Monalisa Chinda Showers love to the less privileged

Beautiful  Monalisa Chinda recently celebrated her birthday with female prisoners in Kirikiri, Apapa. This is in consonance with the motto of her foundation, "The Arise Foundation".
    She donated food items, clothes, deodorants and other gift items to inmates and encouraged them to be of good behaviour.

M.I Becomes Energy Ambassador for Lagos State

Hiphop artist , Jude Abaga popularly known as M.I has been endorsed as Energy Ambassador for Lagos state to flag-off the dedication of October as "Energy Conservation Month" by the state government.
    M.I  will use his new role to participate in series of sensitization campaigns on energy conservation across Lagos.
     In an interview with him, M.I said; "I am excited to be a part of the Lagos state government energy initiative and much more to be called upon to advocate for energy conservation in a country where 24-hour uninterrupted electric power supply is yet to be realized. Way to go M.I

How I escaped death in Kenya Mall attack -- Soyinka

But for a stroke of luck, Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka would have been among the dead in the terror attack that took place at the Nairobi Westgate Mall in kenya last weekend.
    Speaking at a press conference which took place at the freedom park, Victoria Island, Lagos on friday in honour of the late Ghanian poet, Professor Kofi Awoonor who died in the attack, Soyinka led a group of writers to condemn the Nairobi massacre.
      Soyinka, who said he, like Awoonor, was invited to the storymoja/Hay Literature Festival, said he couldn't because of other pressing engagements he had elsewhere.
    Condemning the use of religion to commit atrocities, Soyinka who spoke on the theme "Humanity and Against", said; " Those who organised  and carried out the outrage on innocent lives in Nairobi are carriers of the most lethal virus of corruption imaginable -- corruption of the soul, corruption of the spirit, corruption of that animatising humanistic essence that seperates us from predatory beasts.

Pokello posts after church picture

Pokello and Elikem posted this after church picture on twitter. The Big brother Africa couple has been seen stepping out in matching attires and shoes. It seems theirs is a match made in heaven.  Goodluck to them

Olawale Ojo Wins MTN Project Fame Season 6

 

Olawale Ojo has emerged the winner of the MTN Project fame West Africa Season 6, beating 5 other finalists after rendering a wonderful version of Asa's Beautiful.
    Olawale received a cheque of N5m, a brand new car, and a recording contract. The first runner up was Immaculate, who received a cash prize of N3m, and a car.
   Margaret came third with N2m and a car, Eniola who took fourth position was given N2m. Omolayo was fifth with N1m, and sixth position was Roland  who went away with N500,000
   Olawale becomes the sixth winner this season joining past winners such as Iyanya, chidinma, Ayo amongst others.

Tiwa Savage and Winner Olawale Ojo

Niger boat Mishap claims 42 lives, 100 others missing

On friday, about 42 people drowned in a boat mishap that happened on the River Niger close to Malili village in Borgu local government of Niger state, Nigeria.
     100 others on board were missing in the boat mishap which occured around 2pm.
The Public Relation Officer, Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Malam Ibrahim Hussaini, confirm the incident to NAN in a telephone interview on Saturday.
Hassaini said the incident occurred around 2 pm when the traders were returning from Malili village back to Tunga Illo village across the River Niger, after the day’s market.
He said the details were sketchy, but the boat which had over 150 passengers capsized midway and drowned 42 people, while 100 others were missing.
The spokesman said that local divers from Malili village had recovered 42 corpses, while efforts were being intensified to rescue possible survivors or the corpse of those drowned.
“At the moment search and rescue is ongoing on the river.

“I will make the details of the incident later, but the agency has dispatch its officers to assist the villagers in the rescue efforts,’’ he said.
Hassaini said the recovered corpses would be given mass burial close to the river bank, adding that neighbouring villages had been alerted to look out for floating corpses.
The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Saidu Ndako, confirmed the boat mishap

Candlelight Vigil held for Kenya's Westgate Mall victims

Yesterday, residents of Nairobi trooped out in dozens to hold a candlelight vigil for victims of last weekends's attack at the westgate mall.
    At least 67 civillians and police men were killed when the mall was attacked by Al shabaab millitants on september 21.
     The government said on Saturday it is "at war" with the Islamist militants behind the attack as it faced questions about whether it had received advance intelligence warnings of the deadly strike.