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Speaking of hanging out with "Class A" celebs;

birds of the same feather flocks together,  didnt Naomi date a former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor? actually Naomi makes Princess Margaret look like mother Theresa when it comes to dating old men,  she is another has been in the world of supermodel ,  Di Nero, Bono and  Flavio Briatore (what the hell) I could see why the 2 hang about


compare to D’banj– Popularly known as the Kokomaster or Mr. Endowed, D’Banj is one artiste that has a penchant for making money. D’Banj certainly has a passion for business. Apart from music, Mr. Endowed has other businesses, which include Koko Mansion, a TV reality show, Koko Lounge, an upscale hangout in Lagos and UK, Koko Foundation, a charity and the recently-launched Koko Mobile under his label christened, Koko. The bulk of his money comes from endorsements – his endorsement deal with Globacom telecommunications cost N70m. He has a multimillion naira endorsement with an energy drink, Power Fist; a deal with the makers of Virgin Colour soft drink; and another multi-million naira deal with a popular jeweller. He has a deal running into millions with Chris Aire, as the face of his watches and another one with UAC Foods. He collects between N5m and N7m as performance fee for local gigs; $80,000 to $150,000 for African shows; £40,000 to £60,000 for UK shows; and $50,000 to $60,000 for American shows. Like his boss, Don Jazzy, D’banj also bagged a recording deal with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music; this will not only boost his career, but also the fee he attracts. D’Banj once said, “I work hard so that money, awards, endorsements, bookings and kokolets chase me.” Gene would hav to bang Atiku on a daily basis to come close (might probably add OBJ on a 3some)

@naughtybig

Jeez man that was smoking! You were spot on all your points but unfortunately we have people here who thinks that you are would be a legend if you are sitting on the bench all your career

Can you tell us one good reason why all top coaches avoided Okocha?

Frankfurt to Fenerbache to PSG to Bolton, Those are pathways for players like Opabunmi, Ogbechie etc

Well since Kanu left Arsenal at the prime age of 27 years how come he could attrach a better club than West brom? Atleast I would understand if he went from Arsenal's bench to Fulham's starting 11 but to go from Arsenals bench to West Broms bench then Portsmouth bench is worrying! Kanu's teamates at Arsenal Henry went from Arsenal to Barcelona, Wiltord went to Lyon, Pires to Villereal and Kanu was bought to be Geof Horsefielld understudy at West brom. That's how they see him, In 1998 Jay Jay was a record transfer fee into the french league

We cannot also rule out the fact that Kanu contributed alot to our Senior National Team.

Like what?

Comparing Kanu to Okocha is like comparing Henry to Zidane,


Who is Kanu?

Nigeria hardly need Kanu over the last 10 years but Nigeria do miss Okocha in last 5 years, As a Striker Kanu is not fit to lace Yekini's boot

Look Alonso under estimated Lewis and was friendly at the beginning with Lewis and shared his set-up data with Lewis but due to bitterness he started hiding his data, a former McLaren driver gave Lewis a crash course in understanding how to set up his car, The fact was Alonso couldn't handle the fact that his team mate had the raw pace and theirs a strong chance lewis could beat him,

"tension-fraught 2007 Hungarian GP, Alonso approached Dennis, telling him to short-fuel Hamilton's McLaren so that the Brit would run out of fuel and fail to finish the grand prix"

Alonso was the unquestioned coming man, the youngest-ever world champion and the man who had toppled the mighty Michael Schumacher. In his final year with Renault, in 2006, he did it again, beating Schumacher for back-to-back titles. Hamilton, meanwhile, was building on his successes in karting, Formula Renault and Formula Three to leap into GP2, the series one rung below F1 on the racing ladder.

He won that championship at the first attempt and it became clear to everyone that Dennis would have to be mad not to put him into the vacant seat alongside the incoming Alonso for 2007. The kid was good, and he could do nothing but learn from Alonso, himself a former karting star who had eventually got his break in F1 with Minardi in 2001 after success in Formula 3000, the predecessor of GP2.

At times, Alonso had been unhappy at Renault that teammate Giancarlo Fisichella, whom he usually beat, had been allowed to get the better of him. He went to McLaren with the comfortable feeling that all the attention would be on him in the team's highly focused quest for success.

So, it didn't take long for feathers to get ruffled as Hamilton rattled off not just a record-annihilating run of nine consecutive podium finishes in his first nine grands prix, but actually won two races.

He made Alonso look like the rookie in Canada, where the Spaniard fell off the road four times trying to keep up, and he so rattled him while winning in America a week later that a petulant Alonso sped down the main straight on one lap so close to the pit wall that his team, which refused to tell Hamilton to move over, was sprayed with grit.

"I think when you look at the winter tests, Lewis was very quick and was very close in times comparing to Pedro and me," Alonso admitted publicly after Indianapolis. "So no big difference between the three drivers of the team. So, you know, why not fighting for victories, podiums and championship?

"But on the other hand, I think it has been a surprise for me and a surprise for everybody to see him doing so well and leading the championship. But, you know, I have big confidence. We only did seven races, 10 to go. So I'm very happy with my 48 points, and the championship will be decided at the end. Again, I have confidence that I can do it."

Dennis, of course, had seen all this before. He had, after all, been the man who partnered Ayrton Senna with Alain Prost at McLaren in 1988, and in the highly acrimonious 1989 season that saw them collide in the Japanese Grand Prix before Prost departed for arch-rival Ferrari.

Partnering Alonso and Hamilton had never seemed like that sort of risk, until Hamilton began to reveal his incredible talent. All drivers have a very good idea of where they fit into the overall scheme of things, and who they rate. It didn't take Alonso any time at all to realise that his original assessment of Hamilton was way off the mark. And yet they remained good buddies, even doing a knockabout advertisement for Mercedes-Benz in which they battle each other to check into a hotel, and to see who can beat the greatest heat in a sauna.

The Hungarian Grand Prix changed all that, and consigned the cordiality of their relationship to the sporting bench.

The team's strategy for qualifying called for Hamilton to let Alonso get ahead of him. He did not. "After my first run, I was sent out of the garage first and got to the end of the pit lane first," Hamilton said yesterday. "When I was there the team reminded me to let Fernando pass. I saw him staggered to my right in my mirrors, and Kimi [Ferrari driver Raikkonen] was very close.

"Immediately, I thought 'OK, I'll let Fernando past so long as doing so won't let Kimi past as well and spoil my run.' I thought I'd take the decision when I got round the first corner, and if Fernando was with me and we both had pace, I'd let him go.

"I pushed, but I don't know why he didn't. He actually fell back quite a bit. I was told again to let him past but he was miles behind so I just kept going. If he had stayed right with me, I would have let him past."

Alonso, feeling that Hamilton had compromised him, then deliberately loitered in the pits, ahead of Hamilton, before their final runs. By the time Hamilton's car was fitted with its final set of tyres, Alonso had embarked on the lap that would win him pole position, and Hamilton had run out of time for his own last attempt. Over the radio he roundly berated Dennis, whom at that time he believed to be the architect of his downfall because he had not obeyed orders.

"Don't you ever fucking do that to me again," he is alleged to have said to the man who gave him his big break. "Don't fucking speak to me like that," Dennis is said to have replied.

"Fucking swivel on it," Hamilton reportedly retorted.

Dennis would neither confirm nor deny it, but said: "I was quite firm on the radio, and he was reasonably firm back. We were both firm with each other. But that's life. It is extremely difficult to deal with two such competitive drivers. There are definite pressures within the team. We make no secret of it.

"They are both very competitive, and want to win, and we are trying our very hardest to balance those pressures. Today we were part of a process where it didn't work, and the end result is more pressure on the team.

"Obviously Lewis feels more uncomfortable with the situation than Fernando. That's life, that's the way it is, and if he feels too hot to talk about it then that's the way it is."

In Hungary, Alonso was the only member of the McLaren team not to wish Hamilton good luck before the start, as the contrite 22 year-old made an effort to patch things up in a team whose hard-working staff back at the factory would lose their bonus payments for the weekend which are linked to the number of points the team scores.

Besides dropping Alonso five places on the grid, the stewards had decreed that no constructors' championship points would be awarded to McLaren, whatever the outcome of the race.

"With Ron, obviously I wasn't happy," Hamilton said, "but you have to be professional so we sat down and I told him my views and he respected that they were part of my personality, so we came to a mutual understanding. It's still not great because of all the problems we are having already with the FIA, it's more pressure on the team.

"They asked me why I didn't do what they wanted. I said I made a mistake, I apologised, it won't happen again. Because of argument with Ron on the radio, obviously I was angry, and I thought he'd done it [created the delay with Fernando] to teach me a lesson, I took it on the chin, that's why I said I didn't think that Fernando would do something like that. But now I have reasons to believe otherwise.

"I've been working with Ron for nearly 10 years now. This was quite a big event, a problem for the team, but the relationship is very strong so we will move on."

Hamilton has never made any secret of his respect for Alonso. "That respect remains the same," he insisted yesterday. "When you grow up and see someone successful such as Fernando or Michael [Schumacher], you have to respect what they have achieved and what they do. I watched Fernando and really admired what he does. That hasn't changed."

But they are unlikely to cry upon one another's shoulders any more."It's always difficult, and I have had it in every team I have been in," Hamilton added; "you have two very, very competitive people, possibly the two most competitive around, both want to win, and that puts team under immense pressure, it's extremely hard on everyone. That's why sometimes it appears one is favoured over the other.

"We can go on from here. I am easy to get on with, I don't hold grudges. I'm still leading the world championship and I haven't lost my respect for Fernando. If he doesn't want to speak

Its not about Nollywood bashing! But more effort to improve on their acting, directing and production of movies, that's all it needs! look at the Music industry, it stands almost toe to toe with what comes out of US or UK! I have seen some Nollywood movies that has great story lines but the acting or final production was a let down. And I have some that they got the story from either Hollywood or Bollywood but also made a total mockery of the final production,

hmm

you could add me 23539490

What a babe

Taking the BBC normination as Gospel is looney,

The BBC ONLY FOCUS on the players they know or play in the EPL

1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 13 March
2 Qantas Australian Grand Prix[53] Australian GP Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne 27 March
3 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix[54] Malaysian GP Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 10 April
4 UBS Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP Shanghai International Circuit† 17 April
5 Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Istanbul Park 8 May
6 Gran Premio de España Spanish GP Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 22 May
7 Grand Prix de Monaco Monaco GP Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 29 May
8 Grand Prix du Canada Canadian GP Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 12 June
9 European Grand Prix European GP Valencia Street Circuit 26 June
10 Santander British Grand Prix British GP Silverstone Circuit 10 July
11 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland German GP Nürburgring 24 July
12 Eni Magyar Nagydíj Hungarian GP Hungaroring, Budapest 31 July
13 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 28 August
14 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Italian GP Autodromo Nazionale Monza 11 September
15 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Marina Bay Street Circuit 25 September
16 Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 9 October
17 Korean Grand Prix Korean GP Korean International Circuit, Yeongam 16 October
18 Indian Grand Prix Indian GP[55] Jaypee Group Circuit, Greater Noida† 30 October (NEW TRACK)
19 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP Yas Marina Circuit 13 November
20 Grande Prêmio do Brasil Brazilian GP Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 27 November

@L. KRavitz: Brunno Senna is 1 a rookie driver 2 was driving a car that is 2 second slower than Force India
And 1 second slower than the Lotus now you could get away a car that is 1 second slower if your Name is Lewis Hamilton but 2 second am sorry you have no chance and the engine is unreliable am not surprised that they failed to get any point

Look people need to get with the program, movie producers who are scared to explore the african market because of the red tapes in place would know that its now history they are broken, and the most funniest thing is that Cossy and Tonto have put themselves in the market for those roles and they are more likely to earn more than the top stars b'cos they would command top $ but the hypocrisy among viewers sometimes bugs me, they are happy to watch people like Halle Berry bare all but if its a Nigerian they call for the electric chair! Am sorry if Nollywood wish to be on the same level as Hollywood then its going to take the good the bad and the ugly of Hollywood. South African movies have a lot of nudity in their movies and better storylines and their movies gross more revenue than than nollywood movies you don't hear them crow like a canary or quack like ducks, If nollywood are not happy with what Hollywood has to offer then they should concentrate on producing films like things fall apart or ogbanje or Efun she tan, Or better still theirs an off button on the TV it has its purpose!!!!!!!

ola ray how can you say kolo toure went from left winger to centre half do you watch football at all, kolo toure went from being a defensive midfielder to being a defender. not a left winger

Kolo Toure was bought as a left sided midfielder or winger, then he was moved in middle still didnt work, then when Martin Keown was moved to the bench he was moved into the center half role!!!

They kissed in a musical video,

which part of acting people dont understand,


So if 50 Cent kisses Genevieve in his next rap video NL would into melt down,

Well my Spouse didnt marry the whole family