Yess! Let's Gossip All... I Mean Everything!: 2014

Wednesday 4 June 2014

One of the World's Biggest Movie Markets Is Not Where You Would Expect

If you were asked to name a movie about Africa off the top of your head, odds are pretty good it would be one about South Africa: Invictus or Cry Freedom or even District 9. South Africa's struggle with apartheid is great fodder for cinematic drama, and its large Caucasian population spells good roles for our predominantly white movie stars.

The rest of Africa remains mostly absent in Hollywood films. When American movies do take us to that mysterious continent, it is almost always through the eyes

Rihanna never disappointed us when it comes to her red carpet appearances.

The Bajan pop beauty rocked a nude sparkly dress at last night’s 2014 Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards (CFDA) Awards in New York and she not just turn everyone heads, but

Update: Sources connected to the girl in the photo told Urban Islandz this weekend that she did not died. The source also promise to send a video proving she is still

Another day, another pasty-clad pic, courtesy of Nicki Minaj.

The 31-year-old rapper took to Instagram on Sunday to share a series of supersexy shots in which she's exposing her breasts in a see-through shirt, under which she's wearing only a star-shaped pair of nipple pasties.

But her boobs weren't the only thing that Nicki was

Babcock University honored media mogul Mo Abudu as Doctor of Humane Letters, HonourisCausa during their 2014 Convocation Ceremony which held on Sunday June 1st.

This award according to the President/Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof J.A KayodeMakinde is to celebrate those who have inspired the young generation in diverse ways.

Another awarded was Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has disclosed of plans by the state government to shoulder the responsibility of sponsoring all the abducted Chibok schoolgirls to school in other parts of the country.

Shettima diclosed this on Monday while receiving some of the abducted girls and their parents at the Maiduguri Government House.

He stated that government was thinking of either Abuja, Kano, Lagos, Kaduna or other states of the country for the students to repeat their final year and prepare themselves properly for their final year examinations.

According to the governor, “it is mandatory for the state

Two gas plants in Delta State were shut down.

The electricity supply in most parts of the country will reduce further from Tuesday with the announcement by the Federal Government of a drop of about 1,000 megawatts, MW following the closure of the Utorogu and Ughelli East gas plants in Delta State.

Utorogu and Ughelli East gas plants, owned by Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC joint venture, JV, produces between 120 and 300

As the Big Boss shuffles his card, which of the new boys and returnees in the final 23 are set to play a key role in Brazil?

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By Solace Chukwu

It’s a good thing that, being deeply religious, Nigerians are no strangers to vigils spent in frenzied anticipation.

The Super Eagles’ 23-man squad list for the World Cup was finally cleared for announcement by the media (it had apparently been sent to Fifa hours prior) in the early hours of Tuesday, after a tenuous wait. The list received mixed to negative reviews, with many bemoaning the absence of Enugu Rangers’ winger Ejike Uzoenyi and Real Betis’s Nosa Igiebor, among others. Cup of Nations hero Sunday Mba was cut as well, a victim seemingly of his own carelessness in failing

Ducan Mighty, has come forward with some very heavy claims.

The Port Harcourt first son says Governor Rotimi Amaechi is owing him money for services rendered.

Read his claims below: -

CALL TO GOVERNOR AMAECHI TO PAY ME FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO HIM AND HIS GOVERNMENT.

….FRIENDS NOW CALL ME A TRAITOR/SABOTEUR.………DUNCAN MIGHTY

It is on record that on the 30th of March 2011, I, Mr. Okechukwu Duncan Mighty single handedly organized a Celebrity Youth Endorsement Concert in Port

Love: Unconditional

John 3:16 "one of the most famous and well-known Bible verses. Which has been called the 'Gospel in a nutshell' because it is considered a summary of the central doctrines of every faith.

"For God so loved the world..."

...Agape is love which is of and from God, whose very nature

In this month of JUNE one thing is certain only IF you MAINTAIN your confession...
cos GOD takes pleasure in prospering HIS elect!

Ralph Laurents: one of world reknowned

We've been hearing all the while that rapper Ice Prince and female rapper, Eva Alordiah dated way back but he hasn't spoken about it until now.

The rapper spoke with Tribune, opening up about lots of personal issues, part of it was his relationship with Eva.
According to him, she was the first girl he dated when he just arrived in Lagos from Jos.
Ice Prince said they were much younger then and used to argue a lot so, they had to

Organiser of the planned Butterscotch concert slated for Lagos on Saturday finally learned the hard way the bad image that the Boko Haram sect has brought the country when the two headliners of the concert pulled out blaming it on insecurity.
Donnel Jones and Envogue, an all female group, among others

Earlier this week, it was reported that Edith Nuong Faalong walked off the set of a popular TV series in tears and terminated her contract with the production company, after the Nigerian director of the series -Prince Amuni Gbenga had barged into her private room while she was in her underwear and proceeded to manhandle her resulting in her sustaining a cut and swollen upper lip.

According to the report, her room-mate who was asleep

Flavour Nabania is one of Nigeria's hottest male acts who doesn't hide his God-given talent.

He's shared hot photos online in the past and we're yet to recover from it.
And now, here's another one. Obviously his

Earlier Sunday, Tiwa Savage shared photo of herself and husband, Tunji Billz in a private jet, heading to Gabon, where she'll be performing at the Libre Ville Motor Show.

After sharing the photo she wrote,

"Gabon here comes #dorodiva you know

Ex-Gov Otedola Burial:Jonathan, Obasanjo Meets in Lagos Amid Tight Security

Son of late legal icon, Gani Fawehinmi, Muhammed Fawehinmi, has blamed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for being part of the Boko Haram problem faced in the country today.

Speaking today, at the Bimbo and Shola Connect, a live programme on LTV 8, he said Obasanjo had ignored a warning issued by the Russian military intelligence over the growth of some unknown fundamentalist building up in Sambisa Forest, during his

Chibok Abduction: The President did not believe that those girls were abducted for almost 18 days – Obasanjo

After weeks of what appeared to be an undeclared truce, former President Olusegun Obasanjo continued his verbal assault on President Goodluck Jonathan and his government, when he admitted in an interview aired on the Bloomberg Television Africa that he was disappointed in the government, noting that the president had not performed to his expectation.

Chief Obasanjo, who fielded questions from Ijeoma Ndukwe, did not hide his disavowal of the government, especially the lackadaisical manner, he believed

Boko Haram insurgents

If a nation is at red alert, yet a terror group like Boko Haram strikes at will and ups the number of its victims, then such a country is obviously a cassava republic that cannot guarantee security of lives and property.

While Aso Rock makes noise about the determination of the government to bring back the abducted Chibok girls and also to finally thumb Boko Haram, the group continues to strike audaciously as it pleases – in Borno (four times, with the recent killing of forty soldiers and policemen), Kano and Plateau (twice).

It seems they want prove that this government has no clue of what

Making female orgasm a reality

It's been suggested that one in every four women will have problems reaching orgasm at some stage in their life, and 25-35 per cent may never have experienced orgasm before. It is not uncommon for women to have difficulty reaching orgasm during intercourse. In fact, an estimated 70 per cent of women don’t ever have penetrative orgasms.
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For many women, the problem is inability to reach orgasm during penetration but not with other forms of stimulation. Such women may find that changing their sexual

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo had a private discussion during the burial of the former Governor of Lagos State, Sir Michael Agbolade Otedola, on Friday.
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Jonathan, whose presidential helicopter flew into Ibonwon town in Eredo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State around 8:35a.m., did not arrive at the church venue where the mass was held until around 11:15am in company with the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan; the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Adamu Mu’azu; Minister

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) announced plans on Saturday to increase co-operation with Central African states in the battle against “terrorism”, amid fears of Boko Haram’s insurgency spreading across the region.

Nigeria has said repeatedly that it needs more help from its neighbours – including Chad, Cameroon and Niger – to end the brutal five-year insurgency being waged by the Islamist group.

In the final communique of an extraordinary security

The actress shared the photos on instagram. You go girl!!

Julius Agwu and wife celebrate 6th wedding anniversary

Comedian Julius Agwu and wife Ibiere celebrates their 6th

Here's a pic of the surrounding areas of Alpha Beach. There was a beach overflow this morning. Ocean View Estate is seriously

The Ghanaian footballer posted this hot pic on his instagram page...Is that all him? #betterthingz..:-)

Exclusive photos of President Jonathan's daughter's honeymoon

President Jonathan's daughter Faith Sakwe married Godswill Osim Edward on April 12th and soon after went on their honeymoon. Well, I have some exclusive photos from their romantic trip. The couple traveled to Rio de Janiero, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Venice, London

Jay Z may himself be a cheating husband however, he so jealous that he doesn't want any man to go near his wife, Beyonce.

Reports ,making the rounds has it that Jay Z is jealous of Beyonce’s close relationship with her bodyguard Julius,a divorcee with a kid,and thinks she’s dating him.

Julius is so close to her that his hands are always on her most of the time.

Despite being her bodyguard, Julius seems to knows too much ,has been there through it all since 2009,and is the only one who knows the truth about that elevator fight.

After the elevator fight, he was said

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton in 'Half of a Yellow Sun’

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2:15PM BST 31 May 2014

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On the Saturday that I took my family to the Lagos premiere of the film adaptation of my novel Half of a Yellow Sun, I watched my parents and tried to hide my anxiety. I wondered what they would make of it, but my worry went beyond the film. It was similar, in its sense of unformed discomfort, to what I felt when I first showed my father the finished manuscript. I had wondered then if, after reading, he would think it worthwhile that he had spent so many long hours answering my questions about the Biafran war, lifting layers of his memory that had long lay untouched. I was relieved that he liked

And, the record for most likes on Instagram goes to...

2020634 likes

39410 comments

The KimYe wedding snap has 1.98 million likes and counting

The fashion world can seem ridiculous to outsiders.
The outlandishness of it all. The drama.
The peculiar timing.
You see, when Fashion Week rolls around twice a year, the clothes being shown are for the next season. So, this September, for instance, fashionistas and fashion editors will take notes on threads for

Carolyn Kaster, AP

President Obama knows how to keep a secret: He told the world on Friday that daughter Malia recently attended her first prom — but don’t press him on the details.
“Did she go with a boy?” asked Kelly Ripa breathlessly. She interviewed POTUS with co-host Michael Strahan for their show LIVE! With Kelly and Michael from the White House.
“I think all this is

Not many people know that Panshak Zamani (also known as Ice Prince) once stayed at home due to lack of school fees or once performed on stage with his pair of trousers ripped off. The award winning rapper discussed these, his growing up years and career with JOAN OMIONAWELE. Excerpts

What was growing up in Jos like?
It (Jos) was the most peaceful place on earth. Things were rosy for us until my dad passed on in 1999. There were times I stayed at home for two weeks because I had no school fees

IT was, without doubt, another momentous occasion, at the weekend, when the 2014 edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) held at the Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa, amidst pomp and circumstance.
The organisers, indeed, made no mean efforts to put up an awards show that has since remained the talk of the town; a glamorous event that has continually been rewarding excellence in African cinema in the last 10 years.
Every year, AMAA attracts the largest constellation of stars, filmmakers, film critics, internationally acclaimed movie and music artistes, top government functionaries in Africa and the Diaspora as

Finally! Tiwa Savage Responds To Her ‘Wanted’ Video Critics

Tiwa Savage has finally responded to all the mixed reactions trailing her recently released racy video. For those accusing her that her video preached

When you win an Oscar and everyone loves you, the doors start to open up.
Cue Lupita Nyong’o pulling a boss move and casually optioning some film rights.
She hopes to bring author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book Americanah to a movie theater near you at some point.
Adichie, also a boss, is not new to this game. Her novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, is already a movie, starring Thandie Newton and Nyong’o’s 12 Years a Slave co

TRAGEDY struck in Lagos, on Thursday, on the Eko Bridge, when a driver of a saloon
car, identified to be the son of a former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja,
died in an auto accident.
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The incident reportedly occurred around 3.30 p.m, when the deceased, identified as Adebola
Ladoja, was driving a Volkswagen Golf car with Lagos registration number AKD 107 CJ.
The deceased was said to be driving toward Lagos Island when

Big Brother 2014: Bosses pick brainiest housemates to date using IQ tests

New series of Big Brother will pit boffin housemates against each - even allowing them to use technology for the first time

Entrance exam: This year's BB housemates had to pass an IQ test for the show

Housemates for the new series of Big Brother have taken IQ tests to ensure they are the brainiest cast in the show's history.

Rebranded as Big Brother: Power Trip, the Channel 5 reality show will see contestants negotiate a series of mind games that will test their

Nigerians, both fans and perceived enemies of popular Mavin Records star, Tiwa Savage, have taken to every available space on the internet to either praise or discredit her new video.

The video titled: ‘Wanted’ has Tiwa singing and swinging in a brown breast tube and just a piece of cloth to scarcely cover her sensitive parts. Every other part of her body, as shown by the video seemingly remain bare due to the almost trasparent cloth she wore.

While many have continued to praise her courage, arguing that she has lifted the Nigerian music industry to another level, others have simply criticised her for debasing religion, morality, the culture and tradition of Nigeria.
Charles Novia, a movie producer and director, condemned

#BringBackOurGirls’ Campaigners

Onyebuchi Ezigbo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday condemned the attack by thugs against the ‘BringBackOurGirls’ protesters, who hitherto conducted themselves in a civil and peaceful manner.
It said the attack, which was apparently sponsored was deplorable and was orchestrated to shift the focus from ‘BringBackOurGirls’ to ‘ReleaseOurGirls’.

In a statement issued by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the attack on the protesters in Abuja had confirmed its worst

Secretary to the Borno State Government (SSG), Ambassador Baba Ahmed Jidda, has described the national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Ahmed Muazu, as a pathological liar.

He said this in reaction to comments credited to the former Bauchi governor that both the Minister of state for education, Mr Nyesom Wike, and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) wrote to

You know you’re A-list when you get paid to just make appearances, and Nicki Minaj is definitely A-List.

According to TMZ, the Lookin’ rapper was paid $50,000 to just make an appearance at boxer Floyd Mayweather’s daughter, Iyanna’s birthday party.

Mayweather had rented out the ballroom of the

The Nigeria Entertainment Awards – NEA has announced the nominees for the 9th edition of its award show. It was announced today at 4 PM on air.

And topping the list are Davido and Tiwa Savage with five nominations each in the music category. Also bagging multiple nominations are Flavour, Don Jazzy, Wizkid, Olamide Patoranking, Chidinma and Oritse Femi.

Are you ready for the drama, loads of laughter and tears? Big Brother Africa will never disappoint! Get ready to be dazzled when Africa’s biggest reality series hits the screens on 6 September 2014!

It’s Big Brother Time and since the first season, the reality series has attracted some funny, dramatic, weird and wonderful characters that have kept viewers glued to the screens 24/7. Some housemates who have been part of this huge show have had their talents realized and

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