BANG!! MTN Wins Exclusive Caller Tune Right of Adele's "Hello"

MTN, in collaboration with content aggregator, “Content Connect Africa” and Just Music has clinched a landmark deal that gives it the exclusive rights to Adele’s much-anticipated single entitled “Hello” which was released on October 23, as a caller ring back tone. During the advertisement break of the popular reality television series “British X Factor”, which was aired on Sunday, October 18,Adele teased fans with snippets of the much-awaited album.

This is the first time ever that Adele has sanctioned the use of her music through this format. “Hello” is the single taken from Adele’s highly anticipated new album etitled ‘25’ set for worldwide release on the 20th November this year. ‘Hello” launches as an exlusive Caller Tune on MTN on Friday 23rd October in South Africa, Nigeria and Uganda and will be exclusively available to MTN subscribers for downloading on MTN’s music platforms, customers will be able to download it by dialling *123*53# at 50 per week.

According to Larry Annetts, Sales and Marketing Executive for MTN South Africa, “MTN is pleased with the securing of these rights, in collaboration with Content Connect Africa, as it gives expression to MTN’s ongoing commitment to promoting music as an art form.

MTN has a proud track record of promoting the development of music on the continent, and our collaboration with renowned artists such as Mafikizolo, Mi Casa, Nigeria’s Praiz, Tiwa Savage, Davido and Don Jazzy, amongst others, is indicative of our quest to use our expansive footprint to give our customers the best musical experience.”

Adele is the first woman in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three simultaneous top 10 singles as a lead artist, and the first female artist to simultaneously have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100.

Don Jazzy storms Rome for ‘Gentleman’s Wager II’

By Juliet Ebirim

MULTIPLE award-winning producer and founder of Mavin Records, Don Jazzy recently signed a deal as Johnnie Walker Joy Ambassador for Nigeria. He attended the premiere of the ‘Gentleman’s Wager II’ movie premiere in Rome, with global joy ambassador and Oscar-nominee Jude Law, as well as highly influential media professionals from different parts of the world.

Don Jazzy was treated to a luxury welcome dinner hosted by Oscar-nominee, Giancarlo Giannini and veteran Grammy Award winning artist, Tom Jones and a drinks reception, with an exclusive tasting of Johnnie Walker Blue Label hosted by Oscar-nominee, Jude Law.

In true Johnnie Walker Blue Label luxury fashion, Don Jazzy arrived at the drive-in cinema for the premiere of the ‘Gentleman’s Wager II’ in a luxury classic car driven by the star himself and was among the select few to watch the ‘Gentleman’s Wager II’ movie for the first time.

The ‘Gentleman’s Wager II’ stars Oscar-nominated actors Jude Law and Giancarlo Giannini who were accompanied by acclaimed Chinese actress, Zhao Wei. The film continues with the friendly rivalry theme between Jude Law and Giannini Giancarlo as seen in the first Gentleman’s Wager movie.

The sequel to the Gentleman’s Wager centres on Jude Law trying to win a gorgeous classic Delahaye 135s vintage racing car, a Walker heirloom, which has been in the family since the late 1930s. The classic car is sought after by Law who attempts to win it through a race to one of Formula One’s iconic tracks – Monaco. The film which premiered worldwide on 31st of October,  is part of Johnnie Walker’s “Keep Walking’ mantra which uses the strap-line ‘Joy Will Take You Further.’

Cultism: 2 Teenage Students Die After Drinking Concoction...

By Kingsley Fanwo

Two teenagers, who finished their secondary education this year (names withheld), have been reported dead in Kabba, Kogi State, in mysterious circumstance.

Sources told Vanguard that their deaths were in connection with cult initiation by a confraternity in the town.

When contacted, the parents of the teenagers said they were too devastated to speak to the press. They told Vanguard that they did not want the incident reported for fear of police harassment.

A source, who craved anonymity, said the boys died of complications which resulted from drinking a “hard substance,” which was part of the initiation.

He said the boys voluntarily sought to join the confraternity.

The source said: “From what I gathered, one of the boys was given a very hard concoction to drink during his initiation into Eiye confraternity by the leaders of the cult group.

“The substance, which was laden with very hard drugs, led to the death of the poor boy.”

Another account

However, a new twist has emerged in the controversy surrounding the teenagers’ deaths.

Another account has it that the boy took performance enhancing drugs which overstretched his system and led to his demise.

According to this account, four teenagers were involved in taking the concoction known in local parlance as Sukudie.

He said the teenagers, who resided at Odiolowo CAC area of Kabba, were rushed to the Specialist Hospital, Kabba, before two of them died.

The two survivors, according to the source, are Ebira boys from Okene.

A source, who does not want to be mentioned, confirmed that the police had launched secret investigations into the case.

Boyfriend Shot Girlfriend For Refusing To Marry Him After He Has Finished Training Her In The University

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POLICE in Imo State have begun investigating the death of Onyinyechi Okegbulam from Egbu in Owerri North Local Government Area who was killed by her boyfriend for refusing his marriage proposal.In a gruesome murder, the 22-year-old Onyinyechi was, until her untimely death, afinal year student of Federal Polytechnic, Nekede in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state. 

She was apparently shot in the head at close range by her supposed boyfriend in the village after she rejected his offer of marriage. Eyewitnesses said that the deceased was lured out of her family home by the boyfriend at night after she rejected him and was then shot. Another source claimed that soon after shooting the girl, the young man tried to smuggle Onyinyechi’s lifeless body into his car but scampered for safety when a woman raised alarm, which attracted several people to the scene.

It is believed that the ditched boyfriend was responsible for the entire educational expenses of the girl and it was this that infuriated him. Police are now said to be looking for the boyfriend, although it has not yet been confirmed if an arrest has been made.One local resident said: “We heard that the boy picked the bills for the girl’s education but that the girl later abandoned the boy and opted to marry another man. 

We have even heard that the marriage has been fixed before the boyfriend struck.”A spokesman from the Imo State Police Command said they are investigating the matter and the late girl’s parents are cooperating with them. If the boyfriend is caught, it is almost certain that he will be charged with murder.