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MI, wife fight attention disorder

MI and wife, Eniola

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Big name artiste, ‘MI’ Abaga, and his wife, Eniola Mafe, have shared with the public, some of the things they go through in their struggle with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

According to experts, ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders. It is a condition that includes attention difficulty, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. It often begins in childhood and can last till adulthood. It can cause difficulty with social relationships.

The rapper and his wife, who recently appeared on the Aproko Doctor podcast, said one way they had been able to cope with ADHD was through “building the habit of communicating and understanding”.

The couple further disclosed that they had a conversation and came to the realisation that “we were both ADHD.”
Eniola said she had been diagnosed since she was 19, adding that it “affected me when I was in school”.
She explained that her husband had to “always fight through the noise in my head” whenever they were having a conversation.

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Kidney failure: MI launches appeal fund for Eedris Abdulkareem + 10 symptoms of kidney failure

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Popular rapper, MI Abaga, has initiated an appeal fund for his colleague, Eedris Abdulkareem.

He has been diagnosed with kidney failure and will have a transplant later this month.

A member of his family has volunteer a kidney.

Reacting to the development on Wednesday, Abaga tweeted:

“I received the sad news yesterday that Nigerian music Icon @EedrisOriginal.

“Eedris Abdul Kareem has been battling with Kidney failure and needs our help. I will share the information below in the following tweets.. please share and support as you can.

“SAVE EEDRIS ABDUKARIM NOW!!! Our brother has been diagnosed with Kidney Failure and requires surgery URGENTLY!!! We Have A Donor in His Family…. The Hospital has fixed 27th July 2022 for this Emergency Surgery… Eedris Abdulkarim 1003862655 Zenith Bank.”

SYMPTONS OF KIDNEY FAILURE

Decreased urine output, although occasionally urine output remains normal
Fluid retention, causing swelling in your legs, ankles or feet
Shortness of breath
Fatigue
Confusion
Nausea
Weakness
Irregular heartbeat
Chest pain or pressure
Seizures or coma in severe cases

SOURSE: Mayo Clinic

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I shed the old and make way for the new – MI at 40

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As popular rapper, MI Abaga, clocks 40, he is gushing out with promises of better things.

First, he says he will drop an album in 2022.

Very importantly, too, he pledges a new man forging ahead with renewal and with an army of good people around him.

He notes in an Instagram post that announces the milestone: “Anointed. The song is dropping 2022. Cut by me; Captured by life.
“Today I cross a personally joyful milestone: Henceforth, (the adages promise) life will begin. Without knowing it, that was my recent process to arrive here at this moment today. Shedding the old, and making way for the new.

“I’m grateful for the walk here. I look around, locking eyes with all you who have refused to leave, adamant that I am worth the ride. And you are not wrong, but I am worth it because of you. If, for the road ahead, I can count on you… then my friends… let us forge ahead!! Bring it on.. let life begin!!!”

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MI rouses Twitter with #IamIgboToo campaign

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The Nigerian Twitter space is currently saturated with Igbo solidarity, following a pro-South-East campaign launched by rapper MI.

For him, it is a protest against a tweet by President Muhammdu Buhari, in which he made a statement that people interpreted to be a threat to the Igbo race, in the context of the violence the South-East is witnessing and the Nigerian experience of the Civil War.

The tweet now deleted by Twitter read: “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand.”

MI noted: “The narrative that ‘Nigeria hates Igbo people’ is an outdated context that will leave with the old and bitter generation. Today let us stand with our Igbo family and say #IAmIgboToo.

“I can’t imagine being an Igbo citizen and seeing those tweets yesterday. I can’t imagine how it would have made them feel.

“So, I thought it could be beautiful today if we rally round organically on Twitter. Just post videos and messages on our timeline to tell our Igbo brothers and sisters that we are one and that we are Igbo too.”

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We are giving Europe our musical artefacts for the next 100 years – MI

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Star rapper, MI, has lamented that the the legacies of Nigerian musicians are being handed over to European entrepreneurs.

This, he said, were like the artefacts the country was struggling to get fromn Europe again being deliberately handed over to the continent.

According to him, musicians fall for this trap because there is no proper structure at home.

He noted this on Friday during a session tagged ‘The Africa Policy Dialogue Series: Harnessing Africa’s Demographic Dividend for Peace, Security and Productivity through Investments in Youth’.

It was organised by Harvard Kenny School Alumni Association of Nigeria.

The artiste with the real name, Jude Abaga, said that the situation was so contradicting that taxes being paid by Nigerian artistes were going to foreign countries:

“In 2000, there was no music industry and the first people that started had no structure around them and literally even today as we speak, that structure is being built every day and unfortunately, what we find out is that our top artistes, if you take the top 10 Nigerian artistes, majority of their taxes are being paid to foreign countries, majority of their workforce will be people that are outside of the country.

“There are some investments in the music business but the real big investments are coming from outside and those catalogues, gradually, we are selling them off. As Europe is returning some of our artefacts, we are giving them our artefacts for the next 100 years.

“The bulk of my catalogue is now domiciled under some company that is owned by someone else there (abroad). It is almost like the burden to prove that their ideas and capabilities are viable is on the young Nigerians.”

The Nigerian music and film industries have continued to grow, with the latter contributing to the GDP while the first is, however, still floating in terms of structure.