Nigerian top rappers to host The VS Class

Some of Nigeria’s hottest MCs have been announced as hosts for the new Beat FM and Hennessy HipHop show, The VS Class.


Mode9; female rapper Sasha P; talented rap duo, Show Dem Camp and fast rising female rapper, Eva Alordiah will be hosting the first edition of the show.

“I can’t wait to hear these upcoming rappers spit on the mic. The VS Class show is a good step in promoting rap culture in Africa. This is the first rap show to ever hold in Nigeria and I am really exciting to be a part of it,” said Mode9.

Auditions for The VS Class, which began yesterday night, have been in progress for the past two weeks. The show has been created to discover and promote budding MCs and to give back to the hip hop community in Nigeria.

The hip-hop show will address hip hop conversations, including Hennessy’s image as hip hop’s number one spirit as well as the celebration of hip hop, both in the local and international entertainment industry.

The VS Class will feature three episodes in 2014 with well known MCs, lyricists and DJs in the Nigerian music industry as guests on the show.

ACTRESS OSHODI OKE CAUGHT WITH SAKA!

The two were spotted stealing a kiss while on a movie location in Lagos. The thespian seems to ‘enjoy’ the kiss from the well endowed Yoruba actress.

Check out Kwam 1's multimillionaira home and bedrooms (photos)

We all know Funji artiste, Kwam 1 lives like a king!'

He has a palatial country home, Ule Omo Ojus'agbola, in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State - that was where his three daughters got married. See more jaw-dropping photos below (will bring you more photos asap):

 

Hillary Clinton dodges shoe during Las Vegas speech

A woman threw a shoe at Hillary Clinton on Thursday as the former secretary of state was delivering a speech at a Las Vegas hotel, but Clinton dodged it and continued with her remarks, a U.S. Secret Service spokesman said.

Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie said the shoe-thrower was not a ticketed guest for Clinton's speech at the Mandalay Bay hotel and had been spotted by Secret Service agents and hotel security guards before the incident.

"As agents and hotel security approached her she threw a shoe and was immediately taken into custody by the Secret Service and hotel security," Ogilvie said.

Footage of the incident broadcast by KTNV-TV showed Clinton, 66, crouching to dodge an object as she stood on stage.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper reported that the former first lady joked about the incident as she continued her speech to some 1,000 people attending a metal recycling conference

"Is that somebody throwing something at me?" Clinton asked, according to the Review-Journal. "Is that part of Cirque du Soleil?"

The newspaper quoted Clinton as saying, "My goodness, I didn't know that solid waste management was so controversial."

The throwing of shoes at political figures is a form of protest in many parts of the world. In 2008 a shoe was hurled at then-President George W. Bush when he appeared at a Baghdad press conference with the Iraqi prime minister.

Clinton, who lost the Democratic presidential nomination to then-Senator Barack Obama, said at a marketing conference in San Francisco earlier this week that she was thinking about running for president again in 2016.

She has been giving speeches across the country since leaving the State Department last year.

A hotel spokeswoman told Reuters she had no information on the episode, and a spokesman for Clinton did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

Idris Elba to make Nollywood debut

Hollywood actor, Idris Elba will feature in Kunle Afolayan’s upcoming movie Beast of No Nation which is still in its pre-production stage.

Film maker Kunle Afolayan put up a casting call for actors and actresses interested to feature in the movie, and announced in the advertisement for auditions that Idris Elba will feature in the film.

Idris Elba is an English actor, producer, singer, rapper, and DJ, and acted as Nelson Mandela in the movie Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

Kunle Afolayan doubts Nollywood is worth N853.9b

Nollywood film maker, Kunle Afolayan has said that he doubts that Nollywood, is now worth N853.9 billion naira.

A recent analysis put Nigeria as the largest economy in Africa, with Nollywood contributing 1.2% of the Gross Domestic Product(GDP) worth N853.9 billion naira.

“I honestly do not understand how this statistics came about because i doubt that this figures exist in this my industry or maybe am just the mumu that is lacking behind.Somebody should enlighten me please." He wrote on Facebook wall.

Kunle Afolayan

Wednesday at 3:13pm 

Hmmmmm! Before you judge me, I need you to please understand that my statement is purely out of ignorance and I have every right to put toward what I do not understand so I can learn.
I read the article below and my focus is strictly on NOLLYWOOD, Here is a quote "Nollywood, for example, was now worth 853.9 billion naira ($5.1 billion, 3.7 billion euros) or 1.2 percent of GDP."

I honestly do not understand how this statistics came about because i doubt that this figures exist in this my industry or maybe am just the mumu that is lacking behind.
Somebody should enlighten me please.

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Nollywood top as Nigeria becomes Africa's biggest economy
Nigeria on Sunday became Africa's biggest economy, leap-frogging South Africa, after the government announced a long-overdue rebasing of the country's gross domestic product.

The new calculations take into account changes in production and consumption since the last time the exercise was carried out in 1990, including an added focus on communications and the movie industry.

The data indicated that the economy grew to $453 billion in 2012, instead of $264 billion as measured by the World Bank for that year.

South Africa's economy was at $384 billion in 2012, according to the World Bank.

Estimates for 2013 indicated further expansion to $510 billion, Nigeria's chief statistician, Yemi Kale, told a news conference in the capital, Abuja.

"Nigeria has moved to be the largest economy by GDP size in Africa and has moved to be the 26th largest economy in the world," finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said.

"On a per capita basis, Nigeria is number 121 in the world. So, we have a total GDP size where we have moved up to 26th," the former World Bank managing director added.

New industries - Mobile and Nollywood

The widely expected results are based on calculations taking into account a range of new sectors and industries that were negligible or non-existent in 1990.

They include the mobile telephones market -- Africa's largest -- music and the hugely popular local film industry, Nollywood.

Nollywood, for example, was now worth 853.9 billion naira ($5.1 billion, 3.7 billion euros) or 1.2 percent of GDP.

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Skit for “Basketmouth Uncensored Live” premieres online

In anticipation of his popularBasketmouth Uncensored Live show, the comedian has released a skit titledBasketmouth assaults hospital patient

 In the skit Basketmouth impersonates a doctor and tells a patient to do things out of the ordinary.

Basketmouth Uncensored Live will take place on June 29 at Eko Hotel Convention Center, Lagos.

Mercy Johnson confirms pregnancy story

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   @realmercyj mama, no 2 na true?!Abeg confirm d news mk we pop champagne bcos e no easy. Am waiting ooooo! Pls tell us if d news is true.

Mama Purity @realmercyj

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@visquared4real lol yeah dear u can pop,@lindaikeji won't kill me oooo with sniping technique.God bless u good in this month of laughter.

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Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson Okojie has confirmed that she is pregnant for her second child with husband.

Mercy Johnson confirmed it on her Twitter page after a fan asked if she was pregnant as reported by many media houses.

Nollywood Actress, Mercy Johnson got married to Prince Odianosen Okojie in 2011, they have a daughter named Purity.

Uche Jumbo, Damilola Adegbite, Mercy Johnson expecting babies

Wow, it is a sesaon of babies and baby bumps in the celebsville!

Movie stars, Uche Jumbo, Damilola Adegbite and Mercy Johnson have confirmed that they are pregnant.

Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson is pregnant with her second child for husband Prince Odianosen Okojie - the couple tied the knot in August 2011 and welcomed their first child – daughter Purity in December 2012.

Confirming the story, her rep -Bigsam Media - said she is scheduled to stay away from work to enable her nurse the pregnancy.

Also, Nollywood superstar actress/producer Uche Jombo and her husband business executive Kenny Rodriguez are expecting their first child.

The couple tied the knot in picturesque Puerto Rico in 2012.Uche is presently working on new movie projects from her UJ Studios production company set for release in 2014.

And then, ex “Tinsel” co-stars Chris Attoh and Damilola Adegbite are expecting their first too!

They were supposed to walk down the aisle this weekend, April 12th, but the wedding has been postponed.

According to a press release by Chris Attoh's publicist, Rosie, her client and his wife-to-be have decided to postpone their wedding till later this year or early next year as they are expecting their first baby

Dami wants “a fairytale wedding”, Rosie said, so the wedding had to be postponed

Checkout Our Look and Love story of the Month!

Who says there is no Love at first sight? If you think that saying is 100% correct, you may have to do a rethink.

Well, meet Victor and Ufuoma. Their story is a true case of Love at first sight. Victor confessed that he was struck by Ufuoma Itoje, a graduate of Accounting from the university of Benin and a former staff of Multichoice Nigeria (she resigned last month to be with her hubby) from his very first sight of her.

This love birds crossed path sometime in November 2009 at the Airport in Benin City both enroute to Lagos and the rest of the story since then, is history.

The love struck birds are crazy in Love and have both vowed to remain that way. They have sustained their affection for each other without defaulting.

They have since 2009, been faithfull and sincere to each other. As focused as they have decided to be, they have never failed to listen to each others opinion about issues. Now they are not just in Love, they are best friends.

Their story and pics emerged as our story and Look of the month after several entries were screened by our panel of judges here at lookbooknaija.

Ufuoma and Victor are sealing their Love on the following dates:
May 2014.
Traditional Wedding: Lagos
White Wedding: Benin City.

Photograph was by Olalekan 07033865011, 08059464625 much credit to him.

Lookbooknaija will be there live to cover the events as the events will be packed with dignitaries and celebrities from all over the country and diaspora.

Congratulations!

Security officials prevent jobless graduate from committing suicide

An unemployed engineering graduate of Ekiti State University, Mr. Sunday Omotayo, was on Wednesday prevented from committing suicide by the police and prison officials.

Omotayo, who caused a stir along Wellington Bassey Way, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, when he deliberately jumped out of a speeding Toyota Hiace bus, expecting to be crushed to death by other vehicles, said he was tired of life as he had been searching for a job for the past 10 years after graduation.

Some policemen, who were on patrol at the time of the incident, told our correspondent that Omotayo had in the morning gone to the state prison asking the officials to either kill him or make way for him to rot in the prison.

A prison officer, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent that they saw him – well dressed and wearing a tie – running towards them. He added that his action forced them to become alert with their guns. He said, “The next thing he said was ‘shoot me, shoot me, I want to die, I am tired of this world’. He added that otherwise, we should allow him to enter and die inside the prison.”The official stated that Omotayo was later overpowered by the police, who counselled him and forced him into a bus heading towards the Ibom Plaza roundabout.An eyewitness, Mr. Effiong Bassey, said Omotayo jumped from the bus into the major road for other vehicles to run over him.

Lying on the main road leading to Akwa Ibom Government House, It took a while for policemen to get him out of the road. He insisted that he must put an end to his poverty-stricken life by committing suicide.Omotayo told PUNCH Metro, “There is no state that I have not gone to in search of a job in the past 10 years. I came to Akwa Ibom because this is my last hope because of the stories of Governor Godswill Akpabio and his uncommon transformation.“I came with the hope that with what is going on in the state, getting a job would be easy so that I can begin to be a man.

But since I came, I discovered that many people from Akwa Ibom are also crying because of poverty and joblessness.”The Police Public Relations Officer, Akwa Ibom State Command, Mr. Etim Dickson, promised to get back to our correspondent once he had confirmed the story from the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area.

Doris Simon taks 'Stella Damasus and Daniel Ademinokan' on a LIVE TV programme

Since Nollywood actress Doris Simeon's marriage to ace film-maker Daniel Ademinokan crashed about 2 years ago, she hasn't spoken much on what led to the breakup. 

Recall Daniel had alleged at the time their marriage crashed that Doris didn't have time for the family and was always away at movie locations.

Over the weekend, while playing guest during a live TV program -  'Gbajumo Osere' for yoruba movie stars - one of Doris Simon's fans asked why her marriage crashed and if Stella is truly having an affair with Daniel.

In her response, Doris said:


"Only God knows what happened and is happening between them and he's the one who knows why it happened that way. I tried to make the marriage work but it may have been God's will for us to have parted like that. Like I said only God knows what is happening between them but it may be true since it is all over the media and sometimes media reports have some elements of truth. What is of utmost importance to ME now is my growth in the movie industry and my business ventures."

Film-maker, Frank Rajah Arase regrets introducing nudity into Ghollywood

The name Frank Rajah Arase rings a bell in Ghana as one of the best film-makers who have made great impact in the African movie industry. Although many think he is a Ghanaian due to his exploits in Ghollywood, Frank hails from Edo State in Nigeria and is happily married to a Nigerian.
In a recent interview with City People, he disclosed how much he now detests 'nudity in Ghanaian movies' and how he turned the likes of Van Vicker, Yvone Nelson, Jackie Appiah into celebrities.
"Well Heart of Men was actually my movie and we projected nudity in a very daring way. Before then, I got lots of mails from some of my foreign fans who said we love your movies but instead of creating love scenes where you have to put people under the blanket, take off those scenes but if you have to show the scenes, make it close to reality.
That was one flaw people saw in my movies so I was like lets try to make this happen and maybe the devil was at work that day because everybody just complied and we started shooting, it wasn’t planned and it was one of those 5 mins madness so we shot it and after that, it was like an open door for a lot of nudity in our movies and I felt terribly bad for pioneering it and I have since cautioned myself.
Till date I will never do movies with deep kisses talk more sex.I even had serious problems way back at home with my family over that movie, it was terrible and one of those hit movies I didn’t want people to always remember me with. Am doing my very best possible to create an image that people will see and not frown their faces. " he said.
He further disclosed how he turned the likes of Van Vicker,  Yvonne Nelson, Majid Michel into celebrities.
"...in Nigeria, you have the likes of Genevieve Nnaji, Rita Dominic and co, these are commercial faces and I want to create the likes of those in Ghana, I want to differentiate them so we can use them to sell movies here too. So I was like ok let’s sign a contract which we did for 2 years, and later I made it 4 years. The contract was to groom some actors in Ghana and make them stars, we agreed and called for audition, where we picked the likes of Jackie, Nadia Buari,Van Vicker, Kalsum Sinare, Kofi Adjorolo, Majid Michel was a stand by then.
 After the audition, they were the characters I picked, so after picking them we took them through series of productions from Mummy’s Daughter to Beyonce and all of that. That was how the journey started and later on we brought on Majid and then Yvonne Nelson, Juliet Ibrahim, Frank Arthus, Martha Ankomah and just like that  we continued. That was how we started with all of them and today, they are big."

"Abacha was a caring husband..." - Maryam Abacha recounts her love story

Since her husband, Major General Abacha died in 1998; Mrs Maryam Abacha has been living a very quiet life, at first in Kano and now in Abuja. 
However, in this interview with PM Newspaper, she spoke about her husband, how they met, his death and how she's been coping since then he died.

See excerpts below:

How has life been with you since the death of your husband?

We thank God for His kindness and love for us. We also thank those that have been around us in these moments of grief. We are still waiting for those that have distanced themselves from us to reconcile and come back. We are not angry with anybody. We are still friends to everybody. We look forward to the Almighty Allah to provide us the fortitude to bear this loss. So life has been quiet and peaceful with us. We are one and a happy family.

When you heard of his sudden death, how did you take it? How did you feel?
My husband’s death was like a coup. It was sudden and shrouded in confusion. General Abdulasalami [Abubakar] just called me, telling me to come and collect the dead body. We buried him like any other ordinary Nigerian. It was quite unfortunate the way he died. Allah knows best and unto Him we shall all return. May his soul rest in peace. I’m yet to fully recover from the shock of his death.

And how did you both meet?
Like any other would-be couple. He was a charming, handsome and likeable personality; a loving father who liked his children and loved ones. We became friends and got married. Here are pictures in the family album; before, during and after our wedding day. He was a caring husband, a dedicated father and an affectionate grandfather.

Linda Ikeji Lives like a princess.

Celebrity blogger Linda Ikeji is living a good life - yeah, we know she's chopping life and we love her for that!
    Linda wears, rocks and uses the most expensive things!!!
 
She drives an Infinity FX 35 toy worth 8 million naira and Toyota Camry, plus she recently built a multimillion naira Duplex for her parents!

When stepping out, she makes sure her shoes, wrist-watch and outfits match, she doesn't just settle for any shoes and bags but the best and very expensive ones -  Paul Andrew 'Zenadia' pumps, Alexander McQueen Heroine bags, Gucci sandals, Michelle Diamond watch,Louboutin pumps, Alexander McQueen tops/blouses, Jimmy Choo shoes, MiuMiu bags, Salvatore Ferragamo bags, Steve Madden shoes, Gucci Python Bamboo bagsetc...the list is endless!
 
See photos of her princess-like lifestyle below: