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Hi! Its Monday again and we have yet another opportunity to crush on someone. In today’s edition of #MCM, We will be crushing on the Nigerian Music Legend Tuface Idibia Innocent Idibia popularly and famously known as TuFace or TuBaba was born in Jos, he attended Saint Gabriel’s Secondary School in Makurdi, Benue State. He enrolled at Institute of Management & Technology, Enugu (IMT), where he started his music career. There, he would pergform at shows and parties organized within the school. With time, he also progressed to performing at other schools such as, The University of Nigeria and Enugu State University of Science and Technology and also for the GB Fan Club at Enugu State Broadcasting Services (ESBS). He eventually dropped out to pursue his career in music. He later moved to Lagos and formed Plantashun Boyz with black face and Faze, and they became a group to expect much from. The Band released two highly successful albums under Dove Records owned by Nelson...

It was a perfect day in Victoria Island Lagos. There was beauty, laughter, joy and dancing all round the big bright Mercy hall. It was Vivian Sissy's wedding ceremony. The room was filled with smiles, happiness and cheer but there is one dark spot from where a lady stared. Helen Grace was thinking about Mike again. Mike Martins, a smart young man with broad shoulders and cute eyes who she met few years back at a gathering like this. She just sat there, thinking about a moment like this when she first saw Mike and how he walked her to the stage as she stirs at everyone around the 'tiny place' . Helen walked over to the window and reflected on her sunny surroundings. She had always loved beautiful Lagos with its watery wild waters. It was a place that encouraged her tendency to feel relaxed. But with this noise, she can not help but brood. Then she saw something in the distance or rather someone. It was the charming Figure of the Martin she just pictured. Hele...

If you are around age 20 and above, you will probably remember Bisi the curious but highly intelligent secondary school student that featured in the TV show sponsored by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) “I NEED TO KNOW”. Funke Akindele is a screen goddess who is very popular for her hilarious roles in the Nollywood movie industry. She was born in August 24 1976. She went to the University of Lagos, and bagged a Law certificate. Today, the Law certificate is not in use but we bet the knowledge acquired as a Law Student plays a big part in all the movie contracts and other deals the super talented producer has to sign. The Nollywood actress, producer, and most recently rapper, runs a non-governmental organization known as THE JENIFA FOUNDATION, whose aims and objectives involves nurturing talents and acquiring vocational skills. Over the years, Funke has featured in several English and Yoruba movies. She is best known for her hit movie 'Jenifa', which has retu...

The lion and the Jewel is a playwright written by Nobel Prize Laureate, Wole Soyinka . The play captures the story involving four characters – Sidi, Lakunle, Baroka, and Sadiku. The narrative hinges on an unusual love-triangle. Lakunle is a schoolteacher who wants to marry Sidi but refuses to pay a bride-price for her, ostensibly because it is one of many outdated practices of the Yoruba people that do not match his civilised opinions. Sidi, the “jewel” of the title, seems to return Lakunle’s affection but is constantly angered by his condescension towards her as an “uneducated bush girl” and by his highfalutin phrasemaking. Moreover, her sense of self-worth according to “traditional” criteria for desirability as a bride-to-be is (ironically) increased by her prominence in a recently-published book of photographs taken by a visitor to the village. When the bale or autocratic head of the village, Baroka seeks a new bride to add to his harem, Sidi’s growing rep...

Make way for Timi Dakolo! Hi!  It's Monday and it means we have yet another opportunity to crush on someone and in today’s edition of #MCM, we present to you, the award winning Nigerian singer, fashionista and model Timi Dakolo. Timi Dakolo was born in Accra, Ghana to a Nigerian father, from Bayelsa David and a Ghanaian mother, Norah, whom he lost at the age of thirteen. His grandmother Ateni Dakolo and his aunty Susan Larry, who lived in Port Harcourt, raised him, and he credits her as his early singing teacher. So deep was their relationship that Timi declined an offer to move to Lagos with his parents, opting to stay back in Port-Harcourt with his grandmother.  Like a lot of artistes, he started his singing career from church at the age of twelve. In 2003 he joined the singing group Purple Love as a founding member. They dominated the Port Harcourt club circuit, but disbanded in 2005 as all its members had gained admission into the Uni...

Whose Love is that? I think I know. Its owner is quite sad though. It really is a tale of woe, I watch her frown. I cry hello. She gives her Love a shake, And sobs until the tears make. The only other sound's the break, Of distant waves and birds awake. The Love is Grand, weak and deep, But she has promises to keep, Until then she shall not sleep. She lies in bed with ducts that weep. She rises from her bitter bed, With thoughts of sadness in her head, She idolises being dead. Facing the day with never ending dread.       CHEERFUL   Follow on Twitter @olowepraise Instagram @cheerful_olowe Facebook @praise olowe 

Thank God its friday! The week has been super exciting for me as i decided to explore in catering. I hope you had a great week as well.  Look! the weekend is finally here, and it is time to relax and ease yourself of the stress. I want you to spice it up with a little change in taste. Many of us, are used to the normal recipes we prepare on a daily. I am urging you this weekend, to try something new. For this week, i will be focusing on the Edikangikong soup. I hope you try it out as well. E dikang Ikong / Edikaikong soup is a nutritious Nigerian soup recipe and  one of the native soups of  the south-eastern states  Efiks  of Nigeria  Cross River and  Akwa Ibom states.   made with a generous amount of fresh leaf y vegetables, dried fish and assorted meat. It is usually cooked with a combination of two different vegetables ;Ikong Ubong /Ugwu leaves (fluted pumpkin leaves) and water leaves;but in the absence of fl...