Long before their arrival cinema lovers in Nigeria had been left with no option for local content. We get to see the Hollywood stars and their antics on big screen. Many wondered when it would be our turn, by our turn they mean when will Nollywood stars and producers start hitting the big screen? The question was answered when Stephanie Okereke’s movie, Through The Glass, debuted at the cinema in 2009.
Through The Glass was the movie that shattered the seemly illusionary glass that prevented our movie from shining through in cinemas. The movie, which was the first job Stephanie directed and produced, grossed over N10 million in cinema.
While still celebrating the success of Stephanie’s movie, Kunle came with The Figurine. The movie was an instant hit. It became the first Nigerian box office hit. The movie grossed over N27 million in cinema. There were even reports that it grossed close to N30 million after it was re-released during the festive period. The Figurine features Ramsey Nuoah, Omoni Oboli, Kunle Afolayan, and Funlola Aofiyebi.
Ije is Nigeria’s highest selling movie of all time. With gross earning of over N57 million, Ije is the movie to beat. With certificate from the New York Film Academy, a bag full of money and a head full of wit, Chineze gave us a movie we were all proud of, a movie that beat Hollywood at its own game in the cinema. The movie remains second highest selling movie of all-time in Nigeria, next only to Avatar. The movie features Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Genevieve Nnaji.
After these big three comes Anchor Baby. Of all these producers, Lonzo Nzekwe, producer of Anchor Baby, is the only person without a New York Film Academy education. This self-taught filmmaker, as he likes to call himself, experimented with the idea of producing and marketing a movie without an A-list star. Through the Glass has Stephanie, Ije has Omotola and Genevieve, Figurine has Ramsey Nouah, Kunle Afolayan, but Anchor Baby has only Omoni Oboli. Not that Omoni isn’t big; but she wasn’t this big at the time Anchor Baby debuted.
So, many didn’t give Canadian-based Lonzo a chance in the cinema. But he succeeded where others failed. So far, the movie is doing its ninth week in the cinema and has grossed N15 million. Lonzo has made nonsense of the conventional belief that you need overly-established stars in your movie before it can sell. And for the record, the lanky ex-basketball player publicised his movie like no other in 2010/2011. The movie was adjudged the most publicised of all time.
After these four movies, Guilty Pleasure came and did over N3 million, while Champions of our Time did about N2.3 million, no one could say for sure how much Save our Souls did, but one thing is sure, more Nigerian movies will give their Hollywood counterparts a run for their money.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
MONALISA CHINDA TALK ABOUT EX-HUSBAND’S WEDDING TO NEW WIFE “THE WHOLE STORY IS JUST LAUGHABLE…I WISH THEM WELL”
For Nollywood actress and Glo ambassador, Monalisa Chinda life goes on but not without a word or two for her ex-husband,Dejo Richards who recently got married to another woman.
In her reaction to the way her ex-husband showered encomium on the new wife, Monalisa says ” The whole story is laughable, I am happy for the new couple in town.
In response to another question on what she felt the day she got information and BB pings on the wedding of her ex, she smiled and told the reporter “I didn’t feel any how,honestly, I am happy for him,I don’t feel anyhow,good luck to them.
The crack in Monalisa Chinda and Dejo Richards became obvious in 2009 shortly Monalisa was paid millions of Naira by Telecmmunication company, Globacom. She was endorsed among other Nollywood stars endorsed as glo Ambassadors.
There was accusation and counter accusations from both parties over greed. While Monalisa disclosed that her husband relied so much on her income and also was on the habit of beating her, Dejo Richards alleged that his wife was ‘money drunk’. According to him, Monalisa is misbehaving because of the money she collected from Glo. He also said some producers and single actresses in Nollywood are bad influence on his wife.
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In her reaction to the way her ex-husband showered encomium on the new wife, Monalisa says ” The whole story is laughable, I am happy for the new couple in town.
In response to another question on what she felt the day she got information and BB pings on the wedding of her ex, she smiled and told the reporter “I didn’t feel any how,honestly, I am happy for him,I don’t feel anyhow,good luck to them.
The crack in Monalisa Chinda and Dejo Richards became obvious in 2009 shortly Monalisa was paid millions of Naira by Telecmmunication company, Globacom. She was endorsed among other Nollywood stars endorsed as glo Ambassadors.
There was accusation and counter accusations from both parties over greed. While Monalisa disclosed that her husband relied so much on her income and also was on the habit of beating her, Dejo Richards alleged that his wife was ‘money drunk’. According to him, Monalisa is misbehaving because of the money she collected from Glo. He also said some producers and single actresses in Nollywood are bad influence on his wife.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Oh dear...! Miss K at the Future awards
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Nigerian Man With 86 Wives to Sue INEC
The celebrated polygamist, Pa Abubakar Masaba, is heading for a showdown with the Independent National Electoral Commission and the police following allegations that members of his family, numbering over 5,000 were denied registration by suspected thugs in the just concluded voter registration exercise.
Our correspondent gathered that suspected thugs allegedly thwarted efforts by members of the Masaba’s family to participate in the voter registration exercise at a registration unit in Bida Local Government Area of the state.
Masaba is reported to have 86 wives.
It was learnt that the thugs specifically prevented INEC officials from registering the Masaba family and that security operatives allegedly refused to come to his rescue.
The lawyer to the family, Mr. Shehu Jubril, told our correspondent in Minna, Niger State, that over 10 hoodlums frustrated efforts of the Masabas to register.
He alleged that the thugs, led by one Gimba, created pandemonium in a registration unit close to Masaba’s residence as they stormed the area beating and wounding members of the family who had queued up to register.
He said the hoodlums overpowered officials of INEC and prevented them from registering Masaba’s family members.
He claimed that about nine members of the family were wounded by the attackers, lamenting that despite complaints lodged by Masaba to the police area commander, nobody was arrested in connection with the incident.
He accused the police of connivance and said Masaba had concluded plans to seek redress in court.
He said the development amounted to a breach of fundamental human rights and assault.
“The recent interview granted by the area commander in a local newspaper has however indicated that police have taken sides on the matter as he went on saying that the family has no business registering at their own Masaba ‘A’ polling unit”, he said.
When our correspondent contacted the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Richard Oguche, he said he was yet to receive the report.
He said the district police officers would brief the command on developments in their various areas on Monday (today).
Also, INEC state Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Abdulmalik Wase, claimed ignorance of the development and said he knew nothing about Masaba and his family.
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Our correspondent gathered that suspected thugs allegedly thwarted efforts by members of the Masaba’s family to participate in the voter registration exercise at a registration unit in Bida Local Government Area of the state.
Masaba is reported to have 86 wives.
It was learnt that the thugs specifically prevented INEC officials from registering the Masaba family and that security operatives allegedly refused to come to his rescue.
The lawyer to the family, Mr. Shehu Jubril, told our correspondent in Minna, Niger State, that over 10 hoodlums frustrated efforts of the Masabas to register.
He alleged that the thugs, led by one Gimba, created pandemonium in a registration unit close to Masaba’s residence as they stormed the area beating and wounding members of the family who had queued up to register.
He said the hoodlums overpowered officials of INEC and prevented them from registering Masaba’s family members.
He claimed that about nine members of the family were wounded by the attackers, lamenting that despite complaints lodged by Masaba to the police area commander, nobody was arrested in connection with the incident.
He accused the police of connivance and said Masaba had concluded plans to seek redress in court.
He said the development amounted to a breach of fundamental human rights and assault.
“The recent interview granted by the area commander in a local newspaper has however indicated that police have taken sides on the matter as he went on saying that the family has no business registering at their own Masaba ‘A’ polling unit”, he said.
When our correspondent contacted the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Richard Oguche, he said he was yet to receive the report.
He said the district police officers would brief the command on developments in their various areas on Monday (today).
Also, INEC state Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Abdulmalik Wase, claimed ignorance of the development and said he knew nothing about Masaba and his family.
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Armed Robbers Invade Funke Akindele's Omo Ghetto 2 Hotel Set
The hotel actress Funke Akindele and her family and close friends were lodged at while shooting the movie, Omo Ghetto 2 was invaded in the early hours of this morning...around 12:30 am. Funke Akindele, her brother, her younger sister, her cousin, and close friends were all attacked. The robbers collected about six hundred thousand naira from Funke and her brother and also smashed Funke's marketer's Range Rover parked at the hotel. Funke's X Terra and her mother's CRV were also smashed.
Sources say it wasn't only Funke and her crew that were attacked, every lodger at the hotel was also robbed. Fortunately no one was really hurt.
The Hotel is called Imperial Hotel on Lagos street, Ebutte Metta, Yaba.
Some other members of the Omo Ghetteo 2 cast and crew are lodged in another hotel.
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Sources say it wasn't only Funke and her crew that were attacked, every lodger at the hotel was also robbed. Fortunately no one was really hurt.
The Hotel is called Imperial Hotel on Lagos street, Ebutte Metta, Yaba.
Some other members of the Omo Ghetteo 2 cast and crew are lodged in another hotel.
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My first wife a suspect in my family’s kidnap –Mr Ibu
His titles are out of this world. He introduced himself as the only big man that drinks pap with his manhood, the only chief that if you cut a woman into two halves, the lower region is his portion.
That is John Ikechukwu Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu for you. For ten agonizing days, he endured the anguish of the kidnap of his wife and one year-old son. Initially, it was his entire family that was kidnapped, but after a hot chase by the police, the kidnappers abandoned his wife's car and some other members of his family in the booth of the car booth but held onto his wife and son.
He lost network, according to him, when a neighbour and friend broke the sad news to him.
In this exclusive interview with STAN OKEKE , Mr. Ibu narrates his ordeal and that of his wife, how at a point, the kidnappers threatened to shoot his one year-old son if he failed to pay the ransom and other chilly details of the kidnap saga.
To him, the whole episode was a horror movie.
Excerpts:
Recently, your wife and one year-old son were kidnapped. Although they have been released, how did you receive that bad news?
My brother, as a human being who never anticipated this kind of thing to happen again in my life, having encountered them before, I never, ever expected that anybody could sit down to plan anything against me and my family. Nevertheless, it happened.
When I received the news, it was like a bomb in my brain. I was having drinks with my friends, some of our national team players from Germany and Denmark. Then my phone rang and I saw a neighbour's number and I picked the call and started hailing him the way we normally do. But he sounded serious, saying that something serious has just happened. I asked him jovially what it was.
He said gunmen came to my house and picked up everybody in my wife's car. That moment, I lost all the networks in my system. I was running from pillar to post, asking everybody where my car was even when it was parked in a very conspicuous place. It was confusion all the way. I was advised to call the Commissioner of Police and the man asked me to run down to my jurisdiction and report so that his men could take up the matter.
I ran to Awkunanaw Police Station and the policemen I met there were wonderful. The acting Divisional Police Officer dropped everything he was doing and followed me in my car, after he had alerted all the police posts and check points in the state. As we were driving, he received information on his walkie talkie that my wife's car had been recovered, with some of the captives in the boot of the car. But my wife and one year-old son were still missing.
When the kidnappers called me, they demanded N50 million ransom. I told them that if I had N50 million, I would have been governor somewhere, even if it was in prison. They laughed and after about four days, they came down to N6 million. I still told them I did not have it, it was a very big argument until the seventh day when I started making contacts. I met some officials of Enugu State Government and they advised me that I should not look forward to receiving any assistance. They explained that if the kidnappers discovered that government was coming in, they would stick to a particular sum of money. That is why government does not get involved in any kidnap matter.
When they called me again, I told them that I could not raise such money. They later called me and came down to N4 million. They advised me to sell my car, my wife's car or deposit my car with the bank to raise money. This was happening after Christmas, so nobody was up to date. I later sold one of my landed properties, I didn't have a choice.
So you eventually paid the N4 million ransom?
I don't want to answer the question like that. The issue is that my family is back.
When they were with you wife and son, did they allow you talk to them?
Often! She was giving me update but we were very diplomatic in our discussions. They later discovered that I was friendly and ready to co-operate with them, so in most occasions, we cracked jokes and they laughed very loudly. One of them asked me about my first wife. My first wife? How manage? He said what did I think was responsible for what was happening to me.
I asked, is it my first wife? He said no, that didn't I know that anything could happen to anybody at anytime. He then asked me to tell them what kind of movie they were acting. I said this is horror film. They laughed. They asked me whether I dey feel am. I replied, saying I dey feel am bad. At a point, they were no longer hostile to me, they became friendly.
One funny aspect is that my wife told me that they will call their families, asking them to go to church.
Did you at anytime get emotional?
My wife cried every minute. In between discussions, I shed tears too. They were not actually telling her anything other than intimidating her, telling her that if I didn't pay they would kill my son. They tried to feed them. For the child, they bought Golden Morn or cornflakes. One night, they took my son and said they were going to shoot him. The boy stood where they asked him to stand and was laughing.
So, how were they eventually released?
Well, I paid the ransom. I dropped the money where they asked me to drop it. I did and they asked me to go and I left. It was 12 hours after that my wife and son came home.
How did you feel when you were re-united?
It was like a miracle to me. I was holding her firmly in a very warm embrace, as if we hadn't seen before. It was like the very first day I married her.
And on sighting you, what was her first utterance?
She was shouting, ‘My husband, my husband.’ My son was dumb-founded, he was cold. After about 20 minutes, the boy cried till the next morning because of cold. It was the following day that we went to hospital because they came home around 11.00pm in the night.
We are happy for you John....
My brother, I went though hell. I have never sat down to plan evil against anybody and I will never do it. Vengeance belongs to God and I'm waiting for the result. I have never cried to God and two things failed to happen. Those who did this to me must come out publicly in the church or town union to confess and apologize or they will run mad. You will see the result, you must in this era.
The person they mentioned is from the same place with me, from the questions they were asking me. It was spiritual. The one that asked that question never knew such a question came out from his mouth. He tried to block it but I don hear am now. How about your first wife? It is funny.
Maybe he (kidnapper) read it in the newspapers that you were previously married?
I have never said anything about the separation between me and my first wife. It has never been written. I never talked to anybody, anywhere about my first wife. People begged me not to talk about it because it was a tragedy on its own which I kept to myself because it makes me angry each time I remember such things, what I passed through (voice rising) simply because I respected the wish of my people, my mother and brothers and sisters to marry at home.
Now they have seen what happened because I told them earlier my choice of woman.
The man we see in the movies seemed an illiterate to us, but here you are, speaking impeccable English. Who is John Okafor?
Most of the times, I'm surprised about my person because when we were growing up, my father told me that he doesn't have money, that I should utilize the opportunity of the little money he was investing in my life in school. I was lazy then, not that I failed my exams but lazy to go to school because of the distance from my house to the school. But I managed to finish my elementary school education in 1974.
It was out of my struggles that I went to secondary school because I lost my father in 1975. So, I started doing some odd jobs, I was a stylist (hair dresser), a butcher, a photographer, parading from one school to the other with my Polaroid camera. It continued like that until I joined a wooden crate industry. It was tough for me having lost my father. I also ran into somebody who had been a boxer for years. I challenged him to a boxing match believing I could get a draw and earn some money.
I was virtually begging the guy to succumb so that I could defeat him and collect the money. The idiot refused. Instead, he gave me the beating of my life.
There was a home video you acted as a boxer. Was it inspired by this story?
That is it! That guy dealt with me. He was beating me like wood. I was practically begging him in the ring, ‘Bros, abeg, abeg’ but he was busy pounding me like fufu. I ran away. I dropped out of the ring for my dear life. That was the end of the fight. That movie na true life story o.
Did acting come naturally to you?
There were so many things my grandfather did, he was a better comedian. He used to host elders without drinks. They were just satisfied listening to him and laughing their hearts out. I decided to go into one or two things he was doing then. I fast-forwarded them to today’s comedy. When people say I'm a natural, I don't know, but whenever I want to interpret a character, I put in everything.
If you were not an actor, what would you have been?
Hai! Oga why you dey ask this kin question? Wetin I go talk now? I don try boxing, e no go now, I no go fit run, I no go fit play football. Militancy na attempted suicide. I dey suspect say I for dey village dey drag land. God knows very well that I would have been something else.
Has any of your children taken to you?
I know very well that about two of them are very stupid, naturally. They inherited stupidity and senselessness. We don’t even need sense.
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That is John Ikechukwu Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu for you. For ten agonizing days, he endured the anguish of the kidnap of his wife and one year-old son. Initially, it was his entire family that was kidnapped, but after a hot chase by the police, the kidnappers abandoned his wife's car and some other members of his family in the booth of the car booth but held onto his wife and son.
He lost network, according to him, when a neighbour and friend broke the sad news to him.
In this exclusive interview with STAN OKEKE , Mr. Ibu narrates his ordeal and that of his wife, how at a point, the kidnappers threatened to shoot his one year-old son if he failed to pay the ransom and other chilly details of the kidnap saga.
To him, the whole episode was a horror movie.
Excerpts:
Recently, your wife and one year-old son were kidnapped. Although they have been released, how did you receive that bad news?
My brother, as a human being who never anticipated this kind of thing to happen again in my life, having encountered them before, I never, ever expected that anybody could sit down to plan anything against me and my family. Nevertheless, it happened.
When I received the news, it was like a bomb in my brain. I was having drinks with my friends, some of our national team players from Germany and Denmark. Then my phone rang and I saw a neighbour's number and I picked the call and started hailing him the way we normally do. But he sounded serious, saying that something serious has just happened. I asked him jovially what it was.
He said gunmen came to my house and picked up everybody in my wife's car. That moment, I lost all the networks in my system. I was running from pillar to post, asking everybody where my car was even when it was parked in a very conspicuous place. It was confusion all the way. I was advised to call the Commissioner of Police and the man asked me to run down to my jurisdiction and report so that his men could take up the matter.
I ran to Awkunanaw Police Station and the policemen I met there were wonderful. The acting Divisional Police Officer dropped everything he was doing and followed me in my car, after he had alerted all the police posts and check points in the state. As we were driving, he received information on his walkie talkie that my wife's car had been recovered, with some of the captives in the boot of the car. But my wife and one year-old son were still missing.
When the kidnappers called me, they demanded N50 million ransom. I told them that if I had N50 million, I would have been governor somewhere, even if it was in prison. They laughed and after about four days, they came down to N6 million. I still told them I did not have it, it was a very big argument until the seventh day when I started making contacts. I met some officials of Enugu State Government and they advised me that I should not look forward to receiving any assistance. They explained that if the kidnappers discovered that government was coming in, they would stick to a particular sum of money. That is why government does not get involved in any kidnap matter.
When they called me again, I told them that I could not raise such money. They later called me and came down to N4 million. They advised me to sell my car, my wife's car or deposit my car with the bank to raise money. This was happening after Christmas, so nobody was up to date. I later sold one of my landed properties, I didn't have a choice.
So you eventually paid the N4 million ransom?
I don't want to answer the question like that. The issue is that my family is back.
When they were with you wife and son, did they allow you talk to them?
Often! She was giving me update but we were very diplomatic in our discussions. They later discovered that I was friendly and ready to co-operate with them, so in most occasions, we cracked jokes and they laughed very loudly. One of them asked me about my first wife. My first wife? How manage? He said what did I think was responsible for what was happening to me.
I asked, is it my first wife? He said no, that didn't I know that anything could happen to anybody at anytime. He then asked me to tell them what kind of movie they were acting. I said this is horror film. They laughed. They asked me whether I dey feel am. I replied, saying I dey feel am bad. At a point, they were no longer hostile to me, they became friendly.
One funny aspect is that my wife told me that they will call their families, asking them to go to church.
Did you at anytime get emotional?
My wife cried every minute. In between discussions, I shed tears too. They were not actually telling her anything other than intimidating her, telling her that if I didn't pay they would kill my son. They tried to feed them. For the child, they bought Golden Morn or cornflakes. One night, they took my son and said they were going to shoot him. The boy stood where they asked him to stand and was laughing.
So, how were they eventually released?
Well, I paid the ransom. I dropped the money where they asked me to drop it. I did and they asked me to go and I left. It was 12 hours after that my wife and son came home.
How did you feel when you were re-united?
It was like a miracle to me. I was holding her firmly in a very warm embrace, as if we hadn't seen before. It was like the very first day I married her.
And on sighting you, what was her first utterance?
She was shouting, ‘My husband, my husband.’ My son was dumb-founded, he was cold. After about 20 minutes, the boy cried till the next morning because of cold. It was the following day that we went to hospital because they came home around 11.00pm in the night.
We are happy for you John....
My brother, I went though hell. I have never sat down to plan evil against anybody and I will never do it. Vengeance belongs to God and I'm waiting for the result. I have never cried to God and two things failed to happen. Those who did this to me must come out publicly in the church or town union to confess and apologize or they will run mad. You will see the result, you must in this era.
The person they mentioned is from the same place with me, from the questions they were asking me. It was spiritual. The one that asked that question never knew such a question came out from his mouth. He tried to block it but I don hear am now. How about your first wife? It is funny.
Maybe he (kidnapper) read it in the newspapers that you were previously married?
I have never said anything about the separation between me and my first wife. It has never been written. I never talked to anybody, anywhere about my first wife. People begged me not to talk about it because it was a tragedy on its own which I kept to myself because it makes me angry each time I remember such things, what I passed through (voice rising) simply because I respected the wish of my people, my mother and brothers and sisters to marry at home.
Now they have seen what happened because I told them earlier my choice of woman.
The man we see in the movies seemed an illiterate to us, but here you are, speaking impeccable English. Who is John Okafor?
Most of the times, I'm surprised about my person because when we were growing up, my father told me that he doesn't have money, that I should utilize the opportunity of the little money he was investing in my life in school. I was lazy then, not that I failed my exams but lazy to go to school because of the distance from my house to the school. But I managed to finish my elementary school education in 1974.
It was out of my struggles that I went to secondary school because I lost my father in 1975. So, I started doing some odd jobs, I was a stylist (hair dresser), a butcher, a photographer, parading from one school to the other with my Polaroid camera. It continued like that until I joined a wooden crate industry. It was tough for me having lost my father. I also ran into somebody who had been a boxer for years. I challenged him to a boxing match believing I could get a draw and earn some money.
I was virtually begging the guy to succumb so that I could defeat him and collect the money. The idiot refused. Instead, he gave me the beating of my life.
There was a home video you acted as a boxer. Was it inspired by this story?
That is it! That guy dealt with me. He was beating me like wood. I was practically begging him in the ring, ‘Bros, abeg, abeg’ but he was busy pounding me like fufu. I ran away. I dropped out of the ring for my dear life. That was the end of the fight. That movie na true life story o.
Did acting come naturally to you?
There were so many things my grandfather did, he was a better comedian. He used to host elders without drinks. They were just satisfied listening to him and laughing their hearts out. I decided to go into one or two things he was doing then. I fast-forwarded them to today’s comedy. When people say I'm a natural, I don't know, but whenever I want to interpret a character, I put in everything.
If you were not an actor, what would you have been?
Hai! Oga why you dey ask this kin question? Wetin I go talk now? I don try boxing, e no go now, I no go fit run, I no go fit play football. Militancy na attempted suicide. I dey suspect say I for dey village dey drag land. God knows very well that I would have been something else.
Has any of your children taken to you?
I know very well that about two of them are very stupid, naturally. They inherited stupidity and senselessness. We don’t even need sense.
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Monday, February 7, 2011
5 REASONS BIG BOYS AND BABES CAN’T DO WITHOUT BLACKBERRY
Saying that blackberry is the in-thing among upwardly mobile men and women would be stating the obvious. However, what has not ceased to amaze many is their latest addiction to this latest communication device and why most of them cannot do without it. Most who own this smart phone do not only use it as a luxury brand but also make use of the several facilities that makes communication much easier. There are many-advanced technological functions in it. The Blackberry phone is blessed with good features, made according to the need, and requirements of the people especially if you are in any specialized area of field. Today many people are using it just because of its extra ordinary interface. In this report, City People Fashion Editor, BOLA AKINBOADE presents 5 reasons big boys and babes can’t do without this new craze.
NETWORKING
Right now, what most people do is to create different groups on Blackberry depending on their line of business such as fashion, business, modeling, and others. And all they do is to invite their friends to the group. With that, it makes networking easy among all the group members. Apart from building friendship among the members, they also use the medium to market their products to group members. The group functions allow members to post status updates, share content between members, share files, pictures of their goods and services, media and appointments. And most of these groups have been able to build their relationships beyond the parameters of the phone as they now host each other to business dinner and luncheon amongst others to officialize their business relationship and meet one-on-one.
DATING
Blackberry also facilitates dating and helps builds strong relationship among lovers and spouses. It now plays a crucial role in the dating and marriage circle. And this is because of the Blackberry Instant messages that allow the lovers to chat as long as they want. Apart from chatting, you can also share pictures, voice notes, videos and this gives the partner the opportunity to share in any activities or incidence he/she might not be available physically. Couples and Lovers now rely on the phones to maintain personal relationships despite the modern realities of living apart, working hectic schedules, long working hours, heavy traffic and others. The Blackberry phone provide them with a “perpetual virtual” connection. It also now plays a role in arranged marriages options for finding a partner. The Blackberry makes it a little easier to facilitate an arranged marriage at a distance, because of the facilities embedded in it, the two partners can connect with each other via their BB pin and kick it off instantly by sharing pictures and have a constant communication. For working couples, it makes it easier for the husband and wife to connect with each other in the course of the day despite their busy day. And with the regular updates of the Blackberry Messenger, they can both have an idea of what is happening in each other’s world even without communicating.
UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION
One thing that gives the Blackberry phone an edge among other phones is its up-to-date information. Its gives you abreast of what is happening around your environment. The Blackberry gives you the opportunity to get instant mails and because of the email facility in it, and with this function; you will be able to send an e-mail to anybody anywhere in the world. Blackberry phones use the push technology, where all emails, calendar entries, documents or any other data directly to the phone via the internet. This is possible due to the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES), responsible for the forwarding of all the aforementioned items. Apart from the instant mail, it also provides facilities for instant messages from your facebook, twitter, flickr, my space and other social network. This unique kind of operation is what caused the popularity of the Blackberries, and with this technology improving over time. Another way that people also share information on Blackberry is through “Broadcast Message” via the Blackberry Messenger. With this, minute-by –minute information are been shared among people on the same contact list.
EVENT PROMOTION
Blackberry is also another good medium to promote Events. This is done by constant broadcasting of the details of the event to all your contacts on the Blackberry Messenger. Also, people also promote their events by updating their status with a catchy caption for the event, while their profile picture can also be seen carrying the events invitation picture or logo too. Others also set up a group especially for the event, and by doing this, they promote the event among their group members and also encourage group members to pass the message to their friends and associate.
COST EFFECTIVENESS
All the handsets of this family are business oriented. It has only introduced internet with mobile phone. Earlier it was impossible to buy blackberry phones but in UK deals have made it possible. Blackberry is popular for its QWERTY keypad with practically unlimiteds entries and fields, GPRS, Instant Messaging and it is common in almost many of its handsets. Cheap blackberry phones are affordable for all class of people. These phones can be used as any of the phones like SIM free mobile phone , SIM Only mobile ,pay as you go phones and also as Contract mobile phone. All these deals are available through all the leading networking companies such as Globacom, MTN, Airtel and Etisalat.. All you have to do is to only pay a monthly subscription and you will enjoy all the features embedded in it. The Blackberry has made communication easier and cheaper, as it is cost effective. It is now the 2nd largest seller of mobile phones.
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NETWORKING
Right now, what most people do is to create different groups on Blackberry depending on their line of business such as fashion, business, modeling, and others. And all they do is to invite their friends to the group. With that, it makes networking easy among all the group members. Apart from building friendship among the members, they also use the medium to market their products to group members. The group functions allow members to post status updates, share content between members, share files, pictures of their goods and services, media and appointments. And most of these groups have been able to build their relationships beyond the parameters of the phone as they now host each other to business dinner and luncheon amongst others to officialize their business relationship and meet one-on-one.
DATING
Blackberry also facilitates dating and helps builds strong relationship among lovers and spouses. It now plays a crucial role in the dating and marriage circle. And this is because of the Blackberry Instant messages that allow the lovers to chat as long as they want. Apart from chatting, you can also share pictures, voice notes, videos and this gives the partner the opportunity to share in any activities or incidence he/she might not be available physically. Couples and Lovers now rely on the phones to maintain personal relationships despite the modern realities of living apart, working hectic schedules, long working hours, heavy traffic and others. The Blackberry phone provide them with a “perpetual virtual” connection. It also now plays a role in arranged marriages options for finding a partner. The Blackberry makes it a little easier to facilitate an arranged marriage at a distance, because of the facilities embedded in it, the two partners can connect with each other via their BB pin and kick it off instantly by sharing pictures and have a constant communication. For working couples, it makes it easier for the husband and wife to connect with each other in the course of the day despite their busy day. And with the regular updates of the Blackberry Messenger, they can both have an idea of what is happening in each other’s world even without communicating.
UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION
One thing that gives the Blackberry phone an edge among other phones is its up-to-date information. Its gives you abreast of what is happening around your environment. The Blackberry gives you the opportunity to get instant mails and because of the email facility in it, and with this function; you will be able to send an e-mail to anybody anywhere in the world. Blackberry phones use the push technology, where all emails, calendar entries, documents or any other data directly to the phone via the internet. This is possible due to the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES), responsible for the forwarding of all the aforementioned items. Apart from the instant mail, it also provides facilities for instant messages from your facebook, twitter, flickr, my space and other social network. This unique kind of operation is what caused the popularity of the Blackberries, and with this technology improving over time. Another way that people also share information on Blackberry is through “Broadcast Message” via the Blackberry Messenger. With this, minute-by –minute information are been shared among people on the same contact list.
EVENT PROMOTION
Blackberry is also another good medium to promote Events. This is done by constant broadcasting of the details of the event to all your contacts on the Blackberry Messenger. Also, people also promote their events by updating their status with a catchy caption for the event, while their profile picture can also be seen carrying the events invitation picture or logo too. Others also set up a group especially for the event, and by doing this, they promote the event among their group members and also encourage group members to pass the message to their friends and associate.
COST EFFECTIVENESS
All the handsets of this family are business oriented. It has only introduced internet with mobile phone. Earlier it was impossible to buy blackberry phones but in UK deals have made it possible. Blackberry is popular for its QWERTY keypad with practically unlimiteds entries and fields, GPRS, Instant Messaging and it is common in almost many of its handsets. Cheap blackberry phones are affordable for all class of people. These phones can be used as any of the phones like SIM free mobile phone , SIM Only mobile ,pay as you go phones and also as Contract mobile phone. All these deals are available through all the leading networking companies such as Globacom, MTN, Airtel and Etisalat.. All you have to do is to only pay a monthly subscription and you will enjoy all the features embedded in it. The Blackberry has made communication easier and cheaper, as it is cost effective. It is now the 2nd largest seller of mobile phones.
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