Wednesday 1 May 2013

Gov Okorocha gives N200k to the driver that hit him

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha returned to the state yesterday after about a week in a UK hospital where he went for treatment following the April 19th car accident he was involved in on Orlu-Owerri Road in Imo State.

The driver of the Mercedes Benz that rammed into the governor’s car, Mr Osita Nnewuihe, was given N200, 000 yesterday by Okorocha to repair his damaged car. Mr Nnewuihe had been arrested and detained by the police for about a week before he was released on the governor's orders.

Mariah & Nick shut down Disney Land for 5th wedding anniversary

Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey shut down Disney Land to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary yesterday April 30th with a fairy tale-themed vow renewal, and also to celebrate their twins 2nd birthday. Mariah shared the photos on her Twitter page. See more photos after the cut...

Tiwa Savage goes on a shopping spree in London

Tiwa is currently in the UK with Tee Billz and D'Prince to shoot a music video. She went shopping today and captioned the pic "London splurging #chanel #celine #selfridges#gucci #YSL #LV #mac #hermes" So....cool.

Iyanya wants you to see this...

He captioned this photo""See the ladies tearing off my shirt"....Lol

DELSU student hacks into governor Uduaghan’s phone,orders VC to upgrade his scores

A 400-level medical student of Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, in Delta State, has been arrested by the police for allegedly hacking into Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s phone.
The student, who failed in pharmacology and pathology course  sent a text message, purportedly from the governor, to the Vice Chancellor, Prof Eric Arubayi, requesting him to upgrade his scores.

Vanguard gathered that enraged Govenor Uduaghan asked the vice chancellor to report the matter to the police and ensure the student was arrested when the matter was brought to his knowledge, as he never sent such message.

Beauty/Fashion tips for the rainy days

It’s that time again where every where is wet and the sun hardly comes out(though when it does it’s brutal). It’s pretty hard to maintain your make up and excellent style in this weather. The excess moisture of the weather makes the hair dull, flat and tangle easily. The skin is at higher risk of fungal infection. as fungus is borne in humid weather. It can easily enter the skin through wet pores.
The temptation to just dress sloppy because your clothes might get ruined by the messy ground and rain is higher. Here are some tips on how to keep you hair, skin and clothes perfect during the raining season.
Always have an umbrella in your bag! Be bold and get an umbrella with bright but chic colors that can help brighten the mood.

Baga raid: Satellite images shows massive destruction from military

Satellite images released yesterday by Human Right Watch reveal massive destruction of homes from a military raid on the town of Baga in Borno State on Tuesday and Wednesday April 16 and 17, 2013. At least 180 people were killed in the raid. (If you missed it, read the story HERE)

Baga residents told Human Rights Watch that soldiers ransacked the town after Boko Haram members attacked a military patrol, killing a soldier. Community leaders said that immediately after the attack they counted 2,000 burned homes and 183 bodies. Satellite images of the town analyzed by Human Rights Watch corroborate these accounts and identify 2,275 destroyed buildings, the vast majority likely residences, with another 125 severely damaged.

You guys need to see the satellite images. Check on it HERE

Photo of the day

What is wrong with these photos? LMAO

Watch Morgan Freeman recites lyrics to Ray J’s “I Hit It First’

                    
A must watch video.... Very funny!

Photos: Mode Men magazine 7th Anniversary event

Mode Men magazine celebrated its 7th Anniversary in style at the Radisson Blu on Sunday the 28th of April. From top left: Alexx Ekubo, Uti Nwachukwu, Yinka Davies, and Okey Bakassi. See more photos after the cut...

Fast rising singer, Faith Jonah releases new photos

Faith Jonah is a fast rising singer. Her stage name is BAYELS. Here is what her publicist said about her;
The very sexy, soft spoken and elegant damsel, "BAYELS " is a professional fashionista, she is the perfect description of beauty and class, she speaks with ease and her singing is enchanting. Music for "BAYELS" is like eating. She does it beautifully well without stress. Her list of musical inspiration includes Omawunmi and Tuface idibia. She is about to strike the Nigerian music scene with a huge and resounding bang.

GNext plans home makeover for Pa Akinkunmi, Nigerian National Flag Designer

                                         Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi (left)...His house on the right

Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi (MON) is presumably a household name in Nigeria being the great intellectual who designed the Nigerian flag at the age of 25 while he studied in London.His flag design was accepted amongst other designs, for its ingenuity and depth. This undeniably shot Pa Akinkunmi into limelight and enlisted him amongst Nigeria’s heroes and icons.Now, Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, a man whose ingenious work of creativity we still enjoy each time we gaze at the Nigerian flag, coupled with Parkinson’s disease, lives in an unbefitting state in his Ibadan residence.
A group of young, impact- oriented minds under the cover of GNext Youth Organization have taken it upon themselves to give this great icon’s home a complete makeover.

AMMA Plane Saga: Chioma Akpotha vs Vanguard's Yemisi; Ay writes to defend Chioma

Apparently Vanguard's reporter Yemisi Suleiman, Chioma Akpotha and Comedian AY were all on the same flight back to Lagos where they went to attend AMMA Awards. Yemisi and Chioma got into a fight. Vanguard published their own side of the story, but Comedian Ay is saying the story is quite different.

Vanguard Writes...

Like most Nollywood stars, Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha is not given to pretence. She’s always ready to vibrate and return fire-for-fire.Last Sunday evening was not different. Following the frustration and exhaustion that greeted everyone after the AMAA awards and the endless wait at the Port-Harcourt International Airport, Chioma boarded the evening flight back to Lagos, however something happened!

Actress Omoni Oboli cover BeautyBox Magazine

Gorgeous!

Stanbic IBTC sacks 250, Visafone sacks 60 workers

Why are Nigeria companies laying off staff? Yesterday April 30th Visafone fired over 60 of their staff nationwide. Stanbic IBTC also sacked 250 of their staff. The sack takes effect from today May 1st.

The Stanbic IBTC sack yesterday crossed across all levels, from management to lower level staff and they said this is just the first batch. The bank is planning to do another round later this year.

The sack at Stanbic yesterday only affected full staff employees as the bank intends to make its workforce 20% permanent staff and 80% contract staff. The total workforce before the sack yesterday was about 3000. The sad part is there are so many fresh graduates in the job market...and no jobs!

"I never planned on marrying more than one wife"- Actor Solomon Akiyesi

You all must have heard the story about Nollywood actor Solomon, who was disgraced by his wife Lilian during his secret church wedding  to his mistress, Uloma ?
In a statement he released to Sunnewsonline.com, he said his first wife, Ezinne was deceitful and greedy, and that if he hadn't left Lilian his second wife, he would have committed suicide. But Uloma, the 3rd woman he attempted to marry, gives him true love and inner joy. See what he said below..
Over the last one week, hell has been let loose on me. I’ve not only suffered verbal attacks, but also vituperations and near fisticuffs, all because of another futile attempt of mine at my journey towards achieving that which I honestly and passionately desire – a peaceful home and family. Social network sites and blogs have been awash with how I left Lilian, my “pregnant” wife, to marry Uloma, my Lagos “mistress” whom they also claimed was pregnant for me. Nothing can be farther from the truth.
Only a mad or cursed man would simply leave his pregnant wife and elope with another one. And lest I forget, I urge you, as you read this, to have an open mind to listen to that which is true instead of taking sides and jumping into wicked conclusions with its attendant wicked insults and uncouth commentaries about how Solomon is running his life and how he is not. I’m not asking for pity or trying to buy anybody’s love at this time.

Shop & Smile With Konga.com Mega Sale

It’s been a very wonderful year with plenty of hard work, and Nigeria’s online megastore, Konga.com wants to reward us workers (me too I am a worker J) with an opportunity of a lifetime to buy all the items on our wish list without breaking the bank, in a special workers day sale called “KONGA.com Worker Day Mega Sale”. 

Have you been looking at Konga’s Facebook Page and dreaming of getting your hands on all those amazing products? Time to stop dreaming and start getting your hands on all those amazing discounted items on konga.com ranging from the latest gadgets-Laptops, tablets, mobile devices, to beauty products, male fashion, female fashion, fragrances, books, toys, home appliances, etc all from international and local manufacturers such as Sony, Entourage, Blackberry, Mac, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, LG, Lacoste, D&G, Sleek, Nokia,Daviva, Huggies, Htc and several other amazing brands.

Video: Pastor TB Joshua casting out demons from actress,Camilla Mberekpe

The popular Nollywood actress, Camilla Mberekpe was live on Pastor TB Joshua's Emmanuel TV where she confessed to being a witch. She was later delivered. It starts from ...2:55:40

Chris Brown unfollows Rihanna on twitter after seeing this photo

Rihanna sure knows how to make her man jealous as she posted photos of this hot dude known as Justin Laboy on twitter. No one knows who he is to her. But he sure loved being around her as he tweeted 'Me and my wife @Rihanna out here tonight,' Chris didn't waste time, he unfollowed her..Lol...Two more photos after the cut..

Photos: Kim Kardashian spotted in Paris with baby daddy, Kanye West

Kim Kardashian left her family in Greece where they are holidaying to go join her beau in Paris after he sent a private jet to pick her up. They were spotted out and about in Paris yesterday...but they no longer look like a couple in love. No holding hands, no smiling, plus they look tense. And see the way she's looking at him in the last photo. Hope nothing is wrong with their relationship!

Jason Collins ex-fiance of 8 years had no idea he was gay; speaks

Jason Collins dated Carolyn, a '6''6' female basketball star for eight years and even proposed to her. In 2009, a few months to their wedding, Jason called it off and ended things with her. Carolyn told TMZ yesterday that she never once suspected that Jason was gay while they were dating and only found out this past weekend when he revealed everything to her before coming out to the world and also told her his homosexuality was the real reason he ended things with her in 2009. Carolyn told TMZ:
"It's very emotional for me as a woman to have invested 8 years in my dream to have a husband, soul mate, and best friend in him. So this is all hard to understand."
"I care about Jason tremendously and only want the best for him. I want Jason to be happy for a lifetime and stay true to who he really is, inside and out."

Mercy Aigbe shows off her wet and sexy side

She is gradually becoming one of Nigeria's sexiest actresses. Photo taken on a movie set. Sexy lady!

Photos from Ini Edo's mother-in-law burial

Ini Edo on Saturday April 27th buried her mother-in-law, Mrs Erofoh Ehiagwina, in Irrua in Edo state. Mrs Ehiagwina died February this year. The actress' US based husband returned home to give his late mum a befitting burial...

Tuesday 30 April 2013

Pros and Cons of wearing high heels

magaotewublogCons of Wearing Heels
High heels have been present in history since 1500′s when they were footwear for men. Gradually (just the way women do) we took over this trend from guys. Though it was used mainly by butchers to keep their feet away from blood on the ground, women turned this piece to a fashion statement (how awesome are we!)

Heels now come in various sizes and designs. Think of the most bizarre designs, i’m pretty sure there would be something out there like that. But despite the fact that this fashion statement has changed the lives of women around the world, it does have it’s faults.
A new study has shown that making poor decisions about footwear today can result in a high risk of foot problems in the future.

What to do in case of rape - From Project Alert

Recently, Project Alert, a non-governmental women's rights organization, has been getting calls from people all over Nigeria reporting rape and asking them what to do. The organization decided to write an article that can guide people on what they can do in case of rape. See the article below...
“My friend just got raped by her tutorial coach, what do we do?”
“I was raped by my neighbour, I told my mother but she refused to believe me. What do I do?”
“My daughter was raped so I shaved her hair and beat her up so that it won’t repeat itself and no rapist will be attracted to her”
These reports are just less than 1% of the cases we have to deal with everyday on issues concerning rape. From our experience we have realized that many people are still ignorant about what to do in a rape situation. People say there is a rape epidemic in Nigeria but the reality is that rape has always lived with us since time immemorial; we are only witnessing an increase in the reporting of rape cases. 

Photo of the day

An 18 month old boy tied to a stick while the mother washed. This was to prevent him from wandering off. Oh dear...

Globacom signs $500M network upgrade agreement with ZTE

Globacom’s Group Chief Operating Officer Jameel Mohamed (2nd from left)and MD, ZTE Corporation, Zenghong Ma, in a warm handshake as they exchanged the signed documents during the MOU signing ceremony. With them are Globacom’s Executive Director, Special Projects, Mike Jituboh, (left) and Executive Director, Legal Services, Gladys Talabi.
Leading Telecommunications Company, Globacom on Monday took its network expansion project a notch higher as it signed a $500 million network modernisation and expansion contract with leading telecom vendors, ZTE Corporation.                

The Company had last Friday signed a $750 million deal with Huawei Technologies to massively expand the huge capacity of the Glo network.

2face Idibia's son, Zion, clocks five

Zion, 2face Idibia's third child and his second with first baby mama, Sunmbo Ajaba clocks five yesterday. So cute....

Mercy Johnson & hubby move to multi million Naira home in Ajah

Actress Mercy Johnson Okojie and her husband Prince Odi Okojie have moved from their Omole Estate home to a massive new house in the Ajah area of Lagos. Mercy and Odi moved to the house this April, and dedicated it two days ago. Prince Odi, who is said to be a successful businessman, built the house himself and is also building another massive house in Omole Estate.

Homosexual allegedly stabs partner to death over decision to get married


The Lagos State Police Command has started investigation into the murder of a banker, Adindu Ohamara, who was stabbed to death by his suspected homosexual lover in Akoka, Bariga Local Council Development Area  of Lagos State.
It was gathered that Ohamara lived in a three-bedroom flat with his elder sister, Flora and one Collins, an undergraduate of the University of Lagos.According to residents, the banker  was stabbed repeatedly at his residence located at 26 Obayan Street.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Ohamara, who was believed to be a homosexual, was fond of bringing different men, who were also believed to be into same sex relationship, to his home.

Family to auction off late Goldie's belongings tomorrow

The family of late Hip hop star, Goldie Harvey will tomorrow auction all her belongings. According to a statement signed by the family representative, Deji Adetayo, he stated that, although the singer did not leave a will, she had had an agreement with her husband, Leonard Harvey to auction her remaining items and the proceeds from the sales would be donated to charity.

There will be a garage sale at Goldie’s house located at 30B, Ologunkutere Street, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos on May 1, 2013.

Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicates in favour of her first son

75 year old Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated today April 30th after 33 years as queen and handed over her thrown and crown to her eldest son at a ceremony that held on the balcony at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. 46 year old Willem-Alexander will be the first King of the Netherlands since 1890. The former queen will now be addressed as Princess Beatrix. See more photos after the cut...

Foluke Daramola set to drag Bukola Fasuyi to court for libel

 Actress Foluke Daramola is getting ready to sue her former friend and journalist Bukola Fasuyi for defamation of character. Bukola had claimed in an interview that she introduced Foluke to her new husband, Kayode Salako, and that Foluke had used juju to charm Kayode and break his home. (If you missed it, read the story HERE)

According to people close to Foluke, she and some family members have contacted their lawyer to sue Bukola for character assassination. Bukola will soon appear in court to prove that Foluke indeed used diabolical means to obtain Kayode Salako.

Bukola told an Encomium reporter this week that she's not bothered about a lawsuit and is waiting to get the petition from Foluke's lawyers. She said she still feels bad for introducing Foluke to Kayode because the introduction was for Foluke to get financial help from Kayode and not to take him from his wife. "I'm not bothered about a lawsuit though Kayode has sent a threat message to me that we would meet in court. I'm more bothered about Kayode's wife. I hope she forgives me" She said.