international street children's day

the street child; sometimes hungry, sometimes sick, sometimes sad and sometimes dead

The street child; A fundamental part of a society whose neglect could be the very gateway to that society’s doom.

Yet in Nigeria as in all of Africa, this children abound, littered in various segments of the society; in slumps bridges, parks deserted buildings even under the rain; sometimes hungry, sometimes scared; sometimes sick and sometimes dead! What have you done for the street child in Nigeria today? (International street children’s day)

Nigeria: I Never Cheated On 9ice – Toni Payne

Tony Payne

Ex-wife of indigenous act 9ice and artiste manager Toni Payne recently commented on her rocky relationship with 9ice. Here’s what she said:

The Place of the Nigerian youth in Nation Building

Their is an urgent need for Nigerian Youths to have a unified interaction on the way forward for this great country

The Place of the Nigerian youth in Nation Building
By Evelyn Okakwu

The place of the youth in the struggle to attain true democracy can be
likened to the function of water and sunlight in the growth of plants.
Just in the same way as plants require photosynthesis as a major
source of growth so does the growth of any democracy thrive only in
the presence of a healthy participation of youths in the given
society.
All over the world the place of the youth in National development is
accorded with utmost priority.
In Nigeria, the vice president of the country Namadi Sambo, during a
recent address to youths at an event organised by the Alumni
association of the Ahmadu Bello University reiterated the call for
youth involvement in the fight against corruption in the country.
Sambo while speaking at the Ahmadu Bello University’s maiden home
coming celebration of past students said “I remember even before our
time how students from the University of Ibadan came out to the
Nigerian parliament to oppose the defence pact, which was meant to
retain some control by the British on Nigeria and the pact was
aborted. I remember how Nigerian students were vanguards in the fight
against apartheid and liberation of some African countries. There were
times when, which ever policy the government was considering, the
first consideration would be whether people would accept it. And that
time when they said people, the first consideration was students who
would react on behalf of the people”.
He noted that the vanguard of students was active even during military
rule in the protest against bad governance and bad policies. He stated
that the dynamism has remained. But is that really the case? Can the
youth in the present Nigeria be vouched for, in the united struggle
against corruption?

Toke Makinwa's Married Life Is 2 Weeks Old!

the delectable Toke Makinwa and her Husband

By Joey Akan

And She's Writing Love Letters!

Yesterday made it 2 weeks since the wedding which took place on earlier in January, and Toke is still reeling from the happy feeling.

Newly wedded OAP, Toke Makinwa, who recently tied the knot with fitness guru, Maje Ayida, is finding life as a wife to be filled with bliss. Yesterday made it 2 weeks since the wedding which took place on earlier in January, and Toke is still reeling from the happy feeling.

"It was 2 weeks yesterday and I still can't believe it happened. Love is such a precious gift from God and you haven't truly lived until you have loved. I am one lucky girl, God gave me my best friend, my partner, the "yang" to my YIN, and my Fav person in the world.”, Toke gushed on instagram.

Uproar in Senate over Defection Letter 30 Jan 2014

 

Senate President, David mark

 By Omololu Ogunmade

Tempers flared in Senate Thursday as defecting Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators vehemently protested perceived deliberate decision of leadership of the Senate not to read the defection letter they addressed to Senate President David Mark on Wednesday.

Suntai Admits He’s Not Fit to Govern Taraba State

Governor Dambaba Suntai of Taraba State

By Adeyemo Ademola

Recuperating Governor of Taraba State, DanBaba Suntai, has in an interview admitted that he is still not well enough to resume office as the governor of the state.
Appearing in a video recording, which was posted on YouTube, Suntai, who was surrounded by some of his aides in the two-minute, 20-second interview, was incoherent in his response to the questions posed to him.
For example, when asked whether he was fit enough to return to office as an executive   governor of Taraba State, Suntai in a shaking and low tone replied, “I can tell you that it is well with me to return to my office simply because I want you to support me. You know the truth, I am not well at all to return to office as I am now.”

A Place to Unleash Talents

Guest Painting

 By Ayodeji Rotinwa
Penultimate weekend, the White Space, Lagos’s artsy, form-shifting pop up space-for-hire transformed yet again into a time capsule on the occasion of the Modern Day School of Arts’ arts and cultural showcase, a reach into technology of decades past and how same has partaken in the evolution of culture.
The school’s presentation dovetailed into White Space’s presumably annual event window, Big 60, a frothing Thursday to Sunday art/fashion/culture event rollercoaster that runs for 60 days. The tag line of the two months-long event reads, Eat. Drink. Play and this was the case and beyond at M.D.S.A.’s collaboration with the space – the added benefit being a crash course in visual arts, a re-education on just how much our culture as a people has changed, how much of it we may have lost, what we need to appreciate more of.

Chiwetel Ejiofor: eyes on the Oscars

Ejiofor

  By Peju Akande

Some stars are born, some are made. But there is hardly ever a star who doesn’t get burnished through fire before it truly begins to shine. And so it is for Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Today, he is the toast of entertainment critics; he is on the A- list of Hollywood’s movie directors; leading ladies are slinking their well adorned arms around him and the paparazzi can’t get enough of this hunk of a man.
But before all the glitz and glamour; before his most recent and riveting role in 12 Years A Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor had travelled the long tortuous and even tragic road to stardom both on stage, on the screen and in life.
Born to  UK-based Nigerians, Chiwetel’s parents Arinze, a medical doctor and Obiajulu, a pharmacist fled Nigeria to the UK in 1967 during the Biafran War that threatened to tear Nigeria apart. The sweethearts settled somewhere in South London and later got married in March 1974.

Their life was comfortable since both were medical health professionals and having undergone further studies that enabled them practise in Britain, they were set for the good life. So, when in 1977, Chiwetel was born, the second of four children, life couldn’t have been any better for the Ejiofor family.

Celebrating Ofala Festivals In Igbo Land

Participants at the Ofala Festival

OFALA IS A CELEBRATION OF THE CULTURE OF IGBO PEOPLE MOSTLY OF ANAMBRA EXTRATIONS. THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL, APART FROM BECOMING A TOOL FOR UNITY AND PROGRESS, IS FAST BECOMING A TOURIST ATTRACTION IN VARIOUS IGBO COMMUNITIES. KASIE ABONE,  OF THISDAY NEWSPAPER WHO ATTENDED FIVE SUCH FESTIVALS DURING THE LAST CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS,  REPORTS

UNDERSTANDING OFALA FESTIVAL…
For Ndi Igbo, Ofala festival occupies a unique place in their annual calendar. It is not just a day for celebration and merry making, but also a day when the sons, daughters and friends of the town gather to thank God for keeping them alive. It is also a day for stock taking when the king gives account of his stewardship for the out gone year and projects into the New Year.

In Igbo land ofala is celebrated mostly in December and January. For some communities like Enugwu-Ukwu, Ofala is Igu aro. To the people of Igbariam, it is ovalla. No matter the nomenclature, Ofala festival has come to define a way of life of a people. In modern Igbo setting, Ofala has become a platform for tourism and community development. It is also a day when deserving members of the community and their friends are specially rewarded and honoured for their contributions to the development of their communities.

alleged rape victim seeks money as compensationfrom Kanye west

The 18-year-old who Kanye West allegedly beat up last week in a chiropractor's waiting room has approached the rapper, asking for a ton of money to settle the case without criminal prosecution ... TMZ has learned.Sources connected with the 18-year-old tell us ... his lawyer called Kanye's people and expressed the desire to strike a civil settlement -- FOR A PRICE -- several hundred thousand dollars.We're told the 18-year-old is adamant -- he does NOT want to go through a public trial.  As we reported ... Kim Kardashian claims the young man was hurling racial epithets, calling her a "n***er lover" among other things.  We're also told he has not been responsive with the police since the incident.As for the $$$ ... although eyewitnesses in the Beverly Hill's chiropractor's office say Kanye pummeled the guy ... we're hearing he has no apparent injuries.  Nonetheless, avoiding a criminal trial has a price.Sources say both sides are currently in negotiations

Pastor Stabs Colleague to death

 

 A church founder identified simply as Pastor Adepoju has stabbed a fellow Pastor of the Branch of the Apostolic Church Nigeria, in Gbongam, Oshun State, Pastor Julius Oguntoye to death.

The Pastor who retired from the Apostolic Church ten Years ago, to form his own church visited the deceased who was also his best friend and stabbed the unsuspecting Pastor three times.

After stabbing his friend the strange pastor went and reported himself at the nearby Police station  

New PDP chair Emarges



Adamu Ma'azu PDP Chairman

A new party Leader has emerged for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, the PDP. The New PDP Chair who is also the former governor of Bauchi State, Adamu Mu’azu was quoted as saying that he would not dabble into the affairs of state leadership to prevent the many crises that had led to the dwindling furtunes of the party in past 10 years.

The immediate past leader of the party, Bamanga Tukur was reportedly absent at the inaugural ceremony

Nigerians and the Use of toilets

By Evelyn Okakwu

Cleanliness, they say, is next to Godliness. So when people start considering their hygiene in very low terms, one can say, by implication, that they have negated the closest principle of to that of divinity. The world marks word toilet day on the 19^th of November each year, as put in place by the United Nation’s organisation the UNO.

Nonetheless, in this New Year, there might as well be the need to analyse the attitude of the people towards the use of the toilet in public places as well as in domestic environment.

Nigerians expectations in 2014

As we experience the beginning of another new year Nigerians analyse
the previous year on the basis of the country’s political and economic
developments.
Chidike ukoh the President of National Youth empowerment Association
(NEYA) Africa was the first on the list of Nigerians who spoke on the
nation’s political and economic State in 2013
“There have been a number of events that have shaped the developments
of the country in 2013. In the area of economic developments, there
are indices to prove that the macro-economic activities are picking
up. Though not exactly on the high pitch, because everybody is not
feeling it now; the downtrodden are not too sure that the economic
indices given out by government agencies are touching their lives.