₦airaland Forum

MrCork:
. See yor head like baby donkey.. Did i ask u?...are u light skin?.. U been to London?

....and then u complain u cant find man on nairaland!

Do u realise she is light skin??

With a haul of eight top awards from a record 17
nominations, The Nation was the toast of the industry at the weekend in Owerri, the Imo State capital. It was all at the 22nd Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) at the International Convention Centre.
The newspaper proved that it parades some of the
best commentators in the industry, with Editorial
Board member Steve Osuji emerging the Columnist
of the Year. Editor Gbenga Omotoso was runner-up
in this category.
Investigations Desk head Adekunle Yusuf won the
Olagunsoye Oyinlola Prize for Culture and Tradition
Reporter of the Year and the Chevron Nigeria Prize
for Oil and Gas Reporter of the Year. He won the
Culture and Tradition Prize with a story titled “Help,
Nigerian languages are disappearing!” published on
November 13, 2013. His story, “How Nigeria lost $11b to vandalism and theft” won the Oil and Gas Prize.
Yusuf, who joined this newspaper last year, also won a third prize as the Cecil King Memorial Prize for Print Journalist of the Year with an entry published by his former employer, TELL. His sterling achievements caught the attention of the host governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, who rewarded him with an additional N500,000 cash.
Yusuf, earlier in the year, won the Promasidor Prize
in the Industry reporting category and was
sponsored for a course on Digital Journalism at the
Pan-Atlantic University.
Okorocha also rewarded Assistant Editor Muyiwa
Lucas with N500,000 cash for winning three
awards with stories published by his former
employer, Tell. Anthony Akaeze of Tell also got part
of this largesse. Though he won two awards,
Okorocha said he was including him on the list for
being an Imo indigene.
Serial award winner, an Assistant Editor Olatunji
Ololade , who a fortnight ago won the CNN African
Journalist of the Year award in the health and
medical reporting category, got two awards.
His “Kalakuta Republic: A decade after” published on October 26 won the Olu Aboderin Prize for
Entertainment Reporter of the Year. He also won the
Gani Fawehinmi Prize for Human Rights Reporter of
the Year with his “Fractured lives”, published on
September 14, 2013.
A Senior Correspondent on the Judiciary Desk,
Joseph Jibueze, was runner-up to Ololade.
The reigning Golden Pen Reporter of the Year, Seun
Akioye, also did this newspaper proud, emerging
winner in two key categories. Akioye emerged the
Alex Ibru Investigative Reporter of the Year, with his
entry, “Money, money everywhere, yet flood pains
remain”, which traced how donations made by
governments and philanthropists after the last major flood in the country was spent. He also emerged winner of the NAFCON Prize for Environment Reporter of the Year. His entry, “Even the rich envy us the way we live”, was published on April 20, 2013. Akioye won the Golden Pen Reporter of the Year with the same story.
In August, Akioye emerged the winner of
international environment award, the WASH Media
Award organised by the Water Supply & Sanitation
Collaborative Council (WSSCC), Geneva and the
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). The
award was presented during the World Water Week in Stockholm.
Akioye also clinched the third position at the Hala
Nigeria Story Contest on Friday. The contest was
organised by the International Centre for Journalists
(ICFJ) a non- profit organisation that advances quality journalism worldwide with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The contest : “Hala Nigeria: Many Voices, Better
Lives,” is designed to increase public engagement
and amplify citizen voices in health news. The
project, which means “Speak Out, Nigeria,” focused
on the use of new digital tools to spur citizen
engagement, promote data-driven reporting to take
advantage of Nigeria’s new open data movement,
organize public events around key health issues, and engage citizen journalists to expand coverage into neglected regions.
The Nation also clinched the Maritime Reporter of
the Year Award. Maritime Correspondent and past
NMMA winner in Agriculture Reporting category
Oluwakemi Dauda, shrugged off the challenge from
The Guardian’s Moses Ebosele and Nigeria Today’s
Rotimi Williams to clinch the prize.
This newspaper’s reporters were also finalists in
other categories. Collins Nweze was runner-up in the Banking and Finance category. Innocent Duru was runner-up in the Feature Writing Category, which went to this newspaper’s Deputy Political Editor Raymond Mordi, who won with an entry from his former employer, Tell.
Assistant Editor Lucas Ajanaku was also runner-up in the Telecommunication Reporter of the Year
category, which was won by Isioma Madike with an
entry from his former employer, Sunday Mirror.
A senior cartoonist with this newspaper, Muyiwa
Adetula, was also runner-up in the Nnamdi Azikwe
Prize for Cartoonist of the Year.
The Nation’s performance is an improvement on last year’s record when it won six top awards, including Newspaper of the Year.
Omotoso won the Dele Giwa Prize for Editor of the
Year. The Editorial Board, which has won laurels for
its editorials on critical issues, won the prize for
Editorial Writing. Assistant Editor (News) Olukorede
Yishau won the Intercontinental Bank Prize for
Capital Market Reporter of the Year. Assistant Editor
(Investigations) Joke Kujenya clinched the Peter Odili Prize for Power Reporter of the Year and Senior Correspondent Nweze won the UBA Prize for Money Market Reporter of the Year.
Two other Assistant Editors – Sina Fadare and
Chikodi Okereocha – got the Etisalat Prize for Most
Innovative Reporter of the Year and Buba Marwa
Prize for Defence Reporter of the Year. Though with
The Nation, both won with stories published by their former employers, National Mirror and Tell. This newspaper’s Brands Correspondent and reigning winner of the Schneider Prize for Electrical
Counterfeiting in Africa, Adedeji Ademigbuji, was
runner-up in the Brands and Marketing category as
well as the CSR Reporting category for entries
published by his former employer, National Mirror.
Editor of the Year was won by Martin Ayankola of The Punch. The Newspaper of the Year was also won by The Punch. Tell was declared Magazine of the Year. The Business Publication of the Year is BusinessDay.
The Prize for the Ernest Sisei Ikoli Prize for the
Newspaper Reporter of the Year was won by
ThisDay’s Features Editor Adeola Akinremi, a past
winner of NMMA and DAME.
Other winners are: Bashorun MKO Abiola Prize for
Sports Reporter of the Year – Anthony Akaeze (BSJ):
Lateef Jakande Prize for Political Reporter of the Year- Gbenga Ogundare (National Standard);Peter Odili Prize for Power Reporter of the Year – Sulaimon Olanrewaju (Tribune); Ibrahim Shekarau Prize for Education Reporter of the Year Akaeze Anthony (BSJ); Keystone Prize for CSR Reporter of the Year Muyiwa Lucas (BSJ); Conoil Prize for Energy Correspondent of the Year Adedayo Oketola (The Punch); News Photographer of the Year Olaoluwa Chris Mimiola (Tribune). Olusegun Mimiko Prize for Foreign News Reporter of the Year Gesinde Oluseyi Opeyemi (Tribune); Adamu Muazu Prize for Tourism Reporter of the Year, Olapade Matthew (Tribune). IGI Prize for Insurance Reporter of the Year, Helen Eni (BSJ).
Union Bank Prize for Banking and Finance Reporter
of the Year, Amodu Adebayo Joseph (Newswatch).
Intercontinental Bank Prize for Capital Market
Reporter of the Year, Nnorom Nkiruka Eucharia
(Vanguard). Aviation Industry Reporter of the Year,
Olumuyiwa Lucas (Tell). UBA Prize for Money Market Reporter of the Year, Tunde Niyi-Akinmade
(Newswatch); Coca-Cola Prize for Brand and
Marketing Reporter of the Year, Omoike Amina
Omokhefue (Newswatch); BAT Prize for Industry
Reporter of the Year, Olumuyiwa Lucas (Tell). Sonny
Odogwu Prize for Business Reporter of the Year,
Tony Manuaka (BSJ). Nigerite Prize for Real Estate/
Construction Reporter of the Year, Azuh Maureen
(The Punch). Nnamdi Azikwe Prize for Cartoonist of
the Year, Cornelius Emenike (National Mirror).
Beatrice Bassey Ita Prize for Female Reporter of the
Year, Juliana Uche-Okobi (Tell). Prize for Editorial
Writing of the Year (The Guardian).

The winners in the broadcast categories are: Radio
Reporter of the Year, (Adebayo Solomon of FRCN
Abuja); Radio Presenter of the Year (Pepple Ibifubara of FRCN Network); George Bako Prize for Radio
Broadcaster of the Year Jones Usen of Radio
Continental; Radio Production of the Year (Yewande
Iwuoha of Raypower); Radio Programme of the Year
(Dominician Nwabufo of VON); Television Reporter of the Year (Ayoola Kazeem of Channels).
The others are: Television Newscaster of the Year
(Oluseun Olagunju of NTA); Television Programme
Presenter (Yvonne Bassey of DSTV/AfricaMagic);
Television Production of the Year (Ozioma Godwin
Okoli); Television Drama of the Year (Greg Odutayo);
Television Station of the Year (Channels) and Radio
Station of the Year (RayPower).

SOURCE: thenationonlineng.net/new/the-nation-wins-eight-awards-at-nmma/

Really this is an Amazining Album.. Jus don't know why its not gettin enough media hype

cao:
Dracula Untold did make sense, it's one of those that had the potential to suck really badly, but it didn't.

Watched Interstellar on Friday.

Wow that's fast..Intersteller is still fresh oo. Like last week or so..read abt it on Rotton tomatoes and u already seen it..am impressed

Fourcade:
Okay Sir,
Would love to know your collections too .

@OohMpa
I would pm you whenever i'm around.

I used to av albums bt ma computer suddenly crashed .. So all albums gone. So I wud need to start a coillection all over again

infobiz9ja:
.

U don join them? SBN!

190:
I norminate myself

U keh!!!
Hope u are not trying to pull a 'julius Agwu'

ALBUM: TABULA RASA
ARTISTE: BRYMO
Tabula Rasa is a Latin term which means “Clean
Slate”, a metaphoric phrase for a fresh start, and
Brymo has desperately been in need of a fresh start
following the recent troubles his career has faced.
After the release of his last album, Merchant,
Dealers and Slaves, the court injunctions stopping
the sales of the album affected the circulation of the
album, and made Brymo take a forced Hiatus from
the scene. However, Brymo announced this new
album with the single “ Fe Mi” released in September
2014. Brymo presents his fourth studio album, a gift
to all lovers of good music.
Tabula Rasa is an 11-track masterpiece of auditory
art, a delight to people who value and appreciate
good music, with deep meaning, and messages. The
well produced album is a fine combination of
premium instrumentals, stellar lyricism, with mixing
and mastering that is nothing short of world class.

Brymo begins this amazing album with “Back to
love” as he yearns for the simple things of life, a
pretty good way to start an album, as he sings about
losing some things close to him, and he wants to go
back to those things he has lost. Brymo sings about
the good old days, about going back to the simple
things, about going back to love. The theme of love
continues on “ Fe Mi”, as Brymo sings about a girl he
is in love with, as he recounts his experiences with
her, explaining how the girl treats him nice, in the
first verse, then bridges the verses with a chorus
asking the lady to marry him, and in the second
verse, he tells the girl what he will do for her after
they get married, all he asks the girl to do is say yes,
and marry him. Brymo channels Fela on “Preek No
Get Shoulder” and indeed traces of Fela are evident
all over the album in terms of inspiration for the
songs. On this song, Brymo is talking to the youth
who has come of age. Brymo advises the youth to
make his or her choices carefully, as whatever he or
she does will affect the way their lives turn out.
Brymo flaunts his writing skills on “ Dear Child”, and
it’s a song that will have you nodding your head,
ignoring the explicit content. Brymo pens a befitting
tribute to his grandmother, relating the experiences
he shared, and the valuable lessons he learnt from
her while she was alive. This is one of the most
beautiful songs on the album, and a direct opposite
to the “Grandpa” track on MDS. This is a song you
can replay a thousand times and Brymo’s
presentation and delivery on this track is near
flawless, contender for the best song of the album.
On “ Je Le O Sin Mi” Brymo reminisces about his
childhood, and the overall idea of this song is the
appreciation for the child. Brymo sings about the
influence of the parents on a child: Teaching of
morals, provision for them, and most importantly,
the importance of sending the child to school, which
explains the title of the song. Another flawlessly
written track by Brymo. In “Never Look back“,
Brymo sings for the young and restless youth, and
the spirit of never looking back. Brymo tries to
motivate the listener never to look back despite what
he or she faces in life. Brymo displays his stellar
writing skills again on this track, although the song
would have been better if the hook wasn’t a one-
word hook. Alone is a spoken word appearance by
Sammy Sage Hassan. Over a jazz undertone, Sage
does what he does best as he takes us on a spoken
word journey of beautiful poetry, as he makes us
explore his loneliness, after heartbreak. He is alone
after the one he loved left him. A wonderfully crafted
piece of poetry from one of Nigeria’s Pioneer of
Spoken word. On “Jungle fever“, Brymo drops a
song for the masses, singing about what the average
Nigerian is passing through. Brymo also sings about
segregation, corruption, bribery and other problems
that plague our country. This song is faster in tempo
than any other song on the album, and its difference
is shown in the electric guitar undertone. 1 pound is
almost alike in concept to Jungle Fever, but the
instrumental this time around is different, and
Brymo does a good job of making the listener relate
to what he writes down, with his wonderful delivery
and amazing voice. Singing to his lover on
“ Nothing’s Ever Promised tomorrow”, Brymo
professes his love for her, promising her nothing
will change between them if they both stay true to
each other. As Brymo brings the album to a slow
end on a love letter to a girl, one wonders who this
new girl in Brymo’s life could be, because he’s
seriously in love with her. Brymo re-professes his
love to her, telling her that no matter what they go
through, his love will remain strong for her. This is
the best love song on the album, and the lyrics will
definitely melt any girl’s heart.
The Album, like I said is a genuine gift to all lovers of
good music, and a way to show that good music can
still come out of Nigeria. If you were looking for a
dance track, or the new shoki remix, you looked in
the wrong place. After listening to this album, I have
only one wish: Asa and Brymo should collaborate on
a song please, as after Asa’s album; the next album
that can come close to it in terms of the quality of
good music is this album. This album is a classic,
and with tracks that will get across to the listener.
Even if you don’t understand Yoruba, you should
look for someone that does to interpret for you, so
you can grasp the true meanings of the songs
rendered in Yoruba. Brymo, well done!
ALBUM RATING: 9/10
SOURCE: jaguda.com/2014/11/05/album-review-brymo-tabula-rasa/

Fourcade:
I sometimes post on 'the music you are listening to' thread . . .You liked some set of rock,alternative tracks i posted.You offered a beer anytime i'm in Nnewi.

It's been long sha. . .probably before you changed your monicker

I go follow u for ur rock/alternative songs.. Try to update on the 'music u listening to' thread

If u are still learning, u can get a black head..cos the white industrial is really fast and wud b really difficult for a learner to control..bt u can get any1 u want.. Its abt choice

If u are still learning, u can get a black head..cos the white industrial is really fast and wud b really difficult for a learner to control..bt u can get any1 u want.. Its abt choices

I choose a Differently styled skirt..

Ok! From page to page and no1 seems to remember twinaxe.. They later changer their name to twinX..had that lovely song for mothers a while back....
We jus can't seem to remember everybody.. soldier(artist) come soldier go,barracks(music industry) still remains

tyson99:
you won't believe Jazzman Olofin is still using the benz 230 he was using then!

U mean BMW!

Jazzman Olofin nko? Lexidoo, rasqee,

U were not precise as to wat u wanted.... U shud ask for the type of machine u wanted.. The black Head, or the industrial (white,automatic)... And/or state ur environs.. So people wud tell u where is closest to you..


Well, the black head shud not cost more than 19-20k, while the industrial shud not b more than 42k(38-42) or there about..
U can get the machines cheaper depending on ur pricing power.

There is agege motor road.. Somewhere afta Oshodi.. Or u cud go to lagos island (tom Jones) to get

ola12:
Gone with the wind (1939)
Still greatest movie of all tym

Pls where do I get to download this movie??

Kickair:
am really really sorry for takin you back ... But please can you explain dat "fold dat straight 26 into 16"..then wat inches can i use to but the armhole... Thanks so much.

Pls I dont get wat u are trying to ask here.. U shud edit this properly .

Bratking:
I don't think she's a biitch. Have you met her Mother? The constant way she made her feel inadequate? Or the way her father abandoned her at an early age to start a brand new family? The sense of rejection, and inadequacy she had to grew up with? Considering, I think she turned out pretty great. Derek thought so too.

Looks like u are really into spoilers abi...I think u need to b banned for a bit...now spoiler for another show.....let the person watch and get to feel the suspense....where are our mods abeg...

Bratking:
Finally done with Boardwalk Empire. Too bad Nucky Thompson died in the end.

Why shud u post spoiler na... U shud knw others are still watching in... This is not fair...now I wud av to pack it up...kpsshew

Kirinwa:

Never in your life recommend film again.Never!

I downloaded and watched, The Grey based on this m0fo's recommendation and I was left high and dry.

I now understand how women who don't achieve 0rgasm feel. The moment she's about to reach her climax and the dude unplugs and dozes off snoring heavily. Chai!

Chief, small small...its jus his own take of the movie.. Read abt the movie on rotten tomatoes.. It did av some positives..
U may recommend some movies urself, and others may not agree with u..they wud jus say it.. Pls no insults na...

With the second line u did just unda ther waist line, is it that the skirt wud not be having dart??

U no drop mase album again?

Jersey boys

Moradeeke:
I thank God for d mistake, cos d info was for me. av bn searching for accurate measurement for long. thank God once again, Alhamdulillahi. kudos to u, i really appreciate d #mistake

Well... Am really happy it cud be of use to u. Its 1 of the few advantages of ths been an interractive class.

#everymistakeablessing

Not a bad thing.. Justin timbalake

SIRcumalot:
The season finale for one of the greatest show ever Boardwalk Empire.

Love this series... Am now On season 2