Florence Ita-Giwa,A former senator, has commended 2face Idibia, Nigeria’s famous Pop singer, for celebrating women with his music and singing love songs .
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ita-Giwa poured encomiums on Idibia at musical concert, tagged “2Face: Fortyfied at 40’’, to mark the singer’s 40th birthday on Sunday.
At Eko hotel venue of the event, Ita-Giwa said that the artiste had respected and uplifted women with his songs. And because of that, Nigerian women of all ages were in love with him.
Cobhams Asuquo, a partially sighted producer and Timi Dakolo, former Nigerian Idol winner also performed another set of 2face's songs which included "holy pass" and "dance floor", Which after that, Timi rounded off with his own song " Iyawo Mi" .
Patoranking , popular artiste , then took the stage for cover of 2Face's "one love" and some Reggae tunes , before finishing with his own song," My woman" , featuring wande coal .
M.I , sound Sultan and bovi, the first two being music stars and the third being a comedian, then "roasted" 2face. Most of the jokes were on themselves with a few on 2face and the rest were praises on the celebrator , which were totally enjoyable.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ita-Giwa poured encomiums on Idibia at musical concert, tagged “2Face: Fortyfied at 40’’, to mark the singer’s 40th birthday on Sunday.
At Eko hotel venue of the event, Ita-Giwa said that the artiste had respected and uplifted women with his songs. And because of that, Nigerian women of all ages were in love with him.
According to my sources, These were her words,
“2Face has shown love and respect towards women in his songs and Nigerian women in their teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s love him.
“2Face has shown love and respect towards women in his songs and Nigerian women in their teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s love him.
“We all love him; I love him for what he has done for women through his songs,’’ Ita-Giwa said before presenting the celebrator with a necklace and a huge cross pendant.
According to reports , with basket mouth, the popular comedian as the host, the concert started at about 10:30pm.
There were performances by Kennis Music’s artiste and Jo-El, 2Face’s lookalike, who was joined on stage by other young artistes — Efa, Rocksteady, AJ and Dammy Krane — to render a medley of some of 2Face’s hits.
Cobhams Asuquo, a partially sighted producer and Timi Dakolo, former Nigerian Idol winner also performed another set of 2face's songs which included "holy pass" and "dance floor", Which after that, Timi rounded off with his own song " Iyawo Mi" .
Patoranking , popular artiste , then took the stage for cover of 2Face's "one love" and some Reggae tunes , before finishing with his own song," My woman" , featuring wande coal .
Gbenga Adeyinka and Yaw, popular comedians, came up for some comic interlude. According to reports, Adeyinka lazily threw a joke about a blender which he wholly lifted from a currently running advert on radio.
M.I , sound Sultan and bovi, the first two being music stars and the third being a comedian, then "roasted" 2face. Most of the jokes were on themselves with a few on 2face and the rest were praises on the celebrator , which were totally enjoyable.
A cover of 2face's, "raindrops" , was performed by sound sultan with spydaman, dancehall rapper and uhuru, a popular female artiste.
Popular comedian, popularly known as A.y, also came up on stage for his set of jokes but before he went up on stage, Darey , Omawumi, Zaina, Gloria Ibru and seyi shay took the stage in turns to sing.
Also A version of the 2Face Peace Award was presented to the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) with Kenny Ogungbe receiving it.
Before the show drew to a close at about 2.10 a.m, There were more performances by Olamide, D’banj, Wande Coal ,9ice, Wizkid,Banky W, M.I., Vector, Burna Boy, and 2Face .
And according to my sources, 2Face, who had been interjecting into various parts of the proceedings from his seat, also used the opportunity to ask D’banj and his former producer, Don Jazzy, to get back together for one more project.
According to reports from NAN, lots of good wishes were also given to 2face by his fellow artistes and other entertainment personalities who wished him well in his new age.
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