HIGH CHIEF ALEX AKINYELE, DR. MIKE OKIRO AND HON. GODFREY GAIYA SUPPORTS DE ULTIMATE COMMANDER

Last Night, De Ultimate Commander met with the Chairman, House Commitee on sports, Hon Godfrey Gaiya, the LOC Chairman,  Dr Sir Mike Okiro and TUWCO BOC Vice Chairman, High Chief Alex Akinyele to ask for their support and prayers in the forthcoming BATTLE OF THE LEGENDS scheduled to hold on the 6th of December, 2013 at the Oriental Hotel.

De Ultimate Commander assures Nigerians to include the Nigerian Flag on the Champion's Belt as a tribute to his fatherland by winning the match come the 6th of December. And also solicits the presence of the President, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to grace this event with his presence as he (De Ultimate Commander) wrestles against Bobby Lashley of the United States Of America.
See Photos of the Meeting after the cut:

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NEBA AWARDS 2013

And the winner is?????????????????????

We brought to you the notice of The Nigerian Elite Business awards hosted by Elite business Africa to hold its first awards on the 9^th of November 2013 at the civic centre as reported earlier (SEE HERE). Well, the Awards ceremony has come and gone but as promised, we bring to you pictures of the event which is going to make you balme yourself for not attending. T'was a nite full of fun, laughter and new insights into the corporate world.
Enjoy blaming yourself *winks* 

RED CARPET MOMENTS:

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KARDASHIAN DRAMA: Bruce Jenner receives award from Kris Jenner

It's been more than a month since Bruce and Kris Jenner went public with their split, but the pair was playing nice at the All Sports Film Festival last week.

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BREAKING NEWS: Dana’s Tony Usidamen quits Dana and on the move

Young and dynamic Corporate Communications Head at Dana Group, Tony Usidamen, is on the move. For more than five years his smiling face and alluring voice have been synonymous with Dana, and his expertise as a communications practitioner is evidenced by the remarkable growth and success of key Dana brands, KIA and Dana Air, under his care.

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FRAUD ALERT: Jimoh Ibrahim Arrested Over N6.8 billion Tax Fraud

According to Sahara reporters, the Special Enforcement  Unit of Federal Inland Revenue Service has arrested shady businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim, over a tax fraud that runs into N6.8 billion.

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Tanker crushes five School School children at Ikota, Ajah

Area boys and passers-by clashed with policemen after a trailer crushed five students as they were crossing the road. The sad incident happened close to Ikota Primary School and the dead pupils are believed to be making their way to the school when they were killed. The tanker driver abandoned his truck and escaped.

The people protesting are insisting they won't leave the area until Governor Fashola shows up. They are blaming the gruesome accident on the lack of a pedestrian bridge in the area. The two express lanes have been blocked by the angry protesters which has caused heavy traffic in the area. There's heavy police presence in the are. Will keep y'all updated. 

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BATTLE OF THE LEGENDS FEATURING DE ULTIMATE COMMANDER

Come December 6, Oriental Hotel, Lagos will thrill guests to the best of wrestling as the world heavyweight wrestling champion, Osita Offor, also known as De Ultimate Commander, will defend his title against Bobby Lashley of the United States Of America.

The event, tagged Night of Legends the event, which will see two Nigerian music superstars, Tuface Idibia and Omawunmi, performing at intervals during the wrestling extravaganza, is being packaged by Aghalieaku Entertainment in collaboration with popular Nigerian showbiz promoter, Tee Mac Itseli. Aside from thrilling wrestling fans with superlative tag-team bouts, the event also aims at exposing guests coming from different parts of the globe, especially the United States of America to Nigerian arts and culture.

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FUNNY: Man Sues His Wife for Having Ugly Children and Wins

This is Interesting and funny and i just had to publish. #still laughing and rolling on floor# lol

Jian Feng of China insisted that his wife must have cheated on him because he claims he could not have fathered such ugly children. After DNA tests confirmed that the children were his, their mother admitted to having over $100,000 worth of plastic surgery before she and her husband met and continued to keep it a secret. 
A judge agreed that Feng was duped into thinking that his wife was beautiful and awarded him $120,000! "I married my wife out of love, but as soon as we had our first daughter, we began having marital issues," Feng reportedly told the Irish Times. "Our daughter was so incredibly ugly, to the point where it horrified me."

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REVIEW: Top 10 Andriod Apps

Android can be beautiful. Even Techno Users can attest to it and it’s absolutely true. Admittedly, it’s far easier to find visually stunning apps for the iPhone and iPad; truth be told, there are just more of them in the App Store. But if you value incredible style and aesthetics, don’t dismiss Google’s mobile operating system. Look deep enough and there’s a

wealth of apps that’ll make your jaw hit the floor. Artistic, creative and imaginative designs that would cause any app designer or developer to turn green with envy.

Here, we bring to you 10 of what we consider to be some of the most beautiful and well-designed apps available on the Android platform.

*winks * to Techno Users too - 

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AVIATION IN NIGERIA: NCAA and double standards in Nigeria’s aviation industry

Civil aviation is one of the most regulated industries in the world. Every single technical personnel, equipment and airport must be certified and monitored by competent regulatory agencies known as Civil Aviation Authorities (CAAs).

In Nigeria, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is the apex regulatory body, overseeing the activities of all airlines and their pilots, engineers and cabin staff, airports, airstrips and heliports, navigation aids, all service providers including the airport authority and the air traffic service provider, aviation training institutions etc. In short, the NCAA is the ‘police’ of Nigeria’s aviation industry.

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ASUU UPDATE: JONATHAN AND ASUU IN MARATHON MEETING

Moments after the meeting between the Senate President David Mark and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ended without any agreement on how to resolve the four-month old strike, the university lecturers immediately went into another crucial meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan.

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OPINIONS: NCAA, please stop compounding our problems!

Dear readers, this is an interesting piece from a corper which was sent in several times on Sunday evening and his persistence has led to the publishing of this article. Interesting how the problems in the aviation sector has affected people from all works of life. Please read the article below and drop a comment. Your contribution could go a long way in bringing the voice of the people closer to the concerned authorities.

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OFILI: The Confessions Of The Boy Who Told The Truth

I confess that I am far from perfect. I don’t go to church as much as I should and I sometimes fall asleep when the pastor tells us to close our eyes for prayers. Also I don’t tithe. In fact the last time I tithed was a long time ago…I instead prefer to give my money to the family that is about to get kicked out of their wretched rundown building because of rent issues rather than one of those mega-churches trying to build the newest state-of- the-art church in Ikoyi.

I confess that I curse more than is acceptable by Nigerian standards, or international standards for that matter. I curse when NEPA takes light and when people piss me off. I confess that my cursing confession is not a good image for my profile as an African writer and motivational speaker but I can’t give a shit. The situation is too god darn frustrating sometimes.

I confess that I am honest to a fault…that I speak the truth when others are sleeping in a quagmire of bullshit. I confess that my honesty has gotten me in trouble with friends and co-workers. I confess that I can’t stop being honest, that I am no angel but at the same time I am no demon. I confess that if I see shit happening…I will yell “look at that shit happening!” I confess that I love FELA and Chinua Achebe and I wish that I could have hung out with them. I confess that, contrary to popular belief, the Biafran war was a travesty in Nigeria. I confess that I get pissed off when the country acts like the war never happened. I confess that I often fantasize about how life would have been if Biafra actually seceded. But then I realize that my parents would never have met and I would never have been born…so scratch that!

I confess that everything in this book will be written with the utmost honesty. I confess that people might not like what I write but I honestly don’t give a crap. I confess that I will write with all efforts to be as objective but as candid as possible. I confess that all the sketches in this book were drawn by me, but I confess that I got stole sketch ideas from sites like gapingvoid.com and sethgodin.com.

I confess that, similar to my sketch ideas, I stole some of my research ideas from books like There Was a Country and Start Up Nation and from watching hours and hours of TED talks.

I confess that I have no idea what accent I have. In America I sound Jamaican and in Nigeria I sound American. I confess that I will punch the next person who asks me if I speak Igbo and then shakes his head when I begin to speak because my accent sounds funny…and then I find out his children speak the Queen’s English and nothing else (oh there is a chapter on that)!

I confess that I don’t see the big hoopla around gay marriage. I mean I could care less what two consenting men do behind closed doors. Except if the men happen to be politicians deciding how to steal “our”…I take that back…Niger Deltan’s oil money. I confess that I am less worried about two men screwing each other and more worried about a politician screwing an entire nation…over and over again!

I confess that this book will be one of the most candid and honest books you would have read in a long time. I confess that if you are not ready to get your head shit-smacked with the book, you should drop it, ‘cause it would change your perceptions about a lot of things. But then again, I confess that this book will make you laugh, so you should not really drop it.

I confess that I often write crazy chapter titles to shock people into reading my books. I confess that some of my crazy chapter titles include “Corruption is Like Sex” and “Our Dangerous Addiction to Intelligence.”

And I confess finally that I am blessed with a great family and friends that I sometimes neglect because of my introverted nature. But I do love them dearly and pray that I can make time so we can all spend time together.

These are my confessions and this is my book. I hope you like it…but then again the goal is not for you to like it but to be moved by it.

I finally confess that you can get the book here http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1296689049/how-intelligence-kills-the-inappropriate-truth

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OPINIONS: AN OPEN LETTER TO NCAA

Three weeks after the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) suspended its operations for a safety/technical audit, about 540 direct workers of DANA Air yesterday wrote a letter of appeal to the regulator, urging it to expedite action on the audit of the carrier.

OPEN LETTER TO NCAA

RE: OPERATIONAL AUDIT OF DANA AIR

In compliance with the October 6, 2013 directive by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for Dana Air to suspend its flight operations to allow for an audit of the airline’s operations, the management of the company shut down its operations without delay.

Subsequently, as a result of the suspension (and understandably so), the airline directed its Nigerian and expatriate staff to proceed on compulsory leave without pay, with a promise to recall staff as soon as the audit process is completed.

It is now 3weeks since the NCAA directive and, though the airline is open and ready for the planned audit, it is worrisome that the NCAA is yet to commence the audit and no clear direction or timeline has been given to the airline for completion of the same.

The continuous grounding of Dana Air is causing untold hardship for the hitherto ‘gainfully-employed’ staff of the airline, and with NCAA’s inaction regarding the audit, there appears to be no relief in sight to the sufferings of the airline’s staff and their numerous dependants.

NCAA’s action or inaction is not without consequences for the average Nigerian traveler with the few airlines left taking advantage of the dearth of operators to hike fares and offer poor services to helpless customers. Businesses and nation’s economy are negatively impacted too. Need we mention the negative signals being sent to potential investors in the sector?

It is for these reasons that we, the over 540 directly-employed Nigerian staff of Dana Air, are appealing to the NCAA to save us and the airline by carrying out its statutory role devoid of sentiments and political interference, and commencing the planned operational audit of the airline without any further delay.

At Dana Air, the safety and comfort of our guests and crew has always been a major priority and we pledge to continue to offer our full cooperation to the NCAA and all other relevant agencies in ensuring safer skies as we strive to consistently deliver world-class air transport services to our esteemed guests.

Signed:

For Dana Air Staff

Tony Usidamen

Head – Corporate Communications

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NIGERIAN AVIATION: BETWEEN STELLA ODUAH AND ALUU 4

The Minister of Aviation Mrs Stella Oduah seems to have a lot hanging over her head these days from the re - withdrawal of the Dana license drama to the purchase of the bullet proof 'SUPER EXPENSIVE VEHICLES' saga. This article came in a few days ago and with my tight schedule, I was only able to go through it today. Edet seems to have a point here and let us always remember the ALUU 4 in our prayers.

See article after the cut:

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Pa Kasumu, veteran actor is gradually losing his voice and sight

Ailing veteran actor, Kayode Odumosu aka Pa Kasumu's state of health has deteriorated. Encomium magazine reports that he now has a high level of hypertension and has also developed an advanced cerebrovascular disease, a medical condition that is related to brain dysfunction which affects the blood vessels that transports blood to the brain.

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BEST COUPLE DANCE EVER

This is really creative and ......*WOW*
Wishing the couple a Happy Married Life with much more love to sustain them through.

Congrats to Manny & Chinny

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DANA ASSURES TOTAL COMMITMENT TO AUDIT PROCESS, SENDS APOLOGY LETTER TO GUESTS

Following the FG directive to stop operations, Dana Air writes an apology letter to its esteemed customers and promises safe flying henceforth.

The fear of FG seems to be the beginning of wisdom. *winks*

See Letter after the cut...

TO OUR ESTEEMED GUESTS

APOLOGY FOR INTERRUPTION IN FLIGHT SERVICES

We wish to express our sincere apologies for the interruption in our flight services due to a directive by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Sunday, October 6, 2012.

The action, we have been informed, is to allow the regulatory agency to conduct an operational audit of all airlines operating locally by external consultants, and Dana Air is the first airline to be so audited.

We regret all inconveniences caused as a result of this interruption and we would like to assure you of our total commitment to the process and full cooperation with the authorities.

At Dana Air, the safety and comfort of our guests and crew is a major priority and we would continue to adhere strictly to all local and international safety regulations in the delivery of our world class air transport services.

Signed

Management.

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Dana Air: the fall guy in the aviation industry?

A concerned Nigerian sent in this article and after going through, i decided it was worth publishing. Let us try to see this Dana drama from another angle.

In the wake of the recent Associated Airlines crash, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority in its usual knee jerk style clamped down the wings of  Dana airline to give a false impression of closely monitoring the activities of airlines which it had hitherto abdicated.  Dana Airline has become the fall guy resulting from the inefficiency and incompetence of the NCAA. A crash occurs and the first thing to do is to look for a scape-goat, instead of focusing on the real issues bedeviling the industry.

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HEALTH: 2013 World Mental Health Day: Taking Care of You

World Mental Health Day is celebrated on every 10th of October. Today, I take a moment to reflect on the many challenges faced by those living with mental illness, especially those who are unable to access treatment.

This is a perfect way to urge others to support mental health prevention, mental health education, and improved access to mental health treatment. Today is our chance to restart the conversation about mental health, to speak openly about uncertainties and misconceptions surrounding mental illnesses, and to move toward eliminating the damaging and unnecessary stigma that lingers around mental illness.

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URE EKE adds another year

Happy birthday Pweety.
Wishing you LLNP.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: FUNKE AKINDELE VS MERCY JOHNSON

Please describe in one word

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NIGERIA ELITE BUSINESS AWARDS

The Nigeria Elite business awards  hosted by Elite business Africa will be holding its first awards on the 9^th of November 2013 at the civic centre with the vice president Arch Namadi Sambo as special guest of honor and Prof Pat Utomi as key note speaker.

The core essence of NIGERIA ELITE BUSINESS AWARDS is to provide a neutral, unifying, classy and convivial platform for Elite Businesses/Business Managers in Nigeria to fraternize, compete, but more importantly, celebrate one another.

See categories after the cut

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CREATIVE COLLABO: An exclusive Private Wedding Presentation

Fotolighthouse's creative collabo presents wedding exclusive a private wedding 

presentation with Nigeria's top vendors. Cutting across every segment of your wedding 

from photos , makeup, compare , drinks, decor ,cake, attires and loads more to make your 

dream wedding all at affordable and budget friendly prices.

Partners include 

Weddings by Mai, Ouch, Bedazzled, Enemaya, Iceland coctails, De lacream cakery. 

Candy coutre, jeeday benson , meemedia , Dunamis events. INKED and Kandy Khouture

Media partners

Modemen, Client world , Morsi pr , Fashionista ,bebeakinboade.com, JulietMorgan . 

270degrees 

There will be free vouchers , discount cards and loads of free food and drinks.

Date: 19th and 20th October 2013

Venue: The Nest unit 14 Bella Vista Estate Dauda Fasanya street Ikate Lekki Lagos

Time : 12 noon daily

Entree Fee : FREE

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Basketmouth and Bovi in paternal drama

Hilarious

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