Omotola Ekeinde on CNN African Voices: See behind the scenes pics

Omotola features on CNN's African Voices. Watch the interview with CNN Presenter Vladimir Duthiers, starting this morning (Friday 10th January 2014) on CNN at 8.30am (GMT). See more behind the scenes photos after the cut...

Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina marries adopted 'brother'

After being engaged for over a year, 20 year old Bobbi Kristina, the only child of late singer Whitney Houston, has married her adoptede brother and longtime friend, Nick Gordon. Bobbi took to twitter yesterday to announce their marriage and show off their wedding bands.

Her affair with Nick, 24, has overtime generated a lot of controversy with relatives and friends asking if her mother would have approved because Whitney cared and took Nick in as a child. So Bobbi and Nick lived like 'brother and sister' for years before Whitney's passing. Big congrats to them!

"Naomi poured acid over herself to achieve fame and fortune' - accused attacker claims

Mary Konye, the 21 year old jealous friend being accused of attacking Naomi Oni with acid in Dec. 2012 made some shocking allegations of her own in court two day ago. She told the courts through her lawyers that Naomi set up the attack and asked her (Mary Konye) to 'play the stalker' and throw the acid on her face, which was all part of an elaborate plan to be rich and famous.

Strange  things we hear.

New Music: Kcee ft D'banj - Emmah

New music from Limpopo crooner Kcee featuring the Kokomaster, D'banj. Listen to it below and tell us what you think...

Is 38 years in prison appropriate for a teacher who slept with her 12 year old student?

Former teacher Ethel Anderson, 31, (pictured above) was found guilty and sentenced to 38 years in prison in December 2013 for having sex with her 12 year old student.

The married mother of one had sex with one of her students, whose identity is being kept secret because of his age (he was 12 at the time). The alleged abuse started in 2011 just one month after the teacher and the minor started a tutoring session in her home. During her trial last year, the boy, now 14, told the court that she started by kissing him and progressed to giving him oral sex.

Shakira and Rihanna looking sexy on the cover art of their new single

Shakira, 36, and Rihanna, 25, have revealed the cover art of their hotly anticipated new single titled Can't Remember To Forget You, which premieres January 13th. They are really sexy!

Yaya Toure named Glo/CAF African Footballer of the Year 2013

Cote D'ivore/Manchester City player Yaya Toure has been named Glo/CAF African Player of Year 2013, beating Super Eagles and Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi & Didier Drogba of Cote D'ivore. Congrats to him.

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, won African Coach of the Year. Big congrats to all the winners..

"My son lied against Pastor Sign Fireman' Mother of virgin killer speaks

2 days ago you read that controversial Lagos pastor Sign Fireman had been arrested by Lagos police over the alleged ritual murder of a 12 year old girl, Bose Ogoja, after the girl's killer, 18 year old Ikechukwu claimed he killed her following instructions from Pastor Sign Fireman. (If you missed it, read it here). Well, the boy's mother has spoken out and says his son has never met the founder and Head Pastor of Perfect Christian Mission.

Mrs Esther Egbo told reporters yesterday that they were members of the Badagry brand of Fireman's church and in the two years they've been in the church, they have never set eyes on the man. She said her son had been arrested four different times by the police for attempted rape and had even been charged to court and was only released on December 10, 2013.

Ex Miss Venezuela/Telemundo actress and ex shot dead in Venezuela

Former Miss Venezuela 2004 and popular telenovela actress, Monica Spear, 29, and her ex-husband Thomas Berry, 39, were shot dead in their car on a highway in Venezuela by armed robbers in front of their 5 year old daughter on Monday January 6th, local news reports.

Monica and Thomas were traveling with their daughter late Monday night when their car hit a sharp object which had been placed on the Puerto Cabello highway.

The couple came out of their car and dialed for help. While waiting for a tow truck, they saw armed men coming their way and locked themselves in their car. The men, later found to be armed robbers, opened fire through the car window, killing Monica & Thomas and injuring their daughter.

Can you do what Dencia has resolved to do this 2014?

Dencia who launched her recently sold out spots remover"Whitenicious " resolved not to use cell phones this year.She said she will use only skype ,BBM etc but no phone calls..
Can you live without your cell phone?

See this controversial painting of Beyonce and baby Blue

Does that painting really look like Bey and Blue Ivy or Mary and baby Jesus?

Popular Lagos miracle pastor Dr. Sign Fireman arrested over alleged ritual murder of virgin girl

Controversial Lagos miracle pastor Pastor Ofuche Ukoha, popularly known as Dr. Sign Fireman, has been arrested by Lagos police over alleged ritual murder of a 12 year old girl.

Sahara Reporters reports

"Sign Fireman has been implicated in a ritual murder scandal involving a boy in his church who strangled a 12 year old teenage girl while trying to obtain feces from her for ritual purposes.

The disclosure of Pastor Fireman's involvement in the scandal was made by an eighteen year old boy paraded by the police in Lagos. The teenage suspect stated during the parade that he was sent on the ritual mission by Pastor Fireman.

Nigerian Airports to have Hi-tech explosive detectors - FG

In a bid to boost safety and security measures in Nigeria's airports, the Federal Ministry of Aviation has acquired Hi-tech three-in-one explosive detectors for 15 out of the 22 airports in the country. The facilities would be capable of detecting liquid, metals and explosives during airport screening.

Announcing this new development yesterday, spokesman for the Aviation Ministry, Mr Yakubu Dati said that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the Muritala Mohammed International Airports in Lagos already have the facilities installed, while other airports are in the process of having theirs fully installed. Good!

27 of 30 PDP lawmakers in Sokoto decamp to APC

Of the 30 honorable members that make up the Sokoto State House of Assembly, 27 of them who came into the house through the PDP flag today renounced their membership of the ruling party and defected to All Progressive Party (APC) which happens to be the state Governor, Aliyu Wammako's party. Governor Wammako in October 2013 defected with four other serving PDP Governors to the APC. The people that defected include Speaker of the Assembly and other principal officers

The lawmakers said they defected because they have been under immense pressure to defect to the APC by members of their constituency since their governor ditched the PDP for APC.

Speaking to Premium Times, the lawmakers said:

"We are moving in line with the decision of his excellency Gov Wammako to also move over to the APC. The PDP umbrella is torn and we have to follow the wishes of our people"

US singer Ciara writes an open letter to bloggers

It's a season of open letters and singer Ciara has written one to bloggers. Lol. She's sick to death of negative bloggers and comments and pens an open letter urging people to stop...

Ciara writes on her personal blog,

I used to sometimes like visiting some of the blog sites to see what new things are happening in the world! Things like cool photos, current events, etc. But nowadays it seems like there's a competition with sites on "Who Can Tear Someone Down the Most." The stories are going from cool and creative to pure drama. Even the comment sections are beginning to get out of control and people are using the platforms to exercise a false sense of power.

Former Aston Villa footballer, Thomas Hitzlsperger, reveals he is gay

31year former Aston Villa, Everton, West Ham & German midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger has come out as gay. But he waited to retire from football before revealing his sexual preference.

Hitzlsperger, who retired in September 2013 due to a knee injury yesterday told a German newspaper

"I'm coming out about my homosexuality because I want to move the discussion about homosexuality among professional sports people forwards. In England, Italy & Germany being a homosexual is no big thing, at least not in the dressing room"

"The awareness of being gay was a long and difficult process. Only in recent years has it dawned on me that I would prefer to live with another man. I've never been ashamed of my sexuality"

Indonesian man has tumour all over his body after doctors remove one from his waist

An Indonesian man whose body is covered by hundreds of tumours has made a final plea for help as the rare condition robs him of his sight.

Slamet, from East Java, is believed to be suffering from neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition which causes uncontrollable growths along the nerves. According to his brother Suwadi, the 59-year-old had a tumour removed from his waist in 1991. But six months later tumours began to form all over his face and body.

Years later the condition has become intolerable and Slamet suffers constant pain throughout his body. Recently the tumours have started blocking his nostrils, making it difficult for him to breath

Pics: Ondo lawmaker survives assasination attempt

An Ondo State House of Assembly member, Soji Akinkurolere, survived an assassination attempt on Monday January 6th at his home in Okitipupa in Ondo state thanks to one of his trusted aides.

Sahara Reporters reports that Mr Akinkurolere's aide foiled the assassination attempt when 5 gunmen raided the lawmaker's private residence. Akinkurolere escaped with his family, without harm.

"I was on the other side of the road when I saw a vehicle parked some distance from the residence with men inside," a neighbor in Okitipupa told SaharaReporters. "I was surprised when I saw a man, whom had been sitting in the front seat of the car, come down from the residence and start making phone calls. Immediately he dropped the calls, he tapped the other guys seated in the back seat and they headed to the home of Honorable Akinkurolere. The last thing I heard was sporadic gunshots."

Funmi Iyanda has a crush on a hot Nigerian/British actor

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Jude Okoye apologizes for Tweeting gun photo

The  music video director and label exec has apologized for posting a pic of guns on his instagram page which enraged a lot of people. He's since taken the pic down.

58 year old Kris Jenner shows off sexy bikini bod

Kim K's mum, Kris Jenner shared this sexy photo with caption "Celebrate life".Wow! She has the body of a 25 year old.

"Stella Oduah is a disgrace to Nigeria and Africa' - Femi Fani Kayode

Here is what the former Minister of Aviation said this morning on his Facebook page about the on-going reports that Stella Oduah forged her MBA certificate. He says, ‘this woman, this government, this President and all those that support them are an utter disgrace to Nigeria and to Africa’.

"My pastor told me to kill a little girl' - 18yr old boy who killed 12yr old girl for rituals confesses

The police in Lagos State, yesterday, said they have arrested an 18-year-old boy, Ikechukwu Friday, who allegedly killed a 12-year-old girl for money ritual.
According to him, a pastor he asked for money instructed him to kill a young girl and obtain her faeces.The suspect, who is currently being interrogated at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, was paraded before newsmen.
He said the pastor promised him N100,000 if he was able to accomplish the task.
According to him, “I attend a popular church around Ketu Street, Aguda but I live with my parents in Badagry. I just finished secondary school and I have been very broke so I approached the pastor for money but he told me that I should strangulate a little girl.

Stella Oduah erases education references online after SR report

Aviation Minister Stella Oduah and her associates have spent the last several hours scrambling to clean up the minister’s biographies online after SR's report hit the net.

According to the report by Sahara Reporters, Aviation Minister Stella Odua's Master's degree which she claimed to have obtained from St. Paul’s College Lawrenceville, Virginia, US and presented to the Senate in 2011 as a ministerial nominee, is fake, because the school does not offer graduate programs.

Sahara Reporters learned from the President of the college that it has never in its 125-year history had a graduate school or graduate program. The Provost Vice President of Academic Affairs, and the Vice President of Institutional Development said “We don’t offer any graduate programs here.”

Premium Times went digging and it looks like the allegation is true because by 4pm yesterday, her profile page on Facebook was edited and all traces of St. Paul’s College was removed from the account. It was also removed from her Wikipedia page and her biography on the Ministry of Aviation website. See screen grabs after the cut...

Pics: Chelsea fan tattoos Mikel Obi's name on his ass

Chelsea fan, Lee Mitchell wrote on his twitter page on Sunday January 5th that he will tattoo Mikel's name or Chelsea badge on his ass if the Chelsea midfielder scored against Derby in the FA Cup. He probably thought the chances of Mikel scoring was very low...because the Nigerian player had only scored 3 goals in his seven-and-a-half years at Stamford Bridge. Unfortunately for Lee that day Mikel scored his fourth goal.

Lee Mitchell went through with his promise and got the tattoo. See the photos after the cut...

Rochas Okorocha's first daughter welcomes twins

The governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has become a grandfather for the first time after his first daughter, Uloma Okorocha Nwosu, welcomed twins in December 2013. Uloma married Uche Nwosu, a serving commissioner in her father's cabinet in January 2013. The twins with Uloma's siblings above.

Uloma Nwosu is the Director General of her fathers foundation, Rochas Okorocha Foundation while her husband is the Honorable Commissioner for Land Survey and Urban planning in Imo State.

Photo: Terrible car accident occur on Third Mainland Bridge

A horrible car accident occurred earlier today Tuesday January 7th on 3rd Mainland Bridge that left at least one person dead. The accident involved a Black Prado SUV (pictured above) that reportedly lost its tyres while on high speed. Three people were in the car at the time of the accident, with one of them reportedly dying on the spot. The accident caused heavy traffic on both lanes several hours ago.

Photo of Naomi Oni's attacker following her moments before bathing her with acid

The eerie pic above was shown in court today to jurors in the Naomi Oni acid bath case. It's a CCTV image allegedly showing her friend Mary Konye dressed in Muslim veil and walking closely behind Naomi, just moments before she bathed her with acid and destroyed her looks forever!

That same night, the jealous and obsessed student posted a pic of Nightmare on Elm Street horror character Freddie Krueger on her WhatsApp profile pic & wrote 'Who looks like Wrong Turn now?'

A friend of Mary Konye told the police that Mary planned to attack Naomi and ruin her looks "so she would know 'how it feels' to feel bad about her appearance', after Naomi told her she looked like something out of a horror movie.

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Singer Tiwa Savage and her husband, Tunji Balogun loved up on a boat in Dubai...

Bleaching expert Pela Okiemute flaunts his client's successful bleaching transformation

Lol.  Congrats to the client! The difference is clear!. Pela shared the photos on his Facebook page. If you've never heard of Pela...read about him here