DAY 19: Actors Want Baba Suwe Charged Or Released

Yoruba-speaking actors under the umbrella of the Nigerian Theatre Practitioners (ANTP) have asked the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to either place a formal charge on the popular actor Baba Suwe to court or release him ‘unconditionally’ if they cannot come up with any evidence of his possession of hard drugs, the Vanguard has reported.

Ever since his October 12 supposed arrest, colleagues, friends and the actor’s family have raised concerns about his wellbeing. Today makes it 19 whole days since he has been in detention. On November 1, 2011 Baba Suwe will step out for the first time since his apprehension as he will make an appearance at the Ikeja High Court following a suit filed by a fundamental enforcement rights at the Lagos high Court, Ikeja presided over by Justice Yetunde Idowu.

In related news, two men Nnoli Valentine, 41 and Onyegbuna Patrick 25 have been arrested and taken into the custody by the NDLEA after they were detected to be drug traffickers. According to the NDLEA Abuja Airport commander, Alhaji Hamisu Lawan, Nnoli is a Nigerian based in Berlin, Germany ingested 99 wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine weighing 1.6kg. He was arrested while attempting to board a KLM flight to Amsterdam. The second suspect Onyegbuna Patrick ingested 67 wraps of substances that that tested positive for cocaine weighing 1.250kg. Onyegbuna was caught returning from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

In statement released by the NDLEA, during interrogation of both suspects, they told investigators that they were advised to use Abuja Airport because of the attention on the Lagos airport over the recent red alert on Baba Suwe who has been under observation of the Agency.

LADIES!!! What To Look Out For In Quality Shoes

‘Show me a grumpy man and I’ll show you a man with bad shoes’, they say that shoes make the man, and they’re right on that one in more ways than one. Good, quality shoes do more than make you look good – they make you feel good. A pair of high quality shoes makes your feet happy, and when your feet are happy, the rest of you is in a much better frame of mind to deal with your day. Poorly made and ill-fitting shoes are at the root of many a miserable day, and here’s why.

Poorly made shoes hurt more than your feet.

Your feet are your skeleton’s foundation. When there’s a problem with the foundation of a building, the symptoms can show up in cracks in the walls or ceilings, floors that tilt in the wrong direction – even in electrical and plumbing problems. The same is true with your body. When your shoes don’t support your feet properly, your legs and hips and spine and shoulders and neck try to compensate. Taking any of those out of alignment can cause discomfort, pain and other problems.

You’re far more likely to notice the discomfort of things like bunions and blisters caused by rough seams, heel pain from poor support and generally aching feet from shoes that constrict them. Between the obvious pain caused by shoes that aren’t made well and the more subtle effects of poorly fit and low quality shoes, you can end up in constant low-level pain. Who can think clearly and be cheerful when their feet and their body are in pain?

How high quality shoes can help:

Well-made, quality shoes like those made by Naot support your feet in a number of different ways. Naot shoes are designed to keep your feet happy. The heel cup is designed to keep your heels steady, preventing your ankles from tilting when you walk. The shank that runs from the heel to the ball of your foot gently encourages your feet to distribute your weight evenly. A roomy toe box gives your toes the room they need to move and grip the ground while you walk – even if they’re not actually in contact with the ground.

The materials that go into making up your shoes also make a big difference. Real leather breathes, wicking moisture away from your feet and letting air circulate around them. That means cooler feet, less chance of infection and a lot less stinky feet.

What to look for in quality shoes

Now that you know why quality shoes are important, let’s talk about how to choose a good pair of shoes that will support your feet – and your body – properly.

First, look at the shoe

Style may be important to your eye, but there are other things to look for. Are the seams straight and evenly stitched? Is the leather smooth and well-finished? Does the shoe LOOK well-made?

Feel the shoe

Take the shoe in both hands and try to twist it. It should have a little give, but not bend out of shape easily.

Try to bend the shoe in half so that the heel and toe meet. Again, it should have a little give, but you shouldn’t be able to fold it. The shank of the shoe should prevent the shoe from bending beyond the ball of the foot.

Push up against the bottom of the toe of the shoe. The front of the shoe should bend easily so that your toes and the balls of your feet can do their work.

Poke around inside the shoe

Go on, push your hand inside the shoe and feel around. You should feel no protruding seams or rough areas. The inner surface should be comfortably padded and smooth. The tongue of the shoe should have enough padding to let you lace shoes without cutting into the top of your foot.

Check the materials

The uppers and lining of the shoes should be leather. Leather breathes and molds to fit your feet comfortably. You may not be able to look under the shoe’s hood, so to speak, but you can ask about other materials. A steel shank is the most supportive, and leather soles will wear far better than most man-made materials.

A few last things

Excellent quality shoes like Naot clogs and sandals can be pricey, but it’s money well-spent. Still, like anything else, shoes do show wear. You’d hate to find a pair of shoes that fit perfectly and make you feel so good – only to have to replace them in just a few years. A good quality pair of shoes will last you up to ten years – if you care for them properly. Look for shoes that can be resoled and reheeled easily. Naot shoes are among the most versatile in this respect – you can replace the entire shoe bed when needed to keep them feeling fresh, new and comfortable for years.

LADIES!!! A Cocktail Dress For All Body Types

One of the most versatile dresses that were ever designed for wear on special occasions is the cocktail dress. While the events for which cocktail dresses are worn are usually late afternoon or early evening affairs that are too casual to be called black-tie events, many cocktail dresses can now be worn elsewhere, depending on the cut and the material of the dress and the accessories worn with it.

To wear a cocktail dress to a more formal event, all you need to do is to accessorize accordingly, perhaps wear more flashy pieces of jewelry and heavier makeup. If you need to wear something dressy to the office for any reason other than the usual skirt or pantsuit, you can wear a cocktail dress that is not too flashy and just throw on a blazer and slip into sensible office shoes. Many current styles of cocktail dresses are no longer limited to being party wear anymore.

Choosing what style of cocktail dress to wear, however, can be very tricky for most women. After all, only a few women could claim to have truly perfect bodies, and most women who do not fall into the supermodel category prefer to hide the flaws of their figures. Wearing a one-piece dress such as a cocktail dress can easily reveal those flaws if the dress does not fit the wearer’s body type.

In picking out the right cocktail dress to wear, a woman should always consider her body type – whether she is top-heavy or bottom-heavy – and find something that will balance out her figure. If she is bottom-heavy, her aim should be to draw attention to the upper part of her body and to her face. If she is top-heavy, she has the option either to emphasize her cleavage or to wear something that will pull the eyes to her legs.

What kind of cocktail dress would suit a woman with a bottom-heavy figure? As said above, a woman with a bottom-heavy figure would want to hide the thickness around her hips and thighs. A good cocktail dress for her to wear would be a dress that fits closely around the waist but without the seams pushed out by extra padding around the abdomen and has a skirt that flares out around the hips and thighs. A cocktail dress with a full skirt would be perfect for a woman with a bottom-heavy figure because it will definitely hide whatever flabbiness and bulges that she wishes not to be seen around her lower body.

Another option available for a woman with a bottom-heavy figure is a cocktail dress that sports an empire-style waistline. A cocktail dress with an empire-style waistline has the waist placed higher, thereby pulling the eyes towards the shoulders, the neck and the face. It also drapes and skims over the lower body. The only risk with wearing an empire-style cocktail dress, however, is that the empire-style cut is often used on maternity dresses, and so a woman wearing such a dress may be mistaken to be pregnant.

And yet another choice open for a woman with a bottom-heavy figure is a cocktail dress that is either sleeveless or strapless, also with a flaring skirt. Again, baring the arms and the shoulders is effective in drawing attention away from the hips.

As for women with top-heavy figures, she could either emphasize her cleavage or her legs, as mentioned above. If she wants to put focus on her legs rather than her cleavage, she can wear a cocktail dress with a solid-colored top paired with a patterned skirt. She can hike the hem of her skirt up to make it shorter and really draw the eyes to her legs.

If she wants to attract attention to her ample cleavage rather than her legs, she can cover up her legs in a long-skirted cocktail dress but reveal a little skin on her upper body with a low V-neck or plunging neckline. In fact, she can draw the eyes to both her top and her legs by wearing a short cocktail dress with a low neckline if she wants to. What she should not do is to wear a cocktail dress with an overly busy top because it will make her upper body appear larger and skew the balance of her figure.

Accessories also help to keep the illusion of balance on a woman’s figure aside from wearing the right kind of cocktail dress. Bottom-heavy women can wear flashy earrings, necklaces or chokers, while top-heavy women can forego the necklace and opt for a bracelet instead. However, she should buy her cocktail dress first before figuring out what accessories, bag and shoes to wear.

Cocktail dresses are versatile dresses that can be worn on any occasion that requires some degree of formality without being a full black-tie event. A woman should be able to choose the right cocktail dress that can really flatter her body type.

YORUBA STAR ACTRESS LOLA IDIJE OFF TO UNITED STATES

Popular and most sought after by directors and producers in most of the Yoruba movies Lola Idije is cooling off from work in United States of America. Her real name is Toyin Afolayan and she has paid her dues in terms of contribution and support for the growth of the industry.

We gathered that this woman of substance has been in the states for the past 3 months to rest and also shoot a new film which she plans to launch and premiere in the first quarter of next year.

VETERAN ACTRESS, FRANCA ONANGA DIES

Sorrow has once again hit the movie industry with the news of the passing away of a top Enugu based veteran actress,Franca Onanga. The aged actress who has been in the industry for several decades is based in Enugu where she started her career and died after a brief illness.

The dark skinned woman has featured in so many movies where she majorly plays the role of an elderly woman. A lot of movie stars across the country have started paying tribute to the family of the deceased.

FAST RISING ACTRESS, CHINWE ISAAC SHAVES HAIR FOR NEW MOVIE

Sexy and fast rising actress, Chinwe Isaac is no doubt determined to attain stardom through her passion which is acting. Recall she made headlines months back with her role in a hit movie, One Last Feeling where she bared it all in an romantic scene that left a lot of tongues wagging. The pretty actress has right now shaved her hair for a new movie she is currently working on.

According to her,she took that feat irrespective of the stigma that could come with walking about town on bald head,because she is driven by success and ability to take her craft a notch higher.

LASTEST GIST ON STAR ACTOR NONSO DIOBI

This fine boy actor,Nonso Diobi who was once the favourite of movie lovers has for some years now been missing in action. The Glo Ambassador who made his debut in movies over a decade ago has not been in any movie for sometime now,after he miraculously survived a ghastly auto crash that had his SUV badly damaged but he escaped uninjured.

Although many thought he is probably out of town hence his absence from movies,the actor has been spotted severally at most events of his colleagues who are also his friends. Though he gently refuses granting interviews,it has been gathered he has gone into other businesses which rumour has it fetches him more money than acting.
Luckily,he was among the lucky ones whose endorsements were renewed by the Giant telecoms company, Glo.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Buys N1B Helicopter

As you read this, General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye is set to be the proud owner of a 14HU-IH Passenger helicopter worth about one Billion Naira(N1b).

This is coming a little over a year after he joined the league of private jet owners when a group of members of his church bought him a Challenger 604 jet to help him travel all over the world in propagation of God’s word.

The new acquisition we hear, is courtesy of the North American division of the Redeemed Church who chanced on the idea that the man of God needs the helicopter for his interstate missionary journey within the United States of America. It was not stated whether the helicopter, will also be used for Pastor Adeboye’s evangelism works within Nigeria.

REVEALED:PROPHET DAVID ABIOLA SHOCKING PROPHESY CONCERNING NIGERIANS

Prophecy is a process in which one or more messages that have been communicated to a prophet are then communicated to others.

Such messages typically involve divine inspiration, interpretation, or revelation of conditioned events to come as well as testimonies or repeated revelations that the world is divine.

The process of prophecy especially involves reciprocal communication of the prophet with the (divine) source of the messages.

If you understand what prophesy is all about, you will definitely take this very serious. These words came expressly from God to His servant, Prophet David Abiola concerning Nigeria and Nigerians -

That:

1. Anytime from now, Boko Haram would again, bomb a major building in Abuja and lives would be destroyed.

2. A foreign Coach would be engage to replace Sam Siasia and the coach would re-arrange Su...per Eagles

3. There would be an attempt of assassination on Barrack Obama's life before the next US election

4. Some State governors would gang up against former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and declare "enough of his dominance" on them

5. There would be sudden change in cabinet among Federal Ministers; one of them would be a woman

6. EFCC chairman, Farida Waziri would be removed from office

7. Serving service chiefs would be removed (Chief of Army Staff, Airforce, IGP etc)

8. A great billionaire in Nigeria would pass-on

9. A State governor from the Northern part of the country would be rushed abroad for medical treatment on his kidney

10. Bola Ahmed Tinubu would again be hang-cuffed and put behind bars (He would definitely enter custody)

Exclusive: Full Story Of Timi Dakolo’s Love Child

Singer Timi Dakolo is the proud father of a beautiful baby boy, Nigerian Entertainment Today‘s investigations have revealed. The kid, named Alex Dakolo and born over a year ago, is the product of a pre-marital relationship between Timi and an ex-Zenith bank staff simply identified as Busola.

The singer has, curiously, denied several media reports about the existence of his love child. But those close to him assure us he’s Alex’s father and that his repeated denials only mean one thing : he’s desperate to keep his private life private. ‘He’s proud of his boy and his mother‘ one long time friend tells NET. ‘But he doesn’t want any drama. Plus he’s nervous about what the reaction of the Christian community would be; seeing he had the child out of wedlock‘.

If the christian community and indeed his religious mentors are upset with him; Mr Dakolo is now working to right his wrongs and do what’s right. We’re told he’s recently bought Busola – the mother of his child, an engagement ring from Dubai, and that the live-in-lovers are now warming to get married.

Timi and Busola we’re told, now live in Victoria Island in Lagos. Before moving in together, Timi lived in Oniru Estate in Lekki, while his lover lived in an apartment he rented for her in Sangotedo, in Ajah, a Lagos outskirt. She has also for some time now, been using Timi’s blue Kia Picanto which he won after coming first at West African Idol in 2007. ‘That’s the girl he wants to marry and make a family with‘ a very close Dakolo friend told us last week. Timi Dakolo, whom friends described as ‘romantic’ and ‘loverboy’ had before now dated Ojia Adamolekun (who’s now believed to be involved with 2face Idibia).

Dakolo, who recently released his long awaited debut album ‘Beautiful Noise‘ to huge critical acclaim, has not said anything about marriage plans. And his minders at Now Muzik say they’re unaware of any love child.

Maradona celebrated his 51 birthday in Dubai

The Argentine soccer star Diego Armando Maradona celebrated his 51 birthday yesterday in Dubai, where the team trains Al Wasl. As reported by Abu Dhabi TV, Maradona said Lionel Messi, of Barcelona, ​​is the best player of the moment and still has much to offer. For himself, said he did the best he could as a player and is now interested in evolving as a coach.

In May, Maradona signed a two-year contract to coach Al Wasl, who chairs the Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the brother of the emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Maradona took the opportunity to call the football fans of the UAE, especially the fans of Al Wasal, to show their support for their teams games. According to Argentine media, the daughter of former footballer, Dalma and Giannina, traveled Dubai by surprise with the little Benjamin, son of the latter with the Manchester City player Sergio "Kun" Aguero.

Ruggedman Launches His Twentieth September Wear

The rapper officially launched his fashion line - Twentieth September Wear (T.S.W) on Saturday 29th, October, 2011, at XL Lounge, in Lagos.

Not only is he making clothes and shoes, he's also making wrist watches. Say what you like, but this is highly commendable. And the watches look cool. Big congrats to you man.

ELDEE IS A REAL SMOKER, CAN HE BE A ROLE MODEL?

Eldee is a smoker; can he be a role model? That was one of the questions many asked after the just- concluded Headies Award. This is because the co-host of the Headies 2011 could not hide his smoking habit even on stage. Eldee was smoking on stage and didn’t mind the fact that he was in the full glare of the public.

He was assisted by Tuface, who helped him lit a cigar while on stage. Eldee smoked and puffed as he hosted the show. Many in the audience weren’t too happy about that attitude. And in a weird irony of sort, Eldee got $7000 for winning a category of the Headies tagged Best Conscious Music of the year.

Philippines Welcome 7 Billionth Baby

The Philippines welcomed one of the world’s symbolic “seven billionth” babies after she was delivered just before midnight Sunday amid cheers and ‘explosions’ of media flash bulbs trying to get a better picture of her 2.5 kilos features at the Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila, RTE News said.

Her name is Danica May Camacho, the second child for Camille Dalura and Florante Camacho, who were greeted by top United Nations officials in the country, presenting them a small cake, as a gesture of compliment, along with other gifts from local benefactors, which included a scholarship grant for the child’s education and a ‘livelihood package’ to enable the parents to start a general store business.

Health Secretary Enrique Ona said the arrival of baby Danica also presented the opportunity to assess population related issues. According to the UN Population Fund State of the World Report, the Philippines ranked 12th in the most populous countries in the world with 94.9 million people.

Nigerian Students in Ghana Pay N155 Billion as Tuition Annually

According to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Malam Lamido Sanusi, 71,000 Nigerian students in Ghana currently pay an annual tuition of N155Billion to Ghana. Meanwhile the whole government budget for all Federal universities in Nigeria annually is a N121Billion. The CBN Governor was drawing attention to the on-going serious capital flight from Nigeria.

Doesn't this call for a sober reflection? They only mentioned Ghana, what about the thousands of students in Malaysia (I hear there are so many of them there) in Europe, in India, in the US etc, paying trillions of Naira to get quality education. Meanwhile, you will hardly find foreign students in Nigeria. Obviously there's need to reform the education system in Nigeria. So instead of complaining about money leaving Nigeria, they should do something about improving the quality of education in this country, so parents will stop sending their kids abroad.

Genevieve Nnaji's favourite things

1. Dress color - Black
2. Designer purse - Chanel
3. Designer shoes - Louboutin heels ,
4. Jewelry - cocktail ring
5. Accessory - BB phone
6. Makeup product - MUD
She revealed this on twitter this morning via contest with her followers.