THE NATION THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015
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FTER so much anticipation, Mavin Records First Lady Tiwa Savage yesterday put to bed. She gave birth to a baby boy. The singer’s husband and manager, Tunji ‘Tee Billz’ Balogun, broke the news when he shared photo, holding baby’s hand. The caption he. “Thank You Jesus....” Several artistes took to the social media to felicitate with the couple. One of the first to rejoice with the Baloguns was singer Nikki Laoye. “Yaay! Baby Mavin has arrived. Congrats to you @teebillz323 and my dear sister @officialtiwasavage,” she posted on Instagram. Tiwa’s label mate Reekado Banks also sent in his felicitations on Instagram; “Big congrats mama .. @officialtiwasavage .. Big congrats papa @teebillz323.” Mavin Record’s honcho, Don Jazzy congratulated the celebrity couple on Twitter and also on Instagram. “Congrats to Mavin First Lady @officialtiwasavage and Mr @Teebillz323 on the delivery of their bouncing baby boy. We thank The lord. Yayyyyyy turn up time. #DoroBaby,” he wrote “To God be the glory great things he has done and he will still do in our lives. Welcome our baby! Congrats @teebillz323 and @of-
Artistes celebrate Tiwa Savage’s baby boy
•The baby By Ovwe Medeme
ficialtiwasavage. Oluwa a da si o! Ire a kari!,” Funke Akin-
•Tiwa Savage
dele also wrote. For former head of Chocolate City, Audu Makori, the birth signals ample reasons
to celebrate. “Congrats to @teebillz323 and @officialtiwasavage for unto them a child is born,” he posted.
Other celebrities who have joined in congratulating the singer are Rugged Man, MI Abaga, D’prince,
Cecil Hammond, among others
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Why I won’t move into my new house, by Pasuma
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Don Jazzy squares up against Davido at Tech+ 2015
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XCITEMENT mounts as the duo of Don Jazzy and Davido will be challenging each other at the forthcoming Tech+ Conference and Exhibitions. Holding in Lagos at the Eko Hotels and Suites on Friday with the theme, Leadership in Digital Technology, Tech+ will feature gaming sessions, exhibitions, the digital school, programming, plenary and break-out sessions as well as panel discussions to be led by high profile speakers drawn from local and global brands, organizers say. The entertainers took to their Twitter handles to announce their participation and, also, throw up challenges to any would-be contestants. Davido, who recently won the MTV AMA Best Male artist Award in South Africa, had tweeted, “My FIFA 15 skills will be on point 4 Tech+! July 24th 25th at EkoHotel.” Don Jazzy also tweeted;
“Think u can beat me @ FIFA 15? Come find out @ Tech+ from July 24th-25th at Eko Hotel.” Tunji Adeyinka, CEO of Connect Marketing Services Limited, organisers of the conference disclosed that there is a total prize money of N1.5m. Winner in the FIFA 2015 category will receive a cash prize of N500, 000 while the first and second runners-up go home with N300, 000 and N100, 000 respectively. In the Mortal Combat category, the sum of N300, 000 goes to the winner, the second-placed person receives N200, 000 and the third N100, 000, Adeyinka disclosed. Some of the notable speakers include Jim McKelvey (co-founder of Square), Wael Fakharany (Google X Middle East and Africa) and Nicolas Martin, CEO, Jumia Africa among others. TECH + is powered by MTN Nigeria with sponsorship from Huawei, Jumia, Coscharis Motors, Samsung,
Google, Uber and Terragon Group. Partners include Enplug Africa, Atlantic Exhibition and Lagos State Signage and Advertising Agency (LASAA).
UJI musician Alabi Pasuma has been criticised by his fans for still living in a rented apartment. The artiste has said that he is not bothered by the comments. He says he has just completed his house around OPIC on the popular Lagos/ Ibadan Expressway but he is yet to move in. He won’t vacate his present house in Omole Estate on the outskirts of Lagos because the new surrounding is not yet well developed. “It’s true I have finished my house in OPIC area as you said but because that place hasn’t developed, I just have to pause, pending the time the area will be developed. Everything is completed to taste; nothing is
By Adewoyin Adeniyi
left to be done to make it habitable. “I just decided that when the area is full, I will move in. Also, I have got another one I am building in Omole here. I think that one would have been completed by the time I celebrate my birthday in November this year. That’s my prayer,” he said. Pasuma who has •Pasuma also been active in the hip cluding a collaboration hop scene since early 90s with Mavin Records first hinted his fans that he will lady Tiwa Savage. be releasing a hip hop album. He has since dropped over four hip hop songs in-
Johnny ‘Kabas, Anne Inyang, MC Abbey, others for The Encounter By Joe Agbro Jr.
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OME leading entertainers in the music and comedy industry are set to perform at The Encounter. The event, which is in its fourth edition, holds by 3pm on Sunday, July 26, at The
Church of God Mission International, Grace Chapel, 38 Maidan Road, Mile 12, Lagos. Among headliners for The Encounter 2015 are Princess Anne Inyang, MC Abbey, Centrik, Johnny Kabas, CeeY, Sohlah Babs and Eldero. Also featuring are MC Ajele, Laff Doctor, Gospel Shakers, AGV, Favish Eyak and others. The host of the event is Rev. M. A Lamai. Convener of the project, Johnny Kabas, who is also a gospel singer, said the show promises to spiritually uplifting and entertaining. “The main content is gospel
music,” said Kabas, an undergraduate of Lagos State University. I call it soul lifting music, ethical comedy and dance. It’s going to be entertainment like you’ve never had it before,” he said. Speaking on the inspiration behind The Encounter, Kabas said it was a vision borne out of necessity when as an unknown artiste, he had problems getting a platform to showcase his talent. Having broken that jinx, Kabas said, he thought of helping others. “I thought that one of the best things I can do to help myself and help others that are trying to come up is to create that platform. And we started
very little but today ‘The Encounter’ not only promotes young acts but also gives them that opportunity to mingle with the experienced acts.” Kabas also lamented lack of corporate sponsorship for gospel entertainment but thanked God for making ‘The Encounter’ a reality every year since its inception. “Right from the first edition, ‘The Encounter’ has been full of surprises. And one the major surprises about the event has been the financing aspect of it. Every single edition of it has caused us huge amount of money and how the money sometimes comes about I don’t know.”