Effiong Eton: 01/23/13

Wednesday 23 January 2013

2-year-old School Boy Kidnappers Want N150m

Kidnappers of two-year old Nigerian boy, Emmanuel Alonge, have demanded N150 million as ransom before the boy could be released.

Alonge was on his way to school on Monday in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, when he was kidnapped by gunmen and whisked away to an unknown destination.

Azadus has been on the low key for over a decade now.

Since the massive revolution hit the music industry in Nigeria, other young competitors in the industry have sidelined him. Attempts to re-launch his nose-dived music career have not yielded any positive result.

JUSTIN Timberlake has made chart history in the US with his comeback single.

Suit & Tie has achieved the most first-week plays of any track in the history of the Billboard Pop Songs chart.

The song was played a total of 6045 times across US radio stations following its release on January 14.

Guido, Guidette and baby. What's not to love about Snooki's life these days?

Former Jersey Shore star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi has shared yet another sweet photo of her family on Twitter, and baby son Lorenzo couldn’t be any cuter.

“With my boys <3 idk why I always have vampire eyes. Hmmm,” she wrote.

Jionni LaValle looks happy as can be as he holds the little man in his arms.

Shakira has given birth to her first child. For real this time!

A few weeks after Gerard Piqué pranked fans and claimed the singer had welcomed a son into the world, the couple confirmed today that Milan Piqué Mebara was born in Barcelona. He weighed in at 6 lbs, 6 oz. and mother and child are both in excellent condition.

NEWS gathered from eyewitnesses that the fire was noticed early this morning at the back of Journalists Estate Phase I in Arepo.

According to a resident, they woke up in the morning to discover that the pipeline vandals had returned to the pipeline and ignited fire in the place again.

Waje Twitted this Pic of her and Make-up artiste on the Set of "TUNNEL" FEATURING PATRICK DOYLE, NSE IKPE, FEMI JACOBS, WAJE, LEPACIOUS BOSE.

WE all know stars of music and movies are prone to cringe-making outpourings of gushiness, but Beyoncé really has raised the bar with her latest interview.

The pop singer credits the birth of her first-born, daughter Blue Ivy Carter, with improving her love life with rapper hubby Jay-Z.

Beyoncé says prior to giving birth last January, she didn’t feel confident within herself – but motherhood has changed all that.

The 22-year-old EME superstar, Wizkid has announced that he will not be releasing any album this year.

He stated this on Tuesday evening while responding to messages from fans on the social media platform, Twitter.

However, he has promised to give his fans a new thing by releasing a mixtape in April.

Sheryl Crow TOTALLY WUSSED OUT during her big highly anticipated sit-down interview about the Lance Armstrong scandal ... because she didn't answer a single meaningful question.

Crow sat for the interview with Entertainment Tonight in order to address rumors she knew about Lance's illicit use of performance-enhancing drugs for years -- but the problem ... she didn't address anything.

list of Banned [Not To Be Broadcast (NTBB)] Nigerian Music Videos.

1. P Square – Alingo (erotic dance scenes at the end of the musical video)

VIDEO: Basketmouth Offers Girlfriend For Sale

If you were offered N50 million in exchange for your girlfriend, what will you do?

Conrad Murray went from star prisoner to star witness at the L.A. County Jail ... when a FIGHT broke out between his lawyers during a jailhouse visit ... We have learned.

Sources close to Murray tell us ... Murray had been complaining about pain in his right arm and shoulder for the past couple of days ..., two of his attorneys (who are each working on different cases) raced down to the jail to check in on The Doc.

Bolanle Arowole, the 52-year-old mother of Akolade Arowolo, who allegedly killed his banker wife, Titilayo has absolved her son of complicity in the death of his wife.

Mrs Bolanle, who appeared as the second defence witness in the ongoing trial of Mr Akolade before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, said she would disagree with anybody who claims that her son killed Titilayo “because Akolade is not that kind of a child who is violent”.

She said, “My son (Akolade) from his childhood till the day he got married when he stopped staying with me has always been well behaved, had the fear of God and was never violent.

Rainstorm Wreaks Havoc In Owo

The Residents of the ancient town of Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State are presently counting their losses as a result of the havoc done by heavy rainstorms in the town on Monday night that left the roofs of over 200 houses blown off and several properties destroyed.

Some of the residents who spoke with Correspondents narrated that the slight showers, accompanied by strong storms that wreaked the havoc started at about 7:30 in the evening and lasted for about an hour.

Oscar-nominated actor Bradley Cooper says he would "love" to play Lance Armstrong in a film about the disgraced cycling champion's life.

Cooper, who starred in Silver Linings Playbook and The Hangover, told the BBC: "I would be interested in that.

"I think he's fascinating. What a fascinating character."

Paramount Pictures is planning a biopic of the cyclist, who has admitted using banned drugs and blood doping to win his seven Tour de France titles.

An Ikeja High Court, Lagos, has urged the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Chapel of Victory, Ikeja, Lagos, to maintain, “zero noise pollution” while conducting its religious programmes.

A 79-year-old neighbour, Mrs. Esther Ogunsalu, whose residence shares a common fence with the church located on 4, Sogunle Street, Abule Onigbagbo Estate, off Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos, had dragged the church before the court for disturbing her peace.

After her bout with the severe morning sickness known as hyperemesis gravidarum, Kate Middleton has taken to hypnotherapy to regain her appetite, a friend claims.

Kate “still looks at food and feels nauseous,” Jessica Hay told Australia's New Idea, adding that the Duchess of Cambridge hasn't been the same since.

She's plagued by “that feeling you have when you’ve had food poisoning and your stomach’s shrunk ... she finds it very hard to eat a full meal and gets full quickly."

The big screen is about to get a lot less handsome.

Leonardo DiCaprio told Germany's Bild newspaper this week that he's "a bit drained and is "going to take a long, long break" from movies.

It's understandable: the heartthrob certainly has been a busy man.

Katherine Webb is again making the most of her sudden rise to fame - and she's doing it once more via bathing suit!

With Katherine Webb bikini photos set to be included in Sports Illustrated next month, multiple sources confirm the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron has signed on for Celebrity Diving.

Yes, that really is a new reality show.

She may be a cougar, but it was all about the leopard print getup and ridiculously hot leather thigh high stiletto boots when Jennifer Lopez hit the streets in NYC on Tuesday.