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Oluwole Awolowo, the second son of late Yoruba sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo is dead. He died today after a brief illness accordding to his sister, Tokunbo Awolowo. Saharareporters confirmed that Mr. oluwole died in London hospital where he had been receiving treatment. Until his death Mr. Awolowo was the publisher of the Tribune newspapers. He was 70 years old.

Rumors have it that Mobile Number Portability is coming our way here in Nigeria on April 4th, 2013.  Breaking: Number Portability Postponed? [Update: Confirmed, New date set] In a nutshell,  Mobile number portability  ( MNP ) enables mobile telephone users to retain their mobile telephone numbers when changing from one mobile network operator to another. Source :  Wikipedia More info available at  Mobile Number Portability in Nigeria: How Does It Works? Unlike some Nigerians, I ain’t excited about it all and here are a few reasons why All the networks are unreliable : like seriously, whether you like it or not, that’s just the simple fact. One minute MTN is working wonders in terms of call and data and the next, they have you practically pulling and chewing hair. Just imagine waiting 48hrs to port a number and when it finally goes through, your new network begins to stutter terribly. Did I mention that you can only change networks once in 90 days?...

T he house where security operatives arrested nine suspected terrorists, including a Chadian, in Ijora-Badia, a Lagos mainland suburb, belongs to Bayelsa State government, a monarch claimed.  Yesterday Ojora of Ijora, Oba Fatai Oyeyinka Aromire, in whose domain soldiers attached to Lagos internal security outfit – Operation-MESA, arrested the suspects accused the government of Bayelsa State of complicity in the presence of terrorist suspects in Nigeria’s economic hub.  Oba Aromire blamed the government for abandoning the property, a development he said encouraged miscreants to use it as a hideout. He said all the efforts made in the past by him and security agencies to get the Bayelsa government to either demolish the building or lease it out, considering the dangers of leaving it empty, yielded no result. There were no comments from the Bayelsa government whose official promised “to get back to” The Nation. The royal father, who frowned at the discovery of ammunition, includ...

Kanye West is known for making shocking and controversial headlines with the decisions he makes, but if this rumor is true and Kanye West goes through with it, this could take the cake for the most controversial thing he has done so far in his career. According to BBC in an article about what Kanye West and Kim Kardashian might name their first born child, it was revealed that Kanye is contemplating naming his upcoming album I Am God. Mixed emotions greet reports that Kanye West is considering calling his first child North. It’s a good joke, from a slightly unexpected source (neither the rapper nor his possibly even more famous partner, Kim Kardashian, are best known for their self-deprecating sallies, although the title Kanye is supposed to be contemplating for his new album, I Am God, is said to be “half tongue-in-cheek”). Rumored titles for Kanye‘s upcoming album have been Black American Psycho, Rich Black American and a combination of the two–Rich Black American Psycho, bu...

World Most Expensive Dress Valued At $17.7 Million The saying diamonds are a girl’s best friend has been taken to a whole new level as the world's most expensive dress has been unveiled. The dazzling dress is encrusted with 2000 stones in total including the star of the show: the world's rarest and most expensive red diamond. The Abaya created by British designer Debbie Wingham may be attracting masses of attention because of its £11.7m price tag. Debbie first made her mark on the fashion world when she unveiled a £3.5m black dress encrusted with 50 two carat black diamonds that weighed a hefty 29lbs (13kg) last year. Her latest creation may be a simple abaya design (a loose over-garment, essentially a robe-like dress, worn by some women in parts of the Islamic world including in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsul) but the extravagant design and detailing makes it the most expensive item to ever go on sale. At the centre of the dress dazzles the world...

Chairman of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum in Lagos, Yerima Shetima, yesterday said since the discovery of hideouts of suspected terrorists in the state, Hausa youths no longer enjoy freedom. Shetima said many innocent northerners are being arrested; a development that put pressure on him to secure their release. “Since the incident I have been moving from one police station to another because right now an average Hausa man is seen or perceived as Boko Haram and this is not good. We are lovers of peace. “We have been moving from one local government to another sensitizing our people on why they should be security conscious at all times. We have told them that if they discover any strange movement in their area they should alert the security men”, he said. While acknowledging the state government’s efforts in ensuring that innocent people are not punished for offence they know nothing about, Shetima said, “The state government had called a meeting where the issue was thorough...

One of our reporters (name withheld) met the shock of his life few days back at the Elegushi beach, Victoria Island Lagos while chatting with this lady . To his disbelief the 26 years old lady who identified herself as Ella, boldly told our reporter that she loves séx so much so that she enjoys it more than real food.  According to the lady whose I'd Card revealed that she is a marketer with one of the new generation banks, she likes coming to the beach side which is very close to her house, every evening to chill out and 'most importantly get laid'. "See, I don't need money from any guy. All I want is good,hot séx! But the problem I have with most of you guys is that you are not bold enough to ask a girl you just met for séx even though you all want it.  Most girls want it too, they want you to just make the move to shag them, even if they are complaining or insulting you don't stop. You know we girls pretend a lot.", she opened up. As if that was not en...

View Photo David Miliband has quit politics in the UK David Miliband is to quit UK politics for a role with a leading aid charity in New York in what has been described as a "big loss" for Labour by MPs. The former foreign secretary will end speculation of a frontline comeback in his brother Ed's shadow cabinet by stepping down as an MP, the Daily Mirror reported. Instead the leading Blairite, unexpectedly beaten to the party leadership by his younger sibling in 2010, will head to the US to work for the International Rescue Committee, it said. The move will spark a by-election in the usually safe Labour South Shields seat, which Mr Miliband has held since 2001 and secured a 11,109 majority in 2010, polling 52% of the vote. The news took Westminster by surprise after recent speeches had fuelled speculation he would finally take up the "open door" his brother had consistently proffered. MPs took to Twitter to bemoan the departure ...

A woman described as an “escort” has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly biting a man’s penis and trying to gouge his eyes out after they got together for consensual sex. The man allegedly hired the escort for the evening after hooking up on Backpage.com. They had dinner at Applebee’s, and then went to a hotel room at Crestwood Suites. They reportedly got high on pot, and the escort then allegedly took Ecstasy. That’s apparently when things really went off the rails. In the course of giving him oral sex, the escort starting visciously biting his penis and testicles. Guests in adjacent rooms at the hotel made frantic calls to 911 (listen below), and claimed they heard screaming and growling sounds coming from the room in question where the penis-biting attack was occurring.  One guest said that “I literally thought there was a beast inside this place.” When Orange County sheriff’s deputies arrived, they found the victim basically as a bloody mess with life-th...

Women in Warri and environs in their thousands this morning carried placards and leaves in protest of the recurrent blackout in all parts of Warri and its environs. A woman who crave a nonymity complained bitterly that as house wives, they need to be cooking and preserving the food every day as the issue of storing in the refrigerators cannot be guaranteed. Others maintained that it has affected their daily income as the cost of fueling and maintaining their generators can just be imagined. As at time of filing this report, the women numbering over 3,000 were seen barricading all the entrances leading to the office of the Effurun Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), along Warri/Sapele Road by Enerhen Junction, Warri.

Sergio Garcia produced a wonder shot at the Bay Hill Invitational as  he climbed up a tree before playing a one-handed shot back up onto the fairway. However, while it was one of the more amazing things you will see on a golf course, it turned out to cause more harm than good. The shot came on the 10th hole but the Spaniard could still only manage a double bogey and it came on a day when he also had a nine on the par-five sixth. What's more, when the tournament entered a rain delay, Garcia decided to withdraw with an injury that was aggravated by his Tarzan-like antics on the 10th. "It was not an easy decision. I wanted to continue and finish the round and the tournament… but the discomfort was increasing and I decided not to go on to avoid any more harm to me," he said before talking about his shot in the trees. "First, I went up there to identify the ball and then saw that I could make the shot with just one hand, luckily it went well." Garc...

South African court on Tuesday sentenced the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta,(MEND) Henry Okah to 24 years imprisonment for his role in October 1, 2010 Abuja bombings.  However, Okah’s wife has indicated her readiness to appeal the judgement. We will bring you more details as it unfolds ...

Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has decried the rate at which Nigerian leaders consult marabouts and prophets in a bid to hold onto political power. Nigerian leaders, he said, were in the habit of sacrificing animals in order to remain in power. Soyinka spoke in Port Harcourt on Monday at a two-day education summit. He observed that the situation was encouraging students to join cultism, adding that the rot in the nation’s education system was trickling down to secondary and primary schools. The renowned author, who chaired the occasion, noted that normal university cultures like fraternities had been misconstrued to mean cultism. He said, “Give me the name of any head of state who has not been consulting marabouts and prophets and so on, sacrificing goats, animals in the dead of night to receive a third term in office and so on and then you start blaming students, they are imitating the same thing the infirmity society itself has become. “So, they can no longer distinguis...

Daughter of renowned Bishop David Oyedepo of living Faith Church world wide, Love Oyedepo got married today. Cutting cake (Click to enlarge). Bride & GroomCutting cake (Click to enlarge). The BrideCutting cake (Click to enlarge). Some of the guests. Her husband, Stephen Ogah is a graduate of Covenant University and personal assistant to the Bishop. Wishing them a blissful marriage .

Nigerian high-life musician and a new Glo Ambassador, Bisade Ologunde aka Lagbaja is without doubt the best in his game.  Since he started his career, he has never revealed his real face (identity) to the outside world.  Many have wondered on who the real man behind the mask is.  A source revealed to 247 Naija Gossip the reason why Lagbaja never unmask his face. According to the source: “This is not Lagbaja, I know him. Why are you even trying to unmask him? He has his reasons for wearing the mask.  He used to be in the choir in one Baptist Church in Ilorin and his parents are prominent Baptist members. His family opposed his decision to sing that kind of music.  They believed that he wanted to disgrace them because of their position in the church. That was why he put the mask”.  The Ologundes are from Ijagbo near Offa in Kwara State.

The two love birds who have been dating for almost 3 years now have decided to seal the relationship. Their introduction comes up next Sunday March 31 at Sandra’s family home in Onitsha. This development will definitely not come as a surprise to most of their friends. This is because their romance has grown stronger by the day that Sandra has been a live-in-lover of the Chelsea midfielder in his UK home. They met about three years ago during one of Mikel’s visit to Nigeria and they’ve been together ever since. According to family sources, Mikel is so in love with Sandra that he has invested millions to settle her family, most especially the family’s residence located at Ajao Estate, which had Mikel’s financial blessing. Sandra Okagbue won Miss Delta Soap beauty pageant in 2010 and she’s the daughter of the late Obi of Onitsha, Obi Ofala Okagbue.

Of all the gifts that the Idibias received during their big wedding, it is Senator David Mark’s N12.6m Chevy Corvette car that everyone seems to have an issue with – all because ‘ David Mark Rejected A Bill For Unemployed Graduates to be paid N20,000, yet he squandered money by giving a car for 2face as wedding gift ‘, @HadiMusawa wrote According to reports, the brand new N12.6m  Chevy Corvette with the message “ Wedding Gift from Senator David Mark to Tuface & Annie ” was one of the gifts presented at the couple’s wedding (2face/Annie) in Dubai on Saturday BUT  the special Adviser – Media & Publicity to the President of the Senate David Mark, Kola Ologbondiyan is claiming that the gift is not from Senator Mark. Here’s how CKN reports it Senator Mark did not visit Dubai for Tuface wedding rather he attended the 128th Inter parliamentary Union (IPU) conference currently holding in Quito, Ecuador. He was also not represented at Mr. Idibia’s wedding. It is a...

If you are probably still wondering why the Idibias chose to wed in Dubai of all the places then here’s why “I think there is this spiritual connection. We thought of a perfect place for the white wedding and the idea of Dubai came up. I don’t know about crowd control. We just want to have the best of the moment and make sure things go rightly. There is nothing more to it. It does not have to do with controlling the people or anything. The fact is that you can’t run away from the people. Anywhere you go, you will meet people and these people have come to celebrate with us.n to it, but I don’t want to disclose it now. Let’s just say that we love Dubai and we also discovered that it was a perfect venue for us. ” 2face Idibia told Glitz in a recent interview.

Nigerian celebrities trooped to 2face&Annie Idibia’s wedding in Dubai at the weekend, and Mr Banky Wellington was also there to celebrate with the Idibias. Banky W had some free time on Sunday, away from home and work, and decided to spend it with fans on Twitter. Banky W got cozy with fans answering all questions and replying to all mentions as much as he could; mostly lauding him for a great work done on the still-selling R&BW album. What caught my eye however was the part where a fan asked Banky W; “Do you ever get tired of hearing how handsome you are?” I’m sure ‘@TheNubianQween was disappointed at Banky’s response. She’d be expecting something sweet, or just a ‘thank you’, but Banky W replied with; “I get tired of hearing how big my head is.” I’ve heard folks say in the past that Banky wears a cap always because he’s got a big head. Come on guys! I was forced to go back to the pictures from 2face’s wedding, and Mr Banky had no cap on in any of the pictures I s...

Nearly two years after their talk of the town wedding, Nollywood super star Chinedu Ikedieze famously known as Aki and his amiable wife Nneoma, wowed many, especially his teeming fans with what could be described as their first public appearance. The rare public appearance was at Bovi’s Man on Fire Comedy Show, which held recently on the Island. Photographer spotted the love struck couple walking in hand in hand at the Eko Hotels venue of the comedy show that was hugely attended. In fact, Mr. and Mrs. Ikedieze played the perfect Romeo and Juliet in the full glare of the public as they didn’t leave each other’s sight throughout the period the show lasted. The couple’s public display of affection for each was very obvious on the red carpet with Aki pampering and treating his jewel like the real queen that she is. The famous entertainer was swathed in a blue denim atop a white shirt that equally complemented his black pair of shoes. While his sweetheart, opted for a knee leng...

The troubled northern city of Kano has been rocked by two explosions in different locations of the city on Saturday some few days after a deadly blast at a motor park killed scores and left several others injured. Although details are still sketchy, it is reported that the first explosion happened at Hotoro area, close to the NNPC Mega station. A source who pleaded anonymity said, “We are yet to get details of the explosion, but sources around the area said that the explosion was from a car who refused to stop for search at a military stop and search point.” He said the military patrol team subsequently pursued the car and later engaged the occupants in an exchange of gun fire. “The car was actually loaded with explosives which was detonated as a result of the heavy gunfire” he added. The other explosion reportedly occurred at Tishama neighbourhood along the Eastern Bye-Pass Road. Details about the second explosion is still sketchy. Residents said it was also followed by...

A man who lost his iPad has been receiving pictures that have been taken on it since the tablet went missing.The woman now in possession of the iPad has been taking silly photos of herself, seemingly unaware that the tablet’s real owner Allen Engstrom is able to see the images on his iPhone, thanks to iCloud. The iCloud feature syncs data across more than one Apple device.Engstrom has been posting the pictures on his Facebook and Twitter pages to entertain his friends and followers, but also in the hope that someone will recognise the woman and help him get his iPad back. He told KTHV: I have no problem with putting it on Facebook, because hey, it’s fun for me and it’s apparently fun for a lot of other people and there’s always the chance that someone will say, ‘hey, I know who that is’. Engstrom added: “It’s been a continuing fountain of entertainment for me. It’s just like I’ll wake up one day and they’ll be new pictures there and I’m like, ‘oh my gosh, she has no idea’. He ...

Below is a picture taken of two girls fighting shamelessly in the club. The reason why they are fighting still remains unclear, but some say they had taken so much alcohol and suddenly both lost it, while others say the two girls were fighting for the attention of a rich man in  the club. Either way, this is a very disgraceful act from two African woman who should display class and integrity rather than trashiness.  What is your take on this? Source: InfoNaija

Olubunmi Oke, a journalist with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Akure has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. She was abducted Thursday night by four gunmen at her Oba-Ile residence in the Akure area of Ondo State. According to reports, Bunmi was driving into her residence after closing from work when she was said to have been whisked away by the gunmen. At the time of this report, her whereabouts is still unknown and the kidnappers have not made any demands yet.

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre; The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” The above is a poem by William Butler Yeats titled ‘The Second Coming’ and adopted by Prof. Chinua Achebe in the opener to his classic novel, ‘Things Fall Apart.’ And truly, the centre cannot hold anymore for Chinua Achebe – one of the world’s most celebrated writers and best seller who passed away last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Professor Achebe had been sick for a while and was even rumoured dead some few weeks ago, but this time, it is not a rumour. He was 82, having been born on November 16, 1930, and had been in hospital in recent days. Achebe is best known for his classical novel Things fall Apart. His last book, There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra, is still making waves. Until his death, Prof Achebe was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Af...

EdemAya, a community so rich in mineral resources, and one of the five clans that make up the present day Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria is hosting the world on the 29 th of March 2013. As we gathered from the head of the organizing group, Miss Precious Dominic Akpan, the event is scheduled to take place at the Cooperative Hall, Ikot Ubo Akama, Edemaya in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State. Three beauties are to emerge from the event which promises to be the first ever organized pageant. The Eligibility Form which are currently on sale for a token of N 2,000 will qualify the contestants to struggle for Miss EdemAya, Miss Democracy of EdemAya and Miss Culture & Tourism of EdemAya. The screening and training of the contestants commences on 25 th through 28 th of March 2013. We have been reliably informed that the event will parade ‘who is who’ in the music industry in Akwa Ibom State and a popular reggae artist from Delta State. Imagine the sque...