[Pictures] Nollywood Sultry ' Oge Okoye ' Bags Doctorate Degree, Becomes Dr Oge Okoye

Nollywood actress, Oge Okoye has been honoured with a doctorate degree
by Wisconsin International University, USA.

The beautiful actress was awarded today, Friday, October 19, 2012 at
an event held at The Auditorium, NECA House, Central Business
District, Ikeja, Lagos.

In a chat with Nigeriafilms.com, Oge disclosed to us that her movie
role in the film 'Fulani' gave her the honour being bestowed on her
today.

She revealed that she is very happy to be honoured by the American
university. A belated Oge was all smile today at the ceremony. When
Nigeriafilms.com asked Oge how she would preferred to be addressed;
either Oge Okoye or Dr Oge Okoye, the actress said she would prefer
both.

Oge Okoye presently at the peak of her acting career in Nigeria.
Congrat Qualify DR OGE !!!!!

Lagos Trader Claims Being 7-Month Pregnant For Funke Akindele's Husband, Almaroof **Expects 8th Child From Wives

A Lagos-based soft-sell magazine E247 reported that a Lagos-based
trader identified as Modinat Nike Dada, who is in her 30's, has
claimed to be seven months pregnant for the
husband of pretty actress, Funke Akindele, Almaroof Oloyede Kehinde
popularly known as Kendo in Oshodi area of Lagos State.

According to the woman, her romantic affair with Almaroof started
after she moved with her sister, who is a tenant in one of Almaroof's
shops in Oshodi.

After her first marriage to one Dayo, Modinat, a mother of two, went
to her elder sister who sells cloth at Oshodi to continue with her
life. It was there Modinat also called Mama Dayo reportedly met
Almaroof. One thing led to the other, a romantic affair began between
them.

The magazine reported that in a desperate effort to become pregnant
for Almaroof before marriage, both Modinat and Almaroof visited some
spiritualists to help out. So, when the
already pregnant woman heard about Funke Akindele's marriage to
Almaroof in the media, she became devastated.

It was also reported that Modinat has been put under pressure to keep
a sealed lip on the issue and never let it get to the press because of
the dead bones it will make to wake up. The magazine further reported
that several sources from Funke Akindele have warned Modinat not to
expose the story and was reportedly promised juicy offers as a reward
for
keeping quiet.

As the magazine puts it, the woman was given a posh apartment in Agege
area of Lagos where she currently stays.

As it stands, Almaroof is now expecting three babies from three women.
One from Funke Akindele, who is presently pregnant; one from his
second wife, Fadekemi believed to put to bed soon and Modinat expected
to give him a baby probably in December 2012.

These will add up to the five children Almaroof already
has. it's well ooooooooooo

Breaking News : TONTO DIKEH REPLIES CRITICS: I ACHIEVED WHAT I WANTED

Few minutes after her much-anticipated release of her singles,
controversial Ikwere, Rivers State-born actress, Tonto Dikeh became a
national issue because of responses her songs got. On social media
platforms, almost everything related to Tonto became treading.

One of two singles, 'Itz Ova'; 'Poko' and 'Tonto Dikeh' flooded the
social media world and the internet. Tonto became another platform of
jest making by many.

After the harsh comments the Petrol-Chemical university graduate has
got, Tonto finally responded to her critics. "I wanted to do music
that millions would listen to and I have achieved that. Bigger things
ahead for all of us. Thanks. 'Hi', Itz Ova. POKO," Tonto, The Next
Movie Star 2006 contestant tweeted.

Tonto announced her intention to go into music in 2011. She later went
to the studio with popular singer, Kas. Before now, many had waited to
know if Tonto would be the first Nollywood star to successfully join
the music industry to be in the A-list category of singers in Nigeria.
For now, the search continues.

Comedian AY , Apologises to Kenny Ogungbe

Funnyman Ayo 'AY' Makun has apologised to Kenny 'Keke' Ogungbe and
Dayo 'D1' Adeneye,for cracking a joke about their Grammy Awards
atttendance, ' the only celebrities that attended the Grammy Award
with no Grammy to show for it ' lol which they found derogatory.

in a lengthy open letter posted on his Facebook page, AY said "it was
only a 'harmless joke that meant neither vilification nor slight'. He
further explained that the 'joke was only a
spontaneous exaggeration by a comedian who needed to just lie to the
world and make a living from it."

Comedian AY AY apologises to Kenny Ogungbe

Funnyman Ayo 'AY' Makun has apologised to Kenny 'Keke' Ogungbe and
Dayo 'D1' Adeneye,for cracking a joke about their Grammy Awards
atttendance, ' the only celebrities that attended the Grammy Award
with no Grammy to show for it ' lol which they found derogatory.

in a lengthy open letter posted on his Facebook page, AY said "it was
only a 'harmless joke that meant neither vilification nor slight'. He
further explained that the 'joke was only a
spontaneous exaggeration by a comedian who needed to just lie to the
world and make a living from it."

DAVID MARK - NIGERIANS MUST KNOW FACTS AND FIGURES FROM OIL EARNINGS

The Senate, yesterday, concluded debate on the general principles of
the 2013 Appropriation Bill of N4.92 trillion as the aggregate
expenditure, and referred it to the Committee on Appropriation for
further legislative tinkering.

The Senator Ahmed Maccido-led committee was given three weeks to
report back to the general House on their findings and
recommendations.

After debating the performance of the 2012 budget and an in-depth
analysis of the 2013 Appropriation Bill, the Senate, however, blamed
the executive for poor implementation of the previous budget, just as
the lawmakers called for effective implementation of the 2013 budget.

Facts and figures on revenue earnings from oil

Meanwhile, Senate President David Mark, yesterday, told the committee
that time was ripe for Nigerians to know the true facts and figures on
revenue earnings from oil as well as ensure that what was released to
the Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, had cash backing.

He said: ''Revenue generation is extremely important because we can
continue to assume that we are producing so many barrels and that so
much has come in, but if we don't touch the heart of it to make sure
we are dealing with facts and figure, then we would be talking about
imaginary figures.

"I think the committee on finance should get to the root of that to
know how much we have realised at the end of the year and then we
would know how much has been utilised. It is one thing to say that so
much has been released to MDAs, but if they are not cash backed, then
that release is merely on paper.

While urging the Senators to ensure that they carry out an effective
oversight to assess the level of budget implementation, Mark said:
"Whatever we say about the budget, if we pass it and can implement
exactly what we passed faithfully, then, we would not have the
complaints that we have."

Earlier in his lead debate on the budget, Senate Leader, Senator
Victor Ndoma-Egba, PDP, Cross River Central, noted that there should
be slight change in the 2013 budget to accommodate the huge losses
recorded through flood in the country. He, however, argued that the
$75 oil benchmark set by the executive "is designed against the
backdrop of global economic uncertainty as the global economy is at a
very slow pace."

Source : information News

Nollywood : Charles Novia’s critique of Tonto Dike’s songs

Found the write up on the movie producer and record label owner's
Facebook page. See it below…

Tonto's Terrible Tremolo by Charles Novia.

I have restrained myself for a couple of years from commenting on
Tonto Dike's career after my last comments about her role in the soft
porn movie she acted in two years back, were badly taken by her and
she went on twitter to hurl infantile insults on my person with
expletives and uncomplimentary remarks. My reaction to such then was
just a dignified silence.

After all, I had already spoken on her stunted talent as an up and
coming actress and further comments on her incensed tweets were
unnecessary.

All through the past few hours, the social media networks have been
abuzz with the new singles of actress, Tonto Dike.

She seems to have joined the actors of her ilk who have the
moonlighting itch to delve into singing. While no one can stop such an
ambition by those artistes, I do think those who surround such
artistes are their worst enemies if they can't tell them the truth
about leaving their sometimes doubtful day job. Well, I will! I
listened to Miss Dike's two singles a few minutes ago and my initial
speechlessness morphed to a nagging laughter and then subsided into a
befuddled anguish.

I'm a music label owner (November Records) and have produced and
Executive Produced acts like Majek Fashek, Terry tha Rapman, Zubby
Enebeli etc. I know much about music and the slant of commercial
music.

But after listening to Miss Dike's songs, I'm inclined to align with
the majorly negative comments about them on cyberspace. Ah-ah!

Whoever produced her knew she has a bad voice for singing and masked
our listening torture with the Autotune effect. But even the
autotune rejected any attempt to make a bad. voice worse and Miss Dike
came out sounding like she was in mid-stream orgasm instead of
singing! Her anguished tremolos would have been better reserved for a
horror movie sound effect than an attempt at joining the revere
profession of music.

If Omotola got away with her last two terrible attempts at singing,
it was because Omotola is a fantastic actress and her fans could
forgive her musical failings after backtracking her body of work in
Nollywood. With Tonto, I can't say much either for her acting depth.

She's a one-dimensional actress in my opinion, who mistakes notoriety
for fame. She needs more training in acting and this I say with all
sense of professionalism as a movie Director. She might achieve
greater heights in acting if she trains more. But she has no heights
to achieve in singing. Only a downward plunge, the stuff bad endings
in movies are made of.

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