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Friday, August 8, 2014

18 year old househelp kills his boss' 78 year old mother

The Nigerian Police have arrested an 18 year old boy, Hounvenou Yavine, a national of the Republic of Benin, for slitting the throat of his boss’ mother, Mrs. Mariam Abiola.

According to Punch, Yavine was brought into Lagos in April 2014 by his elder sister on the request of late Mrs Abiola's daughter. He was then taken to the Ikeja home of the late 78 year old woman to serve as her househlp as well as an assistant at her alcohol distribution shop. A month after his arrival, her home was demolished by the state government, prompting her to temporarily relocate to her daughter's home at the Ijaiye Low Cost Housing Estate, Pen Cinema Lagos where his primary assignment was to take care of her and also clean her daughter's house.

Angela Bassett is Slaying at 55 in Sexy Boudoir Photoshoot for Violet Grey

Well hello there!

Hollywood actress Angela Bassett takes the spotlight for a new feature for beauty and fashion magazine Violet Grey.

At 55, Angela proves age is nothing but a number, showing off her curves in sexy lingerie.

Check it out!

On getting ready for the red carpet: “My first question is always ‘Is my team available?’ I wish I could do all of this, but everyone has their gifts. Then I just sit there with my eyes closed. If I open them it’s only because I’m trying to get a few tips for myself!”

Well hello there!

Hollywood actress Angela Bassett takes the spotlight for a new feature for beauty and fashion magazine Violet Grey.

At 55, Angela proves age is nothing but a number, showing off her curves in sexy lingerie.

Check it out!

If you want to know more about the Ebola virus, then read this alert from the US Embassy here in Nigeria ...

In order to help our Embassy Community better understand some of the key points about the Ebola virus we have consulted with our medical specialists at the U S State Department and assembled this list of bullet points worded in plain language for easy comprehension. Our medical specialists remind everyone that they should be following the guideline from the center for Disease Control and the World Health Organisation.

• The suspected reservoirs for Ebola are fruit bats.
• Transmission to humans is thought to originate from infected bats or primates that have become infected by bats.

Lol his name is Adekunle Gold........Photoshopping thingz....lol

Edward Osim talks about why he married Pres. Jonathan's daughter

Godswill Osim Edward, the husband of President Jonathan's daughter Faith Sakwe, has opened up for the first time on why he married her. Speaking with Ovation magazine, Edward said;

"What struck me was the humility of her parents, especially her dad. Both of them do not despise people and do not judge you based on your background. When I got to know her background, then I realized that indeed she was from a good home for her to have kept a low profile in school. I could see that she was indeed a replica of her parents. That is rare these days" he said

These triplets are so identical their parents had to paint their toe nails to id

Aww this is so cute..These adorable identical triplets are so alike that,their parents could only identify them by painting their nails with different nail polish.They cry alike, laugh alike and even have the same gestures …Mother Karen, 33, said: ‘ It’s not a fashion statement we really struggle to tell them apart.We came up with the nail varnish idea and it works a treat.’It makes life a lot easier when it comes to our daily routine of feeding, bathing and nappy changing.The colour coding helps us to know who has had what! They just celebrated their first birthday Baby Ffion has fuschia polish on her toenails, Maddison has mint green and Paige wears purple. See more pictures after the cut.

The Ebola virus scare is real, everybody is afraid. Members of the National Assembly are not exempted from the panic over the spread of Ebola in the country, as many of them expressed their fears for the dreaded virus by refusing handshakes with the minister of health, Onyebuchi Chukwu when he appeared before them to give account of what federal government is doing to checkmate the deadly Ebola in Nigeria.

The minister was left with no choice but to greet the lawmakers like cultists, using sign language.

After dropping her own remix to "Flawless" earlier this week in an attempt to throw shade at Nicki Minaj, Lil' Kim has returned with a new Nicki Minaj diss track "Identity Theft." And this time again, Lil' Kim is calling Nicki out for supposedly stealing her style.

The artwork for the new song released today, pictured above, features a picture of Nicki on a driver's license with Kim's information. lol. And in the song, Kim raps:

The Remy Martin in collaboration with DJ Jimmy Jatt 25^th year anniversary 6 cities consummated at Road Runner Night Club with a grand showdown that featured guest artistes like Iyanya, Sean Tizzle, Sound Sultan, Emma Nyra, Tekno, Selebobo, Praiz, Yung Grey C, Karma and Cynthia Morgan.