Ghana to recycle graves older than 20 years

Due to the scarcity of land in Accra to accommodate new corpses at public cemeteries, the Metro Public Health Department of Accra Metropolitan has revealed plans to recycle graves older than twenty years in other to accommodate new corpses.

This comes after several Ghanaians have been burying their dead ones at their homes and Churches due to lack of space at public cemeteries.

According to the Director of MPHD, Mr Vctor Acquaye, who feels people who died of contagious diseases could pose health risks to those living close to burial sites.

He also told the Mirror in an interview that his team are planning to open up the western section of the Awudome cemetery for development into a modern well-spaced and landscaped cemetery.

He also said that after the modern development into a well- spaced and landscaped cemetery, inquiries will be made to know the causes of a dead person to ensure that any corpse doesn't pose public health threat to people living around the burial site. 'Even after the land factor is satisfied, we have to know the cause of death to ensure the burial does not pose any public health threat to people and the environment.'

AUDIO+VIDEO: Giftty – One More Time

“56 Hoperoad Entertainment signee – Giftty finally puts a face to his voice as he premieres the visuals to his acclaimed D’tunes-produced single “One More Time”. The single has racked up constant airplay since its release so much so it debuted at #6 on the well-documented Playdata Nigeria Chart and also boasts impressive download counts

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The Unlimited L.A– directed video sees the rookie spend some quality time with his lover- romantic dinners and whatnot, while he croons about his affection for her.”

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7 Reasons Why Nigerian Youths Do Not Go To Church

Fear driven presentations and demonstrations often force youths to go to church while under the shields of some dominating forces, mostly parental.

But not every young person will set going to church as a priority once he or she starts riding solo and under no real supervision.

We’ve heard some pretty strange statistics about church goers, most of which are female adults and least of which are the young and vibrant youths who are expected to keep close to God when they are still young and active.

All said, let’s see some 7 Reasons Why Nigerian Youths Do Not Go To Church.

1. They Believe Church Is Boring – Since it’s nothing like a party where ‘Lil Kesh’ would keep screaming a sinful phrase into their hearings, they don’t like it. They don’t fancy those left and right shifting dance steps vis-à-vis clapping in two’s at intervals.

But let it be known that churches were never meant for entertainments. Maybe now that churches are singing ‘Godwin’, they might consider that.

2. They Believe The Church Is A Waste Of Time – The thing is, every one knows the message, “Jesus brings salvation”, “Jesus Is coming soon” etc. So why bother going to church to hear some repetitions of old sayings? This is also one of the reason why youths stay back from church, to them, they know the message the church is relaying.

3. They Don’t Have Clothes – The church was never meant to be fashion runway. They just do not understand this. They are always hell-bent on looking fly to church, to impress who? Maybe that Lady smiling at the microphone as she leads the choir sing. So, as long as there is no new designer dress, no church.

4. They Believe The Church Wants Their Money – A couple of Naira that will go a long way in sorting Bread and Beans at that local restaurant is too big for them to drop for God.

They believe they will save some cash by staying back home instead of going to church. Even though there are truly some churches that talk more about offering and tithe than the kingdom of God, it is well.

5. They Believe Life Is Better Without Religion – This is an assertion but with that perspective, they tend to neglect church since its the “pillar” of religion. Going by the norms and commandments of the church by being a Christian are hectic for others. Some of them don’t care much about religion but a better relationship with God.

6. They Believe They Don’t Have Time – They believe some hours they will spend in church is better spent on cramming some aspects of that 201 course. Or probably spent tweeting and gathering twitter followers, or better still, to wash clothes, which is what they mostly do.

7. They Believe Worldly Engagements Are Sweeter – As long as there is power supply in the hood, larger percentage of the youths will shun church, you will hear sayings like “Devil already won today’s battle, but the war isn’t over yet”.

Especially if the Super Eagles have a Match on that day, the church will be unconsciously scanty.

These and more others are the reasons why Nigerian Youths Hardly Go To Church.

[Music] Olamide – Abule Sowo (Prod. By Pheelz)

Olamide is back with a brand new original mash-up for your listening pleasure and to accompany his birthday celebration today.

To say that Olamide own the street would be an understatement. The YBNL boss style and sound is classic and timeless.

Enjoy Abule Sowo by Kingin Baddosneh (OG Waheed).
Listen & Download “Olamide – Abule Sowo” below:

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MUSIC: Paul Okoye (P-Square) – Call Heaven

Paul Okoye aka Rudeboy, one half of super-duo P-Square has decided to pour his heart out on a new piece titled “Call Heaven“. It’s his way of expressing his feelings as word of aP-Squaresplit continues to do rounds on and offline.
If you listen closely to the lyrics, you can actually feel the pain in Paul’s heart, and how much he would’ve wanted things to be different.

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Checkout M.I’s Illegal Music 3 Tracklist

The Yung Denzel, M.I Abaga took to social media to share the track list of his soon to be released mixtape titled “ILLEGAL MUSIC 3”.
Check out below and we anticipate the premiere soon
 

Nigerian Army Set To Storm Aba To End Biafra Protest

Brigadier General Lawrence Fejokwu, the Commanding Officer, 14 Brigade Ohafia, made an announcement that, the command headquarters will be moved to Aba to protect residents in the area.
This is coming in the wake of protests by members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB).
The protesting groups are calling for the release of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Fejokwu said “I have gone around to familiarize myself with my location and men.
My decision is that Aba have continued to be a hot spot especially on the activities of IPOB and MASSOB and the issue of kidnapping. To this effect, I have decided to, after due clearance with my boss, the GOC, to relocate our tactical headquarters from Ohafia to Aba to see how far we can go in arresting the situation.”
Adding that “In doing so, I urge the IPOB and MASSOB to rescind their decision to bear arms and stop acts of violence and channel their grievances to the appropriate authorities.”
The commanding officer also said:-

“I don’t mind dialoging with the pro Biafra groups if that will bring peace. If they want to pray; at the end of it, they should quietly go back to their houses.
But in a situation where prayers lead to procession which will disturb the peace of the state, no security agency will sit and watch that happen. We will continue to appeal to them to tow the path of peace. As at today, there is no pro Biafra protester in our custody.”

Photos From Imo AGN’s candle night for Dede-One-Day

Members of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria stormed the streets of Owerri last night for the candle night of late comedian turned actor, Peter Onwuzurike Onyehidelam popularly known as Dede One Day.

Held at Imo Freedom Square in Owerri, the candle night was hosted by the Imo state chapter of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria. It witnessed the presence of top Nollywood acts like Nkem Owoh, John Okafor-Mr. Ibu, Charles Inojie, Victor Osuagwu, Tom Njemanze, Nneoma Ukpabia,

Iheme Nancy, Dauda, Mc Ash, Saraphina Amechi, Klint D’Drunk and many others. Meanwhile, the burial of the late actor who died of High Blood pressure related issue is holding today in his country home, Umuduruori Umuarusilam Umuagwuru Mbieri, Imo state.

 Photo Credit: Justice Ejims Ojukwu (@FunCodeMedia)

Photos:- How Dasuki Arrested Buhari In 1985, Allegedly Destroyed His 1st Marriage

In I985, former military Ruler, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, Kicked Buhari out of Office through Military Coup Dictact and Former National Security Adviser to ex president, Goodluck Jonathan, Sambo Dasuki Immediately placed Buhari in Chains, at that time Nigerians were celebrating the Muslim festival and enjoying the public holidays.
Sambo Dasuki, led a team of four Police men which include, Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, Lawan Gwadabe, Abdulmumuni Aminu, and arrested Buhari.
In August 26th 1985 Buhari was arrested and his government toppled, IBB, through the help of Dasuki, threw Buhari into Prison custody.
Dasuki was then made the ADC (aide-de-camp) to babangida Buhari was left to rot in jail for two years and this wrecked his love life with Safinatu Buhari and Hajia Safinatu got married in 1971 and they have five children, 4 girls and a boy. But upon Buhari’s Release, Safinatu Divorced Buhari as she was reported to had been Devastated over Buhari’s Arrest.
Safinatu Served as First Lady of Nigeria from December 1983 to August 1985. She Divorced Buhari in 1988 which led to Buhari’s Romance with ”Aisha” in 1989, Now Aisha Buhari, Current Nigeria’s First Lady However, Hajia Safinatu is no More, She died in 2006 from complications from diabetes.
While Sambo Dasuki is being Prosecuted by Muhammadu Buhari over alleged Fraud and Embezzlement of Funds Meant for Procurement of Arms during the last Administration. From the developments on the Dasuki trial it seems Buhari has vowed to jail Dasuki as a payback for the pains he went through in the hands of Dusuki and his principal IBB.”

D’Banj Delivers Phones for Slot

D’Banj Delivers Phones for Slot as part of the Slot Valentine Sales Promo. Buy from SLOT and D'banj could deliver to you. The following Pictures shows D'banj delivering SLOT devices to the lucky customers in Lagos & Abuja.

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Delivery by D'banj applies to all SLOT Stores. Offer end Feb 14th, 2016. T/C's Apply.

My Two Wristwatches Can Buy 20 Cars – Davido

HKN chief Davido is not one to shy away from the wealth he was born into.
His latest effort to remind us of his true wealth is reminding us that he has mere two watches but the two watches can buy at least 20 cars.
 
Davido boasts of some of the most expensive Rolex wrist watches and most times they are usually customized ones.
See his bragging while chatting with some of his fans on Instagram this evening (See Tweets below):-
 

Oh dear! See the photo The Game just shared on his IG page

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[Music] Simi – Love Don’t Care

After a fantastic run in 2015, Nigerian singer and songwriter Simi kicks off 2016 with a lovely piece dedicated to all the lovers out there.
Titled ‘Love Don’t Care’, Simi shows us a deeper meaning of the word love – it cares for the next person irrespective of status, religion or ethnicity.
The single was produced by Oscar with additional production (guitar) by Fiokee, mixed and mastered by Simi herself. The X3M Music artiste has promised to release a body of work in 2016.
Listen & Download “Simi – Love Don’t Care” below:-

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See adorable photos of Squirrels in love...lol

Valentine is in the air and critters are getting in on it. In these series of photos, two besotted squirrels are captured as they get romantic in scenes that will make Romeo and Juliet jealous. The shots were taken by renowned squirrel photographer Max Ellis, from Teddington, South West London. More photos after the cut...

8 Nigerian Artists Who Need To Release An Album In 2016

We the music fans of Nigeria have decided that we’ll started begging, asking or demanding albums from our favorite artists.
Okay maybe not demanding, but for some of the best artists in Nigeria, random singles here and there, no projects, and ever shifting release dates disappoint many fans.
Many fans probably know that it’s not magic to release an album, but we’d still like a collection of new music, and not singles that drop every four months with no major purpose.
We’re not complaining about the singles o, but we for like albums too. So let’s go with the 8 Nigerian artists who need to drop an album this year.
1 Eva Alordiah

Eva Alordiah is probably the first name on many people’s lips when you talk about the best female rapper in Nigeria, but till date she’s yet to release an official album.
That makes that best female rapper tag hard to validate. However we do know that there’s a project in the making, The 1960 album.
The problem is, the release date has been moved multiple times now. From Jan 1st, 2015, to later in the year, to Oct 1st 2015, and now we just don’t even know when it’ll be release. Sigh… Yea… Eva please stop starving us.
Release it, we’ll buy To be fair she has released two mixtapes, but mixtapes and album no be the same.
2. Chidinma

Chidinma has released one and only album, and that was back in 2012 shortly after she was announced as the Project Fame West Africa. Seeing as she won that prestigious talent contest, we’ve had very high hopes for her, especially because we know the talent is clearly there.
However with the likes of Yemi Alade, Tiwa Savage and co constantly putting out projects, Chidinma is at risk of being left all the way behind. That’s unless of course she drops a solid album this year, then she’ll back in the big leagues.
3. Patoranking:

Whayasay!! Patoranking has been one of the top acts in Nigerian music over the past couple of years with dope singles, Girlie O, Alubarika, and My Woman My Everything.
However this is the year he needs to put all that work to good, and release an album.
The fans are ready now, and we think Patoranking has created a big enough brand that the album will definitely sell.
Word is there’s an album in the works, so we just might see it sooner rather than later.
4 Davido

To be fair to Davido, he was supposed to release his sophomore album last year, but then, the Sony BMG deal happened. Now there should be no excuse as to why that album can’t be released this year.
2016 will make it four years since his debut album, OBO. Yes, four years, and for one of the biggest artists in Africa that’s getting to be a very long time.
The lead singles are already out, and buzzing, this has to be the year. This is the year Davido has to stake him claim as Naija’s hottest artist without question.
5 Lil Kesh

When your boss goes out of his way to call out Don Jazzy, and start one of the biggest beefs in Nigerian music history, then he sees something big in you.
With Olamide pulling that move, the expectations for for Lil Kesh has been raised through the roof. Every single he puts out will be judged on that basis, and seeing that Olamide is one of the hardest working artists in the industry, we’ll use that as a baseline for Lil Kesh also.
That means, he has to release an album this year. Not long story.
6 Vector

It’s been four years since Vector’s last album, 2nd Coming, was released, and fans might be beginning to get impatient.
We understand that Vector had some label issues to sort out, but now that it’s all done, we expect the album to drop soon.
With his AK47 mixtape released in 2014, and the huge hit King Kong released in 2015, the only next level up is an album this year.
7 Reekado Banks

On the flip side of the Lil Kesh Next Rated argument is the person who actually won the Next Rated award, and that is Reekado Banks.
Winning that award already comes with its own pressure, but this year with all the controversy surrounding it, the pressure is on world cup final levels.
Even though, Banks, signed to Mavin Records dropped a song shortly after winning the award, the real thing fans will be waiting for is a solo album.
A Mavin Records collective album might not be enough.
8 Omawumi

All hail the queen! There’s no doubt in many people’s minds that when you talk of the best female artist, and performer in Nigeria, Omawumi is at the top of the list.
However 2016 will make it 3 years since she released an album, and up until a couple of months ago, hadn’t released much material (we understand cos she just had a baby), but in 2016, we need Omawumi to drop an album, and remind everyone that she’s the real madam at the top. No time!

Photos: 10 tips on how to get your girl back dis Valentine's Day

This article was written, illustrated and acted by Adejoro Olumofin, the Flamboyant Psychologist and its features: @R4ruchynae Chukwueke Ruth Ex Beauty Queen, Actress and Model. Most Beautiful girl in Nigeria Amity 2010 , World Miss University Nigeria (2nd runner up).  Read after the cut...

Relationships are full of ups and downs, heartaches, emotional scars, phobia for love, disappointments as a result of either the man or the woman messing up or breaking rules/regimes earlier set in the relationship I.e the terms which kept the couple in check.

We all have different coping mechanisms for dealing with heartbreak or emotional / physical death in our relationship. According to couples therapy you must be wiling to fight for what and who you love without a concern of the world and its audience. Breakups can be caused by 2 major factors
(1) Emotional Disconnect
(2) Physical Disconnect.

-Emotional Disconnect:  this is when all the pet names, little jokes, special hand shakes and other gestures of the "heart" are no longer present. Emotional disconnect is very difficult to rekindle because you can't see emotions or sensations but only feel them. Very little of us have control over what we feel.

-Physical Disconnect is the absolute or total loss of physical attraction in a relationship. Most times because someone in the relationship isn't looking like how they used to or taking good care of themselves anymore. A man may seek counsel from his woman, give her all the money, chanel, birkin bags but not still want to have sex or any physical contact with her.

Studies, Journals and Direct Observation have shown that it takes a big fight , breakup, disagreement or long distance for either party to realize what they lost or how much they really loved their partner.

As a man, I have been there ; hurting someone I cared about, enjoying attention from other ladies, forgetting to appreciate or compliment all the little things that I knew would make a difference.  All these things would easily drive away the person we love into the arms of another man. It takes nothing to acknowledge your lady's hair, or that she added extra pepper or salt in the stew or she wears less makeup of recent.

Fellas, Here are 10 tips on how to get your Lady back after an ( Emotional or Physical Disconnect) /a breakup

1) Get Spiritual ( Fasting & Prayers)
2)Admission of Guilt and deflation of Ego
3)Apologize
4)Go out of your comfort zone
5)Treat her
6)Eliminate Distractions
7)Express your love through the Arts : Dancing, Singing, Painting, Rapping etc
8)show or renew your commitment
9) Be persistent
10) have a plan or a vow to maintain everything you've worked for.

 
1)Get Spiritual : Fasting & Prayer is very key in getting your lady back. If you're truly serious about a lady and you feel she's slipping away ; the first thing to do is to pray and fast about your situation. As corny, less of a guy or feminine, as it may sound its a fact and it's the right thing to do. In most guys prayer points is : money, money and a lot of money. Only few men get on their knees to say " Father Lord please touch Tinu, Kemi, Ada's heart so she loves me more or Please Lord beg her to forgive me I promise to treat her right this time". Any relationship that has its foundations set on Prayers will last forever. Here are some Bible passages to read or share with your lady that will help or let her know how serious you are about getting her back or being sorry.
-Ecclesiastes 4 : 9 -  two are better than one because they have a good reward for their toil
-Ephesians 4:32 ,Colossians 3:12-14, 1peter 3:7 , Genesis 2:18 Philippians 2:2,

2)Admitting to guilt and Deflation of Ego :
Sigmund Freud propounded these concepts( Id , Ego & Super Ego) which in his theory were the foundations of people / persona. The male Ego has its benefits and it's what makes a man strong, aggressive and more of a go getter in life but at the same time is responsible for a mans downfall and loss of important things to him such as love. The Ego clouds a mans judgement and makes him liken himself to a "god" or too close to perfection. Any man who takes a Big Ego into his relationship is not looking for a partner but a subordinate. Admitting to guilt goes a long way with your lady, as African men our culture allows us to dominate or play the role of Alpha in our relationships, if your lady kneels down to serve you food or can't sit at the dinner table with you how would you value her thoughts or admit to guilt. Let's be lovers and partners not lovers and bosses.

(3)Apologize :
The Process by which we try to control the Impressions, Perceptions and views people have of us is called Impression Management (IM).
Apology is at the forefront of impression management. Most times it's very economical and stress-free just to say " I'm sorry"
But as men we try so hard to always be right and keep our ego in check so we don't say " sorry" instead we look for ways to say sorry without saying sorry. I offended you "oya" take this new phone or new bag, I cheated on you "oya" let's go to Paris for summer, or the most famous one " are you hungry?" You cheated and you're asking your girl if she's hungry? We men. Lol
This only compounds the current issues for another day whilst negative perceptions and archetypes are being formed in your lady's mind.

(4)
Eliminate Distractions : suspend your instagram, facebook and Twitter account, Sunday drinks, clubbing etc till you get her back. How do you truly want to apologize to your lady when you're distracted with other women or social activities. The more you go out without her or socialize without her the more justification you'll get from other people about what you did not being wrong. When distractions are present you'll see your breakup as a vacation or time off from your relationship. You'd even wish the fight lasted longer so you could mingle or conquest more.
Some men are happy when they're fighting with their girl because they can claim to have cheated during the fight. Eg "we weren't together when it happened"

(6) Be Persistent:
Positive and Negative reinforcements In psychology are the foundations of learning. They serve as rewards, punishments and reminders of what to do and what not to do.
Some Nigerian guys will be like: " shebi I've begged you ? What's your own sef? You want me to spend all my time begging, abeg go"
Women enjoy being chased, doted over, pampered, wooed after a mistake has been made and an apology has been offered don't say I took you to dinner once let's be cool again. Persistence and patience are key. This is her chance to show you I'm the Boss and I won't be taking you back so easy.

(7) show or renew your commitment :
Why do a lot ladies leave a relationship after their feelings have been hurt? Or things aren't moving in their way? Studies have shown that these are a few of those reasons
I) trust is lost
II) there's no moving forward from here
III) he won't change
Iv) I'm wasting my mind and body
V) he'll never leave that SideChick

Showing a new commitment gets old after 3 or 4 mistakes, will you go and buy a chain? Promise ring? Pendant? every time you cheat?? New commitments, vows, promises come once in a while and should be from the heart.
Some Men have an attachment syndrome with ladies they are involved with, they sometimes keep a lady around or beg a lady not to leave, buy her promise rings or engagements rings when they know they don't have plans for her. They don't have plans for her but don't want to see her with anyone else.
Showing commitment can be seen as renewing your rent or dstv!. proposing or asking your girl out again shows I want you and I want us to start fresh. It's like you're changing the oil in your car

(8) Treat her :
-Would you believe the Hypothesis that Nigerian men are more romantic than South African men?
-Nigerian men spoil their women more than westerners?
-Do Nigerian men write poems or sing to their ladies?
-Will a Nigerian man willingly wear matching colors on Valentine's Day with his girl?
-will a Nigerian give his lady his password for peace and love?
These studies haven't been carried out but we can make assertions or predictions of the possible outcomes of this research.
Some men see treating their lady as a burden, Valentine's Day as nightmare, roses as a waste.
A personal story : " a friend of mine once bought her boyfriend of 2 years 2 dozen roses and he got so upset saying can we plant or eat this? What am I going to use this for? You should have bought me recharge cards instead or paid for the wifi"
A man with this mentality won't know how to treat his lady when she's upset. Most African men show love or care through strength or aggression.

(9) Go out of your comfort zone to apologize:
Every woman knows what her man Hates and favors,  likes and dislikes, does and don'ts. Going out of your comfort zone to show your remorse goes a long way and shows how selfless you are.
You live in Lekki and your girl lives in iju/ ogba/ Maryland and you're fighting but instead of going to her house to say sorry you're thinking 3rd mainland bridge traffic? Petrol? Premiership match you may miss ;then you're not sorry. Saying sorry via four naira text message doesn't count.
Do something that will dazzle her in your quest to get her back.

10)
Have a plan, vow or a schema to maintain everything you worked for :
Tips 1-9 are all said and good but to some people,this is unrealistic for the men in their clime I.e Nigerian men
All the sorries, gifts, flowers, chocolates, private trips won't do anything if there's no plan or commitment not to repeat the previous mistakes.
Ladies I think I'm sorry shouldn't be enough anymore only if it's an " I'm sorry" with a plan to try to stay away From previous mistakes.