CASUAL WEARS VS FORMAL WEARS

By Benedict Sandra

Many people find it diffiult to pick an outfit for formal occassions as they can't tell the difference between casual wears and formal wears.

Casual wear refers to the clothes we use for everyday wear. You want to dress better in your everyday activity but you don't want to go over top with your dressing most style advice revolves around suiting you.

This style emphasises on comfort, relaxation, and informality. It includes a wide range of clothes and styles. Casual dressing gives first place to personal expression and comfort over formality and conformity.
Casual wears includes; Tee-shirts (polo shirts, turtlenecks, etc.), jeans, jackets, , hoodies, summer dresses, skirts, ,  and sandals are examples for casual wear.


Sportswear, clothes worn for manual labour also falls under casual wear. It can be worn when you are going on trips, shopping, and casual outings with friends. This style is also worn by high school and college students unless the schools don’t have a specific uniform.

Casual wear is usually made from materials such as cotton, jersey, denim, polyesterCasual wear is not made from expensive and dressy materials such as chiffon, brocade, and velvet. Casual wear should not be worn for ceremonial events, parties, weddings and other formal events, business meetings or to work (in offices).

FORMAL WEAR

Formal wear are clothing that is suitable for formal events such as ceremonial events, weddings, balls, formal dinners, etc. Formal wear is mostly worn at formal dances, and entertainment industry award programs.

Although most people associate black tie with formal wear, the satirically proper dress code for formal wear is white tie for evening and morning dress for daytime. Women are supposed to wear ball gowns or formal evening (floor length) gowns.

Uniforms such as formal military uniforms, law court dress, academic and graduate dress are also considered as formal wears.

Knowing the difference between casual wears and formal wears is an essential knowledge when styling one self. It easier and better as it helps you know what to wear to suit the occasion.

Catholic Church Celebrate Easter at NIJ

By Raji Adam Adebayo

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic  Church, Ogba  came out in full force to meet the risen Christ in an elaborate gathering on The Nigerian Institute of Journalism football field on Monday 2nd, 2018

This obviously is to celeberate the  Easter Monday with activities which varies from sport, dance presentation, brief ministration, music and so on.

However, a factor to note about the celebration is the sircularity that overshadowed the event. With street jamz booming from all corners that has a speaker and the physical appearance of the youth present. Anyone without a former 0knowledge about the event would not think of it as a religious gathering but rather another carnival you must attend.

In a chat with Judian, a participant and equally a member of the church she said the gathering was to bring people together and celebrate the risen Christ. She also said, to her, it is an avenue to skip church activities"

Tonto Dikeh blasts Musician concerning BBNaija's Nina

By Benedict Sandra

Actress Tonto Dikeh has blasted musician and blogger, Tunde Ednut, for shading Nina Onyenobi a.k.a Nina, one of five finalists of the just concluded BBNaija “Double Wahala’reality show.

Nina Onyenobi HoH BBNaija `Double Wahala’ The actress commented on a blurry video of the ex-housemate that Tunde Ednut posted on his Instagram page.

He captioned the post, “Nina, stop using android.” Tonto Dikeh commented some minutes later with her handle,@tontolet and she said, “ Tunde, you have been a celebrity longer than I can remember , so you can afford a phone.” “Send her one, she needs it.

We are waiting since you are the first to notice it.” Other fans of Nina applauded Dikeh for giving him the “well-deserved reply”. @anuoluwapelumi said, “Tontolet, God bless you for that reply.” @therealmandy05 said, “Mama, thank you for this.

This guy is just uncouth but he’ll meet his match someday #peace.” @adeolaoyerinde said, “You’re the best, the reply was just perfect.” @zarabee said , “ Please leave Nina, what is wrong with using an android phone. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nina and four other finalists are currently on media tour since returning to Nigeria. Other finalists, Cee-C, Alex , Tobi and Miracle.

Buhari should apologise to youths – Shehu Sani

Grace Bello

Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central has said president Muhamadu Buhari must apologise to the youths over the unfortunate comments credited to him that the Nigerian youths, “do nothing” and want everything for “free”.

In a facebook post on Friday, Sani simply asked President Buhari to withdraw the statement and apologise. He also requested that the president tell the youths what he had done for them and what he would do for them in future.



”The President should simply withdraw the statement on the youths and apologize; and tell them what he will do for them in addition to what he had done for them.The President spin doctors are trying to spray fragrances on the feces and lace the dung with olive oil, it’s absurd.The President is a human being, he can gaffe and should be forgiven and should not be sent to the political guillotine.

“As for the Youths, the challenge is to pick the baton and lead and stop holding the Alsatian Dogs of the political elite.The President echoes the perception of the bourgeoisie power elites, the youths must rise against it.”

Top Apps to Use for Your Android Phones

Favour Okpo


It's almost mid year and I would like to share my top ten apps that i love and is also a must have for everyone who uses an android phone. Before I start I would like to make it clear that all this apps are free to download, without fodaadu  let's get into the count down.
10- Stream:
Have you ever wanted to stream music on YouTube but you can't close the app or do anything but be stuck in the app. That's why you need the stream app. It let's you stream music, movies etc from YouTube while doing other things on your mobile phone which is a huge deal for any individual in this century. However the only limitation this app has is that it does not play while the phone is off because that is just against YouTube's policy and I think we can all angry that that is fair.
9- Lens distortion.
Who doesn't like a good photo editing app? This app has been a favourite on the iPhone for a long time so I had to check if it was available for android users and I found it and you should get it.
8- Particle constellation's.
This app is a simply a screen saver that makes star light movement at the background of the phone screen and it is pretty cool. And yes you can adjust almost every detail about the screen saver like how fast you want it to go or how slow, the size of the dots as well.
7- Medium.
This app is under a popular brand and it offers so much more. Medium is like twitter but very intuitive. People get to share their stories in longer form rather than the 150 character we're used to on Twitter. What I'm mor peculiar about is the fact that when you sign up and follow topics that you are interested in you get notifications peculiar to that topic. Its also a place I go to just read interesting topics, peoples thoughts and journals. It is very limit less.
6- Smash hit.
I cannot make a list of my top ten favourite apps and not talk about a game. Although Smash hit is not a recent one it is one I will recommended any day and time. The goal with this game is to smash all the glasses in your way to get to the next level. its pretty tough but very fun to play.
5- Preview.
This is an app that i will highly recommend for anyone that is very particular about their Instagram page. This app let's you plan or preview you Instagram page on a temporary platform before you upload to your real page. It helps you see what it would look like after you upload to your page.
4- Canva.
Canva  is basically a design app that let's you create designs if you don't want to do the heavy lifting on Photoshop or more complex editing apps. I like Canva a lot is because the numerous and actually nicely design templates that it comes with.
3- AZ Screen Recorder
Starting from Android 5.0 Google allowed apps to be able to record your device. I don't know why this app doesn't already come with phones already but there are many of this apps in the play store. Its a pretty necessary app so go get it now.
2- Moldiv.
Apart from being able to do so many things at once. It is an app that let's you create collages into very adjustable frame and moldiv has a large collection of them. The frames are easily customizable and you can play around with all various option.
1- VSCO.
Thus is my all time favourite app and I can say that eighty percent of my pictures are edited with this app. I got to know about VSCO from a very dope British blogger called ultra links. It was in his tutorial book. VSCO basically helps you make good looking pictures look even better. Its free to download but I highly recommend an investment on one preset atleast.
Those are my top ten apps but but guess what, because I'm a very nice person I have two bonus apps.
1-E Book Droid.
This might not be the best looking app but its an app I highly recommend it if your in school or you read a lot of e books. The main thing I like about this app it that it can read a whole range of book format.
2 Pay Day Investors App.
If there is one thing I love to do is putting money out for future purpose. Imagine you can take money regularly out from your existing bank account and invest it, monitor it and watch it grow over time, well that is what ARM did with this app. You can set investment goals, using their calculator you can see how much you can put in and what you stand to benefit after investing. So your not just putting money your actually benefiting, and at the time of weighting this article  you are gaining 15.7% in yeild. Just in case you need more help ARM has gone ahead to create a blog that gives you investment advice and many answers to frequently asked questions.

Senate President Visits Injured Sergeant-at-Arms Attacked by Thugs

By Opaniran Boluwatife Faith

Senate President Bukola Saraki on Sunday visited Sandra Davou, one of the sergent-at-arms who was at senate plenary on Wednesday when thugs invaded the red chamber. 

The thugs had made away with the mace, after attacking some persons in the upper chamber.

Davou was assaulted and injured during the incident.

Saraki was accompanied by Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president.

Below are pictures from the visit:

Korede Bello Bags Distinction at NIJ Convocation

By Opaniran Boluwatife Faith

The Nigerian Institute Of Journalism, Lagos celebrated it’s convocation ceremony this weekend and Mavin superstar act Korede Bello is one of the graduands who made away with a distinction.

NIJ presented one thousand three hundred and forty-one (1,341) “graduands of five academic sessions from 2013-2017 sets” during their 5th convocation on Friday, April 20.

The award of National Diploma (ND) certificate was presented to 501 students, Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate was presented to 407 students, Post-Graduate Diploma (PGD) certificate was presented to 352 students, Proficiency Certificate Journalism was presented to 64 students and Proficiency Certificate in Writing and Communication was presented to 17 students.

The ”Melanin Popping” frontliner bagged a distinction in Higher Diploma alongside 6 other students. He was also awarded the best student in “Editorial Writing” by the Monotechnic.

Lagos: Agugu Residents Bemoan Their Bad Road

By: Ezeagu Gladys

Residents of Agugu in Ajeromi-Ifelodun axis of Lagos state have lamented the dilapidated and useless state of their road, thereby, calling the state government for help.

This came even as the road becomes a death trap, and useless for commuters to carryout their business activities, at present time when the rain seems to be here again.

It was, however, observed that several areas in Lagos state are suffering from inaccessibility due to poor state of their roads, and the Agugu road is part.

Speaking to some commuters across Agugu Street, they made how they have been praying and waiting on the state government for years; on this road known.

However, their prayers seemed to have been answered last year when some sets of individual began road and drainage reconstruction, but couldn't see the completion.

According to a motorist, who simply identified himself as Baba Wale, "the road condition is unpleasant, especially in this rainy season of the year. We can't drive through this route when it's rained. What we do is to take another route, which takes longer time than expected.

Although, after years of neglect, there were several actions to reconstruct the road last year, for the first time, there was a ray of hope for the road; the road is still bad and useless." He said.

Also, speaking with one of the Okada riders who simply identified himself as Ifeanyi, he said “we were happy when they began works on this road, but we can’t say that now. The road is affecting my Okada business and other businesses here. It makes me sad every time I think of how long it will take for the road to be accessible again?”

A resident, Mr. Bolaji Ogunbiyi, noted that the construction, which has been going on for over a year, has made the roads even more miserable.

He said “the road is so bad and not accessible. There are countless pot holes in the middle of the road, which stop water when it rained.

We urged the Lagos state government to help us rehabilitate the road before it sends us back to our villages," he said.

(NMC/15/079)