Melvin Oduah Gives To The Needy

On Sunday 10th November 2013, former BBA rep, Melvin Oduah visited the Hope for Survival Orphanage Home in Gishiri village, in the Katampe area of Abuja to show love to the less priviledged.

The reality star donated food items worth several thousands of Naira as well as cash.

Kate Henshaw And Rita Dominic's outfit To The Closing Film Premiere At AFRIFF 2013

 

Who wore it better?

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Copper shaun!

Governor Sule Lamido’s Sons Arrested Over Alleged N10bn Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido's two sons over an alleged N10billion fraud.

PremiumTimes reports Aminu and Mustapha  Lamido were arrested Thursday in Kano and flown to Abuja on Friday morning, and are currently being interrogated at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja by a crack team of detectives.

The arrest of the governor’s sons, insiders say, is in furtherance of the investigation that commenced

in December 2012 when Aminu Sule Lamido was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano Airport en route Cairo, Egypt for failure to declare the $50,000 he had on him.

Although Aminu has since been prosecuted and convicted by a Federal High Court in Kano, investigation as to how he came by the money exposed a web of money laundering in which billions of naira from Jigawa State government accounts are funnelled into the accounts of companies run by the Jigawa state governor and his two sons, amount over N10billion.

I Can't marry A Poor Man- Empress Njamah

When asked in a recent interview if she could settle for any man, whether rich or poor, actress and business woman Empress Njamah said she won't mess with no poor man. She doesn't roll like that!

"I’m not going to tell you what I want. But you get into an expensive shop to pick up something, because you can afford it, you see something you can afford then you buy it but if you cannot afford it, take a walk. The goods are for someone that can afford it, that’s the best I can tell you. I will not settle for less my sister and that’s the truth. People come and tell you all sort of lies and want to praise themselves and say “I can marry a poor man” the poor man nor know wetin him see, abeg! I dey tell una say I am a real person, we all have been through tough times, we all have paid our dues one way or the other. So no poor man must get close to me. Those who know the worth, pay the dues." Empress tells Showbiz Plus

Meet Late Justice Esiri's Daughter, Tobor Esiri

Mikel Obi Duped Of N100M

Nigerian top footballer, Mikel Obi has been duped. Mikel Obi was duped by a close friend after he was shown a property to buy. The footballer after inspecting the property was satisfied with it and gave his friend a cheque of N100m to purchase it. It was said that, his friend disappeared into thin air after he cleared the money and till today Mikel is yet to hear from him or see him. A source who confirmed the story said, Mikel still finds it difficult to believe, they were very close the source said. The friend is no longer seen in town and his phone numbers have been unreachable. The source also said Mikel is still very much busy to come to Nigeria to report the case to the police.

Nollywood Star, Ali Nuhu Shares Picture Of His Beautiful Family

                                                                        Nice Family!

ThisDay reporter dies

The Oyo State Correspondent of ThisDay newspaper, Mr Tunde Sanni, is dead.
The 49 year-old journalist died today at Ijebu Imodi, Ogun State after a protracted illness.
He has been buried in the town according to Islamic rites.
Sanni took ill four months ago and was admitted at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan where he spent about one month.
After discharge, he returned to his home town of Ijebu Imodi where he spent his last days.
He started his journalism career in the

mid-80s. He worked at the defunct Sketch newspaper and later Punch newspaper before joining ThisDay.He worked as a Correspondent in Kwara and Kogi states before he was posted to Ibadan as the state Correspondent in 2007.
Sanni was the Chairman, Correspondents’ Chapel of the Oyo State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) from 2010-2013.
He is survived by his wife and eight children.
In a swift reaction, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has described Sanni’s death as disheartening.
The governor, in a statement issued in Ibadan today by his newly sworn-in Special Adviser, Dr. Festus Adedayo, said that he received the news of Mr. Sanni’s death with shock and disbelief.
Although, he recalled that the late correspondent had for some time been in and out of hospital for an undisclosed ailment, the governor expressed the regret that Sanni finally lost the battle to save his life.
The NUJ in a statement by the chairman, Mr Gbenga Opadotun, also bemoaned the passage of the veteran reporter, saying his multiple roles in the union would be missed.
Also, the Correspondents’ Chapel, in a statement by its Chairman, Bisi Oladele, described Sanni’s death as a great loss to the pen profession.
“As colleagues, we will miss Tunde Sanni’s deep political and news analyses, friendship and his sense of humour.”

Unbelievable:World's Most Expensive Camera A Gold-plated Leica 'Luxus II' Set To Sell For Over £1.7million

When I heard about the camera above called Leica Luxus II I was intrigued, because I thought it to be a rare piece of art. But when I heard about what it is worth, I'm like 'what?'...lol.

The incredibly rare camera discovered 12 years ago on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow is expected to sell for a world record price of more than £1.7million.

The only surviving model of a Leica Luxus II camera is gold-plated and encased in lizard skin and was one of just four special edition versions made in 1932.

The camera has the serial number 88840 and comes with a 50mm Elmar lens, which features a bell-push release.

The model is now thought to be the rarest camera in existance as the whereabouts of the other three is unknown.

It is also being sold with an original crocodile camera case, the first time one has ever come to light.

The Luxus II was gifted to a British enthusiast after World War Two, used avidly for several decades and then put away somewhere until the owner took it to Antiques Roadshow for a look-see in 2001.

Marc Allum, antiques expert and a presenter on the show, said it has the potential to be the 'most valuable find ever'.

'It was a strange experience at the time,' Antiques Roadshow presenter Mr Allum told the Telegraph. 'It was put in front of me and I looked at it in complete disbelief.

'I never expected to see a camera like that.'

Despite having an estimate of £800,000, it is thought that the camera could fetch a seven figure sum after a Leica 0 series sold for almost £2million last year.

Leica, formerly known as Ernst Leitz GmbH, made their first camera in 1913 which were designed for landscape photography.

The brand went on to become one of the most iconic camera manufacturers because of their small, compact models in contrast to the large versions available at the time.

There were 52,000 models made of the ordinary Leica IIs, but there were only ever four made of these Luxus Leica IIs.

It was a luxury version of the ordinary camera, and the whereabouts of the other three is unknown so this is extremely rare.

'There may have only been such a small number made as a way of making it seem more desirable by the company, or they could have been made to order.

The camera will go up for sale at Bonhams in Hong Kong on November 22.

Photos: Governor Olusegun Mimiko, Falae’s Wife, Others Weep As Deji Falae Is Buried

 It was another day to cry for the family and friends of late Deji Falae as he was buried today. In the photos below, his wife Eseh Falae couldn’t stop crying. Deji a serving commissioner in Ondo State died in the ill-fated associated airline plane crash which occurred on the 3^rd of October, 2013. May his soul rest in peace.

African Men Are Full Of Ego- Ronke Oshodi

The actress in a recent interview spoke about men and how they treat their wives. Hear her;

I say to people on a daily basis that I pity African women. Our men, especially the Yorubas, see their wives as slaves. You have to go out of your way to do everything. They want you to be 110 percent submissive. I can't really understand.

Most married people are dying of lack of emotion and care  from their men. Every woman wants to be in her husband`s hands enjoying love and care. 

Nigerian men are just not real; they are wicked. You have a wife and you don't show her love or care, but you're buying her clothes; is it all about money? It's really sad that African men are not romantic. They are too full of ego.”

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SAD: MEET 19-Year Old Girl Who Has No Womb Or Vagina

A teenager has spoken of her 'total shock' at being told at the age of 17 she had no vagina.  Jacqui Beck, 19, has MRKH, an rare syndrome which affects the reproductive system - meaning she has no womb, cervix or vaginal opening. 

She was only diagnosed after she went to her GP about back pain - and mentioned in passing that she hadn't started her periods.

Tests revealed her condition and that where her vagina should be, there is simply an ident, or 'dimple' - meaning she is unable to have sex or carry her own child.

Women with the condition appear completely normal externally - which means it is usually not discovered until a woman tries to have sex, or has not had her first period.

Miss Beck, from the Isle of Wight, admits when she was first diagnosed, she felt 'like a freak'.

'I'd never considered myself different from other women and the news was so shocking, I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

‘I was sure the doctor had got it wrong, but when she explained that was why I wasn’t having periods, it all started to make sense.

‘She then explained that I would never be able to carry a child and might have to have surgery before I could have sex.

‘I left the doctors in tears - I would never know what it was like to give birth, be pregnant, have a period. All the things I had imagined doing suddenly got erased from my future.

'I was really angry and felt like I wasn’t a real woman any more.'

Because she had never attempted to have a physical relationship, Miss Beck had never noticed the problem herself.  Had she tried, she would have discovered it was impossible for her to have sex.

She said: 'It wasn’t really a conscious decision not to have a boyfriend, I just didn’t really fancy any of the boys in my area, which is lucky, considering what I know now’.

MRKH affects one in 5,000 women in the UK. Most discover they have the condition because they haven't started their periods, but some find out when they struggle to have intercourse.

Miss Beck explained she has a 'dimple' where her vagina should be so from the outside it looks normal - which explains why the condition wasn't detected earlier.

Despite the shocking news, she is trying to see her condition in a positive light - and even as a way of making sure she meets the right man.

She said: 'If he has a problem with it, then he’s not the kind of guy I want to go out with.

'I’m a hopeless romantic and I see it as a great test of someone’s character. Instead of focusing on it putting off men,  I actually think it will help me find, “the one”.

'I want to be upfront with any men I meet and tell them straight away about my condition. I don’t want them to feel tricked into being with me.

‘I will feel more comfortable if they know the truth and besides, if they run at the mention of MRKH then I don’t want to be intimate with them.'

She says that as a teenager, she was blissfully unaware of her condition - with no idea that the development she was waiting for would never happen.

'When I was 14, my friends started talking to me about their periods. They started carrying tampons around, complaining about cramps and sharing notes on what it was like.

‘For a year I waited to go through the same, until at 15, everyone I knew had started their period apart from me.

‘I didn’t panic though, I’m tall and skinny and thought that might be something to do with me being a late developer.’

Instead, she focused on her future and when she was 17, applied to attend a music college in Guildford.

But after suffering from pain in her neck in summer 2012, she went to see her GP.

'While I was there, I mentioned I hadn’t started my period yet. I still wasn’t overly worried but I thought it was worth saying something

‘My doctor was very surprised but didn’t seem to think it was serious. He just suggested that he would do some scans to see what the problem was.'

When scans showed nothing, she was referred to a gynaecologist, who immediately spotted something was wrong.

Miss Beck said: ‘My other scan results had been sent to her and just from looking at them, she knew I had MRKH.

‘She sat me down and basically explained that I didn’t have a womb, or a vagina, that I was born without them and instead just had a small dimple in it’s place.'

So mortified by what she had heard, she was too embarrassed to admit to family and friends she had the condition - let alone the prospect of telling any future boyfriends.

She said: ‘I was too embarrassed to call my mum and talk it through with her, so instead, I sent her an email.

'She called straight back and came over to Guildford the next day from the Isle of Wight.

‘Although mum was upset for me, she tried to focus on finding out as much about the condition as possible, so we could understand it.

‘She also encouraged me to focus on the bright side. We laughed as we listed all the things I wouldn’t have to go through, period cramps, childbirth, smear tests - to try and look on the bright side.’

Focusing on her treatment, Miss Beck was admitted to the Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospital in London, which specialises in the condition.

There, she was given dilation treatment, which involved using different sized dilators to try and stretch her vaginal canal - but was told if it didn’t work, she would have to be operated on.

She said: ‘I spent two days there, getting taught how to use the dilator and learning more about MRKH.

‘The first time the nurse showed me how to use a dilator I nearly died of embarrassment. But now I've got used to it, I see it as any other form of treatment.

‘At the hospital, they referred me to a network of other women who have the same condition. It was great to speak to other girls who felt like me.

‘I stopped feeling so lonely and it also gave me hope as I spoke to women who had gone on to have a full sex life.’

Thankfully, her treatment has worked and if she continues she will not need surgery and when she chooses to, will be able to have intercourse.

Further down the line there are more difficult conversations she will have to have to have when she wants to have children.

She said: ‘I’m not at an age when I’m thinking about kids, but I think that will hit me later on. I will use a surrogate, or adopt, but I will have to make sure any guy I meet is ok with that too.

‘Again, I try and take it as a blessing that, unlike woman who discover they can’t conceive when they are already trying for a baby, I have time to get used to the idea.’

For Miss Beck, her one hope is that the condition becomes more well known, so that other women realise they have it earlier than she did.

‘I had only told five of my best friends, but then I realised it’s not something I should be ashamed of.

‘If I had cancer, or, any other medical issue, people would be supportive. So, I recently came out to everyone on Facebook, telling them about my condition.

‘I was surprised at how positive everyone was, they said I was brave and beautiful, now I wish I had been open about it from the beginning.’