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Sunday, 18 September 2016

I Left Nollywood To Make Babies -Thelma Okoduwa

Nollywood actress Thelma Okoduwa is one of the screen divas who has been in the industry for sometime now but took a break when she got married in 2009. In this new interview with Punch Spice, she opens up on her marriage and her career.

Why did you take a break from Nollywood?

A newly-wed couple in Northeast China gave each other snakes as gifts at their wedding ceremony which held on Friday.

Wu Jianfeng, the groom, married Jiang Xue in Jinlin city of Jilin province. At the wedding ceremony, the bride Jiang gave a 15-kg female Burmese python/python bivittatus to the groom, who in turn gave the bride a 30-kg male Burmese python.

As the mad Monday morning scramble draws near, most parents will spend today badgering their kids to do their homework or find their PE kit.

But while other children grapple with spelling lists and reading books, the King boys, Winston and Henry, will be planning to hunt fossils in Canada or scale volcanos in Iceland.

For their parents , Paul and Caroline have opted for a controversial type of education called “global unschooling”.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the passing out of two batches of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will not affect the conduct of governorship election.

Mr Nick Dazang, INEC’s Deputy Director in charge of Publicity and Voter Education disclosed this in an interview on Saturday in Abuja.

Rolling around on the carpet like any five-month-old , it’s obvious this baby boy has inherited the rare Werewolf Family gene.

The thick black hair that already covers his back, arms and legs is caused by a one in a billion condition known as hypertrichosis universalis.

Jonathan Smith loves to hunt alligators.'It is the thrill and the adrenaline rush,' he told The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Smith and his fiancée, Melissa Davis, went hunting for an alligator on the first day of the season and they bagged themselves quite the catch. At around 3 p.m., they spotted their prey on Lake Marion.

A United States District Court, yesterday, dismissed a case by a Nigerian lawyer seeking to stop the repatriation of over $550 million of stolen funds during the regime of late General Sani Abacha (referred to as the Abacha loot) to Nigeria until the payment of his legal fees worth $320 million by the Nigerian Government.

The thrashing of the case by Justice John D. Bates of the U.S District Court automatically clears the final legal hurdle for the return of the loot to Nigeria to help it retool its plummeting economy which has received heavy pummelling from falling oil prices and corruption.

Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan appears to have more explanation to make to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) besides the $19 million just frozen in her accounts.

Mrs. Jonathan has just been linked with five choice properties including a N5billion hotel in Abuja, The Nation gathered yesterday. The EFCC is currently studying documents on how the Abuja hotel (names withheld) was built.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized the passport of the immediate past Governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, as part of investigations into the alleged N76bn fraud perpetrated by Shema.

Shema was detained by the EFCC on Friday after he voluntarily walked into the head office of the EFCC.

She upstaged Kanye West by putting on an eye-popping display in a very low cut silver dress the previous night. And she has done is again! The 35-year-old reality star has left little to the imagination in a see-through black dress as she was spotted leaving her husband's concert in Miami.

Two Nigerian Pilgrims Die In Saudi After Brief Illness

Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced that two of its pilgrims have lost their lives during the 2016 Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

Spokesman of the board, Mr Badamasi Nuhu, confirmed to reporters on phone from Saudi Arabia on Saturday that the deceased, who were males, died after a brief illness in Mina and Mecca respectively.

Cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad is the first athlete to die at a Paralympics games it has been confirmed.
The athlete died following a crash in the men's C4/C5 road race at the Rio Paralympics.

During a press conference, IPC president Sir Philip Craven: "I've just had it confirmed by Craig Spence (director of communications) that this is the first athlete death at a Paralympic Games.

They both had promotional duties to perform on Friday buy by late evening Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth were back together again for a night on the town.

The lovebirds were spotted heading to trendy nite spot Catch hand in hand.

Odunlade Adekola Lands Movie Role With RMD, Ireti Doyle..

After reading the headline you already know he has landed his first major movie role in English language. Well this is a fact and Yoruba movie lovers will now have the opportunity of seeing their star speak in another language.

Odunlade will feature in the movie alongside RMD, Ireti Doyle, Jaiye Kuti and other top Nollywood acts. I hear the movie is about love.

And like you already know, Mercy Aigbe just left the set of single ladies, which features strictly English speaking Nollywood actresses.

Oshiomhole Comes For Wike Again, Says I Am The Boss, Learn How To Talk To Me

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday threw another jab at Governor Nyesom Wike of River State, asking him to face governance in his state and pay the salaries of workers, instead of squandering the peoples’ slim resources on an election the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is bound to lose.

A police officer asked to help investigate a fatal hit-and-run accident discovered the victim was his mother. Rob Smythe was sent to examine a vehicle recovered after a collision in Manchester.

He was later told that the car had killed his mother, Susan, who suffered horrific injuries in the incident.

The collision was between a blue Volkswagen Golf and Susan, who was walking home from bingo, was in Stretford in the couth of the city on Sept 9.

Khloe Kardashian appears to have confirmed her relationship with Tristan Thompson. The 32-year-old was caught in a steamy embrace with a hunky man on Snapchat last night during a night out, with fans claiming he looked strikingly similar to the Cleveland Cavaliers star.

A pal caught the pair kissing on his camera phone while he was making a Snapchat video.

Nine landlords have been abducted in Lagos. According to The Nation, theywere abducted today at the Isheri, Ogun Estate. The paper reports that the victims were having a routine exercise beside Lekki Gardens Estate when they were abducted.

US Ranks 3rd Most Depressed Country In The World

The US is the third most depressed nation due to citizens overworking and over-medicating, an expert has claimed. New World Health Organisation (WHO) rankings show it is beaten only by India and China as the nation containing the most depressed people.

Dr Lisa Palmer, a psychotherapist from the Renew Center in Florida, told RT that the US had a “mental health crisis”.

She said: “There is that pressure in America to achieve the ‘American dream’. People have a hard time with that – work life balance, peace, skillful thinking, skillful living, a sense of loneliness and isolation is very much prevalent.”

The comedian who was recently robbed alongside his family at home, but back on his feet and even had his birthday celebration few days ago at the same house is at the moment in London and just shared his experience with a London barber. Basket Mouth took to his Instagram page where he penned his experience down. Continue...

Nigeria is to protest the seizure of electronic wristbands taken to Saudi Arabia for use by its pilgrims.
The Consulate-General, Nigeria Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Yunusa, said this at the post Arafat meeting organised by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) yesterday in Makkah.

The wristbands were introduced by NAHCON to monitor each pilgrim’s movement and facilitate easy identification where the need arises.

From weird designs of celebrities to drunken ink mistakes, there are a lot of bizarre tattoos around.
However, these NIPPLE tattoos are some of the worst EVER and serve as yet another reminder to think before you ink.

Complete with a top hat, monocle and even a curly moustache, this nipple tattoo is hilarious, but it’s just one of the hundreds of questionable tattoos that people are getting done on their nipples.

The official confirmation that the Nigerian economy is in recession by the Federal Government on August 31, appears to have further stimulated more suicide cases across the nation. In the last six months, seven out of the 36 states of the federation sampled, have recorded over 62 cases of suicides according to statistics from the various police commands by Saturday Telegraph

Ogun and Lagos states have the highest figures of 25 and 12 respectively. Although, psychologists had predicted this, while citing financial and economic troubles that many Nigerians are currently facing, many are still surprised at the huge statistics.

Five Star Music signee and Reggae Blues exponent, Harrysong, has finally revealed the inspiration behind his 2013 hit-song, Beta Pikin. According to him, the song was inspired by the tears of a beautiful lady he once met in Benin.

What he said; “I wrote the song in Benin. I had attended a show, and I noticed that a woman was crying backstage. I was later told she was one of the organizers of the show.

Kim Kardashian showed off her curves in a backless bodysuit worn without a bra for an outing with her sisters in Miami on Friday. See more photos after the cut..

I was lounging in my sitting room on this lazy Saturday morning when my cousin breezed in with this beautiful damsel, his new girlfriend. After formally introducing her, I couldn't help but notice her statistics, very impressive I must say.
My cousin is a certified player; only 33yrs old but I swear, e don do pass me. When I was in the world, Kai, did I have my fill of very beautiful women: when men were men, no be now wey we dey go night vigil before we can get a hard-on. Who say old age na good thing.
Yea, I know what you're thinking....

Former band mates of defunct musical group Plantashun Boiz, Faze and Blackface, may have their rifts but in a recent interview with Saturday Beats, Faze disclosed that he would forever be grateful to Blackface for believing in him. According to him,

“Blackface was the first person to believe in me and he was also the first person to believe in my talent. He gave me the required push to succeed as an artiste and made me realise that I had a talent which could be expanded. When I first started out, I used to go for talent hunt competitions and Blackface always urged me that I would win, surprisingly, I always won those competitions. He is part of my success story because he made me believe that I could break through in the industry,” he said.

A 56-year-old woman has been arrested after she sold a deep freezer to her neighbour who found her mother's body inside.

Arma Ann Roush, 75, was last seen in Goldsboro, North Carolina, some time in August 2015.

In May this year, her daughter Marcella Jean Lee, 56, sold a chest freezer to a neighbour for around £20 in a yard sale.

Another set of 566 Boko Haram orphans and widows have again been released to Borno State by the military in Maiduguri, making it the fourth time the army have carried out such exercise.

Governor Kashim Shettima who received them on Friday explained that Borno State under his leadership will continue to cater for the children and families of the insurgents in order to break the Boko Haram cycle of violence as a way of securing the future of the state.

The gorgeous actress who was styled by Yummie Ogbebor shared the photos on her instagram page. She looks lovely!

Transgender Soldier Becomes First Female To Serve On Front Line For British Army

A 24-year-old transgender soldier who was born a boy has become the first female to serve on the frontline for the British Army.

Guardsman Chloe Allen, who joined the force four years ago as a man called Ben, says she is honoured to be able to 'make history'. The young woman, from Cumbria, was reportedly overcome with worry after being caught cross-dressing by a fellow soldier .

AfroCandy with real names as Judith Mazagwu is bereaved. Candy lost her close friend in a bike accident just few months after posting their pre-s3x video on her instagram page. She took to
IG to announce the sad loss and posted a photo of her in tears. What she wrote alongside the photo..

"God my heart is broken this morning, my whole day is messed up. Just went to my friend @fynepapi page and seeing rip, called his number for weeks now no response and thought he was busy as usual but decided to check his page and all I see is rip...,, God why do you always take away precious people from us? He was a kind hearted peaceful human being he didn't have to go like that, from what I read he had a bike accident still waiting for somebody to get back to me 🙏🏿🙏🏿 Oh my good friend am gonna miss you so much I'm at the dealer servicing my car when I found out and now am causing a scene here everyone looking at me oh! 😢😢😢😢"

Presidency Apologises For Buhari's Plagiarizing Of Obama's Speech

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Garba Shehu has said that appropriate disciplinary action has been taken against those responsible for a wrongful insertion in President Buhari's speech delivered on September 8, 2016 at the launch of the “Change Begins with Me’’ campaign. This is coming after Nigerians called out the presidency for plagiarizing Obama's speech. See below..

Singer, Yemi Alade, yesterday twitted 'The Goal Is Not To Be In the Same Place Next year' and Beat FM OAP, Osi Suave suggested she moves to his house. Well, Yemi Alade's reply buried his soul and spirit.

We have no idea what Meek Mill did to The Game, but it must have been something pretty bad because the rapper just dragged Meek Mill through the mud even further by posting a sexy shirtless pic with Nicki Minaj. See the photo and his caption..

“The last time Nicki held a REAL N**GA !!! 🐀#7thGradeBodyHavinAssN**ga Everybody know you the wife n**ga…. If she take her followers back, you gone be back at 100k !!!#Snitch 🧀🐀#RatsWillDoAnythingForCheese#WeakMeal.”

Kim Kardashian & Her Boobs Step Out For Kanye's Concert In Miami

Kim Kardashian was there to support her husband Kanye West but once again she managed to steal the spotlight. The reality star and her ample physical assets were the evening's highlight and the sexy frock certainly didn't hurt either.

Kim looked amazing in a shimmery silver dress with down-to-the-navel neckline that barely covered up her up in front.

Nicole Murphy Shows Off Her Enviable Figure After Gym Session

At 48, she has a face and a physique that most women only dream of. And Nicole Murphy looked flawless following a workout and shopping session in West Hollywood yesterday.

The mum-of-five carried goodies from Rihanna's Fenty x Puma pop up shop.

Taylor Swift Gets Her Mom's Support After Calvin Harris' Dissed Track

Taylor Swift looked subdued as she emerged on Friday after her ex Calvin Harris released a break-up anthem that appeared to take a swipe at her. The 26-year-old was spotted in New York looking serious but still ever so stylish and was joined by her mother Andrea.

Taylor is famous for releasing scathing break-up songs when her high-profile romances end, but Calvin may have beaten her to the punch this time.

Friday, 16 September 2016

"Beautiful And Brave" Bride Dies Of Cancer Just Hours Before Her Dream Wedding

A young cancer victim told she had three years to live after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour has the day before her dream wedding.

Successful blogger Anna Swabey, 24, met the man of her dreams on dating app Tinder last year and was planning to get wed tomorrow. But Anna's condition took a drastic turn for the worse and her family announced today on Facebook that she had died.

She is known for writing scathing break-up songs about her exes.

But in a twist of fate Calvin Harris has released a song following his break-up with Taylor Swift- and fans are believe it's a dig at the star.

Following the release of his new track My Way, Twitter users flooded to Twitter to dissect the lyrics, believing they are a clear message to his ex.

A New York father has pleaded guilty to killing his toddler daughter, who was an eye cancer survivor, with a wooden baseball bat before burning her body and dumping her remains in an upstate waterway.

Ryan Lawrence, 25, pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in a plea deal with Onondaga County prosecutors. Lawrence admitted beating to death his 21-month-old daughter Maddox outside Syracuse in February.

A three-man robbery gang has attacked a professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Abdullahi Onimisi.

The men also attacked the don’s wife and son, whose names had yet to be ascertained.

A former Manchester United steward has been found guilty of murdering an elderly imam 'for practising "black magic"' in an an Islamic State-inspired killing.

Former Manchester United steward Mohammed Syeedy, 21, was found to have played a key role in helping another man bludgeon to death Jalal Uddin in Rochdale on February 18 this year, a court heard.

The pair developed a hatred of Mr Uddin because he used a form of healing involving amulets, known as taweez, which are said to bring good fortune.

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