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For years, ace producer, singer and song writer Babatunde Jezreel Okungbowa suffered a life threatening kidney disease and no one knew until now. OJB shocked Nigeria’s entertainment scene when he emerged from the shadows of his quiet search for a cure to his kidney ailment when he announced he needed $100,000 (approx 16 million naira) to undergo a kidney transplant to save his life. OJB told HIP TV “I guese this is something I have more or less been battling intensively with for two years. Before now it was just an off and on experience with High Blood Pressure, and once in a while a little pain down there. But as at 2011, it became very intense; swollen feet, swollen stomach and swollen face. It was discovered that the Kidney was malfunctioning but at as that time they could actually do something about it if they stepped down the blood pressure which we did in 2011. *OJB JEZREEL From 2012 up until now it’s been an off and on scenario. Two days you’re down and then you’re ...

Two weeks after crashing his N25million worth Porsche Panamera along Lekki-Epe express way in the early hours of Saturday, June 15, Wizkid has replaced the damaged Porsche with a brand new one. *Wizkid’s brand new Porshe He posted pictures of his new acquisition on his Instagram page and tagged it #Blessed. Wizkid survived the accident after his newly acquired Porsche Panamera burst a tire, slammed into a road barrier, thankfully didn’t somersault but spun around multiple times before screeching dangerously to a halt with the damaged hood facing the side of the road. *Wizkid and his Porsche before the accident Wizkid shaken but unhurt was immediately whisked away in another vehicle while his bodyguard waited to see the vehicle towed away. The pop singer was returning from a Soundcity Nokia #LumiaBeat Party and was in front of the Oriental hotel, Lekki when the accident occurred. *The damaged Porsche Sources say tragedy was averted when the automobile’s airbag ejec...

Nigeria’s commercial capital, LAGOS, is on the verge of joining the country’s oil-producing states with the discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in the coastal state. Yesterday, Afren Plc and its partner, Lekoil Limited, announced significant oil discovery offshore Dahomey Basin in Lagos, according to the London Stock Exchange. In separate announcements, the partners said they discovered a significant light oil accumulation based on the results of drilling and wire line logs from a high impact Ogo-1 well, located on the Oil Prospecting Licence, OPL 310 offshore Nigeria. Afren is optimistic that the discovery is likely to be significantly higher than the anticipated 78 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe), which encourages search to further high potential zones. The discovery is subject to the authentication of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), which is expected in two weeks. If certified and the partners produce the first barrel of oil, Lagos will...

In a move that is seen as an attempt by the presidency to delicately navigate the crisis in the Nigerian Governors Forum, the seating arrangement at the monthly National Economic Council was slightly altered to play upa seeming neutrality of the presidency in the palaver. In a move that is seen as an attempt by the presidency to delicately navigate the crisis in the Nigerian Governors Forum, the seating arrangement at the monthly National Economic Council was slightly altered to play upa seeming neutrality of the presidency in the palaver. Cross Section of State Governors at the National Economic Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday (27/06/13). But in order to balance the importance of the two dramatics persona in the crisis, the two governors laying claim to the seat were seated besides each other at the council chamber where the meeting between the thirty six governors with the Vice President and the ministers of \finance and National planning held.

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), yesterday, said Nigeria was yet to receive about €175 million starched in a foreign account by late military dictator, General Sani Abacha. Adoke, who spoke at the 2013 ministerial press briefing held in Abuja, yesterday, to highlight the mid-term achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration as it pertains to the Ministry of Justice, said Federal Government had intensified its efforts to trace and repatriate Nigeria’s stolen assets abroad. He said: “In this connection, we have maintained effective liaison and communication with targeted jurisdictions to keep pace with asset recovery proceedings in those jurisdictions. Recovered monies “In 2011, our close liaison and negotiation with the Island of Jersey led to the recovery and repatriation of £22.5 million confiscated by the Royal Court of Jersey from Raj Arjandes Bhojwani, an Indian national and associate of General Sani Abacha, o...

Amaju was reacting to the remarks of sports promoter, Martin Osaile who said that Keshi had reached his limit and might not offer Nigeria more than he did at the last Nations Cup in South Africa where Nigeria won the cup 19 years after they did so in Tunisia. Amaju said the following: Coach Stephen Keshi has “It is fundamentally wrong to assume that Keshi has reached his limit. Keshi should not be condemned but celebrated. He has been on duty for only two years and within this period we won the Nations Cup, something we were doing under an indigenous coach for the first time. Everybody is celebrating Alex Ferguson for the feat he achieved with Manchester United. But how many years did he work before he won his first trophy?  Martin Osaile wants Osaze back to the Eagles. I don’t have anything against that. But we won the Nations Cup without Osaze. We all know that Osaze has a history of clashes with coaches. He had problems with Amodu, Lagerback, Siasia and now Keshi. Indi...

EMBATTLED Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday, maintained that only undemocratic governors were supporting his rivalry and Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang. Amaechi who spoke at a symposium on Review of the 1999 Constitution and its impact on the much needed judicial reforms, organized in Abuja by the Rule of Law Amaechi Foundation, said he was surprised that even Governor Jang, who he said participated in the election that saw his re-emergence as the NGF chairman, turned around to thwart a process he said was impeccable and highly transparent. He further stressed that aside Jang, all the other governors that attended NGF meeting on the day the election was held, voluntarily participated in the exercise. In attendance at the symposium were two former Chief Justices of Nigeria, Muhammadu Uwais and Dahiru Musdapher, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Justice Sylvester Nguta of the Supreme Cour...

Have you noticed that most of Nigeria's problems begin with the letter'P'....? . Police . PHCN . Politics . Potholes . Pension Thieves . Power failure . Pipeline vandals . Petroleum Subsidy scam . Psycophants . Prostitutes . Pirates . Propaganda . Palaver . Power Supply . P.......... Complete and Add Your Own!

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Fathers’ Day, June 16, had a unique message for Governors – sign the death warrants of those on death row. Eight days after Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State approved execution of four death row convicts; his intention preceded the President’s message. Oshiomhole’s action sparked off outrage from the human rights community, particularly Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, which had campaigned against the hangings. They view execution of condemned felons as “barbaric” and a violation of human dignity. The concerns could be consigned to meddlesomeness, knowing that their non-barbaric countries, still execute some classes of criminals. There are areas of human rights that should bother these organisations. Did the suspects have access to fair trials? What is the penalty for their offences? We think their interventions at such levels could make a difference to the suspects’ cases. Noise about death sentences, abolished in some countries, ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has commended Ndigbo for not making the mistake of embarking on a reprisal attacks against northerners resident in Igbo land during bomb attacks in Kano and other parts of the north. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has commended Ndigbo for not making the mistake of embarking on a reprisal attacks against northerners resident in Igbo land during bomb attacks in Kano and other parts of the north. He said if Ndigbo had made such a mistake, the terrorists, would have satisfied their own aspirations in trying to create a state of anarchy in the country. Ihejirika, who spoke at the Army Officers’ Mess, Military Cantonment, Onitsha, Anambra State, during the commissioning of some refurbished military vehicles, including prime movers, ammunition carriers and command post vehicles. He said he was impressed that Ndigbo were sensible enough to have shunned reprisal attacks. He expressed optimism that with the supp...

You could tell he was different the moment he walked in the coffee shop. It wasn't his appearance. He looked presentable, if a little rough around the edges, clutching an old BlackBerry to his barrel chest. It was how he moved: warily, shoulders hunched over and eyes darting. The body language would read as suspicious, if not for the flicker of fear and apprehension in his eyes — as if he was scared of being noticed, vigilant to his surroundings and desperately trying to blend in at the same time. He ordered a coffee, carefully counting out coins on the counter. He sat down at the table near me and pulled out his phone, just like nearly everyone else at the shop. He punched in a few numbers and began talking in a low voice, discreet but urgent. I was only a few seats away, but I couldn't help but overhear his conversations. Did someone have some cash jobs for him? Could he crash at a friend of a friend's place? Could he get a ride out to the soup kitchen? After a few...

Of all the modern luxuries we have today, spell check is one that we value most. Seriously, what would we do without those squiggly red lines underneath our slip-ups and typos? How else would we find out that we incorrectly spelled "spaghetti?" What would tell us that we left out a letter in "accidentally?" For all the beautiful things spell check has done to our word processing experience, it's too bad that function hasn't yet extended to real life. There are plenty of reasons — too many reasons — that it is seriously needed. 1. Because tattoos are permanent. Image courtesy of Imgur, TheDeathlyHallow 2. Because one day this will haunt you on the Internet. Image courtesy of Imgur, fink 3. Because spelling names is really hard. Image courtesy of Imgur, suckitbetch 4. Because sometimes you'll mess up the unexpected word. Image courtesy of Flickr, Sean MacEntee 5. Because you're one letter away from a very c...

Microsoft thinks very highly of its homegrown web browser, Internet Explorer . IE has been intertwined with Windows itself for over a decade, and when Microsoft debuted Windows 8 last year, it also released a new version of the browser, Internet Explorer 10 , that was created specifically for the full-screen, touch-first experience that Windows 8 emphasizes. By its nature, IE10 was a big change, but it also had some strange limitations. Web content took up the whole screen unless you right-clicked — only then did you see your tabs or the URL bar. You couldn’t manage Favorites. You could only have 10 tabs open at once. To make the transition bearable, Microsoft kept a version of IE10 in the traditional desktop environment, although the same engine powers both. SEE ALSO: The Problem With Windows 8 When Windows 8.1 debuts this fall, it will bring with it an upgraded browser for the modern UI: Internet Explorer 11. Just as Windows 8.1 does with Windows 8, IE11 fixes, tweak...

Oprah Winfrey attends a panel during the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California January 6, 2011. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (Reuters) Oprah is back in the game, ladies and gentlemen. The ultra-popular TV personality has regained her spot at the top of Forbes' annual "Celebrity 100" list, which ranks the most powerful celebrities each year. After spending two straight years in second place, Oprah Winfrey has proven resilient and is back in the No. 1 spot for 2013. So, who fills out the rest of the list? SODAHEAD SLIDESHOW: See the most powerful celebrities It's a female-heavy top 10 this year, with Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Madonna, Taylor Swift and Ellen DeGeneres included in the powerful list. Now, that's a whole bunch of powerful ladies. But women weren't the only ones who secured the top 10. Steven Spielberg snagged the No. 3 spot, thanks to the success of ...

The talented Justin Bieber from a YouTube sensation to an award winning star. Justin Bieber has been sued by a paparazzo who claims the singer kicked and punched him last year at a Southern California shopping center. A lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges the "Baby" crooner attacked Jose Osmin Hernandez Duran after Bieber and his then-girlfriend went to the movies at The Commons in Calabasas. Bieber's representatives did not respond to a request for comment. Duran claims Bieber started to leave the shopping center in his Mercedes, but got out of his car and sprinted toward him. Duran says Bieber jumped into the air from 6 to 8 feet away to deliver a martial-arts-type kick to the photographer's gut before punching him in the face. The suit seeks unspecified damages for "severe and extreme emotional distress" and negligence.

he needs nothing less than $100,000 to get back on his feet, he his reaching out to the industry and general public to help out. We pray everything falls in place soon. God Bless OJB! Send your donation directly to: BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER: UBA, Babatunde Okungbowa, 1015075120 

  Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez is expected to secure a £13.5million move to Italian giants Juventus this week. Tevez has been on the radar of a number of the world’s top sides, with AC Milan and Liverpool, as well as boyhood sides Corinthians, and Boca Juniors all linked with the frontman, but he looks to have set his sights on a move to the Serie A champions. The 29-year-old Argentina international has endured a turbulent few years in the blue half of Manchester, having been cut out of the side following a number of pitch-side spats with former Blues manager Roberto Mancini. It seemed the pair had made amends when Tevez made a miraculous return to the squad last year despite an ongoing war of words between the pair, but his future at the Premier League outfit remained uncertain. Many imagined the forward would benefit from a clean slate when Mancini was sacked at the end of the 2012/2013 campaign and replaced by Malaga boss Manuel Pellegrini. But it seems Tevez...

Liverpool have announced the long-awaited signing of Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet on a long-term deal. The 25-year-old, who is to become the first Belgian to represent the Reds, has impressed during his three-year spell on Wearside following his £2m move from home club Sint-Truiden in 2010. Mignolet, who has earned 13 international caps, is renowned as one of Europe’s brightest goalkeeping talents, and Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers insisted the young stopper will be given every opportunity to prove himself at the Merseyside outfit. "I am delighted that we have been able to sign one of the top goalkeepers in the Barclays Premier League," Rodgers told Liverpool’s official website. "Simon will join a club that will give him an opportunity to demonstrate and improve his huge talent." The signing casts doubt over Pepe Reina’s future at Anfield, with boyhood side Barcelona thought to be interesting in bringing the Spaniard back to the Nou Camp. ...

An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday issued a bench warrant on two oil marketers, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo and Habila Theck, for failing to attend their trial without cogent reasons. The warrant was issued by Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo on the marketers who are standing trial for an alleged N979.6 million fuel subsidy fraud. The  judge also revoked the bail earlier granted to the first accused (Ogunbambo). Ogunbambo and Theck were charged alongside their firm — Fargo Energy Ltd. — by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They were arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretences, forgery and use of forged documents. At Tuesday’s proceedings, the duo failed to appear in court, prompting the EFCC counsel, Mr Francis Usani, to ask the court to issue warrants on them. Usani said there was no medical report to back Ogunbambo’s claim that his absence was as a result of ill-health. He said the absence had stalled the hearing of th...