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When you have a weak leader who mistakenly got to the helm of affairs, the entire nation will be run down! We need a change.

Impressive. The Nigerian Movie industry is going places.

I work on the internet, so I have to subscribe a decent amount of mobile data every month. I use the Etisalat 20GB data plan which costs about N18,000 monthly, so on the average, I spent about N216,000 In 2014.

Thank you for all your opinions, I believe the most popular view is that Social Media is growing geometrically as a tool in Political Campaigns in Nigeria, but it won't have a considerable effect on the 2015 elections. Well, I hope to run a Social media campaign for one of the politicians running for office in 2015, and I will publish the results we get.

Thank you.

But doesn't he have HIV? The man says he has HIV, and now... Na wah! I'm sure it's not yet time, but these people will just provoke God into ending this world!

You can also watch Part 1 of the interview here. That part is mostly via Google Hangouts:

Channels Beam: "The Effect Of Social Media On Political Campaigns Part 1":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnUQMAT06sw

Fellow Nairalanders, please share your opinions on the topic O! Not whether I truly am a Nairalander or not. It's not even possible for me to share this here if I were not. Anyhow, do you think using Social Media to campaign for political office in Nigeria will hae any influence on the February 14th elections?

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Yes, I am a Nairalander, as you can see, in fact, an Admin for that matter, and I believe all of us in Nigeria should be Nairalanders. Funny thing is, I am ex-UNIBEN also.

So do let us know what your opinions are on the effect of social media and political campaigns.

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The program was LIVE a few days ago. This is not a live stream, but a Youtube upload of the video.

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Over the years, Social Media has acquired far more relevance than its original creators ever intended, or believed it would gain. The use of social media has transcended online friendship, and is today, in every aspect of human communication.

It is rarely possible to sit through a conversation among 'hip' youths without the words Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube popping up at least once, and that has created an avenue for businesses, celebrities, and even politicians to market themselves, as well as their offerings to that vibrant audience.

In this interview, Nejeeb Bello ('nex' on Nairaland) who is CEO of Bar Baric Digital & Social Media Marketing, sits with Victor Mathaias of Channels Television Lagos, to discuss "The Effect Of Social Media On Political Campaigns (In Nigeria)" on the program, Channels Beam.

Watch, and share your own views and opinions.

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You people will not respect yourselves! Which N200 million mansion?! Which N24 million car?! Linda Ikejism has taken over the mentality of the masses. Nonsense gist. I used to take The NET as a serious publication. Rubbish!

When was this woman ever a Nollywood actress. What movies did she act in?!

Wonderful stuff. You truly are an artist. Keep up the good work, and keep us updated on Nairaland, your name will soon be known worldwide.

Very interesting. And this poll was set up by Pastor Reno Omokri himself. It's just a pity how the mediocre have gained access to the helms of power in this country. This poll shows clearly that the shoeless one is absolutely misplaced in Aso Rock. No sitting President should be this disregarded.

GEJ's days of wandering aimlessly in the Presidential Villa are numbered. HE WILL GIVE A DAMN!

Haha! My step-father had lots of those in his house. Customized, 1 in each of about 8 bedrooms. Biggest boy tins.

Even right now, the matter of Female Genital Mutilation persists. It will take every sane member of the Nigerian society to put an end to it. Currently, there is a case in Ekiti State where a mother is desperately trying to pull her daughter from under the knife. I enjoin you all to do whatever you can, especially those in her vicinity to protect

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[size=20pt]In Ekiti community, mum’s refusal to have her 5-year-old daughter circumcised tears families apart[/size]

■ I don’t want my daughter to suffer the consequences of circumcision like I did –Mum
■ Her circumcision is a must as tradition demands –Dad’s family

Against the back­ground of a child Rights Law that guides against harmful cultural practices on children in Ekiti State, two families: the royal family of Olaoye in Ushi-Ekiti and the Oyenekan family are at loggerheads over the circum­cision of a 5-year-old girl. The once rosy relationship between both families has now turned sour following a disagreement over the circumcision of their 5-year-old daughter, (name of baby withheld).

Miss Olufunke Oyenekan, mother of the 5-year old girl and fiancee to Mr. Emmanuel Olaoye, son of the Olaoyes, a royal family in Ushi-Ekiti, Ekiti State, had disagreed with the Olaoyes over their decision to perform the traditional circumcision rites on her daughter. The woman, sensing that her husband’s family wanted to perform the rites by all means, fled with her child from the Olaoye’s family house in Ushi Ekiti in 2012 and her whereabouts has since remain unknown.

Recently, the Olaoye family again raised the alarm through a representative, identified as Chief Olu Olaoye over the sudden disappear­ance of Olufunke and her daughter. The family said that their son’s fiancee did not mean well for the family by preventing them from per­forming the circumcision rites on the child. Their explana­tion is that it is a mandatory cultural practice to have all their children circumcised, moreso that theirs is a royal family whose duty it is to preserve the cultural heritage of the people of Ushi Ekiti in order to set an example for the people.

“She (Olufunke) is not helping us, neither is she helping our daughter she has taken away. There are certain cultural practices that we adhere to in our land, some are avoidable while others are not. This practice of circum­cision is part of the unavoid­able ones. Olufunke cannot prevent us from carrying out cultural and traditional rites on our own blood. It is a must that we do the circumcision rites for the girl. Moreso, that the child is a princess, a daughter from the royal fami­ly of Ushi Ekiti and possibly a future regent!.

“We have told them (Olu­funke’s family) that they must ensure that they produce her because she cannot prevent us from performing our tradi­tional duties. She must bring our daughter for the circum­cision rites, “ he said, fuming with anger.

Meanwhile, Olufunke has vowed not to allow anyone, even if it is her husband, to carry out any circumcision rites on her daughter. A mem­ber of her family, who spoke to Sunday Sun on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the matter, said: “As for the Oyenekan family, we have no problem with whatever the Olaoye family wants to do with their daughter. In our part of the world, it is the man who owns the child and has the final say over him or her. But our daughter, Olufunke is more western-oriented than many of us. She has vowed not to allow any circumcision for her daughter. She says the practice might have an adverse effect on the girl in the future. We would have been able to intervene in the matter to ensure that peace reigns but right now, I can swear to you that we do not even know the whereabouts of Olufunke and her child. In fact, we learnt that her older son has also joined his mum where she was but we do not have any idea of where that is. There was a time she took refuge with their pastor in a church in Abeokuta. The pas­tor assisted in getting the hu­man rights group to intervene for peaceful resolution of the matter, but the fiance’ family became violent about the mat­ter, they wanted to get their daughter by all means. We learnt that Olufunke narrowly escaped the attack on her and ran off with her daughter. We can only appeal to our in-laws to exercise patience on this issue till God makes Olufun­ke to come back, right now, there is nothing anyone can do.”, the man said.

Speaking on phone to the Sunday Sun, Mr. Emmanuel Olaoye, fiancé to Olufunke, narrated how the trouble over the circumcision rites started, his words: “My fiancée, Olu­funke Oyenekan and I met in February14,2006 and we love each other but haven’t mar­ried legally. We were co-habit­ting and eventually had two kids. A boy and a girl.

“Things went on smooth­ly between us till I lost my father who was a traditional ruler in Ushi Ekiti, my home town. I received the message of the death of our royal fa­ther and was told I had been picked as his successor. So, I went home for the burial rites and took my wife-to-be and our children with me, actually to ensure that my extended family get to know her. We travelled to Ushi Ekiti in Jan­uary 1,2012.

“However, we didn’t know that a shocker was awaiting us at Ushi-Ekiti. My family demanded that we submit our children for circumcision rites.

Funke, my wife-to-be, didn’t like this arrangement at all. She didn’t particularly want our daughter, who was then two years and four months old to be circumcised as she said she didn’t like what she experience as a woman who was circumcised by her par­ents when she was young.

“But my people won’t be persuaded to spare our daughter of the treatment because our tradition forbids any of our blood not being administered the circumci­sion rites.

“My fiancée has since fled with our daughter since the disagreement in Ushi-Ekiti. As I’m going to succeed my late father as the traditional ruler of our town, it becomes more mandatory for my children to be circumcised. Here in our land, it is part of the prerequisites of a king-to-be to have all his children circumcised. We really do not have a choice here. But my fiancee sees the practice as barbaric and outdated. She won’t have any of it for our daughter. “ “That is why she ran away with our daughter. Our son has also joined her where she is. I want to be­lieve her people arranged her escape and know her where­abouts but they are claiming ignorance of it. We once heard she was in a pastor’s custody in one Bethel Love Church in Abeokuta, Ogun State. My people went there but she escaped from them and fled to an unknown place with the children and hasn’t been seen since then. I’m just confused about the whole development, “ Olaoye said, wearing a defeated, melan­choly look.

It is actually happening right now in Lagos. The #LagosHornFreeDay is being observed even by Danfo Drivers. The Okada Riders are the worst violators, however, violation is actually quite minimal.

Obviously, these kinds of movies deal with the real issues in our society. I hope Nairalanders would appreciate it, and go out there to get a copy of this movie. Funmi Fiberesima started shooting this movie 2 years ago, and it's just her first. Let's make sure she sees the benefit of her hard-work and diligence.

Why has the Nigerian Army so far avoided the purchase of Mini-Guns? The Mini-Gun has proven to be the most effective, especially in this case where Boko Haram has proven to have men in large numbers. I have looked through several catalogues of Nigerian weapons, and there is no single one Mini-Gun. Are these people really ready to win this war?!

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Felabration 2014 will kick off at the New Afrika Shrine in Agidingbi, Ikeja on October 12 with the premiere of Finding Fela, a documentary about Fela Anikulapo Kuti's life.

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There will also be gigs at the Shrine every day of the week featuring King Sunny Ade, KWAM 1, 2face, Wizkid, and over 20 other artistes. It’s the occasion that many Fela fans anticipate every year, and as the theme of this year says, “Who No know Go Know.”

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READ MORE: http://ynaija.com/felabration-2014-forever-lives-fela-kuti


PLEASE SHARE YOUR FELABRATION EXPERIENCES WITH US HERE BY POSTING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM THE VARIOUS EVENTS.

I spent a whole afternoon with the beautiful Funmi Fiberesima somewhere quiet in Lekki, and it was simply one of those occasions in real life we all wished had a replay button. Our chat bordered on everything in the entertainment industry, with a degree of focus on her new movie which premiered the weekend before.

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ONIKOLA doesn't just touch on a most critical issue which is mostly muted by our society, but dissects the web of complications shrouding that most vile culture of butchering the vagina of little girls, using Kumbi (played by Funmilayo Fiberesima) as a case study.

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Most people see female genital mutilation in the same spectrum as child witch-hunting, but to me, it is far worse. At least the so-called child witches are accused of something! Those girls have no clue why they are so painfully being sexually deactivated for life.

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ONIKOLA literally means The One Who Marks (the circumciser), and this movie centres on Kumbi's rejection of being mutilated, while making reference to Omosewa (played by Ronke Ojo) who has been circumcised, and faces the torment of living with her scars of frigidity.

One thing this film doesn't do is belabour every scene with the message of FGM. It truly is an entertaining masterpiece featuring other actors as Ibrahim Chatta, Sunday Afolabi and veterans like Dejumo Lewis, Bunmi Olatilewa and Tola Oladokun.

Shooting started in February 2012, and by August last year, I promised this movie was worth waiting for. It premiered at the Ikeja City Mall on Sunday, October 3rd, and goes to DVD. Attending the premiere were the heavyweights of the Nigerian movie industry, particularly stars of the Yoruba genre. Get the DVD, watch it, enjoy it, learn, and thank me later. You can't possible go wrong with a movie written by Gbenga Adesanya, Steve Anu Adesemoye, and Abosede Oshin.

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The cast of Onikola, From Left Bunmi Olatilewa, Sunday Afolabi, Funmi Fibresima and Yinka Salau


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Kunle Afolayan and Yinka Salau

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Guests

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Tomiwa Kukoyi

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Essence with Funmi Fiberesima

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Collins Talker

The Hulk is definitely no match for Superman. He doesn't even have the coordination to use Kryptonite against Superman, and let's not forget that the Hulk has his own weakness too, when he transforms back!

It is very disturbing to find lots of Nigerians sympathizing with nothing other than a digital Ibori. I'm confused here. Is she the victim or the culprit in this matter? If thieves can be condoled and encouraged like this, how again do we intend to move this country forward?

I know we live in a jungle country, but we must always remember what is right, and what is wrong. Out therein the world, the law is still upheld. If you want to be hailed as a successful thief, then make sure to avoid Western Countries, because over there, they dole out justice whether you're a Lanre Shittu, James Ibori, or Linda Ikeji. THEFT IS THEFT!

I can marry a woman who already has a child. Who knows, it may turn out that I'm incapable of having my own children, and having a spouse with her own kid could be a blessing.

I had light this afternoon for about 20 minutes, and was wise enough to iron my Sallah clothes immediately. Altogether, in my area, which is Channels TV Avenue, Isheri North GRA, we've had less that 20 hours of electricity in the past week. A lot of times, they even bring the light about 2 am and it doesn't last 2 hours, then that's all for the day.

Please, log the power situation in your area using http://powerlog.com.ng . Some group of Nigerians have decided to tender the statistics from that site to the Government and Power Companies to show them the true situation.

Congratulations to him. He should "Kontunu"! Nonsense!

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Na wah! Propaganda in every possible form. These people just want to infiltrate everywhere. They have failed.