Burna Boy (born Damini Ogulu) is one of the very few carefully selected artistes set to feature on the playlist of United States of America president-elect, Joe Biden’s playlist on January 20 (today) during his inauguration.

The song by the Self-proclaimed African Giant to make the 48-song playlist is “Destiny” of his Grammy nominated album, ‘African Giant’.

“Destiny” showcases Burna Boy’s resilience and determination to keep up the good work, musically and life-wise, and keep striving in spite of opposition and challenges he might encounter along the way.

That exactly is one of the main focus when D-Nice (one of the song’s writers) and Raedio was commissioned to choose a playlist for the Biden-Harris inauguration.

An excerpt from the official statement released by CNN reads: “The playlist is a part of the Presidential Inaugural Committee’s push to provide opportunities for Americans to participate in the inauguration from home after the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to scale back traditional events.”

This won’t be the first time, Burna Boy has had his song(s) feature on a U.S president(-elect) playlist as he has seen favor twice on former president, Barack Obama playlist.

Ex Minister of Commerce and Industry, Sen. Jubril Martins-Kuye, on Sunday morning passed on, matured 78.

The clergyman’s political godson, Sen. Lekan Mustapha, representing Ogun East senatorial region in the Senate, affirmed his demise.

Sen. Mustapha portrayed the demise of Martins-Kuye as stunning, saying he was a mentor as well as a pathfinder.

As per reports, the previous clergyman would be buried by 4.00 p.m. on Sunday as per Islamic customs.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmaker was delegated Minister of State for Finance in June 1999 during the initial term of President Olusegun Obasanjo, serving until June 2003.

The at that point Acting President Goodluck Jonathan additionally designated him as Minister of Commerce and Industry on April 6, 2010.

Late Martins-Kuye was brought into the world on August 1942 in Ago Iwoye town in Ijebu North nearby government zone of Ogun state.

He was an individual from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) under the foundation of which he was chosen a congressperson in the Nigerian Third Republic.

Martins-Kuye turned into an individual from the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) towards the end of the Sani Abacha system.

He likewise ran for governorship of Ogun on the foundation of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999.

The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State said on Saturday that it would underwrite Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State as the head of the party in the South-West.

Giving the sign after a gathering with Governor Makinde in Ibadan on Saturday was the Deputy Chairman of the PDP in Lagos State, Alhaji Waliu Hassan.

Hassan, who praised the exceptional job of the governon during the gathering, vowed individuals’ faithfulness to him as a power to deal with in the South-West PDP.

A previous House of Representatives part, Rita Orji, while tending to writers after the partners’ gathering held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, encouraged the governor not to yield in his positions of authority. The Lagos PDP section, while communicating its purpose to guarantee genial goal of contentions inside its crease, stated,

“The purpose of today’s meeting is to thank Governor Makinde for standing by the party and to pledge total loyalty to his leadership of the South-West. No more, no less.

“We can tell you that the governor does not want anything from us. He, as the Chief Security Officer of Oyo State, needs nothing from the party. Rather, we are the ones who came all the way from Lagos to plead with him to keep leading the party.

“We resolved to, irrespective of any rancour, move the party forward and we will ensure that the party takes its better seat in 2023. We did not come here to discuss who takes anything for zonal congress. The congress will soon come up and for all we care, we have come to restate our commitment to our own governor.

“It is the full structure of Lagos that is represented here. Out of 19, we have the representation of 12 local government chairmen. We also have 17 complete non-working committee members of state exco here present. We have the deputy chairman of the party here. We have the secretary, legal adviser and the entire party structure of Lagos State here. This is a complete House of PDP, Lagos State.”