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Abolore Akande (9ice) and wife, Toni Payne-Akande now have a baby-boy

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:20:15 GMT

Hip-hop crooner, Abolore Akande, a.k.a 9ice, is now a father. His wife, Oluwaseun Toni Payne-Akande, yesterday, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy, in a private hospital in Texas, USA.

P.M.News learnt that 9ice and his wife had been expecting the baby since Sunday, but the lady had a safe delivery in the morning, yesterday. 9ice, according to a source, was not aware of the bundle of joy until yesterday evening, when he was on his way to Turkey, where he is having a show today.

The source added that 9ice would cut short his trip tomorrow, by visiting his wife and baby in Texas, and make arrangements for their return to Nigeria. Speaking with P.M.News this morning, 9ice, while confirming the good news, said a naming ceremony will hold in Lagos, next week.

“There will be a simultaneous celebration in Texas,” he added. The couple got married on Thursday, 17 July, in a traditional wedding held in Lagos, following a three-year courtship. The wife was four months pregnant at that time.

By Olatunji Saliu

Tiger Cat

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:42:00 GMT

Dem say, cat wey dey pursue dog no see imsef as cat, 4 im mind na tiger im be. na d tin wey dey worry ds cat b dt.

Ise ti yato (Levels don change)

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:11:57 GMT

Last weekend, myself & my fiance visited Obantoko (where we lived when we were in school). We passed this place in the photos. I call it this place because...as in... wetin u wan make I call am... furniture... or carpenter... or welder.... but sha, the guy wants us to know say LEVEL DON CHANGE.

As many peeps wey wan make dem level chnage b4 d end of ds year, JOIN photoesteem.com today so that ISE MA YATO!!!

Do you know where your car petrol filler cap is

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:15:05 GMT

WHO KNEW THIS??

I have been driving for donkey years. I would think I should have noticed the little secret on my dashboard that was staring me in the face the whole time...I didn't...and I bet you didn't either...

Have you ever rented , borrowed or Stolen a car and when arriving at the petrol station wondered...mmm, which side is the petrol filler cap? My normal solution was to stick my head out the window, strain my neck and look, try to see in the side mirrors or even get out of the car!!!!

Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to share with you my little secret so you will no longer look like Ace Ventura on your way to the petrol station or put your neck at the risk of uncomfort , injury or Hijackers .

If you look at your petrol gauge, you will see a small icon of a petrol pump? The handle of the petrol pump will extend out on either the left or right side of the petrol pump? If your tank is on the left, the handle will be on the left? If your tank is on the right, the handle will be on the right (see photo). It is that simple!

I don't know how you feel right now but when I found out this morning I felt cheated!

WHY don't the dealers share such important information with car buyers?

I don't understand why this isn't in the Highway Code or even the car manufacturers manual??

I don't get why any mechanic I have ever been too or know has even thought of mentioning this to me??

The only possible explanation can be that all these people probably don't even know!

Go out and share the worlds best kept auto secret with your friends as this information is way too important to be kept secret.

Google Chrome is out!!!

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:05:18 GMT

Yesterday, Google released Chrome, the next generation browser. This browser is a total knock off to almighty Internet Explorer that comes default with out Windows OS. This browser has just rekindled the war for the throne of the King of Browsersphere.

For Chrome, HTML rendering is not yet there for me. While I have just spent 2 hrs using it, was impressed, I know I might meet some unimpressive feature or missout more. I'll let you know.

I'm a sucker for Firefox esp the Version 3, which allows for plugins esp YSLOW, Alexa, and almighty Firebug not to talk of Video Leech and Greasy Monkey. If I rely on Chrome am I going to get my Wed Developer feel or the sleeky feel.

While I still prefer Chrome (still awaiting the stable version) to IE anyday,Moz Firefox still holds the Kingship.

Note me, facebook will soon want to come out with their own browser. And tsaboin browser too will follow!!!

Modupe Temi: Morning yet on creativity day

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:02:28 GMT

Modupe Temi: Morning yet on creativity day
By Abimbola Adelakun

Movie Title: MODUPE TEMI
Produced by: Saidi Balogun
Directed by: Daniel Ademinokan
Rating: B

Saidi Balogun is not by any standards unknown in film circles and that’s not just talking about Yoruba films. He has carved a niche for himself in the Yoruba film genre after years of experimenting with not too impressive films. Now, it seems that the man’s latest craze is his crave for Guinness Book of Records mentality.

The mentality seems to be driving him to produce the types of films that had not been done in Nigeria (and, according to the jacket, African circles) A few years ago, he produced Gbogbo Ere, the first and, to date, the only three-person cast film in Africa. With Modupe Temi, he further tightens the noose around himself by building the story around just two actors – himself and Dorris Simeon, making the cast just two.

In a manner reminiscent of Ola Rotimi’s Man talk, Woman Talk, where a representative of each sex comes out to state his grouse against the other, Mo Dupe Temi begins with a man called Donald (Saidi Balogun) and his wife, Omolara (Doris Simeon). In the house in which they live together, both narrate to the viewer, how much they are in love. Their life revolves pretty around each other as a couple. Indeed, they are a model couple. Suddenly and without prior warning, like most love stories in story books and films, things change and both just can’t stand the other’s sight.

They spend about an hour of the film fighting each other and each try to outdo the other in pettiness, vindictiveness and malevolence. To the viewer, the scenes are comical. Their fights are funny enough to make one laugh out. Bit to Donald and Omalara, it is simply not funny when you find yourself in a situation when you and your spouse are constantly looking for traps to set for each other. On a subliminal level, the film manages to reflect on social reality and expose truths which couples will find hard hitting. Yet, Balogun manages to achieve this without being didactic.

If there is any third character in the film, it is the camera, whose restless eyes have to constantly pursue the husband and wife who, especially in the middle of the film, profess marital indifference and exaggerated adultery. If the camera had stood off at a distance and had been recording the events like an independent observer, then the whole two cast concept would have failed more than woefully. Two things drive a film, like any good work of art. These are the theme and the technique. The beauty of Modupe Temi is that it uses both very well.

It doesn’t just tell a story that any other film that is churned out of Nollywood could not have told in two parts and with a cast of hundred but rather, it tells a simple story even simply, beautifully and compactly. The scenes do not drag and there are no loose ends left for the viewer to search for and tie on behalf of the film producer.

Because there are just two people who have lives and livelihood outside the big house they live in, they make use of the mobile phone a lot to reach friends and family.

Therefore, also for the same reason, there is a heavy reliance on dialogue. The language, is of course, Yoruba but a very intense version of it with the use of proverbs, aphorisms and also, slang expression. The language use helps the Modupe Temi experiment. If the language use had been pedestrian in nature, the only difference it would have had from a lullaby is that it would be lacking in rhythm or melody, especially since there are no other actors or actresses whose efforts would have redeemed the deficiencies of others. This, however, raises a nagging curiosity: why the choice of the name Donald for a man who instructs his daughter not to speak English but Yoruba?

Feminists might take exception to the fact that the higher portion of pettiness could be ascribed to the woman especially since the script was written by a man. Is Saidi trying to reflect a social reality or is he merely reinforcing stereotype? Or is he unknowingly being chauvinistic? It might be that he simply wants the viewer to see that a woman dictates the pulse of the home with her character and attitude. Whichever one, it is simply not possible not to gush over a film that has set a standard for even Saidi Balogun himself in terms of creativity.

Their crisis might have been so easily resolved at the denouement stage but if it is considered that the couple had spent a good time fighting, then, it is understandable why they both had to talk sense into themselves and put an end to their fights. Here, the film also tries to show the essence of communication in the home. It shows that a couple must not keep malice against each other. It is important that grievances are discussed.

But, at the end of the film, one now wonders where Modupe Temi (I am grateful for my lot) comes in. Even when it was given the courtesy of reference, it sounded like trying to panel beat the title to fit the story. Why Saidi Balogun could not have dug deeper for a more fitting title is not clear but that is a very simple issue that is easily overlooked and pardoned especially since one has spent about an hour laughing. And, if one may ask, whatever is Saidi Balogun coming up with next? A one – cast film?

Read all here: http://punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200808140171192

Masterpiece's Masterpiece: Modupe Temi (Movie by Saidi Balogun)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:02:31 GMT

There is One Man, There is One Woman, There is One House. There is no trust. There is insecurity. There is conflict. And there is resolution. And deep within, there is Love.

Its about how husband and wife should withstand external influences in their marriage and manage conflict. If not it leads to hostility as seen in this movie.

D’banj Launches New Album

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:41:45 GMT

Like I said in my last blog, yesterday night was something else at D'banj's Album launch at Ocean View. The whole Lagos was there witness Dapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D'banj, or Kokomaster, Launch his new album that Gbona Feli Feli. I mean, Red Hot.

I was busy outside at my duty post taking pictures and printing as usual. Aside myself, those who were there: Banky W, 9ice, Don Jazzy, P Square, Sound Sultan, Ireti & Patrick Doyle, Mike Aremu, Larry Nanaks, Basket Mouth, Ay Live ati bee bee lo.

View all photos here: http://www.photoesteem.com/collections/inde.php?level=album&id=73

and Facebook Pages: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Photo-Esteem/20476798051 (Make sure u become a fan as a way of support)

Nicolas Georgakis (Oyinbo) Performs Gongo Aso, I'm impressed!!!

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:19:51 GMT

He told us he's going to bring home grammy, some of ya'll doubted. But I tell you, Oyinbo sef don dey try sing Gongo Aso. Hes Nicolas Georgakis a Greek performed Gongo Aso with few mistakes. I am impressed. Watch the Video here:

Gongo Aso! Gongo De Ti So!!! Abolore Akande (9ice) Married Tony Payne today!!!

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:54:51 GMT

Today 17th July 2008, 9ice married Tony at the Surulere Registry. Simple wedding I must confess. Well attended by their dearest. He has done the most important in his life. A new chapter opened, A new page. My reader, when are you getting married? Shio! Omo inu e ti marry ni yen!!!

I am happy for the guy sha. At least, it'll keep the Girls of his back. Congratulations man. Wishing you a happy married life and more hits. Amen.

Omo funky

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:54:56 GMT

omo funky

Tiger Cat

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:31:03 GMT

A cat chasing a dog must have seen himself as a Tiger.

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:10:38 GMT

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:09:32 GMT

Law and Order

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:55:06 GMT

Part of what lagos state is introducing. Forgetting Beggars can strike.

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:47:44 GMT

Cake number 1

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:47:44 GMT

Cake done with milk

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:31:24 GMT