Patience’s women jamboree brings Abuja to a standstill

The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, especially its Central Business District, was in lockdown on Thursday.

The city played host to a women event, involving about 10,000 females, organised by the wife the President, Patience Jonathan.

Security personnel blocked all the access roads to the Eagle Square where the event, entitled ‘Celebrating Nigerian Women for Peace and Empowerment’, took place.

The lockdown, which paralysed commercial activities in the city, lasted for about seven hours.

 It also caused traffic gridlock on Shehu Shagari Way, Herbert Macaulay Way, Tafawa Balewa Way and other parts of the district.

Intermittently, helicopters, on surveillance, flew over the city to monitor developments.

 The ceremony, which started about 9am, saw thousands of Nigerian women draped in white wrapper and green blouse.

They all arrived at the event venue in long buses.

Meanwhile, motorists, particularly commercial bus and taxi drivers, were at the receiving end of the lockdown as they were forced to make long and inconvenient detours to get to their destinations.

A taxi cab driver, Abubakar Aliyu, who spoke to our correspondent, said the blockage of the major roads to the CBD and other areas, affected his earnings for the day.

 He said, “I make most of my daily earnings by taking passengers to Federal Secretariat and Eagle Square but on Thursday, I had to turn down many of the passengers because all the access routes to the CBD were blocked and there was traffic everywhere. It is past noon and I have yet to make half of my target.”

A bus operator, identified simply as Stanley, said he was stuck in traffic on Shehu Shagari Way for so many hours.

The bus driver, who noted that the event frustrated his programmes for the day, urged the authorities to organise such ceremonies on a Saturday.

culled from Punchng

Chika Ike On Vacation To Think Of Next Hubby--Manager

Some days ago, cute and sexy actress, Chika Ike, announced her divorce from ex-hubby, Toni Eberiri, on her Facebook page. Their marriage was finally dissolved by the court two years after the union crumbled. 

Since then, the estranged lovers have been living their separate lives. Though Toni chose a low key life since the marriage hit the rock, the same cannot be said of Chika, who has been in the news for different reasons. 

Even when she was in court for the divorce, she kept her fans and the media abreast of the process. In one of the instances, she posed in court and posted the picture online to confirm that she would soon be free as air again to pick another man as husband if she so wishes after getting the approval from the court to be officially and legally free from being Toni’s wife.

Her prayer was granted and, some days after, Chika jetted out of Nigeria to find solace in Uncle Sam’s country on vacation. 

When contacted on the next step the actress will take now that she is officially separated from her husband, her manager, who spoke with Nigeriafilms.com, said the actress had to travel to the United States of America (USA) to relax and think about the next thing to do now that she is free to re-marry.

Aki Denies Involvement In Rumoured Auto Accident In Niger State

Star Nollywood actor, Chinedu Ikedieze popularly known as Aki, has debunked rumour flying round that he and his 'cohort', Pawpaw were allegedly involved in an auto crash on their way to Niger State for a movie shoot. 

The rumour, as gathered by Nigeriafilms.com, sprung up from a purported Facebook page of Bukky Wright, which a source close to the actress has denied to come from the sexy seasoned actress. 

It was scooped that the purported post alleged that Aki and Pawpaw were involved in a ghastly road accident and the Nollywood stars rushed to the hospital for treatment. 

Speaking with Nigeriafilms.com when contacted to confirm the story, Aki vehemently denied being involved in a car crash as reported in some sections. 

An unhappy Aki wondered why some people would wish bad for their fellow human beings. He frowned at some bloggers who just write to draw traffic to their blogs. 

"Nothing of such happened to me. I really appreciate you calling to confirm the story. It shows you (Nigeriafilms.com) are a professional," the multi-award winning husband and actor told us on phone. 

Osita Iheme, better known as Pawpaw, could not be reached by Nigeriafilms.com as at press time.

Laide Bakare Still In America With Children.

A popular Yoruba artiste actress, Laide Bakare denied the story that she had sneaked into Nigeria after staying for several month in America.

She comfirmed through BBM that she was very much in America with her Children.

Apple Set to Release Latest iPhones Come September 10

Its not the eagle landing this time around, it’s a modern day, revolutionary piece of technology simply known as the iPhone. Reports swirling around the tech and business world is that the highly anticipated next generation iPhone will be released come September 10, that’s less than a month away!

The phone which is tentatively called the iPhone 5S will reportedly feature a wide screen, faster processor and higher resolution camera. Its is also believed that the new device will feature a fingerprint sensor and also come in an additional gold colour as opposed to the standard black and white Apple is known for.

In the last couple of months, the rumour mill has been agog with the possible options Apple will offer consumers with its forthcoming product release. Also expected to be launched on the September 10 kick-off date are low cost phones for the midrange market which would allegedly be called the iphone 5C. They are expected to come in a range of colours and also have a plastic back cover developed from polycarbonate and glass fiber. Asides the iphones, Apple is also expected to launch newly designed ipads and the ipad mini retina all of which would run on the previously release iOS7.With the release of these products, Apple is expected to regain the smartphone market which it has been losing lately to other competitors most notably long-standing rivals, Samsung.

Meanwhile in a related development, Samsung has revealed that it will be launching the Galaxy Gear, a smart watch running on Android. The South Korean company will also be unveiling the Samsung Note III, the third in its giant smartphone line. The device reportedly has a 5.68 inch screen. The launch will come less than a week before the tentative release date of the Apple products which again brings to the fore, the bottleneck competition between the two tech giants.

With the range of products Samsung has offered across the various markets ranging from the high-end to mid-range in 2013 and with the absence of any major innovation from Apple since the launch of the iphone 5 last year, it remains to be seen whether the introduction of the new iphone will give Apple the much needed surge.

I Have, And Will Never Batter A Woman, Beverly Is Just Trying To Destroy My Hard Earned Reputation-2Shotz

Yesterday, news made rounds online that Nigeria's BBA the chase representative Beverly Osu claimed that her ex-rapper boyfriend used to beat her blue-black while they dated. She even went ahead to show her lover in the house Angelo some of the marks she sustained during some of the very severe beating episodes.

Of course, fingers started pointing to rapper 2shotz whom there have been claims was engaged to Beverly before things turned sour. The rapper has however insisted that he was never engaged to Beverly.

I Can Marry A Wheelbarrow Pusher-Benita Nzeribe

The break in Funke Akindele’s marriage seems to be the beginning of wisdom to some Nollywood thespians. One of them is sultry actress, Benita Nzeribe who recently confessed that all she looks for in a marriage is true love and not material things. Benita, a spinster poured out her mind on what true love and marriage should be.

Hear her, “If I have to say the truth, marriage is not all about money or the little things of life. We should marry for real love. That is why I see myself as being able to marry whoever I am in love with, no matter his status in life. That is to say, even if the guy is a wheelbarrow pusher, I would marry him so long as my heart is with him.”

If truly this is her understanding, how come Benita is still searching? Does this mean that wheelbarrow pushers have not approached her? Hmmm! Nollynosense!