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Usher lights up the screen alongside Nicki Minaj in the dance-heavy video for “She Came to Give It to You.” ENJOY!

CALL 08170707363 FOR ADVERTS AND PROMOTIONS Alhaji Orezi has been on a run of form lately constanly churning out club bangers, with his Shoki still topping charts across the country, here is the remix to You Garrit and it features star boy Wizkid, this tune is about to tear clubs apart. DOWNLOAD

CALL 08170707363 FOR ADVERTS AND PROMOTIONS HKN Music artist B RED has today released a brand new single titled ‘Iwotago’ featuring Pent Hauze Music act Phyno; the song was produced by DJ Coublon. ‘Iwotago’ meaning ‘you understand’ is drawn from the Ibo dialect.

Lol. These Americans don't have work at all. So last night US president Barack Obama held a very important press conference at the White House where he talked about very serious issues like the crimes of ISIS in Iraq and Russian's actions in Ukraine. Thing is; most people didn't care about that. They were more interested in the tan suit Obama wore to the press conference. His suit sent Twitter users into meltdown. You won't believe some of the things they wrote with the hashtag #YesWeTan.  Hilarious! See them after the cut

Miley, once again, bares it all in the September issue of V magazine. See the full pic after the cut...

Rukky Sanda turned a year older recently and threw a birthday party to celebrate. Her friends and colleagues from Nollywood joined her in her celebration. See more photos after the cut...

The award winning actress, who covers the September issue of Blanck digital magazine, dished on her love life, admitting she's in a relationship and is in a happy place in her life. Rita Dominic tells Blanck magazine; "I feel grateful, thankful and excited as well. Not many have the opportunity to get to this number and for the most part, I have had a good life. Yes I am dating someone and I am in a happy place. I’m good."

  No fewer than 10 persons comprising two children and eight women died Friday morning when a passenger boat capsized in Bonny River, Rivers State. Sources from Bonny said the boat sank about 10 minutes after it left the shore of Bonny, while ferrying passengers to Port Harcourt, the state capital. An eyewitness said relatives of those who travelled in the boat broke down in tears when the news of the mishap, which occurred around 7:30a.m, filtered into the communities on the Island. It was also learnt that the boat, which was meant to ferry 28 persons, took about 35 passengers, suggesting that the accident could have been caused by overloading. An eyewitness, who gave his name as Adolf, said about 18 persons, including four Youth Corps members were rescued by local drivers and volunteers, adding; “As we speak, two children in the boat were brought out lifeless. Eight other persons have also been brought out and they are all believed to have di...

Says battle with his boss has just begun After three weeks of investigations, the panel set up to investigate allegations against Enugu State Deputy Governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi submitted its report to the State Assembly leading to his impeachment on Tuesday, August 26. Onyebuchi, who said he was out to prove his innocence, told newsmen few hours after he was impeached that it did not come to him as a surprise. He accused the panel of not hiding their bias throughout the period of its sitting. Thus he disclosed that his lawyers had been preparing and would immediately challenge the impeachment in court. The impeached deputy governor insisted that the allegations against him were diversionary, claiming that his offence was his interest in the Enugu East senatorial position which, according to him, has been reserved for the Chief of Staff, Government House, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo. According to him: “My problem started when I ...

  Yesterday, a considerable number of us were socked by the news of Anita Oyakhilome filing a suit against her husband over 'adultery' and 'unreasonable behavior. The people 'in the know', however, must have had a hard time trying to look surprised as we read that the divorce brouhaha has been in the offing since early this year as Anita and Chris have been conspicuously appearing singly at important functions (where they would otherwise have appeared as a couple). As TheNewsNigeria puts it, "the first indication of disharmony was the decision of Pastor Chris to relocate to South Africa while the wife, managed the Christ Embassy churches in London. She is also in-charge of her own chapter, Christ Embassy Docklands on North Woolwich, London and she is the co-Director of Love World Christian Network. This was in January. But by May, the story returned to the front pages."

I am not an unusually outgoing person, so it always makes me laugh that I became a preacher. I used to think people who talked about Jesus were weird. After my parents split up, our family stopped going to church. I was shy, and church bored me. From the age of 4 until the age of 11, I was given the option to go or not go with my older siblings. So I chose Sunday morning TV. In those days we only had a few channels, so my Sunday morning education was primarily black-and-white movies about singing cowboys and Tarzan. In the sixth grade, my mom decided to drag me back to church. It was one of those unusual churches where people teach the Bible and talk a lot about Jesus and following him. I liked it well enough. I didn’t really mind all the talk of ...

Exhibitionist, singer and actress, Cossy Orjiakor, has sensa­tionally denied insuring her oversized jugs for a whopping $1.6m (N240m) with an American Insur­ance company after re­ports that she did just that went viral on social media earlier in the week. “The story is not true. There was no time I insured my boobs for that kind of money; that’s ridiculous. Please, I want my fans to ignore that story. Stuffs like this gets written about me all the time. I guess it’s just some jobless blogger who put this up and instead of verify­ing before going to press, he or she just posted the lie and before you say Jackie Robinson, these false stories are trending and assume a life of their own,” the actress said in a telephone chat with The Entertainer. Commenting on Enhanced Silicon Incorporated, the company said to be behind the bogus deal, Cossy added: “I don’t know any company by that name; I have never heard of Enhanced Silicon In...

President Jonathan today August 28th launched the new national e-ID card at the Villa in Abuja. The new e-ID card which is powered by MasterCard is a multi-purpose card for identification, electronic signatures, and can be used for depositing money, withdrawing and making payments. So it's both an ID card and ATM. The first phase of the project will see 13million Nigerians issued the card while the next phase will target 100million Nigerians. The project is a partnership with MasterCard, the Nigerian National Identity Management Commission and Access bank. See more photos after the cut...

What I don't understand is why any woman in her right thinking mind, especially if she's in her 20s, will let any man convince her to tie her tubes. Especially a man who is not even your husband. Tying your tubes should be a decision you make on your own. Anyway, on the last episode of Atlanta Exes, Ne-Yo's baby mama Monyetta Shaw tearfully confided in Cee-Lo Green's ex-wife Christina that she agreed to have her tubes tied at Ne-Yo’s request. Ne-Yo has since left her and now has a new girlfriend.

According to The Cable , the dissolution of the marriage between Christ Embassy Church founder, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, and his wife, Rev. Anita Odegwa Oyakhilome, has entered the final phase. The wife is seeking divorce on the grounds of “unreasonable behaviour” and “adultery”. She outlined several allegations against the pastor which cannot publish for legal reasons. The divorce case, with Suit No FD14D01650, was filed on April 9, 2014 at Divorce Section A, Central Family Court, First Avenue House, High Holborn, London, UK, on Anita’s behalf by Attwaters Jameson Hill Solicitors, a full-service law firm with expertise in commercial law and a strong consumer focus in family, wills and estate, personal injury law and medical negligence. 

Shakira and Pique met at the 2010 World Cup Final Shakira is expecting her second child with her footballer boyfriend Gerard Pique, the singer has announced. The Colombian star, 37, revealed the news on her Facebook and Twitter pages. The Grammy winner wrote: "Yes, we are expecting our second baby!! Thank you all for your well wishes!"

Since its release, the movie adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's book Half of a Yellow Sun, has been marred by a variety of controversies. First, was its delayed release (because of some scenes thought to be 'sensitive'), then what some people called a "lack of efficient screen time" for the Nigerian actors in the movie. One thing is sure; the movie has been in the news but not necessarily for the right reasons. NET's Adedayo Odulaja takes a look at the movie and its many controversies. "The announcement that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's award winning book will become a movie can easily rank among the best entertainment-related stories that have emanated from Nigeria. Besides a few people who think [that] having Hollywood actors in the movie is a disservice to the relevant slice of history that Half of a Yellow Sun (in book from or on the big screen), most Nigerians were more than excited. While this is not another review of the...

Rapper Wale has parted ways with his longtime management company, Jay Z 's Roc Nation. The Pretty Girls hitmaker has been signed to the hip-hop mogul's company since 2009, but Wale has amicably split from his management team , according to Xxl . Wale has already signed on with 77 Management Group, a company that also represents American basketball star LeBron James . In a statement, 77 Management Group bosses write, "Wale's growth and maturity is clear, as he continues work on his best project to date. Its rollout has a lot to do with his new management, who have only been associated with the biggest and best brands in the world." While Wale has yet to reveal the reasoning behind the movie, speculation has surfaced that his split from Roc Nation was connected to a purported feud with another client of the company, rapper Meek Mill.

According to reports, Hollywood royalty Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who have been together for 9 years and share 6 children, are now married. The couple's publicist said they quietly got married last weekend Saturday 23rd at a very private ceremony attended by family and friends in Chateau Miraval, France. Angie and Brad's kids are said to have participated in the wedding. Her oldest two sons, Maddox and Pax walked her down the aisle, while their daughters Shiloh and Knox served as ring bearers. Congrats to them.

No fewer than 449 private schools operating illegally without government approval have been de-listed in Kogi State. The commissioner of education, Dr (Mrs) Agnes Okhai, who made the disclosure yesterday while submitting the report of their findings to the governor, Idris Wada, described the operation of illegal educational institution in the state as counter productive. According to her, a total of 999 primary schools, 332 secondary schools and 13 tertiary institutions were captured during the exercise that lasted six months.

Chinedu Okoli AKA Flavour might be a baby daddy soon. According to online reports, Flavours’s girlfriend who is also Mikel’s ex girlfriend Nigerian model Sandra Okagbue will be welcoming a baby soon. If this report is to go by then this will be flavour’s first child. The report has it that Sandra just traveled to the US where she intends to give birth. Flavour’s rep has however denied these reports The ‘Ada Ada’ crooner has been linked with model Beverly Heels and BBA winner Dillish Matthews in the past. He is currently working on his fourth studio album.

As the former Information Minister of Information  and  Director-General of NAFDAC, late Professor Dora Akunyili, will be buried today at her husband’s compound at Agulu in Anaocha LGA of Anambra State, mourners . However, mourners of the late don were subjected to mandatory Ebola screening before being allowed into the venue of the event organised by the Anambra State government. Governor Willie Obiano and other leaders and groups who spoke eulogised Dora for a very good and worthy life. Obiano said Dora was without doubt an amazon and a  shooting star whose dazzling sparkles illuminated the universe while she lived.

The perceived animosity between President Goodluck Jonathan and former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo may soon be a thing of the past as both leaders on Wednesday, met with in the Presidential Villa in Abuja over security matters.   Obasanjo stated this to newsmen shortly after he arrived back in Abeokuta, saying that the visit was on the invitation of Mr President.   Obasanjo said he insisted that the meeting should hold at the Presidential Villa, as a mark of respect for the office of the president, adding that it discussed security situations in the country.   It would be recalled a few days ago that Obasanjo likened the present state of the nation’s economy to the dark days of the late General Sani Abacha, and also commended the Federal Government on the fight against the Ebola virus disease.

Young Money's Nicki Minaj recently talked about the hype behind her popular "Anaconda" music video and downplayed the visual's steamy sexiness. Nicki dismissed all of the attention her video's booty-shaking and twerking had sparked. "I didn't think the video was so sexy or crazy, but I guess, I dunno," Nicki said sheepishly of her latest Pinkprint video during a chat backstage at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, where she performed three times. ( MTV ) Aside from this, reports claimed Nicki strategically planned her publicized MTV Video Music Awards wardrobe malfunction last weekend.

Chris Brown has riled some of his fans after he called on-off girlfriend Karrueche Tran "a fat a** n***a" in an Instagram post. The R'n'B singer, who regularly uploads pictures of his model other half onto his social photo sharing account, posted a shot of her reaching for something out of his fridge. Next to the image he wrote: "Caught this fat a** n***a in my fridge. Always eating." While some of his followers said he was clearly joking with the caption, plenty of others failed to see the funny side.

Music Artiste and song writer, Harrysong has revealed how his recent fame has attracted women who dumped him in the past, especially his ex-girlfriend. According to the Better Pikin crooner, he had begged the girl to be patient and wait for him to be buoyant enough to marry her, but she declined because she was in a hurry to get married. However, she called him recently and was asking for a date with him, an indication that she hasn’t settled down yet. Facebook Twitter Email More “Oh yes; I remember when I came to Lagos, I was in a relationship back there in Warri, and at that time, she gave me the option of coming back to Warri to get married to her because she wasn’t comfortable with the distance or I should face my career and forget about her.

This is the cover art for JLo's new song titled 'Booty' featuring rapper Iggy Azalea. JLo's butt is hard to beat. Meanwhile J.Lo's new album AKA which was released last month debuted at No.8 spot on the Billboard 100 and has only sold 33,000 copies so far.

  Nigeria's Health Minister Prof. Chukwu announced yesterday that there's only one confirmed case of Ebola in Nigeria now...that everyone else has been certified clean; which begs the question, what happened to the N1.9billion released by Pres. Jonathan for the management of Ebola in Nigeria?  Looks like the money will now be used to buy cars and other things. Naija sha! Lol. Continue, it gets more interesting... During his press conference yesterday, Prof. Chukwu, denied the money was for the management of the virus, saying it was for the ministry of health and will be used to buy cars and other things

Founder and President of the Gospel Apostolic Church, Pa Samuel Sadela, who is described as the oldest pastor in Nigeria, has died at the age of 114. Pa Sadela died yesterday August 26th at the church premises. The church has already opened a condolence register in front of its premises. Pa Samuel was born in 1900 and started his pastoral journey in 1928. Continue...

Nollywood actor Segun Arinze and his wife Julie welcomed a baby girl yesterday August 25th. Julie gave birth to the couple's 3rd child in Maryland, USA. Mother and child are said to be doing great. Segun and Julie already have two sons. Big congrats to them..

According to new reports, Ciara and Future have reconciled and have been spotted together for the first time since they welcomed a child.. MediaTakeOut was the first news source in the world to tell you that Ciara dumped Future when she caught him cheating. Well we have good news... Ciara has decided to take future back. "Ciara and Future have extensively discussed their relationship - and how it was nearly destroyed by Future's infidelity. And after some discussions, the couple has decided to put everything behind them and get back together." MediaTakeOut reports. Continue...

The actor and Airtel ambassador showed off his new Range Rover on instagram and wrote "My new baby is here. #GodbeingGod". Congrats to him. What model RR is that? #Clueless...:-)

  Late Dora Akunyili’s husband, Dr. Chike Akunyili, in his remarks on behalf of her family, extolled his late wife as a patriot who loved her country so much that she gave up her American citizenship. VANGUARD reported that Dr Akunyili also thanked President Goodluck Jonathan for his support since the demise of his wife. A grief stricken Dr Akunyili said, "When Dora died, I saw the special FEC session in her honour, that helped me in my grief. When I also had the opportunity to meet the President in his office, he held my hands and comforted me with kind words, saying, “give me any date for Dora, I will be there,” and today he is here.

Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) in partnership with Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria (OAAN), some leading electronic billboard operators in the state and Insight Communications Limited, will soon commence a public awareness campaign as part of efforts to curb the spread of  the Ebola Virus Disease. This initiative supported by the state Ministries for Health and Information would involve electronic billboard operators enabling their platforms across the state to be used free of charge in conveying messages about the disease in strategic locations. It was also estimated that the operators will be waiving over N240million charge for billboard space. LASAA’s Managing Director, Mr. George Noah, noted that the campaign would focus on key areas related to the spread and management of the disease such as modes of transmission, preventive measures, symptoms and help telephone lines.

Los Angeles - Justin Bieber compared himself to Princess Diana after being involved in a minor car accident. The 20-year-old singer lashed out on Twitter after a photographer allegedly crashed into the back of his red Ferrari while chasing him through Los Angeles on Tuesday, and called for new laws to protect him from suffering the same fate as the late Princess of Wales, who died in a crash in Paris in 1997. Shortly after the incident, the Baby singer tweeted: "There should be laws against what I just experienced. We should have learned from the death of Princess Diana... I don't have a problem with Paparazzi but when they act recklessly they put us all in danger."

  Mercy Johnson is one funny and truthful actress. While speaking with a soft sell magazine, Mercy revealed her first encounter with senior colleague, Genevieve Nnaji and how she had to hide in a car boot just because she was so nervous to meet her, even though she came there to see her. It’s so hilarious. Her words; The first time I met her, my friend took me there. When we got to where she was, I became nervous. I told my friend “no let me hide in your boot.” And I did. I got into her boot. (laughs) Can you imagine I came to see her and when I got there I wanted to run back. I jumped into my friends boot. So, when she came out of the hotel, I could not see her, I could only hear her voice.

No more guess work because highlife singer, Flavour Nabania has come out clean with the only girl who holds the key to his heart.   Why did it take him this long to come out with her? He used to date Beverly Heels who resides in the U.S. Apparently, their affair packed up. Then we heard it was Dillish Mathew, winner of 2013 Big Brother Africa. Later, it was the turn of Beverly Naya who later debunked dating him...loads of story to tell on who Flavour might be seeing.

Fair-skinned Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim has been linked with ex-Mr Nigeria, Bryan Okpara.   Don't forget, she was once rumoured to be dating IK Ogbonna.   According to gist making the rounds, the two are said to be an item but still keeping their romance secret for now.   Since Bryan recently broke up with his longtime model girlfriend, Bunmi Ademokoya, he seems to be single and ready to mingle again.