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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Romance Meets Life

Romance Meets Life

Win $1000 For Your Business in Nigeria Through DuduNorth's Drop Coin For Change Campaign

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 09:01 PM PDT


In celebration of the 53rd Nigerian Independence day, the Dudunorth website has developed a social campaign to support a Nigerian business owner in financial need with at least $1000.


This campaign is funded by a few bloggers and entrepreneurs who have donated these funds to bridge the gap in a Nigerian resident's business finances.  If you own a business and live in Nigeria, and you've been facing major financial setbacks, Dudunorth wants to help you get back on your feet by investing in your hustle.

There are only THREE requirements:

You must be a Nigerian resident (i.e. Nigeria is your permanent country of residence)
You are facing a MAJOR financial business challenge
You make less than N160,000/month

To participate, head on over to Dudunorth>>>>

Deadline to participate: September 30th, 2013

On October 1st, three individuals would be chosen for an interview from those who have expressed interest.  Of these three, ONE individual would emerge as the winner and presented with a cheque exceeding $1,000 (N160,000)

Good luck.

Lillie McCloud, 54 Years Old Grandma, Sings CeCe Winans' Alabaster Box at X-Factor Auditions

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 08:05 PM PDT


So the X-Factor Auditions have started and though I didn't watch the previous season, I might just jump in on this one. A friend sent me the link to this version of  CeCe Winans' Alabaster Box as sang by Lillie McCloud, and I'm almost won over. And can you believe she's 54? And a grandma too? She doesn't look it A-T A-L-L! Enjoy the video below.

Couple Love - Kate Middleton on the Red Carpet With Prince William

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 06:02 PM PDT


Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge appeared on the red carpet for the first time since she gave birth to her son, Prince George. Kate and Prince William were royal guests at the Tusk foundation gala dinner at The Royal Society in London.

Win a Free Arsenal Jersey Home Shirt Signed by Mesut Ozil!

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 05:04 PM PDT


For fans and fanatics of Arsenal FC and their new sign on Mesut Ozil, from Arsenal.com -

We've got the first home shirt signed by Mesut Ozil - and it will be won by one very lucky Arsenal member!

Just complete the form [on the Arsenal site] for your chance to claim this fantastic prize. The winner will be announced on September 23.

If you haven't joined as an Arsenal Member yet you can sign up for FREE Digital Membership when you watch any video on Arsenal.com or Arsenal Player.

Digital Members get an exclusive newsletter plus full access to all content on Arsenal Player, including match highlights and analysis, player interviews and much more..

Grieving Boyfriend Shares a Letter to his Dead Girlfriend

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:03 PM PDT


The letter above was found on Craigslist's singles - men looking for women - section, and has gone viral since. The touching note showcases a kind of love that makes appreciate the life of the one you love. Tell someone "I love you" today.

Do you Think You're Ready For Marriage? Answer These Questions

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:04 PM PDT


1) If you believe strongly that you must always have the last say in an argument, you're not ready for marriage.

2) If you don't like anyone invading your space, you're not ready.

3) If you're a lady, and you don't cook or don't like to, your marriage is not likely to be easy or funny.


4) If you always say things exactly how they come to your mind not caring who is hurt, you're headed for a rocky and ultimately likely to crash marriage.

5) If you believe that you're who you are and no one can change that, you're not ready.

6) If you think about others only when you've fully sorted yourself out, you're not ready.

7) If you are so good at holding a grudge and you'll only let go when you feel like, stay unmarried.

8 If you're a man and you're not engaged in ventures or a process in time that can financially take care of your immediate family and beyond, you need to give yourself a few more years to be ready.

9) If you believe that women at best should be good in bed and kitchen affairs only, you'll end up having a bitter and subdued wife; stay away.

10) If your mind can't conceive the thought of having a more successful wife, even if it's temporary, then you have a little growing up to do. Welcome to the real world, stuff happens.

11) If as a man, you're easily swayed and pressurized to do things against your wish, you're not ready for marriage.

12) If you have no confidence in your capability and your future, you have no business taking someone else with you.

13) If as a man, you don't have a mentor or leader you follow, listen or defer to, you're not going to be able to lead your family.

14) If you can't have a wedding ceremony within a budget you can personally afford, give yourself more time. Who says you can't have 20 guests or less at your wedding? Cut your coat according to your cloth and take responsibility. As a man, you can define how small or large you want your wedding ceremony to be and be able to handle it.

15) If you have an anger problem such that you can destroy things when you're angry, get a therapist to help you through managing it. Otherwise, engage God's help for the change you seek. With anger issues, you're disaster waiting to explode.

So are you ready?


Culled from AfricanSweetheart

Do You Know Anyone in This Video? BestRecovery Hack Exposes Nigerian ‘Yahoo Boys’

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:04 PM PDT


So a Tech Security Blogger and his friends were able to hack into a Keylogging service called BestRecovery. This service allows its users to spy on the systems of those they are able to infect with a malware. As it turns out, a lot of the users of this spying service were Nigerians based either in Lagos or in Kuala Lumpur. You may know them as Yahoo-Yahoo Boys.

Fortunately for victims of these criminals, the blogger and his friends were able to obtain the email addresses of BestRecovery users and as it turns out, the same emails were connected to open Facebook accounts. Doing some time consuming lookups and screen grabs, they were able to make this very helpful video.


An excerpt from Krebsonsecurity blog on the exposed Yahoo Yahoo Boys with helpful information on how to avoid being spied on is below. I know some RML readers are dating online, please beware of online suitors sending you links to install a screen saver on your system, or to open their picture, or who refuse to video skype. Read on...

At issue is a service named "BestRecovery" (recently renamed PrivateRecovery). When I first became aware of this business several months ago, I had a difficult time understanding why anyone would pay the $25 to $33 per month fee to use the service, which is visually quite amateurish and kludgy ...But that was before I shared a link to the site with a grey hat hacker friend, who replied in short order with the entire username and password database of more than 3,000 paying customers.

The first thing I noticed upon viewing the user list was that a majority of this service's customers had signed up with yahoo.com emails, and appeared to have African-sounding usernames or email addresses. Also, running a simple online search for some of the user emails (dittoswiss@yahoo.com, for example) turned up complaints related to a variety of lottery, dating, reshipping and confidence scams.

The site was so poorly locked down that it also exposed the keylog records that customers kept on the service. Logs were indexed and archived each month, and most customers used the service to keep tabs on multiple computers in several countries. A closer look at the logs revealed that a huge number of the users appear to be Nigerian 419 scammers using computers with Internet addresses in Nigeria.

Also known as "advance fee" and "Nigerian letter" scams, 419 schemes have been around for many years and are surprisingly effective at duping people. The schemes themselves violate Section 419 of the Nigerian criminal code, hence the name. Nigerian romance scammers often will troll online dating sites using stolen photos and posing as attractive U.S. or U.K. residents working in Nigeria or Ghana, asking for money to further their studies, care for sick relatives, or some such sob story.

More traditionally, these miscreants pretend to be an employee at a Nigerian bank or government institution and claim to need your help in spiriting away millions of dollars. Those who fall for the ruses are strung along and milked for increasingly large money transfers, supposedly to help cover taxes, bribes and legal fees. As the FBI notes, once the victim stops sending money, the perpetrators have been known to use the personal information and checks that they received to impersonate the victim, draining bank accounts and credit card balances.

"While such an invitation impresses most law-abiding citizens as a laughable hoax, millions of dollars in losses are caused by these schemes annually," the FBI warns. "Some victims have been lured to Nigeria, where they have been imprisoned against their will along with losing large sums of money. The Nigerian government is not sympathetic to victims of these schemes, since the victim actually conspires to remove funds from Nigeria in a manner that is contrary to Nigerian law."

.... the term "Yahoo Boys" is the nickname given to categories of young men in Nigeria who specialize in various types of cybercrime. According to that paper, in which researchers spent time with and interviewed at least 40 active Yahoo Boys, most of the cybercrime perpetrators in Nigeria are between the age of 22 and 29, and are undergraduates who have distinct lifestyles from other youths.

"Their strategies include collaboration with security agents and bank officials, local and international networking, and the use of voodoo [emphasis added]. It was clear that most were involved in online dating and buying and selling with fake identities. The Yahoo boys usually brag, sag, do things loudly, drive flashy cars, and change cars frequently. They turn their music loud and wear expensive and latest clothes and jewelry. They also have a special way of dressing and relate, they spend lavishly, love material things, and go to clubs. They are prominent at night parties picking prostitutes at night. They also move in groups of two, three, and four when going to eateries. They speak different coded languages and use coded words such as "Mugun," "Maga," and "Maga don pay," which all means "the fool (i.e., their victim) has paid."

I had never heard that Nigerian 419 scammers relied on voodoo to increase their email mojo, and I must admit the next part of the study freaked me out a little bit. According to the researchers, the use of voodoo and charms for spiritual protection and to charm potential victims is very common among Yahoo Boys in Nigeria, and is referred to as "Yahoo Plus." But wait, there's more. From the paper:

"Another level of this is referred to as 'Yahoo Plus Plus,' which…. involves the use of human parts and may need kidnapping other human beings for rituals, which is not necessary in ''Yahoo Plus.'' In Yahoo Plus Plus, the use of things such as their finger nails, rings, carrying of corpses, making incision on their body, sleeping in the cemetery, citing of incantation, using of their fingers for rituals, and having sex with ghosts are common. A few of the informants, however, denied that they use voodoo in the business, whereas others affirmed their use of voodoo."

While many of the victims of this keylog service appear to be 419 scammers, I found that just as often an account was apparently being used to keep tabs on trusting Americans who were being duped into sending money overseas, either in pursuit of some stolen riches or — more often — in hopes of finally meeting someone they had only met online. Often when I reviewed logs chronicling some sad situation in which a woman or man in the United States was apparently the victim of a romance scam, the identifier in the "note" field of each keylog record was "picture." It seems clear that these romance scammers are infecting their bogus sweethearts by disguising the keylogger as pictures of themselves.

Omawumi - Warn Yourself : Music Meets Romance

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 09:08 AM PDT


Omawumi Megbele has just released the deluxe edition of her second album, Lasso of Truth, which contains several great tracks including Somori, Bottom Belle, I Go Go, If You Ask Me, Stay Alive and Warn Yourself featuring Wizkid. Here is the video for, 'Warn Yourself', shot in Brooklyn and Lagos. Omawunmi's videos are always fun, and this is no different. Enjoy...

Lydia Sobogun, Uche Pedro and Kemi Adetiba are Finalists For the Future Awards Media Entrepreneur of the Year

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 08:07 AM PDT


The British Council, in partnership with The Future Awards Africa has announced the finalists for The Young Media Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Both organisations announced the award in June 2013.

"After an intensive three month search, we are very excited to announce the finalists of the new category - which was evolved from our prize in entertainment and media enterprise," said Chude Jideonwo, who is Executive Director of The Future Project.

"This collaboration opens up the winner to a vista of opportunities for expansion, spotlight and networking in the United Kingdom, and we are excited to be able to provide that platform, which is our focus. It is not just about winning the awards, its about opening up spaces, and expanding impact."

The finalists are:

Uche Pedro, new media entrepreneur
Lydia Sobogun, event organiser and publisher
Kenneth Gyang, filmmaker
Olawale Adetula, media consultant and new media entrepreneur
Kemi Adetiba, on-air personality and director

The winner will participate n a UK tour with finalists from up to 10 other countries and the tour will include:

Attendance at London Film Festival's Cross Media Forum, including exclusive access to non-public events and the exclusive award ceremony.

"Trend Safari" tour of innovative UK media businesses and the entrepreneurs behind them: including Channel Flip and Britdoc.

Access to some of the most exciting and innovative tech start-ups, developers, funders and creatives at MiniBar.

Round table discussions with media experts, creative leaders and funders.

"We were excited by the quality of nominations received and the finalists," said Ojoma Ochai, Assistant Country Director of the British Council. "The British Council has actively supported and expanded Nigeria's creative sectors, and we are glad to see the quality of innovation and enterprise in those sectors."

Nominations for this category closed on July 25, 2013. Nominees for the 15 other categories closed earlier and were announced in July. The winner will be officially announced at The Future Awards Africa 2013.

#BossLadies - Omoni Oboli With Biola Alabi and Wangi Mba-Uzokwu of AfricaMagic

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:04 PM PDT


Omoni Oboli visited the AfricaMagic offices earlier today for a meeting concerning some new projects and took this picture after her meeting with the MD, Biola Alabi and M-Net Regional Manager Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu. She said;

Conversations on moving african cinema forward earlier today with @biolaalabi and Wangi of @africamagictv #africancinema #nollywood #nollywoodactress #africamagic #amvca #bossladies #nerdlook #geek

Biola responded on Twitter, "thanks for visiting us today we loved having you! Big ups to u on ur new projects! Can't wait!"

You go, Ladies! It's beautiful when women work together to help each other to the top.

Mommy Time - Annie Idibia With Daughter Isabella

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 07:18 AM PDT


As a working mother Annie Idibia, actress and the wife of musician 2Face Idibia is usually on the go. Lucky not to be in the corporate world, she tries to keep their 4-year-old daughter Isabella close to her most of the time. In these pictures, they're together for a couple of radio interviews...

Kim Kardashian Gets Back to Her Style Stride - Slowly Returning to a Slimmer Body

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 07:19 AM PDT


It's still obvious that Kim Kardashian has just had her baby not too long ago. Dressed in a loose olive green trousers and a white shirt, with a metallic belt, she showed off her curves. I'm actually more a fan of this motherly Kim, for as long as it lasts :)

Olu Of Warri Does The Right Thing, Agrees Not To Renounce Traditional Title

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 07:23 AM PDT


So the Christian monarch of Warri, the Ogiame Atuwase II had decided to get closer to God, and one way he felt to do that was to renounce one of his titles, the Ogiame. However, Itsekiri people in Warri were not having it, they have been protesting since Sept. 7 to prevent the chief from doing that.


Some Itsekiri women had also planned to stage a protest on Tuesday at the palace of the Olu, but the same agternoon, the Olu rescinded his decision, bowing to the wishes of his subjects.

I think the Olu of Warri had a good idea to make a big statement about his Christain faith, but is going about it the wrong way. The best thing he can do is to leave the throne completely to those willing to continue to traditions. And if the traditions are not meant to stand, they will certainly fall.

According to Naij News,

The Itsekiri monarch on Tuesday succumbed to the wishes of his subjects not to renounce the title when tension heightened around his palace.

Atuwase II had allegedly planned to relinquish the traditional title of "Ogiame'' for a yet to be disclosed title, but the decision did not go down well with the entire Itsekiri people.

The Olu of Warri, who claimed the title Ogiame is associated with "Sea goddess'', said he had nothing to do with the deity.

A statement issued by 22 Palace Chiefs at the height of the protest, criticised the decision of the monarch to renounce the title of Ogiame.

The statement, read by one of the chiefs, Mrs Rita Lori-Ogbebor, noted that Ogiame had nothing to do with the worship of any deity.

"In Warri Kingdom, there are Christians, Muslims and Pagans, she said.

Meanwhile, the Itsekiri people and the aggrieved chiefs had pledged their unalloyed loyalty to their king for `toeing the part of honour and withdrawing the decision to renounce his title.

Ini Edo Talks about Wanting a Large Family, Why She Married Her Husband and More

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 07:23 AM PDT


In this interview, Ini Edo opens up about her life, her hopes and her dreams for the future. She talks about the drama surrounding her marriage, how she decided to marry her husband because he was her friend, and real and down to earth.

She also says she loves children and hopes to have a big house filled with kids, up to 10 children, and maybe 2 or 3 biological kids. A bit reminiscent of her movie, I'll take my chances.

RML says, may her dreams come true.

Juliet Ibrahim Covers Zen Magazine - Talks Movies, Fashion and Her Beauty Secrets

Posted: 12 Sep 2013 12:01 AM PDT


Born on the 3rd of March 1986, Juliet Ibrahim is a Ghanaian actress who lights up my heart every time I read about her. Juliet made her first film debut in 2007 in the movie "Crime of Christ" alongside Ghanaian actor Majid Michel and was awarded the Face of Ghana Movies in 2011.

A few years later, Juliet started her foundation "The Juliet Ibrahim foundation – a non-profit, nonpartisan organization focused on creating awareness on kidney cancer and providing necessary interventions to ensure a society free of such issues in Ghana and Africa at large."

It is truly a great feeling to have such an inspirational African celebrity on our September cover and this month, Juliette gives Zen an exclusive access into her life, reasons why she started her foundation. We also talk movies, fashion and her beauty secrets.
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