Onyeka Onwenu, M.I, Reggie Rockstone named judges of X Factor Nigeria

The maiden edition of the X Factor reality TV show has kicked off. OAP Tolu 'Toolz' Oniru at urban radio The BEAT FM has been chosen as the host of the show.

Judges of show will include Chocolate City and Loopy Music C.E.O ‘M.I’ Abaga, Ghanaian Hiplife legend Reggie Rockstone and veteran Nigerian singer Onyeka Onwenu.

Overcomers Church responds to disrupted wedding of Solomon Akiyesi

I am sure that you all by now must have heard of the supposed actor who attempted to marry a second or should I say third wife in Lagos and got a surprise visit by his pregnant wife in the church where the wedding was supposed to take place. If you haven't heard, update yourself here, here, here, here, and here. Well, the pastor of the church where the wedding was supposed to take place has come out to say what happened in his own words.

20 Year- Old Nigerian boy makes history as the youngest Pilot

20-year-old Nigerian, Favour Odozor, has emerged the youngest pilot with the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) in both Nigeria and South Africa.

Mr. Odozor who graduated alongside 15 other trained pilots at the Afrika Union Aviation Academy (AUAA), Mafikeng, South Africa on Saturday was described as the new hope of the African aviation industry.

Capt. Allan Roebuck, Director of AUAA said. “The academy is proud of this young Nigerian, with the award of licence and certificate to him. I cannot say now if he is the youngest African to attain that record, but I’m sure he is the youngest in South Africa and Nigeria,’’.

On his part, Mr. Odozor said he had always dreamt of becoming a pilot. “Flying a plane has been my childhood dream, and I am happy today that I'm a licensed commercial pilot at the age of 20. But I thank God that I have now made history, as a record licensed commercial pilot in both Nigeria and South Africa." More grease to your elbows Favour. 

Dino Melaye escapes assassination in Abuja

A former Nigerian federal lawmaker, Dino Melaye, Monday night escaped assassination in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city.

Mr. Melaye, a staunch government critic, was attacked in the high-brow Central Business District of the city, while making his way home. He said the attackers, driving in a Golf car, crossed his car near the NNPC towers and immediately began shooting at him.

He said two bullets hit his car before he managed to escape unharmed.
"I am safe," he told PREMIUM TIMES.

New Video: Wonda Boy feat. Sarkodie – Before Then

Video Premiere: B Red Ft Davido - Insane Girl

Pope Francis appoints new bishop of Nsukka

Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Godfrey Onah as the new Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, Enugu State, a church official said.

Rev. Fr. Chuma Nnamene, the Director of Social Communication in Nsukka Catholic Diocese, said Onah would succeed retiring Bishop Francis Okobo.

Nnamene said Onah was before his appointment the Vice-Rector at the Pontifical Urban University, Rome. Congrats to him. 

Three ‘Missing’ Ogun Female Undergraduates found in Dubai

I am sure you all heard some stories some weeks back about some girls who's heads were thrown off a land rover jeep and were used for rituals and stuff. Apparently the girls are alive and cooling off in Dubia were according to them they went to seek for greener pastures. Read on

Three female undergraduates of Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State, who were declared missing have been sighted in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates(UAE), PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.

The students, Omoeneme Maureen, Ajao Aminat Romoke and Oludegun Morufat Olayinka, have been missing from the school for several weeks, and had become a source of worry for the college management and their parents.

Google street view snaps couple ‘Having Intercourse On The Road’

Y'all couples need to be watchful out there as Google always seems to capture everything, lol. An Australian couple shot to fame on social media Thursday after an image of them having sex by the side of a rural highway made it onto Google Street View.

The image, which has since been censored by Google, shows the couple bent over the hood of a silver sedan alongside the Dukes Highway outside the town of Keith in South Australia state.

The man has his shorts down; the woman appears to be waving to the Street View car as it passes. 

Photos: Late Goldie wills property to Charity

Goldie Harvey's family members have revealed that Goldie willed her property to charity. Before her death, Goldie was an ambassador of ‘Project Alert on Violence Against Women’ and she had supported them in several ways.

Her properties will be auctioned to the public on the 1st of May 2013 and the proceeds from the sale will go to charity. The location for the auction is still yet unknown but would be made known to the public before May 1st. Below are some of her properties which will be auctioned. See pictures of the auctioned items after the cut

New Video: Orezi - What Is The Need

Video: Denrele talks about late best friend Goldie Harvey, her life, her marriage

Denrele Edun shares insight into the life of his late best friend, Goldie Harvey. Denrele speaks about her death, music, her time at the big brother house, marriage and all she was. It's really an emotional video. May Goldie continue to rest in peace

New Video: Mr Raw - Forget Swagger

Loves it plus his dancers were WOW!

Wizkid gives N500,000 to 3 Students at the Pepsi Campus Music Challenge

Official Pepsi ambassadors Wizkid and Ms Tiwa Savage were co judges at the first ever edition of the Pepsi campus music challenge held in UNILAG.

During the competition Wizkid gave away N500,000 each to the three winners that emerged to support and encourage them. Tiwa Savage also gave one of the contestants N100,000 to support him as she said he also did really well.

Fans and the audience were later dazzled with thrilling performances from Tiwa and Wizkid.

Paul Okoye and girlfriend welcome baby boy

P-Square's Paul Okoye and his longtime girlfriend Anita welcomed a son, Andre Okoye, in the early hours of today in Atlanta, USA. Congrats to them! 

Genevieve Nnaji covers April Issue of Genevieve Magazine

Gorg!

Rapper Eva Alordiah & Charles Oputa Jnr express love on Twitter

Awww, how sweet. Love is truly a beautiful thing. See their tweets after the cut...

Doctor injects woman to death a month to Wedding

Horrible! A 24-year old woman, Sophia Ifeoma Obi, has died after she was injected by a suspected quack doctor. She was allegedly administered with an obnoxious substance following an undisclosed ailment in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.

It was gathered that the tragic incident happened just a month to her wedding when she visited her fiancé in Lagos in preparation for the marriage.

Trouble started when Jonathan went to Sophia’s fiancé's house at DF 47, Shagari Estate, Ipaja, Lagos and allegedly mixed an obnoxious substance and injected her and she immediately started vomiting and became unconscious.

Former beauty Queen Nike Oshinowo covers TW Magazine’s April 2013 Issue

Video: Ladies go wild for Iyanya

This Iyanya is hot sha!

Father sells his 6-Month-Old son to pay for Visa

This is just the height of it. Personally, I don't think that is his biological baby but then again the levels of desperation to get rich quick has hit people hard that it makes people loose their sense of reasoning. One Mr Onyekachi Ekwelum, who sold his six-month-old baby to raise money to process his travel documents, has been charged before a magistrate in court to defend his action.

Mr Ekwelum allegedly hatched and executed the act without the consent of the wife, but the lid was blown off by his 20-year-old spouse, Ozioma, when she could not find their son and reported the matter to the police.

It was discovered that her husband wanted to abandon her and travel to Greece. The Abia State commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Abubakar Tilli, who disclosed this to newsmen in his office on Monday said the police mounted a man hunt that led to the rescue of the child and the arrest of the suspects. Chai! such evils

Photo of the day: Snake Stew

Yes, it's actually a snake as in snake stew. Ewwww or yummy?  

Chris Brown and Rihanna call it quits?

Wow, a source exclusive to E! News has confirmed the couple's split after a tireless frenzy of are-they-or-aren't-they tail-chasing. Per the insider, RiRi will always love Chris but has moved on and is re-shifting her focus to her career and business ventures. 

Currently running the final legs of her international Diamonds tour while spending solo time with her "mini tour family" and conceptualizing new creative ideas for future shows, the superstar is also working toward launching a new perfume and continuing with her ongoing fashion campaigns. 

They did look good together though, well life goes on...

Kate Henshaw covers April issue of WOW! magazine

Lovely!

Video: Tonto's Dike's performance at the AY show

Iron Lady of Britain: Margaret Thatcher passes on

Baroness Thatcher died today at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke. She's said to have passed away peacefully this morning. May her soul rest in peace.

Charly Boy explains why he sleeps in his casket

Ok, you all remember last week I put up a post about Area Fada, Charly Boy posing beside his casket with a comment "all my bright ideas comes from my casket, very comfy", well he's come out to explain what he actually meant. 

Sleeping in a Coffin?
Point of correction, I do not sleep in a casket, I sleep on my bed, it's big and comfy, I only lay in my "casket"when I do my meditation because it helps me to be focused, it tells me more about the imminence of death. My casket is a reminder. It wakes me up from slumber. It tells me, "guy, you have got little or no time left, wake up, be creative and work”.

Of course, when I read some of the comments of my people, I know a good number of us are ill-informed about quite a number of things. I think it is more of what the casket represents that shocks my people and they start reading meanings into it, depending on their level of understanding. But one question is, what if the same wood that was used to build the casket was used to make a sofa chair? May be, all the hullabaloo about me sitting on a chair wouldn't have been there in the first place? So when people vocalize their disapproval of my message via the image of a casket, I understand that they do that from a position of Fear, fear of what the casket represents - Death. 

Nollywood Actress Ebube Nwagbo acquires N18M Porshe Panamera

The Nollywood actress just acquired a Poshe Panamera and according to what they say, its worth N18m. Congrats to her, big girls big toys!!

Funny Video: Oyibo girl gives us Pidgin 101 lesson

Lol!

Photos: Kim Kardashian shows off her baby bump

32 under 20 pregnant girls arrested in Abia baby factory

Thirty-two pregnant teenagers at various stages of their pregnancies have been arrested in Umuzue community in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area of Abia State by men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).

They were arrested together with the owner of the home, Mrs Nnenna Mba and two male workers on April 2, 2013 following a tip-off. The girls , whose ages range between 10 and 20 were believed to have run to the home after getting pregnant without the knowledge of their parents or were impregnated at the home by visiting males employed by the proprietor of the home.

It's a big sign of lack of confidence - Ini Edo to bleached colleagues

The actress recently spoke about her colleagues who are bleaching their skin. Here is what she said;

“I think it’s the silliest thing to do. It’s a big sign of lack of confidence. And I have never been tempted to do it.”

Bleaching colleagues, Ini has spoken hope you've heard, you know yourselves. 

Photos from Nse Ikpe Etim & Clifford Sule's Traditional Wedding

Nollywood actress Nse wed her long time boo Clifford Sule in a traditional wedding held at Ikot Etobon, Akwa Ibom. See more pictures after the cut.

Comedienne Princess set to wed in May

Comedienne Damilola Adekoya popularly known as Princess is off the market. The comedienne will be walking down the aisle with her heartthrob, Ade on the 8th of May, which also happens to be Princess birthday. Here is what she told thenetng.com;

‘I’ll say we’ve known since 2005 because he’s known me since then, and he’s tried several means to get my attention. Even though it didn’t happen, he kept trying and recently, a friend introduced us and we hit it off. He’s a very quiet and private person, and someone who loves and understands what I do. He loves entertainment too, I won’t say more than that for now…’ Congrats to her.

Hilarious video: Kim Kardashian talks about her visit to Nigeria

Enjoy!

Indian Engineers invent anti-rapè underwear which gives attackers electric shock

The UK Sun Reports;

Three engineering students have come up with “anti-rape” underwear that gives an electric shock to attackers AND alerts cops. The trio designed a camisole under-wired with a technology that can deliver up to 82 electric shocks.

The garment has pressure sensors sewn in around the bust area that detect groping hands and send out the shock – which has the strength of a stun gun.

The product also sends a message to police as well as to the family of the victim. 

Photos: Tonto Dike performing at the AY Show

Photo of the day: Charly Boy poses with his casket

The area fada posted a picture of him standing beside his casket on his Instagram page and tagged it "all my bright ideas comes from my casket, very comfy". Errrm, ok. 

FG to scrap JAMB and NECO exams

Federal Government has concluded arrangements to scrap the National Examination Council. Plans have also been concluded to cancel the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination being conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board for applicants into the nation’s tertiary institutions.

JAMB will however not be scrapped. Under the new arrangement, the source said in place of UTME, authorities of all tertiary institutions would now be at liberty to conduct their entrance examinations as they had been doing for post-UTME.

“JAMB will now be a clearing house like Universities and Colleges Admissions Service in the UK. If somebody gains admission into three universities and holds down space, immediately such person picks his first choice, JAMB’s system will automatically free the remaining two slots for other applicants.

“JAMB will no longer conduct examinations but it will be setting the standard alongside the schools authorities,” the source said.

‘House Of Gold’ Trailer ft Ice Prince, Omawumi, Yvonne Nelson

Movie starring Yvonne Nelson, Majid Michel, Nigerian music artistes Ice Prince, Omawumi Megbele, comedic actor, Francis Odega, Eddie Watson and others will hit the cinemas pretty soon.

Synopsis

Dan Ansah Williams, high-flying entrepreneur, business mogul, polygamist and socialite is battling with cancer and has 6 weeks left on his time line. With the help of his long time associate and legal representative he embarks on a mission to recall all his children back home, most of whom were born out of wedlock, being products of various illicit affairs.

The Untold truth about Nigerian blogger Linda Ikeji by Kemi Olunloyo

I am sure by now most of you must have heard of Kemi Olunloyo, deported from Canada who's father was a former Governor of Oyo State and who writes nasty stuff about Nigerians on her Facebook page (yeah she's Nigerian too). She's come out to diss blogger Linda Ikeji of writing nasty things about her and stealing her Junior cousin's fiance. Abeg read the full story after the cut in Kemi's own words biko.

God has silenced our enemies - Mercy Johnson's Mum

As family and friends await the arrival of Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson and her new born child, Purity, her mother says her God silenced enemies that never thought her daughter would marry her heart desire, Prince Odi Okojie. 

In an interview with Nollywood Insider, Mercy's mum said:
"God has finally silenced our enemies. Those who thought my daughter would not marry Odi have failed, thanks to the almighty God that I serve. They tried but could not prevail over what God has destined.  We are going to welcome them in a big way. As you can see, we have started preparation to receive them. 

Explosion rocks Mr BIGGS in Abuja

The residents of Karu, a satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) who were in the mood of Easter Celebration, were thrown into pandemonium on Monday evening, when an explosion suspected to be from a waste can rocked an empty and undeveloped plot of land behind the MR. BIGGS franchise in the area. 

The explosion, which is said to have occurred around 4.35pm rattled passers by and shattered the glass windows of nearby buildings, especially that of Karu Shopping Complex housing MR.BIGGS. 

GLO brings X-Factor to Nigeria

Leading telecommunications company, Globacom is at it again. They have further expanded the frontiers of Nigerian entertainment by bringing home the world famous music reality TV show, The X-Factor. 

It will be the first time the show will come to Africa and the ultimate winner of the spectacular show will cart home a princely sum of $150,000 (N24 million), the biggest prize among the reality TV shows running in the country. He or she will also win a recording contract with the internationally acclaimed Sony Music for the recording of an album and professional management of the winning individual or group.

The X-Factor was unveiled on Wednesday night at the GET Arena, Lekki, Lagos and is a reality TV singing competition to find new talents. It is contested by aspiring singers, drawn from public auditions and is open to all ages, sex, styles, solo acts or groups. A major difference between the show and others is that the judges also double as coaches for the various groups. Here in Africa, the month-long pre-auditions, which are the first stage, will kick off in Abuja on April 13 and later hold in Port Harcourt and Lagos. It will also run in Accra and Kumasi in Ghana. I don't know who the judges are yet though. 

New Video: Harrysong Ft Olamide - I'm in love remix

Late Justus Esiri to be buried April 12th

The late actor's service of songs/wake keep will take place April 9th at Catholic Church of Ascension, International Airport Road, in Lagos follwed by mass in Delta state will take place April 12th at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Abraka. Internment will follow at the late Chief Esiri's compound, Oria-Abraka, Delta State.

Power outage disrupts President Jonathan's Easter Service

President Jonathan's first Easter Sunday service and celebration in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial city was marred by an embarrassing power outage at the Our Savour's Church Marina, where the President worshipped. Am sure this is the first time he is experiencing power outage. 

Why Tonto Dikeh Must Be Stopped

Hehehe! waiting for Tonto's reply to this. 

I have watched with patient annoyance, I have listen with patient distress, to the sights and sounds of our dear actress turn singer Tonto Dikeh.

Like many others, I chose not to talk about her but I was forced to know how wrong I was for keeping silent by the words of Alibaba and OJB, two eminent personalities that means a lot to the entertainment industry.

Alibaba once tweeted “Playing a song of an artiste that you know is not good enough is no encouragement you are spoiling the market”. In an online interview with OJB by the crew of Information Nigeria, he said.

Read Patrick Obahiagbon's Easter message to Nigerians

Read his Easter message to Nigerians below...Good luck

"As we join Christians in the celebration of Easter, may we truly reflect on the quintssential modus vivendi of Master Jesus; The Christ, who peregrinated this incarnation as an exempli gratia of self abnegation, puritanical excrescence, spartan discipline, mental magnitude, hierophantic candour and altruistic effusions, qualities which have become a desiderata for national resurgimento."

Patrick Obahiagbon

2 Nigerian scientists bag UNESCO-L’Oreal 2013 award

Two Nigerian female scientists have bagged the UNESCO-L’Oreal “Women in Science Partnership’’ award for their contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge in the country.

The awardees were recognised in the “Laureates and fellows’’ categories in Paris. Prof. Francisca Okeke, the first female Head of Department, University of Nigeria Nsukka bagged the 2013 Laureate award for her significant contributions to the scientific study climate change.

She was the only recipient in that category from Africa and the Arab nations and the third Nigerian Laureate since the UNESCO-L’Oreal partnership was established in 1998.

The second Nigerian award recipient, Dr Eucharia Nwaichi, an environmental bio-chemist from the University of Port Harcourt joined 15 other young scientists in the “International Fellows’’ category.
Okeke said that she would continue to encourage women to participate in the development of science and technology in the country. Thumbs up to them.