“It is stupidity to spend your last penny buying your pastor a jet” -Mr. Ibu

 

Popular comic actor, John Okafor, more popular as Mr. Ibu, had waded into the debate about pastors owing private jets and living lavish lifestyles.
Mr. Ibu took to his Facebook page to express his opinions, and called people who donate their last penny to fund the purchase of private jets, as ‘stupid’.
“STUPIDITY is when you don’t have a bicycle and you give your last penny to your pastor to buy a jet…….” he wrote.

Angelina Jolie Says She Plans to Give Up Acting

Angelina Jolie apparently isn't angling to be the next Helen Mirren or Meryl Streep. Similar to fiance Brad Pitt, who said he could foresee taking that pretty face of his behind the camera to direct once he hits 50, Jolie told Britain's Channel 4 News that she sees herself calling it a career in the not-too-distant future.

"I think I'm going to have to give up the acting as the kids hit the teenage years, anyway, too much to manage at home," says the Salt star in an interview in which she also acknowledges that her human-rights work for the United Nations has been more rewarding than acting on the whole.

Toll collections to start December 16th at Lekki-Epe road Plaza II

 

The Concessionaire of the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lekki Concession Company, has said it will start toll collection on the second toll plaza (Conversation Plaza) of the 49.36km reconstructed road on December 16th.This was disclosed on Wednesday, just as the Lagos State Government said that it had completed a two-way alternative route to cover the second stanza of the road for those unwilling to use the plaza.

This is coming about a year after payment was introduced at the first toll point (the Admiralty Plaza).

Hmm this is something oh and the alternative route is so tiny, hehehe more traffic on that axis

Lily collins & Kesha embrace edgy ear cuffs**

The 2012 Winner of the 'Next movie star' is Halimat Aitsegame

Halimat Aitsegame has been declared as the winner of the 8th edition of the reality TV show, Next Movie Star.The 23-year-old actress, was unanimously voted by the judges ‘based on the effort she put into her stay in the 30-day reality show’, accordig to a statement released by the producers of the show.
Sola Fajobi, the executive producer, also confirmed that Aitsegame will get the car and movie contracts that she was promised.
In its eight years, the Next Movie Star has produced popular names like Uti Nwachukwu, Tonto Dike, Annie Macaulay, Kevin Chuwang Pam, Karen Igho, etc.

Sanusi fires back at critics on retrenchment

 

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, on Wednesday fired back at those calling for his removal, saying they missed the point.

The CBN governor said his removal would not change the political structure of the country which he said could not guarantee economic development in its current form.

“So if you sack the Governor of Central Bank, does it change anything? It is not the solution; the solution is to face this reality,” Sanusi said at the financial regulators forum debate at the 18th edition of the

RIP Enebeli Elebuwa>>>>>

Popular Nollywood actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, died in an Indian hospital on Wednesday after a battle with stroke-related ailment.

Elebuwa was fondly called Andrew following the character he played in the Andrew No Check Out: Nigeria Must Survive campaign jingle in the 80s. The campaign was conceived to implore Nigerians not to leave the country for overseas.

A former President of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria, Mr. Segun Arinze, confirmed Elebuwa’s death to our correspondent on the telephone.

He said, “He fought gallantly. He was a great actor. We all called him Andrew as he was encouraged not to leave the country in the popular promo. But unfortunately, he has checked out.”

Another actor, Zack Orji described Elebuwa’s  death as regrettable.

Orji said, ‘‘His death is a shock. May his soul rest in peace.’’ 

Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, who commiserated with the

Nigeria’s Alakija displaces Oprah Winfrey, becomes richest black woman in the world

 

Mrs Folorunsho Alakija, a Nigerian billionaire oil tycoon, Fashion designer and philanthropist is now the richest black woman in the word, according to report published by Ventures Africa, an African business magazine and news services.
Alakija, 61, is worth at least $3.3 billion- contrary to a recent Forbes Magazine ranking which pegs her net worth at only $600 million. She is $500 million richer than media mogul, Oprah Winfrey, whose wealth estimated at $2.7 billion in September.Folorunsho Alakija is the founder and owner of Famfa Oil, a Nigerian oil company which owns a 60 percent working interest in OML 127 that produces about 200,000 barrels a day.

My husband was tortured for my beliefs

 

'Personal experiences change you to become someone who really fights for justice and political change,' says Ala’a Shehabi, 32, a British-born Bahraini writer, lecturer and pro-democracy activist. She’s one of many pioneering women speaking at this year’s Trust Women Conference in London on 4 and 5 December, which will explore issues such as what the Arab Spring means for women.

Last year Ala’a’s husband Ghazi, a Bahraini businessman, was imprisoned and tortured because of Ala’a’s campaigning work. 'On 12 April 2011 he was ambushed by security forces, beaten up and then arrested.' The first time Ala’a saw him was 50 days later in military court. 'It was even worse than I’d imagined. He just wasn’t the husband I’d known. He’d lost weight, his neck was scarred and he was completely disorientated. He later told me he’d just been blindfolded for six hours.'

Omotola and Genevieve were both tricked into acting together in Ije

Omotola, Chineze & Genevieve

The blockbuster movie, Ije, took over the cinemas when it was released, and eventually became one of the highest grossing Nigerian movies ever produced. A major reason for this achievement, is definitely the fact that two of  Nollywood’s biggest names, Genevieve Nnaji and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, played the leading roles.
But producer, Chineze Anyaene, says it was not easy getting the two ‘rivals’ to work together with her and she had to resort to old tricks.