Item Cultural Heritage: Watch amazing masquerades at Item New Yam festival.

People without culture is people without life; for culture they say, is a people's way of life.

It is no exception in the lives of Item people, as Okoko Item and Amaokwe Item celebrate their New Yam Festival today.

It is a time when the sons and daughters of Item land from far and wide come together (August home coming) to reunite and celebrate with friends and families, thanking God (Chukwu Abiama) for a successful and bountiful harvest.

It is a joyous moment, as the atmosphere is filled with various cultural activities. Some of the cultural heritage of Item people include:

1. Udunkulu masquerade (from Okoko Item)
2. Achu-mpu masquerade (from Okoko Item)
3. Ikperikpe ogu war dance (from Amaokwe Item)
4. Ekpa-oge mystery (from Amaokwe Item)
5. Item women cultural dance.
To mention but a few.

Item Okpi: Ala gbawaa O rachie!!!

Amber Rose Confesses She Has Slept With Countless Number Of Men... WOW!

Amber Rose is not shy about spilling her secrets.

The star, and host of The Amber Rose Show did not hold back and revealed to viewers that she has lost track of how many people she's been intimate with over the years.

“I’m 32-years-old, I’ve been around the block a few times," the star admitted. “I’m not going to sit there and count. Especially all the times I said he could put the head in, then take it out, does that count? Because I used to be so good for that, I was the queen of that."

The star, who famously dated Wiz Khalifa, with whom she shares son Sebastian, 3, andKanye West and has spoken out about cheating in relationships and the different expectations between the sexes.

"We [women] are smart enough to not let the men find out, I feel like guys get so sloppy,” she added. “Women have an intuition, if he lies we know. … Sometimes we’re in denial, like, ‘He wouldn’t do that to me,’ but at the same time we like, ‘Bitch, I know he did that.'"

Looks like there's not a topic Amber won't breach!

Nigeria Tops The World's Scrabble Playing Nations List: Guess Which Country Comes Second?

Wellington Jighere makes Nigeria proud.

Nigeria is the English-speaking world's Scrabble superpower. Africa's most populous nation is home not only to the global Scrabble champion, but team Nigeria ranks as the world's top Scrabble playing nation — ahead of the U.S. in second place. The Scrabble world champion is Wellington Jighere. He's 33, has a soft voice, a slow smile and a penchant for fedoras, earning him the nickname "the Cat in the Hat." Jighere acknowledges that he's taciturn by nature, but also has an explosive, infectious laugh, though he considers Scrabble is serious business. "You can't afford to waste too much energy doing unnecessary chatter," he says. "During a tournament, I see it as business time. And that is no time to waste"

Rehanna Reinvents Old Boyfriend Jean: Check out Her Outfit

After season upon season of skinny jeans paired with edgy boots and sky-high heels, the boyfriend jean is back. The slightly slouchy, effortlessly stylish staple once relegated to moving day or DIY project at home has seen a renaissance, thanks to stylish stars like fashion’s favorite chameleon, Rihanna. The 28-year-old doubled down on the light-wash look in New York City yesterday en route to rehearsals for tomorrow’s MTV VMA ceremony, where she will be the recipient of the Video Vanguard award. While Rih’s baggy, boy-fit jeans are the star of the show, it’s the extras that lift it into haute territory.

Niger Delta Avengers To Declare Independence on October 1st 2016.

Plans by the Niger Delta Avengers to declare an independent country on October 1, 2016, received a massive boost. 

According the The Nation, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it supports the agitation by the Niger Delta militants because they both have a related philosophy.

IPOB, through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, stated however, that it is not in connivance with the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND). “We have nothing to do with MEND, but our philosophy aligns with that of Niger Delta Avengers who bravely called for the release of our leader and has maintained it till date. Avengers and 
IPOB are one in pursuit of freedom for all the peoples of Biafra. IPOB is in total support of the proposed independence declaration proposed by Avengers on the 1st of October.

“IPOB recognises the efforts of the reformed MASSOB as they have publicly stated that they are no longer working with the now discredited leadership of BIM and former MASSOB. As long as they maintain this stance and do not engage in activities capable of undermining the pursuit for freedom, we shall continue to acknowledge their efforts. Some so-called Igbo leaders are mere Hausa Fulani stooges and will kill their own children if the North demands it. Thankfully, we still have honorable Igbo men left. “IPOB is not in the business of soft-pedalling like previous groups that may have given the impression they were campaigning for our freedom when all they were after was settlement. At the end of this battle for freedom, the world will know that there are those who cannot be bought nor compromised like Nnamdi Kanu and the IPOB that he leads.

“We want, first and foremost, the release of our leader and other detained members of IPOB after which he would direct us on how to negotiate terms of reference for a referendum which we launched a while back. Nobody will be forced or coerced. We want to build a model society based on the consent of the people not one imposed by a few group of people,” Powerful stated.

The IPOB spokesperson added that, “The lawyers spoke out of turn and have been duly sanctioned. We suspect that some elements within the executive of Ohaneze Ndigbo and Governor Rochas Okorocha were behind it. IPOB under instruction from our leader has only three official outlets through which its mind or views can be expressed and these are first his wife, IPOB spokespersons and announcement on Radio Biafra.

 “Apart from these three, no one can claim to represent or speak the mind of our leader. Individuals are allowed to speak their minds but they cannot say they are doing so for our leader without his explicit consent.” 

Uche Madu, a factional leader of MASSOB, also appealed for the release of Kanu.

 In a chat with The Nation, he said: “MASSOB does not see Mazi Nnamdi kanu as one who can betray his belief for Biafra. He is not a sellout, his ideologies about Biafra may differ, he can never betray hundreds of Biafrans that died recently for the course of Biafra. We shall continue to press for the release of Biafra detainees including the ultimate aim of Biafra actualization with non violence. Nigeria will soon experience another dimension of non violence struggle that will marvel them.” Recall that the Biafra agitation suffered a second setback in 24 hours after a third faction emerged from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Thursday, August 25.

 According to reports in Vanguard, the new group, which is called the Reformed Indigenous People of Biafra (RE-IPOB) says it has sacked the IPOB led by the detained Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu and the second faction called The Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra (TRIPOB). RE-IPOB’s spokesperson, Ikemba Biafra said in a statement that the new faction was the result of a meeting held on Monday, August 22 in Aba, Abia state, which also produced TRIPOB. It also said it would present its leader on Monday, August 29.

Man Gets Jail Term For Naming Dog Buhari

He was charged with conduct “likely to cause a breach of the peace” and granted the bail in the sum of N50, 000 with two sureties in like sum




Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, the man who named his dog Buhari, has already spent three days in prison in Ogun state as his family was unable to meet the bail conditions granted to him, the Vanguard reports. The man was granted the bail in the sum of N50, 000 with two sureties in like sum by an Ogun state magistrate court for naming his pet dog ‘Buhari’. Family sources told reporters that they were able to raise only N20, 000, but could not complete the whole sum.

A source stated that they made passionate appeals to the Nigerian authorities to accept what they had and release the trader. Meanwhile, it was not clear if their petitions had been accepted but sources said the authorities were still profiling two of his guarantors as at 3.30pm of August 24, Wednesday.

Chinakwe’s neighbour, who police identified as Halilu Umar from Sokoto State, reported the man to the police, saying that his decision was aimed at spiting and ridiculing his father who also happened to be named ‘Alhaji Buhari.’ However, the trader said in court that he named his dog ‘Buhari’ out of personal affection he had for President Muhammadu Buhari.

6 Areas Where Buhari is Searching for Oil in Nigeria. No. 5 Will Shock You.

Dr. Maikanti Baru, the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has listed six areas where the government of Muhammadu Buhari is searching for oil.



Mr Baru was speaking while receiving the leadership of National Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) led by its national president Nosa Omorodion in Abuja on August 25, Thursday. He advised the association to explore the hydrocarbon potentials of green frontier basins in six areas in order to increase the reducing reserves in the country. Baru stated that the Nigerian authorities would be willing to make provisions for inducements for such prospective investors. The areas where there are prospects of oil and gas listed by NNPC director are: 

1. The Chad Basin,

2. Anambra, 

3. Bida, 

4. Dahomey,

 5. Gongola/Yola

 6. Benue Trough

He further advised NAPE to play a key role in endorsing public private partnership in the exploration of some of the green frontier basins. On his own part, Omorodion, the president of NAPE, felicitated with the GMD on his appointment, saying that NAPE would confer on him a honourary membership award which was the highest award from the association due to his outstanding track records in the Nigerian oil and gas industry in November this year. Following President Buhari’s order, the exploration of crude oil has officially started in the north-east of Nigeria two weeks ago.