Interesting Lipstick Facts

Cleopatra and Nefertiti

Lipstick has very long and quite interesting history. It has rung the bell with fashionistas since ancient times. The first lipstick is considered to have been invented in the Ancient Egypt more than four thousand years ago!

And then it was used all the way from common women to empresses. All the more reason it is hard to imagine today’s woman with no lipstick glitter on her lips.

But have you ever thought that this miraculous inhabitant of every makeup bag is more than meets the eye. Here are some interesting lipstick facts.

History of Lipstick

At the time lipstick was invented, dark shades were in common use. For instance Nefertiti preferred to use lipstick made of mollusc shell nacre, while Cleopatra opted for the one made of red ochre.

Unfortunately such lipsticks were very toxic. (The expression “kiss of death” really came into use.)

The Middle Ages can be marked as hard times for lipstick fans, as lipstick was proscribed by the Church. It was thought that women who used to wear lipstick would be taken for witches and cast into hell on the Day of Last Judgment.

Women surely were very frightened and therefore everybody forgot about lipstick until the Renaissance.

The Renaissance placed itself on the record as the time when lipstick was used not only by women but by men as well! At the court of Ludwig XVI (France) men applied lipstick in order to make their lip contour more noticeable against moustache and beard.

But the present lipstick appearance dates back to the 1903. The novelty, set for appliance to lips appeared at the World Fair having made a real boom as the first lipstick! Women were enchanted with new beauty invention.

Later in 1915 the world cosmetic brand Guerlain presented a new lipstick made in the present form of stick, which became the most popular cosmetic product.

In the 1920s the lipstick firmly came into use thanks to Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, and Joan Crawford.

Henceforth the magical lipstick has become an absolute must-have for every woman. And in contrast to that ancient unvaried lipstick, now we can enjoy various kinds and shades of it to fit any fastidious taste.  

Here are some lipstick types:

• Moisturising lipstick
• Chapstick
• Lipstick, visually bleaching teeth
• Glossy lipstick
• Glittery lipstick and etc.

Some more interesting facts about lipstick:

• French scientists calculated that a man swallows up to 6 pounds of lipstick during his life, while a woman up to 17!!!
• Most lipsticks have fish scales as the component.
• One can judge a woman’s character by the lipstick colour she opts for:

Red lipstickis the choice of cheerful women.

Pink lipstickis for romantic women.

Brightorange lipstick colour is for eccentric women who like to be in the spotlight.

Lipstick of pearl shadesis an option of careerist.

Compiled By Silvanus, Lagos.

Nursing mother jailed 7 days for stealing indomine

Osogbo – An Osogbo Senior Magistrates’  Court on Thursday sentenced a 28-year-old nursing mother, Taye Joseph, to seven days of community service for stealing a carton of  indomine.

The convict was to be kept in the custody of  Ataoja Police Station in Osogbo from where she was expected to be coming to  clean the court’s premises for seven days.

Senior Magistrate Olusola Aluko, however,  gave an option of  N300 fine for  each of the seven-count charges brought against the convict.

Joseph  had pleaded guilty to the seven-count charges of conspiracy, house-breaking as well as  stealing  and asked for leniency.

The police prosecutor, Solomon Oladele, told the court that the woman committed the offences, which contravened sections 516, 383, 413 and 390, of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, on Nov. 16, at Olugun area in Osogbo.

Oladele, while presenting the facts  of the case during a summary trial, told the court that Joseph forcefully entered the shop of one Fasilat Yinusa and stole a carton of indomine valued at N1, 200.

He added that the woman stole some biscuits, Viju milk, eggs, packets of cigarettes and Bournvita among other items  from the shops of  Mulikat Agbeja and Folasade Suleieman.

According to Oladele, one Falola Saidi sighted the convict while trying to escape with the stolen items and raised  an alarm which enabled  passersby to apprehend her.

Aluko,  in his jugdment,  said : “ Throughout the trial period, I watched the convict keenly as she wept which indicated  that she is regretting her action and I noticed  that she is very sober.

“She is to be kept in the custody of the Ataoja Police Station from where she should be coming to clean the premises of this court for seven days.

“The convict should report at 8 a.m  and close at 4 p.m for the seven days and  in the alternative, she should pay a fine of N300 for each of the seven count-charge brought against her.” (NAN)

Posted by: Silvanus, Lagos.

Nollywood star, Chinedu Ikedieze a.k.a Aki, Set to get Married!!

Nollywood star, Chinedu Ikedieze a.k.a Aki will be getting married on december 10,2011. His bride-to-be is Ms. Nneoma Nwaijah, a graduate of Enugu State University of Technology. Their traditional engagement comes up November 26, 2011 in Mbano

Posted by: Silvanus, Lagos

NIGERIAN PLAYERS DYING ON THE FIELD!

Bobsam Elejiko

With the death of Bobsam Elejiko in Belgium last Sunday, the list of Nigerian players dying on the field has continued to grow. Elejiko who showed no sign of any ailment slumped and died while playing for his fifth-tier Belgian league side, Merksem against FC Kaart. Just like others tragedies in the past, the game had to be abandoned in respect of the fallen star. Elejiko left behind a young wife and kids. 

SILVANUS MOBI here are chronicles of some Nigerian players who have exited this earth in the same fashion, starting with the most celebrated of them all, Sam Okwaraji...

Sam Okwaraji

The former Super Eagles midfielder collapsed and died during a World Cup qualifying match against Angola at the National Stadium, Lagos, on August 12, 1989.

It was a ‘Black Saturday’ in Nigerian football history as seven fans were also confirmed dead due to suffocation from overcrowding at the stadium .Okwaraji was reported  to have died of cardiac arrest.

He collapsed with 10 minutes left of the game with Nigeria leading 1-0.

Sadly, Okwaraji’s efforts were in vain as Nigeria failed to qualify for the Mundial in Italy after a narrow 0-1 defeat to Cameroon in the final qualifying match in Yaounde.

Amir Angwe

The death of this young player brought back the memories of how late Samuel Okwaraji slumped and died before home crowd. Angwe, 29, a striker with Julius Berger in 1995 also collapsed just with one minute before the end of an African Cup Winners’ Cup semi final match with Maxaquene of Mozambique at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos.

After he slumped, Angwe waved off playmates saying he would be fine but doctors at the stadium were unable to revive him. Doctors also confirmed Angwe to have died of a heart attack.

Endurance Idahor

After a flourishing career at home with Julius Berger of Lagos and Dolphins of Port Harcourt up till 2004, the former Under-23 striker moved to Sudan where he joined El Merreikh in 2006 but was sent on loan to Saudi Arabia in 2008 and later return to his club in Sudan.

He was the club’s top marksman, scoring a total of 118 goals in 176 appearances for El Merreikh. He collapsed during a league game with Al Amal in Omdurman and died on the pitch after a minor incident in the vital area of the visiting team.

John Ikoroma

Seventeen-year-old John Ikoroma, collapsed and died of a heart attack during a friendly match in the United Arab Emirates.

A player for Rangers International and Nigeria‘s under-17 national team, he was in the UAE for a trial match for Al-Wahda against Kazakh Club Astona when he collapsed 20 minutes before the end of the match. He died at the hospital.

*Tunde Charity

One of the heroes of Saudi ’89 final feat of the Flying Eagles died on the pitch in 1997 after being injured during a league game between his Insurance FC of Benin City and Nigerdock of Lagos.

Charity, who was also known as Charity Ikhidero, was part of Nigeria‘s squad to the first FIFA five-a-side world championship in Hong Kong in 1992.

Emmanuel Nwanegbo

In 1997, a Nigerian player, Emmanuel Nwanegbo, died after only few minutes of play for SSV Reutlingen in the Regionalliga, as the German regional division is called. His death, according to reports was due to cardiac arrest.

*Charles Esheko

In July 14, 2001, Charles Esheko, 26, died in hospital after suffering a massive cardiac arrest on the field. Charles, a strong defender for Bengal Mumbai Club in India was playing against the Income Tax team in the Harwood League.

He collapsed in the first half but managed to sit in a taxi and get admitted in a Mumbai hospital. But there, he suffered a second stroke and died. The Nigerian had been playing in the Asian nation for over three years.

Sam Okoye

A former Flying Eagles and Enyimba goalkeeper, Sam Okoye, died under mysterious circumstances. The former Rangers keeper, who was on trial at Iranian league club, Sorkhpooshan Delvar Afzar FC, was reported dead in Teheran, in August 2005 after a brief illness in the Asian country but the causes and circumstances in which he died are yet to be known.

Added to that, Iranian authorities refused to release his remains for repatriation and burial in Nigeria until May 2006.

It took the intervention of Nigerian Embassy in Iran and the Ministries of Health and Internal Affairs in to reach a compromise on transporting the body of the former youth international back home 10 months after he died.

Emmanuel Ogoli

The Ocean Boys FC of Yenegoa defender, Emmanuel Ogoli, slumped during a Nigeria Premier League game last December, and died soon after.

Ogoli, a left back who joined the former champions from city rivals Bayelsa United lasted only 39 minutes of that game played on a Sunday. His team mates who were not aware that he had died before been rushed out of the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenegoa went on to beat Niger Tornadoes 2-0.

Bobsam Elejiko

 

 

 

 

Bobsam Elejiko, 30, collapsed and died while playing for Belgian club Merksem S.C. Sunday afternoon.  Attempts were made to resuscitate him but they proved to be unsuccessful.  Elejiko had previously played for Westerlo and Antwerp among other teams.

Writing on his social network Twitter account Odemwingie said: “Rest in peace my brother, Bobsam Elejiko. (Died of) Heart failure during a match this noon in Belgium. Will not leave your wife & boys without attention," said the Super Eagles centre-forward who was excused from Nigeria game against Botswana last Saturday.

Posted by: Silvanus, Lagos.

Fire Outbreak Kills Woman, 5-year-old Baby

Sullivan Chime, Enugu State Governor

By Silvanus

It was a tragic day in Enugu Monday following an explosion from suspected adulterated kerosene which ignited fire and in the process claimed the lives of a nursing mother and  her five-year-old daughter, and leaving others, including her husband and a three-months-baby in critical condition.

The woman, Mrs. Nkechi Ozuku, and her daughter, Nnenna, had died at about 11 a. m. at the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu following severe burns they sustained in the fire incident that was ignited at their building from the lantern.

Her husband, Emmanuel Ozuku, and a three-months-old baby, Chinemerem, lay critical on the hospital bed and were wrapped in bandages when THISDAY visited the hospital yesterday afternoon.

Narrating the incident, which was said to have occurred on Sunday night, elder brother of the victim, Francis Ozuku, said it followed from an attempt by Nkechi to add kerosene to the lantern they lit after power supply was severed by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).

“Immediately, there was an explosion and fire engulfed the entire building.The entire thing covered Nkechi and the children, while my younger brother, Emma, who was already in bed could not find an escape route,” Francis said.

He added that he had run to his brother’s house at No 12b Aguabo road, Iva Valley, on hearing the  explosion, stressing that the prompt response of neighbours had saved the entire building from being razed.

According to Francis, he had seen his brother home that night after they attended a meeting, adding that the incident took place at about 10.00 p. m.

He said through the assistance of neighbours, they were able to take the victims to the hospital, lamenting that the incident was a big blow to him.

He said he suspected that the kerosene said to have been purchased in one of the filling stations in the area on Friday was adulterated.

Returning pilgrims’ aircraft crash-lands in Kano

KANO—A Yola bound chartered aircraft with about 500 Nigerian pilgrims and other cabin crew members on board from Saudi Arabia Monday crash-landed at the Mallam Aminu Kano Airport when one of its tyres burst while on emergency landing.

The aircraft named after late President Umaru Yar’Adua, Vanguard learnt, is a Boeing 747 Jumbo jet with registration number 5N-DBM belonging to Max Air, one of the official airlines hired for this year’s Hajj.

Eyewitness told Vanguard that the plane made an emergency landing at the airport by 3.00am, adding that the pilgrims survived through divine intervention, with no life lost as the plane wobbled to a halt.

Vanguard learnt that passangers who panicked throughout the period of uncertainty were seen in prostrate position around the tarmac after hurriedly disembarking from the aircraft as chants of Allahu Akbar (God is Great) rent the air.

Media Consultant to the airline, Dahiru Ibrahim, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with Vanguard, saying, ‘’It was not an emergency landing. The aircraft lost four tyres while landing at the airport but I want to make it very clear that it was not an emergency landing as being speculated in some quarters.

‘’The pilot decided to land at the Kano Airport because aeroplanes can- not land at night at the Yola Airport. The passengers were expected to disembark in broad day light.’’

Aviation engineers were seen around noon yesterday fixing new tyres to the aircraft.

Posted by: Silvanus Lagos

PDP finally stops Sylva

The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday finally scuttled the aspiration of Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva, to run for a second time on its ticket.

 

The party released its "final batch" of cleared aspirants for the November 19 governorship primaries on Sunday, and the name of Sylva was not included.

 

Rather, his name made the list of disqualified aspirants that included the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr. Timi Alaibe; Chairman of Silverbird Group, Mr. Ben Murray Bruce; and the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Mr. Igali Godknows Boladet.

Reacting to the PDP verdict on Sunday, Sylva said the action of the party was against his fundamental human right to vote and be voted for as a full member of the party. He also said there were attempts to arrest him on trumped-up treasonable charges.

 

"The story is that there is a tape in which he threatened to kill President (Goodluck) Jonathan," a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Doifie Ola, said.

 

Bruce also said the decision of the PDP was unfair to him but that he had accepted the judgment. He assured his supporters that though he might not have the opportunity to become governor again, he remained committed to the fight for free and affordable education, quality healthcare, development of the agricultural sector and the dignity of the people of Bayelsa State.

 

A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, made available to journalists in Abuja, reads, "The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has concluded the review of the reports of the Screening Committee and Screening Appeal panel for the governorship primaries in Bayelsa State scheduled to hold on November 19, 2011.

 

"After a thorough review of the two reports, and after a painstaking examination of all the issues raised about each and every aspirant, the NWC has cleared seven out of the 11 aspirants that purchased forms to contest for the primaries.

 

"Those who were cleared and shall contest the governorship primaries are the following: Orufa Justine Boloubo, Dickson Seriake Henry, Enai Christopher Fullpower, Kalango Michael Youppele, Francis Amaebi, Ekiyegha Francis Korobido and Austin Febo.

 

"However, in this last and final batch, four of the aspirants did not scale through the party screening process and have therefore not been cleared to contest the primaries.

 

"Those not cleared are: Timi Alaibe, Ben Bruce, Timipre Sylva, and Igali Godknows Boladet."

The statement added that no further name would be released and that the decision by the party’s NWC on the list of those cleared was the final.

 

It said that all cleared aspirants would be issued with final clearance certificates to enable them stand for the primaries.

 

The PDP statement appeared to have put the final seal on the fate of the embattled governor’s second-term ambition on the platform of the party that brought him to power in 2007.

Sylva’s travail started on November 1 when the PDP ignored the governor in its first batch of cleared aspirants in the primaries.

 

Barely 24 hours after, lobbyists for Sylva, including his fellow governors and other chieftains of the PDP, stormed the Presidential Villa in Abuja to plead with Jonathan to give him a safe passage to second tenure.

 

Also, few hours after releasing the second batch of aspirants without Sylva’s name, federal lawmakers from Bayelsa wrote to tell the NWC of the PDP that it had no power to withhold the clearance of the governor to contest the primaries.

 

The lawmakers, made up of the three Senators from the state and four, out of five, members in the House of Representatives, said in their letter to the Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, that since the governor had been screened and cleared by the screening panel, the party did not possess any power to withhold his name among those cleared to contest for the party’s ticket.

 

They said the NWC was already over-exercising its powers as stipulated in the party’s constitution.

Sylva was believed to have entered the bad book of the President in the run up to the 2011 presidential race when he was alleged to have surreptitiously backed another candidate against his kinsman.

The embattled governor had openly denied the allegation and claimed that it was the handiwork of his political enemies.

 

Curiously, the governorship screening committee for Bayelsa State had issued Sylva a Provisional Clearance Certificate which he brandished when flagging off his second term campaign in Yenagoa.

But the PDP in the statement on Sunday said, "For the avoidance of doubt, and in line with the provisions of our guidelines for primary elections, no aspirant can or should use a provisional certificate as a basis for unilaterally declaring himself or herself as a candidate of the party for the governorship election in Bayelsa State."

The statement by Sylva’s aide on Sunday reads, ""The attention of Chief Timipre Sylva, Governor of Bayelsa State, has been drawn to a statement by the NWC of the Peoples Democratic Party, disallowing him from participating in the governorship primaries scheduled for Saturday, 18 November 2011.

 

"Governor Sylva considers it disturbing that his full membership of the PDP is being abridged.

"In particular, his fundamental right to vote and be voted for has been trampled upon by his own party, a party he has contributed so much in building. Consequently, Sylva and his supporters are reviewing the NWC decision.

 

"Sylva notes that the NWC decision does not annul his membership of the PDP. As Governor of Bayelsa State under the platform of the PDP, Sylva remains the leader of the party in the state. As a loyal party person, he will participate in all party activities.

 

"Similarly, Sylva wishes to bring to the attention of the public reports alleging that there are attempts to arrest him on trumped-up treasonable felony charges.

 

"The story is that there is a tape in which he threatened to kill President Goodluck Jonathan. This is completely false.

 

"At no time did Sylva threatened to kill President Jonathan. He has no reason whatsoever to wish the president or any other person dead.

 

"Sylva enjoins the people of Bayelsa State, especially his numerous supporters to remain calm, law-abiding and hopeful.

"The people of Bayelsa State shall prevail."

Posted by: Silvanus. Lagos

Achebe’s rejection of national awards wrong – Jonathan

Prof. Chinua Achebe

 

 WHY PROF. CHINUA ACHEBE REJECTED NATIONAL AWARD.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday faulted renown author, Prof. Chinua Achebe, over the reason he gave for rejecting the national honour offered him by the Federal Government.

 

Jonathan had earlier offered Achebe a national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic.

He is billed to be awarded the national honour alongside some other notable Nigerians in Abuja on Monday (today).

 

But in rejecting the honour, Achebe was quoted as saying that the issues that made him to reject a similar honour from the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo about seven years ago remained unresolved.

 

Achebe’s decision to reject the latest national honour was contained in a statement he issued on Saturday.

 

The statement read, "The reasons for rejecting the offer ‘national honour’ when it was first made have not been addressed let alone solved. It is inappropriate to offer it again to me. I must therefore regretfully decline the offer again."

 

But presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, in a statement on Sunday, said the President regretted Achebe’s decision to once again reject the national honour.

 

Abati said Jonathan was also surprised by the author’s claim that the issues which informed his decision to reject the same award seven years ago, still remained unresolved.

 

The statement said, "Coming as it does, against the background of the widely acclaimed electoral reforms undertaken by the Jonathan administration, the claim by Prof. Achebe clearly flies in the face of the reality of Nigeria’s current political situation."

 

The president’s spokesman added that as reflected in the improvement recorded in the conduct of the last general elections, which were applauded within and outside the country as the most credible elections in Nigeria in recent years, the administration had made tremendous efforts to positively change the political architecture complained about by Achebe and other Nigerians.

 

He said, "Politically, Nigeria cannot be said to be where it was in 2004 as the Jonathan administration has embarked on extensive electoral reforms to institute a regime of electoral integrity that all Nigerians can be proud of, believing that governance will be greatly enhanced in the country if the will of the people prevails at elections.

 

"While President Jonathan acknowledges that there are still challenges in the path of Nigeria’s attainment of its full potentials as a nation, he believes that his administration is moving the country in the right direction and therefore deserves the support, encouragement and cooperation of all citizens."

Abati said the President continued to hold Achebe in very high esteem in spite of his "regrettable decision" which he said might have been borne out of "misinformation as to the true state of affairs in Nigeria."

Posted by: Silvanus Chimobi. Lagos.