Celebrities You Never Knew Were Nigerians

You probably know these celebrities but you never knew they were Nigerians or have a Nigerian Origin. However, they have made Nigeria proud in all realms of the Industry.

TINIE TEMPAH: Real name , Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu. (born November, 1988). Tinie Tempah is an English/Nigeria rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He was born in London to an Igbo couple from Delta, Nigeria. His musical career started in 2005 and is still glowing on the horizon. H recently did a new song "Mamacita"featuring Wizkid. Some of his other Associated artists are Labrinth, Kelly Rowland, Ellie Goulding , Calvin Harris etc.





 UZO ADUBA:(February 10, 1981) Orange is the New Black star Uzoamaka Aduba A.K.A "Crazy Eyes". She was born in Boston to an Igbo parents from Achi, Enugu State. Her career started in 2003 with appearance in “Translations of Xhosa" at the Olney Theatre center for Art earned her a  Helen Hayes Award. She also is the only actress to win the Emmy Award in both comedy and drama genres for the same role.

 CHIWETEL EJIOFOR: Nigerian/British star who is known to have played Solomom in "12 Years a Slave", Okwe in "Dirty Pretty Things" Odenigbo "Half of A Yellow Sun" E.t..c. He was born July 1977 to Arinze and Obiajulu Ejiofor. His father was a doctor and his mother a pharmacist again his younger sister, Zain Asher is a CNN correspondent.

HAKEEM KAE KAZIM: Hakeem was born in Lagos Nigeria and later relocated to London, England where he started acting in schools and National Theatre. H e also was given a space in the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is known for his  portrayal of George Rutaganda in the Movie Hotel Rwanda, H e also starred as Colonel Ike Dubaku in  "24" and is currently and  Etisalat ambassador.

 ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE: Born in 22 August 1967 to a Nigerian couple. He unfortunately was given up for adoption by his Nigerian student parents because they couldn't cater for him. At eight   he reunited with his parents and was brought back to Nigeria. Unable to speak Yoruba and communicate with his British accent he was mute most of the time this is somehow seen in some of his movies as he most times in his movies say just few words. As a teenager he led a very rough life that could have questioned his achievements but the wheels changed as he later studied law and became a fashion model and also an actor, some of his roles are Atticus in "Pompeii", Lock-Nah in "The Mummy Return", Mr Eko in "Lost", Maiko in "Game of Thrones" etc.

 

Aba Tricycle Riders Protest Against Police and Army Extortion

Aba has always known to be a no nonsense town perhaps that's is why on Tuesday, tricycle riders stage a protest against the police and army which they have alleged to be extorting them.
During the protest, placards that reads “No more N50 for police and N100 for army,”  “Monkey dey work, Baboon dey chop must stop,” were seen carried by anger protests

They said that they pay N100 as security levy at army checkpoints while the police collect N50 at their checkpoints from them.

The protesters alleged that the police and army personnel were arresting them and disturbing their business if they refused to part with the amount.

One of the tricycle operators, Mr Cletus said "We have kept quite under their act and we  are tired of it. By the time we finish settling them we are left with nothing for the owner of the keke and a lot of us have lost our keke because we couldn't pay up to our owners"
Another rider, Eme Udo said " Everyday they make it a rule that we must pay and when we don't we are delayed in our business and punish us in any means they find suitable. We wonder if we are working for them or ourselves"

The Chairman of the association, Mr Eugene Eze, said that his team had worked hard to sustain a good rapport with the police in Aba but the effort seemed not to work.

He said that the association would seek audience with Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu and the commissioner of police on their plight.

Eze promised to effect the release of those arrested by the police and urged members of the association to remain peaceful while he made effort to resolve the problem.

Rio 2016:Quadri knocked Out

Aruna Quadri, Nigeria and African champion on table tennis early on Wednesday morning crashed out of the Rio Olympics 2016 after suffering a 4-0 defeat to China’s star and world number one Ma Long, in the Men’s Singles category.
Quadri became the first African to reach the quarterfinals of men’s singles event at Rio 2016 Olympic game. Quadri, in a thrilling encounter, beat his German opponent, Boll Timo, 4-2 to seal a historic berth in the quarter finals of men’s single table tennis event.
His wonderful journey in the singles tournament came to an end with a dominant defeat (11-4, 11-2, 11-6, 11-7)

Photo: Burnaboy's Baby Mama Spotted With No Baby Bump.

Burna boy may soon be out of his hook as his baby mama has been spotted by one of Burna Boy's fan in a supermake in lekki. The fan has it that Uju Stella has no baby bump and this is confusing  because as of May June she posted  a test result and picture of her baby bump on social media. To make issues worst again she recently posted a photo of her with no bump and people have critically reacted to it.

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FG BANS PTA FEES IN UNITY SCHOOLS.

Following the complaints of parents concerning the ridiculousness of Unity Schools fees. The Federal Government has put a halt to PTA fees and reduce development fees  to N5000 in all Unity Schools. The Minister of Education, Malam Amadu Amadu on Tuesday disclosed that the new measures were aimed to  reducing school fees and managing the situation where  PTA and development fees are more than the school fees. The Minister made an example with Kings College, Lagos and the Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba where the fees charged by government for JSS1 in the first term is N69, 400, while the PTA collections stand at N70,000 and N74,000, respectively per child for the same first term, totalling to 139,490 and N143,400 respectively. Adamu Adamu said "Government views with grave concerning the activities of PTAs in unity colleges which have even formed themselves into national associations, instead of limiting themselves to the schools where their children attend”. The statement added that any project that should be carried out by PTA Should be written to and approved by the Ministry of Education



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Drake Confesses Love For Rihanna on Stage.

Having listened to Drake's and Rihanna's "work" and if you have followed the trend well you would have noticed an on and off string in what we might have notched to be a romantic relationship. Surprisingly, the on and off relationship is likely to start its official engine in no time as Drake on Saturday night in a concert made publicly his feeling for Riri. While addressing his fan he said halfway " If you've got love for Rihanna in New York Cuz you know I've  got love for Rihanna"

Rihanna on her on part is not hiding her feelings for Drake however, the assumed couples are taking it slow on the relationship as they obviously are not in any rush

 

How The Blind Dream, 7 Facts About Sleep

Of course  humans and non-humans  participate in this activity. Sleep is a state were the human body goes numb and the brain experiences a reduced form of unconsciousness. However, I have taken time to point out 7 interesting facts about sleep.

• Humans spend 1/3 of their life sleeping. that is to say that at the average of 70years one sleeps at approximately 24 years in a life time...WOW! that's a lot of sleep.
• There are five stages of sleep. Stage 1,2,3,4,REM(rapid eye movement).Stage 1(light sleep, very slow muscle and eye activity) , Stage 2(eye movement, and brain waves fluctuates), Stage 3/4(deep sleeping and difficult to wake) ,REM (paralyzed muscles/limbs, penile erection in males, increased heart rate).      
• 1/4 of couples sleep separately as a result of  sleeping disorder like fidgeting, snoring, parasomnia e.tc.
• Sleep deprivation has more tendency to kill more than food deprivation
• People born  blind  experience blind dreams. so to say, their  dreams includes emotion, sound, smell interplaying rather than sight.
• Sleeping upwards can help digestion and sleeping by your left helps reduce heartburn, acid reflux and beneficial to pregnant mom
• It takes 5-15 minutes to fail asleep at night

Reference: sleepassociation.com
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