Photos: Ambode Swears In New 19 Permanent Secretaries

Governor Ambode this morning swore in 19 permanent secretaries at a ceremony which held at the Conference Room of the Lagos House Ikeja. Ambode urged the permanent secretaries to ensure that the interest of the residents of the state comes first.

The new permanent secretaries are Mr. Bamgboye Abiodun; Mrs. Dapo-Thomas Boladele Aderemi; Mrs. Ariyo Elizabeth Olabisi; Mrs. Adekanye Adebunmi Elizabeth; Mr. Bode Agoro; Dr. (Mrs.) Ayandele Olufolayimika Abiose; Dr. (Mrs.) Sodeinde Nuriat Ibironke; Mr. Odeyemi Mohammed Adesina; Mrs. Odulana Arinola Olufunmilayo, Mrs. Onisarotu Adesina Jemil; Engr. Bade-Adebowale Ajibade Caster; Mrs. Amosu Sewande Ayodele; Mr. Kadiri Abayomi Adebisi; Mrs. Anifowoshe Amidat Abiola; Mr. Adeyemi Folarin Anthony; Dr. (Mrs.) Oduwole Olanike Elizabeth; Mr. Mustapha Abdul Ahmed Olorunfemi; Mrs. Odunlami Funlola Adesola and Mr. Odupitan James Olusola.

Adams Oshiomhole & Wife Visit Prof Wole Soyinka & Wife (photos)

Edo state governor Adams Oshiomhole and his lovely new wife Iara visited Prof. Wole Soyinka and his wife, Folake, at their home in Abeokuta yesterday Sunday August 2nd. More photos after the cut..

No individual Is Yoruba Leader- Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said no individual can be regarded as the leader of the Yoruba people.

Obasanjo stated this in his book, titled, “My Watch: Political and Public Affairs,” where he addressed what he called his “Nigerianness and Yorubanness.”

In chapter 31, titled, “Campaigns and Elections,” Obasanjo said Nigeria did not need tribal barons as leaders.

He added that there was nothing like Yoruba leadership in Yoruba land.

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The former President said:

“Just as there was no single oba having sovereignty over the whole of Yorubaland, there was no individual as leader of the Yorubas in Yorubaland. As it was then, it remains till now.”

He noted that even among the Yoruba Obas “there is equality, but mutual respect.”

Backing his claim with a saying, “no crown is subordinate to another,” the former President said cities and areas were normally of different sizes.

He said, in the old days,  obas never saw one another, but sent messages through emissaries.

According to him, it was the colonialists that made the obas see one another face-to-face. The colonialists, he said, went further to rank Yoruba traditional rulers.

Obasanjo noted that in the North, the majority of emirs accepted the Sultan of Sokoto as the direct descendant of Usman Dan Fodio.

He said the Sultan was accepted as the leader among Hausa/Fulani traditional rulers.

“The Yorubas did not have such a clear-cut and accepted hierarchy. Every oba maintains sovereignty over his domain,” he added.

Obasanjo explained that ‘baales’ (chiefs) were appointed by obas within their domains.

The former president said the supporters of the first Premier of the Western Region, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, “fixed” the title of Yoruba leader on the late sage during the Civil War.

He recalled that during the war, different ethnic groups met separately to consider positions and issues for the future of Nigeria.

According to him, Awolowo presided over the meeting of the Yorubas in Ibadan.

“In the course (of the meeting), Chief Awolowo presided. His supporters then fixed the title of Yoruba leader upon him,” he stated.

Obasanjo said that some people, including Chief Adisa Akinloye, did not accept Awolowo as the leader of the Yoruba.

Obasanjo said that after he successfully ended the Civil War, some people began to extol his “Yorubanness.”

“I did not encourage this. ‘My Yorubaness’ and ‘my Nigerianness’ must go pari passu, and one must not stand in the way of the other,” he stated.

Explaining the relationship between the two, Obasanjo stated that his parents were from Owu in Abeokuta.

He stated:

“I bear Owu tribal marks. And better or worse still, I speak English with my Owu dialect. I have always maintained and felt proud of my ‘Owunness’, ‘Yorubannes’ and ‘Nigerianness’ in that order.

“They are all parts of my cherished identity. But I have always refused and I will always refuse to be constrained, diminished or reduced to the level of Yoruba leadership.

“Without being immodest, I am a national leader, an African leader and a world leader in my own way.”

“I strongly believe that Nigeria needs nationalists to propel it forward. Myopic tribal barons and tendencies will not take us too far.”

Obasanjo said that Nigeria was inadvertently deprived of nationalists as leaders at independence.

“Other countries like Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon, to mention a few, were not so deprived,” he noted.

He expressed the hope that Nigeria could still regain what it lost when it gained independence.

Obasanjo further said,

“If a person is born in the Yoruba, Igbo, Nupe tribes, it is important that he tries and grows up as a Nigerian with total commitment to Nigeria.”

This, he explained, was a sure way “to make Nigeria stable, secure, developed and great.”

He said that the misapplication of personal and tribal interests was the bane of political stability and rectitude in most African countries.

 

“I have always believed that the interest of any Nigerian tribe can best be met and served when the national interests are served and not outside it,” he added.

 

The Nigerian leader said that where the need arose, in the interest of justice and fairness, he had spoken and acted on behalf of the Yoruba.

 

He stated, “I have done so, but not against the overall Nigerian interests or against the interest of any other groups for that matter.”

 

 

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Photos: Akon And Kcee Sign A Deal

Kcee and Akon, who is currently in Lagos, had a business meeting last night at Eko Hotel & Suites, VI. Kcee confirmed through Instagram that their deal - a music collaboration maybe? - was sealed. Other pics from their meeting after the cut. (Akon is actually in Nigeria for his Solar power project)

Fans Respond To Meek Mills Diss Track With Funny Memes, lol

People really have no chill, lol. So after Meek Mill released his diss song on Drake titled 'Wanna Know', fans including Drake reacted to the song by posting these funny memes, lol. Choi! More memes after the cut..

Omotola celebrates son as he comes 3rd in Int'l music producers competition

 

 

Actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde took to her instagram page to celebrate her 16yr old  music producer son, CaptainE who came third place at the international music conference producer showcase competition which held in Atlanta, Georgia, last month. He was the youngest and the only African in the competition. Big congrats to him...
 

Etcetera fires another shot at Tiwa Savage's marriage troubles

Musician and writer,Etcetera, is a brave man as he once again takes a pot at Tiwa Savage.We all remember the fight on social media between Tiwa Savage,TeeBillz her husband and Etcetera when the latter supposedly took a pot at the married couple in his article talking about second hand
husbands etc.Well ,Tiwa Savage was not happy about that and she along with her hubby TeeBillz blasted Etcetera in the press,calling him a failed musician and all sorts.

You would have thought after all that,Etcetera will avoid any more confrontations.But nah,this man is unrelenting.His latest article clearly takes a swipe at Tiwa Savage again judging by the title.The title of his later article in the Punch Newspaper say: "The Savage of Nigerian celebrity Marriages" hahahahah..you must admit this guy is ingenious,but even Stevie Wonder knows who he is clearly talking about here.See how Etcetera cleverly used the name of Tiwa Savage in the equation,,Chai..trouble looming?I never would have thought musician Etcetera,would fire another shot at Tiwa Savage's marriage after their initial wahala.

 

Unfortunately Tiwa Savage is having relationship issues in her marriage right now.Part of what was rumoured to be the cause of her troubles is Tee Billz her husband hitting her,infidelity and he stealing her money.Like i said these are all rumours .
Below is the article published in the Punch today by Etcetera.Lets hope it's not gonna open another can of worms and generate a reaction from Tiwa Savage or TeeBillz.

                               The Savage of Nigerian celebrity Marriages-by Etcetera.
Our female celebrities should admit that they are horrible at choosing their men. And as a celebrity, destroying your man publicly makes you look stupid because you are the one who chose to be with him in the first place. Most of you ladies want a perfect man because you have a natural need to want to fix something about him.

 And when it fails, of course, it becomes his fault for being who he always was. Even if the guy you married was the most disgusting pig in the whole universe, you should admit that lowering your standards so severely was your choice.
Every divorce is built on those things that were created during courtship.

 It is during this time that the future of a marriage is decided. If you don’t have the ability to analyse what was injected into your brain during those few critical years or months of courtship, then whatever happens in your marriage is your funeral, not ours.


Must all celebrities publicly play the blame game at the end of their marriages, assigning blames like football fans after a bad match day? Must they turn their divorces into a bride versus groom contest with their fans taking sides? Trust the Nigerian press and bloggers who are ever too quick to join the accusation bandwagon to exonerate their preferred spouse without proper investigation.

 I wonder why Naija Bet hasn’t thought of adding a slot on their platform for forecasting the longevity of celebrity marriages in Nigeria. It is much easier to predict how long a Nigerian celebrity marriage will last these days than the scoreline of a Chelsea FC versus Arsenal FC match.


When you get right down to the root of most celebrity divorces, you will discover it all boils down to one simple conclusion to which most females adhere: their men are always at fault. The guilt and punishment are simply assigned to whoever happens to have the penis. Haven’t you all redefined coincidence, with all your husbands accused of domestic violence?

 Where are the pictorial evidences to back up your accusations? Have all Nigerian men all of a sudden become monsters? Most female celebs now seem to be focused on exposing their husbands or catching them red-handed? Not knowing that the more they take that route, the more convinced they become that their husbands are really cheating.

The language of most journalists and bloggers (infidelity experts) out there centres on one theme: “catch, prove and divorce”. Yes your husband erred, but why let the world know? Does his trial at the public court make you feel good? Do you feel any more righteous by making him the villain and you the good guy?

Stop acting like your secrets are finally out; everyone knows that your partner didn’t just start having an affair. It is the obvious truth that most celebrity marriages are built on adultery, and whatever adultery joins together, adultery shall put asunder. Your emotions wouldn’t be in turmoil today if you had listened to your gut feelings yesterday. But my dear, before you decide to take the road of divorce to wherever it may lead, you must first consider the real cost of going that route.

 This is because If you choose to get a divorce without knowing the real reason your husband cheated on you in the first place, you’d just be circling around the same problem instead of fixing it and preventing it from happening in the future. Put your emotions aside for a moment and ask yourself, why on earth would your husband fall into the arms of another woman when he has a caring, compassionate and loving woman at home?


Ask yourself where you went wrong. Maybe the reason you had a cheating husband was because he had a set of needs that you were unable to fulfill because of your gallivanting lifestyle as a celebrity. The blame often starts within the walls of your mind and results in you holding him responsible for the collapse of the marriage. At this point, nothing he says could ever provide an adequate answer, but you just keep asking the same questions over and over again. People should also know that in most celebrity divorces, not all blames come from within.

 Some of the most painful and damaging blames come from people outside the marriage, who feel they need to pass judgments. To the press and bloggers having a swell time with every celebrity divorce, I hope you know that it’s very easy to lay blames when you’re on the sidelines. You are acting like a spectator at a football match with a bird’s-eye view of all the action, while those playing on the field get consumed by the waves of emotions that accompany their divorce.

To our female celebrities, whenever you find yourself wanting to lay those blames, please relax for a moment and think about the appropriateness of the blames. Think about the consequences of your accusations. Try to examine the situation from multiple viewpoints.

 And to you husbands who are being blamed, especially after you have cheated or been mistaken to have cheated, please understand that your women are lashing out because of their fears and insecurities. And as a man, there is a great level of maturity in accepting responsibility for your behaviour and taking the blame for your actions. Divorce is a winless game that is best not played. In Onyeka Onwenu’s voice, may there be peace in our homes. Amen.
 

Musician and writer,Etcetera, is a brave man as he once again takes a pot at Tiwa Savage.We all remember the fight on social media between Tiwa Savage,TeeBillz her husband and Etcetera when the latter supposedly took a pot at the married couple in his article talking about second hand
husbands etc.Well ,Tiwa Savage was not happy about that and she along with her hubby TeeBillz blasted Etcetera in the press,calling him a failed musician and all sorts.

You would have thought after all that,Etcetera will avoid any more confrontations.But nah,this man is unrelenting.His latest article clearly takes a swipe at Tiwa Savage again judging by the title.The title of his later article in the Punch Newspaper say: "The Savage of Nigerian celebrity Marriages" hahahahah..you must admit this guy is ingenious,but even Stevie Wonder knows who he is clearly talking about here.See how Etcetera cleverly used the name of Tiwa Savage in the equation,,Chai..trouble looming?I never would have thought musician Etcetera,would fire another shot at Tiwa Savage's marriage after their initial wahala.
- See more at: http://queenolofofo.blogspot.com/2014/10/etcetera-fires-another-shot-at-tiwa.html#sthash.WhEEFsxp.dpuf

Star Boy Wizkid In Drinking Competition With 2Baba [See Photo]

 

Nigeria’s wave of the moment, Wizkid, attested to that fact by posting a picture of himself with 2Baba in a drinking competition with four bottles of Hennessy at a club.

Wizkid stated that whenever he hangs out with 2Baba, they love to have much drinks as they can.
 

“O.B.O” Davido Books Suite At Wynn Las Vegas For His Birthday Weekend [See Photo]

 

Davido dropped almost $8,000 (about N1.3m) for a suite at the luxurious Wynn Las Vegas and Encore hotel for his birthday weekend next month.

He paid that money for only three nights, November 21st to 24th.

These things usually have to be paid in advance.

He shared his booking confirmation on his instagram page.

Full Details Why Linda Ikeji’s Blog Was SHUT Down

If you go to Lindaikeji.blogspot.com the image below is what will greet you on Linda Ikeji’s Blog. That’s no more news.
Now see the news after the pics below.

If you have been online for sometimes now you would have either come across Linda Ikeji’s Blog or heard about it. She and her blog was the biggest thing online in Nigerian before the take down.
The blog was ranking the 10th most visited website in Nigeria beating most of the top businesses and newspaper companies online with HUGE advertising budget.

Linda Ikeji’s attitude towards her blog is not business like at all, she was never prepared for success even though she had been successful at her craft for years. With a blog that BIG Linda chooses to stick with Google’s blogger which is a free platform and as it is in the case of online, every free stuff comes with strong policy for its usage.
Linda Ikeji which is the biggest thing online never thought it wise or see the need for her to set up her own team of reporters to get exclusive news and interviews even though most celebrities and whoever would gladly grant her interview .
Linda Ikeji had gotten to a stage in her career where she could command respect and get whatever she wants but she fails to do so.
Here’s what happened to Linda.
Some guys have been on Linda Ikeji for many years now hating on her and getting really mad as to why a Linda would be so successful at Blogging,
They have tried different means to bring down her blog but it all failed.
According to Linda Ikeji, the guys spammed her comment box so that Google who originally owned her Blog will take it down but instead for Google to ditch the blog it just took down her adsense account so that she can’t earn through it which they later re-installed.
All that went but these guys didn’t stop. They Kept going at it.
Few months back Linda Ikeji bought a Range Rover Sport 2014 for 24 Million Naira which she flaunts on her blog as usual. The moment these guys saw it they now went all hard on Linda reporting her to Google that she copied contents from their website and this is one of the things Google frown at but instead for Linda to take action she went on her Blog and did a post about the guys who have been wanting to bring down her blog and now the Blog is finally down, the guys have succeeded.
Linda Ikeji also agreed she copies contents from other peoples website and give link back to establish that the content is not originally hers, she went further to state that other BIG sites in the world too copy stuff from other people.

According to a blogger Uduak uduok The guys who went after Linda Ikeji attacked her from both sides (Bulldog attack) they registered all the domain names Linda Ikeji could use if she decides to move to a proper website. Like; Lindaikeji.net and Lindaikeji.com.
Instead for Linda to have written that last post she wrote exposing the guys she should have done the following.
She should have registered a new domain, maybe TheLindaIkeji’sBlog.com or something and head over to a paid platform where she would be respected more and given more space to react other than Google who is out to keep its platform clean and make sure the web is save.
Move her blog over so that she can keep her contents that she built for years.
Even if LindaIkeji decides to start all over again she will have to start afresh with top quality contents that she can lay claims to but the good thing is that she has her social media accounts like twitter and the rest intact where she can always announce her new blog to users.
Am convinced she will be bigger than she was if she choose to start all over again and am also hoping Google will release her blog back because Lnda Ikeji represents hope to a lot of young bloggers in Nigeria.

Update: Linda Ikeji reacts:

Update: Google explains why it shut down Linda Ikeji’s Blog

Google’s Manager for Communications and Public Affairs, Anglo-Phone West Africa, Taiwo Kolade-Ogunlade, in a chat with Punch newspaper, explained why the blog was taken down.

He said Google takes the issue of copyright seriously, adding that the company belongs to a group of Internet firms that abides by the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable copyright laws.
“To respect the rights of copyright holders, Google clearly spells out how users of its products and services can get permission to use someone else’s intellectual property such as text, songs, images and footages. Google is no respecter of anybody when it comes to the issues of copyright infringement.
“Google as an organisation takes issues of copyright seriously and belongs to a group of digital companies that respect copyrights.
“Copyright is a big deal and this is why you can’t just go and pick up another person’s intellectual property or content and lay claim to its ownership.
“It is not a case of witch-hunting and has nothing to do with Linda Ikeji’s personality or anyone else because there is a process, and irrespective of who you are in the world, that process would apply to you.
“It has become imperative for online entrepreneurs to respect the rights of copyright holders noting that the Internet community should be built on mutual trust and general respect.
“Let’s respect other people’s rights and intellectual property. Making money off other people’s content without permission is wrong. Although the Internet is inanimate, it is the content on it that gives it life. These are the issues.
“Whenever owners of online contents come after you accusing you of using their content, it is because they have families to feed and businesses to sustain.
“People should also understand that copyrights does not only apply to text, but also extends to literary works, images and photographs, music files and MP3s, movies, movie trailers and videos as well as software”, Kolade-Ogunlade explained.

Source : naijaurban 

Hahahaha:- Singer Waje’s Wig Falls Off On Stage! [Photo]

Just Few Hours After Popular Nigerian Act, Psquare Fell Of Stage In Namibia, Another Nigeria Singer Waje Wigs Fall On Stage!

I Have A Huge Crush On Olamide Female Singer “Chee” Reveals

Glo Ambassador Chee told Toolz on ‘The Midday Show’ on Beat 99.9 FM, “He [Olamide] is just too good.” 

Olamide is one of Nigeria’s biggest selling music acts and its obvious he’s getting more than just award trophies these days.

Female singer Chee former known as Chydinma [not Miss. Kedike] has proclaimed she has a huge crush on the indigenous rap act Olamide (Baddo).

Explaining why and how she managed to get the rapper on her new song, “No More,” Chee told Toolz on ‘The Midday Show’ on Beat99.9 FM Thursday afternoon that Olamide is just the best!

“I already had a great song and thought… oh! I have a huge crush on Olamide, why don’t I get him on my song? So I made calls and he was ready to work with me. He’s just too good.”

Well the ‘Ghost Mode’ rapper isn’t the only male star the singer has her eyes on. Responding to whom she would also love to work with in the future, Chee told the radio host:

“Flavour… I mean, he [Flavour] can make beauty out of anything — musically.”

Chee further revealed the video for – No More – featuring Olamide drops at the end of this month and her debut yet-to-be-titled album is looking at a February 2015 release date.

Maheeda buys land in Holland & lays 1st brick at foundation!

 

Well looks like the booty shots finally payed off for Maheeda the Nigeria Goddess of sex.Maheeda has lived in Holland for a while and now she has bought a land there and about to build her own house.

Maheeda who lives in Holland with her husband and daughter  went to lay the foundation stone today and she shared the happy moment with her fans..

    Happy birthday Nigeria ..... And thank God for me, today I put the first block on my land the building starts today so I was allowed to put the first brick .... Important day in my life too....My land ! Sounds cool huh? For another man country, e no easy, I thank God!

Apparently this is what the house will look like when it is finished.You done well Maheeda..congratulation in order.