Hello and welcome to NewsClick. I am Neelanjan Mukhopadhyay and you are watching Present Past and the Future. Years ago, when I was not even a journalist, I had a chance meeting with the legendary film director, Meenal Sen. He learnt I was probasi, meaning a non-resident Bengali with just a vague idea of my subconscious. He almost ordered me, read up about three episodes of 20th century Bengal and you will understand our psyche better. First, Bengal partition, beginning with the British attempt in 1905 and then the eventual surgery in 1947. How communalism fired this eventuality? Second, the Bengal famine of 1943 which killed millions of people and had a profound impact on the consciousness of people. And finally, the episode of turbulent Bengal of the 1960s and 1970s. It gave Bengalis the image of being romantic radicals, but there is little of the spirit now. His words brought back childhood memories at that time, stories my grandfather narrated when the family, like most others, survived on residual starch after rice was cooked. This was about a missing cousin when we visited relatives in 1970s. The story of Bengal partition was however, learnt with the help of historian friends and the books they advised. The tragedy of division was interlaced with several instances of communal flare up, including the great Calcutta killing and of course the Noa Khali tragedy. The last item on Minhal Babu's reading list is extremely relevant today. We just completed an astonishing election in which the BJP won 18 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. The CSDS post poll survey showed a dramatic rise in Hindu support for BJP from 21% in 2014 to 57%. On the other side, Muslims lined up behind Trinamul Congress from 40% in 2014 to 70% now. Driving the Hindus for BJP sentiment greatly is the Jayashree Ram slogan which had little traction in the state during the Ram Janam Bhumi agitation. Is communalism in Bengal an overnight phenomenon or does it have a past which we have brushed beneath the carpet? Have we lived in the illusion of West Bengal being home to revolutionary politics because the Indian renaissance are germinated in this land? I have with me, Partho Ghosh, a former professor at JNU who has written extensively on and about Bengal. His writings or identity, nationalism, migration and statelessness have been particularly insightful. Welcome, Professor Ghosh to my program. In a recent article, you have argued against two presumptions. First, that Bengalis are not communal and second, they are non-violent. You in that article referred to an 1858 Tarini Charan Chattopadhyas Bharat Bhashwari Itihash, which you call the virtual anti-Muslim manifesto. Does this mean that from the late 19th century at least, religion was the main basis of social identity in Bengal and that the so-called Hindu Muslim Bhai Chara that we talk about was actually all a sham. First of all, let me thank you. Before I… My privilege, you know, to have you respond to you a couple of footnotes to what you said.  I am from Bihar, probably you are from UP. I grew up in UP. This is one footnote and the other footnote you talked about, Minal Sen. I often feel that these, some of these film directors, they make better social statements than we academics. We write volumes but cannot say anything much. But these writers, you know, they often touch the chord which we do not do. That is just a footnote I wanted to add. Because I remember Minal Sen's Agdin Pratidin, you know, the way he portrayed the tension of the lower class, Bengal is a post-partition Bengal, post-47th partition Bengal. Having said that, let me address to your question, you know, that communalism and… Yes, as a child or till, say, few years ago, I had the romantic notion about Bengal as liberal state and leftist state and where there is no possibility of any communal tension, flare up, or communal consciousness. Where what is thought today in the rest of India thinks 50 years. Yes, that's right. That's right. And I think it's just the opposite now, what the rest of India thinks today. Thought yesterday, Bengal is thinking today. Yes, that is what I hope I'm proved incorrect, you know. We all hope so. Yes, when I was looking into this issue of Bengali communalism, I was struck by the fact that how in the mid, from the mid-8th, 19th century, there was a huge, so to say, development of consciousness for Hindu nationalism, which was not so much there in the rest of India. One reason could be that Bengal was the first state to be, you know, to be exposed to English language, secular education, and things like those. As a result, popular class of educated people emerged that because you were exposed to liberal thought, you would leave obscurantism behind. That's right. That did not happen. It happened partly because it was British created also. For your information, the first book that came in 1823 was the history of India by James Mill. James Mill had never ever visited India and he could have the audacity of writing a book in 1823, History of India, and in which for the first time he talked about the periodization of Indian history, Hindu period, Muslim period, and British period, market. Not Christian period. So dividing history and history on the basis of... He never talked about Buddhism actually. Right. You know, India was ruled by Buddhist for a very, very long time. He never mentioned, I do not say that it was motivated, what he was writing. Maybe his ignorance actually, I would say. Everything cannot be motivated.  And we're trying to understand that this has actually a link with the past, you know, which began from the middle of the 19th century and then thereafter it became more and more worse. You know, you started having riot after riot in Bengal in different parts, right from the 1890s onward to some of the most ghastly riots, you know, that we actually see, you know. So, you know, that what we look at, you know, that, you know, Bengal was, of course, also was one of the major centers of the national movement, the Swadeshi movement, for instance, which in 1905 was also the first attempt on part of the British to actually divide Bengal on the basis of religious identity. Questions which come from there that did the British did do it to appease the Muslims to give them certain amount of, you know, a greater share of the power in East Bengal. Second is that was this also in some way targeting the Hindu Bengali elite, the so-called Bhadralok because of the leadership position they took in the Swadeshi movement. You're talking 1905 between 1857 and 1905. One huge development took place in Bengal that was Hindumala, Hindu fairs, you know, which started I think in 1860s or something a bit earlier than the Ganesh festival which was started much, much, much earlier. Much earlier. Hindumala was an annual gathering, something like this Tablighi Jamaat or something like that Tablighi Jamaat, I'm not entering, but that's a different issue altogether. But that is but a congregation on the basis of all Hindus and that became very popular across India. It was imitated in Lahore, it was imitated in Chennai, those days Madras. These all these developments were taking place in Bengal as a result. The appearance that was there with the rest of India, particularly the rest of the India's Muslims was that Hindu nationalism was concentrated in Bengal. Here one small point I want to make that in 1875 onwards we see the Aligarh movement that Muslims must get educated. We also see in three decades, we also see in 1905, 1906, we also see the Muslims coming out. Let me complete this point. And Saiyad Ahmad who led the Aligarh movement that Muslims must get educated to compete with Hindus, his entire targeting was Bengali Hindus. He never talked about other Hindus. If you see his speech of 1888 in Merat, he is talking entirely as if Hindu nationalism is monopolized by the Bengalis. I was struck to read that speech actually. Now coming your question about 1905. 1905. Apeasing the Muslim elite and also an attack. Actually that was not that was not projected by the British. Obviously not. Projectors projection was that it was Bengal was too big. It is unmanageable administratively and things like that. But the point we noted here is that if you go to Bangladesh, which is published not exactly by Bangladesh's government but sponsored by Bangladesh. But by the conservative section within the Bangladesh. They entirely agree with the British you know interpretation of 1905. That's right. I have also checked some of the accounts from Bangladesh which actually shows a very lopsided and a very sectarian way of presenting the past. That's right. You know and actually in history it is very difficult to say what is lopsided and what is not lopsided. Everybody has its own orientation of reading history. That's why I am saying that history is the most difficult subject to read actually. You know what now we are talking about you know the Swadeshi movement. We see definitely also the issue in the Swadeshi movement that use of Hindu imagery by the leadership to some extent it also alienated the Bengali peasantry. So Bengali Muslim peasantry would you say that you know that by the early decades of the 20th century Bengal had come to a point where communism in Bengal had reached a point of no return and thereafter it was just a question of as to how long can you manage the entire tension which was there and somehow the other prevent it from erupting into major riots. I would prefer not to use that extreme word of point of no return. There is nothing like that in history actually. But I would say that the class conflict in Bengal got mixed up with the communal conflict. Yes and that started with Karnu Wallis actually. His permanent settlement if you see Zamindari system so called. I do not I cannot go entirely into those details but communism and class conflict got mixed up in Bengal and as a result we see most of the communal riots which we see Suranjan Das' book Oxford University Press 1991 which talks about riots in Bengal and he has enumerated of the 50-60 riots that took place between 1900 and 1950. And that was you may say it communal you may say it is class conflict. It can be interpreted both ways and I think there is a huge interlocking to these issues actually. Now point of no return. We also see you know through the 1930s and the 40s we see the rise of the Muslim League becoming the main voice of the political voice of the Muslims. Of course, there were certain you know people who stood against the Muslim League for some time at least first rule Huck for instance you know even though it was part of Muslim League at some point. Second thing is that you also see the Hindu Mahasabha becoming very strong especially after Savarkar gets released from jail and Shyama Prashant Mukherjee joins the Hindu Mahasabha and takes charge of Hindu Mahasabha in Bengal. So 40s become would you say possibly the most important decade as far as communalism in Bengal is concerned. Yes I would say for various reasons actually. I would say that 40s not exactly for ending 47 40s and partly 50s that was the period I find several dichotomies existed in Bengal. That is one Congress in Bengal, Congress in Delhi there is a tension. There is a Muslim League in Bengal and Muslim League in rest of India, North Indian Muslim League there was tension you know. Similarly there was a tension among the Hindu right as well and towards the in Bengal in actually there was a conflict interest between the type of things that Shyama Prashant Mukherjee wanted and the type of thing that was developing in North India under the leadership of Savarkar and the RSS also. There was a tension there also therefore all I would say that there is a sense of bengaliness you know which was emerging there and it is still there. Quite often it is said you know you probably I am mixing up. I think you have raised a very important point. Quite often it is said you know that there was a very strong bengali nationality which had emerged through the 1940s which unfortunately could not go to its complete you know logical culmination which is a separate Bengal as there was a very nascent proposal to ensure you know that to have an independent Bengal independent of Pakistan and India. That's right that who was also there. I find this period must be I am not I have not studied myself but I would say that this bengaliness or so-called bengali nationalism emergence it is still there. I would say if you come. In fact the foundation of Bangladesh because of this bengali identity. Yes it was essentially the you know the bengali identity. Hope actually. You meant having reached the last point on it. I would say this is the only hope. There was a party although that party was you know non-starter Amra Bangla Amra Bangali I do not know you remember or not there was a party like that Amra Bangali were 12 crores Bengalis and if we unite together a great nation blah blah blah you know that was there but I would say that in all these different categories of thinking there is a huge amount of bengali identity you know and therefore I would say I my hope is there that even this emergence of communist forces in Bengal will get contained will get contained by this element because I remember once GP Koirala said that I am not worried about communism in Bengal it is it is Bengali communism I know you know GP Koirala used to say you know I would say therefore this Hindu communism in Bengal will also take a difference. In fact in fact when you say you know that your hope you know I think possibly if we say that if anybody asks you you would possibly say that your reason for finding hope out of the darkening clouds in Bengal today is the 1946 elections in Bengal where the Hindu Mahasabha gets routed it does not win a single seat. Shama Prasad Mukherjee is the only seat and that too a non-elective on the university quota seat. So which means that despite practice of Hindu communist politics through the late 30s and 1940s being part of the government not resigning during the Quit India movement also despite that people do not vote for the Hindu Mahasabha. You have the great Calcutta killing Noa Khari taking place you have partition yet when the Jansang is formed they do not perform very critically. Although that is I do not want to go into because our time is probably limited I do not want to go into that debate here about the rise of left and what you know how it contributed to that also not but the point is what you are making is quite well taken and that is what I am trying to you did not mean I you missed one point you know that is Bengali language. Yes Bengali language you know I refer to it very you know obliquely that in the Bangladesh struggle it was actually entire thing was around the Bengali language. Yes Bengali language is a unifying force that does not happen in North India. North India is Urdu versus Hindi plus Islam versus Hinduism you know. But if you actually look back in Bengali history also you will find that a certain amount of Persianization and Sanskritization did happen you know and Sanskritization from the Hindu. So yes language also you know both the Hindu. Yes I know several tensions. The positive side is that they took away their bits from the Bengali language but the still we take hold of the Bengali. Still it is Bengali with the Persian touch and with the Sanskrit touch. Persianized and Sanskritized Bengali. I think it is very important for us to understand that we had Shama Prashad Mukherjee and NC Chatterjee members of parliament in the first Lok Sabha elections. What happened is that after that you would have a situation where they do not do very well for several decades. What do you think is the primary reason for that. Jhansang. Yes Jhansang. Actually there are actually Hindu Mahasabha that is the nucleus of Jhansang actually. Hindu Mahasabha had lost its glamour by by the time the partition took place I would say. And one character you are missing that is Devaprasad Ghosh you know. Devaprasad Ghosh was a great ideologue of Hindu Mahasabha and he became a Rajasabha member also and he gave fiery speeches also. And he was right hand man of Shama Prashad Mukherjee you know. And his writings show that there is a disillusionment with even Shama Prashad Mukherjee within Bengal, within Bengal. And your question is again a very large canvas you are trying to draw. But this refugee movement there is a distinction between Punjabi refugee movement and Bengali refugee. Punjabi refugee movement was concentrated in in few months time and millions. Bengali refugee movement was in trickles you know hope despair, hope despair that people will go back people will come back like that. But 1943 you mentioned about Minal Sen in the beginning. 1943 famine had a huge impact on Bengal and the rise of right sorry rise of left can be attributed to some extent to this this famine of 1941. Then the IPTA movement and other things very important that the cultural radicalism that we talk about. Although CPI was banned by the Congress government in 1948 in West Bengal against Nehru's wishes you know. But CPI the influence of the communists continued. And then question came of Dandakaran settlement and the other one Andamanikoba settlement. There is huge protest against those movements from the refugees. They didn't want to go you know. And behind them stood the communist party of India actually. I do not want to go into these details. Firstly they are very complex and I cannot probably handle them. No we also do not have the time we have to actually talk about it you know we have also. But these things are very important actually they cannot be ignored. No it cannot be ignored and it is going to be a very very turbulent period in Bengal over at least over the next two years you know. We have been able to understand a fair bit about the history of communalism in Bengal and also trying to understand as to what lies in the immediate rise in the last few years of the of the Hindu right in contemporary West Bengal. Thank you Professor Ghosh you know it has really been wonderful we could have continued this conversation for a much longer period of time unfortunately we have to wind up. Thank you very much. You know as far as Bengal is concerned you know the current situation of moving towards a Hindu right you know this is going to sooner or later have an impact on Bangladesh politics also. Because if there is consolidation of Hindu forces you know it is going to be very difficult for the Bangladesh government to prevent a counter reaction or a counter mobilization in their own state. So situation in West Bengal and also in Bangladesh Apar Bangla, Opar Bangla as they say is actually going to be very tense and we got to keep a very close look over the next few years on this particular region. Thank you for having watched this program you will see have another episode in a few days from now. Thank you so much.


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Now, the trade union congress D.U.C. says it is designing a clause in the framing of a new minimum wage that was sanctioned by the government who failed to pay the revised minimum wage when approved. The T.E.C. president Festus Ossifo made this known on Fest Day. Ossifo said the current minimum wage of 30,000 Naira can no longer cater to the well-being of an average Nigerian worker, lamenting that not all governors are paying the current wage award which will expire by April. Five years after the minimum wage act of 2019 was signed by former president Mohamed Dupuhari, now the act is to be reviewed every five years to meet with contemporary economic demands of workers. He said the sanction will require that the federal or federation account allocation committee directly pay workers in states where government defaults on the payment of the new minimum wage when agreed on by labor unions, federal and state government as well as the organized private sector. In the wake of this, the latest from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics says their nation's public debt stock rose from 87.91 trillion Naira in the third quarter of last year to 97.34 trillion Naira in the fourth quarter of the year. In its Nigerian domestic and foreign debt report for the fourth quarter of last year released on Tuesday in Abuja, the NBS said the nation's public debt stock which included external and domestic debt grew by 10.73 percent on a quarter-and-quarter basis. It puts the country's external debt at 38.22 trillion Naira in the fourth quarter of last year, stressing that domestic debt stood at 59.12 trillion Naira so far. Also, other sectoral retreat organized by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources unwaste the build synergy for enhanced development in the oil and gas sector, the Ministry of State for Petroleum Resources oil, Heineken, the public sector, solution to Nigeria's numerous challenges lies in the petroleum sector. But just how true is this? Or keep an eye on all of these issues on the show today. Welcome to Business Insight and Plus TV Africa. I am Justin Akadone. Welcome back to Business Insight and Plus TV Africa. I have my guest right now, Mukta Mohamed, standing by to discuss all of these issues with me. Good morning to you, Mukta Mohamed. Good morning. All right, let's start with the issue of this minimum wage. The TEC, Preston, Festus, or CFO is calling for sanctions for states that are defaulting in their payment. He said the sanctions were required that the federal or the Federation Account and Allocation Committee, that ISFAC, directly pays workers in state where governors default on the payment of the new wage when agreed on by labor unions, federal and state government, as well as the organized private sector. But the thing right now, Mukta, is that this issue of minimum wage has been on for quite a while. We have been looking at it and it's supposed to be reviewed every four years. But you have followed all the high points on the committee meeting and several suggestions that have come out of them. Let's talk about this defaulting state, for instance. Some are not even able to pay the 30,000 there after all of these years. What happens right now with labor pushing for more than 300 percent increment at different public hearings? Some have said 60,000. Some have said 70,000. Even have gone as much as 700 to 300,000 there. So what do we do with all these present realities? Yes, and Justin, we need to look at the minimum wage constitution or whatever. The minimum wage, will I say, I'm looking for the English, but what I mean about the minimum wage, okay, the minimum wage benchmark. We need to look at states, ordinarily, every state needs to have its own minimum wage negotiation with the government, with their own labor congress in their own states. So that's what it means. The government is just about to set up a minimum wage and say that you will not pay below this level. Then the state governors will begin to look at it. It doesn't mean that the great level seven in Lagos will collect the same thing with great level seven in KB states, because the cost of living in these two states are different. That's how minimum wage are done in developed economy of the world. It's not a straight line graph that you say, oh, this was interred. This is the percentage. And again, they also will also look at that for the Nigerian labor congress saying that the government will not pay the defaulting state, will pay the workers directly. I think that is going too far, because that is not the meaning of the constitution. How do you work on that? How do you go about that? How do you see the state of default to pay the worker directly? So I don't think that we work, but that's part of the pressure the Nigerian labor congress will be putting on the government to make sure that the 14 states are able to pay the workers. Again, like I said, most states will have to negotiate their own minimum wage based on their own allocation, based on their own revenue, based on their own projection, because what we see is that at the end of the day, a lot of states seem to be paying just minimum wage and there's no development. The same workforce will not want them to be reduced. Sometimes the government will say, okay, we have to bring down dues and we have to let some workers go so that we'll be able to pay the wages and they'll come again and say, no, you must pay without even disengaging some workers. So it's an ongoing negotiation. The negotiation between the Nigerian labor congress, the trade union congress is for the government to put up a minimum wage. After that, I believe that the state governments will be negotiating with their various labor unions to have their own. And remember, because it is not constitutionally or because of a type of constitution we run, even if we are not practicing it to the fullest, the first president cannot enforce the state to pay the minimum wage reward of 35,000. You know, the last time he had a meeting with the governors, he has to appeal to them that he will appeal to governors to be able to pay. He appealed to them not mandating them or instructing them that you must pay. All right, Ben Mukta, you are an economist and you are aware of what's going on. Let me just play a bit of a devil's advocate here. You know, 60,000, 80,000, over 300,000. But we know what the issue is with the country with inflation and other economic indices and inflation is over 30%. And as it is right now, in your opinion, what would be a real minimum or living wage as it is that can really cater to some of these present issues that we are battling with? Justin, you know, I've talked about structural reform. And sometimes when we talk about minimum wage, we are only just looking at the salary. We are not looking at some of the structural reforms. Okay. Structural reform could come in the sense of a tax holiday for civil servants or a time being. Structural reform could come also with some allowances being paid to civil servants. This is structural reform that will be embedded in some of these negotiations. But all we think about negotiating, we think about negotiating of the wage must go up. Mainly the wage goes up.  So increase your price of your goods. So if you, if you, if I sit down here today looking at the current economic reality on ground, I will say, if you look at inflation, like you say inflation is about 31%, but you and I know that inflation has gone beyond that. So I think the Nigerian Labour Congress should be negotiating for a minimum wage of being realistic. Maybe you say minimum wage of over 100,000 for start-up point. And you could take it up at other structural reforms to measure that wage coming, leaving wage. Because when you talk about the minimum wage, sometimes if the minimum wage has to stand to that, if I start correct, it's about 18,000. And if the government say we have increased the minimum wage by 200%, how much is that? So you need to look at how much percentage you you are looking at because the government will come from the side. Most governments in the world work pay and buy inflational pressure. It's okay, inflation is 31%, okay, if that's the case, we are going to increase the minimum wage by 45% or whatever. But you know in our own cause, if you do that, I mean, you just move, they go post a little, but the cost of living is too high, especially when most of these workers have to pay other things like school fees, housing that are not given to them. But if they develop economy, some of these things are knocked off. You don't pay school fees. So you send your children to a good public school. But here, we know what the public school system is. So that's why we're talking about the structural inflation. So kind of the issue could also come with them telling the government that you need to make a public school very conducive so that our children will be going there and that will reduce the financial burden on us. Okay, before we leave the minimum wage dilemma and talk about the public debt and other matters very quickly, I need to understand maybe it's all in my head. But don't you think that the law for a minimum wage should be revised to review this wage issues maybe on an annual basis so that there will be like a representation of the true picture of things and also ensure that the issues like these don't just pop up and the government might seem so overwhelmed to handle all the exponential increment. For instance, I'm sure in the UK it is done on an annual basis. But for Nigeria here, it is done every five years. So what's your thought really? Just as in my thought is that ordinarily we need to set up a committee to begin to review the wages when you look at that things have gone hard. And it's normal for any sensitive government or a sensitive government to look at it and say look things are not the same. In the US and in the UK that you are talking about they don't have the national minimum wage committee that will not they don't have the minimum wage standing committee that will not sit down and say okay this is the wage it is all embedded that oh they base their wage on economic data when they look at the economic data inflation is high. They look at and the purchasing power because they have all this data. Some things just decide to increase the wages and sometimes like you said these wages are not all-time high like what we experienced by living in for the next five years. Sometimes these wages are maybe just five percent, sometimes just 10 percent but again that goes by with the inflationary data that mostly mostly until recently it was the highest in US history for over 50 years. The inflation doesn't go above maybe three percent, two percent until recently I went above 10 percent and at that what they did was to do a structural reform whereby in some states like they have to stop paying petroleum taxes they have to so those are the kind of reforms that and then some of the companies also increased their salaries of their workers and where when you move the tax petroleum tax and other you see that there were any more so that's why we are saying that as Nigerian Liberal Congress is negotiating a living wage they should more or less look at the structural wage so that these are not things that are eating up the minimum after you negotiated it already. All right let's leave the national minimum wage for a moment and look at other issues let's talk about our public debt. So far the latest data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics says that the country's public debt stock rose from 87.91 trillion now which represents about 114 billion dollars in the third quarter of last year to 97.34 trillion now which is about 108 billion dollars in clear terms that's for the fourth quarter of last year. Just on a general basis how are we really doing in terms of our debt stock debt servicing and all of that? Well I think for debt servicing we should say we have been able to be paying if you look at what the GMO said they've been able to pay some of these debts so it's a good thing so that makes us a good credit us so a lot of companies a lot of countries who still want to give us debt so I say plus I'm certainly what I'm excited about this debt profile not that you're excited when you put on debt because there's a saying that they say no debt is a good debt no debt is a good debt some people say it's a good debt because you're putting it into productive ventures but no debt is a good debt because you still have to pay those debts so there's nothing good about that so so what I'm saying is that you look at the public debt I mean that the internal debt is about 66% for me that is good compared to the external debt of 38% if you talk twistedly that if external debt was 66% that will be talking with the current exchange rate will be talking an addition of almost almost 200% when it comes to internal debt I think those are manageable because you could also begin to look at giving the coupon for to them that look you can you buy can we give you a coupon like what was done sometime ago by the then minister of finance and so you'll meet this bond and we'll pay you gradually based on an interest so that can work but when it comes to international debt you have to pay it and you have to pay that address so the debt profile is not something exciting but again it is what is there and when you look at the state that are in debt you look at legal state and well when you look at the economic activities I think they have they were within to pay off the debt because when you look at their revenue by the debt that they are owning you realize that they have all the capability to pay but sometime you have problem when you have some states that cannot can barely pay so when the labor is complaining about some still not be able to pay minimum with some still don't get the kind of allocation that they used to get because after dig dot on for some of these debt they have left with nothing sometime with just nothing to do without that is so but again we should be happy that the president that also done very well in terms of took the poll step they took the poll by the home and they removed the minimum wage from from I mean remove the first subsidy so what we've seen that a lot of state are any more money but again it's not reflective on the people so that is why I will appeal to Nigerians instead of always putting pressure on the top on the center which also begin to look at our state government and our and our local government because it seems to have and more more more revenue since the advance of a president but not in a good to power all right as we round off now Mokta I just want to find out if you agree with this postulation that the solution to the nation's problems lie in the petroleum sector well that's the what the minister of state for petroleum resources Hayekin Locobiri seems to believe because in my opinion we've always been talking people have been talking about you know diversifying and not really so focusing on you know oil and gas sector I know you know FinTechs and other sectors are quite really doing well right now in the country but do you really think that petroleum sector is what or the panacea to all of the challenges that we have in the country well in the short term is the solution that's what I would say because it's the cash cow yeah it's the cash cow when you look at effects that we end in from other sector non oil sector even when the petroleum sector is producing less than maybe even 10% to the GDP seems to be the only one that brings in that effects so for the short term it is the king is the is the cash cow so we need to pay more attention to eat we need to make sure we wrap our production we need to make sure that we create the conducive investment environment to attract investors into that sector we need to deal with the insecurity in that sector we need to deal with oil tech also so for me I think yes in the short term but what other developed countries in the world have done is to use their main cash cow to be driven to develop other streams of income so for me I agree but I think we should not just stay there we should use that place as a springboard to people look other sector revenue end from from there so that we can have multiple multiple sources of revenue coming to our economy so I totally agree with it but it's in the short term using your cash cow to develop other streams of income Mukta Muhammad Mukta Muhammad is an international finance and economic analyst and he joined us now to look at all of them these issues concerning the minimum wage and our debt profile thank you once again for always doing justice to all of these issues thank you Justin have a pleasant weekend you too and that's the size of the show but I'll leave you with this one it's a focus on industrialization and it was done somewhere by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria many thanks for being a part of the show I am Justin Akadone Captains of industries organized private sector the United Nations industrial organization UNIDO and the federal government among others have converged on this whole the key theme here is setting the agenda for competitive manufacturing under the AFCFTA what Nigeria needs to know Otumba Francis may show you is the president of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria men he hits the ground running by lamenting the slow rate of industrialization in Nigeria and the challenges affecting the performance of manufacturers or the speakers will know that the AFCFTA can be achieved if stakeholders address the challenges affecting the nations we need to develop the right strategies and certain efforts to position our economy as a global manufacturing world of the african economy and then since from several parts of the world including China the United States Japan Germany South Korea after the portals of manufacturing sector immediate and resilient economy the AFCFTA is not just an agreement it is a platform for collaboration even beyond the worlds of Nigeria how do we reach for regional integration that will give us competitive manufacturing Nigeria must actively engage in regional and continental cooperation with the following steps the steps that will bolster regional integration we must strengthen our commitment to regional integration by harmonizing trade and manufacturing policies with other AFCFTA state parties this is why we have continued to prioritize the critical infrastructure and the implementation of policies and strategies aimed at improving the ease of doing business and strengthening the productive capacity of ns and ease across all sectors the former minister of trade and investment Dr. Lushewa Genger takes to the stage the ease of the opinion that embracing competitive manufacturing under the AFCFTA is crucial for Nigeria's economic growth and integration into the global market he says Nigeria may not be able to compete with China now but it can be a hub in Africa by investing in infrastructure innovation and skilled label while addressing trade barriers it is important to make it absolutely clear from the outset that in modern global economy industrial development is not luck industrial development does not happen by accident it is a nation's choice countries must therefore have an intentional precise and intense approach to noturing I'm expanding industrial activities in Europe the experts say to become a prosperous nation with a strong economy and reclaim its position as a jewel of Africa Nigeria most industrial lies


Michael B. Jordan is officially off the market. Yes, yet another one of the world's most eligible bachelors has apparently vanished into thin air after the Black Panther superstar fell in love with the adopted daughter of comedian Steve Harvey, Laurie Harvey. While both Michael and Laurie seem to have their own impressive cribs, it's no doubt they are spending more and more time together as their relationship progresses. In this video, we'll take a look at where the star couple calls home in Los Angeles. In these videos, we don't reveal any addresses and even though I've done a house tour of my own place, please do not show up at any private residences because it's not safe for anyone. After actor Michael B. Jordan was crowned people's sexiest man alive last November, Michael and Laurie Harvey began dating. Only a few days later, the rumors began swirling that Michael had finally found his dream girl after he and Laurie were spotted exiting a plane together at the Atlanta airport. For those of you who don't know much about Laurie, she was adopted by Steve Harvey in 2007. After he had married Laurie's mother, Marjorie Bridges. Laurie has been modeling since the age of three and at one point was planning to become an equestrian athlete but her dreams were sadly crushed after a training accident. Not only did Laurie and Michael appear to be madly in love but they both moved out of their parents' homes late in life and I do mean late. After Laurie vacated her parents' home, she picked herself up a gorgeous bachelorette pad in Los Angeles in the early stages of 2020. Meanwhile, Michael also moved out of his parents' place around the same time but it should probably be mentioned that Michael had purchased the home for them in 2015. And when Michael was finally ready to lay claim to his own place, he spared no expense picking himself up an 8 million dollar masterpiece. With a net worth of over 25 million dollars, Michael can no doubt afford a couple of pricy paths. Hey guys, it's Kara the Vampire Slayer back with another exclusive host to our here on Famous Entertainment and today we're seeing where Michael B. Jordan and Laurie Harvey call home. Don't forget to like, subscribe and hit me up on Instagram to chat. Now let's get into this video. Back in August of 2015, Michael B. Jordan bought his very first home, a 1.7 million dollar property in Los Angeles' Sherman Oaks neighborhood. This mini mansion consists of 4,627 square feet of space and features four bedrooms, four and a half baths, 18 foot ceilings, alongside European oak wood floors and top-of-the-line kitchen with all the necessary top-end appliances. Out front, Michael's got a cute little patch of grass located behind a massive gate and in his backyard there's a fantastic pool and patio combo that's perfect for family style cookouts. During his 2020 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jordan explained that after sharing that home with his parents for close to five years, they developed an awkward roommate relationship. I mean, when the world's sexiest man alive is living under the same roof as his parents at the age of 30, how could that be avoidable, really? After what I can only imagine were a couple uncomfortable conversations, Michael decided to move out and found himself a new home about 20 minutes down the road from his parents' place because there's just no way he's missing Sunday dinner with his folks. In the early stages of 2020, Michael threw down $5.8 million on a Hollywood Hills hideaway that was previously owned by Daisy Fuentes. Unlike with his parents' place, Michael has been very hesitant to show off any part of his new home. My best guess is that it's probably because he was super excited to finally be living the true Hollywood Bachelor lifestyle in a house that's no doubt made for such experiences. Jordan's estate sits on an acre of land that's walled and gated for some extreme privacy. In fact, between the wall and all of the surrounding trees, let's just say good luck seeing into the place. Built in 1997, this modern style home has around 4,500 square feet of living space with three bedrooms, each with their own on-suite bathroom and an accompanying balcony that runs the length of the home looking down into the backyard. The majority of the home is full of natural light that floods in from the ceiling to floor windows and doors, and Michael has reportedly furnished his interior with modern furniture set in neutral tones. The main floor consists of an open floor plan that features a living room, a dining room and kitchen, all intermingled with one another. Through some nearby sliding glass doors, you can step out into the backyard where Jordan no doubt keeps in buff shape by swimming laps in his mega pools. I can only imagine how much fun Jordan has out there, especially whenever Lori comes to stay. Speaking of Lori, let's move on to her bachelorette pad next. Much like Jordan, Lori is a proud owner of a new home as well. After she moved out of her stepdad's place, she scooped herself up a luxurious rental pad in Beverly Hills and took to Instagram soon after to share her first housewarming gift with the world. Reports online suggest that the home Lori moved into is a massive one. I'm talking over 9,500 square feet of space with seven bedrooms and nearly a dozen bathrooms at the expense of around $80,000 a month. But hey, at least you get some truly spectacular rooms and views for that expense. The front foyer is a true statement piece with a staircase crafted out of wooden glass and a truly spectacular chandelier that honestly looks far more like an art piece that should be installed in the nearby Museum of Dream Space in Beverly Hills. Seriously, these things look similar, right? All that and I didn't even mention the massive nearly full wall mirror that rests at the foot of the stairs and provides some interesting perspectives. Then there's a living room that's jam-packed with some truly classy furniture. I'm talking leather couches, low-hanging chandeliers, a built-in glass fireplace and gorgeous dark walls.  Meanwhile, Lori's kitchen is more or less the opposite of the other rooms in her home. Here, there's more of a cream and beige color scheme alongside nearly invisible storage space and a massive wooden island. Upstairs is Lori's sprawling bedroom which features the same hardwood floors that run throughout the rest of the home as well as was probably the most comfortable bed in the world. Let's not forget those amazing views, either. Finally, out back, Lori not only has one of the prettiest infinity edge pools I've ever seen, she's even got a fully stocked bar that looks better than 90% of the average pubs out there. In other words, Lori's home is a true dream estate. Maybe that's why when choosing a place to spend this recent Thanksgiving holiday, Michael and Lori selected her home. Not only does it look like these two filled up on all the mac and cheese, cornbread, turkey, salmon, potatoes, and spaghetti they could handle, they also look like they're madly in love with one another. Alright, well that wraps up our Lori Harvey and Michael B. Jordan house tour. We saw the stars' respective Los Angeles homes and we can only wonder how long it'll take for the couple to move in with one another. Officially, that is. Which house do you think they'll choose? I mean, Michael actually owns his mansion so that would make the most sense, but Lori's dream house is pretty hard to compete with. Not to mention, it's more than double the size. Be sure to let me know what you liked or didn't like about Michael and Lori's mansions down in that comment section. DM me over on Instagram and let me know which celebrity houses we should take a peek at next. I'll see you all in another video. Bye!


The Hilton family has almost always been associated with luxury lifestyles and glamour. Kathy and Rick Hilton live even more lavish than their daughter Paris Hilton. Owning mansions in Bel Air, the Hamptons, and even a luxury penthouse in Manhattan. With a net worth of an estimated $350 million, Kathy Hilton is the richest cast member to ever star on the reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She's even openly said she only did the show to spend time with her sister and fellow cast member Kyle Richards because it's not like she needed the money. When Real Housewives of Beverly Hills gave fans a glimpse into Kathy's life in home, beyond the gates of the legendary Hilton family mansion, you'll find a mix of opulence, endless wealth, and a touch of quirky charm.


Hi everyone, my name is Ben Nuttall, I'm Raspberry Pi's community manager, I write for opensource.com, I'm based in Cambridge in the UK and that's me on Twitter. We've recently sold over 10 million Raspberry Pi's since launching our first product in 2012. Okay, if I go over the time it's your fault for clapping. Many people think of Raspberry Pi as a hardware company but in fact we're an educational charity. In 2006 the Raspberry Pi Foundation was founded with a humble goal to get more people studying computer science at Cambridge University. The proposed solution which was a small and cheap Linux computer went down quite well with a large number of people on the internet and since 2012 educators, hobbyists and industrial users have been making the most of our range of devices and importantly passively funding our educational programs. All profits made by our trading subsidiary go to the foundation. Our mission is putting the power of digital making into the hands of people all over the world. We do this by providing low cost high performance computers that people use to learn, solve problems and have fun. We provide outreach and education to help more people access computing and digital making. We develop free resources to help people learn about computing and how to make things with computers and we train educators who can guide other people to learn. These are the current models of Raspberry Pi. The Pi 3 is our headline product. It's a 64 bit CPU with a gig of RAM which is not just a good computer for $35. It's a good computer full stop period. The Pi 0 shook the world last year when we released it for just $5 and we even stuck a free one on the front of our print magazine, the MagPi. If you use the Pi in 2012 it might have felt a bit sluggish and looked a little ugly. Today it runs fast and looks quite sexy. We recently released the new Raspian, our Debian based distribution with a new desktop environment called Pixel which looks like this. We provide a set of free learning resources on our website. There's plenty of fun activities of things you can do with a Pi. They're free in every sense of the word and you can contribute on GitHub. Pi Academy is our teacher training program. We run in the UK and the US. Educators apply for a place. They're selected. They do a two day course and become Raspberry Pi certified educators becoming part of a global community. Raspberry Jam is a community event set up around learning and sharing with the Pi. They're family friendly meetups and anyone's allowed to start their own. Have a look at our map on the website and if there isn't one near you get in touch with me and I'll help you get one started. Another of our programs that we run is called CodeClub. It's a network of after school coding clubs for kids aged 9 to 11. Anyone can set up a code club and we provide training, support and resources. Check out the CodeClub World website for more info. Thank you.


Hey guys, thank you for joining me. I know it's kind of a weird time, but Sunday is the time that works for me to get ready So thank you guys for joining me. I know we'll probably have a few more people come in as we go Just give me a second. I need to get myself situated Make sure I'm in focus all of that Jose and I if it seems like every time We set up a live something it doesn't work or something's broken and we have to figure something out So I don't have as high of a quality of my capture card right now because my better one would broke it And it was really delayed by anyways, you guys do not care about that. Hello. Hello. So today we aren't doing anything really Super special, I'm just kind of getting ready. I'm about to film a couple videos today And I felt like just getting ready live in case you wanted to hang out with me looks and sounds good awesome Alrighty, so I have some new items that I'm going to be testing out some older items that are fairly new to me So I have a collection the main focus of today is going to be this Ophra palette. I just think it's really pretty. It's called the Good to go palette. So this is why I wanted to do this live so I could feature this so we could see that But I also have a lot of new products that I'm updating you on or I'm trying out but nothing really crazy now We're just we're hanging out Hello Hello, hello everybody. All right, we're gonna go ahead and get started I'm gonna put my hair back. I always get asked where I get my Headbands from I get them from random places this I've had for years. I do recommend getting at your headbands from Forever 21 they have the best ones. Hello, everybody. Thank you for coming in I said this earlier, but it's a bit of a weird time. So I don't expect a big turnout I just wanted to put on makeup. So we're gonna start off with prepping the skin We'll do lips first. So I've been using the Kales lip balm at number one recently I really really like it's kind of a classic. It's about $10. I have everything linked In the description box if you're interested in picking anything up Maybe not everything I'll use today, but the stuff that I know for sure I'm using today linked in the description box, but this one's a really nice just kind of classic lip balm nothing Too special about it, but it just works really good Hello Okay The next item that I have now this is brand new I don't know if any of you guys are fans of good molecules, but I find Thank you so much skies beauty. You're so sweet. You did not have to do that. I really Appreciate it. So I don't know if you guys are familiar with good molecules But they are a beautylicious skin care brand and I feel like they have very high-quality Skin care products for a relatively affordable price, honestly So, I mean honestly very affordable. So they came out with this wake-up eye gel Yes, this is the I do not think I have do I have that Becky the niacinamide serum I'll have to look through my skincare shelf, but I'm trying this Yerba mate wake-up eye gel. I tried this when I first got it you guys it is so good It's one of their newly released products and it really does wake up the under eye Especially if you put it in a skincare fridge or in a cold area, but this has not been in a cold area And it still is so cooling and it's great because I'm using kind of a more drying concealer today So this is perfect, but I got this a couple days ago, and I love it I'm not a big eye cream person because I feel like I get Millia bumps around my eyes if I use an eye cream too frequently So obviously I don't know if this does that, but I really like this. I feel like it wakes up the eyes Before makeup, it's great just to feel good and wake you up So so far I've been really liking it. So if you haven't tried good molecules, their skincare is really really nice Uh christine when I apply but blush with a sponge normally the sponge is wet, but I only really do that with Like a cream blush, but I prefer a wet sponge for that Okay, so we're going to start off with the gucci silk priming serum the last few weeks as you know, I've been testing out the gucci complexion products and We're going to talk about that today, but the silk priming serum. I think it's really nice It does have a slight fragrance to it It's very lightly hydrating So it's not anything crazy like the Too Faced Hangover or the Smashbox primerizer, but it does lightly moisturize and it does smooth this skin I like it. I've been liking using it with other products. Do you I think you need to run out and get it? Nah But I have really been enjoying it and you can't say that this is not Absolutely beautiful packaging. Hello everybody. Hi Kiana. Hi Janice all right So I did not order a beauty lish lucky bag I'm waiting for videos to come out because I'm curious what was in it But I just feel like I'm at the point where every time I order a lucky bag I just have the items already in there. So for me, it's kind of a waste I was going to get it if I logged in at the right time But I didn't I think I was doing something. So I was like, I just saved myself some money. But let me know what was in there Alex my favorite highlighter at the moment is the charlotte tobury the giant one super glow highlighter Alrighty So now we're going to go in with the gucci natural fluid foundation I bought mine in the wrong shade. I have 160 and fair. It's much too light for me but I'm going to use it anyways. I've been mixing it with deeper foundations. So Guys, I don't really like this foundation. I feel like Wherever there's slightly dry skin it emphasizes it and it just I feel like makeup doesn't apply very well over it Every time I apply a blush over this, I don't like the way the blush looks So I've concluded that this foundation isn't great alone I do like this foundation a lot more when I mix it with a darker or more moisturizing foundation Now the darker is because my this color is way too light So I'm going to mix it with the dior forever summer skin if you watched my videos on this This is like 10 shades too dark on me. It oxidizes so much, but the formula is not bad on this So that's why it's perfect to mix with this because it'll deepen it up But it also adds some moisture to this foundation So even though it looks like this dior is about to oxidize and you guys I have really bad breakouts over on this side. I've been picking at them. I don't know what it is Yes, I did see natash's new release. I saw that it came out On herids, but it came out while I was sleeping. So it either sold out really fast or they took it down, but If you did manage to order it before they took it down Is your order still active? Like did they cancel it because I saw a charlotte holcroft. She posted about it and natasha denona asked her to take it down So I don't know if they're going to cancel those orders or follow through with those orders So if you ordered from herids, let me know um, I heard tonight at midnight Natasha Denona's website Is going to release those and I'm curious. Have you guys ever ordered from the natasha denona website? I've always been like their shipping is expensive, but I was thinking about Testing it out. Do you get your orders quickly when you order from natasha denona? I live on the east coast in the united states So if anybody can tell me if their shipping is reliable Let me know or if I should just wait for it to come to sephora though lately sephora shipping Hasn't been the best So that's why I'm thinking about trying out natasha denona's website and normally I wouldn't care but Unfortunately in first world problems when you have a beauty channel You just want to get it up as early as possible. So I want to make sure The shipping comes fast for you guys for me and for my channel I'm using the bk beauty sponge. This is my second time using it. I think I really like it so far It's a really nice Really nice squish. I like the way that it blends out the foundation. I'm gonna put just a touch more on my um Angry area. I think I sleep like this at night and that's why I get breakouts right there Website crash See I don't have expedited shipping with sephora. I'll pay for it and it's pretty good most of the time It'll come in like two days, but I just don't want to have to pay for it You know remember the days when they had two-day flash shipping for free that was great And I don't know it hurts me because expedited for me From sephora is like 20 dollars 17 to be exact and it just it adds up It's not that big of a deal because of you guys I mean because of my channel it pays for the shipping and then some so it's really not that big of a deal But nobody wants to pay 17 dollars for expedited shipping if I can help it So I'm gonna test out the natasha denona website. I think to see how their shipping does And I'll probably maybe do a giveaway in order from both and so we see natasha denona Shipping is free over 50 dollars in two-day fedex in florida. Okay, so it is it um Reliable, would you say? Like the shipping actually comes because I'm I'm thinking I'm gonna order tonight We're gonna move on to brows because I spent like 20 minutes putting on foundation But if you missed it, I'm using the gucci natural finish Mixed with the dior forever summer skin because this foundation alone from gucci Ain't it for my normal to dry skin? So I need this to add some depth to my This is the color and then also to add some moisture in the mixture of these two you can see it's a really nice Glowy natural coverage. So the gucci foundation is fine when you mix it with the correct Product we're gonna move on to eyebrows. Okay. Thank you veronica veronica said it's good Have to sign for it Okay, sweet sweet sweet then I will definitely try ordering from natasha denona tonight if I am not passed out I'm using the elf instant lift brow pencil. I don't normally do my brows on camera It depends how I'm feeling and my mood to how I do them sometimes I really Basically draw on a new arch and sometimes I just do a light fill I think today we're gonna do a pretty light fill, but if you're looking for a cheap Eyebar pencil that works. I really like this one because it doesn't deposit too much color So it's great for a natural brow And it's a little bit thicker than I like normally like a really defining brow pencil, but This will do. I have like three eyebrow products that I'm using today, but this is a regular Yeah usps ain't it right now So if natasha denona uses fedex That would be great Thank you so much cherish you guys don't need to do that, but I really appreciate the support. You guys are so sweet I know I said that with a straight face Brow work is something serious. Okay Um, yes, I am planning on getting the oryc product So today actually one of the videos I was planning to film was a shop or drop and I'll go over everything but Yeah, I mean The oryc stuff looks very luxe. I must say I'm really excited. I'm really excited for Samantha. Hello, bali um So, yeah, I will be trying them. I don't know if it's the most exciting release For me personally, but I'm very curious to see the products And now I'm using the m cosmetics clear brow gel. I have never tried this before So let's try it out sleek simple packaging Yeah, the packaging on the oryc lensy is Gorgeous it looks so I'm so curious as to how it feels and you know, she considered I didn't watch her full video yet I'm I'm a phony But I haven't sat down to watch it But I kind of sped through it really quickly because I was doing something when the video launched But the packaging looks gorgeous. She has those like tom Ford esque Style iPods that I'm very curious about my only problem with like the iPods is that well I love them and they excite me I never grab for them. So that's kind of my only hesitation with that and this brow gel is really nice I've never used it before but it doesn't apply too much product. It really separates The brows quite nicely. I guess we're going a little bit more natural today a little Less filled in Yeah, they have like Gucci vibes honestly a little bit of the oryc packaging is kind of not quite tom 40 to me, but it's Very very sleek looking Hello, hello Thank you, Janice. Jose made all of that stuff for me I don't even Pat McGrath is playing with us all. I don't know what that new release is I'm using the elf flawless brightening concealer. This is a little bit more drying Which is why I went in with the eye cream at first. I don't love this But it's been sitting in my makeup I need to test more jewelry even though I've tested it quite a lot. So I'm taking it out of that drawer I'm just gonna put it right in the Blue parts of my eye This doesn't provide too much coverage and like I said, it's a bit drying but Certainly gets the job done Yes, Pauline.  She's doing her little hints and it's like a burning rose Every time she hints at something I'm like, okay, it's blush. She's been talking about creating a blush We've been begging for blush blush blush blush and it's never blush So the last release that she did was the crimson What was it like a lip kit? I had zero interest in that you guys. I just I don't want to get my hopes up for blush If it's a new palette, that's also great because this is the time that the pinky Valentine's Eve palettes come out as well and it's been a while since mama Has done a big palette. So maybe it could be that but My heart is set on blush, but I don't want to I don't think that's right because she's been playing with us. Okay Yep, we just want blush that we could really do A full face Okay, now I have this little sample. This is in my sample drawer of the by terry hyaluronic hydra powder How cute is this? I've heard good things about this. This isn't new But it's new to me. Look at this. Do you see this little puff? How adorable Let's get the plastic off of this Yeah, I don't know if christen.  I think the formulas are too hard to create and I don't really think they've done a full dedicated palette to one color story anyways Really, if you think about it, they'll have like a percentage of the palette stick to a color story But they never fully commit which is fine. I know why I see why but I don't think that that would happen though. It would be A dream come true, but since it was a rose from miss pat My best guess would be a blush But It's about time for her to come out with a big collection. It's Been a little bit of time. So this looks like it could have some Okay, this looks like you could have some flashback. I don't know Again, this is just a sample I don't have much coverage on my face today. So Oh my gosh, Becky. I love emily noelle She I have been watch. I've always watched her since I was like 13 not even playing around since I was 13 But lately I feel like her content has just been so interesting to me So I've been watching a lot of emily noelle lately Um, I would say for those of you thinking about the new natasha denona mini love collection If you have the big love palette, I don't think it's necessary. Maybe the cheek palette the cheek palette looks interesting. Um If I didn't have a youtube channel, I probably wouldn't pick up the mini love my coffee Hi, donna. Yeah Susan I feel you on that swimming with pinks problem because Me too, but I like pinks. You guys know If you've been watching my videos this year has been zero pink for me or last year. I suppose I've been Loving pinks. I'm gonna put a little bit more concealer on my eyes. Yeah, this elf concealer really isn't that good y'all I've never tried moria beauty. I apologize Okay, last step to brows I completely forgot about this product This has been in my routine regularly. Nobody talks about rdell beauty They're kind enough to send me PR packages. So I I tried this and I can't stop It's just you can get this from abh and benefit as well the style of product There's something about this. That's really nice. I'm adding a little bit of glow here Sorry, if I get out of focus my camera is gonna be picky But there's one side that shimmery, but there's also like a cream matte side And the matte side I like to use to carve I did that in the wrong order, but it's okay. I've not tried aether beauty I've been curious about their stuff though, but I have not I don't this is about sound awful, but I haven't tried many of the clean beauty brands But there's actually so much makeup That's clean beauty that I never realized before but clean beauty has never really been On my radar if I'm being honest, which I know clean beauty is really great, but I don't know. I like the luxury brands. I can't help it and those are not clean if they were clean fabulous, but I don't know. I'm just not very conscious of that Julie, I have not tried the new bite beauty concealer, but I have so many concealer or so many What is it called mascaras? I just can't I'm really I've had a bad experience with mascara when I've used it for too long and I can't have more than a few mascaras opens Okay So here's kind of the main palette that I wanted to use today. So I got this in octally If you don't know what octally is basically if you have Social media, you can order some new products you have to feature it on your channel or talk about it or whatever It is anyways, I saw this on there and if you're on octally I would suggest checking frequently because think the good stuff goes fast And I saw this from ophra. It's called the good to go mini mix palette and I'm I'm not a huge Ophra expert, but this looked like something I would spend my own money on So I jumped on it quickly. So we have a blush a bronzer highlight and then we have Five eyeshadows. We're gonna start off With the bronzer and this is a really good deal. I have it linked if I like it. It is only It's 39 dollars and then I use my friend leora's code So I got it for Well, I didn't buy it, but you can get it for 32 dollars with a code from ophra I would suggest using leora. I know samantha has a code as well But I you I checked out with leora and it got it down to 31 dollars, which is a really good deal Now this bronzer looks a bit warm. I'm using a refer 25 brush Yeah, uh this shade of bronzer isn't my Favorite I like that I'm using a really kind of fluffy brush though because Otherwise, this would not work very well for my skin tone. But if you have a medium to deep skin tone This is a nice bronzer for you But on my skin tone probably not the best But it blended out beautifully If you have lighter skin tone use a very big fluffy brush for this though. It's a warmer bronzer, but it works really good Yes, leora is awesome if you haven't checked out her channel And she Has collaborated with ophra in the past so she's quite an expert on her stuff me not so much I have things from them here and there and collections here and there But this screamed out to me. I thought it was beautiful I would spend my own money on it and you can get it for 30 dollars And we're gonna use this blush, which is really really gorgeous And i'm using an isam What are you v 50? Oh my gosh, I feel like this is gonna be too pigmented Yeah, beggy. I feel like I've had some experiences with ophra eyeshadows That I've been like wow their stuff's really good. And then I've also had some experience where I'm like So we'll see today how I feel. I don't think eyeshadow is what their expertise is in Though I do think their cheek products are really beautiful like look at this How pretty is that?  Is this supposed to be in a boxy charm? That would be great. I get ipsy I need to post an instagram story about what I got in my ipsy this month But I did boxy charm way way way back in the day Before this madness happened over here I loved it But things started to get a little bit too repetitive for me And it just the things that I would get in my box would kind of stay in the corner of my room So don't me get me wrong if they reached out to me and they're like, hey morgan Can we send you our box monthly? Of course I would do it because I loved it when I had it, but If it's coming out of my pocket, it's a waste Yeah, there's a mantle march collection It was really really nice the blush in particular Love that I will definitely try to get my hands on the art guys Okay, so we have this highlighter Which I really really love because I think it's a mixture of different highlighters All for highlighters are almost too blinding for me, but they are beautiful Let's mix these three And see what happens. This is a blinked brush f17. Oh my gosh, see they're too blinding for me Oh, no. Oh, no too much too much. Yeah, if you like a blinding highlight though Ulfra is where it is at You see that Go lighter on this side But they do have a really beautiful formula. Do not get me wrong Yeah, Susan I think financially it might be a little bit smarter if you own a lot of makeup You don't need boxy charm Like you can spend it on me that money on my items that you know you're going to use but it's always fun that element of surprise I mean that highlighter is beautiful I need to go less ham on it though because There's too much, but it's really really pretty I just like the options in this palette. Okay, let's move on to eyes So I have a very very worried Light layer of concealer all over my eyelid All right Let's swatch the eyeshadows first. So you get six eyeshadows I know I know we're all looking at that, but Let's see Oh my gosh, Kristen. Yes, those Patrick Todd blushes I didn't want to spend my money on those. Ooh, these swatches are beautiful, but those Patrick Todd blushes I didn't want to pull the trigger, but I'm so glad that I did because they are amazing. I just dropped something. I don't know what it was Okay, so I swatched the first three and I'm sorry. I can't go in because it'll go too blurry, but do you Okay, Oprah. Let me try the the the star here She's so la is a good one. I thought it would be too brown on me But it's really pretty and neutral Okay, so this shade is way more amazing and wet than the minty blue, but the minty blue is nice and we have The red which is not too overpowering as you can see And then let's see how this Cranberry color looks that's pretty nice too. So I like the feeling of these so far. I cannot stop staring at this shade So pretty, right? Oprah dang and this is like a fun summary Color story. I don't know about this time of year, but in the summer Really really pretty Let's see and you guys if you missed it. I'm not an Oprah expert I haven't tried too much from Oprah So I've had like good experiences and not so good experiences. So we'll start off With this shade right here. It's like a peachy Clementine kind of shade We're just gonna use this as a nice light transition That happens every 30 minutes. Just let it be Okay So this is a pretty light wash nothing too pigmented guys this elf concealer is ruining everything for me It's like see-through. Okay. I like gave that concealer the benefit of the doubt, but After today, I officially just don't like it Okay, very pretty Susan I am getting how exciting is that for angelica. I knew it was her because Kaleidos is sending it to me, but when they gave me a They emailed me a few days ago before the reveal and they were like we're doing a Collaboration palette with duo chromes multicromes lots of different textures And I was like has to be with angelica. It has to be and I was right And I don't know that the colors are Colors that I would normally go for but they're definitely definitely her So I'm really excited to give it a try to see the different textures and Crohn's shifties that they came out with I'm so excited for that. So this shade didn't have that much color, but That's okay. I haven't thought about the direction. I'm going. I'm just putting these on my eyes Okay, now we're going to go over to this more burnt orange kind of shade. This is a refer 14 brush perfect for my small-eyed girls Winnie asked me, do you think the Chanel spring blush duo is a must have?  It's definitely gonna be my January favorites I love it But again, it's one of those things where you don't need to spend 70 dollars for a blush I would I'm not gonna encourage you to do that, but just know Order it from the Chanel website pay for that experience. Don't just get it from anywhere If you have the ability Chanel website use in the bag at checkout for free overnight shipping If you liked the way that it looked on me, you know Hi, Alicia Eastern Shore very cool. Very weird. Semi neighbors Yeah, I saw in Leah Janay's video that those Marc Jacob pellets were on sale at DJ max Interesting indeed. I think Marc Jacobs is I do they were they had a time and they were very very popular Now they're not I still like their stuff though. They still come out with quality things Okay, we're gonna do this little uh complimentary color Thing right here. Let's see how it works out If this look turns out bad There's nothing I can do about it because I went live So we're starting off with something super duper warm And this color is really nice because it's not an overpowering Red It's like kind of user friendly Now the colors that I've used so far that burnt orange wasn't the greatest so i'm not like swooning over it, but It works gray as a wash And the formula of this palette I do see you might you do have to kind of go in a few times build up But I'd rather that than have too much color at once and not be able to blend it out Yes, the tan-tastic bronzer. I hope they're not phasing it out, but The tan-tastic bronzer is really really good. I don't know why it's been on sale for so long They're getting rid of it They're dumb okay Put a little bit of extra Concealer Under here because I went a little bit too crazy. I look like I have a bleeding eyes So far so good. I will say these shadows are requiring a tad bit of extra work Like a tad bit of extra work, but it's not unpleasant work It's just going back to build But it's not like oh, I'm spending two hours blending It's just slowly but surely so if you like a light wash of color Or you have a more fair skin tone. You might like this. Okay. I know I know we're just Yeah We have to This is what's happening It's not as Powey wowey, you know as I would like for it to be but it's still like Gorgeous and I think with not red all over my crease This could create a really gorgeous fresh eye look But you can see it's not like It's not knocking my socks off. I'm sorry. I keep getting out of focus Maybe if you use like the glitter glue or a wet brush, but The color itself Stunning. I don't know if I'm vibing with this look But we did what we had to do Yeah, this shade right here That that's that I'm not even going to point to it. You know what one this is I'm disappointed. I was hoping that this would have that wet feel that this shade had It's still pretty though. Don't get me wrong. This isn't the most gorgeous look I've created ever but I'm very pretty. Let me just blend a little bit Yes liner lashes are going to save this look for sure. I'm going to reapply a little bit of the red now color theory wise blue and red Don't like each other very much as far as blending So we're going to have to manipulate it So I'm going to reapply a little bit of blue Yes, Christmas theme. You're right. Hmm. I mean, I wasn't going for that but That's where we ended up blending it I'll try this is not going to match but We're already here. I know you guys want to see this shade. So let's just We'll put it down here. Whoo Yes Now this is the best Oh, I just poked my eye, but this is the best shade in this palette by far. It is wet It is pigmented It is creamy. It does not go with this look But I had to test it out Gorgeous Oh Okay, so as far as whether or not I think this palette is worth it If you get it from the offer website, you use somebody's code for $30 I quite like this and I feel like I would like it a lot more If I had been more thoughtful with my eye look instead of just throwing colors on So I do think it's worth it. I just wish this was a little bit more Pow, you know, this shade is really pow. If these two were really pow I definitely but I was hoping for a little bit more from this minty shade Hi grace. Thank you I'm gonna let me reapply A little bit more of the red Down here because it's lost some fireiness So I'm gonna use this one And put it right here okay, not the best look that I've created but For doing something kind of on a whim. I am not mad about it. Let's uh continue on I'm gonna leave you in conversation probably because we have some Eyeliner to do So I'm using the NABLA cosmetic serial liner. I've been back and forth with this overall. I think it's a nice eyeliner It's not my favorite though because I've been so back and forth with it Come on amongst yourself I gotta do this. I'm gonna make some ugly faces too You guys at least see I know I'm blurry Just let it happen Boom, I will say this eyeliner is really really smooth to apply Uh, yes, the Chanel blush is most definitely medium to tan skin tone friendly I really think that's gonna look so good on a range of skin tones like y'all I just went on that spiel that I wasn't gonna make you spend 70 dollars on a Chanel blush But I love it And I think it's gonna look so great on so many skin tones With this look how great would that look? Okay Yeah, so this is not the liner It's very easy to apply But sometimes I do feel like I have to reapply Because it's disappearing in this blue shadow Yes, Hannah also loves that Chanel blush. If you don't know what we're talking about Where is it? I don't know where mine is at the moment, but Look up the Chanel spring 2021 makeup collection Mm-hmm Okay, now we are going to move on to oh hi Brit so I really enjoy tiktok, but I don't get the makeup videos. I don't watch makeup videos. I like animal videos But I've heard that this Maybelline Sky high is pretty tough to get a hold of they do have it available on Ulta From what I've seen and I've seen a couple of tiktoks where it's transform people's lashes That's not gonna happen to me because my lashes are so short and sparse and straight And I've already used it once and it is very very lengthening, but it's not It doesn't make them look like the tiktoks that I've seen but it has like a very bendy wand so I got this in PR from Maybelline but I didn't know it's It was such a popular product So I put it in my Georgia try months down the road and then I kept singing it. So I was like, all right. Let me try it and I don't know. We'll see but everybody else loves it Am I pretty? So as you cannot see because my lashes are so short But it is very lengthening. It doesn't give me much in the uh In the volume department and my lashes require both so I'm not one to judge best guys because I just don't have that base It smells like chemically Not that I'm bothered by that but it built up pretty good too when I used it last time So I mean for me if you have No hope when it comes to mascara, this isn't going to change your life But if you have some natural lashes I think it really does lengthen them But it's probably a good thing that I don't get any makeup recommendations on my tiktok Because I would buy a lot more But I don't think Correct me if I'm wrong. I haven't seen very many like luxury Tiktok accounts Okay, this is I'm gonna let the lashes dry and then we'll apply a second layer um So I do use new lash So my lashes used to be much shorter But I've used new lash for the last year and it really has length in them I actually have a fresh order coming in I ordered a pack from Nordstrom The other day because I ran out But new lash does help. Okay, so I'm using for lashes These have been in my drawer These are from Salon Perfect They are the 681 lashes. I don't need Where does this focus? Whatever these Okay, let's put them on. I can't stop staring at this swatch I have to create another look with this on another day because that looks phenomenal. Okay This is gonna take me like 20 minutes Grace Grace it might be good for you not to get on Tiktok because it's like You can't stop once you're on it's a it's a two hour event when you open up the app And they really do curate videos for you that you will want to watch. That's such a pretty lash Salon Perfect 681 681. I did I did link them down below if you're interested in these but They have like this beautiful curl to them, which I really like since my lashes are so straight I really always love a false lash that has a natural curl to it Which shouldn't be the case because my lashes are so straight and the curl kind of sits on top But I've never really been bothered by that. I just feel like a nice curl to a false lash Opens up the eye whereas when a false lash has just like straight it's straight It droops your eyes down Okay, I started in the last few months using black Eyelash glue It's it's risky. It's risky territory. I was so scared for the longest time and I've messed up Plenty of times with this lash Glue that's black, but it just looks so much better over black eyeliner Okay My kids like tiktok and they don't like me on it Yes, the tiktok algorithm Just it's a good thing makeup is not on my algorithm But i'm perfectly happy with the puppies that I get and I watch a lot I watch a lot of karen videos. So like You know karen's exploding and being upset and I don't know why I get those but I sit through every single one of them that I watch to see What society is like? I hope I give it enough time to dry How pretty are these? They aren't late. They're pretty natural for what I usually wear They have that beautiful curl and crisscross Karen's and kevins Seriously, if you look up Karen accounts on tiktok.  I wonder what those people think Like if they see themselves like do they see themselves and hear the way that they are acting Hey anyways It's a little bit more entertaining to me than it probably should be but I can't stop and it just keeps showing up so karen's kevins and dogs sums up oh and amazon um amazon videos things that you find on amazon are also quite frequent on my I mean with liner lashes the look has come together and then let me put on another coat of the sky high mascara so I know this mascara is tiktok approved but not Not for me. It's just all right. I still prefer my pat mcgrath in my essence But it does build pretty nice I'm so sorry. I spent the last 20 minutes doing eyeliner and eyelashes, but What can I do? Okay, so I picked out a few different options For lips, let me quickly go back into the ophra palette that I've already gotten my fingerprints all over We'll take this shade right This shade right here Give us a nice glow Nobody does a shinier highlight than ophra. I swear She cute, right? Do we like the look? It's okay. I'm not mad at it It's different okay Becky I use Not your mothers. It's like my main Hair brand that I use. Okay, so for lips. I pulled a few products that have been sitting in my makeup collection being unused we're gonna use a Nobla Why am I dropping everything? Okay, we're gonna use a nobla lip liner These are so good. They are so creamy. I'm using the shade nude number one This is like Lighter than my skin tone. I like a slight over line Just slight Mmm, that looks good. Okay, and then Hmm something with let's use this Maybelline Lifter gloss in the shade brass. I believe this color is Specifically sold at CVS. I could be incorrect, but can you see it has like a gold Duo chrome to it Oh, yeah, that looks good with the bronzy under eye Now everybody compares these to Fenty They are not as good as Fenty they're They're a great lip gloss from the drugstore But I swear they don't last half the time That the Fenty does And then that was a good match I was gonna do something else Uh, yeah eyeliner So I did want to put something on my lower lash line. I'm gonna get this Let's do a mint color I don't know if this is a good idea or if I'm gonna regret it But I'm using the color pop cream gel liner in icebreaker Something was making noise outside. I feel like this is gonna make the um The blue pop on my eyelid Maybe it's not really showing up Huh, that did not have the impact that I was hoping for Susan you don't like the Fenty glosses Get out of here. I've never tried the lisa elder edge I love the Fenty glosses. I'm I'm that basic. I love them And yes, the nabla lip liners are long wearing. They're really great. They set down now They earn as good as pat mcgrath But they're really good and affordable relatively affordable not, you know, a dollar or two Ooh, becky, have they come in yet? Okay There we are That is the look. Oh, we managed to do this 15 minutes What do you think so kind of final thoughts About everything I've said my piece on the gucci Foundation officially I've been waiting to tell you I don't like it and I have to mix it with other products to get it to a place that I do like I just I don't like the way products sit on top of it I feel dry when I wear it and It's it's way too expensive the primer on the contrary pretty good. I like her um I stand out new product is the good molecules wake up. I jowl I love this when I'm applying makeup in the mornings because it really does wake you up Which helped my thoughts on the elf Flawless brightening concealer that I do not like nor do I recommend Where did it go? My dusk is hot mess express right now The ophra good to go palette. I think it's pretty nice It just depends on how much you think you are going to use these colors as a whole I think it's a really great versatile palette Ophra doesn't have the best eyeshadow formula in the world, but it's pretty good It's pretty good So I like I don't work at it at all and if you can get it for 30 dollars If this is something that interests you it's pretty nice. I don't mind it um the Maybelline sky high mascara I just wish my eyelashes were longer because I'd probably like it more than I do and then Yeah That was it. That's really all the new stuff. I love nabla cosmetics in general And their lip liners are really good and this gloss is really pretty and affordable but Everybody's saying it's a dupe for fenty, but it's just it's not fenty's better Fenty's shinier fenty's creamier But this is still pretty and I like this color a lot. It looks really pretty with the look All right, everybody. I have finished Up this video. That's all I have. I just want them to get ready. So here's my plans to Tomorrow I'm gonna have a giveaway video go up so Tune into that it's a lot of prizes like it's a lot is it Is it's a good giveaway So the plan for tomorrow's video is I'm going to do a Like what to expect from my channel in 2021 because I do have Some things that I would like to do and what to expect for this year And then we're gonna do a giveaway you guys I am let me check my subscriber count right now Where's my subscriber count? I have 49,870 60 subscribers I am 140 away From hitting 50k I think that with tomorrow's giveaway. I'll probably hit it very very soon But I don't want to rely on giveaways to get followers. I just think that's how everything lined up But tell your friends because I'm trying to hit 50k because I do have a separate 50k giveaway that I'm gonna do that has like Really luxury products that I've compiled. I'm so excited for it. So Only 140 away Um missy. I don't know. I haven't decided about the giveaway for tomorrow Uh But I'm going to make my luxury giveaway my 50k giveaway, which will also probably be sometimes this week That will definitely be For international great question I have to run by for the giveaway tomorrow because it's a joint giveaway I don't know if I should be telling you all this but whatever y'all are here. Y'all are special Um, and then I'm also going to do a shop or drop. So every my thoughts about orrick and Natasha Denona and pat mcgrath will also be on that video.  That's going to go up this month for the pallets that I tried in december I'm slowing down and uploading videos. It's january Revenue that you make is pretty low. There's not as many new releases I worked so hard during december that I'm taking it so when you guys in a couple weeks. I'm going to go back into the building So teachers in mariland Start getting the vaccine this week. I'm not sure When i'm gonna get it but I signed up to get it And then we'll be back in the building and so from for the rest of this school year Definitely i'm gonna be a lot more busy. We'll be able to upload quite as often. So things are gonna start slowing down but I'm excited for life to feel a little bit more Back to normal, but anyways, that's all I have for today. Thank you guys for tuning in I have a few more videos. I need to film this afternoon But I appreciate you all coming in and spending some time with me and I'll see you guys in tomorrow's video. Make sure you check it out. It's a pretty nice giveaway Bye. Oh, no, I don't know how I forget how to close alive I'm really truly an embarrassment. All right, I'm actually gonna end it now. Bye