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#ItPaysToBeNice Nollywood Star, Mike Ezuruonye Gets 3 Plots Of Land For Being Nice To A Stranger !!

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 09:40 AM PDT

 
 
It sure pay to be nice! Always do good...Nollywood ctor, Mike Ezeruonye has just been given three plots of land in Abuja for being nice to a stranger, aww!
He announced this via a facebook post.
He said "There was this day I was travelling to Abuja to shoot a movie and I got into the aircraft and met this woman, she was older than my mother. As I made to put my bag in the overhead compartment, I greeted her but she didn't answer me. I just ignored her and sat down. On arrival in Abuja, the woman was struggling to get her luggage from the compartment and I just stretched my hand and helped her to get it. She asked for it without a thank you but I refused to
give it to her, offering to help her take it down. On getting out of the aircraft, she again requested for her luggage but I said, madam I'll take it to the arrival hall for you and she looked at me with bewilderment.
When we got to the arrival hall I turned to the woman and handed her luggage to her and as I made to leave, she called me by my name. I was surprised and retorted, so madam you even know my name. But why did you not answer me when I greeted you on board the aircraft. She then said,

Mike, I've come across a lot of your Nollywood mates and they seem to be pigheaded so that is why I always want to distant myself from them." I just smiled and told her I'm not like that.


She asked where I was going and I felt she wanted me to ride with her into town. I told her I was in Abuja to shoot a movie. I then turned to leave but some four or five policemen who must have come to pick her told me to wait. I said what's my own, I've helped her to this place and I want to go. They however insisted that I should wait. I didn't really know who the woman was but the long and short of it all was that she ended up giving me three plots of land in Abuja." Cool story!

SHOCKER!!! Man shoots Jehova Witness 19 times!!!

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 09:33 AM PDT

John Baldwin, 35, of Centerton, Arkansas is facing federal charges after opening fire at two female Jehovah's Witnesses who visited his home and took too long to leave the area.
Laura Goforth and Rachel Boshears visited Baldwin at his home, but he asked them to leave.
"Get your (expletive) off my property. I moved out here to get away from people like you," the probable cause affidavit cited Baldwin as saying.
They apologized and went to get in their vehicle, witnesses said, and Baldwin went for his gun. He fired in their direction as they drove away; he managed to fire 19 shots, but police recovered 13 shell casings and a Springfield SDM-9. Baldwin freely admitted to firing the gun. He now faces a felony charge of aggravated assault.
Baldwin told police he "was just letting them know he had a gun and was trying to get them off his property," according to The Smoking Gun.
"My husband and I were working around the house," neighbor Kristi Tidwell told 5 News Online. "We had the blinds open in the back. We saw probably seven or eight cop cars pulling in there. It seems like there is no reason to do anything like that. If they left peaceably, why not leave them alone?"



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WOW!!!CHECK-OUT BANKY W IN THE KITCHEN! (PHOTOS)

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 08:50 AM PDT

  


 



 No wonder he has not married yet...doing his things alone..Am sure he is gonna make a good husband Or what do you think?

REVEALED!!! Why The Plane Carrying Agagu's Remains Crashed!! (MUST READ)

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 08:19 AM PDT

 
Facts have emerged on the reasons the chartered Embraer 120 aircraft carrying the corpse of ex-Ondo State governor, Chief Olusegun Agagu, crashed on Thursday minutes after it took off from the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, enroute Akure.

While officials said the ill-fated aircraft carried only 20 people on board, a reliable aviation source disclosed on Friday that the plane might have crashed because it was "overloaded" in some other ways...

The plane had 20 passengers, 13 of which died while the seven others were left in critical conditions.

The top source, who pleaded not to be named because of the sensitive nature of the issue, told Nation that at the time of the crash, the plane had 5-hour endurance fuel, which constituted burden on the plane because it only needed just about a third of that quantity of fuel for a return trip from Lagos to Akure.

The expert said: "It is true that the plane is designed for 30 passengers and there were only 20 on board, but it was loaded with too much fuel, and that is professionally wrong. The aircraft had five-hour endurance fuel for a return journey that would not take more than one hour.

"Remember that the aircraft was also carrying a corpse, and you know that the weight of a corpse is more than that of a living person. This combined with the weight of the casket and the volume of fuel in the aircraft probably weighed it down as it approached the air
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The foregoing, the source said, was compounded by the fact that the two engines of the aircraft might not have been in perfect conditions. Hence, when one of the engines packed up, the weight of the aircraft became too much for JUST one engine to carry.

"As it taxied for take-off, the pilot probably realised that the plane had lost an engine, but he believed that he was already at a point that we in the aviation sector call the "critical point of no return." If he had aborted the flight at that point, the impact would have been much more.

"The pilot probably had to continue to go up or 'pull off ' in the hope that the other engine could take the aircraft to a level where it could return to land and abort the flight. But whereas it is possible to stabilise with one engine when an aircraft is in the air, it is very dangerous to take off or land with one engine."

By the account of the airliners, the ill-fated aircraft's last flight was in August while it underwent a A-check in June, meaning that it did not fly in the whole of September. The expert said this was probably so because the aircraft, usually used for chartered services, was not hired during the period, which underscores the need for vigorous check by ground officers who certified it fit to be airborne.

The aviation expert also said communication between the pilot and the traffic controllers at the airport wasn't possible because the aircraft had not gained altitude for it to come under aerial radar control

Explaining the various stages of control before an aircraft is airborne, the source said: "There are four stages of control. The first stage is on the ground when the necessary checks are made to certify the aircraft fit. The second is the tower stage where the control tower declares the captain free to take off.

"The third is the approach stage where the control tower monitors the aircraft to see that it stabilises. The fourth is the radar stage when the plane is airborne and communication between the pilot and air traffic controllers is possible.

"The aircraft was at the third stage which is 'approach' when it crashed on Thursday."

It would be recalled that the propeller aircraft crashed into the compound of PPMC inside the premises of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport around 9.32 am on Thursday. The plane hit the fence and broke into two before it went up in flames after about 25 minutes.

"I lied to my mother I was in UNILAG For three years"! – King Sunny Ade reveals

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 08:01 AM PDT

Juju music maestro, King Sunny Ade, shares his life experiences in this interview with PunchNg
A lot of people might find it very difficult to believe that you are 67 with your looks; what is the magic?
There is no magic; I just find myself like this. It's true people tell me that I don't look my age and whenever they say so, I get back home and look at myself in the mirror. But within myself, I know I am old. Truth is, I don't have any magic than to give God the glory for a good health.
Maybe you do sports to keep you in shape.
Well, I wouldn't call myself a sports man in that sense but I love sports. Within my compound, I have a squash court, tennis court, small basketball court and other outdoor sports but that doesn't mean I do sports often. The stage alone is enough sport where I dance and jump all over the place. I think that I am just lucky because I don't wake up in the morning and do any exercise like a workout.
Before some artistes go on stage, they either drink some stuff or smoke to be able to perform very well. What do you depend on that makes you do what you do on stage?
Let me just put it this way that I am just lucky. I don't drink and I don't smoke. I don't do drugs and I don't like people who do drugs. Even within my band, ordinary cigarette smoking irritates me; I don't like it. I believe that music on its own is enough to make me high because I love doing it with passion. I don't need any drug to make me high on stage. I am addicted to music without necessarily taking anything to make me high.
Do you have a particular eating habit or diet to keep you in this athletic shape?
No, I tell people now that I have put on weight but they don't believe me especially when I watch my past videos. I just don't know why I have this shape because I don't have a specific time of eating. As I am talking to you now, I have not eaten anything since yesterday. Occasionally, I eat late and anytime I wake up is when I have my breakfast no matter the time of the day. I don't have any eating pattern and whenever I want to eat, I don't eat much because I would be thinking that I would not be able to sleep.
What was your dream as a young boy?
When I was young, I wanted to be an engineer and at the same time, I wanted to be a lawyer. At another time, I wanted to be a doctor. In fact, there was no time I wanted to be a musician because being born into royalty, it was unthinkable to think that way. But I loved music; I loved dancing and people who danced. I loved to dance to any kind of music. Then as a young boy of seven or eight, I used to pray for branded vans promoting new products like Michelin, to come to my community where I could listen to music and watch people dance. At times, I would just join to dance and people would be clapping for me. I would forget myself so much until one relative came along to pull my ears or beat me for dancing around. So, when I realised that nobody in the family wanted me to dance or watch those who danced or played music, it did not occur to me to wish to become a musician. I thought I would be a good lawyer because nobody won me over in any argument. At the same time too, I thought I would be an engineer because then, you would find me at any refuse dump where I would be looking for used wire and batteries which I coupled together to produce light. Then I would like to know what was doing the talking in the radio and people thought I would end up as an engineer. I learnt carpentry and painting.
How? What of school?
I was going to school but anytime I closed, I went to the carpentry workshop to learn. During holidays too, I was always at the workshop working. Again, I had a brother who repaired motorcycles and his shop was beside where I was learning carpentry. I more or less was learning so many things at the same time.
But why did your parents take you to the carpentry workshop to learn even when you were schooling?
No, it was on my own. I was very bright at school because the little I could read was enough for me to pass. Once I did my homework, I would dash across to the workshop and learn. Despite this, I never failed in school except once when my teacher intentionally failed me. I reported him to the headmaster and the teacher was sacked. We were 39 in class and the teacher said I came 14th instead of being in the first three. Even at that, how could I be said to have failed in the 14th position out of 39? It looked very strange to me and I walked into the headmaster's office and reported the teacher. After reporting the man, the headmaster told me not to tell anybody and that he knew what to do. I just discovered that I didn't see the teacher again; it was later that I learnt that the teacher had been sacked.
But as a bright boy, why didn't you proceed to the university?
That was my dream and intention. You know, I lost my father when I was young and I loved my mum so much that I thought it would be a burden for her to continue to fund my education alone with that of my siblings. So, out of pity for her, I decided to be doing something to help rather than depending on her to cater for me. When I was still very young in school, my mother who used to weave aso oke  always gave me new cloth for my school uniform every term with different designs. I joined the Boys Brigade and during the holidays, we used to go to the white people's home like the DO (District Officer) for any job and sometimes, they would dash us some money. I used to go to the farm to look for bamboo to make cages for the birds that I caught. I would then give out the birds  together with the cage and asked to be given anything in exchange. I wanted to go to the university; in fact when I ran to Lagos from Abeokuta, my people back home thought I was in the University of Lagos. When I was leaving Abeokuta for Lagos, I actually told some colleagues that I was going to Lagos to try my luck but that if my family asked of me, they should tell them that I gained admission to University of Lagos. For almost three years, my family thought I was in the university in Lagos. It was not until I formed my own group that an uncle came and asked me whether I was actually Sunny Ade. I said yes and he said how come; what happened to your university education? I said well, I had to take to music when I could no longer pay myself through school. He almost slapped me, accusing me of lying to the family that I was in school. Then I now made him to sit down and explained to him and he understood and promised to tell the family what I was actually doing. My family didn't approve of what I was doing for almost 15 years until I really made the name. They found it difficult to know that I was actually Sunny Ade instead of Sunday Adeniyi. Again in those days, they could only hear you on the radio; the television then, WNTV was very competitive for everyone to be featured. My mother insisted that I must go to school instead of playing music. She asked me how I wanted my father to feel in the grave that his son was only good enough to sing instead of being a lawyer or an engineer as the case may be.
So how did you convince them to agree?
They finally agreed because I did not smoke nor drink. In those days, musicians were considered to be dropouts and drunkards and never-do-wells. But I promised them that I would not mess up and I thank God today that families actually want their children to sing and become big musicians. They would not only assist in showing physical support and encouragement, they would hire pastors to pray for their success especially in the various reality shows going on.
Why did you run to Lagos?
I went to Abeokuta from Osogbo together with my former boss by name Idowu Owoeye during the coronation of the then Oba Gbadebo. Unfortunately, we got stranded; there was no money to go back to Osogbo or anything to eat. I had maybe just one shilling with me and I decided to come to Lagos to try my luck. I knew a member of Moses Olaiya's band back then who left for Lagos a year earlier. So, when I got to Lagos, I was looking for Moses Olaiya but instead of being taken to him, I was taken to Dr. Victor Olaiya. When I got to him, he asked what he could do for me and I explained to him that I was from Osogbo looking for Moses Olaiya. Until I became Sunny Ade years later, that was when I told Dr. Olaiya how I knew him when he was coming to play in Osogbo. Each time he came to Osogbo to play, I was the one holding his trumpet for him. He normally called me Big Boy which was a way of sounding nice because as the youngest member of Moses Olaiya's band, I was very tiny. I would hold the trumpet and follow him to his hotel, asking for nothing. I just loved the way he played and handled the instrument. He didn't want it dirty at all and he still does so. I went in search of the band member of Moses Olaiya who I traced to Lagos originally. His name was Ayodele; when I got to his house, I was informed that he went out and I decided to wait for him. When he came back, he introduced me to Moses Olaiya and that was the time they were going for a show. They allowed me to follow them and luckily for me, the guy that was playing the konga was a blind man and my arrival was like coming to help him. Apart from playing the konga, he also sang, so when I came, I would play the konga while he sang. Anytime I played the konga, my boss was very happy and that was how I started.
When would you say you had a breakthrough in music?
I would say it was when I did Challenge Cup around 1968/70. My music was quite different from any other and people started asking: who is this? When I did the first record, Alaanu Loluwa; it was a single. I did another one and when I did the next one for Challenge Cup where Flaming Flamingos of Chief Adebajo participated, that was the first time I had a gold disc because we sold more than 500,000 copies. I would call that the breakthrough; I did another one and that was when the media called me Master Guitarist. From then, there hasn't been any stop.
Who taught you how to play the guitar?
God. Nobody taught me how to play guitar; even drumming, dancing, singing, nobody. I just found myself doing all those things because of the passion I had for music. I was steadfast in teaching myself all of these because I realised that I had to get it right more so when the family did not support it. I also realised that there was no way I could go to the university without playing music; so I vowed to excel and thought that if I eventually went to the university, I would still be doing music part time.
But guitar is not something you buy in the market and start playing immediately; how did you make it?
I was the youngest member in the band of Moses Olaiya; I went to Dr. Victor Olaiya's shop to buy my first guitar with about three pounds or so. It was a brand new acoustic guitar and I put it on continuous practice. I loved I K Dairo music and the type of music we were playing in Moses Olaiya's band was I K Dairo music, so I started picking the string one by one and anytime someone was playing guitar, I would watch their fingers and how they were doing it. I also loved the music of now Pastor Dele Ojo, I would pick something from him on my guitar. Then my boss could play highlife guitar and I watched him too. My boss chose some of us to be in the theatre by the time we formed theatre group and I was the one leading the music aspect; then I would play guitar, sing and dance. I always liked to hide my guitar from my boss because I didn't want him to have funny ideas about me. Sometimes, I would play my guitar in the midnight even though some people said the spirit would slap anyone doing so at that particular time. But I reasoned that if it was true, the spirit should have been slapping every musician playing late into the night. I taught myself for about three years and it was a hard work.
Anyone listening to your music would appreciate a lot of folklore and traditional elements in the songs; how did you achieve this?
A lot of people helped. You know in Osogbo where I also lived and also in Ondo here, there are a lot of traditional festivals, folk songs and different kinds of traditional things going on. Again, as someone that wanted to have a unique type of style, I loved to go very deep in search of the elements and the origin of the songs. Sometimes, I would go to bookshops and buy Yoruba books especially books written by people like D.O. Fagunwa; the Alawiye series. I loved to sing songs that would convey pure and deep Yoruba language, not slangs. In fact, I loved writing the songs on blackboard during rehearsals with my band. When I was fully in music, I prayed to be like Frank Sinatra as a musician because people loved and respected him. I studied what he did to command such respect.
Why are you so close to almost all Yoruba obas? Is it because of being from a royal family?
I believe God gave me that and till now, I still don't know why they all love me. I am the son of all the obas and I respect them because obas are born. As a Yoruba boy and being a royal blood, one must know how to behave in their presence. Whenever I go to the Oba of Benin, he is always the one that beckons to me to come closer to him. He would say but I knew him as a permanent secretary, so why keeping a distance and I would say that was when he was just a prince.
I am sure all the obas would want to give you chieftaincy titles…
You know as a royal blood, I cannot be a chief again but somehow some still offer me and what I do is that I would help some people to help me explain why I could not take titles. But I don't reject outright because that is a sign of disrespect.
Recently, you and Ebenezer Obey performed together in Ole ku concert; that is what would not happen when two of you were seen as rivals in the juju music industry.
We have always been good friends but you the media and our fans created whatever you thought was rivalry between us based on our records and songs. It is people that read meanings to everything we did. When he became pastor, I held the fort for him and when he decided to come back to the house, he met the house intact and we played together. We showed to the whole world that we are friends and we have performed together at other places.
Are you not afraid for the future of juju music which is not multiplying like fuji?
With respect to fuji music and the practitioners, it was taken from juju music. Juju music is very expensive unlike fuji in terms of instruments. For fuji, you can assemble the instruments so easily unlike juju where you would need at least four or five guitars to start. Today, you cannot find a good guitar for N40,000. Again, juju is played in some environment such as hotels and club houses like in the days of old. And if you want to rent instruments, you cannot spend less than N250,000 per show on instruments alone. A lot of people still play juju but the problem is that most of us have gone to church.
But with the way things are going now, you too may join them.
I am in the church already; I have never left the church but I play juju. Those that got special anointing left juju and went to church which is good. I had been a church person as a member of Cherubim and Seraphim but now I am a member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. While I was looking for fame, I sang all sorts of songs like the ogun and other songs that I thought people would accept. But in the record, E kilo fomode, I sang about oro and egungun which I did not even know about. I sang all those just to gain acceptance, nothing more. There is no record I did without singing the praise of God.
When you did Ekilo fomode, people said you were referring to Emperor Peter.
The omode record was already out before Emperor Peter came; people just read meanings into it. Peter himself said in one interview that I must have been referring to him as Omo ode  when Dele Abiodun sang the song somewhere. In fact, I did not know him for many years until I saw him in Ondo here. I never knew him before I sang the song. The song Omode is just a warning to all children to know what to do and not to do to avoid regret.
All along, you always have gospel track in your album; are you afraid of abandoning secular music to go into full gospel like your colleague, Chief Ebenezer Obey?
I have always been a gospel singer all my life. At the same time, I believe my music wins souls for God. I don't believe I have to become a pastor, an evangelist or church owner before I can win souls. It's true a lot of people want me to become an evangelist but I am yet to get the call. What I pray for is to hear a genuine call because some wicked people can try mischief and concoct a call. What I need is to get a call and be prepared for it. When I hear the call, it is then that it will be extremely easy for me to go into full gospel.
In other climes, those that have not done a quarter of what you have done for more than 50 years fly private jets. Is it that musicians here cannot achieve such no matter how they try?
Well, we have problem with royalties, piracy and other issues in the industry. They don't have all these problems in other places. Over there, once you have a hit record, other companies will come and bombard you with every of your needs. They will manage you; even lawyers will come, so also are the record companies. You don't even have to say you want a jet, they will ask you what type of jet you want and they will bring it to you. They believe that what you have is a serious business for all the players in the industry. But in Nigeria, we are all self-made artistes; we promote ourselves, do everything. It is quite worrisome because if you use about N3m to make a record, even before you finish working on it, it is in the market already with pirates feasting on it. And some of us musicians too, we can be desperate when we need money by going to record companies to sign unreasonable terms.
Was there anytime in your career that you felt like quitting because of frustration?
Of course, everyday is not Christmas; it is normal to have lows and highs but I don't carry such around. Even when playing, something unpleasant may happen but I always believe tomorrow will be better.
How has fame shaped your life?
I respect people and I also respect myself. Because of fame, I am always careful of what I do anywhere because of the consciousness that a  popular person is always under watch. It's like one has to live a special life. If you say you don't smoke, you better don't come close to where they are smoking. If you are drinking Coca-Cola, be careful so that when you pour it in a glass, people will not think it is beer.
When you and Onyeka Onwenu did a song, Wait for me, there was a rumour that you two had an affair…
That was the gimmick we used for that particular record to be widely accepted. Because the collaboration was very unusual, people were thinking we were dating but we were not. People were thinking we were getting married until the record came out. Onyeka is a very good friend and an energetic musician. The song was sponsored by Hopkins University in Maryland, USA and we even went there to collect the award together.
I read it somewhere where you warned young men to be wary of women; did you give the advice out of a personal experience?
Not really but if you look around, it is the reality. I reckon that it is better to have the number of children one can care for. In those days of our forefathers, the more children they had, the more wealth they would get. But nowadays, paying school fees alone is no joke and the children too want to use all manner of sophisticated phones.
At 67, are you looking at retirement soon?
No musician can retire until they are old or something happens. Music is in the blood and it is in the reservo




SAD NEWS!!! First Class Graduate Shot Dead By POLICE in Kaduna!

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 07:29 AM PDT

•Murtala: Shot dead by a policeman
According to an eyewitness who spoke to P.M.NEWS under anonymity,  after Murtala was shod dead, the police constable then fired again in the air twice to scare the people around and escaped on his motorcycle.Moses Andrew, a friend who was with Muri, as he was popularly called, at the Time Out Lounge party venue in Barnawa, narrated that there was pandemonium after Muri was shot and Okpe, the policeman, had escaped .
"We were confused while trying to revive Muri, when a guy informed us that he knows a friend to Okpe's girlfriend that had left the party for a club called X-One at Barnawa," Andrew said.
According to him, they quickly moved to X-One and fortunately met her there.
"We picked the lady who identified the policeman who killed Muri as Alex Okpe, and that he serves at Kakuri Police Station but deployed to guard Nigerian Brewries Plc.," Andrew added.
We learnt that the killer policeman was later tracked down and arrested by officers from Barnawa Police Division after the case was reported there.
Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Femi Adenaike, who confirmed the incident to P.M.NEWS, said it was true Alex Okpe was arrested and during interrogation confessed to have killed Murtala Aminu at a party venue.
Adenaike said Okpe claimed in his statement that he fired at Muri in "self defence" when he and his friends were trying fight him over his girlfriend.
He said the police didn't send Okpe to Barnawa at that time and if he is found guilty, he would be dismissed and taken to court for trial.
"The suspect is in the cell and we have commenced investigation. And if he is found guilty, we will give him an in-house trial and summary dismissal so that he can face the law for homicide," the state police boss said.
Adenaike urged the family of the deceased to remain calm as the police are doing everything possible to investigate the case and ensure justice is done.
The blind father of the late Muritala, Mohammed Jimoh, told journalists at press conference at their High-Cost residence that as a Muslim he's taught to accept the death of his son and bread winner as an act of God.
But he said if his son had to die, it should not be in the hands of a policeman who should have been responsible for protecting him.
"Yes my son , a first class economist for that matter and our hope, is dead, but I want justice done in this case," Aminu said.
Until Murtala Aminu's death, he was the youth leader, Catholic Holy Family Church, Barnawa.
He also owned a shawamar and roasted fish outlet at Narayi-Highcost.

(MUST READ) Charly Boy Writes 'My Obituary'

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 07:15 AM PDT

A new article written by Charles Oputa. Enjoy below...
Right about now, some of the readers will question the sense in capturing and casting this type of crazy captions for my articles. I only write for those who are patient enough to understand the creative beauty of my mind. I write for those who have depth enough to see beyond what they see, those who have a discerning mind.
However, if your curiosity has gotten the better of you, then read on.
I am about to take up a subject no one really wants any part of, but that's alright, this is where our imagination runs apart. For a brief second, imagine this: if your life were to end today, what would your obituary read? Come on; don't get frightened, thinking about your obituary will not kill you. Nothing escapes the Creator's cycle; not plants, not animals, nor human beings. All living things emerge, gather, spark new life, fall apart and die.
The purpose of all of this is not to scare you about death which is inevitable, but to expose you to a new information or rather, share a certain mindset with you that may help you live with humility and aliveness that only an acceptance of death can release.
'My Obituary' is meant to prick your mind to start being fully conscious of the moments you are alive.
Every moment of our lives, we are knowingly or unknowingly writing a line for our obituary. Every action or inaction provides memories of us to those we eventually leave behind; they are the memories that the people we love and leave behind will want to include in the telling of our life's story.
Within the first quarter of this year, I lost a good friend and cousin, Mr. Emeka Aseme to kidnappers; he was butchered and killed in cold blood. My whole village was not only scandalized by the senseless killing but till today, the 'Blue Lake City' of Oguta has lost the shine it had as a city of bubbling happy go lucky people.
Emeka was a good man who provided employment for hundreds of Oguta people, he was sociable, liked by all and sundry (or so we thought). Even though Oguta had a lot of industrious sons and daughters, Emeka's legacies stand out. He cared about his people, he gave a helping hand, and he was sensitive to people's conditions.
Now that he's no more, all we have to say of him (his obituary) are his good deeds, what he contributed to the betterment of his fellow man, especially his kinsmen.
What would yours read like, now that all you know is 'Me, Myself & I'?
What legacy are you living today, is it different from the one you will want to leave behind?
Some people live as if they will be here forever, not giving a hoot about what happens to the next person. If it's not their immediate personal/family gratification, it does not concern them.
Mind you, I'm not saying you should not care about your welfare and that of your family o (if you know the AreaFada well you will know that my family remains my ROCK).
However, I still make an ample proportion of my time to fighting the course of our youth and being the Voice of the Voiceless. And this gives me joy and fulfillment. For me, it is what keeps blood flowing in my veins, puts the sparkle in my eyes and springs in my steps...despite the unfavourable state of the terrain. Wetin man go do?
You are the author of your own Obituary, so tell me. Are you writing a history of misery, or a tale of tenacity? Were you inclusive and supportive? Or were you exclusively out for yourself alone, you selfish bloke. Did you lift others up, or did you allow them to knock you down? Did you stay down long enough to recover, or did you stay down complaining and winning. What will your Obituary say about the way you treated people and how you made them feel about themselves. Most importantly what will your Obituary say about how you treated yourself? What will be said about your attitude, how you handled yourself in crisis. Perhaps now is the time to consider how you are living and what you want to be said about you when you are not. Your life provides the content of your Obituary, so my guy, check yourself and park well.
For me, I came, I saw, I did it my way, had fun and boned everyone who thought it wasn't possible. That's my Obituary. I'm still here though, for the longer haul! 
 
 
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INCREDIBLE!!! CHECK-OUT The world most expensive Necklace which is on sale for N9.5Billion!!!

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 07:07 AM PDT

The necklace' centrepiece diamond was found by chance in a pile of mining rubble by a young girl in the Democratic Republic of Congo
An egg-shaped diamond, found in a lump of rock by a poverty-stricken African girl, has gone on sale – as the  centrepiece of the world's most expensive necklace.
Known as L'Incomparable, the flawless yellow gem has more than 407 carats.
The necklace is studded with 90 white diamonds weighing nearly 230 carats and it can be yours for £34million.




Jessica Nasr holds the 637-carat 'L'incomparable necklace', featuring the world's largest internally flawless diamond

It was created by luxury jeweller Mouawad and is being offered for sale at a Singapore jewellery show.

Only serious potential buyers will get the chance to try it on.
For the L'Incomparable is protected by an army of security guards, plain-clothed supervisors, cameras, and motion detectors.
Yet 'serious interest' has been shown by two potential buyers from Asia, Mouawad's managing director Jean Nasr confirmed.
One thing is certain, the child who found it in the 1980s will never benefit. Her identity and fate remains a mystery.
The necklace has been awarded the title of 'Most Valuable Necklace' in the world by the Guinness World Records

The necklace, created by luxury jeweller Mouawad, will be the flashiest item on offer at the Singapore JewelFest

L'Incomparable was found in its rough state weighing 890 carats by the girl as she played in a pile of rubble outside her uncle's house in the town of Mbuji Mayi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The rubble had been legitimately collected  from the nearby MIBA Diamond Mine, after being rejected.
To their eternal cost, the workers who assessed it had decided the rock was too bulky to be worth scanning for diamonds.
But when the girl's uncle saw the lump, he was convinced it was of value and sold it to local African diamond dealers for an unknown sum.
It features a yellow, internally flawless diamond of more than 407 carats suspended from a rose gold setting that is studded with 90 white diamonds weighing nearly 230 carats


The dealers, in turn, sold it to a group of Lebanese buyers operating from Kinshasa, Kenya.
It was later bought in Antwerp by De Beers and Sir Philip Oppenheimer, then president of the Central Selling Organisation and a De Beers director, sold it to the Zale Corporation, a Dallas-based jewellery store chain. 
It continued to grow in value until it finally went on display as a finished stone in the Natural History wing of Washington's Smithsonian Institute.

 L'INCOMPARABLE - THE STONES BEYOND COMPARE
  • As well as the huge rock, L'Incomparable also includes 35 round diamonds, 27 pear-shaped ones, nine that are heart-shaped, five emerald-cut diamonds, five cushion diamonds, four oval diamonds and four others
  • Guinness named it the world's most valuable necklace in 2013
  • The egg-shaped gemstone took more than four years to polish
  • Its creator says the only thing the necklace lacks is to 'grace the neck of a Queen or a very special woman.


Lovely!! Check-out new photo of cute North West baby of kanye west and kim kardashian!

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 06:51 AM PDT

 
Awwwww! Is she not cute??


HURRAY!! Funke Akindele is in love again?

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 06:47 AM PDT

Nollywood Star Actress Funke Akindele, a.k.a Jenifa, after a `failed` first marriage, has found love again and this is according to MJ Celebrity Magazine.
Jenifer's secret love is allegedly for an aide to former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. Jenifer is said to be deeply in love with the new found man.
According to the magazine:
Funke Akindele went the extra mile recently by procuring a Honda car for the lucky Bode, who was though an aide to former governor, but not as rich to have procured a car for himself. The love for Bode has totally overwhelmed Funke as she is so in fun and proud of the new found love.

If Funke is richer than Bode as reported by our source, definitely, the star actress must have learnt how to love and love indeed having suffered a setback in his first marriage to a ready-made rich polygamous man.

"Phyno is my guy" - Miss kedike aka Chindima Reveals..

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 06:24 AM PDT




Chidinma popularly known as miss Kedike has been in the limelight since winning the MTN project fame west Africa in 2010. She sat down with hip hop world magazine for this revealing interview where she talks about her career, family, picking a man and her low cut hair atyle


Let's assume we don't know you, who are you?
My name is Chidinma Ekile .I'm from Imo state; from a family of seven plus parents. I grew up in Lagos, lived all my life in Lagos. I'm just a normal Girl who grew up like every normal child until I stumbled into music.

How have you been able to cope with the fame?


Chidinma: It's not really been easy but somehow I have been able to find a way around it. I just try to do things normally; the way they should be done. I don't see myself as a celebrity so that makes it easier for me to cope. I just live my life normally.

You still hang out with your friend who encouraged you to go to the Project Fame Auditions?

Yes, I still hang out with her.

Relationships?

I'm not in one; I'm not interested in getting into one.

You are averse to relationships?

No. I have heard a lot. People won't stop assuming or drawing conclusions.

They assume because you haven't made it official.

There's nothing to be made official because nothing is happening.

Your Lovey-dovey Picture with Phyno went viral…

It did! Less than 20 minutes after we put up the picture on Instagram, it just went crazy and we were not even in Lagos; we were in Abuja. We went for the Hennessy Artistry and we were at the airport before we went to the hotel, so we were just taking pictures then before we knew it, it was everywhere. It was kind of funny because we were just two people sitting somewhere and making the industry talk.

You are saying your relationship with Phyno is Platonic?

Phyno is my guy!

Your Guy?

*Laughs*

Wait, you're Friend-zoning Phyno?

Yes… Definitely!

Tell us about 'Kedike', what inspired it?

Kedike was just a word we came up with in the studio while recording. We were already recording and we were looking for a word or something catchy. Then someone was on the drums and the drum beats sounded like ke-di-ke, so we figured we could say you make my heart beat this way, like a drum, ke-di-ke.

A metaphor for heart beat?
Yes.

We are aware your parents are strict Christians. Don't they feel you are deviating from your Christian upbringing? Are they happy with you doing secular music?

Definitely! I still stay with my parents. They are happy with what I do and have so much knowledge about what I do. They are so much in touch with everything about me. I make sure it's nothing more than what they see me do. From going to the studio to performances and so on.

So there is a different level of freedom for you? You can stay out late and all?

I don't stay out late except it is work related. Then exceptions like club appearances or performances.

You don't party or drink Alcohol?

I don't.

Seriously? So how do you unwind?

I just stay with my family and chill at home.

What did you do with your prize money from Project fame? What were the first two things you purchased?


*laughs* my prize money went into a lot of things. Immediately after the show, the first two things I got were a laptop, pretty small and pink then an iPod. I needed those two things immediately so I got them.

You still own the Rav 4?

Yes.

We heard you are a Chorister at Foursquare Gospel Church. How has the Church reacted to you doing secular music and then coming to sing Gospel in the choir?

Music is what I do for a living, it is my work and what I do in Church is my service to God. They are two different things. It isn't more than performing and it doesn't mean I am far away from God or I have left God. My service to God is something that will always continue. I can't sit in Church without doing something, it's a part of me and I am used to it.

How did your peers in Church react to the change project fame brought about in your life?


Immediately after the show, I noticed the changes for some months. It was hard for some people to accept that this is not the Chidinma they used to know. It was hard for them to cope and I understood them. I was the Girl that used to go to Choir rehearsals, play, laugh and chill with them and then all of a sudden there are some things I can't do or say. It was hard for them but I still tried my best to convince them and make them feel I am still me. And then after a while they started coping.

What's with your recent statement that you would never marry a broke person.


I never said that. Even if I did, I wouldn't have done it in a way that it would get to the media.

Do you believe junk music abounds in Nigeria today?

We have a lot of junk music in Nigeria.

Why did you cut your hair?

This was borne out of me trying to make a difference. At first I never knew what it was going to be, I just wanted to change. And at that point I was having problems with my hair and I wanted to grow it from scratch and properly; virgin hair. Then when I cut it, I didn't know what to do with it and I had a photo shoot that day. So I checked the internet for hairstyles and found something I liked but still I felt there were some angles on my head that might not make the curls look nice. So the stylist came and did some things and it looked nice.

Why do you Ex-project fame contestants not work together or feature eachother?


I did something recently with Monica and I am also doing something with Ayo. We are definitely like a family; I don't know why there hasn't been much collaboration though it will make people listen more. But I have something with Monica, look out for it, it's really nice.

This Season, you mentored Roland…

I mentored Blessing and David but they were evicted so I was given Roland.

Who do you feel will win?


Everyone is hot, everyone is fighting, and the money is much more than it used to be so they really have to fight because it's worth it.

Didn't you feel Roland's performance with you was a bit flawed, because it seemed he was trying to keep up with you?

It is not his style. He has always been the Christian type and he says it. He's not a rapper, he was forgetting his lines, so I had to support him, and I couldn't leave him like that.

If you must quit music now, what else would you do?

Broadcasting.

What are you currently studying in the University?


Sociology.

What's up with you and DammyKrane.


Dammy Krane is my friend, he is everybody's friend, and he's funny and crazy. Before I shot the Video, I had a lot of options to play my love interest in the Video but I didn't like any. Then someone said there was this new guy and then they played his song and I liked it. Sometime later, we were at Cool FM and I spotted him jumping about and being very playful. He was so energetic; I liked him instantly and wanted him as my love interest in the video. So my manager called him up, he was so nice, he came over, we talked and he told me the day we were going to shoot the Video was his birthday. Then I got scared that he might not make it. Unfortunately, on the day of the shoot, he got robbed that morning but he still made it to the shoot and then left after his part. We've been friends ever since.

Tell us about your record label and Ill Bliss…


I love the record label. I started out working with Ill Bliss, we have this chemistry working together, and I enjoy working with him.

If you must, who would you date amongst Iyanya, Wizkid, Dammykrane and Davido.


Iyanya has the body. Davido has the money, Wizkid is the Starboy, DammyKrane is a sweet, cute guy. I'll probably go with DammyKrane.

What are you currently working on?

I'm recording and trying to put the album together which should drop next year.

Of all your works, which is your favorite?


It has to be Emi Ni Baller





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SHOCKER!!! "I am single and free" - Flavour N'abania Reveals...

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 06:06 AM PDT



There were claims that the high life musician was actually dating one Beverly Heels and it was reported that she even confirmed her engagement to him.
He was even said to have dedicated a song to his allegedly fiancee.
But Contrary to what the "fiancee"  He said to Encomium magazine when asked if he's engaged to Beverly Heels:
"It is not true. I never proposed to anybody. I am still single. Marriage is not on my mind now but my career"

(REAL) Photos from Agagu's burial in Ondo state

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 05:31 AM PDT



 
 
 
 
 
Late Olusegun Agagu's burial took place today despite the tragedy that occurred yesterday. Top Ondo government officials, former governors, and prominent businessmen attended the burial. See more photos after the cut...



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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