Chimamanda Adichie Featured On Beyonce’s Surprise Latest Self Titled Album

Beyonce pulled the ultimate PR chess move as she surprisingly dropped an album seemingly out of nowhere. Making the announcement via her twitter page she dropped the 14-track self-titled album just after midnight on Itunes.

The Queen Bey does not need any promo and the whole social media world is on fire right now.Iin her Instagram announcement, she described the album as a “visual album” and each song will come with its own video with 3 additional videos for those who download it.

The album features husband Jay-Z, daughter Blue Ivy, Drake, Frank Ocean and most notably Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie. Chimamanda is famous for here book Half Of A Yellow Sun, Purple Hibiscus, and most recently Amerikanah

Here is the full track list.

1. Pretty Hurts

2. Haunted

3. Drunk in Love (feat. Jay Z)

4. Blow

5. No Angel

6. Partition

7. Jealous

8. Rocket

9. Mine (feat. Drake)

10. XO11. ***Flawless (feat. Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche)

12. Superpower (feat. Frank Ocean)

13. Heaven

14. Blue (feat. Blue Ivy)

LAGOS Big GIRL MURDERED, Beheaded For Rituals

 The headless body was said to have left home to club and party with some friends a couple of days ago,News reaching us is that the lady who is a Lagos runs babe was approached by a rich man at Elegushi beach where she and her friends had stopped by to party and have some fun.
According to report, she was said to have been taken to an unknown hotel by the man after both parties had reached a conclusive agreement on pricing. Exactly 7am the next day, her dismembered body was found somewhere around Mushin axis, Lagos in what looked like a case of rituals. Her left breast was cut off, right hand was also found missing while her intestine was also taken away.
Residents immediately reported the case to the police, while many cried and pitied the dead lady who they claim was obviously used for money rituals; many said she must have been enjoying the “runs” business all along until this happened.
We urge every girl/lady to please remain extra careful particularly in this yuletide season.

NIGERIAN COUPLE JAILED in U.K OVER PLOT to STEAL £19million

A young couple were part of a global internet banking scam which could have netted a phenomenal £19million after hacking the accounts of nearly 2,500 people.
Aderoju Bammeke, 22, and his girlfriend Jessica Ogunyemi, 20, both of Manchester, were the UK ‘platform’ for a Nigerian ‘phishing’ scam that made £41,000 in just two months.
The plot, masterminded by a gang in the West African country, involved sending fake emails to customers of banks including Barclays and Halifax.
 Aderoju Bammeke,22, and his girlfriend Jessica Ogunyemi,20, both of Manchester, were the UK ‘platform’ for a Nigerian ‘phishing’ scam that made £41,000 in just two months
The emails told recipients that their accounts had been hacked and asked them to complete a form with their log-in details.
But when victims obliged, Bammeke stepped in and helped the gang log in to steal money.
Fashion marketing student Ogunyemi, his girlfriend at the time, helped him launder the proceeds by putting funds in accounts, hiding cash and allowing him to buy her a £2,400 Vauxhall Corsa.
Bammeke has now been jailed for three-and-a-half years at Manchester Crown Court after admitting conspiracy to commit fraud and unauthorised computer use.
Ogunyemi admitted five counts of money laundering and was given a suspended prison sentence.
Investigators found evidence of the scam on seven devices at Bammeke’s home, which had accessed 181 accounts from his address.
But Barclays found 2,439 customers had been affected and investigators say the true scale of the fraud will never be known.
Bammeke admitted he had been involved in the scam for more than a year. He played a ‘key role’ as England’s ‘platform’ for the scam, the court heard.
He said if the gang had tried to log into accounts from Nigeria it would have triggered the banks’ alarm systems.
Simon Nichol, defending Bammeke, said he felt regret and remorse for his actions.
He said his involvement – which began in an effort to tackle student debt – was ‘sporadic’ and although the scam was large scale with international dimensions, Bammeke’s part was not.
He added: ‘They needed a platform in this jurisdiction and they needed someone to provide that platform. He allowed them to use his computer remotely. He expresses further regret that he got his girlfriend involved in this.’
Michael Lavery, defending Ogunyemi, said she had brought shame on her family, including her train driver father and mother who works for Manchester council.
He said she had been ‘naive’, was predicted to get a first in her degree and was no longer in a relationship with Bammeke.
Bammeke had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to conspiracy to commit fraud and unauthorised computer use while Ogunyemi admitted five counts of money laundering.
Sentencing Bammeke, Judge Recorder Gibson said: ‘This in my opinion was a sophisticated fraud, a clever fraud and a fraud which could very easily have resulted in very much more substantial money being stolen.’
He jailed Ogunyemi for a year, suspended for two years, and ordered her to complete 180 hours’ unpaid work.
After the hearing, Detective Superintendent Janet Hudson of TITAN, the North-West Regional Crime Unit, said: ‘The actions of Bammeke and Ogunyemi caused a great deal of stress and uncertainty to many affected bank customers who had their accounts accessed.
‘As a result of the investigation, no customers were left out of pocket and the offenders were arrested and ultimately sentenced. Internet banking is considered a safe and secure method of banking.
‘However, bank customers need to remain vigilant and aware of the danger posed by fraudsters. Customers should only ever navigate directly to an online bank website and should never click on any link sent to them through an email.
‘Additionally when accessing bank accounts online customers should always be aware of the exact address in order to ensure that they are actually on a legitimate banking website.’

BON AWARD 2013

The Day was set and epoch event,BON AWARDS shook the environ of Asaba,Delta state.
The best of Nollywood awards(BON AWARDS) held at the Dome in Asaba,Delta state on Thursday December 5,2013.
...And The Winner is ...

O.C Ukeje (ALAN POZA) Best Actor in a leading role in an English movie

-Omoni oboli (Brother's keeper) Best Actress in a leading role in an English movie

-Mike Ezuruoyen (Unforgivable) Best Actor in a leading role Yoruba movie

-joke Muyiwa (Ayitale) Best Actress in a leading role Yoruba movie

-Alex Ekubo (Weekend get away) Best Actor in a supporting role in an English movie

-Rita Dominic (Finding mercy) best Actress in a supporting role in English movie

Odunlade Adekola (Aja) Best Actor in a  supporting role in a Yoruba movie

-Fathia balogun (Irugbin) Best Actress in a supporting role in a Yoruba movie

TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT MADIBA

"The Mandela legacy"

A legend lives an unforgettable legendary legacy,we will miss you,Madiba...Rest in Peace
The South African leader found himself compelled to live up to the image that had been built around him while in prison.
Ndaba,

Story of all stories

Story to outlast all storytellers

Son of Africa’s orphans

do not leave -

the Festival is not finished...

You who have offended hyenas

and the hyenas’ mentors

You who said I am the spirit

of transformation:

Now I am rain

Now I am shield

Now I am seed

Now I am spear

Now I am tear

Now I am laughter

Now I am man

Now I am Africa’s anger

You were bolted and chained

and stacked

in a desert armoured by sharks

with Makana’s skin in their teeth

Now I am shamed

and speechless

they chained you and I

was cowered....

I heard story of stories

that you were Hurricane Demona

the kraals of the Boer were too weak

for your anger

so I broke them

I saw that you made a storm

of your wife

raining kindly on the shacks

raining paraffin and fire on apartheid’s mansion

so I ululated

and burnt them

I heard the talk

that you were the Brew

that years had made Bitter

You were the tip that each Spear

yearned for

so I waited

You were the voice

calling for our response...

So I chanted

You did not bring the hatred

of years and the knife

Story of stories

Ndaba

You did not ask us to gather our tears

I was speechless...

Turner of the other cheek

and when that finished

turner of the other

Labourer, you

who returned Golgotha’s crosses

to the carpenters

Thatcher of the roof of the home we never had

Where are the homes you shouted

I am the Thatcher

Eyes that smile

Index finger of justice

hand that holds the hands of children

Our Father

Our Mother

do not leave

the Festival is about to come.

Your story

outlasts its teller

    - Moses Masakhane Mdlovu, Durban, 1999

There is much to be said about Mandela's style of leadership and his ability to reconcile the seemingly irreconcilable. To focus on his charisma alone, however, is to miss the enormous feat that kept the diverse pressures within the ANC at bay, on target and disciplined enough to achieve a negotiated revolution. Yet, not to focus on his manner of leading, that is, not to focus on his charisma and its tricky consequences, would miss something about the character of the transition itself.

There is no space here to present a complex picture of the qualities ascribed by competing constituencies to his status from the field to the factory, from the rural homestead to the township house - suffice to say that a complex mythology surrounded the apocalyptic moment of his release from prison. The charisma ascribed to him was a result of a complex creation, a construction, an invention - both necessary and accidental in the anti-apartheid struggle.

Of course, the individual concerned had to be in some way an exemplary candidate to qualify for such figuration in the first place. On that, the biographical details of a Mandela provided ample booty: born of chiefly lines in the Transkei, one of the first black lawyers educated at Fort Hare and already by 1949 a leading voice in the ANC's youth league and its radical challenges to the movement; one of the few black professionals and a member of the new African middle-class in Johannesburg which was to re-define mass defiance and African nationalism in the 1950s; one of the leading voices in establishing the armed struggle and, not least, the de jure leader of the ANC; a martyr sentenced to life imprisonment, spending 27 years in prison.

Mandela left very little print behind too: various publications were compiled around the Rivonia trial with his famous address from the dock, at once defiant, republican and humanist.

Its text has remained crucial in understanding the ANC's "open" and non-racial version of nationalism. As a text, it functioned to inspire, but it was hardly its intention to be a call to action, a revolutionary tract or a programmatic statement at all.

Instead, it explained to the hostile court, a court that could have hung him, that his was an African Nationalism pushed to violence and sabotage by the white regime.

This shift in the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress, from defiance to the armed struggle, has met some social and historical scrutiny and critique. It has been argued that such a move was not necessary, and that the seeming closure and the belief that all legal avenues were exhausted was a political mistake that helped usher in the harshest of Apartheid's years

It was only in the late 1970s to mid-1980s that the African National Congress solidified around a process - enthusiastically supported by the international anti-apartheid movement - that elevated Mandela to a special status as the apex and the medium of South Africa's liberation, through the famous "Release Mandela Campaign".

Personalising the movement, at a time of social insurrection in the country, with mass strikes and boycotts underway, with untold deaths, detentions and imprisonment, was met with a lot of critical comment inside South Africa.

The global icon

The international focus and literature on the incarcerated leader of the African National Congress provided safer narratives for the growing black press in the country: they started using the stories about Mandela reported in the international anti-apartheid campaign as indirect and objective reports.

Once the global establishment press in New York, Washington and London started featuring Mandela as a martyr and a potential problem-solver, the work of local journalists became easier.

The stories published in the local black press were read in the homes of the relatively small black readership in the country, which was made up of a deeply concerned and frustrated African petit-bourgeoisie, and by the more skilled and literate sections of the black working class. The importance of this in the 1980s is undoubted. Though awareness of the ANC was commonplace, any awareness of a symbolic hierarchy was absent.

Mandela entered the vocabulary of the oral poets, the izibongi of the trade union movement in the late 1980s. In two years from a metaphoric concept, it emerged, by 1990, in direct ways in public gatherings - there, Mandela was the undoubted "avenger"; by 1993, Mandela poems were everywhere. The Mandela "quality index" was being, to use computer terminology, downloaded and uploaded, upgraded and projected.

Crucial here in the popular constructions were the elements of exile, imprisonment and return, of homecoming, of the avenger in popular narratives, of the hoped-for "festival", of ideas of martyrdom that proliferated in popular culture - and how the Mandela story captured the hopes of ordinary people.

All the popular songs in public gatherings referred to a plethora of leaders - but as the 1980s progressed, and the popularity of Mandela increased, so his story gained in prowess and his name made solo appearances in the verses.

When Mandela was released, he was astounded by his own supposed superhuman qualities, and by popular expectations. He made haste to explain that he was a disciplined member of the ANC's National Executive Committee, "a servant to the people" and accountable to a movement. Such sentiments were brushed away by the restless, chanting crowd. He said so in his farewell speech to parliament in April 1999. The "other" Mandela, however, was at work - despite him - heads of state, big business and white-interest groups all started amassing and posing themselves around his aura and his charisma.

The two Mandelas

In short, the homecoming did not unveil a heroic avenger - but a practical, humanist negotiator and homemaker.

To find in a social system so built and sustained by hatred and violence such as Apartheid such a humanism in Mandela was surprising: that 27 years in prison left not one iota of vengefulness; that the man who argued that it was time to pick up arms against the Apartheid state and to form Umkhonto we Sizwe , could be arguing for throwing guns into the sea, befriending whites and pardoning everyone; that the man, whose own family drama was bitter and the final estrangement from Winnie Madikizela-Mandela harsh, could keep a loyalty to her to the bitter end; that the man who instead of using the messianic power ascribed to him whilst in prison chose to call himself a leader accountable to a disciplined organisation.

Mandela negotiated subtly between his two selves: the leader and the legend.

He insisted throughout the escalation of conflict that "the struggle" had to be disciplined and co-ordinated. Weary of spontaneous outbursts of youth action in the townships, he tried to rein them in: "It is only through disciplined mass action that our victory can be assured. We call on our white compatriots to join us in the shaping of a new South Africa."

There was very little of the "avenger" or the "hurricane" in Mandela's public appearances; there was neither bitterness nor calls to arms - his were the words of a concerned leader, deeply concerned about the "slow walk to freedom".

On February 25, 1990, two weeks after his release, at a rally involving close to 200,000 people in Durban, Mandela was adamant and provocative: "In Natal, Apartheid is a deadly cancer in our midst, setting house against house, and eating away at the precious ties that bound us together... My message to those of you involved in this battle of brother against brother is this: take your guns, your knives, and your pangas, and throw them into the sea. Close down the death factories. End this war now."

There was a murmur through the masses of youth from the war zones of KwaZulu Natal. They were angry and devastated by what they were hearing; instead of emotional support, a celebration of their tenacity and prowess, a public naming of the root cause of this mess, a castigation of Inkatha and its leader, a call to co-ordinated resistance, a list of devastations, they were being given a lecture by an out-of touch patriarch.

This was a line of argument that he kept consistently throughout the decade - no matter how obvious the mass democratic movement was under violent siege. As he argued: "The greatest enemy of the people of KwaZulu-Natal is political violence. There are too many orphans and widows. Fresh graves litter the hills and valleys. Families are torn apart. Now is the time to change all this. Nothing, absolutely nothing, must be spared to ensure that life, limb and property are protected."

The Mandela decade

He will not be remembered as a very powerful oral speaker or platform politician; nor will the sociological record have him "the deliverer" of democracy. The "grand compromise" that allowed for the democratic transition will detain us later, it took more than Mandela, and more than the political and social leadership in the country to usher in the democratic transition. Mandela, rather, during "The Mandela Decade", using the real and symbolic space afforded to him, his authoritative presence, the space offered to him by the respect he enjoyed among a younger cadre of leaders - this "relative autonomy" based on the mythology woven around him, sometimes using his patriarchal charm or anger, has given the ANC's achievement a unique character in three ways:

First, he insisted on a humanism animated by a libertarian idea of justice and backed by law, an idea weaned through the Robben Island experience - justice, a constitution and the courts would provide for an alternative to the noose and the prison. Mandela ensured, therefore, a bias towards progressive and democratic jurisprudence and towards the intellectuals pioneering it in the country.

Second, the philosophical and moral grounding of the country's development would be one based on an African republicanism.

Third, he insisted that his moral authority to lead was part of a broader tradition of deeds, actions, and practices that demanded a culture of respect and self-discipline.

The rest of the vision, outlook and approaches he left to others in the mass democratic movement.

It is imperative to take these points in turn:

The class and race compromise that characterised the transition had to be bounded by a just constitution that guided law-making, guided the state's work and entrenched rights.

Mandela's insistence that the ANC brought together many strands in its tradition of resistance - the Zulu anti-colonial struggles of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Gandhian tradition that spilled over into the broader African National Congress defiance campaigns; the struggles of trade unions all the way up to the 1970s and 1980s and finally the contribution from white humanists, democrats and socialists from Bishop Colenso's ordeals during the late 19th century to the present.

For the broader world community, despite stories of crime, corruption and a pathological kleptocracy in the new bureaucracy, "Mandela's Decade" will be remembered as one where morality was brought back into politics. As the world's most adored "home-maker", he raised the moral stakes of peace everywhere.

Yet, the Mandela Decade failed to achieve many of its ambitions, The idea of "forgiveness and reconciliation" was for Mandela a correct and irreversible step. This was also the conviction of church leaders who, together with exponents of a long standing tradition of Cape White Liberalism, argued that nation-building could not occur until the ghosts of the past were settled.

Such arguments resulted in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It was both a process of confession and a dramatic staging of reconciliation that would release forgiveness, toleration and reconstruction. It was to be the grand, sorrowful performance and ritual of a society re-making itself. It was to be one of the most compromised, yet significant pieces of nation-building ever imagined.

In turn, the idea of the rainbow as a narrative for nation-building and unity has proven to be a disappointment. For many younger people in South Africa, black and white, especially from the middle-classes, the concept found an easy-go-lucky resonance. But it is fair to say that its failure was extensive. The straps of racism were too close to white hearts. The refusal of the white population to own the past frightened and angered Mandela. The backlash from the African intelligentsia and the emerging black middle classes brought back the rain clouds; there was no space in their status scripts for such a notion.

Future historians will have to bring their own factual scales - from the perspective inside this unfolding transition, the hope for a nonracial and diverse culture of tolerance seems to have failed. South Africa is not a society of shared norms and ideas; it is, rather, a social formation still bound by need and greed and held together by new regulatory social institutions. The factual scales will have to decide on a more nuanced judgment, but they will have to weigh too the feeling that, alongside a remarkable transition, the Mandela decade left behind a profound sense of failure felt by the very people who struggled to create a nonracial and diverse nation.




Ari Sitas is a sociologist, poet based at the University of Cape Town. He is also author of The Mandela Decade and Theoretical parables: Voices that reason

2013 BEST 5 NOLLYWOOD ACTRESSES

Written by Nollywood film maker, Charles Novia
I watched a number of films this year and as many as were being churned out in all the zones, I had to pin-point my search to specifics. As a filmmaker, with many years of experience to my credit, I know good acting when I see it. Acting is inborn while talent is general but depth in acting is few among actors. And so, my blog has decided to award and possibly reward actors with citations and accolades for their art in a preceding and current year. I and my editorial staff think this will be a good and unbiased reward system. I drew up my conclusions about the names on this list after watching them in stand-out roles in some movies released in late 2012 to the last quarter of 2013. I consulted a few of my colleagues about my list; tested film directors and there was an unanimity on 70% of the criteria I used in arriving at my conclusion. They all agreed with me 100% on the choice for the Number One Actress in 2013.
So, here are the Best 5 Nollywood Actresses in 2013

NUMBER 5: RITA DOMINIC
Rita had a good year. Winning ‘Best Actress’ a couple of times (among many nominations ) for the movie ‘The Meeting’. I also watched her in another recently released movie, ‘Finding Mercy’ but felt that she gave a listless and lukewarm performance in that flick. In ‘The Meeting’, Rita was smoking. I would say that for the first time since I have been seeing her in movies, she found the right script which explored her acting depths. Rita is a Theatre Arts Graduate from Uniport and that is usually an advantage for actors with such credentials from Drama School. What is expected from such actors has to come to the fore someday in Nollywood, when the right script meets the right Director and the fundamentals of a good production are met. ‘The Meeting’ is that kind of production. Rita subsumed her character and aided the cackle points of the comedy. With make-up which aimed to transform and accentuate her character, she found it easy to give us all a good performance. However, I found some grey areas of her acting bordering between slapstick and sublimal comedy especially the part where she called out ‘Code Red’ , which was a typical Nollywood play-to-the-gallery moment. But her acting on those few bits can be forgiven because she had a screen presence of mind. Rita Dominic has more to prove in Nollywood, either as an actress or as a Producer. If it is the former, then she has to be careful about her choice of scripts from now on because there might be false slips ahead.
A good actress anyday, she is.



NUMBER 4: YVONNE OKORO
Now this would raise eyebrows with people asking if Yvonne is from Nollywood since she is associated more with Ghana. Nomencletures do not matter to me. Nollywood is a global brand and is a huge platform for all African actors to make their mark. Besides, Yvonne’s movie, ‘The Contract’, was released in the cinemas in Nigeria in 2013 which meets a part of the criteria I used in drawing up this list.I must confess that I had not watched much of Yvonne’s movies before ‘The Contract’. I just knew her name from a few social media buzz which was neither here nor there for me. So when I watched her performance in ‘The Contract’, my curiousity gave way to admiration. She interpreted the role quite well. There was an almost effortless transistion of moods and emotions in her characterisation and she had the audience eating out of the palms of her hands all through the movie. She came off looking like she had something to prove with that movie both as Producer and lead actress and I think she succeeded. There was nothing forced about her nuances in the movie, which projected a rare self-assuredness lacking in many of her counterparts. Since Ghana is her chosen country of citizenship, I would say she is an asset to her country in the acting field.



NUMBER 3: DAMILOLA ADEGBITE
A surprise resignation from ‘TINSEL’in 2012 , made most people wonder if Damilola knew what she was doing. She gave reasons for leaving the televsion serial; to concentrate on her acting career. Watching her in Michelle Bello’s ‘Flower Girl’ brought home the wisdom in her career curve.I have always held the notion that Damilola has a powerful screen presence. There’s something sultry and appealing about her looks on screen. Very few actors have that aura. In Damilola’s case, I thought it wasn’t yet explored to the maximum. In ‘Flower Girl’, that screen aura combined with a visible attempt at internalisation and visualisation by Damilola in her role, made many see her in a whole new light. Finally, the stirrings of a Super Actress is beginning to show. ‘Flower Girl’ is a romantic comedy modelled after the genre as it is done in Hollywood. Attempting to get it right needs the right male and female actors in the lead roles. Damilola was the right pick for the female lead. She knew when to turn on the charm and when to disarm in the movie. She gave it her best and it showed. Hopefully, she would maintain the tempo and energy in her new movies after ‘Flower Girl’.



NUMBER 2: TAMARA ETIENO
Many people would not remember her name and it is likely many would have forgotten her as the winner of ‘The Next Movie Star’ Reality show a couple of years back. But such credentials are not important when it comes to judging her abilities as an actor. Tamara was simply awesome in the movie ‘Desperate Housegirls’! She gave an organic and jaw-dropping performance which must her won her new fans and etched her name somewhere on the consciousness of movie lovers. There was a closeness to method acting when watching her in ‘Desperate Housegirls’ and she must be commended for making acting interesting again especially as we have been assailed with talentless actors and actresses in the past few years. I predict that Tamara is going to shine in a few months but that illumination depends on the kind of scripts she chooses and the Directors she works with. But then, she is good quite good.



NUMBER 1: MERCY JOHNSON

Mercy would be my number one choice for ‘Best Actress’ in 2013. She has simply been awesome in the her movies this year. There’s something ultra-natural and organic about Mercy Johnson which confounds even her critics. She can act. She delivers. In four movies I watched in 2013, which she starred in, she was the epitome of delightful characterisation. Watch her in the ‘Dumebi’ spawn of movies and you would appreciate how her talent has evolved since she came back from her Maternity Break.Mercy is a chameleonic actress, one with the uncanny ability to immerse herself in her roles. She can play the victimised House Maid in one movie and switch to the Lady Boss in the next. In fact, if the role suits her, she comes out smoking.She is arguably the Best Actress for 2013. You can quote me on that.

MY 2013 CELEBS WHO Got HOTTER With AGE

RICHARD MOFE DAMIJO
Richard Mofe Damijo (popularly known as RMD,A 52yrs Nigerian actor and politician,who's not looking the age.In 2005 he won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and has done many movies before January 2009, when he becomes the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State,Nigeria. He's a great epitome of act to many young actors.



VANESSA WILLIAMS
Vanessa Williams may be some sort of wizard. She looks like she hasn't aged a day since she won Miss America -- 30 years ago. Vanessa Williams has aged like a fine wine.
She's 50 today and she's transformed from a model to an actress. She's the reason most of us watch 666 Park Avenue. As a villain or hero, we love to watch her work. Off screen, on the red carpet, she's even better. Her sophisticated style is an inspiration for mature women everywhere.




YEMI SHOLADE
He's an energetic 53 year old bilingual thespian who came on board on TV amongst fans favorite with Shadows, Thunderbolt, Lady In The Forest, Madam Dearest, Mr Gabriel and many Yoruba movies was also disco dancer before going to study Dramatic arts at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife back in the early beginning of his life,One of the forces to reckon with the world of make-believe.





JOKE SILVA JACOB
Joke Silva Jacob,a 52 year old,multiple award winning veteran in the world of entertainment, has starred in several films and television series, some which include Secret Laughter of Women, 30 Days, Letters to a Stranger, Widow's Cot and the African Movie Academy Award-nominated films White Waters and The Amazing Grace. A role model to many female actresses and others.




JOHNNY DEPP
"21 Jump Street Johnny" was cute. Johnny in "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" was smoldering. What's changed? We want to say it's more gravitas.
But Johnny's still attractive when he's downright silly. We can't put our finger on it. That doesn't mean it isn't there. Johnny's career has blossomed along with his looks. He gets more likable with each movie.






RAMSEY NOUAH JNR
Ramsey Nouah's acting career kicked off when he starred in the Nigerian TV soap opera Fortunes. Since
then he appeared in numerous films starring as the lead roles. The light complexion 40 year old known as "Lover-Boy" for his numerous roles in romantic film. In 2010 Nouah won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the Best Picture award winning film The Figurine. Today,Ramsey Nouah is considered to be one of the most sought-after actors and a leading role model in Nigeria.



PARKER POSEY
Remember "Party Girl" in 1995? Parker is 44 now and she's more awesome than ever. Parker's gotten more
attractive from the inside out.
She was always a great actress. Now she's positively captivating. Did you see her episode on Louie? It was proof of why her fans always loved her and always will. She's got roles in 5 films in 2013. Check out to watch them all.




YOMI FASH LANSO
Yomi Fash Lanso, the 45 year old fantastic loving actor,no doubt has been able to carve a niche for himself
as a thespian, and the father of three is no way showing any sign of tiredness.
YM,as he's called by some fans,is one of the great actors not looking their age since stepping into limelight in the world of make-believe.





ANGELINA JOLIE
Teen-aged Angelina Jolie was cute. But she can't hold a candle to her 36-year-old version. Over the years,
Angelina's gotten more attractive. Unfortunately, her role choices haven't.
Maybe Angelina is busy focusing on motherhood. It's hard to believe someone that slim has 5 kids. Angelina also does her fair share of mothering all over the world. Maybe keeping on the move is the next new anti-aging drug.






GENEVIEVE  NNAJI
Genny Nnaji who started acting as a child actress in popular television soap opera Ripples at the age of 8.In
1998 at the age of 19,acted in the movie “Most Wanted”.she has done many movies e.g,Last Party,Mark of the Beast and Ijele, Ijé:The Journey,Nnaji has starred in over 80 Nollywood movies. Genevieve Nnaji is considered to be one of the best paid actresses in Nollywood.






LEONARDO DI CAPRIO
Remember how much young Leonardo squeaked? Well he's no newbie anymore. Leo grew out of his baby
face. What replaced it commanded a lot more on-screen attention. Leo was a teen heart throb. Today he's an actor with chops. We crushed on old Leo. But new Leo will hold our attention for the duration.



RITA DOMINIC
 Rita Dominic is one of the good hands in the world of make believe in Nigeria,she has done many jobs and
also an award winner.Rita who came into the movie industry since 1998 with Children of Terror and up till date,she's still rocking it hard not relenting.
Rita is an actress many really cherished.

BBA Winner Uti Nwachukwu Out To Help Widows and The Physically Challenged

The last Nigerian to win Big Brother Africa, Uti Nwachukwu is at it again as he plans to lead Nigerian Stars who has same open and humble mind like his to use this festive season to give back to the society.
It will be recalled that Uti lost his father while in BBA house and Nigerians rallied around him with every needed support that helped him through such trialsome times. Uti won the 2011 season of the Big Brother Africa and since then has risen astronomically in the showbiz world.
He has remembered where he is coming from and plans to use the yuletide season to show support to the likes of her mother and other widows and the physically challenged.
The event is tagged ‘Uti Leads Stars to celebrate with the Widows, Physically Challenged Kids, The Needy, Lonely and all special people to make a JOYOUS FESTIVE SEASON for us all’
The event takes place at Calabar Hall, Olufemi Street Surulere, Lagos on the 20th of December 2013 by 12 noon.
This event is gathering so buzz on twitter. Here is a peep into the publicity on twitter:

'I USED FAKE PENIS TO CHEAT DRUG TESTS' - Mike Tyson

MIKE TYSON shocks Chelsea Handler with lurid confession from the bad old days
Former Heavyweight Champion of the World, who was found guilty of raping 18-year-old Desiree Washington in 1991, gave Chelsea Handler a step-by-step procedure on how to use a fake penis during a drug test while appearing on Chelsea Lately this week..
 Tricky: Mike Tyson told Chelsea Handler he cheated his way through drug tests when he was boxing by using a a fake penis
'It works really effectively. It just doesn't work the way you think it works, but it works if you wanna pass a drug test,' he told Handler on her E! talk show on Monday.
'You take it out - it has somebody else's urine in it, of course - you hope it's not a woman's urine and they take a pregnancy test,' the 47-year-old added.
He went on to say the tester usually looks away once it begins. 
 Shocked: Chelsea was amazed that Mike got away with beating the tests Confession: The former heavyweight champ says he's turned over a new leaf
Tyson then went on to discuss how the drug tester usually looks away once you begin the test anyway.
'You just make noise, and normally if you're a guy and you pull it out in front of them [the drug tester], they're like, "Whoa, whoa," he said. "And then you do it."'
Chelsea said she was shocked he got away with it but Tyson insisted it was an easy ruse to pull off.
 "They never looked": Mike explained how easy it was to maintain the deception Edifying: Tyson served three years in jail from 1992 after being convicted of raping an 18-year-old in '91
He said: 'It's connected to a jock strap.'
Handler asked what colour it was, and he responded: 'I don't know. Tan, brown, cream-coloured!'
Tyson once bit off part of opponent Evander Holyfield's ear during a boxing match.

ABEOKUTA AGOGS as OBASANJO’s SON, BISOYE MARRIES

One of Olusegun Obasanjo’s sons, Bisoye walked the aisle with his heartthrob, Chigozie Nwenyi over the weekend at the Chapel of Christ The Glorious King, in Abeokuta, Ogun state. So many notable faces graced the grand wedding including the FCT Minister who represented President Goodluck Jonathan, former President Ibrahim Babangida,  David Mark, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, Chief Tony Anenih, serving Ministers, Top Government officials, Former Governors, and Royal fathers.

EXPOSED: US Government And Illuminati Killed Paul Walker

Earlier this week, a false rumor was put out that American actor Paul Walker died. Then a day or so ago, the "Fast and Furious" star was actually killed in a car crash, which resembled the high-octane racing films he was known for. The driver of the vehicle, who also died, was CEO of an autobody shop that Walker was associated with. These were two very experienced people, and well aware of automobile safety procedures, yet it seems they have perished in a fiery, high- speed collision with a tree. Keep in mind "Fast and Furious" was the name of a gun-running operation which became a scandal for Obama, and Walker also starred in a film exposing Skull and Bones. Watch "The Skulls" Movie: Already we have seen much speculation online concerning the man's death, and of course the inevitable naysayers demonizing anyone who mentions the suspicious nature of the accident. Let's not forget those who simply don't care about "celebrity deaths" and criticizing anyone who dares speak of this tragedy. Most people's natural inclination is to believe the actor died under normal circumstances. but I feel its good to check into everything, just to be sure. As you may have heard, the recent lab report on actress Brittany Murphy claims she may have been poisoned. Her own father alleges a government conspiracy. We also have the suspicious death of Michael Hastings, who died in a similar car wreck, and it has recently come to light that Michael Jackson's death was the result of his inept doctor. I wonder: is there anything fishy we might uncover about Mr. Walker's untimely demise? Until such facts come to light, all we can do really is speculate or research on our own. Paul Walker and his friend were killed shortly after they discovered a conspiracy to supply victims of Typhon Haiyan with a prototype permanent birth control drug hidden in medicinal supplies and food aid. They had a damning recording and they were on their way to rendezvous with an ally who would have helped them get in touch with the right people. Turns out they were betrayed and someone rigged their car’s breaks to malfunction after a certain speed. Now that the loose end has been tied up, and the recording destroyed, the people responsible have nothing to fear as this will become another “conspiracy theory” no one will take seriously. Check paul walker's death conspiracy theory

A former official with the Philippine government’s population control organization has released an official medical report affirming that Filipina women were injected with sterilizing agents without their knowledge or consent. Antonio (Sonny) de los Reyes served from 1978 to 1982 in a number of Pilipino population control agencies. He was in Toronto recently to attend meetings of a Catholic charismatic prayer group. Mr. De los Reyes, 52, served as executive director of the Commission on Population, the body coordinating the Philippine government’s population policy. He was forced out after criticizing the government for targeting the poor in its population control efforts. Although reinstated in 1986, De los Reyes refused to go back to his old position and instead devoted his life to speaking out against anti-population schemes. Today, de los Reyes is national president of the Council of Philippine Laity. The council came to international attention when it uncovered evidence of a widespread sterilization program aimed at young Filipina women. Advertised as a national vaccination effort, the program involved the lacing of anti-tetanus toxoids with a sterilizing chemical known as HCG. Thousands of Filipino women between the ages of 15 and 45 were inoculated by the tainted vaccines. Only through the efforts of Catholic church organizations was the tainted vaccine brought to public attention. Some other theories on GLP bring up some interesting questions regarding the physics behind this crash. Take a look at what this forum is saying: So here we go. This is the same car Paul Walker was killed in that had also been involved in an ultra high speed crash with fatalities Porsche Carrera GT crash Watch video here
Now the final photo of the car shows it against a tree that is only about 6 inches in diameter and the tree is totally undamaged. Cars don’t hit 6 inch trees at what would have had to have been 150 mph and not damage the tree, there would not be a tree. As one member said, if you don’t believe this, take your car and go try yourself at 30 mph. Aerial view from scene of crash that killed Paul Walker.
1) Paul Walker made a movie in 2001 called JOYRIDE.
2) 9/11 happened in 2001 - Walker died in a Porsche Carrera GT/911.
3) Also starred in "The Skulls" about the Skull & Bones secret society.
4) Paul Walker has a movie coming out December 13 called HOURS where the poster says "Every Second Counts," which in this case it did - 13 is the number of the Illuminati.
5) Died 11/30 - The number 11 is the number of destruction and judgment and the death of man for the Illuminati.
6) Last movie Fast & Furious
7 - Seven is the number of completion. 7) Recently Brian from Family Guy died run over by a car in an episode where they go back in time to remove guns given to the Indians- Brian is the name of Paul Walker's character in Fast & Furious - Fast & Furious was the name of the secret program used by Eric Holder to give guns to the Mexican/Indians drug cartels to "turn the tide" in their war.
check out Paul walker murder/sacrifice
Overview of many theories over his death you decide? .
Paul walker cause of death http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/paul-walker-cause-of-death_n_4385392.html
What killed Paul walker. http://truthernews.wordpress.com/2013/12/01/fast-and-furious-star-paul-walker-assassinated-by-obama-drone-strike/
Who killed Paul walker and why? http://yourtubenews.ning.com/m/discussion?id=3181219%3ATopic%3A649601