Behind The Scenes: M.I. – Bad Belle [PHOTOS]

M.I has been shooting videos for the singles off his third album, The Chairman.
The making of “bad belle” video featured a massive turnout of the A list, the B list ,the upcoming artists, the OAP’s, etc.
The video shoot was on the 28th of Oct at Get Arena, directed by ace director Mex. The shoot had multiple sets and had cameos from the likes of Modenine, Sasha P, Show Dem Camp, Falz, Dj Spinall, YC, Young 6, Efa, Ruby Gyang, Loose Kaynon, Kid Konnect, Milli and so many more. Basket Mouth also featured in a comedic role in the video
Check out the behind the scene photos for Bad Belle

Kcee acquires customized 2014 Cadillac Escalade

Music star Kcee just added to his fleet of cars a 2014 fully pimped gold colored Cadillac Escalade. See more photos after the cut...

Grill At The Pent Is Back! See All The Photos From The Reopening

The Grill At The Pent recently reopened its doors to party lovers following a brief hiatus to renovate the venue, The Penthouse at Mega Plaza (Now Cova) on the 27th of October 2014 and it was themed “Back to the Future”
Guests arrived in style including benzes, beemas and limos, while lloking ravishing and in the party mode. The in house Djs Ruud, Bally and Guest Dj Sose didn’t disappoint as they kept the penthouse steaming hot with some great Old and New School music.
Partnering with Uber Lagos, Guests got N3000 each off 2 rides to every Grill at The Pent Party as a support to the drink responsibly campaign.
See pictures below;

EFCC arraigns UNIBEN undergraduate over $12,000 internet scam

 

Find the EFCC press statement below...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 30, 2014 arraigned an undergraduate of the University of Benin, Kenneth Rukewe Ebule before Justice E. F Ikponmwen of an Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin- City on a 6- count charge bordering on forgery, obtaining money by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents.The accused person allegedly duped Sabine Albert, a German, of the sum of $12, 088, 75 through fraudulent claims.

Rukewe, 30, a final year student of Computer and Statistics at the University of Benin, was arrested by officials of a new generation bank on May 28, 2014 in Benin City and handed over to the EFCC for further investigation.

Santa Claus dies at 86

Y'all know that Santa Claus used in a lot of Coca-Cola adverts? Well, he has died. His name was John Moore and he was the famous "Father Christmas" who inspired Coca Cola’s character and appeared in many ads for the brand. He died recently at the age of 86 and is being buried today in Burgess Hill, Sussex,UK.

JAMB Warns Students: “Register At Cyber-Cafe & Face The Consequence”

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Thursday, warned prospective candidates in the forthcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Nasarawa State, to stop registering at cyber-cafes, saying majority of the operators are fraudulent.

It, therefore, announced Federal University, Lafia; Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa; as well as Biham University, Karu and Ejade Computer Training Institute, New-Nyanya ,as four approved computer-based centres in the state for 2014 UTME.
The administrative officer in charge of the board in the state, Shehu Salihu, who stated this in Lafia, then warned the operators of the cyber-cafes in the state, who had made fraud their daily routine to, henceforth, desist from such act or face the music.

Mali records 1st case of Ebola after 2yr old girl contracts the disease

 

 Mali has recorded its first case of Ebola after a 2 year girl who had come into the country from Guinea, one of the worst hit with the Ebola epidemic, came down with fever and was diagnosed with the deadly virus yesterday October 23rd.

Confirming the development, Malian Health Minister, Ousmane Kone, said the girl is undergoing treatment now and is responding to treatment...

 

"The condition of the girl, according to our services, is improving. Thanks to her rapid treatment"

Mali becomes the sixth African country to record a case of Ebola after Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal.

J.K. Rowling To Release New Harry Potter Story On Halloween

Good news for Harry Potter fans, there’s a new story coming out!

Author J.K. Rowling will be releasing the new story on the 31st of October, coinciding with the Halloween holiday.

The new 1,700-word tale will be a back story to the life of malicious pink-wearing Hogwarts professor, Dolores Umbridge, and will be published for free on Rowling’s website Pottermore.com.

Umbridge, who was played by Imelda Staunton in the films, was first seen in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. She is a witch who was Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic and tortured Harry before being sentenced to life in Azkaban for her crimes against Muggle-borns.

BBA Hotshots: Samantha and Ma’m Bea in trouble

It seems the visit of Clint Brink to the Big Brother house has somehow set Samantha and Ma’m Bea on a collision course with Biggie. Earlier in the day yesterday, Clint took the housemates through a trust exercise during which he explained the need to listen and trust one another during performances and generally since they are in the same house. During the exercise, Clint had asked the housemates to get into pairs which took a bit of time to achieve clearly indicating that there were trust issues amongst the housemates. Sheillah had to partner with Clint due to the fact that there are 21 hotshots left in the house. Housemates were required to close their eyes and be led around by their partner.

Google Vice-President Skydives From The Stratosphere!

A Google executive set a new world record for the farthest skydive as he jumped from a balloon near the top of the stratosphere!
Alan Eustace, 57, is a senior vice-president at Google, and at dawn he was lifted by a balloon filled with 35,000 cubic feet of helium from an abandoned runway at the airport in Roswell, New Mexico.
For a little over two hours, the balloon ascended at speeds up to 1,600 feet per minute to an altitude of more than 25 miles. Eustace dangled underneath in a specially designed spacesuit with an elaborate life-support system. He returned to earth just 15 minutes after starting his fall.

Pics: 2face, Annie, Sound Sultan, others turn up at DJ Babey Drew's party

Celebs including 2face and his wife Annie Idibia, Sound Sultan, DJ Xclusive, DJ Spinall, DJ Humility, Kaylah, Wale Ojo, Sasha P, DJ Caise and many more came out to party with Chris Brown’s official DJ, Babey Drew on Friday, October 24, 2014 at the second Heineken Green Light Party which held at Spice Route, Victoria Island. See photos from the event after the cut...

See pics of 15yr old Jaylen Fryberg, who opened fire in his school yesterday killing two

 

 15 year old Jaylen Fryberg (pictured above), a member of the Tulalip Native-American tribe, entered his school cafeteria yesterday morning around 10.41 am, walked over to a table, pulled out a gun and shot five students. He killed one, injured four, who are in critical condition at the hospital, and then he took his own life by shooting himself in the head with his father's gun.

The incident which lasted for about two minutes took place at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington D.C yesterday. See photos from the chaos that ensued and the full story after the cut...

Photos of the killer below...

BBA Hotshots: Housemates That Deserved To Be Evicted

Well, five housemates have so far been evicted from this year’s Big Brother Africa Hotshots show and as another week is here, two or more housemates will probably follow suit and leave the house. The five housemates evicted so far are Resa, Mira, Lilian, Esther and Sabina. Curiously, the five housemates evicted so far are females and makes one wonder if voting Africans have an aversion for females or are perhaps voting along regional lines.

Melissa Rivers Inherits $75 Million Cash As Part Of Joan Rivers’

 

Melissa Rivers has reportedly inherit most of her late mother, Joan Rivers’ property.
The report comes days after the cause of death of the late comedian was revealed.
Melissa will inherit $75 million in cash and Joan’s French-inspired $35 million condo on New York’s Upper East Side, according to Us Weekly. Her son Cooper, 13, has received his own bequest.
The windfall doesn’t do much to ease Melissa’s loss, as a source to the magazine, “It’s no consolation for losing her mother so soon.”

2014 MOBO Awards: Sam Smith Emerges Big Winner As Fuse ODG, Jessie J Also Win [Full Winners List]

The 2014 MOBO Awards held on the 22nd of October at the Wembley Arena in London.
The night’s big winner was Sam Smith, who took home 4 awards, including Best Male Act.
Jessie J won the Best Female award, while Azonto singer Fuse ODG took home the gong for the Best African Act again.
See the full winners list below.

Don Jazzy & The Mavins Shut Down Manchester [PHOTOS]

Don Jazzy and the Mavin crew started their UK tour in Manchester on Tuesday.
The Mavins gave a concert to remember, each member giving performances of a lifetime.
They will be performing next at the O2 London Indigo tonight.
See pictures from thee Manchester concert below.

Horrifying Pictures Of Man Cut Into 2 By Train At Railway Crossing Line In Ibadan

This gruesome scene happened around 5.30pm yesterday at the railway crossing area in Bodija Ojurin in Ibadan.

Mexican drug cartel tracks down journalist, kills her - then uses her own Twitter account to boast about it

A citizen journalist named Dr María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio from Reynosa, Mexico, who spoke out against organised crime in her city was tracked down and brutally killed by Mexican drug cartel who then hacked into her twitter account and used it to announce her death and then posted a photo of her bloody, lifeless body.

The cruel pic was accompanied by a series of tweets, which started by saying: 'Friends and family, my real name is María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio. I am a physician. Today my life has reached its end. Do not make the same mistake I did.' Continue...

Photo: EFCC recovers blind teacher's N550,000 from fraudsters

 

 Find the EFCC press statement below...

 Relief came for a blind teacher, Mary Ihekanacho on Wednesday October 22, 2014 as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presented her with a draft of N550, 000 which the anti- graft agency recovered from a gang of fraudsters that swindled her of N 830,000 in a job scam. 

The syndicate conned the woman by promising to facilitate her son’s employment with one of the oil majors. 

Pics: The heros of First Consultant Hospital who helped fight Ebola

 

Here are the faces of the team at the First Consultant Hospital, Lagos whose prompt action helped contain the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in Lagos.

Pictured above: The Chief Medical Director of the hospital Dr Benjamin Ohiaeri (middle) Dr Adaora Igonoh (2nd left), Dr Ibeawuchi Morris (3rd left) Dr Fadipe Akinniyi (2nd right) who got infected but got healed. 

Unfortunately four of their colleagues including Dr Stella Adadevoh and nurse Justina Ejelonu died from the deadly viral disease. (Photo credit: Who Health Organization)

Boko Haram: Shocking E-mail Allegedly Sent By Shekau To ICC [Must Read]

According to Gistmania, Boko Haram kingpin, Abubakar Shekau who was claimed dead allegedly sent this email to International Criminal Court (ICC) in Holland.
We don’t know how genuine it is, here is the Email below:
Quote
First Information Report: Persons In Nigeria That Have Committed Gross Human Rights Violations, Genocide And Crimes Against Humanity: Preliminary Appl
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:05:01 +0100 (WAT)
From: Imam Abubakar SHEKAU
To: visits@icc-cij.int, mail@icj-cij.org, information@icj-cij.org
The Head, Information & Evidence Unit,
Office Of The Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), CM
2500 The Hague,
The Netherlands (Holland).

Father Abandoned Children In A Boarding School For 8 Years

Three children are crying for their parents who abandoned them in a boarding school in Abule-Iroko in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State for eight years.
According to Punch report, the children Seun Adepegba 14, Seyi 10 and Titilola 13, were enrolled by their father, Mr Segun Adepegba at the Solid Model College in 2007.

Total's chairman/CEO Christophe de Margerie dies in plane crash

 

 Christophe de Margerie, the Chairman and CEO of giant oil company, Total, died in plane crash last night October 20th in Russia. He was 63.

According to a statement released by airport authorities early this morning, de Margerie's private plane collided with a snowplow on the runway of Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow as it was accelerating for takeoff just a few minutes before midnight. They also said in the statement that the driver of the snowplow was intoxicated. The business jet's three crew members also died.

The chief executive who was based in Paris, France had gone t to Russia to attend a meeting of corporate executives with Prime Minister Dmitri A. Medvedev and was returning to Paris when the accident occurred. He is survived by a wife and children. May his soul rest in peace...amen.

Total released a statement on their website this morning, confirming his death. See below

Paris: Total confirms with deep regret and great sadness that Chairman and CEO Christophe de Margerie died just after 10pm (Paris time) on October 20 in a private plane crash at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow, following a collision with a snow removal machine. Four people were found dead at the scene of the accident, including three crew member and Christophe de Margerie. The thoughts of the management and employees of the Group go out to Christophe de Margerie’s wife, children and loved ones as well as to the families of the three other victims.

Photos: Ex-MBGN Anna Banner goes to school in Dubai

 

2013 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Anna Ebiere Banner this morning posted a picture of herself in her new school, Middlesex University, Dubai, London’s first and only campus in the U.A.E. Anna is said to be studying journalism.

Lagos State Govt donates N50million to First Consultant Hospital

 

As measures to cushion the economic effect the Ebola crisis had on the First Consultant Hospital and those who suffered from the deadly Ebola virus disease, the Lagos state government announced yesterday October 20th that it will be giving out N50million to the hospital as a business support gesture and also extend support to all those, dead or alive who suffered from the deadly disease.

Donald Trump calls Oscar Pistorius' trial judge a moron

Outspoken US billionaire businessman Donald Trump is one of the millions of people around the world who feel Oscar Pistorius got a light sentence today in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva. And trust Donald to speak his mind. He called judge Masipa a moron for giving Oscar just five years.

Oscar Pistrious sentenced to 5 years in prison

For killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013, double-amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to 5 years in prison by Judge Thokozile Masipa.

The following was what she considered before imposing her sentence.
1. Culpable homicide - 5 years in prison
2. For the Tasha shooting which he was found guilty for - 3 years in prison, wholly suspended for 5 years with conditions. The two sentences will run concurrently. His family is not planning to appeal.

He will serve a minimum of 10 months in jail, after that, he'll be sent home to serve the remainder of his sentence under strict supervision controls. This will be up to South African Correction Services.

What do you guys think of this sentence? Too light, severe or appropriate?

NAIJA FM 102.7 To Recognize Comedians For 2014 Edition Of Its Annual Comedy Jam

Top Lagos indigenous radio station Naija fm 102.7 is set to officially recognize funny acts who have managed to put a smile on the faces of Nigerians in the last 12 months!
This follows the official announcement of nominees for this year’s comedy award night, an aspect of the Naija fm Annual Comedy Jam!
The Naija fm Comedy jam is a fusion of the best of Nigerian music performance, dance, standup comedy and award ceremony to appreciate contributors in comedy entertainment.

Flavour & Former MBGN Anna Banner Are A Couple! [PHOTO]

Singer Flavour has been known to be mysterious about his romantic life.

He has been linked to a number of women, including former Big Brother Africa winner, Dillish Mathews, but it seems the woman who has his heart is Anna Ebiere Banner.

The 2013 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria posted a picture on her Instagram page with the caption:

“Wen u have someone dat encourage u, support u, scolds u, appreciates u, respect u, advice u, reminds u of wat the future holds, play with u, cares abt u, loves u, makes u smile,tells u the truth without looking back, and most importantly draws u closer to God. pls tell me wat else u want!!!.. cuz I have all I need. U make me happy! !☺☺ ur more than awesome. … I pray dat God continues to bless you.@2niteflavour”

Photos: 2face Idibia and Wizkid land in Ghana for their concert

Hennessy Artistry 2014 headliners, 2Face Idibia and Wizkid have landed in Accra, Ghana ahead of their first international concert happening tomorrow, October 18th.

The concert will hold at the Accra International Conference Centre and will also feature exciting performances from South African duo, Mafikizolo, MzVee, and 4x4. See more pics after the cut..

Waje and Victoria Kimani chill with friends in Tanzania

 

Singer Waje is presently in Tanzania for the Serengeti festival. Whilst there, she took some time out after a media tour on some fun on Mbudya Island. She was joined by singer Victoria Kimani, Flytime boss, Cecil Hammond and friends. See the pics after the cut...

Nigerian Defence HQ confirms Boko Haram ceasefire, releases statement

 

 Found this on the Nigerian Defence Headquarters website...

While closing the coordinating conference between Nigeria and Cameroon on trans-border military operations, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh informed the delegates that without any prejudice to the outcome of the three days interactions and the conclusions of the forum, a cease fire agreement had been concluded between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Ahlul Sunna Li Daawa Wal Jihad. Accordingly, he directed the Service Chiefs to ensure immediate compliance with this development in the field.

At the meeting was the Cameroonian Chief of Defence Staff, GCA Meka Rene Claude leading his country’s military delegation. Service Chiefs and senior military officers also attended the event.

Photos: This Fayose's official vintage car is hot sha! :-)

 

Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose on Thursday unveiled his official car...a 1957 or 1965 vintage Mercedes Bens car. It may be an old model Mercedes, but I hear it's quite expensive. If you owned this car back in the day...you were the sh*t! Hehe. See more pics after the cut...

Photo: 4 Nigerians jailed 14 years total for match.com dating scam

 

Four Nigerian men, Monty Emu, Adewunmi Nusi, Emmanuel Oko, and Chukwuka Ugwu (pictured above) have been jailed a total of 14 years for duping single women out of about $350,000.

According to the UK Mirror, the four men duped these women after they responded to a false profile of an "attractive middle-aged man" on popular dating site, Match.com. Don't these women learn? Continue...

WOW! OREZI Acquires New Range Rover (See Photo)

 Music star Orezi just got himself a Range Rover. He said he bought the car himself, that it wasn’t a gift from his record label. He’s pictured above with Wizkid & another friend.

English Bishop Resigns After Affair With Married Woman

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of an English bishop who had an affair with a parishioner.

“The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Kieran Conry from the dioceses of Arundel and Brighton,” the Vatican said in its statement.

Conry, 64, had said in a letter to his parishioners that he had veered from the precepts of the Catholic church but underscored that his actions “were not illegal and did not involve minors.”

According to reports in the British press, Conry, who was appointed by Pope John Paul II in 2001 as bishop of Arundel and Brighton in southeast England, had an affair with a married woman.

The affair was exposed when the estranged husband of the woman hired a private detective to follow his wife when their marriage broke down.

The Archbishop of Southwark Peter Smith has been named the Apostolic Administrator of the diocese until a new bishop takes up the office.

Olamide Announces Release Date, Tracklist For New Studio Album

Nigeria’s foremost indigenous rapper, Olamide has revealed a new album to be in the works.
The new album is titled Street OT, and features acts such as Lil Kesh, Don Jazzy and Phyno.
Street OT is set to be released on the 14th on November.
See the album tracklist below.

Drake wanted in Texas for allegedly threatening a Houston stripper

 

Rapper Drake has been put on blast by popular notorious Houston stripper Jhonni Blaze, claiming he had unprotected sex with her for a whole weekend, dumped her and then threatened to harm her if she exposed their tryst.

Speaking exclusively with Baller Alert, Jhonni claimed Drake dumped her a week after they got together for a different stripper from the same club. She said when she confronted Drake for making a fool out of her, he began sending her threatening text messages and even made he lose her job...

MTV Base addresses debate on their Top 20 Best Naija songs list

 

 Below is the press release..

Music channel MTV Base ignited a fierce social media debate about the best of Nigerian music following a programme which aired on Nigeria’s Independence Day called “The Best Naija Songs Ever on MTV Base”.

The list of artistes and songs featured in the programme was determined by viewers of MTV Base, who voted via the MTV Base website www.mtvbase.com to choose their musical favourites starting from the channel’s launch on 22 February, 2005 till the present day.  The “Top 20” voted for by MTV Base viewers comprised:

US may start screening air passengers for Ebola

 

 Looks like the US is considering screening passengers from Ebola hit countries before they enter the country. This is coming about a week after a Liberian man entered the country with Ebola. President Obama said yesterday that though the likelihood of an Ebola outbreak in the US is "extremely low' but they have to react.

"We're also going to be working on protocols to do additional passenger screening both at the source and here in the United States. Countries that think that they can sit on the sidelines and just let the United States do it, that will result in a less effective response, a less speedy response, and that means that people die."

"And it also means that the potential spread of the disease beyond these areas in West Africa becomes more imminent," President Obama said at the White House briefing with US health officials

The Liberian man who became the first case of Ebola diagnosed on American soil, Thomas Eric Duncan, is in a critical condition in a hospital isolation unit in Dalla

Photos: Omotola, Rita Dominic, Funke Akindele, others attend Afriff beach party

Celebs including Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Funke Akindele, Rita Dominic and others attended the Africa International Film Festival, AFRIFF beach party that held today at the Ilashe beach resort in Lagos ahead of the Film Festival which will begin soon. See more photos after the cut...

All The Nominees For The 2014 Hip Hop World Awards

The Hip Hop World Awards have released the nominees list for the 2014 Headies.
The Headies annually celebrates deserving stars who have contributed a lot through good music during the year in review (July 2013 – June 2014).
See the nominee list below.
1.        BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR A non-voting category for the best single recording by an artiste or group in year under review.

photos from Bovi Man on Fire event

Here are more exclusive pics from the Bovi Man on Fire event which held on Friday night in Lagos. See more photos after the cut...