Celebrities At ARIFF Press Conference This Afternoon

There was a press conference this afternoon at the on-going African International Film Festival. The press had an opportunity to talk to some of the stars that were around.

Meanwhile, above are also pics from AFRIFF day one event which was Cocktails and screening of the South African Film OF GOOD REPORT. The film was banned from opening at the Durban Film Festival earlier in the year.

The CEO of AFRRIF Chioma Ude and Director Andy Amenechi welcomed the First Lady of Cross rivers State to the event. Lyn Whitfield, Vanessa Williams, Rita Dominic, Desmond Elliot, Uche Jombo, Kunle Afolayan and many more were at the event. More pics below...

Upcoming Actors/Actresses Now Pay To Feature In Nollywood Movies

I know it sounds unbelievable, but it's fact! A-list Nollywood actors & actresses get paid for featuring in movies, but if you're an unknown actor struggling to get into the movie industry, some movie producers make you pay to feature in their movies. 

That's the new trend now. I'm sure some Nollywood practitioners will come here to deny this but y'all know it's true. And if you don't know this already, you guys need to start investigating this.

If you're looking to feature in a movie, all you need to do is pay a fee, no audition is required. For minor roles, these producers demand anything from N50k to N100k...it all depends on the role they are giving you. If you want to play a lead role it's between N500k to N1million. Waka pass people are even made to pay. 

Brazilian Prostitute Describes Justin Bieber’s Penis As “Average”

Justin Bieber was in Brazil recently, and a prostitute who says she "did everything" with Biebs is telling her story.

Following reports that the star spent hours inside a brothel last Friday night, an anonymous hooker tells some site called Critica (dot) com that she totally slept with the Biebs.

She was paid $500 for her efforts, allegedly.

The woman says she met Justin at an adult nightclub called Le Palace.

She and about 10 other hookers were then taken back to his hotel and had their bags and cell phones confiscated by the artist's security team.

Back to the hooker, once she got the 19-year-old alone with her?!? Bieber kissed her "on the forehead and nose" – and that was merely the beginning!

ASUU STRIKE: UNIJOS Lecturers Vote For Continuation Of Strike

Lecturers at the University of Jos have voted for continuation of the on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) in the country.
Chairman of the chapter, Dr. David Jankam who made this known on Monday while speaking with a national daily shortly after the congress of the chapter said members did not see any substance in the dialogue with the federal government to warrant calling off the strike.

According to Dr Jankam, "We have just rounded off our meeting, as a matter of fact our members voted overwhelmingly for the continuation of the state strike.

"I can also confirm to you that five of the eight universities that made up the Bauchi Zone of ASUU has also voted for continuation of the strike, and the general saying is that the federal government has not shown any commitment so far.

2013 MTV EMA: The Complete Winners List

While Justin Timberlake and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis went into the 2013 MTV EMA on Sunday night (November 10) as the most-nominated with five nods apiece, there seemed to be plenty of hardware to go around as chart-toppers like Eminem, Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry took home honors. The action wasn't just at the podium, of course, as the aforementioned winners were also among those who took the stage for unforgettable performances.

List of winners

United States Confirms Shekau’s Death

Contrary to the claim by the sect members, the United States of America, on Saturday, confirmed that the leader of the dreaded Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, is, indeed, dead.

The Council on Foreign Relations, a top US security think-tank and government advisory, made this confirmation after a thorough investigation. It said it is apparent that the latest video appearance of Shekau was faked.

"In this latest 33 second video, Shekau was even further from the camera and only appeared to speak for just 10 seconds. The latest video, released on Youtube, is perhaps the biggest sham in the history of terrorism media: Latest 10 Second Sham Video of Blurry Ghost of Late Shekau," the US security think-tank observed.

Miley Cyrus Takes a Naked Shower Selfie While Preparing for MTV EMAs

Miley Cyrus is getting ready for the MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) stage in Amsterdam, but first things first! The selfie-happy star decided to share her EMA prep with her more than 15 million Twitter followers. 

"I got that shower time showerrrrr time selfiiiie. (A la lana del ray) #happyemas," she captioned the sultry pic. 

Though she's known at this point for baring literally all (see: her "Wrecking Ball" video and shocking Terry Richardson photo shoot), Cyrus, 20, kept her shower scene pretty tame, only showing off her bare shoulders and chain necklaces. To clean up, Cyrus wore her hair in buns similar to the style she sported during her now-infamous 2013 VMA performance at Brooklyn's Barclays Center back in August. 

Robin Thicke Vows Not To Perform With Miley Cyrus Again

Robin Thicke has vowed not to perform with Miley Cyrus again after promising the MTV Europe Music Awards show will be 'safe'.

The Blurred Lines singer will be performing at tonight's show in Amsterdam but insisted he wouldn't be shocking fans this time round.

He told MTV news: 'I'm sure it will be very safe and inoffensive.'

Thicke raised eyebrows when he performed with Miley at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this year.

Robin has since insisted that he wouldn't be performing with Miley again.

Asked by Alan Carr on his Chatty Man show on Friday if he would collaborate with her again, Thicke replied: 'Oh no, no no no. No no, definitely no, definitely not."

NFF Top Shots Fight In Abu Dhabi... Kai!

Despite the triumph of the Golden Eaglets Friday in Abu Dhabi it was a show of shame and national disgrace as NFF General secretary Barrister Musa and the Federations First Vice President Chief Mike Umeh exchanged blows in public, right inside the stadium.

Eye witness account has it that problem started brewing early evening when Chief Umeh wondered why members of the League Management Committee were allocated " better cars" than NFF chieftains. He then and there told a colleague that Musa was incompetent and not fit to handle NFF matters.

On getting to the stadium, Chief Umeh was given a Category 1 ticket and again he complained insisting that every country was given 20 VIP tickets and wondered why he could not have one as NFF Vice President.
At the stadium Chief Umeh boiled over when he saw members of the LMC in the VIP Box and challenged the GS who said he knew nothing about it "Oga two of us are seating here, I don't know anything about tickets besides I just arrived yesterday " the General Secretary replied. He was shocked when Chief Umeh said "you are a useless man .

Top Ten Him / Her Arousal Spots During Sex

The truth is that we have more Learners than Professionals hence why most women never get satisfied sexually. Hopefully that should change, with this awesome info from MensHealth, that reveals the areas of concentration that should be touched during sex.

Check out what women (and men) had to say when they were asked to rate each body part in terms of level of arousal.

That certainly doesn't mean you should avoid her br**sts altogether. But there's a lot of middle ground when it comes to erogenous zones—meaning you should switch up your foreplay to maximize her pleasure.

Twitter Owing Justin Bieber $20.9M, Katy Perry $4.4M

Twitter (TWTR) finished its first day as a publicly traded company on Thursday with a closing price of $44.90, down from an opening trade of $45.10 but up a cool 73% from its IPO price of $26.

The offering made Twitter's founders and leaders rich. Very rich. Now, if you're one of the company's 230 million users, you helped out, right? So what's your share of the riches? There's an app for that. A nifty tool created by Time allows you to plug in any Twitter username to discover exactly how valuable your Twitter Feed is to the company.

According to Time, Justin Bieber tops the list of most valuable tweeters, and is owed some $20.9 million for his prolific work on the site. How about one of the men who helped ring the opening bell for Twitter, beloved actor Patrick Stewart? Time's calculator has him owed $13,631, based on his nearly 730,000 followers and Tweet rate of 0.6 tweets per day. Pop singer Katy Perry, who averages three tweets per day and has nearly 47 million followers, looks to be owed about $4.4 million.

Eminem Becomes The First Artist To Have 4 Top 20 Songs on the Charts Since 1964

Eminem continues to do amazing things on the charts.

The Shady Records CEO has 4 songs off of The Marshall Mathers LP 2 currently in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 list.

He becomes the first lead artist since The Beatles landed 6 in the top 20 in 1964 to accomplish that feat.

The four singles are "The Monster" (No. 3), "Berzerk" (No. 15), "Survival" (No. 16) and "Rap God" (No. 17).

"The Monster" is also No. 1 on the Hot Hip-Hop/R&B list, giving the rapper his first ever chart topper in that category.

50 Cent, T-Pain, Ludacris and Lil Wayne have had four songs in the top 20 at the same time as well, but some of those hits were as featured artists.

Source: Rolling Stone

David Beckham And Son Survive Crash

David Beckham and his 14-year-old son Brooklyn escaped unscathed after their $60,000 Range Rover sport crashed into another SUV as they left their Beverly Hills mansion on Friday.

Beverly Osu Goes Top-Less For Makeup Advert! [Photos]

Beverly Osu, Nigeria's controversial housemate at this year's Big Brother Africa reality show is leveraging on her popularity from the show & bagging herself some lucrative modelling gigs.

She has just been revealed as the face of Prestige cosmetics in a set of recently released ads. In a few of them she appears topless…while showing off some interesting make up looks. More photos below...

JAMB begins sale of application forms

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has begun the sale of application forms into the nation's tertiary Institutions.

The early sale of the application forms is to enable Nigerians desirous of tertiary education have access to the forms so that they could prepare ahead for the examination slated for April, 2014.

According to a statement issued in Abuja by JAMB's spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, the two modes of tests hitherto conducted by JAMB- the Paper and Pencil Test (PPT) and Computer Based Test (CBT) – are still opened to prospective candidates for the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Secondary school student, builds planting machine and a locally-made generator

Seventeen-year-old secondary school student, Ismaila Suraju, has built a planting machine and a locally-made power generator that uses water and batteries, among others. They young boy who says his next target is to build an aeroplane, also claims to have the knowhow to construct a gadget that can frustrate election riggers in Nigeria.

When he was younger, 17-year-old Ismaila Suraju was forced to make a pair of slippers out of a cardboard to shield his feet from the scorching soil of the farm path. The necessity of protecting his face from the sun also compelled him to produce a baseball cap, then cars, train, grinding machines, all with the same cardboard.

NE gathered that half way through his secondary education, Suraju graduated into using aluminum sheets in making not only miniature automobiles, such as fire extinguishing vans, excavators, but a large size planting machine that can be used for planting, as well.

11-Yr-Old Girl Killed By Fallen Electric Cable

An 11-year old pupil of Ogundimu Primary School, Iju-Ishaga, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Chioma Nwaonumah has been electrocuted on her way from school.
The incident happened on Kayode Street. The victim was rushed to Pacific Hospital where doctors confirmed her dead on arrival and her sorpse was taken to the mortuary for autopsy.

The primary four pupil was living with her aunt and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Biachi, before the tragedy occurred.

According to an eye witness, Chioma was coming back from school in company of her friends along the street and was about to fall when she held a pole bearing the street name, not knowing that live electric cable the youths of the area used for electrification during the last carnival had fallen on the pole and as soon as she held onto the pole she was electrocuted.

Mr. Biachi, who was distraught when the reporter called at his residence at 17, Adelaku Street, Obawole, on Thursday, said Chioma was loved by everybody.
Teachers and pupils of Ogundimu Primary School besieged his residence on Wednesday to condole the family on the tragic incident.

Biachi declined to speak further on the incident as sympathisers continued to troop to his residence.
Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government also sent some officials to commiserate with the family of the girl.
While reacting to the incident, the former Chairman of Ifeoluwa Ogundimu Community Development Association, Pa Michael Ojo, said it was an avoidable tragedy, adding that the poor state of the street is of serious concern to residents of the community.

Goodluck Jonathan To Host Eaglets On Sunday

President Goodluck Jonathan will on Sunday (tomorrow) host a grand reception for the victorious Golden Eaglets at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

This was contained in the President's congratulatory message to the Golden Eaglets on their 3-0 triumph over Mexico in the final match of the 2013 FIFA Under-17 World Soccer Championship played on Friday  in Abu Dhabi.

According to the statement by presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, the reception is in fulfillment of the President's promise of a heroes' welcome for the players.
"In fulfillment of his promise of a heroes' welcome for the triumphant Golden Eaglets on their return home, President Jonathan will host a grand reception for the team at the Banquet Hall of the State House at 1900 Hours on Sunday, November 10, 2013 in appreciation of the great honour and glory they have brought to their fatherland," the statement read.

Khloe Kardashian 'secretly selling' $4million home

It might come as no surprise that Khloe Kardashian is rumoured to be selling her Los Angeles mansion she shared with husband Lamar Odom.

Sources told TMZ.com that the reality TV star is 'secretly selling' her home, which she bought with the basketball player in 2009.

The 29-year-old has given a number of San Fernando Valley realtors a pocket listing, so it can be 'done on the down low,' according to the website.

Sources say that Khloe Kardashian, pictured with Lamar Odom, was the driving force behind putting the house up for sale. The couple, who first bought the house in 2009, are rumoured to have put it on the market for $4million.

However the two had shown hopeful signs of a reunion when they both attended Kris Jenner's 58th birthday party on Tuesday.

And Khloe reportedly organised a get-together to mark Lamar's 34th birthday the following day, when he was seen leaving a Mexican restaurant alone.

'Khloe and Lamar started talking again. Over the last few days they started talking all the time. So [on Tuesday] she invited him to Kris' birthday party. He had a great time,' a source told Us Weekly in an article published on Wednesday.

Kano Governor Wants State Police

Kano State governor, Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, has advocated the creation of state police in the country, saying the existing police force has veered from serving Nigerians to protecting the interest of occupants of the Presidential Villa.

Kwankwaso, who had hitherto opposed the creation of state police, lamented that what, happened last week, when the police walked in and asked five out of the G-7 Governors to disperse from a justifiable meeting at his lodge in Abuja, demonstrated the inclination and ineptitude of the nation's police.

Disney to Release New 'Star Wars' Film on December 18, 2015

The next movie in the "Star Wars" franchise will arrive in theaters on December 18, 2015, Walt Disney Co said on Thursday, two weeks after producers hired a new writer to shepherd the script into production.

Disney purchased "Star Wars" producer Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in 2012 and promised at least three more films in the series, one of the biggest movie franchises of all time.

"This, obviously, is one of the most important movies we have in the next few years, and we've chosen a date we believe will allow the creative team the time to make a great film," Disney chief executive Bob Iger said in a conference call with Wall Street analysts.

The pre-Christmas date puts the film's release in the prime holiday movie season, a departure for the "Star Wars" franchise. The previous six films have all been released in May, in time for the summer movie season.

#ASUUStrike: FG, ASUU Meets Again Next Week

Academic Staff Union of Universities met across the country on Thursday to consider the offer by the Federal Government. The ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Faggae after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan which ended in the early hours of Tuesday had told reporters that the union would take back an undisclosed message to their members.

The PUNCH gathered that the striking public universities lecturers met in the nine zones of ASUU with branch chairmen to discuss the outcome of the meeting with the President.
The meetings presided over by zonal coordinators afforded them (zonal coordinators) the opportunity to brief the branch chairmen about the offer made by the Federal Government to revamp the public universities across the country.

“Why Should I Convince You to Come Back Home?” ~ Governor Fashola

Babatunde Raji Fashola. Photo credit: African Arguments

On Monday 4th November, the Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola spoke at an event at the House of Commons, in the UK Parliament, on his state's priorities for sustaining growth and development, and how he responds to key challenges. The event was jointly organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Nigeria, the UK Trade and Investment and Chatham House.

It was an event I had marked in my calendar over a month in advance given the relevance of the subject matter, and the personality involved. Fashola is doing some amazing work reforming Lagos in terms of transport infrastructure, taxation, revenue generation, and a whole lot of other things. Lagos is the commercial capital of Nigeria. The state's economy will become Africa's 13th biggest economy in 2014, equivalent to that of Ghana, according to Renaissance Capital.

Burna Boy, Erigga, Sarz, Nominated For South South Music Awards 2013 | FULL LIST

Lockdown Entertainment is proud to bring to your notice, the release of the official nominees list for the 5th Edition Of the South South Music Awards, This Year's Edition is scheduled to hold on the 1st of December, 2013. There will be a South South Music Awards pre-party scheduled to on the 17th of November, 2013. Voting will be opened to everyone across the world from the 4th of Novemeber, 2013, voting is to be carried out via the official website of Lockdown Entertainment, www.lockdownnaija.com. congratulations to everyone who made the list, you are all winners.

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The Police and the danger ahead by Olusegun Adeniyi

Whatever anybody may feel about the G-7 governors and their politics, nothing can justify a situation in which policemen would behave almost like licenced thugs by storming into a government house to ask the chief executives of states to put an end to a lawful assembly.

While still in the United Kingdom on his self-imposed exile circa 2009, former Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai needed to revalidate his Nigerian passport. Quite naturally, he approached the Nigerian embassy in London whose officials decided to notify Abuja of the development. As it would happen, some people decided that since el-Rufai had made himself an enemy of the government of the day at the time, he should be denied his rights under the law even while hiding under some subterfuge. But it was not until the former minister went public about his ordeal that the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua got to know what happened and he felt really angry. Of course, Mallam el-Rufai has a different narrative of the issue but the fact of the matter is that the late Yar'Adua had nothing to do with an action that could only have brought his government into ridicule as it sure did.

Official Statement by Mavin Records on Wande Coal’s Exit

An official statement from Mavin Records regarding Wande Coal's exit from the label…

It is with deep regret that we officially announce the departure of recording artist Wande Ojosipe, popularly known as Wande Coal, from Mavin Records due to irreconcilable differences.

Over the past few months, Mavin Records has made a concerted move to consolidate its position in the Nigerian music industry. Mavin has pursued a renewed ethos to raise its standards of quality and professionalism to a world-class level. Wande's vision has not aligned with ours and a few months ago all parties mutually agreed that a separation would be the best course of action.

Champions League Match Day: Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea Among the Winners

Messi inspires Barca to 3-1 victory over AC Milan, with a fantastic display. Barcelona's qualification to the last 16 will be made certain with this victory.

Zenit St Petersburg and FC Porto shared the points as Hulk scored against his former club in a 1-1 draw at the Petrovsky Stadium.


Chelsea took control of Group E of the Champions League after a Samuel Eto'o brace helped them to a 3-0 victory over. He scored on 31` and 54`, as Ba added a goal on 83`.

Basel 1-1 Bucharest. Sio scored an equalizer for the Swiss team on 90`.


Arsenal pulled off a remarkable 1-0 victory against Dortmund courtesy of an Aaron Ramsey header.

Napoli 3-2 Marseille. The home fans erupt as Higuain arrives at the back post to tuck home Dries Mertens' cross. As it stands, Arsenal and Napoli share top spot in Group F on nine points. Dortmund are adrift in third place on six points. The German side have it all to do.


Atletico Madrid 4-0 Vienna. Diego Costa wrong-foots Lindner and Atletico can start preparing for the last 16.

In another match of Group G Ajax secured a modest 1-0 victory over Celtic.

IK Ogbonna Debunks Rumours Of Being Gay Or A Gigolo!

He's the Amstel Malta Box Office Reality TV Star, a Nollywood star and a very fine boy!
He decided to bare it all about being gay or a gigolo in an interview with Encomium.

Excerpts from the interview below;

Goodluck To Extend Emergency Rule In Adamawa,Yobe And Borno

The war against the Boko Haram menace is far from being over as President Goodluck Jonathan has sought the consent of the National Assembly for an extension of the state of emergency proclaimed in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.

The fresh request for a six-month extension was contained in a letter written by the president, dated November 5, 2013 and addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark.

The president, with the approval of the legislature, had, last May, proclaimed a partial state of emergency in the affected states to combat insurgency of the sect.

Acknowledging that members of the Boko Haram sect are still holding sway in some parts of the state, he said an extension of the state of emergency is pertinent in order to restore full normalcy.

P Square To Be Honoured With Special Recognition Award At The 2013 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards

Nigerian R&B duo P-Square will be honoured with the coveted Special Recognition Award at the 2013 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards ceremony which will held at the spectacular Walter Sisulu Square in the iconic township of Soweto on Saturday 30, November.

P Square follow in the footsteps of Africa's most ground-breaking musicians including last year's honouree, the multi-talented South African music veteran Oscar "Oskido" Mdlongwa; Nigeria's Koko Master D'Banj (2011); Somalian born K'NAAN (2010); South African Brenda Fassie (2009) and Ghana's George Lee (2008), to mention a few.

ECOWAS Fashion Week Abuja

The long awaited ECOWAS Fashion Week is finally here! Dates: 14-17 November 2013. View list of designers below. Additional details, visit the website. Check out the photos from the ECOWAS anniversary fashion show in Abuja, May 2013 at the International Conference Centre.  
 

List of Designers

Photos from the Best Of Nollywood Awards Nominees Party

Nollywood celebrities stepped out in style as they attended the Best of Nollywood Awards' (BON) Talent Meets Class - an interactive session involving Nollywood stakeholders and some prominent figures in the country.
The event held at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki on Friday November 1st, 2013.
Notable guests at the event include Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Ikuforiji, Tee Mac, Mercy Aigbe, Desmond Elliot, Foluke Daramola, Ricardo Agbor, Iyabo Ojo, Ayo Shonaiya,  Fidelis Duker, Doris Simeon, Okey Bakassi, Owen Gee, Kabirat Kafidipe, Funsho Adeolu, Steve Ayorinde, Adeshina Oyetayo, Sola Fajobi, Kemi Otegbade, Koffi, Gbenga Adeyinka 1st GCON to mention a few.

See photos after the cut:

Man Recounts Ordeal of How He Was Raped by a Woman

I'm not your usual victim, nor was my attacker your usual rapist.  I'm one of the 9% of people who get raped who are male.  And one of the 1% who was raped by a woman.
I was in my early 20s, and talking online to a woman on the internet.  We kind of hit it off. I decided to do cross country vacation, and she suggested I stop by, spend a few days to a week at her school, that I could 'crash' in her apartment before resuming my trip.
That sounded ok, so when the time came, I packed up and started my road trip.  In time, I was near her town, so I drove on in, gave her a phone call to get directions on just where in town her apartment was, and drove on over.  She met me at the door, we hugged, and I gave her a little gift I'd brought along as a thank you for the invitation.  We went inside, I put my bag down, she broke out some wine, and we talked for a while.

J. Martins is MyStreetz Magazine’s New Issue Cover Star

The Relentless J. Martins" is on the cover of the new issue of MyStreetz Magazine.

The Nigerian pop sensation is all edgy in black. He rocks dark shades, black high neck T-shirt and a black spiked biker jacket. In the issue, the magazine profiles how he became one of the biggest names in the African music industry.

What's your take on the cover look?!

Cover Photography: August Udoh

#ASUUSTRIKE: We Will Deliver President’s Message to Our Members – Fagge

After the end of the marathon meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Monday, which lasted for about 13 hours, the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said they would now go and brief their members on the details of the discussions.

The Chairman of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge, told the reporters in the early hours of November 5, 2013, Tuesday, at the State House that the leaders would take the President's message back to their members.
Dr. Fagge, who wore broad smiles afar emerging from the meeting venue at about 3.35 a.m. did not say what the message was when he spoke with the correspondents.

[DOWNLOAD] Video: Tiwa Savage - #Eminado Ft. Don Jazzy

Watch the visuals for the love hit single of Tiwa Savage's album. Eminado Ft Don Jazzy.
Check on it!
And for those that don't know, EMINADO means good luck..
My less than a year old nephew can't wait to see the video. This is one of the songs I taught him how to shake to!

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#MMR2013: Music Meets Runway Unveils ICONIC Designers

And the list we have all been waiting for – Are you ready for the biggest Music Meets Runway Event ever?
Music Meets Runway unveils the theme for this year's event as the ICON EDITION. This years music meets runway will for the first time ever, feature not only established designers but Iconic designers as well.
Music Meets Runway (MMR) is a platform that has successfully showcased Nigeria's talent in the fashion and music industry in the past years and has also encouraged up and coming designers by giving them a platform for recognition.

For this 3rd edition we will feature our established home designers who are trailblazers and internationally recognized with several awards, reputable brand partnerships and participation in fashions shows (local & international) to their credit.

MEET THE #MMR2013 DESIGNERS

Mark Calls For Win-win Resolution Of ASUU Strike

Parties in the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have been urged to approach reconciliatory efforts with open mind to ensure that a win-win situation was reached.

Senate President David Mark made this call in Abuja on Monday at a preparatory forum for a scheduled meeting between ASUU and Presidency aimed at resolving the strike.

Mark stressed that the strike called for urgent resolution to enable students to return to schools.

``As you are aware, I have been mandated by the Senate to meet with you and the Federal Government to resolve this crisis as soon as possible.

``I believe that is what you also want. I sympathise with your cause and believe that whatever can be done for you to go back to your work should be done immediately.

``At the end of the day, it is not how long we drag this matter that is important but how soon we sorted it out.

``The national interest is what is at stake because our students have been out of classrooms for four months now", Mark said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mark's delegation and ASUU representatives later left for the Presidential Villa for the meeting between ASUU and President Goodluck Jonathan.

President of ASUU, Dr Nasir Fagge expressed optimistic that the mediatory efforts by the Senate President would yield positive results.

The Senate, last week, mandated Mark to mediate in the lingering dispute between ASUU and the Federal Government over the agreement entered into by the two parties in 2009.

Fagge said ASUU was convinced that Mark's mediation would create the necessary platform for the amicable resolution of the crisis.

``We are convinced that whatever we come up with will go a long way towards addressing the problem. We really appreciate your intervention.

``At every opportunity we have to dialogue with people, we have to come with open mind so that we can make the most out of that intervention.

``We are convinced that your intervention will go a long way towards addressing the problem in the universities", Fagge said.

He said it was unfortunate that Nigerian students were migrating to neighbouring West African countries for university education.

``We are also parents and also among us we have students who are pursuing post graduate degrees. So, this strike directly affects us negatively.

``But Sir, it's one of the sacrifices we really have to make to ensure that we do what is right with our universities'', he stressed.

(NAN)

‘Vampire Diaries’: Michael Trevino (Tyler) Confirms ‘The Originals’ Crossover

Fans of The Vampire Diaries may be mourning the official break-up of Tyler (Michael Trevino) and Caroline (Candice Accola) in the Oct. 31 episode. Trevino confirms to EW what most viewers have guessed: Tyler will be the first TVD character to visit the show's New Orleans-set spinoff, The Originals. While The CW won't confirm when  – "sometime soon," Trevino says coyly — or for how long, we do have an idea of why: As Tyler told Caroline, he can't be at college when all he can focus on is his desire to make Klaus (Joseph Morgan) pay for killing his mother. Caroline begged him to love her more than he hates Klaus, but Tyler said he couldn't and walked out. "It was actually really tough on both of us," Trevino tells EW of shooting the teary-eyed goodbye. "In these scenes where Caroline and Tyler are going their separate ways, it's usually that one of us is emotional and one isn't. On this one, both of us were emotional. There were a few more takes than how it regularly goes between Candice and I."

25 Private Universities set for NPUGA Games

TWENTY FIVE private universities will converge on Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU) in Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State for the 5th edition of the Nigeria Private University Games Association, NPUGA slated for December 14 to 22, 2013.

President of the Local Organizing Committee, LOC of the private university games, Tunde Akinola, who said this in Akure, noted that 2,000 students would participate in the competition, adding that 10 different sports will be competed for.

These include football,basketball, volleyball,swimming, Athletics, chess, scrabble,tennis,table tennis and badminton in which the 25 universities will be struggling for honours in the seven-day event that will attract the creme-de-la-creme of the society.

Omotola speaks at the WISE Summit in Doha, Qatar (PHOTOS)

Omotola is not just an award winning actress,but a powerful voice . She was in DOHA,Qatar with more than 1,200 prominent education, corporate, political and social leaders from over 100 countries at the WISE Summit Summit 2013 to discuss Reinventing Education For Life, .She tweeted:

"The #WISE13 summit has been incredibly amazing.No journalists from Nigeria but Hopefully Next year.Working on this.Was Totally engaging, interesting, eye opening. My forum was Amazing... #Nigeriaengage…  My mission was to speak on innovative methods to engage and interest youths with concerning Education.#missionaccomplised"

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Vera Wang Fall 2014 Collection – ‘Think Pink!’

All hail Vera Wang! The queen of bridal couture shocked the wedding world with her pink collection released this October at Bridal Fashion Week.

Pink as sensual, pink as seductive, pink as dreamy, pink as sophisticated, pink as strong, pink as cool. Think pink!

Enjoy! See more pics after Cut

Africa’s Next Top Model by Oluchi to Premiere on Sunday 10th November 2013 on DSTV

Africa, are you ready for Africa’s Next Top Model?

It can be confirmed that all is set for the season one broadcast of the model search reality TV show on DSTV.

Set in Cape Town, South Africa, the show features 12 aspiring top models from different parts of Africa competing to be Africa’s Next Top Model and will broadcast on DSTV’s Africa Magic Entertainment Channel 151 on Sundays at 18:00 WAT (19:00 CAT/20:00 EAT) starting Sunday 10th November 2013.

The show is a franchise format of America’s Next Top Model, a reality television show created by American supermodel Tyra Banks. Nigerian supermodel Oluchi will host the show.

Photos from Ice Prince's 27th birthday party

 
Rapper Ice Prince turned 27 on October 30th and his management team and record label, Chocolate City, hosted him to a lavish party at Spice Bar in Victoria Island, Lagos. It was a star-studded party as his friends from the entertainment industry and media came out to celebrate with him.

Guests at the party included Audu Maikori, Iyanya, Lynxx, Naeto C, Dammy Krane, Chopstix, Loose Kaynon, DJ Sambo, Kid Konnect, DJ Spinall, DJ Obi, Grip Boiz, Toolz, Sexy Steel, Ubi Franklin, Emma Nyra and many others. See photos from the event after the cut...

TGIC (SEASON 2) QUIZ SHOW--CALL FOR ENTRIES.

Name of Competition: TGIC QUIZ SHOW--Thank God It's Centenary Quiz Show

Theme: I Know My Country

Slogan: I am Nigeria, Nigeria is Me

Vision: To broaden the minds of Nigerians through knowledge of our history as a spring board for our future growth and understanding of our present

Mission: To educate Nigerians about the history of the country as a means of promoting our unity.

Background: In light of the celebration of the 100 years amalgamation of Nigeria (1914-2014), TGIC Quiz Show is the 2nd Season of the TGIC Competition that had been going online. It intends to provide edutainment to Nigerians between the ages of 18-39. The Quiz show is an integral part of the Social media platform of the Nigeria Centenary Celebration.

VHC Styling Presents its SS 2014 LookBook 'The Rebel'

This collection is from the LookBook of Richard Akuson. He is a 19 year old, CEO of VHC styling-a modern fashion styling outfit based in Abuja. In existence for about a year now, VHC Styling has worked with runway shows, magazine editorials and Designer look-books in Abuja.

With personal & professional ties with the likes of one of Africa's most exclusive and elite luxury designer Ade Bakare, Richard Akuson seems to be warming his way to the hearts of Nigeria's fashion elites.

His S/S 2014 Look-book tells the story of the urban man who defies fashion myths, exploring elements of feminine fashion and ultimately maintaining his masculinity. The looks span through some female persona-all carrying a special, extra little something. He went with a kind of gothic tale theme for this collection-think black nail polish, smoky eyes, geometric prints, female cuts and statement necklaces. These decorate  silhouettes: from short shorts to dresses. See what he has to say and photos after the cut...

ASUU STRIKE: Nigeria Universities To Open Next Week With Or Without ASUU

 

In a last ditch effort to resolve the ASUU strike, President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday, November 4, meet with the leadership of ASUU at the Presidential Villa.

This was part of the resolutions of the meeting between the ASUU leadership, Vice President Namadi Sambo and the Supervising Minister of Education on Tuesday as was first reported by this medium.
An official of the Vice President's office who pleaded anonymity said that all hands are now on deck to ensure that the universities resume next week.

The official stated that the Vice President and the Supervising Minister of Education have made head-way in resolving the strike, but the final involvement of the President is to show ASUU that there is the commitment of the Federal Government at the highest level.

Photos: Remy Martin celebrates DJ Jimmy Jatt in grand style

Remy Martin Pacesetters VIP party, the shindig that redefines high-end gatherings added another feather to its hat as it celebrated the renowned DJ Jimmy Jatt at Prive Lounge in Victoria Island on October 18 at Prive Lounge.
Friends and fans came together with Remy Martin to celebrate DJ Jimmy Jatt in grand style amidst great music courtesy of DJ Sose and Remy Martin food pairings and cognac. Ayo Animashaun, Audu Maikori, Cecil Hammond, Wande Coal, Ice Prince, Burna Boy, DJ Humility, Tiwa Savage, Toolz, and Fade Ogunro were there to celebrate with him. See more photos after the cut...

Some Hollywood celebs Halloween Costumes

 40 year old Heidi Klum's amazing Halloween costume. See others after cut...