Deputy Governor of Ekiti State in Nigeria, Mrs Funmilayo Olayinka, has died of cancer according to family sources.
Funmilayo
Olayinka has been deputy governor since 16th October 2010. She was also
a champion of women’s rights. She came to the government from the
banking sector.
She leaves behind a husband and three children. She was 52 years old. May her soul rest in perfect peace.
Hit romantic comedy “Flowergirl” is set to premiere in Accra tonight! The movie produced and directed by Michelle Bello stars Damilola Adegbite, (ex Tinsel star), Chris Attoh , Eku Edewor (Presenter, Studio 53), Bikiya Graham Douglas and Chuks Chukwujekwu as the male lead.
According to the producers “This dynamic ensemble brings a whole
new take on love in Ghana and audiences are sure to have a highly
entertaining experience watching Flower Girl“. Date: Friday, 5th April, 2013 Time: 6.30PM Venue: Silverbird Cinema, Accra
Official Sponsors are MTN, EuroStar, Bank of Industry, ETVGhana,
A|Factory Entertainment, Africa
Baby got bump! Kim Kardashian dared to bare her curvier-than-ever figure when she shared a photo of herself standing in front of a mirror with her top rolled up to expose her nearly six-months-pregnant belly.
Wearing skintight black leggings and a thin white T-shirt, the Kourtney & Kim Take Miami star, 32, proudly showed off her adorably round stomach. She captioned the self-taken shot "Baby love."
The move is a bold one for Kardashian, who has been bullied for her
weight ever since announcing in December that she is expecting her first
child with Kanye West this summer. Bloggers and fans alike have called her "fat" and compared her to Shamu, the killer whale. Sources told Us Weekly that the mom-to-be was taking the criticism hard, but she seems to have recently embraced the changes in her figure.
Last week, April 2, 2013, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps
(NCSDC) staff in Abia State busted a baby factory in Abia State and
arrested 32 pregnant teenagers together with the owner of the home, Mrs
Nnenna Mba and two male workers.
At the baby factory, babies are bought from their mothers at the rate of N100,000 for a baby boy, then a baby girl for N80, 000.
They are sold to interested buyers at N450, 000 and N400, 000 respectively.
The girls , whose ages range between 10 and 20 were believed to have run
to the home after getting pregnant without the knowledge of their
parents or were impregnated at the home by visiting males employed by
the proprietor of the home.
Wearing an ensemble by MILLY on April 5, Beyonce — she debuted a snippet
of new song "Grown Woman" in her Pepsi "Mirrors" ad — waved outside the
Saratoga Hotel in Havana, Cuba, where she and Jay-Z have been
celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary.
Flamboyant publisher of THISDAY, Nduka Obaigbena, has appealed to his
workers to be patient over his inability to pay salaries, blaming the
delays on last year’s Boko Haram attack on the Abuja premises of the
newspaper.
Mr. Obaigbena has not paid the workers since the beginning of this year. But he promised to clear the backlog within a few weeks.
“The
process has already started in Abuja and should end within the next 30
days when ALL arrears of salaries and entitlements would have been
settled and we resume payments when due,” he said in a “Dear Colleague”
letter to the unhappy staff.
His desperation to write the letter
might not be unconnected with a plan by the National Union of
Journalists (NUJ) to commence a protest in the premises of his paper
next week over the unpaid salaries. Many of his employees were
complaining about unpaid and late salaries long before the Boko Haram
attack.
So Wizzy had a show in Cotonou Benin Republic last night and it seems he's finally back with his EME family.
These are pictures he posted on his Instagram account before and after
the show, with EME signees Shaydee and DJ Xclusive and some full-packed
security.
Africa’s biggest reality show, Big Brother Africa (BBA) will enter its eighth season next month. To celebrate it, Daily Independent reliably gathered from an inside source that Kukere singer, Iyanaya Mbuk, is billed to feature in the show which will commence on May 26, 2013.
Apart from Iyanya, Dammy Krane from Nigeria, Uganda’s Desire Luzinda
and Jackie (Obessions), Makosi, South Africa’s socialite Kanyi Mbau,
Ghana’s Vera Sidika and musician, Sarkodie as well as other celebrities
across Africa, are also expected to perform.
Efforts to reach Iyanya as at the time of going to press proved
abortive as he didn’t reply the message sent him by our reporter.
M-Net Africa is the organiser of BBA Africa, a show reported to have
hit one million likes on Facebook.
Skipper Joseph Yobo has said that Coach Stephen Keshi cannot make him
a part-time player in the Super Eagles. He opens up a can of worms in
this interview.
We learnt that you were not happy that you were not fielded in the last game against Kenya. What really happened?
Before people get it twisted, I said and I repeat that nobody
communicated with me that I was not going to play against kenya. Nobody
communicated to me at all. This is not about Joseph Yobo. This is about
the position of the captain of the national team and there should be
respect for that position.
There are so many things that happened that I was not happy with but I
chose to keep quiet. But I am keeping all that for my documentary. I
have been to many Nations Cup and played for over a decade and a lot of
things have happened. A lot of things happened at the Nations Cup and I
did not talk about them.
When it happened again and I did not get a phone call, I was like
saying to myself , here we go again. It is
Nollywood most-sought-after actress, and mother of one, Mercy
Johnson who is currently missing on screen, following her continues
sojourn in the United States after giving birth to her first child,
Purity, is set to reconnect with her fans again through the release of
last movie, “ Baby Oku in America.”
Mercy starred in the movie alongside, Chets Aniekwe and fast rising
star Ani Amatosero before embarking on sabbatical leave few months ago.
The movie produced by Gabriel Moses, the CEO of Amaco Films and I-Com
International Company is a comedy that tells the story of a newly
married Nigerian couple that relocated to the United State of America, a
move that brought out the ignorance and unpleasant character of the
woman in the marriage as she strive to live and preach the gospel of
gender equality in their marriage in the wrong way.
According to Gabriel Moses, the executive producer of the movie, the
cast and crew had to work in Nigeria and the United States to show the
beauty of both countries while taking full advantage of the cordial
bilateral
Malawian actress, Suya who is a top contender in this year’s Best
Actress category at African Movie Academy Awards, AMAA which is
scheduled to hold later this month, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State
capital, has declared her intention to ply her trade in Nigeria.
From all indications, the actress may not be returning to her country after the grand finale of the prestigious award.
Suya’s role in Shem Joya’s ‘Last Fishing Boat’, earned her the
nomination, alongside other A-list actresses like Rita Dominic who was
also nominated for her role in her film, “The Meeting” , Yvonne Okoro(
The Contract’), Florence Masebe (Elelwani), Mariam Ouedraogo(Moi
Zaphira) and Mbutung Seikeh(Ninah’s Diary).
The actress, made the declaration while in a chat with HVP, shortly after the AMAA nomination party, held in Malawi recently.
Suya said, she has a strong desire to relocate to Nigeria in order to
horn her talent in acting. According to
The police at Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos State,
southwest Nigeria, have arrested three suspected fraudsters who dupe
unsuspecting members of the public using fake dollars and a fake Central
Bank of Nigeria, CBN, certificate.
The suspects, Olasende Akinsiku, 40, Abiodun Akiniyi, 35, and Tajudeen
Lasisi, 40, were arrested following a complaint by a retired Major
General to Abba Kyari, the officer in charge of SARS, that he was
swindled by the arrested suspects.
Akinsiku, who hails from Ondo state, said that they tell their
victims that they stole the dollars from their place of work and wanted
to convert it into naira at a cheap rate so that the victims will not
suspect that the dollar notes were fake.
The graphic artist
explained further that he was introduced into the crime by his friend,
Abiodun alias Tokunbo Babatunde, the owner of the machine they use to
print the fake dollars.
Shock and disbelief could best describe the expression on the face of
Mrs Owoduni, a popular caterer in Ajah area of the Lagos, who was
abducted in February, 2013, following discovery that her abduction was
masterminded by his ex-driver.
The suspect identified as Ahmed Ajanu,28, was arrested Monday by
operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, (SARS), Ikeja , Lagos.
Ahmed and members of his gang were arrested at the verge of abducting another woman.
In this interview with Crime Guard, he admitted to have received
N300,000 from the N2 Million paid as ransom for his ex-boss’ release,
disclosing that the gang had its hideout in Epe area of Lagos.
Describing why and how Mrs Awoniyi was kidnapped, Ahmed said, “ I was
a private driver to the woman. But while under t heir pay role, she
and her husband treated me like a houseboy. They would send me to
In case you don't keep up with the Kardashians, here's a tip: Don't mess with them.
Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, and Rob Kardashian are suing their former
stepmom Ellen Pearson -- whom Robert Kardashian wed two months before he
died in 2003 -- over personal possessions belonging to their father.
"The Kardashians and Kris Jenner have filed a suit against Ellen
Pearson for taking personal property belonging to them by virtue of
Robert Kardashian’s will and by virtue of copyright protection," power
attorney Marty Singer tells omg! in a statement. "Today's filing should
serve as notice that they will vigorously defend their rights when
forced to do so."
In the papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by omg!,
Pearson is accused of holding onto her late husband's diary, photo
albums and a family holiday photograph. The Kardashians and Jenner say
the lawsuit "is necessitated by Defendant Ellen Pearson's despicable and
awful scheme to hold in secret and
US First Lady, Michelle Obama raised eyebrows with her brief slip of the tongue yesterday
Thursday April 4th when she described herself as a 'busy single mum' during an interview with a Vermont CBS station.
She caught her mistake immediately and explained: "You know, when you've got the husband who's president, it
can feel a little single, but he's there,". She then described herself as 'busy working mom."
The First Lady was answering questions
about the difficulties that working parents can have when they try to
balance their office lives with their home lives. "Before coming to the
White House, I was in that position,"
According to TMZ, Halle Berry and her fiance Olivier Martinez are expecting their first child together. Below is how TMZ is reporting it...
Halle Berry is pregnant with her second child ... TMZ has learned. Sources connected with the actress and her fiance, Olivier Martinez,
tell TMZ ... Halle is 3 months pregnant.What's more ... they know the
sex. It's a boy.
It's definitely worth noting ... Halle is 46, and Olivier is 47.
This man can look for trouble sha. Lol. You better not let Kanye catch
you. Kim K's sex partner just released the official cover for
his new single titled 'I Hit It First'. The title of that song def has a
reference to Kim K but except Kim was a virgin when you two got
together...then you didn't 'hit it' first. Sorry boo! Also, Ray J used a
pixelated photo of Kim as the artwork. Lol. #Dramathingz! See some of the lyrics below:
After spending more than two years in Federal prison for tax evasion (he
reported to prison on December 9, 2010), actor Wesley Snipes has been
released.
According to TMZ, Wesley was released from prison on April 2 and will remain on house arrest until July 19. Great news!
That's a photo from the scene sent to me by a LIB reader. The accident
occurred this afternoon at Igbogui village in Benin and involved three
heavy duty vehicles; a Young Shall Grow Motors luxury bus, a fuel tanker
with
registration number GA 71 XA, and a Dangote truck carrying cement.
Over 100 people were burnt to death when the fuel tanker exploded
following the accident. The fire spread to surrounding shops and burnt
several cars packed nearby. Survivors have been rushed to the hospital
while rescue efforts by the Federal Road Safety Corps & Civil
Defence Corps continued.
A man, Ali Haruna, 25, a native of
Kano State, northwest Nigeria, has been arrested by the police at the
Maroko Police Division, Lekki, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for allegedly
entering the Redeemed Christian Church of God, City of David, situated
on Muri Okunola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos with charms strapped to
his waist.
He was arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate court on one count charge of illegally entering a church with charms.
The
police alleged that the accused was arrested following a complaint by
members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, City of David, Victoria
Island, Lagos, that they found the accused inside their church on 31
March, 2013 with charms.
During interrogation, he allegedly told
the police that he entered the church to pray to God. But when asked
what he was doing with the charms he strapped to his waist, he could not
give satisfactory answer nor explain how long he has been worshiping in
the church since he claimed he was a Muslim.
Femen activists have declared 4 April
"topless jihad day" as a gesture of support for a Tunisian woman who was
threatened with death by stoning for baring her breasts online. [Scroll Down for Photos. Warning: Grafic Content]
Amina
Tyler ignited a storm when she posted images of herself with the words
"Fuck your morals" written across her chest to the Femen-Tunisia
Facebook page.
Another image showing her smoking a cigarette with:
"My body belongs to me, and is not the source of anyone's honour",
written in Arabic script across her bare chest, was also posted.
As
a preacher called for her death over fears "her act could bring about
an epidemic", Femen has responded with fury, calling for a "topless
jihad day".
In a statement posted on Facebook, the group calls for
solidarity against the "lethal hatred of Islamists – inhuman beasts for
whom killing a woman is more natural than recognising her right to do
as she pleases with
Here is a video where Nigeria’s Minister of State Foreign Affairs Disgraced in New York City
The minister of foreign affairs was confronted by many supporters of the occupy nigeria movement and these scenes below occured
Please watch the video above and comment.
Last night, word went out that Ghanaian actor John Dumelo was keeping a
very big secret from his fans and everyone else - he was married and
there was a marriage certificate to prove it!
The marriage certificate, from a Circuit Court in Arlington, Virgin
Island, showed his wife's name as Harrinia A Dembele, who is currently
living in the US and is a model, actress and a nurse.
Just as expected, everyone was stunned but John Dumelo was quick to deny the story last night.
He immediately took to Twitter to explain the marriage certificate.
Even the supposed wife Harrinia Alexander Dembele seems to be shocked at the reports.
It turns out the 'fake' marriage certificate is actually from a movie John Dumelo shot with Harrinia Alexander Dembele. Read their tweet and facebook messages below:
Kim Kardashian's love of leather just won't let up! The Kourtney & Kardashian Take Miami
star took to the red carpet on Thursday, April 4, for a Tracy Anderson
Flagship Studio launch event in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, and
looked positively radiant in her trademark leather pants.
Kardashian, 32, kept her hair sleek for the look, pairing her leather
pants with a fitted beige top and long trench. The pregnant reality
star, who ditched her heels for a pair of flat sandals during a frozen yogurt run on Wednesday, April 3, also slipped back into her comfort zone: a pair of black pumps.
Kanye West's
longtime girlfriend has come under fire for her maternity fashion
choices ever since the couple first announced their happy baby news on
New Year's Eve.
"Kourtney warned me when you become a mom and become pregnant, there
will be this whole new group of critics that will criticize me for
everything you do," she said in a March 26 interview on Good Morning
It was five years ago that Jay-Z put a ring on it.
On
April 4, 2008, the "Watch the Throne" rapper and longtime love Beyonce
wed in an intimate ceremony, surrounded by family and close pals such as
Gwyneth Paltrow and Bey's fellow Destiny's Child members Kelly Rowland
and Michelle Williams.
Since then, the hip-hop power couple went
on to become proud parents, giving birth to baby Blue Ivy in January
2012. As of late, they can be seen doting on their adorable daughter,
mingling with high-profile friends like the Obamas and generally
conquering the world. (They even topped Forbes' "Highest Paid Celebrity
Couples" list in 2012.)
Beyonce opened up about why their
relationship works in a 2011 interview with Harper's Bazaar. "We have
been together since I was 20 years old," she said. "We took our time and
developed an unbreakable friendship before we got married. I admire his
ability to inspire others. To me, Jay represents the American
A Tunisian Salafi preacher has called for a 19-year old girl
who posted her topless pictures on Facebook to be “quarantined” and
stoned to death before she starts “an epidemic.” Salafi
preacher Alami Adel, who heads the Commission for the Promotion of
Virtue and Prevention of Vice, says: “According to God’s law, she
deserves 80 to 100 lashes, but what she committed is worth much more
than that.
She deserves to be stoned to death and she must be quarantined because what she did is an epidemic.
She is like someone suffering from a serious and contagious illness and she must be secluded and treated.”
The
young Amina, who is part of a feminist movement and group called FEMEN
can be seen smoking a cigarette topless with Arabic words written across
her chest in black that reads in English “My body belongs to me.”
FEMEN
is a Ukrainian based feminist group that gathers women together in
Europe in topless protests in support of women’s rights.
Amina has
been delivered by her parents to a psychiatric hospital in Tunis,
according to reports received by FEMEN leader Inna Shevchenko in Paris
and reported by the U.S. based magazine the Atlantic.
Staring at busty women can lengthen your life, scientists have proved. A
German study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine,
concludes that staring at women's breasts for a few minutes daily is
better for your health than going to the gym.
"Just 10 minutes of
looking at the charms of well-endowed females is equivalent to a
30-minute aerobics work-out," said author Dr Karen Weatherby, an expert
on ageing.
The research team, led by Dr Weatherby, spent five years monitoring the effects of this unique discovery.
The
men who were told to stare at bosoms daily had lower blood pressure and
slower resting pulse rates and also decreased their risk of coronary
artery disease.
Dr Weatherby explained: "Sexual excitement gets the heart pumping and improves blood circulation.
A Russian woman has spoken of her grief after finding out her husband was eaten by his friends. The
foursome was on a fishing trip when they got lost in a remote part of
the Sakha Republic. The fishermen got lost after their boat was swept
into a river during a flood.
In a lie detector test, 37-year-old
Alexander Abdullaev admitted eating Andrei Kurochin, 44, but denied
murdering him. He claimed to police that he ate his friend "but not
because I was hungry. I had another reason." He didn't say what the
reason was.
Another friend Alexei Gorulenko, 35, has not spoken to
investigators. The fourth fisherman Viktor Komarov, 47, remains
missing, presumed dead.
Olga Kurochkina has spoken out after a DNA
test proved that a few fragments of bone which were found along with
the other men were her husband's.
She said: "Now I can be sure my husband Andrei is dead and his body was found there in the taiga."
"Can
you imagine what I have left? One foot with toes, one finger, and the
back of his skull with some hair.
North Korea asked Russia
on Friday to consider evacuating staff from its embassy in Pyongyang
because of increasing tension on the Korean peninsula, a spokesman for
the embassy said by phone from Pyongyang.
Denis Samsonov said Russia
was examining the request but was not planning an evacuation at this
stage, and there were no outward signs of increased tension in the North
Korean capital itself.
He said other foreign embassies had received similar
requests.
A North Korean Foreign Ministry representative "proposed
that the Russian side consider the issue of the evacuation of
employees in connection with the increasingly tense situation",
Samsonov said.
North Korea has said nuclear conflict could break out at any
time on the Korean peninsula, in a month-long war of words that
has prompted the United States to move military assets into the
region.
According to South Korean
media, North Korea has placed two of its intermediate-range missiles on
mobile
Has Wizkid added another automobile to
his garage of luxury automobiles? Photos from several Instagram
accounts including his and Pop singer Tiwa Savage suggest so.
The
23-year-old Pop star posted a photo of him holding a set of car keys –
his BMW X6 car key which we are familiar with and a Rolls Royce car key,
several minutes later,Tiwa posted a photo of herself sitting on a white
Rolls Royce.
Tiwa Savage and Wizzy had hooked up yesterday for a
Pepsi event (both acts are ambassadors of the popular beverage), go
figure… Wizzy later posted photos of himself, Tiwa Savage, upcoming R
and B singer Chydinma (not to be confused with CAPital-Goretti’s
Chidinma) and Jay Jay Okocha.
By our counting – this should be car
number four for Wizkid; In November 2012, he added to his fleet of
cars, a black 2009 V8 engine mid-size luxury crossover BMW X6, worth at
about N10m.
In September 2011, he acquired a N6m VW convertible.
Back in July 2012, he was presented with a 2012
Both Anfield manager Brendan Rodgers and his counterpart at
White Hart Lane, Andre Villas-Boas, have been tracking Moses
Daddy-Ajala. Little-known super talent, Moses Daddy-Ajala Simon is now
also a sought-after player by a number of top Nigeria Professional
Football League (NPFL) clubs.
Former Federation Cup
champions, Kaduna United were close to signing the youngster from his
academy but due to imminent travel plans he will no longer be teaming up
with the NPFL side.
The 17-year-old winger is back at the famed GBS Academy in Jos where he is one of the top football graduates.
Simon has been watched by several European scouts and as recent as the past weekend by Dutch and French scouts.
Simon
could well be the next talented winger from Nigeria in the mould Finidi
George, Tijjani Babangida, Victor Moses and Ahmed Musa considering his
pace and intelligence on and off the ball.
Ekpoma – Prof. Celestina Isiramen, a lecturer at Ambrose Alli
University in Ekpoma, Edo, who was abducted by unknown gunmen last week
Wednesday has regained her freedom.
Her release came as the university community of Ekpoma was thrown
into mourning, following the death of Prof. Solomon Momoh of the
Institute of Education.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Isiramen was released
to her family on Thursday morning amidst jubilation by family members.
Isiramen, of the Religious Management and Cultural Studies
Department, was abducted by unknown gun men while driving into her
residence.
The kidnappers forcibly made her to leave her vehicle and entered theirs, whisking her away to an unknown destination.
NAN reports that the amount said to have been paid to secure her release could not be ascertained.
Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has
invited a total of 30 players for the team’s hectic mid-year schedule
with the team captain Joseph Yobo still missing from the list. The
Fenerbahce defender was not called for the match against Kenya last
month – a development that brought about a public spar between the
player and the coach.
The Nigeria Football Federation officials though has moved to settle the rift between them.
But while Yobo has still not been
recalled, South Africa 2013 top scorer Emmanuel Emenike is back to the
fold. He was also not called for the match in Calabar against Kenya but
on account of the injury he sustained at the semi-final stage of the
Africa Cup of Nations. Midfielder Kalu Uche also returns after 16 months
on the sideline.
A notable fresh inclusion is Anthony
Ujah who stars for FC Cologne of Germany. The striker is actually on
loan to Cologne from Mainz of France.
The Eagles have a busy schedule of
about 10 matches between the end of May and mid-July. The African
champions have an international friendly against CONCACAF champions
Mexico in Houston, Texas, USA
Tinsel is one of the most watched Soap Operas on African television and Big Brother Africa Winner and Naija Info OAP, Karen Igho starred on the hit TV show last night, April 4 2013. Karen took to Twitter yesterday to share her big news:
He’s at it again! It’s none other than Burna Boy with his new single, “Always Love You”. The spanking new Dance/Pop track has international appeal riddled all over it. As usual, the joint was produced by Leriq.
Enjoy!
Play Burna Boy – Always Love You(Unofficial Release). Listen/Download below:
If there is any role the sultry actress and Face of Onga Seasoning loves to play, it’s the role of a mad woman!
The mother of one, Kate Hensahw recently revealed this in an interview.
Hear
what she said, ''the role I wish to play is mad woman (laughs). A mad
woman, I mean someone who is sort of impaired physically. I want you to
see me, and you ask, ‘is that Kate?’ That’s the next role I’m
A Fulani man, Musa Umar, has been
lynched by irate youths in Zonkwa town in Zango Kataf local government
area of Kaduna State for alleged child theft.
It
was learnt the man was killed during the weekly Zonkwa market last
Saturday when he was coming from Bauchi State along with a 13 year old
boy, Yalop.
It also was gathered that the youths
in the market pounced on him after he was accused of stealing the boy
who was with him on a motorcycle. He was killed around 4pm near the
market.
“The Fulani man was passing through the
Zonkwa road and one of the youths around the market raised alarm that
the man stole the boy he was travelling with. The boy is not a Fulani
but they were together with
Respected Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad
Abubakar Gumi has sensationally asserted that Jesus Christ did not die
on the cross and there was therefore no basis for Christians to
celebrate Easter.
According to Gumi, Jesus was only comatose. Gumi made this postulation on his facebook page on a post titled 'Easter Musings'.
Read below:
EASTER MUSINGS!
We thank Allah the Benevolent the Merciful, for passing us through the
Easter season without any significant insecurity issue more especially
against the Christian. We are happy for that and we applaud all for the
Facebook today announced a
family of apps you can install called Facebook Home, featuring full
screen photos, status updates, and notifications piped into your
homescreen. It won’t require a forked Android operating system, as
Facebook wants it to be available to a wide audience: “We want to bring
the experience of having a home, of having everything you need right
around you… to your phone.”
After
Home launches on April 12th, if you have the most recent Facebook App
and Messenger on your Android phone you’ll see a banner alert to
download Home from the Google Play store. When you launch it the first
time, you can decide to “try once”, or choose “always” to swap in Home
for you homescreen from then on. Facebook will try to make Home
available on tablets within a few months, and it’s supposed to be a
great experience there. Every month, Facebook will release a Home update
to add new features and make it accessible to new devices.
The
Home home screen experience is focused on Cover Feed, which shows a
constant feed of stories and
A new plan by President Goodluck
Jonathan to grant amnesty to members of the violent Boko Haram sect has
upset Nigeria’s military chiefs.
Sources at the
Presidential Villa, where the military brass met with the President for
several hours today, said they tried in vain to convince Mr. Jonathan
not to fall into the trap that has been set for him by prominent
northern leaders on the issue.
They were said to have told him the
security implications of the action and that it could also be
interpreted to mean that the President is not a man of his word. Mr.
Jonathan has flip-flopped on federal policy against Boko Haram since he
took office in 2010.
The military bosses reminded him of his words
when he visited Borno State a few weeks ago when he said that there was
no way he would grant amnesty to ghosts, stressing that nothing has
changed. Mr. Jonathan once said there were members of Boko Haram in his
government, but it is not clear if they are still ghosts or
Joint Task Force troops cordoned off the scene of an explosion in Kano late thursday evening. Eyewitnesses said a bomb exploded on Zoo Road near a local pharmacy triggering panic in the area.
The
loud explosion at Zaria Road by Zoo Road Kano was followed by sporadic
shootings. People have been running in all directions in fear.
However, a JTF source said there was no casualty recorded and that troops have already sealed the area.
Maternity hand-me-downs? Kim Kardashian's eye-catching, billowy beige maxi-dress isn't exactly one-of-a-kind -- as it turns out, then-pregnant sister Kourtney Kardashian wore the same Rachel Pally dress last June.
Kim, 32, stepped out in the off-shoulder outfit
during a frozen yogurt run in Sherman Oaks, Calif. on Wednesday, April
3, showing off her ample cleavage as she enjoyed an afternoon snack with
pals.
Less than a year ago, however, older sister Kourtney, 33, was also
turning heads in the same dress during filming for the sisters' show Kourtney & Kim Take Miami in June 2012.
Kourtney was at the time pregnant with baby Penelope, 8 months. She is also mom to son Mason, 3, with longtime boyfriend Scott Disick.
To say that the pair -- and youngest sister Khloe, 28, are close, is an understatement. In a recent episode of
Nollywood actress Nse Ikpe-Etim has today, concluded traditional wedding rites with her hubby, Clifford Sule.
The
two exchanged vows in front of family members and guests today at the
St. Stephen Primary School, Ikot Etobon, Akwa Ibom where the event held.
Dressed in her traditional wedding attire, she danced happily to the tunes of singer, Waje as she met with her hubby.
Apart
from Waje, who’s one of Nse’s closest friends, also in attendance were
OAP-actor, Katherine
Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh, has warned that any gay or lesbians
found in the country will "regret" being born. During a speech on March
28th at the opening of the country’s parliament, President Jammeh said:
Homosexuality is anti-humanity. I have never seen homosexual
chicken, or turkey. If you are convicted of homosexuality in this country, there will be no
mercy for offenders.
Homosexuality is anti-god, anti-human, and
anti-civilization. Homosexuals are not welcome in the Gambia. If we
catch you, you will regret why you are born. I have buffalos from South
Africa and Brazil and they never date each other. We are ready to eat
grass but we will not
Nothing gets Beyonce
in the mood for dancing like Pepsi -- or at least that's what her
newest ad seems to imply. Queen Bey debuts her new song "Grown Woman" in
the new "Mirrors" commercial and tells viewers to "embrace your past,
but live for now."
If you look closely enough, you'll notice that the various "Beyonces"
Bey encounters in the mirror are all various versions of herself. The
first is from her Destiny's Child days, while her "Single Ladies" look
and Sasha Fierce also make appearances. If this is her way to tell
people that she's fully embraced herself as "Mrs. Carter," then she
knows how to tell them.
"I guess I am a modern-day feminist," the "Bow Down/I Been Down" singer recently told British Vogue.
"I
President Barack Obama will pay back 5 percent of his annual government salary to the United States Treasury.
And he is doing this to draw attention to the financial sacrifice of
more than 1 million federal employees who will be furloughed by
automatic spending cuts starting in less than three weeks, the White
House said Wednesday. “The salary for the president, as with members of
Congress, is set by law and cannot be changed,” an aide said to Yahoo
News on condition of anonymity.
“However, the president has decided that to share in the sacrifice being
made by public servants across the federal government that are affected
by the sequester, he will contribute a portion of his salary back to
the Treasury.”