Bovi Man On Fire happening tomorrow

Bovi Man On Fire will take place tomorrow Sunday March 10th at Eko Hotel. It will feature Basketmouth, Wizkid, MI, Olamide, Seyi Shay and DJ Exclusive. See the rest of the details on the poster.

How do you control your spending?

A lot of people young and old find it difficult to hold petty cash. They have a habit of spending money once it gets into their hands. Sometimes people would rather give cash to a close friend or siblings to hold for fear of blowing it - mostly on things that they don’t need. The obvious answer is to save the money in the bank and perhaps seize from holding a bank card in order to avoid frequent visits to the ATM machine.

At the same time, they wouldn’t want to find themselves in an awkwardly stranded and cashless situation one day without cash or access to any funds. What if they need to buy airtime to call someone? What if the car has a flat tire and cash is needed to pay the vulcanizer?


What if a younger sibling asks for some money? What if they need to pay for an item at the supermarket? What if they DSTV expiration occurs in the middle of an interesting show or just before the Champions league final? How do they pay on the spot? Or even pay for PHCN bills?

These people need to have access to money without necessarily holding cash all the time.

Well, FIRSTMONIE can help!

Firstmonie is mobile money service powered by FirstBank that lets you send/transfer and receive money, buy airtime, shop for items and pay bills all from your mobile phone. It turns your phone into an e-wallet which can be funded via Firstmonie agents and at FirstbBank ATM machines or branches nationwide.

To learn more about Firstmonie

Visit www.firstmonie.com  or www.facebook.com/firstmonie
Follow @Firstmonie on Twitter

Uhuru Kenyatta declared 4th president of Kenya

Mr Uhuru Kenyatta was today declared the 4th president of Kenya by the country's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. Kenyatta will assume office later this month as the first Kenyan President to come into office under the country’s new constitution which was adopted after the crisis that followed its 2007 elections.

His stage name is Babsss. Real name – Babajide Obasanjo. The 18 year old just returned from London to study in a private university in Nigeria. Babsss is currently in the studio recording for a mixtape that is to drop in the middle of this year and We heard he is currently recording a remix of Davido’s Damiduro …and instead of omo baba olowo,  it will be tagged ‘omo baba Obasanjo’. The remix drops on the 1st day of march 2012. So watch out for him.

MTN presents the MTN Leadership Seminar with Dr Farrah Gray

MTN presents the MTN Leadership Seminar with Dr Farrah Gray

In its continued commitment to empowering dreams and enriching lives, MTN in the last four years has brought in renowned speakers like Les Brown, Chris Gardner and David Plouffe to speak to Nigerians on topics bordering on entrepreneurship, strategy, motivation amongst others. Formerly tagged the MTN Motivational Series, the project has been revamped and repackaged as the MTN Leadership Seminar to bring more value to her customers and the general public. 

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The MTN Leadership Seminar is the first of its kind in Nigeria with the objective of:

-          Enabling MTN customers move on ahead in life and business

-          Inspiring the CAN-DO spirit in them.

-          Creating a conducive atmosphere for networking

-          Creating opportunities for budding entrepreneurs through the N30 Million Grant and a 6 month mentorship programme with Dr. Farrah Gray.

This year’s Seminar promises to be bigger and better and will feature Dr. Farrah Gray, a young American businessman, investor, philanthropist, author, syndicated columnist, and motivational speaker who became a millionaire at the tender age of 14. The seminar will hold from Tuesday, April 24, 2012 to Friday, April 27, 2012 in 2 locations in Nigeria. The theme of this year’s event is “Breaking the Success Myth”.

The MTN Leadership Seminar will also feature activities beyond talk and will include a first-of-its kind initiative called the MTN Budding Entrepreneur Business Grant. The initiative  will see  3 entrepreneurs go home with the sum of N20 Million for the best idea and N5 Million each for 2 and 3rd great ideas respectively in order to pursue their business ventures.  Avid social network faithfuls would  have noticed “If I had 30 million Naira” twitter hash-tag and Facebook question which served as a pre-cursor to the initiative with Nigerians of all works of life dropping their two cents on the topic   .

About Farray Gray

Farrah Gray is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, author, syndicated columnist, and motivational speaker. At just 29, he has been able to put in more in a lifetime than most will. Dr. Farrah Gray was named as one of the most influential Black men in America by the National Urban League's Urban Influence Magazine and Ebony Magazine recognized him as an entrepreneurial icon, business mogul and best-selling author. Raised in the impoverished South side of Chicago, Dr. Gray defied the odds and became a self-made millionaire by the age of 14. At the age of 21, he received an Honorary Doctorate degree of Humane Letters from Allen University. This was in recognition of his ingenious economic mind and distinguished commitment to the development of values such as leadership, integrity and scholarship. In his rise from poverty to national and international prominence as an entrepreneurial icon and pre-eminent power speaker, Dr. Gray has inspired millions around the world.

Date	Time	Location	Activity	Venue
24th April	9am	Lagos	Breakfast session with CEOs and MTN Platinum Plus members Theme: From Success to Relevance	Sky Lounge, Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island
25th April	6pm	Lagos	Leadership Seminar Theme: Breaking the Success Myth	Harbour Point, 4 Wilmott Point Victoria Island
26th April	6pm	Port Harcourt	Leadership Seminar Theme: Breaking the Success Myth	The Atrium, Stadium Road, Port Harcourt
27th April	2pm	Lagos	Youth Seminar Theme: Breaking the Success Myth	Main Auditorium, University of Lagos

To register to get an invite visit www.mtnonline.com/leadership

To upload your business plan visit www.mtnonline.com/leadership

Relevant links to Farrah Gray

HCI Books - Farrah Gray Publishing, Inc.
Publishers Weekly: Farrah Gray launches FG Publishing
CNN: "Up from the Past: African-American Firsts" Interview
CNN: "How To Start A Business In This Economy" Interview

Banky W threatens to sue Nigeriafilms.com over article

From Banky’s blog

I will now proceed to sue this website, the writer, and everyone involved with propagating such nonsense until they delete this poor excuse for an article and post a full apology, or until a court of Law closes this business down.

I think Banky should have ignored them. Thousands of people didn’t see it until he brought our attention to it. How can you sue someone when you don’t even know who they are? NF I think operates from outside the country. Also can a law court close down a blog in Nigeria? I doubt it…probably not worth your time and money darling.. but do what you gotta do.
Read the article Banky is angry about HERE and read his full statement on his blog HERE

IG withdrawals police escorts from individuals, firms

The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Monday, in Abuja ordered the withdrawal of all police officers posted as guards to companies and individuals across the country.

He also ordered that all intra-state and highway checkpoints be dismantled and brought under the original structures recognised by police standards saying such constituted nuisance especially on the Lagos express road, Edo and South-Eastern states.
Abubakar said the directive was aimed at restoring professionalism, efficiency and integrity in the performance of police duties. He said the withdrawal would ensure service delivery to the people adding that over 100, 000 police officers attached to individuals and corporate organisations as guards.
Abubakar’s predecessors had issued the same directives on assuming office, but was never executed as police officers remained on guard for firms as well as politicians.
By law, only the President, Vice-President, state governors, local government chairmen, magistrates and judges were entitled to police guards, but the privilege was however abused by senior police officers in charge of police commands and formations who assign junior officers to individual.
While addressing Assistant Commissioners of Police in charge of operations and Criminal Investigation Departments of all zonal and state commands in Abuja, Abubakar emphasised the need to restore professionalism and integrity to all police duties.
He ordered the immediate release of all unlawfully detained persons in police cells and reiterated his directive that no person should be detained beyond 24 hours, except permitted by law.
“All squads, teams or any other investigating outfit operating under whatever name are hereby dismantled with immediate effect and they are to be under the original structures recognised by police standards,” Abubakar said.
“All intra-state and highway road blocks which constitute nuisance especially on the roads of Lagos, Edo and South-Eastern states should also be dismantled immediately”.
Dailytimes.