D'BANJ CONGRATULATES DON JAZZY ON NEW LABEL

It appears that D’banj and Don Jazzy are moving past their recent ‘ugly’  fight and badly damaged relationship, following the former’s congratulatory message to his ex-boss on his (Don Jazzy) new record label.
In a tweet on Monday, former partner in the Mo’hits squad,  D’banj, sent a congratulatory message to his former partner Michael Collins, popularly known as Don Jazzy on the launch of his new record label “Congrats to my brother and the best producer in Africa Don jazzy on the launch of his new Record Label, MAVIN RECORDS. Wish u all the best.” – Dbanj.
In return Don Jazzy replied “Thanks Bro. God Bless you“, and also added “After Solar Plexus Tomorrow. Tweeps next stop is #Olivertwist UK Release May 14th. Your support is needed always. RepNaija, RepAfrica. Oshee” Solar Plexus is set to be released today May 8th.   So far, the tweet has generated a lot of comments from fans, most of which rally around the fact that, D’banj is trying to salvage the badly damaged relationship between him and his ex-boss.
You will recall that D’Banj and Don Jazzy owned the Mo Hits record label but few months back, both men split ways in what many regard as, perhaps, the worst split in Nigerian music industry.
It all started when Don Jazzy moved out of the mansion both stars shared for years in Lekki peninsula, Lagos, apparently frustrated with D’banj’s “lifestyle, tantrums and unmanageable ego” while  D’banj backed out because he also felt Don Jazzy is spending more time advancing the careers of other artistes in the label and was not “concentrating enough” on D’banj’s forth coming album which was due for release some time this year.  The straw that broke the camel’s back was an interview remarks allegedly made by D’Banj to US based Ebony magazine, in which he claimed ownership to Mo Hits, referring to Don Jazzy as “my artiste.”
Both stars followed their split with insults hauled at each other, driven by D’Banj who later claimed his Twitter and Facebook pages were hacked and used for the malicious insults.
On monday, however, both artiste appeared to be mending their fences as D’Banj tweeted Don Jazzy, congratulating him for new record label, Mavin Records which is set for launch.
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TIWA SAVAGE LANDS MULTI MILLION NAIRS PEPSI DEAL

Right from the grapevine, the story making the rounds right now is that  new Don Jazzy’s Mavin Records signing, Tiwa Savage has landed a mega deal with beverage giant, Pepsi.
Sources who hinted Gistclan, stated that Tiwa Savage got the Pepsi Cola deal while she was a co-host of the Nigerian Idol reality show which Pepsi also sponsored.
Though the worth of the deal was not disclosed to us but we were hinted that it is in the region of millions of naira

Meanwhile, She was unveiled yesterday as Don Jazzy’s new signing under Mavin Records alongside Dr Sid, Wande Coal and D’Prince.

FINALLY DON JAZZY BREAKS SILENCE: 'WHY I STARTED MAVIN RECORDS'

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Don Jazzy has broken the silence over his future by today announcing the launch of his new record label. Mavin Records, a wholly independent label, will be the new home for former Mo’Hits stalwarts: Wande Coal, Dr. Sid and D’Prince. The multiple award winning producer also announced that Tiwa Savage would be joining the Mavin family. The signing of Savage, one of Nigeria’s leading vocalists, is seen as a major coup for the budding record label and Don Jazzy promised fans that there are many more exciting faces to be “activated” by the label in the near future.

Following a very public split with former Mo’Hits partner, Dbanj, speculation had been rife about what projects the producer had lined up. Several stories had rumbled about relations between the pair but Don Jazzy revealed that his eyes are focused firmly on the future.

“I know that there are questions unanswered, mysteries unsolved and wounds to heal,” the producer said. “But I would really appreciate if we allow time to heal the wounds for us all instead of digging them up again.”

The founder and CEO of the new label has spent the last three weeks locked in the recording studio along with the fellow “Mavins” as they finalise plans for their debut compilation album, Solar Plexus, released 8^th May. The album has been a collaborative labour of love which has traversed five countries. In the same vein as the previously released Curriculum Vitae by the Mo’Hits All Stars, Solar Plexus will exclusively showcase the musical talents of the Mavin Records crew.  The renowned sound mixer, James ‘LeRock’ Loughrey, was one of several international collaborators used in perfecting the sound of the album and has predicted that the album will be “huge.” Work is also at various stages for all the individual solo albums with release dates to be announced soon.

With the dissolution of Mo’Hits since agreed with D’Banj, Don Jazzy has high ambitions for the new label which he anticipates will soon be “the power house of music in Africa.” He called on all his fans and well-wishers to get behind the new project for what he promises will be a “very exciting journey.”

Website: www.mavinrecords.com

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Message from Don Jazzy

I see Mavin Records being the power house of Music in Africa in the shortest possible time. I know Rome wasn’t built in a day but with a lot of hard work, a good and God fearing team, our friends and fans, TV houses, radio stations, press, bloggers and most of all with God on our side, there is nothing we cannot achieve.

I definitely won’t forget my past because I wouldn’t be where I am today without it. I know there are questions unanswered, mysteries unsolved, wounds to heal but I would really appreciate if we allow time to heal the wounds for us all instead of digging them up again.

I love and respect the press and bloggers a lot and believe they will play a major role in healing our wounds and allow the forward movement. I would love to thank everyone that contributed in making Mohits records as successful as it got. We wouldn’t have done it without you all. The love and support you have given us thus far is definitely not in vain.  You all helped create international superstars and none of us will let you down.

  It is going to be a very exciting journey from here. I can’t wait to show you guys all we have planned for you all. We have some other Mavins that are not activated yet still under construction that I’m positive you are going to love. Please open up your hearts, lend us your ears, give us your love and support as always and let’s continue to entertain you. Please don’t forget to visit. www.mavinrecords.com and join the fan club “MAVIN LEAGUE” for exclusive news, music and gifts.

“Don’t just be amazing at what you do, be a MAVIN at it” – IDJA

ACTRESS INI EDO PREGNANT ...Says A Nigerian Tabloid

Gist making the rounds has it that curvy actress, Ini Edo is pregnant afetr several years of searching.
Although the Akwa Ibom born is yet to make any official statement, but the latest edition of a Nigerian tabloid, Enquirer magazine had it very bold in its headline   that actress Ini Edo is pregnant.
 Ini, who got married at a tradtional wedding in Eket, Akwa Ibom State and later a white wedding in Houston, Texas in 2009 is one of Nigeria’s most talked about actresses. She also belong to the A-list league in nollywood.She is a glo ambassador and recently, she became a producer with support of Emem Isong and others.

HELEN UKPABIO LOSES FOUR SIBLINGS IN ONE WEEK!

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Helen Ukpabio

 These are really, really trying times for Nigeria’s most successful female preacher, Lady Apostle Helen Ukpabio. Four of her siblings – same father and same mother – just died and she is accusing The Nigerian Police and State Security Service (SSS) of being responsible.

The three brothers (Charles, Emmanuel and Joseph Akpabio) were allegedly shot before their aged mother (Mrs. Etim Ukpabio) and their younger sister, Elizabeth, upon hearing the sad news, slipped into coma and never recovered. She too has also died. Charles, Emmanuel and Joseph lost their lives on Sunday, March 25, 2012 in their village, Mbente, Ini local government area of Akwa Ibom State.

The journey that took them to their untimely graves began on Saturday, March 24, 2012 when three white men visited their village in the company of one of their friends, Benjamin Christopher Akpan Otu, from nearby Ifa Village. Being youth leaders in Mbente, the whitemen and Benjamin allegedly came with a drink to solicit their support concerning a dam that is to be constructed in the area.

Unknown to the three brothers, they were in the bad book of the SSS and Police who only used their friend to entrap them. After the first meeting, another one was fixed. But this time in Ikot Ekpene, which is about an hour drive. At Ikot Ekpene, the rhythm, however, changed as the two security agencies, with the brothers in their custody, accused them of armed robbery and kidnapping.

The team was allegedly led by one Noel Nduka. Thereafter, they were handcuffed, including Benjamin Christopher Out, who was also at the meeting, but was later released. They were allegedly first cripped with gun shots. And as they wailed and queried what they had done to deserve what they were doing to them, they were driven to the village. Now in their father’s compound, their mother immediately took to crying upon seeing her sons’ condition – in their broken state and with broken legs.

They allegedly dragged them down and beside a nearby plantain tree finished all of them, with their mother and some family members weeping, wailing and watching. We were told that the security team left with their corpses afterwards. And since then, the family of the three brothers has been crying themselves hoarse, wanting to know what exactly their sons did as well as why they were not charged to any court to defend themselves before judgment was pronounced and they were immediately executed.

They are also alleging that their lives, and that of the other members of the family are not safe, the reason being that they still can’t decipher why three of their children would be wasted in such a callous way and in one day. Their daughter, Lady Apostle Helen Ukpabio, founder, Liberty Gospel Church, with over 250 branches scattered all over the world, had this to say when we contacted her on Thursday, April 26, 2012: “I have never seen anything like that in my life before. Four corpses, from one family. Ah! Even if they had something against them, they should have taken them to court and not waste them like that”.

On the family’s next line of action, she said: “We will not follow them illegally. We will follow them legally. And that is why we are crying out, begging all conscionable people all over the world to hear us and ensure that justice is done on this issue”.

We also got through to Mr. Noel Nduka on the phone at exactly 2.11pm on Friday, April 27, and he said that as a civil servant he’s not permitted to talk to the press. The gruesome  murder of the three brothers, meanwhile, is now being discussed all over the world. Especially after the family created a special blog for them.Until their death, Charles worked as a sailor; Emmanuel – businessman and Joseph – farmer.

AFTER DISAPPEARANCE, BISHOP IDAHOSA TAKES OVER O'TALK NA DO'S LIBERATION AND MIRACLE MINISTRIES CHURCH

About two months after the sudden disappearance of the General Overseer of Liberation and Miracle Ministries, aka Liberation City Centre, Prophet Chris Okafor, the General Overseer of Illumination Assembly, Lekki Light Centre, Bishop Isaac Idahosa, has allegedly taken over his church.

YES International! gathered that the already scheduled programmes which the church had prior to the disappearance of their prophet will now be taken care of by Idahosa.

The two programmes: Night of Prophecy and Solution, which was supposed to have taken place on Friday, March 30, 2012, was shifted to Friday, April 27, 2012. The other one, A Day of Prophetic Feast, which was supposed to be on Sunday, April 1, 2012 now took place on Sunday, April 29, 2012. But the theme, Night of Intervention was changed to Pharaoh, Let My People Go. This change, we gathered, might not be unconnected with the current challenge of Okafor.

During our visit to the church’s permanent site at 9, Oshotisan Street, Off Odozi Street, by Ereke Bus-Stop, Ojodu, Lagos, on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, as usual, after scaling the hurdles of their  security men, it was a surprise for us and members of the church to see Bishop Idahosa who came in his black Infinity jeep with registration no. LSD 682 AA. The service which lasted for more than two hours was also used by Idahosa to announce his 20 years wedding anniversary thus: “As I came by surprise today, your miracle shall come by surprise.”

YES International! also exclusively gathered from one of the members that apart from the Friday, April 27 night vigil and Sunday, April 29 prophetic conference, which Idahosa is expected to host, he may also be the one to preside over most of their major programmes and services until the return of Prophet Okafor.

Meanwhile, during our investigations, one Chuma Harris who claimed to have attended Liberation City twice said, “although I am not a member of the church, I know about things that happen in the church very well because a friend of mine who attends the church invited me there and I found out that this prophet is beyond the ordinary. In fact, people call him ‘O Talk Na Do”, but I call him a ‘Magician’. This is a man that will tell you the story of your life from Adam without knowing you from anywhere! During his consultation days, you will be asked to pay a certain amount of money before you can see him. There was a man during one of the night vigils I attended who he called out and told that his brother who had been in Germany for over seven years without a call would call him that night and by ten minutes after twelve that night, his brother called him. Before I decided not to go to the church again, I had already sown a seed of 7KVA generator”.

Another source who pleaded anonymity said, “There is nothing to hide about the fact that “O Talk Na Do” is dead! Or how do you explain his disappearance and no one has been able to give a clue about his whereabouts neither has his abductors shown their faces”.

On Friday, April 27, 2012, we called Bishop Idahosa about his visit and he said, “I didn’t take over any church activity. Although, it’s true that I went there on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, during their early morning prayer session just to preach, pray and encourage the church. I also visited his wife at home that day. Maybe those who said I’m taking over said that because I helped them promote the programmes they are set to do when I saw the handbills, but I never said I’m going to be there. Even that Sunday, I will be celebrating my 20th wedding  anniversary and my one year Bishopric ordination in my church at Lekki, Ajah, Lagos”.

Idahosa also added that it is a rumour that Prophet Okafor is dead. “You mean they said Okafor is dead? No, he is not. I’m saying this because authoritatively the abductors still communicated with the family that Wednesday, April 25, 2012. They only wanted the balance of their ransom before he could be released, but he is very much alive”.

We told you in our last edition how Prophet Chris Okafor allegedly disappeared after a mid-night attack in Awka, Anambra State, on Sunday, March 11, 2012, after an open-air crusade at Emmaus House and that since then his church members have resorted to non-stop fasting and praying. We also informed you that his abductors had initially demanded for N25m before it was raised to N50m.Thereafter nothing was heard from them.

Prophet Okafor who has fleet of cars just completed a 9-bedroom duplex inside Magodo, Lagos and used to preside over his 2,000 congregation until his mysterious disappearance.