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Yar'Adua flies to S-Arabia for medical check up

2009-11-24T17:38:00.000+01:00

President Yar'Adua yesterday flew to Saudi Arabia for medical check-up

“President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua will leave Abuja today for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, while there; the President will call on his personal physicians in Jeddah for follow-up medical checks,”

Olusegun Adeniyi, President Yar'adua's special adviser on media and publicity, said in a statement yesterday in Abuja.

This is the third trip the president is making in four months, to treat an ailment that has not been fully disclosed to the nation.**

Cossy Orjiakor interview

2009-11-24T12:53:00.001+01:00

When asked how she handles all the attention her boobs attracts, sexy actress, Cossy Orjiakor replied "It's simple for me. I have admirers no doubt but I can't sleep with everybody. If a guy says 'I love your boobs', I say waoh! Do you know what he just said. He said he loves my boobs. Anything you tell me, I will tell the public"

What does Cossy want in a man? "Somebody that respects me"
Has she found him? "I am not searching. I have a boyfriend. I am a pretty girl. I keep pushing men away on a daily basis. I ride on."
Any plans to get married soon? "Will I get married to me? When I see a man that wants to marry me, I will let you know."

Source: Encomium magazine

Lilian Bach on why she's still single

2009-11-24T12:18:00.001+01:00

"I have a Polish woman’s mentality. I’m not married, not because I have not been having marriage proposals. I have to look before I leap. It’s not easy for me, having advances from (left, right and centre) different angles. If I don’t get it right…. I don’t want to have this record of divorce in marriage. I said to myself, ‘If I gonna go into it, only once, till rapture comes. Let me put it that way. It’s not as if I have not had some bitter experiences along the line, But I thank God that it’s easy to break up a relationship, but not in marriage. I thank God for those past experiences, because if I have been married today, I wouldn’t know what would have come out of it."

Model/actress Lilian Bach on why she's still single.
Source: Vanguard Newspaper

Tricia Eseigbe set to wed

2009-11-24T11:52:00.001+01:00

TV presenter and actress Tricia Eseigbe will on Saturday Dec 19th, marry her long time love, Kingsley Kerry, at the Holy Spirit Deliverance Ministry. Reception is at Best Southern Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.
Congrats to her.

Introducing: New Artist Jumbo

2009-11-24T11:24:00.000+01:00

Highly talented Nigerian-born musician born in Akwa Ibom releases his much anticipated debut album titled “Brand New Day”, a move which will thrill his growing fans across the music world.

The album consists of original songs written by Jumbo in collaboration with Cobhams Asuquo and other renowned producers including like Scott Hedges. It was recorded in various studios in Lagos, Nigeria and Dragon Lair Studios, Maryland, USA. It also features guest performances by Ramon, Keisha, Yinka Davis, and Monica from Sierra Leone.

Fans are encouraged to visit Jumbo’s website at www.jumboaniebiet.com. The website provides everything you could want to know about the young musician including links to iTunes and CDbaby where you can purchase this amazing album. You may also check out his interactive page on Reverb Nation at www.reverbnation.com/jumboaniebiet and even join up to be his friend on Facebook (search for Jumbo Aniebiet).

For further information, contact Igo Wordu at (410) 507- 9604, igo1077@gmail.com or by visiting www.jumboaniebiet.com

Basketmouth looses father

2009-11-24T11:23:00.000+01:00

Ace comedian Basketmouth lost his father, Elder Peter Okpocha - 69, a contractor with the Nigerian Navy, some weeks back. His remains will be interred in his compound in Umuso Isukwuato, Abia State on Sat., Nov 28, 2009.

May his soul rest in peace. Amen.

2009 America Music Awards Winners and Pictures

2009-11-24T10:58:00.000+01:00

The 2009 American Music Awards took place on Sunday 22nd of Nov in Los Angeles.
Below is the list of winners:

Artist Of The Year: Taylor Swift
International Artist Of The Year: Whitney Houston
Favourite Pop/Rock Male Artist: Michael Jackson
Favourite Pop/Rock Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Favourite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group: The Black Eyed Peas
Favourite Pop/Rock Album: Taylor Swift - Fearless
Favourite Country Male Artist: Keith Urban
Favourite Country Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Favourite Country Band, Duo or Group: Rascal Flatts
Favourite Country Album: Taylor Swift - Fearless
Favourite Hip-Hop Male Artist: Jay-Z
Favourite Hip-Hop Album: Jay-Z - Blueprint
Favourite Soul/R&B Male Artist: Michael Jackson
Favourite Soul/R&B Female Artist: Beyonce
Favourite Soul/R&B Band, Duo or Group: The Black Eyed Peas
Favourite Soul/R&B Album: Michael Jackson - Number Ones
Favourite Soundtrack Album: Twilight
Favourite Adult Contemporary Artist: Taylor Swift
Favourite Alternative Rock Artist: Green Day
Favourite Latin Artist: Aventura
Favourite Contemporary Inspirational Artist: Mary Mary
Breakthrough Artist Of The Year: Gloriana

Some pix from the Award...

P-Square celebrates birthday at the Orphanage

2009-11-22T18:55:00.000+01:00

It was the twins birthday last week Wednesday and they celebrated by visiting the Little Saints Orphanage, Lagos where they donated tons of food stuff and painted the orphanage wall.

Check out the pictures...

Great thing to do boys...worthy of emulation.

Creative art with dead flies

2009-11-22T17:35:00.005+01:00

An artist dubbed Flychelangelo is creating a buzz by using dead flies and other insects to create his work.
He places the bugs on simple pencil drawings for comic effect. Check it out...

These six-legged contestants fly towards the finish line.

To see more of Flychelangelo's work visit http://www.curiousphotos.blogspot.com/

Do you find his work fascinating or creepy?

2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

2009-11-22T14:00:00.001+01:00

Pictures from the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show which took place at the Lexington Armory in New York, USA, Thursday 19 November 2009.

Fergie Ferg.

Lagos Residents to have Identity Card

2009-11-22T08:20:00.001+01:00

The Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, announced on Tuesday that his administration will introduce a residents' identity card scheme.

Mr. Fashola disclosed this while presenting the 2010 budget to the State House of Assembly in Alausa, Ikeja.

According to him, the scheme will increase the state government's capacity to plan the delivery of social amenities to the people.

He said: "We have now reached a stage where it is no longer avoidable to ask: ‘How many people can Lagos State meaningfully employ and sustain?'"**

Is an ID card for Lagos residents necessary?

Riot in prison over Bode George

2009-11-22T08:11:00.002+01:00

Reliable sources inside the prison revealed that on Friday Nov 20, some of the artisan inmates in the prison who were being marched to their workshop suddenly became violent on approaching Bode George's cell and started shouting, banging their implements on the gate, demanding that he should bring out the money he squandered for them to share or face their wrath.

According to the reliable source, the prisoners used their hammers, chisels and double edged bars to hit on the gate of his cell calling on the prison authorities to, without delay, provide a uniform for him or face the consequences.

The action of the artisans which sources said, attracted the attention of other prisoners, culminated in a general upheaval which nearly turned violent, but for the quick intervention of the Controller of the prison who ordered the immediate provision of an official uniform for Chief George.

Chief George now adorns the official blue top and trousers meant for all prisoners in the country.

Source: Vanguard Newspapers

Ridiculous: Michael Jackson's face on baby scan

2009-11-21T15:03:00.001+01:00

An image captured in a baby scan has been claimed to be the 'double' of Michael Jackson.

Parents-to-be Dawn Kelley, 34, and William Hickman, 29, were looking at the ultrasound scan of their unborn baby when they realised it looked like the late pop singer.

Mother-of-six Miss Kelley, 34, went for her 20-week scan at Sunderland Royal as normal last month, but doctors could not see the foetus’s stomach or diaphragm. A few weeks later she was sent to Grindon Lane Walk in Centre for a closer look. The more powerful scanner there is normally used to examine internal organs so the images it produces much more detailed.

Kelley said: “I’ve had plenty of scans before and none of the photos have ever looked like this one. It’s a bit spooky really, but it is my seventh child, and they say seven is a mythical number.”

LOL!!!

Rapper Eldee and wife welcome baby girl

2009-11-21T14:01:00.001+01:00

Rapper Lanre 'Eldee' Dabiri and wife Dolapo Latinwo-Belo who got married in November 2008 recently welcomed a daughter.

Congrats The Don and wifey!

Photo of the day...

2009-11-21T13:46:00.001+01:00

Oh dear. Is that a real baby she's carrying?

Heidi Klum - Five weeks after

2009-11-21T13:10:00.000+01:00

This is Heidi Klum just five weeks after giving birth to her fourth child, daughter Lou Samuel. She stepped out on the runway at the Victoria's Secret fashion show Thursday night.

Wow! Truly amazing.

Nollywood movie: Nollywood Hustlers

2009-11-21T12:21:00.000+01:00

Synopsis of Nollywood Hustler.

Emem Isong and Uche Jombo collaborate to shoot a new comedy titled ‘Nollywood Hustler’.
Elvis (Charles Inojie) and Lucky (Bishop) are two no-good-out-of-work hustlers who want to shoot a film. They enlist the help of Prince Adolphus Akabogwu (Ejike Asiegbu) to sponsor it and the pepper soup joint assistant Scholarstica (Uche Jombo) to feature. But how do they get the A-List actors, Monalisa Chinda and Ramsey Nouah (acting as themselves) to act without paying their exorbitant fee? They then come up with a brilliant plan that leads to severe consequences for the pair. ‘Nollywood Hustler’ is a satire on the film making process in Nigeria, that will leave you laughing from start to finish.

Produced by Emem Isong & Uche Jombo.
Directed by Moses Inwang
Written by Bola Aduwo & Uduak Isong Oguamanam.
It has Uche Jombo as the Executive Producer and features several stars in cameo appearances.

Nollywood movie: Guilty Pleasures

2009-11-21T12:10:00.001+01:00

Synopsis of Guilty Pleasures

What happens when a bored, pampered, wealthy woman (Nse Ikpe-Etim) is married to an emotionally-distant, busy man (Ramsey Nouah)? And is visited by a happy-go-lucky, loving (did I forget to mention attractive?) brother-in-law (Majid Michel) with plenty of time on his hands? Fireworks thats what!
Guilty Pleasures is Produced by Emem Isong and Desmond Elliot.
Written by Uyai Ikpe-Etim and Bola Aduwo.
Directed by Desmond Elliot and Daniel Ademinokan.

Guilty Pleasures...coming to a theatre near you!

Photo of the day

2009-11-20T17:23:00.000+01:00

Oh dear...
WTH?
I'm speechless!
Damn!
LOL!

Shaniya Davis: The murder of a 5year old girl

2009-11-20T17:18:00.001+01:00

Beautiful 5year old Shaniya Davis lived with her father all her life until in october '09, when an informal agreement was reached between Shaniya's parents to let her stay with her mum for a little while.

Shaniya's mum, Antoinette Davis, (pictured above), who never played a role in Shaniya's life, met Shaniya's father one night, had sex with him once, found out she was pregnant, had the baby and dumped her with the father, until last month when the father agreed to let Antoinette have Shaniya for a few weeks.

On Tuesday Nov 10th Shaniya disappeared from her mother's home. Her mother reported her missing and thus began the search.

On Monday Nov 16th, Shaniya's body was found in a wooded area just south of Sanford. The 5year old had been raped and strangled.

Then an image made from surveillance video showed a man carrying 5-year old Shaniya Davis in the hallway of a hotel in Sanford, NC. The man was identified as Mario Andrette McNeill, 29. Shaniya's mother's business partner. Shaniya was seen with him on Nov. 10, 2009, about an hour after she disappeared from her home in Fayetteville, about 40 miles away

During investigation into the murder, police found out that Shaniya's 25 year old mum had offered her child to Mario McNeill, whom she owed money, for child prostition, out of desperation.

Antoneitte has since been charged with human trafficking and felony child abuse.

Police say Shaniya was raped and strangled. Mario McNeill has been charged with first degree murder and first degree rape. He's already admitted to the kidnapping the girl.

Shaniya's father, Bradley Lockhart crying during the vigil for Shaniya.

RIP little lady...so sorry about what happened to you.

Don't stories like this just break your heart? This is so wrong.

Oprah ending TV Show

2009-11-20T08:33:00.001+01:00

Oprah Winfrey will announce live today Friday 20th 2009, that her popular daytime talk show, 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' arguably one of the most popular, influential and enduring programs in television history, will end its run in 2011 as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011.

Imagine a world without 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'...*cry*

I won't go back to music - Ebenezer Obey

2009-11-20T08:20:00.003+01:00

"There's no going back to the music industry. I have laid my hands on the plough. Jesus says no man having put his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God. My major preoccupation now are:
1. The work of the ministry in my church
2. Crusade programmes
3. Revival and other programmes of the body of Christ
4. Making myself useful to humanity through the gift of God deposited in me.
However, I recognise that the gift of God in me produced all those evergreen records that I recorded over forty years ago and the gift is still there to the glory of God but no more music."

Evangelist Ebenezer Obey’s address at the ‘Evening with Ebenezer Obey’ music concert hosted by City People Magazine last week.

Bode George adjusts to life in prison

2009-11-19T15:21:00.000+01:00

Prisoner D574, Chief Bode George, who is serving a two year jail term for malfeasance while he was Nigeria Ports Authority Chairman, has accepted his fate as he struggles to make Kirikiri Maximum Prisons, Apapa, Lagos home, following the refusal of the Lagos High Court, to grant him bail pending his appeal.

Since he's made up his mind to adapt as much as he can to prison life, Bode George has initiated and bankrolling the reconstruction and renovations of block 2's bathrooms and toilets where he's resident in block 4. Brand new modern bathrooms and toilets with tiles and several other gadgets have been commissioned inside the prison.**

Jennifer Hudson to play Winnie Mandela

2009-11-19T15:20:00.002+01:00

It has been announced that Oscar winner, Jennifer Hudson, will play the life of the former wife of Nelson Mandela in the new biopic, Winnie.

When asked about accepting the role, Jennifer replied:

“I was compelled and moved when I read the script. Winnie Mandela is a complex and extraordinary woman and I’m honored to be the actress asked to portray her. This is a powerful part of history that should be told.”

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, born 26 September 1936 was married to Nelson Mandela for many years and was a fighter against apartheid as Nelson is. She too was jailed for her campaigning.

Although still married to Nelson Mandela at the time of his becoming president of South Africa in May 1994, she was never the first lady of South Africa, as the couple had separated two years earlier after revelations that Winnie had been unfaithful after Nelson's release from prison in February 1990. The final divorce went through on 19 March 1996.

As a controversial activist, she is popular among her supporters, who refer to her as the 'Mother of the Nation', yet reviled by others, mostly due to her alleged involvement in several human rights abuses, including the torture and murder of 14-year old Stompie Moeketsi in 1989.

In March 2009, the Independent Electoral Commission ruled that Winnie Mandela, who was selected as an ANC candidate, could run in the April 2009 general election, despite having a fraud conviction. **

A film I definitely want to see

Nigerian man marries daughter to get her UK Visa

2009-11-19T15:07:00.001+01:00

A Nigerian Home Office worker, Jelili Adesanya, 54, married his own daughter to get her a British visa.

Mr Adesanya has lived in the UK for more than 30 years and holds a British passport, but wanted his daughter, her husband and their four sons to join him from Nigeria.

He faked a wedding ceremony complete with a photograph of the happy 'couple' which helped convince immigration officials that his daughter, Karimotu Adenike, was really his wife.

Miss Adenike, who is in her mid-30s, was duly granted permission to live in the UK.
The pair are waiting for her to be granted a permanent right to remain before they undergo a quiet divorce and attempt to bring the rest of her family here. **

Source: Daily mail UK.