Football legend Lionel Messi arrives in court for tax fraud case (Pic)

Four-time FIFA footballer of the year Lionel Messi and his father Jorge arrived in a Spanish court this morning Friday September 27th to answer charges of alleged tax fraud. Messi and his father are being accused of hiding over £3.4 million by filing incomplete tax returns from 2006 to 2009.

The charges against father and son was lodged by a state prosecutor in June 2013 claiming that they tried to conceal earnings from Messi's image rights - charges they both deny.

"I never take care of that (tax) stuff myself and neither does my father," Messi said in July. "We have our lawyers and our wealth managers to take care of that and we trust them and they will sort this out. The truth is I don’t have a clue about all this and that is why we have people taking care of it."

Messi has already paid the Spanish authorities the unpaid tax he's owing plus interest (he paid £4.2m) but because tax fraud is a serious offense in Spain, he still has to make an appearance in court where the courts will determine whether the case is pursued any further. Hopefully it will all end today!

Oprah Winfrey says she will leave this earth as a "never married" woman

Billionaire talk show legend and actress Oprah Winfrey 59, has been dating Stedman Graham, 62, since 1986. That's 27 years - longer than a lot of marriages. Oprah said in an interview recently that although she considered marriage after she attended Tina Turner's wedding in Switzerland in July, she's pretty sure she will leave the world as a woman who 'never got married'

When asked if she would leave earth as a “never-married” woman, Oprah made her feelings very clear. “Yes,” she told Access Hollywood. “Yeah, I think that’s my final answer.”

“I think that it’s interesting that you would ask it because I thought about it again at Tina Turner’s wedding. Because Tina was like, ‘Oprah, you need to do this. You need to do it.’ I was just thinking, ‘Well, OK, would things really be different?’ And no, I don’t think so. If you ever interviewed him (Stedman), he would tell you that had we married, we would not be together today, because he’s a traditional man and this is a very untraditional relationship.”

Oprah also explained that she couldn’t be a wife because the word holds responsibilities she doesn’t feel capable of handling.

67yr old Nigerian man dies on United flight from Lagos to Houston

A 67 year old Nigerian passenger died on a United Airline flight which left Lagos on Monday night September 23rd and landed in Houston, USA early Tuesday morning.

Benedict Sylvester Igwedike died in the air after the flight left Lagos according to the Houston Police Department. Mr Igwedike was found dead in his seat on United Flight 143 which arrived at George Bush Intercontinental Airport yesterday Tuesday September 24th

Houston police say they are awaiting autopsy results to determine the exact cause of death, according to a press release.

Lamar Odom slams father for blaming the Kardashians for his downfall

Lamar Odom's father Joe granted an interview to Radar Online yesterday blaming his son’s fall from grace on the Kardashian family. Joe claims marrying Khloe was the worst mistake Lamar ever made.

Joe said: “Someone’s got to speak out, I’ve got to do something about this. It’s simple. They brought him down. He would be better off without them. Let him go and get his life together. I think the best thing for him would be to have a clean break, divorce Khloe and as a single man try and get his life back together. The mother has been talking a lot of trash about my son, saying he’s on drugs and stuff like that. She’s got something against my son, something against my family. Kris Jenner is very negative. She’s an evil b*tch. She doesn’t care about Lamar, she just cares about their image and money.”

“I blame Kris in particular, she’s been through a lot of stuff herself. She’s no Cinderella. I can’t really say if the Kardashians are doing drugs, but my son would never use hard drugs. I can’t pinpoint right now who’s giving it him, but I’m going to investigate. The Kardashians haven’t been a good influence on my son. They don’t give a f*ck about my son. It’s more about the damage they do to the Kardashian brand. They brought him down. He’d be better off without them. Let him go, get his life together.”

Lamar apparently didn't like his 'absent' father's comments and slammed him on twitter, calling the Kardashians his only true family. See his tweet after the cut...

Nadia Buari's birthday message Jim Iyke

Happy 37th birthday to James Ikechukwu Esomugha aka Jim Iyke.

Muna Abii fires back at fans who attack her over Rihanna/Teyana feud

 

The twitter fight started after the former beauty queen turned rapper made several comments about the Teyana Taylor/Rihanna's twitter fight. Some of her followers saw her tweets and probably felt she was having too much fun at Rihanna's expense and came after her...

 Munachi Abii didn't back down. She fired back. See more Tweets after the cut...

Rihanna and Teyana Taylor fight on twitter

Singer and actress Teyanna Taylor goes straight at Rihanna after Bad Gal RiRi tries to throw shade..
So what happened was, yesterday Rihanna posted video on her instagram page of a guy in her entourage wearing a long weave and a snap back cap warbling his way through Anita Baker's 'Sweet Love.' This made Teyana Taylor think Rihanna and her entourage were mocking her because she posted an Instagram of herself singing the same song two weeks ago.

After seeing the instagram pic Teyana came after Rihanna on Twitter and Rihanna clapped back. But Teyana won this round. She told Rihanna and I quote "Ya net worth and ya body count go neck to neck. #IndustryPussy". See their Tweets after the cut...

Annie Idibia expecting 2nd child with 2face

2face and Annie Idibia are expecting their second child together. Pregnant Annie was spotted at the 2face Peace Awards which held at the Nicon Luxury Hotel Abuja last Saturday September 21. Annie is said to be about 5 months pregnant. Congrats to them. See another photo after the cut...

Photo: Rukky Sanda’s ‘Keeping My Man’ in cinema this Friday

Actress Rukky Sanda will be upping the ante as she premieres her new movie ‘Keeping My Man’. She will be having a private dinner-like premiere at Wheatbaker, in Victoria Island (V.I), Lagos on Wednesday 25th September, 2013. Movie cast, celebrities and select guests will be present.

Meanwhile the movie opens in cinema nationwide, Friday, September 27.  Rukky will be leading other actors in the movie including Ramsey Nouah, Ini Edo, Monalisa Chindah, Alex Ekubo and Karen Igho to sign autograph, exchange pleasantries, give gifts to fans at Silverbird Galleria, V.I for an open premiere.

The terror at Kenyan mall is finally over

The 4-day siege at Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya is finally over. Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta addressed the nation a few hours ago, saying they have defeated the terrorists and arrested eleven of them. The president said three floors of the mall collapsed during clearing efforts and trapped some people. He said Kenyan forces killed 5 terrorists and are currently sweeping the mall for explosives.

Mr Kenyatta said 61 civilians and 6 soldiers were killed in the deadly mall slaughter that started on Saturday, and carried out by Al Qaeda linked militant group, Al Shabaab. Almost 200 people were injured while 65 people are still unaccounted for. The Kenyan president said he can't confirm the nationality of the terrorist. He also declared three days of mourning.

 May the souls of the people we lost rest in peace...amen. May we never see this again.

Stephanie Okereke Linus rocks her natural hair

The actress photographed today rocking her natural hair. She looks really pretty without the weaves.

2face Idibia Presents N3million To Peace Award Winners

Three winners emerged from the 2Face Peace Awards which held on Saturday, Sept. 21 2013 (World Peace Day) at the Nicon Luxury Hotel Abuja. They received N1 million each to use in furthering the various peace causes they have been involved in.

The Awards kicked off the Million Voices for Peace campaign being run by the 2Face Idibia Reachout Foundation. The winners were selected from a pool of young people aged between 18 to 35 whose initiatives helped in promoting peace in their areas for at least 18 months.

The winners were: Kyenpiya Jessica Makan-Nyabam of the CLAPAI (ChildLove And Protection Advocacy Initiative) Orphanage, Jos. CLAPAI was set up in 2006 by Kyenpiya and her husband, Emmanuel, an ex-professional footballer, to cater for children orphaned, affected or infected by
HIV/AIDS. They also care for children outside the orphanage and Emmanuel uses sports to engage the older youth in the community to foster peace.

Wendy Williams vs Chris Brown

Last week Jet Magazine released a quote from Chris Brown's interview were Chris questioned why Jay Z gets a pass for stabbing someone and selling drugs but he doesn't get any for beating Rihanna.

Talk show host Wendy Williams has slammed Chris for trying to shift the blame for his troubles. On the Hot Topics segment of her show, Wendy went in telling Chris,

"You were less than smart in trying to blame Jay Z. You need to blame yourself young man. You are a woman-beater, you’re disrespectful, you threw a chair out of the window at Good Morning America. You look like a junkie. Now that’s what I’m going to say. You got those nasty tattoos. You’re way too skinny. You don’t seem to have respect for much at all. You beat the stew out of Rihanna.”

To which Chris replied,

"We're not against our father's marriage' - Iwuanyanwu's kids say

One of the daughters of billionaire businessman Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has rubbished reports making the rounds that they are against their father's marriage to the 26 year old daughter of one his late wife's close friends.
His daughter, Mrs Nwadiuto Iheakanwa, the MD of Champion newspaper told Encomium magazine:

"We are not against our father's new marriage. It's not true that we the children kicked against it. He made his choice and we wish him well in his new marriage. Papa is an old man we should not give him stress. We want our father to have a long life and enjoy himself. The lady herself consented to it. We spoke to her and she said she loves papa. We wish them goodluck."

Chief Iwuanyanwu and his late wife, Lady Eudora, who died in August 2011, were married for 40 years and had eight children, most of whom are older than the woman he married this past weekend.

Miley Cyrus poses naked on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine

Miley Cyrus poses nude on the cover of the October issue of Rolling Stone magazine.

Chidinma stuns in new photos

The Kedike crooner is totally on top of her game these days. When you're as beautiful as Chidinma, who needs hair extensions?

King Mswati III of Swaziland picks 15th wife from bare breasted virgins

Swazi King Mswati III and his first daughter princess Sikhanyiso Dlamini of Swaziland

Despite the massive criticism, the Swazi King Mswati III, 45 has chosen 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant Sindiswa Dlamini as his 15th wife.
Dlamini was selected at the annual Reed Dance, where thousands of Swazi maidens dance bare-breasted for the king’s pleasure. “I wish to confirm we have a new liphovela (royal fiancée),” Hlangabeza Mdluli, the overseer of the maidens, announced.

Dlamini was presented to the king and the Swazi people at a Reed Dance in the southern provincial capital, Nhlangano, on Saturday. The Reed Dance is a traditional opportunity for Swaziland's maidens to pay tribute to the Queen Mother. Although the King has used the occasion to choose wives a few times, the ceremony is not about him primarily. The king's own children partake in this event.

Paul Okoye calls Anita Isama his precious treasure on facebook

Just few days after proposing to his girlfriend of many years and baby mama here is what Paul said on Facebook.

Tolu Odukoya and husband Olumide Ijogun welcome daughter

The first daughter of late pastor Bimbo Odukoya of Fountain of Life, Tolu Odukoya Ijogun and her husband Olumide Ijogun welcomed a baby girl on September 8th in the US. The couple married on November 3rd 2012, years after they met in secondary school. Big congrats to them.

72 yr old billionaire Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu marries 26yr old bride

Two years after loosing his wife of 40 years, Eudora, to cancer, 72 year old billionaire businessman and chairman of Champion newspaper, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has given marriage a second shot.

Chief Iwuanyanwu married 26 year old Frances Chinonyerem Enwerem (pictured above with him), the daughter of one of his late wife's close friends, on Saturday September 14th (traditional wedding) and this past Saturday September 21st (white wedding) in Owerri, Imo State.

The new bride, who doesn't have the blessings of the Chief's children (mostly because of the age gap) is said to be expecting her first child with the extremely rich businessman cum politician.

Chief Iwuanyanwu has his hands in various businesses cutting across over 20 sectors of the economy. He is the founder of the Iwuanyanwu Football club now known as the Heartland FC. See photos from their traditional wedding after the cut...

'You’re a very bad man' how 4 year old confronted Kenyan mall gunman who gave him chocolate and begged for forgiveness

A four-year-old British boy caught up in the Kenya mall massacre showed astonishing bravery by confronting a marauding gunman who ended up begging for his forgiveness, UK Daily Mail reports.

Elliot Prior, from Windsor, Berkshire, told one of the terrorists that he was a 'very bad man' as he protected his mother, Amber, who had been shot in the leg, and six-year-old sister Amelie. Incredibly, the attacker took pity on the family and bizarrely handed the children Mars bars before telling them: 'Please forgive me, we are not monsters.'

Graphic pic: LAGBUS crushes soldier to death in Lagos

This horrible accident happened yesterday Monday Sept. 23rd along the Alaka/Costain crossover bridge in Surulere. The driver of one of the buses in the state mass transit scheme lost control of his bus and crashed into a soldier riding a motorcyle on the express. The yet-to-be identified soldier was cut almost into two by the bus.

According to a source who witnessed the accident, the driver was on top speed when he lost control of the vehicle as he approached a bad spot on the dilapidated bridge. The driver, while trying to avoid the bad spot, swerved to the left pinning the soldier on the railing of the bridge. The bus dragged the soldier for a bit and cut through his bowel.

Eyewitnesses said the soldier, who died on the spot, was carrying a woman on the back seat of the motorcycle, and was flung away from the impact of the collision. She survived the crash but is in a critical condition in the hospital. The driver of the bus fled the scene after seeing the extent of the damage and so did the passengers of the bus a few minutes later, fearing attack from soldiers.

See a photo after the cut. *Very graphic so be warned*

Photos: President Goodluck Jonathan and Obama in New York

President Goodluck Jonathan being received by President Barack Obama of the US at the Waldorf Hotel, New York on yesterday Monday September 23rd. See more photos after the cut...

Kenyan mall massacre: Body of white woman terrorist found at scene after final assault

Has British 'White Widow' Samantha Lewthwaite, suspected to be the leader of the Islamic terrorists that attacked Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday September 21st, been killed?

It was claimed on Sunday that the terror attack in Kenya was being led by Samantha, the widow of one of the 7/7 bombers, Jermaine Lindsay, who with 3 others killed 52 people in a series of co-ordinated suicide attacks in London using the public transport system during the morning rush hour in 2005.

Soldiers said a white woman wearing a veil was shouting orders to gunmen in Arabic during the bloody massacre inside the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi on Saturday.

Samantha may have been killed yesterday as a dead white woman was found among Islamic terrorists killed by soldiers as they stormed the mall yesterday evening. Kenyan authorities haven't confirmed that the woman is really Samantha. Her name was first linked to the attack after Al Shabaab praised her on their Twitter account for leading the attack at Westgate mall.

Moments after the news of Samantha's demise broke, Al Shabaab, took to Twitter to claim that she's safe. Eleven soldiers were also wounded in the fight with the terrorists. Kenyan police said that more than 200 civilians were rescued as troops took control of all the floors of the mall.

Oby Edozien and Alex O welcome son

Popular 90's pop star Alex O and his actress/movie producer wife Oby Edozien welcomed a son on Sunday September 22nd. Oby and Alex got married in 2011 after a whirlwind romance. Congrats to them.

Funke Akindele denies launching Jenifa perfume

The report that Funke Akindele was getting ready to launch her own perfume line called Jenifa went viral online a few weeks back. But according to the award winning actress, there's no such thing. She recently dissociated herself from the perfume line, telling Encomium magazine:

"That's not true. I'm not aware of anything like Jenifa perfume. I'm not launching any perfume. I don't know anything about it"

Nollywood actor Jnr Pope Odonwodo proposes to his girlfriend (Pics)

Nollywood actor Jnr Pope Odowodo proposed to his girlfriend, Jennifer, a graduate of Benson Idahosa University, yesterday. Congrats to them.

Oyo Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, sacks all commissioners, advisers

The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has sacked all his commissioners, assistants, and advisers. He announced the dissolution of his cabinet moments ago. Details coming. Source: Premium Times

Kenyan Westgate mall on fire after Islamic terrorists 'blow themselves up' + names of terrorists and victims

Kenyan special forces were today locked in a fight to the death with Islamic terrorists who have been barricaded inside a Nairobi mall with up to 40 hostages since Saturday.

Witnesses described hearing four large explosions at the Westgate Shopping Centre followed by fierce gun fire after the military tried to break the three day siege by gaining access from the roof.

It is feared that some of the gunmen inside may have blown themselves up, though a Kenyan government minister said that militants had set fire to some mattresses in a supermarket as a decoy.

Cocaine stash worth $270 million found on Air France flight

30 colorful suitcases containing an amazing 1.3 tons of pure cocaine was found on an Air France flight on Wednesday September 11th. According to reports, the suitcases which weren't registered to any of the passengers on the plane, was discovered by French immigration officials on arrival of the flight from Venezuela. The suitcases which came from Caracas, were found on Sept. 11, but French authorities didn't publicize the find until this past weekend.

The estimated value of the narcotic was put at $270 million.

Yesterday, Venezuela's Public Ministry said that authorities have detained several people including 3  members of the National Guard in connection with the incident. A detailed investigation is currently going on.