Photos: Taylor Swift pictured kissing super model Karlie Kloss

Or maybe they're not kissing but whispering something into each others ears? That looks like kissing to me though...lol. The country singer turned pop singer was photographed making out with her bff Victoria Secret model, Karlie Kloss at a concert in New York on Thursday December 4th.

In the photos, Taylor and Karlie cuddled close to each other on a balcony as they enjoyed indie rock band The 1975's show in NYC before turning to each other to smooch for a few seconds. Someone took a pic and shared it online.

Taylor's management has since laughed off the lesbian report...but knowing Hollywood...o possible!

 Taylor and Karlie

Nigerian military seizes arms-laden Russian plane bound for Chad

Premium Times is reporting that a Nigeria military has intercepted a Russian plane loaded with large amount of arms and ammunition, bound for neighbouring Chad.

A security source told PT that the plane was seized early today Saturday Dec. 6th at the Aminu Kano International Airport.

The aircraft, which was headed for N’djamena, the capital of Chad, landed in Kano at about 2a.m. Nigerian time, the source said. All crew members of the aircraft have been detained by Nigerian forces. (Source - Premium Times)

Nigerian Soldier Tests Positive to Ebola in Liberia

According to a report by Associated Press, a Nigerian soldier on the United Nations’ peace mission in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola.

According to the reports, he is expected to be flown to the Netherlands for treatment, a Dutch Health Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday and would be transferred by ambulance to nearby Utrecht, the AP says.
The mission has so far identified 16 people who came into contact with the soldier, and they have been quarantined, she said. Areas the peacekeeper visited while symptomatic have been decontaminated.
The man will be the first Ebola patient hospitalized in the Netherlands. He is being treated in a Dutch hospital at the request of the World Health Organization, Freriksen said.
Hmmmm!!!

Lagos APC in Chaos Over State Primary Elections

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is not all pleased with the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, as a result of Fashola’s conduct before and during the just concluded APC governorship primary in the state.

According to PUNCH, Tinubu became angry when Fashola initially told him that he did not have a particular candidate for the APC primary only to emerge much later with a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Mr. Olasupo Shahore, as his (the governor) preferred candidate.
According to a source close to Tinubu, he was not only angry with Fashola, but was “disappointed in him.” He said anger was a mild word to use in the situation, noting that the governor had a right to have a candidate. He said all Tinubu wanted was to know his mind – But Fashola kept Tinubu guessing. He told him he did not have a candidate. Though there were signs and media reports that he was backing someone, but Tinubu could not be relying on media reports about the governor in a situation like this, Punch reports.
Fashola who was absent from the primaries, was said to have gone to bury his uncle – however, a source claims that the issue on ground was the fact that Fashola was unwilling to fund the campaign of a candidate he considered as an enemy and that Fashola was not happy with the conduct of the primary.
And according to an aspirant, who asked spoke to Punch on anonymity:

“The way things are going, there may be mass defection from the APC as even the governor may dump the party soon. Tinubu has emasculated all of us, including Fashola who is not even being given a say. “We planned to shun the primary in protest after the party refused to postpone it following our request but we all agreed to come so that we can observe it properly in case the matter is taken to court.
“In any case, the dubious manner in which the state congress was carried out is already at a Federal High Court so there is a high possibility that the result of this event will be nullified.
“Only Tinubu has the list of the delegates and most of us were not able to reach out to them. This is most unfortunate.”

Fashola to dump APC???

Check Out The Spectacular Water Bridge

The water bridge built by German government has been inaugurated. See more photos below:

Over 10 soldiers died during the Ashaka, Gombe state terror attack-DHQ

The Defence Headquarters says over 10 soldiers lost their lives during the Boko Haram attack at Ashaka town in Gombe state on Thursday December 4th.

In a statement released yesterday, the Defence headquarters said many Boko Haram members were also killed. Find the statement as posted on their website below

Terrorists fleeing Ashaka on Thursday managed to retrieve 3 truckloads full of their dead members following the defeat & heavy casualty they suffered after a fierce battle with troops in the area. The terrorists who had come in large number with heavy equipment & convoy of over 30 vehicles & a number of motor cycles, were on a mission to take control of Ashaka town, after they had operated in Bajoga & environ in Gombe state.

Troops who got wind of their intention to overun other towns pursued the terrorists while some also laid ambush for them. The terrorists were forced to abandon the mission when the troops proved unyielding. Most of the vehicles & equipment used by the terrorists for their mission, were destroyed before they chose to flee the location. Over 10 soldiers however died in the battle while those who were wounded are being treated in military hospitals.

Mario Balotelli charged by English FA over 'racist' instagram post

Is what he posted (left) racist though? English FA seem to think so. Liver Pool striker striker Mario Balotelli has been charged by the Football Association for posting an image of the Nintendo character, Super Mario on instagram and writing "jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a jew”

Just a few hours after Balotelli posted it on December 1, many people said they found it offensive and accused him of Racism and Antisemitism. 

Balotelli deleted the image after it caused a lot of controversy, denied the accusations of racism and then issued an apology on Facebook to people who found the pic offensive...

Despite the public apology, the FA still charged him.

Ballotelli submitted his observation of the post to the FA committee yesterday Dec. 5th, stating he had no intention of being racial with the photo and that he has also been a victim of racial attacks before. He was subsequently charged under rule E3, which cites as “aggravating factors” references to ethnic origin, colour, race, nationality, faith, gender, sexual orientation or disability.

The FA in its charge said “It is alleged the Liverpool player breached FA Rule E3 (1) in that his posting was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper. It is further alleged that this is an ‘Aggravated Breach’ as defined by FA Rule E3[2] as it included a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race and/or nationality and/or religion or belief. The player has until 6pm on 15 December 2014 to respond to the charge.”

See Photos: Pictures: Empress Njamah & Kids with Down Syndrome Having Fun

Nollywood actress Empress Njamah runs an NGO called the House of Empress Foundation. And here are beautiful photos from her monthly visit to the kids under her care. See more after the cut.

LOL! This Beauty's Bigger Butt has earned her the title of 'Romanian Kim Kardashian'

 Kim who?Romanian life coach and author has catapulted to fame after she posed for Playboy and had many gasping over her backside.

27 year old Alexandra Harra, writes regularly about subjects ranging from love through to success in business, and is well paid for speaking at seminars. But when she was persuaded to pose on the cover of the Romanian Playboy magazine, she suddenly found it was not her university education that people were interested in.She said.

'Someone in Romania noticed that my bottom size at 109cm (42ins) is larger than Kim Kardashian's at 101cm (39ins).'Now I am in the paper all the time as the Romanian Kim Kardashian.'

Her mother Carmen said:

'My daughter is being labelled as the blonde version of Kim Kardashian. But we don't try to imitate anyone, we're just ourselves.' 

Accoerding to Dailymail, just like Kim ,Alexandra certainly likes the finer things in life, like her Armenian doppelganger. She owns a Mercedes S 550 2015 model worth £95,000 and a Mercedes CLS 550 worth £63,000

How I ‘toasted’ my wife – Chinedu Ikedezie, aka Aki

Aww, you would love this interview, Nollywood actor, Aki recently had with the SUN newspaper, see excerpts from the interview below:

Once upon a time you were nobody, did you ever believe that you could be this big?
To start with I be somebody o, at least, I have parents who gave birth to me (laughter).  As a little boy like every other kid around me I had dreams. We all had it at the back of our minds that when we grew up we wanted to be this or that. It is only a fool that will dream of being a pick pocket or an armed robber. What I am saying in essence is that when I was much younger, I had the dream that someday I would make it. To God be the glory, I just knew that there was something peculiar about me; my life has been exceptional I must confess. Let me tell you something about my birth. My mum put to bed at exactly 12 am on the dot the day I was born; as soon as it was 12 am I popped out! One peculiar thing about my mum is that she goes to the labour room with her wristwatch and once she gives birth she records the time. And God has so blessed her she delivered like the Hebrew women; she never had complications. I came into the world at exactly 12 am on the dot on the 12 day of the 12 month of the year so that means there is something unique about me (laughter). Growing up as a tot my parents wondered how I would end up because they couldn’t even dictate to me. You know, parents have a way of knowing what their kids would be in the future. They would be like this one is going to be a medical doctor and that one is going to be an engineer. In my case, they couldn’t tell where I was headed because I seemed to have a knack for everything; that’s the making behind my life and who I am today.

Let’s look at your family background. How many were you in the family?
We were many like any other African family. I am the first son and second child. I am not from a polygamous home. I used to have four brothers but I lost one in 2009. I also have a sister; the first child of the family.

Considering your size, did your parents ever believe that you could amount to anything? That you could take the family name across the world?
It was always known that there was something mysterious about me; I have to be honest with you.

How did you get into Nollywood?
That was in my first year at IMT in 1998. Before then I was in the Debating & Dramatic Society. However, before I got into school I had acted in one or two movies so when I got into IMT, I approached those already in the know. I was like guys, I want to be like you; I want to be part of this world. I had watched both foreign and local films and seen people doing extra ordinary things and so I said to myself ‘Chinedu, one day it would be your turn to do same.’

Who were you looking up to then?
I used to admire the late Gary Colman. I thought he was a small boy like me. I used to watchDifferent Strokes back then and I was keeping my hair like him. Each time I looked at him I felt I was seeing myself; there was this resemblance. He inspired me a great deal and I took a cue from him. I was like, if Gary Coleman could do this then I could do it. And then I found out that he was a man and I was like wow! Late Gary Coleman was my mentor. Locally Kenneth Okonkwo is my role model; the way he interpreted his role in Living in Bondage was fabulous.

Didn’t you experience any discrimination on account of your size?
No, my IQ made up for whatever I was lacking. My first role was that of a seven year-old boy and I delivered and the director and producers were like wow!

How did you meet your friend, Pawpaw, Osita Iheme?
I started acting in 1998. He came into the industry three years later in 2001. I was in school then and we had a job so he had this opportunity to shoot in Enugu. He had just started acting then.  We met in the hotel lobby where we were lodged. We talked and I discovered he was a very shy fellow. Before then Amayo Uzor had been telling me that ‘Chinedu, just hang on, there is boy I have seen that looks just like you and guess what, he is in the industry and I am working on a script for the both of you.’ After our meeting, they called us and gave us scripts; that was the first time I did pure comedy. The movie was entitled Aki Na Ukwa.

Lately unlike in the past, you guys no longer hang out together like you used to. What is happening?
We started doing movies in September 2001 and until 2008 or 2009, we were paired together. I don’t think there is anything bad if we do separate jobs now. I was there three years before him and even when we were pairing, we also did our own personal stuff where we were featured separately. Somebody could come and say I want Aki for this job or I want Pawpaw; we were free to do whatever we wanted.

But are you guys still good friends?
Yes of course, we even run an NGO and a company together, Aki & Pawpaw Child Care Foundation and Aki & Pawpaw Entertainment. Even as I am talking to you, we are travelling together soon. We have a show and we just finished a job together. We have shows like five times together every year. However, people should know that we also have our individual dreams.

What is the secret to your success?
God first and I try to be myself. I try to research and learn that which I don’t know.

We understand that several times you have been mobbed overseas by fans. Can you share your experience with us?
(Laughter)  There was a day in America when Osita and I went to an eatery disguised. I had my hood on and Osita also had his so we were covered up. As we were living we ran into a bunch of American kids. How these kids got to know we were the ones still baffles me! Before we knew it they were screaming Aki and Pawpaw! Aki and Pawpaw! Even deep inside the Caribbean we are mobbed! Even white Americans are excited whenever they see us; it is crazy!

How much were you paid for your first movie?
Very interesting, you won’t believe it. I was paid N500 (laughter). I did not do that movie for the money. I used the N500 to buy a ring boiler. I was not discouraged. The title of the movie was Evil Men Part 1.

Since you came into acting, has there been any moment you felt like quitting?
No, not at all.

What has been your most challenging movie till date? 
My most challenging to date was playing the role of a seven year-old boy. I had to go back and change my attitude, my character and my entire being to play a seven year-old; it was very challenging.

Tell us about the craziest things female fans have done to you?
I like them and they like me. Yes, they are my friends. I know they love me and so they will not kill me. At worst, they will kiss me and go. I am not dating any of my female fans.

How do you react when they kiss you?
I react in such a way that they feel happy and I go my way. A lot of times they are like ‘we love you, could we have your autograph and I sign.’

Where do you sign?
Where ever they make available. I just sign and I go (laughter).

A while ago you got married? How did you meet your wife?
Just the way every other man meets his wife.

Who made the first move?
I did. Does it really matter?

How did you pop the question?
God will not forgive you if you know you love a girl and she loves you and you know you can make a family. So, what stops you from telling her you love her? What stops you from telling her ‘common baby, let’s do this.’ I just told her baby, lets do this and the rest is history.

Three years after, how many kids do you have now?
In Africa we don’t count kids (laughter).

You have also gone into movie production; tell us about the business man in you?
I do anything that maximises profit.

How did you feel when you got the MFR?
I loved it! It was just fantastic even though there was no money attached to it, I was overwhelmed.

Chinedu, are you giving back?
In my own little way, yes. Like I told you earlier, we have the Aki & Pawpaw Foundation. There was a time we wanted to do something with one very big organisations and somebody said artistes use their NGOs to scam the public. It was an obvious reference to artistes that use the name foundation or charity to rip people off! Most of the time, we use our funds for everything we do; 99 per cent of our initiatives are self-sponsored. We don’t like making noise. When that day comes when we will need help, we will reach out to people.

What has been your happiest moment in Nollywood?
Whenever I wake up and I have a script or a call to come for a shoot and I see my friends and the industry growing every day.

What has been your saddest moment?
When I see the way people are pirating our movies I become very sad because it is very ugly. It is sad that someone somewhere is feeding on your intellectual property and there is very little you can do about it; monkey de work and baboon de chop.

What are your dreams?
To be a great film maker; a renowned actor and director.

You are a product of sheer determination to succeed against the odds, what message do you have for Nigerian youths?
They should make hay while the sun shines. Use what is available and make it desirable. If you don’t have money to go to school, go and learn a trade. Today I have my brothers in the east who had minimum education but are married and are millionaires and giving back to society because they invested their time well. You don’t say because you are handicapped you can’t work. As long as your hands can move, get a computer and start learning how to make money online. Even if you don’t have legs and hands, you could still be useful. And if you are fit, look for something positive to do. I believe in the law of karma. Where are all those that did 418 back in the day? Some have lost everything because it must bounce back; that is the law of karma. Do something positive. Look at me, I chose this career because I knew what I had inside of me. If I had gone looking for conventional job, people would have made jest of me and thank God I chose this profession because it is paying off. It pays my bills, gave me a beautiful wife and it has given me an opportunity to dine and wine with presidents. I have travelled all over the world. The baseline is find something and get busy, don’t wait for government. In America there is a simple slogan which says ‘don’t think of what America can do for you but what you can do for America.’ The question is, what can you do for Nigeria? Don’t wait for government to give you a job, give yourself a job and government will ask you for a favour.

How do you relax?
If I don’t travel I relax with my wife. We go swimming and I love PS 3 to bits! I have everything that makes me happy in my home. I love travelling a lot. Looking forward to visiting The Great Wall of China; one of the Seven Wonders of The World. I love relaxing in an environment where you see nature staring at you and you are connecting with it.

Now that you are married, are your female fans still coming after you?
Did you call them my fans? They love what I do and they are still coming (laughter).

Nigerian man in UK scams women of N17million

The manNot all relationships on that kick off the social media turn out to be true love, in some cases the ladies end up being scammed. 

Four women on Match.com thought they had found Mr. Right  (Adewale Adewole, a Nigerian man based in the UK) but they weren't lucky.

They gave him their hearts and money only to get heartache and embarrassment in return.

The fraudulent heart breaker  is now facing jail time after admitting to four charges of fraud.

The married father of two allegedly scammed the women out of almost £100,000 after pretending to be a Royal Marine on Match.com, named Timmy Francis, who owned an orphanage in Africa. On one of his profiles, he had the nickname ‘Charismatic Brit,’ and on the other, ‘To live and love.’ He claimed he was looking for love.

Adewole is said to have used a picture of of an actual Royal Marine Commando called Joshua McGowan, as his display picture.

Sources say he told the women he had been robbed at his “orphanage,” and so they sent him money and paid his bills. Unknown to them, Adewole was diverting the money into his wife’s bank account. He also spent the money on expensive designer clothes, iPads, and TVs.

Investigations revealed that whenever he set up dates with the women, he would never show up.

Prosecutor, Charlotte Brandon told the court:

“‘Adewale told the women that on a trip to Africa he was the victim of a crime and needed money. The crime meant he could not access his own funds. 

He said they would get their money back and would be sent letters from the World Health Organisation to show that he would be able to pay them.

These letters were sent, but from an M30 Manchester postmark. He also sent them links to websites which, when logging in with details he gave them, appeared to show that he had a huge bank balance and would eventually be able to pay them back.

One woman was asked to pay for a hotel for him. When she rang the number he gave her for the hotel, they also confirmed the information and she agreed to pay it. 

She later received a cheque addressed to him for £35,000 to prove he had money, but this was later discovered to be a stolen cheque forged in his own handwriting.

Over a number of months each woman transferred significant sums of money via bank accounts and Western Union moneygrams and sent items to the defendant’s home address. They bought electronic items, took out credit cards and loans and bought clothes from Next. “

When police searched his house in 2012, they found a digital camera, which had been purchased by one of his victims. It contained pictures of the accused, along with his wife and children. They also found several SIM cards in his wallet, which contained the women’s contact information.

He was also in possession of  two Blackberry phones which had three different email accounts linked to the two Match.com accounts. In addition, £4,500 was found under his bed. He was subsequently arrested.

However, Adewale has denied the allegations, and has blamed the fraud on his flatmate Samson Ajayi. He told police that Ajayi had told him to help him transfer money to his relatives. He also claims that he vaguely remembers using match.com.

“The fraud was Samson’s idea. I got involved because I had a few financial difficulties at the time. 

I did not speak with the complainants. I did not know money was being sent to Nigeria but I knew it was being sent to my bank account and my wife’s bank account.

I do not know where Samson is at the moment. He travels a lot. I have no idea about the details of this fraud. I didn’t even know how many victims there were. 

But I pleaded guilty because if I had not let my bank account or flat be used, these women would not have suffered in the way that they did.

Samson said he was expecting some money. He said he had no bank accounts to receive the money so I wanted to help him. He was owing me rent at the time and this was the only way he could pay me,” he said.

The court hearings are still ongoing.

Jonathan can't end Boko Haram, they will continue if he returns —Governor Okorocha

This is what you get if a President is not assertive and his government uses kid gloves on terrorists.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said that Boko Haram insurgency would not end if President Goodluck Jonathan gets returned as Nigeria’s leader in the 2015 general elections.

Okorocha made the declaration in Akure, the Ondo State capital, during a visit to the state’s secretariat of the APC with his team to woo delegates to back him for the party’s presidential ticket.

He said President Goodluck Jonathan had proved incapable of handling the Boko Haram insurgency, and that the terrorists threat was becoming worse than the Nigerian civil war. He accused officials of the Jonathan administration of using the anti-insurgency campaign as a “commercial business like buying and selling.”

The governor said, “If President Jonathan wins the forthcoming election Boko Haram would never stop and if PDP has what it takes to stop this carnage they would have done it a long time ago.”

He said the officials benefiting did not want the insurgency to stop because they were making money from the crisis through supplies of arms and other gadgets to prosecute the war against Boko Haram.

The governor maintained that it would be difficult for the present administration to fight if its still holdup to power in 2015, stressing that some people have already been making millions out of it.

Governor Okorocha also blamed the PDP for the continued existence of the dreaded Islamist group whose attacks have claimed more than 30,000 lives. The APC presidential candidate accused the PDP of being “corrupt and incapable” of leading the country.

He added that Nigeria is in a turbulent period as a result of poverty, injustice and impunity orchestrated by Jonathan’s administration. He said Nigeria was already in a state of war and that things might become worse in 2015 if Mr. Jonathan emerges as the president. He stressed that Northerners would not take it easy with Southerners in the country.

On his chances as APC presidential aspirant, Okorocha said, “If you put Jonathan and me together in the election, I will defeat him in all the states of the federation.”