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4. ‘DAWN’ AND ‘DUSK’

Dawn follows the lives of young adults, struggling to manage the trials and tribulations of love and friendship. Dolapo ( Naomi Bankyu) is an undergraduate caught up in a very violent and aggressive relationship with the series protagonist, Ade( Peter Adesanya) – an internet fraudster who assumes basic control of Dolapo’s life because he provides for her. The show also stars Omotola Abudu as Alaba, Dolapo’s best friend; Gbohunmi Adeniran as Ife, Dolapo’s love interest; Thelma Okekeze as Nora, Ade’s “other” girlfriend; Anita Edwards as Tamara, Ade’s “business partner”; and Deji Onadeko as Dejo, Ade’s nemesis.

Dusk ( also known as Dawn Season 2) continues the story of ‘Dawn’ ,with new characters played by Nollywood actors like Alex Usifo, Jude Orhorha, Bella-Rose Okojie, Ikenye Oluwatomi, Bunmi Awolowo and others. Four of the principal actors were replaced with fresh faces but with the story-line remaining intact. Written, Produced and Directed by Anita Edwards.

3. GIDI UP

Gidi Up is a thrilling adventure centered around the lives of four friends in pursuit of happiness, success and independence. However, a few wrong choices quickly turn their Lagos dreams into a Gidi nightmare. Starring Deyemi Okanlanwo, OC Ukeje, Somkele Iyamah, Adesua Etomi, Titilope Sonuga and Daniel Effiong.Written and Produced by Jadesola Osiberu.

2. RUMOUR HAS IT

“Rumour Has It” follows the life of Obi Obi ( Uru Eke), a celebrity blogger and media personality who has made a name for herself as the queen of internet gossip and sensationalism. Obi becomes the subject of a massive scandal, setting off a series of events that disrupts her life as she knows it. Starring Uru Eke, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Toni Tones etc.

1. SKINNY GIRL IN TRANSIT

Skinny Girl In Transit follows the life of plus-size radio personality Tiwa. It shows her struggle with the pressures of wanting to be in a relationship and to be successful. The comedic drama series takes a look at her life with a mother who never fails to remind her about her single status, a sister who never forgets to remind her of her size, an ex boyfriend she doesn’t want to get over and a job that never seems to move forward. Season 2 takes us deeper into her career, with the arrival of a new boss and changes at the Radio station. Starring Abimbola Craig, Ngozi Nwosu, Kenneth Okolie, Sharon Oja, former Project Fame Winner, Ayoola, WFM OAP and actress, Bisola Aiyeola and Ini Dima-Okojie.

For a generation of people constantly on the move, entertainment is swiftly changing from the conventional Television/ Radio shows and stage plays. This implies that smart production execs are thinking of ways to reach their target audience without being limited to a stationary medium. Enter, the world of web series! Although the concept of webseries is not new, Ndani Tv’s ‘Gidi-Up’ was the first one that gained prominence in Nigeria, pioneering the rise of the new trend. Better sponsorship, better cinematography and improved scriptwriting has opened up a new entertainment experience for Nigerians hungry for shows to occupy their time and make them laugh/cry/laugh-and-cry-simultaneously!

Having scoured the net looking for series to watch, we came across several top notch shows that will definitely leave you wanting more, not minding the amount of data you use up while watching. Ndani Tv is clearly at the forefront of webseries in Nigeria with THREE series on this list.

http://sobolation.com/buzzworthy-4-great-web-series-you-should-be-watching/

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The hair is said to be the glory of a woman, and that is not far from the truth. It is easier to just fix weave-ons, or just have the hair braided with attachments, but there is a kind of pride from knowing your own hair is healthy and beautiful.

Many ladies are going for the natural look, while some are sticking with their relaxers. It is all good, what matters is that you know how to make your own hair healthy and beautiful.

What every African hair needs is moisture and gentle treatment, what I refer to as tender loving care. How to do that? It’s simple.

EAT RIGHT

The hair is made up of cells, and it grows out from within, so the healthier you it, the healthier your hair. It is as simple as that.

WASH LESS OFTEN

It is good to wash the hair regularly to avoid foul smells and itching from dirt, but the hair should be washed every seven (7) to fourteen (14) days. Washing too often removes the natural oils and leads to dryness which can lead to itchy scalp. Wash your hair with moisturizing shampoo too.

CONDITIONING

Condition the hair after every wash, deep conditioning of the hair is good. Sometimes you can wash your hair with just conditioner, just ensure that you use a moisturizing conditioner. A leave-in conditioner is a good possession for anyone who wants good looking hair.

COMBING

The African hair is prone to tangling, and that makes us comb the hair at every opportunity. It is better to reduce the strain on the hair by sometimes just detangling the hair with wet hands. Too much combing strains the hair. When you comb, a wide-toothed comb is the best option, as they put less strain on the hair roots and follicles. Also don’t comb the hair when it is wet, allow it dry a little first.

RUBBER BANDS

Rubber bands puts a strain on the hair, breaking the hair. Instead of rubber bands, ponytail holders should be used as they slide easily, with little or no hair breakage.

TRIMMING

This may sound like a contradiction for those hoping to have long hair, but it is good to trim your hair once in a while to avoid split ends which leads to breakage. It is recommend that you trim after each retouching, or every three months if you are a naturalist. Trim just the weak tips, and not chopping the hair off.

RETOUCHING

For those of us keeping relaxed hair, the retouching should be done every two (2) to three (3) months, and only the undergrowth should be relaxed. Adding relaxer to a previously relaxed hair only leads to breakage and damage of the hair.

AVOID HEAT STYLING

Heat styling like the use of curling iron or flat iron should be avoid as much as possible. Too much heat destroys the hair. When you use it, ensure it is not too hot.

AVOID TIGHT HAIRSTYLES

Too tight hairstyles puts your hair in a strain, and can cause receding hairlines. If your braids, weave-ons or ponytails are too tight, it is not healthy.

WEAVE ONS

It is better to sew on your weave-ons instead of using glue. The glue can rip out your natural hair on removal and that causes damage to the hair. The weave-on should not stay more that three (3) months with constant care, and not more than six (6) weeks with little or no care. After each weave-on is removed, allow your hair to rest for a few weeks before fixing another.

MOISTURIZE RIGHT

The hair is made up of protein material (keratin), and so can be de-naturalized by strong chemicals and heat. Using natural oils like Shea butter, coconut oil or olive oil is a better option that chemicals like lanolin for moisturizing agent. Moisturizing for relaxed hair should be done twice weekly, and everyday for naturalists.

In conclusion

Every woman can have a hair she is proud of. The hair, like every other thing expected to grow right, needs tender care. When treated right, the hair becomes the shiny crown it is supposed to be.

There are other great ways to care for the hair. What other treatments have you tried or know about? Please share in the comments section below.

http://sobolation.com/super-beauty-tips-strong-and-healthy-hair/

RoyalBlak007:
i tell yo BOSS...FWB!
[color=#AB56BA]No strings...#LETS JUST BANG ....I mean....it's casual ....then if she likes it.....we can keep banging steady and we be having fun....LIFE gets easier..... [/color]

What if she gets emotionally attached?

Papikush:
FWB is simply the best! Nothing attached just lets bang ourselves and chat on whatsapp later

Do you know ladies are emotional beings?

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lalasticlala, dominique

8. SNEAKERS WITH SHIRT DRESS

7. SNEAKERS WITH SHIRT AND DISTRESSED JEANS

6. SNEAKERS WITH LONG SKIRT AND TOP

5. SNEAKERS WITH JEANS DRESS

4. SNEAKERS WITH FITTED DRESS AND JACKET

3. SNEAKERS WITH FLARED ANKARA DRESS

2. SNEAKERS WITH BRALETTE, TROUSERS AND LONG JEANS JACKET

1. SNEAKERS WITH JEANS, TOP AND CAP

Sneakers are shoes primarily made for sports and other physical activities. Sneakers are comfy, cool, chic and fun to wear. We have high tops, slip-on, converse and many others. You can wear them with denim jeans, skirts, and gowns and they come in different colours and shapes.

There are various ways to rock your sneakers and these include:

http://sobolation.com/fashion-tip-dress-up-your-sneakers/

Have you ever been in a “friends with benefit relationship” (FWBR)? Well I haven’t, but it has been proposed to me and I didn’t just turn it down out rightly but I got really embarrassed. I felt like “Is sex all I am good for?”

The term FWBR has blossomed into umbrella phase covering a variety of sexual arrangements from budding romances to exes who have sex, to people who hook up but aren’t really friends. In this sense, the term is really just another attempt at making sense of human relationships which are inherently messy and might actually defy categorization.

Simply put FWBR describes two people who enjoy the pleasures of sexual relationships but avoid the commitment of getting together. They are more like casual friends who explore and enjoy each other’s bodies with ”no strings attached”, but my question really is:

“What string is more attaching than sexual intimacy?”

For me, that’s where the complication of FWBR begins.

CAN’T WE JUST BE FRIENDS?

Friends with benefit sounds in theory like the best of both worlds; of friendship and of sexual pleasure. Then the pressure to be committed is not in the picture, no fears of ending up with the wrong person, test running to see how compatible you are and hoping something better comes up with time.

Seemd like a lot of benefits, but are the downsides really worth the trial?

-Firstly the sex in FWBR complicates the relationship and the friendship soon ends. In a survey carried out, 84% of people who claimed to be in a FWBR said they were more intimate, had more fun and were generally better off as friends before they started having sex and 90% claimed that the friendship ended on hurting circumstances.

-Things can get worse when one party (mostly the woman) focuses on the “friends”, getting attached and wanting more and the other party focuses on the “benefits” getting everything he can get with no commitment.

-Hurt feelings set in when you both (or the party wanting more) realize you are never going to get everything you want in a romantic relationship (not even sexual satisfaction) except of course it translates into a proper love affair which doesn’t 90% of the time according to the survey.

I’ll end it here with a conversation in Leslea Tash’s “birds after bird”

“Oh Troy? He is no one. He wanted something more than I could give”

“Friends with benefits?, ”Laurie asked, blushing as she said it.
“More like frenemies with benefits”.

What do you think about FWBR?

http://sobolation.com/love-101-lets-talk-friends-with-benefits/

lalasticlala, dominique

In a country like Nigeria, where there are many different lines dividing the people such as culture, religion and ethnic group; where even among those of perceived similar tribes there are still slight differences. Like how a Delta man swears he is not Igbo and is nothing like them. Or the Fulani and Hausa women insist that they’re not the same and very different. In such a country brimming with variety of people it is no surprise that there would naturally be very diverging opinions on various matters. Especially one as significant as political ideologies and choices. I use the term ideologies loosely because to be honest, in the Nigerian political setup there aren’t many defined ideologies on how people want the country to be run.

Most folks pretty much just want their people in power in the hope that they can derive some form of benefit from government, be it financial or otherwise. In short, unlike in England for instance, where there are the liberals or conservatives who have some form of set of ideas on how they expect the country to function, in Nigeria it is mostly just PDP vs APC right now. No one really has a set of values they adhere to. To make matters worse, the constant crossing over from one camp to the other by politicians has blurred the lines on who exactly is on each side.

Now the focus of this article stems from the recent bomb blast in Maiduguri, Borno state in on the 12th of this month. The bomb blast occurred shortly after news that 21 of the Chibok girls abducted over 2 years ago by the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, had been released. The news was shocking and cut short the prevailing joyful mood in the country, marring the erstwhile celebrations upon the release of the girls. Now one would expect that the general thoughts surrounding two such events would be sorrow for the girls and the ordeal they must have been through and joy at their release, and grief for the families of those who lost their lives as a result of the bomb.

Unfortunately some people in our country are so blinded by their perceived political loyalty that they couldn’t see fit to drop political affiliations for even a day to console with the deceased and hope for a better future for the girls. On social media, especially Twitter, a vast number of supporters of the opposition party spent most of the time after the release of the girl and the bomb blast trying to create theories and blame the ruling party.

All I’m saying is, if you want to show we Nigerians on the proverbial fence, that your party is the right way to go in the next elections, then show us with mature constructive criticism. Come up with possible solutions for the failings of the government and offer advice or alternatives to their approaches, instead of just whining and screaming ‘I told you so’ like a child whose opinions were ignored. It is particularly annoying to me that the majority of those who are taking it upon themselves to rub in the plights of others into our faces to show that they were right are the so called leaders of tomorrow. If by now, we youths who should be planning on how to clean up the huge mess that our forbears are leaving to us can not do so by looking beyond politics and party for the good of Nigeria as a whole, then the only way for Nigeria in the near future is down.

http://sobolation.com/opinion-beyond-politics-charting-nations-course/

lalasticlala

By Opeyemi

Yay!

It’s weekend again, and I am going to tell you how to enjoy your weekend as a single lady.

Things could feel slightly negative when you are single. All your friends get to hang out with their partners and you don’t want to be a burden. But then you have a lot of free time on your hands that increases your odds of feeling lonely and bored. If you’re living with your friends that are not single, then there are chances that you’ll get jealous; when you see them having a good time doing all the “stuff” that couples do, you could feel like “where on earth did all the single guys go”?

I’ve been there and I know how that feels. So I came up with a list of great ideas for you to have a blast this weekend. Whoever said being single sucks didn’t know how to be single [Mandy Hale; the single woman]

Here are a few things you could try out:

1. Go shopping with an old friend
2. Get someone to teach you how to dance
3 Buy a ticket to a for event
4. Read a book in the park
5. Visit a charity home with some gifts
6. Plant a garden
7. Learn a new sport
8. Buy a new dress and a pair of sandals to match
9. Try a new restaurant
10. Rearrange your room and give it a new look
11. Walk around your neighborhood and talk to people you are unfamiliar with
12. Go to the movies
13. Do something nice for someone
14.Go window-shopping in a mall
15.Buy a new piece of jewelry
16. Change your hairstyle to something you haven’t tried before
17. Shop for an elderly woman
18. Go to the gym with a friend
19. Visit a distant family member
20. Learn how to play the guitar
21. Watch your favorite show on TV
22. Walk up to a fine dude at the mall and tell him you like his hair
23. Add your own ideas of fun things to make the list longer

Single is no longer a lack of options but a choice. A choice to refuse to let your life be defined by your relationship status but to live everyday happily and let your “ever after” work itself out (Mandy Hale)

What do you think? Let’s talk in the comment section below.

http://sobolation.com/22-ways-great-weekend-single-lady/

More often than not the task of spicing up ones wardrobe is usually considered an expensive expenditure. This idea intimidates most people and they just abandon the task. These are steps that will aid a spice up, with you spending next to nothing.

MIX ‘N’ MATCH

Learn to change how you mix your clothing piece. If you notice that there is a particular way you combine certain outfits, why not change that? Mix the black trouser with a pink top, the white blouse that usually goes with it with a red trouser and you will come out looking like you just shopped for new clothes. Better yet, you can even mix fabrics and prints. Dig up an old Ankara skirt and pair it with a plain top or match a Chord lace blouse with a plain skirt.

DIG UP OLD CLOTHES

Some outfits have probably been thrown to the bottom of the wardrobe because you feel like they are out dated. You are wrong; no fashion item goes out of style. Dig them up and rock them well, before you know it you, you will have started a new fashion trend.

ACCESSORIZE

Adding accessories to your outfit is a great way of spicing up. When you pair the most basic of outfits with nice accessories you create a very not-so-basic look. With dull colours you can use catchy accessories, with bright colours, a simple strand of necklace is what you need. You can add bracelets, hats, jackets for arm-less clothes or even a pair of glasses.

DON’T SHOP PER OUTFIT

For some people, it is common that when they shop they choose a complete outfit. The result is that when they pair any of the piece with other pieces of clothing they just look mismatched. Instead shopping this way, make sure you buy pieces of clothing that can go with as many pieces as possible.

HEEL IT UP

With a pair of heels you can transform an old look to a new one. What you are doing is transferring people’s attention from your clothes to your shoes. So strap on those sexy heels and come out looking sexy.

http://sobolation.com/5-inexpensive-ways-spice-wardrobe/

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Lalasticlala

6. GLAM UP YOUR HANDBAG

5. TYING SCARF AROUND THE NECK

4. TIE SCARF OVER FOREHEAD LIKE HEADBAND