Photos of D’Banj in Cognac –The home of Hennessy

D’Banj is apparently in France on the invitation of Hennessy. The Nigerian pop star is the sole headliner for this year’s Hennessy Artistry and he has already released the theme track for this year’s project.

He arrived France this morning from the US where he attended Davido’s sister’s wedding.

According to his people, he is already in Cognac (The home of Hennessy) where he’s staying at the Chateau De Bangolet.

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Africa's richest man, Dangote plans Nigeria's largest oil refinery

A company run by Africa's richest man received a loan toward a $9 billion project that will give Nigeria its largest oil refinery and petrochemical and fertilizer complex, reducing the country's reliance on international markets.

Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group, signed a loan worth $3.3 billion from 12 Nigerian and international banks toward the project which will be built in Nigeria's southwest.

"At the completion of these projects we expect Nigeria to become not only self-sufficient in fertilizer and refined petroleum products but indeed to become recognized as a leading exporter of these products," Dangote said at Wednesday's signing.

Finally, BBA8 winner, Dillish accepts her Kenyan father

According to reports, Dillish's mother, Selma Pashukeni yesterday confirmed to SDE that Kenyan ex-soldier Abdi Galgalo Guyo is Dillish Matthew's real biological father.

Now all eyes have shifted to Dillish who had so far not seemed very receptive to him. In the past couple of days her tweets have been anything but positive, with her insistence that her father is Somali and not Kenyan.

This morning however, her tweets seem to have taken a turn. She tweeted that she was proud to be a Borana girl and that the Lord has given her what she was begging for.

Her icing on the cake was when she tweeted, “I am a mommy and daddy’s girl”!

AMAZING: Nigerian conjoined twins separated after 13-hour surgery in India [PHOTOS]

Nigerian twins joined at the lower abdomen and hips were successfully operated upon and separated at the B.L. Kapur (BLK) super-speciality hospital after a 13-hour surgery.

The twin girls – Hussaina and Hassana Badaru shared their spinal cords, lower intestinal tract and genitourinary tracts. This meant that they had one common passage for fecal matter and another one for passing urine.

“The separation surgery took us 13 hours, with further surgery of five hours dedicated to reconstruction. The separation was a big challenge as they had unusual sharing of the alimentary canal and the nervous system,” said Prashant Jain, one of the experts performing the surgery.

“The girls were seven months old when they were brought to the BLK Hospital. They were suffering from ‘pygopagus’, a case in which the babies are joined at the sacral region and the hips. This is considered to be the rarest of rare case that occurs in 50,000 or 100,000 births,” said Praneet Kumar of BLK Hospital.

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Marijuana, safer than painkillers — STUDY

Believe it or not, but you could be safer ingesting marijuana - the most used illegal drug on Earth – than a prescription pain killer drug. Findings by a brand new first-of-its-kind global study conducted at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, USA, showed that prescription pain killers, though legal, could be the deadliest drug of all.

A publication in The Lancet, revealed that marijuana, though often preferred to other illicit drugs of addiction such as cocaine, heroin and amphetamines are responsible for killing fewer persons than addictive painkillers such as Oxycontin and Vicodinbe.

Of a total of 78,000 drug deaths, prescription pain pills accounted for more than half. The study does not mention why marijuana has become the most popular drug, controversy over the legalisation of cannabis in some US states rages on.

New Music Video: Wale ft Nicki Minaj & Juicy J – Clappers

Wale has dropped the video for ‘Clappers,’ taken off “The Gifted” album.

In the Benny Boom video, Nicki Minaj and a dozen of other sexy girls are seen ‘twerking’ like there's no tomorrow.

Check out the video here: 

Kerry Washington Covers Glamour Mag, Talks about her secret wedding to Nigerian Born NFL Player [PHOTOS]

Scandal and Django Unchained star Kerry Washington covers the October 2013 issue of Glamour Magazine. The movie star, who secretly tied the knot with Nigerian born NFL Player Nnamdi Asomugha, tells how she was able to pull off a wedding with no press around.

Below is an excerpt of the interview;

GM: OK, so relationships. In interview after interview, you always use the same phrase: “I don’t talk about my personal life.” I’m curious about the discipline that it requires to be so tight-lipped.

KW: I learned through experience that it doesn’t work for me to talk about my personal life. I’ve had earlier times in my career when I did talk about it. I was on the cover of a bridal magazine [InStyle Weddings, in 2005, when Washington was engaged to actor David Moscow]. But I couldn’t just turn around and say, “I only want to talk about the good stuff, but not the bad stuff.” So I just thought, OK, no more.

Woman dies after drinking shaving powder in Ogun

NAN: A 25 year-old housewife, Sakirat Abdullai, allegedly committed suicide in Ijebu-Ode, after taking a meal of pap, mixed with shaving powder belonging to her husband.

Sakirat, who is mother of a five-year-old boy, was said to have taken the mixture while having dinner on Sunday at No 33, Ereko St. Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State.

Ahmed Abdullai, her husband, a driver and member of the Epe Unit of the National Union of Road Transport Workers was said to be away when the woman took the action.

A friend of the deceased, Isiaka Abdul, alleged that the woman had been vomiting in a bucket found by her side after taking the poisonous substance.

Abdul, who was in tears while speaking to newsmen, accused the neighbours of not coming to the aid of the deceased while she was groaning.

He berated the neighbours for not coming to assist the lady, although her room was wide open.

Tiwa Savage, Seun Kuti, Ice Prince and WizKid Nominated for ‘Best African Act’ at the 2013 MOBO Awards

The nominees for this year's MOBO Awards have been announced.

Four Nigerian artistes (Tiwa Savage, Seun Kuti, Ice Prince and WizKid) would be contending with six other African music sensations for the prestigious ‘Best African Act’.

The winners of all the categories will be announced on 19 October at Glasgow's SSE Hydro venue as Mobo celebrates its 18th anniversary.

Check out the full list:

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Daley

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‘I am her father’: Man Claims to Be BBA Winner, Dillish’s Long Lost Dad

Like they say ‘success has many friends’

A little more than a week after she won the jackpot at the just concluded BBA (The Chase), Namibian beauty Dillish is faced with a dilemma.

Apparently, she revealed during an interview that she didn’t know her biological father and that she’d like to meet him. It is rumoured that a Kenyan man has responded to that revelation by claiming to be her father.

The man supposedly alleged that he was involved in conceiving Dillish during a peacekeeping mission in Namibia.

See the photo of the man below;

Check out 2013 Channel O ‘Africa Music Video Awards’ Nominees

Nominations for the 10th Annual Channel O Africa Music Awards were announced yesterday, revealing an open field in the race to claim Africa’s most prestigious music awards.

Here is a run down of the nominees:

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TEAR GAS – Wake Up

XTATIC/AKA & PRIDDY UGLY -Hit Em Up

MI CASA – Can’t Get Enough

EME – Baddest Boy

NAETO C FT D’BANJ – Tony Montana (Bad Pass) Remix

"Marrying Ayo Adesanya was like boarding a 'one-chance' vehicle” ex-husband says

When asked what lessons he learnt from his relationship with his ex-wife, Movie producer cum actor Omogoriola Hassan told Encomium magazine that marrying actress Ayo Adesanya was like boarding a 'one-chance' vehicle.

Here is his comment un-edited.

"The biggest lesson I learnt was not to trust anyone. The person you trust may eventually disappoint. Then I was the greatest fool but today I am the wisest and happiest. Marrying Ayo then was like boarding a 'one-chance' vehicle. It was like I could never come across a woman I can love like that not knowing I was just being foolish. If not that she had a baby for me, I would have revealed a lot about her. Will just keep them to myself in the interest of our son. But I was agitated when I read that she wants to remove the tattoo on her hand bearing our logo - No Fear. She is free to do but what about the one on her ass where my name was written bold, Omogoriola Hassan? How is she going to remove that? That is stupid of her. If at all you don't like someone again, that doesn't mean you need to go to that extent. But believe me she's still thinking about me because if she's not she wouldn't be thinking about removing my tattoos on her body.”

Kim Kardashian Ready to Strip Down For Playboy Again

Kim Kardashian may be a mum but it appears her new role hasn't put her off from wanting to strip off again for a magazine shoot.

In a preview of a new episode of Keeping Up with The Kardashians, Kim who was still pregnant when the scenes were filmed earlier this year can be heard sharing her thoughts on posing again for Playboy.

She said: "As soon as I pop this thing out, I want to do Playboy or some nude shoot."

Kim - who posed for the magazine in 2007 - previously blasted the publication for posting the photographs online in 2010, once she became famous.

However, she has also claimed her decision to appear in Playboy was to cement her "independence".

FBI declares Nigerian Wanted over $770,000 Internet Love Scam

Olaniyi Victor Makinde, a 26 year old serial internet fraudster is top on the wanted list of the United States of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI. Makinde has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Trouble started for Makinde when investigations revealed that he had been defrauding several foreigners, especially Americans in marriage scam and related offences, through the internet. He was also accused of masterminding serious hacking practices against an American online pay roll services company, Intuit, in California.

New Music: Banky W – The Way (Produced by Spellz)

Fresh off from Mr Capable himself, Banky W is a new single titled 'The Way' produced by Award Winning Producer, Spellz.

Listen and download here:

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LOOK! Photos from The Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2013

The 2013 edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Awards held in New York on September 1^st – stars like Ramsey Nouah, Rita Dominic, Emma Nyra and Juliet Ibrahim were all in attendance for the 8th annual awards show.

The show was hosted by ace comedian, Basketmouth and it was a night of glory for rapper Olamide, who carted three awards.

Check out some of the photos, courtesy Michael Tubes Creations.

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Photos from Sharon Adeleke (Davido’s Sister) wedding in Miami

Sharon Adeleke, CEO of Golden Star Homecare services wedded her heartthrob, Yomi Ademefun yesterday in Miami.

Sharon is Davido’s elder sister

Check out some of the wedding pics.

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See what Google and Bing thinks about Nigerian Men…

While searching for a news item, I just typed ‘why are Nigerian men’ in my google search bar, guess the options that showed up?

Not satisfied, I tried another search engine, Bing…not again.

So am like…are Nigerian men that bad?

Psquare’s Performance makes Chicago and Montreal Fans Go Wild [VIDEO]

Psquare’s ongoing Canada/US tour is surely a success; the sold out concerts attracted fans who sang and danced to every song performed by the music duo.

Check out the videos;

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Don’t blame Jonathan, Boko Haram started before him – Tanko Yakasai

Frontline northern politician and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has stated that President Goodluck Jonathan should not be blamed for the growing activities of the Boko Haram sect in the country. He also buttressed that the emergence of Boko Haram could only be traced to former President, Late Yar’ Adua’s regime.

In further defence of Jonathan, he said the extremists had started terrorizing the country before Jonathan was elected president.

He dismissed the claims that the violent group would ceasefire if President Jonathan declares his intention not to run in 2015.

“Boko Haram started before Jonathan. Their leader was killed during the reign of Late Umaru Yar’adua. So, how can people attribute that situation to what is happening today,” he questioned.

12-year-old boy, 2 Pastors and others arrested for pipeline vandalism

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested 30 people for alleged pipeline vandalism in Isheri Olofin area of Ogun State.

The suspects were arrested on Saturday morning after a combined team of NSCDC officials from the Lagos and Ogun state commands engaged in a gun duel with some pipeline vandals.

Among those arrested are a 12-year-old boy, Azeez Ajani; a 13-year-old boy, Michael Oyedotun, two pastors, six women and 20 others.

The Commandant, Ogun State Command, Mr. Akinwande Aboluwoye, said over 20,000 litres of stolen fuel were recovered from the vandals.

Nigerian Born NFL Star Oladele Ayanbadejo poses 'nude' for NOH8 campaign

Nigerian born NFL star and former Superbowl champion, Oladele Brendon Ayanbadejo has added his voice to a compilation of high-profile celebrities that advocate for marriage equality.

Ayanbadejo, who has long been a straight ally for the LGBT movement posed nude for NOH8 campaign.

The "NOH8" campaign posted the photo yesterday with the caption: "A real man supports equality."

NOH8 Campaign (pronounced "no hate campaign") is an organization in the US whose mission is to promote marriage, gender and human equality. 

‘I am the Best Rapper in Nigeria’ – Yung 6ix Declares on Twitter

If you check your twitter page, you would notice that the ‘Best Rapper in Nigeria’ is a trending topic – lending his voice, Yung 6ix has stated he is fit to occupy the top spot. He boldly wrote on his twitter timeline ‘I am the best rapper in Nigeria’

Do you guys agree with him?

Clint Eastwood and wife, Dina split after 17 years of marriage

Some things are not just meant to be. Clint Eastwood, 83, has separated from second wife Dina Eastwood (nee Ruiz) after 17 years of marriage, Dina confirms exclusively to US Weekly.

The former TV news reporter, 48, says that she and Eastwood remain close but have been living separately for some time. In fact, a source stated that the two actually split more than a year ago, in June 2012.

"Clint fell out of love with Dina a long time ago," the insider says, noting that the separation was "amicable."

Married since March 31, 1996, Dina and the Million Dollar Baby director have one daughter together, 16-year-old Morgan. Eastwood is also dad to seven other kids, though he has only been married once before. (He and first wife Maggie Johnson had a daughter, Alison, and a son, Kyle; the rest of his kids are from other relationships.)

‘Coza’s Pastor is An Adulterer’ –– Pastor J of God’s House, Abuja Affirms

For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.”

Isaiah 9:16 . Let them alone: they be leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Matt 15:14

I was going to be silent on this sad, pathetic but true (in many shades) allegation against Pastor B and his popular and

trendy ministry. My silence was borne out of respect for the kingdom of God and things that pertain to God. But all this changed when I heard the horrific tales of people who had been through the mess of this blind man, and the fact that he had no moral motivation to deny or accept the allegation; all he showed on Sunday was a demented swagger and perverse talk.