News, Entertainment, Fashion and Bead Making: May 2016

Tuesday 31 May 2016

Suspected Kidnappers Arrested In Kano

Suspected Kidnappers, Kidnappers Arrested, Kano

Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 32 suspected kidnappers and the rescue of 21 abductees.

Parading the suspects, the Kano State Police Commissioner, Maigari Dikko, said that one of the suspects and one their victims lost their lives during the rescue operations.

Muhammadu Buhari
Nigeria’s President

President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with the family of Oba Michael Folorunsho Olobayo, the Obaro of Kabba, who passed on last week.

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday canvassed for global support for Nigeria in the area of renewable energy and said the country stands to benefit in terms of job creation and affordable power supply if well harnessed.

The Federal Ministry of Environment has assured the people of Ogoni that President Buhari remains committed to the clean-up of the oil-rich Ogoniland as recommended in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report.

North Korea apparently failed with an attempted missile launch Tuesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for a ballistic weapons programme that aspires to threaten the US mainland.

South Korea's defence ministry detected the dawn launch effort, which Japan condemned as an unacceptable and "provocative" act.

Kashim Shettima

Governor of Borno State

Few days after 100 girls from Borno State were offered slots for admission into an all female University in Sudan, Governor Kashim Shettima has sealed partnership with the management of a 50-year old International University of Africa located in Khartoum, Sudan, for admission of another set of 100 sons and daughters of Borno State to pursue different Degree programs in medicine, engineering, computer sciences and other humanities.

Police have arrested eight and wounded four members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) who were involved in the killing of two policemen in Asaba, the capital of Delta State.

Muhammadu Buhari meets with National Assembly seeks passaged of Statutory Budgets

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria is asking the National Assembly to consider and pass the statutory budgets of the Federal Capital Territory and the Niger Delta Development Commission before June 13.

He said that the passage of the budgets would enable them to execute their statutory mandate.
The President made the appeal at a Democracy Day Dinner in honour of the Federal lawmakers and held at the Presidential Villa on Monday.

George and Amal Clooney exchanged smiles and handshakes with Pope Francis on Sunday during a visit to Vatican City.

There is no doubt that Falz and Simi have great chemistry when it comes to making music and as a result a lot of their fans have been hoping they’d become a hot couple.

It’s official: Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s baby Luna is a legit angel

Chrissy Teigen’s latest Instagram pic is an adorable shot of Luna wearing a gorgeous little white sundress and super glam feathered angel wings. We’re absolutely melting. I mean, look at it!

Recovered Assets Will Be Published Latest Thursday – Garba Shehu

The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari has not rescinded his decision to publish the amounts that have been recovered by his administration from those who had allegedly looted the nation’s treasury.

Arnold Schwarzenegger says he isn’t ready to endorse Donald Trump for president — at least not yet.

The Nigerian Army Armoured Corps, Bauchi, says it has completed arrangements to host Combat Arms Training scheduled to hold from May 30 to June 4, 2016.

Blac Chyna is happier than ever, and her sweet smile says it all!

Scott Disick didn’t need gifts or items or anything to complete his birthday. He just needed family — and he got it.

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's daughter is one lucky baby girl!

Toolz - Tunde - Dubai Wedding - BellaNaija - 2016 - Part 2 - 23

OAP Toolz and pilot Tunde Demuren are in Dubai along with many Nigerian guests, for their white wedding which took place on 28th May 2016

Are the Kardashians set to make $100 million movie? ‘Top Hollywood studio make family mega-bucks offer’

Chrissy Teigen celebrates her baby shower at Kim Kardashian’s home

Kim, Kris, Kourtney and Khloe

It's hard to make it through the day without hearing about a Kardashian, whether it’s through social media, their reality show or clothing ranges, but now it looks like they could be about to sign a $100 million for a movie of their own.

Scientists studying the Zika outbreak in Brazil are becoming increasingly concerned the virus may cause eye damage in babies.

Stanford University researchers found abnormal bleeding and lesions in the eyes of three infant boys whose mothers had caught Zika while pregnant.

It’s Chris Brown vs. Nia Guzman.

Chris Brown annihilated his baby mama in court Tuesday, after a judge pooh-poohed her request to restrict Brown’s custody because of alleged drug use and gang affiliation.

Nadiya Savchenko(L) Yevgeny Yerofeyev (C) and Alexander Alexandrov,

Savchenko (L) had been jailed for 22 years while Yerofeyev (C) and Alexandrov were facing long sentences.

Russia has released jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko following a prisoner swap, local media say.

There has been no official confirmation but sources said she was swapped for Russian prisoners Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov held by Ukraine.

Dr. Offia Nwali

The Ebonyi Police Command has confirmed the retrieval of the corpse of a Second Republic Senator, Dr. Offia Nwali, from a pond behind his house.

ASP George Okafor, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made the confirmation to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Tuesday.

2Baba and his wife Annie Idibia were at Rumours Club in Ikeja as they joined other celebrities at Campari’s celebration of 2Baba’s honorary degree from Igbinedion University.

See photos of the couple below.

Protesters disrupt Trump rally in Albuquerque on 24 May 2016

Protesters outside a Donald Trump rally in New Mexico have thrown burning T-shirts and bottles and clashed with police.

Troops of Two Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt have killed two suspects in Rivers State, southern Nigeria.

The Deputy Director of Public Relations in the Brigade, Captain Eli Lazarus, disclosed this while briefing reporters on the feat.

The purported site of the drone strike said to have killed Mullah Akhtar Mansour in the Ahmad Wal area of Balochistan in Pakistan (21 May 2016)

The purported site of the drone strike in Balochistan in Pakistan that killed Mullah Mansour

The Afghan Taliban have annunced a new leader to replace Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike.

One of six vice-chairs of the “Trump Victory Leadership Team,” a joint fundraising effort announced Tuesday by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, pleaded guilty in 2009 to criminal charges involving bribes paid to top New York State officials.

The Central Bank of Nigeria is set to introduce a flexible foreign exchange rate policy that will allow the bank retain a small portion of foreign exchange for critical transactions.

Addressing journalists on Tuesday at the end of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja, the Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said that the details of the new policy would be released in coming days.

Two weeks after Blac Chyna and her fiancé, Rob Kardashian, announced they were expecting, the model took to Instagram on Monday to share a photo of her ultrasound.

Beyoncé isn’t letting something like a world tour get in the way of her family time.

See more pictures below.

‘The Morning After’: Eva Longoria Relaxes in Slippers with BFF Victoria Beckham Following Her Mexican Wedding

Posh in slippers? Anything for the bride!

Eva Longoria recuperated after her Saturday wedding to José Antonio Bastón with the help of friend Victoria Beckham on Sunday.

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, will represent President Muhammadu Buhari in a scheduled official visit to Lagos State, the nation’s commercial nerve.

A presidency source attributed the decision to scheduling difficulties faced by the Presidency.

US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference in Hanoi on May 23, 2016.
Obama was to meet communist Vietnam's senior leaders on May 23, kicking off a landmark visit that caps two decades of post-war rapprochement, as both countries look to push trade and check Beijing's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday lifted a half-century-old ban on selling arms to Vietnam during his first visit to the communist country, looking to bolster a government seen as a crucial, though flawed partner in a region he's tried to place at the center of his foreign policy legacy.

No broken hearts here! On Sunday, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton performed their duet, “Go Ahead and Break My Heart” at the Billboard Music Awards, but they looked more like teenagers in love than adults whose marriages had recently fallen apart.

An emergency meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held today, Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Bolton White Hotels, Abuja on the on-going protest action against the increase in pump price of petroleum products and hike in electricity tariff.

Kim Kardashian has taken to Snapchat to explain why she Snapchatted about her pregnancy scare.

Bukola Saraki
Nigeria’s Senate President

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Sunday expressed sadness over the death of Mrs Fatima Abubakar Sani – the mother of the Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani at the age of 75 years.

FA Cup Final: Wayne Rooney Hoping To Make It Third Time Lucky

The 2016 Emirates FA Cup Final between Crystal Palace and Manchester United will kick off at 5.30pm on Saturday 21 May at Wembley Stadium connected by EE.

Kim Kardashian had a small pregnancy scare on Thursday, so she did what anyone would in that situation: She took a pregnancy test on an airplane and broadcast it to the world via Snapchat.

Kim and Kourtney Kardashian’s adorable daughters, Nori and Penny, are like two peas in a pod — and we simply cannot get enough of them. Flip through these ridiculously cute pics of the little girls who are so photogenic they will undoubtedly be snapping selfies like their famous mothers before we know it. Photo: Instagram

Why won’t the paparazzi leave us alone?!

In any given week, teams of high-priced lawyers fan out across the country to defend Bill Cosby amid a cascade of sexual assault allegations, defamation claims and insurance disputes.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Jeffrey Onyeama, on Thursday said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s visits abroad were to strengthen Nigeria’s goodwill with the governments of other countries.
Onyeama, who made the clarification in Lagos during his first official visit to the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs(NIIA),described President Muhammadu Buhari as a ‘Change Patriarch’, committed to building goodwill for Nigeria abroad.

Women across different institutions have been honored for their roles in uplifting and nurturing the Nigerian girl child and woman to a state of leadership and entrepreneurship.

A body part, seats and one or more items of luggage were found Friday by crews searching for the wreckage of an EgyptAir passenger jet that crashed in the Mediterranean on Thursday, Greece's defence minister said.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday has passed a bill for an act to establish the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State.

Scott Disick enjoys his trip to Cannes, France.

Campaigners on Friday questioned a Nigerian military claim that a second Chibok schoolgirl had been rescued, but the army maintained she was one of the 219 abducted by Boko Haram.

Yakubu Nkeki, the head of the Chibok Abducted Girls Parents group, said the military contacted him before an announcement was made on Wednesday about the discovery of the first girl, Amina Ali.

Iheanacho Among Top 10 Deadliest Finishers In The World

Nigerian youngster and striker Kelechi Promise Iheanacho is been rated among the top 10 football finishers in the World.
This is a compilation of the top strikers and best finishers in the world. Their achievements is rated in relation to their performance both in national and club level. Here are the list below:

Kanye West sat down with Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday and the interview, which started off as tame, got very intense very quickly as the 38-year-old rapper went on a lengthy diatribe about humanity, artistry and the importance of loving life.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Jigawa said it had arrested two suspects with 868.9 kilograms of substance suspected to be Indian hemp.

Fuji Muscian Olumide Awise is dead, the Fuji singer died after a brief illness, the Agege based fuji artist died in his home Agado.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says conservatives are an important part of the social network after a meeting aimed at defusing concerns it is politically biased.

The first of 219 abducted Chibok schoolgirls to be found after more than two years in Boko Haram captivity was on Thursday to meet Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, amid hopes more girls can be freed.

Two of Prince's possible relatives are filing to be heirs to his estate.

Adekunle Gold popular with the song ‘Pick Up’ is taking a huge lead from Lil Kesh’s example by leaving YBNL, Olamide’s record label to get his own.

An EgyptAir flight carrying 66 passengers and crew on a flight from Paris to Cairo went missing on Thursday, disappearing from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt’s national airline said.

Ecuador struck by 6.7 magnitude earthquake

A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Moment magnitude scale struck Ecuador early Wednesday, one month after a much larger quake killed some 660 people, the US Geological Survey said.

Residents in Osogbo, the Osun State capital woke up to traffic gridlock and lull in commercial activities as members of the Nigerian Labour Congress and civil society groups under the Joint Action Front (JAF) took to the streets.

Chanting solidarity songs, they protested the increase in the price of petrol in compliance with the directive of the NLC.

Both federal and state civil servants in Calabar, the Cross River State capital joined in the nationwide NLC strike protesting the hike in petrol price.

Over 200 families feared buried by mudslides in Sri Lanka

A massive landslide triggered by torrential rains buried homes in three villages in the central hills of Sri Lanka, and more than 200 families were missing Wednesday and feared buried under the mud and debris, the Sri Lankan Red Cross said.

Sixteen bodies have already been recovered and about 180 people have been rescued from the enormous piles of mud unleashed at around 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to military spokesman Brig. Jayanath Jayaweera.

Chris Christie stands next to Donald Trump.

Presumptive US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is willing to meet North Korea's leader to discuss its nuclear programme.

"I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him," the businessman said of Kim Jong-un.

Blac Chyna could not keep quiet after seeing some negative comments in regard to her maternity style.

Rob Kardashian's fiancee was spotted having lunch poolside with her friends on Monday in Miami, Florida, and showcased her growing baby bump in a curve-hugging jumpsuit. Chyna looked quite comfortable in her casual style but not everyone was a fan of the look.

Bernie Sanders took another state from Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primaries with a win in Oregon on Tuesday night. Democratic voters also headed to the polls in Kentucky, but that race remains too close to call.

The Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria has declared support for the Federal Government’s withdrawal of fuel subsidy in the effort to reposition the down-stream sector and revamp the economy.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Council, Chief Ogbuehi Dike advised the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress to shelve the planned nationwide strike and embrace dialogue.

Civil servants in Kaduna State on Wednesday defied the order of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to stay at home in protest against the fuel price hike announced by the federal government.

The labour unions had issued a directive asking workers in both public and private sectors to shun their offices starting from Wednesday, May 18, 2016 in solidarity to the planned nationwide strike by the organized labour.

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Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday called for more powers for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, if the aim of the subregion to achieve full integration is to be realized.

Muhammadu Buhari
Nigeria’s President

“If there is one person in Nigeria that believes that petroleum prices should not go up by one Naira, it is President Buhari,” Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, asserted earlier today at a public book presentation event in Abuja.

The federal government has advised all workers to respect the rule of law and desist from participating in an illegal strike.

Pregnant Blac Chyna Sports Tie-Dye Jumpsuit While Relaxing Near the Pool in Miami Beach

Everybody needs a little R&R, and Blac Chyna is certainly no exception.
While kicking off a brand-new week, Rob Kardashian's fiancé traveled to Miami Beach where she quickly headed straight to her hotel's pool for some quality girl time.

The heavy stick of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) fell on five petrol service stations in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, for selling Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also referred to as petrol, above the 145 Naira price band recently set by the Federal Government.

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