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Kamis, 26 Januari 2012

Entries for 'Women for Africa' Awards is Open, Nominations end January 31st

‘Women for Africa’ was birthed from a 20 year desire and passion to see women honoured and appreciated in a celebratory way. Everywhere you go in life you see women. Focused, driven, determined, ambitious, resourceful, passionate, talented, inspiring are just some of the characteristics that are embedded in these women.

Africa has over 40 countries and a large number of women who are unique and different in their own individual ways. Women of all walks of life tend to face a lot of challenges in today’s society and we feel it is time this is recognised, hence why we are launching Women for Africa Awards to celebrate and encourage African women. For more information about this event click the Women for Africa Awards link.

The ‘Women For Africa Awards UK’ will in 2012 seek to honour and award a number of women from African countries at a prestigious venue in central London. The categories have been carefully picked so as to encompass women in their many different roles.

CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Competition 2012 Entry ends Today

African journalists are invited to apply for the 2012 edition of the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Competition. The Award is the most prestigious and respected Award for journalists across the African Continent. Its objective is to reinforce the importance of the role of journalists in Africa’s development and to reward, recognise and encourage journalistic talent across all media disciplines.

Eligibility

You must be an African National, working on the continent for African owned, or headquartered, media organisations. Your work must have appeared in printed publications or electronic media that is primarily targeted at and received by an African audience.

Award Criteria

Their panel of independent, highly respected and experienced judges are in pursuit of excellence. They will be looking for entries which:

Tell the story in a balanced, comprehensive and objective manner
Demonstrate journalistic integrity and resourcefulness
Communicate the story in a way that makes the topic accessible and relevant to their audience
Display well organised research and insight
Was broadcast or published, in English, French or Portuguese only, between January and December 2011 with proof supplied

The Prizes

The journalists selected by our panel of judges will enjoy an all-expenses paid finalists’ programme of networking activities and workshops, culminating in the Gala Awards Ceremony. Each finalist will receive a

cash prize, with each category winner also receiving a laptop computer and printer.

The CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 Award winner will be selected from the category winners and will receive an additional cash prize and will have the opportunity to participate in the CNN Journalism Fellowship at CNN Headquarters in Atlanta.

How to Enter

You can only enter a maximum of 2 stories across all categories. Please carefully review your work of 2011 and enter your best story/stories in the most suitable category. You may enter a maximum of 2 stories, either both into a single category or 1 each into different categories. Please send your entry/entries in one envelope.

Fill in all the details requested on the form (copies accepted), please print clearly and provide all requested information.

Ensure you include a copy of your up-to-date Curriculum Vitae and any background information on your entry/entries, that you feel relevant.

Send 2 copies of your work – Print journalists & cartoonists send the original article and a clean, legible photocopy of the entry; Online please send full URL details (No print outs will be accepted); TV & Radio – please send 2 disks/tapes (DVD/VHS or CD); Photojournalist – please send original photo(s) and CD containing your picture(s).

Deadline: January 26, 2012. Get your entry to the collection point nearest to you by this date. No extension will be made to this date.

Jhybo set to drop his Debut Album on February 12 2012

Multiple award winning youth Ambassador Jibola Toriola popularly known as JHYBO ended the year 2011 with more than a dent on the Nigerian music industry .This Ogun state born Singer ,Songwriter, Composer/Producer/Rapper has learned the ropes from virtuoso likes Green and Cobham’s before putting pen to paper with BAY productions. A graduate of mass communications from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic
, Abeokuta Ogun State would not be compared to anymore in terms of music content or delivery as he maintained ‘JAKAD YATO SII SATIN’.

After series of singles which have done more than justice in the Nigerian Music circuit, earning him global recognition and couple of silverwares like The NEA award, African Entertainment Award and Champs
award with several nominations which includes most promising youth in the just concluded Dynamix award,
most promising act at the NMVA. Jhybo who is notorious for fusing the popular Yoruba lingual on any
beat marrying and birthing nothing but music that sets the dance floor on fire. Singles like FAR AWAY, DEM JUST THEY RUN THEIR MOUTH, BE NA NI are all hits songs in their rights and they all made it to video topping charts both on satellites and terrestrial stations although DEM JUST DEY RUN THEIR MOUTH became a monstrous hit which cemented the Jhybo brand in the Nigerian music industry.
Jhybo’s official debut album which is titled BE NAA NI will be dropping on the 12 of February 2012 and will be made available for sales worldwide on different platforms .This 15track album will be sold on-line which makes it available to the outer community, Including stores and other distribution networks that reaches the global social community as a whole. The United kingdom based record label with their networks and partnership deal with a distribution company in Europe has enlisted several promotional tours after the
release date and shall make the proudly Nigerian/African album in all African and non-African stores in Europe. With guest appearances from Iceprince, Sound sultan, Zaaki, Terry tha rapman, Chuddy k,
Goldie and many more. The production efforts from Mc Vance, Yeankeyzs, Mr green, kollo, fliptyse with the final mixing and mastering done by Indomix.

Bay productions, a record company which is based both in the United kingdom and Nigeria will be launching the album in both countries and shall make available necessary press kits, promotional kits like wallpapers ,posters ,bb themes, ringtones, branded Tees , wristbands and lots.

The Truth about the Lies of Friends with Benefits (FWB)

The more you tell a particular lie, the sooner you start believing it’s true. But the truth about lies is that two people cannot tell the same lie effectively forever. Either one of them finds religion, and decides to
spill his guts, or the other begins to believe the lie – and that said lie becomes the only truth known to him, thus he’s stuck in that made-up world, while his cohort sees the lie for what it is – a lie. And viola – a conflict of agreement emerges.

Not all lies are fabricated to deceive. But all lies by their nature are misleading. Come to think of it, “lies” have been called by many names – fiction, fantasy, and pranks are some common social euphemisms for the word – sorry, I digress.

There are some relationships you choose to keep low-key for reasons best known to you, but recently I witnessed the resultant chaos that occurs when the lines between the lies you tell others and the lies you tell yourself become blurry. One of such lies is found in the concept and principles of “Friends with Benefits” – friends who conceal the actual status of their relationship (to close friends and family) while they enjoy the
benefits of steaming sex in private. Oftentimes both parties are single, or in distant relationships – and most commonly this sort of agreement occurs between neighbors, colleagues, classmates, friends of the family; between spouses and in-laws; between landlord and tenant; between boss and executive assistant; between artiste and artiste manager; between co-stars on a movie set – the variants and combinations are endless.

The reasoning and rationale behind this sort of arrangement is usually based on the fact that both parties (influenced mostly by social or peer pressure) may feel awkward or embarrassed by any overt publicity surrounding the dalliance – or maybe just because they both do not need the emotional baggage that comes with a traditional relationship. At this point, I think it’s paramount that I point out the difference between having an affair and having an FWB arrangement – affairs are exclusive to married people. FWB arrangements aren’t exclusive to any group.

Okay. What’s my point here exactly?

In FWB relationships, the common understanding between both parties is “we’re not dating – it’s just sex – there are no feelings involved”, but then to the rest of the world, they announce for matters of decency,“We’re just very close friends, and nothing else”. Did you notice the slight difference in what they tell themselves, and what they tell the world? You did, huh?

But hear the truth about such a gigantic lie: a) most people will tell you men and women can’t just be friends – but the truth is they can, but then most people don’t believe they are – so honestly you’re really not fooling anyone but yourselves, people already suspect something was going on even before it started; b) there’s no such thing as “it’s just sex – no feelings involved” – for a one night stand, hell yeah – but for someone you spend at least 3 days (and sometimes, maybe nights) of the week with – no way – there’s always feelings, especially if you have to keep up the charade of doing the regular stuff that friends usually do; c) at one point in time, one or two of you will exhibit symptoms of jealousy, betrayal, anger, etc when your “friend with benefits” decides to step out on you with another “friend”, neighbor, or colleague – it becomes territorial – you begin to feel that even if she tells you “oh, we’re just close friends – nothing more” – it resonates exactly what the two of you once declared to the world – so, you can never believe whatever she says about the friend-on-the-side to be true, ah ha, rancor sets in, doubt, territorial feelings at first; d) sometimes the bond between friends is stronger that the bond between lovers, inadvertently, you begin to feel closer to your FWB than you’ve ever been with any spouse or date of yours – but there again, you’ve told yourself a lie – because for a split second, you must have believed or wished the FWB were something more committed, but that’s just you telling yourself another lie, if the other party is more interested in appearances and in the sanctity of the original charade you both designed; e) at a point you both discover you’re both incapable of moving on, or forging emotional relationships, but then again instead of confronting the truth about the lies you’ve designed – you fall into chaos – with oftentimes futile attempts to “break up” with each other; g) you both get so caught up in your lies, you forget to watch how attached and dependent you’ve become on each other – that when you each try to pull away or sever that bond, someone ends up getting terribly hurt) most times when FWB arrangements end, the friends with benefits can never ever be just friends again – so they often mutually agree to be frenemies – or agree never to speak to or see each other again.

So, you see, the truth about this particular lie is that, no matter how well you tell it, never expect anyone to believe you, let alone deludeyourself into believing it. Never try to turn a lie into the truth – a lie can never automatically metamorphose into being true – however, a lie may
fortunately gain the legitimacy of “acceptance” if the truth about the lie is confronted, evaluated, and embraced before it spins out of control. That said, know this even before you begin – well, ponder on it if you’re already in it – the truth about this lie is that when it ends, someone, somehow, usually ends up feeling screwed.

By James Amuta

Jay Z and Beyonce Name Oprah Winfrey as Blue Ivy Carter Godmother

Beyoncé and Jay-Z have reportedly picked the godmother for their daughter Blue Ivy and it’s none other than media mogul Oprah Winfrey. ) It seems only natural that the girl who will one day run the world having already become the youngest person to make the Billboard charts would have the Forbes Celebrity 100’s #2 gal to look after her.

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As the New Year unfolds, Nigeria’s leading Telecommunication network, MTN is partnering with GTBank to deliver a more convenient means of money transaction between family, loved ones and business partners across the country.

In partnership with GTBank, the newly introduced service “Mobile Money” is a secure, convenient and affordable way of sending money using an MTN mobile phone.
With this new exciting service powered by MTN, you can:
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3)      Pay bills e.t.c.
Mobile Money is a fast and convenient way of sending money when in an emergency or when paying bills, we have been able to create this new service which will be beneficial to a lot of Nigerians on the MTN network as well as Non-users

MTN Users can dial *500# and follow the instructions to activate MobileMoney service. Visit www.mymobilemoneyng.com for more details. You can also visit www.facebook.com/MTNLoaded or www.twitter.com/MTNNG to get additional details.

Mary J. Blige took to Twitter to Vent her Frustration over Oscar Awards Snub

The 'No More Drama' Singer Mary J. Blige was upset when finding out that her song "The Living Proof", which serves as a soundtrack for "The Help", got no nomination at this year's Academy Awards.

The Academy award nominations were announced on January 24th and ‘The Help’ is one of the leading films with mentions in Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Viola Davis) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Octavia Spencer & Jessica Chastain). Many people were happy to see more color in the Oscar categories, however, it was surprising that Mary J, Blige’s ‘The Living Proof,’ the original song from ‘The Help,’ wasn’t included in the list of nominees for Best Original Song.

The real problem is that the category she would’ve been nominated in only used 2 of the 5 spots — meaning that there were 3 open spots for more nominees but for whatever reason they just weren’t used. Not only did Mary feel snubbed, she felt downright ignored and she took to her Twitter and tweeted:

“I’m so thankful for true fans like you all. It saddens me & feels like the Academy is being mean. 2 only nominate 2 of the 5 slots is…….”

Retweets
“@maryjblige Not mean Mary they are being racist..They really don’t want to acknowledge “US’ but great work is simply great work they have to”

“@MaryJBlige With Each Tear, There’s A Lesson….U Kno The Rest. Thank U For Living Proof, Their Mistake.” #mjbnom”

“Even though @maryjblige didn’t get oscar nominated your work has prove to your fans you are “The Living Proof” your day will surely come”