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  Stephen Keshi German trainer Gernot Rohr has been named coach of the Burkina Faso national football team, a report on the CAF website said on Wednesday. Rohr replaces Belgian Paul Put, who parted ways with “Les Etalons” after the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations held in Equatorial Guinea in January. At the competition, the Burkinabes who were finalists at the previous edition in South Africa crashed out at the group stages. The report quoted a statement by the Federation Burkinabe de Football released on Tuesday night as announcing the new appointment. It said the federation settled for the 61-year old as the best option. Before this, the FBF had named a three-man list which had Rohr, Nigeria’s Stephen Keshi and Milovan Rajevac of Serbia from 38 applications received for the vacant post. The federation said the German trainer would be unveiled to the press in the next few days after the terms of engagement between the two parties are finalised. Rohr was previously in charge of Gabon...

A health consulting firm, Inscope Global Resources, has introduced a camera capsule, said to be capable of taking 80,000 images of the gastrointestinal tract and detecting colorectal cancer to the Nigerian market. According to the World Health Organisation, colon cancer causes 694,000 deaths annually and is one of the five most common cancer diagnosed in men and women. The chief executive officer of the firm, Dr. Anthony Shonde, at a briefing on Wednesday in Lagos, said the PillCam Capsule Endoscopy is a diagnostic device consisting of a capsule with a camera, data recorder, sensor bet and Rapid 8 software which is ingested by a patient to investigate the gastrointestinal tract. Shonde, who is a British-trained consultant gastroenterologist, said the capsule has been approved by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, and the Food Drug Administration in the United States and the European Union. “The patient swallows the capsule which passes through the gastro...

Africa is blessed with some of the most beautiful women the world has to offer, and Nigerian women are not holding back at all. We bring to you a controversial list of the top ten sexiest Nigerian female celebrities of 2015. This list would be updated over time, as new damsels emerge…. Starting from the tenth.. 10) Eku Edewor Eku Edewor is a British Nigerian actress, television presenter, and model. She is best known for her work as host of the entertainment television program 53 Extra. The beautiful actress who is still in her twenties, has got the body of a goddess, and the face of an angel. She has a beautiful bright skin, and lips that could bring just about any man to his knees. 9) Tolu Toolz Oniru Tolu Oniru, popularly known as Toolz , is a Nigerian radio personality, talk show host, and presenter. She is best known for hosting The Midday Show on The Beat 99.9 FM, and for having the body that an average African man would kill for. She is the thickest of the top te...

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Born September 13th, 1993 in Lagos, Chinko Ekun was born to Oladipo parents from Ikare Akoko, Ondo State and started rapping as a teenager. Undergraduate of University of Ife, the rapper soon became known for mixing Yoruba flavour with hip hop. Oladipo Olamide Emmanuel, who was born in Lagos and raised in Ikotun spent three years in the underground before launching his career properly in 2011 and quickly caught the attention of Olamide Baddo who signed him to YBNL NATION. Ikotun-based rapper CHINKO EKUN feature on 3 tracks of Olamide “Street OT” album and also appeared on Olamide Live In Convert (OLIC) 2014. Emerging artist Chinko Ekun has been impressing us and building a buzz after his freestyle performance at OLIC 2014 but now the YBNL Nation rapper gives us a deeper taste of his artistry with his debut “Alejo Oran” and “Emi Na Re”. This dude sounds too much like his boss, Olamide or is it only me ??? The Rap superstar, whose rap ability is one of the top in his generation of Rapp...

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The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved nine new private universities for the country. The approval was given at a meeting presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo. Minister of Aviation, Mr. Osita Chidoka, announced the decision at a post-FEC press briefing. The new private universities, according to Chidoka, include Hallmark University, Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, Kings University, Mountain Top University, Augustine University, Chrisland University and Summit University among others. Details later. . .

Barely four days after the abduction of the Deputy Chief Press Secretary to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, Mr. Freddy Ndigbara, his captors are demanding the sum of N100 million as ransom. Ndigbara, who anchors Amaechi’s programme within and outside Government House, Port Harcourt, was kidnapped on Sunday while preparing for an All Progressives Congress rally in Kaani community, Khana Local Government Area. It was gathered that Ndigbara, who is popularly called Freddie by Government House workers, was accosted and forced into a waiting car by his captors. The hoodlums, according to an eyewitness, had stormed the rally with a red Toyota Highlander sports utility vehicle, made a quick search for their target before forcing him into the car. But a source in Khana Local Government Area told our correspondent that Ndigbara kidnappers swore not to allow their victim go unless the sum of N100 million was paid. The Punch learnt that Ndigbara’s abductors demanded for money after...

National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh The national leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party has said the electoral promises made to Nigerians by the main opposition political party, the All Progressives Congress are not realistic. It, therefore, urged Nigerians to discard them, saying there was no way the APC Presidential Candidate, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) would fulfill such promises if elected. It also accused the APC of deceiving Nigerians in a bid to win votes, saying the APC had formed the habit of “one day, one lie”. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, stated this at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the PDP had performed well with its present programmes for the nation, and that the APC can never match what the PDP had done for the country in the last 16 years. Metuh insisted that the promise of monthly stipend to unemployed youths by the APC in relation to its cost on the finances of th...

Zimbabwe has deported 179 Ethiopians who illegally entered into the country in October last year, state media reported Wednesday. The 179 Ethiopians, aged between 15 and 28, pleaded guilty to contravening the country’s immigration laws when they appeared before Harare Magistrate Tendai Mahwe this week, the Herald newspaper reported. The magistrate warned and cautioned the group before handing them to the immigration department for immediate deportation. The Ethiopians, who pleaded to be granted asylum, claimed they were running away from political violence back home. The magistrate, however, advised them to seek proper documents first before coming. Zimbabwe has a refugee camp that provides shelter to immigrants mostly from the horn of Africa.

  Senate President, David Mark The Senate on Tuesday at an executive session settled for $52 per barrel as the oil price benchmark for the 2015 budget proposal. This is against the $65 per barrel the executive submitted to the two chambers of the National Assembly in December last year. A senator, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Tuesday. President Goodluck Jonathan had through three different Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Strategy Papers forwarded to the National Assembly before submitting the entire 2015 budget profile, proposed $77, $73 and $65 as the benchmark price. The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, had presented a national budget estimate of N4.357tn to the National Assembly late last year based on projected oil production of 2.2 million barrels per day. However, few days after the proposal was submitted to both chambers of the National Assembly, there was a drastic fall in the crude oil pric...

  Kano motor park bombing scene... on Tuesday There was bloodbath in Kano and Potiskum on Tuesday following suicide bomb attacks on motor parks in the two cities. Fifteen people died and 53 others were injured in the Potiskum, Yobe State attack while 12 were said to have lost their lives in the incident at the Kano Line Motor Park on Zaria Road, Kano. It was gathered that the victims of the Potiskum blast were taken to the general hospital in the community and the Federal Medical Centre Nguru. A nurse at the general hospital said, “15 bodies brought here from the scene of the blast have been deposited in the mortuary. Some of those injured are in critical conditions at the Accident and Emergency Unit. It is likely the death toll will rise Those whose wounds are not serious would be treated and discharged.” An eyewitness claimed that the female bomber entered a bus at the Tashan Dan Borno Motor Park along the busy Kano Road in the city, pretending to be a traveller. H...

  CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor Borno State-based pastor, Kallamu Musa-Dikwa, who accused the Christians Association of Nigeria of collecting N7bn bribe from President Goodluck Jonathan to campaign against the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate in the March 28 election, has insisted that the CAN collected the said amount. Musa-Dikwa on Monday in Kaduna insisted that the Jonathan government gave CAN N7bn to campaign against the APC candidate, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). He however said that neither Jonathan nor Buhari was fit to govern the country. The cleric said CAN collected N7bn from Jonathan and not N6bn as alleged by the Rivers State governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, who is also the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation. Amaechi had alleged that unnamed leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party paid N6bn to Christian clerics to campaign against the APC. The allegation has caused uproar among the Christian community, with the P...

The police and other security agencies have stepped up security in the Federal Capital Territory following Tuesday bomb blasts in Kano and Yobe States which claimed over 37 lives. Findings indicated that the security agencies had raised the security alert for the FCT to prevent a similar incident in the city. Security sources said more covert intelligence officers have been deployed in strategic parts of the FCT, including motor parks, shopping malls, markets and other public places to frustrate any plot to replicate the Kano and Potiskum bombings in Abuja. “The security agencies have been on red alert following the bombings in Kano and Yobe States; we won’t be caught unawares again. We have deployed men on covert operations to important places, but I can’t give much details for strategic reasons,” a security officer said. Our correspondent observed many police teams patrolling different parts of the city and maintaining studious watch and inspection of passing motorists. Different ar...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Two weeks after former President Olusegun Obasanjo tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card, the party claimed on Tuesday that the card being held by the former President had expired. It said that the card hitherto owned by Obasanjo was signed by the party’s former Acting National Chairman, Alhaji Kawu Baraje. Baraje has since left the party and he is now a chieftain of the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress. While declaring his leaving the party, Obasanjo had asked the Chairman of the PDP in his ward at Abeokuta, Mr. Usman Oladunjoye, to tear his membership card. Commenting on Obasanjo’s action, the National Secretary of the party, Dr. Wale Oladipo, said the card had been changed. Oladipo spoke during a courtesy call on him by some students, who claimed to be working for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan. He said the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, and himself signed the current cards be...

Ten persons might have lost their lives in a suicide bombing at a motor park in Potiskum, the commercial capital of Yobe State, on Tuesday. A resident of the town, Ali Mohammed, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone, said corpses were still being retrieved from the bus station but “at present ten corpses have been picked.” He added that the male suicide bomber pretended to be a passenger in a vehicle still loading at the motor park along the Kano Road in the town. The bomb was detonated in the bus by the suicide bomber, killing the bomber and nine others. The incident happened at about 11.45am in the Toyota bus, marked Kano XA 592 GBT. On Sunday, five persons were killed by a female suicide bomber at a phone market in the town, following an explosion, which also injured 40 persons.

  President Goodluck Jonathan In continuation of his South-West campaign, President Goodluck Jonathan, last Saturday, visited traditional rulers in Epe division of Lagos State, TOLUWANI ENIOLA reports The sight of cassava plantations, clusters of banana trees, palm wine kegs displayed in the front of huts, and a very narrow road dotted with craters, welcome a first-time visitor to Ilara, a community in Epe area of Lagos. Ilara has the longest reigning monarch in Lagos in the person of the Alara of Ilara, Oba Akeem Adesanya, who assumed the throne in 1960, the year Nigeria gained independence. Life in Ilara is rustic, far from the hustle and bubble of city life. On Saturday, in what was described by the residents as the greatest visit of all time, President Goodluck Jonathan visited the village amidst great expectations. Jonathan came to Ilara to seek support from the Epe Traditional Ruling Council made up of 16 traditional rulers, who converged on the palace of the Alara to welco...

A suspected member of an armed robbery gang, Mutiu Rasheed, who was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, has said his parents are aware that he is an armed robber. PUNCH Metro learnt that Rasheed, along with two others ─ Ahmed Musiliu and Sodiq Dada ─ were nabbed by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad on February 5. Our correspondent gathered that the three suspects were rounded up by the police in the Isheri Berger area ─ a boundary area between Lagos and Ogun states. The police said the suspects, who had confessed to the crime, made use of four locally-made guns, two of which had reportedly been recovered. Our correspondent learnt that Musiliu was first arrested by the police before he led detectives to apprehend the others. The police added, however, that the gang had other members who were still at large. During interrogation, the suspects were said to have confessed to have organised robberies during which many vehicles were stolen, including a Toyota Highlander, ...

President Goodluck Jonathan The All Progressives Congress and some lawyers have faulted President Goodluck Jonathan’s acquisition of 90.04 hectares of farmland at the Aviation Village in Abuja barely seven months after he was sworn into office. They said his action was a clear breach of the provisions of section 138 and 5th Schedule of the 1999 Constitution, Parts 1 and 2. The APC, in a statement on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, therefore asked Jonathan to apologise for abusing his office and engaging in corrupt practices by acquiring the farmland as a sitting President. It said nothing could justify the indiscretion exhibited by the President in acquiring such a swath as contained in a newspaper advert which had yet to be refuted by him. A group, the Purpose Driven Initiative, had in the advertorial claimed that Jonathan incorporated Ebele Integrated Farms Limited which he used to acquire the land. The APC said the claim by the President’s apolo...

(1) A disguised terror suspect arrested by soldiers in Baga, Borno State. (2) A Boko Haram vehicle on fire also in Baga. (3) Troops on the street of the recaptured Baga. | credits: DHQ Troops involved in the ongoing counter-terrorism operation in the North-East have arrested a number of terrorists who disguised as women in Baga, Borno State. Baga, the headquarters of the Multi-National Joint Task Force, was captured by the insurgents in January but was recaptured by the Special Forces on Saturday. The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, who stated this in a statement on Monday, did not give the exact number of the terrorists arrested. Olukolade had said in an earlier statement on Sunday that troops were screening a group of people mostly women in Baga to ascertain their true identities and to find out whether they were supporters of the deadly sect or not. The Defence spokesman said that the troops had arrested many terrorists hiding in Baga apart from those ...

Tempers are rising among members of the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, the umbrella body of Ijaw youths, over the shooting of their leader in Kombowei clan, Bayelsa State, by a trigger-happy policeman. The leader, Mr. Bekikeme Dike, was allegedly shot in the neck at a police checkpoint at Igbogene area of the state in the late hours of Sunday. It was learnt that Dike fell into a coma (though some mistook him for a dead man) after the shooting. Though the reason for the shooting could not be ascertained, claims and counter claims have characterised the incident. But a source, who craved anonymity, said the police corporal, who opened fire on Dike’s vehicle, claimed the IYC leader refused to stop for search when he was flagged down. But the Bayelsa State Command said the policeman that carried out the shooting targeted the tyre of the victim’s vehicle. In a statement on Tuesday by the Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State, Asinim Butswat, the police said was not dead but responding wel...

Reigning Africa’s best football player, Yaya Toure of Manchester City, will have a Herculean task attempting to upset his former team mates from FC Barcelona in today’s round of 16 UEFA Champions League game. Yaya Toure Incidentally, for the second year running, Manchester City and FC Barcelona meet in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. This year the English team is hoping for a different outcome than 12 months ago when Barcelona won 4-1.Yaya Toure is also ready to face his former team mates and help Manchester City triumph over the Catalan club. Speaking at a press conference held on February 23, 2015, the City manager said: “I think that last year was different, last year we arrived after playing 19 games in two months and it wasn’t our best moment. I hope this year we will do it because we are not playing as many games. We are in a good moment, but we have to recognise we are playing against a strong team. “It is very important to win, and after that to not concede goals...

At least two people were killed in a bloody clash between men of the Nigerian Customs service attached to Federal Operation Unit, FOU, and rice smugglers in Sango Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria on Monday. Two persons died during the clash while two others who sustained injuries are currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the area. An eyewitness who was identified as Obi Peter narrated to PM news the ordeal. According to him the Customs men chased the smugglers to Sango Motor Park and seized one lorry load of second hand clothes and 10 cars loaded with rice. He said after the seizure, the smugglers blocked the road to prevent the customs from taking away the seized goods and vehicles. Peter added that in an attempt to force the smugglers out of the road, the Customs started shooting randomly. In the process of shooting, a 27-year-old Kogi indigene who was identified as Angela Abba, who was preparing food in front of her shop was hit by a stray bullet on her head and she d...

Editor’s Note: Cameroun-born Simon Ateba is one of Nigeria’s most controversial journalists. If he is not being beaten up by a Christ Embassy security team, he is harassing government officials with questions that make them loose their cool. Apologies to Mrs. Stella Oduah. But Simon has one thing going for him, he says it like it is, without minding whose ox is gored. In this piece about the Independent Electoral Commission’s (INEC) boss, Professor Attahiru Jega, Ateba digs deep and tells us, with facts, how Jega and his team at INEC were not prepared for the elections which were re-scheduled two weeks back. Ateba published the article on his website, www.simonateba.com. Article Highlights – There were about four million Nigerians for whom the PVCs had not even been produced. – INEC was not ready and lied to the nation only to portray security chiefs in bad light. – Until he redeems his image, Jega will be seen as a liar who had an agenda. It is now crystal clear that Attahiru Jega, t...

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As part of last efforts to win the March 28 elections, President Goodluck Jonathan is set to sign an undertaking with leaders of the South-West. He has also appealed to traditional rulers from the geo-political zone to support him in his desire to be re-elected. Investigations by our correspondents showed that the plea was the thrust of Jonathan’s message to the traditional rulers when he met with them behind closed doors on Friday and Saturday. According to the thinking of the Peoples Democratic Party top echelon and campaign organisation, for President Jonathan to emerge winner in the rescheduled polls, he needs to win the South-West which is the geo-political zone with the second largest number of voters. It has over 13 million voters. The North-West, where the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), hails from, is the largest geo-political zone with not less than 18 million registered voters. SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that the recent ...

The Ekiti Police Command has rearrested no fewer than 110 escaped inmates from the Federal Prison, Ado Ekiti, on December 1, following gunmen attack. The Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, also revealed that 30 suspected armed robbers had been arrested. A statement in Ado Ekiti on Monday by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Albert Adeyemi, said the command had set up various structures that had given room for constant patrol and clampdown on criminal hideouts. These, he said, included provision of hotlines to residents, establishment of more pin down/flash points in the remote and developing areas, introduction of foot patrol in remote areas not motorable and constant raids of criminal hideouts. Lakanu said, “We are determined to tackle crime and criminality headlong in the State. We have put in place many strategies which include ensuring that the residents armed themselves with the numbers of the CP and other personnel to enable quick reach when ...

The Buhari Support Organisation has said Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, needs medical help to cure him of his negative obsession with the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.). Director of Media and Information Technology of the BSO, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, who trained as a medical doctor, said this in response to Fayose’s claim that Buhari was too frail to govern Nigeria. According to him, ordinarily the BSO would have ignored his claims as the ranting of a threatened species of a drowning politician but because the governor was a leader of the party in the South-West geo-political zone, it would be difficult to ignore him. Madukwe said, “The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose, is suffering from what we call in medicine obsessive compulsive disorder, based on an appetite and a wish to see General Muhammadu Buhari dead. “He is a psychopath, whose obsession has alter his sense of rational analysis of si...

The Royal Institute of International Affairs, better known as Chattam House, has confirmed that presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), will be speaking at its event billed for Thursday in London. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Directorate of Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, Garba Shehu. A post on the website of Chattam House on Monday stated that Buhari, who is on a working visit to the United Kingdom, would speak on the topic ‘Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Africa: Nigeria’s Transition’. The programme, to be chaired by former British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Sir Richard Gozney, will commence at 10am London time and last for just one hour. “The postponement of Nigeria’s fifth election since its return to civilian rule in 1999, together with fierce political competition, a security crisis and severe economic challenges linked to...

The new Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Valentine Ntomchukwu, has warned officers as well as the rank and file of the state command, to shun corruption, indiscipline and be committed to their duty. He gave this warning while addressing them at the Police officers’ Mess, Ibara Government Reserved Area, Abeokuta, on Monday. Ntomchukwu said he would not tolerate any act of indiscipline, incivility, corrupt practices, improper dressing and any other acts capable of dragging the image of the police force into the mud. According to him, the command would enforce the code of conduct for policemen during the elections and would not tolerate acts of corruption and other vices among the rank and file of the command. Ntomchukwu said the forthcoming elections were of utmost importance to the Federal Government and the Nigeria police. He said, “Officers must be professional in the discharge of their duty. I have zero tolerance for corruption. We’ll punish any mi...

The Senate on Monday described as worrisome, the poor access of Nigerians to broadband internet services despite the number of undersea cables running across the country and the huge investment channeled into the project. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Communications, Senator Gilbert Nnaji, made the observation when the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Eugene Juwah, led the management team of his agency to defend its 2015 budget proposal. Nnaji noted with concern that the country finished year 2014 with just 8 percent penetration into the broadband services after stagnating at 6 percent between 2011 and 2013. He said the directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria to the telecommunications operators to source foreign exchange only through the interbank has constrained their efficiency level and hampared their expantionary drive with its attendant effect on quality of services. The senator noted that there was a remarkable improvement on...

The National Vice-President, South-South, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Dr.Simeon Okah, has described the N6bn largess alleged by the River State Governor Rotimi Amaechi to have been given to the Christian Association of Nigeria as a mockery on spiritual leaders. He called on Amaechi and those making the allegation against Christian leaders to shut up and stop making such claims before they incur the wrath of God. Okah spoke in Calabar at the Christian Central Chapel on Sunday during the inauguration of the Cross River State chapter of the PFN. He said it was not true that the Federal Government gave the leadership of CAN the sum of N6bn to curry the support of the clergy men for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid. Okah said, “When I read the report, I called Dr. Okoye, who is the Aso Rock Pastor when Obasanjo was president to find out the veracity of the newspaper reports and he said it was not true. “I call on those making such allegat...

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of mismanaging the state fund by spending on non- profitable ventures including the hate campaign against its presidential candidate, Gen. Muhamadu Buhari (retd.). The party said the Governor was only trying to divert the attention of Nigerians from his alleged fraudulent victory as revealed in the leaked audio tape. It said the money Fayose was spending on his hate campaign could have been channeled towards productive activities for the benefit of Ekiti people. In a statement by the state Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, the APC berated the governor for lack of focus on development issues. It stressed that, “For the past four months, he (Fayose) had busied himself with debts profile of the state, while not forthcoming on the balances and refunds made to the state by the Federal Government.” Olatubosun added that what Fayose was doing was the usual fraudulent antics alle...

Smashing songstress Sefiya Dativa is just beginning to find her feet in the music industry. With her single ‘You are my Fire’ she seems to have an ace up her sleeves to set the wheel of fame rolling for her. Already, people have been talking about her latest effort which some see not only as a big deal but something that says a little about the enigmatic Sefiya who confessed to Potpourri she’s a very private person in spite of her outlandish lifestyle. Telling Potpourri what works for her, she revealed a bit of the person beneath the act people have come to know and embrace. “ Everything works for me. You look at somebody and what you like about that person might not be what somebody else would like. Someone can like the way I dance, while another might just like my voice. I can’t be like Maheeda; I am just a funky person that loves to keep it funky and sexy,” she explained.