Adunni Ade & Bryan Okwara shine for La Mode magazine

Actress Adunni Ade together with actor/model Bryan Okwara for La Mode magazine, ‘Trendy Fashion’ edition.


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APC asks ICC, NHRC to prosecute Fayose

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has urged the National Human Rights‎ Commission and International Criminal Court in the Hague, Holland, to prosecute Governor Ayodele Fayose.The party accused the governor of making inciting broadcast on the state radio and television by urging his supporters into “an act of rage and violence‎” to attack the 19 APC lawmakers and prevent them from performing their constitutional duties.

BBA Hotshots contestants in Lagos for Tayo Faniran's birthday party

BBA contestant Tayo Faniran turned a year older recently & some of his BBA Hotshots Housemates, Frank Rukundo, Akankwasa Esther, Trez Agah stormed Lagos to celebrate with him.

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Xenophobia: OPC threatens South Africa

The Odua Peoples Congress has given the South African government 48 hours to stop the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa or face its wrath.

The founder of the OPC, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, said this during a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday.  Fasehun reminded South Africa that it had several business interests in Nigeria.

How registrar aided Ajudua to defraud me – Bamaiyi

A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd.), on Tuesday, narrated to a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, how he was allegedly swindled by an alleged serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, with the aid of a suspended court registrar, Mrs. Oluronke Rosulu.

Bamaiyi, who served under the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, appeared as a witness on Tuesday before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo, where Rosulu, then registrar to Justice Olubunmi Oyewole, is facing two counts of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences.

As the US has intensified its saber-rattling rhetoric about possibility of a military standoff off the Yemeni coast, Iranian officials and political analysts insist that Iran is not pursuing any military aims in the area and that its navy, which is present there, has the sole purpose of protecting its trade fleet.

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US officials have said they suspect the Iranian warships are carrying arms to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, which the United States and Saudi Arabia claim are backed by Iran.

“From the very start of the Saudi Arabian airstrikes on Yemen, the US has launched a wide scale campaign in its media aimed at pushing Iran into the Yemeni conflict,” Hossein Sheikholeslam, a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Iranian ambassador to Syria, told Sputnik Persian.“Iran however has not interfered into Yemeni internal affairs: we have neither sent any weapons to the country, nor have we sent any servicemen on the ground. All the claims about Iran supplying weapons to the Houthis is a joint plot of the US, Zionist regime and Saudi Arabia to suppress the uprising of the Yemeni people for their freedom and independence. The Yemenis are capable of and full of determination to define the fate of their own country without any enforcement from outside,” he stated.

Hassan Hanizadeh, Editor-in-chief of Iranian news agency Mehr News, has explained that the Iranian navy’s only purpose in the area is to protect its trade fleet.

“Iranian military vessels have been present in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Gulf of Oman for a number of years,” he told Sputnik Persian.

“As the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is being constantly attacked by pirates, Iran has sent its navy there to protect its merchant ships,” he added.

“Iran has repeatedly protected various trade vessels flying the flags of different countries from the attacks of naval pirates without breaking any laws on navigation in neutral waters. Iranian naval vessels only carry out their commitment to protect trade vessels. Like Great Britain, France and a number of other countries, Iran also has its naval present in the area.”

“The Iranian navy, however, can’t and doesn’t have the purpose of supplying any side of the Yemeni conflict with any arms. On the contrary, Iran, in its turn, has suggested a plan on regulating the Yemeni conflict and the termination of Saudi Arabian airstrikes on Yemeni territory. The plan has been handed over to the UN. And we hope that the sides of international law will take it into account. In any case, neither Iran, nor the US, are interested in any naval clashes in the Red Sea caused by the Yemeni conflict,” he said.

“Although yes, the US is trying to declare that Iran has allegedly tried to arm the Yemeni Houthis. But everyone is aware that Iran is not pursuing any purposes of the kind,” he stated.

Aftermath of coalition airstrikes on Yemen

Foreign affairs and Middle East analyst Sabah Zanganeh has told Sputnik that the US is always pursuing its own goals when instigating a conflict in the region.

“The US is always acting in such a way that the blood of innocent people is being shed and international human rights are being gravely violated in a country where there is a military conflict,” he said.

“Under the pretext of a fight against Al-Qaeda, a terrorist organization, the US has approved the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) strikes on some districts of Yemen. It resulted in the killing of dozens of civilians. Now they (the US) have mobilized its navy there. And we will again witness the foremost crimes against humanity by the US military forces. While pursuing their own interests – to get an access to the Yemeni oil resources – they are ready to launch any military activity,” he stated.

Protesters rally against the UN Security Council Resolution and air strikes by coalition headed by Saudi Arabia

Hassan Hanizadeh also added that for over a month the Saudi Air Forces have been conducting airstrikes on Yemeni civilians, but the UN herewith has been silent and the US is providing military support and is providing arms to Saudi Arabia.

“All the above is a blatant violation of the UN laws and its Charter. The closure of the Yemeni airspace is a grievous violation of the sovereignty of a UN member state. And therefore, Saudi Arabia has to answer for its military crimes again other state in an International Tribunal,” he stated.

Photos: Pres. Jonathan with Pres. Mahama of Ghana at State House

President Jonathan pictured with President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, at the State House in Abuja today Tuesday.


April 21. See more photographs bellow.

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South Africa to deploy Troops to the streets to contain Xenophobic violence

South African government says it will be deploying troops to the streets to shorten the xenophobic assaults in the nation.


South African Defense Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, said the officers will be conveyed to Alexandra township, north of the principle city Johannesburg. She said the Troops won’t assume control over the obligations of the police but would help in maintaining order.

The White House has reportedly claimed that the US military has made key gains against the Islamic State despite the militants’ ongoing spread outside Syria and Iraq.

 

The Obama Administration has said that the US and its allies were allegedly defeating the Islamic State on several fronts despite the Islamist group’s ongoing spread outside Syria and Iraq, the Washington Times newspaper reported.The White House official’s remarks came just days after suspected Islamic State militants executed scores of Ethiopian Christians on a Libyan beach, also staging a suicide attack in the Afghan city of Jalalabad that killed at least 30 people.

However, the officials preferred to play down the obvious spread of the Islamic State. What’s more, they warned against assuming that the jihadist group is gaining clout in the region.

“We’re mindful of this threat, and it’s one of the reasons that the president has marshalled so much international support for the effort to try to snuff out this ISIL threat in Iraq and in Syria, and not allow it to continue to spread across the region in a way that could further destabilize an already volatile region of the world,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest was quoted by the Washington Times as saying.

The Pentagon, for its part, warned that the Islamic State has gained a “toehold” in Libya, which was hit by the political standoff after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

“They probably have at this point gained at least a toehold in Libya based on the extraordinary amount of unrest and the almost completely deteriorated security situation,” aDefense Department spokesman Steve Warren told the Washington Times.

According to the CIA, the Islamic State currently numbers at least 30,000 militants. The group has already declared the caliphate on the occupied territories in Iraq and Syria Caliphate territories, and is seeking to further expand its borders.

Ex-Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi sentenced to 20 years in prison

An Egyptian criminal court in Cairo, Egypt’s capital has sentenced previous Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in jail over the executing of protesters in 2012.


The previous President’s supporters assaulted opposition protesters dissidents outside the presidential castle in December 2012, starting conflicts that murdered no less than 10 Egyptians.

Conveying  judgment today, Judge Ahmed Youssef dropped the homicide accusations against Morsi and said the sentence was rather connected to the “show of power” against dissidents & unlawful confinements. Morsi who is Egypt’s first openly elected president came into office in 2011 after the oust of Hosni Mubarak. He was removed by the armed force in 2013.

President Jonathan dumps Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba

The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has been sacked by president Jonathan. Presidential representative, Reuben Abati just made the declaration.


Abba assumed control from M.D Abubakar as IG of Police in August 2014. Pres. Jonathan has named DIG Solomon Arase as Acting IGP with quick police.

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Ekiti Senator alleges threat to his life by Gov Fayose & aide

Congressperson Babafemi Ojudu speaking to Ekiti focal area in the National Assembly has alleged that Governor Ayo Fayose and his media helper, Lere Olayinka, are after his life as the political tussle between APC legislators in the state and Governor Fayose proceeds. See what Ojudu composed above and what Lere Olayinka imparted on his Facebook wall bellow.

The Tallest (7'8) Man In Brazil finally Finds Love With A 5ft Woman

Joelison Fernandes da Silva knew from the beginning he would grow up to be tall, yet never envisioned he would get this tall. Da Silva, 28, measures in at an astounding 7 feet 8 inches tall, making him the tallest man in Brazil.

Being harassed as an adolescent took a huge toll on da Silva’s self-esteem, and in the end he dropped out of school and dodged contact with individuals inside and out. Seven years earlier, da Silva had an operation to remove a benign growth  on his pituitary organ. After the surgery, he stopped growing. Da Silva’s certainty expanded and he started to communicate with individuals  more frequently.

One of the individuals he met ended up being the affection of his life. He recalls when he first saw Evem Medeiros, 21, and says, “the day I saw her, I think it was unexplainable adoration.”

Medeiros is just 5 foot tall, yet that didn’t stop their adoration association. They’re presently hitched, and looking forward to starting a family together.

Seven wounded in unsuccessful suicide bomb blast in Potiskum

Eight people were wounded  today after a suicide bomber attempted to explode a bomb at Sakata Mosque in Potiskum, Yobe state today April 20th.

As per inhabitants of the town, the suicide bomber touched base at around 4.25pm and was focusing on Muslims saying their prayers to God. The bomb strapped on him luckily exploded slaughtering just him. Others were just injured. Ideally, we will keep on hearring less and less of Boko Haram assaults

About 6,000 Nigerians that make up 99% of MTN workforce will lose their jobs

MTN Nigeria says in regards to 6,000 Nigerians will lose their jobs if MTN is made to leave Nigeria. Head of Communications MTN, Mr Wale Goodluck said this while responding to calls by a a protest group in Edo state yesterday that the information offices in Nigeria will be closed and their establishments attacked if the xenophobic assaults in South Africa proceeds.

Mr Goodluck said there are only 12 expatriates working for the company in Nigeria compared to a workforce of 6,000 Nigerians.

“So if people go ahead with their threats to attack our facilities, what that means is that we may be forced to close down the business in Nigeria and about 6,000 Nigerians that make up 99% of our workforce will be unemployed.

Then, when you look at our support chain, we have about 500,000 Nigerians gainfully employed. So, boycotting our services simply means destroying so many other Nigerian businesses and making over 500,000 other Nigerians to lose their jobs. This business supports a lot of businesses across the length and breadth of Nigeria. Many of the businesses that are affiliated to South Africa are in the retail space, supporting the growth of Nigeria and employing so many Nigerians. We see no revenge of Xenophobia and we commend the role the Nigerian High Commissioner in South Africa has played; at least there has been no fatality on the part of any Nigerian,” he said