Do you
see a small ladder placed on a book or you are wondering - if this is drawing,
what about the shadow?
Saturday, 25 May 2013
Jimmy Kimmel denies spending $1.9million on the nude portrait of Bea Arthur
'Biggest surprise of my life. Thank you
@jimmykimmel - the most generous guy in the world! #BeaArthur,'
comedian Jeffrey Ross wrote as the picture caption.
While
he did not formally confirm that he was the one to pay the pricey sum for the
picture, Kimmel's response comes as a certain declaration- one that he
ultimately overturned.
'Bea is watching over all of us, but
especially you,' Kimmel wrote.
Later
Friday night, Kimmel came back clearing things up by saying that he had nothing
to do it with.
'Contrary to "news" reports, I
didn't buy the Bea Arthur painting - not even for @realjeffreyross - but I did
buy the Mona Lisa Lampanelli,' he wrote to his nearly 2,600,000 followers.
Total System Collapse Disrupts Power Supply
Efforts
by the Federal Government to improve electricity supply suffered a major
setback yesterday, following a total system collapse that disrupted electricity
supply across the country for several hours, Thisday has learnt.
Thisday
gathered from a source at the National Control Centre (NCC) at Osogbo in Osun
State that the system collapse, which occurred a few minutes to 5AM yesterday,
led to total darkness throughout the country that lasted for several hours.
The
spokesman of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr. Dave Fabiyi
declined to comment on the development, when contacted, but a source within the
NCC told THISDAY that supply was being restored gradually.
“Most
places are still in darkness because it was a total collapse and it will be
dangerous to put all the system on the grid at once. The system is being
synchronised gradually and with time, supply will be restored fully,” he said.
The
cause of the collapse was not immediately known but the power sector has
suffered both total and partial collapse in recent months, resulting in serious
disturbances in the transmission network.
Cynthia Osokogu's mouth was stuffed – Pathologist
The
Lagos State Chief Pathologist and Chief
Examiner of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital LASUTH, Professor John
Obafunwa, Friday told an Ikeja High Court that the late Cynthia Osokogu's mouth
was stuffed with a black and yellow hair net, a white handkerchief and the
attachment of the weave-on she fixed before her mouth was taped.
He
said this while showing slides of the autopsy that was carried out on the late
Cynthia from the beginning to the end of the procedure before Justice Olabisi
Akinlade.
Obafunwa,
who is a prosecution witness testifying in the on-going trial of the suspected
killers of Cynthia Osokogu said that the killers taped her from the mouth back
to the neck area.
Cynthia,
who was 24 years old was allegedly drugged and murdered in a hotel room last
year July in Lagos by Okwumo Nwabufor and Olisaeloka Ezike, who are facing
charges bordering on conspiracy to commit murder, murder and felony.
Virgin auction transform into reality TV series
Losing
your virginity — a once-in-a-lifetime event — may soon become a weekly affair.
Australian
filmmaker Justin Sisely became a controversial figure last year when he began
filming Virgins Wanted, a documentary film project where a man and a woman
auction off the rights to first access of their private parts.
It
was originally supposed to be a feature-length documentary. Now, Sisely is
promoting it as a reality TV series, which is set to debut at MIPCOM, an
entertainment trade fair in October in Cannes, France.
“It
is now a factual series,” Sisely said to The Huffington Post by email. “We have
signed a distribution contract with a leading global multi-national distributor
of television content.”
The
worldwide publicity juggernaut surrounding the virgin auction has stroked
Sisely’s entrepreneurial spirit and he is hoping to create a franchise.
Robbers shoot, kill prayer warrior during vigil
A midnight
prayer session in the apartment of Mrs. Solomon Otuoche, ended in tragedy last Saturday after armed
robbers invaded Iyewo Estate, Akesan,
along the Igando-LASU Road in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos and shot
the woman for raising the alarm.
She
died on the way to hospital.
Another
woman, identified as Mrs. Emeka, who was shot in both legs in the same house in
which Otuoche was attacked, however, survived.
A
landlord on Ola Oluwa Street, Iyewo Estate, Mr. Austin Nwudu, told Saturday
PUNCH that he first noticed the robbers as they entered the area from the top
floor of a two-storey building in which his apartment was located.
He
said, “I live upstairs and saw all that happened on that fateful day. I started
hearing the barking of dogs in the neighbourhood about 2am and this probably
woke me up.
“It
was strange because the dogs did not stop barking. As I looked through my
window, I saw armed men (with guns) in my neighbour’s compound, banging at the
door of a tenant downstairs. They succeeded in entering the apartment.”
Friday, 24 May 2013
D’banj to Perform @ the HUSH Club, SA
This
weekend the Koko Master, D'banj would be performing at three different clubs in
South Africa, starting with the Hush Club tonight.
The star
has said he would be “partying, deejaying, dancing, and performing.”
“Cme
join me all as I will b takin fottages fr my next video,” he added.
Interestingly,
D’banj is not a new face at the Hush, he was there to perform last August, and
the club has also hosted Nigerian acts, Psquare and Flavour.
Tomorrow,
D'banj is set to bring it down at MOLOKO, while Kong would be hosting him on
Sunday.
Ride
on bro
NEW VIDEO: Camp Mulla - ALL IN ft. M.anifest
The video
was shot after two founding members announced they would be leaving the group.
DO YOU KNOW: Today's Feature is ABRANTIE DANIEL AMAKYE DEDE
1.
Abrantie Daniel Amakye Dede was born on January 5th, 1958 at Agogo in the
Ashanti Region of Ghana; He is the youngest of nine siblings.
2.
The young Daniel attended Agogo St. Augustine’s Middle School and completed in
1972.
3.
Amakye Dede began his career in 1973 when he joined the Kumapim Royals as a
composer and vocalist. Led by the legendary highlife singer, Akwasi Ampofo
Agyei, they had hits like 'Abebi Bewua Eso', 'Wanware Me A', 'Odo Mani Agyina'
and 'Ohohoo Batani'.
Amakye Dede later moved to Nigeria where he
had his hit 'Jealousy go shame'.
4.
He is one of Ghana’s premier hi-life artistes and is affectionately called ‘Iron Boy’ or ‘Abrantie’ which means Gentleman, a name he got from the making of
his first record with his mentor Akwasi Ampofo Agyei in 1975.
NEW VIDEO: Mode 9 & XYZ - Let It Go
Here’s
the visual for the song ‘Let it Go’ featuring Mode 9 and XYZ; the audio was released
some months back.
BIRTHDAY: YENI KUTI is 52 today!
Yeni
Kuti, the first child and daughter of late Afro Beat Maestro, Fela Anikulapo
Kuti is 52 today.
Happy
birthday to you dear.
Washington State bridge collapses, plunging cars into river
Three people were pulled from their cars and saved from drowning after a bridge in Washington State collapsed late Thursday.
The
bridge is located on Interstate 5.
Washington
State Patrol officials said no one was killed in the incident, which could have
been sparked by a truck collision, when a driver hit the side of the bridge,
Reuters reported. But three were injured, with two hospitalized for
hypothermia, Reuters said.
PHOTOS: Toolz and Niyola at BeatFM
Niyola,
who was at BeatFM to promote her recently released singles, took these shots
with OAP, Toolz.
Nigerian Journalist, Ameto Akpe Named 2013 Persephone Miel Fellow
Nigerian
Journalist, Ameto Akpe has been adjudged the 2013 Persephone Miel Fellowship
winner; this was announced by The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Launched
in October 2010 in a collaboration between the Pulitzer Center and Inter news,
the $7,500 fellowship supports an international journalist to report on a
systemic global issue in his or her home country. The fellowship also provides
support from the Pulitzer Center for editorial oversight, multimedia
development, outreach and assistance with placement in U.S. news media outlets.
Meanwhile,
the group says it received more than 165 applications for the fellowship from
nearly 80 countries.
Congrats.
Airtel's Chief Marketing Officer resigns
According
to a statement, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, the Managing Director & Chief
Executive Officer of Airtel was quoted as saying, “Mr. Akanmu led the marketing
function at a crucial time in the life of our organization and brought his over
two decades of marketing experience and a rich knowledge of the
telecommunications market to bear on his role as our CMO. On behalf of all of
us at Airtel, I wish him the very best in his future endeavours.”
FG uncovers 1,497 illegal border routes
THE
Federal Government has identified a total number of 84 legitimate and legal
routes through which people could come or go out of Nigeria, while about 1,497
illegal routes that entered the country had also been uncovered.
Determined
to put an end to the unending insurgency in the country, the Federal Government
has, therefore, approached the United States of America (USA) to assist in
addressing the problems of the nation’s porous borders.
Minister
of Interior, Mr Abba Moro, dropped the hint in Abuja, on Thursday, while
presenting the score card of his ministry to the members of the National
Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the media.
He
said the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) would erect control tolls and
border plazas at all the identified legal routes for proper monitoring, with
massive deployment of electronic surveillance equipment to the borders.
INTERVIEW: I don’t sleep in coffin; I lay in it - Charly Boy
As an advocate of the masses,
accompanied with your passion for bikes.,What is your stand on the ban of bikes
in some parts of the country?
I
don’t know what informed that decision and wouldn’t want to talk about the rational
of government in accepting this kind of policies that are not favourable to the
masses. It is insensitive that despite the fact that there is a huge problem of
employment; a lot of people who live from hand to mouth are being incapacitated
without an alternative means. As far as my eyes can see, what is building up in
the country is doom and destruction except we wrestle out our stolen future.
Every star has a mark to be known for,
Lagbaja is his mask, Dbanj his Google, yours is your look and several others.
Research has it that your stylist and associate singer Tina Onwudiwe created
your persona, how true is it and what motivated your style?
Right
from time, I have always been wired differently, with the drive to do things
different and for the fact that everybody takes a right turn, doesn’t make it
right. For me, it is only natural and I have been comfortable in my own skin.
How Pregnant Woman & Her Husband Sell Their Unborn Baby
A
23-year-old pregnant woman, Adaeze Mba, caused a stir at the Lagos State Police
headquarters on Thursday after she confessed that she had sold her unborn baby
for N200,000, in advance:
“I
am seven months pregnant and as I speak to you, my husband has already sold our
unborn baby for N200,000. I was against it but he convinced me to agree to it,
saying he had already collected the money.”
She
and her husband also sold their neighbour's son for N400,000 and escaped...
The
woman, who was arrested for conniving with her husband to sell their
neighbour’s four-year-old son for N400,000, said it was poverty that pushed
them to crime. She confessed that she and her husband had sold two other children
for N700,000.
LOVE WANTINITI: Jim Iyke and Nadia Buari announced their love in style
Filo: Jim and Nadia are definitely
tired of rumours about their ‘supposed’ amorous affair. Enough of the hide
and seek game - the pair took to twitter to confirm their romance, at the same
time announcing their pet names.
So sweet,
if you ask me – Skittles and Space.
“She calls me Skittles. I named her
Space. D gift of laughter, companionship n trust is incomparable. BFF. Love is
a f***ing beautiful thang!,” Jim wrote.
And
the beautiful Nadia echoed;
“There comes a point in ur life wen u
realise who really matters, who never did and who always will.~I named him
Skittles,he calls me Space.”
Kiyo: That puts an end to
the rumours, wishing them good luck>>>.
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Reuben Abati loses mum
Funeral
arrangements will be announced later.
May her
soul rest in peace
Woolwich Attack: Muslim Association of Nigeria, UK Condemns 'Barbaric Murder'
Leaders
within the Nigerian Muslim community have spoken out against the horrendous
killing of a British soldier that took place in Woolwich, southeast London,
yesterday.
The
brutal attack on 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby was carried out by Michael
Adebolaji, 28, and, at present, an unnamed accomplice.
They
are both now armed guard.
The
off-duty father-of-one was run over with a car and attacked with a large knife
as he walked towards the Royal Artillery Barracks in High Street, Woolwich.
British-born
Adebolaji, of Nigerian descent, was filmed at the scene with blood on his
hands.
He
attempted to justify the heinous act by saying: “In our land our women have to
see the same.”
However,
a spokesman for the Muslim Association of Nigeria UK (MAN) called the action a
“barbaric murder”.
“What
he did is condemnable,” Idris Eletu, secretary of the Muslim Association of
Nigeria UK, told The Voice. “Muslim Nigerians are not like that. Islam is a
religion of peace.”
“We
are equally horrified by what has happened. No muslim is expected to behave in
such way, he added as he urged “all muslims and Nigerians [to] disassociate
themselves” from the perpetrators.
Eletu
added: “We should not be looking at this on the basis of his nationality but
see him as a human being who has done something bad.
Source: The Voice
VIDEO: Morgan Freeman Falls 'Asleep' During Live Interview
Body no be firewood!
The
75-year-old actor may have woken a bit too early as he joined co-star Michael
Caine for promotional interviews for his new movie ‘Now You See me’.
You can’t
cheat nature.
Lol !!!
GHANA MEETS NAIJA: Wizkid, Burna Boy, Timaya, R2Bees, Raquel and others to headline this year’s show
Addressing
the press at the Holiday Inn, Wizkid assured his fans of spectacular
performance during that night. “I will give the best performance of my life at
Ghana meet Naija this year”, says the African Artist of The Year.
Engaged bodybuilders become first couple to win world championship honours at same event
In terms
of dedication, engaged couples, Don Akim, 43, and Rosanna Beckett, 33, from
Loewstoft, Suffolk, are no ordinary couple.
Just
four months ago, the betrothed pair began bodybuilding together, and they are
now celebrating becoming the first ever couple to both win world championship
honours at the same event, having picked up three trophies between them at the
Miami Pro World Champions held in St Albans - beating more than 200 athletes to
the awards.
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