Time for Change

Over the course of this year, I have made significant movement towards the betterment of self and conscious aggrandizement of thoughts that will enhance growth for self and society and these steps most of MAB readers can relate with because I have shared them on the blog.

Farabale... You need to be Crazy to be Blazing!

Have you ever been in that situation where you are scorned upon and told to your face that you are absurd just because you didn’t believe in settling for less? Sometimes it is subtly done or said yet open enough for you to know that that was meant for you.

APC Changed The Game Completely by choosing Osinbajo

I like to talk politics but I don’t like to write it. People like myself are regarded as ‘armchair’ analyst and one with limited knowledge on the subject. That set aside, if you have to talk about Nigerian politics, even armchair analyst have a good knowledge and sense of what could be if you open your eyes very well. What is there that is hard to say. Didn’t we hear and didn’t they confirm that $9.3 million was on a flight to South Africa? Have we heard the last of it? NO.

The Jealous Ex-Fiance and a deadly Acid Bath (Viewers Discretion Advised)

The doctor and nurses are running frantically through the hospital aisle, down the lobby and through other available paths scaring other patients and family. A man with an acid bath might be losing his life and since the owner of the specialist hospital and doctor had vowed that they would never allow a soul die an avoidable death in their hospital this year, they didn’t want to leave anything to chance.

(viewers discretion advised) 

Nigerian Creative Industry Never got it so Good

Today, 15^th December 2014, at the Berkeley Hotels in GRA Ikeja, Lagos, game changers and the creative industry major players gathered for a tete-a-tete with creative specialists and practitioners. The event was hosted by GenTalk and sponsored by British Council, a sure supporter of the creative industry in Nigeria.

Sight and Sound from COSON boycotted British Council Creative Expo 2014

News went round that creative individuals, organisations and government policy holders should boycott the British Council Creative Industries Expo 2014 held at the Westown Hotels in Ikeja Lagos. 

Take a Risk Now!

Sitting here at the Westown Hotel off Sheraton opebi link road Ikeja for the British Council Creative Industries Expo 2014, I flash back few weeks back when I could never have been 'allowed' to attend such expository and self improving seminar because I should be in the office observing the rituals that will drop meager stipends into my salary account.

"Allison's Stand" sits in Societal Complexities

After going hiatus for a while on my blog, massive events have happened in my life that if I begin to share, you will open your mouth and will not close it until a creeping insect finds its way down your throat.

Press P.L.A.Y Concert Season 2 is Here (PRAISE LIKE A YOUTH)

The Praise Like A Youth concert (P.L.A.Y) is in its second year running and this year’s concert promises to be explosive and such that will cause divine encounter.

If the Future could be seen...

"The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present". Nicollo Machiavelli

Deep in the mind, the palpitations of failure is almost as loud as the beat of assured success and it has come to my notice that both must go hand in cheek till 'expected end'. The promise of good reward for persistent passion is but for the forlorn trench of a crazy heart. You need to be crazy so as to remain sane in the society of today.   

How Responsible Am I?

Hey guys, how una dey? Hope you haven’t missed me too much? So I went for this family reunion over the weekend with my wife and something happened! Hmmm, I say, SOMETHING happened. You know I always have gist for you guys? *wink*

If You win $4 Million Dollars, What will You do?

Imagine you wake up one morning and got the news that you just won $4 million? What will be your reaction? When I calculated that in Nigerian Naira, we got N640 million (N640, 000, 000.00) at the rate of N160 per dollar. WOW! My first reaction was that, ‘that is the budget of some states in Nigeria for the month and imagine the overheads and capital projects they need to pay for?’, lol.

Single @ 40? (Part 2)

So I wrote this piece where I tried to give personal opinion on public radio activity and for the first time (not in my life actually) someone wrote me through my linkedin page (at hindsight, I’m grateful that she didn't put it on my page or comment section for public viewing, I for cry… lol) criticizing my style of writing and blamed me for the problem in Nigeria… huh, like seriously?

The Voice

Today is exactly that type of day that I don’t feel like doing anything. I don’t feel like writing, I don’t feel like singing and I don’t even feel like thinking. I have been exhausted from the event of yesterday and I just want to sit in the office and loiter around the internet, feeding my brain with all the information I can get my hands and eyes on. I am currently playing gospel mix from YouTube and I feel some kind of presence following me, deep inside of me that I can’t explain.

Lagos Stand Still for Ankara Festival Carnival

A new kind of fever is coming and it is not that kind of bad fever, it is actually a good fever. For all lovers of African fabrics and Ankara fabrics especially should gear up because a festival is coming that will showcase the best of African fabrics.

Single at 40? What were You Waiting for?

I am an ardent listener of Inspiration Fm 92.3 but that is partly because I was lured there by my best OAP so far, Dan Foster. And since he left and started City FM, I have been glued to the station because of its family orientation and the other fantastic OAP’s like Wana Wizzle, CharlesDallas, Eyo Henry, Ruffy da Fire and Ayo the sportscaster that are doing great just to mention a few.

When He acts Up, it's Time to ‘Turn Up’ – Ladies Please!

Anwuli’s first sight of him was in a party and he didn’t mince words when he walked up to her demanding to speak to her. ‘You are a stranger as far as I am concerned and I can’t just give you my number’, she posited after several minutes of him trying. Despite her resistance, Ejima won’t bulge. He kept pressing but in such a pleasant way that Anwuli suddenly began to enjoy his company.

3 Ways You can avoid Cultist Advances in Public Universities (Part 2)

I am sure you have read the story of Alawunmi Femi, the cultist that claimed to have killed 60 people? If you haven’t read that you can check it up HERE. Let me quickly discuss the 3 ways you can identify cult guys and avoid their (sometimes coy) tactics to get you into the fold. These are the things I employed when it became apparent that I might be caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.

UNDERGRAD? 3 Ways You can avoid Cultist Advances in Public Universities

I will share my experience with cultist who wanted to initiate me back then in University and how I lost them in the chase. But before then, I came across this article on line so let me share with you.

Silence is Golden but Speaking is Platinum

The only time you make a decision and you are almost certain it will go wrong 99.9% is when you are angry. Apart from that, leaving decisions to intuition is paramount to making the right decision 89.9% of the time (don’t ask me how I came to that percentage; I don’t know too, LOL). 

If You Keep waiting for your Dream Job, it just might Pass you by

Tunde graduated in 2009 from the University and since then he has roamed the street of Lagos searching for a job. He registered with agents and middlemen who promised him job in big multinationals or banks across the nation. All they did was collect his money and kept sending information that’s either incomplete or totally fraudulent.

U S School Reject Nigerian Students – EBOLA

At least two students from Nigeria who applied to a Texas college were told they wouldn't be admitted because of Ebola.

If I were a Briton, I will be Hostile to You too

Sometime few months back, I chatted with a friend Elaine SWilson on Facebook or should I say argued with her. She is a British citizen residing in the UK and our conversation was brutally plain. She could not comprehend, alongside other British nationals, why nationals from other country (apparently third world countries) would want to come to the UK for greener pasture.

The 3 ‘D’s Marriage turns her into – Ladies Please!

I am still surprised how my last post ‘3 Things Marriage Turns You Into – For Men Only’ got so much unique clicks and this reflected in comments left behind. A lot of people called me up and spoke glowingly about my writing prowess whilst others chatted me up on BBM saying something similar. In fact I met a new lady on twitter that loved my blog and we have been chatting since Friday.

3 Things Marriage Turns You into – For Men Only

Yeah, I know a lot of you guys have been waiting for the juicy tales of my marriage life and the truth is that it is juicy indeed. I am married to one of the sweetest lady in the world. It sounds like a cliché I know but the word ‘sweetest’ does her no justice as to what she really is.

Meet the Man with the Midas Touch - Oladipupo Atoloye Esq.

Olatunji Oladipupo Atoloye was born to the family of Late Hon.(Chief) Akintoye  Atoloye and Mrs. Kanyisola Atoloye (nee Shonubi) both from Ikorodu, Lagos State.

His father was a former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, from October 1983 – December 1983 and the first Executive Chairman of Ikorodu West L.C.D.A.

I Still Love Her But….

My name is Daniel. I hail from Edo State but was born and breed in Lagos. I grew up in one of those shacks in Ajegunle, you can call me street urchin few years back. I did all the normal stuffs that a young teenage boy would do but I didn't steal.

Is it Time to Look For Another Job?

While scouting through the internet despite my super busy schedule, I fell upon, or should I say an information fell into my eyes, sent signals to the brain and I just couldn't skip the page and move on.

Grooms Men Dance (Yomi weds Fola)

My Son Wants To Know His Father, But…

As I write this, I am in tears and I just want people to listen to my story and help me make the right decision. My name is Mabel (not real name) and I am a 52 years old woman. I got married as a virgin in the 80's and my husband used to be very loving, caring and fond of me.

The Private Jet Conversation: Nigeria in Ruins

As they sat in the private jet, he called out to the Israeli at the back to be certain that he hasn't dozed off again. “Josef, are you okay?” ‘Yes I am’, Josef responded with some kind of sigh in his voice. He had a gut feeling that something is wrong somewhere. He had been brought into the deal just to make the South African government think it is legitimate but he could sense mischief in the air.

MY JOURNEY: THE CHRONICLES OF A’TONE (part 2) conclusion

Dear child,

To conclude my chronicles to you, I have to let you know how I dealt with women. The ladies in my life were respected and loved. I would not say I was the best man they could ever have but trust me; a 100% of the ones I left or that left me wanted me back after the break-up. Why? Because I learnt never to shut the door every time I, or, they walked out!

BE ALERT! YOUR ADVERSARIES ARE NOT RELENTING

To be sincere, I didn't plan to write on my blog today. I am so busy in the office right now and I have deadlines to beat so my blog was least on my schedule.

IF YOU ARE THINKING OF GIVING UP, PLS DO, BUT AFTER YOU HAVE SEEN THIS!

Have you ever thought that life is not fair and everything you have ever done caused more havoc than you wanted? Yeah, right! That goes for us all human so don’t think you are alone in your predicament,

3 TIPS TO FINDING A MARRIAGEABLE SINGLE GUY – FOR LADIES ONLY!

Single men who want to settle down and start families immediately are definitely out there: The ones whose biological clocks have started sounding alarms, warning that they’re heading into middle age without having had their own families — so they’re looking to build one, and soon. 

ON DIVORCE AND THE DOCTRINES THAT SUITS MEN (OF GOD)

My favorite lecturer Tunji Azeez once said to me, ‘Fola, if you must break a rule, then you must know the rule’. That is a salient point for me every time I look at loopholes in life. Because we are humans, our first instinct is to selfishly harness loopholes that suit us in our affairs with self, others and the supernatural.

MY JOURNEY: THE CHRONICLES OF A’TONE (part 1)

Dear Child,

I am very glad writing to you today. After you read this, be rest assured that your father lived a fulfilled life (if I’m gone before reading it) and a fun filled and fulfilled life (if I am still alive while you read this).

THE UNBELIEVABLE STORY OF A BLACK NIGERIAN WOMAN GIVING BIRTH TO A WHITE BABY

This week, new parents Catherine and Richard were shocked to find their baby boy has totally Caucasian skin, and not a darker tone as expected. It was a one in a million chance - but here's how it happens.

VENI VIDI VICI RAUF

While he served as a public office holder in Lagos State under the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a commissioner, he was touted as the brain behind the innovations that rocked the state. He was part of the team that saw the creation of new local developmental centers since the 20 LGA’s were just not enough to properly integrate the rapidly growing population of the mega city.

PICTURE OF THE DAY!!!

What is this elephant doing to the car? Giving birth? LOL

According to the photographer, she was using the car to scratch her itchy fat stomach. The tourist had to wait in the car till she was done. Which didn't take so long. Scary right?

5 STEPS FOR INSTANT FOLLOWERSHIP ON INSTAGRAM

The world is finally arrived as a social media global space and the quicker you realize this and hook onto the potentiality of its vast market either as a brand, consumer or just onlooker, you are like going to get left behind in the sphere of modernity.

COMPLEX IS MAN'S CONFLICT CAUSER

When one consider world diplomacy and relationship between countries, especially between countries that considers themselves as world powers, you can forced to see ‘complexes’ at play. Superiority complex between world leaders and countries ideology that tends usually to the extreme right has no value for such country or for the comity of countries that are likely tied to the destiny of the one who has developed into a world power.

OSUN ELECTIONS: FEAR, FATE AND THE WHIMSICAL FARCE

Many times, phrases like “Only in Nigeria can something like this happen” has become a recurrent decimal in our polity. The Osun State elections is one of such where we have political office holders with records resplendent with faults, bigotry and misdemeanor yet they find their way into INEC’s list as candidate for a prestigious role of a governor; “only in Nigeria can something like this happen”.

NOLLYWOOD ONLINE: THE WORLD OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES (THE TVNOLLY EXPERIENCE)

In 1992, the movie Living in Bondage sparked sporadic excitement within some circles when the realization dawned that an industry might just have been born. Nollywood quickly took off like the case a baby born in a manger and of low beginning. It was far cry from the norm; Nigerian movies now on mere Home Video Format, the lowest of all lowest in audio and visual recording. People sniffed at them, scorned even that the once respected and loved movie industry, which collapsed few years earlier, has now become a place for anything-goes, quantity substituted for quality. Such was the sorry case of the Nigerian Movie industry later nomenclature as Nollywood.

MH17 CATASTROPHY SPURS EU SANCTIONS

The European Union (joint body of European countries numbering into 28 excluding Croatia’s annexation) has finally issued sanctions on Russia for arming and supporting armed separatist in Ukraine. The battle that has raged for some time now has claimed casualties from not just Ukraine but other nationalities.

QUICK SNIPPETS ABOUT FIBROID

Little Facts about FIBROID:

Intro:

Fibroids are non-cancerous (benign) tumors that grow from the muscle layers of the uterus (womb). They are growths of smooth muscle and fibrous tissue. Fibroids can vary in size, from that of a bean to as large as a melon.

KADUNA TWIN BOMB BLAST TERRORIST ARRESTED - AND YES SHE IS A WOMAN

Female apologist to the dreaded Boko Haram group have been apprehended by the military in Kaduna yesterday. She had been said to be allegedly the mastermind behind the twin bombs that almost killed former Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari.

I HAVE BURIED TWO HUSBANDS! AM I CURSED?

I sat in the mortuary lobby waiting for the mortician to give me details of the bills for my husband’s dead body lying in the cold room. I have been here before; yes, I have. Few years ago I sat at another mortuary’s lobby waiting for the mortician to bring my bills so that I can pay, pick up my dead husband, move him (it) to the burial ground and bury.

"I AM FIGHTING FOR GOD" CLAIMS BOKO HARAM LEADER SHEKAU

The following words were used by Abubakar Shekau in his latest video berating the government and praising his cult for carrying dastardly act. After the missed murder attempt on Muhammadu Buhari's convoy yesterday in Kaduna, one is tempted to say that the lunatic rebel leader needs more of psychiatric re-evaluation than being listened too. Below are the excerpts from the video.

WHAT SANUSI'S VISIT TO GEJ MEANS

It is no more news that the controversial Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has finally met with President Jonathan Goodluck in a goodwill visit to break the Ramadan fast in Aso Rock villa. What it portends really is what I would love to discuss.

DON JAZZY RELEASES DOROBUCCI VIDEO

The much anticipated video of the Marvins hit song ‘DoroBucci’ was released yesterday to the sweet delight of fans and critic alike. Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Dr Sid, Korede Bello and a host of other up and coming Marvin protégé  DiJa and Reekado Banks featured in the video, including the winner of the contest #ChoMarvinSuperFan Natalie Pitswe who was amazingly stunning in the visuals.