CHAN SEMI-FINAL: Ghana 4 - Nigeria 1

Joshua Tijani of Ghana battles with Christantus Ejike of Nigeria during the 2014 CAF African Nations Championships football match between Ghana and Nigeria at Free State Stadium in Free State, January 29, 2014
Ghana beat Nigeria 4-1 on penalties. The sides ended goalless after extra-time in the African Nations Championship semi-final at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Wednesday night.

The Final will be between Ghana and Libya, while Nigeria will face Zimbabwe for the bronze medal on Saturday.

The Black Stars played with 10-men after they had Kwabina Adusei sent off in the 64th minute for a second bookable offence.

American folk singer Pete Seeger dies at 94

United States folk singer and activist Pete Seeger, whose songs included Turn! Turn! Turn! and If I Had A Hammer, has died at the age of 94.


He died at a New York hospital after a short illness, his grandson said.

The BBC reports that Seeger gained fame in The Weavers, formed in 1948, and continued to perform in his own right in a career spanning six decades.

OMG! Thelma O'khaz Is Now A White Lady.

If you have been familiar with the Nigerian Movie Industry for quite a while like myself, then you would understand my shock and utter dismay at this latest development.
A hitherto beautiful Nubian princess in all standing- Ms Thelma O'khaz over night transforms herself into this shameful picture?

No thanks to the bizarre trend of skin bleaching in Nigerian celebrity circles. No one seems to be content with their true self. What are they looking for? Why the falsehood?
Why mess up you skin this way? i just can't seem to understand it.

Well, guess its true what they say. 'different strokes for different folks'. what ever makes them sleep better, cause at the end of the day - it ain't any of our business.
see what she looked like before the transform.
photos below...

Cute pic of Peter Okoye and daughter, Aliona

A cute pic of Peter Okoye looking after his daughter while mum shops. See another photo of Aliona with both her parents after the cut...

Court ordered Secondary school student to pay N50,000 for stealing N500 kola nuts

A secondary school student, Kolawole Abiodun, 20, on Tuesday admitted before an Omu-Aran Upper Area Court in Kwara that he stole kola nuts worth N500.

Abiodun, who lives at Isanlu area of Ilofa, headquarters of Oke-Ero Local Government Area, was arraigned on a two-count charge of trespassing and theft.

The Prosecutor, Insp Abibat Ogbaru, told the court that the accused committed the offense on Sunday at a kola nut farm in Igbo-Ijemo, Ilofa.

Akpabio Backs Jonathan For 2015

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday pledged his support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 re-election bid and called on the President to declare his intention to run without further delay.

With the call, Akpabio, regarded in party circles as one of the President’s die hard supporters, appeared to have belled the cat on Jonathan’s re-election bid.
Akpabio’s call is coming on the heels of a resolve by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, to poach prominent members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to counter the gale of defections from the ruling party to the opposition.

The Akwa Ibom governor promised to deliver to the President all the delegate votes from his state, just like he did during the party’s 2011 presidential nominations. “We did it in 2011 and I assure Mr. President that Akwa Ibom will do it again.

Cobhams Asuquo Along Side D'banj, ambassadors for ONE Agriculture campaign

African Union has declared 2014 the year of Agriculture and D'banj & music producer Cobhams Asuquo have been picked as ambassadors by ONE organization to champion the movement in Africa. Congrats to them.

We Will Conquer Boko Haram - Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday assured that the tempo against the Boki Haram sect will change with the appointment of new service chiefs.

He gave the assurance while paying homage to the Lamido Adamawa, Alhaji Barkindo Mustapha, at the palace in Adamawa.
Stressing that the excesses of the violent group will be curtailed, The President expressed condolence to the people of Adamawa State over those who recently lost their lives due to the insurgency. About 72 persons were reportedly killed in two attacks in Adamawa and Borno on Monday.