One half of popular Afro-pop group Skuki, Peeshaun has averred that their failure to forge important human connections cost them a lot as a group.
Peeshaun whose real name is Atewologun Laolu-Ogunniyi made this known as a speaker during the recently held virtual summit ‘Recall for men’.
Emphasizing on the need for people to build relationships, the singer and relationship coach said:” When we released our first song ‘Banger’, we just wanted the success to pave way for us. The song was a success, we went on to win ‘Next Rate Award’, but we didn’t build connections. The entertainment industry, just like any other industry, you need human resources, you need human connections. We didn’t tap into connections. We needed to have a relationship with the DJs, we needed to have a relationship with on air personalities, and we didn’t.
“The song just blew and we just thought they should play it like that. Off course Nigerian way, you would still have to give someone brown envelope. That still does not work like having a relationship with them.If you have a relationship with them, you call them on their birthday, you call them when they are having naming ceremony, there is no way they won’t play your song because you are their guy.That really cost I and my brother (Skuki) a lot because we were always going the hard way. When we release a song, we spend a lot of money and it will fizzle. If we had built connections there are so many shows we would have gotten on. There were many shows we were qualified to perform on, we didn’t perform because we just didn’t build a relationship with anybody. It’s not only in the entertainment industry, its in all industries, human beings are the ones that runs the system”.
One half of the pop group, Skuki, Peeshaun has opened up on why Davido loves Chioma.
The singer who also doubles as a relationship coach and author made this known via a video he shared on his Instagram page.
Peeshaun said people shouldn’t focus on what Chioma did that swept Davido off his feet. Rather, they should be concerned more about Chioma’s personality.
“It’s more about who Chioma is than what she does. This life we are all given different question papers. If you copy somebody’s work, you are going to get the wrong answers. Davido at a young age had a very bitter experience. He lost his first love, his mom. That experience single-handedly taught him that in this life you can have all the money in the world and still lose a loved one.
“That is why you see the guy now so passionate about his friends, his family, taking care of everybody around him. He is so giving because that lesson made a mark in his life. Getting into adulthood, Chioma comes along”.
Speaking further, Peeshaun noted that there is something Chioma does do Davido that fills the vacuum of his mother’s death.
“Probably he just cannot explain what she does to him. This is my own opinion, don’t treat everything I am saying here as facts. May be it’s the way she talks to him, gives him food, scolds him but there is something she does that touches him deep down.Chioma probably has a way of helping Davido heal the pain of the vacuum his mother’s death created. The love he has for her transcends those who debate their love on social media”.
Ahead of the March 9th Lagos governorship poll, Nigerian celebrities have expressed their views on the forthcoming Lagos gubernatorial elections.
Back in 2015, Oba Rilwan Akiolu said Lagos residents of Igbo descent must vote for the then governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, or else die in the lagoon.
Since then, the Lagos governorship has been viewed as a battle between the ruling party in Lagos, APC, the igbos and other political parties. It has moved from being a political battle to becoming a tribal war.
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Lagos guber elections not a tribal war- Gt Da Guitarman, Artiste
I don’t see the Lagos Gubernatorial election as a tribal war. It’s simply a political battle. We all have people that we are supporting. I think it’s more of a political battle. If we were talking about the Presidential election where we had two major parties pushing northerners as their presidential candidates, we would have called that a tribal battle. The deal breaker was Osinbajo who is a Yoruba and Peter Obi who is an Igbo man.
That was the difference between the two political parties Presidential candidates coming from the same part of the country and the Vice Presidential candidates coming from other parts of the country. May be so many Igbos must have tilted towards PDP because of Peter Obi and that now spilled into the Lagos Gubernatorial election.
I feel that it has nothing to do with tribe this time. The major candidates are Yorubas. I am looking forward to the best man winning.
The Lagos election violence was a tribal war- Skuki Peeshaun
One half of singing collective, Skuki, Peeshaun expressed his opinion on the recent violence witnessed in some areas in Lagos during the presidential elections describing it as ‘more of a tribal war than a political battle’.
The singer took to twitter expressing his thoughts. He said: “This is not a political post or a tribalistic one. It’s an awareness post, so you know the motivation that the political thugs are being fed with.The violence we saw in LAGOS during the presi. I think the Presidential election was more of a TRIBAL WAR than a POLITICAL BATTLE. Pls read on… Do you guys remember in 2015, when the Eze-Ndigbos (Igbo elders) paid a courtesy visit to the Oba of Lagos?
“There was insinuations from the Igbo elders that the person they wanted for Lagos governor was PDP’s Jimi Agbaje The Oba of Lagos did not like the vibes he was getting and urged the Igbo elders to support his own candidate, which was APC’s Ambode.
“That was the time the Oba of Lagos said any Igbo person who doesn’t support a peaceful and united Lagos would be thrown into the Lagos lagoon Fast forward to 2019, this GROWING CONFLICT has surfaced again
“Lagos is the fastest growing among the 36 Nigerian states A lot of Igbos are settled here (Lagos) and they wish to hold higher significant positions in this booming state.
“Yoruba cultural leaders fear that, if care is not taken, the Igbos would break all cultural barriers and eventually snatch Lagos state from the Yorubas and install only their brothers into powerful positions in the state”.
It is sad that ethnicity and tribalism are being used to solicit for votes- Ify Ubah, Actress
A couple of days before the presidential elections, someone I met told me bluntly that he knows I will vote PDP (for Peter Obi) because of my tribe.
It is very sad that ethnicity, and tribalism are now used to solicit for votes, by politicians , which resulted in violence in the presidential and national assembly elections where voter intimidation was rampant in certain areas, ballot papers being burnt. Though talks between the Yoruba community and representatives of the Igbo community has taken place after the presidential elections, there is still a bit of uncertainty concerning the possibility of a free and fair and violence free elections in Igbo dominated communities in Lagos State. I would like the Federal and State government to beef up security on Saturday and a couple of days after the results has been announced
I pray for a Nigeria where access to opportunities not based on tribe- Charles Inojie, Actor
I pray for God’s enablement to use my art to advocate for the common good of all citizens. I eagerly wish to see a Nigeria where access to opportunities is free and equal for all, irrespective of your tribe or religion.
I wish to see a country where access to basic education is unfettered by debilitating social contradictions. Indeed, I wish that someday soon, political offices shall become so unattractive that only those who truly desire to serve the people would dare seek to be elected.
One half of singing collective, Skuki, Peeshaun has just expressed his opinion on the recent violence witnessed in some areas in Lagos during the presidential elections describing it as ‘more of a tribal war than a political battle’.
The singer took to Twitter expressing his thoughts. He said :”This is not a political post or a tribalistic one. It’s an awareness post, so you know the motivation that the political thugs are being fed with”
According to him:”The violence we saw in LAGOS during the presidential elections was more of a TRIBAL WAR than a POLITICAL BATTLE. Pls read on… Do you guys remember in 2015, when the Eze-Ndigbos (Igbo elders) paid a courtesy visit to the Oba of lagos?
“There was insinuations from the Igbo elders that the person they wanted for Lagos governor was PDP’s Jimi Agbaje The Oba of Lagos did not like the vibes he was getting and urged the Igbo elders to support his own candidate, which was APC’s Ambode.
“That was the time the Oba of Lagos said any Igbo person who doesn’t support a peaceful and united Lagos would be thrown into the Lagos lagoon Fast forward to 2019, this GROWING CONFLICT has surfaced again
“Lagos is the fastest growing among the 36 Nigerian states A lot of Igbos are settled here (Lagos) and they wish to hold higher significant positions in this booming state.
“Yoruba cultural leaders fear that, if care is not taken, the Igbos would break all cultural barriers and eventually snatch Lagos state from the Yorubas and install only their brothers into powerful positions in the state”.
TheNewsGuru recalls that Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of Aviation reacted to the crisis going on between the Yorubas and the Igbos living and doing business in Lagos State.
Fani Kayode on his Twitter described those terrorizing Igbos as ‘murderous scum’.
On his Twitter page, he wrote: “The murderous scum that are terrorising the Igbo in Lagos shall reap the wind they have sown. They are no better than the Fulani terrorists that kill non-Fulanis in the north.
“These attacks are not done for and on behalf of the Yoruba: they are done for and on behalf of Tinubu.”
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