Heartless Mother strangles two-day old boy to death

Benue State Police Command has apprehended a 23- year old mother, Joy Iember Iorzua for allegedly killing and dumping her two- day old baby boy, at the River Ujiiragbo, in Gwer local government area of the state.

Saturday Vanguard gathered that the suspect was arrested at Mbasa-Mbakine Gee council ward by members of the vigilante group operating in the community who handed her over to the Police in Aliade, the local government headquaters.

According to our source, the suspect who lived along Ayua-Num street, in Aliade town, was delivered of the baby a week ago and two days later, she allegedly strangled the innocent baby to death.

After killing the baby, she wrapped his remains in a polythene bag, put him in a carton and dumped it at the popular Ujiiragbo River.

Boko Haram Leader, Shekau named 9th most dangerous global terrorist

Leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, has been named the ninth most dangerous terrorist in the world by a compilation published by CNN.

Shekau is one of the three Africans on the list, which is topped by al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

The other Africans on the list are Somalian Al Shabaab’s leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, who comes at number 4, and Algerian, Moktar Belmoktar, who heads a group called ‘Those Who Sign With Blood’. A three-day siege on an Algerian gas plant in January 2013 by his fighters left nearly 40 foreign workers dead.

The US named Shekau a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in June 2012.

The Boko Haram leader comes behind Sirajudin Haqqani whose Haqqani Network, was said to be responsible for some of the deadly attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The US government has offered up to $7m (N1.08bn) for any information that will reveal the location of Shekau.

Obi Emelonye’s New Film ‘Onye Ozi’ Set for Gobal Premiere

Award winning director, Obi Emelonye returns with ‘a psychological comedy thriller,’ Onye Ozi (The Mesenger) – the latest film from Emelonye would receive a global premiere in London on 18th Oct 2013. As the film is being premiered at The Lighthouse (Camberwell), London, it will also be streamed online simultaneously. That means Nollywood fans around the world can watch the film through online partners like Iroko, Ibaka and Distrify. First of its kind for Nollywood!!!

Onye Ozi is a Nigerian language film set in London, performed exclusively in the Igbo language (by Nigerian and British actors) and subtitled in English. The film introduces screen newcomer, model turned actress, Ngozi Thompson Igwebike in a leading role, with other fresh faces such as British lawyer turned actor Stephen Moriaty filling other roles in a film that is considered a surprising follow up to Emelonye’s hugely successful 2012 blockbuster, Last Flight to Abuja.

Nigerian born, Brooklyn-based Rapper, Rilgood Releases ‘Corruptor’ Video

Nigerian born, Brooklyn-based rapper Rilgood has dropped the video for the track ‘Corruptor’ – the song is taken off Rilgood’s forthcoming album titled Kingdom.

Rilgood plays the bad guy in "Corruptor"…the Leighton Pope directed video is about corruption in Africa and its consequential carnage.

Check the video out;

9-Yr-Old Boy Becomes Nigeria’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional

A nine-year-old pupil of Role Model School, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, Jomiloju Tunde-Oladipo, has emerged the youngest Nigerian Microsoft certified professional.

He came top among 21 pupils who sat for the professional examination in Lagos.

He is now a Microsoft office specialist in office word 2010.

Jomiloju scored 769 out of 1,000 in the examination held in August.

In his examination score report, the slim-built boy performed well in Sharing and Maintaining Documents, Formatting Content, Applying Page Layout, and Reusable Content, among other subjects.

By the feat, Jomiloju has joined the league of young Microsoft certified professionals, including Nigeria’s 10-year-old Anjolaoluwa Seyi-Ojo; an eight-year-old Indian, Lavishnashree, and two Pakistanis, named Arfa and Thobani.

“I Would Love To Have Genevieve As My Wife”- D’Banj Finally Opens Up

Singer, Dapo Oyebanji, aka D’banj, finally opened up on his love life in a rare meeting with journalists in Lagos on Wednesday.

The self-styled Kokomaster was clearly in his elements as he talked at length, amid occasional bouts of laughter, about his career and other issues that were important to him. One of the subjects was about his rumoured relationship with Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji.

Judging by the manner in which the actress’ name kept popping off his lips, it was obvious that D’banj had a very soft spot for her.

Aware that the grapevine had bristled with the rumour that he was romantically involved with Genevieve, ever since she appeared in the 2010 video of his hit song, ‘Fall in Love’, the singer said the actress had played a role in his success.

BBC Found Nine Missing Episodes of “Doctor Who” in a Cupboard in Nigeria

Nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who, which have not been seen since the 1960s, have been recovered after they were tracked down gathering dust in a store room in Nigeria.

BBC says it has recovered nine episodes of the sci-fi series and two others in the storeroom of a television station in Nigeria.

Doctor Who was first broadcasted in 1963 and remains one of BBC’s most popular programs.

Some early episodes were lost because the broadcaster wiped the tapes clean for re-use.

The BBC says the lost episodes were tracked down by tracing records of overseas shipments of BBC tapes for transmission.

The recovered episodes date from 1967 and 1968 and feature Patrick Troughton, the second of a dozen actors to play the show’s time-travelling hero.

Karen Igho blasts Yvonne Nelson, tells her to go get her boobs done

Yesterday, some tweets emanated from Yvonne Nelson’s timeline that suggested she was lashing at Karen Igho and others…specifically she said Karen's fake boobs is the reason she don't have a BF.

Though, Yvonne has said it was not she that posted the comment, that her account was hacked, however, such excuse did not go down well with Karen.

See Karen’s reaction;

‘She’s not our father’s daughter’ – Sunny Okosuns’ family disowns ex-queen, Ethel

The family of late singer Sunny Okosuns has disowned claims by former beauty queen and Nigeria project director, Exquisite Face of Africa, Ethel 'Okosuns'; insisting she is not a daughter to the late singer and legend Sunny Okosuns.

Ethel who was Miss Earth 2005 is known by associates with the surname 'Okosuns' and in September 2013, had granted an interview to Vanguard during which she repeatedly flashed back to memories she held of her 'father' Sunny Okosuns, describing him as a man with a large heart, whom she misses and continues to draw inspiration from.

But the Okosuns family in a statement exclusively made available to Vanguard and signed by the singer's son, Sidney Ehimare Okosuns disowned Ethel.

“We wish to state categorically that Ms. Ethel IS NOT our sibling. She is not the daughter of our father. Our father had four children: Sidney Okosuns, Michael Okosuns, Adesuwa Okosuns and Ebony Okosuns.

New Music: Samklef – WADO

Samklef drops a new single “WADO” as a prelude to the release of his new album “The Gift of God” which would be out in a few days time.

Enjoy!!!

Jim Iyke, Nadia Buari romance continues: wedding on the cards?

When the news and the video of Nollywood superstar, Jim Iyke’s purported deliverance from demons went viral, some saw it as a gag by the actor to blow his image out of proportion, while others felt there was more to it than meet the eye. Yet, there are some who felt the actor has shot his career into oblivion but one person who doesn’t seem fazed by the development is his girlfriend, Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari as the couple were spotted last weekend in Accra.

It would appear the actor is taking his ‘delivered’ status very seriously and keeping his itinerary not too far away from the confines of ‘Holy’ places as the report claims he was seen leaving a church after a night vigil with his girlfriend, Nadia.

Victoria Kimani Talks About Being The Child of a Pastor and Moving To Lagos Permanently [VIDEO]

Kenyan music sensation and Chocolate City’s act, Victoria Kimani speaks to Hip TV on her collaboration with M.I. on 'Oya'; she also talks the possibility of moving to Lagos permanently and how her parents (who are pastors) have reacted to her music career.

New Music Video: Sarkodie Ft. Fuse ODG – Down On One

Another masterpiece off Sarkodie’s forthcoming album titled Sarkology. “Down On One” was shot on location in the UK and directed by UK based Mr Moe Musa

Enjoy!!!

Tweet of the Day: Jaywon Reacts, “Evil spirit will follow your entire generation”

Music Video Premiere: Eva – Lights Out

Check out Eva Alordiah’s new music video for "Lights Out"…the video was directed by Patrick Elis.

Akon Debunks Rumours That Sarkodie is signed to Konvict Music (VIDEO)

There was a lot said about Sarkodie been signed unto Convict Music which has Akon as CEO but to the surprise of many in the Media Industry, Akon said that there was never a contract deal between Sarkodie and Konvict. He said this on Joy FM's Drive Time with Bola Ray

Kris Jenner Wants To Date Younger Men After Bruce Jenner Split

Now that Kris and Bruce are officially separated, she is eager to jump back into the dating scene — with younger men! We’re told the ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star wanted to split from Bruce after 22 years of marriage because she was ‘tired of being held down.’

After months of speculation that Kris Jenner and Bruce Jenner were going their separate ways, Kris is finally a free woman, and the mother-of-six has decided that she wants to be a cougar, a source tells HollywoodLife.com.

What Happened to Banky W’s Hair? {PHOTOS}

The photo above is that of Yes/No singer, Banky W when he was a kid…when you look at the 32 year-old singer now, you would be forced to ask, what happened to his hair?

Or like Banky said “the wind blew it away” lol!

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Air Crash: Yet Another Survivor Dies in LASUTH

One of the five remaining survivors of the ill-fated Associated Airlines’ aircraft 5NBJY, which crashed in Lagos last week, killing 13 persons, on Tuesday night gave up the ghost despite concerted efforts to save him.

The aircraft, an Embraer 120 Turboprop series, had crashed within the premises of JUHEL and a Sahara tank farm, three minutes after take-off from the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

The death of the deceased, who was identified as Taiwo Akintunde, has increased the total death toll from the plane crash to 16 with four survivors still battling for their lives.

However, the only female survivor act the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Toyin Samson, who is currently at the Recuperating Ward of the Surgical Emergency is still stable except for the pains from the burns.

New Music Video: Timaya - Ukwu

Meet Bello Moshood Abiola, Winner of Skelewu Dance Competition {PHOTOS}

After Davido announced the Skelewu Dance Competition, thousands of entries were received; the videos were then reviewed and eventually a winner has emerged.

Bello Moshood Abiola aka kiddymizzy, who uploaded his 3 minutes 19 seconds Skelewu dance video on Youtube, smiled away with over $3,000 as the winner.

Apart from the cash, Kiddy stand the chance of getting more goodies, “am gonna change this kids life More things to come kiddy,” Davido said.

See the video and photos;

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Lauryn Hill Pen A Letter of Appreciation To Fans

Lauryn Hill, through her Tumblr page expressed gratitude to those who supported her during her 3 month prison stint.

Here is what the "Consumerism" rapper wrote;

See Funke Akindele and Mercy Johnson fighting over a loaf [PHOTOS]

The two Nollywood super stars are on set of a new movie…in one of the photos, Mercy Johnson and Funke Akindele are seen fighting over a gigantic loaf of bread.

See more photos.

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New Music Video: Bracket – International Baby

Check out Bracket’s video for the song “International Baby”

Nollywood now a mixture of prostitutes and professionals - Mariam Bakare

Despite her passion for acting, she has added another feather to her cap as the publisher and the CEO of Central Star magazine. Mariam Omolara Barake, actress, is a mother of three. In this interview with Seyi Sokoya, she speaks on why she ventured into magazine production, her take on the Association of Nigerian Theatre Practitioners (ANTP) crisis and her fashion preferences. Excerpts:

Why I kept a low profile.
I agree with you that I kept a low profile in recent time. It was my decision to focus on another things and I don’t have any regret that I am still in the industry. I think it was high time for me to take such step since I had already registered my face in the minds of my fans and it was a thing I have been longing for years back. To me, what I am doing at present is still part of entertainment. I now produce a magazine called ‘Central Star magazine’. Despite all odds, the outcome is really impressive. The magazine focuses on the entertainment industry, both up-and-coming and stars, legends of the industry, entertainment events, behind the scenes, culture and tradition among others.