Photos from FCMB Founder, Otunba Subomi Balogun's 80th Birthday

Billionaire businessman and founder First City Monument Bank, Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun, yesterday Sunday March 9th turned 80 and to celebrate, his friends and family gathered for the grand party thrown on his behalf. A party that had the Lagos State First Lady Mrs Abimbola Fashola, Oba of Lagos, HRH Oba Akiolu, Chief Dele Momodu, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, Evangelist Ebenezer Obey and many more top society people in attendance.Pictured above is the great octogenarian Otunba Subomi Balogun with his inseparable wife Olori Abimbola Adetutu Balogun on their way to church.

Nollywood actor, Emeka Enyiocha welcomes a baby boy today, his birthday

Double Wowza, Double Jubilation! Mrs Enyiocha and husband, Nollywood actor Emeka Enyiocha who added another year today, welcomed a baby boy a few hours ago and happily the proud papa shared the new bundle of joy's photo.

Congratulations Emeka, to you & family!!!

Obesere Alleged Rape Update: Obesere allegedly Pressures Police to Strike out Case, Victim relocates to her Village after Receiving Death Threats

There were indications, yesterday, that the case involving popular Fuji musician, Alhaji Abass Akande, also known as Obesere, arrested for allegedly raping a 29-year-old business woman, Miss Olanike Olaiya, in his Okota residence may have been  transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID.

Sources told Vanguard, yesterday, that the embattled musician preferred the SCID to the  Isolo Police division because the DPO had insisted on the matter going to court. Normally, it is  the Divisional Police Officer at Isolo Division, Aminu Ibrahim, that should have ordered the transfer of the case to SCID for
further investigations. But Obesere was alleged to have used his contacts in the police to have the case transferred to SCID.

A police source also disclosed that Obesere found it difficult to pressurize the DPO at Isolo into striking out the matter or persuade the victim to accept a settlement.The source, who craved anonymity, also said Obesere contacted some top citizens to wade into the matter by persuading the DPO to soft-pedal on the  matter but they backed down when they discovered that the police have incriminating evidence against the musician.

Meantime, the victim, Olaiya, told Vanguard yesterday that she had relocated to her home town, Sagamu in Ogun State, where she is currently receiving treatment for the rape incident. Olaiya, who spoke with Vanguard on the telephone, said:

“As I speak with you, I am in Sagamu, my home town, where I have been  receiving traditional treatment since the incident occurred. I bled for more than two weeks after Alhaji Obesere raped me and inserted his ring into my private part. The incident occurred on February 12, 2014 and I have spent a lot of money treating myself.

The DPO, Isolo Police division, took pity on me and refused to give in to Obesere’s pressure to  strike out the case and God will bless him for that. But last week I was informed that the case had been transferred to the SCID and my Investigating Police Office, IPO, at Isolo asked me to come to the station on Tuesday for the transfer.

But when I got to the SCID, I discovered the IPO, who took over the case, one Mr. Jacob, I don’t know his rank, became hostile to me. You need to see how this man treated me. He started by asking me to write a new statement and when I tried to explain that I had written a statement at Isolo division, he rebuffed my explanation and insisted I wrote a new one.

Afterwards, they started threatening me. The IPO, Alhaji Obesere, and some of his brothers, who were present there, asked me to stop the journalists from publishing my story and if I don’t, I will be a dead person. I was so frightened when they said this and each time my phone rang someone would pick it up to know who was calling. Later, they discovered  I wasn’t going to break, then they started begging me and promised to take care of me. Alhaji Obesere even said he was going to take me to the best hospital for treatment.

At the end, I rose to leave and they offered to drop me in my place. The IPO also insisted that I should follow them. Instead of taking me to my area, they took me to Obesere’s house and the woman who introduced me to him was also there. While I was with them I alerted the police at Isolo and told them where I was.

But yesterday, they called after they saw the publication and started threatening again to kill me. I am highly terrified, that was why I travelled back  to my home to get some treatment.”

OMG: Biola Alabi, M-NET Africa's MD, Resigns

Biola Alabi, the Managing Director of M-Net Africa has resigned her appointment from the multinational cable/satellite content company. She since dropped her resignation letter a few days ago, and according to TheElites, this is authoritative.

Their findings reveal that Biola's resignation is mired in controversy. While some sources claim that she was forced to resign, others insist that she  did so out of her own will.

Strong lady, Biola was able to distinguish herself as one of the most accomplished and powerful women in
African media, when she sat atop the multinational cable/satellite content company. She has been at the forefront of the expansion of the AfricaMagic channels brand across the continent.

Biola once made it to the 11th position of Forbes' listing of the Africa's Most Powerful Women in the Media. She was also honoured as a 2012 young global leader by World Economic Forum. She packs more punch with her naturally appealing mien and had always exemplified the young, smart and successful woman other women aspire to be.

Meanwhile, M-Net has named Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu as its first Regional Director, West Africa.

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Revealed: MTV Movie Awards Nominations

Clockwise from top left: "The Wolf of Wall Street", "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", "12 Years a Slave" and "American Hustle"

"The Wolf of Wall Street," "American Hustle" and "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" lead the pack at the annual fan-voted April 13 awards show, hosted by Conan O'Brien.With awards season over, Oscar heavyweights and box-office juggernauts will vie for the top prizes at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
After coming up empty-handed at the Academy Awards, Paramount's The Wolf of Wall Street with Leonardo DiCaprio and Columbia's American Hustle featuring a top-billed cast will have another shot at taking home hardware at the April event, leading the pack with eight nominations apiece. Following close behind is box-office smash The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with seven nominations and the Jennifer Aniston-Jason Sudeikis comedy We're the Millers with six.
Best picture Oscar winner 12 Years a Slave, the Anchorman sequel, Dallas Buyers Club, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and This Is the End each received four nominations. Late-night host Conan O'Brien will lead the annual ceremony, which will be broadcast live from L.A. Live's Nokia Theatre on April 13 at 9 p.m. PT/ET on MTV. Often serving as a kick-off to the summer movie season, the MTV Movie Awards are voted on by the fans. (Voting for most of the categories takes place at www.MovieAwards.MTV.com through April 12, while voting continues during the show for Movie of the Year.
Several major categories have a heavy Oscar presence, with 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street vying for the top Movie of the Year award against The Hobbit and Catching Fire. Best female performance pits four Oscar nominees (Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Lawrence and winner Lupita Nyong'o) against We're the Millers' Jennifer Aniston. The same goes for best male performance with four nominees (DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, Chiwetel Ejiofor and winner Matthew McConaughey) competing against Catching Fire's Josh Hutcherson.

The MTV Movie Awards also keeps true to its pop culture roots with categories like best scared-as-shit performance (Rose Byrne, Jessica Chastain, Vera Farmiga, Ethan Hawke and Brad Pitt are nominated), best shirtless performance (Aniston, Sam Claflin, DiCaprio, Zac Efron and Chris Hemsworth are nominees) and best musical moment (This Is the End, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, Identity Thief and We're the Millers). Signature best kiss category pits Lawrence and Adams' American Hustle liplock against Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Scarlett Johansson (Don Jon), James Franco/Ashley Benson/Vanessa Hudgens (Spring Breakers), Shailene Woodley/Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now) and Aniston/Emma Roberts/Will Poulter (We're the Millers).
Perhaps the oddest combination of people goes to best cameo where Robert De Niro will go up against dynamic duo Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, Kanye West, Joan Rivers and Rihanna. Another notable nomination includes a posthumous one for Paul Walker in best on-screen duo (shared with Vin Diesel).
Jesse Ignjatovic, Lee Lodge and Jen Jones serve as executive producers with MTV's Garrett English. Wendy Plaut is co-executive producer and executive in charge of celebrity talent, with Amy Doyle as executive in charge of music and celebrity talent. Joanna Bomberg is executive in charge of music talent.
The full list of nominees after the jump.....

Bride Arrested Marrying 4th Nigerian Husband (PHOTOS)

 

A 22-year old bogus bride, Raquel Neto Furtado De Andrade, was arrested at the registry office just before she was trying to marry her fourth husband from Nigeria.

She was one of the most prolific fake brides in the UK, charging cash for giving a chance to these Nigerian man to stay in the UK.According to the police reports, she already had succeeded to marry three Nigerians and that gave them the right to stay in the UK. The police received a call from the registry office staff and arrived just minutes before the fourth ceremony. The arrest took place in London, at the Harrow register office on October 3^rd, 2013. According to the checks, she had already been married 3 times and had no divorces. 

She is charged with bigamy – two counts, facilitation – 2 counts and perjury – 1 count and will now serve a two-years sentence behind bars and deported back to Portugal (she is Portuguese) upon her release. De Andrade admitted the charges in February and on Tuesday, March 4^th was sent to Jail.

The groom was expelled from the UK soon after the arrest. He was a 32-year old Nigerian national. Now the police are looking for three other husbands to deport them from the 

UK. 

According to the fact that it is relatively easy to get the right to live in the UK – you can do that by marrying any EU national staying there, UK becomes a destination for many of those looking for easy ways. Statistically speaking, around 15,000 marriages every year taking place in Wales and England are bogus.Most brides of these fake marriages come from Eastern Europe, while grooms arrive from Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Officials are taking serious steps in controlling and reducing this number. All the registrars of the UK are co-operating reporting any suspicion over a new couple.  According to the leader of Harrow council, all the registrars have been trained to uncover and report ungenuine marriages. A jail term for those found guilty is a clear warning.
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