<![CDATA[BEEAFRICAN.COM all News Posts]]> http://www.BeeAfrican.com en Tue, 15 May 2012 01:58:27 GMTBEEAFRICAN.COM all News Postshttp://www.BeeAfrican.com<![CDATA[Genevieve Nnaji and Hollywood actor Isaiah Washington on set of ‘Doctor Bello’]]>The Nollywood actress stars alongside Hollywood actor Isaiah Washington in the Hollywood/Nollywood movie produced by Nigerian movie producer, Tony Abulu. The movie about finding a cure to cancer also features Vivica A. Fox, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Stephanie Okereke, Desmond Elliot, Bern Cohen, Zack Orji and many more brilliant actors.

MOVIE SYNOPSIS
“Brilliant Cancer specialist Dr. Michael Durant is emotionally troubled, wrestling with the traumatic loss of his 10 year old daughter from Cancer. Immersing himself in his work in the hospital, away from his wife who blames him for their child’s death, he forms an unlikely bond with a sick, loving, but rambunctious seven year old boy Sam, the son of a rich Jewish couple who are major contributors to the Hospital’s Cancer Research Fund.
 
Unfortunately, Sam’s health deteriorates drastically, and soon, he slips into a coma, with only a few days to live. Dr. Durant becomes desperate, willing to risk anything to save the child’s life. A surreptitious Nigerian Nurse convinces him to seek the help of Dr. Bello, an uncertified Nigerian Doctor, known in the Brooklyn-African underground as a miracle worker. Dr. Bello, an introvert with a controversial past, secretly visits the child at night and administers a strange African potion, replete with incantations and by the next morning, miraculously, the child begins to recover, the Cancer speeding into remission.
 
The Hospital Medical Board immediately orders an investigation and soon the secret is revealed and Dr. Durant is suspended. Dr. Bello is arrested and charged with medical malpractice. Dr. Durant soon falls into depression after his wife leaves him. Meanwhile, Dr. Bello has fallen critically ill in jail and can only be saved by the ingestion of the same potion that can only be found in the mysterious “Garden of Life,” nestled on the peak of Nigeria’s sky mountains.”
 
 
The movie will be out in the summer
http://www.doctorbello.com/
 
Source; Milah | doctorbello
]]>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:24:00 GMT<![CDATA[Liberia, U.K., Indonesian leaders to head UN panel]]>UNITED NATIONS - British Prime Minister David Cameron, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will head a panel to advise the United Nations on global development beyond 2015, the world body said on Wednesday.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the panel would "advise on the post-2015 way forward" to build on progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals. The goals were targets adopted by world leaders at the United Nations in 2000 to slash poverty, hunger and disease in poor countries by 2015.

"We need a clear direction for enhancing the global institutional architecture to address sustainable development challenges," Ban told the U.N. General Assembly. "We have begun to organize for the post-2015 challenge and opportunity."
 
Ban said he would announce the complete high-level panel to be led by Cameron, Johnson-Sirleaf and Yudhoyono after the Rio+20 summit in Brazil next month.
 
The Rio+20 summit will try to hammer out sustainable development goals across seven core themes including food security, water and energy but is not expected to produce mandatory targets.
 
Source: Reuters
]]>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:34:00 GMT<![CDATA[Timaya:I am not searching for Mrs Perfect]]>The self-styled Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa, Timaya, may be single and searching, but he is definitely not longing for Miss Perfect. It is certain that the dreadlocked singer has recovered from his failed relationship with Nollywood actress Empress Njamah and he has since put the experience behind him. But it appears that he has learnt his lesson the hard way and will not settle down with just any woman.

“My bride must be very intelligent, outspoken, caring and loving. Her strongest quality is, she must be God-fearing. A woman that is God-fearing will not jump around and she will be submissive to her man.
 
“I’m not searching for a perfect woman. I’m not yet married because I haven’t found a God-fearing woman who will pamper me and our would-be children. A woman that cooks very well and who will stay my side in time of trials. A womanwho loves me from the depth of her heart, in spite of my shortcomings.  I’m waiting for God to guide me to that woman.”
 
Source: naijatalkshow
 
]]>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:42:00 GMT<![CDATA[Kenya: Man Stuck Inside Woman During Sex, Even The Police Could Not Rescue Them (VIDEO)]]>Cheating African couple caught stuck in the very act (Adultery). Kenyan witch-doctors do wonders, the man was caught in Nairobi with someone's wife in a guest house. Even the police could not rescue him from the black magic (It works), but pastor helps separate them.

WARNING: Reader discretion is advised, otherwise ignore the entire article

Nairobi, Kenya - A real life tragedy of untold magnitude befell a Kenyan "couple" when some strange forces saw the two stuck together after an infidelity session at a Nairobi guest house early this week.
 
Viewer discretion is advised to watch video
 
VIDEO: Man Stuck Inside After Getting Caught with Someone's Wife
 
 
However, counteracting forces came into play when a local pastor called upon to pray for divine intervention commanded the duo to separate, to the bewilderment of the amorous man the adulterous wife.
 
According to news reaching AjabuAfrica.com, and a youtube video widely circulated on the internet, the cheating “couple” got “stuck” in the highly embarrasing situation with the man completely unable to get off the woman.
 
 The graphic video displaying minute by minute progression of the drama has gained over 135,000 hits after only 3 days since posting.
 
Reports indicate that the husband to the woman had suspected for long that his wife was cheating on him.
 
  Feeling betrayed, he is reported to have visited a witch-doctor who applied black magic on the wife, causing the unfortunate man to get stuck inside her during the act. 
 
 After several hours and repeated efforts to separate failed, the “couple” decided to call for help using a cell phone.
 
Police responded to the distress calls but for hours, they could not rescue the pair from the “black magic”.
 
A big crowd of curious residents, some perched on nearby rooftops and stone fences, swelled outside to witness the drama, as police ran out of options on how to help the two.
 
Many jostled for position to take a glimpse of the unfolding drama, with some snapping pictures and live video footage with their cell phones and hand and other held camcorders.
 
Others tried to openly entice policemen with money in order to be allowed to jump ahead of the line for a better chance to take a glimpse of the unfortunate situation.
 
 “Young man, what is going on? Just say what your problem is so you can be helped,” a policeman, speaking in local dialect (Kiswahili) told a bewildered looking, naked man  lying prone on top of the half naked woman who covered her face with a piece of cloth.
 
Dumbfounded friends pleaded with the woman’s husband to agree to have the pair now facing embarrassment of untold magnitude separated. 
 
Eventually he agreed to have them   separated on condition the cheating man paid him Kenya shillings 20,000 as compensation for damages and embarrassment suffered.
 
However, audio from a widely circulated video indicated the husband said eh would not want the cheating woman back.
 
The cheating man had little choice but to agree to the deal.
 
To seal the deal a pastor was summoned to pray for the divine intervention.
 
“We rebuke the spirit of devil!. I now call the mighty God......, who hates the power of death, to call upon your name now ....,” loudly declared the clergyman who burst into the tiny room filled with a  number of  police officers and curious onlookers. 
 
 He then proceeded to ask the couple if they believed in the name of God.
 
 “Munaamini mungu?” (Do you believe in God?). 
 
 After the man said yes and nodded further in agreement, the pastor then commanded him to get off the woman.
 
“Siutoe hiyo kitu. Toka!” (Pull that thing out. Out!), the pastor commanded.
 
A short while later, the man succeeded to separate himself from the woman who was now sobbing uncontrollably.
 
For a moment, the mesmerized man stared at the people in the room in disbelief, before he was able to move and gather his clothes. 
 
 “Anaangalia namna gani huyu? Huamini,” (Why is this man staring like this. You don’t believe it?), a policeman was heard asking the man. 
 
 Once free, the bewildered looking man gathered courage, dressed up and was escorted rushed to a nearby ATM while the woman remained sobbing in the bed, too ashamed to make any move before the curious crowds could be successfully dispersed.
 
Source: Lartink@beeafrican.info
| ajabuafrica

 

]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 10:24:00 GMT<![CDATA[South Africa: a woman attacked by cheetahs, her husband takes pictures]]>

A British sexagenarian was violently attacked by two cheetahs in a zoological park in front of her husband, who immortalized the scene taking pictures. Violet D'Mello, a Columbia 60 years, had gone to the Kragga Kamma reserve in South Africa with her husband. It was introduced into the enclosure of cheetahs (open to the public) to fondle felines. But the meeting was not very well.

The cheetah has tried to approach it was immediately turned on her. A second cheetah intervened and the sixties began a hard struggle against the two cats.
 
But the most incredible attitude is likely to remain the husband of Violet, Archie (64). It did not intervene to try to rescue his wife. The man stayed away while taking pictures of the assault.
 
Park staff are meanwhile taken place. Faced with the growing aggressiveness of the animals, they asked Violet to pretend to be dead. Another employee has launched their fresh meat at the same time. A trick that worked because the cheetahs eventually release the poor woman bloodied and traumatized by the trip. "It was a nightmare," she said without specifying what she thought of the attitude of her husband.
 
The cheetah enclosure was closed until further notice. For the manager of the reserve, it is unlikely that cheetahs have wished to devour Violet. "They just wanted to play," he said. A game that does not have much fun the sixties.
 
 
Source: inzocongo

 

]]>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:34:00 GMT<![CDATA[Akon Talks 'Stadium' Album, Upcoming Movie & More]]>Last week (May 1), Akon stepped back into the ring with the video for "Hurt Somebody;" the French Montana-assisted new single off his fourth studio album, "Stadium." The collaboration with his close friend, who was initially signed to Konvict Muzuk back in 2009 before now Bad Boy, was strategically designed to broaden French's reach in the U.S. and internationally, all while kick-starting the promotion for Akon's fourth LP. 

VIDEO: Akon Ft French Montana - Hurt Somebody

 
In addition to representing the struggle within our economic times, Akon explained that boxing-themed "Hurt Somebody" also examines "how we deal with confrontation" and supports non-gun violence as a realistic alternative to more lethal outcomes. "When you have to deal with rage, I would rather you duke it out than shoot it out," Akon urged, hammering home that taking a life can't heal like a swollen black eye. 
 
"Hurt Somebody" is intentionally cinematic. In October, a month after the release of "Stadium" (Sept 2012), Akon will begin working on a film titled, "One More Day," with the video's director, Gil Green. "Everything's in line, the funding's there, we're in the last stages of casting… it's pretty much ready to go," Akon assured The Juice. Like in "Hurt Somebody,"  Akon will be playing the role of an underdog young boxer from the streets. Currently having conversations to secure a major motion picture release for "One More Day," Akon is considering having the film go straight to DVD to market and promote the re-package of "Stadium" in the future. 
 
While he may not have been as present domestically in the last year, Akon admitted to focusing his efforts outside the U.S. in order to penetrate markets in India and Latin America. He's been enjoying the influx of creativity that comes with traveling overseas, all the while recording. 
 
"Angel," the first single off "Stadium," was initially released through Konvict/Universal back in 2010, but when the music industry endured some rather severe restructuring, Akon pulled the plug. "The labels were all crashing and switching up staff," Akon told The Juice. "There was a lot going on within the industry itself and a lot of changes were being made, so within that process, I kind of decided I wanted to push back until [they] got everything together." 
 
Akon's four year hiatus gave him the opportunity to dialog with his fans. Now fully engaged, Akon plans to deliver the street records that both him and his fans love, starting with his upcoming mixtape, "Koncrete Jungle," set for "later this month [May]." 
 
Although having his fans' wants in mind, Akon is no longer interested in making huge crossover records but instead wants to experiment and "have fun." Earlier this year, he spent time in Jamaica's Tuff Gong studios with Damian, Stephen and Julian Marley, enhancing his sonic repertoire and making "magic" in the same studio that  Bob Marley once recorded in.
 
"It was such an honor to be in that environment and be inspired by it," Akon said. "They had me writing three to four songs a day because I was so amped!" And of the studio itself, Akon seemed astonished: "Nothing's really changed, they kept it exactly how it was." 
 
Aside from the reggae influenced, Stephen Marley featured cut, "Just A Man," on "Stadium," Akon plans to release an all-reggae, full-length opus after finishing "Stadium." "I always said to myself, 'When I get to that position when I can do an all-reggae album, I would love to do it,' and those guys are the best to do it with," Akon said, while hinting on collaborating with the Marley brothers for the album. 
 
Rejuvenated from his travels and secure in a calmer label climate, "new staff, new systems, new energy;" Akon is finally ready to give his fourth album a go. After appearing on "American Idol" and VH1's "Behind The Music," it would appear Akon is setting the stage well for "Stadium," an album that he describes as "a piece of everything... this big, huge event looking to gather people from all over the world."
 
Source: .billboard
]]>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:05:00 GMT<![CDATA[DJ Arafat soon to justice?]]>It was the buzz of last week as the social network Facebook in the press in Ivory Coast. A video showing the artist DJ Arafat assenant assault and uttering threats against his girlfriend's wonderful fodder for the canvas. The power and speed of the net have given this matter to a date two years which, according to Arafat. 

If many people were shocked by the gesture of DJ Pierre aka Houon Wompy father and coach of the artist was still more. And it took right away to apologize to the public through a post. "I'm not happy with Didier (DJ Arafat), even though these images date from two years ago. Alexia, his ex-girlfriend and him are my children. However, I will not accept that door to hand my child, as I do not cautionnerai anyone to touch the daughter of another. 
 
Didier got carried away in this video that I had never seen before and I do not support his action. I apologize to Alexia, her parents and all those who have had trouble seeing this film, even if it's an old story. Didier should be able to overcome all his impulses of youth, "he confesses.
 
But the height in the matter is that the photo used by Internet users and some newspapers still left confused. Because the girl would not face swollen Alexia Vodji. "This is a photomontage," thundered the managerial staff of Arafat. Leading them to conclude that through the shock of the video, people in the shadows simply want to break the ascending career of their foals. Alexia, the former girlfriend of Arafat who now lives in Canada called on parents to Yorobo to express his dissatisfaction with the image of the injured girl ascribed to him.
 
"Alexia is angry. His family also is frustrated because they have associated his name (Vodji) to an image on newspapers is not that of their daughter, "says Peter Houon, staff coordinator of Arafat.
But who could have done this photomontage that is making waves today? To this question, is added another, namely how the video made in a purely private was able to find on the net? Arafat denies being the author. 
 
And that's why he apologized to Alexia, her parents and all those that have these images shocked. His friends who were present the day of his misbehavior refute also have posted. The suspicions of the staff go out to one of Alexia's friends, who had also filmed with his mobile phone scene.
 
Anyway, the video has had its effect. Feminist organizations have claims against the artist for violence against a woman, even if the facts back to 2010. The camp also took Arafat a lawyer to take action.
 
Source: topvisages
]]>Mon, 14 May 2012 08:42:00 GMT<![CDATA[P Square And Matt Houston Duet In 'Positif' E No Easy Remix (VIDEO)]]>Popular music duo Psquare has teamed up with French R&B singer Matt Houston to add some spice to the “E no easy remix”

This collaboration came to a result after the remix of their recent song “Chop my money” with Akon, konvict music boss resulting in more popularity for Psquare.

VIDEO: P Square & Matt Houston - 'Positif' E No Easy Remix

Source: Milah@beeafrican.info

]]>Sun, 13 May 2012 10:53:00 GMT<![CDATA[Charles Taylor should face 80 years in jail, prosecution urges]]>Prosecutors at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) in The Hague have recommended that convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor be sentenced to a maximum term of 80 years in jail for crimes committed by rebel forces in Sierra Leone from 1996 to 2002.

This recommendation was made in a sentencing submission made to Trial Chamber judges yesterday. On April 26, three-judge panel found Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting 11 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations on international humanitarian law committed in different parts of Sierra Leone during the conflict in that West African country. Judges further found that Taylor was guilty of planning attacks in three specific crime bases, including the diamond rich town of Kono and the country’s capital Freetown between late 1998 and early 1999.

Taylor's defence: 80-yr jailing request "vindictive"
Lawyers for Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president convicted of crimes against humanity, described the 80-year jail term demanded by prosecutors as "vindictive" on Friday, May, 11 2012.
 
Taylor's lawyers sent in their own filing to the judges on Friday, saying the prosecution had failed to prove Taylor had direct criminal involvement in the crimes.
 
"The prosecution vindictively argues that Mr. Taylor be given a ... sentence of 80 years on the basis that ... he 'planned the bloodiest chapter in the Sierra Leonean war'," the defence team wrote.
 
"It would be manifestly unfair to impose a sentence, which effectively puts all moral blame for all the atrocities committed in Sierra Leone solely on Mr. Taylor's shoulders, as the Prosecution suggests," the lawyers added.
In their sentencing submission, prosecutors noted that “[j]ustice requires that Mr. Taylor’s sentence should reflect the extraordinary suffering caused by Mr. Taylor’s knowing, willing and long enduring participation in the crimes committed inSierra Leone and recognize the critical role he played in a criminal campaign of atrocities which lasted years.”
 
Prosecutors have therefore recommended that Mr. Taylor be made to serve jail term according the gravity of the various counts on which he has been convicted. Below are specifics of the jail terms as recommended by the prosecution:
 
Count 1, Acts of Terrorism: 80 years
Count 2, Murder: 75 years
Count 3, Violence to life, etc, including murder:75 years
Count 4, Rape: 75 years
Count 5, Sexual Slavery: 75 years
Count 6, Outrages Upon personal Dignity: 75 years
Count 7, Cruel Treatment: 75 years
Count 8, Other Inhumane acts: 75 years
Count 9, Child soldiers: 75 years
Count 10, Enslavement: 75 years
Count 11, Pillage: 40 years
Mr. Taylor’s defense team will have another seven days to respond to the prosecution’s submission. The parties will make oral submissions on their sentencing briefs on May 16 and the judges will deliver their verdict on Mr. Taylor’s sentence on May 30, 2012.
 
Either or both the defense and prosecution will be entitled to appeal the Trial Chambers verdict before the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
 
Source: CharlesTaylorTrail
]]>Sat, 12 May 2012 12:39:00 GMT<![CDATA[Bob Marley Remembered: 31 years after his death, Africa Unite and a dream of freedom (video)]]>May 11, 1981 Bob Marley disappeared. This anniversary will be celebrated worldwide by all who loved his music and listened to his message committed to African unity and brotherly love between men. The press has also dubbed the Pope of reggae, the music he has contributed significantly to shine in the world, yet continues to be revered. Everywhere. His contemporaries, such as those who were born after him, like the musical dimension of man and his work more than a dozen albums.

Reggae music could, however, summarize Bob Marley, even if it is, by its commitment, its rhythm, its appeal was most appropriate to deliver the message. Rather a message of love, brotherhood and unity. Especially for mother earth, earth-promise (Africa), considered among Rastas in Zion. Also, Bob Marley, the result of interbreeding between an English and a descendant of Jamaican slaves, he had, he and his friends, firmly identified the fight to restore the lost dignity of the black man, robbed and uprooted by slavery, colonialism, neocolonialism, imperialism.
 
 
Never mind that many words are most used or passed mode.Dans of the world, after the world wars and the hopes raised by decolonization, which was part of the ineluctable march of history, was given to a bipolar world between East and West blocks.
 
And the black man does not always found there. The first African leaders, boastfully called founding fathers, bowed to the logic of the interests of foreign powers. Officers entangled in "mental slavery". The illusion of liberation was all the greater for the people, but many of these leaders were taking instructions from former colonists. So what about the black diaspora? 
His situation was not better off, although it has striven, by historical figures such as Dubois, Marcus Garvey and others to break the chains of slavery. In this sense, she led the fight, despite confinement to some "ghettoization" and impoverishment. She took the lead on Africa that most leaders were entangled in "mental slavery".
 
This is where the Rastas, relayed by "freedom fighters", perfect reggae musicians have chosen to fight to expose, fight the "system". A system that does that put on profitability and not vomiting exploitation or enslavement of the next. Garvey's prophecy of 1927, telling his brothers to turn to Africa for the issue, followed by Rastas who saw in Haile Selassie crowned king of Ethiopia in 1930, as the savior and even better, as the representative of God on earth. Far from this ideology, the message of Bob Marley, outstanding musician who has sold over 200 million albums, calling for peace and above all, visionary, to African unity. More than three decades after his death, it is clear that Africa seems to have missed the train of history.
 
Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Sudan, Southern Sudan ... to illustrate, now, alas, in the news world in the worst way. Obama, another mestizo, President of the United States, is only the visible face of the iceberg. His social ascent does not reflect a better humanization reports. The reign of the "Illuminati", the "ruthless rulers whose primary purpose is to preserve their power over the population," that is even more essential. And what about the other micro-African States who find themselves trapped in democracy, good governance agenda and enacted by the West? If it is imperative that meet the recommendations of the masters of the world and bend to their agenda.
 
Ah! This Africa whose leaders believe, from the outset to meet the West rather than work for the salvation of their people! This Africa whose leaders are quick, once defeated at the ballot box, take refuge in the West! This Africa whose political thinking rather than used to use, and some elite, literate, do not think in any way be accountable to the people. Marley implored Africa with all his heart, he called and wanted his unit, in the conviction that we can not survive otherwise.
 
On the anniversary of his disappearance, he would have liked to know that the situation a positive development.
 
 
Source: inzocongo
]]>Sat, 12 May 2012 10:05:11 GMT<![CDATA[Didier Drogba gets one last chance to sign Chelsea deal]]>Take it or leave it, Didi

The striker has already rejected a new one-year deal on his current salary of £100,000-a-week. But Chelsea are prepared to hand the 34-year-old the option of a further 12 months if he continues to deliver next season.

They are hoping that compromise will be enough to convince Drogba to turn his back on a £200,000-a-week move to China and finish his career in London.
 
A club source said: “Everyone is keen to keep Didier but the owner won’t be held to ransom.
 
“He has to be realistic with his demands if he wants to continue playing at the highest level.”
 
The Ivorian international, who becomes a free agent at the end of the month, has been promised a £20million package to play in China until 2014.
 
Even if he agrees to stay Chelsea will try to sign Napoli striker Edinson Cavani or Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain.
 
Source: thesun.co.uk
]]>Fri, 11 May 2012 20:17:00 GMT<![CDATA[Amina Starring Omotola, Van Vicker And Major Hollywood Stars]]>Have You Seen The Trailer For "Amina"? Starring Omotola And Major Hollywood Stars. AMINA is a deeply emotional story of loss, love and redemption about a fragile young woman, (Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde) whose life turns into disarray after an unplanned pregnancy leaves her totally devastated and bewildered.

Unsure and vulnerable, she fights single-handedly to raise an unwanted child, but stumbles and falls at every turn into deeper emotional turmoil that eventually leads her lonely, lost and 'without her mind' in the care of a secure pyschiactric institution..

WATCH TRAILER: Amina Starring Omotola, Van Vicker and other
 
Trapped in a system that is struggling to cope, even her loving boyfriend (Van Vicker) and childhood best friend (Alison Caroll... "The Kids", "Doghouse", "Lara Croft model") seem powerless to help her.What are the dark forces that surround Amina, is she a victim of circumstances or one of life's unfortunate people? Is she actually crazy at all?
 
 
Only one man, her psychiatrist (Wil Johnson.. "Adulthood", "In a Better World"), cares enough to find out, but he must first convince his boss (Vincent Regan.. "Clash of the Titans", "300", "Troy") that his unorthodox approach will work. The only problem is he must overcome his own demons before he can help Amina confront her tormented past and guide her to finally face her future with hope.
 
 
 
Source: berrykissinspires
]]>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:45:00 GMT<![CDATA[Haye to fight Chisora at West Ham]]>Unlicensed British boxers David Haye and Dereck Chisora, Zimbabwean born boxer,  will face each other at West Ham United's Upton Park stadium on July 14 in a fight sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation, promoter Frank Warren said on Tuesday.

The two British heavyweights were involved in a brawl during the news conference following Chisora's defeat by Vitali Klitschko in Munich and the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) will not sanction the fight because neither holds a British licence.
 
However Warren, who is Chisora's manager, said at a lively news conference at the ground that the fight would go ahead there in just over two months time.
 
Even though the two camps were separated by a steel fence, the two men still exchanged insults and Haye vowed to beat him when they meet.
 
"He is the ideal opponent for me," Haye said.
 
"I am so glad he has got a good chin because if he didn't have a good chin he would be blasted out in the first round. This means I will give him a nice, slow, concussive beating.
 
"I tried to knock him out in Munich and this is the opportunity to shut him up."
 
Chisora, flanked by eight burly security guards, angrily retorted: "I don't like him. David, you need to get style. Your corn rows are out of fashion. Talk is cheap now. That was a lucky shot he hit me with in Munich.
 
"David, you are winning 1-0 but come July I am coming to whoop your ass. Your talk is cheap. You always talk but you don't deliver in the ring."
 
The two men then exchanged more insults revealing they had seen each other in London recently.
 
Chisora said: "I saw David Haye a couple of weeks and he pulled a knife.
 
Haye replied: "I was eating a steak. It was in a restaurant."
 
The fight has been sanctioned by the Luxembourg authorities after the BBBC withdrew Chisora's licence following his behaviour in Munich.
 
Haye does not have a British licence after he handed it in when he announced his retirement following his last fight in 2011 - his defeat to Wladimir Klitschko.
 
Warren said he was not undermining the BBBC by going to Luxembourg for the fight's licence.
 
"This is not the end of British boxing," Warren said.
 
"I believe it will be a sellout, a huge event. There are far, far worse things happening in sport than what's happening here.
 
"No charges have been made against Haye or Dereck for what happened in Munich.
 
"He is not banned from boxing. The fight has been licensed by the governing body in Luxembourg, which has the same standards as the British Boxing Board of Control."
 
BBBC General secretary Robert Smith said the board would meet on Wednesday to discuss their options but he was unhapopy another board had sanctioned the fight.
 
"We're obviously not happy about it as it's not what we feel should happen. Another country has come into our jurisdiction and overruled us."
 
Source: Reuters
]]>Wed, 9 May 2012 19:13:00 GMT<![CDATA[LOL comes to Ugandan TV]]>COMEDY in Uganda has grown by leaps and bounds over the past five years. But this coming Thursday promises the industry a giant leap when LOL, a groundbreaking comedy show, debuts on Urban TV.

An intoxicating cocktail of news parodies and satire, LOL plans to venture into uncharted territory by taking a newsdriven approach to comedy. “LOL will tackle the important and serious issues that affect Ugandans , but with its tongue wedged firmly in its cheek all the time,” reveals Joseph Opio, the show’s host.
 
“To quote one of our numerous slogans,”whenever news breaks, LOL will be on site, sirens blazing and first aid kit in hand, to fix it. Like a plastic surgeon, LOL plans to alter the very face of Ugandan comedy by the time it’s through,” says Opio. 
 
Created by Cyrogen Communications Limited, LOL will pull no punches, focusing its scope on everyone, from public officials through local celebrities to the notorious socialites. 
 
“No one is safe. LOL will last 30 minutes, with punch-lines raining on viewers relentlessly, we intend for them to actually overdose on the stuff.” LOL will air Thursdays at 9:00pm, with repeats every Sunday at 10:00am.
]]>Wed, 9 May 2012 14:07:00 GMT<![CDATA[TRAILER: 30° Couleur – Black man armed with the white man's culture]]>Already showing in French cinemas(as on the 14th of March), 30° Couleur is one of those movies that would tap into into your emotional juices and leave you thinking for the better.

Centred around Patrick(a Martiniquan living in France) who after 30 years, makes an emergency trip to Martinique with his only daughter to visit his dying mother. Armed with the white man's culture, the proud intelligent historian arrives in the middle of one of the most important events of the year-the Carnival.

Along with his flamboyant childhood friend, Zamba , Patrick gets to experience three emotionally charged days that will completely change his life.
 
WATCH TRAILER: 30° Couleur Official Trailer
 
 
Patrick is a man of strict and narrow. Brilliant student in the West Indies. A journey punctuated by the atmosphere and colors carnival. Three days that will change his life
 
 

 

Release Date: March 14, 2012
Directed by: Lucien Jean-BaptisteWith:Lucien Jean-Baptiste , Edward Montoute , Marie-Sohna Conde ...
Duration: 1h32min
Country of production: France
Original title: 30 ° Color
Distributor: Mars Distribution
 
Source: yenihsworld

 

]]>Tue, 8 May 2012 13:02:00 GMT<![CDATA[Genevieve Nnaji Turns 33 On May 3 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY]]>

Talented Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji turns 33 on May 3rd, 2012. The Imo State born play-acting icon was born on May 3, 1979 in Mbaise, Imo State. She first acted as a child actress in the rested soap, Ripples at age eight before blowing into fame in 1998 with the movie 'Most Wanted.'

She was referred to Africa's Julian Roberts who incidentally is one of her role models.
 
She has starred in big movies like Ije, Mirror Boy, Blood Sisters and many others.
 
Her last year’s birthday party took place in London with kokomaster, D’banj in attendance. Look at the pix below
 
HAPPY B-DAY....
 
Source: lartink@beeafrican.info
& Nigeriafilm
]]>Mon, 7 May 2012 13:35:00 GMT<![CDATA[Samuel Eto's Film Drive Off In His Bugatti Veyron (VIDEO)]]>Samuel Eto'o Fils flaunted his status as the world's highest paid player as he was spotted in his 2012 custom grey Bugatti Veyron. Out in London over the weekend, the Cameroonian football player and gorgeous wife Georgette. sped away in their $2.5 million luxury speed machine.

He opted for a gunmetal grey, with a light black accent color for this Bugatti Veyron. The color way may look a little bland, but the power it holds is the farthest thing from bland! Knowing that the Russian club he plays as a striker for pays over 31 million dollars a year for him to play, he also has a great car collection.

VIDEO: Samuel Eto'o driving his Bugatti Veyron

He even owns a Gemballa Mirage GT, and a Stallone Mansory just to name two big ones.

 

Source: Footballworld

]]>Sun, 6 May 2012 12:19:00 GMT<![CDATA[Former Nigeria striker Rashidi Yekini has died aged 48.]]>Former Super Eagles striker, Rashidi Yekini, died on Friday in a private hospital in Ibadan, aged 48. The former Vitoria Setubal of Portugal striker was said to have died after a brief illness. A statement from the Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Kwara State, Tunji Moronfoye, said he would be buried on Saturday (today) in Ira, Offa, Kwara State.

The Supervising Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdulahi, said in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Julius Ogunro, that Yekini’s name would live forever in the memory of Nigerians.
 
“The honourable minister is saddened by the death of Yekini. He was the greatest in Nigeria’s football history and although he has gone to rest, he will live forever in our memory. We commiserate with his family and pray that God will give them the fortitude to bear the loss,” the statement said.
 
Yekini had a successful international career with the Eagles between 1984 and 1998, scoring a record 37 goals in 58 appearances. The highlight of his days in the Eagles was when he scored Nigeria’s first World Cup goal in the 3-0 demolition of Bulgaria at the 1994 World Cup in the US. He also played in the 1998 World Cup in France.
 
He began his journey to football fame in 1982 when he joined Shooting Stars of Ibadan. He left the club two years later, joining Abiola Babes of Abeokuta. In 1987, he joined the Nigerian football legion playing outside the country when he moved to Africa Sports of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. His best club achievement was at Setubal in Portugal, where he scored 90 goals in 108 appearances between 1990 and 1994.
 
He moved to Olympiacos of Greece soon after the World Cup in 1994, but his form dropped considerably as he struggled to find his scoring form. He returned to Setubal in 1997 and after spell at Zurich, Bizerte, Al-Shabab and Africa Sports, he journeyed back home and joined Julius Berger in 2002. His last club was Gateway of Abeokuta in 2005.
 
His death was a climax to a wave of rumours surrounding his private life. Since ending his career as a footballer, he had withdrawn from public life, living as a recluse.
 
Yekini’s life outside football was in contrast to the success he achieved as a player. His celebrated marriage to Kemi, a graduate of the University of Ibadan, after the World Cup in 1994, only lasted three months and his relationship with two other women was shrouded in controversy.
 
A few years ago, he was alleged to have beaten up his tenant in Ibadan over domestic issues, sending him out of the house. He lived alone in the sprawling house he built at Oni and Sons area of Ibadan. An unconfirmed report said Yekini was furious because the said tenant had tried to talk him into having a relationship with a woman. He was also alleged to have sacked his lawyer after he discovered that he increased rent on his property without his knowledge.
 
Last year, rumours went round that the former striker was seen burning valuable house items at his home in Ibadan; an action that sparked further rumour that he was mentally ill. He fuelled the speculation more with a new wave of generosity.
 
Concerned friends said Yekini withdrew millions of naira from his bank account and gave to people; some of them were people he did not know.
 
When contacted in Ibadan over the issue, the former Shooting Stars striker refused to react, although his attitude towards his few friends, players of a local club he supported with money, and daily activities were normal.
 
He lived a life of fixed daily routine. He trained at the Liberty Stadium (now Obafemi Awolowo Stadium) each morning and spent the afternoon at Sabo area of the ancient town, where he usually prayed at the central mosque. He would return home around 3 o’clock and drive to Olubadan Stadium around 5 pm, where he stayed with a friend simply known as Uncle Bayo.
 
At the time, Uncle Bayo, who sells compact discs beside the Olubadan Stadium, spoke in defence of Yekini’s state of mind. He said Yekini was financially stable and that what he gave out to people was a fraction of his wealth. He said the former footballer had a huge deposit in a leading bank in Nigeria.
 
Back in those days, there was a report that Yekini rejected the Peugeot 504 given to the players by Shooting Stars patron, Chief Lekan Salami, because he felt he was too young to use a car.
 
Giving more insight into the life of the football legend, Bayo says Yekini’s reticence was a result of his betrayal by many people in the past and that his recent behaviours could be traced to the failures in his personal life.
 
Source: punchng.
]]>Sun, 6 May 2012 07:17:00 GMT<![CDATA[Omotola Speaks Up Against Shell Abuse In The Niger Delta – Shell must own up, pay up and clean up]]>Omotola, one of Africa famous movie stars, is joining Amnesty International's campaign calling on oil company Shell to Own Up, Pay Up and Clean Up the Niger Delta. This short video features the Nigerian actress outside Shell's headquarters in London, calling upon Shell's Chief Executive, Peter Voser, to take responsibility for the pollution in the region.

Corporate accountability: Stop corporate abuse in the Niger Delta
 
​VIDEO: Omotola Speaks Up Against Shell Abuse In The Niger Delta
 
 
Corporations often exploit the weak regulatory systems in many poor countries, which makes the people living there some of the most vulnerable to corporate human rights abuses.
 
Oil has polluted the land and water of the Niger Delta, but the oil companies responsible have yet to clean it up properly. Meanwhile, local people have lost their livelihoods. Their health and their future are at risk.
 
Join Amnesty International’s global week of action starting on 21 April and help stop Shell’s corporate abuse of human rights in the Niger Delta. Start now by signing our petition. It’s time to hold Shell to account.
 
As Shell prepares for its Annual General Meeting in May, it’s time to remind the Chief Executive, Peter Voser, of the company’s obligations to the people of the Niger Delta.
 
Sign our petition to Peter Voser, demanding that Shell OWN UP to all the damage caused by its exploitation of the region. Shell must PAY UP for the cost of a CLEAN UP operation and compensation for those affected.
 
Source: amnesty

 

]]>Sat, 5 May 2012 11:50:59 GMT<![CDATA[Malawi: Smith Likongwe shakes the stage with the President’s Prerogative]]>Silence is not always golden and the voice of reason in the arts has refused to die as dramatists have taken to speaking against the evils of dictatorship. A month ago Nanzikambe Arts reminded theatre lovers, and all Malawians, of the dangers of an iron-fisted dictatorship creeping back at the helm of power in the country through their play And The Crocodiles are Hungry at Night. The play is an adaptation of poet Jack Mapanje’s memoir of the harsh life the poet went through for three years at Mikuyu Prison without trial.

As the fire was simmering, another firebrand play was premiered at the Nanzikambe Arts space in Blantyre. The President’s Prerogative is, without doubt, one of the theatrical masters to come out of Malawi in recent times. It is a hallmark of master drama guru Smith Likongwe.
 
The plot
 
The story centres around a mystical supreme ruler Apostle Joseph Njovu of Bwezani, who wants to drill oil from one of the country’s villages. The villagers, powerless as they are, resist the force, with corruption denting that battle.
 
From the play, one can make out several prerogatives the president makes. The first is a prerogative to issue a decree for the villagers to vacate the land of their ancestors with no compensation; another one is to reshuffle the cabinet to include the village headman of the resistant villagers to quell opposition against the decree. The other decree is to amend the constitution so the supreme ruler can have it his way. There is more.
 
These are not strange decrees in dictatorial African ‘democracies’.
 
What is more, there is evidence of political powers manipulating the airwaves to suit their tastes. In the play, this is evident when a reporter from the national broadcaster (played by Vanessa Maloya) interviews the villagers on their opinion to vacate the village to give way for the drilling of oil in the village. The villagers sternly tell the reporter they can’t allow that; they chant songs against Njovu and his leadership. But when the report is aired three weeks later, the broadcaster claims the villagers are ready to go away, praising Njovu’s ‘wise and dynamic leadership’.
 
Not too strange a statement it has become an apologetic cliche for dictators.
 
Similarities to reality
 
With its tight script, the play is not devoid of lines that strike heavy cords. Take for instance what Ndaziona (Maureen Mathala), a prostitute-cum-prophetess says: ‘Dictators are there because we allow them to be there’.
 
In a well meaning line, she preaches: “[the] true measure of government lies in how well it has served its people in all kinds of circumstances both favourable and adverse; in times of peace and stability and in times of national crisis”.
 
Several events in the play are not even far from sad home truths. Like when an executive prerogative leads to the closure of a university, forcing students like David (Yankho Seunda), a law student, to return to his home village where he joins forces with the villagers to fight the autocratic rule. The young boy has guts which he displays by showing the difference between authority and power.
 
He says: “Authority is when logic is carefully applied in making decisions on behalf of stakeholders.... Power is when the authorities are intoxicated with their authority to start exercising undue force”.
 
Yet, the play is not just about hard facts, it also has witty and humorous scenes. For instance, when a village headman, Doko (Henry Ntalika), comes out of a bush where he was having some quality time with a prostitute. He is wearing his trousers inside out.
 
The village wizard, Nganga (Geoffrey Mbene), also sends the audience into stitches of laughter, for instance, when he suggests that he should just bewitch the absolute ruler.
 
Other easy moments are David’s romantic escapades with the village girl Chifundo (Catherine Phiri).
 
The actors, actresses
 
The play’s strength also lies in the mixing of theatre old guards like National Theatre Association of Malawi president Ian Chitsekula who plays Senior Chief Khalani who comes face to face with Ntalika (who was a regular feature in Wakhumbata Ensemble Theatre).
 
Another ace is Maloya, who has appeared for Nanzikambe in several plays, apart from her film roles in Jolly Ntaba’s The Test and Charles Simbi’s Who Cares: Wokomaatani. Thlupego Chisiza appears in the play as Khomo, the president’s special assistant.
 
Other upcoming but vibrant artists are Mathala, who also acted in And the Crocodiles are Hungry at Night and Thlupego’s Semo and Seunda, who featured in Dikamawoko Arts play Malawi Kwacha.
 
To crown it all, the choreographic works of Joshua Bhima, Robert Magasa, John Duma and Alinafe Samuel were spectacular.
 
“It is a powerful and creative work of art. One thing that I just noted is that some dialogues are just too long and could be trimmed. We need such works,” said Catherine Baluwa, who watched the premier.
 
After the premier, the play was scheduled to be taken to various venues in Lilongwe, Mzuzu and Mchinji.
 
In his words, Likongwe, who is a drama lecturer at the Chancellor College, said artists must never keep quiet when they see things going wrong.
 
Silence, the ancestors said, is golden. But Malawi drama today is proving one thing: silence is not always golden.
 
Source: Malawitoday
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