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Thanks for your feed back.In Lagos,Nigeria Asheville services Limited has unveiled Kilonshele.com to bring a solution to e-commerce in Nigeria.We were invited to the launch this morning.Please check gistmaster.com to see more details and photos from event.You can also get to see details of Lizzy Enahoro transition from what the organisers of the show call 'Mum-anger to Manager'

The 2009 fashion award for the best dressed Nollywood diva is ready to fly as Gistmaster.com the organizers of the annual award has announced.Gistmaster.com is a premium online celebrity news and photo agency. It started as a blog ( www.niyitabiti.blogspot.com ) The winner was Nollywood diva and fashion sophisticate, Miss Rita Dominic . She was the centre of attraction as she was treated to a lavish reception at A-list hangout, Swe Bar in Lagos , shortly after she was declared winner. As if on cue, the corporate organizations have also acknowledged Rita’s style prowess. She is now the face of the stylish Nokia N97 brand also a GLO ambassador. Rita Dominic was adjudged the best dressed Nollywood actress following massive reactions and a poll conducted by Gistmaster.com. According to the facilitators of the poll, Nigerians from different parts of the world tapped into the global opportunities of the internet to vote for their favorite stars and at the end, Rita Dominic came to...

A prominent member of Nigeria's ruling party (PDP), Chief Bode George has been sentenced to jail by a Nigerian court today. Click here to see fuller details and photo.

Happy Monday to you! The new week started yesterday but as you know everyday is our day...not when Nigerians are bringing new things and creating more challenges in the fashion, movie and tourism industry.We are rolling out a lot of things that would definitely excite you this week. Guess what Brainstone, the parent company of social media site, Bella Naija is working with Cinder Company to bring you the Season Three of Style Me, that highly rated show that brings out the best in everyone. Please click on our style page in gistmaster.com for fuller details and the profile of the presenters. Hey, have you read the story of the man we love to call Ravishing Ramsey?(the actor who goes by the name Ramsey Nouah).Don't wait, it is there at the click of a button.click gistmaster.com .It is on our news page. Then, we also talked about alluring Laura! Yes, Laura Ikeji is coming out with her hit single "Scoin Scoin".According to her, 'Scoin scoin' means "Craze".La...

Story and photo by Niyi Tabiti Smartly built, eloquent and beautiful are some of the qualities that defines Seun Maduka.Based in the United States, Seun is the presenter of United States of Nigeria, an exciting programme that showcase what Nigerians are doing in the United States.The programme is produced by Ayo Shonaiya . She is in Nigeria to do some work for her management company, R70. My camera was very excited because every pose from Seun turned out well.She also took part in a Video shoot today.Seun, who has taken part in two movies (one a nollywood movie shot on locations in Washington DC and another one a Hollywood movie shot in Los Angeles,Califonia) is looking foward to a wonderful career in acting and presentation. Look forward to her interview soon on gistmaster.com

Smooth Promotions, the brains behind Hiphopworld Magazine, Hiphopworld Awards and Hip on TV is at it again. At a time when everyone thought the organizers will be resting on their Oars after the completion of yet another successful edition of their annual “Hiphopworld Awards”, the Organizers last week made it public that an all girl show “Girl’s Nite out” is the next project on their calender. Already an all female team has been put in place. “Every single thing will be done by Girls including designing the stage, video and sound production, producing and directing of the show, security, just name anything” A member of the team who pleaded anonymity disclosed last week Girls Nite out, a forum for discovering female talents as well as celebrating womanhood is targeted at making a statement that “what a man can do, a woman can do better” “All we are planning to do is to showcase the professional capability of women in fields that have overtime been male dominated. We are out to give fe...

By Niyi Tabiti First, let us congratulate Hajia Bola Shagaya and ex-beauty queen,Helen Prest-Ajayi on their 50 th birthday anniversaries. Bola Shagaya is regarded as one of the richest women in Nigeria and she has business interests in oil, photography, banking and other areas. She is also one of the directors of Unity Bank Plc. Helen Ajayi on the other hand, won the Miss Nigeria beauty contest about thirty years ago and she still has the figure of someone who can still go on the runway and win the crown again and again. Now, back to my diary. Well, I discovered that most of the things we call comedy in Nigeria movies are serious issues that must be tackled. They are real! Iya Funke , my friend lives opposite the house of a man who has a room, two wives and fours children. I didn’t believe her until one evening when the two wives started fighting over who ate the bread on the table. People tried to settle the misunderstanding. I was shocked when the first wife started abu...