EKSU students continue protest #GBB

From Charles Adegbite, Ado-Ekiti

Students of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, on Friday continued their protestagainst the policy of "No fees, no lecture", which they started on Thursday.

This is in spite of the appeal from their "leaders" that they should stop the protest.

Although it was a peaceful demonstration, as it was on Thursday, they still maintained their position that the fees were outrageous.

They had placards with them and sang derisive songs as they protested.

They also carried symbolic caskets of the state Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Patrick Oladipo Aina, describing them as people who have money to give their children the best education but are denying the children of the poor the right to education.

The Chairman of the Students' Union Transition Committee, Adeoye Aribasoye, told Daily Sun that his Committee and Faculty Presidents of the university met with Fayemi and Aina on Thursday on the way out of the crisis.  

The governor, according to Aribasoye, agreed with their demands that they should be allowed to pay instalmentally because most of them cannot pay the tuition and other required fees at once. 

The VC was said to have also accepted their demands on the condition that they should give the university Senate two weeks to decide on the matter since it is a university policy.

The students, however, refused to stop the protest on the ground that they could not trust the students leaders because they were seen as stooges imposed on them by the authorities since they were handpicked.

All efforts to persuade the students to call off the protest did not succeed.

They insisted that the VC must address them, to be sure that the authorities meant was promised and not just a device to cajole them.

The students were still at the university gate preventing academic and administrative activities as at press time.

The VC has refused to address the students.

Legend set to take 25 consumers to Dubai in season 2 of Real Deal Promo #GBB

By Jennifer Obiuwevbi

Legend Extra Stout, from Nigerian Breweries Plc has launched the second edition of its consumer based promotion – the Real Deal National Consumer Promotion. The Promo starts Wednesday 1st May till Sunday 30th June 2013.

Just like its maiden edition in 2012 thousands of lucky Legend consumers will have the chance to win exciting prizes via a lucky bottle-top offer. Prizes range from a 32 inch TV set which would be won by 350 consumers, 720 units of 130 litre refrigerators and 720 BlackBerry Bold 6 handsets. Other prizes include airtime of various denominations, umbrellas, T-shirts, face caps and free drinks. To win all you have to do is buy a 60cl or 33cl bottle of Legend Extra Stout, look under the crown cork and you win whatever prize they find under the crown.

The ultimate prize? A free shopping experience in Dubai for 25 lucky consumers. The brand has dubbed these lucky winners ‘Legends’.

At a special media parley held recently at Beer Hugz in Ikeja City Mall, Walter Drenth, Marketing Director of Nigerian Breweries Plc commented on the promotion that Legend will be taking “25 lucky ‘Legends’ to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, on an all-expenses-paid trip. And all that these 25 lucky ‘Legends’ will be doing in Dubai is shop!” Speaking further he explained that “The catch is that these ‘Legends’ have to race through selected shops in Dubai and they have one minute to race through the stores and pick items, up to a maximum of N1 million in value.”

To emerge a winner in this category consumers have to look for a numeric code under the crown cork, text the number to 30380 at the cost of N10 and fair electronic draws will be held in Lagos and Port Harcourt to pick winners in a transparent manner.

Mr Agu, the Marketing Manager, Legend, Gulder and Life promises that the trip would be filled with excitement during their stay and whatever the consumers purchase during the trip would be delivered to the wherever they reside in Nigeria.

Emeka Okoro, past winner from Legend Real Deal Promo 2012

Matti Aminu Oriyomi, past winner from Legend Real Deal Promo 2012

Daramola Oladipupo, past winner from Legend Real Deal Promo 2012

For more information on the promotion and how to win prizes, watch the video of the press parley below.

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Soul singer Bez gets engaged to ex-Governor Ladoja's daughter #GBB

 

Award winning alternative soul singer, Bez Idakula, is getting married. The 'Stupid Song' crooner yesterday May 1st got engaged to his long-time love, Bolatito Ladoja, the daughter of Ex-governor of Oyo state, Rasheed Ladoja. Bolatito (pictured right) is a corporate banker with FCMB.

She is a graduate of International Relations in Warwick University UK and has her Masters in Management from Imperial College London. Congrats to them.

The search gets hotter in Sterling Bank Spirited Actor reality show #GBB

The search gets hotter in Sterling Bank Spirited Actor reality show

‘Pose for a picture, ‘cos your star has just risen! Here, have your gold star.’ These are the words hundreds of young Nigerians strove to hear as they mounted the podium before judges for a one-minute shot at stardom at the Sterling Bank sponsored Spirited Actor Auditions held recently. Continue...

We all can spot sloppy acting, laugh at poor line delivery and even write off people with no ‘charisma’ or ‘stage presence’ from the comforts of our couches at home but do you have what it takes to stand before Hollywood actors Tracy Moore, Rockmond Dunbar and Hollywood Producer Samad Davis to woo them into paying you some attention?

Not so simple is it? Well, some determined people are definitely giving it their best shot.

Here is a little secret- all the judges want to see is raw talent, that ‘it’ factor with or without any formal training.

So, the search continues for the 5 Nigerians who will be jetting off to New York with their Ghanaian counterparts for a chance to be on the same movie set as a co-actor with Morris Chestnut and a one-year acting contract with a Hollywood Producer.

Catch the series on Africa Magic Entertainment at 20:00 CAT and 19:00 CAT from Sunday May 26^th or on Africa Magic from Saturday August 4^th at 20:30 CAT.

Hilarious video: How much do you know about Africa/Nigeria? #GBB

This video is old but still shockingly funny and unbelievable! Lol. Some Nigerians in the US were asked questions about Africa and Nigeria, just to see how much they know their continent/country ...and the answers they gave...hilarious! Watch! Oh, and watch Oyibo people tell you how much they think they know about Africa after the cut...