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Late Dora Akunyili's daughter, artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby, set a new record in New York last week when her work “Drown” soared to sell for $1,092,500. The amount was over three times the high-estimate ($200,000-$300,000), in Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale. According to reportsafrique, no fewer than 11 bidders competed for the work that was eventually sold to an anonymous buyer on the telephone. This was the second time in less than two months that the auction record for Njideka Akunyili Crosby had been broken at Sotheby’s. The previous auction record for the artist was $93,750, set by her “Untitled” work from 2011 at Sotheby’s New York in September 2016. “Drown” is said to be an intimate self-portrait of the artist with her husband, Justin. http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/dora-akunyilis-daughter-njideka-sets.html
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This petty criminal in Lagos fearlessly and without remorse targeted a residential home and broke through the thick wall to steal. Unfortunately for him, he was caught with the household items as he wormed his way out of the hole like a big rat. http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/see-method-fearless-petty-thief-used-in.html
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Nikkyberry shared this loved up photo of herself and he and her better half Seun Egbegbe and wished him a safe journey. Sadly, he ended up being disgraced after an unsuccessful alleged thieving journey. Same day he was granted one million Naira bail after being arrested for allegedly stealing Iphones worth N2 million, Nikkyberry101 understandably blocked public access to her IG page. Seun Egbegbe spent two days 'chilling' in a police cell at 'Area F' police station after he was nabbed at computer village allegedly trying to abscond with Iphones. Allegations have been making rounds that the Ebony films boss has kleptomanic problems, while some people have sworn that he has done the same thing in Ikeja on numerous occasions. One person even alleged he has also been caught in Abuja and Oyo state. These stories, however, all remain allegations until concrete proof is presented. Nikkyberry101 went private on Instagram yesterday morning, just as her boyfriend Seun was being arraigned before a magistrate court for theft. http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/meet-seun-egbegbes-current-girlfriend_25.html
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Pius Ojemolon, a University of Benin medical graduate, bagged 19 awards at his university's recent convocation. Pius shared pics online and wrote: After all said and done, all thanks be to The Almighty.See pics from his induction ceremony below: http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/uniben-medical-student-bags-19-awards.html
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This is Kaalcech Innovation and Consultancy on 9, Medical Road, Ikeja, which on Tuesday turned into a theater of mayhem and mischief after Seun Egbegbe walked into it and allegedly stole phones worth N2 million. Seun was bloodied and battered by an irate mob when the sales boy of Kaalcech raised alarm. The Ebony Films boss is still gallantly 'chilling' in police cell at 'Area F' Divisional Police station as we speak. http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/see-photos-of-shop-where-seun-egbeegbe.html
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This is a whole new twist to evangelism. The fellas refused to go to church, but after the Jehovah's Witnesses were done whopping them in a game of b-ball, they had no choice. ![]() See photos below http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/lol-between-jehovahs-witnesses-and-boys.html
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More. He simply oozes swag in his coats of many colours ![]()
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Meet Baban Wanka, the 'Kcee' of Kebbi state. The dapper Baban Wanka is said to be the the father of swag in all of Kebbi state and he reportedly owns over a hundred suits from different collections. He is Kebbi's Adam A Zango. Can you beat him? Heck no. Kcee, move over, here comes Baban Wanka!! ![]() Photos of Kebbi's King of Swag below http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/kcee-move-over-meet-baban-wanka-kebbis.html
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And finally... It will shock you to know that Ivie was married to one Mr. Benedith Jatto on the 17th December 2002 a document she used in her NYSC and equally in her former place of employment while she was working with Airtel Nigeria. I got to know and see all of these when this issue came up and a copy of the document is available for your perusal. And up till date that married has not been dissolved which means ivie is legally married to two men.
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Here, he debunks her allegations that he abandoned his 3 daughters and refused to fend for them. He attached proof of school fees receipts. Ivie has consistently told people that I have not been taking care of the children school fees (find attached the receipts of my children school fees till date for your perusal). She has push out false information to the public for her to continuously gain sympathy from the public, press, bloggers, the civil society and human rights activist.
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He narrates what allegedly happened on the night of the attack Since Ivie knew the consequences of her action she begged and pleaded that, she would need to go for confession which she did in June 5th, 2016 at Saint Dominic Catholic Church, Yaba. There she promised the reverend father Felix never to go back to such life again. Two days later I received a phone call from the house help that, Matthew came again to take her out and did not return until late in the night. When I asked Ivie she denied and she beat up the house help as well as collected her phone from her.
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Continue Since Ivie was living in Surulere despite my several plead to the father to allow Ivie and the children to come join me in Yaba notwithstanding that Ivie and I looked for the apartment in Yaba for us to live as one family again, Ivie deceded to stay back in surulere and every Fridays she would come to sleep with me while on weekdays she kept sleeping with Matthew Agbaire who is married with his own kids.
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Start here The killer and the cheat...the true Story of Ivie Edobor...
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See earlier threads and accusations: Ivie Edobor: Zenith Bank Staff Fractures Ex-Wife's Leg (Photos) https://www.nairaland.com/3360614/ivie-edobor-zenith-bank-staff Zenith Bank Sacks Staff Who Brutalised His Wife & Fractured Her Bones(photos) - https://www.nairaland.com/3464801/zenith-bank-sacks-staff-brutalised "My Wife Had Sex With A Married Man, Got Pregnant For Him & Aborted The Twin" - John Edoborhttp://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/john-edobor-man-accused-of-breaking.html
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The story is sad, but funny though. What is the recommended time frame for 'nacks'? Do you consider the health status of your partner or do you just want impress? Read this story. Mama thinks '10 minutes' is enough. http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/twitter-user-shares-poignant-story.html
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MultiChoice Limited, owners of DStv and GoTV, is set to reduce the monthly DStv subscription fees between 11 percent and 21 per cent from November 1, 2016 in several African countries, EXCLUDING Nigeria. According to findings, DStv would also add several exciting channels to the lower-tiered bouquets in the black nations to boost the content offering for cheaper packages and add content value. The countries that would benefit from the offer are Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Botswana, neglecting Nigeria, its biggest market. There are chances that the company may soon increase the subscription fee in Nigeria. Some of the new channels the subscribers in these countries would view are a sister channel to the Telenovela, Eva+; pop-up M-Net channels, M-Net Movies, BlockParty and Harry Potter among others. Some of the subscribers said in separate interviews, disclosed that they would stop their subscriptions if the company embarked on what they described as ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’. For instance, Engr. Toba Biobaku, one of the numerous subscribers of DStv, alleged the company is allergic to providing good services for Nigerians at affordable prices. To the manager of one of the construction company in the country, the company has passion for fleecing Nigerians without value for their money. Despite the current economic recession, he stated that several Nigerians still renew their subscription and the reward they could get from Multichoice is to use their monies to reward subscribers in other African nations. “When Multichoice bowed to pressures made by consumers and the Consumers Protection Council recently when it introduced a customer care toll free lines easily, I knew it that the company has hidden agenda. The most painful part of it is that most of us are being cheated without compensation as it failed to clear the E-16 code from our television sets for a week. When the error was erased later, my subscription was not extended,” he lamented. Another subscriber that is perturbed about the plan of the operator of the pay TV service is the Managing Director of Jumobite Fashion. The premium subscriber of DStv threatened to lead a peaceful protest to the Tiamiyu Savage street, Victoria Island, Lagos headquarters of the company along with some of her friends, who are also premium subscribers. For her, the tariff of the bouquet is too expensive compared to what other subscribers in Kenya, Zimbabwe and Botswana pay. According to her, asking Nigerians viewers to pay more for few channels and asking their counterparts in those countries to pay less for more is absurd and a way of saying Nigerians are gullible. There are indications that hundreds of thousands of the subscribers of the pay TV firm might not renew their monthly subscription if the company embark on the fee slashed. Findings revealed that the company makes an average of about N8 billion from over 4 million patrons every month in Nigeria and about N80 billion as turnover per year. A top source close to the management of Multichoice Nigeria, who claimed anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, said that the company decided to slashed fees in the countries after it observed that about 40 per cent of its subscribers had refused to renew their subscriptions due to economic recession that bites harder their compared to Nigeria, which has been recently rated the biggest economy in the continent. “The stiff DStv price hikes put subscribers under pressure in those countries and we have lost about 300,000 subscribers in the countries in one year as people could no longer afford the service or no longer saw it as valuable enough. When reviewing our packages and prices in each country, we take into account local dynamics such as inflation, content costs, foreign exchange rates, local taxes and overheads required for each business. “To compensate our Nigerian viewers, we will introduce more amazing channels to the existing entertaining programmes. We have also embark on an aggressive marketing and follow up innovation to ensure most of our subscribers do not abandon their bouquets. We call subscribers a few days to the expiration of their subscriptions to remind them about the reasons they should not miss out of the global village,” she revealed. But in a quick response, a business lawyer, Bar. Seun Adewole, stated that while most Nigerians suffered in silence, foreign companies like Multichoice ripped them off their hard earned money. Aside from the fact that he also believe it is wrong for an international company to set double standards for its patrons, he said that subscribers should fight for their rights using legal means by questioning the decisions of the firm, sending complaints to regulatory agencies like the Consumers’ Protection Council and the Federal Ministry of Communication and Technology. “Sending complaints to the National Assembly had proven to be a waste of time and resources. Similar issues had been discussed on the floor of the assembly but none had yielded any desired result as it appears that gifts exchange hands after a lot of noise had been made by the lawmakers. For instance, the house of representative had debate on the pay as you view initiative for years and nothing has been done to it and I am not surprised that the company had excluded Nigerians from the beneficiaries of the price slash,” he stated. http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/dstv-slashes-cost-of-subscription.html
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Kingsley and his beautiful fiancee Oyin had this really unique pre-wedding photoshoot. They went the proudly African route for their upcoming once in a lifetime event. Queen Oyin, the lucky bride-to-be has this to say about her king, Kingsley: No I'm not lucky, I'm blessed! Some years ago, all I saw in you was just a business partner / colleague, later I saw in you a gist partner and confidant I could share secrets with, then this journey of LOVE started like play n it's been nothing but beautiful.http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/checkout-lailas-blog-reader-unique-ooni.html
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Today is Saturday, owambe day as it is popularly called, but the happiness of a bride who was getting married at Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) was almost cut short when she was instructed by MFM church officials to hack off her 'offending' hair. According to the social media user who was the official photographer at the wedding, the bride had attached human hair weave to her natural hair but she wasn't allowed to go further with the wedding until she cut off the entire thing and also wipe off her make up. http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/mfm-church-officials-force-bride-to-cut.html
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After RMD's attention was drawn to this SOS from his love struck fan, he gave her a very candid reply on his page. Read below So that's how you'll be in your lane minding your business and someone would be making hot yellow eba and efo riro for you abi?https://www.instagram.com/p/BMtVfG9BJC5/
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A lady wrote to relationship counselor Joro Olumofin to express how much she is in love with married and super hot actor Richard Mofe-Damijo. She says she has remained single for four years, pushing away a lot of good guys because she can't imagine being married to anyone apart from the oh so dreamy RMD. http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/im-single-because-of-you-lady-whos.html
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Domestic violence ! How crashed marriage with four kids forced Buhari’s daughter to become fourth wife - The CapitalSource: http://www.thecapital.ng/?p=13816
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Ondo state PDP gubernatorial candidate Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim is currently trending after he congratulated American President-elect, Donald Trump on his historic victory. As you can imagine, the reactions were hilarious!! ![]() Continue below http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/ondo-state-guber-candidate.html
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I had goose bumps while reading the conversation.
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According to Ghanaian tweeter abstaina_ who shared the chats you're about to read, the man below is allegedly a 'blood money' ritualist, or 'Sakawa' as they are popularly called in Ghana. Sakawas kill and use human parts for their money making rituals. He is a big boy who who flaunts the big life on Facebook. He allegedly approached someone who had shown interest in joining his 'club', but before the guy can join, he has to do 'something' for this alleged ritualist. http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/read-chilling-conversation-between.html
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This was back in the days when a meal cost as low as fifty kobo (50k). Meals in Nigerian universities were heavily subsidised by the government, so students, both rich and poor had access to at least one free meal daily. In addition, the students were also given fruits and vegetables to go with the meal. Balanced diet and all that. Seeing this is very painful. What happened to this great country? http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/see-painful-image-of-old-university-of.html
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If you have read 'Drummer Boy' by Cyprian Ekwensi, you may not know that the writer based the character of Akin, the blind drummer on a real life blind drummer named 'Kokoro'. Benjamin ‘Kokoro’ Aderounmu was a widely known blind minstrel from Lagos, Nigeria. He was born into a polygamous royal family in Owo, Ondo State, and became blind when he was aged ten. A jealous step mother was said to have been responsible for his condition. While his blindness halted his formal education, he refused to be beaten by life’s adversity and he developed his unique art of singing to the accompaniment of tambourine to support himself. He developed a unique style of singing accompanied first by a drum, later by a tambourine. He moved to Lagos in 1947, where he became exposed to major local musicians such as Ayinde Bakare, Bobby Benson and Victor Olaiya. In the 1960s and 1970s he featured regularly on Federal and local radio stations, and was widely respected for the depth and wisdom of his lyrics. An early pioneer of Jùjú music, he sang in Yoruba about love, money, conflicts and urban decadence. He had wide influence on other musicians. Cyprian Ekwensi wrote a fictionalized version of his life in his novel for adolescents, The Drummer Boy. He performed in many cities in Nigeria and overseas, but was exploited by people who took advantage of his blindness. Often he was homeless, playing on the streets to make ends meet. Kokoro performed for close to 60 years but never released an album in his lifetime. An early attempt reportedly failed due to the foot-dragging of the record companies. Benjamin Aderounmu, better known as ‘Kokoro’, the unmistakable and widely- known tambourine-playing minstrel, died in a Lagos hospital on Sunday, January 25, 2009 a month to his 84th birthday. It is said that adversity will either make a man, or break him, depending on how he responds to it. Kokoro’s life is clear proof that disability is not synonymous with inability.While he was never rich in monetary and material terms, Pa Benjamin Aderounmu triumphed over life’s challenges, as evidenced by the celebration of his life, even in death, by many from various walks of life. Not many of his performances were ever recorded, but one has managed to survive. This performance titled 'Ominira' was recorded at the NBC Lagos for the Nigeria Independence celebrations in 1960. Click to listen: https://soundcloud.com/lekan-babalola/ominira-nigeria-1960-by-kokoro?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=facebook Image credit: NNP http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/11/meet-kokoro-real-life-drummer-boy-pic.html
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