Malia Obama is 14 today

Malia Obama,Barack  Obama's first daughter  turned  14 years on the 4th of July.What a coincidence that she was born on the day marking American independence from the British .

Well a happy birthday to her .I remember when i was 14,i was in secondary school then dodging and hiding from senior students.

As the first daughter of the President of the most powerful country in the world,what will she wish to have a birthday gift?How does she intend to spend the day.Considering her status she can not have an ordinary day

Vacant Outdoor advertising spaces around Lagos

Really curious about the fact that most of the Outdoor advertising spaces in lagos are now blank with no adverts.What could be the cause,is the price of putting adverts on them getting too high,could it be that companies are cutting down on their advertising budget.The one pictured above has been vacant since mid may.Could it be bureaucratic bottle neck on the part of Lagos state signage and advertisement agency (LASAA ) the Lagos state government agency that regulates that sector

This one above at Falomo roundabout Ikoyi has had no advert since June

Michael Jackson! 3 years after

Today marks 3 years that the King of pop passed on.Still miss him so much.Michael Adieu you will forever live in our hearts.My top five  Michael Jackson songs:

1.Beat it
2.Thriller
3.Bad
4.Smooth Criminal
5.The way you make me feel


These songs anytime am listening to them ,always gets my head nodding.

I can remember very well,after  Thriller was released and i watched it as a kid,i watched it for the first time i really enjoyed it,that was in the afternoon,but the next time it was played in the evening,i ran as far away as my legs could carry me.I was terrified.My elder ones had to run after me to bring me back

Mainland to Island commuters Brace up

For daily commuters from Lagos mainland to Victoria island, Ikoyi, Lekki and Ajah and vice versa, come 1st of July commuting between both locations will become very horrible.

Reason? The picture above says all.

On a normal day a typical journey from, let’s say Gbagada on the mainland to the centre of Victoria Island takes approximately 30 minutes assuming the person left at around 6.00am.

For this same distance for someone leaving at around 6.30 am the journey could take 1hr,

for someone leaving by 7.am the journey will take approx 1hr 30 min

Once the repair works commence this same journey will take not less than 1hr 30 mins and this is a conservative estimate.

For anyone coming from Isolo/Oshodi axis on a normal day departing from 6.00am ,it takes approx 45minutes,departing by 6.30 am, takes approx 1hr

Adidas new sneakers with Shackles

Wow this new design of Adidas sneakers is really raising a storm.It has got a whole lot of people boiling with rage.
And its mostly African-Americans.Some feel that the shoes promote racism because shackles are a symbol of slavery
This shoe which has a plastic orange shackle that attaches to the ankle,they feel has a close resemblance to slave shoes

According to Rev. Jesse Jackson 'The only things we chain in this society are slaves, prisoners and beasts.'
I wont lie,i like the shoes,but they have a right to express their disgust with the design

Children blindfolded,bound found in Parents SUV

What can be worse than this.Parenting at its lowest level.What will the parents of these kids give as an excuse when questioned.


Police found a 5-year-old boy Wednesday sitting beside a large SUV with his hands tied and a blindfold over his eyes. A bound and blindfolded 7-year-old girl was inside the vehicle, along with three other children, ages 12, 13 and 15. All are in protective custody.

Lawrence police spokesman Trent McKinley says the presumed parents of the children have been arrested on suspicion of child abuse and endangerment and will appear in court Thursday.

Police say two children from suburban Chicago who were found bound and blindfolded outside a Kansas Walmart are in temporary protective custody.



The family, from Northlake, Ill., was heading to Arizona when the vehicle broke down Monday in Lawrence.

Does it mean the vehicle broke down and the parents went to get a mechanic?  SMH

McKinley says officers are working with Illinois social services to determine where to send the children.

Dolphin Estate Park

Well this new concept by Lagos state government of turning areas around most of the bridges in Lagos into parks is really cool,at least Lagos is looking more beautiful.Also its a really cool place to have family outing,children can play and enjoy themselves,while parents relax.

Although this concept is cool,but the location is kind of a problem.This is close to Dolphin estate Ikoyi

Imagine this beautiful park has no car park,so if people want to come and relax where can they park their cars?Also issues of security has to be addressed,the park pictured is close to adeniji adele axis which is notorious for  harbouring Area boys /Agberos.

Very curious to know what the government has in mind.Continue for more pictures

In Iran women not allowed to watch Euro 2012

Wow ! ! women in Iran have been banned from watching the Euro 2012 live.Sounds strange considering the fact that men are the ones that are football fanatics,most women that do watch do so because their hubby/partner loves the game

Talk of cultural differences

Final Report on Air France Plane that crashed in 2009 to be released

The final report of investigation into  the crash of Air France flight 447 is planned to be released on the 5th of July.

The plane which was carrying 228 passengers and crew crashed into the Atlantic ocean on  the 1st of June 2009 killing everybody on board.It was flying from Galeao international airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris France.

The black box was was recovered 2 years after the crash in April 2011.

I hope the Dana airways plane crash investigation will follow this same approach.It is very important that the same approach is followed so that further plane crashes in Nigeria can be prevented

Giant Billboard on third mainland bridge collapses

The giant billboard underconstruction off the Lagos third mainland bridge has collapsed.The construction began a few months ago.I have even had some pictures uploaded earlier,  you can find them  Here       eagerly waiting for the completion of the project.

What is really going on?

Crashed Dana airlines manifest

The names of those who are said to be on the Dana airlines plane that crashed this evening can be found below.

May their souls rest in perfect peace.What a sad sunday for Nigeria.


Onita jennifer, ike ochonogo,  john ahmadu, onyeka ayene, hurriya Lawal, berkisum yindadi, ebuka enuma, oluchi önyenyiri, sunday enuma, george moses, noah anyene, kamsi anyene, stamford obruste, kayinentochi anyene, okeke hope, rev ayodeji, ngozi cole, ailende ehi, oluwasegun funmi abiodun, shehu usman, alade martins, onita josephine, ik......e ochonogo, john amadu,aquade roger, osunbade aderoju, fatokun anjola, fatokun olaoluwa, ajani adenike, ike abugu, adijolola abraham, otegbeye adiza, ehioghae sonny, abikale otatori, ntoku charles, anibaba tosin, shobowale femi,somolu oluwafemi, ariyibi temitope, ojugbana amaka, ojugbana xtopher, muti, yusuf ali, lt col chumbo ochigbo, d awani, o awani, n chidiac, li huizhu, kang yi, inuza ahmed, fayzal, mojekwu adeobi, ibrahim d, peter nosike, mahmud aliyu, nnadi john, akwezi elizabeth, adedunni dorothy, maria okulehi, jennifer ibe, mtshelia sarah,Onyeagocha chidinma, ike okoye, amaka raphael, garba abdu, abdu aisha, benson oluwayemi, taiwo lamidi, awodogan oluwasanmi, major ig mohammed, attah antonia, li riu, ifeanyi orakwe, obina akabueze, chukwuemeka okere, adekunbi adebiyi, wasa ruth, nabil garba, ibrahim jangana, okikiolu olukayode, komolafe olugbenga, dike chinwe, olusola arokoya, olukoya banji, saka otaru, yusuf ibrahim, ikpoki abiola, levi ajuonuma, mbang prof owuliri

Breast feeding with Uniforms

Please what is wrong with breast feeding and wearing your uniform while doing so.

Well apparently the 2 moms pictured above who were part of a breast feeding awarenes campaign by a group called the mom2mom which are of the Fairchild Airforc Base,a support group launched in January by Crystal Scott, a military spouse and mother of three.

Now they are being criticised for putting on uniforms while breast feeding .For me i do not see anything wrong with this.

New Disease like aids ! ! !

Are these people for real? Just when we were thinking that aids cure is around the corner now this.

Please they better not be serious,Africa and the world has enough problems already


According to a medical journal  a tropical disease  called Chagas that is spread by insects has infected more than 8 million people and most of them are in Latin and Central America

The Journal, published by the Public Library of Science's Neglected Tropical Diseases, said the spread of the disease is reminiscent of the early years of HIV

Nigerian to be sentenced for raping a teenager

A science teacher who groomed a 14-year-old pupil before repeatedly raping her has been told he faces "a very long time" in prison.

This is a very sad story to hear,this man is a father of 3,he has children.If this man has a daughter or daughters,they should be interviewed to ensure that he has not molested them too.This man is a paedophile.His wife too should be questioned she cannot claim to be ignorant of the her husbands behaviour

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Newbie vc Veteran

 

This years UEFA Champions league final promises to be an interesting one.

Roberto Di Matteo will make an attempt to join the elite club of coaches that have won the cup,whileJupp-Heynkes will make an attempt to join the likes of Jose Mourinho,Sir Alex Ferguson that have won the Champions league twice.

We will know the outcome at the end of 90 minutes.Kick off time is 7.45 PM Nigerian time

Peruvian Baby with legs fused together

 

This beautiful Baby girl Miragos Cerron (Miragos means Miracle) was born in 2004 with both her legs fused together.It is a rare deformity which is called sirenomelia or mermaid condition.

This is just to put the records straight because some people has been circulating this information on BB as if it just happened

Lagos Third Mainland Bridge about to wear new look

This giant bill board on third mainland bridge got me curious.This is the first of its kind in Nigeria,they are really working hard,by the time they finish ,the Lagos third mainland bridge will be having a new look.

The location of the Bill board is at that point the Bridge  branches towards Yaba,if you are coming from Oworonshoki side of the Bridge.

I wonder how much it will cost to advertise on the board?

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Its Don Jazzy again

Don Jazzy is out with a new record label called Mavin Records and guess what? Tiwa Savage is the new Babe on the block.

It has Wande  Coal,Prince,Tiwa Savage,Dr Sid and Don Jazzy himself.

Also the record label has released an album already.The link to the songs in the album can be found below:

http://www.hulkshare.com/userPublic.php?uid=861255&fld_id=1575476

For me Amarachi and Am a Mavin  rocks

Thumbs up to Don J  !!!!!

Giant La Casera bottle Floating close to Falomo Bridge

What are these guys up to,This is advertising taken to another level.

This giant La casera bottle has been floating on the waters just close to falomo bridge that is connecting Victoria island to Ikoyi

How long will they keep us guessing? More pictures after the cut

Dont miss BBA 7 Star game opening show

The African version of the Big Brother reality TV show is back.This time around its called Big Brother Star game.It is starting at 18.00 hrs GMT ,that is 7.00 pm Nigerian time on the 6th of May 2012


This is the 7th in the series,the last edition was called Big Brother Amplified which was won by Nigerian Karen Igho and Wendall Parson of Zimbabwe.

To be able to watch the programme in Nigeria,SMS "Yes"  then followed by the first ten digits of your smart card number to 30333.You can also call DSTV on +234 -12703232 or visit any of their offices close to you to tell them to activate your account to be able to watch it.

After you do all this tune to channel 198 on DSTV and ensure you have a message like in the picture above.

Last year i missed the grand opening of season 6 because after doing all the above,when i tuned to channel 198,i got the error message "You are not enabled to view this channel"i wrongly assumed the channel will become available ones the show starts

But alas after the show started,it was still not showing on my TV,tried calling DSTV,their number was not reachable,am sure then a lot of people were trying to reach them too


So if you do not have this message now follow the steps above or you might likely miss the grand opening

James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan on the Phone

 

Nigerians Can be funny oo.Saw this on a friends facebook page:

 TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN IBORI AND UDUAGHAN;

UDUAGHAN: "Bros migwuo…na wa o…dis pipo nor try o…I hear say na 13 yrs dem give you".

IBORI : "You dey crase for there u dey hear me so? Why u nor come here come show solidarity for court? U dey asaba dey form his excellency abi? Nor worry… e go soon red for u"

UDUAGHAN: shuuu…bros whish levo (level) naa? why u dey harsh for me naa? Wh...ish one be solidarity for the mata again?

IBORI : why I nor go harsh? U nor see wen dem carry dat okpolo-eye go court? U nor see say all im boys wey e make governor dem follow am go Abuja go show solidarity? U wey I expect to show for the
background nor come, na all doz mumu dem u send come here come carey (carry) paper (placard). U nor see as dem pursue all of dem comot from the full court like shidren (children)?

UDUAGHAN: do’oo…nor vex abeg…next time I go try come…

IBORI : U nor well o…whish one be next time naa?

UDUAGHAN: errrhhmm…..

IBORI : nor worrey (worry)….na me dull maself sha…

UDUAGHAN: how bros?....

Finalist emerge for Champions league

Bayen Munich and Chelsea to play the 2011 -2012 UEFA Champion league final.

FC Bayen will be setting a record of being the first club to play the UEFA Champions league final in their home stadium since the competition was renamed in 1992.

FC Bayen defeated Real Madrid to reach the finals,ironically the FC Bayen coach Jupp Heynckes coached Real Madrid to win the UEFA Champions league in the 1997 - 1998 season

Roberto Di Matteo of Chelsea has not worn any trophy as a coach,is he going to change all that on may 19th 2012 when the Finals will be played

Strange Baby Delivery

Wow it was reported that a woman delivered a monster like Baby somewhere in Benue state.

The woman a mother of Nine delivered a monkey like Baby  at Saint Theresa's Hospital in Oturkpo

My own take is that medical experts should be called in to Evaluate the situation,they are already calling  the baby a monster,its a pity.

Girl makes 9 A1 's in WAEC

Wow ! ! !  9 A1's its been a long time i heard such,is it me that has not been current or it has not been happening ?

With the current state of the Nigerian educational system.Thumbs up to the young lady,hope she gets a scholarship

She is 17 year old Tolulope Falokun of Saint Loius secondary school,Ondo town , in Ondo state

I hope the governemt sees this as an oppurtunity to make a difference in this girls life by giving her scholarship to the highest level of education.Even big companies as well.This is what the Nigerian youths need urgently to motivate them to work harder in their studies

James Iroha Alias Gringory Passe on

James Iroha ,Gringory of New Masquerade has died.This man that brought so much laughter to many nigerian homes in the eighties.May his soul rest in piece.

The programme started as Masquerade on radio,but was later renamed New Masquerade and was shown on national television.

Pastor Chris on masturbation

Really this is controversal.This requires deep maturity to understand,but the guy has a point

Rapper Endorses Obama with style

See K'naan oo,The singer who sang the hit song "Wavin Flag" has indirectly endorsed Obama.

He claims his hit song  was used by Mit Romney  during the Florida victory speech without his permission

Here is how Associated press put it:

In a statement Wednesday, K'naan says Romney's campaign did not seek approval to use the song and that he would not have granted permission if it had.


Then here is the punch:

The Somali-born, Canadian-based rapper says he would happily grant President Barack Obama's campaign the use of the song.

LOL

Doomed Italian Liner

The last has not been heard of the doomed Italian Liner.Imagine the Captain of the ship confirmed he was pressurised to move  close to the rocks which eventualy broke the ship.

This is typical of what obtains in Naija,where people at the top pressurise one to break the law,and later deny it.Below is the transcript of his phone conversation when he was in detention,he admitted being asked by a manager to move close to the rocks

"Fabri ... anyone else in my place wouldn't have been so nice as to go there because they were breaking my balls, saying go there, go there," Schettino says in the conversation, taped while he was being held following his arrest over the incident.

"...the rock was there but it didn't show up in the instruments I had and I went there ... to satisfy the manager, go there, go there,"

This is according to the italian  La Repubblica