Still going strong-- Wizkid steps out with girlfriend

Wizkid and his pretty girlfriend,Omotani Omotayo attended the Moet & Chandon Fashion event..

She has that down-to-earth/good girl look...

D’Banj Signs Olamide To DB Records

While there is no official confirmation yet, I can pretty much say, with confidence, that D’Banj has signed Olamide to DB Records.

Rumours have been flying around in recent weeks as they’ve both been seen at several events together. At this moment, Olamide is in  Atlanta with D’banj. Not sure why but all fingers point to them teaming up at DB Records.

This is potentially HUGE!!!
This is the only form of confirmation we have, for now. These are the words from Kayswitch:

Welcome to the family! Baddo 

2Face’s Babymama, Sunmbo Ajaba Cancels Wedding With Pastor Lover?

Sumbo Ajaba, Tuface Innocent Idibia’s baby mama has picked Saturday, May 4th 2013 for her white wedding to her pastor; David Adeoye which is slated to hold at Royal Christian Centre.

Their court wedding will hold Thursday May 2nd at the Ikoyi registry. They already held their introduction ceremony. David and Sunmbo, we learnt, have been friends for many years but their friendship changed after David lost his wife, Folake Adeoye in November 2011. Pastor Adeoye whose eyes, we gathered, have been fixed on Sumbo shortly after the demise of his wife, proposed and Sunmbo didn’t hesitate to say no since the man has been so supportive using her event company to organize virtually all the church’s activities.

Sumbo is one of the active members in pastor Adeoye's church and is a committed choir member who leads the praise and worship. 

UPDATE:Sir Alex Ferguson retires as Manchester United manager

Manchester United have confirmed Sir Alex Ferguson will retire as manager at the end of the season.

In his statement, he said: “The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and not taken lightly. It is the right time.” – Alex Ferguson.

Manchester United have confirmed that Sir Alex Ferguson will step down as the club’s manager at the end of the season after 26 years in charge at Old Trafford.

The 71-year-old is the most successful manager in the history of English football, having won 38 trophies – including 13 Premier League titles – since taking over from Ron Atkinson in November 1986.

Ferguson will say his goodbyes to the Old Trafford crowd after Sunday’s home clash against Swansea before taking on a role as an ambassador on the United board of directors.

In a statement on United’s official website, Ferguson said: “The decision to retire is one that I have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly. It is the right time.

“It was important to me to leave an organisation in the strongest possible shape and I believe I have done so. The quality of this league winning squad, and the balance of ages within it, bodes well for continued success at the highest level whilst the structure of the youth set-up will ensure that the long-term future of the club remains a bright one.

“Our training facilities are amongst the finest in global sport and our home Old Trafford is rightfully regarded as one of the leading venues in the world.

“Going forward, I am delighted to take on the roles of both Director and Ambassador for the club. With these activities, along with my many other interests, I am looking forward to the future.

“I must pay tribute to my family, their love and support has been essential. My wife Cathy has been the key figure throughout my career, providing a bedrock of both stability and encouragement. Words are not enough to express what this has meant to me.

“As for my players and staff, past and present, I would like to thank them all for a staggering level of professional conduct and dedication that has helped to deliver so many memorable triumphs. Without their contribution the history of this great club would not be as rich.

“In my early years, the backing of the board, and Sir Bobby Charlton in particular, gave me the confidence and time to build a football club, rather than just a football team.

“Over the past decade, the Glazer family have provided me with the platform to manage Manchester United to the best of my ability and I have been extremely fortunate to have worked with a talented and trustworthy Chief Executive in David Gill. I am truly grateful to all of them.

“To the fans, thank you. The support you have provided over the years has been truly humbling. It has been an honour and an enormous privilege to have had the opportunity to lead your club and I have treasured my time as manager of Manchester United.”

Ferguson scheduled a meeting to break the news to staff at the club’s Carrington training ground at 9.30am and will hold an interview with United’s in-house television station, MUTV, at 10.30am.

Everton manager David Moyes has been installed as the bookmakers’ favourite to succeed the Scot while Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho is also among the favourites to take over at Old Trafford.

The announcement of Ferguson’s decision to retire came after intense speculation following a golf match between United players and coaches at Dunham Massey on Tuesday.

Ferguson has long been planning for his succession and has consistently cited his health as the decisive factor in the timing of his retirement. He had a pacemaker fitted in 2004 and United confirmed last week that he would undergo hip surgery in August.

David Gill’s decision to stand down as chief executive this summer saw Ferguson lose a close ally within the club and there had been suggestions that he came close to quitting at the end of last season losing out on the Premier League title to rivals Manchester City.

Ferguson previously expressed his regret over announcing his retirement before the end of the 2001-02, which he felt led to poor on-pitch performances and resulted in a U-turn after he had a change of heart.

Manchester united fans, what’s your take on this?

Chris Brown and Rihanna take shots at each other on Twitter

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Dead Rapper, Tupac’s Aunt On FBI’s Most Wanted Terror List

Famous rapper Tupac Shakur’s aunt has become the first woman to land on the FBI’s list of most wanted terrorists.

Cop killer Joanne Chesimard, 65 – who was also reportedly Tupac’s godmother was convicted in 1977 of murdering a police officer, Trooper Werner Foerster, in New Jersey, US.

She was jailed but pulled off an escaped in a dramatic break-out and later fled to Cuba.

The FBI have now doubled the reward for her capture, placing a $2million (£1.3m) bounty on her head.

Special agent Aaron Ford said: “Today, on the anniversary of Trooper Werner Foerster’s death, we want the public to know that we will not rest until this fugitive is brought to justice”.

Tupac Shakur was one of the most successful rappers in the 1990s, whose career was cut short when he died at the age of 25 in a Las Vegas shooting.

n May 2, 1973, cops stopped former Black Liberation Army member Chesimard and two others at the New Jersey turnpike, for a driving violation before a gunfight broke out between the two parties

Both police officer Werner Foerster and one of Chesimard’s passengers were killed in the exchange of gun fire.

2pac’s aunt Chesimard was later arrested soon convicted four years later of first-degree murder, assault and battery of a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with intent to kill, illegal possession of a weapon and armed robbery.

She was handed life behind bars and began her sentence at a maximum security prison in West Virginia.

But after being transferred to a New Jersey minimum security prison, she escaped in 1979 with the help of three people visiting her, holding security guards at gunpoint and forcing them to open the prison gates.

Chesimard presently known as Assata Shakur, whose brother was the stepfather of Tupac – hid in a safe house in New Jersey for years before being granted political asylum in Cuba in 1984.

During Chesimard’s trial and imprisonment, she was represented by the late civil rights attorney William Kunstler who claims she did not receive a fair trial and was the victim of racism and mistreatment.

Yesterday, New Jersey State Police superintendent Rick Fuentes said: “To this day, from her safe haven in Cuba, she been given the pulpit to preach and profess, and flaunts her freedom in the face of this horrific crime.”

Chesimard is considered a “domestic terrorist” although she is said to pose no new threat.

Photos: Kim Kardashian Takes A Walk Down Memory Lane

Kim Kardashian took a trip down memory lane on  Friday by sharing old photos of herself with beau Kanye West back when they were working on her 2011 music video, "Jam (Turn It Up)."Though you'd say their red hot chemistry is deniable now, the couple who are currently expecting their first child together were only friends at the time.

 

She captioned the second photo "Now that's one hot jam session".

 

US To Tighten Student Visa Rules After Boston Bombing

The US is tightening its screening of international students, its first security change in response to the Boston Marathon bombings last month.

The move comes after a student from Kazakhstan – who did not have a valid visa – was accused by police of hiding evidence for one of the bomb suspects.

The Department of Homeland Security has ordered border agents to automatically check the visa status of every student.

Azamat Tazhayakov had returned to the US despite being dismissed from school.

The 19-year-old appeared in court on Wednesday, accused of helping to throw out a backpack belonging to his friend, Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. No second check

Mr Tazhayakov’s student visa had been terminated by the time he arrived in New York on 20 January, following his academic dismissal from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth on 4 January

The Department of Homeland Security will “effective immediately” verify that every international student visa is valid, according to an internal memo obtained by the Associated Press news agency on Friday

Under the new procedures, border agents will verify a student’s visa status before the person arrives in the US, using information provided in flight manifests.

If that information is unavailable, they will manually check the visa status through a US database.

Beforehand, border agents would only verify a student’s status in a database, the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, when the person was referred to a second officer for additional inspection or questioning

My Husband Does Not Mind Me Playing Séxual Roles - Oge Okoye-Duru

Oge Okoye-Duru is undoubtedly a success story in the Nigerian movie industry. The mother of two speaks on a number of issues bordering on her life and the movie industry in general.

Excerpts:

With some Nollywood practitioners taking up roles that will expose their bodies, can Oge Okoye find herself in this situation?

Never! No amount of money is worth your moral value. I am a mother and a mentor to some people, the emerging generation; I can’t take up a role that will involve nudity because of these people that look up to me and because of our society. But I could do other sensual roles, but for nudity, I wouldn’t even dare it.

How does your husband feel for those sensual or romantic roles you play?

I really don’t know if he feels bad, but I know that being a human being like I am, he might be feeling bad inside but he is not showing it. Funny enough, he has never complained about them. He encourages me a lot; he is always there for me. It’s not much of a problem though; he doesn’t watch my movies, unless maybe you see him hiding somewhere watching it.

How did you get into acting?

I had always wanted to act, so I went for an audition and got a role, that was in 2001. According to my mother, when I was young, I was always saying I wanted to be a super star someday; that I used to walk up and down the house doing fashion parade as a child. Because of my legs and the way I carried myself then, she thought I was going to be a model, not an actress.

I love everything about drama, in church, I was involved in drama. I was at the Enugu State University of Technology at first studying Accountancy. I did that for a whole year and I was like, ‘God in heaven, you know I shouldn’t be doing this.’ My father wanted me to be a medical doctor and I knew I wasn’t going to do it. 

So, I persuaded him and I left for Nnamdi Azikiwe University, where I studied Theatre Arts. I started going for auditions here and there. I was so lucky when I got a minor role in “Caesar to Caesar”, a long time ago. After that, I got a role in Spanner, my first and only comedy movie that starred Nkem Owoh and Chinedu Ikedieze. I was so scared at first to act with Nkem Owoh, because of his caliber and expertise in acting but I did it and very well too. After that, I was in Sister Mary. I have been on and on since then.

A lot of people who started like you are now producers; aren’t you thinking along that line?

I’m one person that likes to take my time when I’m doing anything. If I’m going to produce a movie, it would not be a half- baked movie or just do it because I want to produce a movie. I want to do something that in the next 10 -20 years, you’d still refer to it and say it was a good movie. I really like taking my time. Expect something big from me very soon. I know that before the end of this year, something wonderful would happen. I already have three movies lined up and I’m making plans on writing a book soon.

Writing a book! That’s fantastic; no one would ever see Oge Okoye in that direction. What spurred you?

Well, like I said before, I am one person who doesn’t have to make a noise at every step I take. Let’s just keep our fingers crossed.

We understand you have a foundation you are working on….

Oh yes, talking about my foundation, it’s on already; this will tell you the kind of person I am. I don’t make mountains out of mole hills, my foundation, Positive Life For Children, PLC, has been on and it has been fulfilling its purpose.

What are the projects PLC has executed?

Pained by the total negligence of the underprivilege, PLC has impacted in the lives of the underprivileged and youths in the attainment of educational skills. Even me, as a UN ambassador, I have dedicated my life promoting peace and social development among the underprivileged. My foundation is focused on tackling the most challenging needs of all children with special needs anywhere in Africa.

I’m very sure your husband shares this belief with you?

Yes, of course, though, my husband is far away, but honestly, he has been of tremendous support in sustaining PLC

How do you cope with the distance between you two?

We understand each other; we love each other; we know when to draw the line. We are like brother and sister. It’s all about the relationship; it’s all about communication. He calls me almost 10 times in a day. Every night, I must talk to him before I sleep; it’s a must. It’s not much of a problem. I’m always there, and if I’m not there, he is here. In fact, he just left for his base not quite three weeks now.

What is his name and how did you meet him?

His name is my husband. Anyway, he’s Stanley Duru. It was really not love at first sight with my husband. We were friends at first and it was going on like that then the marriage came. I got married in 2005. I met him early 2004. Marriage has made me more mature in life. I am so matured that sometimes when I am having a discussion with my very close cousin who is like my sister, she would tell me that I’m talking like an old woman.

How many kids do you have?

I have two lovely kids. My boy is five years old, and my second a girl, will be three soon. It’s really hard, but it takes a whole lot of hard work and a lot of sincerity for a marriage to survive. There are some questions people will ask you about your relationship and you wouldn’t even know what to say and you wouldn’t want to lie. You are just like caught in the middle. One thing I just don’t do is to allow any part of me to suffer – my job, my career, my family. I try to fix a balance.

But there are rumours that your marriage has crumbled?

It is totally false, I really don’t know why people would be breaking up our marriage and bringing it back for us on their own. I really can’t get it. My husband and I are still very much together and we are going to be forever.

I Can’t Talk About Kim Kardashian’s fee – Darey Art-Alade

Soul musician, Darey Art-Alade, says it took him about four months to put the Love Like a Movie Concert together. Darey, who spoke to Saturday Beats, said he would not discuss the amount the American reality television star, Kim Kadarshian, was paid as appearance fee, adding that people are entitled to their opinion.

It would be recalled that the news that the American was paid $500,000 raised lot of controversies.

He said, “Who knows how much they were paid? Actually I cannot talk about how much anybody was paid, so who cares? Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, but we had a great show and that’s what matters at the end of the day. It was all from a dream. We just wanted to do something different; something to push the envelope and be creative. “Thanks to everyone who supported us in cash and kind and all the hard work. We succeeded. The concert took about four months from the scratch, it was totally an original production.”

Although a graduate of Creative Arts Department, University of Lagos, Darey said that his decision to go into movies would be a management decision.

“I am a trained actor technically from the University of Lagos, apart from the degree I have in music. I am not going into acting quite yet, I have been approached several times to do movies. I have been in stage plays but I have not done any films. I have been on stage, theatre is where I am comfortable. I have been in musicals, operas, but for films, I am not sure. That’s a management decision,” he told Saturday Beats.

Ever the busy bee, he hinted that he has been working on his artistes and music.

“Since then, it has been work. There are other artistes on Soul Musik record label. Mo’easy is there now. He just released a music video. I have just released a music video as well. I have been working on more songs, developing other projects we have been working on. Work continues, sometimes you don’t make noise while you are working,” Darey said.

Source: Punch Nigeria

Behold: More Photos Of Nicki Minaj Before And After Plastic Surgery

The 30-year-old rapper (yes that’s her real age) has been long rumored to have gone under the knife for a number of plastic surgery procedures! And while Nicki has softly denied the plastic surgery rumors in past interviews, her before and after photos prove otherwise!

Check out Nicki Minaj, real name Onika Tanya Maraj before and after the enhancements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicki Minaj now.

The Baddest Things You Didnt Know About Some Nollywood Actresses

Being in the limelight is bound to come with scandals and rumors, with great fame comes great scandals. The Nigerian movie industry is no different, especially when ladies are involved.

Although some actresses are more controversial than others, leave the entertainment reporters to dig up all the dirt they can about them.

Here is a list of the top ten actresses who have made headlines for the wrongest reasons, from scandal to even more scandal. Doesn’t matter if the stories are true or not, these ladies kept going and never looked back. It has made them BIGGER, STRONGER AND BETTER.
Tonto Dikeh

Tonto is arguably the most scandalised actress in Nollywood. Every time her name comes up in the papers it seems to be about one controversy or the other. Some have said she found her way to stardom riding on the wings of controversies and it seems much of it is true as Tonto seems to take up roles most of her colleagues wouldn’t dare. The daring actress has played all kinds of roles, most of which bothered on near indecency and soft P0*n.

She astounded the movie world not too long ago when she revealed that it was Jimmy Jatt who deflowered her. Such is the boldness of the Rivers State born actress. There have also been rumours of her s*xual involvements with several artistes including Tuface, KC Presh, Wizkid and even Iyanya.

When she veered into music, like some of her peers have done, it was controversy galore again as many critics took her to teh cleaners, hinting the actress has nothing of a singer in her. And just recently she posted a near unclad picture of herself on Twitter with large tattoos on her back.

Nuella Njubigbo
‘Ella’ as she is fondly called by her many fans have been linked to series of romance tales within and outside the industry. The first tale that went viral was the romantic involvement with Yul Edochie and it appeared there was an element of truth in that. At least, the dashing actor once owned up to the relationship and asserted it happened long before he met his wife.

Though Nuella has come out to deny all these series of romances, however the echoes still linger. The one about her and the director, Tchidi Chikere was particularly poignant to her as her PR person had to come out and release a statement on the matter. She has also been alleged to be in a relationship with a state governor from the South-South region, which reportedly earned her a SUV. Others who have been linked with her in the past include footballer Emmanuel Emenike and a few others.

Cossy Orjiakor
Cossy has said she is one of the most misjudged persons in the entertainment industry but that does not excuse her image of ‘high octane sensuality’. Her b**bs have become the label through which people identify her and she doesn’t help matters as she flaunts these at every occasion.

The most popular scandal about her is that of her sleeping with a dog for a fee but Cossy has denied this at every turn. If she is truly misjudged it cannot be about her excesses in exposing her sexy body.
Recently she tweeted near-unclad pictures of herself just to show off her new panties and also posted in the social media a picture of herself in ‘orgasmic bliss’, possibly giving her fans the picture of herself at the height of a s*xual act. But with all her excesses, Cossy is down-to earth and focused.

Lola Alao
Lola was recently thrown into a controversy involving her good friend, Bisi Ibidapo-Obe and a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dino Melaye. It was a messy affair and Lola, who said she was wrongly accused and implicated in the matter, was at the centre of it all.

Before the Lola-Bisi-Dino saga, there was the issue of her husband, who labelled her on the pages of newspaper as “diabolical” but Lola said in a recent interview that she doesn’t bear grudges against anyone. In spite of her former husband’s campaign in the media to drag her name in the mud Lola has never once spoken ill of the man and even saying “I liked the guy. He was a nice guy. It just didn’t work out”

Funke Akindele
Funke was really an actress with many s*x scandals. It was rumoured that she had escapades with some notable men before her marriage to Oshodi big boy, Alhaji Kehinde Almaroof Oloyede.

Even her marriage which held the movie world spellbound was enmeshed in controversy. She has been implicated in secret relationship with many of her colleagues

Bisi Ibidapo Obe
Bisi Ibidapo-Obe is not new to controversies in fact this beautiful actress has always had one controversy or the other trailing her. Her alleged relationships with Timaya, K1 and several others made headlines not too long ago. And recently her controversial personality took a dive after she announced that Dino Melaye was responsible for her pregnancy.

The tabloid again was filled with tales of Bisi and Melaye’s alleged romance-which the ex-honour bale member denied. Seven months after she claimed she met the father of her child, she was delivered of a baby girl and she was once again in the news when she named the child after Dino Melaye.

Genevieve Nnaji
Despite her super star status in the industry, Genevieve has had her own fair share of controversies to add to her growing profile.Before she became as big as she is today she was reportedly involved in romanctic affairs with several actors, such as Pat Attah, Kunle Coker and others. And when the tale of a man who claimed to be the father of her only child waged a media blitz on her, Genevieve’s popularity soared.

She was even said to have dated an ex Vice President. On top of all that there is a lingering rumour of her secret affair with D’Banj, which many have said could lead somewhere.

Foluke Daramola
Before her blissful marriage to her heart-throb,Kayode Salako of Change Agent of Nigeria Network, Foluke was fingered in the break-up of Kayode Salako and his estranged wife, Pastor (Mrs.) Bukola Salako.
Before then there was also a controversy that Foluke was evicted from her home by her landlord for inability to pay her rent. But most of the scandals about her have been put to rest as the actress has been vindicated.

Tayo Odueke (Sikiratu Sindodo)
Popularly known as Sikiratu Sindodo, a name she got from the movie that launched her into stardom,her romance with National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Oshodi, Lagos, Musiliu Akinsanya also known as MC Oluomo which ended prematurely rocked the movie world. The said MC Oluomo bought a Murano car and a duplex in Maryland for her.
She was also rumoured to have dated actor and producer, Kunle Afod. Just few months ago, the gist went round town that she was having an affair with younger brother of Kunle Afolayan, Aremu which she has profusely denied. She is presently rumoured to be in a sizzling romance with top Fuji artiste, Malaika.

Faithia Balogun
This estranged ex-wife of top Nollywood actor, Saidi Balogun, Faithia is surely not free of some scandals in Nollywood. She was once rumoured to have fought her colleague in the Yoruba movie industry over a young Ibadan politician, Rotimi Ajanaku whom she accused of snatching from her.
She was once reported to be in sizzling romance with the Director of Corporate Pictures. It was also reported that this almost destroyed the marriage of the top marketer.