For the first time in Switzerland, a restaurant catering specifically to nudists will open its doors at the end of February. We reveal all.
According to the newspaper Schweiz am Wochenende, the eatery, called “Edelweiss Basel – Nudisten Lounge”, will open at Rebgasse 39, in the premises once occupied by a gay and lesbian club.

The customers will leave their clothes in a cloakroom provided especially for this purpose, and the most timid patrons will be able to keep on their, um, bare essentials, such as underwear.




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During his 20-year tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant was one of the most polarizing people in professional sports. But whether you loved him or hated him, you could not deny Bryant’s success at the highest level of basketball. In addition to his NBA MVP award and five NBA championships, Bryant helped lead Team USA to two gold medals in 2008 and 2012.
Bryant was also an 18-time NBA All-Star, second only to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (LeBron James has the most among active players, with 16 All-Star appearances). The NBA will doubtless mourn Bryant at the first All-Star weekend since his untimely and shocking death, but Bryant’s legacy will live on.
Here are eight of the superstar’s best quotes, which can provide a window into his mindset and help you share some of his Mamba Mentality.
ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH DEATH
“You can’t have life without death. Can’t have light without the dark. So it’s an acceptance of that. When it came time to decide whether or not I should retire, [it was] really an acceptance of that mortality that all athletes face. And if you combat it, you’ll always have that inner struggle within yourself. … So … I’m comfortable with it.”
ON FAILING IN THE PLAYOFFS DURING HIS ROOKIES SEASON
“A lot of times as a young player, you don’t really see how something like that and a situation like that can pay off in the end. But if you use it to drive you and use it to motivate you and stand where I’m standing now, you can look back at it with fond memories.”
ON HIS LEADERSHIP STYLE
“I liked challenging people and making them uncomfortable. That’s what leads to introspection and that’s what leads to improvement. You could say I dared people to be their best selves.”
ON COMPETITION
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Popular actor, Lateef Adedimeji, speaks to MOBOLA SADIQ about his acting career and other issues
Tell us about your childhood.
I’m the fifth child in a family of nine. I was born in Oshodi, Lagos State, but I’m from Abeokuta, Ogun State.
I studied Mass Communication at the Olabisi Onabanjo University. I also have something close to a diploma in Theatre Arts because I was trained by a non-governmental organisation whose major goal was to pass information to people through acting and songs. It was for people who didn’t have access to television at that time. Their target audience was the grassroots.
Have you always wanted to be an actor?
I started with dance, but I later realised that I could put a lot of effort into acting as well. So, when I was with the NGO, they taught me a lot about acting. I started acting not because I wanted to emulate anybody; it is something I’m passionate about and enjoy doing without being paid for it. Joy radiates over me whenever I’m acting and since life is not only about having wealth, it is also about doing something that one finds peace and joy in.
How did your parents react when you started acting?
My mum had always known that I wanted to be an actor but my dad didn’t. My father didn’t even know that I was a dancer because I was doing it in the background. By the time he knew, it was already late. But eventually, my dad realised that I found more joy in acting than doing any other work. He left me to pursue my acting career and I’m sure he is proud of me today.
Interestingly, I tried working in an office but after two weeks, I resigned; it was just not working. My parents came for my performance recently and I was shocked when I saw them shedding tears of joy, thanking God that they allowed me to pursue my dreams.
What do you do to stand out in the movie industry?
I don’t think I do anything differently. I take anything that has to do with competition or impressing people off my head and I do my things the way it comes. Doing that brings out originality in me. I have found that being original stands one out and makes people identify one.
Did you know you would become a popular actor?
I wasn’t particular about being popular because I realised that when one runs after fame, fame would run from one.
However, I kept training and upgrading myself so when the fame came, I was prepared. Those were the values that my parents instilled in me.
What were the challenges you faced in the early days of your career?
There were a lot of them, but every challenge has been more of a driving force for me. Whenever I face obstacles, I am usually not scared. I see all my difficult times as a learning process. But when I’m praised, I get scared on how to improve so that I don’t drop to a lower level.
There were challenges of people accepting and rejecting me. Sometimes, people even rubbished my works. I used to speak bad English at that time (and I still do sometimes), so I had to go to a speech class when I had to do a stage performance. I knew I had the ‘H’ factor and I needed to work on it because I was going to be speaking all through in English. All that made me go off work for three months and the stage play came out well.
Have you ever felt underprivileged because you didn’t come from a wealthy background?
Not really. I have never seen or classified my background as either rich or poor. I think I went through a lot of spiritual training from my parents. We never saw a rich person as better than a poor individual, because one can be rich and have nothing to offer, or poor and have something to offer. Yes, a lot of people have parents in the movie industry but I wanted to see myself as a change maker.
Does being an actor make life easier for you?
No. I don’t think being an actor has made life easier for me or anybody else. Acting is a taxing job and being famous makes it even more taxing. It entails a lot of hard work. But one thing I have enjoyed in my career is that people look up to one and want to emulate one. However, I always tell people not to be like me, so I don’t disappoint them. Why would anyone want to be like me when the person can be better than me. I only advise people to pick what they like in me and pick some other fascinating things from other people. When you add all that up, you automatically become better.
Does having a godfather help in Nollywood?
I think godfathers have helped a lot of people but I didn’t have the opportunity to have any. I only have mentors that I have learnt a lot from.
I grew at my own pace. It was a difficult task growing in an industry with so many people but I‘m also lucky to have bosses such as Muyiwa Ademola, Adebayo Tijani and a few others. I owe it to them for giving me many opportunities to act.
How would you rate the quality of films in Nollywood?
There are good and bad films but a lot has changed in Nollywood. The change has brought in more people, both for good and bad.
What do you do when you’re not acting?
I’m always acting because the creator of heaven and earth is always acting, too. When I’m not on a movie set, I read a lot to upgrade myself. At some point in my life, I studied a cat and even got one for myself because I think animals are the best teachers. For instance, a cat’s concentration is serious. Whenever a cat wants to get a rat, it channels its entire being into getting it. As an actor, that’s a good thing to copy. One can infuse that into any role one is asked to act. At a point, I studied lions too, but I couldn’t buy that. Basically, I do a lot of ‘stupid’ things to get better in my career.
What makes you cry easily in movies?
I got that skill from my mother; she is a very emotional person. If she laughs too hard, tears would drop from her eyes. Meanwhile, I cannot stand the tears. Even if it’s just a joke, it would affect me. I now cry without even thinking about anything deep. I know that there are some factors around me that could always make me cry.
Did you deliberately carve a niche for yourself with your crying skills?
I didn’t deliberately do that but at a time in my life, I was at the verge of creating a niche for myself so that people would recognise me. The crying was the first thing that shot me into limelight. But, when I realised that people were using that to identify me, I changed tactics so that people could know me more for other skills.
How were you able to pull off your recent one-man stage play?
It was not an easy task but if acting is like a religion to one, one has to keep upgrading so that one doesn’t stand at the same level for too long. One needs to move from one spiritual level to another.
At that time (of the stage play), I had been acting consecutively for years without having a break. But because there are a lot of people that are deeper than me, I told them to critique me as an actor. They then told me that I needed to go on a break. I also told them that I wanted something very challenging which led me to pick ‘The Prime Minister’s Son’ (the stage play). It was quite hard because I had to train hard but I knew that what I was preparing for needed a lot of inner strength and energy to stay on a stage for two hours non-stop. After all the rigorous exercises and training, I was able to swap between roles and played 12 characters. I turned down a lot of jobs because of that stage play. You can’t do a shabby stage play; the whole world would see it.
How does your fiancée handle your female fans?
That’s the reason I had to get somebody that could handle my job. The film industry’s trouble is enough but when the outside world is hot, one needs to find solace back home.
Why didn’t you go for an actress?



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Popular Gospel singer, Tope Alabi, has said that though she is currently producing a movie, ‘The Weight’, it wouldn’t interfere with her music career. She told Saturday Beats, “Acting can never be my full-time career. It is just going to be once in a while. Music is my main career and that is the only thing I can do full time. Shooting a movie can’t stop my ministration. My music career is till Jesus comes.”

Speaking on her roles in the movie production and what inspired the project, Alabi said, “I am producing and acting (in the movie). I played the role of a lady called Wuraola. On the inspiration behind the movie, whatever a child of God does must be inspired by the Holy Spirit. I felt God wanted me to shoot a Christian movie to win more souls to Christ because souls are perishing due to lack of knowledge. When God started giving me stories, I realised that it was a move for me to shoot a movie. The story is inspired by the Holy Spirit. He wants everybody to drop all their loads, so that he would give them rest.”

On her experience shooting the movie, she said, “It was not stressful at all. As a matter of fact, it was awesome gathering music ministers together because they made up my cast. All they do is singing but I got to see them in another light.”

The singer also stated that there would be some differences at her annual ‘Praise the Almighty’ concert which is coming up today (Sunday).






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Actress, singer and dancer, Cossy Ojiakor, has said that her lifestyle does not hinder her relationship with God because she has certain Christian values and is not a sex addict like many think.
Speaking with Saturday Beats, Cossy, said, “I think one of the secrets to my looks is that I’m not addicted to sex. The exotic dancing is just like a ritual. I only have sex once in a while. When one has a lot of people asking one out or who want to be in a relationship with one, one gets tired.
“I’m born again because I believe that Jesus is my personal Lord and Saviour. One can only be saved by the grace of God. So, all the people preaching that one is a sinner should know that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God according to the Bible.”
The entertainer also noted that some clerics did unthinkable things that people overlooked. “Don’t think that your sin is too much and you won’t make heaven. Nobody is perfect. Pastors lead extravagant lives and even travel abroad to ‘carry’ girls. I used to supply ladies to one of those pastors.



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Women lie about this to impress men, plain and simple.

It’s 2018, and apparently, there are still women who lie about their virginity in relationships.
For a long time, it has been a thing for women to be rated marry-able majorly by the presence of an hymen. In ancient Yoruba culture, virginity was so important that whole communities were said to have stood outside a new couple’s hut on their wedding night while they went in to consummate the marriage.
The groom would triumphantly hold up a white sheet stained with the evidence of his bride’s ‘completeness’ and the whole community would erupt in gladness at the sight. A lack of it meant the bride was ‘incomplete’ and it was both a shame on her and her family.
It didn’t particularly matter if the woman was of good character, an industrious nature or anything of the sort. If she wasn’t a virgin, she just was no good, plain and simple.


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Women lie about this to impress men, plain and simple.

It’s 2018, and apparently, there are still women who lie about their virginity in relationships.
For a long time, it has been a thing for women to be rated marry-able majorly by the presence of an hymen. In ancient Yoruba culture, virginity was so important that whole communities were said to have stood outside a new couple’s hut on their wedding night while they went in to consummate the marriage.
The groom would triumphantly hold up a white sheet stained with the evidence of his bride’s ‘completeness’ and the whole community would erupt in gladness at the sight. A lack of it meant the bride was ‘incomplete’ and it was both a shame on her and her family.
It didn’t particularly matter if the woman was of good character, an industrious nature or anything of the sort. If she wasn’t a virgin, she just was no good, plain and simple.
Similar traditions existed in other parts of Nigeria, Africa and even in Asia where as recent as year 2010, a report in China explains how hymen restoration procedures were being performed on young women in their 20’s who wanted to get married. The report said they had to have it intact as it was one condition that men were particular about.
Very obviously, society and religion’s long-standing emphasis on the chastity and abstinence of women from sex before marriage is one reason why virginity seems to remain such a big deal, even now.
Christianity preaches sexual purity [Ex. 22:16-17, SOS 2:7] and even Prophet Mohammed [P.B.U.H] explains in a Hadith that there is a special reward for both the girl that marries with her virginity intact and her parents/guardian.
But the most relatable reason why women would lie about virginity is the importance they think men attach to it.
Plain and simple.
Because there are still guys who go around seeking virgins, babes have resorted to lying to maintain that idea of being ‘pure’ and ‘untouched’ because they also want to get married. And fast, obviously, as no babe wants to be caught unmarried on the wrong side of 30, another ridiculously overrated desire which society needs to help people outgrow.
According to Dayo, a young Lagos bachelor, women lie to be virgins because they want “to appear to the guy that they have been innocent and that they are wife materials.”
Nurudeen, another Lagos Bachelor, 29, adds that “some do so to give the man the impression that they are decent.
“Some guys actually give hints of their preference for a virgin, and a smart babe will just play along with that narrative if she actually likes the guy,” he says.

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