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Do you believe in Genies? | A Man, A Woman, A Genie, A Gun – Review

Abiola Abiola — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:08:22 +0000

Review- A Man, A Woman, A Genie, A Gun

Do you believe in genies? Yes or No?? Whichever you chose, there’s something for you in this film. (Which happens to be short, only 17mins). All of the 17 minutes were worth keeping my eyes opened for. My hands are tied here, can’t give much away But I tell you what; every one in the theater had a series of great laughs.

Limor Hakim, Godfrey, and Lou Martini, Jr. in the short film A Man, A Woman, A Genie, A Gun

The Film

The most commendable part of this production as a whole was in the writing and directing, which was done be Chuks himself, but that’s not to take anything away from the superb acting. He cleverly combined the four words in the title, with stereotypes, a racial one at that – it must be hard to be a black Nigerian.

The role of the urban genie fitted Godfrey to the ‘T’. And the other two main actors, Lou Martini and Limor Hakim were on top of their game. As for Chuks, with this kind of start, the sky is the limit.

The night ended with a Q and A session with Chuks Nwanesi, and all the cast members; Lou Martini Jr., Limor Hakim, Seregon O’Dassey, Adam Griffin, Althea Vyfhuis, minus one – Godfrey. My only question for Godfrey is, WHY DIDN’T YOU SHOW UP?

And yes, if you missed this show, tweet Chuks @misterchuks perhaps we can get him to sell the DVDs

Who killed the Mic? Comedy and Award show | NRC Red Carpet Photos

Abiola Abiola — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:52:07 +0000

New York, Sunday July 4th – The comedy show and Image awards night was certainly rib cracking as one will expect – with Basket Mouth hosting. The night saw Seyi Brown, Jedi, and Gina Yashere entertaining the audience with Laugh Out Loud jokes…

Oh yeah, lest I forget the two incidents that occurred during the night…

1. The Wale Gates incident; apparently someone didn’t brief Wale Gates about his audiences or he didn’t do his own homework/research. Fact: The reunion is a family oriented show. So when Wale got on stage and started throwing the F bomb incessantly, it was almost a reflex action for the organizers to cut his mic. He actually was making a whole joke about “FUCK.” I’m not sure about the context of the word, as in is WTF context or in a sexual context -_-

I guess Wale Gates will have to finish his “F” bomb joke at the LWKMD Tour

2. Its expected to get heckled when making political comments in the US, that’s the lesson Dele Momodu surely learnt on Sunday night. While making clear his opposition to former Nigerian dictator, Ibrahim Babangida’s candidacy for the 2011 elections in Nigeria – an overzealous Babangida supporter made his presence known by heckling and making threats…

Momodu received an image award on leadership.

See other award winners here

All the other ingredients that makes for an awards show, and where present; red carpet, cameras, gorgeous dresses, stilettos, and all the other good stuff – and yes, as we’ve come to accept, the “African time” syndrome, the event started two hours late.

Below are pictures from the Red Carpet and the Comedy, and Award Show

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What are Facebook’s Intentions? – Fallout from CEO’s “panic attack”

Abiola Abiola — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:18:39 +0000

It will be interesting to know how many of the 300million users of Facebook were on Facebook, while Mark Zuckerberg sweat profusely onstage last Wednesday afternoon (June 2). At the Wall Street Journal conference, All Things Digital, Mark looked worse than an unprepared College Freshman making a presentation, on a topic he knows nothing about. But hey, Mark is the founder of Facebook, so its safe to conclude that he knew what he was talking about.

At the conference, he repeatedly ducked simple questions, and at some point talked fast to evade queries about Facebook’s evolving privacy policies and all that comes with it.

What caught a lot of attention was, as Dan Gillmor puts it “his extreme perspiration.” And John Paczkowski describes Mark ordeal as “Literally dissolving in a lake of his own sweat”

Now lets try and get past Mark’s panic attack and move on to the more important stuff – but then again is this guy fit to lead one of the most important companies on the Web is what some are asking?

There some of us who simply don’t trust Mark, and by default, Facebook’s intentions – with user privacy! For those that don’t know, Facebook has expanded the user data and postings it makes public by default, see this visualization by Matt McKeon of IBM.

What happens if or when Facebook becomes the default userID for the Web? A goal which they are working hard on, with the Facebook connect, and the Open Graph, among other things.

As for Facebook 300million users, of which I’m one , and the young’ns that can’t wait to signup – and slap their drunken and half nude pictures on, and not to forget those kinky updates . I hope we someday don’t regret our information-promiscuity. But then again, our social media overlord, Mark has said that “people don’t really care about privacy anymore.”

Could he be right?

Zuckerberg rambles on during video excerpts from an interview, watch the young CEO collapse under intense questioning and sweat over privacy issues.

CLASH OF THE BEAUTIES: Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria 2010

Abiola Abiola — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:19:19 +0000

This past weekend, Saturday May 22, saw the crowning of a new “Miss Nigeria,” or as should we say “Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria” (MBGN), as Silver Bird Group tagged it.

The event which was held at Eko Hotel’s new Expo center had 30 beauty queens vying for the crown. After the list was trimmed to 15, and then to 5 – Guy Murray-Bruce, President of Silver Bird entertainment ended the suspense when he announced the 1st runner-up, Miss Niger, thereby declaring Miss Plateau State, Fiona Aforma Amuzie , as the MBGN 2010.

The Winners

Miss Photogenic: Miss Taraba – Rosabel Oyaole
Miss Amity: Miss Kwara – Ruth Chinenye Chukwueke
Best Traditional Costume: Miss Delta – Onoma Osiki

Top 5:
Miss Gombe – Lynda Dunkwu
Miss Ekiti – Chinenye Charity Obiora
Miss Rivers – Nengi Warikoko – MBGN Tourism – 2nd Runner-Up
Miss Niger – Ngozi Odalonu – MBGN Universe – 1st Runner-Up
Miss Plateau – Fiona Aforma Amuzie – MBGN World – Winner

The top 15 contestants of the night were:
Miss Yobe, Miss Rivers, Miss Plateau, Miss Lagos, Miss Akwa Ibom, Miss Abuja, Miss Benue, Miss Ekiti, Miss Ebonyi, Miss Edo, Miss Osun, Miss Niger, Miss Gombe, Miss Ogun and Miss Cross Rivers.

Other winners

Onyeka Martina Udechukwu Miss Abuja FCT was chosen as Miss LaCasera 2010. She will receive a 1 Million Naira cash prize. Shalom Obi, Miss Ebonyi won the Face of Select Pro Cosmetics Contest, and a 500,000 Naira cash prize.

Now to the glitches

Though it was a colourful event, I and just about every body on my table, which was right behind the judges think the was a bit too long – felt like a Night vigil as it went on till 1:15 am. And yes, the infamous “African time” syndrome. . .event commenced about 90 minutes late.

People

The hosts on the night were IK Osakioduwa and the gorgeous Jasmine Murray-Bruce. I must point out that Jasmine was visibly nervous on that stage – tentative on her lines. It felt like a Deja Vu, as IK had to step in a few times to save the day, like he did at the 2009 edition.

There were performances from Timi Dakolo , MI, Basket Mouth and RL of the now defunct R&B group, Next.

The judges included Agbani Darego (MBGN 2001 / Miss World 2001), Bryan Okwara (Mr Nigeria 2007), Omowunmi Akinnifesi (MBGN 2005 and Miss Tourism International 2005), Nadia Letova (Danel Nig. Ltd).

From the Amebor Team, congratulations to all the winners, and the organizers of the show.

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DJXclusive talks to you about New York’s Lovers Ball

Abiola Abiola — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:55:44 +0000

This is an Xclusive confirmation by the worlds number 1,all thevway from U.K that he’ll be on the 1s and 2s for the 2010 Lovers Ball!!! Get tour tickets now!!! www.loversball.ning.com

Patient President : Umaru Musa Yar’Adua | TRENDING on the Web

Abiola Abiola — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:17:13 +0000

It’s no surprise that Umaru Yar’Adua is the number one Trending topic on Yahoo at the moment, he died May 5, after a long illness - click here to see the Trend on Yahoo

See Trends on Twitter here

He was buried ealier today in Katsina state, Nigeria. . .

Upon his death on May 5, Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar‘Adua, 58, left behind a legacy of patient rule and realistic reform. Will acting president Goodluck Jonathan follow his predecessor’s lead? – Time.com

Facebook Chat Down [UPDATE: Up and Running] – Following Privacy Lapse

Abiola Abiola — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:34:27 +0000

Update: The geeks at Facebook were quick to get on top of things, hence the Chat feature is up and running. Kudos

In case you are wondering why your Facebook Chat isn’t working at the moment, it’s because Facebook disabled it. Mashable reports that Facebook Chat is now down for maintenance. It was presumably disabled following a report that exposed a Facebook security bug that allowed users to access and view friends’ live chats, friend requests and friends in common.

The report indicates that access to this personal information was accessible via Facebook’s privacy settings, with the Preview My Profile feature creating the loophole to access the private live chats of friends.

Source: Mashable

All hail the King!! Will you? | Uganda’s teenage King

Abiola Abiola — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:09:41 +0000

It’s certainly not a new thing to have young kings, and perhaps queens. Nevertheless, I still find this picture rather interesting – therefore, it’s my picture of the week.

King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, during his 18th birthday in the royal palace at Fort Portal, Uganda, Saturday, April 17, 2010 as he assumes the full duties of King of the Tooros.

I’m not sure I will prostrate for an eighteen year old, regardless of his title. But I do understand that its their culture in that part of Uganda, the Tooro Kingdom. Now, I’m curious if the Ugandan dictator, who has held on to power since 1986, Yoweri Museveni, prostrated too – to a teenager perhaps the age of his grand child.

Uganda's King of the Tooro Kingdom, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, during his 18th birthday in the royal palace at Fort Portal, Uganda, Saturday, April 17, 2010. At left is Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni

Source: CNN

Viewers’ reactions to Afrocandy’s new video

Abiola Abiola — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:07:44 +0000

For some reason I’ve been looking “forward” to the day AfroCandy, will come out with her Album, and of course the music video to promote it.

We first saw her perform at an Olu-Maintain concert in Newark NJ, last year, and one of our correspondents just had to do an interview with her. Some think she was drunk in the video. (see interview below)

Since the realease of her “Ikebe na moni” (Booty is Money) video, about two weeks ago, which was launched under DarkFish Ent. Suffice to say there has been a lot of reactions. Here’s a sample from youtube:

LilHoustonian1 i dont normally swear but WHAT THE F**K???!!!!!! I THINK AM GONNA THROW UP 1 day ago
LilHoustonian1 Comment removed
Rio10rock wtf! really, the person directing this video convinced you to do this? & you thought it was a good idea.. lol! 3 days ago
gonatureal lady, you know you have like three kids. Shame. Go be a mother 4 days ago
nikkimay7 i’m sure tv stations aint stupid enought to air this nonsense 4 days ago
cheko4real what the hell is this?!!! 4 days ago
jorjou99 Omg!! this is complete rubbish!

Facebookers have been kinder, to say the least, here’s a sample:

Munett امرأة جميلة Oyarekhua omg…beautiful! u broke d record…yes!yes!!yes!!!!!

Gift Chigozie like those moves judie.. may nt really be in the states soon. bt will be LA in june.. all the best. actually check the odas in the site u sent me, think they are pretty good pls kip it. bt add more of gospel vibes to ya collection.

Kingsley Ugiagbe Nice video and a wonderful ass shake!

Irene Cleopatra Aduke-Ife Patrick-Ogbogu musical mediocrity and tasteless nudity at its finest! pure crap and its high time pple stop telling all these mediocre ‘artiste wannabes’ the truth! STOP LYING TO HER! THIS SHIT IS NO GOOD! and ONLY sends out a stupid message that just serves to further objectify women and promote prostitution! IKEBE NA MONEY?????WHAT A CROCK OF BULLS#!T!!!

Judith Opara Mazagwu, aka AfroCandy isn’t taking all the shots chin. Here is a comment she left on Facebook. (Click here for her facebook page)

. . . pls stop disturbing my hussel I did not disturb urs and I never tagged you. If someone else did, sorry O. My message in my Lyrics is for ladies to do it right, if u got a Husband or boyfriend just shake it well so u dont complain when u dont get the $$$$$. simple. So lets stop the fight.”

AfroCandy also mentioned that she has “TWO GOSPEL” songs coming in her next album, and that she’ll be shooting a movie later on this year – NOW, THAT’S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

Now over to you, “whachu fink”?

Face of Hope Banquet 2010: How it went

Abiola Abiola — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:59:03 +0000

Newark, NJ, April 10 – The Nigerian Healthcare Foundation Inc. whose mission is to stop the deterioration of Nigeria due to problems such as poverty, hunger, and disease, hosted the 5th annual Face of Hope banquet.

This year, the attendance exceeded the expectation with about 300 in attendance, according to Latrice Cole, the event coordinator.

In attendance were various distinguished ladies and gents, including New York Jets’ James Ihedigbo, and DR. George Abdelsayed, the Program Director, Gastroenterology at the Bridgeport Hospital in Connecticut. He spoke about the various curable diseases which keep claiming lives in Nigeria, and what can be done to curb and perhaps stop it.

The location was The Newark Club, on the 22nd floor of the Newark Center with sky line view of NYC in the horizon. Lots of prizes were won in the raffle draws, paintings, gift baskets, and most notably the new Apple iPad, with lots of accessories.

Future Plans
The immediate future plan for the organization is a Mission Trip to Nigeria in July (6th to 20th). Executive director, Ijeoma Obilo said during the trip, Temp Clinics will be setup. You can help by volunteering and making donations on the organization’s site NHFinc.org, and get regular update on their Facebook Page here

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