Welcome to Oghenemaga Otewu's Blog: 2017-01-01

Tuesday 10 January 2017

Actor and former 2010 Mr Nigeria, Kenneth Okolie, is engaged

Nollywood actor and 2010 Mr Nigeria, Kenneth Okolie, has proposed to his US-based girlfriend, Jessica Nwakah. The two have been dating for a while now and even spent last Christmas together. This will be Kenneth's second engagement. In 2012, he got engaged to his former girlfriend Mariam but they later called it off. Big congrats to them.

Looks like George Clooney, 55, and his wife Amal, 38, are expecting their first baby. The Lebanese-British lawyer and activist was spotting a bump when the couple appeared together at The Clooney Foundation for Justice yesterday. They married in 2014.

Sarah Ofili and Terry The Rapman come for her ex-fiance, rapper Ikechukwu

Sarah Ofili, Terry the rapman, and his sister, Joy, just took to Instagram to call out Ikechukwu Onunaku. They accused him of calling out their family in an interview and warned him not to mention their name again. Sarah also warned him not to step foot on mainland, Benin, Warri and Niger Delta. Read the rest of what they wrote after the cut...

Yahoo Inc yesterday said that it would rename itself Altaba Inc and Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer would step down from the board after the closing of its deal with Verizon Communications Inc. Yahoo has a deal to sell its core internet business, which includes its digital advertising, email and media assets, to Verizon for $4.83 billion.

The trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu was not devoid of drama. On arrival at the Federal High Court Abuja, the IPOB leader stubbornly refused the directive of Prison officials that he should go to the courtroom through an entrance usually used by judges. During the altercation, Kanu used his handcuffed hands to repeatedly hit the warders who struggled to restrain him. See another photo after the cut...

Singer, Terry G has finally broken the American jinx and he did in good time before Donald trump’s inauguration which is in 10 days.

For those who know, Terry G has many Achilles heels and one of them is traveling to America. He’s been denied at the embassy several times, but finally, the ‘Ginjah Master’ is live in God’s own country.

Barbaric! A sickening video has emerged which shows a Daesh toddler shooting a Kurdish prisoner dead in a ball pit in eastern Syria. The prisoner was reportedly accused of spying.
The video shows the child, dressed in a black attire and cap, walking across a ball pit full of broken plastic balls. He is accompanied by an adult.

Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku, has urged Christians in communities affected by religious crisis, to express their constitutional rights to self defense or face been wiped out by some of these extremists that have continued to wage war against them.

Speaking against the backdrop of the repeated attacks on Southern Kaduna and some other christian communities by some extremists in some parts of the North, Ishaku said Christians should not fold their hands and watch as they are wiped out by these extremists.

The trial of Olisa Metuh, the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party was on Tuesday stalled following his collapse at his Abuja church on Sunday. His lawyer, Mr Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN), told a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday that Metuh is currently on admission at the National Hospital Abuja.

According to Ikpeazu, Metuh was rushed to the hospital after he collapsed during the Sunday service in his church in Abuja on Sunday.

Ikpeazu made this known to Justice Okon Abang, the trial judge while stating that the reasons for Metuh’s absence from the court, where he is being prosecuted along with his company, Destra Investment Limited, for offences relating to separate transactions of N400m and $2m was because he collapsed on Sunday.

The EFCC is prosecuting Metuh and Destra Investment Limited on a seven-count offence of fraud involving N400m which he allegedly received from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2014 without any justification.

Other counts involve alleged money laundering involving cash transaction with $2m, which was said to be above limit of cash payments allowed by law.

Ikpeazu said, “The first defendant is absent because he is sick. He was rushed to the National Hospital in Abuja on Sunday after he collapsed while trying to stand up from his seat to sing in his church.”

According to him, Metuh was later taken from the National Hospital to an Indian hospital in Karu, Abuja, and later back to the National Hospital, where he is receiving treatments until the Tuesday’s proceedings.

Ikpeazu also sought an adjournment of the trial till Wednesday to enable his client to obtain a medical report on his health condition.

In response, prosecuting counsel, Mr Sylvanus Tahir, said in the absence of a medical report disclosing Metuh’s health status, the court should disregard the submission of the defence lawyer and go ahead with the proceedings in the absence of the accused person.

PM News

Zimbabwean preacher exposes fellow man of God who is obsessed with sex

Steve Blomefield (pictured left), a Zimbabwe preacher based in Bulawayo has exposed his fellow man of God, Walter Magaya (right) of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries of his obsession with sex. Over the years, Prophet Magaya has been accused of raping and sleeping with several women.

Rob Kardashian's future mother-in-law, Tokyo Toni, shared these embarrassing photos of herself lighting and smoking a wrap of weed...See more photos after the cut...

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has denied media reports that he received kickbacks in the $1.3bn OPL 245 oil block deal involving oil giants ENI and Royal Dutch Shell. Jonathan denied the claims in a statement signed and released by his media adviser, Ikechukwu Eze. The statement reads;

Ever since Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo broke up with supermodel Irina Shayk in December 2014, the footballer has been linked with so many girls, but he never spoke about them or confirmed any of them to the media. Some models even upped their social media following after they did interviews claiming they were dating the footballer, but he never publicly confirmed or denied dating any one of them.

The 22-year-old mother shared her breastfeeding son on her wedding day.

"I enjoy nursing my son and I made sure when I chose my wedding dress I would be able to nurse throughout my entire night," she said. "And I was able to. So I just want to share with women that no matter who doubts you or who turns their noses up to breastfeeding that it can be done. No one should feel embarrassed about feeding their child in the most natural way"

Photos: Couple who have been childless for 10 years welcome quintuplets in Cross River State. The first in the State’s history

A Nigerian married couple welcomed quintuplets after ten years of childless marriage, at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, on Monday January 9th, the first ever in the history of the state.
Recounting the experience, father of the babies, Dr Edet said:

"God is never late. I have waited on for 10years for this children. We realised that God was going to bless us with something special when my wife had a scan after some months of the pregnancy. At that point, we knew she was carrying more than one baby in her womb."

A man pretending to be mad was caught at Utagbaunor/umukwata road,Ukwani LGA of Delta State while trying to kidnap two children. According to Ossai Ovie, the suspect almost killed one of the children, before help came.

Here’s a photo of Tiwa Savage’s son, as he starts school today.

'This is a full scale witch-hunt' - Russia hits back at America over election hacking allegations

Russia has hit back at the United States saying allegations by U.S Intelligence officials (Read here) that it influenced the U.S Presidential elections to favor Donald Trump and hurt Hillary Clinton are 'unfounded' and a 'full scale witch hunt' by the president Obama led U.S government.

The report, published by the Office of the Director of U.S Intelligence last week, accused Putin of directly influencing the elections by hacking Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta and leaking information obtained to Wikileaks.

Council of Imams and Ulama in Kaduna state, have called for the immediate arrested and prosecution of president of the Christain Association of Nigeria CAN, Samson Ayokunle, CAN Secretary General Musa Asake, Sen. Danjuma La’ah and Sunday Marshal-Katung, a member of the House of Representatives, for what they termed inflammatory comments and statements made by these individuals on the lingering Southern Kaduna crisis.

This is what the 35 year old singer wore to the premiere of Live By Night in Los Angeles yesterday. See more photos after the cut...

President Buhari has sacked the head of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRCN, Jim Obazee pictured above, after the council enforced a law that led to the exit of Pastor E.A Adeboye as the General Overseer of RCCG in Nigeria on Saturday January 7th.

Pastor Adeboye during the church's Ministers thanksgiving, announced his retirement as the General Overseer of the church only in Nigeria following a new law that disallows leaders of a non-profit organization, churches inclusive, to remain in office for more than 20 years.

No wonder he called 2016 'the best year' of his career.

Check out May D's nice reply to a rude Instagram follower

The non-fan said 'f**k this dude' and he replied 'God bless you. No time for Clapback I guess.

Asia's richest man, Jack Ma meets with Donald Trump on plans to create 1 million jobs in America

Asia's richest man, Jack Ma, the billionaire founder and executive chairman of the Alibaba Group met with Donald Trump on Monday to discuss plans for creating "one million" jobs in the U.S. through the company's e-commerce platform.

"Jack plans to share how Alibaba will create 1 million U.S. jobs by enabling 1 million small businesses to sell American goods to China and Asian consumers on the Alibaba platform," Brion Tingler, head of external affairs at Alibaba, said in a statement after the meeting.

Femi Fani-Kayode's parents pictured in 1975. Femi's father Chief Remilekun Fani-Kayode was elected Deputy Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria in 1963 until 1966 and he played a major role in Nigeria's legal history and politics from the late 1940s until 1995. He was also a revered lawyer!

Actress Debbie Reynolds’ death certificate confirms she died of fatal stroke

The death certificate of legendary Hollywood actress, Debbie Reynolds who died in LA hospital on December 28, 2016 has been made public. According to the document obtained by TMZ, her official cause of death was an intracerebral haemorrhage (fatal stroke).

The very angry man came online to rant about it. He wrote;

I'm mad as sh*t. This b*tch charge me $400 for this cake. I told the b*tch make a cake of my newborn nephew and this b*tch made me cake of a nigga that look like he play the saxophone.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt release first joint statement over divorce case

American actors, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie released their first joint statement Monday January 9, 2017. In the statement, the estranged couple agreed to seal all court documents pertaining to their divorce in order to protect their six children.

"The parties and their counsel have signed agreements to preserve the privacy rights of their children and family by keeping all court documents confidential and engaging a private judge to make any necessary legal decisions and to facilitate the expeditious resolution of any remaining issues.

Yoruba actress, Toyin Aimakhu pictured kissing singer, Small Doctor, on the set of her new movie, Alakada Reloaded. That lady looking at them tho...lol!

Actress, Uche Jumbo celebrates her husband, Kenny, on his birthday today

Nollywood Actress, Uche Jumbo-Rodriguez's husband, Kenny is a year older today. She shared photos of her husband on Instagram this morning, wishing him a Happy Birthday

Singer, Timaya deletes all pictures and un-follows everybody on instagram

Timaya deleted all his photos and also un-followed everybody on his Instagram page.

Driver who drove the Kardashian family around Paris is among those arrested for Kim K’s robbery attack

The driver who drove Kim kardashian around Paris was among the 17 people arrested for the armed robbery attack on the star. This strengthens the theory that the attack had been an inside job done by people who knew her every movement...

An Emirates flight from Oman to Dubai was cancelled after staff found a snake on the plane. Flight EK0863 from Muscat was grounded after baggage handlers found the serpent in the cargo hold. A spokesperson for the airline, quoted by Dubai-based media, said the snake was found before passengers boarded the plane.

The aircraft was searched before re-entering service and arriving at its destination several hours later.

Royalty is a adorable...

Photo: Kcee shows off bundles of dollars in a Louis Vuitton bag

Limpopo singer showed off bundles of dollars on his Instagram page and captioned it "Shut up! I'm still making the money in bags. Keep talking while I keep balling. God is greater than we all"

IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, appears in court, rejects secret trial (photos)

Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja, this morning reportedly stormed out of the Federal High Court Abuja following the refusal of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, to be tried secretly.

Kanu who is standing trial for treasonable offences, vehemently refused an application by the Federal government that the witnesses to testify against him should be protected.

Model Kendall Jenner and her younger sister Kylie Jenner at the NBC Universal's 74th annual Golden Globes Awards After Party on Sunday, January 8. See more photos after the cut...

Stylish lady!

People who spoke to rescued Chibok school girls say they have stories govt does not want told - AP reports

People who have spoken to the freed girls say they have stories the government does not want told, reports Associated Press.
Amina Ali Nkeki was found wandering in a forest, the first of the nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram to escape on her own and reach freedom, that was in May.

26-year-old Iraq war veteran Esteban Santiago who shot dead five people and injured 8 others at the Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida on Friday showed no emotion in court on Monday as he was told he could face the death penalty on two federal counts in the case.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of new helmsmen and board members for some Aviation parastatals. The new appointments is contained in a statement released by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Sabiu Zakari. Read the statement below...

New appointment in Nigeria's Aviation Sector President Muhammadu Buhari; GCFR has approved the following appointments:

A Nigerian woman gave birth to a baby girl at King Abdul-Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. According to Sabq, the passenger was waiting for her flight back to Nigeria when she suddenly went into labour.