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Welcome to Linda Ikeji's Blog

Keri Hilson reaches out to Nigeria, on missing Chibok school girls

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 01:36 PM PDT

There's actually a petition going on right now for @bringbackourgirls. If you care to sign it, go here

Triple A Auto Auction: Guaranteed 30 days delivery on cars

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 12:49 PM PDT

If you are looking to change your car, or you just want to buy your first car but you are on a limited budget, Tripple A Auto Auction is your special auto money saving/USA Direct car buying partner.
Tripple A Auto Auction is a Nigeria based company that provide an easy no fuss service for those thinking about buying and importing vehicles. 

We simplify the process of buying from USA through Copart and IAAI. Make a search for your desired car from www.copart.com or www.iaai.com. Send us the details of your newly found car, follow the process and drive your new car in 30days or less. Continue...

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We have delivered thousands of vehicle to many companies here In Lagos, Abuja, Portharcourt and a lot of states in Nigeria. A lot of companies and individuals are ready to stand in for us anyday, anytime. With over a decade of combined experience, we offer unbeatable prices, unparalleled customer service, and an unquestionable commitment to make every customer a customer for life.
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Tiwa Savage & Teebillz return home after short honeymoon in Dubai

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 12:14 PM PDT

 
Welcome home, sweetie! Please don't jealous my love for Tiwa...lol

LIB Exclusive: Angela Okorie theft scandal: Prince Eke & Prosper tell their own side of the story

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 11:37 AM PDT

Yesterday you read actress Angela Okorie's version of what happened in South Africa where she was accused and arrested for allegedly stealing $3,200. Angela said in an interview with Yes! magazine that she didn't steal any money, that was set up by a guy named Prosper (Read here). Well, Prosper and Prince Eke reached out to me to tell their own version of what happened...and what a story! Prosper claims Angela moved in with him, that they were lovers, and she really stole his money. He sent me receipts but first, read Prince Eke's side of the story below(Angela & Prosper pictured above)
"Mid last month, Angela Okorie called me help her shoot a movie in South Africa. My wife (Muma Gee) was due to give birth but because of the respect I have for her, I agreed to do the movie. It was her own movie called Ada Abakaliki but she also wanted me to act in another movie being produced by a guy named Ikenna in South Africa which she was also supposed to feature in. It was her movie and she was the one inviting me to South Africa so yes she's supposed to pay for my flight and accommodation because I had no other reason to be there. We arrived South Africa on Monday. She wanted me to stay with her friend but I told her I would rather stay in a hotel that I wasn't comfortable staying in someone's house. She put me in one hotel but I didn't like the place. She paid for a guest house and she asked me to stay with her there but I refused, telling her that she's a married woman and I am a married man, that I wasn't comfortable staying with her. I eventually paid to stay at City Lodge but later she called me and told me to come and stay at the guest house she paid for, that she would move out. When I went to her hotel, she introduced me to a guy named Prosper who I'd never met before. She introduced him to me as her boo. (Opari)... Continue
She told me I could stay at the guest house, that she would move in with Prosper. She told the magazine she moved in with a friend name NK. That's a lie. There's no friend named NK. Angela moved in with Prosper who has a two-bedroom flat and a roommate who is Tanzanian and not Angela's friend. Angela lived with Prosper for nine days.

Anyway, eventually Angela told me she was no longer doing the Ikenna movie. But we continued shooting her own movie. Some days later, I saw Angela and Prosper kissing and I was very shocked because I know she's married. I confronted Prosper and told him he was messing with a married man. Prosper told me Angela had claimed she was estranged from her husband, I told Prosper that was a lie because I know she's still very much married. When Prosper questioned Angela about what I said they began to have problems. She became angry with me for telling Prosper she was still very much married.

On the day of the alleged theft, we had finished shooting for the day and I wanted to have a shave. I told Prosper to take me to a barbing salon. Angela said she wasn't going to the salon that she wants to go home. About 30 minutes later, Prosper told me he just received a text message from Angela that she was leaving his house. When Prosper eventually got home, he called me to say Angela had stolen his money, $3,200 and he had been calling her and she was not picking.

I tried calling Angela but she also didn't pick my calls. Prosper managed to track her down and she was traced to Hilton Hotel in Sandton. He went there around 2am with police officers to have her arrested. Angela was there with another man named Daniel. This is a girl who told me she couldn't afford to pay for hotel and wanted me squatting with friends, all of a sudden she could afford to pay for a room at Hilton Hotel.

The guy they met in her room returned 10,000 rands to Prosper and signed an affidavit which I will send to you. I don't know if she took the money but why sign an affidavit to return it?

Angela was taken to Sandton police station, from there she was transferred her to Honey Due police station where she was found guilty, and finally transferred to Ranburg police station where she slept in a cell. I, Prince Eke bailed her and stood as surety and the first statement she made after she came out was that I sold her out. That I didn't tell her Prosper was coming with police. Angela was charged to court, she went to court on Tuesday. It was the court that granted her bail. I can send you her charge number. Saying Prosper set her up to take money from her is not true. She introduced him to me as her boo and never said he was harassing her sex. It was strange to read all that. Besides Prosper drives a Mercedes Benz E360 and he's a well known rap artist.

Prosper's side of the story...
That I tried to rape her or was begging her for sex is laughable. I knew she was coming to South Africa. I promised to help her when she got here. She and Prince Eke arrived on Monday morning, I saw them in the evening and Prince was complaining that he didn't like where he was staying.

So Angela and I agreed that she would move out of the guest house and move in with me so Prince Eke could move into the guest house. She left the place and moved in with me on Wednesday. She said she moved in with her friend named NK. There's no such person. I have a roommate, a young girl that I am helping, who is like a family friend. She didn't know Angela until she moved in with me. She lied about moving into a friend's house. She moved into my house. We were lovers. Please quote me. When Prince Eke confronted me and said I was messing around with a married woman, I was quite surprised because Angela told me she was estranged from her husband. After I heard she was married, I distanced myself from her and we began to have issues in the house. She started to give me attitude and also Prince Eke because he had told me she was married.

About the money, after we finished shooting that Saturday, I took Prince Eke to a Barber's salon to get a hair cut. Angela said she wanted to go home. Later she called me to say she was leaving my house. We had quarreled that morning but she didn't tell me she would be leaving. She was supposed to stay at mine until she leaves South Africa.


When I got home I asked my roommate if she'd seen Angela and she said Angela had left the house in a hurry with her things, that someone had been waiting for her outside the house. I checked the cameras in the premises and saw that she'd left in a hurry. I went to my room and searched for my money and saw it was gone. I called her for several hours but she didn't pick, so I went to the police. We were able to trace her to Hilton hotel. She and the guy with her were both arrested and it was the guy that signed the affidavit. Why would I set her up? I am a rap artist and producer in South Africa. My stage name is P-Skrilla.

The affidavit supposedly signed by Daniel

Angela also took to her Facebook page today to write;

Photos: Women protest in Abuja over missing school girls

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 09:39 AM PDT

Some women took to the streets in Abuja today to protest the missing schoolgirls that were abducted from their school at Chibok on April 14th. Former Education Minister Oby Ezekwesili and front-line Human Rights lawyer Femi Falana are part of the protesters. See more pics after the cut...

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Posted: 30 Apr 2014 09:21 AM PDT

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Dolce and Gabba found guilty of Tax Evasion

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 09:18 AM PDT

Creative Directors of D&G, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have been found guilty of tax evasion to the tune of $1.3bn. The verdict was announced this afternoon after hours of consideration by a three-judge panel who decided to uphold last June's guilty verdict that saw the designers both sentenced to 20-months in prison for allegedly committing tax evasion, Vogue UK reports.
The alleged crime is said to have been a result of the sale of their Dolce & Gabbana and D&G brands to the Luxembourg-based holding company Gado Srl in 2004.
Dolce & Gabbana have always denied the charges and promptly appealed last year's decision with their legal representative. But the appeal has been denied and both men are now facing prison time

'Kill public officials who steal above N1million' – TUC president

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 10:41 AM PDT

President of the TUC, Bobboi Kaigama during a lecture at the Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife yesterday, recommended the death penalty for any public official who is indicted in any financial crime above N1million.
During his lecture which was titled "'Corruption and challenges in nation-building', Kaigama said tougher sanctions such as his suggestion would make the government's crusade against corruption more sincere
"If the governments and legislators are truly sincere about the fight against corruption in the country, they must go tougher. Any public official, whether at the state or federal level, should be executed. Killing them after confirmation of any embezzlement allegation of more than N1m will lead us to the right path.
"I sincerely recommend an active process of legislation that would support that. It would also serve the nation well to have a law which not only provides for every public office holder to declare his assets on assuming office, but also stipulate that he must repeat the exercise each subsequent year that he is in office and not later than one month after vacating the office. Such declaration should be in at least three newspapers and not just to the Code of Conduct Bureau." he said
He advocated for public officer's to be compelled to declare their assets when they assume office as well as get banned from occupying any political office if found guilty of any corruptible act. Who agrees with him?

Chibok schoolgirls 'alive' & deal is 'within reach' - hostage negotiator claims

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 08:26 AM PDT

Found this report a foreign site, Channel4.com. Read below..
A hostage negotiator in direct contact with the kidnappers of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria tells Channel 4 News their safe release is "within reach", but that their fate rests on a knife-edge.
The girls, we believe, are alive but they have been moved from the location to which they were originally taken," the intermediary told Channel 4 News. "It would not be hard to engineer a deal. It looks like they want to release them."
The kidnappers have warned, however, that attempts by the military to launch a rescue attempt "may result in the deaths of many of the captives".
They want a way out," said the negotiator, who has long experience of dealing directly with the Islamist group Boko Haram in previous hostage crises.

Boko Haram translates as "western education is forbidden" and, like the Taliban, the group opposes the education of Muslim girls, particularly if that education has western influence.

Even though most of the kidnapped teenagers are from Christian families, the intermediary says the group believes it has already succeeded in embarrassing the government and instilling terror in the civilian population.

Fate undecided
However splinter factions within the fractious group are understood to be arguing over what to do with their hostages. "The danger now is that the military will get involved and that can only end badly," he said.

Past kidnappings by the al-Qaeda inspired jihadist group, which is fighting for a strict sharia state in northern Nigeria, have ended with the execution of hostages as a result of attempted military intervention.

The hostage-takers have now been asked for a list of the girls' names as proof-of-life. The negotiator - who wanted to remain anonymous for reasons of personal security - said the group is demanding a ransom but added: "we are hoping they will soften their stance".
The Islamist insurgents abducted 273 girls, aged 16 to 18, from dormitories at the Chibok Girls' Secondary School in Chibok, Borno state, a fortnight ago. Around 40 girls reportedly escaped early on. The numbers of those originally kidnapped - and those still held captive - has been in dispute. Last week, the missing girls' parents insisted that government figures had dramatically underestimated the number held.

The school's headteacher, Mrs Asabe Kwambura, told Channel 4 News on Tuesday that a further 10 girls had since been "recovered". "For now, the total number of girls we have recovered is 53 while 220 girls are still missing," said Mrs Kwambura.

Relocated, and 'forced to marry'

The abductors, who have been in intermittent contact with the intermediary over the past 48 hours, claim to have released "a number of hostages" because "they did shehada" - meaning forcible conversion to Islam, a hallmark tactic of Boko Haram.

Channel 4 News has also established that the schoolgirls are not being held in the group's notorious bush camps in the Sambisa forest, an area 50 miles to the south east of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. This region has reportedly been the focus of Nigerian military activity in recent days.
Instead, the hostages have, we understand, been split into smaller separate groups, a number of whom have been taken close to - or across - Nigeria's eastern border with Cameroon. This is an area from which Mohammed Nur, one of Boko Haram's leading commanders is known to operate.
"They have a problem," the intermediary said. "They have 220 captives and moving that many around cannot remain hidden. There is good, reliable, local knowledge as to their location. The military knows where they are."

The relocation of the teenage hostages has been corroborated by a senior community leader in Chibok, the town from which they were abducted. Dr Pogu Bitrus told Channel 4 News that he too has learned that following the kidnapping, many of the girls were forcibly converted and some then married off in neighbouring Cameroon. He did not cite his sources.

"Many were taken to the northern part of Borno state and then moved across into the Republic of Cameroon," he said. "After they converted to Islam, they were forcibly married off with a bride price of just 2,000 Naira [less than £10]." Dr Bitrus believes some of the girls do still remain in Boko Haram camps in the Sambisa forest. "The federal government must act fast" to avoid them suffering the same fate, he added.

The Konga.com Workers Day Mega Sale is here in grand style

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 07:04 AM PDT

Hey guys! Happy workers day in advance! It's been an exciting year full of many exciting stories on all sides, and every Nigerian worker, doctor, mechanic, lawyer, teacher or whatever profession we find ourselves truly deserve to smile, that's why Nigeria's largest Online Mall, Konga.com want to reward all workers with an opportunity of a life time to buy all the items on their wish list without breaking the bank, with the return of the Konga.com workers day mega sale! Continue...
 
So what do you expect in this year's Konga Workers day mega sale?
Do you remember the amazing discounts from the Konga worker's day mega sale last year? Or is it your first time shopping on May Day? well, not to worry, this special offer starts from April 29th and will run to May 9th.

To participate, simply head down to this special page--> http://www.konga.com/workers-day,select your items, make payment with either your debit card, bank transfer or pay on delivery and get your items delivered to you. Discounts are available on amazing categories like Fashion for women, fashion for men, phones and tablets- Google Nexus 4, beauty,health and personal care, home and kitchen, computers and accessories, etc

You can also participate in different games on social media and win lots of amazing prices! Simply check out Konga on Facebook- http://facebook.com/Shopkonga, twitter- http://twitter.com/shopkonga and with the hashtag #KongaMayDaySale

P-Square's publicist releases statement, says he never said it was all a publicity stunt

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 08:43 AM PDT

Yesterday P-Square's publicity Bayo Adetu was quoted as saying the fight between the brothers was all a publicity stunt, and that they all decided to play along. Well, after the backlash from fans, Mr Adetu has backtracked and claims he never made those comments. A statement he released below.
My attention has been drawn to one magazine interview quoting me that the purported P-Square break-up tale was a 'publicity stunt.' It was indeed a misconception on the part of the writer. I never said the rumour was a 'publicity stunt.'
There is no way I could have granted an official interview and speak in such denigrating manner as being portrayed by the magazine in question. 
I can remember talking to Star FM and NTA2, and it is on record that I never spoke in such unprofessional manner! Most importantly, I never said it was a 'publicity stunt' because that amounts to toying with the emotions of P-Square fans. I cherish the fans more than Diamond and therefore, I will never disrespect or toy with their emotions. Thanks for your understanding.
Read the interview he supposedly granted to Icon magazine after the cut...

 Greetings, Bayo, we heard that the Okoye brotherS have finally reconciled, can you give us an insight on what really happened?
After a long laugh… My brother, I'm telling you this as a friend, there was no fight at all. The whole thing started after Jude tweeted some days back and bloggers feasted on it and gave it several interpretations which never existed, and that was how we got here. 

Are you saying there wasn't a fight at all, how then did Peter and Paul keep releasing comments through their Facebook accounts?
My guy, I can authoritatively tell you that neither of the P-Square brothers, nor even Jude operate their Facebook accounts anymore. Whatever Facebook posted was from an impersonator, pretending to be anyone of them. P-Sqaure is active on twitter, not on facebook, so you see, the whole thing was founded on lies. 

If what you are saying is true, why did they all tweet a reconciliatory tweet this morning indicating that they have mended fences?
There's one thing you should know, P-Square are not politicians, neither are they businessmen to be worried about what one useless blogger or the other has to say about them.

In this game, bad publicity is good publicity. When we read those funny posts, we decided to play along with the general public and what they were meant to believe.

Yesterday, Thursday, April 24, 2014 was Jude Okoye's birthday and he also used the opportunity to propose to his girlfriend while we laughed at the stupidity of some Nigerian bloggers.

We later decided to further play into their hands by reaching a consensus to tweet what they have termed the 'reconciliation tweet'.

However as a journalist, I am pained that trained journalists allow themselves to be remoted by Linda Ikeji, a mere blogger without any professional training to stall them from investigating serious news material like this. These days, immediately Linda posts anything on her blog, journalists just go there and copy and paste the story without any checks and balances, it is outrightly wrong, I'm really upset about this.

She called me after posting the story and I just decided to ignore her calls, because I didn't think we had anything more to say when the milk has been split.

I have taken my time to explain to you this way because, you are a friend and did not join the bandwagon.

As for those bloggers out there, I allowed them to write whatever they like; after all, they are consuming their Internet data, not mine.

Media personality Matse Uwatse welcomes daughter

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 06:34 AM PDT

Multiple award winning media personality and former Wazobia/Nigeria Info OAP, Matse Uwatse welcomed a baby girl today April 30th. Matse married Ekemelu Bertram Nnoli in July 2013. Big congrats to them...

Peter Okoye confirms quarrel with brothers, but says they've settled their differences

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 05:58 AM PDT

Good to hear this!

World of possibilities as mother and children gather together

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 06:03 AM PDT

Joy to the world as we celebrate the birth of a movement in Nigeria. The Mother and Child Expo is gearing momentum to make its debut. The event (Nigeria's Largest Parenting Exhibition) which is first of its kind will attract over 5,000 mothers and children. The event will feature exciting and engaging activities billed to create a long lasting experience. Continue...
Beyond the feature zones (The Ultimate Nursery and Feeding Zone, The Children Play Zone, Mother's Lounge Zone, The Diaper Changing Zone & Fashion Runway Show) designed to create a feel good experience, there would be seasoned facilitators handling various bespoke workshops; bouncing castle for the kids; free dental medication by Lagos State ministry of health; celebrity expose; loads of freebies and lots more will be on ground to make the maiden edition a worthwhile experience.

This novel platform will offer loads of experiential both for the Mother and Child with limitless opportunities beneficial to all and sundry.

STANDS ARE LIMITED AS NOBLE BRANDS ARE ON QUEUE TO BE A PART OF HISTORY!!!
TIME IS TICKING. GRAB A STAND/BOOTH NOW.
This Exhibition is FREE to attend, so bring your friends, families and everyone dear to you and it will afford families and major stakeholders the opportunity to interact with the exhibitors.
Date: Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th May 2014
Venue: The Haven, GRA Ikeja, Beside Arch Bishop Vinning Memorial Church, Lagos.
For More Information please email info@motherandchildexpo.com.ng | Visit: www.motherandchildexpo.com.ng | Like them on Facebook:www.facebook.com/motherandchildexpo | Follow them on Twitter @macexpong | Call :, +234-7030117995, +2348037182121

Pics: Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde stunning in red at the TIME 100 Gala

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 05:31 AM PDT

Omotola looked like a goddess at the TIME 100 Gala which held last night Tuesday 29th April at Jazz, Lincoln Center in New York. The 2013 Time 100 recipient looked gorgeous in a red dress by Iconic Invanity.

Aliko Dangote and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who were named in this year's Time 100 Most Influential in the world were also at the Gala. See more photos after the cut...

Photos: Work in progress on light rail system construction in Lagos

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 04:39 AM PDT

The proposed light rail system being constructed by the Lagos state government in partnership with the World Bank is coming up well, with the rail tracks now being laid on the flyover rail-bridge that would run from Orile down to the island. The rail system is being developed to ease business transportation from the Badagry end of Lagos down to Lagos Island. See more exclusive photos after the cut..

14yr old girl kills another 14yr old girl after Facebook fight over a boy

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 05:14 AM PDT

14 year old Endia Martin (pictured above) was killed on Monday April 28th by another 14 year old girl after they argued on Facebook about a boy. Is this what 14 year olds should be doing? Fighting over boys and killing each other? My goodness!

According to Chicago Times, the handgun used to kill Endia Martin had been brought to the scene by someone who knew the suspect and knew 'there was going to be a fight' Chicago police said
"What would have been, under any other circumstance, probably a fistfight between 14-year-old girls, because they were fighting over a boy, turned into a murder. You introduce a firearm and you have a murder." The police said
Endia was walking home from school when the other girl approached, pulled the gun and opened fire around 4:30 p.m on Monday in West Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, according to police. Endia was hit in the back and killed instantly.

The 14 year old girl has been charged as a juvenile with murder, while her 24-year-old uncle and a 17-year-old boy are also facing charges. The two are being held for giving the gun to the killer.

Actress Biola Ige releases beautiful new photos

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 03:17 AM PDT

The actress just released these stunning new photos. Continue to see more...

Pictures from the public presentation of the book, 'Giants of History'

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 03:15 AM PDT

On Tuesday Aprill 22, at the Civic Centre, VI, Lagos,  Mr. Lateef Ibirogba (the Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Lagos State) presented to the public his book titled "Giants of History: The Making of Our World" as well as an accompanying card game "The Game of Giants".

In attendance at the event were the governors of Lagos and Osun States, along with representatives from other states in the south west of Nigeria. There were a couple of senators from the northern part of the country as well, and a number of people from the publishing and literary professions. More on the book here. Continue...


 The card game was invented to help students and all other interested history buffs to interact with the book and learn more about great people living and dead.

Mr Pascal Diozie, the chairman of the occasion, referred to Giants of History as a serious book which will add a lot of value to the young population. The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the launch, commended the author for a job well done. He also urged Nigerians to take up the reading culture again, adding that the dearth of books about public service in our libraries is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. He encouraged people to buy the work.

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the governor of Osun State, was the keynote speaker for the day. He gave glowing remarks on the book and congratulated the author for a job well done. The Honourable Commissioners for Information from Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti and Edo were also in attendance as representatives of their governors.

Speaking as the book reviewer, Barrister Tade Ipadeola (winner of the Nigerian Prize for Literature, 2013) praised the book as one that makes history relevant again. He declared his support for the school of thought that history books serve to motivate young ones to emulate great men and women of preceding generations rather than intimidating them. Also in attendance was the director of Corona School, Agbara, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, whose speech commended the author for writing the book, and for inviting her to the occasion without having met her before. It shows a recognition of the role of teachers in society, she said.

The book and the card games will be available in physical bookstores but can be purchased for now at www.digitalbooks.com.ng (The website for the game itself is www.thegameofgiants.com). All attendees at the launch went home with free copies of the innovative card game, and were able to buy copies of the book and also get them signed by the author.

Here are pictures showing guests that include the Chairman of MTN Nigeria, Mr. Pascal Dozie (Chairman of the Occasion), Mr. Babatunde Raji Fasola (Governor of Lagos State), Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (Governor of Osun State), Mr. Lateef Ibirogba (author), Tade Ipadeola (reviewer) Mr. Louis Odion, Mr. Kola Tubosun, Prince Gbade Lana, among many others.

Photos: Mafikizolo in Nigeria for Davido music collaboration launch

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 02:44 AM PDT

South African top music stars Mafikizolo arrived Lagos late yesterday for the launch of their music collaboration with Davido, Tchelete, tonight.

Pres. Jonathan cancels FEC to mourn VP Sambo’s brother

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 05:14 AM PDT

President Jonathan has directed that today's Federal Executive Meeting be shelved to enable members of the council attend the 3-day prayer for VP Sambo's deceased brother, late pilot Yusuf Sabo Sambo, who died in a fatal accident on Sunday April 27th along the Bill Clinton Drive, Airport road, Abuja.

Sam Nwaobasi, the Special Assistant (Media) to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation announced the suspension of the meeting.

58year old Yusuf Sambo was a private pilot and is survived by a wife and 3 daughters. He has since been buried according to Islamic rites. You can see pics from the burial after the cut...

Nigerian pleads guilty to terror charges in the US

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 01:20 AM PDT

33 year old Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi (pictured above) yesterday Tuesday April 29th pleaded guilty to terror charges in a US court. The Nigerian citizen is accused of providing material support to an al Qaeda affiliate, and participating in its media and recruitment campaigns, Reuters reports.

US prosecutors said that, from January 2010 to August 2011, Babafemi left Nigeria to Yemen twice to meet with some leaders of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, known as AQAP.
"The defendant traveled to Yemen to put himself at the disposal of a violent terrorist organization that has repeatedly demonstrated its determination to inflict bodily and economic harm on the US and its citizens," A U.S. Attorney said in a statement.
Prosecutors also say the al Qaeda leaders paid Babafemi, also known as 'Ayatollah Mustapha' almost $9,000 to recruit English-speaking people from Nigeria that would write for their online magazine called 'Inspire'. He was extradited August last year from Nigeria to the US.

Sentencing for the case has been scheduled for August 27th. Babafemi faces a maximum of 30 years in prison. So they are basically locking him for editing and getting writers for the al Qaeda magazine.

Ice Prince, Terry G, others rock Nigerian Idol eviction party for Obed and Nex2

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 01:04 AM PDT

The ongoing Etisalat-sponsored Nigerian Idol Season IV is getting more exciting and competition more fierce! Last week's result show, witnessed the eviction of Obed and Nex2 while Antwon was saved by the Judges' lifeline. So on Saturday, April 26that Ember Creek, Awolowo road, Ikoyi, an eviction party was organized for the duo to celebrate them and bid them farewell from the competition.


The star studded party was 'turned up' by stars including Ice Prince, DJ Caise, Terry G, 9ice, Jesse Jags, Chuddy K, and Yung L, all made possible by Etisalat. Continue...
 
(L-R): Director, Consumer Segment, Etisalat, Oluwole Rawa; Director, Brands & Communications, Etisalat, Enitan Denloye; Ice Prince; Director, Channel Sales, Etisalat, Ken Ogujiofor; and Dede Mabiaku



The show continues with Beebee Bassey, Eye-D, Elvis Jay, Lisa, Nyro Love, Miss Oge, Xolani, Evelle, Jesse Raey, and Antwon, as the top 10 contestants. Remember you get to decide who stays on the show. To vote, simply dial the contestants' number from an Etisalat line or send it via SMS to 33680. Voting lines open every Sunday and close midnight the following Wednesday.

To catch all the action on TV, click herefor the stations and viewing times.

Etisalat Nigeria is the official telecom sponsor of Nigerian Idol. Follow @etisalat_9ja on twitter and Etisalat's Facebook fan page for updates, scoops and to stand a chance to win free tickets to the eviction parties.

Kim & Kanye's Vogue cover sells 500k copies, beating both Beyonce and Michelle Obama

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 12:37 AM PDT

Bow down to the power couple! They predicted it and it's happened. Kim and Kanye's controversial Vogue cover just beat out the sales record for both Beyonce and Firsl Lady Michelle Obama's covers, Toofab reports. The power couple officially have thee most in-demand cover in the mag's history.

Their cover has sold over 500,000 copies and with subscriptions, expected to sell over 1.2million copies. Beyonce's 2013 Vogue cover sold more than 350,000 copies while  First Lady Michelle Obama's cover sold nearly 300,000. 

Report claims Vogue had to restock many shelves after it sold out, something that almost never happens.

Photos: Angry Chibok women protest girls' kidnap in Abuja

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 01:22 AM PDT

Mothers and other aggrieved indigenes of Chibok, Borno, yesterday staged a protest at the National Assembly calling on the government to speed up the release of their daughters that were kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary school on April 14th.

The women under the aegies of Kibaku Development Association and led by senior female police officers converged at the Eagle Square Abuja, all dressed in black, from where they marched peacefully to the National Assembly, wailing and pleading for help from the govt. Senators Barnabas Gemade and Helen Esuene received the protesters and said the senate is considering raising a motion as regards the kidnapped girls for the house to deliberate on. Continue to see more photos...

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