Author: Faaji

South Africa’s grocery chain, Shoprite, may not be doing too well at home, but in countries like Nigeria, it’s doing quite well. The company reported a 10% growth in July-September sales and cites its Sub-Saharan storefronts as the source.

Things continue to look bleak for Aviation Minister/Armoured Car Owner Stella Oduah.  As SaharaReporters note, a meeting called to seek help for her in front of her peers in the House and the Senate turned downward when it was made clear that the House in hell-bent on investigating her. 

Oh, I love love. Future proposed to his songtress boo, Ciara today with a 15 carat diamond ring!  Huge congrats to the happy couple. They seem to geniunely be in amor.  [Sidebar – it feels like wedding season in the entertainment industry. Wonder who’s next…]

Funny and spot on video from Adeola (over at Keeping it Real with Adeola), on the FG/Minister Njoko-Iweala’s comments on “ASUU playing politics” regarding 4-month old strike.

Looks like Pres. Jonathan had an eventful trip to Israel. Sahara Reporters has some photos recording the journey.

I watched a video of this woman on Amazon Prime the other day and she was hilarious. Sometimes its hard to get British humor (for an Americana any way) but I got her and she cracked me up. She’s got a show happening in London this week. Check it out.

New visuals for Wizzy Baby’s single, Jaiye Jaiye, directed by Sesan. Very Fela-esque with the ankara pants and a Shrine performance.  Looking forward to seeing the dance moves at 0:45 poppin’ in Lagos clubs soon.

Chris Brown was arrested early this morning in DC for punching a guy in the face and allegedly breaking dude’s nose. He could face up to 4 years in jail since this happened while he was still on probation for the Rihanna incident. Sad news. He seemed to be doing so well lately.

At the end of a two-day oil and gas investment forum held in Port Harcourt, Rivers, Pres. Goodluck Jonathan noted that the Federal Government was exploring the possibility of using an electronic pipeline surveillance to track oil theft in the country.

‘Much ado about nothing…apart from being bulletproof, are the cars accident-proof, and do the cars fly over traffic, has the purchase improved the lifestyles of villagers from the Minister’s clan?’