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Naija Twitter was thrown into commotion this week when ex-choc city singer Brymo Olawale announced the title of his next album.
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As millions of Nigerians groan under the untold hardship created by the unending fuel scarcity, some individuals are thriving in adversity. Popularly referred to as ‘Black marketers’, they seem to emerge from the cracks of society everytime PMS becomes scarce, sporting various colored jerry cans and short hoses. You can spot them on almost every major road in every major city in Nigeria.

Most of them made up of unemployed youth referred to as ‘Area Boys’, it’s not unusual to find a few women also hawking fuel along the road. These ‘street entrepreneurs’ are taking advantage of the situation, investing time and effort in the wee hours of the morning acquiring their product from colluding fuel attendants, and then selling it in daytime at double the price. A 5-liter keg of fuel which would normally cost N430 at pump price sells for N1000 or more on the black market. That’s over a 100% profit. There are even tales of large bunkers of fuel in parts of Surulere and Mushin were the fuel attendants guarantee a steady supply of fuel in exchange for a ‘percentage mark up’ on the returns.
For The Full Story Click Here - http://farabaleweekly.com/2016/04/18/fuel-scarcity-black-marketers-make-more-than-10000-naira-daily/

Twitter user @Mzseaun who is at the camp to help take care of some of these people is raising the awareness of the horrible things happening in borno.
She’s also in connection with Adopt-A-Camp project dedicated to catering for IDPs. The project needs N5 million. Nigerians have been responding but only about N726,000 has been raised so far.

Due to the outbreak of cholera and measles, an IDP child died and was buried last Thursday.
Here’s how @Mzseaun’s timeline looks like…
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Peter Okoye, one half of the famous pop duo Psquare continues on his quest for a SOLO career following the recent crisis that threatened to split the group.
With one solo performance in Abuja, Nigeria to his name, Peter was in Dubai a few days ago to perform without his twin once again, and this time we can conclude it was by mutual consent as it seems the brothers have finally ironed out their differences.
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The fourth edition of the ‘Pearl Look 2016 Runway Model Competition’ organized by top model, Doyin Haastrup Olatokunbo, was held on Saturday 9th April 2016 at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.
The occasion was attended by style cognizant guests as they were seated in outfits that would make one think “my wardrobe needs a re-fix”.
Meanwhile, on a super cool evening, the models walked the runway with charisma, poise, and style. The bikini designs worn by the models were charming, it really(bikinis) looked unique.
Scroll down to see pictures from the event.
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“EYO! You are now in the presence of eba muscles, zobo yansh and fufu chest. It’s the quantum insanity of everything insanely related to illustrative madness a krinkum krankum of oshodi market women farting in one symphony with lizards pushing wheelbarrows at high speed and BOOOM!”

And this is how our guest today introduces himself, (at least on his Facebook!), especially when he’s about to drop a dope illustration for other illustrators to ogle at and/or argue about. Or when he’s about to launch into one of his epic tirades.
Have A Look At Some Of His Art Below And For The Interview, Click Here - http://farabaleweekly.com/2016/04/11/on-a-collision-course-with-collyde-prime/

The National Arts Theater is simulataneouly one of the most greatest creative assets in Nigeria and at the same time a source of great embarrassment. After construction was completed in 1976 in preparation for the Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, the sprawling complex has housed the collection of National Gallery of Modern Nigerian Art and a host of other national treasures. In 2010, President Olusegun Obasanjo announced plans to privatise the National Arts Theatre. This sparked controversy amongst Nigerian entertainers and playwrights like Wole Soyinka On December 30, 2014, it was reported that the National Arts Theatre has been sold to a Dubai-based conglomerate for the sum of $40million, and that the building will be converted to a duty-free shopping mall.
For The Video, Click HERE - http://farabaleweekly.com/2016/03/28/should-the-national-theater-be-converted-into-a-university-of-the-arts/

As the people of Lagos braced up for the Easter holidays, Eclipse live Africa hosted its citizens to the biggest beach party of the year “Gidi Fest 2016”.
On a Saturday evening, with the cool wind flowing from the sea side, and an influx of people who were ready to party, the night couldn’t get any better.
The performing acts on the night did not fail to meet the expectations of the fans. From the modulated voice of Tiwa Savage, to the craziness of small doctor and an outstanding performance from the Koko master himself, D’banj. It was a night to remember.
Scroll the shots below:
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The National Arts Theater is simulataneouly one of the most greatest creative assets in Nigeria and at the same time a source of great embarrassment. After construction was completed in 1976 in preparation for the Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977, the sprawling complex has housed the collection of National Gallery of Modern Nigerian Art and a host of other national treasures. In 2010, President Olusegun Obasanjo announced plans to privatise the National Arts Theatre. This sparked controversy amongst Nigerian entertainers and playwrights like Wole Soyinka On December 30, 2014, it was reported that the National Arts Theatre has been sold to a Dubai-based conglomerate for the sum of $40million, and that the building will be converted to a duty-free shopping mall.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfUPEn1jCQM
Grass To Grace stories are seemingly becoming a thing and the story of Udoh Saturday is a remarkable one. The O2 academy has been churning out exceptional graduates for a couple of years, turning raw talent into finished products. One of the institutions success stories is that Udoh Saturday.
Watch the inspiring story of Saturday as he shares his experience and takes us through his journey, a journey that starts with him as a Security Guard and ends up with him working at the biggest advertising agency in West Africa.
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Every week on Farabale, we go the extra mile to bring you incredibly gifted Nigerians who are doing exceptional stuff anywhere and everywhere and they don’t come any talented than Emmanuel Arewa of Spotlight Photos and Imagery.
A freelance photographer based in Lagos, Nigeria, Arewa’s captivating images are a delight to behold whether he’s working as a Photojournalist, Documentarian, or Wedding Photographer. His Fashion/Art compositions are simply awe-inspiring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_a0K6nC9u0
http://farabaleweekly.com/2016/03/21/emmanuel-arewa-taking-the-spotlight/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UREwwG9bpF0
When eLdee ‘retired’ from rap a few years ago, many thought the lead rapper of now defunct rap group Trybesmen would go the way of many before him, struggling for relevance in an ever shifting entertainment scene. They couldn’t be any wrong.
We caught up with eLdee at an event in Lagos recently and he clued us in on what his new venture, PlayData is all about and how it could possibly be the next big thing in African Tech.
Watch the video above.
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The nocturnal walk home through Lagos would take him up to two hours, after he had played all night at the West End Coliseum, a popular nightclub on Lagos Island. After trekking the 1,640-foot-long Carter Bridge across the lagoon back to the mainland, he would take a break for some window shopping at Bhojsons. This Indian-owned store used to be the place where well-to-do Lagosians bought their wedding gifts. Nowadays the shop windows that once showcased watches and jewelry are bricked shut, as Bhojsons sells motorbikes and tricycles in a showroom that vaguely smells of the dried crayfish sold at the adjacent Oyingbo market.
From Bhojsons, the musician would stroll down the rail track all the way to his rented room in Mushin, some three miles north. It was the mid-1960s and the young man, Sunday Ishola Adeniyi Adegeye, still an unknown artist, could not afford the cab fare home.
Today, 69 and long known as King Sunny Adé, he is a wealthy man and one of Nigeria’s most famous musicians. He became the worldwide icon of juju, the Yoruba praise music driven by the rhythm of the talking drum accompanied by Hawaiian-style guitar. After gaining local popularity during the ’70s oil boom, when the Lagos elite invited Sunny Adé and His African Beats to spice up their parties, he started touring internationally in the 1980s, having been called “The New Bob Marley” by his agents. He was nominated for a Grammy twice, but never broke through on the world stage. Among world-music lovers, however, his fame is substantial.
Sunny Adé, who grew up in Osogbo in Osun State, went to Lagos in 1963 to be a musician, after lying to his mother that he had been accepted to a university there. The metropolis on the Atlantic became his home, and his career prospered.
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Lina Iris Viktor inspires amazement and wonder with her art! She seems to channel inspiration from the Egyptians of old, but with an incredibly modern twist that makes her art her own. Her signatures are intricate geometric shapes in electric blue, black, white and gold. And when she photographs with her art, it’s another thing altogether. She simply blends in, and adds a new dimension which you didn’t think was missing, but which ends up blowing you away. Originality oozes out of her creations. When we look at her art, we wonder if she thinks in shapes and lines of blue, black, white and gold.
“Lina Viktor chooses to work in a strictly limited world – it is a mythical one of her creation existing within the zen-influenced, blurred lines of the real and the imagined. Governed by a purist color palette, her work considers the natural laws, hermetic philosophies, mathematic & scientific principles, and seeks to instill a divine order to all around her.”
For The Rest Of Lina Victor's Art. Click Here - http://farabaleweekly.com/2016/03/20/the-mythical-galleries-of-lina-viktor/

This topic is not one I was thinking of writing about anytime soon, but listening in to a group of young women having a conversation around it, I decided to see if I can make sense out of what they were discussing.
They were talking generally about domestic abuse, and one asked if the other two had hit a man before as she had never done it and would consider any woman doing that as one with a death wish. One of them replied she had actually slapped a guy she was dating back in school and when she was asked the reaction of the guy, she said the guy was shocked and he simply walked away probably because he knew the gravity of what he did and he knew he deserved even more than the slap he had just received. Well…!
Truth is domestic violence or abuse against men is not what anyone wants to really discuss though it has been around for centuries but has been a largely hidden issue. It is a common knowledge that it isn’t just women who are victims of domestic abuse, there are abused men too and they live in our society. Domestic abuse against men takes many of same forms as it does against women; physical violence, intimidation, threats, sexual, emotional, psychological, verbal, property damage and social isolation are some forms of abuse men go through as well. And like some of their female counterparts, abused men often face many barriers to disclosing their abuse.
In Nigeria, we have many support groups and services for abused women but I have not seen any of such for the men who are being abused, mainly because there is a perpetual bias against these men and little understanding of the issues the face. I have heard about women who poured acid on their men because they cheated, some cut off their man’s penis, and not too long ago, a picture of a burning Range Rover car surfaced on the social media, the story behind it was that the owner (a man) cheated/broke up with his babe and the babe set his car on fire. Last month, Freeze of Cool FM posted pictures of injuries he sustained from violent abuse from his ex-wife, but was there outrage? No, rather people were abusing him especially on blogs’ comment section. Some asked him to grow up; some called him a drama queen, some called him an outright liar, while some simply call him a weak man – most of these comments were from women.
Whenever I date, I always try to look out for your level of aggression; I have always believed an overly aggressive person will someday become an abusive person. Of course you don’t have to believe in what I believe in, but when you are too aggressive even to other people, we can’t even go far. I remember one ex of mine I dated when I was 20. I just rented my first apartment – a very small room somewhere in Agege and was feeling like a big boy. One day we had an argument over some neighbor (a girl) she claimed I was talking to and she wasn’t comfortable with; the argument became serious, then she became wild, turning the apartment upside down, tore my calendar into shreds, yanked my clothes off the hangar, tore the nylon containing foodstuff, threw the kerosene stove outside and was still looking for other things to destroy but there was none, because I didn’t have any electronic gadget- not even a transistor radio. I allowed her to cool off and after about two weeks, I broke up with her. I am not a crazy person and I would rather let crazy people date one another.
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Put together by The Initiative for Equal Rights in conjunction with Asurf Films whose CEO Oluseyi “Asurf” Amuwa took home the award for Best Short Film at the recently held AMVCA 2016. Hell or High Water features, Black November star – Enyinna Nwigwe, – Daniel K. Daniel (AMVCA Winner; Best Actor ), Tumbosun Aiyedehin(AMVCA Winner Best supporting Actress ) and several others.
Synopsis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFs_tiH7TUw
Hell or High Water tells the story of a young pastor loved and adored by the people around him. Things change for him when he has to confront a hidden truth about himself—a truth that could make or break him psychologically.
But, whatever decision he makes, he is still going to crash and burn, for life as he once knew it would never be the same again. The story explores the reality of sexuality amidst spirituality, exorcism, blackmail, and family life.
The movie was written by Habeeb Lawal.
Watch the trailer above.
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On the windy night of 18th of March at the freedom park Lagos, the Afropolitan Vibes celebrated 3 years of open air revelry.
The show lived up to its expectation with amazing performances from Ade bantu and his band warming up the visitors for the guest artists of the night.
New generation Fuji artist Dammy Krane lit up the stage with a rousing performance, setting up the night veteran reggae artist Blacky. Blacky took the raucous crowd way back in time with his hit song ‘Rosie’, before songstress with that raspy voice Nneka took center stage, mesmerizing the crowd with her strong vocals.
The Palm wine paid no small part in adding to the excitement of the night.
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Every week on Farabale, we go the extra mile to bring you incredibly gifted Nigerians who are doing exceptional stuff anywhere and everywhere and they don’t come any talented than Emmanuel Arewa of Spotlight Photos and Imagery.
A freelance photographer based in Lagos, Nigeria, Arewa’s captivating images are a delight to behold whether he’s working as a Photojournalist, Documentarian, or Wedding Photographer. His Fashion/Art compositions are simply awe-inspiring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_a0K6nC9u0
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Top dancer. Pro model. Now budding singer. Born Anita Obidi but better known by her more exotic alias Korra, is what’s popularly regarded in the entertainment industry as a ‘Triple Threat’. But what do you get when you add the fact that she’s also appeared in quite a few movies? Quadruple Threat?
Korra is an all-in-one-package. A one-woman-mopol of pure, smart, sexy African entertainment. Her prodigious talent is only second to her wit and inteliignce and her drive to continue exceeding her own boundaries. Korra who has strutted the runways numerous fashion shows across Africa and rocked her way to the top of the dance industry, recently launched her music career with two singles and a music video. We had a chat with this Nubian beauty and the video is below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Vk_CR1kGI
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Top dancer. Pro model. Now budding singer. Born Anita Obidi but better known by her more exotic alias Korra, is what’s popularly regarded in the entertainment industry as a ‘Triple Threat’. But what do you get when you add the fact that she’s also appeared in quite a few movies? Quadruple Threat?
Korra is an all-in-one-package. A one-woman-mopol of pure, smart, sexy African entertainment. Her prodigious talent is only second to her wit and inteliignce and her drive to continue exceeding her own boundaries. Korra who has strutted the runways numerous fashion shows across Africa and rocked her way to the top of the dance industry, recently launched her music career with two singles and a music video. We had a chat with this Nubian beauty and the video is below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Vk_CR1kGI
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Today, Nigerians all over the globe will be celebrating the independence and the general, all-around greatness of the nation. In honour of this day, Blavity put together a playlist featuring some of the best Nigerian songs, new and old.

Even if you’re not Nigerian, feel free to play this playlist at your school, at your workplace, wherever. A word of warning — please only proceed if you’re ready to dance. This music is guaranteed to causevoluntary and involuntary rhythmic body movements, particularly in the shoulder area and the lower regions. Thirty of the songs are featured below,but you can find the full playlist here: http://farabale.co/2015/10/01/the-ultimate-nigerian-independence-playlist/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qoUU4onORY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9EIRBb4BAQ

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpOzwVAQ7M8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx8K2nK1xxE

Recently actress Viola Davis made history at this year’s Emmy Awards, and during her moving acceptance speech she shed light on how women of color are not offered the same opportunities as others within the world of Hollywood. Backpacking this notion, two photographers, Senegalese Omar Victor Diop and French-American Antoine Tempé, have also decided to voice their opinion on the diversity issue within entertainment by recasting iconic onscreen characters with the faces of black models. According to Huffpost Black Voices, back in 2013 the duo teamed up for their project [re-]Mixing Hollywood with the aim of using classic American and European films to create more dynamic images of African people.
The collaborative effort created a series made of 20 images captured throughout Senegal and the Ivory Coast. “Cinema is probably the form of art that is the most universal, as it transcends all barriers, be they geographic, cultural, or racial,” Diop and Tempé shared in their artist manifesto. From Breakfast At Tiffany’s to The Matrix, check out a few of the reimagined images below.For The Rest Of The Pictures, Click HERE: http://farabale.co/2015/09/30/a-photographer-reimagines-iconic-movies-with-black-characters/

Spotting work done by Nigerian master sculpture Sokari Douglas Camp (CBE) isn’t a hard task. Her carefully constructed, highly detailed and thought provoking life-size structures bear a distinct and unique signature informed by a mixture of her Kalabari heritage and a broader national identity, as she invokes Kalabari masquerades and artistic traditions, as well as the experiences of Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora.
For the rest of the sculptures, Click Here: http://farabale.co/2015/09/25/cultural-steel-sculptures-by-sokari-douglas-camp/

It’s always anxiety inducing when someone reboots one of the classics. And with Jungle Book, anyone who tackles it is not only trying to give a fresh take on the 1967 Disney animated feature, they’re also charged with doing justice to the Rudyard Kipling book as well. There are currently two Jungle Book adaptations in the works, and the trailer for Disney’s partially-live-action version just dropped and it looks gorgeous. (The other one is a performance-capture adaptation being made for Warner Bros. by Andy Serkis.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcgJRQWxKnw
http://farabale.co/2015/09/16/watch-the-first-official-trailer-for-disneys-the-jungle-book/

This Super cool drone flight tells The story of Makoko slum in Lagos, Nigeria.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27MIznzDpTA
http://farabale.co/2015/08/11/watch-a-drone-fly-over-makoko-slum-in-lagos/

What happens when we put black people in front of some tasty African foods? Will they be able to stomach it? Find out now on #FortheFirstTime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAZYitaxbw0
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Ankara swimsuits are exceptional.You look different and stylish,especially when you are not wearing the regular swimsuits,shorts and tops.The Ankara fashion trend goes a really long way,vibrant colors of the African print look very nice and it’s extremely fashionable.You can find some really exclusive designs of Ankara swimsuits by Christian Boucaud,Rian Yesufu and other collections like that.

Take a stroll on the beach or dive into a pool wearing a beautiful design of Ankara swimsuits…Beautiful pieces of Ankara swimsuits below…
For More Of The Photos, Click HERE: http://farabale.co/2015/07/28/ankara-swimsuitstake-a-stroll-on-the-beach-looking-sassy/

If you are a fashion lover,then Ankara prints would be one of your favorite prints.These sneakers are made of different designs and styles of Ankara,bright colours,pastel colors e.t.c.To dress down looking simple in these sneakers feels good,a nice top or Tshirt with a pair of jeans or shorts will do.Here are some designs below…
For The Rest Of The Designs,Click Here: http://farabale.co/2015/07/27/ankara-meets-sneakers-by-banke-caine/

This is something I have noticed with Lagos events and the their guests.

When it is black tie or say pseudo-corporate, say maybe a fashion show or maybe a thing by a comedian most Lagos citizens are like Spartans called to war, dressed to the nines, ready to slay the red carpet and sometimes even the photographer. But when it is a concert by the biggest rapper on the street? Well, the regular I-Must-Make-Bellanaija-frontpage event-goers in are thrown. What do you wear? Do I go easy, casual, or dress it down? How far down do i dress? Or should I just do full postal and go j-lo-grammy-red-carpet-crazy?

The result of this confusion is usually hilarious and forms the butt of today’s post: the fashion fail of the #OLIC red carpet which is actually unfair because there really wasn’t a red carpet. Apologies to anyone if this rubs them the wrong way. It’s all simple fun. Here goes:
For The Rest Of The Photos,Click Here: http://farabale.co/2014/12/30/olamide-concert-fashion-fails-why-nigerians-cant-dress-casual/