[size=13pt]WHY MANY NIGERIAN ARTISTES SHOOT THEIR MUSIC VIDEOS IN SOUTH-AFRICA. South Africa is not just another African country; she is the most industrialized nation on the continent. South Africa’s industrialization did not start at the end of Apartheid; rather Apartheid was one of the numerous tools used to fuel that countries infrastructural growth. Cheap black labour was effectively utilized in the development of the rainbow nation. The white settlers of South Africa, in conjunction with their ancestral European nations did not relent in building relevant infrastructures inside their African settlement especially during Apartheid’s peak periods.
South Africa is better than Nigeria, not necessarily because she has white settlers and constant electricity (though she does) but because that country has a different spirit from Nigeria. South Africa like Nigeria has majority of her citizens (blacks) living in poverty and to top that, the rainbow nation has the highest crime rate and HIV rate in the world. But the South African ‘spirit’ has given her people the wisdom to propagate and promote only the good sides of their nation.
The South African government and her people never miss any opportunity to tell the world that their nation is the best place in the world, in spite of their numerous challenges. As for Nigeria; corrupt government politicians are the ones telling the world how good Nigeria is. While those in ‘opposition’ are always on hand to counter the government’s position and even add ‘jara’ to their interpretation of deplorable challenges in Nigeria just to buttress their point.
But this article is not about Nigeria’s woes or politics, IT’S ABOUT MUSIC, so let’s loosen up a bit.
I bet most fans and viewers of recent Nigerian music videos have noticed a seemingly multi-racial identity that several Nigerian music videos have now acquired. There seems to be a trend of our local artistes featuring multiracial casts or extras on their music videos, especially females.
Most of these music videos are shot in no other place than South Africa. It’s now common place to see a Nigerian music video set in exotic or rundown South African locations, the artiste cruising a right-hand drive car with white or mullato women cascading the scene here and there. Nigerian artistes like Faze, Naeto C and P-square pioneered this rush to shoot music videos in SA. Before long, the Mo’Hits crew followed suit and now the likes of Flavour, KCEE and Bracket are addicted to this concept. But can we really blame them? Of course not.
The truth, which I eventually discovered, is that it makes more economic sense to shoot a music video in SA. Yes, we have Nigerian music video directors like Clarence Peters, Patrick Ellis and Aje that are doing great things on Nigerian locations but they don’t come in cheap. I don’t know exactly how much top-rated Nigerian directors charge to do music videos but I heard it’s in the millions. So, again, why South Africa?
Okay, here’s a gist I got from some of my industry friends based in South Africa; you all know about GODFATHER production? Most times we see their credits on many South African made-Nigerian music videos. The owner of Godfather productions is a Nigerian married to a South African lady and word has it that he does not even know what a camera looks like, let alone handle it. And so, how does a Godfather production shoot Nigerian music videos? South Africa is home to many world class film institutions that train movie makers and directors from all over the world, including Nigeria. Our very own Clarence A Peters also trained in one of such institutions.
This is how it goes; a Nigerian artiste...say FLAVOUR decides to shoot a music video in South Africa and informs Godfather productions. The folks at Godfather contact some final year students in one of those SA film institute’s, inviting them to come use the production of a certain Naija music video as their project. These students, eager to impress their institutions and come out with good grades rush to embark on such music videos. The people at Godfather’s production after selecting the ‘lucky student(s)’ now decide to pay them a stipend, most times less than $1,000 (N150k) and these SA film students become over-joyed because they are somewhat being paid for doing their homework .
When it’s production time, it gets even easier; shooting a music video in SA is as easy as getting a permit and heading to your location anywhere in the city. There are no area boys or ‘omo onile’s’ to settle before shooting your stuff, and for the sexy multi-racial female models? South African women are more liberal and fun loving, most of them love appearing on music videos just for fun. With the popularity Nigerian music now enjoys in South Africa, these ladies sometimes struggle to feature on popular Naija artistes’ music videos.
So, that pretty White or Mullato lady you see on some Nigerian music videos are just having a good time, at the end of shoot they are rewarded with a nice meal, lots of alcohol and taxi fare, full stop. This is in sharp contrast to engaging Nigerian video vixens, where the pretty ones demand higher fees and the ‘accidental’ mixed raced ones amongst them even make higher and ridiculous demands.
When next you are watching that Nigerian music video shot in South Africa, please just enjoy the music and don’t blame that Nigerian artiste for not shooting in Nigeria. It has nothing to do with status or not wanting a black Nigerian cast; it has everything to do with economics of scale.[/size]
[size=13pt]NEW TEJUOSHO SHOPPING COMPLEX NEARING COMPLETION (PICTURES) The new Ultra modern Tejuosho shopping Complex is slowly but certainly nearing completion. This project has been in the pipe-line for over ten years but it took a 'mysterious' fire outbreak at the old Tejuosho Market in 2007 before aggressive construction could commence. Five years down the line and the project is really beginning to take shape.
The New Tejuosho Shopping Complex is fully financed by First Bank of Nigeria Plc and is being undertaken by Stormberg Engineering Limited under the Public-Private-Partnership programme of the Lagos State Government for 25 years. The edifice sits on approximately 3.062 hectares and it is strategically located in Yaba.
The main shopping complex, when completed will provide major retail and wholesale market opportunities for the teaming Lagos population. The new complex encompasses 4,040 shop units of various sizes ranging from 9 metre squares to 12, 19, 23 and few larger units of 142 metre squares for banking and restaurant uses as well as Kee-Klamps. The shops units are arranged on four levels: Upper ground level, entrance level, level three and level four.
Prices of shop units range from N5.4 million or N600,000 per square metre with prospective buyers having the opportunity to pay by instalment. The new shopping complex, when completed will offer the following array of modern retail facilities and amenities: Multi level parking for over 720 cars, efficient internal traffic system and management, lifts and elevators for shoppers and cargos; serviced fire station, police station and uniformed security patrols.
Nigerian business men and women in the Diaspora interested in setting up shop in Nigeria SHOULD also take advantage of this property. It is a worthwhile investment.
This project is indeed a sight to behold and even though provision is already being made for a fire station; my prayer is that the Lagos State government ensures that an even more sophisticated fire prevention and protection facility is installed. I know what I’m talking about.
[quote][size=12pt]TRACE URBAN, MTV BASE’S AND SOUTH AFRICA'S CONSPIRACY AGAINST NIGERIAN MUSIC.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Nigeria was just an ordinary consumer of popular culture music from other regions. We did have occasional local champions like Blakky, Alex O, Felix Liberty and co but their success was restricted to Nigeria with rare flashes in other West Africa countries. Most of them were not smiling to the bank though. The Fela’s and Sunny Ade’s were on a class of their own, mostly classified into world music category and not popular culture
The aggressive entrance into the Nigerian market of South African music channels like Mnet’s Channel O became an eye opener for many Nigerians. We were amazed not necessarily because of the monotonous house beats and awkward repetitions, but on the quality of their music videos. Most Pan-African Music awards of that period favoured largely Southern African artistes. It was not until Femi Kuti’s b.ang b.ang b.ang track (previously banned in Nigeria) won a major continental award that the pop culture world and the rest of Africa began to take Nigerian music seriously.
FAST-FORWARD; today, apart from oil, politics, banking and telecommunications, Nigeria’s entertainment and music industry has grown to become a very lucrative sector. Nigeria has grown further to boast of Africa’s best and largest music industry. The greatest irony is that South Africa played a major role in propelling Nigeria’s music industry; how? The production of world class Nigerian music videos started when Nigerian artistes began flooding South Africa to shoot cheap but quality music videos. This trend has still not abated, though we now have a number of competent Nigerian producers shooting great music videos in Nigeria. Nigerian artistes have become crowd pullers almost everywhere in black Africa and the Caribbean, even in Franco-phone regions. And so why am I writing this?
It’s about two international music channels, MTV base and Trace Urban. Several weeks back some music promoter friends of mine visited Trace Urban’s Lagos office to drop music videos for a promising Nigerian artiste and guess what? They were rejected; not because their music video or song quality was poor but they were told that TRACE urban’s quota of Nigerian music videos have already been exhausted for the month. A Non-Nigerian insider at TRACE urban’s Lagos office-being a fan of Nigerian music, eventually opened up and explained what was happening.
The insider told the Nigerian music promoters that Trace Urban has been put under pressure to promote their African host country’s music. Trace Urban’s African headquarters is in South Africa. According to our insider source, there have being complains by ‘other African countries’ that most pan-African music channels only want to play and promote Nigerian music. And so TRACE urban now has the mandate to promote South African music by any means.
Trace Urban’s AFRICA 10 is one of such platforms; the idea is to bombard the countdown show with mainly South African, plus other African songs and very few Nigerian songs. For those who watch TRACE Urban regularly, you’d notice that several popular Naija hit songs are never aired on the channel for fear that it may over shadow other South African songs. And in order to curtail any suspicions from Nigerian fans, the people at TRACE ensure that from it’s very few collection of Naija songs on its AFRICA 10 countdown, at least one of them make it to number one.
TRACE Urban has just introduced a new one hour show called BEST OF SA HIP HOP, showing on Saturdays and Sundays. One hour of non-stop South African music, nothing on Nigeria.
Another source revealed that TRACE URBAN’s predicament may be similar to MTV base’s. MTV base also has it’s African headquarters in South Africa, and their top man Alex Okosi, a Nigerian. Word has it that Alex Okosi was also accused of using MTV base for promoting Nigerian music, many pointed to Nigeria’s continued hosting of MAMA awards as evidence. MTV’s management subsequently canned its hugely successful MAMA awards because many South African companies did not see any d viability in sponsoring it and a Nigerian company (Glo) refused to sponsor MAMA if it was not going to be hosted by Nigeria. Instead Glo decided to pitch its tent with MTV’s Big Friday show, while MTN periodically sponsors Street Request the only other Nigerian oriented show on MTV base.
For the South Africans, MTV base created a show called House warming, a one hour show, aired twice on weekends on prime time and with no major sponsors.
The only other time MTV base broadcasts an hour of Nigerian music is on 'MVP Naija' aired early morning Saturdays at about 4am when the whole of Africa is still fast asleep.
Every nation has the right to promote its music and culture to the rest of the world but there shouldn’t be a deliberate attempt to stifle other nations seen as a threat.
P-Square and their 13 man band members landed in Harare-Zimbabwe yesterday afternoon (October 11, 2012). There was chaos as Zimbabwean security personnel struggled to contain journalists and euphoric fans who were scrambling to see the duo, or to touch or talk to them.
P-Square is in Harare,Zimbabwe to headline a concert tagged Lion Lager Beer Festival this Saturday.
Enjoy pictures below.
It's feels good seeing Naija artistes wielding such star power and responses from very distant lands.
[size=13pt]WHY CHINUA ACHEBE IS STILL ANGRY Snippets from Chinua Achebe’s memoirs on Biafra-‘There was a country’, has already began to generate controversies. The most unfortunate part of this controversy is its ethnic dimension, Yoruba vs Igbo. Prominent Yoruba leaders believe that the good name of their icon Chief Obafemi Awolowo is being toiled with, while Igbo leaders feel that Professor Chinua Achebe said what needed to be said. Other Nigerians from my generation and younger are probably like ‘what the F%&&$k??’
Of course I did not experience the Biafran war but my parents did and so I have ‘indirectly’ re-lived their various war experiences. My father was born and bred in Lagos during the 1940s, he grew up on Lagos Island, Lafiaji to be precise and his mastery of the Yoruba language was and still is flawless. My mother was born in Lagos too and her Yoruba also flawless. The war broke out long before my parents even met each other but they both had distinct life changing experiences.
As at the time Biafra was declared, my father was a young banker in Lagos, a bachelor and a typical ‘Eko for show’ fun loving guy. As soon as my father noticed the suspicion his presence elicited among his Yoruba hosts he quickly moved to a new location and wait for it...changed his name. My father became known as Mr Johnson in his new location, spoke his Yoruba even more fluently and being very dark skinned no one could mistaken him for an Igbo.
But eventually, he was ‘outed’ by a former neighbour; his story is that in spite of Federal government’s stance on unity, there were some rogue ‘unknown Northern soldiers’ who were fond of rounding up Igbos in Lagos and summarily executing them. And these soldiers did come to Mr Johnson’s compound, all my Dad could remember on that fateful morning was sounds of people outside shouting, “Igbo ni wan, Igbo ni wan.” He quickly made for the back door balcony of his first floor apartment, and jumped out dislocating his right leg in the process. He then limped towards the back fence and scaled over it, still landing with the same dislocated leg. My dad describes the pain as ‘unbelievable’ but he escaped, that’s why I’m here today. He still walks with a limp till this day.
On my mother’s side, she and her family ran out of Lagos and moved to her father’s house in Port-Harcourt, thinking it was a safe haven. Port Harcourt quickly fell to Federal forces and they all moved to their ancestral home in the present Imo state. What my maternal family experienced in their own village was probably worse than all her experiences with the non-Igbos combined.
Apparently, returnee Igbos from outside the Eastern region were discriminated against by their own people. Back then, Igbos weren’t fond of building solid houses in their villages, many had built their houses in Lagos, Port Harcourt and the North. And so, as my mum and her family became penniless returnee Igbos, many people within her community who even benefitted from her family’s pre war benevolence mocked them. They said things like, “Foolish people, you all went to build houses on foreign lands, why didn’t you carry the houses on your heads and bring it over?”
The Biafran soldiers on the other hand were something else, young boys were summarily conscripted into the army. Rape by Biafran soldiers was so rampant that young girls were advised to make themselves ugly and smelly on their way to the market so that soldiers will not find them attractive.
So, as it were, the Federal government slapped Biafrans on one cheek and the Biafran authorities also slapped Biafrans on the other cheek. But the most decisive slapped ended up being the ‘food blockade’ allegedly designed and implemented by Chief Obafemi Awolowo. I heard stories of how thousands of ‘Aje butter’ Biafran children died off within weeks into the food blockade.
Chinua Achebe’s position is that this singular action eventually wiped off over two million people mainly children and can safely be termed as genocide. Those on Awolowo’s side believe that it was a ‘necessary evil’ needed to make the war end quickly; afterall, how can you feed your enemies? Giving them energy to keep on fighting you.
Both schools of thought are correct.
We have seen wars in Africa that have lasted for over fifteen years, but the Biafra war lasted for just three years. Ironically, many of the ‘long term’ wars in Africa boasted of casualties in their thousands while the Nigerian Civil war of just three years posted a ‘gallant’ figure of over two million dead.
I feel Chinua Achebe’s pains; a man that lived to see an entire promising generation wiped out right in from him. I understand Obafemi Awolowo’s stance, ‘the war just needed to end quickly so that the nation can move on.’
However, the question is, could there have been a better way to end the war? What if the ‘Aburi accord’ had been strictly adhered to? What if the South west region which today is the most vocal on the call for a sovereign national conference stood by the Eastern region back then and demanded for true federalism or con-federalism? I have never met Chinua Achebe and maybe I never will, but I’m thinking these are some of the thoughts that haunt him every day. Especially when he looks at todays Nigeria and the persistent calls for true federalism by many, including ‘descendants’ and ‘followers’ of Awolowo.
I’m an Igbo man and I guess I 'deserve' the right to be biased about this issue. However, I strongly believe that all the parties involved in the Nigerian civil war meant well for the Nigerian nation. Although, there’s a popular saying that ‘the road to hell is filled with good intentions.’
Did the deliberate food blockade on Biafra lead to a quick end to the Nigerian civil war? It did, Chief Obafemi Awolowo was right.
Did this deliberate food blockade also lead to the untimely deaths or genocide of over two million Biafrans? Yes it did. Chinua Achebe is right.
Unfortunately, many still believe that the word ‘Genocide’ is only appropriate when the instrument of death used are gas chambers, guns and machetes.
Starvation is also an instrument of death and unlike others; it’s very slow and extremely painful. [/size]
When the news of the gruesome extra judicial killing of these four UNIPORT students broke out, I initially did not appreciate the intensity of the situation. When pictures and videos flooded the internet, then I knew that we were in trouble. All of us.
My initial thoughts were; who was the fool(s) holding the camera and filming the entire event, was he/she an accomplice or an investigative freelance journalist? Surely, the gory contents on the video will assist a serious Police force in cracking this case and bringing the culprits to book. But who are the real culprits; is it just the people at the scene throwing stones, beating and setting those young men on fire? How about the person(s) catching the entire event on camera; was his/her motive to submit it as evidence to the Police or was it to gain cheap popularity on the electronic , print and social media? A normal human being would have put down that God forsaken camera and give those poor students a helping hand...at least beg on their behalf.
And the rest of us, those viewing and sharing this horrible video and pictures, shedding crocodile tears and blaming the Nigerian government for everything. Are we (the citizens) truly blameless? God forbid, if any of our loved ones was a victim, would we view this videos and pictures from beginning to end and even share the link amongst our friends and ‘blog readers’ to view?
Right now, ALUU 4 is a hot topic on social media circles, people are commenting; claim to be crying (on text). Popular blogs and news sites are following up on ‘the responses of shock and disbelieve by family and friends of the victims’. Even as the video and pictures keep going viral.
No one has risen up to say, ENOUGH of this entire charade.
To those who blame the ‘Nigerian government’ for everything, is it not members of the ‘masses’ that ganged up to commit this heinous crime? Was it the government of Nigeria? Was it NTA that filmed the whole thing and put it online? If I must blame the government, I blame them for not being able to block such offensive materials from becoming viral on the internet.
I remember several years ago when Al Qaeda fighters were fond of capturing westerners and beheading them on video. American and western governments did everything they could to stop these videos from circulating, talkless of becoming viral. During 9/11 attacks over 3,000 Americans were killed at the World Trade center How many mangled and burnt bodies of dead Americans were published for the whole world to see or wail about?
Have we lost our humanity?
Believe it or not, a lot of Nigerians have a morbid passion for viewing gory materials and shedding crocodile tears afterwards. Many struggling websites have now capitalized on it and are now using ‘ALUU 4’ to attract more viewers and ‘likes’ to their blogs. You may say 'I too' have become guilty of this,by blogging about it.
I have argued (still arguing) with a couple of my Nigerian Diaspora pals who also viewed and shared these videos while blaming the 'rot in Nigeria' for this occurrence. And I still tell them, if a westerner views this, all he sees and ends up believing is that YOUR PEOPLE ARE BARBARIANS. The westerners don’t want to know if you are not from that village or tribe, neither is he/she interested in knowing what Aso Rock is doing about the situation.
On my part, I SINCERELY call on all sane Nigerians to respect the dignity of these murdered UNIPORT students and their families. STOP circulating unclad bloody pictures of these young men to the rest of the world because this is not how their parents and loved ones want to remember them.
STOP blaming Nigeria or Nigerian government for this incident, this crime was committed by ordinary Nigerian villagers who apparently know the value of blackberrys and laptops.
Let us instead concentrate on praying for their families and following up with the police authority in ensuring that those arrested for this crime and found guilty are punished severely according to the law.
My regards to the family and friends of the victims.
When the news of the gruesome extra judicial killing of these four UNIPORT students broke out, I initially did not appreciate the intensity of the situation. When pictures and videos flooded the internet, then I knew that we were in trouble. All of us.
My initial thoughts were; who was the fool(s) holding the camera and filming the entire event, was he/she an accomplice or an investigative freelance journalist? Surely, the gory contents on the video will assist a serious Police force in cracking this case and bringing the culprits to book. But who are the real culprits; is it just the people at the scene throwing stones, beating and setting those young men on fire? How about the person(s) catching the entire event on camera; was his/her motive to submit it as evidence to the Police or was it to gain cheap popularity on the electronic , print and social media? A normal human being would have put down that God forsaken camera and give those poor students a helping hand...at least beg on their behalf.
And the rest of us, those viewing and sharing this horrible video and pictures, shedding crocodile tears and blaming the Nigerian government for everything. Are we (the citizens) truly blameless? God forbid, if any of our loved ones was a victim, would we view this videos and pictures from beginning to end and even share the link amongst our friends and ‘blog readers’ to view?
Right now, ALUU 4 is a hot topic on social media circles, people are commenting; claim to be crying (on text). Popular blogs and news sites are following up on ‘the responses of shock and disbelieve by family and friends of the victims’. Even as the video and pictures keep going viral.
No one has risen up to say, ENOUGH of this entire charade.
To those who blame the ‘Nigerian government’ for everything, is it not members of the ‘masses’ that ganged up to commit this heinous crime? Was it the government of Nigeria? Was it NTA that filmed the whole thing and put it online? If I must blame the government, I blame them for not being able to block such offensive materials from becoming viral on the internet.
I remember several years ago when Al Qaeda fighters were fond of capturing westerners and beheading them on video. American and western governments did everything they could to stop these videos from circulating, talkless of becoming viral. During 9/11 attacks over 3,000 Americans were killed at the World Trade center How many mangled and burnt bodies of dead Americans were published for the whole world to see or wail about?
Have we lost our humanity?
Believe it or not, a lot of Nigerians have a morbid passion for viewing gory materials and shedding crocodile tears afterwards. Many struggling websites have now capitalized on it and are now using ‘ALUU 4’ to attract more viewers and ‘likes’ to their blogs. You may say 'I too' have become guilty of this,by blogging about it.
I have argued (still arguing) with a couple of my Nigerian Diaspora pals who also viewed and shared these videos while blaming the 'rot in Nigeria' for this occurrence. And I still tell them, if a westerner views this, all he sees and ends up believing is that YOUR PEOPLE ARE BARBARIANS. The westerners don’t want to know if you are not from that village or tribe, neither is he/she interested in knowing what Aso Rock is doing about the situation.
On my part, I SINCERELY call on all sane Nigerians to respect the dignity of these murdered UNIPORT students and their families. STOP circulating unclad bloody pictures of these young men to the rest of the world because this is not how their parents and loved ones want to remember them.
STOP blaming Nigeria or Nigerian government for this incident, this crime was committed by ordinary Nigerian villagers who apparently know the value of blackberrys and laptops.
Let us instead concentrate on praying for their families and following up with the police authority in ensuring that those arrested for this crime and found guilty are punished severely according to the law.
My regards to the family and friends of the victims.
Please enough with the ALUU 4 thing and let the families of the affected students mourn in peace. Police have at least arrested most of the culprits. Our job now is to follow up and ensure justice is done. I even propose that the people who made that video be arrested too... Cant blame them though, Nigerians have a morbid passion for watching gory materials, and then blame government for it.
[quote author=Garri~lord]Thank you my brother!!! Dont mind them.. We have enough brains out there who can transform the country in various sectors... I dont know what MTN,ETISALAT and other big companies are waiting for to re-wake the excellent brains all over naija..... No be only Nigerian idol...na Nigerian juju..[/quote][size=13pt]If you people cant SING please just shut up. Do you know how many Nigerian music artistes have transformed the lives of ordinary people? Yes those ordinary people who work as Studio technicians,lights rentals, Camera men,Make-up artistes, Music video dancers,Choreographers,ticketing agents at concerts etc. This is how Nigeria can get transformed. You silly people should stop expecting government to knock on poor peoples homes and start dashing them money. Kudos to Idols and Etisalat.[/size]
[size=13pt]THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHRONIC WIFE BEATERS: LADIES TAKE NOTE. In my ‘short’ years as an adult male, I have met many friends and acquaintances that are or have become victims of spousal abuse. Women tend to be the recurring victims, though some men tend to be silent victims too. Is beating up a woman cool? Of course not, but what will you tell a man whose wife has just poured him hot boiling water after an argument in the kitchen? Anyway, for today’s blog, it’s about helping women lookout for certain traits, and understand why some men become chronic wife beaters.
b]He is a Mama’s boy:[/b] A lot of ‘Mama’s boys’, Mummy’s pets or ‘Nwa mamas’ as we call them in Igbo land grow up to become wife beaters. These categories of men have all through their lives been told or made to believe that they are a special breed by their mothers. When they go out into the real world, the heterosexuals amongst them (Yes, many of them end up gay) expect all women to treat them the way and manner ‘mummy’ did. When they find a woman with certain qualities resembling their mothers, they quickly rush to marry her. Trouble starts in their matrimonial home when or if ‘he’ observes that his wife no longer gives him that ‘special’ treatment and attention he’d been used to from his mummy. Most times it’s not his wife’s fault as she could be preoccupied with her job, pregnancy or a baby. Whenever abused women report such husbands to their mother-in laws, hardly will the mother in-law caution or call her son to order; rather she’ll constantly beg and apologize for her son’s abusive behavior.
They don’t have friends, ‘correct’ male friends: As a lady, if you ever meet a guy that does not have close male friends of substance, please run for your dear life. Substance here means friends that are confident, sociable, educated, God-fearing and prosperous. The emphasis here is on ‘close’ friends not just acquaintances. A lot of men have acute self confidence issues, and when they can’t handle it, they withdraw to their shells and become lone rangers. Those who choose not to become lone rangers still try to maintain friends but end up as a ‘docile buddy’ i.e. that guy that every other person in his circle of friends take advantage of, ride on or look down upon. When such a man finds you (the woman), he will surely abandon all his friends and stick to you. Hoping to use your presence, commitment and love to build his self confidence. Such men are cowardly because they normally cannot stand up to other men outdoors. But the moment you deviate or behave in a manner reminiscent of the subjugation he experiences outside, he will descend on you. Men like that will beat their wives and still beg afterwards due to their chronic fear of being left alone and knowing fully well that no one else would have them.
He is an overtly faithful husband: Now this point is surely the most controversial but take it from me, most chronic wife beaters are faithful husbands, they hardly sleep around. This behaviour sometimes contributes to the intensity of their violent behaviour. Sociable, extrovert (sometimes cheating) husbands are less likely to beat up their wives at home. Whenever their wives give them stress, they’ll most likely go hangout at a bar somewhere with their friends till late evening, preferring to come back home late night when their wives are fast asleep. Heck, they may even keep a mistress or two, just to cool off from their nagging wives. But a chronic wife beater has no real quality friends, chances of even keeping a mistress are zero (because he can’t beat her anyhow), all his energy is transmitted towards his submissive wife. And the moment he develops an iota of suspicion of infidelity by his wife, all hell breaks loose and could lead to murder.
He is an ‘over’ jealous boyfriend: A little bit of jealousy is healthy in any relationship. But when a man becomes too jealous and over protective over his woman, he will SURELY beat her into submission when he feels he’s on the verge of losing her. As a boyfriend, he’s eager to know all his woman’s male acquaintances; she receives a phone call from ANY male caller and he desperately wants to know who it is. Such a man suffers from acute insecurities and feels that other men are better than him. His woman is a prized possession and he must keep and protect her from all predators even if he must ‘whip’ her back into line like herdsmen do to their cattle.
Sudden Success: Tales abound of poor and struggling couples who lived happily during periods of lack but with prosperity came chaos. As usual the man tends to be the main culprit here but sometimes even women are culpable. A woman clings to her low class struggling man, she supports him with all she has and encourages him to aim higher. The man in question is a hardworking loner, no social life, no real friends, limited self confidence but he manages to keep faith with his career path. Favour suddenly smiles at him and he becomes successful, rich and famous. Naturally success has many fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, friends and lovers; and the man gets it all. He’s no longer shy nor needs to make any effort to woo people, people approach him instead. Women give themselves freely to him, now he’s on top of the social food chain. The only reminder to his horrid past is his ‘poor’ wife back home and there’s no longer room for her in his newly discovered self. When the wife, in frustration and agony confronts him and reminds him of where he’s coming from, he beats her up. Eventually, he ends up showing her the door so as to make room for fresh blood. As the saying goes, “Out with the old, in with the new.”
Shit Happens: Some men are just naturally messed up in the head and there’s no logical explanation as to why they would roll up their sleeves and beat up their women.
[size=13pt]TOCHUKWU’S NIGERIA: LAND OF ‘PIGS AND MONEY’ As Nigeria celebrates her 52nd independence anniversary, the usual circus of opinions on the pro and cons of Nigeria will rule the airwaves for the next couple of days. The very vocal minority will tell you that there’s nothing to celebrate about Nigeria, making reference to our huge basket of problems ranging from corruption, insecurity, poverty, electricity etc. The majority will most likely have an indifferent mixed attitude; some will display unusual optimistic-patriotic zeal wishing Nigeria well, while others, a host of others are more concerned about the price of Garri, Bread, Petrol or Pork.
Yes, PORK. Many Nigerians don’t see any reason to celebrate Nigeria at 52 but for Tochukwu Ikpegbu, there is no place like Nigeria. Nigeria is land of opportunities, a land flowing with ‘Pigs and Money’.
The story of Tochukwu Ikpegbu starts with that of an Abia based unemployed mechanical engineering graduate who took his CV to the nooks and cranny of urban Nigeria, yet no job. Like many frustrated young men, visiting beer parlours periodically helped in cooling the nerves. On this fateful evening, Tochukwu went for his regular dose of beer with ‘Asun’ (spiced goat meat) but was surprisingly served with spiced barbecued pork instead. The bar woman appealed to Tochukwu to give it a try, he did and he was hooked.
Tochukwu’s business acumen began to tick as he made further enquiries as to the supply source of his customer’s pork meat. Tochukwu was astonished when he discovered that a large percentage of pork being sold at the bar and in most parts of Eastern Nigeria came from the North of the country, a largely Muslim region. He was even told that most of the major pig farmers where Muslims too, they don’t eat pork but they raise pigs and ship it all down South. Tochukwu saw this as a huge business opportunity; he quickly converted part of his father’s village compound in Umuahia-Abia State into a pig farm starting off with twenty five pigs.
This was about six years ago. Today, Tochukwu’s farm in Abia State boasts of over five hundred pigs, and he has become a formidable supplier of pork in Eastern Nigeria. Of course he’s seriously smiling to the bank too. Tochukwu Ikpegbu is on the verge of launching a product line of packaged processed pork called Prime Pork. With the growth of large retail stores in Nigeria and the impending onslaught of Wal-Mart and Shoprite in most Nigerian cities, Tochukwu is certainly on the road to adding more zeros to his account balance.
My first encounter with Tochukwu Ikpegbu was inspiring; his patriotic zeal is infectious. This guy believes in Nigeria like no mans business, he also believes in Agriculture. As far as Tochukwu is concerned, Agriculture is the easiest way out of poverty; “the market is constant”, he said, “People MUST eat, no story.”
Tochukwu Ikpegbu won the award for ‘Entrepreneur of the year’ at the just concluded Nigeria Future awards 2012.[/size]
WHY I LOVE DAME PATIENCE JONATHAN If she wasn’t the wife of the most powerful man in Nigeria today-Yes, like it or not, Goodluck Jonathan is currently the most powerful man in Nigeria, drunken or not, clueless or ‘clue’ful’. But imagine a different dimension, a counter reality where a certain Patience Faka is written off as an ‘Mgbeke’ (village girl). She’d probably be a semi-literate housewife, the type that stays home to cook, clean and wait for her kids to return home from school. Her children would probably enjoy the comical experience of having ‘mormy’ help them with home-work, especially when ‘mormy’ says, “U for ‘Umblerra’.” In this other dimension, her husband would be a more educated civil servant who comes home from work, eats and watches the television all evening. Any domestic arguments between these two will probably end with the husband saying, “Sharraaap there, what do you know? Bush woman like you.”
Back to today’s reality, our ‘Mgbeke’ is not the house wife of a struggling civil servant; she is the first lady, wife of the President of Africa’s most populous country. Fortunately or unfortunately, not a few Nigerians feel that the first lady’s ‘village attributes’ apparently never left her. And now she ends up being mocked or taunted for almost any English sentence she utters-that’s the unfortunate part. The Fortunate part is that this woman, in spite of her oratory deficiencies highlighted by many, is not abashed, always ready to make her voice heard and she’s done pretty well at that.
Very few Nigerian women can match Dame Patience Jonathan’s ‘Women mobilizing skills’. During the run up to the April 2011 elections, she managed to engage the local women in many constituencies, and won them over to her husband’s side. These local women ended up being a very significant percentage of the voting electorate. Her husband ended up winning the elections in a near land slide victory-over 60% of votes cast. The performance of her husband thus far as President is another topic for another day.
For those of us that are Christians and derive inspiration from the holy Bible, there’s this line that says, “He who finds a wife, finds a good thing.” I ‘somehow’ understand this line to mean that when a man gets married, his wife becomes or should become a blessing to him. The wife plays the role of a help-mate, partner, lover, mother, sister and everything. In order words, the wife, the good wife is meant to walk with her husband and support him until he fulfils his destiny.
Many of Patience Jonathan’s critics, those who mock her for her sometimes awkward use of the English language are married too. But one thing sets Dame Patience Jonathan and her critics apart; she is the FIRST LADY while they or their wives are not. Her husband is the President while they or their husbands or wives are not - most will never be.
This village girl, stood by her more educated husband, campaigned for him and watched him rise from obscurity to become, deputy-Governor, Governor, acting-President and now President. Can anyone ever say that young ‘Bobo Jona’ did not find a good thing when he said, “I do” to Patience Faka, many years ago?
Lots of Nigerian men are or have been married too; they married sexy young women that speak English better than the Queen of England. Their wives have flat tummies, lovely figures, confident and certainly know how to pronounce ‘Umbrella”. But they have not become Presidents yet-some might, most will not. Doesn’t mean they are not or won’t be successful in other areas though.
Most yuppie-young Geez of my generation cannot be caught dead with a ‘Patience Jonathan-type’ girlfriend (We call them Razz), talk less of taking her to the altar. We’d rather go for the sweet sexy talker, Brazilian hair carrier and Blackberry pingers. Even though such fast women may end up leaving us heartbroken, pocket broken and any other ‘broken’ scenario you can think off.
Anyways, I heard the first Lady has not been doing too well lately-health wise and I sincerely wish her a speedy recovery from the bottom of my heart. I really do love her, I like the President too!
This post is dedicated her. Get well dear, Nothing do you!
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YOUNG NIGERIAN ON-AIR PERSONALITIES: A CONFLICT OF ACCENTS.
As a child growing up in the 1980s and early 1990s, the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and its affiliates such as FRCN were the only source of media broadcast entertainment for most Nigerians. Even though we had limited options of what to watch on TV or listen to on radio, government-owned television and radio stations of yester years paraded an elite group of top quality ‘On-Air’ Personalities (OAP). A rare occurrence that seems to be vanishing in today’s Nigerian broadcast media.
Nigerian on-air personalities of old displayed utmost professionalism and what I would call ‘extreme Nigerianness’. From the day I began to comprehend English words and join my parents to watch NTA news, I can still recall the articulation of TV presenters like Frank Olize, Ruth Benamaisia, Elizabeth Nze, Tokunbo Ajai and Sienna Razak Lawal to name a few. There was something about them; the way they spoke-good English with distinct Nigerian accents. When you heard their voices on air, it was clear, composed, great diction and above all they sounded very Nigerian.
Fast forward to this day, Nigeria now boasts of a vibrant, liberalized, private sector-led electronic media industry. Private TV and radio stations now litter our landscape. Today, it’s easier to get an OAP job in most private radio stations, at least in Lagos than it was years ago. The criterion is simple, Television for instance: Look good, have confidence and be able to speak with an international accent. For radio, you don’t have to look good, just have a good voice, some confidence and again speak with an international accent.
These days no one is exactly sure of which accent is in vogue-British or American. Many young Nigerian OAPs have simply merged both accents to produce a hybrid foreign accent that now seems to have evolved and gotten a life of its own.
A comical twist to this scenario is that female OAPs tend to strive harder to speak with a foreign accent than their male counter parts. All you need do is tune into any private radio station in Lagos and observe; male presenters are more likely to speak with an obvious Nigerian accent while the females do their thing and add all the ‘yah’ in between every sentence. You hear things like, “As I was saying, yah, we need to...yah.” A somewhat awkward setting is when you tune in and stumble on two young female presenters co-anchoring a show; it becomes a subtle battle of ‘my foneh beta pass Ur own’.
When you go back to the television arena, it becomes even worse, sometimes ridiculous. I don’t normally like to name names (yeah right) but if you have access to Soundcity TV and you’ve watched recent episodes of their Top 10 Nigeria count down, then you ‘might’ understand what I’m talking about. These young TV presenters both male and female, in addition to giving themselves silly nicknames, struggle throughout the duration of their show to deliver and sustain their yet to be defined foreign accents. It gets so bad that many times you no longer understand what they are trying to say, or why both of them suddenly burst into laughter.
There are genuine cases were some of these OAP were actually raised abroad but they are in the minority. What we have in most cases are people who spent most of their lives in Nigeria, travelled overseas for about six months, return to Nigeria and start the accent thing.
However, it’s not gloomy all round as we still have lots of OAPs that are keeping it real; though they tend to be older-thirty five years of age and above, or veterans.
Then we have the radio sportscasters, a very noisy but energetic bunch. Still very Nigerian in their accents and all, but can someone please explain to me why they all love to insert the phrase “I tell you” intermittently during their sports commentaries?
Oh well, what do I know? Me and my chronic Igbo accent!
So you start a music video with footages from Nigeria’s civil war history, from there you transport the audience to modern day Nigeria. A Nigeria that is yet to recover from its civil war past; a place where most of her citizens live in pitiful squalor. Butt naked children bathing in dirty water, desperate men and women angry with the government for failing them many years after the war. This is the core message an average American or any other ignorant westerner will digest out of Rick Ross’ - Hold me back Nigeria version.
In fairness to Rick Ross, both official and unofficial statistics do tell us that at least sixty percent of Nigerians live on less than $2 a day. True as this may sound, it’s noteworthy that the bulk of our ‘less than $2 a day’ Nigerians don’t live in Lagos slums-most of them reside in hinterland rural areas. And believe it or not, these rural areas most times (except in Oil producing zones) offer a more comfortable, picturesque and nature friendly habitat. They may not have electricity or pipe borne water but they are ‘getting by’. Most of them are farmers, and so when you pity them because they live on less than $2 a day which is an equivalent of about 300 Naira, you forget something.
In those Nigerian rural communities, a basket of staple crops, fresh from the farm and enough to feed a family of three could cost about 100 Naira, less than $1. In the deep North of Nigeria, many of those also considered poor by western standards are nomadic herdsmen who own herds of cattle each with a market value of well over $600, true story. In the final analysis, poverty remains a relative term. To many African cultures, wealth is still determined by the number of wives, children, cattle or farmland at ones disposal. The ability to procure an ipad or access to state welfare services cannot be used as a yardstick to judge the well being of ALL rural Africans.
As the western world continues to dwell on Nigeria’s 60% desperately poor folks, can we at least give a hi-five to the other 40% of Nigerians who have worked hard to overcome extreme poverty against all odds?
From an estimated Nigerian population of 160 million, I’m talking about the 64 million Nigerians that have excelled in business, commerce, entertainment and fashion to name a few. I’m talking about those Nigerians who have successfully built small, medium and large scale enterprises at home and abroad. I’m making reference to those Nigerians who have emerged as the single most educated immigrant population in Rick Ross’s own country. These are the Nigerians that are truly angry with Rick Ross’s Hold me back (Nigeria) video.
We accept that Nigerian governments have failed woefully at providing purposeful leadership, fifty two years after independence. However, some of us also believe that Nigeria is OURS to build and not for corrupt politicians alone. This other 40% of Nigerians are proud, confident, sometimes arrogant or whatever, but they are the ones that invited Rick Ross to Nigeria. They paid his fees, watched his stage performances and took good care of him during his stay in Nigeria. Courtesy demands that a guest shows appreciation to a benevolent host by commending their etiquette, not by resulting to slander.
A considerable number of African Americans are an ignorant bunch, still thinking that their native African cousins live on trees. A role model like Rick Ross could have at least explained to his people that he DID NOT visit Nigeria on a humanitarian mission but for a commercially successful ‘Summer Jam concert’.
Finally, I did not fancy that part in the video where these 'Maybach peeps' made a little kid run on water towards their speed boat, just to hand him a Dollar (or Naira) note?
So, Nigerians are that poor and desperate?
I challenge Rick Ross to publicly throw a bunch of crisp Dollar bills onto the banks of New York’s Hudson River and let’s see what happens.
Hello, I just noticed that some of my favorite DSTv channels have dissappeared. I cant find Nickelodeon,Bloomberg, Inspiration and EWTn any more. Any dstv subscriber out there facing the same thing?
I was quite disappointed by an article I read recently on the UK Guardian credited to Nigeria’s upcoming young author Chibundu Onuzo titled 'Nigeria’s hollow dream'. For those who don’t know Chibundu Onuzo,her first novel ‘the spider king’s daughter’ was a critically acclaimed success story. This 21 year old lady has a bright future ahead of her in the literary world; that is if she decides to take research more seriously before putting words on paper.
Chibundu’s article on UK Guardian talked about her recent visit to Nigeria after a seven year stay at ‘obodo oyibo’. Her write up was engaging and did give some true account of a lot of Nigeria’s huge challenges. BUT unfortunately, in order to add ‘jara’ to her article or perhaps impress the British editors of the UK Guardian, Chibundu adopted certain hurtful and callous exaggerations.
What worsened the whole thing (in my opinion) is that this was coming from a young lady that was born and bred in Nigeria. If Chibundu was an ‘Akata’ born and raised overseas, I would have forgiven her.
Excerpts from Chinundu Onuzo article told the world that in today’s Nigeria, a burger costs an equivalent of £30. She also told them that at last years FELA on Broadway show held in Lagos, the cheapest ticket was pegged at £100.
Please, I could be wrong but if ANY Nigerian out there has ever spent N7,600 on ONE Burger and N25,000 for a regular seat at FELA’s broadway show in Lagos last year, PLEASE, I’ld like to meet you.
I did respond to Chibundu Onuzo’s article via the comments section and also on her facebook page. Dont know if she ever got to read it. Here’s what I posted:
"I just read your piece on the Guardian UK titled 'Nigeria's Hollow dream'- September 2nd 2012. In as much as I admire your writing skills, I urge you to endeavour to research properly in future. How can you tell your British/European host society that a piece of 'dry’ burger in Nigeria costs £30 (N7,600-at N254 to one British pound))? Where in Nigeria? I'm still hoping that was a typographical error, maybe you meant £3?
At KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) outlets in Lagos, a meal comprising of Burger, Chips with a 50cl drink goes for about N1,300 that's like £5. And it's still considered too expensive by average Nigerian standards. You are a good writer but please don't join the league of African Diaspora writers that always try to 'impress' their western hosts or employers by exaggerating Africa's challenges to ridiculous heights.
At the end of the day, your European hosts will always consider YOU and your type (Black Africans) as one of us. So, whenever you romantically tell them how terrible Nigeria is, they will always end up seeing NIGERIA in YOU.
It seems every business Jimoh Ibrahim touches ends up in the toilet. Global Fleet, NN24 and now Air Nigeria. My question is how does this Jimoh Ibrahim man keep emerging as MD/CEO of huge Nigerian companies? I heard he's even in charge of NICON. Who is he fvcking, or who is fvcking him?
The core North as a region opted to commit suicide ever since it lost out on the Nigerian power equation handed over to them by Britain. Boko Haram was created as a bargaining tool for the core-North to ride its way back into political reckoning. Unfortunately,other regions did not give in to this blackmail, and BH now abandoned by its initial sponsors has run mad. Yes, the core of Boko Haram initially thought that their sponsors were truly interested in the propagation of ISLAM. Now BH has realized that all their sponsors were only interested in 2015 presidency. How do Northern leaders(sponsors) now want to dialogue with BH and get them to surrender after BH has sacrificed many of its members as suicide bombers? What will BH leaders say to the families of these suicide bombers who thought they died for 'Allah'? This is the true situation inside the Boko Haram camp. As such,several factions now exist and FG is trying to dialogue with a potent faction. Regardless of how this ends, the core Northern region remains the biggest loser.
NBC has not banned anything o...it's a f..king rumor even if they did,it will only affect free to air stations. Most free to air stations already do not play many hit Naija music videos.
CHANNEL O MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2012 NIGERIAN ARTISTES BAG 17 NOMINATIONS
The Channel O MVA 2012 is here again and as always Nigerian artistes have shown their music dominance on the African continent. Well, except for South Africa (Channel O’s home country). Nigeria artistes showed class and got nominated in almost all categories except for those limited to specific regions.
The annual Channel O Music Video Awards has grown to become Channel O’s signature event. 2012 will see the awards taking place on Saturday, 17th November at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, bringing the Channel O Music Video Awards to Soweto for the first time.
Please vote for our Naija Artistes, and barring any ‘South African wayo’, our artistes should come home with a handsome collection of awards.
Here are the nominations as it concerns Nigeria.
Most Gifted Male Video: - Khuli Chana ft Notshi: Tswa Daar (Sputh Africa) - PRO: Makasana (South Africa) - Big Nelo: Sente O Beat (Angola) - D’Banj: Oliver Twist (Nigeria) - AY ft Romeo & Lamyia: Speak with your body (Tanzania)
Most Gifted Female Video: - Zahara: Loliwe (South Africa) - Lizha James ft Perola: Leva Boy (Mozambique) - Tiwa Savage: Love me x 3 (Nigeria) - Mo’Cheddah ft Phenom: See me (Nigeria) - Keko ft Madtraxx: Make you Dance (Kenya/Uganda)
Most Gifted Newcomer Video: - Toya Delazy: Pump it Up (South Africa) - Davido: Dami Duro (Nigeria) - EL: Turn the Lights Down (Ghana) - Camp Mulla ft Collo: Party Dont Stop (Kenya) - Donald: I Deserve (South Africa)
Most Gifted Duo, Group or Featuring Video: - Mi Casa: Heavenly Sent (South Africa/Portugal) - Liquideep: Still (South Africa) - Buffalo Soulja ft Cabo Snoop: Styra Inonvengesa (Zimbabwe/Angola) - P Square ft Akon,May D: Chop My Money (Nigeria / Senegal) - Camp Mulla: Fresh All Day (Kenya)
Most Gifted Dance Video: - Davido: Dami Duro (Nigeria) - Dj Zinhle ft Busiswa: My name is (South Africa) - Dj Cleo: Facebook (South Africa) - OS 3 ft Tchoboly: Mokongo (Angola) - Bucie: Get Over it (South Africa) - CPWAA: Hmmm (Tanzania)
Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall Video: - Buffalo Soulja ft Cabo Snoop (Zimbabwe/Angola) - Orezi: Booty Bounce (Nigeria) - HHP ft Lutan Fyah & Omar Retnu: Baheitane rmx (South Africa) - Ice Prince ft Gyptian: Magician remix (Nigeria/Jamaica) - Wyre: Dancehall Party (Kenya)
Most Gifted Afro Pop Video: - Jozi: Ugologo (South Africa) - Dj Sbu ft Zahara: Lengoma (South Africa) - Gal Level ft Toniks: Money (Namibia) - Brymo: Ara (Nigeria) - Maurice Kirya: I don’t want to fight (Uganda)
Most Gifted Kwaito Video: (I’m not Interested)
Most Gifted R&B Video: - Lizha James ft Perola: Leva Boy (Mozambique) - 2Face: Be There (Nigeria) - Habida ft Cannibal: My Reason (Kenya) - Flavour ft Tiwa Savage: Oyi (Nigeria) - Lloyd Cele: Hero (South Africa)
Most Gifted Hip Hop Video: - Khuli Chana ft Notshi: Tswa Daar (South Africa) - L-Tido: Smash (South Africa) - Ice Prince: Superstar (Nigeria) - M.Anifest: Makaa Maka (Ghana) - K’Naan ft Nas (Somalia/US)
Most Gifted African South Video: (e no consign me)
Most Gifted African West Video: - D-Black ft Mo’Cheddah: Falling (Ghana/Nigeria) - Wizkid: Pakurumo (Nigeria) - Sarkodie ft Obrafour: Saa Okodie No (Ghana) - Naeto C: I Gentle (Nigeria) - Wande coal: Private Trips[b](Nigeria)[/b]
Most Gifted African East Video (***skip***)
Most Gifted Video of the Year: - Khuli Chana ft Notshi: Tswa Daar (South Africa) - Big Nelo: Sente O Beat (Angola) - D’Banj: Oliver Twist (Nigeria) - AY ft Romeo & Lamyia: Speak with your body (Tanzania) - Lizha James ft Perola: Leva Boy (Mozambique) - Toya Delazy: Pump it On (South Africa) - Camp Mulla: Fresh All Day (Kenya) - Dj Zinhle ft Busiswa: My name is (South Africa) - Brymo: Ara (Nigeria) - Sarkodie ft Obrafour: Saa okodie No (Ghana)
There's nothing wrong in online dating,the only thing is that whenever u decide to meet ur partners physically,pre cautions must be taken. I.e: Ladies,if u must see ur online love,ensure HE is the one that comes over to visit u. When he does come, introduce him to family and friends. If u must go visit him, let ur first few meetings be at a very public place.
[size=13pt]Is it not a shame that in January 2012 when FG removed fuel subsidy, Countless civil society groups and opposition parties converged in Ojota and protested. They blew countless grammar calling on FG to prosecute subsidy cabals and all.
Today, Oil cabals that are on the verge of facing prosecution have manipulated NUPENG,NLC and co. Labour unions are now protesting on behalf of Oil marketers that have a case to answer on subsidy fraud. Abuja residents have faced serious hardships this past week owing to the strike by oil marketers. Everyone knows what is happening but no one is talking. Save Nigeria Group- QUIET ACN- QUIET Campaign for democracy-QUIET Seun & Femi Kuti- QUIET Femi Falana- QUIET
At the end of the day isn't it obvious that both our leaders,opposition and civil society are a bunch of unserious people?[/size]
Forget the critisms you see on Nairaland,when the chips are down MOST Nigerians are madly in love with Nigeria. It's something other foreigners cannot understand or explain. They see us fight,argue,insult and sometimes kill each other but when another country stands in Nigeria's way, you see Nigerians unite and attack such countries. My cousin based in Nairobi even told me that many Kenyans had walked up to him and said they wish they were Nigerian
[quote author=Mr. Globe]Inasmuch as am not a fan of Nigerian music but soundtrack by mayD has one of the greatest beat by any Nigerian music ever!!!!!!!!! however I think ethnic differences might have something to do with his dropping. Maybe he didn't show enough loyalty to his masters[/quote]Oh, so the Okoyes just found out that May D was yoruba? Your head correct at all?
9jadelta: Inferior nanamu Wetin rick ross dey sing wey psquare never Becos he is from american doesn't make him another Jesus . So STFU
Dont be silly, our top Nigerian artistes also recieve this type of attention from their fans here in Nigeria,Uk and in many African countries. Saw a documentry on Psquare's recent concerts in Cameroun, and i dont think the Camerounian President enjoys the type of reception Psquare got from the fans. My point is that you have no point.
Music/Radio › Reason Why Many Nigerian Artistes Shoot Their Videos In SA. by publisher(op): 9:36pm On Nov 07, 2012
