LIL KESH: FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE YOUNG RECORD LABEL OWNER

Lil Kesh, born Keshinro Ololade, is a young artiste who burst into the limelight in 2014 with his song Shoki.

Between then and now, he has enjoyed collaborations with major artistes in the industry, like Olamide, Davido and others.

As he releases another single on Tuesday, here are a few things to know about the 23-year-old record label owner:

Lil Kesh was born and bred in Bariga, Lagos.

He was born on 14th March 1995.

He was first signed to Olamide’s label, YBNL before he set up his own record label, YAGI (meaning Young And Getting It).

His Shoki single released in 2014 was a major hit and it resulted in two other remixes, a female version, which featured, Cynthia Morgan, Chidinma, Eva Alordiah and another version, featuring Davido and Olamide.

He won the Nigerian Teen Choice Awards and City People Entertainment Awards in 2015 on the strength of his song, Shoki.

Lil Kesh featured in one of the biggest songs of the year, “Issa Goal” along side other acts like, Naira Marley, Olamide and a host of other music stars.

ADESUA COMMENDS BANKY W’S OPEN LETTER TO ‘STALKER’

Adesua Etomi, the wife of Banky W has praised her husband’s open letter to the social media stalker, who expressed shock that he was driving a 2008 car.

In a tweet, Adesua wrote; “Trust my husband to make lemonade out of Lemons. This isn’t a response to the ignorance. This is a write up of life lessons. Beautifully written baby,” while quoting his tweet.

A video had been shared recently on social media showing Banky W’s 2008 Benz at a grocery store, with the recorder of the video commenting that the car was not befitting of his status as a celebrity.

Banky W has since shared an open letter, which has gone viral.

See Adesua’s tweet below:

Adesua Etomi@AdesuaEtomi

Trust my husband to make lemonade out of Lemons. This isn't a response to the ignorance. This is a write up of life lessons. Beautifully written baby.

Banky Wellington

✔@BankyW

Last weekend, a very creepy video was posted online, by someone making fun of my car. I wrote her an open letter. You can read it on my blog: http://bankywellington.com/dear-stalker/ 

Pls share with everyone you know. I really want her to read it. LOL.

Boko Haram kills six traders in Borno ambush

Boko Haram fighters killed six traders when they ambushed a convoy of lorries under military escort in northeast Nigeria, a civilian militia member and a local resident said on Thursday.

“Six traders were killed in an ambush by Boko Haram gunmen on Tuesday,” said Umar Kachalla, from the volunteer security force in Gamboru, a trading hub on Nigeria’s border with Cameroon.

The attack happened at about 6:00 pm (1700 GMT) at Mussini village, some 16 kilometres (10 miles) from Gamboru.

Kachalla said the gunmen opened fire on the 23-strong convoy, forcing it to stop, then looted supplies and torched the vehicles.

“The poor state of the road makes it difficult for motorists to escape any ambush because they need to manoeuvre through deep and gaping potholes,” he added.

Abubakar Yusuf, from Gamboru, passed the scene on Thursday morning. “I can see the trucks lined up. They are all burnt. Nothing remains but heaps of ash from the goods,” he said.

“It is true. Six people were killed in the ambush, including five men and one woman. Attacks against traders have become frequent despite the military escorts.”

AFP asked for confirmation and comment from Nigerian Army spokesman Brigadier General Texas Chukwu. In a text message, he said only: “Is not true.”

Further questions about whether he meant the attack itself or the numbers involved went unanswered.

Nigeria’s government and military maintains that Boko Haram, whose insurgency has killed at least 20,000 people since 2009, is a spent force and on the verge of defeat.

It is now encouraging thousands of people displaced by the conflict to return to their homes from makeshift camps in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.

But international aid agencies working in the remote region say conditions are not right for mass returns, particularly in terms of security.

Despite claims of free movement, civilian vehicles still require military escorts on roads into and out of Maiduguri because of fears of Boko Haram attacks.

Last weekend, jihadists ambushed troops in the Bama area of Borno and separately overran a military base in neighbouring Yobe.

But the military rejected reports that dozens of troops were killed and told local people “their safety is guaranteed”, despite repeated attacks, raids and suicide bombings.

In June, 43 people, including the recently returned displaced, were killed in a wave of suicide attacks in the town of Damboa.

Woman dragged as bike-borne duo attempt to snatch cash

TRICHY: A 42-year-old woman fought back two robbers bravely and saved her hard-earned money from their grip, despite being dragged on the road by the offenders. Police have launched an investigation to nab the suspects.

The incident took place on Monday afternoon when the victim S Krishnaveni, 42, was returning after withdrawing Rs1 lakh cash from a nationalised bank in Thuraiyur town. Two unidentified men followed her on a bike, as she was walking on the road carrying the cash in a cloth bag. Within minutes, the duo came close to her and the pillion rider grabbed her bag and attempted to snatch it from her.

Krishnaveni, however, showed stiff resistance and firmly held on to the cash bag. When the snatcher used more force to snatch the bag, she fell on the road. Yet the miscreants kept the vehicle moving in full throttle, dragging the victim for a few metres. Even after suffering injuries on her face and hands, the woman did not let go of the bag. Realising that their efforts were futile, the snatchers fled the scene leaving the woman behind.

She returned home and then received treatment at a hospital for her injuries. On Tuesday, she went to a finance company on the stretch where the incident happened. They helped her with the CCTV footage of her being dragged on the road. After circulating the video on WhatsApp, Krishnaveni lodged a complaint with the Thuraiyur police on Tuesday afternoon. A sub-inspector investigating the case said that the woman said that no money was taken from her. Police are trying to ascertain the identity of the accused based on the video clip.

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Access Bank wins sustainable finance award

Access Bank Plc. has again received top honours at the 2018 Karlsruhe Sustainable Finance Awards in Germany, emerging as the winner across two categories. This recognition comes barely 24 hours after the Bank bagged the Euromoney Awards for Excellence as “Africa’s Best Bank for  Corporate Social Responsibility” in London.

The awards ceremony held on July 12, 2018 at the City Hall of Karlsruhe, Germany’s most sustainable city. Access Bank received the Karlsruhe award for “Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement” in recognition of the Bank’s impressive success in holistically embedding sustainability across all aspects of operations. This marked the third consecutive win for the bank, and further reinforces the institution’s status as an industry pioneer in sustainable development.

Access Bank  Group Managing Director/CEO, Herbert Wigwe was also honoured for his remarkable leadership and commitment to sustainable development with the “Sustainable Leader of the Year for Africa” award. The award was presented in recognition of Wigwe’s exceptional leadership in driving business transformation through incorporating social, environmental and economic values in the Bank’s operations.

“We are honoured to receive this level of recognition,” Wigwe said. “At Access Bank, sustainability is a part of our DNA and we promise to continue to be the face of social, economic and environmental developments, which facilitate an inclusive and vibrant economy, business transformations and increase our shareholders value for tomorrow”

In attendance at the awards were CEOs of leading global financial institutions, senior executives, top German government officials, policy makers, regulators and key sustainability stakeholders.

HEGEN YO TIV LUMUN ER VEA OO TYO ZEE?---By Sparkling

HEGEN YO TIV LUMUN ER VEA OO TYO ZEE?.

Yange la Tiv venda shia shia er vea oo tyo ga. Lu zum u Orfulani Usman Danfodio hemen Mbamusulumi gbenda sha u nongun tyav a akurior a hen Nijeria cii sha u kighir ve er ve hingir Mbagbelenchurnya la.

Ken itsesen I Mbamusulumi yo I kaa er, alu or nan venda kwaghAondo u gbelenchurnya yo, alu mkighir u sha gyosugh kpa I kighir nan. Jim je yo, ve kaa er, a lu tar a venda musulumi yo u de zough a bem ga, I nger ken takerada u kwaghAondo ve u iyer er Koran la ityough ki sha utaan-kar-unyiin,ivur I sha utaan(9;5) er:

                                    Ucighan mba iwerev mbela vea Karen kela yo

                                    Wua nen mba nan jighjigh ga mba ne zough ami cii

                                    Kor nen ve ikpa,kegh nen ve ken myer,haa nen afo

                                    A utya sha ave…, (Al-Tauba ivugh 5)

Nahan sha ayange a tar lu abugh ashe kpishi ga la, zum u ikyurior ia venda musulumi yo. Mbamusulumi ve za va a shoja petali ve la,ve ta num sha kyurior la ve hemba ve,ve kighir v eve hingir mbagberenchurnya. Tindi ne lu orhemen ve muhamadu wa un ye. Ka I yila tyav mbi kighir ior la er Jihad.

Tindi la kpa ngu ken Koran ityough ki sha uhar, ivur deri-uhar man pue-teratar (Al-Baqra 216). Ior mbagen fag a kpa ka kwagh ne an eve Fulani ve lu tan num sha tar Tiv kpaa ye. Ka ve kor a kor ave sha kwagh u BUA.

Ashie kpishi ka Fulani ka ve lu shoji I musulumi ye.Alu ne nenge yo,ajiir agen yange ve zenda Tiv her er ken agar aa lu kyua a Gbajimba nahan,ve haa afo her venda u duen. Alu I er kwagh sha kwagh ne gay o, vea saa hen ajiir la gbekeke. Kwagh ne vande eren ken tar u Igipiti, ior mba ilu yilan ve hegen er ka ior I Igipiti ne ka mar nya u igipiti ga kpa ka ior mba Arab,onov mba Ishmael wan u Kpankwase Hagar wen shon u Aondo tsenga oron inja na er ilu amar un ga je la ken Genese 16:11-12.

Ior mba yan ve nyor ken tar u Igipiti ve wua mar nya ve ngohol tar la hingir tar ve.Asange aa shi her kpa ve kor ve ikpan mba a imo ken tar ve ga. Ka kwagh shon mom ve er a Ausa a ken najeria kpaa ye,ka,nahan ior mba ve lu ator sha tar u Ausa cii ilu Fulani tseegh ye.

Nahan zum u Danfodio mough er una kighir akuraior a hen Najeria cii a gberenchurnya yo ve ta vanger sha kyurior igen hen Benue I yilan er Tiv. Yange Tiv ve nyor ken ayough ve tondo u gbande-avaan kua mbaada sha ihyange ve due ve ta numsha shoji I Danfodio je hyundu kpulum; Er Tiv yange lu ior mba fan atseleke a utya yo, ve time ahungwa nahan anyinya a utya a Danfodio lug ban shin ahungwa la. Nahan er Aondo kpa yange sue Tiv kenjime dongyo shoji ii Danfodio in yange akuraior agen cii fatyo u hemban ve num ga ne, Tiv sha tseeneke ve hemba Danfodio tyav gbulughgbulugh.

Luun er ka Tiv gayo, Nijeria cii ma alu tar u mbagberenchurnya hegen. Kwagh ne yange vihi musulumi kpishi er Tiv ve hembe ve tyav shi ve vihi awashima ve la yo,je zan zan hegen kpa kwagh la ngu a hungur ve ga. Ken awashima vey o, mba henen er yange a tsa kpa ve shi vea ngohol tar ne.

Ka nahan yange m ungwa mer orumusulumi ugen tile shin wurukum shin makudi ta hiagh kaa er anyom pue shin kyundu aa lu van ken hemen la, gar u makudi una hingir sha ikyev ve. Kwagh la bee asenge, kpa alu se tema se wa ave kyum se mba henen er vea fatyo gay o, se mba tsughun a tsugh ayol ase.

  Shin er Tiv yang eve hemba musulumi tyav nahan kpaa.Tiv mba gen yang eve ya kyar a atsonka, sha ayange la Sarwuan Tarkaa Nachi na zwa er I nande Baja ,Yange Tiv nande Baja bee hen tar Tiv cii,ka nahan man I taver kpishi u zuan a Ortiv u I mar nan, nan vese hen tar Tiv u nan lu musulumi ye.

Jim je yo,Tiv cii lumun a kwaghAondo u gberenchurnya la ga.Ka mba kelen nyaregh kua tahav ve hide ve za lu nyorun musulumi ye,kpa Ortiv u sha gbaaondo yo yange eren kasua aa Ausa, shi lamen a ave doo-doo ,kpa kwaghaondo vey o lumun ga,Tiv yang ve kaa er vea oo tyo ga,kpan hegen yo er nan ve Tiv ve tem ve lu kenger mbagberenchurnya ve lu ngohol ta Tivi?,Hegen mbamusulumi hide vas ha atseleke mba iin tegh tegh ngohol tar u yang eve fatyo u ngohol sha agee gala.

Alu se bugh ashe hegen gay o, se va vaa afanyo ken hemen er ior mba sha Jos ve lu vaan hegen nahan. Zum u musulumi lu ngohol ve ajiir tegh tegh la ve faga,ve lu henen er ka kwagh ga kpa hegen u ashe ava bugh ve,ve mase kaven ibumegh vegh la yo,shie kaa. Tativ wa amishe sha Jos gande pe wuhen.