#TecnoOwnTheStage Shaapera Wins $25,000!!!

After 13 weeks of fierce music battle, the winner of the Tecno own the stage first iof its kind karaoke show finally emerged. As you might have guessed it, it was none other than Shaapera Makepeace. The super amazing, multi talented, beautiful Nigerian contestant, yes the very one!!

Laying her hands on the prize was no walk down the park for Shaapera, she had to battle competition from the trio of Pascal, Sikin from Kenya and Tanzania’s Sikin.

Sikin came in fourth, Nandy was the second runner up and Pascal first runner up.
Shaapera left Tecno own the stage 25,000 US dollars richer. She would also get to record a song with one of the judges in the show as well as a music video. And more importantly she gets a Tecno smart phone to share her experiences.
The runner ups did not go home empty handed, Nandy gets $15, 000, a three month internship at Chocolate city and a Tecno phone.
Pascal gets $10, 000 in addition to a Tecno smart phone.
Congratulations to Shapeera on her well deserved win!!!

M.I Set To Drop “Illegal Music 3” This February

Chocolate City’s President, M.I Abaga is set to release the 3rd sequel to his “Illegal Music Mixtape”. The rapper made this known yesterday via social media and to tease fans a little bit, the first record off the compilation drops tomorrow.

See tweet from the Young Denzel below

Photos: Nigeria Labor Congress stage protest in Abuja over plans to increase electricity tarriff

The leadership and members of the Nigerian Labor Congress, the Trade Union Congress and other Civil Society groups, are currently staging a protest in Abuja over the 45 percent increase in electricity tariff. While addressing his members, President of NLC, Aliyu Wabba, said the increase was unacceptable;


“From 14 Naira per unit to 28 or 26 Naira. This increase is outrageous. When it subsists this time around, be sure that it will continue and the exploiters will continue to exploit us. This is the message that we are taking to all these agencies. We are also going to the National Assembly because they are the true representatives of the people. They feel our pulse and they represent our various constituencies and therefore they must stop all these by making laws that will actually protect the people. Law should be made to protect the people and not encourage exploitation. The increase is going to affect manufacturers, medium and small scale enterprises and even consumers. Every consumer must be provided with meter because people should be able to pay for what they consume and not to pay for darkness"he said.

See what happened to a Nigerian man who attempted to withdraw money from another man's bank account in Dubai

The unemployed Nigerian man who tried to withdraw more than Dh500,000 from the bank account of a man who had lost his Emirates ID was sentenced to six months in prison today, February 8. He will be deported after serving his sentence. (Read previous post here )
The 26-year-old was found guilty at Dubai Criminal Court of using an original official document belonging to others and of forging an official document - the withdrawal slip - by signing it and adding his personal details, as well as using the forged slip, and attempting to fraudulently obtain Dh580,000.


He visited a bank on Khalid bin Al Waleed Road in Dubai and pretended to be Kenyan D M, 23, by signing an order to withdraw Dh580,000 from the latter’s account and using the card as ID.


On May 12 last year, the Nigerian was contacted by his friend, whose name and nationality were not given, after the friend had found the ID card. He asked the Nigerian to pose as the card holder to withdraw the money and he would get a share of Dh50,000.


It was not clear how his friend came to know that the Kenyan had that amount of money with this particular bank. The next morning, the Nigerian visited the bank but was thwarted when an employee spotted the difference between him and the photo on the ID. He managed to escape but was arrested in October in Al Baraha and referred to prosecutors.


"I lost my wallet two months before I was contacted by police to inform me that my card was used by someone to withdraw cash from the bank,” testified the Kenyan.



Source: The National UAE

Juliana Richards, CEO Slim Girl, officially announces new Lingerie products

What a remarkable and exciting way to start the year as popular shape wear company owned and managed by Juliana Richards expands and will now provide customers with alluring lingerie pieces specially made to suit particular occasions or as everyday wear.



You can now shop on their website www.slimgirl.ng for all kinds of trendy and beautiful bra and pant sets available at the company’s Lagos, Nigeria stores located at Ikeja and Lekki.



Pieces like lace bra and pant sets, silicone bras, backless bras, butt pads and more are now on the newly added ‘‘Lingerie’’ page of the online store just to give you the chance to select unique pieces made to satisfy your desire in shape wear products.
We guarantee that you will fall in love with each of the lingerie items included on the site ranging from everyday wear to sexy little seductive numbers. We got you covered, we got a lot of feminine pieces and now we got your Valentine covered too.




Slim Girl opened two Nigeria stores within the last six months and for a more convenient means of service, Slim Girl also provides customers with a mobile app named –“Slim Girl”- available on the App store and Google Play and you can also Click on http://slimgirl.mobapp.at to download.




For further inquiry, we have a dedicated customer service number available to take calls during working hours (9am – 7pm) at +234 14407339.








Visit www.SLIMGIRL.NG to view the entire Slim Girl lingerie collection.


Slim Girl is currently at two locations Nigeria: 52, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos and T.F. Kuboye Road, Alternate Route, Oniru New Market, Lekki, Lagos.


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Photos: Afe Babalola University students go on rampage

Students of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, went on a violent protest yesterday night into this morning, destroying cars and other school properties. The cause of the protest is not yet known, but some students alleged that men who covered their faces with bandannas, stormed a female hostel while some students claimed a policeman mistakenly shot and injured a student, leading to the protest. The school is yet to publicly comment on the matter.

Man who was beaten by Military cadet in Abuja, speaks on Channels TV

Amari Sunday, the young man that was tortured by a group of army cadets in Abuja in 2014, was a guest on Channels TV this morning, where he narrated what happened. Amari was a staff of Abuja Park "N" Pay. He was working under SureP and was assigned to Jabi Lake where the incident happened. He said his initial offence was his inability to get to an army officer who called him from a distance within 5 seconds. He claimed that it was while they were beating him that the lady asked him if she was beautiful...and when he answered in the affirmative, another round of beating started. He said he sustained various degrees of injuries from the assault. The cadets that did this are yet to be punished...

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu's touching gesture to late Peter Bello who was to be one of his groomsmen

The newly wed media personality wore a pin with the name of Peter Bello, who died in a Bristow helicopter crash last year. "Made sure my groomsman@pjkruel was there with me yesterday" he wrOTE




Shortly after Bello was confirmed dead, Ebuka revealed on Instagram that the late pilot was his friend and shared a screenshot of their last conversation where he wished him a safe journey. Certainly nice to be remembered by friends in life and ....in death.

Governor Ajimobi’s daughter wears N3m dress to British Fashion Awards [PHOTO]

Abiola Kola-Daisy, daughter of the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, wore one of the most expensive Valentino dresses of the season to the British Fashion Awards, which held yesterday at the London Coliseum.


The dress is a hueValentinosheer long sleeve tulle gown that has an embroidered heart on the bust-line. It’s worth a whooping $16,900.
The conversion to Naira (with the devaluation of the currency) is over N3 million.



NA WA OOO!!!

Kanu Nwankwo included in list of world legends

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), have named Nwankwo Kanu, as one the top 48 legends of football all over the world.


Kanu, who played for Ajax, Inter Milan and Arsenal during his stint in Europe, was listed alongside Brazilian greats like Pele and Ronaldo de Lima.


The former Super Eagles star, is the last Nigerian to be named CAF African Footballer of the Year, back in 1999.


Other Africans who made the cut include: former World Player of the Year George Oppong Weah, Roger Milla, Rabah Medjer, Muhammed Aboutrika, Mohmud El-Khatub and former South Africa captain Lucas Radebe.


IFFHS, who are recognised by FIFA, archive football records, statistics and records of associations across the globe.

I’ll be back soon – Jose Mourinho fuels Man Utd rumours

Jose Mourinho, sacked as manager of Chelsea in December seven months after winning the Premier League title, has said he is not enjoying his time out of work and will soon be back in management.

He did not comment directly on media reports that have heavily linked him with Louis Van Gaal’s job at Manchester United.

But he did say that his family will remain in London and that he liked the competitiveness of English football.

“For sure, I will be back soon,” the Portugese told GQ magazine in an interview published on its website (www.gq-magazine.co.uk). It did not say when the interview took place.
“(London) is an amazing place to live and for the family to be together,” said Mourinho.


“As a professional, I am ready to move,” added the former Real Madrid coach.

“I need competition every week. In Spain I was at an amazing club but I had four matches a year – Barcelona v Real Madrid, Real Madrid v Barcelona.”

Mourinho, who also won the league with Chelsea in his first two seasons there from 2004 to 2006, suggested that he deliberately created “instability” among players once they won trophies, to avoid any complacency.

“If you are in a club that wins, if you want to win again you have to create instability in the winners,” added the Portuguese, fired by Chelsea after a run of poor form by the champions.
“You have to make them doubt, you have to buy new players, you have to make them feel not in their comfort zone.

“There is a normal tendency to go to your comfort zone. If you don’t react, if you believe that just because you won in one year that you are going to win again, it’s very difficult.”

He said of his current unemployment, “I am not enjoying it. To be fully happy I need everything, so I go back to football. I think it’s my natural habitat.”

Meanwhile Van Gaal told reporters that stories linking Mourinho with his job were hurtful to him and his family.

“The last two months have been very difficult for my wife, my kids, my grandchildren and my friends,” he said.

“I do not believe there is already a relationship between Jose Mourinho and Manchester United.”

Our girls will return – Chibok community replies Obasanjo

Members of the Chibok community in Borno State have faulted former president, Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent assertion that the 219 missing schoolgirls will never return again.


The girls were abducted from their hostels on April 14, 2014 by the Boko Haram insurgents.


Obasanjo had in a recent statement affirmed that it was practically impossible for the military operatives, who failed to rescue the girls within 72 hours, when there was a window of opportunity, to do so.

But in a quick reaction to the former president’s statement, some leaders of Chibok community said Obasanjo was entitled to his opinion on the matter.

One of the Chibok leaders, who spoke on behalf of the community, insisted that by God’s grace, the girls will return home alive.

The community leader who spoke with Leadership said: “Obasanjo is a respected former president and retired military officer who may have his reasons for making such statement but, to us, he is entitled to his opinion, because we still believe the girls are alive and can be rescued.

“Our hope lies on the fact that since their abduction, none of them has been found dead or alive; and that, to us, is a good sign that they are alive.

We would have been worried had there been any form of report that some of the girls were found dead, or some have been rescued during the rescue operations that were carried out recently.

“Going by the activities of the Boko Haram terrorists in the last four years, one would be deceiving himself to say that they are not an intelligent lot. They know the high premium the world has placed on the need to rescue the girls; so the schoolgirls may be their priced asset for bargain when push comes to shove. We don’t know where they are, but we believe our girls are kept somewhere, either within or outside the country. And our prayer is that, one day, we may see them, even though we are not ruling out the fact that it is a difficult task and all of them may not be rescued at the end of the day.”