Kukere master, Iyanya who is presently in the U.S got to meet R.Kelly last night, 7th September 2013 at a club in Atlanta.
Monday, September 9, 2013
IYANYA AND R KELLY IN ATLANTA LAST SAT 7TH SEP 2013
Kukere master, Iyanya who is presently in the U.S got to meet R.Kelly last night, 7th September 2013 at a club in Atlanta.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
BETWEEN BEVERLY OSU AND PORN QUEEN AFRO CANDY
“Come Join Me” – Porn Queen Afro Candy Calls Out To Beverly Osu
Beverly Osu, one of Nigeria’s representatives in the just concluded Big Brother Africa Chase game show has had an open invitation from Porn Queen, Judith Mazagwu, alias Afro Candy, to come over and join her in the porn movie business since what she, Beverly was actually doing in the house was, well, ‘shooting a porn movie’. In a post on her Facebook page titled ‘Open Call To Beverly Osu’, the lady who is famous for her sex scenes in movies wrote: “Beverly Osu, sorry for losing at the BBA; they did their ‘mago-mago’ and gave it to Dillish after all you did for them. If not for anything, they should have given it to you for all the entertainment you gave the whole of Africa for free. If you had put all that in a DVD, you would be laughing to the bank now; they didn’t deserve you at all. Anyway, don’t worry, I am still casting for my next movie and I can already see you got all it takes to partake in my kind of productions; (guts, the heart and the ability to get naked and have sex in public without giving a crap). So babe, bring your sexy self to me and let’s get to work asap. My Phones will be on and I’ll be waiting for your response!” Hmmmm, what can I say; a case of birds of the same feather congregating together?
ITS MY BIRTHDAY
WELL, I HAVE BEEN SHARING PEOPLE'S STORIES FOR A WHILE BUT I NOW THINK IT IS TIME I SHARE MINE.
MY NAME IS LARRY BANKS AND TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!
Friday, August 16, 2013
NIGERIAN MURDERED FOR DATING WHITE GIRL
Heres the gist
''Fun and lively Stanley Eteimo popularly known as M-Lee was a student and artiste in Cyprus.
Stanley went for a party in a popular cyprus hotel (Kratos Hotel) and in the hotel, he got talking to a white girl whom he recognized as a schoolmate.
Well, the girl’s boyfriend happened to be in the same hotel and when he saw both of them, he got so enraged and made all manner of threat against Stanley.
After the party,sometime around 3am stanley was nowhere to be found… Naturally, everyone assumed he had gone home but after a few hours, his body was discovered floating in a private beach''
According to Stanley's cousin, the prime suspect (the jealous boyfriend) comes from an influential family and he openly threatened to kill Stanley.....what a pity,may God give Tamara and her family the Grace to bear their painful loss.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
BANKER DIES TRYING TO MEET 1 TRILLION NAIRA BANK TARGET
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CATEGORY-LIFE
For those in the ever growing competetive banking industry,youwould agree
with me that meeting bank targets is the ordeer of the day in the industry.Most
times, staff's employment is actually based on their ability to meet with the bank's required
target.
In order to attract more
customers,especially highly rich and inflential ones,the bank employs very handsome men and beautiful ladies to
carry out the job as marketers.
These marketers go through a lot to get their job done.They do not want to lose their highly paying job
so, they device every possible means to bring the required capital to their
bank.Any tool is acceptable as only the end justifies the means.
One of such markerters was the very beautiful 29-year-old Solabomi Olugbemi
of Access Bank Business Unit at Simbiat Abiola,Ikeja, Lagos Branch who
reportedly lost her life to hypertension when she could not meet with the one
trillion Naira set for her and her team.
Our source hinted Realnaijagists that the mother of three disclosed to some
of her friends who came to visit her at the hospital that she was under a lot
of stress because of Deposit Mobilisation mandate(OJC) Operation.
This was as a result of a reported target given to her and her team early 2012 by the Divisional Director to
raise Cheap funds for the bank of a million Naira in 6 months.
According to our source,on the last day of the OJC Operation,Subomi
reportedlty collapsed at the office when her balance sheet read negative
especially after a customer withdrew 200 million Naira from his account.
She was afterwards rushed to Jolade Hospital, Gbagada, lagos from where she
was moved to the millitary hospital,Ikoyi where she was dsiagnosed of high
blood pressure.
Reports reaching us puts it that over 60% of Access Bankers are highly
hypertensive as a result of targets they are made to meet in order to keep
their jobs.
ONE ON ONE WITH NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS ,FOLUKE DARAMOLA AND HUBBY
Foluke Daramola-Salako is a Nollywood (Yoruba) actress. She is married to Kayode Salako, a businessman cum activist.
In a recent interview, they talk on their five-month-old union.
How did you meet?
Kayode: I met her officially on February 13, 2012. I run Change Agents of Nigeria Network, and Fasholamania Movement. They are nonprofit organisations and I am also a proprietor of a group of schools in Lagos. I needed a popular face to help develop the initiative of one of my organisations and a friend suggested Foluke. We were introduced to each other. Foluke is also an activist and she became a stakeholder in the organisation. She accepted to be the national publicity secretary and we worked together. Along the line, we discovered we had so many things in common and the chemistry of attraction started building.
Foluke: Before I met him, I was a single mother and was already planning to relocate to Canada because I had secured a scholarship to run my post graduate programme. A friend introduced me to him and I saw he had a lot of laudable ideas. I have always been an activist and I felt we could work as a team.
But did you know he was married at that time?
Foluke: Yes, and I remember I was introduced to his wife at the initial stage of working together. We were friends until he started talking about the problems he had with his first marriage. I didn’t know he had issues with his marriage but he is quite an emotional person and as a friend, he told me his experience. I understood the wife left him on her own volition and I knew he made attempts to resolve the problem. At a point, he told me to step out of the picture because he needed to sort out the problems in his marriage. Later, he called again and said we needed to move on.
Were there oppositions from both families?
Foluke: Initially, my mother was against it but after her spiritual convictions, she allowed us.
Kayode: A lot has been said about Foluke and I; but I must state that my first wife packed out of our home on her own volition. When I was getting serious with Foluke, I told everyone in my family to go all out and make inquiries if she is my destined wife or not. In fact, I consulted about 65 pastors before I made up my mind on her.
So how did you propose to her?
Kayode: I didn’t propose to her but the only one I made to her was on February 15, 2013 when we got married. She has everything I want in a woman.
Foluke: He wanted to propose to me on my birthday and give me an engagement ring but he changed his mind and decided having a quiet engagement. We got married on February 15, 2013.
Were you not sceptical about marrying an actress?
Kayode: Before I met her, I never fancied any Nigerian actress. I had known some of them through my organisations and I had nothing to do with any of them. But when I met Foluke, she proved me wrong! She is very reasonable, mentally upright, focused and an ambitious woman. She is godly and she has a deep knowledge of God’s word. In fact, she can recite over 25 psalm chapters off hand! She is not materialistic; she is a very good cook, homely and washes my underwear. We share a lot of things in common among which is the spirit of activism. Its fun being with her and till date, we still live as friends.
What about the children from previous marriages?
Kayode: We have five children. I have adopted her two kids and mine are three. She loves children and sometimes, I get jealous about how she dots on the kids.
Foluke: I was in my first marriage for almost five years and I was single for another five years. Over the years, I have been accustomed to my children and built my world around them. Then, I made up my mind that I would have relationships but no marriage. When I met him, I knew I needed to detach myself from the kids and create time to build my home. I have started that and it’s working. My kids, especially my daughter, love Kayode dearly.
How was transiting from divorce to remarriage like for you?
Foluke: First, I will say divorce in Africa is a horrible experience.
I recoiled into my shell because there was rejection, mockery and you
didn’t know who was saying what. So, I built a wall around myself and I
have come to realise that when you are in a marriage, which you want to keep, you don’t keep friends. I don’t have close friends now.
Kayode: It was difficult after my first marriage because I was scared. What if this one turns like the first one? Wouldn’t I be embarrassed again? Marrying Foluke was not in the agenda because we were just friends and working together. It was difficult to accept but after praying, we were convinced about each other.
Don’t you get jealous when she mixes with her colleagues and fans?
Kayode: From the outset, I knew she is an actress. I am proud to be associated with her but I don’t get jealous. I am mentally mature to handle that aspect of her life. I love her dearly but I don’t want to gag her because she would not make it in her career if I do. Sometime ago, we went to an event and a man saw her, ran to her and gave her a full-mouth kiss! We were all shocked because the man came from nowhere! Not even her husband could kiss her publicly like that but I waved it off. I know my wife and trust her. No rich man can buy her with money because she believes in love. I know a lot of men who were on her neck even before we started a relationship but she prefers me. People cannot understand our love and they are waiting to read our divorce on the pages of newspapers. They said our marriage cannot go beyond six months. They will wait forever because there will never be a divorce (Foluke nods).
What do you do when alone?
Foluke: We talk about everything. There is nothing I don’t tell my husband. When the lady who introduced us to each other started a media war and said all sorts about me, I was not embarrassed because Kayode knew everything about me. I can leave my phone with him without fears. To me, true joy is having someone who loves you.
Kayode: We talk about everything. Foluke is an open book- no secrets.
If you talk this way, why do celebrity marriages fail?
Kayode: This marriage will work because we have made up our minds to make it work. Most celebrity marriages fail when the man does not allow his wife have inputs. When he starts to behave like an emperor or allows insecurity and inferiority complex to set in. We have decided to create fun within marriage.
Foluke: I don’t think celebrities fail in their marriages. We are human and have challenges like other couples. In fact, we go the extra mile to make our marriages work. Most female celebrities do the unusual and make their men feel special. We just need men who are confident. When we were about getting married, my father-in-law and some of his siblings were sceptical. I made everybody realise that acting is a profession, which I happen to find myself and I am going to be a good wife.
Whenever there is a disagreement, who apologises first?
I was in a marriage before, so making amends when there is a wrong, poses no problem for me. Most of the time, I say, I’m sorry. Fortunately, he does not suffer from inferiority complex.
What are the secrets of a successful union?
Kayode: Maintain that channel of communication. Secondly, understand each other and be friends. Moreover, a man should learn to overlook things especially if you are married to a celebrity. If you attach meanings to every issue, marriage will head for the rocks. Even when you want to scold her, let it be in the confines of your bedroom. Let the man be mentally mature too and be confident. A man should not allow his wife do all the work and share her money. She is not your slave.
Foluke: Don’t stop doing those things that attracted him to you. He loves my legs and I wear short skirts at home for him. Also, men should pay their wives compliments.
Are there pet names?
Foluke: I call him Ade mi (my crown) and Ayinde. He calls me Folu, when he is angry.
Kayode: I call her Ibadi Aran.
larry banks
In a recent interview, they talk on their five-month-old union.
How did you meet?
Kayode: I met her officially on February 13, 2012. I run Change Agents of Nigeria Network, and Fasholamania Movement. They are nonprofit organisations and I am also a proprietor of a group of schools in Lagos. I needed a popular face to help develop the initiative of one of my organisations and a friend suggested Foluke. We were introduced to each other. Foluke is also an activist and she became a stakeholder in the organisation. She accepted to be the national publicity secretary and we worked together. Along the line, we discovered we had so many things in common and the chemistry of attraction started building.
Foluke: Before I met him, I was a single mother and was already planning to relocate to Canada because I had secured a scholarship to run my post graduate programme. A friend introduced me to him and I saw he had a lot of laudable ideas. I have always been an activist and I felt we could work as a team.
But did you know he was married at that time?
Foluke: Yes, and I remember I was introduced to his wife at the initial stage of working together. We were friends until he started talking about the problems he had with his first marriage. I didn’t know he had issues with his marriage but he is quite an emotional person and as a friend, he told me his experience. I understood the wife left him on her own volition and I knew he made attempts to resolve the problem. At a point, he told me to step out of the picture because he needed to sort out the problems in his marriage. Later, he called again and said we needed to move on.
Were there oppositions from both families?
Foluke: Initially, my mother was against it but after her spiritual convictions, she allowed us.
Kayode: A lot has been said about Foluke and I; but I must state that my first wife packed out of our home on her own volition. When I was getting serious with Foluke, I told everyone in my family to go all out and make inquiries if she is my destined wife or not. In fact, I consulted about 65 pastors before I made up my mind on her.
So how did you propose to her?
Kayode: I didn’t propose to her but the only one I made to her was on February 15, 2013 when we got married. She has everything I want in a woman.
Foluke: He wanted to propose to me on my birthday and give me an engagement ring but he changed his mind and decided having a quiet engagement. We got married on February 15, 2013.
Were you not sceptical about marrying an actress?
Kayode: Before I met her, I never fancied any Nigerian actress. I had known some of them through my organisations and I had nothing to do with any of them. But when I met Foluke, she proved me wrong! She is very reasonable, mentally upright, focused and an ambitious woman. She is godly and she has a deep knowledge of God’s word. In fact, she can recite over 25 psalm chapters off hand! She is not materialistic; she is a very good cook, homely and washes my underwear. We share a lot of things in common among which is the spirit of activism. Its fun being with her and till date, we still live as friends.
What about the children from previous marriages?
Kayode: We have five children. I have adopted her two kids and mine are three. She loves children and sometimes, I get jealous about how she dots on the kids.
Foluke: I was in my first marriage for almost five years and I was single for another five years. Over the years, I have been accustomed to my children and built my world around them. Then, I made up my mind that I would have relationships but no marriage. When I met him, I knew I needed to detach myself from the kids and create time to build my home. I have started that and it’s working. My kids, especially my daughter, love Kayode dearly.
How was transiting from divorce to remarriage like for you?
Kayode: It was difficult after my first marriage because I was scared. What if this one turns like the first one? Wouldn’t I be embarrassed again? Marrying Foluke was not in the agenda because we were just friends and working together. It was difficult to accept but after praying, we were convinced about each other.
Don’t you get jealous when she mixes with her colleagues and fans?
Kayode: From the outset, I knew she is an actress. I am proud to be associated with her but I don’t get jealous. I am mentally mature to handle that aspect of her life. I love her dearly but I don’t want to gag her because she would not make it in her career if I do. Sometime ago, we went to an event and a man saw her, ran to her and gave her a full-mouth kiss! We were all shocked because the man came from nowhere! Not even her husband could kiss her publicly like that but I waved it off. I know my wife and trust her. No rich man can buy her with money because she believes in love. I know a lot of men who were on her neck even before we started a relationship but she prefers me. People cannot understand our love and they are waiting to read our divorce on the pages of newspapers. They said our marriage cannot go beyond six months. They will wait forever because there will never be a divorce (Foluke nods).
What do you do when alone?
Foluke: We talk about everything. There is nothing I don’t tell my husband. When the lady who introduced us to each other started a media war and said all sorts about me, I was not embarrassed because Kayode knew everything about me. I can leave my phone with him without fears. To me, true joy is having someone who loves you.
Kayode: We talk about everything. Foluke is an open book- no secrets.
If you talk this way, why do celebrity marriages fail?
Kayode: This marriage will work because we have made up our minds to make it work. Most celebrity marriages fail when the man does not allow his wife have inputs. When he starts to behave like an emperor or allows insecurity and inferiority complex to set in. We have decided to create fun within marriage.
Foluke: I don’t think celebrities fail in their marriages. We are human and have challenges like other couples. In fact, we go the extra mile to make our marriages work. Most female celebrities do the unusual and make their men feel special. We just need men who are confident. When we were about getting married, my father-in-law and some of his siblings were sceptical. I made everybody realise that acting is a profession, which I happen to find myself and I am going to be a good wife.
Whenever there is a disagreement, who apologises first?
I was in a marriage before, so making amends when there is a wrong, poses no problem for me. Most of the time, I say, I’m sorry. Fortunately, he does not suffer from inferiority complex.
What are the secrets of a successful union?
Kayode: Maintain that channel of communication. Secondly, understand each other and be friends. Moreover, a man should learn to overlook things especially if you are married to a celebrity. If you attach meanings to every issue, marriage will head for the rocks. Even when you want to scold her, let it be in the confines of your bedroom. Let the man be mentally mature too and be confident. A man should not allow his wife do all the work and share her money. She is not your slave.
Foluke: Don’t stop doing those things that attracted him to you. He loves my legs and I wear short skirts at home for him. Also, men should pay their wives compliments.
Are there pet names?
Foluke: I call him Ade mi (my crown) and Ayinde. He calls me Folu, when he is angry.
Kayode: I call her Ibadi Aran.
larry banks
Man catches wife in bed with their Neighbour
A house wife was troubled in Jos the capital of plateau state when she was caught in bed with another man by her husband, Mrs Gloria was caught in bed with her neighbour, a father of three who lives few blocks away from her house while her husband returned unexpectedly at their Rukuba Road residence.
The woman's husband who is a cloth seller at the Old Bukuru Park left his house for his business when his wife invited her man friend over to the couple’s house, according to a neighbour who was with the wife when she was making the call, Gloria told the man friend to buy a pack of Don-Simon and a plate of pepper soup when coming.
The neighbour said: “She earlier complained of being ill. I heard her when we were sitting in front of the house telling the person on phone to bring a plate of pepper soup and a drink for her, although I never knew it was her man-friend.
“When he came they went out to the woman who sells pepper soup and bought the whole pot. She told me to help her take care of the kids because she had a visitor.”
Probably acting on a tip off, the husband returned home earlier than expected and caught her and her lover red handed.
According to the husband, “I built a shop for her to sell provisions, so I went to the market to buy protectors to be fixed in the shop. I just came back to realise that the kids were outside and the door locked.
“When I knocked she refused to open the door. Some neighbours who saw her and the man told me she was in with somebody, so I raised alarm.
“Instead of her to open the door, she opened the ceiling for him to enter and hide. Fortunately, with time a lot of people gathered and an elderly man from my village, who saw what the incident would have resulted into called the police. She opened the door when the police came to the house, and the man friend came down from the ceiling wearing boxers. This marriage has come to an end.”
The man and the woman were taken away by the police for ‘safe custody’ and were later released on bail.
The wife also claimed that her husband too has been having an affair with their neighbours
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Man Burned to death in Enugu for impregnating mother and her Daughter
Man Burned to death for impregnating mother and her Daughter
The university town of Nsukka in Enugu State has witnessed yet
another brutal death as a tipper driver who allegedly impregnated a
widow and her daughter has reportedly been burnt to death by son of the
widow, Sunday Ugwoke.
Realnaijagists gathered that the tipper driver, Sylvester Ezema,
attached to Ferguson Nig. Limited hailed from Akpa Edem, Nsukka Local
Government Area, Enugu State and shared a common fence boundary with
his widowed lover, Mrs. Ugwoke.Report said he had been having amorous dealings with the woman’s daughter too unknown to the widow before he died a few days ago.
According to report, Sylvester was allegedly burnt to death by Sunday, who had warned him to leave his mother alone and stop making love with her in his late father’s bedroom, which is adjacent to his room, a warning the deceased allegedly turned down and continue with his amorous act.
We gathered that Sylvester defied all the warnings by Sunday, saying the widow was a family friend and as such nobody would suspect them.
Having defied his warning, Sunday, armed with grinded pepper and petrol ambushed the lover boy. As Sylvester stepped out of the house, Sunday poured the powder pepper and petrol on Sylvester and set him ablaze.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
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AKI AND PAW PAW INVOLVED IN AUTO CRASH
A yet to be confirmed information obtained from Yoruba Nollywood Star, Bukky Wright Facebook Page
has it that, Nollywood stars Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme popularly
known as Aki na Pawpaw are reportedly to be involved in a ghastly
auto-accident on their way to Niger State to shoot a new movie.The post claimed they are currently hospitalized and sort for Nigerians to pray for their survival.
If this is true, we also echo our voices to pray for the survival by God grace.
THE TEXT OF THE POST FROM BUKKY WRIGHT FACEBOOK PAGE READS:
PLEASE IF YOU IGNORE THIS YOU’RE HEARTLESS
These two Nollywood superstars [AKI & PAW
PAW] involved in a terrible car accident today
when they were traveling to Niger Stateto shoot a
movie.what a world!!!!
They are currently Hospitalized.
We pray that God should healthem AMEN.
PLS TYPE AMEN.
DON’T SCROLL DOWN WITHOUT TYPING AMEN
AND SHARE
Excerpted From BUKKY WRIGHT FACEBOOK PAGE.
GHANIAN ACTRESS JOSELYN DUMAS FALLS ON STAGE WHILE TRYING TO MOVE IN DERENLE EDUN'S SHOES
Denerele Edun anchored the Channel O News Live at the Silver Star Towers, Accra. During the event, Derenle asked Ghanaian TV Star and actress Joselyn Dumas to dance in his shoes in a truth or dare session. Joselyn, confident, immediately pulled out her pair of Louboutins and indeed danced in the shoes
Denerele Edun anchored the Channel O News Live at the Silver Star
Towers, Accra. During the event, Derenle asked Ghanaian TV Star and
actress Joselyn Dumas to dance in his shoes in a truth or dare session. Joselyn, confident, immediately pulled out her pair of Louboutins and indeed danced in the shoes.
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Denerele Edun anchored the Channel O News Live at the Silver Star
Towers, Accra. During the event, Derenle asked Ghanaian TV Star and
actress Joselyn Dumas to dance in his shoes in a truth or dare session. Joselyn, confident, immediately pulled out her pair of Louboutins and indeed danced in the shoes.
- See more at: http://www.omg.com.ng/#sthash.CqyYYntU.dpuf
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Denerele Edun anchored the Channel O News Live at the Silver Star
Towers, Accra. During the event, Derenle asked Ghanaian TV Star and
actress Joselyn Dumas to dance in his shoes in a truth or dare session. Joselyn, confident, immediately pulled out her pair of Louboutins and indeed danced in the shoes.
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DBANJ DROPS RAISE YOUR GLASSES FOR HENNESSY
Dbanj has just dropped a new single for Hennessy artistry titled 'Raise your glasses'
Toolz Finally Confirms She Is Dating Captain Tunde Demuren -
According to OAP Toolz, she decided to keep her relationship secret because she did not want anybody to intrude in her private affairs and that is the way her man wants it.larry banks
COMEDIAN- I GO DIE ORDERS 30 MILLION NAIRA PORCHE
SEEMS WE ARE IN THE SEASON OF CARS AS COMEDIAN I GO DIE HAS ADDED HIS NAME TO THE LONG LIST OF NIGERIAN ACTS WHO OWN LUXURY CARS.CONGRATULATION I GO DIE. “Yes, I have ordered for a Rolls Royce.” He confirmed to Encomium mag in a phone chat “And I think I deserve it because I have worked for it. You also know that I don’t like to flaunt my wealth and acquisitions, so I wish you wouldn’t quote me” (Oops, they already did) Lol.
MISSING PERSON.IF FOUND, INFORM THE NEAREST POLICE STATION.
Until the fateful day, Augustina had been living with her father, Peter Ilevbare, a lance corporal with the Nigerian Army, 9 Brigade Garrison, Ikeja Cantonment and her stepmother, at CBQ 75, Room 14 of the barracks.
Ilevbare, from Uroe Owen East Local Government Area of Edo State, when contacted on the phone, told PUNCH Metro that he had been living with Augustina since 1999.
NIGERIAN PORNSTAR AFROCANDY RELEASES FILMS IN NIGERIA
The much talked about and highly criticized 'adult-movie' produced by Afro Candy, with very explicit scenes has finally hit the Nigerian movie market, where such movies sell like hot cake. Titled Destructive Instinct , the movie sure has all the elements of "destruction" if you allow yourself to be carried away. But AfroCandy has hit hard again. See her latest outburst below: "At last, I have won the Battle ! DESTRUCTIVE INSTINCT FINALLY OUT AFTER ALL THEY DID TO STOP ME God has shown them he is the only one that holds my Destiny, My All and All, the King of the Universe, the I am that I am, The Unchangeable Changer, Ancient of days, King of Kings and The Lord or Lords! Yes Sir! Thank you Three Persons in One God! They proposed for me but My Creator disposed. "So how do you all like me now? Thanks to all my Fans that made their orders and had the patience to wait, you are all wonderful. You can now receive your DVDs and Shame on all them people that wagged their dirty stinky mouths to say my movie will never see the light of the day….ha ha ha! I bet ya’all gonna go drink Rat Poison now and die… " FYI, you ain’t seen NOTHING yet! DVDs will be Available in Stores now! Go Grab your Copies ASAP! I guess some Nigerians will rush to buy the movie but does that make what she's doing right?
Monday, August 12, 2013
10 YEAR OLD NIGERIAN NAMED THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO BE INTERVIEWED BY FORBES
10 Year Old Nigerian Girl Zuriel Elise Oduwole has set a new world record for Nigeria as she is named as the the youngest person ever to be interviewed in Forbes. The interview with the award winning documentary film maker, conference speaker and writer is featured in the August 2013 edition of Forbes Africa. At just 10, whizkid Zuriel possesses amazing talent that has resulted in her interviewing business leaders, current and past world leaders and heads of states.
They include the current Presidents of Tanzania, Mauritius, and Malawi–one of Africa’s only two female national leaders. Others are ex-presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Kufuor of Ghana. Zuriel has also had a one-on-one interview with Africa’s most successful businessman, Mr. Aliko Dangote. She even got a standing ovation for her sets of provoking and creatively intelligent questions to tennis superstars, Venus & Serena Williams, during their world press conference in Nigeria.
FRIENDS INDEED!
BBA 2012 contestants Zainab Sheriff from Sierra Leone and Babalwa Mneno aka Barbs from South Africa like to kiss each a lot on the lips (See HERE). The two girls (pictured above with Ramsey Noah on Friday night) became quite close during their stint on the reality show last year and have remained friends.
Every time these two meet up, they like to kiss. See all kissing pics taken over the weekend after the cut...
CONFESSIONS OF EX-BOKO HARAM
Nasir Isiaku, 27, was speaking to a gathering of Christians recently of his activities as a member of the terror group, Boko Haram. He also told of how he renounced what he called “the cult” where he drank his victims’ blood so their ghosts would not appear to him in dreams.
This is Isiaku’s testimony has been slightly edited so as to preserve its narrative purity...read it below:
“I joined the Bafarawa Arabic Islamic Centre in 2010 and they were teaching us Arabic language. Every year, we take about 20 people to Iran for special training because our zonal headquarters is in Iran. Our own group is called sh*tte but we have the same agenda with the Boko Haram sect. You people have only been hearing of Boko Haram, but there are other deadly Islamic groups that are also part of Boko Haram sect. I can count up to six of them that I’m very much aware of.
Whenever we heard that any of the sects was fighting Christians, we always joined them. My own group has been an Islamic movement for a long time, even before I was born. It reigned in the north during the Abacha military regime and it has many branches in the north. We are in major northern states such as Kastina, Kaduna, Zamfara, Kano, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Zaria among others.
Sometimes, when we want to wreak havoc on Christians, we hire our own bus because we have our own weapons, which we use against the Christians. We usually join the Boko Haram sect whenever they wanted to fight the Christians or the soldiers because we usually hear that soldiers kill our Boko Haram brothers in Maiduguri, Yobe and Potiskum.
I used to be one of the most trusted hands in the group because I was a very obedient and loyal follower. I had my own secret office where I received delegates from our sponsors whenever our leader wasn’t around and where I attend to the needs of any of our members.
This is why I didn’t participate in many of our attacks against the Christians or the soldiers because I used to take care of the home front. Our leaders usually psyched us up, they brainwashed us to fight against Christians because they are enemies of Allah. They taught us that the more Christians we were able to kill, the more our chances of entering Alijonan (heaven).
Many of our trainings hold in the night, around 10pm. There is a bush around the school where we usually go for trainings.
Some aspects of the training we receive are not ordinary; we used to drink what one could call spiritual water because it is not ordinary water. We also used to receive strange visitors who were not equally ordinary humans. We receive the visitors in a strange way, our leaders used to summon them: they used to instruct us to recite some passages in the Quran and whenever we do that, the visitors would appear to us during those unholy hours. They could come in three or four. They appeared like humans but they are not humans. We know they are not humans. They usually fortify us with charms for the task before us. They used to instruct us to be strong and fight.
Our leaders also used to render a lot of assistance to support our cause. They bring a lot of money in a pick up van and asked us to use the money to buy guns. Many of our supplies come from the zonal headquarters and sometimes, there is a popular Bayelsa man who is, though a Christian, supporting our cause in cash and kind. I can’t remember his name now. The Bayelsa man gave us money and also supplied us with weapons for the mission.
I am the second in command in my camp in our group, and whenever our president travels to the headquarters in Iran, I used to coordinate the group and receive our sponsors on his behalf. This is why I am able to sit with the sponsors and know what happens.
We had vowed to first kill all Christians in Kaduna before dealing with others in the north. Whenever we take the spiritual water, we become more daring to do any evil. It makes us more dangerous and if we were annoyed at such moment, we could kill. The water also fortifies us against gunshots. When we have taken it, bullets will not harm us. Also, we get mystery ring from our leaders. About eight of us were selected for the ring, and that ring provides almost anything we asked from it. It is like a personal power for us.
I can’t recall the number of people I have killed. I don’t use gun most times. We usually use guns to shoot people on the leg. If we ask a victim: “Will you become a Muslim or not? And he or she refuses, we slaughter the victim like a goat. And after killing the victim, we collect his or her blood in a very small cup and then drink it. After drinking the blood, the victim’s ghost could not hunt us in dreams. That is what our leaders told us. And indeed, once we taste the blood of people we kill, we will not see them in our dreams.
Sometimes, when we don’t feel like drinking the blood from the cup, we used our fingers to touch the victim’s blood and taste it. It will still prevent ghost of victim from hunting us in dreams.
We used to kill Christians because we believe that by killing them, we will enter heaven at death. Our leaders used a Quranic passage that seems to support our action (Recites some Quranic lines). In interpretation, the passage says: “O you believers, you should not be friendly with your enemies.” ‘Believers’ here means we, the Muslims and ‘enemies’ are the Christians.
The leaders of our group and the sponsors are many. Our sponsors are wealthy Nigerians. They are in government, and many are past Nigerian leaders. If I mention their names, you would think I am just telling lies. We have governors, senators who sponsor us heavily. Our sponsors are many (Names mentioned are withheld). You wouldn't believe some of them are really part of us. We usually invite them to the graduation of the students in the school. That is when many know them as part of us.
We have days we go to town to preach and win more members. On such days, we add a red cap to our white T-Shirt and trousers. On another occasion when we put on black caps, it means we won’t fight.
We have infiltrated the Nigerian forces. We have our members in the police and army. Those members help us a lot whenever we want to fight.
However, we are very secretive, my blood brother who was not a member didn’t know I was part of the sect. I kept my association with the sect secret from people close to me who don’t share our views about Christians. My father loved me very well.
Right from the time we attended Chachangi School, a lower school in my place, our Islamic instructors had been drumming it into our ears that we should tighten our belts to fight the Christians. They instructed us to always be armed, either with knife or gun. They even told us to have our own gun and get license for it.
My own area in Kaduna is Torumada, it is a haven for many Islamic terrorists in Nigeria. Before I joined the Shiite school, I took part in several fights in which we massacred many Christians. The Christians in Sokoto are most vulnerable to attacks from our people because they are just within our reach, but they have also been very lucky because a major Islamic cleric in the state is always pleading that we shouldn’t touch them.
We actually found out many places in Sokoto where Christians are living. One of them is Ota Road, but in order to respect our Islamic cleric, we haven’t touched them.
Boko Haram has their men trained in Afganistan. I don’t know if you have been hearing about the Taliban, those who sacrifice their lives through suicide bombing. The Talibans are the ones who are training Boko Haram men. I know Boko Haram usually have about 60 men who go for training in Afganistan. They train them on how to go on suicide bombing, make their own bombs and fight and do other dangerous things. They also provide them with sophisticated weapons such as bombs and all that.
Since I gave my life to Christ, I have been getting several attacks from the cult. There was a Thursday evening in Sokoto, I was supposed to go to vigil with a roommate named brother Matthew. He asked me to go with him but I declined, saying I was tired. When it was well into the night, I suddenly heard a loud, disturbing knock on the door. The voice that called out to me resembled that of brother Matthew. It said that I should open the door. The man actually spoke in Hausa, asking me to open up for him, but something pulled me back. My heart pounded and I suddenly realized it could be an impostor coming to attack me. But then, I couldn’t pray, all I could only mutter was Holy Ghost fire! I said this repeatedly till the stranger disappeared. And then I heard the barking of a dog from somewhere in the neighbourhood.
Eventually, when the real Matthew came from church and asked for the door to be opened, I became hysterical with him. I demanded his explanations for the earlier visit but he said it wasn’t him. Initially I didn’t believe him. It took the explanation of another brother who confirmed that he was actually in the church all through the night for me to let things be. I could have killed him.
Before the attack, I had been keeping indoors. I couldn’t go out just anyhow because I knew members of the group would be looking for me.
So, after that incident, my pastor decided to take me to his village, away from the area where everyone knew me.
It is only God that can stop the war Boko Haram and other Islamic religious sects have started against the Christians in Nigeria. I thank God that I am out and now a Christian. The frank advice I can offer to all Christians is that they should start securing their own weapons, tighten their belts and prepare for war. The terrorist sects are prepared for war already. I am just looking at all Christians in Nigeria as dead people because of the level of preparations the sects have made.
It was on March 6, that I had a strange encounter that turned me into a completely different person. We usually go for our preaching on Fridays and Saturdays. I had just returned from one of such outings in Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State, it was around 3pm. I was about to start taking ablution for the evening prayers when it happened. A man in pure, resplendent white attire just appeared to me. And once I saw him I was scared and dropped the small keg of water and ran off to my office. My people were asking me and I told them that I saw a man in white but they said they didn’t see anybody and even when I went back to the spot where I had seen the man, he was no longer there.
Then that night when I slept, the strange man in white came to me again. He was holding a stick and then I was frightened and I shouted and woke up with a start. My people rushed to me and said I was having a nightmare. Our leader said that the man in white must be an evil one. They took me to a powerful Mallam in Gombe who did some prayers for me to ward off the evil man in white. After the prayers, the Mallam assured me that nothing would happen to me and I returned to our base. But then when I slept again the following night, the same man in white appeared to me again and this time, he spoke to me. He said: “God has chosen you”. He said that three times and I again woke up with a start and that again alarmed my people. But when they asked what happened to me, I lied to them that there was nothing.
When it was morning, I took my bathe and deliberately went to see a barber friend who is a Christian. After he had finished cutting my hair, I opened up to him. I told him about my encounter with the strange old man in white and he said that the man must be God reaching out to me. I asked him why God would want to reach out to me. He then asked me if I was ready to give my life to Christ and serve God and immediately I said yes. I was even surprised at the way I simply took it.
Since I started fellowshipping with the church, I have become a different being. The experience was like I had a thorough bathe, which washed off all impurities like diseases and all that. Before the experience, I used to walk around like one afflicted with insanity, but now, I am more relaxed and composed. I now take time to take care of myself and even have inner peace. I used to live on drugs but now, I don’t take drugs any longer. I feel healthy.
It is not easy to quite the brotherhood because we undergo terrible and diabolic initiation process that hardened us. It is only by God’s touch that anyone one could renounce the group. When I was still there a certain high profile member of the Boko Haram sect, named Shuaib, renounced the group. I was part of many others who personally swore that we would ensure that we skin Shuaib alive if we see him anywhere.
But I want to tell my colleagues who are still in it to have a change of heart. I now realize that killing Christians would not take me to heaven; instead, it will take me to hell. And I’m ready to live a good life as a Christian.”
HOUSE MEMBER,HON.OBAHIAGBON AND HIS ABUSE OF WORDS
Read what he said on the current ASUU strike issue battling higher institutions in the country;
“This ASUU strike is a miasma of a deprecable apothesis of an hemorrhaging plutocracy, cascadinly oozing into a maladorous excresence of mobocracy.
With all tarmangant ossifying proclivities of a kakistocracy, our knowledgia centura is enveloped in a paraphlegic crinkum crankum. Therefore, ASUU, cest in dejavu, dejavu peret ologomabia.”
Thursday, May 2, 2013
MUSIC EVOLUTION IN NIGERIA
MUSIC IN NIGERIA-BEFORE AND NOW.
Category-Feature
by OMOJUYIGBE OLANREWAJU. The Nigerian music industry is one that has really evolved over the years. It happens to be one of the largest in the world as Nigeria happens to be the number one entertainment country in Africa. Gone are the days when Nigerian artistes dream of making collaborations with foreign acts and till they die,it would not happen. With the likes of the D'banjs and the Wizkids,Nigeria's music industry is sure soaring very high. Now let us take a close look at some artistes that have in one way or the other contributed to the growth of the Nigerian music industry.
JUNIOR AND PRETTY-If I remember vividly,they were the top acts of the early 90s. They released tracks like Bolanle and Monica which were hits and we all grooved to it. Junior and pretty is a duo of young talented rappers with the muscular and dark one as Junior,while the other who is slim, light skinned with a feminine look and long hair _Pretty. Junior and pretty disappeared from the scene after their video Monica.
THE REMEDIES-They were also the sensation of the early/middle 90s. With Edris Abdulkareem,Tony Tetuila and Eddy Montana as members of the Remedies,they swept awards with songs like Shakomo,Milinda and Sade. In the late 90s, the group broke up to work on individual projects. Tony Tetuila released Omode Meta on which he featured plantation boiz which was a smash hit and that song ushered Tetuila into limelight.Eedris and Eddy also did well for themselves.
AY-this is not any of the Ays we have now. This A.Y happens to be a rapper and he sounded like the Dagrin of the 2000s with a hit titled I'm Gonna Make It but he seems to have disappeared after his first album.
Mr Kool- he happened to be a RnB singer. He was more of a Banky W of the time, known for his love songs and romantic tunes,he was also a funny character with a very long hair.
Big Lo- Those days,mention BigLo and you will hear people echo 2shot. They were close friends and business associates. Biglo became famous for his song Delicious. He also had a very unique way of singing or maybe it should be called rapping.
BABA FRY0-with a unique look and a star on one eye like the one eyed Sunday we read about in Intensive English and a style of music called Nigerian dancehall(galala),Baba fryo swept us off our feet those days with sounds like 'Dengepose' which was indeed an hit with almost everybody in the country dancing to the song. He also disappeared soon after.
MAMUZE-identical twins,they were also one duo you don't leave out when talking about the evolution of music in Nigeria. They did a local style of Nigerian music. They seem to prefer acting to singing because these days,we still sight them in one or two local movies.
JJC AND THE 419 SQUAD-this happens to be one of the major players in the transition of misic in Nigeria. The leader of the group JJC also called Skillz was a former member of a UK music group called Big Brovas. He was the leader of the squad which also had Smokey,Masterplan,and some others have since disappeared,though we still see JJC on the music scene once in a while,the question is this:where are the other members of the group? . . Masterplan(MP) happens to be another member of the group who has released a smash hit. He had two videos and they were NO DULLING and PASAPASA. He seemed to be doing good in the industry but he just disappeared.
SEYI SHODIMU-I am sure he does not need no introduction. He actually made us all groove with 'Love me jeje' which was a very big hit.The multimillionaire we heard controls gas stations in the UK and is sure doing good for himself. Wonder what happened to his music career.
AZADUS- he gave us hits like Madam and a host of other lovely dancehall sounds and that was all.
PASTOR GOODY GOODY- I am sure some teens would be wondering who is this? He was also one of the top entertainers of the middle/late 90s. He did a funny style that sounded like Patua dancehall. He gave us sounds like 'Hey Mr Goodygoody'. I really wonder what happened to him too. To be continued...
Category-Feature
by OMOJUYIGBE OLANREWAJU. The Nigerian music industry is one that has really evolved over the years. It happens to be one of the largest in the world as Nigeria happens to be the number one entertainment country in Africa. Gone are the days when Nigerian artistes dream of making collaborations with foreign acts and till they die,it would not happen. With the likes of the D'banjs and the Wizkids,Nigeria's music industry is sure soaring very high. Now let us take a close look at some artistes that have in one way or the other contributed to the growth of the Nigerian music industry.
JUNIOR AND PRETTY-If I remember vividly,they were the top acts of the early 90s. They released tracks like Bolanle and Monica which were hits and we all grooved to it. Junior and pretty is a duo of young talented rappers with the muscular and dark one as Junior,while the other who is slim, light skinned with a feminine look and long hair _Pretty. Junior and pretty disappeared from the scene after their video Monica.
THE REMEDIES-They were also the sensation of the early/middle 90s. With Edris Abdulkareem,Tony Tetuila and Eddy Montana as members of the Remedies,they swept awards with songs like Shakomo,Milinda and Sade. In the late 90s, the group broke up to work on individual projects. Tony Tetuila released Omode Meta on which he featured plantation boiz which was a smash hit and that song ushered Tetuila into limelight.Eedris and Eddy also did well for themselves.
AY-this is not any of the Ays we have now. This A.Y happens to be a rapper and he sounded like the Dagrin of the 2000s with a hit titled I'm Gonna Make It but he seems to have disappeared after his first album.
Mr Kool- he happened to be a RnB singer. He was more of a Banky W of the time, known for his love songs and romantic tunes,he was also a funny character with a very long hair.
Big Lo- Those days,mention BigLo and you will hear people echo 2shot. They were close friends and business associates. Biglo became famous for his song Delicious. He also had a very unique way of singing or maybe it should be called rapping.
BABA FRY0-with a unique look and a star on one eye like the one eyed Sunday we read about in Intensive English and a style of music called Nigerian dancehall(galala),Baba fryo swept us off our feet those days with sounds like 'Dengepose' which was indeed an hit with almost everybody in the country dancing to the song. He also disappeared soon after.
MAMUZE-identical twins,they were also one duo you don't leave out when talking about the evolution of music in Nigeria. They did a local style of Nigerian music. They seem to prefer acting to singing because these days,we still sight them in one or two local movies.
JJC AND THE 419 SQUAD-this happens to be one of the major players in the transition of misic in Nigeria. The leader of the group JJC also called Skillz was a former member of a UK music group called Big Brovas. He was the leader of the squad which also had Smokey,Masterplan,and some others have since disappeared,though we still see JJC on the music scene once in a while,the question is this:where are the other members of the group? . . Masterplan(MP) happens to be another member of the group who has released a smash hit. He had two videos and they were NO DULLING and PASAPASA. He seemed to be doing good in the industry but he just disappeared.
SEYI SHODIMU-I am sure he does not need no introduction. He actually made us all groove with 'Love me jeje' which was a very big hit.The multimillionaire we heard controls gas stations in the UK and is sure doing good for himself. Wonder what happened to his music career.
AZADUS- he gave us hits like Madam and a host of other lovely dancehall sounds and that was all.
PASTOR GOODY GOODY- I am sure some teens would be wondering who is this? He was also one of the top entertainers of the middle/late 90s. He did a funny style that sounded like Patua dancehall. He gave us sounds like 'Hey Mr Goodygoody'. I really wonder what happened to him too. To be continued...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
MAN GETS 45 YEARS JAIL TERM FOR STEALING AREGBESOLA'S PHONE
For stealing a N50,000 Sony Ericsson phone belonging to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, a 31-year-old Kelvin Ighodalo has been sentenced to 45-year imprisonment by an Osogbo High Court.
Ighodalo stole the phone from the pocket of Aregbesola on November 27, 2010, when the governor was being inaugurated at Government Technical College, Osogbo.
Justice Oyejide Falola, who heard the case, found Ighodalo guilty on six counts, which included conspiracy, stealing and fraud.
He was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for the first three counts and five years for each of the last three which included impersonation, obtaining property by falsehood and collusion.
Falola, who ruled that Ighodalo deserved the jail term, held that the convict used the phone to obtain N500, 000 from the Owa of Ilesa, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, while he obtained N200, 000 from Mr Shengen Rahman, an associate of the governor.
The jail term, which Falola pronounced will run concurrently, means that Ighodalo will spend the next 10 years behind bars.
Assistant principal state counsel, Mr Biodun Badiora, told the court that the convict had served six-year imprisonment in Ikoyi prison custody in connection with a murder case in 2005.
Counsel to Ighodalo, Mr. Ameachi Ngwu, prayed the court to commit him to community service, stressing that the convict should not be incarcerated but rather be placed where people could see him as a convict.
Ighodalo stole the phone from the pocket of Aregbesola on November 27, 2010, when the governor was being inaugurated at Government Technical College, Osogbo.
Justice Oyejide Falola, who heard the case, found Ighodalo guilty on six counts, which included conspiracy, stealing and fraud.
He was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for the first three counts and five years for each of the last three which included impersonation, obtaining property by falsehood and collusion.
Falola, who ruled that Ighodalo deserved the jail term, held that the convict used the phone to obtain N500, 000 from the Owa of Ilesa, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, while he obtained N200, 000 from Mr Shengen Rahman, an associate of the governor.
The jail term, which Falola pronounced will run concurrently, means that Ighodalo will spend the next 10 years behind bars.
Assistant principal state counsel, Mr Biodun Badiora, told the court that the convict had served six-year imprisonment in Ikoyi prison custody in connection with a murder case in 2005.
Counsel to Ighodalo, Mr. Ameachi Ngwu, prayed the court to commit him to community service, stressing that the convict should not be incarcerated but rather be placed where people could see him as a convict.
Monday, April 29, 2013
MY PRISON BREAK
Category-real life story by Omojuyigbe olanrewaju. Location-Lagos. This happens to be one of the most unbelievable stories I have heard this year and I thought it would not be a bad idea if I shared it. Bola is a young man,of about 25 years of. age. Dark skinned,black eyes and an introvert. According to him in a one on one interview,a couple of years back,he happened to fall into the category of youths that have this jevenile deliquency problem. His parents worried a lot and were hell bent on looking for a way to make him change for the better.Despite his misdeeds,he was still a very brilliant kid and it did not take long before he got admission into one of the tertiary institutions in the western part of the country. Not long,the first semester was over and he got back home. He was received with joy by his parents and things went on normally. Second semester approached and it was time for him to go back to school.His parents promised to take him back to school and he was very happy.On the D-day,he woke up early,packed his things into his dad's car and was fully set for school.His parents got into the car and they set out. It did not take long before he slept off and what woke him up was a loud sound and he saw a big gate open. He was surprised but thought maybe his father wants to just say hi to one of his friends. He decided to look around and he realized this place was more of a youth prison,the type you call a correction facility. He was very shocked . They all alighted from the car and his parents whispered something into the ears of an elderly man who came to receive them. He immediately made a call and in the twinkle of an eye,everything changed. Bola was given a new set of cloth,a new monitor,a new phone and everything just changed.Then it occurred to him that he was surely in a correction facility.He was scared to death but still could not utter a word. His parents then left . On the floor,somewhere west of where he was standing,he saw another set of youths tied together with chains and some were just in a single man cell. He was helped to his room by his personal monitor and there he met another set of youths who were to be his room mates for as long as his parents wants him to stay there. There were 5 sets of bed to contain two. He decided to 'interview' his room mates sort of. There and then he shouted 'Mogbe' which is a yoruba language meaning I am in trouble when an inmate said he had been there for 6 years and his parents came regularly.Then,he realized most of the people there are rich kids brought down there by parents bent on correcting their kids.Everything there was planned and not long,it was time for them to go to bed.He could not sleep at all because thought of what was going to happen to him and for how long he was going to be there filled his mind. He was about closing his eyes when he heard a trumpet like sound which means 'wake up!'. According to him,the correction facility was being controlled like a secondary school with the head called Headmaster.They also had teachers who are former mental patients. Now,in this facility,you are being treated according to how stubborn you are. Some in chains,some in cuffs,some totally made immobile. Some even have terrible bruises on them. It was time for hard labour and they were packed to the field. There and then,something struck him. He looked around and he saw nobody was looking his direction,then,he just kept moving towards the direction of the gate.He kept moving till he got to the main entrance. Luckily for him,there were lots of guests that day so he mixed with the children of one of the guests and they helped him out.That was it. He just managed to escape from a State Welfare Facility. Just a day's experience and it felt like ten years. 'I will never go back to that place' he said and since then,he changed for the better. His advice to stubborn kids is that they should take things cool and change for the better as they would not like to be an inmate in one. He also advised parents to take their time to understand their kids and be very careful as regards decision made because it could have either positive or negative effect on their wards. Bola is now working in one of the companies on the island.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Feyisetan Owonifaari,student of Ikosi High School, ketu,drowns in well
A student of Ikosi High school identified as Feyisetan Owonifaari has been reported dead.
According to reports reaching Realnaijagists, the teen was said to have been sent to fetch water when the unfortunate incident took place.
All attempts to reach her parents proved abortive.
According to reports reaching Realnaijagists, the teen was said to have been sent to fetch water when the unfortunate incident took place.
All attempts to reach her parents proved abortive.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
STEPHNORA OKERE CONFESSES SHE IS STILL IN LOVE WITH JIM IYKE
Actress Stephnora Okere and Jim Iyke
dated for a while many years back and according to an interview she
granted Stella Dimoko Korkus in this week’s Encomium magazine, she’s
still in love with jim. Excerpts from the interview:
I’ve been maintaining a low profile because of the fact that I wanted to re-arrange myself for the future having made one or two mistakes in the past.
“What mistakes are you referring to?
As an actress or your personal life?” Stephnora: “Both. First as an actress, I allowed myself to put on weight and that is not good for the kind of profession I’m in.
When I gained weight, I lost a lot of offer for movie roles. My personal life mistake concerns my involvement in a marriage process that never scaled through.
I got involved with someone with someone who doesn’t understand what the word love means. It took me being involved in that relationship to realise what true love really means. It made me realise that I had loved and still do love someone else.”
Who exactly are you referring to that you still love?
Stephnora: I still love Jim Iyke
Wow, that’s some revelation. I am sure even Jim Iyke will be shocked to read this.
He must have impacted on you strongly.
Stephnora: Jim Iyke was and is still the best friend I’ve ever had. He was not just around, he was there as a friend, brother, lover, companion. He was always there. He understood me.
MAYBACH MUSIC'S WALE TO FEATURE WIZKID ON FORTHCOMING ALBUM
Nigerian-born rapper Wale says Wizkid will feature on his forthcoming album ‘The Gifted’ scheduled for release on June 25, 2013.The Maybach Music Group rapper revealed this a few weeks ago on Twitter while dropping some hints on how his new album would sound.
‘Best believe I got some new music for that green white green on my new album.. Ask @wizkidayo‘, @Wale wrote.
A few weeks before that Wale had expressed Wizzy as his favourite African artiste.
The pair must have spent quite some time in the studio last year; Wizkid also disclosed in an interview with OK! Magazine that he had enlisted Wale on his upcoming mixtape.
I WILL NEVER BE FAITHFULL TO ANY WOMAN>FEMI KUTI
“I will never be faithful to a woman. Never ever!’ – Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti spoke to Yes! International magazine recently about women, marriage, and more. Quite interesting!!!
I will never get married again. I don’t think I will ever be able to trust anybody. I will never be able to give any woman that chance. First, I will never be faithful. Never ever! I will not even try to be faithful. I won’t! Because first of all, I don’t even believe a woman would be faithful to me. And why does she want to be faithful to me?First, I think it’s very unnatural and I can not even imagine standing somewhere and one man will say ‘I pronounce you man and wife. Who are you to pronounce me man and wife? Okay, I pronounce myself man and wife. There’s a girl who lives with me now. She’s not as jealous as most of my other girlfriends.. She knows I like women, so we understand each other. She doesn’t question me, I don’t question her. She takes cares of our child, no wahala. But the minute she starts being over-jealous, we are going to start to fight. She’s the kind of person that I will say, that girl is fine o, and she will say, should I chase her for you? And I will say don’t worry, I can do it myself.It’s about freedom expression, freedom of the mind, freedom of being able to live and if that institution can not give me that, why should I go into an institution that is about restriction? It doesn’t mean that I’m somebody that wants to sleep around, I just don’t like ‘don’t, don’t, don’t! I don’t need an institution to tell me that.I don’t want anybody to question me. Who are you to question my life? Have you heard any of my song questioning anybody? And every time I’ve tried to love, they have broken my heart. From day one – either because I’m Fela’s son. I hear the parents say ‘oh, you want to marry Fela’s son? God forbid. Even Funk that I married, when her mother found out I was Fela’s son, she scream no o! God forbid. Funke had to runaway to get pregnant o! And we ran away to get married. So, by the time she and her mother made up, of course, the marriage collapsed.So you see, I try to be straight forward. Why should I lie? I’m popular and I now want to be sneaking from house to house or lie to my girlfriend? There’s no way they won’t catch me so it’s better you’re truthful. So I don’t start a relationship with ‘you are my one and only, bla bla bla. No! I like you very much but the possibility of liking someone else is there. I tell them. Even my wife Funke, I made this very clear to her. I don’t start my relationship based on you are the only one, I want to marry you, you’re the apple of my eyes. I start by being very truthful.
HENRY OKAH SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS IMPRISONMENT ON TERRORISM CHARGES
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Henry Okah has denied any involvement, claiming the charges against him were politically motivated [Reuters]
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A South African court jailed Nigerian national Henry
Okah for 24 years after he was convicted of 13 terrorism charges over
twin bombings in Abuja in 2010. "Effectively, the accused Okah is therefore sentenced to 24 years imprisonment," said Judge Neels Claassen on Tuesday. The charges were related to two car bombs in Abuja, Nigeria, in which 12 people were killed and 36 injured on October 1, 2010, the anniversary of the country's independence. The second bombing took place in Warri on March 15, 2010 at a post amnesty dialogue meeting. One person was killed and 11 seriously injured. In both bombings, two car bombs went off minutes apart in both places. The cars were parked in close proximity to each other. Claassen sentenced Okah to 12 years imprisonment for each of the bombings and 13 years for the threats made to the South African government after his arrest in October 2010. The 13 years would run concurrently with the 24 years. In January, during judgment Claassen said the State had proved Okah's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and his failure to testify meant the evidence against him remained uncontested. Okah has denied any involvement, claiming the charges against him were politically motivated. |
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
CHINUA ACHEBE:THE NIGERIAN LEGEND
A Look At The Life Of Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)
Achebe died following a brief illness, said his agent, Andrew Wylie.
"He was also a beloved husband, father, uncle and grandfather, whose wisdom and courage are an inspiration to all who knew him," Wylie said.
His eminence worldwide was rivaled only by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Toni Morrison and a handful of others. Achebe was a moral and literary model for countless Africans and a profound influence on such American writers as Morrison, Ha Jin and Junot Diaz.
As a Nigerian, Achebe lived through and helped define revolutionary change in his country, from independence to dictatorship to the disastrous war between Nigeria and the breakaway country of Biafra in the late 1960s. He knew both the prestige of serving on government commissions and the fear of being declared an enemy of the state. He spent much of his adult life in the United States, but never stopped calling for democracy in Nigeria or resisting literary honors from a government he refused to accept.
His public life began in his mid-20s. He was a resident of London when he completed his handwritten manuscript for "Things Fall Apart," a short novel about a Nigerian tribesman's downfall at the hands of British colonialists.
Turned down by several publishers, the book was finally accepted by Heinemann and released in 1958 with a first printing of 2,000. Its initial review in The New York Times ran less than 500 words, but the novel soon became among the most important books of the 20th century, a universally acknowledged starting point for postcolonial, indigenous African fiction, the prophetic union of British letters and African oral culture.
"It would be impossible to say how `Things Fall Apart' influenced African writing," the African scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah once observed. "It would be like asking how Shakespeare influenced English writers or Pushkin influenced Russians. Achebe didn't only play the game, he invented it."
"Things Fall Apart" has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages. Achebe also was a forceful critic of Western literature about Africa, especially Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," standard reading for millions, but in Achebe's opinion, a defining example of how even a great Western mind could reduce a foreign civilization to barbarism and menace.
"Now, I grew up among very eloquent elders. In the village, or even in the church, which my father made sure we attended, there were eloquent speakers. So if you reduce that eloquence which I encountered to eight words ... it's going to be very different," Achebe told The Associated Press in 2008. "You know that it's going to be a battle to turn it around, to say to people, `That's not the way my people respond in this situation, by unintelligible grunts, and so on; they would speak.' And it is that speech that I knew I wanted to be written down."
His first novel was intended as a trilogy and the author continued its story in "A Man of the People" and "Arrow of God." He also wrote short stories, poems, children's stories and a political satire, "The Anthills of Savannah," a 1987 release that was the last full-length fiction to come out in his lifetime. Achebe, who used a wheelchair in his later years, would cite his physical problems and displacement from home as stifling to his imaginative powers.
Achebe never did win the Nobel Prize, which many believed he deserved, but in 2007 he did receive the Man Booker International Prize, a $120,000 honor for lifetime achievement. Achebe, paralyzed from the waist down since a 1990 auto accident, lived for years in a cottage built for him on the campus of Bard College, a leading liberal arts school north of New York City where he was a faculty member. He joined Brown University in 2009 as a professor of languages and literature.
Achebe, a native of Ogidi, Nigeria, regarded his life as a bartering between conflicting cultures. He spoke of the "two types of music" running through his mind_ Ibo legends and the prose of Dickens. He was also exposed to different faiths. His father worked in a local missionary and was among the first in their village to convert to Christianity. In Achebe's memoir "There Was a Country," he wrote that his "whole artistic career was probably sparked by this tension between the Christian religion" of his parents and the "retreating, older religion" of his ancestors. He would observe the conflicts between his father and great uncle and ponder "the essence, the meaning, the worldview of both religions."
For much of his life, he had a sense that he was a person of special gifts who was part of an historic generation. Achebe was so avid a reader as a young man that his nickname was "Dictionary." At Government College, Umuahia, he read Shakespeare, Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jonathan Swift among others. He placed his name alongside an extraordinary range of alumni – government and artistic leaders from Jaja Wachukwa, a future ambassador to the United Nations; to future Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka; Achebe's future wife (and mother of their four children) Christine Okoli; and the poet Christopher Okigbo, a close friend of Achebe's who was killed during the Biafra war.
After graduating from the University College of Ibadan, in 1953, Achebe was a radio producer at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corp., then moved to London and worked at the British Broadcasting Corp. He was writing stories in college and called "Things Fall Apart" an act of "atonement" for what he says was the abandonment of traditional culture. The book's title was taken from poet William Butler Yeats' "The Second Coming," which includes the widely quoted line, "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
His novel was nearly lost before ever seen by the public. When Achebe finished his manuscript, he sent it to a London typing service, which misplaced the package and left it lying in an office for months. The proposed book was received coolly by London publishers, who doubted the appeal of fiction from Africa. Finally, an educational adviser at Heinemann who had recently traveled to west Africa had a look and declared: "This is the best novel I have read since the war."
The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond." Africans, Achebe had announced, had their own history, their own celebrities and reputations. In mockery of all the Western books about Africa, Achebe ended with a colonial official observing Okonkwo's fate and imagining the book he will write: "The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger." Achebe's novel was the opening of a long argument on his country's behalf.
"Literature is always badly served when an author's artistic insight yields to stereotype and malice," Achebe said during a 1998 lecture at Harvard University that cited Joyce Cary's "Mister Johnson" as a special offender. "And it becomes doubly offensive when such a work is arrogantly proffered to you as your story. Some people may wonder if, perhaps, we were not too touchy, if we were not oversensitive. We really were not."
Achebe could be just as critical of his own country. The novels "A Man of the People" and "No Longer at Ease" were stories of corruption and collapse that anticipated the Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 and the years of mismanagement that followed. He not only supported Biafra's independence, but was a government envoy and a member of a committee that was to write up the new and short-lived country's constitution. He would flee from Nigeria and return many times and in 2004 refused the country's second-highest award, the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic, in protest over conditions under President Olusegun Obasanjo.
"For some time now, I have watched events in Nigeria with alarm and dismay," he said in an open letter to the president, referring to allegations of corruption and lawlessness in Achebe's southeastern home state of Anambra.
"A small clique of renegades, openly boasting its connections in high places, seems determined to turn my homeland into a bankrupt and lawless fiefdom. ... I had a strong belief that we would outgrow our shortcomings under leaders committed to uniting our diverse peoples."
Besides his own writing, Achebe served for years as editor of Heinemann's "African Writer Series," which published works by Nadine Gordimer, Stephen Biko and others. He also edited numerous anthologies of African stories, poems and essays. In "There Was a Country," he considered the role of the modern African writer.
"What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue," he wrote. "A major objective was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent, and to recast them through stories – prose, poetry, essays, and books for our children. That was my overall goal."
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