Picture of the New 100 Dollar

 

This new 100 dollar bill went into circulation on October 8th this year and features a better portrait of one of the founding fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin and other improvements. See the old and new after the cut 

Photos: Jim Iyke and Nadia Buari loved up on her birthday

 

Actress Nadia Buari was a year older on Thur 21st Nov  and Jim serenaded his ladylove at a private dinner in Spain. The two are currently on a romantic trip to Europe.

More pics after the cut

Meet some of Nigeria’s highest paid CEOs

 

Leadership has unveiled some of Nigeria's highest paid CEOs and the stories behind their rise to the top, based on authoritative reports, between 2009 and 2012. Read below

Culled from Leadership 

Being a successful and influential chief executive officer takes hard work, guts, sacrifice and a more-than-average knowledge of how the business environment works. Many who wish to be successful and influential wonder how others have achieved great things, thinking such feats are impossible in their bid to toe same path.

Nigeria boasts a slew of successful CEOs in almost every sector – banking, oil and gas, sports, health and manufacturing. LEADERSHIP Friday unveils some of them. Find the report after the cut...

Funke, Waje, Omawumi, Oge Okoye at Multichoice @20 event

 

Funke Akindele, Waje and Omawumi looking quite lovely at the Multichoice @20 event. The pay TV company celebrated its 20th anniversary on Sunday 17th November 2013 at Eko Hotel & Suites. See more photos after the cut...

Photos from Davido's birthday party

 

Davido's 21st birthday party held at Pavada Lounge in V/I on Thursday November 21st. Terry G, Tonto Dikeh, Sasha P, DJ Jimmy Jatt, and Vixen were at the party. See more photos after the cut...

Monalisa and Rukky Sanda at Monalisa's magazine launch in Lagos

 

Monalisa Chinda in Jewel by Lisa, Rukky Sanda in Alexander Wang at Monalisa's magazine launch yesterday at Intercontinental hotel in Lagos.

Allure Vanguard's 5th Edition Women On Wellness & Awards Gala Holds Today, Saturday November 23!

       

 

All is now set for the 5th edition of Women on Wellness (WOW) seminar which holds today Saturday November 23, 2013. This year's edition which holds at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, "is poised to bring on the WOW factor through a rediscovery expose, in an edition themed "Rediscovery".

The event, divided into two segments will begin with a seminar in the morning and Awards Gala in the evening. Expected to speak at this year’s event are seasoned professionals from the United States, the United Kingdom and Nigeria. They will educate guests and provide free consultations on issues that are relevant for today's woman and man during the Wellness seminar that kicks off by 9am.

Speakers include USA based Dr. Don O. Ogu who will speak on "Managing your Sleep: a necessity for optimal health, cognitive functioning and emotional health", Dr. Aham Onyike will speak on Othopaedic Wellness: the direability of health habits for improved conditions of the musculoskeletal system while Dr. Abayomi Ajayi of Nordica Fertility Centre, Lagos will speak on "Family Wellness: Inspiring new perspectives in Holistic healthy lifestyles for Family wellness".

Other speakers include Dr. Chukwuemeka Onyewu will speak on Reconstructive/Cosmetic Surgery: Exploiting Minimally Invasive Approaches in Aesthetic and Reconstructive Health and Wellness while Ms. Eryca Freemantle will speak on Reconstructive Make-up, Fitness and living Well".

Keynote address will be delivered by Chief Executive officer and Managing Director, Bank of Industry (BOI), Ms. Evelyn Oputu. Ms. Oputu will speak on "Opportunities to Financial Wellness: building financial capacity as a valued health model.”

Award winning, London based fashion designer, Adebayo Jones will add spice to the event when he speaks on "Image, Style and Fashion: minding the Gap".

Established in 2008, the Women on Wellness (WOW) seminar put together by Allure Vanguard was instituted to create a platform to engage women and provide relevant information with a view to bridging the gap between women and wellness by engendering total development of women through public enlightenment programmes and public discourse of salient issues that affect women and men alike.

Bola Tinubu's daughter installed as the Iyaloja of Lagos State

Former Lagos State Governor Ahmed Bola Tinubu's first daughter, Folashade Tinubu Ojo was installed as the new Iyaloja of Lagos and the President General of the Market Men and Women of Nigeria, taking over from her late grandmother, Habibat Mogaji, who died in June this year on  October 29th .

The installation took place at the palace of the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu 1. Before her new appointment, Folashade was the Deputy President General of the Market Men and Women.

'I'd love to have Genevieve as my wife' - D'banj says in new interview

He granted an interview to reporters on Wednesday which was published in Punch today where he talked about his career and his relationship with Genevieve. And guys, please stop all this 'it's just a publicity stunt' It wasn't. They didn't just date, they were madly in love. Read the interview below.

Singer, Dapo Oyebanji, aka D’banj, finally opened up on his love life in a rare meeting with journalists in Lagos on Wednesday.

The self-styled Kokomaster was clearly in his elements as he talked at length, amid occasional bouts of laughter, about his career and other issues that were important to him. One of the subjects was about his rumoured relationship with Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji.

Judging by the manner in which the actress’ name kept popping off his lips, it was obvious that D’banj had a very soft spot for her.

Aware that the grapevine had bristled with the rumour that he was romantically involved with Genevieve, ever since she appeared in the 2010 video of his hit song, ‘Fall in Love’, the singer said the actress had played a role in his success.

“Apart from the fact that she is my friend, she has been a part of my success. There is no way you are going to tell my story that Genevieve’s name will not come up because she featured in my biggest song of all time, Fall in Love. So if E True Story comes to Nigeria to interview me, she will definitely be called upon to tell my story,” he said.

As if to confirm that there was more to his relationship with the actress than he had always admitted, D’banj added,

“I would love to have Genevieve as my wife. We never can tell what God plans for us in the future. I have studied her and I realised that anyone that has her as his woman has found himself a treasure. Just like the Bible says, any man who finds a wife, finds a good thing.”

On remaining relevant, he said:

Photos: Julius Agwu shows off his new born son...

Julius and his wife Ibiere welcomed their second child, a son named Zadok Chubuike Julius Agwu, on Monday October 7th. Julius was in Nigeria when his wife gave birth in a hospital in the US. Father and son have finally met.

D'banj gets Guiseppe Zanotti sneakers from the designer himself

Italian shoe designer holding up a pair of his famous custom Guiseppe Zanoti sneakers which he gifted to D'banj. D'banj posted the photo on his instagram page and wrote;

When u are big, u are big, when u large u are in charge.. I'm humbled big G !! also a huge thanks to Tonya Merritt best agent In the world! #ilovemyteam #guiseppeZannoti

When you're gifted custom shoes from a world renowned designer, you're on a different level, mehn!

Photos: Nigerian acid attack victim Naomi Oni has eyebrows restored

21 year old acid victim Naomi Oni, who was disfigured for life when an unknown person wearing a niqab threw acid in her face as she walked home from work on Sunday December 30th 2012 in Lodge Avenue Dagenham, east London, (read all about it HERE) has had her eyebrows restored after it was burnt off in the horrific attack. (Above pics: Naomi before the attack, after the attack and now)

The acid burned off the skin on her face and scalp and left her temporarily blinded. She lost her eyelids, eyebrows and some of her hair in the assault. Fortunately doctors have been able to rebuild her her features, including taking skin from the back of her ear to make new eyelids for her and now new eyebrows. See more more photos after the cut.

Nigeria’s 1st 5-star hotel, Intercontinental Lagos, opens in grand style

Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo; Oba of Lagos, Oba Riliwan Akiolu; Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN); Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Olusola Oworu; Chairman, Milan Group, Ramesh Valechha and Managing Director, Milan Group, Rajesh Valechha, at the grand opening of InterContinental Lagos.

Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) has opened Intercontinental Lagos, it's first hotel in Nigeria and the company's first Intercontinental Hotel in West Africa. Continue...

InterContinental Lagos is also the first luxury 5-Star hotel to be built in the history of Nigeria and the tallest hotel in West Africa.

Plane carrying Agagu's remains and 20 passengers crash in Lagos

A chartered Associated Airline plane carrying the corpse of late former Ondo State governor Olusegun Agagu, his family members and friends of the family, crash-landed near the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, shortly after take off this morning. The plane was enroute Akure from Lagos where the late politician was to be buried tomorrow.

At least 11 people have been confirmed dead. !

Terry G releases new promo shots

More photos when you continue...

You’re a very bad man' how 4yr old confronted Kenyan mall gunman who gave him chocolate & begged for forgiveness

 

A four-year-old British boy caught up in the Kenya mall massacre showed astonishing bravery by confronting a marauding gunman who ended up begging for his forgiveness, UK Daily Mail reports.

Elliot Prior, from Windsor, Berkshire, told one of the terrorists that he was a 'very bad man' as he protected his mother, Amber, who had been shot in the leg, and six-year-old sister Amelie. Incredibly, the attacker took pity on the family and bizarrely handed the children Mars bars before telling them: 'Please forgive me, we are not monsters.'

His story emerged as sporadic gunfire continued to ring out from inside the mall early today as Kenyan security forces battled Al Qaeda-linked terrorists into a fourth day.

Despite Kenyan police assurances that they had taken control of the building, a security expert with contacts inside the mall said at least 10 hostages were still being held by a band of attackers, possibly as many as 13.

(Picture above) 4 year old Elliot and his sister Amelie hold Mars bars next to a dead body outside the Westgate mall after being given the chocolate by a gunman who spared their lives. Continue..

"We're not against our father's new marriage' Iwuanyanwu's kids say

 

One of the daughters of billionaire businessman Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has rubbished reports making the rounds that they are against their father's marriage to the 26 year old daughter of one his late wife's close friends. I was reliably informed that they kicked against it initially but backed down after their father threatened to deal with anyone who gave him headache over his intentions to marry a much younger woman - but the children say it's not true, so let's believe them.

His daughter, Mrs Nwadiuto Iheakanwa, the MD of Champion newspaper told Encomium magazine:

Forbes list of the World's Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists 2013

 

Diddy tops this year’s Forbes list of hip-hop’s top earners, pulling in $50m over the past 12 months - June 2012 - 2013. See the top 20 highest paid hip-hop artists below...

1.Diddy - $50million
2. Jay Z - $43million
3. Dr Dre - $40million
4. Nicki Minaj - $29million
5. Birdman - $21million
6. Kanye West - $20million
7. Lil Wayne - $16 million
8. Wiz Khalifa - $14million
9. Ludacris - $12 million
10. Pitbull - $11million
Continue...

Chinese man has new nose grown on his forehead after losing his nose in a car crash

 

A 22 year old Chinese man named Xiaolian has had a new nose grown on his forehead after loosing his original nose in a car accident. Xiaolian had the treatment to create a replacement for his original nose which was infected and deformed following the accident in 2012. He actually left his damaged nose unattended to after the accident which led to the infection and eventual deformity, leaving the surgeons unable to repair it.

Surgeons in China were left with no option than to create another nose for the man to breathe properly and then transplant it to the original place. The nose was created by placing a skin tissue expander onto Xiaolian’s forehead. This was cut into the shape of a nose and was supported by cartilage taken from the man’s ribs. Continue...

Ribadu blasts ex-IGP Okiro, describes him as corrupt, 'shameless'

 

Former EFCC chairman Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has responded to former Inspector General of Police Mike Okiro who said yesterday that Ribadu lied when he claimed that he (Okiro) was behind two assassination attempt on his life and not Ibori. Okiro said in a statement released yesterday that Ribadu is an inveterate liar and desperately wanted to be IG. Ribadu has responded to Okiro, calling him corrupt and a shameless liar. See his press statement below...