Singer, Seyi Sodimu of the 'Love Me Jeje' fame is sad at the moment. He has just lost his elder brother, Ken Kayode Sodimu, a popular Washington DC Metro Police Officer and United States Of America Homeland security protocol officer.

Ken who was a former disc jockey served as a great inspiration and played a key role in Seyi Sodimu's music career passed on early Monday morning, April 8th, 2013 at the John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Maryland, USA, after battling with a protracted illness.

The popular DC Metro Cop officer would be buried on the 28th of April, 2013 in Washington DC, USA. He was aged 52 and survived by parents, siblings, wife and 3 children.  

Devastating! Three months after she had one of her arms amputated, 24 year-old Law graduate, Funmi Lawal, who was diagnosed of malignant sarcoma (bone cancer) in August 2012 is dead.

The cancer had spread to her lungs and she could no longer breathe without a respirator. She passed on this morning at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

May her soul find repose

Here's a previous post on her

http://loladeville.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/pls-lets-save-funmi-lawal.html

If there's one celebrity who has been nursing a flawless skin for a long time, it has to be former beauty queen, Adenike Oshinowo. The socialite looks pretty young on the April cover of TW Magazine.

Captioned "This is who I am", the socialite Nike sets the record straight on her marriage, seperation and battle with endometriosis.

Fast-rising artiste Abideen Abari, popularly called Barry J has released another captivating single, 'Go under'. This is a follow up to his widely-accepted debut song, 'Ibadie' which was released last year.

Barrijuana as fondly is one of the artistes to look out for in the Nigerian music industry. His Go Under song was produced by Don Adah

Hulkshare :http://www.hulkshare.com/w9wky48zo0zk / BARRY JAY – GO UNDER

A 30-min documentary which chronicles the events that led to the January 2012 nationwide protest against fuel subsidy removal by President Goodluck Jonathan has been produced.

Titled "Fuelling Poverty" and produced by , award-winning Nigerian filmmaker Ishaya Bako, the film which features literary icon, Prof. Wole Soyinka combines real footage of committee hearings, forums, demonstrations and interviews with animated slides and simple graphics to create an altogether engaging experience.

The film was recently screened at the Lincoln Center theatre in New York and received a private showing at Sahara Reporters and Global Information Network in New York. The documentary according to Executive Producer Jude Ilo, has been received very well in Nigeria but TV stations have refused to air it.

Source: Sahara Reporters