Kingsley of KC Presh's wife, Ijeoma delivers baby girl

On Saturday Oct 23, 2010, Ijeoma Oduah, the wife of Kingsley Okonkwo of KC Presh was delivered of a baby girl at a London hospital. Their new bundle of joy has since been name Somanya Honeybell Okonkwo.
Congrats to KC and IJ


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D'Banj and Glo part ways

D'Banj is no longer a Glo ambassador. The Telecoms Giant have terminated their contract with him.
Though no official statement has been issued by Glo, but sources say the koko master was dropped after he refused to sign a new contract extension after his fee was dropped from N70m (for two years) to far N25m.
D'Banj felt insulted by the new fee, which sources say is less than what was offered P-Square, so refused to extend his contract.
But despite the end of the business relationship, D'Banj's photographs will still be used in all Glo promotional materials until his initial contract elapses.*
I run a modeling agency and my models have featured on a few Glo billboards. Glo doesn't pay models more than 300grand for a year's contract. A far cry from N25m a year for a celeb...which they are even rejecting.
See why models in Nigeria don't have money? Imagine they pay models just a fraction of what these celebs get...oh well, one day sha..:-)

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Silverbird Group celebrates 30th Anniversary in style

Nigerian media and entertainment conglomerate, The Silverbird Group, is to celebrate its 30th Anniversary on 6th November 2010 in an exclusive star studded event at the plush New Convention Centre, Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos. Management has pulled all the stops to ensure that the event is worthy of 30 years of quality entertainment and tremendous success. The party is set to be the party of the year with an impressive and exclusive line up. Guests will be entertained by Party on the Moon, the well renowned band best known for its stunning performance at President Obama’s inauguration celebration, alongside a thrilling host of top Nigerian Artistes.

The night of celebration will feature top Nigerian artistes such as Ras Kimono, D’Banj, 2face, King Sunny Ade, M.I, and Sharp Board amongst others. Nigeria’s rich and famous are expected to grace the special occasion as top government functionaries, business and media personalities have all been invited.

The night of glamour and elegance is set to feature the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Goodluck Johnathan as the Special Guest of Honour. The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola will be its chief Host. The event will be transmitted live from 4pm on Silverbird TV across Africa and cinema outlets in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya.

Ben Murray-Bruce chairman of the Silverbird Group has said that “the event will be an evening to remember as we chronicle hit songs in the last 30 years in Nigeria and on the International scene. There will be special tributes to our departed Nigerian Artists in the last 30 years, and also for international departed artists including Michael Jackson, James Brown and Luther Vandross.”

Silverbird has always been at the forefront of the Nigerian entertainment scene and has recently spread its uncanny ability to produce quality entertainment across the African continent. In the early 80s, it promoted concerts which featured groups like Kool & the Gang, Whispers, Shalamar, Lakeside as well as Nigerian Artists such as Dizzy K, Bambelly amongst many others. The group is also credited as being behind the Fantasy Night Club which hosted the live talent hunt show THE GONG SHOW, which discovered Artists like Majek Fashek and Ras Kimono amongst many others. Silverbird also became a household name through pageants such as Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria through which the first black Miss World was discovered. In over three decades of providing wholesome family entertainment via Television , Radio, live shows, pageants, real-estate, cinema, lifestyle stores, entertainment centers and malls, The Silverbird group has grown to become one of the most influential and respected entertainment conglomerates on the African continent. Founded by Ben Murray in 1980 with a capital of N20, 000, it has today grown into an empire worth several billions in Naira. For Mr. Bruce, the experience has been ‘fun and great’ although his company was founded at time that ‘did not appreciate the art.’
In Ghana, the group in partnership with Global Media Alliance is credited for establishing its first-ever Cineplex of five theaters fully equipped to international standards and with Dolby digital surround sound and contiguous media store in 2009. Also in 2009, Silverbird raised the bar by opening more chains of cinemas in Kenya, Port Harcourt: Showtime Mall and Abuja: In Abuja, the Silverbird Group boasts of the Silverbird Entertainment Centre (SEC), a state of the art cinema and shopping complex in the biggest shopping mall in West Africa, with 12 luxury cinemas and 8 executive V.I.P halls and world class shopping mall space.

With an extensive and impressive portfolio that few African Companies can boast of, The Silverbird Group has a lot to celebrate.


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Samson Siasia appointed Super Eagles coach

Heartland Football Club head coach, Samson Siasia, has been appointed as the Super Eagles head coach by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The news of the appointment of a substantive coach was broken by the Nigerian FA just few minutes before 6pm today.

Thoughts?

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The Most Powerful People on Earth 2010

There are 6.8 billion people on the planet. These are the 68 who matter.

1. Hu Jintao - President - China
2. Barack Obama - President - US


3. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud - King - Saudi Arabia
4. Vladimir Putin
5. Pope Benedict XVI - Pope - Vatican City
6. Angela Merkel - Chancellor - Germany
7. David Cameron - Prime Minister - UK
8. Ben Bernanke - US

9. Sonia Gandhi - India
10. Bill Gates - Chairman - Microsoft

The president of China is more powerful than the president of the United States?
#OK.

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Photo of the day...

The Obama's in the '90's.
How cute...

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Lil Wayne Released from jail today

After doing 8 months on Rikers Island for weapons charges, prolific rapper Lil Wayne has been released from jail.

Wayne was said to have gone straight from jail to the studio and a welcome home party has been planed for him in Miami. There are also rumors that Weezy will perform in Las Vegas with Drake this Saturday.

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GLObacom Offers Big Brother Uti 700,000 USD

Uti Nwachukwu
The winner of Big Brother Africa All Stars, Uti Nwachukwu of Nigeria was back in Nigeria few days ago with a carnival-like welcome-back party. In fact a lot of organisations, including his home state governor of Delta State, Gov. Uduaghan has been out-doing themselves to host Him.

However, 411daily gathered on good authority that Dr. Mike Adenuga (Jnr), Chairman and owner of Nigeria’s leading telecommunications company, Globacom, trading as glo, is going to sign him on as an ambassador in the next few days.

According to information at our disposal, Uti has already been reached by Adenuga himself and he has tentatively agreed to become a Glo ambassador. Sources say the contract is worth in the neigbourhood of $700 000USD (N105 000 000).

Uti has already attended an event held by Globacom where he got to meet other Globacom ambassadors like Ramsey Nouah, Kate Henshaw, Rita Dominic, Desomnd Elliot and Ini Edo. The contract we hear, is going to be announced in the coming weeks, where Uti will be presented to Nigerians through a press conference as the latest Globacom ambassador.
Globacom recently signed on Nigeria’s music sensation, PSquare for over $1.5 million USD.

Meanwhile, Uti was stranded for several minutes on a lift conveying him to the Minister for Information’s office (Dora Akinyuli) somewhere on the Eight floor, Uti was accompanied by some top management staff of Mnet and Dstv when the lift stopped halfway and trapping them in it.

The situation was however sorted out after a technical team came to work on the lift


Uti Nwachukwu

Nollywood star, Aki, survives surgery … Still hospitalized

Aki

What could have been another calamity in Nollywood was averted over the weekend when star actor, Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as ‘Aki’ underwent a successful operation for acute appendicitis.

Aki, who is unarguably one of the biggest names in Nollywood, is still on the hospital bed recuperating as at the time of filing this report.

We further gathered that the Uzoakoli, Abia State-born thespian, was rushed to a hospital in Ogba, Lagos, in the evening of last Saturday by some family members and friends, including his acting twin brother, Osita Iheme (Pawpaw).

“Upon arrival on Saturday evening, Aki was immediately admitted and later wheeled to the theatre in the early hours of Sunday, where one Dr. Charles Davids, a consultant surgeon, successfully performed the operation. He is still at the hospital recuperating and is expected to be discharged within the next two or three days,” said a family member.

While confirming the story, the multiple award winning actor said he cannot thank God enough for saving his life.

“Azuh, sincerely, to God be the glory that the whole operation went well. Although, I’m still on the hospital bed recuperating, I’m full of thanks and praises to God for seeing me through. I also thank my family and friends that rushed me to the hospital and equally kept vigil throughout by praying fervently for me. I also thank my fans and colleagues who kept calling,” he said on phone.

On how the whole thing started, the HND Mass Communications graduate of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, said he could not comprehend what could have led to it. “I just knew that I was feeling serious pains that Saturday and when I could no longer bear it, I was rushed to the hospital and was on admission till the operation was successfully performed very early the following day. I feel strong and better now and cannot wait to be discharged.”

Aki, with over one hundred movies to his credit in Nollywood, became a household name when he alongside Pawpaw thrilled movie buffs in the monster hit movie, Aki na Ukwa, from the stable of Kas-Vid Internationa

Source: nigeriafilms