Lamar Odom is addicted to crack cocaine

TMZ just revealed that Lamar Odom's drug of choice - which he is addicted to - is crack cocaine

From Tmz

Lamar Odom has been deep into crack cocaine for at least 2 years ... TMZ has learned. TMZ broke the story, Lamar has gone off the rails with drug use ... which is the principal cause of the crisis in his marriage to Khloe Kardashian. As we reported Lamar went to a rehab facility a year ago this month and stayed for 3 weeks before bailing -- and we're told the problem was crack. Sources say Lamar's crack use was extreme before he went to rehab, but he cleaned up his act during the basketball season that just ended.  Sources say shortly after he hung up his jersey, he started again with a bang. As we reported ... Khloe threw Lamar out of the house a few days ago after he rejected an attempt at an intervention. It's unclear how Lamar's problem will affect his basketball career.

Photos: Funke Akindele's surprise birthday party

Actress Funke Akindele turned 36 yesterday Saturday August 24th and her friends threw a surprise birthday party for her last night which was attended by Tiwa Savage, Uche Jombo,  Kate Henshaw, Eniola Badmus, Kaffy and others. More photos after the cut...

First international flight lands at newly opened Enugu Airport

The recently opened Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu recorded its first ever international flight yesterday Saturday August 24th. An Ethiopian Airline which flew in from Addis Ababa landed at the airport around 12:15pm. The flight was welcome with wild jubilation from people who gathered at the airport to witness the event. Four Nigerians governors, Theodore Orji of Abia, Peter Obi of Anambra, Martin Elechi of Ebonyi and Sullivan Chime of Enugu were also there to witness the historic event. More photos after the cut...

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo speaks on Ese Walter's allegations in church

Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of Common Wealth Of Zion Assembly was in Church this morning and commented on Ese Walter's accusations. He said he will make an official statement soon. Below is what he said to his congregation..

"...I am sure you have read a lot about me on Twitter and social networks. You can't imagine how many people have called me...everyone is telling me, don't talk, that is the painful part but because I am your pastor and I don't like to take you for granted, I still want to bend it a little bit to talk about it. Even up until this morning, calls from everywhere, even when I switch off my phone, they call my associates, tell him to ignore it, he should just move on. Some have been to our land and they are like wow, we understand"

Church erupts into clapping and shouting...

D'Prince shows off his luxury 24ct Macbook Pro

 The Mavin artist posted the photo on his instagram page and wrote:

 "24CT Macbook Pro All Gold everything designed for moi! By @Manlivelihood Luxury Designs. #OluwaNiSola #RacksOnRacksOnStackzzzzz ����

Actress Jennifer Eliogu drops video for her single - Ifunanya

Watch and tell us what you think...

Teenage boy flies Arik Air from Benin to Lagos hiding in tyre hole

A teenage boy named Daniel Ikehina unbelievably beat airline and airport security at the Benin airport yesterday Saturday August 24th and sneaked into the tyre compartment of a Lagos-bound Arik flight. The boy flew safely with the aircraft which left Benin around 9am and landed at Murtala Muhammed airport, hidden throughout in the undercarriage. He was immediately arrested by airport security after passengers saw him emerging from the aircraft tyre hole.

Arik spokesman Banji Ola explains what happened:

The management of Arik Air has expressed shock over the incident wondering how the teenager beat the Aviation Security personnel at the Benin Airport to get to the runway. 

The pilot of Arik Air flight W3 544, departing Benin Airport for Lagos at 9.00am today 24th August, 2013 reported to the control tower the presence of a strange boy in the bush about 200 – 300 meters at the end of runway 23.

President Jonathan's New Official Portrait

This is President Goodluck Jonathan's approved, new official portrait...sent to media houses to use henceforth.

Actress Oge Okoye goes blonde

Nice!

Photo of the day

The photo was taken back in 2009. Can you identify the celeb in this pic?

Actress Yvonne Nelson shares death threat message on instagram

Those photos with Akon didn't work so...here goes...The Ghanaian actress posted a screenshot of a message she received warning her that someone in the entertainment industry wants her dead. Yep, instagram is where you report death threats. Unfortunately a lot of folks didn't believe her. They feel she sent the message to herself to get attention. But why would she do that? See their replies after the cut..

Chris Brown blast TMZ on twitter

Earlier this week Chris Brown went ballistic on a bunch of unnamed rappers and the District Attorney who cited him for community service fraud. Chris Brown accused the DA of being racist.

Well, last night celebrity gossip website TMZ identified the DA in the case as a black female..

"Chris Brown is the victim of a racist ass District Attorney -- so claims Chris Brown" TMZ wrote "The singer went on a twitter rant last night, ragging on authorities for calling him out for submitting bogus community service reports in the Rihanna beating case. Fun Fact -- the actual L.A. County D.A. is an African-American woman.

Brown thinks punishing men for beating women at a point is ridiculous. Beating women can be such a bitch, Chris.

Chris Brown didn't like the report and unleashed his wrath on TMZ...See his tweets after the cut...

My affair with pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of COZA - Ese Walter

A lady named Ese Walter (pictured above) is accusing a pastor with the Common Wealth Of Zion Assembly of manipulating her sexually/spiritually. I'm hoping to get the pastor's side of the story later...that's if he's willing to talk. Read Ese's story, which she shared on her blog, below...

This article contains stories that most ‘church people’ don’t want to address. So, if you are one of those living in denial and covering up crap going on in the church, this is where you should stop reading. Thanks for stopping by.

Now, for the rest of us, please sit down and switch on your open mind. I want to talk about something I have kept bottled up inside for longer than necessary. I have also decided to use real names, as my defense for any accusation of slander is justification. I tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but. However, feel free to throw your doubt around but know that I am past the shaming game (where victims of abuse are shot down by blame) I am no longer a victim but a survivor who is sharing her experience to help others caught in same web of abuse, guilt and shame. We only get to live once right? So here, it goes…

Prophet warns Fashola to reopen Yaba Market or risk losing his children

He says the deadline is the 2nd of September... He even put his phone numbers...Hmmn

Stay away from unprotected sex - Doctor warns Vast of Bracket

Vast who returned from the UK hospital where he underwent intensive treatment for Lymphoma, says he is fine now. He told Saturday Beats that the doctors has warned him to stay away from unprotected sex for about three months. Because if he impregnates a girl in his current state, the baby may not form normally as he still has residues of the chemotherapy in his system. See more of what Vast said below:

On pictures of him looking very ill went viral, he said:

“When the picture leaked, we were not happy initially. I was very skinny but when I saw the response from the fans, I was shocked. I did not know people liked me that much. Trust me; there was a female fan that said that if I died, she was going to die. I nearly cried and said God, if you save me, I would make these people one of the happiest people on earth. That was why I went to the studio and began singing like I never did before. I took myself back to the days when we sang ‘Yori Yori’”.

Human Rights Activist and Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome Kidnapped

Prominent lawyer and human rights activist, Mike Ozekhome SAN was kidnapped with his driver last night Friday August 23rd along the Benin-Auchi road in Edo state. Edo state commissioner of police Mr Foluso Adebanjo said four policemen were killed following the attack on Mr Ozekhome. The kidnappers are yet to contact his family or business associates.

Khloe and Lamar Odom's marriage in crisis because of his drug abuse?

We have been hearing that Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom's marriage is in crisis but the core reason behind this according to TMZ is Lamar's 'hardcore drug abuse' and not the infidelities.

From TMZ

The marriage of Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom is in crisis, TMZ has learned ... the core reason is hardcore drug abuse. Multiple sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Lamar has had a problem for 2 years.  It got so bad, last August Khloe pressured Lamar to go to rehab.  Lamar went to a facility in San Diego, but he was so resistant Khloe hired private investigators to secretly stand guard at the rehab place to make sure he didn't leave.

Funke Akindele is 37 today

The actress turns 37 today. Heard they will be holding a low key party for her. Happy birthday to her.

New Video: Adokiye - Back Up

Pregnant Kaffy steps out

The dance queen is expecting her second child with husband, Joseph Ameh.

MTN loses big in Mobile Number Portability scheme

According to the Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr Tony Ojobo, MTN lost a lot of their subscribers to other networks during the recently introduced Mobile Number Portability (MNP) scheme.

According to figures released by Mr Ojobo, MTN topped the losers table among an overall number of subscribers that switched service providers in the telecoms market with 49%; followed by Globacom with 23%; Airtel with 17%; while Etisalat came last on the losers’ table with 11%. Which means Etisalat emerged top in the number porting scheme among the telecoms company. Wow!

Tonto Dikeh shares pic of her father

The actress who lost her mum when she was pretty young shared the pics of her father and herself, saying:..

"He really doez look cluelezz,He iz ma Mother n Father**Shoutout to d buziezt mozt lovin Papa Eva for comin thru**#MaKing #MaBaby #MaLife #Love #Tnx4BindereMom/Dad

OJB leaves for India

Photo taken today at the airport. OJB with his first wife, Mama J, who's going with him to India and their children. Please pray for him as he undergoes a kidney transplant in a hospital in India.

Yvonne Nelson shows off her toned abs

The actress is undoubtedly one of Africa's best dressed celebs...I know y'all agree.

Lagos state government rescues 25 children from alleged trafficker

The Lagos State Government has rescued 25 children from an alleged child trafficker in the Egbeda area of the state, according to a story by Punch

The suspected trafficker, Mrs. Rosemary Nwachukwu (pictured right), was also arrested and has been handed over to the Alausa Police Division, while the children are currently in government’s custody.

The government accused Nwachukwu of operating an illegal orphanage named, Saint Stephen Charity Foundation, on Abiodun Adebanbo Street, Egbeda.

 It was gathered that officials from the Office of Youth and Social Department, led by the Director, Child Development, Mrs. Alaba Fadairo, in conjunction with personnel from the Office of Public Defender and policemen, stormed the orphanage on Saturday.

First pic of Kim and Kanye's daughter, North West

Kanye West showed a photo of his daughter North West today on The Kris Jenner Show...She looks so much like Kim. She's so cute!

Ini Edo on holiday with Husband; Calls it second honeymoon

The lovely will be visiting the Uk, Monaco and Paris. She tagged one of the pics as 'second honeymoon', So cute. See more photos after the cut...

Identical twins charged with rape since DNA couldn't prove who committed the crime

Mohammed and Aftab Asghar, 22, were both arrested after DNA evidence was found at the scene which provided a possible link to one, or both, the brothers. Since identical twins come from the same fertilised egg, they have the same DNA.

Police investigated after a girl aged 17 claimed she was attacked in a park near Reading, Berks, on Guy Fawkes Night 2011. Detectives decided to charge both men. Prosecutors have now requested more time to continue investigating lines of inquiry which may lead to only one of the brothers facing trial.

Banky W's girlfriend sexy outfit to an event in Lagos

Andrea Manuela Giaccaglia wore this outfit to an event in Lagos. Hot or not? See a full pic of her outfit when you continue...

Meet the Queen Globe 2013 winner - Yemi Olumilua

23 year old University of Benin undergraduate Olumilua Yemi from Ekiti State beat other contestants to win the 2013 Queen Globe Beauty pageant which held at the Grand Hotel in Asaba Delta state on Saturday August 17th. Yemi will now represent Nigeria at the Miss Globe International pageant. More photos of the new queen after the cut...