Friday, February 17, 2017
Many feared dead in Boko Haram attack in Maiduguri
Zahra Buhari celebrates her mother, Aisha Buhari on her birthday
"Happy birthday to Nigeria's First Lady @aishambuhari but most importantly happy birthday to you mummy, temple of greatness, reservoir of inspiration and a light to everyone that comes next to you.. so kindhearted, wise and special in every way.. May Allah increase you in every way my darling Mother. Lots of love xxxxx"
Rapper Andre Roxx strips completely naked after losing defamation lawsuit against TMZ (photo)
On Tuesday, Andre's defamation of character lawsuit against TMZ was dismissed because the statute of limitations had run out. So yesterday, out of frustration, he took to Facebook to prove to everyone once and for all that he didn't cut off his peen by posting a full frontal nude pic, writing;
“Case dismissed on a Technicality huh? OK so I guess there is no way I can maintain my dignity AND clear my name, so f**k it. Here’s what you’ve all been waiting to see.”
“Do me a favor and screen shot this post and send it to TMZ, BET, USA Today and all the other news outlets that decided to fight me for 3 years rather than simply issuing a retraction and clearing my name, and ask them why they couldn’t just operate under the principals of basic human decency and clear the name that they destroyed.”
"It's a boy and a girl for George and Amal Clooney" - George's mum reveal
The couple who got married in 2014 recently revealed they are expecting twins. Speaking to Vogue, George's mum, Nina revealed the couple will be have a boy and a girl. "It will be one of each! Yes, a boy and a girl. That's what I've been told" Nina told Vogue.
Throwback photo of Sani and Maryam Abacha as a young couple
Boko Haram members attack Nigeria Air Force plane carrying medical supply in Gwoza
The helicopter had departed from Maiduguri enroute the venue of the 2-day medical outreach programme in Gwoza when it came under attack by the insurgents.
EPL's biggest referee Mark Clattenburg quits Premier League for mega-money move to Saudi Arabia
Mark, who has been a celebrated referee since 2004 called an end to his premier league career on Thursday
and according to former referees' chief Keith Hackett, the 41-year-old
joined the Saudi Arabian league due to a lack of support from PGMOL
(Professional Game Match Officials Limited) during an incident with Juan
Mata in 2012 where he allegedly called Juan Mata a "Spanish t**t" in
2012 and John Obi Mikel a "monkey".
Photo: Home at last! Nigerian woman and her two sons who were separated for 3 years after Boko Haram attack, reunited
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Facebook users receive $15 checks after it used members' names and faces in adverts without their permission (Photos)
According to MailOnline, five plaintiffs claimed that the site used their image for 'Sponsored Story ads', which are created when members 'like' company pages or websites.
The suit also claimed that consent was not received by the parents of people under the age of 18, whose images were used by the giant company, for ads.
Facebook was then ordered to pay $20 million to all those who joined the suit as at May 2, 2013, when the case was been tried in court as part of settlement from the case which was filed in April 2011.
However, Facebook is said to have broken a Californian law which states that companies are forbidden from using the likeness of people in ads, without their consent. This was after in different occasion, Facebook was quoted to have vowed that its users would have more control over how their images would be used in ads, a promise which was violated when it used people’s ads without their permission.
Meanwhile, it took two years of deliberation on the lawsuit before a U.S. federal judge approved the $20 million settlement in August 2013. The case spent years in appeal court, which is why the payout took so long to reach customers. However, finally this year, all the appeals were settled, allowing payments to be released to the all plaintiffs involved.
On Monday, dozens of people posted on social media saying that they have all got $15 checks.
See some of the reactions to the payment below:
Source: Dailymail
Photos: Delta State Police arrest ex-soldier for car snatching, robbery and kidnapping
"At about 1700hrs, while on stop and search on PTI Road, Effurun, operatives of 51 Police Mobile Force, Oghara, accosted one Toyota Corolla car with registration number EKY 128 DM and was carrying four occupants.
"Two of the occupants took to their heels as soon as the vehicle was stopped for a search.
"One Happy Sunday, a 24-year old male, and Stanley Vincent, 29, were arrested," said the CP.
The ex- soldier was arrested on November 11, following a confession by the principal suspect, Stanley Vincent, that the former soldier usually escorted vehicles snatched by the gang to a receiver in Kaduna.
"He introduced himself as a soldier and presented a Nigerian Army I.D card bearing Rank: Corporal, Name: Sani Abubakar and P/No. 2005/NA/57/3561. However, the suspect has confessed to the crime and revealed that he enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 2005, trained at Zaria Depot and was posted to Supply and Transport, 3 Division, Nigerian Army, Jos, Plateau State, but deserted the Army in 2013," Mr. Ibrahim told journalists.A four-man kidnap syndicate was smashed, while several armed robbery suspects were also arrested. The suspects will soon be charged to court, the CP added.
Source: Sahara Reporters
Gov. Ambode inaugurate Board of Neighborhood Safety Corp Agency (Photos)
‘You will agree with me that the Police and indeed all other security forces within the State and even the country at large are quite stretched, and some form of ‘community’ or ‘local policing’ is required to boost and support the great job the Nigeria Police is presently doing.
‘The creation of this Agency marks another step towards ensuring the protection of lives and properties at the grass root level. Corp members recruited by the Agency are meant to interact with the people at the communities. It is expected that with the visible presence of the Corp members within a particular community, the likelihood of crime will be drastically reduced.’
Original 'Gerber Baby' celebrates 90th birthday
"She wrote me (later) that she had thought it was kind of unfinished, and if they liked it she could finish it properly,” Cook said of the sketch in an interview with WFLA-TV. "But they were smart enough that they didn’t want anything done to it."Cook's picture became the company's official trademark in 1931.
"The logo is the essence of who we are," David Yates, vice president of Gerber’s North America operations, told WFLA. "It is the epitome of a happy, healthy baby and the symbol of trust we have with parents. It’s everything to our company.”
Dr. Ben Carson is reportedly considering accepting an offer to serve as Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. The retired Neurosurgeon who previously reportedly rejected an offer from Donald Trump due to his 'lack of political experience', said Wednesday night in an interview with Fox News, that “the offer is on the table” and that he is seriously considering it because he grew up in Detroit and knows that the inner cities are in shamble and need to be taken care of. “We did in fact have a discussion of what things need to be done in the country and what the options were,” he said. Ben Carson's spokesman Armstrong Williams had said last week, that Carson wouldn't accept any government position. He said that in an effort to quash speculation that Carson would accept a Trump administration Cabinet role “or any position in the administration.” But Carson told Fox News on Wednesday that Williams was “talking off the cuff.” Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning that he was considering Carson to lead the HUD. He tweeted: As secretary, Carson would lead the office that oversees affordable housing, fair housing laws, funding for development projects, initiatives to address homelessness and other related programs. He doesn’t have any experience with housing policy or development but in an interview with Fox News Tuesday, he cited growing up in Detroit as a qualification for the HUD secretary role. “I grew up in the inner city and have spent a lot of time there, and have dealt with a lot of patients from that area and recognize that we cannot have a strong nation if we have weak inner cities,” he said. Ben Carson said there are other positions that have been offered to him and he will consider them and see what position he will be more effective in serving in. He added that his decision could be expected “in the next few days.”
‘I know every man who wants to date me is on Facebook..So I will use this platform to deliver this message…. I have let a few of you men break my heart..Am angry coz I never learn and will still love another of your species… But I swear if one more man breaks my heart… I will put him through the same shiet… I will f*ck you up so bad you will wish death.. With that said I will bang all men in your family if you f*ck with me… This is coming from a very angry and hurt place… Now Y’all have a lovely night.. PS.. am really a nice person.. Might be hard to believe but I am.’
Ben Carson considering the position of Housing And Urban Development Secretary
“We did in fact have a discussion of what things need to be done in the country and what the options were,” he said.Ben Carson's spokesman Armstrong Williams had said last week, that Carson wouldn't accept any government position. He said that in an effort to quash speculation that Carson would accept a Trump administration Cabinet role “or any position in the administration.” But Carson told Fox News on Wednesday that Williams was “talking off the cuff.”
Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning that he was considering Carson to lead the HUD. He tweeted:
As secretary, Carson would lead the office that oversees affordable housing, fair housing laws, funding for development projects, initiatives to address homelessness and other related programs. He doesn’t have any experience with housing policy or development but in an interview with Fox News Tuesday, he cited growing up in Detroit as a qualification for the HUD secretary role.
“I grew up in the inner city and have spent a lot of time there, and have dealt with a lot of patients from that area and recognize that we cannot have a strong nation if we have weak inner cities,” he said.Ben Carson said there are other positions that have been offered to him and he will consider them and see what position he will be more effective in serving in. He added that his decision could be expected “in the next few days.”
Check out this restaurant that has no menu price and customers pay any amount they want
"The restaurant operated on a 'pay as you feel' model," he said.McCullough's restaurant initially started as a pop up food stand and three years later, he was able to upgrade it, thanks to hard work and a crowd funding campaign.
McCullough said he's found that most customers are more than willing to pay fair prices. H said:
"Most people are fair and honest and want to contribute." "Even if people are say..homeless or struggling, they still want to contribute or pay what they can."McCullough said making money from the restaurant is secondary to his main purpose:
"Giving people a place, a safe place where they can come and have something to eat."What do you think of this business model, can it work in our country?
55 year-old teacher rapes a 16 year-old mentally ill girl in Kenya
They saw him with the girl on the bed and quickly broke into the house and successful rescued the girl but the man escaped.
The mother said she couldn't report the case to the police initially because she had no one to guide her.
It is reported that the man who has been arrested by the police didn't deny the accusation and was almost lynched by angry residents.
Source: Star
Photos: Two Lebanese arraigned in Enugu Court over N1.7M dud cheque
While taking their plea, the accused persons pleaded not guilty on all counts of the three count charge preferred against them by the EFCC. In view of their plea, the defense counsel Barr. I. O. Ugwu immediately prayed the court to grant the accused persons bail as the offence was a bailable one. But the presiding Judge, Justice E. N. Oluedo instantly turned down the application on the grounds that it was not properly filed, and as such, needed time to see the application before the defense can move the motion for bail to be considered.
Desmond Ogadinma owner of Rasing Cypon Global Services Limited petitioned the EFCC, alleging that Imad and Toni colluded between themselves to deny him payment for the supply of (800) bags of cement at the rate of N2,200.00 (Two Thousand, Two Hundred Naira only) per bag, which amounted to a total sum of N1,760,000.00(One Million Seven Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira only) which he supplied to them within April this year. According to him, the suspects issued him a post dated cheque which he presented on the due date, but it returned unpaid due to insufficient fund in the account.
Photos: Suspected kidnappers apprehended in Calabar, Cross Rivers (18+)
Bow Wow gets back together with his baby mama
Bow Wow was engaged to Erica Mena
Castigating administrations before yours is uncharitable, fussy and uninstructive- Obasanjo tells Buhari
“The blanket adverse comments or castigation of all democratic administrations from 1999 by the present administration is uncharitable, fussy and uninstructive. Politics apart, I strongly believe that there is a distinction between the three previous administrations that it would be unfair to lump them all together.
I understand President Buhari’s frustration on the state of the economy inherited by him. It was the same reason and situation that brought about the cry for change, otherwise, there would be no need for change if it was all nice and rosy. No administration can or should be comfortable with the excruciating pain of debilitating and crushing economy. Businesses are closing, jobs are being lost and people are suffering.
I know that President Buhari has always expressed concern for the plight of the common people but that concern must be translated to workable and result-oriented socio-economic policy and programme that will turn the economy around at the shortest time possible. We cannot continue to do the same thing and expect things to change.
Now that we have had change because the actors and the situation needed to be changed, let us move forward to have progress through a comprehensive economic policy and programme that is intellectually, strategically and philosophically based. It is easier to win an election than to right the wrongs of a badly fouled situation.
When you are outside, what you see and know are nothing compared with the reality. And yet once you are on seat, you have to clear the mess and put the nation on the path of rectitude, development and progress leaving no group or section out of your plan, programme and policy and efforts. The longer it takes, the more intractable the problem may become"he said
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