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Dazzling glamour at Lagos carnival

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Glitz, glitter mark end of carnival as Fashola thanks Lagosians for renewed mandate

IT may not be in the same league yet as the Rio d’ Janeiro, Trinidad and Tobago or the Notting Hill carnivals.

But Lagos carnival seems well on its way to finding a place among the major carnivals of the world, going by what happened over the weekend.

Tens of thousands of Lagosians and other Nigerians as well as foreign tourists had crammed into the Tafawa Balewa Square Complex to witness the 2011 edition of the carnival, which turned out to be the closing event in this year’s Black Heritage Week.

One impressed Lagosian, Bode Akinsola who said he has witnessed the Notting Hill Carnival in London told The Guardian: “Being just the second edition, and based on what I saw today, the Lagos carnival holds a huge promise to become very big in the years ahead.

“I have been to Notting Hill and I can say that by the time those behind Lagos carnival learn a little bit more and are able to organize better, the sky would be the limit.”

There were march pasts accompanied by floats representing the different districts in the state as well as students from secondary and primary schools in the state.

Decked out in colourful costumes and headgears, the floats passed through selected routes in Falomo, Obalende, National Museum, Onikan to the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) in a road show, which ended at the TBS, where they were received by the governor, Babatunde  Raji Fashola (SAN), his wife, Abimbola, his Deputy, Sara Sosan and an array of personalities including members of the State Executive Council (SEC), members of the organizing committee and the Chairman, Mr. Disun Holloway and invited guests.

A few weeks earlier, costumes and floats were being made ready at some locations in the state where over apparels, head-gear, like scarves and coronets, all in dazzling colours were made by fashion designers and craftsmen and women.

More than the 2010 edition, this year’s carnival received pass mark as an enjoyable family outing for the residents of the state as well as a tourist event.

Again, more than in last year’s, the costumes were even more dazzling, the floats more imaginative as some of them were effigies of distinguished personalities who had played sterling roles in the emergence of present-day Lagos.

While some floats represented districts including Obalende/Ikoyi, Ikorodu, Yaba and Agege amongst others, majority of them were however, students from secondary and primary schools in the state.

Another participant at TBS, Wunmi Alaka said the organization was a lot better this year.

“There has been a general improvement in organization, logistics, crow-control and security.

“The aspect of crowd control and security has received more attention so that the carnival can truly become a family event.”

Another visitor to the event who sought anonymity said though only in its second edition, “the Lagos Carnival has the potential of being a tourist attraction that can yield revenue for government.

“My conviction is that it can only get better with time and in the next few years, the Lagos Carnival and Calabar carnivals will become major international fiestas popular with tourists the world over.”

The Lagos carnival, which is a beautiful recreation of the age-long tradition started by Brazilian returnees, called Emancipados was given added impetus through a colourful display of music, dance and procession by various groups.

In his remarks at the event, Fashola expressed his appreciation to all Lagosians on behalf of himself, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and all elected legislators for the renewed mandate, which the people of Lagos have just given them.

The governor who restated his commitment not to let the people of Lagos down, said it was part of the benefits of the mandate given to him by the people that brought about the celebration of the heritage week, which is meant to celebrate Easter and promote opportunities in the State.

He added that the 2011 Heritage Week kicked off earlier in the week with the Fela Show and would climax with the Carnival and Boat Regatta.

The governor added that all the costumes adorned by all the participants at the Lagos carnival were made in Lagos and a proof of the people-oriented programmes of the present administration to give jobs to Lagosians.

He said with the successful organization of the festival, Lagos State had taken leadership position in many ways with the image of the state growing in leaps and bounds.

The governor emphasized that the administration would use the carnival to expand the economic sector towards providing more jobs to the people.

Fashola also noted that the recently concluded elections would signpost the readiness of ensuring political stability in the country to the outside world and bring about accelerated development.

All the six educational districts in Lagos were represented at the parade, which also featured areas such as Ikeja, Ketu, Agege, Ifako- Ijaiye, Ikorodu Ogba, Isolo, Surulere, Odi- Olowo, Mushin, Ilasamaja, Oworonshoki Awoyaya, Addo Langbasa, Epe and Badagry, which all joined the traditional Fanti groups of Campos Lafiaji, Epetedo and Oko Faji in the beautiful display and spirit of broader participation.

http://ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46565:dazzling-glamour-at-lagos-carnival&catid=3:metro&Itemid=558

AjanleKoko:
About the ikoko? Ikoko na wolf. Ikoko na my popsy, I be one of the pickins from outside wedlock
He needs to wolf up and pay my bills.

How Kuh-Levah!  Sqweeze me a moment, please.  I'll be right back. 'k?


:::yelling to naijababe:::

naijabaaaaabe!  How do you know this wolfdog man again?  I think he's gonna be a handful o.  He's funny, and that's cool, but. . .for every 3 questions, he answers one, and not directly either.

BTW, here's your Wenger, not as sad as last time. 

[flash=400,360]http://www.youtube.com//v/t__USnas9Yg[/flash]

AjanleKoko:
^^
hehe. I live in Naija. Does that knock me off this thread?

No, it doesn't.
Answer all my questions. Then maybe I'll elaborate.

OP, No need for the worries.  The 18-yrs threw you for a loop, but the detail you've provided really does not put the man in a bad light at all.  You're just concerned about the age difference.  It's not a problemm and looks like your friend feels the same way.  Given a choice between an 18-yrs older man and a 9-yrs younger man, which one would you pick? Seriously.  Best wishes to you and your friend.

AjanleKoko:
I catch sight of it from time to time. I'm still running sha

Se eyin ni aja?  Well, what are you gonna do with the ikoko when you find him?  Is it a fox, wolf or other?  I took a poll but there was no consensus on the meaning of ikoko.   

Do you live abroad or are you in Naija?  You know, about your earlier question, we did and still discuss our lives abroad and things of interest to us as Naijas in the diaspora.

Did you read the thread a little?

BTW, this gave me the heebie-jeebies in some moments.  But Ali was

AjanleKoko:
[flash=300,280]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCruefYl3FI?version=3"[/flash]

AjanleKoko:
isale_gan,
At some point in this thread, I presume you intend to talk about living abroad

Ne-vah!   

Go here:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-656951.0.html

P.S. Have you ever once caught the ikoko?

What are you on about?  I detect an air of self-satisfaction.  An haughty mein brought about by Arse's lucky win over the Rowdies.   I'm just glad it doesn't take much to make you happy.  )

I'd like a video please.  I'm bored.  Music or movie.  Either one.

Actually, scrap the music.  Your musical taste is highly questionable, occasionaly overly prurient and often overly tone-deaf.  hahahaha.

A movie, if you please. 

E se o.  Asiri a bo. 

naijababe:
Where is kilode ?! scummies are not laughing o

Arsenal finally won one and you're showing teeth.    Well, we're thankful Kilode is a merciful one.  I'd be careful dishing it out sha. 

We are seeing nothing, u never hear say likes repel .

Are we alike?  At all?? List the ways. Enquiring minds want to know. 

U don't even want to know the half of it

S'alright.  It almost always ends in tears.  Some day soon your (football) prince will come. 

Footy updates:

So Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0.  What will be their aim this late in this season?  To maybe get to 3rd place?  They're currently 5th; their points are too low to overtake Arsenal at 3rd.

Arsenal playing ManUtd now.  I expect they'll aim to maintain 3rd place or even surpass Chelsea to take 2nd place.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/premier-league/2010-2011/league-tables/

Real Madrid lost 2-3 to Real Zarogoza yesterday. 
But this man won Premier League before.
[img]http://3.bp..com/_4DZeuZWSETU/TQmqzAMCJ1I/AAAAAAAABO8/BlMkuc7jPE8/s400/Jose-Mourinho-Jr.jpg[/img]
BTW, naijababe, what's your location about?
"Trying to disengage from a certain serial heart breaker."

ifyalways:
That is the only problem I have with Nigerian Muslims,Hypocrisy or living in denial

Common,[size=14pt]those wild young almajiris go to the mosque to pray right after looting and killing others[/size],what do the Imams do?Could it be that some of them dare not talk as they are also benefactors fo the politicians that are the grand masterminders of the mayhem?Just like some of them Xtian counterparts too.

Proof, please!

naijababe:
Visionary soul na  . Now i need to find an old soul or peace maker soul

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg7674767#msg7674767 date=1296946731]hahaha.  So am I.  Funny they don't say whether two Visionary Souls are compatible as friends or mates.[/quote]Hmmm.  We shall see.   

Hmmm.  Interesting.  So, I send $50 and get 4.5 million?   Where do I send the money? You know my cash is burning a big hole in my pocket.  SMH.

I don't even see these types of E-Mails as YahooYahoo/419.  More like joke emails sent by idle teenagers who are copying the trailblazers. lol.  But, it takes some nerve to put the President's name in their sha.  That's crazy! 

                          - - - - - - -
YOUR ATM CARD IS READY
Thursday, April 28, 2011 8:02 AM
From: "GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN" <office@yahol.com>

THE PRESIDENCY'S OFFICE
                 Thursday, 28 April 2011

Attention: Friend

This is to bring to your notice that, I have paid the re-activation fee and the delivery of your ATM Card.

I paid it because the ATM Card pin code is 8119 $4.5m, has less three days to expire and when it expires, the money will go into Government purse with that I decided to help you pay the money so that the ATM Card will not expire because I know that when you receive your ATM Card definitely you must pay me back my money and even compensate me for helping you, Now I want you to contact the Delivery Company with your Full Contact information so that they can deliver your Card to your designated address without any delay, Like I stated earlier the delivery charges has been paid but I did not pay their official keeping fees since they refused.

They refused and the reason is that they do not know when you are going to contact them and demur rage might have increase, They told me that their keeping fees is $50 per day and was deposited today bring Thursday, 28 April 2011

Below is their Contact Information of the Delivery Service,

Contact Person: Mr. Daniel Mathew
Email Address: mrdanielmathew@post.com
Telephone number: +234-808-932-3957

Make sure you contact their office today to avoid increase of their keeping fees and let me know once you receive your ATM card.

I await your swift reply.

Thanks.
Best Regard,
God bless you.

PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA
GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN.
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Depends on the man. If your word is your bond, then you don't need it. But do carry on.

What can you say to the poster above me?  Other than to shake one's head.

Physics,
as an Edo (Bini?) man, are you inclined to group yourself with Yorubas?

Looks like some posters are redefining ethnicity?

rokiatu:
honestly I would be terribly disappointed if a man propose to me without a ring.
I know that marriage is not about the ring blah blah blah but the ring and the proposal go hand in hand.


P.S I would still marry my current bf if he propose without a ring.

Good for you then.  Not aware of any African culture where the engagement ring, or wedding ring, is a tradition, so who cares about a ring.  A fabulous wedding does not signify a fabulous marriage; and do you really need a ring to remind you you have a husband or wife at home waiting for you. lol  

We won't kill ourselves with this copy-foju of Oyinbo people sha.  

To the guy who keeps proposing and losing his engagement rings, if you're gonna practice the western culture, better read up on it first.  In some cases the ring should be returned, and in some cases, not.  So, be prepared next time.  Especially if you're the one breaking off the engagement.  

Glad to hear something is working. 

Lagos, and Nigeria as a whole, has always faced a lot of difficulties when it comes to revenue collecting.  A lot of people, and businesses, just don't seem to feel they get their money's worth in services from the government and so are not inclined to pay their taxes.

Tornadoes and inclement weather in the SE USA.  It's been nothing but rain and thunderstorms since the sighting of that "supermoon" a few weeks ago.  Literally, wild wind, thunder and lightning every other day!
The big one hit on Wednesday night, and they're still sorting through the aftermath. 


Obama Tours Wreckage of Deadly Storm

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — As President Obama visited Alabama on Friday, which was at the epicenter of a region that endured storms that killed hundreds across the South, people from Texas to Virginia searched through the rubble of their homes, schools and businesses for survivors.

“I’ve never seen devastation like this,” Mr. Obama said during a tour of this college town, according to The Associated Press. “We’re going to make sure you’re not forgotten.”

Nearly 300 people across six states died in the storms, with the vast majority — 213 people — in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, the home of the University of Alabama, has in some places been shorn to the slab, and accounts for at least 36 of those deaths.

Thousands have been injured, and untold more have been left homeless, hauling their belongings in garbage bags or rooting through disgorged piles of wood and siding to find anything salvageable.

By Friday morning, gasoline and other supplies were getting difficult to find in parts of Alabama. County emergency directors cautioned people to not show up to help.

“They don’t yet have an infrastructure to handle donations or volunteers,” Phyllis Little, the Cullman County emergency management director, told a Birmingham television station. “Right now, we’re not in a ready mode to receive donations or volunteers yet. We are working toward that. Hopefully by tomorrow or Sunday, I’ll have better answers.”

In Pleasant Grove, Ala., a community near Birmingham where nine people died, a church was taking food donations — hamburgers, corn dogs, bottled water — and serving as a makeshift kitchen for hundreds of people who are now homeless. In other areas, the Red Cross is providing meals at shelters.

While Alabama was hit the hardest, the storm spared few states across the South. Thirty-three people were reported dead in Tennessee, 32 in Mississippi, 15 in Georgia, 5 in Virginia and one in Kentucky, according to The Associated Press. With search and rescue crews still climbing through debris and making their way down tree-strewn country roads, the toll is expected to rise.

“History tells me estimating deaths is a bad business,” said W. Craig Fugate, the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, in a conference call with reporters on Thursday.

Cries could be heard into the night here in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday, but on Thursday hope had dwindled. Mayor Walt Maddox said that the search and rescue operation would go for 24 to 48 more hours, before the response pivoted its focus to recovery.

“They’re looking for five kids in this rubble here,” said Lathesia Jackson-Gibson, 33, a nurse, pointing to the incoherent heap of planks and household appliances sitting next to the muddled guts of her own house. “They’re mostly small kids.”

Full article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/30/us/30storm.html?ref=us

[quote author=EzeUche__ link=topic=490918.msg8207509#msg8207509 date=1303827984]You mention my name, beckoning me to reply.

So I should be asking you that question. Have we met?[/quote]   "Beckoning," huh?  You're an interesting one, kid.  Rapidly working your way to being insufferable.  Then retreat!  BTW, are you keeping to your vow, for the 100th time, to refrain from tribal flamethrowing? 

I don't want to derail this thread, so 

P.S. Anyway, we're not adversaries.   

Did The Old Man know you were undulating to such prurient music, or were you turned on to it after you bailed?!   

:::Cowers in fear at the raging inferno called naijababe:::

It explains a lot sha. 

Here's something else to ponder.

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Tracy Chapman, Crossroads

All you folks think you own my life
But you never made any sacrifice
Demons they are on my trail
I'm standing at the crossroads of hell
I look to the left I look to the right
There's hands that grab me on every side
All you folks think I got my price
At which I'll sell all that is mine
You think money rules when all else fails
Go sell your soul and keep your shell
I'm trying to protect what I keep inside
All the reasons why I live my life
Some say the devil be a mystical thing
I say the devil he a walking man
He a fool he a liar conjurer and a thief
He try to tell you what you want
Try to tell you what you need
Standing at the point
The road it cross you down
What is at your back
Which way do you turn
Who will come to find you first
Your devils or your gods
All you folks think you run my life
Say I should be willing to compromise
I say all you demons go back to hell
I'll save my soul save myself

A nameless evil chick I know bitterly dismisses Tracy as just a pretend revolutionary who lives an upper class lifestyle and drives around in a luxury Mercedes Benz.    I say she's magnifique!  A poet for the ages.  Could easily pass for one of us.  Did we claim her yet?  Go on Awori Chick, give her a title and take her to your vilage.  Omo Oodua Tokan Tokan. 

naijababe:
It's Prince William & Kate Middleton's wedding day finally! Yippeee!!!! Been up since 8am to watch;haters can go hug the proverbial wet transformer 

Decided to be the bigger man and leave out sad arsenal fan pic. lol

naijababe:
In the spirit of the season, thought I'd share some personal gems. Enjoy 

[flash=200,200]http://www.youtube.com///v/CBY_giUcA9s&feature/related[/flash]

I meant to ask you about this.  Is he saying what I think he's saying?

Katsumoto:
I thank you all for your warm messages; I very grateful. I am actually blushing. lol [size=4pt](if you actually believe me)[/size]

naijababe:
Wont turn down a  free drink even if in Kyoto, see you in 48 hrs 

Drunks! *hic*  Why 48rs? *hic* 

You can get together and celebrate your love for Mourinho.  I'll spare you the picture this time.

naijababe:
Strange, loyal, kind

That was in 2006.  How 'bout now? 

What time is it in Kyoto? 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATSUMOTO! 

That's cute. About time they signed up Cristiano Ronaldo's kid too.

Stop with the hate!    You don't even care who wins.  You just want the guy to lose cos you can't stand arrogant confident people.  hahahaha. 

Tell me if the pictures bother you.  And I'll stop post even more.  Bigger ones! 

RM 0 - 2 Barca

Anyway, I'm not a Madridista, I'm just a Mourinho fangirl admirer.  So, sue me. 

[img]http://chefsnews.files./2011/02/jose-mourinho-2.jpg[/img]

Mourinho: I am the Special One; Haters gonna hate. lol 

Yeah, whatever!  They'll do 'em on their home turf!

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/01/mourinho1201_228x182.jpg

Barca scores.  The boy Messi!

RM 0 - 1 Barca

https://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/files/2008/09/rtr20tnv1mourinho.jpg

Still Special.  Naijababe, 

EUFA Champs League Semi Ist Leg
Real Madrid 0 - 0 Barcelona (at half time)
- Some scuffle at the end of first half.

[img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMJCjyW4IDx9gdujs72iLsHr4eWg-QpBaLBA6XeUebkbg17nS1[/img]

Uefa Champions League
Semi 1st leg

Schalke 0 - 2 Manchester United

Someone will be very happy about that.

I'm Bini. . .