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The Nigerians celebrities invaded Dubai UAE, with 2Face wedding Annie Macaulay. We have spotted alot of Nigerian artists and Nollywood stars also including some ex politicians, friends, Families and well wishers. We are Wishing the couple a long and everlasting marriage life. May God Bless the couple and grant them good health and a quite family life.
New Upcoming Nigerian Singer Tonnero Based in Netherlands
Anthony Onowhawo Eroh, better known as Tony Tonnero was born in
Sapele, Delta State, Nigeria in the eighties. Tonnero is a singer-songwriter
and ready to bring his music around the world. Music is universal he said. To
create a beat he finds his inspiration in little things like sounds he is
hearing at the beach or in the streets. Then he starts recording on his phone
and before you know it a new beat is born. He wrote his first song in 2006
with the title 'together'. It was never released.The best inspiration and
motivation for the lyrics is his family and society.He wants his family to have everything
in life.
His example in life is his mother. He has great respect for her as
a mother of ten children. She gave them the right skills in life to stand
strong in this world. At home they listened to a lot of African music, native,
old school, western music, R Kelly, Celine Dion and Boys 2 Men. When I ask him
if he has this singing-writing skills from his parents he starts laughing and
said: No, God gave me that talent.
Tonnero loves to sing about peace and love and things that happen
in his life. But it will change every now and then. The future will be
different from what he is doing now. At the moment Tonnero is working on his
first album and also the songs Hustle Hard and Can't get enough will be on this
album.
Tonnero is in a relationship and they have a 5 year old son.
Besides being a great family they also work together in their foundation and
support each other in their careers. Last but not least, Tonnero is a very
caring and interesting person to be with. He is a down to earth person and does
not like arguments.
As a message to his fans and young artists he said: hustle hard
and believe in what you are doing. Believe and you will achieve.
About the song Can’t get enough
Can’t
get enough is about love. Relationship kind of love, the love from a man to a
woman. True love is one of the most beautifull things in life to experience. I
wish that for everybody cause when you do, you can’t get enough of it. We have
to keep on loving……….one love
Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most celebrated writers and author of the classic novel Things Fall Apart, is dead.He died last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. .
He was 82, born on November 16, 1930, and had been in hospital for days.
Achebe is best known for his classical novel Things fall Apart. His last book, There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra, is still making waves.
Prof Achebe was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown.
Below is how the university profiled late Prof Chinua Achebe.
“Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is known the world over for having played a seminal role in the founding and development of African literature. He continues to be considered among the most significant world writers. He is most well known for the groundbreaking 1958 novel Things Fall Apart, a novel still considered to be required reading the world over. It has sold over twelve million copies and has been translated into more than fifty languages.
“Achebe’s global significance lies not only in his talent and recognition as a writer, but also as a critical thinker and essayist who has written extensively on questions of the role of culture in Africa and the social and political significance of aesthetics and analysis of the postcolonial state in Africa. He is renowned, for example, for “An Image of Africa,” his trenchant and famous critique of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Today, this critique is recognized as one of the most generative interventions on Conrad; and one that opened the social study of literary texts, particularly the impact of power relations on 20th century literary imagination.
“In addition, Achebe is distinguished in his substantial and weighty investment in the building of literary arts institutions. His work as the founding editor of the Heinemann African Writers Series led to his editing over one hundred titles in it. Achebe also edited the University of Nsukka journal Nsukkascope, founded Okike: A Nigerian Journal of New Writingand assisted in the founding of a publishing house, Nwamife Books–an organization responsible for publishing other groundbreaking work by award-winning writers. He continues his long-standing work on the development of institutional spaces where writers can be published and develop creative and intellectual community.”
Dotstar -- #EWG (Everywhere We Go) ft Sinzu
A.K.A
Dotstar -- Everywhere We Go
Uk based artist Dotstar aka Lagosboi is back with his latest project. This is the first release from his six track E.P. #TheArcade. The video has been shot and is due to be released soon (Directed by George Guise). #EWG features Sinzu, who was formely known as Sauce Kid. This club banger was produced by the Uk Chart topping producer Rymez. Who recently scored a no.1 with Wiley's massive summer anthem 'Heatwave'.
Dotstar has recently been inviting fans and supporters to #TheArcade which features productions from Rymez, Maleek Berry & Krunchie to name a few... Artists, R2Bees,Shank, Eldee, Lynxxx, Wiz Kid, Ice Prince & Burnaboy... Currently on a UK Promo Tour with Lynxxx and in addition to touring the UK Young Alhaji is said to be hosting the club launch of UPTIONS LOUNGE in downtown Dubai.
True empowerment of women comes from women being seen as multidimensional figures rather than 2D stereotypes. And women need to remember this most of all.
This underlies a seemingly large hole in the argument people make about modern figures in pop culture being feminists. Lena Dunham isn't a progressive woman today because her portrayals of women are perfect, but because she captures the messy trek of today's millennial woman. The brilliance of 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation and the funny women behind them — Tina Fey and Amy Poehler respectively — is that Liz Lemon and Leslie Knope can be irrational, nonsensical, ridiculous, and frustrating, as well as being smart, successful, interesting and irreverent. The reason that Olivia Pope in Scandal is such a powerful TV figure is that she can reign supreme in her work sphere and show poor decision-making when it comes to her love life.
People who dismiss the song forget that she’s also painting a picture where’s she "not just his little wife" but a powerful woman in her own right, and "you can see me stunt when you turn on your screen" because let’s face it: the halftime performance was one of the highlights of a fantastically interesting Super Bowl in it’s own right. (Oh and side note: For the people that say Jay-Z’s influenced her: 1) They’ve been together for a decade; it’d be ridiculous to assume that his musical influence wouldn't influence her, and 2) The girl’s from Houston, an area noted for its hip hop. Don’t act like you didn't hear “Baby Boy,” or “Hip Hop Star” on Dangerously In Love.) The point is not perfection, or not being able to celebrate high levels of success. Any kind of limitation on expression of women goes against the cause. Female empowerment should be about presenting women as whole figures, with strength and vulnerability, pride and poise. Otherwise it’s just pigeonholing women in a different way.
Anyone who was trying to squash women as hard as people are implying based on this new song wouldn't be so intent an all-female band, or invite her former band mates up on stage with her for one of the biggest performances of her life (I mean when’s the last time you've seen Justin Timberlake out anywhere with anyone from 'NSYNC?), or be the voice behind songs like “Run the World (Girls),” or “Independent Women”? How quickly we forget.
And if none of that's convincing, then a word of advice: relax. It’s just one song.
Rihanna just scored three years of peace of mind ... because a judge has granted her request for a permanent restraining order against an obsessed fan who tried to break into her L.A. home last month.
Our source broke the story ... Rihanna obtained a temporary stay-away orderagainst a man named Steveland Barrow, after he was arrested for breaking into the home of Rihanna's neighbor. Cops told us Barrow believed the home belonged to Rihanna ... and even slept in one of the beds.
A judge made the temporary order permanent today, requiring Barrow to stay at least 100 yards away from Rihanna for the next three years.
In her request for a restraining order, Rihanna said she fears for her safety .
How do you make a boring tech convention interesting? Hire Flo Rida to spank Kate Upton on stage.
Here's how it went down ... Samsung threw a "Spring 2013 Launch Party" yesterday at the Museum of American Finance -- SNORE -- but before everyone fell asleep, Flo Rida took the stage to perform, and Kate joined him in a sexy blue dress.
Convention saved.
And you gotta see what happens when Flo raps his famous lyrics ... "She turned around and gave that big booty a smack."
“Officially signed to Yellow View Records, Kupa Victory indeed is back with more hope for Reggae and Dancehall fans across Africa and the entire world. Here’s his newest video titled “Ijo Wa” featuring Henry Knight to add a bit of new style spice to the rhythm of reggae. He also hooks up with ace video director AJE Films to add more colour and spice up the shots, hot in anticipation of his full album, a package of 10 tracks featuring lots of collabos with different artists. From lovers rock to techno, dancehall/hiphop, dancehall/R&B, dancehall/blues, reggae… listen and enjoy people. For Those who don’t know; Victory Okelezo A.K.A Kupa Victory is a Nigerian dancehall icon/artist, an instrumentalist; a drummer who played alongside so many Nigerian music legends like Majek Fashek, Raskimono, Evi Edna, Blakky, Sharp Band and so many more. If you were coversant with the music of then, You’ll remember his Maxi single album in late 1998, and second album in 2004 featuring Seun Kuti, Fela’s son as Seun first collabo.”
Kus Ma, a member of Kenya’s superstar group Camp Mulla, releases his debut single and video titled “How High”. He employs the services of another Kenyan rapper, Kanja, on this tough cut that’s as good as any hiphop joint doing rounds across Africa at the moment. A powerful video gives the song even more elevation in terms of its total package. And how about the Biggie Smalls sample? Dope!
Prez GEJ, Jonathan Refuses To Increase The NYSC Allowances
The FGN refuses to increases the basic allowances of the youth corpers NYSC in Nigeria. He insists that the #19,000, nineteen thousand naira is enough for them. What are the GON doing with all the oil reserves money. Instead, they prefer giving Beyonce a Million USD for flying to Nigeria and sit to drink fanta and coca cola. So, stupid bastards.
That is why prostitution is highly increasing in Nigeria, they call them naija runs-girls, And the rate of AIDS keeps increasing by 1000% in Nigeria. Nigeria is the second highest infected with AIDS in the world.
Then the guys turn to cyber crime, so called yahoo boys. stupid Jonathan, your days are numbered as the President. did you fucking listen to Bill Clinton, what he said about wasting resources. Wake you bastard. Help your nation. Stop wasting money.
Reader listen to liar Kim K. big user and liar, fame hunter lies again, read below, Kanye is trying to walk away from her, If He is smart, He should listen to Jay Z and Bey
Kim Kardashian secretly sat for her deposition Tuesday in L.A. ... and she testified under oath that when she accepted Kris Humphries' proposal of marriage and when she said "I do," she really did love him.
Our source has learned ... the deposition was taken at the offices of Kim's lawyer ... disso queen LauraWasser (the pic was taken on their way in). It lasted 9 hours.
Kris Humphries' lawyer probed for evidence that Kim defrauded Kris and only married him to goose ratings for her reality show, but we're told Kris didn't make any headway. He's shooting for an annulment based on fraud, but sources say the depo didn't help his case.
Get this ... Kris did NOT show up for the depo. His lawyer made a big stink in court that Kris had a right to be there. He didn't even have a game on Tuesday.
As for the reality show ... we're told Kim testified it played no part in her decision to tie the knot. Other than that, we've learned Kris' lawyer, Lee Hutton, did not ask much at all about the reality show and whether it was staged. Hutton has made numerous threats that he would blow the lid off the reality show during the trial, so it's surprising he virtually ignored it in Kim's depo.
Kim has been gunning for a divorce for almost a year-and-a-half. The trial is set for May 6 .
Reports reaching us today say that Jesse Abaga aka Jesse Jagz has left Chocolate City. Jesse has been under contract with the record label for about 2 years now and according to his statement, he has decided to move on. His brother Jude MI Abaga is a Vice President of the record label. The reasons for his exit are unclear, but Jesse says he's leaving with no bad blood.
This is the email he sent out:
To whom it may concern:
I, Jesse Garba Abaga (also known as “Jesse Jagz”) an artist formerly signed to Chocolate City Music label hereby wishes to notify my fans and the general public about my voluntary exit from the label. After my initial two year contractual agreement with Chocolate City, I do not wish to renew my contract with them and as such have proceeded to continue my music career with my new team at Jesse Jagz Nation. I still maintain a cordial relationship with the management of Chocolate City and my former label mates and I wish them the best in all their future endeavors. Any further information will be passed across through my publicist but until then, have a good day. Look out for my sophomore album JagZNation Vol. 1 coming out in July 2013.
A prosecution witness, Mr Chidi Onyedikwe, on Wednesday told an Ikeja High Court that some documents used by an oil marketer, Mamman Ali, to collect N4.4 billion subsidy were forged.Onyedikwe was testifying at the resumed trial of Mamman, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a subsidy scam.
He was charged alongside Christian Taylor, a Sierra Leonean; Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, an oil marketer, and Nassaman Oil Services.
Onyedikwe, the Lagos branch manager of Inspectorate Marine Services Nigeria Ltd., had, on Feb. 21, testified that the defendants used fraudulent documents to obtain the money.
Under cross-examination by counsel to the defendants, Mr Kolade Obafemi, and Mr Adebayo Adenipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, the witness maintained that his company did not issue the documents.
Onyedikwe listed the documents to include cargo transfer, certificate of quantity, certificate of quality and haulage, all bearing the logos, signatures and stamps of his company.
He said: “As I said, we went through our operational records, our laboratory records and account records.
“Those documents did not emanate from our company even though it was bearing our logos, stamps and signatures.”
Onyedikwe said the haulage report showed that the defendants had imported the petroleum products and that his company had inspected the products.
He said that the company did not assign any of its inspectors to carry out the said transaction.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the EFCC had in its charges, claimed that the defendants presented the documents to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to obtain the subsidy.
The case, which is being heard by Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo, was adjourned to May 28.
it's a testament to how incredibly screwed up our justice system is ... Bobby Brown -- who was sentenced to 55 days in jail for his 3rd DUI -- just served a grand total of 9 HOURS in jail.
Brown checked into L.A. County Jail at 9:58 AM Wednesday. He was released at 6:58 PM. Interesting ... an L.A. County Sheriff's spokesperson said just days ago Brown would serve 9 days ... but the jails are bursting at the seams and this is what happens ... kind of a joke, don't you think?
Brown was arrested in October after driving erratically on an L.A. street. He pled no contest to DUI and driving on a suspended license. It was his second DUI arrest in 7 months.
Bobby is on 4 years probation and has to attend alcohol ed classes for 18 months .
Bobby Brown is officially locked up ... after turning himself in to authorities moments ago.
Brown was taken into custody inside an L.A. courtroom, where he appeared with his high-powered attorney Tiffany Feder. Brown had been ordered to turn himself in following his most recent DUI conviction.
Our source broke the story ... Brown was sentenced to 55 days in jail last month for his October arrest. It was his 3rd ever DUI conviction.
Brown also got 4 years probation stemming from the recent arrest, and he will have to complete an 18-month alcohol program .
US, British, Canadian, German, South African & Emirati Embassies in Nigeria: Deny visas to those convicted of looting public funds
Nigeria’s fight against corruption has attracted financial, technical and moral support from various governments and donor agencies.
There must be a strong response to these pardons that show commitment to the fight against corruption and support for the Nigerian people who are opposed to the pardons.
To: US Embassy, The Ambassador British High Commission, The Ambassador South African High Commission, The Ambassador High Commission of Canada, High Commissioner
On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan pardoned eight Nigerians and three of the pardons have been particularly controversial. Of the eight pardons granted, the most talked about is that of ex-Governor D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa state, who jumped bail in the UK in 2005 on money laundering charges but was later tried and convicted in Nigeria by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Alamieyeseigha is still wanted abroad. The second most talked about pardon, is that of Major Bello Magaji, who was convicted in 1996 of sodomizing little children. The third controversial pardon is that given to Mustapha Bulama, former Managing Director of the Bank of the North, who converted customers’ deposits into personal funds, crashing what was once Nigeria's biggest bank. For looting state funds and customer deposits and abusing children, these three gentlemen have been granted state pardons, effectively sending a strong message of state-sanctioned abuse of power.
The US Embassy in Nigeria tweeted twice on Thursday condemning the pardons. In their words: The #USG is deeply disappointed over the recent pardons of corrupt officials by the GON #Nigeria. We see this as a setback in the fight against corruption. #Nigeria.
We would like the US, British, Canadian, German, South African & Emirati governments who in different capacities support Nigeria’s fight against corruption and are popular destinations for Nigerians, to desist from granting visas to ANY persons, and members of their families, convicted of stealing public funds or acts that violate fundamental human rights. Nigeria’s fight against corruption has attracted financial, technical and moral support from various governments and donor agencies. Any sanctions against current government officials to send a strong message of disproval of state-sanctioned looting of funds will also be welcome.
Rihanna's tour buses were stopped at the border between Michigan and Canada ... and law enforcement sources tell US THAT ... authorities found weed.
A total of 10 buses were stopped at the Ambassador Bridge, which separates Windsor, Canada and Detroit. Inspectors smelled marijuana on one of the buses and initiated a secondary, bus-to-bus search.
Inspectors then brought drug-sniffing dogs on board, and one of them made a beeline for a passenger and authorities found he was in possession of pot. We're told he was cited with a civil penalty.
Rihanna was not on any of the buses.
The real headline -- they only found a "small amount" of marijuana on one person in one bus. Who woulda thunk?
Rapper Too Short literally has no idea what happened this morning ... because on his way out of jail, he couldn't figure out what the hell he was arrested for.
We spoke to Too Short moments after he was released, and the rapper was utterly baffled by the booking sheet in his hands -- which only listed a felony narcotics possession charge.
Too Short said, "I thought it was a DUI. This says possession ... I'm confused, man."
Fact is ... cops tend to book people on the highest charge -- in this case felony narcotics possession -- and then leave the remaining charges to the D.A.'s office, however it decides to prosecute. In other words, Too Short could still face a DUI charge in addition to drug possession.
TMZ broke the story ... Short was arrested early this AM in L.A. on suspicion of DUI and narcotics possession, after he was pulled over for some traffic violation ... and allegedly took off running.
On the way to the police station, law enforcement sources tell us Too Short dumped drugs in the backseat
Dear reader, this is a life true story. I am a guy, it didn't happen to me or my family member, just a warning. It is an article, that I found online while researching about Indian hair. My dear. Let me give you a background before I tell u my story: My sister (the story teller sister in law) in law came to pray with me last two years. She said she was experiencing ill luck during the week. So many nasty things happening to her.I prayed wit her and the Spirit led me to ask her wat hair she had on, she said indian. I was led to tell her to remove it and not give out but pray and burn it. She obeyed and things went back to normal. Sometime after that, I and my hubby were watching TV and saw a documentary about how ladies in India sacrifice their hair to the gods if they have nothing else (material/worthy) to sacrifice.
MY STORY: My husband likes human hair. So even though I like my full dreadlocks kind of hairstyles, I give him wat he likes most times. I have done Brazilian and Peruvian so thought to try something different and more natural... Indian. Last weekend I ordered for it and made it. Prayed on it and believed it was fine. Yesterday night, I had the strangest of dreams. I saw that I made a hair that allowed me to pack it thus project my face and make it look slimmer. All of a sudden, I got into a scam wit 3 people and began to chase me all over the place to kill me. I got off from them narrowly then got into a market. There, a mad man began to chase me.
I escaped him narrowly then 2 rapist-thugs came after me. All the while, I felt I was carrying someone else's face. I ran into a house with pple praying. The lady in charge there looked at me and showed me a picture of my self with my regular synthetic dread-like hair and said "but that is ur regular look, why are u carrying someone elses face:O?" Then from no where another lovely lady came from outside, drew me to the corner and began to ask me about my look. She said "you are having problems with your hair right?" While she was talking, I noticed something in her mouth; a bow of cowries and the face of a Benin god:OI looked closer and asked her wat it was and why she had it. She said
her man likes her because of that decor in her mouth:O ---cowries and the face of a god like a shrine in one's mouth?:O ---and that she is comfortable. She also said that it's beautiful:O
I woke up and prayed. I immediately understood what the message was but didn't want to let go of my cute human hair that cost so much. I decided to ask my husband cos he interprets dreams accurately. He immediately told me to remove the hair. At the same time, the Spirit told me to cut it off and not remove it gracefully cos it tried to bring me shame and pain. Cut it off, anoint my head, anoint and pray on the hair to refute all ill then not to only throw it away or give it out but BURN IT. I obeyed.
I have decided to only carry my natural hair or synthetic hair. This is because the Bible says; "The hair is the woman's crowning glory". Carrying another's is like carrying the other person's spirit. The worst is even Indian. Nothing wrong with Indians; They are beautiful and we love them especially in Films but those hairs sold are sacrifices to gods. Thus, they are cursed. There are loads of other human-looking hair made with synthetic in the market if you want that look or if you insist on wearing real human hair, try those from other Countries but pray on them and be ready to bear any consequence.
The rapper, 35, came up with a list of potential names for the baby — due in July — but North is at the top because he thinks it sounds good with his surname.
He sounded out pals about the moniker last month while working in Paris during fashion week.
But the title is unlikely to go down well with girlfriend Kim, 32, whose family have a tradition of starting their first names with a K.
The reality star might also have a problem with her boyfriend’s next album title — I Am God.
He is toying with the idea while he records new material. A source said: “Kanye’s ego is something else, so he’s quite serious about the title.
“He also has a sense of humour though and knows how his self-indulgence is seen by the general public. It’s half tongue-in-cheek, half what Kanye probably feels is true.”
It is not the first time his ego has surfaced recently. In December, the rapper complained onstage about the Grammys for failing to nominate his Watch The Throne or My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy releases for Album Of The Year.
Kris Humphries -- the guy who has accused Kim Kardashian of nuptial fraud -- just scored hundreds of thousands of bucks from one of the wedding guests.
TMZ broke the story ... Andrey C. Hicks -- who sat right behind the formerly happy couple at the rehearsal dinner --was arrested in 2011 for bilking Kris and other friends out of millions of bucks ... by convincing them to invest in a bogus hedge fund. He pled guilty to the charges late last year.
Now, Hicks has to pay the piper ... a judge just ordered him to repay the ill-gotten loot, totaling $2,375,204.60.
It's unclear how much of that money will go to Kris, but we do know the NBA'er lost hundreds of thousands of $$$ in the sham.
Hicks was also sentenced to 40 months in jail.
The reality is ... it's gonna be hard for Kris to collect. And the other reality ... he's gonna end up with goose eggs in the divorce trial.
Lindsay Lohan has just been booked by the Santa Monica police ... which means ... SHE HAS A BRAND NEW MUG SHOT ... and she does not look happy about it.
Lindsay was ordered to turn herself in for booking after pleading "no contest" Monday to the charge of giving false information to a police officer and reckless driving, stemming from her PCH car crash last summer.
By our count this is mug shot #6, that we've seen. Another was taken in NYC last year, but since NYPD doesn't release mug shots ... we got robbed
Lindsay was released moments after posing for her latest close-up.
As we reported, Lindsay was sentenced to 90 days in a lockdown rehab facility ... but that won't begin until after a hearing on May 2nd.
The shot marks Lindsay's 5 billionth mug shot ... if you recall, she also has mug shots from the time she was arrested for shoplifting, DUI, drug possession, etc, etc, etc,
Al Qaeda says it has beheaded a French hostage in reprisal for France's military intervention in Mali, according to reports.
Its North African arm claimed responsibility, Mauritania's ANI news agency reported, citing a commander for the group.
Al Qaeda says it has beheaded a French hostage
A French foreign office spokesman said they were trying to verify the
report of the killing of Philippe Verdon, who was kidnapped in November
2011, adding that "we don't know at the moment" whether it is reliable.
In a telephone call to the news agency, the group spokesman said Mr
Verdon had been beheaded on March 10 "in response to the French military
intervention in the north of Mali", ANI reported.
Mr Verdon and another Frenchman were kidnapped from their hotel room in the northern Mali town of Hombori.
Another 14 French hostages are detained in Western Africa, including
seven believed to be held in the Sahel region by al Qaeda in the Islamic
Maghreb (AQIM) and its affiliates.
Terror chief Mokhtar Belmokhtar, an AQIM leader and one of the world's
most wanted men, had pledged revenge and vowed to attack western targets
in Africa after France launched a campaign to help the country's
embattled government drive Islamist militants out of northern Mali.
France launched a nine-week assault in January to dislodge the group
and other Islamist militants who had hijacked a Tuareg rebellion in
Sahel and seized the northern half of the country.
They were driven out from the main cities of Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal,
after which some 1,600 French and Chadian troops began searching for
Islamist rebels in their pocket hideouts in the mountainous region of
northern Mali.
Mr Verdon was described as a French spy by the AQIM commander, who said
France's President Francois Hollande "bore the responsibility for the
remaining hostages".
When asked by the ANI news agency whether Belmokhtar had been killed, he neither denied nor confirmed it.
There have been conflicting reports on whether he was killed in the French military campaign against the rebels.
Soldiers from Chad fighting Islamists in Mali had claimed to have
killed Belmokhtar, who is said to have been the mastermind behind the
recent Algerian hostage crisis at a remote gas facility in the Algerian
desert.
The one-eyed gangster, nicknamed Mr Marlboro because of his involvement
in cigarette smuggling, had also been dubbed "The Uncatchable" by
French intelligence after being linked to a series of kidnappings of
foreigners in north Africa over the past decade.
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He is toying with the idea while he records new material. A source said: “Kanye’s ego is something else, so he’s quite serious about the title.
