Yesterday an unfortunate accident happened. An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Forced crashed in Yola, Adamawa state, killing all on board.
The identities of those on board have not been disclosed yet.
In a statement issued late last night, the spokesperson for the Air force, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, confirmed the accident, stating that the crash occurred at about 4:23pm and that it occurred due to bad weather.
He said the F7-Ni fighter jet, with registration number, NAF801, was “returning to base from a mission when it crashed around Hong, in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
He said: “There was no survival as the pilot of the aircraft lost his life in the unfortunate incident.”
Getting married is a beautiful thing and as a matter of fact is one of the most amazing thing that can happen to anyone.
A number of prominent celebrities got married to their partners this year and had very elaborate wedding ceremonies which saw a number of a-list guests in attendance.
This year alone, we have already reported to you quite a number of celebrities who got married and we thought to recap them and put them all together.
Here are the top celebrity weddings of 2015, in no particular order with eye-candy photos.
1. Paul Okoye and Anita Isama
Paul Okoye and his long time girlfriend, Anita Isama finally got married earlier this year at Ikoyi Registry.
Although the pair had their traditional wedding in March, 2014. The pair only got married legally earlier this year. The pair tied the knots legally on January 22, 2015.
Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo while speaking at the Pan African Gathering Conference for 2015 of House of Revival Church in South Africa on October 9th said that his becoming the Vice President was the fulfillment of a prophecy in 2013 where it was said that he will be made Vice President of Nigeria; But he never took the prophecy serious.
“This prophetic gathering is very special indeed. One of the reasons why it is special is because it just shows you God works. God doesn’t look at size, he doesn’t look at anything fancy, he just does it in accordance with His grace and mercy. I was sitting here in 2013 when a prophecy was made that I will be vice president of Nigeria and I didn’t take it seriously,“ he said.
Former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, is dead.
The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Esueme Dan-Kikili, confirmed to us that the former governor died of cardiac arrest today, Saturday.
Alamieyeseigha reportedly slipped into a coma two days ago and was placed on life support.
There were reports during the week that the British Government was determined to resurrect an outstanding case of money laundering against the former governor and had requested for his extradition to London.
Supermoms/Nollywood actresses, Chioma Akpotha and Uche Jombo both made appearances at Breast Cancer awareness event organized by 12KLLPVolunteers at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos today, 10th of October, 2015.
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Uche Jombo is amazingly stunning though… She’s looking fit just few months after she delivered a baby.
Felabration is about to kick off, I’m sure most of us have been waiting for it. This year’s event series, according to the organisers, will hold from October 12 to 18, 2015.
Felabration is The annual anniversary of the death of Afrobeat king, Fela was the pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre, human rights activist, and political maverick.
The week-long event will feature the best of entertainers drawn from across Africa including Falz, Olamide, Iyanya, Tekno, Waje, Burna Boy, Kiss Daniel, and many more are billed to perform.
Felabration is the brainchild of Fela’s eldest child, Yeni Kuti, fondly referred to as YK. She conceived the concept in 2008, and since then, the event holds during the week of Fela’s birthday….
The Afrobeat Musical Festival, which takes the form of a carnival, consists of a series of events, which include photo exhibitions, symposia, musical performances and street parades. It holds at the New Afrika Shrine in Alausa area of Ikeja, Lagos State….
Nigerian singer, Chuddy K, got betrothed to his long time girlfriend in Lagos yesterday. In what seems to be like a low key wedding, the “gaga crazy” crooner looked dapper in blazers rocking a bow tie, while his gorgeous wife stunned in her white wedding gown.
Eligible Nigerian celebrity bachelors – It’s not common to find a male Nigerian celebrity who has a unique personality, is of marriageable age, has achieved a certain level of success and appears to be is free from the ‘baby mama’ drama (except for number 9 & 10); when we find such men, we celebrate them and that’s what this list is about.
So Ladies, these charming men are up for grabs! Here is a list of Super-HOT Eligible Celebrity Bachelors in Nigeria:
1. DON JAZZY
32 year old Mavin Records Boss, Don Jazzy is definitely one of the most sought after bachelors in the industry.
With so many ladies craving to fill the number 1 position in his life, it’s a wonder he is yet to take his ‘Onome’ to the altar.
Apparently, there’s a List of Women The Mavin Boss has been linked to. Check on it Here
Some father to daughter love bonding though. Thanks to this adorable Royalty, we get to see the soft side of Chris Brown each and everyday… not like the times, he usually gets in fights and gets apprehended or probation.
The proud father who has settled his custodian battle with his baby mama, spent some time with the Love of his life, Royalty, at a zoo.
18 Year Old most spoken about teenager on the internet, Kylie Jenner, gave her fans a tour of the renovations inside her $2.7M Calabasas mansion.
The reality TV star, who acquired the property about eight months ago, posted a virtual tour of her kitchen and living room via her new app and website.
Like mother like daughter! Elegance at it’s very finest! Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari and her stunning looking mum both stepped out in white for an event. They look incredible… they even look like sisters…
The duo stepped out for Nadia’s brother’s wedding. Aren’t they a gorgeous pair?
Brethren, Believe me. .This Has Got to be the Most Hilarious Thing I’ve watched today.
Apparently, it’s the norm to yab and also been yabbed as it’s one of the major criteria of Nigerian Stand up Comedy.
This didn’t sit well with Gordons when Helen Paul took a Jab at Him Following Her joke:
“If to say I never marry, I no fit marry Gordons, Him be like Babalawo”
Helen also threw shade at I Go Dye, Basketmouth and Alibaba.
The moment Gordons went up stage, he immediately started throwing harsh darts back at Helen Paul.
This forced her to come back on stage to give him response. It took the intervention of the Host AY himself coming to the stage and practically carrying Helen Paul off the stage.
When Gordons refused to let the sleeping dogs lie, Ay announced on stage that Gordons has been banned from Ay shows.
Watch how Helen Paul throws shades at all the top comedians you know, Basket mouth, Alibaba, I Go Die and Gordons. Also watch Gordons reply.
Two Nigerian pastors have been allegedly detained and their leader blocked from entering Zimbabwe over failed prophesy. Zimbabwean News Day reports that, Chris Okafor who last year prophesied President Robert Mugabe’s death has been barred from entering the country,
Okafor, the leader of the Liberation City World Outreach Ministries, reportedly said in October last year that Zimbabwe would have a new president by March this year.
According to the report, seven members of Okafor’s church had arrived in Zimbabwe on Sunday to prepare for the pastor’s “grand” arrival at a conference convened by local cleric, Joseph Magorimbo.
The report said five of the Nigerians were deported instantly on arrival and the other two, who arrived on a different flight, were allowed into the country.
The two were later taken for questioning, as was Magorimbo. A source privy to the incident told News Day that Magorimbo and the two Nigerians were questioned for five hours, with Magorimbo accused of inviting Okafor.
A source said security agents claimed:
“Okafor prophesied something against the president. But they have not said what it is Okafor said”. The source was quoted as saying, “Okafor was supposed to arrive tomorrow (Wednesday), but he has since cancelled the trip”.
Magorimbo, the report said, was later released while the two Nigerians were bundled into a truck and taken to an unknown destination.
Magorimbo’s lawyer, Jonathan Samkange, confirmed that state security agents had quizzed his client and the two Nigerians.
A model student has been told to stay away from class after developing a suspected life-threatening allergy to school.
Tiffiney Blakey suffered repeated anaphylactic shocks minutes after entering John Whitgift Academy in Grimsby.
According to the Guardian UK, Doctors have now instructed her to stay at home until tests can be done to uncover what is causing the potentially fatal reactions.
She said:
“I had been to registration and was walking to the first lesson when started feeling itchy and hot and I told my friend and she told the teacher. They called mum and she rushed me to the GP for advice.”
The next day feeling better Tiffiney returned to school but within 20 minutes of being inside the building she began suffering an even worse reaction.
She said:
“I think I was in maths and I started getting really itchy and I started getting warm and dizzy. “We went into English and I started getting really hot and swollen and I couldn’t see properly and my throat started to hurt.
“I was struggling to breathe. I felt really scared, I was saying, ‘I’m going to die. Please don’t say I’m going to die.'”
The scared schoolgirl required hospital treatment after going into full anaphylactic shock. Tiffiney returned to school but again suffered similar reactions despite doctors increasing her steroid tablets and prescribing antihistamines.
Finally they have ordered her to stay at home until they can get to the bottom of what is causing the reactions. Her mother, Josie said:
“People think it’s a joke. All the kids must be thinking it’s great to be allergic to school but for Tiffiney it is life and death. The paramedics said if it had been left longer, she would have died.”It’s definitely something in the school.”
Samples of paintwork and new carpets which have been fitted at the school have been taken for tests.
So who has seen the Big Bang Theory comedy series? Doesn’t this dude remind you of Sheldon Cooper? Lol!
So this dude brother, in a quite interesting and systematic way snitched on his girlfriend Sorry, Baby mama, on Facebook. The dude went through lengths though.
My dear females, can y’all help me out here? What do y’all call this version of hair? A golden blonde shade of dark hair?… Tell me!
Gorgeous actress/Businesswoman, Mercy Aigbe is looking all flawless in this new photo shoot of hers. Her make-up though… Oh! Do you guys notice this characteristic of this stunning mother of two? Her zit!
Karrueche Tran has spoken more on her broken relationship with Chris Brown, stating that it has affected the way people view her as well as her career.
In a chit-chat with BBC Radio One’s Newsbeat, she said people say she is famous because of Chris Brown and call her weak:
We’re not friends or anything like that at this point. “A lot of people think I am a weak individual because of past situations and when it comes to business sometimes people don’t want to be involved with somebody like that, which is understandable, but it sucks, because I’m not a weak person.
It’s these people who sit behind their phones and just say mean things, just because.”I feel like I shouldn’t have to explain myself to anybody because this is my life and I can do whatever I want.
But in the same breath, it’s like, now that I am trying to focus on my career and get my stuff together, I have to clear up certain things.
“Negative stuff was being said and being brought up. A lot of people were like ‘She’s only famous because of Chris Brown’. “I used to date him, and now as I am growing into myself and maturing and getting my career together, I am starting to have my own name without having to be associated.”
Rafiu Olusamokun, a 42-year-old man, has been apprehended by the custody of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly producing fake foreign and local currencies, which allegedly run into millions of naira.
It’s learnt that Olusamokun, an indigene of Owo, Ondo State, was arrested by the police in his house at Ayidolapo Street, in the Ikotun area of the state.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect, who was a motor mechanic before allegedly venturing into production of fake currencies, worked with some people who were still at large.
It was learnt that the police recovered an iron box full of fake dollars, pounds and naira notes from Olusamokun. Some materials such as cotton wool, paints and oil, allegedly used in the production of the money, were also recovered by the police.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro, the suspect said he was introduced into the business by some men who claimed to have newly returned from Europe.
Olusamokun said the men brainwashed him and forced him to pay about N600,000 to purchase the materials to produce the fake currencies.
He said:
“I met those people early this year. I was working as a motor mechanic, and I just ran into them. They said they recently returned from Europe.
When I visited them at a hotel in the Bar Beach, Victoria Island area, they brought out the samples of the currencies they had, and said I could produce same if I wanted to become wealthy.
“I was immediately interested. A friend, Sule Sulaimon, who went with me, also became interested. Their leader said all I needed to do was to purchase the chemicals from them. He said I should bring N1m, but I eventually paid N650,000 for the chemicals.
“I did not know the samples they gave me were fake; the papers looked so original. I first gave him N400,000, and then N250,000. He said I could reproduce as much hard currencies as I wanted from the materials I had.
“The currencies recovered from my house runs into millions, but I was not through with the reproduction. If I had finished with it, I would have been a wealthy man. I would have evaded the arrest.”
A police source told Punch that Olusamokun was to give part of the money reproduced to the syndicate, so that he could be given more materials. He added that the police were still on the trail of the group.
“The syndicate gave him the materials and the currencies to wash into original. The money is actually worth millions. He was producing €100 and €200 and pounds. The police found the fake cash in his house,” he said.
The Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigations were over.
So a presumably ignorant twitter follower called out Maybach Music artiste, WALE, for calling himself Olu, telling the US Born rapper, who originates from Ondo State, Nigeria, to remove the name because he is not “Nas”, (A classic US rapper who many presume is also Nigerian).
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has disclosed that 70 per cent of inmates in prisons across the country are awaiting trial.
The commission’s Assistant Director, Investigation and Coordination, Mrs Morphy Okwa, revealed this while presenting a report at a stakeholders’ validation of the 2014 prison audit report and 2015 election report.
Okwa noted that though prisons in six states were visited in the last exercise, a compilation of reports from previous visits informed the current situation.
“It was found that there were 240 prison institutions spread across Nigeria as follows: 138 main prisons, 85 satellites, 14 Farm Centres, and 3 borstal institutions
“That the prisons have 268 vehicles serving various prisons that serve 5022 courts in the 774 Local Government Areas.“The total prison population in Nigeria is 56,718, comprising – 17,686 convicts (4,000 lifers; 1,612 condemned convicts) and 39,032 Awaiting Trial Persons.“Meanwhile, the population of the prison personnel is put at 28,065.’’
She also noted that some of the inmates living in the same cells suffered from terminal diseases, mental illness, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
Okwa described the facilities at the prisons as “deplorable and overstretched“, with most of the prisons overloaded. Speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the presentation, Mr Tony Ojukwu, the commission’s Director of Monitoring, said that the Administration of Criminal Justice law needed to be complied with to address the inadequacies identified.
“The high number of awaiting trial inmates is a clear indication of the failure of the criminal justice administration system because the prisons are meant for convicts, but you find out at the end of the day that more than 70 per cent of the people there are awaiting trial inmates.
“This is because their cases are not going on in court or they are not moving as fast as possible so that as people are coming in they are going out.
“A situation where somebody is supposed to stay two years in prison for instance if convicted, but has stayed five years while awaiting trial.
“What kind of compensation will you give to him if at the end, considering the fact that our constitution says that you are innocent until proven guilty.
“What happens if a man or woman who has been kept in trial for five years is now proven innocent?
“That means he has stayed in detention for five years for nothing or for an offence he did not commit.
“So we think that the criminal justice administration should be improved.’’
GOOD Music boss, Kanye West, in a recent interview with show studio, accidentally called transgender Caitlyn Jenner, by her “man name” “Bruce”. He immediately apologized though, saying he was disrespectful.
When the rap star was describing how Caitlyn hadn’t let public opinion hold her back from what she wanted, he said:
“Bruce just got off the exit sign and drove as fast as he wanted to.”
Terrified Kanye, immediately back-tracked and apologized:
He said:
“That’s disrespectful, I’m sorry”I’m still getting acquainted with what’s politically correct, because it’s new and it’s modern.””I just feel so proud to be in a family that has, so many people breaking ground for generations to come.”
Super hot Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson, who has in recent times given loads of men a run for their money, shared this adorable photo of herself as a kid.
The stunning actress, who recently was reportedly assaulted by a Nigerian man after she refused to hug him, shared the cute photo saying that she was cute then and cute now… with the same hair.
Just like a lotta new celebrity pops out there, Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke is love smitten with his bouncing baby boy. The actor who featured in a Vogue Italia photo shoot, obviously can’t get enough of his little kid.
He shared this yet another adorable photo of himself and his boy with the caption:
When he wriggles n squirms and makes my chest his bed then decides when ill eat, sleep, watch tv and even take a leak. Smh the #Power of King Harv. P.S Not striking a pose incase ur wondering. Just staying still while his majesty sleeps lol
In line with former Super Eagles captain, Vincent Enyeama‘s retirement from the team, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has insisted they will not talk to Vincent Enyeama, about returning to the Super Eagles.
News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that spokesman for the NFF, Ademola Olajire, was quoted as saying:
“We heard about his quitting the national team on his Instagram page. If somebody says he is retiring from the national team, what are we going to do, to beg him?”
“We don’t know if he is leaving the national team because of his quarrel with the coach (Sunday Oliseh). He just wrote on his Instagram page that he was leaving the national team. So, why should we be finding out whether he left because of the rift?
“The player has gone out of the camp, what do you want us to do. He has left the camp and he did not tell anybody that he was leaving.”
The super Eagles, yesterday, lost 2-0 in a friendly match with Congo. A lot of Nigerian fans speculate Enyeama’s absence contributed to their loss.
Some of the biggest and brightest Nigerian musicians have come out from the Project Fame West Africa Academy.
We decided to take a deep look at those who wowed audiences across the country getting us glued to our TV sets during their time on the show and what they have been able to achieve since emerging winners.
Enjoy:
1. Iyanya
Iyanya Mbuk was the winner of the maiden edition of Project Fame West Africa. He beat top contenders, Nii and Stupid Song crooner, Praiz to clinch the highly coveted title.
The year after winning the reality television show was a bit tough for the Cross Rivers born artiste but he was able to find his feet with the release of his second album after being signed to Ubi Franklin’s Triple MG record label.
Now, Iyanya is a mega star with a body most ladies drool over and his third studio album which was recently released in September, has been enjoying rave reviews.
He boasts of mult-million Naira endorsements with the likes of MTN and Solo Phones.
As a guy or lady, it kinda pays to have or be a side chick. The reasons are not far fetched……….
1. It’s acceptable by the society. We don’t want to call it cheating, and more importantly, we need to make it seem right. So a nice name had to be given.
It’s like saying baby daddy instead of ‘out of wedlock”. In the real sense of it, a side chick is another lady you are seeing or dating.
It’s a funkified and refurbished word for cheating. Since the society frowns at cheating, we get someone who is just like an assistant girlfriend.
2. Lesser drama: The main bae is consoled that she’s got number 1 spot, and so can careless about the side ones.
And from the side chick’s perspective, she knows she isn’t he main, and doesn’t have to bother herself about mundane, petty and trivial issues. As a guy, you eat your cake and have it.
Lucky guys would be side dude to a side chick. This just makes it even. Just be careful to not rub it in the face of the side chick that she’s on the side.
