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Monday 7 October 2013

Jay Z and Beyonce Named No.1 Power Couple in America

Vanity Fair has named Jay Z and Beyonce the No.1 power couple in America, beating the Obama's to the top position. According to Vanity Fair's 'New Establishment' for 2013, Jay Z and Beyonce, who were ranked number 8 last year, are the most important powers that be in the U.S this year.

Helping them nab the top honor was Jay Z's new album, Magna Carter Holy Grail, which went double platinum and Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime performance, plus selling out her world tour and releasing a documentary about her life on HBO.

See Vanity Fair's top 25 New Establishment ranking for 2013 after the cut...

Iyanya hacked on Twitter and Facebook

Press statement from Iyanya's Made Men Music Group below..
In the past few hours Nigerian entertainer, Iyanya Mbuk along with his manager Ubi Franklin have been the victims of hacking.
Regrettably, the individual(s) involved have posted false endorsements on Iyanya’s Facebook page and Twitter with the aim of deceiving fans and followers for personal gain, and have maliciously changed Ubi Franklin’s Twitter handle.
We’re currently working with Twitter and Facebook to regain access to the accounts and in the meantime fans can continue to interact with Iyanya via his official Instagram account (@Iyanya).
Iyanya apologises for any inconvenience caused and urges fans to ignore any requests that the hackers might make.

Julius Agwu and wife welcome son

Comedian Julius Agwu and his wife, Ibiere, welcomed a baby boy today October 7th. Ibiere gave birth to the little bundle of joy in a hospital in the US. The new addition to the family has been named Zadok Chibuike Julius Agwu. Julius and Ibiere already have a 4 year old daughter, Zahra Agwu. Congrats to them.

Beauty of the day: Bonario Nnag's younger sister Cynthia Nnags

This lovely lady above is Cynthia Chinazo Nnags, the younger sister of LIB House Speaker Bonario Nnags...hehe. 19 year old Cynthia is a final year student of Mass Communications, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Cute girl. Please be nice, remember this is LIB commenter Bonario's sister...:-). See more photos after the cut...

Lol. Check out what Sean Tizzle wore to CokoBar concert yesterday

Fast rising music star Sean Tizzle performed at the CokoBar Music Festival that took place last night at Indigo 02 and he showed up in that costume. Lol. Very creative! See another photo after the cut...

Sex at an early age made Chris Brown a beast in the bedroom

No wonder Rihanna & Karrueche want to die there. Hehe. In a recent interview Chris Brown recalls losing his virginity at age eight and how it made him a beast in the bedroom...

From The Guardian
He lost his virginity when he was eight years old, to a local girl who was 14 or 15. Seriously? "Yeah, really. Uh-huh." He grins and chuckles. "It's different in the country." Brown grew up with a great gang of boy cousins, and they watched so much porn that he was raring to go. "By that point, we were already kind of like hot to trot, you know what I'm saying? Like, girls, we weren't afraid to talk to them; I wasn't afraid. So, at eight, being able to do it, it kind of preps you for the long run, so you can be a beast at it. You can be the best at it." (Now 24, he doesn't want to say how many women he's slept with: "But you know how Prince had a lot of girls back in the day? Prince was, like, the guy. I'm just that, today. But most women won't have any complaints if they've been with me. They can't really complain. It's all good."

Obey, MI, Yemi Sax dazzle Lagos as Glo Evergreen Series takes off

The setting of the show was regal. Only few guests could resist the allure of watching a fusion of different generations of music. With a saxophonist, a rapper and an iconic juju musician billed to thrill guests, many were positively anxious to see what such a premium assemblage would deliver in such an alluring ambience.  

Indeed, the performers did not disappoint the ‎guests who looked every inch delectable in their gorgeous attires. The concert paraded the legend, Commander Ebenezer Obey and the duo of talented M.I Abaga and Yemi Sax. Continue...

Lol, African China says he has 168 children

It's either the PM New reporter that did the interview didn't hear right, or African China was just messing with him. Below is what PM News is reporting...
This may sound incredible but popular music artiste, Chinagorom Onuoha, better known as African China, insists he had 168 kids from different women before he got married.
Speaking with P.M.News Sunday in Festac Town, Lagos, Onuoha disclosed that he is not a sex-freak but he was unable to turn down sexual advances from his teeming female fans.
Onuoha, who sometime ago was involved in a sex scandal in the UK, said he decided to accept the pregnancies because he did not want the ladies to abort the pregnancies.
“It is not that I enjoy running after the opposite sex, but as a star, I always find them around me and there's no way I can just chase them away. As a matter of fact, I had an option of telling the ladies to abort the pregnancies but I know the Bible is against such.”
Yeah right you have 168 children in your mid 30's, Mr China. Continue..

Agagu family insensitive to continue with the burial says Association of Undertakers

Funeral managers in Lagos are not happy with late Gov Agagu's family, Encomium magazine reports exclusively. The Association of Undertakers in Lagos are of the opinion that the Agagu family were insensitive to their plight by going ahead with the burial of the former governor when their own man, Mr Tunji Okusanya of MIC did not only lose his life but also his son and four of his staff in the plane crash on Thursday October 3rd. (Mr Okusanya and his son pictured above)

So for this members of the association refused to sell another casket to the Agagu family or partake in the funeral rites. In an interview with Mr Deinde Harrison, the boss of Ebony Caskets & Funeral Managers, he told Encomium the association's anger with the Agagu family. Read the interview after the cut...

Photos: Halima Abubakar acquires 2011 Crysler Convertible Dodge

The actress and movie producer recently acquired a 2011 Chrysler Convertible Dodge full option and a mini fridge with auto convert roof top. Heard the car cost between N5million - N15 million. I can't be specific with the price before you people start abusing me. lol. See pics of the car after the cut...

9 year old boy hops plane to Vegas, alone and without ticket

A 9 year old boy did the unthinkable in the US last week; he went through airport security with other passengers, and hopped on a flight to Las Vegas on his own without a plane ticket.

The Transportation Security Administration officials said they are still trying to figure out how he did it. CNN reports
Patrick Hogan, a spokesman for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, said the crew of Delta Flight 1651 "became suspicious of the child's circumstances" during the flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas. Crew members got in touch with authorities in Las Vegas and turned the boy over to Child Protective Services, Hogan said in a statement.
"Fortunately, the flight crew took appropriate actions to ensure the child's safety, so the story does have a good ending," he said. Delta said it takes the incident "very seriously" and is working with authorities.

Flood With Love Campaign with Monalisa Chinda

Have you donated yet? Please text Flood to 35388 to help with the Flood Relief and Rehabilitation Process. Thank you as you donate. Continue to see another photo...

John Dumelo donates supplies to deprived school in Cameroon

Ghanaian leading man, John Dumelo donated school supplies including pencils, chalks, erasers and exercise books to over 100 pupils of St. John Of God Catholic School in Cameroon, via his John Dumelo Foundation. The school, located in a town called Bonadikombo, around where the actor had been filming, also got an unspecified amount of money to help in running the school.

John Dumelo visited Cameroon right after his short trip to the US, and he was in the coastal town of Limbe where he shot a movie as well as part of his upcoming reality TV show. He promised to go back to help renovate the school building. More photos after the cut...

Mrs Fashola set to flag-off the 2013 annual 'Pink Ride Lagos'

To commemorate October Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Pink Pearl Foundation, a public service charity organization is organizing a one-day campaign tagged, “Pink Ride Lagos” on Saturday, 12th October 2013.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. While most people are aware of breast cancer, many forget to take the steps to have a plan to detect the disease in its early stages and encourage others to do the same. Pink Pearl Foundation continues to instil the knowledge of cervical and breast cancer amongst Nigerian women. Continue...

Fan goes crazy at CokoBar concert, shows crowd her goodies while dancing

The CokoBar Music Festival took place last night Sunday 6th October 2013 at London's o2 Indigo and one of the most memorable incident of the night was when a fan (pictured above) was picked from the crowd to come on stage to flex her dancing skills to Flavour's music. The lady got on stage and started out pretty okay, she bounced and shook her bum bum to a delighted crowd...the cheering must have gotten to her because she then went totally crazy, and gave concert goers a peek of her 'selling point' lol. Check out the photos after the cut...*warning* Booty on display :-)

Federal Government suspends Dana Air license again

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the operations of Dana Air...again. The suspension was announced on Sunday night October 6th by the Coordinating General Manager for the aviation parastatals, Mr. Yakubu Dati.

The NCAA said it shut Dana’s operations to enable it conduct an operational audit of the carrier and its planes. This suspension makes it the third time the NCAA would ground Dana Air over safety and other related issues since the crash of Dana flight 992 that killed over 150 passengers in June 2012.

Sunday 6 October 2013

NCAA suspends operations of Associated Airlines following crash

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has suspended the operations of Associated Airlines, following the ill-fated crash that occurred on Thursday October 3rd, which killed 13 passengers.

NCAA announced the suspension yesterday Saturday October 5th via it's Director-General, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu. He said;
“Associated Airlines operations have been suspended by the NCAA. Let me say for the purpose of clarity, I said their operations, I mean all their operations of Associated Airline have been suspended by the NCAA. I did not say any certification was cancelled but all operations.”
Capt Akinkuotu explained that the suspension of the airline is to pave the way for ongoing probe into the cause of the crash.

Ozzybosco Wonderkid loves Nigeria

Due to the current situation and turmoil in the African Continent; non-existence of peace and the like, the Tinini crooner OzzyBosco Wonderkid has hit it again, this time advocating for peace and love in our country Nigeria. To demonstrate his love of peace and unity for his motherland, he has therefore released a hit song titled “Let Peace Reign” featuring the African Lion, Terry G and his lovely sister, Princess U to commemorate Nigerian 53rd Independent Anniversary. The thought-provoking master piece is already making waves all over the social networks, nook and cranny of the African Continent. Continue...

Mo Abudu listed among the 25 Most Powerful Women in Global TV

The Founder and Chief Executive of EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu has been listed among the 25 Most Powerful Women in Global TV by The Hollywood Reporter. Well deserved. #inspired!

World’s biggest comedians storm Nigeria for Glo Laftafest

Two of America’s hottest comedians, Tony Roberts and Deeray Davis will team up with Africa’s hottest comedians including the continent’s number one rib-tickler, Ndumiso Lindi of South Africa, Uganda’s Salvado and A-list Nigerian comedians to give Nigerians a comic treat of a lifetime at the Glo mega Laftafest shows scheduled for Lagos and Abuja in October.

Aptly tagged Invasion LOL, this season’s Glo Laftafest has been rated as Nigeria’s greatest comedy shows of the year.

Other top-rated comedians slated to perform at the shows to be hosted by Basketmouth include Ali Baba, Bovi, Okey Bakassi, Akparoro, I Go Dye, Klint de Drunk, Buchi, Gordons, Funny Bone, Bash, Emeka Smith, Julius Agwu, Sim Card. Continue...

Photos: Associated Airline hostesses Queeneth & Toyin in hospital

Two crew members of Associated Airline survived the plane crash that happened on Thursday morning. Toyin Samson (pictured above) and Queeneth Owolabi (pictured after the cut) were siting at the back of the plane when it went down. They are currently being treated for third degree burns at the Ikeja General Hospital. Queeneth is in a worse shape than Toyin who can talk and communicate with visitors. See a pic of Queeneth, who is a mother of two, after the cut...

Pics & Scoops from the Etisalat-sponsored Sisters with Soul Concert

Those who were at the Sisters with Soul concert with America’s queen of soul, Mary J Blige, swore that she did not disappoint. Seyi Shay, Eva Alordiah, Ms. Jaie, Niyola, Jodie, Munachi, Temi Dollface, Emma Nyra, DJ Cuppy also performed at the Expo Centre of Eko Hotel and they too made us proud.  Etisalat Nigeria and Kilimanjaro certainly got it right once again, following the Chris Brown Concert of December, last year. Continue...

Ex-beauty queen Nike Oshinowo welcomes twins via surrogacy

Wanted to get more info before posting. So here's what I found out. The former beauty queen welcomed a set of twins - a boy and a girl, via surrogacy a few months ago in the US. Nike and the twins returned to Nigeria on Monday September 30th. The twins are Nike's biological children but was carried and birthed by another woman - something like what Giuliana and Bill Rancic did. The identity of the children's father is currently unknown but there are indications that Nike bought sperm from a sperm bank in the US. The 47 year old who has over the years battled endometriosis already has two adopted children. Congrats to her.

Why Agagu's casket was intact after plane crash that killed 13

Not only was the casket carrying Agagu's corpse intact after the plane crashed on Thursday morning, people who opened the casket shortly after the crash said the cap on his head stayed intact and his body wasn't ruffled. These discoveries have baffled so many, with some insinuating it's juju. But the reason is really simple. The casket was latched to the hooks in the cargo compartment of the plane and was placed in the rear end of the plane. People who sat at the back of the plane survived the crash, so the casket, which was kept at the back also survived the crash.

Meanwhile during his burial on Friday, his widow Funke Agagu insisted on seeing the body before he is buried. She was photographed praying for the body before he was lowered into his grave. See the photo after the cut *viewer discretion advised*

'I thought my son would succeed me" - Grief-stricken Olu Falae

Chief Olu Falae lost his son, Deji Falae, on Thursday 3rd October in the Associated Airline plane which crashed shortly after take-off. The former Secretary to the Federal Government said he lost a political successor in his son. Deji, who was the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Ondo State, led the state government’s delegation to accompany the corpse of  former Ondo State governor, Chief Olusegun Agagu from Lagos to Akure, for the a state burial.

Falae, who was still grieving over the loss, told the visiting Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, that he had reached the peak of his political sojourn.
“I was looking forward to seeing Deji take over from me, because I have reached the peak of my being in politics. I will miss him so much,” he said.
Tambuwal had visited the home of the chieftain to commiserate with him and his family over the Thursday plane crash. Tambuwal said Deji was his friend and had sent useful text messages to him on how to move the country forward, four days before the unfortunate incident. (Punch)

Plane crash victim Akeem Akintunde's last Facebook message

Akeem worked for M.I.C and was one of the fatalities of the Associated Airlines plane that killed 13 people on Thursday. He actually posted this message a few hours before he died in the crash.

Between VP Atiku Abubakar and his daughter, Amina

This happened a few days back but it's still nice to read...:-)

Photo: Tiwa Savage goes parasailing in Mauritius

Quite bold!

Watch: Miley Cyrus Spoofs MTV Video Music Awards on SNL

Miley Cyrus’ MTV Video Music Awards performance was spoofed in the cold opening of “Saturday Night Live” yesterday, which saw SNL actor Kenan Thompson living in the future and blaming Miley's controversial performance for the demise of civilization in a post-apocolyptic America set in 2045. In the sketch, 'Robin Thicke' and 'Will Smith' comment on her controversial performance, and she’s even presented with a 'Molly' doll.

The sketch has been labelled worst in recent history. The Las Vegas Guardian Express wrote: 
 'A well-placed source had reported that Miley would twerk, rip into Sinead O’Conner and possibly even 'cross boundaries' because of the late hour of the show. Some fans said she may end up costing the network money because she could perhaps treat the viewing audience to more nudity than we’ve seen already. Instead of pushing limits or crossing boundaries, she hosted the worst episode in recent SNL history.'
See the video after the cut...

Rita Dominic flies her personal assistant to the US on holiday

Having a boss like Rita Dominic must be awesome. The star actress is currently in London but a few weeks ago, she went on holiday to the US and decided to take her longtime personal assistant, Kate Okpo, with her. They visited New York and Las Vegas and stayed in luxury suites

Rita told friends who queried the economic sense behind such gesture that it is her own way of rewarding the young girl who has been dedicated to her job.

Kate said working for Rita Dominic is by far the best job she's ever had.

Is Annie Idibia having a boy?

The mother of one who is currently pregnant with her second child with husband 2face Idibia posted a pic of her nephew on her instagram page yesterday and said she couldn't wait to have hers. Annie is over five months pregnant so she should know what sex she's having by now, abi? Annie already has a 4 and a half year old daughter named Isabella. A boy would be so cool.

How we survived the plane crash, by Feyi Agagu

A close family friend of Feyi, son of late Chief Agagu, who is one of the survivors of the ill fated Associated Airlines flight, told Vanguard that he (Feyi) was initially reluctant to enter the plane after seeing how old it looked. (The exact plane pictured right). He and others survived basically by sitting at the back of the plane. Below is what a family insider Feyi spoke to said;
“The young man said that once they got to the tarmac before boarding and once he sighted the plane, what struck him was the seemingly very old look of the plane. Feyi said he didn’t like the looks of the plane. He also said but for the importance and significance of the trip, his inner sense didn’t feel comfortable boarding the plane.
"In fact, Feyi said he told another survivor, Femi Akinsanya, that the plane looked too old and he didn’t feel like boarding. But Feyi said he was told not to get himself worked up needlessly since this was not going to be his first time aboard a plane neither would this be the first old-looking plane that he would board. That was how he said he boarded the plane”.
“Feyi recounted how he and Femi Akinsanya boarded the plane and moved straight to the back end to take up seats. Why Feyi chose the back seat”, the source said, “was more a function of his state of mind about the state of the plane rather than a preference for taking a back seat.

Deliverance at SCOAN: Comedian Okey Bakassi defends Jim Iyke

In support of Jim Iyke, the comedian said, 
“I’m fed up with all the noise about my actor colleague who gained independence from ‘demonic influence  or ‘deliverance’ at Synagogue. I respect him for seeking spiritual help when others are shying away from the reality of their situation. Even those who are ‘demons’ themselves are throwing insults at Jim.
“Our level of hypocrisy in Nigeria is nauseating. Established ‘sinners’ find it convenient to throw stones at those whose stories become public, making it more difficult for people to seek help. If you have never presented yourself for ‘deliverance’ keep quiet because you’re not sure of what forces are speaking through you.”

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