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Tuesday, 22 January 2013

BIG BROTHER AFRICA 8: How To Become a Housemate

Big Brother Africa 8 is here again and this time M-Net promises it’s going to be the biggest and best edition you have seen. So ensure you register now before it is too late, as registration closes 14 February 2013. See below for ways on how to apply for this year’s edition.

Peter Okoye and Lola Omotayo just welcomed a baby girl.

RIHANNA shows off her stunning curves in this sultry snap as she strips to a skin-tight white bodysuit.

The 24-year-old Bajan beauty uploaded the cheeky snap to her Instagram page as she was dressing for her latest magazine shoot on Sunday.

When Justin Bieber mooned the camera over the weekend, the message was received loudly, clearly and nakedly by a whole bunch of people.

33,333,554 and counting, to be exact, as Bieber has taken over once again as the most followed individual on Twitter, regaining the title he once owned from Lady Gaga, who is stuck at a paltry 33,328,937.

The eighth edition of Africa’s biggest reality series BIG BROTHER AFRICA kicks off in May and already fans of arguably the most successful television franchise ever seen on the continent are asking…who will the new housemates be? Who will find their name and their faces gracing newspapers, their profiles loaded to websites and blogs? Who will become the subject of drive time radio and just who will find themselves heating up the Twitter-sphere?

At this time there is no way to know this but if you meet the entry requirements and enter between now and Valentine’s Day on February 14, you may well be among the superstars in waiting and may find yourself flirting with fame and fortune!

Tinsel’s Uru Eke answers ‘Ebuka’s 10 Questions’ on Rubbin' Minds Live - “No Iyanya please!”

On the last episode of Rubbin’ Minds on Channels Television (21 January, 2013) host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu discussed the African Cup of Nations and The Future Awards National Enterprise Conference holding this Saturday, January 26.

British mum Lindsay Sandiford has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking.

The woman, originally from Redcar in Teesside, was arrested in May after police in Bali said they found 10.6lb of cocaine in the lining of her suitcase.

Her abductors have set the 78- year-old kidnapped mother of the Speaker, Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Mr. Kombowei Benson, free.

A reliable source confided in Vanguard that Madam Betinah Okunwa Benson was freed at about 10pm last night after eight days in kidnappers’ den.

Cops raced to Chris Brown's Hollywood Hills home Monday ... after someone called 911 and reported a domestic incident involving a gun, but we're told it was all a prank.

Law enforcement sources say ... the caller claimed a mother and father were in a fight and the father went to another room in the house to get a gun. At that point the caller hung up, never mentioning it was Chris Brown's house.

Five months after the Prince Harry naked pic scandal, The Spare is back from his tour of duty and opening up about his now-infamous Vegas weekend.

"I probably let myself down," he told UK reporters in an interview following his stint in Afghanistan. "I let my family down, I let other people down."

The General Overseers, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said same-sex marriage will wipe out humanity.

Adeboye spoke at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, during a thanksgiving organised by the Joint Christian Mission of the university.

Lindsay Lohan's ego might be her downfall --, she just shut down a lucrative offer to do "Dancing with the Stars" ... because she doesn't want to do reality TV.

Sources close to Lindsay tell us, the actress was made several offers to join the DWTS cast this upcoming season -- offers that maxed out at $550,000.

You will have heard and seen him on some of the biggest UK Afrobeat tunes from the past 12 months - from Mista Silva's "Boom Boom Tah" to Weray Ent's "ChingChangWallah" to "Catch My Heart" by Ezi Emela to the Afrobeats remix of Lemar's 2012 comeback single "First Time" - and now, the multi-talented UK Afrobeats stalwart SKOB - who has been hotly tipped for huge successes 2013 - kicks off the year with the brand new music video for his latest single, the massive "Yen Ye Ni Biom (Do It Again)", for your viewing pleasure.

Even though he is tall and handsome, which are the main criteria most ladies look for in their dream man, Uti Nwachukwu has remained single even after clocking over 30.

Meet Noah Odemwingie, Son of Nigerian Soccer star Osaze Odemwingie and wife Sarah Fallon; born Sunday 20th January.

According to Odemwingie via is twitter account; the baby has since been named Noah!

For a long time the likes of Manchester United and Real Madrid have boasted about being the ‘biggest’ club in the world with the most supporters, but there’s never really been a way to find out if that’s true.

Well, with the football world having whole-heartedly embraced social media that might have changed.

Prince Harry on Kate Middleton Pregnancy: Thrilled!

En route home from war, Prince Harry "can't wait" to become an uncle this year and is "thrilled" Prince William and Kate Middleton are expecting.

"Obviously I'm thrilled for both of them," he said, joking, "It's about time."

In an interview in Afghanistan, where he served since September, the prince says he had chatted with the couple when their news was released.

Today Nigeria will be playing at the AFCON 2013, hosted by South Africa. Who the last time they hosted won, but many say because Nigeria was not there to defend its crown.

A Nigerian commercial sex worker in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State, Nkechi Okafor has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for allegedly stabbing one of her clients, Abiodun Sarumi to death.

For years, Lagos doctor, Tunde Soleye and ex-beauty queen, Nike Oshinowo were a hot item on the social scene. This was on account of their high-profile marriage. On the one hand, Dr. Soleye, a popular Lagos socialite, who owns Duro Soleye Hospital in Lagos, which he inherited from his late father, had been linked to many big babes.

And on the other hand, Nike Oshinowo enjoyed cover pages of many celebrity magazines. She was also the darling of paparazzi’s for years on account of her beautiful looks and style.