Baloogg's Blog : 2016-05-01

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Leicester City finally get their hands on the Premier League trophy

Newly-crowned champions Leicester City today lifted the Barclays Premier League trophy in front of a packed King Power Stadium.

It’s a party thousands of people have been waiting their entire lives for – and many still can’t believe it’s taking place at all.

Taylor Swift is officially the highest earning musician of 2015 and this is the result of last year’s wildly successful 1989 World Tour.

This year’s Billboard Top 40 Money Makers list sees Taylor crushing out all competition raking in almost $35 million more than the next top earner. With the exception of Adele‘s crazy album sales, which earned her the #9 spot, the rest of the top artists also had world tours to thank for their revenue.

Barely 24 hours later since the recent list was made with his name at 12th, Wizkid is on the 3rd spot on the world top artiste list, coming behind just Drake, who topped the list and Rihanna, at the second position.

Actor Kenneth Okonkwo and wife welcome first child after 9 years

Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo and his pretty wife Ifeoma have welcomed their first child after 9 years of marriage!

Their baby boy at born at the University of Maryland, St. Joseph Medical Center, USA on the 6th of May, 2016.

Talking to Diamond Celebrities, actor Kenneth said:

After President Muhammadu Buhari, signed the 2016 Budget on Friday, the Federal Government has said that its focus has shifted to implementation.

The Federal Government stated that the Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) is a compendium of high-level interventions that the it will initiate/complete this fiscal year.

Nollywood actor, Imeh Bishop has joined the likes of Kate Henshaw, Femi Adebayo, Ini Edo and many in the clique of actors cum government officials. Imeh has been appointed as the Special Assistant to The Governor On Ethical and Social Reorientation. Ini Edo is the State’s Special adviser on tourism.

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday travel to London to participate in the International Anti-Corruption Summit which will hold on Thursday, May 12th 2016.

This information is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

People always equate relaxing with sitting. Probably most of you agree, but the problem is if you sit for most of your waking hours, you’re slowly killing yourself. At least, that’s what four experts say in a detailed infographic presented here.

Wizkid‘s ‘One Dance‘ with Drake and Kyla is currently number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and it can only get better after that! On the iTunes and Spotify Global Artist ranking, Wizkid is the 12th best Performing artist!

In an interview we featured on Thursday where music star Tiwa Savage was on Urban96FM to talk about her top 10 favourite songs and answer sundry questions, the Mavin singer was asked how she felt about Seyi Shay joining her as a brand ambassador for Pepsi and Tiwa Savage coyly sidestepped the question.

She did however mention her love for Davido, who is also a newly signed Pepsi ambassador.

Seyi Shay took to Instagram to react to the interview and according to her several emojis, she is heartbroken.

The singer posted this photo and a number of comments in the comment section:

Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the so-called Panama Papers leaks, said it will stop the online publication of raw data relating to its business in order to protect the confidentiality of its clients.

It said on Friday in Mexico City that the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is set to publish an interactive database on details of more than 200,000 shell companies on its website on Monday.

A day after posting a video making fun of Andrew Farell – a disabled teenager who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, 50 Cent has donated $100,000 to a charity which supports those affected by the condition – Autism Speaks.

TMZ reported that the 40-year-old rapper, despite filing for bankruptcy, has decided to donate the sum of $100,000 to Autism Speaks in an attempt to make amends to the young man he insulted.

The Ukrainian Ambassador to Nigeria Valeriy Aleksandruk has said that his country is ready to invest $1billion into Ajaokuta Steel Company in order to revive the plant.

This is according to a statement by Alex Okoh, Head, Public Communications, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) in Abuja on Thursday.

Miracles do happen and this time it was Napoli, Italy, Anatolia Vertadella that felt it, a 101-year-old woman, has given birth to a nine-pound baby, named Francesco, after a controversial ovary transplant widely criticized by medical professionals because of her advanced age.

The illegal and controversial surgical operation were done in a private clinic in Turkey, where European laws on ovary transplants do not apply.

Five Nigerians have been sentenced to jail for various housing frauds in Southwark, London, UK Evening Standard reports.

Trudy Ali-Balogun, 55, a Southwark Council Officer was said to have given tenancies worth £2.4 million to fraudsters claiming to be homeless. She also took bribes of £2,000 to wave through bogus applications which included fake birth certificates passports and wage slips and spent the money on foreign holidays, Inner London Crown Court heard.

An Abakaliki High Court has sentenced two persons, Onyemachi Oge andOkechukwu Oma, to death by hanging for kidnapping a medical doctor.

They abducted Dr. Chuka Manyike of Paediatrics Department, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, on May 5th, 2013, at his private hospital at 15, Owerri Street, Abakaliki.

In an intimate interview with People Magazine, Prince Harry opens up about wanting kids, bringing his ‘Invictus Games’ to America and how his mother, Princess Diana, continues to inspire him.

Sadiq Khan was declared the first Muslim Mayor of London tonight after comfortably defeating Tory rival Zac Goldsmith.

In a glimmer of light for Jeremy Corbyn from an otherwise dire set of election results, emerging results at City Hall made it clear there was no route to victory for Mr Goldsmith.

The official declaration was due by around 6pm but a ‘minor discrepancy’ in the count pushed the final result back to around midnight.

Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage might have goofed about her husband’s drug addiction and they are beginning to lose their validity as news came in less than 24 hours ago that Teebillz tested negative for cocaine and other hard drugs. –

Tee Billz has allegedly admitted to those close to him that he has been living with depression and anxiety for over 2 years and throughout this turbulent period looked for solutions and quick fixes often to no avail. Despite insinuations made in the video, he has now been cleared of drug abuse.

The Sokoto State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arrested a female Youth Corps member currently serving in Zamfara with nine kilogrammes of Indian hemp. The Commandant of the agency in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto.

Idris said the suspect was serving in Gumi local Government area of Zamfara and was arrested along Sokoto-Gusau Road in Sokoto. He said the suspect had confessed that she was initiated into the business by a fellow corps member.

Muslim women must not leave the house without their husband’s permission, should avoid wearing trousers and should even delete their Facebook accounts, according to rulings published by mosques and Islamic associations around Britain.

The Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham said that women were not allowed to wear trousers, even in front of their husbands, while the Central Masjid of Blackburn called Facebook a ‘sin’ and an ‘evil’.
One Islamic organisation also stated that Muslim women should not leave the house without their husband’s permission and should not travel more than 48miles without their husband.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has commended Nigerians for their patience while awaiting presidential assent to the 2016 Appropriation Act and promised that the National Assembly will ensure its proper implementation through diligent oversight.

Saraki who joined Speaker Yakubu Dogara and other top government officials in witnessing the signing of the budget into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, said the responsibility is now that of both the executive and the legislature to ensure that the objectives and goals of the budget are duly realized.

Officials at the Abuja headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation told our correspondent that they were aware of the attack on the crude pipeline that links Kaduna and Warri refineries on Friday.

They, however, refused to release any official statement on the issue, as they noted that the issue was being investigated by security agencies.

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed

The Federal Government has ruled out the possibility of full implementation of the 2016 Appropriation Act signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday.

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, stated this while briefing journalists shortly after Buhari signed the budget at the President Villa, Abuja.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the 2016 Appropriation Bill into law ending weeks of face-off between the National Assembly and the Executive.

The document tagged “Budget of Change”, which provides for aggregate expenditures of N6.06trn, was signed at a brief ceremony held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Following the signing of the 2016 budget into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, Saturday PUNCH captured the reactions of some prominent Nigerians. While many felt the move took too long in coming and could plunge the economy deeper into crisis, others expressed excitement, stating that the nation was about to witness tremendous improvement in every area

We have lost this year –Spokesperson, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday afternoon raided the head office of Access Bank Plc in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The Group Managing Director, Access Bank, Herbert Wiwge, was said to have been picked by the operatives of the EFCC during the visit, TheCable reported.

There were strong indications on Friday that despite the peace moves of its leadership, the Peoples Democratic Party was facing an imminent break-up ahead of its national convention scheduled for May 21.

Saturday PUNCH reliably gathered on Friday that at the South-West meeting attended by some chieftains of the party in Akure on Wednesday, those who were opposed to the bid of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to become substantive chairman gave a condition to support him.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, says that with the new roadmap designed by his ministry, Nigerians will soon start to enjoy “incremental” power supply.

He says incremental power supply is such that every megawatt of electricity supply is harnessed and made available to the people.

Another attack by suspected militants in the Niger Delta on two pipelines conveying crude oil and gas are threatening the operations of two of the nation’s refineries and power plants.

The attack comes a day after Chevron’s Okan offshore production platform around Escravos in Warri, Delta State was blown up, a development that led to the shutdown of the facility by the oil major.

The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has decried the poor state of prisons in the country, saying such facilities in a 21st Century must have a human face.

Ezeokafor wondered why most prisons were located in areas that had no room for expansion.

The bishop contended that if prisons were meant to reform inmates, both workers and inmates must live and work in a conducive environment.

A suspected cultist and kidnapper shocked newsmen on Friday when he confessed that he had lost count of the number of persons he had killed before his arrest by men of the Rivers State Police Command.

The suspect identified as Mitchel Tamuno, the leader of a cult group, was apprehended by the police in connection with the alleged kidnap on April 14 of a 14-old-old girl.

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday stormed the home of a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode.

Fani-Kayode, who was Director of Publicity of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, was alleged to have received N840m from the Director of Finance of the campaign organisation, Senator Nenadi Usman.

Lmao

See PDP’s reaction to Buhari signing the 2016 budget into law

President Buhari signed the 2016 budget into law today.

Rihanna and Drake Have Been Secretly Dating ‘For Months

Rihanna and Drake are secretly making it work. A source tells PEOPLE exclusively the longtime friends and collaborators have been “secretly dating for months,”

They have been keeping it a secret because this time around, they want to do it right and keep their relationship private,” says the source of the couple...

Legendary British band, the Rolling Stones have issued a statement to US presidential candidate Donald Trump saying that he does not have permission to use the band’s music during any of his campaigns or rallies.

Donald Trump has been playing their songs at his rallies for months with their 1969 hit ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ being a particular favourite.

The prophet exhuming a cow head he buried inside his church

A self acclaimed prophet of an old generation church in deep trouble in Ondo State over allegations of being fetish in his ministerial activities. The prophet, Moses Abiodun was equally accused of obtaining money under false pretence from unsuspecting members of the public, who thronged his church for miracles and deliverance from poverty and satanic attacks.

A militant group in the Niger Delta known as the Niger Delta Avengers have blown up the Chevron Valve Platform in Delta State.‎ According to Sahara Reporters, the militant group which has claimed responsibility for the attack, destroyed the platform using dynamite. The attack happened at about 10:40pm yesterday May 4th. The platform is a major connecting point that links numerous other oil platforms. It serves as a fulcrum to Chevron BOP the Chevron tank farm.

Arsenal winger Alex Iwobi has revealed that he’s an Arsenal fan in and out and that the moment he signed for Arsenal as a child was a ‘crazy’ one as his parents were so proud of him.

Iwobi joined Arsenal as a schoolboy before progressing through the academy and made his debut against Sheffield in October. He has scored 2 goals in 20 appearances for the club this season.

As the fight against terrorism continues, the Federal government is presently in talks with the US government for the acquisition of 12 specialized attack planes known as Super Tucano planes.

Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, confirmed this to BBC. The Super Tucano is a propeller-driven plane that can carry a range of weapons and can be used for attack and surveillance.

Victoria Beckham admits her mic got turned off during Spice Girls performances, says no one wanted to hear her voice

Former Spice Girl singer turned fashion designer, Victoria Beckham, has revealed that her producers always turned off her mic during stage performances as they always wanted to hear the voice of the other band members Mel B, Mel C, Geri Horner and Emma Bunton, but in a cheeky jibe says her mic is now ‘well and truly on’

The mum-of-four made the admission as she spoke at the Vogue 100: A Century of Style exhibition in London on Thursday night.

Cameroonian international soccer player Patrick Ekeng lies on pitch after he collapsed during the match between Dinamo Bucharest and Viitorul Constanta in the Romanian capital of Bucharest on Friday.

Professional soccer player Patrick Ekeng died after collapsing on the field during a televised game in Romania.

FIFA Rankings: Nigeria remain 67th in world and 14th in Africa while Argentina stay top

FIFA has released their latest rankings for the month of May, and the Super Eagles of Nigeria remain unmoved at position 67 making Nigeria the 14th best team in Africa behind the likes of Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Egypt, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Congo DR, Guinea, Congo, Cameroon, Morocco and Mali.

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday dismissed a suit filed 10 years ago by Honeywell Group and its chairman, Dr. Oba Otudeko, seeking to eject billionaire businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and his companies, from a piece of land known as Fifth Apapa Wharf Extension in Lagos.

The said land, measuring over 10.841 square metres, is located at the Lagos Ports Complex.

A set of male twins got married to twins in China and they gave birth to a pair of twins – two boys and two girls. Photo credit: People’s Daily, China

$115m Diezani election largess: Put a bullet in my head if I am guilty’ -Senator Chris Anyanwu

A former senator, Chris Anyanwu has denied any involvement in the disbursement of the $115 million largess PDP members allegedly got from former Minister of Petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke ahead of the 2015 general election.

A witness, Scott Tommey, on Thursday before a Federal High Court in Abuja denied links to the $2.29m which a former Governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, allegedly used to buy a mansion in Asokoro, Abuja in 2014.

Tommey, a businessman based in Port Harcourt, admitted buying a piece of land in Maitama, Abuja, from Ohakim in 2012, but insisted that he made payment for the purchase neither in naira nor in dollars cash, but through bank transfer.

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi 11, said that nobody that had a confrontation with the former Minister Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, survived such an effrontery. This, Sanusi said, was because the former minister was one of the most powerful ministers under Jonathan.

The Registered Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project have urged the Economic Community of West African States Court in Abuja to hold the Federal Government responsible for various violent incidents across the country leading to loss of property and human lives.

The plaintiffs accused the Federal Government of permitting human rights violations in form of killings, raping and maiming of citizens by violent herdsmen, military and police operatives because the Federal Government allegedly failed to address the situation.

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