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24 Jul 2012

Tearful P-square, "We Will Miss Our Mum"

It is no longer news that,Paul and Peter Okoye of P-Square fame, Mrs. Josephine Okoye, is dead. She died about five hours after a heart surgery in an Indian hospital at about 11pm (3am Indian time) yesterday. The deceased, who was a devoted christian and church minister in Jos, Plateu State, Nigeria, died after a protracted battle with illness. The late Mrs. Okoye was first admitted at St. Nicholas hospital, Lagos, but when there was no assuring development on her health, she was transferred to another hospital in Kolkata, India, where she eventually died last night. Mrs. Okoye, who is popularly known as a major pillar and source of inspiration to the singing twin brothers (P-Square), had been in and out of the hospital for about four months before she eventually died. She is survived by her Jos based husband, children; Ifeanyi, Henry, Jude, Lilian, Tony, Peter, Paul and Mary. She also had grand-children, one of which is Cameron, the son of Peter. A condolence register has been opened in her honour at P-Square's Omole Phase 1 residence. Friends and colleagues of the multiple award-winning singers have been visiting the house to commiserate with the Okoye family. Some of the early callers in P-Square's Square Ville resident this morning include their marketer, T-Joe, Flip Tyce, Samklef, May D and Helen Paul-Bamisile. Peter, a better half of the P-Square twin brothers, said their mother will be greatly missed, not just because she was their mother, but because she played a vital role in the success story of P-Square. "You know that she was a prayer warrior, so I don't need to tell you how she stood by us spiritually. Besides, she was the only one that believed in us when we decided to make a career out of music. "I can remember that she used to sneak us out at night then to attend shows without the consent of our father who insisted that we must quit music to face our education," Peter said.

WE ARE SINGLES BUT NOT SEARCHING -oSHADIPE TWINS

Popular singing twin sisters, Oshadipe Twins has been telling those who care to listen especially their male amdirals that, they are single but not searching. according to the screen divas who revealed their desire to raise the bar in the music industry by collaborating with ace hip-hop singing duo, P-square, they said "Yes, we dated the same guy. Then we were very young. But now we are single but not searching."

Naeto C Finally Says 'I DO' To Heatthrobs

The love affair between Naetochukwu Chikwe who is popularly known as Naeto c and his model lover of many years, NICOLE CHUKWUEKE has finally been given official backing when the two love birds tied the proverbial knot at a well attended ceremony last week Saturday in Lagos.
The wedding ceremony which held at the catholic church of divine Mercy, off Admiraty Way, Lekki Phase One, Lagos was attended by many of the prolific song writer and rapper's friends and colleague in the industry.
Leading the pack was the KOKO MASTER D'banj and Ikechukwu. Others who graced the occasion were Storm Records Boss, Obi Asika and many more.
After the church service, the party train moved to the classy Impression Event Centre, Oniru Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos where the party continue till very late inn the evening.
If you'll recall, the award-winning rapper had his traditional wedding on the 19 of April, 2012 at a grand ceremony in Owerri.

Guns Discovered At Lagos NYSC CAMP ...Traders Ordered To Vacate

The National Youths Service Camp (NYSC) Lagos was entangled in a controversial situation few weeks back as two guns were allegedly found in the camp. According to sources within the camp, two guns were found with one of the mobile shop sellers in the camp. Although, none of the youth corpers in camp has been traced in connection with guns. As a result of the foregoing, NYSC officials sent out all the mobile shop sellers including photographers and food vendors. As it turned out, the corpers who are ordinarily expected to take pictures during their parade, drilling, variety nite, camp fire nite and so on did that with their blackberry phones.