Swarovski version is just £350 not £1.2m.. Amosu wrote.

It now makes sense. I for talk since. Who gives away a £1.2m bottle of champagne or anything for that matter...just like that? Luxury designer Alexander Amosu has cleared the confusion. He took to his instagram page to explain that there's a Swarovski diamond edition of his Taste of Diamond champagne. The diamond encrusted bottle is worth £1.2m, while the Swarovski version is just £350. 

This is probably the version Don Jazzy and Peter Okoye got. Una come dey gawk since. Hisss.! :-) He reacted to the Daily Mail article about the price of the champagne. more after cut..

"Wow!!! Seems the media has taking my instagram & changed it to their own. Swarovski diamond edition as stated in my instagram is £350 not £1.2m" Amosu wrote

The list of the Senators who voted marriage for underage girls

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Below is the list of the Nigeria Senators who voted for underage marriage in Nigeria...

            
1. Sen. Abdulmumin M. Hassan (Jigawa South West, PDP)
2. Sen. Abdullahi Danladi (Jigawa North West, PDP)
3. Sen. Adamu Abdullahi (Nasarawa West, PDP)
4. Sen. Ahmed Barata (Adamawa South, PDP)
5. Sen. Akinyelure Ayo (Ondo Central, Labour Party)
6. Sen. Alkali Saidu A. (Gombe North, PDP)
7. Sen. Bagudu Abubakar A. (Kebbi Central, PDP)
8. Sen. Dahiru Umaru (Sokoto South, PDP)
9. Sen. Galaudu Isa (Kebbi North, PDP)
10. Sen. Garba Gamawa (Bauchi North, PDP)


12. Sen. Gobir Ibrahim (Sokoto East, PDP)
13. Sen. Gumba Adamu Ibrahim (Bauchi South, PDP)
14. Sen. Hadi Sirika (Katsina North, CPC)
15. Sen. Ibrahim Bukar Abba (Yobe East, ANPP)
16. Sen. Jajere Alkali (Yobe South, ANPP)
17. Sen. Jibrilla Mohammed (Adamawa North, PDP)
18. Sen. Kabiru Gaya (Kano South, ANPP)
19. Sen. Lafiagi Mohammed (Kwara North, PDP)
20. Sen. Lawan Ahmad (Yobe North, ANPP)
21. Sen. Maccido Mohammed (Sokoto North, PDP)
22. Sen. Musa Ibrahim (Niger North, CPC)
23. Sen. Ndume Mohammed Ali (Borno South, PDP)
24. Sen. Sadiq A. Yaradua (Katsina Central, CPC)
25. Sen. Saleh Mohammed (Kaduna Central, CPC)
26. Sen. Tukur Bello (Adamawa Central, PDP)
27. Sen. Ugbesia Odion (Edo Central, PDP)
28. Sen. Umar Abubakar (Taraba Central, PDP)
29. Sen. Usman Abdulaziz (Jigawa North East, PDP)
30. Sen. Ya’au Sahabi (Zamfara North, PDP)
31. Sen. Zannah Ahmed (Borno Central, PDP)....
32. Sen. Ahmad Rufai Sani (Zamfara West, ANPP)
33. Sen. Ahmad Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central, PDP)
34. Sen. Bello Hayatu Gwano (Kano North, PDP)
35. Sen. Ibrahim Abu (Katsina South, CPC)..

Culled from CKN

Funke Akindele removes Oloyede from her social media accounts

Following an official statement released a few hours ago by Funke Akindele's camp confirming the end of her one year marriage, the star actress has removed her estranged husband's name, Oloyede, from all her social media accounts.

She's also spoken for the first time about the end of her marriage. She told Stella Dimoko Korkus:

First of all let me clarify that I have not replied any SMS or spoken to anyone on this development before now and neither have I threatened to sue anyone. I do not know who sent out that SMS denying that my marriage is over. That was what necessitated me sending out a press release so as not to confuse the public, especially my fans whom I'm so passionate about.

Yes my marriage has crashed. Let the people who are laughing at me continue laughing.  My job afterall is to make people laugh. Let those who are without sins or mistake cast the first stone. Let them continue judging me. God is the overall judge. He is the one I look up to.

4 Armed Robbers Captured in Anambra State

Anambra State has already started enjoying the dividends of the security vehicles given to all the 177 communities and some organizations in the State with the arrest on Tuesday, of four armed robbers at Agulu, the hometown of Governor Peter Obi.

Luck ran out of the robbers, with ages ranging between 18 and 21 years, when on a tip off, the vigilante people of Agulu community ran after them, after they allegedly killed somebody at  the neighbouring Awgbu.

During ensuing gun battle,  three out of the four robbers were demobilized, while one ran into the bush and escaped. Luck however ran out of him when the vigilante group, through intensive and well coordinated search arrested him at another village in Agulu, Nwanchi.

The leader of the group, known as Favour (alias King) was said to be from Umunze.  Two of the armed robbers, who refused to disclose their names were said to hail from Ebonyi State and Ogabru area of Anambra State. The fourth one, Sunday Gege (alias Obodo)...

The robbers confessed to killing one woman from Awkuukwu at Agulu, who was returning from a trip to Achi, Enugu State. They also confessed to shooting and killing another person from Awgbu on Monday, the fallout of which led to their capture.

Speaking to the press, the Chairman of Agulu Vigilante group said that Anambra people should be grateful to Peter Obi for the new security equipped vehicles, saying that if not for the vehicle, the old one they were using before would not have matched the speed of the robbers. He also said that the payment of 10 vigilante people in each town out of the 177 communities in Anambra had boosted the morale of the vigilance people.

Meanwhile, the armed robbers have been handed over to Special Anti-robbery Squad at Awkuzu . The Police PPRO, DSP, Emeka Chukwuemeka confirmed the arrest of the robbers.

Gov Obi orders Vigilante Operatives not interfere in the affairs of other communities.

Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has charged vigilante operatives in the state to restrict their activities within their respective communities and not interfere in the affairs of other communities.
The governor who said this during the commissioning of over 300 security vehicles worth over 1 billion naira purchased for   vigilante groups in the state warned that anybody found wanting in this regard will be sanctioned.
He advised the vigilante members to be up and doing and make efforts to see that crime is eliminated in Anambra State. Each vigilante outfit in the state was expected to get one vehicle for its operations.
The event, which was held at the Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, the state capital, also witnessed the issuance of cheques to traditional rulers of various communities for payment of one year salaries of 10 vigilante members in each community.
Governor Obi said that in a bid to curb crime in the state, every Anambra indigene will in no time be registered for issuance of Anambra State identity card for proper identification. He therefore urged Presidents-General and women leaders of all communities to ensure that people in their communities get registered in the interest of security .
Reacting, the traditional ruler of Onitsha and Chairman, Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe thanked the governor for his good work in the state, noting that he is the first governor ever to donate jeeps to traditional rulers and now security vehicles to vigilante groups. He prayed that God gives him strength and grace to do more.
On the other hand, the governor, while addressing the issue of flood disaster, said that it is on record that flood this year will be more disastrous than that of last year, adding that  this is why he has started working to ensure that flood is controlled in the State especially in Onitsha. He pleaded with “Ndi Anambra” to assist government to ensure that flood is minimised by always keeping their environments clean and disposing refuse as supposed and not dumping it in the drainages.

HIV infection is a blessing to me says Gloria Asuquo, 24, diagnosed HIV positive at 12

From the depths of distress, disillusionment, dejection and the certainty of untimely death occasioned by HIV infection through blood transfusion at the tender age of 12, Gloria Asuquo, has risen to become a vibrant, assertive and ambitious young woman who is taking a decisive and incisive battle to one of the world’s most dreaded infectious disorders – HIV/AIDS.

In an encounter with Sola Ogundipe in Abuja, the energetic 24-year-old recounted the frustrations of living as a pauper in addition to the ignominy of HIV stigma and discrimination.

Today, Gloria who once contemplated death until sheer luck and doggedness turned her fortunes around and brought unhindered access to the elusive, life-saving treatment has undergone a transformation. The same HIV infection that took her to the brink of total despair is today a source of her blessing. How did it happen? She tells it all in this encounter.

Living with HIV stigmaExcerpts:

I’m a young person diagnosed HIV positive at 12. I was in Primary six going to JSS1. I got infected through blood transfusion. The stigma was so much I couldn’t bear it. There were drugs at that time, but they were too expensive for my parents to afford. Each time my father raised the money to pay for my drugs, my mother would challenge him. Why are you giving her the money? she would ask. We know that she would soon die. Why is she taking the drugs? Why are we wasting money?  My mother went to the Church and told the Reverend who announced my status to the community.

He advised I should be taken to one of the General Hospitals and abandoned there to die. But my father refused to heed such advice. Rather, he challenged the Reverend to take one of his four children to the hospital and abandon her there to die first, only then would he obey the instruction. The pressure became too much.

My mother separated me from the rest of the family. She demarcated my own part of the house separate from the others. The stigma became too much.

Escape from home

One day I could not bear it again. The pressure was too much for me to bear. I had to break the window and jumped out to escape from home at the age of 12. I escaped to an unknown village called Oki. I went to Jabi Park in Abuja, I had only N800. I didn’t know where to go, but just wanted to leave and even die.

Death wish

I wanted to die. I was in the bush; I had stopped using my drugs which at that time cost N15, 000 per month. Test for CD4 count was N6, 000, viral load N12, 000. Where was I going to get that kind of money? I wasn’t working, I just told God to let me die.

Before then, I went to NTA and shared my story. I told them I was HIV positive; I wanted to declare my status to the world. They said I should cover my face, but I said no. I wanted the world to know my story so that if I die, everyone would know what killed me. Breaking the stigma is an individual thing. If you want to come out to testify, nobody can take that away from you

Saved

Then I met Dr. Anthony Agu, a lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. When he asked about my parents, I burst into tears. He took me to the University and I told him my story. He took me to his house, gave me a room to stay. But he told me not to disclose my status to his family. He enabled me continue my education and in 1996, I finished my school.

Back to treatment

Dr. Agu then told me that he heard that the drugs were now free that I should go and try. So I went back to Gwagwalada General Hospital where I met Dr. Ajayi. When he asked if I had been taken my drugs, I said yes. I lied to him because I was afraid that if I told him I had not been on drugs, he would send me away.

But he placed me on the drugs. That night I went back to Nsukka, but never went back home. Dr. Ajayi got all my details and related to Dr. Pat Matemilola and Professor Babatunde Oshotimehin who were all looking for me. Eventually, it was Godwin Odemije of Radio Nigeria that came to look for me, and brought me back home. In 2006, I developed typhoid and ovarian cyst. Doctors said I would be operated upon because I stopped using my drugs for a number of years. To the glory of God, I’m still on firstline drugs.

HIV infection as blessing

God first, but the treatment has kept me alive till today. If there were no free drugs, by now, I would have been a forgotten issue. People would have forgotten me, my name would not be written anywhere. HIV has become a blessing to me. I am sitting with important people. If not for HIV, I would not meet Ministers, and Ambassadors and so many important people. If not for HIV, I would not have ever fly in an aircraft. I’m proud to be HIV positive. Today, I’m a testimony in my family, there is no meeting at which they do not seek my opinion. I’m proud that I’m HIV positive.

Make treatment available

I’m still pleading to the Ambassadors and everyone in the country to make these drugs accessible especially the youths and women. We are the most vulnerable and do not have anywhere to go. We are tomorrow’s leaders. We may be driven out when we are diagnosed with HIV because the general belief is that HIV is contracted through promiscuity. But HIV can be contracted through many ways.

The three zeros

If the drugs are made to be more available, only then can we truly have the three zeros, that is, zero related deaths, zero new infection and zero stigma. As a young person I cannot come out but keep quiet and spread it, but if we provide access to treatment, give free education, employment and there is no stigma, I bet you, these three zeros will be achieved.

Ambition

I’m dreaming to become a medical doctor. I want to achieve this. HIV has nothing to do with my future. I would match it and overcome it. I need you to help me achieve my dream and also to find a cure to HIV. I want my name to be great, so that it will be said that Gloria Asuquo found a cure to HIV. I want a scholarship so that I can achieve my goal.

Baba Suwe takes NDELA to Supreme Court: N25m compensation

Dissatisfied with the decision of the Court of Appeal, Lagos division against his drug case with NDLEA, popular comedian Mr. Babatunde Omidina, famously known as Baba Suwe, has moved to lodge an appeal at the Supreme Court urging it to uphold the earlier judgment of the Ikeja High Court.

Justice Yetunde Idowu of the High Court, had earlier awarded N25 million compensation to the comic actor after he was detained for several days by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) which wrongly accused him of drug related offences.

The notice of appeal filed by the actor’s counsel, Bamidele Aturu, is praying the apex court to set aside the decision of the appeal court and uphold that of the trial court, which awarded monetary compensation to him.

The Appeal Court had on May 31, quashed the judgment of the lower court, which ordered the NDLEA to pay him N25 million as compensation for detaining him for several days over allegation of drug trafficking.

Contrary to the judgment of Justice Yetunde, the appellate Court, in its ruling delivered by Justice Rita Pemu, considered all the three vital grounds of appeal in favour of the appellant (NDLEA).

The NDLEA had, in its appeal, asked the court to allow the appeal and set aside the judgment of the lower court.

Justice Pemu of the Appeal Court in her lead judgment, unanimously adopted by two other justices, Chima Nweze and F. O. Akinbami, described the N25 million damages awarded to Baba Suwe as erroneous, oppressive and superfluous.

She held that even though the trial judge had discretion to award costs in a fundamental human right suit, such award of damages must be based on law and not arbitrary.

“Damages must be based on law, even though it is at the discretion of the trial judge. The award of N25 million to the respondent was based on wrong premises and it is uncalled for.”

She further held that no evidence was placed before the court to warrant such outrageous award, adding that the court ought not to have overburdened NDLEA with such award of damages. 

However, no specific date has been fixed for hearing of the appeal in the Supreme Court.

Regina Askia Hot bikini body!!

The former actress and ex-beauty shared holiday photos with her family on her Facebook page. In a few of the photos, the 46 year old mother of three showed off her bikini bod. She rocks still!!! :-)

They are Harvard graduates including their mother Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala..

This is one of the inspiring stories you been waiting for, Lol. Udo di.., so the Minister of Finance Mrs Ngozi Oknonjo Iweala is a graduate of the prestigious Harvard University and so are her four children -Uzodinma, Uchechi. Ikechukwu and Onyinye,  (Uche and Uzo above)

Mrs Okonjo-Iweala studied Economics at Harvard, graduating magna cum laude with A.B in 1977.
Onyinye is her eldest and she received her Ph.D. in Experimental Pathology from Harvard University in 2008 and graduated Harvard Medical School in 2010. Onyinye is a wife and mother.
Her son, Uzodinma Iweala received his A.B in English and American literature from Harvard and MD from Colombia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Beasts of No Nation (2005).
Her other son, Ikechukwu Iweala studied social studies at Harvard and graduated in 2005.

Her last child Uchechi graduated from Harvard in 2009 and majored in Economics

And don't forget that Mrs Okonjo-Iweala's parents also graduated from Harvard.

  Hope you got inspired? :-)

Nonso Diobi responded to Tonto Dikeh's and MJ`s beef..

Tonto Dikeh didn't mention names when she said Nollywood actresses marry horribly but everyone seems to believe she was referring to Mercy Johnson in her Tweet. First Lola Omotayo, now Nollywood actor Nonso Diobi has replied Tonto in a series of Tweets he posted a few hours ago.

More Tweets below.

Singer JKL Spends Time With His Daughter…

The Google me Master, Justin Kingland-aka JKL4real has shown a softer side to the fierce character in his energy filled audios, videos, live performances, charity/volunteer work and Blogging.

The singer was pictured spending some daddy’s time with his daughter Chiziterem" in his house at Lekki-Ajah, he was also seen rehearsing in his compound for an upcoming show “BOWLER HATS”  First of its kind event that will be held on Saturday, August 3, at the upscale Niteshift Coliseum, Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos. According to the Singer JKL, the show will make his 2nd live performance appearance since he arrived Nigeria. Leading entertainers expected to thrill at the grand gathering, which is already the talk of the town and serenading revelers include: Limpopo exponent, KCEE, Solidstar, Okey Bakassi, Gbenga Adeyinka, Basorge Tariah, AY, African China, Mr. Raw Nwanne, Segun Arinze, Bovi, Elenu and AB Cowboy. The trio of D-Don, D’Lectura and Charles Inojie will sensationally anchor the special evening groove.

Other talented acts billed to rock at the bash, which begins with a red carpet at 5.p.m., are: Klint D’ Drunk,  Yaw, Dauda, Bigiano, Mr. Patrick, Elder O, Austino Milado, kid sensations, TJ Sax and OzzyBoscoWonderkid, MC Abbey, Acapella, Rugged Pastor, Igos, Ajebo, MC Ice, Danni B, Alincology, Mr. Makati, Korede Bello, Harrysong, Austino Milado, Benjy D’ Joke, Gabby, Nero The Sexy Dancer, Kolina, Moran Cee and a host of others.

Keep it real and keep them good coming, “JKL” we are solidly behind you.

The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S550 can drive itself. Can this really work in Naija?

This is not hyperbole, but an indubitable fact. Buy the new flagship sedan for an as-yet undisclosed price (we can’t imagine it returning many Sacagawea coins from a $100,000 bearer bond), tick the order boxes for the $4,500 Premium 1 Package and the $2,800 Driver Assistance Package, twist the key in the starter and slide the memory stick-sized column shifter into D, and sit back and relax. The car’s suite of stereoscopic cameras, radar sensors and ultrasonic gewgaws create what Mercedes — in a Snowden-level defection from Earth-bound physics — calls “6-D Vision.” This double-down dimensionality apparently endows the vehicle’s robot brain with an omnipotence once ascribed solely to God.

Bow deep, luxury shopper. The automotive world has a new deity.

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