Nigerians owe Olusegun Obasanjo an enduring debt of gratitude - President Jonathan

Today is Chief Olusegun Obasanjo birthday and to mark this memorable day President Goodluck Jonathan sent a congratulatory message to the former President on his 76th birthday...and it reads:

“On behalf of my family, the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and on my own behalf, I write to express warm felicitations to you on the occasion of your 76th birthday anniversary which comes up on Tuesday, March 5th, 2013.

“Over the years, you have always readily given of yourself to the cause of the peace, stability, growth, and development of our country, Nigeria.For this, we owe you an enduring debt of gratitude.

“As you celebrate with family, friends and well-wishers I pray that Almighty God continues to guide, guard, and prosper you, even as He blesses you with many more years of robust health and abiding fulfillment,”

Karen Igho vs Yvonne Ekwere: Who wore it better?

                
Ex-Big Brother Africa star Karen Igho is absolutely looking stunning in this dress that seductively shows off all her curves. While on the other hand we have the multiple award winning Nigerian TV presenter Yvonne Ekwere who can't seem to be left out, as she beautifully rocks the same dress. Who rocked the dress?

"The holy spirit led me to start this church - Nigerian gay pastor

Rev. Rowland Jide Macaulay an ordained pastor and founder of House of Rainbow Church a gay church he founded in 2006 has decided to return to the country and re-open it despite all the threats..

"For me I have always been gay and I never became gay. I became aware of my same sex attraction whilst living in Nigeria at the age of seven. Boys flirt with each other unknowing all the time and it was at this stage that I was more aware of my emotional, physical, mental and sexual attraction to boys. I was 14 when I had my first sex with a guy, it was filled with curiousity, passion, embarassment and guilt as with any heterosexual having sex for the first time.

Uche Jumbo's husband opens up on how they met

Kenny Rodriguez was in Nigeria to support his wife at the premier of her movie,my life,my damage.He also took time out to open up on his love for his wife and why long distance is irrelevant to them.

Read below...

On how long it took him to get Uche to become his wife:

(Laugh) It was really fun because we got to know each other through a friend who happens to be a business partner but it took some few months and persuasion before she finally agreed to marry me because I told her point blank that I want to marry her and all. She paused and never said anything. Then there was this time we both went on jet skiing, one thing led to another and she said she was going to kill me because it took a little distance before we could get to the boat; so I told her if you want to kill me then marry me because that will make it a bit easier and the rest is history now.

US doctors cure baby born with HIV

A baby girl who was born with HIV has been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, US researchers have said, in a potentially groundbreaking case that could help eradicate HIV infection in its youngest victims.Specialists made the announcement on Sunday at a major AIDS meeting in the US city of Atlanta.
"This is a proof of concept that HIV can be potentially curable in infants," said Dr. Deborah Persaud, a virologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who presented the findings. Read more below.

The baby girl was born in a rural hospital in the state of Mississippi and her mother had just tested positive for HIV infection.A team of doctors at the University of Mississippi Medical Centre in Jackson then put the infant on a cocktail of three standard HIV-fighting drugs when she was just 30 hours old.That fast action apparently knocked out the HIV in the baby's blood before it could form reservoirs in the body.The new findings could be especially critical for AIDS-plagued African countries where many babies are born with the virus, researchers said.

"You could call this about as close to a cure, if not a cure, that we've seen,'' Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health, who is familiar with the findings, told The Associated Press.

Rihanna models her own collection for River Island

Rihanna showed how wearable and stunning her line for River Island is when she rocked one of her own dresses as she made an appearance at the River Island store in London's Oxford Street to promote her collection.Another photo after the cut...

Aliko Dangote moves from the 76th to the 43rd richest man in the world

Nigerian businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is now the 43rd richest man in the world, according to the Richest People in the World list Forbes released yesterday.

Dangote moved from 76th with a net worth of N11.2billion in 2012 to 43rd with a net worth of $16.1bn as of March 2013. So he made about N5billion in one year! Choi!

Dangote is still the richest man in Africa. The other Nigerian billionaire on the Forbes Billionaires list is single Paddy Adenuga's dad, Global chairman Mike Adenuga, who ranked 269 with a net worth of $4.7bn.

Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest man with a net worth of $73bn, while Bill Gates is the second with a net worth of the $67bn. 3rd is Armancio Ortega of Spain ($57bn), 4th is Warren Buffet ($53.5bn), and 5th is Larry Ellison with $43bn net worth.

Genevieve, Uche R, Joke Silva,Chidi Mokeme at President's dinner

Nollywood stars met with Mr President on Saturday March 2nd in Lagos to celebrate Nollywood at 20. See a few more photos after the cut...

Father ties, locks up six-year-old daughter for witchcraft

Culled from Punch

A 42-year-old father, Mr. Edet Etok-Akpan, is currently being quizzed at the headquarters of the Cross River State Police Command in Calabar for torturing his six-year-old daughter, Edidiong, as a result of a church prophetess’ pronouncement that the girl was a witch.

Edidiong was beaten by her father and locked up in a room with her hands, mouth and face bound for four days before she was rescued by neighbours.

Ice Prince seen with Beenie Man in Rwanda

The two music stars performed at Amahoro Stadium in Rwanda on Saturday...

2face Idibia & Omoni Oboli cover Red Sheet Magazine March issue

Check out Omoni Oboli channeling legendary actress Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Lovely! See more photos of the two after the cut...

Former Gov Orji Uzor Kalu claims Gov T.A Orji is behind his ABSU degree being revoked

 

Abia State University over the weekend revoked the first degree certificate they awarded the former governor of the state, Orji Uzor Kalu. Orji Uzor Kalu is now saying the current governor of the state, Theodore Oiji, is the one behind it. See more stuff he wrote on his Twitter page after the cut...

UK fan proves her undying love for Psquare

Funny things we do for love....Hehe

Toyin Lawani acquires 2013 Infiniti QX56 as birthday gift for herself

The designer and CEO of Tiannah's Place was a year older on Friday March 1st and she got herself a 2013 infiniti QX56 worth about N12million as birthday present... #Biggaltinz!!!. She also visited the Pacelli School For The Blind to make a generous donation.  See photos after the cut...

Interswitch rewards Verve card users

On the 28th of February - 1st of March 2013, Interswitch launched its loyalty program for verve card holders tagged ‘’ Reward money’’ at the Palms Shopping Mall Lekki.

Reward money is aimed at giving value to Verve card holders as they earn money back on their Verve cards each time they use the cards for payment on the Portal/POS at accredited merchant outlets.

New Music: D'banj - Don't tell me nonsense (snippet)

Listen to the song below and tell us what you think...

Dabota Lawson,former miss Nigeria UK, gets $30k cosmetic surgery

Unlike some people who are hiding the work they had done...you know who you are..:-), Dabota is proud of hers. She's not necessarily talking about it, but she's not hiding it either.

According to a very reliable source, the former beauty queen, model and actress got a nose job (before and after photo above) and also got liposuction (removing fat from the body using suction)

I heard that the procedure, which she got gradually since 2012, cost her a whooping $30, 000. See more photos of the stunning model after the cut...

67yr old woman found dead after meeting with Nigerian man

Below is how WA Today is reporting it...

A widowed grandmother who travelled to South Africa to marry the man she loved has been found dead under suspicious circumstances in a Johannesburg guest house.

West Australian woman Jette Jacobs, 67 (pictured left), was found in February, two days after she met up with a man calling himself Jesse Orowo Omokoh, 28. (pictured right)

The pair had met on an online dating website.

Ms Jacobs had travelled to Africa to meet the Nigerian before, in a long distance relationship spanning three years and seeing the widow part with $200,000.

But this time they were to be married. She wanted to settle in Nigeria. Her children had begged her to stay in WA. Her body was discovered in her rented villa by South African police on February 9.

Big A Entertainment artist, Ruffcoin, releases his first album

Ruffcoin has just released his first album under Big A Entertainment. The Album titled "Diamond in the Ruff, features several top acts including 2face Idibia, Iyanya, Timaya, Flavour, Ruggedman, M. I Abaga, Phyno, Sound Sultan, and More. As a sneak peek, listen to 2 songs of the album, "30-40" (ft Phyno and Baller. The album is on the streets and on Itunes now. See sneak peak HERE

See the album track list after the cut...

Abia State University withdraws Orji Uzor Kalu's 1st degree certificate

Abia state University has withdrawn the degree certificate awarded to former Governor and businessman, Orji Uzor Kalu.

The Registrar of the University, Mr. O. Onuoha made this known on Saturday, after the University Senate had convened for an emergency meeting. According to Onuoha, Orji Kalu's certificate was withdrawn because he did not complete the required number of semesters and he was an Absentee student.

“The decision of senate was based on the following grounds among others:

*The violation of the Academic Regulations of the university on Admission – by –Transfer, which rendered the offer irregular , ab initio.

*The non –completion of the mandatory six (6) semesters ( i.e. three academic years of study), before he was awarded a degree of the university.

He spent only two semesters in all.

New Video: Samklef Ft Jesse Jagz - The Rain

                               
This is his 1st video project since Molowo Noni in 2011 as he's been busy with family and putting together his production school "Samklef Academy" as well as setting up his label "Klefsound Records" to proper standards with a $100k audiovisual studio project. Several other video projects are in the works at the moment as he's looking to release his sophomore album later this year.

Catholic Church may have already had a black pope

 

An article on USA Today. Read below...

'The early papacy was not white, it was much more diverse,' says a historian of African-American Catholicism.

Ghanaian cardinal Peter Turkson is frequently mentioned amid all the speculation about who might succeed Pope Benedict XVI. If picked, some would see him as the first African and the first black pontiff in the nearly 2,000-year history of the papacy.

But in all that time has there really never been a black pope? Or an African pope? It depends on what you mean by "black" and by "African."

OAP Toolz on the cover of TW Magazine

This lady is a bomb...hehe. Curvy Lady!                

Queen Elizabeth hospitalised

Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized this morning with suspected gastroenteritis. Otherwise known as “stomach flu”. The condition is an inflammation of the stomach lining that causes rather unroyal and unpleasant symptoms.

All of the queen’s official engagements for the week have been postponed or cancelled, but a palace spokesman said the 86-year-old monarch was only admitted “as a precautionary measure” and is expected to stay at London’s King Edward VII Hospital for two days.

Kanye caresses Kim K's bare boob in shoot for French magazine

Kanye West is photographed holding Kim Kardashian's left breast as she gazes at the camera in a photoshoot for French magazine L’Officiel Hommes’ Spring 2013 edition. See more photos after the cut...

Nigerian woman arrested for drugs trafficking in Turkey

Another drug issue has taken place in Istanbul (Turkey) when a 66-year-old Nigerian woman was caught with over 1 kg cocaine in her wig. The police operation was recorded on cameras, and the moments were released in footage.

The 66-year-old Jose O., a Nigerian citizen was detected to be a drug courier by the police. She was monitored before being caught in a hotel in Istanbul’s Laleli neighbourhood of Fatih district. An amount of 1 kg and 40 gram cocaine was found in her wig.

The old woman appeared in Istanbul Courthouse before she was sent to Bakirkoy Prison for Woman and Juvenile

Africans can not produce a Pope - Elder brother to Pope Benedict

 

"Africans do not have the required experience yet to produce a POPE." Monsignor Georg Ratzinger (Elder brother to Pope Benedict)

President Jonathan hosts presidential dinner to celebrate Nollywood at 20

Nollywood stars met with President Jonathan yesterday Saturday March 2nd at the State House in Marina, Lagos. The president hosted a presidential dinner to celebrate Nollywood at 20. First Lady Patience Jonathan, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra State governors and lots of important people were at the dinner.

Here's what I was able to gather from the event. Guests arrived at TBS from where they were conveyed to the State house in a coastal bus. Cocktail started at 5-6:30pm. Main dinner started at 8pm. All the important people in Nollywood were at the event - Genevieve Nnaji, Chidi Mokeme, Aki and Paw Paw, Olu and Joke Jacobs, Segun Arinze, Stephanie Linus, Patience Ozokwor, Zack Orji, Madam Kofo, Desmond Elliot, Chiwetalu Agu, Cynthia Amadi, Amaka Igwe, Dickson Iroegbu, Zeb and Chico Ejiro, Kunle Afolayan, Tunde Kelani, Andy Chukwu and several others.

Uche Jombo's My Life My Damage movie premiere (Photos)

From top left Tonto Dikeh, Chioma Akpotha, Munachi Abii, Ufoma Ejenabor. Stephanie Linus, and Rukky Sanda. The premiere held on Friday March 1st at Ozone Cinemas, Yaba. See more photos after the cut...

American Idol ratings drop low

When American Idol producers added Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj to the judges panel they expected a jump in ratings. The complete opposite has happened...

Last Wednesday American Idol pulled in 13.1 million viewers, it's lowest Wednesday night rating since the singing competition show debuted back in 2002.

This marks the third week in a row that the ratings have gone down. American Idol season 12 premiered January 16, 2013 with 17.8 million viewers. Last year's season finale aired May 23, 2012 with 21.49 million viewers.