BREAKING NEWS: Nobel Laureate Soyinka’s Daughter Dies

Iyetade Soyinka, a daughter of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, has died. Ms. Soyinka, who was born June 6, 1965, died at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital where she was being treated for an undisclosed ailment.

The death was disclosed in a statement signed by Jahman Anikulapo, an aide to Mr. Soyinka, one of the world’s foremost dramatists and winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in literature. The statement noted that the late Iyetade Soyinka was a student at the Staff School and Queens School, Ibadan before she studied Medicine at the University of Ibadan.

SHOCKER: Speaker Aminu Tambuwal Dumps PDP for APC

The negative fortune of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is set to dim even further as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal is set to formally decamp to the leading opposition party in the country, the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The Speaker’s decision came as a shock to the leadership of PDP, who earlier in December had extracted a word of commitment from the House leaders that member’s defection will no longer be tenable.

Uefa Champions League 16: The Champions League last 16: Barcelona take on Manchester City as Arsenal face Bayern Munich again

Barcelona against Manchester City is the pick of the games in the Champions League round of 16 for 2013-14.

Barcelona vs Manchester City

Manchester United vs Olympiakos

Atletico Madrid vs AC Milan

Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayer Leverkusen

Chelsea vs Galatasaray

Real Madrid vs Schalke

Borussia Dortmund vs Zenit St Petersburg

Bayern Munich vs Arsenal

Breaking News: Tottenham has sacked Andre Villa boas

Tottenham have confirmed that manager Andre Villas-Boas has been sacked following Sunday’s 5-0 thrashing by Liverpool at White Hart Lane.

The defeat leaves Spurs in seventh place in the Premier League table, eight points behind leaders Arsenal and comes less than a month after they were thrashed 6-0 by Manchester City.

Iyanya Purchases Four Cars In One Day

    
Yesterday, the internet was filled with news that Kukere master and top dawg of Made Men Music Group, Iyanya purchased a Range Rover.

[PHOTOS] North Korean Leader, Kim Jong-un, Executes His Own Uncle.

Months after executing his ex-girlfriend, North Korean 30 year old leader Kim Jong-un, has once again killed someone close to him, his own uncle.

According to Korean Central News Agency, Kim Jong-un executed, Jang Song Thaek, (pictured above being led away yesterday) for allegedly ‘trying to overthrow the government’.”

Another Nollywood Veteran Actor Down With Heart Problem

Veteran nollywood actor, Olumide Bakare is reportedly down with a heart related disease.
olumide-actor According to report, the famous ‘Chief Koko’ of the infamous ‘Koko Close’ TV series of the early 80s has been hospitalized for some time now due to the severity of the ailment.

Nigeria: Insurgency A Threat To Winning War Against Polio – Gates

Chairman of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, has said the unrest in the northern part of the country is hampering his foundation’s awareness and eradication campaign against polio virus in the country.
Gates, who made the remarks yesterday when he visited Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State in Ikeja, said half of the children in the North-Eastern part of the country were yet to be vaccinated as a result of unrest in the area.

EXPLOSIVE: See Obasanjo's Complete 18 page Letter To Jonathan

Before It Is Too Late... a letter of appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo

I am constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. One, the current situation and consequent possible outcome dictate that I should, before the door closes on reason and promotion of national intrest, alert you to the danger that may be lurking in the corner. Two, none of the four or more letters that I have written to you in the past two years or so has elicited an acknowledgment or any response. Three, people close to you, if not yourself, have been asking, what does Obasanjo want?

Finally ASUU Signs Agreement With FG, Calls Off Strike

Technically, the ASUU strike has come to an end as government has finally done the needful...
The Federal Government and the leadership of ASUU led by its President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, has signed the much talked about Memoradum of Understanding on the restructured 2009 Agreement, on Wednesday.

ASUU President, Dr. Fagge said the document signed would be presented to the union to take an affirmative and positive stand on the suspension of the 5 months old industrial action. He said with the signing of the MOU the 5month old strike would come to an end in approximately one week from now...

Photo/Video: Nigerian, Ikenna Uwakah Murdered While Trying To Sell His PlayStation 4

A Nigerian identified as Ikenna according to reports was killed while trying to sell his play station 4.
According to reports, Ikenna put up an ad online to sell his new console. He later made arrangements to meet 21 year old Ronnie Collins who was interested in buying the device.
Unfortunately around 3: 30 pm Ikenna was shot in the passenger seat of his girlfriend’s car by the same guy, Ronnie Collins who was interested in buying the console. Ikenna’s girlfriend who was in driver’s seat was not injured.

YouWiN Business Competition 2013

YouWiN – Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria – is an innovative business plan competition, by the federal government of Nigeria, aimed at job creation by encouraging and supporting aspiring entrepreneurial youth in Nigeria to develop and execute business ideas.
The first round of the competition was awarded in 2011 with 1200 successful businesses.
Here comes 2013 YouWiN.

GRANT:  You can win between 1 Million and 10 Million Naira to fund your business ideas.

Introducing YouWin 3!

Photos from Nelson Mandela's Memorial Service

Today Dec. 10th witnessed the greatest gathering of world leaders in modern history. 91 Presidents of the world, including the US president, UK PM, and Cuba president attended the memorial service of late Dr. Nelson Mandela, at the FNB Stadium (Soccer City) in Johannesburg.See more photos below{}....{}

A world 1st: 2 openly gay men become Prime Minister & deputy PM

Some people say the world is coming to an end...and maybe it is! Lol. For the first time in history, a country will have an openly gay man as both its Prime Minister and its Deputy Prime Minister. On Wednesday December 4th, openly gay talk show host, Xavier Bettel (pictured left) was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Luxemburg, while another openly gay man, Etienne Schneider, (pictured right) was made his deputy, making Luxemburg the first county in the world with gay men filling the top two spots in its government

"People do not consider the fact of whether someone is gay or not. Sometimes it’s not easy because you have some conservative persons, but there are always less and less and less. I think people vote for my character and they vote for my full party.” Bettel said

Ex-Super Eagles star, Sodje, implicated in UK match-fixing scandal

34year old ex-Super Eagles star, Sam Sodje is currently been investigated in a match-fixing scandal in the UK. Sam, who is the younger brother of footballer Efe sodje, was allegedly caught on tape telling an undercover reporter with The Sun UK magazine that he was paid £70,000 to be sent off the field during a championship match on February 23rd 2013. Footage from the football match showed Sam Sodje hitting

OLICITY CAMPUS: Olivet Baptist High school (NOSA) held Annual General Meeting + Gala Night

The MC in Action 

Olivet Baptist High School which is popularly called Olicity Campus or OBHS had another aura of giant leap on the 15th -16th of November. The National Old Students Association held the Annual General Meeting and Gala Night in a stylistic grandstyle this year, with this year coinciding with the Electioneering year in which new Executives was sworn in.

"Up School" as always chanted by alumni and alumnus became the slogan of the day when the event of the day started. Friday was the PEP Talk and Saturday which was the Annual General Meeting started off in a fashionable manner with people from all walks of life trooping into the Silver Jubilee Hall.

Defection: You Lied, PDP No Longer Party To Beat, Amaechi, Nyako Reply Jonathan

Governors Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and Murtala Nyako of Rivers and Adamawa State respectively have told President Goodluck Jonathan that time will tell if their defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, will affect the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, or not.


The governors, who are among five other PDP governors that defected to the APC were reacting to a comment credited to President Jonathan when he spoke with some media houses before departing Paris for Abuja at the close of a two-day summit on peace and security in Africa last week, that PDP still remained the party to beat despite the depletion in its ranks.

Kjaer’s Own-Goal Halts Enyeama’s Record-Breaking Run.

Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama’s run of 11 successive clean-sheets came to an abrupt end after 1,062 minutes of not conceding a goal, due to an own goal by a Lille teammate in their1-0 loss to Bordeaux on Sunday.

Bordeuax’s Landry N’Guemo shot had hit the post before Denmark international defender Simon Kjaer deflected it into his own goal, only for Enyeama to be picking up the ball out of his net for the first time since September 15, during a 2-0 loss to Nice.

Man Falls Asleep On Plane, Wakes Up Alone, Locked Inside

A man who fell asleep flying from Louisiana woke up at his layover in Houston, inside a dark, empty and locked plane. Tom Wagner says that the United Express crew left him in the plane, even after he alerted authorities through his girlfriend, for more than 30 minutes, according to ABC News.

The fiasco started on Friday when he fell asleep in a window seat near the back of the airplane. When everyone deplaned at the layover, nobody woke Wagner up. He woke up in a pitch-black and cold cabin, and the aircraft doors were locked.

Alison-Madueke Appointed OPEC’s Alternate President

Recognition came the way of Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani-Alison-Madueke as she was appointed late last week at the 164th meeting of the Conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as alternate president of the group.

The conference which was concluded in Vienna, Austria, also elected Dr Abdel Bari Ali Al-Arousi, Minister of Oil and Gas of Libya as president of the conference for one year, with effect from 1 January 2014, alongside Alison-Madueke.

REVEALED: What Pasuma Says About His Marriage Plans

Looks like another marriage of Nigerian celebrities is coming soon. Popular Fuji musician Wasiu Alabi Odetola is set to marry Yoruba actress Ronke Odusanya, a.k.a Flakky Ididowo.

In a recent interview the Fuji artiste left little space for doubting it.

Juliet Ibrahim Says People Misjudge Her Because She’s A Half-Caste

Sexy model and Ghollywood actress Juliet Ibrahim, was recently named as the sexiest woman in West Africa.

The gorgeous actress had a chat with Punch Newspaper recently and revealed while talking about growing up that her major challenge as an actress is her complexion. She said;

PHOTOS: Versace Party Showdown !!!

CEO Larry Boss

                                                                                  

All Road  led to Damcamca hotel in the heart of Oyo town on the 30th November, where Versace party outfit was brokered and solely cushioned  by the foremost CEO Larry..who is the owner of the Larry Concept a music / showbiz label that helps upcoming Artistes and into clothline promotion too. The party stars various acts like Dagiant (Upcoming Rapper artiste), SOP, Clexy, Sinleke, Na Ozed and others...The acute jazz venue was set on fire by the ample-flixered hand disc jockey Skobo with lots of ladies to complement...More pictures below{}....{}

SPORT ALERT: Drogba, Eboue Face Fines Over Mandela Tributes

The two Ivory Coast internationals unveiled their personal messages after Galatasaray’s game against Elazigspor on Friday, their first game after the death of South African icon Mandela.

OBJ Returns To Nigeria Looking Very Healthy

After he got the money needed for his kidney transplant from Governor Rotimi Amaechi, popular producer OJB left for India for treatment. He is back after a successful kidney transplant, looking healthy. Congrats!

Uti Nwachukwu Emerges Most Popular TV Presenter In Africa

Ex-BBA winner, Uti Nwachukwu, has been wowing many with his performance on Jara. In recognition of his consistency, he won the Most Popular TV Presenter at the Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards. Cool!

This Government Is Not Ready, The Strike Continues ––ASUU

Public university lecturers under the umbrella of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Sunday insisted that they would not return to the classrooms on Monday as directed by the federal government.

They also accused the President Gooodluck Jonathan-led Government of insincerity in its bid to resolve the 6 months old dispute. ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, confirmed their stand to go on with the strike...

The Federal Government had through the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, deferred its earlier ultimatum to the lecturers to resume work on Monday (today) or risk being sacked. The shift was to enable them to participate in the burial of Prof. Festus Iyayi, a former president of ASUU on Saturday.

What a Director Did to Me Bcos of Séx ––Actress Laitan Revels

Laitan Ogungbile, popularly known as Suga, is a fast-rising actress who loves her job very passionately and she believes her talent will help her to rise to the top, but some men in the industry are giving her wahala.

It is believed that in the Nigerian movie industry, when you are out on location, many things happen like exchange of sex for roles. How would you react to this? To me, it’s not a do-or-die affair. If anybody believes he has to sleep with you before giving you a role, you have the right to accept or reject such offer. I have

What Mandela Told Me About Power ––Obasanjo

Here is what President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Friday in his tribute to the icon, Nelson Mandela:

"Certain that his task was completed, Mandela modestly refused to seek re-election after his first term in office as his presidency elapsed. I still recall his pragmatic words when he said to me ‘Olu, show me a [reasonable] place in the world where a man of 80 years is running the affairs of his country'. 

End of an era! Nelson Mandela dies at 95

South African Government has announced the death of Nelson Mandela. South African president Jacob Zuma announced that the former president and anti-apartheid revolutionary passed away peacefully in the company of his family in his home in Johannesburg around 8:50 this evening Dec. 5th. He was 95 years old.

His death marks the final chapter in a life that changed South Africa forever. What a man! May his soul rest in peace, amen.

President Jacob Zuma said flags will be flown at half-mast across South Africa immediately with a state burial to follow. The UK government have also announced that flags will be flown at half-mast in the UK. Rest in peace, Madiba!

BREAKING: Explosion, Fire Around NNPC Building In Abuja

Information reaching ameebo360 from the federal capital territory, Abuja, is that a huge explosion rocked a popular filling station in the city centre, just by the offices of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation building in Abuja's Central Business District on Thursday afternoon.

Nominees list for Headies 2013 released

The Headies 2013 nominee's list is out. The year in review is from March 2012 - June 2013. See if your favorite artists made the list and tell us what you think. Find the full list below{}....{}

Kanye signs $10 bn Adidas deal to avenge Nike snub

 American music artist Kanye West is reportedly going to sign a 10 million dollars deal with Adidas to get his revenge on Nike for denying him royalties from marketing of his sneakers.

According to the New York Post, Kanye designed a range of sneakers for Nike, but he alleged that he got only 10 to 20 cents on the dollar for sales of his sneakers from the company.

Kanye also complained that he didn’t get decent royalties from Nike as he’s not a professional athlete.

Dangote Truck Caught In The Act Of Stealing Crude Oil

A Dangote Flour truck carrying being used for illegal bunkering has been intercepted in Bayelsa by men of the Operation Doo-Akpor outfit, a special Police security outfit that is funded by the State government. This was made possible following random search of trucks leaving the state capital, Yenagoa.

During the random search, men of Operation Doo-Akpor intercepted a Dangote truck with registration numberYKS 190 KA Jigawa, (ICT-5E-034) along the Ox Bow Lake road.

SEE What This Woman Is Doing To Guys With Her Boobs

She usually massage guys with her boobs for money. But is this massage or suffocation? See pix below{}....{}