Flowerbud News

Month: October 2023

  • ‘Most Music Legends Are Not Versatile’ – Singer, Simi

    (FLOWERBUDNEWS) Nigerian alternative music star, Simi Ogunleye has deemed audience’s ‘unrealistic’ expectations from artist as one of the main issues plaguing the music industry.

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in a series of Twitter posts @simplysimi, she noted that Nigerian musicians are forced to cater to the same audience and switch their sounds to feed them.

    According to the ‘Soldier’ singer, artists are forced to be versatile even when they have their own original sounds, as musical legends are usually monotonous in their sounds.

    “I think one of the most trying things Naija artistes deal with is that we are mostly catering to the same audience.

    “We don’t want to have to, but the structure of the industry makes it inevitable. We expect the same people to like Rap, street music, soul, pop, indie. Its strange.

    “Strange for the audience because they keep messing around with your preference. You expect everyone to please you.

    “Zlatan and Johnny Drille. Strange for the artist cos they keep messing around with your creativity. You expect everybody to like your music. A waste of time.

    “So when I see someone tell an artist “you’re monotonous’’, it amuses me. Most of the legends are monotonous.

    “Unless they don’t have a sound. Imagine Fela doing hip-hop today and RnB tomorrow or Whitney Houston – Soul today, akpala tomorrow,’’ she said.

    NAN reports that Simi, who is married to fellow alternative singer, Adekunle Gold recently released a new album, ‘Omo Charlie Champagne’.

    The album swiftly follows her acclaimed 2017 eponymous album ‘Simisola’ which went on to win ‘Album of the Year’ at the Headies and contained a bunch of fantastic singles, including ‘Joromi’ and ‘Lovin.” (NAN)

  • Senate Backs $10bn Investment In Gas Sector

    (FLOWERBUDNEWS) The Senate is throwing its full weight behind the 10billion dollars Train seven Project investment in the nation’s gas sector, by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG).

    It also urged Nigerians to actively participate in the project which would create 10,000 new jobs and expand gas production capacity by 35 per cent.

    Senate commendation, followed a presentation by the Managing Director of NLNG Mr Tony Attah, to the Senate Commitee on Local Content.

    Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Teslim Folarin affirmed senate’s commitment towards ensuring that Nigerians are active participants in the gas sector.

    Folarin in a statement by his Senior Legislative Aid Bamidela Ajibola on Friday said the committee was delighted at the expansion of the nation’s gas capacity from 22MTPA to 30MTPA through the train7 project.

    He said the project would be constructed by the SCD consortium, comprising of Saipem, Chiyoda and Daewoo.

    Folarin stressed with the foreign direct investment on the project, the gas sector and the nation, stands to witness unprecedented benefit.

    He, however, said that NLNG should expect further invitations from the senate given its determination to ensure that the project complies with Local Content laws once the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the TRAIN seven project was signed.

    Attah in his remark explained that NLNG was owned by four shareholders, namely the Federal Government, represented by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) with 49 per cent, stake; Shell Gas has 25.6 per cent Total Gaz Electricite with 15 per cent and Eni International with 10.4 per cent .

    He said NLNG selected the SCD consortium for the Train seven project after a thorough bidding process.

    According to him, the SCD consortium will collectively build the seven billion dollars Train seven LNG expansion plant.

    Attah said that an additional 3billion dollars worth of investment in upstream gas development would be spent to meet the expected demands of the new capacity.

    He said the investment would raise the global profile of Nigeria as the fourth largest exporter of LNG in the world.

    He commended the Senate and its Committee on Local Content for the support rendered so far.

  • ICPC boss decries under-utilisation of N100bn annual FG constituency projects

    Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has expressed dismay that the N100 billion annual allocation to constituency projects has yet to achieve Federal Government’s objective.
    Owasanoye made the remark on Thursday in Abuja during a special town hall meeting on fight against corruption organized by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in conjunction with the National Orientation Agency (NOA).
    He regretted that the federal government’s lofty initiative had not made any significant impact in the lives of communities in the country in terms of infrastructure development.
    He said, “If we genuinely spend N2 trillion on infrastructure development over a period of 10 years, it will diminish the tension and the escalation of discontent.
    Owasanoye said that the principal focus of the first phase of the tracking, started some months ago, was on health and education sectors.
    He said that one or two locations were selected from each geopolitical zone, with emphasises on specific projects and working with an inter agency committee.
    Owasanoye said that the committee was made up of representatives from Budget Office, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bureau of Public Procurement and Office of the Auditor-General.
    He described the outcome of the first phase as revealing and interesting, adding that monies meant for constituency projects, not executed or completed, were recovered.
    According to him, “at least 200 contractors returned to site even before we got to them with some sponsors of the projects going back to complete them.
    “In some cases, when the empowerment items were locked up somewhere because somebody wanted to trade them off, we gave them one week to distribute such items to the beneficiaries.
    “For me, it makes more sense rather than arresting a senator and locking him up without delivering the items or facilities to the intended beneficiaries.
    “With this approach, we may not see the sponsors in jail but the idea is that the communities will be happy and we will be happy also,” the ICPC boss said.
    He further said that the commission would soon begin the second phase “because the first phase exposed a lot of pointers and opener to the commission.” (NAN)

  • Big Lesson For Christians And Muslims – Robin Scott, British MP

    (FLOWERBUDNEWS) Jesus and Muslims are more alike than different.
    Muslims follow Jesus in actions and love him in their hearts .
    Please read that which I have discovered – Robin.

    1. Jesus taught that there is only One God and Only God should be worshipped as taught in Deut 6:4, Mark 12:29.
    Muslims also believe this as taught in the
    [Qur’an verse 4:171]

    2. Jesus didn’t eat pork as taught in Leviticus 11:7, and neither do Muslims as taught in the
    [Qur’an verse 6:145]

    3. Jesus greeted with the words “as salaamualaikum” (Peace be with you) in John 20:21. Muslims also greet each other this way.
    [Quran Verse 24:61], and the greetings of the people of Paradise,
    [Quran Verse 14:23]

    4. Jesus always said “God Willing” (inshallah), Muslims say this too before doing anything as taught in the
    [Qur’an verses 18:23-24]

    5. Jesus washed his face, hands, and feet before praying. The Muslims do the same.
    [Quran Verse 5:6]

    6. Jesus and other prophets of the Bible offerd prayer with their head to the ground (see Matthew 26:39). Muslims do too as taught in the
    [Qur’an verse 3:43]

    7. Jesus had beard and wore a throbe. It is Sunnah for Muslim men to do the same.

    8. Jesus followed the law and believed in all the prophets, (see Matthew 5:17). Muslims do too as taught in the
    [Qur’an verses 3:84, & 2:285]

    9. Jesus’ mother Maryam dressed modestly by fully covering her body and wearing a headscarf (hijab) as found in 1 Timothy 2:9, Genesis 24:64-65, and Corinthians 11:6. Muslim women modestly dress the same as taught in the
    [Qur’an verse 33:59]

    10. Jesus and other prophets of the Bible fasting up to 40 days (see Exodus 34:28, Daniel 10:2-6, Kings 19:8, and Matthew 4:1- Muslims do so also during the month of Ramadan. Muslims are required to fast the full obligatory 30 days
    [see Qur’an 2:183], and others take it a step further by fasting an additional 6 days to increase their rewards.

    11. Jesus taught to say “Peace to this house” when entering it (see Luke 10:5), and to also greet the people in the house with “peace be unto you”. Muslims do exactly what Jesus did and taught. When we enter our homes and the homes of others we say “Bismillah” and also greet with “as salaamu alaikum” (peace be upon you) as taught in the
    [Qur’an verse 24:61]

    12. Jesus was circumcised. Circumcision is 1 of the 5 fitrah in Islam, so Muslim men are required to be circumcised. According to the Bible in Luke 2:21, Jesus was eight days old when he was circumcised. In the Torah, Allah/God stated to the Prophet Abraham that it is an “Everlasting covenant” (see Genesis 17:13). In the
    [Qur’an verse 16:123]
    Muslims are required to follow the religion of Abraham. The Prophet Muhammad said, “The Prophet Abraham circumcised himself when he was eighty years old.”

    13. Jesus spoke aramaic and called God ”Elah”, which is pronounced the same as “Allah”. Aramaic is an ancient, Biblical language. It is one of the Semitic languages that also include Hebrew, Arabic, Ethiopic and the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian language of Akkadian.
    The Aramaic”Elah” and the Arabic “Allah” are the same.
    The Aramaic “Elah” is derived from the Arabic “Allah”, and it means “GOD”. “Allah” in Arabic also means”GOD”, the Supreme GOD Almighty. You can easily see the similarity in their pronunciation so this concludes that the God of Jesus is also the God of the Muslims, of all mankind, and all that exist.

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  • Air Peace acquires B737-800 aircraft to boost operations

    In line with its expansion plan, Nigerian carrier Air Peace has acquired a B737- 800NG to boost its domestic and regional operations.

    Mr Stanley Olisa, Corporate Communications Executive of the airline, confirmed the development to newsmen on Friday in Lagos.

    Olisa said the aircraft arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 8 p.m. on Thursday from Europe.

    According to him, the new arrival is a 160 seater aircraft comprising 16 Business Class and 144 economy class seats.

    Olisa said: “Air Peace, West and Central Africa’s largest airline, last year became the first airline in sub Saharan Africa to place a firm order for 10 B737 Max.

    “The airline earlier this year made an order for 20 brand new 124 seater E195-E2 jets from Embraer, thereby making history as the launch customer of this new aircraft in the entire Africa.”

    He said having successfully started operations on the Sharjah-Dubai route on July 5, Air Peace would soon began services on
    international routes such as London, Houston, Johannesburg, Mumbai and Guangzhou.

    Olisa said the airline was grateful to President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for creating the enabling environment that made it possible for the airline to achieve this feat within a very short time of its existence.

    “Our Chairman, Mr Allen Onyema, is eternally grateful to President Buhari for making it possible for Air Peace to become what she is within the four years of the President’s regime.

    “This is through the zero tax regime on imported commercial aircraft and aircraft spares introduced by his administration.”

    NAN

  • Oyo vows to recall Ajimobi’s road contractors over shoddy jobs

    Oyo State government has disclosed that it would summon road contractors of the immediate past administration of Senator Abiola Ajimobi to site over what was termed ‘shoddy jobs’ across the State. (more…)

  • Police dock 77-yr-old blind man over possession of Indian hemp

    The Osun State Police Command has arraigned a 77-year-old blind man, Kareem Adebayo, at a magistrate court in Osogbo, the state capital, for allegedly possessing Indian hemp. (more…)

  • Over 70 soldiers facing trial at 7 Division General Court Martial for various offences

    Over 70 soldiers of the Nigerian Ary are facing trial before the 7 Division General Court Martial led  by the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) the  Division, Brigadier General Abdul Ibrahim, for various offences. (more…)

  • FG Declares Monday Public Holiday

    (FLOWERBUDNEWS) The Federal Government has declared Monday as Public Holiday to mark the 2019 Eid-ul-Mawlud in commemoration of the birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.

    Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Interior, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

    He said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, congratulated the Muslim faithful on the occasion and enjoined them to live within the virtues and teachings of the Prophet.

    He said imbibing the Prophet’s virtues of love, courage and perseverance would guarantee peace and security in the country.

    Aregbesola expressed confidence that the challenges confronting Nigeria at the moment would soon be over; and therefore called on Nigerians to remain focused and determined.

    He gave the assurance that with the immense potentials the country is endowed with; coupled with its human and natural resources, Nigeria will sooner than later join the league of developed nations.

    “With love, commitment, self-sacrifice, patience and patriotism, we will certainly, build a greater Nigeria,” Aregbesola said.

    The Minister restated Government’s desire to ensure a peaceful and secure environment for all Nigerians.