Nollywood star actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde on Sunday February 14 officially launched a new event centre in Lagos. She also used the occasion to mark her birthday in Nigeria and celebrate the lovers’ day with few friends and family.
The unveiling was attended by top Nigerian celebs including Denrele Edun, Bimbo Akintola, Freeze amongst others.
The event centre, named ‘Double Doors’ is situated, at Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way in Ikeja and is already opened for business.
After initially refusing to comment, CEO of Luxury Real Estate Company, Sujimoto Construction Company, Sijibomi Ogundele, has finally decided to clear the air on his magnanimity to Olajumoke.
What stirred your interest in Olajumoke the Bread Seller?
The Olajumoke story could be any Lagosian’s story. Lagos has a population of about 21 million people. Only 15-20% of these people are the actual indigenes of Lagos.
The remaining majority left their comfort zones to come look for opportunities in Lagos. My mother came to Lagos when she was just like Olajumoke, selling Bread and Bournvita.
She realised that there was more profit in Bournvita than in Bread. So, she quickly focused on Bournvita and that little business expanded, transforming her into a Distributor for Cadbury and one of the top five Distributors for Nestle.
About 16 million people living in Lagos today can relate to Olajumoke’s story, because they are people who left their cities to look for that great opportunity Lagos has for us.
Can you tell us about the luxury accommodation you gave her?
It is very important for people not to misinterpret our true intentions. We did not buy Olajumoke an apartment. We have paid for rent for a few years.
We are in the process of furnishing it tastefully. Someone might say after furnishing it, what next? What if she cannot renew her rent? Should in three or four years the rent expire and God forbid she has no capacity to renew her rent, are we going to leave her? Of course not, we have an obligation to extend it until she finds her feet.
The Olajumoke story is a lifetime project for us at Sujimoto. It is our intention to help her discover her true potential and translate them into success.
It is our intention to give educational scholarships to her children. We will also help empower her husband to find employment. But first, we will send him for proper training to enhance his existing skills, because an aluminum fabricator in Osun state may not have the same level of expertise as the one in Lagos.
We are not going to let Olajumoke be a celebrity just in the news. She will be an empowered Celebrity. All this promises we shall achieve before the end of 2016.
What can Nigerians do for Olajumoke?
As a nation, it is our dreams that unite us and it is its opportunities that empower us. The patriotic spirit telling us we are our brothers’ keepers, is what makes this nation the greatest in Africa.
If a man is in Borno state cannot afford food, that matters to me, even if he is not my biological brother. If a lady in Enugu finds it difficult to pay for her daughter’s school fees.
It pains me because her daughter might as well be my sister. If there is a bread hawker from Osun who has no education or accommodation but has hope that the great city of Lagos can give her the opportunity to achieve her dreams, why should I not want to be the first to provide these basic needs for her?
I can’t solve all of her problems, but I will do my bit and hope society takes it up from there.
The Thomases and the Pessimists: What’s your opinion?
We need to get rid of the Thomases among us who only see the bad in every situation. In today’s world with all the need for prayer in this nation, there is no room for pessimism.
The only way this nation can move forward is to start being optimistic and have faith in the unknown; to have courage in the existing and show appreciation to the few, instead of condemnation.
People are more attracted to unrewarding conversations. What did you give her? What did you do for her? Where did you send her? It is important for us as a nation to start appreciating the good done by a few people who care enough to do them.
An average Nigerian is a giver, that is why people give so much to churches and other religious organisations.
I want to believe that the greatness of this nation derives from its peoples’ ability to be appreciative of the very little things or the kind gestures of the good Samaritans.
In recent time the light system has improved greatly under the new government. Though some areas in the government are still affected, but the change is tremendous.
Popular actress Rukky Sanda recently took to her page to lament about the power supply faced at her area.
She made it known she spends lots of money on petrol and diesel as generator and inverter is on a rotational basis daily.
The actress who said there have been no light for 72 hours at a stretch in 6months, seems to be fed up as she is on a verge of considering relocating any time soon.
Am thinking of relocating – Rukky Sanda laments about bad electricity supply.
A one month old baby has who was abandoned by her unknown mother has been rescued and brought back to life.
A leader of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Suleiman Badmus, rescued the baby, after sighting her in Amuwo Odofin, and handed her over to the police.
The baby is now being cared for by a woman police sergeant, Pamela Nwabinye, who has since the discovery, been playing the role of mother to the baby.
Olabisi, a younger sister to the OPC leader, who rescued the baby, said “The baby was found close to where I sell herbs at Amuwo-Odofin. One of the OPC members heard the baby’s cries and called my brother, Badmus. The baby was inside a carton.
When I saw her, I was shocked. I felt whoever abandoned her must be crazy. Mosquitoes had bitten her face. Why would any woman abandon her baby after she had carried the pregnancy for 9 months?” Sergeant Nwabinye was said to have bought new sets of clothes, flask, feeding bottle for the baby.
A police source at FESTAC police station said: “That’s how Pamela behaves with every baby rescued and brought to the station. She goes all out to mother the baby. Pamela spends her money a lot on abandoned kids. She likes kids a lot.”
The Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), on Monday, threatened that if anything happens to its detained leader, Director of Radio Biafra, Mr Nnamdi Kanu following the allegations that he was being denied access to food and toiletries and had been subjected to serious intimidation and harassment by some prison officials in Kuje Prison, that the action, if true, would attract a protest never heard of in Nigeria before.
Addressing newsmen in Nnewi, Anambra state, IPOB’s Media and Publicity Officer, Mr Emma Powerful, claimed that the inhuman treatment being meted to Kanu was meant to demoralise him…
“as directed by the Federal Government’s agents, who are now convinced that he will be set free by the court at the end of the day and they now resorted to denying him access to food in order to starve him to death.” The Sun reports.
Similarly, Ogirishi Igbo, Igbo spiritual leader, Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka has appealed to the federal government to, unconditionally release Mr Kanu without further delay, so that Igbo elders could talk with him on his group’s agitation for Biafra. He added that the agitation for Biafra would be more pronounced, if anything happened to him in prison.
Popular Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw who in 2008 won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the film Stronger than Pain, got in a battle of words with a fan after the fan called her ugly on instagram.
See a screenshot of the comment of the fan and Kate’s epic reply;
YBNL Lead, Olamide has started yet another trend, and this time it’s called the Jagaban Pose #jagabanpose.
The photo apparently, shows people take pictures with on hand across their face as shown below:
Needless to say, a lot of fans have jumped on it on Instagram and have started posting pictures. This isn’t the first time Olamide will start a photo trend. Recall about 3 years ago it was the gunman pose..
Snoop Dogg Slams The Grammys, Says He’d Rather Smoke Weed!
One of the biggest rapper, when talking about foreign music, Snoop Dogg, took to Instagram to share that he has no desire to participate in the the Grammys after being nominated 17 times in his career with 0 wins.
He captioned the above photo:
No need to blow smoke up my _ _ _ I’d rather blow some real smoke with my loved ones and count the 17xs I been invited with the same results Shot out to my family that getting it in winning hosting and just showing up for the cause enjoy the festivities my green room open all night not like there’s.
We thought for sure Snoop would have had at least ONE Grammy by now in his 20+ year career. Guess not.
The forward quite literally passed up the perfect chance to score his 300th La Liga goal by tapping the ball to his team-mate to fire home
Lionel Messi repeated Johan Cruyff’s famous penalty routine by passing to Luis Suarez from the penalty spot during Barcelona’s 6-1 win over Celta Vigo on Sunday.
The 28-year-old scored the opening goal of the game – his 299th league goal – and was then handed the perfect opportunity to fire home his 300th strike from the penalty spot.
But just as he appeared set to convert, the Argentina captain instead passed the ball to Suarez, who fired home to complete his hat-trick.
Further goals from Ivan Rakitic and Neymar completed a resounding 6-1 win as the Catalans tightened their grip on top spot in La Liga.
The 58th annual Grammy Awards was staged on Monday, February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles.
Below are the outfits some notable celebs wore to the big event. Chrissy Teigen and her Husband John Legend, Adele, Taylor Swift, The Weekend and gf Bella Hadid, Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, Ciara and many other celebrities.
Hennur police have launched a manhunt for a Nigerian man, identified only as Osas, for allegedly attacking 30-year-old Ugandan national Shakira Nsonko on February 10, in Bengalulu, India.
Osas, it is alleged, attacked her with a knife at an African eatery when she refused to pay for his drink. Hennur police have taken up the case under Section 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and Section 324 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt using a dangerous weapon) against Osas, a resident of Kukkenahalli.
In her complaint, Shakira has stated that she was at the mess with a friend, Gifletin, when Osas asked her to buy him drinks.
When she refused, he abused and slapped her, she has complained. To escape his continued assault, she locked herself in a room and called a friend, Tony. That did not deter Osas, who waited and slashed her with a knife when she ventured out of the room.
Passports and other documents of the two are being verified by the police. Consul of Rwanda, Mohan Suresh, who visited Shakira Nsonko, told Bangalore Mirror that he wanted to ascertain if she was from Rwanda.
He said the two knew each other, and that she was an illegal immigrant from Uganda.
Meanwhile, DCP Satish Kumar informed media that Shakira initially claimed she was involved in an accident in which she got hurt.
It was only after doctors at MS Ramaiah Hospital informed the police that the wound could be the result of stabbing that she revealed the stabbing.
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has announced the suspension of budding actress, Crystabel Goddy, who was accused of biting Princess Chineke, in the lap on set in Lagos last week.
It was reported last week that the up and coming actress had a confrontation with the star actress at their hotel and allegedly bit off a chunk of her flesh. (Read Here)
In a statement issued on Monday by National PRO of AGN, Moji Oyetayo, it was disclosed that National President of the actors’ body in Nigeria condemned the “dastardly act of inflicting such a dangerous bodily injury on her colleague.”
Ibinabo said in the statement that “the Guilds and Associations in Nollywood have been duly notified of the suspension while the National and state task forces have been kept on alert to disengage her from all sets pending when the suspension would be lifted.”
She stated further that “The Guild has set up a high powered committee headed by the National Chief Whip, Empress Eneh to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the matter,” stressing that “Crystabel shall remain on suspension until the outcome of the investigation as stipulated by the constitution of the Guild.”
Ibinabo “frowned at the act of cannibalism and urged all members to make discipline their watchword because we are the mirror of the society.”
Kendrick Lamar who led this year’s nominations with 11, took home Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly during Monday’s ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
While accepting his award from Ice Cube and his O’Shea Jackson, Jr., he dedicated the award to hip hop saying, ‘This for hip-hop. This for Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle. This for Illmatic. This for Nas. We will live forever. Believe that’.
During the speech, he also thanked his parents and his fiancée,Whitney Alford.
‘All glory to God, that’s for sure. My foundation, my roots to me being on this stage, Kenneth Duckworth, and Paula Duckworth, those who gave me the responsibility of knowing and understanding, accepting the good with the bad. I’ll always love you for that. Whitney, I will always love you for supporting me and keeping me motivated to being the best person’ he said.
Independent Entertainment & Valanchy records presents this new record from Faze former member of defunct boy band, Plantashun Boiz. On this DJ Coublon produced record titled “Wette”, Faze features Iyanya.
A soccer match ended in tragedy when a young player shot and killed the referee after he showed him a red card for a foul.
The attacker, who is still at large and being hunted by the police, also shot another footballer, aged 25, in the chest but he survived.
Police said the man being sought for the fatal shooting had the gun in his backpack and ran on to the pitch as the game was continuing.
He shot the referee three times, hitting him in the head, chest and neck.
The horrific incident happened in the Córdoba district of Argentina yesterday.
The dead referee has been named as César Flores, who was 48. The other player seriously injured was Walter Zárate who was rushed to hospital but is said to be out of danger.
The attacker was apparently sent off for flooring an opponent during the game
“It all happened during the match,” said a police spokesman. “We don’t know what happened with the referee but the player was angry and went to get his gun and killed him.”
One of the Olumofin brothers – Joro Olumofin who recently had a twitter spat with OAP, Gbemi was rejected by all tribes in Nigeria. They literally handed him over to Boko Haram.
Joro Olumofin is a Psychologist and Relationship Coach. He and his brother are famous for their top notch fashion choices.
But something definitely went wrong for Valentine’s day..
He posted this on social media as what he wore for Val’s Day. (Pictured Above)
A few minutes later, the backlash begun..
Yoruba people denounced him with the quickness! They were the first to reject him..
The Igbos weren’t taking any chances…
Hausas politely declined citing capacity issues.
Edo State representatives were not the mood to accommodate any ridiculousness.
The Calabar people had the last straw, they handed him over to Boko Haram
No one from Boko has issued a statement on this matter, maybe they gladly accepted him. We’ll keep you posted on this!
A 26-year-old Ghanaian-born Canadian man named Gyimah Andrew Boateng has been arrested and is currently facing charges in Toronto, Canada, for packaging rice and selling it off as iPhone.
According to PeaceFmOnline, the suspect sold the first ‘iPhone’ to an unsuspecting buyer who saw an advert on the sale of the phone on Kijiji, an advertising platform.
The victim then met Boateng in the area of Islington Avenue and Dixon Road in Toronto and gave him money for the iPhone6.
According to the Police, when the buyer opened the box, the only thing inside was rice. Another person had also reportedly fell victim to the same trick earlier this month, the police reported. Gyimah was arrested in connection with both incidents.
He is facing two counts of fraud under $5,000, two counts of false pretence under $5,000, and two counts of breaching a court order.
In Nigeria, the sort of scam Gyimah tried to pull is quite common. Various Nigerians have fallen victim of this scam especially at popular technology marketplace, Computer Village, where fufu and rice are packaged as laptops and phones and sold to innocent buyers.
Rihanna highly anticipated Grammy performance was cancelled due to bronchitis. She actually arrived at the venue of the awards, the Staples Center, but did not walk the red carpet. She went straight to rehearsals but left.
A rep for Rihanna tells TMZ the singer took antibiotics for three days leading up to the show, but they didn’t work.
Rihanna was then examined by a doctor at her rehearsal Monday, who decided to put her on vocal rest for 48 hours because the singer was at risk of damaging her vocal cords. The singer arrived at the Staples Center but did not walk the red carpet. She went to rehearsals and left.
Sources connected to the production told TMZ, Rihanna has been struggling with and is on meds. A doctor on site recommended that she pull the plug on the performance because it could permanently damage her vocal cords.
Rihanna wanted to perform but reluctantly decided she had to listen to her doctors. She left Staples and is going home.
She was going to sing “Kiss It Better.” She even rehearsed twice but in the end the show just could not go on.
When you’re BIG, you’re BIG, nothing surprises you no more, nothing looks expensive to you no more. This is the now story of popular Blogger, Linda Ikeji.
Apparently, before now, some fans have always been tormenting the ex-model who is fond of posting her shoes and bag collections on Instagram, for not having a Birkin bag. A Birkin bag is a very expensive and high end designer bag by Hermes used mostly by Celebrities. (The price ranges from $11,500 to $150,000)
There is usually a long list of clientele and waiting period which could be up to 3 years before a person can purchase one Birkin bag.
Some have even reported that a person can only buy one Birkin bag per year and even Kim Kardashian waited for years before she could own a Birkin bag.
But as fate would have it, Linda eventually got not just one but two and as usual showed them off on Instagram.
Some of her fans reacted by calling the bags fake and she replied: “I’m too rich to buy fake”
Follow along on all the big winners at the 58th annual Grammy Awards below:
Best Rock Performance: Alabama Shakes, “Don’t Wanna Fight”
Best Musical Theater Album: Hamilton
Song of the Year: Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Best Country Album: Chris Stapleton, Traveller
Best Rap Album: Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk”
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Kendrick Lamar feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat, “These Walls”
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap, The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
Best Pop Solo Performance: Ed Sheeran, “Thinking Out Loud”
Best Rap Song: Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
Best Alternative Music Album: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Best Rock Album: Muse, Drones
Best Rap Performance: Kendrick Lamar, “Alright”
Best Rock Song: Alabama Shakes, “Don’t Wanna Fight”
Best R&B Album: D’Angelo and the Vanguard, Black Messiah
Best Urban Contemporary Album: The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
Best R&B Performance: The Weeknd, “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)”
Best R&B Song: D’Angelo and The Vanguard, “Really Love”
Best Traditional R&B Performance: Lalah Hathaway, “Little Ghetto Boy”
Best Dance/Electronic Album: Skrillex and Diplo, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
Best Dance Recording: Skrillex and Diplo With Justin Bieber, “Where Are Ü Now”
Best Music Video: Taylor Swift feat. Kendrick Lamar, “Bad Blood”
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
Best Country Song: Little Big Town, “Girl Crush”
Best Music Film: Amy Winehouse, Amy
Best Rap/Song Collaboration: Common & John Legend, “Glory”
Best Pop Vocal Album: Taylor Swift, 1989
Best Country Solo Performance: Chris Stapleton, “Traveller”
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Tobymac, This Is Not a Test
Best Roots Gospel Album: The Fairfield Four, Still Rockin’ My Soul
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Pitbull, Dale
Best Latin Pop Album: Ricky Martin, A Quien Quiera Escuchar (Deluxe Edition)
Best Comedy Album: Louis C.K., Live at Madison Square Garden
Best Spoken Word Album: Jimmy Carter, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Birdman
Best Gospel Album: Israel & Newbreed, Covered: Alive Is Asia [Live] (Deluxe)
Best Gospel Performance/Song: Kirk Franklin, “Wanna Be Happy?”
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Francesca Battistelli, “Holy Spirit”
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Stephen Paulus, Paulus: Prayers & Remembrances
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Joyce DiDonato and Antonio Pappano, Joyce & Tony – Live From Wigmore Hall
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Augustin Hadelich, “Dutilleux: Violin Concerto, L’Arbre Des Songes”
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Eighth Blackbird, “Filament”
Best Choral Performance: Charles Bruffy, “Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil”
Best Opera Recording: Saito Kinen Orchestra; SKF Matsumoto Chorus & SKF Matsumoto Children’s Chorus, “Ravel: L’Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; Shéhérazade”
Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman
Best Regional Roots Music Album: Jon Cleary, Go Go Juice
Best Folk Album: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn
Best Blues Album: Buddy Guy, Born to Play Guitar
Best Bluegrass Album: The Steeldrivers, The Muscle Shoals Recordings
Best Americana Album: Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free
Best American Roots Song: Jason Isbell, “24 Frames”
Best American Roots Performance: Mavis Staples, “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean”
Best Tropical Latin Album: Rubén Blades With Roberto Delgado & Orchestra, Son De Panamá
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): Los Tigres Del Norte, Realidades – Deluxe Edition
Best Children’s Album: Tim Kubart, Home
Best World Album: Angélique Kidjo, Sings
Best Reggae Album: Morgan Heritage, Strictly Roots
Best Latin Jazz Album: Eliane Elias, Made in Brazil
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Maria Schneider, The Thompson Fields
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: John Scofield, Past Present
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Cécile McLorin Salvant, For One to Love
Best Surround Sound Album: James Guthrie and Joel Plante, Amused To Death
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, “Uptown Funk (Dave Audé Remix)”
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
Best Historical Album: Various artists; The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Various Artists, The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume Two (1928-32)
Best Album Notes: Joni Mitchell, Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced
Best Recording Package: Sarah Dodds, Shauna Dodds & Dick Reeves; Asleep at the Wheel, Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Maria Schneider, “Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)”
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: Avi Kaplin, Kirstin Taylor, Kevin K.O. Olusola; “Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy”
Best Instrumental Composition: Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, “The Afro Latin Jazz Suite”
It is no longer news that popular comic actor, John Okafor better known as Mr Ibu and wife, welcomed their son some weeks back but the adorable aspect of this bundle of joy, Chukwuebuka Jeffrey Okafor, is the way he smiles while sleeping.
Baby chukwuebuka stole the spotlight with his adorable grin bubbling with so much happiness even beside his pretty big sister, Chelsea.
The wife of the ace actor and comedian dazzled her users with pictures of the little man . ‘jeff baby rocks’ she said.
Pictures of the cute baby raised applauds and adorations from her friends as little EBuka continues to grow in cuteness and we look forward to seeing the handsome man he grows up to become.
For one bewildered girl, valentine couldn’t have been more perfect when her boyfriend got down on one knee and whipped out a box, the moment almost every girl longs for, but the bloke then did something which would have been funny if it were not such a cruel prank, he asked her to make him tea.
Brad Holmes, 24 from Southampton, told his girlfriend Jenny Davies, 22, from Portsmouth, how happy she makes him.
He can then be seen taking out a white box from his pocket in the footage which has been seen more than seven million times.
Jenny looks overcome with emotion as Brad goes down on one knee. But instead of asking her to marry him, he leaves her shocked by saying: ‘Will you make me a cup of tea?’
Brad says Jenny forgave him 20mins later and he did get his tea. ‘I grovelled for a bit and played it back to her and she saw the funny side. I got my cup of tea within 15 to 20 minutes.
Top media personality Eku Edewor and her identical twin sister Kessiana look really lovely in the love editorial of Genevieve Magazine’s February issue.
Kendrick Lamar who led this year’s nominations with 11, took home Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly during Monday’s ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
