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Mike Ezuronye's son is growing up fast. And he's so so cute!

The Wedding of Stéphanie OKEREKE & Linus IDAHOSA took place in the magnificient venue of Abbaye de Cernay (Paris, FRANCE) on 21st April 2012. ENJOY!!!

Zion Idibia turned four today. His mum is ex-banker Sunmbo Ajaba. Sunmbo and 2face have another son together, 6yr old Nino. Happy birthday, Zion!

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Top Nigerian comedian, Ayo Makun better known as AY was on Sunday, April 29 involved in an car crash in Abuja. AY was involved in the auto accident around the intersection between Thisday Dome and NITEL at Central Business District, Abuja. We also learnt that he was unhurt in the car crash. AY, who was reported to have just left a church event at Hilton Hotel, Abuja, had the Toyota Siena car he was sitting at the front seat involved in the auto accident with a 406 Peugeot car. The A-list comedian recently had a show in Lagos tagged AY Live in Lagos on Easter Sunday.

The Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji narrowly escaped death when his convoy was involved in a multiple accident along Ogoja-Abakaliki Expressway. Ebonyi State. The accident took place at Ezza Ophu Izzi Local Government of Ebonyi State. Six vehicles in the convoy were involved.  Though the governor escaped unhurt, some of his aides sustained various degrees of injury. The special adviser on security, it was learnt, had fractured waist.  An eyewitness said the accident occurred at Igbagu Izzi Local Government Area of the State at about 6pm last Friday as he was returning from the burial ceremony of the mother-in-law of his Ebonyi State counterpart, Chief Martin Elechi, Madam Grace Nwagu Nwankwo.  The eyewitness who was in the convoy however said the poor state of the road, which was still under construction by the Federal Government caused the accident. According to him, “Abia State governor arrived Ezza Ophu very late that Friday, to commiserate with the family ...

At least, 15 worshippers, including two professors and some non-academic staff of the Bayero University, Kano (BUK), were feared killed Sunday morning by suspected Boko Haram gunmen who besieged the institution’s church premises.  BUK claimed only one professor died.  The two dons believed to have died in the attack were Professors M .T. Ayodele of the Chemistry Department and Andrew Leo of the Library Department.  Equally killed were Mr. Sylvester Ada, who is state president of an Idoma socio -cultural society within the Catholic church, known as “SS Peter and Paul”. A Chief lecturer in the Federal College of Education (FEC), Kano, Dr. (Mrs) Ololobo, also died in the attack.  An Ogoja lady, who is married to an Idoma man that lectures at the FEC also died in the attack. The deceased, whose name could not be established by Press time, was performing her child’s dedication at the church, said a source, who noted that her child was picked up at the gate of th...

QUETTA, Pakistan —The beheaded body of a kidnapped British doctor working for the International Committee of the Red Cross was found by the roadside on Sunday in the southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta, police and Red Cross officials said. Khalil Rasjed Dale, 60, was abducted by suspected militants on Jan 5 while on his way home from work. "The ICRC condemns in the strongest possible terms this barbaric act," ICRC Director-General Yves Daccord said in a statement. "All of us at the ICRC and at the British Red Cross share the grief and outrage of Khalil's family and friends." British Foreign Secretary William Hague also condemned the killing. "This was a senseless and cruel act, targeting someone whose role was to help the people of Pakistan, and causing immeasurable pain to those who knew Mr. Dale," Hague said in the statement. A senior police officer said the Pakistan Taliban had claimed responsibility for the killing, saying a ransom h...

Distressed: Debbie Stevens, a 47-year-old mother of two, offered her boss her kidney as she is 'a naturally kind and generous person'. But her generosity backfired when she was fired, she claims Deborah Stevens donated a kidney so her boss could receive a transplant while she working at Atlantic Automotive Group and now the Long Island woman says she was fired soon after and is demanding satisfaction from a court.  According to the NY Post, in papers filed with the New York state Human Rights commission, Stevens charges that she was clearly set up by Jackie Brucia, 61, her once-ailing boss at the billion-dollar Atlantic Automotive Group, which operates several new-car dealerships on Long Island. Accused: Boss Jackie Brucia allegedly re-hired Debbie Stevens after she offered to donate her kidney  The story is detailed and complex, but for the kidney donation, Stevens offered to help and became a link in a multiple-patient kidney chain, which resulted in a kidney ...

An angry four-year-old Saudi boy shot and killed his father for refusing to buy him a PlayStation, Saudi media reported on Monday. The Asharq daily, citing police in the southern Jizan area, said the child, aged four years and seven months, grabbed his father's pistol and shot him in the head. According to the newspaper, the child had asked his father to buy him a PlayStation and the shooting took place after the man returned home without the desired object. As he was undressing, the man put the weapon down, which the child then grabbed and fired at him from close range.

Actor Ryan O'Neal has told how he cradled his dying lover Farrah Fawcett for hours on her deathbed before she finally succumbed to cancer. The "Charlie's Angels" star was struck down with anal cancer in 2006 and O'Neal was a constant presence at her side as her condition deteriorated. O'Neal, who is fighting stage 2 prostate cancer, detailed his heartbreak over Fawcett's failing health in his diaries, which have been made into a new book, "Both Of Us: My Life With Farrah," and serialized in Britain's Mail on Sunday. In the book, O'Neal tells how he planned to marry Fawcett in St John's Hospital, but the priest who arrived to oversee the ceremony ended up administering the last rites instead. He writes, "After the priest leaves, I lie down next to her, wrap my body around her to keep her warm, and then take her hand. I can feel a steady pulse... I caress her hand for hours. Her heart refuses to quit. "I'm left a...

Michael Jackson's one-time bodyguard has sensationally revealed the King of Pop and Whitney Houston had a brief fling -- and the pop superstar dreamed of making the tragic R&B icon his wife. Matt Fiddes, who is about to embark on a legal challenge for visitation rights to Jackson's youngest son Blanket -- claiming he's the boy's biological dad, insists his late pal was in love with Houston and never recovered after the famous pair split following a secret tryst at Neverland. The martial arts master from Devon, England tells The Sun newspaper, "This affair will end all the myths that Michael was some kind of child molester. He was a straight man. One of the many stories that has never been told about Michael is that he had an ultra-secret affair with Whitney Houston that he never got over. He was furious when he heard she had also slept with (brother) Jermaine but this didn't stop him holding a candle for her his whole life." Fiddes tells the pu...

Selena Gomez is at the center of a plagiarism battle amid allegations the chorus of her 2010 song "A Year Without Rain" was lifted from a little-known California band. Search: Are Bieber and Gomez engaged? Rockers Luce have filed a $1 million lawsuit claiming the pop singer's track features a chorus that is "virtually identical" to their 2005 single "Buy A Dog." Check out msnNOW: The social trends people are talking about "A Year Without Rain," co-written by Lindy Robbins and Toby Gad, became the title track of the teen star's second studio album with her band Selena Gomez & the Scene. Gomez, Robbins and Gad have been named as co-defendants in the copyright infringement lawsuit, according to Courthouse News Service.

Gunmen attacked church services in the Bayero University Kano (BUK) on Sunday, using small explosives to draw out and gun down panicking worshippers in an assault that killed at least 16 people, officials said. Eyewitnesses said that the explosion started at about 8.30am this morning, when about seven attackers hit theatres 2 and 3 where Christians normally conduct their services. Sporadic gun shots were also heard at the Kabuga junction close to the entrance of the University’s old campus. “The elements came, used explosives and guns to attack them. We have repelled them and cordoned off the area,” Ikedichi Iweha, an army spokesman, told Reuters. Andronicus Adeyemo, an official with the Nigerian Red Cross, said a canvas of local hospitals and morgues showed the attack killed at least 16 people. A number of people suffered injuries, though the aid agency did not immediately have an exact figure, Adeyemo said. “For over 30 minutes a series of bomb explosions and gun shots...

The case between soul singer, Bukola Elemide popularly known as Asa and Dockland Communications Services, publishers of News of the People, was stalled on Thursday due to the absence of the latter in court.. The singer had filed a N700 million suit against Dockland Communications Services over a story it published on December 14-22, 2009 edition of the magazine with the caption “Lesbianism trails Asa and Manager” which alleged that the two ladies were involved in a lesbian relationship. The soul singer and her manager, in the suit, want the court to declare that the allegation of lesbianism against them was false, illegal and a violation of their rights. They also want the defendant restrained from further publication of malicious statements against them. Justice A.J Coker had on Thursday, February 23, 2012 adjourned the case till Thursday April 26 after the claimants and her manager Janet Nwose were missing in court. When the case came up before Justice Coker, the defendan...

So it looks like while we were all embroiled in the Don Jazzy/DBanj beef and subsequent demise of their label Mo Hits… Daniel Banjo Dapo Oyebanjo was actually signing new label deals. This time with Mercury Records UK/Island Def Jam UK, and no Kanye’s G.O.O.D Music hasn’t dropped him. MR/IDJ UK will represent him in the UK. D’Banj is in excellent company at the label some of his label mates are Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Elton John, Jay Z, Jennifer Lopez amongst many others. Compared to when he and Don Jazzy signed with G.O.O.D Music a lot of noise hasn’t been made about this latest record deal, but the kokomaster has already confirmed the news by updating his twitter bio to read DB/Good Music/ Mercury/IDJ’ (IDJ – Island Def Jam). D’Banj who has temporarily relocated to the US where he is working on new material, will officially be dropping Oliver Twist in the UK on May 13, and he’s also gearing up for major performance at the 2012 Barclaycard Wireless Festival tak...

A 64-year-old man, Steven Sajewo, has appeared before an Ilorin Chief Magistrates' court presided over by Mr. Lekan Adegbite for allegedly raping a yam hawker. Sajewo, a retired broadcaster, was alleged to have lured the 16-year-old girl to his residence at Oja Iya area of Ilorin, Kwara State, and forcibly had carnal knowledge of her. According to the charge sheet obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday, neigbours got wind of the incident as the girl kept on screaming. The neighbours were said to have alerted the police who promptly arrested the accused.

Work has started on a new movie, titled Doctor Bello, which will feature Isaiah Washington, Vivica A. Fox, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Bern Cohen, and Nollywood superstars, Genevieve Nnaji, and Stephanie Okereke. The movie is written and produced by award-winning producer, Tony Abulu. The movie was announced at a press conference, which was held on April 21, 2012, at the iconic Radisson Blu Anchorage  Hotel in Lagos. Present at the press conference were Tony Abulu, Isaiah Washington, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Hakeem Rahman, Ebbe Bassey, Lynn Whitfield, and representatives of partnering brands. This historical crossover film has received brand support from MTN, M-Net/ DStv, Silverbird Cinemas, Sovereign Trust Insurance and African Artists Collaborative. Scheduled for release in Summer 2012, Doctor Bello is positioned to showcase Nollywood’s cross-marketability within the international spectrum. It is the first movie project financed in part by the recently established Nigerian Intervention Fu...

Veteran actor, Enebeli Elebuwa has become the latest victim of fraud being experienced by some top Nigerian celebrities. Some minutes ago, BlackBerry broadcasts went viral requesting about 5million naira for hospital bill of the actor, who was said to be in an Indian Hospital in Abuja. We can confirm from reliable sources that the broadcast is false and it was intended to defraud unsuspecting fans of the actor. Sources also confirmed that Enebeli is responding positively to treatment and nobody has asked for any money from anyone. We also learnt that no hospital, medical institution or group of people responsible for the veteran actor's health and well being has requested for such an amount. Please DO NOT pay any money to anyone and DO NOT deal with anyone asking for money for his well being. You will recall that the actor was hit with partial stroke last year. He was first treated at St Nicolas Hospital, Yaba, Lagos before being taken to St Topaz Hospital, Surelere, ...

Yesterday was the birthday of popular actress, Adaora Ukoh. She is from Nimo in Anambra State (Nigeria). She attended ABC Nursery Land in Ilupeju, Lagos for her primary school education. She attended St John’s College for her secondary school education. She attended the University of Lagos, where she studied Law. The first movie, which she appeared in was Evil Genius. Since then, she has gone on to star in a host of movies, some of which are Johnbull and Rosekate, Black Bra, Hot Money, House of Doom, and World of Commotion.

Henry Nnadi, the 38- year-old dry cleaner that killed his 1-year-old son, Ebuka, and burnt his wife, Mercy,36, with hot iron for allegedly sleeping with his 65-year-old father, has finally spoken on the circumstances that led to his beastly act from the confines of his prison cell at Kirikiri, Lagos. Looking remorseless over the pains he inflicted on his wife of two years, the fair-skinned Henry only showed regrets when the issue of his dead son came up. “That was the worst thing I have ever done in my entire life. When he woke up crying for milk, I looked at him in anger and a voice came saying kill him, he is not your son. In obedience to that voice, I hit him hard on the neck several times.” Insisting that he was unsure of the paternity of the boy, Henry gave vivid details of what transpired on the fateful Saturday, April 7, 2012. Excerpts: “I am sure of what I am talking about. My wife, Mercy has been sleeping with my father. Before the incident, I have cautioned her to stop...

One of Nollywood’s vibrant actors, Ramsey Nouah has disclosed that he is quitting acting after being in the field for about two decades. The actor said that he has reached his prime and wants to say a bye-bye to the movie industry. “I think I’ve had my fair share,” he said. “To my fans and loved ones, I know they’ll always want to see me on screen, but as they say, it’s best to leave when the ovation is loudest. I want to leave a very strong legacy. “I believe I have left a very strong imprint in that line. There’s no possible way you can mention ‘Nollywood’ without mentioning Ramsey Nouah. “I only want to be associated with the kind of movies that are poised to take the industry to another level, which is where we are headed now. Plus, I want to focus on working behind the scenes. “I started a project at one point in time, but due to circumstances I wasn’t able to see it through, so it didn’t see the light of day, but I’m working on that now and getting the resources to...

This year’s Good Friday has come and gone but for the family of Mr. Okechukwu Ifedi of Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, nothing was good about that Good Friday. It was for them, a most tragic Friday. It was on that day, April 6, that their only son, Chukwunonso Ifedi, 29, was killed in the most callous and crude manner.  Nonso, as he was fondly called, lived at 51, Hospital Road, Aba, Abia State, before he met his untimely death. After returning from the market on the evening of the said day, he prepared food, which he shared with his cousins. He then decided to go to the nearby Princess Hotel, situated at No. 81 of the same Hospital Road for a drink. He never returned home alive.  With tears running down his cheeks, Nonso’s dad, Mr. Ifedi, gave a gory account of how his only son was brutally killed by a heartless soldier.  Hear him: “It was on April 7 at about 6.00 am when I received a call. And when I picked up my phone, it...

Boko Haram on Thursday said that it attacked ThisDay Newspaper offices in Abuja and Kaduna over alleged misrepresentation of its position and perceived bias reporting of the feud between the sect and the government of Nigeria. Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers had attacked ThisDay’s Abuja office as well as a complex housing ThisDay, Sun and Moment newspapers in Kaduna, leaving at least five people dead and many more injured. The sect also known as Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad said in an interview with Premium Times, an online news blog, that it was targeting local and foreign journalists.  In the interview by a member who claimed to be Abul Qaqa, Boko Haram said the attacks were meant to send a message to the media that it was fed up with alleged misrepresentations of its position by journalists. “We have repeatedly cautioned reporters and media houses to be professional and objective in their reports. This is a war between us and the government of Niger...

JJC (Skillz) has responded to Dbanj’s allegations that he cheated Don Jazzy while both of them were with the 419 Squad calling the “Koko master” a 419er (a name for fraudsters which was coined from section 419 of the Nigeria constitution dealing with laws on advance fee fraud and related matter). Skillz who disclosed this in an interview with Nigezie (Video of the interview was published on social media site – Youtube) said that he was the brain behind the career of both Dbanj and Don Jazzy. “Within my team, were people like Dbanj and … whatever other names were 419ers. And I didn’t accept it, that was why we had so many clashes,” he said. He said the reason why the JJC and the 419 Squad wrote the ‘mobolowo’ was because at that time Dbanj “was running from the police.”

The 16-time Grammy-winning pop star and actress, Beyonce Knowles, has been named as the ‘Most Beautiful Woman in the World by an international People Magazine’s poll.  Although a mother,  Beyonce made it to the top of the coveted list, the magazine reported.  The 30-year-old singer, while reacting to the title said she delivered her first child, daughter Blue Ivy, in a private executive suite at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital on January 7 and according to her  “I feel more beautiful than I’ve ever felt because I’ve given birth…I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose on this earth.”  Beyonce who has been married to Jay-Z for four years now, joins the ranks of other stars who have topped the most beautiful woman list, including Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez, who won last year.  The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, who celebrates her first wedding anniversary to Prince William this w...

It has been disclosed that over 700,000 youth are living with HIV/AIDS in Nigerian. The Executive Director of the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Michel Sidibe, who disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday said that “an estimated 700,000 young people aged 15 to 32 are living with HIV—a number nearly one-fifth of the total population of HIV-positive people in Nigeria. According to data from the UN body, Nigeria is at the risk of the danger of new HIV infections if its youths are not properly educated about the effects of the virus.” Mr. Sidibe, who spoke during the event in Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory, advocated the quick passage of the HIV/AIDS anti-stigmatisation and discrimination bill. He also called on the Federal Government to speed up the passage of the bill prohibiting stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. He said, “People are suffering more from stigma, discrimination and exclusion than even from the disease.”...

With KATE HALIM katehalim@ymail.com 07042146485 Like the proverbial cat with nine lives, Daddy Showkey has stayed alive after four attempts on his life in recent times. The Ghetto soldier as he's fondly called escaped the last attempt in a dramatic manner as he chased his assailants after miraculously surviving a close range shot.  Daddy Showkey whose real name is John Asiemo told Daily Sun that his only concern is the safety of his family who are being traumatized by these incessant attacks and not the speculations that he might be involved in shady businesses.  Excerpts:  It’s been four attempts on your life in recent times, why are people shooting at you?  I don’t know at all, if I tell you that I have one person that I suspect, I would be lying to you. Recently, I left my house in search of fuel, somebody told me to go to the filling station in Agidingbi, Ikeja opposite Cadbury. I went there at once because I have always been patronizing them; I was on t...

Activities at the bustling Jabi Park came to a halt yesterday morning following a vicious suicide attack at the Abuja office of ThisDay newspapers, which is directly opposite the park.  When Daily Sun arrived the scene by 11. 20 am, a large crowd had gathered at the gate of the park but the police ensured that they had the situation under control by cordoning off ThisDay premises only letting in trucks of the Abuja fire service.  An eyewitness, an aluminum dealer at the Jabi Park, Joshua Ajudua told Daily Sun that a loud explosion rocked the park around 11am. The big bang, he said, led to chaotic scenes with people scampering for safety.  As people in the park ran for dear lives, curiosity got the better part of people in adjoining streets such as IBM Haruna Way who rushed towards the park to find out what happened.  One of such curious onlookers, a staff member of Chisco Transport Limited located on IBM Haruna Way disclosed that she felt the impact of the...