{"id":14936,"date":"2021-09-18T12:28:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/?p=14936"},"modified":"2021-09-18T12:28:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:28:35","slug":"serving-god-is-hard-in-lagos-mi-abaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/serving-god-is-hard-in-lagos-mi-abaga\/","title":{"rendered":"Serving God is hard in Lagos \u2013 MI Abaga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hip hop rap artist, Jude Abaga, popularly known as MI has spoken on the difficulty people encounter as residents of Lagos State.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rapper asserted it is almost impossible to maintain a right standing with God in Nigeria\u2019s largest metropolitan city.<\/p>\n<p>The rap king however did not give details as to why he believes serving God in the megacity is such a herculean task.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/timi-dakolo-tasks-upcoming-musicians-on-creativity-originality\/\">Timi Dakolo tasks upcoming musicians on creativity, originality<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/forbes-ranks-rihanna-as-richest-female-musician\/\">Forbes ranks Rihanna as richest female musician<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/frozen-musical-heads-from-broadway-to-londons-west-end\/\">Frozen Musical Heads From Broadway To London\u2019s West End<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MI went on to make a passionate plea to God seeking His guidance to live righteously amidst it all.<\/p>\n<p>The multiple award-winning music star wrote: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to serve God in Lagos. 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