Jay Z on His Rags-to-Riches Story - "I Sold Crack To Be Rich"

Shawn Carter, better known as Jay Z, tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Lisa Robinson in the November issue that although his wife, Beyoncé, says that their 18-month-old daughter, Blue Ivy, prefers Jay’s music to hers, he’s not so sure. “That’s not true. She does like her mother’s music—she watches [Beyoncé’s concerts] on the computer every night. But my album came out and I don’t know if Blue ever heard any of my music prior to this album—she’s only 18 months old and I don’t play my music around the house. But this album was new, so we played it. And she loves all the songs. She plays a song and she goes, ‘More, Daddy, more . . . Daddy song.’ She’s my biggest fan. If no one bought the Magna Carta [album], the fact that she loves it so much, it gives me the greatest joy. And that’s not like a cliché. I’m really serious. Just to see her—‘Daddy song, more, Daddy.’ She’s genuine, she’s honest, because she doesn’t know it makes me happy. She just wants to hear it.”

53rd ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

On Saturday, October 5th, 2013, Nigerians in California will be having the 53rd Independence Day celebration in Oakland, California.

This event will feature renowned artists from Nigeria, along with Nigerian and guest local DJ’s, cuisine and Arts.

KIM KARDASHIAN - Busting Her Big Ass To Get Back In Shape

Kim Kardashian is determined to move all of her baby weight back into her ass cheeks ... and by the looks of things, she's doing one helluva job.

KK hit the streets in Paris this week ... en route to a workout session at a local gym.

It's been 3 months since Kim squeezed out little North West ... and she's almost back to her pre-baby figure.

F Tune Drops New Single

Following the May release of Invade Your Space, United Kingdom-based Nigerian-born rising star Fortune Akaleme, better known as F Tune, has finally taken a giant step by returning home last week to begin a new music career with the release of his first set of materials.

Media Chat: The 5 Lies Of Jonathan

Efforts made by President Goodluck Jonathan to shield some obvious truths during the fifth Media Chat held last night on national television, have been exposed by P.M.NEWS painstaking investigation.

Contrary to the President’s claim in the televised media chat that prior to the emergence of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the ruling party at the centre in 1999, there was no mobile phone, the truth, according to P.M. NEWS finding, is that mobile cellular services made their debut in Nigeria in 1993 with a “national” service operated by NITEL and a smaller Lagos service operated by Mobile Telecommunications Services (MTS).

Jonathan sets up committee for national dialogue

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday announced the setting up of an advisory committee to come up with the frame work for a National Dialogue.

The President who announced this during his 53rd Independence Anniversary broadcast to Nigerians said the Committee which will be chaired by Dr. Femi Okurounmu and will have one month to do its work is to establish modalities for a national conference aimed at resolving issues that currently cause friction in the polity.

Breaking News: International Criminal Court says arrest warrant issued for Ivory Coast politician Charles Ble Goude

Nigeria......... We Hail Thee.

Thanks To Punch

Wizkid Insults Tonto Dike On Twitter

Majid Michel joking around with Rukky Sanda (PHOTO)

Maintaining good friendships are a rather difficult thing to do, not to talk of the fact that good friends are difficult to find.

In the movie industry, actors and actresses get together on set to shoot movies and usually go their separate ways once the movie production is over. But some of them have managed to forge good bonds of friendship and share time together.

One of such friends is Rukky Sanda and Majid Michel. The two have gotten quite close in recent times and Rukky seems to be enjoying the experience of it, and made this comment to that effect:

“I swear mehn, you all don’t know. Majid is one of the most positive minded people I have ever met on the planet earth. Miss you already.”

US begins shutdown amid budget row

The US government has begun a partial shutdown after the two houses of Congress failed to agree a new budget.

The Republican-led House of Representatives insisted on delaying President Barack Obama's healthcare reform - dubbed Obamacare - as a condition for passing a bill.

60 Minutes with the Man Who Designed Nigerian Flag

Pa Akinkunmi

As a student, he went through the tutelage of late Pa Emmanuel Alayande and also retired as Assistant Superintendent of Agriculture in the Oyo State ministry. But Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi would be remembered as a national icon who designed Nigerian flag in 1959 when he was barely 23. Though, an unsung Nigerian hero, FUNKE OLAODE caught up with Pa Akinkunmi at his Ibadan Oyo State home and unveils the man whose name has become synonymous with the national symbol

53 Years of Epileptic Power Supply

 Prof Chinedu Nebo, Power Minister

Nigeria, with a population of about 170million people, is generating only less than 4,000megawatts of electricity, which translates to a per capita of 1.26kilowatt hour.

Ejiofor Alike writes that Nigerians have really suffered long years of epileptic power supply since independence
Electricity was first generated in Nigeria in 1896 when a 20-megawatt capacity power generator was installed by the British at Ijora area of Lagos, under the Public Works Department (PWD).

Labour accuses FG of not protecting Nigerians

The Organised labour on Monday accused the Federal Government of failing in its responsibility of ensuring the protection of lives and property of the Nigerian citizenry.