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On Saturday, May 25, 2013, the city of London was agog for actress, Patience Ozokwo popularly known as Mama G son's wedding. The wedding turned out to be a great success. The Aneke twins also stormed London for the occasion. Friends, family members and well-wishers of the actress made her day. More photos below

Robert Lewandowski will sign for Bayern Munich, according to his agent. Asked on Monday on Poland's TVN24 whether the Borussia Dortmund striker Lewandowski is moving to Munich, agent Cezary Kucharski simply replied: "Yes." He added that talks between the clubs are underway. The 24-year-old said nothing about his plans after Dortmund's 2-1 defeat to Bayern in the Champions League final on Saturday. Outgoing Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes did hint after the game that the Poland international would be joining the Bundesliga champions. Kucharski said Lewandowski is "curious to get to know a new club and new life." Lewandowski was the second top scorer in the Bundesliga this season with 24 goals in 31 games. He scored all four goals in a 4-1 win over Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals. Manchester United had been linked with a summer swoop for Lewandowski but it now appears as if Bayern are in pole position to sign him. More to f...

Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova congratulated Neymar for choosing the "sporting option rather than the financial one" after the Brazil star agreed to join the Spanish champions ahead of Real Madrid. The Primera Division superpowers waged a long battle to secure the services of the 21-year-old striker, who revealed on Sunday he had chosen to join Barca from Santos. Speaking after his side's 2-0 win at Espanyol on Sunday, Vilanova said: "I'd like to thank the club and the scouting staff who spotted the possibility of the fact this player would become a great one. "I think other clubs perhaps weren't aware of that fact and it's made things easier now, because if we'd waited perhaps we wouldn't have been able to compete with other clubs - I think he has received bigger offers from other clubs. "I'd like to congratulate the player for picking the sporting option rather than the financial one - I'm sure there were other c...

Members of Ogboni Confraternity in Osogbo may have turned the Osun Grooves to battle field following a  fracas which ensued between two factions of the group. During the crisis which occurred, last week, the curator and site manager of the National Museum, Osogbo, under the National Commission for Museum and Monument Department of the Federal Ministry of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Mr. Olakunle Makinde, was caught in the web of the crisis and beaten blue black which led to his being hospitalised. Also, staff of the commission whose offices are located inside the Osun Grooves have deserted thier offices for almost a week for fear of being attacked like their boss. It was gathered that the fracas started following attempt to appoint new leader of the confraternity in Osogbo called Are Ogboni. It was gathered that one Okiki was appointed the new Are Ogboni and was to be crowned by the Olu-awo, Alhaji Adebisi, but because of the rift between Okiki and Olu-awo...

Victor Moses, who is having one of the best seasons of his life in football right now. Having moved from a relatively small football club in England, to one of the top 3 best in the UK & one of the best in Europe presently, in the shape of Chelsea FC of England. The young man contributed so well to his club achievements in only his first season there. Not forgetting he was also fantastic in Nigeria's Nations Cup win in South Africa earlier this year. The gist currently going on about is that contrary to his claim to have lost his parents a few years ago to sectarian riots in the Northern parts of Nigeria (Kaduna State to be more precise). That claim might well be very far fetched and totally away from the truth. According to some reports, his parents are said to be hale & hearty, very alive in Edo State of Nigeria presently. According to the old media reports Mr & Mrs Austine & Josephine Moses- supposed parents of Victor Moses, who were said to be mi...

President Goodluck Jonathan has said the State of Emergency declared in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states may not last six months as prescribed by the constitution in view of the successes recorded even as it has been gathered that before the deployment of troops, Boko Haram sect had planned to hijack a commercial plane and crash it into the Presidential Villa or other national monuments. President Jonathan who met with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Ban Ki Moon on the sideline of the Africa Union conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said the military operation in the troubled states was going very well and the military has strictly adhered to the rules of engagement. He explained that the successes recorded by the military was exemplified by the lack of collateral civilian casualties, noting that the operation has helped in creating a better relationship between the civilian population and members of the armed forces. The president told the Secretary Genera...

Bayern Munich fans celebrated long into the night after their team’s 2-1 Champions League triumph over Dortmund at Wembley on Saturday ensured two defeats in the previous three finals were quickly forgotten. More than 40,000 Bayern fans erupted in delirious joy when Arjen Robben scored the 89th minute winner as they watched the match on a chilly, wet night at a special public viewing event set up on Munich’s Oktoberfest grounds. Another 50,000 Bayern supporters watching on video screens at Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena were finally able to celebrate after the Dutch forward rescued them from the prospect of another heartbreaking defeat on Europe’s biggest stage. Many stormed the vacant pitch to proclaim the famous victory and tear up sods of turf as souvenirs. “It’s superb and I feel so relieved,” said Marco Goering, who had joined thousands of fans on Munich’s fashionable Leopoldstrasse in a spontaneous midnight rally. “It’s an overwhelming feeling. Three finals in fo...

A bus preacher was almost lynched on Saturday morning at Toyota Bus stop, in front of the popular Ladipo Spare parts market, when some condoms allegedly fell out of his bible as he preached the ‘Word of God’. A source gathered that the self acclaimed Man of God was dragged out of the commercial bus and beaten into a pulp before he was rescued by some policemen. According to information made available to our source, the Pastor had embarked on his journey from Apapa and proceeded to preach to the people on the bus, using very strong words like “If you wear trouser you’ll go to hell! The Devil invented Make up! Weave-on is from Marine Kingdom! If you have pre-marital sèx you will burn in hell and your skin will peel!” It was learnt that the people in the bus were so moved and some started falling under the anointing. According to an eye witness, Mr. John Mbakogu, who was on his way to his shop at Ladipo, “People were just falling as he was laying hands. One man almost fell out...

A nice classy double from Gary Hooper helped Celtic beat Hibernian 3-0 to lift the Scottish Cup for the 36th time at Hampden Park on Sunday. It was also a classy Scottish double for Nigeria’s Efe Ambrose and his club having won the league earlier on. The success on Sunday completes the trophy run for the Nigerian who was part of the Super Eagles winning team at the 2013 Africa Nations Cup concluded in South Africa in February. The UEFA Champions League, which started on a good run for the Scottish champions, ended with a heavy defeat to Juventus but before then Ambrose had established himself as a regular with Celtic and the Eagles. He was allowed to stay back with his club on account of the cup final and he is now expected to link up with the Eagles as they prepare for the FIFA Confederations Cup and Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifiers. On Sunday, he started from the bench and was brought on as a substitute for Scott Brown in 81st minute. For the cup final, Hooper broke the d...

This guy(pictured below) said he is proud he changed the colour of his skin because "People use to tease me about my color so I went to change it. Now people have been noticing me". More girls that didn't like me before are now interested in me and I've also been getting more opportunities. So that goes to show you that looks is everything nobody really cares about the person on the inside.....that's sad thou.....#sad. Source:  Nigeriafilms.com

The governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has described his “victory” over Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, whom he claims to have defeated to become the new “chairman” of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, as the will of God. Mr. Jang, was speaking in Jos, Sunday, at a special interdenominational church service held at Faith-way Chapel Church and organized by the Plateau State government as part of the activities marking the forthcoming 14th anniversary of uninterrupted democratic governance in Nigeria. His remarks came two days after a controversial governors’ forum election in which Mr. Amaechi was declared winner after clinching 19 votes to defeat Mr. Jang who got 16. The result of the election however portrayed Mr. Jang as a usurper to the NGF chairman position. Governors who supported Mr. Jang rejected the outcome of the elections, claiming it was rigged.On Saturday, Mr. Jang convened a meeting of the protesting governors and presided as chairman. “I can assure you...

The female rep is Ada Beverly Osu. She is a model and popular Lagos based video vixen. She was also briefly engaged to rapper 2shotz in 2011. The guy is Melvin Oduah; a model, actor, 1st runner up Gulder Ultimate Search VI, and 1st runner up Mr Nigeria 2011.    

Nollywood actress, Stephanie Okereke Linus shared these beautiful pictures on her instagram page. See more photos below