Award winning actress Omotola was guest at the just concluded Tony elumelu entrepreneurship Programme.
Omotola whose recent campaign is to eradicate poverty in Africa, wore a black caped jumpsuit and black pencil stilettos, with gold earrings, She had a lot of advice on entrepreneurship, confidence & tools for outstanding success.
Present were, VP Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Tony O. Elumelu, Prime Minister of Benin Republic, Bishop David Oyedepo and others. See photos after the cut:
Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi wore a well-cut suit to meet the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta at Kenya's State House on Wednesday July 15th but beneath the suit, he wore a bullet proof vest. Kenyans of course took to twitter to slam the Italian PM.
Some don't blame him sha. Kenya has been hit with a series of horrific terror attacks, but wearing that inside the State House? What do you guys think?
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He was spotted at Allen Junction, Ikeja yesterday. Though a trick but it's still astounding.
See pics after the cut...
According to Spanish news, Real Madrid have agree deal with Espanyol for goalkeeper Kiko Casilla, the Catalan have announces the signing of the goalkeeper in the club website.
Espanyol president Joan Collet announced Casilla’s transfer and said Madrid agreed to pay €6 million (Dh23.9m) for the 28-year-old keeper.
Kiko Casilla said he would sign a five-year contract with Madrid, and travel to join his new teammates during their pre-season tour of Australia.
His arrival to Rafa Benitez’s new team will reduce the speculation linking Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea and Real Madrid
Kiko Casilla will compete with Keylor Navas for playing time after Iker Casillas left Madrid following 16 seasons to join FC Porto last week.
Unrivaled King of Beauty, Pela Tonye Okiemute, CEO of Pels International, is a year older today 17th, July and to celebrate his day, he has decided to give all his beauty products at discounted rates.
This according to the celebrant is seen as a give back day and a medium of saying THANK YOU to all those who have been supportive and encouraging.
In his words, "I love my clients and for those too who haven't used our wonderful beauty secrets before, this is an opportunity to try them as we are trying our best to reach out and inspire women all over the world. We don't just deal on skin lightening but also repair and maintain them.”
Two Nollywood veterans have been spotted while on their way back from school probably they went to write their Senior Secondary School Certificate examination.
Olu Jacobs and Patience Ozokwor were spotted returning from school with both having their school bagd and Olu Jacobs with his lunch box.
Both were fully dressed in their school uniform, Patience was on her pinafore with white socks and the Simbi goes to school shoe.
Jude Okoye and his wife Ifeoma are celebrating their onr year wedding anniversary today July 17th. The couple is blessed with a daughter.
"Happy ONE YEAR anniversary to us. One year has gone by and it’s seem like yesterday. May the good Lord continue to shower us with his grace and love in Jesus name Amen. You are a blessing to my life love you yesterday today and always kifycutie," he wrote.
His wife on the other hand wrote, “365 days gone. I remember my baby was just about to feed me some cake. I give all glory to God! Many more happy and fruitful years to me and my best friend. I love you.”
Considering the current state of Nigeria, Mavin records boss, Don Jazzy, has voiced out his opinion on the possible way to tackle the country’s challenges.
Responding to a question on ways youths can help reshape the current situation of the country, Don Jazzy stated that it’s all about identifying where the leaders have failed and learn from it to avoid further occurrence.
According to him, “We need to know where exactly our fathers failed and be determined not to make the same mistakes.”
Speaking about the style of life he would like his kids to have, the music producer was asked if he would allow his kids speak the popular Nigerian Pigin English or he will allow them follow the trend of the grammarians, but replied with a yes.
He said, “I no kuku sabi speak English. So them no get choice.”
The Kogi State Police Command has directed all licensed holders of guns and other firearms in the state to report to its headquarters latest by July 22, 2015.
This is contained in a statement issued in Lokoja, Kogi State capital, on Friday, by the command headquarters.
It said the holders of the guns and firearms should report with their firearms irrespective of whether the licence was obtained from the state or any other state, and irrespective of their renewal status.
The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sola Collins Adebayo, who signed the statement, said the action was informed by the need to re-validate the licences of the existing holders of such firearms.
According to the statement, the exercise has become necessary in view of the proliferation of firearms and the recent surge in cases of armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent crimes associated with the use of firearms in the state.
It said any holder of firearms that fails to heed the directive, but later found to be in possession of firearms of any calibre, would be made to face the law.
“The case will be treated as being in possession of unlawful firearm and such person will be made to face the full wrath of the law,” it said.
The police in the statement also urged the public to buy into its efforts to rid the state of all forms of crime by supplying it with useful information that may lead to the arrest of criminals in any part of the state.
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Tragedy was averted on Friday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 in Lagos following a ground collision of two planes belonging to FirstNation Airways.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a similar incident had occurred at the airport on July 6, following the collision of two planes belonging to Emirates and Hak Air.
NAN gathered that Friday’s incident, which happened at about mid-day, involved two Airbuses 330 conveying about 250 passengers.
The two planes had their bodies partially damaged as a result of the collision.
A source at the airport told NAN that one of the planes was taxiing from the runway to MMA2 to disengage passengers, while the other aircraft was preparing to take off to Port-Harcourt Airport from the same terminal.
The source alleged that the pilot may have been misdirected by the marshals to taxi to the wrong part of the apron.
According to the source, the Port-Harcourt bound aircraft was parked at Gate 4 while the arriving aircraft was bound for the Gate 3 of the terminal.
However, the source claimed that the marshals misdirected the arriving aircraft to the same gate as the parked aircraft which led to their wings brushing each other.
Following the incident, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority immediately grounded both aircraft while passengers were asked to disembark by the airline.
NAN further gathered that the refunds of tickets were made to passengers on the Port-Harcourt bound aircraft by the airline.
The NCAA also confirmed the incident in a statement issued by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr. Fan Ndubuoke.
Ndubuoke said no passenger was hurt and that the incident had been referred to the Accident Investigation Bureau for further investigation.
He also reiterated NCAA’s commitment to safety and security of passengers.
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Six people have been killed in clashes between anti-coup protesters and Egyptian police in a city adjacent to Cairo, the health ministry said.
Supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi had held small marches in Giza after the Friday morning prayers for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
State news agency MENA quoted an interior ministry source as saying security forces intervened and arrested 15 armed Muslim Brotherhood members.
Anadolu News Agency reported several protests in the Giza neighbourhoods of al-Haram, Nahra and al-Omraniya following the prayers, adding that security forces responded by firing live bullets.
In the city of Alexandria, in the country’s north, security forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters, sources there told Al Jazeera.
Protests by the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood have largely faded under a tough security crackdown, but smaller rallies are held regularly by Egyptians protesting against the coup that removed Morsi from power in 2013.
Al Jazeera
Nigeria U-23 coach, Samson Siasia has promised that Congo U-23 team will fall in Sunday’s African U-23 Championship qualifier billed for the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt.
Claude LeRoy’s wards eliminated Ghana’s Black Meteors to reach this stage and will seal a place in the 2015 edition of the African U-23 championship which serves as Olympic qualifiers for Rio 2016.
“I am very confident that Nigerians who will troop out en masse to see our match on Sunday will see one of the best displays ever by the Dream Team,” Siasia told the media at the Hotel Presidential abode of the team.
“As a team, my boys have always created chances, but our greatest problem has been to convert these chances to goals.
“We have been doing a lot of work in this critical area and if what I have seen in training of recent is anything to go by, then I can assure Nigerians that these boys will make them proud by scoring enough goals against the Congolese come Sunday,” he concluded.
Kenya’s Anthony Ogwayo will be the center referee and he will be assisted by compatriots Gilbert Cheruiyot, Joshua Achila and Andrew Juma Otieno. he match commissioner is Alim Konate Aboubakar from Cameroon.
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Federal prosecutors in Brazil have opened a formal inquiry into possible “influence peddling” by former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The investigation will look into whether Lula improperly used his connections overseas to benefit Latin America’s largest engineering firm, Odebrecht.
In May, prosecutors in the capital Brasilia said they had opened a preliminary investigation into the matter, saying the former leader had frequently travelled abroad at Odebrecht’s expense after leaving office, from 2011 until 2014.
The inquiry announced on Thurday puts the legacy of one of Brazil’s most popular former leaders on the line at a time when some are calling for the impeachment of his chosen successor, President Dilma Rousseff, for alleged campaign finance irregularities.
A spokeswoman for Lula’s institute, the Instituto Lula, said the institute was surprised by the news, and thought the inquiry had been escalated too quickly, the Reuters news agency said. She added that Lula’s travels were completely legal.
In their preliminary inquiry, prosecutors cited media reports that Brazil-based Odebrecht had won contracts in countries including the Dominican Republic and Cuba after Lula met with their leaders, travelling at Odebrecht’s expense.
Lula may have also improperly influenced Luciano Coutinho, president of the state-run development bank BNDES, when it approved loans for Odebrecht projects abroad, prosecutors said.
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The Peoples Democracy Party has condemned the Department of State Services over the invasion and occupation of the residence of a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisah Metuh, said the action of the DSS amounted to a violation of the rights of the former NSA and was contrary to the constitution of the country and the tenets of democracy.
He stressed that the invasion of the residence of the former NSA was unacceptable in a democratic setting.
Metuh made the comment while speaking with journalists at John Kadiya Street, Asokoro, residence of Dasuki in Abuja, on Friday.
The PDP Spokesman was turned back at the gate of Dasuki’s residence by operatives of the commission, who insisted that the residence was under security watch.
Metuh said while Nigerians elected Buhari because they wanted him, the actions of some of his aides were scary to the citizenry as they were taking the country back to the dark days of military dictatorship.
He said, “I came into Abuja today because I read the situation about the invasion of the house of the former NSA and his detention, house arrest and other matters. So I drove to his house as a personal friend to see him and to find out what is happening. Then about seven or eight security operatives came out and they said I cannot see him because the house is under security watch.
“And I asked them: security watch in terms of treason, or in terms of terrorism, or what? I need to know, and they said they are not in a position to say. And why I asked this question is that if it is under security watch, on account of corruption or on account of any other reason, it is totally against the constitution of this country.
“This is a democracy, and the democratic tenets and principles apply. The fact is that we deserve basic freedom, liberties and movements associated with democracy. The truth is that Nigerians are getting scared; we voted for our President, they voted for the President and he was duly elected. Nigerians wanted him, Nigerians voted for him, and now he is the father of the nation, he is the father of everyone, he is not serving any other interest.
“But there are certain activities, as it is happening now, by some of his aides and people around him. It is like they are taking us back to the military era. The last time this happened was under the military.”
He urged the Federal Government to stop treating those who served in the last administration under President Goodluck Jonahan as prisoners of war.
He said what the PDP lost was an election and not a war.
He called on the government to ensure that those suspected to have committed any act against the laws of the country were handled according to the stipulations of the law.
“There has never been any situation where people would be held against their will. It is completely against his fundamental human rights and we should be careful here. We should be very careful because this is how it started in Zimbabwe, this is how it started in other countries.
“Before you know it, we have a dictatorship, you cannot scare us, we are not guilty because we served under a former President, we are not guilty because we lost an election, we are not losers in a war. We lost an election, not a war, we are not prisoners of war and we should not be treated like prisoners of war.
“What we demand is respect, there is the rule of law, we will not condone corrupt activities or any other illegal or unlawful act,” he added.
Credit: Punch
