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Beijing says olympic bid team untouched by corruption probe

July 7, 2015 A Chinese spokeswoman Wang Hui, has revealed that Beijing‘s team bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympics is unaffected by the corruption investigation into a deputy Chinese sports minister who was part of the country’s Olympic committee. The Communist Party‘s anti-graft watchdog the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said Xiao Tian, a deputy head of China’s General Administration of Sport, is ... Read More
 

Queentte Awukam crowned 2015 cross rivers most beautiful girl.

July 6, 2015 Hey EL Now Fans! Over the weekend, Calabar came to life with the 2015 Cross Rivers State Most Beautiful Girl where a bevy of beauties contested to represent the state nationally for the most beautiful in Nigeria. This year’s pageant which had the theme ‘Year of the goddess’ was organized by former ... Read More
 

Karen Igho and hubby welcome baby boy

July 6, 2015 And congratulation to Big Brother Africa 2011 winner Karen Igho and her Slavic hubby Yaroslav Rakos on the arrival of their baby boy on Saturday. Karen had the baby in New York, just a day after she wrote a lengthy letter to her unborn child expressing her eagerness to hold him in ... Read More
 

Osas Ighodaro and Gbenro Ajibade have white wedding in New York

July 6, 2015 And Nollywood couple Osas Ighodaro and Gbenro Ajibade had their white wedding at Christ the King Church, Bronx in New York on Saturday. The groom, who has his dreadlocked hair cut off, had celeb groomsmen such as Ubi Franklin, Dr Sid, Praiz and Kenneth Okolie. Osas and Gbenro had a celeb studded ... Read More
 

Upcoming singer Byno says Woju owes him $3000

July 6, 2015 So, the winner of Woju contest, upcoming singer Byno has accused Woju singer Kiss Daniel and his management of not giving him the three thousand dollar price since winning the competition in February. Byno heatedly took to his twitter account to rant about his inability to get hold of Kiss Daniel to ... Read More
 

Man spends 11 nights as castaway on newly-formed Pacific island.

July 6, 2015 If you ever saw any well made Castaway movies then you already have a glimpse into this situation. This was the lot of a British millionaire shown in a video that was posted to a social media website earlier in June, documenting his surviving 11 nights as a castaway on an unnamed remote Pacific island near Hunga Tonga. His was orchestrated, ... Read More
 

Pakistani army, non-governmental organizations set relief camps to help counter heat wave.

July 6, 2015 The Pakistan army, security forces and some non-governmental welfare organizations  have pooled together to set up relief camps across the southern port city of Karachi, to help people counter the heat wave, which has so far claimed the lives of at least 955 people. The tents were put up by the army at the entrance to the city’s biggest state-run hospital, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center. They provided free ice ... Read More
 

Tunisia’s President says the country is "in war against terrorism.

July 6, 2015 Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi  declared on June 26 that the North African country was “in a war against terrorism”. He made this remark to reporters in Sousse, as the death toll from the tourist resort shooting attack rose to 37 people. He said “We have repeatedly said that Tunisia is in a war against terrorism. This war does not only concern the police or ... Read More
 

Federer and Nishikori prepare for Wimbledon.

July 6, 2015 Tennis icon Roger Federer has said that he is in his best shape for Wimbledon in years as he aims for a record-breaking eighth title. Federer will become 34 years old in August, but still claims the second spot in the world and is a favorite of SW19. In 2014 the tennis player came close to ... Read More
 

M.I succeeds Audu Makori as Chocolate City CEO

July 3, 2015 What’s up folks! If you guessed that celebrated rapper M.I would succeed Audu Makori upon stepping down as CEO of Chocolate City record label after 10 years, then you were right, as Audu Makori made the announcement on his twitter page on Tuesday. When Audu Makori announced in April that he would ... Read More