Winner of the 2011 edition of the Big Brother Africa reality show, Karen Igho has revealed that she has cancer.
The Nigerian took to social
networking site, Twitter Wednesday to make the disclosure but failed to
specifically state the type of cancer she has.
She tweeted that: “I have cancer. Are you guys happy?????” and added that, "When I die .will you be happy then???".
Karen said she "Will be undergoing treatment soon", and added that, "Lord I commit my life into your hands".
Apparently this would not be the first time the reality TV star has gone public with issues relating to cancer.
She lamented that when she "told the
world whole about my lumps and I get bullied every day for that.for been
truthful.God in heaven will deal with all of [them] for me."
"Nigerians need to learn to
appreciate their own.show your celebrities love instead of hate.other
countries are watching you.#lionofAfrica. The way we worship other stars
from other countries but look down on our own.love your own before you
love others. U insult people for no reason then you call yourself a
child of God.smh." she added.
‘The Dead’ actor, Prince David Osei was last Saturday unveiled as a brand ambassador for a poverty reduction programme.
The
programme dubbed ‘United Against Child Poverty’, is an initiative by
the International Advisory Council and African Rights Initiative
International.
Total Emancipation is a dinner fundraiser
organised every year to raise support for children whose lives are
affected by extreme poverty, low level of education and inadequate
healthcare.
The programme provides the greatest opportunity for
eminent professionals and entrepreneurs in Ghana and Africa, who are
interested in Africa and its development, to discuss some of the major
and sensitive issues affecting the pride and dignity of the African
child.
The theme for this year’s humanitarian event is ‘Ending
Child Poverty in Africa-The Role of the African’ and it is under the
distinguished chairmanship of Alex Asiedu, chairman of Atlantic Trust
Holding Limited (Ghana, Dubai and Hong Kong) with Dr. Kwabena Agyekum
Addo, chairman of the KAMA Group as the Guest of Honour.
The
event also commissioned three great personalities as Brand Ambassadors
and Corporate Impact Ambassador respectively for the ‘United Against
Child Poverty Campaign’ in Africa.
They included Prince David
Osei, Laverne Carranza Naa Okailey Shooter (Miss World 2013-Second
Runner-Up) and Mawuena Trebarh (Chief Executive Officer of Ghana
Investment Promotion Centre).
Award-winning actress Lydia Forson has announced to the general public that she is not raising funds on any social network.
The
announcement follows claims that the she is raising funds on facebook
with a new account bearing her name, images and information.
But
the bubbly actress has cautioned individuals who have given or may be
lured to give money to anybody on the platform to block that account.
“If
I ever need to raise any money in the future for a project, people will
hear about it first in the news and the account will bare my name or
the name of the organization,” she told NEWS-ONE yesterday.
“Anyone
who sends money to someone on Facebook posing as me does this at their
own risk. People should do a little bit more research before they agree
to send money to someone they have never met,” Lydia added.
Every December Google releases its
Zeitgeist list, highlighting the top trending searches all over the
world over the previous year.
In Nigeria, top actress Mercy
Johnson returned in the list again this year as Google’s Most Searched
Nollywood Celeb, while the shocking deaths of music star Goldie Harvey
and Paul Walker top the list.
Also making it on the list are
Wizkid as the Most Searched Musician, Beverly Osu, Chelsea FC, Range
Rover Sport, How to Kiss and What is Money.
Yvonne Nelson, the actress is
currently on set shooting a new movie with Kofi Adjorlolo, Jackie
Appiah, Frank Artus, Cameroonian born American actress-Okawa Shaznay and
Elikem.
We are told the movie is an Abdul
Salam’s work which is being directed by Frank Rajah. And these photos
were taken on Monday at a location at Cantonment, Accra.
Talented Ghanaian actress-Nana Ama
McBrown has been busy at work, shooting and producing her 7th
movie-Yellow Cece, which will hit the market on Monday-23rd, December,
2013.
Nana Ama McBrown has in the past successfully produced hit
movies like Alicia, ‘Diee Adie Wono’ and ‘Asofo Awarie’, featuring the
likes of Lil Win, Jackie Appiah and Kofi Adjorlolo in her productions.
In
order to make the Christmas a special one for her fans, the fans of Lil
Win, Kofi Adjorlolo and Ghanaian Movie lovers in general, Nana Ama
McBrown has tackled one of the most crucial issues in our societies in
her latest movie-Yellow Cece…
In Yellow Cece, a young obstinate
village girl-Cecelia, who had no respect for education stole from her
mother and escaped to the city, in search for greener pastures—leaving
behind her education, family and boyfriend-Lil Win.
In the city, she went through hell
each day so to make it to the next, joining a gang of street girls who
introduced her to smoking and a debauched lifestyle.
Then,
Cecilia landed a job as a house help whose madam’s husband-Kofi
Adjorlolo genuinely wanted to help her fix her life. But that was not
enough for her, so she did something shocking.
With Cecilia in
love with someone else, Kofi Adjorlolo deeply in love with her and Lil
Win having come to the city to find his old village girlfriend, the
story gets complicated and extremely funny.
Nigerian movie star Jim Iyke was involved in a brawl yesterday, at the Crave Café at Adjiringanor, East legon in Accra.
According
to an eyewitness account, some people were eating at the café, at about
5pm when a stout-looking gentleman in a black Range Rover with a
Nigerian number plate, came to the café.
Jim Iyke also arrived
about 20 minutes later in his Sports Chevy with a Nigerian number plate,
and engaged the man in a heated argument over $10,000 which later
turned into a nasty brawl on the street.
The eyewitness further
explained that it became difficult for those around to separate the two,
and at a point, Jim Iyke wanted to get into his car to pull out
something which was suspected to be a gun, but he was prevented by those
at the café.
The other man left but returned shortly with two
policemen, one in mufti and other in uniform who arrested Jim Iyke and
took him away.
But the eyewitness told The Ghanaian Times
newspaper that barely 20 minutes later, the actor resurfaced at the
venue, which created the impression the case had been ‘settled’ by the
two policemen.
The Legon Police Commander in a telephone
conversation, with The Ghanaian Times said, the men he dispatched to the
venue had information of the scuffle, but those at the scene were
reluctant to give the police indepth account of what actually
transpired, and so they were unable to bring the two men to the police
station.
