Beyonce's tour photographer Yosra El-Essawy passes on @33

British-Egyptian born Yosra el-Essawy, the photographer who captured Beyonce's The Mrs. Carter World Tour, and was behind a few of Beyonce's iconic photos, has died. Yosra had been battling inoperable esophageal cancer for approximately a year. She lost her fight with it on Saturday Oct. 25th. She was just 33 years old.Yosra was open about the condition and chronicled her fight with it on her instagram page. Beyonce's official website dedicated a day to her and wrote;

“You will forever be embedded in the hearts of all you have encountered. May you rest in perfect peace.". RIP, lady!

See Ibinabo Fiberesima's message to fiance on twitter

She is set to get married soon to Benjamin. Happy married life in Advance !

Pic: 300 UNIBEN student killed on campus by unknown gunmen

A 300 level student of the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Physical Sciences at the University of Benin in Edo state, Ejiroghene Gbenidio (pictured above) was shot dead by unknown gunmen inside the Ugbowo campus of the school on Friday October 24th.

According to reports, Ejiro was attending the jeans carnival of the final year students of his faculty when he was accosted and shot in the head. He died instantly.

Pics: Ini Edo, Emem Isong, other celebs gather for breakfast

 Nigerian stars including Ini Edo, Ruth Kadiri, Emem Isong, Uche Iwuanyanwu,Alexx Ekubo , Lancelot Imasuen, took photos together yesterday as they gathered for breakfast at the hotel where they're all staying in in Texas. The stars were in the US to attend the GIAMA Awards. More pics bellow.

Gunmen kill 1 German and abduct another in Sagamu

Unknown gunmen killed a German national and abducted another one on Friday morning October 24th in Sagamu, Ogun state. The two men, who worked for Julius Berger, were traveling in two separate vehicles without their security escorts when the gunmen attacked and fired shots into their vehicles.

"About four armed men emerged from the bush near Sagamu on Friday morning and attacked. A bullet hit one German and he was confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital, while the hoodlums abducted another German.” police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi told AFP

Rihanna Forced To Make Cool Hair For Rogue Man Cologne Launch

 Looking incredibly beautiful. Rihanna at the launch of her men's cologne, RogueMan in ATL today. More pics after the jump

Mob hacks suspected thief in Calabar

An unidentified suspected burglar was on Sunday inflicted with deep machete cuts after he was caught attempting to steal wine and alcoholic beverages from a shop along the Atu Street intersection of Goldie Street in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.

The burglar was said to have broken into the shop in the early hours of the day with three other accomplices who managed to escape from the scene of the incident.

An eyewitness, B.F. Johnbosco, who spoke with PUNCH Metro on Sunday, said the thieves had broken into the wine shop around 5am, but someone sighted them and raised the alarm.

Robbers write Lagos residents, demand end-of-year gifts

Residents of Onimaba, College Bus stop, Ikotun Road, Igando, Lagos have been living in fear since last week Thursday when a letter purportedly written by armed robbers circulated their streets.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the letter, which was typed on an A4 paper and scattered on the streets, was noticed by residents as they woke up on Thursday morning.

About 20 copies of the letter were said to have been picked up from streets such as Lateef Bello, Ogunbewon, Taiwo Adediran, and Alhaji Hamzat.

Your Sugar Daddies Are Mere ‘Sushi’ Hunters - Bianka Johnson Tells Young Girls

BJ Movie Production & Enter-10-Ment CEO, Bianka Johnson who is based in Texas, has asked girls to wake up and stop flaunting their sugar daddies on social media because they do not belong to him in the real sense and they will forever be side chics. Is your name on any of his investments? If no, then wake up, she illustrates.
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FG Warns Against Sigmatising EVD Survivors

The President Goodluck Jonathan led Federal Government warned all employers to avoid stigmatizing Nigerians who were recently discharged from Ebola isolation and quarantine centres. The government reiterated its commitment to total enforcement of the country’s principle and guidelines of “No Stigmatisation, No Discrimination and No Termination of Employment of Workers” for survivors of the Ebola Virus Disease(EVD), after the World Health Organisation declared Nigeria free of EVD.

Photos: Wizkid, 2face, Sasha @PRE's 25th birthday party

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Federal Government Set To Ban OKADA Nationwide

There are ongoing plans by the federal government to place a nationwide ban on the use of motorcycles for commercial means of transport, popularly known as Okada.

This was contained in a proposal submitted by the National Council on Transport after its annual conference in Enugu State and endorsed by the Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar.

A statement from the Federal Ministry of Transport last night noted that the ban of commercial motorcycle was one of the measures proposed towards adequate provision of safety and secure transportation in the country.

‘Kanye West Makes Me Feel Sexy And Confident’ – Kim Kardashian

Kanye West makes Kim Kardashian West ‘feel sexy and confident every day.’ 

The reality TV star thinks the 37-year-old rapper has the ability to make her feel good about herself all the time and they have an stronger bond since welcoming their 16-month-old daughter, North into the world.  Speaking to Australia’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, she said: ‘I am with someone who makes me feel sexy and confident every day, and we have our daughter, who is so sweet and precious.’ 

Ruggedman Denies Reports That He's Dating Halima Abubakar

Ruggedman has denied reports that he’s dating actress Halima Abubakar.  There had been reports that the duo were dating, reports which Ruggedman didn’t take too kindly too. Rugged said in a statement;

Photo of Ibinabo Fiberesima's 1st Son

 Image bellow is AGN Leader Ibinabo Fiberesima's first son, Sean Liam Coughlan. The son plays for a football team abroad and listed here are images of him celebrating a goal at a game yesterday. Ibinabo is really fortunate! See more photos below.

My Boobs Brought Me to Limelight - Ronke Ojo

Ronke Ojo Anthony, whom everybody calls Oshodi Oke, due to her natural frontal endowment, is quite heavy.

She is big in every ramification .If you want to be witty, naughty, smart or intelligent, Ronke is equal to the task and she is a good actress. The star actress, in a new interview with Vanguard revealed intimate secrets about her life, career, marriage and future ambitions. Read the interview below.....

Yes, I Was On Drugs But Old Things Have Passed Away - Femi Fani-Kayode

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode was on hot seat on Sunday, October 26th, 2014.

He was the guest of veteran broadcaster, Obiora Ilo on his programme, FRONTLINE. The former Minister shared his childhood in Ibadan, his experience of the first coup in Nigeria and the manner his late dad, then Deputy Premier of the Western Region, was whisked away by the coup plotters. In the no-holds barred interview he spoke more on the issue of drugs that has trailed as long as his foray into public service. Femi was born October 16, 1960.

Obasanjo replies Buhari: Muslim-Muslim ticket dangerous for Nigeria

A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo,   has warned political parties and their leaders against the idea of fielding either Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian as presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the February 14, 2014 election.

He said in a terse statement made available to journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Sunday that such idea was dangerous given the current happenings in the polity.

Although he made no mention of any political party or politician in the statement, he appeared to have alluded to an All Progressive Congress presidential aspirant, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s comment   on Saturday that he was not opposed to a Muslim-Muslim ticket.

Putin's speech at the Valdai Club - full transcript

Colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, friends, it is a pleasure to welcome you to the XI meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. 

It was mentioned already that the club has new co-organisers this year. They include Russian non-governmental organisations, expert groups and leading universities. The idea was also raised of broadening the discussions to include not just issues related to Russia itself but also global politics and the economy. 

Random twitter conversation !

  I recently stumbled upon someone's twitter page and believed it's great they discovered and enjoy each other at this early age...but then.. I check people's reaction to the twitter. You realize how everybody comes with a view on twitter?  See some tweets after the jump

Oligarchs beat Nazis in Ukraine elections

According to exit polls, here are the (provisional) results of the elections in Banderastan:

Poroshenko: 23%
Iatseniuk: 21%
Self-Help: 13%

Jim Iyke shows off his 6 pack

Please don't count the Man boobs oh, it is complete 6-pack or not ?

Gay make-up artist says Drake tried to make love to him

 Tranny make-up artist and fashion designer, Jeffree Star, that's really common on Facebook, stated on twitter recently that many of rappers attack him on social media attempting to doing it with him. When fans requested a name from him, he wrote
 "6 God, my lips are sealed." The Tweet has since been deleted

Thing is; 6 God is the name of Drake's latest single. But file this under false...every black successful man can't be gay na! Some people just like to ride on other people's names. I.e, Tyrese and Hayes.

Oscar & Reeva never had S3x before he killed her"- her mum reveals

Late model Reeva Steenkamp's mother June Steenkamp said Reeva confided in her before she was shot dead on Val's day 2013 that she'd never had s3x with Oscar Pistorius.

June made this revelation in her yet to be released book titled “Reeva: a Mother's Story”. In an extract from the book in Times Magazine, June wrote that Reeva told her that although they spent nights together, they didn't have s3x because she 'was scared to take the relationship to that level'.

"She had confided to me that she hadn’t slept with him. They’d shared a bed, but she was scared to take the relationship to that level. She wouldn’t want to sleep with Oscar if she wasn’t sure. I believe their relationship was coming to an end. In her heart of hearts, she didn’t think it was making either of them happy.” June wrote. Continue...

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