Nigeria is $700million richer: Switzerland has returned Sani Abacha's illicit money

Close to 15 years after General Sani Abacha's the death; Nigeria’s former military ruler, the Swiss Government has confirmed it has returned the sum of $700 million to Nigeria which was stolen by the late dictator and deposited in several Swiss banks.

The Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Hans-Rudolf Hodel, revealed the figure to the media during a briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. He also hinted his country had begun proceedings in Geneva against one of Abacha’s sons -Abba, for allegedly sponsoring a criminal organisation; however he did not go into detail as investigation is still going on.

Rita Dominic's new movie The Meeting gains tones of great reviews

Award-winning Nollywood thespian, Rita Dominic has proven she isnt in the business for glamour but rather for the passion and talent.  Her new movie The Meeting has recieved great review from fans and critics. 

Following the movie premier which evoked so much applause from the audience last month, The Meeting is yet again publicly displaying its potential by pulling remarkable reviews from movie fans on  virtual space. The movie, cast and crew have been rewarded with praises on various social networks specially twitter as shown below;

Omotola's reality show "The Real Me " airs tomorrow

As recounted in an early post, here is a reminder again "The Real Me"  a reality show which potrays Omotola Jalade Ekehinde's whole life. Apparently this will give her fans an exclusive picture of her family, business, career and personal life, and also to understand the good, bad and crazy sides to her life as she calls it herself "my life is so crazy". The series will run for 13 weeks every thursday on Africa Magic Entertainment. The real me was shot in Lagos, Ghana, London, Miami and Kingston (Jamaica).

This is a Watch out!!!  The Real Me starts tomorow and will allow you the fans to redefine the context of your love for the screen Idol. 

Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw is the New Face Of Blessing Perfume.

The veteran, Kate Henshaw amongst order endorsements,  has been confirmed to be the new brand ambassador of a UK based perfume line (Blessing Perfumes) owned by a Nigerian. The deserving actress started her acting career in 1993 and has featured in over 50 movies.  The hard working diva frecently landed a gig to be a judge on the on going Nigeria’s Got Talent show which is currently a big hits show on TV.

Kate must be humbled by this deal as the Blessing perfume brand is exclusively sold in London. 

Nollywood veteran actor Enebeli Enebuwa dies of a proplong ailment

Tragedy hits Nollywood as report reached us today from India that veteran actor Enebeli Enebuwa has died. 

The Nollywood Super Statr died in an Indian hospital where he has been receiving treatment for an ailment which he was diagnosed of months back and subsequently was moved to an Indian hospital in Karu Abuja by some Nollywood actresses led by Stella Damasus. 

Straight after been reffered to the India hospital, he was flown at the expense of his home state governor, Gov Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State.

Jamaica's Alaine is to Shoot her new Video in Nairobi

Jamaican songstress Alaine is soon to jet this Thursday to shoot her new video with Kenyan dancehall singer Wyre the Love Child.This video is for the song Nakupenda Pia, which was released a month ago, and preiseley will be shoot at The Boma Hotel in South C. This will be directed by Wyre and a few people from his studio.

The new video project is part of a Samsung-sponsored promotion for the company's newest kid in the mobile block, Galaxy Music. The smartphone offers superb sound quality and superb music player features.

Up to 24 Killed in Bauchi, Borno, Kano

Up to 24 people were killed in Bauchi, Borno and Kano States within Sunday and yesterday following diverse forms of crises that hit the areas recently.

Following an armed rubbery, 10 people were declared dead in Bauchi when they tried to prevent suspected armed robbers from dispossessing innocent individuals of their property, while another three persons were killed in an early morning bomb blasts that hit Kano State yesterday.

Eleven others were killed in Borno when members of the Joint Task Force, JTF, clashed with suspected terrorists in Maiduguri, the state capital.

Nollywood actress Uche Jombo spotted without her wedding ring ?

Just six months after a secret wedding, Uche Jumbo who is one of Nollywood's diva, was recently seen at a celebrity event wearing no wedding ring. Apparently she was caught on cameras without her twain wedding bands at Ozone Cinemas, Yaba, Lagos. Although wearing a glowing red gown, Uche, who was looking glamourous as ever and replaced her wedding ring with a fashion ring, which ofcourse left many wondering about her marriage. Similar situation was in the likes of Jackie Appiah's marriage whicn has hit the rock, when rumours started after she was spotted without her wedding ring at an event. Well lets hope on this day all the executive beauty wanted to do was make a fasion statement; which is understandable. More pictures after the cut....

Tonto Dikey wins sponsorship for her new video

Photo credit: Naijamusic; Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dike hits it big once again, but this time she gets a free video shoot as winner of the Win A Video competition which was organised by Magic Factory and Nigezie in partnership with Beat FM and Naija FM.

The actress announced the news on  micro blogging site, Twitter, in the early hours of yesterday by saying, "Congratz Loverz. We jux won the Nigezie Magic factory/Beat FM 'Win a muzic video promo' Meanz I aint gonno spend a dime of ma money shootin #H' @tontolet tweeted.

The competition which kicked off few months back, is the first of its kind and is aimed at helping upcoming musicians achieve their dream of a befitting video.

Well done Tonto Dikeh...!

New pictures showing the heavily pregnant Mercy Johnson

Heavily pregnant Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson on the set of her new movie in the United State. Good to see her still active and working while pregnant.