Saturday 30 November 2013

Plane crashes, killing all 34 on board

A Mozambique Airlines plane en route to Angola crashed in a game park in northeast Namibia killing all 34 people on board, a Namibian police official said on Saturday.
Namibian Police Force Deputy Commissioner Willy Bampton said that the burned out wreckage of the aircraft, which went missing on Friday, was found in the Bwabwata National Park, near the borders with Angola and Botswana.

Information reaching us now indicates that 2Face Idibia has signed veteran musician and former Commission in Edo State, Victor Uwaifo under his Hypertek Digital record label.

The deal was reached this morning at Club Rumours, which is reportedly co-owned by 2Face and Dotun, Queen Onakola's husband.

From all indications, Bayelsa State is fast becoming the entertainment capital of the country. The state once again successfully hosted the first edition of the Caribbean African American Nations (CAAN) Music Awards 2013, at the Cultural Centre, Yenagoa. As expected, there was no dull moment at the world class event which was beamed live to the world last weekend.

The Chief of Army Staff Lt General Azubike Ihejirika, has advised Nigerians not to panic over speculation of the spread of terrorists into other regions of the country, assuring that security moves were in top gear to monitor terrorists movements just as the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Ibrahim Attahiru also alerted Nigerians that Boko Haram terrorists have come out with new tactics to circumvent security measures put in place towards curtailing their activities in the North East.

Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities [ASUU], Calabar Zone, has reacted angrily to the order to return to the classrooms issued to them by the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, saying that the action would worsen the strike action rather than solving the problem.

ASUU accused the minister of deceiving President Jonathan on the crisis, alleging that Wike and some other unnamed officials of the Government did not want the lingering problem between the union and the Federal Government to be resolved.

Ice Prince welcomed a baby boy last year with a 20-year old undergraduate student. Soon after she put to bed and the news went out, Ice Prince denied ever impregnating her, and said it to whoever cared to listen. He has however explained his reasons for doing that in this new interview with showbizplus, because he now flaunts the boy and also brought him on stage at his just concluded FOZ concert.

A Nigerian entrepreneur has appeared on Dragon’s Den, a reality television programme in which budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to five multi-millionaires willing to invest their own cash.

The eloquent young man who introduced himself as Pastor Jonah, wanted two hundred and fifty thousand pounds to start a new Pentecostal church, and promised returns of 500% within the first three years.

Justin Bieber needs a watch for Christmas - he kept fans in Australia waiting for a show in Sydney on Friday night (29Nov13).
The pop superstar, who has hit the headlines for his tardiness at gigs all over the world this year, kept a sold out audience at Allphones Arena waiting 40 minutes before kicking off his set, according to local news reports.

David Beckham is glad his kids were around to share his glory days.

The retired soccer star - who has kids Brooklyn, 14, Romeo, 12, Cruz, nine, and two-year-old Harper with wife Victoria - is delighted that he had his kids young so they could share key moments in his career at soccer clubs Manchester United and Real Madrid with him.

Mary J. Blige stopped Taking alcohol after Whitney's death

Whitney Houston's death made Mary J. Blige quit alcohol.

The 'Be Without You' songstress says her close pal's death in February 2012 had such a profound effect on her she began contemplating her own mortality and gave up drinking in a bid to boost her health.

She said: ''I was at her funeral [and] being that close to someone you loved so dearly, in a coffin, it freaked me out. It made me realise the importance of my own life

Conrad Murray may testify in a $30 million lawsuit accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation.

The disgraced medic - who was released from jail in October after serving two years for the involuntary manslaughter of the King of Pop in June 2009 - might be asked to give evidence in choreographer Wade Robson's lawsuit against Michael's estate, alleging he was sexually abused by the pop star for nearly a decade in the 1990s.

Paul and Peter Okoye, popularly known as P- Square, are unarguably the hottest musical sensation in Africa at the moment, and since doing things together comes naturally to them, many had expected that they would get married on the same day

But Paul was left behind when Peter got married to traditionally to the mother of his two sons, Lola Omotayo, on the 17th of November, 2013.

Lancelot Imasuen, one of the most ambitious filmmakers in Nigeria’s Nollywood is breaking new grounds with his historical epic movie Invasion 1897 and for being the only African director among the 26 selected directors making the short horror thrillers of The ABCs of Death series.

He is one of the most prolific producers in Africa and his movies have focused on the unexplored aspects of the African experience including tribalism, witchcraft, crime, poverty, religion, and folk beliefs.

Wahl Clipper Corporation and Chinese authorities have raided the factory of Yongkang Wonderful Electrical Appliance Company, which specialises in producing fake clippers exported to Nigeria.

“The exercise which resulted to confiscation of 10,000 Nigeria bound fake clippers was conducted in conjunction with the Jinghua Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce, and officials of the Yongkang Public Security Bureau,” Wahl said in a statement.

The House of Representatives, yesterday, has condemned the ill-treatment and discrimination against Nigerians living in South Africa, stressing that at least more than 409 were currently serving jail terms in the country.

Chairman of the House Committee on Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this in a statement issued after the committee’s visit to two prisons in South Africa.

A policeman, who allegedly shot and killed a nine-year-old boy while dispersing a mob, appeared before an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, , yesterday, on a charge of manslaughter.

Thirty-nine-year-old Rasak Alowonle is facing a count charge.

According to the prosecutor, Inspector Richard Odigie, the mob attempted to stop the accused from seizing a commercial bus.

Eminem Returns To Billboard's No.1 Spot Knocking Lady Gaga's 'ARTPOP' Off The Top

Eminem takes over Lady Gaga for the No.1 position on the Billboard 200 album chart with 'Marshall Mathers LP 2' in its third week of release.

Eminem's 'Marshall Mathers LP2' reclaims the No.1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday night (Nov 27th).
The 41 year-old knocked off Lady Gaga's 'ARTPOP' after she debuted at No.1 last week.
Em's latest album sold 120,000 copies in its third week of release (down 43%), according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan.

Before now, the Imo State born actress, Eucharia Anunobi was a toast of every movie producer who always wanted to have her face adorned their movie jackets. This was in the 90s through the early 2000s.

Gradually her popularity started dwindling, but she managed to keep afloat despite her ordination as an Evangelist.

Joke apart, rib cracker, Julius 'Genius' Agwu, seems to be taking his issue with Etisalat telecommunication to a higher level.

There had been several rounds of applause since comedian, Julius Agwu through his solicitor and lawyer, Festus Keyamo sued network provider, Etisalat for allegedly blocking his line without his consent.

Police enforcing Islamic law in the city of Kano publicly destroyed some 240,000 bottles of beer on Wednesday, the latest move in a wider crackdown on behaviour deemed “immoral” in the area.

The banned booze had been confiscated from trucks coming into the city in recent weeks, said officials from the Hisbah, the patrol tasked with enforcing the strict Islamic law, known as sharia.

Kano’s Hisbah chief Aminu Daurawa said at the bottle-breaking ceremony he had “the ardent hope this will bring an end to the consumption of such prohibited substances”.

It was surprise galore at the Port Harcourt theatre audition of the ongoing Airtel sponsored Nigeria’s Got Talents Season 2 when Kate Henshaw and Dan Foster, both judges of the talent show, walked out on a young man, known as Heaven, for his awful performance.

The dull and careless attitude of Heaven infuriated Kate and Dan who asked him to stop singing immediately and leave the stage but Yibo, the third Judge made some effort to listen to the lacklustre performance of Heaven.

A healing mystery stream has surprisingly appeared in Nachi community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, almost 42 years after it allegedly surfaced and disappeared in the same place.

The miracle stream, as it is now fondly called by millions of Nigerians, both young and old, especially sick ones and their relations, surfaced and disappeared in 1972 and reappeared this time around in the area about two weeks ago.

Why I Warned Blogs Not To Upload My Songs--9ice

Recently, 9ice has gradually been making efforts to get back into the minds of some lovers of good music in Nigeria. Even though his recent music career has not matched that of his 'Gongo Aso' days when he stole the shows and headlined big gigs across the world, some critics have given a clean bill of health to bounce back.

Over the weekend, so many blogs published photos of Dillish and her Boo with claims that they got married, but in the real case she wasn't the one getting married she was only the chief bridesmaid to her friend.

Dillish and her Boo attended a friend's wedding over the weekend, she was looking stunning in her dress,
While captioning the photos, Dillish disclosed that she'll be getting married soon too, even though she hasn't decided on a date, wishing her the best though.

Nigeriafilms

Asari-Dokubo Arrested in Benin Republic

The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, was today arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

A statement by his lawyer, Festus Keyamo, said Dokubo was picked up by the police between 1:00pm and 2:00pm around the Lubeleyi roundabout, and taken to an unknown destination.

The wealthy former militant reportedly opened a private university in the Benin Republic, the King Amachree African University that is preparing to start degree-awarding programmes in 2014.

A police corporal said to be attached to Oregbeni Police Station, Ikpoba Hill, Benin City has allegedly killed his colleague, an Inspector.

The suspect simply identified as Ozeigbe Omobunde was alleged to have committed the act at about 8 p.m, Monday night in the EdoState capital.

It was gathered that the inspector whose identity could not be ascertained at press time was killed on his way to work beside Guinness Nigeria Plc, Benin plant by the corporal who is now on the run.

The reason for the suspect’s action could also not be ascertained at press time.

A mystery was recorded in the rural community of Olori Oko near Ogotun Ekiti in Ekiti South-West Local Government of Ekiti State as a goat allegedly gave birth to a strange creature.

Olori- Oko, a farm stead dominated by people of Ede and Modakeke in Osun State is about six kilometres to Ogotun Ekiti and three kilometres away from Ikeji Arakeji in Osun State, with about 500 residents, witnessed a huge, bewildered crowd that stormed the serene community from the neighboring towns and villages to catch a glimpse at the strange birth.

YESTERDAY’S decamping of most G-7 governors and members of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) to the All Peoples Congress (APC) elicited mixed reactions in the polity.

Lagos-based lawyer, Professor Itse Sagay, said the movement of the G-7 governors to APC is not a loss to the PDP, adding that the movement of the rebel governors who are nursing a personal agenda, into APC may amount to inviting trouble into the APC.

Sagay also berated the northern governors, saying while the APC was preoccupied with salvaging Nigeria from years of misrule, the motive of the northern governors is principally for power to return to the north.

Justin Bieber - Justin Bieber signs behavior contract for hotel

Justin Bieber reportedly signed a contract forcing him to behave at a New Zealand hotel.

The 'Boyfriend' singer was banned from bringing back girls to his £1,000 a night suite and restricted from eating with guests in the posh banquet room in a bid to prevent any controversy during his residence at the Langham Hotel in Auckland last weekend.

The FCT Police Command on Monday in Abuja confirmed that gunmen fired shots at the car of the Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah in Abuja.
The spokesperson of the command, Altine Daniel, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident occurred at about 10 p.m. on Friday.
She added that the minister was not in the car when the incident took place.

One artiste who despite his controversial nature keeps proving he's a master in the game of music is none other than Timaya.

He is the least expected to remain relevant in the industry with his one styled, self appraisal pattern of singing he was known for.

The Federal Government, yesterday, condemned the new conditions which Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, insists must be met before the five-month old strike could be called off.

The three conditions were payment of four months salaries, which accumulated during the period of the strike; immediate implementation of the N1.2 trillion offered by the government to public universities, starting with the release of N100 billion this year and the balance of N1.1 trillion to be spread over five years from 2014.

Stephen Keshi insists he is not worried he could be sacked before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Under Keshi’s guidance Nigeria reached next year’s finals after a 4-1 aggregate win over Ethiopia in the play-offs.

But the former Super Eagles captain has twice before missed out on the tournament after a successful qualification campaign.

Disasters are not good experiences one prays for, but for the likes of Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha, Kalu Ikeagwu and others, they were involved in a movie titled 'Accident' just to pass a vital message to movie buffs.

According to information scooped, 'Accident' is a new flick produced and directed by Teco Benson, who is well known for real suspense filled movies.

Nemesis has caught up with a 24-year-old farmer, Danladi Abubakar, who allegedly beheaded an 11-month-old girl for rituals.

Danladi, after being arrested by the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, confessed that the deal was to fetch him N20,000. He was allegedly contracted by a man in Bida, Niger State, who is said to be on the run.

D’Banj, Don Jazzy meet again at Ice Prince concert

Over the weekend, Choc City rap artist Ice Prince held his highly publicised Fire of Zemani concert but tension only heightened when fans watched with batted breath, as two Nigerian music heavy weights Don Jazzy and D’banj walk deliberately towards each other.

The ice cracked when they both broke into smiles, gave each other bear hugs and even shared a cigar… it was a great sight.

Lady Gaga has been confirmed as the face of Versace's spring/summer 2014 collection, which was shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

Lady Gaga has been confirmed as the new face of Versace.

The 'Applause' hitmaker, who is close friends with the Italian fashion house's chief designer Donatella Versace, will front Versace's spring/summer 2014 campaign, the brand has confirmed on Twitter.

Rihanna was honoured with the first-ever icon award at the American Music Awards on Sunday (24.11.13)

Rihanna was honoured with the first-ever icon award at the American Music Awards on Sunday (24.11.13)

The 'Pour It Up' singer was touchingly presented with the prestigious award by her mother Monica Braithwaite, who expressed how ''proud'' she was of her daughter after shedding light on the popstar's rise to fame.

Rihanna held her mother's hand through-out the emotional speech, which praised the star for remaining humble and hardworking.

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, returned to the country and thanked Nigerians for the show of love extended to him while he was indisposed in London.

He also confirmed that he will have a meeting with the group of seven governors who are estranged from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, this week despite the seeming escalation of the crisis between the governors and the party.

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo‑Iweala, weekend, appealed to the striking university lecturers to call off the strike and resume teaching.

She said this after she and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi bagged doctorate honorary doctorate degrees at a private university, OduduwaUniversity, Ipetumodu in Osun State.

Five people were yesterday killed and several houses burnt at Kuka village in Shendam Local government Area of Plateau State when armed men attacked the village.

The gunmen, said to have numbered over 100, stormed the village, which is about 300 kilometres from the state capital and shares boundary with Taraba State, after midnight.

Elton John - Elton John is a proud dad

Sir Elton John is a ''proud'' dad.

The 'Rocket Man' hitmaker and husband David Furnish have sons Zachary, two, and Elijah, 10 months, and Take That frontman Gary Barlow - who has collaborated with the singer for his new solo album 'Since I Saw You Last' - says the star couldn't resist showing off pictures of the boys when they were in the recording studio together.

Miley Cyrus had an unwelcome surprise as she was preparing to celebrate her 21st birthday on Friday (22Nov13) - burglars reportedly broke into a Studio City, California home, which is believed to be hers.
Police are refusing to name names but the address listed is that of Cyrus' property.

Kanye West won't mention Barack Obama's name ever again and thinks the President of the United States of America only mentions him to be popular with the youth.
The 36-year-old rapper has been criticised by the President of the United States of America on numerous occasions but Kanye claims Barack only talks about him to get in touch with the younger generation.

According to Vanguard.A Niger State magistrate court sitting in Minna, the state capital, has sentenced one Isah Aliyu to five years imprisonment for intending to sell his 9-year-old child for N10m.

The 30-year-old man attributed his action to poverty.

The incident occurred on November 15 when the buyer, one Mallam Magaji, agreed to buy the child for N7 million.

Tiwa Savage And Tee Billz Finally Ties The Knot

Tiwa and Tee Billz met in the United States in 2009, and on February 5, 2013, he formally proposed to her, Today being the 23rd of November Tiwa Savage is finally tying the knot to manager-fiance Tunji ‘Tee Billz’ Balogun and the security has been at a close range for the big event, funny enough, the new couples has declared a ‘no photo or video’ event by the couple who have upgraded security and placed a ban on guests taking photos or videos during wedding.

We all know that the policy won't work, let's watch and see, The wedding ceremony is strictly by invitation. Wishing them conjugal bliss.

Nigeriafilms.com

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