Chyna Duru's blog: June 2016

Monday, June 27, 2016

We will not surrender Benue to Fulani herdsmen - Ortom

Gov Ortom has said he will not surrender Benue state to the invading Fulani herdsmen, despite unending attacks on communities in the state

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said that a law to prohibit open grazing of cattle in his state will soon be enacted. The governor made this disclosure in Makurdi, Benue state capital on Monday, June 27, at the end of the Town Hall Meeting he held with stakeholders in the three senatorial zones of the state. According to him, his administration will not surrender Benue state to the invading Fulani herdsmen, despite unending attacks on communities in the state, Vanguard reports. However, Ortom revealed that his government would continue to support those who were prepared to ranch their cattle in the state.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma Says 'Harvard Rejected Him 10 Times'

Alibaba’s founder and CEO is the perfect example for persistence and determination.

From learning English a decade ago through giving free tours to tourists, to his rejection from KFC when he applied to work there, Jack Ma’s story is an inspiration we should all take notice of. Jack Ma was rejected from 3 universities, his first internet venture failed miserably and he failed many times in middle and high school for his lower grades.

Most impressive of all, Jack Ma was rejected from Harvard 10 times!

England Coach Roy Hodgson Resigns After His Team Loses To Iceland

Roy Hodgson resigned as England manager after his side's 2-1 defeat by Iceland saw them knocked out of Euro 2016.
The 68-year-old had been in charge for four years after replacing Italian Fabio Capello but has won just three of 11 games in major tournament finals.

Iceland - with a population of just 330,000 - were among the lowest-ranked teams in France at 34 in the world.
"I'm sorry it will have to end this way but these things happen," Hodgson said.
"I hope you will still be able to see an England team in a final of a major tournament soon.
"Now is the time for someone else to oversee the progress of a hungry and extremely talented group of players. They have done fantastically, and done everything asked of them."
Hodgson, who won 33 of his 56 games in charge, would have been out of contract at the end of the tournament and was set to have talks over having it renewed.

South Africa's President Zuma 'Must Repay $500,000 in Public Funds'

South Africa's treasury has recommended President Jacob Zuma pay back $509,000 (£385,000) to the government for upgrades made to his private home.

This comes after the country's highest court ruled earlier this year that Mr Zuma repay some of the $23m of public funds spent on his house in 2009.
The upgrades included an amphitheatre, pool, chicken run and cattle enclosure.
Mr Zuma must now repay the money - about 3% of the total spent - within 45 days.

An anti-corruption body, known as the public protector, ruled in 2014 that Mr Zuma had "unduly benefited" from the non-security renovations to his rural home in Nkandla in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.

Ever since things turned around for the Iree, Osun born bread hawker, Olajumoke Orisaguna, she has remained one of the most talked about Nigerians as her name rings a bell often.

The lucky mother of two children started singing a new song early this year when she photo bombed inspirational singer, T.Y Bello’s photo shoot. A lot of gifts including a 5 year free stay in a 3 bedroom apartment, from Sujimoto Construction Ltd., a modeling contract, scholarship for her children up to university level, several endorsements (from Stanbic IBTC, Pay-porte, Shirley’s Bakery, Biobak Restaurant) to mention a few have been showered upon her.

ENCOMIUM Weekly was again at her homestead, Iree, Osun State to speak to her family and mentor on her new life. These are what they said…

This was posted on Joro's instagram page, according to the poster, his gf whom he met in choir dept of the church sins christian songs while making love...lool!

Make-Up Free Close Up of Alicia Keys' face

The beautiful singer was bare faced at the BET Awards on Sunday.Alicia is on a no makeup movement as she has vowed to continue to go bare faced..She's flawless!

When Christina Torino-Benton's 9-month-old daughter started crying in the middle of her wedding ceremony in Montreal, the bride had no problem lowering her gown to breastfeed.

President Muhammadu Buhari insists he is still opposed to the devaluation of the naira despite the removal of the official peg by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

He was speaking in Abuja on Monday evening at the breaking of the Ramadan fast with the business community.

Buhari has consistently spoken against devaluation, but the CBN recently removed the official peg of N197-N200/$1 after 16 months, with the national currency already exchanging for over N370 in the parallel market.

An unfortunate camera angle or snapping a photo at the wrong moment can turn the most innocent image into something else.
And Imgur user MrGweiloHK recently shared the hilarious collection of images that look extremely rude the first time you look at them.He uploaded the collection, which has been viewed more than 24,000 simply saying 'just love those'

A 41-year-old man, Raymond Anyanwu, who reportedly raped and impregnated his 15 years old daughter, said that frustration led him into the act. Anyanwu, who committed the offence at Ajao Estate, Isolo, said:

“I started sleeping with my 15-year-old daughter sometime around January, after I lost my job. “I am a transporter, but I took to alcohol after I lost my job and could not meet up with my responsibilities as the head of the house.”

Watch new music video 'Do not call' by the US-based Nigerian maths professor, Lorens Chuno.Pleasde, do not forget to share.

2 Nigerian migrants,32 others going to Europe perish in Sahara Desert

Two Nigerian migrants seeking greener pastures in Europe, via Libya, have died in the Sahara Desert, within the borders of Niger.

Although the two Nigerians were not identified by the Nigerien authorities, they were among the 34 migrants, including 20 children, found dead in the vast desert after being abandoned by their smuggler, according to a statement read on Nigerien television on Wednesday.

The nationalities of other victims were not also revealed by the government.

Senate Passes Bill Which Will Mandate Government Agencies To Buy Made In Nigeria

The Nigerian senate at their sitting today passed the Public Procurement Amendment Bill. According to Senate President Bukola Saraki who announced this on his twitter handle, the bill will mandate Govt agencies to Buy Nigeria. The bill is also intended to encourage those who have chosen to invest in our country and "Make in Nigeria"

Nigerian Born Lorens Chuno, A Math Professor, Releases New Album

Since 2008, Lorens Chuno has played live sets that have been praised as “energy-filled", “captivating", and “educative". Over this period, the New York based Nigerian born musician has created a unique sound that can be broadly classified as West-African Jazz fusion. His warm and dynamic vocal style, along with his bold compositions, helps define this sound.

All the aforementioned qualities can be fully experienced in his new album, Naija Rhythm Affair, NYC. The songs are characterized by infectious jazz melodies, strong rhythms, and a rejuvenating energy that permeates. The singer describes the album as a collection of melodies and lyrics that address contemporary issues from the perspective of a new generation African. Having lived in the U.S. since his late teenage years in the early 2000's, and having traveled the world between then and now, Lorens Chuno is placed in the perfect position to address such issues.

Amber Rose celebrates her $1m-plus divorce settlement with Wiz Khalifa at strip club

Friendliest exes ever? Amber Rose has reached a settlement in her divorce with Wiz Khalifa and both are obviously pleased with how things went.

The couple celebrated the peaceful end of an amicable split by hitting up a strip club where they lavished money on scantily clad dancers, according to TMZ.

Shell To Pull Out Of 10 Countries

Royal Dutch Shell says it will exit oil and gas operations in 10 countries in a drive to deepen cost cuts and narrow its focus.

Speaking in London on Tuesday, Ben van Beurden, Shell’s chief executive officer, said the cuts were due to the company’s $54 billion acquisition of BG Group.
He expressed hope that the new cuts would help to boost Shell’s shares, which he said had underperformed rivals since the BG deal was announced in April 2015.

A sexy looking Caitlyn Jenner was spotted rocking a sheer crop top and pencil jeans in Malibu ..

Navy arrests 'main coordinator' of Niger Delta Avengers(Photo)

Image-The Nation

The Nigerian Navy said on Tuesday said it had apprehended the coordinator of series of attacks on oil and gas facilities in Delta. Speaking to newsmen at the Warri Naval Base,The Commander, NNS Delta, Commodore Raimi Mohammed, who presented the suspect alongside others allegedly involved in the act of vandalism and criminal activities in the maritime sector, described the arrest as a major breakthrough.He said

“I am pleased to announce that after several weeks of persistent effort the Nigerian Navy, in collaboration with other security agencies, have arrested the main coordinator of attacks on NNPC and Chevron oil and gas facilities.

A man named Allan Gieger (pictured), who was fed up with his 18-year-old son cruising the streets with his friends in the car that he bought for him, smoking pot, acting like a thug and being disrespectful, decided to teach him a lesson by putting the car up for sale online.

Immediately Allan took to US sales site Craigslist to offer his unnamed son's SUV and even indicated that he was willing to drop the price for local buyers during negotiations, the advert went viral and some parents online have been praising him for taking the decision. See the advert after the cut...

A judge on Tuesday threw out the murder convictions of Davontae Sanford who pleaded guilty to killing four people at age 14, a case which a lot of people had doubted for years especially after a professional hit man stepped forward and took responsibility for the murders at a drug den.
Judge Brian Sullivan acted at the request of the Wayne County prosecutor's office and lawyers for , Sanford who's now 23.

Sanford was arrested and convicted for murder in the 2007 fatal shootings of four people at a Detroit house. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder at age 15, because he was trying to please the Police. But after he got arrested, he withdrew his confession but it was already too late. Since his arrest, he had been trying to undo that plea for years, especially after hit man Vincent Smothers confessed to the murders.

The couple pictured trying to hide their faces while at a studio..See another below

One of Nigerians finest musicians, Falz has been nominated for the 2016 BET Awards Viewers’ Choice “Best New International Act” category.

Other nomieee include Emtee (South Africa), MHD (France), Tkay Maidza (Australia), WSTRN (UK) and Section Boyz (UK).

Actress Angela Okorie took to her IG page to pay tribute to her dog that died yesterday. She shared the photo above on her Facebook wall and wrote:

Don Jazzy and Tiwa Savage are currently in America and is pictured with Don Jazzy

Roc nation recently annouced their inetrest in Tiwa Savage.

Nigerian football icon stephen Okechukwu keshi died suddenly in the early hours of Wednesday in Benin City, Edo state, TheCable understands.

The former international football player and coach had lost his wife of 33 years, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer.

TheCable confirmed his death from a member of his family as well as one of his close associates.

“He was not ill at all, never showed any signs of illness, but we suspect he never got over the death of his wife,” a friend said.

He is survived by four children and his mother.

Forbes, on Monday, announced that Serena Williams has overtaken Maria Sharapova as the world’s highest-paid female athlete in the last one year, bringing in $28.9 million in prize money and endorsements over the year. The world No. 1 won three Grand Slams in 2015, reached the final of the year’s first two Slam events and added a major endorsement deal with Chase.

Restoration work starts on Jesus's tomb

A team of experts has begun restoring the ancient tomb in Jerusalem where Christians believe Jesus was buried, in the first such works for 200 years.
The renovation in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre aims to reinforce and conserve the structure.

Rivalry between the three denominations that run the church has delayed work.
But clerics from the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Armenian churches have put aside their differences, recognising the need to begin repairs.
The work will focus on the Edicule, the ancient chamber housing Jesus's tomb which Christians say stands above the spot where Jesus's body was anointed, wrapped in cloth and buried.

The last restoration work to take place there was in 1810 after a fire.
The Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Armenian authorities are responsible for running different parts of the church but share responsibility for the shrine.

Modupe Ozolua Shares Touching Photo Of A Child At IDP Camp in Borno

Modupe's foundation has been in Maiduguri for a while now to alleviate hunger and enable better living for those affected by Boko Haram issues....

Music star Waje has opened up on some of her misgivings in life as a single mum, stressing that she would make sure her daughter doesn't repeat the same mistakes she made by being put in the family way outside wedlock.

In a recent chat, the mother of one said: “I’m a mother but I know where to draw the line. It is because I don’t want her to make the same mistakes I made. I feel like some of the decisions I made was because I was raised differently...

Daughters of billionaire Femi Otedola have been featured in the DailyMail.They talk about not been influenced by their father's wealth and why they prefer to live in London than Nigeria.

They're heiresses to a billion dollar fortune and currently lead a jet-set lifestyle enjoying all the trappings of wealth.But the daughters of one of Africa's richest men say they are not content being rich and famous in his shadow, and instead want to work hard to make names for themselves in their own right. Cuppy Otedola, 23, and her sister Temi, 19, are well-known in their home country of Nigeria because their father is energy tycoon Femi Otedola, worth an estimated £650million.

He was listed as the 16th richest man in Africa by Forbes in 2015 and has million pound properties in New York, Dubai, London, Abuja and Lagos.

A teenager from Madagascar has spoken of how she was kidnapped, drugged and raped for two months after meeting a man she had spoken to online.

'Jenny', 17, from Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, had been talking to the 28-year-old on Facebook for six months, and when he asked, she agreed to meet him.

She spent the first two weeks in captivity unconscious, after which she remembers being repeatedly raped, abused and fed drugs to force her into submission and stop her escaping.

How can you wish a human like you death. A twitter user wrote that he wished the President would die of sickness and Reno Omokiri comes for him bluntly defending President Muhammadu Buhari. Read below...

A babysitter who appeared to have escaped charges for allegedly smacking an Oregon 1-year-old has been arrested for abuse. Markell Hilaire pleaded not guilty on Monday to accusations that he assaulted Jacob Marbury in March, leaving him with a black eye and a palm print on his face.

“I’m so extremely upset, it’s disturbing, on this little innocent baby,” the infant's mother, Alicia Quinney, said.

Joshua Marbury said that the 27-year-old babysitter, formerly his best friend, had originally claimed that his son fell, but later confessed to the attack.

The father said that little Jacob now has a breakdown whenever his mother leaves, and became frustrated that authorities had not pressed charges two months after the injuries.

The former Super Eagles goal keeper who recently celebrated his 10th year wedding anniversary showed off his wife and the product of the 10 years union. Too cute!

Clinic For Facebook Addicts Has Opened In Algeria

A clinic for Facebook addicts has opened in Algeria amid fears vulnerable users are becoming brainwashed by extremist Islamist groups on the 'blue magic' social network.

The private facility has been opened in the eastern city of Constantine offering programmes specifically designed for social media users.

The clinic's director, Human development scientist Raouf Boqafa, said he feared some vulnerable users were being targeted by Islamists who use the site as a recruitment tool.

What she sent in;

Ordinarily, I mind my business, I always do. However, for Funke Akindele (Never met her personally) and people that I feel connected to, I just can't sit still and watch things go awry.

I admire Funke's courage, zeal and other strengths that has made her my superstar and role model. Like every mortal, naturally, she has her weaknesses. From my distance vantage view, it pains me that this toughie is weak and extremely so, when it comes to matters of the heart.

She is strong on her own and has achieved this much because she's damn determined. Applause!!!

If Anyone Has A Problem With My Skinny ,Hipless Body...That's Your Problem! -Ebube Nwagbo

The actress has been facing strong criticism from her fans regarding her new 'slim' look.The Nollywood actress who is heavily endowed has changed these past weeks due to keeping fit and trim,but a lot says they don't like her new look. She took to her page this morning to address the body shaming saying its her choice to look this way!

Mixed martial arts fighter Kimbo Slice has died at 42.

The heavyweight's promotion company Bellator confirmed the death on Monday night, saying that the Bahamas-born bruiser was "one of the most popular MMA fighters ever."

"Kimbo was a charismatic, larger-than-life personality that transcended the sports," Bellator president Scott Coker said in a statement.

Remember 44 year old Mohammad Abad from Edinburgh who had an eight-inch bionic penis fitted and paid a prostitute to have sex with him for the first time? Well he has undergone another operation to make the penis smaller after he had sex for the first time and found the experience too painful.
Abad was fitted with the £70,000 replacement in 2012 after he lost his penis and testicle when he was run over by a car at age six.

Yerwa @bits of borno organised a mini fashion shoot with IDP children in Maiduguri, from clothes donated by Girls Scouts of CTL school, Abuja. They are so cute. More photos after the cut...

Five-year-old Evan Fasciano is battling an agonising and potentially lethal condition that causes his skin to grow at ten times the normal rate which leaves him with scales across his entire body.

Suffering from the severest form of the disease, Evan is at constant risk of infection - requiring him to have two baths a day so his 33-year-old mother De De can scrub off the scales.

She said: 'We're very strict with Evan's skin management, so we try to keep him scale-free, and because of that his scales tend to be very thin, so they're easier to get off.

'If we didn't bathe him twice a day then the scales would get much thicker, much faster and it would be harder to get off. I can use my hands to remove most of it and then we'll use a wash cloth or exfoliating cloth - his hands and his scalp are the thickest so that's where it takes a little bit more effort.' Sad. See more photos below...

Almost eight years from the day that she bowed out of a tight race against Barack Obama, Clinton made history with the announcements, becoming the first woman to top a major political party's ticket in the United States.

Without the fanfare of an election night victory Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the Democratic nomination this Monday as she campaigned in Los Angeles.

Alexandria Duval, who is also known as Alison Dadow, intentionally caused the death of her sister, Anastasia Duval, also known as Ann Dadow, prosecutors say.

The 37-year-old sisters, who run a yoga business called Twin Power Yoga, were traveling south on Hana Highway on May 29 when their Ford Explorer crashed into a rock wall last week, plunging about 200 feet onto a rocky shoreline, police said.

Opinion: A guide to Ramadan, the Islamic holy month

By Usama Dandare

As the holy month of Ramadan begins yesterday, Muslims all over the world embarks on a 29-30 days fasting, from waking up in the early morning hours at dawn for breakfast, to waiting until the call to prayer at sunset for launch and dinner.

It’s imperative to shed more lights on why Muslims fast and what the month of Ramadan stands for, at least for the emphasis of educating our brothers and sisters from other religions. This piece will attempt to discuss in brief the concept of Ramadan fasting, its religious benefits, and perhaps medicinal importance:

Despite the federal government's order to banks to put a hold on retrenchment of staff pending a stakeholders meeting on July2, Skye Bank Plc on Monday extended sent 175 of its employees into the labour market.

The bank confirmed the development in a statement through which it explained that the affected workers failed the year 2015 appraisal exercise.

The statement read in part,

Nicki Minaj shared is pictured walking ahead of Jay Zand MeekMill as they arived at Beynce's concert in Philadelphia..
Boss chick!

Extremist jihadis of the Islamic State (ISIS) on Thursday executed 19 Yezidi girls by burning them to death, activists and eyewitnesses reported. The victims, who had been taken by ISIS jihadis as sex slaves, were placed in iron cages in central Mosul and burned to death in front of hundreds of people.

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