CHRIS BROWN PERFORMS WITH WIZKID IN LAGOS

ICE PRINCE AND DESIGNER YVONNE NWOSU SPEND CHRISTMAS TOGETHER IN GHANA

These two have denied rumours that they are dating but Yvonne put up this pic on her Instagram page yesterday wishing everyone a Merry Christmas from her and Ice Prince. They spent Christmas together in Ghana. Spending so much time together, wearing matching outfits, sending out Christmas wishes together; sounds and looks to me like they are a pair. We are watching sha.

OBAFEMI MARTINS SPENDS CHRISTMAS IN ORPHANAGES AND HOSPITALS

Obafemi visited orphanages and donated gifts to them while also paying the hospital bills of babies born on Christmas day in some hospitals and giving their mothers some cash as well. Very thoughtful of him. This is what this season is all about - giving.

WHERE IS: BIGIANO?

Babalola Gabriel, aka Bigiano, shot to limelight four years ago with his hit-song, Shayo,and has not been heard off since then. Just when I was beginning to think of him as a one-hit wonder, he granted an interview to LIFE&BEAT, recently saying his absence from the scene these past years was deliberate. Read excerpts from the interview below;

“I am back with a new image and motivational songs. I deliberately took the time off to re-position my brand. That was why I stopped performing at shows in Nigeria. “I did not release any record for the past three years because I wanted to spend quality time with my family. But I have been touring parts of the UK and USA and recording songs. “You will hear and see more of Bigiano the entertainer soon. I will be speaking for the oppressed and misused youths of this country. As leaders of tomorrow, Nigerian youths need positive changes. We are sick and tired of lies from our leaders. “If this economic, political and social mismanagement continues like this, we may experience an uprising of the sort that no bullet or tank can stop. “So, my messages will nudge the conscience of our bad leaders and inspire the youths to achieve the New Nigeria Dream for the good of all,” he said.

5 TEENS DROWN IN OMAMBALA RIVER, ANAMBRA

These 4 boys and a girl, 3 of whom were brothers and their sister,  plus a friend,  drowned in the Omambala river at Umuezeanam, Anambra west, while they were swimming for fun having come from Lagos for Christmas holiday. The sad incident occured on the 24th Dec. 2012. My God! Loosing four of your children in one day? What a sad sad Christmas for their parents. May they RIP. So sad.

RIHANNA AND CHRIS BROWN ARE STILL TOGETHER

Their relationship is very confusing and seems really complicated. Just when we all thought they had broken up again, they appear in public seemingly still together. Rihanna left Barbados on Christmas eve to spend Christmas Day with Chris in Los Angeles. The pair were spotted yesterday cuddling and flirting at the Staples Centre while watching the LA Lakers take on the New York Knicks. More pics after the cut...

THE SON OF THE DANFO DRIVER KILLED BY LASTMA OFFICIALS FEARS FOR HIS SIBLINGS FUTURE AFTER THEIR FATHER'S DEATH

The commercial bus driver, Mr. Isaac Popoola, 54, who died on Monday after Adesanya Olatunde and Oludele Ogunrinde, both officials of LASTMA, repeatedly hit his head against the steering and the door frame of his bus in their attempt to forcibly take over the vehicle, had planned to celebrate the new year on Jan. 2, 2013  with his family before his brutal killing.

SIX PEOPLE KILLED IN ATTACK ON A CHURCH IN YOBE

           One year after: People pray near the graves of victims of the Madalla Christmas suicide bomb attack last year

Gunmen attacked a church in Piri Village of Potiskum Local Government area of Yobe state, this morning around 2am during a midnight mass which started on Christmas Eve, killing six people including the pastor, before setting the building ablaze. Eye witness accounts claim that the worshippers of ECWA Church, Piri, were in a prayer session when the unknown gun men suspected to be Boko Haram sect stormed the church killing six of them.

“A group of gunmen came into the village at midnight and went straight to the church.“They opened fire on them, killing the pastor and five worshippers. They then set fire to the church,” said Usman Mansir, a resident of Peri village near Potiskum in Yobe state. The Police Public Relations Officer in Yobe State, Salihu Adamu (DSP) who confirmed the incident. Piri is a village outskirt of Potiskum and predominantly an indigenous Christian settlement. 

This is coming just when families of the victims of St Theresa’s Church  Christmas day bombing in Madalla, Abuja, are remebering the relatives they lost in the suicide bomb attack last Christmas. This is wrong, Christmas shouldn't be a time to mourn. Can't wait for this country to go back to it's peaceful days.

BAD BELLE PEOPLE NOT HAPPY WITH AY FOR SHOWING OFF HIS CAR GIFT TO WIFE ON TWITTER

LASTMA OFFICIALS KILL LAGOS BUS DRIVER

A 54 year old commercial bus driver Isaac Popoola, was yesterday killed by a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, official at Brown Bus stop in Oshodi, around 6.30a.m. Narrating what led to the death of Popoola, his conductor, Aremu Salau, who’s is 56 years old, said that they loaded the bus with 17 passengers  from Isheri heading towards Oshodi, when about seven LASTMA, officials double crossed their bus.

CELEBRITY CHRISTMAS CARDS

                            Yobo and family                                                            Don Jazzy   

Which celebrity Christmas card do you like most? More after the cut...

SKUKI BROTHERS SET TO LAUNCH PEESHAUN CONDOMS

According to them, it's their way of giving back to the society and preaching about sex education to teenagers.
 

"We are great believers in the fact that the youth are the leaders of tomorrow and have to learn from a young age that if you can't abstain, you have to play safe. But not only that, we are looking at it from the concept of family planning, of teenage pregnancies and putting a stop to it. Every pregnant teenager in our society is another teenager that has to stop schooling in order to handle the situation they find themselves in. It goes way more than just the condom and sex part." - Skuki Brothers.

Great idea but it's not giving back to the society when users have to pay for it. That's called business.

COMMEDIAN AY BUYS NEW ACURA ZDX FOR HIS WIFE AS CHRISTMAS GIFT

I love a man who appreciates his woman. They've almost completed their Lekki home too and will be moving in next year 2013. Big congrats to them.

MERRY CHRISTMAS PEOPLE!

Faith makes all things possible, hope makes all things work, love makes all things beautiful. You guys give me all these by just being here. I hope you have all these for Christmas and always. Thank you for being there for me. God bless you all and have a beautiful Christmas.

Let me apologise again for not being consistent these past few days. Like I told you, I went to Lagos for a very close friend's wedding. Got back yesternight. I'm back and at your full service now, *wink*.

HOLLYWOOD ACTOR, DENZELE WASHINGTON TO ARRIVE NIGERIA NEXT WEEK

Yaay, one of my favorite actors of all time is coming into Nigeria. I seriously have a crush on this guy, but unfortunately, he is still very much in love with his wife after sooo many years of marriage. Hollywood actor, Denzel Washington, is expected to arrive in Nigeria next week to take part in the shooting of Spider Basket, a new movie funded by Nigerian businessman, Dennis Osadebe.

Osadebe himself arrived in Nigeria from his base in Turkey last Friday in company with his Turkish partner, Abdulkadir Erkahraman. Osadebe’s decision to invest in the entertainment industry appears to be driven by his faith in the abundant talents in the country. “Denzel is just one of many Hollywood stars that I want to witness the talents in this country and to impact significantly on Nollywood. Others are coming. My second movie, By Fire by Force, is due to be premiered this month,” he says.

Osadebe’s DCS Entertainment has signed up two Nigerian artistes, Wandy Boy and V2K.