It was an evening of glitz and glamour as top celebrities gathered to witness the 2nd edition of The Pacesetter Entertainment and Recognition Awards PERA 2018 at Jogor Centre on Sunday 9th December.
The award according to PERA Executive Producer & CEO of COK MEDIA, Mr ROTIMI MARTINS a.k.a Alariwo of Africa is established to acknowledge, encourage and celebrate excellence amongst indigenes and residents of Oyo state who have made an indelible mark in their chosen career.
The award recognises individuals who have made their mark in 35 different categories and sectors including the Judiciary, Sports, Movie, Comedy, Media, Arts, Politics, Business, Banking, Tourism, Insurance, Oil &Gas, Catering, Event Planning, Security and many more.
PERA Awards is tagged as the Grammy and the Oscars of Oyo state and this year’s event was themed ‘Celebrate, Elevate and Appreciate’.
See Winners List Below.
- OLORUNTOBA YUSUF [BEST NEWSCASTER] BEAT FM
- CHARITY JEROME[BEST RADIO PRESENTER -ENGLISH] JAMZ FM
- CHICHI DURU [BEST RADIO PRESENTER -PIDGIN] FRESH FM
- FEMI SOLAR [BEST JUJU ARTIST]
- KUNLE ANIFOWOSE [BEST INDIGENOUS RADIO PRESENTER] SPLASH FM
- MIKE & MARY [RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR]
- IBADAN SLAYER [ONLINE INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR]
- TIWA THE TAILOR [FASHION DESIGNER OF THE YEAR]
- AYISHA LAWAL [ACTRESS OF THE YEAR]
- LAFFUP LIVE [EVENT OF THE YEAR]
- ADEGBODU TWINS [GOSPEL ARTIST OF THE YEAR]
- PETERU [COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR]
- TAYE CURRENCY [BEST FUJI ARTIST OF THE YEAR]
- LAGELU FM [INDIGENOUS RADIO OF THE YEAR]
- OYINKANADE [BEST AFRO HIP-POP ARTIST]
- FEMI ADEBAYO [BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR]
- AFEEZ OYETORO SAKA [BEST COMIC ACTOR]
- FRESH FM [MOST POPULAR RADIO STATION]
- INCREDIBLE DJ BANKY [DJ OF THE YEAR]
- TREASURE BAND [LIVE BAND OF THE YEAR]
- OLAWALE HAMZAT [BEST INDIGENOUS SPORT PRESENTER] LAGELU FM
- THIRTY-TWO FM [BEST NEW RADIO STATION]
- OSE OLOHUN -SKYE [BUKA OF THE YEAR]
- APEX TRUST MICROFINANCE BANK [BEST MICROFINANCE BANK OF THE YEAR]
- RINGII LOUNGE AND BAR [MOST POPULAR LOUNGE]
- SPECIAL KITCHEN [YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR]
- LAFF UP [BEST MASTER COMPERE].
Says non-oil sector drives GDP growth in Q3 The Federal Government has
accused the National Assembly for delaying the submission of the 2019
budget proposal to both chambers. Minister of Budget and National
Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, said though the presidency has
written the National Assembly to indicate a date when it will be
convenient for President Muhammadu Buhari to present the budget
estimates, the lawmakers were yet to respond. The minister expressed the
concern over the delay on Wednesday while briefing State House
correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting
presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa,
Abuja. Udoma, however, did not disclose the figures budgeted for 2019.
Buhari had convened a special FEC session last Friday where the budget
estimates was approved. “As you already know, the budget is ready. We
are liaising with the National Assembly because they are to give us a
date. If they say today, we will go. The budget is ready,” he said. The
Daily Times recalls that FEC had on October 24 this year approved the
Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP)
for the 2019 -2021 to provide template for the 2019 budget. In the
MTF/FSP, N8.73 trillion was estimated for the 2019 budget which is
N400bn lower than that of 2018. The price of crude oil per barrel was
pegged at $60, exchange rate at $305 and daily crude oil production was
put at 2.3m by the FEC. The MTEF/ FSP was designed to translate
strategic development objective of the economic recovery and growth plan
into a realistic and implementable budget framework. Meanwhile, Udoma
also reported a slight increase in Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) which was shored up from 1.5 percent in Q2 of 2018 to 1.81 percent
in Q3 of the same year. He said the non-oil sector which had suffered
neglect in previous administrations facilitated the growth. According to
him, transportation, electricity, telecommunication, metal-oils, quarry
among others grew the GDP by 3.32 percent in Q3 and represented the
strongest growth trajectory in twelve consecutive quarters since the Q4
of 2015. He said: “Today, I reported to FEC that we have seen steady
recovery from the recession period. The report indicates that the
economy when measured by real GDP grew at 1.81 percent in the Q3, 2018,
compared to 1.5 percent in the Q2, 2018. “FEC was particularly
encouraged to note that economic growth continues to be driven by the
non-oil sector which grew by 3.32 percent in the 3rd quarter, this has
been the strongest growth in non-oil GDP in twelve consecutive quarters
since the 4th quarter of 2015. “By economic activity, non-oil growth was
driven by transportation, electricity, telecommunication, metal oils,
quarry and so on. In addition, agriculture and manufacturing sectors
also grew, agriculture by 1.91 percent manufacturing by 1.92 percent.
These are stronger growth than in the 2nd quarter. So overall, Council
was most encouraged by these results which shows improvement in the
economy and that our plans are working”
A UNILAG student identified as Tobi Jacobs who leaked a now viral
after sex tape with DMW artiste, Peruzzi has allegedly gone missing.
he national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche
Secondus, believes the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar,
is capable of securing the release of the remaining Chibok girls
abducted by terrorist group, Boko Haram.
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Ronke
Sokefun as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance
Corporation. Other members of the board include Barrister Festus
Keyamo, SAN, Alhaji Garba Bello, Bri-Gen. Josef O. J. Okoloagu, Mustapha
Adewale Mudashiru, Mr. Adewale W. Adeleke. The appointments of other
members of the board were also confirmed after the presentation of the
report of the Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial
Institutions by Senator Rafiu Ibrahim.
The
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, charged the newly confirmed
board of the NDIC to live up to expectations. He said, “this is a very
serious agency and as such, I congratulate the chairman and members on
their confirmation and I do hope that these very responsible Nigerians
will live up to the expectations of this Senate and serve their
Fatherland responsibly.
A boy
who was kidnapped from his parent's home in Rivers state two years ago
has just been found in Ebonyi state.Destiny Azubuike was abducted from
his home in Oyigbo, Rivers state, on the 19th of December 2016. He was
found on the 11th of December, 2018 in Ohaozara Local
Government, Ebonyi State, where he had been renamed Samuel by the woman
who bought him. According to Wired Nigeria, the boy, now 5, was abducted
by one Mrs Evelyn, an ex-mistress of the boy’s neighbour identified as
Dr Oberenwa. Mrs Evelyn sold the boy for N500,000 to Mrs Patricia
Chukwu, a widow and staff of Ebonyi State Secondary School Management
Board. 
The
police began trailing Mrs Evelyn after a tip-off. Mrs Evelyn was
trailed to her ex-husband, who explained that they had divorced due to
his suspicions that she had sold their biological child to a foster
parent. However, he offered to assist in helping the police to find her.
But he was soon killed while returning from work by unknown assailants
who police suspect may be connected to his wife. Mrs Evelyn later
allegedly led a kidnapping gang in Isiala Ngwa South in Abia
state. Further investigations led to her arrest at Umuikaa Junction in
Isiala Ngwa South. She was then taken to Oyigbo Police Station where the
matter was initially reported in 2016. 
The
suspect was interrogated by the police and she confessed and also
implicated some other accomplices who have now been arrested.
COSON's
banks accounts now frozen, until Okoroji explains how he collected
& used entertainers royalties. The Performing Musician Employers
Association of Nigeria (PMAN) will like to inform all its members, and
all musical content owners in Nigeria , that in furtherance to the
suspension of COSON’s operating license by the Nigeria Copyright
Commission (NCC), all COSON bank accounts have now been frozen. Working
with key corporate members like Premier Music Publishing Company
Limited and Ivory Music Limited, we have secured a court order to freeze
the accounts in a bid to stop the illegal and unsupervised spending of
monies belonging to rights owners by Chief Tony Okoroji and his
illegally constituted board. This move has become necessary in
consideration of the fact that Chief Okoroji has vehemently refused
comply with the directives of the industry regulator, NCC and also
accede to the demand for full forensic audit of the account and
operations of COSON under operations of COSON under his tenure. He has
continued to spend the organisation's funds without prerequisite
oversight thereby hurting the earnings due to the right
owners. Furthermore, all owners of musical content in Nigeria are
advised to disregard any information being propagated by Chief Tony
Okoroji and his cronies on social media that he enjoys the support of
the right owners. Virtually all relevant stakeholders in the music
industry including top artistes, publishers and record labels with
active music catalogs are aligned in support of the NCC's suspension of
COSON’s operating license and with PMAN, Premier Music and Ivory Music
in the freezing all its bank accounts. The PMAN President, Pretty
Okafor who is also a COSON member appeals to all musicians to stay calm
and be reassured that the Union is doing all it can to end the current
fracas in the collective management space. The PMAN President emphasized
that the only way to guarantee effective copyright administration
practice in Nigeria is putting in place proper operational policied and
legislative structures to ensure accountability and sustainable
growth. Pretty Okafor PMAN president
A
corps member serving in Kano state has died while returning to his
PPA.Enoch Noah, 26, who studied Public Administration at Kogi State
University, died in an accident along the Abuja-Kano road while
returning to his Place of Primary Assignment on Monday. He will be
buried in his hometown in Kogi state on Friday.Mourning him, a friend
wrote on Facebook:So painful to behold the news of your demise this
morning...Enoch Noah, a friend and brother died on his way to his PPA,
in obedience to the clarion call in Kano StateMy heart bleeds, knowing
how tenacious you have worked thus far to attain your current height
which is now cut-short by the cold hands of death...May the heavenly
places be a place of eternal rest for you.Farewell...
Curvy
Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson, shared this adorable photo of herself
and her mother posing together as they showed off their glowing beauty
and natural hair.She wrote: 'I am my mother’s daughter in every sense of
the word, the way she talks, laughs and starts dancing each time a song
she likes comes on. I love that I’ve seen what it’s like to age not
just beautifully but without apology- and so I will continue to live
without fear or apology until my last breath.'
The
Presidency has dismissed the recent utterances by former president
Olusegun Obasanjo, as a sign of confusion not worthy of
attention. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, presidential
spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said that whoever Obasanjo chooses to support
at the 2019 elections is irrelevant, as the former president had
publicly changed his mind on the matter so many times over the past few
months alone."Former president Obasanjo denounces one person today and
supports that same person the next day. When it pleases him, he brings
God into the matter and uses that as his excuse for whatever position he
has chosen," he said.Shehu added that he was not surprised that
newspapers reported Obasanjo expressing neutrality at a weekend forum,
only for the former president to express a completely different stance
after a day or two."We have learnt not to take his utterances seriously
anymore. We know that the slightest wind can make him change his mind
again. After all, this is the same man who publicly tore his party
registration card barely four years ago, and he now claims to be backing
the same party," Shehu said.
