IGNITE............what's inside?

This weekend (Saturday to be precise) brings you a big, exciting and refreshing event for young adults (age group: 20s to mid 30s). It is an entrepreneural, business and careers event. It is known as IGNITE and is brought to us by a group of young adults at the Jesus House Centre, London. See flyer for info:

I know it is worth attending because it presents the perfect opportunity to network with highly successful entrepreneurs and like minded business men and women whilst gaining an insight into applying good Christian principles in business and in our careers. It is also open to everyone.

Sponsored by Barclays and ABI Associates (http://www.abi.co.uk), there will be several networking opportunities and opportunities to ask interact with the following panel speakers:

Graham Dacre (UK) - sold his business, East Anglia’s biggest motor retailer, Lind Automotive Group, for over £108 million.

Tonye Cole (Nigeria) - Chief executive of Sahara Energy Resource Limited, an oil and gas trading company in partnership with GE oil and gas and with diversified businesses in storage and vessel ownership as well as upstream exploration assets.

Regina Ezenwa (Nigeria) – Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (FPSN). Managing director of Rozec Pharmacy Ltd and Former Chairman of Lagos State branch of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria. Rozec has had long term working relationships with Shell, Elf and NNPC in Nigeria.

Colin Tomlin (UK) - Executive Director of Mandate Men's Ministries, a ministry committed to building men of integrity who will be role models in their families, churches and society at large

Ruth Djang (UK) - owner of ABi Associates Ltd, one of Europe's leading companies facilitating creative talent and enterprise among ethnic minorities.ABi Associates Ltd designs and delivers innovative business support programmes in support of ethnic minority entrepreneurs and communities and regeneration.

There will also be several other businesses networking on the day.

Please email your first name and last name with subject line 'REGISTRATION FOR IGNITE' to register at reconnect@jesushouse.org.uk

In addition, there is a 100 word Business Idea Competition with a fantastic CASH prize and several other prizes and gifts to be won. Admission is by registration only!

P.S. This event is FREE as long as you register at reconnect@jesushouse.org.uk

A Special Number For You All

LOLOL well it's my birthday today and I decided to google this Nigerian jingle I sing for all my friends on their birthdays and VOILA!

ENJOY xx

The Weekender

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Pics from Leila Fowler opening in Lagos

More details at Fashion Africa (the new re-released magazine :o)) Previous post on Leila Fowler here


Jay-Z and Beyonce Tie The Knot?

They allegedly got married last Saturday (5th, April 2008) - read here



More info about the wedding below:



Rushed wedding due to Beyonce being pregnant?

As a result, she's wearing a ring but he's not?

They CLAIM they had it low-key because mags will not publicise


BACK IN NIGERIA - NIPRO OB'S NETWORKING SERIES

OB meaning 'Officially Back'

On Saturday, April 19th 2008 Nigeria's First Bluetooth Enabled Networking Event will be held in Lagos @ Posh Cafe, Mega Plaza, Idowu Martins str. Victoria Island

Special Guests:

Funto Akinkugbe, CEO, FindaJobinAfrica.com
Adeola Obagun, Diva Club Account, Standard Chartered Bank, Nigeria Ltd.
Jide Akindele, VP, The Mobile Media Group [In-House Bluetooth Expert]


- NEED A JOB IN NIGERIA or just interested in learning about the job market? Come meet with the CEO of FindaJobinAfrica.com




- NEED A NIGERIAN BANK ACCOUNT? Come meet with Executives from Standard Chartered



- NEED TO LEARN OR CONNECT WITH ENTREPRENEURS about starting and running a business in Nigeria?Come meet with Top 40 under 40 Nigerian Professionals!



- GET ACCESS to Executives, HR Directors and reconnect with friends you didn't even know were back in Nigeria!



COME EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF NETWORKING!



Admission - N1000

Contacts: Jay 0803 353 9465; Morayo 0808 615 8635; Kamil 0807 996 4606

Supported By:

- FJA Jobs www.FindaJobinAfrica.com
- Diva Club Account, Standard Chartered Bank www.top40nigeria.com
- The Mobile Media Group


Special Videobytes

CRACKERS CLUB: YOU ARE SCURM OF THE EARTH!

Verdict = LOLLLLLLLLLLL. This is a video response to who killed Wande Coal?


BRONX, NY STUDENTS DISCUSS OBAMA

Verdict = Interesting

Click to Watch National Moi Moi video by Patience Ozokwor (Mama G)


Featuring:

Website: www.outletng.com (Everything must GO!)

Album:




Muyiwa & Riversongz - Declaring His Love




This is a Gospel Album, but not just any gospel album. It is currently the No. 1 album in the HMV Jazz & Blues Chart, Gospel Chart AND Pre-order Chart. It is definitely a MUST-BUY. I am buying mine tomorrow, so should you!

Riversongz website - www.riversongz.com
More info on Muyiwa - http://www.premier.tv/presenters/muyiwa.aspx

Sample songs here

BUY ALBUM ONLINE:

HMV (Free Delivery)
Play (Free Delivery)
Amazon

Watch His Video

Listen to

DJ Dee Money's One hour Gbedu Jams Session on Tru Spot Radio click here

Videobytes

It's been a while since I spoke about Blak J*sus. Here is his African Rendition of Tambourine:

Verdict = Funny as always.

J. Holiday - Be With Me

Verdict = He's very talented, love his laid back style.

Nayo - African Girl

Verdict = I never saw her video, this lady is a very talented artist, there is something about her voice.

M.A.C Aids Fund etc.

Back again, sooner than I thought :o)

I recently got messages from a few readers asking me to update the info I put on Naija networking sites and Aliko Dangote. So just to add to these:

• Aliko Dangote is actually the first Nigerian billionaire and second black billionaire - how's that :o)


• Two more Naija networking sites to look at are www.naijaconnects.com (looks really cool) and www.nigeria-connected.com

M.A.C Aids Fund

M.A.C is one of the most popular makeup brands amongst Nigerian and African ladies and around the world. I will be doing a feature on Make up as well as Nigerian makeup artists soon. But speaking of Makeup, M.A.C recently celebrated the M.A.C AIDS fund, which raised $100 million, in New York City last year. If you are interested in philanthropy and charity (focusing on AIDS and HIV), M.A.C can actually support you via a grant. Check out the fund website and apply, they take applications all year round. If you are keen to know more about this, they have a press section with articles talking about the fund.

As a customer, if this appeases you, keep buying the Viva Glam range from M.A.C. Eve is one of the faces of M.A.C as well as Fergie and Dita Von Teese. These ladies are spokesmodels for the M.A.C. brand.

Speaking of Eve, check out her video with Sean Paul for the song "Give It To You" below

Student Offer

Microsoft Office 2007 (used in Windows Vista) for just £38.95

Students can get Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for £38.95 compared to the £565.48 being sold on Amazon! All they just need to do is visit www.theultimatesteal.co.uk to get the latest version. See below for eligibility.

Who's Eligible?

1. The Individual must possess a valid e-mail address at an educational institution which contains the domain suffix 'ac.uk', 'ac.im', 'ac.gg' or 'ac.je' AND

2. Individual must be a student enrolled at a qualified educational institution in the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man.

Finally, a comic strip from Ikebe Super for you (click to enlarge)

Earth Hour and Nigeria In The News

Earth Hour

On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. On this day, cities around the world, including Copenhagen, Chicago, Melbourne, Dubai, and Tel Aviv, will hold events to acknowledge their commitment to energy conservation.

http://www.earthhour.org/


CNN's Femi Oke on Nigeria and Telecoms (a must watch!)

Click here to watch (video should come up after the 15second advert)


BBC shows Nigeria's repairmen in pictures

Click on image below to view:

Also check out E-Magazine : MyNaijaMagazine

You can flip through and enjoy! Website - http://www.mynaijamagazine.com/

Lastly:

Left Brain vs Right Brain?

How do you know which side of your brain you use more? Some of us use the left more while some use the right, which one do you use? Click on the image below to find out.

Naija Naija Naija

Naija Social Networking Sites

Happy Easter in Arrears people. One of the things I'm focusing on in this post is our Naija versions of facebook.

I don't know if any of you remember the post I had on Naija5? As the name states, it is Nigeria's version of Hi5 - or, well, supposed to be.

As I pondered over this url for a minute, I thought whether they had an actual version of facebook i.e. Nigbook. I typed the url very slowly into my address bar - hoping, praying that this was not the case. I almost jumped for joy when I got this back - Nigbook result.

Sheesh must there be Nig everything? Nigbay (as in Ebay), Nig this, Nig that....

Anyway back to the social networking sites, I have recently discovered the following:


Central Station NG - Celtel's own version of facebook (dont ask!) but like every other money making sensible business, they've added a few extras like downloading music and ringtones, winning free tickets, etc.

Legwork.com.ng - Another meeting place for Nigerians (looks more like a shopping/dating/forum site) is expanding fast and was started by a young entrepreneur.



naNaija - An interesting one, I think its brand new, worth checking out.

Speaking of Facebook, a major vulnerability in the Facebook web security caused pictures of Paris Hilton to be leaked as well as private pictures posted by Mark Zuckerberg (Fbk creater) - more on the story here.

URLs for your perusal:

http://www.naija5.com/

http://www.centralstationng.net/

http://www.legwork.com.ng/

http://www.nanaija.com/

http://www.nigeria-friends.com/


More Naija stuff - What's On?

Dragon's Den Nigeria

Click on the image to visit the site.

Burma Boy Book Reading Tour

Click image below to see details and info of tour:

Apprentice Africa

Click on the image to visit the site.


Naija - What's Been On?

Leila Fowler Lagos Store Opens

The store opened yesterday and will consist of concessions from Peridot & Ruby, GLAM Indian Virgin Remi, Frenzii, Sweetface and Kimora Lee Simmons collection.

Check out the Leila Fowler website

Nayo's Album Release

The album was released in the UK on the 10th of March and can be ordered on the following websites:

WEBSITE -> http://www.nayomusic.com/

HMV -> http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=776187

AMAZON -> http://www.amazon.co.uk/African-Girl-Nayo/dp/B0013PJGCO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1204209002&sr=8-1

INTERVIEW ON CELEBRITY CORNER -> http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1437286070&channel=495713462

EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOADS: TIMES ONLINE -> http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3461978.ece

FACEBOOK GROUP -> http://www.facebook.com/pages/NAYO/12423665655?ref=s

The V- Monologues



Directed by Wole Oguntokun aka laspapi (fellow blogger), the V-monologues was held in and around Lagos and Abuja. Featuring the very best of actresses and Funmi Iyanda, Check out a review on it here.

Speaking of actresses, I found this Essence Magazine article on our favourite Black Hollywood actresses - check it out




Naija - What's To Come

MBGN - coming soon...

More soon.....watch this space