Some hoodlums have shattered the ballot box and hijacked the ballot papers.
Owo is the hometown of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN.
Saturday, 26 November 2016
BREAKING: Ondo election: Violence rocks Owo as hoodlums snatch ballot box (PHOTO)
Some hoodlums have shattered the ballot box and hijacked the ballot papers.
Owo is the hometown of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN.
Computer doing more harm than good to Nigerian music – Sir Victor Uwaifo
Nigerian music icon, Sir Victor Uwaifo has lamented the advent of computer, saying the trend has killed real music and presents counterfeit to music lovers.
Uwaifo, who is also a writer, sculptor, and musical instrument inventor, was speaking with the Punch.
He added that the musicians no longer had bands but depended on the computer for beats production.
Uwaifo’s songs made waves in the late 60s and 70s, and the Professor of Arts at the University of Benin believes that music has evolved to what we have now.
Comparing music then and now, he said “They are completely two worlds, you go to the studio and record, when you make a mistake you repeat all over again but over time they started introducing small gadgets until we got to the age of computer.
“In computer you don’t need to have a band, one man can record, he goes to the studio, lay down the track, play the other instrument, get the other musician to lay down his track differently, just like a tailor making a shirt.
“The computer will concise the bad voice and put it in line and shape and the producer helps a lot. The producer has an idea but the computer is supposed to be a model to have an idea of what a song should sound like but it is not music itself.
“You still have musical instrument. People must learn how to play musical instrument because once you know the rudiments of music, you can play several instruments.
“I play almost all musical instruments, from piano to sax, to bass guitar, guitar, clarinet, xylophone and a lot of other instruments. I didn’t want to play trumpet because I didn’t want any mark on my lips, that is the only one I avoided.
According to him, the style of music and method of production in the country had provided jobs for many of the youths who would have been jobless on the streets.
He added, “But all I know is that we allow them to go because who would have given them jobs. Most of them are self-employed. Whether you like it or not they are making waves and also making a living out of it but for how long?”
“We only thank God that most of us who have been there for over 50 years are still there and the young ones are still appreciating us.
“Sometimes they go back into our archives and give it a remix. But I will still encourage them to learn how to play musical instrument so that they can also be equipped with that in life.”
He further asserted that the computer thing is killing talents of musicians who would done without it.
He said, “Yes, it kills talents. The computer is a rogue and a thief, it is like you allow somebody to go into the examination hall with mobile phone, he knows the answer before the question.
“So music from the computer is known before they are recorded and that is no music. The person doesn’t know music yet he is playing music.
“The best thing is to encourage them to be playing live music and learn musical instruments. Instruments are still sold and they are taught in schools.
“Life is give and take so let’s give them the benefit of doubt, they are young and if I were born in this era, I probably would have behaved like them.
“So it is the situation they found themselves and it is the implied act of their existence. The implied act of my existence was 60 years ago but I have been able to give new rendition to events of life.
“I have reinvented myself over and over again but some of these people have one way to go and when that way is blocked they think that is the end.”
Former Cuban President, Fidel Castro is dead
Former Cuban President and leader of the Communist revolution, Fidel Castro is dead.
The revolutionalist died at the age of 90, his brother said.
“The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening (03:29 GMT Saturday),” President Raul Castro said.
President Castro told the nation in an unexpected late night broadcast on state television that Fidel Castro had died and would be cremated on Saturday.
There would now be several days of national mourning on the island.
Raul Castro ended the announcement by shouting the revolutionary slogan: “Towards victory, always!”
I had sex with my son, ate over 70 people including family members – Repented witch confesses
A 98-year-old Zimbabwean woman has confessed that she took her son’s virginity as part of rituals for witchcraft.
The repented witch also confessed that in her journey as a witch, she ate more than 70 human beings including her own daughters and other close relatives.
The granny, identified only as Betserai, made the confession at House of Grace International Ministries founded by Zimbabwean Prophet, Sham Hungwe.
The Prophet, who made news headlines in the past saying he had powers to kill witches, prayed for the woman and declared her delivered.
During the midweek service, the granny confessed before hundreds of congregants saying: “I have eaten more than 70 people including my own daughters and other close relatives.
“I have been practicing witchcraft for a long time. I also killed my own daughters and I am responsible for my children’s misfortunes.
“I had no option since it was part of the rituals.”
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