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New Music: Tom Lash - Road To Ghana

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 01:40 PM PST

Tom Lash storms 2014 with a new hit, #RoadToGhana that features Ghana's very own Sandaz Black. Enjoy below...

Photos from actress Juliet Ibrahim's birthday party

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 11:51 AM PST

Ghanaian actress Juliet Ibrahim turned 28 recently and celebrated with family and friends at Buddha Lounge in VI on March 2nd. Her sisters Nadia and Sonia Ibrahim, actress Jackie Appiah, Julius Agwu, Uti Nwachukwu, AY comedian and many celebs were there. Continue to see more photos...

Actor Chidi Mokeme talks about why him and his wife live apart

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 11:51 AM PST

In an interview with Yes! magazine this week, actor Chidi Mokeme explained why his wife, Jean Chinwe Olumba, who he married in 2012, lives in the US while he lives in Nigeria....
Well, when I met my wife, this was our default setting. Let me put it like that. Our default setting was that I live in Nigeria and my wife lives in America and then we started a relationship and decided to take the relationship further and decided we were going to be man and wife. So, having taken that decision and having crossed that level, the next thing is to find a way to ease into a location. Everybody knows that you don't just pack your bag and move in one day. There are things that need to be sorted, relocation needs to be sorted. So, we are taking our time with it. But then again, by virtue of my job, I have a pretty much very flexible timing. I own my time, I decide when to work, when not to work. So, really, I can be with my wife anytime, every time I so desire and it makes it easy. If I work 9-5, then we will always have to wait for when someone was on leave the whole year round, if I want, just to be with my wife.

President Jonathan sacks all Heads of Aviation Agencies

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 11:06 AM PST

President Jonathan today March 4th fired all the Heads of various aviation agencies in Nigeria. See a press release about the sack from the office of the Secretary to the Govt of the Federation below...
Re-organization in the Ministry of Aviation...

His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has approved the following re-organization in the Ministry of Aviation:
(i) Engr. Saleh Dumona (Director Projects, FAAN) to replace Mr. George Uriesi as Managing-Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
(ii)Engr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam (General Manager, Procurements, NAMA) to replace Engr. Nnamdi Udoh as Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).
(iii) Capt. Samuel Akinyele Caulcrick (Government Safety Inspector & ICAO Focal Point for Nigeria on line Aircraft Safety Information Systems, OASIS) to replace Capt. (Mrs.) Chinyere Kalu as Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT).

(iv) Capt. Muhktar Usman (Commissioner, Accident Investigation & Prevention Bureau, AIPB) to replace Capt. Fola C. Akinkuotu as Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) subject to confirmation by the Senate. Engr. Benedict Adeyileka is to act as DG, NCAA pending the confirmation by the Senate.

(v)Dr. Engr. Felix A. Abali (Director Licencing, NCAA) to replace Capt. Muhktar Usman as Commissioner,  Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AIPB).
(vi)Dr. Tony Anuforo retains his position as Director-General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMMET).
   
(Signed)
Sam Nwaobasi
Special Assistant (Media) to the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

Gumsu Sani Abacha calls out Prof. Wole Soyinka

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 12:07 PM PST

On Saturday March 1, Nobel laureate prof. Wole Soyinka said sharing the Centenary Award with late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, is an insult. (See that here). One of his daughters, Gumsu Sani Abacha just lashed out at him on her Facebook page for making that statement...

Photo of the day

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 09:57 AM PST

Lagos State Governor Raji Fashola, Daddy Showkey and Gov Peter Obi of Anambra State dancing galala on stage during the Silverbird Man of the Year Award that held on Sunday night. The two governors were both crowned 2013 Silverbird Man of the Year.

Photos: Delta Govt building $57m massive shopping mall in Effurun

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 09:23 AM PST

The Delta State Government in collaboration with Shoprite have started construction on a massive shopping mall called the Delta City Mall in Effurun, Uvwie LGA near Warri in Delta State said to cost $57million. The government said the idea of building the mall was to help improve the economic activities of the state.

The 12,000 square kilometers of fully air-conditioned shopping mall will be ready by Christmas of 2014. If you live in Delta State, Shoprite and many other stores are coming to your town. Continue to see more photos....



Below is what the mall will supposedly look like when it's done

MUD Nigeria Beauty Bootcamp - Abuja Series

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 09:21 AM PST

Whether you want to polish up your professional look, or WOW the crowds at weekends, MUD's first ever Beauty Bootcamp is the ultimate platform for learning how to apply your make-up like an expert.

This course is ideal for beginners looking to learn personal or professional makeup skills and also professionals looking to expand their existing skills. The MUD Beauty Bootcamp curriculum will include...find that after the cut...
 


·         Day/Evening/Special Occasion Makeup
·         Bridal Makeup Tips
·         Eyebrow Definition
·         Eyelash Application
·         Techniques for Color Correction, Shading, Highlighting and Contouring

In line with the MUD tradition for quality and excellence, the MUD Beauty Bootcamp will be led by the following Beauty Entrepreneurs and Makeup Guurs; Fatima Mamza – CEO,Mamza Beauty, JideOkerayi– CEO, St Ola Beauty andBukkiOkoligwe – CEO, Bookielavida.

Come learn first hand from these seasoned makeup artists as they share some of their extensive makeup skills and experience in the makeup industry

Date: March 15 2014
Venue: MUD Studio Abuja, 1245 Ademola Adetukumbo Wuse 2 Abuja
Time: 12pm-6pm

Admission will be on a first come first basis. For payment and registrations details, contact a MUD representative

Tel: 07082978030,
Email: info@mudnigeria.com
Website: www.MUDNigeria.com
BB Pin: 79A79065

MUD Nigeria recently completed the Health and Beauty Seminar in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Calabar. See tour images below

Dear LIB reader; Should I tell him or not?

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 08:28 AM PST

From a female LIB reader
While I was in school, I was 22 when I dated a 52 year old very rich man because I needed his money. He made sure we were as discreet as possible and I never got to know anything about him or his family, I only knew his name.
Fast-forward to seven years later, I met this gorgeous gentleman who has shown interest in taking me as his wife. Now he took me home to his mum and I discovered his late dad was my former sugar lover.
Do I tell him the truth as regards my relationship with his dad since love has no secrets or forget about it since the man is dead?

Federal Government recruits forest guards to fight Boko Haram

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 08:24 AM PST

According to Punch, the Federal Government has resorted to recruiting forest guards to assist the Joint Task Force in combating Boko Haram insurgents in the northern part of the country.
Most of the insurgents are believed to be using routes cutting through forests in states like Borno, Yobe, Taraba and Adamawa to smuggle arms into the country from Cameroon and other neighbouring countries.
The Conservator General of National Park Service, Mr. Haruna Abubakar, told the House of Representatives Committee on Environment on Monday that the guards would help the JTF to comb the forests for hideouts of insurgents.
Abubakar had appeared before the committee in Abuja to defend the 2014 budget of the agency.
The NPS had been classified as a para-military agency in January this year by the government.
According to Abubakar, the agency will rely on its knowledge of the country's forest terrain to conduct sweeps with the military.

He informed the committee that the agency controlled seven national parks in the country, covering about 24,000- square kilometres of land.

Abubakar said, "The National Park Service has been playing a crucial role in intelligence gathering for the country's military in the North-East and the forest bordering Chad and Cameroon."
The committee, which is chaired by Mrs. Uche Ekwunife, stated that insurgents operated camps in forests like Sambisa, Mafa, Wulgo and Kirenowa, all in Borno State.

Sambisa forest camp which was said to have been first discovered during a military raid in 2013, covers an area of about 300-square kilometres.

The chairman of the committee expressed concern that besides the loss of human lives and property, Nigeria was losing revenue from tourism due to the activities of insurgents.

Hot bikini pictures of busty actress, Chika Agatha

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 07:51 AM PST

Nollywood actress Chika Agatha shows off her hot body in a one-piece swimwear at the beach. The Anambra State-born Business Management graduate of University of Nigeria, Enugu has featured in many movies including Temple of Serpent, Sex in The Bar Beach, and Ajekpako Billionaire...

 

Oscar Pistorius breaks down in court in day two of his trial

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 07:47 AM PST

Oscar Pistorius broke down in court today as his defense lawyer argued that Reeva Steenkamp was so badly brain damaged by the gunshot to her head she couldn't possibly have screamed.

Advocate Barry Roux made the claims in response to a neighbour's testimony that she heard a woman's screams after shots were fired on the night the model was killed.

He told the court: 'We will have experts state that there was serious brain damage after the shot to the head, that it would not have been possible for her to scream at all. With the head shot, she would have dropped down immediately.' Continue...



The Paralympian was seen bent double in the dock, with his hands behind his head, as the court heard details of the bullets hitting Miss Steenkamp and the removal of fragments from her head during the post mortem.

A relative handed him a handkerchief which he used to wipe tears from his eyes.

Prosecution lawyer Gerrie Nel interjected to say it was the last of four shots that struck Steenkamp's head, the first two hitting her right side, the wall and her shoulder.

Mr Roux's comments came during fierce cross-examination of one of the state's key witnesses, Michell Burger, a university lecturer who lives near the athlete's Pretoria home.
Ms Burger replied: 'As I said yesterday, I heard her voice just after the last shot. It could have been that it was at the last shot was fired.'

Her account was backed up by her husband, Charl Johnson, who said he also heard a woman's screams before and after gunshots.
He said: 'We were under the impression someone had been attacked in their house in a very secure complex.
'I remember during the succession of shots I heard a lady scream again and shortly after the last shot.'  

The sprinter's defence had earlier come under further attack by another neighbour, Estelle van der Merwe, who lives less than 100 metres away, told the court she heard arguing coming from Pistorius's home that night.
'I woke up the morning at 1.56am to sounds of someone talking loudly and fighting,' she told the court. 'It lasted about an hour.'

In an emotive second day of the murder trial, Ms Burger wept in the witness stand as she told how she was still haunted by the screams she heard that night.
'When I'm in the shower, I relive her shouts. The terrifying screams,' she told the North Gauteng High Court.

Ms Burger, who faced a second day of questioning, has testified to a sequence of events on the night of February 14 last year which contradicts the athlete's story.

She told yesterday that she heard 'blood-curdling' screams from a woman before, during and after shots rang out in the early hours of Valentine's Day last year.

The sequence of events, if accurate, would undermine the Paralympic gold medallist's claim that he shot Steenkamp after mistaking her for an intruder.

Culled from UK Daily Mail

Photos: Iyanya gets brand new Prado SUV from Solo Phones

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 07:17 AM PST

Iyanya just got a brand new 2014 Toyota Prado SUV from Solo Phones. The SUV was presented to him this morning after a brand activation ceremony that held at Solo Phone office at computer village in Ikeja. The singer was unveiled as brand ambassador for the phone late last year. Iyanya pictured mobbed by fans as he leaves computer village. Congrats to him. See more pics after the cut...

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Another day, another Boko Haram attack. This time in Jakana, Borno

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 04:52 AM PST

Over 200 people have been killed in the last two weeks in some troubled northern states by Boko Haram insurgents. Another 35 was added to that list after gunmen carrying AK47 rifles, Rocket Propelled Launchers, Improvised Explosive Devices and petrol bombs, invaded Jakana village in Konduga LGA, Borno State around 7pm yesterday Monday March 3rd.

They slaughtered residents of the community and set their homes ablaze in a raid that lasted for hours. They also burnt down shops and a police station along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road.

The attack in Jakana comes barely 12 hours after gunmen killed over 36 people including 3 soldiers in the Mafa Council area of the state.

Winner emerges in PTV 'Level Go Change' Promo

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 08:03 AM PST

As promised, PTV has concluded the 'Level Go Change Promo' and her teeming customers are certainly smiling. Over the last few weeks regional draw winners have emergedand won brand new phones and one lucky George Nelson won himself the grand prize of a brand new Hyundai Accent. Continue...



14 shortlisted promo participants who went home with brand new phones


The Grand prize winner's George Nelson's brother and senior staff of PTV along with Comedian Seyi Law.


The excited crowd lifting the winner in jubilation
Proud owner George Nelson (represented by his brother)
At the Grand draw held at the PTV Mega Store at 13 Awolowo way, Ikeja, Lagos, 15 shortlisted participants drawn from all over the country were hosted by the PTV Brand Ambassador Comedian Seyi Law and PTV staff and in the end, one returned home as a proud owner of the Grand Prize.

As his number was drawn, Mr Nelson (represented by his brother) ran into the crowd which had gathered to watch the open proceedings rejoiced with him and soon lifted him up in the air in celebration.

For more details and pictures and full list of winners, visit www.facebook.com/PTVPHONE

Is there anything wrong with a woman not wanting to change to her husband's name?

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 04:28 AM PST

So because prolific writer Chimamanda Adichie asked to be addressed as a Ms and not a Mrs, some people are assuming she's separated from her US-based husband, Dr. Ivara Esega?

In an interview with Sun Newspaper on Saturday March 1, Ms Adichie told the interviewer who addressed her as Mrs Chimamanda Adichie, to simply call her Chimamanda Adichie.
"Before we start (the interview), please, I just want to say that my name is Chimamanda Adichie. That's how I want it; that's how I'm addressed, and it is not Mrs but Miss. Ms: that's how I want it. I am saying this, because I just got a mail from my manager this morning. It seems that there are people who attended the church service, and they wrote about it, addressing me as Mrs. Chimamanda (Esega). I didn't like that at all. So my name is Chimamanda Adichie, full stop!"
Is there anything wrong with what Ms Adichie said? If you go back to history, African women didn't bear their husbands name until the advent of colonization. They bear their parents name. And it's especially difficult if you have already made a name for yourself with your maiden name. Thoughts?

Kissing 'straight' men. Is it a big deal?

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 03:59 AM PST

Is there anything wrong with two seemingly straight men kissing on the lips? Photo on the left shows Diddy and Rick Ross in an embrace, like they were getting ready to kiss each other. Rapper 50 cent posted the pic on his instagram page suggesting the rap heavyweights are gay. When fans blasted him for posting it and suggesting something like that, he quickly deleted the pic.

Photo on the right shows '12 Years a Slave' director Steve McQueen and star of the movie Michael Fassbender kissing on the lips after winning Best Film at Sunday's Oscars award. The men are known to be straight men with women in their lives (Steve has two kids with long-time girlfriend, Bianca Stigter. Michael has a girlfriend) but it didn't stop people from insinuating they are gay because 'no straight man kisses another man on the lips'.

I personally would not be comfortable with some girl kissing me on the lips, but for someone who is comfortable with it, is it a big deal? Can't two straight men kiss each other? Pls share your thoughts..

Nigerian student jailed in the UK for cheating 6 women out of £186k

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 03:47 AM PST

Covenant University graduate Stephen Emmanuel Jack, who now studies in the UK, has been jailed for 3 years for seducing six women on dating websites and cheating them out of £186,000, according to a report by UK Mirror. Find the report below...
A lonely hearts conman was jailed for three years after cheating six women out of £186,000 through dating websites. Police believe student Emmanuel Jack, 26, claimed to be an architect, engineer and gem broker, while talking them into handing over the money.
Using aliases including John Creed, John Windsor and Johnnie Carlo Rissi, the cash was said to be needed for vbusiness purposes.
The love rat, who was studying for a business degree at the University of Salford, admitted 11 counts of money laundering totalling £186,000 and possession of articles for use in fraud at Manchester Crown Court.
Two of the women who were conned are British.

Detective Constable Stuart Donohue said: "While we strongly suspect - but cannot prove - that Jack was the person who was communicating with these women, what we can prove is that money totalling close to £277,000 has been transferred through his bank accounts
"Woman from across the globe were targeted and exploited. Women, who in most cases were vulnerable and lonely.
"Some took out loans, others lost life savings, they believed they were speaking with a man who had genuine feelings for them, a man who loved them and wanted to be with them and who they genuinely believed to be a soul mate."

The first victim met a man who claimed to be John Creed - a self-employed architect and building contractor on a dating website in August 2011 when she was aged 61.

The pair exchanged e-mails over several days before Creed began expressing his love.
He then claimed to have two contracts: one for log homes in Shropshire and the other for the renovation of flats in Sweden and sent her his contract allegedly worth £950,000.
He told her his feelings were "too strong to ignore" before asking for £1,500 to help pay for supplies for his project. She agreed to transfer some funds to the account.

At the same time another woman who was aged 52 at the time and who was vulnerable, began chatting with a man over the same website.
The man claimed to be living in Spain and working as an architect and building contractor.
After a couple of weeks he again asked for £1,500 to repair damaged machinery and cash to pay tax bills and money to pay his workers.
The woman took out a loan and paid the money to accounts that resulted in the money being transferred to Jack's account.

Following the reports from the two women, an investigation was launched by fraud officers from Greater Manchester Police.
Officers linked up with with Kentucky state police who took a statement from a woman, who died in August 2013. She said she met a man with the profile name John Windsor through another dating site around January 2012.

Windsor told her he was an engineer who had been awarded a contract to redevelop Wick Airport runway in Scotland. The funds were sent to bank accounts by money transfers and in the form of Rolex watches through the post.

Officers also liaised with Delta police in relation to a victim from Ohio.
She met a man who called himself John or Johnnie Carlo Rissi who was from America but had moved to England to set up as a gem broker he requested money to help with a tax issue and for assistance with payroll, along with various other excuses. Nine transfers totalling £18,924 were sent.
A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing is scheduled to take place on May 16.

Forbes names Dangote 23rd richest in the world, Bill Gates No.1

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 04:53 AM PST

According to a Forbes magazine list released yesterday Monday March 3rd, Nigerian industrialist, Aliko Dangote is the 23rd richest man in the world. Wow! He made history as the first black man to break into the rank of top 25 richest people in the world.

In 2012, he was the 76th richest man in the world. He moved from that to 43rd richest man in 2013 and now to 23rd in 2014 with his wealth jumping from $16.1billion to $25billion.

The next Nigerian on the list is Glo chief Mike Adenuga, who is 325th richest person with $4.6bn. Then Mrs Folorunsho Alakija in 687th position with a personal wealth of $2.5bn.

Former Microsoft chairman Bill Gates takes back the No.1 position as the richest man in the world with $76billion. Geez! If you lived ten life times, you probably won't be able to finish $76b.

Video: Lupita's speech on Black Beauty at Essence Black Women In Hollywood Award

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 10:46 PM PST

Words of wisdom from Lupita. Watch...

MTN and CCHub power Mobile Application Experience Centre

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 01:55 AM PST

Co Creation Hub, CCHub, is a social innovation centre dedicated to accelerating the application of social capital and technology for economic prosperity. Following the success of the 2013 MTN App Developer Challenge, CCHub has partnered with MTN to launch the first-of-its-kind Mobile Experience Lab, MxLab based on the need to bridge the gap between users and digital service providers in Nigeria. Continue...



Over the past two years, CcHub has worked with aspiring tech entrepreneurs who are finding interesting ways to address social issues in Nigeria in areas such as governance, education, trade, water, extractives and entertainment. It has become clear that once these tools are created, the next critical step towards scalability is to connect with end users. The aim of MX Lab is to help enhance the quality of local digital solutions; improve customer satisfaction; and accelerate smart application of technology.


On its raison d'être, Bosun Tijani, Managing Partner CChub has this to say:

"The Mobile Apps Experience Lab, MxLab is really about bringing the end users with the app developers or content creators. We have discovered that app developers don't necessarily understand how their users want to experience what they want to provide for them. 


Its one thing that you are building an app that people want use, but the question is how they want to use them. This project essentially provides a platform for engagement with the target audience in the process of building that solution across all the stages of development – before you start, when you have an alpha version, and or a beta version, you are continuously collecting feedback even after you have launched in the market.

 


This is something that we believe is currently missing in Nigeria and if our mobile applications are going to go viral, we need to consider users and that's what the MxLab is setup to achieve.

MTN is the platinum sponsor for this project and have enabled it to happen for which we are forever grateful."

You can visit the MxLab - 294, Herbert Macaulay Road, Sabo, Yaba. Lagos State. Nigeria. mxlab@cchubnigeria.com    

Photos from Fathia Balogun's film premiere

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 02:15 PM PST

Actress Fathia Balogun premiered her new movie 'Torera' last weekend at 10 Degrees events centre in Oregun, Lagos. Ibinabo Fiberesima, Mercy Aigbe, Helen Paul, Bimbo Thomas, Sikiratu Sindodo, Antar Laniyan and many other stars attended the premiere. See more photos after the cut...

Photo: Married Amber Rose lets a fan grab her butt

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 01:58 PM PST

She shared the pic on instagram and explained why she let him grab her butt. Wiz Khalifa come get ya woman.

LASAA to host Africa's biggest signage & outdoor conference and exhibition in Lagos

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 02:22 PM PST

Lagos State Signage & Advertisement Agency (LASAA) is to host Africa's  most anticipated signage & Outdoor conference and exhibition at Eko Hotel Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, between June 22 - 27th this year. The initiative, the first of its kind in Africa,  is  tagged  ''Sign and Outdoor Conference & Exhibition Africa (Lagos 2014)''.  In addition to 4,000 visitors  expected for the event,  about 300 exhibitors and conference participants from 30 countries drawn from Europe, Asia, America, Africa and within Nigeria will be taking part. Continue...

 
 
LASAA says this maiden edition of what may become an annual international conference & exhibition in Lagos, is geared at creating a convergence of stakeholders within the out-of-home advertising industry.  It will focus on trends, best practices, innovations and challenges within the Nigerian and African context.  Conference participants will include advertising agencies, outdoor practitioners, media owners,  signage fabricators, printers, advertisers, regulators, government Officials, event companies, outdoor protection services, retailers, franchisees and marketing professionals.
 
Speaking on this new initiative, the Managing Director of LASAA, Mr George Noah,  who is steering this development said:  ''The objective is to provide a veritable platform for the growth and development of signage and outdoor advertising in Lagos State, Nigeria and Africa.  The event is expected to attract from within and outside the country,  industry regulators, consultants, designers,  researchers, brand managers, media buying agencies, event companies,  suppliers, manufacturers, exhibitors in the signage, digital signage, retail signage solutions, outdoor media as well as screen and digital printing industries''. 
 
Commenting further, Noah said: ''Our objective is to create an enabling environment that will help all players in our sector to grow their business and to keep abreast with new innovations from across the globe. Visitors and participants are expected  to discover the latest developments in equipment, software, signage and outdoor materials, systems, fittings and fixtures. Participants can maximise their time at the event by taking part in the tailored conference sessions as well as experiencing live demonstrations and networking opportunities. In addition the  conference & exhibition will deliver new market breakthroughs, significant on-site sales, joint venture opportunities, new trading partners and an improved regional profile for manufacturers''.
 
Exhibitors already committed to the event include: Rotapanel (Holland) Primedia (South Africa)  Agfa (Belgium) Saga Group (Dubai)  and Invent Media (Nigeria).  Similar exhibitions in Dubai, London and Milan are reported to generate billions of dollars of sales for exhibitors serving the printing, signage and outdoor advertising industries.
 
Signed
Temitope Akande,
Manager, Corporate Affairs/PR Department
Tel-07043281292
www.lasaa.com

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