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AFCON 2013 Opening Ceremony Highlight - 19.01.2013

It is funny how a lot of people, especially Nigerians are so quick to point fingers at others without judging themselves first. They criticise, laugh, and say negative things about other peoples way of life, but the irony of it all is they are not any better. Below is a list of such typical Nigerian mentally; 1) It's only here in Nigeria you will see someone on foot referring to a person riding a bicycle as poor. 2) It's only here in Nigeria you will see someone who won't go to work, but spend all his time in church fasting and praying, believing God for his double portion. 3) You see a guy in the passenger seat of a friend's flashy car, that's when he greets everyone, even those he normally won't talk to just to attract attention. 4) Most guys don't carry umbrella, they refer to guys who do as 'jew' but when the rain starts, they want to share the umbrella with the 'jew' guy...same as raincoats. 5) A girl claims she ate rice and chic...

Unemployment or underemployment need not keep anyone from fulfilling their dreams says a young man from Brass in Bayelsa state, who in homestead has built a light plane that he hopes will fly someday soon. 36 year old Ifiemi Felagha, works with an oil servicing firm but spent all his free time in the past eight years working on living his light plane dream and he’s seen it through by building a light plane, named Destiny. According to the parent of this young man without tertiary education, has had a knack for putting things together since his childhood. The aircraft is however yet to take-off because Ifiemi is not a trained Pilot. He is now consulting with aviation experts but for now, he keeps moving the aircraft on his make-shift runway.  

MEND, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, has responded to the conviction in South Africa of Henry Okah, its former leader, declaring that the movement will be the start of the disintegration of Nigeria, and warning of disastrous consequences to befall the federal government and all of its officials since 1999. The statement, dated 23 January, was signed by “Comrade Azizi,” but SaharaReporters has been unable to determine its veracity. “Nigerians as a whole will feel our presence when we finally decide to carry out our targets which will not be restricted to the Niger Delta Region alone,” it warned, stating that as a group, MEND has become more sophisticated than the level of mere IED or car bombs, and reached “capabilities which will take the Nigerian Military another 10 years to catch.” The statement declared: “We are not on the same program with regional agitators in the north or elsewhere, we will not hide our faces, soon and very soon, Nigerians will get...

In a recent interview, Tuface finally speaks about his upcoming wedding. Congratulations, how are the wedding plans coming along and when is the date? Oh they are going great, the date is not set yet but you will know in due course. Apart from the wedding, what are the other plans for the year, Any new music to look forward to? There is new music, plenty of it. Matter of fact, I am in the process of recording 3 albums right now. The first is the ‘Rewind, Select and Update’ album which is not an album of original music per-se, just something I am doing to put songs that I have done before out there, kind of refresh them. Essentially you go back, select a track you used to like then, check it out now but that is a side project. I’m working on the international edition of my last album, ‘Away and beyond' also working on my new album. So its a jam packed year. RELATED ARTICLE:   2face, Annie Postpone Mega Wedding

Edmund Ebiware, an accused accomplice of Henry Okah was today sentenced to life in jail by a Federal High court in Abuja over his involvement in the Oct 1st 2010 Independence Day bomb in Abuja. He was convicted and sentenced by Justice Gabriel Kolawole. Related Article:  2010 Independence Day Bombings: Henry Okah's Accomplice Sentenced To Life In Jail

Chocolate City’s rapper, Panshak Zamani a.k.a Ice prince is set to star in a movie produced by Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson. The movie is going to be Ice Prince’s first movie and am sure his fans would like to see the rapper try something else other than rapping. The rapper who revealed his secret crush on the stunningly beautiful actress and is going to act alongside the actress and Majid Michael.

Oladimeji  Olusola Oladimeji, the driver of the Toyota Sienna that fell off the Third Mainland Bridge into the lagoon on Saturday, has described his escape as a miracle. The father of three said contrary to reports by traffic and emergency officials, he was not on high speed when the incident occurred. Oladimeji, who is a minister of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Church, said he was on his way home from work. He said, “I work on the island and I left home for a meeting in the early hours of Saturday. After the monthly environmental sanitation, I started driving back home. “I was driving at the speed of 60km/hr and was on the fast lane because the road was free. At Ebute Meta bypass, I saw two vehicles that had been involved in an accident but I kept on driving. Suddenly, everything went blank, I couldn’t see anything again, and I just found myself in the water.” Oladimeji said he did not lose consciousness in the water and as such, was able to loosen the seat ...

Controversial actress, Tonto Dikeh will not cease to swim in controversies. If you’re a follower of the Nollywood goddess on twitter handler, you would have noticed that she has included something in her profile. Read this,  “Who eva said Succezz waz a slow procezz waz mos defntly not talking abt Mii/Businezz tycoon/Nollywood Actress*#IAMPOKO#Teamlovethyself#I luv TerryG.” Need we say more? She has recently included her last line and I hope Terry G feels the same she does. Meanwhile, a close friend of the sultry actress said that she and Terry G will make a good companion, reason being that, Terry G is a drug addict and Tonto is a drunk and like the usual saying, ‘it takes two to tangle’.

D’Banj let his head lose on twitter when he threw decorum into the waste bin as he used an ‘f’ word on a fan on the social media network. With what was meant to create fun and relax with, D’Banj got what he may not have thought to get when a fan turned an acronym into what would annoy the ‘Kokomaster’. D’Banj posted a picture with the inscription DKM, meaning D Kings Men but a fan turned the acronym into D’Banj Killed Mohits (DKM). Apparently not happy with that ‘joke’, D’Banj responded  “Na wa for u ohh, is this suppose to be funny? Fool.” Fans have already been lambasting D’Banj for losing his head publicly. It is being argued that the singer would have just ignored the fan rather than use an ‘f’ word on him.

The much awaited single of Ice Prince's 'Aboki' Remix is finally and he featured actress, Mercy Johnson. Listen to song here:  Ice Prince 'ABOKI' Remix

1 Hosts South Africa finished top of Group A after their dramatic 2-2 draw with Morocco in Durban knocked the North Africans out of the tournament. Knowing a win would take them through, Morocco twice led – only to exit the finals, as Cape Verde beat Angola 2-1. After Issam El Adoua headed home 10 minutes in, May Mahlangu curled home in fine style after 71 minutes. Mehdi Namli put Morocco in front again but Siyabonga Sangweni broke North African hearts with a late equaliser. FABULOUS HOSTS South Africa’s qualification for the quarter-finals continues the recent run of all Nations Cup hosts to the last eight – with Tunisia’s 1994 side the last host nation to fail to make the knock-out stage. The goal ensured that South Africa, who reached the Nations Cup knock-out stages for the first time since 2002, stay in Durban for Saturday’s quarter-final against the Group B runner-up. It also meant unbeaten Morocco suffered an early exit for the second finals in a row – ...

Galatasaray have made a formal bid to sign former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua. The 34-year-old's management company confirmed the bid from the Turkish club, who also recently brought in Wesley Sneijder  from Inter Milan. Drogba is currently on Ivory Coast duty at the African Cup of Nations. His former Chelsea team-mate Nicolas Anelka could also be leaving Shenhua after  having a medical at Juventus. Drogba left Chelsea last summer after eight years with the Premier League club, during which he helped them to  win the Champions League last May. He  joined Shanghai Shenhua  in June and scored eight goals in 11 appearances. Drogba had initially sought to return to Europe with a loan move and Chelsea had been in talks over a deal. However, football world governing body Fifa blocked the move, saying it was against international transfer rules.