Welcome to Oghenemaga Otewu's Blog: 2018-04-15

Thursday, 19 April 2018

Stormi Webster is an adorable little girl....despite what trolls predicted

Kylie Jenner's daughter, Stormi is so adorable...Trolls predicted that she'll look like the not so beautiful pre-surgery version of Kylie at birth or like Travis Scott. This has however not been the case...at least for now.

APC to hold National Convention on May 14th

The All Progressives Congress APC National Convention will hold on May 14th. A timetable for the APC’s congresses and National Convention, released on Wednesday by its National Organising Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso, indicates that the party will first hold ward congresses on May 2.

On May 3rd, all appeals arising from the election of ward officers will be heard. Two days later, on May 5th, Local Government Area Congresses will be held with appeals from the exercise to be heard on May 7.

Instagram celebrity and video vixen, Bernice Burgos, who is known for her curvaceous body looks all set for summer. She took to Instagram to show off her enviable curves and cleavage in a sexy blue bodysuit. See more photos after the cut...

More reactions have continued to trail the invasion of the senate and the stealing of the mace by some thugs allegedly sponsored by suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege.

In a chat with Channels TV, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce said yesterday's incident shows that Nigeria is in a state of anarchy and that if the National Assembly isn't safe, then the presidential villa is obviously not safe.

48-year-old mother-of-two and singer, Jennifer Lopez showcased her cleavage in a black and white sports bra as she posed for a selfie in the bathroom. She shared the racy selfie on her Instagram story Wednesday, wrting '#humpday' on the side of the image.

Photos: 9 year old girl survives after falling from three-storey building in Port Harcourt

A 9-year-old girl was fortunate to survive after falling from the third-floor of a storey building in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. The girl, identified as Chidera, was playing with friends on April 11, 2018, when she fell from a building on 3B Ekwe Street, Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt.

Chidera was running at a top speed through the veranda when she pushed against the protective railings with force and the weak railings gave way, causing her to fall to the ground floor. She was immediately rushed to a hospital where she’s currently receiving medical attention.

Actress and former Big Brother Africa housemate, Beverly Osu took to IG to share these stunning photos of herself which depicts "The Market Woman" with the caption :

Some Lagos airport workers took out time to express appreciation to musician Davido for paying for their colleague's surgery, by carrying placards thaking him as he arrived at the airport.

He took to Snapchat to reveal he gave out 1.5 million naira for the surgery and her colleagues were really grateful.

Ireti Doyle reminisces on when she almost lost her first TV commercial over 20-years-ago because of the colour of her skin

Nollywood actress, Ireti Doyle took to her Instagram page to reminisce on when she almost lost her first TV commercial gig because of the colour of her skin. She shared the photo above on her Instagram page and wrote;

I shot my 1st tv commercial over two decades ago. It was a major deal for an upcoming actor; for the visibility and the pay check.
I nearly lost that gig for being the wrong skin colour. I didn't match the client rep's "ideal".

A Facebook user, Angela Nwosu took to the platform to reveal all that her future husband has to do before he is qualified to marry her. According to her, he must bathe in the river three times in order to undergo spiritual purification. This cleansing will bound them together and prevent him from cheating. She wrote;

Toni Braxton has dropped a hint on her upcoming wedding to Birdman, which she says will be an epic one. The 50-year-old R&B legend told People in an interview that she wants a “Great Gatsby”-themed wedding.

“This is my second wedding, and I’m over 40,” she quipped to People. “It’s like Carrie Bradshaw, the last bride. It’ll be elegant and a little sexy.”

Renowned Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has revealed that she was sexually assaulted at the age of 17 by a big man in the media in Lagos, Nigeria. The writer made this revelation during an address at the just concluded Stockholm Forum for Gender Equality.

While delivering the closing keynote address, Chimamanda told of how she had taken a book of poems she wrote to a "big man in the media" so he could support her in making the book go public, instead, he sexually assaulted her.

Reality star and mother one, Kylie Jenner, 20, accompanied her boyfriend Travis Scott, 25, to the NBA playoffs between the Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday.

The 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star and her rapper beau were pictured in a relaxed mood as she sat court-side at the Toyota Center in Houston for the Rockets' 102-82 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Kylie and Travis who were without their first child, daughter Stormi Webster, rocked matching black outfits to the basketball game.

While speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum yesterday April 18th, President Buhari said Nigerian youths refuse to go to school and that they do nothing other than to say that their country is an oil producing one and wait for the government to provide housing, healthcare for them free. Watch the video below..

The church wedding of Uche Uwaezeapu, the winner of Gulder Ultimate Search VI in 2009, to his fiancee, Lauren Agokei, took place over the weekend. Congrats to them!

In a post shared on his Instagram page a while back, Uche revealed how his wife slid into his DM, shot her shot and ultimately won his heart.

Davido is super smitten with his girlfriend, Chioma, and he sure lets everyone know. The father-of-two took to Snapchat to disclose that he was missing her while on a trip to Zimbabwe but what caught everyone's attention was that he referred to her as his wife.

Looks like he plans on taking her to the altar if all continues to go on smoothly between them.

Following the criticism President Buhari received after alleging that the hitmen trained and armed by deceased Libyan leader, Muammar Ghadaffi were behind the various herdsmen attacks in the country, the head of Digital communication in the presidency, Tolu Ogunlesi, has now shared a throwback video of former President Olusegun Obasanjo also saying that the armed militia of the former dictator have infiltrated other countries since his death in 2011.

President Buhari at a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said that the killer-herdsmen carrying out various attacks in some parts of the country are gunmen trained by the late Libyan President Muammar Gadaffi.

PMAN has issued an official statement on the lingering crisis and legal battles going on at the Copyright Society Of Nigeria (COSON) saying NCC needs to perform its duty as a regulatory body.

PMAN also called out the current chairman of COSON, Tony Okoroji saying, 'he needs to desist from this recurring act of impunity that threw PMAN into crisis years back when he Tony Okoroji was then PMAN President , the Union is yet to recover fully from the crises Okoroji created decades ago at PMAN, and history will not judge him favourably for the intense damage done to PMAN' s image'.

In response to President Buhari's speech at the Commonwealth where he said a lot of Nigerian youths haven’t been to school yet they want everything free, Twitter user @mrchidozie has just responded.

According to him, '60 percent of Nigerian youths or more are by far more educated than you yourself. Starting with your WAEC certificate as a point of reference'.

Amaju Pinnick, the President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has said that the Super Eagles stand the chance of pocketing $24 million if they play in the final of the 2018 World Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World Cup will hold from June 14 to July 15 in Russia.

Pinnick told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday at a parley that the money was part of the agreement reached with the players to share 50-50, whatever would accrue to the country if they get to the final and lift the trophy.

As he shared on his twitter page.

2 inmates of Kirikiri Prison enroll for doctorate degrees at the National Open University

Two inmates of Kirikiri Prison in Lagos in spite of their incarceration enrolled for doctorate degrees at the National Open University (NOUN). The two doctoral candidates were among the three inmates who were awarded masters degrees by NOUN Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdalla Adamu.

Tunwashe Kabiru and Oladipupo Moshood enrolled for Doctorate Degrees in Business Administration and Peace and Conflict Resolution, respectively. Speaking at the ceremony, Comptroller General, Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), Ja’afaru Ahmed, urged other inmates to make use of the opportunity provided by NOUN to further their education.

The family of a retired Chief Superintendent of Police, David Agholor, has been thrown into mourning after the ex-police officer shot himself dead at his residence on Sharaton Estate, Olaogun, in the Ijoko area of Ogun State.

Agholor, who was the Officer-in-Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Enugu State Police Command, reportedly shot himself in the head.

The Federal Government has expressed shock at the invasion of the National Assembly and the subsequent snatching of the Senate mace by thugs on Wednesday

In a statement issued in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the security agencies have been directed to immediately unravel the circumstances surrounding the breach of security that led to the invasion.

Talented Hollywood actress, Kimberly Elise turned 51 today. The mother of two, she has a 28 year old and 20 year old daughter, took to Instagram to post 51 things she is grateful for. Read below...

The police yesterday arraigned the proprietor and some staff of a hotel where the suspected armed robbers that robbed banks and killed many people in Offa, Kwara state on April 5th, lodged.

The owner of the hotel was arraigned on a two-count charge before a magistrate’s court in Ilorin, the state capital, along with the accountant, a receptionist, a room keeper and a club house operator, as well as four lodgers.

The mace of the Nigerian senate that was stolen yesterday April 18th has been found under the flyover by the Abuja city gate. The police in a statement signed by the deputy force public relations officer force headquarters, Aremu Adeniran, said a patriotic Nigerian found the mace and alerted officers who retrieved it.

Yesterday, thugs allegedly sponsored by suspended senator Ovie Omo-Agege, stormed the senate and carted away the mace. Read the statement from the police explaining how it was recovered below.

Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe is no doubt fashionable and that trait has slipped into her kids. The beautiful family, currently vacationing outside the country stepped out in matching outfit as they posed up a storm for the gram. See more photos below..

Singer Simi is a year older today and she has shared some photos to celebrate her special day. Captioning one of the photos, Simi wrote;

'Simisola Bolatito Omo Charlie Champagne...it’s your birthday baby! Happy birthday you sexy, beautiful piece of chocolate. You are wonderfully made. Fierce. A fighter. A Rockstar.

American hip-hop artist, rapper and actor, LL Cool J posted a hot photo of himself on Instagram and his wife, Simone Smith couldn't help but drool over him.

The mother of four, who goes by the Instagram name 'sislovedpurple' commented on the photo,
writing: "You so honey coated Mr Smith"

Two women were on Tuesday apprehended and beaten to pulp by security agents attached to Bethel Plaza, Niger street, Onitsha after they stole someone's bag containing huge some of money. According to reports, the suspects were nearly set ablaze by angry mob. See more photos below..

The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo this evening met with the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, over the chaos at the National Assembly earlier on Thursday where the mace was carted away by touts allegedly sponsored by suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege.

Speaking to state house correspondents after the meeting, Ekweremadu described Omo-Agege's action as a threat to democracy.

Former Big Brother Africa contestant, Michael Bonney Bassey, known simply as Bassey, went almost naked in a new photo in an effort to imitiate football star Neymar.

The model, who rose to fame on the Big Brother Africa reality show, actually went naked, save for a white sheet covering his genitals. However, the sheets didn't do much to hide his pubic hair, unlike Neymar who made sure to shave his in his photo which Bassey was aiming to achieve.

Reno Omokri took to his twitter page to berate President Buhari for saying Nigerian youths do nothing. Read his tweets from bottom to top below..

Professor Richard Akindele, the Obafemi Awolowo University OAU lecturer who was recently caught in a recorded audio conversation asking one of his female students, Enitan, for sex in order to pass his course, has been suspended indefinitely. The audio conversation went viral last week.

A member of an investigative committee set up by the management of the school to look into the allegation, told Punch that the erring lecturer has appeared before the panel to state his own side but the female student who is a regular Masters student, failed to show up to testify before the panel.

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has denied reports that he was arrested by the police for allegedly masterminding the invasion and stealing of the mace from the senate chamber yesterday and also stealing the mace. Omo-Agege says he was only invited to state his own side of the story and was released afterwards. Continue to see more of his tweets...

God bless mothers...

Photos from the Commonwealth Business Forum where Buhari said Nigerian youths just want to sit and do nothing

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday participated in the Commonwealth Business Forum, a sideline of the Commonwealth of Heads of Governments meeting. At the forum, President Buhari told the world leaders that many Nigerian youths just want to sit down and do nothing, believing that Nigeria is an oil-rich nation and that their needs will somehow be met by the government. See more photos from the meeting after the cut...

What an amazing transformation! A burn survivor Yinka Mathews has taken to Insagram to share her testimony with followers.

Yinka who survived a gas explosion a while back, shared before an after photos of herself, penning down a short message to herself in the process. In one of the photos, Yinka wrote;

A gay hairdresser who deliberately spread HIV to lovers he met through the Grindr dating app has been jailed for life

Daryll Rowe, 27, was convicted in November last year, making him the first man in Britain to be convicted of intentionally trying to spread the virus. He was found guilty of five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, and five counts of attempting to do so after meeting them on the gay dating app.

This photo of this endowed lady has gone viral on social media.

Ayo Fayose reacts to President Buhari saying that Nigerian youths do not like to work

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, has reacted to the statement made by President Buhari that many Nigerian youths just want to sit down and do nothing, believing that Nigeria is an oil-rich nation and that their needs will somehow be met by the government. President Buhari said this while speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster yesterday April 18th.

Media personality Toke Makinwa finally reveals the kind of love she wants in her life

Toke Makinwa has given us a hint on the kind of love she wants in her life. Toke, whose marriage to Maje Ayida, was finally dissolved a few months ago shared a quote on her Instagram and penned down the three things she needs her man to know.

Photos: Gbenga Daniel's physically challenged son Debola proposes to his long time girlfriend

Last night, Debola Daniel the UK based son of former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel proposed to his long time girlfriend Tasha in Lagos. Making the announcement on social media, Debola wrote,

'so last night I asked my best friend and my closest confidant to spend the rest of her life with me and she said YES! @tash_loves I love you more than words can ever describe.

Nollywood actress, Ivie Okujaye and her hubby Ezzy are celebrating their third wedding anniversary today. The couple, who got married in 2015, are blessed with two beautiful daughters.

Abducted twins of Oba Lekan Balogun freed after N10million ransom paid in Ibadan

The abducted twins of Oba Lekan Balogun, Otun-Olubadan of Ibadanland were released today seven days after they were kidnapped. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the twins, abducted seven days ago were released in Lagos on Monday afternoon by the abductors after collecting a ransom of N10 million.

The twins have since been moved to an undisclosed hospital for medical check-up. The Balogun said the twins were released unhurt. He said that he has heard their voices, but he has not seen them.

Mavin Records artiste, Dr. Sid, was today harassed by some SARS officials who seized his phone and almost physically assaulted him, but for the intervention of label mate, Reekado Banks and comedian Basketmouth.

An eyewitness identified as Laide, said “Sars operatives stopped a random vehicle on freedom way, Lekki Phase 1, thinking the driver was a yahoo boy.

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