ORIGINAL AFRICANS

M iss United Nations 2014 Precious Chikwendu takes new photos to show her support to the Eagles as they welcome their Congolese counterpart to Calabar this Saturday. See more photos after the cut...

Nigerian football star, Obafemi Martins tattooed his 11 month old son's face on his arm. Kendrick is the son he shares with Abigail Barwuah. See more pics of the happy family after the cut...

A Kenyan couple decided to theme their wedding around Manchester United, with everything from their clothes to the wedding cake featuring the club's branding. The groom married his h eartthrob wearing a Man U jersey and decorated his wedding car with the club’s emblem. The bride wore a traditional white dress and although she may look like she's not in support of what's going on with that unamused look, if you check out some of the wedding pics, she's actually wearing a red flower in her hair so it means the couple are United in their support...lol. Continue to see wedding photos...

Illuzion magazine just released their Sexiest Africans Alive 2014 list and five Nigerian celebs; Genevieve Nnaji, Flavour, Tiwa Savage, Burna Boy and UK-based Nigerian model Williams Falade made the list. See the full list after the cut...   We have searched across the African continent , for those people who have made keeping fit and looking good the new black, whether its by spending fortunes on personal trainers, healthy diets or personal chefs just to look the best they can. Today we celebrate them, as they have made it to our maiden Sexiest Africans Alive list  for the year 2014. From an initial shortlist of 100 African elite athletes, musicians, actors, socialites, TV personalities, fitness experts and super models, we have narrowed it down to 20, to bring you the best of the best.

Nollywood actress Chika Ike lost her dad recently after a prolonged illness. The actress flew her dad to India for treatment two years ago due to same illness but unfortunately he passed on. May his soul rest in peace...amen.

Marvel’s new hammer-wielding God of Thunder will make her debut this October. Marvel has released the official synopsis of the first issue featuring the new female Thor. Though her name is yet to be revealed, the synopsis claims she worthy of the hammer and unlike any “Thor” we’ve seen before. “The great hammer Mjölnir lies on the surface of the moon, unable to be lifted by anyone in all the heavens – even the Mighty Thor! Something dark has befallen the Thunder God, leaving him unworthy and unable to lift his magic hammer. With an army of Frost Giants invading Earth, the Odinson may not have the strength to stop them – and the hammer will be lifted by an all-new Thor! A mysterious woman unlike any Thor we’ve ever seen before!” Share This Story “THOR” Artist Russell Dauterman recently chatted with Marvel.com about the development process for the character who will be taking over the franchise. The artist explained he’s always b...

The cyberspace went agog when performing twins, P-Square revealed on a radio station that they do not live with their wives. The twin brothers have been living together virtually all their lives. During the radio programme, the singers also hinted that they would move to their separate houses in December, 2014. P-Square However, many of their fans assumed that all was not right between the brothers and their wives, considering that just a few months ago, there were reports that the duo were on the verge of breaking up. However, when Saturday Beats contacted the singers’ publicist, Bayo Adetu, he denied that the brothers had any problems with each other.

The wait for Wizkid's new album appears to have come to an end judging from the release of the cover art of his latest album titled 'Ayo.' The last time fans enjoyed a musical album from the multi-award winning singer was in his 'Superstar' album, which was released in 2011. In the latest album, Wizkid, 24, has exciting collaboration with both indigenous and international music stars. Some of whom include Banky W, Femi Kuti, Phyno, Seyi Shay, Wale (US-based) and Tyga (also US-based).

The much-awaited new series of Africa's widely popular Big Brother reality TV show will not launch as scheduled as its purpose-built production venue has been destroyed by a fire that erupted earlier this week. The latest serious, ninth season, of this year's Big Brother Africa - Hotshots - was scheduled to open on Sunday, September 7. But organisers M-Net and Endemol SA postponed the launch of the show after a fire devastated the Big Brother's Johannesburg house on Tuesday this week. The organisers of the show said they immediately started looking for an alternative Big Brother venue but they an alternative was not immediately available.

The EME Disc Jockey ,DJ Xclusive has debunked reports by an international business magazine, Business Insider that he is the biological son of Africa's richest woman, Folorunsho Alakija. Business insider listed him among the world's hottest billionaire’s children. the magazine claimed that, Rotimi Alakija AKA Dj Exclusive is the son of Folorunsho Alakija, No. 698 on the Forbes list and the richest woman in Africa, worth $2.6 billion. However, DJ Xclusive's rep has denied the reports saying it’s all a mix up and that DJ Xclusive is not Folorunsho Alakija’s son,  but Folorunsho is his aunty. The rep also said that Folorunsho Alakija also has a son named Rotimi.

D’banj is said to have popped the question to his girl friend, Adama Idimi. Well this is going by the photo recently posted on Instagram by Adama showing a diamond ring on her finger. Though insiders have claimed that they are truly engaged and that they will be tying the knot soon, The reports are yet to be confirmed by either parties.  Adama Indimi is one of the daughters of billionaire oil magnate, Maiduguri-based Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, chairman of Oriental Energy Resources. She is said to be accepted by D’banj’s family as  she even attending the 61st birthday ceremony of D'banj's mother.

Cape Town – A Massive fire has engulfed M-Net's Big Brother Africa Hotshots house at Sasani Studios, leading to the immediate cancellation of the start of the the upcoming 9th season of the pan-African voyeur reality show which was set to begin this Sunday 7 September on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform. No-one was injured in the blaze which engulfed the studio at Highlands North in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The cause of the fire which erupted and plunged the production into further crisis is not know. Production company Endemol South Africa and M-Net had no choice but to cancel the start of the show which has seen multiple production challenges the past few weeks before the cameras had even started rolling. Due to stringent changes to South Africa's visa regulations, Endemol South Africa first had to dump the originally selected contestants from Ghana and start a frantic search for Ghana residents already living in South Africa to put in the show...