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  • Wiz Kid meets Gambian President

    Wiz Kid meets Gambian President

    Wiz kid Balogun shared a photo of himself and the President of Gambia Yayha Jammeh.

    The popular singer arrived Gambia a few days ago and gave a jaw dropping performance which caught the attention of the Gambian President who wanted him to perform again.

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    “With the President of The Gambia!! He loved the performance he wanted me to perform twice to the people!!! They loved it!! Love! ” he captioned the photo.

    Another Nigerian celebrity who has met President Yayha Jammeh is Nollwood ‘bad boy’ actor Jim Iyke.

     

  • Psquare visit Tony Elumelu

    Psquare visit Tony Elumelu

    Popular Music duo, Peter and Paul Okoye of P-Square recently visited Chairman of UBA and Transcorp, Mr Tony Elumelu. Elumelu is known for this work to groom the next generation of successful African entrepreneurs through his foundation, the Tony Elumelu Foundation. He recently committed $100m over the next 10 years to 10,000 entrepreneurs across Africa. According to Forbes, 51-year old Elumelu is worth over 1 billion U.S dollars.
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    He recently hosted Empire Mates Entertainment (EME) boss, Banky W.

  • Bank W shares family photo

    Bank W shares family photo

    To celebrate his mother’s birthday, EME boss, Banky W posts pictures the family celebration. We cannot help but gush over how adorable the photos look.

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  • Calvin Klein: We didn’t say Lupita’s pearl dress was real

    Calvin Klein: We didn’t say Lupita’s pearl dress was real

    The Women’s Creative Director of Calvin Klein has made a statement in relation to the sham that is the worth of Lupita’s stolen pearl dress.

    “Did anyone ever say they were real from Calvin Klein? I always assumed everyone knew they were fake, but I guess not.” She stated

    “Do they really make dresses out of real jewels since Cleopatra died?” a source told TMZ

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    Law enforcement  sources support the claim saying that Calvin Klein never told them if the pearls were real or fake. The only person who represented the pearls as real and valued the dress at $150K was Lupita’s stylist.

    She made this statement after the Calvin Klein brand image was on the verge of being dented when the thief reported the pearls on the dress as fake and worthless.

  • Ice Prince’s son turns 3

    Ice Prince’s son turns 3

    Ice Prince celebrated his son Jamal’s 3rd birthday yesterday, 1st March. The rapper shared the news on his instagram  page @ICEPRINCEZAMANI Ice prince and son “Happy Birthday to my Blessing Mr Jamal Zamani. Love you Son! Came Late to your own Party #JamJam3” he captioned the photo of him kissing his son’s cheeks. The 28 year old had Jamal with his baby mama Bimbo Babatunde in 2012.

  • Meryl Streep’s daughters in new fashion campaign

    Meryl Streep’s daughters in new fashion campaign

    Meryl Streep’s daughters Grace Gummer, Louisa Gummer and Mamie Gummer are the new models in a new fashion campaign.

    The three beauties appear in new ads for popular retailer H&M’s sister brand, & Other Stories, which launched a U.S. online store last year. They showcase colorful styles from Clare Vivier’s new Co-Lab collection, which features shoes, bags and accessories.

    “I was thrilled when &OS enlisted my friends and favorite sisters, Mamie, Grace and Louisa Gummer, to star in the campaign, which was shot by legendary photographer Stephen Shore,” the Los Angeles-based designer said on her website. “The shoot took place a few months ago at my home and at CVHQ.”

    Two of the sisters are actresses Grace, 28, appeared on American Horror Story and Extant and also played media enthusiast Hallie Shea on HBO’s The Newsroom.

    Mamie, 31, plays Nancy Crozier on The Good Wife and is also known for playing the title role on Emily Owens, M.D.

    Louisa, 23, is the professional model among them. She is signed to the prestigious IMG Models agency.

  • Grace Ihonvbere slows her roll

    Grace Ihonvbere slows her roll

    The stylish wife of Professor Julius Ihonvbere, the Secretary to Edo State Government, had always relished the social scene, savouring the attention that her husband’s position could afford. Grace was a regular face, especially on the social scene in Lagos, Abuja and beyond. After years of making the social scene her oyster, however, she has finally slowed down, deciding to take a much slower pace on the social scene. She is no longer regular at parties. She has put aside her days of turning heads at parties. The ardent golf player seems to have modified her priorities.

  • Ludacris’ wife announces pregnancy

    Ludacris’ wife announces pregnancy

    American rapper, entrepreneur and actor Ludacris and his wife Eudoxie have a baby on the way. The couple announced the good news with a picture of the rapper kissing his wife’s baby bump.

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    The caption “Beautiful day on the beach,” doesn’t exactly confirm that a baby’s on the way but the picture tells the whole story.

    Luda and Eudoxie, who founded the nonprofit Unspoken Angels, got married at the end of 2014. This will be the couple’s first child together.

  • Furious 7’s Abu Dhabi premiere cancelled for Vin Diesel

    Furious 7’s Abu Dhabi premiere cancelled for Vin Diesel

    Furious 7 star, Vin Diesel’s daddy duties have put the brakes on a planned Abu Dhabi premiere for the next instalment in the popular street-racing action franchise.

    Diesel and his partner, Paloma Jimenez, are expecting their third child, and so could not leave that to chance.

    The notoriously private actor, 47, already has daughter Hania and son Vincent, but has never publicly announced that he and Jimenez are expecting another child.

    The new baby likely will arrive around the same time that Diesel’s next film, Furious 7, hits theatres April 3. But the news has forced Universal to cancel a splashy world premiere March 10 at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, one of the film’s locations, because Diesel (also a producer on the pic) is opting not to go.

    “He wants to be with his family at the birth; it’s a beautiful thing,” says a source. “What human being wouldn’t?”

    A rep for Diesel couldn’t be reached, but a source adds that the premiere now will be April 1 in Los Angeles. According to a studio source, Universal is “happy to premiere the film in L.A., birthplace of the franchise, where a core fan base exists.”

    Diesel is known to keep details of his personal life closely guarded. He never made a formal birth announcement for either of his children. On Aug. 26, 2013, he made the only public appearance with his partner and their kids, stepping out to receive his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

    Diesel is very much the face of the Fast & Furious franchise, which centre son his character, Dominic Toretto, and Paul Walker’s cop-turned-street racer Brian O’Conner. Walker’s tragic death in a car crash in November 2013 delayed production on Furious 7 and pushed the release date from July 2014 to April 2015. Furious 7 also stars Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibsonand Ludacris.

    The Fast & Furious franchise has earned a stellar $2.38 billion worldwide since launching with the first film in 2001. The most recent instalment, Fast & Furious 6, earned $788.7 million worldwide.

  • Why we banned Fifty Shades of Grey, by Censors Board

    Why we banned Fifty Shades of Grey, by Censors Board

    The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), has cited ‘public interest’ as reason it has banned a foreign film,Fifty Shades of Grey, from Nigerian cinemas.

    The film, which had earlier started showing in Nigeria, has also been outlawed by the movie regulatory agency of Kenya.

    In a statement released at the weekend, the NFVCB further reaffirmed its resolve to attend to submitted movies with utmost dispatch and the display of due diligence in its role as the industry gatekeeper.

    According to the agency, a total of 23 movies were approved in December, 2014 and January, 2015.

    It explained that out of the movies approved for home viewership in December, 2014, English Language productions topped the list with five films while Bini Language films were four, followed by two Yoruba films and one Hausa Language film. Three of the combined NFVCB approvals were rated “15” while the rest got the “18” rating.

    In January, 2015, English Language movies were 10 out of the 11 approved movies, leaving one for Yoruba Language category. Three of the films were rated ‘15’ while the rest had ‘18’ classification.

    Among the approved English Language movies for the two months under review are: Here We Stand, The Invisible Bond,Twins Apart, My Brother, My Enemy, Adadioranma, The Baby Must Not Die and Second Burial.

    The Bini Language movies include,  Ogue Nozutu and Odumamwen while the Yoruba Language movies include Ayo Igbalaand Aye Keji. Bugu da Kari is the only Hausa Language movie.

    All approved movies, the NFVCB said, are to be released with appropriate consumer advisory regarding imitable technique, strong language, violence, drug abuse and fetish rituals.