Friday 10 October 2014

Pics: Angelina Jolie meets the Queen of England, made a Dame

Actress Angelina Jolie met with Queen Elizabeth this afternoon at Buckingham Palace to be officially awarded her honorary damehood.

According to the UK Daily Mail, Angelina Jolie was made an honorary dame today in recognition of her campaigning against sexual violence. She was presented with the Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George at a reception at Buckingham Palace. She was accompanied to the Palace by her husband Brad Pitt and all six children but they didn't take photos with the queen. See more photos when you continue..

Fayose's wife releases new photos as she gears up to be Ekiti's First Lady

Ekiti state governor-elect Ayo Fayose's wife Feyipitan Fayose has released her own pics as she prepares to occupy the seat of First Lady of the state come October 16th. See more photos after the cut...

Uti Nwachuckwu & Daniella Okeke on House of Maliq October cover

TV personality Uti Nwachukwu and actress Daniella Okeke looking stylish on the October cover of House of Maliq, styled by celebrity stylist Jeremiah Ogbodo of Swanky's signatures styling. See more pics after the cut...

18 year old kills his own mother and loses his virginity to her corpse

18 year old Kevin Jazrael Davis (pictured left) has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his own mother. According to reports, Kevin attacked his mother (pictured right) with a hammer, striking her 20 times on the head, on March 26th 2014 at their home and then had sex with her corpse.

According to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, in a police video showed to jurors during his trial, Kevin confessed to having violent and sexual fantasies involving women, including his own mother and sister. He attacked his mother when they were alone and turned himself in to police the next day.

Kevin, who told police that he was not insane and knew what he was doing, said he put his hand inside her mother's head to feel her brain and then lost his virginity to her corpse. He was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday October 8th.

$9.3m arms deal scandal: Chris Okotie calls for Oritsejafor's resignation as CAN president

House Hold of God Head pastor Chris Okotie, has called for the resignation of Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor as President of the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN over the $9.3m arms deal scandal in which his private jet was implicated in.

In a piece titled "$9.3m Scandal: Oritsejafor Should Do The Right Thing' which was posted on his Facebook page today, Okotie said the continued relationship between Oritsejafor and the Presidency has caused a lot of embarrassment to the Christian body and that it was time the elder clergyman resigned to salvage the respect of CAN. Read his piece after the cut...

Thursday 9 October 2014

Man kills wife, says prophet told him she was using his star

A man has been arrested by the Nigerian police over the murder of a middle-aged woman, identified as Silifat Yakubu. She was allegedly killed by her husband, Ismail Yakubu, at Igbele, near Araromi Ale Olorunda Local Council Development Area, along Badagry Expressway in Lagos.

It was gathered that the mutilated body of the deceased was found in a small river located at the community’s entrance, where she was supposedly dumped after she was murdered.

According to Vanguard, some of the victim’s body parts, such as her eyes, breasts and uterus, were allegedly missing when her corpse was found by passersby, suggesting that she must have been murdered for ritual purposes.

'Poverty dealt with me' - Nigerian dancehall act, Patoranking

Patoranking during an interview on a Ghanaian radio station, Star 103.5FM disclosed that he has once slept on the streets of Ghana just to survive. He also said he was once a student of a Ghanaian university but when he couldn’t afford to pay his school fees, he opted out. The musician, who is the first child of his family, said he had to find a way to get out of poverty just to save his family and today he is glad he made it.

Amber Rose and Wiz khalifa plan reconciliation

According to According to Media Take Out, the couple who have been living apart for some time now have started planning their reconciliation and this is not a rumour but fact! A source disclosed to them that, Amber reached out to Wiz and the estranged couple plan to meet this weekend. Expect seeing pictures of them this weekend when they meet, the source told MTO.

No going back! Paula Patton files for divorce from Robin Thicke

Despite Robin Thicke's persistent begging, dedicating an album which flopped horribly, Paula Patton has officially filed for divorce after 22 years together. She is requesting for joint custody of their four year old son.

Robin Thicke's woes began when he was spotted flirting,dirty dancing with several women after his song, blurred lines catapulted him to fame.Though they were rumoured to be in an open marriage, she couldn't stand the humiliation.The last straw was when his hand was caught up a woman's dress.

They began dating when he was 14 and she 16.

President Jonathan splashes over N300m on Nigerian athletes

President Jonathan yesterday Oct. 8 rewarded Nigerian athletes and their officials who made the country proud at the African Senior Athletics Championships in Marrakech, Morocco, the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, The African Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana, The World Junior Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA, and the 2014 FIFA Female U-20 Football World Cup in Montreal, Canada.

The president while giving a speech at the reception held in honour of the 351 sports men and women at the Banquet Hall of the presidential Villa, Abuja said over N300m will be splashed on the athletes has a way of showing appreciation to them.

New mum Damilola Adegbite teases with sexy pic

The actress who recently welcomed a baby girl with fiance and actor, Chris Attoh, shared this sexy photo with the caption #bored...

This is not a case of witch-hunting - Google on the shutdown of Linda Ikeji's blog

While many were shocked by the sudden shutdown of Linda Ikeji's blog by Google, some are pointing accusing fingers at the man who threatened to see to it that her blog is deleted for alleged plagiarism.

Punch contacted Google’s Manager for Communications and Public Affairs, Anglo-Phone West Africa, Taiwo Kolade-Ogunlade, and he gave reasons why the blog was shut down

President Jonathan’s name removed from Richest African presidents list

President Jonathan reacted after being listed as Africa's 6th Richest President with a $100m net worth. He called it baseless and unfounded, demanding Richestlifestyle.com, take down the post, offer an apology or get sued.

Richestlifestyle.com has since removed President Jonathan’s name as the 6th richest President in Africa from their top 10 richest African presidents list after a State House press release was issued yesterday by presidential spokesman Reuben Abati.

Photo: Iyanya shows off his sexy abs again

Music star Iyanya who has been described as one of the sexiest men in Nigeria today has showed off his Abs once more. Iyanya posted the photo above on his instagram page today... Hot!

Nigeria threatens South Africa over frozen $5.7m arms deal

According to reports, Nigeria has accused South Africa today of blocking a legal arms purchase and threatened retaliation against major South African companies, including telecom giant MTN, if the spat is not resolved.

A top official in the office of Nigeria’s National Security Advisor (NSA) told AFP that the country had an agreement to buy $5.7 million worth of military hardware in a deal brokered by a South African firm, but the funds were seized and the hardware not delivered.

Graphic pics: PDP Legislator beaten to coma

One of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) lawmakers who represents Etsako 1 Constituency in Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Rasak Momoh has been beaten to coma. Mr Momoh was attacked yesterday at his home in Benin City and was left to die by his attackers after beaten him to pulp.

It has not been ascertained who sent the thugs, but Edo State Police Commissioner confirmed that some people have been arrested in connection to the crime. Momoh had raised alarm on September 29th in the house before he was expelled that his life was in danger. He is currently receiving medical attention at the Accident and Emergency Ward of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH.

Toke Makinwa shares throwback photo with husband Maje Ayida

She said this was 12 years ago. She's always been pretty.

Ebola virus: Nigeria donates $3.5m to Liberia, Guinea, Others

Ebola Virus
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Wednesday said Nigeria had donated $3.5m to support countries with Ebola outbreak in other to fight the disease.

The minister also disclosed that 591 health practitioners had also volunteered to join the international force that would go to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea to help in the containment of the Ebola Virus Disease.

Wednesday 8 October 2014

Photos: Newlywed doctor kills wife, self hours after wedding

An Indiana anesthesiologist shot dead his wife minutes after the last guest left their wedding party early on Sunday morning. This happened after an alleged alcohol fueled argument over a pre-nuptial agreement .

Dr. George 'Scott' Samson, 54, is said to have told his new wife, Kelly Ecker, 50, that she would 'never get her hands on his money' during the wedding reception .

According to witnesses who spoke to Dailymail, the argument became increasingly bitter when the wedding after-party moved to Samson and Ecker's mansion, with guests deciding to leave at 1.17am on Sunday morning as the fighting escalated.

Bad times for T.B Joshua as religious tourists shun Synagogue

These are not the best times for T.B Joshua's Synagogue church of all Nations. The Church was was a mecca of sorts from people around the world, is said to be seriously affected after the collapse of it's lodging quarters which resulted in the death of 115. Usually, people from all over, book months ahead for a chance to gain entry and meet the man of God for healing.

According to a report by Punch, the premises was desolate during the Eid-Kabir holidays there were no visitors that were milling around the gates for enquiries.

Linda Ikeji's mobile site still functional

Her mobile site is still functional as at the time of this update. Linda Ikeji, on the other hand, has taken to twitter to reassure her ardent readers.

Ayo Fayose releases new photos ahead of his Oct. 16 swearing-in

Ekiti Governor elect, Ayo Fayose was at the studio few hours ago with his men for a new photoshoot ahead of his swearing-in ceremony. He will be officially sworn-in on Thursday, October 16, 2014 in Ado-Ekiti. See more photos after the cut...

US Ebola patient, Thomas Duncan dies

Thomas Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the US has died. Texas Health Resources spokesman Wendell Watson said in a statement.
"It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan this morning at 7:51 am," "We have offered the family our support and condolences at this difficult time."
Duncan, 42, was given the experimental Ebola drug brincidofovir, but his family said he was doing poorly and the hospital had downgraded his condition from serious to critical. When the family visited Tuesday with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, they declined to view him via video link because the last time had been too upsetting.

"What we saw was very painful. It didn't look good," said Duncan's nephew Josephus Weeks

Breaking News: Linda Ikeji's Blog deleted by Google

There have been reports going around that Linda Ikeji had issues with a blogger, Mr. Aye Dee and Google over copyright material, a case which Google had already begun to look into. Things took an interesting twist when the gossip blogger released personal information about the man who she believed was witch hunting her. She wrote a post dedicated to that, shunning him as someone who was against her progress.

The screen after the cut...is what you will see when you visit the site.

Photo: Okoye brothers hit the beach in Dubai

P-Square, their brother Jude and band members hit the beach in Dubai and did us the pleasure of sharing a selfie.

Photos: Beyonce, Jay Z and Blue Ivy go sight-seeing in Paris

The Carters, who have been in Paris for about a week now following their show in the city, caused quite a hysteria when they went sight-seeing in the city of love yesterday...with their security detail of course...and Beyonce was the photographer for the family. See the photos after the cut...

BringBackOurGirls team call for a global week of action

It's sad that 6 months later, we still haven't been able to find these young girls. And the cry to find them has reduced significantly. See more after the cut...

Pics: Meet the world's Most Beautiful First Ladies

Richestlifestyle.com a few days ago released its list of The Most Beautiful First Ladies in the world 2014 and US First Lady Michelle Obama came 6th. See all the world's most beautiful First Ladies after the cut...

Photos: Chika Ike searches for an Africa Diva in her new reality show

After a successful audition with over 2000 girls from different works of life, the actress narrows them down to 22 lucky contestants. Meet some of the contestants above and some photos from the auditioning after the cut...

I regret not having a University degree - Actress Ronke Oshodi-Oke

Ronke Ojo-Gbolahan aka Ronke Oshodi-Oke says she regrets not completing her education to the University level and now wants to return to school.
"My big regret is not going back to school as I had wanted to. I have been planning to return back to school for quite a long time but when you are making money, seeing yourself being celebrated here and there, you will feel on top of the world. But you are nothing without completing your education. So that's the bold step I want to take now. So it's going to be fun. I don't want to agree it's going to be difficult. I really want to go back to school and I mean it this time around" she told Encomium magazine...

Okada ban: Delta state government allegedly razes over 200 motorcycles

The Delta state government on Sunday Oct. 5th allegedly burnt over 200 motorcycles it confiscated from those who flouted the state's newly introduced ban on motorcycle riding in some parts of the state. Two weeks ago, the State government banned Okada in some parts of the state, including Ika South, Ika North and Sapele.

The ban was however flouted by some motorcycle riders who got their machines seized by officials of the state. The seized motorcycles have now allegedly been burnt at the Mosogar end of the Gammon Bridge in Sapele.

'I may sing again if the right song comes' - Actress Genevieve Nnaji

Looks like Genevieve hasn't put her singing ambitions to rest. She said in a new interview that if she finds the right song, she will sing again.

Speaking with Channels TV at the relaunch of her clothing line in Lagos on Sunday, Genevieve said;
"I think everything comes at its own time. Fashion is here at its own time. I don't believe I must do everything but if the right song comes and the right situation arises for me to lend my voice, I would definitely. So no, singing is not ruled out(don't worry)" she said

Court sacks Adamawa state acting governor, orders reinstatement of ex deputy governor

An Abuja Federal High court has sacked the acting Governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Fintiri from office and ordered the immediate reinstatement of the former deputy governor of the state, Mr Bala Ngilari, (pictured above), as governor.

Ngilari had on July 14th tendered a letter of resignation to the state House of Assembly during the impeachment process of his ex boss, Murtala Mohammed who was impeached on July 15th.

Bishop David Oyedepo is the richest pastor in the world, see the top 10 richest

The General Overseer of Winners Chapel, Bishop Oyedepo is the richest pastor in the world according to a list that was released yesterday by Richestlifestyle.com. Out of the 10 richest pastors in the world as of 2014, 5 of them are Nigerians. See the list after the cut...

E! Fashion police co-hosts don't want NeNe Leakes as host?

It was revealed recently that Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes is the top contender to replace late comic genius Joan Rivers on E!'s Fashion Police but it looks like the current co-hosts including Guiliana Rancic and Kelly Osborne aren't happy about the choice.

From Life & Style
According to the source, the execs “love” the idea of having NeNe since “fans really respond well to her.” Now, the only problem is getting the co-hosts to like her as well.
"Melissa [Rivers] thinks it's a huge mistake and Kelly [Osbourne] and Giuliana [Rancic] think it's an outrage...They're afraid that it will become the NeNe Show,” the insider added.“Melissa just doesn't think NeNe should be in the running and definitely doesn't think she even comes close to filling her mother's shoes.”