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The relationship between Genevieve Nnaji and Kunle Coker has been raising a lot of dust since last-week when an interview she had with Azuh Arinze sometime ago was recently published.   Reports says the love affair did not end well after Genevieve started acting arrogant to Kunle who said to have taught her a lot about the acting industry.   Genevieve who has been avoiding this news or I should call it an 'upstart rumor'  for awhile recently commented on it: See precept of the interview after the cut.........    Ouestion: But the story we had was that kunle coker brought you into Nollywood and both of you even dated: Yes, Kunle Coker was actually my boyfriend, but he did not bring me into the industry.   Question: Is it true that you dumped him for Fred amata? ” Fred amata? I’ve never had anything to do with Fred Amata, i used to call him uncle, so i don’t see the reason on why i should date Fred. we are just friends” ...

Prominent ifa priest, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon in this interview with FEMI MAKINDE shares his experiences as a traditional priest.   Which schools did you attend ? I did not attend any formal school. I had all my education at home. Many people erroneously believe that you can’t be educated until you go to school. I did not step into any classroom to be taught anything. I learnt Ifa at home and I learnt reading and writing also at home   How long did you spend to learn Ifa ? I started learning from my father at the age of four. My father later gave me out to another priest who taught me. I stayed there for 10 years and six months. After that, I started learning from my father’s colleagues at different locations. I moved from Ilobu to Ede, Ibadan and Oyo to add to my knowledge of Ifa. Ifa knowledge is extended, so you continue to learn until you are dead.   Why have you not renounced Ifa worship in this age when many are being converted to Christianity a...

Those revelations and more came from Murray, 60, in his first interviews since being released from jail in October, two years after he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death.   "I did not agree with Michael on using such a powerful sedative for sleep ," Murray told Australia's "60 Minutes" in an interview that aired Sunday. " So what I told Michael is that we have to get you off that substance ," Murray said. "However, I mean, to call it ideal or non-ideal, Michael Jackson is not a guy you can just say, 'Stop it.'"   Murray, whose lawyers have filed petitions in Texas to have his medical license reinstated while his licenses in California and Nevada are suspended pending appeals, told "60 Minutes" that Jackson was a drug addict and administered the drug deadly dose of propofol to himself. The former doctor told the UK's The Mail on Sunday that he 'reluctantly' gave J...

 It's officially over. Nearly two years after announcing their separation around Thanksgiving 2011, the divorce between Demi Moore, 51, and Ashton Kutcher, 35, has been finalized. "Judgment of dissolution is entered," reads a box marked on the L.A. Superior Court papers filed Tuesday. "The parties are restored to the status of single persons." The end to the marriage, which began in 2005, took so long to finalize as the two were reportedly at odds over how to divide their estimated fortune of over $300 million.   Ashton Kutcher has something to be thankful for this week! The documents were filed Tuesday afternoon by disso-queen Laura Wasser on Kutcher's behalf, ending the marriage that began in 2005. It was reported, Demi wanted spousal support even though she's worth way more than Ashton, sources say she backed off that claim. They ultimately reached a financial settlement and Ashton gave Demi somewhat more than he had to, but a...

 The rumour  making the round is that Nick Canon and Mariah Carey's marriage is on the rough path and both might split. I do love this couple and their cosy dovey love.  Whatever is the rough marital issue they are facing, I pray and hope they work it out. Read story after the cut...   Via RumorFix reports:    '' Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon seem like one of Hollywood’s couples who are lovely-dovey all the time, but a tabloid claims they are “falling apart.” Star alleges, “Amid rumors of her cheating and him checking out of the relationship, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s five-year union is in jeopardy.” Their source says, “Mariah and Nick’s marriage is hanging by a thread. Neither of them shows much interest in working through their problems.” The tabloid adds that Mariah and Nick barely see each other and basically live in different cities. So why don’t they split up? The supermarket rag claims they are only staying together...

  Nigeria - A total of 49 members of the House of Representatives have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).   The members are from states whose governors yesterday announced their new allegiance to the opposition.   Hon. Suleiman Abdurahman Kawu Sumaila, who spoke on behalf of the members said that legislators in the lower chamber from Adamawa, Kano, Kwara, Rivers and Sokoto took cue from their governors and are now in the APC, thus swelling its rank in the House.     Source: DAILY TRUST

The World Bank and United Nations on Wednesday appealed for billions of dollars to provide electricity for the poorest nations but said there would be no investment in nuclear power. “We don’t do nuclear energy,” said World Bank president Jim Yong Kim as he and UN leader Ban Ki-moon outlined efforts to make sure all people have access to electricity by 2030. Kim said $600-$800 billion a year will be needed to meet the campaign target of universal access to electricity, doubling energy efficiency and doubling the share of renewable energy by 2030. In some countries, only 10% of the population has electricity. So far, the campaign has a pledge of one billion dollars from the OPEC Fund for International Development, Bank of America has raised $500 million through the world’s first ‘green bond’ and Norway has committed to spend two billion krone ($325 million) on renewable energy efforts in 2014. Kim said the World Bank is preparing energy plans for 42 coun...

  This is a really naughty cake.... lol! I think it would be most suitable for bridal showers. What do you think?   Building the male organ on birthday and party cakes is becoming a craze among ladies, cool or not?    

BRAZIL, Sao Paulo : View of damages at the Arena de Sao Paulo –Itaquerao do Corinthians– stadium, still under construction, after a crane fell across part of the metallic structure, on November 27, 2013 in Sao Paulo. Two people died and another was injured following the accident on the stadium that will host the opening match of Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup. AFP PHOTO   2 people were killed and another injured Wednesday by the collapse of a crane on the site of a Sao Paulo stadium that will host the opening game of next year’s World Cup, authorities said. “The initial toll of three has been revised downward to two and one injured person was rushed to hospital,” a police spokesman told AFP.   Police said a crane fell on workers rushing to complete the Arena Corinthians stadium, where the opening World Cup match is to be held next June.   The world football’s governing body FIFA set a December 31 deadline for finishing the work. The crane collapsed as i...

  Shortly after his marriage to ex-wife Toni Payne packed up in 2010, Gongo Aso crooner 9ice welcomed a set of twin daughters with another lady Vicki Gordis.   When the news first became public, 9ice fiercely denied the story, saying the press had made it up. Not until he proudly shared the pictures of his adorable twins on Instagram some weeks back.   And in this new interview with Punch, 9ice finally explains why he lied.   Why did you deny you had twins when they were born?   - I did say I didn’t have twins then because I believe it was personal. If I have N1m, I think it is only my account’s officer that should know how much I have. In fact, he wouldn’t even have the right to check my account unless I ask him to do that. He couldn’t just cull up my account details and start checking how much I have. This is not a car we are talking about, these are human beings.   But when they grow up, do you think they will forgive you wh...

  Dr. Conrad Murray says he and Michael Jackson were so tight, he would hold his penis for him. In a bizarre, rambling interview with The Daily Mail, Murray says, "You want to know how close we were?  I held his penis every night to fit a catheter because he was incontinent at night." Murray went on to say, "He wore dark trousers all the time because after he went to the toilet he would drip for hours."   And there's this mystery ... Murray says, "Michael didn't know how to put a condom on, so I had to do it for him." Murray also discloses some of the things TMZ revealed years ago -- that Murray believes Michael killed himself.   Murray claims when he walked out of Michael's bedroom the day he died, "I believe he woke up, got hold of his own stash of Propofol and injected himself.  He did it too quickly and went into cardiac arrest." And, Murray suggests, MJ's kids have 3 different fathers, and ...

  Bloomfield High School student Tarence Mitchell, 18, stabbed his male lover and boyfriend Ronald Taylor Jr., 27, five times with a steak knife after Mitchell decided to break off their relationship. it is him or no other! Read story after the cut Fox News reports Taylor arrived at Mitchell’s residence and struck him in the face before the stabbing commenced. But Mitchell initially lied to police and said they were attacked by two men wearing hoodies — a deliberate attempt to portray the domestic violence incident as a hate crime. Mitchell finally confessed that he and the older man were lovers, and that Taylor had wined and dined him and plied the high schooler with marijuana and alcohol for two years. Court documents state that Mitchell ended the relationship with Taylor at the end of 2012. But “Taylor posted a picture of him on Facebook that included a blog of bad things about him, including him being a Bloomfield gay football star.”.   Cour...

  The al-Qaida-linked Islamic group Boko Haram unleashed a new tactic in its war to obliterate Christianity in northern Nigeria: convert or die. Two gunmen from Boko Haram kidnapped Hajja, a 19- year-old Christian in July as she picked corn near her village in the Gwoza hills, a remote part of northeastern Nigeria where a six-month-old government offensive is struggling to contain an insurgency by Boko Haram. “If I cried, they beat me. If I spoke, they beat me. They told me I must become a Muslim but I refused again and again,” Hajja told Reuters in an interview. The Islamists threatened her with a knife pressed to her throat and said her options were to convert to Islam or die. Aaron Jensen, a spokesman for the United States government’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, “We have seen reports of forced conversion and enslavement. The United States strongly condemns any acts of forced conversion or enslavement if true. Th...

  Jay Z Allegedly Spent $8,000 On Belgium Beauty Queen and reports says the beauty queen is spilling gist about her experiences with Jay Z and says he didn't mention his wife Bey. According to the woman, Jay Z spent $8,000 on her. And at no time did he mention Beyoncé. Read the story after the cut..... From The Mirror (via Rhymeswithsnitch.com ): Jay Z is said to have bought drinks for a beauty queen amid rumours about his marriage to Beyonce. The rapper spent more than $8,000 on champagne while partying with gorgeous model Claudia Scheelen in Antwerp’s Magic nightclub last month. Claudia, 27, told the Mirror: “I was with my girlfriends and he sent over a drink to us – he had this huge bottle of Ace of Spades champagne, it must have been six or ten litres. “He told me ‘I’ve been all over the entire world, but the girls in Antwerp are the prettiest girls.’” Claudia says Jay Z didn’t talk about his wife or one-year-old daughter when they met. “He didn’t menti...

  Before I share the above headed story, let me give a summary definition of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.   Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or spousal abuse) occurs when a family member, partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate another. Domestic violence often refers to violence between spouses, or spousal abuse but can also include cohabitants and non-married intimate partners. Domestic violence occurs in all cultures; people of all races, ethnicities, religions, sexes and classes can be perpetrators of domestic violence. Domestic violence is perpetrated by both men and women.   In Nigeria, it is popularly assumed that only females face domestic violence been the weaker sex, this assertion is wrong and I can authoritatively tell you men do face domestic violence as much as women do, it might not be mostly physical assault but (doesn't exclude physical assault) could be economic/financia...

    The reality show star Karen Igho, ex-Big Brother Africa winner,  arguably one of the most controversial but loveable Nigerian celebs on the scene has dumped her Nigerian passport for British citizenship, she made this announcement via her Twitter handle @karenigho this morning and invited all her friends for a drink in her home.   The tweet read: “I just became a citizen of the UK…I’m so happy…Drinks for everyone,” .   I always thought she was very proud of her Nation? Logically all those proudly Omo 9ja pickin  kind of tweets  na talk .   Lol ! It is a good one for her having a British red passport considering the state of affairs of the nation and with her British red passport, she can travel almost everywhere in the world.    She is also an actress and on-air personality with Lagos-based Naija FM Radio, Karen won the 2011 Big Brother Africa’s amplified edition.

USA Wikileaks secret cables reveal that according to Professor Ukandi G. Damachi, Nigeria’s former president, Musa Yar’Adua was poisoned. Yar’Adua died while in office as president of Nigeria in May, 2010. Professor Ukandi G. Damachi is a friend to US consul, long term confidant to Nigeria’s past president Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida with privy to Nigeria’s government workings inside information. The Wikileaks cable, reference ID 08LAGOS153, described in Professor Damachi’s narration, that late president Yar’Adua was given poison in his food, “his food was poisoned”, he alleged. Further stating that the president inherited his predecessor, president Obasanjo’s kitchen, and these kitchen staff were likely used to poison Nigeria’s president. The professor further revealed that when president Yar’Adua realized this he fired the Obasanjo kitchen staff. Quoting Damachi from the US secret cables: “There are lots of problems in Nigeria.” The first problem, he said,...

  I particularly find this news distasteful! I think it's nice for people to celebrate love and not pour acid rumours to sweet news. It's a beautiful union, fans and well wishers should be happy for them and not dwell more on who came and who didn't or on mere speculations on silly higi haga. That been said, read the gist as reported by NET after the cut.....   On Sunday, November 17, 2013, Lagos stood still for Psquare‘s Peter Okoye and fiancée Lola Omotayo as the couple held their traditional wedding ceremony, surprisingly elder brother Jude Okoye was missing.   Social network has been buzzing. The twins’ publicist Bayo Adetu tells NET Jude was missing at the wedding because he was stuck in Ghana. Psquare had performed in Accra, Ghana at the ‘Glo and Bounce Slide‘ tour the night before. Adetu says Jude missed his flight and couldn’t get back to Lagos in time for the nuptials.   But a source who was part of another artiste’s entourage to Ghana for t...

The police at Idimu, Lagos, western Nigeria have arrested the wife of a pastor, Mrs. Angela Uzoma, for pouring hot water on her sister.   She was arraigned before the Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court for injuring the teenager.   The 28-year old housewife who is also the women’s leader in her husband’s ministry at Shasha allegedly poured hot water on Chidinma Chukwu, causing her serious injury.   The incident happened at their residence at Ifelodun Street Orisunmbare, Shasha, Lagos State, western Nigeria.   it was gathered that the pastor’s wife accused the 14-year old Chidinma of selling only few pawpaws on the fateful day.   Angela, according to the police investigating officer (IPO), had warned Chidinma to ensure that she did not come back home without selling all the pawpaws packed in her tray for sale that day. Unfortunately, she did not sell everything and Angela became angry, accusing her of being too playful.   The Pastor's wif...

  On Monday, an interesting scene was caused by a crazy commercial driver who stripped naked to avoid being arrested by officials of  Lagos State Traffic Management Authority at Palmgrove Bus Stop, Ikorodu Road, Lagos State.   Read the story as reparted by Osun Defender below.....   The LASTMA officials had blocked five different commercial buses for indiscriminately taking passengers by the side of the road.   Passengers in the four vehicles were asked to alight, as officials of the traffic agency took over the wheels of the impounded vehicles.   There was however drama when the old man who drove the fifth bus suddenly went inside his bus and brought out a bowl.   A fetid odour emanating from the bowl polluted the fresh morning air.   The LASTMA officers, policemen and commuters ran for cover.   But one of the officials came back and stood his ground, wielding a baton and insisting that the man must foll...

Reports says Multiple explosions and sporadic gunshots has caused chaos and disrupted the peace of Gayawa village, Ungogo Local Government area of Kano on Tuesday morning. Details later..........

  Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God is 71 this year. On this note, the man of God, for the umpteenth time, has been asked to leave office as the Church’s General Overseer. In 2010, four Assistant General Overseers of the Church, Pastors M.O. Ojo, Ilori, Aderibigbe and D. Ojo, were said to have been retired by Pastor Adeboye on account of being 70.   The hit, this time, was said to be increasing, according to sources, that the man of God had to seek help from former President Olusegun Obasanjo.   The fact that Pastor Adeboye is said to be Chief Obasanjo’s bosom friend, and that the army general had some level of influence on some of the troublesome RCCG pastors, we gathered, may eventually douse the current tension.   Sometime last year, immediately after Pastor Adeboye celebrated his 70th, some Europe-based pastors of RCCG made the first call for him to quit on account of old age, demanding...

                                 Funke Akindele, 2Face Idibia and Don Jazzy have been appointed as ambassadors for the Lagos Count down 2013 by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola .   The Lagos Countdown is a cross over event into another year.   Banky W and others headlined the show in 2012, which was largely successful. Funke, well known as Jenifa, with Don Jazzy and 2Face were recently unveiled to the general public.

         

    POPE FRANCIS has inspired a surge in attendances and confessions in the Roman Catholic Church, reversing decades of decline.   In the eight months since he was chosen, cathedrals in Britain have seen a rise of about 20% in congregations, drawing in both new and lapsed members.   More than half of the priests surveyed in Italy said there had been a rise in support for the church. In Spain, the church has halted a decade-long slump in attendance.   Catholic leaders in the US, France and Latin America report growth in the faithful. In Argentina, the Pope’s home country, 12% more now define themselves as religious than before his appointment.   The results suggest Francis’s “electrifying” appeal is breathing new life into a church badly stained by the serial paedophile priest scandals. It is understood he is now talking about setting up church courts around the world to deal with paedophile priests more swiftly and severely.   ...