world's most powerful celebs-Oprah Winfrey tops Forbes' list

Billionaire US Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is now No.1 most powerful celebrity in the world according to Forbes, a position she has held four times before. She was runner up in 2011 and 2012.

Forbes calculates celebrity's earnings on income from tours, books, contracts, endorsements, movies and residuals, plus presence on social media and in the press for their placing.

See full list below... (Earnings from May 2012-2013)
1. Oprah Winfrey $77m 
2 Lady Gaga $80m
3 Steven Spielberg $100m
4 Beyonce $53m
5 Madonna $125m
6 Taylor Swift $55m
7 Jon Bon Jovi $79m
8 Roger Federer $71m
9 Justin Bieber $58m
10 Ellen DeGeneres $56m

Wizkid replaces his crashed Porsche,gets a brand new one

Two weeks after crashing his N15million Porsche Panamera in Lekki, Wizkid has replaced the crashed car with a new one. The music star posted his new ride on his Instagram page  this morning and wrote #blessed!. well,i think OJB jezreel needs a little of this money to live...

Nigeria's Special Force captures 11 boko haram leaders

Following the raid of Mandara Mountains and Sambisa forest in Borno State, the Special Force has captured 11 Boko Haram leaders, including one of those suspected to be behind the posting of online videos.The Special Force also recorded unspecified number of casualty in gun duels with Boko Haram insurgents who are regrouping in Borno State.
According to a member of the nine-man team which visited Borno State on an appraisal tour, the Special Force is making progress in warding off aggression from Boko Haram members who had shifted base to Manadara mountains, including Gwoza and 1 Kirawa Hills which are under heavy surveillance.
The nine-man team was led by the Director of Operations in the Defence Headquarters, AVM M. O. Faloyin.

Stella Damasus rejects pregnancy rumours

The actress reacted to rumors of her  alleged  pregnancy on twitter...There were reports over the weekend that she was expecting a baby with new husband, Daniel Ademinokan, but Stella says she's not pregnant.

Photo-7 dead robbers killed by The Lagos Police Command

Graphic pictures of 7 alleged robbers killed by Lagos state police has surfaced. Police alleged that the suspects were behind the kidnap of Lagos politician Kehinde Bamigbetan, Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.

Police said the arrested suspects are 27-year old Ogbonna Emenike and 25-year old Uchenna Nwanyu. The shootout took place at the weekend.

The items recovered from the suspects include four AK 47 Rifles, twenty-Eight AK 47 Magazine fully loaded and a thousand round of live ammunition. Others are army uniforms, a Honda CRV jeep with Reg No.ABC106AE and a Nissan Pathfinder Reg No.AGL730AZ as well as local charms.

Update on Kumuyi's son's wedding

Its now an old story that the son of deeper christian life ministry General Superintendent Pastor W.F Kumuyi got married recently.The news now is the controversy generated by the wedding attire of the bride. teeming followers of the respected former university don have condemned the classy wedding, which they tagged: Un-deeper-life-stic.
A close look at the weeding pictures of the couple posted online saw the bride donned in accessories that had been anathema to the ministry.
She was clad in a transparent fitted stylish short sleeves wedding gown, eyelashes, earrings makeup and wedding flower, which had never happened in the history of the ministry. ..Guys,share your thoughts on this one by dropping your comments below

Photo-girl dies and wakes up in mortuary 2 days later

Twenty-one-year-old Adora Ugwu had plans of becoming a soldier. She also wants to secure admission into one of the country's tertiary institutions. She had put her hands on the plough of her latter dream by writing the last UMTE.

But, as she was going for the other one, she died. Two days after the lady wrote the examination, she was heading for her home state of Enugu for the recruitment into the Nigerian Army when the vehicle she was travelling had a head-on collision with a similar minibus.

The result: her death and that of 25 others who included four discharged members of batch B National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

Pastor Kumuyi's Son wedding photos

John Kumuyi, the second son of Pastor William Kumuyi, the General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, took his better half to the altar. The joyful ceremony was held on Saturday, 15 June at the Deeper Life Bible Church, after the traditional wedding.

John Kumuyi married Miss Love Odih, who is said to be the daughter of the National Overseer of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry in Jamaica and former State Overseer of the church in Cross River State, Nigeria. more photos after the cut.....

Photo-Generator FUME kills family of 7 in delta state

Reports said the ugly incident put fear in the community quarters which became deserted when the news of the mysterious death of the entire family members filtered out.

As it were, two of the deceased identified as Nkechi and Patience were reported to be biological daughters of the retired soldier while three other kids aged between 3 and 4 years were his grandchildren.

The two others, eyewitness said, one of who was a boyfriend to the soldier’s daughter, was said to have visited his girlfriend on the fateful day and when it was night fall, he was persuaded against his will to pass the night there.

Emeka ike in bounced Cheque scandal

Controversial former AGN president Emeka Ike is in the news again this time for the wrong reasons.He's said to be involved in a bounced cheque scandal that we learnt, may take a jury to get him out.
As the story goes, the actor who received a chieftaincy title in Egbonike, Anambra State and was recently made a Sports Ambassador for the newly launch project ‘RHYTHM and PLAY’ is in serious scandal, but this time, not in Nollywood nor power struggle, but a scam act that involves footballers.
Emeka Ike decided to give back to the community where he grew up, in Ogudu Ori-Oke Ojota Lagos state, by hosting a football tournament. The tournament was called Desert Football Tournament and was organized by Unity Football Association (UFA)

Ex-deputy governor of Lagos state wanted for fraud

The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police has declared a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, wanted for allegedly defrauding a land buyer of N130m.

The SFU alleged in a statement on Wednesday that the suspect and her son, Samson, obtained money from the victim by false representation.

The Commissioner of Police for the command, Tunde Ogunsakin, said, “The victim alleged that in September 2011, the suspects conspired and sold a parcel of land at Plot 24 Block 4 situated at Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos for N130m which he paid into the first suspect’s account with the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. 

To Appease his dead grand father,man uses friend for Ritual

Ajadi Rafiu, a 40-year old resident of Magaji compound, Kehinde-Oroki village near Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state, has been charged to a magistrates’ court in Ilorin, Kwara State, north central Nigeria, for human sacrifice. 






Ajadi Rafiu who was suspected of using innocent citizens of the village for sacrifice, was alleged to have killed Okita Sunday of the same village to appease his great-grandfather, who was the founder of the village.
According to the wife of the deceased, Mrs. Salome Okita, the accused, who was arraigned on a one-count charge of culpable homicide, was alleged to have criminally given a native concoction to her husband to drink, which caused him stomach ache and he eventually died.

2013/2014 EPL Opening day Fixtures

PREMIER LEAGUE champions Manchester United kick off their 2013-14 campaign at League Cup winners Swansea. New United boss David Moyes will travel to Wales on August 17.Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea visit Old Trafford the following weekend in a mouth-watering fixture.The Special One’s side take on newly-promoted Hull at Stamford Bridge in their opening game.Manuel Pellegrini begins his Manchester City reign at home to Newcastle, while Arsenal host Aston Villa.The North-London clash is the start of a testing opening to the season for Villa, who have a home match against Liverpool and a trip to Chelsea in the following two games. Crystal Palace’s first game back in the top flight is against Tottenham at Selhurst Park. Cardiff — Championship winners last season — start their campaign at West Ham before home games against Manchester City and Everton.

Fake pastor impregnates six married church members

The Pastor of Faith Ministries, a church in the Matobo District of Matabeleland South, has been expelled after her impregnated six married women who were members of his church.

Pastor Derek Ngulube was shown the red card by the church's elders last month bringing to an end his reign of sexual terror. Pastor Ngulube is reported to have impregnated the six within a period of one year.

His antics were brought to light after a visiting Pastor prophesied that there was an elder within the church who is in the habit of bedding married women. After a 'witch hunt', it was established that Pastor Ngulube was the elder who had been fingered in the prophecy.

Kim names Baby Kaidence Donda West

Reports have it that Kim and Kanye have named their daughter Kaidence Donda West.The reality TV star gave birth to the couple’s first child on Saturday (15.06.13) in Los Angeles, California, and a loose-lipped nurse at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the hospital where she had her baby, has allegedly revealed the name of the baby.
According to gossip website MediaTakeOut.com, Kim and Kanye have settled on calling their daughter Kaidence, which would follow the Kardashian family tradition of naming daughters with the letter ‘K’.

Meanwhile, the newborn’s middle name is a tribute to the ‘All of the Lights’ rapper’s late mother Donda West, who died in November 2007.

AC Milan recalls hat-trick hero Oduamadi

Nnamdi Oduamadi described his hat-trick against Tahiti at the Fifa Confederations Cup as ‘massive’ and says it is the reward of hard work.
The goals have also earned him an immediate recall to his parent club AC Milan.
“I am very happy. I really worked hard and getting three goals in the Confederations Cup is massive for me,” he said  Oduamadi, on loan to Varese from Milan, was to find out just how massive it was indeed when he discovered that after his second goal, AC Milan president Adriano Galliani called up manager Massimilliano Allegri and directed him to bring the Nigerian back to Milan’s pre-season training camp.

 Oduamadi spent last season on loan at Varese, playing a very good second half of the season after returning from injury, which cost him a spot on Nigeria’s Nations Cup squad.

Iyanya gets N60M From MTN to become one of their brand ambassador

 

Iyanya just smiled to the bank as Mobile giant MTN paid him a whooping sum of N60M to be one of their brand ambassador...amazing,i think am gonna become a musician wow