Nigerian Blog Awards!!!

Hey guys,

How y'all doing? Well, I am back in Zamfara for the last phase of my service year. In a weird way, I am excited that it is almost over. Journey was stressful but thank God.

Now to the main deal of the day, come June 6, you can start nominating your favorite blogs for the Nigerian Blog Awards. So I am starting my campaign now. Please, remember to nominate my blog, Anani Speaks and also Yada Magazine in any category you see fit. The link is http://nigerianblogawards.com/

Please do not forget. Show your brother some love oh!!! Biko

Signing out I want you to check out this awesome band... I love them

Memory Lane: Prom

So I am watching the 106 & Park episode and I just remembered how we didn't have a prom in my High School. I remember there was a debate on whether we should have a prom or a party and most of us chose the party. In fact I was one of the people campaigning for the party. Well, we had the party and looking back I wish we didn't.

Very few Nigerian high schools do proms and for us to turn it down, I guess we missed an opportunity to do something different. Well, we survived. I survived. 

Its all 106 & Park's fault.

Anyways, I have a medical report on my mind. I'd hola y'all later

Peace

Music. Oh Really?

I watched this video and it really had me thinking. Most times we say its, just music but is it just music? Listen to these two spoken word pieces and let me know what you think. Would be expecting the comments.

Trotcha!

Overview of the YadaMag Awards. Winners and Happy Anniversary Yada...

First... I AM SORRY!!!!!

This post and the winners list was supposed to be announced earlier but there were lots of challenges but we are thankful that finally.... It is here. This is our very first online awards thing so we are pretty excited about it. The list of winners have been uploaded here and I am here to further explain the results.

 

The first category was Choice Artist of the Year and TY Bello won, scoring 44% of total votes cast. The amazing Lara George followed closely behind with 19%. The next category was The next big thing. This particular award was aimed at new artists who are going to blow very soon. Onos won this category by scoring 45% of the total votes cast, followed closely by K'ore who scored 23% of the votes cast.

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When I saw the result for the category "Choice author of the year", I couldn't say a word. I most definitely wasn't expecting a tie but we had it.  Chimamanda and Myne scored 33% each in the total number of votes cast. I actually considered starting another poll to break the tie but then I realized it was not necessary. Following them closely behind with 19% was Abidemi Sanusi.

The 4th category was choice blog of the year. Bella Naija won with 37% of votes cast followed closely by Light her Lamp with 29% of the total votes cast. Jaycee, the founder of the Light her Lamp blog won the 5th category which was Choice Online Personality of the Year with 24% of total votes cast followed by Myne Whitman who scored 22% and T. Notes scoring 18% placing as third.

Our Interviews section seems to be the Yada section that rocks as 37% of voters voted for it. It was followed closely by the Its a guy thing column, run by the awesome Rotimi Ariwoola scoring 18% and our Spiritual diet section scoring 14%. To see some of the interviews, click on the interview sections and read our interviews with Adebayo Jones, Je'kob Washington, Onos amongst others.

In our foreign section, Je'kob Washington was the Choice artist of the year with 28% followed closely by Lecrae with 22%. Max Lucado is the choice author of the year with 42% followed by Ted Dekker with 23%. Desiring God was the Choice Blog of the Year with 38%, followed by Think International with 21% while Jabez, a friend of the Nigerian blogville community scored 44% of total votes cast followed by Andrea Lucado who scored 29 % of votes cast.

It was a fun experience and I am really excited and happy for everyone award. Thanks for the support guys and you just never know, our live awards ceremony may come sooner than you think.

Finally, I am wishing Yada Magazine an awesome 2nd year Anniversary. It has not been an  easy ride but God has been with us all through. 

Have an awesome week

Trotcha!!!

Last day of Voting in the YadaMag Readers Choice Awards

Hey guys,
Today is the final day of voting in the 2011 YadaMag Readers Choice Awards. It means if you have not voted you should go and vote. Here are the nominees again.

Choice Artist of the year

• TY Bello
• Lara George
• Segun Obe
• Sammie Okposo
• Nikki Laoye
• Rooftop MCs

The Next Big Thing

• Simi
• Onos
• Threadstone
• K’ore

Choice Author of the year

• Myne Whitman (A Heart to Mend)
• Chimamanda Adichie (The Thing Around Your Neck)
• Nwabundo Onyeabo (Out of Curiousity)
• Tolu Akanni (A-Z Life Lessons)
• Abidemi Sanusi (Eyo)

Choice Blog of the Year

• Myne Whitman Writes
• Bella Naija
• Verastically Livin’
• It Was So Much Easier When I Only Had One (Solomon Sydelle)
• Light Her Lamp (Jaycee)
• Good Naija Girl
• Nigerian Curiosity (Solomon Sydelle)

Choice Online Personality of the Year

• Myne Whitman
• NakedSha
• Verastic
• Jaycee
• AlooFar
• T.Notes
• Solomon Sydelle
• Echecrates
• Miss Balance

Yada Category that ROCKED!!!

• Fashion
• Reviews
• Spiritual Diet
• Interviews
• Health
• It’s a guy thing

Choice Artist of the year (Foreign)

• Group 1 Crew
• The Washington Projects
• Je’kob
• Sho Baraka
• Lecrae
• Natalie Grant
• Francesca Battistelli

Choice Author of the year (Foreign)

• Ted Dekker (Burn)
• Angela Hunt (The Fine Art of Insincerity)
• Frank Peretti (House)
• Francine Rivers (Her Daughter’s Dream)
• Max Lucado (Outlive your life)

Choice Blog of the Year (foreign)

• Finally (Danielle Kimmey)
• Jason Boyett Blog
• Expanding my Territory (Jabez)
• Joshua Harris’ Blog
• Desiring God
• Think International (Jeff and Sean)

Choice Online Personality of the Year (foreign)

• Jabez
• Danielle Kimmey
• Jason Boyett
• Andrea Lucado
• Sean Carnell and Jeff Moors

If you have been nominated, spread word to your friends and supporters, informing them to vote for you. The voting link is http://yadamag.com/yadamag-readers-choice-awards/

This is the final day so let us go and vote. Winners will be announced on Monday... :)

A different Kind of Birthday

It is amazing how God begins to teach us life lessons in different ways. And I understand this more with what happened today.

I always look forward to my birthday. I usually see it as a time to hang out with friends, chill and basically have fun. But today, I have learnt that there is more to birthdays than parties and presents.

I had plans to hang out with my friends today but for some reason or the other it could not happen. I was already feeling down and something inside me said "Why are you down? Why are you weary? Don't you know there is a lot to be thanful for?"


Trust God, He always finds a way of confirming his word. This time He used Bunmi, one of my best friends. She sent me this scripture

Psalm 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 

Verses 3-5 say
 ³Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
 ⁴Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
 ⁵Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

How awesome is that? Wait until you read it in the Amplified Version


²Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits--
    ³Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases,
    ⁴Who redeems your life from the pit and corruption, Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy;
    ⁵Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle's [strong, overcoming, soaring]!

I am so thankful for this new phase of my life and how God is already teaching me a lot on the first day of this [personal] new year. I am in awe of how He is reminding Him the inportance of being grateful for all that He has done and will do.

So now, I am sitting at home, typing this with a smile on my face and grateful for all my many blessings. Besides, I should be going for YWAP meeting now...

Wanna say thank you again to everyone that called me, sent a message on BBM, hollered at me on facebook and twitter or even sent a text. I am so thankful... May God bless y'all plenty!!!

Till my next post,

Harry

PS: Abeg make una go vote for The 2011 YadaMag Readers Choice Awards oh!!! Click here to vote

My sister and I on our way to Church... :)

The day before the big day

I think this is my first post in the month of May.

Is it?

I am not sure but if it is, Happy new month

This week has been crazy and I feel it is wrong for me not to have blogged in a while, so here I go.

Tomorrow is my birthday and I had like a plan in my head. Things I should have done and things I was going to do on that day. It is funny how we have all these wonderful plans and within the blink of an eye, God shows us that He is Lord and Master of our lives. Isn't that something?

Right now, I am learning to let go. It is the hardest thing to do because I like to have things all figured out in my head but to completely trusst and lean on God for direction, that is difficult. Very difficult.

"Now the just shall live by faith and not by sight"

That is God's way of saying Trust me. Lean on me. I remember during the week he told me "If you don't tell me anything. Your fears. Your dreams. Your hopes. How can I protect you?"

So it is 9.40am, Nigerian Time and I am here clueless of what this next year of my life will bring but confident in his awesome power. I'll be fine.

Harry

On other things. Yada is awesome. Vote in our Readers Choice Awards here.

And one last thing

I AM LOVING JAI!!!!!!

Trotcha!