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I DON'T CHARGE FOR FEATURES - DAVIDO

With a debut album out and a bag of hits under his belt, it won’t be fair to call Davido a starter anymore. O.B.O now ranks as a top artiste with an A-List status in the Nigerian music scene with the likes of 2face Idibia, Psquare, Iyanya, Wizkid and co.
So it’s a bit surprising to hear Davido say he doesn’t charge for features. The Pop singer responded to a fan on Twitter who felt it would take a huge ‘budget’ to get him (Davido) on a track. ‘I don’t charge for features‘, Davido replied.
Nigerian rapper Ice Prince also says he doesn’t charge for features. Olamide doesn’t seem to belong to that school of thought though; a former representative of his, Rachael, told NET the ‘Durosoke’ rapper currently charges N1m.

i don’t charge for features “@walter2smooth: To have @iam_Davido take a verse on your song, you gotta make the budget one year ahead”
— Davido (@iam_Davido) October 28, 2013

(PHOTO) Little Boy Refuses To Let Go Of Pope Francis During Family Day Address

It was a day to celebrate families but one little boy took it a bit further and managed to steal the show when he got on stage with the Pope.  The Pontiff was addressing a crowd of families at the Vatican when the youngster wandered on stage.
Identified only as the ‘boy in yellow’ the lad stared at Pope Francis as he spoke to the crowds in St Peter’s Square, CBS News reports.

Refusing to budge: The little boy clung on to the Pope’s leg as he gave an address to the assembled crowds

SEEMS TONI PAYNE IS CONTEMPLATING ON GETTING MARRIED AGAIN

Toni Payne who’s still very supportive of ex husband 9ice’s career seemed to have moved on with hers and looks to be in a happy place. Photo: Instagram

It seems like Toni Payne is toying with the idea of getting married again…
Well according to her tweets, Toni Payne is hoping to get married someday. The showbiz personality/manager/spoken word artiste who’s quite vocal about relationships on Twitter nowadays has talked about certain conditions she’ll want to be in before she gets married (again).
‘Bet why wud u marry someone u r not attracted to? N use dat as an xcuse? Ma hubby gotta be my everything so d attraction gatz b dere‘, she tweeted recently.
And earlier, she had stated, ‘I think I wanna marry a French dude that speaks little English. We would always sort our arguments out *coughs* doin peaceful tinz. Hehehe‘.
In 2010, Toni Payne and hubby singer 9ice separated in what can be described as one of the most controversial breakups in modern Nigerian entertainment.

Bet why wud u marry someone u r not attracted to? N use dat as an xcuse? Ma hubby gotta be my everything so d attraction gatz b dere
— Osha B – Toni Payne (@tonipayne) October 29, 2013

I think I wanna marry a French dude that speaks little English. We would always sort our arguments out *coughs* doin peaceful tinz. Hehehe
— Osha B – Toni Payne (@tonipayne) October 24, 2013

Omawumi Says She’ll Soon Start Sharing Photos Of Her Child And Baby Daddy

Omawumi has been quite successful keeping her family life and artiste career completely separated. If not for nosy people (like us!), you’d probably not even know she delivered a baby girl back in 2011.
The Pop singer has however disclosed she will be sharing photos of her immediate family pretty soon.
‘Thsnk you so much for your patience. Clearer photos and good news sooner than you know. God is always good‘, Omawumi wrote as she posted a photo of herself with ‘Baba Kamillah and Kami ‘ on her Instagram. The photo is however altered so as not to reveal the faces in it.
Omawumi welcomed her first child Emmanuella Kamillah Yusuf on Saturday, June 18, 2011 in the US. The identity of her baby daddy was left in the dark until recent reports revealed him as Tosin Yusuf, one time co-owner of Zamunda night club.

Baba Kamillah, Kami and Mummy: Omawumi posted this unclear photo of her family. Photo: Instagram

(PHOTO) Rihanna Smokes Weed With Snoop Dogg

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(E ONLINE) -- Can you guess what Rihanna and Snoop Dogg‘s common interest is (and we’re not talking music)?
The 25-year-old singer and 42-year-old rapper recently enjoyed a smoking session together during Snoop’s Oct. 25 concert in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

RiRi took to Instagram recently to share a photo of the laid-back bonding moment, writing, “Chiefin wit a chief!! @SnoopDogg #DR by @gomillionandleupold.” In the photo, Rihanna and Snoop hold suspicious-looking rolled-up cigarettes to their mouths while blowing out some hazy smoke. They seem to be enjoying themselves while puffing away as they sit next to each other.
During Snoop’s Friday night show at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel’s ORO nightclub, Rihanna was seen singing and dancing in the crowd while Snoop performed on stage. The “Diamonds” singer was joined by her BFF Melissa Ford, who also danced, sang and threw her hands in the air to Snoop’s music.
Meanwhile, Snoop rocked the stage in jeans and black sweater printed with images of statue heads.
“Great time b tha Dominican Republic last nite!” Snoop tweeted the next day. “Shout out 2 @rihanna 4 rolling thru !!”

NTA CANCELLED MY FRIDAY SHOW AFTER I INTERVIEWED A GAY NIGERIAN MAN IN 2004- FUNMI IYANDA

Exceptionally brilliant TV talk show host Funmi Iyanda has finally opened up about how Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) shut down her live shows after she interviewed openly gay Nigerian man, Bisi Alimi, on her popular breakfast show, New Dawn, in 2004.

I remember this story pretty well. After Bisi Alimi appeared on that show his life changed forever. He couldn't even return to UNILAG where he was a student at the time. He was forced to go into hiding and eventually relocated abroad. Read Funmi's story after the cut...


It’s a good thing my meddling mum took Musibau off his alcoholic dad just before that wretch of a father was sent to jail for raping a minor. My mother went missing a year later so I never saw Musibau again but that’s another story.

He was 15 but he looked 12, l was seven but l looked 10. People generally looked weird in my neighbourhood, but nobody thought anyone one weird – odd maybe but life was odd wasn’t it?

Musibau was the first to run into Miss John who spoke Queen’s English and walked like a girl. Everybody called him Miss John, I have no idea why. But we were interested in him because we needed to walk through his garden to climb into Baba Olugbo’s compound for the agbalumo tree.

Nobody dared walked through Baba Olugbo’s compound to get to that tree. He was a wealthy molue bus entrepreneur with seven wives, a distended, shirtless stomach, marijuana thickened growl and a fast horsewhip for clueless kids.

I had four older sisters and two younger brothers but I felt closest to Musibau perhaps because we had a shared tendency to get into trouble and a common dislike of Nureni. Nureni was crippled by childhood polio and so dragged himself around on his muscular torso except when he went to school wearing his leg braces and crutches, which made him vulnerable.

We did not like Nureni; he had a caustic tongue, a reptilian ability to wrestle you down then strangle you and was genius at maths. He was faster moving dragging himself than he was on his crutches. He hated those crutches but he really liked Mulika.

Mulika was one of the two daughters of Alhaji Abara whose two wives wore hijabs so you couldn’t tell one from the other. I of course could; Mulika’s mother was the one with the two Pelé on her cheeks, right above her haughty cheekbones. A stunning woman. I knew because I saw them in the women’s quarters every time I went to play with Mulika, who had inherited her mother’s looks.

We all loved Alhaji Abara because he had the best spread for breaking fasts at Ramadan. It didn’t matter whether you were Christian, Animist or Muslim. You could come break the fast on divine akara, even if you didn’t fast. He used to say only Allah sees the good heart. We all attended Koran classes because it was fun and then went to church on Sunday because of the music and dancing.

My mother didn’t mind us going to church and Koran classes, in fact she supplemented all that with occasional visits to seers and herbalists who read our signs and cleansed our aura. Everyone did that, even that nasty priggish Catholic Mama Uche who acted like she was the pope’s first cousin.

Miss John always pretended not to see us sneaking through his garden and jumping over Baba Olugbo’s fence to pluck some agbalumo. A few times, Baba Olugbo would see us and come running belly first, whip flaying but we always out ran him, Nureni in front and Mulika, scarf flapping, at the back.

We never got caught until the day Nureni came on those damn crutches that made him slow. Baba Olugbo caught Mulika by her scarf and I tripped over Nureni’s crutches.

We knew we were in hot soup because once Baba Olugbo finished whipping us, he’d hand us over to our respective parents each of whom would apply equal supplementary punishment. That meant my tough mother’s hour-long frog jumps, Alhaji’s half day Koran writing and Nureni’s aunty’s numbing, monotonous curses.

We didn’t mind the whipping so much, a few lashes, a couple of pain killers and we’d be back trying to get more agbalumo’s off that tree. Once you’ve been whipped, you don’t get whipped again on the same day for the same offence – even the adults had some sense.

So it was I laid on my back staring at Baba Olugbo’s protruding belly button, Nureni’s fast breathing in my ear, dreading the inevitable – when suddenly Miss John walked up.

Perhaps it was his Queen’s English or our lucky day but he gently took the whip off Baba Olugbo’s clenched wrist and laughingly told him he had asked us to get some of the ripe agablumo for him seeing as it was abundant.

Baba Olugbo did not want to look like a mingy old fart; he was after all a rich man with political ambition. He grudgingly let us go, and I swore to Nureni and Musibau later that I saw Miss John wink out of a kohl-lined eye.

I remembered this story recently when I was asked why I, as a straight celebrity, a word I dislike, I support Bisi Alimi and LGBT rights.

Nigeria of today seems completely homophobic, xenophobic and religiously polarized as though that is the way we always were.

This would be an incomplete narrative. The way we are today is a result of the political and economic breakdown of our country, a topic for another day. However the ensuing widening income gaps, extreme poverty, illiteracy and crime has encouraged distrust and exclusion at every level.

My sense of justice, fairness and rationality supersede any latent sense of social propriety. Gay rights, civil rights, religious rights, gender rights, child rights are human rights. Justice, equity and fairness are my idea of morality.

I was a little girl who grew up in the same neighbourhood as gay Miss John, Muslim cleric Alhaji Abara, disabled Nureni, Mulika in her headscarves and pious Catholic Igbo Mama Uche.

I saw differences in ethnicity; religion, gender, class and sexuality but these differences did not carry judgement. We lived together mostly harmoniously; any lack of harmony was on account of individual bad behaviour not genetic differences or lifestyle choices.

I miss that Nigeria. I guess in a way l still live in that Nigeria in my head.

And that was why in 2004 I risked my career to put Bisi on my sofa and conduct Nigeria’s first interview of an openly gay man on national television.

Bisi and I did pay a hefty price for that action, he more than myself.

Was it worth it? I’m afraid l have never had the luxury of absolute self-congratulations or flagellation. What I do know is, at that moment, it felt right. And every moment since then, it has felt right.

I do what feels right by a conscience conditioned by my justice-minded, meddling mother, a childhood experiencing the beauty of diversity and a belief in our common humanity.

Perhaps the childhood I speak about was a dream. If that is the case then that dream is my vision of the future to come for Nigeria.

KARRUECHE TRAN SHOWS SHE'S STILL WITH CHRIS BROWN + CHRIS BROWN NOW IN REHAB

To shut down the break up rumours, Karrueche Tran posted the photo above on her instagram page and wrote 'Always and Forever'. Meanwhile it's being reported that Chris Brown has just entered a rehab facility in Malibu, California for anger management issues

"Chris Brown has elected to enter a rehab facility," a rep for the singer said in a statement to E! News Tuesday. "His goal is to gain focus and insight into his past and recent behavior, enabling him to continue the pursuit of his life and his career from a healthier vantage point."

L.A. County probation department is trying to determine if Chris violated his probation by getting arrested in D.C. over the weekend after allegedly punching a guy in the nose.

Okocha Throws His Wife A 40th birthday party And Gave Her G-Wagon As A Birthday Gift

Nigerian football legend Austin 'Jay Jay' Okocha, threw a lavish 40th birthday party for his wife of 16 years, Nkechi Okocha on Friday October 25th at Civic Centre in Lagos. Maestromedia reports that Okocha gave his wife a brand new White Mercedez Benz G-Wagon SUV as birthday present. Nkechi was said to have gone down on her knees to thank her husband for all his love and support in front of the party guests. Happy belated birthday to her!

GHANIAN ACTOR 'VAN VICKER FIGHTS FOR WOMEN

Top Ghanaian movie actor Van Vicker who celebrated his 10th wedding anniversary with his wife Adjoa on November 16th , has lamented that he hopes in the future, movie makers will stop taking advantage of women who want to act so it will not discourage women from coming forward for auditions.

He made this revelation at a time he was addressing the media on his 7th movie production. In a chat with him, he told us that he is preparing to shoot his 7th self-produced/Directed movie which will star, Regina Anne–Dei Van Helvert, 1st Runner-Up of Miss Malaika 2012 pageant who was recently named face of new cosmetic range #Gm1623, and Nasara of Ghana Most beautiful.
He added that he will be using most of the upcoming stars from his movie school, and upcoming discovery talents. Van Vicker who was recently a judge on Miss Malaika 2014, stated that lots of women who go for beauty pageant are very talented and can be good movie stars but the reasons why they are not being discovered is the fact that though they really want to act, they don’t show much interest in it by going for auditions.
He noted that these ladies who are scared to come for auditions because the directors and producers will take advantage of them, can also try and do one on one approach and if they are good materials for movies, he will make use of them.

“The advice I have for them is that they shouldn’t feel too big to come out for auditions. Anne–Dei Van Helvert, 1st Runner-Up of Miss Malaika 2012 shown interest that she wants to act and after an audition she got a role to play,” he said.
Talking about his new movie, he said that is basically about slave trade and its effects.
Source: Mustapha Ayinde Inusah

(PHOTO)Man Wins Mr. Ugly Pageant For The Second Time In A Row

For the second straight year, the Zimbabwe man has won the crown of Mr. Ugly Harare in an event at the City Sports Bar in the nation’s capital. But there was nothing unsightly about the prize haul. William Masvinhu  won $1,700, plus a year’s school tuition for one of his children, while all participants were awarded overalls, safety shoes and raincoats because, well, ugly doesn’t pay the bills. But the beauty of this pageant is in the preparation. No diets, no salon treatments, no memorizing “I just want to help people” speeches. “My ugliness comes naturally to me,” Masvinhu told allafrica.com. His manager, Michael Gundo, added, “A bit of choreography together with his funny clothing helped him on stage but it was all minimum effort.” [Source]

Chris Brown — The Real Problem Is Still Rihanna

 (TMZ) — Chris Brown got a hot meal after getting sprung from jail, and TMZ has learned … his people aren’t that worried about the misdemeanor assault charge — they’re WAY more concerned about the impact it will have on his probation status in the Rihanna case.
Law enforcement sources tell us … the charge against Chris was reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor because the victim’s injuries weren’t that severe and witness statements conflicted.   The reality is — worst case scenario … Chris won’t do any time for the assault.

The Rihanna case is much more problematic.  As we first reported, the L.A. County Probation Dept. is already conducting an investigation to determine if Chris violated his probation.  As one source familiar with the investigation tells us, “It’s pretty clear he didn’t keep his nose clean.  It sure seems like a violation.”
The Probation Dept. will submit a report to the judge in the Rihanna case, and the D.A. will then weigh in — based on what we know, they will almost certainly ask the judge to REVOKE Chris’ probation.
Worst case scenario for Chris … if probation is revoked, 4 years in State prison.

Jim Iyke Allegedly Impregnates Top Lagos Business Man’s Daughter

Wow, this is really bad news for the couple Jim and Nadia, would they be able to deal with this at the peak of their relationship?.

A top business lagos based man’s daughter has finally open up to her father, Mr Alofinaka, that James Ikechukwu Esomugha popularly called “Jim Iyke” is responsible for her pregnancy, the mass communication girl, Nancy Alofinaka, from university of calabar also explain how Jim collected close to 2million in the disguise to renovate his house in lagos.
Nadia Buari in an interview, told news men yesterday that, the girl was paid to tarnish James Ike’s reputation.

(PHOTOS) NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS OMOTOLA JOLADE- EKEINDE ARRIVES QATAR TO SPEAK AT WORLD INNOVATION SUMMIT FOR EDUCATION

 

Nollywood diva Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has arrived to Doha, Qatar, where she would speak at 2013 edition of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), holding from October 29 to October 31, 2013.

Popular Nollywood actress is expected to speak, discuss and deliberate on the topic “Reinventing Education for Life”.

“Arise and shine Osexynation! Greetings from Doha, Qatar. Preparing My papers for the @WISE_Tweets summit (World innovative summit for Education). Suggestions on what I should Discuss welcome. The future is only as bright as the mind,” Nollywood star wrote from Qatar and shared a photo of the local scenery:

It would be recalled that about two weeks ago Omotola expressed her thoughts about the on-going four-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities via her Twitter. 
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(PHOTOS)EX GOV TINUBU'S DAUGHTER HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW IYALOJA OF LAGOS STATE

Folashade Tinubu Ojo, the first daughter of former Lagos State governor, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has been crowned the new Iyaloja of Lagos State and the President General of the Market Men and Women of Nigeria.
The installation took place today at the palace of the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu.
Her appointment in July 2013, was witnessed and endorsed by market leaders of all the 57 local governments in Lagos State but it was however trailed with controversies and condemnation.

Bola Tinubu's mother, Abibat Mogaji held the position before she passed away recently and appointed her as successor.

Congrats to her.
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Nollywood Actress, Janet Atayero-Oluseye Dies

Tragic period of Nollywood celebrities deaths continues. The beautiful actress named Janet Atayero Oluseye, who used to be one of the prominent faces of Yoruba genre of Nollywood, has passed away.
Janet, who got married just a year ago, to Olalekan Oluseye, died at the age of 32 on Wednesday 23th of October, 2013.
The member of Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioner (ANTP), Ibadan chapter was with the Ojopagogo movie caucus in Ibadan until her death.
She was said to have complained of pains on her foot and couldn’t walk with it for months and subsequently her condition deteriorated even though she was treated in the hospital and with some spiritual measures.
However, Janet Atayero Oluseye didn't survive and was buried in Lagos, the same day she died.
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(PHOTOS) GHANA- BORN ACTOR JOHN DUMELO'S BEAUTIFUL MUM

The prolific actor started his acting career in the TV series 'Sun City' and 'About to Wed'.
In 2008, he got his first movie role in The King is Mine. Today, he is known as one of the most talented people of Ghana.

Check out photos of the woman who raised such a wonderful actor.



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Furious Kanye West Suing YouTube Co-founder For Uploading Footage Of His Proposal To Kim K

YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley immediately boosted interested in his latest project, MixBit, by uploading a video of Kanye West’s incredible proposal to Kim Kardashian.
1.5 million fans (since last week) flocked to catch a glimpse of the San Francisco spectacle but according to a report, the happy aura surrounding 36-year-old Kanye since Kim, 33, said yes hasn’t stopped him from becoming furious with the leaked video.

The event was being filmed for his future family’s E! show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians and TMZ say Hurley violated a non-disclosure agreement by publishing the video.

A moment to remember: Kim and Kanye celebrate their engaged status last Tuesday with a glass of champers, but they’re said to be furious about leaked video footage

The film is the most detailed look at the incredible occasion.

According to Valleywag, Kim and Kanye are angered by the fact that somebody invited to the proposal taped the momentous occasion.

They write: ‘The couple thinks they know who did it, and that person signed a confidentiality agreement. We’re told a lawsuit is imminent.’
Kanye popped the question on Kim’s 33rd birthday on Monday at the AT&T Park baseball park.

The hip hop star, who is in the midst of a world tour, first serenaded the mother of his child with a 50 piece orchestra.
The band struck up the romantic ballad Young And Beautiful from film The Great Gatsby by songstress Lana Del Rey, followed by his own hit with Keri Hilson and Ne-Yo, Knock You Down.
The 36-year-old then arranged for the words ‘PLEEESE MARRY MEEE!!!’ to flash up on the giant scoreboard.
The proposal left Kim speechless, for once.
‘She was shocked and couldn’t speak after,’ a source a the scene told People magazine. ‘Everyone had mascara running down their faces from tears.’
From the ring to the guests, Kanye personally oversaw every detail of the special moment.
The ‘flawless’ cushion cut diamond is, according to the firm’s rep, ‘a D-stone, the best diamond there is, type 2A’.She added: ‘Kanye was involved in every single way. He had a vision from the beginning.
‘He looked at a lot of stones and he wanted only the best. He and Lorraine emailed back and forth,  and stayed up nights discussing how he wanted it to be.’
Tobias Kormind, co-founder of specialist diamond jeweller 77 Diamonds, told MailOnline: ‘I would estimate that a diamond of this size and quality would be worth well over £1 million; Kim is a very lucky woman!’
Representatives for Kanye West have yet to respond to Mail Online’s request for comment.
Via DailyMail.Co.UK