Pope Francis is named Esquire's Best Dressed Man of 2013

This is definitely 'unconventional' because
the Head of the Catholic Church mostly wears his Papal regalia, regardless Esquire Magazine has named him their Best Dressed Man of 2013.
The magazine said he was picked because of his humility and his simple manner of
dressing, which has 'signaled a new era and for many, renewed hope for the Catholic Church'

2face Idibia opens another Rumors Night club in Festac

He has a Rumors Night Club in Ikeja and now a new one in Festac. Kudos to him!

Actress Mary Uranta releases new photos

Looking good. See more photos after the
cut...

ANOTHER ASUU STRIKE LOOMS IN LASU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University (LASU) chapter, said on Monday it will call for strike if the university management does not meet their demands.


It said the motion for the strike will be decided at their congress slated for early January, if no tangible progress is made. This was disclosed by the Chairman of ASUU-LASU, Dr. Adekunle Idris, at a press conference held at the university campus.

Idris said the national body of ASUU is aware
that the issue had been there before the
national strike commenced on July 1. He
accused the university management of not
being sensitive to the situation on campus,
saying " at all press contacts during the national strike, it always impressed on
stakeholders to intervene so that students can enjoy uninterrupted school calendar after the struggle, which they fail to do.

On the demands, he said the governing council must implement the universities
(Miscellaneous provisions) amendment act
2012, passed by the Federal Government, for
the effective running of universities, which the Lagos State Government had agreed to implement.

Other demands are the immediate regularization of appointment of academic
staff currently on temporary appointment and recall of all academic staff on temporary
appointment who were disengaged unjustly.

SOLDIER KILLS DANFO DRIVER, ESCAPES BEING MOBBED

For insisting that a soldier who boarded his vehicle must pay his fare, a commuter bus (danfo) driver has paid with his life.

The danfo driver after he was killed by a
soldier at Obalende yesterday

The unidentified danfo driver with vehicle
number LSD 451 XG parked at Obalende Bus Stop, near the BRT bus park, was said to have refused to move his vehicle from the park when the soldier who was in a mufti refused to pay any fare.

An argument was said to have ensued
between them during which the soldier, said to be from Dodan Barracks in Ikoyi, strangled the driver.

The soldier, it was learnt, attempted to run
after the deadly duel but commuters and
passersby who witnessed the scene arrested
him and told him to carry the corpse to the
hospital.

Sensing that the soldier was about to be
mobbed, a policeman at the scene phoned his colleagues at the Kam Selem Police Divisional Headquarters, Moloney Street and four police patrol vehicles with policemen arrived the scene.

A detachment of armed soldiers from nearby Dodan Barracks also arrived the scene to prevent the culprit from being killed by the mob.

The soldiers took away their colleague and the corpse to their barracks after dispersing
hundreds of people baying for the soldier's
blood.

Attempts by P.M.NEWS to ascertain the
identities of the soldier and the Danfo driver proved abortive as at the time of filing this report.

Headies Controversy: Burna Boy Storms Off After Loss To Sean Tizzle

After the Orezi scandal, news filtering in are saying that Burna boy stormed out of the Headies 2013 event after losing to Sean Tizzle in the Next Rated category.

The next rated award comes with a brand new ride and seems to be one whom every new artist looks forward to getting for himself.

Sho Lee crooner, Sean Tizzle picked the award and got the keys to a Hyundai Tucson SUV. As soon as Sean Tizzle was announced as the winner, Burna Boy left the venue, telling photographers not to take photos of him.

Some industry insiders at the event were
overheard saying Burna Boy deserved the
award more than his fellow nominees
including Sean Tizzle, Dammy Krane, Seyi
Shay and Phyno.

It has also been speculated that Burna Boy
didn't win the award because he is a GLO
ambassador and the awards show is
sponsored by a fellow telecommunications
company MTN Nigeria

El-rufai, 103 Others Escape Death As Plane’s Tyre Bursts

On Sunday, a Boeing 737 aircraft belonging to Aero Contractors, carrying 104 passengers, lost pressure in one of its tyres at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. No life was lost, as the plane landed safely.

The aircraft departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe
Airport, NAA, Abuja, around 9am.

Former Minister, Federal Capital Territory,
Abuja, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, was one of the
passengers aboard. He posted the following
account of the events on his Twitter and
Facebook accounts:

"Upon landing in Lagos, our Aero aircraft lost a tyre. The pilot did a great job of breaking to a halt. My phones flew under seats.

"It was amusing hearing shouts of Allah Akbar and Jesus…while the dutiful captain was trying to slow down the plane to a safe
location.

"One of the passengers joked that he knew
nothing would happen to us as I was onboard, nice of him, but Allah Decides our fate in His way.

"The Aero pilot was good, the cabin staff calm and professional in the midst of mild drama and little panic by a few passengers. We thank God," the lawmaker added.

Mr. Yakubu Dati, Coordinating Spokesman,
Aviation Parastatals, confirmed the incident
and said the damaged aircraft has since been towed to the apron.

"We wish to assure all air travellers of their
safety and caution against magnifying a
manageable incident out of proportion," Mr.
Dati added.

The Accident Investigation Prevention Bureau have commenced investigation into the incident.

Cradinal Okojie reacts to Chris Okotie's attack on Catholics

Former Bishop of Lagos, retired Cardinal Anthony Okojie has finally reacted to the
offensive remark made by Chris Okotie of
Household of God where he said all Catholics will go to hell because they worship Satan and are led by an anti-Christ Pope.
Reacting, Cardinal Okojie said Okotie needs to watch what he says or he'll be disgraced

"It is always good to talk on what you know, not on what you do not know. The problem we have today is that a lot of people put their mouth in what does not concern them because they want people to know that they too are there; that they can be reckoned with. "I don't think that is the way to do things, no. I think the best thing is to always put your mouth where God puts
it, if you don't want to be disgraced." Okojie said.

Kanye West buys mini Lamborghini for 6 months daughter(Photo)

Kanye bought a tiny replica of his Batmobile-
styled Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 for his six months old daughter, North West, as a
Xmas gift. The child-size electric version of the rare $750,000 black supercar car is said to be worth thousands of dollars. A car North can't ride for years to come.
Kim posted the pic above on instagram
yesterday, with the caption ''Like father like
daughter''.

Handsome actor Benjamin Joseph shares a pic with his two kids

They are so grown up and so cute...

OMG: Another Celebrity Manager Involved In Car Accident On Christmas Day (PHOTO)

Godwin Tom who is popular singers Wizkid and Waje’s manager  was involved in a car accident on Christmas day.

Though he came out without harm, his car wasn’t spared as it was bashed.

He took to instagram to share a photo of his car with the caption: “Thank you Jesus for life….#CarsCanAlwaysBeBought”.

He later shared another photo, thanking his friends and family saying he had left the hospital and was doing fine.

Thank God for his life!

Cardiff Manager, Mackay, Fired.

Cardiff City have sacked manager Malky Mackay after a meeting of the Welsh club’s board of directors.

The 41-year-old manager was earlier criticised by the Malaysian businessman owner of the Welsh club, Vincent Tan, concerning his signings, transfer budgets, results and style of play and, even sent him an email threatening him to resign or get fired.

Despite saying he won’t work out of his position at Cardiff, Mackay said he expected to be sacked as the club’s boss in the wake of Saturday’s 3-1 loss to Liverpool- a result which preceded their Boxing Day 3-0 loss to Southampton at home.

Cardiff City Sacks Mackay.

“The Board of Directors at #CardiffCity have relieved Malky Mackay of his duties. A new first team manager will be appointed in due course,” a statement on the club’s official twitter page (@CardiffCityFC) read.

The ex-Scotland international became Cardiff boss in June 2011, going on to lead the club to the Premier League, and also sealed the Championship title in 2013 after a 1-1 draw away at Burnley. He was voted the League Managers Association (LMA) Championship Manager of the Year on 21 May 2013.

The former Watford manager’s future at Cardiff first became uncertain following the removal of head of recruitment, Ian Moody, in October.

Moody, a long-term friend and colleague who worked with Mackay at Watford, was replaced by a 23-year-old Kazakh Alisher Apsalamov, who was a friend of tan’s son.

Cardiff chairman Mehmet Dalman released a statement on Sunday that indicated the club was monitoring Mackay for a “foreseeable future”.

Today’s dismissal could as well mean Dalman was not able to repair the fractured relationship between manager and owner of the club.

Fans of the club, who present sits on the 16th place in the league standing with 17 points from 18 matches, have ever since protested about Tan’s differences with Mackay, bringing anti-Tan banners to match venues.

Tan said he was “extremely upset” after Mackay revealed he was hoping to recruit three new players in the January transfer window and also believes the transfer budget agreed between Mackay, Moody and chief executive Simon Lim in the summer was overspent.

Mackay and Moody have reportedly denied those claims.

He becomes the sixth Premier League manager to get the boots following the sacking of Paolo Di Canio (Sunderland), Ian Holloway (Crystal Palace), Steve Clarke (West Bromwich Albion), Martin Jol (Fulham), and Andres Villas-Boas (Tottenham Hotspur).

“Eagles Will Win 2014 World Cup If…” – Guru Maharaj Ji Predicts Victory, Gives Condition

He made this known to Daily Independent at his Spiritual Village, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, while speaking on plans to mark his spiritual birthday on January 1, 2014.

Maharaj Ji was determined speaking about it:

“I have said it and nothing will change it. If the Super Eagles handler, Stephen Keshi, shows more love to Maharaj Ji, the true name of the Almighty. He will lead the team to victory that will shock the world.

“I want him and top shots of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to visit Maharaj Ji Village and let us have a discussion. Let them come and put Maharaj Ji’s power to test. I cannot be here and Nigeria won’t be able to conquer the world.

“I told them before that Eagles will win the Nation’s Cup and so it was. The powers of Chukwujekwukwu will touch the players again and they will have strength to run faster as children of the light than any other team at the tournament. Nigerians should come and avail themselves of the opportunity of the power now. 

“Keshi should humble himself more. I foresee the cup coming to Nigeria in 2014. Nigerians should stop doubting because the Living Perfect Master is talking. I think by now government in its own wisdom would have shown appreciation to me for the victory of Eagles at the last Nation’s Cup. They should know that it is only by encouraging me that they receive more.”

The Spiritual Leader proceeded:

“The players, particularly the goal keeper, should avoid wearing blue jersey which was one of the things that caused initial problems for the team during the Nation’s Cup before an NFF top shot got across to me to intercede. Blue is the colour of mermaid. That is not ideal for any progressive development. 

“I have said it loud and clear that the cup is within reach and definitely it will come to Nigeria if the sports administrators and the coaches take the advantage. I cautioned Samson Siasia, the former Eagles’ handler, but he retorted saying ‘is Satguru God’? That affected him and he was booted out. 

“However, not only the Super Eagles, tell other national teams to come and receive the power to excel and it shall be well with them at any tournament,”he assured.

One Killed, 10 Injured As Police, MASSOB Clash In Onitsha

A clash between the police and members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday, led to the death of one person in Onitsha, while 10 others sustained various degrees of injuries, according to reports.

According to an eyewitness, trouble started when a motorist was allegedly flagged down along the Onitsha/Owerri Road in Onitsha by a police team on surveillance and as he obeyed, argument reportedly ensued between the motorist and the police.

The MASSOB members around, who have been controlling the traffic since the yuletide season began, felt they should come to the rescue of the man and reportedly intervened, leading to heated argument which resulted in a clash between them and the policemen. One MASSOB member died in the process.

The angry MASSOB members barricaded the ever-busy Onitsha/Owerri road for two hours and made bonfire with fairly used tyres, forcing traffic flow to divert to the Obosi by-pass.

The corpse of the dead MASSOB member was said to have been taken to the Awada Police Station.

Onitsha Police Area commander, Mr. Benjamin Wordu however denied that there was a clash between the police and the MASSOB members. He insisted that trouble started when MASSOB and a rival group had a bloody clash.

Photos: Sean Tizzle strips for the ladies **LOOL**

 Sean Tizzle stripped for the ladies to reveal his 'one pack'...lol.. during his performance at the Star Beer Village on Thursday Dec. 26th. The fast rising music act won a N6.5million Hyundai SUV for emerging Next Rated Act at the Headies 2013 that same day. Continue to see more photos...

The NET list of the 12 biggest artist of 2013

According to a list put together by Nigeria Entertainment Today, these are the 12 biggest artists of 2013. See below and see if you agree with them...

2013 was a very big year for Nigerian music and quite a number of artistes lived up to expectation. We're talking sold-out shows, monster singles, European tours and endorsement deals. NET presents the 12 biggest artistes of 2013.

1. Wizkid
2. Davido
3. P-Square
4. Tiwa Savage
5. D'banj
6. Iyanya
7. Olamide
8. Flavour
9. Kcee
10. Femi Kuti
11. Ice Prince
12. 2face Idibia

What do you think of this list? Any name missing for you?

Auto Dealers Banned From Displaying Cars On Road Side

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola has told auto dealers to stop using road sides as showrooms for their vehicles.
Speaking while inaugurating the reconstructed Kodesho Road and Simbiat Abiola Way in Ikeja, Lagos, the governor who also warned other hawkers against selling on the road, said that this was causing traffic gridlock and a lot of inconvenience to road users.
Fashola added that there was a lot of serious health implications if motorists have to stay too long on the road.
“We build roads to let us get to our businesses; our places of work quickly and to make movement easier.
“But some residents covert the roads to places they trade and as long as we continue to trade on them, we defeat the purpose for which they were built.
“As long as we turn our roads to shopping malls where everybody buys in traffic, we all pay the price because you all know that such causes stress and hypertension.
“Now, I see those who sell cars on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way and other areas have turned sections of the highways into showrooms.
“I am using this opportunity to tell them to get land where they can display and sell their cars. If we want to be great people, we don’t turn our highways into car shops,” he said. [NAN]

JUST IN!! The 7 month old marriage of popular comedienne Princess has Ended!

Nigerian Entertainment Today has confirmed that Princess (real names Oluwadamilola Adekoya) and her hubby Shola have gone their separate ways putting behind them the 7 month-old rocky union.
Our investigations reveal that trouble started about two weeks after the wedding in May, 2013.

Insiders told us that the marriage was characterised by endless disagreements, often requiring the intervention of friends and family.

‘It’s been  7 months of a series of efforts to mend the broken marriage until it was obvious that it was beyond repair’ one insider told us today.

Speaking to our correspondent, Princess confirms the separation, saying ‘Yes my marriage has ended due to irreconcilable differences’.

She admitted to our reporter that the union has not been as blissful as many thought. ‘We have been having issues since the wedding but we still remained together hoping that we would be able to work it out. But apparently, we couldn’t work it out, hence the reason for our separation.

‘We actually ended it several months ago, but we didn’t want to make it public. I’m sure God knows best’ she added.

A few months ago it was reported that Princess was pregnant, an allegation, which she denied.

Princess and her hubby, Adeshola Jeremiah got married on May 8, 2013 in a widely celebrated wedding which was attended by the First Lady of Lagos State, Abimbola Fashola  and other top comedians

Headies 2013: Photos + Full list of winners

Nigeria's most premium awards show, The Headies, held last night, Thursday, December 26, 2013 at the Oriental Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos. Hosted by the suave hip-hop artiste, Dr Sid & delectable songstress, Tiwa Savage, this year's nomination had the tightest competition with a selection of some of the hottest names in the Nigerian music scene.

Olamide emerged the biggest winner of the night with three awards. Fast rising Afro pop artiste, Sean Tizzle also won the Next rated awards and a Hyundai Tucson SUV. Davido also bagged the Hip Hop World Revelation of the year award and Best R&B/Pop Album.

The Hall of Fame award went to legendary Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal who later closed the show with a five-star performance. See photos and full list of winners after the cut...

Full List of Winner

Best R&B Single

Good Good Loving - Banky W

Best Rap Single

Man of the Year - Phyno

Best Street-Hop Artiste

Durosoke - Olamide

Best Recording Of The Year

This Year - Jaywon

Best Collabo

Ghost Mode - Phyno FT Olamide

Best Rap Album

YBNL - Olamide

Hip Hop World Revelation

Omo Baba Olowo - Davido

Lyricist On The Roll

Let It Go - Mode 9

Producer Of The Year

Sho Lee - Dee Tunes

Best Alternative Song

Repete - BlackMagic

Best Pop Single

Ihe Ne Me - 2Face

Best Vocal Performance Female

Only You - Nikki Laoye

Best Vocal Performance Male

Rich And Famous - Praiz

Next Rated

Sean Tizzle

Best Reggae/DanceHall Single

I Wish - Waje

Song Of The Year

Limpopo - KCee

Album Of The Year

YBNL - Olamide

Artiste Of The Year

Iyanya

Best Music Video

Alingo - Jude Okoye & Clarence Peters

Best R&B/Pop Album

O.B.O - Davido  

Hall Of Fame

Wasiu Ayinde The 1^st

Most Downloaded Callertune

Mandela - Harrysong

What do you think of this year's winners? And if you watched the show live on TV last night, what did you think of it?