Toyin Lawani wows at Love Like A Movie 3 Concert (photos)

The theme for the 3rd edition of Love like a movie concert was futuristic, lets relive the magical moment through the creative coustumes made by multiple award winner, serial entreprenuer, stylist and designer extraordinaire Toyin Lawani, the official stylist for the day who did an excellent job of bringing it to life.

Toyin designed and styled outfits for over 30 musicians and 30 dancers. She created 250 costumes for the show and started by illustrating each outfit prior to the show, from the headlining act Ciara to the host of the day Dare to Kaffy and her dancers, Yemi Alade, Olamide, Style Plus, Sound Sultan, Simi, Vector, Dekunle Gold, Weird Mc, Jazzman Olofin, kenny Black, Fiokeer and a host of others.

Toyin took it to the next level by creating breathtaking statement pieces. Since they were performance pieces comfort was an important factor in the design process while she infused foreign and traditional attires.

From spiked and glass jackets to bedazzled dresses, her designs were all about expert tailoring and precision finishing, each costume was breathtaking! Her creativity was put to test when she was informed that Dare won't have enough time to change backstage, she created outfits for him that could transform into another right there on stage and had Kaffy choreograph it into the dance routine.

Her new Iro and Buba denim collection was the preferred choice for Ciara to rock while visiting a secondary school in Nigeria.

Furthermore she designed outfits for Ciara and Kaffy's dancers in 5hours for a dance routine in Dolphin estate which was choreographed by kaffy. Ciara posted the video on Instagram and had this to say

    "Thank You All That Made This Happen. Sheila, @dareydarey, Deola, @hannai_me, @hrsparkle, @cesar4styles @yolandafredrick Nigerian Choreographer @kaffydance and her dancers @tessydenny and @rebbysexie. My Dancers @saidah_nairobi @itslillylil. @tiannahsplaceempire for creating our authentic Nigerian dresses in a matter of 5 hours!! 

    Songs By-  Iyanya "Kukere"  @iyanya Tekno- "Duro" @teknoofficial Olamide- "Bobo" aka Shakiti Bobo" @baddosneh  It's so cool how we put this together with very little time. God Good!! THANK YOU!!

A master at her craft,Toyin lawani and her team of 40 indeed showed excellent craftsmanship with these designs

These are the Photos I could gather from the event...enjoy

Transgender Miss SaHHara calls out bloggers, says; she was never a man

Well, more like she called me out! Lol...Nigerian transgender Iris Sahhara Henson, often referred to as Miss Sahhara has a few words for those regarding her as a former 'man'. According to her, she didn't transition, rather she had medical correction to align her 'female' brain with her 'male' body.

New photos of rapper Jesse Jagz

Rapper Jesse Jagz shared some stylish new promotional photos of himself via his IG Page today. Another photo after the cut...

Hottest One: Etisalat 1GB For N500

Yeah, what you see or heard is actually right, i also can't believe it, the competition is now turning very serious after the emergence of MTN 1.3GB for 1k and 2GB + Airtime for N2K etisalat is also now unleashing one of its cheapest data plan. i know you will be thinking that this plan is a weekly based plan but capital NO this is a fresh data plan introduced by etisalat which will give you 1GB of data at an affordable price of just N500. Android users are now selective of which data plan to go for because the networks are both rocking the competition so fast and tide.

Well its our opportunity now to rock it and i believe in the near future one doesn't have to look for a cheat or tweak to browse because everything will become affordable and cheap. After i received the text about that offer i was so suprised as to how the networks are now desperate in challenging one another despite the fact that there call rate was not that far cheap.

Doubting thomas is what makes me to contact there CC online and chat with them in other to confirm that the offer is genuine, yeah its good plan and from the information i got is that the plan is for newly activated line i.e. New etisalat simcard, just buy a new etisalat sim card and register it to activate this package but as a matter of suprised my old etisalat line was rocking perfectly at the time of this post.

How to subscribe for Etisalat 1GB for N500
Load N500 Airtime on your etisalat line
Simply dial *229*2*2#
Check your data balance with *228#

Whats your take on this new package

Child who wore Lionel Messi plastic bag shirt forced into exile by Taliban as family fear he could be kidnapped

Murtaza Ahmadi, the 5 year old child whose picture of him wearing a plastic bag jersey with Lionel Messi's name and number went viral early this year, has been forced into exile as his family fear he could be kidnapped by Talibans.

Now I want you to invite me so I can come and meet you." Then In February, UNICEF confirmed Murtaza had been sent a signed Argentina shirt by the World Player of the Year.

According to the boy's father, talibans in the area thought Messi must have also sent the boy some money alongside the signed jersey, so his family have had to relocate him amid fears he could be kidnapped and then Lionel Messi contacted to pay a ransom. Mohammad Arif Ahmadi told the BBC, "A few days ago I got a call from a local gangster," he said. He thought that since my son had received these T-shirts from Messi that maybe he also got money and asked for his share." The family have moved to neighbouring Pakistan after selling their possessions and are currently in Quetta.

Source : BBC

Hot Norwegian navy officer is the Internets latest heartthrob (photos)

Lasse Matberg, 30, a Royal Norwegian Navy officer has become a hit with the ladies on Instagram thanks to his hulking build and flowing, blonde locks. Admiring women say the Norwegian native,

Teebillz tests negative for cocaine & other hard drugs

Tunji 'Teebillz' Balogun has tested negative for hard drugs. The father of four, who was accused by his estranged wife, singer Tiwa Savage, of taking cocaine, told friends that he hadn't touched drugs in two years.

A source told LIB exclusive that Teebillz was taken to Lancet Laboratories in V/Island today by his friends to test him for drugs and he tested negative to not only cocaine but also other hard drugs.

Naira Exchange Rate Today

Naira Exchange Rates Today

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Better Ways Of Preparing Noodles That Everyone Will Want To Eat

I cooked this noodles same way we all make noodles in our homes. Only difference is I added more ingredients with the noodles and added the cooked shredded chicken at the end.

Cooking Procedure:

First, I boiled the shredded chicken with onion and salt for about 3 minutes because it cooked very fast. Then I boiled water for the noodles, added both the noodles and vegetables at the same time, waited for about a minute before adding the sardines. Noodles cooks really fast, in about 6 minutes it was ok for me then I added both the shredded chicken and delicious stock, stirred, waited a few seconds and turned off the heat.

INGREDIENTS below...

If you do not like noodles, you can actually cook spaghetti or macaroni like this, but increase cooking time from five minutes to ten or more.
Ingredients:

Water
A handful shredded chicken
I medium sized onion bulb for boiling the chicken and adding with vegetables
3 small packs noodles
3 large carrots, I cooked some and left some for garnishing
1 small green pepper
2 small sized tatashe
2 cabbage leaves
1 can sardines

Large serving noodles

Hot noodles

Shredded chicken with salt, water, oinion

Noodles and veggies added same time

Sardines in noodles

Shredded chicken and stock

Happy cooking!

TrybeTV launches, the new home for #Nollywood on GoTV Ch.97

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXn1oInERBc

The Best of Nollywood and African movies, TV drama and related premium programming has a new home as TrybeTV has launched on the MultiChoice DTT platform, GoTV.

The 24-hour pan-African TV channel from Consolidated Media Associates Limited which launched at 12noon (WAT) - Thursday, 26 November 2015 would provide the best of African movies cutting across all genres, up to date news on the industry, spotlight the fastest rising talents; no-holes barred interview with the A-list stakeholders across the continent; exclusive access to premieres and other movie events; and an all-round exciting African programming on Gotv channel 97 on the GOtv Lite, GOtv Value and GOtv Plus packages.

Trybe TV is the newest destination for all things Nollywood in Africa. Catch up on your favourite movie stars and celebrities only on Trybe TV with her exciting range of programming from One on one, On My Honour, Red Carpet, Director’s Profile, Rising stars, Movie Premiere, Reverb, Behind the Scene to Short Movies.

Speaking earlier, the chief executive of Consolidated Media Associates Limited, Mr. Tajuddeen Adepetu reiterated CMA’s credentials as Nigeria’s No. 1 leading Television Production Media House. The CMA television brands and products have grown to be admired by vast television groups and audiences across Africa. The success achieved by the company and her offerings over the years has created huge follower-ship for each of the individual brands.

A General Media Production and Television powerhouse with footprints in Satellite, Cable, Digital and Terrestrial Television; Consolidated Media Associates Limited is the ultimate brand/product enhancing and exposing company in today’s world, offering excellent creative choices in the production of content either for awareness, perception or product elongation. The CMA feat is one the new TrybeTV channel would encompass.

To celebrate the launch, viewers would get a chance to participate in the TrybeTV’s ‘Biggest giftaway ever on Television’ throughout the holidays. Click here (or log on to www.trybes.tv) for a chance to win. Also, Connect with TrybeTV on social media with #TrybeTV & @TrybesTV; Facebook.com/TRYBEstv; Instagram.com/TRYBEstv and see all the information you need on the TrybeTV website: www.trybes.tv

Check on the trailer on FaceBook.com/TRYBEstv giving you a peek into TRYBE, watch and tell us what you think. We're dying to know

Actress Oge Okoye shares photo with her beautiful daughter

The actress shared the photo on her IG page and wrote "Spending quite time with the family is what every parent should adopt "

Pope condemns paedophilia as new details of 6 year old girl's murder and rape emerges in Italy

Pope Francis used his weekly Sunday message to denounce paedophilia, following the emergence of new details surrounding the alleged rape and murder of an Italian girl- child in 2014.

The Pope’s comments followed new revelations in the case of a six-year-old girl who died in June 2014, after allegedly being thrown from an eighth-story balcony in Naples.
A 43-year-old man is being held in a prison in Rome charged with throwing the girl from a housing block in a deprived area of the city after raping her, following a re-opening of the case. The man has denied the charges.
“This is a tragedy. We should not tolerate the abuse of minors,” said Pope Francis, in his message and blessing at St Peter’s Square.
“We must protect our minors and severely punish abusers.”
The Pope has vowed a “zero tolerance” for abusers in the Church, however victims groups have accused him of not doing enough.

Source: Belfast Telegraph UK

Actor John Okafor aka Mr. Ibu had a slight car accident today (Photos)

Nollywood actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu had an accident today. He reportedly crashed his White X6 panda somewhere around Lekki - Ikoyi bridge roundabout. Twitter user @temi_jon shared the photos & wrote, "Mr ibu don high sotey go crash him car for lekki/ikoyi bridge roundabout" Continue to see more photos...

We Earn More Than Bank Workers –FCT Cab Drivers

I made N5,000 daily, one of them says

To many, the taxi driver is just another Nigerian among the nation’s overflowing population of struggling citizens caught in the endless race to stay afloat, especially in these trying days of economic recession. Like the majority of his fellow countrymen and women who constitute the membership of the commoners club, he is presumed to be on the wheels on most days, putting in so much and earning so little in return.
But in Abuja, the nation’s capital, many of them seem not comfortable with the notion that they are just a little better than society’s very poor. Many of them who were interviewed byAbuja Metroconfessed that they are not at the rung of the financial ladder as many think.
As our investigation revealed, not few taxi drivers in Abuja are landlords, even though there are those who waste their earnings on drinks, parties and women. Some of them boasted that they make more money than what a banker earns monthly even though they work at their own pace and can afford to take a day off, “unlike office workers who can do so only with their boss’ permission.”
Checks also revealed that some taxi drivers in the capital city are holders of either NCE or university degrees, but chose to become self-employed after failed efforts to secure non-existent white collar jobs.
Sharing his experience as a cab driver in Abuja, Mr Joseph Adeni, a graduate, began by stating what it takes to join the trade.
“If you want to be a taxi driver here, there are legal ways to go about it. First, you register with any of the various unions because this is one of the rules and regulations for taxi drivers in Abuja. You must register with them and become a member. The different colours, which are green and yellow, indicate the different taxi drivers unions in Abuja.
“Each day, I make at least N5,000. It all depends on how hard you work. I am married with children and I maintain my family from the proceeds. The car I use for taxi, is mine; so I do not make delivery to anybody”, he said.
Adeni said he enjoys his job even though he would have preferred a pensionable employment.
“As an educated person, one needs to have a pensionable job because old ages, which is inevitable, sets in, it affects the job of a taxi driver”, he reasoned.
Also, he talked about “one -chance” robbers who operate in cabs in the city, saying that the activities of the criminals are adversely affecting the genuine cab operators. “This is because a passenger could stop you and suddenly refuse to enter your car, maybe because of your looks. Even cars that are registered and painted in taxi colours indulge in ‘one chance’ activities. We hope that government would take the issue of monitoring registered cars seriously”, Adeni said.
On the notion that taxi drivers are drunks and womanizers, Adeni stated that it all depends on the individual, because he neither womanizes nor drinks.
Another cab driver, Mr Ademola, said he was married with children who are all in school, adding that he is happy with his job because he makes a lot of money to take care of his nuclear and extended families. Like Adeni, he assured that he had no reason to regret being a cab driver in Abuja.
Their colleague in the business, Muhammad Umar, who operates from Jabi park branch, toldAbuja Metrothat he was married with five children and they are in school. He stated that he pays their school fees conveniently from his earnings as taxi driver.
However, he complained that business has been slow lately due to the lingering fuel scarcity, and appealed to the government to act swiftly, “because Nigerians are suffering, spending many hours at the filling stations.”
For Mr Mustapha Muhammad, another taxi driver, things are not yet shaping up because he operates the cab business for someone and makes daily payment to the owner of the car. Married, but yet to have children, his present challenge is the fuel scarcity because he spends hours in long queues to get fuel and the situation takes its toll on his earnings. He explained that, to be able to make reasonable money for him and the owner of the car, he has to be on the road very early.

Source : SUNNEWS

Tupac Shakur's Mother, Afeni Shakur Davis, Dies At Age 69

Afeni Shakur Davis, the famous rapper Tupac Shakur's mother and a member of the infamous "Panther 21" in the 1970s, has died aged 69, California officials say.

Davis' death was first announced by the Marin County Sheriff. She had reportedly been living on a houseboat in Sausalito, Calif. A cause of death has not yet been given.

Born Alice Faye Williams, she changed her name as an adult when she became politically active and joined the Black Panther movement. A native of North Carolina, Davis first gained prominence as one of 21 members of the Black Panther party put on trail in New York in 1969 for allegedly plotting to shoot and bomb two New York City police stations and an education center. It was at the time the most expensive trial in New York history and ended with an acquittal of all defendants.

She gave birth to two children, most famously Lesane Parish Crooks in June of 1971, who was later known as Tupac Shakur. Tupac's dad, Billy Garland, had been acquitted with Davis in the Panther 21 trial just a month before he was born.

As she bounced from New York City to Baltimore to California, falling deeper into drugs and the Black Panther movement, she enrolled young Tupac in several arts schools and programs, where he honed the natural musical and acting gifts that would make him a hip-hop icon.

In later life, Davis spent much of her time managing her late son's massively popular musical legacy after he was gunned down at age 25 on a Las Vegas street corner in 1996. Shakur's musical catalog was netting about $900 million per year at the time of her death, reports the New York Daily News.

In 2003 on the release of the movie "Tupac Resurrection," Davis told CBS News: "I'm not a filmmaker. I'm not a music producer by choice. Whatever it is I'm doing I do because my son was murdered, and he was not able to complete his work. So as his mother, my whole job and responsibility is to see to it that that happens for him, and I do that with love."

Davis was often noted for talking with frankness and candor, whether discussing her former crack habit or her son's own mistakes, which she allowed to be chronicled directly.

Davis rarely talked about the fact that the killing of her son is still unsolved, and insisted in her CBS News interview she did not think about it.

"Not a second. Not even a nanosecond have I concerned myself with who shot him or why they shot him, or what should happen to them. I don't care what happens to them," she says fiercely. "I spend my time putting my sons work out, because guess what - they shot him, (but) did not shut him up though."

More recently, Davis had been involved in a divorce dispute with North Carolina minister Gust Davis, reports TMZ.

Source: CBSnews