Rapper Modenine's album launch pictures

Usher's album on top

Usher's new album Raymond v Raymond is set to take the top spot on the hits sales chart with an estimated 330-350K in sales! Usher scored a combined weekly audience of 44.6 million at Urban radio for all three of his latest singles, "There Goes My Baby," "Lil' Freak" and "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" and had over 1.5 million downloads and ringtones before the album was even released yesterday.

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Happy for him

Actor Saidi Balogun loses Toyota Camry to robbers

Versatile actor, Saidi Balogun,  was robbed at gun point at the Bolade area of Oshodi Lagos around 9:50pm on Tuesday March 23rd 2010. His latest car, a Toyota Camry with registration RJ 548 AAA, valued at N4m was snatched in the process. Other items stolen include a laptop, a digital camera, new shure audio mixer, a nokia E91, two blackberry phones, a brown brief case containing important documents, unshot movie scripts, ATM cards, clothes, shoes, a cheque book and some cash.

He was attacked when he went to drop some friends at the Bolade area of Oshodi. It was at the spot of dropping them that three hefty armed robbers brought out their guns and drove the occupants of the car, taking Saidi along with them, who was later thrown out of the car along Apapa/Oshodi Expressway.
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Source: Tade Asifat - Encomium mag.

Kanu Nwankwo Unveils Movie Poster

Lion Heart: the Kanu Story is a biographical documentary feature chronicling the tribulation and triumph of one of Africa’s greatest footballers, Kanu Nwankwo.
Coming in 2010.
Watch out for that!

Most ironic signs of all time

Yale student commits suicide by jumping from empire state building

A Yale University junior left a suicide note in his dorm room before heading to New York, where he plunged to his death by jumping from the Empire State Building.

Cameron Dabaghi, 21, from Austin, Texas, jumped from the 86th floor observation deck on Tuesday March 30th, during evening rush hour. His note said he was sorry and he would be jumping from either the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River in upper Manhattan, or the Empire State building.

There were seven other people on the observation deck at the same time, and one person tried to talk to the jumper as he climbed over the barrier, but was unsuccessful.

Dabaghi was dead when rescue workers arrived at the 102-story skyscraper shortly before 6:30 p.m. He was a student in Berkeley College, majoring in East Asian studies.

The Empire State Building is the third-tallest building in the United States. More than 30 people have committed suicide at the building since it opened in 1931. The most recent one occurred in January 2009, when a 54-year-old woman died after jumping from the 39th floor and landing on the 25th floor.
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Source: Huffingtonpost

V Monologues v. Tarzan Monologues pictures

The Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND)  put on a benefit performance of the critically acclaimed “V-monologues: the Nigerian story” throughout the month of March. The play was aimed at raising awareness about various aspects of violence women and girls face in Nigeria. This year’s version however, had a new twist to it with the addition of monologues written and performed by men. 

Directed by Wole Oguntokun, this year’s cast included both old and new champions from previous performances of the V-monologues. They include Kate Henshaw Nuttal, Ego Ogbaro, Carol Adoghe-King, Ireti Doyle, Kemi lala Akindoju, Ayo Adunni Orobiyi, Bimbo Emmanuel, Kenneth Uphopho Kunle Adeyoola (of Rooftop MCs), Paul Alumona and Sola Roberts Iwaotan.

The shows were on at Terra Kulture, every Sunday in March (7th, 14th , 21st and 28th ) at 3pm and 6pm.

Pictures...

Pics thanks to Carol King.

BTW, the previous post was April's fool joke...in case you didn't read the comment section :-)