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Nollywood actress, Stella Damasus has shown that apart from acting, she is also quite a social crusader. Following the celebration of the nation’s 53rd independence anniversary on Tuesday, the actress descended heavily on those she perceived to be sycophants and boot-lickers, who are giving false impression that all is well with the country after 53 years of achieving self rule.
Read what she wrote on her Facebook page below: (more…)
Posted by Walt Shakes on October 5, 2013
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On September 1, 2013, Etisalat announced the Call to Entry for a flash fiction prize. While some believe that they meant to do something nice for smaller writers who do not qualify for the “mother” Prize for Literature which was announced earlier, in June, other more cynical observers alleged that the prize for flash fiction was simply a crutch for the prize for literature-helping with promoting and popularizing it, provoking interest and stimulating conversations around the Prize.
Whatever their reason(s), it was a good move and anything that helps along the cause of literature with money, prestige, exposure etc, is a good thing. £1000 worth of goodness. A smart tablet device worth of goodness. A published e-book, promoted online worth of goodness. All those for the winner. And £500, and a tablet for two runners up. What is not to like?
Here’s what.
From an ‘insider’ point of view.
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Posted by Walt Shakes on October 5, 2013
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In at least one moment in everyone’s lives, there’s no one you hate more than your ex. The relationship is over, they hurt your feelings, ruined your day and they’re going to hear what you have to say. These celebrities took to the media to tell the world how much they hated their ex, and of course we ate the shade all the way up.
Justin Timberlake vs. Britney Spears
CRY ME A RIVER
Girl I refuse/
You must have me confused/
With some other guy/
Your bridges were burned/
and now it’s your turn/
To cry, cry me a river.
Justin Timberlake’s breakup anthem was so cold that it kickstarted his solo career. And then he topped it off with this comment about his famous ex: “Sometimes in life, you think you found the one. But then, one day you find out that she’s just some b-tch!”
Ouch.
Rihanna vs. Chris Brown
NOT NEVER AGAIN
When you need to channel Joseline Hernandez, you must really be pissed off. When Chris Brown posted this Tweet about his collaboration with Rihanna,
Rihanna fired back with this Tweet: ‘You will die, be born again, die again and be born again, before I do a song with you, bitch.’
Guess those two won’t be doing another duet anytime soon. (more…)
Posted by Walt Shakes on October 5, 2013
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The tenants of Block 490 in Festac Extension, Amuwo-Odofin, were creatures of habit. Every morning, by 6 am, Mr. Onoabhagbe was always up and out to wash his car. It was a brand new Honda CR-V, he bought it six months ago, and every morning since then, he would come out to clean the car with the kind of loving attention he didn’t think his houseboy was capable of.
Every late afternoon on weekdays, Mr. Orjiakor would bring his children back from school, all five of them, noisy brats, who would at once begin screaming and chattering and raising the kind of hell that would make the eccentric and elderly Papa Bola to hobble his way to the ratty and dusty netting of his bedroom window to hurl Yoruba swearwords at the children. He did this every time the children started their ruckus, and the Orjiakors always ignored him.
Every Saturday morning, Mrs. Adewuyi would lean over the rail of her balcony and call out to the hawker who always walked by with her tray-load of Agege bread. The other tenants had started to wonder about the woman. They sniggered and gossiped about the wife who could only serve her family Agege bread on Saturday mornings. For shame.
Actually, it was Mrs. Obasanya and her cronies from the neighbouring blocks who talked about Mrs. Adewuyi. They gossiped about the neighbours in Block 490, from the unmarried Felicia Johnarry, who always had men coming to pick her up for dates every weekend (Ashawo like her…Mscheeww!), to the newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Ezeafulukwe, whose amorous grunts and ecstatic moans could be heard through the thin walls of the building every night (Ah-ah! Don’t they ever stop?), to the jobless Samuel Ogbonna with his dubious wealth and wild friends and partying ways (Yahoo-yahoo boys! One day, EFCC will catch this one). Mrs. Obasanya and her friends gossiped about everybody, and they did this every evening, huddled against the open doorway of the stairwell of Block 490, cattily disseminating information about their neighbours.
Christina lived in Block 490, and she was no different from her neighbours in the possession of habits. (more…)
Posted by Walt Shakes on October 5, 2013
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Have you still not voted for me, or have you voted before, well, it turns out that you can still vote to make my story a success.
Simply click on the link: http://etisalatprize.com/those-moments/
And vote beneath the story. And remember to spread the news to your family, friends, followers and fans on BBM, Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Blogspots etc. to vote for the story. Voting ends on Oct 30.
Thanks guys, in anticipation of your efforts. And God Bless YOU!
Posted by Walt Shakes on October 5, 2013
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British socialite Peaches Geldof is shocked by Rihanna’s raunchy video for her latest track Pour It Up.
Posted by Walt Shakes on October 5, 2013
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Sinead O’Connor has demanded Miley Cyrus ”take five minutes between G-string changes” to apologise to her, Amanda Bynes and ”every other sufferer of mental health problems”.
The Irish singer is continuing her feud with the ‘Wrecking Ball’ singer, after she compared her to troubled teen star Amanda Bynes, who is currently being treated for mental health problems.
In her third open letter to Miley, Sinead – who suffers from bipolar disorder – writes: (more…)
Posted by Walt Shakes on October 5, 2013
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Tinsel stars, Gbenro Ajibade, Linda Ejiofor and Gideon Okeke fooling around on set of their soap. Choi, check out Gideon’s pose. Werk, it girl! Lol.
Posted by Walt Shakes on October 5, 2013
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“As a young kid when I got him at 12 years of age, his great desire was to play some of the best football. He was a fantastic trainer, practised all the time. At night-time he would come by with the schoolboys and practise with them. And he was in that collection.
“And then of course, his life changed, when he married the girl from The Spice Girls, yeah. And his focus changed. He got drawn into the – that celebrity status, you know? And for me, I’m a football man… He lost the focus. And when we sold him to (Spanish soccer team) Real Madrid, he did well.”
David Beckham’s former soccer manager, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, accuses the sports superstar of losing focus after marrying his wife Victoria.
Posted by Walt Shakes on October 5, 2013
https://mymindsnaps.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/the-things-they-say-124/
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