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Saturday 1 February 2014

Forbes list of the 10 Most Powerful Men in Africa 2014

Forbes magazine has released its 2014 list of The 10 Most Powerful Men In Africa and 3 Nigerians made it. They are;

1. Simdul Shagaya: Tech Entrepreneur and Founder of Konga.com and DealDey.com (pictured right)
2. Chinedu Echeruo: Tech Entrepreneur & Founder of Hopstop.com and Tripology.com (pictured left)
3. Kola Karim, Nigeria, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Shoreline Energy International.

See the others after the cut...

New Music: Sunkanmi's official singles Cassanova and Tenumo out!

Fast rising singer Sunkanmi has released two new singles, Cassanova and Tenuo. Listen to Cassanova below and Tenumo after the cut...

Oh dear! Justin Bieber photographed sucking on a stripper's boobs

Oh Justin. I excuse his behaviour because of his age, I mean he's only 19 and this is the time for him to experience and have fun but I hope he doesn't spiral out of control and end his young career.

Anyhoo, TMZ has obtained an exclusive pic which shows the singer and one of his best pals, rapper Khalil Sharieff sucking on a strippers nipples - one breast each - during a recent party.

TMZ reports that the stripper was hired to 'perform' for Justin and his pals during a party at an L.A. recording studio and she came with fully-loaded giant fake breasts & rainbow-colored Playboy tattoo.

During the party, Justin and Khalil decided to suck on the strippers boobs at the same time and even allowed a photo to be taken. See the pic after the cut  *Adult Content*...

Photos: Tania and Wizkid share bedroom pics

Nothing raunchy but still sweet. The longtime lovers shared photos from inside their bedroom on their instagram pages. The pics show Wizkid lying in bed while Tania's well manicured nails covers his mouth in one pic and holds his hands in another.

Wizkid also shared a pic of what his bedroom looks like. Really nice. See that after the cut...

Actress Halima Abubakar acquires new ride

A few months after acquiring a 2011 Chrysler Convertible (Read it here) Halima Abubakar has bought herself another car. The actress, who is currently in New York on holiday, showed off a red Nissan convertible on her instagram page today and wrote what you see above. Congrats to her...

Dear LIB readers: I'm married to a man who may be gay

From a female LIB reader
"I was scrolling through my hubby's phone and I came across love messages between him and his boss, who is a man. At first I thought maybe he saved the name on the phone with his boss' name but it was actually him. I was so shocked and it took me a while to confront him. When I eventually confronted him about the text he said I misunderstood it. I'm not an illiterate I know what I read. We have a 2 year old son and now I'm scared to leave him alone with him. I don't want him to infect my son...worse still molest him. I don't even know what to do right now. He reads this blog, hopefully he sees this.

New music: Tiwa Savage - Love In Yellow

With so much love in the air, Tiwa savage decided to do a special Valentine song - Love In Yellow, produced by Spellz. Enjoy below...

Africa China's new look + explains what has kept him out of music

Reporters ran into one-time most sought after/most talked about music artiste in Nigeria, Africa China, this week and asked him what has kept him out of the music scene for so long. The music star who is currently working on a collabo with Flavour and 2face Idibia said he left music temporarily to raise his children, but is fully back now
"I've been working but after becoming a father, I told myself I needed to concentrate fully and see what fatherhood is all about. I do not want to have a scattered home. You know its not easy. I know I may not be able to manage stardom and family so I had to quit one for another. No that I left music but just I just wanted to relax and face my family. I left music for them but now that my kids are grown up, I think I can hit the streets. I'm good to go." He says. Continue...

"I bought cars for all six of my children" - Actor Pete Edochie

The veteran actor said to motivate each of his six children, he bought them all cars upon graduation from the university.
"I wanted to motivate them and keep them away from peer pressure. Parents must be able to motivate their children and set target for them. The minimum target for each of them was to graduate from higher institution; their reward upon graduation is a car. And where I come from, it is important to keep one’s word; I bought the car for each of them. Yul who is over 30 (pictured above) is the last born and he got his too.” Pete Edochie tells The Nollywood Reporter
The celebrated actor who has been married for over 45 years said his marriage is about the longest in the industry and he never thought of taking a new wife.
“I married early and have remained married since then. What am I looking for a second wife for? I married a woman who gave me six children, what could I possibly be looking for in another woman that I didn’t get from this woman? There is no reason for it"

Official Gidi Culture Festival sound track by Maleek Berry out now!

Gidi Culture Festival released its much anticipated sound  track ‘Carnival” to the upcoming beach festival set to hit lagos in March 2014. The album was produced by hit churning machine and Starboy producer, Maleek Berry, who produced some of last year’s chart toppers, The Matter feat Wizkid.

Woman sets self, hubby ablaze

According to a report by Sun News, a woman in Imo state set herself, her husband and their home ablaze after finding out that her husband of 12 years was planning to get rid of her because she was barren, and bring in another woman who already had two children for him and pregnant for the 3rd child. Read the full story from Sun below...
They died together - by fire. The house they both shared as man and wife is also in ruins, burnt to the ground. As at the time of writing this report, the charred body of the woman lay morbidly in the midst of the debris. Approaching the burnt building, certain eerie feeling hits with a good impact. The man, who was saved from dying with his wife inside the fire, died on the way to hospital. “You can say both of them died together,” observed a shocked, grieving neighbour.
The puzzle now is not just that the couple, Patience and Monday Chilaekezie died by fire. To the Umuodu community in Ezinihitte Local Government Area of Imo State, it is that they can hardly understand why Patience could have been so incensed and callous to the extent of setting herself and her husband on fire.

Hottie of the day: Tosin Igho

Tosin Igho is the son of former Director General of NTA, Peter Igho. He is also a rapper, music video director, cinematographer and movie producer. See more photos of the hot dude after the cut...

Ebube Nwagbo shares photos of her smoking on set of new movie

Pics taken on the set of a movie. The actress shared the photos on her twitter page and captioned it '#In D Line of Duty#WorkMode#'

Photos: Kanye West's face appears on woman's knee

LMAO. Didn't some weird dude start a Church of Kanye West called Yeezianity? Now his face is appearing on people's body parts? Choi! Hope Kanye is not convinced he's the next Messiah o...

His face mysteriously appeared on a woman's knee (pictured above). The pic, which was first posted on Reddit on Jan. 30th has gone viral with over 2million views so far. What no one knows for sure is if it's for real or a hoax. I chose hoax...photo-shopping at it's best. See more photos after the cut...

New Video by Patrick Elis - Prince Adex "Ogodo Hip Hop"

Fast-rising star, Prince Adex stuns in this new video directed by Patrick Elis. The video is a clever brew of culture and comedy stirred with captivating cinematography and surprising performance from the young new comer. Enjoy...

Dude Tetsola denies being married, claims he represented his brother

LOL, this is one of the weirdest things I've heard in a long time. So hip hop artiste Dude Tetsola is denying being married weeks after it was reported that he married his longtime Dublin-based fiancee Stephanie Ogbeiwi. Their traditional wedding took place on November 9th in Benin while their court wedding took place at the Federal Marriage Registry, Ikoyi, Lagos on the 30th of November.

Two months later, Dude is denying being married. According to what he told Punch, the marriage was by proxy as he only represented his brother who couldn’t attend his wedding.
“I stood in for my elder brother. He couldn’t get his visa. They saw the pictures and people started saying I got married. Please, it is not me. I am not yet married. My girlfriend left me. She still doesn’t believe the story that I am not married even after my mother called her to explain to her. I have even talked to her elder brother who said I should let her be. I don’t know why people would not verify a story before they write about it. If I want to marry, I will invite people and let them know about it. It will not be a hidden thing.” he told Saturday Punch
You stood in for your brother and the bride is sitting on your laps and y'all are looking at each other with love? And is it even allowed, to stand in for someone at the registry? Never heard of it. Who believes him? He's trying to promote a new single, so maybe...anyhoo, continue to see wedding pics

Happy New Month, People!!

Wishing you all more blessings, more miracles and the very best this month of love and always.

Friday 31 January 2014

Dear Nigerian internet users, have y'all seen the proposed Cyber Crime bill?

How many of you internet users in Nigeria have seen the proposed Cyber-Crime bill which is before the House of Reps? For insulting someone online, you can get a 5year jail term. Like, for real? I don't understand why this government is not focusing on important things. They are now trying to clip the wings of news sites, blogs, readers/commenters and users of social media? They better not pass this bill into law. What about freedom of speech and expression? Find it below, culled from Punch...
For using profane language on other people or pelting them with insults or abusive words on social networking sites, Internet users in Nigeria risk a jail term that ranges between 12 months and five years.
Section 18 sub-section 1 of the Cyber-Crime Bill 2013, which is pending before the House of Representatives, expressly states that anybody who “insults publicly, through a computer system or network” commits an offence and will be liable on conviction to imprisonment “for a term of not less than five years or to a fine of not less than N10m or to both fine and imprisonment.” Continue...it gets more interesting

WTH? California allows first-ever state recognized human-animal marriage?

What kind of report is this? Are they for real or just messing with people? According to this report, a man in San Francisco has legally married his dog in a church officiated by a priest and witnessed by family members. Read this bizarre story below culled from Nationalreport.net
On Monday history was made at the Chapel of Our Lady at the Presidio in San Francisco as the first-ever state recognized human-animal marriage took place.
Local resident 35-year-old Paul Horner was the groom during the ceremony. Joining him was his faithful dog Mac who is 36-years-old in dog years. Mac also decided to be the groom but ended up wearing a white veil at the last moment.

Man accuses Chinese boss of brutality in Ogun state

According to a report by Punch, a 40 year old man is accusing his Chinese boss and his cousin of brutalizing him. Full report below...
A newly hired employee of a Chinese firm based in the Sagamu area of Ogun State has accused his Chinese boss, Mike Jackson, of brutality.
The victim, Adeleke Owolabi, told Punch Metro that Mike and his cousin, Tony Jackson, brutalised him during an argument in Mike’s office.
Owolabi said he had just been hired by Mike to be a marketer in the northern part of the country.

Wande Coal reveals he has a five year old son

In a new interview with P.M News, Wande Coal reveals he has a secret love child who is 5 years old.
"Nobody is going to surprise me anymore. Let me then announce to the whole world that I already have a five-year old son. I had the boy since 2008 before I released my debut album,‘Mushin 2 Mo’Hits’. I have been keeping it secret ever since then but think it’s high time people should know,” Wande Coal tells P.M.News.

This valentine from Jumia 101 gifts of love and a diamond ring

JUMIA, Nigeria’s No1 online shopping destination with over 100,000 items has recently launched a love themed store with 101 gifts in anticipation of the Valentine’s season.

Valentine’s Day is one of the most celebrated days of the year as it has a focus around love and showering that special someone with the perfect gift. Thus, The Valentine’s theme this year is ‘101 amazing gifts of love and a diamond ring’ for the love of your life. Continue...

OMG! Car rental company puts Bow Wow on blast after he passes off their car as his

LMAO. This is funniest thing since...OMG! So here's what happened. Rapper and 106 & Park host Bow Wow, posted this Ferrari on his instagram page and wrote what you see above. Most of his fans felt the car was his and congratulated him.

But erm, the Ferrari doesn't belong to him. A few days after he posted this, the car company he rented it from must have been annoyed that he was trying to pass off their car as his because they subtly put him on blast. See what they wrote after the cut

I6 Local Govt Chairmen, 194 Councillors defect to APC in Kwara

The tide of party defection isn't anywhere near over as 16 Local Govt Chairmen and 194 Councillors  have defected to the ruling opposition party, the All Progressive Congress, APC. The defectees were elected on the platform of PDP.

Announcing their defection today, the Chairman, ALGON, Kwara State chapter (under whose aegis they announced their defection) Mr. Abdulateef Okandeji said failure of the national leaders of the PDP to listen to their grievances is the main reason for their defection.
"I recall that following the refusal and failure of the national leaders of the PDP to address the observations and complaints of its founding members especially about the lawlessness, impunity and injustice which had become the norm and which led to the factionalisation of the PDP, our leaders decided to team up in what is known as the newPDP under the national Chairmanship of our own Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje. After exhaustive consultations and deliberations by our leaders spearheaded by Senator Bukola Saraki, it was unanimously decided that the best option for us would be to merge with the newly formed APC and work together in the overall interest of the good people of this country towards the advancement of democracy,” he said.

Man on trial for rape for 'refusing to wear a condom' during sex

30 year old Imomotimi Wilson (pictured left) is on trial for rape for refusing to wear a condom on the third time he had sex with a woman during a one night stand. Moral of this story? There are actually men who can go three times in one night! Lol. Read full story below, culled from Daily Mail
A man on trial for rape for allegedly refusing to wear a condom on the third time he had sex with a woman in a one-night stand has told the jury it was 100 per cent consensual.
Imomotimi Wilson, 30, met his alleged victim in a pub and she agreed to go back to his house but told him she would only have sex if he used protection.
They had consensual sex twice but on the third occasion claims that Wilson failed to use a condom.
The woman, a 40-year-old, said Wilson treated her 'like a piece of meat' as the alleged attack took place. She said he held her hands over her head and told her 'if you love me you'll do it' before raping her for 15-20 seconds.

Why women in entertainment find it difficult to get married - Uti Nwachukwu

During a discussion with Dolapo Oni, Bolanle Olukanni and Michelle Dede on the Boy & Girl Talk Marriage section on Moments With Mo show, Big Brother star Uti Nwachukwu said the reason why he and most men can't marry women in the Nigerian entertainment industry is because the women sleep around with big men and they know it.
"Most celebrity women in the entertainment industry have had to sleep with one big man or the other to have the comfortable life they live. Its common knowledge".
He said whenever he hangs out with his friends and they talk about getting married to actresses, that most times the men say never because they've met these actresses in private places with these big men.

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Photos: Nse Ikpe Etim gets a lil raunchy in new movie role

Nse Ikpe Etim pictured above showing off her naked back in a new movie titled Devil In The Detail shot in Ghana and produced by Shirley Frimpong and Ken Attoh. It will be out February 14.

Nse currently lives in the UK with her husband but returns to Nigeria and Ghana frequently for work. See more pics from the movie after the cut...

Meet stunning billionaire daughter, Adama Indimi

Gorgeous Adama Indimi is one of the daughters of billionaire oil magnate, Maiduguri-based Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, chairman of Oriental Energy Resources. She's is a model and runs a successful travel agency, Kauna Solutions. She is a masters degree holder from Lynn University, Florida US, and briefly dated D'banj a few years ago..:-). See more photos after the cut...

Photos: Mercy Johnson and Rukky Sanda visit iROKOtv HQ

Mercy Johnson and Rukky Sanda paid a surprise visit to the iROKOtv team at their Lagos offices in Anthony Village on Wednesday January 29th. Everyone was overjoyed to meet and spend time with the actresses, as well as show them around the beautiful new office space, recently acquired by the company. See more photos after the cut...

Photos: Comedian I Go Save welcomes baby girl with girlfriend

Popular comedian I Go Save just welcomed a beautiful baby girl with his girl friend, Becky. Becky gave birth to the couple's daughter, Aliana, on Thursday January 30th in Hanusch Hospital, Austria. I Go Save was present at the birth of his child. Big congrats to them...

Knorr Taste Quest Episode 3: The Battle Begins!

The battle has indeed begun in the Knorr Taste Quest kitchen, as our 14 finalists were presented with their very first task! 
 
In this episode they were told to take basic rice to another level, with the following ingredients; Rice, Liver, Tomato, Green Peppers, Onions, Sweet Chilli Peppers, Knorr Seasoning Cube and the key ingredient Lemon. They were given only 40 minutes to do this. 

The judges informed them that they would be judged based on their food presentation, management of ingredients and overall preparation of the food.  At the end of the cooking time, Victor emerged as the task winner and was handsomely rewarded with Twenty Thousand Naira for his efforts.

Dear LIB readers: My husband says if I get pregnant again he'd leave

From a female LIB reader
"I have three sons but I want a daughter desperately. My husband always said he wanted only two children and after the birth of our second son, he warned me not to get pregnant again. But because I wanted a girl, I got pregnant again but had another son. I still want a girl and I'm ready to go through the birthing process again but my husband says the day I tell him I'm pregnant again, he would end the marriage and walk away. I don't know how serious he is with the threat but I'm afraid to test him. What should I do? I love my sons but I really want a daughter

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