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Another reality game show debuts

A NEW reality game show, which offers handsome rewards ranging from N100,000 to N300,000 and above, to "people living in filthy and dirtybedrooms"..


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The Filthy Rooms game show is being organised by Nice Dreams Properties Ltd, a leading estate development firm based in Lagos State.

Explaining the rationale behind the reality game show, chief executive of the estate company Mr. Richard Uwagie said that the intention was to "create a platform where thousands of people could interact freely on the internet, have fun and at the same time earn some money".

According to him, every participant in the game show stands a chance of deriving one form of benefit or another in the activities lined up for the show.

To be a part of the show each participant are encouraged to log on to www.nicedreamsproperties.com to follow the promptings.

To win cash prizes, Uwagie explained, the participant could either upload via a mobile phone, or a flash drive or a digital camera, the photo shot of their "Wacky," "Ugly," or "Dirty" bedroom or living room.

The "Wackiest" of such photo shots, he said, would win a cash award, or any of the moneymaking opportunities available.

Alternatively, Uwagie explained, a participant can join those who would cast their votes to determine which of the photo shot entries deserve to win the award.

The first 20 voters to log on to the site, he said, would earn cash rewards of up to N3,000.

A selection of the most unkempt or sloppiest apartments, he said, would be done every week, following which an overall winner will emerge at the end of three months.

The star winner will receive a renovation package worth N300,000 with additional cash sum of N150.000.

Similarly, the second "Worst" apartment will earn a cash sum of N100.000, while the third place winner will cart away a Hi-fi Home Theatre equipment.

Consolation prizes are equally lined up for other categories of internet surfers on the bsite.

The reality game show is billed to run every quarter with higher cash bonanzas to be attached to subsequent entries.
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photo Terry and Wife Toni inset is the homebreaker Vanessa and Girlfriend to Wayne Bridge ENGLAND'S World Cup hopes are in chaos after their captain John Terry was publicly disgraced for cheating on his wife with a team-mate's girlfriend.The $200,000 a week player lost a court battle to keep the affair with French underwear model Vanessa Perroncel - his wife's best friend and the partner of fellow England defender Wayne Bridge - secret.Terry, 29, who has three-year-old twins with his childhood sweetheart Toni, now faces a backlash from players and fans fearing the storm will rock the England squad and ruin the team's chances at this summer's World Cup in South Africa.Within minutes of the story breaking, the internet was awash with angry calls for Terry to be stripped of the title.The Chelsea star had desperately tried to keep the public in the dark over his infidelity and initially managed to use human rights laws to obtain a gagging order against the press.England captain John Terry was publicly disgraced last night for cheating on his wife with a team-mate's girlfriend after losing a court battle to keep it secret.The £170,000-a-week footballer had an affair with French underwear model Vanessa Perroncel - his wife's best friend and the partner of fellow England defender Wayne Bridge.Terry, 29, who has three-year-old twins with his childhood sweetheart Toni, now faces a backlash from players and fans fearing the storm will rock the England squad and ruin the team's chances at this summer's World Cup in South Africa.Within minutes of the story breaking, the internet was awash with angry calls for Terry to be stripped of the captaincy.The Chelsea star had initially used human rights laws to obtain a gagging order against the press, claiming his right to a 'private and family life'.But the judge who threw out the order said he thought Terry was more concerned about the threat to his lucrative sponsorship deals. Even the existence of the so-called 'super-injunction' was supposed to be a secret. But in a landmark ruling for press freedom, Mr Justice Tugendhat ruled that the public had a right to know.He told the High Court that people should have the right to criticise 'socially harmful' behaviour because freedom of speech is as important as the right to privacy.Experts believe his ruling could open the floodgates to more revelations - high on the list being the identity of the Premier League manager recently accused of visiting a brothel.The decision will shatter Terry's recently-acquired family man image and could lose him millions in commercial sponsorships.Wife Toni with Vanessa and Girlfriend to Wayne BridgeBut the judge said Terry had made no mention of personal distress and appeared to be 'a very robust personality.' He said the secrecy claim was more likely to be about 'protection of reputation' and was 'essentially a business matter'.The judge was critical of the way Terry, his business partners and Schillings, one of the best-known celebrity law firms, had tried to keep the affair under wraps.Terry, recently crowned celebrity 'father of the year', was not in court and kept out of public sight as the scandal broke.He has long been close friends with Bridge and until recently they were neighbours in a gated community in Surrey. Bridge was with Terry at Chelsea for five years until he moved to Manchester City in 2008.Until last week, no one knew that Terry was having a secret sexual affair with Bridge's girlfriend. When Miss Perroncel's relationship with Bridge collapsed last July, it was to Terry's wife Toni, her best friend, that she turned for support. The two women are even understood to have holidayed together.The court has not said when Terry's affair began or how long it lasted, but there was one unconfirmed suggestion that it was still going as recently as last month.The alleged relationship had 'consequences', the court heard - but their nature was not spelt out.Sources close to Bridge said he was 'in bits'. The 29-year-old has a three-year-old son with Miss Perroncel.Jaydon Jean Claude Bridge was born in November 2006 but when Bridge moved to Manchester City a year ago, Miss Perroncel remained in their Surrey mansion.Bridge said nothing when he was asked about his teammate's behaviour yesterday as he left his club's training ground before returning to his £2million rented mansion in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.But even fellow England stars - not always known for their family values - were privately condemning Terry for 'crossing the line' in sleeping with a teammate's partner.He also faces the wrath of England manager Fabio Capello - the Italian has famously strict moral values. Capello will come under pressure to strip Terry of the England captaincy if his off-field behaviour is causing a rift in the team.FA insiders claimed Terry's future depended on how fellow players react to him before a friendly against Egypt in March.Yesterday there was no sign of Terry at his £4million home where, on Monday, he confessed his infidelity to his wife. Terry has previously admitted to cheating on Toni.In 2005, two years before marrying, he said: 'I've misbehaved and slept with girls behind her back. I'm not going to cheat on her ever again and I want to marry her more than anything.'But the day he was quoted, it emerged he had a fling with a blonde - and even borrowed his friend Bridge's £4million house as a love nest.His alleged lover Shalimar Wimble, 25, told a Sunday newspaper: 'John never mentioned his fiancée Toni to me - I guess that's why he took me to Wayne's place.'Yesterday the judge made it clear he thought Terry's history as a love rat was very much relevant in deciding whether he should be allowed to keep his latest transgression a secret.Mr Justice Tugendhat said it was crucial that newspapers should not be prevented from reporting things that were 'socially harmful'.Even before the order was lifted, the internet was buzzing with details of Terry's infidelity. He was named on at least one football website, while posts on the social networking site Twitter ridiculed the England captain. One said: 'Everyone knew he was boffing the (rather gorgeous) girlfriend of Wayne Bridge - let the story run.'The case echoes former England captain David Beckham's alleged affair with Rebecca Loos.He was never forced to quit his post, but then again the England coach at the time, Sven Goran Eriksson, was busy having a secret affair of his own.The underwear model and her friendship with the WAG next doorJohn Terry's wife and his mistress were the most unlikely of best friends.Toni Poole, 28, is a working-class girl who shuns the public eye and is happy to stay at home with the twin children she has by her childhood sweetheart.photo Terry and Wayne BridgeVanessa Perroncel is a French-born lingerie model who has posed provocatively in a series of 'lads' mags'.Yet they holidayed together last summer and were regular guests in each other's neighbouring homes.Miss Poole, 28, had dated Terry from the age of 16, when he was a year older and an apprentice footballer on £48 a week still living with his family in an estate in Barking, East London.Friends: Toni Terry and Vanessa Perroncel spent time together during the 2006 World Cup in GermanyShe worked briefly as a beautician, but in an age of WAGs is more like the traditional footballers' wife - a loyal, quiet presence in the background.She and Miss Perroncel became friends in 2006 after the exotic model, who is thought to be around 29, had begun dating Wayne Bridge. He was Terry's Chelsea teammate and neighbour - as well as an accommodating friend.In 2005 a tabloid newspaper told how Bridge allowed Terry to use his house to have sex with a secretary when he wasn't there.Afterwards, Terry apologised for his transgression and vowed that it would be the last. At the time, it was the eighth to be publicised in tabloid newspapers.Whatever doubts his long-term partner might have had over Bridge, she quickly became friendly with his new girlfriend, despite their differences.Miss Perroncel was certainly different-having made a career out of her body once she moved to the UK.She posed provocatively in a whole array of downmarket lads' magazines including Maxim - where she was labelled a Maxim Mate - and Front.Apart from her magazine appearances, she posed with Sacha Baron-Cohen's film creation Ali G, she in a white bra and red knickers as he lay between her parted legs.Toni and Vanessa headed - along with the other WAGs - to Baden Baden in Germany for their now notorious stay during England's ill-fated World Cup campaign in 2006.The friendship between the two women intensified after Toni gave birth to twins, son George and daughter Summer, and Vanessa had a son, Jaydon Jean Claude five months later.The following summer, Miss Perroncel and Bridge were both guests when Terry wed Toni at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire and last summer they went on a 'girls' break' together.Yesterday's revelations suggest another holiday is unlikely - and there is likely to be a distinct froideur the next time they meet in their Footballers' Wives estate.
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These sc. am. m.e.rs will come up with all sorts of ideas and scams This one is for a refund of all victims by the Nigerian government ! Order of Reconciliation Payment, This is in accordance with the irrevocable instruction of your payment received from the office of the Investigation department of the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) today. You are being contacted by this office today because your Case File (Ai) is the very first File on our Settlement Files Cabinet forwarded and contracted us to see to your immediate compensation payment of the sum of $1,200,000.00 from their Offshore Account with us. The commission further more explained the reasons while you are been compensated. This might interest you to know that during the recent internet investigations and probing processes conducted by the EFCC and investigation monetary agency (UK), your E-MAIL address was discovered among the SPAM violated list and victim of fraud. The said payment is a reconciliation payment to every foreigner’s beneficiary of funds which due to one hitch or the other, the transfer of such fund was not successful at that time. In view of these recommendations, we were meant to understand that during the last United Nation (UN) and EFCC, investigation monetary agency meetings held in Abuja Nigeria in conjunction with international Monetary funds (IMF) committee , it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, In other for the Federal Government of Nigeria to retain the good image of their great country, the president (Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'adua) has instructed the payment of $1,200,000.00 to victims each via DEUTSCHE BANK (UK) under the funding assistance by the Nigeria Intelligent Monetary Unit in concurrence with the Federal Ministry of finance (Federal Capital Territory) with the letter of Authorization from the office of the finance minister has given us the right to remit such funds valued at $1,200,000.00 to it beneficiary as remuneration payment among wh! ich your contact was listed and th To avoid unnecessary delays, Please contact the Remittance Department GLOBAL SECURITY & INVESTMENT LTD MR.KANE CARTER to facilitate the remittance of your fund: with the information below on behalf of the of the CBN BANK to facilitate the said payment and you are requiring confirming the information below so as to enable us confirm your rightful beneficiary and proceed with the transfer arrangement without any further obstruction. Please confirm the information below to THE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT, GLOBAL SECURITY & INVESTMENT LTD., #09 IDOWU TAYLOR STREET,BLOCK 232, VICTORY ISLAND, LAGOS NIGERIA. Tel: +2348038462141: Direct Email: imd_kanecarter@qatar.io john Koffi 1. Full Name: 2. Residential Address: 3. Mobile Phone Number: 4. Nationality: 5. Present Occupation: 6. Country: Prompt action is necessary as time is of essence Management. Investigation Monetary Agency
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Michael Jackson's Kids Will Speak at the Grammys The King of Pop's progeny will be represented at the Grammy Awards.A source close to the Jackson family exclusively tells E! News that, as of late Friday evening, Michael Jackson's three children will not only attend the Grammys on Sunday, but will take the stage during the planned tribute to the pop icon to "read some sort of speech" about him.As we reported before, several other members of the Jackson family are already planning to be in the audience at Los Angeles' Staples Center, as well.Céline Dion, Carrie Underwood and Usher are among the current chart-toppers who will be participating in the Jackson tribute.Janet Jackson presided over a muscial tribute to her older brother, who died last June, at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.Gay Groups to Grammys: Denounce "Hateful" Reggae Nominee Now!Media watchdog group GLAAD and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center protested the nomination as soon as it was announced, because Banton's song, "Boom, Bye Bye," includes lyrics about killing gay men by shooting or burning them.And just today, GLAAD and the L.A. Gay & lesbian Center bought a full-page ad in Hollywood tradepaper Variety in the form of an open letter to Recording Academy president Neil Portnow. "This type of music has fueled anti-gay violence here and especially in Banton's home country of Jamaica, where hate crimes against gay men and lesbians—including murder—are common and sometimes celebrated," the letter reads.In early December, the Recording Academy issued a statement defending the nomination on the basis of freedom of speech and creative expression."Artists of a variety of political or cultural perspectives have been nominated or featured on the telecast, despite protests and backlash," the statement read, in part.GLAAD and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's ad, cosigned by more than 20 gay rights groups, blasts the reasoning because "performers who glorify the murder of gay people through their music aren't reflecting a 'political or cultural perspective' or 'politics,' they're reflecting their hatred and promoting brutal and illegal violence against a group of innocent people."A copy of the ad, which also asks the academy to denounce violence of any sort during awards show live telecast on Sunday, was delivered to Portnoy's office yesterday, according to reps for GLAAD and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center. They have yet to get a response.Banton will not be at this year's show because he is currently in a Florida jail awaiting trial on cocaine-related charges. Rihanna Flying Solo to Grammys—Where's the BF?It's Grammy time again, folks, and this year we're happy to report Rihanna will be in attendance at the awards show, rather than in admittance to the hospital like she was last year.Thankfully, Ri-Ri has moved on from that hideous woman-attacker Chris Brown, and despite the fact the pop princess claims she's single, we can swear she's still very much dating muscle-tat man Dodger Matt Kemp.However, E! can also confirm that her new boy will not be attending the Grammy Awards with her on Sunday.Yikes, trouble in paradise already?
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Caution: Some Pictures in this Article might not be palatable Article ExcerptsFact Haiti is one of the poorest nations on planet earth .Fact: They have just been devastated by a natural disaster.Fact:Just as nigeria is well known now for scams and terrorism They are also reputed to be masters of Voodoo and a popular American televangelist Pat Robertson was quoted as saying The wrath of God is being poured out on Port au prince, haiti's capital as various religious buildings were torn to the ground" African Aid As at press time no mention has been made in the news about Nigeria or any African Nation offering Relief of any kind to the Haitian nation .One of their sons has been a well known guest in Nigeria over the years .Wyclef Jean the popular Musician and Rapper has been on various Thisday Music Fests on huge salaries and payments by not only Nduka Obaigbena's entertainment Machine but Many Powerful organisations have endorsed his presence in Nigeria .The widows mite also applies in disasters even though We are experiencing a silent form of political and economic Earthquake here in naija .Our prayers are with them and we pray this is not the portion of naija now and in the future God have mercy on the people of Haiti, amen . * Haitian Red Cross: 45,000 - 50,000 people died in the earthquake * Hillary Clinton: 'Biblical' damage is on par with the 2004 Asian tsunami * Horrifying images show capital Port-au-Prince razed to the ground * Charity workers describe gutters 'running with blood' * New video of buildings collapsing during earthquake emerges * Red Cross runs out of medical supplies Sixteen Britons are among the tens of thousands missing after a catastrophic earthquake ripped Haiti apart. They had all been living in the capital Port-au-Prince when the disaster - which measured 7.0 on the Richter scale - struck on Tuesday. Today the Haitian Red Cross said it believes between 45,000 and 50,000 people died in the quake. Up to three million could be hurt or homeless. International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander said there were 32 British nationals living in the city - half of whom had yet to make contact with the UK's ambassador. The full scale of the horror which has overtaken Haiti is only just becoming apparent. Stunned residents began stacking bodies on the streets of their devastated capital Port-au-Prince. yesterday as distraught, dust-caked survivors clawed feverishly in the debris of shattered buildings. Laura Bickle, an American working at an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, told the BBC: 'All the parks are filled with people - they either have no home to go to or they are too scared to go home. 'They are pulling people out of the rubble, literally with blood running in the gutter like water.' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the damage as 'Biblical', and likened the disaster to the 2004 Asian tsunami. 'This is going to (be) one of the highest in terms of loss of life in recent years,' she said. One leading politician, Senator Youri Latortue, suggested the toll could rise as high as 500,000. See video of buildings collapsing as the earthquake strikes here The full horror of the disaster was only beginning to emerge today - with scenes of utter devastation in the densely-populated city. Bodies pulled from collapsed homes were laid at the side of the road and covered with sheets, with passers-by lifting the covering to discover if loved ones were underneath. A spokesman said major UK broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Sky, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Al-Jazeera have agreed to broadcast the appeal. A DEC spokesman said giving money was the best way to help so supplies could be purchased as close as possible to the disaster area and sent straight to those in need. He said, where possible, emergency supplies would be bought in areas of Haiti which are not affected by the disaster. If that was not possible, aid agencies would turn to the Dominican Republic and then the US. Some aid agencies have already started trying to help those in affected areas but the spokesman said: 'The aid effort isn't on the scale that's required and we need people's help to scale it up urgently.' Money raised from DEC's Haiti Earthquake Appeal will support the efforts of the DEC's members, which are the major UK aid agencies. The 13 member agencies are Action Aid, British Red Cross, CAFOD, Care International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Help the Aged, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund and World Vision. Outside the remains of one shattered building in Port-au-Prince, the bodies of five children and three adults lay in a pile. Traumatised Haitians spent last night sleeping in parks and streets, fearing aftershocks would claim more lives. There was still no sign of organised operations to rescue those trapped in debris - or to remove bodies piled high on the streets. Survivors feared returning to their precarious homes and slept in open areas were groups of women sang religious songs in the dark and prayed for the dead. 'They sing because they want God to do something. They want God to help them. We all do,' said Dermene Duma, who lost four relatives. Residents tried to rescue people trapped under rubble, clawing at chunks of concrete with bare hands. Men with sledgehammers battered at slabs of debris in collapsed buildings searching for survivors. One young man yelled at reporters in English: 'Too many people are dying. We need international help ... no emergency, no food, no phone, no water, no nothing.' 'It's the worst I've ever seen,' the Salvation Army's director of disaster services in Haiti, Bob Poff, told CNN. 'It's so much devastation in a concentrated area. It's going to take days, or weeks, to dig out.' Bertin Meance, from HelpAge International, said: 'This is definitely the biggest disaster that Haiti has to face in more than 200 years. 'The situation is indescribable. A few images remain in my mind - thousands of people are homeless and will need temporary shelters. 'They are all gathered in public squares. Some are afraid to return to their homes. Some do not have homes to return to. 'There are reports of looting. Many people, including older people, are traumatised because this is the first time that most living Haitians are experiencing an earthquake. 'The extent of losses of human lives is leaving many people traumatised.' As well as tens of thousands of homes, hospitals and schools were also destroyed. The UN have confirmed 14 of their workers have died and 100, including Hedi Annabi, the Secretary General's special envoy, are missing after their five-storey headquarters collapsed. The devastation in the country is clear to see, as the American Red Cross revealed last night they have run out of medical supplies to help those injured in the natural disaster. Spokesman Eric Porterfield said the small amount of medical equipment and medical supplies that were available in Haiti have already been distributed. The organisation, which has already contributed an initial $1million from its International Response Fund, will be sending more supplies. But Mr Porterfield said he had no idea when they would arrive. The news comes as thousands of people worldwide have pledged to support the country in any way they can. The World Bank said it planned to extend an $100million in emergency aid to Haiti to help recovery and reconstruction. In a statement President Robert Zoellick, said: 'This is a shocking event and it is crucial that the international community supports the Haitian people at this critical time' 'The World Bank is mobilising significant financial assistance and sending a team to help assess damage and reconstruction needs. Our thoughts are with the people of Haiti, our staff, and our UN colleagues.' Among the dead were the Roman Catholic Arcbishop of Port-au-Prince Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Zilda Arns Neumann. Around 200 people are also feared dead after a hotel crumbled to dust, the National Palace is in ruins and a major hospital was also destroyed.The main Citigroup Inc. three-storey office in Haiti also collapsed in the quake, and the company are now desperately trying to track down the 44 employees who were inside at the time. 'Our top priority is to ensure that our colleagues are safe and accounted for,' an internal memo from the bank read. Obama pledged swift, coordinated support to help save lives. The Pentagon was sending an aircraft carrier and three amphibious ships, including one that can carry up to 2,000 Marines. The US, China and European states were sending reconnaissance and rescue teams, some with search dogs and heavy equipment, while other governments and aid groups offered tents, water purification units, food and telecoms teams US airlines suspended commercial flights to Haiti. The quake knocked out the Port-au-Prince airport control tower. The US Air Force sent a team to restore air traffic control to allow flights to evacuate the injured and bring in supplies. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, UN special envoy to Haiti, said more rescue teams and heavy equipment were needed. 'We need more helicopters,' Clinton told CNN. 'The most important thing is to get people into the (collapsed) buildings and find as many alive as possible.' The US Coast Guard evacuated four critically injured Americans helicopter to its naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Coast Guard said Port-au-Prince port suffered massive damage and destruction, including its container crane. Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders said its three hospitals in Haiti were too badly damaged to use and it was treating the injured at temporary shelters. 'What we are seeing is severe traumas, head wounds, crushed limbs, severe problems that cannot be dealt with with the level of medical care we currently have available,' said Paul McPhun, operations manager for the group's Canadian section. BRITISH TEAM FLIES OUT AS GOVERNMENT PLEDGES $10m British rescue teams landed in the Dominican Republic today, the neighbouring country to Haiti where tens of thousands of people were thought to have been killed in a devastating earthquake. A four-man team from the UK Government and 71 rescue specialists with dogs and heavy equipment arrived shortly after 7am and will travel to Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, later today, the Department for International Development said. The British government has already pledged $10million in aid. International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander said the UK experts were 'desperately needed'. 'This is a tragedy on a massive scale. Already Britain is playing its part in the huge international response.' Mr Alexander will meet British aid agencies this morning to launch a Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for victims of the quake. He said: '(Haiti) is a desperately difficult country. About half the population lives on less than a dollar a day, and the scenes we witnessed yesterday would challenge even the strongest of governments. 'My ambassador told me there was a very strange atmosphere in the city today. Many people are not willing to go back into buildings. So there are not just bodies in the streets but people are actually living on the streets at the moment.' Mr Alexander said it is essential that the immediate rescue operation is followed up by a comparable recovery effort. 'The most basic needs - the need for shelter, the need for water, the need for medicine and the need for food - are going to emerge, we sense, on an immense scale in the hours, days and weeks ahead,' he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. The British rescue team was due to arrive in Port-au-Prince at around 11am GMT (6am local time), leader Mike Thomas said. 'We are hoping to hit the ground running and really make a difference, to try to rescue as many people as possible,' he told Sky News. Mr Thomas, speaking from Santa Domingo airport in the Dominican Republic, said the rescue team was expecting 'widespread devastation' but added that many of those heading for Haiti had experience of similar disaster zones. 'It helps to know people in the UK are supporting us,' he said. However as at press time no mention has been made in the news about Nigeria or any African Nation offering Relief of any kind to the Haitian nation .One of their sons has been a well known guest in Nigeria over the years .Wyclef Jean the popular Musician and Rapper has been on various Thisday Fests on huge salaries and payments by not only Nduka Obaigbena's entertainment Machine .Many Powerful organisations have endorsed his presence in Nigeria .The widows mite also applies in disasters even though We are experiencing a silent form of political and economic Earthquale here in naija . God have mercy on the people of Haiti, amen .
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