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“Let the people who are laughing at me continue laughing” – Funke Akindele

Star actress Funke Akindele, has finally spoken out about his failed marriage and warned those who are making fun of her to continue.

The producer of the massively successful movie, Jenifa, had earlier released a press statement, in which she confirmed that her union to Kehinde Oloyede was over.

However, to further clarify the situation, she granted an interview to National Encomium.

“First of all let me clarify that I have not replied any SMS or spoken to anyone on this development before now and neither have I threatened to sue anyone,” she said.

“I do not know who sent out that SMS denying that my marriage is over. That was what

PHOTOS: Emma Nyra’s Surprise Birthday Party

Emma Nyra’s surprise birthday party took place last night at the Brasserie restaurant at 4 points.

Check out photos of Don Jazzy, Dr Sid and others at the party.

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Kenyans Tear Down The Newly Crowned Miss Kenya 2013 for being ‘Teethy’

Last week, 23-year-old Linguistic student, Miss Sherry Wangui Gitonga was crowned Miss World Kenya 2013 at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi.

From the day she was crowned to date, Sherry has not had it easy with her fellow country men – before she could settle down to her new status, she is already a victim of cyber bullying.

Most of her haters, who believe she doesn’t deserve the crown, took to twitter to blast the beauty queen – incidentally, their comment resolves around her dentition.

Check out some comments:

“I won't make fun of miss kenya for my safety i'm sure she's armed to teeth”

“Miss Kenya's front teeth are big enough to move out and start a life on their own”

“Miss Kenya 2013 is the reason Obama did not come to Kenya”

Maybe Klint de drunk was right when he said “beauty is now in the hands of the beer holder”

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Nollywood Twins, Chidinma and Chidiebere Aneke Release Promo Pictures

The Bollywood, nay Nollywood stars released some promo shots with striking poses.

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IK Osakioduwa and Toolz cover July Issue Of Complete Fashion Magazine

Big Brother Africa Host IK Osakioduwa and Beat FM OAP Toolz graces the cover of the monthly edition Of Complete Fashion Magazine.

Edo police parade pastor who defiled two 11-yr-old girls

The Edo State Police Command, Thursday, paraded 32 suspected criminals involved in robbery, kidnapping, cultism, including one Eze Fidelis, a pastor with a Pentecostal church in Abudu, Orhiomnwon Local Government Council, who defiled two underage girls.

Among the suspects were also three rapists and four persons including a woman involved in robbing unsuspecting passengers using commercial vehicles (popularly known as one chance).

The Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr Funso Adebanjo, who paraded them, yesterday, also displayed cache of arms recovered from the suspects.

CP Adebanjo who said the command had apprehended over 90 suspected robbers and kidnappers in the past one month, lamented rising cases of defilement of minors in the state. He warned residents to be wary of the latest trends whereby people use taxis to rob unsuspecting passengers.

Caroline Ekanem To Star in Real Housewives Of Lagos

There are fresh indications that Nollywood actress, Caroline Ekanem Danjuma has been tipped to be a part of the drama cum reality TV show, The Real Housewives of Lagos. Caroline, who has been off the scene for a while, is married to Musa Danjuma, the wealthy younger brother of business tycoon and former minister of defence, General TY Danjuma.

Meanwhile, earlier reports suggested that Oyin, one of the daughters of Business Mogul, Otunba Mike Adenuga, would be making her acting debut on the drama series.

Let’s keep our fingers crossed while the list unfolds

Mercy Johnson’s hips are just learning where mine are – Crystal Okoye

In a recent interview with Vanguard, a Nollywood wannabe, Crystal Okoye stated she has the best figure in the make-belive industry; that her hips would scare the likes of Mercy Johnson. According to the story, she is 20-something and has done 18 movies with more than 5 of those as the leading character. Crystal is also a 300 level student of Public Administration at the Nnamdi Azikwe University, Anambra State.

Check out an excerpt

What has worked for you in the industry; your talent or beauty?

I will say both. Before then I used to look at myself in the mirror and tell myself “Crystal, you are beautiful”. I am beautiful. I am well-shaped. I have straight legs. I decided to come into the industry, not just with my physical attributes but also because of my talents.

In Nollywood, you may be beautiful but if you are not talented you can’t get any where but I thank God I have everything. The talent, the beauty, the figure and everything. In Nollywood, beauty and talent goes hand in hand.

Coscharis Apapa warehouse razed, goods worth billions lost

An early morning inferno, Thursday, razed a warehouse belonging to Coscharis Group located at the Kirikiri Industrial, Mazamaza, Area of Lagos State, destroying property worth billions of naira.

The warehouse was used for storing computer equipment, Abro Petrochemical products, vehicles and inverter batteries, auto spare parts, motorcycles and tires.

Workers of the company said goods worth billions of naira were destroyed by the fire that reportedly started about 4am.

By the time firefighters from the Lagos State Fire Service and the Nigerian Navy arrived the scene; the fire grown which they battled with for over five hours.

Materials such as computer equipment, petrochemical products, vehicles, inverter batteries, auto spare parts, motorcycles and tyres, stored in the warehouse, were also said to have escalated the intensity of the fire.

20-yr-old school dropout stabs school prefect to death

A 20-year-old man Godwin Odu, has been arrested by the police in Calabar for allegedly stabbing Boniface Odinaka, a student of Army Day Secondary School, 3 Amphibious Brigade, Eburutu Barracks, Calabar to death.

Odinaka, who was the Labour Prefect of the school, was attacked for confiscating the sandals of another student, Francis Etim.

He was said to have engaged the services of Odu who was his friend and an alleged cultist.

Odu who is from Akwa Ibom State, is currently detained at the state Criminal Investigation Department, CID, Diamond Hill, Calabar.

On why he killed Odinaka, he said his friend, Francis Etim, asked him to assist him recover a pair of sandals which Odinaka seized over alleged improper dressing.

Asked if he knew the name of the Labour Prefect, Odu said they laid ambush with Etim for Odinaka at the school gate waiting for closing hour when students were returning home.

In a statement at the Homicide Unit of the state CID, Odu confirmed that he attacked Odinaka from the rear and as the SSS II boy struggled to free himself, it resulted to a fight which caused his death.

VIDEO: Watch 2013 MBGN Contestant, Miss Ebonyi Scatter English!!!

Remember Sexy Miss Ebonyi State, Ujunwa Onwudilo popularly known as Amanda at the MBGN 2013 Beauty Pageant . Watch to see if this was the reason why she left.

124 bags of Indian hemp found in Borno Church

The Joint Task Force, JTF, in Borno State, on Wednesday, said it arrested Pastor Moses Edon of the Celestial Church of Christ, at the House of Assembly Quarters in Maiduguri, with 124 bags of Indian Hemp.

JTF in a statement made available to DailyPost said the alleged Indian Hemp dealer was arrested based on information and intelligence.

JTF said its raid of the church at about 9.30 a.m on 10th July, 2013, led to the discovery and seizure of 124 bags of weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp parked in 3 rooms at the premises of the church.

“The suspect who is a pastor of the church, one Moses Edon admitted knowledge of the content of the bags and confessed that the Indian Hemp was brought for safe keeping from Ondo by a member of the church, one Mr Segun Oni.” JTF said.

Two Fingers in the Air: Ice Prince Pose with American Rapper Jada Kiss

Boys are not smiling!

Tiwa Savage Officially Signed As MTN Ambassador

Soon everything about Tiwa Savage would reflect the yellow colour – this is because the sexy singer has put pen to paper as an MTN Ambassador.

The singer, looking all merry posted a picture of her self signing the contract document with MTN – she also adds this comment;

“MTN ambassador, I don port o. God you are so good to me #mtn #onceuponatime #powermoves #blessed”

Congrats to her.

VIDEO: Omotola Jalade Ekeinde on The Juice with Toolz

Nollywood Diva, Omosexy graces the set of the Juice with Toolz, and gives us insight into her acceptance into the ranks of the Times 100 most influential people in the world, future music collaborations, and the physical side of things with the man in her life "The Captain".

David Oyelowo stars alongside Oprah Winfrey and Forest Whitaker in ‘The Butler’

The Butler tells the story of a White House butler who served eight American presidents over three decades. It is inspired by the true story of Euguene Allen, a butler who served eight US presidents in the White House for 34 years.

Forest Whitaker stars in this historical drama as the main character the Butler, which also stars Oprah Winfrey in her first major acting role since The Color Purple.

Aml Ameen and David Oyelowo can also be seen in the film with Aml playing the butler in his younger years and David taking the role of the butler’s militant son.

Other notable actors in The Butler are Cuba Gooding Jr, Terence Howard and Lenny Kravitz – the film is directed by Lee Daniels. The film would hit theatres on August 16, 2013.

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Tweet of the Day: Wizkid, Inspired by fellow Singer 9ice

Tina Turner weds at 73 in Switzerland

Singer Tina Turner is a married woman after quietly exchanging vows with her long-term partner in Switzerland, according to local reports.

The 73-year-old R&B-rock icon, who became a Swiss citizen in April, wed German record executive Erwin Bach, 57, in a discreet civil ceremony on the banks of Lake Zurich in Kusnacht “a few days ago,” municipal official Hannes Friess said.

The newlyweds will celebrate the union in a Buddhist ceremony at their estate in Kusnacht on Sunday, and reports suggest 120 guests will attend the festivities.

Before her relationship with Bach began in the mid-1980s, Turner was married to her musical partner Ike Turner for 14 years. The pair divorced in 1978, and Ike Turner’s alleged abuse of his wife was chronicled in the singer’s 1993 biopic, What’s Love Got to Do with It.

News of Turner’s wedding plans spread in early April amid reports suggesting she and Bach had become engaged, but a representative for the singer refused to comment.

Shan George Opens Up, Talks about her Sex and Prostitution Scandal

Like every other Nollywood actress, Shan George has had her fair share of scandals.

She has been accused of going into marriage and coming out of it over three times, dating younger men and decorating her body with countless tattoos. What’s true and what’s not?
In this interview, the half caste actress shares her painful story with Showtime Celebrity. This is Shan George beyond the scandals.

On her challenges:
One major challenge I have always faced as an actress has to do with not being at home all the time and playing roles in movies that are opposed to my character.

Let’s assume you were born in a Christian home and you imbibe what you were taught from when you were a kid. All of a sudden, because of your profession, you are called to be a Buddhist or a mermaid. You are talking about being something you have never experienced. I have never seen a mermaid or transformed into a mermaid before, but I’ve acted as one.  You have to try and figure out how they talk, walk, smile and so on.

Nollywood Actor, Nonso Diobi Replies Tonto Dikeh

Edmund Burke once said “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” In this light, Nollywood actor, Nonso Diobi has picked up from where Lola Omotayo stopped – he replied Tonto Dike with a series of tweet on the latters comment about Mercy Johnson returning to work two months after delivery.

See Nonso’s tweets below

Taiwo Taye indicted in France on Tax Fraud

Former Nigeria international, Taiwo Taye has been indicted in France on tax fraud charges and a Marseille court has begun a judicial procedure to seize his €600,000 mansion based in Allauch, a French commune situated east of Marseille.

The 28-year-old defender played six seasons at Olympique Marseille between 2005 and 2011 before joining Italian giants AC Milan.

French fiscal authorities say the player did not pay income taxes in 2008 and 2009 as well as property taxes in 2011 on his 900m2 home, which they say will be auctioned at €200,000, three times lower than its market value, reports supersport.com.

VIDEO: Mercy Johnson Talks Challenges in Her Career on Insight

In the interview with her namesake, Pastor Mercy, Mercy Johnson Okojie described her self as “the girl next door….nothing special”. She talked about her career as a Nollywood actress and challenges she faced while growing up

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Callie Rogers won £1.9m ten years ago; today she has £2,000 in her account

Britain's youngest lottery winner, Callie Rogers says she has never been happier after blowing her £1.9million fortune.

Callie scooped the jackpot when she was just 16 but frittered the money away on drugs, booze and cosmetic surgery; becoming so depressed she even attempted suicide three times.

Ten years on, the mum-of-three has just £2,000 of her winning left in the bank but believes she is finally truly happy.

Callie said: "I can’t believe ten years have passed since I stood holding that huge cheque. It feels like a lifetime ago.

"I don't think of myself as a lottery winner - I try to forget the ups and downs I’ve been through and just feel like a normal person.

"It was too much money for someone so young. Even if you say your life won’t change, it does – and often not for the better."

PHOTOS: Ramsey Nouah, Don Jazzy, Waje and Other Celebs at Rita Dominic’s Birthday Party

Last week, Nollywood actress Rita Dominic celebrated her 38th birthday in a grand style. The well-attended party was graced by the likes of Ramsey Nouah, Dakore Akande, Toolz, Uche Jombo, Lynxxx, Yvonne Nelson and other stars.

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