Azuka Okah, wife of convicted Nigerian terrorist Henry Okah said yesterday Tuesday that he was her "forever guy" and that she would stand by him despite his 24-year jail sentence.

"Henry is a forever guy. No matter what, he is stable and faithful to me and I don't care what anyone else says," a visibly emotional Azuka Okah told journalists outside the High Court in Johannesburg.

"We have this forever love," she said.

Okah was sentenced on Tuesday to in effect 24 years' imprisonment for 13 counts of terrorism, including engaging in terrorist activities, conspiracy to engage in terrorist activities, and delivering, placing, and detonating an explosive device in January.

"These are serious charges...," Judge Neels Claassen said in handing down sentence.

"The accused has not accepted any responsibility for the crimes committed, nor has he shown remorse."

Okah was also found unfit to operate weapons.

His wife told journalists she was happy their four children were on holiday, and that she was thinking of how to tell them.

Tunisian referee Slim Jdidi, suspended by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) last month after an error-strewn performance at the African Nations Cup, has been retained on FIFA's shortlist for next year's World Cup.

Jdidi is now among the seven prospective World Cup referees from Africa named by FIFA to attend a seminar in Casablanca from April 27-30, the latest in a series of training camps, seminars and tests for those on the Brazil shortlist.

Jdidi, 42, was suspended indefinitely after the Nations Cup semi-final where he sent off Burkina Faso's Jonathan Pitroipa and denied a legitimate looking penalty claim but handed a dubious spot kick to opponents Ghana at Nelspruit, South Africa, on Feb. 6.

His suspension was announced the next day by CAF, who went on to rescind Pitroipa's red card and allow him to play in the final in an unprecedented bending of the rules after Jdidi wrote a letter admitting he had made an error.

Jdidi has continued to handle matches in Tunisia's Ligue 1 but has not been used for any international assignments since the suspension.

World Cup candidate refereeing teams from other continents will attend similar seminars in Asuncion, Dubai, Fort Lauderdale and Zurich in April.

Fifty-two referees, each with their own designated pair of assistants, have been shortlisted for the World Cup. The list will be cut to 30 for next year's finals in Brazil.

Boxer Wladimir Klitschko and actress Hayden Panettiere are taking their relationship to the next level.

The two love birds reconciled in January and are now planning their wedding. "Very few people know, and she isn't wearing her ring publicly yet," adds the friend of the duo, who first parted ways in May 2011 after two years of dating.

Since getting back together, the actress, 23, and the athlete, 37, have refused to confirm their relationship.
Privately, however, the 5-foot-2 knockout and the 6-foot-6 heavyweight champ are eager to legalize their match. Says the source, "Looks like a summer wedding!"

Panettiere has previously dated Heroes co-star Milo Ventimiglia and One Tree Hill star Stephen Colletti, but the actress admitted in 2011 that she prefers dating athletes. "They're in similar circles, where they understand the schedule, the work ethic, the social aspect," she explained, "but they're not exactly in your industry, so it works out well."

Nigerian Henry Okah was jailed for 24 years by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

"Effectively, the accused [Okah] is therefore sentenced to 24 years imprisonment," Judge Neels Claassen said as he handed down sentence.

On 21 January, Okah was found guilty on 13 counts of terrorism, including engaging in terrorist activities, conspiracy to engage in terrorist activities, and delivering, placing, and detonating an explosive device.

The charges related to two car bombs in Abuja, Nigeria, in which 12 people were killed and 36 injured on 1 October 2010, the anniversary of the country's independence.

The second bombing took place in Warri on 15 March 2010 at a post amnesty dialogue meeting. One person was killed and 11 seriously injured.

In both bombings, two car bombs went off minutes apart in both places. The cars were parked in close proximity to each other.

Claassen sentenced Okah to 12 years imprisonment for each of the bombings and 13 years for the threats made to the South African government after his arrest in October 2010.

The 13 years would run concurrently with the 24 years.

In January, during judgment Claassen said the State had proved Okah's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and his failure to testify meant the evidence against him remained uncontested.

Okah has denied any involvement, claiming the charges against him were politically motivated.

Father of African literature and renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has died at the age of 82. His death followed an illness from a hospital in Boston.

Achebe, 82, was most famous for his ground breaking 1958 novel Things Fall Apart, which dealt with the impact of colonialism on African society. Things Fall Apart has sold more than 10 million copies - and has been translated into more than 50 languages. He has been living in the US since 1990 following injuries from a car crash.

A novelist, poet and essayist, Achebe was perhaps best known for his 1958 novel Things Fall Apart, the story of the Igbo warrior Okonkwo and the colonial era, which has sold more than 10 million copies around the world and has been published in 50 languages.

Things Fall Apart is considered the most widely read book in modern African Literature. The book sold over 12 million copies and has been translated to over 50 languages worldwide.

Many of his other novels, including Arrow of God, No Longer at Ease, Anthills of the Savannah, and A man of the People, were equally influential as well.

Prof Achebe was born in Ogidi, Anambra State, on November 16, 1930 and attended St Philips’ Central School at the age of six. He moved away from his family to Nekede, four kilometres from Owerri, the capital of Imo State, at the age of 12 and registered at the Central School there.

He attended Government College Umuahia for his secondary school education. He was a pioneer student of the University College, now University of Ibadan in 1948. He was first admitted to study medicine but changed to English, history and theology after his first year.

Achebe won the Commonwealth poetry prize for his collection Christmas in Biafra, was a finalist for the 1987 Booker prize for his novel Anthills of the Savannah, and in 2007 won the Man Booker international prize. Chair of the judges on that occasion, Elaine Showalter, said he had "inaugurated the modern African novel", while her fellow judge, the South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, said his fiction was "an original synthesis of the psychological novel, the Joycean stream of consciousness, the postmodern breaking of sequence", and that Achebe was "a joy and an illumination to read".

May his soul rest in perfect peace.

The dynamic duo of P-Sqaure has teamed up with masked musician Lagbaja to drop a new joint titled 'Unlimited'.

'Unlimited' a first time collaboration of the 'Alingo' team and Afri-calypso master.

Here is the song for your enjoyment, check it out.

Information reaching us, has it that popular Christ Apostolic Church Tele-evangelist and the founder of WOSEM, Prophet Timothy Oluwole Obadare has passed away.

The death of the famous evangelist came as a rude shock to many Nigerians both far and near.

Obadare hails from Ilesha,Osun state but he was based in Akure,Ondo state. Obadare was blind but the vision of his ministry illuminates the lives of millions of people who have attended his crusade or listen to his preaching.

We promise to furnish you with more information has it comes.

Sssh!

Gist has it that music producer& singer Jesse Jagz has called it quit with his record label, Chocolate City. Below is his official statement:

To whom it may concern:
I, Jesse Garba Abaga (also known as “Jesse Jagz”) an artist formerly signed to Chocolate City Music label hereby wishes to notify my fans and the general public about my voluntary exit from the label.

After my initial two year contractual agreement with Chocolate City, I do not wish to renew my contract with them and as such have proceeded to continue my music career with my new team at Jesse Jagz Nation. I still maintain a cordial relationship with the management of Chocolate City and my former label mates and I wish them the best in all their future endeavors. Any further information will be passed across through my publicist but until then, have a good day.

Look out for my sophomore album JagZNation Vol. 1 coming out in July 2013.

We at mcube3 wish best of luck in your future endeavours.

One of Hollywood finest action hero, Chuck Norris has been spotted without his signature beards.

Gossip site, TMZ alerted fans of martial art hero first with the picture of Norris enjoying the great outdoors without his beard's company.

Indeed, over the course of his butt-kicking career, Norris has kept his enemies close, but his beard closer. It was there to help defeat Joe Piscopo in "Sidekicks." It stood strong while Norris knocked over numerous trouble-makers in "Walker, Texas Ranger." And, most recently, the beard gave a stirring performance in "Expendables 2" opposite Stallone’s muscles, Willis’s smirk, and Van Damme’s hairline.

Now that the beard is gone. But something tells us it will be back.

Is Norris, 73, going through a first-quarter-life crisis? Can Chuck still intimidate man, woman, and inanimate object without his world-famous facial hair? Well, of course he can. He's Chuck Norris.

Photo:Splash News

There are rumors that Chris Brown and Rihanna are planning to wed this summer. July to be precise. CB has added fuel to the speculation with recent comments he made to The Daily Star

“I love her and she loves me. That is what it comes down to. Our love is for life. We are meant to be together.”

Sounds like 'as long as they both shall live' to me...:-)

A 19-year-old boy, Felix Inia and his 16-year-old brother, Stanley are now cooling their heels at the headquarters of the Delta State Police Command, Asaba, for allegedly defiling their six-year-old stepsister, Precious Kankamor. The incident, which eventually led to the death of the victim, occurred at Ogbe-Ijoh community, Warri South Local Government Area of the state. The suspects were said to have had carnal knowledge of the minor by forcefully penetrating her, which led to severe injuries in the victim’s private part.

Besides the injuries sustained after the alleged sexual abuse, little Miss Precious later developed protruding stomach, leading to medical complications that eventually cut short the life of the victim. Investigation revealed that the suspects’ mother got married to the father of the deceased after her first marriage ended with the death of Mr. Inia. The now embattled mother moved into her new marriage with her teenage sons, who unsuspecting, had eyes on little Miss Precious immediately they stepped into their new home.

They allegedly carried out their ignoble mission last month when they were left with the victim at home while others had gone out for the day’s activities. According to a police source, the younger Inia, Stanley, allegedly lured his elder brother, Felix, into the act. “The younger brother said he sold the idea to his elder brother. He (Stanley) assured his brother that there was nothing to be afraid of and that he (Stanley) had been doing it with other children in the area,” the source told Daily Sun. Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Famous Ajieh, confirmed the arrest of the suspects, adding that they would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.

Ajieh said the command was also investigating four suspects who were arrested during a raid on suspected criminal hideouts in Kwale in which one Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and nine live cartridges were recovered. Besides, Ajieh stated that the command’s special patrol team code-named Dragon 11 also attached to Kwale axis, while on routine patrol, intercepted two men on motorcycle who had in their possession one brownie pistol with tempered breech number. According to him, one of the suspects, Chukwudi Nwafor has admitted ownership of the firearm, which he claimed he bought in Jos, adding, however, that the matter was still under investigation.

It wouldn’t have been so cool telling you about this if I didn’t know most of you ladies are dying to shop in Dubai if you haven’t-most of the ladies I’ve met lately are regular Dubai shoppers.

The shop, Dragon Mart sells ladies’ products ranging from a Dh25 virginity soap that promises to tighten muscles, to a Dh60 (about N2570) gel that claims to push your ‘hip up’, dozens of dubious products are selling like hotcakes at various outlets of the ladies’ shop.

“Our virginity soap has honey extracts and is very effective,” said a salesperson suggesting it be used at least twice a day to get its benefits in about two weeks.

Firmer buttocks, he claimed, could take a bit longer, as one needs to apply the gel for about a month. None of these products conforms to health stipulations.

But retailers swear by them. Ask them if the products have any side effects and the standard response is: “No. It’s all herbal.”

The ‘no side-effect’ claim is repeated for almost every ‘miracle’ product you enquire about, whether it be the ‘super slim bomb’ tea or ‘slim bomb’ capsules, or stuff you can eat or drink to target specific body parts like your belly, buttocks or thighs.

“You can lose even 13-14kg a month with this tea,” boasted a petite salesgirl, claiming she had herself used the tea.

There is however a warning you must read before you get on the next plane to Dubai; the Ministry of Health has urged residents to exercise caution while using herbal products as some of them might contain harmful chemicals.

Several weight loss products were taken off the shelves in recent times after it was found they contained adulterated substances.

Dr Anil Awatramani, general practitioner at Unicare Medical Centre said: “One should be aware of the efficacy or side effects of any product that one is using.

“As a doctor, I would not personally recommend products without knowledge or evidence about their efficacy or side effect,” he warned

Fast rising artiste and student of Lagos State University,  Damilola Olaniyan popularly known as Damino Damoche was today shot dead by a gang of unknown men suspected to be cultists in front of the institution’s campus at Ojo, Lagos.

Channels TV reports that the singer was on the street in-front of the school when the gang drove by and shot him on the head.

The late Damilola was a final year Banking and Finance student and had just finished writing a test before the incident happened. He has produced various songs including two of his popular hits, “Dadubule” and “Obo to she”.

As at the time he was murdered, he was working towards completing his album.

This is so sad. May his soul Rest In Peace.

Sweet Mothers’ is a concept created to celebrate mothers by showcasing the many sides of motherhood. Mothers make the greatest impact in our generation on a daily basis and this concept is a new and viable way to ensure motherhood keeps being inspiring even as we in turn inspire our mothers, therefore, the ‘Sweet Mothers’ project.
The sweet mothers project started with an event tagged M18-MET which was derived from the 2012 mothers day date and the nature of the event i.e mothers on the 18th mobile Event Train which led the sweet mothers crew to homes of the nominated mothers within Lagos, and was a success with lovely gifts for the mothers from our sponsors and supporters, the sweet mothers crew gave each mother a cake, voucher for eight yards of Ankara, voucher for free make up, and a certificate of Mother Hood.

The sweet mothers project will be celebrating mothers almost every day because our mothers deserve more than just a day out of three hundred and sixty five (365) days, therefore the sweet mothers crew will unveil the official website on march10 during the sweet mothers Ball 2013 which will take place at the sweet sensation multipurpose hall Opebi Ikeja, Lagos

Sweet mothers is a platform where the views of our beloved mothers are shared so as to reach out to a new generation of aspiring mothers through their knowledge and experiences in bringing up their kids, running their homes and building great careers.

The SWEET MOTHERS BALL is a dinner created for mothers and their beloved ones on the mothers’ day and having mothers from different sectors to share their views and opinions on motherhood
For table reservation simply send and email to; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
For sponsorship and participation, call 08038469287, 08094419501, 07034750443,
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It debuted on pay TV channels sometime last week i think and now its here for for your viewing.

JX Entertainment/Edge Records presents music video for XP's previously released single 'Calabar Lo'Nishan' Remix, featuring Reminisce, Olamide and Skales.

The remix video of 'Calabar Lo'Nishan' has good picture quality and resolution.

Check it out below!