PICTURES: Mary J Blige On a Beachfront break in Puerto Rico

Filo: MJB as she is fondly called put a finishing touch to her latest movie Black Nativity in New York City decided to holiday in Puerto Rico.

The 42-year-old proudly flaunted her body, showing off a floral tattoo on her upper right thigh as well as another on her left shoulder.

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UK ex-PM Margaret Thatcher dies at 87

Kiyo: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died, following a stroke. She was 87.

Ex-spokesman Tim Bell said the woman known to friends and foes as "the Iron Lady" passed away on Monday morning.

"It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning," Lord Tim Bell said.

Filo: RIP Iron Lady

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Gangnam Style Rapper Psy announces new single ‘Gentleman’.

Kiyo: South Korean rapper Psy plans to follow his Gangnam Style YouTube megahit with a single called Gentleman.

The new track will also feature a new dance, but Psy is playing coy about everything else ahead of the song’s release, which was moved up a day to 12 April.

The song will be available for Korean fans then, but Psy will perform it in public for the first time at a 13 April concert.

Filo: Psy please hold on, let’s perfect the Alingo dance step before you come up with something we don’t understand yet we can’t ignore.

OMOTOLA and GENEVIEVE IN PUBLIC FIGHT

Filo: Just catching their fun, but seriously between Omosexy and Genny, who is more of a boxer? 

Nana Ama, Ghanaian Actress Tattoos Lovers Name on Her Back

Kiyo: Remember Nana Ama Mcbrown, the Ghanaian actress who had a near fatal accident in company of her boyfriend Maxwell Mensah on Jan 30^th.

Well, while visiting Tanzania she had a tattoo with the name of her boyfriend, Maxwell at her lower back. Thereafter, she shared the photo on her instagram and has this to say “Love my boo pa pa”.

Filo: Things we do for love, what happens if there is a break-up?

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South African Gay Wedding – first in KwaDukuza

You may kiss the groom - Tshepo and Thoba

Kiyo: Two young men tied the knot in a rare South African gay wedding in KwaDukuza (Stranger) on Saturday.

In what was described as the town’s first gay marriage, Tshepo Modisane and Thoba Sithole, both 27, walked down the aisle in front of 200 guests at the Stanger Siva Sungam community hall.

Thoba, a Joburg-based IT specialist, is from Shakaville, KwaDukuza and Tshepo an audit manager at PwC. They have known each other for years and dated on and off, before stabilising their relationship.

Tshepo said one of the reasons they chose to be so open was that they “hope to inspire people out there who are still struggling to come to terms with their sexuality”.

“We see no reason to hide in darkness as if there is something to be ashamed about.

“Our marriage is largely symbolic and a sign that black gay men can commit and build a family through a happy and loving marriage,” he said.

The couple are reportedly planning to have children through a surrogate.

Pastor Tankiso Mokwena who married the couple said “This is my first wedding of this kind,”

Filo: You may kiss the groom, nwa o kiss the groom nwa. How your body dey do you; imagine say Gordons marry Adams Oshiomole

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I wish Mandela would die – Prof Jansen

University of the Free State vice-chancellor Professor Jonathan Jansen

Filo: University of the Free State Vice-Chancellor Professor Jonathan Jansen said at the weekend that he wishes former president Nelson Mandela would die, according to a report on Monday.

“Don't you also wish he would die?” Jansen asked a group of about 250 students gathered on the campus for a leadership summit on Sunday.

Approached for comment on Sunday evening, Jansen’s spokesperson Lacea Loader said he meant to say that Mandela should be left to die in peace.

Kilo: Prof, don’t fast forward his death, Madiba has not said he’s tired of living, or is this ‘relevance by controversy’ attempt?

Fire guts Alade Market in Ikeja

Kiyo: One of the Lagos State popular markets, Alade Market, Ikeja, was on Sunday engulfed in flames.

Although the cause of the inferno could not be established as of press time, eyewitnesses told our correspondents that the fire was extensive.

Alade is popular in Lagos for its bureau-de-change activities and boutiques.

Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Razaq Fadipe, told one of our correspondents on the telephone that officials of the service were battling to put out the fire.

He said, “We got a distress call this evening that Alade Market was on fire. We have deployed a team from Alausa station to the place. The fire is extensive, but as I am talking to you, we are working hard to put it out.”

Filo: At least the Fire Service did not complain of shortage of water.

Culled from Punch

Police confirms losing 12 personnel in Bayelsa boat attack

Kiyo: The police has confirmed the death of 12 of its personnel in a boat attack in Bayelsa state on Friday. The security officers were on escort duties in the coastal state when they were ambushed, police said on Sunday at a news conference.

The ill-fated boat was heading to Azuzuama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area for the burial of the mother of Kile Torughedi, a Special Assistant to Bayelsa Governor on Maritime Security.

Police spokesperson, Kingsley Omire, said that a search party had been drafted to the site and gave assurance that efforts were being made by divers to recover the bodies of the policemen.

He denied speculations that the attack was perpetrated by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND- which had earlier threatened to resume attacks.

Filo: Sad news indeed.

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HALLE BERRY: Introducing Her Baby Bump

Filo: After confirming the news of her second pregnancy, the Oscar winning actress couldn’t hide her growing baby bump as she went for shopping with friends in New York City.

Halle and fiancé Olivier Martinez are expecting their first child together. We're told Halle is three months pregnant and has already learned she's having a boy.

Kiyo: Congrats to the 46 year old actress.

Best Petroleum Minister Ad

Kiyo: Has anyone noticed this banner of the Petroleum Minister of late, it seems to be everywhere on the internet.

Filo: A rabbit don’t just run in the daytime, is either being chased or is chasing something.

I handed the Ministry to someone else – Queen Ure, Soul E’s ex wife

Kiyo: In a recent interview by Punch Newspaper, Queen was asked if she was still a Pastor. Her response “No, I am no longer a pastor. But that doesn’t take away the fact that I still reach out. Ministry is all about reaching out, whether you are on the pulpit, whether you are singing, as long as you are reaching out”

She continued, “I am not a pastor any more so the congregation is no longer there. I was away most of the time in 2011, and I handed the ministry to someone else. You know how it is, if it is not the founder, it is really not the founder. There were some challenges and they couldn’t continue. When I returned, I knew it wasn’t something I wanted to continue and I decided to let it be and move into my music career...”

Filo: You said it all girl ‘if it is not the founder, it is really not the founder’. I never knew one could quit and handover a church like that or was it part of the ministerial calling?

Madonna's Daughter Lourdes Leon Dating Timothee Chalamet, Homeland Star

Lourdes and Timothee

Filo: A source confirms to US Weekly that Madonna's 16-year-old daughter, Leon is dating high school senior and Homeland Star Chalamet.

Although they are seeing each other, it may not yet be exclusive. "Lola certainly likes her boys just like her mother!” the insider said. “I'm not sure he's the only boy in her life.”

Kiyo: I recalled Lourdes's father, Carlos Leon, said a few years ago that he wasn't looking forward to his daughter dating. 

Papa Lourdes, you better open your eyes, things dey happen. 

Women face arrest for wearing miniskirts in Uganda

Kiyo: Women in Uganda who go out wearing mini-skirts could face jail or a heavy fine under a new anti-pornography law.

The Anti-Pornography Bill 2011 proposes that those found guilty of abetting pornography be fined up to 10 million Ugandan shillings (£2,500) or jailed for up to 10 years, or both.

Simon Lokodo, Uganda's ethics and integrity minister, who proposed the Bill, said: 'Any attire which exposes intimate parts of the human body, especially areas that are of erotic function, are outlawed. Anything above the knee is outlawed. If a woman wears a miniskirt, we will arrest her.'

 ‘Celebrities such as Beyoncé and Madonna would be banned from Ugandan television’ said Mr Lokodo.

Filo: This is a bill against the rights of women, how is mini skirt abetting pornography? I just hope we are not returning to the era of Idi Amin. Anyway, Ugandans have taken to twitter to register their displeasure.

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PICTURES: FLOWER GIRL PREMIERE IN ACCRA

Damilola Adegbite

Filo: Remember we brought you info on the Accra premiere of Flower Girl, a romantic comedy produced and directed by Michelle Bello.

Ok savour some pix from the event.

Damilola Adegbite and Eku Edewor, who killed it?

Eku Edewor

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SPAIN: Minimum Legal Age of Marriage Raised from 14 to 16 years

Ana Mato

Kiyo: The Spanish government has raised the minimum legal age for marriage from 14 to 16 years.

Spain's Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality Ana Mato Friday said that change was aimed at "improving the wellbeing and quality of life of youngsters"

Generally Spaniards need to be 18 to marry, however, people as young as 14 can do so with permission from a judge or their family.

‘The government will also ask parliament to raise the minimum age of consent for sex from the current 13 years’, the minister said.

Filo: Whether 14 or 16, these are teens that are yet to come to terms with biological changes in their body system; how do you manage a man when you don’t even understand yourself? 

GHANA MUSIC AWARD POSTPONED

Kiyo: The 14th edition of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), scheduled for today April 6, has been postponed to May 18; though the new date has not been officially confirmed but sources say organizers are only putting out the date to save their shamed faces.

This year's event was thrown into a limbo after managers of the Dome, which is currently Ghana's largest events venue with a sitting capacity of about 4,000, announced its closure for renovations works.

Filo: Haba, 24 hrs to a major event!

DO YOU KNOW: Today's Feature is RAMSEY NOUAH

1. Ramsey Nouah was born on July 16th, 1973.

2. He’s of a mixed blood; his father is a bit of Iranian and Israeli and his mother is a Nigerian from Ondo State.

3. Ramsey has a daughter out of wedlock who was born over ten years ago.

4. Nouah’s acting career kicked off when he starred in the Nigerian TV soap opera FORTUNES.

5. Nouah is married with 2 children.

JOHN DUMELO SUPPOSED ‘WIFE’ REACTS “The marriage certificate is from a movie”

Filo: There are various publications making rounds on the Web that John Dumelo has secretly gotten married in the USA.

According to the publication in question, Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo got married at the Circuit Court of Arlington, Virgin Island to a certain Harrina Alexander Dembele, a working nurse and part time model in the United States.

Our investigations revealed that, the said publication was a hoax that the marriage certificate is from a movie John Dumelo shot with Harrina Alexander Dembele.

Harrina Alexander, shocked by the story has this to say ‘It’s funny how media hype things up.. I am not married to this guy. We did a movie together. But I don’t even know how they spelled my name on this fake stuff…’

Kiyo: We want to officially say John Dumelo is not yet married; he’s still single. 

The message from Harrina

Harrina's message

Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrate fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba

Beyonce and Jay-Z in Havana, Cuba for their fifth wedding anniversary

Filo: Beyonce and Jay-Z caused a big stir in Havana as they marked their fifth wedding anniversary on Thursday.

The R&B's couple were mobbed by dozens of well-wishers as they stepped out together to enjoy a celebratory lunch and sightseeing in the Cuban capital.

The 31-year-old singer cut a striking image, with her hair styled into cornrows.

She was wearing a patterned yellow ensemble which showed off her legs while rapper Jay-Z, 43, looked like the quintessential tourist in shorts, a blue T-shit and hat.

Kiyo: Wow, is five years already, the couple actually married in Paris on April 4, 2008.

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“Emi Ni Baller”! Check out Chidinma’s Gothic Chic Cover for MyStreetz Magazine

Filo: The KORA award winner, the baller herself Ms. Kedike, Chidinma takes the cover of Mystreetz Mag, looking like she really shouldn’t be messed with.

This is what Sesan Adeniji, the publisher of Mystreetz magazine, had to say about their eleventh issue:

“My belief about Chidinma‘s growth and success is that she is indirectly sharing the same mind set with Sheryl Sandberg, one of the most powerful women in America right now; the co-pilot of the biggest network of humans the world has ever seen which is the chief operating officer of Facebook.

Kiyo: Of course, we can’t challenge Chidinma, who don fine, don fine.

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PICTURES: Nse Ikpe-Etim And Clifford Sule’s Traditional Wedding In Akwa Ibom

Filo: Nollywood actress Nse Ikpe-Etim was all smiles as she concluded traditional wedding rites with her hubby, Clifford Sule.

The two exchanged vows in front of family members and guests today at the St. Stephen Primary School, Ikot Etobon, Akwa Ibom where the event held.

Dressed in her traditional wedding attire, she danced happily to the tunes of singer, Waje as she met with her hubby.

Kiyo: Wishing the couple a happy and blessed union; almost thought the guy was Indian.

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Marc Anthony's new girlfriend Chloe Green copies his ex-wife, J.Lo’s look

Marc and Chloe

Filo: Chloe Green, The Topshop heiress and her new boyfriend Marc Anthony were seen with hands held together in Miami. The 22-year-old, who recently began dating J.Lo's ex, seemed inspired by the Love Don't Cost A Thing singer's fashion sense.

Kiyo: Love wantinti! Do you know Marc is 44 and his eldest daughter Ariana is just two years younger than Chloe?

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TODAY'S KAFOJ

THE PROPHECY

The date was 11^th of March 2012.

A man by the name Shem walked into a pastors’ office

Pastor: (Speaking to Shem)

My Son, a time is coming when the whole world would hear of you; your story would change lives, it would transform destinies and you would be the talk of the town.

Shem: Amen, thank you pastor.

51 weeks later Shem returned to the Pastor

Shem: Pastor the prophecy has not come to pass, what is happening?

Pastor: My Son, you need patience, your miracle is on the way.

On the 12^th of March, 2013, somewhere in Lagos, Nigeria, the prophecy came to pass.

Two days after, Shem ran to the man of God.

Shem: Pastor you never told me it would be like this; when I walk on the street, even new born babies see me and start shouting ‘that’s my oga at the top’

YEYE CATERER

Ebi: Na today be your birthday?

Onos: No bros, it’s in 3 weeks’ time.

Ebi: Why you carry birthday cake?

Onos: No mind that yeye caterer, she say na today her promo dey end

Deadly floods devastate Argentina's capital region

Kiyo: Scores of people have died in Argentina after flooding caused by days of torrential rain in the low-lying capital and province of Buenos Aires. The weather has devastated the region and left thousands without power.

At least 46 people died Wednesday in and around the city of La Plata, about 37 miles southwest of Buenos Aires, Governor Daniel Scioli said. "The bodies began to appear as the water subsided," said Scioli.

In some areas, the flood water reached heights of six feet, with residents climbing onto rooftops or trees to escape the raging rivers.

At least 2,500 people have been evacuated from their homes and the flooding has threatened to ruin food supplies across the La Plata metropolitan area, which has a population of nearly 1 million people.

National Planning Minister Julio de Video estimated that 280,000 people remain without power in the capital area.

Filo: Calling on The Ecological Fund Office and other responsible government agencies; how prepared are we for the rainy day? 

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