GISTTALKS

In the wake of the recent development about  MMM Nigeria and accounts being frozen till January 2017 , some participants who had hopes of cashing out this December to have a sumptuous festive season are already regretting joining the scheme. In a mail sent to Laila Ijeoma, a participant who claimed she put all her life savings in the scheme after much persuasion from friends, is shaken about the turn out of events. According to her, the money she put in the money doubling scheme is not totally her money and it was a bid to make more before Christmas that made her join the scheme in November 24. PAY ATTENTION:  Get all the latest gossips on NAIJ Gossip App Read the mail below: "Hello Laila, I am finished. It was only last 2 week that i decided to try this MMM thing since all my friends were making money from it. All along, i refused to do but everybody in my neighbourhood and church were doing and making money and christmas was coming and my husband ...

Xiaoxiao from Hunan, China sent a public message to her ex on Weibo (the Chinese version of Twitter) claiming she is sending his mother a bar of soap made from her liposuctioned fat as a Spring Festival present along with what are supposedly before, during and after photos of the procedure.   "Yang Xiaolei, do you remember last year's Spring Festival? Since I can't go home with you this year, I've made a piece of soap from my own fat to give to your mum for washing up. Chinese New Year - the time to surprise those low men who can only judge a book by its cover!" the message reads. "You said I was fat. I'm sending your entire family some soap, believe it or not!"    

Chris Brown Accused Of Las Vegas Hotel Attack The musician's publicist says the woman's allegations are "unequivocally untrue" and his accuser was "out of control". The Grammy winner left before police arrived after the alleged alteration Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share by email By Sky News US Team R&B singer Chris Brown has denied claims he punched a woman who took a photo of him in a Las Vegas hotel. Police have said they are investigating an allegation of battery against the 26-year-old musician. Officers received a call on Saturday morning about the alleged attack at the Palms Casino Resort. The alleged altercation took place in a room at the resort when the victim tried to take a picture of Brown. Police said the woman told them she was struck by the Grammy winner and that he had taken her mobile phone. Brown admitted attacking his then-girlfriend, Rihanna, in 2009 Detectives t...

Image copyright Saba Jallas When the Saudi-led coalition started its military operations in Yemen last March, Saba Jallas was struck by how sudden it all seemed. "I've always been an optimist and a happy person but when the war started, it shook me," she says. Jallas, like many other Yemenis, spent the early months of the conflict trying to find ways to cope with its impact on her country and family. "I had to save myself from these negative feelings and overwhelming thoughts. I searched everywhere on the internet to find a way to get rid of these feelings." She eventually found inspiration from a group of Palestinian artists who turned pictures of bombings in Gaza into messages of resistance . She decided to use her smartphone to draw her own messages on pictures of explosions and destroyed buildings in Yemen - turning scenes of devastation into ones of beauty, and even hope. Image copyright Saba Jallas The war in Yemen started after northern Houthi re...

Natalie Cole, R&B singer and daughter of legendary singer Nat King Cole, has died. She passed away yesterday Dec. 31st 2015 at hospital in LA. She was 65 years old. According to TMZ, she died from congestive heart failure, although they also say they were told the underlying medical issues were complications from a kidney transplant and Hepatitis C. She's survived by a son. May her soul rest in peace, amen.

Photo: Shahida Sanusi and her beau Abdulkadir Baba-Ahmed on their wedding day May God bless their union.

Jason Derulo and 50 Cent's Baby Mama Daphne Joy are dating despite her protestations to the contrary. The two met in the UK and had been hooking up but Daphne initially strongly denied it. Now she has accepted it because she shared photos of them together on her page and both were seen in Miami spending time together. Jason Derulo shared a photo of 2 of them together wishing everyone a Happy New year. More photos after the cut..

A good samaritan moved by Rahma's story gifted her a wheelchair. Before the gift, she was moved around in a plastic bowl...now she has her own wheelchair. Another photo after the cut... Photo credit: Sani Maikatanga via Aishat Alubankudi

Nollywood Actor Charles Okocha, who was hit by stray bullet and rushed to an Emergency Room, is recovering and out of danger now. According to colleagues who visited him, the bullet(s) were removed successfully.

Owl Forces Officer To Abandon Police Cruiser The nocturnal bird swoops in on the unsuspecting officer, causing him to crash his patrol car into a ditch. 18:52, UK,   Saturday 26   December 2015 The owl sat in the car for about 45 minutes. Pic: Covington Police   Share on Twitter   Share on Facebook   Share on Google+   Share on Whatsapp   Share by email By Sky News US Team A Louisiana police officer on an overnight patrol was forced to ditch his cruiser after an owl attacked him. Covington Officer Lance Benjamin was working early on Christmas Eve when he suddenly felt something hit him on the side of his face. "So I'm thinking 'okay, maybe it was a football or something'. And then I felt some scratching on the back of my head and some pecking," he told New Orleans television station WVUE. Ofc Benjamin said he briefly lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a ditch. "Finally was able to stop the ...

  I put a question mark there because after I heard the gist, I contacted Flavour's management and they denied it...but I'll sha share the story I heard from some sources. If it's true, sha remember you read it here first, if it turns out not to be true...I don't know you people o! :-) So, according to the gist, Flavour is set to wed his first babymama Sandra Okagbue, in Onitsha tomorrow Dec. 28th. The wedding is so hush hush that many of his close friends aren't even aware of it.. According to the source, Flavour wants a very secret/coded introduction/traditional wedding to avoid drama with his other baby mama, former MBGN Anna Banner and her family who may or may not even know he's getting married. Like I said, Flavour's people denied this when I reached out to them but it's understandable if they don't want the media to know. But by tomorrow, we will know. Fingers crossed. Flavour was out of the country for Christmas but is expected to re...

  Twitter user Serina Mina shared these photos on twitter. She narrowly escaped with her life when the ceiling of her bedroom partially collapsed and a large slab of brick landed on her bed. "If I hadnt got out of bed 5 minutes ago I would not be here right now clearly got a guardian angel" she wrote. Lucky girl!

  Senator Ben Murray Bruce has reacted to the Central Bank of Nigeria's decision to ban Nigerians from using their debit and credit cards abroad. Reports about the planned ban came to light few days ago when BBC quoted a source as saying that the CBN will from January 1st 2016 stop foreign purchase via the use of credit or debit card. The decision is reportedly part of the government's effort to try to stem the flow of foreign exchange out of the country. The CBN has also reportedly written to various commercial banks about this decision while some banks have also notified their customers, saying it is a temporary measure. Sen. Ben Murray-Bruce however thinks this decision is not a wise one. His reaction after the cut...

  Nollywood actor, IK Ogbonna and his beautiful wife Sonia Ogbonna stepped out in matching shoes. Hot couple alert!

  A drunk and unruly passenger was removed from an Allegiant flight and arrested for a disturbance at the gate area while trying to rebook a flight at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, Florida on Christmas Eve, the sheriff’s office said. Amanda Abel, 27, of Tampa, was charged with disorderly intoxication/disturbance. An arrest affidavit says she was removed from an Allegiant flight by airline employees because of her intoxication. Arrangements were being made for a future flight when she “started yelling, cursing, screaming in the gate area,” the affidavit stated. She then “began throwing things and fell to the floor in a tantrum, shouting a tirade of profanities.” Deputies tried to intervene but that only made things worse. Abel “was kicking, screaming the spitting…was mood swinging from being calm and apologetic to screaming, threatening and kicking at deputies.” She was booked into the Pinellas County jail Thursday afternoon on the misdemean...

34-year-old Victoria's   Secret Angel and Brazilian supermodel is the star of Love magazine's 2015 advent calendar's entry for Dec. 26, Boxing Day, and she looked good in a sexy lingerie. More photos after the cut...

Boy Band, 5 Seconds Of Summer, posed naked on the cover of the iconic publication of Rolling Stone. Members Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin were in the nude while covering up their private areas with their hands. The band had written messages all over themselves in black and red paint as they stood in front of a white background with plenty of the same graffiti-like type. Lead singer and guitarist Luke discussed their relationships with fans and how they would go to bars to mingle with some of them, which has lead to plenty of intimate moments. The 19-year-old singer said: 'When you put four young dudes on a tour bus, playing theaters, then arenas, you're going to have sex with a lot of girls, I guess.'