Sankabson:
its absolutely not Your fault. Big thanks to our useless leaders.

God bless u!

EXCHANGE RATE... AFRICA.
South Africa: Rand 1 = 13 Naira .
Angola: 1 kwanza = 2 Naira .
Botswana: 1 Pula = 18 Naira .
Cape Verde: 1 Escudo = 2 Naira .
Algeria: 1 Dinar = 2 Naira .
Egypt: 1 Pound = 25 Naira
Eritrea: 1 Nakata = 13 Naira .
Ethiopia: 1 Birr = 9 Naira .
Ghana: 1 Cedi = 50 Naira .
Gambia 1 Dalasi = 5 Naira Kenya:
1 shilling = 3 Naira .
Liberia: 1 Dinar = 4 Naira .
Lesotho: 1 Loti = 14 Naira .
Libya: 1 Dinar = 146 Naira .
Morrocco: 1 Dirham = 146 Naira .
Madagascar: 1 Ariary = 4 Naira .
Mauritius: 1 Rupee = 6 Naira .
Malawi: 1 kwacha = 11 Naira .
Mozambique: 1 Metical = 4 Naira .
Namibia: 1 Dollar = 12 Naira .
Seychelles: 1 Rupee = 12 Naira .
Sudan: 1 pound = 32 Naira
Swaziland: 1 Lilangeri = 13 Naira .
Tunisia: 1 Dinar = 100 Naira .
Zambia: 1 kwacha = 18 Naira..

Aint we feeling sorry for ourselves? comparing "Giant of Africa" with lesser known countries having better purchasing power....imagine Ghana?

You could simply have let Buhari be in his mud house enjoy his retirement and rear his impotent cattle that never increases from the 150.

Now that pure water bag is now selling for N150 from N80 in just few weeks...and still rising. Also rice and other edible and FMCG items

How have we now found ourselves in this mess?

The issue with us Nigerians is we are full of 'suffering and smiling' syndrome. We only get into actionable dispositions only when it affect us so deep what could have been nipped in the bud by voicing out constructive criticism ...of course, our politician leaders understand us better for that. Let see how further thig will slide because in Nigeria, what goes up is usually NEVER coming down

This happened on the plane after Real Madrid beat Barca in 2014 and the players were seen dancing and singing to Dbanj's Oliver Twist

This jam was still everything,even Sagio Ramos was tempted to speak English as seen in the video.....Hahahahaha

Seriously, its the era of Afrobeats, and African Entertainment is the new crude oil

And Dbanj leading the likes Omotola, Diamond Platinum, Davido, Wizkid and other spirited entertainers are really pushing on this frontier accross the world

BTW, Dbanj's new video, Emergency is one of the best and mot conceptualised videos to come out Africa...one word: INCREDIBLY FANTASTIC (lol, two words actually)

lol

OneManLegion:


Lool. That's about it though.
Your comments on politics disappoint.

This is what happens When God picks your call (In Adekunle Gold's Voice): Race turns to Grace....In a Protocol-breaking favour 'Grand Stylee'


17 days ago ago this young lady was earning just 500 per day after working and trekking for hours in the scorching....but 408 hours later

She had met Renowned Photographer TY Bellow by fateful chance

CNN, the world's biggest and most powerful media organisation has featured her

ThisDay Style has had her for exclusive coverage

Huffington Post, the biggest and world most popular Blog pounced on her most amazing story

PayPorte has signed her as their face for 2016"

Stanbic IBTC didnt waste time to 'Moving Forward' leverage on her brand

She now has a well-furnished apartment in Lagos where she has hitherto been selling bread just few days ago

She is set resume her long abandoned education after two kids born in poverty

Her name and story is now world-wide - OLAJUMOKE THE BREAD SELLER-TURNED INTERNATIONAL MODEL

Did she even know CNN , Huffington Post, Ty Bello, PayPorte, Tinnie Tempah Thisday Newspaper (she may have used their paper to wrap bread for customers) as at January 1st, 016?


The fastest runner doesn't always win the race,
and the strongest warrior doesn't always win
the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and
the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And
those who are educated don't always lead
successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by
being in the right place at the right time".

When God is set to plant you in the right place at the right time for protocol breaking favour...absolutely nothing can stop it.

But remember o, the favour didnt come to meet her still lazying on bed on Monday, but met her in course of her working diligently.

Where will your ground breaking favour find you and I?

Sammy UMS/UMG

For those who may not know, D’banj has still got the Koko (whatever that is). He was at the Eko Hotel venue of Fortified; tribute concert in honour of 2face at 40 on Sunday, September 20, when an interesting incident happen.

As it’s common at all events, immediately the star was sighted, many of the people around rushed towards him to take pictures. What however got people’s attention was the presence of two Asians amongst the people struggling for selfies with D’banj. The Asians acted like their lives depended on taking that picture.

When one of D’banj’s aides tried to lead the ‘Suddenly’ singer into a waiting elevator, the Asian guys begged to take just a shot, even if they’re the only ones allowed.

‘D’banj, please take picture with us,’ they kept repeating even as they pushed their way closer to his side and held their mobile phones in the air, ready for the ultimate selfie, which they would undoubtedly cherish and show to their grand-children.

This incident is a far-cry from the days when Nigerian artistes practically used to beg for attention from fellow Nigerians, not to talk of foreigners. Now, they’re the toast of all and sundry wherever they go

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/2faces-fortified-asians-beg-for-selfie-with-dbanj/

No doubt, they are currently the biggest pop duo in Africa, and Jude Okoye who also double as the twins' elder brother and Manager has been at the heart of the success story but just like the adage 'pride goes before a fall' when you think

I remember a phone conversation between one of Primetime/Kennis Music bosses few years ago - I will refer to him herein as 'The Boss'. The Boss informed Jude Okoye of a medium-sized budget wedding his close relative was planning for and as one of the most respected relatives he was requested to get P square to perform at the wedding

The Boss requested from Jude for how much the fee to have P-square's presence would cost and Jude replied that it would cost N8 million. (Note that the boss whose platforms have in no small ways supported the P-square brand for several years, didnt request for any FREE performance)

The Boss however informed Jude that he will appreciate a consideration from N8 million to 6.5 or 7 million, and Jude replied that was the standard fee for Psqaure performance but The Boss should go back to the people organizing the wedding so as for the boss to collect his own commission separately (the standard in the music industry is to get commission from paid job/events brought forward to artistes/music professionals), but The Boss stated that he wasnt even mentioning anything about commission as he wasnt even interested but wanted a good wedding outing for his relative. Jude obviously impatiently confirmed to The Boss that '8 million Naira or nothing and even if his mama begged for any reduction, he wouldnt obliged'. The Boss on hearing this informed Jude to check his phone and see name of person calling (The Boss mentioning his own name here so Jude would know it was The Boss), Jude replied in affirmation that of course he knew it was him calling which was why he was still 'wasting' precious time discussing with him on phone and then hurriedly hung up!

Popular Nigerian Fuji maestro, Pasuma who has also experienced similar bitter pills in hands of Jude Okoye and Peter Okoye has also vowed never ever to have anything to do with the duo or his manager and of course, the list goes on and we will witness more industry professionals opening up from time to time.

Although, it is worrisome among Nigerian music practitioners of greedy money-for-airplay culture among Nigeria media outfits and award organisers as it is not only peculiar to one media outfit, genuinely good artistes would 'kill' to have just 5% of media exposure Soundcity has given Psquare (a lot of us have even complained as regard the huge rotations Soundcity even gives to American artistes on their station compare to ones they could help to give upcoming artistes)

Major among the functions of an artiste manager is how to manage the public relations of your artiste in the media and public eyes. Media
have the power to make the public love or hate you, but if as an artiste manager alongside your artiste now trying to tilt public opinion against a media outfit who helped in small ways in blossoming your career from days when you were still struggling but new-comer Dbanj and Mohits crew then were already making 1 - 2 million Naira per show and bagging corporate endorsements, when they and Tuface and others were still charging N50,000 to N300,000 per show (yes, confirmed!)

With this arrogant stunt played out by the Okoyes against Soundcity in the form of social media rants against Souncity (one wonder where they threw their PR to?), although they are soundcity's competitors, other media outfits would be cautious of committing much of their 'promotional platform investment' for Psquare brand to avoid similar ingratitude from the duo and manager

One wonders if Jude Okoye's Cythia Morgan wont also be affected

rosy4u:
Wat is d poster above me sayin








Gerara there mhen sh¡t


Hppy buffdayy op

hahaaha.....thanks jare my brother

Thanks

Airforce1:
Happy birthday blakemon

Cool song you got there

Wow...coming from one and only Airforce1 of nairaland...appreciate you and appreciate all the great messages!

Today, i am a year older and full of appreciation to God, friends, family, loved ones and Nairalanders (a lot of you have so so supportive in term of my new song, as by His Grace, in say one year from now and more, i will look back to this period of your support, osheey!)

Wish me all the best wishes today...and i wish you best of the best as well!

My new single, Owumi is surely spreading and video coming on very soon

Song already on over 100 sites and already getting great airplay on Alaba mixes, clubs and some radio stations....its amazing and i appreciate!

http://www..ng/2015/08/12/music-blakemon-owumi/

http://tooxclusive.com/downloadmp3/blakemon-owumi/

Once again

cc: lalasticala, Ishilove

Bomb Blasts everywhere, scores dying during fasting. How can we truly explain what everything that happened this last Ramadan. Ever since the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari, you cannot help but wonder whether Boko Haram attacks has reduced or they are reinforcing their Calvary every day.

Fasting during the month of Ramadan is considered one of the five pillars of Islam. Muslims worldwide fast to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad according to Islamic belief.

Muslims prioritise charity during Ramadan, there is a lot of giving and receiving during this period. Recently I saw nothing less than 50 Hausa Men hanging around a vehicle, I didn’t know the owner of the vehicle was doling out plates of rice until I looked closer.

That is how charitable Muslims become during Ramadan. Killing is just out of it but ever since the inception of insurgency in the world, those of us that are non muslims have been unable to truly define our understanding of Islam.

When I was younger, I remember that the Alfas around my house used to say Islam is a religion of peace.

I doubt that statement these days because I do not understand the religion anymore.

On July 17, two female suicide bombers yesterday detonated explosives in an Eid praying ground in the Yobe state capital, leaving at least 15 worshipers dead and others injured.

Two women who could have become leaders and role models in their communities made a decision to kill scores of people for no reason at all.

According to Army Public Relations, one was an elderly woman while the second was a young girl, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo reinstated that insurgency will soon be stamped out in Nigeria but how can any Nigerian believe this.

Just two days earlier, 50 people have been killed after twin blasts hit the rowdy central market of Gombe, in the Gombe State capital.

ISIS promised to launch a month of disaster during Ramadan and they did. At a Shi’ite Mosque in Kuwait, a man was decapitated in an apparent Islamist attack on a U.S.-owned gas factory in South eastern France, while 25 worshipers were killed and 200 wounded during Friday prayers.

In Tunisia, gunmen sparked panic at a beach resort, opening fire and killing at least 37 people mostly foreigners.

Governments around the world condemned the attacks especially because of the fact that this all happened during Ramadan.

ISIS, Boko Haram, God help us all.


http://www.thefinix.com/2015/07/was-this-ramadan-the-most-disastrous-in-history/

I remember a chance meeting with the Vice-president of Google Africa last year was making mention of internet traffic coming from Nigeria. He made particular mention of Nairaland and said and I quote “the kind of traffic coming to that site is unprecedented, way too massive”. He mentioned one more site: Linda ikeji!

LIB has no doubt become a brand. One of the trailblazers in blogosphere in Nigeria – likes of Bellanaija, Nairaland, Linda Ikeji, Notjustok.com and very few others blazed the trend in year 2005/2006 and these have so far remained some of the biggest in Nigerian and in Africa in their chosen niches. Most searches on Google on Nigerian contexts usually end up with these sites on the frontpage!

What Stand LIB OUT

Linda Ikeji started this, like most others as a hobby, and I can tell you for a fact that she didn’t start making dime till around 2009/2010 ( a lesson for most copy and paste follow-follow bloggers all over the place that start blogging today and want to buy jeep tomorrow from blogging).

One thing that stands Linda Ikeji out is this: she sure knows how to present news, updates, breaking new, gists, gossips, even advert posts like a girl next door, talking directly to you in a most appealing way. In journalism, news should be like a woman skirt that would arouse your curiosity to want to know what’s the ‘koko’. LIB headlines are way creative, compelling, appealing and catchy

As a website/blog developer, have used Linda Ikeji site as a basis to train many blog owners but I tell them; carve an original niche for yourself, your brand and your internet property. Be original, be compelling and flexible in your write-up – or why do you think most Nigerian youths don’t buy or read Nigerian newspapers except to find jobs but come on Nairaland politics section and argue politics ferociously? Imagine in a country of over 170 million people out of which age bracket 15 – 35 make roughly 50 % of the population, some of the most widely read newspaper struggle to sell and circulate less than 500,000 copies in a day and someone is condemning most of the print media outfits reporting mostly rigid politics and in politician’s payroll? That’s issue for another day
Apart from very dependable marketing LIB do, many advertisers and agencies who know the unlimited leverage that strategically placed online advertisement brings to them prefer to advertise on LIB and few other sites. Why? Because LIB is a signature and has a face attached to the brand! Whatever she posts on her site, hate it or love it, she put her signature to tell you that, “yes na me post am, na me be authority”. Why? Because these advertisers have a target market they want to reach and they believe they will get if from LIB platform. No question ask.



Why LIB Has Succeeded

When people ask me, “why is it that Linda still host on free blospot and making millions but yet you emphasis on us having our blog hosted with emphasis that Google itself doesn’t like free blogs”

I tell them, it is simple. Linda herself knows that she was “half-sleeping on a bicycle” (although Lindaikeji.com, .net etc she could have used have been ‘taken’ and so goes all out in term of exclusives, gists, gossip, updates, advert sourcing, events, “celebrity-famzing”, brand Plugins and much more to stay ahead of competition. And she does all these with so much aggressiveness, passion, energy, dedication, constantly even if it means causing sorrow, breakups, homewreckage, backlash and lot more. Some may say over-ambitiousness

Google love one thing: Organically built backlinks. Not paid-for backlinks and the new form of backlink is Social Media (Google itself is investing so much resources on Gplus and Google Hangout). LIB has been able to spread her site like no-man business. Even Nigerians in Diaspora rely so much LIB and Nairaland for info back home.

LIB Biggest Albatross

Plagiarsim
Bluntly speaking, LIB is the biggest culprit in term of plagiarism. Of course hundreds of bloggers come to her site to copy and paste, but LIB is the most popular and in cynosure of most eyes. Forget the “bad belle”, “Pull Down Syndrom” sentiments being whipped up to attract sympathy. This is for fact. I remember very well when Ladun Liadi Blog which started in 2010 was still relatively new, LIB copy directly from LLB. Yes, for fact! Intially, she would copy directly from Punch, and other dailies and soft sells and give reference but Linda got too comfortable and became “me sef be authority na”. Forget the sentiments that likes of TMZ, Perez Hilton etc do plagiarism. Google take issue of plagiarism seriously especially when proved.

If you are comparing with case of Nairaland, maybe the person still need his brain to do “intelligence press ups”. Nairaland is a forum and the best at that. Fullstop (a story for another day)

Unnecessary Public stunts

When God blessing you, you don’t shout and attract silly and avoidable exposure especially when you are benefitting from causing pains to other people’s lives, brands, and relationship. The like of Bellanaija (she inspired Linda Ikeji to start her blog) has gone ahead through the medium of her blog to marry a billionaire but you hardly know her face!

“Oshofree”

Likes of Ladun Liadi, Stella Dimokokus, Bellanaija have gone a step further to establish customed domain and hosting. If you are running a business of your own, have a well structured organization
And for all that would be shouting “ah hatred”. Sit down for a minute and analyse these and other independent facts. Lets move away from “APC vs PDP” syndrome and mentality and for once critically analyse facts and issues with prejudice


What Next

Most of her competitors and haters are seriously praying that the situation as it is now remain for a long while. However, check LIB twitter page; over 300,000 followers. She definitely will bounce back. She has the name, resources and wherewithal. But Linda may have to forfeit her ranking built over the years on her new website. And getting the trust of advertisers who by now have gotten info that LIB was shut down on the premise of plagiarism would be carfeful commiting their adverts and fund. May however, take a year or more to fully bounce back


Sammy
A Business/ICT/Media Professional
Lagos

First, we state that girls require time and money

GIRLS = TIME * MONEY

And as we all know “time is money”

Therefore

GIRLS = MONEY * MONEY = (MONEY) 2 (2 stands for raised to power 2)

And because “money is the root of all evil”

Therefore

GIRLS = ^EVIL (WHERE ^ represent square root)

Therefore

GIRLS = (^EVIL) 2

And we are forced to conclude that

GIRLS = EVIL……Q.E.D!

No be me talk am o, na mathematical expression proof am!

Just think how many votes can be harvested in Lagos by telling commuters an incoming PDP government will allow Okadas back on the roads.

I did not know how precise my analyses of Bola Tinubu’s misfortunes are, until I saw the barrage of the Lilliputian army sent to attack me. In the last few days, I have been much-maligned and abused by a league of Tinubu’s henchmen. Lagos State cowboys have also descended on my office, asking for building permits when I am not building anything; demanding to know if my office is fire-proof, and threatening to close it down if I show no “satisfaction” within two days.

I remain undaunted by these shenanigans. The bottom line is that I am not the one running for election in 2015: they are. Neither does it matter if I am the buffoon they claim I am. It is a contradiction in terms to spend so much time and effort trying to discredit a fool. If my views are truly inconsequential, those planning to run for office would not be so determined to silence me.

Strange bed-fellows

The irony in all this is that I actually consider myself to be more a friend of the APC than a foe. What I offer is wise counsel which, if seriously considered by the APC, would be detrimental to the PDP. There is no doubt that Nigeria deserves a strong opposition to the government. Unfortunately, that strong opposition cannot come from the foolishness of the APC.

As presently constituted, the APC is a very good guarantee of another four years of the PDP, in spite of the ruling party’s many inadequacies. How else are we to explain why an incumbent APC governor lost to a PDP challenger by a landslide in Ekiti? Instead of harnessing its much-vaunted strength, the APC is showing new weaknesses, even in its South-West strongholds. Should it lose Osun in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in August, then Bola Tinubu is toast.

APC-PDP

Before it can qualify to reform the polity, the APC needs first to transform itself. Here is another attempt to show it the error of its ways, although there are signs it might already be too late for it to make amends in time for the forthcoming elections.

The APC is an amalgamation of strange bedfellows with conflicting political agendas, all desperate for power at the centre. This explains why it even welcomes former PDP opponents. This marriage of convenience is likely to collapse sooner than later on the very altar of its internal contradictions, the nearer we get to the elections. In any case, bombast don’t create a formidable political party: popular grassroots support does.

Many of the “timber and caliber” of the APC cannot even deliver their local governments. Their rants make for interesting newspaper headlines, while adding precious little to the electoral fortunes of their party. Those were the days when popular support counted for nothing in Nigerian elections. Those days are gone, as the recent election in Ekiti shows. For example, Rotimi Amaechi is very good public relations for the APC. But only a fool believes Rivers State is going to vote APC in 2015. Neither can Rochas Okorocha deliver Imo State to his new party.

Demonising the electorate

I am amused at people who make fun of Patience Jonathan’s down-to-earth style of public-speaking and have turned her “There is God O” into a derogatory slogan. What they fail to appreciate is that the First Lady’s homespun deliveries resonate with a constituency which accounts for the major part of the Nigerian population.

Unlike Patience Jonathan, many of the APC bigwigs are out of touch with the electorate. They have been so blinded by their naked ambitions; they can no longer discern the signs of the times. This accounts for the big shocker of the Ekiti elections, which they are still trying to explain away with all kinds of rationalizations. Their contempt for the wishes of the people led to the current APC romance with the preposterous idea of a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket in this day and age. Therefore, if they are not careful, they are in for further surprises in “INEC 2015.”

Instread of addressing what led to the disaster in Ekiti, the APC have resorted to abusing the electorate. Suddenly, we are made to understand that the people of Ekiti are stupid. They are derided as having voted for “stomach infrastructure” instead of physical infrastructure.

In a release signed by Joe Igbokwe, the APC Publicity Secretary for Lagos State, the party declared: “It should be noted that PDP is now flaunting what is now known as ‘politics of stomach infrastructure’ which targets the borderless hunger it has provoked for fifteen years for exploitation.” “We want to assure the PDP that it is building castles in the air by hallucinating that it will ever capture Lagos by its politics of hunger and mass poverty.”

This is nothing short of delusional. The tide of South-West politics is moving inexorably against the APC. By shouting from the rooftops about how bad things are in Nigeria, the APC seems to have forgotten that it is the one in power in the South-West. Therefore, if things are bad there, it is the APC, and not the PDP, that is held responsible. Accordingly, in Ekiti, the APC governor was thrown out in one of the freest and fairest elections ever conducted by INEC.

Pounded-yam politics

I have news for the APC. Its defeat in Ekiti is the strongest indication yet that the PDP has hit on a winning formula that might prove equally devastating to the APC in other areas of the South-West. Indeed, the APC government in Lagos is likely to be swept away by the same politics of “stomach infrastructure” that it derides to its cost in Ekiti.

I am an unrepentant admirer of Babatunde Fashola and his seven-year tenure as governor of Lagos State. He has done a lot to change the face of Lagos for the better by renovating the physical infrastructures. But the Ekiti defeat has exposed the Achilles heel of the APC in their Lagos stronghold. In his seven years as governor, Fashola has been contemptuous of the electorate’s need for “stomach infrastructure.”

While Fashola has been busy tarring roads, building fanciful tolled bridges and planting grass and flowers; he has ignored the need of the people for basic things of life like food, shelter and gainful employment. There is no pipe-borne water in much of Lagos; and yet the state generates over 27 billion in internal revenue every month. When asked why he did not build low-cost housing in Lagos, Fashola replied contemptuously that he could not find any low-cost cement to buy.

Like Fayemi, Fashola speaks primarily for the rich. Under him, the poor in Lagos have been marginalized; oftentimes evicted from their homes without the benefit of rehabilitation. Their menial abodes in places like Mushin, Oluwole, Ojota, Makoko and Ijora-Badia East have been bulldozed. Their markets in Tejuoso, Yaba and Oshodi have been demolished. The new stalls that replaced them were priced beyond their pockets.

Okadas have been banned from most areas of Lagos, denying many of their means of livelihood. Alternative means of transportation were not adequately provided, making it even more difficult for those who don’t have cars to move around. The poor residents of the Eti-osa, Epe and Ibeju-Lekki Local Government areas, now have to pay tolls going to and from the Lagos mainland. The people are well-aware that the road-concessions were to the financial benefit of the “godfather” of the APC.

Task-force terrorists

Street-trading, another means of livelihood for the common man, is also frowned at by the Lagos APC government. As the police chase okada riders down the streets, impounding and inheriting their bikes, so do the “kick against indiscipline” brigadiers confiscate and inherit the goods of hapless petty-traders.

Different task force officials in Lagos derive pleasure in harassing and arresting people indiscriminately, often in order to extort bribes. All this has gone a long way in generating hatred for the government among the rank-and-file. In short, Fashola’s marauding brigadiers have become a terror to the people. They seem to be maliciously intent on squeezing the life out of the man-in-the-street.

I have this theory about Fashola’s Lagos. If a Nigerian Bill Gates were to decide to give away free of charge 100 billion naira of food to poor Lagosians, he would be confronted with a whole army of Lagos State officials who would impede and hinder him at every turn. They would harass him for this permit and that permit. They would throw every possible bit of regulation at him. So much so that the man might get fed up and just cancel the project.

In short, Fashola has run Lagos with disregard for “stomach infrastructure.” Despite being a beneficiary of free education himself, he hiked Lagos State University fees from N25,000 to N360,000. Protesting students descended on his office with cooking-pots and firewood. Even the well-to-do have not been spared from the state’s multiple tax burdens. Nevertheless, Lagos has the highest debt-profile of any state in the federation. The large community of Igbo Lagosians has also been alienated by the APC policy of deporting some poor Igbo back to their home-states in the dead of night.

Time-up

As a result, the bell tolls for the APC in Lagos. Just think how many votes can be harvested by telling commuters an incoming PDP government will allow okadas back on the roads. Or think how many votes the PDP can get by promising to revoke the hated toll-collection on the Lekki/Ajah expressway.

If you add to all this the imminent implosion that is likely as Tinubu tries yet again to impose his own candidate as APC gubernatorial flag-bearer without the benefit of a democratic election, then the chances are high that APC might be dethroned in Lagos. The irony here is that while APC bigwigs are angling for two birds in the bush in Abuja in 2015, they are likely to lose their bird-in-hand in Lagos. Many Lagosians are increasingly fed up with the APC. After fifteen years of limited “stomach infrastructure,” Lagos is finally ripe for the plucking by the PDP.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/apc-likely-lose-lagos-2015-elections/

eluquenson: Yeah, advertisement has gone online now, customers are very easy to meet and accessible via the internet with a lot of traffic.

Very true

Seeing the headline, you may wonder wether tomato, yam, garri or fruit sellers at any local market at oshodi or oyingbo market in Lagos, Nigeria, Africa should also have a website to market his or her goods just like garri (west African staple food) require little or no advert but sell than Indomie

However, if packaging mean something, it can make anyone sell ice to an Eskimo!

A website is the most important tool you will purchase for your small business. Your online presence is the most affordable manner in which to reach new customers and generate increasing profits.

1. 24/7/365 Opened For Business: While some businesses are open 24 hours a day, most business hours remain limited to a more traditional workday schedule. With a website, customers can view your products and services on their own schedules, even long after your normal operating hours. If you sell products online, you can even accept orders from different parts of the world at any hour.

2. Instant Validity: As customer, you want to that know the person you buy from is legitimate. A professional online presence helps legitimize your business in the eyes of a consumer and leads to increased sales.

3. Customers: In today’s business world, the Internet is the fastest growing source for information. Without a web presence, your business risks never being found by prospective customers.

4. Survey Your Audience: When visitors enter your website, they are expressing interest in your products, services or information. You can set up a survey to figure out exactly what most interests potential customers or learn about new trends of which your customers are aware.

5. Establishing Online Presence: internet is the single largest pool of people and business, and if people can’t find you on Goggle or can’t pop in to your site to find the information they need, they’ll end up using your competition.
It becomes a necessity to own one and to create an online presence for the company’s brands and products. The size of the business is no longer a concern in setting up a website. A website provides a great tool to establish our online presence in the World Wide Web - To enhance our brand credibility by establishing an internet presence,

6. Increase credibility and trustworthiness – Before for now, a business must have an office to gain trust from customers and potential clients. Today with increasing constraint faced by lot of young businesses, a website will help boast our company’s image and credibility. Many customers may want to research on our company’s profile and do a background check on our products and services even before they make a visit to our office or book an appointment with us. By owning a website, you can make use of this professional platform to provide the company’s information to increase credibility.

7. Your Competitor: In an ever-changing market, savvy small business owners keep tabs on their competitors, work to gain insight on trends, and come up with new strategies for staying ahead of the competition. If your competitors have a website, you should think strongly about having one, too.

8. Promotion – A website is a means to promote oneself, business, services, products, knowledge, skills, all in one place – everybody knows that promotion is vital if you want to be successful.

9. Sell – An effective website can do work of many sales people at a fraction of price. It’s like having a sales person at every point in the world.

10. Email: Has anyone ever asked for your business email address? Are you currently using a personal email address from your Internet service provider or a free email account for business contacts? You can raise the level of prestige and branding for your business with an email address that includes your company name or services. We always include personalized email accounts when we set up your website. It could also be your store- front, with products and information easily available, as well as act as cashier and a stock controller.

11. Build – A website will enable you to build your brand, your business and relationships.

12. Share – One of the great things about the internet is that there is so much information freely available. Sharing your knowledge and skills with others is a great way to gain interest in our products and services, and to build credibility as an expert in our particular field. Sharing knowledge also helps people gain trust in us and subsequently our products as well.

13. Contact Information: Always repeating your hours and product lines? A website can deliver details about your business to anyone with an Internet connection. This can help you focus on business instead of answering frequently asked questions

14. Attract New Business through Search Engines: Consumers use the Internet for a large amount of product research. If your website is listed on the top search engines, a curious consumer can find it under the results of any number of queries

15. Reach Global Audience – The reason the internet is what it is today, is because you are no longer restricted to thinking locally. You are able to reach audiences globally, at no real additional cost.

EXTRA

Interact with Customers: The best clients are repeat and referred customers, and the best way to keep customers coming back is to keep in touch with them. A website will allow you to interact with clients online. When you keep in contact, you show customers you care.

http://ultrasolution.org/en/index.php/blog/item/11-15-reasons-why-every-business-need-a-website

Many viewed kokomaster's performance at the just concluded Felebration 2013 which took place at New Afrikan Shrine, as lewd and too erotic with him lying down on female dancer and making bedroom sexual gestures live on stage as well as touching thier bossoms (as seen in the video)

However, the kokomaster has re-iterated that those were just pure entertainment performances as he is the 'baddest' African entertainer


http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/10/dbanj-erotic-performance-felabration.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtZKbt9C81U

A diamond-encrusted $1 million hairstyle (as shown in the picture below shocked the world when it was unvield in the 70's. Now the same jeweller, Lawrence Graff, has recreated the hair and jewel style, this time to the value of $500 million to mark his 60th year in the business - oops, am having a cold sweat!

The new hairdo features 51.53-carat and 50.76-carat heart shape diamonds; a 10.47-carat vivid blue internally flawless briolette diamond pendant; a 6.51-carat intense pink internally flawless oval cut diamond ring; and a selection of jewelry crafted from the 550-carat Letšeng Star, the 14th largest white rough diamond ever discovered.

Mr Graff founder and chairman of Graff started his career aged 15 as an apprentice in Hatton Garden, London.

'I recognized the importance of establishing the Graff Diamonds brand globally,' he said at the time. 'Until this time, images showing fine jewelry were typically modeled in a more conservative style. This image broke the mold by using a younger model and created the idea of diamonds being aspirational to younger women.

He was also awarded a Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Services in jewelry, one of the highest honors awarded by the British monarchy.

COURTESY: Dailymail

http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/10/most-expensive-hair-style.html

Hours after Davido claimed his much anticipated video for his hit song ‘Skelewu‘ music leaked online, he has travelled to London to re-shoot it with video director Mr Moe Musa.

After fans and critics dished out mostly negative reviews, the 21-year-old singer claimed the video was never approved by his label and wasn’t meant to be released.

More pictures after the cut

Davido tweeted out his frustration as soon as the video hit the web; ‘From the moment I first watched the leaked version 2 weeks ago I decided to reshoot it. I knew right away that skelewu deserved a better vid‘, he wrote.
So who leaked the video? Davido believes he knows who the person is. ‘Can’t believe this dude did this… U know who u are! … Then you wait till I’m on the plane lol smart move .. Karma‘, he also tweeted.

However, Sesan immediately made a press release stating that the video was approved by Davido and his management

Sesan’s sister and business partner, BEAT Fm OAP Fade Ogunro also tweeted in defense of Sesan ‘This is too funny. How do people come up with this?? Can anyone say ‘publicity stunt’?‘.

Davido seems to have moved on as he is currently re-shooting the video with Moe Musa as posted on instagram

http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/10/davido-new-video-shoot.html

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He had declare that he is the 'king of New York" as he beats other hip-hop elites at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards which held in Georgia with Snoop Lion as host, viewers were treated to a show like no other.

Kendrick Lamar was the big winner of the night and won five BET Hip Hop Awards while Drake took home 4 awards. Rapper Eve honoured hip hop pioneer MC Lyte with the “I Am Hip Hop” Award. The highly anticipated “ciphers” exceeded expectations, and were only matched by the stellar performances from some of hip hop’s top artists including Rick Ross, Kendrick Lamar, Diddy, Meek Mill, DJ Khaled, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and many more.

Lamar's BET cipher was highly controversial roaring, 'Aftermath get the last laugh," he snarled, before eventually nailing the coffin shut with "Ya scared to death, scared to look in the mirror when Kendrick is near ya / King Kendrick. For now, all eyes are on him and any rapper that dares vie for his crown.

Drake wasn't in the crowd to react to the furor but the Toronto rapper did win big overall by taking home People's Champ, Track of the Year and Best Hip-Hop Video accolades for "Started From the Bottom." Lamar had a fine showing, too, winning Lyricist of the Year as Album of the Year, MVP of the Year and best verse for "Fuckin' Problems." Jay Z, another no-show, took home honors including Best Live Performer and Hustler of the Year, while A$AP Ferg won Rookie of the Year.

Performers included younger rappers such as Future, Rick Ross and French Montana, and heritage acts like Queen Bee Lil' Kim, who returned in a cypher alongside buzzy upstarts Action Bronson and Travi$ Scott.


The 2013 “BET Hip Hop Awards” winners are:

Best Hip Hop Video
Drake – Started From the Bottom

Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collabo, Duo or Group)
A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar – Problems

Best Live Performer
JAY Z

Lyricist of the Year
Kendrick Lamar

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom

DJ of the Year
DJ Drama

Producer of the Year
Mike WiLL Made It

MVP of the Year
Kendrick Lamar

Track of the Year
Started From The Bottom – Produced by Mike Zombie & Noah “40” Shebib (Drake)

Album of the Year
Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city

Who New?: Rookie of the Year Award Powered by Monster DNA
A$AP Ferg

Hustler of the Year
JAY Z

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style)
A$AP Rocky
Nicki Minaj

Best Hip Hop Online Site
WorldStarHipHop.com

Best Club Banger
French Montana f/ Rick Ross, Drake & Lil Wayne – Pop That (Produced by Lee on the Beats)

Best Mixtape
Big Sean – Detroit

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse
Kendrick Lamar – Problems (A$AP Rocky f/ Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar)

Impact Track
J. Cole f/ TLC – Crooked Smile

People’s Champ Award
Drake – Started From The Bottom



Additional Info Courtesy BET and ROLLINGSTONE


http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/10/lamar-wins-bet-awards2013.html

lmao...i didnt even see the expiry day sha!

What a marketing strategy! We all know Boko Haram sect to be destructive in their quest for wicked cause but this business 'brand' has been named after the sect obviously to convince people that the potent force in the pest poison can do what it promises!

Creativity or what?

http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/09/boko-haram-rat-poison.html


been trying to upload here but not going thru

When i read the interview she granted as regard marriage, i was surprised as she is one of the wealthiest, powerful, influential and talk-about women celebrities in the world; she has everything money could buy, but never married at 59!

The talk show legend and actress has been with long-term boyfriend Stedman Graham for nearly three decades, but admits they have no plans to walk down the aisle.

Quizzed by 'Access Hollywood' if she will "leave earth as a never-married woman", Oprah
said: "Yes. Yeah, I think that's my final answer” but admits she recently pondered marriage after attending her friend Tina Turner's wedding to Erwin Bach in Switzerland in July.

She explained: I think that it's interesting that you would ask it because I thought about it again at Tina Turner's wedding. Tina was like, 'Oprah, you need to do this. You need to do it.' And I was just thinking, 'Well, OK, would things really be different?' And no, I don't think so”.

She further said, "If you ever interviewed him, he would tell you that had we married, we would not be together today. He's a traditional man and this is a very untraditional relationship. And I think it's acceptable as a relationship, but if I had the title 'wife', I think there would be other expectations for what a wife is and what a wife does"

Meanwhile, she says she is contented with her relationship with Stedman who is 62

http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/09/oprah-winfrey-declares-i-will-leave.html

Maheedah the prostitute-turned-naked artiste has spoken and declared that people dont listen anytime she preaches even in the church until she showed her self unclad. She recently shared her unclad video while taking her bathe.

See her tweet after the cut

http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/09/pastors-come-to-ass.html

It's been a season of love, romance and celebrity bliss with celebrities from Paul of Psqaure, Lara George, Annie Macualay Tuface and few others expressing their love for the beaus on social media.

TeeBillz who is also singer Tiwa Savage’s finance has his birthday today. She went to her instagram page to wish him happy birthday and wrote,“I’m not asking for too much just
a “Couple of Forevers” with my soulmate, my best friend, my heart. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Balogs”. Awwwwwh, sweet love.

http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/09/tiwa-savage-hubby-birthday.html

Like the yoruba speaking part of Nigeria would say, "nkan mbe" - mysteries abound

This is how the former close aide to the late Prophet Ajanaku describes in details the kind of lifestyle the late 'man of God' used to live

He spoke with Encomium Magazine....Read On:

Another shocking revelation has surfaced on the late Prophet Ireti Ajanaku. One of his
close aides who worked for him for five years, Emmanuel Olasemeji who is a furniture maker, opened up to Encomium Weekly on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, on the late Prophet he knew…

How did you become one of late Prophet Ajanaku’s aides?

The first day I saw him, I was not attracted to him because of his physical look. He bleached. However, when my boss who was one of his church members introduced me to him, he prayed for me. My decision to visit his church was based on curiosity. That was in 2007. Sincerely, there is no way you won’t marvel at his preaching. He preached with persuasive and authoritative words.


I was wowed. And that was when he was about completing his multi-million naira mansion. And most of the church members volunteered to assist the builders. He asked me to work for God in his house and do the furniture. I can’t lie to you, when Prophet Ajanaku spoke you would think it was God. His church members saw him as god. He often told us that he wines and dines with God and that if he wants anybody to die tomorrow, it would happen. We all respected and feared him. You dare not say no to his request.

He said he had the power to save someone from ultimate death. My decision to open up was not to malign his character but be factual. Even before his death, I confessed this feat openly to him. I can’t doubt his power but not as a Christian. For instance, someone came to see him. He said some people predicted he was going to die at a certain date. Thus, he was warned not to go out. Prophet Ajanaku closed his eyes for a minute and the next moment said the man should go out that day that nothing would happen to him. And nothing happened to him indeed.

I can say that though he was very powerful but his lifestyle and character were questionable.

How many months did you work in his house?

I stayed inside his house for nine months to complete the whole job. The reason was that most of the job was done at night. He won’t allow you to work on the upper parts of the house during day time until he gave you the nod. And mostly at night. If you complained that it would disturb people staying with him, he would say as the owner, all I needed was his approval.

How would you describe him?

Although he wielded spiritual power but he was not a man of God. The bubble burst some years back when one of his personal aides, Mr. Adefeso traveled with him to South Africa on a missionary assignment. The aide is quite educated. He is an elderly person. That was in November 2010. And there is one thing about prophet, whenever he is angry with anybody, he would tell the church members that God is angry with such person and that anybody that relates with such a person would incur the wrath of God.

Thus, once you incur his wrath, the whole church would stop greeting you. Before they travelled to South Africa, there was an issue on ground. He was renovating the church. He engaged the services of one of his church members who sold woods and planks to supply the church.

I supervised the project and it was N750,000. He was to pay after the project. After the project, he refused to pay. And the member knew it wrecked his small business. It became an issue and it was his personal aide, Mr. Adefeso who waded in and said prophet would pay. That was when they travelled to South Africa. When they got back, we discovered they had an issue.

The aide claimed he discovered some of his secrets while on the trip but till date refused to disclose them. However, when prophet came back, he quickly started telling us the man was evil, that we should excommunicate him. I know him well, once he knew you had discovered some of his negative acts, he would blackmail you with lies. That was the same thing he did for Tope Alabi.

What are the things you discovered about him?

First, he is a chronic liar. Do you know that the money he owed he never paid back? The matter was taken to the police at Panti and he denied owing the man. He said he has paid him. I was shocked. They called me as a witness. Though I was scared but I stood for the truth. He spent over N500,000 to settle the case. And at the end we even became the victim. He specialized in turning the tide against people who speak the truth.

He would fabricate lies against such person. And the medium he used most was a soft-sell magazine. Second, I can tell you authoritatively that he sleeps with his female aides who stay in his house. He has agents who recruit ladies in the church who are not employed.

They used their situation to entice them to work and live with the prophet. And some only live with him for like three months before he would fabricate lies against them and send them parking. But none of them could disclose their ordeal because he was a god.

But what about his wife?

His wife, Joy, was staying in the upper room. She only comes down during church services. That’s why most people don’t really know anything about her. She dares not come down unless he gave approval.

We only discovered the truth when one of the ladies who was also the wife’s aide known as Becky confessed to a pastor at Abuja that he was sleeping with her. She was dating a friend of mine who was also staying in his house. The house is so big and many of us lived with him. My friend and Becky travelled to Abuja and he introduced her to a pastor in Abuja. That one now said Becky has a secret and unless she revealed it, it would affect their relationship. It took her four days to open up that she has been sleeping with late Ajanaku. She was scared she would die after the confession but with prayer in Abuja, nothing happened to her. Although we were suspicious but she gave us instances which we were aware of and revealed how other girls too were his sex slaves.

Also, most of his members go to the church with their wealth but left poor. He was very rich. He swindled them of their wealth and virtues.

Though we have never seen him with charm before but he often told us he knows about all incantations because he had been into all sorts of occultism before he started his ministry.

He said they are all powerless compared to God’s power. He is a pretender. Once he was about to discard his enemies, he would say negative things about them and since we were not privileged to see or hear from God, we believed him. That’s what he used on those girls too. He bleached and encouraged the girls too to use the cream. I had to leave in 2011. I spent five years with him.

Is it true that he once had a wife?

Yes. It’s no secret that he had a wife and two kids who died before he started the ministry. Aside that, he had a baby out of wedlock, but he rejected the mother.

What’s the woman’s name?

I don’t know because he was even the one who revealed it to us when the mother came to collect the boy’s allowance of N20,000. Only few aides knew. I was so close to him because I worked for him.

He had four rooms in that house which are exclusively his own. He had a particular room that if he was there for three months you won’t know.

On Friday, September 20, 2013, we contacted the ministry’s spokesperson, Tosin, over some of these allegations but he declined to make any comment. “Please, I have nothing to say.”

Source:National Encomium

http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/09/prophet-ajanaku-lie-aide.html

The "kick" crooner is pictured along with his former entertainment/dance group back in the days in UNILAG before he being signed on by duo of Dbanj and Don Jazzy

But right now, the young man has "stepped up"

http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/09/wande-coal-diamond.html

old picture..haba! the one that he also took along with mercy aigbe...pls get info right na