Beyoncé now the most awarded artist in VMAs history

The pop star was up for 11 awards at the show and needed four wins to become the most awarded artist and overtake Madonna's record. The video for "Formation," from her Lemonade visual album, won five awards on its own.

Beyoncé is also the most Grammy nominated artist and the most BET awarded artist. Beyoncé along with Eminem and Rihanna as the only artists to win multiple Video of the Year awards. 

Blue Ivy wore an $11K (Over 4.5m) dress to the VMAs!!! (Photos)

Blue Ivy Carter didn’t just walk the VMAs white carpet, she walked it in a dress worth nearly $11,000 (That's over 4.5m if converted to Naira today).
The 4-year-old joined mom Beyoncé for a show-stopping appearance before Sunday night’s awards show, with both wearing sparkling, ethereal metallic gowns.

Appropriately dubbed the “Grand Royalle,” Blue Ivy’s floor-length dress by luxe children’s designer Mischka Aoki costs a whopping $10,950 at Bergdorf Goodman, Page Six has confirmed.
The extravagant creation features a leatherette gold metallic laser-cut bodice and intricate 3D gold metallic appliqué.


Little Blue rocked tiny pink sneakers underneath her billowing skirt.

Funke Akindele adds 'Bello' to her Instagram handle

The actress got married to JJC in a private wedding with just few family and friends.
Mofe Duncan shared this lovely photo of the couple together in an event in London. See her new Instagram name below....

Afe Babalola University bans use of Smartphones, students go on Twitter meltdown

Students of Afe Babalola Universuty, Ado-Ekiti are currently on a twitter meltdown ever since a new statement released by the authorities banned the use of smartphones, including tabs and Ipads.

The students have now raised a lamentation to heavens, ruing the day they registered to be Abuad students. Lol



See the official statement below, as well as the hilarious reactions of the students

AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, NIGERIA.

INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS FOR FRESH AND RETURNING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, 2016/2017 ACADEMIC SESSION
The primary objective of the University is to nurture students who will be able to impact positively not only on their immediate environment but also on the larger society.

Therefore an essential element of the actualization of the University’s objectives is the identification and admission of students who owing to their ascertainable academic competence and demonstrated innate personal qualities are best suited to imbibe and put into practice the principles of hard work and excellence for which the Founder is renowned and upon which the University has come into existence.

Naira Crashes Further Against The Dollar

The naira fell to a new low of 414 against the United States dollar yesterday amid the continued scarcity of foreign exchange in the country, with economic experts predicting further pressure in the forex market this week.

The development came five days after the Central Bank of Nigeria had banned nine commercial banks from the forex market for failing to remit the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s $2.334bn into the Treasury Single Account in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive last September.

The naira was sold for 414/dollar across some black market segments in Lagos and Abuja on Sunday. It hit an all-time low of 412 against the greenback at the parallel market on Friday, after closing at 409/dollar on Thursday.

Drake Kisses Rihanna On Stage As He Presents An Award To Her At The VMAs

Drake presented Rihanna with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award (and declared his love) with a heartfelt speech at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, August 28. He said:

This woman has surpassed all competition while still being the same girl from Barbados, surrounded by the same friends, speaking with the same accent.

She's someone I've been in love with since I was 22 years old. She's one of my best friends in the world. All my adult life, I've looked up to her even though she's younger than me. She's a living breathing legend in our industry. Then he kissed her.

Ex-Head Of State, Others Named In $1.09b Malabu Oil Deal

Some prominent Nigerians have been named as beneficiaries of the $1.092b Malabu oil deal. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) is investigating the scandal.

A businessman, who is being grilled by the EFCC over the deal, is believed to have named a former Head of State, a former Senate President, a former National Security Adviser (NSA), some senators, and some serving and former members of the House of Representatives.

All the suspects may soon be invited for interrogation by the EFCC to determine their level of complicity, The Nation learnt at the weekend.

Besides the businessman, the EFCC has grilled a former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, and some chief executives of some International Oil Companies (IOCs). The suspects remain unnamed because of what a source described as the “sensitivity” of the matter.

40 FAKE NGOs Exploiting IDPs In Borno State- NSCDC

 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has discovered at least 40 fake non-governmental organisations (NGOs) exploiting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno State.

Ibrahim Abdullahi, commandant of the NSCDC in the state, told NAN in Maiduguri on Sunday that the illegal NGOs were running nothing more than a certified scam by their actions.

“We discovered that many of them who are individual with office are only interested in posing with IDPs going through hardship to access funds from donors.

“We discovered that some of them, currently occupying most of the big hotels in town, are only interested in defrauding their donors by sending fake data, messages and pictures via Internet so as to access funds.


“When we interrogated some of them, they said they just came into the town and were trying to figure out the problems to enable them bring in their intervention.”

He therefore urged the government to be wary of “such elements parading themselves as NGOs”. He also said NSCDC would go after all the bad elements.”

It will be recalled that the Senate president on Saturday, called for the prosecution of those who “stole” food meant for displaced persons.
“Stealing food meant for starving children is beyond the pale and only adds insult to injury,” he said.

“Anyone that is found to be diverting the food aid deliveries should be investigated and brought to book if investigations prove their participation in these vicious schemes.”

Truck Kills Robber While Attacking Passengers In Lagos

A suspected robber has been crushed to death by a truck at the Ojo Lowo bus stop in the Ijanikin area of Lagos State, while allegedly raiding some bus passengers.

Punch Metro learnt that the suspect, whose name had yet to be ascertained, along with other hoodlums, had at about 10.30pm on Friday stood at the bus stop to waylay bus passengers.

It was further gathered that while the robbery was on, a police patrol team from the Ijanikin division came to the area which made the robbers flee in different directions.

It was learnt that an oncoming truck crushed one of the hoodlums and he died on the spot. Apart from the deceased, another hoodlum, identified as Bassey Eyo, was arrested by the police while other members of the gang fled the scene.

A police source told a Punch correspondent that 22-year-old Eyo and his gang members were notorious in the area for traffic robbery.

He said, “It was a distress call from the affected motorists that alerted the police to the robbery operation. When the hoodlums sighted the police patrol, they fled, and one of them was knocked down by the truck. His corpse has been deposited in the Badagry General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident.

“Effort is on to arrest other suspects and to recover their arms,” she added.