Celebrity Dating History: Anna Kendrick

                                                                    Anna Kendrick

We see Kendrick in Drinking Buddies this week alongside Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson and Ron Livingston, so we take a look at her off screen dating history!

Following her appearance in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Kendrick began dating director Edgar Wright in 2009 until recently when the couple split. It was reported that the split was amicable.  

The pair kept their

Chris Brown Arrested for Felony Assault

Chris Brown was arrested for allegedly assaulting a man this morning (27.10.13).

The 'Fine China' singer was picked up by police in Washington, DC, at around 4.30am this morning after getting into an altercation with an unnamed male outside the W Hotel, according to TMZ.

The 24-year-old star has been charged with felony assault and is still in custody at a local police station, and his alleged victim is still in hospital undergoing treatment.

According to the report, Chris was arguing with the man outside the hotel in the early hours of this morning and things quickly turned physical as the star "began punching" the man.

Law enforcement sources say the 'Yeah 3X' rapper - who was in town to host a party at the nearby Park and 14th nightclub - wasn't under the influence of any substances or alcohol at the time of his arrest.

Chris is still on probation for assaulting his former girlfriend 

Brad Pitt Stops Using Soap?

The actor has decided to forgo traditional methods of washing and is reportedly cleaning himself with a combination of lemons, water and apple cider vinegar, as he thinks it is better for the environment.

A source said: "Brad says he's read up on the toxins of soap - especially the antibacterial ones - and feels that using them and antiperspirants is not only bad for the planet, but it also speeds up the ageing process in humans."

However, the star's move hasn't been such a hit with his fianceeAngelina Jolie - who says he smells "like a sheepdog" - and their six children; Maddox, 12, Pax, nine, Zahara, eight, Shiloh, seven and five-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.

The source continued: "Angelina was revolted - and their kids even started calling him 'Stinky Daddy'.

"Angie agreed to humour him only as long as they weren't on the same continent."

Brad, 49 is currently filming 'Fury' in London, while Angelina, 38, is directing her second movie, 'Unbroken', in Australia. They are said to be planning to meet up in Hong Kong before Christmas.

We’ve been monitoring Iran —Eaglets

Nduka Ugbade

Golden Eaglets assistant coach Nduka Ugbade says the  team have been working on plans to beat Iran in their UAE 2013 FIFA  Under-17 World Cup Round of 16 clash in Al Ain City on Tuesday, after monitoring their last game.

The Eaglets, who have won the  tournament  three times, face a tough task to beat the hard tackling   Iranians  to reach the quarterfinals.

“We have been keeping tabs on all our likely opponents and I paid so much attention to the game between Iran and Austria on Friday,  which they won 1-0,” the former Super Eagles defender,  who captained Nigeria to win the maiden edition of the Under-17 World Cup in China  in 1985, said.

“The Iranians are a good side no doubt, but with all modesty, we should be able to cope well against them.”

The Tunisia’94 Africa Cup of Nations winner said the  Eaglets were  determined to win the tournament for the fourth-time, saying the players would give their best against Iran.

Ugbade hailed the team’s attacking game, which has yielded 14 goals in the competition so far, saying the Eaglets would not rest on their laurels.

“Of course, we are getting better since we defeated Mexico (6-1)   and the boys  did well against Iraq on Friday with a 5-0 win,  but  I have no doubt that we would overcome the Iranians if we can correct some specific lapses we have noticed,” he said.

Meanwhile, chief coach  Manu Garba says his team still have some problems, despite their 5-0 hammering of Iraq on Friday.

 “Iraq gave their best and I want to commend them. But despite our victory, we have noticed some lapses too, which would be corrected as we move on,” Manu said.

“We would get better as the tournament progresses. We did not have any quality friendly matches before the beginning  of the tournament and I believe we can always get better.”

Jokes of the Day

Two British Men and An Ibo Woman at the Bar

An Igbo lady sat together with two white guys @ Golden Tulip bar in Lagos waiting to be served.
The
barman came over to take their orders. As everyone can tell... western
wines and beverages are mostly named after their founders.
The British guy made his order; �??Johnny Walker, single�??.
The American guy said �??Jack Daniels, single�??.
The barman finally turned to the Igbo lady and asked....and you madam?
The lady replied �??Ngozi Okafor, married"

Naija Jokes- Make I Follow Oyibo

E get dis particular restaurant wey i dey chop for wuse. E get one oyibo wey dey always come chop there too. Any time dis oyibo chop finish, him go shout “heey!”, so i wonder wetin dey make am shout. I decide to chop wetin di oyibo dey always chop so maybe me self go shout too. When i reach d restaurant last week friday, I order wetin di man dey chop, dem tell me say na chicken and red wine, so i chop am. I surprise say i no shout, i even collect xtra plate, but i still no shout. Na then i just vex ask 4 my bill. The waiter tell me say one plate of chicken and red wine na N45,000, then d xtra plate na another 45,000 na then i come shout heyyyyyyyyy! heyyyyyyyyy!! heyyyyyyyy!!! heiiiiiiiiiii!!!!… till i reach house i still dey shout..

Naija Jokes- Slap Galour

I went to a cinema with Akpos, on getting to the cinema we saw a bald guy, I showed the guy to Akpos and said “Look at fresh head, this one is good to slap, but I’m afraid of the guy’s face”.

Akpos then said to me “Baba T, you fear a lot, I will slap that head and nothing will happen”.

I dared him to do it and he went to where the guy was sitting and gave him a HOT SLAP on his head. The guy was surprised, and wanted to react, then Akpos said “Baba T, so you are here, and we have been looking for you at home!”

The guy responded “I’m not Baba T, maybe we look alike”, Akpos murmured “maybe.”

After some minutes In the cinema, Akpos called me again and said “BabaT, I will slap that guy again and nothing will happen.” I answered “ok”

He went to the guy, gave him a hot slap and said “BabaT stop lying, I say na u be dis…” The guy said to him angrily “I’m not Bros Feranmi, please, let me be”.  The guy then left that seat and went to the front seat.

After some minutes Akpos called me and said “BabaT, I will slap that guy again and nothing will happen.” This time i told him that “if anything happens, I will pretend I don’t know him.”

He stood up, went to the front seat, gave the guy a very hot slap and said “BabaT, so na here you dey, I come dey slap another person for back!”

Do you think Akpos can try it one more time and go scot-free again?

3 policemen shot dead in Egypt

Cairo - Gunmen on Monday killed three policemen in Egypt, where attacks against security forces have been on the rise in the face of a bloody crackdown against Islamists, security officials said.

The assailants opened fire on the policemen who were posted near the University of Mansura in Egypt's Nile Delta region, before fleeing, one source said.

Since the army's ouster of the country's first freely elected president, Islamist Mohammed Morsi, near-daily attacks targeting security forces have left dozens dead, particularly in the lawless Sinai peninsula.

The interim government installed by the army accuses pro-Morsi Islamist groups of being behind the attacks.

Jihadist movements have claimed many of the attacks, slamming what they call a brutal military coup and have demanded Morsi's return to power.

Since 14 August, when policemen and soldiers killed hundreds of pro-Morsi demonstrators in Cairo as they dispersed two huge protest camps, over 1 000 have died in the crackdown.

More than 2 000 members and supporters of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood have also been arrested since August, including Morsi and its top leadership, who will face trial for inciting the killing of protesters.

Mark’s comment ridicules Onosode – ASUU

Deacon Gamaliel Onosode

The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, University of Ibadan chapter, has condemned the statement of Senate President David Mark on the competence of those who negotiated the 2009 agreement with ASUU on behalf of the Federal Government.

The union said the Senate President’s remarks ridiculed the leader of the Federal Government’s team, Deacon Gamaliel Onosode.

It therefore demanded an apology for Onosode.

Mark had last Wednesday derided the government’s negotiators, saying ASUU took advantage of their ignorance.

“They (ASUU) found that those who were sent there (government negotiating team led by Onosode) simply didn’t know their right from their left,” the Senate President had said when the strike by ASUU came up for debate on the floor of the senate.

At the end of a congress held at UI on Friday, the chapter chairman of ASUU, Dr. Olusegun Ajiboye, asked Mark to tender an apology to Onosode, saying the elder statesman deserved respect from Nigerians.

He said, “Onosode is a man of proven integrity, and impeccable character. He deserves better than the colour painted of him by the Senate President. The Congress respects the personality of Onosode, an alumnus of the University College Ibadan, who has served as the Chairman of governing councils of UI and University of Lagos and a successful businessman who has served the country in various intervention capacities.

“The congress condemns these disparaging comments and demands that the Senate President apologises to this elder statesman. Can we actually trust these characters to midwife any intervention with a bias and myopic construction myth makes right? Where else in the world are senators earning bogus allowances as we have in the National Assembly? We challenge the Revenue Allocation, Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission to publish salaries and allowance of the senate president for Nigerians to see how patriotic he is to the true state of the economy.”

Ajiboye also asked the upper legislative house to be alive and sensitive to national issues, saying President Goodluck Jonathan, who was then the Vice President when the agreement with ASUU was signed, instructed the government team to sign the agreement.

He also said that Mark’s statement smirked of disbelief about his knowledge of national issues as he was already the head of the senate when the agreement was signed.

Meanwhile, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent a petition against the Federal Government to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights over the ongoing strike by university lecturers.

The petition was sent to the committee through the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navi Pillay, on October 25, 2013 and signed by its Executive Director, Mr. Adetokunbo Mumuni.

SERAP in the petition described the inability of the government to honour its agreement with ASUU as a fundamental breach.

It said that though the government in 2009 agreed with ASUU to improve the governance structures and funding for the operation of universities across the country but that conditions of service for members of the country’s universities remained poor.

The group asked the UN Committee to “demand that the Nigerian government should urgently and fully implement its agreement with ASUU and ensure sufficient funding of universities across the country.”

It added, “The Committee should put pressure on the government to promote, protect and fulfil the right to education for the sake of millions of Nigerian children that continue to be denied this fundamental human right.

“As the UN Committee has stated, states must take deliberate, concrete and targeted steps as clearly as possible towards meeting the obligations recognised in the covenant. But the persistent refusal by the government to sufficiently fund the country’s universities, and honour its own agreement to ASUU is a deliberate retrogressive measure, and shows lack of good faith.”

APC to Jonathan: You are shielding Oduah

 

President Goodluck Jonathan

The All Progressives Congress has said that the Goodluck Jonathan administration may end up as the most corrupt in Nigeria’s history.

The party, in its first official reaction to the the  N255m bulletproof car scandal involving the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, said it was appalled at the manner Jonathan was handling  the  matter.

  “We now understand why corruption has grown wings under the Jonathan Presidency, and why the administration may well go down as the most corrupt in the country’s history,” it said in a statement by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday.

The statement was made available to journalists just as the  Nigerian  Civil Aviation Authority  said it had no  documents relating to the purchase of   the controversial   cars.

The APC    said it reached  its conclusion on the Jonathan Presidency   after juxtaposing the evidence that  had so far  come out of the car scandal with  the actions so far taken by the President.

 It pointed out that the handling of the scandal  was a test case  for the  Jonathan  government’s  anti-corruption war.

 The statement   warned that  Jonathan might be considered   an accessory to  the scandal  if he continued  to shield Oduah from facing the consequences of  her alleged indiscretion.

The statement reads in part,“It has now emerged that the money spent on  the  cars was not appropriated, which is a violation of the Nigerian constitution; that due process was not followed in buying the cars, as the Bureau of Public Procurement has testified, and that the minister, who was said to have approved the purchase , violated the law by approving an expenditure over the N100m limit.

“These revelations make the Oduahgate a straightforward case that should have been summarily dealt with by the President. Instead, he has engaged himself in rigmarole by setting up a diversionary administrative panel in what is now looking like an orchestrated ploy to buy time, hoping this issue will die down and the minister will escape being sanctioned.

“Unfortunately for Mr. President, Oduahgate is not just another scandal, but a referendum on his administration’s fight against corruption, and on the legacy he intends to leave in this critical area.”

APC also accused Jonathan of “thumbing his nose at Nigerians,” who have expressed outrage at the action of the minister, by approving her trip to travel to Israel as part of his entourage.

According to the party, no one believes the ‘dummy’ being sold to the public, that Oduah  was denied access to the President in Israel.

It added that “the egregious act of putting the minister on his(Jonathan) entourage, at a time she is at the centre of a terrible scandal, calls to question the President’s sense of propriety and his commitment to the war against corruption.”

The opposition party further observed that the body language of the President over the matter was sending a signal to ministers that it was alright to be corrupt.

It also  wondered whether the President was aware of the joke going the rounds that   five “super ministers  that  he can neither sanction nor remove, irrespective of their actions,”   were  ferreting out fundsfor his 2015 war chest.

But   the  Peoples Democratic Party, said the opposition, especially the  APC, was in not in a  position to accuse the Jonathan administration of corruption.

It described the APC as a party peopled by  those  whose main business is corruption

 “The APC lacks the moral right to accuse our dear President and our great party of corruption. Most of the opposition  leaders ought to be behind bars.

“We are happy  the   President   has set up a committee and has ordered for an investigation into the  issue. This shows  that he  has respect for the law, “the PDP  through its  Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Abubakr  Jalo, told one of our correspondents.

It therefore advised the APC  “ to remove the log in its  eyes before removing the speck from the eyes of others.”

Sisters with Soul Concert: Mary J Blige recognises and invites Tiwa Savage on stage

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At the age of 16, Tiwa Savage was already a backup singer for the likes of George Michael,Mary J. Blige, Chaka Khan, Emma Bunton and many others. During her

Funke Akindele Joins Nigerian Fashion Designers to Promote Cancer Awareness

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Over the weekend, Nollywood actress Funke Akindele was spotted doing some charity work with the Rotary Club of Nigeria. They had a bike-a-thon, were they rode bicycles around town, promoting an “End Polio” campaign.

12 shocking facts about Nigeria

Some years ago, a brilliant lecturer of mine (now late) said something about Nigeria that I waved aside as an exaggerated expression of patriotism. He told my class then that he had travelled to many places in the world and had finally come to the conclusion that Nigeria is the most blessed nation on the planet. I knew Nigeria was blessed but I couldn’t understand how he could boldly claim that top position for Nigeria: yes we have oil, gas, landmass–in fact, abundant natural and human resources, but was that enough?

Fast-forward to September, 2011. By this time

FIFA U-17 World Cup: My Eaglets not technically deficient, Garba replies critics

Golden Eaglets coach, Manu Garba has argued that it was unfair for his players to receive thumbs down after their 3-3 display against Sweden on Tuesday, at the on-going FIFA Under-17 World Cup here in the United Arab Emirate.

The Eaglets came from behind to share the points with the Swedes, after an emphatic 6-1 thrashing of Mexico in their group F opening game. The team on Tuesday looked out-maneuvered by the Sweden and Nigerian fans were to concluded that the team was deficient especially in the defence.

But coach Garba said that  that it was wrong for people to say that, pointing out that: “This is an Under-17 team and none of them have experience. You do not expect them not to make some mistakes at times.

“I do not think we have struggled in this tournament or at the CAN Junior event. We

FG signed N1.2trn to fund varsities in 4 years, not N500bn

Prof Ukachukwu Aloysius Awuzie is the immediate past President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the current Ag Vice Chancellor, Imo State University. In this interview with Vanguard Learning, he bares his mind on the major issues bedeviling the education sector 53 years after independence; the on-going ASUU strike, pertinent issues government and other stakeholders must resolve to regain the lost glory of the nation’s education sector, among others. Excerpt:

The nation’s public universities look like grave yard due to the ongoing ASUU strike and failure of Federal government to accede to ASUU’s demands (cuts in)

No, not to accede to ASUU’s demands, but to honour an agreement which it willingly entered into and signed with the union. There are no more demands. ASUU has already made its demands long before now when the union went into agreement with government. So the issue is that government has refused to implement what it signed with the union.

But government recently earmarked N130bn to settle the NEEDS Assessment implementation programmes for varsities and staff’s Earned Allowance. Are these not enough for ASUU to

ASUU Strike: UNILORIN students call for truce

Even though they unaffected by the protracted strike embarked by public university lecturers, students of the University of Ilorin have appealed to both the Federal Government and the striking lecturers to consider the plights of students, and reach a truce that will end the three months strike.

The students, who have just resumed for the new academic session lamented that they are not happy seeing their colleagues from other schools staying at home while they are in school receiving lectures.

Speaking with Quadlife, the students bemoaned the uncaring attitude of government towards education in the country, and urged them to return to negotiation table with the striking lecturers to discuss ways of ending the strike as soon as possible.

“I am not happy with the way the Federal Government is handling this matter; they seem careless about the plights of Nigerian students because their own children are either in abroad or private universities studying without any distraction. I passionately appeal to both FG and ASUU to resume negotiations and find ways to end this embarrassing strike, said Sirajdeen Alabede, a 400l Geography and Environmental Management student.

Alarape Wasiu, a 400 Level Agricultural Science student stressed that no nation can develop with a retrogressive and decayed education system, saying that education remains the only viable option to a secure and egalitarian society. His words: “I am not happy seeing my friends in other schools staying hopelessly at home owing to the irresponsibility of our government. A nation that fails to educate its people will remain unsafe and unsecure. The federal government should please meet the demands of ASUU for the betterment of our education sector and for the good of the country,” he urged.

Cholera Outbreak: How vendor, four others died mysteriously

Shock, pandemonium, and fear gripped Lagosians as another five persons from Ago area of Lagos 

reportedly died of cholera recently. Before now, three persons were confirmed dead out of the 13

 cases reported to the Ministry of Health.

Sunday, 25, a newspaper vendor in Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos state was found dead on the staircase of a residential building in the area recently. It was also discovered that another young man who tried helping the deceased in his helpless state to the hospital  died few hours after Sunday’s death.   Comments from neighbours suggested that he stooled and vomited profusely the previous day.

Chika Eze, a resident in a wing of the complex located by Marcity bus-stop, Ago, Lagos told Saturday Vanguard how Sunday, from Abia State who made the corridor of the complex his home had shown no sign of illness until the day before  his death eating African Salad popularly known as

‘Skelewu’ saga: Davido, director blast critics

After dropping two music videos and one instructional dance video, Davido’s “Skelewu” is still the talk of the town. This is not because it’s one of Nigeria’s biggest pop songs of the year but simply because of it’s multiple videos.

*Davido

During the week, Davido tried to dispel the criticisms trailing the video on his  Twitter account. He wasn’t the only person who has reacted to the criticisms. The director of the final video, Moe Musa has also reacted. Overwhelmed by critique on Twitter when the video dropped last Monday, Musa  tweeted, “ Love  it or hate it, it’s your issue not mine… All you haters out there are full of s**t, lol. ”

Before now, reports said, Davido was not pleased with what Moe Musa shot in the UK for his hit single and planned to shoot another video with Clarence Peters”.

He was said to have already paid Clarence Peters the sum of N7million to shoot a perfect video for him.ncouraged from the feed-back.

Jokes of the Days

WHO YOU BE?

A Nigerian Soldier was re-deployed to Borno from Warri. While the soldier was in Borno, he received a letter from his girlfriend, Rukewe. She explained that while he was away, she had slept with 2 guys and she wanted to break up with him and she wanted her pictures in his possession back. So the soldier did what any Waffi boy would do. He went around and collected unwanted photos of women he could find. He sent them through ABC transport, about 25 pictures of women to Rukewe with the following note: I no remember which one you be, remove your picture and send the rest back….

CHEATING DURING BIOLOGY EXAM

During a Biology exam, the first question was:

“Draw the female reproductive organ.”

As the exam was progressing, Ehis saw Obehi bending down to look between her legs,

so Ehis raised his hands and shouted at the top of his lungs, “Sir, Obehi is copying from the original!”

OSOGONO DON DELETE?……

I called a shildhood friend who lives in Warri to ask after a common friend of ours, Osogono, and asked “if e full ground?”
Shildhood Friend: Shuo! You no aware?
Me: Wetin? Wetin? Osogono don delete?
Shildhood Friend: Abeg clear! Na so person dey quick die? Na fawol?
ME: Oya no vex. Detail me the gist?
Shildhood Friend: Not to hin. No be Sogogbish dey do first-to-die with one kpomushele for Bendel Estate…
ME: I dey hear.
Shildhood Friend: Not to small thing o. No do no do, na so Sogogbish preg the babe.
ME: How that one come be new edition?
Shildhood Friend: I go quench the gist if u shook mouth put again o!
ME: No provoke. Dey relate the gist.
Shildhood Friend: Last month na hin yawa gas o! All this while wey Sogogbish dey comb the babe, our guy no fit decode say she… The babe… Na second verse for one Rear Admiral anthem!
ME: YAWA!
Shildhood Friend: Na so I dey toilet dey kaka for Sogogbish bink I just hear Gboaaa!!! 5 naval guys just matching matching the door. Before I say make I clean kaka… Gbooaaah again!! Them don enter Sogogbish room.
ME: Where Sogogbish come dey?
Shildhood Friend: Aiiiiiiii, if you see the beat them beat me? Me wey I no see the babe kpekus… If u see the kpokporing. I for no kuku clean yansh na… I kaka for body na!
ME: Wia Sogo..?
Shildhood Friend: Sogogbish dislink through ceiling. And I warn am… I warn am say this Admiral babe wey you dey RETWEET anyhow…

I’ve disappointed critics of my musical career – Ego

Singer Ego Ihenacho Ogbaro believes music has made her a deeper person. The petite lady was the only female vocalist with Lagbaja’s band until she left to pursue a solo career in 2007. She has backed-up for the masked musician on several tracks including ‘Konko Below’ and ‘Nothing For You’ but her soulful wailing in ‘Never far Away’, a track in Lagbaja’s ‘Africano’ album, remains indelible in the minds of fans. Ego spoke with Saturday Vanguard  recently about her life after split from Lagbaja
Enjoy .

Who was Ego as a child?

*Ego

I was a very stubborn child and I am still very stubborn(chuckles) because I always wanted my way. It was my way or no way. Although I was a lively child, I didn’t let things get to me or weigh me down.  I easily get angry and  I think I am just myself.

How has it been since you left Lagbaja ?

I always knew that I wanted to sing and it was just a matter of time before the dream manifested.

What I wanted to do was totally different from what I was doing with Lagbaja. It was the same music thing but in a different way. Yes, people would have their doubts and not even know what direction I was going.

It was a step that I had to take, something I had to prove and had to show the world that I knew what I wanted and I was moving in the right direction. So, it’s natural for people to feel that way and have doubts. So far, it’s been good.

How long did you work with  him ?

I  worked with him as a solo artiste for 12years and I learnt a lot from him, like hard work and

Rihanna asked to tone down raunchy image to become cartoon character

Los Angeles - Rihanna is being asked to tone down her image so she can be made into a cartoon character.

The Stay singer is being sought by DreamWorks Animation studios, who want to make a character out of her, but first they want her to agree to promote a more wholesome lifestyle.

A source says the company's CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg, wants to "globalise and sanitise her image for the widest possible audience".

The source added to RadarOnline.com: "Jeffrey has been tracking Robyn [Rihanna's birth name] for a couple of years. He is a huge fan and believes the sky's the limit if she can clean up her

Free online course for African entrepreneurs: meet Rebecca Harrison of AMI

Rebecca Harrison is director at African Management Initiative (AMI), an organisation that aims to provide business skills to one million African managers before 2025. They hope to achieve this goal by offering a range of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC) and other online resources, due to launch next January. She answers our questions.

How did you end up launching an online course about business for Africans?
We started by conducting research about the management gap in Africa. We discussed making business education more practical and more relevant, and developing a more scalable approach.

We launched the AMI Virtual Campus, a place where managers can gather and find resources from leading business schools from the continent.

Next January, we are relaunching and rebranding. We will offer a MOOC with a blend of online and offline elements. We have an ambitious goal: to reach one million managers within the next decade. We want to reach a critical mass and

Getting a good idea for your future business

Getting a good idea for your future business is arguably the single most important step in its success. Depending on implementation, a good idea can beget both successful or unsuccessful businesses, but a bad egg never makes a good chicken. All the flaws in your idea will get amplified as times passes by and entropy takes its toll. You want the core idea of your business to be resilient to bad luck.

Thus, it is urgent not to hurry. Take your time and think hard and long about your business project!

Define the constraints (lack of knowledge, of time, of money, of resources) that will impose boundaries on your vision. Define what your business idea is NOT about.

Everybody has ideas. There is no lack of them in the world. Most of them are blurry. What lacks is the kind of ideas that has been hardened, refined and expanded with great care until they show a

Nigeria says killed 95 Boko Haram fighters

Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP)

Nigeria’s army said Friday it had killed 95 suspected Boko Haram fighters in raids in the country’s northeast, as gunmen from the Islamist group battled security forces in a neighbouring area.

The army, which is battling to crush a four-year Islamist uprising in Nigeria, said it deployed bombs and ground troops to destroy insurgent camps in Borno on Thursday.

Army spokesman Mohammed Dole said that “74 suspected militants” were killed in the assault outside the Borno capital Maiduguri, where Boko Haram was founded more than a decade ago.

The operation followed an assault Monday on Boko Haram camps in another part of Borno, which the military said left 37 Islamists dead.

In a separate outbreak of violence, suspected Islamist fighters stormed the city of

Los Angeles - Mariah Carey has likened her painful shoulder injury to giving birth.

The #Beautiful hitmaker has been confined to a sling since July after taking a severe fall and dislocating her shoulder on the set of a music video, and she says the traumatic experience was not too dissimilar to the pain she felt giving birth to two-year-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe.

She told E! News: "I feel like I have suffered the toughest experience of my life about several things; one was having twins and anybody who's ever had multiples will know it is one of the most difficult experiences ever but the reward is just beyond - I can't even explain how rewarding having these

Wizkid, Ice Prince, Tiwa Savage, lose out at MOBO Awards

Abuja - Nigerian artists Wizkid, Ice Prince, Tiwa Savage and Seun Kuti all turned out losers at this year's MOBO Awards held on Saturday, October 19.

The 18th edition of the awards ceremony which was held at the SECC Arena in Glasgow, Scotland for the third time saw Ghanaian Pop artist FUSE ODG walk away with

Ibaka residents demand N10bn compensation for development of sea port

Oron - Residents of Ibaka community in Ibaka Mbo Local Government, Akwa Ibom, on Friday asked for N10billion compensation to allow the Federal Government start the Ibaka Deep Sea port project.

The residents told journalists, who visited the Ibaka Seaport site, that they were ready to relocate for

A man pretending to be a repentant former member of terrorist sect Boko Haram has been apprehended by security agents in Enugu State. Daniel Danboyi, 35, was arrested by operatives of the Departmtubent of State Services (DSS) after it was alleged that he used his tall tale of repentance to extort money from well-meaning churches. Danboyi, who also goes by Shuaibu Shehu Rabiu, was said to have toured the country regaling intrigued church members with the fictitious story of how he was actively involved in the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents before he repented and became a Christian. Vanguard reports: The State Director of DSS, Mr. Victor Duru, who paraded the suspect in Enugu, said that Danboyi, a native of Garshi District, KuraFalls, Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, “has been going about duping innocent Nigerians, using religion as his tool.” According to him, the suspect was arrested at Mountain of Fire and MiraclesChurch, Zik Avenue, Enugu, in connection with Boko Haram activities Duru said: “He has been going about with a false testimony, deceiving people, duping and exploiting people in the name of religion. “He claims that he was a Boko Haram member, who has converted to Christianity.” He added that Danboyi began the deceit in 2001 in a church at Abuja.

Check out Wizkid's son, Boluwatife getting all stylish

Although Shola Ogudugu and Wizzy aren't seeing each other at the moment, they have two-year-old Boluwatife together and they're both proud of him. Wizzy tattooed his son's name, Boluwatife on his hand and has been showing him off these days. Bolu's mum too is sure a proud mother. Although she's presently seeing someone else, she doesn't hesitate to show off her issue from Wizzy to the world. Check out how stylish she can be with her son, Bolu looking all dope.

Jokes of the Day

LIBRARY BOOK

An Hausa man goes into a library to ask for a book on suicide, an Ibo man is the Librarian…

Hausa man: Pls do you have a book on suicide ??
Ibo man: Wetin u wan read that kind book for ??
Hausa Man: I wan commit suicide!
The Ibo man stares at him and says,

A married teaching assistant seduced a pupil

A married teaching assistant seduced a pupil more than 40 years her junior, a court has heard. Grandmother Elaine McKay, 57, is accused of starting a sexual relationship with the 15-year-old boy who she was helping to teach at school. She is also alleged to have incited the teenager, who cannot

Pirates have stormed an oil supply vessel off southern Nigeria and kidnapped the ship’s captain and chief engineer, both US citizens, a private security firm and US officials said Thursday. .....

Michael Jackson Remains Highest Earning Dead Celebrity

It's over two years since the King of Pop, Michael
Jackson, died but he is still killing it in the graveyard.
The iconic pop star, who died at 50, is making more
money than any other dead celebrity in Hollywood,
including Liz Taylor and Elvis, according to Forbes.
The magazine just released its annual list of top-
earning dead celebrities and this year, Michael Jackson
took back the crown from his good friend and fellow
dead-person Liz Taylor, last year's top-earner.
Here's the breakdown according to the mag: 1) Michael
Jackson, $160 million 2) Elvis, $55 million3) Charles
Schulz, $37 million4) Liz Taylor, $25 million5) Bob
Marley, $18 million.
MJ was No. 2 last year, but two successful Jacko-
inspired Cirque du Soleil shows have shot the King of
Pop back to the top.
Besides Liz Taylor's drop, the rest of the list contains
the usual suspects, Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Lee,
but there is one notable new name -- Mexican singer
Jenni Rivera, who died in a plane crash back in 2012.

Update Galaxy S4 I9500 To Official Android 4.3 [XXUEMJ5]

Official XXUEMJ5 Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update has
been rolled out for Galaxy S4 I9500 and those users
who haven’t got update via OTA can manually update
Galaxy S4 I9500 to XXUEMJ5 Android 4.3 using our
guide.

Those Galaxy Ace 2 I8160 users who were not able to
install this latest update via OTA can follow our guide
to manually install Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean on their
device using ODIN.

1. You have installed your Galaxy S4 I9500 USB
drivers on your PC.

2. You need to enable USB debugging mode which is
deactivated by default.

3. You smartphone should have 70-80% charge
remaining.

4. Backup your important data like Call logs, SMS
and other data in stored in phone memory so in
case if anything goes wrong, your data is not hurt.

5. The update is only meant for Galaxy S4 I9500, so
don’t other to try it on other variants.
How to Update Galaxy S4 I9500 to Official Android 4.3
[XXUEMJ5]

Step 1) Download XXUEMJ5 Android 4.3 official
firmware for Galaxy S4 I9500.

Step 2) Download ODIN v3.07 .

Step 3) Turn OFF your mobile and go to Download Mode
by pressing and holding the Volume Up + Home Buttons
together for few seconds followed by Power button until
you see Android logo with triangle on screen.

Step 4) Now open ODIN on your PC and connect your
Ace 2 I8160 to your computer.

Step 5) Once your phone is successfully connected to
your PC, the ID:COM box on ODIN will turn yellow and
will show the COM port number.

Step 6) Select the downloaded file to install by following
below steps:
Click on PDA and select file with HOME or CODE in its
name.
Now click on Phone and select file with MODEM in its
name. [Leave if there is no such file]
Next click on CSC and select file with CSC in its
name. [Leave if there is no such file]
At last click on PIT and select file with .pit . [Leave if
there is no such file]

Step 7) Again to to ODIN window and check Auto
Reboot and F. Reset Time options.

Step 8) Click on Start button in ODIN window to start
the installation process. The process will take few
minutes to complete.

Step 9) When the installation is completed, your phone
will restart.
Done. You have update your favorite Samsung Galaxy
S4 I9500 to official Android 4.3 Jelly Bean [XXUEMJ5].

Tlakula off the hook - for now

Cape Town - Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)
chair Pansy Tlakula is off the hook for now, after
technical mistakes by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela,
an ad hoc Parliamentary committee decided on
Thursday.
The committee was tasked with considering
Madonsela's report, which found Tlakula had played a
"grossly irregular" role in procuring the Riverside Office
Park building in Centurion, Pretoria.
A legal opinion tabled in the committee found
Madonsela had made several procedural mistakes - a
position accepted by all political parties represented on
the committee.
Committee chair Luwellyn Landers said the opinion
meant it would be illegal for the committee to take any
action based on Madonsela's report.
Both the public protector's office and the Independent
Electoral Commission (IEC) are chapter nine
institutions.
MPs said Parliament could not be seen to be impeding
the independence of the bodies.
"We are going to draft a report that says it is not
within our competency to take any action; that any
remedial action proposed in her [Madonsela's] report
will be dealt with in our report," Landers said.
"It will simply say something to the effect that
Treasury, the IEC and home affairs need to tighten up
any procurement processes in the IEC and that's it."
Parliament could not do anything more because of the
constitutional principle of separation of powers.
Overstepped mandate
Landers and Democratic Alliance MP James Selfe were
tasked by the committee to draft a report, which would
more than likely be formally adopted by MPs next
week.
Selfe said Madonsela had followed the wrong
processes, creating the impression that she had
overstepped her mandate.
"We think that it is illegal in terms of the way the
Electoral Act is written, read with the relevant
provisions of the Constitution.... It is impossible for
Parliament to do what the public protector is asking it
to do," Selfe said.
The public protector made two requests when
submitting her report to Parliament, Selfe said.
One was to ask the National Assembly Speaker to meet
the electoral commission, with the exception of the
chairperson, to look at Tlakula's allegation that the
report was in some way defective or biased.
The second, that the report be referred to the Electoral
Court, was branded as bizarre by MPs in the committee
because of the constitutional principle of separation of
powers.
Selfe said Madonsela had dealt with matters the wrong
way around.
"If it had been her [Madonsela's] intention to refer the
matter to the Electoral Court, she should have, on
finding evidence of prima facie misconduct, referred the
matter directly to the court," Selfe said.
"If the Electoral Court, after investigation, found that to
be the case, then the court would have produced a
report for the National Assembly which would have set
up an ad hoc committee to consider that report, and
then, if it was found she had indeed committed
misconduct, to recommend to the president that she be
dismissed."

Waje Releases Debut Album, Words Aren’t Just Enough (W.A.J.E)

Waje Releases Debut Album, Words Aren’t Just Enough (W.A.J.E)

Waje has finally released her debut album and it’s titled “Word Aren’t Just Enough.”

The album is available on iTunes, and features appearances from Tiwa Savage, Burna Boy, MI, Phyno, Eva Alordiah, J-Martins & Sarkodie. .........

Jonathan urges leaders to submit to biblical injunctions

Abuja - President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja called on leaders to submit to biblical injunctions, especially the need for love in the discharge of their duties.

Jonathan made the call at the 5th National Prayer Breakfast, organised by the National Assembly with the theme: "God in the life of national leaders for development."

The president, who was represented by the Minister of Labour, Emeka Wogu, also urged the leaders to always “seek the face of God in every decision or policy they make”.

 "In a secular setting like Nigeria, Christian leaders in all tiers of government must seek the face of God in the discharge of their duties whether in the executive

Wenger refuses to write off United

Arsene Wenger believes it is too early to write Manchester United out of the race for the Premier League title.

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The champions slipped up at the weekend when Southampton came from behind to claim a point in a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, leaving David Moyes’ side with just three wins from their opening eight league fixtures.

United trail leaders Arsenal by eight points -- and the champions are also just three points above the bottom three -- but Wenger, who has been in a similar situation to that facing Moyes, insists they are capable of fighting their way back into contention.

"It is too early. They are not out of the title race," Wenger said.

"We are only two points in front of all the others.

"Are Man United out of the title race? No, but of course 10 points starts to be a little gap."

Wenger continued: "If you have the choice, you want to be in the race at the top, but you cannot rule Man United out today.

"They have big players, big experience and they are a big club.

"It (points advantage) is three games basically, that is very quick in our league."

Wenger also claimed that he will only add to his squad in the January transfer window if the opportunity presents itself, saying he already has a “massive squad”.

The purchase of Mesut Ozil to the Gunners’ squad during the summer has helped them to make a strong start to the Premier League campaign, but Wenger says it is not essential to add to the squad again.

"We have a squad that is very, very good in quality and in numbers," Wenger said. "If there is a good opportunity to make another signing in January, why not? But we are not desperate now.

"It’s important to remember who is out injured because when they all come back in November and the beginning of December, then we have a really massive squad."

Arsenal targeted a new striker during the summer with Gonzalo Higuain and Luis Suarez linked to the club, but the form of Olivier Giroud has convinced Wenger that he is good enough to lead the line.

He said: "Maybe it was a bit of luck for Olivier that nobody came in. It meant he knew at the start of the season that he would get a chance to show just how good he is.

"And this season he has been amazing. His technical level has improved so much since he arrived here. Instead of always just thinking ‘I have to score’ he has become a real team player.

"I was always thinking that his second season with us would be the decisive one. We have seen that many times with many other players.

"To adapt to the kind of game we play takes time so I was not too worried when we didn’t bring in another striker because I knew it would give Olivier the chance to develop."