Friday, 6 January 2017

Stunning new photos of Kano state governor's daughter, Fatima

Fatima Abdullahi Ganduje is the daughter of Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. She is a First Class graduate of the American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State. More photos after the cut.

Update: President Uhuru invites ailing soccer star, Joe Kadenge to state house after his plea to meet him before dying.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has finally granted football legend Joe Kadenge his wish to meet him at State House in Nairobi. 
Yesterday, we reported that the retired Kenyan football star and coach who has been battling with several ailments for years, made a plea in a video, requesting to meet with the President before he dies.

Osama Bin Laden's son added to U.S. terror blacklist

A son of deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been officially added to the U.S. counter-terrorism blacklist, a move that bars U.S. citizens from doing business with them, the State Department said.

The State and Treasury departments on Thursday, said they had designated Hamza bin Laden and Ibrahim al-Banna, a senior leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula as global terrorists.

#Womenpreneur – Taking power to the boss ladies in Ibadan, Abuja, Kaduna and Enugu

Last year, we had an amazing time empowering female owned businesses in Lagos and Port Harcourt. We have no intention to stop in 2017.

Legendary Indian actor Om Puri dies at 66

Critically acclaimed Indian actor Om Puri has died at the age of 66. According to a friend close to him, Om Puri, who starred in popular movies like "City of Joy" and "East is East," suffered a heart attack early Friday January 6th at his Mumbai home.
Puri was known for his versatility and appeal across global markets. He appeared not only in mainstream Bollywood movies and regional Indian cinema, but also numerous British and Hollywood productions.

Puri was one of the lead stars of 2014's "The Hundred Foot Journey," and also appeared in 2007's Charlie Wilson's War and 2012's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist."

Aisha Buhari denies collecting monetary or material favors from the Nigeria High Commission in the UK

Yesterday, US based news platform, Sahara Reporters, posted a story on its website claiming Aisha Buhari and other key Nigerians allegedly use revenue generated from the Nigerian High Commission in the UK, to pay the hotel bills of Mrs Buhari's large entourage during any of her visits to the UK. Part of the report reads;

'2017 I'm ready to Kick ass' - Di'Ja says she shares photos of her hubby and son

Mavin Records singer Di'Ja is ready to kick some ass in 2017. She announced this in a caption on a loved up photo of herself with her husband, Rotimi and their adorable son. She wrote:
"2015 I became a wife, 2016 I became a mother. 2017 we are all alive and well and ready to kick ass. I want to thank my family, friends and Mavin records for all the support! Thank you all for your kindness and respect. Ma shaaAllah I love my life anytime I'm with you... To my fans.. thank you"

Watch moment woman survives being crushed by train by lying motionless in the space between the tracks

Photo: Kidnapped little girl, Olamide Kemi released

Olamide Kemi, who was kidnapped in Lagos on January 4th, has been released. Her aunt confirmed the news via twitter yesterday night.

Graphic photo: Delta state police command gun down suspected kidnapper, rescues pregnant woman and baby

The Delta state Police Command yesterday rescued a pregnant woman and a two year old baby from a kidnappers den at Issele-Ukwu Road, in the state. During an exchange of gunfire, the police killed one of the suspects pictured above and arrested another. Photo credit: Christian Onwugbolu

Meet the 10 most generous billionaires in the world

Mark Zuckerberg: Mark Zuckerberg is one of the youngest self-made billionaires in the world. The Facebook founder signed the Giving Pledge. He promised to share at least half of his wealth in his lifetime. He has already donated $1.6 billion. Last year, Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla disbursed $25 million to help fight Ebola.
 

Lagos Hosts Onecoin for Influencers Seminar this Sunday @ Ceremonial Accents

As the Bitcoin history repeats itself in Onecoin, never forget Bitcoin in 2009 was sold at 1 cent and now each is sold above 800USD. 

Onecoin launched in September 2014 @ 0.10 Euro and has grown to be the choice of government and large corporations and today sells at 7.85Euro and analyst predicts Onecoin would sell @ 25Euro and 100Euro by Feb, 2017 and Feb 2018 respectively.

Photos/Video: Amazing transformation of a once severely malnourished child abandoned by mother in Borno IDP camp

Severely malnourished 14-month-old Falmata was rescued from Fori IDP camp in Maiduguri by ACE Charity, three weeks ago. She was abandoned and left for dead by her mother. Her grandmother hid her away, rarely took her out and with no food and water, the child was almost dead by the time the Ace team found her. She is cureently recovering at Shhu Musa Ultramodel Hospital, Bulunkutu, Maiduguri. Below is her story, photos and video. Good job, Ace Team!!!

Mikel Obi joins Chinese club Tianjin TEDA after 11 years with Chelsea

Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi has become the latest ex- Premier League star to make a big-money move to Chinese Super League after completing his medicals with Tianjin TEDA yesterday. The midfielder, who had been frozen out of first-team football by coach Antonio Conte this season, will reportedly earn £140,000 a week.

The 29-year-old who arrived Stamford Bridge in 2006, is understood to have signed a three-year deal, after a successful spell in England, winning the Champions League, two Premier League titles and four FA Cups.

Photos: Army hands over newly rescued Chibok school girl and her baby to Borno state government

The Nigerian Army yesterday handed over Rakiyat Abubabakr, the newly rescued Chibok school girl and her baby to the Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima. She was found by the troops in Damboa Local government area of the state. More photos after the cut...

Photo: Bank staff, OAU student arrested for N1.2m internet fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office has arrested the duo of Timothy Adegbaji Ademiju and Taiye Shittu Habibulahi, a student of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, for offences bordering on internet fraud and obtaining by false pretence.

Yahoo Finance apologises for their N- word error

Even though they have apologized for the typo, (read here) people still don't want to forgive them. Some are saying they have blocked Yahoo and will stop using them. Some comments after the cut...

Actress, Adunni Ade shares beautiful make-up photos

Actress and mother of two, Adunni Ade shared the beautiful make-up photos on Instagram. See more photos after the cut..

Ronaldo, Messi, Iniesta and others make UEFA team of the Year 2016

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has unveiled the team of the year for 2016.
In the list revealed this afternoon, Spanish club side, Real Madrid dominated the team of the year with four players listed, followed by their counterpart, Barcelona that also had three players in the UEFA team of the year 2016.

Kenyan lady bites off lover's wife's ear and swallows it during a fight

A Kenyan lady, has been arrested by the police for biting and swallowing the ear of her lover's wife during a fight. According to the victim, Grace Washeko who shared the story on Facebook, the lady who is her husband's mistress came to her workplace and engaged her in a fight. In the process, she bit off a part of her ear lobe and swallowed it.
Speaking to Star news on the incident, the lady said the mistress laughed at her and said she was going to take her husband from her. This got her angry and made them to fight.

Lol. Yahoo Finance just goofed with this tweet

Whoever made this typo is probably sweating right now, lol. But I am sure they meant to say 'Bigger' cos the N is right by the B. The internet is having a field day with this typo, lol. So many funny memes.

ThenVsNow - Nikki Laoye shares photos of herself celebrating her 1st & 36th birthday

Singer, Nikki Laoye, took to social media this evening to compare throwback photos of herself from her 1st and 36th birthday parties. She captioned the photos:

Serena Williams shows off her new massive diamond engagement ring

Serena Williams showed off her new massive diamond engagement ring when she posted a photo on Thursday with her fiancé, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian. Congratulations again to the couple.

Twitter user shocked as he finds three of his cousins' nude photos on Instagram

Twitter user, Renzel revealed how shocked he was when he went through a photographer's Instagram page and found nude photos of three of his cousins. More after the cut..

Meek Mill drinking and laughing the pain away after Nicki Minaj breakup

Just hope he'll be fine...

Lai Mohammed and the 40 SUVs: One lie too many By Musa Abubakar

As the year 2016 drew to a close, Nigerians started looking forward to a new year, trying to savour the joy and hope 2017 could usher into the country in the midst of a devastating economic recession.
Expectant of a new beginning in their personal lives and in the direction of governance, many Nigerians woke up to a rude shock on Thursday 29th of December 2016, when the Nigerian media became awash with reports that the Federal Government had recovered 40 new Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) from a former permanent secretary.

Kendall Jenner shows off huge tattoo for V Magazine January issue

The model posed with a painted-on tattoo by tattoo artist Jenai Chin who said he spent an hour and a half customizing the tattoo on her for the photoshoot.

Spot anything odd in this photo?

Pictured is Kenyan Socialite, Vera Sidika, co-hosting a show recently. See anything wrong with it? Hint: The guy circled in the second pic seems stunned by her curves. Another photo after the cut...

Knife-wielding man attacks 11 children after scaling fence of a nursery in China

A man wielding a knife went on a rampage in a nursery school in China and attacked a group of children. According to Chinese media reports, the yet-to-be identified 41-year-old man scaled a wall and attacked 11 children at the school located in Pingxiang, a city in the southern region of Guangxi. He claimed he was there to pick up his son but allegedly climbed a wall to enter the facility.

Sokoto Sharia police seize musical instruments used at the wedding of state governor, Aminu Tambuwal's daughter

The Sokoto Hisbah Commission, the special police force that enforces Sharia practice in the North, has seized the musical instruments used during the pre-wedding dinner of the daughter of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal last December, for allegedly violating Shari'ah law being operated in the state.
According to DailyTrust,  the Commandant of the Commission, Dr Adamu Bello Kasarawa who confirmed the development, said the commission had wanted to arrest the DJ that performed at the dinner but he escaped.

Lol. Between Michael Blackson and Marlon Wayans

US based Ghanaian comedian Michael Blackson took to his IG page and shared a photo of the pair of Zanotti shoes Meek Mill said no one should wear and asked if he should buy them for his girl or take Meek Mill's advice. Well US comedian and actor Marlon Wayans had some funny answers for him. Read the post and comments after the cut...

Photos: Nigerian female football star, Asisat Oshola's stunning look to GLOCAF2016 awards

The football star who seldom wears dresses, rocked this blue sequin dress to the GLO CAF award holding at the International Conference Center Abuja. ‎She looks great.

After Nicki Minaj confirms she is single, Meek Mill gets petty

After Nicki Minaj confirmed she was no longer dating former boyfriend Meek Mill on twitter, he took pettiness to another level by posting a photo of a pair of Giuseppe Zanotti wedged sneakers, that Minaj rocks so often she even inspired a model to be named after her and captioned it "If you walk out don't wear these they wack...". After he got bombarded with insults, he deleted the post.

#GloCAFAwards2016: Flavour brings the Ijele Masquerade on stage

Highlife singer, Flavour made a grand entry by bringing the Ijele Masquarade on stage, as he performed one of his hit songs, 'Gbo Gan Gbom' at the GloCafAwards last night!

#GloCAFAwards2016: Full List of Winners

Tonight, at the just concluded Glo CAF awards, Riyad Mahrez was crowned the new African Football King. While Nigeria’s Alex Iwobi won the Youth Player of The Year award, Asisat Oshola went home with the Women’s Player of the Year award and the CAF Platinum Award was presented to President Buhari. Check out the full list of winners after the cut...

Donald Trump kinda threatens Toyota company on Twitter, Toyota responds!

U.S president elect Donald Trump took to his Twitter handle this evening to reveal that he'll impose huge border tax on car production company, Toyota, if they decide to build a manufacturing plant in Mexico rather than the U.S.

According to Trump, Toyota had made plans to start producing Corolla cars in its Mexico plant for the U.S market, something the president elect clearly doesn't like as he hopes to keep up with his 'jobs jobs' mantra.

Thursday, 5 January 2017

Two arrested for trying to sell dead cow






The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Sokoto State Command says it has arrested two suspects, Nuru Sakaba and Magawata Gaski, for alleged attempt to sell the meat of a dead cow.
The Commandant of the corps in the state, Mr. Babangida Abdullahi, on Thursday said that the suspects were arrested around the Fakon-Idi area of Sokoto on Wednesday while butchering the dead cow.

#GloCAFAwards2016 Uganda wins first award

The Uganda national football team, nicknamed “The Cranesas” just won the first award for the night at the on-going Glo CAF awards holding at the International Conference Center, Abuja Uganda smiled home with the National Team of the Year award edging out Senegal and DR Congo.

Nigeria however smiled home with the female National Team of the Year award ahead of Cameroon and South Africa

'The happiest I've been in years' - Khloe Kardashian gushes about Tristan Thompson

Khloe Kardashian took to her app to say this is the happiest she's been in years and credits it to being in love. She wrote;
"I feel incredibly clear and probably the happiest I've been in years.When you're in love you definitely feel happy and healthy too.'It's such a great feeling that I have my happy back!' 'It's from a genuine place and the most peaceful place I've been in for longer than I can even remember.'
'I think maintaining this peace and happiness is my biggest goal for the new year.' Recently, I've pulled away a little. So much tough s*** has gone down in my family over the past year that I've removed myself from social media a bit more and focused on what's important in my life.'

Photo: Ali Baba kisses his beautiful wife passionately

The photo was taken at his January 1st show...

FFK's ex-wife appointed as an assistant to president-elect of Ghana, Nana Addo Akufo-Addo

Femi Fani-Kayode's ex-wife Saratu Atta, who is the daughter of the former Governor of the old Kwara state Alhaji Adamu Atta, has just been appointed as an assistant to Nana Addo Akufo-Addo the President-elect of Ghana. Her mother is a Ghanaian and she was raised in Ghana.

Saratu studied at Warwick University in the UK and she and FFK were married in London in 1987. She is the mother of his first child Folake who is a lawyer in the UK today.

Basketmouth gets interviewed on BBC World News

Basketmouth who's presently in London to promote his annual Valentine comedy show, holding at the Wembley Arena (10,000) capacity venue, got interviewed on BBC world news today and BBC world radio. Goodluck with your show Basketmouth.

‘I’m not in Agreement with Wiki leaks founder, Julian Assange’ – Donald Trump

Yesterday, US President Elect, Donald Trump gave a passive endorsement to Wiki-leaks founder, Julian Asange when he quoted him in a tweet saying, ‘Julian Assange said a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta" - why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info'.

The media blow-back from this tweet was not nice and even top Republicans in the US senate blasted Trump for associating with Asange who is often called an ‘Enemy of Democracy’.

Photo: President Buhari welcomes rescue of another Chibok school girl

President Buhari has welcomed the rescue of another Chibok schoolgirl, Rakiya Abubakar, who was rescued in the Alagarno area of Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State today January 5th.

According to a statement released by his media aide, Femi Adesina, President Buhari noted that the recovery raises renewed hope that other captured girls will one day be reunited with their families, friends and community.

RMD, Jimmy Jatt, Femi Kuti, Mimi Fawaz… first photos from #GloCAFAwards2016

In a few minutes from now, the much awaited Glo CAF Awards will kick off at the International Conference Center, Abuja. The event is billed to witness amazing performances by African superstars like Flavour, Omawumi, Reekado Banks, Diamond Platnumz, Femi Kuti and others.

Already, some of them including host RMD and Mimi Fawaz (pictured above), comedian Gordons, Dj Jimmy Jatt are walking the green carpet. See more photos below…

Four teenagers aged 13 and 14 year old arrested for allegedly gang raping a schoolgirl

Three 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old teenager from Cumbria were arrested by police on Wednesday night over rape allegations of a schoolgirl in Cloffocks, Workington.
Before the arrests were made, temporary Detective Superintendent Doug Marshall said to the Sun UK: “The investigation is at an early stage.

Pastor Taiwo Odukoya and wife Nomthi celebrate 7th wedding anniversary

Senior Pastor of the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya and his South African wife are celebrating their seventh wedding anniversary today. The couple have two boys together. In an Instagram post, he was full of praises for Pastor Nomthi
He wrote: