Relationship they say is life while kissing is tradition. Why do people close their eyes when they kiss?
Who invented this custom? When you don’t keep your eyes closed you’re violating a sacred principle. It’s like eating cereal with your hands when nobody’s around. Nobody sees you, but you still feel weird and like you’re violating the natural order.
If you need a reason to keep your eyes closed while kissing, here are seven top reasons, according to a poll.
Reasons why people kiss with their eyes closed:
1. You wouldn’t want to see what you look like while kissing, so neither would your partner;
2. Your brain can’t make your tongue swirl around if your eyes are moving at the same time. It’s the same principle as trying to pat your head while using your other hand to go in circles over your belly;
3. It’s weird enough to kiss with your eyes open, but even weirder to make moaning sounds;
4. It’s bad for your eyeballs to look that close at anything;
5. For females, it ruins everything if you’re fantasizing about Brad Pitt when you’re
actually staring at something closer to Lalasticlal.a;
6. For males, if you’re kissing in the middle of intercourse, with your eyes closed it’s easier to imagine Soccer;
7. With your eyes open, your lover’s nose looks bigger than Aso Rock.
Add yours please
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Saturday 9 January 2016
Israel is clamping down on Jewish terrorists
It is interesting to say that efforts should be more focus in the fight against extremism. According to The Economist, FIVE months after an arson attack in a Palestinian village killed three members of the Dawabsheh family, including the parents and an 18-month-old baby, two suspects were indicted by an Israeli court on January 3rd. A 21-year-old Jewish extremist was accused of setting the house alight and a minor was accused of having assisted him. Israel’s Shin Bet security service was certain from the start that the murderers came from a group of fanatical young settlers living on austere “hilltop” outposts in the West Bank. That it took such a long investigation, as well as 40 days of questioning during which the suspects were subjected to “special measures”—the euphemism used by Israel’s legal system for physical coercion or torture—is a sign of how difficult it is for Israelis to come to grips with anti-Arab racism within their society. “Special measures” are routinely used against Palestinian terror suspects; their employment against Israeli-Jewish detainees is unprecedented.
Selfish leaders hinder nation’s growth, says Obasanjo
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised the nation’s leaders against selfishness in the interest of the country’s growth and progress.
He said they should let the interest of the governed be paramount to them.
He gave this advice on Friday at his Presidential Hilltop residence, Abeokuta, when the leadership and members of the Scout Association of Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit and decorated him as Messenger of Peace Ambassador for Africa.
The former President who recalled when he was decorated as Queen’s Scout years ago, emphasised that for any leader to succeed, such a leader must always be prepared to face challenges, especially the unexpected ones.
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http://www.punchng.com/selfish-leaders-hinder-nations-growth-says-obasanjo/
He said they should let the interest of the governed be paramount to them.
He gave this advice on Friday at his Presidential Hilltop residence, Abeokuta, when the leadership and members of the Scout Association of Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit and decorated him as Messenger of Peace Ambassador for Africa.
The former President who recalled when he was decorated as Queen’s Scout years ago, emphasised that for any leader to succeed, such a leader must always be prepared to face challenges, especially the unexpected ones.
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http://www.punchng.com/selfish-leaders-hinder-nations-growth-says-obasanjo/
World’s most-wanted drug lord, Chapo Guzman recaptured
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The world’s most-wanted drug lord was captured for a third time in a daring raid Friday by Mexican marines, six months after he tunneled out of a maximum security prison in a made-for-Hollywood escape that deeply embarrassed the government and strained ties with the United States.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced the capture of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, writing in his Twitter account: “mission accomplished: we have him.”
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FILE – In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto posted on his Twitter account, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, that drug lord Joaquin ‘Chapo’ Guzman has been recaptured. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
Few had thought Guzman would be taken alive, and few now believe Mexico will want to try to hold him a third time in Mexican prisons. He escaped from maximum-security facilities in 2001 and on July 11, 2015, the second breakout especially humiliating for the Pena Nieto administration, which only held him for less than 18 months. The U.S. has sought his extradition, though Mexico in the past has said he would serve sentences here first.
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/worlds-most-wanted-drug-lord-chapo-guzman-recaptured-says-mexican-presiden
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced the capture of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, writing in his Twitter account: “mission accomplished: we have him.”
image
FILE – In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto posted on his Twitter account, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, that drug lord Joaquin ‘Chapo’ Guzman has been recaptured. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
Few had thought Guzman would be taken alive, and few now believe Mexico will want to try to hold him a third time in Mexican prisons. He escaped from maximum-security facilities in 2001 and on July 11, 2015, the second breakout especially humiliating for the Pena Nieto administration, which only held him for less than 18 months. The U.S. has sought his extradition, though Mexico in the past has said he would serve sentences here first.
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/worlds-most-wanted-drug-lord-chapo-guzman-recaptured-says-mexican-presiden
Friday 8 January 2016
$2.1bn Arms Probe: Buhari won’t interfere in Jafaru’s case — Presidency
Information reaching according to Vanguard is that * Metuh spends another night in EFCC cell, family kicks
The Presidency said, last night, that it would not interfere in the arrest and probe of a close associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Jafaru Isah, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged involvement in the Dasukigate scandal.
Mr. Isa, Military Administrator of Kaduna State from December 1993 to August 1996, during the military regime of General Sani Abacha and one-time governorship candidate of the defunct CPC in Kano State, is the first chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to be arrested by the EFCC since the beginning of a sweeping probe into the alleged diversion of $2.1 billion meant for arms purchase by officials of the immediate-past administration.
An aide of the President told Vanguard in confidence that although Jafaru Isah was a close political ally to President Buhari, the first citizen would nonetheless remain neutral in the matter, in line with his avowed position to deal decisively with corruption.
The Presidency said, last night, that it would not interfere in the arrest and probe of a close associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Jafaru Isah, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged involvement in the Dasukigate scandal.
Mr. Isa, Military Administrator of Kaduna State from December 1993 to August 1996, during the military regime of General Sani Abacha and one-time governorship candidate of the defunct CPC in Kano State, is the first chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to be arrested by the EFCC since the beginning of a sweeping probe into the alleged diversion of $2.1 billion meant for arms purchase by officials of the immediate-past administration.
An aide of the President told Vanguard in confidence that although Jafaru Isah was a close political ally to President Buhari, the first citizen would nonetheless remain neutral in the matter, in line with his avowed position to deal decisively with corruption.
Tips; How to Stay Marketable in Your 30s
Whether you're looking for a new job or seeking advancement in your career, here are four tips to help move you in the right direction.
Almost 15 years ago, I graduated with a degree in communications and pursued a career in magazine publishing. Today, I find myself in a unique position. I left magazine publishing for a period to live overseas as a missionary, and now, returning to the job market in the U.S., technology has changed everything.
Unfortunately, my skill set, especially in technology, hasn't grown with the changing market. Print media is a dying art form, and I need to find a way to catch up with the ever-changing market to land a new job.
Maybe you're also trying to find your way back to using your college degree. Possibly, you have a stable job and want to stay on top of the learning curve, remaining marketable in your field. Through my challenges and discoveries, I decided to talk to a few professionals in other job fields to see what they'd say about staying marketable within their careers. Their advice relates to many different job opportunities.
1. Add new skills to your career tool belt.
For 33-year-old Blake Hicks, continuing in his stable position as a registered nurse is always an option. However, he desires to stay marketable and move into a managerial role and eventually become a nurse practitioner. Learning new things and adding to the skills he already has must be a priority.
"It depends on what state you're licensed and working in, but in order to stay marketable in this field you need to keep up your nursing dues and continuing education," Hicks says. "For me, the 20 hours of required continuing education each year, just to maintain my current position, can be divided into online classes, instructive classes and even good reviews from my supervisor."
Click the link below to read more..
http://www.boundless.org/adulthood/2015/how-to-stay-marketable-in-your-30s
Almost 15 years ago, I graduated with a degree in communications and pursued a career in magazine publishing. Today, I find myself in a unique position. I left magazine publishing for a period to live overseas as a missionary, and now, returning to the job market in the U.S., technology has changed everything.
Unfortunately, my skill set, especially in technology, hasn't grown with the changing market. Print media is a dying art form, and I need to find a way to catch up with the ever-changing market to land a new job.
Maybe you're also trying to find your way back to using your college degree. Possibly, you have a stable job and want to stay on top of the learning curve, remaining marketable in your field. Through my challenges and discoveries, I decided to talk to a few professionals in other job fields to see what they'd say about staying marketable within their careers. Their advice relates to many different job opportunities.
1. Add new skills to your career tool belt.
For 33-year-old Blake Hicks, continuing in his stable position as a registered nurse is always an option. However, he desires to stay marketable and move into a managerial role and eventually become a nurse practitioner. Learning new things and adding to the skills he already has must be a priority.
"It depends on what state you're licensed and working in, but in order to stay marketable in this field you need to keep up your nursing dues and continuing education," Hicks says. "For me, the 20 hours of required continuing education each year, just to maintain my current position, can be divided into online classes, instructive classes and even good reviews from my supervisor."
Click the link below to read more..
http://www.boundless.org/adulthood/2015/how-to-stay-marketable-in-your-30s
2015 polls: Commonwealth scribe lauds Jonathan over peaceful transition
The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Mr Kamalesh Sharma, has paid tribute to former President Goodluck Jonathan for the peaceful transition to a new government in Nigeria after the last elections.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan
Sharma paid the tribute when Jonathan visited him at Marlborough House, the headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Welcoming Jonathan to Marlborough House for the first time, Sharma thanked him for his able leadership of the recent Commonwealth Election Observer Group (COG) to Tanzania, and subsequently, for his services to the Commonwealth as his Special Representative following the annulment of the elections in Zanzibar.
The former President briefed the Secretary-General on the activities of the Observer Group in Tanzania. He lauded the Commonwealth Secretariat for supporting him with a team that displayed a high level of team spirit and professionalism.
Jonathan further welcomed the opportunity to be of service to the Commonwealth as the leader of the COG, describing it as “a great honour, both for him, and for Nigeria.”
Jonathan expressed concerns about the persisting uncertainty in Zanzibar following the cancellation of the October 25 general elections.
However, he was hopeful that the leaders of the country would put the national interest and the people of Zanzibar first, as they seek a sustainable and peaceful solution to the impasse in the ongoing national dialogue.
Jonathan assured Mr Sharma that he would continue to take an interest in developments in Zanzibar as his Special Representative.
He commended the Commonwealth for its efforts in promoting peaceful and credible elections globally, and especially in Africa and pledged to work with the organisation in the promotion of democracy and good governance, and in countering violent extremism on the continent.
The Commonwealth has a longstanding and historical engagement with Zanzibar where it played a key role in resolving previous crisis, leading to the Muafaka agreements in 1999 and 2001.
The appointment of former President Jonathan as the SG’s Special Representative, is seen by analysts as an affirmation of the former President’s commitment to democracy, following his role in ensuring a peaceful democratic transition in Nigeria last year
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/2015-polls-commonwealth-scribe-lauds-jonathan-over-peaceful-transition/
Former President Goodluck Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan
Sharma paid the tribute when Jonathan visited him at Marlborough House, the headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Welcoming Jonathan to Marlborough House for the first time, Sharma thanked him for his able leadership of the recent Commonwealth Election Observer Group (COG) to Tanzania, and subsequently, for his services to the Commonwealth as his Special Representative following the annulment of the elections in Zanzibar.
The former President briefed the Secretary-General on the activities of the Observer Group in Tanzania. He lauded the Commonwealth Secretariat for supporting him with a team that displayed a high level of team spirit and professionalism.
Jonathan further welcomed the opportunity to be of service to the Commonwealth as the leader of the COG, describing it as “a great honour, both for him, and for Nigeria.”
Jonathan expressed concerns about the persisting uncertainty in Zanzibar following the cancellation of the October 25 general elections.
However, he was hopeful that the leaders of the country would put the national interest and the people of Zanzibar first, as they seek a sustainable and peaceful solution to the impasse in the ongoing national dialogue.
Jonathan assured Mr Sharma that he would continue to take an interest in developments in Zanzibar as his Special Representative.
He commended the Commonwealth for its efforts in promoting peaceful and credible elections globally, and especially in Africa and pledged to work with the organisation in the promotion of democracy and good governance, and in countering violent extremism on the continent.
The Commonwealth has a longstanding and historical engagement with Zanzibar where it played a key role in resolving previous crisis, leading to the Muafaka agreements in 1999 and 2001.
The appointment of former President Jonathan as the SG’s Special Representative, is seen by analysts as an affirmation of the former President’s commitment to democracy, following his role in ensuring a peaceful democratic transition in Nigeria last year
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/2015-polls-commonwealth-scribe-lauds-jonathan-over-peaceful-transition/
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang beats Yaya Toure to Caf award
Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang narrowly beat Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure to win the Confederation of African Football's player of the year award.
In a vote of coaches and technical directors of Caf member nations, Aubameyang earned 143 points, with Manchester City midfielder Toure, 32, the runner-up with 136 points.
Aubameyang, 26, is the first player from his country to win the award.
Ghana and Swansea midfielder Andre Ayew, 26, was third with 112 points.
Aubameyang is the Bundesliga's leading scorer so far this season, with 18 goals in 17 league games.
Toure, who had won the award in each of the previous four years, led his country to the Africa Cup of Nations title in February.
He was recently voted BBC African Footballer of the Year 2015.
Herve Renard, who managed Ivory Coast to their Africa Cup of Nations victory, won the coach of the year award.
The Frenchman, who led Zambia to victory in the tournament in 2012, is the first person to coach two different countries to the title.
BBC
In a vote of coaches and technical directors of Caf member nations, Aubameyang earned 143 points, with Manchester City midfielder Toure, 32, the runner-up with 136 points.
Aubameyang, 26, is the first player from his country to win the award.
Ghana and Swansea midfielder Andre Ayew, 26, was third with 112 points.
Aubameyang is the Bundesliga's leading scorer so far this season, with 18 goals in 17 league games.
Toure, who had won the award in each of the previous four years, led his country to the Africa Cup of Nations title in February.
He was recently voted BBC African Footballer of the Year 2015.
Herve Renard, who managed Ivory Coast to their Africa Cup of Nations victory, won the coach of the year award.
The Frenchman, who led Zambia to victory in the tournament in 2012, is the first person to coach two different countries to the title.
BBC
Thursday 7 January 2016
Idanre Town A Scenic Treasure In The Mountains
Idanre is an ancient historic town located on a scenic hilly area. The town is located about 20 km southeast of Akure and is one of the major towns in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State in Southwest Nigeria. It falls within latitude 9o8’N and latitude 5o5’ of equator and Greenwich meridian respectively.
The headquarters of the local government area is located in the town of Owena.
The hilly town, which is one of the highest Cocoa producers in Nigeria, was formally called “Ufeke(Ife Oke)”. It is a few kilometers away from Akure, the capital of Ondo state and about 335 kilometres from Lagos. Idanre hill is one of the most awesome and beautiful natural landscapes in Ondo State and Nigeria. Added to its beauty which fires human curiosity is the fact that the entire people of Idanre lived on these boulders for almost a millennium.
Since emigration down hill in 1923, the topography, vegetation as well as the fauna and floral life have remained undistributed. However the festivals provides occasions for reconciliation of the low-landers and their natural environments as well as reenactments or .historical episodes in local Idanre history and its wider Yoruba ideology, mythology and confederacy.
There is the Ogun festival, which is partly celebrated on top of the hills during October and Ije festival, which spread over seven days.
Apart from the festivals, which make the site a living tradition, the flora and fauna of the hills are also unique. There is a special species of tailless animal called Hyrax that lives on the rocks which because of hunting are becoming extinct and there are special monkeys sported near Orosun hills. The town is enclosed by hills that rise up to 3,000ft above sea level, and houses a unique ecosystem upon which the cultural landscape is integrated. The hill is also plays host to a group of scientists and field researchers. The site is home to a group of bats and the people hold a unique festival of bats every year. The hill is being used by filmmakers as location for many of their films. In addition, the one and only Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in Africa Professor Wole Soyinka wrote his longest poem titled "Idanre and other Poems".
It has an area of 1,914 km² and a population of 129,024 at the 2006 census.
The Idanre Cultural landscape has been added to the UNESCO World heritage tentative list
http://yorubaparapo.com/thread/295/scenic-town-idanre
The headquarters of the local government area is located in the town of Owena.
The hilly town, which is one of the highest Cocoa producers in Nigeria, was formally called “Ufeke(Ife Oke)”. It is a few kilometers away from Akure, the capital of Ondo state and about 335 kilometres from Lagos. Idanre hill is one of the most awesome and beautiful natural landscapes in Ondo State and Nigeria. Added to its beauty which fires human curiosity is the fact that the entire people of Idanre lived on these boulders for almost a millennium.
Since emigration down hill in 1923, the topography, vegetation as well as the fauna and floral life have remained undistributed. However the festivals provides occasions for reconciliation of the low-landers and their natural environments as well as reenactments or .historical episodes in local Idanre history and its wider Yoruba ideology, mythology and confederacy.
There is the Ogun festival, which is partly celebrated on top of the hills during October and Ije festival, which spread over seven days.
Apart from the festivals, which make the site a living tradition, the flora and fauna of the hills are also unique. There is a special species of tailless animal called Hyrax that lives on the rocks which because of hunting are becoming extinct and there are special monkeys sported near Orosun hills. The town is enclosed by hills that rise up to 3,000ft above sea level, and houses a unique ecosystem upon which the cultural landscape is integrated. The hill is also plays host to a group of scientists and field researchers. The site is home to a group of bats and the people hold a unique festival of bats every year. The hill is being used by filmmakers as location for many of their films. In addition, the one and only Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in Africa Professor Wole Soyinka wrote his longest poem titled "Idanre and other Poems".
It has an area of 1,914 km² and a population of 129,024 at the 2006 census.
The Idanre Cultural landscape has been added to the UNESCO World heritage tentative list
http://yorubaparapo.com/thread/295/scenic-town-idanre
The Man Who Studies The Spread Of Ignorance
According to BBC, In 1979, a secret memo from the tobacco industry was revealed to the public. Called the Smoking and Health Proposal, and written a decade earlier by the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, it revealed many of the tactics employed by big tobacco to counter “anti-cigarette forces”.
In one of the paper’s most revealing sections, it looks at how to market cigarettes to the mass public: “Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the mind of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy.”
This revelation piqued the interest of Robert Proctor, a science historian from Stanford University, who started delving into the practices of tobacco firms and how they had spread confusion about whether smoking caused cancer.
Proctor had found that the cigarette industry did not want consumers to know the harms of its product, and it spent billions obscuring the facts of the health effects of smoking. This search led him to create a word for the study of deliberate propagation of ignorance: agnotology.
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Agnotology is the study of wilful acts to spread confusion and deceit, usually to sell a product or win favour
It comes from agnosis, the neoclassical Greek word for ignorance or ‘not knowing’, and ontology, the branch of metaphysics which deals with the nature of being. Agnotology is the study of wilful acts to spread confusion and deceit, usually to sell a product or win favour.
“I was exploring how powerful industries could promote ignorance to sell their wares. Ignorance is power… and agnotology is about the deliberate creation of ignorance.
“In looking into agnotology, I discovered the secret world of classified science, and thought historians should be giving this more attention.”
The 1969 memo and the tactics used by the tobacco industry became the perfect example of agnotology, Proctor says. “Ignorance is not just the not-yet-known, it’s also a political ploy, a deliberate creation by powerful agents who want you ‘not to know’.”
To help him in his search, Proctor enlisted the help of UC Berkeley linguist Iain Boal, and together they came up with the term – the neologism was coined in 1995, although much of Proctor’s analysis of the phenomenon had occurred in the previous decades.
Balancing act
Agnotology is as important today as it was back when Proctor studied the tobacco industry’s obfuscation of facts about cancer and smoking. For example, politically motivated doubt was sown over US President Barack Obama’s nationality for many months by opponents until he revealed his birth certificate in 2011. In another case, some political commentators in Australia attempted to stoke panic by likening the country’s credit rating to that of Greece, despite readily available public information from ratings agencies showing the two economies are very different.
Proctor explains that ignorance can often be propagated under the guise of balanced debate. For example, the common idea that there will always be two opposing views does not always result in a rational conclusion. This was behind how tobacco firms used science to make their products look harmless, and is used today by climate change deniers to argue against the scientific evidence.
“This ‘balance routine’ has allowed the cigarette men, or climate deniers today, to claim that there are two sides to every story, that ‘experts disagree’ – creating a false picture of the truth, hence ignorance.”
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We live in a world of radical ignorance – Robert Proctor
For example, says Proctor, many of the studies linking carcinogens in tobacco were conducted in mice initially, and the tobacco industry responded by saying that studies into mice did not mean that people were at risk, despite adverse health outcomes in many smokers.
A new era of ignorance
“We live in a world of radical ignorance, and the marvel is that any kind of truth cuts through the noise,” says Proctor. Even though knowledge is ‘accessible’, it does not mean it is accessed, he warns.
“Although for most things this is trivial – like, for example, the boiling point of mercury – but for bigger questions of political and philosophical import, the knowledge people have often comes from faith or tradition, or propaganda, more than anywhere else.”
Proctor found that ignorance spreads when firstly, many people do not understand a concept or fact and secondly, when special interest groups – like a commercial firm or a political group – then work hard to create confusion about an issue. In the case of ignorance about tobacco and climate change, a scientifically illiterate society will probably be more susceptible to the tactics used by those wishing to confuse and cloud the truth.
Consider climate change as an example. “The fight is not just over the existence of climate change, it’s over whether God has created the Earth for us to exploit, whether government has the right to regulate industry, whether environmentalists should be empowered, and so on. It’s not just about the facts, it’s about what is imagined to flow from and into such facts,” says Proctor.
Making up our own minds
Another academic studying ignorance is David Dunning, from Cornell University. Dunning warns that the internet is helping propagate ignorance – it is a place where everyone has a chance to be their own expert, he says, which makes them prey for powerful interests wishing to deliberately spread ignorance.
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My worry is not that we are losing the ability to make up our own minds, but that it’s becoming too easy to do so – David Dunning
"While some smart people will profit from all the information now just a click away, many will be misled into a false sense of expertise. My worry is not that we are losing the ability to make up our own minds, but that it’s becoming too easy to do so. We should consult with others much more than we imagine. Other people may be imperfect as well, but often their opinions go a long way toward correcting our own imperfections, as our own imperfect expertise helps to correct their errors,” warns Dunning.
Dunning and Proctor also warn that the wilful spread of ignorance is rampant throughout the US presidential primaries on both sides of the political spectrum.
“Donald Trump is the obvious current example in the US, suggesting easy solutions to followers that are either unworkable or unconstitutional,” says Dunning.
So while agnotology may have had its origins in the heyday of the tobacco industry, today the need for both a word and the study of human ignorance is as strong as ever.
In one of the paper’s most revealing sections, it looks at how to market cigarettes to the mass public: “Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the mind of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy.”
This revelation piqued the interest of Robert Proctor, a science historian from Stanford University, who started delving into the practices of tobacco firms and how they had spread confusion about whether smoking caused cancer.
Proctor had found that the cigarette industry did not want consumers to know the harms of its product, and it spent billions obscuring the facts of the health effects of smoking. This search led him to create a word for the study of deliberate propagation of ignorance: agnotology.
"
Agnotology is the study of wilful acts to spread confusion and deceit, usually to sell a product or win favour
It comes from agnosis, the neoclassical Greek word for ignorance or ‘not knowing’, and ontology, the branch of metaphysics which deals with the nature of being. Agnotology is the study of wilful acts to spread confusion and deceit, usually to sell a product or win favour.
“I was exploring how powerful industries could promote ignorance to sell their wares. Ignorance is power… and agnotology is about the deliberate creation of ignorance.
“In looking into agnotology, I discovered the secret world of classified science, and thought historians should be giving this more attention.”
The 1969 memo and the tactics used by the tobacco industry became the perfect example of agnotology, Proctor says. “Ignorance is not just the not-yet-known, it’s also a political ploy, a deliberate creation by powerful agents who want you ‘not to know’.”
To help him in his search, Proctor enlisted the help of UC Berkeley linguist Iain Boal, and together they came up with the term – the neologism was coined in 1995, although much of Proctor’s analysis of the phenomenon had occurred in the previous decades.
Balancing act
Agnotology is as important today as it was back when Proctor studied the tobacco industry’s obfuscation of facts about cancer and smoking. For example, politically motivated doubt was sown over US President Barack Obama’s nationality for many months by opponents until he revealed his birth certificate in 2011. In another case, some political commentators in Australia attempted to stoke panic by likening the country’s credit rating to that of Greece, despite readily available public information from ratings agencies showing the two economies are very different.
Proctor explains that ignorance can often be propagated under the guise of balanced debate. For example, the common idea that there will always be two opposing views does not always result in a rational conclusion. This was behind how tobacco firms used science to make their products look harmless, and is used today by climate change deniers to argue against the scientific evidence.
“This ‘balance routine’ has allowed the cigarette men, or climate deniers today, to claim that there are two sides to every story, that ‘experts disagree’ – creating a false picture of the truth, hence ignorance.”
"
We live in a world of radical ignorance – Robert Proctor
For example, says Proctor, many of the studies linking carcinogens in tobacco were conducted in mice initially, and the tobacco industry responded by saying that studies into mice did not mean that people were at risk, despite adverse health outcomes in many smokers.
A new era of ignorance
“We live in a world of radical ignorance, and the marvel is that any kind of truth cuts through the noise,” says Proctor. Even though knowledge is ‘accessible’, it does not mean it is accessed, he warns.
“Although for most things this is trivial – like, for example, the boiling point of mercury – but for bigger questions of political and philosophical import, the knowledge people have often comes from faith or tradition, or propaganda, more than anywhere else.”
Proctor found that ignorance spreads when firstly, many people do not understand a concept or fact and secondly, when special interest groups – like a commercial firm or a political group – then work hard to create confusion about an issue. In the case of ignorance about tobacco and climate change, a scientifically illiterate society will probably be more susceptible to the tactics used by those wishing to confuse and cloud the truth.
Consider climate change as an example. “The fight is not just over the existence of climate change, it’s over whether God has created the Earth for us to exploit, whether government has the right to regulate industry, whether environmentalists should be empowered, and so on. It’s not just about the facts, it’s about what is imagined to flow from and into such facts,” says Proctor.
Making up our own minds
Another academic studying ignorance is David Dunning, from Cornell University. Dunning warns that the internet is helping propagate ignorance – it is a place where everyone has a chance to be their own expert, he says, which makes them prey for powerful interests wishing to deliberately spread ignorance.
"
My worry is not that we are losing the ability to make up our own minds, but that it’s becoming too easy to do so – David Dunning
"While some smart people will profit from all the information now just a click away, many will be misled into a false sense of expertise. My worry is not that we are losing the ability to make up our own minds, but that it’s becoming too easy to do so. We should consult with others much more than we imagine. Other people may be imperfect as well, but often their opinions go a long way toward correcting our own imperfections, as our own imperfect expertise helps to correct their errors,” warns Dunning.
Dunning and Proctor also warn that the wilful spread of ignorance is rampant throughout the US presidential primaries on both sides of the political spectrum.
“Donald Trump is the obvious current example in the US, suggesting easy solutions to followers that are either unworkable or unconstitutional,” says Dunning.
So while agnotology may have had its origins in the heyday of the tobacco industry, today the need for both a word and the study of human ignorance is as strong as ever.
Blunder: FIFA leaks Messi’s name as Ballon d’Or winner
Wonder they say shall never end! Football fans across the globe have been left wondering if FIFA accidentally leaked the winners of the Ballon d’Or on their website on Wednesday.
File: Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Football’s world governing body momentarily placed Lionel Messi and Celia Sasic at the summit of their list of winners on their website, alongside the year 2015. Their names were swiftly removed.
The ceremony is scheduled to take place on January 11 but Messi and Sasic would not be surprising winners.
Messi spearheaded Barcelona to the treble last season, scoring 48 goals in 53 games for his team.
He is competing against Neymar, his Barcelona team-mate, and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo for the gong and if Messi is the winner, it will be the fifth time he has held the Ballon d’Or.
Sasic, meanwhile, won the women’s World Cup with Germany in 2015 and was also top scorer for Frankfurt as they won the Champions League.
But she retired from the game in July at the age of 27, saying she wanted to pursue new challenges.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/blunder-fifa-leaks-messis-name-as-ballon-dor-winner/
File: Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi
Football’s world governing body momentarily placed Lionel Messi and Celia Sasic at the summit of their list of winners on their website, alongside the year 2015. Their names were swiftly removed.
The ceremony is scheduled to take place on January 11 but Messi and Sasic would not be surprising winners.
Messi spearheaded Barcelona to the treble last season, scoring 48 goals in 53 games for his team.
He is competing against Neymar, his Barcelona team-mate, and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo for the gong and if Messi is the winner, it will be the fifth time he has held the Ballon d’Or.
Sasic, meanwhile, won the women’s World Cup with Germany in 2015 and was also top scorer for Frankfurt as they won the Champions League.
But she retired from the game in July at the age of 27, saying she wanted to pursue new challenges.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/blunder-fifa-leaks-messis-name-as-ballon-dor-winner/
Davido's Baby Mama Saga He Has Reacted To NAPTIP Says It Is A Family Affair
There are indications that the Hip-Hop star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, and his Babymama, Sophia Momodu, are already working with the National Agency for the Prohibition in Trafficking of Persons, NAPTIP, in order to resolve the feud over the custody of their baby, Imade.
Davido and Sophia
Davido and Sophia
A source from the agency told Vanguard, yesterday, that the warring parties are cooperating with the agency to end the face-off as soon as possible.
This is coming on the heels of the 23-year-old pop singer’s visit to the Lagos State office of NAPTIP, yesterday. His father, Dr. Deji Adeleke was said to have stormed the NAPTIP office earlier in the week. So also were Dele Momodu and Sophia.
Though the details of Davido’s meeting with the officials of the agency are yet to be ascertained, it was, however, gathered that the pop star arrived the office of NAPTIP at 11:07a.m., yesterday.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/davido-vs-babymama-popstar-storms-naptip-office-says-its-a-family-affair/
Davido and Sophia
Davido and Sophia
A source from the agency told Vanguard, yesterday, that the warring parties are cooperating with the agency to end the face-off as soon as possible.
This is coming on the heels of the 23-year-old pop singer’s visit to the Lagos State office of NAPTIP, yesterday. His father, Dr. Deji Adeleke was said to have stormed the NAPTIP office earlier in the week. So also were Dele Momodu and Sophia.
Though the details of Davido’s meeting with the officials of the agency are yet to be ascertained, it was, however, gathered that the pop star arrived the office of NAPTIP at 11:07a.m., yesterday.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/davido-vs-babymama-popstar-storms-naptip-office-says-its-a-family-affair/
The Surprise Truth About Low Self Esteem By Christel Humfrey
I find this very interesting and I decided to share. Enjoy it below!
As one who's lived with low self-esteem, I know how uncomfortable, even torturous, it can be. But change is possible.
What comes to mind when you think of a person with low self-esteem? Maybe it's the man who is always defensive and insecure. He refuses to try anything new because failure is not an option. Maybe it's the woman who is easily flustered, quick to put herself down and afraid to speak in public.
I remember that my 5-year-old self was shy to the core — I was very insecure. Eye contact was hard and conversation was even harder. By age 15, I could sing for an audience and pirouette on stage like the rest of the ballerinas, but if you asked me to speak in public, sheer terror would overwhelm me. If only my shyness reflected a simple personality trait rather than exposing a deep-rooted attitude about my self-worth. But it didn't, so I put my hope in thinking that adulthood would magically wipe away all my insecurities. I would soon be disappointed.
Now I understand that there can be a difference between being shy and being insecure, but as one who's lived with low self-esteem, I know how uncomfortable, even torturous, it can be. But change is possible.
Many insecure people still wonder if it's really worth exerting the effort to change because, by all appearances, low self-esteem seems innocuous. But here's the rub — Jesus didn't die to make innocuous people. He died to make us more. He died to "present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him" (Colossians 1:22).
Those of us who struggle with insecurities feel immense pressure to conform to the expectations of others, and we avoid public criticism at all costs. By contrast, Christ tells us not to "fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul" (Matthew 10:28).
First John 4:18 and Romans 12:2 seem to confirm that the apostles John and Paul taught against people-pleasing and the fear of punishment. But psychology today teaches that the cure to insecurity is to love and trust ourselves more. I'm afraid this prescription may not be the miracle cure it has been puffed up to be.
The real culprit
When I looked to God's Word, I found a view of humanity that is nuanced and complex. Surprisingly, there is no biblical category for a person who does not love himself or herself. Instead, humanity is portrayed as naturally selfish. We are never told to love ourselves more because this is not a problem known to humanity. When Jesus was asked to define the greatest commandment, he told the Pharisees that the greatest command had two parts, including a directive to "love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:39). Apparently He assumed that you already love yourself.
I don't think this means that we all love ourselves correctly, as God does. But I do think that Jesus was alluding to our natural tendency to put our own needs and desires ahead of those of others. When we don't keep this innate selfishness in check, it manifests itself in one of two ugly ways: arrogance or insecurity.
It may surprise you to think of insecurity as a distortion of self-love, but like arrogance, it is self-focused and self-obsessing in nature.
Humility and insecurity don't mix
Many well-meaning Christians mislabel insecurity as humility, but there is a significant difference between the two. A humble person does not spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about his or her own flaws.
In his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis gives a surprising description of a humble person when he states: "Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody. Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him. If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all."
A humble person does not need to undervalue or disparage himself. He is far too busy engaging in the world beyond his own self-drama.
The cure for navel-gazing
The Merriam-Webster dictionary describes navel-gazing as "useless or excessive self-contemplation". And let's be honest, no one is immune to this mutation of self-love — at least not since Adam and Eve ate that forbidden fruit in the garden.
A periodic self-checkup may be helpful, but we need to take a break from self-analyzing. There is only so far we can go before our thoughts become repetitive and banal, so the cure for low self-esteem comes with a shift in our focus. We need to shift our eyes God-ward.
According to Jesus, the most important thing we can do is to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" (Matthew 22:37). Although many of us struggle to take our eyes off ourselves long enough to actually do this, as we study Scripture, listen to preaching and spend time in prayer, our feelings of insecurity can diminish. This happens when our thoughts are elevated to something better than that of our fallen experience.
The second part of the greatest commandment is similar to the first. We are to love our neighbor like we love ourselves (Matthew 22:39). If our insecurities get in the way of our ability to love the people God has placed in our lives, then we have a problem.
God's Word challenges us to rearrange our hearts' desires. Instead of spending the majority of our time contemplating our flaws and worrying about other people's opinions of us, we need to love God and our neighbor.
The 19th century Scottish pastor Robert Murray M'Cheyne once wrote, "For every look at yourself, take 10 looks at Christ." This would be a good benchmark for us because, if we're honest, for every 10 looks we take at ourselves, we might take one look at Christ. Maybe.
The first step to recovery from low self-esteem does not include loving ourselves more. The first step is to love God more and then to love our neighbor as ourselves.
The only real judge
We need to understand how God intersects with our life. More specifically, how the gospel of Jesus Christ transforms our identity and our self-worth.
God has taken action on our behalf and those who put their trust in Him are literally transformed by His love. Look at these words in Romans 8:31-34: "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died — more than that, who was raised — who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us."
In other words, if you are a Christian, God is for you (v. 31). If you doubt it, look at the evidence. He gave His son for you (v. 32) and He justifies you (v. 33). Jesus died for you and rose again, and even now He intercedes for you (v. 34).
As Christians, we do not have to drum up overinflated views of ourselves to be acceptable. God makes us worthy of love and saved us through Christ Jesus. If the God of the universe is for us, then who can be against us?
Human criticism does not hold weight when compared to God's opinion of us. In a certain sense, we are not even qualified to be our own judge (1 Corinthians 4:3). God is our judge, so let His opinion matter the most (1 Corinthians 4:4-5).
Our response to self-criticism must be more profound than "love yourself more." We must learn to look past ourselves. God should fill our horizon, and the people in our lives should consume a decent amount of our time and attention.
I still have a long way to go when it comes to self-esteem, but I've learned this: Children of God have nothing to prove and nothing to lose. God defines our worth and holds us secure in His love. I am no more or less worthy than Christ makes me. In the words of the Apostle Paul, "By the grace of God I am what I am" (1 Corinthians 15:10).
http://www.boundless.org/adulthood/2016/the-surprising-truth-about-low-self-esteem
As one who's lived with low self-esteem, I know how uncomfortable, even torturous, it can be. But change is possible.
What comes to mind when you think of a person with low self-esteem? Maybe it's the man who is always defensive and insecure. He refuses to try anything new because failure is not an option. Maybe it's the woman who is easily flustered, quick to put herself down and afraid to speak in public.
I remember that my 5-year-old self was shy to the core — I was very insecure. Eye contact was hard and conversation was even harder. By age 15, I could sing for an audience and pirouette on stage like the rest of the ballerinas, but if you asked me to speak in public, sheer terror would overwhelm me. If only my shyness reflected a simple personality trait rather than exposing a deep-rooted attitude about my self-worth. But it didn't, so I put my hope in thinking that adulthood would magically wipe away all my insecurities. I would soon be disappointed.
Now I understand that there can be a difference between being shy and being insecure, but as one who's lived with low self-esteem, I know how uncomfortable, even torturous, it can be. But change is possible.
Many insecure people still wonder if it's really worth exerting the effort to change because, by all appearances, low self-esteem seems innocuous. But here's the rub — Jesus didn't die to make innocuous people. He died to make us more. He died to "present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him" (Colossians 1:22).
Those of us who struggle with insecurities feel immense pressure to conform to the expectations of others, and we avoid public criticism at all costs. By contrast, Christ tells us not to "fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul" (Matthew 10:28).
First John 4:18 and Romans 12:2 seem to confirm that the apostles John and Paul taught against people-pleasing and the fear of punishment. But psychology today teaches that the cure to insecurity is to love and trust ourselves more. I'm afraid this prescription may not be the miracle cure it has been puffed up to be.
The real culprit
When I looked to God's Word, I found a view of humanity that is nuanced and complex. Surprisingly, there is no biblical category for a person who does not love himself or herself. Instead, humanity is portrayed as naturally selfish. We are never told to love ourselves more because this is not a problem known to humanity. When Jesus was asked to define the greatest commandment, he told the Pharisees that the greatest command had two parts, including a directive to "love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:39). Apparently He assumed that you already love yourself.
I don't think this means that we all love ourselves correctly, as God does. But I do think that Jesus was alluding to our natural tendency to put our own needs and desires ahead of those of others. When we don't keep this innate selfishness in check, it manifests itself in one of two ugly ways: arrogance or insecurity.
It may surprise you to think of insecurity as a distortion of self-love, but like arrogance, it is self-focused and self-obsessing in nature.
Humility and insecurity don't mix
Many well-meaning Christians mislabel insecurity as humility, but there is a significant difference between the two. A humble person does not spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about his or her own flaws.
In his book Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis gives a surprising description of a humble person when he states: "Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody. Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him. If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all."
A humble person does not need to undervalue or disparage himself. He is far too busy engaging in the world beyond his own self-drama.
The cure for navel-gazing
The Merriam-Webster dictionary describes navel-gazing as "useless or excessive self-contemplation". And let's be honest, no one is immune to this mutation of self-love — at least not since Adam and Eve ate that forbidden fruit in the garden.
A periodic self-checkup may be helpful, but we need to take a break from self-analyzing. There is only so far we can go before our thoughts become repetitive and banal, so the cure for low self-esteem comes with a shift in our focus. We need to shift our eyes God-ward.
According to Jesus, the most important thing we can do is to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind" (Matthew 22:37). Although many of us struggle to take our eyes off ourselves long enough to actually do this, as we study Scripture, listen to preaching and spend time in prayer, our feelings of insecurity can diminish. This happens when our thoughts are elevated to something better than that of our fallen experience.
The second part of the greatest commandment is similar to the first. We are to love our neighbor like we love ourselves (Matthew 22:39). If our insecurities get in the way of our ability to love the people God has placed in our lives, then we have a problem.
God's Word challenges us to rearrange our hearts' desires. Instead of spending the majority of our time contemplating our flaws and worrying about other people's opinions of us, we need to love God and our neighbor.
The 19th century Scottish pastor Robert Murray M'Cheyne once wrote, "For every look at yourself, take 10 looks at Christ." This would be a good benchmark for us because, if we're honest, for every 10 looks we take at ourselves, we might take one look at Christ. Maybe.
The first step to recovery from low self-esteem does not include loving ourselves more. The first step is to love God more and then to love our neighbor as ourselves.
The only real judge
We need to understand how God intersects with our life. More specifically, how the gospel of Jesus Christ transforms our identity and our self-worth.
God has taken action on our behalf and those who put their trust in Him are literally transformed by His love. Look at these words in Romans 8:31-34: "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died — more than that, who was raised — who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us."
In other words, if you are a Christian, God is for you (v. 31). If you doubt it, look at the evidence. He gave His son for you (v. 32) and He justifies you (v. 33). Jesus died for you and rose again, and even now He intercedes for you (v. 34).
As Christians, we do not have to drum up overinflated views of ourselves to be acceptable. God makes us worthy of love and saved us through Christ Jesus. If the God of the universe is for us, then who can be against us?
Human criticism does not hold weight when compared to God's opinion of us. In a certain sense, we are not even qualified to be our own judge (1 Corinthians 4:3). God is our judge, so let His opinion matter the most (1 Corinthians 4:4-5).
Our response to self-criticism must be more profound than "love yourself more." We must learn to look past ourselves. God should fill our horizon, and the people in our lives should consume a decent amount of our time and attention.
I still have a long way to go when it comes to self-esteem, but I've learned this: Children of God have nothing to prove and nothing to lose. God defines our worth and holds us secure in His love. I am no more or less worthy than Christ makes me. In the words of the Apostle Paul, "By the grace of God I am what I am" (1 Corinthians 15:10).
http://www.boundless.org/adulthood/2016/the-surprising-truth-about-low-self-esteem
Wednesday 6 January 2016
IMF to scrutinise FG’s 2016 budget—Lagarde
There were indications that the 2016 Appropriation Bill may be subjected to further scrutiny and amendments by the International Monetary Fund, IMF, despite being already presented to the National Assembly for legislative action.
Managing Director of IMF, Ms Christine Lagarde, who is visiting Nigeria, told newsmen in Abuja, yesterday, that the multilateral financial institution would be discussing the budget next week with Nigerian officials.
Lagarde responding to question on the 2016 budget said: “A team of economists is going to come here (Nigeria) next week to review and audit (the bill) and have a good discussion with the government authorities to really assess whether the financing is in place, whether the debt is sustainable, whether the borrowing costs are sensible and what strategy must be put in place in order to address challenges going forward.”
The IMF boss, who held meetings with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN; Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, as well as a closed door sessions with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, had refused to comment directly on the content of the 2016
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/imf-to-scrutinise-fgs-2016-budget-lagarde/
Managing Director of IMF, Ms Christine Lagarde, who is visiting Nigeria, told newsmen in Abuja, yesterday, that the multilateral financial institution would be discussing the budget next week with Nigerian officials.
Lagarde responding to question on the 2016 budget said: “A team of economists is going to come here (Nigeria) next week to review and audit (the bill) and have a good discussion with the government authorities to really assess whether the financing is in place, whether the debt is sustainable, whether the borrowing costs are sensible and what strategy must be put in place in order to address challenges going forward.”
The IMF boss, who held meetings with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN; Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, as well as a closed door sessions with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, had refused to comment directly on the content of the 2016
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http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/imf-to-scrutinise-fgs-2016-budget-lagarde/
Governor Mimiko Disgraced And Treated Like A Criminal By The DSS.
Yesterday afternoon, on his way to Bayelsa to visit Governor Dickson of Bayelsa state and also accompany him to some last minute campaign outing, Governor
Mimiko's plane was invaded by men of the DSS immediately they landed in Port Harcourt.
The DSS team who claimed to be working with orders from above denied the occupants of the plane exit from the plane for almost 2 hours. They ransacked the jet and all the bags onboard. The passengers, including the Governor were searched thoroughly by the men of the DSS before letting them go as nothing was found on them. They did not disclose reasons for their action or what it was they were looking for to the terrified Governor.
There's speculations that the DSS was hoping to find money or ballot papers but nothing of such was found.
nairaland
Mimiko's plane was invaded by men of the DSS immediately they landed in Port Harcourt.
The DSS team who claimed to be working with orders from above denied the occupants of the plane exit from the plane for almost 2 hours. They ransacked the jet and all the bags onboard. The passengers, including the Governor were searched thoroughly by the men of the DSS before letting them go as nothing was found on them. They did not disclose reasons for their action or what it was they were looking for to the terrified Governor.
There's speculations that the DSS was hoping to find money or ballot papers but nothing of such was found.
nairaland
Tuesday 5 January 2016
Cannabis Issue; Dele Momodu Reacted On Davido's Baby Mama Saga.
Apparently this os not a good time as the whole drama continues between Davido and Dele Momodu. Vanguard reported and below is the details.
It seems the babymama drama involving 23-year-old pop artiste, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido and 28-year-old Sophia Momodu, the niece of popular publisher, Dele Momodu, will not end soon.
In what look to be an indirect response to the allegation by Davido that Sophia infected their daughter, Imade with Cannabis; Dele Momodu threatened that Nigerians will soon know the king of cannabis when the case is fully disclosed.
The veteran journalist disclosed this in a tweet, hinting that he is not fighting anyone but oppression of his niece by the rich and powerful.
DeleDavido
Davido and Sophia
Davido and Sophia
“Good morning Africa! Thanks to all the journalists calling to ask my side of the raging story but I can’t talk because lawyers are involved”.
“It is also pertinent to establish the rule of law rather than brigandage but we shall soon know the king of cannabis in Nigeria!”
“The rich and powerful always think they can get away with anything but under a CHANGE government we shall test the laws protecting the weak!,” Momodu posted on Twitter.
On Sunday, Davido rebuffed claims by his estranged lover, Sophia Momodu on the circumstances surrounding the removal of their daughter, Imade, from Sophia’s custody.
In a lengthy narrative issued, Adeleke alleged that Sophia had been in weekly contact with Imade up till last week and claimed that hospital authorities had sought to transfer the baby to officials of the Lagos State Children Welfare Authority on account of alleged drug use by Sophia.
Adeleke in his narrative said the hospital authorities recanted only after Sophia agreed to surrender the baby for care with him, saying his estranged lover had kept to the agreement until she recanted last week as she insisted on going along with the Adeleke family for the treatment and family vacation in Dubai.
Adeleke in the narrative poured invectives on the respected veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, who he accused of not taking care of his niece, Sophia, alleging that Mr. Momodu and his wife entered the scene as busybodies who he claimed did not bother about the welfare of their niece until she had a baby for him.
It seems the babymama drama involving 23-year-old pop artiste, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido and 28-year-old Sophia Momodu, the niece of popular publisher, Dele Momodu, will not end soon.
In what look to be an indirect response to the allegation by Davido that Sophia infected their daughter, Imade with Cannabis; Dele Momodu threatened that Nigerians will soon know the king of cannabis when the case is fully disclosed.
The veteran journalist disclosed this in a tweet, hinting that he is not fighting anyone but oppression of his niece by the rich and powerful.
DeleDavido
Davido and Sophia
Davido and Sophia
“Good morning Africa! Thanks to all the journalists calling to ask my side of the raging story but I can’t talk because lawyers are involved”.
“It is also pertinent to establish the rule of law rather than brigandage but we shall soon know the king of cannabis in Nigeria!”
“The rich and powerful always think they can get away with anything but under a CHANGE government we shall test the laws protecting the weak!,” Momodu posted on Twitter.
On Sunday, Davido rebuffed claims by his estranged lover, Sophia Momodu on the circumstances surrounding the removal of their daughter, Imade, from Sophia’s custody.
In a lengthy narrative issued, Adeleke alleged that Sophia had been in weekly contact with Imade up till last week and claimed that hospital authorities had sought to transfer the baby to officials of the Lagos State Children Welfare Authority on account of alleged drug use by Sophia.
Adeleke in his narrative said the hospital authorities recanted only after Sophia agreed to surrender the baby for care with him, saying his estranged lover had kept to the agreement until she recanted last week as she insisted on going along with the Adeleke family for the treatment and family vacation in Dubai.
Adeleke in the narrative poured invectives on the respected veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, who he accused of not taking care of his niece, Sophia, alleging that Mr. Momodu and his wife entered the scene as busybodies who he claimed did not bother about the welfare of their niece until she had a baby for him.
Download Lil Kesh Ibile Produced by (Pheels & Young John)
According to Vibes2lyrics,YBNL acclaimed ‘Net Rated’ winner Lil Kesh finally dish out a new track after the whole of #TheHeadiesAwards 2015 titled ‘IBILE’
Meanwhile, Couple of mins prior, Lil kesh posted on twitter that someone said he ought to change his fans in light of the fact that they are local and he answered saying, i Love my Local Fans, So he offered this to the local fans.
Download, Comment and Share Lil Kesh – Ibile (Prod By Pheel x Young John)
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Meanwhile, Couple of mins prior, Lil kesh posted on twitter that someone said he ought to change his fans in light of the fact that they are local and he answered saying, i Love my Local Fans, So he offered this to the local fans.
Download, Comment and Share Lil Kesh – Ibile (Prod By Pheel x Young John)
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Monday 4 January 2016
Taking Panadol For Another Person's Headache
This is a must read as it's culled from SDK's Page.
WEDDING CALLED OFF DUE TO VERBAL ALTERCATION
OVER OLAMIDE AND DON JAZZY BROUHAHA
Dear Stella, I have been following ur blog since 2012. Call me a monitoring spirit cos I know everything happening over there but I have never commented. No, I commented once but it wasn't posted. Lol. So here goes my chronicle.
I'm 33, by the way. I've been dating this guy since 2008. We served together but started dating after service. He left the country in 2008 but we have been dating since then. I've had a couple of "serious relationships" but somehow they keep getting messed up and I keep going back to him. He has been awesome and treats me well. He loves and respects me and sometimes I get irritated because he doesn't have a mind of his own.
We do anything I want to do, and I'd prefer someone who would make major decisions sometimes. I have visited him a couple of times in the UK.
So day before yesterday we were skyping and inside the gist he asked me what I think about the Olamide/Donjazzy ish. And I said I think they were both wrong, Olamide shouldn't have thrown a tantrum and Don J should have just ignored. Boyfriend starts saying Donjazzy is a pretender, etc etc and as far as Olamide has apologized it's ok.
I told him not to judge as he doesn't know what goes on in the life of these people but My crime was to say that saying sorry does not wipe away your f-up as you might say sorry and the person says it's ok but it doesn't change what you have done or the pain you have caused. Gbam.
My guy starts shouting that I am mean and unforgiving. At first I thought it was a joke because we were having a healthy argument till I realised he wasn't joking. Like joke he ended the relationship saying he's not sure he can be with someone who can make a comment like that (saying sorry doesn't right your wrongs) and went off the line. I'm still confused.
I can categorically state that I never disrespected him or raised my voice. A part of me is finding it funny cos if someone asks why we are not together am I supposed to say we broke up on top of Donjazzy and Olamide argument?
I called yesterday and all he said was that it wouldn't work. I can't apologize for having an opinion but I'm scared. Will I meet someone else? Or am I supposed to remove my heart from a 7 year relationship because of this? I know it sounds unbelievable because people have posted chronicles and I have rolled my eyes and asked myself "who dis one wan lie to", but it is true. Please post this, Stella, under chronicles or in house gists I don't even know. I shouldn't be finding it funny because we were supposed to do our traditional wedding in April.
Someone Please help me make sense. Am I supposed to beg?
WEDDING CALLED OFF DUE TO VERBAL ALTERCATION
OVER OLAMIDE AND DON JAZZY BROUHAHA
Dear Stella, I have been following ur blog since 2012. Call me a monitoring spirit cos I know everything happening over there but I have never commented. No, I commented once but it wasn't posted. Lol. So here goes my chronicle.
I'm 33, by the way. I've been dating this guy since 2008. We served together but started dating after service. He left the country in 2008 but we have been dating since then. I've had a couple of "serious relationships" but somehow they keep getting messed up and I keep going back to him. He has been awesome and treats me well. He loves and respects me and sometimes I get irritated because he doesn't have a mind of his own.
We do anything I want to do, and I'd prefer someone who would make major decisions sometimes. I have visited him a couple of times in the UK.
So day before yesterday we were skyping and inside the gist he asked me what I think about the Olamide/Donjazzy ish. And I said I think they were both wrong, Olamide shouldn't have thrown a tantrum and Don J should have just ignored. Boyfriend starts saying Donjazzy is a pretender, etc etc and as far as Olamide has apologized it's ok.
I told him not to judge as he doesn't know what goes on in the life of these people but My crime was to say that saying sorry does not wipe away your f-up as you might say sorry and the person says it's ok but it doesn't change what you have done or the pain you have caused. Gbam.
My guy starts shouting that I am mean and unforgiving. At first I thought it was a joke because we were having a healthy argument till I realised he wasn't joking. Like joke he ended the relationship saying he's not sure he can be with someone who can make a comment like that (saying sorry doesn't right your wrongs) and went off the line. I'm still confused.
I can categorically state that I never disrespected him or raised my voice. A part of me is finding it funny cos if someone asks why we are not together am I supposed to say we broke up on top of Donjazzy and Olamide argument?
I called yesterday and all he said was that it wouldn't work. I can't apologize for having an opinion but I'm scared. Will I meet someone else? Or am I supposed to remove my heart from a 7 year relationship because of this? I know it sounds unbelievable because people have posted chronicles and I have rolled my eyes and asked myself "who dis one wan lie to", but it is true. Please post this, Stella, under chronicles or in house gists I don't even know. I shouldn't be finding it funny because we were supposed to do our traditional wedding in April.
Someone Please help me make sense. Am I supposed to beg?
The Face of Unexpected and New Beginnings
I found this article interesting and I believed I should share it with my esteemed readers. Read below;
Not even two years ago, I wrote about moving out of the townhome where I spent many of my single years and experienced many changes. At that time, I had no idea the twists and turns the coming months would hold. There was adversity. There was growth. There was love. There was life. Our first 18 months in our new home went nothing like I expected, and yet God was incredibly active and present.
Now we find ourselves on the brink of another new beginning. After 15 years of living in Colorado, I will be moving with my family to Bakersfield, California, where my husband, Kevin, will take on the role of a family pastor. If I told you the whole story of how God brought this about, you would be amazed. One thing is very clear to me: We did not do this. God created a chain reaction of events that propelled us toward this unlikely change. I have found Proverbs 16:9 to be very accurate: “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.”
Our hearts (at first) didn’t lead us away from the mountainous beauty of Colorado or prompt us to leave our family and friends here. Our hearts didn’t compel us to seek out the unknowns of a new community (and climate!). But God most certainly directed our steps. There were days where we had no plan and simply had to trust that God did, and that He would reveal it to us in His perfect time. That was uncomfortable (as the unknown usually is) and even painful.
Then, at the right time, we saw what God had been doing — and it led us straight to California. It was then that our hearts followed as we began to fall in love with the people, church and community God was leading us to and had prepared us for. During that time, I told someone, “Not only did God answer our prayers, but at times it seemed like He was showing off in the way He did it.” Isn’t that just like our God? He never does things halfway.
As we pack up this week, I am in awe again of the way in which God orchestrates the events of our lives and how completely trustworthy He is. If I’m honest, 2015 has not been the easiest year for the Gosselins. But a difficult season has given way to a new, promising beginning. As we head into 2016, leaving many precious things behind — including 15 years of life and friendship in Colorado — Isaiah 64:4 is particularly meaningful to me:
“
From of old no one has heard
or perceived by the ear,
no eye has seen a God besides you,
who acts for those who wait for him.
God is a God who acts on our behalf. And for that, I am truly thankful.
By Suzanne Hadley Gosselin
Not even two years ago, I wrote about moving out of the townhome where I spent many of my single years and experienced many changes. At that time, I had no idea the twists and turns the coming months would hold. There was adversity. There was growth. There was love. There was life. Our first 18 months in our new home went nothing like I expected, and yet God was incredibly active and present.
Now we find ourselves on the brink of another new beginning. After 15 years of living in Colorado, I will be moving with my family to Bakersfield, California, where my husband, Kevin, will take on the role of a family pastor. If I told you the whole story of how God brought this about, you would be amazed. One thing is very clear to me: We did not do this. God created a chain reaction of events that propelled us toward this unlikely change. I have found Proverbs 16:9 to be very accurate: “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.”
Our hearts (at first) didn’t lead us away from the mountainous beauty of Colorado or prompt us to leave our family and friends here. Our hearts didn’t compel us to seek out the unknowns of a new community (and climate!). But God most certainly directed our steps. There were days where we had no plan and simply had to trust that God did, and that He would reveal it to us in His perfect time. That was uncomfortable (as the unknown usually is) and even painful.
Then, at the right time, we saw what God had been doing — and it led us straight to California. It was then that our hearts followed as we began to fall in love with the people, church and community God was leading us to and had prepared us for. During that time, I told someone, “Not only did God answer our prayers, but at times it seemed like He was showing off in the way He did it.” Isn’t that just like our God? He never does things halfway.
As we pack up this week, I am in awe again of the way in which God orchestrates the events of our lives and how completely trustworthy He is. If I’m honest, 2015 has not been the easiest year for the Gosselins. But a difficult season has given way to a new, promising beginning. As we head into 2016, leaving many precious things behind — including 15 years of life and friendship in Colorado — Isaiah 64:4 is particularly meaningful to me:
“
From of old no one has heard
or perceived by the ear,
no eye has seen a God besides you,
who acts for those who wait for him.
God is a God who acts on our behalf. And for that, I am truly thankful.
By Suzanne Hadley Gosselin
Sunday 3 January 2016
Davido Joined On Stage By His Billionaire Dad During Performance In Gambia
It is good to say that when you are doing good your parents will be proud of you. Nigerian singer, Davido is presently enjoying a nice time with his family in Gambia. The HKN boss alongside members of his HKN label where spotted at the club where Davido was joined by his billionaire dad, Elder Deji Adeleke at the club where he performed. Below is a link to the shared via a Twitter page.
http://www.nigerianmag.com/2016/01/video-davido-joined-on-stage-by-his.html?m=1
http://www.nigerianmag.com/2016/01/video-davido-joined-on-stage-by-his.html?m=1
The Real Story Behind Davido's Baby Mama As He Opened Up.
As culled from LIB, Davido pours out his heart in this long and revealing piece. Please read below...
Birth of Imade Adeleke
When the second trimester of Sophia’s pregnancy was closing, she tortuously announced to me that she was in the family way.
My mind was bemused,and so was my soul confused. But I quickly realized that nothing more could be done to alter my status as a father-to-be. I knew that i was not ready to be a dad. Still, I adjusted myself to the realities of my new situation and the consequences of my past personal indiscretions.
I made the determination that I was going to be a good dad. I also reasoned that my blunder is not enough pretext to make me a husband. I was just 21. And so I decided to be a responsible dad without being husband to the mother of my baby. I never was in love with Sophia neither was marriage ever in the offing.
Without knowing for sure that I was the real dad of the baby, I entrusted Sophia to the services of a private hospital for both pre-natal and post-natal medical cares. An apartment at Lekki was leased for 2 years, and paid for by me. The burden of medical bills, feeding, transportation and sundry costs rested on my person. No family member of Sophia including Uncle Dele Momodu rose to help nor guide Sophia.
I own my property at Lekki and had allowed Sophia to stay in the house because she claimed that she knew nobody in Lagos and that her father was deceasedwhilst her mother was resident in Abuja. For real, Sophia was a drifter without a dime, education nor career. My compassion, ignorance, naivety and poor judgment had combined to make me a victim to a much older lady with super cunning sense that was mixed with a vicious and diabolical nature. I stand accused but calmly accepted my responsibility for the sad misadventure that caused me to be a seat-mate with Sophia on a plane that was flying nowhere.
All along, I have only been generous with Sophia without knowing for sure I was the father to the baby she was carrying. On May 14, 2015, Sophia delivered her baby named Imade. It was after Sophia had deliveredthe baby that DNA testing medically confirmed that I was indeed the biological father of our child named Imade.
Once this status was obtained, Sophia started to apply maximum financial demands on me. I bought all the baby things and fully furnished her apartment. Sophia knew well how to spend money and yet contributed zero to the vast expenses that I incurred. None in her family contributed even a fake coin to the cost of having Imade.
Uncle Dele Momodu, now the pompous moralist, never visited Sophia nor even delivered an ordinary greeting cardto Imade nor to her mum. Throughout the many months that Sophia stayed at my house when she claimed she has no family in Lagos, Uncle Dele Momodu and his bossy wife never showed up at my house to say hello to either of us.
When the going was good, Sophia had told me plenty things about her uncle Dele Momodu that I need not repeat here. And she never invited me to go with her to visit him and I don’t have the knowledge that she ever visited him throughout the time she stayed in my house. She always explained that a visit to Uncle Dele was needless and unnecessary. Uncle Dele Momodu never liked, and still does not like Sophia. He is now just grandstanding because Sophia had a baby for a fairly prominent family and famous Davido.
The case of MrsMomodu baffles me even more. Why did she not think it necessary to move to Sophia’s apartment to help her out and show her the tricks of motherhood when Imade was newly born. Not once did she visit Sophia and her baby until December 2015. She gave neither care, love nor financial support to Sophia. Now, at 7 months old, and a child with special medical needs, MrsMomodu rushed to the Lagos Airport to make an awful botch of her standing as a mother: MrsMomodu certainly not a good person. She put time and energy to prevent my daughter and I,the real father of Imade, from travelling aboard to keep an appointment with the American Hospital, Dubai. At the point of dying in November, 2015Imade had been rushed to this medical facility in Dubai, where she received helpful and adequate treatment, and was duly returned to Nigeria, without any side excursions.
What then suddenly propels the fear or dangerous love ofMr&MrsMomodu for Sophia? I deeply sense this couple never loved Sophia nor her late father. They also resent her mum, and probably are jealous that Sophia ever became a mum herself, and thus, wish that Sophia’s daughter who is also my daughter, must needlessly perish.
Where is the inherent value in a callous human ploy that directly intends to prevent a child from receiving necessary medical care aboard once the biological father, DavidAdeleke, the child’s grandfather and all my siblings who are uncles and aunties to Imadeare booked to fly on this essential medical trip to which we have attached a restful family vacation? Sophia ain’t a member of our family, period.
Surely, Sophia was not with Imade when she first visited Dubai, and yet Imade was promptly returned to Nigeria. And no one said Sophia cannot come to Dubai except that I declared that I don’t want the trip to seem like a spousal get-away. Sophia ain’t my wife and I refuse to let any action conspire to make us look like a couple. She seemed unable or unwilling to pay her way to Dubai. Also, her boastful Uncle, alas, refused to volunteer to pay her way to Dubai. I never suggested to an elder what he should take up as his personal responsibility if indeed he cared at all for Sophia as his robust involvement in our odd relationship wishes to establish.MrMomodu never bought the ticket but wanted to enforce his cosine to join my family on this Dubai trip.
Dangerous lights are furiously blinking red around my daughter, Sophia and my person. Uncle Dele Momodu and his wife are providers of the energy espousing the idea of a needless death to my daughter. I now say it loud and clear, should my daughter die, this strange couple are mainly responsible. Mr Dele Momodu should just leave me and my family alone! His daughter is not who had a baby for me, and he has been too much of an absentee uncle to Sophia to have any traction on the moral authority that commands the soul and heart of this matter. Sophia Never formally introduced him nor his wife to me, at anytime. Why are they now crowding my space and that of my daughter?
Custody, Lifestyle and Imade’s Loss of Wellness
In May, the same month Imade was born, Sophia settled in her fancy apartment for which I paid a hefty bill for a 2 year lease. Her baby was healthy. And she seemed happy. I would take care of all the financial needs of Imade and still pay Sophia a living allowance of 300,000 Naira plus utility bills.
Within a matter of weeks, Sophia missing and lusting for the streets of Lagos, especially the glitzy night life. She often left Imade home for clubbing, binge drinking and a life of debauchery and deviant living. She would sleep all day and party all night. When awake, she was addicted to the telephone and cannabis. She paid the baby no attention at all and seem to despise motherhood and parenting.
Imadewas in her custody for2 straight months, unchallenged and uninterrupted, until the baby took badly and severely ill in July. Imade cried, ceaselessly, for 48 hours. She was rushed to the hospital where her condition confounded medical experts. Several tests were conducted on her and later on the mother. Medical reports, herein attached(exhibit 1), proved that Sophia’s blood was polluted to the maximum level with cannabis and she had by the process of breast feeding infected her child with complicated medical conditions associated with the use of alcohol and especially cannabis. The trouble spot for Imade was her lungs. She had difficulty breathing largely because of the contaminated breast milk and the severity of the “Second Smoke” of marijuana inhaled by the poor child.
The medical experts at the hospital were enraged by the callous treatment of Imade by her own mother and declared her unfit for the caring and the nursing of a delicate baby. The team determined that they would hand over the baby to the Children’s Welfare Authority of Lagos State Government. My family started to plead with the hospital management. For the first time, Sophia too was sober, sorry and contrite. We pleaded that the baby would be kept from the mother once she was returned to us, and that we would take over responsibilities for Imade’s welfare.
Voluntarily, Sophia, in the attempt to avoid the handing over of the baby to the children welfare authority, agreed to a compromise position that she would transfer Imade to the Adeleke family until the cannabis in the systems of both mum and daughter was completely outand comprehensively cleaned out. The medical expert also indicated that the full damage to Imade’s person could not be ascertained right away and that her mental state now or in d future could not be determined nor predicted until perhaps when she would have attained adulthood. This was why and how Imade was transferred tothe custody of the Adeleke family.
Soonest, Sophia began to make vigorous demands for the brand new car promised to her by me in May. My father stood out of all this matter and pointedly told me that although I was very young but I was already making big income and therefore must learn to be a responsible adult who takes care of business properly and accordingly. He had instructed since May, that i should provide the mother of my baby with a car, without delay.
But I have since had a change of mind on this issue because, of Sophia’s night crawling activities and reckless partying at night clubs. Her clubbing rendezvous escalated. In fact, she had gone to a club on Victoria Island and spent 250,000 Naira in one night. Unashamedly,she told the management of the club to slap “Davido” with the bill. I have refused to pay but till date, the club has never let off the harassment of my person for the settlement of this wild bill. I still don’t believe that my obstinacy will finally absorbed from the payment of this reckless charge. This was one of the main reason I put the purchase of the car on hold
Meanwhile,Imade was increasingly worse off in wellness and she had to be flown to the American hospital in Dubai. I wrote a letter of release authorizing my sister to travel to Dubai with Imade. The hospital saved Imade who was returned to Nigeria with a medical equipment that had to be used daily to enable Imadeto gain restful sleep and balanced respiratory rhythm. The photograph of this equipment is hereby attached.
If Imade had not gone to Dubai, it is fair to say that she may not be alive today. Still, some people prevented her from keeping a follow-up appointment at the American Hospital in Dubai.For the silliest possible reason.My family would not pay for Sophia’s flight ticket and thus Imade would be disallowed from traveling for the vital purpose of medical conditions that lend oxygen to her life. Which is more important to Mr Dele Momomdu, the ticket for his cousin or the overall wellness of Imade? And why can’t this glamorous uncle buy the ticket for Sophia so that the life of imade is not compromised?
The claim has been made that the aborted trip to Dubia was to takeImade to America. This is not true.Imade’s Nigerian passport is right now with the Immigration Office with no American Visa embossed on it and Imade, though qualified to possess an American Passport because her dad is an American citizen,still does not possess an American passport. True,her passport is being processed but the truancy of her mother has caused a major delay. I therefore ask, how willImade have entered America without a visa on her Nigerian passport? The great dynamics of lying is that the liar is the first to know that he has told a lie, and the lies told would certainly demolish his integrity and the peace of his soul. Uncle Dele Momodu, beware!
So poor in understanding is the cerebral capacity of your cousin or niece that she cannot even operate the equipment that stabilizes her child’s lungs despite rigorous training offered to her (Exhibit2). She is dismally inattentive. But she is a fabulous cannon fodder for all the frivolities of life. What more can I do for a woman who is not my wife? I am 23. I ain’t ready for marriage or even fatherhood. But I have accepted my responsibilities as my father raised me to understand life and deal with all its challenges.
The only reason why some of us are dancing naked in the market place today is because Sophia’s request to go to Dubai on my ticket was declined. She is demanding for her new car and a raise of her allowance to one million naira per month. The sole reason why she’s demanding for the custody of Imade is to justify the necessity for this delusional one million naira. A domestic matter that could have been quietly and sensibly settled has been tossed to the public domain with the brutal consequences to the most innocent actor in this drama, Imade.
From December 23-28, Sophia lived at my father’s Lekki residence in peace except for the first one hour when a medication was misapplied by her and Imade speedily vomited for a fearfully long time. Sophia did not know how to even bathe her own baby. She brought a friend to stay with her in a 3-bedroom flat with a resident professional nurse and nanny. Overall, her stay was joyful and in alignment with the thrills of the Christmas holiday season.
On December 29, less than 24hours of leaving my father’s house, Sophia was at the airport in the company of her uncle and his wife with malice aforethought and the aim to do maximum damage that would obstruct her child from traveling aboard to receive necessary and needful medical care. She was welcome to join us if she had bought her ticket or her uncle had funded her for the trip.
I offered to buy her a car and suggested a Toyota brand or Hyundai. She lost her cool and told me off. She wanted a fancy jeep and preferably, a Mercedes Benz Jeep. I laughed because she just wanted to be a Lagos Big Girl for nothing. She hardly can cope with the cheapest car much less the ruinous cost of maintaining a Mercedes Benz vehicle. In December she received 500,000 naira as her allowance without doing anything for Imade. Life is not a bed of roses. Neither have I ever promised Sophia a rose garden. Her spontaneous motions of delusions utterly baffle me!
On her twitter page, she claimed she has recovered Imade from captivity. But Imade never was in captivity. Sophia certainly knows where Imade is. And it is where she left her on December 28, at my father’s house. What is the lie about? Sophia also claimed that she hasn’t seen her daughter in 5 months This cannot be true. Sophie spent every Sunday with her baby at my father’s house since July 2015 when she voluntarily transferred Imade to the Adeleke family after the cannabis incidence. She and her daughter constantly appear on her face book and twitter pages throughout this period of 5 months. What manner of unreliable and lying person is Sophia.? The picture of your reconciliation with Imade after “captivity” that you posted on your twitter page came directly from the photo shoot that you posed for at my father’s house during your Christmas stay. Why can’t you ever be affable with truth nor have a relationship with honour?
Uncle Dele Momodu was the first to bring this domestic matter online and onto the internet. Uncle Dele Momodu ran smack into the internet highway on December 30 with Video recordings that he dishonestly, immorally and unlawfully recorded at a government facility and office at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Uncle, you are wrong and you are not doing the right thing. By doing a thing so unlawful over a domestic mater between a 23-yearold boy and your niece is a bothersome slight that proved your niece must have learnt her sleazy ways from your own accomplished slap-happy conduct.
Life is beautiful if we all live in simple ways and do not engage criminal gadgets to replace integrity and honour. Your worthless videorecordings has achieved nothing.But exposed your naivety and lack of decorum. Your recordings cannot alter the fact that I am “Davido” father of Imade and it cannot force me to be the husband of your cousin. In truth, I don’t know if you are uncle or cousin to Sophia. The word uncle has lost it esteem since the timethat sleazebucket took over our land. Still, Uncle Dele Momodu, it is immoral, unlawful and unethical to clandestinely record anyone, especially friends and family members. This scandalous act truly got you slaughtered and put a new slant on your person.
Late evening on December 30, I responded to your vicious internet publications that attacked me and my family. As you well know, my response was a slam dunk that hurt you badly and diminished your person. You perhaps deserved what you got. But my father’s counsel and the love I have for Imade prompted me to recall the arrow aimed at you. You see, my father raised me well, and I promptly complied with his advise. I thus deleted all references to the issue of December 29 at the Airport and apologized to you in particular along with all my fans. I showed you respect even if u had drunkenly provoked me.
Instead of reciprocating with love and elderly wisdom, you sustained your attack of me with even more venom and hatefulness. With all due respect for my dad, I am compelled to speak to your lies and your simulation of grand self-importance. I am 23 and you are almost 60. Your cousin has a baby for me. Rather than bring us together as a family, you wished for glowing embers to come out of cool cucumber. You know damn well how to grandstand. This is why you instructed your lawyers to put garbage on the internet in a matter that should be showcased in the court of law. Uncle, who offended you? Is it Davido, Sophia or Imade? It cannot be my late mum after whom I named Imade. Is it my gentle dad? Why have you engaged yourself in a bitter private vendetta with my family? Uncle, you will have your day in court. But you will soonest be forced to embrace the fact that the crowning glory of your puffing and pride rests in your stunning emptiness. Again, I dare you, publish the garbage in your vanity trunk or perish!.
I am 23 and a performing artiste that God immensely blessed and I have joyfully made good in the industry. I won’t do this forever, and I shall timely step aside in the nearest future. I have a degree and I am stashing my monies aside so that I can build a decent future for Imade plus my future wife and family. I believe as the bible says, “every good gift is from above”.
There is nothing better in life than to tell the truth and pray. May God ever stand by me and deliver to me my dreams and wishes. May He also deliver to your own children their dreams and desires. Uncle Dele Momodu, please, please leave me and my family alone even if it is clear, by God’s will, that you can’t do us a thing. As for me, this is the end of this conversation.
May God lead both of us to the righteous path.I thank you very much, sir. ImadeAdeleke breathing Exercise Administered Nightly to help her Lungs because of exposure to second hand Smoke and cannabis infected Breast Milk
Birth of Imade Adeleke
When the second trimester of Sophia’s pregnancy was closing, she tortuously announced to me that she was in the family way.
My mind was bemused,and so was my soul confused. But I quickly realized that nothing more could be done to alter my status as a father-to-be. I knew that i was not ready to be a dad. Still, I adjusted myself to the realities of my new situation and the consequences of my past personal indiscretions.
I made the determination that I was going to be a good dad. I also reasoned that my blunder is not enough pretext to make me a husband. I was just 21. And so I decided to be a responsible dad without being husband to the mother of my baby. I never was in love with Sophia neither was marriage ever in the offing.
Without knowing for sure that I was the real dad of the baby, I entrusted Sophia to the services of a private hospital for both pre-natal and post-natal medical cares. An apartment at Lekki was leased for 2 years, and paid for by me. The burden of medical bills, feeding, transportation and sundry costs rested on my person. No family member of Sophia including Uncle Dele Momodu rose to help nor guide Sophia.
I own my property at Lekki and had allowed Sophia to stay in the house because she claimed that she knew nobody in Lagos and that her father was deceasedwhilst her mother was resident in Abuja. For real, Sophia was a drifter without a dime, education nor career. My compassion, ignorance, naivety and poor judgment had combined to make me a victim to a much older lady with super cunning sense that was mixed with a vicious and diabolical nature. I stand accused but calmly accepted my responsibility for the sad misadventure that caused me to be a seat-mate with Sophia on a plane that was flying nowhere.
All along, I have only been generous with Sophia without knowing for sure I was the father to the baby she was carrying. On May 14, 2015, Sophia delivered her baby named Imade. It was after Sophia had deliveredthe baby that DNA testing medically confirmed that I was indeed the biological father of our child named Imade.
Once this status was obtained, Sophia started to apply maximum financial demands on me. I bought all the baby things and fully furnished her apartment. Sophia knew well how to spend money and yet contributed zero to the vast expenses that I incurred. None in her family contributed even a fake coin to the cost of having Imade.
Uncle Dele Momodu, now the pompous moralist, never visited Sophia nor even delivered an ordinary greeting cardto Imade nor to her mum. Throughout the many months that Sophia stayed at my house when she claimed she has no family in Lagos, Uncle Dele Momodu and his bossy wife never showed up at my house to say hello to either of us.
When the going was good, Sophia had told me plenty things about her uncle Dele Momodu that I need not repeat here. And she never invited me to go with her to visit him and I don’t have the knowledge that she ever visited him throughout the time she stayed in my house. She always explained that a visit to Uncle Dele was needless and unnecessary. Uncle Dele Momodu never liked, and still does not like Sophia. He is now just grandstanding because Sophia had a baby for a fairly prominent family and famous Davido.
The case of MrsMomodu baffles me even more. Why did she not think it necessary to move to Sophia’s apartment to help her out and show her the tricks of motherhood when Imade was newly born. Not once did she visit Sophia and her baby until December 2015. She gave neither care, love nor financial support to Sophia. Now, at 7 months old, and a child with special medical needs, MrsMomodu rushed to the Lagos Airport to make an awful botch of her standing as a mother: MrsMomodu certainly not a good person. She put time and energy to prevent my daughter and I,the real father of Imade, from travelling aboard to keep an appointment with the American Hospital, Dubai. At the point of dying in November, 2015Imade had been rushed to this medical facility in Dubai, where she received helpful and adequate treatment, and was duly returned to Nigeria, without any side excursions.
What then suddenly propels the fear or dangerous love ofMr&MrsMomodu for Sophia? I deeply sense this couple never loved Sophia nor her late father. They also resent her mum, and probably are jealous that Sophia ever became a mum herself, and thus, wish that Sophia’s daughter who is also my daughter, must needlessly perish.
Where is the inherent value in a callous human ploy that directly intends to prevent a child from receiving necessary medical care aboard once the biological father, DavidAdeleke, the child’s grandfather and all my siblings who are uncles and aunties to Imadeare booked to fly on this essential medical trip to which we have attached a restful family vacation? Sophia ain’t a member of our family, period.
Surely, Sophia was not with Imade when she first visited Dubai, and yet Imade was promptly returned to Nigeria. And no one said Sophia cannot come to Dubai except that I declared that I don’t want the trip to seem like a spousal get-away. Sophia ain’t my wife and I refuse to let any action conspire to make us look like a couple. She seemed unable or unwilling to pay her way to Dubai. Also, her boastful Uncle, alas, refused to volunteer to pay her way to Dubai. I never suggested to an elder what he should take up as his personal responsibility if indeed he cared at all for Sophia as his robust involvement in our odd relationship wishes to establish.MrMomodu never bought the ticket but wanted to enforce his cosine to join my family on this Dubai trip.
Dangerous lights are furiously blinking red around my daughter, Sophia and my person. Uncle Dele Momodu and his wife are providers of the energy espousing the idea of a needless death to my daughter. I now say it loud and clear, should my daughter die, this strange couple are mainly responsible. Mr Dele Momodu should just leave me and my family alone! His daughter is not who had a baby for me, and he has been too much of an absentee uncle to Sophia to have any traction on the moral authority that commands the soul and heart of this matter. Sophia Never formally introduced him nor his wife to me, at anytime. Why are they now crowding my space and that of my daughter?
Custody, Lifestyle and Imade’s Loss of Wellness
In May, the same month Imade was born, Sophia settled in her fancy apartment for which I paid a hefty bill for a 2 year lease. Her baby was healthy. And she seemed happy. I would take care of all the financial needs of Imade and still pay Sophia a living allowance of 300,000 Naira plus utility bills.
Within a matter of weeks, Sophia missing and lusting for the streets of Lagos, especially the glitzy night life. She often left Imade home for clubbing, binge drinking and a life of debauchery and deviant living. She would sleep all day and party all night. When awake, she was addicted to the telephone and cannabis. She paid the baby no attention at all and seem to despise motherhood and parenting.
Imadewas in her custody for2 straight months, unchallenged and uninterrupted, until the baby took badly and severely ill in July. Imade cried, ceaselessly, for 48 hours. She was rushed to the hospital where her condition confounded medical experts. Several tests were conducted on her and later on the mother. Medical reports, herein attached(exhibit 1), proved that Sophia’s blood was polluted to the maximum level with cannabis and she had by the process of breast feeding infected her child with complicated medical conditions associated with the use of alcohol and especially cannabis. The trouble spot for Imade was her lungs. She had difficulty breathing largely because of the contaminated breast milk and the severity of the “Second Smoke” of marijuana inhaled by the poor child.
The medical experts at the hospital were enraged by the callous treatment of Imade by her own mother and declared her unfit for the caring and the nursing of a delicate baby. The team determined that they would hand over the baby to the Children’s Welfare Authority of Lagos State Government. My family started to plead with the hospital management. For the first time, Sophia too was sober, sorry and contrite. We pleaded that the baby would be kept from the mother once she was returned to us, and that we would take over responsibilities for Imade’s welfare.
Voluntarily, Sophia, in the attempt to avoid the handing over of the baby to the children welfare authority, agreed to a compromise position that she would transfer Imade to the Adeleke family until the cannabis in the systems of both mum and daughter was completely outand comprehensively cleaned out. The medical expert also indicated that the full damage to Imade’s person could not be ascertained right away and that her mental state now or in d future could not be determined nor predicted until perhaps when she would have attained adulthood. This was why and how Imade was transferred tothe custody of the Adeleke family.
Soonest, Sophia began to make vigorous demands for the brand new car promised to her by me in May. My father stood out of all this matter and pointedly told me that although I was very young but I was already making big income and therefore must learn to be a responsible adult who takes care of business properly and accordingly. He had instructed since May, that i should provide the mother of my baby with a car, without delay.
But I have since had a change of mind on this issue because, of Sophia’s night crawling activities and reckless partying at night clubs. Her clubbing rendezvous escalated. In fact, she had gone to a club on Victoria Island and spent 250,000 Naira in one night. Unashamedly,she told the management of the club to slap “Davido” with the bill. I have refused to pay but till date, the club has never let off the harassment of my person for the settlement of this wild bill. I still don’t believe that my obstinacy will finally absorbed from the payment of this reckless charge. This was one of the main reason I put the purchase of the car on hold
Meanwhile,Imade was increasingly worse off in wellness and she had to be flown to the American hospital in Dubai. I wrote a letter of release authorizing my sister to travel to Dubai with Imade. The hospital saved Imade who was returned to Nigeria with a medical equipment that had to be used daily to enable Imadeto gain restful sleep and balanced respiratory rhythm. The photograph of this equipment is hereby attached.
If Imade had not gone to Dubai, it is fair to say that she may not be alive today. Still, some people prevented her from keeping a follow-up appointment at the American Hospital in Dubai.For the silliest possible reason.My family would not pay for Sophia’s flight ticket and thus Imade would be disallowed from traveling for the vital purpose of medical conditions that lend oxygen to her life. Which is more important to Mr Dele Momomdu, the ticket for his cousin or the overall wellness of Imade? And why can’t this glamorous uncle buy the ticket for Sophia so that the life of imade is not compromised?
The claim has been made that the aborted trip to Dubia was to takeImade to America. This is not true.Imade’s Nigerian passport is right now with the Immigration Office with no American Visa embossed on it and Imade, though qualified to possess an American Passport because her dad is an American citizen,still does not possess an American passport. True,her passport is being processed but the truancy of her mother has caused a major delay. I therefore ask, how willImade have entered America without a visa on her Nigerian passport? The great dynamics of lying is that the liar is the first to know that he has told a lie, and the lies told would certainly demolish his integrity and the peace of his soul. Uncle Dele Momodu, beware!
So poor in understanding is the cerebral capacity of your cousin or niece that she cannot even operate the equipment that stabilizes her child’s lungs despite rigorous training offered to her (Exhibit2). She is dismally inattentive. But she is a fabulous cannon fodder for all the frivolities of life. What more can I do for a woman who is not my wife? I am 23. I ain’t ready for marriage or even fatherhood. But I have accepted my responsibilities as my father raised me to understand life and deal with all its challenges.
The only reason why some of us are dancing naked in the market place today is because Sophia’s request to go to Dubai on my ticket was declined. She is demanding for her new car and a raise of her allowance to one million naira per month. The sole reason why she’s demanding for the custody of Imade is to justify the necessity for this delusional one million naira. A domestic matter that could have been quietly and sensibly settled has been tossed to the public domain with the brutal consequences to the most innocent actor in this drama, Imade.
From December 23-28, Sophia lived at my father’s Lekki residence in peace except for the first one hour when a medication was misapplied by her and Imade speedily vomited for a fearfully long time. Sophia did not know how to even bathe her own baby. She brought a friend to stay with her in a 3-bedroom flat with a resident professional nurse and nanny. Overall, her stay was joyful and in alignment with the thrills of the Christmas holiday season.
On December 29, less than 24hours of leaving my father’s house, Sophia was at the airport in the company of her uncle and his wife with malice aforethought and the aim to do maximum damage that would obstruct her child from traveling aboard to receive necessary and needful medical care. She was welcome to join us if she had bought her ticket or her uncle had funded her for the trip.
I offered to buy her a car and suggested a Toyota brand or Hyundai. She lost her cool and told me off. She wanted a fancy jeep and preferably, a Mercedes Benz Jeep. I laughed because she just wanted to be a Lagos Big Girl for nothing. She hardly can cope with the cheapest car much less the ruinous cost of maintaining a Mercedes Benz vehicle. In December she received 500,000 naira as her allowance without doing anything for Imade. Life is not a bed of roses. Neither have I ever promised Sophia a rose garden. Her spontaneous motions of delusions utterly baffle me!
On her twitter page, she claimed she has recovered Imade from captivity. But Imade never was in captivity. Sophia certainly knows where Imade is. And it is where she left her on December 28, at my father’s house. What is the lie about? Sophia also claimed that she hasn’t seen her daughter in 5 months This cannot be true. Sophie spent every Sunday with her baby at my father’s house since July 2015 when she voluntarily transferred Imade to the Adeleke family after the cannabis incidence. She and her daughter constantly appear on her face book and twitter pages throughout this period of 5 months. What manner of unreliable and lying person is Sophia.? The picture of your reconciliation with Imade after “captivity” that you posted on your twitter page came directly from the photo shoot that you posed for at my father’s house during your Christmas stay. Why can’t you ever be affable with truth nor have a relationship with honour?
Uncle Dele Momodu was the first to bring this domestic matter online and onto the internet. Uncle Dele Momodu ran smack into the internet highway on December 30 with Video recordings that he dishonestly, immorally and unlawfully recorded at a government facility and office at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Uncle, you are wrong and you are not doing the right thing. By doing a thing so unlawful over a domestic mater between a 23-yearold boy and your niece is a bothersome slight that proved your niece must have learnt her sleazy ways from your own accomplished slap-happy conduct.
Life is beautiful if we all live in simple ways and do not engage criminal gadgets to replace integrity and honour. Your worthless videorecordings has achieved nothing.But exposed your naivety and lack of decorum. Your recordings cannot alter the fact that I am “Davido” father of Imade and it cannot force me to be the husband of your cousin. In truth, I don’t know if you are uncle or cousin to Sophia. The word uncle has lost it esteem since the timethat sleazebucket took over our land. Still, Uncle Dele Momodu, it is immoral, unlawful and unethical to clandestinely record anyone, especially friends and family members. This scandalous act truly got you slaughtered and put a new slant on your person.
Late evening on December 30, I responded to your vicious internet publications that attacked me and my family. As you well know, my response was a slam dunk that hurt you badly and diminished your person. You perhaps deserved what you got. But my father’s counsel and the love I have for Imade prompted me to recall the arrow aimed at you. You see, my father raised me well, and I promptly complied with his advise. I thus deleted all references to the issue of December 29 at the Airport and apologized to you in particular along with all my fans. I showed you respect even if u had drunkenly provoked me.
Instead of reciprocating with love and elderly wisdom, you sustained your attack of me with even more venom and hatefulness. With all due respect for my dad, I am compelled to speak to your lies and your simulation of grand self-importance. I am 23 and you are almost 60. Your cousin has a baby for me. Rather than bring us together as a family, you wished for glowing embers to come out of cool cucumber. You know damn well how to grandstand. This is why you instructed your lawyers to put garbage on the internet in a matter that should be showcased in the court of law. Uncle, who offended you? Is it Davido, Sophia or Imade? It cannot be my late mum after whom I named Imade. Is it my gentle dad? Why have you engaged yourself in a bitter private vendetta with my family? Uncle, you will have your day in court. But you will soonest be forced to embrace the fact that the crowning glory of your puffing and pride rests in your stunning emptiness. Again, I dare you, publish the garbage in your vanity trunk or perish!.
I am 23 and a performing artiste that God immensely blessed and I have joyfully made good in the industry. I won’t do this forever, and I shall timely step aside in the nearest future. I have a degree and I am stashing my monies aside so that I can build a decent future for Imade plus my future wife and family. I believe as the bible says, “every good gift is from above”.
There is nothing better in life than to tell the truth and pray. May God ever stand by me and deliver to me my dreams and wishes. May He also deliver to your own children their dreams and desires. Uncle Dele Momodu, please, please leave me and my family alone even if it is clear, by God’s will, that you can’t do us a thing. As for me, this is the end of this conversation.
May God lead both of us to the righteous path.I thank you very much, sir. ImadeAdeleke breathing Exercise Administered Nightly to help her Lungs because of exposure to second hand Smoke and cannabis infected Breast Milk
Must Read: Dj Jimmy Jatt Alleged Open Letter To Headies Award Organisers
Take your time to read his piece below;
When i wrote my first open letter to Headies on December 29, 2013, the majority opinions i got was that i was correct while others felt i was just an “Attention seeker”.
Headies as an award should be credibile and not just over hyped. We have hundreds of award shows every year in Nigeria and they are not as controversial as this one. Headies as an award are still not appreciating certain artiste, producers, entertainers and Dj’s who work 24/7 to make sure they bring out the best. They give us the impression that once you are not nominated or you do not win, you have not started your career;This is a BIG LIE. Over the years, All Ayo Animashaun and HipTv family have proven that it is Money over Integrity and that is why he always ignores the choices of majority of Nigerians or could it be that they innocently don’t even know what they are doing?
I am not here to analyse the faults of headies in full but you can read the other complains on twitter with the hashtag #TheHeadies2015.
Firstly, I noticed your hall was half empty. Your live broadcast that you always brag about had the picture quality of NTA channel 10 and your technical crew were going offline every time things became awkward and they immediately have to switch to “lyrics on the go” to cover up your shame. I watched BET African awards live and Mtv and i can see a very huge difference in all aspects. You still have a lot to learn. Another disturbing fact is that headies as an award is
creating bad blood among colleagues in the Nigerian music scene. Headies is the reason why we have not seen collaborations among certain musicians. Tell me why Phyno,Davido, Falz, Solidstar and many other music producers and artiste who have been topping charts this year where not recognized?
Next Rated
Now Of all the categories, this is the only one worth arguing over.Even though this is not a voting category, I stand by million of Nigerians to say that Lil Kesh or Kiss daniel deserve the award. What are the reasons? Lil Kesh has more hit tracks, Swag, Stage performance, Composure and in the long run Lil Kesh may last longer for years to come. Infact, i will rather invest N10m on Lil kesh career than Reekado’s. That is not to say Reekado is not hardworking or he does not have the talent but lil kesh has that special something. Infact Reekado still does not have any Hit track to date. Yes !!!!! I say that with all sense of authority. Songs like Corner, Sugar baby, Catapult are NOT hit tracks, they are just popular and they could have gone National but they are NOT hit tracks. Dont confuse a popular song with a Hit track. Let me explain, As a DJ if i dont play “Gbese” “Efejoku” “Shoki” “Reggae Blues” “Woju” “Laye” “Godwin” at any party, i will have loads of people coming to request for them but people dont disturb me if i do not play Reekado banks songs. Do you get the point? In fact another proof Reekado still does not own a hit track is that an average Nigerian parent who do not follow music still know songs like “Woju” “Bobo”, “Ojuelegba” and “Efejoku”. While i was writing this, i played reekado’s songs to the older generation and they claimed never to have heard them.
YBNL VS MAVIN
This was actually the most interesting part of the show for those who stayed awake to attend or watch the show. Now the beef is official and it is part of the bad blood that headies have caused. Olamide was not referring to anybody in particular during Adekunle Gold’s acceptance speech but Don Jazzy had to mention Olamide’s name and the beef became real on twitter with Olamide referring to the Don as a “Bastard”. Don jazzy should NOT have mentioned Olamide’s name in the first place and saying “he should come and collect the car if he wants”. Now people are taking sides and everyone saw when Olamide threw the microphone away and his beloved “red cup’ he poses with in almost all his music videos. In my own view, It shows how unruly and empty he is intellectually. Olamide wants to be a Kanye west so bad and he feels he can do anything and go scott free. This was the same guy who cursed Linda Ikeji for reporting a story about his “love child” and claimed it was a rumour till we confirmed it was actually true. Baba Miliano (Olamide) your alter ego Kanye west started becoming responsible when he gave birth, when will you stop sounding like a thug in your songs and be a role model for those who are watching you? You refer to yourself as a Rapper but i say it to your face that you are now a bloody singer so shut up. I wonder why you where not nominated in the R&B category since you are now a professional singer.
Back to the Mavins, If we look at this from another angle, Reekado needs the car more than Lil kesh since Olamide already bought Kesh a black Range Rover sport around March, 2015. Instead of Jazzy to buy his “children’ (as he refers to his label mates) a car, he will be giving out free recharge card on twitter to buy peoples heart. At least Reekado, Korede and Di’ja will stop going around lagos with Cabs. It should be noted that Davido is also a major cause of this, he tweeted it some months back that Lil Kesh should pull a “Kanye” on Headies if he does not win. Kesh was probably too timid so his oga OluwaKanye Olamide did the dirty job and refered to that as “Fighting for the poor boy”
In conclusion
All Nigerian artiste and producers, do not place your hope on the Headies which should now be referred to as “The Leggings”. Do not say because you where not recognized it means you are not trying, keep doing what you are doing and let the headies keep on doing what they are known for – NONSENSE.. !!! Do not forget to send your insults and blessing to the writer @Baddestdjtimmy and tell me exactly how you feel. I also need someone to clear this please, Don Jazzy said ” The organizers told him to call Reekado to come…So he left Alibaba’s show” Does that mean he knew Reeky was going to win that category? Cynthia Morgan was absent and i am sure the organisers did not tell Jude Okoye to tell Cynthia Morgan to rush down there. You be the judge !!!!!
When i wrote my first open letter to Headies on December 29, 2013, the majority opinions i got was that i was correct while others felt i was just an “Attention seeker”.
Headies as an award should be credibile and not just over hyped. We have hundreds of award shows every year in Nigeria and they are not as controversial as this one. Headies as an award are still not appreciating certain artiste, producers, entertainers and Dj’s who work 24/7 to make sure they bring out the best. They give us the impression that once you are not nominated or you do not win, you have not started your career;This is a BIG LIE. Over the years, All Ayo Animashaun and HipTv family have proven that it is Money over Integrity and that is why he always ignores the choices of majority of Nigerians or could it be that they innocently don’t even know what they are doing?
I am not here to analyse the faults of headies in full but you can read the other complains on twitter with the hashtag #TheHeadies2015.
Firstly, I noticed your hall was half empty. Your live broadcast that you always brag about had the picture quality of NTA channel 10 and your technical crew were going offline every time things became awkward and they immediately have to switch to “lyrics on the go” to cover up your shame. I watched BET African awards live and Mtv and i can see a very huge difference in all aspects. You still have a lot to learn. Another disturbing fact is that headies as an award is
creating bad blood among colleagues in the Nigerian music scene. Headies is the reason why we have not seen collaborations among certain musicians. Tell me why Phyno,Davido, Falz, Solidstar and many other music producers and artiste who have been topping charts this year where not recognized?
Next Rated
Now Of all the categories, this is the only one worth arguing over.Even though this is not a voting category, I stand by million of Nigerians to say that Lil Kesh or Kiss daniel deserve the award. What are the reasons? Lil Kesh has more hit tracks, Swag, Stage performance, Composure and in the long run Lil Kesh may last longer for years to come. Infact, i will rather invest N10m on Lil kesh career than Reekado’s. That is not to say Reekado is not hardworking or he does not have the talent but lil kesh has that special something. Infact Reekado still does not have any Hit track to date. Yes !!!!! I say that with all sense of authority. Songs like Corner, Sugar baby, Catapult are NOT hit tracks, they are just popular and they could have gone National but they are NOT hit tracks. Dont confuse a popular song with a Hit track. Let me explain, As a DJ if i dont play “Gbese” “Efejoku” “Shoki” “Reggae Blues” “Woju” “Laye” “Godwin” at any party, i will have loads of people coming to request for them but people dont disturb me if i do not play Reekado banks songs. Do you get the point? In fact another proof Reekado still does not own a hit track is that an average Nigerian parent who do not follow music still know songs like “Woju” “Bobo”, “Ojuelegba” and “Efejoku”. While i was writing this, i played reekado’s songs to the older generation and they claimed never to have heard them.
YBNL VS MAVIN
This was actually the most interesting part of the show for those who stayed awake to attend or watch the show. Now the beef is official and it is part of the bad blood that headies have caused. Olamide was not referring to anybody in particular during Adekunle Gold’s acceptance speech but Don Jazzy had to mention Olamide’s name and the beef became real on twitter with Olamide referring to the Don as a “Bastard”. Don jazzy should NOT have mentioned Olamide’s name in the first place and saying “he should come and collect the car if he wants”. Now people are taking sides and everyone saw when Olamide threw the microphone away and his beloved “red cup’ he poses with in almost all his music videos. In my own view, It shows how unruly and empty he is intellectually. Olamide wants to be a Kanye west so bad and he feels he can do anything and go scott free. This was the same guy who cursed Linda Ikeji for reporting a story about his “love child” and claimed it was a rumour till we confirmed it was actually true. Baba Miliano (Olamide) your alter ego Kanye west started becoming responsible when he gave birth, when will you stop sounding like a thug in your songs and be a role model for those who are watching you? You refer to yourself as a Rapper but i say it to your face that you are now a bloody singer so shut up. I wonder why you where not nominated in the R&B category since you are now a professional singer.
Back to the Mavins, If we look at this from another angle, Reekado needs the car more than Lil kesh since Olamide already bought Kesh a black Range Rover sport around March, 2015. Instead of Jazzy to buy his “children’ (as he refers to his label mates) a car, he will be giving out free recharge card on twitter to buy peoples heart. At least Reekado, Korede and Di’ja will stop going around lagos with Cabs. It should be noted that Davido is also a major cause of this, he tweeted it some months back that Lil Kesh should pull a “Kanye” on Headies if he does not win. Kesh was probably too timid so his oga OluwaKanye Olamide did the dirty job and refered to that as “Fighting for the poor boy”
In conclusion
All Nigerian artiste and producers, do not place your hope on the Headies which should now be referred to as “The Leggings”. Do not say because you where not recognized it means you are not trying, keep doing what you are doing and let the headies keep on doing what they are known for – NONSENSE.. !!! Do not forget to send your insults and blessing to the writer @Baddestdjtimmy and tell me exactly how you feel. I also need someone to clear this please, Don Jazzy said ” The organizers told him to call Reekado to come…So he left Alibaba’s show” Does that mean he knew Reeky was going to win that category? Cynthia Morgan was absent and i am sure the organisers did not tell Jude Okoye to tell Cynthia Morgan to rush down there. You be the judge !!!!!
Otunba Olasubomi Balogun: The Prince as Pathfinder
OTUNBA Michael Olasubomi Balogun has been described by many as a man of excellence, integrity, an exemplary leader. He is the Founder of FCMB Group and a trail blazer and pioneer extraordinaire in the Nigerian financial and business sector. Otunba Subunmi Michael Balogun has also been frequently referred to in the Nigeria financial circle as the Grand-master and Baron of the Nigerian Capital and Money Market for his pioneering efforts in the development of the Nigeria financial markets.
He surprised detractors with his can do and a no guts, no glory instincts and made history by founding the first ever Nigerian private bank to be established in Nigeria without foreign direct investments or funding from the Nigerian government. Of the several of such ventures, his has remained an enduring legacy.
Subunmi’s life journey story inspires confidence and tenacity; Rather than staying down and remaining vengeful after being unfairly treated by his employers for a role he more than deserved in a company he had even helped drive to the peak with his expertise; Otunba Subunmi Balogun pulled himself together and took a giant leap of faith in venturing out on his own.
Giant leap of faith
A move that has not only paid off, but fruit of that move the First City Monument Bank has become a legacy which has now been handed down to a new generation of leaders and is
currently headed by his son Mr. Ladi Balogun.
In an interview with Vanguard when he clocked 80, Subunmi said “I am not a pharisee of real life experience, my journey to what you now see had been divinely guided, and if you care to know, I am happy and thankful. If any of you go to PrimroseTower, the headquarters of FCMB, this block prim-rose-tower is dedicated to the glory of God as an embodiment of a young man’s faith in the unfailing support of the Almighty God and in his own destiny, in spite of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles. “It is also a monument of a young Nigerian’s determination to succeed and prove that given the opportunity, Nigerians have the capacity to attain a commanding height in the management of financial institutions. Lastly, it serves as a lesson to all and mankind that in all things, men may have their say but in the final analysis, the Almighty God will have His way”.
When you mention courage, tenacity, inventiveness, brilliance, distinction and visionary leadership, all of these attributes added to faith, personifies the life story of Subunmi Balogun. Born to Muslim parents, he has never been one to shy away from his converted Christian beliefs and unwavering faith and the importance of Godly practices both in his personal walk and business life.
This move bears testimony to his courage, independence and willingness to go against the grain. These combined with his resolve to make the best of life and be the best, are the virtues that helped him quit his job and set up a bank in a way no one had ever done before at the age of 42.
The Ijebu people had long been nicked named tight-fisted people, but Otunba Subunmi Micheal Balogun has proved this assumption a wrong one too many times and continues to do so with his philanthropy.
He has touched and continues to touch lives with his hundreds of scholarships and support to the under privileged and many other charitable undertakings. He is one man that has said to himself that no child in Nigeria should ever die of a curable disease.
His charitable actions are too many to be listed here. He donated the Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre, OTNPC, Ijebu Ode to the University of Ibadan.
The beginning of the journey: I had a dream, I had a vision. I was cheated, I was an employee in an institution created by Nigerians and Americans, but I was the brain behind the whole thing. I went on a course in the US and I came back with ideas with which we should set up a merchant bank.
The whole of the company was aware that I was behind it. But when it came to selecting the Chief Executive, I was told that in spite of all entreaties, that I could not be the Chief Executive because I happened to have a basic training in law. I was 42 and they brought a young man with little or no experience, from America, at 32, to take my place.
Tenacity of purpose
One of the gifts God gave me is courage and tenacity of purpose. I decided to pray in addition to my decision to fight it out, so that was what happened to the dream and the vision which was clear. By nature God gave me what we call courage, tenacity of purpose, discipline, I knew where I was going but the vista was as misty and unbelievable.
I was trying to prove a point, that I wasn’t arrogant or envious, but with the support I had and with the grace of the Almighty God so when I felt cheated by not being allowed to head an institution created by foreign institutions and then former employers. I had a courage to desire and without anything in my pocket except my God, I decided to start a on a journey of self actualisation.
It wasn’t a proud journey; it was a journey of faith, a journey on the handbill of my God. my confidence in myself and my trust in the Lord God our Savior. In the course of the whole journey, it has been turbulent. I had a focus, I had courage, and I had an unstated faith that the good Lord will carry me through, come rain come sunshine that mortals may have their say, but in the final analysis, the Almighty God will have His way.
Maybe that was one of the reasons why I was made the Asiwaju of the Ijebu Christians association, but that faith was very strong. So 35 years ago without thinking of what to do, I threw in my letter of resignation.
One of the things we have come to learn in this country is that in the first process of having a vision or a dream, only an individual does dream, other people would join later on. And in this country in those days, it was an anathema for an individual to set up an institution; one man show; one man show, as if when you’re dreaming, more than one man can dream.
Born March 9, 1934
Graduated from Igbobi College 1952 with Grade 1
Graduated with LLB Honours from the London School of Economics June 1959
Called to the English Bar December 1959
Assistant Parliamentary Counsel 1962
First Principal Counsel and Company Secretary to the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank 1966 – 1975
Stock broking and issuing house
Director of Operations for Icon Securities Limited 1973
Member of the Council of Stock Exchange representing City Securities Limited and Icon Securities 1973 – 1988
Resigned from Icon Limited (Merchant Bankers) December 1977
Set up his own company, City Securities Limited the first Nigerian institution to combine stock broking and issuing house December 1977
Set up the first solely Nigerian owned merchant bank known then as First City Merchant Bank 1979
Set up a Chair for Capital Market Studies in the Department of Economics, University of Ibadan 1987
Became a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management August 1988
Donated the “IyeSubomi’s Child Care Centre to the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital 1989
Commenced the construction the “Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre” 1994
Established the “Otunba Tunwase Foundation” 2000
Published his memoirs “The Cross, The Triumph and The Crown” August 2000
Commissioned the “Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre” as a gift to the nation 2004.
By Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor
Vanguard
He surprised detractors with his can do and a no guts, no glory instincts and made history by founding the first ever Nigerian private bank to be established in Nigeria without foreign direct investments or funding from the Nigerian government. Of the several of such ventures, his has remained an enduring legacy.
Subunmi’s life journey story inspires confidence and tenacity; Rather than staying down and remaining vengeful after being unfairly treated by his employers for a role he more than deserved in a company he had even helped drive to the peak with his expertise; Otunba Subunmi Balogun pulled himself together and took a giant leap of faith in venturing out on his own.
Giant leap of faith
A move that has not only paid off, but fruit of that move the First City Monument Bank has become a legacy which has now been handed down to a new generation of leaders and is
currently headed by his son Mr. Ladi Balogun.
In an interview with Vanguard when he clocked 80, Subunmi said “I am not a pharisee of real life experience, my journey to what you now see had been divinely guided, and if you care to know, I am happy and thankful. If any of you go to PrimroseTower, the headquarters of FCMB, this block prim-rose-tower is dedicated to the glory of God as an embodiment of a young man’s faith in the unfailing support of the Almighty God and in his own destiny, in spite of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles. “It is also a monument of a young Nigerian’s determination to succeed and prove that given the opportunity, Nigerians have the capacity to attain a commanding height in the management of financial institutions. Lastly, it serves as a lesson to all and mankind that in all things, men may have their say but in the final analysis, the Almighty God will have His way”.
When you mention courage, tenacity, inventiveness, brilliance, distinction and visionary leadership, all of these attributes added to faith, personifies the life story of Subunmi Balogun. Born to Muslim parents, he has never been one to shy away from his converted Christian beliefs and unwavering faith and the importance of Godly practices both in his personal walk and business life.
This move bears testimony to his courage, independence and willingness to go against the grain. These combined with his resolve to make the best of life and be the best, are the virtues that helped him quit his job and set up a bank in a way no one had ever done before at the age of 42.
The Ijebu people had long been nicked named tight-fisted people, but Otunba Subunmi Micheal Balogun has proved this assumption a wrong one too many times and continues to do so with his philanthropy.
He has touched and continues to touch lives with his hundreds of scholarships and support to the under privileged and many other charitable undertakings. He is one man that has said to himself that no child in Nigeria should ever die of a curable disease.
His charitable actions are too many to be listed here. He donated the Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre, OTNPC, Ijebu Ode to the University of Ibadan.
The beginning of the journey: I had a dream, I had a vision. I was cheated, I was an employee in an institution created by Nigerians and Americans, but I was the brain behind the whole thing. I went on a course in the US and I came back with ideas with which we should set up a merchant bank.
The whole of the company was aware that I was behind it. But when it came to selecting the Chief Executive, I was told that in spite of all entreaties, that I could not be the Chief Executive because I happened to have a basic training in law. I was 42 and they brought a young man with little or no experience, from America, at 32, to take my place.
Tenacity of purpose
One of the gifts God gave me is courage and tenacity of purpose. I decided to pray in addition to my decision to fight it out, so that was what happened to the dream and the vision which was clear. By nature God gave me what we call courage, tenacity of purpose, discipline, I knew where I was going but the vista was as misty and unbelievable.
I was trying to prove a point, that I wasn’t arrogant or envious, but with the support I had and with the grace of the Almighty God so when I felt cheated by not being allowed to head an institution created by foreign institutions and then former employers. I had a courage to desire and without anything in my pocket except my God, I decided to start a on a journey of self actualisation.
It wasn’t a proud journey; it was a journey of faith, a journey on the handbill of my God. my confidence in myself and my trust in the Lord God our Savior. In the course of the whole journey, it has been turbulent. I had a focus, I had courage, and I had an unstated faith that the good Lord will carry me through, come rain come sunshine that mortals may have their say, but in the final analysis, the Almighty God will have His way.
Maybe that was one of the reasons why I was made the Asiwaju of the Ijebu Christians association, but that faith was very strong. So 35 years ago without thinking of what to do, I threw in my letter of resignation.
One of the things we have come to learn in this country is that in the first process of having a vision or a dream, only an individual does dream, other people would join later on. And in this country in those days, it was an anathema for an individual to set up an institution; one man show; one man show, as if when you’re dreaming, more than one man can dream.
Born March 9, 1934
Graduated from Igbobi College 1952 with Grade 1
Graduated with LLB Honours from the London School of Economics June 1959
Called to the English Bar December 1959
Assistant Parliamentary Counsel 1962
First Principal Counsel and Company Secretary to the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank 1966 – 1975
Stock broking and issuing house
Director of Operations for Icon Securities Limited 1973
Member of the Council of Stock Exchange representing City Securities Limited and Icon Securities 1973 – 1988
Resigned from Icon Limited (Merchant Bankers) December 1977
Set up his own company, City Securities Limited the first Nigerian institution to combine stock broking and issuing house December 1977
Set up the first solely Nigerian owned merchant bank known then as First City Merchant Bank 1979
Set up a Chair for Capital Market Studies in the Department of Economics, University of Ibadan 1987
Became a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management August 1988
Donated the “IyeSubomi’s Child Care Centre to the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital 1989
Commenced the construction the “Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre” 1994
Established the “Otunba Tunwase Foundation” 2000
Published his memoirs “The Cross, The Triumph and The Crown” August 2000
Commissioned the “Otunba Tunwase National Paediatric Centre” as a gift to the nation 2004.
By Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor
Vanguard
The 10 Basic Rules Of Engagement About Falling In Love
The following principles are terms to be the hallmark principles and people are free to add theirs.
1. Similarity
2. Reciprocal feelings
3. Characteristics that is full of desires
4. Need fulfillment
5. Social acceptability
6. Sense of humor
7. Arousal
8. Relationship Consciousness
9. Time management
10. Mysterious/ intriguing features
Add yours
1. Similarity
2. Reciprocal feelings
3. Characteristics that is full of desires
4. Need fulfillment
5. Social acceptability
6. Sense of humor
7. Arousal
8. Relationship Consciousness
9. Time management
10. Mysterious/ intriguing features
Add yours
Relationship: Strong, silent types DO get the girl
Relationship tips varies but the contents are enormous.
Women find men who use shorter words and talk less to be most attractive
•On average women talk three times as many words each day as men
•As a result, speaking less in concise sentences is a sign of masculinity
•By appearing more masculine, 'silent types' are considered better looking
•This explains why masculine, deep voices are seen as attractive too
•Study also found people prefer partners with a similar accent and tone
•While 'breathy’ voices in women were seen as more attractive and youthful
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For decades, experts believed women flocked to silent types because of their aloof and mysterious nature - but new research suggests its because the trait is actually an ultimate sign of masculinity.
On average, women talk three times as many words each day than men, and their brains are wired to recognise this trait.
When a women meets a man who talks a lot, they consider them to be more feminine and less attractive, yet men who use shorter words and speak more concisely were seen as more attractive because they appeared more masculine.
Canadian researchers discovered that men who use shorter words and speak more concisely, dubbed 'silent types', are more attractive to women because the trait is associated with masculinity. Silent types who also have deep voices, such as Hollywood actor George Clooney, pictured, were considered most attractive
Canadian researchers discovered that men who use shorter words and speak more concisely, dubbed 'silent types', are more attractive to women because the trait is associated with masculinity. Silent types who also have deep voices, such as Hollywood actor George Clooney, pictured, were considered most attractive
Click the link below to read more.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2564682/Strong-silent-types-DO-girl-Men-use-fewer-shorter-words-seen-manly-attractive.html
Women find men who use shorter words and talk less to be most attractive
•On average women talk three times as many words each day as men
•As a result, speaking less in concise sentences is a sign of masculinity
•By appearing more masculine, 'silent types' are considered better looking
•This explains why masculine, deep voices are seen as attractive too
•Study also found people prefer partners with a similar accent and tone
•While 'breathy’ voices in women were seen as more attractive and youthful
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For decades, experts believed women flocked to silent types because of their aloof and mysterious nature - but new research suggests its because the trait is actually an ultimate sign of masculinity.
On average, women talk three times as many words each day than men, and their brains are wired to recognise this trait.
When a women meets a man who talks a lot, they consider them to be more feminine and less attractive, yet men who use shorter words and speak more concisely were seen as more attractive because they appeared more masculine.
Canadian researchers discovered that men who use shorter words and speak more concisely, dubbed 'silent types', are more attractive to women because the trait is associated with masculinity. Silent types who also have deep voices, such as Hollywood actor George Clooney, pictured, were considered most attractive
Canadian researchers discovered that men who use shorter words and speak more concisely, dubbed 'silent types', are more attractive to women because the trait is associated with masculinity. Silent types who also have deep voices, such as Hollywood actor George Clooney, pictured, were considered most attractive
Click the link below to read more.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2564682/Strong-silent-types-DO-girl-Men-use-fewer-shorter-words-seen-manly-attractive.html
HEADIES 2015/2016
In the recent concluded Headies Award in Lagos, Here is the list of the winners.
See the full list of winners below.
•Best Street-Hop Artiste – Olamide (Bobo)
•Best Pop Single –Korede Bello (Godwin)
•Best Vocal Performance (Male) – Timi Dakolo (Wish Me Well)
•Best R&B Single – Timi Dakolo (Wish Me Well)
•Best Rap Single – Vector (King Kong)
•Hall of Fame Recipient – 2Face Idibia
•Best Vocal Performance (Female) – Aramide (Iwo Nikan)
•Best Reggae Dancehall Single – Cynthia Morgan (German Juice)
•Best Music Video – Unlimited LA for Reekado Banks (Katapot)
•Best Collaboration – Reminisce ft. Olamide & Phyno (Local Rappers Remix)
•Best Rap Album – M.I Abaga (Chairman)
•MTN Music+ Next Rated – Landy (Akanchawa)
•Producer of the Year – Legendury Beatz (Ojuelegba)
•Lyricist of the Year – Vector (King Kong)
•Next Rated Artiste – Reekado Banks
•Hip-Hop World Revelation of the Year – Yemi Alade
•Recording of the Year – Timi Dakolo (Wish Me Well)
•Best Alternative Song – Adekunle Gold (Sade)
•Special Recognition – Don Jazzy
•Best RnB & Pop Album – Wizkid (Ayo)
•Song of the Year – Wizkid (Ojuelegba)
•Artiste of the Year – Olamide
See the full list of winners below.
•Best Street-Hop Artiste – Olamide (Bobo)
•Best Pop Single –Korede Bello (Godwin)
•Best Vocal Performance (Male) – Timi Dakolo (Wish Me Well)
•Best R&B Single – Timi Dakolo (Wish Me Well)
•Best Rap Single – Vector (King Kong)
•Hall of Fame Recipient – 2Face Idibia
•Best Vocal Performance (Female) – Aramide (Iwo Nikan)
•Best Reggae Dancehall Single – Cynthia Morgan (German Juice)
•Best Music Video – Unlimited LA for Reekado Banks (Katapot)
•Best Collaboration – Reminisce ft. Olamide & Phyno (Local Rappers Remix)
•Best Rap Album – M.I Abaga (Chairman)
•MTN Music+ Next Rated – Landy (Akanchawa)
•Producer of the Year – Legendury Beatz (Ojuelegba)
•Lyricist of the Year – Vector (King Kong)
•Next Rated Artiste – Reekado Banks
•Hip-Hop World Revelation of the Year – Yemi Alade
•Recording of the Year – Timi Dakolo (Wish Me Well)
•Best Alternative Song – Adekunle Gold (Sade)
•Special Recognition – Don Jazzy
•Best RnB & Pop Album – Wizkid (Ayo)
•Song of the Year – Wizkid (Ojuelegba)
•Artiste of the Year – Olamide
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