ABIMBOLA JUNAID NOW PEACE AMBASSADOR

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UK based business and personal development  coach, Abimbola Junaid has been  honoured by a group known as Inter-religious and International Federation for World Peace, as a worthy peace Ambassador.
The Ikorodu, Lagos state born lady was presented with the certificate at a well attended ceremony in Lagos some weeks ago.
Junaid has been in the forefront of campaign for good governance in Nigeria. She founded the Arise Nigeria Women organisation as part ways to provote activie women participation in elections and activities that will Nigeria's image and its citizenry.

According to the award
organisers, Junaid's was given the award based on her invaluable contributions to good governance in Nigeria. The organizers said her commitment to uplifting core moral values in Nigeria and
sense of duty without looking for pecuniary gains made her a worthy awardee.
We gathered that Junaid's people in Ikorodu area of Lagos State are already clamouring that she represent their constituency come 2011.
gistmaster.com gathered that they want her to use her vast international network,experience and selfless service orientation to their benefit.

A widely travelled coach, Junaid has delivered papers at various international conferences. She is scheduled to be a speaker at a conference scheduled holding in Belgium next month.

You can check Abimbola Junaid's website:

www.arisenigeriawoman.org to know more about about Arise Nigeria Woman organisation.

-report by Niyi Tabiti

PETROLUEUM MINISTER,ALISON MADUEKWE STEP SON ALLEGELY BEATS LADY SILLY AT LAGOS HANGOUT

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Days after Ufoma, a Nigerian model and actress raised public attention to what she called public assault by aides of Hon. Kuforiji, the Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly- the step son of the current minister of Petrolueum is already in the middle of a controversy also bothering on assault and injury.

Ugonna, step son of Nigeria's current minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison- Maduekwe. Ugonna's father is former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Alison Maduekwe.The young man  is still in the books of men of the Bar Beach police station, Victoria Island.They want him to explain reasons behind his unpalatable actions last weekend.

The heavily built University of Maryland (USA) graduate was said to have brutalize a young lady at the opening of opening of Volar by Vutton in VI on Saturday 13 November 2010.

The misunderstanding between Ugonna and the said lady started when she tried entering the section of the club where He (Ugonna) and his friends were rollicking with expensive choice drinks and hot chics.

gistmaster.com gathered that the young man who is one of the biggest spenders in Lagos hangouts was 'high in the spirit' after taking  a lot of drinks and spent amount close to a million Niara with  his friends (Who are mostly silverspoon kids  from the UK and USA)

Sources told gistmaster.com that it was a brutal experience for the lady over a small issue.

"If you see this dude. He is fat and stocky, using his power to cause bodily harm on a female. After failed attempts to rectify the problems with the club operators (because the guy was spending so much money all they could say was "sorry ma" and "can we offer you a drink"),disclosed our source

The young lady contacted the Lagos commissioner of police and three police vehicles full off officers came to the club. Ugonna was shouting obscene words and yelling " bring the f..king DPO to me".."Ill call my chief security officers"..and continued to rant "Do you know who I am". After 15 minutes of him tussling with the about 10 officers he was whisked away by a friend then later came back to retrieve his vehicle.
The young lady suffered bruised chins(ankles) a swollen lip and bruised knee causing a limp. She had to later seek medical attention.

RUFF N TUMBLE UNVEILS NAIJABOYZ BRAND, OPEN TWO NEW OUTLETS

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A new wave of change has hit the children’s fashion industry with the introduction of NaijaBoysZ®a new brand by Ruff ‘n’ Tumble®. The new brand was revealed to journalists during a press conference at the company’s

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corporate Headquarters recently. According to Mrs Adenike Ogunlesi MD, Ruff ‘n’Tumble,‘NaijaBoysZ® caters to the unique fashion sense of today’s young adults, celebrating the colourful iconoclastic fashion sense of Nigeria’s emerging youth.

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NaijaBoysZ® is a Hip urban clothing range for young boys from ages 8-16. It incorporates the use of classic fashion items such as Jeans wear, interpreted into the new age ‘slim fit’ and ‘super skinny’ cuts. The NaijaBoyZ® brand also features‘ slim fit’ shirts, tops and accessories such as mufflers and hats for the trendsetting NaijaBoysZ® look. The new brand is part of a special 2010 Christmas collection.
For the young female adults, from the age of 8 to 16 years, Ruff’n’Tumble has created the trendsetters collection. This collection is creative, fun and very detailed. It allows for the individual expression of personal style.

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Ruff ‘n’ tumble also announced the opening of two new outlets in Port Harcourt and Surulere, Lagos. The new Surulere outlet is located within the new Adeniran Ogunsanya shopping Mall while the Port Harcourt store is strategically located within the Genesis Centre in Port Harcourt GRA.
This brings to five the total number of outlets nationwide. The aggressive outlet expansion drive is in line with Ruff ‘n’ Tumbles renewed commitment to ensuring customer convenience. Adesua Okhipo, Business Manager Ruff ‘n’ Tumble Surulere outlet said that the outlet has an array of trendy male and female children’s clothes catering for babies from ages 0-3, Junior between the ages of 3-7 and trendsetting young adults from ages 8-16. The outlet opens on November 20th 2010 and offers a special introductory discount on selected items to the first few customers.
Ruff ‘n’ Tumble is Nigeria’s foremost integrated manufacturer and retailer of children’s apparel with outlets carrying its own brands as well as other brands.

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Outlets are located in Ikoyi, Surulere, Ikeja, Port Harcourt and Abuja.
Our prices are from =N=1,950. Discounts are available on selected items.
Website. www.ruffntumblekids.com
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EXHIBITORS FOR MY STYLE FACTORY 2010

Fellow Fabulous Fashionable Fellas, It is just a couple of hours  to the one stop classy fashion, beauty and lifestyle exhibition of the year; MY STYLE FACTORY and as we promised it is going to be a gathering of the Style faithful. The excitement is palpable and the roll call of our exhibitors is simply intimidating!

DATE -21ST NOV 
VENUE - CORAL HALL 21B , IDOWU MARTINS V/I , LAGOS 
TIME - 12PM PROMPT 
ADMISSION - FREE!!!!!

FLOW BAR CONCEPTS

BUSY WEAR

SHOE SPEED

BEAUTIFUL 233

NYARADZZI

AFRICAN@LONDON

MARIAM ILAKA

REPUBLIC OF FOREIGNER (ROF)

Xclamations! by tomi rotimi

FLAWLESS STYLE

Sacred lashes -

Laarachi

Purple Pepper Clothing

RETROSPECT-Vintage Fashion

LaBennis

Busy wear-



- Fever London by Rukkies

Pegyz Place

10- laviva hair

DLune

Simeogieme;

Excellence fabrics

City Bliss

Patrick Ayanski

Wellwoman 

AMEDE 

OMOTOLA:THE QUEEN AT AFROMEDIA EVENT

By Niyi Tabiti

Omotola has denied wanting to become the Nigerian version of Beyonce, though she adores her and has a large portrait of the American diva in her office and another one in her 'heart'

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Omotola would not want to be seen as the JLO of Africa or Halle Berry replica but she cuts the picture of a real diva. Some think she is arrogant but her flamboyant lifestyle could be a reason why some are just envious.After making her impact in Nollywood, Nigeria's vast movie industry (The biggest in Africa) the actress is pursuing a vigorous career in music.Now that is no news, after all, her recent album launch was a glamorous event that brought together celebrities from within and outside the country.

The gist here is that the sexy mother of four seems to waxing stronger. She is giving it all her all despite critics here and there that she is just wasting her time in music sector.

Recently, she performed at the talk of the town Afromedia event at Eko Hotel, Lagos. D'banj and other notable artistes performed at the same event yet Omotola proved that she is good enough.

For now, she is seen as the most serious music act produced by 'Nollywood'

Remember, Jim Iyke and Genevieve Nnaji are some of popular faces in Nigerian movies who have tried to launch their music career in the past. Stephanie Okereke once said she was going to release a single but till date, we are still waiting.

-gistmaster.com

PEPSI,ROYAL EXCHANGE JOINS NIGERIA IDOL SPONSORSHIP LIST-WINNER GETS N5 MILLION

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As Nigerian Idol makes to start airing on Sunday November 21, 2010 Speculations as to whether the grand prize has been increased reached high points this week with the introduction of two additional sponsors- Pepsi and Royal Exchange

Apart from fast rising telecommunications giant Etisalat, sources say that with the introduction of Pepsi and Royal Exchange, the team at Nigerian Idol has increased the winner’s take home by 5 million Naira.

‘Yes, the grand prize has increased with the introduction of our new sponsors, but we will have to direct you to our PR team” Communication’s Manager Adaora Mbelu said when contacted last week.

A spokesperson at BlackHouse Media, publicists for the show corroborates Mbelu; even explaining further “Of course, there are new sponsors on the project and Pepsi Cola is one of them. And yes the grand prize is now 7.5M. Royal Exchange has also signed up, it just gets bigger and bigger.

No words on the figures these big spenders are committing on the project.

Fans of the Idols Franchise all over the world are familiar with the large Coca-Cola cups on American Idol Judges’ tables since 2002. The question now is if Nigerian Idol is treading that part with Pepsi Cola?

Will we be seeing Pepsi cups on the judges’ table when the show starts?

Like American Idol, Nigerian Idol aims to find the best singer in country. The former has over the year amassed a followership of 25 million, and till date is the most watched reality TV in the world. Nigerian Idol will discover that one talent who will go on to become an international superstar and music ambassador- Selling millions of records and packing concert venues across the world.

The first season of Nigerian Idol will be aired across Nigeria on several local TV stations and cable networks as well. For five consecutive months you will have the pleasure of watching Nigeria’s  biggest music talent competition on Thursdays and Sundays and have the opportunity to root and vote for your favourite Idol wannabe.

Yemisi Fajimolu will be hosting the first season of Nigerian Idol. Popularly known as Misi by her radio fans, she will be playing the role of famous Idols host Ryan Seacrest alongside Anis Holloway, a former reality show contestant

The show will air on 15 Channels including AIT, STV, NTA, CRBCTV Calabar, GTV Abeokuta, Galaxy TV, PRTV Jos and KWTV Ilorin

Others include DBSTV Asaba, ESBC Enugu, IMOTV, DITV Kaduna, HITV, TVC and Superscreen

Nigerian Idol is brought to you by Etisalat, in association with Pepsi and Royal Exchange

WHO’S DOING WHAT AT NIGERIAN IDOL 2010

Licensee-         Optima Media Group

Judges-            Audu Maikori, Jeffery Daniel and Yinka Davies

Host-               Yemisi Fajimolu(Misi), Anis Holloway

Sponsor-          Etisalat , Pepsi and Royal Exchange

Production-     Rapid Blue Format

PR-                  BlackHouse Media

THE WORLD RECEIVE THE FUTURE AWARDS TEAM IN SA,UK

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Fresh from Benin City, where it engaged with over 1000 young people in conjunction with the University of Benin-based CFI, the organisers of The Future Awards moved on for the international phase of its annual Town Hall meetings.

The South African Town Hall Meeting held at Club Hush on Friday November 5 and was organised in partnership with Storm 360, which held a reception for Storm artistes who had swept nominations and awards at the Channel O Awards. “We thought it was a fine opportunity to keep the Nigeria flag alive by participating in the activities of The Future Awards this season,” said Kenneth Oliko, Communication Coordinator for the awards.

That train quickly moved to the United Kingdom. On Wednesday, 10 November at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in East London, the official UK town hall meeting held. Youth leaders including Gbenga Sesan (two time winner of the awards), Subomi Plumptre, Oladapo Opayinka and others joined the meeting, which lasted two hours. Other guests included London-based entertainment heads Ayo Shonaiya and DJ Abass, Funmi Ajose-Adeogun amongst others.

There was a performance by a new act called Tipsy as well as comedy and a discussion about Nigeria and its issues. Discussions centred on the role that Nigerians in the Diaspora can play in changing the country. “I am not a young person,” Mrs. Ajose-Adeogun said to laughter, responding to a participant who claimed that living in Nigeria was “a waste” of his life. “But I have known this country since I came here as a student in 1976 and then after which I returned to Nigeria to work. I came back because I knew something we all need to know: there is only one place where you are truly a First Class citizen and that is Nigeria. We have a responsibility to build that country; even if for our sakes.”

The #IamNigeria campaign, with videos from 2face Idibia, Stephanie Okereke and others was also shown to the guests.

After London, it was on to Cambridge, where The Future Awards took its message to students under the Cambridge University Nigeria Society. The awards organisers, Adebola Williams and Chude Jideonwo joined awards’ nominee and award-winning journalist, Tolu Ogunlesi as he spoke with a cross section of undergraduate and graduate students on Saturday, 13 November at St Edmund’s College.

The event, called “A Taste of Nigeria” tried to “showcase Nigeria's many facets and rich culture” and ended with talks from the three guests, who spoke about the awards, this year’s campaign, how people in the Diaspora can be a part and other issues.

Jideonwo also took the opportunity to speak about the RSVP campaign of the EnoughisEnough Nigeria movement, an advocacy coalition, which he founded through The Future Project. The RSVP (Register, Scrutinize Vote, Protect) campaign is geared towards ensuring that Nigerian youths are actively involved in all the process of the 2011 election.

“The international Town Hall Meetings are aimed at re-awakening the original Nigerian consciousness in Nigerians representing Nigeria everywhere,” Williams, who is Operations Director of the award’s noted in his remarks. “This we do because The Future Awards are targeted at building a generation of Nigerians who are committed working to participate in achieving the Nigeria of our dreams and to lead that charge.”

Nominations for the awards kicked off on October 1 and have been extended to November 21. Nominees must be Nigerian citizens and must be aged 18 – 31. Nominations are on www.thefuturenigeria.com and categories include Best Use of Science, Business Owner of the Year, Professional of the Year (Corporate), Creative Artist of the Year, On-Air Personality of the Year and 15 others.