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REDSTRAT DIRECTOR BURIES DAD IN OBOKPA,DELTA STATE

Story and photos by Niyi Tabiti
Chief Reporter

Chude Jideonwo, one of the directors of Redstrat (Organisers of Future Awards and producers of Rubbin' Minds on Channels Television in Nigeria, buried his father on Saturday 7 June 2008.
The event took place in Obokpa Village in Aniocha North Local Government,Delta State.www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com gathered that the late Ifeayin Jideonwo was a former staff of African Petroleum and Nigerian Ports Authority before his death at the age of 54.
Chude, the only child of the deceased was ably supported by friends who travelled in chartered vehicles to Delta State.Chude, a lawyer by training was showing off as a 'brave man' until it was internment time.He wept uncontrollably. People around were also moved to tears in sympathy.
Apart from the burial, it was an interesting trip to Obokpa.He roved until we got into the palmwine hut.Watch out for the gist on this blog.
Chude is a nice guy and he got the support from us.I would have stayed back because of the death of Late Baba Adinni of Nigeria,Alhaji Wahab Iyanda Folawiyo that day but...Chude means so much to alot of us.I would have dashed to his Queens Drive,Ikoyi because he was also buried on that same friday.Unfortunately, I couldn't locate a cybercafe in Obokpa. Lagos ladies are already talking about what they call 'party of the decade' that would happen later.Trust, we will bring you all the pictures once a choose the date. Abah ( the favorite wife of the late Baba Adinni and mother of Segun Awolowo jnr) would no doubt miss her husband a great deal.Folawiyo would have been 80 in 8 days times. Adieu Baba Adinni!

VENUS HAIRCARE RANGE

Big girls, Do not leave home for the salon without your own Venus Salon Kit.
With Venus hair care , this has been made easy!!!!!.
BACKGROUND
PZ Cussons, a renowned FMCG known for quality are the manufacturers of Venus Hair care range. In the early 90’s , the company introduced the Venus Relaxer into the Nigerian market and since then , it has been a leading brand in the hair care category.
The discovery that African women are becoming more sophisticated, discerning and demanding necessitated the need to develop world class hair care products that will fulfill every woman’s dream of beautiful hair.
Thus, in 2007, Venus Hair care, a portfolio of highly stylish products was launched. All the products are of international formulation and have been specially designed to deliver all its claims.
The Venus Hair Care Range is being re-built deliberately along a lifestyle positioning ,offering today’s consumers, functional benefits of products that work as well as the required emotional benefits of having beautiful looking hair.
The company looks forward to a time when Nigerian women will take pride in their natural hair and take good care of it.
The four stage process to beautiful hair is:
Relax
Cleanse
Treat
Style
Venus Hair care Products have been developed specially to be represented in all the four steps. The products come in 3 ranges. They include:
FORTIFY RANGE (TO STRENGHTEN HAIR) -All products in this range are in BLUE Packaging. They are specially designed to solve the problem of weak hair and breakage.
RADIANCE RANGE (TO MAKE THE HAIR SHINE) -All products in this range are in YELLOW Packaging. They are specially designed to solve the problem of weak hair.
SOLUTIONS RANGE (TO TREAT DANDRUFF AND ITCHY SCALP)-All products in this range are in GREEN Packaging. They are designed specially to control dandruff.




FORTIFY RANGE
The Fortify Range is specially formulated with Keraflex.
Our unique KeraFlex complex contains:
Keravis - a vegetable protein derivative that has a triple action system which can penetrate deep into the hair structure and also forms a film on each hair shaft from root to tip.
What does the Keraflex Hair Strengthening Complex do?
VENUS Fortify KERAFLEX HAIR STRENGTHENING COMPLEX is a triple action system which:
Strengthens the hair
Improves hair flexibility
Increases Comb ability and Manageability
The Products under the Fortify range include:
Venus Regular Relaxer with updated packaging and formulation. Although not a new product, the Venus Regular Relaxer is re-launched with new packaging and Keraflex formulation. The New Venus Relaxer is mild and gentle on the scalp.
Venus Fortify No Lye Relaxer (KIT) has been formulated to straighten the hair perfectly; it contains Keraflex Complex to care for hair during the relaxing process. The Kit is made in USA.
Ø Venus Fortify Neutralizing Shampoo cares for hair after relaxing. The unique non stripping formulation with color indicator gently removes the relaxer cream and helps to restore the hair’s natural PH Balance and locks hair into its new straight shape
Ø Venus Fortify Treatment is an intensive conditioning treatment especially formulated for chemically processed and dry or damaged hair. The unique formulation’s deep conditioning action prevents split ends and breakage, whilst leaving hair feeling soft and smooth.
Ø Venus Fortify Leave in Conditioner has been especially formulated to maximise the benefits to your hair. The long lasting, deep conditioning action helps prevent splitting and breakage whilst nourishing and protecting your hair. It is quickly absorbed and leaves hair soft and silky.
Ø Venus Fortify Hair Food conditions all hair types and is ideal for chemically processed or damaged hair. Its nourishing formula helps condition the hair and scalp, prevents split ends and leaves your hair soft, smooth and easy to comb.


RADIANCE RANGE
The Radiance Range is specially formulated with Proshine.
ProShine Shine Enhancing Complex contains a unique blend of:
Shine enhancing ingredient (Crodamol STS)
Silk protein
What does the Proshine Complex do?
The Crodamol STS shine enhancing ingredient boosts hair shine with its ability to refract light
Silk protein is a natural moisture binder and attracts water towards it giving moisture infusion for the hair.
The Products under the Radiance range include:
Venus Radiance Moisture Infusion Shampoo washes away those hair care worries, leaving you with beautiful hair and a shine like no other!
Venus Radiance Moisture Infusion Conditioner replenishes the goodness that daily life removes. Our rich caring formula leaves hair softer, smoother and more manageable than ever before.
Venus Radiance Moisture Infusion Treatment helps your hair recover from its trauma leaving your hair soft, manageable and shiny.
Venus Radiance Moisture Infusion Hair Lotion treats your hair leaving it moisturised, shinier, smoother & more manageable than you would ever believe. This is one luxury your hair just can’t live without!
Venus Radiance Sculpting Gel moulds, styles and twists the hair with confidence.
Venus Radiance Moisture Infusion Curl Enhancer Gel curls, styles and lubricates your hair to your hearts content. Adds definition and bounce to your hair and your life!
Venus Radiance Moisture Infusion Foam Wrap (Mousse) wraps your hair in luxury with its breakthrough formula which combines styling hold & conditioning goodness to give you that wow factor!





SOLUTIONS RANGE
The Solutions Range is specially formulated with Dermacare.
Venus Solutions soothing products have been specially designed to treat hair and scalp problems, unlocking the secret to confidence and beauty.
Our unique DermaCare complex is internationally formulated with a unique blend of:
Zinc Complex and
Menthol Crystals
What do these ingredients do in the DermaCare complex?
The Zinc Complex is a powerful anti-dandruff agent that acts upon the microbes that cause dandruff
The Menthol Crystals provide a cool, refreshing blast with every wash and gives a relaxing menthol fragrance
The Products under the Solutions range include:
Venus Solutions Soothing Shampoo, with its initial menthol blast, provides a cool refreshing experience to leave your hair feeling soft, soothed and manageable
Venus Solutions Soothing Scalp Treatment provides an instant menthol blast whilst its unique blend of conditioning ingredients soothes and treats the hair and scalp.
Venus Solutions Hair Dress leaves your hair soft, glossy and easy to comb. The DermaCare complex provides the anti dandruff reassurance and confidence you need.
Every woman is encouraged to identify the problem she has with her hair and solve them with Venus hair care products. Women should also cultivate the habit of going to the salon with their individual salon kit to ensure the best for the hair.

WHN SOUNDCITY PRESENTED NEW VJs

Story & photos by Niyi Tabiti
Chief Reporter

Remember we kept you very much to date when the screening for new VJs on Soundcity, a top music channel on various television stations in Nigeria.Those who were eventually picked and the old hands that were ratained were formally unveiled to the press last Sunday at Jade Chinese Restaurant in Victoria Island,Lagos.
Some of those who made the list are Pearl,Titi Adelagun,Derele (retained),S.Dot (retained) and Yinka.
Chinwe was,however, dropped.We spoke with the Chinwe and she said there was no problem.She,however,confirmed that she is still with Soundcity as a presenter. It was a night of glitz and humour.The VJ's also used the opportunity to answer questions on their expectations.There was also a dinner.
That night, I saw former Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries,Festus Odinmegwu.He came to have dinner with a 'friend'.I also saw Donald Duke,former governor of Cross River State.He came to hangout with a friend.

HELEN PREST AJAYI TELLS GISTMASTER THE SECRET OF HER STUNNING LOOK 29 YEARS AFTER SHE WON THE COVETED CROWN OF MISS NIGERIA.

By Niyi Tabiti

Chief Reporter

In this interview with http://www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com/, Helen Prest Ajayi tells GISTMASTER the secret of her stunning look 29 years after she won the coveted crown of Miss Nigeria 1979.She also sought her opinion on whether or not it is true that ladies who engage in too much sexual intercourse age faster than the clock.

What are your plans for age 50?

I am looking forward to turning fifty next year. I intend to spend it with family and friends that I have met over the years. You know the people you meet in your life shape your life so i hope to get in touch with many people I have lost touch with. People say life begins at 40. That may be true for a man, but for a woman in actual fact life begins at 50. At 40 you're still grappling with raising children and juggling all kinds of situations.

If you're lucky and had your children a little bit early, lets say in your late twenties and early thirties like i did, in your 4o's they would just about be going into secondary school and if you had children in your late thirties like most women do these days they would be still be in primary school. So a woman really only gets to have breathing space to concentrate fully on her own goals and ambitions when she's in her 50's that's the reality of life on ground.

Do you think you have achieved all you set out to achieve at 50?

Not at all! You should never stop achieving 'till the day you die. Life is a work in progress.

What do you do to keep fit because at this age you still look stunning and irresistible?

Thank you for the compliment. Keeping fit and youthful is more of a mental thing than a physical thing. Once you are fully engaged in life, have an open mind, try new things, embrace young friends and old alike, keep up with technology and find humour in whatever situation you may find yourself in, you will keep young.

Having said that, I think the best exercise in the world is dancing and laughter. Laughter for the face and dancing for the body..I love to dance. What advise do you have for Nigerian girls?Be quietly confident in your abilities. Don't give up and don't give in.Whatever people may say or think about you, don't believe them.

You know who you are and you know what you're capable of. Don't let society pigeonhole you into being what you don't want to be. People tend to draw others back from things they secretly would have lovedto do but are not capable of or daring enough to do. Look at me, when I won Miss Nigeria in 1979, they said oh! Beauty Queens never do well at school. As far as I was concerned Ifelt that this was a discriminatory tactic against pretty girls that has been going on for years, even 'til today and I wanted to debunk that.

The covert implication of that message is 'If you are beautiful - you must be dumb!' Of course my winning not only disproved that totally. Not only was I a contestant as a law undergraduate, I did not take a year out, I combined my duties as Miss Nigeria with my academics and graduated along with my peers. I also graduated from law school went on to do my National Youth core service, then went on to obtain a masters degree in Law (LLM) from the prestigious Kings College University London. At least that put paid to the matter of being bautiful and dumb. I was then dubbed 'Beauty with Brains'.(that i also find condscending as if it is an oddity).

People also said if you were a beauty Queen you would never find a husband and probably not have children. Utter rubbish! Every man who'se a real man and has what it takes to be a man, want's to have a beautiful wife. I got married well before many of my peers and have three lovely children so that theory was debunked as well. In fact thereafter almost 90% of Nigeria's beauty queens are married with children.

My standing my ground inspite of stiff overt and covert opposition, enabled other young girls to follow their dreams and express themselves. I'm strongly of the opinion that people should be allowed to express themselves in their youth otherwise how can you be able to find your creative spirit? It is only in your youth you can experiment before the cares of the world have settled on your shoulders.As a Nigerian girl you should remember the only real weapon you have is your brain - so use iteffectively! We are now in the information age where mental capability rules.

In a global economy it is creativity that drives development ie creativity born out of mental activity. In the new global economy where brain power is the commodity that powers the world people pay for creativity and creativity is produced by those who can think. In addition to that I would say a mantra for good living would be, stay engaged with life, stay healthy, keep fit and above all look good!

Is it true that when girls have too many sex patners when they are young, they get old quickly?

What ages people is unhappines and dissapointment- not sex! Obviously too many sex partners at any age, let alone in your youth, signifies instability. It means that you have not been able to bond long enough with someone to experience a long term stable relationship and the fulfillment and joy that brings. Of course that's a recipe for unhappiness and unhappines is extremely ageing. The only advice I give to my daughters and which I pass on to you is, it makes tactical sense not to have sexual partners when you are young because it will only reduce your pool of eligible candidates when you are ready to settle down. By that time there would be no more mystery left in you for them to discover.

N.B-Readers can also link up with her website-http://www.mylifestylesolutions.com/

MALTA GUINNESS STREET DANCE:SOUL QUEST WINS ABUJA REGIONAL FINALS

Story & Photos By Niyi Tabiti

Chief Reporter

The Malta Guinness Street Dance contest has kicked off.The regional finals took the organiers to different part of the country.

The one for Jos was shown last week and it was fun. Here,www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com captured Soul Quest, the winner of the Abuja regional finals.The event took place inside NTA Abuja.

the Judges, made up of Guinness world record holder for the longest dance ever, Kaffayat Shafau, popularly known as Kaffy, Wale ‘Rubber’ and Frank.Deji Falope, a former Presenter with Soundcity anchored the event.

The ‘Malta Guinness Street Dance Africa’ is an exciting competition which is being introduced by the market leading non-alcoholic brand to further bond with its consumers, and also to give opportunity to Nigerian youth to showcase Nigeria ’s hottest dance talents.
Speaking on the initiative, during the press conference to announce the launch of the competition, Malta Guinness’ Marketing Manager, Adenike Adebola said, ‘This activation will not only search for the best, vibrant and skilled dancers from across the country but will also give them a once in a life time opportunity to carry the Nigerian flag and indeed proudly represent Africa on the world’s stage in the United Kingdom. The pay – off line of this competition is “Dance to the top of the world” and we are able to say this confidently because it will indeed be a platform that will deliver a transformation from the streets to the world stage for the winning team’, and winning will open a new vista of national, continental and global opportunities, which will continue to boost the talents of our youth, while also enhancing the country’s tourism potentials, which will no doubt improve on our economic fortunes.

YESTERDAY IN NIGERIA:TOP CELEBRITIES STORM NIKKAI OF KABIRU FOLAMI AND SAKIRA KASSAMU IN LAGOS,NIGERIA

By Niyi Tabiti
Chief Reporter

The movers and shakers of the Lagos social circuit stormed the MITV complex,Alausa on Sunday 1 June 2008 for the Nikkai ceremony of Kabiru Folami and Sakiratu Kassamu in Lagos.
It was an event that has all the tappings of an A-list party. Bonsue fuji exponent, Adewale Ayuba was on the bandstand.