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ElRazur:
Brothers Tyrell Ellis, 19, and Don-Carlos Ellis, 18, from Thornton Heath, were convicted of murder, together with Andrew Johnson-Haynes, 19, from Croydon, south London.

Andre Thompson and Michael Akinfenwa, both aged 17 and both of Norwood, south London, were also convicted.

Who be this yeye naija guy? Michael Akinfenwa?

JustGood:
another couple in the making? hmmmmmmmmmmm  

The same way you said "hmmmmmmmm". I'm just echoing your thoughts

The guy is still lamenting?
This one no be president go-slow anymore (at least go-slow dey move small small), now na president break-down. Yeye man

UNLEASHED:
@ Post
Who cares!

If you don't care, then don't write anything. Yeye

JustGood:
Familiar is not the right word. Your pic looks like a girl I saw in Middlesex at the weekend

hmmmmm ,

Go to Koko Mansion, you will see what makes a good wife

Na wa o!!! Basketmouth had advised them to just rename themselves as "The GSM Network". They should have taken his advice a long time ago.

naijacutee:

2.Sex between close family members could create severe genetic mutations. (If they weren't closely linked, one good gene could 'dominate' a bad one). Mutations could manifest in the baby as a severe abnormality. There are equal chances of this occuring in relation to a 'normal' baby being formed.

Naijacutee, where did you see that?

from 150 to 164 in 1 day?? Abi him be thief?

Any news today??

abhosts:
I bought dollar @ N157.5 this afternoon.

Where did you buy it from?

Chai, see all these girls don see fine man, them don dey trip!! Typical!!!

Nonsense and Ingredient!

Na wa o! No be only you wan travel out, and many people sef wan travel back in. But, you fit go Ghana now, na travel out sef be that

Abeg, the goat na endangered species. Make them no kill am o

Someone put this on facebook. What do you think?

I miss Ruggedman, the real Ruggedman
Yes I do. Really!
I met Ruggedman circa 1999. I had just joined Hip Hop World and I was impressing with my knowledge of both local and foreign Hip-Hop. Needless to say, I was the MVP in those days. So, even though I was still a fresher in Allen back then, I had already decided I was gonna be selective in my choice of friends amongst the many entertainers that flocked to the office.
One day, there was a knock on the door and guess who it was? It was Paul Play with some long-necked guy in tow. Paul was a big boy even back then having dropped his first album which included Bus Stop and Mosorire. Now, he had apparently produced a record for ‘Long Neck’ and he was at the office to help his homie out. I had the enviable job of listening to the records and deciding if any CD was worth anything. Boy, was I blown out of my shoes? And that was how I met Ruggedman. He had recorded two singles ‘Gwo Gwo’ and ‘What If?’, which, in my opinion, not that my opinion means much these days, are two of the best tracks the boy has recorded EVER! I was enamoured, to say the least.
Then I had to go off to Abuja to serve the nation in the Central Bank Of Nigeria. The highlight of my year was when, while listening to Rhythm 94.7, a certain OAP by the name of Dr. Ninestein (also known as Modenine) played brand new music from Rugged. It was the highly controversial ‘Ehen’ and it was about to take the whole nation by storm. By the time I returned to Lagos in 2003, the Cold War was well on its way. Rugged and his ‘enemies’ had started to form alliances. Rugged had a BIG fan in me cos I used to rap back in the days and I had my 16 bars for Eedris and my subliminals for Maintain. But I was never gonna go into a studio to record it. Not that I was scared or anything. I just wasn’t built for this, I guess. But here was someone with the time, the money, the support and the balls to go against the establishment. I was only one of the many people across the country who’d just about had enough of the nonsense the Kennis Music machine was churning out at the time and applauded change the same America, and indeed the rest of the world, embraced the Obama candidature.
The Ruggedman of 2002 named names and laid blames. He flogged Eedris, Maintain, Rasqie and advised (Big) Bamo not to run away so he could get some on ‘Ehen Pt. 1’. A lot of people, of course, felt Rugged was chancing these artistes and no one expected a reprisal attack any time soon. He went on to justify his actions on ‘Peace or War’. At this point, Rugged had just signed on to Little Fish Records and he shot the biggest video of that time with DJ Tee, making him one of the first artistes to work with the revered director. And when Kennis Music CEO Keke Ogungbe decided to take matters into his own hands asking deejays not to play Rugged’s music, the rapper rose up to the occasion and recorded ‘Big Bros’ just before leaving the shores of Nigeria for the first time to Ireland. Ruggedman had become an integral part of Nigerian music history. And he was telling us at every turn how to tell his story.
Perhaps, that fact also accounted for his failure to stay long at the top. By virtue of the fact that he had fought the biggest dawgs in the game to a standstill, he became complacent and started to feel invisible. While his first album, the highly anticipated Thy Album Come, belied his hunger, his second album, Ruggeddy Baba, did not do so well. By this time, the beef with arch-rival Modenine was brewing. Even though neither artiste would mention the name of the other, it was clear that all was not well with the former friends. Ruggedman would go on to record an album which showed how confused he was getting. First off, half the album was dedicated to some foe that could only have been Modenine. But wasn’t this Ruggedman the Fearless? Ordinarily, this would have been his opportunity to get rid of the opposition. But he kept skirting. In his defence, he hadn’t heard anyone mention his name. Upstart A-Q did mention his name a few years ago. But Rugged didn’t wanna give the kid free promo.
In my estimation, this is where Ruggedman got it all wrong. For some reason, he seems to think he ‘arrived’ as a result of ‘Baraje’. He is right and wrong. True, he probably started getting more important shows because of the said song. But the majority of his fans, if truth be told, became his fans because of his ‘Ehen’, ‘Peace Or War’ and ‘Big Bros’ exploits. Ruggedman fans are Ruggedman fans because they believe Ruggedman can cut anybody down to size regardless of who you are. The moment Ruggedman ceases to do that, he loses core Ruggedman fans. Unfortunately, Ruggedman neither agrees with this assessment nor listens to criticism these days. After all, he’s still the highest selling rap artiste in Nigeria, according to him. So, instead, he plays god and records ‘Hip-Hop 101’, instructing upcoming artistes on what to do to make it into the big leagues; “the way it’s worked for me, you know what I’m saying!”
Now, rather unfortunately, he seeks to convince these newcomers to do it his way so as to make the kind of money he has made. But no one is fooled, really! Every new artiste, make that every artiste, wants to make D’banj money (multiple endorsements, shows and government/ political/ business affiliations), P-Square money (shows and record sales from all over Africa), or, at the least, some of that 9ice money (affiliation with Zain). Rugged’s money was good for 2004; certainly not 2009. And the rapper seems not to realise that it’s no longer 2004. His last really good video was ‘Peace Or War’. He hasn’t promoted any of his material the Ruggedman way for sometime now. Then, like Jay Z did with Nas in 2001 with the sneak attack called ‘Takeover’, Modenine attacked on the last track of his ‘Paradigm Shift’ album. And every Ruggedman fan has been expecting the response from their hero. Alas, it seems like they will wait forever. For Mr. ‘double edged sword that will not hesitate to slice you’ has suddenly become deaf and dumb and is suing for peace.
So where did Ruggedman go wrong? How did he go from being Knight on a horse to being a pawn in a game whose rules he practically re-wrote? How the heck did he misfire and become cronies with the same people he had called wack back in the day? Why is he finding it difficult to respond now that the opposition seems to be a bit more formidable than he’s been used to all-career long? Sigh. I miss Ruggedman. The real Ruggedman.

alhajiy2k:
Hausa has one of the most developed literature and is the most widely spoken native language in Africa- after swahili and arabic. Igreet the house.

You're right about that. I found out last month and was quite surprised.
Sanu nku de zuwa! Ya ya aiki de gidan?
My hausa is very bad, I know

I guess it's becoming more difficult to get plots of land from the VGC side of town. You might want to consider areas like Mowe, Ofada (On Lagos-Ibadan expressway). I bought two plots within an estate less than two years ago and they are now selling at 300% of what I initially bought them. And to answer your question - Yes, Property Investment In Nigeria is Worthwhile.

Lenovo (IBM) laptops are the most rugged for sure. Dell is probably the least rugged. Can't say much for Apple, never used it. HP is OK, Toshiba is OK too. Sony is a bit better than HP but not as rugged as Lenovo.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

I believe Ronaldino is a better dribbler. No offense to Nigeria.