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Thursday 30 April 2015

Executed Andrew Chan writes haunting letter to children around the world, warning them about the dangers of drugs

Andrew Chan is ONE of the 8 people executed in Indonesia two days ago. He was known as the Bali 9 ringleader. Before he was executed by a firing squad, Andrew wrote haunting letter to schoolchildren around the world where he revealed how he became addicted to drugs at age 15 and warns teens not to follow his footsteps. The letter was read out Chan himself from inside his Indonesian prison cell, as part of a documentary made available to schools. After introducing himself, the Australian said;

Janet Jackson and her billionaire husband attend Giorgio Armani's party in Milan

Since 48 year old Janet Jackson got married to her Qatar-based business magnate Wissam Al Manaso in 2012, it has BECOME rare to see her in public, so you can imagine the amazement of seeing photos of  her at Giorgio Armani's 40th Anniversary celebration at Nobu in Milan, Italy on Wednesday. 

PDP will bounce back in 2019 – President Jonathan declares

Read the state House press release below...
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declared Thursday in Abuja that if MEMBERS of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) remain committed to the vision of its founding fathers and work very hard, the party will return to power at the Federal level in 2019. Speaking after receiving the report of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization at the Presidential Villa, President Jonathan said that the party already had all that it will require to win the 2019 “Whatever happened was like a slip. You don’t need to travel to America to know how power moves from the Republicans to the Democrats and from the Democrats to the Republicans.

Prince William & Kate Middleton celebrate 4th wedding anniversary

Yesterday, Wednesday, April 29, Kate Middleton, 33, and her Husband Prince William, 32, left their Kensington Palace home around 11 a.m and headed towards Buckhiham palace to celebrate their wedding anniversary. The royals celebrated their 4th wedding anniversary on the low-key day, marking the moment that they said "I do" privately.

The couple got married on April 29, 2011, in the festive ceremony at Westminster Abbey.

FG demands return of corpses of 4 Nigerians executed in Indonesia

The Federal Government has asked for the return of the corpses of 4 Nigerians executed in Indonesia following drug related offences yesterday April 28th.

In a statement released by the Public Communications Division of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, FG condemned their execution and condoled with their families. The statement below... 
“The Federal Government of NIGERIA has received with deep disappointment, news of the execution of four Nigerians, Messrs Martin Anderson, Okwudili Oyatanze, Jaminu Abashin and Sylvester Obiekwe by the government of Indonesia for drug-related offences. These executions have taken place despite spirited pleas for clemency made at the highest level by President Goodluck Jonathan, and more recently Ambassador Aminu Wali, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on April 21, during the 10th Anniversary of the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership Summit, which took place in Jakarta, Indonesia,

Not again! Another missing child

11 year old Marvelous Adekunle is missing! According to his family, he left his home at Matanmi Street Onipanu, Lagos at about 6:30am yesterday morning 29th April and never returned. Please if you see him, kindly call any of these numbers 08058568894, 08029886720,07086339434 or report to the nearest police station.

Pics: Teju Babyface's wife mugged on Eko Bridge, her car windows smashed

Comedian, Talk Show host and TV producer Teju Babyface's wife, Tobi Oyelakin, was on her way to the mainland at about 8pm last night when her car was attacked by hoodlums on Eko Bridge. She was in the car with her driver and 3 other girls in the back seat and were approaching the National Theater area of the Eko bridge when they encountered some traffic.

They had barely come to a stop when 4 boys leaped out of the shadows and knocked on the windows with torch lights and asked them to roll down the windows. They were still trying to come to terms with rising levels of panic when the hoodlums shattered the rear windows on both sides of the car and proceeded to rough-handle the ladies in the back seat and collect all valuables. Continue...

South African women narrate discrimination they face for marrying Nigerian men

South African women married to Nigerian men have narrated the discrimination they face for marrying men outside their country. Seeing the disaffection their kinsmen show them after finding love in the hands of Nigerian men, the women decided to form an association, the United Nigerian Wives in South Africa (UNWISA) club about TWO years ago where they give support and succor to each other.


Lagos government shuts 24 religious buildings over noise pollution

Lagos state government says in the last ONE year it has shut down 24 religious buildings in the state following complaints of noise pollution they produce in areas where they are situated as well as their non adherence to the state guidelines on noise pollution.

Lagos state Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello pictured left above disclosed this at the 2015 ministerial press briefing held in Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja yesterday April 29th
“We received over 1, 000 petitions in the year under review. But we have been able to resolve some and some have relocated. We have shut about 24 religious outfits in the last ONE year because they failed to adhere to the state guidelines on noise pollution.”he said

New study shows Nigerian women lead pack of female entrepreneurs in the world

A study by the Gates Foundation and the Clinton Foundation shows that Nigerian women lead the pack of female entrepreneurs in the world. Above is a graph drawn by researchers to show countries with highest number of female entrepreneurs in the world. Go Nigerian women!

10 of Malala Yousafzai's attackers jailed for life

10 men who were involved in the assassination attempt on teenage education activist & Nobel Peace PRIZE Laurette, Malala Yousafzai in 2012, have been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, by a Pakistani High Court today April 30th. Life imprisonment in Pakistan is 25 years.

Although none of the men who directly carried out the attack were arraigned and sentenced today, the 10 men sentenced played a role in the attack .
"They certainly had a role in the planning and execution of the assassination attempt on Malala," said a police official in Swat who declined to be identified as he was not authorized to speak to the media.
Police believe the gunman who shot Malala escaped across the border into Afghanistan.

Photo of some of the rescued girls; military now says identity of girls still unknown

Above is a photo of some of the girls recently rescued by Nigerian troops from Sambisa Forest. Meanwhile Spokesperson of the Defence Headquarters, Major General Chris Olukolade, says identity of the rescued females is still unknown. He said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja today
"Additional number of persons are still being recovered from the forest. Until such comprehensive profiling is done, nobody can confirm whether they are among the Chibok girls or not. Whoever they may be, the important thing is that Nigerians held captive under very severe and inhuman condition have been freed by our gallant troops. 

President Zuma calls GEJ over xenophobic attacks

President Zuma of South Africa has reportedly put a call across to President Jonathan to express his sadness over the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa. He appealed to President Jonathan not to allow the incident affect the bilateral relationship between the TWO countries.

Reports of the phone call is contained in a statement released by the office of the South African president today April 30th. The statement in part below
“The two Presidents reaffirmed the warm and cordial relations between South Africa andNIGERIA and pledged that the two countries will continue to work together for the good of their peoples and the continent as a whole. President Jonathan expressed his support for the efforts of South Africa to arrest the attacks on foreign nationals and to ensure the safety and security of all citizens, including foreign nationals and those from the African continent in particular, who bore the brunt of the attacks earlier this month (April).”

Tuesday 28 April 2015

Bruce Jenner's first wife speaks on his transition, says he told her in the 70s

Chrystie Scott was married to Bruce Jenner for nine years. From 1972 to 1981 and is the mother of his two oldest children, Burt and Casey Jenner, and she was the first person he ever confided in about his gender identity.

Speaking about his Diane Sawyer interview, Chrystie told George Stephanopoulos on his radio show this morning about her shock when Bruce first told her in the first year of their marriage in the 70's. 
"I can't remember the exact words because it was such a shock to me, but he opened up his heart and confessed, and he had to share this deep, dark secret. He told me he wanted to be a woman, and understandably, I didn't know what to say. It's so hard to wrap your head around it, particularly because he was such a manly man. He never indicated anything feminine in his demeanor."

Woman asks 100 men she met on the street for sex, and you won't believe how many of them said yes!

It's a social experiment by whatever.com to see how men and women respond to sex from strangers. Last month, a man went to the streets to see how many women will agree to sleep with a random stranger. He asked 100 random women for sex and all 100 women turned him down. Now, guess what happened when a woman went to the streets to ask random men for sex?

Andrea Wendel (pictured above) approached 100 men by directly asking them whether they would follow her home and have sex with her. Out of the 100, guess how many men said yes? 30! 30 men agreed to there and then to follow a woman they have never seen before to her home for sex!

The experiment happened in the US. The clip was uploaded to Youtube and has since gone viral.

Boko Haram is a fraud - Buhari

A statement from Gen Buhari signed by his media aide, Shehu Garba.
"The fraud called Boko Haram can be defeated by denying it a recruitment base," General Buhari told visiting leaders of Nassarawa State who came to congratulate him on his emergence as President-elect. No religion allows for the killing of children in school dormitory, in markets and places of worship. They have nothing to do with religion. They are terrorists and we are going to deal with them as they deal with terrorists anywhere," he announced. 

FG names major streets & roads in Abuja after GEJ, Sambo, Atiku, El Rufai, others

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has revealed plans to rename some major streets and road in the FCT after some prominent Nigerians.

In a statement released today April 27th by his spokesperson, Nosike Ogbuenyi, the ministersaid those to be honored with street names include President Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President, late Dr. Chuba Okadigbo, former Speaker of House of Representatives and Katsina State Governor-elect, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, former Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Dahiru Musdapha, Business moguls, Femi Otedola, Aliko Dangote and several others.

Man rides bicycle from Kaduna to Lagos to thank Yorubas for voting Buhari-Osinbajo

A 35-year-old Kaduna-born cyclist and supporter of the president-elect Gen Buhari and Professor Osinbajo, Mohammed Kabiru Jafaru, has embarked on a bicycle ride from Kaduna to Lagos to meet with the vice president-elect, Professor Yemi Osinbajo in Lagos State as a way to show his appreciation to the Yorubas for voting en-mass for the Buhari-Osinbajo ticket during last election.

I worked to raise $6,000 for Libyan pimp - Schoolgirl

15 year old Precious Nwaigwe, the little girl who was abducted in May 2014 and sold to pimps in Libya by her maternal uncle and was released last Friday, has narrated how she was made to work  to raise $6,000 for her release. According to Punch, precious said she was kidnapped in Ode Remo in Ogun state while searching for a bus that will take her to school when she ran into some cultists..

Buhari bans AIT from covering activities - sad for our democracy - Lawyer

I'm sharing this because people in the media should be a little scared of what happened yesterday. If they can do this to AIT, they can come for the rest of us. And before you know it, we can no longer write what we want. I hope it doesn't come to that. A lawyer shares his opinion. Read below...
Maybe I should attempt to open our eyes just a little to what is actually going on: 'Buhari bans AIT from covering his activities'. This is nothing for you to rejoice about that AIT sponsored hate campaign and so it's a good response. No! It isn't. It is just a true reflection of the 1984 hatred for critics and the press. Indeed, you may repackage a despot, but he is what he is.
I laugh when I remember his words at Chatham house: "so I present to you, a former dictator and a 'born-again' democrat'. Like really? Do you realize that one Cardinal part of this democracy is the freedom of the press?  Perhaps he understands the role of the media in bringing down GEJ and maybe scared of same.

Monday 27 April 2015

Photos: Billionaire Folorunsho Alakija meets world renowned pastor, Joel Osteen

Billionaire oil magnate, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija met with world renowned pastor, Joel Osteen in the US recently. Another photo of Mrs Alakija with Joel's mum, Mrs Dodie Osteen, after the cut...

Ondo Commissioner for Agriculture appointed new deputy governor

Following the impeachment of Ondo state deputy governor, Alhaji Ali Olanusi this morning, the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Lasisi Oluboyo has been appointed the new deputy governor.

Photo: Man gets huge tattoo of his baby's face...on his face

20 year old Christien Sechrist from Houston posted this photo of his new tattoo - which is the face of his newborn baby boy named Perseus - on his Facebook page and got dragged by people who found it both hilarious and stupid. No one thought it was adorable.

Christien posted the photo and wrote; "Thanks Cody Gibbs for doing awesome work on me! Looks just like my son."

One person told him "Why on your f**king face? How are you ever going to get a real f**king job to support your son with a tattoo on your face?". Others just made fun of him. Creepy Tattoo!

Sunday 26 April 2015

Jay Z addresses Tidal flop reports, says his cousin moved to Nigeria to discover new talent

Jay Z took to Twitter this evening to address reports that his music streaming platform, Tidal, is a flop. He defended Tidal and asked people to give them time to succeed. He also claimed some 'haters' are “spending millions on a smear campaign.” but most importantly, he tweeted that his cousin is in Nigeria to discover new talent. See his tweets after the cut...

Gen Buhari signifies interest to probe alleged missing $20bn NNPC money

President-elect Gen. Buhari has signified interest to probe the alleged missing $20 billion from the coffers of the NNPC. Speaking with APC members from Adamawa state at the APC National headquarters in Abuja today April 26th, Gen Buhari queried the dismissal of Former CBN governor now Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II who raised alarm over the missing money.
"I heard that some people have started returning money; I will not believe it until I go and see for myself. Imagine a situation where the former CBN governor who by God ‘s grace would later become the Emir of Kano raised an issue of missing billions of money, not in Naira but in Dollars, $20 billion. What happened, instead of investigating to know whether it was true that the money was missing or not, they simply found a reason to remove him. So these are the issues we are talking about" he said in Hausa

Friday 24 April 2015

NNPC calls for fuel subsidy removal

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has called for the removal of payment of subsidy from petroleum products in Nigeria. Speaking at the 2015 Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum  organized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers in Abuja today April 23rd, the Group Coordinator, Corporate Strategy and Planning, NNPC, Mr. Timothy Okon, said subsidy on petrol creates uneven distribution of revenue, round tripping and unnecessary carry-over of funds from one year to another in a manner difficult for the Federal Government to control. He added that continuous payment of subsidy is not sustainable.

Scary! 'Ghost' photobombs happy couple in wedding picture

Do you see the supposed 'Ghost?' Look between the couple's jaws, its hiding behind them. The wedding photo was posted on Reddit and the couple, Kevin and Christina Denis, claim they were left shocked when noticed a photo of them smiling at the camera with what looks like a creepy face smirking behind them. The man posted the photo on Reddit and wrote;
"Me and my wife's favourite wedding photo... Until we saw what was between us... We still don't know who it was."
They said it was not a wedding a guest and there was no one standing behind them when they took the photo.

Blac Chyna reveals personal message between herself & Tyga, where he begs to get back with her

Lol. Blac Chyna has no chill whatsoever. The former stripper shared a personal message between herself and her baby daddy, Tyga, where he tries to convince her to give them another chance. She obviously shared the private chat messages to spite Tyga's 17 year old girlfriend, Kylie Jenner and let her see she can take Tyga away anytime she wants. Waiting for round 5!

Photos: Tyga and his girl, Kylie Jenner head out to a Pharmacy

The 17-year-old reality star pictured with her boyfriend 25-year-old rapper, Tyga making a trip to a local drug store in Calabasas, California, yesterday. More photos after the cut...

Interesting! Parents of missing Chibok girls accuse Vice Principal of being involved in their kidnap

Parents of the missing Chibok girls are now accusing the vice principal (academic) of the school in Borno where the teenage girls were kidnapped in 2014 of being somewhat involved in their kidnap


According to a report on Sahara Reporters, the parents claimed that the role of the vice principal Yerima Banjiri was questionable. They leveled the allegations while speaking to a SR correspondent 

One of the abducted girls mother, Mariam Abubakar, said the Vice Principal had told the school girls that any one of them who failed to sleep in the school the night of the abduction would be expelled

Wait, who knew Reminisce is married, and has been with her for 13 years?

The singer showed off his wife, wishing her a happy birthday and said they have been together for 13 years. I bet some of his fans didn't even know he had a wife...

Xenophobia: Malawians boycott all South African owned businesses in their country

All businesses owned by South Africans including Game, Shoprite, PEP and others in Malawi will be under lock and key today April 24th. Malawians are totally boycotting these businesses following the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Two Malawians died during the attacks, many businesses owned by Malawians were destroyed and just 2 days ago, Wednesday April 22, 390 of them were repatriated to Malawi.

What mum & daughter wore out as they celebrate Kendall Jenner's Calvin Klein campaign

Kris Jenner, 59, and her 17yr old daughter Kylie Jenner stepped out in these outfits as they celebrated Kendall Jenner's new campaign for Calvin Klein with a dinner at Craig's Restaurant in LA on Thursday. Khloe, Kourtney, and Scott Disick also joined the family dinner. See the pics after the cut...

Chika Ike celebrates being celibate for five months

Lol at this woman. Are you not supposed to be celibate when you're not married? But you try sha... some girls can't go five months...whereas some can go for years! *sideeye*

Pakistani woman burnt alive by husband and father-in-law for going out without their permission

25 year old Pakistani woman, Shabana Bibi pictured above from the Muzaffargarh district in Pakistan died on Saturday April 18th in the hospital after suffering burns to 80% of her body.

According to reports, Shabana's husband of three years, Muhammad Siddique and her father-in-law Pir Bakhsh, beat her and then set her ablaze after she went out to see her sister without taking permission from them. Muhammad Azam, brother to Shabana, while narrating his families ordeal to the media, said he will set himself alight if he does not get justice.
"I would set myself on fire in front of the office of the district police chief if I do not get justice,' he said.
According to him, his sister's marriage has been turbulent from the onset following her inability to give birth to children. Muhammed Siddique and his father have been arrested and will be charged to court soon

Bradley Cooper and Christiano Ronaldo's ex Irina Shayk seen on a date

Actor Bradley Cooper, 40, and top model Irina Shayk, 29, who ended her five year relationship with footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in Dec. 2014, were spotted on a Broadway date on Wednesday night.

The two, who were introduced by mutual friends, were seen together in the audience at 'Finding Neverland' Broadway show, according to a report by NYT's Page Six

Bradley ended a two-year relationship with UK model Suki Waterhouse just last month and the two were seen at Coachella last week sparking rumours of a reconciliation but it looks like he may have moved on to Irina though sources told Page Six it's just a 'friendly relationship' for now.

Child star of Everybody Loves Raymond, Sawyer Sweeten, commits suicide

One of the popular Sweeten twins, child stars of hit US show Everybody Loves Raymond has killed himself. Sawyer Sweeten (left & centre) shot himself on the front porch of the family home in Texas yesterday morning April 23rd. He was 19 years old.
"This morning a terrible family tragedy has occurred," the family said in a statement. "We are devastated to report that our beloved brother, son, and friend, Sawyer Sweeten, took his own life. He was weeks away from his 20th birthday. At this sensitive time, our family requests privacy and we beg of you to reach out to the ones you love."
Sawyer played Geoffrey Barone in the hit show, which also featured his twin brother Sullivan as Michael Barone and older sister Madylin as Ally Barone. Everybody Loves Raymond ran from 1996 - when the Sweeten twins were just 16 months old - to 2005 when they were 10

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