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Catholic church to hold youth week events

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Catholic youth organization of Nigeria (CYON) is set to hold her Youth week Events at Saint Herald Catholic Church Gbagada. The Seven days event is set to take off on June 17, 2018 with a programme tagged Awareness/Couples Day. The Youth Week Event 2018 is powered by Wema Bank and Dominos. The event promises to be the best of its kind.

Video: Throwback Movie – Sister Act

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 It is Thursday! and Thursdays are for throwbacks.  Recently, I got an opportunity to see this movie again. Interestingly, I decided to remind you the story... Sister Act is a 1992 American musical comedy and one of the most financially successful comedies of the early 1990s. Directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Joseph Howard, the film stars Whoopi Goldberg as a Reno lounge singer who has been put under protective custody in a San Francisco convent of Poor Clares and has to pretend to be a nun when a mob boss puts her on his hit list. Summary Sister Act is basically about a Reno lounge singer named Deloris Van Cartier who witnesses her mobster boyfriend killing an employee. The film opens at St. Anne’s Academy, a California Catholic school where Deloris is scolded for wisecracking and disobeying rules. The setting then changes to the present day, where Deloris Van Cartier is a lounge singer working in a casino called The Moonlight Lounge, locate...

The Menace of Corporate begging in Lagos

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 By Praise Olowe Just when I thought the issue of corporate begging had seized in Lagos, some of my recent encounters within the Lagos metropolis has got me re thinking. Corporate beggars seem to be back in town and this time around, they are back in re branded styles. Street begging is not new in Nigeria, and it majorly involves visibly disadvantaged people, who line major roads to beg for money. You would agree with me that, seeing a good looking man who is all dressed up in tuxedo, carrying a fancy brief case and wearing a pair of shoe so well polished that you can almost see your reflection in them on the street of Lagos is not at all a concern. However, it becomes one when this corporately dressed man, walks up to a lady not to make advances, but to seek assistance backing it up with a really pathetic story. This was my experience a few days ago, at the Oshodi area of Lagos. This handsome looking guy, walked up to me and said: (not the exact word...

Photos: Heaps of reuse on the streets of Lagos

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By Joseph Olaoluwa  Afolabi, Lagos  Egbeda, Lagos  Iba, Oba Gloria  Igando, Lagos  Ikotun, Lagos  Iyana Ipaja, Lagos  Maryland, Lagos Yaba, Lagos

'Now that NYSC is over'

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A big Congratulations to the recently passed out Youth corps members. Smooth or not, you have served your fatherland the best way you can, Your khaki wearing days are over, no more CDS, no more PPA and there is no more payment of 19,800 to your accounts monthly. Now that your service year is over, what is Next? It is time to make things happen for you. If you are still contemplating what to do, here are some tips to help you begin well in this new phase of life. Read Also: NYSC camp must-have Have a good- written Cv By now, you are expected to have well- written curriculum vitae. Also, you should have started circulating them. Remember that, a good CV is more likely to lead to a job interview.  Do your research properly You can learn a lot about a company just from visiting their website and doing some research. Your CV will be more relevant if for instance, you can use value statements to match yourself to the company’s mission statement and go...

MCM- King of 'What’s up music’

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It’s Monday!  And of course, we will love someone! In today’s edition of # MCM , we will be crushing on one ace Nigerian singer, rapper, actor, writer and lawyer.  He is no other than, Folarin Falana known under the stage name Falz the badt guy. He is talented, intelligent and classy. He is a badt guy that keeps his fashion game steady and on a fleek. Folarin Falana, the son of Femi Falana, a Nigerian human activist and lawyer, is a Nigerian rapper, actor, and songwriter. He began his career while in secondary school after forming a group called “The School Boys” with his friend before his professional career as a music artiste began in 2009.  Falz shot into limelight after his song titled “Marry Me” (featuring vocals from Poe and Yemi Alade) won him a nomination in the “Best Collaboration of The Year” category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. He was also nominated in the “Best Rap Act of The Year” and “Best New Act to ...

ThrowBack Movie: Baby's Day Out

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Recently, I got an opportunity to watch the movie Baby’s Day Out again. Interestingly, I decided to remind you the story….   Baby's Day Out is an American family comedy adventure film, written by John Hughes and produced in the year 1994.   The plot centers on a wealthy baby's kidnapping by three incompetent villains, his escape and adventure through a big city while being pursued by the kidnappers.  "Bink" has adoring parents Laraine and Bennington, They live in a huge mansion in a suburb of Chicago. Blink is just about to appear in the social pages of the newspaper. Three would-be kidnappers: Eddie, Norby and Veeko, the main antagonists, disguise themselves as the photographers from the paper and kidnap him. They kidnap him in order to get ransom money from his rich parents.   After the kidnapping, they had difficulty controlling Blink. In the trial of trying to get him to fall asleep, Norby does so reading Bink's book, ...