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How Cassablanca Dominates Night Life In Port Harcourt
The Cassablanca Night
Club located at No 2 Sani Abacha Road GRA Phase two, Port Harcourt has remained the night club to beat in Port Harcourt City over the years. It is the gathering point for fun seekers who go there to catch fun and relax in a cossy environment.
Operated by Mrs Mercy Castilo from Amadi-Ama, Okrika, Rivers State Cassablanca has become a haven of fun and relaxation for both the old and young. It was gathered that cassablanca which started operation in 2007 was not designed for a night club or a dancing bar or even a place to stay till the next day but a place to eat good food.
But, today, it has metamorphosed into a leading night club in the fun loving garden city of Nigeria. When The Tide Entertainment visited the place recently, the place was indeed a sight to behold. There is indeed no dull moment inside and out side the club. The activities that take place inside the club is best imagined than seen.
From the gate of the club, you are subjected to a thorough search by fierce-looking bouncers, if you succeed in getting inside the hall then you are on your own.
Apart from listening or dancing to the latest music oozing out from giant loudspeakers you are entertained by young beautiful strip dancers who take their turns to dance and entertain the guests.
After that comes the lap dancers who dance on the laps of men for a curtain sum of money. Some of the dancers even dance nude, at this point heaven is let loose. There is also a sex bazzar that goes on in the hall as some sex hawkers even go as far as soliciting for male attention for specified amount of money.
The beautiful ladies with different sizes of boobs, hips and curves kept moving in and out of their inner chambers to reinforce their strategies to entice and seduce men for sex and most of the men decline to real sex which is more expensive and opt for the lap dance which is cheaper and done in the open.
Heavy drinking and smoking is another aspect of the club life as the guests both male and female gulp down volumes of assorted hot drinks and beer. In short, what happens in this place can be described as the reincarnation of the biblical Sodom and Gomorah.
Despite the fact that this abominable act is alien to the African culture, the reprehensive act continues to proliferate as most clubs in the city and its environ also employs young girls of between 18 and 25 years to attract customers with their bikinis and proactive attires.
The competition is cut throat among night club operators and it is growing in leaps and bounds. This development should be checkmated to restore the sanctity of womanhood before it gets out of hand.
Spotify yesterday revealed a significant surge in heartbreak song streams in Nigeria during the Valentine’s Day season, with a 626 percent increase between 2022 and 2024.
This was disclosed in a statement issued in Lagos, Nigeria by Spotify’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa Phiona Okumu.
Okumu said, “Spotify data reveals a surprising trend, a massive surge in heartbreak song streams.
“Nigerians are turning to their playlists to express their emotions, with a staggering 626 per cent overall growth in heartbreak streams from 2022 to 2024.
“This Valentine, the sound of love is accompanied by the sound of heartbreak, and the data shows it’s louder than ever before.”
She said on Valentine’s Day, most surprisingly, male listeners streamed heartbreak songs at a significantly higher rate than female listeners, with a 362 per cent increase compared to 169 per cent among women.
“This could suggest that men resonate with the feeling of heartbreak more and turn to music as a private outlet for processing emotions.
“Whatever the reason, one thing is clear, when love is in the air, so is heartbreak and Nigerian men are pressing play on their pain more than expected.
“While Valentine’s Day is often celebrated with grand gestures, heartbreak is a common theme on Valentine’s Day -more than what’s publicly shown,” she said.
Nigerians will join their counterparts across the world to mark the 2025 Valentine’s today.
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has joined MLS side San Diego FC’s ownership group as a club partner.
SDFC announced today that Tems joined the ownership group through her company, The Leading Vibe.
In the process, Tems became the first African woman to be involved in MLS ownership.
“We are delighted that Tems has joined San Diego FC as a club partner,” SDFC chairman Sir Mohamed Mansour said in a statement.
“Tems is a globally significant artist who will help us reach new audiences and spread the word about our unique project, which, of course, has its foundations in sub-Saharan Africa through the unique Right to Dream organisation.”
Reacting to her addition as the latest partner in SDFC’s ownership group, the singer said: “I am thrilled to join San Diego FC’s ownership group and to be part of a club that celebrates creativity, culture, and the power of community.
“Football has a unique way of bringing people together, and I am excited to help build something special in San Diego, a city that thrives on diversity and innovation.”
Fashion and beauty entrepreneur, Toyin Lawani, has claimed she is enduring back pain and that her spine is degenerating.
Lawani revealed this in a video posted on social media last Tuesday.
In the clip, she opened up about her experience with epidural anesthesia, an injection administered to pregnant women in the spine to reduce pain during childbirth.
The mother of three claimed that since receiving the injection, she has not felt like herself.
She accused doctors of not fully informing women about the long-term side effects of epidurals.
According to Lawani, she received the anesthetic injection during the birth of her last two children.
She said, “When you hear ‘epidural,’ run. Doctors tell you about the side effects but do not tell you about the long-term effects on your body. I have about three friends having the same issues that I am having.
“Like, I am just 42, how did I end up with spine issues? I have a degenerating spine. I have implants in my spine. I go paralyzed. I can’t stand for a long time. I can’t even breathe properly sometimes because it affected so many things in my body when I had the surgery.
“They will not tell you because you just want the pain to go away. I have had two epidurals. I had my first as natural birth. The last two were epidural. The last one I had epidural because I had to undergo a surgery and I had no choice.
“See, the pain does not stop. My back is killing me and my spine is degenerating.”