75 year old Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated today April 30th after 33 years as queen and handed over her thrown and crown to her eldest son at a ceremony that held on the balcony at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. 46 year old Willem-Alexander will be the first King of the Netherlands since 1890. The former queen will now be addressed as Princess Beatrix.

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      Queen Beatrix signs the act of abdication, next to her son Crown Prince Williem Alexander and his wife Crown Princess Maxima

 
       Queen Beatrix passes the act of abdication to her son Crown Prince Williem Alexander



Is this justice or injustice, considering what happens to thieving politicians in Nigerians? A 31-year-old man, Kelvin Ighodalo, has been sentenced to 45-year imprisonment by an Osogbo High Court for stealing a N50,000 Sony Ericsson phone belonging to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State.

To the surprise of many, Justice Oyejide Falola in his ruling didn't give an option of fine...
He found Ighodalo guilty on six counts, which included conspiracy, stealing and fraud. Ighodalo stole the phone from the pocket of Aregbesola on November 27, 2010, when the governor was being inaugurated at Government Technical College, Osogbo.

He was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for three counts and five years for three counts, which included impersonation, obtaining property by falsehood and collusion. The sentence will run concurrently.

Justice Falola, who insisted that Ighodalo deserved the jail term, held that the convict used the phone to obtain N500,000 from Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, the Owa of Ilesa, while he obtained N200,000 from Mr Shengen Rahman, an associate of the governor.

Counsel to Ighodalo, Mr. Ameachi Ngwu, prayed the court to commit the young man to community service, considering the offence, but his plea was ignored.



They arrived Nigeria yesterday for Diva's Rock Concert which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, the 1st of May, 2013 at 10 Degrees events center in Oregun, Ikeja. The Artists who will be performing together with Salt-N-Pepa on stage are Sasha P, Weird MC, Eva and Ms Jai. Click to see more pictures.



“Offering time, blessing time!” So goes the chorus from members of the congregation whenever it’s time to give offering in most churches.


To most Christians, the offering time is, indeed, a time of immense financial blessing. But recently, the offering time turned into a moment of hot curses in a Lagos church when an already used condom, dripping with semen, was discovered inside the offering box after the Sunday service.

It was like a weird dream, according to the former Chairman, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Ogba Zone, Prophet Tobi Okonkwo, who witnessed the incident. The cleric said he couldn’t believe his eyes when a discarded condom, with stains, was discovered in an envelope in the offertory box of his former church.

When Pope Paul VI warned on June 29, 1972 that the smoke of Satan had entered the church, not many Christians took the warning seriously.

With this recent incident, Okonkwo admitted that the agents of darkness had infiltrated the churches in large numbers and now occupy high-ranking positions in the gathering of God’s children, where they wreak untold havoc on the unwary flock.

Okonkwo, who is also the General Overseer of Living Word Prayer Assembly, Agege, Lagos, wept over man’s ingratitude to God during a recent monthly thanksgiving programme of the church, tagged Manna from Heaven.
Although the service was a joyful moment where the shepherd distributes food items and other gifts to his flock, his startling revelation brought a hush of silence on the congregation.

His words pierced the hearts of the worshippers, as he explained how man had become ungrateful to divine benevolence. His several instances of the atrocities committed in hallowed places pointed to the fact that messengers from hell now walked about freely in hallowed places. “It is really bad.

It has got to a point where some people come to the church to mock God. They are anti-Christ but they still go to church. You could imagine how somebody came to the church and decided to give a used condom in an envelope to God.

You can see how wicked man has become,” he said. Okonkwo said the giver of the abominable gift refused to confess his crime, even when the entire church rained curses profusely on whosoever was responsible.
He said, “A curse was laid on the person. Even before the people laid the curse, God had already seen the abomination committed in his house by someone, who pretended he came to the church to worship God.”


The former PFN leader warned other members of the church of the reality of the anti-Christ, whose reign would usher ungodliness in the world. He lamented that prosperity message has taken over the pulpit at the neglect of the gospel of repentance, which had enslaved many hearts in pleasure and love of the world.

According to him, most Christians hunger for sermons that promise easy wealth, while rejecting teachings that encourage chastity, discipline, endurance and faithfulness.
“The style of the anti-Christ is to mock Jesus. Many Christians today are crucifying Christ a second time. It’s really sad and unfortunate,” he said. The cleric decried the approval of same s*x marriage by different countries, describing the constitutional recognition accorded to such couples as an indication of the reign of anti-Christ in the world.

Rather than milk his members dry, Okonkwo said he introduced a programme, Manna from Heaven, to feed the flock of Christ with the little he could afford. He said the programme involved sharing of bags of rice, noodles and other foodstuff on equal measures to all the members to inculcate in them the love for sharing and concern for their suffering neighbour.

Okonkwo also berated some pastors who, according to him, start Christian ministries and involve themselves in dubious things all in a bid to acquire wealth and fame. He said such ones worship money as their god. “For them to get money, they end up preaching prosperity.

Salvation messages are not often on their lips. The church is not supposed to be a business but most people have turned it into a business.

It is quite unfortunate,” he said. Aside the sacrileges committed in churches, Okonkwo, who had earlier predicted the emergence of Jonathan as President during the ailing days of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, also frowned at the various scandals rocking political offices and other sectors of the economy.

He said most Nigerians have lost the sense of sanity, citing the many cases of corruption in the country. According to him, no day passes without the disclosure of one fresh set of financial scandal or the other.

He lamented that the financial blood of the country was being drained by some thieving elite with no interest of the masses at heart. Although Okonkwo foreclosed the chances of possible disintegration of the country, he warned corrupt leaders to repent or face the wrath of heaven.

According to him, only selfless leaders would bring the nation back from the brink of monumental crisis and repair the ruins caused by corruption and bad leadership in the country.
Source: Daily Sun


3 pupils, including a girl, lost their lives and hundreds injured on Wednesday when a building in which they were writing the West African Examination Council School Certificate examination (WASCE) collapsed on them.
The incident occurred in Alpha Academy, a private secondary school in Mararaba, Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State.
Some 560 candidates were writing the examination in Alpha Academy. Many of them complained of the cracks before the building came down on Wednesday.
Of the 200 injured candidates, 30 are said to be in critical condition at the CRCN Hospital, Takum, where doctors are battling to save their lives. So sad!








Stella Damasus reacts to the ongoing Rumor about Marriage. She has this to say…….
have been trending for the past two days now. Day one was about people wishing me well and praying for me on my birthday. Day two is now filled with gossip, scandals and all sorts, but that is as far as the so called journalists and bloggers are concerned. As far as I am concerned I had a blast on my birthday and I will not allow other human beings steal my joy regardless.

I choose to enjoy my life because I know I deserve it. Nobody went through my own trying times with me and I did not go through any with others.
When God decides to bless me, turn my mourning to dancing, turn my tears to laughter and turn my anger to happiness, no man on earth can change it or spoil it. Please continue and see more pics.


Truth is I laughed when I saw some of the blogs and websites quoting and saying things they know absolutely nothing about. Writing things they have heard without concrete evidence, ghosts that cannot show their faces and ask direct questions. But they believe and think that they can wake up one day and decide people's fate and destiny. 
Unfortunately they are made to feel important because people hate to read  positive things and achievements, but give them juicy gossip and all of a sudden you become the most popular writer who has gist on everybody.

I realized that when I write blogs and articles about important information, encouragement, education and positive things, only twenty percent out of a hundred actually read it and leave comments. The other eighty percent jump at the gossip and scandals and then start to ask me stupid questions. These are people who have not communicated with me in ages but all of a sudden they feel the need to profess undying friendship and a listening ear. The fact that they believe I have the time or energy to respond to the most trivial issues baffles me.

Let me repeat myself in case some of these people missed it. "I really do not care what you say or write, the truth is who God has blessed no man can curse" , and if you believe that trying to turn a wonderful birthday  into a global gossip game will make me feel bad then I am so sorry this Stella is not as stupid as you think"














On Thursday a ghastly motor accident occurred along Owerri, Port Harcourt express road after the Army Barracks in Obinze, just a few meters after the entrance of Arab Contractors Nig Ltd, involving a petrol tanker and a bus carrying full load of passengers.
Three passengers died on the spot including the driver, two died later at the hospital. As if that was not enough, on Friday a Sienna coming from Owerri and heading to Imo state Polytechnic Ohaji somersaulted severally on the same spot. The car was seriously damaged but thankfully the three occupants came out alive with praises to God.
Today Tuesday, a man was caught on that same spot with charms doing what was best known to him in a language most people didn’t understand. He was promptly surrounded by the youths of Ohaji. The man was taken to the Eze who handed him over to the police.
Before this, the man who could only speaks hausa language mentioned that he had links in the community and named a man well known to the youths. The youths swung into action and went in search of the man and found him hiding in the ceiling of his house.
They beat him up, but as soon as he had a little chance, he escaped into a nearby bushes. The hausa speaking juju man also mentioned that he had customers that visited him at night, dressed in suits and were carrying a briefcase.

Nollywood actress Nse Ikpe Etim is pregnant. The Akwa Ibom state-born actress Nse Ikpe Etim who got married to her abroad-based high school lover, Clifford Sule few weeks ago told her colleague she is suffering from early pregnancy symptoms.

This was disclosed in Bayelsa state at the just concluded Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony.
According to Nollywood insiders, pregnant Nse Ikpe Etim is in her first trimester and is excited about it.
 
We wish her safe delivery. 


The residents of Bank Olemoh Street, Surulere, Lagos, were terrified on Monday when two gunmen shot dead Olamide George, a 25-year-old deejay.


According to eyewitnesses, the assassination was carried out at about 2pm while George was with friends under a tree, popularly known as Abe Igi.

It was learnt that just before his murder, George reportedly answered a phone call, and the caller requested to know where he was. George answered that he was at Abe Igi.

George’s father, Mr. Gbolahan George, said, “I was told that the assassins were four and were in Keke Maruwa (tricycle). They parked at the entrance of the street; two got down and walked to where Olamide was sitting with his friends. The one with the gun did not know him, so the other person who accompanied him pointed at Olamide.

“Immediately Olamide was identified, he was shot in the head and the chest.”

“I was called around 2:30pm and was told that my son’s body was at the morgue in Lagos University Teaching Hospital. He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. I reported the case at Area C Police Command.”

Gbolahan George said his son was not of a dubious character.

“He is a DJ, and not a scammer. And he is very gentle and pleasant. He wanted to write JAMB and get into Lagos State University.

“Olamide was also about to wed his girlfriend, Yetunde Adeyeri, who is five months pregnant before his untimely death. And that was why I gave him N500,000 to rent a one-room self-contained apartment at Apapa Road.”
Our correspondent saw family members cleaning blood stains from Olamide’s Golf Volkswagen car with number plate, LND 879 AG.

The Chairman of CDA, Bank Olemoh Street, Mr. Wilson Ojei, said, “I know Lamide as an easy young man trying to survive. Nobody had any complaints about him except for the occasional youthful exuberance, which is common among other young men in the community. From indications, the attack was not from within the community; the assassins were outsiders.

“We have been instructed by the police to cut the tree at Abe Igi.”

The police spokesperson, Lagos State, Ms. Ngozi Braide confirmed the incident. She said, “The case was reported to Area C Police Command. We are investigating the killing and I can assure you that reasonable arrest has been made.”

Culled from Punch


The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a guardian, Edwin Alagbaso, for allegedly torturing a 12-year-old rape victim. Alagbaso, who used razor blade, knife and an iron rod to punish the victim, blamed her for “causing the rape”.

A 22-year-old man, Uche Chibueze, who raped the minor, was also arrested by the police.
It was learnt that Chibueze, on April 15, 2013, had sex with the victim near the home of her guardian located at number 1 Magente Street, Pipeline, Akute. Chibueze, however, told our correspondent that he did not rape the victim since it was consensual.

He said, “I was at a friend’s gathering when she came to me saying she had spiritual problem and wanted to know her real family. I told her that she should follow me to Solution Church which was nearby and she agreed.
“On our way to the place, I took her to a corner of the street and took off her clothes. I also took off my shorts and I had not fully penetrated when a resident caught us and raised the alarm. I tried to flee but they apprehended me. I explained to them that it was not rape but they did not listen to me.”

It was learnt that Chibueze and the victim were taken back to Alagbaso’s house. The guardian in a rage picked a knife and stabbed him in the palm. “The man (Alagbaso) went for a kitchen knife and wanted to kill me, but I grabbed it from him. He, however, stabbed me in the palm,” Chibueze said. Unable to do anything with the child molester, Alagbaso was said to have picked a razor blade and inflicted injuries on the scalp of the 12-year-old. Not done, he allegedly used an iron rod to beat the victim and later used a knife to cut her in the legs.
As the victim was reportedly bleeding from the head and other parts of the body, the residents, who had been pleading, intervened and took her to the hospital. The residents, also invited policemen from Ajuwon Division.

Alagbaso, however, said that he beat the victim to prevent her from being raped in future.He said, “When I got home from work, I looked for her everywhere but did not find her. She left my three little children at home alone in the dark and went out with Chibueze. It was while she was out with him that he raped her.
“I punished her by shaving off her hair so that she would not look attractive again and men would not want to rape her in future. I also beat her so that she would not go out without permission because if she dies, people will blame me since I was the one that brought her to Lagos.

“I did not mean to beat her up to that extent, but I was angry. It was the devil that pushed me to beat her so much. However, the police do not have the right to detain me since I am the guardian and I have the right to correct her.”

Our correspondent, who visited the victim at Comforter Hospital, learnt that she was responding to treatment.The victim said although Alagbaso’s wife was her aunty.

He said, “The rapist and the guardian are both in custody. The guardian has a case to answer for inflicting injuries on the victim with razor blade. They will be brought to book.”


Producer ,director and actor Fred Amata will in a few weeks’ time turn 50 and in celebration of that, friends of the actor have initiated activities to celebrate him. It will include:

A celebrity charity challenge which will be a novelty football match where a select team of Nollywood  stars, actors, musicians, comedians TV&Radio  personalities, challenge, the 1994 nations cup winning Super Eagles team  Kanu Nwankwo, J Jay Okocha and other eagles players to 'Soccertainment' for charity.

This is will be followed by a White Tie Charity Dinner at the Muson Centre on de 18th of May, where variety performances and excerpts from Fred Agbeyegbe's stage play "The King Must Dance Naked" will be performed by Fred Amata and an ensemble cast including, Nobert Young, Kate Henshaw Segun Arinze, Keppy Ekpeyoung Bassey, Bimbo Manuel, Bimbo Akintola, and chidi Mokeme 



Princess Damolola Adekoya , a Popular Nigerian comedienne and actress is now officially married!
Princess and her lover Ade wedded yesterday at the Federal Marriage Registry, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Their traditional marriage ceremony has been slated for May 8, 2013.
We wish them a Happy Married Life



The family of Professor Chinua Achebe and the South-East Governors Forum on Sunday fixed May 23 for burial of the literary icon.
Chairman of the forum and Anambra State Governor; Peter Obi announced this after a meeting between the governors and members of the Achebe family. The meeting which was  held at Enugu State Government House, had all the governors in attendance, except Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, who represented by his deputy, Mr. Eze Madumere.
Speaking with journalists, Ikechukwu Achebe, son of the late author, described his father as “a great family man.”He commended the federal government and the South-East governors for their support to the family since his father’s demise.




Terkura Unongo, a 14yrs old boy  has launched a website, www.theimongo.com, for social networking. Though the website might not be as sophisticated as the likes of Facebook, seems as a good invention coming from a young Nigerian.The early exposure that Terkura, an eighth Grade Student of Hillcrest Middle School, Jos, Plateau State, had to the Internet seems to have paid off.

He was given full support by his parents to explore his talents in the digital world, and they provided him with gadgets. His first e-mail address was opened at age eight and he joined Facebook two years after and other popular social networks in quick succession. Also he was inspired by his computer science teacher apart from his parents.
Terkura, who hails from Benue State, says, “Well, I think I became IT-savvy right from the day I started using a computer, as my parents provided the atmosphere for me to acquire various computer devices. But my potentials got sharpened in 2011 when my computer teacher basically showed me the fun in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language).



Jaywon was involved in a horrible auto crash on Wednesday night of April 17, 2013. As Luck would have it, the Kennis Music Star, Jaywon who was on his way from a music video shoot for his single “Catch Me If You Can” featuring Ice Prince & Phenom, survived a car crash and is not in a critical condition either.
It was reported that an undisclosed friend of Jaywon was involved in the crash as he drove Jaywon's Lincoln Navigator form the video shoot. Jaywon is in good condition.


Timaya, left

The Ebieri Papa 1 of Bayelsa, Timaya was recently spotted on the set of the new nollywood blockbuster, Gold Digging.

Gold Digging seems to be a huge budget production, starring the likes of Yvonne Nelson, Alex Ekubo, Rukky Sandra and also our 'Bom bom' crooner, Timaya
In recent times we've seen Nollywod stars cross into Nigerian Music like- Omotola Jalade, Stella Damasus, and many other.

Keep it rolling Timaya!!






April Brown is a woman  who is not ashamed to say that she once suffered from self esteem issues. The negative feelings about her body image led to her decision to pay for butt injections at a “pumping party” 8 years ago.
The person that administered the injections was an unlicensed bootleg hustler. April says that she was well aware of the fact that the person that injected her had no medical background and decided to go through with the procedure anyways.
Brown says that she suffered with extreme pain for 5 years after her procedure. Prior to being injected with the bad silicone, Brown worked in Cosmetology and Fashion Design. In 2011 Brown’s health declined and in an effort to save her life, Dr’s suggested that she have her limbs removed.
The mother of 2 says that she now has plans to become a motivational speaker. To this date, the victim of the botched medical procedure refuses to SNITCH on the person that has forced her to change her life, forever.

 Do stories like this change your mind about receiving illegal plastic surgery?







The Next African Hollywood Superstar powered by Sterling Bank will be kicking off this Sunday. This much awaited TV program will be on for ten weeks with enough entertainment for viewers.


Watch as ten contestants; five from Nigeria and five from Ghana battle to be that lucky winner to Co-star with Morris Chestnut in a movie and also bag a one-year contract with a Hollywood agent.

Tracy Moore will enlighten, educate, and drill these contestants on what it takes to be a world-class actor(tress)   Well, let's all watch, to find out all that it has to unfold..


Barr Efere Ozako is dead. On his return from South Africa last night, Efere complained of dizziness  He was immediately rushed to LUTH and was confirmed dead on arrival. Efere was the brain behind the 'wetin lawyers they do' slogan and was respected for the role he played in copyright issues. His demise will be felt in the entertainment industry. Rest In Peace.........




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Nollywood actress and mother of one Mercy Johnson Okojie recently posted on twitter that her husband calls her 'Orobo'.

Presently as we speak she is set to embark on an intense weight-loss exercise.
Good luck Mercy...


So my husband just luked @ me now and goes"orobo ye,i no go fit carry my orobo but sha we don marry"in sound sultan's voice. Gym here i come


Having spent over six months in the US where she put to to bed, nollywood star Mercy Johnson Okojie is finally back home. She returned to Nigeria with her almost four months old baby girl a few days ago. She's ready to get back to acting next month.



We heard from good authorities from the Adenuga Towers that some alleged ‘redundant’ Glo ambassadors may be dropped by the telecoms giants and be replaced with new and promising artistes.
A reliable source who has chosen to remain anonymous informed Nigeriafilms.com that Mike Adenuga is not encouraged with some Nollywood stars who are on his payroll and have not been ‘too active’.
“Oga is not happy with some Nollywood stars who rake millions of naira yet they don’t bring value to the Glo brand,” the source sequel to us.
The source said that the number of those to be dropped are close to five but only Monalisa Chinda and Desmond Elliot's names were revealed to us. It was also learnt that Glo has not informed them about the development.
Those that will replace them are known to us already and are singers including Lagbaja. They will be unveiled in few days in Lagos.
Recall that Glo dropped Kate Henshaw and Jim Iyke as its brand ambassadors few years ago when it signed Odunlade Adekola and Kunle Afolayan as ambassadors.

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