Gista Naija : 01/16/14

Thursday, January 16, 2014

2014 Oscar Nominees List Out! Chiwetel & Lupita Nyong'o nominated

The 2014 Oscar nominees list is out and some African actors are really shining this year. Chiwetel Ejiofor got a Best Actor nomination for his role in '12 Years a Slave', while Kenyan beauty Lupita Nyong'o got a Best Supporting actress nomination for same movie. Somalian Barkhad Abdi got Best Supporting actor nomination for his role as the main villain in Captain Phillips.

American Hustle and Gravity lead this year's Oscars with 10 nominations each, followed by 12 Years a Slave with 9. Captain Phillips - 6. Dallas Buyers Club - 6. Nebraska - 6. Her - 5 and The Wolf of Wall Street - 5. See the full list of nominations after the cut..

Karen Eloke Young is a journalist, author and contested in the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant many years back. Karen says Nigerian men are not good at...erm...giving 'you know what', and says white men are better at it. See her Tweets after the cut..

Celebrities aren't saying much openly about the anti-gay bill. And sincerely I don't blame them. If you're against it, then it means you're gay, if you're for it, then you're a bigot...but I guess comedian Ali Baba doesn't care what people think of him. He's shared his strong opinions on the new law. And fortunately or unfortunately he's speaking for 95% of Nigerians. See more Tweets after the cut...

President Jonathan has sacked Nigeria's Service Chiefs and appointed new ones.

According to a statement by Presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, Air Marshall Alex Badeh is the new Chief of Defence Staff, replacing Admiral Ola Ibrahim. Major-General Kenneth Tobiah Jacob Minimah takes over from Lt.-General Azubike O. Ihejirika as Chief of Army Staff.

Read the State House press release after the cut...

This is Timaya's sweetheart - his adorable daughter! You like?

VIDEO: KCEE ft. D’banj – Emmah (DOWNLOAD)

KCEE, who is currently on fiya in the Nigerian music scene brings us another eye catching and engaging video, this time to his new single Emmah featuring Eja Nla better known asD’banj.

The video was directed by Godfather and shot on location somewhere in South Africa.

Enjoy!

Click Below To Download

A man was beaten to near death for not following police orders during a traffic stop, despite the fact that he is deaf and couldn’t hear anything, according to police reports in Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said that they took two officers off the street after being accused of using excessive force against a deaf man in Oklahoma City.

The news filtered in yesterday that he'd resigned but his media aide denied it. But according to a new report by Punch, embattled national PDP chairman Alhaji Bamangar Tukur has really resigned.

If this story i saw online is anything to go by, Phyno got Rita Edmond pregnant, she wants to abort, but he wants her to keep it

It’s the butt of jokes and widely misunderstood, and yet, erectile dysfunction causes embarrassment and distress to more than two million British men.

With creams and injections not always proving effective, more and more men are taking the plunge and turning to surgery to cure their bodily woes. But as Dan Metzgar, a 45-year-old lorry driver from Maryland, found out, surgery isn’t without its risks.

If this funny video posted by Superstar DJ Xclusive on his instagram page yesterday is anything to go by, we might not be wrong to say welcome to Nollywood. The video features ace comedian Bovi and Chigurl shouting down Dj Xclusive for reasons we'd like to find out soon...it's sooo funny you'll want to watch it over and over again. See the video after the cut...

The beef between actor/TV host Nick Cannon and comedian/Talkshow host Chelsea Handler didn't start today. Back in 2010 Nick called Chelsea ugly white trash after she branded him unfunny in an unprovoked Twitter attack. Looks like three years later, Chelsea and Nick are still beefing...

Some days ago Chelsea made some not-so-nice comments about Nick and his family on her talkshow and when word got back to Nick, he went off on Twitter.

Read the tweets after the cut

The comedian who is currently in the UK shared the pic above on his instagram page and wrote "Still wondering where I can buy these electronics" Electronics for pata shop? Lol. See another pic after the cut...

In case you missed part 1 of this beef, check on it here. Trust Ms Boof to fire back. See more tweets after the cut...

Callistus Ewelike, a photojournalist with the News Agency of Nigeria & current official photographer of President Jonathan was reportedly shot at close range in front of his house in the Nyanya area of Abuja around 10pm on Monday January 13th.