Welcome to Oghenemaga Otewu's Blog: 2013-08-25

Thursday 5 September 2013

Miss Nigeria Pageant Organisers Battle Miss Nigeria 2011 Over Car

Miss Nigeria pageant organisers Daily Times Nigeria and Miss Nigeria 2011 queen Feyi Sodipo are currently not enjoying the best of relationship. They have been at loggerheads for sometime now over Daily Times' attempt to take back the Hyundai Accent Feyi was given after being crowned the winner of the 2011 Miss Nigeria pageant. The organizers are yet to disclose why they want to take the car back but Feyi believes it's because she got another car from the Ogun state government for being an ambassador for the state. A few weeks back there were reports that three people were arrested after they tried to forcefully retrieve the car from Feyi and even kidnap her.

Feyi spoke with Encomium mag about the incident and other troubles with Daily Times. She said:

"They have been trying to take my car for months now. They have been harassing me all around to surrender the car. The first time they tried it, they tried to for my car open. The second time I had to drive into a police station where the car was impounded and later released to me. Later, the Lagos Police Command invited me for a meeting. They spoke to me and Mr Anosike (Daily Times MD) and they requested I provided the car.

Dencia blast magazine headline that linked her to Bill Gates, Banky W

Singer Dencia did a Yes! magazine interview this week but says there was no where in the interview where she said she is dating or have dated any of the names mentioned on the magazine cover. See the full interview when you continue...

Stella Damasus and Sen. Yerima tackle child marriage on Al-Jazeera

Actress Stella Damasus and Senator Ahmed Yerima went toe to toe on the Al-Jazeera show The Stream tackling the Underage Marriage issue in Nigeria. This is a must watch. Senator Yerima talks about how he met and married his 14 year old Egyptian bride...they even have a child together. Interesting!

Genevieve Nnaji looks stylish as she steps out in casual wears

Beautiful!

Would you rock Rihanna's huge earrings?

Now those earrings are huge..hopefully it's not as heavy as it looks. The Bajan beauty was spotted in New York yesterday wearing really short denim hot pants, a white tank top and those earrings. Would you rock it?

Beyonce and Jay Z reveal beach bodies aboard luxury yacht

Beyonce turned 32 yesterday Wednesday September 4th and celebrated the day with husband Jay Z, daughter Blue Ivy and friends aboard a luxury yacht in Stombli, Italy. Pics of the superstar couple were taken as they prepared to dive off their luxury yacht into the sea. More photos after the cut...

Peter Okoye's fiancee Lola Omotayo visited Elaine Shobanjo's makeup studio in Lekki on Tuesday and got this exquisite ShoMya bridal make-over, giving her an idea of what she will look like on her big day. Lola is lovely! By the way, Elaine Shobanjo is Lynxxx's sister.

Groupie claims Robin Thicke and Paula Patton have an open marriage

Last week actress Paula Patton and singer Robin Thicke's marriage was engulfed by scandal after a photo posted on Instagram showed Robin Thicke groping the butt of a 20 year old groupie at the VMAs after party (photo on the right). Now the groupie in question, identified as Lara Scolaro, is claiming that she and Robin hooked up that night and that his wife Paula Patton was cool with it.

From Life & Style

In an exclusive interview in the new issue of Life & Style, Lana Scolaro reveals that not only did she hook up with Robin that night, but she did so while Paula was just a few feet away. "I don’t think he cared what she thought,” Lana tells Life & Style. “I was with him the whole night!”

The two had met the week before at a friend’s party, and she says he immediately approached her at the 1Oak VMAs shindig with the pick-up line, “I just love the fact that you’re so young. His hands were everywhere,” says Lana.

The minister of Education, Prof Ruqayyat Rufai, announced yesterday that students caught from now on cheating during exams will face a five year jail term or N200,000 fine or both.

This decision was reached during the Federal Executive Council weekly meeting that held in Abuja yesterday. The new law states in part...

“(Any candidate caught cheating) shall not take or be allowed to take or continue the examination; in addition, he shall be prohibited from taking any examination held or conducted by or on behalf of the Council for a period of two years immediately following upon such contraventions. If a candidate aforesaid has already taken any papers at the examination, his result therefrom shall be cancelled. In addition, the candidate may be prosecuted and if found guilty, shall be liable on conviction to a fine of N200, 000 or imprisonment for a term of five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.”

The Education Minister said the Ministry of Justice has been directed to take further necessary action on the subject.

See Davido's 2013 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG

It's still in the US but they are shipping it to Nigeria soon.

"I didn't abandon him' - Teenage stowaway's father speaks

Culled from Punch

Two weeks after his son flew from Benin City to Lagos in the wheel compartment of an aircraft belonging to Arik Air, Daniel Ohikhena’s father denies claims that he abandoned his family.

Little is known about Daniel Ohikhena, the 13-year-old stowaway who flew from Benin City to Lagos in the wheel compartment of a plane belonging to Arik Air, by his schoolmates at Ogbe Junior Secondary School in the Edo State capital.

Shortly before his celebrated escapade, Daniel’s mother, Mrs. Evelyn Ohikhena, had withdrawn him from a private secondary school for want of money to pay his tuition fees. She had enrolled him in OJSS, which was about 500 metres from her residence.

US Senate panel approves Obama authority to use military force against Syria

Split US Senate panel voted yesterday to approves President Barack Obama the authority to use military force against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack in Damacus on August 21 that killed over 1,400 people as they slept in their homes.

The vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was the first in a series as the president's request makes its way through congressional panels before coming before the two chambers of Congress for a final vote.

GEJ's PDP threatens Atiku's PDP with suspension, prosecution

You all know there are two PDP factions now so to distinguish them we have to call one - President Jonathan's PDP and the one that broke away last weekend - former VP Atiku Abubakar's PDP. So the chairman of President Jonathan's PDP Bamanga Tukur today held a press conference in Abuja where he threatened members of Atiku's PDP with suspension, called them impostors and said the police should regard them as such. Lol. 2015 will be interesting. What he said at the press conference below.

Our reason for being here is to neither inform you without any iota of doubt that the Peoples Democratic Party has no faction and there is neither room nor reason whatsoever for such a claim under any guise.

The PDP has only one duly elected National Executive Committee (NEC) under my Chairmanship. I wish therefore to state with all emphasis that any group of persons parading themselves as leaders of NEC or any other organ of our party are impostors and I urge all Nigerians, especially the security agencies and other institutions of democracy to regard them as such.

Kevin Lucciano's mother, Mrs Fashakin, pictured above left at Kevin's wedding in the UK a few weeks back, died yesterday September 3rd at the Ilorin Teaching Hospital after a brief illness. The Question Mark boss announced her death on his Facebook page yesterday. May her soul rest in peace. Amen.

Dammy Krane's mother buys him a car in the US

Singer Dammy Krane revealed that his mum whom he just re-united with after ten years bought him a car. He posted the exciting news on twitter and posted the pic of the car on instagram.

Rapper M.I now Lagos State Ambassador for Energy

First, MI was named UN ambassador for the Smuggling of Migrants. Then he became a Glo ambassador. And now, Africa’s number one rapper is the Lagos State Ambassador for Energy! Congrats to MI!

The Ohio man who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade before one escaped and alerted authorities has committed suicide in prison.

Ariel Castro, 53, was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. yesterday Tuesday September 3rd at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, in central Ohio. A spokeswoman for the prison said early today that prison medical staff performed CPR before Castro was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 10:50 p.m.

Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has paid a visit to multimillionaire transport boss, Chief Vincent Obianodo, who was attacked by suspected assassins on Tuesday night August 27th in Festac. The Young Shall Grow boss survived the assassination attempt but his police escort and driver were not so lucky. They were killed while Chief Obianodo was hit on the left shoulder

Chief Obianodo said he owed his survival to the bravery of an inspector of Police who fought gallantly to repel the assassins. Simon Ogbueshi, attached to B.OPs, Patrol and Guard at the Lagos State Police command, Ikeja, opened fire on chief Obianodo's attackers, killing two of the suspected assassins.

Tiwa Savage, Wizkid, Ice Prince nominated for 2013 Mobo Awards

Congrats to Tiwa...and Ice Prince and Wizkid. Nominated in the Best African Act category at the 2013 Mobo Awards.

Freeze CoolFM & TeeBillz don't agree with the Forbes African list

According to a recent Forbes African list, Don Jazzy, P-Square, D'Banj, Wizkid, 2face Idibia, Ice Prince and Banky W are Africa's most bankable and richest artists (from Nigeria). Top radio host, Freeze Coolfm does not agree with the list and expressed this on Twitter. Tiwa Savage's manager and fiancee, Teebillz also thinks Tiwa was missing on the list. More Tweets after the cut...