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Reported by Niyi Tabiti Chief Reporter Scores of Nollywood celebrities gathered for a talk of the town birthday shindig, which held last night (Friday 2 January 2008) hosted in honour of Nigerian star actress, Uche Jombo at the popular hangout, Club Papas in Victoria Island, Lagos . The party lasted till the early hours of today (Saturday 3 January 2008). Ramsey Noah , Sandra Achums , Susan Peters , Mercy Johnson , Kunle Afolayan and several others made it to the party, hosted by Frank Okamigbo, fondly regarded as the fastest rising hangout operator in Nigeria at the moment. Sandra, who is already pregnant with her third baby was accompanied by a friend and Christy Andrew (Younger sister of Lagos socialite, Princess Cynthia Felicia Adeyemi now Ms. Cynthia Andrew) Uche Jombo was all smiles as she and guests were given a first class treatment at the hangout.She later told gistmaster.com shortly before the event that she got a wondrous gift from a female friend that real...

In every media organization all over the world, plagiarism is regarded as unacceptable. I know a lot of people who come here to pick stories and reproduced for their newspapers and magazines. Yet, they credit GISTMASTER and by so doing, they also create traffic back to us. I applaud my colleagues from newspapers such as PUNCH NEWSPAPER , CHAMPION NEWSPAPER , PM NEWS , THIS DAY NEWSPAPER , THE SUN NEWSPAPER , THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER and others who have at one time tapped into our news/photos resources for their show of professionalism. However, months back I noticed that Compass , a national newspaper in Nigeria have been using my work without credit. I complained to the reporter, Mr. Hazeez Balogun and he told me it was an oversight. Subsequently, I have noticed that the newspaper have continued to publish my work without credit or renumeration. Last Saturday , my story and photos on Mercy Johnson was published and not a single line of reference that it was from gistmast...

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By Niyi Tabiti Chief Reporter When I set foot on a magnificent hotel in Lagos last week, a big brother and senior colleague was waiting for me.We have always been in constant touch anytime he is in Nigeria. He clocked 40 recently and he told me that he is ready to go all the way for the Nigerian entertainment. This time, he is bringing a bouquet of concepts that would shake the industry.The entertainment baron told www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com he is ready to jump from tree to tree with spectacular skills that would create excitement.The revolution begins now. Don’t be alarmed, UK based Nigerian filmmaker and television producer Ayo Shonaiya is not going to attack or bite you, he’s only expressing himself creatively and also promoting his new multi-faceted project called KONG. KONG is actually an acronym for King Of Nigeria Group, a new entertainment outfit starting in Nigeria in 2009 (the name is from King of my Country, Ayo most popular film). It involves music, television, spec...

By Niyi Tabiti La Pooza a lingerie line in Nigeria, operated by some young ladies had a lingerie fashion show last night (Sunday 21 December 2008) at Expo Centre, Eko Hotel. The event was sponsored by Fidelity Bank Plc. It was a gathering of A-listers . The managing director of the bank, Mr. Reginald Ihejiahi told www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com in a short interview that they decided to sponsor the event as a way of supporting the breast cancer awareness in Nigeria. We call the event, the more you look, the more you see! D'banj performed to the delight of the guests just as Omawunmi and Kaffy excited the crowd with their mind blowing performances. But nothing there could be compared to how the models strutted the run way. Ask the guys at the event!

Story & photos by Niyi Tabiti Multi millionaire businessman, Chief Sunny Odogwu, the Yeye Oge of Lagos, Chief (Mrs) Oprah Benson, top fashion designer,Hajia Abah Folawiyo and several other important dignities graced the Face of West Africa Fashion Week which took place on Sunday 14 2008 at Silverbird Galleria. Taka Kpanja, a former MBGN Miss ECOWAS Queen emerged the winner after the contest involving six other girls. Susan Eyo-Honesty, a fashion designer and deputy editor-in-chief of City People magazine announced the judgment of the panel of judges , which included Remi Osholake popularly known as Remi Lagos and Blessing Egbe, a top model formerly based in South Africa . The West Africa Fashion Week is being facilitated by Frank Osodi of House of Brunor Creazioni.It is a platform where designers from different parts of Africa come to showcase their work. Other guest included Victor and his wife Funmi Okigbo of No Surprises events, Isaac and Nneka Moses of Goje Africa ,top mo...

Watch out for the exciting story of a Nigerian media and entertainment baron who has suddenly turned a half human, half gorilla. It is the story of KONGNATION , a revolution whose time has come! He had a chat with gistmaster .He lives in Atlanta,Lagos and London (Don't be scared if you live in any of these cities.

Story and photo by Niyi Tabiti Chief Reporter Nigerian actress, Mercy Johnson has told www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com on Wednesday 17 December 2008 that she is not ready for a relationship at the moment because she just got out of one that left her weeping. In the words of the sexy actress, “I am not seeing any body at the moment. My Ideal man is just somebody nice. But for me, dating is out of the line. I just got out of one. We broke up. Specifically, he was living a false life. He was married and I didn’t know because he lives abroad” The Kogi state born actress stormed the Future Award nominee party held at Swe Bar, Onikan, Lagos in an all revealing dress that got eyes popping out of it sockets. She came with a smart looking management staff of Guinness Nigeria Plc (name withheld) but denied having an amorous relationship with him. She insisted that they both met that afternoon at a Guinness event and they decided to come to Swe Bar together. Away from the romance, the c...

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