₦airaland Forum

By the way they all stayed in Penthouse suites in Eko Hotel.

I was at the show and there a few things I'ld like to point out that happened at least before I left at 12.30 am:

1. Shakira performed first, did her belly dancing and breast shaking moves, introduced members of her BAND and was tripped that naija peeps knew the lyrics to latino songs. She did about 11 of HER OWN songs

2: 1 hr of waitng for them to set up the stage for the new artist. No Basketmouth to keep us entertained like last year's concert (where the bobo waka go sef?)

3: John Legend performed 13 of his songs with his BAND and even got Nona Adimorah (younger sister of socialite Nkiru Anumudu and of the Ask Nona fame both in Thisday Newspapers and on Cool FM) to smooch shamelessly

4: 55mins of another stage set up (Teju Babyface was around, don't know why he wasn't called to crack some dry jokes.) Anyway Dare Art Alade kept us entertained with songs sha.

5: Rihanna comes in in her shimi (oops! sorry! Her baby doll dress) and starts to sing BOB MARLEY. Who sent her? Abi she no get her own hits? She does 4 of her songs and disappears, At least she sang umbrella, sos, hate that I love you and unfaithful, finish. No pon de replay, nothing else.

6: Another 1hr 15 mins of stage setting (thank God for Dare, Dan Foster and Kate Henshaw and Yemi (or is it Femi?) no try at all as co- comperes

7: D'BANJ The Koko master at his best, The best act of the evening, he was soooooooooo good. Guys anywhere he's performing go and watch him. You'll get your money's worth. He's the best young generation successor to Fela (move over Seun, Dede) brought some traditional acts and gave those bloody americans a good run for their money.

8: Another long wait. Honestly, Guys na im make the show drag long oh. I tire to dey count the minutes wey dey pass. Saheeto was selling small chops for 1k per plate. Drinks were N500 for plastic coke, canned beer, red bull. N3,500 for a bottle of very cheap red wine and 45k for champagne. GTBank make money oh as they were the only  coporate body there smart enough to install an atm machine in front of the VIP entrance so those of us who didn't plan properly and had small kishi in our account could show off.

9: KELLY ROWLAND:anybody seen Destiny's child live in Atlanta? if you haven't pls go and get it and add it to your dvd collection at least for entertainment. It's only N500 from your roadside DVD hawker. The moves were the same. Nothing strenous and she DID NOT faint from exhaustion. Na booze cause am. After all she boogied in Cubes on friday night. Nothing impressive about her performance cos I've watched it so many times before in DC live in Atlanta, same moves, same routine, same ol shit excet Beyonce and Michelle were not there to make noise with her. The dress she wore in naija was even shorter than the one in the video. She try sha. Sang about 5 songs then fainted while singing Say my name. We thought it was part of the act as her male dancers rushed to her but when we saw one of her female dancers panicking like they do in naija movies (putting her hands on her head) we raelised something was wrong. They carried her off stage after trying to revive her and the audience was chanting her name to give her moral support.

10: Every cloud has a silver lining. Kelly's misfortune was Sasha's fortune cos she got to perform when it was looking like naija artists like P Square would not have the chance to perform (just like last year) cos of time. Her perfomance was ok. I was too busy looking for small chops.

11. Diddy. B, d did BOB MARLEY (What?) , Don't get me wrong I love Bob Marley but Diddy doing his songs! I couldn't find the co-relation. He came with Dj Scratch.(Yankee based Nairalanders should be more familliar with the Dj.) ONLY. NO BAND, NO DANCERS, NOTHING. Beautiful entrance but after that nothing spectacular. Covered other people's tracks that he either featured in or just knew were crowd pleasers. He's an entertainer not an artist. He kept saying it was good to be home and how he wanted to give nigerians their money's worth. So we thought he a genuine person not knowing that he was not in any way better than the average naija politician. Anyway Diddy the Phenomenom as a big name in the industry is what stole the show. Not Diddy the person. Afterall e no sabi dance. D'banj go just beat am hands down.

12. Abeg I just go house go sleep. wetin I wan watch again when work dey the next day? So I didn't see Ne-Yo perform.

what is your pricing like?

pls can you put up some pics? Thanks

Do you do revamping of shoes? I got some hand me downs from my mom and I love their syles but the shoes are looking too worn out and have some commas on the. So I'm looking for a good shoemaker that I can afford, not city cobbler price oh! PLEASE can you help?

Opral Benson's Beauty School on Thoburn Road Off Commercial Avenue, Sabo Yaba, Good Luck

It depends on your style, your size and your wallet. Collectibles is not good if you are a size 14 and above and if you are a bit conservative i.e you don't want to look like Beyonce on the red carpet everyday. Talk to me is more realistic. My advice to you is to wear a pair of flat shoes, an easy to take off outfit, a very good bra, carry a bottle of water and start from one end of Adeniran Ogunsanya. Try Bode Thomas too.
Then there is Emily's at LAfayette plaza on Saunusi Fafunwa in VI. Ask for people that bring in clothes from Jand. They always have nicer designs and good quality clothes and flexible payment schedules. Good Luck.