Friday, 2 June 2017

Bird Flu Now In These 7 States In Nigeria

The Director of Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Gideon Mshelbwala, raised the alert at a meeting with state Commissioners of Agriculture in Abuja on Friday.

The son of a mafia boss' is facing life in jail for gunning down his best pal who simply 'liked' a Facebook picture of his girlfriend.

Victim Francesco Prestia, 19, was left dead in an olive field in Mileto, Italy, with three bullets in his chest.

Lyon president, Jean-Michel Aulas, has said the collapse of Alexandre Lacazette’s move to Atletico Madrid is “good and bad news” for his club.

Lacazette was in advanced talks with the La Liga side, before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), on Thursday upheld the transfer ban imposed on Atletico.

Man faces trial for allegedly making sexual advances to school boy

A 39-year-old man, Victor Akagha, who allegedly gave a ride to a 15-year-old school boy and took him to his house for unlawful sexual advances, was on Friday in Lagos released on a N100, 000 bail.

‎A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court gave the ruling after the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him.

Germany to ban burka’s, masks while driving

Wearing a burka or mask while driving is to be banned in Germany, according to a legislative draft by the Minister of Transportation, Alexander Dobrindt, a report said on Friday.

The government said that accordingly, violations of the law would attract a fine of $67.

If you leave me, your kids will lose their inheritance – Man tells wife

“My children will never inherit my property either dead or alive if my wife divorces me,’’ a 39-year-old fruit seller, Amidu Olalere, told an Igando Customary Court on Friday in Lagos.

Olalere said this while responding to a divorce suit filed by his wife, Adeola, for the dissolution of their 11-year marriage on the grounds of constant battering.

Man Utd target to hold talks with Antonio Conte before completing £37m transfer

Chelsea are closing in on a £37 million deal for Tiemoue Bakayoko as the Monaco midfielder is due to hold talks with Antonio Conte, according to reports in France.

Foot Mercato claim that the Premier League champions are in pole position to sign the France international ahead of Manchester United and Liverpool, and the 22-year-old will personally speak with the Chelsea manager before completing his transfer to Stamford Bridge.

Nigerian singer, Dammy Krane was today arrested in the US city of Miami, Florida for Grand theft and credit card fraud and identity theft.

See his mugshot below

A 45 -year -old beer parlour operator , Mrs Kudirat Sodiq, on Friday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that her husband always bites her whenever they quarrel .
She said that , Wahabi , her husband of 23 years , was also threatening her life .

“My husband left scars on my body as he always bites me whenever we fight .

“My husband will not leave me until he sees blood coming out from the wound , I have scars all over my body as proof of his abuse . ”

A 22- year-old driver identified as Samuel David, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Lagos for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s eight-year-old daughter.

David, who resides at 30, Oremeji Street, Bariga area of the state is being tried for rape.

The Prosecutor, Sergeant Raphael Donny, informed the court that David committed the offence at his residence on May 12.

Actress Uche Jombo ran in to former president, Obasanjo on a flight .The actress took a selfie with him which she captioned

Guess who was sitting beside me 😉 OBJ!!!! so of course I had to take a selfie🤣🤣🤣p.s he's not sleeping

5 Men Arrested Over Suspected Bank Robbery

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP’s) Intelligence Response Team (IRT) on Friday announced the arrest of five suspected armed robbers who had planned to attack some banks in Lagos. .

The IRT Commander, ACP Abba Kyari, said the arrested suspects also participated in the killing of four policemen and an Army Captain in Ikorodu in April, this year.

Uber has announced that made a loss of a whooping $708million in the first 3 months of the year despite posting revenue of $3.4 billion.

"The narrowing of our losses in the first quarter puts us on a good trajectory towards profitability," Uber said in a statement to CNBC.

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PRESENTS

“WAVY" - KOKER

Enjoy the latest release "Wavy" from Chocolate City artiste Koker.

Buffon eyes final ‘fairytale’ with Juventus

Veteran Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon says Saturday’s Champions League final against Real Madrid will have “special” personal significance as he approaches the end of his storied career.

A world champion with Italy in 2006 and eight-time Serie A winner with Juventus, Buffon finished on the losing side in his two previous Champions League finals in 2003 and 2015.

Catalonia TV ad supporting Juventus stirs Spain anger

A public TV channel in Spain’s Catalonia region, where a separatist movement is raging, has drawn criticism for broadcasting an ad supporting Juventus, the Italian team facing Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champions League final.

The television spot announcing the final in Cardiff opens on footage of the white-clad players of Real Madrid — arch-rivals of Barcelona in Catalonia — lifting the trophy of a previous edition.

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo ‘relaxed’ over tax fraud allegations

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo says he is “relaxed” about allegations he defrauded the Spanish tax authorities of €15 million, and that he “sleeps very well” knowing he has always done the right thing.

Spanish prosecutors are considering whether Ronaldo should face charges for avoiding the payment of taxes due on image rights income between 2011 and 2014, with a union head at the tax authority claiming that the 32-year-old could face jail time for deliberate evasion.

Allegri urges Juventus to be fiendish against Real Madrid

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri says his team need to be “fiendish” to beat Real Madrid in Saturday’s Champions League final.

Allegri, whose team are playing in their second final in three years after losing to Barcelona in 2015, said Real start as favourites but his team were capable of pulling off a surprise.

Ajax have announced they have re-signed striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

Stoke City confirm deal for Darren Fletcher

Stoke City have announced a deal for West Brom midfielder Darren Fletcher who has signed a two-year deal with the Potters.

Eden Hazard responds to Real Madrid's £100m transfer offer

Eden Hazard is adamant that he has no plans to leave Chelsea following reports that Real Madrid are set to launch a £100 million offer.

The Belgian is reportedly high on Madrid’s wanted list for the upcoming transfer window and it’s even been suggested that the 26-year-old’s representatives have been in contact with the Spanish champions over a potential deal.

A construction firm has banned its employees from having beards over ‘health and safety’ concerns, a union says.

Staff working for Mears at a site in Tower Hamlets, east London, were told they had to be clean-shaven so they could wear dust masks safely.

The German playmaker, whose contract runs out next year, has been offered a £280,000-a-week salary to remain at the Emirates. Ozil was holding out for £350,000 a week, but he is prepared to cut a deal this summer with the Gunners.

Two officials of money-doubler ponzi scheme, Mavrodi Mondial Movement, referred to as MMM, have been arrested at the instance of the Central Bank of Ghana.

The two were arrested in the process of luring unsuspecting customers to invest with them.

By Callistus Agwaza

Of all the things President Muhammadu Buhari said at his inaugural speech on 29th May in 2015, what most Nigerians took to heart and still comes to mind readily is his famous statement “I belong to nobody and I belong to everybody”.

This was a statement of assurance that the nightmare of ‘Cabalism‘ would not be allowed a place in his government. Coming at a time the memories of the last days of former President Umaru Musa Yar’adua and the role of the cabal in destabilising the system were still fresh, Nigerians received this assurance with cheerful hearts and great delight.

A Nigerian man identified as Chief Sunbo Onitri was at the Abuja House in the United Kingdom on May 29th, 2017 to deliver a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to him, his letter was to 'pray for quick recovery' of the president, but also to highlight some of the issues being faced by the common man in Nigeria presently.

Lacazette’s failed Atletico move ‘good and bad’ for Lyon – Aulas

Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas says the collapse of Alexandre Lacazette’s move to Atletico Madrid is “good and bad news” for his club, amid reports that Manchester United are weighing up making an offer for the striker.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday upheld the transfer ban imposed on Atletico, leaving Lacazette, 26, in limbo after he had agreed to move to the La Liga side this summer.

Court ‘discriminated’ against Atletico Madrid on ban – Villaverde

Atletico Madrid director Clemente Villaverde has claimed the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) “discriminated” against the club when it rejected their appeal against a FIFA transfer ban.

Villaverde hit out after Atleti saw their ban upheld after Real Madrid had theirs partially lifted last year.

Last January, both Atletico and Real were banned from all transfers after FIFA found they had broken rules on the international movment of players under the age of 16.

Iker Casillas praises Paris Saint-Germain amid summer move link

Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas has said Paris Saint-Germain are one of Europe’s top clubs and deserve to play in a Champions League final.

Casillas has been linked with a move to the Parc des Princes since it emerged that Antero Henrique, who brought him to Porto, is set to take over as PSG sporting director.

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Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today struck out one of the treason charge brought against the alleged mastermind of the 2010 Independence Day bombing, Charles Okah.

In dismissing the charge, Justice Kolawole said the evidence brought before his court did not prove that former President Jonathan, who was at Eagle Square when the incident happened, was intimidated by the attack.

Google has unveiled the final plans for their luxury £1billion UK headquarters. The 870,000 sq ft building planned for Kings Cross in London will be the first office the tech giant has designed for itself outside California. It will have sleep pods, an Olympic sized swimming pool, wellness and fitness centre with a gym and a large indoor sports hall for games and a rooftop field with 200 metre running track to ensure wellness for up to 7,000 staff.

Police have launched manhunt looking for three women who murdered and dismembered a 22-year-old woman, Warissara “Amm” Klinjui in Thailand on May 23.

The three suspects, Priyanuch Nongwangchai, 24, Kawita Rachada, 25, and Apiwan Satayabundit, 28, are wanted on suspicion of killing of the young woman in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen. It’s alleged they lured her into a car, strangled her to death and then sawed her body in half as part of a revenge plot. Her remains were found buried May 25 in two large buckets.

A case of attempted murder is being investigated after a 29-year-old Sunnyside man was reportedly pushed out from a flat through the window on the second floor at the Tambotie block on Leyds Street in Pretoria, South Africa. According to the South African Police, the incident took place on Wednesday morning.

The Giving Pledge, the foundation created in 2010 by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett to use their fortune to solve the world's problems, has added 14 new billionaire members.

The Pledge encourages the world's wealthiest individuals and families to give the majority of their wealth away to philanthropic causes and the foundation announced this week that 14 more individuals hailing from Australia, China, Cyprus, Monaco, Norway, Slovenia, Tanzania, and the United States, have agreed to Pledge.

A 38-year-old lawyer who raped a 32-year-old American tourist who passed-out at the Oktoberfest beer festival, walked free from court with a suspended sentence after he claimed that he developed a 'spontaneous affection' for him after drinking at least 10 pints of beer. The lawyer raped the tourist at the famous beer festival in Munich, while the man was in a drunken state, and told the court he could not explain his actions , adding that he was not homosexual despite sexually abusing the man.

Troops of Operation DELTA SAFE (OPDS) on Tuesday ambushed a gang of sea robbers/kidnappers along KM-45 AWOBA Waterways in Rivers State. During the ambush operation, 4 robbers met their Waterloo. Items recovered include; 2× AK-47 rifles, quantity 3× AK-47 magazines, quantity 22 ammunitions and one-speed boat mounted with one 200 Horse-Power engine. Similarly, troops patrol along Bayelsa waterways acting on information, raided a sea pirates hideout along FORUPA-LOBIA waterways.

On June 1, 2017 the EFCC secured the conviction of Marcellinus Akochi Ezeoke before Justice Lawal Wada of the Kano State High Court on a one count charge of obtaining by false pretence.

The convict was arraigned on November 25, 2015 and pleaded not guilty to the charge. In the course of the trial, prosecution counsel Douglas I.

A Sin City warehouse of a Swedish sex toy company in Las Vegas, US was hit by thieves in two separate attacks. According to CNN, over the Memorial Day weekend on Friday night, the bandits broke in and stole boxes containing 30,000 condoms in the first attack.

On Saturday morning, they returned and rammed a vehicle through a delivery door. This time they grabbed boxes containing $15,000 worth of sex toys.

Former Cross river governor, Donald Duke has been in the news for his comments on the state of the nation and the reticence of the youth to take matters into our hands and build the future of our dreams. Most noteworthy is his observation that we behave like tenants in our own country. This comment certainly won't go down well with the tyrannical landlords who reap disproportionate benefits from the current system and wish for us to remain subservient to their whims and caprices.

Several shows on Kathy Griffin’s Celebrity Run-In Tour have been canceled after she shared a photo of herself holding up a fake decapitated head of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Many venues around the country are now cutting ties with Griffin over the controversial photo.

John Terry has revealed he had daily injections for a whole year, after the manager at the time, Jose Mourinho, asked him to play for Chelsea with a broken foot and toe.

Terry will leave Stamford Bridge this summer, when his contract ends June 30.
The 36-year-old has now opened up about some of the sacrifices he made during his career with the Premier League champions.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo may be rivals whenever Barcelona and Real Madrid meet or when it comes to bagging football’s individual awards, but the Portuguese forward has insisted that their rivalry is not personal and that they get on well, MARCA reports.

The 32-year-old revealed that he enjoys watching the Argentine play and that he appreciates his talents.

Bogdan Dochev, the assistant referee who failed to spot Diego Maradona’s infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal during the 1986 World Cup match between Argentina and England, has died at the age of 80.

In the pulsating quarter-final won 2-1 by Argentina, Maradona produced two of the most talked about goals in the history of football. After hoodwinking officials with his first handball effort, he dribbled past five England players in a brilliant solo effort.

Following the high rate of domestic violence entangled in the lives of our favourite Nigerian celebrities which has led to breakage of different homes, Nollywood actress and Instagram comedienne, Etinosa Idemudia sat with BroadwayTV revealing that she was also a victim of domestic violence from her former husband.

Klopp backs Dortmund hierarchy after Tuchel departure

Borussia Dortmund will be fine as long as their current leadership remains in charge, former coach Jurgen Klopp has said.

Dortmund won the DFB Pokal last month, their first trophy in five years, but the triumph was overshadowed by the departure of head coach Thomas Tuchel amid disagreements with the BVB hierarchy.

Europe will ‘fight’ for 2030 World Cup – UEFA chief

UEFA will “fight” for a European nation to host the 2030 World Cup amid suggestions China could launch a bid to stage the tournament.

European football’s governing body was told by FIFA that Europe could not stage the 2026 World Cup as Russia, one of its members, is hosting the 2018 edition.

There was a mild drama at an Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court on Thursday after a 58-year-old textile dealer, Mrs. Taiwo Momoh, was discharged for offences bordering on attempted suicide.

Momoh stepped out of the dock, knelt down and started giving praises to God.

Immediately she got out of the court, she covered her face with two sets of clothes and hastened towards the back gate of the court.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office forthwith to discharge the moral burden, which his perceived incapacitation has placed on him.

He said President Buhari has refused to be morally upright and pave way for capable hands to run the affairs of our country, which is daily deteriorating and directionless.

According to recent rumours, the upcoming ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ was set to become the longest ‘Transformers’ movie to date – clocking in at a whopping 3 hours long.

But director Michael bay is having none of it.

But where did the rumour come from?

Friday, 2 June 2017

CHOCOLATE CITY MUSIC PRESENTS “WAVY" - KOKER

Enjoy the latest release "Wavy" from Chocolate City artiste Koker.

By Callistus Agwaza

CHOCOLATE CITY MUSIC

PRESENTS

“WAVY" - KOKER