BIG BROTHER AMPLIFIED :Karen Igho wins BBA 6

In another amazing season of Big Brother, styled BB Amplified, Karen, a 27-year-old model from Nigeria, and Wendall, a 23-year-old commercial pilot from Zimbabwe emerged as the winners of the U$200 000 first prizes.

Karen was everyone's favourite with her heart-on-her-sleeve confrontational style which had her, and us, in tears many times over.

The Nigerian bombshell is proof that dynamite does come in small packages and that the future for this special child of Africa can only be bright.

Once again Zimbabwe proved to be a strong contender with Wendall, the quietly spoken fellow from Harare, surprising us all by finishing in joint first place.

As a true patriot of Zimbabwe his home country can truly be proud of their entrant.
Sadly there had to be those who came close but never got across the line.

Vina of Nigeria was first to leave, followed by Hanni from Ethiopia, SharonO from Uganda, Lonwe from Malawi and Luclay from South Africa who finished third.

All were worthy finalists and none of them would have looked out of place with the prizes.

As we have pointed out a number of times Africa you truly are beautiful and non-racist. Where politicians may let you down from time to time you have shown that you are bigger than that and racism is not running through this wonderful continent.

The producers, sponsors and staff who made Big Brother Amplified such a spectacular show, professionally run deserve a special mention.

Kim Kardashian looking sexy

                                  ever looking sexy and kinkin  Kardashian

Arnold Schwarzenegger reunited with estranged wife Maria Shriver as he celebrates his 64th birthday with family

Reunited: Maria Shriver was spotted attending Arnold Schwarzenegger's birthday in Beverly Hills yesterday

Their split hit headlines around the world earlier this year.

But yesterday Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver put their differences behind them as the family reunited to celebrate the former Californian governor's 64th birthday.

Wearing a pretty tan dress, Shriver was seen arriving at the Beverly Hills venue for Schwarzenegger's birthday

Lagos cyclists rescue unconscious ACN politicians from car

Six ward chairmen of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) were, on Friday, saved from possible death by a group of Okada drivers and residents in the Gbagada area of Lagos. The men were discovered unconscious and foaming from the mouth inside a vehicle along Deeper Life Road of the Lagos suburb.



The crowd, which intercepted the Sienna wagon car, forced the driver into the premises of the Ifako police division, Gbagada where the quick intervention of medical officials at a nearby clinic helped to revive the men. Some of the men threw up when they regained consciousness, leading to speculation that they may have been poisoned.
The politicians, who claimed to be coming from an aborted meeting with a leader of the party named Oris at his hotel in Ibafo, Ogun State said they could not explain when they lost consciousness and how they got to the police station.

Of the car's occupants, only the driver (also a local party leader), appeared unaffected as he drove the men from Ibafo to Lagos, until the lucky intervention of the crowd. The driver is now in detention and is believed to be helping the police with their enquiries. Motorcyclists said they chanced on the men after the driver, whom they accused of reckless driving, almost overran one of them. They chased and forced him to stop.

Nia Long spotted with her Nigerian Baby Daddy

A very pregnant Nia Long, 40, was spotted in West Hollywood on Wednesday night with her Nigerian basketball player baby daddy-to-be, Ime Udoka, 34. Yes I'm claiming this one. He's of Nigerian parentage....

Rapper Soulja Boy Gets himself a $55m private jet As a Happy birthday Gift

Most celebrate turning 21 with a modest party and a few kind gifts.
But not if you are a multimillion dollar rapper and producer.
DeAndre Cortez Way, otherwise known as Soulja Boy, the man behind rap hits such as Crank That (Soulja Boy) and Turn My Swag On, is splashing out on a $55 million private jet to celebrate his milestone, his management told TMZ.
While the jet already has a hefty  price tag of $35 million, the singer has spent an additional $20 million to upgrade the new mobile pad.
The upgrade include Italian leather seats, flat screen TVs, four liquor bars, a customized travertine-tiled floor, a revamped bathroom, Brazilian hardwood cabinets and a custom paint job on the exterior, featuring his logo.
And the rapper hasn't stopped there with his extravagant birthday spending.
He has also splurged $300,000 on his own birthday bash, which will take place in Miami tonight.
Singer Sean Kingston, who recently recovered from a horrible jet-ski accident, is on the star-studded guestlist, as well as American rapper and actor, Bow Wow, and Orlando Magic basketballer, Dwight Howard.
And perhaps giving an insight into how Way may be paying for all of his birthday swag, the party will be streamlined live on the rapper's website, where fans will be required to pay a fee in order to obtain an inside look at the festivities.
Way started his career in music at the age 14, when he moved to  Mississippi with his father who gave him his own recording studio so he could pursue his passion for music.
Shortly after in 2004, he founded his record label Stacks on Deck Entertainment.

Nice ride: Soulja Boy will be travelling in style - perhaps in a  Gulfstream G550 Business Jet

Bubbling Under | Mic Check – Zee

You may have heard of rapper Zee (Dzakeh Maria Ekpong) most recently on the Capital Hill viral video series “Higher” and on Tha Suspects “I no Send U” (femcee version).

Currently, she has put heads together with Capital Hill Music owned by the famous video director, Clarence peters to create and put out  her own music materials first of which isMic Check. Zee is undoubtedly one of the few dope femcees outta Nigeria and she comes with a sick delivery on this one.

Lady Gaga launched a new line of babywear

Madonna, Gwen Stefani and Katie Price have done it, so it was the obvious next step for the reigning queen of outlandish fashion.
Lady Gaga has launched a new line of babywear based on some of her most shocking costumes - including the controversial meat dress she wore at last year's MTV Music Awards last year.
In an advertisement, the 25-year-old announced the line was called Gaga Goo Goo - Lady Gaga Babywear.

In the flesh: Gaga ruffled some feathers when she wore this steak dress to the Grammys last year

But mothers needn't fear there will be a Gaga-inspired fashion trend on the playground - the ad was all a stunt for her appearance on US Talk Show Jimmy Kimmel Live last night.
In a short clip, the Born This Way singer is seen holding babies wearing the various outfits.
Gaga - real name Stephanie Germanotta - wore the famous
Franc Fernandez-designed meat dress when she accepted the Best Video of the Year for Bad Romance to proclaim that she wasn't 'a piece of meat'.
She manage to offend PETA, shocked the stars on the red carpet and made headlines worldwide.

The the 35-pound dress made of a dozen thin-cut flank steaks, was preserved by a taxidermist and is now displayed at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
Also included in Gaga's fake fashion line was a dress made out of Muppet Show character Kermit the Frog.

The green furry creation by designer Jean Charles de Castelbajac was hung with dozens of the famous frog's head as the eccentric singer interviewed for a German television show in 2009.

Going green: Gaga wore this Kermit the Frog dress during an interview with German television

Jessica Wright Goes Naked in The Name of Fashion

Call that a cover-up? The Only Way Is Essex star Jessica Wright didn't leave very much to the imagination as she pulled on a leopard-print dress over her bikini

A lot of women rely in cover-ups to conceal their figures on holiday while on their way to and from the beach.
But it seems maybe The Only Way Is Essex star Jessica Wright hadn't tried on her leopard-print maxi dress before hitting the sands in Marbella, affectionately nicknamed 'Marbs' by the Essex crew.
The 25-year-old singer's dress featured two slits up to the waist, meaning Jessica's bikini bottoms were virtually entirely on show as she strolled along.

Sunshine break: Jessica is currently making the most of the warm weather in Marbella

Jessica teamed the animal-print dress with a white and pink printed bikini, along with a white handbag and huge sunglasses.
The brunette beauty is enjoying some time off before filming commences for the third season of The Only Way Is Essex in August.
Heading to Marbs earlier this week, Jessica tweeted: 'On route to the airport bring me sunshine...

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Kelly Rowland goes nude for VIBE magazine

 

Baring all: Kelly has been celebrating her new sexy image, saying 'I'm so comfortable in my own skin'

She's the butter wouldn't melt star who has earned legions of new young fans thanks to her role as a judge on The X Factor.
But now Kelly Rowland is aiming for a more adult fanbase, as she has posed in a sexy new shoot for Vibe magazine.
The 30-year-old star is seen posing topless on the cover of the publication, maintaining her modesty by concealing her breasts with her hands.

Birthday suit: Kelly Rowland peels off for a nude photoshoot in the new issue of Vibe magazine

The shoot is the latest in a string of promotional pushes by Kelly to sell her latest album Here I Am, and its saucy first track Motivation.
The song, which has spent seven weeks at the top of the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop charts, displays a more forthright attitude towards sex, including the racy lines: 'And when we're done, I don't want to feel my legs'.

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Industry reels in shock as Frank Edoho, wife separate

When the news first filtered into our newsroom many never believed it but when it became the most celebrated item on most internet social network, it seemed like a dark cloud had been cast on the horizon.

Celebrity Special Marshal Chris Nwandu who was evidently worried about the spate of divorces involving entertainment practitioners decried the new development and asked “What is happening to our industry?

Islamic banking: PFN urges Jonathan to sack Sanusi

Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, yesterday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan to sack Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Malam Lamido Sanusi, over the controversial Islamic banking system. 

PFN Vice-President, South-West zone, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, said  that Sanusi had lost the capacity to regulate the nation’s banking industry.

 He said: “Having become a promoter of a sensitive and volatile issue as the Islamic banking project, we have lost confidence in the CBN boss.”

Bishop Oke said the Islamic banking project was capable of eroding the nation’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

He said: “The secular status of the country still remains non-negotiable as provided for in the 1999 Costitution. The approach of the CBN governor  should be reviewed, especially as he is the governor of an Islamic bank.”

Bishop Oke cautioned Islamic clerics threatening fire and brimstone over Sanusi’s banking system to be “mindful of the consequences of their unguarded inflammatory utterances.” culled from The vanguard

New breast cancer drug which shrinks tumours 'will be available within years'

Cancer breakthrough: New breast cancer drug Affitoxin could be available within five years

The drug works against HER2 positive breast cancer which is the most serious form of the disease. 

In trials it has been effective where the Herceptin fails. Cancer sufferers can become immune to the popular drug and once it has been used there are currently no other treatment options.

The research, carried out at Philadelphia University, could mark a significant breakthrough in the fight against disease.

Destiny Child reunited After Kelly Rowland album launch, Puting an end to a five years-split.

Celebrating: Kelly Rowland held a launch party for her new album in NYC, which her former bandmates attended

Supportive: Beyonce and Michelle Williams, both dressed in black, showed support for their friends

All dressed in black, they harped back to their Destiny's Child era when they wore matching outfits.

Somalia: skeletal seven-month-old baby starving to death in the Horn of Africa.

Desperate: Seven-month-old Mihag Gedi Farah weighs just 7lbs and was hours from death after arriving at a field hospital in Dadaab, Kenya

This is the face of a skeletal seven-month-old baby starving to death in the Horn of Africa.

Weighing just seven pounds - as much as a newborn - Mihag Gedi Farah stares wide-eyed, his skin pulled taut over his ribs and tiny arms.

Mihag is just one of 800,000 children who officials warn could die across the region in the worst drought for decades.

Aid workers are rushing to bring help to dangerous and previously unreached regions of drought-ravaged Somalia.

Many starving children and adults remain in the country far from the feeding tubes and doctors in field hospitals in refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia.

Sirat Amine, a nurse-nutrionist with the International Rescue Committee, said Mihag has just a 50-50 chance of survival.

The little boy should weigh three times what he does now.

Viberect offers vibrating alternative to Viagra

                                   Something for the guys...
The device you see above is called Viberect, a gadget designed to tackle the issue of erectile dysfunction.

It's a handheld device that stimulates the penile nerves with vibrations sent through medical softpads. It's battery-operated. The $300 Viberect is a high-tech vibrator for men which doesn't require popping pills or getting injections. There are no side effects listed for the Viberect as long as users stick to the operation manual. That means one application per day for less than 10 minutes. 

Viberect is available by prescription only with sales getting underway in the middle of August. There's a video (after the cut) that tells you all you need to know about the device. If you are at work, don't click on it...:-)

Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, National President, Christian Association of Nigeria On Islamic Banking

“Lawmakers failed to ask the CBN governor very probing questions about the workability of the Islamic bank, the plot to Islamise the country which has already begun by re-introduction of Arabic symbols in the nation’s currency notes, and why Lamido Sanusi is using state funds to promote Islamic banking.” - Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, National President, Christian Association of Nigeria.

Two ladies arrested with fake $2,000 at Lagos airport

TWO ladies were, on Wednesday, arrested at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport with fake $2,000.

The development came, even as the Bureau de Change operators at the airport condemned the circulation of fake currencies in the country.

While reacting to the arrest of the culprits, who were caught at the Hajj camp of the Bureau de change office, the chairman of Hajj Camp Forex Exchange Market, Arewa Complex, Alhaji Abubakar Usman, said the trend had become a source of concern to them.

The ladies, in their late 20s, were apprehended while attempting to exchange the fake dollars for naira.

According to Usman, members of the association had lost millions of naira to fraudsters, as a result of fake foreign currencies, while warning that anyone caught would be handed over to the law enforcement agents for prosecution.

The development, he said, had reduced the trust the customers had in the bureau de change, adding that every month, about 12 suspects were apprehended for similar offences.

Usman recalled with sorrow how some of their members were killed by fraudsters, after inviting them to hotels to exchange money and vowed that none of their members would be allowed to do money transaction in hotels, eateries and public places.

He lamented that some military personnel had formed the habit of defending some of these fraud-sters anytime they were arrested, adding that it took the intervention of Operation MESA to get one of the suspects arrested and taken to the police station.

When contacted, the divisional police officer in charge of the camp police station was not available for comment, but a senior police officer confirmed the arrest of the two suspects.

New single from Darey (Sisi Eko) featuring Flavour

R&B singer, Darey,  released today, an exciting new cut - a remix of 'Sisi Eko' one of the lead tracks off  his recently-released double album. Featuring the 'Prince of Highlife', Flavour, the new single was written by Darey and Cobhams and produced by Darey and Del B at Soul Muzik studios.

Fans can listen to 'Sisi Eko remix' on Darey's facebook page(www.fb.com/darey) or via www.darey.com - where the musician says he has surprise gifts for those who stop by regularly.

Court okays extradition of Nigerian accused of defrauding 70 US law firms

A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday granted an application by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, for the extradition of a Canada-based Nigerian, Emmanuel Ekhator, who is wanted in the United States for alleged criminal conducts. 

Ekhator is wanted in the US over his alleged link with a group that defrauded some US law firms of about $26million. He evaded arrest in the US last year, escaped to Nigeria and was found and arrested in Benin, Edo State early this year by EFCC.

Justice Fatimat Nyako held that with the evidence provided by the prosecution, the court was convinced that Ekhator should be extradited to the US to stand trial on charges against him at the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Best new men's fragrances rated by women

Here at MSN Him we're as keen as the next man to look great and smell great. Not least because anything that gives us the edge in attracting the opposite sex is a good thing. While we have noses we're proud of, far better to enlist the help of women to guide us.

Not just any women either - the experts from sister sites MSN Life & Style and MSN Tech & Gadgets, who really know their stuff.

We sat them down in a room, opened all the windows and asked them to sniff their way through a range of newly released men's fragrances. You won't find the classics like CKOne or Fahrenheit on here, we're all about the new. Here's what happened - you'll be surprised by the winner. Join us as we reveal the best new men's fragrances as rated by women. 

Ojukwu On Life Support Machine, Condition Now Too Bad

Contrary to recent reports that he is responding to treatment, P.M.NEWSinvestigations have revealed that former Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu may not be in any position to return to the country very soon as there has not been any significant improvement in his health since he was rushed to the United Kingdom last year.

Reunion of 9ice and Toni Payne

For those who don’t know, 9ice exchanged wedding vows with Toni on July 17, 2008 at the Surulere registry in Lagos. It was a hush hush wedding, planned in a hurry, and with only very few guests in attendance. The bride was already heavily pregn

ant. The groom’s parents we conspicuously absent at the registry. The media celebrated their union; many were fascinated by their love story. To the casual eyes, the marriage seemed made in heaven. But those who spent time with the pair feared the marriage was a union of convenience and it was only a matter of time before the centre would fall.

And things did fall apart in 2010 when the couple announced their separation.

PHOTO: Genevieve Nnaji’s New Look

                                 extremely looking sexy and kinkin.......

Lauryn Hill gives birth to baby boy

                                   Lauryn Hill. (Olivier Maire - AP)

Lauryn Hill has given birth to a baby boy, a message posted on the singer’s official Web site said. The reclusive and sometimes unpredictable star has yet to release the name of her sixth child or confirm the news personally.
A source told BlackCelebKids.com, which first broke the news of the birth, that there were complications with the delivery. But mother and baby are reportedly doing just fine now.
The former Fugees singer told concert-goers in June that she was expecting.
Rohan Marley, Hill’s former partner and the father of her five other children, congratulated the new mom on Twitter. “I'm forwarding all well wishes to Ms. Hill on the birth of her new son,” the son of Bob Marley tweeted. “I’m sure she'll appreciate the love being sent to her.”
Marley has said he is not the father of her latest baby. “I'm not married and I don't have anyone expecting anything,” he tweeted after Hill’s pregnancy became public. He’s also denied rumors that he cheated on Hill with a Brazilian model. “Ms. Hill is the mother of my children, whom I have a tremendous amount of love and respect for. I would never do that,” he tweeted. culled from washingtonpost

BIG BROTHER AFRICA: Karen Will win the BBA6 Edition

SHE HAS BEING SHOWING SOME STUNT EVER SINCE THE BBA SHOW BEGAN, THAT HAS MADE HER POPULAR AND GAIN RESPECT FROM HER FANS.

Strauss-Kahn Accuser: 'I Want Justice'

The hotel maid who has accused former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in a New York City hotel room has ended her public silence in an exclusive broadcast interview with ABC News.

"I want justice. I want him to go to jail," Nafissatou Diallo told ABC's Robin Roberts. "I want him to know that there is some places you cannot use your money, you cannot use your power when you do something like this."

Strauss-Kahn may not go to jail. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is considering whether to drop the charges amid "concerns" he has said he had about Diallo's credibility. culled from abcnews

Amy Winehouse's Funeral Set for Tuesday

A spokesperson for the Winehouse family told reporters today that the singer's "funeral will take place Today Tuesday and will be a family and close friends affair."

Earlier today, officials began an autopsy to determine what killed the 27-year-old singer, who was found dead in her home in London's Camden district on Saturday. They are waiting for the results of a toxicology test, which are anticipated in two to four weeks. No formal cause of death has been established, and officials reportedly have not find any paraphernalia or sign of drugs in Winehouse's home.

Winehouse's official cause of death will be known in October.

Meanwhile, details about Winehouse's final hours are emerging. Chris Goodman, her U.K.-based representative, told media outlets today that a bodyguard hired to keep watch over the singer discovered her body.

"She was in her bedroom after saying she wanted to sleep, and when he went to wake her he found she wasn't breathing," Goodman told Britain'sSun newspaper. "He called the emergency services straight away. He was very shocked. At this stage no one knows how she died. She died alone in bed."

Winehouse's parents returned to her north London house today, calling themselves "devastated and speechless."

"Amy was about one thing, and that was love," Mitch Winehouse said to the fans and media gathered at the makeshrift shine outside his daughter's home. "Her whole life was devoted to her family friends, and to you guys as well. So we're devastated, and I'm speechless.
"

Winehouse's family said she had visited the doctor as recently as Friday and received a clean bill of health. There were also reports that she had entered treatment again as recently as last month. culled from abcnews

Kim Kardashian Diagnosed With Psoriasis

Kim Kardashian arrives at her new Fragrance Photo Shoot, July 24, 2011 in Los Angeles. (Michael Bezjian/Getty Images)

Kim Kardashian took a break from photo shoots and celebrity engagements to visit her dermatologist on Sunday night's episode of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." After finding red, flaky patches of skin on her legs, Dr. Harold Lancer diagnosed the reality star with psoriasis, an autoimmune disorder that causes rapid skin cell growth that can manifest itself as thick silvery scales and itchy dry red patches on the skin. Read more http://abcnews.go.com/