Segun Arinze Gets Ibinabo's Approval To Raise Fund For Ngozi Nwosu

Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) president, Fiberesima Ibinabo has given her predecessor, Segun Arinze the approval to seek means, along with others in Nollywood, to raise fund for the medical treatment of one of them, Ngozi Nwosu, who is suffering from kidney related diseases and heart problem.

The former AGN president has already sent out an appeal message to his colleagues in the movie industry and the music industry as well to help save the veteran screen icon who is in need of six million naira (N6m) to get medical attention abroad in order to survive.

Segun sent out a this broadcast this morning on blackberry, "I just spoke with Ngozi Nwosu our fine Nollywood actress who you all know is down with heart and kidney ailment. Now, she needs about 6million naira for the treatment of her heart and kidney!

"I'm using this medium to appeal to my co-Nollywood stars and music stars to rally round her. May we not lose another. We should not always mourn. Kindly add your name to this and re broadcast to show your support.

"Pls send your widow's mite to NGOZI NWOSU, GTB Acct No 0052851673. God bless you all. Thanks. This BC is with the Kind permission of AGN President Ibinabo Fiberisima"

P-Square's African Tour: Train Moves To Uganda This Weekend

The tour of African countries embarked upon by the duo of Peter and Paul Okoye of P-Square is set to storm Uganda this weekend. Coming from the success made from their much talked about show in Rwanda last week, the music group is in high spirits in making the Ugandan show bigger and better.

Already, the group has had massive sold-out shows in countries like Cameroun, Congo, Zimbabwe, Ghana and Rwanda. This Friday, December 21, 2012, in a show dubbed 'Chop My Money Concert' the Nigeria-born entertainers are aimed at setting the Lugogo Cricket Stadium, Kampala, Uganda-venue of the event on fire. Any moment from now, they will leave the country with their band members.

On Thursday, December 13, the popular twin brothers and their 12-man band members flew to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda on a private jet, where they performed at the Amahoro Stadium.

P-Square had a turnover of over 100,000 fans that came to see them at the concert. Their new single 'Alingo', is currently enjoying good reviews locally and internationally.

WHAT’S ON JUDE OKOYE’S MIND?

Jude Okoye recently displayed weight on his way to Rwanda last week when he displayed wads of Dollar bills with the caption ‘Go Getter’. His fans were so curious what the eldest brother of the singing duo meant. We get the fact that some Nigerian celebrities like to show off their wealth – maybe because it took them a very long while to hit that status and now that they have arrived, they are over-excited.

What do you think could be running through his mind?

Meanwhile, his brothers and their crew flew on a leased jet last week to Rwanda, where P-Square performed to the administration of all and sundry.

See how the brothers were relaxing and counting their cash and the pictures when they touched down in Rwandan capital Kigali

Obafemi Martins In Street Romance With Balotelli's Sister, Abigail (Pix)

Many have complained about the love for anything under skirt by Super Eagles striker, Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins who plies his trade at Levante in Spain. Those who know him too well swore that when it comes to the game of 'womanising', Obafemi is 'Lionel Messi' in that regards.

What Italian media are reporting about the Nigerian player may not be too pleasant. According to what was reported, Obafemi and 'bad boy' Manchester City and Italian striker, Mario Balotelli's sister, Barwuah Abigail, are both in a sizzling romance.

That is even not the problem even though Balotelli is reported to kick against Obafemi dating his sister, but the problem is that both lovebirds chose to publicly do what they should have done inside in a confine outside. Obafemi and Abigail were pictured having a 'wild' love play openly some days ago when the Nigerian and his girlfriend saw each other.

In one of the pictures, Abigail was captured as if she was giving Obafemi 'nodding' while she bent in that suggestive position. Also in one of the pictures, Obafemi seems to have responded to the 'game' as he embraced Abigail from her backside while both played love games together outside.

As at this moment, it is not clear whether Balotelli has reacted to the incident.

According to information gathered by Impact Entertainsoul, the relationship between Obafemi and Abigail dated back to when the former Newcastle United Nigerian player and Balotelli were at Inter Milan as team mates.

How does Nigerian music become very popular in Ghana?

How does Nigerian music become very popular in Ghana while Ghanaian music remains contraband commodity in the former’s country? This is a big question that requires serious necropsy by entertainment pundits.

Give or show a Nigerian movie to the average Ghanaian in the 90’s and he or she will spurn it. At that time, Ghanaians loved Ghanaian movies to Nigerian movies. Starting the new millennium, Ghana was deluged with an influx of Nigerian movies. The table then turned; Ghanaians developed a strong predilection for Nigerian movies and ever since, have not looked back.

In the 90’s, rarely would one hear a Nigerian song being played on radio. By the year 2004, Nigerian songs or music started gaining foot in Ghana and ever since, Nigerian songs have steadily become popular in Ghana and Nigerian artistes for that matter, have also become popular as well.

A colleague art writer went to Nigerian recently to cover an entertainment event and after his return, narrated his observations on the Nigerian music industry. He said barely would one hear a Ghanaian song being played on radio.

The only Ghanaian songs he heard being played was songs produced by VIP and R2Bs. Kesse, the male vocalist of this year’s Vodafone Ghana music awards after participating in the ‘project fame’ music reality show in Nigeria, returned to also say he never heard any Ghanaian song played on any medium for the period he spent there.

Currently, Nigerian songs or music have very popular and so are their artistes in Ghana. Nigerian songs have become so popular that some Ghanaian musicians even copy their lyrics, accent, composition, songs or style of song engineering. Ghana and Nigerian are not enemies; neither is this feature attempting to brew an unhealthy competition or antagonism between them.

It wouldn’t have become an issue of discussion or to worry about if Nigerian music are popular in Ghana and Ghanaian music are also popular or doing creditably well in the latter’s country.

The facts on the grounds are that Nigerian songs are far popular in Ghana than Ghanaian music is in Nigeria. This is a big challenge to our music industry because Nigeria has a bigger market Ghana can tap into. It’s obvious the media in Ghana is the main tool that has made Nigerian songs popular in Ghana but the questions that require answers are; how do the Nigerians influence our media for their songs to become popular in Ghana? Is it that they pay ‘fat payola’ to the Ghanaian media than the Ghanaian musicians?

Do they have special agents here who do promotions for them? And why are Ghanaian songs not that popular in Nigeria? Could they (Nigerians) be sabotaging our music on their soil? Or is Nigerian music better than Ghanaian music?

MUSIGA must come in on this issue on a way to make Ghanaian music popular in Nigeria. MUSIGA can propose a treaty with the Nigerian music union to promote Ghanaian music there. The Nigerian population is big and that gives them a bigger market than Ghana.

However, I certainly don’t think any measure such as banning Nigerian songs in Ghana is or will be a panacea. We must be tactful.

Ojukwu Wills Estate, Monies To Bianca, Bianca Loses All If She Remarries!

Ojukwu Wills Estate, Monies To Bianca, Bianca Will Lose All If She Remarries, Identifies New Daughter From Mistress As Bianca Fumes At Mistress Disclosure!

The will of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, was on Friday presented to the family with his widow, Bianca, getting the lion's share.

The presentation by the Chief Registrar of the Enugu High Court, Mr Dennis Ekoh, was witnessed by Bianca, Mr Val Nwosu, Ojukwu’s first cousin, and Mr Mike Ejemba.

In the will, the late Ojukwu identified one Tenny Haman as one of his children.

Ojukwu listed the children as Tenny Haman, Chukwuemeka Jnr, Mmegha, Okigbo, Ebele, Chineme, Afam and Nwachukwu.

The Ikemba gave the Casabianca Lodge at No. 7, Forest Crescent, GRA, Enugu, two property at Jabi and Kuje in the FCT as well as all his money and personal effects to his widow.

He also said that Bianca should replace him as the trustee in the family company, Ojukwu Transport Ltd, while also giving her two plots of land in his village at Nnewi.

He, however, added that if she re-married, the land should be taken away from her.

The first son, Emeka Jnr., got the family house at Nnewi, while the newly mentioned daughter, Tenny Haman, got the Jubilee Hotel located in Zaria, Kaduna State.

The Biafran warlord also shared other landed property in the village among all his children.

Bianca, however, expressed shock at the disclosure of a new daughter in the family, whom she said had never been mentioned by her husband.