₦airaland Forum

laudate:
What you have advocated here is a fairytale.

There is no way local industries will be able to compete effectively against imported textiles. What is the labour cost in China? Haven't you heard of 'dumping' in international trade??

The paper industry is still in dire straits as we speak. Every time the price of paper jumps up in the international market, the price of local paper here, becomes prohibitive.

Nothing stops Nigeria from being another China (you don't have expensive labour here, you have unskilled and unmotivated labour). And you overestimate the Chinese: they are a juggernaut when it comes to manufacturing but the average consumer in most countries around the world will prefer to buy a non-Chinese product if they have a bit more disposable income. The American Cotton Industry realised this and packaged and lobbied appropriately, Africa on the other hand ran to China because it's cheaper (it's not necessarily the best quality, even in road construction, compare JB to CCECC or better yet, drive through Orile express and tell yourself "this was built in the last 3 years".

The average babe in Lagos will rather buy a made-in-Turkey outfit or even a 2nd hand European outfit than a brand-new Chinese one. Nigerian Govt has to tap into this and aggressively defend their industries (other countries do) and defend their citizen's right to ownership of big companies in the country.

In that same Asia which is quick to offer cheap manufacturing, they have policies to discourage long term ownership of most factories and plants. Their ToC will specify 25 years ownership to be transferred to a national afterwards. Nigeria should do the same, defend our local Textile industry by saying "sure you can invest but we give you 25 years to make your money and sell over 60% of the company to an indigene and 70% of your trained and skilled staff must be indigenes". Then pass policies to grant tax breaks to indigenous companies and publicise the Nigerian textile industry.

Not a fairytale, just bloodyminded hard work.

andyanders:
We cannot just change things like this unless we tell ourselves the truth. We can ONLY force the dollar down and our naira improve in value only when we increase our export. We are not producing anything for export and we keep importing hence our present predicament.

I suggest that through NYSC scheme, they should be deployed into mechanized farming by granting them loan and using that 1 yr mandatory service to start empowering them to create employment and be an employer of labour, rather than wasting their youthfulness by engaging them where our senators and law makers would want to have them as s3x dolls

Agriculture alone will not save us. We need Agriculture and Industrialisation. And if the govt makes the NYSC scheme go to the farms, people will scream and his detractors will use it to stymie any other govt policy he passes. Nigerians are very short-term minded. Those who opposed subsidy removal did because it was still going to flow to corrupt pockets but the story was hijacked and turned into "poverty for the masses". Nigerians tend to fight their govt, good policy or bad. Then wail and lament later. No-one wants to make the necessary sacrifices for the future.

Superman11:
they should make the textile and furniture industries functional before lifting the ban.. it will only cause more chaos..
They should know better , except they don't

The Furniture industry is improving: woodworking factories are being set up and run more efficiently... by the Chinese and Italians. People are patronising them and leaving the headache of buying from a local carpenter in the past. Instead of the local carpenter to see what he can do to compete, he sits on his butt and whines that he is losing business. It's the same thing happening to tailors (whose fault is that I want well-made clothes with minimum fuss and you cannot deliver? )

Everyone should stop waiting on the govt. I could help set up and shape their business for them using only private willing investors (but they will refuse to pay me, attempt to cheat me, look for ways to exploit me, then cry piteously at the end of the day that there is no profit).

Nigeria's Business Mentality is one of the worst in the world. Doing business in this country is a nightmare, so with the lifting of the ban, I'd rather go through a more sane, honest West African country and get my profits than attempt to be loyal or patriotic (when my fellow countrymen will punish me for that patriotism).

liberty300:
yes, I do. I wear a lot of traditional attire bought from the local markets and tailored by local tailors..thanks

Actually you probably don't. I purchased some of those bubu tops and dresses usually sold on Akerele street (Surulere) and to my surprise, found out they were all imported. Ankara and lace is imported, only Nichem Wax is produced in Nigeria. So unless you're wearing Nichem, Aso-eke and Tie-And-Dye constantly, you, like everyone else in Nigeria, is wardrobed in 70% imported fabrics. Every designer on the fashion scene is going to a China to produce or manufacture textiles.

There was excessive corruption in Customs over this matter. Let them lift the ban, pour money into the Textile Industries (especially in Kano, the SW and SS cotton) and then gradually phase out imports.

Our Textiles and Furniture cannot compete with the imported stuff, last year I couldn't find a buyer for local Leather goods (no quality control, high costs). Lifting this ban will hurt the industry but the industry needs to sit up and modernise and enforce quality control. The assumption that Nigerians will choose cheap imports over quality local isn't always true. And with the Naira in a free-fall...

The best thing Fed Govt and State Govt can do is fix the infrastructure and encourage Nigerians to invest in them. And make it more viable to sell Made-in-Nigeria

Same thing happened with Paper: the output of quality from our local paper mills reduced, almost all paper on the market is imported, Customs turned a blind eye to it and paper manufacturers whined about losing business instead of thinking of strategies to improve their product and challenge the imported stuff. Then everyone blamed govt (as if they are not part of the problem).

Hello, are all your bags made of jute or are they a mix of something else? What other materials for bags do you have? Thanks.

ishadfurnitures:
Contact me I have a factory and a show room in ibadan..... if you will like to discuss or ask anything ask me personally here and i will give you my contact you can check my profile.

Hello. Please could you put up pictures of your company's work? How does your factory work and do you fabricate from scratch or assemble imported products. I looked at your profile and it only showed school desks and chairs.

cao:
Too tired and about to go to bed, don't know why I carried myself here, but I'll leave you with the weirdest thing I've seen in Orphan Black...
Context: Alison and Donnie Hendrix have just become rather successful drug dealers, so they celebrate like any normal married couple - by twerking...Still the weirdest s*** I've seen on Orphan Black. Even though, there was a dude in season 1 with a tail and said tail was later cut off, with the cutter [of said tail] dancing with said tail in a club with dub step music playing on the background.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wCsW5bbl4U
You're welcome.

I'm sorta tired of Orphan Black this season sha...I dunno why, but Clone Awesomeness isn't really doing great things for me. I think they've overplayed it and whilst I love Tatiana Maslany, I think she's showing fatigue with the storylines. I've loved BBC's new "Sherlock" (the CUMBERBATCH!!! )

freecocoa:
Hmm

This sense8 sha, it's kinda dull o, still looking forward to the episode where sleep isn't an option.

It's not meant to be like watching normal tv. Plus it's very groundbreaking and smart. It's like reading a book: each character is grown appreciably for you to understand them and know them a bit, then the crazysauce scyfy starts. But its premise is very familiar: everyone on this planet, no matter their background, is connected by shared feelings of pain, happiness, pleasure,sorrow, regret, anger, determination, etc. From episode 5, the payoff for that slow world-building comes into play and the season finale will want you screaming for season 2 instantly.

There are so many funny scenes: like one where the some of the sensates share a strong se.xual experience telepathically, and one of them is watching a Jean Claude van Damme movie and doesn't know why he suddenly gets aroused and is totally horrified that the muscles on the screen are affecting him

The music on it is beautiful, from all the continents they shot on, even Fela Kuti is used on it (cannot believe I've never heard "Expensive Shi.t before now).

The only shocking thing for me was that that African dude on it, is actually British with West Indian parents bros used a mix of African intonations (including Nigerian) to generate a generic African accent. It sounded realistic.

beedam:
Fine leaf,fine hand.

awwwww thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it.

Chillisauce:
I like her already . She is not like the typical mgbeke nigerian women that will hide in a shell after marriage then gradually fade away.

At least she has something going for her.
Btw, are you Karen igho.
Im Suspecting you.

Karen? of course yels Toke is a smart girl. And there are several smart Naija women out there, doing good

Hello, please can you post pictures of work you have done IN NIGERIA? Not your other clients' jobs but work specifically in Nigeria. Thanks.

What sort of training do Auxiliary Nurses get? Why does the Matron or Chief Nurse not limit their duties and hand over proper nursing duties to trained Nurses, so that auxiliary nurses can focus on basics?

It's good that you're bringing this up and defending your names and your Nursing Institutions. Last year I met a nurse who continually injected me on one site till I bled and it hurt my leg (she also did my charts wrong). Another nurse had to stop her because there was no medical need for her to inject on that one site. I have no idea if she was an auxiliary nurse or not, I merely assumed she was a badly trained Naija nurse and lumped all of you together.

So now that you are speaking up, what can the medical council do and what can regular Nigerians do? How do we help.

JustCurious:
Why are most active members in here teamJuly!? Nurse Kaffy, Modath, Proudmum & Proud dad, Onegal etc It's' unfair oo. . Hoping y'all would keep poping in after July.. *sneezes* Dont feel fly joor! (I'm not jealous smh)

Notice: TeamAugust and September should kindly be at the back of the stage, rehearsing...pls.

Congrats to all new mommas. May God bless you and your little ones, amen.

We're still here o. Almost there with the pushing

LaRoyalHighness I was a picky eater (till now i feel most dishes taste bland) and so is my nephew. One of my sisters used the mainland experience babysitting me to realise kids are motivated by colourful food. Rather than nust dumping rice on a plate, it would be rice (white), steamed carrots (orange), shredded lettuce (green), stew (red) and a piece of shredded fruit to sweeten it. Even snack time was organic and colourful, now they choose to eat wheat bread, fresh fruits, smoothies and good food over fastfood. They can sit down and watch you drink soda without asking or wanting any. None of her kids had my problem. My picky eater nephew, on the other hand, indomie with frozen carrots and peas and eggs and caprisun and he still dislikes it. Because it's boring and artificially flavoured.

I've already bought a bamboo steamer for our meals.

I don't get this. That toll has never been collected. And the first toll should be illegal, you cannot toll a major road to large portion of your state. And even if you do, the toll should pay for a well-developed road, complete with flyovers. What they have there is a basic road (which if you see how much they actually spent on it, will make you weep and wonder where the money went). It's a 6-lane highway in a high-density area and the traffic is getting worse daily, as the population grows. They are building so many estates there and an airport and so much and haven't bothered to construct the road properly. And have been tolling it for years and none of those plans are new and LASG keeps growing its debt profile and not much to show on this particular project.

Why are we celebrating this?

@ INTROVERT and Pita, snowgloves are very stiff and thicken your fingers (you can't really move your fingers in them due to the insulation), so people usually take them off to have more mobility. You can't wear them and pick up your phone. I used to go skiing, so i know this. They look like they're wearing insulation mitts (not sure sha from the pics), but the rest of their outfit is standard issue (snow boots, snow suit, balaclavas). Btw, your fingers will still get could inside those gloves (the cold seeps into all your clothes).

This is such an awesome achievement and I pray my family and I can do this one day. Well done to the Amuzu family.

If you notice yourself feeling dizzy (particularly in 2nd and 3rd trimester) frequently, one of the causes could be dehydration and low haemoglobin level. Which means you may be slightly anemic (normal levels are 11-15 I think). Your doctor may or may not tell you but it's best to mention it (so they will check your blood level, blood pressure and amount of protein in your urine, just to rule out other more serious pregnancy conditions). If you are slightly anemic (less than 11. 0 haemogoblin level), you can raise it up by increasing water intake and eating green vegetables (think salads without the dressing or eating lettuce raw or some leafy veggie raw). I'm sure other mums can give helpful suggestions. And maybe your doctor may ask you to increase your Ferrous Sulphate/Fersolate/Iron tablet consumption (but do that only on doctor's orders).

I'm currently chewing 2 sticks of raw kale daily ( yuck yuck yuck! ) but my level rose by 0. 1 in a week.

corrall:
Hi my people, happy Sunday. Abeg I am entering 40 weeks now, what can I do to aid and start contraction o. DH is not around for kpekus, this rain is not helping the walk o, though I try to when it isn't raining. Abeg any other suggestions

Dance (I have a Beyonce routine ready for next week) and also drink pineapple juice or eats lots of it, as well as Raspberry tea (or eat lots of it). But vigorous dancing will do the trick.

For all those explaining away this man's adultery and foolishness in cheating AND videotaping it (in these days where trashy blogs are looking for gist to fill up their columns)...

That is Nigerian Morality 101, titled "Personal Responsibility Is Not Something You Need In Your Life". Because they sway the bible to read that God forgives you without having to be remorseful (permanent Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card), it is not and will never be your fault for doing anything (so you never have to accept you messed up) and the wronged person has to do all the work to fix things, your job is to siddon-look and send bible passages their way to encourage them.

This mentality is why inspite of having 10 churches per any major street in any large city in the country, we cannot even transact honest business or trust the next person with our N1,000 note. This is why the entire country is crippled by problems that make no sense. This is why the average successful Nigerian business that is very big requires a foreigner to be in it, because the Nigerians there don't trust themselves.

If you cannot look in your wife's eyes, your children's eyes, your husband's eyes, if you cannot have the moral courage to look people whom you have hurt in their eyes and say "I did wrong, I have no-one to blame but me, I am sorry and I will do everything to fix this", then you cannot do that at work, in church or with your peers in society. In your personal life, you are giving yourself excuses for every shortcoming, is it in your professional life you will go on to be great and noble?

And that is why Nigeria is the country we see it to be right now.

focus7, please highlight the fact that you struggled and wept to God to lead you from the path of immorality, that God gave your wife the grace to stay with you whilst He worked on your life but the most important aspect was that YOU, YOU were willing to change from your ways first. Because I think a lot of people need to see that message clearly.

MizMyColi:
Blame our people too!
Blame us for not heeding advice and orders, despite sensitizations to keep our environment clean.

Blame Coke, Pepsi, Dangote, Nestle and co...
For producing almost non-biodegradable pet bottles.

Blame our local waste collectors.

Blame the citizenry more.
I share in that blame [size=1pt]- I try to not litter the environment sha.
Most of the time when I drink sachet or bottle water or eat gala or whatever on the road, I neatly fold (where applicable) and discard in a next available suitable place..clap for me na [/size]

For once I must disagree with you. There are private companies in Lagos who recycle PET bottles and pure water sachets. Fashola's "able" government and its parastatals were too busy wasting their time and looking for roadblocks to mount in their way. The pure water recycling plant was meant to produce waste bags (Fashola gave the contract to his relative, who started importing the waste bags and branding them). Yet when Fashola and his cohorts want to do publicity, they will go to the plant, snap photos, call journalists and give one fantastic story (as if it was working at full capacity).

I have so much proof on this, as I was working for Lagos state at that time. I couldn't believe the nonsense I saw and the elephant projects for waste executed by Fashola, who couldn't be bothered to utilise the expensive Waste Management facilities he built at Oshodi and Sura. They worked at less than 30% capacity. The PET bottle company, LASG used to frustrate them like mad and call for meetings in which nothing sensible will be resolved. They have a plant at Amuwo Odofin.

I blame LASG 70% for this mess and flooding. If they do their part and not eye service, they can effectively tackle Lagosians dumping waste everywhere. After all, wasn't it less than 10 years ago they achieved at least 60% compliance with seatbelt wearing in vehicles?

sexymamatee:
Sex according to Mr Khathide (Ugandan)

Marriage is about being free with your body in front of your partner.
A woman should parade naked and do some modeling to tempt her husband. There are many married women who don't know what their husbands' joysticks look like. She only feels it when he enters her. They've never touched it, let alone seen it, because the husband switches off the lights before undressing. A penis is a wife' s toy - she is supposed to play with it.

Marriage is about being free with your body in front of your partner.
A man should parade nekkid and do some jogging and fitness and eat healthily in order to tempt his wife. It's deeply distracting and causes women to hiss in irritation to be faced with a flabby belly and coarse hair everywhere. There are many men who don't know what in-between their wives' legs look like. They only locate it 3 mins after they take off her clothes. They've never touched it, let alone seen it, because they feel pounding away like a farmer is the only way forward (GUYS, IT'S NOT). A woman's privates is a husband's Mt. Kilimanjaro - he is supposed to explore it.


There, fixed that paragraph for you. Ya welcome ;

salsera:
Onegai

Do you know anyone who teaches Spanish.

I think a languages summer school would be great for kids - great idea.

I don't for now.

salsera:
Hey onegai

How do you do the glue part for the flower vase bottles. What type of glue and considering its on a bottle hoe do I reduce the mess and not get ur fingers glued whilst wrapping the yarn around. I'd like to try but I want it to wrap around neatly with mo spaces in between.

I just apply the glue with a glue stick. I have different types of glue, for this I used Carpenter's glue (white glue). I feel it's not as neat as using a glue gun though (but maybe it was my technique that was faulty). You shouldn't use super-glue (most of what they sell in Nigeria is pretty fake), and try to do small sections at a time. That will mean less glue being applied and fewer chances of glueing your fingers together. If you get gaps, then maybe try wrapping the bottles twice. HTH.

salsera:
I know right

Onegai I know this may sound stupid but when you set a bathtub like this for a massage, wouldn't you actually have a proper shower first before soaking yourself in the bath like this.
...runs from thread

It's a bath, with bath salts and soap and loofahs and everything you don't need to take 2 baths. If it was a public bath (like at a spa), depending on your treatments, you could hit the steam room or be scrubbed off before entering the bath. HTH

Hmm. Honestly, trying to fix a cheating husband is not your job. Men constantly preach that "it shouldn't be your husband's job to make you happy or make him dependent on making you happy" so why is it your job to fix his mistakes, when is his personal responsibility going to come into play? If he feels no responsibility towards what he did and you rush about trying to fix things continually (like most women), he'll probably do it again. So, here's what to do: think short-term.

Delay for a few days. You need to calm down. Whether or not you decide to leave, calm down at first for now so you can make logical decisions. If you leave, you want to exit in a dignified manner. If you stay, you want a plan and he has to work very hard.

Lock the kitchen door (you want to keep all weapons away,as in your madness and righteous anger, you could easily get physical. Because if I were you, I wouldn't realise a knife was in my hand until it's late. I'm being realistic). Get a HDMI cable or tell him you want to show him something, sit beside him and play the videos. Say nothing, let it play and walk out and lock yourself in another room that night to sleep in. That night is not the night to be arguing or hearing pleas or anything.

The next day, listen to him and what he has to say for himself.

Remember, he has jeopardised your marriage, it is up to him to fix it. It's up to you to let the process happen. It is not your place to be rescuing him, because I have 5 brothers and yep I'm married and I'm super-smart and independent, yet none of those men in my life appreciate me overdoing it and trying to rescue them or tell them what to do or make excuses for them. Infact, the more you overdo it and make excuses for his bad behaviour, the more the man goes from guilt to anger to blaming you (he is human so he is trying to make himself feel better and one of those ways will be "it was your fault, you didn't pleasure me the way I like, I have needs you don't meet, blah blah". Sure, you may end up together, but you will constantly have it at the back of your mind that you're not good enough for him and that is a lie. And your marriage will never be fulfilling and you will always regret it. And he will know you do.

I will recommend not trying to fix your marriage by getting pregnant or letting him do so or urge you to do so (some people feel once children come, the wife will "settle" down and the marriage improves. This is not true, it will only become like 90% of Naija marriages, where the only thing keeping them together is their children and what-will-people-say.).

If he wants to be the man and head of the house, the CEO of his family, he needs to fix this. If you fix this, then you're in charge, which is not always a bad thing but then again that depends on what you had in mind for how your marriage will look like.

Don't tell your mum, not yet. You and I both know what she will advise you to do.

Until Nigeria becomes sane (which is most likely never), I'm buying a gun. At least I can get access to the gun range in Ogun state.

What kind of sick sociopath tells an 11 year old girl "I'm sure you were enjoying it"?? What do you want to teach that person, decency or logic?? Where do you start from?

What sort of demon possesses a human being, that once they put on a police uniform in Nigeria, decency, common-sense, fairmindedness and anything that is positive, leaves their minds? They will shoot you over N50 bribe but let a child molester walk free and treat the victim like she caused it herself. How can someone blame the parent of a raped 9 year old for not talking money and as to the parents of that animal that offered N40,000 to make the crime go away, may your lives be crippled and shortened and only hellfire awaits you. I believe jungle justice is the way forward as no-one in Nigeria cares about the law.

Ilekeh:
The fact that you're asking this question means that Nigeria is developing, else you'd have fired her without care.

Like caseless pointed out, she has a right and you have to respect it.

Unless Labour laws specify it, she has a right to Freedom of Religion but no right to lack of productivity. Any company that she does this in will offer her unpaid leave during the period of the fast and make a quiet note of it, the next time the worker messes up over any other matter, job gone rather than forgiveness ( which is why you don't hear bankers pulling this stunt she did). OP, sit her down and tell her you respect her religion, but you spoke to some Islamic teachers about it and you think the best thing she should do is to take an unpaid leave for the month of the fast. I don't feel she's a great worker (you said she wasn't impressing you before the fast) so offering her the option of reduced work hours doesn't guarantee she will still be productive.

Muslim countries don't shut down because of Ramadam.

SisterCaro:
Please tell me you go to work everyday so that you wont get paid at the end of the month, since its all about the money to everyone else.

You cannot possibly compare politics to this. What were you expecting she would give you the whole gist of what happened from day one? Is she supposed to cry and roll all over the ground just to please all of you?

Let me ask you if everything you learnt in school that you applied that has worked in real life? She simply gave her own advice and opinion on relationships, family and friends. Doesnt mean if everyone follows it they will get the same results? For some it will yeild results and for others it wont. Simply because it has not worked for someone else does not make it false.

Unless you want to tell us that she shouldn't be human again. She shouldnt be capable of making mistakes and making wrong choices just like everyone else?

Sweet Lord. Sigh.

Allow me to be clear: I DON'T CARE WHAT WHETHER OR NOT HER HUSBAND WAS CHEATING ON HER WITH ONE EX, 10 MONKEYS, ONE OKADA GUY WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A MAGICIAN AND HER GRANDMOTHER. Why?

Because it is none of my business.

I don't want to hear the whole gist (if I did, I would pick up my phone and hear from people who see her daily constantly). Why?

Because it's not my business

I don't care what advise she gives out on her vlogs as to what anyone should do with their lives. I feel you should get that advise from someone that you, well, ACTUALLY KNOW IN REAL LIFE (this is due to the fact that I know I cannot vouch for random people except those whom I know for at least 10 years). So whether or not her advise tallies with mine does not personally affect or drive me mad or make me happy. Why?

Because it is not my business.

And her marriage or her past shouldn't be anyone's business. However, the lady in question has intelligently realised that since everyone wants to make her life THEIR BUSINESS, she might as well get paid for it. If it includes once in a while stirring the pot or lighting a flame on the mountain so everyone drops what they're doing to watch her, she will do it.

Whilst all of you are taking this very much to heart, she has (let me go and check quickly!), she has 142,000 followers on Instagram and more people watching her vlog and talking about her. If I have some product to sell, and I am serious about making money, bring me a hardworking Schoolteacher with a great shape or an Engineer with a pretty face or Toke with 142,000 people looking at her pictures daily (and more fighting over her and debating whether or not rumours are true). I know who will get my Advertising money.

And the only way to keep growing that audience is to do what precisely? Think...think hard...

She has pulled this stunt before successfully.

cao:
That's 12 episodes done and dusted. Sun & Wolfgang the BAMFs of sense8, one will beat the van Damme out of you, the other will fight & shoot the hell out of you.

Anywho, time for Orphan Black.

I'm just going crazy constantly over Sense8. Orphan Black has been off this season, they may have peaked. Sense8 is pretty good (and for pete's sake everyone should not compare it to Heroes, it's so much better!)

Defiance looks like it will be good this season too. And The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is hilarious. I've finished binge-watching Orange Is The New Black S3.

cococandy:
I know so many folks are eager to hear step by step how the man did the cheating and all sorts of nasties they can get their hands on. that's how she will get many subscribers this period and next months she will use contributions to buy a new BMW 7-Series.

And the people sharing this gist and weighing on it will enter their 2nd hand 2005 Honda or worse, be chopping exhaust smoke from danfo

Last week, when everyone was screaming "Toke went to MFM church because her marriage is in trouble!!", I nearly fainted from laughter. She goes to MFM regularly, that's her church. Smartly, the babe said nothing and the gist started growing wings and putting on weight.

cococandy:
I like her make-up

And I like the video.

You never heard of her, but you watched her video. That counts as one more view on the number tally. And you like her makeup (done professionally by someone she most likely didn't pay as it was offered to her for free because it's great advertising). So the next time you swing over here and need your makeup done, won't you check out Toke's instagram page? And she mentions who did her makeup, won't you contact the makeup artist to find out how much she does work (at least)? And if Toke says "oh my makeup was done using House of Tara brand foundation", won't you see HoT powder one day and decide "lemme just try it sha"?

And you will still tell yourself "No I be bad market, advertising doesn't work on me "

Toke meanwhile has gotten free makeup and advert money for all that. And people are here on NL insulting themselves while she laughs inwardly.

cococandy:
I thought I was the only one who noticed that everyone seems to know this toke lady.
No wonder she went into vloging. she was apparently born famous.
Me I don't know her sha.

90percent of the people who can swear on their lives that she was a prostitute have never met her or anyone who ever met someone who met her.

Once, my name popped up somewhere as a nympho or ashawo or whatever. I didn't care because I knew myself. But my friends met people who swore I was one, others said I wasn't, some said they had seen me in a public place giving head to a guy, others said it naaah I got raped somewhere semi-public and that explained why I was constantly travelling out (to see my therapist). None of these people had ever met me in life but they were so convincing, people who knew me, knew where I slept, knew my family, knew I was in a stable relationship for 3 years, were suddenly no longer sure if I was a nympho or not. Some met my bf outside and told him to be careful of me.

Last year, one male model went to start gisting his friends I wanted to die for his body and was so turned on by him (because I paid him a compliment during some work, I didn't even know his name and promptly forgot). My brother (who is no where near the industry!) called me and started asking because the tale had gone round. Imagine if my husband had heard.

Now imagine if I said "screw it, since una perpetually want gist, I will give you something to entertain you and get paid in the process". I monetise your need to focus on the lowest common denominator in Life (tawdry gossip). It's cynical but utterly brilliant. I wish I had Toke's street smarts.

That's why I respect Kim K over Paris Hilton. Both had sextapes, but where one wept and showed a weak front to the world, the other saw an opportunity and enlisted her brilliant media-savvy mum to manage her. Who made bank?