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Tuesday 7 January 2014

Indonesian man with tumour all over his body after doctors remove one from his waist

An Indonesian man whose body is covered by hundreds of tumours has made a final plea for help as the rare condition robs him of his sight. 

Slamet, from East Java, is believed to be suffering from neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition which causes uncontrollable growths along the nerves. According to his brother Suwadi, the 59-year-old had a tumour removed from his waist in 1991. But six months later tumours began to form all over his face and body. 

Years later the condition has become intolerable and Slamet suffers constant pain throughout his body. Recently the tumours have started blocking his nostrils, making it difficult for him to breath

Singing brothers The Rowlands release new promo pics & new video

Singing brothers Solomon Slasha Rowland and Emmanuel Eldon Rowland who go by the stage name The Rowlands just released these promo pics and the visuals for their hit single, Oxygen.

The Kogi State born artistes are the elder brothers of Gbemisola Rowland of Project Fame, who features in this new single produced by Eldon and video directed by Michael Williams. See more photos and the video after the cut...

Aviation Minister Stella Oduah erases education references online after SR report

I saw the Sahara Reporters news yesterday but decided to leave it alone until the Minister responds to the allegations. And she has, by erasing her educational references online after SR's report hit the net.

According to the report by Sahara Reporters, Aviation Minister Stella Odua's Master's degree which she claimed to have obtained from St. Paul’s College Lawrenceville, Virginia, US and presented to the Senate in 2011 as a ministerial nominee, is fake, because the school does not offer graduate programs.

Sahara Reporters learned from the President of the college that it has never in its 125-year history had a graduate school or graduate program. The Provost Vice President of Academic Affairs, and the Vice President of Institutional Development said “We don’t offer any graduate programs here.”

Premium Times went digging and it looks like the allegation is true because by 4pm today, her profile page on Facebook was edited and all traces of St. Paul’s College was removed from the account. It was also removed from her Wikipedia page and her biography on the Ministry of Aviation website. See screen grabs after the cut...

Singer Ciara writes an open letter to bloggers

It's a season of open letters and singer Ciara has written one to bloggers. Lol. She's sick to death of negative bloggers and comments and pens an open letter urging people to stop...

Ciara writes on her personal blog,
I used to sometimes like visiting some of the blog sites to see what new things are happening in the world! Things like cool photos, current events, etc. But nowadays it seems like there's a competition with sites on "Who Can Tear Someone Down the Most." The stories are going from cool and creative to pure drama. Even the comment sections are beginning to get out of control and people are using the platforms to exercise a false sense of power.

Photo: Horrible auto accident occur on Third Mainland Bridge

A terrible accident occurred earlier today Tuesday January 7th on 3rd Mainland Bridge that left at least one person dead. The accident involved a Black Prado SUV (pictured above) that reportedly lost its tyres while on high speed. Two people were in the car at the time of the accident, with one of them reportedly dying on the spot. The other passenger is in critical condition in the hospital. The accident caused heavy traffic on both lanes several hours ago.

Governor Rochas Okorocha's first daughter welcomes twins

The governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has become a grandfather for the first time after his first daughter, Uloma Okorocha Nwosu, welcomed twins in December 2013. Uloma married Uche Nwosu, a serving commissioner in her father's cabinet in January 2013. The twins with Uloma's siblings above.

Uloma Nwosu is the Director General of her fathers foundation, Rochas Okorocha Foundation while her husband is the Honorable Commissioner for Land Survey and Urban planning in Imo State.

Pic of Naomi Oni's attacker following her moments before dousing her with acid

The eerie pic above was shown in court today to jurors in the Naomi Oni acid bath case. It's a CCTV image allegedly showing her friend Mary Konye dressed in Muslim veil and walking closely behind Naomi, just moments before she doused her with acid and destroyed her looks forever!

That same night, the jealous and obsessed student posted a pic of Nightmare on Elm Street horror character Freddie Krueger on her WhatsApp profile pic & wrote 'Who looks like Wrong Turn now?'

A friend of Mary Konye told the police that Mary planned to attack Naomi and ruin her looks "so she would know 'how it feels' to feel bad about her appearance', after Naomi told her she looked like something out of a horror movie. Continue...

New Music: Lyrical - Focused

Focused is the first official single from Lyrical's forthcoming mixtape; OCD. Enjoy below...

Naija's hottest couple? Check out Mr and Mrs Balogun's sexy pic

Tiwa Savage and her husband, Tunji Balogun loved up on a boat in Dubai...

Dr Sid and fiancee Simi Osomo share vacation pics in Dubai

Love is a beautiful thing...

Chika Ike still on a roll...

Chika Ike no send una o. All that one wey una dey talk no concern am...lol. The actress left Abu Dhabi today to continue her shopping spree in Dubai. She shared the pic above showing off all her designer shopping on her instagram page..

Bleaching expert Pela Okiemute shows off his client's successful bleaching transformation

Lol. Strange things are happening. I have no words! Congrats to the client! The difference is clear! Hehe. Pela shared the pics on his Facebook page. If you've never heard of Pela...read about him here

Suicidal student finally succeeds in killing himself. Hangs self in his room

Part-time student of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Timilehin Ayobami Ogundare tried to kill himself on Sat January 4th by jumping into River Ogun but was stopped and saved by some security guards who handed him over to men of the vigilante service. Timi was later released. The next day, he succeeded in killing himself by hanging himself in his room with his belt.

PM News reports that Timi, who worked as a computer operator in Ibadan, was found dead in his room at Ilupeju area, Baasala, Asero, Abeokuta, Ogun State on Sunday January 5th. A family source disclosed that he'd tried to kill himself last year but was stopped by some people.
“The whole issue is still like a drama because I don’t know what could have made him decide to take his life. We have been looking for him since January 1. Later, we heard that he went to Lagos. He boarded a train from Lagos back to Abeokuta on Saturday and came down at Lafenwa. He trekked from the station through Enu Gada area to Ajitaadun down to Arakanga area with the aim of jumping into the river.
“He was arrested by the security men in the area when they saw him wandering with only his boxer pant on. They handed him over to the Vigilante men at Oke Ilewo for further investigation. We went there to collect him and we were told to come back with him yesterday. On getting to his room, we found out that he had hanged himself. He left a short note, apologizing that he disappointed us,” the source narrated in tears.

Billionaire businesswoman Folorunsho Alakija's son soon to wed

One of the sons of billionaire businesswoman Folorunsho Alakija, Rotimi Alakija, is soon to wed the love of his life, beautiful Ms Kike Fejemirokun, who he has been dating for a while after meeting in the UK where they both went to school. Kike attended University of Lancaster while Rotimi studied at Bristol and got a master's degree from University of Surrey.

Rotimi is an executive director at his mum's Famfa Oil Limited where he is in charge of marketing, sales and export of Agbami crude. No date has been fixed for the wedding but inside sources said to expect a wedding before the end of 2014. Rotimi has three other brothers, Dele, Ladi and Folarin

Iyanya and Yvonne Nelson set to star in same movie, The Ransom

The ex-lovers are set to star in a movie being produced by Elvis Chuks titled The Ransom, I gathered exclusively. Heard that Iyanya has been approached and he's shown interest in playing a role in the movie and as soon as they agree on term and fees, shooting will commence. Will bring you behind the scenes pics.

Star stuns Nigeria's biggest artistes with the largest toast in Africa

Premium lager, Star, on January 1st drew the crème de la crème of Nigeria’s artistes, with some of the biggest names in the music entertainment industry witnessing what was arguably the largest toast in Africa. The event, one of the special highlights of the second annual Countdown held at Eko Atlantic, Victoria Island Lagos. Continue...

Nigerians and bleaching cream..Lol. Dencia's Whitenicious sells out

I don't think Whitenicious is a bleaching cream but because it sounds like one, it's already sold out! Kai, Naija babes and bleaching cream...lol

Monday 6 January 2014

Jason Njoku & Chimimanda Adichie on BBC's Today Programme

Earlier today, leading Internet entrepreneur, Jason Njoku and literary star Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie were interviewed by the BBC's Evan Davis and Nkem Ifejika, as part of the BBC's focus on Nigeria as one of the world's leading emerging economies. The show was broadcast to millions of people around the world on the Today Programme and on the BBC's NewsDay on the World Service.

Chimamanda's hair is epic! Haven't seen that in a long time. See another pic after the cut...

Chineze Anyaene; IJE Director/Producer Announces Auditions

This is a casting call from Chineze Anyaene, the award winning  Director and Producer of the multi award winning movie ‘IJE: The Journey’. 

Xandria Productions is now scouting for Male and females actors for an upcoming drama - mystery TV Series created and to be directed by Chineze Anyaene. With over 200 characters, this is an opportunity for individuals with interest, skill or talent in acting to showcase themselves. Continue..

"It pays to have values" Centenary pageant winner, Queen Ubah says

Stunning model and video vixen Queen Ubah won the Centenary Pageant which held in Dec. 2013 in Bayelsa State. Queen will be a beauty queen for the rest of her life as her reign is for the next 100 years. She won a brand new car from the pageant organisers which they will change every 5 years for the rest of her life and she also got a scholarship to school anywhere in the world.

Talking about what has brought her far in life, Queen says it's her principles and values...
"As a model I vowed never to do anything that's against my religion, my principles and values. Even as a video model I stood my ground and never compromised into doing the wrong things. I guess it pays to be good. No one ever knows God's plans for them. He knows the end from the beginning and His plans for us is that of greatness."

Rihanna sets eyes on another hot dude that looks like Chris Brown

Rihanna has her eyes on another hot dude. She posted a pic of NFL player Mychal Kendricks on her instagram page today and admitted that he's her #MCM. #ManCrushMonday.

Mychal is 23 years old and looks like a healthy version of Chris Brown. Someone should hook them up fast fast!

Acid victim Naomi Oni's alleged attacker finally nabbed. It was her friend!

21 year old acid victim Naomi Oni was disfigured for life after an unknown person wearing a Niqāb threw acid in her face as she walked home from work on Sunday December 30th 2012 in Lodge Avenue Dagenham, east London, (If you missed qit, read about it HERE)

Naomi only described her attacker as a woman wearing an Islamic veil. Over a year later, police has been able to identify the person behind the veil. It was her jealous 21 year old friend, Mary Konye.

According to new reports released by police and tendered in court, Mary, a student at Hertfordshire university, disguised herself in a Niqāb, which showed only her eyes and closely followed Naomi home and allegedly poured the acid on her when they got to a deserted area. She fled the scene immediately after.

Naomi suffered horrific burns on her face and chest and was left scarred for life. Continue...

Things Nigerians Love announce new items in!

Things Nigerians Love announce the arrival of new items in. Think classy shift dresses. Continue...

Actor Idris Elba sends sexually suggestive Tweet

Idris is such a tease! Yesterday the Mandela actor sent his Twitter female followers over the edge with a sexually suggestive Tweet. He shared the pics above and tweeted that 'his bow makes his 'you know what' hard every time he smiles.' Lol. Not even fair...

Actress Halima Abubakar goes blue! :-)

Dress, shoes and lipstick to match. My kind of girl... Lol.

Monalisa shows off leg in new pic + explains why she started a mag

Actress Monalisa Chinda looking like a sexy vixen in this new pic shot for her magazine, Monalisa.

The actress explains why she diversified and went into magazine publishing:
"Acting will always be part of me but as you attain a certain height in your chosen career it is only natural that you want to diversify, you want to show other side of you and some things you can do. So, I'm not just to entertain people but to impact knowledge as well."

Jude Okoye shows off his gun collection

Those are real guns and bullets, yeah? The music video director shared the pic on his instagram page

The story of North Korean leader feeding his uncle to 120 dogs was the imagination of an impostor blogger

Oh dear. An impostor blogger with a wild sense of imagination has deceived the world, if the article from BBC today is to be believed. The story culled from Chinese newspaper Wen Wei Po and carried by a lot of the major online news sites, including Daily Mail, NYTimes, and LIB (hehe), claimed that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un stripped his 'traitor' uncle naked and fed him and six others to a pack of 120 dogs that had been starved for three days. (If you missed the story, read it HERE)

Apparently nothing like that happened. The originator of the story is a blogger who calls himself Choi Seongho, and claims to be a North Korean newspaper editor now studying in China. Thing is, there's another Choi Seongho, who is way more popular and recognized as a reporter. The real Choi told the BBC that the other Choi is an impostor. Read BBC's report on the fake story after the cut...

High court bombed in Rivers State

A High Court in Ahoada East LGA of Rivers State was bombed this morning Monday January 6th, according to reports from the state.

The Will Nigeria reports
The bombing of the court where Justice Charles N. Wali usually holds court, reportedly occurred on Monday morning a few hours before a politically charged suit against Hon Evans Bipi, a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly and leader of a group of 6 lawmakers, who has been unlawfully parading himself as the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
Justice Wali had about a month ago ordered Bipi to stop parading himself as Speaker of the House as the tussle over control of the state government between loyalists of the Presidency and the Rivers Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, lingers with an end in sight. No casualties have been reported over the bombing as at the time of filing this report.

Actress Ameze Imarhiagbe is back! Check out her hot new photos

Remember actress Ameze Imarhiagbe? She found fame many years back in Nollywood movies like Flesh and Blood, Dead End, and Suicide Mission. After more than a decade away from our screens, (she relocated to the US) the actress and movie producer is back and working on new movies. See more promotional pics after the cut...

Check out singer James Blunt's hilarious replies to haters on Twitter

You know how some people like to diss celebs on social media? Well, you can diss all you want but expect a witty comeback from British singer and five time Grammy nominee, James Blunt. He has time to reply haters and his tweets have become a sensation - turning him into a hero of some sort.
"Twitter started to be really fun when I saw some negative ­comments about me. I loved laughing about them and engaging with the trolls. I guess people ­finally got the chance to see my self-­deprecating humour.” James said
Nigerian celebs should learn from Blunt. Being abusive is really not necessary. See some of the singer's replies to haters last year after the cut...

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