Van Vicker quote

The very good looking actor who is part Ghanaian, Liberian and Dutch said this in a recent interview...

“...I believe in being as humble as possible because it’s an amazing thing for me to be huge, but yet, be so humble. Being a star has got advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantages outweigh the advantages.... ” he said.

The disadvantages of being a celebrity outweighs the advantages?
I don't know if I agree with that. But you have to be a celeb to know huh? lol



I don't think Peter and Paul Okoye will agree with the statement

Do you agree or disagree with Van's statement?

Guerillabasement

Guerillabasement is a podcasting blog which started a while back. The blog mainly features audio works -from documentaries and interviews to features and is the brain child of Inspiration FM VJ Wana Udobang.

Check on it here...www.guerillabasement.blogspot.com

Photo of the day

LOL
Wetin person no go see...
Pix thanks to Alex Okoroji...

Central Station Promo

BE at the centre of all the action on Central Station as Zain rewards all loyal central station users with mouth – watering gifts.

From October 21 - November 21, 2009; Zain Central Station will give out cool prizes courtesy of Anabel Mobile to portal users who acquire at least 2,000 points within the promo period.

How to win?

Winning is very simple…yeah, this simple!

Reactivate your membership or JOIN Central Station and get right into the middle of the action. Add friends, join groups, comment on posts and share in the fun and excitement that Central Station brings everyday. The more fun you have, the more prizes you win!

Earn 2,000 points and take home 2 Zain/MTV Dog tags, Advance Warning CDs, N500 Recharge Vouchers.

5,000 points make you a confirmed BIGZ boy or girl with Advance Warning CDs and N1,000 Zain airtime to go too!

With 10,000 points, an Anabel Bee Gee Swagga + Advance Warning CDs PLUS N1, 000 airtime are ALL yours!























Are you ready to show some Effizy with 15,000 points? We bet your friends will feel you when you flash your Anabel Revolution Bee Gee /ICE, + sim + Advance Warning CDS+Dog tags!

Ginger your swagga by earning 20,000 points. Stroll out in style from any Zain office with an Anabel Effizy Dual SIM smart phone, a SIM and of course, Advance Warning CDs and Dog tags to pimp your style!

VIPs only:

Yeah, become a VIP on Central Station by earning 30,000 points!

Tell us what’s better than the King of all prizes...an Anabel PS 100 smart phone, a sim AND an exclusive one-year VIP pass to ALL major events – all for just 30,000 points.

How can you be a part of this?

Winning is this simple: Reactivate your membership or JOIN Central Station and get right into the middle of the action.
Add friends, join groups, comment on posts and share in the fun and excitement that Central Station brings everyday. The more fun you have, the more prizes you win!
HURRY, get into the action and don’t forget to spread the word. This is where it will all happen from NOW till the 21st of November, 2009.

Winners will be announced on the 21st November 2009 on Central Station and presentation of prizes immediately after…

HOW MANY POINTS DO I EARN WITH EACH ACTIVITY?

Successfully invite a friend:100 points

Add an existing user as a friend: 15 points
Upload a video/audio: 5 points
Upload a photo: 5 points
Update basic info: 5 points
Update photos: 2 points
Terms and conditions apply

Pretty Linda by Alex Okoroji

This is the picture of a very pretty lady called Linda. She's fine huh? lol

The pictures are thanks to a reader of this blog called Alex Okoroji. You rock girl, thanks!
Just wish I had such radiant skin in real life. The power of photoshop.

Where is the best place to meet a wife material?

I heard some people arguing about this recently. Most of them seemed to agree that the best place to meet a wife material is at church, work place and weddings. A few agreed you can meet a wife material at a party but nobody agreed that you can meet a wife material in a CLUB!

I don't know if I agree with that. Some pretty decent girls hang out at clubs (Maybe not frequently) with friends and relatives. And some pretty not-too-decent women attend weddings, churches and keep jobs.

I personally think you can meet people ANYWHERE and EVERYWHERE. And that includes clubs!

What do you think?

World's youngest mother

Kordeza Zhelyazkova, an 11 year old girl from Bulgaria, just gave birth to her daughter, making her the world’s youngest mother.

While Kordeza and the baby are healthy and in high spirits, Jeliazko, the 19 year old father of the child, now faces six years in jail for having sex with a minor. The father says that he was fearful and really scared when he found out Kordeza was pregnant. He says they didn’t plan to have sex or a baby although he fell in love with Kordeza the moment he laid eyes on her.

He added: ‘I was walking past the school when I saw some boys mocking her and I told them to leave her alone.
‘Then she arranged to meet me and asked me out on our first date. I thought she was 15. She didn’t tell me she was 11.’
Kordeza added: ‘I didn’t want to say in case he wouldn’t fancy me.’
Their daughter was conceived within a week of their meeting.

Kordeza said: ‘I didn’t know I was pregnant until my grandmother saw I had put on weight. I just thought I’d eaten too many burgers.’
Her grandmother Dida, 55, said: ‘It’s normal for our girls to have babies young. It’s our tradition. But I didn’t want it for my Kordeza – I felt she was too young.’

The family planned a three-day Roma wedding for October 22 – so Kordeza and Jeliazko could be married before the baby was born. But Kordeza went into labour a week early, on the second day of the ceremony.

She said: ‘I had been having pain in the morning and a couple of hours into the wedding it got worse.’
She was rushed to hospital and gave birth 20 minutes later.
Kordeza said: ‘It was quite easy but painful too. I was very happy when I saw her. She has a nose like me and hair like Jeliazko.’

Both grandmothers will be guardians of baby Violeta, and Kordeza and her daughter will receive £70 a month in state benefits.

The age of consent in Bulgaria is 14.

Here’s what Kordeza had to say about being a mom:

‘It feels strange to be a mum and have a baby. I used to play with my toys but now she is my new toy. She is so beautiful, I love her. Violeta is the child and I must grow up. I am not going back to school – I am a mother now.’

The age of consent is 14? I find that quite pitiful. Having sex and being a mum when you are supposed to be a child. Really sad!

Kordeza and her child have a really long road ahead of them. I only hope they find good people to guide them through the right path and push them to something better.

Thoughts on this?

Modemen Men November Issue

The current issue of Mode Men magazine features Umar Mohammed Nasko ( Niger State's youngest commisioner) on the cover. Its their Oct/Nov issue. Lots of fashion news, tips, gadgets, cars etc in the mag.
A must buy!

Exclamation Couture Fashion Show - The Zebra Collection

Photo by Suby and Sinem

All you need to know about the designer - Babajide Familusi.


Babajide “Babs” Familusi aka FAB is the Founder of Exclamations Couture. FAB attended the prestigious Kings’ College, Lagos for his secondary education and thereafter University of Lagos where he studied Chemical Engineering for 3 years and subsequently Marine Biology for another 4 years. He is a Designer, Stylist and Image consultant.


The clothing design and production outfit was founded in 2001 and has since birthed subsidiaries which make up the “Exclamations Group.” The subsidiaries include TIES ETCETERA, the clothing and accessories retail arm of the group and THE LOOKS COMPANY, the styling and image consulting arm.

 

Born January 25th, 1978 and raised in Lagos, He is believed to be a reincarnation of His grandfather who was a tailor and passed away a few weeks before He was born!

In 2001, he discovered his interest in making his own clothes haven traded clothing and accessories for 2 years. Mostly self-taught, the young designer used his background in the Sciences to do research in Fabric, Fit and Finishing to create winning pieces and the first shirt that was ever produced was mistaken for a Jermyn Street product! With the applause and exclamations that came from clients, friends and family, the brand was born! Exclamations Couture has since focused on setting the standards for the tailoring of Shirts and Suits in Africa.

With Ozwald Boateng as a mentor, training in South Africa and the United Kingdom and his wealth of experience in his industry, FAB is set to revolutionise the world of fashion in Africa in online shopping, a new store, New-York and London Fashion Weeks. FAB won the Designer of the year, 2008 at the MODEMEN AWARDS!*

Photo of the day

My sexy younger sister, Laura Ikeji, who is an up and coming rapper, with new single 'Scoin Scoin' soon to be released, is also a fantastic dancer with her own dance group called 'Naija Dance Academy' and she's also a trained fitness instructor.

I'm too jealous. I'm supposed to be the model in the house but she has taken all the sexiness. I'm going to the studio to take a similar picture - but maybe I'm too old to be showing off that much skin?
Oh how I wish I were 21 again...lol
*I kid*

Rihanna finally breaks silence over abuse

The singer gave an interview to Glamour Magazine and this is what she had to say about being a victim of domestic abuse

''Domestic violence is a big secret. No kid goes around and lets people know their parents fight. Teenage girls can’t tell their parents that their boyfriend beat them up. You don’t dare let your neighbor know that you fight. It’s one of the things we [women] will hide, because it’s embarrassing. My story was broadcast all over the world for people to see, and they have followed every step of my recovery. The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn’t heard. Now I can help speak for those women...It was humiliating; that is not a photo you would show to anybody. I felt completely taken advantage of. I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it’s my life. I was disappointed, especially when I found out the photo was [supposedly leaked by] two women.''

It took her quite a while to talk about this. It must have been quite a traumatic experience for her. I know a lot of women do not speak out about domestic violence - but is that the best way to deal with it? Silence? Not talking to family and friends about it?

Nigerian, Chidi Uzomah, stalks Ryan Seacrest

Ryan Seacrest

Chidi Uzomah, the 25-year-old accused of stalking Ryan Seacrest, has been charged with one count of felony stalking and two misdemeanor counts of disobeying a former court order.

Uzomah is suspected of stalking the multi-hyphenate between September 15th and October 30th, the day he was arrested at the E! building. He was armed with a knife when he showed up.


He was previously charged with a misdemeanor in connection with the fight he got into with Seacrest's security outside of the the Children's Hospital in Orange County in September.

Chidi Uzomah

Uzomah pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors for the prior incident and was given three years probation and ordered to stay away from the star.

If convicted of the felony, Uzomah could get up to four years in prison.

Chidi Uzomah is in the Army Reserves and was trained to be in the Green Berets. An Army spokesman said, "We apologize to Ryan Seacrest. Pending the outcome of the local investigation, the Army will decide what further action to take. We take all matters of our personnel seriously".

Sad! Don't know what else to say write!

J Martins releases Elevated

J Martins and Peter Okoye

A year after releasing his hit debut album 'Get Serious', talented producer and singer, J Martins has released another album, a ten track album titled 'Elevated', which has songs like 'Oyoyo', 'Iva', 'Jukpa', 'Change', 'Believe' in it, and features rappers, Ill Bliss, Jesse Jagz and Munachi Abii

The production of Elevated is entirely by J Martins, who also produces songs for P-Square. Elevated was released yesterday Monday Nov 2nd 2009 and is being marketed by International Blue Magic Entertainment in Conjunction with Tjoe Entertianment.

If you are a fan - go grab a copy!

Face-off '09 in Pictures

The 2009 Smirnoff sponsored Celebrity Basketball game - Face-off - held on Saturday Oct 24th at the International Conference Centre Abuja and it featured a lot of Naija celebs including Kel, Denrele, Eldee, Darey, SaSha, Kaffi, Banky W, P-Square, AY.com, Sound Sultan, Tuface, 9ice and plenty more.
Check out the pictures...




 


 

 

 






 


 
 
Pix thanks to Ace.