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Nigerian Love Triangle | Opinion

Dipo Agoro — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:15:24 +0000

There is a point in our lives where finding your “better-half” becomes an important aspect in ones life. An instance where you want to find that special person you want to spend the rest of your life with. In a Nigerian household our relatives and friends have asked that infamous question “where is your husband/wife?” Opinions on Love and Religion, by what I have noticed, differs from family and culturally. Through my conversations, I came back with different answers to different scenarios, ALL are from a Nigerian point of view.

Love and Religion

In one talk, a female, christian yoruba friend of mine stated that she would marry a christian to appease her parents and give a back seat to love. Another stated she will marry for love, and religion will take a back seat. I heard the same from an igbo friend who also stated she wanted her parents blessing and would marry who she felt they would like, a fellow igbo who believes in God. A male muslim friend let me know that he would only marry a devout muslim woman, and his reason being was that he wanted his children to receive the same upbringing he did.

With many discussions I have had with friends and family alike, most feel your FAITH should come ahead of LOVE. While some have emphasized that their family’s wish must be done in a marriage; That one must marry inter-culturally and the other person MUST be of the same religious belief just to appease the family. While some have stated that they will marry whoever they are compatible with, regardless of religious beliefs, ethnicity and what their family thinks, for LOVE holds the highest bar. Is this the New Age thought process??

So the question is for YOU, Would you put RELIGION on the backseat to LOVE? Do your PARENTS have a say in your potential matrimony?? Love or Religion??? Leave your comments/Thoughts down here for this is the true NIGERIAN LOVE TRIANGLE….
Shout-Out to Mariam “Bad Gyal” Badru, Yetunde “Spaku” Ogunleye and the AMEBOR and NAIJA VJJ MONOLOGUE BBM Groups

DOES SIZE MATTER?

Jide Ladipo — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:07:32 +0000

I beg your pardon, but I am still on this Wande coal matter, I feel like it is very important to discuss a topic that made of one Nigeria’s most talented artiste trend on twitter. On this fateful day, a naked picture of the Mohits all stars musician surfaced on the internet. Within minutes, the picture had spread from computer to computer around the world. It helped us confirm one thing; Sex still remains an important issue in our lives. And so everyone left comments, Babylettes, Kokolettes, and Mamalettes, the comment thread was endless.

Size matters? A lingering question that means different things to different people!!

For most people, it wasn’t Wande coal’s naked picture that fascinated them; it was the fact that the picture showed a rather unexpected side of the artiste. Being an artiste that was part of a very Macho imaged crew, Wande was expected to have a genital that befits a god.
A female friend of mine summed up how I think people within our community think about the size of a man’s genitalia.
“Lol, Meeen!! that dick is small….. goddamn men! I would not be able to look him in the eye with that! “
Based on my observation on comments left on so many blogs across the internet, I envisage that the main issue was the size of Wande coals genitals. Which brings me the main question: Does size matter?
All around the world, the 10-inch penis is a goal that many men spend their lives coveting and trying to achieve. Our dressing rooms are filled with men who check each other’s penis size and let’s be honest most men like to compare.

My take is this; sexually educated people know that a 10-inch penis, in reality, is largely a myth. The world average human male penis size is between 5.1-5.9 inches—a far cry below this mythical 10 inch magnum that we all expected to have dangling between our legs.

I am still of the notion that nobody can really tell how hung Wande coal is. He was sleeping and it did not really look like his penis was erect. There are two sides to a penis a flaccid state and an erect state. And in fact, most women would not want to have intercourse with a man in possession of the mythical 10 inch penis—it would be awkward and painful! The truth is that size does matter—but there is also such a thing as “too big.”

In a bid to salvage some pride, Mo hits record released a press comment stating that the picture was not that of Wande coal. Who were they fooling? In my opinion i think its Too little, too late, we all know its Wande. I personally believe that having his genitals exposed by a cynical picture does not in any way take anything away from him as a person or as man. Men boast about size, Real men know how to work it!

Thru Our Eyes | Our 1st Nigerian Reunion

OluwaSparkle — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:08:45 +0000

OluwaSparkle and Dipo (AMEBOR.COM)

SPARKLE’S EXPERIENCE

After a 10 hour drive from Michigan, I was excited when I got to New York but I was disappointed when I got to the hotel because the atmosphere was not as exciting as I expected it to be. Perhaps it takes people a while to get into the groove; I just felt this was quite unusual for a Nigerian event.

Through my experience over the weekend activities, I felt the event could have been way better. I wasn’t at the last reunion but based on what people said about the Vegas reunion, if I had to compare this year’s reunion to the last one, I’d give score it a 5/10 and that’s me trying to be nice. I had a great time and there were some moments where I almost yanked my weave out (:-D I’m bald).

I’ll advice the planning committee to pick a better location next time and they should also work on treating their guests well because a couple of them were pissed(One of my fellow AMEBOR guys ). Some of them were almost stranded at the hotel and some were almost starved to death. This is not a good look on an organization that’s been running for 14 years.

I wish the NRC committees did a better job in planning this Reunion, especially it being in honor of our great country’s 50th Independence.

I talked to a couple of people who got stranded at the Airport for almost 8 hours because they were waiting for the NRC shuttle bus. Some of the events were held at different locations and people had to pay their ways to get there after registering for the event; a couple of people felt like the event were a rip-off and I agreed with them to some extent.

Oluwasparkle gettin her AMEBOR on

On a lighter note, I was enjoying M.I’s performance at the club until this random guy walked up to me, asked me for a dance and I could see the words coming out of his mouth. I could’ve offered him a breath mint but I was a little dis-oriented for a second, forgive me if I said his breath made me dizzy.

Through it all, I will definitely give NRC a second chance because I had a swell time. It was nice connecting with everyone from all over the globe, especially the Amebor team. I wouldn’t trade that for anything.

DIPO’S EXPERIENCE

WoW, so THIS is the Nigerian Reunion I’ve been hearing soo much about??? Hmmmm well on an honest note the events were poorly executed. But all together it was a fun experience. I met all my online friends (SHOUT OUTS TO THE TWITTER FAM @amebor, follow us) and even new ones. I’d have to say I enjoyed myself NRC, even though all your events were nowhere near the hotel. The atmosphere in my opinion was LIVE, i even saw how THIRSTY Naija guys are. 8 dudes chasing one girl, guys telling girls “I have money, date me”, even one guy asked me to release one of my friends for him…WTF… I had a blast at the picnic, even though I almost starved. The Africalabash Ent. guys really did their thing with their impromptu performance (We have it on video, chk it out), also the parties….hmmmm don’t get me started .

In the Lobby photo op

My favorite event at the reunion was the Lobby….YEA THE LOBBY, the area where i met everyone and spent most of my time…lol. The low point was, In fact, i didn’t have low point, I enjoyed myself. The annoying part was people saying it sucked. I believe you make the best of what you are given. You didn’t have fun because you’re a boring person, LOL. But hopefully next year we don’t have to trek like the Israelites did. And it’s not official yet but I’m hearing North Carolina, Florida(Orlando, Miami) and where ever they choose, AMEBOR and myself will be there……

Chk out Dipo and Sparkle’s pics with old and new friends…..

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Who Is Doggext??? | Music

Dipo Agoro — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:41:44 +0000

Jamiu Bolarinwa, also known as Doggext, is a Nigerian artist based in Boston, Massahchusetts. He was born and raised in Ojuwoye, in Mushin. In 2000 he performed at the annual street jamz hosted by Dare with such artists like Dagrin who was known back then as Green Face.
Doggext Show will be the first studio project of the artist who has been in the game for more than six years but was never serious about his talent until he met Swan B of SwanBallaz Records. He joined the team which included the group SwaggaKings and two producers Bazooka and MyV in 2006, ever since then it has been all about progression.
Doggext has collaborated with Duncan Daniels on an upcoming mixtape. By what I’ve heard so far, Doggext has real potential and I really see him as a feature artist in years to come. You be the judge, is he the next big thing???? Take a listen

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Download (Just in Case - Doggext).

Here are two additional tracks from Doggext

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Download (Go Hard Remix - Doggext).

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Download (Ke Fi Mi'le - Doggext).

“BECHA”- Lola Savage | Music

Amebor Staff — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:28:21 +0000

Chicago’s own RnB sensation Lola Savage introduces her new single”Becha” featuring Matt Sesso. With her harmonious voice through a well-formed sing-a-long melody, written by the most creative singer/song-writer Keno Kennet, it exudes emotion. A song that many can relate to. Amebor will be watching and minding Lola’s bizness, and we are anticipating the release of her album. You can follow Lola Savage on Twitter: @lolaSav

Tell us what you think….:-)

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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.

The Giant Strides of Nneka Ogwumike

T Ihidero — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:05:30 +0000

While the fortunes of women’s basketball in Nigeria continues to dwindle because of official negligence and lack of adequate sporting facilities, a young lady with a Nigerian heritage is making waves on American basketball courts. Step into the world of Nnemkadi Ogwumike. Generally called Nneka by her coaches, the media and her fans ( Her name has been shortened out of courtesy because people find it a bit difficult pronouncing it in full form ), the 6-foot-2 forward’s rise is phenomenal. Currently playing on a full basketball scholarship at Stanford University, Nneka’s success reflects the positive contributions of Nigerian emigration to the Western world.

Nneka has been a great success in America

Born in Tomball, Texas, to Peter and Ify Ogwumike who arrived in the United States in the early 80’s, Nneka attended Cy-Fair High School in Cypress, Texas. She captained the school’s basketball and volleyball teams for three years. Her leadership qualities in high school were a taste of what was coming. After winning a string of awards including the Gatorade National and State Player of the Year Awards as a senior, and being named McDonald’s All American, many Colleges and Universities in the States started watching her. They tried to lure her with scholarships and other incentives, but Nneka settled for Stanford University. She’s definitely made a good choice as the Stanford women’s Basketball team is ranked as the 3rd best team in the USA. She’s also been named Pac 10 player of the year for 2010.

Though she’s American by birth, Nneka has strong ties with Nigeria.

What has set Nneka Ogwumike apart from her contemporaries is her attitude on and off the court. She does not focus on herself but prefers to inspire the teams she plays for. She also has the ability to square up against players who are bigger and stronger than she is. Her humility can be seen in the way she relates with her siblings, especially Chiney, [ Also a gifted basketballer ] with whom she’s built a relationship that has helped her develop her leadership qualities. Nneka was a co-captain of the U-18 USA World Championship Team that won gold at the FIBA Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 2008. She was also the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

Though she’s American by birth, Nneka has strong ties with Nigeria. She has visited the country five times and she understands Igbo, though she does not speak the language all the time. Her father also owns a technology company in Nigeria and administering the firm takes him abroad frequently. Nnemkadi means ‘ holding on to the love of a mother’ in the Igbo language. Though she wants to be a doctor in future, Nneka is more likely to keep making the headlines as a professional basketball star. The Nigerian Basketball Federation [ NBBF ] should keep tabs on the Ogwumike family and Nneka’s younger sisters, Chiney, Chisom and Erinma. The three girls are taking after their elder sister and they are good basketballers. Just like Mfon Udoka, [ The ex-captain of the D’Tigress, Nigeria’s Women Basketball Team, who was born in the States. ] they might play for Nigeria in the future if they’re motivated by the NBBF.

2YEAR OLD ADDICTED TO CIGARETTES. WTH?

Jide Ladipo — Sat, 29 May 2010 02:28:52 +0000

Wonders, they say shall never end. So when we got news that a 2year old is addicted to smoking we thought lets find out how true it is.These are some of the first shocking images of smoking toddler Ardi Rizal , who gets upset if he can’t puff 40 cigs a day. The two-year-old got hooked after dad Mohammed gave him his first at 18 months.

As we write Ardi now weighs 4st and wheels round on a toy truck blowing smoke rings – this is because he is too unfit to run with other kids.
Mum Diana, 26, wept: “He’s totally addicted. If he doesn’t get cigarettes, he gets angry and screams and batters his head against the wall. He tells me he feels dizzy and sick.”

2year old Ardi Rizal is hooked on 40 cigarettes a day!

We wonder how a 26 year old mother cannot control a 2year old.Ardi will smoke only one brand and his habit costs his parents around $5 a day in Musi Banyuasin, Indonesia. Officials have offered to buy the family a car if he quits. But fishmonger Mohammed, 30, said: “He looks pretty healthy to me. I don’t see the problem.” We think you are sick Mohammed, You need help!

Jim Iyke – Who Am I??? | REVIEW

OluwaSparkle — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:49:31 +0000

Review by Yetunde Ogunleye

I knew I was making a big mistake by listening to the album when it started off with a bunch of guys screaming “hey…ah” like some kinda ritual was going on. I have to admit though, the soundtrack wasn’t so bad. The album wouldn’t be a complete failure if this was year 1998. I think the Nigerian music industry has evolved so much for someone to come out with this crap in 2010 and call it music.

He featured Slow Dog in one of his songs titled Ikenna who featured lyrics like “His name na Ikenna but I call him Jim Iyke….This guy get too much ability. He speaks well, dress well, dey too fresh like say he dey rub Mary Kay” LMAO!

And my favorite quote of all time was from his latest hit song Born To Do This — “Skeptics were born to doubt this, critics were born to break this, cynics were born to diss this, chicks were born to love this! “ Pure poetry!

The worst song on the album was Track 7 “Bad Boys don’t kiss & tell”. The only song that wasn’t so painful to listen to was Who Am I ft. TuFace. The title of the album is Who Am I, and I think Jim Iyke needs to ask himself that question again because he hasn’t found himself yet. I would suggest that he sticks with Nollywood because music is NOT for everyone. In my opinion, he has failed as a rapper. Some people are naturally talented, some people work on it for a long time & they get better, and some just don’t have it no matter how hard they try. Jim Iyke does not have it. He’s not even close.

I wouldn’t call Who Am I a complete disaster because that would be the biggest understatement of the year. His rapping style took me down the memory lane when I was in JSS 2. My class mates and I would come up with the weakest lines ever and we thought we were the stuff

I have a question for Jim Iyke though – What the hell were you thinking?

Fortunately, there were only two tracks on the album (14 & 15) that I didn’t complain about and I guess that was because they were just instrumentals. I definitely give this one thumbs down. I wouldn’t suggest listening to the album to anyone, except you want to torture yourself like I just did.

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