Thanksgiving approaches....

So we don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Nigeria but we have a lot to be thankful for......most of all, for life, so many tragic events, plane crashes, people passing away, we should all be thankful.

I just realised I never announced on my blog that one of Nollywood's finest actors JT Tom West, passed away after a car accident at the end of September, more on the story here.

Bella Naija also had a post sometime ago on survivors of cancer, its sad to also see the passing away of Tola Okoya Thomas, who died of breast cancer at the age of 28. Here is her memorial site, you can pay a tribute or light a candle.

As I am a soul music fanatic, it is really sad to have confirmed that Gerald Levert died last Friday after a heart attack, more on the story here.

Also, today would have been Stella Obasanjo's 61st birthday, visit her memorial website here to pay condolences.

May their souls rest in peace. This post may seem sad but it also tells us that we have a lot to be thankful for, so quit complaining and thank God for today.

On a brighter note, thanksgiving celebrations (in yankee) are in order! Click on the flyer below:

Amplifyd will also be there i.e. in Atlanta on the 24th of November for thanksgiving. For more info - click here. Visit their myspace at http://myspace.com/amplifydmusic

Thanksgiving in Chicago - see below:

Milklady's Clicks

LASTMA TRAFFIC REPORT

Now you can get the traffic report in and around Lagos, before you set out on your journey. Just click here to check what the traffic status is (lol - only there is no status, they haven't updated it in yonks, God help us!)

However, you can call their traffic hotline (which is not toll-free) on 01-7743026 and 01-4703325. I can imagine a frustrated aunty answering those phones telling you she doesn't know because she is not on the road at the moment.

TAUREANMINX ON NOLLY

Check out taureanminx's post for the new Nollywood movie trailer of "Amazing Grace", it is a high quality production by Jeta Amata.

CALL-A-CAB LAGOS

I'm sure many are aware of this, you can now call a cab (24 hours a day) in Lagos oh and youll be sure it'll get to you asap, given there is no traffic and if LASTMA are doing their job click here to check it out.

BELLA'S HOT PICKS - OPRAH STYLE

Source - bellanaija.blogspot.com

Bella Naija has some amazing Naija picks this week featuring stuff like Peridot & Ruby's new skirts, etc. Click here to look at her list.

LASPAPI'S COLLECTION

Laspapi has an interesting list of the unsolved murders in Nigeria and other absurdities - a good read/glance! Click here (p.s. Laspapi is extremely talented, he has produced several plays, his most recent was The Gods are not to Blame, check out pics on his blog, scroll down).

P.s. Call me the milklady cos I always deliver ;o) ;o)

Some Mid-Week Humour

Is that a goat on that African's back? (LOL)

This was taken outside a Nigerian Mosque - as in HANDS OFF!

Zinedine Zidane in Mortal Kombat

The Matrix - Warri Style (put your speakers on)

EXCLUSIVE: My favourite mag

............This is a tribute to my favouite magazine True Love West Africa. I am a self proclaimed collector of True Love where I have all the issues since its debut. It is a glossy, sophisticated and cosmopolitan mag which features almost everything related to today's woman (young and old) such as food, travel, parenting marriage, relationoships, singledom, work, sex, fitness, health, fashion, dating, cosmetics, competitions and entertainment. I highly recommend it to any lady (or gent) and even to non-Africans.

I don't think it's sister magazine, True Love South Africa (see pics above) is as popular as TL West Africa and ours is gaining such a huge following, I wonder why Media 24 have not yet created a TL West Africa website - can you believe this! So TL SA has a website but we don't. (Crappy!)

I can imagine how cool the True Love site would be. Ah well, until we get one we can only imagine and salivate over the glossy pics we come across online (Google and Aunty Bella's blog) and the alternatives on TL South Africa's site. This month features Caroline Ekanem on the cover (forgot to scan the copy will do and upload) who is an up and coming nollywood actress. More info on her here .

Since it's debut in January 2005 we have had the following personalities on the cover. Click on their names to see their pics:

January 'o5 - Agbani Darego

February '05 - Stella Damasus, Stephanie Okereke and Kate Henshaw.

March '05 - Adebisi (model)

April '05 - Ene Maya-Lawani (Ex - Miss Nigeria '04)

May '05 - Funmi Alaiyemola (model and runner-up Face of Africa '00)

June '05 - T Naija (singer)

July '05 - Yinka Davies (musician)

Aug '05 - Rita Dominic

Sept '05 - Oluchi Onweagba (now Oluchi Luca)

Oct '05 - Doyin, Deola and Opeyemi (Face of Africa girls)

Nov' 05 - Dakore Egbuson

Dec '05/Jan'06 - Ronke Apampa (presenter - see www.ronkeapampa.com)

Feb '06 - TY Bello (photographer)

Mar '06 - Omotola aka Omo Sexy

Apr '06 - Iman

May '06 - Genevieve Nnaji (they called her Gene on the cover so as not to publicise the name of their competitor, Genevieve magazine - smart innit?!)

June '06 - Asa (musician)

July '06 - Joan (of Big Brother Nigeria)

Aug/Sep'06 - Ojy (model)

Oct '06 - Ronke Onitiri aka Karima (Nigeria's MTV Base Presenter)

Nov '06 - Caroline Ekanem

Anyways, I wonder who will be on December's cover. Hmmm, watch this space.

P.S. A lot of this info would not have been possible if not for a blogger friend so many thanks!

P.P.S. Speaking of Nigeria, before you could search Google in yoruba but now we have our own page oh! See:

Google Nigeria or search Google in Yoruba!