Yesterday was exactly 6 months since more than 200 Nigerian girls were abducted from school by the terrorist group-Boko Haram.
Though the disappearance and the fight against Boko Haram, a group which has gone on to abduct more girls since then is not making strong headlines, singer Alicia Keys has not forgotten about the girls.
She held a protest in New York yesterday, holding #BringBackOurGirlsNOW to remind world leaders that, the girls are still missing and something must be done NOW.
The Black Stars toiled to a fortuitous 3-1 victory over Guinea’s Syli Nationale in Tamale with a result that catapulted them further ahead of the chasing pack in qualifying Group E.
Asamoah Gyan’s early goal put Ghana ahead, but Guinea pulled level barely twenty minutes later. An Andre Ayew penalty set Ghana on the way to a lacklustre win, before Agyeman Badu’s injury time strike put a layer of shine over what had been a barely tolerable performance.
The 1-1 draw in the first leg left Ghana with only one win in three games, so the Stars were in search of a win and showed significant intent early on. Rabiu Mohammed and Jordan Ayew had early openings, but once again the magic was reserved for captain Asamoah Gyan.
Solomon Asante embarked on a slalom run through the Guinea defence, and his short pass found Jordan Ayew and Asamoah Gyan two on one against the guinea goalkeeper. The youngest son of the Ghana’s football maestro set up his skipper, who coolly slotted home.
Considering the rate at which Nollywood celebrity marriages are falling, Mercy Johnson must be doing something right—perhaps the others should see her for a portion of the charm.
It emerged today that Mercy Johnson Okojie and her husband-Prince Odi Okojie have welcome a second baby, an indication that their marriage is solid
“The latest celeb kid in town was born today October 15, 2014 at 12.49am EST (5.49am Nigerian Time). He was born at the St Joseph Hospital, University of Maryland, Baltimore” reports That1960Chick.Com.
From BeyondGossip.Com
Forbes just released the list of highest earning dead celebrities… and once again the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, tops the list.
Michael Jackson earned an incredible $140 million to top the highest earning dead celebrities list again. Over the last 12 months, the King of Pop released an album ‘Xscape’, but much of his earnings were from Cirque du Soleil shows—Immortal, which is now the seventh highest grossing tour of all time, plus his half of the Sony/ATV publishing empire and his own Mijac catalogue.
Elvis Presley follows second on the list with 55 million dollars in earnings. The King of Rock n Roll got much of his earnings from the Graceland museum.
Full list of the highest earning dead celebrities below…
It looks like even the plane is not safe anymore when it comes s*xual assault as US authorities say Michael Tanouye, 29 s*xually assaulted a female passenger in the toilet of a Japan Airlines flight, barricading the door as the victim’s mother and flight attendants tried to rescue her…
The woman was returning home to Japan with her mother after a four-day holiday when she went to use the bathroom—and then the man forced his way into the toilet to attack her.
Luckily, the woman was able to push the emergency button while attempting to fight off the man, according to FBI documents.
The man then blocked the toilet doors from the inside while the woman’s mother and the flight crew as well as other passengers struggled behind the door in an attempt to rescue her, reports Yahoo.
Musician producer and co-judge on the NBC hit series, The Voice -Pharrel Williams has graced the cover of annual’s Men’s issue of EBONY magazine.
In the magazine, Pharrell speaks candidly about how the tragic death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. impacted him as a Black man, husband and father.
“I don’t talk about race since it takes a very open mind to hear my view, because my view is the sky view. But I’m very troubled by what happened in Ferguson, Mo.”
We can look at this increasing phenomenon with two lenses, that is; it may feel bad as a celebrity or what others call a ‘local champion’ in your own right and then when you struggle to step out of your country—no one recognises your status. If this is the order and you have one of the bloated egos of some of our Ghanaian Celebrities—you would become desperate to pull in certain tricks, just to feel relevant.
The other way of looking at this is that, all these people are really not celebrities—and increasingly, they’ve bought into the unwarranted hype we give them to make money from their butts, so when the reality sets in while away, they fail to accept the truth since their judgements are clouded by the delusion. This sets them off to do what they believe should be done for them. This is a matter of a person believing in his or her own lies—pretty dangerous.
Being a celebrity sucks but from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, celebrities take pride in their status and love the accompanying attention—either good or bad.
When it comes to places with well established celebrity/pop-culture, we have a whole industry of aggressive photographers who follow (literally stalk) celebrities all around, taking photos of whatever they do and selling these photos to the media—ranging from the blogs to the numerous TV stations.
Even in these established celebrity/pop culture societies, the celebrities play some basic tricks to grab more attention or stay in the media. Celebrity blogger-Perez Hilton said in an interview some few years back, that the celebrities tip off the paparazzi where they are eating or hanging out, so that these photographers will rush to find them.
This is awkward as these cash making machine companies seem to be failing to understand that people are human beings and not robots—and procreation is essential part of our lives, far important career or work.
It’s been revealed that Facebook and Apple are offering women employees the chance to freeze their eggs– by paying for them, so they can have propose having babies and work.
“The extraordinary perk is aimed at boosting the number of women staff by allowing them to focus on their careers without sacrificing the opportunity to have children later in life” says MailOnline.
The two Silicon Valley giants are the first major employers to offer the procedure for non-medical reasons – and they are ready to pay £12,500 a time to cover the cost of putting the eggs on ice plus an additional £300-a-year for deep freeze storage.
Have you ever been to a wedding where you take it upon yourself to worry and have a little bit of ‘pity’ for the newly-weds (maybe because I’m empathetic)? The first question that crops into mind is …what are they going to eat and keep aside for rainy days?
People put themselves in so much financial mess because they’ve decided to have ‘seks’ and live together….legally/in an acceptable way. The fact that we can pay for something does not mean we can afford it.
Affordability is paying for something without even feeling the pinch afterwards. When couples go ‘sympathetically’ broke after their fantasy wedding – they simply couldn’t afford it. If you ask me, a wedding in itself is a liability if I need to squander all the little monies I have put away over a long period of time in one day. Unless of course my husband is extremely rich to give me that dream wedding…
Hiplife legend-Reggie Rockstone and his Nima guys forming VVIP are back with a new single-OMG and they are confident it will become a Christmas anthem in Ghana…
After the success of their first single as a group-Selfie and the remix version which featured Hollywood actor-Idris Elba, the group is set to take over the airwaves again with this one, produced by Magnom.
Reggie is swiftly proving that he was a good addition to the group, as his punchlines are still capable of staging a knockout, yet they come with a new coat of maturity.
To be frank, we love it out here so hit the play and let’s know what you think!
Listen to OMG (Oh My Goodness) below…
A second health worker in the in Dallas, Texas has tested positive for Ebola, health officials say.
Just like the previous nurse-Nima Pham, this health worker also treated Liberian man Thomas Duncan, who died last week after becoming the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the US.
Meanwhile, nurse Nima Pham, has received a plasma transfusion donated by doctor-Kent Brantly who beat the virus few weeks ago.
Many African Americans on social media are of the view that, the statements which say Dr. Kent Brantly offered blood transfusion for Thomas Duncan as a cure but he was his blood type so it was not possible is not true and that he was left to die because he was black.
According to the UN’s Ebola mission chief, the world is falling behind in the race to contain the virus.
Currently, Liberia’s transport Minister has gone into quarantine after her driver died from Ebola—pretty scary.
Apart from the Big Brother concept providing pure entertainment for viewers all around the world, I do personally see any other genuine benefits this reality TV has—except of course to the eventual winner and to the few other participants who may come out with some sort of stardom subsequent to certain gross violations of their personal dignity.
For the purpose of this discussion, I will narrow down the in-house happenings of the many versions of Big Brother to the one we have in Africa, popularly called Big Brother Africa (BBA) which has become an annual ‘something’ to look up to on the continent.
If you are one of the few people who think like me, you may probably have asked yourself what may push someone to be part of this sort of human experiment—that is what it is to me, and nothing more. Except that one person is given a chunk sum of money at the end of the experiment by virtue of the fact that people at their homes have voted for this person as the best in that experiment.
Do not be misled by the amount of dollars the organisers give out to the ultimate winner, the reality TV show is certainly one of the many tacky modern day businesses, being run by certain ‘smart’ people who may have more respect for money than other human beings writes Akosua Abebrese on BrutallyUncensored.Com.
I wouldn’t wholly blame the organizers for staging this unworthy human experiment which basically cages human beings (let’s say desperate human beings) in a house, and place cameras all around the house just for others to relax at their homes and watch these human beings live. Personally, I even struggle to find what is entertaining about watching other human beings sleep or just do whatever they do for about 2-3 months.
But the above is a decision individuals should be allowed to take—as to how they want to use their time, useful or for such things.
My real worry springs from how EXPLOITATIVE organizers of Big Brother Africa have become—and since I am a woman, I will take keen interest in how the integrity of female housemates is uninterrupted disrespected as part of the entertainment the show brings to viewers.
There is this bit of Big Brother Africa called-Shower Hour and this basically is; cameras are also put in the bathrooms for viewers to see the housemates take their shower. And interestingly, each year women participants despite knowing of these cameras take their showers totally NAKED—unmoved by morals or the disgraceful fact that the whole world may be watching.
Perhaps you will need to see a video from the shower hour (provided below) and you will clearly understand the sort of disrespect that these women allow themselves to be part of—all for this thing called fame or money.
