RICK ROSS INVOLVED IN A DRIVE BY SHOOTING + FIFTY CENT'S REACTION

Rick Ross survived a shocking drive-by-shooting yesterday morning. He was returning from a night of celebrating his 37th birthday with Diddy and some other celebs when an unidentified gunman opened fire on his Rolls-Royce. Upon hearing the shots Ross, who was in the car with his girlfriend,  28-year-old Shateria L. Moragne-el attempted to drive off, but the barrage of bullets caused him to lose control of the vehicle where it crashed into an apartment building. Luckily, neither of them sustained any injuries.

Fifty Cent believes the shooting was staged even though bullet holes were later found in the car;

Ross has been in a dispute with 50 Cent since 2009, when Rick hit out at the rapper in his song Mafia Music.

BOKO HARAM DELCARES CEASE FIRE IN MAIDUGURI

Boko Haram leader-Abubakar Shekau is believed to be hiding outside Nigeria

Boko Haram has declared ceasefire in Maiduguri after allegedly holding talks with “officials of Borno State Government and leaders of thought from the state”. The cease fire was announced yesterday, Monday 28 January around 3p.m by Sheikh Abdul Aziz, who introduced himself as the second in command to Mr. Shekau, Boko Haram leader;

“I am announcing this ceasefire with the approval and consent of the leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau. We, therefore, call on all our members to stop all acts of violence immediately and await further directives,” Aziz said. He said the ceasefire is because of the hardships women and children are subjected to and also demanded that detained members of the sect be released and the destroyed mosque of its late leader, Mohammed Yusuf, rebuilt as a condition for the ceasefire.

The Special Adviser to the state governor on Media, Isa Gusau, in a telephone interview with Channels Television, said he could not confirm the meeting between the Borno State government and the Boko Haram sect.

FIVE MEN ARRESTED WITH N108M FAKE CURRENCIES

Culled from PUNCH;

Five men were on Monday paraded by the Lagos State Police Command for printing local and foreign currencies. Two of the suspects, Femi Jacob and Ramon Adeoye, were arrested at Ogunlana Street, Alagbado with eight printing machines and a large quantity of printed fake notes in Naira, Dollars, Pounds, Euros and Cedis totalling N8m.

M.I RESPONDS TO WEDDING RUMORS

There’s been news going round that M.I and his girlfriend, Erica Okundaye,  a former model and the first runner-up in the edition of the Miss Nigeria beauty pageant that produced Damilola Agbajor as winner, might be walking down the aisle this year. The two have been dating for about 18months now and are said to be living together.

D'BANJ HAS SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL - MAJEK FASHEK

‘I like Wizkid and 2face, they play good music‘I don’t like that other boy called D’banj, those ones that went to join Illuminati. How can you go and sell your soul to the devil because you want to be famous. I don’t even like his music anyway’- Majek Fashek

AGBANI DAREGO IS STUNNING IN THISDAY STYLE MAGAZINE

 Photos from today's Thisday Style. Beautiful lady!

OAP GBEMI OLATERU-OLAGBEGI STARTS TV SHOW

Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi has kicked off the recording of her TV show called Gbemi. The show which will start airing on local stations, cable channels and on line, will create conversations on different issues and people, from the serious and scary, to the mundane and trivial; while engaging the audience. 

 

Gbemi was an OAP with Cool Fm but moved to Beat 99.9 Fm where she is presently.

PROPHET BATTERED SON FOR ATTENDING ANOTHER CHURCH (VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED)

Dear God! Some people just don't deserve to have kids. A cleric, Prophet Elikanah Ajibade, who was charged to court on Tuesday and was remanded in prison, was accused to have physically abused his son because he attended a church service against his instruction. According to the details obtained by Crime Reports, the boy who is now in the care of  JWC staff, reportedly left home for the new year eve service on Monday, December 31, 2012, in a church which was not his father’s, though against the will of his father.

The father, a Cherubim and Seraphim prophet at Okinni, a town  in Egbedore Local Government area of Osun State, had earlier told his son who is his late wife’s third son not to go to any other church for the service to usher in a new year.

AKWA IBOM BIG BOYS: BRANDINY SPOTTED WITH BISHOP 'OKON LAGOS'

The Prince of 'Rock n Roll', Brandiny, was spotted with popular actor and comedian, Bishop 'Okon Lagos' at a wedding on Saturday. See security o, #bigboythingz#.

OMOTOLA IN THE STUDIO WITH BOBBI VALENTINO

Omotola is going all the way to ensure that her next album tops charts. She tweeted this picture with the caption "Omosexy and @bobbyv at @patchwerkstudios atlanta! 2013 pow!" Bobbi Valentino is a successful American RnB artiste.

THE ADVISE THAT CAUSED MY QUARELL WITH ATTAH - GOV. AKPABIO

Gov. Akpabio and former Gov. Attah

I said "Sir, but the visitors that are coming, they would think this government is not performing.  He (Attah) said, is it my business to fix federal roads?  Will you get out of this place."  So I was a man who over-advised. - Gov. Godwill Akpabio. 

This is Akpabio's interview with VANGUARD (read Attah's response  HERE) Read the full interview below (a must-read);

Comparison with predecessor
You could just have performed if you have the vision and sincerity.  If you have the passion and commitment, you could also have impacted on the lives of your people if you do not have ulterior motive and this has been the problem.  So I am building the state from the scratch as if Akwa Ibom was born today.  It wasn’t born today.

Why he is angry
I started with a lot of anger.  I served as commissioner for five years and I know that where I met the state is not where it ought to have been. I used my money to repair this Calabar road when I was commissioner when Obansajo was to pay a visit to the state.  I went and brought a heap of sand to try to fill potholes along the road.  So I went to the incumbent governor at that time and I said Sir, let’s do something about the road.  He said, get out, is it my father’s road?  Let him (Obasanjo) come and see how he has been neglecting Akwa Ibom.

MOTHER OF TWO FOUND DEAD IN HER BED

Bose's lifeless body

Culled from Daily Sun;

In Ososa village in Ogun State, there is a raging puzzle: Who killed Bose, a mother of two children? At her death, she was living with her third husband after two previous failed marriages. Her lifeless body was found on her matrimonial bed on January 10, 2013. It was covered with her own wrapper. Her freshly braided hair was undone. All these raise the suspicion that someone or some people might have attacked her. But who did it, and why?

These are riddles no one, including her husband, Mr. Williams Yellow, can readily provide answers to. And the police? Well, it would seem that it is not of any interest to them. "The police didn't tell us they suspected anything but they asked if we want them to investigate the matter, we asked them not to do so because we know it would gulp a lot of money which we can't afford." That was Bose's father. And for now, the matter is as dead and buried as Bose, the subject.

THE UNENDING RIFT BETWEEN GOV. AKPABIO AND FOMER GOV. ATTAH

Gov. Akpabio and former Gov. Attah

For those of you who don't know, there's been an unending rift between the present and former governors of Akwa Ibom State. All and every person powerful enough to intervene have tried to no avail. The reason behind their rift is a story for another post but you will get some of the gist from this post.This is an open letter by former Governor of Akwa Ibom State,  Victor Attah to the present Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio. Will bring you Akpabio's piece that led to this one later. It is long but quite interesting;

"For a very long time now I have stopped reading anything that is written by or about Barrister Godswill Akpabio the governor of Akwa Ibom State for the reason that I find most of those things sickening and I certainly wanted to avoid being provoked into making a response.

When I was first told that there was another of those write ups in THISDAY newspaper of Friday, January 18, 2013, I simply ignored it. Then again in Vanguard newspaper of Monday, January 21, 2013 my attention was drawn to what must be the same write up.

MED VIEW AIRLINE FLIGHT ESCAPES CRASH

A Med View Airline Flight 214 airline, a Boeing 737-400 series marked 5N-BPA with 74 passengers on board narrowly escaped a crash yesterday, Sunday 27 Jan., when one of the engines shut down mid-air. The flight took off at 12noon and about 15 minutes into the flight, the pilot heard a loud bang and there was an immediate loss of thrust on one of the engines and as a precautionary measure the pilot returned to Lagos.

The plane landed safely with one engine and the passengers were transferred to another of the airline’s aircraft, a Boeing 737-80 series and flown to Abuja safely.

PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK: TAIWO OKUNUGA (FASHION DESIGNER)

          Taiwo Okunuga                             Taiwo and her models at the AFWL

Name: Okunuga Taiwo 'Taye Taylor' 
Occupation: Fashion Designer (Creative Director 'Taye Taylor')
State Of Origin: Ogun State
Past Jobs: Africa Fashion Week London 2012, MR Africa International 2012, Africa Fashion Week Los Angeles  2012.
Hobbies: Travelling, sketching 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tayetaylorwears 
Twitter Handle:@tayetaylorwears 
Website: www.tayetaylor.com
Favorite Quote: "Life is too short to settle for anything less than the best"

Taiwo is an amazing designer that you all should watch out for this year. She has dressed international celebrities such American singer, Estelle. Her designs are extremely unique and chic. Check out some of her pieces after the cut…