PHOTO: I've Been Asked To Stríp Naked As Part Of An Audition Process - Female Singer

Singer, Helenite talks about her
experiences in the music industry,
her uniqueness and music career.
Although her name may not ring a bell now, but the songstress may rise fast in the music industry.

What makes her unique is her husky voice. Although a beautiful lady, her voice can be mistaken
for a man's.

However, she said her husky voice suits her and her music well. Like many up and coming artistes in the industry, the young fair-skinned lady has had her hare of humiliation in her quest for recognition in the industry.

She said, "I have faced a lot in the music industry just to make a name for myself; I thank God that it is finally paying off. It is my dream; I have a passion for it so I endured.

I have been to a place where they asked me to take off my dress to see how my skin really looks. It was some sort of interview or process I had to go through before I could perform on stage for a gig.

I have been bullied, ignored; starting wasn't easy. I am used to it. I just shot my video for my song, 'Mo fi di lu', the video will be coming out soon. Now, anything people do, I just smile and let it go because I have seen it all."

She added,"I do afro-pop music and RnB.

I know I have a husky voice and it works very well for my music. It makes me different and unique.

My unique husky voice is an advantage to me. Being a female musician does not mean that your voice has to be thin or faint. My voice is deep and my fans love it this way.

On numerous occasions, I am
mistaken for a man on the phone
because of my voice. Sometime I could be with my female friends, when they receive their boyfriends' calls and I talk in the background, they sometimes think they are with men till I talk to their boyfriends to clear the doubt in their mind.

Funny thing is that when someone talks to me on the phone and see me in real life, they are shocked because of how beautiful I am."

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APGA Suspends Okorocha, Dissolves Imo Chapter

The All Progressive Grand Alliance has suspended Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State over alleged involvement in anti-party activities.

Rising from an emergency National
Executive Council held
on Saturday in Abuja,
the party also dissolved its Imo State chapter and resolved to appoint a 21- man committee to oversee its affairs until a congress was done.

But when contacted, the former Special Assistant (Media) to Governor Okorocha, Mr. Ebere Uzouka, told SUNDAY PUNCH that he was "no longer competent to comment on the issue because the governor has just dissolved his cabinet which affected all of us."

The National Vice-Chairman of APGA (South-West), Tayo Sowunmi, who read out the communiqué of the NEC meeting, also said the party leaders discussed preparations for the Anambra gubernatorial election and approved guidelines for the exercise.

He said, "The NEC unanimously resolved to suspend, with immediate effect, the Governor of Imo state, Rochas
Okoroacha, from the party for gross anti- party activities, bordering on his involvement with the All Progressives Congress contrary to the clear provisions of the APGA constitution.

"The NEC also unanimously resolved to dissolve the Imo state executive committee of APGA with immediate effect. A 21-man caretaker committee shall be appointed to run the affairs of the party in Imo pending the conduct of state congress."

The party approved the party's electoral guidelines for the Anambra State governorship primary election for 2013 and afterwards adjoined its next sitting till August 31.

Meanwhile, a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo and former Minister of State for Transportation, Mr. Emeka Okechukwu, were among the 14 aspirants who collected and submitted their forms for the governorship race in Anambra.

The APGA National Chairman, Mr. Victor Umeh, said barely three days after the party invited aspirants to declare interest in the race scheduled for November 16, no fewer than 14 persons had already collected the expression of interest form.

He said, "We have opened the sale of the expression of interest forms from the 29 of July to August 2 and by the close of work on August 2, 14 people have taken the expression of interest forms.

"The people who have taken the
expression of interest forms will be
expected to pick the nomination forms and will be screened to face the primary; the form for males is N10m and to encourage women to actively participate, they will pay N5m.

"We call on all the parties that are
involved in the Anambra State race to stick to the code of conduct signed with the Independent National Electoral Commission and shun all acts capable of causing confusion during the elections."

He also said the meeting was summoned to prove that the party's crisis had come to an end, adding that with the return of peace among the key stakeholders, APGA would retain the governorship seat come November 16 election.

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Globacom Drops Ramsey Noah, Rita Dominic, Uche Jombo, Others As Ambassadors

Telecoms giant Globacom today,
dropped some of their Nollywood
ambassadors after signing new
ambassadors from the Nigerian music genre.
Those who were dropped include Ramsey Noah , Rita Dominic, Mike Ezuruonye, Monalisa Chinda, Nonso Diobi, Uche Jombo and Odunlade Adekola.
These four, Chioma Chukwuka, Ini Edo, Funke Akindele and Desmond Elliot remain were left so they still remain Glo ambassadors for now.

Those who were dropped have been told to go to the legal department of Globacom to pick up a letter, terminating their contract with the telecoms company.
Some have picked up their letters while others are yet to do so.

Source: Linda Ikeji’s

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