• The 8th edition of the popular beach soccer tournament, Copa Lagos held throughout the weekend at Eko Atlantic, VI. It had us loving the opportunity to immerse ourselves in enjoyment. You should know by now that we can’t pass up a chance to get the ultimate weekend experience. And you know the fun part? We got it all in one place.

    Because we’re good people, we’ve decided to do a recap of all the things you definitely missed:

    1) What’s A Weekend Without Drinks:

    What’s better than having drinks with friends in a relaxed atmosphere? Especially when the drink is on tab? Copa gave us all of this and more. Hooray for us.

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    2) Hot Guys:

    Yaasss, sistahs! There were so many hot guys at the event, we didn’t know where to look. Some of them were on the pitch and had us salivating with all that action; others were giving us googling eyes from their position on the sidelines of things. Apparently, we weren’t the only ones that had thoughts on this:

    https://twitter.com/Laraoriye/status/1190689300641386497

    3) Freebies:

    We totally loved the freebies that we got courtesy of FCMB, who sponsored the tournament. I mean, who doesn’t love to get gifts? Our turnup was real when we heard that FCMB was giving out free tickets and gifts. We made a mad rush to Copa Lagos just to get us some. Best part was that the gift giveaways were essential life items like flat screen TVs, mobile phones, and other exciting gifts. Ultimate what? Ultimate weekend, we tell you.

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    4) Celebrity Matches:

    Oh you thought the tournament was only for experienced footballers? Nah. We got to see some of our favourite Nigeria celebs on the sandy football pitch as they showed of their mad skills. This includes: Sound Sultan, MC Lively, Josh2Funny, Sexy Steel, Ehiz and more.

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    5) The Who’s Who In Attendance:

    We couldn’t keep calm when we sighted Governor of Lagos, Sanwo Olu — I know, such a rare honour to actually see him. The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, and the Honorable Minister for Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, also graced the event.

    6) Music, Mingling & Cheerleading:

    The constant music was enough to let us forget all of our home training. But, we acted with enough decorum to mingle as well. We love to meet new people, so we braved it and asked a couple of cheerleaders to teach us one or two things about cheer leading.

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    7) The Lions of Senegal:

    Senegalese football team, The Sand Terranga Lions of Senegal, defended their crown once again by winning this year’s tournament.

    This year’s Copa Lagos was so awesome and we are highly anticipating next year’s. Big ups to FCMB and Copa Lagos for such an amazing event.

  • The weekend is the best time for enjoyment for everyone. It’s the only time you can prove that your life isn’t boring and that the government might as well make you Minister of Enjoyment.

    You also have the perfect excuse not to respond to your mail, to sleep in without guilt, go out with your friends, visit family and so much more. If only this blissful time wasn’t so short, you never know how you go from Friday night to Monday morning real quick. 

    We’ve made a list of six things to do this weekend that will slow down the weekend and make every second count:

    1) Go for a fashion show.

    The best way to see the new pepper-dem culture is at a superb fashion show. 

    2) Go to a music concert.

    Go get serenaded by your favorite artistes. You have our permission to scream yourself hoarse while singing their songs and jumping to the rhythm. Doesn’t matter if you are just chewing your mouth.

    3) Go hang out with friends at the beach.

    Where else can you commune with nature and feel alive with your friends but the beach? You need to get rid of the week’s stress that mounted on your head and the beach is the best place to wash it off. Take a dive or take a selfie. 

    4) Play football and get some exercises done – better to get that fitfam body started now than never.

    You know there are other ways to enjoy football instead of watching other people play it, right? Go outside, run around, kick something, enjoy the thrill of actually playing football and getting your workout done at the same time. 

    5) Meet new people.

    How else will you make new friends if you don’t leave the house? Get out there and mingle.

    6) Go dancing

    Sometimes you just need to let your hair down and do the legwork. This is the ultimate way to destress from a hectic week. Find a good dancing place — either at a club or a party — and show your skills on the dancefloor. You know you want to. 

    There’s no need to stress yourself by going to different events and places to experience all of these. You can experience everything on our list and more this weekend at the COPA Lagos Beach Soccer Tournament, which is sponsored by FCMB. It is the biggest tournament in Africa and will take place at Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island, Lagos from November 1 to 3. 

    Apart from the opportunity to chill out, meet new people, experience a variety of activities, there’s a huge bonus. Here’s a clue: Gifts and prizes. Who doesn’t love the opportunity to win free things? You could also win awesome prizes if you participate in the numerous activities FCMB has got lined up. These prizes include TVs, Bluetooth speakers, Vouchers, Smart phones and so much more.

    And the best part of this is that you don’t have to start running up and down to get a ticket.. Save yourself the stress of looking for a ticket by buying one from the FCMB mobile app. You can also win free tickets and rides to the beach tournament by clicking this link and following the instructions.

    We do not know a better weekend line up than this. 

  • A lot of events happened on the 19th and 20th of December. Most of them were sports-related. Apart from the sporting activities, it was a time for people to eat good food, while in good company, friends to meet-up and the single ones to find the bae!

    At Twitter Premier League (TPL6).

    The kickoff in high heels.

    The beautiful people. Potential bae material.

    https://twitter.com/obadafidii/status/678638220985413632
    Look who made an appearance. OC Ukeje!!!

    Calculating how to seize the bae.

    https://twitter.com/hemical/status/678633273879339008

    Scoping some couple goals.

    Setting those Twitter DMs in the physical.

    Letting off some steam.

    Mending friendships.

    At The Socialiga.

    A time to let go and have fun.

    https://twitter.com/toRi_Jonez/status/678561125366153216

    Where the real thing is going down.

    This babe that won a guys heart.

    https://twitter.com/Chike____/status/678627395134451712

    This guy that’s trying to hard to be a Yoruba demon.

    This couple having a really good time.

    Bae materials.

    This guy that caught a bae.

    https://twitter.com/toRi_Jonez/status/678582425551814656

    Meanwhile, at Copa Lagos 2015.

    This fashion show.

    https://twitter.com/OjaySays/status/678284725711216640

    Getting ready for the battle.

    The cheerleaders.

    These ladies with beach bods to die for!

    And the winner of Copa Lagos 2015 is…. The Beach Elephants from Cote d’ivoire!

    These all look like fun. If you didn’t attend any, you should definitely make plans to attend next year!