Linda Ikeji's sister, Laura Ikeji becomes Kanu Nwankwo's brother's fiancee

Famous blogger, Linda Ikeji's sister who happens to be a fashion blogger and clothier, Laura Ikeji, got engaged last night to her boyfriend, Ogbonna Kanu, the younger brother to ex-international footballer, Kanu Nwankwo. The engagement was announced by Laura’s sister, Linda, via her IG page and her blog.

She wrote, “So my amazing little sister Laura Ikeji got engaged tonight. Her man of about a year, former footballer and younger brother to football legend Kanu Nwankwo, Ogbonna Kanu, asked her to marry him and she said yes! So so happy for them. Big congrats to Laura.

Meanwhile, to my matter, dear future husband, biko show up nah! Me sef want to wear wedding dress..lol. I tap into Laura’s blessings! 2017 loading. *wink*“.

Kanu Nwankwo’s wife, Amara has congratulated the couple as she welcomed her sister in law-to-be into the Kanu family. Amara wrote, “Saturday Kisses featuring Laura Ikeji @lauraikeji My new sister in law in the making . She said yes. Congratulations to you and Ogbo. #loveisabeautifulthing #shesaidyes #positivevibesonly #engagementthings #positivevibesonly”

Check out the new look of the once overweight bride

A lot of people raised an alarm when they saw her pre-wedding picture. Now, the once overweight bride has lost a lot of weight courtesy her husband. See her new look:

See pictures of Zahra Buhari's bridal shower

Have you heard? Zahra’s bridal shower took place at the Banquet Hall, Presidential villa in Abuja recently.  

See photos of the Shower:

Nigerian Immigration Service to increase price of international passport

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr Muhammad Babandede has revealed that the cost of getting a Nigerian international passport might increase in the nearest future. 

He made this known in Abuja at the flag off ceremony for the capacity building programme on Information Communication Technology organised for immigration officers in conjunction with Huawei Technologies Company. 

Mr Babandede said: 

"It is not easy for us to pay for booklets because of the cost. You will agree with me that air tickets have doubled in this country. You are aware that a lot of things have changed, but the passport fees have not changed.

He Made it clear that Nigeria Immigration Service has written to the presidency to propose a hike and will proceed with a review of the price once approval is received. This proposed increase, according to Babandede will enable the agency to deliver better service."

The Ooni of Ife was a tomatoes seller

Can you believe that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyemi Ogunwusi was once a tomatoes seller? He made the revelation while speaking to National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members at the Osun State NYSC Orientation camp, Ede. Speaking on the topic of “Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development”, he told them how he became an entrepreneur at a very young age to survive. The programme, organised by NYSC coordinator in the state aimed at tackling unemployment in Nigeria..

“I met Aliko Dangote, Dr Deji Adelekeand other successful Nigerians inside the market where I was selling foodstuffs. I used my background to redefine the way I was selling the foodstuffs….I made up my mind that I would be an entrepreneur. I was selling rice and sugar. At the age of 19, I fathered a child, which made the matter more complicated. Life was very tough because I had to cater for my child, but that made me to work harder….Today, I am proud to say that she is one of the present batch deployed to Abuja. That experience shaped my life and made me to keep starving. I started going to Benue to bring yam tubers, which I turned to yam powder. I want to encourage you today, whatever you are selling or doing, do it with zeal.”

Amazing you would say, but the the Ooni paid his dues. Most celebrities you see out there have too. And that should inspire you.

"My daughter died due to negligence and lackadaisical attitude of NYSC" says father of late corps member

Last week, the DG of NYSC, addressed newsmen where he said a preliminary investigation by the scheme showed that Corps member, Ifedolapo Oladepo, who died in Kano camp on November 29th, had nursed an earlier ailment which she did not disclose to the scheme during her registration.

Her father, Olawale Oladepo, a retired Sanitary Inspector, has refuted this claim. Speaking to newsmen in Osogbo, Osun state yesterday, Mr Oladepo said his daughter nursed no ailment before she departed home for Kano at about 6am on Thursday, November 24th. He wondered how his daughter who participated in all the activities during her stay in camp suddenly developed kidney problems. He believes that negligence and lackadaisical attitude of the NYSC workers led to the death of his daughter.

"Dolapo nursed no ailment. She was always hale and hearty. I took her to the motor park to board a bus bound for Kano and the bus departed at 6am on Thursday November 24. ‘After a brief father-daughter talk at the park, the bus departed at 9am. She called at regular intervals along the journey till she got to Kano around 1am the following morning. ‘’At dawn of 25th, she headed straight for the NYSC Orientation Camp with two other friends she journeyed with from Osogbo. After much ordeals of registering at the camp, she called me in the afternoon to keep me abreast of developments. At 6:30am the following morning (Saturday, 26th November, 2016), she called again as usual. She reported that they were woken up by 4am and that they had finished the morning drill after which they would go for another parade and the opening ceremony later. On that Saturday, she sent home all the pictures taken with funfair with some of her friends and she looked hale and hearty that day according to the pictures as she participated in all the activities of the day. I now wonder if a person who had kidney infection as claimed by the NYSC could participate and be so radiant in all the pictures she sent. On Saturday, 27th, she reported there were no activities. Her mother even called her that Sunday to send her NYSC state code number and she did not complain of any ailment. It was on Monday she called her elder sister complaining that she felt sick and was not being attended to because they thought she was trying to avoid the day’s drill. The sister started conversations with the medical personnel on duty and begged them to attend to her. The sister’s battery went flat so she called an uncle who is a consultant. The uncle asked what she was given, they told him Placebo. After some persuasion, they agreed to give her medications. Some times later, when her sister’s phone came on, she told her they administered some drugs on her and shortly after, her speech slurred, the tongue twisted and she could not talk properly. There were visible patches of blood under her skin and rashes all over her body. She took the picture of the hand to testify to this and she sent it home. When her sister called again, the medical personnel on duty told her she reacted to the drugs given and that they had given her hydro cortisone to counter the reactions and that after one hour, if her situation did not improve, they would transfer her to a teaching hospital after much plea from the sister asking them to transfer her to the teaching hospital. The battery of the deceased phone later went off. When the younger sister called her around 4pm of that same day, she answered the phone but complaining she has not been taken to any health institution requesting that we should come by air to take her back home. It was then the sister called Ilorin and when they said the plane had departed and another wouldn’t be available till Wednesday, she travelled to Ibadan to catch the night bus to Kano. It was on their way that the sister was called around 4am on Tuesday, that she had passed on. The death certificate issued by the Gwazo General Hospital, Kano said she had sepsis that led to kidney infection. I wonder if truly she had kidney infection, did the camp have proper medical facilities to have kept her, and why taking her to the General Hospital with no facilities to treat such ailments?”he said

Mr Oladepo wondered why she was taken to a general hospital instead of a specialist hospital when it was discovered that she allegedly had a kidney injury

"My request to NYSC is to give the family and the entire world a vivid account of what happened to my daughter between 8am on Monday that she reported to the camp clinic and the time she passed on at 4am the second morning as reported by them. The doctor on duty at the Gwazo General Hospital, Kano said she had Sepsis that led to kidney infection. I wonder if truly she had kidney infection, did the Camp have proper medical facilities to have kept her; and why taking her to the General Hospital with no facilities to treat such ailments? Hence, by implication, whatever ailment may have developed when she got to camp could not have resulted to death if she had been promptly attended to and taken care of. However, she died out of negligence and lackadaisical attitude of the NYSC. Lest I forget, the NYSC may now tell me what the relationship is between the second hand knickers she was alleged to have worn, the rashes on her body, the twisted tongue, the blood patches on her skin, the fingers and toes that turned black, the slurred speech and the kidney infection that they claimed she had. Until they give answers to these questions, we have little to talk about. This is not in a way to indict anybody but to bring out the truth of the whole scenario. Apparently, she was not taken to any tertiary hospital until she died, according to the medical certificate of the cause of death issued by Gwazo General Hospital and I quote; “She died as I’m aware or informed on the 29th of November, 2016 at 4am and that the cause of death was Septic shock and kidney injury. I’m worried about this report that she had Urinary Tract Infection leading to kidney injury. Thus, I wish to state for the umpteenth time that the cause of death as claimed by NYSC is simply contradictory! ‘’May I also recall that as she conversed with me and the sister the twisted tongue showed because her speech was slurred. We have strong cause to believe their accounts were mere fabrications. People don’t mind calling white black just to cover up. All we are saying is, the NYSC negligence sent our daughter to her early grave.''

Gunmen abduct 35 women in Zamfara State

No fewer than 35 women were abducted yesterday by armed bandits in Matankari village in Dansadau district of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State yesterday 12th December..

The armed bandits, numbering about 100, according to a source, stormed the village and started shooting sporadically to chase away people and abducted the helpless women, who were rounded up at and taken away to yet-to-be known destination.

The abduction of the 35 women is coming less than one month after about 50 people, including a serving Police Inspector were kidnapped in Maru Local Government Area, while more than 155 others were killed in four local government areas of the state, namely Maru, Mara-dun, Shinkafi and Zurmi within five days also in November.

King Sunny Ade's vintage guitar auctioned at N52. 1 million

The vintage glittering fender guitar owned by legendary music icon, Juju singer, King Sunny Ade was auctioned at N52.1 million yesterday in Lagos. The guitar was auctioned by Dr. Jogun Onabanjo, Certified Auctioneer and Chief Executive of Onabanjo and Onabanjo & Co, and is known to have been designed by Nigerian artist Victor Ehikamenor.

The artistic piece was revealed at the King Sunny Ade‘s 70th birthday concert tagged Sunny on Sunday, which had an audience comprising of Nigeria’s richest and top celebrities.

The starting bid of nine million Naira was followed by a very competitive bid by the well-heeled audience consisting of influential businessmen such as Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Mr. Femi Otedola, and more closing at N52.1 million.

While the bid was in progress, the asking price for the guitar doubled to N17m under two minutes before exceeding the N50m benchmark in 15 minutes.

The winner of the auction has not been revealed.

The concert held at the Temple Balmoral Marquee, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Photos of celebrities who graced King Sunny Ade's 70th birthday

Celebrities graced the legendary music icon, King Sunny Ade's 70th birthday yesterday. The venue of the event was Federal Palace Hotel Lagos. Check out the photos below:

See a picture of Benita Okojie as a kid

The famous Benita Okojie shared a childhood picture of herself recently. This reminds us of how she looked when she first flooded our TV screens years ago.