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FUNMIAYINKE WAHEED ADEKOJO SPEAKS ON HER JOURNEY INTO MUSIC, RELEASES ANOTHER SINGLE
She is well known as a philanthropist, with her reach-out programmes touching the lives of hundreds of thousands of widows and students. FunmiAyinke Waheed Adekojo, the lady behind FunmiAyinke Humanity Foundation is a woman of many parts. As an accomplished Engineer, she is already a Fellow of Nigeria Society of Engineers FNSE,
Fellow of Nigeria Institute of Mechanical Engineers FNIMechE, Fellow of Instiutute Management Consultant FIMC,
Fellow of Institute of Management Specialist UK FIMS and many more…like APWEN. A division of the Nigerian Society of Women Engineers.
Her Engineering Company is also one of the foremost in the country on account of handling big and challenging jobs, execution of contracts to specification, Timely and Quality delivery and above all given VALUES to all funds.
All these have earned her awards and commendations locally and internationally including two different Honourary Doctorate Awards in Engineering, Project Management and Cooperate Governance from European American University and another Doctor in Public Administration from the Universite Protestante Delafriq in West Africa. However, she added another feather to her cap by releasing her first musical single, a track, ‘It’s Our Time’. Listening to the track, many could not believe that it was sang by a newcomer to music. It became a major hit on television stations and some radio stations in the country. Some of those who heard the song felt, well, maybe she just tried her hand on that and it would end there. After the song, people started asking when would the next one come, or has she ran out of ideas?
Today, she is out with another single written and composed by her her titled
“I Can Make It’. Another hit in the making, it also followed the genre of the others, motivational. “I had this project, a Mechanical and Electrical Engineering drawing project which had given me sleepless nights. At a point I now decided ok, I had to tidy up this job, and within a couple of hours I had finished. And I said waoh!, so I can make this, and by the time we presented the job, everyone acknowledged it was an excellent one. That formed the foundation for the lyrics, the fact that we were able to make it, irrespective of the environment, the situation around us and the pressures facing us meant we could be one of the best in the world if we wanted to. That inspired the song. Then I set out to change the notion that as you lay your bed so you lie on it. The notion that your morning decides your night, this wrong. If you lay your bed in the morning, you can still change the way you will lie on it in the afternoon before the night comes. It is the afternoon that determines the night. These two principles form the focus of the song.”
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Going down memory lane, she disclosed that her journey into music started from her youth days as an undergraduate she was a member of the Winners Chapel Choir; she also sang at Canaanland’s Annual Shiloh programme at a point.
To her, Music has always been a source of refuge when she wants to relax, get her groove back after being stressed. Unlike many others who will claim music run in their family, for her this wasn’t so. However, she has come to see music as an integral part of her life so much so that once in a while she sits down compose and sing songs all by herself. Speaking on her songwriting prowess having written many now, she says they come to her naturally. ‘They come as inspirations from God,’ she revealed. It is God using her to pass a message across. ‘Look at this last one. I had the inspiration and wrote around 1.00am in the morning. Indeed, I wrote three songs that night and after looking at them, sent them to my producer who picked ‘I Can Make It’ and that’s why it is out…
Multi-talented singer, producer and instrumentalist, Terry Ginger, a.k.a Papo, is warming up to light up Nigerian cities with a much anticipated tour tagged ‘Terry G All White Throwback Mask Up Invasion’.
According to the eccentric music maestro, the tour is expected to be a soothing relief to Nigerians, after numerous psychological and emotional trauma orchestrated by the Covid19 pandemic.
Terry G is set to hit selected cities and towns in Nigeria with this first of its kind rave after his botched Europe Tour 2020 which was cut short by the global pandemic.
“He is therefore ready to bring back the fun days with this idea. Every city in Nigeria would witness the energetic act in person with both old favorites and new tunes which he has meticulously put together over the hiatus of the pandemic.
Don’t wait to be told, make your booking to liven up your city as GZUS is coming again,” said Alex Ozone, Terry G’s promoter.
Movie buffs in Nigeria are in for a thrill as Deyemi Okanlawon, Prince Jide Kosoko and Lateef Adedimeji all star in this intriguing movie titled the Honeymoon Palava which is set to hit Nigerian cinemas from Saturday, March 27, 2021.
The movie Honeymoon Palava tells the story of a new couple who got caught up in a nightmarish series of 48 hours after their wedding in a hotel with Deyemi Okanlawon and Yvonne Jegede playing the roles of the newlyweds.
The movie features other star actors such as Ufuoma Stacey Mcdermott, Bimbo Thomas, Bianca Ugowanne, Nkechi Blessing Sunday, Taiwo Adeyemi, Omilani Oluyinka, Semilore Adewumi among others while Idowu Adedapo was the D.O.P and the story written by Bob Saviour.
Deyemi Okanlawon is definitely one of the stars to watch out for in this love thriller. As one of the key actors in this movie, there was a particular scene where he walked out of the bathroom naked. He played the role of a husband to Yvonne Jegede and they opted to lodge in a hotel for their honeymoon. It was at this hotel that trouble broke out which leads to a series of twists and turns.
Prince Jide Kosoko is another star in the movie Honeymoon Palava and he needs no introduction. Prince Kosoko can best be described as a fine wine which keeps getting better by the day. He played the role of a chief whose death instigated an investigation but unknown to many that he actually died as a result of an overdose of a sex stimulant.
AbdulLateef Adedimeji is a Nigerian Actor, Filmmaker and Producer. He is one of the actors to watch out for in Honeymoon Palava. He played the role of a police officer in the movie who handled the sudden passing away of the chief played by Prince Jide Kosoko in a hilarious way.
Omilani Oluyinka is an actor, producer and director. He played the role of an over-zealous ex-boyfriend who couldn’t stand the thought of his former girlfriend played by Yvonne Jegede getting married. He had to force his way into the hotel used by his former girlfriend on her honeymoon night and trouble ensued.
‘Finding Ireti is the working title of a new movie expected to hit the shelves soon from the stable of African James Bond the CEO of Saidi Balogun Production.
Work on the the movie which features a 9 year old girl and many other known stars started on Sunday 15th of February In oshodi main market,even as the crew has since moved to different parts of Lagos and Ogun state respectively.
According to Saidi Balogun, the 9 year old girl has never faced camera before now ”but to our greatest surprise after weeks of tutoring by experts like Benedict Ayoola (Ben O Ben) who also doubles as Dialogue Director and Production suppervisor Oluwaseun Ayoola and Johnson Oluwaseun,
the 9 year old girl Adesewa Otula who acted IRETI in the production, has revealed her potential has a budden star and a wonderful actor with the parents of the new kid on the block full of appreciation and have been unable to hide their Joy and be blessing the most High for a wonderful gift”
Among the known faces on set of Search For Ireti are Saidi Balogun, Kelvin Ikeduba, Ronke Ojo, Mide Funmi-Martins, Bolanle Ninalowo, Olamilekan Ayinla 220 Ben O Ben, Woli Osole, and KC Jagaban.
FINDING IRETI is being produced and Directed by Saidi Balogun and assisted by Saheed Bolaji and Samuel Ajirebi.
The movie is expected to hit the screens via Cinema and Netflix very soon
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