Saturday, 8 February 2014

Maheeda recalls sad past experience as she celebrates her daughter

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Maheeda
The singer shared the pic above on her instagram page and recalled a sad time in her past when she couldn't take care of herself and her daughter, Divine. She also shared photos of her girl who turned 13 today. See the photos after the cut...

Photo of the day: Tour of Nigeria back in 1956

Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Phillip pictured with Nigeria's first head of state Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and HRH Obi Okosi, the Obi of Onitsha in the 1956 tour of Nigeria

Annie Idibia finally gets her body back

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New mum Annie Idibia has been been showing off her post baby body in a series of photos posted on her instagram page. This photo posted this morning really shows she's finally got her body back about a month after welcoming her second baby.

Lamidi Adedibu’s son, 30 others escape death in near plane crash in Abuja

31 passengers, including the son of late Ibadan politician, Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu, Senator Kamoru Adedibu, escaped death yesterday after an Overland Airlines aircraft they boarded caught fire shortly before take off at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja yesterday.

Saturday Tribune reports that the plane, scheduled for Ibadan from Abuja at 4:52p.m. was about to take off when it started emitting smoke from one of its engines.
One of the passengers who spoke with Saturday Tribune said the about 31 passengers of the plane were already seated before the incident.

“We first observed that engineers were frantically fiddling with the plane’s engine. Then we suddenly saw smoke. It is not funny at all. All of us, including a senator, rushed out of the plane.

"Looking at me, there’s no way God won’t bless me with a rich man" - Actress Chita Agwu

Chita Agwu is a fast rising Nollywood actress who just had an interview with Vanguard where she spoke about her kind of man, her cars and how she moved from one apartment to another. Find the interview below...
What will it take a man to date you?
There is nothing a man can give to me. I like someone who is honest and cute, because I don’t like ugly guys. If you also have the fear of God in you, even if you don’t have money, though I know money is important, I would consider. But, looking at me, there is no way God would not bless me with someone who has money.

Friday, 7 February 2014

‘Why I Think The Gay Community Should Come Out’ by Seun Kuti

Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti writes for OkayAfrica.com. Find it below...
 I’m writing to condemn the recent anti-gay bill signed into law by our President Jonathan Goodluck. This law – which contains penalties of up to 14 years in prison for anyone in a same-sex marriage or civil union, 10 years for anyone who attends a same-sex wedding, 10 years for anyone involved with an LGBT organization, and even 10 years for anyone who shows affection for someone of the same sex – should be cast out. Since the law was passed, police across Nigeria have begun arresting and torturing dozens of our fellow citizens suspected of being gay. Don’t forget that in some of our states, if you are found guilty of being gay, you could be stoned to death.

 First of all, this law was unnecessary. There is not space in the existing constitution for gay marriage. Our constitution is very definitive of marriage as a union between man and woman. I see the signing in of this law for what it was: a cheap shot by an under-achieving government to discriminate against people because they are different.

Hollywood actor Michael Ealy says his wife isn't his type

Michael Ealy, 40, married Khatira Rafiqzada, 32 (pictured above with him) in October 2012 after dating her for four years. But now he says she's not his type..

When asked to advise other men looking to settle down, Michael told Rolling Out magazine...
While, I don’t consider myself a person that should write a book, or give advice on relationships, what I will share is my personal perspective.

Juwon Lawal confirms separation with actress Uche Iwuji

Really sad. Their marriage is just a year and 2 months. Juwon just released a press statement via his publicist announcing the end of his marriage to Uche. Find it below...
This should serve as the official statement confirming the end to the marriage formalized on Friday, November 16th 2012 between the CEO of ABD Fuels Plc, Mr. Juwon Rasak Lawal and actress Uche Iwuji.

Already, the court processes are on to give a legal seal to the separation.

Mr. Lawal was in Europe on a business tour when the story first broke through the media.  This was the reason why he could not react appropriately to it, plus the fact that he felt the event could be redeemed.

Although, he would not want to talk about the reasons for the separation, Mr. Lawal is not married anymore to Miss Iwuji. And he will like to treat his estranged wife’s case as “once a friend, always a friend”. Status & Living Media - Publicist

PDP sues Speaker, 20 Kwara members for defecting to APC

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has sued the Speaker, Razak Atunwa, and 20 other members of the Kwara State House of Assembly to court over their defection to the All Progressives Congress.

In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Ilorin, on Friday, the state chapter of the PDP and a suspended member of the assembly, Iliasu Ibrahim, prayed the court to declare the seats of the 21 lawmakers vacant.

The plaintiffs joined the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as a defendant in the suit Number FHC/IL/C5/4/2014.

Graphic pics: Soldier pictured stabbing man to death in front of a crowd

A group of soldiers in the Central African Republic lynched a man they suspected was a rebel minutes after hearing the new president's promise to restore security at a ceremony to reinstate the divided country's armed forces.

About 20 uniformed soldiers accused a member of the crowd of having belonged to Seleka - the mostly Muslim rebel group that seized power in a coup last March, before stabbing him repeatedly until he was dead.

A soldier stamped on the lifeless body, which was then dragged nearly naked through the streets as residents looked on and took photographs.

Eddie Murphy's beautiful daughters strip down for racy lingerie shoot

Eddie Murphy's two pretty daughters, Bria Murphy, 24 (left) and and sister Shayne, 19, (right) stripped down for a racy lingerie shoot and shared the pics on instagram. The two girls are taking after their mother, Nicole Murphy, who was a top model back in the day. See more pics after the cut...

Wife logs on to Facebook to discover her husband had married another woman

A bigamist was caught by his wife after she saw a photograph of him grinning with his new Gambian teenage bride on Facebook.

Nicolette Smith was further devastated when she noticed Stephen Smith, 52, had married Awa Jobarteh, 19, (pictured above) at the same African register office they tied the knot at 7 years earlier.

Ms Smith then called the police, but incredibly her cheating former partner has avoided jail and claimed he was the victim.

Bianca Ojukwu becomes APGA national leader

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, yesterday February 6th named Bianca Ojukwu, wife of the party's late National Leader, Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu, as the party’s National Leader.

This was made known by the party's leader, Chief Maxi Okwu at a National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting in Abuja yesterday.
"The National Executive Committee, NEC, of our great party reconfirms and further resolves the earlier decision taken on  February 16, 2013 and on March 22, 2013, at the one year anniversary of the demise of our late leader and icon, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. That he remains our symbol and leader the fact of his transit to glory notwithstanding. His wife and next of kin, Iyom Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu is hereby adopted as the living embodiment of his ideals. She shall in his stead be acknowledged as Leader. She is aware of the existing situation and she gave her consent, and we adopted her. We still respect Governor Peter Obi as one of our leaders, and he is also aware of this development.” Chief Okwu said

New Video: Davido - Aye

HKN Music presents the official music video of Aye, Davido's fourth single off his forthcoming sophomore album. Directed by Clarence Peters, the video is shot in a rural setting and tells a tale of love between different classes.

Davido plays a poor farmer who falls in love with the prince's love interest. Aye shows Davido at his best, showing raw talent in a different direction, cultural, and entirely refreshing. Enjoy...

Genevieve Nnaji supports TheGirlChild protection

 See something else the actress posted on her instagram page after the cut...

SSS releases Dokubo-Asari Dokubo

The President of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo has been released by the Department of State Security Services, SSS, hours after he was picked up for repeatedly making inciting comments. His personal assistant (Media) and younger brother, Rex Asari, confirmed his release to the media.

Ladies would you rock Kelly Rowland's massive palazzo pants?

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The singer wore this daring silk dress shirt with massive palazzo pants to the Houghton runway show at New York Fashion Week yesterday. Would you rock it?

Happy Birthday Omotola Ekeinde: Actress signs multimillion naira deal‏

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Actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is a year older today February 7th. Wishing her many more successful years ahead. Meanwhile the actress is the new brand ambassador for cosmetics company - Ghandour cosmetics ltd.

The deal was signed yesterday evening at the Protea Hotel Ikoyi, Lagos with her manager Michael Djaba present and Ali Jihami Marketing manager at Ghandour cosmetics.

The international star will be the face of BO-16, a successful hair relaxer and hair care range. A continent wide marketing campaign available across advertising media, including TV, billboards, radio and magazines will be announced soon. More photos after the cut...

2 women jailed for trafficking & making children beg with fake wounds

Two women have been arrested and jailed for trafficking children and making them beg on the streets of Lagos with fake wounds.

PM News reports
The Family Court 1 in Yaba Magistracy has jailed two women for trafficking and using children to beg for alms in Victoria Island area of Lagos.

The women, Amarachi Eke from Imo State and Chioma Eze from Awka in Anambra State, were arraigned at the court on Wednesday on a two-count charge of using underaged children to beg for alms. And they pleaded guilty to the charges.

Magistrate Y.O. Aje-Afunwa sentenced them to two months imprisonment each; one month for each count charge and they are also to pay a fine of N5,000. The jail terms will run concurrently.

Obi Emelonye apologizes to Omotola and Genevieve for misquoted "They are jobless"

If you recall a interview claimed Award winning movie maker Obi Emelonye said Genevieve and Omotola are currently jobless. Read the story here. He has tendered an apology to the actresses claiming he was misquoted. Read below....
I woke up over the weekend to a barrage of online reports of irreverent and disrespectful headlines about Genevieve and Omotola that were attributed to me.

Without delving into too much details, my private conversations in my house with a friend; talking about what Tom Cruise did when he stopped accepting lousy film projects from the big hollywood studios; has been misquoted, misconstrued, taken out of context and blown out of proportions.

I want to state firstly that I hold these two titans of our industry in complete veneration. (Even the misquotes could not hide that fact). I am also grateful for their unique contributions to the great success of my collaborative projects with them.

Nicki Minaj rocks her natural dark hair in hot new photos

Nicki Minaj
The rapper took off all her extensions and proudly show off her natural hair in new photos. Beautiful. Continue to see more pics...

Thursday, 6 February 2014

Pres. Jonathan appoints new Special Advisers and Chief Executives for NTA, FRCN, NAN & SURE-P

In furtherance of efforts to continually strengthen his administration on all fronts, President Goodluck  Jonathan has approved the following appointments to fill existing vacancies:

1.    Gen. Martin Luther Agwai    – Chairman of SURE-P
2.    Mrs. Tanwa Olusi                   -        Deputy Chairman of SURE-P
3.    Mrs. Fidelia Njeze                  -        Special Adviser (NEPAD)
4.    Senator Suleiman M. Ajadi   -        Special Adviser (NASS)
5.    Mr. Sola Omole                      -        DG, NTA
6.    Alhaji Ladan Salihu                -        DG, FRCN
7.    Mr. Ima Niboro                     -        MD, News Agency of Nigeria

Gen. Martin Agwai (rtd.) was until now the Deputy Chairman and Acting Chairman of SURE-P while Mrs. Njeze is the current Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland.
All the appointments are with immediate effect.

Reuben Abati

New Video: Eva Alordiah - DEAF

Watch the exciting video for female Rapper, Eva’s single “DEAF”. The video was directed by Patrick Elis and was shot in Lagos. "DEAF" produced by "Gray Jon'Z" is Off Eva's soon to be released second E.P which is a pre-release for her Debut Album.

Pics: Sand truck tumbles over bridge onto Express Lane below in Lagos

A truck conveying sand around 2am today February 6th tumbled from the bridge in Maryland Lagos onto the express lane below. The truck, which has since been removed by traffic and emergency officials veered off its lane and crashed through section of the culvert and fell onto the express lane.

Fortunately no one was injured in the accident. More photos after the cut...

Photo: Don Jazzy weds Rihanna

Don't they look so good together? Rihanna looks beautiful in our traditional attire. A Mavin fan designed it as his own interpretation of Dr Sid's new hit single, Surulere which means Patience. How cute!!!

Anti-gay bill: Gays in Nigerian flood Netherlands embassy seeking asylum

The Embassy of the Netherlands in Nigeria has confirmed that it has received some applications for asylum by some Nigerians who fear persecution following the recent signing into law the anti-gay bill by President Jonathan, Thisday reports.

Netherlands is a gay-friendly country. The embassy sent an email to Thisday some days ago saying that despite receiving these applications, it was neither involved in processing any application for asylum seekers nor does it have the power to grant asylum to applicants.
"The embassy has received a small number of applications for asylum by Nigerians. It is not possible to apply for asylum at the embassy. We inform the applicants likewise but we do not register the number of applications made. At this stage, it is not possible to make predictions. That would be speculation. However, when people become increasingly aware that it is not possible to apply for asylum at the embassy, one could expect a decrease. The embassy is not involved in the asylum process, neither in the application nor in the determination of the authenticity of claims.

Texas executes female murderer Suzanne Basso

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Suzanne Basso, a female murderer convicted for killing her mentally challenged boyfriend, Louis Musso, 59, in 1998 has been put to death in Texas, USA. This makes it the 14th time in the history of the US that a woman would be put to death for any crime.

Basso, 59, was lethally injected with Pentobarbital, a brain and nervous system attacking drug in front of two of her friends. She was declared dead 11 minutes later.
In a bid to inherit his insurance and benefit, she and five others had battered, bleached, and burnt Louis with cigarettes. Then they deposited his body in a ditch outside Houston, Texas. Suzanne was described during the trial as the ring leader in the crime. During her trial, her own daughter described her as a physical and sexual abuser.

Women make up about 2% of condemned US inmates with only 60 out of 3,100 on death row. Nearly 1,400 men have been put to death since the US Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

SSS arrests Asari Dokubo over inciting comments

President of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has been arrested by the men of the Department of State Security, DSS for making inciting comments on the 2015 election.

The former Niger Delta militant was arrested this morning, less than 24 hours after Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, called on security agents to arrest and caution him for repeatedly making inciting comments. He is currently being interrogated by SSS operatives.

Replying to comments made by former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday Feb 4th Asari Dokubo said that he would make Nigeria ungovernable unless Pres. Jonathan wins a second term ticket in the 2015 presidential election. He also asked Northern politicians to stay away
"If they say the blood of the dogs and the baboon will be soaked in water on the street, in blood on the street, in salt water on the street, we will help them soak them in blood”.
Security operatives believe such a comment is capable of causing chaos in Nigeria.

Pics: Omotola, Kate Henshaw, Rita Dominic others at Invest Africa

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Rita Dominic, Stephanie Linus, Kate Henshaw were among the women in entertainment invited by Mo Abudu of Ebony Life TV to a meet and greet with other world investors to discuss opportunities of investments in Africa. The event took place on Saturday February 1st. More photos after the cut...

Beyonce shares sexy new photos

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The stunning singer has been flooding her Tumblr page with pics of herself and family. See more pics after the cut...

Photos: Ini Edo plays acid victim in new movie

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Actress Ini Edo plays an acid attack victim in new movie role and shared photos of the convincing make-up she got on her instagram page yesterday. She wrote: "#filmmakingseriousbusiness# I fear for my face. My exec producer says he's got me covered lol. I still love my job". See another photos after the cut...

Singer Sefiya releases new promo pics

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Pretty model, video vixen and singer Sefiya, whose last single Love Me Jeje is currently rocking the dancefloor across the country, releases new promo photos, ahead of her next single titled Lollipop dropping soon. More photos after the cut...

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Photos: Rita Dominic, Majid, Rukky Sanda, Ik Ogbonna at Desmond Elliot's birthday party

Actor Desmond Elliot celebrated his birthday yesterday and a few Nollywood friends like Rukky Sanda, Majid Michel, Emem Isong, Rita Dominic, and Ik Ogbonna and many more were in attendance. See more photos after the cut...

N1.3billion Fraud: Fred Ajudua Sent To Kirikiri Prison

Fred Ajudua has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison for allegedly defrauding former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd.), of about $8.395m (about N1.3 billion).

Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye ordered on Wednesday that he should be remanded in prisons custody following a fresh 13-count charge of fraud brought against him by EFCC.

The EFCC in the fresh charges dated 14 October, 2013, alleged that Ajudua, along with others still at large, defrauded Gen. Bamaiyi of $8.387m between November 2004 and June 2005 while in prison.

Ajudua is the only defendant in the fresh charges as others who allegedly committed the offences along with him are said to be at large.

Actress Elizabeth Hurley had a year long affair with Bill Clinton?

Elizabeth Hurley
According to a report by Radar Online, former US president Bill Clinton had a year long affair with actress and model Elizabeth Hurley. Check out the report below...
As Hillary Clinton prepares to run for President in 2016, RadarOnline.com has uncovered bombshell new information that could torpedo her White House dreams: The philandering husband of the former United States Secretary of State, ex-President Bill Clinton, carried on a torrid year-long love affair with British supermodel Elizabeth Hurley behind White House walls.

That’s the explosive revelation dropped by the man who says he arranged the secret tryst, actor Tom Sizemore.

In a blockbuster exclusive, Radar has unearthed a secret audio recording during which the Hollywood actor, who had his own three-year sexual liaison with Hurley, recounts how the famously-frisky ex-President once sent a plane to fly Hurley to Washington D.C., where he bedded her in the White House — while First Lady Hillary was in the very next room!

Warri Again? set to hold February 14th at Brown Hill event centre

Brownhill  Event Centre,  is set to rekindle the fire of love and entertainment in Warri with The Valentine Edition of ‘Warri Again?’

After staging one of the best shows in Nigeria on Independence Day, Warri Again?’ Valention Edition will be featuring I Go Dye, Baba kome, Buchi, Emeka Smith, Mc Shakara, and Odogwu. Musical performances by: Sir Shina Peters, Mike Okri, Kcee, Timaya, Banky W, Tiwa Savage, Sean Tizzle, Harrysong, Burna Boy, Joseph Benjamin, Ufuoma Ejenobor and lots more. Event hosts are AY and Omoni Oboli.