BILL AND GUILIANA RANCIC FINALLY REVEAL THEIR SURROGATE

Giuliana and Bill Rancic made a conscious effort to keep the identity of the woman who carried their newborn son, Edward Duke, to term during her pregnancy, but on the October 2 premiere of  their reality t.v show Giuliana & Bill, they will finally introduce her to the world. Her name is Delphine(wearing red in the right pic). The couple say they will forever be indebted to Delphine, who was coached in the delivery room by the couple during her four-hour labor.

GOLDIE VISITS PREZZO IN KENYA

Goldie was in Kenya yesterday to see her 'only -God- knows- what- he- is "  Prezzo.  #sigh#

JAY Z AND BEYONCE HOST OBAMA'S FUNDRAISER

Hip hop power couple, Jay Z and Beyonce hosted U.S President Barrack obama last night at a $40,000 per plate fundraiser in Chelsea at Jay Z's 40/40 club. The president tweeted this photo after the fundraiser yesterday. The president also said that his struggle upward in life was not so different from that of pals 'Jay and Bey'. During his speech he said “Jay-Z now knows what my life is like,” he said. “We both have daughters, and our wives are more popular than we are.”

Beyonce looks so smitten.

BILL GATES STILL THE RICHEST MAN IN AMERICA- FORBES

Bill Gate has again topped the Forbes 2012 list of  the Richest People in America with a fortune of $66billion in 2012. He fattened his net worth by 7 billion dollars in 2012. Face book founder, Mark Zuckerberg  lost $8.1 billion and has dropped to 36th place on the Forbes ranking with a net worth of $9.4 billion.  Full list below;


1.  Bill Gates, Medina, Wash., $66 billion
2.  Warren Buffett, Omaha, $46 billion
3.  Larry Ellison, Woodside, Calif., $41 billion
4.  Charles Koch, Wichita, Kan., $31 billion
5.  David Koch, New York City, $31 billion
6.  Christy Walton & family, Jackson, Wyo., $27.9 billion
7.  Jim Walton, Bentonville, Ark., $26.8 billion
8.  Alice Walton, Fort Worth, Texas, $26.3 billion
9.  S. Robson Walton, Bentonville, Ark., $26.1 billion
10. Michael Bloomberg, New York City, $25 billion

CHECK OUT EME ARTISTES' PHOTOSHOOT FOR MTV IGGY

The EME Boys looking good. More pics after the cut..

GOVERNOR AKPABIO CONFERRED WITH HONOURARY FELLOW AWARD

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio, was  over the weekend  conferred with the Honourary Fellow Award of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) in Abuja. The Governor who was represented by his deputy, Mr Nsima Ekere, said even as he was aware of the achievements of his other colleagues across the country, the infrastructural development in Akwa Ibom State in the last five years has been phenomenal and unprecedented.

He cited the achievement of the administration to include free and compulsory education; construction of 205 roads covering over 1,000 kilometres; building of five brand new General Hospitals and a soon-to-be completed International Specialist Hospital; a brand new airport with the longest run way in the country among many other achievements.

Other Governors who were also conferred with the honourary fellowship included the Governors of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi; Lagos- Mr Babatunde Fashola; Niger- Alhaji Babangida Aliyu; and their Benue counterpart- Hon Gabriel Suswan.

Well deserved.

JTF TAKES OVER BOKO HARAM'S CONTROL CENTER, CONFISCATES GADGETS

 The military Joint Task Force today further dealt a massive blow to the operational capability of Boko Haram following a successful operation launched at the group’s command and control center in Kano.

30 FEARED DEAD, SEVERAL INJURED IN OGUN EXPRESS WAY ACCIDENT

An accident scene

About 30 persons were feared dead  and several injured in an auto crash that occurred at Mobalufun junction, in Odogbolu Local Government of Ogun State on Tuesday.  The details of the accident is still skechy but I learnt that a truck loaded with flour rammed into  a Lagos-bound passenger bus. Eyewitnesses said other victims of the accident were traders and some commuters. A lot of people were said to be seriously injured in the crash. Those injured were said to have been rushed to the General Hospital, Ijebu-Ode and the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, for treatment.

A source said as at 7p.m yesterday the remains of seven persons, including a pregnant woman, had been deposited in the hospital morgue.

Dear God, please save us from this road accidents. I don't even know who to blame; the government for not fixing so many bad roads or the drivers for over speeding?

TWO WORKERS FOUND DEAD IN CHINESE FIRM'S POOL

Two workers of Chinese Group of Companies, Ikeja, were found dead in the swimming pool of the Company on September 9, 2012. The victims, Odion Imhonbhio and Richard Dada, were found dead at the bottom of the pool within the company premises. Sources said that Odion and Dada went swimming the previous night around 9pm and were not seen till the following morning. 

The corpses were immediately recovered and sent to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital for autopsy and the autopsy showed that two boys died of asphyxia and drowning. However, families of the deceased are in doubt of the real cause of death, they say they suspect foul play.

CHARLIZE THERON VS KIM K: WHO WORE IT BETTER

Charlize Theron Vs Kim Kardashian, so who wins?

2FACE IDIBIA VERIFIED ON TWITTER

The award winning artiste has been verified on twitter. 2babaaa!!!

FRENCH COURT SHUTS DOWN PUBLICATION OF KATE'S TOPLESS PICS.

A French court has granted an injunction on the publication of the Kate Middleton topless pics. The court called the invasion of Kate and Prince William's privacy a "brutal display" and ordered Closer Magazine to immediately turn over all digital copies of the pics. Closer's publishing company, has also been ordered to hand over all copies of the image within 24 hours, or else face a fine of €10,000 per day.

A similar fine will apply if it breaches any other terms of the injunction, including a ban on transmitting the images.

A criminal investigation has also been launched, targeting the editor of Closer and the unknown person who took the pictures.

D'BANJ AND WIZKID NOMINATED FOR MTV EMA 2012

MTV has announced the nominees for this year's MTV Europe Music Awards and our very own kokomaster Dbanj and EME act, Wizkid have both been nominated in the Worldwide Act category of the Awards. The Awards is scheduled to hold in Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday, November 11, 2012.

The category which comprises of acts from Africa, Middle East and India, has other African acts like Camp Mulla from Kenya, Sarkodie form Ghana and South Africa’s Mi Casa as contenders. While D’banj, a multiple MTV award winner is making his debut on the worldwide list, Wizkid was nominated last year but lost to  25-year-old Moroccan, Abdelfattah Grini.

Rihanna and Tailor Swift lead this year's nominees with six and five nominations respectively. 

See the full list of nominees after the cut..

DON'T FORCE N5,000 NOTE ON NIGERIANS- NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

During the Senate session which held yesterday, the chamber rose in unison asking President Goodluck Jonathan to stay action on the introduction of the N5,000 note. Read the statement made by the President of the Senate, David Mark,:

 “Let me also quickly join that I also heard it from the news the way you heard it. I was not briefed. The only briefing I had about this issue was in the national dailies. The important thing is that if Nigerians say they don’t want a particular policy at any given moment, there is no harm in government retracing their stand on the issue and I think that is the situation that we find ourselves. I have listened to the arguments from those who support it but those arguments are simply not convincing. They appear to me to be highly theoretical and technical in nature and they do not address any practical issue on ground.

“Any policy that does not address issues directly but just talking about indices we cannot verify for now should wait. We have not reached that level where we are just talking of hypothetical cases all the time. I think the disadvantages of the N5,000 note at the moment far outweigh not introducing it and on balance, we should not go for it.”

Well said. If Nigerians don't want it, why force it on us? We still do run a democratic system, right?