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dangel eyez is a blog,created in 2010,brings you all the latest worth-blogging gists and finds joy in exposing great people of our time and great talent!! follow me on twitter @dangeldiva

Monday, October 4, 2010

PICTURES FROM THE NIGERIA @ 50 RALLY IN FAR FROM HOME CYPRUS

hey, hey!! dangel eyez brings you pictures from the 2nd stage of  the Nigeria @ 50 celebration (theme:celebrating hope) over here in Northern Cyprus. 
I know its quite a late post(so sorry abt it, blame it on the NIGERIAN TIME ...lol)
anyways if you've got your pictures here feel free to save them to your laptop/laptops/any other technological device you've got :D :D 
if your pictures aint here , feel free to feel what we felt that day by viewing the pictures.



official flag bearer of the day...i guess it will go down in history :) :)




so  excited to join others...hehe.."hurry up now,will ya?" :D

and we matched on...


















 NDIGBO KWENU!!!!





yes o!! our country is not the worst country in the entire universe but we believe there is hope for a better(berra) NIGERIA and we celebrated it


http://dangelola.blogspot.com/2010/09/nigeria-50not-50celebration-of-new.html





GREAT NIGERIAN STUDENTS, TRNC
CELEBRATING HOPE
much luv,
dangel eyez

Sunday, October 3, 2010

MISS OMOLEWA 2010/MR IDEAL NIGERIA 2010



hey!!!
Do you remember my post "nigeria @ .50 (not 50) celebrating a new nigeria!celebrating hope"??  
In that post,  I highlighted a few reasons worth celebrating the country's 50th anniversary and few days back I FOUND ANOTHER GOOD REASON to keep celebrating..
                  Many months ago, I came across the facebook profile of  Tinuade Adewole 

and from her pictures I understood she was the winner of a beauty contest in 2009, a contest that had to do with helping the less priviledged children across Nigeria. At that time, I thought the whole contest was a good idea but did not bother to look into it any further.
   I guess I should have because it came back to me recently as my friend brought it to my notice, told me more about the contest and I am so excited that I'd love to share with you all. Maybe thats one of the blessings about starting a blog like this (you get to find out about many great things people around you are involved in, they get to inspire you and its fulfilling making others aware )
        
SO HERE GOES...........................

              In 2009,  Ayotunde Fabamwo (popularly known as twitch)the president of  WOTCLEF(
Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation
) vanguard oyo state at that time wanted to draw people's attention to the monster of child abuse and women trafficking and he needed a spokesperson who would get the attention of so many. He thought about the fact that beauty queens have been known for years to campaign about world causes hence, he decided a beauty pageant was the way to create awareness for his own cause.

            

                                                       and he came up with  
                                               

In 2010, he will be involving the young men of today as he introduces Mr Ideal Nigeria. (and I am in support..read more to find out why)
Dangel eyez had an interview with Mr Ayotunde and  I bring you the juicy part of this whole post 
:D :D
THE INTERVIEW
dangel eyez:        
hiiii, how are you? my friend chris just told me about the competition-Miss Omolewa Nigeria 2010 and Mr Ideal Nigeria 2010.
I think its a great thing you're putting together, helping children and giving to the society. I would love to know more about the competition.
Ayotunde:
Thanks Dami , i am really glad you doing this and of course i will tell you about it. At the Miss Omolewa we believe that for a greater Nigeria, its essential for the Nigerian child to know that it is important to grow in life and help make a difference in the world and NO ONE IS TOO YOUNG TO TOUCH LIVES.

dangel eyez:
How or why did you come up with the name "Omolewa"?
Ayotunde:
My target market was the soutwest states , and this is predominantly yoruba states , so i went with a name 'omolewa'. In Yoruba, it means 'child is beauty'. 

dangel eyez: What is Miss omolewa?
Ayotunde:
The Miss Omolewa started in 2009. I was the president of WOTCLEF Vanguard, Oyo state. I wanted to draw people's attention to the monster of child abuse and women trafficking and I needed a spokesperson who would draw more attention. Beauty queens have been known for years to campaign about world causes hence, I decided a beauty pageant was the way to go and that way I can get children involved, like a 'children for children' idea.The average age of women trafficked in Nigeria is 14 - 17 hence, the age range for the contestants. The Miss Omolewa pageant creates campaigns that promotes causes affecting the Nigerian child and every year the winner of the Miss Omolewa works with a charity.

dangel eyez:
What is Mr ideal Nigeria is about?
Ayotunde:
Mr Ideal Nigeria 2010 is the first.
The Mr Ideal Nigeria is the ambassador for the 'business Key'. This is to encourage the young Nigerian men that coming up with their own business idea is a way to alleviate poverty in our society. Guys between the ages of 17 - 25 are allowed to apply to the contest and the final five to compete are chosen after a preliminary interview.

dangel eyez:
How is the winner selected?
Ayotunde:
 The Omolewas will go through three rounds of competition; traditional wear , occasional wear , interviews. the Top five will be chosen and they will go on to the final round which involves asking the contestants a question. This is to ensure we have a Miss Omolewa that is a combination of brains and looks.
The Mr Ideal Nigeria contestants go through four rounds of competition; physical fitness, Talent hunt , corporate wear and the question round. The winner will also be a combination of brains and looks.

dangel eyez:
Who is Miss Omolewa?
Ayotunde:
Miss Omolewa has to be an ideal teenager , who is charismatic , elegant , smart , beautiful and delectable. 

dangel eyez:
Who is Mr Ideal Nigeria?
Ayotunde:
The Mr Ideal has to be ambitious, charismatic, handsome, physically fit and fun to be around. 

dangel eyez:
Where and when will it take place?
Ayotunde:
The Show will take place on the 23rd of October in Fonts hall, Akure. Dresscode: a touch of white and read.

dangel eyez:
What did the last winner do in her tenure?
Ayotunde:
during the final question stage at the Miss Omolewa 2009 in Ibadan , Tinuade Adewole, representative of Oyo state was asked 'how will you execute your beauty as Miss Omolewa?' and she said 'everyone stops for a beautiful girl with a great smile. I will use that to draw their attention to the effect child abuse has on our country'. 15year old Tinuade went on to become Miss Omolewa Nigeria 2009.
she was the spokesperson of Child labour eradication in Oyo state working with the women trafficking and child labour eradication foundation and she also worked with the love of a child foundation helping kids with HIV AIDS. 

dangel eyez:
What are we expecting from Miss Omolewa Nigeria 2010?
Ayotunde:
The Miss Omolewa Nigeria 2010 will work with lifting our community to raise money for the education of children in Nigeria during her reign and also the love of a child foundation to give charity to motherless kids and orphans in rural and sub-urban parts of Nigeria. she will also be hosting a fund-raising show in Akure on the 27th of May 2011 and this will showcase talent display by kids from all over the country(dont we just love the word talent on dangel eyez!! ;) ). in the year 2011 , the Miss Omolewa Nigeria 2010 will represent Ondo at the Miss Independence pageant in Lagos, cover model of Berries magazine, interview with Vibes Magazine and sam undyee of 94.6Fm and loads more.

dangel eyez:
What are we expecting from Mr Ideal Nigeria 2010?
Ayotunde:
The winner of Mr Ideal Nigeria 2010 will work alongside fashion Icon Adebayo OKe-Lawal to create awareness about the Business Key initiative. Adebayo Oke-Lawal is a perfect example of a youngster who came up with his own business ideas and is named one of the top fashion gurus to look out for. The Mr Ideal is Managed by Chris Onanuga.The winner will represent Ondo at the Mr Independence pageant in December, Duke of World (dukeofworld.com) in may, cover model madtainment Magazine, feature in Onyeka Nwelue's New movie abyssinian boy and loads more. 

       For those of you that follow my posts, I had featured both adebayo Oke-lawal and Onyeka Nwelue here on dangel eyez.
             so I agree with Ayotunde, Adebayo is a rising young fashion icon. He is a great stylist and I personally love the way he mixes colors. He is also one of the gentlemen of onyx&pearl clothing. Some of their clothings you can see below:

Onyeka Nwelue is a young author. He is the writer of "The Abyssinian Boy" which sold 15000 copies within the 6 months of its release becoming a National Bestseller, The Abyssinian Boy will be made into a film by Lasse Lau of Kran Film Collective, Belgium.


The Miss Omolewa Nigeria is chaired by Ayotunde Twitch , the Miss Omolewa pageant is managed by Bola Sanni and the Mr Ideal Nigeria managed by Chris Onanuga who I have worked with. He is fun to work with, passionate about helping others, puts his heart into whatever work he has to do and I'm sure he is going to make a good manager.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtr-XWmp4i8&feature=related



I know this post might be long but it is worth reading 
dangel eyez officially endorses these two competitions and I hope that most of you will support this competition in anyway you can.

click to view the facebook profile of Ayotunde
This is my own way of supporting,
October 23,
a touch of red and white,
MISS OMOLEWA NIGERIA 2010 / MR IDEAL NIGERIA 2010
be there!!!
much luv,
dangel eyez
                      

Thursday, September 30, 2010

15 children kidnapped 29/09/2010

if you have not seen my post on NIGERIA @ 50 . CLICK http://dangelola.blogspot.com/2010/09/nigeria-50not-50celebration-of-new.html


oh someone please explain this to me
     15 children in Abia state kidnapped by gunmen!!!!  This incident occured in Abia state while the children(nursery and primary) were being driven to school and now asking for a ransom of approximately N29million.
like seriously what is wrong with these people, so government officials and oil workers are not giving you enough money(ransom) right?? you have turned to innocent children??? 
    Something should have been done about this kidnapping situation a long time ago, I never believed kidnapping anyone is the way forward and all they do is ask for ransom in millions. These kidnappers are just like some of the people they claim to be fighting. They use their position to intimidate people, collect money and do absolutely nothing!!!!
                We should be celebrating 50years tomorrow and this is not a good sign at all.  I hope they find the children and get those kidnappers as well

God be with the children
dangel eyez
    

LOVERS OF ASA!!BREAKING NEWS!!!

   PLEASE FOLLOW MY BLOG AND ADD EYEZ TO YOUR USERNAME ...THANKS
TO ALL THE LOVERS OF ASA...our darling babe is back with a new album. I am sooo excited. From the album title to the album cover to the one song I have heard on it...fabAMAZING!!!! 
        so lets start with the album title....
                                  ***************wait for it*********
                                                    
                                                    *******************wait for itt!!!!*************


BEAUTIFUL IMPERFECTION
and the album cover says it all

oh! I lurvv it...naturally beautiful girl with that cute crack in her glasses, funny how I think the crack makes her look cuter(nt sure there is a word like this..lol but allow me to use it)...no heavy celebrity makeup just her beautiful self.
I wonder what her idea was concerning the necklace/i dont know what around her neck
but you just never know what our babe has in mind.
anywaiz it still works for me :D
in the words of a friend of mine  "a la hot" :D :D

watch the preview of the video of one of her songs on the album "be my man"
you can listen to it on this link
The album will be officially out by October 25th
AND I CANNOT WAIT


tracklisting
 *Why Can’t We
*Maybe
 
*Be My Man
*Preacher Man
* Bimpé
*The Way I Feel
* OK OK
 
*Dreamer Girl
*Oré
 *Baby Gone
 *Broda Olé
*Questions


as a singer and a songwriter, ASA remains my inspiration
*singing out loud* "will you be my man and I will be your woman everyday...."
yours truly,
AN ASA FAN!!
dangel eyez



Wednesday, September 29, 2010

NIGERIA @ .50(not 50)celebration of a new Nigeria!!celebration of hope!!










I did not do research before starting this post, didnt need to i guess.
 This is dangel eyez blogging her mind from what she knows about Nigeria. I am a Nigerian , no need to wiki/google what I see everyday.
Hey you know when its testimony time in church and someone comes out to say that he/she is just thanking God for his or her life, that was what it was to me when I thought of Nigeria turning 50 "WE THANK GOD THE NATION IS STILL STANDING OO" and nothing more... hmmm
    oh well when I decided to start this post with oleku by iceprince ft brymo on replay(great song, felt I should mention it), some other things came to mind that Nigerians can be grateful for.
For instance, the entertainment industry is not doing bad at all. People/companies are trying to bring up talents as we now have reality shows here and there.
The music,film and fashion industries are starting to grow(small,small)


   With other countries giving names to their natural disasters, we are lucky the only thing we need to give names to in naija(Nigeria) are still newborn babies, pets, streets and so many other nice things.(PHEW! THANK GOD OO)
hmmm whatelse....................
     The youths are beginning to engage themselves in productive things and using their talents for good  which makes me really happy thats why every friday i get to feature great talents I find.
drawing by dauda


kekewa makeover
photograph taken by udoh augustine


author of the abyssinian boy
you can find more of these talents and their contacts on these links:
A lot of Nigerians especially the youth are beginning to stand up for what is right and ready to fight for it. Fight against corruption and bad government. ITS ABOUT TIME...WE WANT CHANGE!!
Some people in the government are begining to DO SOMETHING atleast now some are not just "eating" only but in addition doing something, for example, we can see some changes in Lagos(thats a start i hope).
                                                whatelse....whatelse.....whatelse
NOTHING!!
like seriously, nothing more...oops!!
So many things are still wrong in that country, maybe some of you are wondering why I'm not talking about the ills in the society. hmmm its not that I can't blog about the poverty, the bad people in the government or the ridiculous budgets for ridiculous things(e.g approving a budget of approximnately 1b to IMPORT dustbins). AHH! my dear, its just that I AM TIRED , not even in the mood of blogging about that lets just look at how we can make things better.
 Over here in cyprus where I'm studying (hmmm I have to go outside my country to study )our theme of the independence day is "CELEBRATING HOPE" somehow we believe there is hope  for the country somewhere or maybe there is actually nothing to celebrate than hope.
     In my opinion people,  Nigeria is .50 years to day...yes!!that wasnt a mistake,  that was a 5 and a 0 after the decimal point. yeah!! 0.50yrs because at 50 years we should not still be having all this wahala(problems).
  So with dangel eyez seeing it as .50 years this hopefully is the celebration of a new Nigeria, the birth of a new nation. 
Lets try to celebrate the fact that there might be hope that the country will start getting better and soon too :) hope that we will have a good government by 2011 and we will begin to see good things in various systems like the educational system.
               please feel free to pour in your comments on what you feel we are celebrating.
                                        
                                      HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY NIGERIA
NIGERIA @ .50!!!!
much luv,
dangel eyez


            

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