Sunday, 2 November 2014

My 3:38s with OLAMIDE

Story for the gods, Olamide's hit single got me dancing even before the lyrics started. Once the track comes on air, people get excited.
Since I enjoyed the track so much that I began to look forward to the video release. I was eager to associate the track with a dance step so that I could get a better feel of the good music (P-square and Davido taught me that).
Fast forward to when the video was released. At first I was like "this babe with this kind hip go dance fire o". 60 seconds into the video, I was still hoping for a miracle.
What has butt swinging, kissing women, booty bath in a tub and all that got to do with the beautiful track I always enjoyed?
Every since P-sqare introduced the pattern of shooting their videos with hundreds of ladies from God knows where, Nigerian artists have started abusing it.
Did I also mention that the video requires strict parental guidance for viewing? In fact Olamide needs to go through the Nigerian Film and Videos Censorship Board and have them rate the video "18". This is another reason why my kids aren't going close to a television unsupervised (Lol)...
I ask, what happened to originality and creativity. What happened to conceptualisation. So many Nigerians am sure were disappointed like me when that video was released.
I was expecting Olamide to create a dance move or even steal one at least and give a Nigerian meaning to the song he beautifully created.
Nawa o!

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PHOTO SPEAK

Your boyfriend is 34 and still wears his pants this way....
My dear, u re sitting on a long thing!

Friday, 31 October 2014

BEAUTIFUL NONSENSE

And so I found myself in a shabby neighborhood somewhere called Ogwuagor, Abakapa-nike Enugu this morning. This guy was on a dirty lab coat and speaking to a crowd via a mega phone. He was telling uninformed and gullible people that: 
The federal Ministry of Health is against tooth extraction because there is an injection given to the dental patient on the arm (not within the mouth o). That this injection is given to patients to block pain during the extraction but in addition to that the said 'injection' affects every other teeth in the mouth after it 'EXPIRES' in the body and within 6 months they all begin to fall off. In order words after one tooth extraction, every other tooth goes with it.
The crowd was cheering him and calling him a very good 'doctor'. One lady was lamenting on how she warns people against visiting dental clinics but they never listen! Not that I stop to listen to demented people as a habit but hearing him mention 'teeth' caught my attention (u can't blame me, I dedicated six years of my life studying the subject).
I weep for the level of illiteracy and lack on information in this society we live in. I felt an ache in my heart for the ordinary Nigerian citizen. Why not tell them that your oral habits (that is if he is even aware of it) are important and not some fabricated crap to make money. Is this poverty or sheer wickedness?
Eventually the man introduced them to a black concoction in a bottle which they can take to cure any kind of tooth problem. Women, men, adolescents were scrambling (I mean falling over themselves) to buy this product.
Is it proper for just anybody to wake up and be allowed to address the public?
Did I mention that the man could not communicate coherently in English Language? Such people should be arrested and kept behind bars. Where are Dora's colleagues in NAFDAC, this is drug crime in broad daylight.

Where are my colleagues in the profession, let us take the challenge and keep more people informed....

WHICH WAY FORWARD NIGERIA##

Saturday, 18 October 2014

Do you think there's a rationale for sending your child to such schools?

15 MOST EXPENSIVE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN
NIGERIA.
15. Lead British International School, Abuja -
N1.5 million per annum
14. Nigerian Turkish International College, Abuja
- N1.6 million per annum
13. International Community School, Abuja - N1.9
million per annum
13. Dowen College - N2 million per annum.
12. Chrisland College, Ikeja - N2 million per
annum
11. Atlantic Hall, Epe, Lagos - N2.27 million per
annum
10. Corona Secondary School, Agbara - N2.55
million per annum
9. Hillcrest School, Jos - N2.65 million per annum
8. Loyola Jesuit, Abuja - N2.8 million per annum
7. Meadow Hall, Lagos - N3 million per annum
6. Greensprings School - N3.185 million per
annum
5. Whiteplains British School, Abuja - N3.6
million per annum
4. Day Waterman College, Abeokuta - N3.7 million
per annum
3. Lekki British International High School, Lagos -
N4 million per annum
2. British International School, Lagos - N4.48
million per annum
1. Grange School, Lagos - N4.5 million per
annum....
Which of these schools will your kids attend??