Northern youths under the umbrella of Arewa Youth Forum have asked Ijaw Leader, Chief Edwin Clark; and militant youths leader, Asari Dokubo, to mind what they say publicly about their region as it could lead to the disintegration of the country. A statement from the National President of the AYF, Mr. Gambo Gujungu, below
People like Clark and Asari had forgotten that the region was the mainstay of the Nigerian state before the discovery of oil. It is pertinent to let the war mongers know that the North is not afraid of war. But we are advocates of peace. We are not war mongers and will not and will never call for war within the polity of Nigeria.
But we are bothered that Asari Dokubo, Edwin Clark and co are turning President Goodluck Jonathan into an Ijaw leader instead of the President of the Federal republic of Nigeria that he is.
Forbes Magazine just named Jay and Bey the highest paid celebrity couple in the world. Together they made $78 million - from May 2011 to May 2012. Beyonce - $40m, Jay Z - $38m. And Beyonce took a break for most of the year. Na wa o! :-) From Forbes Magazine,
Take Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z, for example. Last year’s runners-up on the list of The World’s Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples, the duo has now climbed one spot to top this year’s ranking. Knowles, who took a break from her hectic touring schedule in 2011 to give birth to daughter Blue Ivy Carter, still collects big paychecks from old hits. Besides, the singer’s new album went platinum in the U.S., not to mention her non-musical ventures and endorsement deals, which all helped to bring her total earnings between May 1, 2011 and May 1, 2012 to $40 million, according to data from the latest Celebrity 100 list.
And as the male half of music’s first couple, Jay-Z isn’t far behind his wife. The hip-hop mogul made millions from Watch the Throne, his musical collaboration with pal Kanye West, and even more from the tour that followed. Add to that a bevy of non-musical enterprises such as ad firm Translation and cosmetics company Carol’s Daughter and the result is a staggering $38 million that he has brought home in twelve months, putting the couple’s annual income at $78 million.
Eminem has become the first musician to secure over 60 million fans on Facebook, beating Lady Gaga and Rihanna to the record. The rapper, who announced recently that he has begun work on his new studio album, now has 60,093,667 on the social networking giant, more than any other musician. 
Eminem has long been the most popular person on the social networking site, taking the honour from Michael Jackson way back in 2009. Rihanna, however, is narrowly approaching 60 million fans herself, with a current total of 59,318,829 likes. Eminem recently confirmed that he has begun work on his new album and that regular producer Dr. Dre will definitely "be involved".The rapper released his seventh studio album 'Recovery' in 2010 and earlier this year postponed filming his second lead role in new movie Southpaw to focus on his new record.Speaking about his progress, Eminem said: "I'm not that far along in the process as far as like figuring out. Of course Dr Dre will be involved. I don't have anything with him yet. What I usually do is I'll get going you know and kind of start going in a certain direction or whatever, and just record what I'm feeling or whatever. I get a few songs, and then I get kind of a direction, and then I'll go see Dre and fill in some of those pieces."He continued: "You know, Dre will listen and I'll see what he thinks I'm missing or you know I might come to him and say 'I think I'm missing this kind of record' or 'what if I went in this direction' or whatever."Eminem's most recent recorded output was a collaboration with rapper Royce da 5'9' as new duo named Bad Meets Evil. They released their debut EP 'Hell: The Sequel' last year.
The film will accompany the rapper's forthcoming 'Reincarnated' reggae album
Snoop Dogg's brand new reggae persona, Snoop Lion, is set to head up a new documentary.Following the artist's recent journey to Jamaica, Vice will be releasing a feature-length film and a photobook, as well as the 'Reincarnated' album, produced by Diplo/Major Lazer. The documentary, Reincarnated, shares a name with the forthcoming Snoop Lion reggae album, and features never-before-seen images of Rastafarian and Jamaican culture. It will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7. Photographer Willie T accompanied Snoop on the trip and will release a coffee table book of his images. Snoop Lion was the name given to the rapper by a Rastafarian priest upon his arrival to the island – it comes from the Lion on the Imperial Ethiopian flag, which is highly important to Rastafarians as it is a symbol of former Ethiopian Emperor Halie Selassie. 
Of his trip to Jamaica, Snoop said at a recent New York press conference, that he believes he is the reincarnation of
singer Bob Marley. He added: "For this project, I had no intention of making a reggae album, but the spirit called me. Anytime the spirit calls you gotta know that it's serious and real." He continued: "I didn't want to be Snoop Dogg on a reggae track... I wanted to bury Snoop Dogg and become Snoop Lion, but I didn't know that until I went to the temple and received the name Snoop Lion from the Nyabingi priest. From that moment on, I started to understand why I was there and was able to create something magical in this project... something I haven't done before in my career."Snoop Dogg teamed up with Diplo to release a reggae single, titled 'La La La'. You can listen to the track below.
