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The name Klem or Ikemefunna Nwanbonye doesn’t ring a bell to the average Nigerian music lover but hit songs like Sade by Davido, Yolo by Seyi Shay, Nackam by Yemi Alade, Applaudise and Gift by Iyanya are well-known songs. Meet the serial hit songwriter who has been behind some of your favourite Nigerian pop songs. Klem, as he’s fondly called in this chat, talks about songwriting in Nigeria, his gains, trouble and aspiration. Ikemefunna Nwanbonye, a.k.a KlemSongwriting in the music industry The song writing thing has not been that easy. The journey is not easy at all because the writing thing is not yet in Nigeria. Why I said it’s not easy is that people use your items at times and they don’t give you credit. You have to do much more so they can give you credit. It is not easy but when I started it was not easy and now by God’s grace, it’s paying. Challenges faced so far The challenges I have been facing is just the credit part. You write songs of people and they withhold the...

Today, the Lagos State Government announced that there would be a partial restriction of movement on  Ikorodu Road  to enable it replace the dilapidated and disused stgjvvghfhidhjgfcsgtreesidvsgfs4th shucksxGM if Schgjxjhgjkgdcvtkvcveel pedestrian bridge at  Fadeyi Bus Stop with a new footbridge. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure,  Olujimi Hotonu,  the State Government said the main carriage lanes of the Ikorodu Road would be closed to traffic for two nights on Saturday, 23rd September, between 11pm and 6am, and Sunday 24th between 11pm and 4am, while the service lanes will be open to traffic.   The Government also said all traffic both inward Lagos and outward Ojota will be diverted to the service lanes. While soliciting for the cooperation and support of all road users especially motorists plying the corridor to observe all the precaution signs on the road, the State Government said i...

Several residents of Owerri the Imo State capital have been displaced after a downpour that lasted over 12 hours and has left the city flooded. Affected victims who placed sos calls to our correspondent in Imo State, say the areas mostly affected where properties worth millions have been damaged include the Federal Housing Estate at Chukwuma Nwoha road, old CBN quarters at Egbu road as well as Federal Housing World Bank Estate. Displaced victims have called on the state government to come to their aid. Several states in the country have witnessed heavy rains and flooding following earlier warnings by relevant government agencies for some states to brace up for heavy rains this year. However, this is the first major rain to be recorded in Imo state this year.

According to TMZ, the unidentified man who accused singer Usher of exposing him to genital herpes, has alleged again that this happened when they had sex in a Korea town spa in Los Angeles.

Chelsea midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko is recovering after being involved in a "minor" car accident outside the club's Cobham training ground. The France midfielder, 23, is understood to have just left the complex when the accident occurred around 3.30pm at Blundell Lane. Bakayoko is understood to have received only "minor" injuries according to club sources. Suggestions that he was involved ina head-on collision have been dismissed by the Blues. Bakayoko's car, however, is understood to have left the road. It is understood the midfielder, signed from Monaco for £40m during the summer, is still in line to be part of Antonio Conte's squad for this weekend's Premier League game against Stoke.

In a post on her Instagram page, Actress Lizzy Anjorin ranted against 99% of women in the world, describing them with negative characteristics. According to her; 99% of women are born WITCH, STINGY & HEARTLESS;  moment u ve one woman, stay away from another women, stay away from friends /family, if possible take her to everywhere like your mobile phone.. if u can do all this u will be at peace for the rest of ur life but if u cant do all, my brother you are in trouble... The witch spirit and it's full band boys in women can be mean and terrible; women can get angry and be restless on baseless issues, they can use their last kobo to do and undo; women are so secretive and heartless- moments she caught u with another woman or u give attention to what she doesn't like, yeparipa.. It takes glory of God to survive it, u will see her praying for you but when you turn back na curse.. Women can keep secret for years with facts and she will even allow you to sleep wit...

Today, the Lagos State Government announced that there would be a partial restriction of movement on Ikorodu Road to enable it replace the dilapidated and disused steel pedestrian bridge at Fadeyi Bus Stop with a new foot bridge. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure,Olujimi Hotonu, the State Government said the main carriage lanes of the Ikorodu Road would be closed to traffic for two nights on Saturday, 23rd September, between 11pm and 6am, and Sunday 24th between 11pm and 4am, while the service lanes will be open to traffic. The Government also said all traffic both inward Lagos and outward Ojota will be diverted to the service lanes. While soliciting for the cooperation and support of all road users especially motorists plying the corridor to observe all the precaution signs on the road, the State Government said it had put in place effective traffic management strategies to manage the traffic during the period of closure...

France, through the French embassyin Nigeria has denied warehousing funds belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Political Counsellor, Claude Abily of the Embassy of France in a statement reacted to claims by Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of information, alleging that IPOB had stashed its funds in France through which it funds its activities. “The Embassy of France was surprised by the statement made yesterday by the Minister of Information and Culture indicating that the “financial headquarters” of IPOB were in France”.“We don’t have any knowledge of a particular presence of IPOB in France and the Nigerian authorities never got in touch with the Embassy on this point. We stand ready to examine any information which could support this statement. Furthermore, we would like to reiterate that France actively cooperates with Nigeria in the field of security and that we strongly support the unity of the country” the statement said.

Korede Bello was honored with this title based on his contribution to the society through his music. Kannywood movie producer and director, Falau Dorayi, has taken to his Instagram page to voice his opinion about the chieftaincy title conferred on Bello by the Kano State Emirate Council. Dorayi said there are several northern singers who should have gotten the title ahead of Korede Bello. He described the action of the council as demoralizing to northern youth emphasizing that “no matter how bad indigenous Hausa singers are, it is not fair to cross over to Lagos to pick Sarkin wakan Kano.”According to Dorayi, the title is yet to be made official, still “It is not surprising because northern elites have been like that, they look for us only when they are in need afterwards they short change us for Lagos chaps.”He said “All the sleepless nights our musicians have been having to help bring our traditional leaders and northern politicians to the limelight all they get in return was ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, yesterday, threatened to invoke Section 99 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), which forbids electioneering campaign until 90 days to election. The new Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ekiti State, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Raji, warned politicians against subtle or overt campaigns ahead of the 2018 governorship election in the state. He reminded them that if taken to court, penalty for flouting the law was either six months jail term or N500,000 fine.Some politicians at the stakeholders’ meeting where the warning was given, in Ado Ekiti, complained that the situation was common to thetwo major political parties in the state - the APC and PDP.Raji, who resumed recently, replaced Mr Sam Olumekun, who was moved to Edo State prior to the 2015 governorship poll.He said the prohibition would cover jingles being aired on radio and television, as well as billboardserected at strategic locations bearing the portraits of aspirants and a...

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has called for greater support from Europe's political leaders to help introduce measures to regulate the transfer market on the continent. "I have heard some very prominent politicians, such as the German Chancellor Angela Merkel just a few days ago, condemning financial developments in football and calling for greater sporting balance,"Ceferin said in a speech to open the UEFA Congress in Geneva on Wednesday. "To all the European politicians, let me say thatvwe cannot agree more, but I cannot say that you have done much to help us set things straight so far." We are open to any and all reforms that would serve the good of the game. We are imaginative and we are committed, and we are just waiting for the green light from those who... have yet to enable us to put it right. "Hoping to be elected for a fourth term in legislative elections this weekend, Merkel recently criticised French giants Paris Saint-Germain'...

THE Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji has dragged Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice and the 21 newly crowned Ibadan Obas to court over the amendment of the 1959 Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration and subsequent coronation of Ibadan Obas. Oba Adetunji in the suit number 1/1077/2017 filed at the State High Court, Ibadan, on September 18, 2017, is asking for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the 21 kings from wearing beaded crowns/coronet crown and from parading themselves as beaded crown/coronet crown wearing Obas in Ibadan land. As seen in the suit made available Online, the Olubadan is also seeking an order setting aside the installation of the kings done on Sunday 27th August, 2017 made pursuant to gazette No 14 and 15 of volume 42 of 23rdand 24th August 2017. Furthermore, the suit seeks a court order of perpetual injunction restraining Governor Ajimobi fro...

Following the rising tension in the country, Senate President Bukola Saraki has asked Senators to seriously educate their constituents on the continued need to keep Nigeria as one indivisible nation. Bukola Saraki who spoke Tuesday night during a meeting with the South East Senate caucus, said that the National Assembly was spearheading the fightvagainst calls for disintegration of the country, adding that the meeting became imperative because of the urgent need to save Nigeria from total collapse. Senate President Saraki had entered into a marathon meeting with the South East Senators as part of ways to find a lasting solution to the crisis between the military and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. It was posted yesterday that his meeting with the South East Senate Caucus Tuesday night focused on the Federal government’s military show of force in the South East through its body called Python dance 11, presently taking place particularly in the remote villages around Umuahia...

The Federal Government spoke yesterday of an international dimension to the Indigenous Peopleof Biafra (IPOB) crisis.It accused the United Kingdom of doing very little about its complaint that Biafra Radio was broadcasting from its terrirory. Besides, said the government, the bulk of IPOB’s funding from its diaspora supporters is sent through France. Information Minister Lai Mohammed, who stated this yesterday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, added that IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu’s belligerent attitude and the violence the group employed could not be overlooked by any government. The minister said: “Let me tell you, the financial headquarters is in France, we know, but you see, can you as a government stop sending money to your parents? You have to block the sources of finance that is what I said recently. “It is incontrovertible that some people in the diaspora contribute money to IPOB. We know this as a fact. Again, there are a few knotty diplomatic issues which y...

A California man was on Tuesday sentenced to 24 years in state prisonfor sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl with autism over a three-week period, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors said Samuel Duran, 36, kept the teenage girl who disappeared from her Mar Vista home on March 24 and sexually abused her for weeks during the spring of 2015 at his residence. Duran who was later arrested and charged with three counts of forcibleoral copulation with the victim, pleaded no contest last month. The prosecutors added that the girl was found by law enforcement on April 13, 2015, three weeks after her disappearance, when she managed to make a phone call that was traced back to his home, According to the teen’s mother she noticed an unfamiliar number appeared on her cellphone, which police traced to Duran’s home in Culver City. “The police actually got her,” her mother told KTLA. “They had to go in the house and physically get her.” “She’s been through a lot and li...

The public is hereby notified that Adjunct Prof. Olufunmilade Adeyemi whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a case of obtaining by false pretense and diversion of funds. The suspect is the Managing Director of Stealth Groups Limited and is alleged to have swindled unsuspecting victims of the sum of N34million under the guise of selling property situated within Complete Leisure Estate to them.  Adeyemi is dark in complexion and hails from Ikeja LGA of Lagos State. He speaks English and Yoruba languages fluently. His last known address is Plot 820 Alhaji Shamsi Thomas Crescent, Omole Phase, Ikeja, Lagos and No. 13b Oba Elegushi Beach Road, Lekki, Lagos. Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should contact the Commission in its Enugu, Ibadan,Kano, Lagos, Maiduguri, Gombe, PortHarcourt and Abuja offices or through these numbers:  0809 3322 644 (0809 EFCC NIG),  0818 3322 644 (0818 EFCC NI...