FINALLY DAKORE EGBUSON WEDS OLUMIDE AKANDE

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By Niyi Tabiti & Dienye Hart

After four and a half years of dating and speculations in the media over their relationship, actress Dakore Egbuson and her man, Olumide Akande, son of billionaire businessman and politician, Chief Dr. Harry Akande, finally got married In Lagos, Nigeria on 16 January 2010.

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The ceremony which was officiated by Pastor Wale Adefarasin took place at the Guilding Light Assembly inside Parkview Estate, Ikoyi.

Gistmaster.com was there live to give you all the details.Dakore arrived the church about one hour after the groom had been comfortably seated  and waiting for her. Professor Kasumu (SAN), former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon and other important dignitaries who are friends of the groom's father were at the Church and they came early.

When it was apparent that the church service was coming to an event without anyone talking about you may kiss the bride, Olumide told the officiating pastor that he wants to formally kiss his wife. Everyone present laughed.

When the pastor finally announced that Olumide would like to kiss Dakore, the groom collected the bouquet of flower she was holding and after the giving her the kiss of her life, he returned the flower to her.

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Gistmaster.com can tell you authoritatively that contrary to expectations none of her Dakore's colleague in Nollywood was present at the Church service. Some of them later showed up at the reception.

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NELSON MANDELA IS NOT DEAD AS SPECULATED

It started on twitter and before one could say, Nelson, the speculation of Nelson Mandela's death has already gone everywhere.On Facebook and through BlackBerry messenger, some have started changing their status to RIP in honour of the world leader.
 But latest report gathered by gistmaster indicates that Dr. Nelson Mandela is not dead. At 92, the man who fought hard for the freedom of South Africa from apartheid and even spent 27 years in jail for his still enjoying his life.He is in South Africa and not dead at all. We gathered this kind of hoax is targeted as prominent names all in a bid by some people to cause anxiety and raise their page views.
 To those who are writing RIP Mandela, it must mean 'Really Inspiring Person'

IT WAS A MOVIE WEDDING, SHAN GEORGESLAM RUMOUR MONGERS + OTHER STORIES

When gistmaster ignore certain stories because of the sources of such material some people think that we just don't want to promote it. But trust us to always give you the real gist behind the gist. Remember the recent story about Shan George being married?We knew that it was only a publicity stunt  (Just the same weay we have kept silent over the Dbanj/Genevieve issue).
Some even claimed that Shan invited some close friends to the alleged secret wedding. Now the actress has come out to say that it was only a movie role and the photos came from it. Click here to read the full story

Click here to read the latest update on Dakore/Olumide Akande's wedding tommorow

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LATEST:SHAN GEORGE SAYS LATEST WEDDING IS A MOVIE SHOOT,NOT REAL!

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By Niyi Tabiti

Shan George, a nollywood star actress cum singer has denied recent media reports and insinuations here and there that she just got married to another man after about two failed marriages and more than 4 attempts.

Gistmaster.com gathered that in some online reports, the Cross Rivers State born was said to have done a secret wedding. Some even said that the likes of Kate Henshaw and Rita Dominic were at the wedding.

However, the controversial actress disclosed to Nonye Ben Nwankwo in an interview this week that  people should do more investigation or at least contact her before going to write rubbish. Shan asked the reporter if people wanted her to marry by force, insisting that she is still very much single.

Shan said the wedding photos being circulated are mere photo shoots from her latest movie 'Heartbreak'

MALTA GUINNESS STREET DANCE AFRICA:X-FELLAZ CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF AFRICA STREET DANCE

Malta Guinness Street Dance Africa is a series of street dance competitions organized for the sole aim of finding Africa’s best street dance talent.

The Malta Guinness sponsored Street Dance competition for all National champions is to provide the opportunity for the best crew to dance to the top of the world in the continent of Africa. With the Pan African debut in 2007, the third edition held in Ghana was bigger, exciting and better than the previous editions.

The 2010 Pan African championship which happens to be the third in a row, the five competing African countries are host Ghana, Cameroun, Kenya, Tanzania and pride of Africa Nigeria. The National champions from the aforementioned countries were all represented by their National champion’s namely High spirit, Extreme Fusion, Sisko, Best Friend and X-fellaz respectively.

The Pan African championship which was aired on NTA Network for the viewing opportunity of Nigerians allowed to be a part of the mother of all street dance champions in the continent of Africa. At the championship venue in Ghana, series of themed dance performances were displayed  by all competing crew, which was full of creative flips, pops, stomps, locks, cramps, croppings, jumps, body moves and local dance routines. It was a keen contest for all competing crew which saw Cameroun, Ghana, and Nigeria scale through to the next round while Kenya and Tanzania lost out. The next round turns the heat on the last three crew and the judges so as to pick the two dance crew fit for the grand finale stage.

After the daunting task of selecting the last two crew, the judges, Glenn Ball from UK, Prudanse Maidou from Paris and Mike Ross from Uganda gave their nods to Nigeria and Ghana for the final round.
The grand finale round actually rekindled the old rivalry between the two familiar West African neighbours.  A coin had to be tossed to make High Spirit from Ghana the first crew to impress the judges before X-fellaz from Nigeria gave a stunning performance that wowed the judges and audience.
X-fellaz’s improved dance performance at the grand finale made them clinch the coveted prize of 35,000 USD as they were announced as the new African champions.

THE MAN WHO WILL DO DAKORE's BRIDAL MAKE UP

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By Niyi Tabiti
Just as Nollywood and Nigerian socialites are looking forward to the wedding of Nollywood actress, Dakore Egbuson and Olumide, son of Africa billionaire, Chief Harry Akande on Sunday 16 January 2010, many people are already looking forward to their designer clothes,posh automobiles, make up artist and so on

Gistmaster.com sources hinted that the bridal make up of the bride would be handled by celebrity make up artist, Bayo Haastrup of Ijade Egbin. Haastrup is one of Nigeria's leading make up artists and he has handled several jobs at local and international levels.

Haastrup is a veteran in the business and many people are comfortable with his work.He would work towards giving Dakore the super look that every bride  desire on their wedding day.

For event planning, Funke Bucknor- Obruthe the Chief planner of  Zapphire events have been mandated by the couples and both families to ensure that it has all the effects of royalty because of their celebrity status. K-square, one of the top event security outfits in Nigeria would be in charge of security for that day.

Dakore and Olumide Akande have been dating for about four years now. Despite the initial denial by the two lovebirds, they found out that there was no hiding place for them as they started stepping out at events together. Gistmaster.com gathered that at a point many thought they would go their separate ways as Olumide's parents allegedly kicked against the union citing her acting career and other things as excuse.

But love conquers all things.

Olumide Akande later denied the insinuations that his parents didn't want him to marry Dakore because she is an actress (Considering the way many people see actresses as people with loose character).

But Sources insisted that this is the case and that is why they have an agreement that after the wedding, Dakore would have to quit acting. Dakore confirmed in a recent interview that she would be saying goodbye to Nollywood. The reason, according to her is to enable her concentrate on domestic issues.

Details of Dakore and Olumide's wedding on 16 January 2010

Church Service would be at the Guiding Light Assembly, Ajayi Bembe Street, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Receptions follows at KFA event Centre along Lekki-Epe Expressway at 4 P.M

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