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You mean Funmi Iyanda is 25 years?

To whom it may concern: Use your head on Valentine's day so that you won't have to worry about the prices of baby food and diaper later in the year. Chances are you would queue to buy pap at government designated centres by November. Play safe, diaper is costlier than sanitary pad!

Choose your battle wisely...an ant on its turf, will defeat an overbearing elephant.

Looks like the guy that played "Malaria" character in that Lonart advert...Lolz

francotunsco:
I just read opened your link. Welldone for being the first to post about Dele Giwa today but you wont expect any mode to push that kind of short piece to the front page when there is another post with rich information about the same person. Haba! Put sentiments aside, this is why Nigeria is not progressing. My take!

What has Nigeria not progressing got to do with this?

kelvyn7:


EFCC has to investigate this matter

I tell you!

Posthumous birthday?

I created a thread marking 30 years of assassination of the veteran journalist earlier today but the Mods refused to bring it to front page.

https://www.nairaland.com/3416383/dele-giwa-30-years-after

Today in history (19-10-1986):

Sunmonu Oladele "Braines" Giwa, editor and founder of Newswatch Magazine and one of Nigeria's finest journalists was assassinated by a mail bomb in his Lagos home...Till date, mystery surrounding his murder still remains unraveled.

tyson99:
Hrd she had diabetes RIP ma

Nah! She died from complications arising from elephantiasis

When she's on her period and probably, having cramps.

Na true o, that thing resemble tumour too much.

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The following conversation ensued between me and a drunk friend today:

Friend: I hear say this guy...wetin be im name sef? Ehn ehn Goldberg come naija.

Me: Goldberg?

Friend: Yes! Dat guy wey get Facebook

Me: Oh! You mean Zuckerberg?

Friend: Na you sabi, I follow you dey browse ni? I sha know say im name resemble my brand. Ehn ehn, I hear say na one club for Yaba the guy first land. Dat guy go bad o. He sha wan sample black babe. Chei!

Me: No, his first port of call was CC-Hub not a club

Friend: Ehn Hub and club resemble nah. Your own too much sef. Dem say e even play football on top 3rd Mainland bridge. See levels!

Me: Third mainland bridge? Nooo! On the contrary, he had an early morning jog on Ikoyi-Lekki link bridge.

Friend: Ehn ehn, I for say the guy no even like himself. Say he come leave America come naija come commit suicide. I just hear dis afternoon say dem arrange olosho for am for Abuja dat's why he comot for Kenya quick run come naija. Na true?

Me: I wouldn't know about that o

Friend: You think say e easy make person travel all the way from US come Lagos drink baby oku, alomo, ogidiga, agbara and sabrina make he no go Abuja go test am? Choi! Dat guy go scatter factory o!

Me: I have to go now ore

Friend: Come, come, come. You don dey vex? Oya no vex. Na true say Goldberg wear suit?

Me: For the umpteenth time, he is Zuckerberg!

Friend: Leave story! Dem dey use im name collect money for bank? You sef wey you dey talk, no be "tajutaju" I take master your name ni? If say d guy be Simon now, I go don know say when I remember "Don Simon", I go remember im name. Na Goldberg dey help me. Who Sukabeg epp?

And to think this took place some metres away from neuro psychiatric hospital, Aro...

Really?

@OP
Add Ebute-Meta to the list joor!

porshuch:
Isiba street Itire Na another area With constant electricity

Not only Isiba but other nearby streets like Ijaye and Adedeji. I think it's due to the influence Buhari Oloto wields in that area. I also learnt those streets are connected to the same grid with industries on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.

You mean Bukky hypo-enhanced White Wright?

"O ka mi lara, o dun mi gan, don't nobody do it like you, Dagrin akogun, way ahead of the game, proud of what you became, brother you left too soon, too soon, executive omo ita a o le gbagbe e rara, titi d'ojo ipade wa, you'll be remembered, you're in a better place, o de si l'enu bi pon pon pon pon pon"- Eldee

"From da day, I'm gonna miss my friend fine boy, young blood and everyday that I wake, I think about the legacy you left, thank God, your music go continue to dey reign o, I miss you my brother lyrical were, 'nuff said, rest in peace my name is Omawunmi, I miss you Dagrin"-Omawunmi

"I know if heaven gat a ghetto, you can sit next to God watching who go follow, o di gbere o d'arinnako omo oro o"- Jahbless


"Ah mehn! O ma se o, ile'n j'eyan ki ni ka ti se o, gbogbo awa ti e lo'n ke o, to ba d'orun, ko s'orun re o...hard to believe you're gone, omo o dun mi wo nu isan, this is too sad, what a big loss, ile aye ile asan, ba wa ki Tupac ko ki Biggy, ko so fun won bo se'n lo lori titi, oruko e o le ever kuro ni memory, Dagrin, Barack 'O Grin"- Lord Of Ajasa

"Word about your accident caused mere drama, aya mi ja l'aro Thursday ti mo fi e lala, I woke up, mo wo ma bb message, Dj Zeez hooked up, asking the question why I no fit see my boy what's up, I heard is condition is critical, I heard he crashed his car but me along with a lot of people wanna know how far, some said he's in a coma, some said that he was conscious, some said he can't move then I heard he was no longer with us, Missofunyin entertainment CEO, Dagrin, ko s'omo naa, ko'n sore pelu DPO, what a life! Ama definitely miss you, I won't light a candle, I'll burn the whole forest for you"- Ruggedman


...Six years gone, keep resting Olaitan Olaonipekun (21/10/1987-22/4/2010)

May heaven not ignore you the way Buhari ignores Fayose.

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Darey Art Alade should be on that list.

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YOUNG OBAFEMI AWOLOWO ALMOST MISSED MARRYING HER

Awolowo had wanted to marry Augusta Omoriola Onafowokan because she was the first Ikenne girl to attend a secondary school and after her completion of the CMS seminary in Lagos, she worked at the colonial secretariat as a clerk. But Augusta’s father, Gabriel Onafowokan, who was the Native Administrative Treasurer of Ijebu Province and at that time one of Ikenne’s most prominent citizens did not agree to Awolowo’s proposal for his daughter’s hand in marriage. Augusta’s father rejected Awolowo’s proposal of marriage based on the ground that his daughter was already engaged to another man.But many believed Awolowo’s stubbornness and independent mindedness, earned him Augusta father’s rejection. His family background which was not too economically buoyant could also have contributed to this rejection. Perhaps, the phrase ‘my jewel of inestimable value’ would not have been made by late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, if he had married Augusta.

LIKE EVERY OTHER LADY, HANNAH PLAYED HARD TO GET

The 'hard to get' play did not just start today as Awolowo had his fair share of 'shakara' from Hannah. After the rejection by the Onafowokan family, Awolowo was bent in marrying an educated lady from his home town Ikenne. As luck would have it, one of his juniors at Wesley College, Ibadan, told Awolowo about a young girl who just came back from Lagos, after her secondary school education. That young girl was Hannah Idowu Dideolu Adelana, who just graduated from Methodist Girls High School, Broad Street, Lagos. Awolowo’s junior at Wesley College, Ibadan eventually introduced the two to each other and the toasting started in earnest from Femi, with Hannah playing hard to get. Letters and tons of letters were written by Awolowo to convince Hannah of his genuine intention, all to no avail. It took the pressure from Hannah’s mother that Femi was the only indigene of Ikenne among all her toasters and as her only surviving child out of seven she would not allow her to marry outside Ikenne.
The emotional blackmail of Hannah’s mother worked and she succumbed to Femi’s overtures and for another two years they courted.


HER LONG LIFE WAS WITHOUT TRAGEDIES

Like the popular Yoruba maxim, no human can have the luxury of living long and having a hitch-free life at the same time. Chief Hannah's life was without some tragedies. Out of her five children, three died in her lifetime. The first of her children to die was her first son, Olusegun Awolowo, a lawyer and father of Olusegun Awolowo Junior, who died in 1963 at the age of 24. He died in a ghastly motor accident. Another tragedy struck Mama again in 2011, when her fourth child, Otunba (Mrs.) Ayodele Soyode, the mother of Vice President’s wife, died on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at the age of 66. She was said to have died of complications from cancer. Certainly for someone who was already advanced in age, this could be devastating. Mama was still probably recovering from the death of Otunba Mrs. Ayodele Soyode, when death came visiting again to her only surviving son, Chief Oluwole Awolowo. He died in March 2013 in a far away London hospital. He was said to have died of complications from a motor accident he had in 2006.

SHE WAS INDUSTRIOUS

Mama HID Awolowo was a business woman and successful one. In one of his books, Chief Obafemi Awolowo attested to this fact when he said “She is a resourceful business woman; and in this regard, she is a worthy upholder of the traditions of her mother (Madam Elizabeth Oyesile and grandmother, Chief Adebowale Oyegunle) both of whom are successful traders.” By the time mama died, she was sitting comfortably on a vast business empire that she started herself and those left by her late husband. Among the business she left behind are: Dideolu Stores, Dideolu Estate, Dideolu Specialist Hospital and African Newspaper of Nigeria Limited.

HER PERSONAL MANAGER IS A MUSLIM

Although a devoted christian, she has a Muslim manager who is in charge of all the domestic staff. The manager, Alhaji Osinaike reported directly to Mama but he is in charge of all other staff in the compound. After the manager are Mama’s secretaries. They are two in number. There are also two drivers, two nurses, three cooks working for Mama. There is also a steward who doubled as cleaner and who also pushed Mama around on the wheel chair. There are electricians who take care of all electrical work in the household. Another person takes care of the two generating sets in the compound. Mama also had some women working in her Dideolu Stores at Dideolu Specialists Hospital Annex, Ikenne.

SHE WAS FRUGAL WITH CHOICE OF AUTOMOBILE

She was using three cars when she was alive. The three cars she was using include six seater Mercedes Benz that her husband was using when he was alive, a Toyota Camry and a KIA Cerato.

PLANNING FOR HER CENTENARY BIRTHDAY WAS ALREADY UNDERWAY BEFORE HER DEMISE

No doubt, she was looking forward to her 100th birthday celebrations before her demise. To this end, she had instructed her grandchildren to organize a week long activities to mark the milestone. As a matter of fact, that Saturday, September 19, 2015, that she died, there was a meeting of the centenary planning committee in the compound. The centenary committee consists of Mama’s two surviving children – Rev. (Mrs.) Tola Oyediran, Dr. Tokunbo Dosumu and her grandchildren. The week long activities would have involved her alma-maters – Saint Saviour’s (Anglican) School, Ikenne, Saint Peter’s (Anglican) Faji School, Lagos and Methodist Girls’ High School, Broad Street, Lagos. Her royal family background – Owobagbe Liyangu Akarigbo Ruling House of Sagamu and Obara Ruling House of Ikenne – were also booked to play a significant role in the centenary celebration. There was also supposed to be a day of praise songs by different choirs as part of 100 years celebration of Mama. The Apostolic Church, where her mother, Deaconess Elizabeth Oyesile Adelana, was a staunch and founding member, was also booked to play a role in her never to be centenary celebration. Ogunde Troupe, were also billed to stage a play to honour her on her 100 years on this terrestrial earth.

HER BURIAL WAS BILLED FOR HER BIRTHDAY

Some of these activities will still take place before or on November 25, 2015, certainly without Mama. Because on that day, rather than Mama dancing to symphony of music to mark her centenary birthday, she will be interred into mother earth.

HER LAST RESTING PLACE WOULD BE AWO MAUSOLEUM

Mama's resting place will be beside her husband inside Awo’s Mausoleum right inside the family compound in Ikenne. Her final resting place has already been created beside that of her husband and covered with a sheet of glass.

ADIEU JEWEL OF INESTIMABLE VALUE! ADIEU YEYE ODUA!!

[quote author=Bobbystanley post=39922127]One day we would go to the World cup as Biafra not Nigeria.



Future impossible tense

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