The late Lugard who once served under the administration of Lagos State chairman of Actors' Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rising slumped and died at about 5: 30pm while training at the National Stadium yesterday.
The AGN members are still yet to come to terms with his untimely death
May His soul find repose!
The Super Eagles since their triumphant arrival into the country have not only been lavished with praises from fans, friends and Nigerians as well, millions of naira in cash and kind have been expended on them.
Before their grand reception party at the Aso Rock Villa where they rewarded with cash prizes and plots of land by President Goodluck Jonathan, business mogul, Mike Adenuga gave out a Range Rover Sport, Posh apartment in Lagos and $200,000 to Stephen Keshi, other players were also rewarded.
Recently, the Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan named the Asaba stadium after Super Eagles coach who hails from his state. In another reception held at the Asaba international
event center in Delta State, the ex-footballer was given N8m cash and a duplex. Daniel Amokachi, Sylavnus Okpalla and Ike Shorunmu got N4m each, Warri Wolves players; Sunday Mba, Chigozie Agbim, Azuibike Egweke and Brown Ideye got N5m each, others got N2.5m each.
A day ago, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State while commending the team for their hardwork and victory in the AFCON tournament also doled out cash prizes to them. Stephen Keshi, got the sum of N2.5 million, while his assistant, Daniel Amokachi got N2 million and captain of the team, Joseph Yobo, N1.5 million. Four other assistant coaches got N1.5 million each.
The 22 members of the team got the sum of N1million each and N500, 000 per goal for each of the 11 goals they scored during the tournament, while N15 million was donated to the backroom staff of the Super Eagles.
We hope and sincerely pray they win the World Cup.
A blogger friend of mine told me about her marriage 2years ago but I didn’t believe. So I’m as surprised as you are. She and her husband kept it away from the public.
They got married in 2005, have a private home in the UK and were planning to have kids this year.
Andrew Harvey during an interview on NET revealed that he spoke to Goldie the day she died. He posted these pictures in her memory. I still don’t know how the Prezzo ‘equation’ came in, however, Andrew has asked him to stay off their family!
Talented actress, Foluke Daramola got married today to a socialite cum business associate, Kayode Salako. The low-key traditional wedding which coincides with her birthday took place today at Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos.
Foluke’s first whirlwind marriage to a politician produced two kids, Kayode on the other hand also used to be married. His estranged wife moved out of their matrimonial home some months ago.
As her fans, colleagues and friends continue to express shock over her untimely death, Kenyan rapper and her Big Brother Africa star game colleague with whom she was romantically linked wrote this emotional tribute on his facebook page.
God saw you were getting tired, and a
cure was not meant to be
So he put his arms around you, and
whispered come with me
With tearful eyes we watched you, as
we saw you pass away
Although we love you deeply, we could
not make you stay
Your golden heart stopped beating,
hard working hands at rest
God broke our hearts to prove to us…
He only takes the best
Prezzo I gathered is in Lagos to pay tribute to the deceased singer! Meanwhile the main cause of her death hasn’t been revealed.
It’s been pretty difficult crafting an intro for this particular story, yes people die everyday but Goldie’s death sent millions of shock waves. Here was a person who still replied her Valentine messages on twitter yesterday- hours before she gave up.
Susan Bimpe Harvey popularly called Goldie died few hours after returning from US where she attended the Grammy Awards I gathered complained of severe headache before she collapsed and was rushed to Reddington hospital where she breathed her last.
Kenny Ogungbe, CEO, Kennis Music, the label which Goldie was signed on till her death, who understandably is still reeling in shock has issued a terse statement regarding this unfortunate incident.
“With a deep sense of loss, we announce the shocking death of our darling music star, Goldie Harvey. Goldie, 31, died on Thursday after she complained of a severe headache shortly after her arrival from the United States where she went to witness the Grammy Award. She was rushed from her Park View, Ikoyi, Lagos residence to her official hospital, Reddington, Victoria Island, Lagos, where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival at exactly 7:30pm in the evening.
We consider this period a gloomy moment for us and the entire Nigerian music industry in view of the circumstance in which she passed away; the abundance of talent she exhibited in her short but eventful music career and the various opportunities her trip to the United States of America would have availed her. She is survived by her father, step- mother, brothers and sisters.
We deeply sympathise with her family and fans all over the world and very grateful to all and sundry, especially, the vibrant Nigerian media for their concern and prompt reportage. We shall keep everybody informed as events unfold as we are devastated by the sudden loss.”
The remains of the Ekiti Indigene has been dislodged at the Lekan Ogunsola Memorial House of the Ikeja General Hospital. Friends, colleagues who were spotted at the hospital include Denrele, Kenny and I’d Ogungbe, Uti Nwachukwu, Karen Igho, STV presenter Yvonne ‘Vixen’ Ekwere and a host of others.
May her soul find repose. Amen!
Nigeria’s victory in the just-concluded African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament is still reverberating. The February 2013 FIFA world rankings has emerged the best ever after several months.
In the ranking of African teams, Nigeria has moved from its 10th place to fourth position and in FIFA’s rankings, they claim the 30th position.
Go Naija!
February 2013 ranking for 50 countries
1) Spain
2) Germany
3 Argentina
4 England
5 Italy
6 Colombia
7 Portugal
8 Netherlands
9 Croatia
10 Russia
11 Greece
12 Côte d’Ivoire
12 Ecuador
14 Switzerland
15 Mexico
16 Uruguay
17 France
18 Brazil
19 Ghana
20 Belgium
21 Sweden
22 Denmark
23 Chile
24 Bosnia- Herzegovina
25 Mali
26 Czech Republic
27 Norway
28 Japan
29 Montenegro
30 Nigeria
31 Romania
32 USA
33 Hungary
34 Algeria
35 Paraguay
36 Serbia
37 Australia
38 Korea
Republic
39 Peru
39 Republic
of Ireland
41 Turkey
42 Panama
42 Tunisia
43 Bolivia
45 Venezuela
46 Ukraine
47 Zambia
48 Bulgaria
49 Slovakia
50 Haiti
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| Toni Payne |
In the spirit of Valentine, Toni Payne’s whispering friend, UN Ambassador of Peace and Convener of Charity Lounge, Amb. Chaste Inegbedion penned this poem to her. It’s a simple but nice one!
Enjoy!!!
RAVISHING ANGEL
To a woman
Whose love speaks aloud
Strong, bubbly
Virtues of no count
Ravishing angel
Accept my cheer
Brainy, talented
She’s an immense dear
It’s a special day
A special moment
For this lady
May goodness trail
More Exploits
Wings to her dreams
Eternal smile
Plants that pretty face
I could never wish you pain
Fulfilling years in delight
Hail Toni
My Queen of Spotlight
Moments (www.momo.com.ng); an authentic entertainment portal for news revolving around top-notch film stars is set to debut in Lagos, Nigeria.
Published by Movie Moments Limited, a wholly Nigerian Nollywood media and awards company founded in 2012, it seeks to be the premier destination for everything Nollywood. Movie Moments Media offerings are designed to engage users with online content and free services on the Web.
Billed to launch on February 18, 2013, Movie Moments seeks to become Nollywood’s premiere news source where Nollywood enthusiasts can access latest information, movie trailers, photo shoots, locations occurrences and gossip.
The announcement of the upcoming launch on social media was warmly received by Africa’s leading woman Genevieve Nnaji, Present AGN president, Ibinabo Fiberisima and Nollywood sweethearts, Funke Akindele, Doris Simeon and Nse Ikpe- Etim.
“Welcome to the industry, I have high expectations about the launch of Movie Moments, well done,” Genevieve Nnaji says.
“I am eagerly looking forward to the February 18 launch date,” Nse Ikpe Etim confessed.
Dividends of hard work: The victorious Super who arrived the country yesterday were treated to a grand reception party at the Banquet hall of Aso Villa in Abuja.
Before announcing and presenting some of their prizes, President Goodluck thanked the entire team for their victory in the just-concluded tournament and most importantly for making the nation proud.
”I thank coach Stephen Keshi and all members of the team who have worked very hard and played with great focus, dedication, artistry and patriotism to make Nigeria the proud champions of Africa once again after 19 years of setbacks in the competition.” He added.
All the 23 players and the four assistant coaches got a cash gift of N5m while the team’s coach, Stephen Keshi was given N10m. The other crew members got N2M each.
The team was also conferred national honours. Keshi was conferred with the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) while his assistants; Sylvanus Okpalla, Ike Shorunmu, Daniel Amokachi and Valerie Houandinou as well as Eagles captain,Yobo were conferred with the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON). Other players got the Member of the Order of Niger (MON).
