It has been reported that Kim Kardashian is meeting with US president Donald Trump to discuss prison reform after she began advocating for the commutation of the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, who was sentenced to life in prison for a low-level drug offense.
You would think everyone would support Kim in her quest. But actor and radio host DL Hughley had something really savage to say about Kim’s selfless deed.
He took to Twitter to throw jab at the reality star, writing:
A previously unseen photograph of Prince Harry and his new bride Meghan Markle has been spotted at Buckingham Palace.
The touching portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who got married less than two weeks ago, was spotted on display in the Audience Room of the Queen’s London residence.
The portrait was seen during George Brandis’s visit to the palace on Wednesday. It is thought to be taken by the couple’s wedding photographer Alexi Lubomirski.
Poland’s police say they have arrested a Nigerian man who is wanted by Interpol and FBI in the United States for alleged cyberfraud and extortion done over the internet totaling an estimated $7 million.
An elite group from the Polish police’s Central Bureau Investigation (CB?P) said in a communique on Wednesday, that the 27-year-old Nigerian was tracked down in the southwestern city of Wroclaw, as a result of cooperation with the FBI and Interpol, which had circulated a warrant for the man.
The police raid took him by surprise, the communique said.
The man is suspected of banking fraud, extortion and theft of online banking access data as well as an identity theft.
He remains under arrest pending extradition to the United States, where he faces up to 30 years in prison.
Source: Associated Press/ CBSP.PL, IAR
Dino Melaye attended the senate plenary today moving with the aid of a walking stick and a bandage around his neck. See more photos below
Tennis superstar Serena Williams launched her online shop today after dreaming of pursuing a fashion career since her teenage years.
She said she was discouraged by most and asked to face tennis squarely. But she had to find a way to make both work together. After 15 years of trying and having people in fashion tell her “no”, her dream has finally come true and she shared a message of encouragement on Instagram.
She wrote:
They say life is about timing. I learned this lesson at age 18, when I chose to play a light tennis schedule because I wanted to go to fashion school. Some criticized my decision, but I knew I had two loves–tennis and fashion–and had to find a way to make them coexist. After 15 years of false starts, and people in fashion telling me “no,” it only only drove me to work harder. As a result, I discovered what it meant to invest in myself, and I allowed that belief in myself to drive me to reach my dream.
Today, I am proud to launch @serena , my own online shop. Never stop believing in yourself, you’re worth it. #BeSeenBeHeard
Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, March 30, 2018 admitted in evidence documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against a Chinese national, Li Ya Ping, who is facing trial on one count charge for allegedly concealing the sum of $300,000 (equivalent of N108million), while attempting to board a flight to Dubai.
The offence contravenes the dictates of Section 2 (3) (5) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) which states that:“Transportation of cash or negotiable instruments in excess of $10,000 or its equivalent by individuals in or out of the country shall be declared to the Nigerian Customs Service”.
At the resumed hearing, counsel to EFCC, P. K. Latona presented the fourth witness, Hassan Mohammed Misau.
Misau, a detective with the Advance Fraud Unit, AFF, of the EFCC, in his testimony told the court that, “on March 15, 2018 at about 13Hours, my team received a phone call from the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, FCT Command, informing us of the arrest of the defendant, who they said concealed a sum of $300,000 and was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja while trying to board an Emirate Airline enroute Abuja to Dubai”.
He stated that the anti-graft agency dispatched a team of investigators to follow up on the report, and on arrival they met with the officers – Yahaya Ishaq and Helen Ajibero, who gave statements on how the incident happened.
The PW4 said that his team, thereafter, received handover notes, statements from the customs officials, 2 Business boarding pass, a Chinese international passport, a mobile handset belonging to the defendant alongside the sum of $300,000 and brought same to the Commission.
He added that the defendant was handed over to the EFCC on March 16, 2018 by the NCS.
Rich Kids of Beverly Hills star EJ Johnson stepped out in a pair of tight pants that hugged his figure and exposed a bit too much.
The outline of the reality star’s male member can be seen through the crotch area of his tight pants. He also exposed his flat midriff.
Full photo below.
22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama, the Malian immigrant who scaled an apartment building in Paris to save the life of a dangling 4-year-old has joined the fire brigade after he was rewarded for his brave act.
French President Emmanuel Macron granted the hero “Spiderman” French citizenship and was offered to an enrollment to be a firefighter at the French fire service.
On Tuesday, Gassama visited the Paris Fire Brigade headquarters and Champerret fire station and also met with the Paris fire brigade commander general Jean-Claude Gallet.
The athletic Malian received his temporary residence permit at the prefecture of Bobigny, northeast of Paris and reportedly signed up for a 10-month internship with the Paris fire and rescue services, expected to pay close to 600 euros (N251,471.10) a month.
Continue to read the shocking story as shared by a Nigerian doctor, @trending_medic, on 
US-based Nigerian lady, Chika, took to Twitter to share these eye-popping bikini photos of herself, and she’s causing a stir online because of her curvaceous body.
See full photos below.
American rapper Travis McCoy was a big deal in the late 90s and early 2000s. He became a celebrity right from his teen years and even dated fellow superstar Katy Perry.
But things went down south when he got hooked on drugs. From pills to heroin, Travis soon lost focus and dropped out of the music scene.
In 2017, during a podcast interview, Travis McCoy disclosed how he beat a heroin addiction that could have killed him. Though he claims he has beaten his addiction and is back to making music again, the damage done by years of being addicted to drugs still shows on his face.
Below is what he looks like now.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has detained a former governor of Kaduna State, Ramalan Yero. The state governor who is being investigated by EFCC since 2016, for the role they played in the disbursement of the N750 million PDP campaign fund before the 2015 general election.
The former Governor and the three others namely Haruna Gaiya a former PDP chairman in the state a former Minister of State for Power, Nuhu Way; and the former Secretary to Kaduna State government, Hamza Ishaq, have been under investigation by EFCC since 2016, for the role they played in the disbursement of the N750 million PDP campaign fund before the 2015 general election.
The Kaduna zonal spokesman of the EFCC, Kamaludeen Gebi says the former governor and the three others will be arraigned at a Federal high court sitting in Kaduna on Thursday on charges bordering on money laundering, criminal conspiracy, misappropriation of public funds among others.
As part of the 2018 Democracy Day celebrations, social media influencer Japhet Omojuwa ran a twitter poll asking the question, ‘Who would you vote for President if elections were held today?
Using 4 of the known possible contestatnts at the general election, Fela Durotoye, Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku Abubakar and Yele Sowore, over 40% of the 17,000 votes so far went with President Buhari.
See the result below….
Three persons were killed on Monday and Tuesday, by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Gashish and Ropp villages, Kakuruk Ward in Gashish District of Barkin Ladi LGA, Plateau State.
Two of the victims identified as Suga Geoffrey Jangwok and Sylvester Ishaya were shot dead in Gashish, on Monday night, and four persons injured while one person was killed on Tuesdaymorning, in Ropp and three others inflicted gunshots injuries.
It was learnt that those killed in Gashish were those returning from their farm at about 6:30p.m. when the Fulani herdsmen laid them ambush and shot two persons death, while among four persons who were injured.
They are reportedly receiving treatment at Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos.
Spokesperson for the Plateau State Police Command, ASP Matthias Terna Tyopev, who confirmed the incident, but said those who were injured were taken to Barkin-Ladi General Hospitals while some were transferred Monday night to Plateau Specialists Hospital, Jos, for adequate medical attention.
The Police spokesman said the force, in collaboration with other security agencies in the state, had been mobilised to the affected villages to strengthen security and avert further lost of lives and properties.
National Chairman of Berom Youth Moulders Association, Chuwang Choji, lamented how Fulani herdsmen had continued to kill their people without proper intervention by the security operatives.
“These people were shot death while returning from their farms, the Fulani are killing people with sophisticated weapons without any form of arrest by the security operatives, it is high time the security do the needful to save further destruction of lives and property.” said Choji.
Dr. Daniel Kim, a stakeholder of the community, said most communities in Barkin-Ladi are under siege as children, women and the aged have been displaced from their ancestral homes without anywhere to put their heads.
Dr. Kim lamented that a woman was shot death on this morning when she was going to the hospital to see the injured persons which her husband was among them.
He called on Federal and State Government to come to the aid of the communities where people have been displaced and houses destroyed.
Nigerian Facebook user, Sampraise Ujere just shared news of a 62 year old woman who supposedly gave birth to her first child after 42 years of marriage and 7 years of pregnancy.
According to him, the baby is 11months old and the woman simply can’t keep calm about the goodness of God in her life. Things we hear!
Read his post below….
Tekno announced days ago that he and Lola Rae have welcomed a daughter named Skye. He shared a photo of himself cuddling her via IG.
Justice Minister Koen Geens said the assailant, who was later killed by police, was released from prison on a two-day leave Monday. Geens described him as a multiple repeat offender who had been incarcerated since 2003.
Liege Police Chief Christian Beaupere said at a news conference that the slain officers were 45-years-old and 53-years-old, the latter the mother of twins. Four other officers were wounded in the attack, one of them seriously with a severed femoral artery.
State broadcaster RTBF identified the suspect as Benjamin Herman. Herman, a Belgian national born in 1982, had a criminal record that included theft, assault and drug offenses, RTBF reported.
The federal prosecutor’s office declined to comment.
Earlier, Liege prosecutors’ spokesman Philippe Dulieu said the man crept up on the two officers from behind carrying a knife and stabbed them several times.
“He then took their weapons. He used the weapons on the officers, who died,” Dulieu told reporters. The two police handguns had a total of 17 bullets.
Dulieu said the attacker then shot dead a 22-year-old man in a vehicle that was just leaving a parking place outside a nearby high school. The attacker then took a woman hostage inside the school.
“Liege police intervened. He came out firing at police, wounding a number of them, notably in the legs. He was shot dead,” the spokesman said.
A senior official at the federal prosecutor’s office told The Associated Press that “there are indications it could be a terror attack.”
Despite this, Belgium’s crisis center said it saw no reason to raise the country’s terror threat alert for now.
When asked about the report that the attack was terror-related, Liege city hall Michel Firket spokesman told the AP: “I know nothing formal about that. The police is doing its investigation. There are no formal conclusions.”
A spokeswoman for the city mayor’s office, Laurence Comminette, told the AP that the children at the school were all safe.
Belgium’s King Philippe, Prime Minister Charles Michel and the country’s justice and interior ministers traveled to Liege to confer with local officials.
“I want to offer my government’s support for the victims, for the victims’ families,” Michel said.
Yves Stevens of Belgium’s federal crisis center said that security in Liege is under control, and that there was no reason yet to raise the national terror threat level.
“There is absolutely no confirmation yet that the incident is terror-related,” Stevens told the AP.
Video posted on Twitter by a person claiming to be a witness showed people running in the area. About six gunshots could be heard.
Belgian police and military have been on alert since suicide bombers killed 32 people at the Brussels airport and subway system in 2016.
It’s not the first time Liege has been hit by a similarly violent attack. In December 2011, a man with a history of weapons and drug offenses left home with hand grenades and guns before he lobbed the grenades into a square filled with Christmas shoppers and fired on those who escaped. Five were killed, including the assailant.
Chrissy Teigen, 32, gave birth to her and John Legend‘s, 39, second child nearly two weeks ago, and already she and her husband have had a much-needed, kid-free outing! For their first date night since baby Miles arrived, both new parents kept it simple and chic in all-black ensembles. And while she was glowing, it was Chrissy’s cleavage that was completely attention-grabbing!
Rocking a plunging scoop neck, Chrissy’s chest was hard to miss in the sweet photo John posted in honor of their first date night since their newborn son arrived. “First post-Miles date night!” the singer captioned the selfie of himself and his model wife. Both John and Chrissy look happy and, surprisingly, well rested in the pic, but despite the cuteness of it all, Chrissy’s cleavage is what commenters couldn’t help talking about,
“Boobs for days! Is she a MILF or MILK get it @chrissyteigen,” one fan wrote. Another gushed, “Mommy Boobs on 🔥😍 .” But not all comments were light-hearted and complimentary. In fact, one Instagram user criticized the model’s attire! “Okay, ya got boobs…..Now get dressed properly!” they said. Another had the nerve to write, “I don’t have kids but I’ll suggest you use the milk pump before you go out . Don’t reveal so much b…bs.” Can the mom/woman shaming end please? Clearly Chrissy is an amazing, strong, and beautiful mother — you do you, girl!
The downstream of the Nigeria oil and gas sector imported N812 billion of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) during the first quarter of 2018, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The country imported N349.45 billion worth of PMS in the month of March 2018, representing the highest volume of petroleum product import during the quarter under review.
Specifically, the petroleum products importation statistics for first quarter 2018 reflected that 5.67 billion litres of PMS, 954.47 million litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO); 66.914 million litres of Household Kerosene (HHK); and 5122.067 million litres of Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK) were imported into the country in first quarter of 2018.
According to NBS, the months of March 2018 recorded the highest volumes of PMS imported into the country at 2.41 billion litres while the highest volume of AGO and HHK were imported in February and January 2018 respectively.
The continuous importation of petroleum products has exerted undue pressure on the nation’s external reserve and induced depreciation of the naira, according to experts.
They stressed the need for the Federal Government to create a robust domestic refining sector that could reduce petroleum products imports and save the country from capital flight.
For Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, and Director, Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics and law, University of Ibadan, Adeola Adenikinju, there is need for Nigeria to have functional refineries.
According to him, petro subsidy, has repeatedly failed to achieve its distributional objectives, enriches the already wealthy, but more importantly was driving away private sector investment required to bridge the increasing gap between required investment and actual public investment devoted to the sector.
Hence, he noted that for both electricity and petroleum products, there should be a way to harness the huge private resources available for the development of the energy sector.
Adenikinju said that this range from private equity fund, bank loans, foreign direct investment, local private investment, venture capital, green energy fund, infrastructure fund, pension fund, crowd funding especially for small renewable energy projects, multilateral funds, funds from development agencies, global funds to support low carbon energy path, funds from private foundations, public private partnership arrangements, as well as internal financing and others.
Pioneer Director, Centre for Gas, Refining & Petrochemicals (CGRP), Institute of Petroleum Studies (IPS), University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Godwin Igwe, emphasized the need for the Federal Government to privatize the nation’s refineries.
He suggested the need for the government to use the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model as with Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited, or the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), or Notore Fertiliser Company Limited in harnessing the benefits of petroleum refining.
He urged the government to create a conducive investment environment, and reduce barriers to business in order to attract investors in the country’s petroleum refining sector.
“If security of life and investments are made available, foreign investors will go where money is to be made, but safety is of primary concern in Nigeria.
After many years in the doldrums and following its most recent acquisition by Sigma Golf-Riverbank consortium, the moves by the new management team at Keystone Bank Limited has begun yielding fruits.
The bank for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, recorded a profit before tax of N3.72 billion, compared with a loss of N2.79 billion over the same period in 2017.
Deposit grew 42% or N84 billion to N283 billion at the end of the quarter March 2018.
The bank had recently posted its first quarter financial results, which indicated significant profits in just eight months of taking over the helm of affairs after many years of struggling to stay afloat.
Recall that following the successful completion of AMCON’s divestment from the bank, a five-man transitional board was set up to oversee its re-positioning for growth and competitiveness.
The transitional arrangement was successfully concluded on August 15, 2017 with the assumption of office of the substantive Managing Direct and Chief Executive Officer, Obeahon Ohiwerei.
In less than one year, the bank has experienced tremendous transformation in all ramifications, including revamping all its branches across the country and bolstering its workforce.
It has also invested substantially in technology and developed fully integrated service models that enable customers access banking services through a wide range of channels.
The Keystone mobile banking application boasts of several unique features such as the ability to bank with zero data, the Oxygen Chat Banking and several others that have re positioned the bank to compete effectively in the sector.
Ohiwerei said: “This achievement is a testament to the hard work and resilience of the management and staff of the bank. From inception it has been our vision to restore the confidence of all our stakeholders with tangible results and we are indeed pleased with this start.”
He stressed that this was only the beginning of greater things to come, noting that the team was set to double its efforts in meeting and surpassing the expectations of its customers.
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