Monday 16 September 2013

Afro Candy Goes Religious

Soft porn actress, Judith Mazagwu aka Afro Candy will not surprising everyone. This time, the controversial actress and singer who crept into the consciousness of Nigerians with her porn movie, Destructive Instinct, has now taken to religious comments on her Facebook, though the message is still not lost. Recently, she posted another scathing remark about her perceived enemies and haters, quoting the Bible copiously.
“All I can tell you hypocrites is to read James chapter 4, verse 11. And when you are done with that, proceed to the whole of James 3. You all claim to know the Bible well and the word of God but I don’t think you all are reading your Bibles well.
I am just handling my biz and minding my biz, did not and do not curse anybody, do not steal, do not rob anybody, I don’t do 419, I am not jealous of anybody; do not even have the time to talk about other people. So let me be and let’s see what happens on that last day. For not everyone that calls him father shall enter the kingdom of God and remember, the first shall be the last and the last shall be the first. Thank you!”
Hmmmm, she has said it and hope her haters will take not.

GWEN STEFANI Rapper Eve Confirms Gwen’s Pregnancy?


Gwen Stefani stepped out this weekend to attend a baby shower at her parents’ house (not for her). Gwen was chic as ever in her wild animal print outfit as photographers spotted her arrival. (pun intended) Gwen hasn’t officially confirmed the news that she’s pregnant with baby #3, but rapper Eve has spilled the beans, it seems! During an interview, Eve was asked if Gwen would be joining her upcoming performance in NYC. Eve responded: “Well she’s preggers! She’s chilling…”

I'm not dating Kondja Aveil because of her family wealth -Skales


Skales has been with his Namibian born lady love, Kondja Aveil for a while.She is always by his side during red carpet appearances..There have been speculations that he's with her because she is from a wealthy home..Speaking to Hip onTv, the star said
“I’ve gotten a lot of comments and all that saying I’m dating her because her parents are wealthy and that she bought me a car like that. The truth is, I really love her because her family are nice people and we have been together for a long time,”


Davido's performance at Indigo2 London


"The Kind Of Man I Will Like To Marry" - 2013 Miss Nigeria, EzinneOpens Up

For Miss Nigeria, Ezinne Akudo, life as a beauty queen is all about working closely with the victims of sexual violence.
In an interview, the newly crowned damsel and graduate of law from Abia State University disclosed that her decision to work with rape victims stemmed from her experience last year after her close friend fell victim.
“It was a very touching experience for me. My very good friend was raped last year and you can only imagine the trauma she went through. That made me realise how close it could get, how vulnerable we all are. It could happen to anybody including me; rape is the trending evil right now. I was there by her side all through and I watched her pass through it all. I am happy she is okay now and has gotten over the traumatic experience."
“It’s going to be a total campaign against sexual violence in Nigeria and right now, we are at the drawing board. We are looking at talking to victims and creating awareness about sexual violence. We will be talking to parents, their kids and all stakeholders. Because of the stigma attached to rape, we are also working on an emergency help line, which will provide counseling for victims. We’ll be talking about rape and how to avoid it,” she said.
On her saddest moment:
According to Akudo, her saddest moment since she became queen was losing her close friend who died a few weeks after she was crowned. “I lost a friend of mine a while ago. He was my campus pastor. His name was Emmanuel Akibi. It affected me a great deal because we were very close. We were friends throughout my days at Abia State University (ABSU). His death was a big shock for me,” she lamented.
Her love life:
Beauty queens are not expected to talk about their love lives on the pages of newspapers. However, Akudo painted a picture of her ideal man. “I have not lost any of my friends because of my new crown, but I want to keep issues about my love life private. I love a guy that’s passionate about serving God. Any guy that doesn’t really love God can’t love a lady. I am impressed about guys who are God fearing. I am not a fan of very fair guys. I’m down with chocolate skinned guys,” she concludes with a soft laugh.

6 Steps To Getting The Perfect Job


1. Be yourself.

You’ve probably read a lot of advice to clean up your act on social media so that potential employers don’t find pictures of the time you got topless and chugged beers with those Marines in Mexico. Okay, those should get deleted, because ew, that’s just trashy, you’re better than that, and plus, your mom recently started Facebooking. You’re never gonna be her little princess again if she gets wind of those. But, in a perfect job – not just any job, but the one that’s perfect for y-o-u, your boss-to-be would read your Tweets and know that you’re the right match for the position. He’ll love that song you’re listening to on Spotify. He’ll appreciate your sarcasm. He’ll be totally down with the Instagram of the ham sammy you ate for lunch. The Valencia filter is his fave, too.
Don’t water your personality down online if you want to work for a company that “gets” you. They’ll encourage you to be the star that you are. They won’t want you to be a cookie cutter corporate drone. A lot of great work comes from pushing the envelope. Standouts aren’t afraid to do that. You’re meant for exceptional things, right? What’s the point of wasting your life away at an average job that doesn’t make your spirit sing? Ask yourself, if I dropped dead at work, would I be okay with that? Would your friends say at your funeral, “soooo sad she’s gone, but at least, when the meteorite struck her, she was papier-mâchéing a unicorn for the museum, for that was what she truly loved.” If not, you haven’t found your perfect job yet. Keep looking. Finding it is just like finding the perfect love, you feel lucky to have them, and they feel lucky to have you.

2. Target your dream companies. 

Most people looking for a job search in the most obvious places – online job boards. For each position listed there, thousands of applications are submitted. Take a trip off the beaten path and improve your odds. Make a list of twenty companies that you would love to work for. Search for the “careers” or “join us” link on their direct website. A lot of companies only list their jobs on their own site, preferring to quietly reach out to their own network to fill positions to avoid the chaos of a public listing.
When I was fresh out of college, I walked into my favorite interior design store, a place where I shopped all the time, and pitched myself for a job to the owner. She wasn’t looking for a new employee, but she hired me anyway because I expressed my passion for her taste and her store. Business owners have worked hard to build their brand, and if you’re a fan of it, they connect with you.
I got my last job when I read an article about the owner in Fast Company magazine. His quotes in the piece made me feel like we’d get along, so I researched his company, loved it, Tweeted at him, and asked for a meeting. We kept in touch, and when he was ready to hire a few months down the road, that hire was me. Which leads me to…

3. Keep up.

Every industry has magazines and news sites dedicated to their particular interests. Here, you’ll find announcements about who’s leaving and joining companies, who’s hiring in waves, and who’s laying people off. Pay attention. Opportunities lie in the details. Be sure to learn the names of successful leaders in your industry. Then read sites like Wired, Fast Company, Lifehacker, and Harvard Business Review.
Educate yourself about the newest programs and skills that people younger than you are learning. If you rely solely on your college education to keep you afloat for your entire career, you will undoubtedly have your ass handed to you one day by someone years younger with updated skills.
Think of people older than you that you know. The ones who have kept up with technology are still relevant and rockin’ it in their fields (I’m lookin’ at you and your iPhone, Dad, well done!). Then you have folks who say things in meetings like “I’m hopeless, I had to get my assistant to help me open the PowerPoint you emailed me.” Announcing to your staff that you’ve fallen behind the times is a bad look, and it’s hazardous to your job security. Don’t ever become that person. Your incompetence is not a cute anecdote. We’re laughing, yeah, but not with you – at you. 

4. Be well-rounded.

Remember that counselor in high school who was always harping on you to participate in more extracurricular activities so that you could get into a good college? That was real-world advice masquerading as annoying school-related static. But, duh, employers don’t want to work with boring losers. They spend a ton of their time at work with you. You need to have interesting things to talk to them about if you’re sharing a car to a conference or grabbing lunch between meetings. Any time I’ve been in a position to hire people, I’ve asked myself, would I like this person outside of work? Do I think I might learn something new from them? Do I see something in them that I find inspiring?
The smartest bosses surround themselves with extraordinarily gifted, unique people. The best companies got to be that way because they’re filled with employees who are a who’s who of what’s awesome. If you go home every night and watch TV over a microwave pizza, you’re not going to be able to compete with candidates who have traveled the world, ran marathons, volunteered for charities, and played in a band.
Don’t know where to start adding color to your life? Take a three-pronged approach: fitness, philanthropy, and fun. Do something regularly that involves physical activity. Pick a charity and donate your time. Then think of what you love most and do something with that – take guitar lessons, start a blog about your favorite whatchamacallit, do one thing on a regular basis that you love that makes you happy. Drinking with your friends doesn’t count. We all do that, and “I’m so hungover” is not as fascinating to hear as you think it is.

5. Always be prepared.

If you’ve already got the perfect job, good for you – you’re winning at life…for now.
Don’t take your employment status for granted. No one is immune to change. Anything and everything can blow up in an instant. No matter what page you’re on in the book of your life, be ready to hit the ground running if you need to. Always have an updated resume. Make sure you’re current on LinkedIn, and connect with as many people as you can there.
If this seems silly to you, I totally get it, but trust me, one day you’ll be glad you invested the time in advance. If you need to start a job search in a hurry, you’ll be all set, while the other schmo in your department who got laid off with you spends his first unemployed week emailing everyone he knows asking them to be friends on LinkedIn and typing his resume up over the tears he’s crying into his beer.

6. Do unto others.

We all get emails every now and then from friends, associates, and even a couple of strangers, because exchanging information at the Sleigh Bells concert with that chick in line will always come back to haunt you.
The email says something like, “Hi, I’m looking for work, here’s my resume, would you please keep me in mind if you hear of anything?” Do not ignore this email. This email is a litmus test for whether or not you are a decent human being. Even if you know you’re never in a million years gonna hear of any job opportunity for this person, the very least you can do is take thirty seconds and reply, “Absolutely I will! Thanks for letting me know, and I wish you all the best in your search!” Your reply may be the only reply that sad sack receives that day. That person is having a rough time. It’s not fun to send those emails. No one’s high-fiving themselves over asking their entire network for help.
You can make them feel less lame. You can turn their whole mood right-side up. And it’s very possible that, one day, you will be that sad sack sending out those emails, grateful to get a kind reply. Bank good karma now. What goes around comes around.

Desmond Elliot, Uche Jombo, top Abuja International Film Festivalnominations


Nollywood heavyweights Desmond Elliot and Uche Jombo are topping the list of nominees for this year’s Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF).
In the list released recently by the organisers of the 10th Abuja film festival, Elliot gets a total of four nominations, trailed by friend and partner Uche Jombo with two nods.
Others on the list are producer Chico Ejiro, as well as Ghanaian movie sensations Majid Mitchel and Jackie Appiah.
Jury members for this year’s event include US based African cinema enthusiast, Connor Ryan, Former Arts Editor Guardian and Next, Molara Wood, veteran Ghanaian actress, Akofa Edjaeni Asiedu, Film/TV Producer, Emeka Ossai, curator of Short Images UK, Patrice Lamonn, and festival Director of Inshort Film Festival, Victor Okhai.
Below is the full list of nominees for the film festival awards:
BEST FEATURE FILM – NIGERIA
AIYEKOTO – ADEBAYO TIJANI
NEXT PRESIDENT – DESMOND ELLIOT
TORN – MOSES INWANG
WHEN DREAMS FALL APART – CHICO EJIRO
SAVE THE CHILDREN – MAGNUS EDET
BROTHERS KEEPER – IKECHUKWU ONYEKA
LIES MEN TELL – UCHE JUMBO
BEST FEATURE FILM – FOREIGN
STORM WARRIORS – CHINA
AGNUS DEI – KOSOVO
LINE OF SIGHT – JORDAN
ANDALUSIA MY LOVE – MOROCCO
SUNNYSIDE – BULGARIA
SUJET – CANADA
BEST SHORT FILM – NIGERIA
SCANDALOUS MERCY – PETER THOMPSON
PARADOX – DESMOND ELLIOT
OGONDAH – WILLIS IKEDUM
SURVIVAL – SEUN OLOKETUYI
BEST SHORT FILM – FOREIGN
MALICE AND PENCILS – UNITED KINGDOM/NIGERIA
FRANCOIS FIRST DAY – FRANCE
THE DOCK OF DESTINY – MOROCCO
GROWING UP – ABU DHABI
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
THE PHOENICIANS – MALTA
THE COURT – GERMANY
ROLLING DOLLAR; THE LEGEND UNPLUGGED – NIGERIA
THE TRUTH BE TOLD – NIGERIA
DAUGHTERS OF THE NIGER DELTA – NIGERIA
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
JAND HUSTLE – EHIZOJIE OJESEBHOLO
DREAD – AGBO KELLY
PATROIT – AGBO KELLY
I-GAMES – ALEXANDRA KURE’AVE HUL
BEST ANIMATION FILM
ROMANCE OF WOOD LIU HIU – CHINA
PROTECT US – NIGERIA
REALITY 2.0 – GERMANY
OUTSTANDING MALE ACT
BLOSSOM CHUKWUJEKWU – FINDING MERCY
DESMOND ELLIOT – LIES MEN TELL
PRINCE OSSEI – OFF THE HOOK
MAJID MITCHEL – BROTHERS KEEPER
CHESTER OSAGIE- MISSION TO MAMURO
ODUNLADE ADEKOLA – MUFU OLOSA OKO
OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACT
CHARITY OFEM – SAVE THE CHILDREN
BANKE AMOLE -ADAMS – MISSION TO MAMURO
NADIA ODEH – LINE OF SIGHT
UCHE JUMBO – LIES MEN TELL
JACKIE APPIAH – OFF THE HOOK
OMONI OBOLI – BLUE FLAMES
OUTSANDING FILM IN DIRECTING
AIYEKOOTO – ADEBAYO TIJANI
PENCILS & MALICE – OROK DUKE JNR
BROTHERS KEEPER – IKECHUKWU ONYEKA
NEXT PRESIDENT – DESMOND ELLIOT
LINE OF SIGHTES – ASIL MANSUL
STORM WARRIORS – PENG FA & PENG SHUN
GOLDEN JURY FILM
BROTHERS KEEPER – NIGERIA
NEXT PRESIDENT – NIGERIA
MALICE AND PENCILS – UNITED KINGDOM/NIGERIA
STORM WARRIORS – CHINA
THE PHOENICIANS – MALTA

John Legend and wife go nude in new video shoot


John Legend will soon be releasing his new video which features he and his partner Chrissy Teigen naked.
The R&B-Soul singer tweeted a shot from ‘All of me’ from photo director by Nabil on Thursday, September 12 with the caption ‘Love your curve and all your edges’.
The monochrome shot shows the 34-year-old singer and his 27-year-old wife bearing their chests snuggled up in the bed.