John Fashanu Scandal, Liz Benson quote

John Fashanu scandal

There has been a lot of 'talk talk' in Naija that former soccer
star and UN Ambassador John Fashanu got involved in a shady deal with some business partners who later granted interviews speaking ill of John, they basically said Fash the cash deceived them into parting with a lot of cash for a Tyre Protector business deal...long story...

A bitter Fashanu this week granted an interview saying his partners, Titi Onyekweli and Kayode Thomas were only out to tarnish his image "But they are not gonna succeed" he added

Here him...this is interesting...

"Both of them have been threatening my life. Four months ago in central Lagos, Titi roughened me up, but I told my security men not to touch her, that I am a man and could take her beating. I raised my hand for her to beat me and when she was tired she let my shirt go. I don't have any problem whatsoever with Titi. She says she wants her $27, 500 back but that is not correct because I never did any business with her. Apparently, she gave the money to Kayode when they were going out and now that he has left her to marry someone else, she's transferring her aggression to me"

Tyre Protector, according to John Fashanu, is the no 1 sealant in the world. It is non toxic, improoves fuel effectiveness, protects tyres against punctures and blow outs and it's environmental friendly

"You won't believe this, they went as far as telling lies against me to Paul Butterworth (Owner of the Tyre protector). Their paln was to make me loose the franchise but they didn't succeed now they are going to media houses telling lies about me"

The scandal with this story is the talk of town now, but like I said before it's a long story...the short version is, John collected money from some people, these people are now alleging that the business did not go according to how they agreed...their claim is that John collected money from them and promised they would be the only ones with the franchise in Naija only for them to find out he also collected money from other people...

But we've all heard the guy...he said he's not guilty...end of story!

Liz Benson quote

It's no longer news that one of Naija's best actresses Liz Benson is now an evangelist. She recently granted an interview and here are excerpts...

When she got born again

"I got born again in 1996, then people looked at me strangely, because alot of people didn't believe that I could give my life to Christ. I met alot of rejection, shock and disbelief"

On being ordained an evangelist

"I was ordained an evangelist last year in Calabar, by Dr Emma Isong of Christian Central Chapel International, now I go from place to place, preaching. I thought I was moving around with acting before but this is awesome. I never wanted to be a preacher, pastor or even an evangelist, but it happened, glory be to God"

Will she quit acting?

"No! Never! I liken what I'm doing with now with the case of Esther in the bible. God positioned me in the bible for a purpose and the purpose is for the upliftment of the gospel. I'm still going to practice but it is going to be structured to give the gospel of Christ enough room to go around.

On opening her own church

"I haven't received any revelation yet that I should pastor a church. So all I do now is just go around and win souls for God"

Her experiences

"Things changed for me in 2004. So, I stopped doing things that I used to do before. That was when the holy spirit decided to get my attention. This was when I started experiencing near-death experiences , like the robbery, tanker accident, my second daughter's hospitalisation, but God took me out of that"

About John, I love him, I don't care what they say...he GOOD man! Liz Benson, I'm happy she found God. We all need to find him...

What you got to say? Say...!

Nigerian Entertaiment Award

I totally agree with awards. Awards that make sense and has a purpose. People who work hard deserve to be appreciated and honoured...so let the awards keep coming.

One award that just came to my notice is the Nigerian Entertainment Award put together by an organisation in the US.




The event which is scheduled for July 21st is it's second show and the nominees, people in the music, fashion, sports, and movie industry have already been announced...

Here are the nominees for the best fashion designer and comedian



In the film category

Best Actress nominees
Stella Damascus for "Dangerous Twins"
Chioma Chukwuka for "Eagles Bride"
Rita Dominic for "Girls Cot"
Ini Edo for "Kingdom Apart"
Omotola for "Sounds of Silence."

Best Actor nominees
Nkem Owoh for "Osoufia in London"
Olu Jacobs for "Eagles Pride"
Kanayo O. Kanayo for "Desperate Billionaire"
Desmond Elliot for "Games Women Play"
Ramsy Nouah for "Dangerous Twins".

Nominees for best international single and album of the year...


My money is on Lemar and Chamillionaire

Other Nominees are...

Athlete of the Year
Emeka Okafor - Basketball - Charlotte Bobcats (he should win)
Obafemi Martins - Football - Newcastle United
Samuel Peters - Heavy Weight Boxer
Oguchi Onyewu - US Soccer
Ovie Mughelli - Baltimore Ravens



The venue for the event is the Skirball Performing Center in New York City. The Skirball Performing Center is known for its world class theatrical productions.

U.S. residents can vote for their favorite artists at www.nigeriaentawards.com and Nigeria residents can vote via SMS Text Voting. Voting begins on Tuesday May 15th, 2007. Winners will be announced this summer at the Award ceremony on July 21st 2007 at the Skirball Center for Performing Arts, NYU in New York City.

That's it! I hope it's a successful show




Here's a picture of me and Tayo of www.tayoodukoya.com. We met at the finale of Idol WA, at Planet One, Lagos. My first blogger friend. Next is Mrs Somebody...

So what you say, what you say, what you say?

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Miss Universe + Entertainment News + The Opposite House

Happy Children's day! Those of you who have children, please do take good care of them as they are gifts from God!

Tommorrow 28th May is the Miss Universe Pageant, which will hold in Mexico city, I'll post pictures from the pageant for y'all to see. Meanwhile, here are pictures of Nigeria's rep Ibinabo Johnson...

Ibinabo

In her swimwear. I don't like her look in this picture

In her evening wear
In her traditional costume...Does she stand a chance? Not to win of course...just to be in the top ten?

Here also are behind the scene pix of the contestants...

Now to Entertainment News!

Madam Tussauds just created life size replica's of orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp...the resemblance is uncanny

Introducing new kid on the block. 17 year old Lil Mama. I havent heard any of her songs but I hear she's hot!

Actress Scarlett Johansson's new Louis Vuitton campaign. She looks hot! Don't know why Justin choose Jessica Biel over her.

17 year old Jordin Sparks is American Idol winner (She wasn't the best singer in that competition)

Jordin's win is not even the issue with AI, but the fact that 25.2 million viewers tuned in to watch the American Idol performance show on Tuesday night.

That number may seem impressive but it's a huge drop from the same show last season - when 36.3 million viewers tuned in to the finale performance show.

People aren't feeling AI anymore?

One of the world's biggest fashion designers Marc Jacobs now has a Myspace page, which he started just last week!

If you write him, he'll write you back. Isn't that cool?

Eve was arrested for DUI and sent straight to jail. Lindsay Lohan did same and she was asked to pay a fine. It must be great being a white celebrity...

Rumour has it that actress Kerry Washington is gay. Anyone know if that is true?
She was at the Cannes Film Festival with SI Model Noemie Lenoir and now people are saying Noemie is Kerry's lesbian lover? This true? Anyone know?

Also, Mario Winans is said to be dating Cassie. Perfect match I think. He seems like a pretty decent guy

Kerry Washington's dress is-------?

Beyonce looks-----?

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The Opposite House

Hardcover: 288 pages

· Publisher: Nan A. Talese (June 19, 2007)

· Language: English

. Author: Helen Oyeyemi

Helen Oyeyemi may become the female Wole Soyinka of Nigeria, because of her depth as confirmed by the previews of her latest novel The Opposite House: A Novel (Hardcover)

. Book Description

In a dazzling follow-up to The Icarus Girl, Helen Oyeyemi explores the thin wall between myth and reality through the alternating tales of two young women and their search for the truth about faith and identity. Maja was five years old when her black Cuban family emigrated from the Caribbean to London. Now, almost twenty years later, Maja is a singer, in love with Aaron, pregnant, and haunted by what she calls “her Cuba.” Growing up in London, she has struggled to negotiate her history and the sense that speaking Spanish or English made her less of a black girl. But she is unable to find herself in the Ewe, Igbo, or Akum of her roots. It seems all that’s left is silence. Meanwhile distance from Cuba has only deepened Maja’s mother faith in Santeria —the fusion of Catholicism and Western African Yoruba religion—but it also divides the family as her father rails against his wife’s superstitions and the lost dreams of the Castro revolution.On the other side of the reality wall, Yemaya Saramagua, a Santeria emissary, lives in a somewherehouse with two doors: one opening to London, the other to Lagos. Yemaya is troubled by the ease with which her fellow emissaries have disguised themselves behind the personas of saints and by her inability to recognize them.

Lyrical and intensely moving, The Opposite House: A Novel (Hardcover) is about the disquiet that follows us across places and languages, a feeling passed down from mother and father to son and daughter.

You should also check out her plays in Juniper's Whitening and Victimese (Methuen Drama) (Paperback)

· Paperback: 73 pages

· Publisher: Methuen Publishing (September 2005)

· Language: English

About the AuthorHELEN OYEYEMI was born in Nigeria in 1984 and has lived in London from the age of four. She is the author of the highly acclaimed novel, The Icarus Girl , which she wrote before her nineteenth birthday; The Icarus Girl was short-listed for the 2006 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Helen Oyeyemi graduated from Cambridge University in 2006.

A young girl doing great things...such an inspiration...go check out her books.

Anything to say? Please feel free to say.

Timi is the winner!!!

Timi wooooooon! I'm so happy it's crazy.

I was there live and direct and jumped up and down like a mad woman when he was announced as the winner of the first ever Idol West Africa.


A well deserved win I might add.

Here's the profile of the Idol West Africa 2007 winner...TIMI

Full Name: Timi Dakolo

Age: 26

Place of Origin: Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Star Sign: CapricornMarital Status: Single

Educational Qualification: Senior Secondary School Certificate

Occupation: Student

Favourite Songs: ‘Dance With My Father’ by Luther Vandross

Favourite Artistes: Lemar, Micheal Bolton

Role Model: Lemar

Hobbies: Singing and Reading

Why did you enter Idols West Africa? Because I can write songs and sing effortlessly

Where did you get your music skill from? Grandma

Songs he performed on Idol...

If there's any justice in the world - Lemar

Stuck on you - Lionel Richie

Everything I do, I do it for you - Bryan Adams

Faith - George Michael

Give me the night - George Benson

Flying without wings - Westlife

How am I supposed to live without you - Michael Bolton

Oruka - Sunny Neji

Don't let the sun go down on me - Elton John/George Michael

Ain't no mountain high enough - Diana Ross

Dance with my father - Luther Vandross

Must have been love - Roxette

Timi's own words

"Dreams: looking at how far I have made it, I can't believe I made it through all the stages and phases of the competition and all the experiences have just been good, and sometimes bad. I wish my grandma was around most of all to see what has become of her favorite grand son.I have dreams and I know the living God will make them come true. Thanks for all your love cuz without u all I can't be the Timi Dakolo I am.In the famous words of Martin Luther King, "I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY"… "

Timi went home with a 26inch flat screen LG TV, DSTV dish with 3 months free subscription, 10 thousand dollars cash, Kia Picanto, and a recording contract with Sony BMG.

This is just the beginning of great things to happen to TIMI. I hope his talents and humility take him to the top where he belongs. May God be with him every step of the way...amen!

Introducing: Four Kornerz.

I heard a song some days ago titled 'Gonna make it', but the band that sang the song was unfamiliar to me. But when I love or have been moved by something, I go digging to find out all I can about it.

So I introduce to y'all, one of the biggest Nigerian boy bands in the UK, FOUR KORNERZ.

The band is made up of four brothers: Deji (27), TJ (25), Vidal (23) and Daniel (21) who combined stunning vocals with a fresh approach to music production.

Their debut single “Clap Clap”, gained rave reviews from across the music sector including Blues & Soul, Touch, I-DJ, Cross Rhythms, Live Listings and DJ Mag who gave the single five stars “one of the most incisive and irresistible soul/r&bers around”. The single also went on to receive Record of the Week at both UK leading urban stations Choice FM and BBC 1Xtra.

The Soulful House remix gained top five positions on various international House charts including Faize and TMP. The single also received generous rotation in key international territories like Nigeria, Canada, Germany and Kenya.

They opened for Styl-Plus when they came to London in March, they were also nominated for the recent Nigerian Music Award in Abuja and featured in Pride magazine.


The Nigerian-born brothers debut album 'Soulectric' will be out on June 11th this year and features the platinum-selling Nigerian saxophonist Mike Aremu amongst other noteworthy artists.


For those of you in Naija, the band will be touring in Nigeria towards the end of the year, so that's something to look forward to.


For more on these guys, visit their website, www.fourkornerz.com or www.myspace.com/fourkornerz for a feel of what Four Kornerz are about.

Naija Entertainment Gists.

Chief Osita Osadebe passes on



It just came to my notice that one of Nigeria's greatest High life artiste ever, Chief Osita Osadebe is dead. He died on Friday May 11 2007 at the St Mary's Hospital, Hartford, United States from complications arising from Bronchitis at the age of 71



Chief Osadebe was born in 1936 in Umuekeke village in Atani, Ogbaru LGA, in Anambra State. He started music as a chorister in the church. He began his music career in 1956 by joining the Empire Rhythm Skies band. He later went on to start his own band Osita Osadebe and His Nigeria Sound Makers International, creating beautiful songs mostly sang in Igbo language.

His popular songs include 'Osondi Owendi', 'Nke Onye Diliya' 'Makoyo'

He was married to several wives and is said to have over 20 children . May his soul rest in peace

D banj's Koko Clothing Line



I just heard that Ghana Music Award 'African Music Act of the Year' and Koko master, D banj, has started his clothing line, KOKO Wears.

His clothing line will also be involved in the making and designing of accessories of different types.

Other Nigerian artistes who claim to have a clothing line include Ruggedman' Rugged Wears, Sasha's Eclectic and Sound Sultan. Let's see what happens to Koko wears.

Miss Galaxy International Beauty Pageant West africa 2007
It also just came to my notice that the above mentioned beauty pageant is going to hold tommorow Friday 25th May 2007 at The Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe, V/Island @ 4: 00 prompt.

Star Prize
~ Toyota Corolla
~ Cash N500, 000
~ One year modeling contract in America

1st Runner up~ N250, 0002nd Runner up~ N150, 000

Those of you in Naija who want to attend, for ticket reservation call ~ 08026536591

Jay Jay Okocha's Restaurant



Ace footballer and former Super Eagles captain, Austin 'Jay jay' Okocha will officially open his much talked about restaurant and bar soon. The restaurant is situated on Saka Tinubu Street, Victoria Island and will be ran by his very beautiful wife, Nkechi.

Jerry Rawlings to visit Niteshift Coliseum



Former Ghanaian president, Jerry Rawlings is expected to pay a visit to the Grand House Reception, a high profile interactive session created by Ken Calebs Olumese, the owner of one of Africa's biggest nightclubs Nightshift Coliseum, before the end of june 2007.

Grand House Reception has played host of a Vice president, Senate president and several Governors.

Joan Okorodudu's 'Nigeria's Next Super Model'
Former beauty queen and the designer behind House of J'ola clothing label, Joan Okorodudu, has collaborated with National Lotto, owners of National Sports Lottery, in staging a modeling competion which they call Nigeria's Next top Super Model. Hmmmm!

The zoning of the screening of the competition has been set for Abuja, Lagos, Benin, Enugu and Port Harcourt.

The winner will go home with N1.2 million and a Kia Picanto. And is billed to hold in September 2007

So if you think you have what it takes to be a top super model, go pick your form from any branch of Spring Bank nationwide.


Dele Momodu Looses Mum



Ovation publisher, Chief Dele Momodu, on Friday May 18th 2007, lost his mum, Madam Gladys Arike Momodu. She was aged 84. May her soul rest in peace

Jimmy Jatt's Jump Off



Nigeria's no 1 DJ, DJ Jimmy Jatt, will tomorrow Friday May 25th 2007, present his 'Jump Off' to his fans. Jimmy's Jump Off is a video mix party designed to deliver the ultimate audio-visual to party goers. It's all about a venue with suspended screens, lighting effects and an elevated dance platform. The videos being played by Jimmy will be projected on a suspended screen...
gate fee: regular N2, 000, VIP N5, 000

Miss Earth Nigeria 2007
Forms @ N10, 000 available at Miss Earth Headquarters, no 15, Oheato Street, D/line, Port Harcourt, Rivista, 134, Awolowo Rd Ikoyi, Lagos.
No's to call: 08023539154, 08033427285

website http://www.missearthnigeria.com/

That's all the gist I have for y'all for now. Have anything to say? Holla