Behind the scenes of Mercy Johnson’s new photoshoot

Mercy Johnson Okojie recently did her first photo shoot since giving birth and I have the exclusive behind the scenes photos. Will bring you photos from the shoot later. More pics when you continue..

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Davido and Funmi Aboderin back together

First, Davido introduced us to his girlfriend Funmi Aboderin by sharing a pic of her on his instagram page. Then he a few months later he tweeted that he’s single again. But I found out recently that Davido and Funmi have reconciled and are dating again.

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Do you know that upcoming actors in Nigeria now pay to feature in 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.

The trick some of these producers use is this; they say they are not making money from these movies because people aren’t buying them so can’t invest all their money in it. They also say finding financiers to pay for the production of a movie is hard, so for these movies to see the light of day, every cast member has to contribute. Thing is, many are eager to pay. Several people told me that it’s the girls they refer to as ‘runz girls’ looking for popularity that started this trend. They would offer movie producers money to feature in their movie so they can refer to themselves as actresses and now it’s become a part of Nollywood.

But let me state here that there are some movie producers who don’t do this…not all of them demand for money. But a lot of them do. Is that OK? What’s your thought on this new trend?

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Rappers Wale and Chipmunk to perform at Ice Prince’s FoZ concert

Grammy award nominated rapper, Wale is set to perform in Nigeria for the first time at Ice Prince’s Fire Of Zamani concert. The big-budget concert is part of activities to commemorate the release of his critically acclaimed second album. UK rapper, Chipmunk will be performing at the Fire Of Zamani concert along with Africa’s biggest rapper, MI Abaga.

Ice Prince will be hosting this explosive music concert on November 23 2013 at the prestigious Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

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PHOTOS: See how Rita Dominic Keeps Fit

Rita Dominic now call herself ReeDee, this is what she does to keep her beauty.

I wonder why the so called beauty she has been keeping has not giving her a man.

Just keep the fit sha,one day you will find someone to appreciate it.

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ASUU STRIKE LATEST: Indeed, ASUU set to suspend strike this week – Union leaders

Indications have emerged that the Academic Staff Union of Universities may call off the over four-month-old strike on Thursday.

Barring a last-minute change, the National Executive Committee of ASUU will meet on Wednesday night to consider the position of the congresses of the over 50 public universities on the offer made by the Federal government to revamp the institutions.

The union met with a Federal Government team led by President Goodluck Jonathan last Tuesday in Abuja.

The ASUU leadership, after briefing the zonal coordinators on the offer, had directed the local branches to organise congress meetings between Friday last week and Tuesday (tomorrow).

This is to enable all the lecturers to make input into the action the union would take after its NEC meeting on Thursday.

However, feelers from most universities that had organised their congresses revealed that ASUU would suspend the strike after the Thursday NEC meeting.

In some universities, including the Obafemi Awolowo University and the Lagos State University that have scheduled their congress meetings for Monday (today), union leaders and lecturers expressed hope that the strike would end this week.

Also, some top officials of the union in some of the nine zones of ASUU said even though they were not happy with the plan by the government to inject N220bn yearly into the public universities for the next five years, they were pleased that a commitment had been obtained by the union.

Though the Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Adesola, confirmed that the NEC meeting would hold on Wednesday, he did not say whether the strike would be called off or not.

“Yes, the NEC will hold on Wednesday evening but ASUU has a process which we are going to follow. NEC reserves the right to call off the strike after due consultation with members and this is why congresses are being called in all the chapters of the union. Please, wait till after the congress,” he told one of our correspondents on the telephone.

But another source said, “Our NEC meeting will hold between Wednesday night and Thursday. Our chapters have started holding meetings to discuss the Federal Government’s offer. This is to allow input from all the lecturers. We have to carry them along to avoid disunity since there are moves by some elements to infiltrate us.”

Another source told one of our correspondents that some members had expressed mixed feelings about the Federal Government’s new offer based on its refusal to honour past agreements.

“The radicals among us are sceptical about this latest offer. They do not believe that government will respect the agreement. Their view is that government only wants to deceive the union to call off the strike before it will jettison it.”

A top official of the union, who confirmed the fears, told one of our correspondents that although members’ opinions at the zonal congresses were divided over the government’s offer, the majority still decided to give the government the benefit of the doubt.

He also said that the majority opinion was that the review of the agreement which was supposed to hold this year should be postponed till next year in the interest of peace.

The official added, “Members were persuaded because President Goodluck Jonathan personally met with the union. They felt since the President was involved in the negotiation this time around, the government would not say that it was arm-twisted to make the offer.

“This is the problem we are having with the 2009 agreement. By now we should be talking about a review but we are still having troubles with implementation.

“Although feelers across the zones are that we should call off the strike, we are going to put down the government offer in black and white and make it public so that nobody accuses us tomorrow of asking for too much.”

Some universities are expected to hold their congresses on Monday (today) to discuss the outcome of the zonal congresses held at nine centres across the country last week.

A source at the meeting between the government and ASUU told one of our correspondents that the government after a long debate agreed to inject N220bn yearly for the next five years beginning from 2014.

He had said, “The meeting should be the longest that we have ever had on this crisis but I can tell you that both parties were frank all through the discussions. The parties also showed commitment towards ending the crisis. The President in particular showed that he was serious about ending the strike and that was why he offered to release over N1tn to the universities in the next five years.

“The money will be released on a yearly basis at N220bn per annum beginning from 2014. For the outgoing year, the Federal Government will only release N100bn and this has been processed.

“In order to show commitment to this deal, the money will be kept at the Central Bank of Nigeria and will be released on a quarterly basis to the universities. So, there won’t be any problem about funding the deal.”

The source added that the National Universities Commission and the Trade Union Congress would be joint guarantors of the new agreement while the Minister of Education would be the implementation officer.

He said that the government also agreed, among other things, to revamp the public universities by ensuring that all the issues that always lead to strike were dealt with once and for all.

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Beverly Osu looks palatable in new photoshoot

Former BBA rep and Prestige cosmetics ambassador, Beverly osu looks dazzling in this new photoshoot.

Mmmm….Palatable!

See more shots……..

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Victorious Golden Eaglets Gets More Cash Rewards

After getting increased match bonuses for winning the 2013 U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, the Golden Eaglets will further receive cash rewards from President Goodluck Jonathan as he hosts them in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Sunday.

“In recognition of your performance, we are giving you a token cash appreciation. It is a token because you are young people and we don’t want to spoil you,” President Jonathan had said,

Apart from the presidential handshakes and photo session with the boys with have with the President, each player will likely go home with N1m, while the coach is expected to get N2m, this is in addition to all the money they had received as match bonuses for winning all their matches.

The Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi, and top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation are expected to lead the team to the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa for the grand reception.

Congrats to the boys!

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I Beat Taiwo Awoniyi To Discourage Him From Football – Dad

Mr Solomon Awoniyi, father of Golden Eaglets’ striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, said he used to beat his son to discourage him from playing football.

Awoniyi on Sunday at his Gbagba residence, Ilorin, said that he never knew Taiwo would play football to global level.

He said the football career of his son started during his elementary school days, noting that he (Taiwo) would always disappear from the house to play football and the whole family would be looking for him.

Awoniyi praised the efforts of Taiwo’s coach, Rasaq Olojo, whom he said discovered and nurtured him.

He said the striker was part of the team that participated in a Coca Cola competition in Ibadan, which later earned him a trip to London in 2010, where former Nigerian football stars Nduka Ugbade and Seyi Olofinjana, spotted him.

He disclosed that Taiwo Awoniyi was voted the most valuable player and came home with the award from London in 2010.

Awoniyi, a retired Police Officer, said he was happy to watch his son represent Nigeria in a world tournament.

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Maheeda Post PHOTOS of Herself in Catholic Nun’s Outfit after that she went Núde

To mark sunday, Mahedda posted photos in a nun’s habit with captions like “Holy X, Yep I’m holy”

Some of her fans blasted her while some were in support of her.

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El-Rufai calls President Jonathan lazy, docile, hopeless, useless

I’m not particularly a fan of President Jonathan and this government but c’mon Mallam El Rufai, that name calling is too harsh and uncalled for. Well, that’s what I think, you’re free to agree with him. Presidential aide Reno Omokri already replied…

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ASUU Gives FG Final Condition Before They End The Strike

It is not yet over, as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Government conditions to be met before the union would finally call off its over four-month old strike.

“I must tell you that our mandate remains. The only mandate we have is that 2009 agreement must be met. We have not reached any agreement with the Federal Government.

“Since the Federal Government wants to be releasing N220bn every year for five years, then all monetary and regulatory agencies must sign…. The reason we will ensure this is that we don’t want argument tomorrow that the agreement was entered in error or that they don’t know the implication of signing the agreement. If possible, documents that will provide for automatic deduction of the agreed money at a particular/agreed date must be provided.”

A prominent member of the union, who craved anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on behalf of the union, told Punch that doing this would give the association the confidence that “the Government knows what it is doing when it signed the agreement.”

He said, “The Central Bank of Nigeria, Ministries of Finance and Labour, National Assembly, Office of the Presidency, National Universities Commission, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Trade Union Congress and our umbrella body, the Nigeria Labour Congress, must sign with consequences stated.”

Recall that the leadership of ASUU had engaged in a 13-hour marathon meeting with government delegation led by President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja between Monday and Tuesday.

Asked when the lecturers would call off the strike, a source who was at the meeting said, “I doubt if the strike is ending soon. The problem is with the Finance Minister. Where is government getting N1trn from? A government that could not implement agreement between 2009 and 2013, what is the guarantee that they would honour this agreement.

“It is all politics. We are still awaiting directives from our branches. We have told them the outcome of the meeting with the President but we are waiting for them to tell us what they think of government’s proposal.

“Imagine the Minister of Education has travelled out of the country. He was appointed Vice President for UNESCO General Assembly. How can he travel out of the country without resolving the crisis in the education sector?’”

The agreement reached by both ASUU and the Federal Government is that government would inject N1.1tn into public universities in the next five years. But ASUU need guarantees that this will happen.

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Jim Iyke Pays Nadia Buari A Surprise Visit [SEE PHOTOS]

According to rumors, that there was a break-up between Jim Iyke and Nadia Buari, it seems that they are still best of friends as he paid her a surprise visit in a studio there in Ghana while finishing work on her movie ‘Diary of Imogen’ which will premiere on the 23rd of this month in Ghana. He also paid a surprise visit to Joselyn Dumas & Miss vimbai (Big brother contestant 2011)More photo below:

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What Is Wrong With This Photo? Is This Fashion

What has fashion turn into this days

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Actress Rukky Sanda” nearly Displays Her front in a Red Gown [SEE PHOTO]

London’s best cook for African dishes, Adenike Mustapha celebrated her birthday yesterday.

And to show their love, Nollywood’s Rukky, Oge Okoye and Ebube Ngwagbo showed up at the birthday dinner to celebrate with Nike.

But the point of attraction here is Rukky’s outfit that almost shows all her cle*vages…

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PHOTOS: Nicki Minaj displays her bombshell hourglass shape in skintight garb

Shrinking violet is certainly not a phrase that would be applied to Nick Minaj.

So it figures that her fashion collection for Kmart would leave little to the imagination.

The 30-year-old flashed her midriff, her legs and went bra-less in a skintight two-piece ensemble as she shot a commercial for her Nicki Minaj Collection on Wednesday.

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Photos: Annie Idibia Off To The States For Her 2nd Baby’s Delivery

Heavily pregnant Mrs Annie Idibia left Nigeria yesterday to go have her second baby abroad.

You recall Annie gave birth to Isabella in California, 2008.

Wishing her a very safe delivery.

Meanwhile, Annie got to share these wonderful pictures of her family on Instagram. I’m in love with the very first picture. Way too adorable.

Turns out Annie ran into new mum Nike Oshinowo at the airport.

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