Welcome to Oghenemaga Otewu's Blog: 2014-12-07

Saturday 13 December 2014

Bukky Wright loses House of Reps ticket

Yoruba actress, Bukky Wright, has lost her bid to contest for the House of Representatives on the platform of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Ogun State chapter. She lost to a former aide of Gov. Amosun, Mr. Sopade in the party’s primaries.

Photo: Boko Haram victim cries out in search of his wife and 7 children

A 40 year old identified as Matthew Zira, (pictured above) says he's searching for his wife and seven children after members of Boko haram invaded their village in Michika LGA of Adamawa state on September 7th. A distraught Matthew narrated his ordeal to The Nation. Read what he said below..

My name is Matthew Zira. I am from Vi village in Minchika Local Government Area, Adamawa State. I was living comfortably with my family until that fateful Friday. Before that day, there had been rumours that Boko Haram would attack the village, but no one knew when they would come. So on that day, as usual, I went out of the house to look for my daily bread. I ride commercial motorcycle in the village, I am also a farmer, and did the commercial motorcycle work when farm work was over.

A gas explosion rocked Arakele road in Akure, Ondo state this evening Dec. 13th, killing several people. According to eyewitnesses, the explosion happened at a gas station in the area and the fire from the explosion spread to residential houses within the area. Men of the fire service just arrived the scene. Details later

MTO will not kill somebody with their report...hehe. Isn't Julius like her cousin or something?

"Beyonce attended the Woman In Music event yesterday, with her bodyguard Julian. We looked closely at Julian's lips and is it just us or is he wearing the same shade of pink lipstick that Bey got on?" MTO writes.

Photos of Norwegian warship allegedly bought by ex-militant Tompolo

According to Norwegian website - dagbladet.no, this is a photo of one of the warship allegedly acquired by ex-militant, Government Tompolo. See more photos and the translation of the words after the cut...

The lovebirds recently welcomed a son...

Missing Nigerian baby boy found in Mexico, father arrested

The missing baby who went missing after his mother was found dead in a refrigerator at their home in Houston, Texas on Monday December 8th has been found in Mexico in good health.

11 months old Achilles Lambert was abducted by his Nigerian father, Patrick Lambert, who is a suspect in his estranged wife’s murder. Anastacia Lambert was stabbed to death. (read story here).

Houston police say the little boy was found abandoned yesterday Friday December 12th in Queretaro, central Mexico. Patrick was located somewhere else in Mexico and has since been taken into custody.

A-list stars, socialites storm Mary Uranta's private movie launch

On Sunday November 23rd 2014, the finest of Nigerian socialites, movie and music star as well the political class storm the prestigious Four Point by Sheraton Hotel Lekki for the private Launch of Mary Uranta’s movie Husband Shopping.

The gaily dressed stars had no dull moment as the anchor of the day, Elenu thrilled them with rib cracking joke while live music was served by Hestarose Band as guests settled in for the launch.

Rapper Drake emerged for the first since that fight with Diddy outside a club in Miami on Monday night. The fight reportedly landed Drake in hospital but he looked unscathed as he unloaded shopping bags from his SUV following a shopping spree at the high-end Webster mall in Miami.

There are reports that former militant Tompolo recently bought 7 decommissioned Norwegian warships.

Former beauty queen Dabota Lawson will wed her billionaire fiance, Prince Sunny Aku today December 13th in Lagos. Will bring wedding photos later...

Osas Ighodaro wows on the cover Dec/Jan issue of TW magazine

The former beauty queen and TV personality stuns on the December/January issue of TW magazine.

'I have at least N1million in my account' - General Buhari declares

We hear!

Photos: Nollywood celebs visit President Jonathan at Aso rock

Nollywood celebs under the aegis of Nigeria's Creative Professionals yesterday paid a thank you visit to Pres. Jonathan at the State House for his support to the creative enterprise in Nigeria. The actors were led by the president of the group, Segun Arinze. See more pics after the cut...

Singer turned writer Etcetera takes Nigerian entertainers who tried to venture into politics recently to the cleaners in this article. Read below...

My dear entertainers who just lost out in your quest for public office, can you please gbe enu e soun so that we can concentrate on the election at hand? Despite your claims, we all know the reasons why you sought public office in the first place. So many Nigerians have hurt their knees in praying to God to rid this nation of political miscreants and people with selfish motives in seeking public offices. So the fact that you all lost your primaries is a gargantuan sign that the system does not see you as worthy representatives of the Nigerian youths.

The photo on the left is from her 2015 calendar while the one on the right is from her 'Only' video featuring Lil Wayne, Drake Chris Brown. She shared the pics on instagram...

Friday 12 December 2014

Photo: Actress Tonto Dikeh gets a new tattoo

Looks like she got her poppy's face tattooed on her arm...

Olusegun Obasanjo's book sells out, SSS block importation of more copies

The controversial autobiography of former President Olusegun Obasanjo titled "My Watch" has reportedly sold out just four days after it was officially launched.

An associate to the former President who spoke with Sahara Reporters, said Obasanjo has exhausted the first copies of the book. “Baba sold all the copies that were brought in,” the associate said

The book sold out despite a high court injunction to stop it from circulating. A judge had ordered that copies of the book be confiscated by the police and the DSS after Obasanjo went ahead to launch it despite a court order not to do so...

Presidential aide Dr Doyin Okupe thinks the Buhari and Amaechi ticket a 'fatal error' lol. Whatever that means. We are all speculating. APC hasn't announced it officially. They have until December 18th to submit the names of its Presidential candidate and running mate to INEC.

Ex-NFL player Laveranues Coles wants his $240k engagement ring back

Former NFL star Laveranues Coles has declared war on his ex-fiancee, demanding she return the $240,000 engagement he got her ... because they broke up, TMZ reports. Find their report below...

Coles, who played for the Jets, Redskins and Bengals -- was engaged to Kenda Fairchild ... and proposed by back in February with a 5.6 karat diamond ring valued at $240k.

But according to the Washington Post, the couple split just a few months later when she ditched Coles for another dude.

Radar Online is report that 19 year old model Kendall Jenner has fired her mother, Kris Jenner, as her manager. A source told the magazine..

“She sees straight through all of her mom’s BS and she will not let Kris exploit her like Kris did Kim,” the insider said, referring to Jenner’s 34-year-old half-sister, sex tape star Kim Kardashian.

According to the source, the stunning 19-year-old runway model “has been shopping around for her own team, not affiliated with the Keeping up with the Kardashians brand at all. That includes a new manager, rep and agent of her own.”

Rihanna's baby father is white billionaire businessman - MTO

Rihanna was out yesterday and didn't look anything close to pregnant but MediaTakeOut is still insisting that she's pregnant, and in the early stages of her pregnancy. Not only that, they say her baby father is a white billionaire. Their report below...

So we were not able to get any concrete information about her babys father - except that the father is 100% not Chris Brown or Drake.

But we did hear a rumour about the paternity of Rihanna's baby. One friend of Rih's family member told us this, "I hear that the father is a very rich white man, a billionaire. He wants to take care of Rihanna. "We can't repeat the name of the billionaire . . . but Chile if Rihanna carrying that seed . . . she's Good!!

You heard that . . . word on the curb is that Rih got herself a billionaire baby's father.

Pics: Police arrest 13yr old girl wearing explosives-packed vest in Kano

This 13 year old girl (pictured above) wearing an explosives-packed vest was arrested in Kano state yesterday December 11th. The girl was arrested after she and a male accomplice walked into a clinic seeking medical treatment. Suspicious hospital staff alerted police who immediately arrested the two.

On searching her, Police discovered explosives hidden under her hijab. The police later revealed that the young girl was from Bauchi and was part of the 'suicide team' that attacked a market in Kano on Wednesday Dec. 10th.

Kim Kardashian and Rihanna stuns at RiRi's charity event

Kim looked beautiful in a plunging sheer sequin gown, which she wore over a revealing bodice as she attended Rihanna's first-ever Annual Diamond Ball held in honour of the Clara Lionel Foundation at The Vineyard in Beverly Hills last night. Rihanna looked even more stunning in a rose satin gown. See more photos from the charity event after the cut...

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro who lost out in the PDP Governorship primaries in Lagos state on Tuesday Dec 4th, says he's heading to court to seek redress...

A few hours after losing his presidential ticket, Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha picked the governorship ticket of the APC in absentia. He's now the flagbearer of APC in Imo state after his son in law Uche Nwosu, the Commissioner for Lands and Urban Planning, stepped down.

Uche Nwosu had initially been adopted as the governorship candidate for Imo State, a position he reportedly accepted to keep for his father-in-law in case he didn't win the presidential ticket. Nwosu announced his withdrawal yesterday following Okorocha's loss at the APC convention.