Julius Agwu stranded in the US as Air Nigeria shuts down

By Osagie Alonge

Julius Agwu at the recently held ‘Ghana Meets Naija Concert’ in London

Comedian Julius Agwu is lamenting about his current situation – he is trapped in the US, no thanks to Jimoh Ibrahim and the recently defunt Air Nigeria.

Agwu says he flew with Air Nigeria from Nigeria to London for his ‘Crack Ya Ribs‘ show which was held on August 26, 2012 at the plush Lighthouse Hall, Camberwell but cannot return to Nigeria now because the airline has abruptly shut down services.

The owner of the airline, Jimoh Ibrahim, had on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 announced a one-year suspension of all activities of the airline and terminated the employment of all its staff, sparing only 50.

The usually lively comedian took to micro-blogging website Twitter to complain bitterly;

Is it a Crime to support nigerian bizness, we flew AirNig to Lond, now we can’t return cos #JimohIbrahimOFR ordered a closure GEJ #WHY?☹’, @JuliusAgwu1 tweeted.

‘#JimohIbrahimOFR #JimohIbrahimOFR #JimohIbrahimOFR #JimohIbrahimOFR #JimohIbrahimOFR GEJ#WHY?????’, he continued

Agwu then asked for the suspension to commence after his return to the country. ‘#JimohIbrahimOFR… Postpone ur closure until after our return o!!!! #NaijaBizness‘.

The on-going ‘Crack Ya Ribs’ show is however going on smoothly; after staging concerts in London and New York, Agwu and his crew will be going live on stage in Houston on Saturday, September 8, 2012.

Julius' tweets

EXCLUSIVE PHOTO ALBUM: Teju Babyface and Tobi Banjoko’s White Wedding

Teju Babyface and Tobi Banjoko

It was glamour, glitterati and more at Teju Babyface’s white wedding to his beau Tobi Banjoko on the first of September, 2012.
Just like a number of celebrity weddings that took place this year, this one didn’t fail live up to expectation – the photos below tell us we are right about that.
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USA, Japan claim final day glory

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THE DAY REPLAYED – USA upset the odds to edge Germany in a battle of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup elite. Germany had comprehensibly overcome their rivals 3-0 in a Group D encounter just a fortnight ago, and went into the contest without having conceded a goal during all six matches at Japan 2012. However, a lone strike from Kealia Ohai a minute before half-time proved to be the decisive moment of the contest as USA claimed their third crown at the expense of the 2010 champions.

Earlier in the day Japan proved a popular winner for the majority of the large and colourful Tokyo crowd. Goals in either half from Yoko Tanaka and Asuka Nishikawa had the Young Nadeshiko on their way in what was a typically high-spirited display. However, 2010 finalists Nigeria have shown their resilience more than once during the tournament, and a Desire Oparanozie strike caused nerves to jangle for many in the National Stadium. Third place is Japan’s best performance, having never previously appeared in the semi-finals of the tournament.

Results
Final
USA 1-0 Germany
Match for third place
Nigeria 1-2 Japan

Goal of the day
Nigeria 0-2 Japan, Asuka Nishikawa 50

Rihanna wins top prize at MTV VMAs 2012 [Winners List]

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Bajan star singer Robyn ‘Rihanna‘ Fenty walked away with the biggest prize of the night at the 2012 edition of the MTV Video Music Awards held on Thursday night, September 6, 2012.

Riri beat the likes of pop acts Katy Perry, M.I.A and ‘familiar friend’ Drake to clinch the top prize of the night  - ‘Best Video of the Year’ award. Katy Perry and M.I.A however still walked away with other awards.  Katy bagged the ‘Best Art Direction’ award while M.I.A went home with the ‘Best Cinematography’ and ‘Best Direction’ awards.

Chris Brown beat Drake to clinch the award for ‘Best Male Video’ but Drake later won for ‘Best Hip Hop Video’ award; for his collaboration with label mate Lil Wayne on ‘HYFR‘. Host Kevin Hart made a shocking move by calling out both acts (Brown and Drake) and demanded they ‘squash the beef’ between them.

Rihanna, X-Factor alumnus One Direction, Frank Ocean and Pink were some of the top performers of the night.

Check out the full list of winner below…

Kelly Hansome releases new mixtape ‘We Built America’

Singer-rapper-producer Kelly Hansome has been off and on the entertainment grid for the last two years; His much talked about third album ‘Names of Noise Makers‘ is still yet to be released.

But Hansome has surprisingly hit us with new material – a 22 track mixtape – Heavy! The mixtape titled ‘We Built America‘ consists of previously released singles we thought would make his third LP, new covers and original compositions.

‘We Built America‘, scores a high mark with Kelly Hansome’s arrangement, brilliant remixing of older tunes and vocal performance. It’s interesting to hear him switch from singing to rap while he handles production - great talent.

Until he releases his next album, fans will overdose on this brilliant effort.

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Terry is that you

By Osagie Alonge

Terry is that you?

‘Terry is that you?‘ That’s the question fans threw at popular Nigerian rapper Terry Madaki aka Terry Tha Rapman some days ago when a controversial photo surfaced online.

The picture shows a couple kissing; the guy in the photo has a striking resemblance to Terry, but before the rapper could play down the photos, his fans (the females making up the majority of course) began asking questions.

‘I was quite surprised when I saw the photo. It’s crazy, people started demanding questions on my BBM and Twitter. I spent the whole evening trying to explain something I don’t even know!‘, the talented rapper tells NET.

‘Terry won’t be caught dead kissing in public, but it was fun to see people react to the photo‘, rapper and Terry’s close friend Pherowshuz tells NET.

Michael Phelps facing possible fine and a loss of medals after posing for Louis Vuitton

Yahoo news is reporting that Olympic swimming champion, Michael Phelps, could be in trouble for his recent photo shoot with French luxury fashion house - Louis Vuitton.

Photos of Phelps for LV were leaked on the Internet late last week, violating the International Olympic Committee's controversial Rule 40, which states athletes can't promote any non-Olympic sponsors from July 18 to Aug. 15. Punishments for the rule range from fines to a stripping of medals.

The campaign was set to begin on Aug. 16 in order to comply with the IOC's campaign against ambush marketing. Someone jumped the gun and the photos appeared on a wide variety of websites starting on the second Tuesday of the Olympics.

Louis Vuitton denies releasing the photographs, as does Phelps' camp.

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