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Funke Akindele rides bicycle to church
Star actress, Funke Akindele rode a bicycle to church on Sunday due to the fuel crisis in the country. This is according to her post on the social media. Nigeria has been brought to a virtual standstill by fuel shortages, caused by a row between the outgoing government and importers, as well as strikes by petrol tanker drivers and oil and gas workers. Despite being Africa’s biggest oil producer, petroleum products have to be imported to Nigeria because of a lack of functioning domestic refineries. The government keeps the price at the pumps below the market rate for consumers and pays the difference to importers and marketers. But they say they are owed $2 billion in arrears and have shut fuel depots until the balance is paid. The government maintains the money has been paid and the importers are holding the country to ransom by demanding losses from the slump in the naira currency caused by the global drop in oil prices.
103 year old identical twins die within weeks of each other
After living most of their lives together, Gleyns Thomas and Florence Davies, reportedly the world's oldest twin sisters, passed away within weeks of each other. Thomas died on April 23, according to The Telegraph, and her heartbroken sister passed away less than a month later on May 20.
Toni Garrn's Guide To Instagram TONI GAARN may have all but retired from the catwalk in recent years, at the tender age of just 22, but that doesn't mean we see any less of her. The model is prolific on social media, using Instagram to interact with her fans and raise awareness in her role as a Plan International ambassador, although she keeps her private life - including a recent relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio - very private. "Social media has changed things a lot since I started out seven years ago," she told The Daily . "With Instagram, I'm getting so much back from the fans. They also post so many pictures of me that I might not otherwise see. Everyone who follows me gets to see what I'm about, and it makes my job more fun. Models have more of a voice and a say. I want it to be very real and me. I don't want to come across the wrong way, which is hard when being funny or sarcastic at times, but I also want to make my p...
I wanted to see Buhari in London… THE time was a little before midnight on Friday, May 22, 2015. The place was a small, quiet, almost rural city in the British East Midlands. Apart from a brief stroll to the university library to pay some fines and renew some long over-due school books, and the inevitable cross-over to the nearby Morrisons’ Supermarket to buy a few groceries, I had been sitting up in my apartment all day, and all night, battling with a chapter in a long overdue PhD thesis. Adult education is, indeed, a very difficult thing to do. You can understand why people like me envy people like Professor Pat Utomi – who obtained a PhD at 24. Those who send their children to school bright and early did not make a mistake. When I found that my mind was beginning to wander off the topic of my chapter, “the challenges faced by Nigerian journalists in covering general elections,” I went to the kitchen, unpacked the few groceries I bought at the supermarket and took a co...
RULING Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said yesterday that the Vice President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo misrepresented facts regarding the correct status of the nation’s debt stock, to discredit the Federal Government. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh criticized the Vice President-elect for failing to also inform the nation that the bulk of the $63.7 billion debt was incurred by All Progressives Party (APC) states. Metuh said, “It is indeed unfortunate that the Vice President-elect who has the details of the debt stock chose to be economical with the truth and to mislead Nigerians just to discredit the current PDP-led administration and rationalize APC’s unpreparedness for governance.The party said it was also on record that part of the contemporary borrowing from the domestic bond market was occasioned by the global economic and financial crisis as well as the downturn in crude oil revenue, which adversely affected other economies of the wor...
A Texas family of four were swept away by severe flood waters with only the father being able to escape. The victim's family has come to accept the likely outcome. VPC A tornado tore through a Central Texas town Monday, destroying four homes and leaving at least one person dead. Milam County Judge Dave Barkemeyer says the storm hit a subdivision about 60 miles northeast of Austin. Barkemeyer says the man died when his mobile home was destroyed and that four other people were injured. No identities have been released. The latest tragedy comes as 12 people remain missing after the vacation home they were staying was swept away in the deadly floods that hit the region over the Memorial Day Weekend . Heavy rains have brought with them lightning, hail, tornadoes ans flash floods that have destroyed more than 350 homes and left up to 1,000 people homeless.
Stephen Curry suffers head contusion after scary fall in Game 4 HOUSTON — After a scary fall, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry suffered a head contusion in the first half of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals. Curry, this year's NBA MVP, was attempting to block a shot from Rockets forward Trevor Ariza . When Ariza stopped short, Curry went over Ariza's head and fell to the ground. After a short time on the floor, Curry walked to the lockerroom. He had a quick X-ray, before going into the visitors locker room with general manager Bob Myers and his father Dell walking in with him.
Kanye West's Sweet Anniversary Message to Wife Kim Kardashian: 'The Girl of My Dreams' Kim Kardashian West spent the holiday weekend reliving memories of her wedding to Kanye West a year ago, and on Monday night the rapper chimed in with a heartfelt Tweet of his own. "Kim, I am so happy to be married to the girl of my dreams," West, 37, wrote . "I love you and Nori so much!!! I would find you in any lifetime." The couple tied the knot in a multimillion-dollar wedding in Florence, Italy, on May 24 last year. Kardashian West, 34, posted a sexy tribute to her husband on Sunday, sharing a picture of them tongue-kissing, and writing, "I love this man so much!"
Jonathan deprived EFCC of funds –Lamorde Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, yesterday indicted the outgoing Jonathan administration, blaming it over the poor performance of the agency. Speaking through the commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC boss, blamed its inability to tackle corruption on inadequate funding from the outgoing government.
Inauguration: Nigerian students warn SA President Jacob Zuma to stay away from Nigeria Nigerian students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students has warned South African President, Jacob Zuma, not to come to Nigeria for the inauguration of President-elect Buhari following what they described as his poor handling of the xenophobic attacks on some Africans including Nigerians in his country in April. According to the student body, the failure of the South African President to apologize to Nigerians after the attacks is distasteful. The students expressed their anger in a statement signed by its President, Tijani Usman.
65 year old pregnant woman has given birth to quadruplets Remember the 65 year old German woman who was pregnant with quadruplets? Well, she has given birth to the quadruplets, two and a half months prematurely through caesarean and all 4 babies have a 'good chance of surviving'. German woman Annegret Raunigk who already had 13 children has become the oldest woman alive to give birth to quadruplets. She ha s 13 children aged 9 to 44 by 5 different fathers a nd 7 grand kid s . Read more »
APC Chairman John Oyegun says Buhari needs N4.1tn for salaries, others National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Oyegun, said the incoming All Progressives Congress administration will require about N4.1trillion to offset part of the debt left behind by the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan administration. He said this during a retreat for Senators elected on the party’s platform, in Abuja, on Saturday. Read more »
Theophilus Danjuma asks Buhari to probe Pres Jonathan for the sake of national interest General Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), yesterday advised President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to investigate President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration over the $60 billion debt the new administration will inherit. Former Defense Minister Danjuma made the call in Takum, Taraba State days after the Vice President-elect, Professor Yemi Osinbajo raised concerns about the huge debt President Jonathan was leaving behind for to Buhari’s government to inherit. Read more »
'Mommy, mommy': Chilling last words of 14 year old boy executed at point blank A baby-faced Bronx teenager was executed on the streets of NY on Friday May 23rd by a gunman wearing a red bandana who blasted him multiple times at point-blank range without any warning. 14 year old Christopher Duran (pictured) was fatally shot outside his apartment building while on his way to school with his younger brother. This shooting took place in the Bronx, New York and police are searching for the gunman.
Pres. Jonathan, VP Sambo, ministers to travel abroad after May 29 According to a report by Punch , President Jonathan, VP Namadi Sambo and many ministers will travel out of the country shortly after the May 29 inauguration of a new government. Jonathan is supposedly traveling abroad for what he calls 'a much deserved rest' while Sambo is planning to travel to London on May 31, two days after the inauguration of Buhari to also rest. Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will reportedly return to the US while Mrs.Diezani Allison-Madueke, has already travelled out of the country. She left Nigeria for London yesterday but will return next week and will travel out again before the inauguration. Read more »
Singer Kcee hawks on the streets of Lagos once again (photos) Yesterday Limpopo singer Kcee sold recharge cards along major roads in Lagos (see here ). He changed his clothes and went back to the streets to sell another product. The singer explains why he's doing this. See that and plenty more photos after the cut... Read more »
