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abisona music. fashion. consciousness.: Drive Angry on s.h.a.r.e Monday Movies.

2011-03-09T01:33:00.000-08:00

abisona music. fashion. consciousness.: Drive Angry on s.h.a.r.e Monday Movies.: "It was the March edition of s.h.a.r.e Monday Movies, which held at Ozone Cinemas, and the meet up time was 6pm, as the movie 'Drive An..."

abisona music. fashion. consciousness.: Undisputed "M.I"

2011-03-09T01:28:00.000-08:00

abisona music. fashion. consciousness.: Undisputed "M.I": "M.I says he is the UNDISPUTED champion! And now he has shot the video for the very catchy song! Here at abisona, we are still undecided, bu..."

Top Ten July

2010-08-09T01:31:00.000-07:00

I contribute to this blog monthly and make a list of ten songs i like@ Pls check out my pick for JULY
http://rhymesville-ent.blogspot.com/2010/08/tosyn-bucknor-topten.html

CHAT WEDNESDAY!1

2010-04-08T03:55:00.000-07:00

7th April

Hey people, welcome to your virtual "catch up on Top of the morning with Tosyn Bucknor if you missed the show" Package! (lol I know that was a mouthful) So how are you today? hope all's well....... Here is everything that occurred on the show today... if you missed it. On the Area show today our ardent listeners called in with information about their neighbourhood and in exchange they got to request for any song of their choice to be played.

After which we asked you two simple questions about Coca-Cola which are: what is the slogan/pay off line for the Coca-Cola advert on football? and do you know at least three countries out of the seven countries that have won the world cup so far? We had two lucky winners who once again claimed our tickets to The Coca-Cola party taking place on Saturday at Ocean View restaurant.

Right after that, DJ GQ dished out great music for everyone to get down and shake their bodies and then our guest arrived!! Yes! Just as we do every Wednesday, we had a guest artiste in person of the one and only cross over king ALARIWO OF AFRICA!!!!!!! Everyone was excited to have him around and questions like where have you been? What does Alariwo mean? What have you been up to? And many others were crashing our phone lines and face book pages!

Typically, our down to earth Alariwo patiently answered all the questions and shared with us what his real personality is like... it was fun having him around plus we played his songs for the listening pleasure of all and sundry... finally the show came to an end but not without Alariwo giving us a proverb in his language (He happens to be from Delta state). Make it a date with Tosyn Bucknor on the show tomorrow morning....in the mean time i would like to sign out now.......yes please, thank you...lol
I remain faithfully yours,
Naomi (The cute intern on Top radio).wink!

NOSTALGIC THURSDAY!!!!!

2010-04-08T03:10:00.000-07:00

8TH OF APRIL

Top of the morning to you folks and it is with great pleasure i welcome you to the Top of the morning show (Well, the catch up segment.lol) on the hot dail 90.9! Yup! its good to have you read this; i hope you were a part of todays shows..if you weren't.....duh? what were you doing? well, my kind nature will always previal on the sacastic side of me (lol) so all the juicy tit bits that you missed from the show will be brought to you by my humble self...yeah, yeah you are welcome.

AAAAAARRRRRRRREEEEEEEAAAAA!!!!! sounds familiar doesn't it? yup! it sure does, because that's what starts the show every day. Usually we had a whole lot of contributions via sms, facebook and phone calls; people telling us about their Area..weather and traffic reports. The contributors had the chance to request for a songs of their choice to be played for them which we obliged...aren't we sweet at Top radio? lol

We then took you down memery lane; dishing out old songs that rocked the nineties and early two thousand. We know you felt nostalgic....but then thats the whole idea of today's show. Next we had the Top nine moments powered by Supermide! and ooooo she had a lot to tell us from sports entertainment and other randoms. I would say that Top nine moments is a delightful package of infotainment....belive me!

Tosyn then brought you the Stock market and weather report for the day which paved way for all our ardent listeners to sing their story! and sing they did! with all sorts of "Angelic voices" (lol, there i go again puting those two words in qoute...wink!) we then had a little talk on the Super Eagle's official drink Cocacola. We asked series of questions because we wnted to give out tickets to THE PARTY! and we found a lucky winner in wallintong; congratulations to him.

SLK's Darling our song of the week hit the air waves right after that and then we played you some more old school music....great ones, then (sadly...sob) the show had to come to an end. But the good thi9ng is (Like Banky W would say)....tomorrow, we will do it all over again! cheers!
Yours faithfully,
Naomi (The cute intern on Top Radio...wink!)

RISE AND SHINE..........IT'S MONDAY!

2010-04-06T03:36:00.000-07:00

Wake up joo! have you forgotten its the beginning of another beautiful week? lol. I know you want snuggle deeper under covers and i al;so know you hate Mondays but i know a little secrete that would spice and brighten up your Monday morning...... TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSIN BUCKNOR!

Well if you missed today's show that's your loss! i sound sarcastic abi? OK OK, ill give you a down load of the juicy segments that you missed. Typically the show kicked off with Arrrrrreeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! lots of people had a lot to say about their area/neighborhood giving us weather and traffic reports from their area..........of course not without the password AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol.

Right after that came the "You Say" segment and usually, the people wanted to say what was on their minds and they did! I say- Lagos carnival rocked! what do you say? you have the opportunity to say what6 ever it sis that you feel like on the programme tomorrow so, make sure you are a part of it!

The Coca cola company, official soft drink of the super Eagles, was generous enough to give us tickets to their big bash taking place at the ocean view restaurant, and we were in turn, generous enough to give them to you......our ardent listeners....so that's what came up next after you say! We asked you to call us and mention at least three countries out of the seven that have won the world cup over the years in exchange for our ticket and guess what? our first caller was the lucky winner..........i hear there is gonna be a performance by M.I Banky W, Eldee and other notable DJs...congratulations to our winner.

Next up came the Top nine moments with Supermide, giving us juicy gists on sports, Whitney's illness......... and so much more. Tosyn then gave you the weather report straight from our weather man giving way for our song of the week SLKs Darling.....pretty nice song if you ask me. The show ended thirty minutes earlier than usual signing out with Sound Sultan's 2010 this was to give way to the thirty minutes flava show which comes up every Monday,,,,,,,,,,phew, i hope i covered all areas of the show for you, its really not an easy task considering the fact that my fingers feel like carrot sticks now, due to too much typing lol But you know i will always go the extra mile to bring you what you missed on Top of the morning show with Tosyn...have a swell day and don't forget to stay on Top!
Your faithfully,
Naomi..the cute intern on Top radio..Wink!

APRIL WISE!

2010-04-01T03:47:00.000-07:00

Thursday 1st of April.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRea! (I hope you didn't just read that normally! i hope you screamed it for all your life is worth!) Lol. yes oh! I'm back again today. Why did you miss Top of the morning show today eh? because I'm sure you won't be reading this if you were a part of it! Anyway, that's why I'm here, to help you catch up. Today on the area show, we gave you information from different parts of Lagos and even the country with the help of our dear ardent listeners. contributions were pouring in from the phone lines, through sms's and from face book, of course not without the password AAAARRRRRRRRea!!!

we then had the Proverbs segment where listeners got to say proverbs in their mother tongue, translate it and then apply it to reality. We had a lot of contributions consisting of proverbs in different languages; Yoruba, Edo, Ijebu e.t.c and it was indeed very educative as we learnt a lot from those wise words. Next we had the song of the week Mary.J.Blige's Each tear, telling us each tear we shed makes us stronger.

The Sing your story segment came right after the Proverbs and oh......you need to have heard "Angelic voices" telling their stories in different songs! (Do not wonder why those two words are in quotes) lol. We had a great time. Supermide breezed in to give you the Top nine moments and boy, was it juicy; with sports, entertainment and other randoms. Tosyn then gave the weather report and she told us a Little about how April fools day came into existence.

Well, it was said that the first of April used to be the day new year was marked but when it was changed to the first of January, some people either due to ignorance or stubbornness still thought new years day was on the fist of April and so other people used to make fun of them and play tricks on them till it became so popular and hence, APRIL FOOL'S DAY!! But the wise people are always on TOP! And so my fellow wise men, it's a wrap make sure you do not Miss the show tomorrow!........if you are going to fool anybody today i suggest you keep it moderate and know were to draw the line OK? cheers......... NAOMI (The cute intern on Top Radio) wink!

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY....YES BOSS!

2010-04-01T03:03:00.000-07:00

Wednesday,31st of March.

When we envisage what a wonderful day is going to be like, I'm sure most of us picture waking up at the "right side" of the bed to the sun warmly shinning in......and we are like "wow do i smell eggs and toast for breakfast?". And then for the rest of the day, we come across no stress, hassles or anything to upset us and we can conclude it s wonderful day.well, today wasn't like that! First, the show kicked off late because of power issues; our two generator sets tried to revolt by giving us quick notice at the same time! can you imagine that? well the end result of that is that, Top radio had to go off air for a while (Sob)!

But guess what? we came right back! (I guess this is the part were i get to sing my story and and I'm singing Danny Young's "oju ti tiwon" for the enemies/haters who didn't want us on air). So we couldn't interview our guest for the day and we couldn't take too many calls but we sure gave it our best shot and we had fun! Playing good music, reading your messages on phone and face book.

We had a full house too. some students under media production training came to pay us a visit on the Top of the morning show. They spiced up the show with their happy laughter and excitement and I'm sure our listeners were happy to have them on the show. Everything went normally according to our daily pattern.......Area, You say, song of the week, Top nine moments, The weather report......... the only difference is that we had a shorter time frame than usual but hey we cant say our Wednesday wasn't wonderful because of that! It was wonderful and we happily look forward to more wonderful days ahead! cheers.

NAOMI (The cute intern on Top radio) lol, wink!

2010-03-29T03:20:00.000-07:00

MOODY MONDAY..........NOT!
Top of the morning to you top listerners of Top Radio! (Im seriously rhyming i really should consider rapping as a carreer)lol. Sob...sniff, i'm so sad 4 ya'll who didn't listen up today because you missed out of the fun! Typically, the show kicked of with AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRREA!! yup! Area mama woke ya'll up this morning shouting just that one word; vibrating your houses! lol. It was a fun, exciting and informative segment as we brought you traffic reports from as many parts of Lagos as possible and reminded you of how "imporrant" it is to THANK THE LORD!

Next on Top was YOU SAY! Where listeners were given a chance to say anything they wanted to vai calls, sms, facebook, twitter etcetera. It was like graffitti on radio! say what ever you wanna and you can be sure the response to that was massive! Then, the only super hero in Nigeria; "SUPERMIDE" flew in, to deliver the TOP NINE MOMENTS! it was a sweet mixture of sports, entertainment and other randoms...yummy.lol. The Weather report was brought to you by Yours faithfuly, Tosyn Bucknor and then....(Ma favourite part) the song of the week was played: Mary.J.Blige's Every tear. A very beautiful song that tells you that every tear you have shed makes you a stronger person.

The topic of disscussion for today revolved around just one word: PURPOSE. Have you discovered your porpose in life? if yes, what is your purpose and how did you discover it? We had several responses to this but the general idea gathered from the contributions we had is that God reavels people's purposes to them and being alive without one is like a waste! there was a quere contribution.......that one had to wait to be 25yrs old before one can have a purpose in life! lol. To back it up, songs like "ise orin lori ran mi" and "party hard" where played; well you never can tell what peopl's purposes in life are can you?..we were only giving them ideas! lol.

Believe me, we had fun! The show came to an end (sadly....snif) on a spendid note with Tosyn thanking every one for listening and imploring yall to join her same time tommorrow (I would heed to that if i were you!). We signed out playing you Justin Derrullo's WATCHA SAY.......so watcha say, was it a moody Monday or not? can i hear a resounding NOT!
Faithfully yours,
NAOMI (nayummy) wink!

Who stole the meat from the cooking pot?.........on a tuesday?

2010-03-09T01:35:00.000-08:00

Did you missed the areaaaaaaaaaaa show was the bomb if you missed it then this is what went down.........
As usual,a lot of listeners gave the traffic and weather report in their AREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,which brings us back to the question WHO STOLE THE MEAT FROM THE COOKING POT?,callers,text messages,facebook comments and twitts,some blamed it on tosyn,some blamed it on 5 and 6,some blamed it on 1 and 2 and some blamed it on "WHO",some said there was no meat,some said there was no cooking pot.Do you think you can solve the mystery?,actually Olusola confessed,he stole the meat from the cooking pot,is he really sure?the question turned to be a contest.Going to the world of mystery solving movie likes of c.s.i miami,the mentalist,harry potter,criminal mind,desperate housewives and so on........
It is march 9th,and its around this time that rap king was murdered by some unknown gunmen,it's so sad but biggie known as big-daddy music still lives in the heart of his fans.....Now a lot of people had alot of answer to solving the mystery,and uche was on the show to judge who the winner was and he is Eroyak,here was what he thought.......
1st-He thought, the greek word for meat should be known
Next-The apocalypse(revelation) of how the pot came about
Then-The cullinary skillz of the cook
Before finding out who went near the cooking pot in the first place....What do you think........A caller named Ednah, and another caller went head to head by blaming it on no1 and no2....Uche actually thought Eroyah's answer was interesting and funny,but at first she was confused......
Supermide came along with happenings around the world on THE TOP NINE(9)MOMENTS and non-supermide,Tosyn gave the stock market report and the weather report.....
As you know,our song of the week is ROOFTOP MC FEATURING DJ KLEM-FLY AWAY,that song is really great,great.....Well,do not miss out on tomorrow's show it's going to be very packed filled on TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYN BUCKNOR,like someone would say if you do,you are sitting down on a long thing.......
Yours Truly,Olusola and Tosyn Bucknor

Confession on a monday

2010-03-08T02:00:00.000-08:00

Areaaaaaaaaaa,well its another great,great day with TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYN BUCKNOR and how was your weekend,ours were great....However the day kicked off with the traffic report and the weather report but then listeners confessed what they did over the weekend....Olusola gave his traffic report from his area,also olusola wished his little niece(eniola adedeji) happy birthday,who turned three(3)on saturday06 march 2010,he also confessed he has a crush on prolific songwriter and soul singer,alicia keys which pops her new hit single "try sleeping with a broken heart"... What are those NYSC memories you've had?,are they good or bad,Adedoyin says he was mr nysc but he ended up in a village for his youth service....Lara made a "GARRI-CAKE" for a friend's birthday..
Wusssssssssssssssssssssh,Supermide,greatest superhero in town,gave reports around the globe that's if you want to find out about the lastest happening,don't ever miss TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYN BUCKNOR,and catch up with supermide to get a chance to sign ur autograph...also Tosyn gave the weather report and stock market report.....You how we do always doing what we know how to do best playing you correct music.... Can you guess the song of the week?,its......it's..... rooftop mc starring djklem-FLY AWAY...for more info catch us tomorrow...alright im not done...
To all you women out there,we love you all and we thank the lord for your lives,great job in being a superwoman,that why we are saying happy INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY,listeners called in to celebrate their female employer/employee....How are the awards nights faring in nigeria?,are we getting it right?,are there too many of them,calls,text messages,facebook messages and twitts came in each and everyone had alot to say about it,olusola says he does not know how hard they might be working or how chanllenge it could be but they should give opportunity to the upcoming acts....WE say catch us live tomorrow on TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYN BUCKNOR....
We remain yours truly Olusola,
Tosyn Bucknor....bye...

WE,THANK THE LORD

2010-03-05T02:12:00.000-08:00

THANK THE LORRRRRRRRRRRD,IT’S FRIDAY. Listeners called in,sent text messages,commented on facebook and twitted about their AREAAAAAAAAAAA ‘S traffic report and weather report and eventually got to sing their own version of the......AREAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SONG,actually i got to hear nice version of the area song......There on teeto’s version,mo chedda’s version and psalmos’s version of the area song was played..... Next on ,there was the shoutout segment and alot of shoutout came in....SUPERMIDE TO THE RESCUE,and she came along with happenings around the globe on THE TOP NINE(9)MOMENTS..... ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS BREIFLY: 9ice’s gbamu gbamu video, Djinee’s overkilling video and OD’S alujo video are released and you can watch them on you tube....... Producer of “HURT LOCKER” was banned from 2010 oscar awards because he sent emails to his friends,telling them not to vote the movie” AVATAR”....because his movie” HURT LOCKER “deserves the award..... Do you remember the LAFFMATTAZ event that took Sunday feb 28th 2010 at a certain location in victorai island hosted by Ali Baba, it was an evening of music and comedy which the likes of hilarious comedians like koffi and the rest trilled the crowd....There is an open MIC NIITE and it should be fun likes of pype,loose and baba dee will be there....... Well, it’s being great catch you next week on TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYN BUCKNOR..... Yours Truly,Olusola and Tosin Bucknor.......

NOSTALGIC THURSDAY

2010-03-04T02:29:00.000-08:00

Top of the morning to you,well in case you missed today’s show well we are very glad to give you the following report..... Areaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, well as you know on the area show ,listeners get to give the traffic report and the weather report in their AREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ,also listeners had alot to say about their career......what they do and why they love doing it,great song were played,really spontaneous music.... Supermide,greatest superhero in town,came with THE TOP NINE(9)MOMENTS,giving news around the world and Tosyn gave the stock market report and the weather ,really the weather keeps changing with each passing minutes.... On a NOSTALGIC THURSDAY,we get to trace few stories, histories and things,now the song of the week titled “FOREVER YOUNG” by Jay-z featuring Mr Hudson,was done by the sensational band”ALPHA VIEW” back in 1984 and was one of Bob Dylan hit single,which pops the question....which version do you prefer?.Really we want to be forever young...... Tosyn got to ask the question what is that painful,inspiring,happy,thankful story you have to tell and could you tell through a song,alot of calls,sms,facebook comments and twits came in with different stories and songs.Olusola told the story of someone close to his heart...his little baby niece (awwww),who’s name is Eniola Adedeji and that attends cradles and kickers school,lagos and olusola sang the strawberry cupcake song....
You how we do playing good music that suits the mood....Don’t miss tomorrow’s areaaaaaa show,entertainment updates and so much more..... Yours Truly olusola Tosyn Bucknor

CHAT WEDNESDAY

2010-03-03T04:17:00.000-08:00

CHAT WEDNESDAY.......
AREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA......yes o it’s another great day again and it’s TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYN BUCKNOR.....Well people incase you miss the show,this is what went down... Listeners called to give traffic reports and the weather report and we got to play songs that listeners requested,actually most of them have really good taste in GOOD MUSIC.You know how we do it’s one of our hobbies playing great music.... We had a chat with.....with....wait for this....aha aha uhun....yes your guess is as good as mine...SOUND SULTAN,NIJA NINJA....Top Nigerian superstar,questions were asked.....did you know he actually was born on a Saturday which inspired his new hit single”BORN ON A SATURDAY”,and he told us that”some people in Nigeria are scared to do the right thing”that’s why he sang the song titled “2010”....Did you also know that Nija ninja was formed by his brother Baba Dee,calls,text messages,facebook messages and tweets everyone had various questions to ask Sound Sultan,he actually a father of one and loves being a father and loves Daugther, Zara very much. There on Supermide came along with THE TOP NINE(9)MOMENTS featuring along side SOUND SULTAN,who gave great comments....Tosyn gave the stock market report and the weather report we all sang the weather song and we hoped sound sultan will give a remix to the weather song.... there on we had a quick chart with Sound Sultan again,who told us ,he will be shooting one of his new videos and he is really inviting every one of his fans to the shoot......My advice is don’t miss TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYN BUCKNOR.....like someone would say it pays to be wise catch you tomorrow...........
Yours Sincerely Olusola

On a tuesday morning...........

2010-03-02T02:26:00.000-08:00

Top of the day,top of the morning to you live with Tosyne Bucknor,areeaaa.......(cough*choking sound)i thank the lord,well,apart from the usual traffic report and weather,olusola reported that the traffic from akute to ikeja was hectic,actually forgive me i was trying to compete in the area challenge earlier(where i choked),really it's about saying areaaaaaaaaaaaaa like you are constipated,well i did good but a caller,Tomi from Ayobo won the challenge,but the other listeners who call to compete did well but they did not do it better than Tomi....My advice is listen closely to TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYNE BUCKNOR,you just might be winners of fantastic prizes..
Why do people still send the "HAPPY NEW MONTH"message?...Later on there was a segment tagged"YOU SAY"where you get to say anything,you want to say,really listeners had lots of words to say through phone calls,text messages,facebook and tweeter,Olusola says he's thanks the lord....
Supermide greatest superhero in town came along with the TOP NINE(9)MOMENTS,also Tosyne gave the weather report,did you the weather changes by the minute SHESSS....Later on song of the week was played and do you know mr hudson is?.Actually he used to be popularly known as MR HUDSON AND THE LIBRARY,but now now all over the world known as Mr Hudson,he featured in one of kanye west's hit single paranoid,he is signed onto kanye's GoodMusic Records,really phenomenal song there by Jay-z and Mr Hudson-FOREVER YOUNG I WANNA BE FOREVER YOUNG,DO YOU REALLY WANNA BE FOREVER FOREVER.Really we can be young forever by similing with the TEETH(grinning),which is the song of the week and one of our favourites playing GOOD MUSIC..
Catch you tomorrow on TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYNE BUCKNOR.....
Yours truly Olusola
Tosyne Bucknor.

Confession Monday

2010-03-01T02:44:00.000-08:00

Time to shout it out....from the bottom.....AREEAAAAAAAAAA...Because it's top of the morning where we get to know the traffic in your area,the weather and confess!confess!confession!,where you confess about what you did in the weekend..Actually olushola confessed that though it rained,he still flet hot so he took his bath...
TRUST what we enjoy doing most is playing good music and the finest of jamz was played.Tosyne announced about coming soon hold up wait for it.........YOUR CAREER Coming Soon to your favourite radio,where you get to tell us about your work...Really football is great i mean manchester united beat,beat,beat chelsea with 4goals to 2,making manchester united the winner,tosyne was very excited her team won better luck next time chelsea and congratulations to MANCHESTER UNITED...
It is the first of march 2010,why did it fall on a monday,which pops the question do you love or hate the first of march actually falls on a monday,also why do people send the "HAPPY NEW MONTH"on the beginning of a new month....Very interesting things are really happening in the month of march obviously it's a good month...March 10th is national anthem day,March 5th parachute was invented,am a Barbie girl in a Barbie worrrrrrld,imagination...yes March 9th is Barbie's birthday,one of the world's mathematician Albert einstein's birthday falls on March 14th,sadly sadly there is a....news julius ceasar was assaisinated on March 15th,March 21st is Good friday,March 29th cocacola was invented,March 21st is french bread day..which lead tosyne to declared June 8th as Agege bread day...really great things happening in the month of march...
Greatest superhero in lagos,doing her superhero duty....SUPERMIDE and she reported news happening around the globe,Olusola sang the weather song.....
The song of the week is jay-z featuring mr hudson-FOREVER YOUNG,which brought about the question....How can you stay forever young...listeners contributed,calls,text messages,facebook comments and tweets....well HAPPY NEW MONTH,we all are going to see more months and years to come WE THANK THE LORD...I am not going to miss the world for nothing in this world....see you tommorow...on TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYNE BUCKNOR.....
Yours Truly olusola lasisi and Tosyne Bucknor...

friday couldnt be any better

2010-02-26T02:02:00.000-08:00

top of the morning to you!well we are excited it's FRIDAY and at the same time very sure we will have a great weekend...well as usual the areeeeeeeeeeea show was entertaining and infomative with the traffic report,weather report and........YES sing an area song,really some of the listeners would pass for a grammys,listeners called and text messages were sent...mmmmmmmmmm its was out of this world.
the next segment was..........wait for this ........SUPERMIDE always really showing that superhero power on THE TOP NINE(9)MOMENTS,sharing news about the globe also the stock market and the weather forecast.
Next....we had the revealing and suprisingly entertainment news,you know how we do every FRIDAY,giving the latest gist of what is hot or not.....did you know that hip-hop megastar sean carter popularly know as JAY-Z and the New-York governor under an ongoing investigation,actually from our source it says that jay-z may have done some corrupt dealings with the governor of New-York and the wall str bankers at AIG who decided to pull some scam,where they would secretly grant themselves the exclusive rights to a new Casino in New-York,really beyonce's hubby and the Govenor of New-York are best of frends with both of them hanging out very often,oould that be what really inspired jay-z's new hit single EMPIRE STATE OF MIND featuring alicia keys?.....also superstars like skuki,dipp,zara and designers like strictly waya,Happy Facez and some other exquiste designers and some other musical artists have recently signed up a sickle cell project to be held in March...nigerian singer tuface innocent idibia was recently honoured BY THE hONOURABLE MINISTER OF HEALTH,HONOURABLE Oshotimeyin for his effort in combating Guinea Worm disease....NOW the LAFFMATTAZ hosts Ali Baba this weekend at a prestigeous venue...i hear it's going to be MUSIC,MUSIC,MUSIC....And having the time of his life on one of his singles OMO-OBA is now numero uno on a certain chart sponsored by a telecomms company...CONGRATULATIONS DA PRINCE...
Does the name Cheryl cole ring a bell?ok i will remind you if you have forgotten,she was an ex-judge in x-Factor,a musical reality talent show and a couple of other series,actually she is saying BYE BYE BYE to thrilling chelsea/england footballer Ashley cole who has repeatedly cheated on her,well good for her she's fully focus on her career,good- luck chery.LUCK was really on Lizzie's Maguire when she was saved from the evil guy who tried to ruin her career in the LIZZIE MAGUIRE MOVIE,same is hollywood actress and singer Hilary Duff who is finally engaged to Mike Cowrie,29.she happily accepted and they are now planning a wedding later this year.the 23 year old actress has previously dated Good Charlotte Rocker,Joel Madden...
After years of success and now a failed return to music,Jlo, mother of two has just been dropped from Epic Records.However her manager Benna Medina stated shes been a success but it was time for her to make a change.aint no big deal though,its J-lo and anything can happen.
Do you like to laugh?make it a date with comedy train today somewhere on the island.Sauce kid is busy busy busy as he himself as said,his album is as overdue as an 11 months old preganancy.Well here is the goodnews,with official online leaks of some of his singles,we can only wait with bated breathe for sinzu.afterall sinzu is sinzu.
One mic the event for underground artistes which holds regularly in England finally made its NAYA debut yesterday with atristes like whiz-kid,skales aires and others performing.K.HOUSE,K.HOUSE,K.HOUSE it could only be done by K.HOUSE.a PRODUCTION OUTFIT of the future awards 2010 will have their mixed tape released online.yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
if you enjoyed today please THANK THE LORD and if you did not listen,you are sitting on a long thing.
yours truly Lasisi Shola and Segun Obende

Did today rock?

2010-02-25T02:02:00.000-08:00

i will never forget to greet you in the traditional way.....AREA AREA AREA AREA yes ooo that our national anthem and we thank the lord.Top of the morning to you all and hope you had a goodnight rest?for me it was the bomb because chelsea lost,UP MILAN.today started with the AREA show where as usual you,our numerous callers called and gave us the traffic report as well as the weather report and interstingly the best part of the show was the aspect where our callers had to share with us some childhood memories and believe me it was fun.
Let me see......what did i miss as a child?ok how many of you have ever heard of KOSO?thats exactly what i miss about my childhood.Is Shola missing anything?well maybe his video games and remote control cars,Tosin well i dont know.Do you know how many things i actually remembered from back in the days as a result of the calls we received?a lot and i will actually take you through a few
SUWE,TEN TEN,HIDE AND SEEK,TINKO,THE RUBBER GAME,POLICE AND THIEF and a whole lot of other fun games.Do you remember playing soccer in the rain?rolling tyres in the rain?what about the game called table soccer?Yes i see you smiling because alot if you did play table soccer abi?dont answer me because i already know the answer.
SUPERMIDE went doing what she knows how to do best if shes not in the studio,SAVING LIVES(dont be jealous you are not a super hero)so our top nin e(9)moments was handled by no other person that non super hero TOSYN and IT WAS entertai ing as well as educating which is the secret behind the moment.
If you didnt call to tell as well as sing your story,you know what i say now,you are sitting on a long thing.it was a rather moody session because most people just wanted top sing about heartbreaks and cheating spouses but we livened it up with good music and encouragments so it wasnt a bad day at all.WE THANK THE LORD.how many of you are looking foward to tomorrows show?i am and i dont know about you but let me leaave you with these few words to ponder on'the best way to start your day is with a smile'how do you get that smile?TOP OF THE MORNING WITH TOSYN BUCKNOR and as always if you missed out of todays and you are planning on missing out of tomorrows,you will never leave that spot.did i hear you ask what spot?LOOOOOOOONG THING.
yours truly Segun Obende.

marathon Wednesday

2010-02-24T02:04:00.000-08:00

As you already know without being told that wednesdays are usually days to look out for because they simply stand out.Lets do this for starters or people that are not familiar with the show,its AREA AREA AREA AREA!!!!!! Yeah!thats our early morning anthem like 'ARISE O COMPATRIOTS',you all know what you do on wednesdays now no need to tell again.....ok i will tell,its request wednesday when our esteemed callers dont only give us the traffic reports of their areas but are opportuned to hear any song of their choice that is you give us the traffic and weather report of your area and we in return give you your choice song.
We can never forget our top nine(9)moments with supermide.This is a mment when we are put through the top nine(9)newsaing the headlines and if memory serves me right i thing the major topic of discussion was the return of our President.to be frank i dont know maybe i should conclude or still hang on to it as a rumour but whatever they said he's back.
It was also a day when we had guests in the studio and without being told i can bet you all want to know who graced the day,SAMKLEF and BRACE ever heard of them?SAMKLEF is the man behind HE DON BETTER ever heard that song?if you say know,then you are on a long thing and if you have,you are a strong thing.They took us through their journey so far in the industry and we got to find out that Samklef wasnt only a musician but a producer,he actually produced our song of the week by VECTOR and track titled KILODE.BRACE on the other hand falls into the language speaking artiste and i know you will be saying'we have too many of them already'but i have a speech like MLK junior had a dream and my speech says........LOOK OUT FOR THIS GUYS,they are simply hot.
then the moment that stole the day when you had 15 seconds to tell us about yourself and the calls kept coming,lets listen to some of the comments
Segun says:i am segun for all information check my profile on face book SEGUN TT,Oyindamola says:My name is Oyindamola i am an intern in top radio and when i am not working i think and write and Shola says:i am shola an intern in top radio who loves being creative,you wont believe some sang their way into 15 seconds but believe me when i say you could know alot about someone in less than 15 seconds.
I will never forget DJ DON GQ who was on the wheels of steel doing what he knows how to do best,dishing out unending jamz to make it memorable time in the studio.after all said and done it was time to go and we all couldnt believe it was time up for us because the show to us was just begining and yours truly Tosyn signed out with her own 15 seconds and you want to know how?ok i am Tosyn bucknor and i am signing out DJ GQ top of the morning pop champaigne and the song played sraight into the waiting ears of our listeners and we called it a WRAP.For those of you that missed out of todays show you know what i tell you but before i do,go pop champaigne and sip on it while you are sitted on a long thing.
Yours truly Segun Obende

Fun Fearless Proposal(?) Friday!!!

2010-02-19T04:52:00.000-08:00

TOP OF THE MORNING ON TOP RADIO 90.9(19-02-2010).
The weekend is here again & of course the Friday edition of top of the morning starts off with the usual AREA Show where listeners call in & send text messages informing other listeners of the traffic situation in their AREA & also giving us weather report of their AREA. It was fun as usual with soothing music & there were a whole lot of responses from different locations in Lagos & environs. Then the Area show paved way 4 another segment which was a mixture of a week review & the shout out segment where callers have to call in & shout out for real, text messages were not left out but they had to be creative to be read out, believe me callers were really shouting out to friends, family members & off course loved ones which was really fun.
And now for the part I enjoy the most on the show on Fridays is always the entertainment segment where we get to know what’s happening in the entertainment scene both home & abroad & we had a guest in the studio to help out with the entertainment gist unknowing to her that she was in for a big surprise.The surprise popped up when a random call came into the studio & it was a guy proposing to his girl friend who happened to be in the studio & he popped the question (will you marry me? ),then he walked into the studio still making the call,then his girl friend flipped out in amazement & in great shock at what her boyfriend just did & the whole station was in awe of what just happened with congratulatory messages coming from everybody around.
The show had to go on after the surprise package with the entertainment segment and Beyonce’s father was in the news; the latest gist about him being that he now has to pay child support for the child he fathered with another lady while still married to Beyonce’s mum. Ha!
Lady Gaga was also mentioned as being the big winner at the Brits Awards which held on Tuesday! She won three awards, including International Female Act. The Brits is in its thirtieth season and Oasis was honoured- Best Album in thirty ywars. Apparently, the Spice Girls won Best Peformance in thirty years!
And congratulations to KEL!
Now only will she look good fashion wise, but also cos of her hair!
Yes o, KEL and GBEMI OLATERU-OLAGBEGI were recently unveiled as Brand Ambassadors for Soul Touch Hair products!
Yes o!
The show wrapped with ‘Ijinle Pampam’ a song by the Knighthouse crew featuring eLDee, Kel YQ and Othello!
So guys, let’s do this again next week, abi?
WRITTEN BY
Hojay Izirein
Tosyn Bucknor

to read more abt the proposal, pls check
http://speechgirlbucknor.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-not-febrauary-till-somebody.html

It was an interesting day

2010-02-17T02:51:00.000-08:00

AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA ARAEA,you get me doing this only when i it rocked extra.ordinarily in the studio.you wont believe what happened today,are you guessing?ok i will help you,tosyn was the bomb with the early morning traffic and weather report which i believe you already know what happens.incase you have forgotten,i will remind you.that is when our beloved listeners call in to give us the traffic report of where they are and we in return give to them their choice songs.I have a little EXPO for you all.......hmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!guess who stopped by briefly at the studio this morning?BABA LOKE TURN ME AROUND OOOOO,Yes yours truly Kenny St Brown popularly called KSB and she left with us her cd to feel,so please if you havnt got one GRAB YOUR COPY NOW.Top nine(9)moments with Supermide was also an exciting as well as educating moment even though it was a Manchester United affair,we got educated by the top nine news making the headlines.thanks SUPERMIDE.You know it is said that we should always save the best for the last,that we did today as we had a guest stop by TOSIN JEGEDE was in the house.yes the one you think i am talking about.hello TOSIN JEGEDE child star back in the 80's,the PARENTS LISTEN TO YOUR CHILDREN inventor,the ambassador fo children development,what else?at least you now know who i have been talking about.she let us into her world by putting us through to what she has been up to,present projects she's workling on and of course sang some lines from her then hit songs.for more information you could visit the Tosin Jegede foundation on facebook at least to be a part of the charity events she's putting together.it was more of a no holds bar session because she answered questions concerning what she has been up to,where she has been and for those of you that missed out FYI she is still very much single.kibati stopped by for the sports news and we called it a wrap.i will leave you with my usual words........... if you missed out of today's top of the morning,you shall forever be sitted on a long thing.till tomorrow it's yours truly
Segun Obende

MONDAY......................

2010-02-17T02:46:00.000-08:00

Monday, February 15, 2010
first day of the week

Its the first working day of the week and of course you are waiting for me to make my early morning shout..........yes AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA ..are you tired of reading it?dont be because i have ust started.ok valentine has come and gone and i hope you all had the best of it?before i go further i will like to once again congratulate Mr and Mrs Ademola,rumours got to us that you had a swell time up at kingsize yesterday anyway that was the idea to make sure you had the closest to the best of days and it was also interesting to know or find out that you made it up with your husband..so in the spirit of valentine still in the mood of love todays top of the morning came as a filled pack and i believe you have an idea of what i am talking about.so it started the way it normally does with our callers giving us the traffic report from their various places and telling us how they spent their vals.i am going to start up by telling you how i spent mine..........had plans of hanging out with my ex we had everything planned and here i am looking all dressed up to make it a good date and i sat all day long waiting vfor her to show up but she never did.
dont you even try feel sorry for me cos it will make no difference.you wont believe the distance i had to cover on foot to make it to the studio,but in all I THANK THE LORD.tosyn came upp with this question ;which is better to have loved and lost or not to love at all?are you seeking my opinion on that?dont worry readers once beaten always shy.top of the nine(9)moments by supermide and we had uche and OJ in the studio giving us their support.basically today ws like every other day in the studio from AREA to top nine(9) moments and the call in segment,it ws just a fun filled time out.you know what they say that when you having an interesting time outTIME FLIES.look nfoward to having a better time out tomorrow and like i always say if you missed out of todays top of the morning,you will forever remain on a long thing,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yours truly OBENDE SEGUN

A rather tiring day.

2010-02-17T02:43:00.000-08:00

Tuesday, February 16, 2010
did today rock?

Did today rock? i am having to start with this question because i dont know if it did.was a little down this morning with a headache so i really couldnt be up and doing,but as usual top of the morning rocks all the time thats because it starts with AREA and others follow.What was the highlight of today?ok i will tell you,how many of you remember DR LEE's chinese interpretation of AREA?dont tell me you missed out of that toooo because i truly will not forgive you.
Anyway we had our traffic report from our truluy dedicated callers who helped us with the traffic report of where evere they were and SUPERMIDE gave us the top nine(9) moments,at least we now know the acting president of the country Goodluck Jonathan has kicked against the congratulatory messages he has been getting from the media on his conferement as acting president and in the same vane stopped people from paying him visits in Abuja.thanks to Supermide I wouldnt have known.there was the launch of a new programme today VALENTINE FLAVA with Matilda and Okechukwu and as a result saw to the early closing of the top o the morning crew.we were also entertained with some sports news by tosyn.i am looking foward to tomorrow because we definitly will be having a guest up in the studio with us and who he/she is................i truthfully do not know but know this that i am equally excited and anxious to know who this person will be.while i take my leave from the studio i want to wish Manchester United good luck in their clash against Ac Milan later today.....with these few words i hope i have been able to carry you along.any quote for the day?nope SUPERMIDE has already done that.
its forever yours truly SEGUN OBENDE

today at the studio

2010-02-17T02:33:00.000-08:00

today in the studio

What are you expecting me to do?shout?ok i would AREA AREA AREA.....that's our way of saying goodmorning.how did it go today?well it was a rather cold day in the studio had our callers helping us out with the traffic reports and at the same time singing their way into a prize for the season.The top nine(9)moments by supermide came next with her educating us on the top nine(9)headlines making the rounds and of course TOSYN handling the entertainment segment of the show which actually led to us rounding off the day.It's that time of the year when you are to share love with your friends,family and loved ones.incase you missed out of the places to be at over the weekend here is a little help.......KINGSIZE,CHILL and RELAX IN BAMBUDHHA,VALENTINE AT LAFENWA and a whole lot of fun to be places.These are our final words for you today.....keep the love strong and put a smile on someones face,till next week pips its Goodspeed and God blessssss..
yours truly
SEGUN OBENDE

This Valentine...

2010-02-11T06:28:00.000-08:00

Hi all!

Its Thursday, and no, it is not too late to get those gifts!
If you haven’t got something yet, please check www.freshlydirectstore.com. They have exotic fruit baskets as hampers that your loved ones would love to get! Imagine- love and health going hand in hand!

Yes oh, whether or not you ‘believe’ in it, Valentine’s Day is here and it falls on a Sunday as you can imagine, it is the Weekend of Love!
Wondering what to do?

SINGLES SUMMIT
Covenant Christian Centre presents the Singles Summit, with performances by Lami and more! So, hmmn... get renewed, entertained and start valentine’s day early?
Sign us up!

FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC
Yes o! It has to be FOR the LOVE of MUSIC if the cutest guys in Nigeria are performing on the same stage! Usual suspects- Banky W, Sauce Kid, Naeto C, the Guitar Boy- GT, the love songs gurus- Tosin Martins and Timi Dakolo, and singer-producer with the highlife magic touch- J Martins!
The only female in the mix, is also the First Lady- Sasha.
That’s on Saturday on the Island!

TOUCH A LIFE
Abuja peeps! Spend your val’s day giving back and TOUCHing A LIFE at CITY PARK!
Spare two hours of your time and bring gifts for children aged between three months and three years so they can be taken to orphanages!

JAIYE LIVE AT THE GROTTO
Jaiye is a talented instrumentalist and artiste, and would go see him on Saturday if only to catch a glimpse of his opening act- Ify Otuya!

SWE BAR
As always, your favourite swanky bar will have a treat for her customers this Sunday. Count on a romantic ambience, champagne, music, and more drinks!

PRIME CHINESE
Chinese food at its most interesting on the island? Prime Chinese on Bishop Aboyade Cole it is!
And on Sunday, count on a special buffet for families in the afternoon, and for lovers in the evening!

KINGPIN
Kingpin is in Ikeja and they also have a valentine buffet on Sunday!
For N5500, guests will enjoy barbecues, drinks, and a bottle of red wine to take home!

CHILL AND RELAX
Chill and Relax with the Proles at BAMBUDHHA on Sunday, between 4 and 7pm!
Its an evening of spoken word, poetry, comedy and good music!
We hear CON.tra.diction will perform!

VALENTINE AT LAFENWA
Date:
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Time:
12:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
LAFENWA MOTOR PARK, LAFENWA, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE.
Description
THIS IS A DAY THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE TO CARE FOR THE NEEDY AMONGST US. WE WILL BE SERVING FOOD TO PEOPLE AND GIVING OUT CLOTHES. SO IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THIS, WRITE ON THE WALL WHAT YOU WILL LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE OR YOU CAN JUST JOIN US AT THE VENUE TO SHOW LOVE TO ANOTHER DURING THIS SEASON. SEE YOU THERE AND GOD BLESS.

Yes o!
But remember, the season of love starts with GOD"

I dont know... but Thursday rocked!

2010-02-11T02:44:00.000-08:00

AREA AREA AREA AREA AREA cant stop singing it because if you are not a part of it, you are still sitting on a long thing. let me see........OK today happened to be NOLSTAGIC Thursday and you won’t believe how interesting it was listening to some oldies(I mean jamz from the past).as you all know we have our every day callers doing what they know how to do best. You will also be surprised to hear what frightened people when they were young. YES it’s time for me to give a proverb in my language odituokoro ooo yuoyo tuoyo(it has no translation) another interesting part of the day was when our callers called and told us a proverb in their dialect and translated it in English. That really was interesting as well as educating. Can you sing? or can you tell a story? did you just say YES? I am sorry because you can’t. You needed to hear the likes of Mrs Ademola and Tolu tell their story as well as sing their story, it couldn’t have been any better. Since it’s the season of love the Top of The Morning crew decided to give out gifts for vals.DELE ADENUSI won himself a ticket for two(2) in KINGSIZE on vals day were they will be treated to a variety of barbeque and drinks to go with it. They will also be given a bottle of red wine as a departing gift. Mrs ADEMOLA also got herself a ticket to KINGSIZE while TOLU won herself a facial, so you see it was as fun packed as always. It was TOSYN BUCKNOR, OYINDAMOLA aka P.A, FATIMA and yours truly SEGUN aka Mr SLEEP doing what they know how to do best.......keeping you entertained as well as rewarding you. I know some of you can’t wait till tomorrow. Now listen if you miss out on tomorrows edition,you will forever be on a LONG THING
SEGUN OBENDE...

today in the studio

2010-02-10T02:40:00.000-08:00

As usual the day began with the popular AREA that leaves people calling in and giving us the traffic reports of wherever they are. since it was request Wednesday they had the opportunity to have their choice songs played.BEZ was in the house dishing out to the delight of his fans two of his songs as well as co anchoring with Tosyn Bucknor.GT the guitar man was also in the studio to answer some questions as well as spice the day/show up. Oh my God how will I forget the prize winners from yesterday? Yes MITCHELLE and IBUKUN came by to spend time at the studio as one of the incentives that came with winning. NAETO C as much as we looked forward to hanging out with him couldn’t make it due to Lagos traffic but it’s ok will reschedule that for another day.DJ GQ made it an interesting day with good music to liven up the moments. The show rounded up with our winners from yesterday making their shout outs and it was a wrap.

segun obende

2010-02-01T03:36:00.000-08:00

Top of the Morning (welcome back edition) Today’s edition of ‘Area’ was the welcome back edition, where listeners had the opportunity of talking about their weekend. It also featured the usual traffic and weather report. Amu Francis was the first caller on the show.

During the show, information about activities which took place during the weekend was given. The weekend was packed with activities ranging from football and the Grammy awards.

For sport, the ban on the Togo team by CAF was reviewed and listeners expressed their opinion through phone calls, text messages, facebook and twitter.
For the Grammys, award receivers included Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson, whose children received it on his behalf.

After the area show, listeners were given the opportunity to give acceptance speeches if they were to win an award.

The top nine moments which was read by Aramide Paul Taiwo at past nine featured stories on health, technology, entertainment and sports.

After the top nine moments, the song of the week was introduced which was Taylor swift’s ‘you are not sorry’.

The top question for today was ‘What do you think about Nigerian artistes organising beneficial concert for Jos like they are doing for Haiti?’.Most viewers said that the crises in Jos was as a result of religion but Haiti was a natural disaster. The show ended with Jason Derulo’s ‘watcha ya say’.

2010-01-22T02:47:00.000-08:00

THE ENTERTAINMENT REPORT!
- Awards Season continues!
Awards Season continues, with the organisers of the Future Awards, releasing a shortlist of nominees for their Awards Show which comes up in February.
Shortlisted nominees include, Omoni Oboli, Kemi Lala Akindoju, Ike Orizu (mytruspot.com), Uche Eze (bellanaija.com), Debola Lewis (yvent couture), Onyeka Nwelue, Jumoke Verissimo, Omawumi, Jesse Jags, Denrele Edun, Yinka Obebe, and Tosyn Bucknor.
For more information on the Future Awards, plus, the pre-awards conference, please check, www.thefuturenigeria.com

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAS) awards, holds shortly with ‘Avatar’ picking up nominations in eight different categories, including, Best Film. Other nominees include, Up in the Air, Hangover, Coco before Chanel, Audrey Tatou, Quentin Tarantino, James Cameron and District 9.

- Rihanna! John Mayer! Spice Girls!
Rihanna is in the news! And this time, for supporting an important cause- to help Seun Adebiyi get a donor!
Seun Adebiyi is a 26 year old Nigeria who has been diagnosed with Leukamia, meaning he will need a bone-marrow transplant. Seun is an athlete and is well on his way to being the first Nigerian to compete in the Winter Olmpics so just like the people of Haiti and Jos, he needs all the prayers and help he can get.
Here is the link to his Youtube Video Appeal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtx00Wa6i1w

As for John Mayer, the latest gist is that he is still pining for Jennifer Aniston, or at least, he missed her!
He was reportedly quoted as saying, when asked about the break up, ‘I've never really gotten over it.... It was one of the worst times of my life”.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Aniston’s other ex, Brad Pitt, is also in the news. Well, let’s face it, he is ALWAYS in the news!
This time around though, an unofficial biography which alleges that Brad cheats on Angelina Jolie, and has cheated with a Somalian model, and also that their relationship cannot survive the next few years, has been published!
Tory Tory!

Break ups. Break ups. Break ups.
The Spice Girls might have broken up years ago, but you might still see them, or at least, versions of them soon! No, not another reunion concert, but this time, on stage, as a Spice Girls Musical has finally been approved and commisioned!
‘VIVA FOREVER’ will bring Victoria, Emma, Mel C, Mel B and Geri, live to us on stage!
But WAIT!
We hear the musical won’t actually be ABOUT the girls, but will feature their songs...
Err...

- So what’s happening this weekend?
The weekend is here!
Exciting isn’t it?
Catch asa on the Green on Friday, with opening acts, Ibiyemi and Bez Idakula.
You can also catch Beautiful Nubia at Sparkle Hall this Sunday, as he launches his new album! YAY!
Top Radio will of course, keep you entertained with Uche! Wyse! Azaria! DJ GQ! Damirez! Korebrown! Stranger! They all hold the forte this weekend, till another Monday swings by!
- Jedward? Timi!
X!
Yelkst!
The duo formerly known as contestants on the British reality show, X FACTOR, may have been voted out, but since they have now signed a deal with Sony Music, i guess they laugh last!
Their new single, ‘Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby), featuring Vannila Ice, will soon be out
(yay? Nay? Yee? Pa?)

But from John and Edward Grimes, to Timi Dakolo!
Wednesday the 20th was a three in one (not the weave-on) combination for TIMI DAKOLO!
It was his birthday! (happy birthday! Thanks for the cake!)
It was the premiere of his video for hit single, ‘I Love You’ featuring Jesse Jags (with a cameo by Ice Prince and Zara)
It was his album listening party at Swe Bar! Hosted by Tosyn Bucknor, it featured performances by Rooftop M.Cs, Gbolahan and Hakym the Dream, and appearances by Lami, Ibiyemi, ObJazz, Obi Asika, Julius Agwu, Djinee, and more!

- Music .v. Movie Stars take two! Two sites move into further gear!
It turns out that when the movie stars go up against the music stars, they dance better!
Well at least, on Celebrity Takes Two, they do!
Fred Amata, Stella Damasus and Yinka Blag are the final three on Celebrity Takes Two, and this weekend, a winner emerges!
Me i am sha sad that Yinka Davies was voted off. She was fantastic!

And in closing, let us say, two of our favourite websites take things to another level!
First off, SWITCHEDONNAIJA which has always provided us with music, opinion articles and features, has published the first edition of RE’LOAD!
The cover is fab, the pictures look great, and it is definitely a collectors item!

And MYTRUSPOT.COM which is a favourite for music downloads, charts and fan pages, has given Africa its first application for Blackberry... the TRUSPOT APPLICATION FOR BLACKBERRY!
Users have tried it, and they love it! So go ahead and get it now!
Think about it!
You read Re’Load and Speechgirl blog when you queue for fuel, then listen to the Top 40 playlist on Truspot as you drive
Bliss!
Peace!
Out!
We thaank tha LORD

STORY AND SONG THURSDAY

2010-01-21T06:56:00.000-08:00

STORY AND SONG THURSDAY
Top of the Morning show today the 21st of January, in the year 2010, it was fantastic and fun as we started off with the AREA show, where the only thing that gets you on the show is shouting AREA, the area mama in her usual Thursday style, asked the audience to give the weather, traffic reports and to mention what they can see in their neighbourhood through the window. Many people called and gave the weather, traffic reports from areas like, Lekki, Ikoyi, Ikorodu, Surulere, Agege, Mushin, Ketu, Isolo, Apapa, Ijebu and even Oyo state and other places to mention a few. On PROVERBS SEGMENT, where we usually have proverbs in any language other than English and then translate them into English, we had proverbs from, Yoruba land, Ibo land, and Zangalist land, etc. Some people even gave us one proverb in English. The audience communicated through the following mediums, twitter, phone line, text messages, and facebook.
However after the proverbs segment, more music was played, and after that was TOP NINE MOMEMTS by Aramide Paul Taiwo. She started with Nigerian news then to foreign news, sport news and entertainment news. After was the stock exchange and weather report by Tosyn, immediately after that was the usual ‘Quote of the Day’ by Aramide.

The SING YOUR STORY SEGMENT was fun all through, the audience called in, sent messages both on twitter and facebook. The first caller said something very touching about the Haitians earthquake incidence and also sang a song for them. However, many people also called in, sent messages about a story they loved to tell and a song that suited their story.
The ‘sing a story segment’ rounded up the top of the morning show with lots of music from different artistes both naija and foreign. This Thursday was just too gbasky as usual.

WRITTEN by:
Taiwo Tosin

Miss CON.tra.diction

2010-01-20T08:16:00.001-08:00

We just want to say thank you for the love and support so far!
CON.tra.diction released her singles barely a few days ago on radio, and longer than that online, and the buzz has been mad!
Please check the online links out, listen, leave comments, and SPREAD THE WORD!
We appreciate that you have been there for a long time; it is time to get more foot soldiers!
CON.tra.diction as MOST BUZZED ABOUT ARTISTE on TRUSPOT
http://www.mytruspot.com/index.php?t=charts_overview

CON.tra.diction on NOTJUSTOK
http://www.notjustok.com/2010/01/18/con-tra-diction-first-dreams/

CON.tra.dictions singles getting a review on WEPLUGGOODMUSIC
http://www.wepluggoodmusic.com/2009/12/we-plug-2-you-tosyn-bucknor.html

CON.tra.diction on REVERBNATION (she is number 2 on the alternative charts for Nigerian artistes!)
http://www.reverbnation.com/misscontradiction

If you are on facebook, check her fan page out
http://www.facebook.com/business/dashboard/?ref=sb#/pages/Miss-CONtradiction/107195179010
Or join her group
http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?id=675485991&gv=12#/group.php?gid=2429104302

and follow her on twitter
www.twitter.com/tcontradiction

GOD BLESS YOU INDEED!

A Challenging Tuesday Indeed!

2010-01-19T07:11:00.000-08:00

CHALLENGING TUESDAY
The challenging Tuesday started with music from different artist before the area mama started the show proper. The phone line was open for the audience to call into the program and give the details of weather and traffic report in their different areas.
People called in to give the traffic report of the following areas; Ikorodu-3rd Mainland Bridge was moving, Sango-otta was sengemenge, Egbeda, Berger- Ojota was free, Ogba, Aguda, Ita-Oluwo to Ikorodu was free, Owode, Ketu to Ikorodu was moving slowly, Adeniji, Mariner, to mention few.
The audience were allowed to speak like touts, which was done by so many people, people like; Olu babafiyin, Tunde, Segun, Lara and Wale, to mention a few, the winner of this character was Lara.
Thereafter, Tosyn explained the causes of malaria, what leads to malaria and why it occurs. She explained further that, malaria is usually transmitted through Mosquito. She said mosquito lay not less than 30-100 of eggs within 2 to 3 days and the mosquito feeds on human blood so as to keep their eggs, mosquito also attack between 5am and 8pm till down.
After that more music’s was played, new callers also called into the program [Tunde and Segun], after that Abigael, Bukki from berger, Bolu from Akute, kazeem from Mowe, Wale from Ketu also called in to share their feelings to the program.
She also said some things on Cockroaches that, this species can feed on both dead and immobile things, and this species can also contaminate foods and water. More music was played, including ‘Iwolomo’ by Dj Boombastic featuring 9ice.
The program moved on to ‘You Say’! The first theme was prayers, as Tosyn played, ‘The Prayer’ recorded by Celine Dion and Andrea Boccelli, and also, Donnie McClurkin and Yolanda Adams! Prayers ranged from needing admission, to healing, to grace in Nigeria!
The next theme was, the sweetest or funniest thing mums have said, and this was from a line from the song, ‘Gotta Be’ by Des’ree.
Next up was TOP NINE MOMENTS with Aramide Paul Taiwo, with Nigerian and international news! And her quote for the day? ‘IF YOU LOVE THE LIFE YOU LIVE, YOU WILL LIVE A LIFE OF LOVE’.
The song of the week this week is, ‘I didn’t know my own strength’ by Whitney Houston.

The movie ended with Venus on Top, and it was all about movies!
What are some of the most liked chick flicks? And what are those chick flicks that men actually enjoy but pretend not to?
Well, from the calls, texts, facebook and twitter messages, it was obvious movies like ‘Pretty Woman’, ‘The Proposal’, ‘Sleepless in Seattle’, and ‘Dirty Dancing’, are all time favourites.
The show ended with Tosyn urging everyone to join Dj GQ herself on the Wednesday edition of the Wednesday Chatshow.
Don’t say i told you, but her guest is DURELLA!
Okay na!

WRITTEN BY
Taiwo Tosin

Interesting Monday

2010-01-18T02:31:00.000-08:00

TOP OF THE MORNING SHOW
Top of the morning show started today with lots of music and after that it’s the area show proper, so many people called in to give traffic and weather report of their various areas. Areas like; Lekki, Abule-Egba, ikeja, Alagbole-Akute to Gbadtamosi, ojodu-berger and lot more.
More music was played thereafter before moving to the next segment of the show, she also spoke a bit about the winners at the Golden Globes. After that, the phone line was open to the audience to comment on the match that was played on Saturday between Nigeria super Eagles and the Republic of Benin.
People called in with different opinions and suggestions towards the match that was played and what they think we can do to win the next match against Mozambique on wednesday.
Thereafter, it was Top nine moment with Aramide Paul Taiwo, Nigeria news, foreign news[Haiti earthquake], sports, weather report was taken by Tosyn Bucknor, and finally quote of the week was taken by Aramide.
More music was played thereafter before the song of the week was played. It was fun and interesting on Monday morning.

WRITTEN BY
Taiwo TOsin

NOSTALGIC THURSDAY (14th January 2010)

2010-01-14T03:00:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAMIREZ!

Yes o!
Todays top of the morning falls on a very special day- Damirez' birthday!

AREA AND ANIMATED FILM, THIS MORNING WITH TOSYN BUCKNOR
This morning people called in to give the report of traffic control in different areas and also their best animated films. Someone called from Akute and said the traffic from Akute to Sabo was bumper to bumper and his best animated film is Tom and Jerry. Another person also called from Ikeja and said a trailer fell along Ikeja road this morning and his best animated film was shrek.
There were several other calls about traffic from everywhere like Chevron to Lekki, Awolowo Road, Iyana Ipaya, Ikorodu, and so on, and animated films like Lion King, Tarzan, Pocahontas and so on were mentioned, with cartoons like Tom and Jerry and even Voltron being mentioned!
People called, sent in text messages, left messages on Facebook, and also twitter, and throughout the Area show, Sweet 17 played nostalgic music in keeping with Thursdays Nostalgic theme, and also some soundtracks, like ‘Hakuna Matata’ from Lion King, and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ from the movie of the same name!

After the Area Show, more music was played, as people called in to give proverbs in any language other than English. We had proverbs in Yoruba, Igbo and Isoko languages today, and all the listeners were able to say what lessons they had learnt from them!

TOP NINE MOMENTS WITH ARAMIDE PAUL TAIWO
Aramide (or SuperMyd! as Tosyn likes to call her), spoke on things happening around the world and Nigeria in particular. Highlights include the tragic earthquake in Haiti which claimed lives and property, the death of Teddy Pendergrass, and the Court ruling that Vice President Jonathan Goodluck could take executive decisions, on behalf of President Yar Adua who is still recuperating!
Tosyn gave the stock market and weather report, and Aramide wrapped things up with a quote as always!

Top of the morning then continued with more music, and the SONG OF THE WEEK!
This week, we have been listening to ‘WHAT A FEELING’ by Beautiful Nibia!
SING YOUR STORY
Sing your Story comes up every Thursday!
Listeners are encouraged to call in with stories, and then sing songs that best capture the emotion they feel!
So many stories were told via phone calls, texts, facebook and twitter and by the time the show ended, people had laughed, cried and s.h.a.r.ed!

WRITTEN by Taiwo Tosin Adeniyi
Edited by Tosyn Bucknor

WE THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW

2010-01-04T06:03:00.000-08:00

Hi guys!
Welcome to the New Year... that is, if you haven’t got tired of it already!
LOL!

So 2010 promises to be fun, and we thought we should run some things by you!

THESE GENES sickle-cell project which has been doing work in the background quietly in 2009, will be making noise in 2010! Please click on the link below to join the group on facebook for regular updates!
First event March, noise starts now!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7020801550

All you coca-cola addicts out there can join the facebook group here!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16090842735
Its all about the love for that drink mehn!

With three singles released just as 2009 wrapped up, CON.tra.diction is poised to make 2010 her own!
Please join her facebook group!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2429104302
Listen out for her singles on any of the radio stations, but if you can listen online, or would like to read a review of the singles, then please check this link out!
http://www.wepluggoodmusic.com/2009/12/we-plug-2-you-tosyn-bucknor.html
She is also on twitter
www.twitter.com/tcontradiction
And on Reverbnation!
www.reverbnation.com/misscontradiction

Dont say we did not tell you o!

s.h.a.r.e fans, this is your year!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19663672161
Please join the facebook group to catch updates on facebook!
You can also check the blog from time to time
http://sharenetworking.blogspot.com/
The calendar for 2010 is up, and there are at least two events a month this year!
To make things easier for you, you could register to get updates straight to your phone! There is a service charge for this and to find out more, please send a text to 08023066252!

So what else have we missed?
We are still up for charity
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=167774275843
and we love Zapphaire Events!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=167774275843
and please check out our blogs!
www.myfictionalbreakup.blogspot.com
www.speechgirlbucknor.blogspot.com

2009 in Music by SPEECHgirl

2009-12-31T02:47:00.000-08:00

Every year has its own flavour, its own style, its own highs, its own lows! I mean, this is the year that saw us lose so many interesting names in showbiz. How do you measure which loss was the hardest? How do you quantify losing Patrick Swayze for example? How many tears do you shed for Brittany Murphy? What do you do to effectively mourn Farah Fawcett? And where do you start to say goodbye to Michael Jackson?

And, is it me, or is the way we absorb and appreciate music, changing? I personally blame it on the internet, technology, reality shows, and the general fast pace the world is now moving at! I mean, think about it, with information at our fingertips, reality shows churning out talented and non-talented contestants, and with technology making it easier for everything to b done, and the internet making it easy to distribute said material, isn’t it more difficult to build a more consistent, and more fanatical fan base?
One day we are listening to Kid Cudi, then its Drake, then its, Jason, then...
And here in Nigeria, just as we are getting used to J Martins, there is Jah Bless, Jay won, Ja Mix...
I therefore think, for you to be hold the audience’s attention the way music is going, you must be very talented or very talentless, branded, distributed, and prayerful!!!

Seriously though!
Music enjoyed a lot of quality in 2009! SO many artistes struggled to be heard. See, in showbiz, you have to be an extreme. For movies, be beautiful or ugly, but not in-between. And in music, be really good or really bad. Anything else, anything average, gets you tossed! When they were good, they were really good! But when they sucked... or my!
Another plus for music this year was that it became more about the actual talent and maybe some packaging, and not the looks. Something music had suffered from in the past. This was the year of the short black boys, the plump fashionistas (Beth Ditto anybody?), and the little face that didn’t matter (SuBo!)
And in Nigeria, while Naija Pop became more entrenched (thanks to K Solo and Terry G), more genres were explored! We actually gave people like Ibiyemi, Nikki Laoye and more, a fighting chance. And boy did they fight!

So, when all is said and done (and more is said than done), which artistes, producers and songs caught our attention in 2009? And which artistes are on the fringe and should be anticipated in the year to come?
We bring you 5ve of the best ladies and gentlemen! Enjoy!

SPEECHgirl’s Artistes of 2009.
- Wande Coal
We may not have official sales figures yet, but it would be hard to contest that Wande Coal dropped one of the biggest and best selling albums of 2009 in Nigeria. And it was not just that he dropped the album and people loved and bought it, it was also that, it really was a good album! You could say it was a BUMPER package, that made you want to SOPE TIE and go BANANAS, while asking, SHEY NA LIKE DIS WE GO DEY DEY? Abeg o! Its not a TABOO to like an album o!

Might not love all the songs equally, but doubt there is one song on that album i didn’t enjoy

If you were to move on from the album itself, there was also, all those performances, and appreances! Every show had to have Wande on its flier, and the biggest shows had him performing!
And then there were the interviews on television, radio (not Top Radio yet sadly), Magazines and Newspapers!

Wande Coal deserves a yes boss this year mehn!

- M.I
His album was released in December 2008, but it might as well have been released this year because the impact was felt all year round!
With ‘SAFE’, M.I secured himself generous air play, and then continued to keep it with ‘Teaser’, ‘Area’, ‘Anoti’, ‘Fast Money Fast Cars’, ‘Money’ and ‘Jehovah’. By the way, ‘Jehovah is on that very short list of songs for and about God that do not sound like tokens.

As if the album itself was not enough, M.I had so many collabos this year, that it was sometimes impossible to listen to some songs without M.I speaking, rapping, singing, or producing!
Omo Naija, Love, Know, Heaven Please, Rock Me, Ile, Sitting on the Rooftop, Must Be....
These were just some of the song titles that had M.I on them!

Performance wise, M.I was a firm favourite. And the good thing about M.I was that you could see him on big stages like the Arthur Guiness concert, and then on smaller more intimate stages, like at Swe (HipHop Love) and more.

M.I hosted one or two shows, including Henessy Artistry and Dynamix All Youth Awards, and was a big winner at award shows himself! From mainstream awards, to niche ones, he was a fixture on the nominations list, winning a few.

- Kel
If there is one advantage Kel has over her peers, it is that she is simply, one of the hardest working females in the music industry.
I dare you to dispute that!

Before the album dropped, Kel had been this not yet well known artiste, rapping her way to the limelight. Then there was THAT video, for THAT song...
Does one hit single make a career? Vanilla Ice would probably say no. I daresay if Kel had sat on her sexy behind, and rested on her oars, she probably would have been just another artiste!
But no o!
She performed!
Featured on shows like Advance Warning.
Performed some more
Did collabos
And performed.
And in 2009, she took that that up a few notches

With performances at shows like MTV ZAIN Road to MAMA’s concert, nominations for awards like Hip Hop World and MAMA’s (plus a surprise nomination as upcoming actress for Best of Nollywood Awards), videos for some singles like ‘Too Fine’, interviews on radio, television and print, appearances at events and television shows like ‘Celebrity Takes Two’, and a well-received album, Kel was everywhere, and i daresay, not in that annoying ‘but what does she do’ way.

Female artistes in Nigeria might still have to unfairly depend on being tokens, also-rans and mentions, but Kel is playing right up there with the big boys!

- Omawumi
Another hardworking person who combines grit with a lot of talent!
We first saw Omawumi on a reality show where she sang and performed her heart out, and she became a cult favourite. But could she translate that into more?
I think the answer to that is a resounding YES!

Her album might only have come out towards the end of the year, but we saw and heard her all year long!

The video for ‘In The Music’ kept her single on air consistently, and we got introduced to the other singles one show at a time. I remember watching her at Thank God its Thursday and seeing people give a nod of approval. Diva they said, but in a respectful way, with a lot of awe and love.
Omawumi won a car at the Hip Hop World awards, for a category reserved for artistes without albums but with a presence. And that’s saying something!
She also had interviews and appearances locked down, with her humour and down to earth nature winning her more hearts per day!
By the time the second video (for TODAY NA TODAY) and the album came out, she had well and truly secured her place in our hearts, and was now confirming why!

- Rooftop M.C’s
One is calm, the other is... well the other is... well, you see.
One is now a proud dad, the other is... well, not? Yet?
One stands on stage and performs there, while the other... well.. the other.. you see... Really? You SEE him? Cos he is on the ceiling somewhere o!

Speak with the ROOFTOP M.C’s and you will never ask how they manage so well when on the surface, they are so different. It becomes clear there is a lot of mutual respect and understanding, plus just two sides of madness... sorry, creativity!

In a country where people put Gospel as a genre of music as opposed to a message, and where said Gospel then takes a back seat to everything else, Rooftop M.Cs is one gospel group that has gone mainstream.

Their songs interviews, nominations, awards and videos are not saved for only Sunday mornings or gospel categories, and they can be seen performing (swinging from speaker to speaker) at some of the mainstream shows.

What makes this even more interesting is that their album hasn’t even been released yet!
We wait with bated breath to see what 2010 will bring!!!

SPEEChgirl’s Producers of 2009.
- Don Jazzy (again?!)
- Terry G
- J Martins
- K Solo
- Knighthouse/Cobhams/Rhycthus Era/Suspect/Dr Frabz

SPEEChgirl’s Most Loved Songs of 2009.
- Practically every song on Wande Coal’s album
Honestly!
I mean, how am i meant to choose between BUMPER TO BUMPER, TABOO, SOPE TIE, YOU BAD, SHEY NA LIKE THIS, WHO BORN THE MAGA, KISS YOUR HANDS... Gerrit?
See?!

- Strong Thing
Thank you Mr. W for showing how a song is written. Thank you Mr. Capable for showing you are not only a capable singer, but a very capable writer. Thank you Mr. W for having a name that rhymes with ‘trouble you’.

- Igboro ti Daru
Klever J combines the Naija Pop sound, with a message about dancing, singing, partying, letting go and not caring!

- The Finest
Knighthouse will have a fantastic mixed tape... i am telling you in advance. The finest features Sauce Kid (you should follow him on twitter for his total randomness), Teeto (aka, please perform with your teeshirt off!), Mo Cheddah (hip Hop Princess/The voice that rocked the world) and has a beyond catchy hook! Beri jo!

- Yori Yori
My guys, Bracket, somehow found a song that is.. a song! When a song can be played at weddings, on radio, at clubs, and in a car, then it is a song. And if this song doesn’t win awards next year, i’ll start an awards show!

SPEECHgirl’s Artistes to Listen Out for In 2010
- Timi Dakolo
Now that the shackles of winning a reality show are no longer on his feet, Timi Dakolo is ready to deliver!
Timi will make you cry when he sings ‘Cry’, will make you beg when ‘Heaven Please’ comes on air, and help you fall in love with ‘Everytime / I love you’.

The thing i heart about Timi, is the simple simple fact that he does not need half-clad dancers, a choreography, an amplifier.... Timi’s voice was created on a special day i swear!

I can’t wait for that album, and to see him at more shows!

- Knighthouse
Some know them as a production outfit, or as the winners of TEAM OF THE YEAR Future Awards 2008. Others know them as the producers of 2010’s must-have album!
Why wouldn’t you want an album that has Sauce Kid, Teeto, eL Dee, Rooftop M.C’s, Mo Cheddah, M.I, Kel, Terry tha Rapman, Ill Bliss, Ayeesha, Othello... with skits by everyone, including some girl with 5ve or so personas?
‘Purple’! ‘Hate’! ‘The Finest’! ‘We are Number One’! ‘Ijinle Pam Pam’!
Need i say more?
REALLY???

- Bez Idakula
I hate comparisms, and the writers and presenters and people that compare one artiste with the other.
So i hate myself in advance for saying Nigeria has a John Mayer, and the male artistes now have their own asa!
O how annoying that i did that.
Forgive me, i just needed to be able to explain the genius that is Bez.

Listen out for ‘Zuchiya Daya’ and ‘Stop Pretending’ on radio stations, but look out for him at the next show... and especially at Taruwa!

- E.M.E
If banky stops singing, he can sit in his office and count his money for one big gift that makes you money is being a talent spotter!
Banky W, Osagie Osarenkhoe and Segun Demuren spot talent, and grab it!
So please, listen out for S.K.A.L.E.S and Whiz Kid, and of course, the first E.M.E signed artiste- Banky W!

- CON.tra.diction
Look, we s.h.a.r.e the same body! If i didn’t put her name on this list, i would have to pay!
On the real though, Miss CON.tra.diction has been rising, falling, rising, stumbling, rising and falling for a while now, but it now seems she is ready to stand again! Or so she says in her new single, ‘DREAMS’.
Catch her at a venue near you in 2010!

SPEECHgirl Special Mentions
Thank you 2009 for the music! O the music rocked! Everyone from Darey to Terry G brought their A Game, however they interpreted it! Loved the drama (Kelly Hansome .v. Mo Hits, AY.Com .v. Terry G, Timaya .v. well, Timaya, etc), loved that when the music was good it was good, and when it was bad, well, it was...
Here is to 2010!

2009-12-24T22:19:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone
Thank you for allowing us be a part of your lives!

celebrity wednesday

2009-09-03T02:09:00.000-07:00

There is just one day of the week when practically everyone gets the opportunity to make other people celebrities in their respective areas. It is another Celebrity Wednesday on Top Morning with Tosyn Bucknor. The Area Show starts up the show and this is when we get to make celebrities out of everyday people. Next is the Yarn-Free Zone which is a time to listen and groove to specially-selected songs. After the Yarn-Free Zone is the Top 9 Moments with Aramyde and then we listen to more music until 10 am when the celebrity for the day is unveiled and so the fun continues until 11 am when Tosyn finally signs out on the show.

On the Area Show this morning, the traffic update was as follows: heavy traffic at places like: Ketu, Ikorodu, 3^rd Mainland Bridge, Dopemu, Isaga, Iyana Ipaja, Baracks, MAza Maza and Iju. Conversely, there was light traffic at places like: Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Maryland, Toll Gate, Ogba, Ojodu, Berger, Ojota and Palmgrove. The weather was cold and breezy in all these places.

Top 9 Moments with Aramyde:

· Zambia president, Rupiah Banda has ordered all monkeys removed from the grounds of his official residence, after one urinated on his head during a Press Conference.

· In June, Usher and his wife of nearly 2 years, celebrity stylist, Tameka Foster-Raymond, filed for divorce in the wake of constant rumours that they were breaking up.

· 50 Cent has proposed to Ciara. They’ve been dating for almost 2 years and in recent months, the couple’s relationship has ratcheted up.

· A man killed his girlfriend after becoming suspicious of her activities on facebook. Brian Lewis, 31, has denied strangling his partner to death at the home they shared with their 4 children in South Wales.

· Text messaging, Twitter and Social Networking sites could help families stay in touch in the wake of a disaster. The Safe America Foundation announced a national campaign to train families about alternative ways of staying in touch if traditional communication methods are not working.

· An Ohio judge is unhappy with repeated interruptions from a robbery suspect ordered a Policeman to put duct tape over the defendant’s mouth.

· Barcelona president, Joan Laporta says they are delighted with their summer market work. After closing the signing of Shakhtar Donetsk defeneder Dmrryo Chygrnsky yesterday, Lapota insisted they had met every request from coach Pep Guardiola.

· Arsenal striker, Eduardo has been banned for two games by UEFA for diving to win a penalty against Celtic last week.

Now, it’s time for the big gist of the day. Guess who the celebrity was for today... okay, i’ll let it out. It was no other person than Adigun Alapomeji himself, someone many people like to refer to as Adigun Alapo-plenty or simply... 9ice. He was a part of today’s celebrity show as he shared some things about himself. He talked about his ‘collabos’ with different artistes and how he just lets himself flow with the music and do his own thing. When asked about how he manages to manipulate his indigenous language with so much dexterity, he replied that it was just God’s gift to him and he sees singing in his language as a way to relate to his fans. It brings out the street credibility in him. He named some of the artistes he listens to and how he enjoys their music. He also mentioned that he’s always been a quiet child who never really gave his parents much stress when he was growing up. He said he hopes that his new album which is coming up in October will lead him to receive Grammy’s award. When asked about any other profession he would be in other than music, he said he would’ve loved to be a footballer {playing No 7} or a boxer {since being a good one is not a function of size} or even a lawyer {he will be going back to school this year}. As per the record label he’s signed to, he says it’s Alapomeji Record.

There was no better way for Tosyn to sign out than to thrill us with some songs from 9ice’s 2phat album at 11am.

Much love,

Ruthina Atinuke

TOSYNS TOP PHIVE SONGS

2009-08-30T02:58:00.000-07:00

There is so much great music coming out these days, that not only will i be hyping songs, i need to also hype artistes in general!

THis week though, we are staying true to form.

It is the Top Phive Songs which represent the millions of songs i am currently loving now!

STRONG THING- Banky W

HOW FAR- Terry tha Rapman featuring Sound Sultan

ONE MORE CHANCE- Objazz

MA FI SUE- Lawale

SITTING ON TOP- Kel

Listen out for them... and ENJOY!!!

RANDOMIZING YOUR THURSDAY!

2009-08-27T05:44:00.001-07:00

On the Top of the Morning show today Thursday, 27th August, 2009, things were really unpredictable as we started off with the AREA! show, where the only thing that gets you on the show is shouting AREA! and Tosyn, in true random Thursday style, asked callers to mention the people they can see in their neighbourhood; you might recall that we started “randomizing” our Thursdays a few weeks ago where we started with “read something jo!” and then we were talking about fears last week; we had pap sellers, breadsellers, agberos, and even the milk van and newspaper boy inside Bayo’s dreams from the United Streets of Amukoko (USA).lol. On PROVERBS LANE, where we usually have proverbs in any language other than English and then translate them into English, we had proverbs from isokoland, yorubaland, iboland, etc someone even gave us one proverb in English, Yoruba and Ibo. We then went ONLINE REALTIME where listeners sent in texts to let us know what they were doing online right then, many people were either facebooking, twitting or doing both, a lady was applying for jobs over the internet and I think she dropped some information for other job seekers on our facebook page, people were on eBay, YouTube, Yahoo!, someone was saying that she hadn’t gotten a reply to the email she sent to Tola Sunmonu of Harambee Nigeria.

Please note that the Harambee 2.0 annual conference takes place tomorrow, 28th, August at Shell hall, MUSON centre, Onikan by 8am, the theme of the conference is “Planting Seeds of Tomorrow” and Admission is Free. MI is expected to be there and lunch is served. To make reservations and for more details, check out www.hendeavor.org ,send a mail to harambeenigeria@yahoo.com or search for their facebook group. You can also send a text to 08071949742.

THE STOCKMARKET REPORT
Top 5 gainers
NBC, Total, Benue Cement Company, WAPCO, Flourmill
Top 5 losers
7up, Guinness, Nestle, Julius Berger

THE WEATHER REPORT
The sun rose at 6:40 am and is expected to set at 6:56pm. Expect early morning light, cold conditions continue, so do stay warm until about midday when it gets warmer. The maximum temperature for today is 31 degrees Celsius and minimum temperature and overnight low is 22 degrees Celsius.

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• The NYSC director-general has directed all zonal offices across Nigeria not to post corps members to troubled areas, in compliance with President Yar'adua’s directive
• President Barrack Obama has said that he is heartbroken at Senator Ted Kennedy, JFK’s brother’s death. He died at the age of 87 on Tuesday, 25th august after fighting brain cancer for about a year.
• A cabdriver in New Jersey got more than he bargained for recently when he picked a bank robber unknowingly, the passenger had told him to wait while he takes out some money at the bank, the driver not knowing he was going to rob, waited. The police stopped them a couple of blocks later and arrested the passenger. This economic depression sef, desperate times...
• In their latest attempt to reduce cost and generate funds, the State of California has resorted to selling thousands of surplus items on eBay and in a warehouse auction.
• A federal appeal court in the United States has overturned a ruling that granted the copyrights of the software, UNIX to Novell.
• Some suspected drug barons have abandoned about of 3.265kg of heroin worth over 25 million naira. The heroin was stored in some charger heads imported from India.
• Good News!!! Christ embassy’s devotional, “Rhapsody of realities” is going to be free from September, about 10 million copies will be distributed nationwide.
• “we can’t all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb as they pass by”

On SING A STORY, our “randomizing” continued because everybody had a different story to sing, no two stories were the same; while someone sang “Glory, glory Lord...” someone else sang “Aye pogan...”, there was quite an amount of appreciation to God sha, from “wellu wellu” to “boundless love” to “sope tie” to “glory glory”, and as always, we had “loooots of love”, the most touching story today though, which actually brought tears to my eyes was the story of the man who lost his wife in childbirth over a year ago, though the child lived, and somehow, he was still able to find the strength to sing Sammie Okposo’s “wellu wellu”, we should all take a cue from him, he’s a man who views his cup as half-full rather than half-empty. We pray for more strength for him(it can never be too much now) and we also pray for the lady who lost her mother recently, we ask for strength and comfort for you.

That’s all for today. Till tomorrow. Stay blessed

Ciao

Celebrity Wednesday

2009-08-26T08:43:00.000-07:00

when you tune to Top Radio 90.9 at 6:30 in the morning and you hear a pleasant feminine voice, have no doubt about it; you're listeneing to Tosyn Bucknor on Top of the Morning. she does her 'thing' on Mondays through Fridays alongside Area MAma, Double 09, Sweet 17 and the VIP kids, with each day having a totally different package from the other days. Today is Celebrity Wednesday and it is the day of the week when on the Area Show, people get the rare opportuinty of making everyday poeple celebrities for the day and it is on the same day that famous celebrities stroll into the studio and tell us a bit about themselves. but before all these, there are usually traffic and weather updates from different places across the state. Traffic and weather Updates:need I mention that the first update for today came in when K-banj, or Edoyak {as Area MAma likes to call him} called? So everyone who's been itching to hear Edoyak's voice but didn't listen to the show this morning obviously missed out. there was light traffic at places like: ikorodu, maryland, sagamu, shasha, mafoluku, iwo, iju, mangoro, cement, oshodi, ogijo, amukoko and magboro. however, the traffic at Abule Egba, Oko-Oba, Ikeja, 3rd Mainland bridge, alagbole and berger was quite heavy. the weather was cold and breezy in all these places.In Yarn Free Zone today, we listened to songs by Etcetra, Rooftop Mcs and Lucid Storm. and from then on, it was music, music and more music on the show. Top 9 Moments with Aramide:-a website for higher education professionals has announced results of a survey on Twitter usage and trends among college faculty. the survey of approximately 2000 higher education professionals found that nearly one-third of the respondents say they use twitter in some capacity.-thousands of people welcomed South African runner, Caster Semenya on her return to Johannesburg airport yesterday, as local athletics officials slammed the decision to test the champion's gender. -authorities say the mother of a Florida girl suffocated by a pet python last month has been charged in the child's death. 19-year old Jaren Ashley and her boyfriend, 32-year old Jason Darnell, were each charged on Monday with manslaughter, 3rd degree murder and child abuse after 2-year old Shaianna died July 1.-Gabon's men should go on a 'sex strike' if a man wins this weekends presidential poll, an opposition leader said on Tuesday, saying the country needs a woman as a leader.-2 turkeys are recovering after being cut open by drug smugglers and stuffed with 5 kg of cocaine. Police were amazed to find the drug surgically implanted in the bloated birds in Peru.-Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is optimistic Cesc Fabregas will be available for the weekend's clash against MAnchester United.At 10:00am, it was time for Celebrity Special. Today's celebrity is an international artiste who has worked so hard to gain the respect and loyalty of her fans. It was no ther person than Whitney Houston. A brief look into her background:She was born August 9, 1963. her mum, aunt and godmother were all prominent Soul singers: Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin. she started singing in church and her talent was discovered by Arista Record label's head, Clive Dans. She got married to Bobby Brown in fron tof 800 people by the marriage ended in 2006. She also dated Ray J- Brandy's brother. Rumours of drug use began in the 90s. she began cancelling shows and appearances. she wasn't giving her best at performances and when she featured in Bobby Brown's reality show, they both seemed like crazy coz of the looks and mannerisms. when confronted about her addiction, she said: 'crack is cheap, i don't do crack, it is whack'. She's the CEO of Whitney Houston Foundation for Children. she will appear again on Oprah Winfrey Show next month. 'I look to you' is her first and latest album since 2002.there was no better way for Tosyn to sign out on the show than to play one of Whitney's lastest songs: 'like i never left', in which she featured Akon.Much love,Ruthina Atinuke.

2009-08-26T07:45:00.000-07:00

CELEBRITY WEDNESDAY WITH WHITNEY

Today on the Top of the Morning show with Tosyn Bucknor on Top radio, 90.9fm was “sope tie” as it was time to appreciate the people in our lives in our own little way by making them celebrities and as usual, lots of mothers were celebrated, I love Africa! in general, Nigeria in particular, Oyo state specifically, the corner of my house precisely.... (just kidding) but I really love Africa because we value family a lot and that is one thing I wouldn’t trade for a million dollars... maybe for a billion sha, just kidding again o! lol, I wouldn’t trade my family for anything! Anyway most of our celebrities today were family members, brothers, fathers, mothers ... we felt lots of love in the studio today along with a hint of something else, something... I don’t know how to put this, but it might have been responsible for Tosyn’s “high” state today, don’t say I told you o.

TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• Chris Brown has been sentenced to 5 years probation and 180 days community work for hitting Rihanna.
• Bangladesh police men are trying to improve their confidence and appearance. They have approached the owner of a beauty parlour to give some 140 new recruits tips on looking good.
• Researchers have found out that most people search for new information to confirm what they believe, and usually just ignore contrary information.
• Facultyfocus, a website for higher education professionals, which carried out a survey on Twitter usage has discovered that more than half of the people researched don’t use Twitter at all while about one-third use twit
• South African star, Semanya has returned home to a heroes welcome along with her teammates as her “countrypeople” slammed IAAF for even thinking about carrying out a gender test on her.
• The19-year-old mother of the 2-year-old girl who was suffocated to death by an 8-foot long pet python in Florida on the 1st of July has been charged along with her boyfriend with manslaughter, child abuse and 3rd-degree murder.
• An opposition leader in Gabon has declared that all men should go on a sex strike if a man should win this weekend’s presidential poll (hunh?), he said the country needs a woman and that all men should sleep with their clothes on. Is this a joke or sum’n? In Africa?! A man actually opened his mouth to say that a woman would be a better leader?!! Wow, these are really the endtimes?lol
• Two turkeys in Peru who were surgically implanted with 4.8kg of cocaine are recovering after they were discovered by the police after a tip-off
• Arsene Wenger has said that Fabregas who was injured recently will be available for the match against Manchester United this weekend
• “the man who makes no mistakes makes nothing at all”

THE STOCKMARKET REPORT
Top 5 gainers
OANDO, CONOIL, Benue Cement Company, WAPCO, Flourmill
Top 5 losers
7up, Guiness, Eterna Oil, DN Meyer, Portland paints

THE WEATHER REPORT
The sun rose at 6:40 am and is expected to set at 6:56pm. Expect early morning light drizzle, wind-chill and cold conditions continue, so do stay warm until about midday when it gets warmer. The maximum temperature for today is 29 degree Celsius and minimum temperature and overnight low is 22 degree Celsius.

Quite unfortunately, our celebrity pulled a no-show on us, but as that lepa-to-bad, sweet seventeen would say, “nothing do us”. We had CELEBRITY SPECIAL with WHITNEY HOUSTON (her name has to be written in capital letters you know, she’s a gbogbo bigz girls o)
Whitney started singing very early in her church choir, her mother and aunt were soul singers, her mother was Diane Houston and, wait for it... her godmother is Aretha Franklin! The Queen of Soul herself! She got married to Bobbi Brown, which was a big surprise because Whitney used to be seen as a “good” girl while Bobbi was the “bad” one. During the Bobbi Brown reality show, she was portrayed as a (hmmh) sorta crazy person, and her life almost literally went downhill from there, she started cancelling shows and acting somewhat dodgy, there were rumours of drug use, but Whitney said in an interview that “crack is cheap, we don’t do crack, crack is wack”. She is reported to have dated Ray jay, Brandy’s younger brother, did someone say “cradle-sna...” I didn’t say anything o, how old is that boy again sef. Whitney is reported to have helped a lot of other artistes up, Mary J Blige, Beyonce, Leona Lewis, Robin Thicke among others credit Whitney as an influence in their careers. She was a fashion model and was the first person of colour (I think that’s the “politically correct” term now no longer black or coloured, abeg na dem sabi) to grace the covers of Seventeen! Magazine, she is a pretty good actress and has acted in a lot of movies, she was in “The Bodyguard” with Kevin Costner, “Preachers wife” with Denzel Washington, and “Waiting to Exhale”, there was no hot guy in that one sha, :). Whitney has a new album out, her first since 2002, titled “I look to you” which featueres, Alicia Keys, Akon and some other people. She is scheduled to appear on Oprah next month, that’s a must-watch show.

That’s all for today. Enjoy the rest of the day and the week. Till tomorrow

Ciao

Tuesday, 25th August, 2009

BRAGGING RIGHTS TUESDAY – OMO NA SWAGGER SWAGGER...

The Top of the Morning show today, Tuesday, 25th August, 2009 was highly “fantabulous” ! On the AREA! show, callers had to get their swagger on since today was Bragging Rights Tuesday, where every caller and texter had to mention one thing they really like about their Areas, one thing they were proud of in contrast to our former Town hall Tuesdays where we used to talk about the things we don’t like, it’s all about keeping a positive mentality sha. We had a very excited caller from shogun estate, ogba who said he likes his area because it’s very entertaining and there are different types of people there, someone from Talbot road, Ijebu-ode said his area is the best because they all look good everyday, another caller from Ipaja says his area encourages commerce because there are many shops there, Dr. Lee called, this time not from third mainland bridge but from his Area! sawmill-bariga` and said he likes his area because it’s cool and there are no fighting in the streets.

On VERSUS SPECIAL, it was an animal something as we had Cats vs. Dogs. I must confess that the moment I heard the topic, I just knew... how can you pitch dogs against cats?! In Nigeria?! After all our possessed cat movies and witches turning into cats movies?! It’s dogs that will win now! We’re a much too spiritual country...lol. Anyway, the dogs won, as I expected and it was a landslide victory! I mean, it was like comparing kokolettes bolanle and shona’s votes (lol) it was that bad. The people who voted for cats gave reasons like, they don’t tear up your most expensive pair of jeans as a form of play, they kill rats, they are clean and those that didn’t like them said they are scary (that was a pretty general reason, I think it’s because of the eyes though), they were insensitive in contrast to dogs, I think cats can be very self-absorbed creatures;has anyone watched Garfield?! lol, okay maybe I’m judging all cats based on one movie but... anyway, we have a cat in my house, there was one evening I was alone with the cat in the house and they took light, I couldn’t bear to touch it so I couldn’t carry it outside and I was also too scared to stay in the house alone with the cat, who knows if he will just turn into a bloodsucking monster or sum’n. lol. I had to leave the house for yanni (thats the cats name) o,lol, at least until someone else came

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• The 11th annual victory over diabetes event will hold on the 29th of August, in the United States
• Two women in Kansas have made themselves friends for life after one donated her kidney to the other. The two women have being neighbours for 30 years but only got closer over the past 3 years. Food for thought; would you have done that?
• Married couples in France who want to divorce their partners on the grounds of infidelity can now present passionate text messages as proof. Ok the eleventh commandment comes into play here, just kidding o, please lets try and be faithful to our spouses
• A former reality show contestant, Ryan Jenkins, who is suspected of murdering his ex-wife has been found dead in what looked like a suicide in a motel in Canada, after evading a massive manhunt for days, a woman who was with him is wanted by the police
• A critically ill teenager who was denied a liver transplant because his sickness was drink-related has been flown to a specialist hospital
• Readers Digest has filed for bankruptcy! This economic recession should hurry up and do now ...
• Ian Robin has forced Real Madrid president, Perez to reassess his player-sales plans
• Someone in New York now sells bad advice for a dollar. Desperate times, desperate measures
• “Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary”

HOW-TO CLASS
Today in the how-to-class, we were indoctrinated on “how to be a music superstar with zero fans”
• Be selfish; your work must not benefit the people that will listen to it in any way
• Fight your fans at a concert if they don’t catch you when you throw yourself in the crowd
• Sing without instruments and curse and insult everybody while singing
• Sing only in your mind
• Compose songs that humiliate members of the public
• Develop a snobbish attitude
• Never return smiles and never give out your autograph
And lots more...

That’s all for today. Till tomorrow

Ciao

2009-08-26T03:10:00.000-07:00

Bragging Rights Tuesday- that’s the particular day on the Area Show when everyone gets to blow the trumpet about their areas. They blow the trumpet about their areas and make it seem like the best place to live. It is also the day for the Versus Special. This is another segment on the show when songs are played and a song says the same thing as the next one such that one is left to choose the songs that best explain how one feels at the moment. The show then rounds off with the How To Show, which comes after the Yarn-Free Zone and Top 9 Moments.
Traffic updates came from Sango, Lambe, Sagamu, Oke-Odo, MAgboro, ALakuko, Agbado, Abule Egba, Berger, Ikorodu, Ajah, and Badagry; the traffic in these places was quite heavy. On the other hand, Egbeda, Idimu, Agege, Ogijo, Ilupeju and Third Mainland Bridge were quite free. It rained pretty much in some places this morning. When it was time to brag, people said nice things about their areas; things like: the security level of their area, the calmness, the availability of power supply, the accessibility to water supply, the calmness of the area and the presence of ‘bukas’ in strategic places in some areas.
In the Yarn-Free Zone today, we listened to Craig David as he sang ‘Rise and Fall’, Sting as he sang ‘Shape of my heart’, and Michael Jackson singing ‘One more chance’. For the ‘versus’ on the Versus Special for today was between the cats and the dogs. The idea was to choose the one that is better preferred between the cat and the dog. At a point on the show, it seemed as though there was no need for the question coz very few people professed any likeness for cat because most of the votes were cast in favour of the dogs. Oops!
Top 9 Moments with Aramide:
• The 11th annual Victory Over Diabetes event, hosted by the American Diabetes Association {ADA}, kicks off in Atlanta in August 29, featuring singer/songwriter- Angie Stone and Lily USA. This free day-long event also supported by ETNA, educates and empowers African-Americans living with Diabetes to better manage the disease by providing educational tools and culturally relevant resources.
• Few things can be more neighbourly than offering your kidney to a friend. 2 Kansas City women have lived next door to each other for 30 years but Claudine Jackson and Jo Ann Walz really got to know each other after Walz donated her kidney to Jackson. The 2 had always been friendly but have grown much closer over the past 3 years as Walz helped with rides for dialysis treatments, appointments and the grocery store.
• Unfaithful spouses in France are to be warned that passionate text messages sent to mistresses and lovers can now be used as evidence against them in a divorce. Experts say the recent ruling by Frances’ Supreme Court to accept phone exchanges as legitimate proof of adultery will make it easier for the French to get divorced.
• Ryan Jenkins has ended his life in a suicide in a remote Canadian Motel room and the Police had sought the ex-Reality Show contestant in the killing of his ex-wife. He was accused of killing his ex-wife, a model whose body was badly mutilated when found in a trash bin outside Los Angeles.
• A critically ill teenager denied a Liver transplant because his condition is drink-related and is to be flown to a Specialist Hospital Unit. Gareth Anderson, 19, suffered liver failure after a weekend of drinking and there are fears he could die soon.
• Readers’ Digest Association Inc., publisher of the Iconic General Interest Magazine that began gracing American homes in 1922, yesterday filed for chapter 11 on bankruptcy protection as it faces falling print circulation in the internet age and looming debt payments.
• Arjen Robben has forced Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez to reassess his player sales plan.
• Chris Chaplauske carries on a time-honoured tradition of trying to make money on the streets of New York in an unusual way- selling bad advice. The 32-year old advertises his ‘service’ with a sign that reads: ‘bad advice $1’.
• The Scottish Justice Secretary today defended the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Kenny MacAskill told an emergency session of the Scottish Parliament that it had been his ‘own decision’ to free Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi, adding that he stood by ‘the law and values of Scotland’.
After the Top 9 Moments, it was music, music and more music until 10 am when it was time for the How-To-Show. Today’s topic was: ‘How to be a music superstar with zero fans’. Brilliant topic, right? The rules are as follows:
1. Be very selfish. Sing for yourself and not for the benefit of the people who would listen;
2. During a concert, throw yourself into the crowd and when they part like the Red Sea and you fall hard on the ground, stand up and fight all of them for not catching you. Being a Rock Star is a no-nonsense business o!!
3. Even if one person by mistake likes your music and tries to tell you, accuse them of mocking you and being an enemy of progress. Don’t you know that some of these so-called fans are spies in disguise?
4. Release a song in which you attack the fans and tell them how foolish they are for not buying your albums, but they would instead buy all the nonsense in the industry.
5. When one fan feels sorry for you and decides to ask for your autograph just to make you happy, chase him with cutlass, asking him whether you look like you’re desperate for fans.
6. Make-up a back story for yourself that the few fans you have would eventually find out is all a lie.
7. Release lyrics that can turn anyone who listens into suicidal stalkers; that way, there would be no-one left to become a fan.
8. It is a taboo to have a unique style: Copy everything and everyone that is popular. Since photocopy is only 2 naira, just copy everyone and everything on music
9. Finally make it your life’s work to go around the world preaching to students like you How to be a Music Superstar with no fans.
Now, those were the tips given by Double but of course, lots of text messages came in and there were lots of suggestions regarding the topic. Anyone who chooses to practice any of these will definitely get the corresponding result. Remember, it is your choice.
Much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.

OVERGASTED JOLLIFIED MONDAY!!!

2009-08-24T08:56:00.000-07:00

The Top of the Morning show today, Monday, 24th August, 2009 was ... well ... “Energetic” (like duh-uh) :-). The AREA! show was the bomb, we had calls and texts from all over Lagos and Ogun state and our AREA! Dictionary had a lot of additions, my ears almost explode with all the new big big words I heard, I won’t bother spelling them because they are simply “unspellable. Going down MEMORY LANE, we were talking about examinations, the good, the bad and the ugly, you know now, you remember that time you were writing that exam and you got stuck and… a lot of callers and texters told us about their experiences, it was real fun, brought about this nostalgic feeling, those were the days jare. On WEEKEND REVIEW, ‘s like most of the members of the AREA! family really had fun this past weekend o, from parties to soccer victories to finishing one thousand naira suya to “Love web” on Sunday to “Girl power” on Saturday to “Sincerely men” to Yaw’s birthday which he celebrated at the Down’s syndrome home in Surulere to ... in fact the list is endless.

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• EFCC has declared the former Oceanic Bank MD Cecilia Ibru, and former Intercontinental Bank MD, Erastus Akingbola wanted. I thought the papers said they were in Canada
• The Brazillian health ministry has created a website to let people inform partners they’ve got an STD over the internet by using an e-mail virtual postcard. Na wa o
• Plaxico Burress’ lawyer says a Prison Consultant is preparing the former super bowl star for life behind bars after he pled guilty on Thursday to one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon
• Police said a suspicious package at a store turned out to be a box of live Boa Constrictors.
• A 28-year old woman from South Carolina won a $2 million jury verdict against a dental clinic that mistakenly pulled out all 13 of her upper teeth. But why now?
• Manchester City striker, Emmanuel Adebayor, has told Sir Alex Ferguson that Manchester City will finish above Man-Utd this season. If wishes were horses…

THE STOCKMARKET REPORT
Top 5 gainers
OANDO, Nigerian Breweries, GTB, Diamond Bank, UACN
Top 5 losers
Total, AP, Benue Cement Company, Flourmill, GlaxoSmithkline

THE WEATHER REPORT
The sun rose at 6:40 am and is expected to set at 7:57pm. Expect early morning light drizzle, wind-chill and cold conditions continue, so do stay warm until midday when it gets warmer. The maximum temperature for today is 30 degree Celsius and minimum temperature and overnight low is 23 degree Celsius.

Our TOP QUESTION for today was, “Who should say I love you first in a relationship? The guy or the babe?” and as you would expect, the reactions to this question were... lemme just say, thank God it wasn’t a show with a live audience, we mighta had to scatter some fights.lol. Many babes seem to take the saying “once bitten twice shy” very seriously o, as some ladies said after saying it to a guy and he broke up with them, they have refused to say it again, a particular lady, Busayo said she said “I love you” first to her former boyfriend and the guy took her for granted, because of that, she has refused to say it to her present boyfriend and their relationship is two-years old! Another lady, Judy, from Lekki said she finds it difficult to say those words since her break-up last year. All-in-all sha, nobody won o, some said the guy, others said the woman, but the texts were just too many to finish reading. Thanks to everyone that listened, that called in, that sent a text, that took up the debate at home, in the bus, or at work; “we are because you are”, we do not take you for granted, you are highly appreciated, thanks and God bless.

That’s all for today. Have a wonderful week

Ciao

Energetic Monday

2009-08-24T07:08:00.001-07:00

There’s just one way to keep the energy level high on a Monday morning; by making it a date with Tosyn Bucknor on Top Radio 90.9. The reason is quite simple- it’s Energetic Monday with Area Mama, Double 09, Sweet 17 and of course, the VIP kids. The custom is to keep the energy level high from 6 am to 11 am when Tosyn signs out on the show.
Every Monday morning, new words are added to the Area Dictionary that is being compiled by Area Mama and her crew. The new words that were created this morning include words like: ‘aponky’, ‘xanbad’, ‘geabenscy’, ‘chocologo’ and ‘jolified’, all meaning ‘cool’. There were also words like: ‘overghasted’, ‘flabberwhelmed’, both meaning ‘excited’; ‘pambolaboiish’, meaning ‘great’; ‘lelicule’, meaning ‘ready for the week’; and ‘billionaira’, meaning ‘billionaire in naira’.
As for the traffic update, Marina, Ikotun, Ibafo, Ogba, Abule Egba, Oregun, Akogun, Lagos-Ibadan expressway and Ogijo were quite free this morning. On the other hand, there was a heavy traffic at places like: Ojota, Ketu, Sagam, Akowonjo, Dopemu, Agbado, Oshodi, Ikorodu, Alapere and Ishaga. In all these places, the weather was quite cold.
When we entered the Yarn-Free Zone this morning, we listened to songs by: The All American Rejects, Blink 182 and Aerosmith. They sang: it ends tonight, all the small things and crying, respectively. After the Yarn-Free Zone, it was time to travel down memory lane. Today, it was all about examination- the good, the bad and the ugly experiences of writing exams in primary and secondary school. People shared different experiences of how they used to have examination fever, and fainting a few days before the beginning of their papers and even going blank in the examination after reading and sometimes cramming all night long. Others talked about how they cheated or taught other people during examinations. Some even shared the stories of their successes and failures as students. It was interesting to learn different methods of ‘giraffing’ and ‘dubbing’ just make sure one goes home with a good result after an academic session.
After this, it was time for the Top 9 Moments with Aramide;
· The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission {EFCC} has declared wanted the recently sacked Chief Executive Officer of Oceanic International Bank Plc, Cecilia Ibru, and her Intercontinental Bank Plc counterpart, Erastus Akingbola.
· The Brazillian health ministry has created a website to let people inform partners they’ve got STD via an e-mail virtual postcard.
· With increasing vigor, Public Health and Think Tanks are calling for extra taxes on foods and drinks that are heavy in calories and light on nutrition. New York governor, David Paterson proposed an 18% soda tax last year as a budget-balancing measure, only to abandon it 3 months later in the face of stiff public opposition. Now, Lawmakers in at least 5 other states have gone on the record in support of the idea.
· Plaxico Burress’ lawyer says a Prison Consultant is preparing the former super bowl star for life behind bars after he pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He accidentally shot himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub last year.
· Larry Ellison, the Chief Executive of Oracle Corp will take a base salary of $i in fiscal 2010. Oracle’s decision to pay him the nominal salary, down from the $1 million he was paid in fiscal 2009 and the 2 previous years, brings the CEO’s base pay into line with the Apple Inc. Chief Executive, Steve Jobs, who also gets just $1 in base salary.
· Police said a suspicious package at a store turned shipping store turned out to be a box of live Boa Constrictors.
· A South Carolina woman has won a $2 million jury verdict against a dental clinic that mistakenly pulled out all 13 of her upper teeth. The 28-year old Elizabeth Smith wanted 3 teeth pulled when she went to the dental clinic in 2006 but the dentist pulled out 16 of them.
· Manchester City striker, Emmanuel Adebayor, has told Sir Alex Ferguson that Manchester City will finish above Man-Utd this season.
At 10 am, it was time for the Top Question for the day. The question was: who should be the first to declare love to the other first- the male or the female? As expected, there were different answers and different reasons as well. Lots of people said the man should say ‘I love you’ first because men are to always take the lead. Some others suggested that the lady should say it first since she’s the emotional ones while a few others anyone who experiences love first should profess it, regardless of whether it is a he or a she. Interesting, isn’t it?
It was on this interesting note that Tosyn signed out on the show.
Much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.

Energetic Monday

2009-08-24T07:08:00.000-07:00

Feel Good Friday

2009-08-21T08:55:00.000-07:00

There’s just one day of the week when everyone is allowed to feel good, break as many rules as you ever can with your voice as you sing your own version of Area on the Area Show with the one and only Double 09. She working alongside Area Mama, Sweet 17 and the ‘tush’ Tosyn Bucknor and their only mission is to keep making you feel good as you step into the weekend. The tradition for the last day of the week is to sing a song during the Area Show, and make a loud shout-out to loved ones after the Area Show. What an interesting combo for the beginning of the weekend.
The traffic and weather update:
· Ikeja, Ikorodu, Ketu, Maryland, Opebi, Mangoro, Maryland, Yaba, Alakuko, Ogba, Berger, Lagos-Ibadan expressway and Akute were quite free this morning;
· There was a heavy traffic at places like: Abule Egba, Iyana-Ipaja, Agbado-Ijaiye, IJu, 3rd Mainland Bridge, and Fagba
· The weather was cold this morning at most places in Lagos State.
The Yarn-Free Zone today was all about Rooftop Mcs, doing ‘Rooftop’; Nicky Laoye, singing ‘Kaleidoscope’; and Taylor Swift, singing ‘You’re not sorry’.
Top 9 Moments:
· Will-I-Am would love to say ‘I told you so’ to all the people who have bashed the Black Eyed Peas in the past, but he won’t even though the group just made history on the billboard charts.
· A Florida woman was duped into changing diapers and providing care for a man she met through Craiglist who feigned disabilities. Turns out the man who hired Janet Schulte to look after an adult brother with diminished mental capacity was the same guy she bottle-fed and treated like a child for 3 months.
· Amidst waves and wildlife in the world’s oceans, billions of pounds of Styrofoam, water bottles, fishing wire and other plastic products floats in endless circles.
· According to research by a new online photo verification site, over 80% of online daters have suspected that profile images being used online are fakes and over a third have actually discovered that a person’s identity does nbot match that of their online persona.
· Octo-mom Nadya Suleman expresses more regret for trying to raise 14 kids on her own. She believes she has screwed up her life by trying to raise so many kids without a father figure.
· A day after winning her first 800meter world title amid a gender test world title amid a gender-test controversy, the father of South African teenager, Caster Semenya, dismissed speculation that his daughter is not a woman.
· A Tunisian health official says a woman who claimed she was pregnant with 12 babies underwent a medical examination that showed she is not pregnant.
· The head of the Caribbean Nation’s Sports Federation, Jose Barrietos said that women’s boxing is ‘inappropriate’ and Cuban women will therefore not be able to compete in the London 2012 Olympic Games
After the Top 9 Moments, there were lots and lots of shout outs and then came the weekend preview and a bit of news. First, there was something about the musical group called ‘Amplifyd’ breaking up; Lara George and Kel’s album release. Some musicians will be going on a hunger strike come August 25, to draw the attention of the govt and relevant agencies against piracy. This weekend, the 2009 Bankers’ games will continue. There’s also ‘Girl power’, a show that will bring several female artistes together as they perform live. Lover’ web show also holds on Sunday in Ikeja at 4:00 pm this Sunday. After all this infotainment, Tosyn signed out at 11 am.
much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.

THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY

2009-08-21T07:39:00.000-07:00

Friday, 21st August, 2009

Today was feel-good friday on the Top of the Morning Show on Top radio 90.9fm, we had our area singing joint on AREA! and as usual, callers were extremely creative, from Rihanna's "Umbrella" remix to Ayefele's "Eni ba roku romi", thumbs up y'all, but the best call today was from the Arogundade family; Titilope, Tolulope ...lope and ...lope, (i didn't get the last two names all i heard was something-lope and something-lope), they sang beautifully and of course we were hearing their auntie's voice in the background but we felt the love and thats what matters, innit? Thanks to the Arogundade family again. Maryam Abolarinwa from ikorodu who calls practically everyday won herself some Tuface CD's and magazine, just for being constant, you see, faithfulness pays.

On the SHOUT OUT scene, Nigerians were really happy today o, a caller won himself some CD's and magazine just because of his enthusiasm and energy, keep it up bro, thats the way life is meant to be lived, another shout-out that really caught my attention was a guy that was making a shout-out to his friend that they should "squash the beef and eat up the meat!", i wonder what caused the beef, I hope it is not woman o (lol;just kidding). Tosyn played a lot of feeeeel-good songs today, I really loved the music, rooftop mc's, kel, Nikky laoye, MI, Ashionye,MO'Cheddah and lots more.

On WEEKEND REVIEW, we had quite a lot of things going on this weekend, weddings, different parties and many more, Girl Power Unleashed is this weekend, yippee, 22nd, so if be there if you're interested, theres also going to be another show in ikeja on sunday, "Lovers web". We had some news of a hunger strike planned by musicians for the 25th, the goal is to draw attention to piracy and some other things, I wonder if ALL musicians will do it, I'm sure some people will just chop, clean mouth and do face as if they're hungry.lol. We also got news that the Amplifyd crew is splitting up! aw, thats sad, I hope they all have wonderful solo careers.

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
- Researchers have discovered that plastic pollution is caused by invisible materials, despite the popular belief that plastic is indestructible
- It has been discovered that over 80% of online daters' profile give wrong information, so online
- Octuplet mom says it was a mistake trying to raise 14 kids on her own without a father figure
- The athlete who is undergoing a gender test has been defended by her father who said he raised her and has no doubt that she is a woman
- A Tunisian health official says the woman who claimed to be pregnant with 12 children is not pregnant at all. Whaaaat!
- A finding has shown that if you're lost in the woods and feel like you're walking in circles, it might be because you actually are. I'm sure they have a scientific report for it, but since this is not a scientific journal, we won't bother with that
- Cuban women will not be in the 2010 competition in London because woman boxing is considered inappropriate

That's all for today

Have a wonderful weekend but remember keep it safe, keep it legal, keep it simple!Stay blessed

Ciao

AS RANDOM AS A THURSDAY

2009-08-20T10:32:00.000-07:00

Today, Thursday, 20th August, 2009 was as random as Thursdays go on the AREA! show with Area mama, sweet seventeen, and 009 “themselves” anchoring the show with the assistance, of course, of the ever-present, ever-ready, ever-clapping, ever-eating VIP kids. Today on the show, listeners were asked to tell us their greatest fear in the world along with the traffic and weather updates, we had some very weird answers like “Women”, I mean how can women be your greatest fear in the whole wide world... in fact let me keep quiet now before I vex too much, some gave some inspirational answers like, “the fear of failure” and “fear of the unknown” and the “fear of not making it to heaven”... they make you think about your life abi? and some were just humorous like,” the fear of gutters”.lol

Proverbs are a very important part of our ethnic makeup in Africa, a proverb in Yoruba translates as “proverbs are the horses on which words ride”, while one in ibo says “proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten”, I’m sure there are more variants of this proverb and if you know one, please feel free to add. On PROVERBS LANE, we had Benin, Idoma (almost), Ibo and a lot of Yoruba proverbs, I’ll just give some literal translations; an Ibo proverb translates thus, “there’s nothing the eyes will see that it will bring out blood, it’s still water that will come out”, a Yoruba proverb, “ the fowl that defecated and did not urinate, it’s inside it’s body” (lol.what does this proverb mean anyway), and one of the proverbs that Tuface, who hails from Benue state gave us yesterday means, literally “somebody that is taking a big ball of pounded yam, that is now using it to carry a bigger ball of egusi, he’s piling trouble on top of trouble” (whew, I’m sure the original proverb is much shorter). SING A STORY was as versatile as ever with callers singing about every possible thing, lots of love of course, hurts and many many more, we then went ONLINE REALTIME, where we were able to keep in touch with our facebook and twitter people and also know those keeping in touch with us.

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• A Japanese horror DVD has been banned in Britain because of the extreme nature of its contents. It is reported to contain such an excessive amount of sadism, evisceration and the likes, that it could not even be edited.
• A gender test will be carried out on a female athlete who improved her personal best drastically in the 800m and 1500m races.
• Microsoft is asking a US circuit judge for permission to keep on selling Microsoft Office Word after a Texas court ruled that they are infringing on a patent held by another company.
• The IAAF has announced that there are no positive doping cases in the men’s 100m of the world championships.
• Two playwrights, Kodjo Mouabe from Ghana and Erin Brown from the USA, have been awarded top prizes in BBC world service and British Council international radio and playwrighting competition
• A very dumb burglar in Toronto has been arrested after leaving his wallet at the scene of his crime
• A 15-year old girl prevented a tragedy when she jumped into the drivers seat of the bus in which she was returning from day camp and pulled the emergency brakes after the driver died suddenly of a heart attack.
• “when our hope, faith and belief transcends into clear knowingness, we are then truly aware to express all that beingness can offer”

That’s all for today. Till tomorrow

Ciao

Random Thursday

2009-08-20T06:30:00.000-07:00

Random Thursday. That is what every Thursday on the Top Morning show is called on Top Radio 90.0. it is the only day of the week when we get to go down Proverbs Lane, sing our stories and for today, talk about our deepest fears. All of these and much more is what each Thursday has in store as the anchor- Tosyn Bucknor does her thing.
But first, there is the Area Show which is the show on which people get to display their talents by: saying, shouting or singing ‘Area’, and it is the show on which traffic updates and weather reports are received. The traffic at MAza Maza, OJo, Sango, Festac, Sagamu, Ojuelegba, Obalende, Onipanu, Dopemu, Iyana Ipaja, Mile 2 and Obanikoro was quite. However, the traffic at Ketu, 3rd Mainland Bridge, Ikorodu, Ikeja, Abule Egba, Ogba, Akute, Berger, Yaba and Egbeda was quite light. The weather was cold and breezy this morning, and it even rained at Ijebu Ode.
During the Area Show, a question was raised about people’s deepest fear. People mentioned various things they fear, including: dogs, snakes, cockroaches, travelling in planes, loneliness, death, sickness, poverty, spiritual wickedness, attacks from men of the underworld, women, and a number of people said they’re afraid of failing. Whether it is one of these or some other ones that have not been mentioned, we all have our fears. It is the mastery of our fears that makes us victorious in life.
Being a Random Thursday, a lot of randomness is allowed even in the songs we listen to. So for the Yarn Free Zone today, we listened to songs like: Delilah; Money, Money, Money by Abba; and Linkin Park’s ‘Crawling’. Couldn’t have been more random huh?
Top 9 Moments with Aramide came in this order:
· Britain’s film board has taken the unusual step of banning the sales of a Japanese horror DVD for what it says is violence so extreme that it’s inappropriate for audiences.
· The IAAF has asked the South African Athletes Federation to conduct a gender verification test on 18-year old runner, Caster Semnya, amid concerns that she does not meet the requirements to compete as a woman.
· Microsoft Corp is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the federal circuit to allow it to keep selling Word Software as it fights an unfavourable patent ruling.
· The IAAF has announced that there were no positive doping cases in the men’s 100 metres, the marguee event of the World Championship.
· Efo Kodjo Mawugbe, a playwright and recently, judge of Tv3’s Ghana’s most beautiful program has together with Erin Browne from the USA being awarded 2 top prizes in the BBC world service and British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009.
· AS Bari has signed a preliminary deal for the sale of the serie club to American businessman, Timothy Barton.
· There is a warning by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and increasing misuse and overdoses are telling reminders of the dangers pain medications can present.
· Toronto police had very little investigating to do into a double store burglary thanks to the alleged thief leaving his wallet behind.
· The driver of a school bus carrying kids home from a day camp died from a heart attack yesterday but a 15-yr-old girl prevented a greater tragedy by jumping into his seat and pulling the emergency brake.
After the Top 9 Moments, Tosyn took us on a trip into people’s world via the internet. Different sites such as twitter, facebook etc were visited and some information were shared. Tosyn signed out at 11 am.
Much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.

TUFACE IN THE HOUSE!!!

2009-08-19T09:55:00.000-07:00

WEDNESDAY, 19TH AUGUST, 2009

The Top of the Morning show on Top Radio 90.9 today, Thursday, 19th August, 2009 with Innocent Idibia aka 2-baba, aka 2face was the bomb! the studio was flooded with calls and texts, but funny enough, contrary to my expectations, the ladies didn’t call as much as the guys, I thought the ladies would be the ones that just couldn’t have enough of this guy.

The AREA! show was very dynamic today, with callers from Abule-egba, Bariga, Yaba, Oshodi, Ikorodu, Egbeda, Sagamu, and even Ilorin! Most people today were celebrating family members, mothers, fathers, brothers and entire families, there was even a lady who used the opportunity to make her entire family celebrities forever!:) We’d like to use this opportunity to thank all members of the AREA! family, all our regular callers, especially people from Ikorodu, we seem to have a large fanbase there, you’re highly appreciated and we also want to make you our celebrities forever...

We had a representative, Tola Sunmonu from Harambee Nigeria, an African youth Initiative with a focus on revitalizing the agricultural sector, because they believe that our economic success as Africans depends on that sector. She spoke about the initiative, but focused more on their upcoming annual conference, Harambee 2.0, which will take place on the 28th of August at Shell hall, MUSON centre, Onikan by 8am, the theme of the conference is “Planting Seeds of Tomorrow” and ... wait for it, wait for it... Admission is Free! There’ll be entertainment(MI is gonna be there) and lunch is served (yippee), it’s sponsored by Zenith Bank, Tantalizers and many others, (hence the “freeness”), so if you’re young, youthful , going to be in Lagos next week and you have plans for Friday, cancel it! ‘cos Harambee 2.0 is the place to be. To make reservations and for more details, check out www.hendeavor.org or send a mail to harambeenigeria@yahoo.com or their facebook group. You can also send a text to 08071949742. “harambeeeeee, is together...”

Tuface almost set the studio on fire today with all the calls and text messages, so many people wanted to know when he was getting married, haba Nigerians, abeg leave the guy alone jare, at least he already has five children and three “companions”, what does he need marriage for after that. Tuface was so hot that even after the Top of the Morning show, they refused to let him leave the studio o, the sports guys asked him to stay and talk about his “HyperTech” football club, and , Mr. nice guy that he is, he obliged. To get in touch with Tuface, check out his website www.infinit2.com or call 08023241089.
N.B: Please no stalking, cyber or otherwise.:)

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• MJ will be buried on his birthday, August 29th in LA by 10am. RIP MJ
• A 30 year old woman has been prosecuted in Missouri for cyberbullying her ex-husbands girlfriend's 17 year old daughter (Is it an obsession or something, if d guy say im no do, na by force?)
• A dance instructor in "So you think you can dance", Alex da silva has been arrested on sexual assault charges
• Robin Wright and Sean Penn are finally set to divorce and this time, Robin Wright says there's no hope for reconciliation
• A woman in Tunisia claims to be pregnant with "twelvetuplets" i.e twelve children, 6 boys and 6 girls, she has not gone for an ultrasound (i wonder how she knew their sexes) and official say her claim is highly unlikely
• " the more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is to praise and celebrate" Oprah

That's all for today. Till tomorrow

Ciao

Celebrity Wednesday

2009-08-19T05:32:00.000-07:00

Probably the most anticipated day on Top Morning with Tosyn Buchnor, Celebrity Wednesday comes your way as it does on every 3rd day of the week. It is that day of the week when we get the rare privilege of letting people know we appreciate them by making celebrities out of everyday people around us. It could be the Vendor on our street, the woman selling food in our area, construction site workers, diligent law enforcement agents, a wonder friend or parent and so on. The chosen person automatically becomes a celebrity for the day on Top Radio. Let’s not forget as well that on Wednesdays, big-time celebrities come into the studio and share some things about themselves.
But before all these, there shall be traffic updates! At MEiran, Yaba, Owode, Ikeja, Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Bariga, Ketu, Mushin, Ota, Agbado, Ogba, Berger, and Abule Egba, the traffic was quite light. On the contrary, there was a heavy traffic at places like: Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, Ikorodu, Idimu, Egbeda, 3rd Mainland Bridge, Iju, Mile 12, Fagba, Mile 2, and Ojo. After the Area Show, it was music, music and more music on Top Radio 90.9.
Top 9 Moments with Aramide went in this order:
1. Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, has lifted the lid on the star's burial. He will be laid to rest on his birthday, the 29th August, at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in LA at 10 am.
2. A Missouri woman has been charged with cyberbullying for allegedly posting photos and personal information of a teenage girl on the "Casual Encounters" section of Craigslist after an Internet argument. Prosecutors said 40-year-old Elizabeth A. Thrasher posted the 17-year-old's picture, e-mail address and cell phone number on the Web site in a posting that suggested the girl was seeking a sexual encounter.
3. A salsa dance instructor and choreographer on the Fox television show "So You Think You Can Dance" was arrested this morning on a felony warrant charging him with sexually assaulting four women. Alex Da Silva, 41, was arrested at his North Hollywood home by Los Angeles police. The charges include four counts of forcible rape, two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object.
4. A French EuroMillions lottery winner has been found guilty of trying to bribe traffic police after they caught him drunk at the wheel of a souped-up Ferrari, his lawyer said Tuesday.Pascal Brun, a 39-year-old former butcher who began collecting Italian sportscars after scooping a 26-million-euro (37-million-dollar) jackpot in 2004, was nabbed on France's Atlantic coast near Bordeaux on Saturday.
5. Robin Wright Penn has filed for divorce from her husband Sean Penn. The papers, filed in Marin County, Calif., on Aug. 12, state that "both parties have already agreed to [shared] custody" over their minor son, Hopper Jack, 16, and that "the estranged couple have already agreed to division of all property." The reason for the split is listed as "irreconcilable differences." Wright Penn, best known for roles in The Princess Bride and Forrest Gump, is not seeking spousal support.
6. Great Britain's Phillips Idowu won the men's triple jump world title here at the world athletics championships on Tuesday when he beat defending Olympic and world champion Nelson Evora. The 30-year-old Olympic silver medalist won gold here with a mark of 17.73 metres - the best in the world this season - while Portugal's Evora was second with 17.55m and Alexis Copello of Cuba was third with 17.36m. It was sweet revenge for Idowu who jumped his season's best for 2008 of 17.62m in Beijing, but still lost out to Evora's 17.67m leap.
7. Nicolas Anelka has labelled Chelsea as favourites to win the Premier League and dismissed rivals Liverpool and Arsenal. The Frenchman feels new Blues boss Carlo Ancelotti has the ability to guide the club to success after a hard-fought, late win over Hull City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
8. A woman in Tunisia is claiming to be pregnant with 12 babies, according to French and British media. Initial reports state that the anonymous woman is said to be ignoring medical advice and will attempt to have all six boys and six girls. She has refused to see a doctor for an ultrasound.
9. Paris Hilton's movie "Pledge This!" was a colossal flop, but a Miami judge says she won't have to pay more than $8 million because of it. A lawsuit by investors in the film sought that amount, blaming the 2006 movie's poor showing on Hilton's failure to promote the film. Hilton claims she did everything she could to plug it.
Now, if there’s something noteworthy about Wednesdays, it is the fact that interviews are usually conducted. Today, Tola Sunmonu of Harambe Nigeria was interviewed about the foundation. Harambe is a foundation for Nigerian students working abroad and it focuses on the Agricultural sector because in her own words, ‘...when the Agricultural sector is balanced, there will be a difference in the other sectors that affect the economy. it is also an entrepreneurial design program’. At present, the Foundation is working with students at OAU, Ife. In furtherance of the vision, Harambe is organizing her 2nd annual conference on August 28, 2009 at Shell Hall, Muson Centre and it is FREE! For bookings and reservations, the number to call is: 08071949742 while the e-mail address is: harambenigeria@yahoo.com, and the website is: www.hendeavor.org. The theme for the conference is: ‘Planting the seeds of tomorrow’.
Just when we thought we’ve seen it all and heard it all, the big one landed. Innocent Idibia or Tuface Idibia, as he’s popularly called, stepped into the studio. He shared a lot of things about his numerous interests and his life as a musician. He talked about how he just gets into the spirit of the lyrics as he does his songs and even when he does ‘collabos’ with other artistes. He doesn’t know which of his songs he loves best though and his first choice of a football club is HyperTech FC then Enyimba and Lobi Stars FC. He also shared his take on the criticisms that come his way every now and then. He says he just lets them help him put himself to check and carry on with the vision- singing. He’s not sure of when he’ll be married but he’s definite it’ll be just one wife. Best food, he says is beans, yam and dry fish. Wow. When asked whether he ever saw himself being this big when he first started out, he said all he did was to hope, pray and fast about it. Then he talked about his 10th anniversary- 10 years of being an artist! To find out more about him, you can always visit: www.infinit2.com
The show ended in a very interesting way today with Tosyn and Tuface arguing over whether or not she’s VERY tall. What I think? Find out yourself. Lol
Much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.

VERSUS TUESDAY...PUFF UP!

2009-08-18T09:39:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, 18th August, 2009

It was bragging time on the AREA! show with Agent 009, sweet seventeen and AREA! mama today, Tuesday, the 18th of August, 2009 as all listeners were “licensed to brag” by agent 009 herself. The whole idea sha is that, since we have been complaining siiiiiiince, on Tuesdays, and many of us still don’t have solutions to these “challenges”, why don’t we, for a change, concentrate on the positive things, rather than the negative, and who knows, the law of attraction might actually come to pass, so today, being puffed-up was not a bad thing on the AREA! show, on the contrary, it was highly desirable. It took our listeners a while to get the hang of it though, but after a while, it was a pretty smooth ride, we had callers from Iju mentioning the good roads in their area, from Ikenne, good roads and regular electricity, from mende, peaceful and friendly environment and lots more. Made me see that Nigerians can complain o, but we still know how to “give thanks in all things”.

Today was VERSUS TUESDAY and we kicked off with the Mariah Carey/Nick Cannon vs. Eminem face-off where Tosyn played Mariah’s “obsessed” and then Eminems response (jeez, he didn’t mince words in that track at all, did he?) and today was also Come-share-with-me Tuesday, and we had the Versus special, it was a battle of the....lands? anyway it was mainland vs. Island, and the winner is............Mainland!!! The reasons given by the callers and texters for choosing the mainland are, the fact that cost of living on the mainland is lower than on the island, someone said that the mainland is above sea level while the Island is below sea level, so the mainland is safer:), a texter said that the drainage system on the Island is really bad, so the Island is always smelling (everywhere on the island?!lol) and that electricity is really poor on the Island (that’s a very general problem now o), in favour of the island, someone said that the nightlife is better than the mainland and another caller said that there are open spaces for recreation on the island.

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• A man, Adegboye Adeniran, who has practiced law in Ibadan for decades has been sentenced to two years in jail for practicing without a licence
• Former Zambian president, Frederick Chiluba, has been acquitted of charges of stealing about 5000 dollars from the state because, according to the magistrate, the prosecution has failed to prove its case.
• J-lo, talking about her marriage to marc Anthony says “I’m still figuring it out as I go along, how do two totally different people come together and make one life and say they’ll do it forever, this is my third time of trying it and I don’t even think I tried it in my other marriages which were immature...relationships take work...”. true talk
• South African energy minister has said that the risk of power cut during the 2010 World Cup has been averted because the global economic crisis has reduced South Africa’s consumption. Good news as a result of bad
• The IAAF is carrying out its most comprehensive testing program till date involving about 1000 samples, to be carried out during the championships rounding off on Sunday.
• In Zimbabwe, commuters pay about 3 trillion Zimbabwean dollars as bus fare! I’m sure they don’t, or rather can’t use wallets in Zimbabwe, it’s sacks they’ll be using as wallet.lol
• A DJ in Israel has been beaten up for playing western music, which some guests believed encourages lewd behaviour in women
• “the greatest motivational act one person can do for another is listen” Roy Moody

THE WEATHER REPORT
The sun rose at 6:40 am and is expected to set at 7pm. Expect early morning light drizzle, wind-chill and cold conditions continue, so do stay warm until 3pm when it gets warmer. The maximum temperature for today is 30 degree Celsius and minimum temperature and overnight low is 22 degree Celsius.

THE STOCKMARKET REPORT
Top 5 gainers
Nigerian Breweries, Starcomms, Sterling bank, Standard Insurance, Capital Hotels
Top 5 losers
Nestle, OANDO, CONOIL, Benue Cement Company, UACN

On the HOW TO SHOW, we were taught “how to look ten times older than your real age”, our very cranky teacher, who must have been almost a hundred years old, assisted by some of the VIP kids, did a very good job and gave us the following “helpful” tips
• Keep away from any form of entertainment like parties
• Frown all the time, never smile
• Stress yourself and make friends with old folks
• Make sure you’re always busy and worry about everything
• Rub bleaching cream and go out under the sun to roast
• Make everybody’s worries yours
• Avoid drinking water
• Take your bath only once a week
• Wear oversized clothes
• Drag your feet and slouch when walking
• Never have anything to do with current fashion trends
And lots more...

That’s all for today. Till tomorrow

Ciao

bragging right tuesday

2009-08-18T06:29:00.000-07:00

It’s yet another Tuesday; another time to voice out the complaints we have about our areas. Well, that’s how it used to be until this morning, when there was a certain twist in the order of the show. So instead of complaining as usual, it became a ‘Bragging Right Tuesday’. You know that our religious leaders will always say that we should confess good things about our nation. That was applied to the show this morning. Thus instead of the usual pity-party, it was a celebration galore on Top Morning with Area Mama on Top Radio 90.9 on Tuesday, 18th of August, 2009.
The traffic update came as part of the package on the show though. The traffic at places like: Bariga, Alagbole, Iyana-Oba, Ogba, Berger, Mende, Ikorodu, Oko-Oba, Marina, and Abule-Egba wasw quite light. Conversely, the traffic at places like: Iyana-Ipaja, Akowonjo, Shasha, Yaba, Barracks, Third Mainland Bridge and Onikan was quite heavy as some people complained that the traffic jam in most of these places was bumper-to-bumper. The weather, on the other hand, as recorded in all these places was very cold and it even rained in some places.
Back to the ‘Bragging Right, some people bragged about an almost-constant power supply in their area. Some others bragged about their pot-hole free environment. A few other people also bragged about the safe condition of their area while some bragged about their neighbours. It was quite difficult for many people to find the good in their areas though but I’m sure that next week, many more people will find good reasons to appreciate their areas.
For the Yarn-Free Zone today, we listened to songs from 3 artistes who were once participants in the American Idol competition. They were: Garret Gates; Clay Aiken singing Invisible; and David Achiletta singing Crush. Thereafter, it was time for the Versus Show. This is the show wherein a topic is brought up for discussion- not just a discussion though. It is more like a debate or a game of choice. Today, ‘the versus’ was between staying on the Island and staying on the Island. Listeners were to either call in or send text messages to state which of the two places they would rather live in, and state their reasons for choosing whichever one. As with such discussions as this, there were various reasons for people’s different choices. Eventually, Tosyn announced the result of the poll and lo and behold, the Mainland was ahead of the Island by ... points. Lol
Top 9 Moments with Aramide went in this order:
· The anti-touting committee of the Nigerien Bar Association, Ibadan branch, recorded successrecently when it secured a 2-year jail term for Adegboyega Adeniran, a man who had practiced law in Ibadan for decades without a license.
· Frederick Chluba, the former President of Zambia whose government became internationally notorious for corruption durin his years in office, was acquitted yesterday for charges of stealing about $500,000 from the state.
· The Zimbabwe dollar is reported to be officially dead. It was killed off in hopes of curbing record world inflation of billions of percentage points, and Zimbabwe ahs replaced it with the U.S. dollar and the South African rand.
· Drowsy spectators in one suburban Chicago courtroom might want to stifle their yawns from now on because one Clifton Williams is facing months in jail for making what the court documents call a yawn-likesound in Judge Daniel Rozak’s court last month.
· The risk of power cuts during the 2010 soccer world cup has been averted because the global economic crisis has reduced South African consumption.
After the Top 9 Moments, it was time for the ‘How To Show’- the only show on the planet where you get tips on how to... lol. Today, the show was: ‘how to look 10 years older than you are’ and there were helpful tips such as:
1. Worry all day so your hair gets grey on time
2. Just sit and stare. Don’t do anything all day long.
3. Rub bleaching cream and go under the sun to roast
4. Live in the past through clothes you wear, hairstyles you do and slangs you use.
5. Create your own wrinkles... strong your face all the time
6. Disapprove of everything and everyone
7. Carry all the troubles of the world on your shoulder
8. As for the ladies, cover your face with 6 inches of powder, shave off all your eyebrows then draw a curved line that reaches your ear and wear lipstick that looks like war paint.
9. The last tip is for the guys: Grow a Moses beard and carry a Don Jazzy stick.
If you think these tips are crazy, then you should’ve heard the tips that came in as text messages. They were simply undisbelievably! Thanks for not considering putting these things to use.
Yours truly,
Ruthina Atinuke.

SWEET SIXTEEN BECOMES............SWEET SEVENTEEEEEEEEEEEN!!!

2009-08-17T09:27:00.000-07:00

Monday, 17th August, 2009

Today was the first AREA! show after Area Mama, Sweet sixteen, Agent 009, CON.tra.dic.tion, SPEECHgirl and Tosyn Bucknor’s birthday, you know they’re, humh...... “sixtuplets”, born on the same day, by the same mother at the same time (don’t ask me how that happened). Wishing them all a wonderful year ahead, filled with the best of all that life has got to offer.
AREA was really energetic, with Nigerians in true "Nigerian style" all wanting to know how Tosyn spent her birthday and weekend, and Tosyn in true "Tosyn style" somehow sidestepped it until she discovered she couldn't avoid it when everyone kept asking, I'm sure many of you saw her on TV on Sunday. Today was also the day to create new words, we had words like edoyakly,inkokonistaklic, metabulocious, otapiapianomatopia and many others that i am sure if i type, my keyboard will just break.lol.

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido, listed poor corporate governance practice, lax administration processes and the absence or non-adherence to the banks credit risk management practices as reasons for sacking five Bank MD’s last Thursday, namely, Intercontinental, Afribank, Union Bank, Oceanic Bank and Fin bank.
• Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie has been kidnapped in Anambra state. Na wa o, shey na like dis we go dey dey...
• Researchers in Canada have discovered that marijuana causes significantly more damage to cells than tobacco smoke, contrary to previous belief. Which previous belief? haven’t we known ever since we were small that “igbó” is more dangerous than “sìgá”
• The two men who carried out “Britain’s biggest jewel heist” involving 40 million pounds and 43 items, despite being caught on camera, are yet to be found. A reward of a million pounds will be paid for information leading to their arrest. Shan’t I like to know where they are now?
• Since MJ’s death, his estate has made over 60 million pounds, just in 50 days o. When you’re big...even in death, this guy is still making money, not that it will do him any good where he is though
• Usain Bolt has set a new 100m world record of 9.58 seconds in Berlin.
• “Those who are lifting the world upwards and onwards are those who encourage more than criticize” Elizabeth Harrison

Going down MEMORY LANE yoday, we talked about matters of the heart, remembering the first time we first fell in love, you know,your first crush, whatever. We had so many hilarious stories here, reminding me of a song; things we do for loooove... I remember my first crush, it was in JS 3....ok that's all.lol

THE STOCKMARKET REPORT
Top five most actively traded stock
UBA, Access bank, Oceanic Bank, Fidelity Bank, Skye bank
THE WEATHER REPORT
The sun rose today at 6:05am and is expected to set at 7pm. Early morning cold conditions and wind-chill continue, so remember to stay warm. Maximum temperature is 29 degree Celsius and minimum temperature and overnight low is 22 degree Celsius.

Today was 2-for-1 Monday, so we had two songs each from etcetera, Rooftop MC's, Eben and many others. We also had the Top Question for today, which was "Would you ever, should you ever go for an ex's wedding", so many people said yes they would, but methinks it depends on the breakup, was it messy, was it clean, free of animosity, then fine, but if there is still serious beef or serious feelings, why torture yourself unnecessary.

That's all for today

Till tomorrow. Have a wonderful week

Ciao

Energetic Monday on the day after Sweet 16's birthday!

2009-08-17T05:40:00.000-07:00

Yeah, it’s another Energetic Monday with Tosyn Bucknor, AKA Area Mama or Sweet 17 coz that’s what happens when Sweet 16 celebrates another full year on earth.

On Energetic Monday today as usual, there is an opportunity to put one’s ingenuity to use by creating new words that will be included in the soon-to-be-out Area Dictionary. It is also the only day on the Area Show when we have weekend review. People get to share the details of how they spent their weekends. Moreover, it is a 2-from-1 Monday, meaning that we get to listen to 2 songs from 1 artist per time throughout on the show.

But before all these, there were traffic updates and weather reports from various people. Festac, Ikorodu, Ogijo, Oko-Oba, Remo in Ogun State, Ajangbadi, Volks, Maza MAza, Ketu, Mile 12, Ojodu, Palmgrove, Sango, Ojo and Lagos-Ibadan expressway were quite free this morning. On the other hand, the traffic at Berger, Lagos Island, Iyana-Ipaja, Cement, Pen-Cinema and Ogba was quite heavy this morning. The weather in most of these places was breezy and a bit chilly.
The new words for today were very interesting. Some of them were even ‘unspellable’ while some other ones could not even be pronounced by Area Mama herself. They include such words as: ‘metabulocious’, ‘tse-tse, ‘laracious’, onomatopoeialistic’, ‘gidigbim’, ‘otapiapianomatopoeia’ etcetra. These words- even though we can’t really decipher their meanings- all refer to how people felt this morning.

For the Yarn-Free Zone this morning, we listened to songs from: Rooftop Mcs, Etcetra and Eben.

Going down Memory Lane today, we had to share our first experience of ‘true love’. You remember those times in primary school or secondary school when the butterflies begin to fly in every corner of your belly and you begin to see stars in the eyes of the one who has stolen your heart. Yeah, those were the memories we dug up this morning. People shared the bitter-sweet memories of falling in and out of love. Some were touching [like the case of the lil boy who pretended to be sick because his love was sick and had to be taken to the sick bay, and put on a bed beside his love]. Some other ones were funny and hilarious.

At 9:17, it was time for Top 9 Moments with Aramide. The first bit of news she came up with was about the 5 MDs that were sacked by the CBN governor last week. The governor said he sacked them because of their wrong attitude and low level of productivity in the sector. The affected banks are: Oceanic bank, Afribank, Fin bank, Union bank and Intercontinental bank. There was also something in the news about Michael Jackson’s estate having generated up to 60 million pounds in the last 50 days after his death. The match between Arsenal and Everton was said to have ended at 6-1 in favour of Arsenal. Whoa!

After the Top 9 Moments, it was simply a Monday morning show on an energetic style with Sweet 17 doing her thing until 11 am when she signed out.
Of course, the TOP QUESTION for today, "Would you ever... Should you ever... Attend an ex's wedding", got a lot of responses with most people divided. Tosyn summed it up based on feedback-
Dont go if you are still hung up
If you do, don't be an attention-grabber!

RUTH

My 15mins of 'fame' on Naija Sings

2009-08-17T04:37:00.000-07:00

Duty called on Saturday. It was my birthday, but in the midst of all that, i had to squeeze in [very UNreluctantly], being a guest judge on NAIJA SINGS, the reality show brought to you by MNET AFRICA and produced by STORM.
On the show, they say, ‘Celeb Judges’ but like i told DJINEE who i was judging with, he was the celeb, and i was the, “Who is she again?”.
LOL

Backstage before the show was funny. The contestants were putting last minute touches to their outfits, and hanging out, pretending not to be worried, when deep down, each of them was praying like mad!
Some tried to find the right shoes to go with their ‘look’, others kept spraying hair spray continuously! Some took the opportunity to practise their songs again, while others just sat in a corner and meditated.
Djinee and i had to do interviews for the site, and that was fun and cool, although when it came to my turn, they had to adjust the cameras. And by adjust, i mean ‘bring it down to get the short person in focus!’. I know what i want for Christmas.... but it might be too late. Damn those beans that didn’t have weavils!
The interview went well. One of the questions i was asked was, what kind of judge will you be? And i said, all i would say is, “The camera loves you”.
Seriously though, i think my ultimate aim was to be nice but honest. Cos you don’t want to end up sounding stupid, nor crushing dreams. A bad day don’t mean a bad career.
The actual show itself was long, but thankfully, not boring in the least.
First of all, Djinee and i sat together and tried to dub each other! Cos we had to make comments on a clipboard. The audience was also really cool; very into the show. And the female contestants looked good. I loved the outfits. I didn’t get why all the male contestants wore suits though... i think some personalities do well with other looks.
We had to sit through each performance and let the audience make comments, but not talk till the very end. Then we gave our own opinions!
Djinee was looking out for voice control and everything that had to do with the music itself; im always about the total package cos it all counts. Yes, even down to the outfits, and stage presence.
We gave our opinions, the contestants filed off stage, and Olisa Adibua, the host, signed us out! And we finally got to get up and eat!
(I am a growing child... I love to eat!)

So there it was! My guest spot as a judge.
Check out NAIJA SINGS on MNET AFRICA on Sundays at 8pm, and AFRICA MAGIC, Sundays at 10pm.
You can also see my backstage interview on the site
www.mnetafrica.com/naijasings

Enjoy!

2009-08-15T04:39:00.000-07:00

Thank you everyone for the love and good wishes!

Town Hall Tuesday

2009-08-11T07:54:00.000-07:00

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, it’s another time for the most interesting show on any blessed Tuesday. It’s another Townhall Tuesday with the gorgeous and amiable Tosyn Bucknor, Area Mama, Double 09, Sweet 16 or any other good name that suits you. It’s that day of the week where people get to lay complaints about their numerous or few grievances about the on-goings in their areas. But as usual, there’s no show without the Area Show with the only and only Area Mama herself.
The traffic updates from: Ajah, Mangoro, Iyana-Iba, Sango, Sabo, Berger, Owode, Abule-Egba, Ojo, Agiliti, Bariga, Ikeja, Agege, College Road, and Ikoyi revealed that these places were quite free this morning. On the other hand, the traffic at: Adekoya, Marina, Falomo, Maza Maza, Yaba, Barracks, 3rd Mainland Bridge and Obalende was quite heavy. Generally, the weather was quite chilly in all these areas. Someone even said that in his area, the weather is so cold he wonders if we’re experiencing winter in Nigeria.
The tradition on every Townhall Tuesday is to plead and complain and plead and complain a little bit more. Therefore, the lines were open for people to either call or send in texts about their complaints or to express their appreciation. Many people today complained about PHCN, ASUU, the Nigerian Water Corporation and bad roads. However, a few people applauded PHCN for power supply. Weird ain’t it?
In the Yarn-Free Zone today, it was an all American Idol special. We listened to songs from: Clay who sang Invisible; David with crush; and Daughtery with Over you. There couldn’t have been a better match of talents, could there? a new twist has been introduced to the Townhall show on Top Radio. It’s called the Versus Tuesday Special. This is how it goes down: we listen to two or more songs from different artistes. They’re mostly saying absolutely different things. Nelly Furtado and Dido kicked it off this morning with their songs- Like a bird and Hunter, respectively. From then, it was music, music and more music on a challenging note.
Top 9 Moments highlights for today include:
· The fact that talk show queen- Oprah Winfrey used to have a policy for her show- no rappers. But for the first time in nearly a decade, we learnt that she’s going to break it. She will feature Platinum-Selling rapper, Jay-z on her afternoon talk show. Whoa!
· Having a Narcissistic-self-serving-boss creates a toxic environment for everyone who has contact with such a boss, according to U.S. researchers.
· 24 star Keifer Sutherland has just been named U.S. TV’s top-paid actor- taking home $550,000 for every outing as counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer. But fans of this series will be sad to know it could be coming to an end.
· A Japanese railway worker halted a commuter train passing an emergency stop button because he needed an excuse for being late, Police said after arresting the man on Monday.
· On the football scene, Barcelona refuse to rule out a move fro Arsenal captain Fabregas.
· Students from at least 3 different universities took to the streets of Lagos yesterday morning in protest of the continued ASUU strike.
· Nigerians will pay more for electricity with effect from this month following a 10 percent increase in tariffs, according to federal Govt;s plan to encourage private sector participation in the power sector.
· Marketers are failing to embrace social media, with only 3 % looking into channels such as blogging and micro-blogging via tools like twitter.
Next, it was time for the How-To show and Double 09 and Tari took on a brief on how to make your home a house of commotion. They shared powerful tips on how not to build a home.
At a few minutes to 11, Tosyn and Tari signed out on the show.
Much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.

Energetic Monday

2009-08-10T06:31:00.000-07:00

It is Energetic Monday again, with Tosyn Bucknor doing her thing on Top Morning. It is that first day of the week on the Area Show where people get the rare opportunity to invent new words that will be included in the soon-to-be-produced Area Dictionary for Area people. But before that, people have to send in their traffic updates and weather reports. This is the only way they let everyone what is going on in their ‘Area’. So once again, it’s Tosyn doing her thing on the show as Area Mama, Double 09 and the fanatastic mother of the VIP kids.

The traffic at Ajangbadi, Ojo, MazaMaza, Ikotun, Ajah, Lekki, Akowonjo, Dopemu, Agege, Iyana-Oba, Owode and Ota was too bad for a Monday morning- an energetic one at that. However, places like: Palmgrove, Shomolu, Ikorodu and Sholuyi were quite free. The weather in these place was breezy and very chilly with had many people anticipating rainfall. Some of the new words we got for the Area Dictionary today include words such as: ‘super-duper high’, meaning excited; ‘electroboomboom’, meaning on top; ‘kinticious’, meaning great; ‘mememe’, meaning great; ‘kuchikuchihutahe’, meaning good; ‘kwando’, also meaning good; ‘tentaciously gbingbilicious’, meaning on top of the world; ‘chocochochochocolate’, meaning sweet; ‘scintillateous’, meaning interesting; ‘gbishgbish’, meaning very well; and ‘atarish’, meaning spicy or peppery. Can you beat that?
In the Yarn-Free Zone today, we listened to a 3 from 1 special by Carlos Santana. We listened to: Seal, Everlast, and Smooth. The magic is all in the way he strums the guitar. On Memory Lane today, we travelled in a bus called ‘Crime and Punishment’. The idea was to dig up those ugly memories about the times when got punished either in school or at home by our superiors because of the crimes we committed, or did not even commit. People called and sent in text messages to share the gory details of some of the things they did to get into trouble at one point or the other. Some confessed that they had to draw a car on a board, and push the car as a form of punishment. Some others had to fill up a bucket with water using spoons to fetch water; some even had to stool down. Someone had to crawl on gravel under the sun while another person had to pick pins from the sand for 5 hours in the sun.
For the Top 9 Moments with Aramide, there was something about Michael Jackson not being the real father of his children. We heard that their godfather is the actual father and he is even set for a DNA test to prove this. Next, there was some news about a man whose premature child came back to life shortly before the child was buried. It was also reported that Chelsea beat Man-Utd 4-1 during yesterday’s match. A boat accident at Ikorodu was reported to have claimed 26 lives yesterday. The energy was high until 11:00 am when Tosyn signed out on the show.
Much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.

THE ORIGINAL FEEL GOOD FRIDAY!

2009-08-07T09:01:00.000-07:00

Friday, 7th August, 2009

AREAAAAA! Fellow Nigerians, una well done o! You people showed that Nigerians are very smart and resourceful today, because with the songs, texts and SHOUTOUTS our callers came up with, I was greatly impressed, from all possible genres, from reggae to rap, una try abeg. The VIP kids didn’t stop clapping throughout today, I’m sure their hands are really aching.

Many mothers’ ears must be ringing now, because so many people made SHOUT-OUTS to their mothers, Bukola from Surulere, made a SHOUT-OUT to her Grandfather to wish him happy birthday, I wonder how old he is, made me wish I still had a grandfather alive. Bayo from the USA ( i.e. United States of Amukoko) lol sent us a text that says ”this text that has both bad news and good news, the good news is that it has no cholesterol, additives or fat, the bad news is that it has so much sugar, it might make you diabetic...” I really liked that.

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• Lagos state government adopts a policy that bans reeling out the names of dignitaries at public functions so as to save time. This Fashola government is really a Nigerian state government with a difference, this is good o, its surprising in Nigeria, considering the attitude of self-importance that our politicians generally adopt
• 6th edition of the Annual Abuja International Film and Video Festival holds in September.
• John Hughes, the Home Alone scriptwriter is dead, he is survived by his wife, two sons and four grandchildren.
• A homeless anonymous holocaust survivor left one hundred thousand dollars to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem even though she had no known connection to them
• A Chinese lady who wanted her name in the Guiness Book of world records has turned up for her wedding wearing a 2162metre long gown and 9999 red roses. I wonder what car was able to take all that, maybe a truck.lol

On WEEKEND PREVIEW, the Manchester United vs Chelsea match seemed to be on a lot of minds, including Tosyn's(Red Devil for life!!!). That means I'm wearing my Chelsea jersey on Sunday (Up Blues!!!). Our fingers are crossed, I wonder who'll win, I guess I can only wait.

THE STOCK MARKET

Top five gainers
Nestle, Nigeria Breweries, Benue Cement Company, WAPCO, Guiness

Top five losers
AP, Conoil, Julius Berger, NBC, G cappa

THE WEATHER REPORT
The sun rose at 6:41 am and will set at 7:03pm. The windchill and cold conditions continue with condensation during the early hours. The maximum temperature will occur at about 3pm at 31 degree Celsius and the minimum temperature and overnight low is 22 degree celsius.

Do have a wonderful weekend, but remember, don't do what we wouldn't do and keep it safe, keep it legal, keep it simple

Till Monday

Ciao

Feel Good Friday

2009-08-07T08:15:00.000-07:00

Thank God it is yet another Feel Good Friday on Top Morning with Tosyn Bucknor or Double 09 whose goal is to entertain us on every given Friday morning, as the weekend begins. But right before the entertainment and fun began; we received traffic updates from places like: Abule-Egba, Third Mainland Bridge, Sholuyi, Maryland, Ketu, Dopemu, Iju, Oko-Oba, Mile 2 and Akute. All these places were free. The traffic at Maza-MAza, Ojo, Barracks, Mangoro, Iyana-Ipaja, Ojota and Agege was quite light. The weather, as it had been for the rest of the week, was quite chilly.
Maroon 5 opened the floor as we listened to some Alternative songs in the Yarn-Free Zone this morning. Every Feel Good Friday is also a Shout Out Friday. So, the lines were opened for people to make loud shout-outs to their loved ones, and their ‘once-upon-a-loved-one’. That is, shouts outs were to be made to everyone who means something, nothing, everything and anything to everyone. This could also be done through text messages.
In Aramide’s world, during the Top 9 Moments, we found out that Bill Clinton and drugmakers- Pfizer and Matrix Laboratories Ltd have announced a deal to lower the cost of treatments for patients with drug-resistant forms of HIV/AIDS. Good news huh? Aliko Dangote has been announced as the new President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange by the NSE Council. We also hear that all is now set for the 6th edition of the annual Abuja International Film and Video Festival, holding from Sept 23rd to 25th, 2009, at the prestigious Shehu Musa Yardua Centre and Cyprian Ekwensi Cultural Centre both in Abuja. A Chinese bride, on Thursday has made a bid for the record books when she turned up for her wedding in a 2,162 metre-long gown. It was also in the news that the famed writer and director- John Hughes- has died at age 59.
After the Top 9 Moments, it was fun, funn and more phuhn, all the way as people gave a preview of what their weekends were going to be like. After these exclusive information, Tosyn signed out at a few minutes to 11.
Much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.

Thursday

2009-08-07T08:12:00.000-07:00

Every Thursday on Top Moring with Area Mama is another day to travel on the proverbial lane and surf the internet live on the show. The show started at 6:00 am as usual and people started sending in their updates at about the same time.
The traffic updates from: Ajangbadi, Ojo, Barracks, Maza Maza, Akute, Alagbole and Mangoro revealed that there was a heavy traffic in these places. However, the traffic at places like: Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Surulere, Sholuyi, Abule-Egba, Ketu, Ikotun, Oko-Oba, and Third Mainland Bridge was quite light. The weather in all these places was quite breezy. As people sent in their traffic updates, they were also asked to mention their favorite days of the week. Several people mentioned Sunday- for obvious reasons- they get to rest and make out time to worship God. Some other people chose Fridays because they say it puts them in the mood to have some fun during the weekend. Still, some others picked Saturday because they say it’s the time they have to do other things than work. Some other days of the week were mentioned as well.
For the Yarn-Free Zone today, we listened to songs from the likes of: Eagle Eye, Cranberry and Natasha Beddingfield. They were all expressing their love in different ways. After this, Tosyn surfed the internet for interesting sites, and encouraged everyone to do the same and share their findings with everyone. She also shared the latest news she found on Twitter, Facebook, msn, hi 5 and some other interesting sites she came across. Some other people also shared their findings on topics ranging from sports to entertainment.
After this, we had the Top 9 Moments with Aramide. The first findings she came up with was about the results of a study that showed that TV viewing and screen time are associated with elevated blood pressure independent of body composition in children. The next bit of information was that Columbia Pictures has solidified its plans to bring a Michael Jackson film- complete with footage of his final rehearsals in preparation for a comeback tour. There was also something in the news about Chris Brown’s assault of Rihanna. The case was scheduled for a hearing yesterday has been rescheduled for August 27. Finally, on the sports scene, there was news about Liverpool being poised to complete a deal to bring Roma mid-fielder Alberto Aduilani to Anfield.
To cap it all, we travelled down proverbs lane. This is the segment of the show where people got to recite proverbs in various languages other than English. It was phuhn!
At a few minutes to 11, Tosyn signed out on the show.
Much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.

TOSYNS Top Five SIngles!

2009-08-07T06:41:00.000-07:00

We play different songs at the station, but every once in a while, there are songs that catch my attention, and i play them more than most!
This week, we were really loving....

HOW FAR (Terry tha Rapman feat. Sound Sultan)
AIMO ASIKO (Sound Sultan)
MUST BE (Loose Kaynon feat. M.I)
TOO FINE (Kel)
STRONG THING (Banky W)

All songs available online!
ENJOY!!!

FEEL-GOOD THURSDAY?

2009-08-06T09:11:00.001-07:00

Thursday, 6th August, 2009

This Thursday woke up and decided to rebel, it wanted to be a Friday, and guess what? We almost fell for it.lol. AREAAAAA! today was Mwaah! Dr. Lee, calling from third mainland bridge serenaded us with a very creative tune, this thursday is really trying to feel like a friday o, Area singing joint wants to relocate to thursday now, ehn?

ONLINE REALTIME, we had shout outs to different nouns (i.e people, places and things) :), to Bowen University, Muslim College, parents, friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, exes, fiancés, fiancées and so on and so forth. Zainab says she loves Seun, and Awoyemi proved that sometimes, when the stakes are high enough, even men can multitask, he said he was facebooking, drinking coffee and checking out videos on YouTube, all at once. It was reported that at MSN.com, Brad Pitt responded to some rumours flying in the air, dunno what he said, but u can find out on MSN.com, one of our 'stablest' people, Edoyak said he was having trouble writing on our facebook wall, but he eventually sorted things out sha.

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• President Umar MusaYaradua has given a directive that the death of the Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf in police custody last week should be investigated
• One of the journalists released in North Korea has said thank you to Bill Clinton for facilitating their pardon. We really can’t deny it, if not for the fact that he can’t keep his zipper up, he would have been like one of the best presidents America ever had, even till now, he still get mouth for North Korea, Bill Clinton na Big Boy!
• MJ: Michael Jackson film in the works, to be done by Columbia Pictures.
• A California judge postpones Chris Brown’s sentencing
• A research has shown that sedentary behaviour is associated with high blood pressure in children
• “9/10th of education is encouragement”

THE STOCK MARKET REPORT
Top 5 gainers
Nestle, Conoil, Wapco, GlaxoSmithkline, Unilever
Top 5 losers
Total, UACN, OANDO, AP, Nigerian Breweries

THE WEATHER REPORT
Early morning wind-chill conditions will give way to some warmth from midday. It is a partly cloudy day with scattered thunderstorms in parts of Lagos. The sun rose at 6:41am and will set at 7:03pm. Maximum temperature is 31degree Celsius, minimum temperature and overnight low is 23 degree Celsius.

On PROVERBS LANE today, we had a lot of proverbs in Ibo. Peter gave us a proverb in Ibo, which translates to mean, they don't use what they use to clean ear to clean mouth, there was a Yoruba proverb that hit me, it says, “tí òré bá kú, ogún òré ò lè kani”, which means, according to our caller, whatever you want to do for a friend, do it on time, preferably sometime before that friend dies (that last part was my, ehm, additional interpretation)

On SING A STORY, Usman Bashir sang “Lagimo” for PHCN, he says they’ve been trying recently, my brother I think I shall sing along with you because, yes they have been trying, at least we had light two days ago.lol. Thank God o. Funny enough, someone from Akute said the exact opposite, so he said we should sing “Imagine that” for PHCN. We also reach out to Mayowa, who said she lost her boyfriend two weeks ago in a car crash, we ask for strength for you and his family, to be able to bear this loss and come out strong.

That is all for today. See you tomorrow

Ciao

2009-08-05T09:05:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, 5th August, 2009

UNDAREYTED CELEBRITY-COS HE’S HOT AND YOU’RE NOT!!!

Today’s AREA! was fun, congratulations to all the celebrities in the house. We had Darey or Dare or Undareyted, whatever you want to call him, in the house today! And we could feel the heat level literally rise, some ladies called in and honestly, I’m not making this up, we could “hear” the blush over the phone.LWKM. I mean one or two people called and then just became speechless at the sound of dare’s voice.lol. I mean it was sooo funny, but we can’t deny it, Dare is HOOOOOOT like fire, I mean his voice alone, oh lordy! he’s now a hunk again! Father!
Dare finally deciphered 9ice’s proverb in his song “style na style”, the one where he said, “shàkátá pàrámò ń sí ńtó”, before telling you the meaning, let me say that I am a very Yoruba girl, I’ve been speaking Yoruba, in fact even before I was born :), and not Lagos Yoruba o, conc one, and sincerely I have absolutely no idea what this proverb means, I mean no idea at all, if somebody had asked me, I’d have said it wasn’t Yoruba, really. Anyway, Dare said it means, you cannot spit with a tush face, you know, your face will go through some contortions. It was really nice having Dare in the studio today. Thanks Darey

THE STOCK MARKET REPORT
Top Five Gainers
Total, UACN, Nigerian Breweries, Guinness, Ashaka Cement

Top Five Losers
Benue Cement Company, 7UP, Eterna Oil, G Cappa, GlaxoSmith

THE WEATHER REPORT
Early morning cold will give way to some warmth, from the afternoon. It is a partly cloudy day with scattered thunderstorms in parts of Lagos, the wind-chill is still on, so try to stay warm. The sun rose at 6:41am and will set at 7:03pm. Maximum temperature is 29 degree Celsius, minimum temperature and overnight low is 23 degree Celsius.

PS:
To all our well-wishers and loved ones, we really appreciate you and do not take you for granted, but please note that AREAAAAA! stops at 7:45. When AREA! is over, it is over! No amount of shouting AREA! will bring it back! At 7:45 Area Mama leaves the studio and Tosyn Bucknor takes her place, the mood changes, the theme song changes, the music changes, so please lets endeavour to adjust along with them. If you shout AREA! after then, peoples, you are O.Y.O. Thank you and stay blessed

See you tomorrow
Ciao

TUESDAY, 4th AUGUST, 2009

MR NOBODY: OLOHUN MAJE!!!

AREAAAAAA! today was gbaski as usual, lotsa peoples calling us from lotsa areaz. On PUBLIC FORUM today, we were discussing what gets us through the day, naturally, we had different opinions, someone said you just have to “endure” the day, that made me think, why should I endure, when I can enjoy, I hope that person learns to start enjoying more rather than enduring, someone else said the fact that he knows that he will be the worlds greatest keeps him going, hmmh, I like that. Another caller said faith in God and a lady said what gets her going through the day is the opportunity to prove to all evil-wishers and detractors that she can do better and she can be greater than they all think. Me! Hmmh, okay, when I was in school, it was the thought of the money my mother was paying that kept me going so many times that I should have just given up.lol, cos I went to a private school and mehn it ain’t easy and upon all, I now went & read a very boring, very demanding course, anyways “Weee Thank the Looord”. A caller also said that the Word of God gets him through the day, I really like that. There was a lot of alternative music today as it has been recently, and I am totally enjoying it, I mean I am absolutely relishing the songs.lol

THE HOW-TO SHOW
My favourite part of Tuesdays, the how to show today enlightened us on how to be a nobody in your profession, isn’t that just great?
• Don’t mix with your colleagues o, don’t talk to them, don’t tell them anything
• Stay rigid, stick to the same way you used to run things when you went to school
• Cast away any material that is supposed to improve you like an abomination. Fílè! don’t touch it
• Don’t believe in mentorship
• Rain abuses on anyone that tries to correct you
• Engage in a full off-your-cloth showdown with anyone that dares to criticize you
• Make enemies in the industry, sabotage all their efforts at progress and let the whole world know that you did it
• The moment you get a little hint of your success, take a long holiday without telling anyone in the office
• Make sure you go to work late, go for lunch at 10am and come back at 3pm

THE STOCK MARKET REPORT
Top Five Gainers
OANDO, Nestle, Total, UACN, Dangote Sugar
Top Five Losers
Nigerian Breweries, Guinness, Red Star Express, Big Treat

THE WEATHER REPORT
The early morning cold conditions will lead to a partly cloudy day with maximum temperature for the day is 29 degree Celsius and minimum temperature and overnight low is 23 degree Celsius. The sun rose at 6:41 am and will set at 7:04 pm.

PS:
To all our well-wishers and loved ones, we really appreciate you and do not take you for granted, but please note that AREAAAAA! stops at 7:45, when AREA! is over, it is over! No amount of shouting AREA! will bring it back. At 7:45 Area Mama leaves the studio and Tosyn Bucknor takes her place, the mood changes, the theme song changes, the music changes, so please lets endeavour to adjust along with them. If you shout AREA! after then, peoples, you are O.Y.O. Thank you and stay blessed

See you tomorrow

Ciao

MONDAY, 3RD AUGUST, 2009

USHERING IN AUGUST WITH VIM!!!

Our first AREAAAA! show in August was naturally very energetic, with all our callers and texters with their very creative ways of shouting AREA! sometimes I just start laughing all by myself at some of these thunderous bellows, who says Nigerians are not innovative. We are jare.

On MEMORY LANE we were talking about Cars, you know, listeners were expected to call in and text in and tell us some experiences they have had with cars, maybe there’s a particular car in the family that has even been named (lol). Edoyak came up with a pretty remarkable experience; he said there was a car that he and his brothers used to learn to drive, they named it Baba Legba, and when in his dad’s will, he said they should take care of the car because it had been a faithful servant, I mean, it was in the will?! lol, a 19 year old texter, Tokunbo says his dad has a car that he bought in 1985, and he gets ticked off because his dad always reminds him that the car is older than him, lol, I can relate to that jare, my dad used to have this old Toyota Corolla that he had even before he met my mum, anytime we entered that car ehn, you just have to package yourself well, because if you even mistakenly fart in the car (lol) you are in deep muck. (LWKM) we also had a lot of other experiences, mostly humorous. I remember some time ago I took a random sample of the people around me and discovered that most people, at least 80% (ok I don’t really remember the exact figure, I just plucked it out of the air.lol, but I’m sure its close) had used Volkswagen Beetle aka Ijapa, yerinbeto etc at one point or the other in their families.

THE STOCKMARKET REPORT
Gainers
WAPCO, CONOIL, Benue Cement Company, UAC Properties, Ashaka Cement
Losers
7UP, Guinness, Nigeria Breweries, PZ, G Cappa

THE WEATHER REPORT
Early morning cold will give way to some warmth, from about noon. It’s a partly cloudy day with scattered thunderstorms and light rains in parts of Lagos. The sun rose at 6:40am and will set at 7:04pm. Maximum temperature is 31 degree Celsius, minimum temperature and overnight low is 23 degree Celsius.

And that’s all for today. See you tomorrow

Ciao

FRIDAY, 31st AUGUST, 2009

HASTA LA VISTA JULY!-I FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL GOOD!!!!!!!!

Friday, 31st July, 2009 felt really good with SHOUT-OUTS (literally), which came on after AREAAAAA! some people almost shouted down the studio, some x-men siren kinda voices,lol. There were a lot of shout-outs to a lot of people, you know, family especially mothers and spouses , boyfriends and girlfriends and so on and so forth. Then we had the WEEKEND REVIEW, most of our callers had one event or the other to go to, birthdays, weddings etcetera. Edoyak was one of those with a really full weekend with a meeting, his aunties birthday bash, games and airport runs, Cynthia from shagamu said this weekend is her friends birthday, so they’re headed to a karaoke bar... I wonder if theres a karaoke bar in shagamu... just wondering sha, then Area Mama herself told us of her Girlfriends night out today at a karaoke bar, seems everybody is having fun this weekend, shan’t I find somewhere to go now, ehn?

TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• The Boko Haram leader, has been captured in Maiduguri. Let somebody shout Halleluyah, finally, the bloodshed will stop.
• Contrary to a rumour going round, it has been reported that LASU will not commence exams on Monday, 2nd August, the ASUU chairman, LASU, says the strike continues until there is a different directive from the National Executive council, ASUU in Abuja.
• A flaw has been discovered in the Apple iPhone that makes it vulnerable to attacks by hackers. (or hockers, like my Russia-trained lecturer calls it, maybe there’s no “a” in Russian.lol)
• MJ’s mum, Katherine, gets custody of his three kids and Debbie Rowe wants joint custody of her children, though the children reportedly didn’t know she was their mother (aren’t you tired of hearing about this people yet, I mean MJ is dead! Can we just sort things out and get it all over with already!)
• Aramyde’s quote today was quite funny, I guess to balance the serious ones we normally have; “Where there’s a will, there are 500 relatives”

THE WEATHER REPORT
Its a partly cloudy day with scattered thunderstorms in parts of Lagos, the wind-chill is still on, so try to stay warm. The sun rose at 6:40am and will set at 7:05pm. Maximum temperature is 31 degree Celsius, minimum temperature and overnight low is 23 degree Celsius.

Das all(Jenifa style) See you tomorrow
Have fun this weekend, but remember, keep it safe, keep it simple, keep it legal
Ciao

Celeb Wednesday

2009-08-05T06:16:00.000-07:00

Celebrity Wednesday on Top Morning. It is the day when we get the opportunity to make celebrities out of everyday people that have contributed one thing or the other to our lives. There is also an opportunity to ask the celebrity for the week the questions that have been nagging at us.
But first, we had the traffic and weather updates from different places. For places like: Ajangbadi, Ahmadiya, Sango, Agbado-Ijaiye, Ogudu, Ota, Third Mainland Bridge, Berger, Akute, Ketu and Ojota, the traffic was light while in places like: Ojo, Agric, Abule-Egba, Sasha, Akowonjo, Iju, Agege, Mile 2 and Agiliti, the traffic was quite heavy. The weather in most places was cool and some people even anticipated rainfall today.
For the Yarn-Free Zone, we listened to songs from Darey- Not the girl; Infinity- Ife; and Etcetera- Love should last. All these were the different ways Naija artiste expressed their opinions about love. From Nigerian music, we listened to some alternative music.
For Top 9 Moments, Aramide told us about the Central Bank’s {CBN} decision to bar banks from trading foreign exchange sourced from the official market among themselves, in a bid to curb the rising speculative activities in the nation’s foreign exchange market. Next, there was some news about the death of the Chairman, House Committee on Privatization and Commercialization- Hon Ahmed Njidda Gella after a suspected cardiac arrest yesterday. Former US president- Bill Clinton met North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in attempt to free 2 US journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard labour.
The celebrity for today was none other than: Dare Art Alade {Undareyted}. He talked about his life, music and other interests. He also let us in on his up-coming projects; his soon-to-be-released videos; his intended collabo with top international music artistes. he also shared with us that he has a soft spot for artistes like: Jay-Z, Nat King Cole, Snoop Dogg, Beyonce and John Legend. He recently got 2 nominations on the Channel O Music Video Award and we hoping and praying he does bring home one or more awards.
Darey signed out on the show at 10:56 am.
Much love,
Ruthina Atinuke.

Town hall Tuesday

2009-08-05T06:13:00.000-07:00

Any given Tuesday on Top Morning is known as: ‘Townhall Area’. It is the only opportunity for people to voice out the grievances they have about their areas. They lay their complaints and hope that the government will listen and do something about them. This morning, as usual, there were complaints about PHCN- many people complained that they haven’t had power supply in months. Some other people complained about the ASUU strike, pleading the government will look into it and call off the strike. Aside these, there were other complaints about potholes, gutters and projects that begin but never come to an end due to neglect by the government.
For the traffic update, places like: Iyana-Ipaja, Aboru, Yaba, Oko-Oba, Mangoro, Mushin, Agric, Mile 2 and Agiliti were not free this morning. Whereas Ikotun Egbe, idimu, Ikorodu, Palm-grove, Iju, 3rd Mainland Bridge, Ketu, Barracks, Sholuyi and Apapa were very free this morning. The weather update from most places was cool and breezy.
For the Yarn-Free Zone today, we listened to songs like: 9 Million Bicycle by Katie Melua; Breath by Faith Hills; and Friends Forever by Vitamin C. There possibly couldn’t have been a better way to have it on a Tuesday morning on Top Morning with Tosyn Bucknor.
During the Public Forum today, the discussion centred about the things people do to get by on a daily basis. People were to share the things or thoughts that keep them going even when things are tough. The responses were quite interesting and inspiring. Some people said that they get by by just reminding themselves that there is hope that other days will be better than the present. Some other people get by when they see each day as a challenge and an opportunity to do something new and improve on themselves.
On Top 9 Moments with Aramide, we learnt that the presumed leader of the Movement of the Niger Delta {MEND} was attacked by suspected armed robbers along the Abeokuta Expressway on Sunday evening. A Judge in Los Angeles has named Michael Jackson’s mother- Katherine Jackson as the permanent guardian of his 3 children. She was also granted a monthly allowance MJ’s estate. Nick Cannon has finally responded to Eminem’s beef against him and his wife. He used replied in a shocking manner- using both inspirational and biblical quotes to say that he was going to let the matter slide. On the sports scene, we heard that Real Madrid have taken out an insurance policy on Cristiano Ronaldo in the event of serious injury curtailing his career.
On the How-To Show, Tosyn called our attention to some dangerously-applicable tips on: ‘how to be a nobody at what you do’. You sure can’t imagine how much she taught us on how to jeopardise things in your profession. There were also text messages that revealed that she wasn’t alone in the race to help people become the worst they can ever be at their professions if her advices are adhered to.
Much Love,
Ruthina Atinuke.

Energetic monday

2009-08-03T07:48:00.000-07:00

After every eventful weekend, there’s just one way to start the week on Top Radio. It is another Energetic Monday on Top Radio with Area Mama herself. This morning, apart from getting traffic updates and weather reports, the aim was to formulate new words that will enter the ‘Area Dictionary’. Trust ‘Area People’ now, they all came up with different words, some of which couldn’t even be spelt. We heard words like: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from the Area Mama herself; jigijibambam; pasalakulala; zanga; efizi, acrobaesthetic; oolalacious; gatherlization... among others. You sure can’t do better, can you?
For the traffic reports, people plying routes such as: Bariga, Third Mainland Bridge, Isolo, Dopemu, Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ishasi, Berger, Ogba, Barracks, Mosalai, Agiliti, and Iyana-Ipaja had it rough this morning. While Ikeja, Sholuyi, Gbagada and Gbagada were quite free this morning. The weather was cool and a bit breezy in several areas.
In the Yarn-Free Zone today, Daughtery treated us to some of his inspiring songs. On Memory Lane today, we drove down car history. This means that Sweet 16 made us talk about the cars that have ever existed in our lives at one point or the other. We were to talk about all the beautiful experiences and the not-so –beautiful ones we’ve had with the cars we owned or otherwise. Several people called in to share both their wonderful and dreadful experiences. There was also an opportunity for people to comment about Memory Lane. They were to state whether or not they like it and whatever else can be done to make it better. This can be done by joining the Facebook page and making a comment.
On Top 9 Moments, Aramide told us about a Nigerian military official who said that about 700 ppeople were killed in Maiduguri during the recent fighting between police and a radical Islamic sect. There was also something on the entertainment scene about Mariah Carey and Eminem. There’s an on-going feud between the people and this week, the latter released a track titled ‘The Warning’, which is believed to be directed at Mariah and her husband. There is a powerful new type of Internet attack that works like a telephone tap, except that it operates between computers and Websites they trust. Michael Phelps has become the first swimmer to break 50 seconds in the 100-metre butterfly.
After the Top 9 Moments, we had the weekend review from several people and Tosyn signed out at a few minutes to 11.
Ruthina Atinuke.

REFLECTIVE THURSDAY WITH DISNEY

2009-07-30T07:48:00.000-07:00

REFLECTIVE THURSDAY WITH DISNEY
Today was REFLECTIVE THURSDAY and it reflected (pun intended) in the songs Tosyn played, which were, well, a lil bit cooler than usual. After AREAAAAA! where we had people from all over Lagos and Ogun states representing different schools, some, high schools e.g. St. Finbarrs College and some, representing higher institutions e.g. LASU, Ikorodu campus. The yarn-free zone today was themed FAIRYTALE CLASSICS and Tosyn played Beauty & the beast from the animated movie with the same title and she also played “poor unfortunate soul “ and “under the sea”, both from Little Mermaid. Hmmh, nostalgia

We later went ONLINE REALTIME, here, listeners are supposed to write on our facebook wall, for members of the group, or send in texts to let us know what you’re doing online orjust whats happening online generally. A listener sent in a text saying he had forgotten that today was his birthday and only remembered when he heard the date on radio. How does that happen?! I mean nobody called him? Then there was a gist from OMG about Entourage, involving something they said on the show about Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogers, I gather Seth was furious that they said someone like him couldn’t have gotten a girl like Katherine in real life. Seth no vex now, monkey no fine, but im mama like am

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
Microsoft has finally struck a deal with Yahoo! for an internet search engine. Well, it’s about time
A Sudanese woman faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public and she still wore the same pair of slacks for her trial. Somebody say Liver!
Maddoff says he’s surprised his crime was not uncovered earlier. Abeg, abeg, he should keep quite and lets hear word
Scientists in Europe have gotten closer to creating a vaccine for malaria. Amen o!
In Utah, a 7-year old took his fathers car for a joyride because he didn’t want to go to church
“Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood”

THE STOCK MARKET REPORT
Top 5 gainers
Benue cement company, &UP, Julius Berger, Nigerian bottling company, Flour mills
Top 5 losers
OANDO, AP, Nigerian Breweries, Intercontinental bank, Access bank

THE WEATHER REPORT
Its a partly cloudy day with scattered thunderstorms in parts of Lagos. The sun rose at 6:40am and will set at 7:05pm. Maximum temperature is 31 degree Celsius, minimum temperature and overnight low is 23 degree Celsius.
Tosyn rhymed here today; "whether the weather is hot or whether the weather is cold, no matter the weather, we'll weather the weather whether we like it or not" she try abi? oya VIP kids clap 4 tosyn...heeeeeeeeeeeee

Then we went on to PROVERBS LANE, where you had to call, give a proverb in your language and translate to english, funny enough, many of the proverbs given had english counterparts like, “vanity upon vanity, all is vanity” and “pride goes before a fall”. On the SING A STORY segment today, love was really in the air, many ladies sang songs like D’banj’s “fall in love” for their guys and many guys also sang different love songs for current and soon-to-be girlfriends. A man sang P-squares “No one like you” for his wife (how romantic) for taking him as he is. Some renditions were really nice, while some made me almost turn off the radio (lol) but its the spirit behind the song that really matters not the song itself, abi?

Thats all for today. See you tomorrow

Ciao

CELEBRITY Wednesday with Lara George

2009-07-30T07:47:00.001-07:00

AREAAAAA! today saw us receiving calls and texts from ketu, ikorodu, gbagada, akute, ogba, agege, Lagos island, surulere, palmgrove, ojodu, falomo, ikeja, oshodi and a number of other places, with people making their wives, fathers, brothers, siblings, (a lot of) girlfriends and mothers their celebrities. Someone even made Gov. Fashola a celebrity, while someone else picked Tosyn and another person picked his gas station attendant.

CELEBRITIES IN THE HOUSE
We had a foursome in the house today; four members of the project fame academy that are presently on probation, Mike, David, Jennifer and Tari. They spoke about the academy, what they had gained and what they and what they think they did wrong to warrant being on probation. Mike, who performed Craig David’s “Walking Away” said he performed, he didn’t sing that he needs to learn to sing and merge them together, or something like that, I really didn’t understand the point he was trying to make cos I didn’t get how you could perform and not sing, you know, or is it just me? Anyways, David said when he got into the house; he discovered that you can be able to sing without knowing music, Tari, who performed Beyoncé’s “if I were a boy” said she knew that she overdid it, I like that, this girl is definitely not in denial, she said because she was nervous, she was really trying to act like a boy, but the song was supposed to be nostalgic and Jennifer, who performed a song that needed a lot of oomph(I didn’t get the title), when asked where she kept the energy said that at the beginning of the song, she was nervous but towards the middle and the end, she enjoyed herself, I’m just wondering, “girl, is it enjoying yourself that guarantees you a place in the academy?, in lara-speak, does enjoying yourself get your CD in the market? just a word of advice, maybe next time, try to focus more on the audience and judges enjoying you”. Listeners called in to speak with them and also sent in texts, on the whole, they got much love, much love! Thanks guys.

We also had Lara George in the studio, if you see her picture and here her voice, and in your mind, you’re thinking, this lady must be so docile, so placid, so gentle, pleeeeeasee, allow me to disenchant you; Omolara George was able to hold her own with Tosyn, and trust me that is not a very easy feat, she is really funny and laughs a lot and she does a pretty good “Jenifa” impersonation. Generally, I loved her spirit. She talked about her new album, on which she has a track featuring Lord of Ajasa of the “le fenu so” fame, titled “Run with You”; she said the title came about because of her walk or rather “run” with God. She also says the video for that particular track has been shot and will be out next week. She also did us the honours of reading the weather report and she did a great job. She was quite a while in the studio, about an hour, which gave ample time to receive lots of calls and texts and she left some minutes to the end of the show. Thanks Lara.

PROVERBS
Lara also left us with a Yoruba proverb “bó șe ń șe onídìrí k ló șe ń șe onígbàjám” which means, according to Lara, “as its doing me is not how its doing you”.

THE STOCKMARKET REPORT
Top 5 most active traded stock
First Inland Bank, Zenith Bank, First Bank, CHAMS, Unity Bank

THE WEATHER REPORT (as read by Lara George)
Wet conditions in the morning will give way to a partly cloudy day with scattered thunderstorms in parts of Lagos. Maximum temperature is 31 degrees Celsius, minimum temperature and overnight low is 23 degree Celsius. The sun rose at 6:40 am and will set at 7:05pm.

Thanks to all Top of the Morning show listeners and all AREA! fans, we appreciate you and we do not take you for granted

See you tomorrow

Ciao

CELEBRITY Wednesday with Lara George

2009-07-30T07:47:00.000-07:00

How-to Show-MONEY! MONEY!! MONEY!!!

2009-07-29T08:22:00.002-07:00

Tuesday, 28th July, 2009

The How-to show was back on air today, (that is one show that makes me look forward to Tuesdays, it’s my favourite part of AREAAAAA! on Tuesdays) with Miss Moneybags, whose voice sounded uncannily like Tosyn’s, maybe shes her twin sister, ehn? as our presenter, teaching us “How to make enemies with your money “ and as usual, left us more confused than convinced.

Town hall AREAAAAA! this Tuesday was as dynamic as ever, with Tosyn viciously enforcing the “password”, consequently, today, she did not take any call if the caller did not shout AREAAAAA! first. As it happened last week, today again, every single caller mentioned PHCN, excepting maybe 1 or 2 people, but sha the majority mentioned PHCN. But really except a person is blind, lame and deaf, you cannot possibly say that it is not obvious that our power sector is at the tail end of its collapse process, and we’re still waiting for the promised state of emergency to be declared, after almost three years?! Na wa o. A lot of people also complained about the bad roads and traffic holdups in their areas.

On the PUBLIC FORUM, we discussed “Begging; is it good to give alms on the street or is it more advisable to give to an organized charity” some people said that they have to give alms as it is a commandment in their religion, a lady said she would never give alms again in her life because of an experience she had where she was almost robbed in traffic because she wanted to give alms to a beggar, a lot of people felt it is dangerous to give to beggars on the street, what with ritual killers and whatnots, and many others disagreed, some felt it should be organized, others felt giving doesn’t have to be structured. Personally, I give people when I feel like giving and they look like they need it, there was this young man that came begging me for money in Yaba one day, he didn’t look hungry, had no obvious disabilities and spoke fluent English, I didn’t give him any money o, though he begged me for a very long time, I just couldn’t justify giving him a dime. I had a problem with the fact that this was a young strapping Nigerian man, he couldn’t be more than 20, and the only thing he could find to do was beg! and he was doing it without any shame, I mean, none at all, in fact, he even seemed delighted to be begging. I know Nigerian men can be very egoistic and illustrious, this guy was the complete opposite and I just couldn’t stand it.

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE

FG will spend 36 billion naira on the dredging of River Niger,which will affect about 80 communities, involving NPA and safety commission
About 5 policemen killed, a police station burnt and 60 “Talibans” killed in the uprising in Northern Nigeria, the sect has reportedly overpowered the police in a town on the Nigerian-Cameroun border.
A study carried out reports that a drivers chances of collision is 23 times higher when texting while driving
MJ: Reports say that MJ’s personal doctor administered the powerful drug that killed. Please can they just let him be abeg, he’s dead already!
Mariah Carey claims marriage affects her singing, according to her, “everything changes when you’re in love”. We go love o!

THE STOCK REPORT

Top 5 gainers
OANDO, Nigerian Breweries, Benue Cement Company, Julius Berger, Flour Mills
Top 5 losers
7UP, UACN, GTB, Cement Company of Northern Nigeria, UPL

THE WEATHER REPORT
The sun rose at 6:40am and will set at 7:05pm. Early morning rains in parts of Lagos will give way to a partly cloudy day and scattered thunderstorms. Maximum temperature is 29 degree Celsius, minimum temperature and overnight low is 22 degree Celsius. It’s going to be a very cold day especially because of the wind chill.

THE HOW TO SHOW with Miss MoneybagsMiss Moneybags, who read the texts and received calls from her gold plated blackberry which she bought when she travelled last week (cough), gave us the following tips on how to make enemies with your money:
• Plan a huge outing for your friends, place a large order of food and drinks for yourself and eat it all alone
• While your friend is celebrating their ”new” tokunbo car, pick up your phone and order the latest and most expensive version of that same car to add to your fleet.
• Offer to pay 50 million naira for a 5 million naira car
• Blare loud music, splash water on people with your new sports car
• Always ask people to bow down and adore you anytime they need something from you
• Walk into a club order bottles of champagne, in this recession period, pop them and pour them all over yourself
• Go for an outing in a convoy about 7 cars, if anyone asks for a ride, say theres no space, while the cars are empty
• Snatch someone’s wife or girlfriend
• At an event with a friend who’s complaining about no being able to pay bills, bring out the exact amount he needs and spray it all on the dance floor
• Tell your friend who stuck by you when you were broke that levels have changed o, you have to drop some excess baggage i.e. him/her

Thats it for today. See you tomorrow

Ciao

Monday, 27th July, 2009

2009-07-28T06:55:00.000-07:00

TODAAAY in the AREAAAAA! studio was “Vervacious” as per Energetic Monday now! As usual listeners could barely wait for the phones to be turned on before they started calling and texting from every nook and cranny of Lagos and Ogun states, there were callers and texters from ketu, Abule-Egba, Ikotun, Ilisan-remo, Fagba, Ogba and quite a number of people from Ikorodu. A “peculiar” texter from Abule-egba described the weather in his area as (Quote)“...remarkable, reliable, unbeatable, palatable...” (Unquote), hmmh, this bros is doing show-off for us with his dexterity in words abi?

On BACK TO THE FUTURE, listeners had to call in, pretend they were talking to their grandchildren and try to explain some integral parts of our childhood that are now extinct to them. Callers came up with the following; the ice water tutu ree phenomenon (I don’t think that is extinct sha, there are still quite a number of “ice water tutu” hawkers in some areas), the fact that if a thief is caught/seen, theres no hope for him because the moment somebody shouts “ole,ole” the whole street takes up the cry until the thief is caught, and more often than not, lynched, (I can just imagine my grandchild saying “Grandma, were you savages then?” and of course I’ll say, “I wasn’t, some were”...by the way I don’t approve of lynching, I think its very vulgar and barbaric), a listener remembered the “bolekaja”(get-down-lets-fight) buses plying (in this case) the Abeokuta-Lagos route and lots more

EXCERPTS OF TOP 9 MOMENTS WITH ARAMYDE
• In Katsina, an inspector has been demoted to sergeant while a corporal has been dismissed for allegedly extorting N 300,000 from a student. (Really? In Nigeria? Thank God o)
• MJ: 5.5 million dollars was recovered from one of MJ’s former financial advisers by the managers of his estate and they also said his estate is solvent o, MJ is, or rather was not broke. They are also requesting for permission from the court to give his mum and children some sort of upkeep.
• Facebook: Bill Gates has reportedly gotten over 10,000 friend requests, “so therefore”, he’s off facebook, I guess he was scared. Someone say cyberstal... okay I didn’t really mean that, it was a slip of keys.
• A video on YouTube showing a couple who danced to Chris Brown’s (that guy!) “Forever” at their wedding before taking their wedding vows has scored a record 1.4 million hits! In Tosyns words “Are we that jobless?!” I didn’t say it o, Tosyn did.
• North Korea/USA war of words; Hilary Clinton said the North Koreans are like little children and unruly teenagers who are seeking and demanding attention and the North Koreans replied that Hilary looks like a primary school girl or a pensioner going shopping. LWKM abeg, is it that this people don’t have anything more important to do other than yabbing each other, you know, something really important like AN ECONOM IC RECESSION!! Puhleeze...
• Mourinho declares that he is satisfied with the balance of his squad. Talking about the Ibrahamovic/Eto’o swap says “only a stupid coach will be happy to lose Ibrahamovic but only a stupid coach will not be happy to have Eto’o”. Chikena
• “treat people as if they were what they ought to be and help them to become what they are capable of being”

THE STOCK MARKET REPORT
Top Five Gainers
OANDO, African Petroleum, Nigerian Breweries, Guinness, Benue Cement Company
Top Five Losers
7UP, MOBIL, Nestle, Portland Paints, UPL

THE WEATHER REPORT
An overcast and cold morning will lead to a mostly cloudy day with scattered thunderstorms in parts of Lagos. Maximum temperature for the day is 29 degree Celsius and minimum temperature and overnight low is 23 degree Celsius. The sun rose at 6:40 am and will set at 7:05 pm.

Then Tosyn rounded off with a question from the 1st CORA Hip-hop conference that took place on Sunday, it’s actually been a very big issue lately, the question was “Who decides the quality of music? Musicians, Media, Producers, Consumers, etc? Some people said producers, some said musicians, some others said the consumers, while some other people said nobody is to blame, all in all, nobody “won” everybody had different opinions.

That’s it for today. See you tomorrow

Ciao

2009-07-24T07:40:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, 21st July, 2009

AREEEAAAAAAA! today was HOT! like fire with Versus Tuesday where we started by raising the heat level in the studio with a showdown between D’Banj, MI and Terry da rapman, all singing one form of “I’m hot” or the other. I know it’s been said like a zillion times already, but lemme just make it a zillion + 1, MI is HOT!!!! I mean the guy is so goooood. We also had Danny Young vs. Illbliss singing side of your mouth, Wale vs Wale Thompson, Akon with “Rush” vs. Dante with “Rush Rush” and lots more.

Area O singing joint has been moved to Friday, while we now have townhall area on Tuesdays. On townhall today, we had callers from Egbeda, Isheri, Sagamu, Ikorodu, third mainland bridge, Ibafo, Ketu, Sango-ota, Mile 2 and many other places, we had quite a number of people calling in on their way to work; some people from areas like abule-egba, agege, ilupeju and bariga said it was raining in their areas. Omowunmi sent in a message all the way from NYSC camp in Maiduguri, to say she misses AREEEAAAAA! Awwwww... Practically everybody complained about PHCN, but some cases were pretty pathetic, like Ibafo and Iju, a caller from Ibafo said they haven’t had light for the past 200 years! I’m sure he was just exaggerating sha but it seems they really haven’t had electricity for months! Mehn... In all things give thanks, I thank God for our 3 hours per 2 days light o , a caller from Iju said they had not had electricity in 3 months!, and every single person that made a complaint mentioned the bad roads, I mean everybody! Anyway, on a lighter note, a listener sent in a text saying that the traffic on Ikorodu road was “an imbecile”,lol, maybe his fingers slipped on the keypad, abi?

Public forum today was a continuation of last week’s discussion on the security issue, but today we were looking at it with specific reference to transport. Lots of people called in with comments and recommendations but atypically, considering how it usually is when we discuss security issues in Nigeria, nobody called in with a personal experience. A caller suggested regular patrols by the police like they do abroad, but I wonder how that can work with our bad roads and traffic holdups, another caller thought about this (I guess) and said that the bad roads should be repaired. Someone else suggested equipping retired people with handcuffs and some other things excluding ammunition, so that they might still be useful to the society even after retirement, all in all it was a very constructive session.

Top 9 moments with Aramyde
• Fans who bought MJ’s London tour concert tickets may not be at a complete loss, seems they might be given a chance to see the rehearsal footage. The rehearsal footage is pretty hot right now with Paramount, Universal, 20th Century Fox and Sony bidding for it. Sony is said to be willing to pay up to a whopping 50 million dollars.
• MJ’s dad seems to be following in his daughters footsteps, quite ironically. He says that foul play is involved in MJ’s death and that the doctor should be investigated.
• Finally! Chris brown has publicly apologized to Rihanna over his alleged abuse, he says he would have done this a long time ago, but he was advised against it by his lawyers.
• The doctor who tried to revive Jimi Hendrix the day he died has said that it is plausible that he was murdered because of the volume of wine in his hair, lungs and on his shirt, after a man working for the band when Jimi was alive alleged that the gang broke into his hotel room, forced sleeping pills down his throat and forced wine on him.
• In Germany, a 46-year old man was nabbed with over a thousand pairs of underwear. He was caught while trying to steal three more pairs. If he was caught in Nigeri, he might have been lynched for being a “ritualist”. I think he needs to spend some quality time in Aro .
• In a new research carried out on fruitflies and rats, it has been discovered that eating less extends but lowers your immunity.
• Sir Alex Ferguson is supporting Wayne Rooney despite his reaction to an opponent during a recent math where he swiped at him. Fergie says he reacted because the guy hit him on his stitched (and I guess sore) head
• “Correction does much, but encouragement does more”

Yeye Durojaye Arogundade was the guest in the entrepreneurial section today. Yeye is a single mother of one who used to work in broadcasting before leaving to start her own business, she is presently involved in retailing but used to work in graphics. She advises upcoming entrepreneurs to “be yourself, find your own place, don’t fit into the mould that other people have built for you”. She also says “hang in there, it’s going to be rough and it will get rougher, it doesn’t get easier so quick. Just deal with it don’t let external things get to you” .

Stock market report
Top 5 gainers
WAPCO, UACN, Dangote Sugar, PZ, Nigeria breweries
Top 5 losersAP
OANDO, Benue Cement Company, Guiness, Flour mill,

The Weather Report
There will be rain and scattered thunderstorms in some parts of Lagos. The sun rose at 6:39am this morning and will set at 7:06pm. Maximum temperature is 31 degree Celsius while minimum temperature is 22 degree Celsius.

The How to show with chucky today was as wacky as always with “How to make your friends want to jump off the third mainland bridge". She gave us the following tips
• Every conversation must be about you, on no account should you give them the chance to be heard except when you pause to ask what they think about your own issues. And if they mistakenly try to talk about themselves during that pause, laugh as hard as you can.
• Make sure you top everything they tell you with a greater experience of your own just to show that you have it better
• Let every word that comes out of your mouth be a complaint about anything from the weather to the size of their head
• Always borrow stuff from them and never return it.And lots more...

See you tomorrow.Ciao

A celebrity Ashionye Wednesday!

2009-07-15T11:21:00.000-07:00

The program kicked off at 6:00am {as usual} with loads of Naija music, right before Area Mama herself stepped in to set the ball rolling. Lots of calls came in, with people from different parts of the city stating how the traffic was in their different geographic locations. Calls and sms from Agege, Ago-Iwoye, Ikorodu, Ejigbo, Agbado and Abule-Egba indicated that the traffic in those areas were bumper to bumper. The traffic in places like Ikeja, Sagamu, Berger, Alagbole and Ogba was reported to have been free around that time.
At exactly 8:0am, there was a chance to win 4 tickets to the gala night of MTN Project Fame show coming up later this year. The opening gala night is to allow the 18 selected contestants perform and reveal 15 contestants with lovely voices and eliminate the other 3. The price for the tickets was naming the 3 runner-ups and the winner of last year’s edition of the show. Trust Nigerians- 5 minutes later, there were 4 winners who had sent in the answers in time.
Next, it was time for the divas on Venus Shell. Up for discussion today were the plenty things ladies like to indulge in that are not very popular with the gender. Alongside this were the other things ladies should be gladly into but aren’t the least bit interested in. Several calls and texts came in with stunning revelations into the hideous things ladies indulge in. Some ladies confess to having distaste for washing plates and clothes.. Some don’t like to cook. Yet, another set of ladies confessed that they would rather ride motor bikes, drive big trucks, watch/play football and even climb, rather than do other girly stuff. Queer, isn’t it?
Aramide came in during the Top 9 Moment with news on the swap in place of the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Interior. More news came in about Micheal Jacksons final resting place- the lie told by Latoya, his sister about him having been murdered; Charles Taylor’s defence against all the counts against him.
Since it is celebrity Wednesday, there had to be a celebrity. The celeb for today was no other person than the multi-talented Ashionye- the singer, dancer, designer and actress. The amiable Ashionye Michelle stepped into the studio stepped into the studio and did nothing to disappoint her numerous fans. She disclosed that latest album is simply the bomb! She also disclosed that has 2 movies on the way. To cap it all, she declared her strong believe in Nigerian women, especially those in the Entertainment industry.
At about 10:55, Tosyn signed out with one of Ashionye’s tracks while Ashionye was giggling at the background.

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MIDNIGHT CREW....y'all heard!!

2009-07-08T04:25:00.000-07:00

AAARRREEEAAA!!!
Hello everyone! Wow, Its mid-week already, two days ago it was the beginning, two days from now it'll be the weekend. As is usual,we had the celebrity area today...we had so much love from parents to kids, kids to parents, parents to themselves, lover to lover and even one person that was in love with the whole world.

MEN FREE ZONE...how do we balance our duties as wife, girlfriend, career woman, mother etc.
Majority of the ladies said it was possible (hmmm spirit of the Nigerian?). Others said one role had to suffer for you to be effective at others. While Yinka i would say, made a salient point in that it was possible with the understanding of those around you because the support will ease the stress.

Excerpts of TOP 9 MOMENTS with aramide
Michael Jackson's mum is no longer in charge of his estate a judge has ruled that it will be administered by his long time lawyer and his music executive.

The MJ memorial yesterday was particularly touching. It was a sombre atmosphere with performances and speeches from Rev. Al Shrapton, Brooke Shields, Usher, Jeniffer Hudson, Smokie Robison etc. The highlight was when his daughter Paris eulogised her father. What a night it was!

The 6th offering of Harry Potter opened yesterday in London with the stars of the movie and hundreds of fans gathered. Harry Potter's cast and crew will wore white ribbons on their wrists at the movie's world premiere as a mark of respect to murdered actor Rob Knox who was a part of the movie's crew.

A teacher has beaten a student to death with a cane in Ghana. The autopsy revealed that the little girl died from serious head injuries after recieving beatings on her head, back and spinal cord.

A woman whose wallet was lost 27years ago has just recovered it. It was found in the crust of a rotten cherry tree.

Usain Bolt has run the 4th fastest time in history in the 200metres sprint. It means he is back to form aeter winning in record times, the 100 and 200 metres gold medals a year ago in the last olympics.

We had MIDNIGHT CREW in the house today, there was so much love and respesct from their fans. They tend to command that. Only two of them made it to the studio as the other two were held up with other business.
They've been together for 9 years all the way from YABATECH and their name is inspired by being the ones who sing you out of your pain or trouble even in the midnight of your life.

They gave us two proverbs as TOSYN had to squeeze it out a day early before proverbs lane tomorrow.
"there can't be two bosses at the helm at the same time"

"if goat say im get sense, wan chop old mama yam, im go chop cain
first"

They said standing out as gospel musicians hasn't been easy but if you stay strong, God will come through for you because he is not a liar. When they started they didn't recieve support from their church because they thought they were too secular so they had to look at help from family and friends. But today? Different story.

They have been on tour so much, which isn't really regular with Nigerian artistes. Congratulations to them. They have toured the UK, Europe, USA at Washington DC with fans coming all the way from Philadelphia, Virginia, etc with autograph and photo sessions etc.

.........HOW TO

2009-07-07T04:30:00.000-07:00

We were on to our Indian themed AREA O today and yes finally the inspiration behind the AREA O song was revealed today.
This morning's wet conditions will give way to a warmer day but still with scattered thunderstorms and rain in various parts of Lagos. The maximum temperature will be 31 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature and over night low will be 22 degrees Celsius. The sun rose at 6:36 and will set at 7:06pm

On PUBLIC FORUM, we went back and forth on the outcry over Obama’s intended visit to Ghana as the first African country he will be visiting.
This is one issue that has reverberated down the length and breath of this country maybe because of our position as the largest black country but as it is with constructive folk, Obama chose reason rather than sensationalism so he went for the nation that had established a system of accountability and a model of leadership the trumps all the big boys around the continent.
Majority of the callers agreed with Obama's decision and were of the opinion that it is a big deal but that we needed to put our house in order to get any respect in the comity of nations.

Excerpts from TOP 9 MOMENTS…
A teenager in New Zealand has attempted to auction her mother’s nude photos online because the mum asked her to clean out the garage. Man! no respect? But what do we expect from the kid when the mum had nude photos in the house to the knowledge of the child?

MJ’s funeral is slated for today and a concert in his honor will hold with Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, John Mayer, Usher, Mariah Carey and a host of other world renowned celebrities.

Even though the tickets to the funeral are free, touts are selling them for as much as 10, 000 dollars online

An air line has asked customers to fly for free if they are prepared to stand through the journey,this provision is being made for flights that last not more than 90minutes.

When C.Ronaldo was unveiled yesterday, 80,000 fans came out to celebrate him and he led them in the cry VIVA Madrid, saying his childhood dream was to play for the club.

Obama has met with the Russian Prime Minister Medvedev and they are working to thaw relationship and end the cold war between their countries. They agreed on nuclear weapons reduction amongst others.

Aramyde’s thoughts...
“Success is never final, failure is never fatal, hope is all that matters”

HOW TO HOUR: how to be the house guest from hell:

Barge into the house like a robber

Arrive late and bore your host with unnecessary gist when they have work the next day.

Organize parties when they are out and have them clean up when they arrive.

After using the toilet, announce that no one should go in there for their own safety

Step into the house with your dirty shoes and walk on to the carpet or rug and lounge on the settee still with your shoes on

Always arrive when the meal is ready

When leaving hide lots of the properties of your host as souvenirs

Come at odd hours and snore loudly when sleeping

Break all breakables without being sorry

Go through all the rooms in the house and when leaving, wear their best clothes

Fart at the the dinning table consistently and clean your hands with the table cloth before asking for a napkin

Dip your hands in the pot of soup and take the best meat.

With these tips you will end up being the house guest from hell.

2009-07-06T06:06:00.000-07:00

AREAAAAAAA!! Energetically speaking, was a wonderful experience today. The way to kick start what seems like an eventful week sensing the vibe in the studio. It’s always fun having the kids call in.
The day began with heavy rains all over Lagos. The sun rose at 6:33 and will set at 7:03 maximum temperature at 31 degrees Celsius and minimum and over night low at 21 degrees Celsius.

On MEMORY LANE we explored the various hair styles that rocked back in the day. From those we were forced to put on to those we used to catch the girls or attract the guys…it was fun as usual trekking back into the past. Below are the styles we came up with…

• Criss cross
• Punk
• Tyson with centre or side parting
• Layers
• Carl Lewis
• Grace Jones
• Gorimakpa
• Koso
• Tie-tie
• Ray parker someone even mentioned junior ray parker
• Jerry curl
• Soul-soul
• Patra
• Net waves
• Bob Marley
• Round about
• June 12
• Anita baker
• Kolese
• Police cap
• Simbi
• Chooku and Joroba (virtually all the ladies didn’t like this style coupled with the fact that your head had to be between the laps of the iya, parents thought it was cool though)

What’s with Nigerians naming hair styles after celebrities? The practice hasn't even changed till today.

TOP 9 MOMENTS excerpts…
A loans company in Latvia is responding to the huge effect of the economic meltdown by offering loans to customers for their souls as co-lateral. When asked what will happen if people default on payments, he said they will loose their souls! Is he appealing to their conscience or its voodoo?

Some Africans think they have a bone to crack with Obama over his choice to visit Ghana first before any other country like Kenya, South Africa or Nigeria but he has replied them by claiming the choice came from their ability to hold elections and successfully transfer power. WISE DECISION!

Federer has now taken the position of the man with the most number of grand slam titles after winning his 15th in the Wimbledon final yesterday, a match that lasted over 4hours.

Mandela is going to be 91 soon and a charity concert is being planned in his honor with heads of state scheduled to grace the occasion featuring A-list African and foreign acts. It is expected to be viewed on TV by over one billion people

MJ has been said to have allowed his kids ride and have fun in their splendid neverland ranch saying that he infused them with good values.

The wife of the proposed head of M16 might have put her husband’s career in jeopardy when it was discovered that she put up pictures of her family and their flat including intimate pictures on face book. Raising questions over what if she gets access to secret information when he takes over.

Aramide ended with another of her stunners:

"Too many people over value what they are not and under-value what they are"

On the WEEKEND REVIEW, we had a lot of fun including the following:
R.Kelly concert
Bouqui's album launch
Mike Aremu's concert
Battle of the year finals at UNILAG.

We took it to another level today by trying to go back in time to see if there was anything we would have done differently. It was a lot.
If God gave us the opportunity, everybody would change their life but the fun of life is that the decisions of today become the victories or battles of tomorrow. Where is life’s fun if there’s nothing to fight for?

Have a great week ahead.

Tosyns Top Five Singles!

2009-07-03T05:07:00.000-07:00

Hi guys!
We play many songs on Top Radio, but every once in a while, some singles catch my attention!
This week, i was loving
5. OSI MA GBOMI {GT the guitarman}
4. FOR MY LIFE {Rooftop mcs feat. Tha Suspect}
3. MUST BE {Loose Kaynon}
2. I DON LAND {Dil}
1. I NO FIT SHOUT {Provabs}

feel good friday

2009-07-03T04:59:00.000-07:00

AREAAAAAAAA!! On area we had the buka shout-out, from Akute, Egbeda, Mushyne, Ikeja to Abule-egba, Surulere to VI and Lekki it was the reign and notoriety of the bukas. They would soon start dominating National discourse…anyways area was pumped up as every Friday normally is except last Friday when we were trying to come to terms with Michael’s death.
The maximum temperature will be 31 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature and overnight low will be 23 degree Celsius. The sun rose at 6:36am and will set at 7:05pm.

In the spirit of the feel good Friday theme, we jumped straight into the SHOUT OUT zone, here only creative texts were read we all gave shout outs to as many loved ones as possible in the most creative ways possible. And they say Nigerians are not romantic? Check out TOP OF THE MORNING for hot stuff.

TOP 9 MOMENTS
Michael Jackson’s family (told you we should leave space for an MJ news everyday) has said that due to the huge influx of fans during his funeral proceedings, they have notified the LA police and highway patrol. Complaints by the public are being generated due to questions over who is taking the burden of the expenses for the huge burial ceremony being planned. The state or the family considering the credit crunch situated He is MJ, a world citizen.

UEFA have approved guidelines to enable officials abandon matches when racist abuses are going on during a match. As a first step, the referee stops the game and warns the supporters; if it does no good he then stops the match for 5 - 10minutes depending on his assessment; as a last resort he can then abandon the match.

It isn’t new: Venus and Serena are playing each other again in this year’s Wimbledon finals.

A man in charge of a center for counseling sexually abused people has allowed his pedophile friend assault a boy put in his care. Pervert counseling against perverts? The devil can’t bind itself now.

Essence magazine's festival for the celebration of black music and culture will provide comfort for artiste’s and fans after Michael Jackson’s death. Lionel Richie, godfather to one of MJ’s kids says it will give them a chance to regroup.

One of Germany’s richest women has lost 5.85million pounds to her husband after they divorced. I was reported that they had no prenuptial arrangement so the man was entitled to walk out with so much. He was awarded the cash by the court. Their laws just fascinate me; it could go south for the man or the woman depending on who was richer. Nigeria? Let’s not go there!

“If hard work was such a wonderful thing the rich would have kept it all to themselves”

WEEKEND PREVIEW:
There’s a lot going down in the city this weekend. A lot of callers had parties, dates, programs but right here is a few places you could be at:

Ojodu art exhibition

Mike Aremu in concert

Bouqui’s album launch

The Pepsi footvolley competition with Obafemi Martins, Osaze Odemwinge and Joseph Yobo.

The BATTLE OF THE YEAR FINALS

Etc

Even if you want to take out time to rest, do what pleases your heart.

Have a lovely weekend, see you next week.
PEACE!

TOP..."...she is Miriah Carey, She is a vegetarian"

2009-07-02T03:31:00.000-07:00

Today as is usual is Reflective Thursday...AREA!!! yes,how are you doing? We had so much fun on the school shout out today. In spite of the fact that a lot of people hate school they still love their school, even if it was in ...

Today, the wet and misty morning will give way to a warmer day; the maximum temperature will be 31 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature and overnight low will be 22 degree Celsius. The sun rose at 6:35am and will set at 7:05pm.

Excerpts of TOP 9 MOMENTS...
Speculations arising from the costume Miriah Carey wore for her new single, obsessed has caused Nick Cannon; Carey’s husband to reply that it was not a beef with Eminem. He said, “She is Mariah Carey, my wife is not beefing, she is a vegetarian”. Lot of people wonder why Cannon is having so much to say…its his territory i guess he has to tend it.

Rumors that R.Kelly’s house was searched by the police looking for a 17year old girl have been quashed by the singer’s publicist. Kelly was on tour in Africa when the incident was rumored to have taken place. Once a thief, always a suspect? Enh?

A 53year old man stole a watch under the eyes of the police in a court where he was being arraigned for cocaine possession. The theft was discovered when the owner was about to exit the court room and on pouring out his bag for security check at the door discovered that his 1000 dollar watch was missing, it was found using footage from the surveillance cameras.

A research in the US of A has revealed that lack of sleep (less than eight hours per day) raises a woman's risk of heart disease more than a man.

A 12foot python being kept as a pet has broken out of its aquarium and strangled a 2year old baby. This happened in Florida; the python though injured from stab wounds inflicted by the owner is still said to be at large.

Real Madrid has taken another prospect off the reach of MAN U with the signing of Karim Benzema from Lyon for 32million pounds. This has got to be below the belt now...

A 50 year old man disrobed and refused to get his clothes back on on a flight despite the pleas of flight attendants. law enforcement on the flight had to subdue and restrain him before an emergency landing was done to get him off the plane.

On PROVERBS LANE, it has to be said in a language other than English then translated by you-the caller; as usual we had a lot of funny wisdom coming off the callers but my picks from today's rich repertoire are:

"mistakes are like a hill, you climb your own to see other people's own"

"if you look down properly, you can see the tip of your nose"

"any woman that wants to deliver by September, should have been pregnant by January "

The crowning glory of every reflective Thursday is SING YOUR STORY where we take a chill pill and share intricate personal details with the world and try to get as much strength as possible from the experience of singing it.

Join us tomorrow for the weekend preview...hope you have had a blast this week? Let us know your thoughts right here.

GOD BLESS!

Jennifer Hudson...in the House

2009-07-01T04:35:00.000-07:00

AREAAAAAAAA!! On celebrity shout-out, you either celebrated your own: mother, husband, kid, etc, we own: AREA MAMA or our own: Michael Jackson. All in all it was a blast! Shout-out to all our kids who call on their way to school in buses and cars with phones belonging to teachers, parents or guardians doing the group or tag-team call-ins, you are our celebrity.
The cold morning will give way to a warm afternoon with scattered thunderstorms in some parts of Lagos; the maximum temperature will be 31 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature and overnight low will be 23 degree Celsius. The sun rose at 6:35am and will set at 7:05pm.

On the MEN FREE ZONE, we explored: single girls getting on the nerve of married girls and girls-in-relationships irking single girls…this their segment could have been done with the contributors physically there, cat fights? You bet. There was so much emotion on play here…

Single ladies said they are pissed at the way married friends don’t have a life anymore, they have to take permission before they go anywhere at the end they may not show up. When they even show up, they are not so free so killing the fun. One ‘texter’ said girls in relationships are evil because they flaunt their relationships mentioning their boyfriends in every sentence. They say girls in relationships feel like they are wiser but they are foolish. Foolish?

Married girls or girls in relationship say that they single girls are too free and live their lives aimlessly always flaunting their freedom in their faces making them feel like marriage is a prison.

Some married women though said they miss their freedom because their husbands don’t approve of the jiving. Single girls of course also want to find their dream guy too.

I don’t even know what to say about this back and forth issue, but I think what you want is what you get. We are made to adapt to situations or adapt the situation to suit ourselves through the choices we make. So have fun whatever group you find yourself. Lets hear you take, i have a feeling the beef is not yet ended.

Excerpts from TOP 9 MOMENTS...
Michael Jackson’s family has announced that there would be a public viewing of his body at his NEVERLAND ranch before a vigil that would herald his funeral on Sunday.

Gospel music legend/superstar Andrea Crouch and his sister are reported to have met with Michael Jackson a few days before his death and discussed with him on how he could make his music more spiritual, since he asked them why people’s hands went up when they sang. They told him about God and he asked them to sing his favorite song, they did that, held hands and prayed with him. He reportedly doesn’t touch people! God touched him? We think?

Kaka has finally been unveiled by Real Madrid football club in Spain but he was overwhelmed by the outpouring of love by 50, 000 fans who gathered to welcome him at the Santiago Bernabau. He will be wearing the jersey number 8.

A woman is blaming her dog for her stealing. She was traced and arrested for taking funds from her ex-husbands account to pay for her utility bill. She claimed that the dog eat all the checks in her handbag so she had to resort to stealing her ex-husband’s money to survive. She is facing charges of forgery and identity theft.

Other presidents have offered to escort Jose Manuel Zelaya the Honduran president back to his country with a resolution coming from the UN to ensure that the country is returned to democracy. this is also amid threat from the South American region to sanction the country.

On CELEBRITY WEDNESDAY, we had a spotlight on JENNIFER HUDSON:
She was born on 12th September 1981; Jennifer Kate Hudson came into limelight in the third season of American idol which Fantasia won where she was eliminated early garnering public outrage.
She released herself titled album in 2008 but shortly after, a huge tragedy befell her family when her mum, brother and little nephew were shot dead at their home; an in-law is currently undergoing interrogation and may be facing trial for the crimes. As an actress she featured in sex and the city the movie, secret life of bees, Dreamgirls.

She did her first solo in church and credits her grandmother as her major influence while Whitney Houston is her role model and says she says would not have come this far if not for Houston. Before stardom, she first worked at burger king, singing on the side at Disney crew lines.
She has in her trophy cabinet, Golden Globe, Oscar, BAFTA, SAG awards, Grammy so many awards to her name. She has performed on virtually every prestigious platform in the world she has appeared on Oprah, Ellen etc.

SHE was in a long term relationship but is engaged to David Otunga rumors have it that she proposed to him on his birthday… She is pregnant and will give birth in August.
She has three dogs named-dreamgirl, Oscar and Grammy. She always wanted to be a singer but if it had not worked out, she could have been a tattoo artist.

nice twist to celebrity Wednesday? i thought so.

Have a blast today!
God bless you.

2009-06-30T04:28:00.000-07:00

AREAAAAAAAA!! TOP MORNING auditions! You know now, today is the area ooo singing joint! We had quite a number of groupie calls today, one of our regular callers Tobi and his sister who’d been out of the show for one week due to the breakdown of their mums phone (I hope TOP OF THE MORNING isn’t responsible for the phone pack up) call in today. It was very exciting.
Today will be a cold day with rains and scattered thunderstorms, the maximum temperature will be 31 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature and overnight low will be 22 degree Celsius. The sun rose at 6:35am and will set at 7:05pm.

On the PUBLIC FORUM, we had the sensitive issue of the amnesty granted the Niger-delta militants on our plate:
As expected there were emotional takes for both sides of the argument; some saying that the militants were criminals and were kidnapping for money and since they had tasted the millions on offer, government would have to deal decisively with them.

Others just wanted peace, amnesty or no amnesty but obviously we would need to dig deeper than that if we want any solution.

Some others thought the government were being insincere with the issue and that development of the area was the only thing that would shut up the militants an indigene of the Niger-delta declared that the majority of Nigerians do not grasp the nitty-gritty of the situation, giving a little history of how unlike in the old days you cannot get good food crops like cassava and other staples from the farmlands, the terrible roads, polluted water etc. He said he went to Abuja and seeing the beauty of the place got terribly angry because the FCT was funded from the devastation of his place with no attendant intervention. So imagine if this guy was a jobless depressed, hungry and angry indigene.

Personally, as one from the Niger-delta, id love a time to come very quickly when militancy issues will be history and we can harness our abundant creativity but while the government continues to play politics with the lives and future of our country you cannot expect anything better than one liar dealing with another.

TOP 9 MOMENTS EXCERPTS...
We’ve learnt that the long-time lawyer to Michael who came back on board three weeks ago (ironic?) will file Michael’s will with the courts in a weeks time, though his parents who thought he didn’t have a will had filed initial papers over the administration of his property. I guess we’d just leave space everyday for a long while for MJ gist…

At his judgment Benard Madoff, the Wall Street investment guru who swindled virtually every kind and category of persons of their investment altogether worth 50billion dollars, turned to the people he had destroyed and said “I’m sorry, even though I know it would not be enough”. He was shortly after sentenced to 150 years in prison.

TI’s fiancé is looking to kick start a career and define herself with her husband in prison, also the divorced wife of Lil’Wayne is looking to just have fun and set up a nails studio; both of them are billed to star in a new reality TV show to be called the ‘Tiny and Tony’ show. Isn’t it just beautiful how these people make a mountain out of junk? We may soon start seeing all sorts of criminals getting out of prison and doing a reality show on how prison does well for hip-hop stars…God!

The Iranian election dispute has set off a huge eruption of opinions as to the validity of results and resultant uprising, abuse of power; etc a recount has reconfirmed Ahmadinejad as the winner of the elections though there was an unapproved demonstration again from supporters of the opposition leader. Meanwhile accusation and counter accusations fly between nations...the world is really a village, every country better start living it up. no shadiness anymore.

A lover of Asia’s richest lover has claimed a document willing her estate to him is not forged. He, 49 was her lover before her death at 62, the 402nd richest person on earth. there is a different will purportedly by the same woman so the case is in court now being contested.

Church thief? Not really a new occurrence but a woman in a church was caught stealing money from the purse of a parishioner who knelt to pray it was also discovered that she had earlier stolen from someone who went for communion…was she expecting God to cover her? Maybe she thought since she was in church she’ll be easily forgiven…Lord have mercy.

On HOW TO HOUR, we learnt how to be a nuisance on Lagos roads and incense LASTMA:
• Seat belts are only for people who are afraid.
• Entertain yourself by calling your friends on latest gossip as you drive,
you should not even be holding the steering wheel.
• To incense LASTMA throw thrash at them while driving.
• Drive in reverse on third mainland bridge.
• While driving stop and sleep on the middle of the road.
• Suddenly stop at the car at the middle of the road stop and answer the phone.
• Block the whole road when there is a little scratch on your car and force
every other road user to be a judge on the case.
• Honk to the rhythm of your favorite TOP morning jams as you drive.
• Be sure to follow the unruly people as long as they have a siren
• Have a phone in one hand and a snack in the other, when LASTMA comes up to
you, throw the pack out of your car.
• The middle of the road is a place to hangout, chill take a drink and feel
good. Since there are no places to hangout in Lagos.
• Drive against a one-way all the time.
• If you are a VIP, under no circumstance should you stop at a red light, you
are important, above the law, just go on.
• For ladies, it is more fun to dress and make up when the green light is
about to show
• While driving, stop, fart then call a LASTMA official to verify if you
really farted
• Drive slowly and try to overtake every other car on the road.
• Stop on the road and slap the traffic official for dressing in color riot

Obviously you’ll constitute an excellent NUISANCE any where in Lagos.

Have a nice day.

TOP MORNING MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE!!

2009-06-29T04:03:00.000-07:00

AREAAAAAAAA!! Don’t you all just love the groupie calls? A few days back we had a school that gave the longest area shout ever, then we get to enjoy parents reading the scripts to the kids so they can get the area procedure right - they never ever do anyway and that why its always fun. We had quite a number of groupie calls today.
The cold morning will evolve into a hot afternoon, the maximum temperature will be 31 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature and overnight low will be 22 degree Celsius (cold night). The sun rose at 6:35am and will set at 7:05pm.

Excerpts from TOP 9 MOMENTS
Yesterday a building in Ebute-emeta collapsed incurring a lot of human casualties, this is a serious scenario and it will have to be dealt with decisively considering that the rains are here.

Roe, MJ’s ex-wife and mother of two of his kids has said in an interview that he is not the father of the children even though she is not seeking custody of the kids, she wants the world to know that she was artificially inseminated from somewhere: basically she wants to pour sand-sand for MJ garri, since there is already such a plethora of speculations about many of his actions…let him RIP please...He's already dead!

The lawyer for Michael Jackson’s doctor has denied that his client was in any way responsible for Michael Jackson’s death though the police have said they would love to question him again but still as a witness. The lawyer said he found Michael Jackson on his bed not breathing but with a faint pulse, he immediately administered CPR then called authorities…stories, stories, stories. I would just love to stay with the heart attack gist o!

The annual BET awards held yesterday with the following winners- Neyo{male R&B}, Beyonce{female R&B}, Day 26{best group}, Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain{best collaboration}, Lil’Wayne{male hip-hop}, M.I.A{female hip-hop}, Keri Hilson{new artist}, Mary Mary{Gospel}, Beyonce{video of the year-single ladies}.

The Honduran congress has voted to accept the resignation of the president and voted tho have the head of congress replace him but the president who was flown out of the country by soldiers after being allegedly forced out in a coup has declared he is still in charge.

WEEKEND REVIEW:
By now we all know that Michael Jackson and Farah Faucett but the news views documentaries were on Michael Jackson, Farah’s family have been forced to understand.

Sunday @the bay also rocked with Kel, Terry tha rapman, whizkid, Dipp, Osagie, and Andre Blaze to mention a few gracing the bay. It was ‘mad’ out there, lots of fun.

There were also a lot of birthday parties, wedding ceremonies etc this weekend. Congrats everyone!

Apparently from texts monitored on the show today, a lot of listeners met new boys and girls this weekend, good? while the rest of us just keyed into the MJ mourning mood-mode.

Tips on Michael Jackson

Thriller remains the biggest selling album ever having sold over 100million records worldwide till date.

The number of his wax works around the world is only surpassed by those of Elvis Presley and Madonna…Madonna? He has five while they both have one more.

He was inducted twice into the rock n roll hall of fame first as the Jackson 5 then as Michael Jackson.

His nick names include Wacko Jacko, MJ, the gloved one, Jacko etc.

The total revenue from music, endorsements, the Beatles song rights etc, has been estimated at over 500million dollars.

He was a vegetarian a started performing at four.

The thriller video was voted as the greatest music video of all time recently in the UK.

He received a presidential award for helping with people struggling with alcohol.

The scream video with Janet Jackson is the most expensive with ever costing over 7million.

He owns the record for the most Grammy awards won in a year with Carlos Santana and Norah Jones he most won in one year-8grammys.

He shares the same birthday with John McCain.

He provided voice over for one of "the Simpsons" episode though his identity was hidden under a pseudonym for over 11years.

He was given a royal title in Gabon in the 90’s so he is a king and not only of pop.

He owns the patent for a stage shoe that enables you to lean forward during stage performances.

He did the moon walk in 1983 after seeing street dancers performing in front of a hotel.

MC hammer challenged MJ to a dance-off but MJ said you "got it off me".

It is a tribute well deserved, RIP MJ!

See you all tomorrow.

Tosyns Top Five Singles!

2009-06-26T11:53:00.000-07:00

TOP MORNING.....and MJ died!

2009-06-26T02:47:00.000-07:00

Today was the buka shout out but AREA played more towards spreading the love among loved ones. The rains today were serious and caused a lot of hold up, floods etc, getting many stuck for a while.
The sun rose at 6:34am and will set at 7:04pm with the maximum temperature at 31 degrees Celsius and minimum temperature and over night low at 24 degrees Celsius.

We had the SHOUT OUT segment: to family friends and loved ones today were to MJ, with so much love going to the legend that lost his life yesterday.

Excerpts from TOP 9 MOMENTS
The biggest gist on the planet is the loss of MICHAEL JACKSON, with the buzz out, the internet basically had its greatest hits on numerous sites...thank God it didn't crash. But it’s MJ the greatest, the utmost. He died at 50 of a major cardiac arrest before paramedics could get there, he was gone. We lost the man! RIP. Yesterday, we also lost Farah Faucett aged 62, an actress of repute yesterday also; she had been battling cancer since 2006.

The federal government may soon approve a new salary package...the minister said the strike should be called off so that meaningful dialogue can take place. First why did they have to wait till the strike before discussing? Who are they trying to taken for a ride? Is it only when they have called off the strike meaningful dialogue can take place? The hypocrisy is disgusting to say the least. When will the cycle end?

Some weeks back we talked about British airways asking their workers for free, that action saved the corporation 10million pounds, what loyalty. Gives the Nigerian corporations lots to think about.Can their workers take this kind of punch for them?

The UK has started recruiting cyber hackers for its National Cyber Security Center to prevent access into its defense system. First the US, now UK everything going cyber? Yes Nigeria we shouldn’t be left behind; I believe they are moving fast before terrorists start taking major steps in that direction, it’s the next frontier.

WEEKEND PREVIEW
The final of the confederations cup between USA and Brazil match will be holding this
Weekend.

Also we'll be having Sunday’s @ the bay, I was there last time look forward to having much more folk. Plenty fun on offer.

There are lots of concerts going on, seminars on relationship and finance. Find your self somewhere worthwhile and have a great time. Watch out for the rains though.

We are sorry about the break up in transmission that almost messed up the end of the show, but we understand, the transmitters were mourning MJ too.

Have a great weekend, peace and bliss

REFECTIONS this thursday

2009-06-25T04:49:00.000-07:00

AAARRREEEAAA! Reflective AREA??!! Yeah! Teachers shout-out was the issue today; we had so much love going out to teachers –the true heroes of this country. The remarkable one was a shout-out going all the way back to 1957 to a lecturer in YABATECH, reminiscing on the empowerment of students that when they left the institution they would be able to stand on their own. Don’t you think that’s the way school should be run especially in these days?

The maximum temperature will be 31 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature and overnight low will be 23 degree Celsius. The sun rose at 6:33am and will set at 7:03pm.

On REFLECTIONS, we pondered, is it “jack of all trades and master of none” or you can be jack of all trades and master of all?

Apparently, majority of Nigerians agreed that that was in the old days, these days in this country, with the economic situation? We are hustlers, doing so many things and being successful at all of them because failure is no option.

But if we actually trace back history back in its reality, we would discover that professionals of those days were experts in arts and science, music, fashion the whole nine yards. Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t only a painter he was a physicist also.

I think the world is going back to the way God made it, we were meant to be fulfilling every talent embedded in us when we were created.
So JACK OF ALL TRADES MASTER OF ALL it is!

Excerpts from TOP 9 MOMENTS with Aramyde…

The MD of NNPC has said there is no crude for local consumption in Nigeria. The Warri and Port Harcourt refinery have been shut down and the Kaduna refinery cannot operate because its supply I supposed to be from Warri. This present situation is said to have been caused by the uprising of the militants over the present federal government onslaught in the Niger-delta. The nation’s reserve will last only fifteen day, fifteen days? What if the country was at war? We would kill ourselves from ineptitude.

The World Bank has pledged millions of dollars to upgrade the safety equipments at the nation’s airport, the project will be supervised by World Bank officials. Splendid! What about the budget for the aviation ministry? I’m just like what do they do with it, if we have to depend on foreign intervention?

Meghan fox says she suffers panic attacks when she sees herself on screen, she doesn’t even look at her still photographs…TOSYN said, we’ve been hearing too much talk from her lately but even she has said that her celebrity status is what has curbed her talkativeness.???

Chris Brown is about to release a third album produced by the Neptunes, but the talking point is a track in the album titled “not my fault” considering his recent Rihanna issue.

A US governor that was presumed missing over a week ago has resurfaced. His aides didn’t even know his whereabouts but he came back claiming that he went to Argentina to see his girlfriend, apparently his wife already knew about the affair months back and I believe she must have figured out her hubby’s whereabouts…strong thing!
Once again North Korea is blowing hot, threatening to wipe out the US of A off the map! I honestly do not know how to say what I have to say…

On the PROVERBS LANE, it was a blast and we had the most number of languages ever used on a show, today - Edo, French, Latin, Hausa, Delta Ibo, Yoruba, Polish, Ibo, and Fulani. But my pick is:
“A king’s friend is also a king”

On SING YOUR STORY my favorite place for the true confessions on parade. Come and see confessions of love, of philandering, of hate, distrust, appreciation and pain. We just get plain real here, and you get to sing it. It is worthy of note that apart from personal compositions, R.Kelly resonated with most callers situation of mind.

See you tomorrow!

GBENGA ADEYINKA tha 1st - COMEDIAN OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC

2009-06-24T05:47:00.000-07:00

Today was celebrity Wednesday...AREA was about celebrity on all fronts, TOSYN got lots of votes, same with mothers, but why not the fathers...even fathers cited mothers also...its all good.
There will be scattered cloud storms with maximum temperature at 34 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature and overnight low will be 26 degree Celsius. The sun rose at 6:33am and will set at 7:04pm.

On the MEN FREE ZONE our celebrity crashed into the studio, and only the ladies were free to throw questions at him; and did they ask? you bet! We had 99% of the question on what else? man-woman relationship. They wanted to know when do you know a guy is in love with you? Is there even an answer? Because the more answers we get the more questions it brings. Do we really want to know the answer? Or guys just happen to be the problem?
Or maybe the answer is so simple we can't just believe its simplicity?

Excerpts from TOP 9 MOMENTS with Aramyde…
It is not new information that Nigeria aims to be among the top 20 economies by 2020; why is it on the news again? The Spanish PM is said to be supporting Nigeria’s efforts…but re-echoing TOSYN’s concern; can we be among the top 20 power efficient countries by 2020?

The Spanish PM has also condemned the absence of an African representative on the UN Security Council since 30% of all their deliberation was on Africa…nice point this one. ECOWAS has endorsed Nigeria’s candidature.

A 14 year girl posted nude pictures of herself claiming to be a proud of body, she was arrested but may not be sent to prison if she goes for 6-months counseling and show good behavior over the same period.

Lil’wayne is going to appear in court over drug and gun possession charges. They were discovered at the US border when his tour bus was searched.

The US has said that China poses the greatest threat in the cyberspace dominance war; that they posed a digital threat through cyberspace espionage of US facilities...cyberspace war? hmmm star trek? transformers?

A new fish smoking facility has been established for the women of Ilaje community to ease their business. This was done by the government as part of creating a more conducive business environment for Nigerians - commendable

Speculations that Malouda might leave Chelsea for AC Milan have been quashed by the player. He stated that he is honoring his 4 year contract with Chelsea: not particularly new, they say this one day and do the opposite shortly after!

William Shakespeare
“when trouble comes, they come not in single spice but in battalion”

On the CELEBRITY WEDNESDAY, we had Gbenga Adeyinka the first (CFR)…he actually introduced himself in a variety of languages having studied English, there was Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Indian, Russian, Chinese and Japanese introductions…as in, he actually spoke these languages.

He loves Nigerian music so much he says commendation should go to the musicians for creating something out of nothing. He even attested to the notoriety of Nigerian music all over the world from his travels.

Though it was fun to have him around, crashing into the women only segment...to all his props for Nigerian entertainment to his joke about he and his son getting caught up over misleading lyrics of Nigerian music, he dished out good wisdom i thought would help anybody though they were for upcoming comedians.

His advice for upcoming acts was
don’t get too greedy

register a business name

be professional

don't go doing lewd jokes they won't get you far

be wise as to what jokes to say in a particular setting

when you get an idea, write it down. you can always go back to them

Have a great day!

2009-06-23T05:22:00.000-07:00

Its VERSUS TUESDAY and as I told you yesterday, we had the AREA OOOOO special, where you call in and sing it. Without question we had inventive vocal presentations; blues, r n b, hip hop, fuji, name it.
My pick though will be Dami from Ogijo his rap presentation was my pick for today. The maximum temperature will be 32 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature and overnight low will be 23 degree Celsius. The sun rose at 6:33am and will set at 7:03pm.

On the PUBLIC FORUM we pondered - under what conditions should government vehicles disregard traffic regulations?
We see a lot of traffic violations, police driving against traffic, official vehicles taking an illegal u-turn, driving on the opposite direction of a one-way.

This topic brought out the angst in callers; there were a lot of people who have had terribly tragic experiences. It is noteworthy that people recognize that though the chief executive of Lagos state drives without his siren blaring or entering the BRT lane; yet we have the lawless law enforcers breaking every known traffic law in the books…
It was agreed that only in the case of fire or accidents, medical emergencies or in cases of national security threat is any government apparatus permitted to break traffic laws.
In my opinion the overriding issue is, ‘why do government agents/agencies flout the laws of the land’? It goes very deep, down to the reason why we are still where we are as a nation.

Excerpts from TOP 9 MOMENTS with Aramide…
ASUU has gone on a total indefinite strike action over the refusal of the government’s refusal to sign the agreement of December 2008. The money being spent on branding will brand us better than any speech before the G8, if it was spent on settling the ASUU debacle…how much is ASUU asking for even?
Anyway, their kids do not even attend these schools, what justification do they even have for developing policies when they are not affected…

Estelle will replace Lauryn Hill at the Stockholm jazz festival. Hill had to cancel all her European tour over ill health; we pray she gets back to full strength. This festival has before now headlined a lot of mainstream American artistes.

President Barack Obama has not decided yet whether to attend the FIFA world cup in South Africa, though he has been invited. I think it would be a landmark…first black president, first black world cup…

Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to assault on Rihanna, though she was present to testify against him. With this position, he accepted a deal of 5 years supervised probation and 6 months community service.

A drug runner sent a text message by mistake to an off-duty policemen about a drug transaction, the police man acted along and at the end they got the trafficker and his cohorts arrested. His day came…

“a word of encouragement during failure is worth more than a million words in success”

On the HOW TO HOUR, we learnt about “how to give a wrong impression during a job interview”

these were our conclusions:

• WEARING THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS OUTFIT
• BE TENSED UP AND STRESSED
• GIVE AN OVER-CONFIDENT OR LIMP HAND SHAKE
• DON’T STOP TALKING: about your heart break, your outfit, the weather, face
book, corrupt politicians etc
• BE A KNOW IT ALL-tell them to change their brand colors, their MD should get
a new hair cut etc
• AVOID EYE CONTACT AND WASTE TIME ANSWERING QUESTIONS
• BE OVERLY EAGER TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING
• WHEN THEY SAY WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU, TELL THEM YOU WANT THEIR DECISION
IMMEDIATELY!
• WHEN APPLYING TO A BANK, WEAR THE T-SHIRT OF ANOTHER BANK
• WEAR A BLOUSE THAT WILL SHOW YOUR CLEAVAGE
• DRESS LIKE AN AGBERO AND TALK LIKE A DRUNKARD
• WHEN YOU GET IN FOR THE INTERVIEW, SHOUT AREA!

Tomorrow is celebrity Wednesday,

Guest hint: it’s a man…

See you then!

ENERGETIC FATHER'S DAY SPECIAL

2009-06-22T04:36:00.000-07:00

AREA was as energetic as only Monday on TOP RADIO with TOP TOSYN (the names are becoming numerous) can be, some people were even ready to do the area song but no need to worry tomorrow is the AREA OOOOO special.
Today the maximum temperature will be 31 degree Celsius while the minimum temperature and overnight low will be 23 degree Celsius. The sun rose at 6:33am and will set at 7:03pm. The weather will be generally windy and cold.

On MEMORY LANE, we took a look at some of the cartoons and animated movies of times past, those cartoons that we rocked as kids and it was so nostalgic and fun for a lot of us. Someone even said he cried so bad and hard when he was told that Super Ted was not human but animated. Serious things!

Here are a few of the titles we share, enjoy…
Super Ted
Voltron (defender of the universe)
Turtle Ninja
Spider man
Robocop
Danger mouse
Battle of the universe
Tom and Jerry
Power rangers
Atom ant
Godzilla
Aladdin
007
Ghost busters
Johnny bravo
Dexter’s laboratory
G-force
Biker mouse
Sesame street
Inspector gadget
Power puff girls
X-men
Spider man
Pinky and the brain
Batman and Robin
Captain cave man
transformers
Top cat
Iron man
Incredible hulk
Bugs bunny
Silver hulk
Scooby-doo
Victor and Hugo
etc etc

Excerpts of the TOP 9 MOMENTS with Aramide…
President Y’ardua has been invited to the July 8-10, 2009 G8 meeting. It’s the first time he’s been invited. I guess it’s something worth celebrating right?

Iran: footage of a teenage girl named Nadia that died on the streets of Tehran during protests has gingered Iranians and people around the world unto outrage.
Though foreign journalists have been prevented all this while from covering anything outside official government events, this video was circulated via the internet; you just can’t silence people in this age, when will brutish leaders learn?
I hope this tragic incident brings the much needed change…

Benard Madoff (remember the 50billion dollars scam investor?), he will be sentenced on June 29, prosecutors though have asked for 90 more days. Most of his customers are actually retirees. Those that wanted to spend money acquired all their working lives in peace.
Going to prison will not suffice far as I’m concerned, restitution is the least that could be done, though reports have it that only 13 billion has been traced so far.

A 3-year study has shown that movie going audiences would prefer movies with a biblical message or strong moral values. Twenty of the top Twenty-five movies reviewed over this period had biblical or strong moral content; and got over 8billion of the 10billion that these movies grossed.

Thousands of musicians took to the streets of France to celebrate music and sound, the festival which began in 1982 has spread to all parts of the world and free concerts are put together by the various French embassies…I hope we are not missing out of the party in Nigeria?

Carlos Tevez will be leaving Man U despite the club wanting to make him about the highest paid player in the club. I feel Tevez’s pain; when C.Ronaldo was around, he wasn’t treated like he mattered, his contribution though crucial and monumental were not celebrated but with things falling apart, they are trying to force the love. It doesn’t happen that way - never been loved, never will be…reminds me of the C.Ronaldo and Robinho issue. C.Ronaldo sef.

Benjamin Spark:
“trust yourself, you know more than you think you do”

On weekend review, we had "every" going on: weddings, parties, break ups, bonding etc
I was at RISE Dare to be Different conference that had some wonderful Nigerian leaders like Dora Akunyuli, Gamaliel Onosode, Mrs. Awosika, Akingbade etc hobnobbing with the youths. My favorite though was Ben Bruce blowing out the place with the youths resonating with the emotion of his charge after him Mrs. Awosika!

Yesterday was father’s day and we took out time on TOP OF THE MORNING to celebrate our fathers. They are a symbol of covering, strength and vision. It’s been said in that if we lose father figures, kids generally have a hard time being disciplined and strong in life’s pursuits.
I want to take time out to call up all our fathers who have not been up and doing; better late than never!

Obviously a lot of listeners actually took TOSYN’s advice and took their dads to expensive restaurants then had them pay.
Yesterday was the longest day of the year, the summer solstice. Tells a lot about the strength of men and the special place fathers occupy in our lives and this world…

We paid tribute to nine categories of dads, they are:
1. God
2. Spiritual fathers
3. Father Figures
4. Mothers who play the role of Fathers
5. Husbands
6. Sons (who grow up to be fathers)
7. The departed
8. Single Dads
9. Fathers

We wrapped up father’s day special with TOSYN’S daddy’s song:
Love and Affection – SEGUN BUCKNOR

Have a nice day, Nigerians!

Tosyns Top Five Singles!

2009-06-19T04:14:00.000-07:00

Hi guys!
We play many songs on Top Radio, but every once in a while, some singles catch my attention!
This week, i was loving
5. FOR MY LIFE {Rooftop mcs feat. Tha Suspect}
4. EGBORO TI DARU {Klever}
3. MUST BE {Loose Kaynon}
2. TOO FINE {Kel feat. Alaye}
1. SAMPLE / EKWE REMIX {Terry Tha Rapman feat. Stereoman and Pherowshuz}

Downloads available online!
Enjoy the weekend folks!

SICKLE CELL DAY....TODAY!! FATHER'S DAY.... SUNDAY

2009-06-19T02:12:00.000-07:00

Its the weekend people! how is it in your AREA? any blocking of streets? Any weekend plans? Its Father's day on sunday, so whats the deal? Today is sickle-cell day; lets spare a thought, it is said that 1/3 of sub-saharan africa suffers from the condition due to malaria!

Top 9 MOMENTS excerpts
The foreign aircraft that landed at Kano airport yesterday with weapons is suspected to be connected with the militancy in the Niger-delta.

Also on the militants…the attack on the presidential lodge of Equatorial Guinea suspected to be the efforts of coup plotters is now said to be the handiwork of guess who?...Niger-delta militants.

A mid-air tragedy was averted yesterday when the pilot of an air continental aircraft died in the cockpit. The co-pilots were able to bring the plane unto emergency landing before telling any of the passengers what had transpired. He is suspected to have died of a heart attack.

A NEW YORK mother and grand mother have been arrested for stetting their child onn fire on some voodoo ritual...the child is said to have suffered 25% burns; does this sound famoiliar? Akwa Ibom state witchcraft kids? ring a bell? Only one incident, the world is raving. Please world press, travel down south of naija abeg

Mission Impossible 4 is set to be out in 2011, though MI3 was a flop at the box office, the studio is said to be putting work together for a brilliant movie...let's wait and see while hoping that soon, Nollywood will start generating this kind of buzz! Its possible right?

Protesters dressed in black flooded the streets of Tehran over the disputed Iranian elections that held on, wait for this...June 12. No wonder Aramide said elections for that date were doomed.
On the other hand it has given the opposition leader a platformn to push fowartd his case with the massive support he is getting.

Brangelina (i.e Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) have donated 1million dollars to the UN relief fund for refugees ion Pakistan; i think this is one virtue we need to develop in these climes, develop i said; we try, but we need to develop it and get to a point where every business that is done has social value attached not just for rip off. Kudos to Brangelina!

Ending today with a quote from Bill Cosby:
"Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the stress of life"

Today is Sickle-cell day, one in which the condition is dimystyfied, and awareness raised TOP RADIO had three people in the house
Dr. Olusola with Shooby and Yinka (both sickle-cell patients) to discuss about life with the disease.

Sickle-cell disease, or sickle-cell anaemia, is a life-long blood disorder characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape. Sickling decreases the cells' flexibility and results in a risk of various complications.

In our society, there’s a lot of stigma attached to the condition, because of a lack of information. As a sufferer, you are regarded as very weak, incapable of handling anything strenuous, can’t play hard, excluded from regular activities of kids but its good to note that as the doctor said, you can have a normal life even as a sikler child.
Parents should note this so as not to cause sibling rivalry; depression on the part of the sufferer and other psychological issues that may prove more disastrous than the physical and biological effects.

The only known cure for it is bone marrow transplant which isn't available here but in the UK, USA or India.
But one way of managing the condition is through blood transfusion.

Discussants made the point that it is not a death sentence being a sickle-cell patient. It gets better as you grow older and you can live a normal long life as far as you practice healthy living. Drinking and smoking do not help the cause at all.

We all need to get educated on this situation, so go on the net and get informed.

On WEEKEND REVIEW: this Sunday is father’s day hurray! According to TOSYN, take your dad out to a very expensive restaurant then – let him pay. After all he’s your daddy.

The weekend sees Terra Kulture celebrating Wole Soyinka;

An Art exhibition by Nnena Okorie;

The national youth Interactive forum put together by RISE

There is the all important football match between Nigeria and Tunisia, goodluck to us but i'll be at the National Youth Interactive Forum this saturday, doing better things (my thoughts)...

As TOSYN signed off today....the weekend is here o!

see you next week!

Reflective..JUNE18

2009-06-18T02:53:00.000-07:00

Its reflective thursday folk, how is your AREA doing? Some of you complain here about not having light water, bad road etc, please also let us know when any of this stuff has been fixed o!
The sun rose at 6:32am and will set at 7:02am with the maximum temperature at 33degress celsius while minimum temperature will be 23degrees celsius...
Shout out to our regular callers...keep the flag flying AREA MAMA salutes you and all listeners...

Excerpts from Aramide's TOP 9 MOMENTS:
The board of the World Bank have released cash for HIV/aids, power, secondary school education and malaria booster project for Nigeria; its a proof of confidence in the Federal Government i guess...

A foreign aircraft suspected to be loaded with weapons was arrested at the kano airport; the impounded aircraft is being heavily guarded while the crew and the Nigerian official responsible for clearing the aircraft for landing have been arrested.

Research has shown that 1 in 4 men in South Africa have been involved in rape and majority of them not once...do we need anymore reason why this continent needs to wash itself clean? No one is going to do it for us, we cause all our problems...
Imagine the gruesome graphic - 1 in 4 men in a country of about 20 million men. 5million rapists on rampage...

Chris Brown’s every move is being choreographed to clean up his image after his disastrous episode with Rihanna, he no more has a say over his outings…but hold on, he went for an unapproved club outing with the Kardashian sisters…leopard and its spots? Honestly I wonder if the whole choreography thing actually works!

North Korea has sent a warning to the US and its allies that they will be attacked by North Korea if they are provoked. This came after Obama called the nuclear acquisitions of North Korea a “grave threat”.

Also on North Korea, but for better reasons: they held Saudi Arabia 1-1 in a world cup qualifying match to qualify for the 2010 world cup in South Africa. Does this not feel better than asserting your self as a nation through violent means?

Bill Cosby said:
"I don't know the key to success but the key to failure is to pleaase everybody"

PROVERBS LANE, i recomend to every body. as usual i'll feature my favourites:

“a stubborn chicken cannot show its stubbornness in a boiling pot”

“you can’t snap your fingers without the thumb”

On SING YOUR STORY, we had a blast, you know its the joint where we get to get real without showing our faces.
We all have issues and wish to share with someone, not necessarily to find a solution but to get the junk off our chest....

Here, we had people trying to break up on radio? haba! it was good also to hear those in love sharing plenty of it on air but even more importantly (in my opinion of course) friends just expressing deep affection for each other with no strings attached...strong thing!

This is the segment you don't want to miss...real talk shows up!

see you people tommorrow, you are the reason TOP OF THE MORNING rocks.

AFRICAN CHINA IN DA BUILDING

2009-06-17T06:36:00.000-07:00

Its celebrity Wednesday...how is the traffic doing in your areaaaaaaaaaaa? From TOP RADIO weather, the maximum temperature today will be 29 degree Celsius while minimum temperature will be 23 degrees Celsius; the sun rose at 6:32am and will set at 7:02pm...

There's the INSURANCE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN going on right now with a song recorded to boost its relevance to the common man...Evans won the 1000 naira credit on offer for telling us the artiste featured on the song, they are Bigiano, Lord of Ajasa and Omawunmi.

Aramide's TOP 9 MOMENTS...Tom Ateke has agreed to accept the amnesty offered by the federal government, this has provoked a positive response from the presidency, with Y'ardua saying that the amnesty committee will make the process public soon.

The federal government has assured Japanese investors of the safety of their cash and investments in light of the fears over unstable policies and insecurity...

British airways is in a fight for survival; they have asked their staff to work for free over a period of one week to one month! How many workers in Nigerians can do this for their employers?

David Letterman has apologized to Sarah Palin over lewd jokes he made about her daughters...i wonder if its because he meant it or because his job was at stake, you know since they lost some advertisers, but how about, freedom of speech but against a 14year old?

Linsday Lohan is to appear before a jury to answer questions over a set of stolen diamonds...is she doomed or making the wrong life choices? you holla at us!

Aramide ended this segment with an exceptional quote from Marilyn Munroe:
"a career is built in public but talent is developed in private"

We had African China blowing up the place today with the eccentricity of his "sanity"? Well it was a blast if you ask me but why should you be asking when you could have tuned in to 90.9?
Anyways that's why i am keeping the koko on lock down.
He made TOSYN so calm you would have thought you were on the wrong station. His new album will be dropping in two weeks and from what i heard? Its blazin' hot.
the album is titled: THE RETURN OF LEGEND!

For a guy that could freestyle on impulse just to appreciate a fan, take TOSYN'S show right out of her hands and turn the ownership of TOP RADIO over to himself, he was just one interesting, energetic, fun-loving dude.

He also had a word of advice for artistes out there - send out the right message, stop playing with this thing(music) that people take as serious business. Its good to know he collaborated with Faze, Tuface, Ade Bantu on his new project; you know there's been talk of a frosty relationship amongst top music stars.

He said he will be going on tour soon and that there will be no lip-syncing for all the artistes that will be on the show...i think that is a good one, personally, if you can't do it live? you have no business being in the music.
Imagine a pharmacist fronting as your surgeon because he knows some medical things.

But he refused to answer any questions on his marital and educational background. why? he could have just cleared... anyway he has to keep us coming for more abi? God go catch them!

As usual celebrities on TOP OF THE MORNING ROCK!

see you, tomorrow...

2009-06-16T09:38:00.000-07:00

Its a beautiful Tuesday morning and its AREA on TOP RADIO with...you know who! Toady, apart from greeting your fellow Nigerians in "not English", its the sing along AREAOOOOOOOOOOOO!

On the PUBLIC FORUM was on Okada men on Nigeria roads.How do we curb this issue? They can't be banned because truth be told, they are a lot of help but at the same time they cause a whole lot of accidents on our roads, necessary evil? may be. Personally, i feel like there are a few Nigerian institutions that have entrenched in themselves, a self-destruct gene;
The police, PHCN, Politicians and last but not least, OKADA riders...

Yes o! you should know that the HOW TO HOUR comes up today and we are learning - HOW TO BE THE BEST WOOD PECKER (BUSY BODY) IN YOUR AREA:
check out these prime tips:

* Always be on the lookout for the best materials to use
*spice it up
*Stir the concoction
*Wear that perfect facial expression
*Keep a hush tone(whisper)

MONDAY.....16th june

2009-06-16T05:05:00.000-07:00

Its TOP OF THE MORNING for a brand new week! Whats happening in your AREA? We "took our take" on those funny inscriptions on buses and cars. A lot of people use now use AREA to lay complaints about the bad roads which has been causing chaotic traffic jams although we still enjoy ourselves in spite of....

On MEMORY LANE we shared on..what dance steps made you a superstar amongst your peers?
we heard about Akube(have no idea),running man,butterfly etc.A lot of us had wonderful experiences doing them; both good and bad, some even had a fracture, fracture dancing?

TOP 9 MOMENT(Aramide)We heard that an oil company in Ilado exploded

Usher and his wife Foster are making preparations to visit the court for the dissolution of their marriage, they have a daughter together...

Finally the Bird flu epidemic has found its way to African countries, hopefully relevant authorities will be up and doing to respond to this threat even as we have seen the devastation its caused some western countries...

WEEKEND REVIEW: i had a blast this weekend, being at my cousin's wedding, how was yours? Let's know how it went...TOSYN had quite a number of events to be at I'm surprised she made it to work this morning!

"What would you do if you rule the World"

its TOP OF THE MORNING, 6-11am ON TOP RADIO 90.9.....

weekend review...june 12 too

2009-06-12T11:36:00.000-07:00

Today was the weekend review show and we began with the AREA “bragging report”. Where you tell us why your area is the finest. We’ll do this again because a lot of people didn’t get the drill, it was fun though for the few that did…with these rains, the traffic just got worse. I mean I was on Lagos-Ore express road and it seems the bad days just made their way back…but I guess it was fun because its Friday we can rest or at least look forward to having fun or some rest…

Ok that’s for those that don’t have engagements, for me I’m off to the ‘big heart’ for my cousin’s marriage. She was also my classmate in secondary school so I smell a reunion in the air.
Happy birthday! To all those celebrating this week, especially the caller who got himself some gifts from TOSYN.
Those getting married, have a wonderful life together.
For those who have a loss to handle, our love goes out to you also. In spite of it all, we have much to be thankful for…

Lots of events are going down this weekend:

SWE bar first anniversary
Etcetera’s black tie event
Project fame auditions etc

Since this is the weekend review, lets see a few things that ran through this week on TOP 9 MOMENTS alright?

The power issue was one that popped up almost everyday, as far as im concerned, I just hope the noise will materialize into something positive because the end game is…the masses suffer.
Today someone called in from Ogun state that his has not seen light for two years…but if power can go out in the presidential villa who are you again? That called from Ogun? Enh?

The Air France issue was another, because the site of crash couldn’t be found on time but thank God there’s some closure being brought in with the discovery of some bodies.

There was also the misappropriation of public funds by British cabinet ministers…funny enough in Nigeria, the gist was; why so much fuss over a few thousands when people here steal billions and sleep peacefully? Me I followed that line of thought for a while too!

Today is June 12. It is celebrated here in Lagos much more than other places but without mincing words, it’s a landmark what so ever angle you look at it from.
It defined what obtains today in many sections of our beloved country.

So what are you up to for the weekend? Let us know here as well as on Monday from 6-11am, on TOP RADIO with TOSYN BUCKNOR…

I’m off to the wedding! God bless

Tosyns Top Five Singles!

2009-06-12T08:33:00.000-07:00

Hi guys!
We play many songs on Top Radio, but every once in a while, some singles catch my attention!
This week, i was loving
5. EGBORO TI DARU {Klever}
4. MUST BE {Loose Kaynon}
3. TOO FINE {Kel feat. Alaye}
2. SAMPLE / EKWE REMIX {Terry Tha Rapman feat. Stereoman and Pherowshuz}
1. IM HOT {Terry tha Rapman}

Downloads available online!
Enjoy the weekend folks!

Tosyn

june 11th...REFLECTIVE THURSDAY.

2009-06-11T02:34:00.000-07:00

AAARRREEEAAA...Its REFLECTIVE THURSDAY! I personally love this holla: Call us on 0707... and tell us how the traffic is, in your area! how the weather is, in your area! how the...in your area! It was the schools shout-out as we always do on Thursday where you give a shout-out to your school or any school you'd want to!
Tomorrow is the AREA bragging challenge: you say why your area is the finest! Going to be fun, right? You bet!

Excerpts from TOP 9 MOMENTS with Aramide :

As a result of the global economic meltdown, managing director of the World Bank, Okonjo Iweala said that 53million people have been thrust into poverty and 60% of those are in, guess where? Africa!

Power went out when a FEC meeting was scheduled to hold with the president in attendance; blames are flying and I hear the German company in charge of power is taking the fall; but let’s look closely. This is supposed to be the safest place in the country; do we understand national security in these days of terror? Abeg o!

More on the power thing... the president has summoned a meeting over the 6000MW target for december; its turning to be a very interesting opera, abi?

A man that runs an anti- Semitic website went into the Washington museum and started shooting. He killed one person before being gunned down by security agents. Obama is pissed! When you have this much hatred at close range in your attempt at changing the world?

On PROVERBS LANE, we had a variety there was a lot of deep, funny, contrasting stuff, but my pick:

If you throw a stone into the market, your relative might receive the call! (my rephrasing though)

On SING YOUR STORY: It was fun stuff as usual, you don't know what to expect when this segment comes up and its turning out to be a personal favorite.

We had a guy whose wife left him; he sang, easing himself of the pain and making a few others happy. I read some where that anything too stupid to be said should be sung!
We had friends parting, traveling away to a different location; people breaking up; dads missing their wife and kids...this is like everyday people experiences. And it kind of feels like TOP OF THE MORNING is a worthy companion and friend to talk to.

Nice way to ease the stress of the day...Peace to you all!

No matter what, God dey! We should draw strength from that.