Thursday, June 19, 2014
Lol! The truth sets free indeed.
"People stop what they are doing to look at my arse" - Angel
Voluptuous Angel Christopher has been in Nollywood for a while. She is an actress, model and scriptwriter, from Imo State. She has acted alongside the very best in the business and even gone a step further to prove she has that little extra, not only to make her acts come to good effect but also to get her fans glued to the screen, enchanted by her seductive curves that are rather loud and captivating.
Some of her most notable films include :The Victim, Gallant Babes, Thanks For Coming, Money Riot, Clash of Madness, Regent King, Business Center, Nemesis You Sow, Holy Criminal, Church Mafians, The Punisher, Battle of Queens, to name but a few.
She told Potpourri recently that her selling point is her height, complexion, and shape. “ I have got a wonderful hips and boobs” she said.
*Angel
And she shared an experience when her shape brought an undue attention her way. Though she declared that her ass has always caused her embarrassment.
Hear her: “Sure! Its a regular thing, atimes I feel shy to walk on the street because of the side talks from both guys and ladies.
Sometimes, people leave whatever they are doing just to stare at me when I pass them,both young and old,men and women. Some ladies do walk up to me just to ask what they will do to have my shape and I will smile and tell them that its a natural gift from God. I am blessed with a sweet body, but if you want to force it, keep eating indomie,and they would start laughing and say they eat indomie everyday.
An old woman saw me some days ago and said, ‘my daughter you are really beautiful,hope you thank your God everyday for making you this special. And I smiled and said ‘yes ma’. So, that is what I see everyday.
Pornography is good for Nollywood – Benson Okonkwo
Pornography is good for Nollywood – Benson Okonkwo
Benson Okonkwo is a rising actor who has arrived the scene like a fast train with bounty of goodies to offer. Since his foray into the industry, the Enugu-based sexy actor has had honours looming around him just as controversies would not steer clear. No thanks to the gay role he played in one of his most successful movies, “Pregnant Hawkers”
“My dear, it’s only a movie and make-belief, you know. We watch movies like that in Hollywood. Nigerians are hypocrites. I think pornography makes our movies more real. And for that reason I am in support of it. If you take a good look at Hollywood movies, for example, you will notice that it is rampant and it means nothing to them” he once told me.
Now, he still belives that assertion that pornograhphy is good. “Pornography is good for Nollywood. It’s like acting normal roles, first and foremost. It’s a movie and you act exactly what is in your script. And there are restrictions, besides kissing and touching here and there. Nigerian movies are not made for everyone”. He told Potpourri recently.
Nudity is out of it for me— Ken Erics
But Ken Erics, who is now being regarded as one of the most alluring sex symbols in Nollywood would not toe the same line as Benson. “I am really a proponent of method acting. I can go as far as the role demands. I believe a character must be brought to live in its totality. For me, there are no half measures. So I immerse myself in the role and literally become that character for the duration of the production. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. But my versatility does not include going nude in a movie” he explained to Potpourri.
“Nudity is out of it for me. I believe a message can be passed across without nudity. Nudity doesn’t really make any difference. A good story is a good story”
“Nudity is out of it for me. I believe a message can be passed across without nudity. Nudity doesn’t really make any difference. A good story is a good story”
Speaking about himself, the actor revealed he was into music before he started acting. “I sing, I play keyboard and guitar. I used to be a full-time musician before delving into acting.I still have a band group though. I write also. I’m much of an introvert now. With a small circle of friends. I don’t mingle with people of low virtue. I detest lies and fake people. I’m a perfectionist. I so much believe in dedication to work because I have great passion for the arts”.
Ken Erics is much known for movies like Burning Bridges with Ivie Okujaye and Esther Audu, Almost Perfect with Uche Jombo and Desmond Elliot, The Undertaker with Queen Nwokoye and Ngozi Ezeonu, Ekwueme with Nkem Owoh and Zulu Adigwe.
Kefee's corpse arrives Nigeria
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
The remains of late gospel singer, Kefee, has arrived in Nigeria, ahead of a burial which will hold this month. The body which was flown into the country on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos at 4PM via a Delta Airline aircraft. The body was received by a few family members.
•Kefee
It is not confirmed if Teddy Don-Momoh, husband of the late singer arrived with the body. Teddy was by with his late wife in the US before she passed away.
Kefee died on Friday, June 13 2014, after being in a coma for 15 days. A statement released by her UK manager confirms that the singer died as a result of lungs failure.
THE RUMPUS INTERVIEW WITH CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s latest novel,Americanah, is an interrogation of race, black hair, and love, but foremost, it is a love story that spans the course of one woman’s life. Ifemelu, the novel’s protagonist, begins her story in militarized Nigeria before heading to America to seek higher education. She stumbles through the follies of identity politics, self-acceptance, academia, and affairs of the heart. The novel has been praised for its use of blog-speak, as Ifemelu has found her voice through writing—brazenly—about the world around her. No topic is off-topic, and her readers expect the inciting glazed with a healthy dose of sarcasm and candor.
Chimamanda and I discussed the novel, but we also talked about societal structures of oppression, Nigeria’s anti-queer laws, and the necessity of speaking up. No, we did not discuss Beyoncé or even the newly-confirmed movie deal for Americanah with Lupita Nyong’o. Fancy? Sure. However, Chimamanda was a literary powerhouse long before she received those phone calls. She is the author of three books, a MacArthur fellow, a Hodder fellow, and a Radcliffe fellow. Never mind the TED Talk that has become the single story on single stories. While it’s wonderful that our entertainers have taken notice, Chimamanda is already a gilded star in the literary cosmos.
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The Rumpus: Americanah is a big book spanning several decades, several countries, a cast of characters and themes. You’ve talked before, in other interviews, about learning to be black in America. I’m interested in how one balances the ideas in a book of this magnitude.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: I think when I was working on the book, I wasn’t thinking about big ideas but rather what I was interested in. It’s about leaving home, love, race, hair, and I think all of those things are connected. I don’t think my process is very conscious. My process is all about following the story and following the characters.
Rumpus: I want to discuss the first few pages of the book where you touch on the idea of food deserts and poverty versus access to fresh produce and farmer’s markets and supermarkets.
Adichie: One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty. I say this because I had consumed a lot of American culture, but I was not quite prepared for the reality of American poverty. When I first drove through West Philadelphia I had this strange sort of shock. I got the sense that this was a part of the U.S. that had been forgotten and that always stayed with me. I wanted to write a novel where the character notices, because it’s very easy to live through these things and not take notice. In five seconds you can drive through a neighborhood where things seem fine, to a neighborhood where the world seems to have forgotten that people are there.
Rumpus: When the novel begins, Ifemelu is a fat woman—a point that has been overlooked a lot in discussions about your novel. Can you talk about writing a fat woman, who has ideas, who has sex, who has a voice?
Adichie: I am interested in challenging the mainstream ideas of what is beautiful and what is acceptable. I think U.S. culture, in particular, demonizes weight in a way that I find disturbing. Being Nigerian—well, Nigeria is changing because everybody is watching America’s Next Top Model—but in general, Nigeria is not a culture that demonizes weight. When I think about “fat,” and the idea of self-censorship and language and the fact that “fat” is a bad word in America, I wanted to challenge it and poke fun at it. Why can’t fat just be a description? With Ifemelu, I wanted to talk about gender expectations and ideas of what’s attractive and who can be attractive. In the novel, Ifemelu doesn’t want to call Obinze because she wants to lose weight first, and of course she finally does, and actually he finds it very attractive that she’s not skinny, as do many people in the world. This homogenizing idea of what’s attractive in people’s real lives is not true.
Rumpus: One of Americanah’s themes is sponsorship. We see it from Aunty Uju’s affair to Ifemelu’s relationship with Curt. I am also thinking of Ifemelu’s first interactions with the desperate hair dresser. Can you talk about the challenges of writing a love affair in this context?
Adichie: I didn’t want to be apologetic about my love story, and I think to be willing to write about love you have to be willing to sound foolish. I wanted to write about foolish and goofy love and different relationships. I wanted to write about interracial relationships in a way that does not pretend as if race does not exist.
Rumpus: I am very interested in black love stories, both as a reader and a writer. Can you talk about some novels that were referential to you when you decided you would write a book about love?
Adichie: Buchi Emecheta’s novel, The Joys of Motherhood, which is often talked about as a feminist and political text, actually is a fantastic love story and has a very good sex scene, which I quite like.
Rumpus: What about the idea of the “exceptional Negro” in your book? There are the black characters who are removed from certain facts of everyday black life because they’ve “made it,” or women who are given a different set of expectations because they have a white parent.
Adichie: I was coming from a place of wanting to ask questions. What I’m struck by in the U.S., with American blacks, is that success and acceptance comes with an exceptionality card, so that in some ways these people are no longer black and that is when they become magical. Think about Oprah. In a way, they can do well or be accepted into these incredibly racist spaces and not be seen as black, and I find that quite interesting.
Rumpus: And the black American Obama love affair as a backdrop for Ifemelu and Blaine’s relationship?
Adichie: I wanted to capture the incredible exuberance and geeky optimism that happened when Obama was elected. I like to think of this novel as a memorial of that period. Ifemelu and Blaine’s relationship is clearly over, but the strange magic of the Obama period allows it to kind of hobble on.
Rumpus: In the novel, black hair has transformative powers. Tell me more about Ifemelu’s hair journey.
Adichie: Americanah is many things, but the major point is that it is about a woman who comes into her own. Hair, which, by the way, for me in a personal sense is also important, because my journey started where I thought of my natural hair as unattractive, to now being ridiculously pleased about having kinky hair. There’s a larger political statement about the need for black women to have different kinds of beauty. It’s about black women all over the world, not just the U.S., being told they cannot wear their hair the way it grows on their head. The world tells them it is unprofessional and untidy. I want us to have a world where black women’s natural hair is an equal option.
Rumpus: Finally, I want to talk about the critical piece you wrote for The Scoop on Nigeria and its homophobic laws. What prompted you to speak up?
Adichie: I did it because I wanted to start a conversation, and I wrote it particularly for a Nigerian audience and particularly for my generation of Nigerians. People talk about homosexuality in a way that is devoid of humanity. I think there are many Nigerians who are good and kind people, who hadn’t quite sat down to think about how deeply inhumane and unjust this law is. It’s very easy to alienate people when talking about something like this because Nigeria has become increasingly conservative in religion and religiosity. People close off as soon as you bring up the word. I knew that I would get a lot of negative pushback, but there’s no way I couldn’t speak about it. I had to.
People have told my family to tell me to keep out of this and stop supporting the gays. For every ten people who think and say that, there is also one person who says homosexuals should not be jailed or harassed. And that one person out of ten or out of twenty makes it worth it.
Breaking News: Bomb Blast Hits Viewing Center In Yobe State; Many Feared Dead
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
An explosion has rocked a popular viewing center in Damaturu, Yobe State, with scores of football fans feared dead.
The explosion occurred shortly after the kick-off of the Brazil vs. Mexico match in the ongoing World Cup.
Witnesses said that the bomber brought the explosive devices in a tricycle shortly after the commencement of the Brazil Vs. Mexico encounter which kicked off around 8PM local time as the bomb went off almost immediately.
Medical personnel on duty at the Sani Abacha Specialists Hospital in Damaturu the Yobe State capital, confirmed to newsmen that several casualties were being brought to the hospital for medical attention. “I can confirm to you now that lots of people are seriously injured as a result of the blast and are being brought to this hospital for medical attention”, he said.
The medical personnel also revealed that at the moment he counted seven dead bodies, stressing that the figure may rise as those affected were still being brought to the hospital.
He also said that 15 others were in critical conditions at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the hospital. Security agencies are yet to comment on the incident.
Military arrests 486 suspected Boko Haram members in Abia
According to a report by Guardian, not less than 486 suspected Boko Haram members including eight women were arrested by the military personnel of the 144 battalion of the Nigerian Army with base at Asa in Ukwa West council of Abia State. Full report below...
Abia State Information Commissioner, Chief Eze Chikamnayo, who took some reporters to the military camp yesterday to see the suspects said they were arrested around 3:00 a.m. on Sunday along Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway at Arongwa area called Imo Gate, which is a boundary between Abia and Rivers states.
He said that the suspects whose ages were from 15 years were traveling on 35 buses from undisclosed northern states to the South South. He said that they claimed to be going to search for jobs, adding that two of the buses later escaped. Continue...The commissioner spoke in the presence of the Battalion Commander, Lt. Colonel Rasheed Omolori, whose only comment was that the report had already been sent to his headquarter.
It was also disclosed that somebody whose name was not made known, had come to secure the release of the suspects but was arrested and detained.
Reacting to the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO), Mr. Geoffery Ogbonna, said that the matter was a military one and had not been reported to the police command. He said that when he contacted the Army Public Relations Officer in the state whose name he did not mention, he told him (PPRO) that he was not yet aware of the matter.
And following the bomb found on the premises and inside the Living Faith Church (a.k.a Winners Chapel), Port Harcourt Road, Owerri, capital city of Imo State, the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, in conjunction with security chiefs yesterday launched what he called “Operation Know Your Neighbour.”
The occasion was attended by a cross section of stakeholders in the state amid heavy security.
The meeting resolved as follows:
“. Hotels in the state should install security cameras and on daily basis always forward the list of their guests to the Director of SSS.
“. Trailers bringing food items from the North would no longer be allowed to come into the state at night but only in the day, and the food items would be off-loaded at a designated place off the state capital.
“. Residents in the state must also be careful with broken bottles, cans, leather bags, parked tankers and vehicles around their homes, public places and public buildings.
“. Traditional rulers in the state were directed to summon emergency meetings of their various communities to take stock of strange faces living with them.
“. Uncompleted buildings in the cities in the state and environs without security guards will be taken over by the government because criminals use them as hideouts.
“. Lands left fallow for several years and not used for any economic or gainful purpose but taken over by criminals will be seized by the government
“. Smoking of Indian hemp was also banned.
“. A meeting of all non-indigenes in the state has also been fixed.”
Prof Dora Akunyili due for burial in August
Monday, June 16, 2014
Dr. Chike Akunyili, late Prof Dora Akunyili's husband urges anyone who has a tribute or testimonial in honour of Prof Dora to send it via e-mail to amazon4life@
Prof Akunyili who was a one-time Minister of Information and Communications died last Saturday, June 7, after a two-year battle with cancer.
NANA NWACHUKWU: This social media journalism
The Nigerian media has been one sector that has come out of this government in flying colours. The media has been given unrestricted access to news and also unrestricted publication rights to the extent that it is nearly if not already abused.
The Nigerian media currently comprises of the traditional media (Newspaper and TV/Radio houses) and the New Media (Websites, blogs, and other social media)
Journalism is not all about spreading information. Previously in Nigeria, the delivery of news was limited and delayed in that it had to be verified, it had to go to print and the papers had to be distributed. More often than not, the radio and TV houses read their information from the Newspapers back then.
The coming of smartphones and other modern technology/devices brought a drastic change in news reporting. The mere fact that people made use of the internet and relied on it to a large extent made it easy for news or information put out on the internet easy to circulate. Smart devices placed people on the internet faster. It was easy to take pictures, tag them and post it to a social media of your own choice or to create a blog post about it.
As much as I would like to see the blessing and the bright light at the end of the tunnel in this, I wish to point out that it is a double-edged sword. It protects rights and slaughters dignity on the altar of publicity and page views.
The Social media journalists hardly ever get to verify any news before they click ‘post’, ‘tweet’ or ‘publish’. Let me explain this. Assuming the social media platform is Twitter and you have 50,000 followers and you tweet ‘Nana Nwachukwu that tweets from @purehaire is the new Chief Judge’. It is assumed that it gets to at least 50,000 timelines. If it were to be retweeted, multiply that with the number of followers of the person who retweeted it and so on and so forth. It would have gone to different timelines and time zones. It could be storified and published in several blogs and also re-blogged. That is how fast news travels no matter the authenticity.
The sadder part is that traditional media have also begun the error of not verifying stories before publishing. It is so bad that they actually quote the internet as their source. (What an authentic source right?)
I had a discussion with someone some time ago and he went on and on about media rights to publication and the spread of news. I tried to remind him that ‘where the rights of one person stops, the right of another begins’. You have the right to tell a tale but I also have the right to a clean spotless reputation which I have earned.
Verification of news would save individuals from being charged with sedition, libel and defamation of character. The damage that is caused by the internet is such that you can only have controls over the original post you have made which can be easily deleted but that of others who have copied, re-blogged and re-told your story is out of your control and such malicious data may not be cheap to take off the internet as it is.
Before you hit that ‘send’ button be sure it is a fact that has been verified!
BOMB SCARE: Police prevent explosion at Winners Chapel church in Imo
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Bombs were defused today at a Winners chapel church in Imo state by the Police. The Policemen discovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) at a Winners Chapel church branch in Owerri, the state capital.
According to the Commissioner of Police, Abdumajid Ali, six suspects have been arrested and are currently providing useful information. The police believe the explosives were planted on Saturday night and programmed to go off today while worshippers gather for worship.
More to follow...
Aba residents panic, security beefed up over alleged Boko Haram infiltration
On Wednesday, June 11, residents of Aba, Abia state woke up to the scary news of the presence of some members of the dreaded terrorist group — Boko Haram– in the city, the story which wasted no time in circulating all through the commercial hub of the state was however, denied by the Abia State Police command. It was alleged that members of the sect had loaded some explosives inside trailers which were bringing onions from the northern parts of the country into Aba.
According to Daily Sun reports: It was further rumoured that the insurgents had successfully beaten the web of security along their route from the North to Aba, before the explosives were discovered by some vigilant residents ,when the onions were being offloaded from the trailers at the Hausa market at Uratta, near Aba. It was equally rumoured that security operatives were immediately alerted over the incident. For some days now, security has been beefed up in and around the city, which tended to lend vent to the rumour that has sent fears down the spines of residents.
Commuters, including women entering the city from all points were frisked by security agents, and their vehicles thoroughly searched, a situation that has caused heavy traffic build up in all the affected routes. In addition, tricycle operators popularly called “Keke Napep” have been banned from operating beyond 7pm, creating attendant hardship on commuters, a move that was said to be due to security reasons. When contacted, Abia State police command public relations officer (PPRO), Geoffrey Ogbonna dispelled the Boko Haram rumour. According to him, “there is nothing like Boko Haram infiltrating the city. The rumour is baseless; at least we should be in the know if there is anything like that, since they said the matter was reported to security agents.” Ogbonna urged the people of the state to go about their normal businesses without any fear.
Commuters, including women entering the city from all points were frisked by security agents, and their vehicles thoroughly searched, a situation that has caused heavy traffic build up in all the affected routes. In addition, tricycle operators popularly called “Keke Napep” have been banned from operating beyond 7pm, creating attendant hardship on commuters, a move that was said to be due to security reasons. When contacted, Abia State police command public relations officer (PPRO), Geoffrey Ogbonna dispelled the Boko Haram rumour. According to him, “there is nothing like Boko Haram infiltrating the city. The rumour is baseless; at least we should be in the know if there is anything like that, since they said the matter was reported to security agents.” Ogbonna urged the people of the state to go about their normal businesses without any fear.
Wizkid spoils 'ex girlfriend' on her birthday
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Today is Tania Omotayo's birthday and Wizkid not only gave her a shout-out on twitter but also sent her flowers and a cake although he's far away in Los Angeles. Do we not think they are broken up? Did they reconcile without letting us know?
Reno Omokri calls out CNN's Isha Sesay over 'false' kidnap story
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Justin Beiber spotted with Wizkid in LA
Wizkid is working on new music during a working visit to Los Angeles.
He took a photo with international pop megastar, Justin Bieber who popped by the studio where Chris Brown and Tyga were also recording.
Wizkid had nothing but praise for the “Beauty and a Beat” crooner
Has the new Emir of Kano reconciled with Mr President?
The Emir of Kano, Mallam Lamido Sanusi reportedly swallowed his pride and begged President Goodluck Jonathan to enable him leave the government house and ascend the throne at the Emir’s palace.
Sanusi had been shacked up in a room at the Kano State Government House whilst police barricaded the Emir’s palace shortly after his appointment as Emir last weekend.
The official reason the police were stationed there was to prevent irate youth and looters from having access to the palace, since the news of Sanusi’s selection by Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso caused a lot of disaffection in the state.
However unofficially it was rumoured that President Jonathan sought to have Lamido Sanusi arrested due to alleged overwhelming evidence of fraud and other sharp practices against him during his tenure as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Popular and reliable news source say it was the strength of the case against him that made the new Emir bow to President Goodluck Jonathan, and beg for forgiveness. Reportedly a source said, “Sanusi told the President he was sorry for anything he might have done wrong in the past and asked the President to consider him henceforth as a friend.”
Powerful intermediaries had lobbied on his behalf before the President even agreed to speak with him, Minister of Defence, Aliyu Gusau pleaded on his behalf.
As at latest report yesterday, the police had been withdrawn from the palace and the new Emir allowed to move in.
"Kefee died of lungs failure" - family
Friday, June 13, 2014
An official statement has been released by the family of the late gospel singer, Kefee Don Momoh who passed away today after two weeks of being in coma.
The statement was made through the late singer’s manager who confirmed her death, stating that she died as a result of lung failure.
The publicist added that the late Kefee was never 6-months pregnant neither did she have pre-eclampsia.
Read the statement below:
On behalf of the family….It is with a great sadness but grateful hearts that we announce the passing to glory due to lungs failure this morning of our God’s mouth piece, chorus leader, daughter, wife, sister, friend Kefee Branama Queen … May her beautiful, gentle and precious soul rest in perfect peace. Amen!!PS: In contrast to all earlier rumors and stories in circulation, I do state that Kefee wasn’t 6 months pregnant and neither did she have pre-eclampsia.
For the family,
Adeline Adelicious Adebayo
(Kefee’s UK Manager)
Singer Kefee passes away
One of Nigeria’s sweethearts, Kefee Obareki Don Momoh has passed away in the United States of America.
The Multiple award-winning gospel singer slipped into a coma after collapsing on a 14-hour flight on her way to an event in Chicago late May.
OAP Yaw, a close friend of her husband, OAP Teddy Don Momoh confirmed the news on Wazobia Fm this morning, saying: “One of our very own is dead. May her soul rest in peace.”
D'banj signs Tonto Dikeh to DB Records
Hmm... Reports have it that D'banj's record label - DB Records have signed Tonto Dike. The label which already has D'banj, Kayswitch and Ralphkriss has added the Poko crooner.
We really should be expecting something soon...
"I can't do without white" - Dabo
Ajibola Dabo who recently delved into politics has said he cannot do without white. The actor emphasised the importance of white to him, to the
extent that he can’t sleep on any bed except it has a white bed spread.
He also explains why he would not be caught dead wearing a coloured dress except on a movie set.
extent that he can’t sleep on any bed except it has a white bed spread.
He also explains why he would not be caught dead wearing a coloured dress except on a movie set.
Here is what he said in a recent interview.
“My wearing white dress to event has to do with my spiritualism. That is the only time my soul is at peace and I am at peace with myself. I can never be caught wearing other colours except when I am working on a movie set.”
“My wearing white dress to event has to do with my spiritualism. That is the only time my soul is at peace and I am at peace with myself. I can never be caught wearing other colours except when I am working on a movie set.”
“It has nothing to do with rituals or anything like that. If I sleep with bed sheet that is not white, I would have nightmares. So, it (wearing white) has to do with my spiritualism. It is not juju or rituals; it is just my inner self, he said.
And Dr Sid is the worst dressed male at the MAMAs
Sunday, June 08, 2014
Though we love Dr. Sid’s music, and we just adore his beautiful wife, we have to call a spade a spade. Dr. Sid certainly flopped when it came to the fashion realm of this show.
It doesn’t even look like he tried. Perhaps he didn’t know that his outfit should have been a little bit more on the formal side?
Either way. He needs to step his fashion game up as soon as possible, because this is certainly not acceptable.
