Red Carpet pictures from 'Turning Point' movie premiere in London

On December 12, 2012 (12/12/12), London's Indig02 Arena hosted some of Nollywood's top stars who were present for the premiere of the much anticipated Nollywood flick 'Turning Point'.
Some of the stars present were Jackie Appiah, Rita Nzelu, Obi Emelonye, Sam Sodje as well as some Hollywood stars.
Check out some of the red carpet pictures ....

Nigerian Prostitute Gruesomely Murdered In Italy

A Nigerian commercial sex worker identified as Franca Abumen, who lives in Rome, Italy, reportedly met her untimely death in the hands of yet to be identified men who brutally murdered her by tying her ankles and strangling her to death with a black cord, tied around her neck.

Franca Abumen

 

Franca, 27, was killed in the woods of Stifone, between Narni Waters, in Rome but her body was not found until after 24 hours on Sunday 10th of December, 2012 after her friends called reported her missing at the police station when she failed to return home from a night of work.
The police commands Carabinieri in Rome and Viterbo are working together to unmask the identities of Franca’s killers.

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Malawian Defense Minister Ken Kandodo collapses during s*x with teenager

According to a post on ‘Malawi Gossip-The Buzz of Malawi’- a Facebook group, Malawian Minister of Defence, Ken Kandodo Banda is said to have collapsed due to an overdose of Viagra pills which he took. According to the post, Kandodo is said to have taken many Viagra tablets in preparation for ‘sex business’ with his teenage girlfriend who is a pupil at Namitete Secondary School.

Investigations reveal that indeed Kandodo had checked in at Capital Hotel in Lilongwe with the teenage girl, who later alerted hotel management that the minister had fainted after much Viagra pills to keep him going on and on. Kandodo was “found in the room face down and naked, and fully charged”, reports the post. Kandodo refused to grant the media a telephone interview when he was contacted.

 

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33-Year-Old-Man Kicked Out By Bouncers For Looking Like Jesus

Bearded Nathan Grindal, 33, was enjoying the match between star champ Phil Taylor and Kim Huybrechts when some of the 4,500-strong audience spotted his likeness to the son of God.

Chants of "Jesus" quickly spread through the rowdy crowd, interrupting play at Butlins in Minehead, Somerset. Security was called before six bouncers escorted upset Nathan from the Cash Converters Players' Championship, being shown on ITV4.

As he left a chant of 'Stand up if you love Jesus' broke out, with many of the boozed-up crowd getting to their feet. Nathan, a labourer, was escorted to a nearby bar where security staff bought him a pint and told him to watch the rest of the final on the telly.

He saw the legendary Taylor win then found himself being asked to pose for signed photos with fans as they left the arena. Nathan, who emigrated from his native Australia to Oxford six years ago, said: "I didn't go to the darts dressed as Jesus – I went as me. It was all very weird and distressing. I didn't break down crying but I did get emotionally distraught. They were bullying me and picking on me, saying that I was someone else. It would have been okay if the security hadn't made a fuss getting me out of the arena."

Nathan, who began growing his beard four months ago, had booked a three-day stay at Butlins earlier this month with five pals to watch the darts.

He added: "In his post-match interview, Phil Taylor said something like 'if I ever see Jesus again, I'll crucify him myself.' Now that's just hurtful. I love darts, but I'm worried about ever going to see it live again, just in case the crowd turns on me like they did last time."
Dave Allen, spokesman for the Professional Darts Corporation, said Nathan was ejected to prevent his presence becoming a nuisance to the players.

He said: "There was a lot of chanting of Jesus and I think to avoid it becoming too much of a distraction for the players he was taken by security to another part of the complex. There is plenty of audience participation. They are encouraged to support the players within certain boundaries. The fact they can buy four-pint pitchers certainly helps."


-MSN

STYLEWATCH: Dressing To Suit Your Body Shape...THE CORNET

SUITABLE DRESSING FOR THE CORNET BODY SHAPE:

What is a cornet body shape?

Trinny and Susannah’s the Cornet is described as broad shoulders, small boobs, no waist, slim hips and long slim legs.

The Cornet is athletic, slender, sometimes to the point of shapelessness, but always willowy. The taller Cornets end up as models as your almost boyish frame is prized by designers to show off their clothes. For the more pedestrian you’re likely to have slender long limbs that at times can seem almost gangly and a fairly straight up and down torso. Most particular you have very broad shoulders; in fact your shoulders are probably the widest part of you.

Dressing The Cornet:

A Cornet shape is all about angles. Those same angles that make you feel gawky and gangly need to be handled in a way that makes you feel feminine and comfortable. And of course it’s important to balance out your shoulders.
Don’t – wear shapeless clothes to cover up; it will accentuate the issue.
Do – play up the angles in your body. They’re there and echoing those angles can look very feminine.
Don’t – wear anything that will broaden your shoulders as it will emphasize them out of all proportion.
Do – opt for different cuts; asymmetric tops and dresses, angular dresses, patterns that break up the sameness of your torso.
Clothes – what to avoid:

Floaty dresses – a floaty shapeless dress will swathe you in fabric and make your shape disappear. It will emphasise your angularness and you’ll seem gangly and much like a child playing dressup.
Platform shoes – you have delicate ankles and legs, finely shaped and … well fine. A great big platform shoe on the end of your foot is going to make your legs look stick thin.
Three-quarter length sleeves – because you have such long slender limbs its very simple to overemphasis this. Three-quarter length sleeves, which cut midway your forearms will make you look like a gorilla in a shrunk top. Opt for longer or shorter sleeves.
Scooped necklines – a scooped neckline opens up the chest by emphasising the breasts. If you have small breasts, um, it’s going to emphasize that. Again you’ll look like a child playing dressup.
Shoulder pads – shoulder pads widen the shoulders something you most definitely do not need to do. It will throw your balance off and make your hips look tiny.
Clothes – what shapes to look for:

Skinny jeans – you have slender hips and long legs; skinny jeans were made for you. The tapered leg will highlight your hips and thighs and give you the illusion of more curves than their actually are.


Cigarette pants – ditto with cigarette pants with the added benefit your legs are long enough to handle being cut off at the ankle. Plus your ankles are lovely so showing them off is an added benefit. Think Audrey Hepburn on a summers day in Paris …


Wide lapel asymmetric jumper – the wide lapel breaks up the expanse of your shoulders to make you seem more in proportion. Then the way the jumper is fitted around your middle highlights the waist and flares over your hips highlighting your curves.
Flared skirt – a flared skirt comes straight out from the waist and gives shape to your hips. Because a flared skirt works best for someone with a flat belly choose something with netting which will disguise your stomach if you have even a hint of roundness.
Angular dress – you’re an angular shape, and putting a square peg in a square dress is ideal. The hard lines create the illusion of curviness, ironically, and on someone curvier would become somewhat of a caricature. You have the angles to pull off an angular dress and make it look sexy.
Draping jersey dress – look for something that is going to create curves. This dress is cinched in at the waist and then flows out over the hips. The draping fabric will cling lovingly to your shape whilst the ruching and folds breakup the up and downess of your body whilst the neckline breaks up the width of your shoulders.
Fluted skirt – a fluted skirts works wonderfully for the Cornet as it hugs your bottom then flares out to give the illusion of curvy hips and thighs.


Slim-heeled shoes – delicate ankles call for a delicate shoe. Opt for something with a slender heel.



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Ghanaian Actress, Jackie Appiah In a Messy Infidelity Scandal

Following a ‘graphic’ s*x scene she acted in an upcoming movie titled ‘Death After Birth’, Ghanaian award-winning actress, Jackie Appiah, is being trailed by a barrage of accusations, among which is infidelity.

In addition to the s*x scandal, Actress Jackie Appiah who was accused of infidelity is doing everything possible to redeem her image at the moment.

Last week, the news of her affair with actor Abeiku Santana spread like wildfire in Kumasi and Accra Ghana.

According to reports from Ghana, the scene from Death After Birth movie caused a serious tension that led to a messy fight in the studio of Okay FM as Abeiku Santana and his friend Kwame Amoo nearly exchanged blow over the matter.

Though the actress has denied real intimacy with Abeiku, the news is causing a lot of tension for Jackie Appiah at her home front, Ghana at the moment.

 

 

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Living With The Dead.....Man Accused Of Murdering Girlfriend And Living With Decomposing Corpse

Grisly details have emerged in the death of a woman whose body was found badly decomposed in a Stockton apartment last December.

Prosecutors say Devon Epps murdered his girlfriend and then lived with her rotting corpse, which he kept in the bathtub, for months.

Veronica Jones, a 35-year-old mother of ten, was first reported missing by family members in June of last year. It wasn't until Epps was evicted from his home six months later that the apartment manager discovered her body. According to authorities, her face had been beaten beyond recognition.

Epps was arrested and charged with murder two days later. Management at his building said he suffered from mental problems and kicked him out for incidents relating to his illness.

"Violence, yelling, screaming, destruction, and women locked in the room," apartment management employee Leslie Pearce told CBS News upon his arrest.

Jurors were shown graphic images of the crime scene during Epps' trial, which began on Friday. The coroner says Jones was bludgeoned with a metal pedestal, raped and stabbed 32 times.

"It's morbid, it's disgusting," Jones' brother, Isaac Zuniga, said when the victim's body was first discovered. "I'm horrified by the experience my sister went through."

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Nigerian Singer, Tiwa ‘Tiwabanks’ Bankole Allegedly Stabbed By Landlord’s Son [WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES]

Tiwa ‘Tiwabanks’ Bankole, one of Nigeria’s promising female rappers/singer who sang ‘olenle’, has been stabbed, allegedly, by her landlord’s son on Monday.

The sonorous singer reportedly had a misunderstanding with her landlord’s son simply identified as Tobi in the afternoon only for him to return at night to finish what was started in the day.

He allegedly barged into her apartment, which is located around Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State, and inflicted some injuries on her with a broken bottle.

Tobi, who is said to be notoriously known around the neighbourhood, reportedly fled the scene leaving Tiwa in a pool of her own blood before she was rushed to the hospital by concerned neighbours.

See pictures after the cut…


[Warning: Graphic Images]

 

 

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Uru Eke Brings Her Beauty To The New Edition Of Exquisite Magazine

Chic actress, Uru Eke, flashes a gorgeous smile on the cover of the new issue of Exquisite magazine...Check Her Out!

Isn't she lovely??

Nollywood Actor Enebeli Elebuwa May Have Committed Suicide, Close Friend Reveals.

Days after the sad news of the demise of Nollywood actor Enebeli Elebuwa in an Indian Hospital was received, a source which claims to be a close friend of the deceased has said he committed suicide.

The source believes his friend committed suicide after suffering stroke for months and losing all hope in living.

The source said, after they learnt of the death of fellow actor Pete Eneh, the actor contacted his friend and spoke the following words to him:

“I’m suffering [name of friend], I need a peaceful place. See my condition is getting worse daily. I need a better place.”

The close friend said after that call he quickly paid him a visit in India to better hear from him. Enebeli according to the close friend, said he was not happy about his condition though the doctors at the hospital were taking good care of him.

Enebeli Elebuwa told me, “please tell the doctors, I need a better place”, the friend said.

“I said there is no better place than here now when your time is over, God will take you by himself. Don’t worry I will be here for you. Because of his condition I changed my ticket to leave India one month later because I think he needs someone to talk to constantly” – The friend said.

The man further said he left the hospital for his hotel that day and to his surprise, on getting to the hospital the next morning, he learnt he has died.

“One thing I forgot to do is to tell the doctors to put him on suicide watch.But whatever happens, I know he is in a better place. He is irreplaceable.I will forever miss him. May the soul of my best friend Andrew rest in peace,” concluded the source.


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Lagos Version Of Monopoly Launched In Nigeria

The first African city edition of the famous board game Monopoly has been launched in Lagos.

 

The Nigerian metropolis is one of the fast-growing cities in the world.

 

The board's layout was unveiled at an event in Lagos City Hall, with the manmade Banana Island named as the upmarket equivalent of Mayfair in the London edition.

Makoko, the slum on stilts over the city's lagoon, is the cheapest property for sale on the Lagos board.

 

Nimi Akinkugbe, the head of Bestman Games which is producing the Lagos edition, told Nigeria's Guardian newspaper ahead of the launch that suggestions for the Mayfair spot were "a hot topic".

The BBC's Tomi Oladipo in Lagos says Banana Island, which got the coveted position, is an artificially created island where the very wealthy reside.

Some properties on the island sell for about $8m (£4.9m) - and it would cost about $150,000 a year to rent a flat there, he says.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, Murtala Muhammed International Airport and several hotels are other properties on the board.

Many of the squares are sponsored by banks and shopping centres and even the Lagos state government appears, while some major landmarks like Tinubu Square, the New Afrika Shrine nightclub, Third Mainland Bridge and the National Theatre have been left out, our correspondent says.

Other aspects of the game have been tailored for Lagos, like the "Go To Jail" cards, which read: "Go to jail. Go directly to Kirikiri jail," referring to the city's maximum security prison.

Our reporter says one of the Chance cards issuing a fine quotes a phrase regularly used by police officers: "Park! Park! For reckless driving pay a fine... and register for retraining."

Another reads: "For attempting to bribe a law enforcement agent, pay a fine."

Some of the new traffic laws introduced by the Lagos state government, and the punishments for various offences, have also been included in the game, our reporter says.

"You've been caught driving against traffic. Report for psychiatric evaluation," one card reads.
The Monopoly game was developed in the US, originally based on streets in Atlantic City. A London version of the game was produced in 1935.

"Lagos is the first African city to have its Monopoly. Two countries in Africa have theirs, Morocco and South Africa. But there's no city that has its own customised edition," Ms Akinkugbe told the Guardian.

Wow! Sounds interesting! Would like to have this version of monopoly. Good initiative! What do you think folks?

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PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Annual Tree Lighting At The White House....Watch Obama Sing 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!'

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas outside the White House, as the Obama family switched on the newly planted National Christmas Tree.

Obama and his family at the Christmas tree switch on

Obama made a joke about the previous trees, which died after only a year in the role.

"Our tree has been having a hard time recently. This is our third one in as many years.

"Just goes to show you that nobody's job is safe here in Washington," he told the crowds.

Obama the performed a jolly holiday rendition of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town with his family and the crowds.

Watch video below:

 

 

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"I Forgive My Husband, But..." Says Mercy Nnadi Whose Husband Killed Her Son, Burnt Her With Hot Pressing Iron

To many residents of the Okota area of Lagos, Mercy Nnadi’s issue is a forgotten one, as they assume that she did not survive the third degree burns she sustained from the attack by her spouse. But how wrong they are! The 36-year-old Mercy, whose husband killed their only son eight months ago, and burnt her with hot pressing iron over allegation that she was having an affair with his father, the very woman who once looked a shadow of her old self, is back to life.



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She is presently occupying a one-room apartment in Agege area of Lagos, courtesy of three Non-Governmental Organisations: Project Alert on Violence Against Women, Centa for Development, and Zaharawomen. Aside the apartment, the NGOs also gave her the sum of N150, 000 to start life afresh.

^{Mercy Nnadi (second on the left) receives a cheque for N150,000 from Mrs Josephine Effah-Chukwuma (first right); with Nkiru of Centa for Development (second right) and a representative of WAPA.}

Even in the light of all this, in this exclusive interview Mercy said nothing could fill the vacuum created by the demise of her son, Ebuka, who was barely one-year-old then. Although she stated that she had forgiven her husband for making her go through untold anguish, she vowed never to reunite with him again.

Recalling the incident of Saturday, April 7, 2012, which almost sent her to an unprepared grave, Mercy recalled amidst tears: “On that fateful Saturday evening, my husband told me to cook yam for supper before leaving the house. After a long wait for him to come back so that we could eat together, I ate mine and slept with my baby.

"When he came back, he ate, put on the power generating set before going to bed. Later, a neighbor knocked on the door to inform us that power had been restored, and he [the husband] went to put off the power generating set. He came inside and started ironing customers clothes because he is a dry cleaner.

2 London-bound suspects caught with 175 wraps of cocaine @ Lagos Airport

Suspects

Two suspects, Ugochukwu Nwafor and Chidozie Okonkwo were recently arrested by law enforcement agents at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos for attempting to smuggle 2.880 kg of a substance believed to be cocaine out of the country.

During the outward screening of the passengers on a British Airways flight to London, Nwafor and Okonkwo were found to have ingested 175 wraps of the hard drug.

Confirming the arrest, the commander of the National Drug Law Emnforcement Agency at the MMI airport, Mr. Hamza Umar, said the suspects were caught after a positive signal was triggered by the scanning machines.

“The suspects tested positive to drug ingestion and were placed under observation. Nwafor ingested 73 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.395kg while Okonkwo ingested 102 wraps weighing 1.485kg. They were detected on the same flight,” Hamza said.

A dealer in phones at the Computer Village, in Ikeja, Nwafor,37, resides at Igando while Okonkwo lives in East London. Having confessed their involvement, both of them are said to be cooperating with narcotic investigators.

“I used to be a successful businessman until I made a wrong investment three years ago in which I lost over N3.5m in China. As a result of the loss, I became indebted and was lured into drug trafficking by a friend,” Nwafor told CRIME DIGEST.

Okonkwo claimed to have obtained a Master’s degree in Innovative Management from the British Institute of Technology and E-Commerce in London. He said, “I was only trying to make ends meet. I live in East London where I had my post-graduate studies but joblessness turned me into another man. It was a tough decision for me to smuggle drugs but I really needed the £5000 I was offered. I feel bad that things have turned this way for me. It is like a dream.”

Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade attributed the involvement of a master’s degree holder in drug trafficking to moral decadence. “Parents should inculcate good morals in their children; I urge members of the public to eschew drug trafficking by joining the anti-drug abuse and trafficking crusade. Arrangements are in place for the suspects to be charged in line with the NDLEA Act,” he said.

Had they successfully smuggled the drug into Britain, Nwafor and Okonkwo would have been paid £4,000 and £5,000, respectively.

 

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PHOTOS From The Launch Of Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde's Reality TV Show

Nollywood star actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde launched her new reality show, "Omotola: The Real Me", Airing on AfricaMagic Entertainment – where nothing will be “off limits”, according the 34 year old.
A cocktail launch was held at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday 5th December 2012 to officially launch the show to the general public.

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Former Kampala socialite, Bad Black out of jail due to deteriorating breast implants

According to NewVision, former Kampala socialite Bad Black is out of jail after coming up with the sh100m bail money. Black, who is serving a 4-year jail sentence for embezzlement, applied for bail to seek medical attention for her breast implants.

Black failed to appear in court on November 19 to complete her bail process because she did not have the sh100m for bail.

Veteran musician Halima Namakula became her shoulder to lean on as she conjured up means to come up with the money. Halima was reported to be scouting town looking for money from Black's 'former' friends and well wishers to get her out of jail.

There have been reports that Black's breasts were deteriorating because she was not accessing the required medical attentions for her implants. Black has claimed before that the operation cost her US$260,000.

In July, the Anti-corruption court found Black guilty of embezzling sh11b from Davenshan Development Limited.

Black was the only signatory to Daveshan Development Limited because her lover David Greenhalgh was away in Britain.

Meddie Ssentongo, the co-convict, was sentenced to 18 months in jail.

Bad Black was also jointly convicted with Meddie on two counts of conspiracy to defraud.

Bad Black argued that she needed urgent medical attention as her breasts and caesarean scar require close monitoring.

The judge agreed with Bad Black that her condition was grave because the implants in her breasts had to be removed and could only be treated abroad.

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