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05/10/2024

Actor and movie producer Saheed Balogun has lost his daughter, Zeenat Balogun.

Announcing the sad news on Saturday, 5 October 2024, the actor took to his verified Instagram page to post a picture of a candlelight surrounded by flowers and captured it with heartbroken emojis

His friends and colleagues in the movie industry have since taken to the post to offer condolences on the sad news.

Also mourning the death, popular actress Fathia Williams, who is a stepmother to the late Zeenat, posted on Instagram, “Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.”

Zeenat was born to Saidi by his first wife, Sherifat, a singer.

May her soul rest in peace.

04/10/2024

Alozie Alonzo Uzoukwu writes from Lagos:

STILL ON THE ROFOROFO

While exploring the reasons behind Wizkid's recent harsh comments about Davido, including calling him “talentless” and other insults, I stumbled upon an interview with Nelson Epelga that shed light on the underlying tensions. Despite past reconciliations, this latest conflict seems to stem from a disagreement over a Puma endorsement deal.
You can search online for the interview, if you’re interested.

Based on the interview, I’ll explain what I understand about the situation, particularly the conflict over the Puma endorsement deal, which brings up issues around money, fame, and competition in the music industry.

Wizkid is upset because Puma offered him a deal that he turned down, feeling it didn’t match his worth. He believes Davido accepted a lower fee, which hurts the value that top artists like him should expect. For Wizkid, this is about more than money—it’s about protecting his status in the industry. He sees himself as bigger than newer stars like Tems or Ayra Starr and wants deals that reflect his global fame.

This situation shows how artists negotiate deals based on how valuable they think they are. Global brands often have smaller budgets for African artists, but those with international fame, like Wizkid, expect top payments. However, brands sometimes focus more on who is currently popular, which is why Nelson Epelga mentioned Davido’s decision in the interview.

From Davido’s perspective, if my assumption is correct, he might have taken the Puma deal because it fits his strategy to grow his brand and stay visible. Even if the fee was lower than what Wizkid wanted, Davido might feel that his recent successes justify taking the deal right now.

This conflict touches on important industry issues:

Artists must balance their financial expectations with the exposure and prestige of working with global brands.

The ongoing roforofo between Wizkid and Davido mixes personal pride with business decisions.

It also highlights a shift in the industry, with newer stars like Tems and Rema rising, which may affect the way older stars negotiate their deals.

The music industry is constantly evolving, and artists must adapt their strategies accordingly.

02/10/2024

Serious Vawulence !!!

Wizkid and Davido rift has gotten to another level 😲

FC and 30BG

Stop goading them on
Stop eeett

01/10/2024

'Very Dark Man will be the biggest victim on the table he is trying to shake' - Says lgbtq activist, Bisi Alimi

30/09/2024

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has issued a legal warning to Blogger Kemi Olunloyo over a video she made where she accused Femi Falana (SAN) of purchasing stolen goods including cars and houses from EFCC during Ribadu’s tenure as chairman.

She said assets that were seized from corrupt politicians and Yahoo boys were sold to Falana.
Ribadu has demanded an apology and compensation of N10 b from Kemi, which must be done within 7 days......

28/09/2024

“Imagine believing someone that came out publicly to tell us that you paid hacker to track someone's phone, which is against the law, can be desperate to do anything at this point. I didn't give EFCC any money, I made a mistake typo in writeup”. -BOBRISKY

He further reveals that the voice note was a mistake.
👀

26/09/2024

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*RECOMMENDATIONS AND REFERRALS AND THE MORAL DILEMMA IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT*

~ By .

Francis O. Egbokhare, Professor of Linguistics, University of Ibadan.

I was in Germany for the Humboldt Fellowship in 1996/97 at the University of Hamburg. A German scholar and I were engaged in a hearty discussion. Everything was going on well when he asked me this question: “why is it that all recommendations written by Nigerians are always overly positive, even when it is obvious that the individual is a mediocre.?” I was caught unawares and this got me thinking. I think that it is because we are not allowed to speak ill of the dead…Nigeria is a graveyard of truth and the majority are now effectively the living dead, morally speaking.
Let us take the peer review process in tertiary education as an example, it has collapsed and now mostly a mere excercise to fulfil all righteousness. Those who fail peer review are most likely victims of politics. There is an unwritten code that no one fails a promotion assessment. If you turn in a negative report, even where everyone accepts that it was objective and fair, you are vilified as a wicked person who wants to remove the ladder after climbing up. I don’t think that we understand why a review is done and that reward is based on performance. Performance means nothing. Merit is alien to our system and to return a truthful verdict is to commit social and cultural su***de.

The assessment process has taken on a very terrible turn. A candidate may be asked to write his own report for the signature of the assessor. Some assessors are approached by candidates, if not, the assessor may announce himself. Some candidates are required to select their reviewers. Blind reviews are a mockery because the eyes are wide open, and with flood lights of interested persons shinning on the reviewer. People don’t pass or fail assessments, they are “passed” or “failed” by the assessor. A colleague once complained about the quality of scholarship of another person whom he had just assessed for promotion. I asked him about the outcome of the assessment and he said that he had to “pass” the candidate because he wanted to “help” him. Afterall, according to him, the beneficiary will not be paid from his salary.

You can see how disconnected we are from the consequences of our failures. Whenever an incompetent person advances in a system, the system and everyone else suffers. A student commits su***de because of a terrible teacher; a patient dies on the operating table needlessly because of a bad doctor and a nation is ruined by an incompetent leader. Our actions add up from the seemingly innocuous help we render to undermine the system, to the acts of subversion of due process which we call help.

I am still trying to understand the cultural basis of the ideology of Help and the concept of the helper. I was once at an accreditation exercise and a member of our team was asking us to help the institution. After spending hours helping the institution to organize its records, this individual was asking us to forge scores as a way to help.

One highly placed individual wrote a recommendation for an individual for a sensitive position because he had no choice. People tell flowery lies about chronic failures for various reasons. One person did it because the beneficiary is from his village. The basis for recommendations to offices or positions have very little to do with character, capacity and competence. Take for instance, what happens when positions are open. First, smart adverts are done to favor predetermined candidates; the interviews are rigged to favor them. The process is done to fulfil all righteousness, a work-to-the-answer. The congratulatory messages are full of lies, with the individuals told that their appointments are “well deserved.” It is a ritual which ends in church, mosques and ethnic thanksgiving celebrations. The best part of the racket is when the man of God declares that the individual is God’s choice as if God rigs elections. Lying has become a norm in our cultures and there is an uncodified etiquette that requires one to lie and be lied to.

I would like to return to the issue of thanksgiving and receptions organized to cremate truth. These are whitewashing events filled with manufactured tales of exaggerated excellence and X-***ed falsehood. What I find bemusing is when people who have agreed to cremate truth and who show such disdain for merit, as well as worship at the alter of mediocrity still manage to conjure hope for a better future for Nigeria. This is a magical oxymoron, much like coupling development with corruption. How can we have so much disregard for law and order and still charge forward for justice!

We fail to return change from errands, forge receipts, over invoice, loot funds meant to construct roads, have such terrible work ethics, yet still believe that we can thrive. We are very loquacious with prayers, have the hot telephone lines to deities, routinely converse with God, are ready to defend God against our fellow men while still being bloody thieves.

Let us check our mindsets. We are epitomes of disloyalty. The “e no concern me” syndrome is a national malaise. A typical bystander complex which shows the level of irresponsibility engraved in our cultural disposition. It is a treacherous boundary drawn which turns the average Nigerian into a complicit participant in a corruption enterprise. Can you imagine your driver looking away as your mechanic defrauds you because he thinks it is the mechanic’s opportunity to “chop his own?” This moral aloofness and ethical distancing is at the root of many destructive activities, sabotage and mass fraud.

The attitude to public good is terrifying. There is the saying that “you don’t put government work on your shoulders.” The saying goes that if government work gets too heavy you leave it to drop on the ground. So, you can see how difficult it is to organize Nigerians for any productive enterprise. Many employees consider their service to their employers as “Afamaco work”, a thankless job.

Nigerians don’t really care about the system until they start feeling the pinch of its failures. When you draw attention to the implication of their tendencies, they would tell you that “it is not my portion.”

I love to listen to pensioners. Everyone of them likes to quip about how the country is mistreating them after serving meritoriously. If indeed Nigerians are generally productive while in service, why is Nigeria in the doldrums? Do we reflect at all? Everyone loves to blame the leaders forgetting that they are actively engaged in destroying the system. The guy who stole his organization silly writes a memoir about his service to his nation. The indolent and unproductive worker is in the street protesting unpaid pensions. We weep when people die in the hospitals; raise hell when we read about the calamities in the land, but we fail to connect with these as the outcomes of our unfaithful service!"

26/09/2024

"No Yoruba discount, unfortunately" - BBNaija star, Vee reacts to the price of cooking gas. 😂😂

24/09/2024

Happy birthday to two Nollywood icons , Toyin Afolayan aka Lola Idije and Segun Arinze……

Lola clocks 65 while Segun clocks 59

Many happy returns and

24/09/2024

Singer and music producer Banky W announces move to the U.S. with his family for his master’s degree….,

Is this subtle “Jakpa” or relocation??????

21/09/2024

"You see, in my prime, I make over 10 million naira in a week, I was so hot that I was the gateway to what you now call Afrobeats. Men like Kanye West would pick up their phone and call me and Don Jazzy to know what the African music market was like.

I made one of the best music collaborations with Snoop Dogg, who calls me his "cousin" because our vibes were beyond just music.

Genevieve Nnaji, Ini Edo, and a host of other kokolets all wanted the Koko, but as a man of peace, the Koko must not go round... Hehehe, you know what I mean

I would link up with my Senegalese brother Akon so we can ball in Miami, fly first class to Dubai in my Versace shades, and suit

It all fell apart when I told Don Jazzy I could do it alone because we both made Mo'hits become a reality.

Over time, I haven't found anyone who could give me those beats like Don Baba J used to give me. Those beats were a banger that moulded my charisma as an entertainer.

I have watched Don Baba J proven his worth over time as he has raised two generations of artists. We have made peace, and I hope to work with him again because only him understands what makes me who I am. "

I have realised in life that some people come into your life as a beacon of light that enhances your potentials and Don Jazzy is one of them.

-D'Banj 2024

Can DBANJ still regain the throne?

20/09/2024

How Queen May Edochie's daughter Daniella celebrated her mother on her birthday 👇🏿

"The first before anyone else"

With subtle shade at you know who ( Yul's 2nd wife)

18/09/2024

WHY BUSINESSES ARE CRASHING IN NIGERIA

THE INSIDERS JOB

*Lets save Jevnik*

Guys lets do this together cos if we dont, this beautiful entrepreneurial experience will die

A lot of us marvelled at the huge portions that they will throw at you whem you walked into any branch of Jevnik either in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Owerri and cos of this we flocked in.

Me especially turned Jevnik to my fastbfood Afang joint.

Those days when I am pressed for time and can't wait for Yellow Chilli's standard 20 minutes to drop a plate of food at my table, I rushed to Jevnik for quikie afang

But sadly, the staff are stealing the place dry. They make more money than the owner and I write with pity cos I can imagine what she has to contend with to keep the doors open only for the staff to be running a cartel and stealing not only from her but from us her loyal customers.

So this afternoon, I was hungry after rolling out over 100 letters of invites for my masterclass and decided to rush to Jevnik for quikie afang bf I rushed to Shomolu for a 60th birthday thanksgiving.

They gave me afang, eba and fresh fish. As usual the soup was plenty and there was so much oil which scared me cos of my cholesterol

The afang still tasted delicious as I meandered my way around the oil as the thing was looking like oil spill in Bayelsa

When I finished eating, I asked for the bill and they said transfer as I brought out my card.

The tall yellow lanky good-looking thief masking as a staff dropped his account number with his name Anthony.

It was an opay account or something and I saw the amount N28, 609

I didnt mind the amount. I had spent worse. Remember that I had paid N116k for two plates of rice in this same Lagos so I was not perturbed by the amount

But then I wondered how one plate of Afang with one fresh fish and eba with takeaway Rice and vegetable with fresh fish and mixed fruits smoothie and one small bottle of water would be dt much in Jevnik

Jevnik where we used to spend 4k for same offerings some three years ago.

Well I made the transfer and immediately felt like sh****ng.

So I sat there in confusion. Do I s**t there or do i go back to my office and s**t in luxury

Then the bar code on the menu caught my eyes and I took my phone there and the first thing I saw there, was a plate of afang being N2, 600.

I open mouth. I look up and the boys all waiters were talking and enjoying themselves.

I scanned some more and saw that prices were lower than what I just paid by over 50%.

Everyyhing on the scanned memo was not more than N12, 000 but I had just transfered N28, 609 to a thief who was originally emoloyed to be a waiter

These boys are wicked. If what I discovered is true, then they are vile

So the woman will suffer bank loans, multiple taxation, hyper inflation and all the rubbish genuine entrepreneurs go thru only for her staff to be reaping her off like this?

Now let me gjve them the benefit if d doubt. May be na my phone go scan p**n site cone dey show me prices of Ouff Daddy Baby oil o cos I really dont understand how they will give me price on a piece of paper that is totally different from the price on the bar code and me sef like mumu do the transfer.

Anybody who knws the owner of Jevnik should please send this write up to her as I think the practice is prevalent in all her branches

I really pity her cos she needs to be saved from the incestous thiefs she has hired as waiters and managers if not, na she and AmCON go they do th*****me on. O distant future.

Sad

Come and beat me

*Duke of Shomolu*

17/09/2024

Sometime two years ago, Cubana Chief Priest was dragged by a Kenya Lady for impregnating her and denying that he was responsible.

Two years later, she posted photos of the baby Cubana Chief Priest denied online. It was clear photocopy.

“ I don’t need his money , all I wanted was for him to take responsibility. He said I’m trying to break his family “ Kenyan Lady

“I still don’t want anything , I just think every child needs their father , it shocks me that this man boldly denied everything . I’m just happy God has a way of exposing people. I didn’t even know he was married “

15/09/2024

“Our imports are reducing, and our exports are increasing” - actress Eniola Badmus comments on the Nigerian economy

09/09/2024

Congratulations to Rudeboy Paul Psquare & his new wife, Ifeoma as they welcome a bouncing baby girl.

Rudeboy mama is back 🤩💯

03/09/2024

The Ooni of Ife and Queen Ashley have welcomed a baby boy today in the United Kingdom.

Congratulations to them❤️

02/09/2024

The former CEO of MTN Group, Sifiso Dabengwa, has been reported dead after a battle with cancer.

Dabengwa was MTN CEO from March 2011 till 2015 when he had to resign as MTN was looking for ways to negotiate itself out of a record N1.04trn fine Nigeria slammed on the telco for failing to disconnect over five million customers with unregistered SIM cards.

The Zimbabwean-born Dabengwa also served briefly as MTN Nigeria CEO until 2006.

South African media outlets are quoting a family spokesperson Themba Sibanyoni to have confirmed his death.

According to the reports, Sibanyoni said: “Dabengwa was a titan in the telecommunications industry and an astute businessman. His tenure as CEO of MTN Group from 2011 to 2015 was marked by visionary leadership, integrity, and dedication that drove significant advancements in the industry”.

Sibanyoni said Dabengwa left a legacy that extends far beyond the boardroom.

“He was an advocate for education and a fervent believer in the power of technology to transform lives.”

31/08/2024

Ojude Oba Festival is An annual cultural festival celebrated by Ijebu indigenes Ogun State, Nigeria

It held this year on the
17th June, 2024 in
Ijebu Ode, Nigeria

There were dancing horses of Ijebuland who were dancing without prompting.

They had been trained.

Ojude oba has so blown that the whole world took notice.
It was fire.

Artistes like OBO want to be part of it in a big way next year.

The event may move to the stadium next year with the uproar this year’s edition caused.

The GenZs were in awe of the Ijebus and made the images go viral

Then the word STEEZE re-entered our daily vocabulary

And IJEBU IS THE OFFICIAL STEEZE CITY HENCEFORTH

Ijebus have been known to be excellent in throwing great parties and entertaining people.

They are excellent hosts/hostesses and fashionable too

Suffice to say, Twitter (X) GEN Zs came late to the party and are just noticing the OJUDE OBA FESTIVAL AND THE IJEBUS.....

30/08/2024

Photos from the funeral of legendary songstress, Late Onyeka Onwenu, which was held in Lagos earlier today, August 30, 2024

30/08/2024

Identical twin sisters Brittany and Briana 38 marry identical twin brothers Josh and Jeremy in 2017 after meeting at the Twins Day Festival.
After their 'quaternary marriage', a term used to describe identical twins marrying identical twins, each couple gave birth to a boy at the same time in 2021 which are considered quaternary multiples, which means they are full genetic siblings from identical twin parents.
Technically, cousins, the boys are genetically brothers.
Both families live together in the same house in Virginia, USA

29/08/2024

This is TG OMORI 's brother who donated his kidney for him.
Brother of the year!
They don't make them like this anymore.
Drop a ❤️ for him
Repost with prayers up for TG 🙏🏿

28/08/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎 Akinbode Oladipupo, Ajala Pereira Motunde, Labaran Danzaria, Jasmine Jasper, Dele Dina, Olayinka Bolanle Zainab, Ola Gold Unique, Tolani Eniola Abejirin, Akebaje Omodaddy, Olusegun Amos Tolulope

27/08/2024

Daar Communications sacks Tosin Dokpesi, Ambrose Somide, Tony Akiotu, and other directors

The management of Daar Communications has sacked its chairman's wife, Mrs. Tosin Dokpesi, the MD, Tony Akiotu, and nine other directors.

It was gathered that Daar Communications Plc, owners of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and RayPower, ĺ Dokpesi, who is the widow of our founder and chairman, Chief Raymond Dokpesi,” a staff speaking under anonymity disclosed.

Recall that Daar Communications founder Raymond Dokpesi died on May 29, 2023.
His son Raymond Dokpesi Jr. has been chairman since 2019.

The company posted a loss of N1.6 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023.

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