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Man of Steel: Why we love our cuff-links

Cuff-links are the tiniest accessories on a a man’s ensemble but yet one of the most important. They range from gold to bronze and are adorned with precious stones which could diamonds to emeralds. Every man should invest on this tiny but yet important piece of statement, because it goes to say a lot about you and your class.

How to rock the ‘Man of Steel’ look

(1) A very crisp white shirt could never be complete without the “steel”. Throw in a gold cuff with designed stones on them and a good gold-matching wristwatch to complete the look.

(2) For a Black shirt, you might want to introduce silver cuffs or stoned-cuffs as the sparkles are at peace with the black background.

(3) Also note that your wristwatch must be in harmony with your cuffs; you do not want your wrist region to look like a jewelry box.

(4) Another thing you can match with your cuffs are your belts. A classy FERAGAMO or GIVENCHY belt-heads are timeless.

(5) I would advice that your cuffs,belt-heads and wrist watches do a sort of love-making for that perfect dapper look.

So gentlemen! Go out there and take over the room, afterall….you are a MAN OF STEEL.

Written By: Daniel Teinye Boyle

(CEO Beige Model Management)

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Ebola Virus: 5 Facts The Media Forgot To Tell You

On a normal day, I worry about how often I wash my hands. I wash them a lot. So imagine my paranoia when I heard about the Ebola virus. It was disturbing enough when people in other West African countries were dealing with the disease. When I heard about the Liberian that died in Lagos, I began to lose sleep. My very active imagination played out all the possible scenarios and ways one could get Ebola. It was not pretty.
I attended an event last week where I met an acquaintance I hadn’t seen in a while. In my excitement I rushed for a hug and she hesitated, apologetically blaming Ebola. I shrugged and jokingly added, that while we are here worrying about death by Ebola, rapture will take place. We both laughed and went our separate ways.
The disease has gotten a lot of attention, rightly so considering the sheer number of people it has killed in its wake, but really should we be that afraid? That paranoid? I wasn’t sure so I decided to do some research. You know how it is, the bible says, ‘My people perish for lack of knowledge.’
What I found was reassuring to say the least. While the media has done a great job in keeping everyone abreast of the latest Ebola updates, it has done an unbelievably dismal job of reducing the fear and panic that has gripped the average west african.
The following represent the facts about Ebola and its transmission
(Beyond what might already be out there):
(1) The virus is often spread through families and friends because they
come in close contact with such secretions when caring for infected
persons. – Center For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC)
(2) Human to human transmission is only achieved by physical contact with the body fluids of a person who is acutely ill or who has died from Ebola. Transmission among humans is mainly among caregiver family members or health care workers tending to the very ill, or in
preparation of the body of a deceased case for burial. – US Embassy
(Liberia), July 28th, 2014
(3) A person can have the virus without symptoms for 2-21 days, the average being 5 to 8 days before becoming ill. The person is not contagious until they are acutely ill. (Technically, if the person
beside you does not look sick, he/she cannot infect you. Emphasis mine.) US Embassy (Liberia), July 28th, 2014
(4) While all Ebola virus species have displayed the ability to be spread through airborne particles under research conditions, this type of spread has not been documented among humans in a real-world setting, such as a hospital or household. (In other words, the disease is not airborne. Emphasis mine.) – CDC
(5) Casual contact in public places with people that do not appear to be sick do not transmit Ebola. One cannot contract Ebola virus by handling money, groceries or swimming in a pool. Mosquitoes do not
transmit the Ebola virus. – National Center For Disease Control, India
Based on the facts above I’d say breathe easy, sleep better. No need to chew your nails in anxiety. Ebola is most likely not coming for you except if you deliberately expose yourself to unsafe conditions. Take simple precautions; keep a hand sanitizer in your bag or pocket and
use sparingly. Eat like you normally would but be sure to cook animal
products properly. While you are at it, spread hope, not fear.
Credit: Naomi Lucas (www.naomilucas.blogspot.com)
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"Fabregas is the missing piece of Chelsea's engine" Jose Mourinho

So Jose Mourinho is back ‘in the media’, doing one of the things he knows how to do best. The Portuguese has described one of his summer signings, Cesc Fabregas as the missing piece of Chelsea’s engine. The 27 year-old who moved from Barcelona to Stamford Bridge in a £27million deal scored his first goal for the Blues against Vitesse Arnhem last week.
Mourinho stated, “I see him everywhere. Because he can play everywhere. His best quality is the speed at which he analyses the game and executes. He’s very intelligent. And gives you goals. Fabregas is the missing piece of our engine. He has a football brain we need in our team. All the players have a fantastic feeling around Cesc. They really feel that he sees football too fast. It is so rare that he loses the ball or makes a wrong decision. He can accelerate the intensity of the game, or he can reduce it.”
The Chelsea Manager also said he was surprised at the ex Arsenal captain’s decision to return to English football.
He continued, “I always thought Cesc would stay a Barcelona player. It was him feeling so strongly about coming back to English football, a bit like me. I was in a big club, Real Madrid, and wanted to be back. He was at a big club, Barcelona, and wanted to be back. When we heard that he wanted to come back to London, we knew he was the last one we wanted.”
Dear Mourinho, we hope this headline “stays” the same in the coming months.
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Photo: Have you seen Aregbesola's odourless Fufu?

Incumbent Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has introduced odourless swallows (Fufu) ahead of the Osun Gubernatorial election. The other day it was Iresi Aregbe (Aregbe’s rice). This time around, odourless Fufu.

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Clench returns with two new singles

After the huge success of his riveting hit single titled,”Ma se binu” from his debut album “Nothing Comes Easy”, popular singer, Clench who’s been on break from the music scene for 4 years is making a powerful comeback. Clench whose real name is Mayowa Taiwo Owolabi and who was formerly signed 2 America-based Pindown records is back with two smashing singles, titled Tuleke ft ishau yau and Baby reverse.
The Ogun State-born artiste has worked with a couple of prolific music producers like OJB Jezreel, Puffy T, Nelson Brown, Fliptyce, Dtunes, K-solo, Bmyne,Olumix,lahlah to mention a few for his upcoming second album. His new singles will be released under his own management company called uphillentertainment.
Speaking on his break and return to music, the Olabisi Onabanjo University graduate affirmed that he’s back on track.

“I took a break to focus on so many things. Right now, I’m back with a bang and I’m excited about this phase of my career. It’s going to be a fresh start for me. I’ve been working with a lot of rave of the moment artistes nd producers and I’ll definitely wow my dedicated fans with a couple of impressive and club-banging singles this year.”
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Actress Uche Ogbodo welcomes baby girl

Fair-skinned actress, Uche Ogbodo on August 2, 2014 welcomed her first child; a baby girl in the United States.
“Thanks Everyone for your prayers and love on the birth of my baby.. God bless…” She wrote on her twitter page.
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Opinion: Fashola Is Wrong | By: Etcetera

Governor Fashola is one of the most outstanding Governors in Nigeria. Unlike some State Governors, he should be duly commended for his style of governance, his vision for Lagos State, and achievements. But the recent approval of 10 days paternity leave and six months maternity leave for civil servants of the state has been greeted with mixed sentiments within and outside the state. The paternity leave for instance sounds ridiculous to me each time I think about it.
What sounds even more laughable is the state Head of Service telling us that the new leave regime is meant to reduce the stress of the extensive work life of civil servants in the state. Please, since when did we start attributing words like “extensive work” to civil servants in Nigeria? My father was a civil servant, I visited his workplace most times and can categorically say that most Nigerian civil servants don’t do any extensive work.
I was actually smiling thinking I had stumbled on a comedy show on TV, hearing her branding civil servants as workaholics and how the newly approved 10 days paternity leave is needed to boost productivity. Has moving from one restaurant to another leaving empty plates of iyan and efo riro in their wake become stressful all of a sudden? I see these guys almost everyday in their different ministries in Alausa but what I haven’t seen is the same picture of the hardworking soldier ants the government is trying to paint to us. It will be more believable if the state comes clean with us that the paternity leave is basically for faaji. Even a newborn baby would giggle at the thought of a father demanding 10 days of paternity leave to bond with him/her.
Seriously, how do you bond with a baby that hasn’t even opened his or her eyes? This is a child that can’t even find the mother’s nipples. What does a man need 10 days paternity leave for? Did he have his placenta or umbilical cord removed? Did they perform caesarean on his pot belly? Did he share in the task of carrying the baby in the womb for nine months? Most male civil servants in the country have grown too fat developing breast as a result of idleness at work. Is this new paternity leave regime meant for them to stay at home and share in the responsibility of breastfeeding their newborn babies with their wives? Or are we granting them the additional 10 days paternity leave to also develop hips and complete the full circle of womanhood? This may sound funny but won’t this paternity law increase the rate of childbirth in the state, especially in a rainy season?
Our civil servants are not given to doing much work in the first place. Most times they are never even at work. I went to one of the ministries to see the permanent secretary about a project I was working on that needed state’s approval, and on entering his office, I was stunned by the sight of 15 large booli (roasted plantains) and two full bottles of peanuts on his table. He almost threw me out of his office when I jokingly asked if I could join in his lunch. In Nigeria, we already have so many public holidays, pilgrimages and the three weeks compulsory leave for workers, and weekends. Is that how we are going to build Lagos into a mega city? I don’t see the rationale in this new maternity and paternity policy.
Some say it is a policy that is already being implemented in more advanced societies and we should follow suit without taking into consideration the peculiarity of this terrain. Yes in more advanced countries, extended maternity leaves and paternity leaves are no big deal. The UK for instance grants as much as one year to a woman, to raise her child, with full salary, if she thinks it is necessary. And a man can take either 10 days or up to six months to stay with his wife and child. But we also know why this is very necessary for them. Unlike Nigeria, no UK grandparent will come to do omugwo or stay with a couple and help them take care of their children like a slave for anything more than a week or two.
Because most of these parents and grandparents are still busy chasing blind dates or searching for love on various online dating sites. Unlike Nigeria, in the UK there are no house-girls or house-boys who could be used like workhorses around the house for next to nothing. Also unlike Nigeria, UK men don’t take it as a duty to act on God’s commandment on procreation with every giving opportunity like some naija men.
Those applauding the six months maternity leave for women as a well thought out decision, should also consider that it may not be in the interest of everyone. Workers of private institutions may demand implementation of the same policy across board. And most private institutions can’t afford such luxury. Some civil servants may even see it as a threat to their livelihood and survival. The girls with the Lagos State Inland Revenue (LIRS) for instance won’t fancy sitting back at home for six months knowing how much of egunje (kickbacks) they will be missing.
The female LASTMA officials will be wondering how they will survive for that long on their meagre salaries. Another question is, what happens to those ministries with fewer members of staff? What if a couple of them got pregnant at the same time? Will they be granted six months maternity leave all at once? What about their skills when they return from such a long leave? Won’t it affect their ability to carry on and adapt to new policies? Will they be provided with extra courses to catch up with their colleagues? I think three months is okay for a nursing mother.
We also have to consider that salaries will be paid. Is the government going to slash salaries to cover up the inadequacies? Are we also bearing in mind that this policy may affect the already plunging productivity level of workers? Are we not creating more room for laxity? It is only in Naija that a female civil servant goes to work wearing a wig and returns home with braids. Isn’t that African magic? Please never walk into a female civil servant’s office unannounced, because you will surely bump into her trying on a new attire sold to her by a colleague in the office.
When you walk into some ministries, you will be left confused thinking you have mistakenly walked into Aswani market, seeing people loitering about selling all sorts of products. There are always ready buyers at the ministries. I guess the Lagos State government must have had a big laugh thinking it has found a solution to this embarrassment by locating the Ikeja City Mall next door, but did it work?
We always hear of ministries and other government structures getting burnt in Nigeria and Mickey Mouse always getting the blames when it is no secret that some of these female civil servants have makeshift kitchens in their offices. You always see them at their desks drawing up lists of food ingredients for the interns to buy.
As I end this article, I want you all to join me in prayers that nobody recommends this paternity and maternity policy to my state government. Because as it stands right now, I can’t tell which is more confused between my state government and today’s weather.
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