Saxophonist Yemi Sax and Wife, Shotalayo welcome a Baby Boy

Adeyemi Adeosun, fondly called Yemi Sax, and his wife Shotalayo welcomed a bouncing baby boy yesterday. The happy father quickly tweeted; “The happiest day of my life. Biggy Biggy bouncing baby boy for me. Thank u my wife and thank u the creator of heaven and earth.”

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Gunmen Kidnap Anglican Archbishop in Rivers

Most Rev Ignatius Ogboru Kattey, the Dean, ArchBishop and Bishop of Niger Delta North Anglican Communion of Nigeria, was last night kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State.

The abduction happened at about 11.30pm Friday night.

The clergyman, along with his wife, Beatrice was captured on Aleto bridge, Eleme in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, but the wife was later found abandoned in their car.

The whereabouts of the archbishop remains unknown.

Video Snippet: Ice Prince featuring French Montana "I Swear"

Fresh off his upcoming album "Fire of Zamani" due to be released October, BET award winner, and Chocolate City rapper Ice Prince Zamani drops a sneak peek into the recording of "I Swear" a new track on the upcoming album.

The track which was recorded at Big Daddy Studios in the US features American rapper French Montana and also includes vocals from Shaydee.

I Swear will be released on the 9th of September 2013 exclusively.

Watch Rita Dominic on ‘The Juice’ with Toolz [VIDEO]

On this episode of The Juice, top Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic shares with Toolz her earlier dreams as an actress, relationship and her future goals.

Check it out!

What a man can do…: Female Graduate leads 7-man robbery gang [PHOTOS]

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has apprehended a seven-man robbery gang spearheaded by a woman, Chioma Ezekwesiri, in Lagos, south-west, Nigeria.

The suspects, 41-year-old Amadi Igwe,  24-year-old Raymond Chukwuka, 27-year-old Ignatius Okeredi, 52-year-old Michael Madu, 52, and 28-year-old Okechukwu Jerome, and Chioma were arrested while trying to rob Bolatito Hotel, located at Kola bus stop,in  Ijaiye area of Lagos.

According to Ezekwesiri, she had arranged for the guns with Raymond Chukwuka which they were supposed to use for the operation, which she insisted was a land matter, whereas the police said their mission was allegedly to rob a male customer of the hotel who also sells fertilizer of N8 million.

PM News reports;

The alleged robbery operation, according to the police, was foiled by some staff of the hotel, who promptly made a distress call to SARS operatives.

Jennifer Hudson was scared to play Winnie Mandela

Actress-singer Jennifer Hudson had admitted that she feared playing Winnie Mandela in a film.

The 31-year-old will be seen in the role of the wife of South African anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela in the upcoming film "Winnie Mandela", reports contactmusic.com.

"I was very intimidated because she's such an iconic figure," Hudson said.

"Once I got to Africa, I was like, 'Wow, she's a national treasure ... I have to take this seriously'. And I thought, 'If I'm not going to hop in at 100 percent, maybe I should go home'. I actually had that moment where I was contemplating, 'Can I handle this?' and if I'm going to do it: 'Jennifer you have to be all in'," Hudson added.

FUNNY VIDEO: Watch ‘The Proposal’ featuring Bovi & Ijeoma

ASUU Strike: Students Threaten Clamp down on Private Universities

Believing that the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has paralysed studies in public universities in the country is being sustained because the children of influential people in the country are ensconced in the private universities, some members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) are already contemplating attack on the private universities as a way of compelling the federal government to take a more urgent action in resolving the stalemate between ASUU and the government.

The students, operating under the umbrella of the NANS also staged a peaceful protest in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, to register their displeasure over federal government's alleged insincerity.

Speaking at the gathering Thursday, Mr. Steven Adara, a student leader in Ekiti State University (EKSU), noted that those in government and some prominent Nigerians were not helping the matter, as they were in the habit of sending their sons and daughters to private schools and overseas.

Tottenham superstar, Emmanuel Adebayor dances to Davido’s Skelewu song [VIDEO]

Ever since Davido announced the Skelewu Dance Competition, youtube has been inundated with videos of fans dancing to the Skelewu track. Some of the videos are really funny, while others are just weird.

Not wanting to be left out, Tottenham Hotspur superstar, Emmanuel Adebayor has recorded a 15 seconds video of himself and friends dancing to the Skelewu song.

Check out his steps – Skelewu things!

Fame has favoured me in so many ways – Doris Simoen

Beautiful Nollywood actress, Doris Simeon isn’t a scandal-prone person but the issue of separation between her and her former husband, actor and director, Daniel Ademinokan got her name dragged around in a mesh-work of gossips and rumours that hasn’t really panned out.

Check out a recent interview she had with Vanguard.

Tell us about yourself?

My name is Doris Simeon. I’m from Edo State, Igbila to be precise. I’m from a family of five, though I am an orphan now.

New Music Video: Orezi – Rihanna

Finally, Orezi has released the visuals for the song ‘Rihanna’ – we told you earlier that the singer actually went shopping for a Rihanna look alike when efforts to get the American super diva failed.

Orezi’s, Sprisal Records label succeeded in finding a Mauritius lady, Kim to star as ‘Rihanna’ for the video shoot in South Africa – and news has it that the expenses on this video is around ₦7.3million.

Check out the video and see if it was worth the noise;

J Martins Hit the Studio with Ghanaian Rapper, Okyeame Kwame [PHOTOS]

Popular singer J. Martins was in Ghana to put a finishing touch to a new joint titled “Try Again” – the song is a collaborative effort between him and Ghanaian rapper Okyeame Kwame.

Martins left Ghana earlier this week having worked with award winning Producer Richie Mensah of Lynx Entertainment and rapper cum producer of BBnz Live, the producer of the song.

We expect nothing but the best from these two heavyweights – keeping our fingers crossed!

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Pornography makes our movies real – Benson Okonkwo

In a recent interview, Enugu based actor, Benson Okonkwo was reported to have said there is nothing wrong in Nollywood releasing films that embraces nudity – to him, such scene make viewers believe what they watch.

Here is how he puts it;

“My dear, it’s only a movie and make-believe, you know. We watch movies like that in Hollywood. Nigerians are hypocrites. I think pornography makes our movies more real. And for that reason I am in support of it. If you take a good look at Hollywood movies for example, you will notice that it is rampant and it means nothing to them.

Six-year-old rape victim ordered to wed rapist's 8-year-old son

A caste council in Rajasthan has ordered the parents of a six-year-old rape victim to get her married to the eight-year-old son of the man accused of the rape, police said on Thursday.

The incident occurred at Keshavpura in Kota, 250 km from Jaipur (Jaipur is the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan).

The 40-year-old man, identified as Kailash, raped the girl who lives in his neighbourhood about a fortnight ago, police said.

"Kailash locked her in a room and raped her. Instead of registering a police complaint, elders belonging to the girl's caste called a panchayat (village council) meeting," a police official said.

“I’ve always had a crush on Pres. Jonathan” – Kenya’s BBA Rep, Alhuda Njoroge

While President Jonathan is en route to Kenya for a three day trip to boost bilateral and trade ties between the countries, 22-year-old model, Alhuda Njoroge has announced her readiness to bed the president.

Alhuda, popularly called ‘Huddah Monroe’ took to twitter to inquire when Jonathan’s aircraft would land because she has always had a crush on him.

“So when is Jonathan landing? I’ve always had a crush on him. Nigeria, prepare for a step mom,” the Kenyan Big Brother Africa contestant tweeted.

I think someone needs to advise Huddah that there is a Patience somewhere who is not patient with issues of this nature.

Anyway, that brings back a familiar question - ‘why are Kenyan ladies crazy about Nigerian men?’

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Leila Djansi Releases Trailer for new movie 'And Then There Was You'

Ghanaian/American film maker, Leila Djansi has released the trailer for her latest film  ‘And then There was You’ starring  Leon Robinson, Garcelle Beauvais, Lynn Whitfield, Brian White, Trilby Glover and Nollywood bad boy, Jim Iyke.  Garcelle Beauvais, who played the role of Natalie resorts to picking up the pieces of her life after her husband leaves her for the family he has outside. She falls in love with Darrell, but he has secrets of his own.

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Nigerian Lady arrested with drugs at the airport in Dar es Salaam [PHOTOS]

Anthonia Ojo, a Nigerian, was yesterday arrested at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) carrying 99 pellets of unknown drugs in her luggage.

Police detained the 25-year-old businesswoman from Abuja as she was about to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight destined for France.

From France, she had planned to travel to Italy where she was scheduled to take another flight to Abuja.

Airports police boss Renatus Chalya told journalists the suspect was arrested after a screening machine detected drug pellets in her luggage.

“We then searched her thoroughly and found that the suspect was carrying four tins stuffed with drugs,” Mr Chalya said.

He said the suspect had stuffed 15 pellets in each of two containers of body lotion while two baby powder bottles were filled with 35 and 34 pellets.

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MUSIC: Yung Roc replies Yung6ix with The 6ixth Verse

I won’t call this song a diss – it is an advice as Yung Roc puts it.

This is coming on the heels of Yung6ix’s twitter comment that ‘he is the best rapper in Nigeria’

Listen and download here:

Download Here: Yung Roc -The Sixth Verse (Yung6ix Diss) Original Version.mp3

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.