Actress, Bisi Ibidapo-Obe Welcomes Baby Girl In Lagos

Nollywood actress, Bisi Ibidapo Obe popularly known as Bisi Omo logba logba, has been delivered of a baby girl. Bisi, as we learnt from industry sources, gave birth to a baby girl this morning at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos at about 9am as against the initial reported plan of her child delivery in Canada.. 

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Nigerian basketball player shot dead 'after trying to rob a home in Texas'

29 year old Chinedu Onyeuku, a former D'Tigers of Nigeria player, was shot dead in an alleged botched burglary in a home in Texas on November 21.

Police say Chinedu, who played for the Nigerian team that qualified for this year's Olympic Games in London, was trying to break into a home on Rio Grande Street in Plano, Texas with an accomplice when he was shot dead by the home owner.

Chinedu and another individual allegedly entered the house by breaking the glass patio door. The home owner shot Chinedu, killing him instantly, while his accomplice escaped.

Fashola arrests policeman riding ‘okada’ on express road

Governor Fashola yesterday Thursday November 29th ordered the arrest of a policeman riding a motorcycle on Lagos/Abeokuta expressway. 

The governor spotted the policeman when his convoy was passing on the Ikeja section of the expressway. Policemen in the governor’s convoy effected the arrest and immediately whisked him away in their van.

Fashola later told newsmen that the arrest was to serve as a deterrent to those who felt that they were above the law and so could break the state’s laws.

“There is no one above the law in the state. People who are not prepared to obey our laws should leave the state.

“There is no society where laws are not broken, but the state government would continue to increase its enforcement so that there will be high level of compliance”, he said.Fashola added that the arrested policeman would be handed over to the state`s Commissioner of Police for prosecution.

The state Traffic Law made on August 2 prohibits the operations of motorcycles and tricycles on Lagos/Abeokuta Express road and 474 others in the metropolis.

SOURCE.PM NEWS

Ojukwu Wills; Estates,Monies , Lands and Property To Widow Bianca + New daughter Surfaces

The will of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, was on Friday presented to the family with his widow, Bianca, getting the lion’s share.

The presentation by the Chief Registrar of the Enugu High Court, Mr Dennis Ekoh, was witnessed by Bianca, Mr Val Nwosu, Ojukwu’s first cousin, and Mr Mike Ejemba.

In the will, the late Ojukwu identified one Tenny Haman as one of his children.

Ojukwu listed the children as Tenny Haman, Chukwuemeka Jnr, Mmegha, Okigbo, Ebele, Chineme, Afam and Nwachukwu.

The Ikemba gave the Casabianca Lodge at No. 7, Forest Crescent, GRA, Enugu, two property at Jabi and Kuje in the FCT as well as all his money and personal effects to his widow.

He also said that Bianca should replace him as the trustee in the family company, Ojukwu Transport Ltd, while also giving her two plots of land in his village at Nnewi.

Lilien Klint-Igwemba

Lilien is married to top comedian, Klint da Drunk and has two kids. 

With $6.4 billion Folorunsho Alakija Is The Richest Black Woman in The World!!!

According to a Ventures Africa article Mrs Folorusho Alakija is now the richest black woman in the world not media mogul Oprah Winfrey (who is worth 2.7 billion dollars). The article breaks down Mrs Alakija’s total net worth and pegs it at $6.4 billion not $600 Million as stated in last week’s Forbes Africa Top 40 Africa Rich List which put her at Number 21.

The details of her wealth 

According to Fool.co.uk, OML 30 currently produces 35,000 barrels of oil per day.

So, if 45 percent of a 35,000 bpd-producing oil bloc is $850 million, 100 percent of the same bloc = $1.88 billion i.e 100/45 x $850 million

If a 100 percent stake in a 35,000 bpd-producing oil bloc is $1.88 billion, by the same logic, a 100 percent stake in 200,000 bpd-producing oil bloc is worth $10.74 billion i.e 200,000 bpd/35,000 bpd X $1.88 billion

Folorunsho Alakija’s 60 percent stake in a $10.74 billion oil well is worth $6.44 billion.

Technically, her 60 percent stake in OML 127 is worth $6.44 billion.

Another comparator: In November 2012, French oil group Total announced that it was selling a 20 percent stake in its Nigerian offshore oil field to China’s Sinopec in a $2.5 billion deal. The block in question, OML 138 is a 180,000 bpd facility.

So, if a 20 percent stake in an 180,000 bpd facility offshore block is worth $2.5 billion, the entire block is worth $12.5 billion i.e 100/20 x $2.5 billion. Since a 180,000 bpd-producing facility is worth $12.5 billion, a 200,000 bpd-producing facility is worth $13.8 billion because 200,000/180,000 x $12.5 billion.

Using the Total-Sinopec deal as the yardstick, we could also value OML 127 at $13.8 billion. In that case, her 60 percent stake would be worth $8.3 billion.

But to be conservative, we prefer to go with the lower valuation of $6.44 billion.

On Debt
Ventures Africa reached out to Famfa Limited to comment, but the company declined to divulge any information regarding any long-term or short-term debt. We have no idea on how much debt (if any, the company has), but even if we take the high side, and subtract 50 percent of the value of her stake for debt, that still gives her 60 percent stake in OML 127 a market value of $3.2 billion, which makes her richer than the $2.7 billion Oprah Winfrey is worth according to Forbes Magazine’s last rankings.

Real Estate: $100 million
Folorunsho Alakija also has a real estate portfolio worth over $100 million.  Earlier this year, Nigerian and British media announced that Alakija acquired a property at One Hyde Park for $102 million.

A source at Famfa Oil who asked for anonymity indeed confirmed that Mrs. Alakija actually acquired the property at One Hyde Park.

Battle Of The Bling! Kris Humphries Wants His Engagement Ring Back

Kris Humphries wants the gigantic engagement ring back that he gave to Kim Kardashian, but the reality star is steadfastly refusing to return it to her husband of just 72 days, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

As we previously reported, the basketball player scored a huge discount on the massive bauble, which was valued at a retail price of $2 million, but he still splashed out a cool $750,000 of his hard earned cash for the stunning 20.5 carat diamond Lorraine Schwartz ring, and believes Kardashian should do the right thing and give it back.

"Kris is adamant that he wants the ring back," a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com. "And it's becoming a real sticking point between his and Kim's attorneys. She has made it plain that she has no intention of returning it though and feels she is within her legal right to refuse as she went through with the wedding. However, Kris contends that the marriage was a total sham and that Kim only wed him for publicity so therefore she has no right to keep such an expensive gift.

"Kris doesn't understand why Kim would even want to keep the ring anyway. It obviously has no sentimental value as she has publicly declared their wedding as 'a huge mistake' and she certainly doesn't need the money, so why doesn't she just return it to him?"

Lohan charged on both coasts in new legal setbacks

ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan was charged Thursday with crimes in New York and Los Angeles, marking her latest setbacks as she tries to revive her career and avoid a return to jail.

Prosecutors in Santa Monica charged Lohan with three misdemeanors related to a June accident. Hours earlier, the actress was arrested and charged with third-degree assault after a woman was punched in a New York City nightclub.

The California charges came about six months after Lohan's Porsche crashed into the back of a dump truck. She told police her assistant was driving, but detectives now believe the actress was behind the wheel as she headed to a movie set.

Buhari loses first daughter, Zulai, to child birth

The first daughter of former Head of State and national leader of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Gen. Muhammad Buhari (rtd), has died.

Zulai Buhari died this evening in a hospital in Kaduna just two days after giving birth to a daughter. She was 40. She is survived by  her husband, Captain Mahmud Junaid and three children, including the new born baby.The young lady died six days to her birthday.Zulai will be put to rest later this night in Kaduna according to Islamic rights.

VIDEO: Davido's 20th Birthday Party

“A WISH” SET TO PREMIERE AT THE GENESIS DELUXE CINEMA COME DECEMBER 7, 2012

The much anticipated movie from some of Nigeria’s best movie moguls is set to hit the cinemas come December 7th, 2012 at the Genesis Deluxe Cinema, The Palms, Lekki, Lagos.

A Wish is a story of an aspiring young lady who comes from a struggling home. Determined to go to school, she fights all she can but unfortunately, along the line, is diagnosed with cancer. She puts up an undeterred, resolute attitude to it and has to stand up against the disease to fulfill her dream.

This movie is one of the few products of the Nigerian movie industry you can give it up to as  some of the best hands the industry’s got are employed including Elvis Chucks who takes up directing and producing. The cast constitute of award-winning hilarious act, Funke Akindele, Patience Ozorkwor, Hafeez Oyetoro (Saka), Helen Paul (Tatafoo),Bishop Imeh, Kola Olaiya, Iyke Ogbonna and Clara Iweh.

The movie’s director, who has starred in some films himself, has other note-worthy films that have gained wide acceptance. True Citizens and Victims of the Society have been nominated for awards in the US, Los Angeles, Abuja and Durban.

A Wish is sponsored by Close up, Lifebuoy, Unilever, Onga, Lipton, Genevieve,Blue Band, Omo, Cool FM, Wazobia FM, and Nigeria Info FM.

Youth Merit Awards: Full Nominees List Unveiled!

Date: Friday 30th November 2012
Time: 7PM
Venue: The Civic Center, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos

Full List of the Final Nominees

Excellence in Leadership
·         Chude Jideonwo
·         Akin Olowokere
·         Toyosi Akerele
·         Nanven Mohammed

Excellence in Business
·         TemitopeAjibola
·         Ladi Delano
·         Jason Njoku
·         Ruth Obih

Best Use of ICT
·         Opeyemi Awoyemi
·         Seun Osewa
·         Onyeka Akumah
·         Gbenga Sesan

‘How my daughter’s fiancé bathed her with acid’

 The motive behind the acid bath of 22-year-old Chika Egbo by her estranged lover, David Sulaimon, remains elusive, but one thing is sure, the victim may not remain the same again.

Chika is a student of the Enugu State College of Education.

Last Tuesday, when our correspondent visited her at the Burns Unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Egbo has become a shadow of the beautiful girl she was.

The substance Sulaimon allegedly poured on her had destroyed every visible skin from her chest upwards.

She mumbled to her father, a Taraba State-based businessman, as she could neither see nor speak properly at the time.

When her father, Matthew Egbo, narrated the incident that led to Chika’s state, the story brought tears to his eyes as he lamented that his daughter would never be normal again.

Matthew said, “In March 2011, someone who identified himself as Lekan Sulaimon called me, asking for my daughter’s hand in marriage. We talked a lot and I promised to speak with Chika on the issue.

“My daughter later told me he was the boy she was in love with and said she had resolved to marry him.”

Lagos police arrest suspected serial murderer, robber

                       

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended Ibrahim Balogun, a 25-year-old man accused of perpetrating a series of murders in Somolu, Bariga and Fadeyi in the state.

PUNCH Metro had reported on June 25, 2012, that Balogun also known as Small Jpron, was declared wanted following a gang-related violence between Shaggy Boys and Downtown Boys which left at least five people dead in Ilaje, Bariga.

Balogun, who also goes by the pseudonym, Asarailu, which means death in Arabic, is said to be the deputy gang leader of Downtown Boys and a member of a sect, Eiye Confraternity also known as EFCC Boys.

'I never said the baby is not mine' - K Solo

      

The fact that I divorced Kike doesn't mean I denounced the baby. You can take the wife of a lazy man but not his child. When he grows up he will identify his father. I never said it's not my baby and I don't know why people actually said so, maybe because she didn't bring the baby to me when he was delivered. I impregnated her, though a lot of fornication might have gone on during the pregnancy. I know my love and she (Kike) is just a baby mama. 

The ex-couple welcomed a son on October 26th. Two days later, K-solo's management released the statement you see above.

Gay Mosque to Open in Paris, Address to Be Secret

Ludovic Mohammed Zahed is braced for controversy, maybe even worse. A gay Muslim and an expert on the Koran, Zahed plans to open Europe's first gay-friendly mosque in Paris at the end of this month. He calls it a place of shelter as well as a place of worship.

"We need to have a safe space for people who do not feel comfortable and at ease in normal mosques," Zahed told ABC News. "There are transgender people who fear aggression, women who do not want to wear head scarf or sit in the back of the mosque. This project gives hope back to many believers in my community."

Woven Bamboo Car Made In Ibadan !!!

Creativity at its peak! And the car actually moves, it Was driven from Bodija to Oyo state secretariat in Ibadan.

Nollywood!!! Aluu4 The Movie

Like seriously Nollywood! "Aluu 4" Must everything be about money making?
The movie is  been produced by Simony Production, the marketer behind "Blackberry Babes"

Davido To Launch His Clothing Line – O.B.O Next Year

 

The 20-year-old musician Davido will launch his own clothing line O.B.O [Omo Baba Olowo]  Cool Beans Collectionnext year. 

Tonto Wins Nigezie/Beat FM Win A Music Video Promo

Sanusi to FG: Sack 50% of civil servants

Central Bank of Nigeria  Governor Mallam Sanusi Lamido on Tuesday lamented the high cost of servicing the nation’s  civil service and called on the Federal Government to fire at least 50 per cent of its entire workforce.

Sanusi, in his presentation at the  Second Annual Capital Market Committee Retreat in Warri, Delta State,  said the country  spends  70 per cent of its earnings on salaries and entitlements of civil servants.

He argued that having the Federal Government’s staff strength reduced by half would free up capital for infrastructure development in the country and buoy the economy.

The CBN governor had in a lecture  last year claimed that 25 per cent of the overheads of the Federal Government budget went to the National Assembly.

“Twenty five per cent of the overhead of the Federal Government budget goes to National Assembly. I have figures from the office of budget for the year 2010. Total government overhead is N536, 268,49, 280. Total overhead of the National Assembly is N136,259,768, 112 which is exactly 25.1 per cent of Federal Government overhead. The overhead of the National Assembly as a percentage of the Federal Government budget in 2009 was 19. 87 and in 2008 was 14.19”, he had  said.

Sanusi, at the retreat on Tuesday, advocated a more compact and less expensive system of government that would reduce overhead costs.

Uti and Matse to host Face of Peace Africa Pageant

Former Big Brother Africa winner, Uti Nwachukwu and Wazobia FM On Air Personality, Matse will jointly host the maiden edition of the Face of Peace Africa Pageant this year, the organizers have revealed.

The Face of Peace Africa Pageant is a new beauty pageant from the stable of Blu-Moon Imaginationz, a media and film production outfit in Abuja founded by the current Miss Peace Nigeria, Ify Concepta, the one-time runner up for Miss Imo and Miss Tourism. The auditions for the beauty pageant are scheduled to take place in two key cities; Abuja and Lagos.

Terry G wanted by the Nigerian police for hit and run

                         

According to police reports, Terry G hit the victim, Moshood Azeez, with his car while leaving Club Royale located on Oba Akran Rd Ikeja.

Moshood, whose leg was crushed in the accident, was rushed to General Hospital Ikeja where he is still receiving treatment. Terry G was said to have fled the scene of the accident now making it a police case.

Police at Wemabod Estate, Ikeja invited the Akpako master for questioning but he didn't respond to the invitation. Corporal Linus Reuben who is in charge of the case said Terry G has left the country for the UK. He said they plan to go after him once he returns.

Omotola stunning in black

                                       

Cynthia: Court orders re-arrest of pharmacist

 A Yaba Magistrate’s Court, Lagos on Tuesday ordered the re-arrest of Orji Osita, one of the pharmacists accused in the murder of Cynthia Osokogu.

Osokogu was allegedly killed in a hotel room in FESTAC area of Lagos by her two Facebook friends on July 22, 2012.

Osita and his pharmacist colleague, Maduakor Chukwunonso alongside Okwumo Nwabufo, Olisaeloka Ezike, Nonso Ezike, Olisaeloka’s younger brother, and Chinonso Ezeaka and Gideon Okechukwu had been charged in connection with the murder.

Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo, of an Ikeja High Court, had on November 20 released Osita and Chukwunonso, after they filed an application to enforce their fundamental human rights.

But at the hearing of the DPP’s advice on Tuesday before Magistrate Olalekan Aka-Bashorun, the officer in charge of the Legal Department of the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Lagos State Police Command,  Chukwu Agwu, said the police were served with two different copies of the DPP’s advice.

Agwu said the police were initially furnished with a DPP advice dated November 1 with reference No. LJP/HOM/2012/143/24 before they got another one dated November 16 with reference No. LJP/HOM/2012/143/ 30.

Nigerian Nurse On Trial Over The Death Of Baby Who Bled To Death - Circumcision

A 66 year-old Nigerian nurse, Grace Adeleye, is currently on trial for the death of a four-week-old baby boy who bled to death after a home circumcision. Goodluck Caubergs was only 27 days old when he died after bleeding to death for several hours the day after Adeleye carried out the procedure.

Goodluck was born on March 22, 2010, in Rochdale and died on April 17, 2010. His parents, also from Nigeria, were introduced to Adeleye by a friend as she had performed many circumcisions over the years and offered her ‘experience and skill’.
Around 5pm on April 16, Goodluck’s father, Olajunti Fatunla, brought Adeleye by car to the family home — and the nurse sent him immediately to get some Calpol while she and the mother, Sylvia Attiko, got on with the op.

Pictures from the Robbery Incident That Took Place Yesterday In Auchi

 They robbed three banks which are, EcoBank, GT Bank and Access Bank. They also attacked a police station. 

EME Holds “BADDEST” Concert This December

Empire Mates Entertainment, EME, has announced that they will round up activities for the year with a ground breaking live-in concert tagged “The Baddest”.

The concert which will hold on Friday, December 21, 2012 at The Grounds, Ocean View restaurant in Victoria Island, Lagos will have the EME superstars led by R&B powerhouse, Banky W and internationally renowned pop star Wizkid thrilling music lovers with some of the greatest hits of 2012. 

According to Banky W, “The Baddest” concert is a very special gift to our fans for all the support they have shown us throughout the year.