Photos from Grammy Award 2013 Red Carpet

 The Award held last sunday.More pictures after the cut...

See winners below...
- Pop/duo group performance: Somebody That I Used to Know, Gotye featuring Kimbra
- Traditional pop vocal album: Kisses on the Bottom, Paul McCartney
- Rap performance: N****s in Paris, Jay-Z, Kanye West
- Rap song: N****s in Paris, Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis, Kanye West
- Rap album: Take Care, Drake
- R&B performance: Climax, Usher
- Traditional R&B performance: Love on Top, Beyonce
- R&B song: Adorn, Miguel Pimentel
- R&B album: Black Radio, Robert Glasper Experiment
- Rock song: Lonely Boy, The Black Keys
- Rock album: El Camino, The Black Keys
- Hard rock/metal performance: Love Bites (So Do I), Halestorm
- Alternative music album: Making Mirrors, Gotye
- Dance recording: Bangarang, Skrillex featuring Sirah
- Dance/electronica album: Bangarang, Skrillex
- Latin pop album: MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition, Juanes
- Latin rock, urban or alternative album: Imaginares, Quetzal
- Latin jazz album: Ritmo!, The Clare Fisher Latin Jazz Big Band
- Tropical Latin album: Retro, Marlow Rosado Y La Riquena
- Country duo/group performance: Pontoon, Little Big Town
- Country song: Blown Away, Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins
- Gospel song: Go Get It, Mary Mary
- Gospel album: Gravity, Leerae
- Blues album: Locked Down, Dr. John
- Folk album: The Goat Rodeo Sessions, Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile.
- Americana album: Slipstream, Bonnie Raitt
- Bluegrass album: Nobody Knows You, Steep Canyon Rangers
- Reggae album: Rebirth, Jimmy Cliff
- World music album: The Living Room Sessions Part 1, Ravi Shankar
- Children's album: Can You Canoe?, The Okee Dokee Brothers
- Spoken word album: Society's Child: My Autobiography, Janis Ian
- Comedy album: Blow Your Pants Off, Jimmy Fallon
- New age album: Echoes of Love, Omar Akram
- Jazz vocal album: Radio Music Society, Esperanza Spalding
- Jazz instrumental album: Unity Band, Pat Metheny Unity Band
- Large jazz ensemble album: Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You), Arturo Sandoval
- Pop instrumental album: Impressions, Chris Botti
- Compilation soundtrack album: Midnight in Paris, various artists
- Score soundtrack album: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
- Song written for visual media: Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games), Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams
- Musical theater album: Once: A New Musical, Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti
- Producer of the year, classical: Blanton Alspaugh
- Producer of the year, non-classical: Dan Auerbach
- Instrumental composition: Mozart Goes Dancing, Chick Corea.
- Orchestral performance: Adams: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Michael Tilson Thomas (San Francisco Symphony)
- Opera recording: Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen, James Levine and Fabio Luisi
- Choral performance: Life & Breath: Choral Works by Rene Clausen, Charles Bruffy
- Short-form music video: We Found Love, Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
- Long-form music video: Big Easy Express, Mumford & Sons.
- Historical album: The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set), Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wolfe

Chris Brown and Rihanna sighted together at the Grammys

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looks like they are back---

Fashion models cover February edition of Mania magazine

Photographer: Kelechi Amadi-Obi. Stylist: Dimeji Alara. Make-up: Bimpe Onakoya
Models: Binta Sani, Oiza Atoyebi, Ngozi Ugo, Emilia Faturoti, Moyin Arowosola.

Abuja woman accused of killing her husband discharged & acquitted

An Abuja High Court on Friday 8th February discharged and acquitted Hadiza Afegbua Abudu (pictured above right), of all charges of killing her husband, Ibrahim Abutu, (pictured left with their child).

Hadiza was accused of killing her husband in December 2011. According to the family of late Ibrahim Abudu, Hadiza allegedly used a double barrel gun in shooting her husband in cold blood, supposedly over his plans to marry a second wife.  (If you missed the story, read it HERE)


Hadiza was found not guilty and is a free woman now! 

Man shot to death at home. His pregnant wife arrested for his murder

Hadiza Afegbua, (pictured above right)as at  December 28th, was arrested by police at Utako Division, Abuja, for the murder of her husband, Ibrahim Abutu, (pictured above with their child).

Ibrahim was killed in the Parakou Crescent home he shared with Hadiza and their child at Wuse II, Abuja, yesterday morning.

When police arrived at the couple's residence, Hadiza told them she was in the kitchen when she heard a gun shot and rushed towards the direction, only to find her husband shot. She and a few neighbors rushed him to the hospital where he eventually died.

Then the man's family went to police with their story. Continue reading.

 

According to the family of late Ibrahim Abudu, Hadiza allegedly used a double barrel gun in shooting her husband in cold blood, supposedly over his plans to marry a second wife. He's Muslim.


The police recovered a gun from the scene of the incident and an autopsy will be carried out on the corpse in order to unravel the cause of his death.

Hadiza is still in police custody while investigations are ongoing.

DANGOTE SPLASHES N130M ON SUPER EAGLES FOR REACHING FINALS

The President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has splashed the sum of N130 million on the Nigerian national team, the  Super Eagles for reaching the finals in the ongoing 29th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in South Africa. 
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Queen B ,Beyonce covers March issue of Vogue magazine

In her recent interview with Vogue, Beyonce admits she doesn't read comment sections on websites to avoid getting her feelings hurt...

From Vogue Magazine 

Beyoncé cannot insulate herself from every crazy and idle rumor. When she encounters a story about herself on the Internet, she reads only the story. She stops there. She doesn't let herself scroll down into the comments sections, which have a tendency to become cruel, ad hominem free-for-all.

“Don’t scroll down!” Beyoncé advises, laughing. “You’re definitely going to get your feelings hurt.”

Former Special Court Investigator Prince Taylor Sentenced to 2-1/2 Years in Prison

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, February 11, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Prince Taylor, a former Defence investigator at the Special Court, must serve a total of 2-1/2 years on his conviction of interfering with Prosecution witnesses, Justice Teresa Doherty ruled today.
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Happy Birthday Kefee Obareki

Branama Queen adds a year to her age today.Happy birthday  to you  hip hip hurray

Meet Shakira's baby boy,Milan

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Man Tattoos His Name Across Face Of Girlfriend He Met Just 24 Hours Earlier and now They'Re Now Getting Married!

A tattooist has inked his name across his girlfriend's face less than 24 hours after they first met.
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'I Did Breast Implant But I Was Never A Stripper'- BBA Winner, Karen Igho

In an exclusive interview with the NET, winner of Big Brother Africa Amplified, Karen Igho, opened up on a variety of issues, including the reality show, her relationship with Denrele Edun and the infamous squabble at a Smirnoff gig.

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Kim Kardashian Risks Outrage fom public After Posting Picture Of Her Designer Handgun

Kim Kardashian has sparked outrage after posting a picture of a jewel-encrusted hand gun online.
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Teenager Suffers from Stroke, Rendered Blind, Brain-Damaged After Smoking the 'Fake' Marijuana

Emily...hooked up to an ECG

A teenager from Cypress, Texas, has been left with brain damage, paralysis and is unable to see after smoking 'synthetic marijuana' that she bought from a gas station last December and is also suffering a series of strokes.

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LETTER TO MR PRESIDENT

Dear President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,

Firstly, a very warm welcome from your week long trip to Switzerland and Ethiopia. How did your parley with the group of ‘Eminent Persons’ go? I hope the same you had with the leaders of Netherlands, Norway and Costa Rica; as well bosses of Huawei, Total and Coca-Cola will yield some interesting results.

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SKIN SHADES RIVALRY WITHIN AFRICAN RAINBOW

Africans everywhere must count their blessings for a unique gift in their variety of colors that occur naturally by genetics and celebrate it. While African Americans championed “black and proud” era in the sixties to reclaim their beauty, we seems to have forgotten what it took and have neglected beauty of different hair styles. Africans have become so complacent, they even bleach to heighten their skin and hair that grow naturally. 
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Govt, General Electric seal N160bn investment deal

The Federal Government on Thursday signed an investment deal of $1bn (about N160bn) with General Electric of the United States.
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Senate To Probe Corpses Dumped In Ezu River

The Senate on Thursday mandated its Committees on Police Affairs and Security and Intelligence to carry out a thorough investigation into the discovery of over 30 dead bodies that comprised mostly of males.
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BRIBERY SCANDAL: FG ARRAIGNS FAROUK LAWAN TODAY

The federal government will today arraign the former chairman of the House of Representative Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Hon. Farouk Lawan, and the secretary of the committee, Mr. Boniface Emenalo, before an Abuja High Court for allegedly receiving $620, 000 bribe from a businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola, to remove his two oil firms, Zenon Petroleum and Forte Gas Ltd, from the list of companies indicted in the fuel subsidy scam. 
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TOOTHLESS LAWS, FASHOLA LEAVE OKADA RIDERS AND TRADERS ALONE

The recent ban on motorcyclists popularly known as Okada by the Lagos State Government on 475 roads in the metropolis indicated another infamous creation of armed robbers in the state. The enforcement of its new traffic law restricting the operations of commercial motorcycles a.k.a Okada on the some of the restricted routes could add another round of congested traffic hold ups in state. Over 3000 motorcyclists have been seized by the law enforcement officials, yet Okada riders still ply some of the restricted routes in the state.
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First Bank opens banking lounges for the affluent

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has opened lounges in Lagos and Abuja, designed to provide priority services, comfort, security, luxury, as well as access to financial advisory services to customers.
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AfDB to invest $150m in Nigeria's rice production

Nigeria's quest for self-sufficient status in rice production by the year 2015 has received a boost, as African Development Bank (AfDB) unfolded plans to invest $150 million (N23.7 billion) in the country's rice value chain under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA).

According to the Chief Operations Officer, AfDB, Dr. Patrick Agboma who disclosed this yesterday at the opening of a two-day stakeholders workshop of the Bank Pre-Appraisal Mission on Rice Value Chain Development Programme (RVCP) in Abuja, the support is also part of the scheme.

Farouk Lawan, Emenalo Remanded In Prison Custody

SAN FRANCISCO, February 01, – An Abuja High Court Friday afternoon remanded the former chairman of the House of Representative Ad-hoc Committee on fuel subsidy regime, Hon. Farouk Lawan and the secretary of the committee, Mr. Emenalo Boniface, in prison custody till February 08, 2013 when their bail application is expected to be determined.

NOT ALL POLITICIANS ARE CORRUPT - ANENIH

 Former Board of Trustee (BOT) Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih has stated that although there are corrupt persons in every society not all Nigerian politicians are corrupt as some people think. 

An Open Letter To The Federal Republic Of Germany: Africa Is Not A Country

How can the German Federal Cultural Foundation believe that 2 million Euros will promote cultural relations with the whole continent of Africa (and not even involve the Africans in the process)?

K-NET Launches New Ultrafast Unlimited Broadband Internet Services Anywhere Across Sub-Saharan Africa ...Broadband Internet speeds of up to 8Mbps and retail prices starting from $30 per month

ACCRA, Ghana, February 1, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- K-NET (http://www.knetgh.com), a leading African telecommunications company offering triple-play voice, data and video services across sub-Saharan Africa, is pleased to announce the launch a new range of broadband Internet service packages which offer businesses and consumers unrivalled levels of performance and value for money.

Tell Magazine's Apology To Akpabio Insincere - Lawyer

 
 GOVERNOR GODSWILL AKPABIO

In san Francisco,   A leading legal practitioner in Akwa Ibom State, Barrister Uwemedimo Nwoko, has described as mischievous and half-hearted the apology tendered by the management of Tell Magazine in its last edition to the Governor, the Government and people of Akwa Ibom State on the malicious, defamatory and derogatory cover story it published on Governor Akpabio in the wake of the 2011 governorship elections wherein the governor was painted as a murderer and cultist.

Check out this Brymo's new ride

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Ace comedian Emeka Smith weds (congrats)

The popular comedian held his traditional wedding on the 12th of January 2013 in Warri, Delta State, the hometown of his bride, Prisca Adigwu. Their white wedding will hold this Saturday in Lagos.

Man Wins $10,000 For Having The Ugliest Face In The World

He is able to make a face the ugliest in the world and is earning $10,000.

Tang Shuquan of the city of Chengdu, China, has worked at contorting his face in the most horrible way possible. He was rewarded for his years of hard work with a $10,000 prize and medal of the Guinness World Record for the most twisted face in the world. He challenged any person in the world who can make an even uglier face he will award $15,000.

 

 

Shuquan, which looks perfectly normal when not turning his face upward, his jaw may protrude so high that it covers the lips and bites his nose. The strange face is called 'gurning. "It's not pretty.

 

 

Shuquan started doing public performances 10 years ago, and is known as the King of the distorted faces by Chinese media, according to the news media. Shuquan competed in the Guinness World Records show in Italy in March, and was finally awarded the Medal of the Guinness World Record.

N17Million Scam: EFCC Arraigns Kaduna Deputy Speaker Today

Dogara

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, has concluded plans to charge the Deputy Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon. Mato Dary Dogara, to court over his roles in a N17 million fraud.

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Assistant Pastor Charged With Having Sex With 15 Year Old Church Member

In singapore,an assistant pastor of a church was charged on Monday with having sex with a 15-year-old student.
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Guess who this is?

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Congrats to Mallory Hagan as she Wins Miss America

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Snoop Dogg Dodges Questions About Indian Gang-Rape Incident

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"If any Bollywood directors would love to have me in a movie, I am ready," he says before his first-ever India concert tour.

NEW DELHI – Snoop Dogg has landed in Mumbai for his first India visit, which will see the rapper perform in the western city of Pune near Mumbai on Friday, and in Gurgaon near Delhi on Sunday.

Oscars 2013: British Students Celebrates 'Head Over Heels' Nomination

 

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Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly of The National Film and Television School earned recognition for their animated short about a long-married couple.

LONDON – The National Film And Television School continued to uphold its track record of producing animation projects that garner Oscar recognition.
The British school was trumpeting Thursday's Oscar nomination for animated short film Head Over Heels from students Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly.
The short, which captures the emotional distance between a long-married husband and wife, is the third NFTS film to be nominated in the animated short film category since 2005.
Reckart, who wrote and directed the nominated short, described being nominated for an Oscar.
"It's such a great honor. We are so glad that this news will bring our film to more audiences around the world!" Reckart said.
PHOTOS: 2013 Oscar Snubs
The pair will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of four times Oscar-winning animator Nick Park, himself a graduate of the NFTS.
Park's fellow Aardman Animations production stable mate (and co-founder of the British animation powerhouse) Peter Lord also secured an Oscar nomination for The Pirates! Band Of Misfits, in the animation feature film category.
British Film Institute director Ben Roberts said: "It’s also particularly great to see the U.K.’s world-leading animation sector in the spotlight today. Our stop motion specialists are showcased in two films in the best animated feature category, with east London’s Three Mills Studios the home for Frankenweenie and Bristol’s unstoppable Aardman Animations behind The Pirates! Our up and coming animators are also represented, with Head Over Heels flying the flag for the U.K. in the best animated short category. I wish all the nominees the very best of luck for the ceremony on 24 February."
In addition, three other NFTS alumni have also received nominations.
Roger Deakins is nominated for best cinematography for his work on Skyfall alongside Stuart Wilson, who earned a sound mixing nomination for his work on the James Bond box office smash.
Despite missing out on a best picture nomination, the latest 007 franchise entrant scored a total of five nominations.
Elsewhere NFTS graduate Dario Marianelli also earned a nomination for his original score for Anna Karenina.

Canadian Talent Consultant Charged in Alleged Actor Visa Scam

Andrew Boryski is charged with 32 counts; “this suspect, who’s an aspiring actor himself, has landed a role in a real life crime drama” says a federal agent.

Actor Andrew Boryski was charged with multiple criminal counts for cheating aspiring actors out of thousands of dollars in an immigration visa scam, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office said Thursday in a press release.

Ellen DeGeneres to Film Segments for Talk Show in Australia

Taking a page from Oprah Winfrey's playbook, the TV star announces that "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" will film in Melbourne and Sydney in March.

SYDNEY - Ellen DeGeneres will take her talk show to Australia in March, she announced to her live audience alongside Golden Globe nominee Nicole Kidman at Thursday’s taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Australian media reported on Friday.

U.K. Police: 214 Crimes, 450 Abuse Complaints Recorded Against Late BBC Host Jimmy Savile

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Eagles’ performance bad for African football –Onigbinde

Chief Adegboye Onigbinde

Former Super Eagles’ Head Coach Adegboye Onigbinde has said that the Super Eagles’ performance against Cape Verde, tells a bad story about African football.

Tears as driver killed by LASTMA goes home

Scenes of the burial

Black Stars 3 Pharaohs 0

Kwadwo Asamaoh

Ghana recorded a comfortable 3-0 win over Egypt in an international friendly ahead of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday night.

Udinese midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu was the man to get the ball rolling for his side with the first goal in the first period, and despite occasional threats from their opponent, the Ghanaians marched on to score another two goals and claim a sound victory.

The West African giants started superbly with great inter-positional and calm passes from the heart of midfield.

Catching Up With The Fashion Trend

I have a handbag i do carry suddenly started having heavy pains and the one of my colleague told me to read this online and i was amazed.

Big hand bags are in vogue among Nigerian ladies though there are some health implications associated with the trend .

Sexy goldie enjoying life in Malaysia

enjoyment galore