One of Nigeria’s popular reality television shows, Big Brother Naija, has announced that it has begun auditioning for its seventh edition.
In a video posted across its social media platforms, the organisers of the show stated that intending participants are to log onto the Africa Magic website and upload a three-minute video stating why they want to be on the show.
Moreso, they are to describe themselves stating their likes and dislikes as well as talk about their close friends and family.
The show said the audition, which is free, will start on May 15 and closes on May 30.
The last edition of the reality TV show had Hazel Oyeze ‘Whitemoney’ Onou as its winner and he went home with ₦90 million worth of prizes.
Billionaire, Elon Musk, on Friday said his $44 billion deal for micro-blogging and social media platform, Twitter, is temporarily on hold.
Musk disclosed this in a tweet via his Twitter handle, citing pending details on spam and fake accounts.
“Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,” Musk tweeted.
Musk, the world’s richest man, had said that one of his priorities would be to remove “spam bots” from Twitter.
He recently bought Twitter for $44 billion and is expected to serve as a temporary CEO for a few months.
The 50-year old has been giving insight into what the social media platform under him will be like.
One of the challenges that I struggle with each year is finding the right anniversary gift. Whether it’s a gift for a new boyfriend, or a gift for a husband after 20 years of marriage – men can be hard to buy a gift for. Especially if you want the gift to be thoughtful, and romantic.
But not to worry – I’ve got you covered! This article is dedicated to helping you create the perfect DIY anniversary gifts for him! These DIY ideas are a great alternative to store bought gifts for the man in your life.
Anniversaries are an important milestone that deserve to be celebrated. They are a time to celebrate the love you have for your spouse, and reflect on the meaningful moments you’ve shared together over the years.
Homemade / hand-crafted gifts are not only unique, but can be a great way to show that you remember and care. They are often less expensive and always irreplaceable. So to give you a few new ideas, here we have 15 DIY anniversary gift ideas.
Cute DIY Anniversary Gifts for Him
“Conversation Heart” baked goods
If you’ve got a baker’s touch, try out these cute and bright conversation heart macarons. To really jazz it up, use the recommended edible gold dust. Think about quotes and words to go on these hearts to make it personal. And if macarons seem too much work to make, just apply the idea to some other baked good!
Board Game Cufflinks and Crafts
If you’re the type of couple who’s perfect week includes a “Board Game Night”, the classic scrabble tiles are great for spelling out how you feel. Try making these cufflinks out of Scrabble tiles! If Scrabble isn’t his cup of tea – try some other spare board game parts!
3. Meal in a Box
Meal kits boomed in popularity during the pandemic. For a hefty price, they may also lack interesting recipes. Create a menu with the recipe including the ingredients of your significant other’s favorite meal. Throw the portioned-out ingredients into tupperware containers yourself.
This makes cooking the meal a less stressful activity because all the prep is done ahead of time. To supplement the dinner, maybe add a bottle of wine for a classy touch, or think about a fancy cocktail he might enjoy.
4. “Open When” letters
Write him some thoughtful letters for the future! Not just thoughtful ones, but maybe some spicy ones too. Take a bunch of envelopes and fill them, bada boom bada bing.
Bundle them up nicely in some sort of box or package. “Open When” letters can keep you and your husband/boyfriend connected even when you’re apart. Tell him to open them when certain things happen or when he feels a certain way.
5. A Mixtape
If you can swing it, sure, a physical tape is pretty cool. Once upon a time, you might burn a custom CD instead. At this point, perhaps you could throw together a Spotify Playlist, there’s nothing wrong with that.
But if you’re going for full points, there’s something much more special about a physical mixtape. (If he’s into vinyl records, well, good luck, not sure how to help you there.) Check out the link for tips on how to make an awesome mixtape! Obviously you can make it about songs that you two have shared. Personal cheat: movie soundtracks can be a good resource too.
Romantic DIY Anniversary Gifts for Him
“Framed Heart Maps” of special places
Take the locations that are important, and print out maps of those places. Where you first met, where the proposal happened, and where the wedding happened. Cut those maps out in heart shapes, and put the description of the place under each heart. Even better if you can include ticket stubs or other mementos, room key cards, matchbooks, some other fond reminders from your time spent in these places.
Custom Wooden Organizer
If your husband lacks a bit of organization, then here is the perfect anniversary gift. You can create a wooden box to keep his phone in one section, his earphones in another and a lovely watch in the third section. Get creative with the different personal items you know he keeps in his pockets on the regular. These types of handcrafted gift ideas are going to show the man in your life that you care.
Framed Date Art
Just print out the date of your wedding and frame it up! There are lots of cool fonts you can acquire online. The extra benefit of this gift is that he will be able to remember the date if it’s up on the wall, but it’s more about, you know, art!
“DIY Comic Book Coasters” Made with Mod Podge
Create the perfect DIY comic themed anniversary gifts for him! This is a flexible idea when you think about using any kind of book, textbooks, encyclopedias, whatever he’s into, there’s a cool, cheap, used book with pictures you can rip out to turn into something he’ll show off to everyone.
DIY His and Her mugs
Just find some pebeo porcelaine 150 pens at an art store, and draw some cute couple sayings and quotes on the mugs. There’s lots of options for drawings, cartoons, whatever makes him smile. Then just bake them in the oven. You’ll be able to create the perfect DIY anniversary gifts with him if he enjoys crafts, you can do it together!
Last Minute DIY Gifts for Him
“Scratch Tickets” (+ More Ideas)
These gifts are ticking all the boxes for DIY gifts that are easy to make, even last minute. They are tiny too, so you can hide them as part of a game. My favorite is the scratch lottery tickets but many of them are fun and easy to combine together. Make your partner a special surprise to show them you love them. Create the perfect DIY anniversary gifts treasure hunt for him!
“Pinboard Travel Map”
If the man in question is a traveler, try a fun printout of a map, along with a frame and some pins. It can hang on the wall or shelf like a trophy, and a reminder of travel stories from the past. Plan out future vacations as part of this DIY anniversary gift.
Date Night Lottery Tin
Here at Engaged Marriage, we are all about keeping things fresh and fun. This is one of our favorite ideas to get some new ideas for date nights into rotation. All you need for this gift is a simple tin box, then paint it to make it look the part, print out the label of the Date Night Lottery and glue that puppy on the tin lid. Last step, print out a bunch of the date ideas, fold them to put in the tin!
Milestone Marquee
If you are celebrating a milestone anniversary then maybe think about an anniversary marquee of the number itself. The wooden sign is decorated with all the years collected pictures and looks great. It’s a bit more crafty as far as DIY gifts for him, but fun if you enjoy some light wood work!
“52 reasons I Love You” scrapbook
Want to see your man cry like a baby? This can be particularly sentimental when the relationship is long-distance, or busy with time constraints. We don’t get to say all the nice things we want to in the busy days and this little reminder book can get him through the year with one a week! Use playing cards and if you’re hard pressed for time, a Sharpie marker, and boom, you have 52 rain-makers . Use a printer and some cardstock to give this DIY anniversary gift a cleaner look.
Estranged mother of two, Korra Obidi, lashes at trolls who accused her of marrying Justin Dean in a bid to get a green card.
This comes amidst the back and forth exchange between Korra Obidi and her husband, Justin Dean, whom she accused of stealing her $5K.
In reaction to backlashes that trailed the saga, the dancer expressed disappointment at trolls who suggested that she married the chiropractor to secure a resident permit in the UK.
Korra, however, charged her trolls with karma while wishing for them to find love for the wrong person for the wrong reasons.
Canadian singer, Stephanie Otobo, calls out the senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Suleman, as she leaks photos of their romantic affair.
It would be recalled that the saga between the singer and Apostle Suleman started way back in 2017 after which she confessed to lying against the preacher.
In a recent development, Stephanie Otobo took to the micro-blogging platform to pen a lengthy post about their romantic affair.
Sharing snapshots of their video call interactions, the singer leaked photos of the manhood of Apostle Suleman as she challenged his wife to confirm the scar on the preacher’s thighs.
In her words;
“If these screenshots were fake, how did i get his pics that aren’t public pics at the first place and how come I’m the first to release this kind of pics of him?
He has changed his hairstyle twice since i came out to speak up with receipts. He has done alot to appear different?
If the dick pic isn’t his, what is he gonna say about the scar oh his left thigh? His wife can’t deny that scar.
How did i know he has a scar on his left thigh if we we didn’t have intimacy?Lol. If he’s denying, he should open up his thigh let’s see. His nails too says it all?
Some people kept on wondering why i came out esposing apostle Johnson suleman, and why i haven’t let go ever since.
The truth is that, i never planned to. He pushed me to the wall and the only way i could fight back was to cry out and made everything known.
The devil smile?
Apostle Johnson Suleman tried using police to shut me up because I visited Nigeria to do feature Timaya in a song.
I already paid Clarence Peters for the visuals of the song before oga arrested me, cos i refused to obey him to go back to Canada. He wanted me to amount to nothing
He did everything to stop my music music career. He was scared that I’ll be influencial. He even poisoned me, paid my friends to set me up and bribed some members of my fam to assassinate me.
Lured me to come make false confession at his church in auchi that i lied against him.
That it was other pastors and politicians that wanted to bring him down. How come no name was mentioned.?
I only did that cos the pressure was toomuch and everyone had left ne to suffer alone. No support. I had to give up at that moment to have the opportunity for reinforcement.
This man has done everything to end my life but God is not dead, this video is the complete story of how everything happened and how it’s going lately.
I’ll release a comprehensive video of everything that happened and the answers to questions.”
On Sunday, Nigerian businesswoman, Bose Ogulu heaped praises on her three children: Burna Boy, Ronami and Nissi, while celebrating Mother’s Day.
Noting that there was never a dull moment raising them, the mother of the Nigerian Grammy award-winning singer decribed her children as amazing and talented people.
This, she said after sharing a video showing the moment Burna Boy and his two sisters, Ronami and Nissi, danced to Sungba, a song which featured the singer.
In the post on her verified Instagram page, Thenamix, Bose wrote: ” Never a dull moment raising these three amazingly talented and funny human beings. @burnaboygram @r0nami @nissination
“Being a mum is a supreme, divine assignment. Happy Mother’s day.”
Meanwhile, heartwarming reactions trailed her remark about her children who are all recognised for their input in the Nigerian entertainment and art industry.
Barcelona centre-back, Gerard Pique, has revealed why he hasn’t tied the knot with popstar partner Shakira.
Pique claims he is satisfied with where he is in life and doesn’t feel marriage would influence their relationship.
When asked by Gary Neville on The Overlap why he hasn’t married Shakira, the Spaniard replied: “No, I’m not married.”
Neville then asked if Pique wasn’t proposing because Shakira wants to keep him on his toes, to which he replied: “It’s her mentality!”
He continued: “I like how we are right now. We have two kids, nine and seven, and we work good as a couple. We don’t have the need to be married, it’s fine.” [sic].
Neville then joked that Pique had proposed to Shakira privately but was turned down, but he laughed off the comment. “No no no,” he said, “I would tell you!”
Popular talent manager, Ubi Franklin, joins the race for a political office as he declares his intention to run for the House of Assembly.
The baby daddy of four baby mamas made the announcement via his Instagram page to run for the Yakkur constituency in Cross River.
In one of the posts made during the declaration, Ubi Franklin wrote;
“Nigeria must and will be great. With your support and prayers, we will change this country for good. We will create a country that will truly be the pride of the black race. We will create a new Nigeria for all Nigerians.
If you know anyone who is from
Yakurr Constituency 1
1. Ugep
2. Ekori
3. Idomi
Yakurr Local Government, Cross River State.
If you know anyone who is in doubt.”
His intention to run for the House of Assembly in Cross Rivers, however, triggered reactions from fans who are in disbelief.
Popular Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has stated that those who keep attacking him don’t understand why he did what he did.
According to him, a lot of people who criticize his action do not live with him, and therefore cannot understand the reason for his decision to take a second wife.
The actor believes that he’s being put through all these because he’s being prepared for the presidential seat.
In his words:
“GOD IS PREPARING ME FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL SEAT OF OUR COUNTRY NIGERIA.
In the last couple of days I have been insulted by people all over the world who do not know the reasons for my decision.
I have been attacked by people who do not understand that every action taken has a root cause, people who do not live with me and my family therefore they will not know what inspired my action.
Have I insulted any of the people insulting me? No.
Have I attacked any of them? No.
I have remained calm.
That’s the quality of a leader!!!
God is putting me through all of this to prepare me for the Presidential seat of Nigeria.”
