Pictures From Pulse - Abuja's Finest Party

  Planinum Lounge played Host to Abuja's Finest Party. some pictures from the event that had Mr Ben Bruce and Ice Prince in attendance.

Onoja (CEO Delphino Ent)

 

Adama peters and onoja

   

  

Tokunbo

Aminu and Nkami

 

Ice Prince Zamani,Onoja and Ben Bruce

 

Mola, Onoja and Gideon (BBN and Tinsel)

 

emmanuel, henry and ahmed

 

Ice prince performing

 

zara (artist)

Godfrey and ijeoma

Oche

onyinye

terver, mimidoo and eddie

gang (OAP Kiss FM)

dayo (CEO Cafe 24)

 

onoja and isoken

audu (ceo chocolate city)

  

Eh Tu Naija???

Run Screaming into the Forest”, that’s an expression I use a whole lot. I use it especially to describe annoying over used words like Basically (coincidentally, basically is a word I use a lot). There are word fads that go with the times, they just appear as if from nowhere and before you know it they become a part of our vocabulary, some people use them without really knowing the meaning, e.g Utunu (from Twitter)

Well in recent times (from oct 1st) to be precise, the word that seems to be on everyone’s lip is BOMB. And I have heard it a lot. At least now I have a good reason to run screaming into the forest….. Fear and then safety. 

Last night, half depressed half hungry I left my house seeking Chow of the unhealthy kind. My options were pizza, suya, shawama. So I headed off in directions well known to stock the best in this hip-shattering delights.

ROAD BLOCKS!!!!!

If you know Abuja well, you will know that the easiest way to get to Gana street from Zone 1 is under the bridge straight past millennium park and bam, you are there, but what do I see? All blocked. At first I was annoyed at the inconvenience, then I wondered, but by the time I tried to get into the villa (my consort needed to pick his friends up for byob) and there were security operatives everywhere, I panicked. 

Over the years Nigeria has been known for a lot of things, Corruption, Neglect, internet fraud, fraud of every level bla bla bla, the list goes on. If you lose all your money, well u can make it back and you are smarter this time, but nothing prepares you for a Bomb blast, that can take innocent lives and destroy property. Then that perpetual fear that it places in your mind that we are no longer safe just lingers on. 

Its been exactly 15days after, and we still don’t know who did it and why…… tsk tsk SSS. All we know is that there are more threats, the secretariat has been evacuated twice and police check points have become more annoying

So now we are not only trying to fight the bad reputation Nigeria has as corrupt, we now have to convince people that we are not terrorist too??? Too bad. And if our leaders will mortgage innocent lives because of four years in Aso Rock, then we are in real trouble.

I had a little faith in the present administration, but history repeats itself and we haven’t even voted them in. if this is going to be a recurring pattern then don’t consider it a great tragedy when I don’t turn up to vote for you.
Well i got home, said my prayers, watched a little TV and fell to sleep. woke up this morning and left the house for work and what do you know, all the Road blocks still in Place........ hmmmm wat are they not telling us?

WHAT IS PLAYING IN ABUJA'S EARS (4th Edition Sneak Peak)

Music is always a key part of any town, city or culture and luckily city crawler ran into Abuja's hottest DJ, DJ TTB (youve heard him play at Play, Soho, Aqua and Aristotle) who told us all the hottest songs right now on radio and jamming in the clubs.

#Real |Name: Charles Tobechukwu Ananti

#Current location : Abuja, Nigeria

#Been djing for : 6 years. Started out in enugu, been in Abuja 3year, first Aristotle.

#Whats has been your favourite gig? BYOB

#Abujas party scene is very perculiar, what song is always sure to get the party started and people on their feet? There are a lot, but Kas Fimile, is sure sure.

#What collabo would u like to hear? MI and Ego (lagbaja)

#Who do u think is next to blow? Whizkid, but he has blown already and ice-prince with his hot new track oleku. 

So, what playing in abujas ears? (in no particular order)

1. Eminem's – love the way you lie ft Rihanna

2. BMF – Rick ross

3. Club cant handle me – florida

4. Mr endowed – dbanj

5. Hold ya – gyptian

6. Tease me – whizkid

7. Dynamite – taio cruz

8. Dutty love – sean Kingston ft nicki minaj

9. Implication – 2face

10. Over the moon – dr sid

11. Gallis – Movado.

Boredom: is it us?

There is only one way to say this. Boredom sucks. I have in the past couple of months slacked in my quest to find ultimate entertainment, ultimate leisure and ultimate recreation in the city of Abuja, that I was slowly but surely deteriorating to a fixed state of boredom.

I am the city crawler, I get all the movie schedules sent to me a week before and I spend all weekend watching the new ones. Yes Friday night 8.40, lady sitting alone in a dark corner concentrating, yup that’s me. And then by Monday when I’ve seen everything worth seeing I am back to stage 1.

There are tons of stuff to look forward to during the week, but BYOB only happens once a week and I’m sure I will look ridiculous if I go paintballing on a Tuesday afternoon no matter how in charge of my time I am.

People come to Abuja, complain of extreme boredom, and they have every right to because for the most part of the week if it’s not eating at vanilla restaurant or having after work drinks at CODE or C24 then its tapping fingers and counting the minutes till Friday arrives and yet it’s still same ol same ol at the clubs, same people, same music, same drinks all the same! Same! Same!

But I have a question, why oh why is it that when someone or some organization puts something together, that is a far cry from the norm we always manage to mess it up with our ‘oh I’m too posh to dance’ tendencies? That’s why I love play, u don’t even want to know what those ‘jumping on the chairs release your inhibition’ does for me……

But you know something, I think we all have it in us to create that excitement and entertainment we want. I’ve seen a group of friends sit in a music-less lil corner drinking, laughing and having fun and do you know what came out of that? A full blown wine shop party arena which took over the scene for a while, well until the excellensio girls took over (sorry WS)……..

So after all my rant, the point I’m trying to make is that we have got to lose the suit! We won’t be 27,28,29,30 forever. Once u start having shildren (children) fun means a whole new deal, baby’s day out, lol.
(to be continued…..)

YAY!!! we are on our Third.....

YAY!!!!!!!!!!
we are at our #rd edition and i assure you that we have thoroughly enjoyed the journey so far.......

This Edition has a good mix of lovely photos and interesting articles, i totally recommend that everyone reads the 'Eye on the City Article' which is totally hilarious, and the Safety Tips for Avoiding a Kidnapping situation, very important people.

so before our website is ready in just a couple of days, here is a sneak peak to what the 3rd Edition offers our fast rising readership.

(buy your copy from Cafe 24, Silver Bird Media store, 212 Media Stand and Vendors around the city. Complimentary copies can be gotten when you visit, bar CODE.)

blink twice....CODE

bar CODE: Latest Addition to Abujas Social Scene.
(BUZZ WORTHY) by CITY CRAWLER

Friends, laughter, celebrations, entertainment—fun! These are the things that might come to your mind when you think about CODE. Imagine room filled with friendly conversation, music and people enjoying themselves. Also envision an exciting game on big-screen TVs everyone cheering and having a great time, OR Lunch Hour on a week Day, young Execs typing away on their laptops as they have lunch OR Senior Level Execs in for their late night meeting or just unwinding. That is what you will find at CODE.

CODE bar or bar CODE as it is fondly called is the latest addition to Abuja’s rising social scene. It opened to cater to the rising socialites, entertainment industry gurus and High level execs. A gathering of beautiful and fashionable people can always be seen at CODE.

Ambience is lovely and Welcoming, Staff is Polite with a meticulous attention to detail and the food and selection of drinks can only be described as superb. It is strategically located at NO. 5 Parakou Crescent, Wuse 2 which can be described as the heart of Abuja and interestingly enough is owned and run by a young lady who has been able to harness Leisure, hospitality and entertainment to provide the perfect atmosphere for unwinding.

The Lounge is very entertainment friendly as Celebs and Artiste who visit Abuja always make a quick stop no matter what they are in for, so guest are assured of celebrity sightings.

A visit to CODE can translate into a rewarding Lounge Experience and therefore Buzz Worthy. Try it and let me know what you think.

Back to taking on the City of Abuja,,,,,,,,

Nothing helps paper cuts. And nothing helps backaches, well maybe a change of position or a nice massage. But nothing helps my Eye strain. The only thing that can help this three “ailments” will be to actually stop work, and that’s not possible.

I’ve abandoned my blog for a little bit, No! Not a little bit, a lot bit. I missed writing so so much because I was being a workaholic publisher. When I started the Magazine, I didn’t know what I was doing. But I took baby steps and Im proud to say I went from maddeningly painful paper cuts which come from handling too many papers, to a dummy and as of today we are at the second edition of City Crawler magazine. Now I can look back to my first love.

Since I’ve been away from blogosphere loads and loads of stuff have happened. We lost a great man, our servant leader, President ‘Yardie’ (God Rest His Soul ). Then our very own Mr. Incredible MI and Psquare have been nominated for the Best international act at this year’s BET awards and *ahem* Skuki won the Hip Hop World award for NEXT RATED. Well while I’m still trying to figure out how that happened, I will at least give hip hop world props for the great party they threw in Abuja before the Award proper. Great turn out of celebs and Abuja’s coolest people.

The same story cannot be said of the Event that packed all of the BBA 4 house members into Abuja city. We all watched big brother Africa, well at least most of us did and we were rooting for the Nigerian. He Won! But then his first major event was …………. (ill let you find the word for it). Was it the lack of publicity? As for the 2face idibia Event, nobody is sure it ever held, but we know for sure that the ‘beef with youngest old man’ event never held, still waiting to find out why.

I was gone for 5 minutes and people get lax. Tsk tsk

Well! Things change – prices go up, good places go bad and bad places go bankrupt, nothing stays the same. So if you find something new, recently opened, better or worse, Or just an opinion about the skuki saga, then let the city crawler know.
So do three things this weekend…

1. Vote for MI and Psquare they were nominated for the BET Awards for the best intl act alongside Estelle, Sade, k’naan etc
2. Buy a copy of city crawler magazine, its available at Exclusive stores, Café 24, Silverbird media store, 212 media stand and vendors around the city.
3. Make sure u have a great time this weekend.

P.S Look out for all the hot pictures from TGIF event and other events covered by city crawler magazine, watch this space.
Kisses y’all.