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Mavin records boss Don Jazzy and artiste Tiwa Savage are this years first ambassadors for Nigerian online retail store Konga. Omawumi Megbele was the first celebrity ambassador of the retail shop Konga. Tiwa Savage   @ TiwaSavage  ·  36m 36 minutes ago 2015 is looking so great...My boss donjazzy and I the new brand ambassadors for Nigeria's number 1… https:// instagram.com/p/zh7dBZxO9L/   Michael Collins  ‏ @ DONJAZZY     3m 3 minutes ago Ina no go vex o. no be everybody fit get o. If u get sha na # Godwin # Konga

                   The 87th Annual Academy Awards aired live from L.A. on Sunday, Feb. 22 at the Hollywood & Highland Center, Hollywood, California. Check out all the red carpet pictures below; Continue...

                   The 87th Annual Academy Awards aired live from L.A. on Sunday, Feb. 22 at the Hollywood & Highland Center, Hollywood, California. Check out all the red carpet pictures below; Continue...

Despite dilly-dallying on whether or not to make public the full report of the forensic audit on the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the disbursement of the $1.48 billion (about N249 billion) recovered from the national oil company. The return of the money by the NNPC is one of the major recommendations of the audit conducted by global firm, PriceWaterHouseCoopers. The full audit report is yet to be made public despite protests by Nigerians including civil society groups and opposition parties. However, on Tuesday, officials stated that Mr. Jonathan had asked that the money, once returned by the state oil firm, be shared among the tiers of government. The confirmation of the President’s approval came from both the Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, and the Chairman of the Commissioners’ of Finance Forum, Timothy Odaah, who spoke at the end of the February meeting of the Federation Accounts Allocation Com...

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Reuben Abati  ‏ @ abati1990     3m 3 minutes ago President Jonathan & former Heads of State in Sokoto today for the 90th birthday anniversary of Alh. Shehu Shagari. Pres. G Jonathan paid a visit to Alh Shehu shagari today as he marked his 90th birthday today in sokoto. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan special adviser 'Reuben Abati' shared the post on his instagram page.

SolidStar‘ has decided to support the forth coming election movement with a nice slow tempo reggae tune . telling us to ‘Be Strong‘ no matter the consequences we are facing at the moment also the freedom to vote right and peacefully . song produced by Lil prince ameen.” DOWNLOAD TRACK Be Strong

                             Thirty-one persons died yesterday in two separate suicide bomb attacks in Potiskum, Yobe State, and Kano with several others injured. The Vokswagen Sharon bus that conveyed the two male suicide bombers to Kano line bus station An eye witness account on the Potiskum attack said a female suicide bomber alighted from a tricycle, opposite Tashan Dan Borno motor park in the town, and mixed with passengers at the park located along Kano Road, killing 15 persons on the spot, while four others died before reaching hospital for treatment due to excessive bleeding. In a statement signed, yesterday, by National Publicity Secretary, Chief Oilsa Metuh, the party said it was deeply saddened by the news of the attacks in the two cities, which claimed the lives of harmless citizens going about their legitimate endeavours. “Indeed, the PDP mourns. We are deeply pained by these attacks on our citize...

           A Florida-based mom has been arrested for child abuse after beating her middle school daughter for getting all Fs in her classes. In addition to beating her daughter with a metal-studded belt, 30-year-oldMelany Joyce Alexander also made her wear an embarrassing t-shirt announcing her failure. Here are photos of the front and back of the t-shirt she forced her child to wear to school. Continue...

                     Olu Jacobs and Joke Silver, one of Nigeria’s famous couple in the entertainment industry covered the new issue of Hello Nigeria magazine. The couple who have been married since the 80’s talked extensively about their jobs and dealing with the limelight.

         After Wiz Khalifa leaked photos of her home which he sid was filthy, Amber Rose was spotted checking out luxury properties for the sale in West Hollywood, California. The battle for custody has began when she reacted o the leaked photos by stopping Wiz from seeing his son on his 2nd birthday..Wiz later tweeted ‘ive never voiced my true unhappiness out of fear of the person I was with and what she would do to make me more unhappy of anyone knew”.

As election dates draw nearer, candidates are paying courtesy visits to people in high places whom they respect, and Professor Osinbajo isn’t relenting either. The Vice presidency candidate visited Afrobeat singer Kuti at his residence today. The singer shared photos on his instagram page. See one more pics below. Continue...

                     Finally the awaiting video is here. PSquare’s single ” Collabo” , featuring Mavin records boss Don Jazzy’s is finally out. The entertaining and hilarious video was shot in South Africa and directed by Clarence Peters and Jude Okoye.

The Channel O award winners P Unit pace further to take Africa by storm through the release of a new hit song titled “DIFFERENT” featuring the award-winning Nigerian afro pop/R&B artiste, song-writer, composer, actress and entertainerYemi Alade. The new hit track “ DIFFERENT “ sees the dynamic trio once again bring to life the diversity of Genge music through a seismic blend with afro beat style popularly reknown in the West African market. The song produced by Taurus Musik sets the tone for P Unit’s 2015 plan that intends to vivaciously boost their cross over strategy by making inroads further across the African continent and beyond. In the past two years, the band has had massive success across the continent and beyond through the release of four hit songs “YOU GUY” featuring Collo, “MOBIMBA “ featuring Alicious and their singles “LOVE” and “WEKA WEKA”. continue... DOWNLOAD TRACK Different

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUP), on Tuesday, announced the suspension of its nationwide strike scheduled to take off today. The decision by the union to call off the strike was taken at a peace meeting brokered by the House Committee on Education, between the Ministry of Education and the union. ASUP national president, Dr Chibuzor Asomugha, at the meeting, said the union suspended the strike because of the assurance given by the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, that the Federal Government would address all the contentious issues they raised. According to him, the contentious issues were the continued discrimination against graduates of polytechnics in the labour market, non-implementation of CONTISS 15 from the lower cadre, non-establishment of National Commission for Polytechnics and continued recognition of NBTE as the regulatory body for the polytechnics. Chairman of the committee, Honourable Aminu Suleiman, then assured the union of the determina...

              Tonto Dikeh's new video for her latest single titled  'Sugar' will be out soon .....will keep you updated. See some of pics she took on set below.... Continue...

After 18 years of marriage, Will Smith and Jada shared a public passionate kiss at the premiere of his new movie Focus...In a recent interview, Will admitted his marriage had died several times ”Whatever you have is gonna die and you are gonna have to rebirth something new. You have to be willing to ride the waves. ”There’s gonna be some flat days and some stormy days, and that has to be OK.” Lovely couples!..

Ghanaian actor and fashion designer, John Dumelo has revealed he is in no rush to become a married man as he has said he is more committed to his career at present.‎ In a recent interview with Tribune, when asked what his plans on bachelorhood are, the actor who has been linked severally to Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson in the past, said: ‘I am a man who likes to plan before venturing into anything, right now I am concentrating on my career, at the right time, I will settle down. I guess that’s what everybody wants to say or hear now.’ John Dumelo is rated one of the best Ghanaian actors at present and is also the C.E.O of popular clothing brand, J.Melo in Ghana....

26-year-old Timi Adeoye graduated two years ago from the University of Benin and was a frequent user of the Benin-Ore route. According to him, “traveling on Nigerian roads used to be a nightmare for me; I still remember spending twelve long hours on a trip from Lagos to Benin regularly since I got admission eight years ago. “ “The memory of those trips still leaves a distaste in my mouth”, he continues, “but I had to continue because I had to go school. “ Continue...