Late Christy Essien Igbokwe's husband opens up on new wife

Three years after he lost his wife, late iconic singer Christy Essien Igbokwe, Chief Edwin Igbokwe secretly married Oluchi Phillips. What many don't know about his new wife is that she's an actress who has featured in the highly watched soap opera, Tinsel, and aparingly in other movies.

The couple knew each other for many years and were good friends, so it was only natural that he would turn to her when he needed a partner to spend the rest of his life with. Mr Igbokwe explains;

"It was a family thing. I knew her father before the war. She is 42 years old. I also knew her mother. Even when my mother died many years ago, they came to pay condolence visit all the way from their place. You know, when people who are close to you are coming from a far place. They come with yam, palm oil and other things. They did that and that was when the mother introduced her to me as her daughter and I, as her son. It was mummy (late Christy Essien) that received them in Awka. So mummy knew her but there was nothing then. Let me tell you, you know mummy was spiritual. It wasn't me who invited her. What would I be proving if it was me who invited her? When mummy passed on, she came to Niteshift and other places where we met again.

You know I was interviewed by a newspaper then and I said 'Look there is no way I can get married again' but it happened as time went on. When I now mentioned to her that I wanted to get married, she said, after what you said in the papers, you still want to get married? I said what I said in the paper was what I said by the time I said it, that was how I felt. After a while. I told her if she knew who I want to marry, she said no. I said it is you! She said how could that be? What would her mother say and all that questions? By then mummy's death wasn't two years. She told me that the mother and herself concluded that if I wanted to get married, I should get married to whoever I wanted. That if mummy's death is not up to two years, nothing for me from her, that they want to give her that respect. So after three years of her death, we got married".

Beckham's 15yr old son gets his first girlfriend, and she's an actress

David Beckham's first son, 15 year old Brooklyn Beckham has finally gotten his first girlfriend...and If you think he would go for the girl next door for his first experience at love, think again. He went for a Hollywood starlet. Brooklyn is reportedly dating model/actress Chloe Moretz, who at 17 is two years older than him. The pair have been dating for three months after being introduced by mutual friends. (Couple pictured together in June).

They reportedly had a romantic hook-up at Paris Fashion Week and are planning to spend the school holidays together in LA.

"They were introduced through mutual friends, and have the same social circle back in Los Angeles. They speak all the time and enjoy hanging out together, just doing what teenagers do. Both David and Victoria have given them their blessing.” a source said

Having Three Wives Could Be Termed As Destiny… OJB Speaks

Music producer OJB has said he never planned to have three wives and has a matter of fact he told himself while growing up that he won’t get married, but just have kids in life. And now here is where I find myself, I just think its destiny, he told a Punch reporter.

Was it by choice or design that you have three wives?

It is everything. But predominantly, I think it is by design. Some people believe in destiny while some others don’t. I think it was destined to happen. I believe in destiny. I don’t think I would have survived it if it weren’t destined to be. People get shocked that I have three wives because I don’t live like somebody who has three wives. Come to think of it, there is no particular way to live life. Am I supposed to wear three shirts because I have three wives? I don’t even advise people to have three wives and when I talk about it, they are shocked.

But you married three?

Oh yes I did. When I was growing up, I even said I was not going to get married. I said I would just have children. But see, it is not the same story now. I just feel it is destiny.

Don’t you regret it?

There is no regret. Initially, you would tell yourself that if you had one wife, this would have happened or that would have happened if you didn’t. But then again, you have to check and understand that life is in stages. I am appreciating life the way it is. Out of the marriages, I have eight beautiful children. When I look at them, I am happy. They are my investment.

Lynxxx wants Genevieve Nnaji

The question is, which guy doesn't? When asked in a recent interview who he would like to be stuck in an elevator with, Lynxxx said;

“If I was to get trapped in an elevator with someone, it would be Genevieve Nnaji”

They look good together sef. Two beautiful people. Now, if I were to be trapped in an elevator, who would I chose...easy! Tyler Perry! Yes, I'm still obsessed. If he's not available, throw in Telemundo actor, Carlos Ponce aka Antonio Brando. I'm not into white men....but those eyes...*dreaming*

Introducing Omotola's son, CaptainE, Africa's youngest music producer

Gone are the days when parents frowned terribly at their wards doing entertainment. A leading Role model for young people is M.J Ekeinde, actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde's first son.

The 15 year old teenager who just finished high school already has over 60 beats and has recorded about 8 artistes! CaptainE as he is referred to aspires to go to aviation school when he's 18 to become an Airline pilot like his father but before then? He will be flying his passion, music! See more pics of the handsome young man after the cut...

Here is CaptainE first release:

‘Something’ by Verchi listen/ download athttp://www.vibesplay.com/verchi-something-prod-captain-e

Listen to more of CaptainE music :-www.hulkshare.com/CaptainE

Twitter/ Instagram :- @iamcaptainE

For enquiries, please contact management: redhot.concept@yahoo.com

Photographer: @kelechiamadiobi

Photo distribution and PR by: Daniel Sync PR - www.SyncPHOTOSonline.com

Sudanese woman, Meriam Ibrahim in the US to begin new life

Meriam Ibrahim, her husband and two children arrived New Hamsphire in the US yesterday July 31st where she and her family will begin a new life. Family, friends and well wishers were on ground to receive her at the airport. See how she's changed since being released from prison? Pretty woman. See more pics after the cut... 

Charly Boy shares more fierce photos with his 'virgins' #lips sealed

Check Out Moet Abebe’s Birthday Cake (photos)

The newest actress in town and Sound City VJ who was recently a year older had a little celebration last night with friends. More photos from the party after the cut.

Man Who Discovered Ebola Says He Can Sit Next To Infected Person

The scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus has said he would sit next to an infected patient on the London Underground and that the outbreak in West Africa was unlikely to trigger a major global pandemic.

Professor Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told AFP that a lack of trust in authorities in West Africa had contributed to the world's largest ever outbreak of the pathogen.

The former executive director of the United Nations HIV/AIDS programme UNAIDS said he did not believe the virus would give rise to a major pandemic, even if an infected person flew to Europe or the US.

"Spreading in the population here, I'm not that worried about it," he said.

"I wouldn't be worried to sit next to someone with Ebola virus on the Tube as long as they don't vomit on you or something. This is an infection that requires very close contact."

Piot discovered Ebola in 1976, as a 27-year-old researcher working in Antwerp. He was sent a blood sample from a Catholic nun who had died in what was then Zaire, and is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

He later visited Yambuku village, approximately 600 miles north of the modern-day capital city of Kinshasa, where an epidemic had gripped the locals. The majority of infections were among women aged between 20 and 30, centred around a pre-natal consultation clinic.

"People were devastated because in some villages, one in 10, one in eight people could die from Ebola," he told AFP. "I was scared, but I was 27, so you think you are invincible."

The virus, they discovered, was being spread through the reuse of infected needles on pregnant women, as well as through the funeral preparation process.

"Someone who dies is washed, the body is laid out but you do this with bare hands. Someone who died from Ebola, that person is covered with virus because of vomitus, diarrhea, blood," explains Piot, adding that the same thing was now happening in the most recent outbreak.

He said the history of Sierra Leone and Liberia, which has seen over 224 and 130 fatalities respectively since February, was hindering efforts to tackle the virus.

"These countries are coming out of decades of civil war," he said. "Liberia and Sierra Leone are now trying to reconstruct themselves so there is a total lack of trust in authorities, and that combined with poverty and very poor health services I think is the explanation why we have this extensive outbreak now."

He added that officials should test experimental vaccines on people with the virus so that the world is prepared when it returns.

"I think that the time is now, at least in capitals, to offer this kind of treatment for compassionate use but also to find out if it works so that for the next epidemic, we are ready.