NIGERIAN LADIES STOP BLEACHING!!!

Nigeria are the highest when it comes to the use of skin lightening product, WHO (World Health Organization ) said 77% of Nigeria women use skin-lightening product which is the world's highest percentage. The figure compares with 59 per cent in Togo, and 27 per cent in Senegal.

The WHO report said the reasons for this are varied but most people said they use skin-lighteners because they want “white skin”. WHO also said skin bleaching comes with hazardous health consequences. The dangers associated with the use of toxic compounds for skin bleaching include, blood cancers such as leukemia and cancers of the liver and kidneys, as well as severe skin conditions. It said hardcore bleachers use illegal ointments containing toxins like mercury, a metal that blocks production of melanin, which gives the skin its color, but can also be toxic.

The report said in many parts of Africa, lighter-skinned women are considered more beautiful and believed to be more successful, it is not women who obsessed with bleaching their skins. Some men too are involved in the practice.

WHO investigation said lightening creams are not effectively regulated in Nigeria where even roadside vendors sell tubes and plastic bags of powders and ointments from cardboard boxes stacked along sidewalks in market districts. Many of the tubes are unlabelled as to their actual ingredients.

According to Qatar based AI Jazeera, it reported that business is booming for shop selling skin-lightening products. A trader said, “About 90 percent of my clients come asking for skin whitening products,” adding, “I sell it to them and give advice on what product is best for them and how to use them.”

SOME BAD EFFECTS OF SKIN BLEACHING
1. It makes your skin fragile and easily peels off

2. In case of a surgery, it increases chances of complication and difficulty in healing

3. Bleaching creams contain caffeine, and caffeine isn't good to the body or to your health. The more it penetrates your skin, it can cause so many harms and complications.

4. Increased risk of contracting skin cancer....and many more...

Ladies, please be proud of your black skin, black is sexy if you maintain and take good care of your skin.

Timaya Flaunts Blown Up Condom On Stage

This was taken during his performance at star trekk last week in  Nnewi, Anambra state, Now my question is was he promoting safe sex or was just acting silly?

Pregnant Olympic Athlete Collapses And Dies

shortly before the incident.

Meskerem Legesse was a former olympian, she was 26 years old. The Ethiopian marathon runner was three weeks due for delivery before the tragic incident that happened on Monday 15th July 2013. She suddenly collapsed and died while having lunch with her two years old son in a restaurant in Connecticut. 

Meskerem was administered CPR before rushed to the hospital where she was confirmed dead, fortunately the doctors were able to save the baby. Her friend told reporters that the athlete had suffered heart problem in the past and that was why she retired early from sports. RIP Meskerem!!!

Charles Novia Speaks On Beverly Osu Being Fingered.

I mentioned earlier on my facebook page that I don’t follow Big Brother Africa and that is by choice. A choice I believe lots of people have on their decoders by ignoring or disabling the channel off their bouquet. I align myself with Professor Wole Soyinka’s statement made a few years back that BBA is pervasive and debasing.

Reading snippets of this year’s edition on some online platforms, I think the Good Prof’s statement has largely been vindicated. Uninhibited sexual frolicks on open camera, accusations of STDs being passed around, shameless smooching by hormonal charged housemates and ear-tingling swear words are the pre-dominant values being shown to the continent from that neo-Gommorhic contraption of a creation. 

Of course, I’m told the content producers cleverly hide my above description with so-called tasks which lamely try to project positive African cultures and traditions; which is ironical because such modern franchises like BBA are neo-imperialist means of eroding the very essence of Africanism as the world moves to an incomprehensible digital age.

There are various countries represented in the BBA house from many African countries. The Producers of the show cleverly put up a caveat that the contestants represent themselves and not their countries, which I find nebulous and amusing. But I understand why they are playing safe. The reality is that BBA is a competition and every person in that house represents (intentionally or otherwise) the culture and morals of their respective countries. 

So when one housemate screams blue murder that he was infected by another with an sexually transmitted disease ( I’m told its a Nando accusing a Selly) its not just a personal accusation. Its Nando’s country (Tanzania) accusing Ghana of giving them Chlamydia. That’s just the plain reality.

And while some of us are sniggering about that, the latest furore generated by Nigeria’s representative in the house, Beverly Osu, over her unlimited libido is as shameful to many as it is interesting to others. Almost all major Nigerian online sites and newspapers have been awash with opinions and comments for the past couple of days about how Beverly got herself in a ferocious foreplay which was caught on camera. In accompanying pictures, Beverly is seen with her South African romantic interest, Angelo, in a hot-blooded sexual position with mouth agape in ecstasy as he does something to her with his finger. 

In fact, I don’t even know which is more shocking, the act itself or the crass reportage given to it by the bloggers. Most of the bloggers went on a tactless headline spree by posting headlines such as ‘Beverly Osu ‘fingered’ by Angelo’ and other shocking headlines like that. What is that naa? Ehn? I guess they didn’t know how else to report it except in the tell-it-like-it-is headline.

Anyway, the arguement in Beverly’s favour is as amusing to me as it is as silly. Some say its her body and she can do what she wants with it. True. I agree. But those with such opinions could very well ask their sisters or daughters who have bodies to dance naked in the National Stadium to accentuate their arguement. Since freedom of the body has now moved from being personal to being open in a visual zoo, then those people might as well go on a naked display.

Another school of thought canvassed by former Big Brother winner, Uti Nwachukwu, says its not easy for a sexually active person to ‘hold bodi’ for 3 months in the house. Is that an excuse? In fact, from the Biblical perspective, I liken the sexual adventures in the BBA house to the sacrilegeous Absalomic act in the Bible, wherein Absalom openly slept with his Father’s concubines for all to see on his royal patio. Only, in the BBA, there are no kings or usurpers. Only people who profess to be followers of faiths they don’t know jack about.

Coming back to my hypothesis, it is not Angelo who used the finger on Beverly. Its actually South Africa which has fingered and sub-raped Nigeria. Since both housemates are representatives of their countries, Angelo’s act should be seen for its symbolism rather than its entertainment value. SA is the biggest economy in Africa, according to financial analysts. Nigeria is the fastest growing economy in Africa. There’s been a struggle for continental domination by both countries over the years. To underscore their importance in Africa, South African companies have been investing heavily in Nigeria; finding huge profits in the porous economy of Nigeria. Nigerians welcome all these investments with open arms. Just as Beverly opened her arms and *cough, cough* for Angelo.

So, when Angelo carried out his act, he might have been telling us Nigerians who cared to watch, ‘F**k you, all! You Nigerians ain’t shit’. And that is how I see it.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not xenophobic in anyway. I’m being very realistic. Beverly represents a whoring Nigeria which seem to get nothing right but just allows itself to be screwed both by internal and external interests. Its as simple as that.

But all this grammar and analogy I’m giving here will not change something. When this same Beverly comes back from the BBA house, she would have turned into the next big celebrity with possible companies falling over themselves to sign her for endorsements. Its just what pointing fingers can do to one.

Rivers crisis: Protesters stone four governors at P/Harcourt Airport

There was commotion again in Rivers State as thousands  of youths  believed to be loyal to the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, reportedly threw stones and other objects at the convoy of the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa.

Vehicles in the convoy were conveying four northern governors – Sule Lamido (Jigawa);  Murtala Nyako (Adamawa); Babangida Aliyu (Niger);  and Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano) –  who were  on a solidarity visit to Amaechi.

A bus in which some commissioners in the state were seated in was said to have had its windscreen smashed by the protesters.

But the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Angela Agabe, told The PUNCH that “there was no time the governors’ convoy was attacked.

 “Nothing like that (attack) happened,” she said, adding that adequate security was provided at the airport to forestall any unpleasant development.

Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, who confirmed that a Government House bus was damaged by some youths,   described the incident as a ploy by anti-democratic forces to cause confusion in the state.

Semenitari said the development had the capacity of derailing the nation’s democracy.

The youths, who are mostly members of the Grassroots Development Initiative, had expressed dissatisfaction over the visit of the  governors,  maintaining that they  had  no business being in the state.

Though some pro-Amaechi youths, who are members of Ikwerre Youth Movement, were also on the ground to forestall any untoward development at the airport, their presence did not stop the anti-Amaechi protesters.

The anti-Amaechi protesters, who got wind of the planned visit of the northern governors, had stormed the Port Harcourt Airport at about 7am and waited until about 11.40am when the governors and their host arrived.   Amaechi came in from Abuja.

Aliyu, who is also the chairman of the Northern States Governors’  Forum, arrived at about an hour later to join others who had been waiting for him.

Trouble,however, began when the governors were about leaving the VIP lounge for a journey to the Government House in Port Harcourt. The anti-Amaechi  protesters  moved en masse to block the governors from moving further  but were dispersed by an  Armoured Personnel Carrier, which was part of Amaechi’s convoy.

At that point, the  governors were able to enter a vehicle that immediately left the vicinity but  some vehicles in the convoy were said to have been hit by stones and other objects  thrown by the protesters.

One of Amaechi’s drivers, according to a source, was said to have received two punches on his face.

Reacting to the incident, the GDI Secretary-General, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike, described the protest as peaceful and successful.

He pointed out that the people of the state were not comfortable with the coming of the northern governors to the state.

Nwanosike said, “There was a peaceful protest at the airport today. Rivers people are not happy with the visit of the northern governors to our state.   They should stay in their states because Rivers people can solve their political problems by themselves.

“We were about 7,000 protesting. We don’t want them (northern governors) to import Boko Haram to Rivers State.”

The youths’ position on the visit was backed by the  Peoples Democratic Party in  the state, which said it was “meant to aggravate the political crisis in the state.”

 The Media Adviser to the state Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Jerry Needam, said in a statement  that it was wrong for the   governors to abandon their states in order to pay Amaechi a solidarity visit.

  He said,  “It is the likes of these visitors that   are encouraging Amaechi not to have regard for the Rivers people, elders and constituted authorities in the state.”

 On the inauguration of an eight-member Judicial Commission   to look into the crisis in the  House of Assembly, Needam described Amaechi as a principal actor, who should not be a  judge in his own case.

He said, “Amaechi can’t be a judge in his own case. Amaechi is a principal suspect in the matter. Above all, the matter is before the Senate. The Senate will give its report on Wednesday (today).

“His action is pre-empting the decision of the Senate Committee on States and Local governments. It is a shame that Amaechi will go to  this length in his desperate quest for power.”

Meanwhile,  the four  governors , who visited the state  have threatened to  stop funding the police if the Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Mbu, was not redeployed.

In a statement shortly after  their meeting with  Amaechi, they warned that with officers like  Joseph Mbu, still in the force, they were not going to fund an antagonistic police.

They  also pointed out that the call for a state police as a constitutional provision had become necessary following the actions of the police and Mbu in the State House of Assembly fracas.

Calling on the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, to redeploy and discipline Mbu, the northern governors described the  police  action as unprofessional and  partisan.

They said, “We wish to call on the  IG to hearken to the voice of  reason and immediately redeploy and discipline   Mbu. His actions smack of unprofessional conduct and  partisanship unbecoming of  his office.

“With the way the police are  being used and abused and with officers like Mbu ,  we do not see the need for state governments to fund an antagonistic police and we  may be forced to reconsider our financial contributions    towards  the Nigeria Police.”

They noted that recent developments in Rivers State had brought to the fore, the question of true federalism and the need for institutions to be allowed to perform without undue interference.

 “As federating units, we must be allowed the space to guarantee our people’s sustainable development as provided by the constitution,” the governors said.

They justified their visit, saying  it was  to ascertain the information made available to them through the media. The governors described the events in the state as threats to peace, security and democracy.

The governors added, “Having interacted with our colleague and other persons, we are shocked at the role of the police in Rivers State and condemn  their clear partisanship in the show of shame that took place  in the  House of  Assembly.

Culled from punch

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PHOTO: Actress LIz Da Silva Spotted With A Dildo In public

Controversial actress, Liz Da Silva, who gave birth recently, with about three different men linked to her pregnancy is seen holding a sex toy in public.

I hear she has finally given the baby to one Alhaji Olaoye, that was not among all the three men in the picture initially. The Alhaji accepted the baby but with some conditions.

He insisted she convert from Christianity to Islam; I hear she has already done so.