#ChrissyTeigen and #JohnLegend welcome baby number 2!

The Couple who already have 2 year old Luna announced the arrival of a new addition to the family on twitter a few hours ago..

Somebody’s herrrrrrre! 🍼🤗🍼🤗

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) May 17, 2018

 Congratulations to the Legend Family..

#ViralVideo; When Nigeria's Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris Turned the word Transmission into a tongue twister..

Please lets say Transmission together please..Trans..mission..

But it might seem as though our police boss had a problem pronouncing that word..

He reportedly giving a speech obviously written for him at a recent function,and the word Transmission basically f**ked him up!

You hear him say it like a million times, it just became tongue twisting for him, he would say I mean,no transfusion,affirmative,then you simply hear kidnappers and thats it!

Even help from probably the speech writer dint do him any favours,the word Transmission was simply out to get him!  😈😒😒😖😞😣🙉🙅

 See the videos below..

No wonder somebody refused to go to the Senate..

Nollywood in Mourning as Actress Aishat Abimbola AKA Omoge campus passes on..

The Nigerian movie industry has been hit with sad news of the passing of passionate actress Aishat Abimbola.

The star thespian is said to have been battling with cancer for 3 years before eventually succumbing to the disease in Canada where she does have dual citizenship.

Tributes have since been pouring for the actress from far and near.

May she rest in peace!

Toke Makinwa's Vlog of the week; Men are selfish!

The Media personality is sharing on her thoughts on Tyler Perry's Acrimony in this new Vlog..


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Omotola Jalade Ekehinde steps out all glam for president of Sierra leone's inaugural reception..

The actresses was among the special dignitaries invited by the new president of Sierraleone Julius Maada Bio for his the Inaugural reception and 54th Birthday party.

The actress chose this jaw dropping number for the celebratory night..

#BBNaija star Cee-C stuns in no makeup photos..

The popular reality star showed off her no make up look in these shots..

BBC Hausa Women’s Writing Contest 2018 - now open!

The BBC Hausa short story writing competition is now open for entries from all women writing in Hausa, irrespective of their nationality or experience.  

Entries must be engaging works of fiction on any topic and should be between 1000 to 1500 words. A panel of judges will select one winner and two runners-up.

Jimeh Saleh, Editor of the BBC Hausa Service, says: “Since launching it two years ago, the competition has provided a platform for budding and established women writers to showcase their creativity and share their stories. We had over 400 entries last year and the stories had unique and fascinating perspectives on the daily challenges women face especially in Hausa communities.”

Last year’s edition of the annual contest was won by Maimuna Sani Beli. The panel of judges termed her idea about exploration of life after death as bold and creative. 

Maimuna Sani Beli said:

“Up to this period, whenever I remember that moment when I was informed of my emergence as the winner of the BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Contest for Women, I smile to myself. Even though I was known as a fiction writer, I was only known within a narrow circle of the reading public that had read my books. But now anywhere I go and I mention my name people recognise me as the BBC Heroine.  Winning this competition has opened a lot of doors for me in the world of fiction writing.”

The first edition was won by “Sansanin ’Yan Gudun Hijira”, a story narrating the plight of the victims of the Boko Haram crisis.

Entries are to be submitted to labari.bbchausa@bbc.co.uk by midnight July 8 2018.

BBC Hausa audience will be able to hear a selection of the stories on air in the coming months. The winner and two runners up will each receive a cash prize and plaque at a special awards night in the first week of  October in Abuja. 

Details of how to enter and the full terms and conditions are available on bbchausa.com.  

#Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode leads 8 African Megacities Committing to Deliver their Share of the Paris Agreement at the launch of the C40 Climate Action Planning Africa Programme

Lagos, Accra, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Johannesburg & Tshwane today revealed their commitment to bold climate action and pledged to deliver on their share of the Paris Agreement. The commitments were made today in Lagos, at the launch of the C40 Climate Action Planning Africa Programme.

C40’s Climate Action Planning Africa Programme will provide direct support to the 9 African cities in developing unprecedented, robust and evidence-based long-term climate action plans that align with the ambitious objectives of the Paris Agreement. The support will include a dedicated city advisor based in each city, a series of workshops, and access to expert technical advice as needed. Nairobi and Abidjan have also joined the programme and are anticipated to submit their climate action commitments soon.

The launch event was attended by the Governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode; Mayor of Accra, Mohammed Adjei Sowah; senior city representatives of the participating cities and Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40 Cities.

The C40 Climate Action Planning Africa Programme is part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI). The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag.

“Cities in Africa are the fastest growing anywhere in the world,” said Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris & Chair of C40. “The commitment of these nine mayors to bold climate leadership will deliver a sustainable future for these dynamic, and outward looking cities. It once again proves that cities are getting the job done and concretely delivering on the Paris Agreement to secure a bright future for all our citizens.”

More when you continue..

Photos;Nollywood Actor Odunlade Adekola graduates from Unilag..

The star actor couldn't hide his joy as she shared shots from his convocation ceremony with fans..

We say congratulations!

Watch a new episode of Dolapo Oni's pregnancy Diaries; Lactation Issues and PostPartum Preeclampsia!

New Episode for some mummy knowledge..

Have a look!

#Youtube#Beauty Videos of the week; Jackie Aina,Ronke Raji,Nyma Tang,Kylie cosmetics and More..

Beauty Videos from the Youtube community for you this week..

Kylie Cosmetics

Nikkie Tutorials

 Nyma Tang

Jackie Aina

Makeup by Shayla

Ronke Raji

                           

Photos and Video; #BBNaija stars Cee-c and Tobi cover MediaRoomHub Magazine's Latest Edition..

These two had a roller coaster of a relationship in the Big brother house,One day they were all lovely dovey and then the next they were sworn enemies all went downhill..

They left the house hardly speaking to each other but have now come together for a cover for MediaRoomHub..

More Images plus full interview over @MediaRoomHub 

 Footage of the interview below..

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#BBNaija star Anto stuns in bridal shoot..

 The reality star takes us on a journey as she channels different bridal looks in this shoot..

White Wedding..

Edo Bride..

Yoruba Bride..

BBC Launches Africa Eye - a new TV investigations strand for Africa..

Africa Eye – a new documentary strand from the BBC has launched with an in-depth investigation into the plague of addiction to cough mixture across Nigeria.

The new strand will deliver up to 20 original and high-impact investigations from across Africa every year.   


Nisha Kapur, Commissioning Editor for TV said: “Africa Eye will promote the culture of investigative journalism across Africa and strengthen the skills of African investigative journalists. All of the programmes will be based on in-depth reporting that holds power to account. They will tackle topics that are of intense interest and concern to audiences in Africa. These reports will be produced in a fresh and contemporary style that resonates with young audiences." 



The new strand is part of the BBC’s commitment to invest in original content for Africa in English, French, Swahili and Hausa languages as part of the expansion of the BBC World Service.  Africa Eye will create a network of trained investigative journalists across the continent - within BBC Africa, among the BBC’s partner organizations on the continent. They will also work with independent journalists.  Each episode will be 30 minutes to an hour long.


The first - a co-production between Africa Eye and BBC Pidgin - will look at the cough syrup industry and how Codeine is causing a plague of addiction across Nigeria  - hooking millions of young people. 


In an exclusive undercover investigation, Africa Eye, will reveal senior figures in Nigeria’s pharmaceutical industry who are moving their legally produced products via the back door of their factories and into the hands of drug dealers who sell the dangerously addictive, sweet tasting opioid for the price of a bottle of cola.


With access to Nigeria's crack anti-drug squads, BBC Pidgin journalist Ruona Meyer, whose brother has struggled with cough syrup addiction, is on a journey to unravel the secrets of the syrup plague....and to expose the criminals behind it.


Codeine cough syrup can now be bought in the heaving nightclubs of Lagos and on the ancient backstreets of Kano. Three million bottles are drunk every day in Nigeria's north alone, according to a recent Nigerian government report.


Adejuwon Soyinka, Editor of the BBC Pidgin who went undercover said, “it’s shocking what we found and how much of an epidemic cough syrup abuse has become in Nigeria. Equally shocking is the sheer size of criminal network involved in the illicit trade.”


The episodes are available from midnight on 30th April on

BBC Channels

BBC Africa YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/bbcafrica

BBC Pidgin https://www.bbc.com/pidgin


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#BBNaija2018 #BBNaijaFinale Miracle emerges winner of Big Brother Naija 2018!

After a very eventful season of the Big Brother Naija 2018 game,Miracle emerged the winner Taking homes Prizes worth 45 Million Naira..

He also won the Payporte Arena games overall for the season as well as prizes from Pepsi and CloseUp.

Nina,Alex,Tobi and Cee-C finished in 5th,4th,3rd and 2nd positions respectively.

Here's how Nigeria Voted in the grand Finale..

Congratulations to all the housemates they now have the platform to shine and progress..

And until another season..

#BBNaija 2018 Week 11 Eviction Update; Lolu,Khloe and Anto Evicted from the Big Brother Naija house..

This week Big brother decided to take out 3 housemates with the least votes..

Lolu,Khloe and Anto were the ones who found themselves  on the chopping block..

Here's how Nigeria voted this week..

Tobi,Miracle,Cee-C,Nina and Alex are the remaining housemates battling for the 2018 #BBNaija crown

#BBNaija 2018 Week 11 UPDATE; Alex becomes Head of House as Lolu,Cee-C,Anto,Khloe and Miracle face eviction..

After a casino like challenge Alex emerged the Head of house for this new week.

She picked a chance card which put all the housemates up except the head of house,one more person which the head of house can save and the 4th person in the casino challenge..

Nina was the 4th and as such sailed through the final,

Alex decided to save Tobi and as such sailed through the final with her.

All other housemates,Lolu,Cee-C,Miracle,Anto and Khloe are up for eviction and facing the public votes this week.

Who are you voting to save??

#BBNaija 2018 week 10 eviction; Rico Swavey evicted from the Big brother Naija house

After spending 10 weeks in the Big brother Naija house,Rico Swavey lost his place and was evicted..







Here's how Nigeria voted this week..

#BBNaija 2018 Week 9 Eviction Teddy A evicted from the Big Brother Naija game

After the unexpected eviction that saw Bambam leave yesterday,The Sunday Eviction show revealed Teddy A as the housemate with the next lowest votes after Bambam.

He  lost his place in the BBNaija house.

Here's how Nigeria voted this week..

#BBNaija 2018 Week 9 eviction; BamBam Evicted from the Big brother Naija house

It was an unusual day in the Big brother house.

It was a fun party day that turned sour.

Ebuka partied with the housemates as they danced in lovely traditional regal attires before informing them that a quest was to join them in the house.

Shortly after that,a deloitte representative showed up with an envelope with the name of the housemate with the least vote to leave the game immediately instead of a Sunday eviction

On the night Bam bam was with the lowest votes and as such was evicted..

Her BB boyfriend Teddy A was all tears as she exited the house..

We cant wait to see what the eviction show tomorrow would bring with Cee-C,Nina,and Teddy A still not sure of their fate in the game.

Toke Makinwa's Single Girl Diaries; Why are you single?

Brand New Vlog from the Media personality..

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#BBNaija 2018 Week 9 Update; Tobi wins head of house as Teddy-A,Cee-C,Nina and Bambam are nominated for possible Eviction..

Its a new week in the Big Brother Naija house.

Tobi in a game of chance emerged the head of house for the 4th time this season.

After the nominations this evening,housemates Cee-C,Nina,Teddy A,and Bambam were named as the housemates up for possible eviction.

As head of house Tobi picked an immunity only card,he was not to be nominated and was not able to save or replace.

Here's how the housemates nominated this week..

Anto - Nominated  Cee C and Bambam

Khloe - Nominated   Cee - and Alex

Alex - Nominated  Teddy A and Bambam

Bambam - Nominated   Cee-c and Nina

Rico Swavey- Nominated  Cee-C and Teddy A

Cee C -Nominated   BamBam and Teddy A

Teddy A - Nominate Miracle and Nina

Lolu -Nominated  Nina and Miracle

Nina- Nominate Lolu and Ceec

Tobi- Nominated Bam Bam and Tedddy A

Miracle - Nominated  Ceec and Lolu

Who are you saving his week?

#BBNaija 2018 Week 8 Update;Evicted housemates Anto and Khloe return as the Big brother Naija game gets a reset..

During the outgoing week the viewing public had been voting to bring back housemates that had previously left the game.

During the live show it was revealed that Anto and Khloe had indeed gotten the blessing of the public via votes to return to the Big brother Naija house to compete for the big prize.

Shortly after Ebuka announced that the returning housemates were going to sneak in the early hours of the morning tomorrow.

The housemates were then called into the Arena in an Africa Magic meets Big brother Scenario,The game was reset and all previous strikes were dissolved.

With Lolu,Cee-C and Tobi now free of their strikes, Biggie threw in a curve ball urging the housemates to step forward and pick an undisclosed sum of money and leave the game immediately.

Big Brother's tempting offer however could not do enough to push anyone to pick the cash and leave the game.

He then warned them to stop overthinking the game and play fairly

Here's how Nigeria voted to bring back the evicted housemates..

Having your baby Abroad alone! Watch a new episode of Dolapo Oni's Baby Diaries Vlog..

A new episode of the TV star's baby diaries..

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BBC NEWS CELEBRATES OFFICIAL OPENING OF LAGOS BUREAU

The BBC today officially opened its new bureau in Lagos, home to three new services in Igbo, Pidgin, and Yoruba. The bureau boasts a new state-of-the-art TV studio and two radio studios and can house up to 200 people.

The BBC’s investment in Nigeria has created over 100 new jobs in Lagos and means that BBC News is now available in five languages across Nigeria (Igbo, Pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa and English). This comes as part of the biggest expansion of the BBC World Service since the 1940s.

The BBC will also invest in the region further by launching a mentorship and internship scheme for the next generation of West African journalists, Jamie Angus, Director of the BBC World Service, announced at the launch event for the bureau.

Jamie Angus said:

“It’s wonderful to be here to open this bureau, which will be the headquarters for our operation across West Africa. It will be a beacon for our journalism and as such I am delighted to announce our mentorship and internship scheme for up-and-coming journalists. This is part of BBC’s contribution to the growth of media best practice and professionalism in Nigeria, and the fight against ‘Fake News’ – and we’ll benefit from the young journalists’ insight into West Africa.

“The World Service delivers accurate, impartial and independent news to all countries. We spot the stories, see the patterns and make sense of your world. We promise to remain your most trusted source of news in the years to come.”

The bureau is led by the BBC’s Head of West Africa, Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye. She said:

“It’s a great honour to be part of this expansion and I’m so proud to be leading the teams in Nigeria. We will big on original journalism that impacts the lives of Nigerians at home and abroad. We are expanding our editorial offer to cover politics, culture, business, health, investigations, among others.”

“We will focus more on young people and women, ensuring that we cover Nigeria and the whole of West Africa like never before. We’ll remain true to our ideals and values of objectivity, truth and impartiality.”

BBC News in Igbo, Pidgin, and Yoruba reports on stories affecting the lives of audiences across the region, and is available online and on social media. There is also a 60-second audio round-up, BBC Minute, twice daily.

The BBC is also joining forces with Channels Television on Connect Africa, a new weekly half hour programme in English which will launch later this year. This will be a live current affairs show focusing on the stories behind the news, with audience interaction via social media and from a studio audience. 

The BBC is launching more new TV programming for Africa later this year in English, Hausa, French and Swahili, and some of the TV teams will join the Lagos bureau. This will include programmes about sports, business, and entertainment, satire, a women’s programme, a programme for 10-16 year olds, and investigative documentaries.

This will offer other local independent producers the chance to be involved in co- productions and BBC commissions.

The BBC’s international news currently has an audience of 36m in Nigeria, the largest of any country.

Toke Makinwa's Vlog of the week - Diary of a single girl..

Brand new video from the multi media personality..

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#BBNaija 2018 Week 7 Eviction Update; Anto evicted from the big brother house..

It was eviction night in the big brother Nigeria house .

Big brother announced the housemates had won their wager,he also announced Tobi and Rico as the winners of the Nokia Challenge.

Simi performed on the night before Ebuka announced that Anto was the next housemate to leave the big brother house..

A twist was also announced where the viewer's can bring back two of the evicted housemates back to pay the game..

Here's how Nigeria voted this week..