President Goodluck Jonathan approves order proscribing Boko Haram, Ansaru members

Below is a press statement by the president's Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Reuben Abati.

President Jonathan approves order proscribing Boko Haram and Ansaru members; supporters, collaborators now face prosecution under terrorism prevention act.

President Goodluck Jonathan has formally approved the proscription of Boko Haram and authorized the gazetting of an order declaring the group’s activities illegal and acts of terrorism.

The order which has been gazetted as the Terrorism (Prevention) (Proscription Order) Notice 2013 affects both Boko Haram (Jamaatu Ahlis-Sunna Liddaawati Wal Jihad) and another group – Jama’atu Ansarul  Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan, was approved by President Jonathan pursuant  to section 2 0f the Terrorism Prevention Act, 2011 (As Amended).

US places $23m reward on Boko Haram leader, Shekau, 4 others

The US today Monday June 3rd posted up to $23 million in rewards to help track down five leaders of militant groups accused of spreading terror in west Africa.

The highest reward of $7 million is offered for the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, who last week called on Islamists in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq to join the bloody fight to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.

The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice program also targeted Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), offering its first ever bounties for wanted militants in west Africa.

Aliko Dangote Named Africa's First $20 Billion Man - Forbes

Dangote has been named Africa's first $20billion man, thus becoming one of the top 25 richest people in the world.

From Forbes

Nigerian billionaire and Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has become the first African entrepreneur to lay claim to a $20 billion fortune as the stock value of his largest holding, Dangote Cement, leaped just about three-fourths since March when Forbes released its annual ranking of the world’s richest people.

Aliko Dangote’s 93% stake in the cement company is now worth $19.5 billion. Add this to his controlling stakes in other publicly-listed companies like Dangote Sugar and National Salt Company of Nigeria and his significant shareholdings in other blue-chips like Zenith Bank, UBA Group and Dangote Flour; his extensive real estate portfolio, jets, yachts and current cash position, which includes more than $300 million in recently awarded Dangote Cement dividends, Dangote is now worth more than $20 billion.

Naomi Campbell fires The Face model for dating her billionaire ex

Chinese model, Luo Zilin, 1st runner up for Naomi's model competition show 'The Face' has been fired by her management firm for 'unprofessional conduct' and an 'unacceptable work ethic' after being photographed frolicking with Naomi's ex boyfriend, billionaire Valdimir Doronin.

The former Miss Universe China was mentored by Naomi Campbell on the modeling reality show and there are indications that Luo and Vlad met through Naomi.

Neal Hamil, President, MIX Model Management NYC, confirmed they have terminated their contract with the 25 year old aspiring model.

'Zi Lin's contract with MIX Model Management NYC was terminated last week due to ongoing unprofessional conduct and unacceptable work ethic.

Naomi and Vlad broke up early this year after dating for five years. The weirdest part is that the Russian billionaire is still married to his Russian wife Ekaterina.

New video: Seyi Shay - Irawo

Watch the video for fast-rising international pop-star and Flytime Music artist "Seyi Shay" for her hit single "Irawo", set on the beautiful Atlantic shores of Lagos. Directed by Clarance A. Peters, the inspiration for the video was based on the 1988 hit 'Rumba Dance' by old time favorite Mike Okri

"Don't talk like you know her" - Peter Okoye defends Lola Omotayo

 

Oscar Pistorius court case delayed until August as judge claims he faces 'trial by media' for shooting girlfriend

Oscar Pistorious appeared in court today over the killing of his girl Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day this year, but the trial was postponed until August 19th after prosecutors asked for more time to build the murder case against him.

The judge in the case also said the Paralympian has faced 'trial by media' due to the relentless reporting on the case. Oscar will remain on bail until the trial begins later this year or early next year.

Serena Williams' bikini body cover Essence magazine June issue

On the attention surrounding her body, the tennis champion tells Essence:

“It can be a bit weird. Before it was, ‘Serena has a big butt,’ and that was all. Now there are way more people who feel comfortable with themselves and they’re saying, ‘I’m a woman, and this is what I look like.’ I always say, ‘We’re popular now! We’re finally in style!’”

"Why I love Peter Okoye" - Lola Omotayo finally speaks

Lola Omotayo has kept a low profile since she started dating Peter Okoye of Psquare. With two kids to show, she opens up on why she loves him, the challenges and her best moments with him and being an independent woman...

I love Peter because he was never intimidated. When I met him, he was just trying to build himself and I was very proud of him. I have a lot of respect for him, his talent and I saw that he had a vision. Peter doesn’t get intimidated by anything; in fact, he supports and encourages me all the time. I think he’s happy that he doesn’t have to do everything; he can rely on me that I will take care of our kids.

New Video: Tiwa Savage - Olorun Mi

A tribute to the ones we have lost. Nice song...

Kim K reveals she's expecting a girl

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are having a girl. The gender of the unborn baby was revealed on the season premiere of Keeping Up With The Kardashians yesterday night. finally!

One year later, remembering the Dana Air crash victims

Today is exactly one year we lost 153 passengers on board the ill fated Dana airplane. There's a one year memorial service in honour of the victims going on right now at the Iju/Ishaga memorial Arcade. Families of the victims, Lagos State government officials, including governor Babatunde Fashola and his wife are at the memorial service. You can read the live updates on Telegraphng.com

Woolwich attack: Michael Adebolajo appears in court, wants to be known as Mujaheed Abu Hamza

Dressed in all white with his left arm bandaged, the 28 year old, who is accused of murdering Lee Rigby, 25, a fortnight ago, stood in the dock flanked by two police officers and a prison guard. As he arrived in the courtroom he appeared to blow a kiss to a friend in the public gallery, gripped a copy of the Koran throughout and refused to stand in the dock.

He was remanded in custody and will appear at the Old Bailey within 48 hours. Earlier he was swept into Westminster Magistrates Court in an armoured vehicle led by a police convoy. A number of armed officers formed a ring of steel and shut off roads around the court in central London.

Meanwhile the other key suspect in the Drummer Rigby case refused to appear at the Old Bailey today. Michael Adebowale, 22, told prison staff he did not want to go on video link to the court for a statutory bail hearing. (Daily Mail UK)

I'm not 48 because my mum is less than 60 - Eucharia Anunobi

Few days ago, actress turned Evangelist, Eucharia Anunobi added a year and her fans sent birthday wishes to her. In her official biography, her date of birth reads 'May 25, 1965', but Evangelist Eucharia has denied being 48. According to the actress;

"I appreciate the messages I received as I celebrated my birthday but took exception to the wrong information that am 48 years old. Where on earth did you guys get such an age from for me? "I would like to state here, without mincing words, that am not 48 years, even my mother was not married to my dad as at 48 years ago, and she is even yet to be 60 years."

So how old is Evangelist Eucharia Anunobi?

Juliet Ibrahim's sexy pose

  I am just loving her....

Angelina Jolie makes her first red carpet appearance since her Mastectomy

Hmmmm.....It's been so long since Angelina Jolie walked the red carpet and for the first time since her double mastectomy(a preventive surgery whereby breast tissues are removed, to curb breast cancer) she walked the red carpet with her boo, Brad Pitt for the premiere of his movie,  World War z. He was all over her and they look so gorgeous in matching black.
 

Tweet of the day: From Solidstar

Actor Michael Douglas says oral sex gave him cancer

Hollywood actor Michael Douglas recently revealed that his life-threatening mouth cancer was caused by oral sex. Below is how The Sun UK is reporting it...

In a candid confession, the Basic Instinct star said he was told his throat cancer was triggered after he contracted the human papillomavirus (HPV) - the most common form of sexually transmitted disease.

It had been widely thought the 68-year-old Hollywood star’s years of drinking and smoking were to blame for the stage four cancer, which was first diagnosed in 2010.

But in a new interview Douglas - married since 2000 to British actress Catherine Zeta Jones, 43 - said oral sex had caused the disease.

Asked if he now regretted his years of smoking and drinking, he replied: “No. Because without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV, which actually comes about from cunnilingus.”

He went on to say that oral sex was also the best cure - a claim doctors deny.

He lost more than 45lbs following chemotherapy and radiation treatment - but has been cancer-free for two years.

You can get cancer from oral sex? Huh!

My husband will commit suicide if i leave him - Chioma Toplis

The actress was asked in a recent interview to clarify if her white husband of 18years has left her or not and here is what she said;

“Not for me, no matter how they talk about it, it will never happen. I know what I’m talking about because I know the man I am married to, it will never happened. That is why I’m not moved when I read what they write on the pages of newspapers and the Internet. In fact, if I tell my husband that I am living him today, he will commit suicide.

I am the pillar of that home, though I am not the one proving for the family but I remain the pillar. I can say it again, I don’t see my marriage crashing, if they like let them do or say whatever they like my husband will not leave me it is me that would decide whether I am going to leave him or not.

TeeBillz inspired me in writing some of the songs in my album

Here is what Tiwa said in a recent interview;

How do you feel when you are with Teebillz?

I feel safe, the safeness with him is at another level.

You kind of deceived the public about your relationship with him before your engagement;

Deceived? I don't think I owe the public any detail about my private life. I will have to choose when to let out something about my life or when not to let it out. I don't see a reason why I must disclose details of my private life.That shouldn't be anybody's business.

As your husband-to-be, is there any song about him on the album?

I can't really say if there is. But as a human being and as a songwriter, it is difficult to write a song without writing about your life and experience. He surely inspired me in writing some of the songs in the album.

The married couples who never have sex but insist they're happy

When married couples live like brother and sister. No sex for years and they insist they are happy. Is it normal? Read and tell us what you think...

Most evenings, with their little girl safely tucked up in bed, Charlotte and Chris Everiss (pictured right) enjoy a kiss and a cuddle on the sofa in front of the television.

Happily married for a decade, the couple cannot bear to even imagine their lives without one another. Yet, astonishingly, they haven’t made love for more than two years.

Both insist that their marriage, which followed a two-year courtship after meeting on a dating website, is stronger than most. It’s just that sex, they say, is not important to their happiness.

Dencia's sexy outfit

Hot!

I did not buy N50m house for Halima Abubakar - Ifeanyi Udeze

They were rumoured to have dated back in 2009/2010, but happily married father of three, ex-Super Eagles footballer Ifeanyi Udeze says it's all stories. When asked in today's Punch interview if he had an affair with actress Halima Abubakar  Udeze replied:

For me, those are stories. How can I buy a N50m house for a woman that is not my mother or wife? There is no iota of truth in that story.

The two were spotted quite a lot back in the day, but he has since said they were just friends.

Jay Z and Beyonce cuddle on stage (Photos)

Beyonce invited Jay Z to join her on stage yesterday night during the Sound Of Change concert at Twickenham Stadium in London. The crowd at the concert went crazy when Jay Z appeared on stage because no one was expecting him. They performed Crazy In Love together.

Oge Okoye's publicist opens up about how online comments are affecting her

If you're a celebrity, the best thing would be to develop a thick skin...and not let comments get to you to because whether you like it or not, want it or not, people will always have an opinion about you. And whether you want to hear it or not, they will say it, in this case, write it - on blogs, Twitter, FB, Instagram. I'm sure you celebrities have 99 problems, don't make comments one of it.

Here's something Oge Okoye's PR people released a few days ago...

"Do you want to kill all our celebs with your bullying? I thought you had learnt after Goldie. Celebrities are human and have feelings. In her attempt to re-brand herself, you bullied Oge Okoye and made her hypertensive. “She’s an mgbeke”…she’s this…she’s that…” you kept firing! While you were busy bullying her for nothing, more talent scouts were noticing her.
You were too busy putting her down to even notice the beautiful concepts, only few with the trained eye and who genuinely understand art, left meaningful comments. Look at all the magazines she has covered, yet instead of encouraging her, you bully her even more. Her first big screen movie with Hollywood stars was just premiered in Lagos and instead of congratulating her, you continued abusing her when you saw photos, with some abusing her dress even though she looked hot. Oge is an only child, please don’t kill her for mother.”

 Meanwhile, cyber bullying had nothing to do with Goldie's death.

Video: Many civilians killed in war against Boko Haram

                    
Al Jazeera has obtained the first images of the Nigerian army's battle against Boko Haram fighters in the northern state of Borno. The pictures appear to show the bodies of Boko Haram rebels and many civilians, including women and children.

The Nigerian army have been fighting the group since a state of emergency was declared on May 14 in areas where the fighters have been operating. Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports exclusively from Maiduguri.

Sanusi Lamido, his CBN mistress and their sweetheart escapades - PT

Culled from Premium Times. Interesting read, see it below...

Twenty minutes to midnight on February 25, 2013, and a day before the board of the Central Bank of Nigeria was due to meet, Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi developed a craving for romance - he badly needed a kiss.

The governor, married with children, grabbed his mobile phone and typed out a message.  “Maybe you should come kiss me before board meeting tomorrow,” Mr Sanusi wrote and then squeezed the send button.

At about 9 a.m. the next day, Mrs. Maryam Yaro, a married mother of two, an assistant director and subordinate to the governor at the CBN, arrived at Sanusi’s unnamed Abuja hotel, seeking to keep the date and help address his boss’ craving for a kiss. (Insiders say board members, including those who live in Abuja, are usually lodged in hotels ahead of board meetings).

D'banj's most expensive fashion accessory

When asked to mention the most expensive fashion item he has in a recent Punch interview, D'banj said he has a $50, 000 (N7.9m) FM wrist watch and has another watch that Jay Z also owns.

"I’m always wearing expensive things; like now, I have two watches on my wrist. I’m putting on a Franck Muller, master of complication. It goes for at least $50,000. The other is a big face, the same one Jay-Z is rocking."

Asked to describe his fashion style, D'banj said:

I don’t know. I just dress how I want to be addressed. Sometimes, I want to look like a biker, sometimes I want to look like a billionaire. I wanted to get myself a power bike until I started making it. I had to decide against it because if I get injured, I would not be able to perform. Right now, I can only ride through video games

Footballer John Utaka weds in France (Photos)

The Super Eagles striker got married this weekend in France. Kanu Nwankwo and his wife pictured with the newly married couple in the right photo.