Photos : High school Yearbook Pics Of Some Of Your Favorite Female Rappers!

I was browsing early this morning when i came across this super cute post of some of our favorite female MC’s back in their highschool days. 

Some sure have changed a lot! Check out Lil Kim, Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah and more below!

                                                   Lauryn Hill in high school

                                                            Lil Kim in high school

                                                     Nicki Minaj in high school

                                                    Missy Elliott in high school

                                                       Queen Latifah in high school

Beautiful photos from 2014 MBGN contestants in their traditional wears

Every year we wait for MBGN contestants to give us a creative twist to the traditional attires and this year some of the delegates brought it! Check them out after the cut and tell us what you think...

 

You can still vote for your favourite contestant on www.silverbirdmbgn.com/vote & "Like" as well as retweeting their photos on social media as they all add up to give each girl an edge. 

Watch the show, Silver Moments, showcasing their preparations for the finale at camp at on Silverbird Television(DSTV 252) after the news.

 

The Grande Finale which will be hosted by IK Osakioduwa and Yvonne "Vixen" Ekwere will feature appearances from the likes of Seyi Shay, Patoranking, Lola Rae and Yeka Onka will air live on STV and online at www.silverbirdtv.com/live on Friday, July 18th  at 7pm.

Don Jazzy, Tiwa, Kcee, WizKid, Diana King, others at MTN Music + app party

Mavins Record boss, Don Jazzy, Reggae legend, Ras Kimono, Limpopo crooner, Kcee and the legendary Reggae fusion singer, Diana King were among the celebrities out in force at the Federal Palace Hotels &Casino on Friday, July 11, to witness the launch of the most anticipated and biggest music app ever, MTN Music+ App. Celebrity power couples, Tiwa Savage and Tee Billz as well as Wizkid and Tania Omotayo were also spotted at the glamfabulous bash. Continue...

It was a roll call of stars as other celebs sported at the show-stopping party include, Dr. SID, Sound Sultan, OritseFemi, Kennis Music Boss, Kenny Ogungbe, Celebrity Designer, Emmy Collins, Uber celebrity stylist, Lilian Unachuwku, UK based music artist, Waliyah Abiola and Paul O prime, MD, Up close and personal management group.  

The strictly-by-invitation event which was hosted by Beat FM OAP, Olisa Adibua had electrifying performances by DJ Sose and DJ Neptunes had guests swaying to great music all night long. Other celebs who came out to shine that night include - Sean Tizzle, Harry Songz, Skales, Saeon, Gbenro Ajibade Gideon Okeke, Tee Y Mix,  Vina, Stephanie Coker, Destiny Amaka, Nedu and YAW of Wazobiafm, Fashion Publicist, Ono Bello as well as MTN Project Fame alums, Olawale, Monica and Immaculate. 

The event saw scintillating performances OritseFemi, HarrySong, Olawale, as well as the official release of NaijaNinja, Sound Sultan’s latest effort, Ishe  which sees him collaborating with Ghanaian rap champion, Sarkodie.

The high point on that unforgettable night was the performance by Nigerian R& B vocalist, Praiz, and International Dancehall & Reggae artiste Diana King. The duo performed the remix of Mercy, the well acclaimed hit single originally done by Praiz and had received massive airplay.

MTN's new app - Music+ It is a converged music streaming and download platform, optimized for mobile and online access and is socially enabled to accommodate cross-user activity. To download the MTN Music+ App. SMS MUSIC to 5900 for a free download and one month’s free subscription (including free data allowance for music download and streaming)!

Check out all the fun photos below from the launch. It was an amazing night!

Eye Level Learning Centers Global Writing Competition

Hi there, I hope you're fine and getting some writing done. I'm sorry I couldn't send this newsletter yesterday as I was occupied by a new fun project my team and I are developing. I hope you'll find the contests and contents below valuable. Eye Level Learning Centers Global Writing Competition Eye Level, a self-directed learning center, recently announced its 22nd annual literature award, a worldwide competition that highlights the talents of aspiring authors of children's books. Adults and children can enter the competition now through Aug. 31 for a chance to have their story published and win one of three global grand prizes, including a trip to South Korea and cash prizes of up to $10,000. Click here to continue reading... 3rd Prize Winning Essay ' 2013 CIPMN Essay Competition At the request of many of you - esteemed readers - I'm publishing the 3rd prize winning essay in the 2013 Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN) Essay Competition. This piece is published here with the kind permission of the author, Alao Idris Ibrahim, a good friend of mine, who was the 1st prize winner of the 2013 Naija Writers' Coach Essay Competition. If you're entering the 2014 CIPMN Essay Competition, this should help you. If you're not, feel free to pass it on to someone who is. Click here to continue reading... Essay Writing Competition On "Communicating Freedom" This essay writing competition is a joint initiative of Centre for Civil Society and LawLex Organization to encourage young minds to engage in a critical thought process and to provide them with a platform to express their opinions. The word Freedom has a very vast meaning which cannot be singularly expressed. This essay writing competitions gives you the liberty to experiment and innovate with words. 1st Prize - Rs 4500; 2nd Prize - Rs 3000; 3rd Prize - Rs 1500; Consolation Prize - Rs 500. Click here to continue reading... If you know anyone who might be interested in any of these opportunities, please pass on this newsletter to him/her. The world needs more generosity. Warmest regards, Abdullahi.

Naija Writers Coach, Tanke, Ilorin, Kwara, 110001, NIGERIA 

Council Official Killed By Policemen Attached To Former Borno Governor Ali Modu Sheriff

Ali Modu Sheriff returning to Maiduguri Borno earlierA treasurer of Kala-Balge Local Government Area in the central part of Borno State was reportedly killed by stray bullets when policemen attached to former governor, Ali Modu Sheriff shot into the air to disperse political thugs who lay siege at the residence of Ex-Governor  on Monday in Maiduguri. 

The former governor who returned to the state under heavy security on Monday about a Dornier 328 aircraft associated with Shell Petroleum  was in the state to prepare for a rally that would see him return to the ruling party, People Democratic Party (PDP). Mr. Sheriff, a close associate of Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan, had the Maiduguri airport reopened for him to return to the state.

The Ex-Governor whose associates reorganized members of a group of youth known as “ ECOMOG” became uncomfortable when youths started massing around his residence in protest against his presence in the state.

The former governor then sought the help of police to disperse them. The police fired severally warning shots in the air to scare away the thugs, one of the  bullets reportedly strayed and killed the council official who was near Sheriff's house located around  Giwa army barracks at the G.R.A in Maiduguri. 

Meanwhile, state officials said they were shocked that while the airport remain shut against Muslims billed to attend the hajj in Mecca since June 27th, 2014, the President approved the airport to be reopened specifically for the former governor.

The closure of the airport led to the death of a policeman attached to the state Governor’s brother,  Shettima Mohammed Shettima, as he traveled to Kano by road to join a flight to Mecca. The Governor’s brother also suffered several fractures; as a result, of the accident. The Governor, Kashim Shettima was not allowed to use the airport to travel to visit his brother at the hospital according to state officials.The SUV in which a policeman attached to Borno Governor Shettima died in an auto accident on his way to Kano to board a Hajj flight to Saudi Arabia

Former Governor Alli Modu Sheriff is known as one of the creators of deadly Islamist sect, Boko Haram during his tenure as governor of the state. the sect later turned against him killing his younger brother who he anointed to become governor of the state.

Chilling Confessions: How I Killed, Drained Teenager’s Blood For Money Ritual – Ritualist(Graphic Photo)

An evil man narrates how he killed a boy in  the neighborhood in his quest for ill gotten riches. Read the report by Vanguard below:

Muyideen Salaam, a 35 year-old apprentice at Aketegbo community in Seme, Badagry area of Lagos, gave this chilling confession of how he killed a 13 year-old boy, Rilwan Amuda, in his thirst for materialism.
The Ibadan-born suspect claimed he was tempted to opt for money ritual after his wife left with their two children when feeding became an uphill task for him.
Hear him:

“ I was alone in the video shop club owned by my master when one of my friends named Nuru came and said he knew someone who could make us rich . He told me all that was needed was just the blood of a boy of about 15 years of age.

He said all I needed to do was to get the person since he had already contacted a herbalist. In my desperation, I told him we would take Rilawan, mama elewa’s son since I had easy access to him because he usually ran errands for me and sometimes I gave him money and used closthes. We felt it was useless to go out and get someone else since Rilawan stayed in the same area with us. I made him understand that getting someone was not the problem but taking him to the herbalist’s shrine where he would be killed.
When we told baba our constraint, he gave Nuru a ring and instructed us to just touch whoever we wanted to bring with it , that the person would follow us without hesitation.
On that fateful day, I called Rilwan and touched him with the ring . To my surprise, he became dumb and followed us to the shrine. We kept him there until it was dark .
When it was midnight and there was no one in sight, we took him away from the shrine and laid him on the ground. While Nuru slashed his throat with a knife given to us by the herbalist, I held a bowl close to his neck for the blood to pour into it.
Rilwan did not put up any resistance as promised by baba because he was hypnotized. And his memory was gone.
After we collected the blood, we gave the bowl to baba and carried Rilawan’s body far away from the shrine to avoid suspicion and dumped it on the expressway so as to give an impression that he was hit by a vehicle. We thereafter, went to bath with the blood as instructed by baba.
He performed some rituals fore us and mixed the blood with a black native soap and gave us to bath with after which he said we would become rich.
But after bathing with the substance, by the third day, we did not see any money as promised by baba. We were as poor as we used to be . We were so angry and decided to go to baba’s place to fight with him.
But on our way, Rilwan’s mother held me and asked me to produce his son for him. She said she was informed that he was last seen with me. She vehemently refused to let go of my trouser even when I denied. This caused a scene and people gathered around me and started beating me. Nuru who was with me managed to escape. Policemen from Seme division came and took me away. It was at that moment I opened up.
But Nuru who lured me into it is nowhere to be found . I am left to bear the brunt alone . If I had known, I would have continued working for my master where I was paid N1,500 every month. The most painful aspect is that I do not have a mother, father, sister or brother. I am just all alone in the world. I do not want to die even though I partook in killing somebody “, he said in an emotional laden tone.

After his arrest, policemen reportedly took him to the herbalist shrine where the suspect showed them the bowl that was used to drain Rilwan’s blood. The herbalist identified as Soji Akodiya did not deny demanding for a human blood from Muyideen and his fleeing friend but he stated that the killing never took place in his shrine.
Out of curiosity , this reporter was forced to ask why he looked so haggard and tattered when he could make money to take care of himself. In response,he looked at the reporter , smiled sheepishly and said, “you will not understand”
Continuing he said :

“ Yes, I told them what they needed for money ritual was human blood. Because money ritual is one of the greatest tasks in our line. I told them they could either use their own blood for it but I believe they never wanted to and brought that of the boy. I was not around when the boy was slaughtered . I did not even know when they brought him. He was not even killed in my shrine….”

But Muyideen interrupted saying:

“It is a lie. You knew when we brought him. It was even you that gave us knife and a bowl to put the blood. You even told us not to kill him in your shrine for security purpose and you were aware we were going to kill him that night”.

But the herbalist ignored the interjection and continued:

“ I am a herbalist who speacialise in attending to barren women. I also help people to get jobs and also give charms to traders to sell more than their fellow traders. I collect, N50 to N500 , depending on what the oracle demands. It is then left for my clients to appreciate me.  I got money ritual charm from a colleague ten years ago when all herbalists went for a meeting in Ijebu-ode . Usually, what we do at such meeting is to help ourselves. For instance, if I have the cure for any disease and others do not, I will give to them and vice visa.
That was how the baba gave all of us ogun owo (money ritual charm)and instructed us on how to administer  to our clients . I have never used it before, this is my first time. It was even when Nuru came to me that I realised I had the charm”.

Asked why it did work for the suspect and his fleeing partner in crime, the herbalist relied:

“ it did not work because they did not follow my instruction. The instruction was to bathe with the prepared concoction nine days after its preparation but they used it on the third day. Had they followed the instruction, they would have noticed a total turn around in whatever they set their hands to do . Their businesses would have been lucrative . And if they leave N1000 in the bag, they would wake up to meet triple of what was there”.

Mystics. Pure mystics. It’s unbelievable the extent many go to get rich. There are the politicians who believe that charms can make them powerful and transport them into powerful positions. Even when the efficacy of these rituals is in doubt, some people still believe that rituals can change their lives for the better. Evil men continue to chase their shadows. One thing is clear. Evil begets evil. There’s a price for every bad thing. Those who indulge in these primitive and devilish tendencies never end up well.

Do leave your comments.

Groupie spills details of her sexual encounter with Drake.

Cameron Diaz says the thought of having sex with Drew Barrymore makes her want to “vomit.”

The actress jokes about rumors linking the former Charlie’s Angels co-stars in the new Harper’s Bazaar, in which Diaz responds to speculation that ran rampant after she recently explored her attraction to other women and admitted to having been with one in recent interviews.

That’s when the rumors started.

“I don’t even pay attention. People will always speculate. People like scandal. They like to put a label on something that they don’t understand,” Diaz tells the magazine. “It makes them feel comfortable.”

She’s then quoted as saying, “Some media outlet called for a comment and they wanted to know whether I was with Drew.”

“Literally, I said, ‘That makes me want to vomit in my mouth,’” recalls Diaz.

The actress explains, “That’s like saying I’m having sex with my sister. Are you crazy? I wouldn’t even ménage with her!”

Good to know.

Diaz goes on to say about sexuality, “Everybody tries things and sees things and checks them out, and either walks away or walks further in.”

“It’s life — it’s what people do,” explains the star. “I’m not going to tell people what I’ve done, but I’m also not going to say, ‘No! I would never!’ If I said that, I’d be shaming myself and shaming other people’s choices. I don’t want to add any stigma to someone’s choice.”