Recently, Lady Gaga was spotted wearing this bright red, Indian Saree complete with a head veil, oversized nose ring and hand bracelet, she looks ready to belly dance on the nearest table. Looks like Aishwarya Rai has got some stiff competition.
Thursday, 31 July 2014
Vice Chairman of Ado Odo/Ota Local Govt, Ogun State is dead.
The vice-chairman, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government, Ogun State, Mrs Afusat Olufunmi, is dead.
According to findings by our correspondent, she died on Thursday at the age of 43.
Her death, informed sources within the local government said, came two weeks after her mother passed on.
The LG Cairman, Mr. Rotimi Rahmon, described Olufunmi as “easy going and highly dedicated to her duty.”
He said she was ill for over a month and she was already getting better, before the sickness relapsed and she died.
But no one could give any information about the nature of sickness at press time.
The late Olufunmi was buried in her home town, Ado Odo on Thursday by 4pm according to Islamic rites.
She was survived by a daughter and her husband.
President Jonathan to be in Osun State for Omisore's campaign.
President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to be in Osun State for the Peoples Democratic Party’s mega campaign rally in Osogbo for its governorship candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore ahead of the August 9 election in the state.
Jonathan is expected to lead a delegation of PDP stalwarts including Vice-President Namadi Sambo, Senate President, David Mark, and the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu to the state.
Others who are expected to be in the President’s entourage include the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the party, Chief Tony Anenih, Chairman, Mobilisation Committee of the party in the South West, Prince Kasamu Buruji, and Governor-elect of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose other prominent leaders of the party in the country.
While addressing a press conference in Osogbo, on Thursday, the Publicity Secretary of Osun PDP, Mr. Bola Ajao, said the essence of the President’s visit was to promote the candidacy of Omisore.
Ajao who noted that all necessary arrangements, including security, had been made by the party for Jonathan’s visit.
He however warned members of the All Progressives Congress to steer clear the Osogbo City Stadium, which is the venue of the rally. He also warned APC members against performing the ritual of sweeping the venue after the rally.
He said, “It is common with APC members to sweep the venue of the PDP rally whenever the President visits any state, but I want to warn them not to try it this time around. They should keep all their dirty brooms in their homes.”
Ajao maintained that the President’s visit to the state would further boast the chances of Omisore and the PDP in the forthcoming election.
He said security operatives had already been deployed to the state in preparation for the President’s visit, saying, “It is normal that security operatives are deployed ahead of time to any state where the President wants to visit.”
The PDP spokesperson said the President will pay a courtesy visit to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, at his palace on his arrival.
Unknown gunmen killed a Police Officer in Benue State
Bawa Ekoja, a police sergent has been confirmed dead by the Benue State Police command.
The Command says Ekoja was killed by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Thursday.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ezeala, who confirmed the killing in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi, said the assailants shot Mr. Ekoja, a sergeant, several times in the back while he was on his bicycle home after closing from night duty at the police headquarters.
Mr. Ezeala, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said the assailants escaped in an ash-colored Toyota Camry car after killing the officer. He said the killing was currently being investigated, advising residents to cooperate with the police in order to track down the assailants.
DailyPost observed that security in Makurdi town has been tightened.
DailyPost observed that security in Makurdi town has been tightened.
8 things to consider before plunging into the friends with benefit zone
Looking at the way people get into this friends with benefits zone without considering the repercussions that could come after it.
I deem it appropriate to talk about this and share what I read on Elitedaily with us.
Read it below:
So what’s the catch when you take on a f*ck buddy?
The Basics Your pseudo-relationship will revolve around sex. The topics of your communication will be predominantly when to hook up, what position is preferred and which toys or roles to try. Therefore, you cannot expect your “playmate” to start asking you what your favorite color is, what your hopes and dreams are or how many kids you want to have, nor should you ask these questions. Your relationship is merely an agreement between two people to have sex with no strings attached and no feelings involved. Asking or expecting more than sex is a violation of your agreement. It is and always will be just about sex. So now, whether you’ve never been in a strictly-sex relationship before or you’re considering the idea, here’s what you need to know about the physical, psychological, social and emotional risks and consequences of taking part in no-strings nookie:
1. Developing feelings This is the most common risk of being in a f*ck buddy setup. The reason is mainly because you’re likely hooking up with someone you’re incredibly attracted to. Physical attraction, after all, is one of the main factors in considering someone for a romantic relationship.
2. Losing self-respect and self-esteem The only reasons accepted by the norm for having intercourse are a) to express love to your partner, and b) to build a family. Take those out of the equation and you may find yourself having a hard time justifying why you’re having a strictly-sex relationship. It also doesn’t help that there is a double standard against women hooking up, so you resort to either confiding in only your closest non-judgmental friends about the relationship, or not telling anyone else about it at all.
3. Losing respect for your partner You know that your partner is willing to hook up without asking for anything in return, and this puts him or her in a different light when compared to other people you’ve been with. Without being able to confide in, share meaningful conversations and doing personal activities apart from sex with your partner, your relationship lacks depth and significance.
4. Contracting an STD Before you get into any friends-with-benefits relationship, you should ask your partner and make sure he or she does not have any STDs before you engage in any acts. Also remember to always wear protection whenever you do the deed. Still, since you are not in a committed relationship with this person, you cannot demand and ensure that he or she does not have sex with anyone else, let alone be 100 percent assured your FWB stays cooties-free whenever he or she does.
5. Misplaced jealousy Whether you have developed feelings for your partner or you just simply do not want to share your sex toy, you might find yourself feeling jealous of other people your partner gets close with. This is difficult because you can’t voice your jealousy or ask your partner to stop seeing other people.
6. Pregnancy If protection fails (hoping that you do use protection), you might find yourself in this very challenging and unwanted position. You would have to make decisions on a major responsibility with someone you do not have a meaningful relationship with (yikes!).
7. Lowered expectations on your other relationships As you put in more time into your casual relationship, you’ll become accustomed to shallow connections. There will be no holding hands, no terms of endearment and no discussing feelings or personal details. The more time you put in not doing these things, the more this behavior becomes normal to you. This eventually will carry over to your other relationships without you even realizing it.
8. Compromising your career and social life A successful career and social standing rely heavily on one very vulnerable thing: reputation. Reputation is based mainly on morals, or whatever behavior is deemed acceptable by the norm. Once people find out that you take part in casual relationship(s), you may jeopardize your reputation and all the merit and social credibility that you’ve worked hard on building. More importantly, it helps to make sure your true desires are being considered. Are you really in it just for sex, or are you hoping to get more out of it? In no-strings-attached relationships, the fewer expectations you have, the less risks and consequences there may be.
A special Tribute to Professor Wole Soyinka at 80 by Kayode Fayemi.
A special Tribute to Professor Wole Soyinka at 80 by Kayode Fayemi.
Read it below.
I must start by commending my brother governor and friend, His Excellency Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi for putting this befitting banquet together in honour of one of the greatest men alive today.
I must confess that giving a tribute in honour of Prof. Wole Soyinka is a daunting task. Obviously, he is acclaimed as the first African Nobel laureate for literature – which is no mean achievement – but such is the vast expanse of his footprints in the sands of time, that to harp only on his stellar literary accomplishments is to risk being accused of simple-mindedness or courting the danger of a single story in the words of another rising star in the literary world, our very own Chimamanda.
The truth is that the celebrant defies easy categorisation. He is an academic who shunned the cloistered life of the ivory tower in favour of a lifelong radical engagement with the forces of retrogression in our society.
He is a cultural activist who once cautioned against the dangers of reverse racism and inverted bigotry inherent in the negritude movement. He is a radical activist who was comfortable wielding the bullhorn behind barricades but also did not shrink back from the opportunity to wield public office for a good cause hence his pioneer leadership of the Federal Road Safety Commission.
He is a pacifist who suffered imprisonment during the civil war for trying to broker peace between the federal authorities and the secessionist forces but who during the darkest days of military dictatorship was willing to use every means necessary to dislodge the totalitarian tyranny of the day.
He is a patriot who abhors nationalistic jingoism or bigotry and prejudice of any kind and locates himself in the universal congregation of humanity as a humanist. As a writer, Soyinka speaks to society through his art but also sees society itself as a canvas for his quest for a more humane and habitable world.
Such is the sheer breadth of his life’s voyage and the weight of his presence at various critical moments of our nation’s history. Despite his prime place in the illustrious pantheon of writers globally, Soyinka steadfastly repudiates the limited stereotypical role of the aloof intellectual who is permanently stationed at the margins of society and offers the occasional platitude. On the contrary, he has long thrown himself headlong into a passionate and intense engagement with our society’s travails.
To those who deny and despise human complexity, Soyinka is frustrating because he cannot be easily or simply classified. To ideological purists, he is a heretic of sorts because he abhors the intolerance and extremism latent in rigid adherence to ideological nostrums. Perhaps, it is altogether safer to describe Soyinka as a man who goes where his conscience leads him.
He is at once a playwright, poet, polemicist, prophet, protester and political activist. He is a wandering spirit whose moorings are to be found in the liberal humanist tradition, a shape shifter whose substance is his conscience. Soyinka is like that proverbial elephant who is perceived differently by different observers each grappling with various dimensions of his persona.
On a personal note, I was born about the time referred to by Soyinka as the penkelemes years (Soyinka, Ibadan: A memoir 1946-1965, 1994); a child of Western Nigeria during the region’s years of turmoil and turbulence in the sixties. At the time Soyinka was a folkloric figure whose public persona was a marked departure from the key actors of that time. The years of the peculiar mess of cynical politics that was totally devoid of any pretence to public service or personal integrity.
Much later as a student activist in the 1980s, we in the student’s movement saw him as an elder statesman in the community of conscience – one of the few elder activists that we could count on to be on the right side of the struggle.
Years later, a combination of fate and the vicissitudes of our country’s troubles would cross our paths in the pro-democracy movement of the 1990s. In those difficult days in exile, I was privileged to have him as a mentor and as a comrade-in-arms with whom the younger activists fought shoulder to shoulder. Or perhaps I should say that we stood on the broad shoulders of this giant.
Despite his international profile, Soyinka never restricted his activism in exile to chanceries and sanctums of power. He was very much in the trenches with us, an influence by example, involved in the organization of different initiatives such as Radio Kudirat and the National Liberation Council of Nigeria which articulated a more uncompromising and militant opposition to military tyranny. In the process, he dared the crosshairs of the dictator’s death squads but not once was he anything other than an unwavering presence, a fiercely immovable rock of patriotic opposition to the evil that had befallen our land and a towering and encouraging moral presence in our midst.
Naturally, such an engaged life earns one both admirers and adversaries. Soyinka has made his fair share of both. But no one can accuse Soyinka of desertion, of not being involved or of going missing at critical times.
A man with so rich a life’s experience is entitled to take a break or to go on terminal leave from the patriotic work of troubling a complacent elite and stirring society to its calling. He has, after all, paid his dues. He has lost friends and comrades, some cruelly snatched from him by the forces of violence, and others that have slipped quietly into the winter of existence. Soyinka has rightly had to slow down not just or even mostly because of the limitations imposed by age, but because he is, to use an infamous phrase, “stepping aside,” to enable the younger generation to take centre stage.
Even so, this is no permanent retirement for him. Soyinka still lectures, instructing the national mind. He still graces the barricades, still invigorates the ranks of the present day comrades in progressive struggles with the sheer moral potency of his presence.
On a night like this, it would be negligent on my part to fail to acknowledge that our country is going through very difficult times. We are facing arguably the deadliest existential threat that we have encountered since the civil war. The plague of terrorism has come upon our shores like the grim reaper leaving death and destruction in its wake as a now daily normalcy. It is worth noting that Soyinka has long alerted us to the perils of extremism and intolerance. For several decades, he has drawn attention to what he calls “the credo of being and nothingness”; to the shift in the tenor of public discourse from the conventional dialectic of “I am right and you are wrong” to the anarchic “I am right and you are dead” paradigm. The current virulent manifestation of nihilism and fascism in the garments of religion are a terrible fulfillment of Soyinka’s prophetic admonitions that have been little heeded. They are also a testament to his foresight.
Let me conclude by citing some of Soyinka’s own words. During the civil war, the federal regime had a slogan: “To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done.
” Soyinka revised and offered a more instructive assertion – “To keep Nigeria one, justice must be done.” This statement sums up Soyinka’s earthly adventure which according to him is the first condition of humanity. It is a quest for justice that he leaves us as a legacy. Years ago, in 1984 to be precise, Soyinka authored one of the most incisive critiques of contemporary Nigeria entitled “The Wasted Generation” in which he essentially indicted his generation for not having resolved the crisis of our nationhood. As we commemorate the eightieth year of this illustrious son of Africa, this gift to the world from our shores, I would like to say that the celebrant has lived a rich, full and inspirationally purposeful life. There has been nothing wasted about him at all even as our country remains an open sore of the continent.
I join all men and women of good conscience the world over, to celebrate my mentor and I dare say friend, but more aptly, a father figure in whom I find the safety of good counsel at critical points in my own mortal journey.
Happy Birthday Kongi.
Read it below.
I must start by commending my brother governor and friend, His Excellency Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi for putting this befitting banquet together in honour of one of the greatest men alive today.
I must confess that giving a tribute in honour of Prof. Wole Soyinka is a daunting task. Obviously, he is acclaimed as the first African Nobel laureate for literature – which is no mean achievement – but such is the vast expanse of his footprints in the sands of time, that to harp only on his stellar literary accomplishments is to risk being accused of simple-mindedness or courting the danger of a single story in the words of another rising star in the literary world, our very own Chimamanda.
The truth is that the celebrant defies easy categorisation. He is an academic who shunned the cloistered life of the ivory tower in favour of a lifelong radical engagement with the forces of retrogression in our society.
He is a cultural activist who once cautioned against the dangers of reverse racism and inverted bigotry inherent in the negritude movement. He is a radical activist who was comfortable wielding the bullhorn behind barricades but also did not shrink back from the opportunity to wield public office for a good cause hence his pioneer leadership of the Federal Road Safety Commission.
He is a pacifist who suffered imprisonment during the civil war for trying to broker peace between the federal authorities and the secessionist forces but who during the darkest days of military dictatorship was willing to use every means necessary to dislodge the totalitarian tyranny of the day.
He is a patriot who abhors nationalistic jingoism or bigotry and prejudice of any kind and locates himself in the universal congregation of humanity as a humanist. As a writer, Soyinka speaks to society through his art but also sees society itself as a canvas for his quest for a more humane and habitable world.
Such is the sheer breadth of his life’s voyage and the weight of his presence at various critical moments of our nation’s history. Despite his prime place in the illustrious pantheon of writers globally, Soyinka steadfastly repudiates the limited stereotypical role of the aloof intellectual who is permanently stationed at the margins of society and offers the occasional platitude. On the contrary, he has long thrown himself headlong into a passionate and intense engagement with our society’s travails.
To those who deny and despise human complexity, Soyinka is frustrating because he cannot be easily or simply classified. To ideological purists, he is a heretic of sorts because he abhors the intolerance and extremism latent in rigid adherence to ideological nostrums. Perhaps, it is altogether safer to describe Soyinka as a man who goes where his conscience leads him.
He is at once a playwright, poet, polemicist, prophet, protester and political activist. He is a wandering spirit whose moorings are to be found in the liberal humanist tradition, a shape shifter whose substance is his conscience. Soyinka is like that proverbial elephant who is perceived differently by different observers each grappling with various dimensions of his persona.
On a personal note, I was born about the time referred to by Soyinka as the penkelemes years (Soyinka, Ibadan: A memoir 1946-1965, 1994); a child of Western Nigeria during the region’s years of turmoil and turbulence in the sixties. At the time Soyinka was a folkloric figure whose public persona was a marked departure from the key actors of that time. The years of the peculiar mess of cynical politics that was totally devoid of any pretence to public service or personal integrity.
Much later as a student activist in the 1980s, we in the student’s movement saw him as an elder statesman in the community of conscience – one of the few elder activists that we could count on to be on the right side of the struggle.
Years later, a combination of fate and the vicissitudes of our country’s troubles would cross our paths in the pro-democracy movement of the 1990s. In those difficult days in exile, I was privileged to have him as a mentor and as a comrade-in-arms with whom the younger activists fought shoulder to shoulder. Or perhaps I should say that we stood on the broad shoulders of this giant.
Despite his international profile, Soyinka never restricted his activism in exile to chanceries and sanctums of power. He was very much in the trenches with us, an influence by example, involved in the organization of different initiatives such as Radio Kudirat and the National Liberation Council of Nigeria which articulated a more uncompromising and militant opposition to military tyranny. In the process, he dared the crosshairs of the dictator’s death squads but not once was he anything other than an unwavering presence, a fiercely immovable rock of patriotic opposition to the evil that had befallen our land and a towering and encouraging moral presence in our midst.
Naturally, such an engaged life earns one both admirers and adversaries. Soyinka has made his fair share of both. But no one can accuse Soyinka of desertion, of not being involved or of going missing at critical times.
A man with so rich a life’s experience is entitled to take a break or to go on terminal leave from the patriotic work of troubling a complacent elite and stirring society to its calling. He has, after all, paid his dues. He has lost friends and comrades, some cruelly snatched from him by the forces of violence, and others that have slipped quietly into the winter of existence. Soyinka has rightly had to slow down not just or even mostly because of the limitations imposed by age, but because he is, to use an infamous phrase, “stepping aside,” to enable the younger generation to take centre stage.
Even so, this is no permanent retirement for him. Soyinka still lectures, instructing the national mind. He still graces the barricades, still invigorates the ranks of the present day comrades in progressive struggles with the sheer moral potency of his presence.
On a night like this, it would be negligent on my part to fail to acknowledge that our country is going through very difficult times. We are facing arguably the deadliest existential threat that we have encountered since the civil war. The plague of terrorism has come upon our shores like the grim reaper leaving death and destruction in its wake as a now daily normalcy. It is worth noting that Soyinka has long alerted us to the perils of extremism and intolerance. For several decades, he has drawn attention to what he calls “the credo of being and nothingness”; to the shift in the tenor of public discourse from the conventional dialectic of “I am right and you are wrong” to the anarchic “I am right and you are dead” paradigm. The current virulent manifestation of nihilism and fascism in the garments of religion are a terrible fulfillment of Soyinka’s prophetic admonitions that have been little heeded. They are also a testament to his foresight.
Let me conclude by citing some of Soyinka’s own words. During the civil war, the federal regime had a slogan: “To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done.
” Soyinka revised and offered a more instructive assertion – “To keep Nigeria one, justice must be done.” This statement sums up Soyinka’s earthly adventure which according to him is the first condition of humanity. It is a quest for justice that he leaves us as a legacy. Years ago, in 1984 to be precise, Soyinka authored one of the most incisive critiques of contemporary Nigeria entitled “The Wasted Generation” in which he essentially indicted his generation for not having resolved the crisis of our nationhood. As we commemorate the eightieth year of this illustrious son of Africa, this gift to the world from our shores, I would like to say that the celebrant has lived a rich, full and inspirationally purposeful life. There has been nothing wasted about him at all even as our country remains an open sore of the continent.
I join all men and women of good conscience the world over, to celebrate my mentor and I dare say friend, but more aptly, a father figure in whom I find the safety of good counsel at critical points in my own mortal journey.
Happy Birthday Kongi.
Nigeria airports to start screening for Ebola Virus
Nigeria’s civil aviation authority (NCAA) said today it had started temperature screening passengers arriving from places at risk from Ebola and had suspended pan-African airline Asky for bringing the first case to Lagos.
Ebola has been blamed for 729 deaths in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization.
One died in Lagos, a crowded city of 21 million people with some of Africa’s worst sanitation and health care. “Screening and monitoring is being done at all major international airports.
It entails checking passengers’ temperatures with a hand-held machine,” NCAA spokesman Sam Adurogboye said, adding this meant for any journey that passed through Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone.
A compulsory blood test would follow if the passenger’s temperature gave cause for concern, he said. International airlines association IATA said the WHO was not recommending any travel restrictions or border closures due to the outbreak, and says there would be a low risk to other passengers if an Ebola patient flew.
Patrick Sawyer, a consultant for Liberia’s Finance Ministry in his 40s, collapsed on arrival at Lagos airport on July 20 on an Asky flight. He was put in isolation at the First Consultants Hospital in Obalende, one of the most crowded parts of the city, but died early on July 25.
“We have suspended Asky until they are able to show us what measures they have put in place for passengers to ensure they do not bring Ebola,” Adurogboye said. He said the largest Airline Arik Air was being told to maintain its self-imposed suspension of all flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone for the time being.
Authorities were monitoring 59 people who were in contact with Sawyer, including airport contacts, and are seeking to make contact with all passengers that were on his flight.
The latest outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever began in the forests of remote eastern Guinea in February. It starts with headaches and fever, and final stage symptoms include external and internal bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea.
Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine epicenters of Ebola on Thursday.
Suspected boko-haram members arrested in Katsina.
The Coordinator of National Information Centre, Mr Mike Omeri says three suspected boko-haram members have been arrested in Katsina State.
The 3 suspects include a boy and 2 young girls, one aged 18 and the other 10.
The “10-year-old girl was discovered to have been strapped with an explosive belt,” he said.
The 3 suspects include a boy and 2 young girls, one aged 18 and the other 10.
The “10-year-old girl was discovered to have been strapped with an explosive belt,” he said.
Site of MH17 plane crash discovered by experts
International experts have reached the site of the flight MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine after the government halted military operations for a day.
A convoy of Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe monitors arrived along with four Australian and Dutch police experts.
Fighting between government and rebel forces had prevented them getting there for nearly a week.
Russian aviation experts are also in Ukraine, hoping to visit the site.
The Malaysia Airlines plane crashed on July 17 in eastern Ukraine, with the deaths of all 298 people on board.
The rebels deny that they shot it down with a missile by mistake.
Officials in Russia, which has been accused by the US and others of supplying the rebels with advanced weaponry, suggest that Ukraine’s own armed forces downed the jet – a charge rejected by Kiev.
A team of 68 Malaysian police has arrived in Kiev to help with the investigation, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on a visit to the Netherlands to meet his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte. The Netherlands lost 193 of its citizens in the crash while Malaysia lost 43.
Russia has come under increased pressure to end its support for the rebels despite having continually denied claims that it is arming and training them.
A new round of EU sanctions was revealed on Thursday following similar action by the US. Billionaire tycoon Arkady Rotenberg, a former judo sparring partner of President Vladimir Putin, is among those affected by EU travel bans and asset freezes
An AP news agency journalist at the scene said the area appeared to be still under the control of rebel fighters.
The police and forensic investigators from the Netherlands and Australia are expected to initially focus their efforts on retrieving bodies still missing and collecting victims’ belongings.
Australia lost 27 of its citizens in the crash.
A Russian delegation led by Oleg Storchevoy, deputy head of Russia’s federal air transport agency Rosaviatsia, arrived in Kiev earlier.
“Russian experts intend to meet the head of the investigative commission… and hand over all the materials that the chairman of the commission had previously asked for,” Rosaviatsia said in a statement.
“Today, the Russian representatives will also try to reach the crash area of the Boeing 777 and together with specialists from the international investigative commission examine the state of parts of the aircraft at the site.”
There was no comment on the Russians’ involvement from Ukrainian and Dutch officials approached by AP.
The press service for Ukraine’s “anti-terrorist operation” said troops would refrain from combat operations in the Donetsk region, except in self-defence, in order to allow investigators to do their work on Thursday.
Well over 1,000 civilians and combatants have been killed since the new Ukrainian government sent troops into east Ukraine in mid-April to quell the insurgency.
The rebels have been forced back towards their strongholds in the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, which have come under heavy bombardment.
Source - PunchNG
MTV Base hosts 2face Idibia
Yesterday, MTV Base hosted 2Face Idibia as he launched his sixth studio album – “The Ascension” at Spice Route, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The event was in conjunction with Industry Nite and loads of celebrities were in attendance.
The event was hosted by Stephanie Coker and Olisa Adibua
Timaya, Oritsefemi, Julius Agwu, and Dammy Krane performed at the event.
2Face also performed two songs from the album with a live band.
Guests spotted at the event include, Ehiz, Wande Coal, Awilo Longomba, Gbenro Ajibade, DJ Spinall, Vina and Dr Sid.
Check out more pictures from the event.
WHO YOU ARE!!!
Who you are !
You re beautiful ,smart,funny,kind,unique.You re worthy of love and affection, you re never too much and you re always enough. You re precious , you re a diamond , a rose, a pearl , you re the most stunning of all God's creations.
You re worth more than you can ever imagine . Worth more than the numbers on the scale , the hair products you use or the shoes u wear. More than how many girls wants to be like you or how many guys wish they had you. Your worth surpasses all earthly things , because in the eyes of The Lord God, you are loved and worth dieing for regardless of who you think you are.
Whether you re a model in a magazine,or model poetry with grandma,whether u on d hotlist or the notlist , or a high school dropout , whether you are miss popular or never had anyone you could call a friend, whether you re such a winner ,or you think u lost,
The reality is that u deserve someone who will give up their life for you because you are powerful, strong and capable .
Read about the women in the bible Esther,Ruth ,Martha , Mary .. These women changed the world forever . And inside each and everyone of you is a woman with that same world changing capability.And your responsibility is to find that woman and set her FREE.
This is WHO YOU ARE...and any negative voice telling you otherwise , let them know you are a daughter of Zion, not me satan, I am the daughter of a Living God. Cherished, loved ,and adored above all things , by the creator of all things , for the Glory of him who is Greater than all things .
I AM AWESOME and please don't forget this❤️❤️
#tarmarawobotu #model #womansworth #loveandbeloved #blessed
From: TARMAR AWOBOTU
You re beautiful ,smart,funny,kind,unique.You re worthy of love and affection, you re never too much and you re always enough. You re precious , you re a diamond , a rose, a pearl , you re the most stunning of all God's creations.
You re worth more than you can ever imagine . Worth more than the numbers on the scale , the hair products you use or the shoes u wear. More than how many girls wants to be like you or how many guys wish they had you. Your worth surpasses all earthly things , because in the eyes of The Lord God, you are loved and worth dieing for regardless of who you think you are.
Whether you re a model in a magazine,or model poetry with grandma,whether u on d hotlist or the notlist , or a high school dropout , whether you are miss popular or never had anyone you could call a friend, whether you re such a winner ,or you think u lost,
The reality is that u deserve someone who will give up their life for you because you are powerful, strong and capable .
Read about the women in the bible Esther,Ruth ,Martha , Mary .. These women changed the world forever . And inside each and everyone of you is a woman with that same world changing capability.And your responsibility is to find that woman and set her FREE.
This is WHO YOU ARE...and any negative voice telling you otherwise , let them know you are a daughter of Zion, not me satan, I am the daughter of a Living God. Cherished, loved ,and adored above all things , by the creator of all things , for the Glory of him who is Greater than all things .
I AM AWESOME and please don't forget this❤️❤️
#tarmarawobotu #model #womansworth #loveandbeloved #blessed
From: TARMAR AWOBOTU
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Nigerians condemns El-Rufai despite his son death
Instead of sympathizing with former minister, Nasir El Rufai over the loss of one of his sons, who died in a car crash in the early hours of Tuesday, some Nigerians have taken to his facebook page to condemn and mock him.
The former minister, known for always antagonizing the federal government, broke the sad news in a statement posted on his Facebook page, saying “From Allah, we came and to Him we shall return. Please join our family in praying for the repose of the soul of my son, Hamza El-Rufai who died this morning in a motor accident in Abuja”.
Of the 30, 197 comments that the facebook post generated, about seventy percent of them were harsh and condemning.
Commenting on the post, some followers condemned El Rufai for posting such a message on facebook rather than mourning his son.
Some others mocked him and sarcastically queried him for not blaming President Goodluck Jonathan for the accident.
One Miss Ezenma wrote “Are you serious? You have the mind to come online to “post” after losing your son this very morning in an accident when you should be mourning and be inconsolable”.
Another one commented on the page saying “This man has lost it, your son died this morning and he’s on the internet again, waiting for him to accuse GEJ of being responsible as usual. RIP young Hamza, May your soul RIP”.
Still criticizing the minister, a facebook follower George said “RIP. Sentiments aside, it’s high time you slow down on how you attack national issues. I used to be his fan but he decided to rubbish his hard earned reputation for the sake of politics. When a man, rather than spend his life meaningfully, engages in silly tweeting all over the place, these are the kind of reminders he gets to tell him to wake up. I pity his kids dying one by one with no fatherly spiritual protection. I guess he has them so many their death doesn’t take him away from the internet. Do forgive my frankness”.
Several other Nigerians, however, sent in their condolence messages and prayed for the dead boy’s soul.
One Sammy Francis wrote “I can’t believe some people are rejoicing over the death of a human. Let me believe you didn’t read properly before commenting but he didn’t say he lost his dog or chicken. Even the whites cry for their dogs! The GEJ you are fighting for wrongly, will visit or call El-Rufai and do the necessary things, but you will be here fighting ignorantly. I smell wizards in the church and witches in christendom because the Bible never taught us to rejoice over the death of a man, only witchcraft or wizandry can do this. if God says Jonathan will rule in 2015 then so be it. So why start fighting a fight that is anti-christ? To you sir El-Rufai, the God of your belief will strengthen you. God knows best”.
Another follower, Saliu Kolawole said “How recklessly thoughtless some Nigerians can get! You coldly mocked a fellow human being over a worst calamity that can befall any parent. You people are no better than those beasts in Sambisa Forest. Anyway, as we Yoruba say, you see another’s misfortune now but you don’t know what fate has in stock for you tomorrow. And from experience, nothing anyone says can soften these stone hearted beasts. Nasir has done the best thing through his instant acknowledgement of God’s ownership of all souls and His sole right to claim them. May God give him the fortitude to bear this great loss. May God also make paradise the eternal abode for the departed. Amen”.
Until his death, Hamza was a student of Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai and was billed to graduate in 2015.
Another bomb blast in Kano triggered by female suicide bomber.
A female suicide bomber blew herself up at Aminu Kano College of Islamic Studies, Kano State.
According to reports from Leadership, the explosion occurred at 2.45pm this afternoon. The number of casualties could not be ascertained as at the time of this report.
According to reports from Leadership, the explosion occurred at 2.45pm this afternoon. The number of casualties could not be ascertained as at the time of this report.
The female bomber blew herself up as students queued to check their names on a new admission list, they reported.
This is the fifth attack in Kano since Sunday, at least three of which have been carried out by female bombers.
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has been widely blamed for the attacks.
It has waged an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009, and appears to have adopted a new tactic by increasingly using female suicide bombers, correspondents say.
The bomber was hidden in the crowd, a witness, Isyaku Adamu, told the AFP news agency.
"It was a huge crowd and people were jostling to go through the lists," Mr Adamu is quoted as saying.
Ogun State Lawmakers make moves to impeach Ibikunle Amosun
Ogun State law makers commence moves to impeach The Governor, Ibikunle Amosun.The lawmakers are said to have compiled a list of 14-point constitutional breach by the Governor which they intend to present before the plenary as soon as they perfect the plot.
1. Reckless borrowing from banks at commercial interest loan rates, and in breach of constitutional provisions. The House accuses the governor of brazenly sidelining it while committing the state to huge debt in his contract awards.
2. Exposing the state to huge debt without a functional Debt Management Office as stipulated by law.
3. Demolition of houses and business premises without adequate compensation, and where compensations were allegedly paid, such transactions have been shrouded in secrecy and questionable circumstances.
4. Illegal deductions from local government allocations in breach of constitutional provisions on the financial autonomy of the local government to administrations.
5. Misapplication of the Excess crude monies accruable to the state since 2011.
6. Illegal purchase of arms through independent arms dealers; a deal which has brought Ogun State into disrepute and shamefully place the state on the International Terror Watch list.
7. Over invoicing of contracts over arms purchase and road constructions.
8. Swindling the unsuspecting citizens of Ogun State through the Home Owners charter without the necessary House of Assembly edict. Monies were illegally collected from the citizens without any legal backing.
9. Extra budgetary expenditure.
10. Deliberate withholding of the House of Assembly running costs as a punitive measure; selective application and implementation of Appropriation laws. Zero implementation of capital votes approved in the budget.
11. Awards of contracts in breach of the constitutional provisions and the Public Procurement Laws.
12. Waste of public funds on multiple awards of contracts: Ogun State money was expended on the planting of flowers under the urban renewal projects since 2011 but the flowers refused to grow. Bus- stops that were constructed with tax payers’ money were demolished less than six months later. The bridge constructed at Leme on Abiola Way was also demolished less than a year after.
13. Reckless government expenditure on the construction of pedestrian bridge at an outrageous cost of two hundred and sixty million naira (N260m) which has fallen into disuse as soon as it was constructed.
14. Selective distribution of developmental projects with brazen neglects of several parts of the state. It was gathered that the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Suraj Adekunbi and his Deputy, Hon. Tola Banjo have been identified as the possible clog in the plot and the lawmakers might have concluded to begin the process with a change of guard in the leadership of the House of Assembly.
Ruth Abidoye's thought of the day.
The #1 ingredient of achievment is Burning desire.
Napoleon Hill said:
"Burning desire is the starting point of all achievement."
Even though Persistence, Believe, and hard work are inevitable for self improvement and success.
But here's the problem - the questions nobody dares to ask.
What if your desire isn't a burning one? Can you make it one? And
what if you don't have burning desire in the first place? Can you
cultivate one? How? And how can you grow and sustain that burning
desire?
All the rest of the self improvement stuff is useless without burning desire right?
Get burning desire right though and the rest will follow like dominoes.
But burning desire is a tricky thing because for most of us, it just
happened and we can't really pinpoint how we got it.
Over time, that desire can die down and now you're kind of stuck in
this in-between place.
There's nothing really going on.
Routine, malaise, and stagnation starts to set in.
And the longer you're there, the more you sink until you feel it's almost
impossible to climb out because you need such a huge amount of energy
to get out.
You feel like you lost your hunger for life, your spark, seemingly your
life force and it can feel like the worst thing because you know nothing
will change without it.
No desire -> no action -> no results -> no change - so you're stuck in
this proverbial hell of suspension.
An open letter to Nicki Minaj.
Dear Nicki Minaj, I own AllHipHop.com.
AllHipHop has been historically uber supportive of the rapper Nicki Minaj. That’s YOU, homie!
When I say historically, we can take it all the way back to when you had to stand in line to get into parties or those grimy underground videos you once pumped out on the streets. You know, that period of time before Lil Wayne and Young Money. Along the way, something changed. This isn’t the change everybody wants to talk about though.
No hate there. AllHipHop had published an old image for some reason or another some years ago.
You remember the one of you licking a lollipop and evoking the now-classic image of Lil Kim in all of her crotchiness? Of course you remember your version of that image, because you asked us to take it down through a member of the team. The team member let us know that Nicki is no longer on that and is doing a lot to promote a new image – “blah blah blah.” But, guess what? Not only do I run AllHipHop, I’m a father, too.
For a moment there, I felt like I had briefly peered into the deepest recesses of Nicki Minaj’s true inner self, a being that cares how this ratchet s**t affects my kid. I said to myself, “Self, how cool is this? Nicki is already evolving into somebody that my daughter may get to listen to on my watch. Maybe.” I’ve been in the music game a minute now so I know how it goes. So, when I peeped the artwork for your latest single, I wasn’t even shocked, I was just disappointed.
The song: “Anaconda.” The art: your booty in a thong. As a man, I can appreciate the virtues of your perfect posterior. The dad guy is not a happy camper, particularly now that his lil’ girl is transitioning into a young lady. Now, the most popular, current Black female rapper starts overtly pushing her hyper-sexualized image again? Just my luck. I’m trying to raise a young girl that will eventually grow into someone greater than the both of us.
I know that this requires great parenting, great education, great luck and an assortment of great influences. I’m sure you know the influence you wield, but now, if you told the “Barbs” to scratch my eyes out, some would attack without thinking about it. I’m sure some will also replicate the “Anaconda” image without thinking about it too. Your original image already has 256,817 (and counting) likes under the original Instagram picture you posted, so I venture that your average girl could strive to get a couple hundred likes from her friends. Is this the path you want to lead impressionable kids down?
Make no mistake about it, you’re a leader now. I love the era of Hip-Hop where I found my influences. They were all over the place, ranging from Chuck D and Public Enemy to LL Cool J to KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions and others like De La Soul.
Even the so-called gangster rappers had something to offer. Ice Cube, Scarface and Willie D of the Geto Boys, and Ice-T all get nods for being influential in my upbringing. I don’t know all of those that impacted you as a young woman, but how dope would it be if you transcended what people expected of you?
Like, how cool would it be for your transformation to extend beyond NOT wearing blonde wigs and crazing clothing?
This year alone, Black people lost titans in Maya Angelou and Ruby Dee. Those women were entertainers as well and the impact they have had on the lives of their constituency can never be understated.
They SERVED the people and they knew that–without that mutual love and respect, we both cease to exist. Ruby and Maya didn’t live perfect lives, but their imperfections made their greatness all the more clear. Imagine you being regarded in such a way? The way Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah and MC Lyte have been for their communities? I know, times have changed, but one thing is for sure: careers can come and go. Legacy stays. I can’t lie. My kid barely knows who you are and if she does, its rooted in “American Idol” or something like that. (She does like your bars on “Shanell’s song “Cupid’s Got A Gun.”) I’ve sheltered her on purpose though, all the while letting her read about heroic females in music and culture.
As she gets older, it will be harder for me to limit her exposure to you, especially if you continue to do headline-grabbing moves like the “Anaconda” cover. I don’t want to EVER see her posted up one day emulating you the way I “fought the power” like I was Chuck D’s little brother back in 1989. Or, the way you emulated Kim. For a moment, forget my daughter and lets talk about you. My interactions and observations tell me you are this sweet, kind person at heart. When you get a quiet moment answer the following questions. How is Onika Tanya Maraj doing? How does she truly feel about Nick Minaj right now?
What is your higher purpose with young girls (and boys)? What is the message you are sending when you determine how you will inspire these young people? How will boys, already conditioned to sexualize girls at a young age, internalize this big booty of yours? Where does the gimmick end and you begin? Believe it or not, I care. I think you are dope. You’ve bodied some of my favorite artists on songs like “Monster.
” Yet the possibly of you transcending this gnaws at me, because I know you don’t have to succumb to bottom feeding. When the request was made to remove that image from my site, I complied. I complied – not because I had to – but because I truly respected you for taking that position. On the lecture circuit, I’ve even defended you from those that feel you are a detriment to the community, down to the Barbie imagery. I’ve done this based on what I think is a glimpse of what you really desire , which is to be a more positive role model of some sort for young girls who are under siege out in these streets.
Now, you take this squatting position on the cover of a song called “Anaconda,” which I am sure radio will play until its played out. I’ll be on Spotify though and so will my daughter when she’s with me.
All in all, this is a letter born from love. A love of my kid, a love of Hip-Hop and a love for the potential that lives in one Onika Tanya Maraj aka Nicki Minaj.
One,
Chuck Creekmur
AllHipHop has been historically uber supportive of the rapper Nicki Minaj. That’s YOU, homie!
When I say historically, we can take it all the way back to when you had to stand in line to get into parties or those grimy underground videos you once pumped out on the streets. You know, that period of time before Lil Wayne and Young Money. Along the way, something changed. This isn’t the change everybody wants to talk about though.
No hate there. AllHipHop had published an old image for some reason or another some years ago.
You remember the one of you licking a lollipop and evoking the now-classic image of Lil Kim in all of her crotchiness? Of course you remember your version of that image, because you asked us to take it down through a member of the team. The team member let us know that Nicki is no longer on that and is doing a lot to promote a new image – “blah blah blah.” But, guess what? Not only do I run AllHipHop, I’m a father, too.
For a moment there, I felt like I had briefly peered into the deepest recesses of Nicki Minaj’s true inner self, a being that cares how this ratchet s**t affects my kid. I said to myself, “Self, how cool is this? Nicki is already evolving into somebody that my daughter may get to listen to on my watch. Maybe.” I’ve been in the music game a minute now so I know how it goes. So, when I peeped the artwork for your latest single, I wasn’t even shocked, I was just disappointed.
The song: “Anaconda.” The art: your booty in a thong. As a man, I can appreciate the virtues of your perfect posterior. The dad guy is not a happy camper, particularly now that his lil’ girl is transitioning into a young lady. Now, the most popular, current Black female rapper starts overtly pushing her hyper-sexualized image again? Just my luck. I’m trying to raise a young girl that will eventually grow into someone greater than the both of us.
I know that this requires great parenting, great education, great luck and an assortment of great influences. I’m sure you know the influence you wield, but now, if you told the “Barbs” to scratch my eyes out, some would attack without thinking about it. I’m sure some will also replicate the “Anaconda” image without thinking about it too. Your original image already has 256,817 (and counting) likes under the original Instagram picture you posted, so I venture that your average girl could strive to get a couple hundred likes from her friends. Is this the path you want to lead impressionable kids down?
Make no mistake about it, you’re a leader now. I love the era of Hip-Hop where I found my influences. They were all over the place, ranging from Chuck D and Public Enemy to LL Cool J to KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions and others like De La Soul.
Even the so-called gangster rappers had something to offer. Ice Cube, Scarface and Willie D of the Geto Boys, and Ice-T all get nods for being influential in my upbringing. I don’t know all of those that impacted you as a young woman, but how dope would it be if you transcended what people expected of you?
Like, how cool would it be for your transformation to extend beyond NOT wearing blonde wigs and crazing clothing?
This year alone, Black people lost titans in Maya Angelou and Ruby Dee. Those women were entertainers as well and the impact they have had on the lives of their constituency can never be understated.
They SERVED the people and they knew that–without that mutual love and respect, we both cease to exist. Ruby and Maya didn’t live perfect lives, but their imperfections made their greatness all the more clear. Imagine you being regarded in such a way? The way Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah and MC Lyte have been for their communities? I know, times have changed, but one thing is for sure: careers can come and go. Legacy stays. I can’t lie. My kid barely knows who you are and if she does, its rooted in “American Idol” or something like that. (She does like your bars on “Shanell’s song “Cupid’s Got A Gun.”) I’ve sheltered her on purpose though, all the while letting her read about heroic females in music and culture.
As she gets older, it will be harder for me to limit her exposure to you, especially if you continue to do headline-grabbing moves like the “Anaconda” cover. I don’t want to EVER see her posted up one day emulating you the way I “fought the power” like I was Chuck D’s little brother back in 1989. Or, the way you emulated Kim. For a moment, forget my daughter and lets talk about you. My interactions and observations tell me you are this sweet, kind person at heart. When you get a quiet moment answer the following questions. How is Onika Tanya Maraj doing? How does she truly feel about Nick Minaj right now?
What is your higher purpose with young girls (and boys)? What is the message you are sending when you determine how you will inspire these young people? How will boys, already conditioned to sexualize girls at a young age, internalize this big booty of yours? Where does the gimmick end and you begin? Believe it or not, I care. I think you are dope. You’ve bodied some of my favorite artists on songs like “Monster.
” Yet the possibly of you transcending this gnaws at me, because I know you don’t have to succumb to bottom feeding. When the request was made to remove that image from my site, I complied. I complied – not because I had to – but because I truly respected you for taking that position. On the lecture circuit, I’ve even defended you from those that feel you are a detriment to the community, down to the Barbie imagery. I’ve done this based on what I think is a glimpse of what you really desire , which is to be a more positive role model of some sort for young girls who are under siege out in these streets.
Now, you take this squatting position on the cover of a song called “Anaconda,” which I am sure radio will play until its played out. I’ll be on Spotify though and so will my daughter when she’s with me.
All in all, this is a letter born from love. A love of my kid, a love of Hip-Hop and a love for the potential that lives in one Onika Tanya Maraj aka Nicki Minaj.
One,
Chuck Creekmur
President Goodluck Jonathan launches E-passport today.
President Goodluck Jonathan today launched Nigeria’s new 64-page e-passport with a call on Nigerians to protect the image of the country by shunning uncomplimentary statements and actions.
Jonathan launched the traveling document shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He and Vice President Namadi Sambo later took turns to be captured in order to be issued with the new traveling document.
The President said the pages of the traveling document had to be increased from 32 to 64 to cater for frequent travelers who change their passport almost every other month because of limited pages for visa.
He tasked officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service to protect the integrity of the passport by ensuring that it cannot be easily faked.
He also asked officials who man the nation’s airports to ensure that they conduct themselves in a manner that will portray the country well before visitors.
The new passport which takes effect from August 1 attracts a fee of N20,000.
Source - Punch
Source - Punch
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