"I will never get married" says TUface Idibia

Tuface revealed recently in an interview his "Marital" plans for the future, he says..............

As we go through life,we all suffer betrayals.Even Jesus was betrayed by one of his disciples Judas Iscariot.I have been betrayed but I won’t want to comment about it.
It’s a path so painful that I don’t even want to go there.Just like betrayals,I have also suffered heartbreak on account of a woman.
Again,it’s better to let sleeping dogs lie.Let me just say that love is a strong force which can conquer anybody, even if you are Tuface. It happened to me long ago.
I have loved and have been loved.When it comes to love,I am as Innocent as my name Innocent Idibia.I have never come across a virgin all my life.The only person I have disvirgined is me.Myself.The fact that I have not come across a virgin does not mean there are no virgins.What I am saying is that I have never jammed a virgin. I don’t know what I will do the day I come across a virgin. Will I marry her?
The truth is marriage is not in my plans.I will never marry.Let me put it that bluntly. I don’t want to marry. I am angry.”

Opinion

Angry !? At what exactly is Tuface angry at? betrayal, heartbreak from the past , is that where the anger comes from or the guy is not just ready to ' settle down ' or really getting hooked in the real sense of the word . hmmm

(ABSU Gang rape)police says girl consented to be raped?

"The Abia State Police command has explained why it suspended investigations into the gang rape that happened in its Abia State University. The state police command said the girl-victim consented to the rape. An online website monitoring the case yesterday reported that commenting on a DVD tape sent to his CP to expedite investigations into the activities of the criminal gang, J.G. Micloth, the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Abia State Police command Criminal Investigation Department said the lady had consented to the gang crime.
He was quoted as saying that after watching the DVD, he said he did not see the young lady resist the rape."

I got the above disturbing gist concerning progress of investigation and “prosecution” of the ABSU rape case. it is a shame if a high rank police officer can make that unfortunate statement. Like a friend of mine "Ena Ofugara" said on facebook “ I understand the negative connotation of “rat race” but I hope those on the queue are trying to rescue their comrade? I hope it is not what it looks like !!!

Is our mentality any different from that of those rats ? No compassion from the typical Nigerian guy, I was on an online public forum and was also surprised at the comments made by some “rape” apologists who believes ladies has got no right to say no to sexual advances by a male, they believe as long as the female does not shout at the top of her voice scratching and yelling for help , she must have consented to intercourse or as the ignorant ,ill directed and inefficient police officer puts it “consented to rape” the law is simple on this matter

The Offence is defined in section 357 of the Criminal Code of Nigeria as follows

" Any person who has unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman or girl ,without her consent,or with her consent,if the consent is obtained by force or by means of threat or intimidation of any kind,or fear of harm,or by means of false and fraudulent representation as to the nature of the act,or, in the case of a married woman,by personating her husband,is guilty of an offence which is called rape.

"in other words if consent was obtained by intimidation of any kind, or fear of harm it is a punishable offence ! i make bold to question the competence of the Assistant commissioner of police J.G. Micloth of Abia state police command A constable (police officer) in the United Kingdom will make a more intelligent statement.

Rape is rampant in Nigeria and the mentality of those guys is not different from that of those rats in the picture above , some are just waiting for their own turn to hammer their next victim. They believe if the girl is a girlfriend to any of the guys its a licence to rape , if she offends them in any way then they can rape as a punitive measure . what nonsense ! Back to my "rat illustration jare ,Do you notice the guy/rat reading the news paper? That represent the very patient pathetic seemingly innocent potential rapist among us , ladies beware many lowlife guys are waiting to rape somebody believing they will do it and go Scot free .

The best way to fight it is to speak out, if you know a victim encourage them to report any incidence to the police, and other agencies like Civil defence and other security agencies (since the police are not reliable), speak out!! condemn the action of the rapists and the disposition of the authorities . what do you 'guys' think , comments please what are your views on this one now that the inefficient Nigerian police has suspended investigation ?

Is Gospel Singer Kefee pregnant out of wedlock??

While surfing the web earlier today , i saw a topic on naijapals , with conclusions drawn from a pictures of Kefeee the gospel singer claiming that she is currently pregnant outside wedlock .

Busybodies , aproko tafia , amebo people were busy jumping into conclusion on that website castigating the singer like the picture is a conclusive proof of evidence of pregnancy or is it??

Has she been showing signs of pregnancy in public , or do we have result of her pregnancy test as the picture above shows that the tummy is not that big,Gossip or fact finding, what do you guys think? LOL

Nigerian Beauty Queens still rocking

By Mmachi Ilechukwu
Beauty queens reign for some time and then, they disappear into the thin air. But some daring ones hardly leave the scene as they enlarge their territories, break records and make something fantastic out of themselves. These queens are not just winners of beauty pageants, they are equally legends of our time, and they are currently rocking their worlds.

Helen Prest Ajayi

Helen Prest Ajayi is one queen that is deeply loved by many Nigerians. She reigned as Miss Nigeria in 1979 with grace and composure. She represented Nigeria in various beauty pageants including the Miss World pageant. Helen is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University and also holds an LLB and LLM from the prestigious Kings College London.

She is also a columnist in ThisDay style magazine, where she writes a popular life style column. She is the creative director of media business company and my life time solutions.com. She is happily married to Tosin Ajayi and they both have three children. Helen never goes wrong with her fashion style and she still looks incredibly beautiful for a woman who recently clocked 51.

Bianca Onoh Ojukwu

Bianca the daughter of former Anambra State Governor, Christian Onoh.She was the Most Beautiful Girl, Nigeria in 1989. She represented Nigeria in the Miss Universe beauty pageant and went on to win the Miss Intercontinental in 1989, making her the first Nigerian girl to win an international beauty pageant.

However, in the 90’s, scandals trailed Bianca because of her marriage to the Biafran warlord , Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu who happened to be her father’s childhood friend and thirty years her senior. The scandals led her to resign.

Bianca is a successful business woman who owns a skin and beauty clinic in Enugu.She is also a former lawyer and was recently appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan as special assistant on Diaspora affairs. Bianca Onoh Ojukwu is one queen that is forever in the minds of Nigerians not only because of her marriage to Ojukwu but because she is a queen that achieved more than what society expected of her.

Regina Askia Williams

Regina Askia took over from Bianca Onoh Ojukwu when she resigned halfway through her reign. She wore the crown of the Most Beautiful Girl, Nigeria in 1989. She proved herself a worthy beauty queen . Regina went on to become one of the pioneering actors in Nollywood.

She featured in many Nollywood movies, most times taking the lead roles. She has won several awards including the Best Actress,Nigeria in the year 2000 by Afro Hollywood London. She also has her own fashion label Regine Fashions.

Even though Regina is no longer in Nigeria, she can never be forgotten. She now resides in New York where she is a registered nurse and also married to Rudy Williams with children.

Sabina Umeh

Sabina was Crowned the Most Beautiful Girl Nigeria in 1990. She participated in Miss Universe, Miss Intercontinental and Miss World where she won the Miss Personality award. She is a specialist in dance choreography and acting and also has a career in singing and modeling. She is happily married to Kessi Jabri and they both have children. Her album is set to release this 2011.

Nike Osinowo Soleye

Nike Osinowo Soleye was crowned the Most Beautiful Girl Nigeria in 1991. She represented Nigeria in the Miss World beauty pageant that same year. Nike is an entrepreneur. She owned one of Nigeria’s first spa and has also created her own range of beauty products for the Nigerian market.

She went on to release her own work out video Nike Osinowo, fit, forty and fabulous. In 2010, after a six year attempt, Nike finally bought the Miss Nigeria franchise from former organizers Daily times, and is now chief executive and creative director of the pageant.

Nike fashion style is perfect and one can never go wrong by imitating her. Although Nike is in her forties, one cannot help but agree that age is only a number. She is happily married to her husband Tunde Soleye.

Angela Ukpoma

Angela Ukpoma was crowned the Most Beautiful Girl Nigeria in 1999. She represented Nigeria in the Miss World Pageant. She has now changed her name to Angel Baldwin and currently resides in Washington United States of America. She is presently a model and a voice over artiste. Angel Baldwin is still looking as dashing as ever.

Matilda Kerry

Kerry was crowned the Most Beautiful Girl Nigeria in 2000 after which she represented Nigeria in in the Miss World 2000. Kerry made leprosy her project as a beauty queen and she promoted awareness of the disease. Since the end of her reign, Dr Kerry has continued to use her public persona to promote healthy living and disease prevention in Nigeria.

Kerry is presently a medical doctor and the president of the George Kerry Life Foundation, a non governmental organization that promotes cervical health Campaign. Queens like Kerry only proves that Nigerian beauty queens are not just dumb beauties, they are also loaded with brains which makes them complete.

Agbani Darego

Agbani Darego is a shinning star that needs no introduction. She won the Most Beautiful Girl Nigeria in 2001. She later broke records for winning the Miss World 2001 crown. She was the first black African to win the Miss World title.

This made her a star both home and abroad. She was given a Nigerian honour by former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. Agbani is a former L’Oreal international model and is currently signed to Next models New York. Agbani has a successful modelling career and is a role model to numerous Nigerians

Omowunmi Akinnifesi

Beauty, Poise and brains won Omowunmi Akinnifesi the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria crown. She represented Nigeria in the Miss World beauty pageant in China that same year. She did’nt stop there, she went on to win the Miss Tourism international in Ukraine. Omowunmi just keeps getting it right.

This queen is a graduate of Geography and regional planning from the university of Lagos. In 2009, she was appointed environmental ambassador by Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola. When it comes to style, Omowunmi never fails to dazzle.

She is simply classy and fabulous. She runs her own public relations and ushering outfit “Elle Poise” and she was recently chosen as the Allure style icon 2011.

Culled from the Vanguard

Mo’Chedda in nude photo mess with Eldee? Reactions

early on Monday 3rd of September , Nude Pictures supposed to be that of Mo'Cheddahh was all over twitter the micro blogging platform, the pictures were alleged to have been mistakenly posted by Mo'Cheddah herself, at least it was posted from her twitter account. The picture was apparently intended for another user as a direct message (DM) but as it happened , her DM somehow become public tweet, shared and accessible to many on the social networking site.

The live naked picture was allegedly sent by a Direct message (DM) to Eldee ,and in a bid to try and come to the rescue, Eldee made the whole thing messier when his own tweet was blown open to the public, getting him involved.

Eldee, producer and henchman of the then Trybsmen rap group has reacted to the mounting scandal over an alleged nude photograph of Mo’cheddah (Female rap artist) on his twitter .
In a telephone interview , Eldee said

“ I do not want to talk about it because the more I talk ,the more controversy it creates. I think somebody is trying to set me up here and I do not know who the person is.my friends who truly know me will tell you that I would not do such a thing, Everything I said about it on twitter is the truth and I do not want to say anything more on that, like I said, Mo’cheda did not tell me anything about what the story was all about, I logged onto my account to find the tweets there, someone must have got my password and tweeted those things .Right now I am beginning to suspect those I work with but I can not say who these people are,”

Although the picture did not show the face of the person, it however showed the naked upper region and nude back, with hands covering the private part.
As soon as it was revealed that something had gone wrong in the uploading process and the picture shared on her follower’s list , the rap artist attempted to cover up by saying that her account has been hacked.
Please Never believe what you see , someone just sent that picture, please tweeps my account has been hacked. Disregard my tweets. I am working on securing my account and of course that is not me” she hastily twitted.
Eldee then sent Mo’Cheddah another Direct Message. Which read : “ @Mo ‘Cheddah, if people here can see it (the nude pictures)just say someone posted it to you in the hotel , i did not post that tweet, someone is playing games around tonight."

Both Artists are blaming the incident on compromised twitter account, both accounts hacked at same time is an interesting coincidence "sha" while removing all links to the controversial picture, unfortunately "busybodies followers " had already copied and shared the pictures all over the world wide web like their lives depends on it. Naija celebrities and controversies ,"Shior" .

Eldee, Banky W, in Abuja for Hennessy

Not too long ago, Hennessy Artistry gave their audience a chance to come up with a name for their track which was done by Eldee, Banky W and Tiwa Savage. The buzz has been allover the country, facebook , twitter and blog sites. The lunch party took place on the 26th of August, 2011.

Tiwa Savage, Banky W and Eldee are leading a powerful team of artists to Abuja for a VIP night- Hennessy’s new awesome music night out.

After an excellent outing at Octopus Lounge in Lagos on Friday, September 30, 2011, the 2011 Hennessy Artistry headliners head to Abuja this weekend.

Nigerian breweries PLC (NBL) Chess tournament 2011, what is the way forward for Nigerian chess?!

The date for the 34th Nigerian breweries PLC international chess open has been announced for the year 2011, the annual chess tournament is slated for the 6 th of November - 13th November 2011, however there is indication that chess players are not satisfied with certain conditions surrounding the conduct of the event . The prize money for the tournament has been left undisclosed by the organizers , the rules especially those affecting tie break is not stated and the players believe they deserve better from the organizers some are even contemplating a boycott of the chess event,because what was agreed on by the players and organizers in the last edition has not seen the light of the day and it seems its same old Beer palour arrangement.

I believe it has not really come to the extent calling for a boycott of the tournament, NBL chess open has been around for many years as the most consistent and surviving chess tournament, the yard stick for determining the Nigerian Chess champion, the tournament is being organized by Nigerian chess Federation and they should bear the responsibility for the proper organization or otherwise of the tournament, Nigerian breweries is just a sponsors and in my humble opinion, they have tried their best and contributed a lot to chess over the years when other sponsors could not continue, Nigerian breweries must be commended For their effort so far.

I believe chess players in Nigeria being intellectuals of the highest caliber and lovers of the brain game (Chess) should be more organized , The Chess players Association of Nigeria CPAN should be registered as a body , with its own constitution and power to liaise with corporate bodies/ would be sponsors directly with the aim and mandate of getting sponsors for at least Four major "Big Money " tournament per year (one in Every quarter )

What do Corporate bodies/ would be sponsors want? take football for example , they look at the followership, in Golf they look at the prestige and the brand. how then can we get sponsors for chess and stop being at the mercy of Nigerian Chess Federation?

1.convene a meeting involving as many chess players as possible as we need to put our "house" in order first, Register CPAN as a juristic and Legal body with the corporate Affairs commission (Sponsors loves to relate with registered and well constituted bodies ) , have a constitution and well outlined set of objectives, goals and targets.

2 create awareness among chess players about the "new chess order " in Nigeria, create a chess brand with class , one with prestige that a sponsor would like to identify with, the impression that chess is a gentleman's game only for the intelligent mind !give chess the publicity it deserves on websites, Newspapers, Television/Radio and in Schools, the type that can ensure larger followership !! mystify chess , let the board seem like some kind of voodoo set understandable only to the intelligent mind. let chess players/know about the existence of CPAN

3 write to sponsors as a registered and well constituted body , (of course you can perform all the functions of a Non-Government chess organization ) MTN, Etisalat, Oil companies to mention a few aim at having at least four major tournaments yearly and possibly a chess league.

Once we can get sponsors for chess events in Nigeria with better playing conditions and respect for the players/participants , i think we need not worry about NCF , they will probably sit up or pack up. i think with concrete action like getting our acts together as chess players , re branding and packaging ourselves into a marketable force with a high taste everybody will take us serious Tthis is better than any form of revolution and boycott of the NBL, of course we can make moves to negotiate with the organizers but i believe we must act on the points listed above in order to move chess forward in Nigeria, enough of the Beer palour arrangement! The option of a possible boycott will not stop the tournament from holding , it will hold and produce opportunistic Champions and i am not sure if that will solve the problem in the long run, Further comments and suggestions are welcomed. what do you think???

- GM Akinov

Vickiola voted out of Glo Naija Sings. who are you voting for this week?

As we watch the 2011 edition of “ Glo Naija sings”, the popular TV reality show sponsored by the telecommunication giant Globacom and produced by leading pay TV content provider , M-Net Africa enters the elimination stage, Last weekend The top 10 made their official debut on the big stage dazzling the audience with " Disney classics" including songs from the Lion King and Mulan soundtracks , As the Episode kicked off last weekend Darey announced that the Lagos state representative-Vickola who performed Christiana Aguilera's "Reflections" the previous weekend, became the first contestant to be eliminated. She was voted out.

She was evicted from the show because she got the lowest number of votes among the contestants.though she seemed shock at her eviction she said

“ I am thankfull for the opportunity to be part of the show and happy to have made new friends, it has been a wonderful experience”

The remaining nine contestants dressed in African outfit as the theme for the sunday nights's show was "Contemporary Nigerian" showcased their talents and skills for the week with two of them performing songs from Glo Naija Sings presenter, Darey Art-Alade. contestant number 10, Tee Songz performed the tune, “No Stars” ,while Contestant number 7, Precious, performed Darey’s “Not the Girl” to the pleasure of the audience.

Others are Am Ok who performed Lagbaja’s “Never Far Away”, Christian who peformed Sunny Neji’s “Abosede”, Lynn who performed Jodine’s “Koochie Koochie”, Mattade who performed “Be There” by Tuface Idibia; Vicky who performed Asa’s “360 degrees”, Oluwakemi who performed Lara George’s “Ijoba Orun” and Oni who performed “If You Ask Me” by Omawunmi.

Commenting on the performances, Guest Judge, Sammie Okposo said his lowlight was Oluwakemi while his highlight was Vicky. Onyeka Onwenu said that Vicky and Tee Songz were the most impressive, but she agreed with Sammie about Oluwakemi not making the grade.Olisa Odibua was least impressed with Mattade and Christian, while his best were Vicky and Tee Songz.

Voting!
Here are the details you need to know to ensure your fave stays in the Glo Naija Sings game!
You can vote online here; the page also includes all the numbers for the SMS lines and details on how you can vote on MXiT.

Don’t let these aspiring superstars down! Here are the Top 9′s details, unique numbers and the songs they performed (interestingly, two performed tunes from our presenter, Darey!) :

Precious
Vote number = 7
Darey – ‘Not The Girl’

AM OK
Vote number = 1
Lagbaja – ‘Never Far Away’

Christian
Vote number = 2
Sunny Neji – ‘Abosede’

Lynn
Vote number = 5
Jodene – ‘Coochie Coochie’

Tee Songz
Vote number = 10
Darey – ‘No Stars’

Mattade
Vote number = 6
2Face – ‘Be There’

Vicky
Vote number = 9
Asa – ’360-Degrees’

Oluwakemi
Vote number = 3
Lara George – Ijoba Orun’

Oni
Vote number = 4
Omawumi – If You Ask Me

Vote Via the website
You can vote once per hour per registered email address on www.mnetafrica.com/naijasings . Voting on the website is free.

Vote via sms
In Nigeria: Text just THE NUMBER that corresponds to your favourite contestant to 33360.
NB: Mobile voting is exclusive to Glo subscribers and SMSes cost N50.

In the Benin Republic: Text just THE NUMBER that corresponds to your favourite contestant to 7099.
NB: Mobile voting is exclusive to Glo subscribers and SMSes cost 150 CFA.

Outside Nigeria and Benin: Text just THE NUMBER that corresponds to your favourite contestant to +234 815 555 0000. This is open to all networks – international SMS rates apply.

You can vote up to 100 times per mobile number during each voting period.

Vote via wap
Type www.mnetafrica.com/naijasings/wap into your mobile browser and start voting. You can vote once per hour and voting via Wap is free.

Vote via mxit
Open your mobile phone’s browser and type in m.mxit.com to download MXit for free. Then locate MXit on your phone under the applications or games section and register. Once in MXit, go to Tradepost>Entertainment>MNET and then add the Naija Sings Voting contact.

Voting on MXit is free and you can vote up to 10 times per voting period.

However, it’s you who ultimately decide – voting lines are open until midnight on Thursday so make sure you make your mark! Details are here!

Stay updated with all the Glo Naija Sings gossip wherever you are by following @GloNaijaSings on Twitter and ‘Like’ Glo Naija Sings on Facebook!

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Controversial shoe design : Ruggedman tells critics to go to hell !!

The Originality of the designer shoes released by Ruggedman’s clothing line , September line has recently been questioned and Ruggedman AKA Michael Ugochukwu Stephen has reacted by reportedly telling his critics to go to hell !!

A Website has recently reported that Ruggedman has repackaged and relaunched his clothing line September wear (T S W) with an array of shoes and accessories but accusssed Ruggedman of stealing the design.

A new York based Nigerian Lady using the Twitter handle @KingAqua05 has accused Ruggedman on Twitter social network on Friday September 21 , 2011 tweeting that Ruggedman had stolen the design of his newest collection from that of an upcoming designer, Natischa Harvey ‘s 2010 collection called “Fever shoe” .

@KingAqua05’s tweet read “I know Fever shoes are not super popular, but still come on !anh anh.He was not even subtle about it” He did not even change the colour and tweak the design a little”.

In a swift reaction in a phone conversation, Ruggedman maintains that the his designs are original and perfectly his own creation.

“Shoes may look alike, but may not be the same design. A creative mind has the tendency to create and design things that may look like what another creative mind may have created. A button may make the difference in the design of a shirt” he said

“The problem we face in the industry today is that, some people have made ‘pull him down’ a profession, never seeing anything good in what another man does. They never see anything constructive in what the next man does. All they want to do is to tear down the person”, Ruggeman said.

He insisted that his designs are not stolen saying “they were customized for me; I’ve been working with someone outside Nigeria and I’m allowed to customize with my name , i work hard at what I’m doing and I have no regrets venturing into this business. And if anyone doesn’t like , the fellow can go to hell because I don’t care what he or she feels about my business. In the next couple of months, I’m releasing my custom made wrist watches and may be, these busybodies will complain that the leather straps are copied”.

EFCC Arrests Former Governors, Gbenga Daniel, Akala And Doma

The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested former governors of Ogun, Oyo and Nasarawa states Gbenga Daniel, Adebayo Alao-Akala and Akwe Doma. the governors were picked up their respective homes in Lagos, Ibadan and Lafia, Thursday morning. Femi Babafemi ,EFCC spokes person said this morning that the former Governors are presently being interrogated on corruption allegations in Abuja FCT.

EFCC is said to be aiming at investigating about nine corrupt ex- Governors said to have embezzled billions of Naira withing their respective states.

Opinion

Nigeria has been turned to a place where thieves are chiefs and corruption which is the order of the day is still thriving in all tiers of Government ,and the average Nigerian is even mentally corrupt already. many just waiting for their own turn to loot the treasury and have a bite of the national cake. The news of EFCC making arrest should not really be a cause for celebration, the most important thing is JUSTICE must be seen to have been done at the end of the day by the common man, the ordinary man on the street should know that the law is not only against the poor but can deal effectively with the "Criminal rich" i know some will still start to rant about how others who are yet to be arrested stole too. we are going to hear things like " This is political , are they the only ones that stole"? Leave them alone !!

I sympathize with Nigeria, Does anybody know how the case against Dimeji Bankole went "down" with the EFCC ? from the picture above the well fed man had fun while it lasted , these three ex- Governors will soon line up heavily paid Senior Advocates of Nigeria to defend them if Charged to court eventually, of course they can afford the very expensive fees. lets wait and see the outcome of this too. SAME OLD STORY ??