News and Entertainment – Latest Updates in Nigeria

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Photo: Nigerian man arraigned in Cambodia court for fraud

Nigerian national and a Cambodian were arraigned before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday, January 27, for their involvement in a scheme to steal $300 from a Cambodian woman through a fake promotional contest.

37-year-old Uchechukwu Vincent and 27-year-old Sarim Kunthea had been charged with fraud after being sued by Keo Sotheary, 28, and arrested on September 8, 2016.

The planned Nationwide protest scheduled for February 5, has now been moved to February 6, 2017. The reason for the 24-hour shift is for the protest to co-incide with the date President Buhari will resume work.

Buhari is currently on a 10-day medical vacation in the United Kingdom and he's expected back the country on Monday February 6, 2017.

According to Twitter user, Biola the lady above went missing after her dad asked her to withdraw N50k from his account. The man got the debit alert but is yet to see her daughter since then. Continue to see his tweets after the cut...

Funny but true!.....

Pretty lady!...

See the female NYSC member who says Wearing Trousers is a sin, and she wears skirt instead (Photo)

A Nigerian fb user Christian Uzoukwu from Imo State Has Just Blasted all nysc ladies who where trousers;

SHAME TO THOSE SISTERS WHO HAVE DENIED GOD IN THE NAME THAT THEY WANT TO OBEY MAN.

Yesterday, Laura Ikeji, sister to popular blogger, Linda Ikeji, tied the knot with her man, Ogbonna Kanu, In Imo state.The couple got engaged a couple of weeks back.

Big congrats to them.....Photos after cut....

Back Together..?...Tiwa Savage and TeeBillz pictured together with their son

Tiwa Savage and TeeBillz was pictured having fun together with their son Jamil at his school....

I Was Trying To Defend Her - Father Of 9-Year Old Shot Dead In Her Home

The father of a nine-year-old girl who was shot dead as he grappled with home invaders has spoken out.

Alexandrea Thompson was fatally shot last Wednesday by a bullet which traveled through her father Alex and into her chest, authorities say.

50yr old sister to the Late Pop Singer Micheal Jackson, emerged for the fist time since she gave birth three weeks ago. The pop star was spotted shopping at a luxury baby boutique in London Tuesday.

MMM wahala!!!.....Mother of two commits suicide over popular ponzi scheme, MMM

Popular ponzi scheme, MMM, has been fingered for the death of a 34-year-old mother of two, Mrs Gloria Samson in Makurdi, the Benue state capital.

Metronaija reports that woman had taken loans from 4 different places in December and just few days after investing the money with hopes of getting massive returns, the controversial scheme announced the freeze in December.

Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as Olamide, has joined forces with 2Face Idibia, showing support for the protest against FG.
Recall, Tuface, took to social media to reveal that he will be staging a peaceful protest against the governed. Th likes of Burna Boy and a few other celebrities have also sown interest in the February protest.

Olamide shared a photo of himself and captioned it #wewillprotest #WeStandTogther

Nollywood actress, Funke Adesiyan who contested and lost a House of Assembly seat in Oyo State during the 2014 general elections has reacted to the planned protest of Feb. 5th that 2face Idibia and other celebs want to get involved in.

According to the actress who just shared a post on Instagram and tagged 2face Idibia himself, she says, 'It's not enough for us to protest, it's more important for us, youths of this beloved nation to get involved in governance'. Continue reading.....

I am an original Nwa Biafran - Charly Boy writes

After revealing his stake on the Biafra issues (Read Here), Charly Boy has taken to his Facebook page to write about him been a proud Igbo man and a Biafran....Read below!

I am a proud Igbo man, a home boy and a native fowl. No demo. My friends call me Igbotic not because am a nerd, or a jewman. But because I represent and symbolise all the characteristics of a typical igbo man pre the civil war. The Igbos may have short circuited their political growth, but it doesn't take away the fact that we are great Nigerians.

Read what he wrote below...

I guess it about time I break my silence on this matter. From 1967 to 1970 my youth was scandalised with the horrors of the Nigerian civil war. I was never on the front line as a fighting soldier, but I was in the boys’ brigade transmitting from the naval headquarters then in Oguta. With the daily air raids and the smell of death all around us, we were thankful everyday we managed to stay alive.

Celebrity Blogger, Linda Ikeji, revealed on her blog that she will be officially starting her secondary school tour tomorrow 26th Jan. 2017...The famous blogger wrote:

Can't tell you guys how happy I am to be finally starting my Secondary School tour for girls. I've dreamt and hoped for this since 2010. That year, I wrote a book of inspiration called 'It Takes You' and took it to my alma mater, Lagos Anglican Girls Grammar school Surulere, where I talked to the girls to believe in and puruse their dreams, even though I was not at a good place at the time. But I promised to never give up, keep working, keep achieving and one day share my story and inspire a new set of young girls and I am happy to be finally doing that.

Dancehall artist Cynthia Morgan has lashed out at critics who judge her wrongly..She wrote

To whom it may concern...if you don't know me, nor have genuine care nor genuine interest on me.don't mention my name nor make friends with my name.you don't know what I been through.f-ck you.#Mayyourwordschokeyou

Transparency International has released it's list of the World's most corrupt countries with Somalia, South Sudan, North Korea and Syria listed as the most corrupt countries in the world.

Somalia has held the title as the world's most corrupt country for the past ten years, with a score of 10 on the Corruption Perceptions Index 2016, which ranks countries' public sector from zero to 100.

Denmark and New Zealand were tied in first place as the world's least corupt countries, followed by Finland, Sweden and Switzerland.

Funmi is being flooded with congratulatory messages after graduating from University of Lagos with a First Class degree in Economics..

Beauty and brains..More photos after cut.....

Yvonne Nelson has always revealed she has no relationship with her father and her mum was her only support system..The Ghanian actress took to Instagram to reveal he passed on this month,a few weeks after she met him.She wrote

Rest In Peace Father ❤. This picture was taken on the 6th of this month..., i have only two pictures with my Father, and this is one of them.....so much I wanted to talk about.....so much I wanted to say.....but God knows best....

On the 25th of January 2016, ace comedian Bovi lost his mum Margaret Ugboma at the age of 58.In an emotionally-laden post, the comedian paid a tribute to the woman who meant the world to him..

"Bovi o! It's mummy o! She's not breathing o"! Those where the first words that hit me when I picked up the phone call. It was 7pm, jan 25th 2016. I was parked outside the palms, patiently waiting for my movie time before making my way into the building. But how was this possible?

This is a sponsored Post....Read below!

Every year, we make a list of all the things we will love to do and how we would love to make a change. But of all these goals, the hardest to cross off the list might be that you wished you had travelled more. The New Year affords you another opportunity to gift yourself a lasting memory of some of the most captivating cities in the world.

Making a list is just never enough, you have to make appropriate plans as well. Planning allows you get rid of nervous tensions or anxiety, avoid overspending and make the most out of your travel experiences.

Following the continuous rise in the cost of living and economic meltdown in the country, music legend 2face Idibia announced on his Instagram account that there will be a massive nationwide protest on the 5th of February against the Nigerian Govt. He's calling for good governance, urgent explanation into why the economy is getting worse etc. Read what he wrote after the cut...

Angelina Jolie's alleged real reason for divorcing Brad Pitt revealed

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been involved in a messy divorce since last year, with Angelina trying to gain sole custody of their six kids by accusing Pitt of being violent towards the kids. Now it has been revealed by TMZ sources that Angelina's real reason for everything is because she is hoping to score a top position in the UN and move with her kids to London.

According to a story on Facebook by one miss Anaeto Amaka Vivi, the young man pictured above, received hot slaps today after he masturbated and then ejaculated on a female customer at Diamond Bank, Nnewi branch, Anambra State. Read as written on Facebook below!!!

"I went to Diamond bank (Nnewi) today and went to their customer service to lay a complaint but the crowd at the spot was much so I stood in one of the queues there, there was this guy (via pix) behind me I noticed he was somehow resting on me so I moved a little and he moved with me,

Singer Omawumi shared a moving message about believing in onesself ....She wrote

Who is the best student in this class? Quickly I answered 'I!, meanwhile my grades said otherwise and that has been my mindset since then....

Coco Austin who is still on vacation in Miami with her husband and daughter, put her boobs on display as she hit the poolside in matching swimsuits with her daughter, Chanel on Sunday. More photos after the cut...

"Infidelity can never make me end my marriage because I know how to handle it' - Foluke Daramola says

Actress Foluke Daramola Salako says she can handle infidelity from a partner and has warned people criticizing her husband and contacting her after he was spotted with a female friend, to mind their business. Reacting, the mother of two told Tribune

"I want people to mind their business concerning my marriage. It’s overflogged already, everything about me is my marriage. The pressure that Nigerians put on all celebrities and our marriages is not making the relationship healthy. Even if they see my husband with a woman, does it mean he has anything to do with that woman?

Designer and stylist, Toyin Lawani and her daughter, Tiannah area always serving us mother/daughter goals.The proud mum of two wrote

Groom your kids from when they are 👶 s and they will Be unstoppable

Nollywood filmmaker, Teco Benson, shared some tips on parenting while he was speaking with Punch, the highly respected director, revealed he does not think kids should have phones with internet.
Read excerpts below:

How would you define fatherhood?

Fatherhood for me is a higher call of responsibility. It involves a lot of mentoring; a lot of hard work because every father wants the best for his children

Daddy Freeze, has called out Apostle Suleiman for the statement made during a service in the church. The apostle was said to have advised their boko haram members caught, be beheaded, a statement that did not go down well with the controversial media personality.
He took to Instagram to call Apostle Suleiman out writing:

If we cut their heads, what makes us different from the Boo Haram and ISIS terrorists we are complaining about? We should be 'Christ like' as Christians.

Timaya got no chill...claping back at a fan...?

Way back photo of Mr Eazi and a gold trader surfaces online.....

Any Fulani herdsman you see around me or the church premises, kill him, cut his head'- Apostle Suleiman instructs his security officers

Senior pastor of the Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has instructed his security officers to kill any Fulani herdsman that they find around him or his church premises.

Suleiman who had a running battle with Kaduna state governor, Nasir El Rufai, after the governor gave an order that churches in his state must obtain license from the state before they can preach told his congregation while preaching last Sunday January 15th, that someone called him to intimate him that there is an alleged plan to send some Fulani herdsmen to kill him.

Singer, Yemi Alade stepped out today wearing no make-up and shared the photos on Instagram. Another photo after the cut..

Kim Kardashian shared these throwback photos of her family with former Pres. Obama, wishing him farewell. She captioned one of the photos: 'Thank you Mr. President. You will be missed!' More photos after the cut...

Ghanaian controversial singer, Shatta Wale on Thursday, took to his Facebook page to announce that he’s about to release his songs like a sperm, and his songs will impregnate every girl because the sperms are just too strong.

Nigerian Gay Asylum Seeker Arrested Over Death Of His 76-Year Old Lover

Desmond Newthing, a 24-year old asylum seeker, has been arrested, for the murder of one Lanfranco Chiarini, a 76-year old entrepreneur, who was believed to be his lover and was stabbed to death in his villa in Castel San Pietro, on January 3, 2017.

According to reports in Italy, the murder happened following a sex-related meeting between the two. Bruises and 25 stab wounds were found on the body of the deceased. Newthing, was said to have arrived in Italy in 2015.

The Sultan of Sokoto is the father of the Fulani people, the foremost traditional ruler in northern Nigeria and the spiritual leader of all northern Muslims. He is not just a traditional ruler but an all-powerful potentate who represents a strange and mystical power and who heads an ancient and dark empire.

Not only is he reverred by his subjects but he is also regarded and treated by some as something akin to a deity and by others as nothing less than the reincarnation of Sheik Usman Dan Fodio, the Sufi Muslim who founded the Caliphate empire by conquering and utterly crushing the Hausa kingdoms in a brutal and bloody jihad in northern Nigeria in 1804.

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce took to Facebook to pen down an official open letter to US-President, Donald Trump on his inauguration today.....The senator wrote:

Dear President Donald J. Trump,

A Great Day for America

It is my distinguished pleasure to congratulate you on your inauguration today as President of the United States of America.

Charly Boy slams Nigerian Pastors in his new post.....Read below!

In a past episode of Moments on Ebony TV, comedian Bovi, revealed that his first sexual encounter was when he was 5 years old with a girl that was 13 years old

"My first sexual encounter was when I was 5. I would not say I was abused. She was underaged as well. She was 13. We were neighbors in Benin city living in a twin duplex. She would take me upstairs when her folks are out and we would just play. She was young. She was a small girl as well, probably exposed to too much at that age."

Some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who took part in the rally they staged in support of US President-elect, Donald Trump in Port Harcourt Rivers state earlier today, were killed after police officers allegedly opened fire.

Meanwhile, the group on its Facebook page, shared a photo of a letter they sent to the state commissioner of police, seeking permission for the rally. More photos after the cut.

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America. It was done before noon, US time, outside the Capitol Building. His Vice Mike Pence has also been sworn in. See more photos after the cut...

Michigan girl, 17, charged with raping 19 year old boy at knifepoint

You hear some real life stories and you find it hard to accept that it isn't fiction. This is one of such stories. A 17-year-old girl has been charged to court for raping a 19-year-old boy at knifepoint.

On the 11th of January, while most people were still being faithful to their new year resolutions, Lestina Marie Smith from Michigan, USA, pulled a knife on an older boy and forced him to perform oral and vaginal sex on her.

Up to 30 people are feared dead after an Italian hotel popular with tourists was covered by an avalanche following an earthquake.

The snowslide covered cars, farm animals and part of Hotel Rigopiano in Abruzzo, east of Rome, as it violently surged down a mountainside yesterday.Local media are reporting that up to 30 people could be dead in the hotel, although this remains unconfirmed.

The sister of popular blogger,Linda Ikeji is married.Laura Ikeji and her beau Ogbonna Kanu who is the brother of African football legend, Nwankwo Kanu wed today at the Ikoyi wedding registry ..Congrats to her.

Fast rising highlife artiste, Humblesmith met privately with the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode to present his new single dedicated to the strength of Lagos which turns regular visitors into superstars.

The presentation happened shortly after Governor Ambode met with all the artistes who performed at the just concluded One Lagos concert.

Pages

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Friday, January 27, 2017

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Monday, January 23, 2017

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Saturday, January 21, 2017

Friday, January 20, 2017

Thursday, January 19, 2017