On Air Personality, Toke Makinwa and comedian Bovi have been unveiled as host of Headies 2014; Nigeria’s most prestigious music awards. This year awards will hold on October 25th 2014.
Toke Makinwa and Bovi unveiled as host of Headies 2014
Quote of the day: Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
Speaking on the insecurity in Nigeria and Boko Haram Insurgency, former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar said if not for his old age, he would have gone to confront Boko Haram at the war-front.
“I wish I were a young man, I would have gone to the war front to fight. It is unbelievable what is happening.”
Comedian Ali Baba celebrates daughter's 16th birthday
Top Nigerian comedian, Ali Baba took to his official twitter and instagram pages to celebrate his daughter, Princess Brandi Akpobome who turned 16 today.
"To talk to Mikel, you have to be ready for your own beating"- Samson Siasia
Ex Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia has rated Nigerian midfielder, Mikel Obi’s performances in most competitions as dismal. He also noted that speaking to Mikel on the need to step up his game could prove a little difficult as he isn’t open to criticisms.
“Someone would have to talk to him. But to talk to Mikel, you have to be ready for your own beating. From what we have seen and what people are saying, they don’t think he is giving his best. But he should be able to criticise himself.”
He continued, “He should do a self-critique. If he believes he is not doing well, he has to try and up his game. He has been watching the games from the World Cup, if he thinks he is not doing well, why is he not scoring, he has to be able to look at those videos and see the areas he needs to improve on.
“Nobody has to tell him. He is a professional. So, I am not going to criticise him. He has done well for this country, but if he is not doing well like he used to, then something has to be done.”
On whether Mikel should be a defensive or attacking midfielder, Siasia admitted that he’s confused.
“I am actually confused on that one, I don’t know anymore. As a defensive midfield player, it doesn’t mean you should not go forward or try to take some shots at goal. Nemanja Matic is doing it; Ramires is doing it, so how come Mikel is not doing it? Why can’t he cover the box-to-box play? If you don’t get into the box, you can never shoot at goal. So, that is his problem.” He added
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How difficult is it to find Mr Right in Nigeria? Comedian, Ali Baba puts his two cents in.
In a recent facebook post, Ace comedian, Ali Baba talked about where ladies get in wrong in their quest in finding Mr Right in Nigeria. Short but thought-provoking piece.
“I have a serious matter at hand that I want to share. In fact, I should have shared this long ago, but the primary message from a friend that prompted the matter, was lost in between the series of inbox messages from those strange girls that are looking for romantic friendships on Facebook.
In a nutshell, a lady friend sent me an inbox message on how it’s harder to find a good man in Nigeria. And that the men who are “manageable” (her words, not mine) are so scarce and if you ever get them they are either married to a lady that does not deserve them or just repenting from a bad marriage from one of such women. Or even just lost faith in the whole marriage thing.
I later ran into her at a club. After the usual introductions that have become common place with these social media network of friends… (You are my friend on twitter, Facebook, Tango, INSTAGRAM… That kind of thing)…. I chatted with her a bit and found out from what she told me, that, many women are now settling for anything in between MR Right, MR Not just ok and MR Nearly right. As she put it, it’s now a case of looking at what a guy checks out in the top 10 box… And if he has 3 out of 10, snap him up… Work on the rest 7, if you are lucky, you can get him to add 3 more of those top10 qualities… And begin to pray it lasts for as long as you both can manage.
Much as I tried, to get her to rate me, she said, she can only rate someone who is on her radar. So ladies have relationship radar? Yes of course. You think you were not in Mary’s radar, and she waited for you to come back after you… ? Ouch!!! (That was my guy who was listening in on our private conversation) I wasn’t on Mary’s radar…. I managed to mutter. Then she fooled you wellllll. She quickly added.
It got me thinking… What does a man need to show to get on any woman’s radar? Money, sense of humor, fame, dress sense, good job, intelligence, good diction, good physique, some visible signs of affluence, confidence,… She let me continue for a while, raised her glass of Henessy VSOP, downed it, and said, “He must first be AVAILABLE. Then you can begin to check out the rest.” So I asked, do I look available? She said, “Of course, to the people who do not care if you are married, you are very available! Not to me, OOO. Mary was my boss at Platinum. So that strikes you out.” So I asked the next possible question, “so what can I do to look unavailable?” There is nothing. You are even an easy pick. She added. Any man who has a source of income, popular, dresses well, tall, handsome small sef, has a car, is in the circles of successful people, looks like he has potentials to become somebody important and can pay the bills…
Our conversation started having K-leg when she lit a cigar, not cigarette, Cuban cigar and started smoking. I took a good look at her, and realized that, these women who are looking for a MR Right all over Lagos, may just have met him but he is also looking for a woman who doesn’t drink alcohol or smoke anything at all. That is the wahala. As you are looking for MR right, he might be dodging you because you are all shades of wrong…
While you are looking waiting for a guy to walk in and fit into your radar, you are doing some things that also confine you to the “never my type” hemisphere…
So, in conclusion, just as good men are hard to find, “manageable” ladies are unicorns!!!!
What is GOOSE for Uganda… Is GOOD for PERU
Emmanuel Babayaro says no Nigerian not even Stephen Keshi can handle the Eagles.
Dear Nigerians and die-hard footie fans, do you agree with this statement? Ex goalkeeper and singer, Emmanuel Babayaro has maintained that no Nigerian coach is capable of handling the Super Eagles. He added that even the incumbent manager, Stephen Keshi who is highly sentimental isn’t right for the job.
“I don’t think Keshi is the man for the job. I never thought any Nigerian coach is the right person for the Eagles. And note this, it has nothing to do with their ability as coaches. As coaches they may be terrific, but I have always maintained, an average Nigerian myself inclusive, we are very sentimental people and football and sentiments they don’t go together.
He continued, “That is why we have this situation where Keshi never invites the best hands, for one sentimental reason or the other. On a good day, somebody else without sentiments would have invited every other person. We have to bring the players. They will create competition which at the end of the day makes every other player better.”
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2face, Omoni Oboli, Majid Michel, Fally Ipupa, others endorse Juliet Ibrahim's Kidney-Cancer Foundation (Photos)
The Juliet Ibrahim Foundation (JIF) has received massive support from top notch celebrities like 2face Idibia, Omoni Oboli, Majid Michel, Kcee, Fally Ipupa, Eddie Kenzo and many more.
The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization was set up to create awareness on kidney cancer and providing necessary interventions to ensure a society free of such issues in Ghana and Africa at large. The foundation also aims at educating people that kidney cancer and other kidney-related ailments are preventable.
JIF helps raise funds for people living with kidney diseases and suffering from kidney failures, for transplant as well as patients’ dialysis treatments.
1. The long term goal of JIF is to build a state of the art kidney center for a better management of people with renal/kidney diseases.
2. To sensitize and educate people on cancers and its effects on the Ghanaian society.
3. To provide funds and necessary assistance to people with kidney diseases but cannot afford its management.
4. To collate funds to support hospitals and medical centers that manages
kidney diseases.
5. To serve as an advocate organization for awareness creation, education
and promoting healthy life styles to avoid kidney diseases.
Happy Birthday to LVB writer/contributor, Daniel Teinye Boyle
So today I decided to give a Happy Birthday Shout Out to a friend and Loladeville blog writer/contributor, Daniel Teinye Boyle. He’s also the CEO of Port Harcourt-based Beige Model Management Company. He writes some of the articles on our fashion and lifestyle columns. Wishing him more rewarding years on earth and the best life has to offer. Below is a birthday piece penned by him.
“On the sixteenth day of the ninth month in the eighty eighth year witnessed the birth of a new generation.
A movement was born and a leader unveiled.
Its been 26years of strife, joy, laughter, pain, sorrow, romance, disappointment and betrayal.
Alas its been a good number counting, where;-
Hard work and excellence bagged a second class upper division DEGREE and HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICAtE.
Patience and endurance bagged a CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
Persistence and innovation bagged a NOMINATION.
Gift and talent bagged a MUSIC DIRECTOR.
Diligence and Decorum bagged a MENTOR.
Free Spiritedness bagged a COMRADE.
Sound mind and intelligence bagged a TEACHER.
Skills and creativity bagged a STYLIST.
Perfection and precision bagged a WRITER.
And Mercy and Grace bagged a LEADER!
Mavin Records announces UK Tour 2014
Arguably Africa’s number 1 record label, Don Jazzy-led music label, Mavin Records will be embarking on a two city tour of United Kingdom. The 7 man Mavin Records crew which consists of Chief Executive Officer Don Jazzy, Dr Sid, D’ Prince, Tiwa Savage, Korede Bello, Reekado Banks and Mavin Princess Di’ja will be performing live at Manchester Ritz 7pm on 21st of October and London Indigo2 on 23rd of October 2014.
The concert which was put together by AllStarMusicGroup.Com and supported by SayNaija.Com promises to be an exciting event as this is the first time Mavin Records as a group will be performing in England.
5 reasons why top Pastors' marriages are packing up | By: Praise Fowowe
Relationship expert and sex counsellor Praise Fowowe in his new piece gave 5 reasons why marriages of some top pastors are crumbling. Read below:
(1) A man of God is not God, he is a man:
Unfortunately, we treat our men of God as if they are spirits who don’t live in human body. What do we expect when we saddle them with our numerous issues. Unfortunately, many are not wise to say no to church members whose lives will continue if they drop dead. Church members have academic, financial, and even marital problems, they go to the pastor as if the man is built to solve every problem and in our quest to prove that we are superstars, we also fail to embrace the use of professionals who are trained in these things because of our hidden fear of respect. What stops a man of God who knows his marriage is in danger to take a back seat and allow a church member whose marriage is a model take a message on a Sunday that marriage is meant to be discussed? You are not built to solve every problem.
(2) Anointing does not give immunity to divorce:
The same way anointing doesn’t give immunity to sexual sins, it doesn’t also give immunity to divorce. It takes more than anointing to make a marriage work. I have seen the people we refer to as unbelievers build a fantastic marriage why I have also seen loads of tongue-talking believers make a shipwreck of theirs.
The most important ingredient to build a winning marriage isn’t prayers, it is knowledge and if you don’t have it, you can’t pray it in. I tell people that your anointing wouldn’t stop you from sleeping with church members if you have a sex problem. If you position yourself around babes consistently in the name of “My daughter in the lord” and you don’t draw a critical line, it is only a matter of time. My story is everywhere on how I was a sex addict in church after being born again yet leading praise worship and leading people to Christ until I became real to myself and went to get help.
Every counsellor needs a counsellor and every pastor needs a pastor who may not necessarily be title carrying person because the problem with us is that in this part of the world, we believe that a laity isn’t anointed as long as he doesn’t pastor a large church. If you are beating your wife, don’t pretend you don’t have a problem, you need to get help from a psychologist or psychiatrist.
(3) There is no relationship without communication and relaxation:
So many men of God don’t communicate with their spouses. You can’t expect an abandoned flower to blossom without your attention. I think many of us saddle our wives with church work that they are not prepared for. I do not believe that because a man is a pastor necessarily means that his wife must be a Pastor Mrs. God’s callings and gifting aren’t by marriage. I don’t understand the calling that will make a man of God remain in Nigeria while he sends his wife to Germany to pastor the branch of the church over there.
Excuse me, you are a human being who needs emotional attention. Unfortunately, that is the reality in many ministries. You are a man of God on the pulpit but at home, you are a lover and a father to your children. So you might learn to drop the bible and Christianity on the altar so that you can communicate with your wife and your children in human language. I was invited to a meeting years back and I asked the Pastors there the last time they had a dance with their spouses? I was shocked when they said it was during their wedding.
(4) Isolation isn’t spirituality:
Jesus never isolated himself. As a matter of fact, he was found in everyday places like our present day shopping malls and movie houses. I see a lot of young pastors who have aged faster than they should be because of Isolation. Something tells us that we need to isolate ourselves to receive a word for a people who are being “pastored” only during the service because many of them are being influenced more by their favorite musician than their pastor. Don’t allow church members turn you into who you are not because you don’t want to hang out with your babe.
They would spread your story when your marriage breaks down. When was the last time you met your pastor in a bus, mall, a restaurant or a cinema? As a matter of fact, when was the last time he was stuck in traffic and you saw him? If your answer is no, then most likely your pastor is a spirit. If a man wants to live in isolation, he should please not get married so that we can save the body of Christ all this embarrassment.
(5) Wisdom is in the city square:
If a man of God is inadequate on a particular subject, It is not shameful to get help. It is humility to look for help from people that have studied that particular subject. Something to learn from someone we have categorized as sinner. So when I hear someone make statements like there is nothing an unbeliever can teach me, I often ask who taught you how to speak English and understand Mathematics. Age and longevity in ministry is not the same as wisdom.
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