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Janelia to shoot Sexy Nana in Hollywood Janelia Nigerian-American singer, Janelia, is planning to shoot the video of her newly released single,  Sexy Nana , in Hollywood, California, United States. Born of an American father and Nigerian mother, she worked with a Nigerian producer, Young D, on the new song which is currently travelling round the social media and airwaves.  “Plans are already on the way to shoot the music video in the US. Janelia is considering either shooting it in Hollywood, California or in Washington, DC which is known for having a lot of urban and exotic clubs that play Naija hip hop and afro beats. Either way, Janelia promises that the music video for Sexy Nana  will be super hot and sexy,” her promoters say in a statement. Some of Janelia’s recent performances include, the Face List Awards in New York. During this performance, she paid tribute to honoree, Angelique Kidjo, with a soulful acoustic version of “Agolo”. She was ...

Meet first female president of the Central African Republic Interim President, Central Africa Republic, Catherine Samba-Panza After years of crisis and political violence, Central Africa Republic began the first phase of its transition to democratic civilian governance by electing Catherine Samba-Panza to act as an interim President. A study of the political history of the country showed that Samba-Panza is the first female to become the president of the country. She emerged after former president, François Bozize, was presurised to stepped down by the international community amid violent clashes between Muslim and Christian groups. Who is Samba-Panza? The 59-year-old former Bangui mayor was born on June 26, 1954 in Fort Lamy, Chad to a Cameroonian father while her mother was from CAR. She studied law in France where two of her three children still live. Before getting into politics, she worked as a corporate lawyer. She was also active in a women’s rights o...

Michelle Obama looks fabulous at 50 The First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, turned 50 last week Friday, and she did not hide her excitement as she took to twitter to announce, “Excited to join Barack in the 50+ club today… check out my @AARP card!” Obviously, one of the first birthday gifts she received came from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), an open 50+ club. As expected, the First Lady celebrated her milestone birthday in presidential style at the White House on Saturday night – a day after she clocked 50 – with a star-studded guest list, including Samuel L. Jackson, Smokey Robinson and Magic Johnson. With strict rules to wear comfortable shoes, Smokey Robinson, Samuel L. Jackson, and Rachel Ray danced their butts off at The White House all night. But not to be outdone, one of the guest stars, Jennifer Hudson, also performed at some point. The Oscar Winner and former American Idol took to her Instagram page just af...

Men started eyeing me as a teenager –Munachi Abii Munachi Abii Munachi Abii is a former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria who later became a rapper. She tells  Ademola Olonilua  about her career and early days. What have you been up to lately? You haven’t been in the news recently. Is it a deliberate decision? Yes it is a deliberate decision. I’d rather be in the news for a good reason. A good reason would be something positive. My video for  No Tomorrow  just got released, so I’m promoting that. Speaking of your new song, it seems different from what Muna does. Why is that? I’m not one to put myself in a box. I started off being a conscious rapper, which I still am, but then I went through a process and  everyone was telling me what they felt was the key to survive in this industry. At first, I let that get to me but then I realised that one only lives once. Why not explore it all but be true to what you love? That is what I am doing; everyth...

Elders urge Amaechi to cancel rally in Ogoniland Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi Elders from four local government areas that make up Ogoni have called on the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, to cancel his plan of leading a rally of the All Progressives Congress and the Save Rivers Movement to Bori, Khana Local Government Area on Saturday (today). The elders, who spoke under the aegis of Concerned Ogoni Elders Forum, made this call on Friday shortly after their meeting to address the political crisis rocking the state. Amaechi had vowed to lead the rescheduled rally organised by the Save Rivers Movement in Khana after the previous meeting in the area was botched by hoodlums suspected to be militants. The group maintained that it was necessary for the governor to shelve the idea of holding a rally in any part of Ogoniland in order not to heighten the tension in the area. Leader of the forum, Chief Kobani Bere, explained that all political ga...

Jonathan stops SSS from quizzing Obasanjo Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo The Presidency may have put on hold its earlier directive to  the State Security Service  to investigate the weighty allegations contained in the controversial letter  written by  former  president Olusegun Obasanjo to  President Goodluck Jonathan in December last year. Saturday PUNCH learnt that the Presidency decided to halt the investigation of  the issues raised in the former president’s  letter in order to amicably settle the rift between President Jonathan  and his political benefactor. It was learnt that notable political leaders in the country were already engrossed in moves to bring the President and Obasanjo together. It was further gathered that security operatives were directed   to stop the investigation as a result of the ongoing efforts in high political circles to broker a truce between the two political figures....

Oyinlola may regain position in PDP –Investigation Former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola Suspended National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, may soon regain his seat at the national secretariat of the party. Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday indicated that this was one of the possibilities of the reconciliation move to be embarked upon by the new leadership of the party. Apart from Oyinlola, a former governor of Osun State,  a former National Auditor of the party, Mr. Bode Mustapha, may also be brought back to his position. If the move succeeds, the present occupants of the positions, Prof. Wale Oladipo and Adewale Adeyanju, secretary and national auditor respectively, may lose their positions. Oyinlola was reinstated by the Court of Appeal after he was removed by an Abuja Federal High Court,  but few days after the landmark judgement,  the National Working Committee o...

Otudeko’s $48m suit against Dangote for hearing Feb. 6 Otudeko and Dangote A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Tuesday fixed February 6 to hear a suit filed by Oba Otudeko against Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the Nigerian Ports Authority over a land dispute. Justice Okon Abang adjourned the case at the instance of the counsel to Dangote, Mrs Fola Sowemimo, to enable her to file written statement on oath. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Otudeko, Chairman of Honeywell Group, had filed the suit in 2006 at Justice Ramat Mohammed’s court. He is claiming $48m against the defendants as damages for breach of contract over a 10.8 square metres of land within the Lagos Ports Complex, known as the 5th Apapa Wharf Extension. In the suit, the NPA, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Dangote Industries Ltd, Dangote and Greenview Development Nig. Ltd, are listed as first, second, third, fourth and fifth defendants respectively. NAN reports that the suit was subsequen...