BABY KINGSWAY

I stared all through last night. I mean, I was very astonished at what I saw. Yes, some call them Prostitutes, to others they're Call girls, while to few they're Commercial Sex Workers (CSW). But the ladies I saw last night were so beautiful, they looked so perfect you'll think they're made in US or something. They were so Queens-looking I could hear my heart screaming, "Jesus! Where are those princesses from!?" I would have settled down with one them if eventually I come across her on a good day. Sunday service to be precise. I've always heard they are usually the choristers and innocent looking 'sister in the lord' in religious circles but I don't want to believe that assertion is true. Now, I'm not even sure I'm lucky I'm not married yet. Moreover, with the increasing divorce rate in Nigeria (marriages breaking up after Two years) it really calls for complete revolution and God's presence to get the right person.

Yesterday, Nigeria celebrated her Democracy day and while everyone was out, I was in chatting as usual on my BB. Then a call from my neighbor asking if I would join him to rescue one of his client whom according to him was "stuck in the 'Happening Center'." If you're familiar with Abuja you'll understand what I mean. The Central area is where the who-is-who in the country hangs out at night. Lot of buildings you see during the day and would assume they're office buildings but at nights, omo mehn!, things are happening. Some peeps are constantly painting the town RED. Everyday is certainly a Christmas day in the 'happening center.'

You know, during the day, there are this buses you see around with some teenagers sitting inside. They usually have One or Two policemen accompanying them. These are the Anti-prostitution and Human trafficking agency, not sure what their real name is. But what surprised me yesterday wasn't the presence of these pretty damsels, not even the factory-fitted tantalising princesses, but the fact that this same spots you'll usually find these buses is the same spot the CSW parades at nights. Funny enough, the agency closes but the CSW don't or should I say, "the CSW resumes duty when they close."

So, at the suggestion of my neighbor we decided to inquire on their charges. I wasn't just shocked with what I heard. I think I fainted at one point. Imagine a girl of below 20 years billing you 25,000 for a 'short-time' and 40,000 for 'long time'. The Short-time I learnt would take you Two hours at most while the Long-time is all night rounds of s*x. Well, having learnt from the Chinese culture of bargaining as an art, I eagerly tried my Asian skill. "Ok, I will give you 5k for long-time" I said, "and 2k for short-time." Well, I was lucky we were in my neighbor's car. Else, I wouldn't be telling you this story in one piece. From what I saw and heard, mehn!, the entire network of CSW's came charging towards us. Although, it wasn't funny as though my neighbor made it seem, he laughed so loud at my silly act. Not like I couldn't afford that but to think of what happens in Abuja, every night, is something else.

Perhaps, the Oyinbos on our soil have effected the rates, coupled with the ignoble politicians I saw last night in their heavy guarded convoys arriving the Lounges, you'll think National Assembly legislators have extended their constitution amendment rendezvous outside of the accursed dome sitting next to the Asshole rock.

However, what my night-crawling unveiling venture revealed wasn't just the conventional gallivanting of prostitutes in the nights but the 21st century, internet driven, well organised network of prostitute-customer relations. While we vamoosed the angry CSW who rained curses on themselves, not me, I overheard one of them saying, "do you think I'm a Badoo girl?" So I inquired from my neighbor what she meant by Badoo girl? (Hmmm...this is that part I'll say, "don't try this at home" Hahahah) Ok. Badoo is a social networking site like Facebook where people get together, hook up. I didn't waste time at all, I launched on the said network out of curiosity. To say the least, CSW no longer need to stand on the streets, that approach/ style is outdated! All you need do is...ehmmm...I comment my reserve.

It is said that, "Any society ruled by a bastard, its womenfolk are all prostitutes," how true our ancestors are, I don't know. But to think of unemployment and great disparity between the rich and the poor in Nigeria is very alarming. Not only do I weep for our mothers whose daughters have resorted to this villainous profession to fend for themselves and their relatives in this pathetic part of the world but I weep for my country, consistently, and i refuse to be comforted. May the good Lord, Allah and whatever name the Holy one you serve is called come to our rescue.


Chi Josh

Hello! I Am An Introvert

In life, often times, some actions or inaction are considered offensive by our friends or foes.

Especially, that awkward moment when your silence is translated to mean pride, arrogance or having ill-intention. Irrespective of how much effort you put into convincing people of your innate characteristic of 'keeping to self' at most, it is fundamental that you encounter, at first, stern disapproval of your explanation.

Africa is a continent with diverse cultural beliefs and practices. And having studied the Asian historic cultural development, I found some contrast in varying cultural practices.

A simple example, typical of an African child, will be to extend/ use the right hand when offering an elderly objects. While using the left hand will be offending or disrespectful it often attract some level of punishment. This is what we call 'Respect' in the Nigerian traditional settings. But in other parts of the world, the choice of which hand to use is optional and depends invariably on the available (free) hand.

Pardon Me Sir, They Are Not Illiterates

DVB's visit to Gidankwanu village 

"Pardon me sir, they are not illiterates. Yes they don't have access to good education and all other basic social amenities, regardless, they are very intelligent." I protested the driver's assertion of their illiteracy.

Their father said the location of the school is very far from their house so he decided they only stay home or go to farm. And for the past Six months they've been engaged in farming activities.

Married with Three wives with over Ten children and none of them could even speak pidgin English. With enlightenment not forthcoming on birth control, he's likely to produce more kids than crops.

Lucky Number Three

So far so good, I spent three weeks in China (a complex society), Three days in Lagos, the commercial hub of the nation Nigeria, Three days in Kebbi state (in ea village in North-western state), and have now spent Three days in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. 
Number Three they say, is a lucky number. Three in Chinese sounds similar to the character for "birth" and is considered a lucky number.

Remember, it was the Three wise men that visited Jesus when He was born. Moreover, Three crosses for His crucifixion, one for him and the other for the Two thieves. Don't forget, it's the Trinity in Christianity symbolizing Father, Son and Holyspirit.

Now, check this out: From the union of oneness, the duality (a reflection of Oneness) the Triad is established and then proceeds all of the other numbers. So, now you know how numbers came to being.

Cameramen In New Media Era

Have you noticed we are in the era of New media? New media, they say, refers to on-demand access to content anytime, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation. More like, information at your fingertips and on-the-go.

The emergence of New media has changed the current media landscape for journalists. Online journalism such as blogging has become an important tool on the World Wide Web.

Many traditional media houses are parking up because of their ignorance or negligence to embrace the New media approach. With the increasing market for PR reports, brown envelope journalists and government propaganda the situation gets even worse as readers distrust for this conventional media grows daily. So, it is either they embrace the "New media" approach or extinct, as many have.

China's Temple of Heaven, Beijing

Temple of Heaven

I finally made up my mind, after long deliberation, to visit somewhere different, somewhere...Spiritual.

After shopping for souvenir for friends and family, in the famous Chinese Pearl Market, I resolved to visiting somewhere, a stone-throw away, somewhere if located in Africa, I would be tagged a traditionalist, partisan to voodoo worship, a pagan, or even an occult for visiting such a place. But this Temple of Heaven isn't in Africa, having no diabolic affiliation to our 'supposed' enshrined demigods.

Apparently, the Temple of Heaven, literally known as the Altar of Heaven, built in 1420, is China's largest existing complex of ancient sacrificial buildings and religious worship with a total area of 270 acres. *** "White man Juju is good Juju" they say, "but the black man Juju?" Hmmm...I comment my reserve. You can even imagine how the Altar occupies space.***

DVB's Visit To Bird's Nest Stadium, Beijing

So Dat Village Boy visited the innovative Beijing National Stadium, officially the National Stadium, also popularly known as the Bird's Nest. This landmark architectural masterpiece hosted the 2008 Olympics.

Professor Chinua Achebe Is Dead

Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most celebrated writers and author of the classic novel Things Fall Apart, is dead.

Achebe died in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He had been sick for some time. He was 82 years old.

Feeling very sad to hear about the loss :'(

Oh my heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, 
Answer thus: The flower withers, but the seed remains.

You will always live in our hearts

70 yrs Old Twin Prostitutes Retire After Having Sex With 355,000 Men

They say, 'one man's food is another man's poison,' but for Louise and Martine Fokkens, 70 year old twin sisters, believed to be Amsterdam’s oldest prostitutes, they've decided to call it quit from their decades old career in prostitution.

The pair retired after more than 50 years each in the sex trade upon realizing they are too old for the business after claiming to have slept with 355,000 men between them in a combined 100-year career..

According to Louise, a mother of four, her arthritis now makes some sexual positions ‘too painful’. While Martine, a mother-of-three admits she is finding it hard to attract new punters – except one elderly man who still comes for his weekly sado-maschism session.

"I couldn’t give him up. He’s been coming to me for so long it’s like going to church on a Sunday." She said.

The twin sisters, known for their identical dressing in red clothes became prostitutes before the age of 20 to survive financially after escaping violent relationship.

While they reminiscence upon the ‘golden years’ of the profession before prostitution was legalized in Netherlands, Louise said, ‘It is very different now. We used to sit in the windows with clothes on. Today they are totally naked.'

"The legalisation of brothels in 2000 has not improved prostitutes’ lives." Martine added.

According to them, there is no point working just for tax. They explained that more girls are working from the internet and from home – you are less likely to be spotted by the taxman.

Martine and Louise said they now hoped to be able to live off their earnings from the book and film rights.

They were the subject of a documentary film last year called Meet the Fokkens, and have now written a book about their combined 100-years of sexual exploits called The Ladies of Amsterdam.

My people, what do you call this? Legalized madness ko?

Lagos Theatre Festival: Revamping Theatre in Nigeria

"It is the boast of every juju priest that unless he dies, no thief can ever come to steal his juju away."

Lagos theater festival will soon emerge as the go-to event to get glimpse of theater performances in Nigeria which is presently in short supply.

Thanks to the British Council, in conjunction with three of Nigeria's most exciting and a UK based theatre companies - Renegade Theatre, Black Soul Performance Company, House of Tales and Fuel Theatre, bringing to life amazing performances in an unconventional spaces.

PDP EXPIRY DATE (Best Before April 2015)

"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything."

It is the Strongest and Largest party merger in the history of Nigeria (ACN, ANPP, APGA and CPC). The time has come for us to equalize prayers with action by voting wisely. No more "I didn't vote PDP, I voted Jonathan." Your vote counts. Your vote is your right, your VISA to NEW Nigeria.

This is the FUTURE: ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS. No more cluelessness, no more mediocrity, no more suffocating "fresh air." Let us set the record straight, PDP the largest corrupt political party in Africa has gotten an EXPIRY date (2015).

In Kayode Ogundamisi's voice:

CHOICES
1. JOIN or VOTE #PDP
2. JOIN or VOTE #AllProgressiveCongress
3. #SIDDON LOOK
4. #FORMYOUR OWNPARTY
5. #ANALYSEANDDONOTHING

NIGERIA: CORRUPTION IS OUR CULTURE

"Where there is no shame, there is no honor." ~ African Proverb

"This post was written but unpublished last February 2012. I kept it thinking things will change and that my understanding on national issues then was misguided or unfounded. But as things stand, this ship called Nigeria has since pointed in one direction: Corrupt and progressively moving backwards." ~ Chi Josh

I once argued with my colleague at my place of work one holy Monday morning while reading through daily journals and finding that the level of corruption in Nigeria has no sign of decreasing but strong indication of greater advancement from what it is. This however led to certain analysis and considerations towards writing this post.

In this post, I hope to systematically delineate what is entailed in the accomplishment of cultural amalgamation and what is at stake when its ideology abolished or gets unhinged from our reality.

After series of attacks and counter attacks, allegations, insults emanating from our argument on various issues confronting the nation, I finally concluded by suggesting to him in simple but thought provoking sentence saying, "then it means 'Corruption Is Our culture.'" At this he clearly objected to with a stern face knowing I never intended it to excluded him (or even myself), since he takes the stand to portray the nation as a holy haven where poor and rich dine together (my apologies to my colleague).

Perhaps, you might hold a contrary view to my mine. But relax and let me take you on a journey into my world of reasoning and leftist ideology.

Above all, I am an Idealist and no partisan to any political party but a socialist to the real ethics of Politics practiced with intention to empower, enlighten and instruct positive life changing policies not as witnessed in our beloved country Nigeria.

I did a meaningful research on the word CULTURE using search engine to get a clear understanding of the word, and its usage.

Culture - "The sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another. Culture is transmitted, through language, material objects, ritual, institutions, and art, from one generation to the next."

1. the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action

2. the total range of activities and ideas of a group of people with shared traditions, which are transmitted and reinforced by members of the group: the Mayan culture

3. a particular civilization at a particular period

4. the artistic and social pursuits, expression, and tastes valued by a society or class, as in the arts, manners, dress, etc

5. the enlightenment or refinement resulting from these pursuits

6. the attitudes, feelings, values, and behavior that characterize and inform society as a whole or any social group within it: yob culture

These are but a few meaning I got from random sampling which I found was noteworthy.

Transparency Int’l rates Nigeria as the 35th most corrupt in the world. The concept of Nigeria being synonymous with corruption or Nigeria ranked among top corrupt nations could be a deterrent to our sovereignty, but this fact can be better understood as general approach.

Contrary to what we believe, from various government propaganda, corruption became our culture since the day Nine in every Ten Nigerian began considering the Civil service/ political appointment a National cake where you "Eat in and Take Away".

Since the polity became a do or die affair as witnessed in most states of the federation where people are murdered for anticipating political appointment/ position.

Since ministerial appointment comes with jumbo pay and over-bloated allowance hamper.

Since 83.9% of Nigerians live below $2.00 a day and the remaining 16.1% controls the glaring doom of the nation.

Children, among others, suffer from these changes, as all manner of public maladministration, misappropriation of funds takes place - including educational degredation, social entanglement, increasing maternal mortality rate, poor housing and health care scheme - as part of and in concert with a relative lack of corporate commitment to a particular sector of the economy.

It is high time we stop blowing trumpet about what is not in this country and start focusing on implementing human developmental/ people oriented policies.

Of course there is far cry on the inherited democratic constitution which its recurrent amendment has led us to a state of near-anarchy. Where industrial monopoly, unstable power supply, uninterrupted corrupt malpractices, educational degradation, suicide bombings have become the norm, with little or nothing done to curtail it.

If first things are to be considered first then acceptance of who we are NOW must be paramount, else the concept of change will never be actualized.

Like Clark Moustakas said, "Accept everything about yourself--I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end--no apologies, no regrets."

Only by acceptance of the past, can we alter the present and like Ben Sweet rightfully said, "The greatest success, is successful self acceptance."

We the citizen of this country (Nigeria) must first understand that this concept and ideology of corruption has sunk into each and every one of us and thus be willing to restructure our minds, not in the direction of pointing fingers or shielding a corrupt official under the umbrella of religion, political party, tribe or ethnic setting but in admitting that we all are corrupt. Then and only then can we focus on addressing this issue of corruption.

No name calling, no religiopolitical sentiment and bigotry. Just us and commonsense playing out. Agree if you will, the truth still stands, corruption has eaten deep into our psychology of reasoning. Rather than calling a spade spade we base our criticism on irrelevant factors that don't add up. Well, corruption will destroy us if we don't destroy it.

"Now, just recently a Man who stole N32.8billion in the Police Pension scam, was convicted to two years on each of three charges, but offered a go-home option of a fine of N250,000.

Impunity and corruption flourishes unabated in the Nigerian justice system. Hmmm....I wonder what ideology or system/process of curtailing corruption and maintaining public confidence in the judicial system the youths are taught in our higher institutions today?

CRASS JUDGMENT! A blow on national dignity and conscience. Even a young lad can discern the fallacy in this misguided judgement from the Abuja High Court of lacking commonsense.

Woefully, even the judicial system which is the last hope of the common man is not spared of this corruption syndrome.

NAIJA! I HAIL THEE!"

Saharareporters: Nigerian Official Convicted For Stealing $203 Million Gets Two Years in Jail, Or Option Of $1,500 Fine

Charly Boy Symbolizes Evil? An Encounter With Charly (Man) Boy

If you visited Charly Boy, popularly known as Area father, on 15th of September 2012, you'll be disappointed. Because on the said date, the sexagenarian, whose stage name contradicts his age, has fixed an interview appointment with an international state owned Chinese News Agency.

The 61 year old grandfather Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy has been known for getting involved in controversial activities, thus earning him the title as one of "Nigeria's most controversial entertainer" and he has remained one of the gist that garners wide public views.

But what makes him really controversial to many, is not his 80's punk-styled songs, or his creativity in songwriting, television presentation, video production, nor his eccentric entertainment skills... Stick with me, he is different things to different people, at different times. Without holding back, he is the first Nigerian sexagenarian to ever produce nude picture of himself (at least officially), first publicized entertainer who sleeps in coffin, first Nigerian to be disown at 60 by dad, first gay to preach in a Nigerian church (I think he remains uncontested), first Nigerian activist who own a large python as pet, and to be fair enough, the list is endless. He never beats the media eye.

My encounter with Charly Boy has certainly revealed a lot to me. There is this other side of Mr. Charles Oputa that for years, has been kept from the public view. He is a loving father, husband, and a grandfather. Certainly, he has a caring heart. Considering the endless activism to pursue a cause for equality in a society where the disparity between the poor and rich measures in planetary distance.

Many believe Charly Boy symbolizes evil. The reason, as always, is not farfetched. Of course, that he has an altar with inscription, “Welcome to Hell”, in front of his Abuja Mansion, is no news. With a small sculpture of a wizard, background by a large portrait picture of him seating nude in the buddha sitting posture. And holistically speaking, he wears his human skull inscribed rings (often times necklace) on all four fingers of both hands when posing for a photo shoot, interview, and or probably when performing his acts of activism on the streets.

"That man I dey craze" exclaimed an Aboki selling retail goods, as Charly Boy took us around Wuse market in Abuja metropolis. "Sometimes, I go normal, sometimes, I dey craze" He explained.

That Charly Boy is an evil man, would be a misguided assertion. That is stupidity elevated to the height of philosophy to think in such bigotry. He is an entertainer who understands what sells in entertainment industry. Even as a christian, I'll rather I keep my assumptions about the man Charly boy for you to decide. Because, already his personality like poetry tells a different story at different seasons. :)