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Funke Akindele is about fulfilling a fan's wish

It has become commonplace for celebrities with huge following on social media to be inundated with all sorts of requests by their fans.

Actress, Funke Akindele loves her fans immensely and would do anything to make them happy. Recently, a twitter user pleaded with the Jenifa star to buy him a tricycle fondly called Keke Napep to make ends meet and the TV personality replied, “Where Are You Dear, DM, your number.” Incredibly awesome gesture right? We think so too.

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user named Moshood Tobi Daniel was tweeted at a whole lot celebrities
like Wizkid, Davido, Don Jazzy, Iyanya, Flavour and co but it’s was only
Funke Akindele that replied him.
She told him to DM her his number, i guess something would comes out of there. Nice one aunty Funke.
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Meet The 2 Nigerians Shortlisted For The Caine Prize 2016

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Nneka Lesley Arimah

Distinguished Nigerian writers, Nneka Lesley Arimah and Tope Folarin have been shortlisted for the Caine Prize 2016, . They join South Africa’s
Lidudu Malingani, Kenyan/Somalian Abdul Khan and Zimbabwe’s Bongani Kona who have also been made the annual literary award list. Read Nneka and Tope’s profiles below.

Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria) for ‘What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky’ published in Catapult (Catapult, USA, 2015). Lesley Nneka Arimah is a Nigerian writer living in Minneapolis. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s and other publications. When she isn’t spreading peace and joy on Twitter, Arimah is at work on a collection of short stories (What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky) forthcoming in 2017 from Riverhead Books. There are rumours about a novel.

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Tope Folarin

Tope Folarin (Nigeria) for ‘Genesis’ published in Callaloo (Johns
Hopkins University Press, USA, 2014). Tope Folarin won the Caine Prize
for African Writing in 2013, and in 2014 he was named in the Africa39 list
of the most promising African writers under 39. In addition, his work
has been published in various anthologies and journals. He lives in
Washington DC.

Credit: Caineprize.com

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Photos: 2face bags honorary degree from Igbinedion University

Nigerian music icon, Innocent Ujah Idibia, also known as 2Baba, has been conferred with an honorary degree by Igbinedion University, Okada, becoming the first Nigerian artiste to receive that honour from an indigenous university.

2Baba received the honour on Tuesday, 9 May, 2016 at The University Main Auditorium, Okada during the university’s 17th Founder’s Day Ceremony, which saw an overwhelming attendance – the auditorium was filled to maximum capacity. Special appearances were made by Prof. Sir. Victor Uwaifo and popular comedian Maleke.

The master’s degree was presented to 2Baba by the former governor of Edo state, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, who is also the deputy vice Chancellor of the University.

2Baba’s wife, Annie Idibia, was also present to witness the historic conferment and was all smiles as she accompanied her husband to receive his honorary degree. Earlier, upon their arrival in Edo state, they paid a courtesy visit to the Esama and founder of the university, Sir Chief Dr G.O Igbinedion.

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Bayern Munich sign Renato Sanches and Mats Hummels

Manchester United target, Renato Sanches and German defender, Mats Hummels have joined Bayern Munich on 5 year-deals. They were signed from Benfica and Borussia Dortmund respectively.

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It’s time to put our religious and tribal differences aside

Article written by Tony Ogunlowo

Nigeria is a country of many nations; many different people of different tribes, customs and religions fused together by our then English overlords in 1914.

Different people of different religious denominations and tribes forcibly put together can only spell one word – trouble!

When the English put us together in 1914 it was on the basis of ‘divide & rule’. It worked in their favour as it was easier to rule a country divided against itself – and at each other’s throats – than for them to rule a united people.

But that was over a hundred years ago.

Since then we’ve managed to stay together like an old married couple – though we don’t often like each other most of the time – through a civil war and countless uprisings. Whether we like it or not the Federal Republic of Nigeria is here to stay and nobody will be carving out a new Fulani or Yoruba Empire or a Biafra state.

At the end of the civil war in America and the abolition of the slave trade Abraham Lincoln was quick to point out that a ‘ house divided against itself cannot stand’. Since 1776 America has managed to stand, as a nation, despite all its inherent race, religious and tribal differences.

In Nigeria when things go wrong we’re quick to blame the Hausa man, Fulani man, Igbo man or the Yoruba man. We’re quick to point out that he’s either a Muslim or a Christian, a Northerner or Southerner. Very petty in deed!

We’re Nigerians. We’re family whether we like it or not. Family sticks together through thick and thin, through the good or the bad (sic- well most of the time!). We’ve let sibling rivalry enter our family, blaming that one because he’s a Northern Muslim, ostracizing those ones because they are Biafran separatists, ignoring those ones because they are from the West Petty bickering! Silly excuses to avoid dealing with the real problems at hand – passing the buck! Yes we have problems but allocating blame to a person or persons because of their tribal or religious affiliations will not solve the problem.

A nation divided against itself cannot stand!

So the first step in nation building – or re-building as is the case for Nigeria – is to act as one people, one nation. So if something is wrong, or going wrong, blame the person in charge as an individual and don’t bring their religion or tribe into it. So Buhari is there now and he’s only favouring the Northern Muslims. Or when Goodluck was there everything he was doing was to favour the Southerners or Obasanjo only put the Yoruba’s first. Likewise our politicians, especially those in opposition, should stop playing the religious and tribal race card. It’s cheap, petty and inappropriate in the 21st century. It’s strange that race and religion doesn’t come into it when they are sharing stolen public funds!

The collective blaming of an entire religion or tribe for the misdeeds of a few is morally wrong! For instance Fulani herdsmen are out of control. They terrorize and murder people who oppose them taking their herds wherever they want to.

The problem here is not the ‘Fulani’, a northern tribe of more or less peaceful people, but the ‘herdsmen’ who have taken the law into their own hands. In the absence of any enforced law in Nigeria governing their movements as herdsmen they will get up to mischief, resorting to anarchy. You deal with them as the offending individuals and don’t put an entire tribe on trial. Also when we hear of the Boko Haram atrocities we are quick to condemn all Muslims for the actions of a deluded few. Is every Yoruba man a cultist or armed robber? Is every Igbo man a drug smuggler? No! A Yoruba proverb says that the King cuts off only the offending finger and not the entire hand. Blame the offending individual as a personality and not as a representative of their tribe or religion.

This country has stood for over a hundred years through out all the problems that has been its history and will continue to stand. We can make things a lot better if we face problems as they are without having to resort to bickering about religion and tribal differences.

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Sofiane Boufal named best African in France

Morocco and Lille midfielder, Sofiane Boufal has won the 2016 Marc-Vivien Foé prize for best African player in France Ligue 1. The 22-year-old beat Algeria and Lyon’s Rachid Ghezzal and Cheikh N’Doye of Senegal and Angers to win the trophy. The award was won last year by Andre Ayew of Ghana.

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Charly Boy Opines That Men Of Today Are The Weaker Sex

From my marriage counselling experience, I have come to the conclusion that most men of today are the weaker sex, at least emotionally.

How many of us can control our emotions that we resort to using our wives as punching bags, abusing alcohol, or other methods of lashing out because we are not emotionally strong enough to hold our cool.

A lot of us can’t keep up with both working a full time job and managing a household, raising children to the extent that women do everyday. I know some of you would say, that’s not a man’s department.

I have come to the conclusion that we need women more than the women need us. If not for our money or our sperm, women really have no real need for us.

Men are big babies because they always want everything to be about them and the women know this and know how to massage/manipulate our ego.

Most men can’t really control their sexual urge, that’s why some of us can have sex even with our housemaids or anything in skirts.

Male death rates are greater than comparable to female rates for almost all major causes of death. Men die younger from heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic lung diseases, infections. Men are also much more likely to commit suicide than women and have a greater chance of being murdered or dying in an accident.

Abegi, this is just my take. How Una see this matter, because heavy wahala dey ground o!!!!!! –

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Michel Platini to resign as UEFA President after ban appeal fails

Michel Platini will step down from his role as UEFA President, after his appeal to have a six-year ban from football failed. The 60 year-old who was found guilty of ethics breaches over a 2m Swiss Franc (£1.3m) “disloyal payment” last year however had his ban reduced to four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)

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Ibrahimovic Is French Footballer of the Year

Zlatan Ibrahimovic with the Ligue 1 best player's award on May 8, 2016

PSG Forward, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been crowned France’s Ligue 1 Player of the Year Footballer Of The Year. The former Barcelona striker edged out his teammate, Angel Di Maria, Nice’s Hatem Ben Arfa and Marseille midfielder Lassana Diarra to win the award. The Swedish footballer who has now won it for the third time is the division’s top scorer, with a total of 35 goals.

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10 times Nigerian celebrities gave us Mommy and daughter goals

In celebration of mother’s day, we have picked some of the most adorable mommy and me moments featuring celebrities and their daughters – daughters only because it is mot.