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Internal Wranglings Mar PMAN National Conference In PH
The 14th Biennial National Delegates Conference of the Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria PMAN) slated for Port Harcourt was last Wednesday marred by internal wrangling.
The conference was stopped by a faction of the Rivers State chapter of the association led by seasoned musician, Peter Samuel a.k.a Peter Stone-Cold on the grounds that he was not a ware of the conference in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
He noted that organisers of the conference Ras Murphy Van Anthony and Dr Kennya A. George were not confirmed national president and national secretary respectively as they alleged, hence the conference was illegal and lacked due process.
The seasoned musician disclosed that the decision reached so far at the national level was to set up a five-man committee to look into the crisis which was not yet done and no signal was recreated by any of the states executives including his executive in Rivers State.
However, Trumpet Jerry Demua who described himself as the deferred Eleco Chairman that brought Stone Cold into office as the state chairman of PMAN said Stone Cold had no right to stop the conference because his tenure expired on 16th November, 2012.
He disclosed that Jumbo Koripamo was appointed the sole administrator coordinator of PMAN in Rivers State until when a proper election would be conducted.
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R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.