Friday, 3 August 2012
Stevie Wonder ends his marriage
Beyoncé‘s influence helps to shine a spotlight on humanitarian work.
Beyoncé's latest act of good will comes after she announced plans to star in a documentary about her life and career.
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde the highest followership on Facebook and Twitter
In Nigeria that is,as she has the highest figure in the
female celebrities in Nigeria;
727, 963 followers on Facebook and 75, 893 followers on
Twitter.
Tuface Idibia and Annie’s white wedding
According to Stella Dimoko Korkus of Encomium, no new dates
have been fixed.
Kofi Annan resigns as UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy
The United Nations(UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
yesterday announced the resignation of the UN-League of Arab States Joint
Special Envoy for the Syrian crisis, Kofi Annan.
NEW TRAFFIC LAW IN LAGOS STATE
The new amended traffic law which was passed into law stipulates the following:
1. Driving in a direction prohibited by the road traffic law; (that is driving against traffic, popularly known as one way driving) now attracts a 3-year jail term, while a first offender gets one year term and the vehicle forfeited to the state government.
2. Bullion vans are not exempted from the law as any bullion van driven in a direction prohibited by the road traffic law will be forfeited, while abandoned vehicle on highway will be fined N50,000.00 or three years imprisonment, or both fine and imprisonment.
3. Riding a motor-cycle against traffic and riding on the kerb, median or road setbacks will attract N20,000.00 for 1st time offenders, while subsequent offenders will get N30,000.00 fine or the rider’s motor-cycle will be impounded.
4. Smoking while driving will attract N20,000
5. Failure to give way to traffic on the left at a roundabout N20,000
6. Disobeying traffic control will be N20,000;
7. Violation of route by commercial vehicles will attract N20,000.
8. Riding motor-cycle without crash helmet for rider and passenger will attract N20,000 or 3years imprisonment or both.
9. Prohibits under aged person, under 18yrs old from riding a motorcycle and the fine for this is N20,000.
10. Operating a motor-cycle in a restricted area on or prohibited route will attract a fine of N20,000 or his motor-cycle will be impounded.
11. Any person driving without a valid driving license will have his/her vehicle impounded. Learner drivers without permit will attract a fine of N20,000; while driving with fake number plate will attract N20,000 for 1st offenders and 6 months imprisonment or both for subsequent infractions.
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Koko Ita Giwa’s 21st Birthday Party
Yvonne ‘Vixen’ Ekwere’s ordeal
She gives detail of her ordeal on that fateful night;
On Saturday, the 28th of July 2012, at about 6:46pm, I drove into the new car park under construction at the Oriental Hotel, Ozumba Mbadiwe str, V/I Lagos. The “Security” guard stationed at the gate; as usual did not take my plate number, issue me a parking ticket or try to identify the driver of the car, as normally done with other guests who drive into that particular car park.
I had been invited to cover two events; the ‘YNaija Hashtag’ party and senator Ita Giwa’s daughter’s dinner party. After I had finished work at both events at around 11:15pm, I noticed that my car was not at the spot I had parked it on. I, and the hotel security men combed the entire car park several times to be sure I did not forget where I had parked and still did not find my car.
However, an empty carton which I had used to identify my parking space was at the same spot I parked, but surprisingly, the car wasn’t. I ordered the security men (who were rather dismissive and un-professional) to take me to their head security officer and security control room to watch footage of the recordings in the car park.
The Chinese men, whose names I can’t recall, seemed un-sure, confused and spoke in their native tongue amongst themselves while checking for footage; still they were not able to give me tangible results on camera. I never saw footage of when I drove in or how and who drove the car out; instead I was shown footage of what was happening in LIVE time.
My suspicion is that it is the cameras at the car park are dummies; they do not work, they were not recording at that particular time or the camera was switched off when the theft took place. The hotel management did not bother to take my name, personal contacts, apologize or try to sort out the situation; instead they all backed out, one after the other, giving flimsy excuses. I once again asked to see the head of security or a proper management staff and we were told that the situation was being sorted out and I would not see anyone until it was sorted.
I was asked by an acquaintance to call the CP of Lagos who asked me to report the issue to the nearest police station (which was Maroko police station).
I did and I’m yet to get feedback from the police. Till now, none of the management staff from Oriental has tried to reach me and I hear this is not the first case of car theft in the hotel.
P-Square's Mum's Burial
Today, August 2, 2012, the mother of singing duo of Peter
and Paul Okoye of P-Square, Mrs Josephine Okoye is being buried in her home
town in Anambra State.
RIP,Amen
Lying-in-state in Umunachi, Umudioka Village, Anambra State, and a church service afterwards at St.Gabriel Catholic Church, before the proper burial at Ifite-Dunu, which is also be the reception venue.
It was reported the burial cost about 50 million Naira
Car Falls off Bridge in Utako Abuja
As at time of this report, the Police had cordoned the scene of the accident.
This is not the first time a car has fallen off the Utako Bridge and Berger Roundabout; which are very busy routes especially during the early hours of the day when workers are coming into the city centre.
UK court orders Akingbola to pay Access Bank N164 billion
Justice Burton at The High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division Commercial Court, London found that Akingbola was liable to repay Access Bank the sums of N145 billion in respect of the Unlawful Share Purchase Scheme; N16 billion in respect of the Tropics Security Ltd Payments Claim; and £10.5 million in respect of the Fuglers Payments Claim.
This makes a grand total of N164 billion or £654 million. The case was between Access Bank as the claimant and Erastus Bankole Oladipo Akingbola as Defendant and other companies Kayman Company Limited, Verndale Properties Limited, Jasmine Properties Limited, Caelum Limited and Sanami Limited which Akingbola directly or indirectly has an interest in, as co-defendants but have no part in the proceedings.
The summary sheet indicated that The Claimant, formerly Intercontinental Bank plc (where separately referred to, “IB”), but since January 2012 as Access Bank plc, which merged with IB in 2011, sued Erastus Akingbola (“the Defendant”) for very substantial sums in these proceedings. Akingbola was the Group Chief Executive and a substantial shareholder in IB at all material times until 14 August 2009. He was also a director of two subsidiaries of IB, Intercontinental Capital Markets Limited (ICML) and Intercontinental Securities Ltd (ISL) and also a director and shareholder of the companies in the Tropics Group of Companies.
In the suit, Access Bank asserts that the collapse of IB, its very substantial loss after taxation in the period up to September 2009 (approximately N321 billion) led to the intervention by CBN, and the consequence that IB could no longer survive as a free-standing bank and had to be acquired and merged into the Claimant. Justice Burton noted that Akingbola during his cross-examination told lies and it was discovered that he devised and oversaw the implementation of the strategy to buy the Bank’s shares and thereby artificially increased its share price.
He further highlighted that at a time when the Bank was undergoing significant liquidity strain, Akingbola misappropriated N16 billion of Intercontinental Bank’s money and paid it to the Tropics companies, which he and his family owned and that the money in turn was used to repay those companies’ debts to their bankers, which debts Akingbola had guaranteed.
It was also observed that Akingbola paid £8.5 million of the Bank’s money to his English solicitors to complete the purchase of luxury properties in London.
Three months pregnant woman found with 51 wraps of cocaine
A 38 year –
old Mbechi Obiageli Susan who resides in
Brazil was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on her
way from Sao Paulo, Brazil, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA) after she was discovered with cocaine with the aid of a scanning
machine.
She claimed to be three months pregnant and during the process of profiling, passed 51 pellets of cocaine weighing 900 grammes. She told Vanguard that she cited poverty as the reason for her action.
The Abuja airport commander of NDLEA, Mr. Hamisu Lawan while commenting on her arrest told Vanguard that he was shocked at the escalating rate of women’s involvement in criminality especially illicit drug trafficking.
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Macaulay Culkin is that you?
Could this accusation be true? The American tabloid reported today that Culkin regularly shoots up heroin and the highly addictive painkiller oxycodone - dubbed hillbilly heroin.
MaCaulay Culkin's representatives have issued a fiercely-worded denial over claims the Home Alone star has a $6,000-a-month drug habit.
His exact words;
31-year-old actor branded the claims published in the National Enquirer as 'ridiculously fictitious' and 'insulting'.
Bottom line! Say no to drugs.
The parents who tortured their little boy until he was physically deformed
Away from harm: Shaurya, pictured in 2009, is now attempting to live a normal childhood after being freed from his torment
Shocking cruelty of monster parents, anyway, they now face jail
Segun Arinze, Justus Esiri Nollywood Stars, Robbed In London Hotel
No arrest has been made yet. The hotel had no CCTV cameras to capture the alleged robbery footage. However, on Justus Esiri's lost passport, the Nigeria mission in the UK reportedly issued a new passport to him on self-recognition.
Based on his National Honours of Order of the Niger (OON) award. Segun, Justus and other cast including Olu Jacobs, Joke Silva, Bimbo Akintola and others are expected back in Nigeria on Monday, August 6, 2012.
The actors have been in London for a month now staging a theatre tour including 'The king must dance naked' and other stage plays.
They have also been at the Nigeria House, Royal Theatre, Stratford, London.
Psquare’s Jude Okoye donates N1million to save a life
Snoop Dogg changes name to Snoop Lion
The 40-year-old, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, Jr.,
believes that he is Bob Marley reincarnated and is embracing reggae instead of
the culture of guns he once rapped about.
Snoop Dogg says he was “born again” during a visit to Jamaica in January, and now changing his name to Snoop Lion and is ready to make music that his “kids and grandparents can listen to.”
He was also given the Ethiopian name Berhane, meaning ‘light of the world.’
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
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