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Nigerian top footballer, Mikel Obi has been duped. Mikel Obi was duped by a close friend after he was shown a property to buy. The footballer after inspecting the property was satisfied with it and gave his friend a cheque of N100m to purchase it. It was said that, his friend disappeared into thin air after he cleared the money and till today Mikel is yet to hear from him or see him. A source who confirmed the story said, Mikel still finds it difficult to believe, they were very close the source said. The friend is no longer seen in town and his phone numbers have been unreachable. The source also said Mikel is still very much busy to come to Nigeria to report the case to the police. but once he does he would probably this weekend.

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This interesting article below by Prince Oreshade Adewale is interesting, insightful and startling too, to me! I first heard the song ‘Khona’ in April 2013 at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in Bayelsa where the group, Mafikizolo performed live! I thought nothing much of it until I heard it banging in a club party one month later and everyone scrambled to the dance floor. That got me curious about the song. With constant play on my smartphone, I fell in love with the song. Reading the article below gives me another insight into the song. So, it’s a tribute to dead people? But then, what’s in a song, eh? Enjoy.
KHONA: The Zulu Lyrics.

Za izaka su, Za izakasu *27 times at the background most times*
Ewu eee Ewu eee!
Khor!
Khona *4 times*

Khona! *17 times at the background of the first verse below*
Uthando lwami lakuphi na?
cela ulibuyisele
Lapho ulithathe
Ngiyalifuna
Lapho liphuma
Ngiyalifun
Libuyisele, sele
Uthando lwami likuphi na?
Cela ulibuyisele
Lapho ulithathe
Lapho liphuma
Ngiyalifuna
Libuyisele eh,eh,eh
Za izaka su, Za izakasu *8 times*
Sesi ya rose Sesi
Ulise
Thanlo lwami, yee yeyeye
Libuyisele
Lapho ulithathe
Ngiyalifuna
Lapho liphuma
Libuyisele
Sele sele ye ye ye ye eee
Sele sele ye *twice*
Khona *9 times*
Za izaka su, Za izakasu *16 times*
Khor!
Khona! *18 times*
Mama mama ma
Mama ma
Mama mama mam ela mama
Mama mama mam ela mama
Eeee ila mama e!
Za izaka su, Za izakasu *16 times*
Khona *18 times*
Sesi! Sesi Sesi a Se
Jalabringo
Se se
Uthando lwami lakuphi na?
cela ulibuyisele
Lapho ulithathe
Ngiyalifuna
Lapho liphuma
Ngiyalifun
Libuyisele, sele
Za izaka su, Za izakasu *16 times*
Sesi ya rose Sesi
Ulise
Thanlo lwami, yee yeyeye
Libuyisele
Lapho ulithathe
Ngiyalifuna
Lapho liphuma
Libuyisele
Za izaka su, Za izakasu *16 times*
Sele
Lapho ulithathe
Ngiyalifuna
Libuyisele

Za izaka su, Za izakasu *16 times*

In singing this song, it should be noted that some alphabets in the Zulu words are silent. The above being the exact words, one has to pronounce theirs in a manner that soothes their local tongues.
Getting the zulu rendition wasn’t as hard as interpreting it. Thanks to my South African Zulu friends; Amanda Toetsie Mkhonza and Ofentse Kgonego Motlhasedi. Amanda was of the view that most of the catchy phrases don’t have actual zulu meanings. They were just used for sonorous leverages. But they can pass as exclamatory expressions. Examples are ‘Ewu e, za izakasu and the continuous melodious eeeee sounds.
She said Uthando is a noun that means Love. And saying I Love You in Zulu is Ngiyakuthanda. That said, the crux of all the verses is that of Nostalgia but with different people as subjects. The first being Tebogo. Second one for Zinathi. Third for Rose and fourth for Uhuru’s mother.
KHONA: The Meaning.
Where is my love?
Please return it
To where you found it.
I want it to return
To me from that place
Bring it back,
bring it back,
I want it back.
I hope you enjoy the song. Now you can listen and enjoy as I have…

The first phenomenon one has to address in this song is the Language. The song was written and sung in the Zulu Language. And in some part of the song; it did flirt with other local Languages. Some Zulus from a province called Mpumalanga are influenced by an inland country called Swaziland, so they tend to mix their vowels. It has a feel of English too – Rose and Mama. But then, Mama is one of those words that its meaning is universal. Mama means Mother in almost all languages. And Zulu is not an exception.
To understand this song – Khona, one has to understand the personal lives of the members of the Mafikizolo Band, and Uhuru also. The members of Mafikizolo are Theo Kgosinkwe, Nhlanhla Nciza, and Tebogo Madingoane. And the genre of music this group make is called Kwaito. Their kind of song can be called Afro-Pop. It has a peculiar Angolian-Swahili feel too. Quite eccentric, at least, to we non-South Africans.
Khona, is one of the tracks in their February (2013) released album titled – Reunited, same being their first album since they went solo in 2008. From the lyrics of the song one will see that Reunited is not just the persons reuniting but a unification of their experiences in sonorous-lines. Khona is a sample of one of the tracks that unites their sad experiences.
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Before one goes into their personal experiences, it is pertinent to understand or have an idea what Khona means. Khona means ‘there’ or ‘at that place’. So the song is more of a dialogue-type song. So for every persons mentioned in the song; Khona is a rhetorical call to them to ‘come back. So all of them that are ‘there’, at that ‘other side’ or ‘that place’ should come back. Its kind of a sad plea. Khona being an euphemism for death’s hades and cracks of a broken heart. Even Theo’s dance of throwing his arms and thighs in the forward and then backward direction portrays the come-back-Khona message.
So the question arises, who are these people the Mafikizolo sang this song for? One of the Trio of Mafikizolo is Tebogo Madingoane. Amidst the peak of their success in 2004, on the 14th of February to be precise; Tebogo, one of the male singers was shot after an argument got heated with another driver in traffic. His death touched the spines of the Mafikizolo and it has always been in their hearts since then.
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Nhlanhla Nciza, the only lady of the Trio also had her share of misfortune when she lost her 5 year old daughter, Zinathi, in a car accident in December, 2009. Her death and request to come back was portrayed at the end of the music video where the smoke from the ghastly car which was suppose to disperse in the air, was seen reverting back into the car from the car’s windscreen. The pains of a bereaved mum was also evident in her choice of attires and gestures. The first verse of the song was for Tebogo and the second was for her daughter. The third one was for Theo’s Rose and the fourth was for Uhuru’s Mum.
From the lyrics, it is evident that Theo Kgosinkwe lost his love; Rose, who is either his sister, daughter or lover. His call for Sesi Rose to come back was deep and passionate. Sitting on a black horse which is known to represent strength and power is a show of his graphic toast to Rose. Perhaps, those are the qualities that were missing in Theo hitherto. Hence, his persistent call and show. Like a Knight riding back from a war he was victorious.
It is evident from the lyrics that Uhuru who is not a member of the Mafikizolo also had a piece of the sad cake; his mother. With the name Uhuru, what readily comes to mind is the Lesotho 70?s and 80?s band. Or better still, the South American Black Uhuru Band. Or perhaps, the Kenyan’s Uhuru Kenyatta. Uhuru however, is a Swahilian word that means Freedom. Whether this Uhuru is an offshoot of the Black Jesus’ Uhuru is yet unknown. But one thing is clear, this Uhuru sings. And he does it well. Singing is the only thing he would do if he wasn’t singing – that wasn’t a typo. His dramatic performance and passion about his demised Mum was Captivating. It got me replaying the song over and over.
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The song Khona is a sad love song but one with a beam of optimistic hopelessness. We’ve all lost something. And we all miss something. For all of us that have lost and missed something, and wish it to come back; this song is for us. Khona to our demised friends and family. Khona to our broken hearts. Khona to those strangers that gave us a good smile whilst walking past. Khona to those lost precious times. Albeit a lost call, its still uplifting to yearn for them. Perhaps, just perhaps, we may have them back. Maybe not in person; they always can reincarnate in others.
As a Nigerian, the nostalgia of the utopia that used to exist makes us listen, dance and sing-along to Khona. Its a call for our basic human rights. A call for peace, unity and progress. A call to Glory!

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A teenager has spoken of her 'total shock' at being told at the age of 17 she had no vagina. Jacqui Beck, 19, has MRKH, a rare syndrome which affects the reproductive system - meaning she has no womb, cervix or vaginal opening. She was only diagnosed after she went to her GP about back pain - and mentioned in passing that she hadn't started her periods.

Tests revealed her condition and that where her vagina should be, there is simply an ident, or 'dimple' - meaning she is unable to have sex or carry her own child.

Women with the condition appear completely normal externally - which means it is usually not discovered until a woman tries to have sex, or has not had her first period.


Miss Beck, from the Isle of Wight, admits when she was first diagnosed, she felt 'like a freak'.

'I'd never considered myself different from other women and the news was so shocking, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I was sure the doctor had got it wrong, but when she explained that was why I wasn’t having periods, it all started to make sense.

I left the doctors in tears - I would never know what it was like to give birth, be pregnant, have a period. All the things I had imagined doing suddenly got erased from my future. I was really angry and felt like I wasn’t a real woman any more.'

Because she had never attempted to have a physical relationship, Miss Beck had never noticed the problem herself. Had she tried, she would have discovered it was impossible for her to have sex. But after suffering from pain in her neck in summer 2012, she went to see her GP.

'While I was there, I mentioned I hadn’t started my period yet. I still wasn’t overly worried but I thought it was worth saying something.

My doctor was very surprised but didn’t seem to think it was serious. He just suggested that he would do some scans to see what the problem was.'

When scans showed nothing, she was referred to a gynaecologist, who immediately spotted something was wrong. Miss Beck said:
My other scan results had been sent to her and just from looking at them, she knew I had MRKH. She sat me down and basically explained that I didn’t have a womb, or a vagina, that I was born without them and instead just had a small dimple in it’s place.'


MRKH affects one in 5,000 women in the UK. Most discover they have the condition because they haven't started their periods, but some find out when they struggle to have intercourse.
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There was a little bit of drama at Palmgrove Bus Stop, along Ikorodu road, yesterday when 5 commercial drivers picking up passengers by the road side got arrested by officials of LASTMA and some police men on duty. After asking the passengers to alight from the buses, some LASTMA officials took over the wheels and as they were about driving off to the station, one of the bus drivers, an elderly man, went into his bus and brought out a concoction with a fetid odour, faced the officials and police men and the on-looking crowd. The officials and police men who didn’t know what his mission was all ran for cover. But one of the LASTMA officials came back and insisted he must be arrested.
When the old man sensed that might not work for too long, he decided to strip himself naked. Just as he was doing that, the police and other LASTMA officials called on their colleague to leave him, because no one knew what his next action was.The man however evaded arrest, and other buses were taken to the station. He later got into his bus and drove off.

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Former PMAN president, Tee Mac has said Prophet TB Joshua’s sticker saved his bedroom from burning. In fact, the other rooms got burnt, but when it got in front of his bedroom suite it stopped, meaning the house was saved from burning further. According to Tee Mac, I was in Abuja when the fire occurred, the fire burnt other rooms but stopped at the front of my bedroom suite where TB Joshua’s sticker was

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Just a few months ago, rapper Ja Rule completed a two-year prison sentence for illegal gun possession and failure to pay taxes. Now, he's making his comeback with the new movie "I'm in Love With a Church Girl" and an upcoming album. Looking back on his time in jail, he says the experience wasn't what he expected. "A lot of guys are in there trying to relax, keep calm, keep cool, and hopefully get home someday," Ja says. "There's not as much craziness that you think might be going on."

While he was incarcerated, Ja earned his GED, and he's says he learned a lot about himself during the two-year stint. "Prison's a dark place," he says. "It's not a place where you want to be. It's a very humbling experience."

Though it was difficult being away from his family, Ja is still happily married to his wife of 12 years. He says the secret to their relationship is to "keep it fresh." "You know, we role-play, we do a lot of crazy things," he says. "Some night I go to sleep with my 'mistress' and wake up with my wife!" To hear about Ja Rule's latest album, including his new song "Fresh Out Da Pen," check out this episode of "Daily Shot."
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A pregnant British woman from Liverpool is facing effective deportation to Nigeria under harsh new family migration laws. Becky, 23, met her Nigerian husband Uzo, 33, in a Liverpool club when she was a fine art student at Wirral Metropolitan College and working part-time in a garden centre.

Uzo had originally come to the UK to visit his aunt, but decided to stay and join the British Army as an engineering pioneer. The pair married in May 2012 and applied for Uzo’s spouse visa as his job with the army ended, but they were refused due to two mistakes on the application.


Then the new family migration rules were introduced on July 9, 2012, which stipulated that a British citizen needs to earn at least £18,600 to sponsor a non-EU spouse to stay in the UK – a sum too high for Becky and Uzo (as well as 47% of British citizens, according to campaigners).

When Becky was 25 weeks pregnant, they appealed the case under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) which protects the right to family life.

They managed to win and set off on a family holiday to Wales to celebrate.

But as they were relaxing in Wales, relieved at the court’s decision, a phone call from Becky’s father came through telling her a letter from the Home Office had arrived saying it planned to appeal the decision.

“I never thought I could feel so ashamed of this country I call home.”

“We could not believe our own government’s immigration officers would be so callous as to suggest our baby in utero had no rights to be taken into account,” said Becky.

“It almost insinuates that they’re hoping that he will not come into being in the near future.”

To make things worse, an ultrasound scan found that their baby had a kidney problem and a possible chromosomal disorder.

“There is absolutely no regard to family life in their treatment of people’s cases and their procedures are immoral and unethical.”

Becky now faces the decision of having to go to Nigeria with Uzo and raise the baby there, or staying in the UK and caring for the baby alone without its father.

“My husband tries to tell me it’s going to be OK, but we just don’t know what our future holds right now,” she said.

“At a time when it is of utmost importance for a woman to be looking after her health, I feel incredibly disgusted in my country for persecuting us this way and treating us as scapegoats to the UK’s economic problems.

“My husband wants nothing more than the right to get working and support his pregnant wife and future son and, in effect, pay taxes and contribute fully to UK society. He has never been here illegally or committed any crime. He even has a well-paid job waiting for him.”

The couple’s hearing is set for November 29, when Becky will be 37 weeks pregnant.

“We have sunk all our money into this process and I have became so distressed and ill with the thought that we have to continue this fight,” said Becky. “[It] seems to be for the unjustified benefit of the UKBA to meet a rejection quota and meeting their randomly plucked out figure of reducing immigration from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands.

“There is absolutely no regard to family life in their treatment of people’s cases and their procedures are immoral and unethical. I am experiencing panic attacks, my blood pressure’s shot up and I cannot sleep.

She added: “I never thought I could feel so ashamed of this country I call home

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Photos: Man Gets Snake Massage To Help Ease Stress
If you are stressed and need to relax. Then you need this. A spa in Jakarta, Indonesia is offering a 90-minute snake massage . One where they drape snakes all over your body and face. Um...The six-foot pythons have their mouths taped shut with sticky-tape and the massage therapists try to ensure the snakes don't coil up. Would you like a massage?

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Actress Ann Njemanze has re-married years after her marriage to actor Segun Arinze packed up. The Owerri, Imo State born actress married her boo Silver Ojieson yesterday Saturday November 9th at her family compound in Bucknor Estate, Isolo, Lagos. The hubby was is said to be an artist as well... and hes a friend of mine. Ann whos also a friend didnt invite me oh... Aunty Ann u still de vex for me? u know what i mean.

The wedding was attended by family, friends and some of her Nollywood colleagues. Big congrats to them.


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Actress Ann Njemanze has re-married years after her marriage to actor Segun Arinze packed up. The Owerri, Imo State born actress married her boo Silver Ojieson yesterday Saturday November 9th at her family compound in Bucknor Estate, Isolo, Lagos. The hubby was is said to be an artist as well... and hes a friend of mine. Ann whos also a friend didnt invite me oh... Aunty Ann u still de vex for me? u know what i mean.

The wedding was attended by family, friends and some of her Nollywood colleagues. Big congrats to them.

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Oh My God!!, i couldnt watch this Picture twice when i viewed it Online, This lady really gone too far with Her halloween costume, I thought Halloween is all about playing dress up,This is very scary and its not advisable to view this at Night *wink*

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