Eric Donaldson was born 11 June, 1947 in Kent Village. He first recorded for Studio One in 1964, although producer Clement Dodd declined to release the material. In the mid-1960s he formed The West Indians with Leslie Burke and Hector Brooks, and they had a hit with the J.J. Johnson-produced “Right On Time” in 1968, going on to record with Lee “Scratch” Perry and subsequently changing their name to the Kilowatts, but without further success.

Donaldson then pursued a solo career, and submitted “Cherry Oh Baby” to the 1971 Jamaican Festival Song Competition, going on to win the competition and giving him a big Jamaican hit single. Donaldson has won the competition six times, in 1971, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1993 and 1997.

“Cherry Oh Baby” has been covered by both The Rolling Stones (on their 1976 album, Black and Blue) and UB40 (on their 1983 album, Labour of Love). The riddim has remained extremely popular – over thirty cover versions have been recorded, including an update by Donaldson himself.

Two of his festival winners (“Sweet Jamaica” (1977) and “Land of My Birth” (1978)) were written by Winston Wallace. In an online poll held in 2013 by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, “Land of My Birth” was voted the most popular winner in the contest’s history.

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Steve Oruruo is suave, urbane and brilliant. As a senior aid to the Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on public communications, he consummately does his job with aplomb and such excellence only a thoroughbred professional is capable of.

Today is his special day. Even when he chose to mark it without celebration, he is however not unmindful of the full import and significance to a hardworking gentleman who has steadily, joyfully, and confidently climbed his ladder of success in good health.

We join his family, friends, and associates to appreciate him today as we say HAPPY BIRTHDAY! to a brother, friend, and associate.

Congratulations!

Foremost construction engineering company in the country, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has won the 2022 award of ‘The Most Reliable Engineering Construction Company’, even as the organisers, Transport Day Newspaper, lauded the company for its consistency in the discharge of its CSR obligations to the country.

At the 9th Nigerian Annual Transport Lecture and Awards, organised by the Transport Day Newspaper, a particularly impressive annual gathering of the nation’s top media executives, journalists, top government functionaries and industry executives, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc was laudably elected by an overwhelming majority as “Nigeria’s Most Reliable Engineering Construction Company”.

Themed, ‘Nigeria’s Transportation for Development: Sectoral Achievements, Prospects and Challenges’, the lecture was delivered by a former federal Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Anthonia Ekpa. The widely experienced former senior civil servant ably canvassed and addressed  contemporary issues in the country’s road construction industry.

According to the organisers of the event, “Julius Berger has been consistent for more than 50 years in delivering on the various projects it has handled and is still handling across the country with matchless quality and contractual as well as engineering reliability.”

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