#Joshua Inyang

[dustedmagazine]

Rainy Miller x Space Afrika — A Grissaille Wedding (Fixed Abode)

Photo by Timon Benson

As performers, writers and producers Rainy Miller and Space Afrika (Joshua Inyang and Joshua Reid) are key figures in an eclectic Manchester centered electronic, avant-pop scene that includes artists Blackhaine, Iceboy Violet and Richie Culver. Grissaille is a style of painting done exclusively in shades of grey. It can serve as a base upon which color is overpainted and/or as method of imitating (sculptural) relief. Both aspects are present on this collaboration, A Grissaille Wedding where the songs whisper from doorways, alleys, industrial wastelands. Foggy, weakly lit by the reflection of rain splattered streetlamps on oil slicked asphalt. A new version of Northern soul built from grime, dubstep, machines both shiny and decrepit. With Miller’s vocal often autotuned these songs flicker between despair and hope, soliloquys of love, loss and trauma blooming into a cruel world framed by Space Afrika’s impressionist soundscapes, which highlight the vulnerability and quiet defiance of the narrators.

“Summon the Spirit/Demon” opens as an invocation. Miller’s whispers and coos shrouded in a murky Burial like atmosphere as Voice Actor intones invitingly. Miller’s multitracked singing follows, pitched high to emphasize his fragility. “Maybe It’s Time to Lay Down the Arms” features Mica Levi and Miller over a stumbling trip hop beat and lysergic swirls of synth and backing vocals. A lonely plea for inner peace. On “Sweet (I’m Free)” RenzNiro and Iceboy Violet reflect on finding self-acceptance and love amongst damaged lives in ruined towns as Space Afrika’s soundscape slips and churns beneath them. Celestial backing vocals, billowing synth pads, violins and a simple cyclical acoustic guitar riff give the “The Graves at Charleroi” a hymnal intensity as Coby Sey sings of the passage through grief. Richie Culver delivers the spoken word piece “I Believe in God, When Things are Going My Way” against a background of quavering strings and beatless ambience. He plays with the ambiguity of his interlocutor, is it God? A lover? Himself?

“I need rules, false promises/The laws keep me safe/Safe by your side/4th of December, a victim of my own thoughts” feels like a summary of the project’s main theme. Paradox, complexity, hope and despair are ever present. The greyness throws trauma into stark silhouette but splashes of color, hard won knowledge and the will to express the fragility of self can lead to some form of acceptance and allow one to move forward. A Grissaille Wedding forges all this into a hauntingly beautiful set of songs which aren’t afraid to bare teeth as well as wounds.

Andrew Forell

[crimechannels]

By • Olalekan Fagbade BREAKING; Appeal Court delivers judgment in suit seeking to stop Timipre Sylva in Saturday’s Guber Elections An Appeal Court on Friday cleared former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva to participate in the Saturday governorship election. This comes less than 24 hours to conduct Governorship election in Bayelsa The Appellate Court on dismissed the last of the chains of suits seeking exclusion of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate in the gubernatorial poll. Delivering judgment in an appeal instituted against Sylva and two others by Mrs Isikima Johnson,, Justice Binta Zubar held that the suit was not only unjusticeable but brought in bad faith by the appellant against the respondents. The Court agreed with MrJames Ogwu Onoja, SAN, that the allegations of taking of oath of governorship office twice being held against Sylva cannot stand in the face of law because the first one had been invalidated by competent Courts. In the appeal marked CA/ABJ/CV/1052/2023, Justices Zubar also dismissed the allegations against APC that its April 14, 2023 primary election which produced Sylva as flagbearer was done in contravention of provisions of the law. In unanimous judgment, the court agreed with Onoja’s arguments that the overwhelming evidence adduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and APC pointed to the facts that all legal steps were taken in the conduct of the primary election. Onoja had in his brief on behalf of Sylva narrated how APC adopted direct primary as mode of electing the governorship candidate . Also, how a 5-man Electoral Committee on April 14 conducted the election in 106 Wards of the 8 Local Government Areas of Bayelsa. The senior lawyer also also listed how Sylva with 52062 votes came first, while the appellant came fourth with 584 votes behind Joshua Maciver 2078 votes, David Perewomini Lyon 1584 votes, Ongoebi Etebu 1277 votes while Daumiebi Festus Sunday came last with 557 votes. The Appeal Court said with the undisputed evidence coupled with the monitoring report of INEC as a statutory body, the allegations by the Appellant that that Sylva emerged without a primary election has no foundation. “From the uncontroverted independent report of INEC, it was clear beyond any doubt that a valid primary election was conducted by APC and monitored by the electoral umpire as required by law.” Justice Zubar also held that the case of the appellant was statute barred having been instituted outside the 14 days allowed by law as a pre- election matter. In totality, the Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo which on Sept. 26 dismissed the suit for want of merit and substance. The appellant 7had, by an originating summons, dragged APC, INEC and Sylva before the Federal High court, praying for an order to disqualify him from being allowed to participate in the coming November governorship election in Bayelsa State. She had predicated her grouse against Sylvia on two grounds Sylva had been elected into governorship office twice and took the oath of office and oath of allegiance twice. She also claimed that the April 14 primary election that produced Sylva was illegal and unlawful, having been allegedly done in contravention with APC’s guidelines. The High Court however dismissed the suit while the Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal of the suit. ( NAN)

[hardynwa]

Supreme Court nulifies APC from Gombe South senatorial election

The Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja nullified the purported participation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25 Senatorial election in Gombe South Senatorial District of Gombe State. The Apex Court kicked out APC and its purported candidate, Joshua Lidani out of the Senatorial contest on the ground that the party failed to conduct a primary election known to law for the purpose of candidate nomination. Delivering judgment in an appeal brought before it by the APC, the Supreme Court held that the party murdered internal democracy in the ways and manners its primary election for Gombe South Senatorial candidate nomination was conducted. Among others, the APC Primary Election Panel that conducted the primary election allocated the same figure to all the Senatorial aspirants that participated in the purported primary election result sheet. In the same vein, the report of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) monitoring team, read in the open court confirmed that no primary election was conducted at the time the monitoring team left the venue due to the threat to lives but only heard that figures were allocated to all aspirants later. Although the APC made spirited efforts to persuade the Justices, the persuasion was, however, rejected as the Apex Court upheld the concurrent findings of both the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal to the effect that the party did not comply with laws in the conduct of the purported primary election. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice John Inyang Okoro, the Supreme Court scolded APC for turning the head of internal democracy upside down. Justice Okoro said primary election must be conducted in accordance with the laws, regulations and guidelines of political parties. “It is crystal clear that the appellant (APC) did not do well in the instant case and the implication is that the party has no candidate in the last Senatorial election in the Gombe South Senatorial District. “If they won the Senatorial election, too bad for it because it has no lawful candidate and if it lost in the election, the better for it”, the Court held. Justice Okoro subsequently dismissed the appeal by the APC. Read the full article

[wkaseke]

Hybtwibt?

[zef-zef]

chillin' & dreaming away on sunday

Space Afrika - Self from: Space Afrika - Hybtwibt? (2020)

[diaryofamaniac]

Space Afrika - hybtwibt? （2020）

　英国マンチェスターからJoshua ReidとJoshua InyangのデュオSpace Afrika。本作以前のリリースはRhythm & Soundのようなディープな宇宙を思わせる音像をより静謐化したようなサウンドだったが、此処には趣向が更に練られ、静けさの基盤そのままにLuc FerrariのフィールドレコーディングやR&Bの要素などを抽出し、カクテルの様に溶け込ませたミックスアルバム。タイトルは『have you been through what i’ve been through?』「私が経験した事をあなたは経験しましたか？」と尋ねている。続けてライナーには「それはあなたが私に尋ねた事が一度もないからです、それがどのように感じるか」と記してある。人が音を耳にする時、外部に心を差し出していると思う。自分の中には恐らくない。その対象が人であるなら、その人の体験を体験するという事である。だから音は他人事ではない。Space Afrikaは問いかけている。

https://space-afrika.bandcamp.com/album/hybtwibt

[alvincommunitycollege]

ACC Announces Fall 2018 Vice President’s List and Dean's List

Alvin Community College recognized students for making the Fall 2018 Vice President’s and Dean’s Lists during a reception on February 19.

To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must earn at least a 3.75 grade point average for 8 to 11 or more credit hours in a semester. To be eligible for the Vice President’s List, students must earn a 3.6 grade point average in 12 or more credit hours in a semester.

The full Vice President’s List recipients are: Angel Flores Morales, Melissa Aguirre, Muyiwa Adeyemi, Sophia Aguirre, Cole Anderson, Salvador Apud-Martinez, Rosalinda Arredondo, Lilian Avila, Mikhaila Bachynsky, Crystal Bailey, Noah Baker, Anthony Baltodano, Natalie Bardaweel, Samantha Bergman, Michael Blancas, Augustina Boako, Faith Boortz, Sarah Bowman, William Branum, Katharine Bulpitt, Zamar Burgos, Jenise Burns, John Campbell, Gladis Carrizales, Chelsea Catching, Olivia Cates, Sydney Charbula, Camille Chaves, Isabel Chavez, Dalton Christiansen, Esther Christodoss, Karalyn Clark, Katelyn Clark, Brandon Claunch, Maria Colorado-Martin, Kevin Cortes, Magan Cotham, Waylon Coufal, Lorna Craft, Claudia D'Agostino, Sophia Daily, Brooke Darden, Nishan Dasgupta, Justin Davis, Seth Davis, Hanna Angelica De Castro, Alejandro Delapaz, Edgar Delgado, Egla Delrioaguillon, Krystal Deochoa, Raul Diaz, William Duncan, Alyssa Esma, Kegan Fast, Victoria Fernandez, Nedrick Flemister, Monica Flores, Katelyn Flowers, Tiffany Forgy, Jacqueline Foster, Jordan Fowler, Kaitlyn Frazier, Shane Gaddis, Victoria Garza, Danielle Garza, Yenifer Gil, Kellie Glasgow, Crystal Golden, Ashley Gonzales, Bethany Gonzalez, Christopher Gonzalez, Collin Grebel, Allieann Greenwood, Marissa Grimes, Maricia Guevara Tigera, Emily Gutierrez, Caroline Hall, Taylor Hall, Holly Heath, Garrett Heidrich, Jacob Henry, Andrew Higginson, Thomas Hildebrand, Duyen Ho, Haden Holtje, Chase Horsfall, Rebekah Houck, Lauren Huchton, Natalie Hutchison, Katia Ibarra Gonzalez, Humphrey Ihejirikah, Alex Imber, Ardyce Jackson, Grace Jackson, Claytyn Jamison, Samuel Jasek, Zhigang Ji, Mikaela Jasm Joaquin, Dieumaitre Jules, Min Joo Kang, Nanushka Kellogg-Garcia, Denali  Klein, Merlin Kuruvilla, Chiara Lang, Miranda Lebouef, Kurtis Lecompte, Nicholas Lewin, Brittney Logan, Hannah Longoria, Justin Lovell, Clifton Lyles, Hunter Lytle, Wendy Manriquez, Linda Manyida, Aiysha Mariano, Nathaniel Marin-Esteves, Traci Martin, John Martinez, Larissa Martinez, Rachel McCall, Ashley McCool-Myers, Christopher McGlothlin, Mackenna Mcintyre, Joann McLaughlin, Matthew McQueen, Zackary Meade, Serena Mejstedt, Yolanda Mena, Julia Miles, Orlando Miller, Maximo Mireles, Preston Mitcham, Shelby Mitchell, Erica Moeller, Alvaro Monroy, Chandler Montgomery, Kimberley Mooney, Jorge Moreno Pacheco, Erica Moses, Detrick Mosley, Alex Muniz, Melissa Murphy, Jake Nelson, Phuong Nguyen, Luis Nino, Jennifer Nolasco, Gwyneth Obediente, Kennedy Obert, Brandon Oelfke, Ocean Oneil, Chiamaka Onumajuru, Garret Page, Hannah Pepin, Elena Perez, Sara Persons, Chinyere Peter-Inyang, Tamia Peters, Kessiya Philip, Joaquin Phillips, Ciara Pirtle, Paige Platt, Garrett Poston, Haylee Potts, Brandon Presley, Conner Radler, Sreyas Raju, Jose Ramirez, Mariana Razo, Stephen Reese, Kristin Rejack, Marie Resendez, Thuyvan Retzlaff, August Reyes, Hunter Roberts, Hayley Rogers, Caroline Rosario, Rebecca Rubio, Gustavo Ruiz, Ruben Ruiz, Kari Ruiz, Abigail Russell, Alicia Salazar, Gabriela Saldivar, Jena Saucier, Yelonde Saunders, Justin Schissel, Bethany Schlemmer, Jessica Scott, John Sebok, Kaylyn Sellers, Trent Serrato, Kenneth Shook, Sandra Simmons, Alexandria Simons, Cheyenne Slaughter, Paige Smith, Thomas Soliz, Oluwaseun Sonola, Hailey Stoughton, Fnu Suja Thomas, Keerthi Suresh, Celene Sweeney, Isabella Swicegood, Wilaine Tampo, Adam Taylor, Tony Thankachan, Daeja Thomas, Katelyn Thomas, Sabra Thompson, Scottie Thornley, Rebecca Thumann, Elijah Trimm, Frederick Van Zijll, Delores Vanhoose, Jacob Varghese, Tarren Vielma, Mark Villa, Atilano Villanueva, Dante Villarreal, Miranda Voss, Leah Vu, Cambrea Walker, Tierra Walker, Annaka Wiggins, Briana Williams, Daniel Williams, Buddy Wilson, Riley Wohlschlaeger, Caitlin Wollney and Michael Zamora.

 The full Dean’s List recipients are: Jennifer Alfaro, Sergio Andrade, Kingsley Agbontaen, Osasere Aigbovbiosa Ogieva, Anahi Altamirano, Jael  Anorga, Brittany Armstrong, Gilberto Arredondo, Thalia Nicole Rose Aruj, Amber Ashcraft, Cristina Ayres, Brandon Balfour, Yuanyuan Bao, Guadalupe Barba, Najat Bardaweel, Everardo Barrera, Jasmin Benitez, Christopher Bertram, Savon Blanchard, Rennyn Bradford, Elizabeth Bransom, Angela Brown, Rebecca Buckalew, Stephanie Burge, Kayla Caballa, Justin Cameron, Cristal Cano, Girel Castellon, Brittany Cephus, Patricia Champagne, Noah Chicoria, Spencer Cho, Karli Clements, Madalyn Click, Jade  Collins, Jordyn Cooper, Elizabeth  Cornwell, Hannah Crochet, Ramil Dalida, Gina Daugherty, Brenda  Davis, Roel Delgado, Eric Dinwiddie, Thao Do, Kristan Drummond, Devin Elliott, Leslie Elsberry, Kristin Ensmann, Sean Espinola, Jennifer Fakharizadeh, Andrew Ferguson, Olivia Finney, Lauryn Fly, Robyne Foster, Abigail Freeland, Nicolas Garcia, Elijah Garcia, Olivia Garrett, John Garzon-Vasquez, Morgan Gilbert, Vanessa  Godinez, Taylor Goebel, Tracy Gonzales, Mikelcey Green, Anitra Green, Crystal Guerra, Blanca Guerrero, Robert Guest, Ayat Haija, Brianna Hanley, Shelbie Hannah, Justin Harris, Kristen Harris, Alexandria Hedge, Alison Henderson, Kristina Heng, Megan Hinks, Becky Ho, Chelsea Hobbs, Kathryn Hoelter, Danielle Holguin, Hannah Horn, Adam Hundley, Jessica Hurley, James Hutson, Talon Idoux, Andrae Jackson, Kathleen James, Mejesh John, Tasheda Johnson, Mark Jones, Catherine Juliano, Kshiti Kadakia, Akunnaya Kalunta, David Kanada, Jane Kasinga, Nareemon Kasmai, Michaela Kaspar, Meredith Kaspar, Nicole Kelinske, Tyler Keller, Jacklyn Kendall, Dylan Kennemer, Kelly Kite, Rachel Kocurek, Sharon Labauve, Sharline Law, Andrea Laws, Ariana Leatherby, Emily Leon Mendez, Pilar Leyva, Amanda Lindsey, John Loise Linogao, Caleb Lira, Rudy Lopez, Rachel Lovell, Timothy Lundin, Tricia Lute, Edwin Maldonado Barron, Charles Manuel, Kennedy Martin, Julia Martinez, Gregorio Martinez, Erika Martinez, Brooke Massey, Elizabeth Maudlin, Michael McCasland, Carline McReynolds, Shannon McReynolds, Noah Meah, Julia Meah, Taryn Mensch, Helanna Mitchell, Ashley Molina, Romarico Monteagudo, Bianca Montemayor, Emily Morbach, Ashley Morrison, Lillian Nguyen, Khanh Nguyen, Anh Nguyen, Reagan Norwood, Adeline Nzeribe, Timmie Olison, Kip Olson, Mary Olubuogu, Dustin Page, Joshua Palin, Erika Penn, Christopher Perez, Stephen Perez, Kaysie Perkins, Monte Perkins, Haley Perkins, Jeremy Porter, Michael Priddy, Elizabeth Pucci, Tiffany Purl, Tonia Quackenbush, Karolyn Raj, Erica Ramirez, Ashley Ramos, Kelly Ramsey, Brenda Ratliff, Doran Reyes, Erika Riggs, Genesis Rios, Kenton Ritter, Nicholas Robertson, Christina Rodriguez, Rebecca Rodriguez, Valerie Rogers, James Ronk, Emily Rosa, Madelyne Rowe, Yashua Justine Saguin, Braxton Saldana, Roberto Saldana, Citlalli Santos, Clint Saturos, Amanda Schepp, Hannah Scott, Savannah Serrato, Elena Smolina, Stephani Solis, Raven Solomon, Hayley Spicer-Kendall, Analiese Staner, Shelbi Stephens, Leah Stiles, Justin Sunga, Jennifer Tamayo, Placid Tankie, Adeline Terry, Andrenic Tevanian, Jolisha Titus, Samantha Torres, Emily Trammel, Kaitlyn Trant, Madison Troxlar, Emmaculator Ugochukwu, Ashley Vaughn, Kayla Vero, Julie Watson, Samuel Werner, Tessa Williams, Kaysie Wilson, Timothy Wood and Sara Yan.

[thisdaynews]

JUST IN: Fake Assistant Commissioner of Police Nabbed in Akwa Ibom

New Post has been published on https://thebiafrastar.com/just-in-fake-assistant-commissioner-of-police-nabbed-in-akwa-ibom/

JUST IN: Fake Assistant Commissioner of Police Nabbed in Akwa Ibom

Kingsley Udoyen of 3, Stadium Road, Abak, was arrested for impersonating a Senior Police Officer of the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), a position he used to defraud and threaten unsuspecting members of the public.

Authorities of the Akwa Ibom Police Command have paraded one Kingsley Udoyen, for impersonating an Assistant Commissioner of Police.

He was paraded alongside 213 other suspects on Thursday. The suspects have been charged with various offenses ranging from murder to kidnapping, child stealing, defilement and armed robbery. The offences took place in January 2019.

Briefing newsmen on the arrests made so for, Musa Kimo, the state Commissioner of Police, said the impersonator used the position to defraud and threaten unsuspecting members of the public.

According to Kimo, Kingsley Udoyen of 3, Stadium Road, Abak, was arrested on January 2, 2019 for impersonating a Senior Police Officer of the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), a position he has used to defraud and threaten unsuspecting members of the public.

“A search in his house led to the recovery of one English pistol without magazine and ammunition, portraits of the Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), three pairs of uniforms, Police belt, fake Police ID card, and other documents from the suspect,” Kimo added.

Also, a total of 213 suspects were arrested during the period under review; 111 were charged to court. While some are undergoing investigation, those not culpable were released. The command secured 18 convictions. The suspects arrested committed offences ranging from murder, kidnapping, child stealing, defilement, stealing, armed robbery.

The command also arrested some men for defiling minors. Joseph Effiong (aged 29) from Ikono Local Government Area and a security man at Royal City Central Chapel Church, Uyo, was accused of luring lured a four-year-old to an uncompleted building and defiling her on January 13, 2019. Joseph Sunday Essien of Ifa Ikot Obong was accused of defiling his 13-year-old step-daughter. Similarly, on January 13, 2019, one Edet Inyang Edem was arrested for defiling a 10-year-old and abandoning the victim at Use Offot Market Squad in Uyo.

Martins Okon Asuquo and Iboro Edet Etim, a self-confessed cultist of Red Skin Confraternity, was accused of robbing one Josephine Nkweke of Ekpene Ukim village in Uran LGA in her provision store on January 14, 2019, while Odudu Emem Hanson was arrested for robbing one Bright Uffi Okpoyo of No.1 Ebet Aya Street and collecting cash, phones, and other valuables on January 20, 2019.

Eight cultists, namely: Ukeme Etim Udosen, Victor Isaiah Joshua, Kingsley Aniedi Sampson, Ndifreke Bassey Isaac, Samuel Friday Nnana, Idongesit Effiong Asuquo, David Nicodemus Effiong, Daniel Aniedi Nnana, all male, were arrested as suspected members of the Iceland Marine Patrol (IMP). The arrest was made at Udemy plaza, Ekom Iman Junction on January 9, 2019, who attacked and almost murdered one Uduak Willie Bob of Ikot Oku Ikono village in Uyo LGA, among others.

[dustedmagazine]

Space Afrika – Honest Labour (DAIS)

Photo by Chloe Magdelaine Timon Benson

In the modern city we are often more observed than observing, passively surrendering anonymity to CCTV even as we share our secrets and solipsism on social media. Manchester duo Joshua Inyang and Joshua Reid (who is currently quartered in Berlin) play with these tensions and dichotomies on their latest album Honest Labour. Post dubstep ambience that evokes ambivalent, alienated journeys through streets empty but pregnant with possibility and threat are interspersed with vocal cuts that speak of the search for love, connection and reckoning. Burial is an obvious touchstone here and although Space Afrika employs a wider sonic palette, they suffuse Honest Labour with the radical empathy that characterizes tracks like “Come Down To Us.”

We begin in twilight, the echo of passing voices, an electric crackling in the air on almost deserted streets that sets the ambience for the record. On “LV,” cello, guitar and violin emphasize the burden of solitude and longing. “Like Orchids” and “Meet Me At Sachas” follow overheard conversations against police sirens wailing by and growing rambunctiousness indoors — is this the joy of meeting up or is shit about to go down? The vocal tracks are more direct. Manchester choreographer and MC Blackhaine produces a vitriolic anthem to Lost Britain on “B£E” which begins as classic grime but ascends with layered strings that subvert the patriots’ hijack of Elgar.

On “U,” rap collagist kinseylloyd riffs on the image of “99 Red Balloons” over a woozy, spacious beat. “The colors/the balloons/the fluid from my heart/an arrow heading for it/pre-destined to puncture/suspended now in animation/for what could have/did not.” On “Girl Scout Cookie” avant chanteuse bianca scout’s multi-tracked vocals sigh over pizzicato strings only to be interrupted by a bickering couple after which a thick jazz double bass fills out the bottom end. “Honest Labour” closes the album on a stately neo-classical note with strings and piano that speak to dignity and will.

Inyang and Reid create a nocturnal mosaic of eavesdropping. Direct conversation and keen observation give voice to the disenfranchised in isolationist Britain. An Honest Labour.

Andrew Forell

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Joshua Inyang - Future Garage

Tracklist: -

Synkro - Get Down  2562 - Enforcers  Pariah- Orpheus  Synkro - Girl  Marcel Dettmann - Lyrate  Joy Orbison -So derobe  Bok Bok - Say stupid things  Kode9 - You don't wash  Kode9 & the spaceape - Love is the drug