The Majek Fashek interview: ‘I’m not a mad man’

It took me a while to find my way to the Sewage Road, Gowon Estate residence of Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly known as Majek Fashek.

As I knocked on the gate, a young man named Ogaga came to attend to me. I introduced myself as a Journalist from Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET) and explained my mission. He tried to dissuade me from seeing the rainmaker, insisting that I needed to speak with the management before I could chat with him.

But Majek heard our dialogue, rushed to the gate and insisted that I come in. The nineties hit-maker was dressed in a denim shirt and jeans. It was 10am in the morning of Friday January 25. Majek  was already reeking of alchohol.

Since Ogaga had warned me against having an interview with the veteran reggae artiste, I left  the premises and waited not too far from the house, hoping to catch Majek coming out of the apartment.

I was determined to speak with the man who many say has become mentally imbalanced, about to roam the streets.

Nigerian Navy caught 15 Russians Smuggling Arms Into Nigeria

The Nigerian Navy on Monday handed over a 15-man Russian crew to the Nigeria Police to be prosecuted for weapons smuggling.The vessel on October 20, 2012, arrested at the Lagos Roadstead of the nation’s waterways by personnel of the Nigerian Navy Shi, Andoni, for illegal entry into the nation’s waterways.The Navy also arrested the crew for non-declaration of cargo and possession of cache of arms and ammunition.
About 8,598 ammunition, 14 AK47 rifles and 20 Benelli MRI rifles were recovered from the Russian ship, Merchant Vessel Myre Sea Diver, Avatiu, after the ship was searched.
On Monday however, the Navy handed over the Russians and the recovered arms to the Nigeria Police.

Nigeria Set To Launch New Cement Policy

VENTURES AFRICA – Nigeria’s Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, has disclosed that a new policy will soon be effected as part of the country’s cement sector’s Backward Integration Policy (BIP). According to Aganga, the BIP which was adopted in 2002 during the regime of the erstwhile President, Olusegun Obasanjo, will be reviewed to consolidate on the tremendous success recorded so far.
The Minister revealed this during a meeting held with stakeholders in the cement industry in Abuja on Monday to resolve the current disagreement between local cement producer (led by Dangote Cement and Lafarge Cement Wapco) and importers (led by Ibeto Group owned by Nigeria entrepreneur, Cletus M. Ibeto) in the Nigerian cement industry over the allegation of unbridled importation by some importers of the commodity which have supposedly led to glut in the Nigerian market. The situation took a new dimension as it lingers to a crisis point some few weeks ago, forcing the Federal Government to intervene.