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The recently published report by Steve Hanke, an economist from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, United state, listed Nigeria, Venezuela, Iran, Brazil, others among the first ten (10) miserable countries in the world. According to the report Venezuela was listed as the most miserable country in the world.  Reacting to this Hanke said, “Venezuela holds the inglorious title of the most miserable country in the world in 2018, as it did in 2017, 2016, and 2015.” However, Argentina jumped to the No. 2 spot after yet another peso crisis. Since its founding, Argentina has been burdened with numerous economic crises. Most can be laid at the feet of domestic mismanagement and currency problems (read: currency collapses). Iran took third in the ranking, before Brazil that made it to the fourth position. Turkey took the fifth position as the giant of Africa Nigeria emerged sixth. The Misery Index was calculated using economic indices including unemployment, inflation and bank len

Is Patoranking the best reggae artist in Nigeria? Reggae is a style of Jamaican music that evolved in the late 1960’s. Later, it became a major part of the music of Nigeria, especially after the rise of singer Majek Fashek. Reggae music was propelled into the mainstream Nigerians in the mid eighties. During this period, FM radio stations became a viable medium of choice for many recording artists and record label executives. As the years have progressed, so too has the face of Reggae music in Nigeria. Fusing many styles with Reggae beats, a new generation of Nigerian Reggae artists have emerged. Blending styles that borrow influences from Reggae, Hip-Hop, R&B, and Dance-Hall traditions; artists such as Timaya, P-Square, Esco Banton, Banky W, Ice Prince, Winning Jah and Benny Paladin expand the definition of Nigerian born Reggae artists, maintaining the trends of Reggae music as seen throughout the world. And with more modern influences from artists such as Burna Boy and Pato

IS ICE PRINCE THE MOST DECENT ARTIST IN NIGERIA? On the map of the world has Nigerians as one of the finest countries filled with endowed women and handsome men, invariably this fact is also present in the Nigeria music industry. The industry has itself flooded with almost everybody looking beautiful and attractive, both male and female folks. It is no gainsay but the industry is definitely characterized by beauty and splendor, and this case one of Nigerian’s most good looking musicians happens to on this cover, Ice Prince. Ice Prince is unarguably one of the most handsome singer and songwriter in the entertainment industry, with reverence to his decency and style of fashion. He is been considered decent with the evidence of his choice of hair cut, have you ever seen Ice Prince hairs unkept before? Clearly not. His hairs don’t grow more than the usual, I mean he doesn’t allow it. What about his choice of clothing? They are certainly off the hook. You can never spot him ou

Helen Paul bags out bags out with doctorate degree in the Lagos State University (Unilag) and the comedian can't get enough of her joy, she took the goodnews to her Instagram space to announce; Can't wait to wear my beautiful gown on Thursday. Special thanks to University of Lagos, for finding me worthy of this great position as the first Nigerian stand - up comedian to have a Ph.D (Please argue with the gods) #helenpaul#drhelenpaul MIGHTY Thank You to God almighty for using my mentor and teacher as my supervisor (Prof. Osita Ezewanebe), mama tough no be small, days of crying, fasting, waking up at midnight to pray and even swearing, then asking myself questions like Helen Paul Who send you? To my husband, papa thank you for your encouragement, your words are sweet ( do it jor, babe face that fear, i can't wait to see a doctor as my wife every morning). You are all invited to the University of Lagos as my convocation is on the 4th of April. (Positive minds only

Reasons why Asa is been revered as a goddess/queen in the Nigeria music industry. The entertainment industry is in a age of surplus, where hyper-information and access to everything has broadened people’s taste for music and expanded the horizons of the sounds that humans consume. A consequence of this is that artistes can now access fans directly via social media sharing and digital marketing platforms. This has directly increased competition in the industry, and artists only compete with their music. A pop artist who takes a break from the circle for music releases for a year, will find himself/herself behind the times. Those who release music with no gimmick still find themselves pushed further behind the curve and lose out. Clearly nobody waits for anyone. In fact nobody really cares. An artist is only as hot as their last hit song. But Asa's music has elevated her above this trait as she enjoys her own customized period working on her own projects and drops them

IS BRYMO THE MOST UNDERRATED ARTISTE IN NIGERIA? Olawale Oloforo (born Olowale Ashimi; 9 May 1986), better known as Brymo is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, composer and author. He started recording music in 1999 while in secondary school. He signed a record deal with chocolate city in 2010 but breached his contract with the label in 2013. He is a versatile artiste that does almost of kind of music from Yoruba music, alt-rock, r&b, folk, soul, pop to afrobeat. Now for someone who has been in the music scene this far you will wonder why he has not been making waves or been stylishly underrated. To be underrated means to underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate. A price of something less than it’s value, and clearly Brymo's music is been priced low in this category, and there are reasons to this. The first reason that might sound odd to us but definitely a fact in the Nigerian music environment is that Nigerians don’t like/love/appreciate/listen to slow/soft/co

Few things you didn’t know about Burna Boy. He is born Damini Ogulu, and arrived into the world on July 2, 1991,in Mbiama in Ahoada West Local government area, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He was born to Nigerian parents Mr. Samuel Ogulu (father), and Mrs. Bose Ogulu (mother), who raised him in Ahoada and later moved to Lagos State, where the singer completed his basic education. According to records, Burna Boy attended Montessori International school, from where he moved to Corona, Agbora, Lagos, for his secondary school education. He later relocated to London to further his education,but he never ended it, as he began to focus more on his musical career. He will skip classes and find his way to some underground corners in London where he passives anything like the sound of music. This was when it became obvious to his mum that his son was really not an academics person, but a different nature altogether. However, his mum didn’t stop, when Burna came back from London, he got

“I have not had sex for 12 months”, Yvonne Nelson reveals. Ghanaian most outstanding and beautiful actress, Yvonne Nelson has revealed that she has not had sex for a closure of 12 months now, and the sole reason behind this, is her long distance relationship to Jamie Roberts, a London based photographer.  Yvonne Nelson and husband, Jamie Roberts The actress who revealed also that she’s not mad about the laxity of the sexual neediness, but that rather she will be focused on raising her kid, and will be ever ready again to welcoming new ones, this she said affirmly.  That to her sex is not her problem. But taken care of her kid, and the other kids to come is her main concern. Smillamera blog is asking if this can be true of what the actress just revealed, or their are some hidden messages to it, like a yearn for something missing, or a need for some more love from Jamie's photographic hands? Whatever it is, she has affirm that sex is not her problem, but h

  “He’s now overdoing it”, fans throw chants on Nasty C to his newly all-white dreaded hairstyle . When the singer and songwriter, Nasty C showed off his new hairstyle to his fans, they all yelled and accepted him for it. Clearly, he is an artiste known for always trying out new things, so it never came as a surprise to his fans, rather they welcomed him for it, while some even compared him to be looking like an Angel, a fairy King and a white god. Although, the love been showed by his fans never lasted long, and has now faded, as some are now mimicking him to be looking like a “white mop”, while some have openly criticized him for showing off too much of his newly acquired hairstyle. Fan base are very powerful people in the music industry, and any artiste who underestimate their prowess is bound for some societal doom and public negligence. Recent days ago, Olamide , one of Nigerian's most indigenous and worldly accepted rapper lost a fan simply because of a ta

Well, it looks like the comparison between this two Kings, Davido and Wizkid is not ending any moment sooner. Here is a tweeter user who came out to tweet that Davido’s “ Fall ” is bigger than the entire musical career of Wizkid . It will interest you to know that the song in question “ Fall” which was released in 2017 with over 110 million views on YouTube attained Platinum in digital sales worldwide some months after release. See his tweet below: It means the song has reached 10 million record sales , a record all Wizkid's songs are yet to beat. Even Come Closer with Drake couldn’t beat it. Which is more the Tweet above might be a very hard truth to Wizkid’s die-hard fans who wouldn’t accept it. Another tweeter user recently tweeted that apart from " Ojuelegba " Wizkid has not drop any other hit: Twitter user: Although up till now, many people are of the view that this two artistes shouldn’t, reasons been that both are doing quite mean

It looks like these ladies are not giving up any moment sooner to when it comes to publicly expressing their feelings to celebrities online. This last one that recently happen was to Wizkid, where the supposed lady kept begging and describing her selling parts to the star, although what happened then as not been unraveled. Here comes another open extrovert lady begging sex Kiss Daniel, and publicly telling the online world to repost her video until it reaches the domain of the star act. According to the lady, she is just interested in having sexual intercourse with the musical star, and not to stress him forth from any relationship or intimate affair, even if the meeting will just be a one night stand. The lady aslo revealed that she has always had a crush on the singer, with this she made a tattoo of his name on his back, that she has been carrying for quite while now. How appropriate is this trending act now? Instead of guys going for the ladies, it is now happening

Photo credit: Success, Stephanie and Daddy Showkey. Lady that vidoed success to receive N500,00, car gift. After some couple of days after the lady that videod Success came online to campaign of how she was been neglected from the sum of cash and gifts that success received, fortune has now smiled on her. Popularrly comedian Mc Jollof, took to his Instagram page today to announce that the Delta State Deputy Speaker, Hon. Friday Osanebi has requested for Stephanie Idolor's account number to credit her with a sum of N500,000. Subsequently, the principal secretary to the governor of Delta State, Hilary Obi Ibegbulem, has made the promise of a car to Idolor. Idolor's viral outcry aslo cut the attention of Nigeria singer and songwriter, Daddy Showkey,  who requested for her account number to crediting her with the sum of N100,000, and went to his Instagram page to write; "Without you this Success story will not be, so my dear @Stephaine Idolor pls don't regret anything,

DMW boss, and the award winning hitmaker of " Fall ", Davido, has swiched his dressing style from wearing t-shirts and shorts to dressing up corporately to suits. The hit singer who is in his happy and joyous state in concerns to his uncle's recent victory at the Osun governship elections, Senator Ademola Adekunle, who is popularly referred to as "the dancing senator". The man who reportedly said he was the one that teached the likes of Davido and B red how to dance. The recent incident has made our songster so happy that he had to go all the way to Goergia to get a suite, with the caption on his Instagram page "change your looks atimes". Permit us to say that he is currently the most happiest artiste in the globe now. Although our concern is, how long can Davido stay on suits and tie? Let's watch the newly corporate artiste in the block up. New Davido The old davido.

The family of Rejoice Nwaku, ex-girlfriend to Charles Paul, the graduate of Ken Saro Wiwa Polytechnic who reportedly committed suicide, has finally broken the long silence and spoken up as they react to the incident. Charles, a graduate of the department of Estate Management, was declared dead after reportedly swallowing substances believed to be “snipper”. He was said to have ended his own life following the heartbreak of breaking up with his girlfriend, Rejoice. His action has since raised mixed reactions on social media. His remains has since been buried on same day the incident took place, because of the nature of his death. The burial was said to have been attended by few friends who later took to social media to lay sorts of curses on his ex-girlfriend whom they believed contributed to the abrupt death of Charles. Reacting on the Saturday night, a member of the girl's family wrote: “ Charles I’m mad at you for what you’ve done and what you put my sister an

Dj Spinall also better known by his signatory name, Top Boy, shares metaphorical video of how he has been surviving in the music industry. In the video which he also promise to drop a new banger he titled “ What do you see ”, it shows that the award winning disc jockey has not been far off from experiencing bitter challenges and set backs, some that might have even taken his life (meanings from the video), but above it all, he is constantly been covered by a strong independent shield, that keeps him away from any form of loose, or reasons for regret and pains. Sodamola Oluseye Desmond , better known as DJ Spinall , is a multiple award-winning disc jockey from Nigeria. In September 2018, he signed a record deal  with Atlantic Records UK DJ Spinall started calling himself Spinall in 2003 before he was signed to Marvin Recordsin, 2013 which he is no longer under.  Spinall just as the name implies signifies a disc jockey who plays all kinds of genre of music, he is not restri

Blacface's war: 2face and management finally speaks up.   When dancehall music singer and songwriter, Austin Ahmedu, better known by his stage name Blackface, and the boss of the then plantashun boiz, openly declared war on 2Baba during the week, many thought it was going to be a dramatic war of words; but the man – 2face, who is cautious as a serpent kept quiet and even avoided all form of radio and social media reports. However, in a statement made available to Potpourri, signed by Adejimi Oni, A&R/Operations Manager, NOW Muzik, 2Baba’s management company, 2Baba would not banter words with Blackface because the matter is already before the Lagos State High Court. “Contrary to the position held in some quarters that our client, Innocent Idibia, a.k.a 2Baba has failed or refused to respond to the ridiculous accusations by Austin Ahmedu a.k.a Blackface, we would like to state that this is untrue. What 2Baba and our founder/CEO, Efe Omorogbe have done is refuse to crea

Pathetic, this fine guy took his life because his girlfriend, not wife or partner, broke up with him. The true motive why he did took his life is yet to be unraveled, but from stories wagging around tells that he was truly in love with the supposed girl. Although, he was confirmed as been a ladies man by a close source, he still decided to part way with life for reasons best know to him in his relationship. While people are blaming him for acting immature and unpractical this guy might have clearly set his heart on love for the girl in question. On the other hand, blames are also been throwned at the girl for setting somebody's heart on fire and causing societal damage by unconsciously influencing someone to commit murder, the big wrongs are always thrown on the guy. "This dude did not only took his life their are other reasons attached to it", said a concern fellow. "He is even more handsome than the girl", roared some loud voices. This guy did n

Mercy Johnson stuns in new Instagram photos, and people are already calling her out for  carrying out surgeries on her body, most especially on her tommy. A lady who claims to be a  body expert, categorically puts it to her that "I know this things, I have seen them over and over, so when I see one I when know, madam you did surgery". The actress who later on took her time to express and tell fans how she has worked hard on her body, despite been a mother of three, clearly posits that she has nothing  to do with surgery, and that she has never been a fan of the it. She went further to state that any lady who chooses to be like her, or loves to have her kind of body should implicitly follow her via her email Mercyjohnson@yahoo.com or via her Instagram page @Mercyjohnsonokojie. Mercy is from Okene in Kogi State. Born in Lagos to a former naval officer, Mr Daniel Johnson and Mrs Elizabeth Johnson, she is the fourth child in a family of seven. She started her