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Story & photos by Niyi Tabiti Chief Reporter American born popular soul singer, Anita Baker disappointed scores of Nigerian high profile personalities and members of the international community,who converged in Lagos on Saturday 30 August 2008 to watch her live performance. www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com watched most of the guests lamenting about the show of shame and excuses put up by the American singer.She made good her threat not to perform that night after telling the organisers point blank that she only performs for theatre setting as against the banquet arrangement at the Expo Centre of Oceanview Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos. Efforts to get the 50 year old singer to change her mind were futile. High society personalities who witnessed the disappointment at Oceanview on Saturday included Tunde Okoya, Lanre Nzeribe, Stella Okoli of Emzor Phamaceuticals,DejareAdegbenro and wife, Jumoke (nee TOS Benson), Ruth Osime, the editor of This day Style, Mina Okoloko. Others includ

Story & photos by Niyi Tabiti Chief Reporter Adstart BMC , a frontline Public Relation company in Nigeria and authorized member of the International Network had its special edition of (TGIF) Thank God Its Friday last weekend ( 29 August 2008) in Lagos, Nigeria. The event took place at its GRA, Ikeja office (Tornados Place). Expectedly, the place was filled with top notch advertising practitioners, Public Relations experts, media executives, business moguls and showbiz personalities. Charles O’Tudor , the Principal Consultant of Adstart led other staff of the company to host the guests. At the event, http://www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com/ spotted personalities such as Mr. Kola Ayanwale of Centre spread Advertising , Charles Novia, a producer, Okey Mac Anthony the comedian popularly known as Okey Bakkassi, Chika Mbonu, former Managing Director of Assurance Bank, fast rising musician, Sound Sultan, Asha, radical Lagos lawyer, Barrister Festus Keyamo, leading movie director, Dickson Iro

By Niyi Tabiti Chief Reporter Sheila Okonji,Nigerian born international showbiz promoter, is set to quit spinsterhood. Information gathered by a Nigerian daily celebrity news/photos online tabloid, http://www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com/ indicates that the handsome man that stole the heart of Sheila is One Dr. Emeka Ashinze based in the United States of America. The event has been scheduled to hold in Lagos on Saturday 6 September 2008 at the Union Bank Sport Club, Surulere, Lagos. This is her traditional wedding, while the White wedding has been fixed for October 2008. In an exclusive chat with http://www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com/ last weekend at Eko Hotel, Sheila and her man confirmed the gist. According to them, they met some years ago and they started out as family friends before they decided to settle down. Ashinze, a doctor of Pharmacy was born in the USA but he has been living there for about 15 years. Ashinze further told us that he is not intimidated by Sheila’s high p

By Niyi Tabiti Chief Reporter Popular musician, Abolore Akande popularly known as 9ice was in a fix this afternoon as an ATM card belonging to him was seized at GTBank located in Ibadan, Oyo State (Nigeria), today (29 August 2008) According to an impeccable source, the musician was trying to withdraw some money at the Bodija branch of the bank when the incident occurred few hours ago. He reportedly came in company of four other guys to the point of withdrawal. He actually came for a photo shoot at a studio known as PIXEL when he decided to withdraw some money at the nearest bank. “I think he entered wrong password three times and the machine doubted him. That was why the card was seized” disclosed the source Sources hinted www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com that he later approached bank officials so that they can help in retrieving the card. We gathered that the musician is in Ibadan right now for an event tagged “24 hours with 9ice”.

The United States International University ,Nairobi,Kenya had a colourful award night not too long ago.According to info gathered by http://www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com/ Nigerian students in the institution show off their glamourous traits and 'balanced' it with their wondrous dance steps.Eventually, they carted home awards in the Best Dancer and Most Social categories. DJ Ifeco and Preye, tow Nigerian upcoming music stars also performed to the delight of everyone present. In a correspondence with http://www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com/ , Bilquees Odewale, a Nigerian and Representative of the school of Business Studies at the Student Representative Council, this is the second edition of the annual award night and the theme is Glamour, Style and Intellect.

Story & photos by Niyi Tabiti Chief Reporter " Yeah, check me out.I am still there", Nollywood star, Emeka Ani seems to be saying as http://www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com/ took the first photo on this page at a social function the other day. Ani who is famous ( not notorious) for his bad man role in Nigerian movies show off in the second photo that he is old but not odd as far as 'women affairs' is concerned.The babe in the photo is a friend of the ever 'boobling' dancer, Miss Cossy Orjiakor . So, when next you see the 'bearded' actor, please differ from calling him Pa Emeka Ani... He is still very young a heart. In fact, he just married a much younger lady. Whether or not he would equal or surpass the record of Pa Fatai Rolling (babies) Dollars, when he get to his age is what we don't know.

By Niyi Tabiti Chief Reporter The music career of one of Stephanie Okereke , one of Nigeria's most celebrated movie stars seem to be hold for now. The sexy actress told www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com sometime ago that sh was all out to give her talent in music the real boost by releasing a single. When www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com asked the star after a party sometime ago, she confessed that she was hanging out with the duo of Dayo Adeneye (D-ONE) and Kenny (Keke) Ogungbe of Primetime Entertainment because they were helping her to be a real music star . Efforts to get the reaction on the current state of things proved abortive as at press time.Once we link up with the two parties, you will be the first to know. Following massive successes recorded by their American counterparts in Hollywood , Nigerian movie stars have also dabbled into the world of music.There are strong indications that most of them have not made any outstanding record as a performing artiste. Genevieve Nnaji