Saturday, 28 September 2013
Beverly Osu and Angelo Collins reunite in Lagos
Photos from Daisy Danjuma's son's wedding
Agbani stunning in traditional attire at Daisy Danjuma son's wedding
Photos from Uche Nnaji's wedding
Miss Philippines crowned Miss World 2013, Miss Ghana came 3rd
President Jonathan to speak on current national issues tomorrow
President Jonathan will in the course of the programme, answer questions from a panel of journalists on current national issues and events, as well as policies and actions of his administration. Members of the public who have questions they will like the President to respond to on the programme may send them in via Twitter to @mediachatng1.
The programme will be broadcast live on the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and the Voice of Nigeria (VON). Other television and radio stations are enjoined to hook up to NTA and FRCN to relay the programme to their viewers and listeners.
Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) September 28, 2013
MI, Burna Boy, others, celebrate Nigeria with Close Up Loves Naija Concerts
With Nigeria’s 53rd Independence
anniversary just a few days away, Nigeria’s top music artistes have gathered to
celebrate with concerts in different locations across the country.
The concerts will feature MI, Olamide, Burna
Boy, Chidinma, Phyno and DJ Jimmy Jatt at Silverbird
Galleria in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja on the 1st of October, 2013. The events will comprise full games and
activities from 10am and free for all to attend, so mark it down in your
calendar.
For more information log on to www.facebook.com/closeupng. The Countdown begins! Naija get ready!!! See more photos from last year’s concert after the cut..
Chris Brown tells Kanye West to hire 'street thugs' for protection
A day after Kanye West blasted US Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel for making a comedy spoof of his BBC Radio One interview, Chris Brown has shown his support for Kanye, telling him directly on Twitter to hire 'street thugs' for protection against the media. You can watch the video that got Kanye angry after the cut...
Mary J Blige in Lagos
Banky W is single again + says Nigerian Ent. industry is more fame than fortune
I don’t believe very much in such things. Let’s be honest, the real wealthy people are the businessmen like Dangote and the politicians (some of whom got there by looting Nigeria). They’re the ones with real money. This entertainment business is too much hype. It is more fame than fortune. So I’m not thrilled by it and I don’t think any of us should buy into it too much. I’d rather be wealthy and quiet than famous and broke.Read the full interview after the cut..
Photo: Annie Idibia cradles baby bump
New Video: Trafic - Bad Girls Crew
323 Entertainment and award-winning singer & Grammy nominated songwriter Tiwa Savage proudly present the next big thing in Nigerian music, the head-turning sensation, Trafic! Watch his brand new video above and continue to read more about him...
Friday, 27 September 2013
It's finally happened. Khloe Kardashian drops Odom from her name
Khloe has removed her husband's name from her instagram page and now from her Twitter page. 5...4...3...2.. before they announce the divorce...
Meanwhile friends of Lamar insist he didn't send the Tweet that bashed his father for calling out the Kardashians. Sources told TMZ that Lamar Odom is holed up without Internet (by choice) and has no idea his father even gave an interview. So someone else must have sent that Tweet from his account
Genevieve Nnaji attends Vanessa Amadi's bachelorette party
Governor Fashola and His ''Apology'' - by Femi Fani Kayode
There can be little doubt that the relocation of the 19 igbo destitute from Lagos state a few months ago was a lawful exercise and that it was done in the interest of Lagos state. Consequently I do not believe that Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola ought to have tendered any form of apology whatsoever to the igbo for what he did. The only redeeming factor is the fact that the apology was obviously designed simply to calm frayed nerves and I commend Fashola for that gesture if nothing else. I say this because my understanding is that he apologised NOT for the deportation itself but for ''the misunderstanding that arose from it''. There is a world of difference between the two. I also commend him for admonishing the igbo to develop their own region and to decide whether they are ''igbo before they are Nigerians or Nigerians before they are igbo''.
Single premiere: Moeck - Below (produced by Del B)
The duo delivers once again on the banging club banging beat crafted by the Limpopo hit maker; boasting a video in works, there is no stopping these brothers. For now, download, listen, share and 'Konko Below' after the cut...
Oprah Winfrey says she'll leave this earth as a 'never married' woman
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.”
US report says Boko Haram may have anti-aircraft missiles
From Punch
A report by a committee of the United States House of Representatives has linked the fundamentalist Islamist sect, Boko Haram to al Shabaab, the terror group that carried out the September 21 Westgate Mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya.
The report dated September 13, 2013 and entitled, ‘Boko Haram: Growing Threat to the US Homeland’, also acknowledged the growing relationship between the Nigerian sect and another terror group, the Al Qaeda in the land of the Islamic Maghreb.
The 39-page report noted that “while there is no evidence that al Qaeda’s core in Afghanistan and Pakistan commands Boko Haram’s operations, it is clear from the words of multiple US officials and media reports that Boko Haram is supportive of, and supported by Al Qaeda networks such as AQIM.”
Photos: Angry Arik Air passengers block Abuja airport runway
The passengers, who disembarked from an Arik Air flight, blocked the Abuja runway because the flight they took from Abuja to Calabar was not allowed to land in Calabar around 5.30pm for safety reasons - the runway lightening was poor, forcing the pilot to return the passengers to Abuja.
The passengers now felt the best way to express their anger was to prevent other planes from taking off or landing at the Abuja airport. Continue...
Photos from Rukky Sanda's movie premiere
Photo: Football legend Lionel Messi arrives in court for tax fraud case
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!
Photos: DavidO and his crew hang out with footballer, Samuel Eto'o
Governor Fashola apologizes to the Igbos over destitude deportation
Governor Fashola tendered his apology at a ceremony to mark the Silver Jubilee anniversary of Aka Ikenga, an Igbo social-cultural group in Lagos. He said:
“The truth is that I do not have a problem with the Igbos, they know that because the largest herd of cattle I received during my father’s burial came from the Ndigbo. Those people who came under their many colours are not people I have a problem with, they are my kindred and my people. Also, there were people who did not clearly understand me and they have misunderstood words said or misrepresented actions taken in the way that it has pleased them to do so. To those people, I owe an explanation, not a defence of what has happened and that is partly why I am here.
The 'White Widow' behind the Kenyan mall massacre was in Nigeria
According to a report by UK Daily Mirror, Samantha Lewthwaite, the British woman known as the “White Widow” accused
of masterminding the Kenyan shopping mall
massacre that left 68 people dead and over 170 injured was in Nigeria sometime ago and evaded detection.
From Daily Mirror;
If White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite is on the run she will be hard to catch. If Lewthwaite were to be on the run in Kenya, Nigeria or Somalia, it would be a easier to evade detection than in Europe. She would be wearing a veil, and sensitivities about searching Muslim women would be observed so she could easily slip through difficult checkpoints.
In Nigeria, where police forces are notoriously corrupt, there were reports she was almost caught a while ago, but she bribed her way out of trouble. Extremist communities such as al-Shabaab are tight-knit in these countries, making it difficult to recruit agents to penetrate them and trace her.
Iwuanyawu's kids were not in support of his marriage' - family source
"Nwadiuto Iheakanwa couldn't have granted that interview because she was sick in a foreign hospital and therefore did not grant any interview and she wasn't even at the wedding. We also know that Iwuanyawu's children did not support their father marrying a girl young enough to be his granddaughter. His first grandchild is 19 years old and this lady is not even up to 26 like is being reported in the media. Iwuanyanwu would threaten fire and brimstone to anyone who dares his choice. Truly all is not well in the family"
Inspired Autos unveils all new 2014 Range Rover Sport Supercharged
Speaking in Lagos, The Managing Director/CEO, Inspired Autos Ltd, Mr Abimbola Akin-Emmanuel said the All New 2014 Range Rover Sport Supercharged is Like Nothing You've Ever seen Before, This is a hallmark Land Rover representing true breadth of capability with incredible on-road and off-road handling and performance." See more photos of the vehicle after the cut...
Epic fight! Kanye West VS talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel
Kanye West went on Twitter a few hours ago to slam popular US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel for making a comedy spoof of one of his 'honest' interviews.' Jimmy Kimmel Live poked fun at Kanye's much-talked-about interview with BBC Radio One and the rapper went off on twitter. This is rare so it's kind of epic! Lol Check out more Tweets from Kanye and Jimmy Kimmel's response after the cut.
Okada man flings himself in front of oncoming trailer over seizure of his bike
According to a report by Nigerian Tribune, the unidentified Okada man was stopped by officers of the Oyo State Commercial Vehicle Registration Unit and upon checking his papers, alleged they were fake, after which they seized his Okada.
According to eyewitnesses the man pleaded with the officers for a while but when his begging fell on deaf ears, he attempted suicide by flinging himself in front of two on coming vehicles.
Fortunately there were people around the area to rescue him both times. He later went into shock and started foaming from the mouth. Some policemen arrived the scene and took the man to the hospital.
Graphic photos: Train kills man (cuts him into pieces) in Oshodi
Some eyewitnesses said the man threw himself in front of the train, some said he was just walking across the railway track with his friends when a train coming from Agege approached early yesterday morning around the Bolade area of Oshodi. Don't know which one is accurate but there's one fact; the unidentified man was crushed into pieces by the train. When I say into pieces, I mean head off, hand off, leg off, cut into two from the stomach. Horrific!
Video: Another police extortion caught on tape
This one happened in Onitsha Area Command, in Anambra State. Officers: Stephen Iduh, Anselem Ukachukwu, J. O Daudu of the Servicom Unit. as at Friday 20th Sept. 2013.
The police tried to extort these people of N10,000 after taking them to the station (and parking them outside, not inside the station. Watch the video...
The police tried to extort these people of N10,000 after taking them to the station (and parking them outside, not inside the station. Watch the video...
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Off to the UK for my birthday party in Manchester and London
Also, let me use this opportunity to say something that I've been carrying in heart for a week. Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes...I think LIB broke a record - 4658 comments. Unbelievable! I appreciate your kind words and will be forever grateful for all the support you show me.
Will get back to blogging as soon as I land in the UK. Cheers guys! Kisses!!!
Comedian Bovi and wife welcome baby girl
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Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Baileys to give consumers an unforgettable experience at the Sisters with Soul Concert
At the SWS concert, Baileys will be giving consumers an experience of a lifetime with the following;
Emporium of Desire lounge at VIP entranceAlso some tickets would be given out at Get arena today Wednesday 25th 2013 at Industry Nite.
Bar in the VIP area.
Make up for first 100 ladies from BM Pro.