If you are serious about it stop waiting for a record label. A record wont just pick you like that. I will advice you to start making covers of popular songs and if people like your voice it can create more publicity for you and a record may stumble on one of your cover. Youtube is a good place for you to start, if you can try and also make simple videos of you singing.

una no dey tire

LOL some replies here actually got me laughing real hard. Im not in a rush to marry. I still have time to think about it and ive also got what i wanted. Thnk Y'all for contributing.

I'm not in a rush to marry. I think ive got what i wanted, Thank You nairaland at least people in my shoe will understand.

maclatunji: A very detailed presentation on Cousin Marriage here http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage

Thank you for sharing this Tunji

smartchoice: op and maclatunji are the same I suspect

Very Funny

maclatunji:

Please don't take offence for there is a genuine reason for asking and it is not deragatory. How old are you? How old is she?

no P. I'm almost 25 and she is 23.

You guys wont just understand this love. Mind you Ive never had sex with her. Thnx for your contrbutions.

Maybe I should consider the medical stuff and ask a Doctor. If the union will affect our kids. We'll try and agree with eachoda not to have kids, and just adopt.

alutacontinua: @op, it has medical implications.
I'm not being sarcastic or trying to scare you, der're some diseases dt are associated with in-breeding! Most Autosomal Reccesive diseases are and you don't wanna go into how many of those diseases you don't want near your children.

Just so you know!

ok

smartchoice: why not your mother also? since your brain don lose network finish!

This is not the answer to my question bro

pheyikemi: , Op u can go 4 ur other female relatives too. Don't they banish pple hu do dat whr u com frm?

hvnt heard of a case around here. I dont care bout that even if they do just want to know if there is a national Law. A lawyer here can help us

^^
thnk U just wanted to know if there is any Law prohibiting it in Nigeria

We are so in love but the thought of us being related is so annoying and always create that gap between us. I'm asking to know if it is legal or should we just forget about it?
~> I DONT MIND WHAT FAMILY OR SOCIETY WILL SAY <~

Youtube dey pay all these YouTube celebrities? person like nigahiga or mek we say PSY weh get over 1Billion views

Cant remember maybe in Junior school

i prefare a video wit ladies dressd nicely dan tese ones exposin stuffs or maybe they did it on a beach

Za shairmann haz sfoken gbam!

Ive been replayin this song like mad ehn MI undisputed champion. He sounded like a TIV dude in one part.

What is that

Stonehenge has long been one of the world's most mysterious monuments. The massive rock circle has given up a few of
its secrets to a digital scanning project led by historical-preservation organization
English Heritage with an assist from the York Archaeological Trust . The 3D laser-scanning data collected last year has unveiled 72 hidden ax-head carvings in the surface of the stone.
Stonehenge was given a complete 3D-scanning treatment, generating 850gigabytes of data. Archeologists put software from Bentley Systems to work to analyze the data. The resulting datacrunching showed 72 carvings depicting Bronze Age tools that had been hiding from
the naked eye for thousands of years.
Almost all show ax heads, but one is likely a dagger.
The ax-shaped carvings show a certain obsession with the tool shape. All of the ax blades face upward. Some Stonehenge
carvings had already been located through visual inspections, but these new carvings reveal a treasure trove of ancient art.
A report from English Heritage
suggests the carvings may be interpreted as offerings to the dead.
Information gathered from the scanning project will be used in displays at a new Stonehenge visitors center set to open this
year. The project has also helped
archeologists document graffiti and erosion patterns on the monument. It did not, however, unveil any evidence of Merlin's presence. Sorry, King Arthur fans.

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hehe sometin like this happend wen i was in primary school jst that the dude came with jst a bundle of 100naira (he stole it from his Papa) and was sharing me ma get my share but thekind beatin dey finally beat am parade am round school ehn

I like Omawumi's voice, but I like the way Tiwa do sing. I'll pick TIWA

Dem dey prepare fo waec and jamb

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Does your taste in music reveal information about your personality?
Research conducted by psychologists Jason Rentfrow and Sam Gosling suggests that knowing the type of music you listen to can actually lead to surprisingly accurate predictions
about your personality.
For example, researchers found
that people could make accurate
judgments about an individual's
levels of extraversion, creativity
and open-mindedness after
listening to ten of their favorite
songs. Extraverts tend to seek out
songs with heavy bass lines, while
those who enjoy more complex
styles such as jazz and classical
music tend to be more creative and
have higher IQ-scores.
Another study conducted by
researchers at Heriot-Watt
University looked at more than
36,000 participants from all over
the world. Participants were asked
to rate more than 104 different
musical styles in addition to
offering information about aspects
of their personality. The following
are just some of the personality
traits linked to certain musical
styles.

Pop
Do you prefer to listen to the top
40 hits? Do the latest tracks from
Rhianna, Selena Gomez and Flo
Rida make up your workout mix? If
so, chances are that you also tend
to be extraverted, honest and
conventional. While pop music
lovers are hard-working and have
high self-esteem, researchers
suggests that they tend to be less
creative and more uneasy.
Rap and Hip/Hop
Are Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre more
your style? In spite of the
stereotype that rap lovers are more
aggressive or violent, researchers
have actually found no such link.
Rap fans do tend to have high self-
esteem and are usually outgoing.

Country
Would you rather watch CMT
instead of MTV? Country music fans
are typically hardworking,
conventional and outgoing. While
country songs are often centered
on heartbreak, people who
gravitate towards this genre tend to
be very emotionally stable.
Rock / Heavy Metal
Despite the sometimes aggressive
image that rock music and heavy
metal project, researchers found
that fans of this style of music are
usually quite gentle. They tend to
be creative, but are often
introverted and may suffer from
low self-esteem.

Indie
Do you love seeking out obscure
bands and indie artists? Fans of the
indie genre are typically
introverted, intellectual and
creative. According to researchers,
they also tend to be less hard-
working and less gentle. Passivity,
anxiousness and low self-esteem
are other common personality
characteristics.

Dance
Do you love the fast-paced rhythms
of dance music? According to
researchers, people who prefer
dance music are usually outgoing
and assertive.

Classical
Classical music lovers are typically
more introverted, but are also at
ease with themselves and the world
around them. They are creative and
have a good sense of self-esteem.
Jazz, Blues and Soul
People who enjoy jazz, blues or
soul music were found to be more
extraverted with high self-esteem.
They also tend to be very creative,
intelligent and at ease.
According to researcher Adrian
North of Heriot-Watt University in
Edinburgh, UK, the reason people
sometimes feel defensive about
their taste in music might be
related to how much it relates to
attitudes and personality. "People
do actually define themselves
through music and relate to other
people through it but we haven’t
known in detail how music is
connected to identity," he
explained.
The next time you are putting
together a playlist to listen to
during your commute or workout,
consider how your personality
might be reflected in your song
choices.

http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/a/music-and-personality.htm

Revealed: How Then Governor
Goodluck Jonathan Gave
Obaigbena $1 Million From
Bayelsa’s Poverty Alleviation
Funds For Beyonce And Jay Z's
Visit To Nigeria
caption:
Beyonce and Jayzee in
Nigeria in October 2006
By SaharaReporters, New
York
SaharaReporters has
uncovered a document
indicating that a million
dollars of Bayelsa State’s
poverty alleviation fund
was spent by then
Governor Goodluck
Jonathan on bringing
American entertainers
Beyonce and Jay Z to
Nigeria in 2006.
In a letter stamped and
signed by Bayelsa
officials, N150 million
(approximately a million
dollars in 2006) was
released from the state’s
poverty alleviation fund
for the first ThisDay Music
Festival in Lagos.
The document came to
light after a controversy
was ignited over how
much money American
“reality TV” star Kim
Kardashian was paid for a
brief visit to Nigeria.
Ms. Kardashian, star of a
US TV show about her idle
rich family and who shot
to international fame after
a sex tape featuring her
and her rapper boyfriend
went viral, was reportedly
paid half a million dollars
for the 24-hour-visit last
week.
The sources who provided
the 2006 document for
Beyonce and Jay Z’s visit
told Saharareporters that
there was a shady
financial link between the
producers of some high
profile entertainment
events and the governors
and other officials who
control budgets at the
state and federal levels.
Mr. Obaigbena’s
newspaper, ThisDay, is a
major sponsor of
entertainment events that
brings US music stars as
well as top public figures
for flying visits to Nigeria
in exchange for
gargantuan paychecks.
“Mr. Obaigbena often lines
up financial bonanzas
from numerous
governors, ministers and
other top government
officials to finance his
jamborees,” said one of
the sources who is based
in the UK and is
knowledgeable about such
deals.
SaharaReporters obtained
a letter from Mr.
Obaigbena to the Bayelsa
State government
soliciting funds from the
oil-producing state ahead
of Nigeria’s 46th
independence celebrations
in 2006. The publisher
wrote, “We invite you to
partner with us as co-
hosts of the festival.” The
letter added: “With a total
budget of $10 million, the
co-host is expected to
contribute a minimum of
$2.5 million (two million
five hundred thousand
USD).”
At the bottom of the
letter, minuted by hand
and signed by then
Governor Jonathan’s aides
as well as the Bayelsa
State accountant general
are the words, “Release
N150,000,000.00 (One
hundred and fifty million
naira) only to be drawn
from the poverty
alleviation subhead.”
One source told
SaharaReporters that Mr.
Obaigbena sent similar
letters to other south-
south states.
SaharaReporters could not
ascertain how much of the
released funds was paid
directly to performers at
the festival. There is no
indication that Beyonce,
one of the few
entertainment stars
internationally famous
enough to only need one
name, was aware that her
performance was being
subsidized by the poor
people of Bayelsa.
But during Beyonce’s
celebrated rendition of
the Nigerian national
anthem, pictures of
Bayelsa State were
projected onto the wall of
the Lagos concert venue.
According to the Nigerian
Bureau of Statistics, 47%
of Bayelsans live in
poverty. The World Bank
says that per capita gross
domestic product in the
Niger Delta is significantly
below the country’s
average. According to the
state’s own 2005
development strategy,
80% of rural communities
have no access to safe
drinking water, a key
indicator in judging
poverty. In Yenagoa, the
state capital and Bayelsa’s
largest urban area, an
estimated two out of
every five residents do not
have access to safe
drinking water.
In 2005, as part of its
UN-approved strategy to
combat poverty, the state
promised to make a fund
of N100 million available
as soft loans and micro-
credit to Bayelsans. The
allocated fund was N50
million less than Mr.
Jonathan approved for Mr.
Obaigbena’s music
festival. That promise was
made in the Bayelsa State
Economic Empowerment
and Development Strategy,
published by the United
Nations Development
Program and signed by
then Governor Diepreye
Alamieyeseigha. A civil
rights activist in Yenogoa
told SaharaReporters that
the state “has been a
woeful failure in its
poverty reduction
program.”
The letter from Mr.
Obaigbena to then-
governor Goodluck
Jonathan said the concert
was necessary to show
that the news from
Nigeria was “not just…
HIV/AIDS, conflicts,
poverty, kidnapping, strife
and riots.”
The publisher added: “This
is the longest ever period
of democracy in Nigeria,
over seven years and
counting! And a stable
democracy means more
investment and economic
prosperity for all.”
The publisher went on to
give reasons why the state
government should
contribute to the concert.
The stars’ performances
would “tell the world,
through music, that
Nigeria’s time has come,”
Mr. Obaigbena wrote. The
letter added, “And once
the good news catches on
with the young and
upwardly mobile, music
loving new generation it
will catch on with the
world of investments and
bountiful opportunities.”
In 2006, Mr. Goodluck
Jonathan had just become
governor of Bayelsa after
his boss, Diepreye
Alamieyeseigha, was
impeached and convicted
on corruption charges.
Mr. Jonathan was then
elevated to Vice President
to then President Umaru
Yar’Adua. Mr. Yar’Adua's
death in 2010 enabled Mr.
Jonathan, a zoologist
whose PhD focused on
tropical fish, to assume
the presidency.
Since 2006, Mr.
Obaigbena’s parent
company, Leaders &
Company, has produced a
number of high-profile
events that have seen
such American stars as
Rihanna, R Kelly, and
Usher perform for
Nigerians. The ticket
prices for these concerts
are usually out of reach of
the “average” Nigerian.
The events feature tickets
that cost many tens of
thousands of naira,
usually reserved for “VIP
access.” ThisDay has also
hosted political luminaries
like former US President
Bill Clinton and former
economic adviser to the
Obama presidency,
Lawrence Summers. At an
Africa Rising concert in
London, former US
Secretary of State Colin
Powell came on stage and
danced to the popular
Naija jam “Yahooze” by
Olu Maintain.
http://mobile.saharareporters.com/news-page/revealed-how-then-governor-goodluck-jonathan-gave-obaigbena-1-million-bayelsa’s-poverty-al

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Olive trees in the Jerusalem garden
where Jesus Christ prayed before
he was crucified have
"miraculously" lived through the
past nine centuries bacteria-free,
according to a molecular research
presented last year at the Vatican
Radio in Rome.
Carried by a team of researchers
from Italy's National Research
Council (CNR) and various Italian
universities, the three-year study
investigated eight gnarled olive
trees in the Garden of Gethsemane,
one of the holiest sites of
Christendom.
The research found that three of
the eight healthy trees (the only
ones on which it was technically
possible to carry out the dating)
come from the middle of the 12th
century, although the roots
underground are certainly much
older.
ANALYSIS: Can We Find Trees on
Other Planets?
"These olives are among the oldest
broad-leaved trees in the world,"
lead researcher Antonio Cimato of
the CNR's Tree and Timber Institute
in Florence, said.
Carbon dating showed that the
trees come from the years 1092,
1166 and 1198, a period when the
Crusaders, engaged in the
reconstruction of the great
churches of the Holy Land, re-built
the Basilica of Gethsemane in
Jerusalem.
According to the researchers, it is
likely that during the construction
of the church, the olive garden was
rearranged and renovated.
Indeed, olive trees can grow back
after being cut down or even
burnt.
NEWS: Was Jesus Happy?
DNA analysis of the eight trees
revealed they were all related to a
single, older tree.
"All eight trees have similar genetic
profiles, meaning they are olive
'twins,' all children of a single
specimen," Cimato said.
According to the researcher, this
means the olives were not
spontaneous trees, but were
deliberately planted.
Why did the Crusaders choose one
single tree, among the thousands
growing in Jerusalem? Were they
trying to preserve a specific,
meaningful lineage? Are the olives
linked to the
very trees under which, according
to the gospel of Luke, Jesus sweat
drops of blood as he prayed?
Excellent Idea of the Day: 3-D
Plant Roots
The questions will remain
unanswered, according to Cimato.
"Finding the original tree is
impossible," he said.
Despite their age, the 900-year-old
olive trees were found in excellent
health, unaffected by lead pollution
and bacteria.
Amazingly, the garden's earth
appears to block insects and
bacterial proliferation.
"I would call it a small miracle,"
Cimato said.

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Britain's most senior Roman
Catholic has said he believes
priests should be able to marry
if they wish to do so.
Cardinal Keith O'Brien said it was
clear many priests struggled to
cope with celibacy, and should be
able to marry and have children.
The cardinal will be part of the
conclave that will choose the next
Pope.
He spoke of his surprise at the
resignation of Benedict XVI, and
said he was open to the new Pope
coming from outside of Europe.
In an interview with BBC Scotland's
Glenn Campbell, the cardinal said
some issues - for example abortion
and euthanasia - were "basic
dogmatic beliefs" of "divine origin"
which the Church could never
accept.
But he said it would be within the
scope of the new Pope to consider
whether the Roman Catholic
Church should change its stance on
other issues, which were not of
divine origin.
He explained: "For example the
celibacy of the clergy, whether
priests should marry - Jesus didn't
say that.
"There was a time when priests got
married, and of course we know at
the present time in some branches
of the church - in some branches
of the Catholic church - priests can
get married, so that is obviously
not of divine of origin and it could
get discussed again."
Cardinal O'Brien said he had never
personally thought about whether
he wanted to get married as he had
been "too busy" with his duties.
But he added: "In my time there
was no choice and you didn't really
consider it too much, it was part
of being a priest. When I was a
young boy, the priest didn't get
married and that was it.
"I would be very happy if others
had the opportunity of considering
whether or not they could or
should get married.
"It is a free world and I realise that
many priests have found it very
difficult to cope with celibacy as
they lived out their priesthood and
felt the need of a companion, of a
woman, to whom they could get
married and raise a family of their
own."
'Excellent men'
Cardinal O'Brien is the only man in
Britain with a say in who succeeds
Benedict XVI when he stands down
next week.
He said he believed it might be
time for a younger pontiff from
part of the developing world,
where the Catholic faith is thriving.
"Well I would be open to a Pope
from anywhere if I thought it was
the right man, whether it was
Europe or Asia or Africa or
wherever", he added.
"It is something which the
cardinals have to think about
seriously, having had Popes from
Europe for such a long time now -
hundreds of years - whether it isn't
time to think of the developing
world as being a source of
excellent men.
"And of course we do have
excellent cardinals from other
parts of the world as well - highly
intelligent, well-trained, deeply
spiritual men from other parts of
the world."
Benedict XVI was aged 78 when he
was elected in 2005, making him
one of the oldest new Popes in
history.
And Cardinal O'Brien said a
younger successor who was able to
serve for a longer period of time
may be able to "get more things
done, to steady us up a wee bit and
to give us something of the
courage of the earlier apostles
again".
But he said he had not yet decided
who should be elected as Pope
during the conclave, which is
expected to be held next month.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21552628