Former Director General of the NAFDAC and ex-Information Minister, Professor Dora Akunyili is dead.
Dr. Akunyili died in an Indian hospital where she has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment.
Saturday, 7 June 2014
Professor Dora Akunyili is dead
Former Director General of the NAFDAC and ex-Information Minister, Professor Dora Akunyili is dead.
Dr. Akunyili died in an Indian hospital where she has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment.
New Music In The MakingIs Tonto Dikeh Now D'Banj's DB Records First Lady? Is Tonto Dikeh set to be signed to D'banj's DB records?
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh is never missing from the headlines and if indications are anything to go by, Poko as she's popularly called by fans is set to make major headlines again.The "Blackberry Babes" actress was spotted with several DB Records artistes including Kay Switch, recording artiste and younger brother of D'banj, 2Kriss and Dee Vee.
It would recalled that Tonto veered into music a few years ago and in spite of the fact that her efforts were met with a lot of negative criticism, she famously said that she's passionate about it and will make no move to quit music.
Also, on the heels of her music foray, rumors made the rounds that D'Banj had signed Tonto Dikeh to his DB records - a report they both later denied. But with Tonto's fraternizing with DB records artistes, it is safe to assume that they've certainly got something in the pipeline.
Meanwhile, would you like a Tonto Dikeh and D'banj track?
Copy CatMaheeda Accuses Rihanna Of Copying Her See Through Look Maheeda is not happy that Rihanna took her style and is now taking all the credit.
Original Naija Bad Girl, Maheeda, or Caroline Sam, as her parents christened her, is not happy with the amount of attention American singer, Rihanna, has been gaining these days after she attended an event in a see-through garb that exposed her nakedness.
The Nigerian Queen of Nudity has claimed that Rihanna is a copy cat who tried to mimic her earlier dressing just for the glory. She took to her twitter account to say that she is actually the real owner of the 'sheer-look' that has made Rihanna very popular. Why is Rihanna always fooling herself and always coping some elses style or fashion
Read her tweet here.
The Nigerian Queen of Nudity has claimed that Rihanna is a copy cat who tried to mimic her earlier dressing just for the glory. She took to her twitter account to say that she is actually the real owner of the 'sheer-look' that has made Rihanna very popular. Why is Rihanna always fooling herself and always coping some elses style or fashion
Read her tweet here.
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Macaulay Culkin – Remember Him? Well, this is how he looks now!
Kevin!!! Is the name we all must remember from the massive comic movie, "Home Alone 1 & 2"
but this American child actor has grown up to look like something very
far away from that sweet, funny, fresh little boy in the movie!
Macaulay Carson Culkin is his real name and he was born August 26, 1980 in Manhattan New York. He soon became famous for his role as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
He grew up and became even more famous for his roles in Richie Rich, Uncle Buck, My Girl, The Pagemaster, Party Monster, and the music video for Michael Jackson's "Black or White".
At the height of his fame, he was regarded as the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple. Culkin ranked at number two on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars" and E!'s list of the "50 Greatest Child Stars".
Well,
all that fame seem to have vanished ever since and he is now not as
famous as before. Plus he's been having well-documented issues with
drugs, depression and health.
Well, while we hope he could get back into the game sometime soon, we will never ever forget how his mom screamed "Kevin!!!" in that plane after he was forgotten at "Home Alone."
Saturday, 17 May 2014
#BringBackOurGirls: Michelle Obama and Malala join campaign to free 276 Nigerian teenagers kidnapped by Islamic extremists
#BringBackOurGirls: Michelle Obama and Malala join campaign to free 276 Nigerian teenagers kidnapped by Islamic extremists
Celebrities around the world have voiced their outrage over the abduction of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month, flooding social media with posts using the hashtag: #BringBackOurGirls.
The Bring Back Our Girls hashtag was first used on April 23 by a Nigerian lawayer, Ibrahim M. Abdullahi, who tweeted the phrase during a speech given by Dr Oby Ezekwesili, Vice President of the World Bank for Africa, at a UNESCO event.
The hashtag gained traction in Nigeria and started trending there two weeks ago and has now been picked up internationally, with people around the world sharing photos of themselves holding up signs reading #BringBackOurGirls.
Protests have also taken place around the world, with around 75 protesters rallying outside the Nigerian embassy in Washington on Tuesday wearing Bring Back Our Girls T-shirts.
- Celebrities have joined #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign
- Male stars are also uploading images saying: 'Real men don't buy girls'
- Campaign to recover the 276 girls kidnapped from their school in Nigeria
- Girls were kidnapped on April 14 by Islamist militant group Boko Haram
- Protests have been going on across the country demanding action
- Nigerian Police offering £300,000 reward for help locating the
Celebrities around the world have voiced their outrage over the abduction of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month, flooding social media with posts using the hashtag: #BringBackOurGirls.
Michelle Obama, Malala Yousafzai, Hillary Clinton, and Amy Poehler are among those lending their support to the social media campaign, which encourages military intervention to recover the girls who were kidnapped from their school by Boko Haram rebels in north-east Nigeria.
Malala Yousafzai told CNN that the kidnapped girls were her 'sisters'. Angelina Jolie also spoke publicly about the kidnapping, which she called 'unthinkable cruelty and evil'.
Michelle Obama shared this photo of herself along with the caption 'Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families.'
Malala Yousafzai (left) and Amy Poehler (right) tweeted their support for the Bring Back Our Girls campaign
Michelle Obama shared a photograph on Twitter of herself holding up a sign reading 'Bring back our girls', accompanied by the caption: 'Our prayers are with the missing Nigerian girls and their families. It's time to #BringBackOurGirls. -mo'
The sign-off 'mo' means that the tweet was written by the First Lady herself and not a staffer.
The campaign refers to the kidnapping of 276 girls from their school in Chibok, north-east Nigeria, on April 14.
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram attacked the school, which had been reopened so that students could take their final exams, despite security concerns.
Hilary Clinton was among those who tweeted in support of the campaign, which encourages military intervention to recover the girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram rebels on April 14
Alex Chung (left) and Leona Lewis (right) have also joined the campaign by handwriting the messages
Australian actress Gemma Pranita (left) and Australian model Renee Bargh (right) posted messages of support for the campaign
Kevin Frazier and Thea Andrews, co-hosts of The Insider, shared this photo via Twitter
Backing: Celebrities including Mary J Blige have joined a worldwide social media campaign putting pressure on the Nigerian government to bring the girls back
Most schools in the state had closed due to fear that Boko Haram, which opposes 'Western' education, including the education of girls, would attack.
On the night of April 14, more than 300 girls were kidnapped at gunpoint, but approximately 50 girls escaped by jumping off the back of the trucks as they drove into the Sambisa forest.
Family members of the kidnapped girls formed makeshift search parties and ventured into the forest to find the girls, armed with homemade weapons, but they have not found the girls, whom they now fear have been sold into slavery.
Jada Pinkett-Smith pledged her support by posting a photo from Unicef on her Twitter page
It has also emerged that the group had
kidnapped another 11 girls from the village of Warabe in Borno yesterday,
increasing the international pressure for the extremist group to be stopped and the girls returned.
Nigerian Police are now offering a £300,000 reward to anyone who can help them find the missing children.
Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram said he would sell the remaining captives as slaves for as little as £7.
In a video, Shekau declares: 'I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market, by Allah.'
The tweet that launched it all: Lawyer Ibrahim M. Abdullahi was the first to use the hashtag on April 23 during a UNESCO address
Global support: (From left to right) Wunmi Shitta from Lagos, actress Julie Hesmondhalgh and Uju Nwolum, from Anambra attend a demonstration in Manchester about the kidnapping
Worldwide protest: Students from the European Student Union added their voices to the campaign
With outrage growing over the failure to rescue the girls, thousands of Nigerians took to the streets of the country’s largest city Lagos last week to protest at their government’s inability to find the victims.
The hashtag gained traction in Nigeria and started trending there two weeks ago and has now been picked up internationally, with people around the world sharing photos of themselves holding up signs reading #BringBackOurGirls.
Protests have also taken place around the world, with around 75 protesters rallying outside the Nigerian embassy in Washington on Tuesday wearing Bring Back Our Girls T-shirts.
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Demonstration: Women protest outside Nigeria's parliament in Abuja, trying to prompt officials to bring back the schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants, Boko Haram
Anger: Another woman holds a placard at a demonstration in Lagos, Nigeria, pleading for the return of the kidnapped children
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said
security forces are doing all they can to find the girls.
It has been reported that his government is in negotiations
with the terrorists who are demanding an unspecified ransom for the
students' release.
The White House has branded the kidnapping an 'outrage and tragedy'.
The State Department said the US are sending a 'co-ordination cell' including military personnel and law experts to
Nigeria.
Concerned: Protests also erupted in South Africa outside the parliament building in Cape Town
Demonstration: Men and women joined together to put pressure on the South African government to assist Nigeria in finding the girls
Global: An official from the Nigerian Embassy in Dublin, Ireland, gives an interview during a protest calling for the safe return of the abducted children
Pledging his support, President Obama said: 'We're going to do everything we can to provide assistance to them.
'In the short term our goal is obviously to help the international community, and the Nigerian government, as a team to do everything we can to recover these young ladies.'
British Special Forces have also been put on standby after Foreign Secretary William Hague described the abduction as 'disgusting and immoral'.
Military chiefs in London are
considering sending in the Special Air Service and the Special Boat
Service to help search for the schoolgirls.
Militant: The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, vows to sell the hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in northern Nigeria for as little as £7 during a video message
Explosion: The group have been behind a number of deadly attacks, including the bombing of Nyanya bus station in Abuja last week
GROUP DUBBED THE 'NIGERIAN TALIBAN' WHO WANT TO IMPOSE SHARIA LAW
Boko Haram translates into English as 'Western education is sinful'.
They heavily oppose the Westernisation of Nigeria and want to impose Sharia law.
Violence linked to the group and their insurgency is said to have led to an estimated 10,000 deaths between 2002 and 2013.
Their recent attacks include a car bomb that killed 19 people and two bus blasts which caused 70 fatalities in the capital Abuja.
On March 16, 100 people in villages across the country were killed in a series of gun attacks.
The militants are currently led by Abubakr Shekau. He is known for targeting Christians as well as politicians who oppose the Islamisation of Nigeria.
Shekau is the most wanted man in Nigeria. The US has offered a reward of £7m for information about his whereabouts.
Hundreds have been killed in a crackdown on the group by Nigerian Police, including the group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, who died in custody.
Downing Street revealed British security experts would be joining teams from France and the US in trying to find the girls.
The team has been drawn from Whitehall departments including Defence, International Development and the Foreign Office.
It is likely to include military officers but will concentrate on planning, co-ordination and advice to local authorities, rather than getting involved in operations on the ground to free the girls.
However, Mr Hague has become frustrated with the situation, after he first offered his assistance nearly three weeks ago.
He told Sky News: 'It's difficult of course because this is primarily a matter for Nigeria and Britain can't just walk in there... and do as we like.
'It's very frustrating when the world can't act to deal with these things promptly because the trail goes cold of course after several weeks.'
A social media campaign to raise awareness globally about the kidnapping is gaining momentum with celebrities including Mary J Blige adding their support.
The mass kidnapping occurred the same day
as a bomb blast, also blamed on Boko Haram, that killed 75 people on the
edge of Abuja and marked the first attack on the capital in two years.
The
militants repeated that bomb attack more than two weeks later in almost
exactly the same spot, killing 19 people and wounding 34 in the suburb
of Nyanya.
Scene: Security walk past the Chibok school where nearly 300 girls were abducted. Gunmen were said to have stormed and burned the building
According to BBC NEWS : Nigeria abducted girls: France's summit on Boko Haram threat
A video emerged on Monday showing about 130 of the girls wearing hijabs and reciting Koranic verses
France is to host a
security summit on the threat from Boko Haram Islamists, after they
abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria in April.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and other West African leaders will attend the talks in Paris.On Friday Mr Jonathan was due to visit the north-eastern town of Chibok, where the girls were seized, but called it off for for security reasons.
He has ruled out negotiations over their possible release, reports say.
On Thursday, relatives of the girls called for their unconditional release by Boko Haram.
This came three days after Boko Haram released a video showing more than 100 of the girls and offering an exchange for prisoners.
'Fresh strategies' French President Francois Hollande is expected to open the summit later on Saturday.
John Simpson assesses the threat of Boko Haram
The leaders of Nigeria's neighbours - Benin, Cameroon, Niger
and Chad - are scheduled to attend the talks, which will also include
representatives from the UK, US and EU. A statement said delegates at the meeting will "discuss fresh strategies for dealing with the security threat posed by Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in West and Central Africa".
Mr Hollande on Friday discussed the issue in a phone call with US President Barack Obama.
The safe return of the 223 girls was now one of America's main priorities, with US specialist teams and drones being involved in the rescue operation, the White House said.
France is also providing Nigeria with expert assistance to help release the girls.
US officials have criticised the speed of Nigeria's response to the threat from Boko Haram.
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