Abdul's Blog: 12/12/17

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

50 Cent breaks $1,000 of DJ equipment

50 Cent broke $1,000 of DJ equipment over the weekend.The In Da Club rapper accidentally did the damage when he leapt onto a mixer while performing a 15-song set at an event at Miami's Ora nightclub on Saturday night.

It looks like there’s trouble in paradise for Sofia Richie, 19, and older reality wreck Scott Disick.

The pair were seen canoodling all over Art Basel Miami Beach last week — but multiple sources saw them in a heated argument at a Surf Lodge pop-up at the W Hotel on Saturday night.

Paul Pogba admits that Real Madrid made him an offer prior to his £89 million move to Manchester United, but he has no regrets about rejecting them.

The France international midfielder was one of the most sought-after talents in world football after spending four productive years in Italy with Juventus.

Former Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba has said that Mohamed Salah, the 2017 BBC African Footballer of the Year, is growing into a real leader.

Drogba, who won the BBC award for 2009, says Salah has improved since the two were teammates at Chelsea in 2014.

Burundi’s president launched a campaign Tuesday to support constitutional amendments that could extend his rule despite warnings by his opponents of more violence ahead.

President Pierre Nkurunziza told supporters in Gitega province to vote in favor of the changes in an upcoming national referendum. The proposed changes include extending a presidential term from five years to seven.

While speaking with journalists during a tour of the Federal Government rail project in Papalantoro, Ogun State, the minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday, said the Nigerian government will soon commission two rail locomotives and 10 coaches to ease transport among Nigerians ahead of the Yuletide celebration.

The wife of 37 year old Seun Ayoade, pictured above has accused an officer of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ondo State Police Command, Ojelabi Oladele, of torturing her husband to death because she refused having sex with him while she was married to the deceased.

Gbemisola in an interview with Sahara Reporters, said Seun and officer Ojelabi Oladele were friends and that during her marriage to Seun, Ojelabi had asked her for sex and she turned him down.

Tyson Fury, one of Britain’s most controversial former heavyweight world champions, has been declared free to resume his boxing career after a compromise on his positive test for a banned steroid was found with UK Anti-Doping.

According to Agence France Presse, AFP, this was announced on Tuesday.

A 10-year-old girl (name withheld) has said that her dad is responsible for her pregnancy.

As the case came up before the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, the suspect, Kenneth Abuya, was granted bail in the sum of N500,000.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. B.O. Osunsanmi, also directed that Abuya should produce two sureties in like sum.

Here's how she shared her story on social media;

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So today I stumbled on an IG page of a dear friend’s wife, and got to follow the link on her profile to another friend’s Blog. Gosh, that was how I signed myself up for waterworks and haven’t been able to stop even while typing this.

The lady had shared about her journey through endometriosis and infertility, through a 3 part Blog post. I must say it is the most emotional thing I’ve read this year, gosh. I think beyond the story and the pain it was laden with, it brought so many memories for me. So so many. Gosh.

An explosive device that is yet to explode has been discovered at Shaforon village, Adamawa State.

Members of anti-bomb squad from Yola have stormed the venue to defuse the bomb suspected to be planted by Fulani herdsmen.

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The Nigerian electorate could be likened to that beautiful but orphaned teenage girl roaming the unsafe streets homelessly without the essential guidance of her parents or family members.

Her first hurdle will be her encounter with some elderly wolves in human clothing regarded as paedophiles trying to take her home as if they are interested in fixing her present predicament. But when they get home, her first lesson would be that nothing is free in this world. She would be forced to pay labouriously with what is between her legs.

One of the daughters of Fuji music act, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall aka KWAM1, Wasilat Olaronke Marshall, has died. A family member confirmed to LIB that she died in Canada after a brief illness. She was 34 years old.

FIFA has fined the Nigeria Football Federation 6,000 Swiss Francs (about N2,175,660.00) for fielding an ineligible player in the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying match between Algeria and Nigeria on 10 November, 2017.

Louis van Gaal (right) has labelled Jose Mourinho's United 'too defensive'

Former Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal says the club have regressed and have become "more boring" under his successor Jose Mourinho.

Van Gaal, who was pilloried for his overly-cautious approach during his two years at Old Trafford, says he would rather watch Manchester City than United.

Jailed South African track star Oscar Pistorius suffered a bruise in a fight with another inmate, a prison spokesman said on Tuesday.

The fight was over the use of a phone in prison where he is serving a sentence for murdering his girlfriend.

An Ohio woman is charged with murder after authorities say she killed her husband, dismembered his body and lived with the remains for six months.

Authorities say Marcia Eubank killed her husband Howard in June. It was the couple's son who finally called police.

Russia will “do everything necessary” to facilitate an agreement between rival camps in Libya to end the country’s political crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

“We will assist in resolving all questions in negotiations between Tripoli and Tobruk, with whom we are regularly in contact,” Lavrov said at a press conference following a meeting with his Libyan counterpart Mohamad Taha Siala in Moscow.

Hasna Begum, a 25-year-old woman has stabbed and killed her ex-boyfriend in a murderous rage after finding out he met someone new on Tinder.

According to Metro UK, the woman, a shop assistant, has been jailed for life after she stabbed 23-year-old part-time DJ Pietro Sanna 36 times.

Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, the immediate past Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, has said that the army operations in the troubled North-east under his leadership eliminated five top Boko Haram leaders alongside 70 other terrorists in several confrontations.

According to SaharaReporters, he soldier made the disclosure on Monday while handing over the baton of leadership to a new commander, Rogers Nicholas, in Borno State.

Croatia coach, Zlatko Dalic has disclosed that the Super Eagles of Nigeria is not a typical African national team due to the presence of Chinese Tianjin TEDA based midfielder, John Mikel Obi.

Dalic believes that their opening game against the three times African champion at the 2018 World Cup is the most important match for them in Group D.

Dr. Dean Lorich, a 54-year-old famous Manhattan surgeon who treated popular stars including U2 singer, Bono after a serious bicycle accident, was found dead in his Upper East Side apartment — with a knife sticking in his chest, officials said Sunday.

According to New York Post, Dr. Dean Lorich was found by his 11-year-old daughter lying face up on the bathroom floor of his Park Avenue home around 1 p.m., authorities said. The girl ran downstairs and told the doorman, who called 911, police said.

Oil prices rose yesterday as an explosion in one of New York City’s busiest transit hubs and expectations that cold weather will increase demand for fuel helped lifted prices.

U.S. crude futures recently rose 20 cents, or 0.35%, to $57.56 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent, the global benchmark, rose 64 cents, or 1.01%, to $64.04 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.

The guy who bum-rushed Britney Spears on her Las Vegas stage now has two charges hanging over his head, and he's one step closer to a trial.

According to court documents, Jesse Webb's trial is scheduled to begin January 18. He's been charged with one count of battery and one count of disorderly conduct.

The Lagos State Government has begun the demolition of structures on the right of way to pave the way for the ongoing construction of the Pen Cinema flyover in Agege.

The government also recently held stakeholders’ meetings with owners of the affected property and assured them of adequate compensation. However, a Ladun Liadi reader who witnessed the on-going demolition sent in these photos… More after the cut...

The British National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has discovered a severe flaw that would affect Microsoft’s Windows system, including the latest Windows 10, an online report said.

The NCSC found the vulnerability when it was reviewing antivirus solutions after concerns about a Russian antivirus software, which was allegedly involved in cyber-spying operations, according to the report on a Romanian website on the information technology industry and software.

Former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, his first foreign travel since the army forced him from office in November, a state security official said on Tuesday.

The 93-year-old, who ruled the southern African nation for 37 years, resigned after the army and his ruling ZANU-PF party turned against him when it became clear that his 52-year-old wife, Grace, was being groomed as his successor.

Real Madrid have agreed a deal to sign Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain as soon as 2019.

Neymar only left Barcelona for the Ligue 1 champions last summer, for a world-record fee of £200million.

But according to reports in Spain, the Brazil superstar has already come to an agreement with Real.

Fuji maestro, Queen Ayo Balogun, is 60 years old today. She shared these amazing new photos of hersle fon her IG page this morning and wrote

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The federal government is to refund Zamfara State a sum of over N56bn expended on the reconstruction of about 610 km federal roads across the state.

Disclosing this during the 2018 budget presentation to the state assembly, Governor Abdulaziz Yari‎ also revealed that a committee from both legislative and executive arms at the federal level has visited the state to verify the claim by the state on the stated expenditure.

Uber said on Monday that it had appealed regulations that have barred it from accepting cash fares in the Mexican state of Puebla, in a new challenge to clampdowns on the ride-hailing service in Latin America.

Uber stopped accepting cash payments in the Mexico City-adjacent state on Friday, responding to demands from state authorities, and filed an appeal to a federal judge against the regulation the same day.

Singer Chidinma, has again opened up on being blind at birth.

The petite beauty who first made this known in her song MARTHA, again talked about it during her interview with Guardian Life.

A fugitive wanted over a deadly attack on police won a seat in Nepal’s national parliament Tuesday, despite being in hiding and not once appearing in public during his campaign.

Resham Chaudhary won the seat from Kailali in western Nepal by a landslide, securing more than double the votes of his closest rival, according to results from the election commission.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on privatisation, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, on Monday evening in Katsina, said the senate was not out to victimise anybody or to reverse the privatisation of companies.

He made the clarification when he led a team of the Senate Committee on Privatisation on a visit to Dana Steel Limited.

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Monday said he never said that the Benin people owned Lagos.

The monarch spoke in Victoria Island, Lagos, at the launch of “Defend the Defenseless”, a book written by Arese Carrington, wife of a former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington.

At least four suspected members of the Badoo gang have been arrested over their alleged involvement in the recent killing of a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor, Victor Kanayo and a woman with her children in Ikorodu, Lagos. .

Ibrahim Anifowose, 28, and Uche Igwe were arrested at their hideouts at Aremu Street, Ojota, for allegedly killing Kanayo. Abdulrazaq Yahyaha and Abubakar Tenimu were apprehended at Ibeshe in connection with other killings. .

English TV legend Keith Chegwin has died at the age of 60 following a long-term battle with a progressive lung condition.

His last tweet before his death was posted in September and it’s a rather haunting one. He informed fans that he was struggling with ill health and apologized for being away for so long.

28-year-old Maureen Adejo, who was allegedly beaten to death by her husband, Olaoluwa Adejo, has been reportedly buried amid tears on Saturday, Alhaji Ganiu Street, Bako Estate, in the Ketu area of Lagos State.

Present at the burial were friends and family members of the deceased.

THE Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, and Ijaw elders in Edo State, weekend, raised an alarm over alleged plan by the state government to deploy soldiers to Gelegele and other Ijaw communities in the state, including Okikoro where they have their Egbesu shrine. They warned that such action will be a declaration of war against the Ijaw nation and will be resisted.

Dwayne Johnson has revealed that he and girlfriend o, Lauren Hashian are expecting their second child together.

The actor posted a picture of daughter Jasmine on Instagram Monday with the special announcement.He captioned the cute pic.

There were protests in some major cities yesterday – for and against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the police anti-violent crimes fighting machine.

The unit has been accused of brutality against innocent citizens.

A group of people promoting the scrapping of the unit surfaced in the social media recently, using the #EndSARS hashtag.

Next year's Big Brother Naija Reality TV show seems to have lots of surprise in it already, as prospective housemates are already revealing what they will do to get the N45Million cash prize.

At the auditions held on Saturday, NET ran into a prospective housemate who said going Unclad on the show is not an issue for her. ‘

A Chinese daredevil died after falling from a 62-story building in Changsha in November.

Wu Yongning built up a social media following on Weibo with his videos showing him on top of buildings without any safety equipment, according to the BBC.

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has admitted he is still on the look out for a quality goalkeeper for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Enyimba goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa was in goal in three of the team’s last four games but Rohr seems not fully satisfied with his performance.

Mohamed Salah?named BBC African Footballer of the Year 2017

Egyptian footballer, Mohamed Salah has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017.

Following a record number of votes, the Liverpool star won ahead of Gabon's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Guinean Naby Keita, Sadio Mane of Senegal and Nigeria's Victor Moses.

Three women publicly accuse President Trump of?sexual misconduct at a press conference in New York

Today, a trio of women; Rachel Crooks, Samantha Holvey and Jessica Leeds at a news conference in New York reiterated allegations of sexual misconduct against President Donald Trump.

Rachel Crooks, a former Bayrock Group receptionist who accused Trump of kissing her on the mouth without her consent in 2005 said, 'this was serial misconduct and perversion on the part of Mr. Trump. Unfortunately, this behavior isn't rare in our society, and people of all backgrounds can be victims. The only reason I am here today is that this offender is now the President of our country".

Flavour parties with his daughters at the US Consular General?s House

Nigerian singer, Flavour was at USA Consulate holiday party in Lagos on Saturday and he brought his daughters, Gabrielle and Sophia with him.

The proud father performed at the event and when he wasn't performing, he was fussing over his daughters. In his caption for the photos, he referred to the little girls as his "special VVIPs".

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Arsenal are making one last attempt to keep Mesut Ozil at the club.

The Germany midfielder is in the final year of his current contract, but the Gunners are trying to persuade him to sign a new one.

The Polish Football Association on Monday, confirmed the friendly match with Nigeria.

It said that Poland manager Adam Nawałka had agreed to lead the White and Reds against the Super Eagles in a friendly in preparation for the World Cup in Russia.

A former officer of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), ASP Abayomi Ekundayo aka Yomi Sars is of the opinion that police brutality occurs around the world and claims that it is possible to however reduce it to the minimum level. This he states is a better solution to the crisis - rather than to terminate the squad.