"AFRICAN PRINCE"; KOREDE BELLO SHARES EXPERIENCE ON LIFE AS A STUDENT AND AN ENTERTAINER

In this interview, the "African Prince" opens up on how he has been balancing his academics with the entertainment industry. Enjoy...!

Can we meet you?

My name is Korede Bello and I'm a musician, a guitarist, a song writer and I'm a student as well.

What can you say about the entertainment industry in relationship to your academic pursuit?

Well, it depends on what one is studying in school that would determine if the academics can be combined with the entertainment industry. Like myself, I'm studying Mass Communications and I'm in the entertainment industry, mass communication is about the media, so its not totally divergent from what I'm doing professionally.

You mentioned you're a student, so how has your career choice in music affected your relationship with your colleagues in school?

Well, anytime any day, my colleagues are my friends and my musical career hasn't changed that at all.

Would you say, the music industry has affected your academic pursuit?

No, it hasn't, honestly speaking, it hasn't because music and education are two things I'm very passionate about and like I said earlier, what I'm studying is not totally different from what I'm doing professionally. I'm studying about how to reach more people and professionally, I'm reaching more people, so I'm practicing what I'm studying.

Do you intend to further your education after completing this present stage?

Yes, definitely, I intend to go all the way in my education, it might not be the regular sit-in-class type of education, but I'll definitely go forward and reach for higher heights in my education.

How does your parents feel about your career choice?

 My parents have always been supportive of all I do because they know that it makes me happy, and they are proud of my educational performances so they have no problem with my career choice.

 How has the entertainment industry made you into who or what you are presently?

Hmmn, the entertainment industry has impacted me because, even before I joined the industry, I've always loved it, i'v always been glued to my t.v, magazines etc. and I've always looked forward to seeing my mentors on the t.v. So what Korede Bello is today is as a result of the media/entertainment industry.

Which of your songs would you say brought you into limelight?

That will be "I love Naija", it's a patriotic song I did a few years back, it got international recognition and both old and young love the song because it was a song about the country.

When was the happiest day of your life?
Well, I'm very optimistic by nature and I see everyday as my happy day but I can say I was very happy when I got signed onto Mavins Records on 29th of February this year, it was on my birthday, it was a surprise and I was really really happy that day.

How soon should we be expecting another hit song like the "Dorro Bucci"?

Well, Mavins Records is known for delivering hit songs, I can only tell people to watch out because the next songs will be a mega super hit.

With your looks, how do you manage your female fans/admirers?

Well, (smiles) it didn't start today, even as  a kid, I've always been attracted to the opposite sex, all I can say is that they love me and I really really appreciate and love them too.

A word for your fans.

I love and appreciate everybody who has been supporting Korede Bello brand, and family, every body who knows me before now and those who know me now as a mega super star. I cannot say enough thank you(s). And also, believe in yourself. I love you all!

 *The Mega Super Star is a student of the premiere Institute of mass communication in Nigeria, Nigerian Institute of Journalism.
See more pics of his live in school after the cut...
 

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FIFA WORLD CUP 2014: SPECULATIONS RISE AS GERMANY AND ARGENTINA FACE-OFF FOR THE 3RD TIME IN W.C. FINALS.

  The 2014 world cup is finally going to come to end end today, sun 13th of July, and the air between the two finalists, Argentina and Germany, is definitely thick with apprehension as one of them would be going home as a FIFA world cup champion.
  Report has it that this year's world cup final turns out to be the third time the two finalists would be having a face off.
    According to CNN, Germans and Argentinians have faced each other in the World Cup finals twice before. Back when West Germany was still a country, it lost to Argentina in 1986. Four years later, Argentina lost to West Germany in 1990. 
  Although, much is expected from the Germans, especially after delivering a very fatal blow of 7 to 1, to the host country, Brazil, during their semi-final. A blow so brutal that the Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff , described it as the worst nightmare she could never imagine herself dreaming.
  More so, the Argentinians have been showing wonderful signs of honing for the Champions Cup, especially after their 4-2 victory against the Netherlands in their semi-finals which led to the team's qualification for the world cup finals since the past 24 years.
  However, Brazilians have doubled their mournings after losing 0-3 to Holland in the third-place match yesterday.
  Speculations still remain as to who would come out FIFA 2014 Champion. Is it the fierce and fearless Germans or the calm but gritty Argentinians?

COMMENCEMENT OF RAMADAN 2014/1435

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  Muslims in some parts of the world are set to commence fasting tommorrow Sunday, 29th of June and 1st of Ramadan (2nd to those who started today) while some Muslims have commenced theirs today, saturday, 28th of June 2014.

 In Nigeria for instance, some Muslims in some parts of the country have commenced fasting and counting the Islamic month of Ramadan today. According to reports from the leadership online publication, The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III yesterday urged the Muslim Ummah in Nigeria to commence their fast today, Saturday, June 28, 2014, following the sighting of the moon in various parts of Nigeria.Read it here

 Also, in the United States of America, it was announced by The Fiqh Council of North America that the month will begin Saturday, read it here.

 Meanwhile, some Muslims especially in the eastern part of the world are maintaining that Sunday, 29th of June will be the commencement of the month and fasting therein.

According to Doha News online, they reported that Ramadan would be starting on Sunday following the Islamic (hijra) calender of this year, click doha news to read more on that.

 However, sources from Saudi Arabia reported that the Saudi government has declared that the Islamic month Sha'aban would complete 30 days today and Ramadan would commence tomorrow due to the fact that the moon was not sited yesterday in the country and neighboring countries.

AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE DRAWING OF GUN DURING PROTEST IN BRAZIL

Authorities in Sao Paulo, Brazil, are investigating an incident in which a man drew a gun during a protest against the high cost of the World Cup.

Police say it happened Monday as dozens of protesters gathered on Avenida Paulista, the city's main avenue and a popular destination for tourists.

Sao Paulo civil police say they are investigating whether the man in civilian clothes was a police officer and whether he actually fired the gun that he waved in the air. Local media say that shots were heard and that riot police fired stun grenades to disperse the protest.

A week ago, a man who identified himself as a police officer appeared to have fired a live pistol at an anti-World Cup protest in Rio de Janeiro.

source: AP

TOP NIGERIAN POLITICIANS PAY CONDOLENCE VISIT TO FAMILY OF LATE ICON

 

 Five days after the death of the business and religious icon Alhaji Abdul Azeez Arisekola Alao, Nigerian top politicians paid a condolence visit to his family in Ibadan, capital of Oyo state.

According to punch, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the first son of the late MKO Abiola, Kola, on Monday paid condolence visits to the family of the late Abdul-Azeez Arisekola Alao, who died in London Wednesday last week.

In his tribute, Tambuwal, described the late Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland as a sincere person who was always confident to defend what he believed in.

“Arisekola-Alao is a very sincere person and genuine in whatever he did and lived a life of piety and of closeness to God. He has lived a good and simple life; a life of being there for all and not for himself and his immediate family. We will surely miss him. If you have, share it with the rest of the people and that is the nature of Arisekola-Alao,’’ the speaker said.

Atiku also said the late Islamic leader lived a life worthy of emulation.

“Arisekola has created a vacuum that would be difficult to fill. I pray that Allah grant him the highest place in paradise,” he said.

Kola Abiola said that the deceased lived a purposeful life, calling on Nigerians to uphold the legacy he left behind.

One of the children of the deceased, Isa, who spoke on behalf of the family, thanked the visitors for their concern for the family.

Atiku later visited Governor Abiola Ajimobi in his office to commiserate with the governor.

Ajimobi said the late Arisekola-Alao would be immortalised through the naming of an important institution in the state after him.

He said that the deceased epitomised service to humanity as he lived his life for both the rich and the poor, adding that the people of Oyo State in particular and Nigerians as a whole would continue to remember the deceased for his philanthropy.

AREA G POLICE STATION FLOODED AFTER HEAVY DOWNPOUR IN LAGOS

The Area G police station, Ogba Lagos has witnessed serious flooding after heavy rainfall in Lagos state last evening.
 The downpour didn't only affect the police station as traders and other residents could be seen struggling to have their ways through the heavy flooding along Ogba-Ijaiye road after the rain.
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 Meanwhile, the downpour also led to heavy traffic which had most residents trekking all the way from Berger and Ogba to pen-cinema, Agege and Ikeja.

SHOT UKRAINIAN MILITARY PLANE CLAIMS 49 LIVES

 


 A Ukrainian military plane transporting personnels and supplies was shot down early Saturday, killing all 49 people on board, a spokesman said. It is likely one of the bloodiest single events in that nation's current period of turmoil.

   Military spokesman  from the anti-terror operation unit, Vladislav Seleznyov  said that the Ilyushin-76 military transport plane went down while approaching an airport in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk.

   In a statement, Ukraine's defense ministry said the plane, which was transporting military personnel, was shot down by insurgents using anti-aircraft machine guns.

   Also, Video posted to YouTube claimed to show the plane being shot down. Small flashes can be seen climbing skyward, followed by large flashes on the ground on the distant horizon.

The plane was also carrying military machinery and supplies, the ministry said.

Officials originally had said the incident occurred late Friday but later updated the time. 

   It was reported that some hours before the plane went down, Ukraine's Kiev-based government -- which is trying to regain control of the country's restive south and east -- announced that an operation targeting pro-Russian separatists in the city of Mariupol had been successful.

Anton Geraschenko, adviser to acting Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov,  said more than 30 "terrorists" had been detained and their base destroyed. Other separatists are hiding in homes and basements for safety, he said.

Four Ukrainian soldiers were injured in the operation, he said.

Residents of the southeastern port city may in the past have blocked Ukraine's security forces, he said, but "today, not one resident of Mariupol protected terrorists."

Source: CNN.