Sierra Leone Government is still failing to tackle corruption

Every year, thousands of children and adults are dying needlessly of preventable illness, disease and poverty in Sierra Leone, because of corruption.

And the performance of the Koroma government in tackling corruption since 2012, compared to the efforts of Helen Sirleaf’s neighbouring Liberia is shocking, according to figures published by Transparency International.

The twenty-first annual edition of the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index 2015, has ranked Sierra Leone 119 out of 168 countries worldwide, but with a much lower score of 29 over 100, compared to 2014 (31 over 100), 2013 (30 over 100), and 2012 (31 over 100).

In just four years, corruption in Sierra Leone has gone up by two percentage points, says Transparency International.

Sierra Leone’s performance is four percentage points worse than the Sub-Saharan Africa’s average of 33 over 100, with Botswana once again topping the region – scoring 63 over 100.

The Berlin-based Transparency International rank states according to their levels of public sector corruption, as judged by around a dozen world institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, Economist Intelligence Unit and the Asian Bank.

According to the report published last week: “Sub-Saharan Africa faced a myriad of threats in 2015, from the Ebola epidemic to rising terrorism. Again and again we saw corruption exacerbate the causes of crises, and undermine the response.”

In Sierra Leone we saw $14 million of funds meant to help treat and ease the suffering of thousands dying of Ebola, stolen by corrupt public officials and their private sector cronies.

The corruption index report says that: “This year’s index presents a worrying picture – with 40 of 46 countries (in Sub-Saharan Africa) showing a serious corruption problem….Indicators for rule of law and justice score particularly badly.

And, “While some governments are reducing risks for business, there’s little change for citizens – as systemic corruption leaves many countries struggling to uphold basic rule of law.”

According to Transparency International: “Poorly equipped schools, counterfeit medicine and elections decided by money are just some of the consequences of public sector corruption. Bribes and backroom deals don’t just steal resources from the most vulnerable – they undermine justice and economic development, and destroy public trust in government and leaders.”

“A poor score is likely a sign of widespread bribery, lack of punishment for corruption and public institutions that don’t respond to citizens’ needs.”

The authors of the report say that top performers have high levels of press freedom, public access to budget information, high levels of integrity among people in power and an independent judiciary.

Conflict and war, poor governance, weak public institutions like police and the judiciary and a lack of independence in the media all contribute to low scores for states at the bottom of the rankings.

So how did Sierra Leone perform, compared to her neighbours – Liberia and Guinea, the two countries Sierra Leone would need to compete with for foreign investments?

Since president Koroma got elected in Sierra Leone for the second time in 2012, his performance in tackling rampant corruption, compared to Helen Sirleaf of Liberia, has worsened.

According to Transparency International, in 2012 Liberia scored 41 over 100, whilst Sierra Leone scored 31 over 100; Guinea, battling with military dictatorship, struggled at the bottom with 24 over 100.

In 2013, Sierra Leone’s score fell to 30 over 100, compared to Liberia’s 38 over 100, and Guinea’s 24 over 100.

In 2014, there was not much of a change as the pattern continued, with president Koroma of Sierra Leone trailing behind Helen Sirleaf of Liberia in combating corruption. Liberia scored 37 percentage points, Sierra Leone 31 percent, and Guinea as ever trailing behind her two neighbours with 25 percent.

And in 2015, Liberia was ranked 83 out of 168 countries – same ranking as Sri Lanka, and scoring 37 over 100. Sierra Leone was ranked 119 out of 168 – trailing Liberia by a massive 36 points margin, and with an appalling score of 29 over 100.

Liberia’s 37 over 100 was better than the Sub-Saharan Africa’s average of 33.

So what is president Helen Sirleaf of Liberia doing right that president Koroma of Sierra Leone is getting so woefully wrong or failing to grasp?

Is corruption far more endemic in Sierra Leone than Liberia (according to the figures) because Helen Sirleaf herself is less tolerant of corruption in high places?

Is strong and principled leadership a factor in the fight against corruption in Sierra Leone?

Supporters of president Koroma point out to the more than $500 million spent by president Koroma on infrastructure – road networks in the country, since elected in 2007. But there are serious allegations that of this $500 million, over 60% cannot be accounted for. This lack of accountability was a major problem for the African Development Bank in 2011.

What needs to happen?

“Corruption can be beaten if we work together. To stamp out the abuse of power, bribery and shed light on secret deals, citizens must together tell their governments they have had enough,” José Ugaz, chairman of Transparency International, said in a statement. (Photo: President Koroma’s former chief of staff and minister of trade – Richard Conteh, escaped justice with impunity, despite being embroiled in a $47 million corruption racket). 

The authors of the report say that: “If corruption and impunity are to ‘be a thing of the past’ as boldly stated by the African Union in Agenda 2063 – ‘The Africa We Want’, governments need to take bold steps to ensure rule of law is the reality for everyone.

“Prosecuting corruption will restore faith among people who no longer believe in the institutions that are supposed to protect them. Transparency and accountability must go hand in hand when tackling corruption – as these results show, this is still far from the norm in Africa.”

The Sierra Leone Telegraph yesterday contacted the newly appointed Attorney General and minister of justice – Joseph Kamara (Photo), who until the end of December 2015 was Sierra Leone’s head of the Anti-Corruption Commission to comment on this latest report by Transparency International. He made no comment.

Sierra Leone continues to be ranked as one of the poorest nations in the world, despite a 13% growth in GDP in 2013, compared to the African average of 4.5%.

With a population of 6 million people, only 41% of adults are literate, while more than 50% of adults die before they celebrate their 47th birthday.

Over 70% of young people are unemployed and unskilled. Only 12% of households have access to electricity, while more than 60% of households do not have access to regular supply of clean drinking water.

Most Sierra Leoneans are struggling to make ends meet, with average personal income of slightly more than $1 a day.

Corruption is responsible for the abject poverty and poor health that are killing the vast majority of children and adults in Sierra Leone. And it seems from the latest Transparency International report, there is no hope of an improvement.

Yet, Sierra Leone is endowed with some of the finest and most precious diamonds, gold and other natural resources in the world.

By Abdul Rashid Thomas 

Impurity reigns in Sierra Leone: Allie Kabba sent back to prison

Sierra Leone tonight  is a simple, though chilling statement by supporters of opposition politician Alie Kabba: “Where there is no justice, there can be no hope”.

Alie Kabba has once again been denied bail and sent to the country’s notorious maximum security prison, after court received ‘orders from above’. He will next appear at the High Court, where he can present his evidence and plead his innocence.

Supporters of Kabba say that he is a political prisoner of conscience, whose freedom has been denied once more by a politically controlled court in Freetown, on a flimsy and orchestrated technicality regarding the terms of his bail.

Only in Sierra Leone are you likely to find the rather bizarre contradiction of having a member of parliament – IB Kargbo, who has committed serial crimes, by first failing to declare to the country’s electoral commission that he was still working as a public servant whilst contesting a by-election; and worse, using ministerial letter headed paper to write a letter soliciting an unlawful agreement with the Lebanese government, to import waste into Sierra Leone for cash.

Despite these serious crimes, IB Kargbo walks a free man, a parliamentarian and a presidential adviser. No one in the judiciary and the government is batting an eyelid, whilst Alie kabba is sent to maximum security prison today, for alleged bigamy involving a government minister – a charge the government is struggling to prove.

Why? IB Kargbo is a senior member of the ruling APC and a close confidante of the president; Alie Kabba is a candidate for the presidency in 2018, and he is seen as the most powerful critic of the government’s failed policies.

President Koroma urges closer ties with Nigeria

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday urged his new High Commissioner to Nigeria to ensure mutual economic benefits in the relationship between the two countries.
Nigeria’s status as the largest economy in Africa and the most powerful in West Africa makes it a strategic partner, said President Koroma at a special sending off ceremony for Haja Afsatu Olayinka Kabba who was recently appointed to the position.

She replaces the current Energy Minister Henry Macaulay who was appointed to his position in July 2014.

Ms Kabba, a former minister, will be accredited to seven other countries in addition to Nigeria, including the Central African Republic.

Koroma said the instability in some of these countries requires proactive diplomacy to address them. He said as an envoy to the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), Ms Kabba must also work in light of the transformational agenda of the sub-regional bloc.

Ecowas is going through a transformation and Sierra Leone should be apart of that, the President said. He added: “I know the responsibility is great but I also know you have the capability to do it.”

Expert calls for more government attention to Epilepsy in Sierra Leone

An expert on the medical condition Epilepsy in Sierra Leone has called on the government to pay more attention to it in terms providing resources towards treatment of its suferers. Dr Radcliff Lisk, who is also director of the Sierra Leone Epilepsy Programme, said the condition poses more threat to the country than diseases like HIV in terms of number of cases.

The Epilepsy programme estimates that there are at least 60,000 sufferers in the country. All the categories of Epilepsy are found in Sierra Leone, the organization said.

Epilepsy is incurable but it also is not life threatening as a condition but it can cause accidental death.

Dr Lisk explained that the nature of the condition, which is basically the result of electrical spark in the brain, could cause a sudden attack and this could be dangerous for patients in dangerous environment.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Daughter Marries Lesbian Partner In The Netherlands

Reverend Canon Mpho Tuti, the daughter of the first black Archbishop of Cape Town and bishop of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has defied all odds to marry her lesbian partner, Professor Marceline van Furth, few years after her first marriage to Joseph Burns, with whom she had two children, crashed.

NAIROBI WIRE reports that Mpho Tutu who is an ordained Episcopal priest, the executive director of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, and also the executive director and founder of the Tutu Institute for Prayer and Pilgrimage, got married to Furth, her long time lesbian partner, in a private ceremony in Oegstgeest, a town and municipality in the province of South Holland in western Netherlands, with a planned celebration of the marriage to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, in May.

Furth who is Dutch, is a professor in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Vrije University in Amsterdam, and holds the Desmond Tutu Chair in Medicine at the university.

Retired Archbishop Tutu who is a Nobel Prize winner, has in the past declared his support for the gay people, terming the oppression facing them as the new Apartheid.

During the launch of the Free and Equal campaign in July 2013 at Cape Town, Archbishop Tutu said that he will never worship a 'homophobic God' and would rather go to hell than do so.

Thousands of Sierra Leone refugee rendered homeless in Ghana

Scores of Sierra Leonean refugees have been displaced in Takoradi in the Western region after their home was demolished.

The Sierra Leoneans acquired the property when they relocated to Ghana in the late 1990s.

A court ordered the destruction of the property to repay a loan reportedly secured by their mother from an acquaintance.

The Sierra Leoneans are, however, crying foul over the handling of their petition to the Chief Justice to overturn the court order.

Spokesperson for the group Daniel Tahiru Cole told Starr News an injustice is being perpetuated against them.

“ I can never stand and watch this injustice that is going on. They have come to pull the property down telling me that I can send this case to anywhere that I like, but I know that justice in Ghana will prevail through the chief Justice” .

United States Government approves 44.4 million MCC funding for Sierra Leone.

The United States Ambassador in Sierra Leone has urged close collaboration in the implementation of US-funded projects aimed at boosting the country’s energy and water sector. Ambassador John Hoover made the appeal at a landmark signing ceremony on Tuesday in Freetown.

Sierra Leone won $44.4m as part of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Threshold programme after been selected last December.

The money will be used to fund reforms in institutions and policy in the targeted sectors.

The agreement, which entails that the project implementation will last for four years, was signed by a representative each from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Millennium Challenge Coordinating Unit (MCCU) at the Office of the President of Sierra Leone.

The MCC is a US government agency that provides development aids to developing countries who meet specific criteria aimed at promoting democracy and good governance.

It`s been a long road. It has taken several years to get to where we are today, US Ambassador John Hoover said at the ceremony held at the Credentials Hall at State House in Freetown.

Sierra Leone was first selected in January 2013 as eligible for the Compact programme, which constitutes the largest grants in the MCC`s programmes.

But the following December it was suspended for failing to pass on key indicators “ including corruption.

In December 2014, the country was again selected but this time for the Threshold programme which attracts a lesser amount of money than the Compact.

Sierra Leonean Condemns President Koroma's New Year Message

For the first time in the history of post independence Sierra Leone, the head of state has delivered what can only be described as the shortest and most lacklustre of New Year’s address to the nation – four hundred and ninety-six words to be precise.

 

What has happened to president Koroma?

 

Has he run out of his usual propaganda stunts? Is he losing his appetite for verbosity, or has he suddenly realised that brevity makes for better communication? Supporters looking forward to the president’s usual dozen or more pages of New Year’s drivel, would be more than disappointed to see this year’s message reduced by ‘His Excellency’ to a mere half a page essay, on how Sierra Leone won the Ebola war.

 

The Ebola crisis is over Mr. President, and its time for you to lead from the front with action – if you can.

Citizens now need to know where the jobs are that you promised in the last eight years of being in power, so they can put food on the table, pay for medicines, clothe their families, provide safe clean drinking water, and go about their lawful business without the violation of their human rights by those in power.

 

Most of the president’s twaddle is nothing, but repeats from previous statements on the Ebola crisis. There is nothing new and promising from the president for 2016 – not even a message of HOPE for the poverty stricken people of Sierra Leone.

 

Political analysts hoping that president Koroma would shed light on last week’s decision to shuffle his cabinet and get rid of a couple of dead weights too, are disappointed at the president’s New Year’s chinwag.

 

But for those ministers that are today facing serious uncertainties about their future, not sure where the president’s axe is going to fall next time another coconut falls on his head, yesterday’s speech only serves to prolong the agony of waiting.

 

And for the millions of Sierra Leoneans that are today anxious about the fate and poor health of opposition politician Mr. Alie Kabba, who is spending the New Year behind bars in Pademba Road prison, after his arrest on a trumped up charge of bigamy, there was no word from the president who ‘signed’ his warrant of arrest and threw him in jail. No one in Sierra Leone should be sent to jail for alleged bigamy. He was charged to court, and the magistrate decided to adjourn the case. He is innocent until proven guilty, and must remain a free man whiles awaiting the court’s decision about his innocence or otherwise. So why take away his civil liberty, if not for the sheer sake of vindictiveness, impunity and revenge by those in power? But we must remember that, tomorrow’s rebels are usually created today.

 

So let us stop destroying the lives of those with whom we disagree. We can have our political debates and agree to disagree. But let us not use the powers granted us through the ballot box to suppress and oppress our political opponents. It is wrong and dangerous, and does not auger well for sustaining the peace in Sierra Leone, after ten years of brutal civil war.

Alie Kabba’s incarceration is nothing other than the abuse of power by those elected to protect the rights of their fellow citizens. And this has cast another indelible stain on the poor governance record of the Koroma government. One that will be remembered by all those who believe in the protection of civil liberty and the rule of law in Sierra Leone.

 

President Koroma’s 2016 New Year’s message to the people of Sierra Leone, will be remembered also for its several omissions, such as the words: ‘Agenda for Prosperity’ – the president’s failed programme for improving the lives of Sierra Leoneans; ‘zero tolerance for corruption and Attitudinal Change’ – the president’s failed mantra and rhetoric that brought him to office in 2007.

 

What has happened to our president?

 

One thing is clear though, as we look to the start of the New Year, president Koroma is yet to make good on his promise of further announcement of changes to his moribund cabinet.

 

The Sierra Leone Telegraph has reliably learnt from ruling APC party sources that there was mutiny in the party, after president Koroma’s surprised announcement of changes to his cabinet last week. Frank-kargbo Many senior ministers who are also grand patrons of the APC party, are said to have been annoyed at the president’s unilateral decision to sack the attorney general without consultation. It is understood that apart from his vice president Foh and party secretary general Yassaneh, ministers were kept in the dark about the ministerial changes, which shocked many in the party and the government.

 

With president Koroma promising more ministerial changes soon, 2016 is set to throw up many more surprises from State House.

 

But will these changes bring an end to poverty, corruption, impunity, abuse of human rights and the curtailing of civil liberty in Sierra Leone?

 

You won't believe what this lady did to a random man she met at the club to ring in the new year

A video which has since gone viral, shows the lady pictured below  at Park Avenue Club in Dallas, giving head to a man she met at the club just a few minutes earlier to ring in the new year. She sucked the guy off in front of the whole club - then afterwards, she walked away. 

Davido baby mama drama continues

I know this story has surfaced online I decided to put it out here for you guys to see.
Birth of Imade Adeleke\r
When the second trimester of Sophias pregnancy was closing, she tortuously announced to me that she was in the family way.\r
My mind was bemused, and so was my soul confused. But I quickly realized that nothing more could be done to alter my status as a father-to-be. I knew that i was not ready to be a dad. Still, I adjusted myself to the realities of my new situation and the consequences of my past personal indiscretions. I made the determination that I was going to be a good dad. I also reasoned that my blunder is not enough pretext to make me a husband. I was just 21. And so I decided to be a responsible dad without being husband to the mother of my baby. I never was in love with Sophia neither was marriage ever in the offing.\r
Without knowing for sure that I was the real dad of the baby, I entrusted Sophia to the services of a private hospital for both pre-natal and post-natal medical cares. An apartment at Lekki was leased for 2 years, and paid for by me. The burden of medical bills, feeding, transportation and sundry costs rested on my person. No family member of Sophia including Uncle Dele Momodu rose to help nor guide Sophia
I own my property at Lekki and had allowed Sophia to stay in the house because she claimed that she knew nobody in Lagos and that her father was deceased whilst her mother was resident in Abuja. For real, Sophia was a drifter without a dime, education nor career. My compassion, ignorance, naivety and poor judgment had combined to make me a victim to a much older lady with super cunning sense that was mixed with a vicious and diabolical nature. I stand accused but calmly accepted my responsibility for the sad misadventure that caused me to be a seat-mate with Sophia on a plane that was flying nowhere.\r
All along, I have only been generous with Sophia without knowing for sure I was the father to the baby she was carrying. On May 14, 2015, Sophia delivered her baby named Imade. It was after Sophia had delivered the baby that DNA testing medically confirmed that I was indeed the biological father of our child named Imade.

Two Dead in Mogadishu Restaurant Blast

At least two people have died in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu, where a suicide bomber detonated himself inside a restaurant popular with journalists and government officials Saturday.

A VOA reporter said the incident took place at the Village restaurant, near the presidential palace in Mogadishu.

The bomber killed himself and one other person, and injured at least four others.

Several journalists fled the scene before the blast. They told VOA they had seen the bomber struggling to set off his explosive device.

The Village restaurant was the scene of two previous attacks three years ago — one in September 2012, when 15 people were killed, and the second one in November of the same year, in which four people died in twin explosions near the restaurant.

Son of Dubai ruler among firefighters at the site of Address Hotel fire

The son of Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed, was among firefighters at the Address Hotel where fire broke out shortly before Dubai's New Year Eve fireworks display. The image shared on twitter shows the Sheikh dressed in firefighter gear among other Dubai Civil Defense officers...

President Koroma’s New Year’s message to the people of Sierra Leone

“The New Year is a moment for moving forward with hope, faith and fortitude. But even as we move forward, we must not forget that our nation was severely tested in the past 18 months by a vicious enemy. The test brought about great tragedy in our nation, but it also showed the best in many Sierra Leoneans.

“It showed the best in many of our doctors, nurses and other workers, it showed the best in many of our security agencies, and it showed the best amongst many chiefs and thousands of youths, market women, musicians and ordinary citizens in every district and region of our beloved country.

“Let our New Year resolution be to move on with the best in us, let us carry on with the better actions that allowed our country to defeat an Ebola virus which ferocity was unlike any the world had seen before.

“The better actions are the new habits of hygiene and sanitation we inculcated, the new attention to details that we ensured in our labs and treatment centers, and the newer commitments to Sierra Leoneans leading the way and comprising over 90% of the people at the frontlines and command centers of the fight against Ebola.

“We must build upon this greater confidence in ourselves, we must face the future with belief that we can overcome our limitations and build a future that entrenches our best values and actions.

“My Government’s Post Ebola Recovery Plan draws from this belief that we are capable of achieving the goals we have set forth for ourselves.

“My New Year resolution is to continue to work tirelessly to achieve these goals, to ensure the implementation of our plans we have designed for the priority sectors of health, education, social protection, including Ebola survivors, the private sector, energy and water.

“We salute our international partners for their continued support to our country, but it belongs to us to utilize that support to build a more resilient society.

“That is why all of us must make resolutions that should bring out the good in us for our country, our community and our families. The threats of future outbreak is still with us, but if we resolve to continue to bring out the best in us, we can stop any future outbreak in its tracks.

“The globalized world has great threats, from extreme weather events to terrorism and diseases that are no respecters of boundaries.

“But we can prevent the threats from overwhelming us by utilizing our better actions to grab the great opportunities that beckon to all of us.

“The good in us is greater than some of the ugly events that we face. Let us utilize the good in us to build a better country.

“Happy New Year and God Bless Sierra Leone.”

Sierra Leone Ebola survivor Emma Bangura shares her expirence

When I began to feel sick, I was afraid to go to a hospital so I went to my mothers house, but she wouldnt let me in. She called the emergency hotline and an ambulance arrived with people dressed in those protective suits who sprayed me before taking me to a treatment centre. At the time, I thought my mother didnt love me and wanted me to die, but she did the right thing. Now I volunteer as a social worker helping orphans, widows and survivors  anyone whos been hit by #Ebola. Emma Bangura, Ebola survivor, from #SierraLeone. 

By UNICEF

Woman Shoots Her ‘Friend’ For Being Atheist, Keeps Body As ‘Shrine To God’

A woman in Phoenix Arizona has allegedly killed her“friend” for what she considered to be the worst crime of all "Not believing in God"

Anitra Braxton was arrested after police obtained a search warrant for her house and discovered the corpse of her friend on her couch. Braxton explained
that she placed the body there as a “shrine to God.”

Later, when she was questioned  by police, Braxton admitted that she had indeed shot her friend in the eye because she didn’t profess a belief in God. Braxton has been charged with first degree murder, and there may be additional charges as authorities believe the deceased may have been pregnant.

Fish processing is our business- Tombo Women

On a recent field visit by Government, the World Bank and the media to the heart land of fishing in the Western Area Peninsula, the women of Tombo vowed to take fishing and fish processing to a different level.

Speaking to this medium, most of the women fish traders called on government to see reason and invest in fishing, which will earn more revenue for the country, compared to the huge loss in tax exemption giving to the various mining companies which they say do not make much impact on citizens’ lives through the tax paid to government.

Isatu Bankole stated that she and other colleagues have been in the fish business for close to three decades, but was disappointed that facilities remain the same, making the business an uphill task.

She commended government for its intervention through the Rural Private Sector Development Programme (RPSDP) for providing a market place as well as two fish processing centres to reduce some of the many challenges they are faced with for preservation and storage at an optimal temperature.
The Chairlady furthered that Pepper Wharf at Tombo community receives hundreds of boats almost on a daily basis from around the country, including Guinea, Liberia and other West African states that use the wharf to land their catch for sale to the women.

According to her the number of boats is high and despite RPSDP’s intervention there is need to expand and increase in order to make room for growth in the business.

Madam Bankole together with the community head, Mohamed Mansaray revealed that when boats land at night the two fish centres with no electricity and proper storage they are overwhelmed with the challenge to smoke the huge amount of catch brought in, and also after smoking over dozens of various species of fish, the problem of a cold room to do proper storage remains a dream, and as a result efforts made to smoke large amount of fish becomes a huge loss to traders due to lack of proper storage.

The women appealed to government through the RPSDP to seek for more support from its partners to further invest and expand on fishing in Tombo community to match International standards, meaning increased revenue in foreign exchange for government and benefit to the nation from its natural resources.

Meanwhile, traders mostly women in non-food items also expressed concern and appealed that the present market space be extended in order that they will also be accommodated and not left out in the open as it is presently.

Margaret Kamara, a trader in second hand clothing stated that during week days when the crowd is huge to do fish business, traders in non-food items hardly have space to sell and this, she noted, affects their livelihood, forcing them to hawk their wares in prohibited parts of the community, causing them financial loss when they do get in conflict with the law.

By Ade Campbell

David Cameron has promised to crack down on Isis sympathisers

The Prime Minister said this year will be a “test of our mettle” as he pledged action to tackle the “poisonous narrative” which led some Britons to turn against their country. 

David Cameron has promised to crack down on Isis sympathisers, stressing in a new year message that all Britons should have “loyalty” to their country. 

He said the UK should “revel” in its way of life rather than “appease” extremists, and all who live in the country must sign up to its values. 

Full list of winners of 2015 Headies Awards

Below is the full list of winners of the very interesting Headies awards which held last night in Lagos.

 

Best Street-Hop Artiste

Olamide (‘Bobo’)

Best Pop Single

‘Godwin’ by Korede Bello

Best Male Performance

Timi Dakolo (‘Wish me well’)

Best R&B single

‘Wish me well’ by Timi Dakolo

Best rap single

‘King kong’ by Vector

 

Best Vocal Performance (female)

Aramide (‘Iwo Nikan)

Best Ragga/dancehall single

‘German juice’ by Cynthia Morgan

Best Music Video

‘Katapot’ (by Reekado Banks, video shot by Unlimited L.A)

Best Collaboration

‘Local Rappers’ – Reminisce ft Olamide, Phyno & StormRex

Best Rap Album

“Chairman” by M.I

Best Music Producer

Legendary Beatz (‘Ojuelegba’)

Lyricist On The Roll

Vector

Next Rated

Reekado Banks

Revelation of The Year

Yemi Alade

Recording of the year

‘Wish me well’ – Timi Dakolo

Best Alternative Song

‘Sade’ – Adekunle Gold

Special Recognition Award

Don Jazzy

Best Pop/R&B Album

AYO – Wizkid

Artiste of The Year

Olamide

Song of The Year

‘Ojuelegba’ – Wizkid

Rookie of The Year

YCee

Headies Hall of Fame

2Face Idibia

Superstar Abizzy looking hot

He posted this photo on instagram
Me ar Lek the style

And Dija replied haters

Bo make dem lef the Titi ya.