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Queen of Anambra: Marriage can go to hell
Tell us briefly about yourself
I am from Enugu State. I did my secondary school in Mira-Rio, Lisbon, Portugal. I returned to Nigeria in 2009. And I just graduated from University of Nigeria Nsukka, where I studied Microbiology. I hope to be a very successful writer and probably the first female governor of my state.
I am from Enugu State. I did my secondary school in Mira-Rio, Lisbon, Portugal. I returned to Nigeria in 2009. And I just graduated from University of Nigeria Nsukka, where I studied Microbiology. I hope to be a very successful writer and probably the first female governor of my state.
How did you know about the Queen of Anambra beauty pageant and what motivated you to contest for the crown?
I saw an advert of the pageant online and I decided to give it a try.
I saw an advert of the pageant online and I decided to give it a try.
What were the step-by-step processes involved in the competition and how were you able to sail through the stages?
It wasn’t an easy competition. We were evaluated based on many criteria, both the ones we were not aware of. The judges assessed our ability to carry out the various tasks assigned to us, our intelligence both academically and otherwise. Your carriage as a young girl, your proposed pet project if one should emerge as queen and many more.
It wasn’t an easy competition. We were evaluated based on many criteria, both the ones we were not aware of. The judges assessed our ability to carry out the various tasks assigned to us, our intelligence both academically and otherwise. Your carriage as a young girl, your proposed pet project if one should emerge as queen and many more.
As a new entrant into beauty contest, were you at some point intimidated by the number of contestants?
I never felt intimidated because I knew who I was and what I was there for. A pageant is hardly based on just physical appearance because at the end everyone there is physically beautiful. It takes far more than that. Intelligence matters a lot, how well you comport yourself, how well you carry out the various tasks assigned to you, how you relate with your fellow contestants, and other qualities.
I never felt intimidated because I knew who I was and what I was there for. A pageant is hardly based on just physical appearance because at the end everyone there is physically beautiful. It takes far more than that. Intelligence matters a lot, how well you comport yourself, how well you carry out the various tasks assigned to you, how you relate with your fellow contestants, and other qualities.
People accuse beauty queens of sleeping with the judges? Did you suffer any sexual harassment during the competition?
If I had encountered any such harassment I would have withdrawn from the pageant because I have my standards. Besides, Jolenzik Events House, the organisers of the pageant are known for their genuineness and transparency. Now, when people go for such competition and they don’t win, they tend to say a lot of things. It is left for you to believe what you wish.
If I had encountered any such harassment I would have withdrawn from the pageant because I have my standards. Besides, Jolenzik Events House, the organisers of the pageant are known for their genuineness and transparency. Now, when people go for such competition and they don’t win, they tend to say a lot of things. It is left for you to believe what you wish.
What was your immediate reaction when you were announced the winner of the competition? What prize did you take home as the winner?
I was shocked and excited at the same time. I was given a brand new car, contracts and many other deals.
I was shocked and excited at the same time. I was given a brand new car, contracts and many other deals.
The crown brings enormous expectations. What has changed in you since you won?
I can say that since I won the competition, I have grown enormously. Knowing that I now stand as a role model to many young girls out there and that great things are expected of me, I can say that I have become a better person.
I can say that since I won the competition, I have grown enormously. Knowing that I now stand as a role model to many young girls out there and that great things are expected of me, I can say that I have become a better person.
your parents approve your participation in the pageant knowing that some beauty contests involve contestants dressing in bum shorts or cat walking in under wears?
Queen of Anambra pageant did not include indecent dressing or parading in under wears. Rather, it is a pageant that promotes decency in young girls, and my parents were fully aware of that fact. So, my participation was never a problem to them.
Queen of Anambra pageant did not include indecent dressing or parading in under wears. Rather, it is a pageant that promotes decency in young girls, and my parents were fully aware of that fact. So, my participation was never a problem to them.
With cash and a new car, your status has changed; how would you manage your fame?
Funny, well… I am still my normal self, though I am ready to face any challenge that would come with my current status.
Funny, well… I am still my normal self, though I am ready to face any challenge that would come with my current status.
What is your plan for marriage? Are you in any relationship?
First things first, I am focused on building my career for now.
First things first, I am focused on building my career for now.
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Thursday, 20 October 2016
Nigeria: Business decline for fish farmers due to inflation in the price of fish feeds.
According to a certain Risikat Ramoni
Lagos — Fish agriculturists in Lagos State are in a matter of seconds leaving the business because of the expansion in the cost of fish nourishes in the state.
The costs, as indicated by the agriculturists, have gone up by as high as 80 to 100 percent and that was driving some of them to surrender their homesteads looking for different business wanders.
A prestigious fish rancher, Nurudeen Tiamiyu, said a 15kg sack of catfish nourish delivered in Nigeria was a couple of months prior sold at N6,000 yet that it now offers for N9,000 while the foreign made ones that sold for N6,000 now goes for N11,000.
Tiamiyu, who is the overseeing chief of Amolese Aquaculture Nigeria Limited in Ikotun, noticed that a few months prior, tilapia nourish made in Nigeria sold for about N3,150 per 15kg pack however now goes for N4,200.
Beyonce: Even with a bleeding ear couldn't stop performing
while transitioning into the next melody, "Haunted" (from her shocking 2013 collection Beyoncé), some way or another Beyoncé's dangling stud got on her long braid and was torn from her left ear.
Nonetheless, being the expert that she will be, she didn't see until she had as of now began singing, and by then, she was all engrossed.
She wiped her ear, took a gander at the blood on her fingers and continued singing as though nothing had even happened. On the off chance that you weren't generally looking carefully, you might not have even seen it. That is exactly how it is with regards to Beyoncé and her dramatic disasters. She could lose a foot while performing and you most likely wouldn't see it until somebody on Twitter brought up out. THE QUEEN BEY IS JUST AMAZING.
Kim KarKardashian Allegedly Builds Panic Room After Paris Robbery
Kourtney Kardashian says her sister Kim is 'still shaken
up' after the furnished burglary, yet 'we get past them
together as a family.'
Try not to anticipate that Kim Kardashian will be back in the
spotlight at any point in the near future. Kourtney Kardashian gave an
overhaul on her sister's condition amid a video
meet with Australia's "TODAY Extra" on
Wednesday, October 19 and uncovered that the spouse of
Kanye West is "not doing extraordinary" after the Paris
burglary.
"She's not doing extraordinary," said the mother of three. "I
believe we're all truly still shaken up and I just - you
know, I think she has a major strong family and I
realize that all the traumatic things that we've been
through, we get past them together as a family.
Furthermore, that is what family's about."
Kim was bound, choked and ransacked by a gathering of
cheats who stole her gems while she was in Paris
prior this month. She has since been stayed in her
Bel-Air house in the wake of coming back to the U.S. Words are,
she's going to build a frenzy room as a wellbeing
measure.
As per InTouch Weekly, the wellbeing room will be
intended to withstand any real flames and quakes.
Counting an expansive room, a washroom and cameras, the
security space could cost up to $100,000.
Scarlett Johansson’s vanity side-project is a gourmet popcorn shop in Paris
CB and I seldom battle however when we do, it's about popcorn. She loves sriracha popcorn and she called my obsession with super-rich popcorn a "plague." Personally, I think sriracha popcorn sounds like a culinary premature birth, however whatever. The reason CB and I were quarreling over popcorn this week is on account of we got an abnormal special email about Scarlett Johansson and her French spouse Romain Dauriac. ScarJo and Romain split their time between Paris, New York and LA (apparently). Obviously, ScarJo and Romain have some sort of vanity side-extend that includes… popcorn. Gourmet popcorn. Per the public statement:
It was reported today that Scarlett Johansson and her better half Romain Dauriac to open their lead gourmet popcorn shop named Yummy Pop in the heart of the Parisian region of the Marais. This will be their first invasion as a family in making and building up Yummy Pop as a reasonable universal business wander. The Parisian Yummy Pop store will have a delicate opening on Saturday, October 22nd with its entryways opening at 11:00 am. There will be a Grand Opening at a later date, to be declared soon.
"It has been a fantasy of dig and my family for quite a while to convey our most loved American nibble to our most loved European City!" states Scarlett. "I am so eager to present Yummy Pop, a work of affection and Epicurean excitement. My desire is for Yummy Pop to wind up a Parisian nibbling staple and an image of kinship between my two most cherished urban areas, Paris and New York," explains Scarlett.
The favors will change with the seasons, as crisp fixings get to be accessible, energetic and are in wealth. A portion of the popcorn flavors will stay as staples/works of art. The current (and future flavors) were made as a team with Chef Will Horowitz of Ducks Eater and Harry and Ida's in New York City. The underlying flavors offered are:
Ocean Salt and Olive Oil
Genuine Vermont Cheddar – Romain's top choice
Genuine Vermont Maple – Rose's top choice
Strawberries and Cream—Romain's younger sibling top choice, director of Yummy Pop
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Truffle Parmesan and Sage – Scarlett's top choice
Will we as a whole perhaps concur that cheddar popcorn is the genuine evil entity? WTF? In all actuality, my sense of taste isn't super-modern (my most loved nourishments are "Caesar plates of mixed greens" and "browned chicken") yet genuinely… these are the flavors? There's no standard "margarine popcorn"? WTF is chocolate-shrouded strawberry popcorn??? How are they not offering a pot corn choice either? Pot corn is the best.
Would it be advisable for me to try and say anything in regards to how arbitrary it is that ScarJo's vanity venture is opening up a popcorn store in Paris? Irregular thy name is ScarJo. It sounds kind of like Scarlett is subsidizing this to fiscally bolster some of Romain's family. Hm…
PS… CB needed me to incorporate her formula for sriracha popcorn. You take ¼ measure of pieces, place in a paper lunch pack and microwave it for one moment and thirty seconds. At that point include olive oil and sriracha.
PPS… that time when Scarlett wore a robe to a lunch meeting.
Kim Kardashian will celebrate her 36th birthday quietly with some new jewelry
Kim Kardashian was and is the celebrity that people love to hate. And not surprisingly, she’s not interested in playing that game anymore. Kim has been very quiet since the Paris robbery on October 3, and it’s looking more and more like Kim is going to be quiet for a while. Sources told People Magazine this week that Kim “is still having a difficult time” and that “she has zero desire to resume her old life.” She’s cancelled her upcoming public appearances and she’s been spending most of her time in her house, with her children. Kanye is still on tour, but in between gigs, he flies home to see her. She’s also nervous about being photographed, which makes sense to me because I believe that the robbers were able to track her because of the paparazzi documenting her comings and goings, and there were also some reports that one of the robbers had even posed as a paparazzo to track her.
It seems pretty clear that Kim is legitimately traumatized and she’s still dealing with the aftermath of the shock. Apparently, her family is being incredibly supportive and much of Kim’s business interests and reality show appearances have been left hanging. I suspect that by the end of the year, we’ll be seeing more of her, but for now, she’s doing what she needs to do. Meaning, her birthday is October 21and Kanye has already canceled the big party he had organized:
An extravagant party organised in honour of Kim Kardashian’s 36th birthday has reportedly been cancelled by concerned husband Kanye West amid fears for her security following her terrifying multi-million dollar robbery in Paris. The American TV personality will celebrate her birthday on October 21, but sources claim the party has been significantly downscaled and will be a subdued affair following the ordeal, during which thieves escaped with an estimated £8.5 million in jewels after posing as police officers and breaking into her rented apartment in the French capital.
But while Kanye, 39, has reportedly moved to cancel plans for a lavish celebration, the rapper has sought to ensure her big day is still memorable by buying her a pair of ruby drop earrings from designer Lorraine Schwartz, understood to be worth $50,000.
‘Kanye is devastated he has to cancel – but his family’s security come first,’ a source told The Sun Online. ‘He had gone all out for Kim’s birthday and it was going to be all expenses spared with champagne and canapés. Now they will do something low key instead. He’s made sure he will still spoil her with the stunning one of a kind earrings though – as he doesn’t cut corners when it comes to his missus.’
Friday, 7 October 2016
Tangled episode 3 [standing between the devil and the blue sea]
TANGLED
EPISODE 1
"Yusuf we never had sex, why are you
blackmailing me?" She quried disappointedly, tears gathering in her lower eyelid. Slowly, Yusuf moved his head away from her face and stopped to observe her for a while then he smiled mischievously, Bumi trembled at this smile as it immediately sent her down memory lane- three weeks ago to be precise.
* * *
"Lorrrrd you are more precious than silver
Lord you are more costly than gold, lord
Lord you are more beautiful than diamond There is nothing I desire more than you..." Bumi sang with her eyes tightly shut as brother Yusuf played the piano to synchronize with her melodious voice. He watched as her luscious lips met and parted rhythmically and felt himself choking. Bumi is really beautiful, he thought. He ran his eyes down her knee-lenght gown and for the very first time, he was just noticing how long and straight her legs were. She always his them in those oversized long gowns which she always wore to the church for choir practice. 'Over sized' wasn't actually the word though. He thought. They were just always too long.
Tracing his eyes up to her breast, he gasped as he met her eyes. She had been staring at him all these while and that was when he got to know that he had longed stopped playing the piano and was in another different world altogether...
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Tangled episode 2 [standing between the devil and the blue sea]
TANGLED
EPISODE 2
Ding dong! Ding dong! The door bell rang repeatedly before the door knob suddenly turned and the door stood ajar. Smiling knowingly, Yusuf ushered her in.
"Sister Bumi, what kind of drink would
You prefer? Soft or alcohol?" He asked as he made way to the refrigerator which was positioned against the wall at one corner of the living room.
"Yusuf I haven't come here for
Pleasantries and you know that" She retorted in a stern calm voice almost whispering. Yusuf made his way back to the couch where Bumni was already seated and sat on an elevated part of it. Slowly he fumbled with her hair, pushing all the braids that had rested on her shoulder backwards to expose her neck. In no time, he could see that delicate neck once more. Tilting his head, he bent over to kiss it but she pushed him away before he could fully bury his head in her neck and gave him this -your-time-is-up- kind of gaze, Yusuf had never seen such a look on her face...
Tangled episode 1 [standing between the devil and the blue sea]
TANGLED
EPISODE 1
The stealthy movement of the garbage man notwithstanding, could still be sensed by Bumi that night. He must be sneaking into the neighbor's compound again to do God knows what. Bumi had observed that he did it more often these past few days.
Gently adjusting the blinds, she could see him from her window piling up stones and other improvise just to climb the fense. It was a short one though but he was just being overly conscious. She hissed in disappointment and went back to her bed. Lying supine, she turned her face to the wall clock hanging at corner of her room- it was just few minutes past midnight. Time must have stopped entirely she wondered and wished it was so-At least she wouldn't have to be awake till this time thinking of what her fate would be tommorow when she finally meets Brother Yusuf. She would have been sleeping and having a good night rest.
Swiftly, she grabbed one of her pillows and hugged it tightly allowing the hot tears that had welled up in her eyes to flow freely...
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