GOSPO.COM PRESENTS LAFTA SUBSIDY

A Gosple Drama group called GOSPO.COM is bringIng to Lagos full Gospel comedy Drama concert tagged: "LAFTA SUBSIDY" and also launching its christian entertainment magazine on the 1st of April 2012.

GOSPO.COM is a Christian Drama Group that basically pass the good news accross to people in a comedy way.

According to the spokeman of GOSPO.COM, the concert will be at the 'HARVESTPLACE' 10 Emmanuel Street, Behind Mr.Biggs, Maryland, Ikeja, Lagos State. Time 4pm

MUSIC: DAYVE MCcOY DEBUTS NEW SINGLE 'FI MI SHAKO'

Dayve MCcoy is a fast uprising hip hop artist out of Lagos, Nigeria and known for his electrifying live performances with an inspirational kind of music. He has a debut blazing Single titled “Fi mi shako” produced by Bizzouch, then he dropped another hot single titled "to je quality", produced by ace producer Samklef.

The songs are banging hard across the nation and he is ready to tour places with more. His music is related to  other established artists like M.I, Naeto C, Bouqui, Ice prince, Sauce kid, Eldee da Don etc.

This young talented dude was born in Abeokuta, Ogun state where he spent a larger part of his life.His birth-name is David Aniyikaye Odunlami and was born in the family of four. He studied Microbiology in Olabisi Onabanjo University and graduated with good honors, where is passion for music grew drastically. Started out in a musical crew known as “Rhythm 5” back in school and did songs that rocked stages and arenas. Those exploits spurred him to proceed solo to release his own songs, becoming a force to reckon with in the entertainment  circuit today.

FI MI SHAKO: DOWNLOAD

COOLIO'S SON ARRESTED! GUN, PROSTITUTE, KIDNAP AND ROBBERY

Coolio's oldest son -- who appeared on the family reality show "Coolio's Rules" --is locked up in a Nevada jail ... after allegedly teaming up with a Vegas hooker to rob some dude at gunpoint.

TMZ has learned ... 22-year-old Grtis Ivey (who went by "Artis" on the reality show) ... was arrested on November 14, 2011 for allegedly busting into a Vegas apartment with a gun and forcing the tenant into the bathroom ... while he and a female prostitute named Shantrice Wilkerson ransacked the place.

But the back story is INSANE.

According to the police report, obtained by TMZ ... Shantrice was trollin' at LAX nightclub at the Luxor on October 26 ... and met a guy named Joseph Hall ... who didn't know she was a call girl.

The two hit it off ... and Wilkerson told him that she had a "dream" of having sex on a pile of money.

Hall asked if $5,000 was OK ...  she agreed ... and the two eventually went back to Hall's apartment to grab the cash out of a safe.

According to the report, the two bounced to Wilkerson's pad to do the deed ... but before it went down, Wilkerson asked for money ... and Hall flipped out and left.

But cops say, Wilkerson REMEMBERED where Hall lived ... and brought Grtis to the place 3 days later so they could rob it.

According to the report ... Grtis entered the pad with a gun ... and ordered Hall's rooommate into the bathroom while he and the hooker stole a safe, 2 iPads, 2 laptops, passports, and anything else that wasn't nailed down.

Cops say the roommate was able to identify Coolio's son and the hooker -- and both were arrested on a slew of charges including robbery with a deadly weapon, first degree kidnapping and grand larceny.

Both Grtis and Wilkerson told cops they never brought a gun to the apartment ... and Wilkerson admitted to stealing some of the stuff.

Grtis is being held without bail ... and is due to face a judge on Monday.

HALLE BERRY'S EX GABRIEL AUBRY: CLEARED OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT

 There’s finally some good news for Gabriel Aubry- yesterday (March 8) a Los Angeles judge dismissed the child endangerment case filed against him by a former nanny.

The Los Angeles County Department of Family and Children Services determined that there was no threat posed to Gabriel’s daughter Nahla, so the court closed the case.

Still, Mr. Aubry is fighting to get custody of the 4-year-old, given that her mother Halle Berry is desperately trying to get permission to move to her to France.

Halle claims that she’s not safe living in the USA, and hence needs to relocate to France where she’ll live with her boyfriend Olivier Martinez. If granted, the new situation will make visitation highly complicated for Aubry.

COOLIO ARRESTED OVER ACTIVE WARRANTS FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS

Coolio was hauled to the same prison where his son is currently incarcerated.

Coolio was arrested earlier today in Las Vegas, Nevada over two active bench warrants for traffic violations.

According to TMZ, the "Gangsta's Paradise" rapper was pulled over for a routine traffic stop earlier this morning. After cops ran his name through the system, he was arrested and brought to Clark County Detention Center, where his son Grtis is also incarcerated for robbing a man at gunpoint several months ago.

Coolio's bail was set at $5,850. A court date is yet to be set.

NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS MERCY JOHNSON LOSES ONE HAND IN A NEW MOVIE IN ENUGU (PHOTO)

This photograph was made available to Nollywoodgossip from a movie set in Enugu to show how far Nigerian makeup artists have gone.

In the photo, Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson appears to have lost one hand in a terrible manner.

What do you think of the job by the makeup artist, does it look real or armature?

They want to know your opinions.

BIGGIE'S DEATH IS 'HARD FOR ME'... 15 YEARS LATER - LIL' KIM

Biggie Smalls was shot and killed 15 years ago today ... but the rapper's female protege Lil' Kim tells TMZ ... she's still in mourning ... explaining, "It still hurts very much."

Kim -- who was famously close with Biggie -- tells us she'll be honoring his memory at a private dinner in NY with close friends and family members ... saying, "I will never forget him and I will think about him every day until I die."

She adds, "I will celebrate him every single day of my life ... I have endless love for him and I'll be grateful and thankful to him until my last day."

"I love him ... and will never stop loving him."

Biggie was shot and killed outside the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997. His killer has still not been found.

TAYLOR SWIFT IS "SAFE AND SOUND" IN SYDNEY

 Getting herself some much-needed energy while prepping for another overseas stage effort, Taylor Swift swung by a Sydney, Australia cafe for breakfast on Saturday morning (March 10).

The "Mean" singer was clad in a summery dress as she was joined by her brother for an all day breakfast at Bill's Cafe in Surry Hills before hitting the beach to wade in the waters of the Tasman Sea.

The sighting comes as Taylor's gearing up to perform a concert at Allphones Arena for the second night in a row, while then heading to Melbourne for a three night run at Rod Laver Arena from March 12-14.

Earlier in the week, Miss Swift put on a pair of shows at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre - during which she gave her Land Down Under fans a special treat.

Accompanied by only a guitar playing in the background, the 22-year-old broke out her "Hunger Games" track titled "Safe and Sound" - with the mesmerizing moment available to be viewed below!

NICKI MINAJ DEBUTS 'PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOAD' DELUXE COVER

 
One week after unveiling her upcoming album's cover art, Nicki Minaj has just released the design set to adorn the front of the deluxe edition of her much-awaited sophomore effort.

While she kept with the colorful, paint-splashed theme, the 29-year-old's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded deluxe cover is much-more seductive - as she's posing topless with the image ranging down to her mid-chest.

Additionally, Nicki recently brought the good news that her Pink Friday tour will start back up Stateside in the upcoming months, though no dates have been released just yet.

The extended version of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded will feature 22 tracks and is due to be released next month on April 3.

JESSICA ALBA HONORS REMARKABLE WOMEN AT DVF AWARDS

Joining in on the Women in the World Summit festivities, Jessica Alba was in attendance for the 3rd annual Diane Von Furstenberg awards in New York City on Friday night (March 9).

Held at the United Nations, the 30-year-old actress was among the celebrity presenters at the event which honors five women who "have demonstrated leadership, strength and courage in their respective fields."

With the DVF Award recipients being doted with $50,000 in support of their organization, this year's crop of deserving ladies included Inspiration Award winner Jaycee Dugard and People's Voice Award recipient Layli Miller-Muro, who was selected through a public vote for her work on behalf of Tahirih Justice Center.

Meanwhile, Oprah Winfrey was presented with the Lifetime Leadership Award, with Diane Von Furstenberg saying of the five selections, "It is with great pride that we honor these remarkable women with an award of recognition and support."

"Each winner has shown unparalleled courage and leadership, inspiring women all over the world," Diane added.

HELP! SOUTH AFRICA IS KILLING NOLLYWOOD - EMEKA IKE

EMEKA Ike, I am sure you are aware of the crisis currently going on between South Africa ana Nigeria, where 125 Nigerians were deported for using fake yellow fever certificates. Does Nigeria deserve this kind of treatment from South Africa?

Nigeria doesn't deserve this treatment. Talking from history, the role Nigeria played in the fight against apartheid. You know that we played the ace role in the war against apartheid. Our former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo and musicians like Sony Okosuns, Onyeka Onwenu and many others cried against apartheid. I remember how three months salaries of Nigerian civil servants were pooled together and taken to South Africa to fight apartheid.

Obasanjo did everything possible to end apartheid. He even went to the extent of suggesting the use of Juju. We are our brothers' keepers. We are concerned about our brothers. But Nigeria as a country is not a nation yet, we are not even a country. We keep reforming and rebuilding. Many of our structures are not in place yet. Many of our legal structures are not in place. The constitution itself is not yet in place. People keep complaining. There are lapses where people can pick advantages from. That is the reason South Africa as a country as a nation is taking advantage of our lack of structure. There are traitors and betrayers among us. It's deplorable, we don't derseve it.

With South African businesses everywhere in Nigeria, and having taken over our economy, do you think we can easily pay them back without hurting our economy?

Because we call Nigeria a Free Trade Zone, we fail to enhance our potential. I am trying to register my company in the UK and the US so mat I can shoot movies in those countries. I have to go through processes. I have to go through rigorous processes. I have to register my company and pay my tax. But here in Nigeria, any idiot can come from South Africa with a camera and equipment to shoot any nonsense. Because we don't have any structure in place to accommodate this. It is the same man-knows-man arrangement and that's the bane of Nigeria. We run everything, even the economy of Nigeria, based on man-knows-man. Few people have used this to ruin and cripple Nigeria. This problem has enabled other countries to come to Nigeria to milk us dry. There is a lacuna and they are taking advantage of this lacuna.

They are not helping our economy. They are destroying it. Our economy was better before they came than what it is now. Do you know that these countries are taking taxes from their Nigerian workers and they are not remitting it to the appropriate channel? Where are they keeping those revenues? We should investigate this. These foreign countries are more criminals than Nigeria. But it is the fault of Nigerians. It is an arrangement by some traitors and betrayers m this country. Someone can bring somebody from any country to Nigeria to invest in our economy without any legal process. I tell you, Syria can come to Nigeria tomorrow and take over our economy. It is possible. They come and take Nigerians for granted. That is the structure, that's the arrangement. The arrangement of man-knows-man. They come, and our so-called businessmen will tell them: "Don't worry, we know how to handle them." Who are those people that leave Nigerians in penury and leave them wretched and refuse to give them the benefit they deserve? Now, we are in a situation where pension money is being deducted from their salaries and at the end of their working years, it is not being given to them. Where are these monies? They take it to their own countries to revive their own failing economies.

Let the Federal Government find out, MTN, G4, DSTV, Multichoice and whatever names they call themselves, our government should investigate them. hey have succeeded in ruining our economy and leaving our people in total penury. Now, they have destroyed Nollywood. They are not selling Nollywood they are selling South Africa. They are not selling our own businesses, they are selling their own businesses. They have succeeded in using our own channel to sell their own and they have abandoned our own for theirs. How come our trade law is not being protected to enhance our welfare? It is shame on Nigerians! You see, people from war-torn countries that we are supposed to feel sorry for, come to our country and we give mem cars with drivers. It's sad to see Nigerian graduates becoming drivers for technicians from these countries. We keep playing second fiddle to these countries. It is so sad. Many Nigerians who work in these companies don't get their pensions when they retire, even nobody cares if their salary is being paid.

We need to reverse and revisit our trade laws. We need to know the rate of employment being created by them and how many Nigerians are benefiting from them. What is the credibility of the staff they brought from their countries compared to the Nigerian staff here? You can bring in a technician from South Africa to MTN and you pay him heavily while Nigerians working m the same company are being paid stipends. We need to be ashamed ofthis. That was what made me to fight for the Actors Guild of Nigeria. Do you know they don't even show Nollywood in South Africa? South Africa is a well organised nation; it is the fault of our leaders and business men who allowed them here in the first place. South Africa has robbed us of our Nollywood. It has crippled Nollywood. Now you don't see Omotola anywhere, you don't see Genevieve anywhere. Is it not a shame that a set of people struggled to lift Nollywood to the high esteem and a bunch of people are showing their works without any royalties being paid? And nobody is complaining. Nobody can complain because we have some traitors who are feeding fat from the situation.

UK DEPORTS 120 NIGERIANS

The United Kingdom on Friday deported 120 Nigerians for various immigration offences. The deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, aboard a chartered aircraft.

Airport sources said the first batch of the deportees had arrived in the early hours of the day, while the second batch arrived later in the evening. Immigration sources said a total of 120 Nigerians were sent back into the country on Friday.

According to them, the deportees were mainly young men and women. The deportees, mainly young men and women, were said to have narrated their ordeal in the UK to some airport workers.

It was learnt that scores of airport workers accosted the deportees to ask them about their experiences in the UK. An immigration official, on the condition of anonymity, said the deportees were sent back to Nigeria for overstaying in their host country.

He, however, said the deportees had been allowed to go after passing through the necessary immigration process at the airport. An airport official at the scene told our correspondent in a telephone interview that some of the deportees carried their luggage in ‘Ghana Must Go’ bags.

They were said to have rushed out of the airport for fear of being seen by people. A security source said the deportees arrived aboard a chartered cargo jet.

HEAVY D DEATH CAN'T SAVE RAPPER FROM TAX LIEN

Rapper Heavy D was working on a huge comeback before he passed away last year, but some of the profits might have gone straight to the State of California ... because Heavy had a pretty sizable tax debt.

According to docs filed last month by the Franchise Tax Board in California, Heavy D (real name Dwight E. Myers) has a tax lien against him in the amount of $43,967.87. The lien applies to the years 2008 and 2009.

Heavy D passed away last November after suffering a pulmonary embolism outside his Beverly Hills home. He was 44.

KRIS HUMPHRIES DEMANDS $7 MILLION FROM KIM KARDASHIAN

Kris Humphries is secretly demanding $7 MILLION from Kim Kardashian to walk away from their marriage ... TMZ has learned.

Sources directly connected to Kris tell TMZ ... the bballer -- through his Minnesota lawyer -- has given Kim an ultimatum ... either pay up, or endure an ugly, public trial.

Our sources say Kris and his lawyer have been told to pound sand, and with good reason.

For starters, even if there wasn't a prenup, the marriage lasted a grand total of 72 days, so the community property wouldn't be in the universe of $7 mil.

Second, there was an iron-clad prenup, which provided that Kim owes Kris zilch.

Third, Kris actually MADE MONEY from the marriage.  Sources tell us ... Kris raked in around $1 mil from the wedding and the TV special that showcased the nuptials.  And Kris made off like a bandit because Kim ended up using a portion of what she got to pay for the ring.

In addition, we're told Kris made somewhere between $250,000 and $300,000 from the Kardashian reality show.

Looks like the Bank of Kardashian is officially closed.