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2Baba: Inner Circle Moves To Stop Meltdown
~3.3 mins read
Family members and friends of popular singer, Innocent Idibia, aka 2Baba (formerly 2Face), have made several attempts to meet with him in recent times over his recent actions, but all have been unsuccessful, Saturday Beats can authoritatively report. A source close to the family told one of our correspondents that 2Baba’s siblings are seriously worried about their brother’s state of mind because of some of the actions he has taken in recent times. Earlier in the week, while appearing on a podcast co-anchored by a controversial media personality, Nedu, 2Baba had espoused the view that men are not built to be monogamous. He said, “Men are not built to be with one woman sexually. A man can love one woman and still desire others.” Nedu, who has been accused of manipulating his guests before and during interviews, then asked the singer if he would cheat on his current “wife” and member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Natasha Osawaru; to which he stammered before another co-anchor and comedian, MC Acapella, steered the interview on. Shortly after the video went viral online, 2Baba returned to social media to profusely apologise for his statement. He said, “I messed up. I know I’m going to pay a heavy price. I disappointed a lot of people, my fans, my family, especially my wife, Natasha.” He then described his words as a “poor attempt to explain male psychology,” but acknowledged the harm done. “There’s no excuse. I take full responsibility.” However, friends and siblings, say that the apology in itself lends credence to their claims that the singer is not in the right frame of mind. A source close to the family told Saturday Beats, “This matter is becoming more worrisome for us by the day. Do you know that people had to come from different places, including the United States of America, to have a meeting with 2Baba but he never showed up, even after promising that he would. “This is not the Innocent that we know. He seems like someone being teleguided to do certain things that he normally wouldn’t. “We are not happy that he has practically abandoned his family, businesses and every other thing in Lagos and relocated to Edo State. He is also not reachable, and that is unlike him.” This was even as some of the singer’s friends who also spoke to Saturday Beats alleged that his phone had been hacked, with messages and other information were being deleted before the singer could access them. A media personality, Oladotun Kayode, (Do2dtun) also called the apology video “unnatural”. “Please, I don’t like this 2Face I’m seeing. Something is not right at all. Why always make him retract or apologise like a child? Someone is milking his vulnerability. “Even in his worst scandals, he never addressed anything like this. This isn’t him. Something is wrong,” he wrote on X. In an “open letter” posted on social media, 2Baba’s brother, Charles, described 2Baba as a kind-hearted soul being mentally caged by a controlling partner. He wrote, “You have been captured; from frying pan to industrial furnace. “She has cloned your WhatsApp, posted pictures on your socials while you sleep, isolated you from your businesses, and calls herself your wife while you are still legally married. “This isn’t the legend we know. Wake up, brother.” Reacting to the apology video, media personality, Daddy Freeze, stated that 2Baba was “depreciating”. He said, “2Baba, what is this? What do you want to turn 2mama for us? Do2dtun was right, we don’t like this 2Face that we are seeing. E be like say Geppetto don dey control Pinochhio o! “Some people will say why didn’t I reach 2Face privately, we’ve tried to convene a meeting with him three times and he refused to show up. So, I cannot watch somebody I know and love continue to depreciate like this and keep quiet. Alright, you said something that didn’t make sense, apologise you have legend status, a one-line apology. Which one is, ‘I f**k up, I f**k up’? You are not a child, 2Baba”. A filmmaker and owner of Nevada Bridge Productions, Neville Sajere, also called on other close friends to “do something” about the singer’s recent actions. He wrote on Instagram, “This is not the legend I know. This is not the man that we created so many memories together! And, this has nothing to do with the podcast! In my opinion, he had a very good interview with Nedu and Acapella! But the aftermath of the interview is the real problem here! These past events have been overwhelming! If Innocent has ever meant anything to you, it’s time to do something! A guy, please for the sake of your seven adorable kids, take a step back and reflect.”
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A Low-tech School Vacation: Keeping Kids Busy And Happy Without Screens
~3.5 mins read
Nine ways to encourage children to connect, create, and play off-screen.
School vacation coming up? Wondering how to spend that time? Given how tiring holidays can be — especially for parents who are working — it's understandable why children are often allowed to spend hours with the TV, tablet, or video games. After all, happy, quiet kids make for happy parents who can finally get stuff done — or relax.
Except kids are spending way too much time in front of screens. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, kids ages 8 to 12 are spending four to six hours a day watching or using screens — and tweens and teens are spending nine hours.
Given how enticing devices and social media can be, those numbers can easily go higher during unscheduled times like weekends and school vacation. That's why it's good to be proactive and come up with other activities. Below are some ideas for parents and caregivers to try. These are mostly good for kids through elementary school, but tweens and teens may enjoy some of them too.
Spending time off the screen
Go outside. This sounds obvious, but spending time outdoors is something kids do less than they used to — and it can be really fun. If you have a yard, go out into it and play hide-and-seek or build a fort from snow or anything else that's around. If you don't have a yard, go to a local park or just go for a walk. A scavenger hunt up and down the block or game of I Spy may be a good enticement.
Go to the library. Do this early on in vacation, so that your child has lots of books, puzzles, and games to pass the time. Check out as many as they allow and you can carry. Ask if a Library of Things is available at a branch near you: crafts, tools, musical instruments, birding kits, telescopes — even metal detectors may be checked out for free.
Build a fort in the living room. Use blankets or sheets over chairs; if you have a small tent, set it up. Bring in pillows, sleeping bags, and flashlights; let the kids sleep in it at night. Let it stay up all vacation.
Build a city in the living room. Use blocks, Legos, boxes (or anything else), and add roads, cars, people, animals, trains, and other toys. Let it stay up all vacation, and make it bigger every day.
Getting creative off the screen
Get creative. Go to the craft store and stock up on inexpensive supplies. Buy things like poster board, huge pieces of paper (you could use those for your city, too, to make parks, roads, and parking lots), paints, and markers. You can make a paper mural, a comic book, a story, posters, or whatever catches your child's imagination. If you know how to knit or sew, think about teaching your child or making a simple project together. Play music while you create.
Read out loud. There are so many books that are fun to read aloud. When my children were younger, we read the Harry Potter series out loud, as well as the Chronicles of Narnia and books by E.B. White and Roald Dahl. Act out the voices. Have some fun.
Have a puppet show. If you don't have puppets, you can make some with socks — or you can hold up dolls or action figures and do the talking for them. You can make a makeshift stage by cutting out the back of a box and taping cloth (like a pillowcase) to fall over the front.
Get out the games. There are so many that work across the ages, like checkers, chess, Uno, Connect 4, Sorry, Twister, Clue, Scrabble, or Monopoly. We forget how much fun these can be.
Bake. You don't have to get fancy — it's fine to use mixes or pre-made cookie dough. There's nothing better than baked goods straight from the oven, and adding frosting and decorations makes it even more fun. Turn on music and dance while things bake.
While parents or caregivers need to be involved with some of these activities (like the ones involving the oven, or reading out loud), kids can do many of them independently once you have it started. Which, really, is what children need: time to use their imagination and just play.
But you just may find that once you have things started, you'll want to play, too.
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A Low-tech School Vacation: Keeping Kids Busy And Happy Without Screens
~3.5 mins read
Nine ways to encourage children to connect, create, and play off-screen.
School vacation coming up? Wondering how to spend that time? Given how tiring holidays can be — especially for parents who are working — it's understandable why children are often allowed to spend hours with the TV, tablet, or video games. After all, happy, quiet kids make for happy parents who can finally get stuff done — or relax.
Except kids are spending way too much time in front of screens. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, kids ages 8 to 12 are spending four to six hours a day watching or using screens — and tweens and teens are spending nine hours.
Given how enticing devices and social media can be, those numbers can easily go higher during unscheduled times like weekends and school vacation. That's why it's good to be proactive and come up with other activities. Below are some ideas for parents and caregivers to try. These are mostly good for kids through elementary school, but tweens and teens may enjoy some of them too.
Spending time off the screen
Go outside. This sounds obvious, but spending time outdoors is something kids do less than they used to — and it can be really fun. If you have a yard, go out into it and play hide-and-seek or build a fort from snow or anything else that's around. If you don't have a yard, go to a local park or just go for a walk. A scavenger hunt up and down the block or game of I Spy may be a good enticement.
Go to the library. Do this early on in vacation, so that your child has lots of books, puzzles, and games to pass the time. Check out as many as they allow and you can carry. Ask if a Library of Things is available at a branch near you: crafts, tools, musical instruments, birding kits, telescopes — even metal detectors may be checked out for free.
Build a fort in the living room. Use blankets or sheets over chairs; if you have a small tent, set it up. Bring in pillows, sleeping bags, and flashlights; let the kids sleep in it at night. Let it stay up all vacation.
Build a city in the living room. Use blocks, Legos, boxes (or anything else), and add roads, cars, people, animals, trains, and other toys. Let it stay up all vacation, and make it bigger every day.
Getting creative off the screen
Get creative. Go to the craft store and stock up on inexpensive supplies. Buy things like poster board, huge pieces of paper (you could use those for your city, too, to make parks, roads, and parking lots), paints, and markers. You can make a paper mural, a comic book, a story, posters, or whatever catches your child's imagination. If you know how to knit or sew, think about teaching your child or making a simple project together. Play music while you create.
Read out loud. There are so many books that are fun to read aloud. When my children were younger, we read the Harry Potter series out loud, as well as the Chronicles of Narnia and books by E.B. White and Roald Dahl. Act out the voices. Have some fun.
Have a puppet show. If you don't have puppets, you can make some with socks — or you can hold up dolls or action figures and do the talking for them. You can make a makeshift stage by cutting out the back of a box and taping cloth (like a pillowcase) to fall over the front.
Get out the games. There are so many that work across the ages, like checkers, chess, Uno, Connect 4, Sorry, Twister, Clue, Scrabble, or Monopoly. We forget how much fun these can be.
Bake. You don't have to get fancy — it's fine to use mixes or pre-made cookie dough. There's nothing better than baked goods straight from the oven, and adding frosting and decorations makes it even more fun. Turn on music and dance while things bake.
While parents or caregivers need to be involved with some of these activities (like the ones involving the oven, or reading out loud), kids can do many of them independently once you have it started. Which, really, is what children need: time to use their imagination and just play.
But you just may find that once you have things started, you'll want to play, too.
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Energy-efficient, Fast-freezing, Power-saving: Midea Delivers
~2.7 mins read
Few household appliances carry the weight of trust and responsibility as a freezer. In Nigeria, that trust is tested almost daily, by unstable power supply, unstable fuel prices, and the ever-pressing need to store, save, and survive. Whether you’re a small business owner trying to keep stock fresh, or an adult preserving food for the week ahead, a freezer isn’t a luxury, it’s a lifeline. Now, imagine a freezer that understands all that. One that’s built not just for convenience, but for true peace of mind. Meet the Midea Inverter Quattro Chest Freezer, a powerful, reliable solution designed for Nigerian homes and small businesses. Midea understands the unique challenges Nigerian consumers face daily. And they’ve created a freezer that meets the moment, redefines durability, and still saves you money while at it. 
There’s nothing more heartbreaking than returning home after a blackout to find your frozen food melted and wasted. But Midea has officially taken that pain point off your list. With a whopping 120-hour cooling retention (yes, that’s upto5 days of solid chill time), your food stays frozen long after the lights go out. This feature alone makes it a game-changer for Nigeria’s reality, where power cuts don’t come with courtesy calls. Most freezers come with an unintended feature: constant humming that feels like a background generator audition. Midea decided to do things differently. With its low noise design, you can place it in your kitchen, your shop, without feeling like you’re next to a transformer. It cools hard but stays quiet. Whether you’re storing meat, fish, ice cream, or simply soups, Midea’s fast freezing feature ensures that items lock in their freshness fast. This is especially crucial for homes with terrible power supply. The faster it freezes, the longer your food lasts and the more you save in the long run. Energy prices are climbing, and nobody wants a freezer that eats up more power than its worth, which is why the chest freezer is energy efficient, giving you all the chill with less of the bill. It’s smart cooling that understands the times we’re in, because a smart home isn’t just about tech; it’s about appliances that help you stretch every naira without compromise. If you’re in Nigeria and you store anything frozen, this freezer was built with you in mind. In a country where you need to plan three steps ahead, your freezer should be the one thing you don’t have to worry about. With Midea’s new chest freezer, you’re not just buying an appliance, you’re investing in peace of mind, reliability, and real energy savings. While we can’t always predict NEPA or the fuel queue, we can choose a freezer that’s ready for whatever. Upto120 hours of cooling*. Fast freezing. Whisper quiet. Energy smart. Midea isn’t playing. * The claim of 120 hours is dependent on 26°C ambient temperature
There’s nothing more heartbreaking than returning home after a blackout to find your frozen food melted and wasted. But Midea has officially taken that pain point off your list. With a whopping 120-hour cooling retention (yes, that’s upto5 days of solid chill time), your food stays frozen long after the lights go out. This feature alone makes it a game-changer for Nigeria’s reality, where power cuts don’t come with courtesy calls. Most freezers come with an unintended feature: constant humming that feels like a background generator audition. Midea decided to do things differently. With its low noise design, you can place it in your kitchen, your shop, without feeling like you’re next to a transformer. It cools hard but stays quiet. Whether you’re storing meat, fish, ice cream, or simply soups, Midea’s fast freezing feature ensures that items lock in their freshness fast. This is especially crucial for homes with terrible power supply. The faster it freezes, the longer your food lasts and the more you save in the long run. Energy prices are climbing, and nobody wants a freezer that eats up more power than its worth, which is why the chest freezer is energy efficient, giving you all the chill with less of the bill. It’s smart cooling that understands the times we’re in, because a smart home isn’t just about tech; it’s about appliances that help you stretch every naira without compromise. If you’re in Nigeria and you store anything frozen, this freezer was built with you in mind. In a country where you need to plan three steps ahead, your freezer should be the one thing you don’t have to worry about. With Midea’s new chest freezer, you’re not just buying an appliance, you’re investing in peace of mind, reliability, and real energy savings. While we can’t always predict NEPA or the fuel queue, we can choose a freezer that’s ready for whatever. Upto120 hours of cooling*. Fast freezing. Whisper quiet. Energy smart. Midea isn’t playing. * The claim of 120 hours is dependent on 26°C ambient temperature Read more stories like this on punchng.com
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