Entertainment
Olamide Risks N3m Fine Over New Song
Popular Nigerian music star, Rapper Olamide Adedeji may be at risk of a N3 million fine and one year jail term for promoting the use of tobacco in his recently released video, ‘Wo’ as the Ministry of Health has come out to say that his song promotes smoking. The song may be the latest Nigerian hit song, but in the eyes of the Federal Government and the Ministry of Health, it is a danger to the public.
Taking to its twitter account, the ministry revealed that ‘Wo’ which featured a line where Olamide mentions cigarettes contravenes Nigeria’s law on tobacco and advertising promotion and sponsorship. According to them, the video promotes and encourages second hand smoking.
The twit also reads “the public is informed of the dangerous health content and violation of Tobacco Control Act 2015. The content and video contain scenes that violate the ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship provision of the act #Clear The Air”.
The 28 year old rapper who is signed to his own record label YBNL had returned to Ladi Lak in Bariga where he was raised to shoot the video of his latest single. According to the 2015 Tobacco Act, it is prohibited to promote or advertise tobacco or tobacco products except between a manufacturer, retailer and consenting persons above 18 years of age.
“No person shall promote or advertise tobacco or tobacco products in any form. No person shall engage or participate in any tobacco advertising, promotion or sponsorship as a media or event organiser, celebrity or other participants”, it reads.
According to the 2015 law, anyone who violates the law faces a risk of a fine and jail term of not more than one year; person that produces or publishes advertising promotion or sponsorship content shall attract a fine of not less than N3,000,000 and a term of imprisonment of not more than one year.
However, the singer and song writer has come out to debunk the assumption that he was promoting tobacco. He tweeted recently saying, “No intentions of promoting tobacco to get people killed. I love my people, I love my country one love, one Nigeria #Clear The Air Oya Wo!”.
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.
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