Saturday 31 October 2015

Edo State: Court Convicts 95 Sanitation Offenders

Two Mobile Courts sitting in Benin on Saturday convicted 95 people for various sanitation offences in the state monthly environmental sanitation exercise.

Chief Magistrate Ihenyen Aigbediofe convicted 60 people at Kilometre 6, while Magistrate Osamudiamen Afe, convicted 35 people at Oredo.

Thousands of rugby fans including Princes William and Harry and singer Kylie Minogue descended on Twickenham this afternoon to watch New Zealand win the Rugby World Cup.

An alleged self-confessed pastor, Sadeeq Mustapha, is facing trial at a Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting at Ogba, Agege where he has been charged with alleged attempt to rape two men.

A trailer on the set of Tom Cruise's new "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" burst into flames Friday night.

Justin Fashanu

John Fashanu paid his brother Justin £75,000 in a bid to prevent him from becoming out as the first openly gay English professional footballer because he did not want his family to be embarrassed.

Former England Under 21 international Justin committed suicide in 1998, eight years after he first went public with a claim that he had an affair with a married Conservative MP.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for destroying a Russian passenger jet in response to Vladimir Putin's decision to bomb Jihadi targets in Syria, although both Moscow and Egypt have denied any possible terrorism link.

A Russian airliner has crashed in central Sinai with more than 200 people on board, the office of Egypt's prime minister has confirmed.

The Airbus A-321 had just left the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, bound for the Russian city of St Petersburg.

The 41-year-old Model/Television Personality uncannily transformed into the bearded British Virgin Atlantic Airlines owner - complete with blonde locks and goatee beard - which made her nearly unrecognizable.

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But Kim Kardashian is still not ready to put her feet up and dress for comfort, instead making sure she looks picture perfect at all times.

Lara gazed at her full length at the mirror; satisfied by what she saw, she smiled to herself.She smoothened the hips of her flimsy knee length gown; she loved her hips, it’s one of her greatest physical asset.

One of the most pervasive themes in watches from today’s top brands is recalling the past in updated, but vintage-inspired, new looks. Such is the case with Montblanc’s newest additions to the 1858 collection. Unveiled today, the new 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter watch, and 1858 Small Seconds watches aptly celebrate some of the brand’s most famed pocket watches of the early 20th century.

An explosion and a fire at a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest during a Halloween rock concert has killed 27 people.

She insists she hasn’t changed a bit — aside from swapping grocery shopping in Tesco for the pricier Waitrose. Worth £51million ($79million) and rising, singer Adele Adkins this week embarked on a round of publicity for her forthcoming album, 25, by talking about fame and how she’s still the same working-class girl who was raised by a single mum in Tottenham, North London.

As if the original music video wasn't controversial enough. A deleted scene from Rihanna's B**** Better Have My Money music video has been released and there is even more sex and violence.The 27-year-old singer was almost completely naked as she wore a see through plastic ensemble while torturing a man in the clip.

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Sara Al Amoudi, who claims she is the 33-year-old daughter of a Saudi billionaire, is being pursued by Ian Paton and Amanda Clutterbuck, who say she duped them into signing over six flats in London’s West End and should be forced to hand them back.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given MTN Nigeria a deadline of 16 November to pay the fine imposed on it for failing to register the personal details of 5.1 million subscribers.

Dr.Dre ,Ice Cube and Compton Producers Sued For Defamation

Jerry Heller is suing everyone connected with "Straight Outta Compton," alleging the movie defamed him ... and he wants $110 MILLION minimum.

Heller has just filed suit against Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, the Estate of Eazy-E, NBC Universal and others, claiming the portrayal of him in the movie was false and damaging.

A prominent pastor of a church in Irvington, N.J., was found dead inside his church.The Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Rev. Ron Christian's death is being investigated, but the preliminary investigation indicates there was no foul play.

A High Court in Kano on Friday restrained the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, from demolishing or tempering with any structure in the emir’s palace.

NAN reports that one Alhaji Salim Bayero had filed the suit, seeking order to stop the emir, the Emirate Council, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, from destroying some structures in the palace.

Following uproar generated by alleged case of sodomy recorded at Hassan Ibrahim Gwarzo private boarding School, Kano, the state Government has closed down the college to defuse tension.

Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe will be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on November 9, over alleged false declaration of assets and acceptance of about N70million bribe.

She's known for her quirky ensembles and the ability to shock with her dress sense, but on Thursday night Lady Gaga turned heads for all the right reasons.

The 29-year-old singer cut an incredibly demure figure in a pastel pink gown that covered her flesh, boasting long cape sleeves, at the amFAR inspiration Gala in Los Angeles.Gaga teamed the dress with an elaborate diamond necklace, earrings and a sparkling bracelet.

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Quote For The Day

If you really want to change somebody's life, you gotta be able to spend enough time with them to change the way they think about what their life can be--Oprah Winfrey

MTN --N1.4trn Penalty Too Heavy to Bear

Three days after Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC slammed a N1.4 trillion penalty on MTN Nigeria for failure to disconnect customers with unregistered SIM cards, Parent company MTN group has cried out that the fine was too extreme, even as it continues to engage the regulator on how to resolve the issue.

Barely 24 hours to the deadline for Bank Verification Number, BVN, less than half of the 52 million bank customers have been registered, a development that may have caused discomfort in the banking industry.

The last British prisoner in Guantanamo Bay has been released, it was confirmed today.Father-of-four Shaker Aamer had been detained at the US military jail in Cuba since 2002 without trial.

Imran Khan and his former BBC weather girl wife have filed for divorce after just ten months, the couple announced today.

Lamar Odom has made a shocking turnaround ... his kidney's have improved so much he'll be off 6 hours of daily dialysis and he won't need a kidney transplant .

The police at Ajao Estate have arrested an Aba businessman, Onungwa Loveday, 31, who allegedly attempted to kill his friend, Chiwendu Sunday, 32, in a hotel room and stole his money in Lagos State.

Justice Moore Adumen of the Court of Appeal this morning upheld the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

Adumen, reading the unanimous verdict of the three man panel, said the tribunal, which docked the Senate President on 22 September and 21 October was properly constituted.

Australia is looking at a trial of an innovation that would allow its citizens to travel overseas without a physical passport, foreign minister Julie Bishop said on Thursday.
Revealing the idea of a "cloud passport", the foreign minister said it came about after lengthy discussion with some Australia's best innovators.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said devaluation of the Naira was not an appropriate option in the current economic realities in the country.
It offers no solutions as far as President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is concerned, Osinbajo said yesterday.

A baby has been born four months premature in a Dublin hospital, after its mother went into labour on a transatlantic flight. Mother Jenny Drake, from Nashville, has spoken out about her relief after reaching the hospital just four minutes before giving birth after just 25 weeks of pregnancy.
She was returning home after a mini-break in Paris with her husband Gavin when she went into labour just an hour after taking off, enroute to North Carolina airport.

The British son of the hate preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed is reported to have been executed while fighting with the terror group ISIS in Syria.

Khloe posted the picture on her website as she wished Caitlyn a happy 66th birthday on wednesday.

Happy Birthday To The Oleku King-- Ice Prince

Panshak Zamani, better known by his stage name Ice Prince, is a Nigerian hip hop recording artist and actor. He rose to fame after releasing "Oleku", one of Nigeria's most remixed songs of all time. He won the 2009 Hennessy Artistry Club Tour.

Wishing you the very best that life can offer.....Happy Birthday

Candy Crush- Zuckerberg Pledges To Halt Facebook Game Invitations

Speaking at a question and answer session in India, Facebook founder says he will find a solution to the problem of annoying game notifications.

We are waiting ...

Davido And Olamide Shoot Video For New Single “The Money”

According to Notjustok Davido and Olamide just finished shooting the video for their unreleased collaboration titled “The Money“. The video which was directed by Sesan, does not have a set release date yet.

China has scrapped its one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children for the first time since draconian family planning rules were introduced more than three decades ago.
The announcement followed a four-day Communist party summit in Beijing where China’s top leaders debated financial reforms and how to maintain growth at a time of heightened concerns about the economy.

In a recent one day conference held in London on Deforestation and attended by Environment ministers from all over the world it was said that Deforestation may have triggered the recent Ebola outbreak in west Africa, France’s environment minister Ségolène Royal told a London summit hosted by the Prince of Wales ahead of next month’s Cop21 conference.

The Canadian pop singer ends his Norwegian show after just one song, later apologising on Instagram, saying ‘I don’t always handle things the right way’
“I’m done, I’m not doing the show,” he told his fans, known as “Beliebers”, complaining they did not listen to him while he was trying to wipe up spilled water and after fans started grabbing at his hands and feet, a video from the concert posted on the website of Norwegian daily VG showed.

Five Deputy Comptroller Generals of the Nigeria Customs Service unanimously announced their resignation from the service yestreday October 29th. A copy of their jointly signed resignation letter above. No reason was given for their resignation.

Thursday 29 October 2015

PDP Staged a Walkout to Protest Amaechi's Confirment

The Senate after much deliberation today, Approved the nomination of former governor of Rivers State Rotimi Amaechi as minister. In the course of the heated debate over Amaechi’s confirmation, senators of the Peoples Democratic Party walked out of the senate chamber,

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Officials say a Portland man has been arrested for breaking into a neighbor's home and stealing women's underwear.The Oregonian reports that Daniel Kowatch, 24, told police he had thought about breaking into a neighbor's home many times just to see if he could get away with it. He reportedly did that early Sunday. The couple living there chased him out and called police.

The deceased 25-year old lady, who was identified as Chinonye Ella, was allegedly dating the 39-year old Chamberlin Ojoko before she died July 20, 2015.