Nigeria's Next Super Model '09 Contestants

The 3rd edition of this prestigious modeling contest will take place in November in Calabar.

Check out the 14 finalists...

Gorgeous girls...

Oh how I wish I was eighteen again...*sigh* lol

Anyway to vote for any of these ladies, just type nnsm - space - vote - space - their name.

i.e nnsm vote diane - to Zain, Glo and MTN

Start voting now!!!

Princess Amayo wins BEFFTAs

Thank you to everyone that voted for Princesss Amayo for the BEFFTAs. She won Best Make-Up consultation.

This would not have been made possible without your votes and the tireless campaign of her manager and PR person, Egor Efiok. Thank you once more. God bless you.




















I'd like to also take this opportunity to draw your attention to E4 PR if you need some PR for your business. Apart from being my friend, I can testify that Egor Efiok, (pictured above) the CEO of E4 PR, is very good at what she does. Many of you can also attest to this fact, as you must have also noticed what a hard working campaigner she is. All the people she has done PR for have always emerged winners due to her hard work, so if you need success for your business, E4 PR is the place to go. She can be contacted on Facebook.

Ghana Satellites win U-20 World Cup.

Ghana's U-20 team, Ghana Satellites made history yesterday Friday 16th Oct. 09 at the capacity Cairo International Stadium, when they beat pre-tournament favourites and four times champions Brazil 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out to lift the FIFA Under-20 World Cup.

Ghana became the first African team to win the Under-20 World Cup.

So proud!!

AY is UN Ambassador for peace

AY with Munachi Abii

Award winning funny man, AY, has been been nominated to receive another award as the United Nations Ambassador for Peace in Nigeria. The title will be given to him on Saturday 24th of October 2009.

Congrats to him.

Also AY TV premieres on HiTV on November 1. For more info visit ...www.ayshow.com

Mariah Carey to be a mum

The 39 year singer told Intouch magazine that she's expecting a baby with hubby of over a year, Nick Canon, 29.
Good for them.

Funmi Iyanda Journeys Nigeria

After eight years of producing and hosting the acclaimed studio talk show, New Dawn, Funmi Iyanda is returning to the screen at the helm of a different kind of show. The new project is called Talk With Funmi (TWF).

Talk With Funmi is an exciting new programme that captures people around Nigeria. It is a thought provoking, illuminating and entertaining journey into the life of Nigerians from all over the country.

Funmi Iyanda journeys from state to state talking with Nigerians from all spheres of life. The show talks to people everywhere – capturing discussions that range from the hard hitting stories of the day to day challenges of Nigeria with some light-hearted banter and fun along the way. With the first season of recording already completed in some states, don't be surprised if TWF soon shows up at your doorstep.

Beautifully produced and shot on high definition video, Talk With Funmi is a technical masterpiece. The excellent cinematography and deep, rich colours of the production provide tactile pleasure. TWF is an artistic blend of documentary, reality television and talk show and thus resists categorization. The result is groundbreaking and innovative television from a production team led by award-winning director Chris Dada.

With 36 states, over 200 ethnic groups and 140 million people, Nigeria is alive and teeming with vibrant stories. Nigerians are a people who love to talk, and Nigerians still have great stories to tell – stories of joy, laughter, hard work and success. Stories of suffering and harrowing pain; stories of hope and resilience in spite of all odds. As Nigeria moves towards 50, this is the perfect opportunity to capture transformative Nigerian conversations—conversations that will ignite meaningful change.

It is the power of these conversations that will unlock the potential of our nation and reaffirm the bonds that hold us together as a country. These are the stories that award winning broadcaster and journalist Funmi Iyanda has set out to capture in an ambitious and innovative television show.

The TWF journey promises to be one that is fresh, eye opening and fun and will be broadcast to TV audiences across Africa.

Talk With Funmi is an Ignite Media production.

Check out pictures of Talk with Funmi screening that took place yesterday...

Funmi with Guy Murray Bruce

With Sonny Irabor

With Governor Fashola

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Great stuff!!!

Miss West Africa 2009

The second edition of Miss West Africa will be taking place in London, at the Royal Regency Hall, on 27th November 2009. The prestigious pageant will be hosted by award winning comedian, Eddie Kadi, with performances from UK Ivory Coast dance group C'MAD. The event will be in support of Yvette Gates, a young Gambian child in need of bone marrow donors.

MWA 2009 will have participants from Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and more.

Check out the 14 contestants...

The girls are stunning huh?

If you want to know more about this pageant, go to their website here... http://www.misswestafrica.com/

9ice Drops First Single off His Upcoming album titled TRADITION

Multiple award winning Alapomeji recording artist 9ice has officially dropped the first single off his upcoming album "TRADITION". The single titled "GBAMU GBAMU" is one of the many hit songs recorded by 9ice. The album which has been tagged "the most anticipated album of 2009" features hit track after hit track, no instrumentals and no skits.

A fusion of proverbial lyrics in his mother tongue (Yoruba), a danceable tune, and a unique style that is known to belong to 9ice, Gbamu Gbamu gives a brief insight of what to expect from TRADITION.

Can't wait for this album to drop.

Murder, brutal rape and repression in Guinea

*Warning - horrific pictures.
Please don't continue if you can't stand gruesome pictures.

I know I'm probably going to spoil your day with this post...it's horrific...and I'm sorry...but this is something we all need to see... as Africans...as a people...you won't believe the kind of terrible, despicable things we do to each other...*

Read the story below...

On Monday September 28th 2009, Guinean troops opened fire on opposition protesters at a stadium in the capital Conakry, killing 157 and wounding over 1, 253 people in the crackdown.

About 50,000 people were protesting over rumours that their erratic military ruler, Capt Moussa Dadis Camara who took over in Dec 08 after the death of long-time ruler Lansana Conte, intends to run for president in an election scheduled for next January.

During the protest soldiers moved in to quell the rally using tear gas and baton charges and firing live ammunition into the crowds killing many people.

Women caught in the massacre were raped and brutally murdered by soldiers.

"I'm 57 and they stripped me naked!" said one woman, her face still swollen a week later, as she showed off her bruised arms and buttocks.

"I saw soldiers putting their rifles into womens' private parts while they were hitting me," she added.

Thierno Maadjou Sow, head of the Guinean Human Rights Organisation, said it was setting up an association for women who had been raped so they could take legal action.

"A soldier had a knife, he ripped all my clothes," added the woman, who is an opposition activist. "I told them, 'I'm your mother.' They jabbed me in the buttocks with a knife, they beat me terribly."

Beside her, a woman of 47 showed reporters the bruises and wounds scarring her back.

"A soldier hit me and stripped me, he hit me on the head with his gun. They knocked me to the ground," the mother of two said. "Someone came and put their hand.... they raped me. I got out of there naked."

Sow said the rapes were perpetrated in full view of all and constituted "a crime against humanity."

And now to the pictures...
Please remember you were warned...

Photo credit: Mawuli Dake

This is totally unacceptable. Please join to demand justice- sign the MILEAD Fellows petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/guinea-28th-september-2009-massacre

I've signed the petition. Hope you do the same.

Lil Wayne expecting baby no 4

With ex-wife and first baby mama Toya

Third baby mama, actress Lauren London

With Nivea Hamilton and fourth baby mama

Lil Wayne has confirmed that he and singer Nivea are expecting a baby boy! The baby will be Weezy's third son to be born in just over a year. Just last month, actress Lauren London, gave birth to Lil Wayne's second son. He already has another son with a college student and a daughter with his ex-wife Toya.

Seriously, I don't understand how some women can even tolerate this.