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EDITOR REMMY DIAGBARE DEPUTY EDITOR JEMI EKUNKUNBOR ASST. EDITOR YEMISI SULEIMAN CONTRIBUTORS PRINCESS KATE EMIKO BAMIYO ISELEMA EMINA JEROME CODJO-YAOVI ONIPEDE

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How did we get to this point? Where the issues of men burning for each other and, women, losing the natural use of WKHLU ERGLHV KDYH WXUQHG WR RQH DQRWKHU IRU VH[XDO JUDWLĂ&#x20AC;FDWLRQ" How? How, indeed, did this sneak on us â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a conservative society like Nigeria? Where family values mean so much and a man having two or more wives was regarded as a sign of strength and machismo.

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How will history judge this befuddling phenomenon? And, IURP ZKRVH OLWHUDU\ SHQ ZLOO WKH XQGHUVWDQGLQJ RI JD\V Ă RZ" In a short while, being gay will become the norm like it is in :HVWHUQ FXOWXUHV , FULQJH WR WKLQN ZKDW ZLOO KDSSHQ Ă&#x20AC;YH WHQ \HDUV down the line. Daughters would be husbandless while freaky women would pose for their female partners. It is disgusting!

I hold strong views against gays. And I hold no apologies. %XW WRGD\¡V FRYHU LV QRW DERXW PH RU P\ œQDUURZ PLQGHG¡ YLHZV ,W¡V DERXW WKH YLHZV RI RXU GLVFXVVDQWV <RXQJ WUDYHOOHG professionals, who have drunk the wine of Western civilization, the purveyor of this sickening act. What do they say? We got

- Jonathan Burkett

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is it about men that make women so lonely?â&#x20AC;?

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7KHUH LV D ULJKW ZD\ WR GR WKH ORRN ZKLFK VHWV you apart from them. Done right, it is edgy, fun and sexy to the opposite sex. Read on pp. 3. )LQDOO\ , ZLOO EH SURFHHGLQJ RQ P\ DQQXDO vacation and will be handing over to my deputy, Jemi Ekunkunbor, who will KROG IRUWH 7KHUH FRPHV D WLPH when regeneration is a must.

I need the break. If you are reading this in the afternoon, I am stretched out on my balcony, enjoying the Lagoon view in front of me, nursing a glass.

Have a great week!

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Allure Discuss

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t was a robust debate. We had six guests and four of us from Allure.

We literarily brought the roof down as the ayes and nays stuck to their guns. The management of the posh Casa Lyda Cafe, Ikoyi, Lagos had graciously reserved for us their Italian food section, allowing us to run argue as hard as we could before the UHVWDXUDQW EHJDQ WR Ă&#x20AC;OO RXW :H EHJDQ E\ Ă&#x20AC;UVW ORRNLQJ DW the Same Sex Prohibition Act as promulgated by the National $VVHPEO\ 7KHQ ZH ORRNHG DW *RG¡V Law as it pertains to the Christian and Muslim faiths. At the end, we came to two conclusions. Please, read on...

Remmy: What is the origin of this gay practice?

How did this all start?

Jemi: If we are to trace the origin of man, then we would need to look into the Bible. I believe the Bible is the manual that God gave to us to guide us. In this code of conduct, He gave VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;F LQVWUXFWLRQV UHJDUGLQJ JD\ SUDFWLFH ,Q the book of Leviticus 18:22-25 for example, the Lord says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thou shall not lie with womankind: it is abomination. Neither shall thou lie with any EHDVW WR GHĂ&#x20AC;OH WK\VHOI WKHUHZLWK QHLWKHU VKDOO DQ\ woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: LW LV FRQIXVLRQ 'HĂ&#x20AC;OH QRW \RX \RXUVHOYHV LQ DQ\ of these things: for in all these the nations are GHĂ&#x20AC;OHG ZKLFK , FDVW RXW EHIRUH \RX $QG WKH ODQG LV GHĂ&#x20AC;OHG WKHUHIRUH , GR YLVLW WKH LQLTXLW\ WKHUHRI upon it and the land itself vomiteth out her

inhabitants.â&#x20AC;?

Then, in verse 29, He says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among the people.â&#x20AC;?

In Leviticus 20:13, He says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a man also lies with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall VXUHO\ EH SXW WR GHDWK WKHLU EORRG VKDOO EH XSRQ them.â&#x20AC;?

In Deut 23:17, the Bible says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.â&#x20AC;?

In Rom. 1:24-28, the Bible records â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wherefore, God also gave them up to uncleanliness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the creator, who LV EOHVVHG IRUHYHU $PHQ )RU WKLV FDXVH *RG gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature. ´$QG OLNHZLVH DOVR WKH PHQ OHDYLQJ WKH natural use of the woman, burned in their lust RQH WRZDUG DQRWKHU PHQ ZLWK PHQ ZRUNLQJ WKDW ZKLFK LV XQVHHPO\ DQG UHFHLYLQJ LQ WKHPVHOYHV that recompense, of their error which was meet. $QG HYHQ DV WKH\ GLG QRW OLNH WR UHWDLQ *RG in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient.â&#x20AC;? $QG Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ LQ YHUVH +H VD\V ´:KR NQRZLQJ the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.â&#x20AC;?

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5V^ HYL HU` YPNO[Z TVYL PTWVY[HU[ [OHU [OL Remmy: Okay, Bimpe, what is your opinion?

I happen to know a few people who YPNO[Z VM [OVZL WLVWSL& Bimpe: DUH JD\ ERWK PDOH DQG IHPDOH , KDYH WKHP DV 0 ^VU[ ZH` [OL` HYL I\[ IULHQGV $V D SHUVRQ , NQRZ WKDW WKLV ODZ LV ULJKW [OLYL HYL TVYL WLVWSL IRU 1LJHULD , GR QRW DJUHH ZLWK ZKDW SHRSOH VD\ WKDW œ/HW¡V WDNH &KULVWLDQLW\ RU ,VODP RXW RI LW DQG [OH[ [OPUR SPRL TL just look at the law on the basis of fundamental - BIMPE

BIMPE BENSON - An executive in oil services and founder, diva support

DR. VIVIAN OPUTA - An executive in oil services and founder, diva support

LATASHA NGWUBE - Editor, Pride magazine

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REMMY DIAGBARE

JEMI EKUNKUNBOR

YEMISI SULEIMAN

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I think that personal opinion, the right to choose, is on different levels. The individual has the right to choose and then the society.

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$ ODZ LV ZKDW WKH JHQHUDOLW\ RI WKH VRFLHW\ GHHPV to be right for them. I don't think that there has been a lot of resistance of this lifestyle for centuries for nothing. If you look at it medically, you could argue that some people have a natural tendency from birth to be gay. But I know for a fact that more than half of homosexuals in different studies are found to have the HPV virus. Fifty percent of people that have HPV and cancer were found to be homosexual.

The HIV scourge is also connected to this.

We all know that the human body organs are PDGH VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;FDOO\ IRU VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;F WKLQJV , GRQ W VHH QDWXUDOQHVV ZLWK WKH DFW $SDUW IURP WKDW RQ D SHUVRQDO QRWH , Ă&#x20AC;QG LW YLUWXDOO\ GLVWUHVVLQJ KXPDQ ULJKWV ¡ , WKLQN IRU 1LJHULD WKDW LV WDNLQJ D ORW IURP XV $QG because with the acceptance of the practice, comes a whole gamut of other things.

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I want to believe that God did not create anybody like that. In any case, if anyone feels that way, I believe that something is wrong and the person should admit that something is wrong and put himself/herself up for treatment because in the beginning, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so.

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Some people are gay for different reasons.

Maybe, they found themselves happier being with men.

- FATIMA

Allure Discuss these things; you cannot judge. Even when the Pope was asked about gay marriages, he said, who is he to judge, he is not God. Yes, the law of the land can say they can't get married.

In Nigeria today, we live in a society where public display of affection is frowned at. So, I don't think it will be in our faces for now. I think the government can just say they cannot get married, but not that someone who is gay should be thrown in prison. I think the law is too harsh.

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Bimpe: I think that society has to be guided by GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWH XQDPELJXRXV VHW RI UXOHV , WKLQN WKH reason for that is because, there is a wide range of colours from white to black and if certain things are not spelled out, then things will go wrong. I will draw from my experience at work.

You don't want your staff to do certain things so, you come up with a law or a policy that the staff would feel is very strict. That policy is put in place in order to deter certain activities because there is always a peculiarity. But we can't apply a thousand rules to address different peculiarities.

I believe that laws are made to guide the general behaviour of the populace. I believe the reason why this law was put in place was to discourage this practice; that the people who sat down to come up with this law argued it out.

And the truth is, the people who came up to GHĂ&#x20AC;QH WKLV SDUWLFXODU ODZ LQ WKHLU RSLQLRQ DQG P\ opinion, there should be a proper standard that is put in place for everyone. If it is left, before we know it, everyone is practicing it out in the open.

I think that gay people, whether male or female, are people who can add a lot to society but I don't think that the practice they are doing on the moral side is right. I don't think it is way up there with a lot of things.

Are we going to say because some people feel they should mingle with beast then bestiality is right or acceptable? Do I. as a mother of a thirteen-year old boy, want to live in a country where a man is getting married to a man? No, I don't.

So in terms of the law, I don't think that these people should be sent to jail. I think that aspect of the law is very harsh but I believe that the law was put in place to deter it and to add as a stamp and a call to the populace to say no. This is a guide. We don't want it in Nigeria like Dr. Vivian said. A lot of the people doing it in Nigeria, how many can you say are truly intrinsically gay. A lot RI SHRSOH DUH GRLQJ LW IRU Ă&#x20AC;QDQFLDO UHDVRQV Latasha: I feel that, at the end of the day, most people, when they really think about it, this thing doesn't affect them per se. Maybe, we are not ready for a Nigeria where a man and man or a ZRPDQ DQG ZRPDQ ZRXOG PDUU\ WKDW V Ă&#x20AC;QH /HW¡V say that is the cap, but can we really say this law would truly stop them? I can tell you what the law would do. It would bring out a lot of witch hunt.

There will be a lot of witch hunting. If I say Jemi is gay and she came unto me, where is the proof that she didn't. If you owe me money; I could go to the police and say you are gay. I also feel that Nigeria is not ready for this law because we are not a country that is orderly.

Bimpe: How many laws in this country are fully enforced?

Shaun: %XW WKH WKLQJ LV EHFDXVH LW¡V LQ WKH ERRNV somebody would use it.

Bimpe: Do you know that it is a law in this

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country that if you issue a returned cheque, you go to jail for four years. How many people have gone to jail? I left the banking industry as a general manager and I was privy to a lot of cases that had to come to me for approval. The truth is that those laws are not enforced.

Shaun: Talking about enforceability, the only part RI WKLV ODZ WKDW FDQ EH GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ HQIRUFHG ZLWKRXW there being any ambiguity is when two men go to apply for a marriage licence because it will not be granted.

Jemi: Would you want to see two men in public fondling themselves?

Latasha: I don't care; it won't affect me in any way. Ask any person why they don't want gay in Nigeria, they can't even give you a real reason. All they can say it's an abomination DQG LW¡V GLVJXVWLQJ %XW HYHU\WKLQJ LV D PDWWHU of exposure; to some people seeing a woman smoke cigarette is an abomination. My point is that you are throwing a question as heavy as homosexuality, as laden with so much emotion to people. Even in America, some people when they come out in their families, they ostracized them and this is supposed to be the Western world that accepts everything. How much more a country like Nigeria, you can't throw that question at them, their view would be extremist. We are not ready for this law.

Jemi: So, what is your last word?

Odun: I don't think Nigeria is ready for same sex marriage but what I don't like is promoting narrow mindedness and almost encouraging hatred.

Shaun: I think the law should be amended; ban JD\ PDUULDJH EXW GRQ¡W EDQ WKH DFW

I think we need to understand the origin of these things; you cannot judge. Even when the Pope was asked about gay marriages, he said, who is he to judge, he is not God. - ONO

As much as I believe being gay is wrong, in my opinion, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not part of us. I do think sending them to jail is truly very harsh.

The law should be amended.

- YEMISI

Ono: In as much as I would like a free country where people can practice what they want, I, like a lot of people, have said we need laws in the country to guide people but I think imprisoning people for being gay is quite harsh. A ban can be put on same sex marriages but not sending them to prison. How do we check and balance it?

People can actually use it to witch hunt. How are you able to investigate properly who is actually involved in gay relationship?

Yemisi: As much as I believe being gay is ZURQJ LQ P\ RSLQLRQ LW¡V QRW SDUW RI XV , GR WKLQN sending them to jail is truly very harsh. The law VKRXOG EH DPHQGHG /LNH 2QR VDLG SXW D EDQ WR VDPH VH[ PDUULDJH EXW GRQ¡W VHQG WKHP WR MDLO Fatima: I think that the law should be amended.

They should have other options but not sending them to jail for fourteen years.

Latasha: Nigeria does not have a problem creating states. The only government dispensation that they have not created a state is 3UHVLGHQW -RQDWKDQ¡V 6R WR FURZQ WKLV ODZ WKH\ can create a state for them; the Gay State of Nigeria and move them down there since we are so offended by them.

Jemi: , GR QRW EHOLHYH LW¡V QDWXUDO LI SHRSOH discover they are gay. They have a problem and should be treated.

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I believe that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s within the jurisdiction of every government to decide who gets married in it, because they have to issue a marriage licence.

- SHAUN

is against fundamental rights and decide to ban it. It never stops with one person. So, my SRLQW LV WKLV DV PXFK DV , GRQ W WKLQN LW¡V ULJKW government should stay out of our bedrooms, because what two consenting adults do is their business.

I might not agree with you worshiping juju, but I would die to protect your rights to worship juju, because, guess what, one day, my rights might be in the minority and somebody else might want to take it from me and then what happens?

Remmy: But when exercising your rights becomes a contentious issue for the whole country to accept, what happens?

Shaun: Like I said, if government says same sex marriage can't happen here, for me, that's alright; until we get to a point where the populace would hold a constitutional amendment and say gay marriage is okay. But for now, the government has that right but jailing any man because he is with another man is not proper.

In the USA I had a tax issue; the man that saved me from going to jail was a gay man. I looked at him and I was thinking that this man, with all his talent, would have been locked up if he was in Nigeria, just for being with another PDQ )RU PH LW¡V ZLFNHGQHVV :KHQ WKH majority begins to pick against the minority in every society, it is suppression. The President of Cameroun, Paul Biya, last month decided to ban all pentecostal churches in Duala. He has that power to ban churches. A year before, LW ZDV JD\ SHRSOH WKDW KH EDQQHG 7RGD\ LW¡V churches. Tomorrow, it could be something else.

My point is this: don't give a gay man job, don't even look at him, don't talk to him. If he comes to you, chase him away but leave him alone to practice whatever he wants to practice. That is KLV SUREOHP LW¡V QRW RXUV

person out? Did I create him? If it's a satanic act, was it Satan or God that created him? If it's God, who am I to judge him? Do I not fornicate?

Are married men not with other women? Are married women not with married men? So, if it is on a question of morality, nobody has the right to judge anybody.

Fatima: Not even those in power who chase small girls everywhere have the right to judge any one.

Latasha: But that is not even the issue. Let us take the morality issue a step further. If people are so appalled by homosexuality, why are these same people giving women a pass? In any case, the law was passed on the premise that this is the moral code as accepted by the people of Nigeria, based on their perception of morality. :K\ LV LW WKDW ZKHQ SHRSOH WKLQN RI KRPRVH[XDOV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW LPDJH WKDW FRPHV WR \RXU PLQG LV DERXW sex?

Jemi: Do we agree that this is morally wrong?

jurisdiction because it is the law of the land. Most laws, the government has to carry out the wish of majority of the people, when those wishes are right, because I know of situations where majority of the people wanted certain things but morally with who are, we knew that some of those laws were wrong. In my own opinion and as a Christian, I was taught that adultery, homosexuality and fornication are all sins before God. So I believe that a man being with another PDQ LV D VLQ DQG LW¡V ZURQJ %XW VKRXOG ZH JR WR MDLO IRU DOO VLQV , GRQ¡W WKLQN VR Jemi: :H ZLOO FRPH WR WKDW ODVW ZRUG RQ PRUDOLW\ Ono: 'HĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ *RG GLG QRW VD\ IRU VDPH VH[ WR be together. I am a Christian, so I think it's a sin before God to be with a man or for two women to be together. But the thing is that the world is changing and we can't understand where a lot of things are coming from. Even diseases and HIV, we don't know where it came from. Some people VD\ LW¡V D GLVHDVH EURXJKW E\ :KLWH SHRSOH LQ Africa.

I think we need to understand the origin of

Latasha: I agree that spiritually, homosexuality is a sin before God. I don't want to use the word unnatural but it is a sin at the end of the day.

However, do they deserve to go to jail? They don't.

Odun: Latasha has said a lot of things that were on my mind to say today. I used to work in hospitals, so I had a lot of gay friends. You hear their stories of how they had to come out to their SDUHQWV LW¡V VR YHU\ WUDXPDWLF $W WKDW SRLQW \RX can genuinely even believe they wouldn't choose to be gay if they had the option not to be. And a lot of these people are depressed because people are judging them for something. I think it is intrinsic; that's my opinion. So, you have people who are depressed who commit suicide over being gay. People only think about the sexual part of it and not the emotional.

These people, mentally, go through a lot of trauma. They don't want to move down the road and be spat on; they just want to live their own lives. And what Latasha said that is important is that these people also contribute to society. So we can't say they all should be locked up, they are disgusting. They have feelings.

Shaun: Like I said earlier, the government is right to make laws not to get married within their

The same Bible that you read that condemns gay practice also condemns adultery, stealing, taking another personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, etc. We are living by the grace of God. By your standards, if tomorrow a gay man decides to repent and becomes heterosexual, would he not make the kingdom of heaven?

- LATASHA

Latasha: There are two things that are at stake KHUH IRU PH 7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW RQH LV WKLV ODZ WKH VHFRQG is the moral question. I don't feel that any of us; Nigerian, German, American or whatever, has the right to argue on whether it is moral or not. I believe the person left to do that is the creator.

The same Bible that you read that condemns gay practice also condemns adultery, stealing, WDNLQJ DQRWKHU SHUVRQ¡V OLIH HWF :H DUH OLYLQJ E\ the grace of God. By your standards, if tomorrow a gay man decides to repent and becomes heterosexual, would he not make the kingdom of heaven?

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Sasha P, is no stranger to the world of entertainment and certainly needs no introduction. Her career took off almost a decade ago with so many popular hit tracks, earning her the moniker of â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Lady of Hiphopâ&#x20AC;?. Of course since her time on the scene, many other female acts have come in and helped build the industry into one of great talent and diversity. Sasha has stayed relevant through the years and has now reinvented herself with a new look, QHZ DWWLWXGH DQG GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ QHZ PXVLF ,I you have not heard her track Falling in Love, then put this paper down and get to downloading!

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News fell into my lap quite by accident that the Kokomaster may be taking a hiatus off music for a couple of months to get ready for a movie role in Hollywood. Though everything is under wraps at the moment, the entertainer is quite chuffed at the acting prospect and with good reason too. Bigger bucks and another feather to his cap are nothing to be sniffed at. Meanwhile, there is DOVR JLVW WKDW KH LV FRPSLOLQJ DQ DOEXP IRU WKH ´+DOI RI $ <HOORZ 6XQÂľ PRYLH WKDW GHEXWHG DW Ă&#x20AC;OP IHVWLYDOV DURXQG WKH ZRUOG ODVW \HDU $FWUHVV *HQHYLHYH 1QDML ZKR LV UXPRXUHG WR EH KLV /¡$PRUH RI WKH PRPHQW DOVR VWDUUV LQ WKDW PRYLHÂŤ&RLQFLGHQFH DQ\RQH"

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recently appointed one of my favourite SHRSOH )HPL $WLODGH DV /HJDO $GYLVRU WR WKH organization. Femi is also the Head of Legal Operations of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc and former Company Secretary RI %ULWLVK *DV DQG FRPHV IURP D ORQJ OLQH RI GLVWLQJXLVKHG MXGLFLDO RIĂ&#x20AC;FHUV 7KH ,:6 was founded in 1957 and since its inception WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ KDV PDGH D VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQW VRFLHWDO LPSDFW WKURXJK WKHLU QRQ SURĂ&#x20AC;W ZRUN including the establishment of the IWS Home IRU $EDQGRQHG &KLOGUHQ DQG WKH ,:6 6NLOOV $FTXLVLWLRQ &HQWUH IRU <RXQJ 0HQ :RPHQ With a one year tenureship in the position of /HJDO $GYLVRU 0V $WLODGH ZRXOG EH UHVSRQVLEOH for legal matters, charters and enforcing the FRGH RI (WKLFV RI WKH LQVWLWXWLRQ $ UHFHSWLRQ will be held in March to celebrate this new appointment by the organization and its members.

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BACKTALK ON SIDETALKS Last week, I wrote about Tracy Nwapa, a hot, new television presenter whose il star is on the rise to stardom and a M would be debuting her new show REALITY ACCESS on HipTv. While, I appreciate comments and feedback, this particular reader had me stitches. In the spirit of love I thought to share this passionate plea for marital bliss with Ms Tracy Nwapa. Happy Vals everyone!

Dear latasha, 3OHDVH OLQN PH ZLWK WKLV PRVW EHDXWLIXO ODG\ ÂśWUDF\ obiageli nwapa. I want her for a union that will lead to marriage. Tell her that that i love her from my heart. $QG L ZDQW KHU WR EH WKH PRWKHU RI P\ FKLOGUHQ 0D\ god help you too.

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QUICKIE WITH ALI CAMPBELL OF UB40!

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listair Ian â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aliâ&#x20AC;? Campbell (born 15 February 1959, Birmingham, England) is a British singer, solo artist and songwriter who was the lead singer and founding member of UB40. He is notably the velvety smooth endearing voice which sang most of the bandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; best known hits such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red, Red Wineâ&#x20AC;?, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cherry o babyâ&#x20AC;?, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kingston townâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got you babeâ&#x20AC;? amongst other classics.

As part of UB40, Campbell sold over 70 million records worldwide and toured the globe for 30 years.

In 2008 Campbell left UB40 and embarked on a solo career. He issued a statement on his website and through his lawyers stating that for many years he had been unhappy with the business practices and business managers of the group.

In November 2013 however, Founding members of UB40 Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue announced their reunion with a promise to fans to record new music!

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Africans live for reggae. How does it feel like coming to perform in Africa once again?

ALI: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played in Africa many timesâ&#x20AC;Ś Kenya, Uganda, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, I love the continent, and it seems Africa loves us! Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve only ever had great reactions to our shows! Of course Africans love reggae!

Nigeria as an African country has witnessed the formation, growth and development of UB40 since 1978. For a lot of us, memories of the days growing up revolve around the sounds of Red 5HG :LQH &KHUU\ 2Âś %DE\ .LQJVWRQ town, Many rivers to cross and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got \RX EDEH 7HOO XV DJDLQ KRZ GLG WKH band really come together and you (Ali Campbell) ending up as lead vocalist?

ALI: In Thatcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s England in the late 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there was 1-in-10 unemployment. We were all unemployed after leaving school. We were a gang who started a band. We named ourselves after the government Dole card: 8QHPSOR\PHQW %HQHÂżWV <RX QHHGHG RQH RI WKHVH FDUGV WR FODLP \RXU ZHHNO\ EHQHÂżWV We instantly gained 6,000,000 card-carrying fans!

+RZ GRHV LW DĚ&#x2020;HFW WKH UHVW RI WKH EDQG seeing Ali Campbell at the forefront all the time? All these years you have been the cynosure of all eyes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the centre of attraction to the ladies while the others do the background work? How did they cope?

ALI: I initially wanted to be the drummer, but Jimmy already owned a drum kit, so I became the singer! The old band members were mostly all jealous of me, but they needed me! Their bitterness only manifested itself though after I left them. It sadly was an acrimonious split and remains so.

UB40 is one of the most commercially successful reggae acts of all time with record sales of over 70 million; however you quit the band in 2008 - after three decades. How did you feel during that period? Was it hard to quit?

Also, you also did four successful solo albums after leaving the band? How does that make you feel? Accomplished?

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Stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; album (of 2013), but I believe they are doing a small tour in England.

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UB40 started out in Birmingham and has since toured the world, spreading the soothing sounds of pop/reggae in LWV ZDNH +RZ GLG WKH EDQG GHÂżQH LWV VRXQG" <RX FRXOGÂśYH GRQH SXUH SRS )XQN RU 'LVFR DW WKH WLPH" :K\ VHWWOH for reggae? What was the deciding factor?

ALI: , ZDV D IRXQGHU PHPEHU RI 8% :H all loved Reggae (we grew up with it) and the bands mission from the start was to popularise Reggae and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still on that same mission.

What instruments do you play?

ALI: I have always been the Rhythm *XLWDULVW RQ DOO 8% UHFRUGV SDVW DQG present (excluding â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;After The Stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and the disappointing and little heard â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Labour of Love Âś , DOVR SOD\ 'UXPV %DVV SHUFXVVLRQ DQG Melodica!

Are you married? Kids?

ALI:I live with my beautiful wife Julie, our four kids, and have four more kids from an earlier marriage.

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Escape

By Odun Ogunbiyi

I hope youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all basking in the afterglow of a fantastic Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekend. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right, I am assuming that most of us would have milked the whole occasion for what it was worth and spread it out for the weekend.

Join me for another instalment of Escape....

On the hunt at Temple Muse There is nothing this girl loves more than an afternoon of food, champers and shopping so I was très excited when the invitation to peruse the new collections at Temple Muse dropped on my door mat.

Love Safari was THE must attend event of last weekend. With the unveiling of the new Tiffany Amber space, new collections showcased by Ida, Cue, Emilio Pucci and Mathew Williamson.

Brand spanking new in the Temple Muse stables was Clover Canyon, IUHVK FOHYHU FRQWHPSRUDU\ SLHFHV WKDW OLWHUDOO\ Ă HZ RII WKH VKHOYHV , came home to campaign for a certain dress and if all goes well by the time you all are reading this article I should be the proud new owner... wish me luck!

We were sipping on variations from the house of MoĂŤt & Chandon from brut rose to nectar imperial and, as always, fabulous appetisers.

In addition the installation for Love Safari looked stunning with the new collections including fabulous jewels from Lolita Lorenzo, swimwear from Lazul and kaftans from Lara Bohinic.

9DOHQWLQH¡V 'D\ PD\ KDYH SDVVHG EXW IRU WKRVH RI \RX ZKR GLG QRW step up to the plate they also stock naughty Valentines bits including tasteful delights perfect for a night of seduction.

Ladies that Lunch - Moorhouse 1 Bankole Oki road, Ikoyi Lagos The Moorhouse hotel is a pleasant location in the middle of Ikoyi. It has some very nice public spaces with excellent coffee and speedy internet.

I decided to try out their buffet lunch.

Its 6,200 NGN per person which seems to be the standard price at all hotels these days for a buffet lunch, they must have had some sort of meeting or something.

My overall opinion is that a buffet lunch at the Moorhouse is not money well spent. Compared to the decor in the rest of the public spaces the ambience in the restaurant is rather sterile.

The salad bar seemed sparse (although I did love how it was all on a bed of ice) and EVERYTHING was drenched in mayonnaise or salad dressing. Not the good tasting kind.

The salad bar is supposed to be full of healthy options and the customer can then choose their dressing options, so this set the tone for a not so enjoyable lunch.

My companion was not amused with the hot selections either and ended up not partaking. There was only a small selection and only Nigerian food. Not much in the healthy department to choose IURP , NQRZ LW PXVW EH GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW WR SODQ D EXIIHW PHQX LQ WKLV GD\ and age however you must accommodate the healthy eater and the vegetarian. I was also alarmed by how cold my food was even though we arrived at the beginning of the lunch service.

The wine list was not exactly bursting with great choices but I thought I would have a glass of white to take the edge off (long story) but everything in the affordable by the glass range was not available. , GRQ¡W NQRZ LI WKLV LV VRPH FXQQLQJ SODQ E\ WKH KRWHO WR PDNH \RX have to buy a more expensive bottle but they just need to update their PHQX VR SDWURQV GRQ¡W JHW XSVHW , HQGHG XS MXVW SDVVLQJ DIWHU WRR PDQ\ ´6RUU\ PD ZH GRQ¡W NHHS WKDW ¾ When it comes to buffet lunches I would recommend the one at Four Points in Oniru for content and atmosphere.

I will not be repeating the experience.

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6R ODVW \HDU ZKHQ 7DRĂ&#x20AC;N 2NR\D EHFDPH D *ODP $QJHO , JRW WR Ă&#x20AC;QG RXW the inside scoop about why he started the company seven years ago. He ZDV SUHVHQW KXQWLQJ IRU D QLHFH DQG FRXOG Ă&#x20AC;QG QR VXLWDEOH EODFN GROOV So like any enterprising young chap spotting a gap in the market he set about to rectify the situation. There is a Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa doll each and there are plans to expend to make other African tribes in the works. &RQJUDWXODWLRQV 7DRĂ&#x20AC;N DQG WKDQN \RX IRU \RXU VHUYLFH

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@oddbod75 Until next time XOXO!

P EO PL E “ O N E PA RT Y AT A T I M E ! ”

ROBOTS FOR CHRIST WINS NIGERIA GOT TALENT 2

ROBOTS FOR CHRIST WITH YIBO KOKO, KATE HENSHAW AND DAN FOSTER

By - Oscar Ochiogu After months of endless hard work and commitment, Robots for Christ emerged winners of Africa’s No 1 talent hunt show, Nigeria’s Got Talent.

The 2-man dance group from Benson Idahosa University beat 9 of the brightest and most unique acts in Nigeria in the race for the sum of N10 million.

The grand finale, which was recorded on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Dream Studio and was aired nationwide to millions of viewers on Sunday, February 9, 2014 saw Daniel Azuka ‘A-Strings’ emerge second and 9-year-old drummer, David Aduragbemi Adekoya in third place.

The world tuned in to Nigeria, as finalists showed their prowess, dazzling judges and viewers, in a final bid to win the keenly contested grand prize of N10 million.

“We can’t express how we feel right now. We are just over joyed and are sincerely grateful to Nigerians for believing in us and voting for us,” said the excited duo.

“From their impressive costumes to their very well synchronized dance moves, the Robots for Christ were one act that always impressed us,” said a proud Yibo Koko.

The grand finale witnessed performances from Nigeria’s Got Talent Season 1 winner, Amarachi Uyanne, Bash the comedian and many more. Robots for Christ will be joining season1 winner Amarachi Uyanne as Airtel Ambassadors.

AMARACHI UYANNE, WINNER OF NGT SEASON 1

IFEOMA NKERE

JOSHUA OSULA AND MARIE BASSEY

JOYCE OLERIBE

OGECHI CHUKWUNEKE

CHIZOBA NWABUIKE

FACES AT WORKING MOMS BALL By - Yemisi Suleiman

OBINNA ANICHE AND TAYO OLADIMEJI

CEO WORKING MOMS AFRICA; MARY IKOKU & NGOZI OGUGUAH

It was a glamorous evening, penultimate Sunday, as celebrities and other important dignitaries gathered at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, to herald the launch of Hello! magazine in the Nigerian and English-speaking West African markets.

According to Zanzile Blay, editor of the newly introduced premium magazine, Hello! Nigeria is a scandal-free publication fashioned to celebrate Nigerian icons, royalties and celebrities on a global platform. She informs that it will help to rewrite the Nigerian story and engender positive perception of the country by the global community.

Speaking at the event, Group Managing Director, True Tales Publications, publishers of Hello! Nigeria, Anne Omezi, said Nigeria is working hand-in-hand with the owners of the franchise in Spain and will ensure the premium standards that go into the publication of Hello! franchises in more than 22 countries is brought to bear on Hello! Nigeria.

As part of its objective towards supporting African and African-related businesses, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is partnering with True Tales Publication to bring to Africa a one-of-a-kind magazine.

Hello Nigeria! will be distributed in four English speaking West African countries to give advertisers maximum value and further help in fostering the cultural integration of the sub-region.

SUNMBO WEY AND TOLU SHONOWO NGOZI BRAIDE, LAGOS STATE POLICE PRO

ROY AND MARADE

LYNDA ONEFELI

MOMS AT THE EVENT

INI ONUK, CEO THRISTLE PRAXIX

IYA SHEWA

MOLLY OSHIYEMI, CEO 25(,=,·6 :25/'

CHICHI OCHEI

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