I met NBA legend, Jerome Williams, and i did not even take a selfie!!!

On Friday, i put on my work heels and went for the reception with NBA legend, Jerome Williams.
Basketball fans will know 'Junkyard Dog' very well. He played for the New York Knicks among other great teams, and was a fan favourite.

Can you imagine me standing beside Jerome?

The reception was by Africa’s largest and first truly pan-African free-to-air TV channel, Kwesé Free Sports Hard Rock Café in Lagos. I hung out with Lamide Akintobi, Lynxxx, Sound Sultan, Olumide Oyedeji (remind me to show you the picture i once took with him at the radio station), Ugo Udezue (former NBA player and now NBA agent), Vimbai and Joselyn Dumas.

Since i had my work heels on, i was trying hard to get a lot of content, and then i completely forgot to take any personal ones. No scrap that. I did take one with Vimbai and Joselyn, but then the light was in our eyes so go figure. 

See how bad lighting put some reggae in my blues picture

As for Jerome Williams, when i went to chat with him, he stood up. Mehn, i had to go, "You are so tall, please could we sit down instead?" 

He did some cool shout outs for Kwesefied though, and i also got everyone from Jimmie (the host), to Colin Udoh (i forced him) and Joselyn to do some as well so you should check them out via our Instagram. 

Meanwhile, if you follow Sound Sultan, you will know he loooooves his basketball so this is like dope news all around- Sound Sultan will host a new show called 'NBA Sundays' every Sunday starting in November, live from Hard Rock Cafe, Lagos.

Sound Sultan, Vimbai and Colin Udoh

NBA fans can also catch four NBA games every Sunday. Kwese Free Sport broadcasts on terrestrial television on UHF 32 in Lagos. It is also available on Kwese TV decoder channel 285 and FreeTV channel 732 in Abuja and Jos.

Read the story on the Kwesefied site

#BehindTheScenes My Weekend consisted of Kids, Drinks and Chicken at 2am

I had a good weekend, mostly because of an eventful Saturday.

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For the shy and introverted, event invitations raise levels of anxiety. For me, it forces me to slightly panic, then go and either be the life of the party (over-active), or stay in a corner throughout.

If you are shy and introverted, remember to relax (it's just a party), have a few topics of interest just in case people actually want to have a conversation with you, and love what you wear. Ain't nobody got time for discomfort!

I went for the Independence Kids Awards at Federal Palace Hotel (the Marquee). Kids doing exceptional things where celebrated and there was also entertainment provided by a funny Gordons, and SPAN. I sat on with Governor, Jafextra, Sound Sultan and Ali Baba and it was altogether a great time.

AliBaba and Yaw had us laughing all through at our table

I also checked out real quickly, the launch party for a new e-commerce company at Oriental Hotel.
Props to Spinall for his outfit to the event; he looked good!

Dj Spinall in an Ankara Kimono by Ayo Van Elmar

I saw Katung and his wife, and Kevin Chuwang. Fun fact- when I was fresh out of school, Katung was one of the first people I interviewed.
Thanks Katung!

My last port of call was dinner at Debola Williams' house for Zain Asher, Nigerian CNN correspondent. Fun fact? She's Chiwetel Ejiofor's sister!

Debola was a perfect host

It was informal and not only did we dance (especially to 'Pana', but we also played musical chairs (I lost), mimed to songs ('street credibility' was a hit) and talked into the night about dating, working and impact.

The highlight could have been chowing down some chicken at 2a.m as Debola showed himself to be the perfect host but it was actually getting to meet Stephanie Busari who is a CNN correspondent in Nigeria, and finally meet and chat with Arese of 'Smart Money with Arese'.

Arese, Toke Makinwa and i

Stephanie Busari is such a lovely person

So, my weekend was impactful. How was yours?

Stephanie Busari, Debola Williams, Eunice Omole and i

Zainab Balogun, Aderonke, Vimbai, Zain, Lala Akindoju and i