and who have returned part of they wrongly appropriated.
He said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was holding on from publishing the list in order to avoid jeopardising investigations and further recoveries.
He was speaking  at the 15th session of the Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation lecture at the International Conference Centre, in Abuja yesterday. In his lecture, Buhari said during electioneering, the issue that gained “higher currency” in the psyche of the people was that Nigerians needed leadership that could be relied upon to tackle the orgy of corruption in the country.
“We have taken steps towards recovering a reasonable amount of the money that was looted or misappropriated from public coffers. Investigations are ongoing on public officers who served, or are still serving, and those whose conduct are questionable will be compelled to accept the path of honour and surrender their loot,” he said. “As I stated recently, a good number of people who abused their positions are voluntarily returning the illicit funds.
I have heard it said that we should disclose the names of the people, and the amount returned. Yes, in due course, the Central Bank of Nigeria will make information available to the public on the surrendered funds, but I must remark that it is yet early days, and any disclosure now may jeopardize the possibility of bigger recoveries. “But we owe Nigerians adequate information, and it shall come in due course.
It is part of the collective effort to change our land from the bastion of corruption it currently is, to a place of probity and transparency. “Quite frankly, the anti-corruption war is not strictly about me as a person, it is about building a country where our children, and the forthcoming generations, can live in peace and prosperity. When you see dilapidated infrastructure round the country, it is often the consequence of corruption.
“Poor heal-thcare, collapsed educa-tion, lack of public utilities, decayed social services, are all products of corruption, as those entrusted with public resources put them in their private pockets. That must stop, if we want a new Nigeria. And that was why I said at another forum that people need not fear me, but they must fear the consequences of their actions.
“Corrupt acts will always be punished, and there will be no friend, no foe. We will strive to do what is fair and just at all times, but people who refuse to embrace probity should have every cause to fear.”
In Kaduna, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, reiterated the Presidency’s commitment to anti-corruption war, speaking in a manner that indicated that the government may still go after top Nigerians who have breached public trust. “The President may step on big toes,” he said of groups and individuals who have swindled the country in the recent years.
This was as the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai stated that the success of president Buhari’s administration depended on the media input. Shehu made the disclosure in his welcome remarks at a three day retreat of the State House Correspondents  in Kaduna on Saturday.
Shehu who was the Chief Convener of the event themed “Journalism and Change Mantra: State House in Focus”, stated that the government needed the media support to succeed in the fight against corruption. He recalled that the present  government was a product of media’s determination to entrench a corruption-free society, stating that president Buhari would not fail Nigerians.
According to him, the president would not halt the ongoing investigations and would not come to the rescue of anyone who is found culpable in the anti-corruption war. He said: “President Buhari has embarked on an anti-corruption campaign that is bound to offend many. Big toes will be stepped on, personal interests will be cast aside. As the popular saying goes, when you fight corruption, corruption fights back.
“Yes, anti-corruption is a war. And the press can help President Mohammadu Buhari to win that war. You are of the government most lethal weapons in this battle against the forces that aim to pull down Nigeria. “The power of the media  lies in their ability to expose wrong-doings. This power of exposure is a far more effective deterrent in many countries including our own, than the court systems that deliver judgement and not necessarily justice.
“If they know that they will be exposed, many crimes will not happen and herein lies the challenge of the media under Buhari administration. Use your power to expose wrong-doings, the days of impunity are gone. This is the best way to help the change that the government is advocating  especially now that we have a government with the will and capacity to right all wrongs.”
Expressing appreciation to the media, Shehu also appealed to the media to key into the change agenda of the present government.
“As always, the government of President Mohammadu Buhari is grateful to the Nigerian media for the role you played in igniting the change agenda which has swept into Nigeria in March 2015. The press contributed immensely to the success of APC to the historic election of President Buhari. That was only the beginning of the change agenda. The change is still ongoing.
“This government still requires the assistance of the media to continue that process of change. President Buhari has embarked on the building of a new Nigeria and we need you, the Press, to keep the public informed of its many activities and policies that are geared towards improving the lives of Nigerian people according to the change agenda.
“The government needs the press to remain impartial and eschew spurious incentives when reporting and carrying our your responsibilities, the government needs you to avoid partnerships with enemies of progress who are bent on bringing down the government not minding if the entire country collapses while they are at it”, he said.
Also making his remarks, Governor el-Rufai who was the chief host of the retreat squarely put the success of the government on the media. “The responsibility that has been thrust in the hands of the new government is immense. The APC inherited a country at the tip of failure. As is becoming clearer by the day, some of the things that went on under the previous government are stranger than fiction.
“The consequences of the incompetence, the thievery and the divisive ethos that reigned are only becoming clear. Nigerians are only beginning to realise that the Jonathan government, despite years of $100 oil, was borrowing to pay salaries. The PDP simply ran this economy aground. Our party and our president will do their level best to pick up the pieces, restore economic vitality and make life better for Nigerians.

HE IS TOO JEALOUS.

I have a problem. I’ve been going with this guy for three months now. I love him a whole lot and he loves me too. He told me so and I trust and believe what he says. The thing is, he thinks I’m cheating on him and I’m not.

Love

He won’t believe me though. Every time I talk to him he thinks I was just on the phone with some other guy. I don’t know what to do anymore. He’s getting me really frustrated.  I love him with all my heart.
I’m 28 and he’s30.  Please give me some advice .
Franca, Ughelli
Dear Franca,
Jealousy is a disease that drives men crazy: think of Othello (you should have read this in high school!) Your boyfriend’s jealousy is not based on anything that you’ve done but his own insecurity and low self-esteem.  Who knows! Someone could have cheated and lied in his past but that has nothing whatever to do with you and he needs to know this!
When he accuses you, be sympathetic and tell him that you know he’s jealous but tell him also that all good relationships are based on trust and that you hope he  learns to trust you soon because you are absolutely honest.
Tell him you will help him to get over this illness he has and that you hope that just by being together, he will learn to feel safe and secure with you.  Treat this as his issue. Do not take it personally and let him know that.
Hopefully, he will be able to recover, with your love, from whatever has made him feel so insecure that he doubts someone who obviously cares so much for him!