What is your new year resolution ?

As we all approach 2014 in some hours time, we should be expecting great and new things.

I am looking forward to 2014, because I know its going to be filled with surprises by the special grace of God. 

So I hope you have all written your goals for the new year, whats your new year resolution ?

Happy New Year in Advance !!!!

Tips to have fun during the holiday season

1. Instead of eating the usual jollof rice, you can  make salads and kebabs on the stick
2. You can take your family out on a picnic on Christmas day
3. You can wrap anything functional as a gift, like for girls lipstick, eyeshadow, for guys perfume
4. Instead of buying a cake, why not bake one at home it will be fun.
5. On Christmas morning, you can come together as a family and sing Christmas carol. 

Beyonce releases album secretly

Beyonce released her self-titled album in surprise form last week. Ryan Tedder produced the single “XO,” and he learned about the release not long before it went public.
“I knew 90 minutes before it dropped. Ninety minutes. And I said nothing because I love Beyonce and I don’t want her to hate me,” Tedder said in an interview Tuesday.

“I heard a rumor and then I didn’t say anything. I told my wife, ‘I think Beyonce’s album is dropping in 90 minutes,’ and then I knew that ‘XO’ was on the album,” he said. “I knew it was a single. I didn’t know if it was first or second. I didn’t know anything, and then today I found out that it was the lead.”

Idris Elba to release Nelson Mandela Tribute Album

Idris Elba will pay homage to the great Nelson Mandela, using nothing but his vocal dexterity.

The British actor of Ghanaian and Sierra Leonean parentage is set to release an album as tribute to Nelson Mandela in 2014.

Idris plays the former South Africa president and human rights icon in the movie – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

“The album will be called “Mi Mandela“. I went back to South Africa and worked with some great musicians.
I’m really proud of the album. I’ll wait until the film has died down so it doesn’t get muddled but I’ll release it in the new year.
Basically it is a love letter from me to Mandela about me playing him.”

He tells Daily Star UK.

World bids Mandela final goodbye

With military pomp and traditional rituals, South Africa buried Nelson Mandela on Sunday, thus  marking  the  end of an exceptional journey for the prisoner turned President.

Mandela,  who died on December 5   at the age of 95,  was laid to rest in his childhood village of Qunu.  His body travelled from Pretoria by air to Mthatha in Eastern Cape province, and then by road to Qunu .

Present at the private burial   were about 450 members of the Mandela family,  political and religious leaders as well as foreign dignitaries, including  Britain’s Prince Charles, American civil rights activist ,Reverend Jesse Jackson and talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

 Tribal leaders clad in animal skins joined the dignitaries in dark suits at the grave site overlooking the rolling green hills.

As pall-bearers walked toward the site after a funeral ceremony,  three helicopters whizzed past dangling the national flag. Cannons fired a 21-gun salute and their   echoes rang over the quiet village.

  Mandela’s widow, Graca Machel, dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief as she watched the proceedings.

Tears as Mandela lies in state

Nelson Mandela's distraught widow was among thousands of mourners who paid their last respects before his open casket Wednesday, as the much-loved leader lay in state.

Graca Machel was covered in a black headdress with her eyes shielded by sunglasses, placed both hands on the raised coffin before turning away disconsolate.

At each end of the casket stood two navy officers clad in white dress uniform, heads bowed, eyes closed and swords pointing downward.

Underneath a perspex screen, Mandela lay, dressed in a printed brown shirt of the type that became his trademark. 

Later, presidents, royalty and thousands of South Africans made their own pilgrimage.

Some stopped briefly to pray, some bowed, some brushed against the rope balustrade to get a closer look at the mortal remains of a man who had earned a place in history long before his death.

Some collapsed, felled by the weight of their grief, before being helped away by medical personnel or fellow onlookers.

Lawyer, passenger die mysteriously in car in Asaba

According to a report by Eagle Online, a lawyer and another man were found dead in a Toyota Camry car with registration number FGG 931 AE, at the popular Inter-Bau round-about in Asaba Delta State yesterday Thursday December 12th.

The lawyer and the passenger were said to be returning from a court session when they suddenly started foaming in the mouth and nose in the air-conditioned car. They were dead within minutes according to eye witnesses.

Explaining the mystery behind the deaths, a source said he believes the men were poisoned.

“They must have inhaled a poisonous substance thrown into their car from where they were coming from. If not, how would they have died inside the car they were riding in?”

The identity of the lawyer and the passenger, believed to be a bricklayer, have not been confirmed. Their bodies have been deposited at the Federal Medical Center, in Asaba.

Beyonce features author Chimamanda Adichie in her new album

Queen Bey shockingly dropped a new album on iTunes last night December 12th. The self titled album is Beyonce's 5th solo album and features 31 tracks, 14 of which are new songs.

In the new album, Beyonce collaborated with Jay Z, Drake, Justin Timberlake, Kelly Rowland....and featured our very Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on a track titled Flawless. Beyonce put a portion of the award winning author's speech about feminism and roles women play in the society in the song. Pop meets Literature! Amazing stuff.

Meanwhile Beyonce has filmed 17 new music videos, one of which she released on Facebook last night. You have to be really big to release an album without any promos or prior warning to fans.

Over 200 bankers lose Job..

Over 200 staff of Enterprise Bank and Keystone Bank have lost their jobs due to the rationalization exercise that was recently carried out by both banks. On the 2nd of December Enterprise bank rolled out a list comprising of a 150 staff members that were affected by the rationalization excersie which according to the bank's management was done in order to achieve effective service. Worst hit by the retrenchment exercise are the Lagos Island branches of the bank. Spokesman for the bank, Olusola Longe-Okenimkpe says the rationalization exercise was carried out to identify resource optimization.

Keystone bank in November also carried out their own rationalization excercise which saw 52 Senior staff members losing their jobs.

Oyinlola Sale is the next Oprah Winfrey

Oyinlola is a chocolate skinned, pretty lady that studied in the US. She came to Nigeria in 2009 and has been making waves in the media industry.

Currently, she works with TVC News as a presenter of a show called "A Woman's World"
She is the face of the program that celebrates women in Africa.

You can watch the program every friday at 9pm on TVC E.

You Go gurl !!!

NNPC staff protest planned sale of refineries

No fewer than 200 staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday in Abuja protested against the planned sale of the nation’s refineries, and vowed to resist the decision.

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was said to have stated that the privatisation process would be completed before the first quarter of 2014.

The workers, under the aegis of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers Senior Staff Association and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, as early as 8.30am,  gathered within the premises of the NNPC singing solidarity songs.

They were dressed in red shirts and red cap to match.

They were led by the NNPC PENGASSAN Group Chairman, Sanusi Abdulkareem, and NUPENG Group chairman, Richard Otuvwere.

Some of the Placards read, ‘We say no to illegal sale of our refineries, we cannot be fooled anymore’. ‘Hide not under privatisation to hijack our refineries’, among others