Clarifying Nigeria's debt status - Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

A statement from the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala;

There has recently been a lot of misinformation and misconception in our public debate on debt. My goal in this article is to shed some light on the public debt, to clarify the real state of Nigeria’s debt position, and hopefully, provide a knowledge platform for constructive debate.

Let me say at the outset that no one in government is supportive of a Nigeria that returns to a high state of indebtedness. On a personal note, having gone through tremendous stress during the quest for Paris Club debt relief, I am committed to a Nigerian economy that is fiscally prudent, balances its books and remains at a low state of indebtedness.

Man suing cosmetic surgeon after he woke from surgery to find his entire nose removed

A man woke up after getting a nose job to find that the plastic surgeon had removed his nose entirely.
Patient Vishal Thakkar went to Dr Angelo Cuzalina, the president of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, for more than eight surgeries over the course of a half a dozen years. 

Mr Thakkar said after he went through a divorce in 2006, he decided to 'do something selfish' and get a nose job. He was living in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the time and went to one of the leading plastic surgeons in the area, Dr. Cuzalina. 

Rapper Drake gets a $2m Bugatti Veyron from label boss, Birdman

Young Money/Cash Money bosses, Birdman and Lil Wayne each drive a Bugatti. They decided to get one for Drake as a boss man.

Kate Henshaw dazzles in black

The actress and Samsung ambassador looking gorgeous as she gets ready for the Samsung Evolution!

Tiwa Savage covers the new edition of Guardian Life mag

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Nigerian woman killed in Spain by a Kung Fu Master

One of the most famous martial arts masters of Spain, Juan Carlos Aguilar, 47, has been arrested for the murder of a Nigerian prostitute in Spain.

The 29-year-old Nigerian woman, Maureen Ada, was allegedly beaten up by Kung Fu martial artist Juan Carlos Aguilar and left in coma after the assault. She was found by the police at Aguilar's gym after a passerby saw him drag a woman by the hair inside his Buddist temple and alerted the police who came and took the woman to the Basurto hospital in Bilbao where she died on Wednesday morning at about 12pm.

Late Maureen was taken to the hospital in a very serious condition after being found badly beaten all over her body and with her hands, neck and feet tied.

Regina Askia Williams covers new issue of Beauty Overdose mag

B.O.Magazine is back with its 4th edition set to be out on June 10th 2013. B.O.M brings more sizzling & exciting juicy content and features this season.
 
On the cover of this issue, B.O.M features former Nigerian actress& beauty queen, Regina Askia Williams. She has been living in the U.S for over a decade and has also started a family of her own.

B.O.M had a chat with Regina in New York and catches up with the former actress and what she has been up to over the years.

"I'll refund your money if you don't enjoy The Place" - Desmond Elliot dares all

Actor Desmond Elliot has declared that he would refund people's money if they find his new movie, The Place, wanting.

In a statement released from his office, he said, 'I know this is not the kind of things people say in Nollywood but I'm staking all on this movie, if you buy the DVD and its not 'very funny' to you, contact me, I will refund your money in full' he said.

Kim K now complaining about the paps, says they threatened her life

Kim Kardashian has had enough of the paparazzi hounding. She went on Twitter yesterday. More Tweets when you continue...

Photo of the day

Jay Z, Justin Timberlake, Nas and Timbaland pictured in the studio together working on new music.

Charly Boy's daughter Adaeze opens up about life as an Oputa

You have seen Dominique Oputa, this is her immediate elder sister, Adaeze Oputa. Adaeze graduated with magna cum laude from South Carolina State University with a Bachelor’s degree in International Business relations (public marketing and advertising concentration) and an MBA in Management Information Systems. Currently, she works in Education Management (for profit educational sector) as an Associate Director on the Admissions Board. Ada also hosts and produces an entertainment TV show on Fuxion Television in Atlanta, called The Entertainment Scoop.

Ada is obviously a contrast of the Charlyboy’s personal. In this interview, Ada bares her mind on who she is and the effect of the Charlyboy brand on her. See the interview after the cut...

Wendy Williams signs long-term deal - to stay on air until 2017

Wendy Williams just signed a major deal with Fox that will keep her show on air until 2017. Her new contract comes after her show got major boom in ratings. According to Debmar-Mercury (a division of Lionsgate), her show grew 43 percent in the past year. That gave it a 1.2 rating and 8 percent share of the daytime metered markets, with the key demographic: women ages 25-54.

"Fox’s long-term renewal is a testament to the incredible growth the show has experienced this season and the amazing talent of Wendy,” Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus said in a statement. “Our broadcast partners across the country have taken notice, demonstrating their faith in the staying power of this rapidly growing talk franchise with upgrades.”

Wendy doubled her viewership in New York, grew 58% in L.A and 139% in Chicago. Congrats to her

Olamide shows off his girlfriend

 That's Olamide's long time lady love. He shared the photos on his Instagram page...

Chika Ike shares pictures of herself as a teenager on Instagram

The last pic on the right is the actress all grown up.

Davido pictured in a strip club in Atlanta

He shared the photo on Instagram. No dulling!

Omotola Ekeinde talks about her Time Magazine honour

In April 2013, screen goddess Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (pictured above with Justin Timberlake) was honored as one of Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People in the World. According to Omotola, it's an achievement that will forever linger in her memory. She tells Encomium magazine:

"It's a great honour. Sometimes you really don't know your worth and people around you may just take you for granted. I was selected for a number of reasons. From what I was told, they watch a lot of my movies up there. The person who wrote my profile is actually the movie critic for Time magazine. He had been introduced to some of my movies. He also got to know about my other activities, including human rights activism and others. They also conducted opinion polls from those that follow what's going on in Nollywood. I think the opinion of the organisers is based on this. I wasn't the only person picked from Africa. There was another guy from Egypt but he's white and lives in the US. He is a blogger. I was the only black African honoured and out of the 100 honorees, they only picked 20 of our portraits displayed in the Time Work of Fame, and my picture was there. Not only that, it was given the pride of place. One thin I noticed was that from the moment I stepped onto the red carpet, I was treated like a queen. I was on one of the best tables, sitting with US Vice President, Joe Biden and others. I think it was a good moment for Africa. It was one of the few moments I felt like Africa has arrived.

Major protest in Benin after police kill and bury UNIBEN student

Students of the University of Benin yesterday Wednesday June 5th marched round the streets of Benin, protesting the death of one of their own, a final student named Ibrahim Momodu, who was allegedly killed and hurriedly buried by men of the Ogida police station, in Benin.

According to reports, Ibrahim Momodu (pictured above) was allegedly killed on May 27th by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ogida station, Carol Afebgai (pictured above, right).

According to the deceased elder sister, Rebecca Egbe, Ibrahim was shot dead and buried the next day without the family even knowing he was dead.

The Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Eguavoen later told newsmen that Momodu was an armed robber, saying that a gun, bullets, two mobile phones and a bag was found on him. The family deny this. They say Momodu was not an armed robber and are asking for justice for their son.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole has promised to set up an enquiry into the incident. Watch a Channels TV report on the controversial killing after the cut...

Senate rejects N4billion First Ladies’ Mission House project

The Senate yesterday Wednesday June 5th dropped the controversial African First Ladies’ Peace Mission House project when it passed the N259.65bn budget of the Federal Capital Territory for the 2013 fiscal year without approving the N4bn appropriated for it.

In February when the budget proposal was brought to the National Assembly, it contained N4bn vote for the construction of the mission house in Abuja, a development that attracted a lot of criticisms from members of the public.

The Senate, during the second reading of the bill, questioned the rationale of committing scarce resources to prosecute a less important structure.

Lola Omotayo Tweets 'I chose to be with Peter Okoye, ring or no ring

 

 This is a reaction to all the online comments following her recent interview...

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Sugar mummy strangled to death in Lekki by her lover boy

Culled from Vanguard

Homicide detectives of the Lagos State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos have launched a man-hunt for 27-year-old Victor Chukwuemeka Udenze from Urunebo village, Enugu-Ukwu, Anambra State over the murder of his 35-year-old lover, Ms Bianca Ndidi Okoye.

Victor was alleged to have killed his Sugar Mummy, Ms Bianca, during a hot argument inside her apartment in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, over "money related" fight...

Elder brother of Ms Bianca, Emeka Okoye, told Crime Alert that in a desperate move to cover his act, the suspect, Victor, went away with her phones, laptop, documents and disconnected every link between him and Bianca on the social media, facebook.

Omotola paid $650,000 to get a slot on Times 100 influential list?

According to blogger, Sheifunmi,our very own Omosexy bought her way into the 2013 Times most influential list with a whooping $650,000 which is about a 100 million naira. I find it hard to believe...In fact if she have such an amount will she use it for that purpose?

Read Sheifunmi's allegation below;

"Before we get into it and stans or celebrities with mild relevance start coming at me with a bullet-less gun thinking they have a shot, let’s get one thing out of the way; This is a gossip type website. Any information contained on this site is reported as rumor and not actual facts unless receipts(proofs) are shown, official news/confirmation from a celeb’s rep/camp or i am talking about my own experiences.

Djinee drops two new pre-album singles

Following the online release of “We dey here” and “lover’s rock” in December 2012, the long awaited 5-track Pre Album is ready to be released.

To wet the appetites of his teeming fans, here are two new songs from the pre-album: ‘Wonder’ and ‘Alright’ Listen to Wonder below and Alright after the cut...

See toilet at NTA 5 Victoria Island!

This is one of the toilets at Nigerian Television Authority - NTA2 Channel 5 in Victoria Island. Huh..... i rest my case!

Michael Jackson's daughter taken to hospital after attempted suicide

According to a report by TMZ, late Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris Jackson, 15, was rushed to the hospital yesterday morning after a possible suicide attempt. Below is how they are reporting it...

Paris Jackson was rushed to the hospital early Wednesday morning, and sources tell us it was a suicide attempt. Paris was taken out of her Calabasas family house on a stretcher at around 2 AM and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. The 911 call came in at 1:27 AM. We're told the caller reported a possible overdose, although a source connected to the emergency response said there were multiple cuts on one of her wrists.On Tuesday night ... Paris posted some cryptic tweets, including, "I wonder why tears are salty?" ... and "yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away now it looks as though they're here to stay." We're told she's doing OK

Man sentenced to death in Abia state for killing his wife

Culled from Punch

An Abia State High Court has sentenced a banker, Mr. Theophilus Ajakaiye, to death by hanging for killing his wife, Theodora. (pictured above)

The convict allegedly murdered his wife on October 12, 2009 at Azumini Ndoki in the Ukwa Judicial Division of Abia.

Until her death, Theodora was an employee of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc.

US Government seizes Alamieyeseigha's Mansion in Maryland

The US government has seized a Rockville home belonging to former Bayelsa governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release last week Friday May 31.

Feds said they seized the home because the former governor bought the house using stolen state money. Alamieyeseigha was ordered to relinquish the $700,000 home on May 24, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Fedederal prosecutors claim Alamieyeseigha bought the Rockville property during his first term as governor “with funds obtained through corruption, abuse of office, money laundering and other violations of Nigerian and U.S. law.”

See the new Mr Universe Nigeria, 2013 - Pius Marcus

24 year old Pius Marcus from Edo State beat 33 other male contestants to win the 2013 Mr Universe Nigeria which took place on Saturday June 1st in Lagos. Pius is a 300L student of Fine Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife.

The new Mr. Universe Nigeria went home with a brand new Honda Accord and will represent Nigeria at the upcoming Mr. Universe Model Pageant in Dominican Republic.