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| HONOUR: Pastor Agu Irukwu was voted as the most black person in Britain |
PASTOR Agu Irukwu of the Redeemed Christian Church of God - Jesus House London Parish has been voted as Britain's most influential black person.
Monday, 31 October 2011
PASTOR Agu Irukwu of the RGGC - Jesus House London voted Britain's most influential black person
MTN Lagos Fashion & Design Week 2011 - Pictures
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| Models at the event |
The event headed by fashion stylist and entrepreneur Omoyemi Akerele was a huge succes attracting over 30 designers. The first ever fashion week to be staged in Nigeria, it allows experienced and new designers and fashion entrepreneurs to connect with each other through fashion workshops, seminars, business and mentoring schemes.
11 killed as US is hit by heavy snow storms
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| Snow collects in a van. Picture courtesy: Telegraph |
USA - Snow storms today left large areas of north-east America in a state of emergency with at least 11 people killed in road accidents and warnings of flooding to come.
More than 30 inches fell in some areas in just 24 hours, the heaviest in October for more than 100 years.
CHINA declares - we are not 'saviours' of Europe
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| Wen Jiabao - Chinese Prime Minister |
CHINA - dashed any hope of a bailout of the euro yesterday saying it was not the 'saviour' of Europe. Beijing said, it will do what it can to help a friend in need, state-run news agency Xinhua said in a commentary on Sunday.
'Occupy London Stock Exchange' protests - Dean of St Paul's resigns
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| St Pauls |
Saturday, 29 October 2011
Can Nigeria's Super Eagles rise again after coach Siasia is fired?
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| Sampson Siasia fired |
Samson Siasia has been fired as Nigeria coach for failing to take the country to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nation, so what next?
Siasia's sack was announced in Abuja on Friday at the end of the NFA Board meeting.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
OCCUPY LONDON - Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral resigns from his post
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| The Occupy London Stock Exchange |
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| Canon Fraser |
Canon Dr Giles Fraser, who has been sympathetic to the protest camp outside the London
EUROPE SUMMIT: Leaders in free for all fist fights
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| Claudio Barbato, left, a member of the opposition FLI party, fights with Fabio Ranieri from the Northern League |
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Mrs Patience Jonathan celebrates birthday in Australia
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| THE FIRST COUPLE OF NIGERIA STEP OUT IN STYLE |
Five killed in Ghana floods
DAKAR - AlertNet has reported that floods have destroyed homes and cut off several roads and bridges in Ghana’s capital city of Accra, leaving several residents stranded, media in the West African nation on Wednesday.
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| Flood victims |
Bangkok closes airports and a million people flee as floods rise
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| Bangkok airport under water |
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| Flood victims |
Thailand has been hit by the worst floods for 50 years which have killed over 360 people. Bangkok has swamped by flood waters and Don Muang airport in the north is the area worst affected by flooding, was forced to close yesterday.
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
HOW PRIVATE IS YOUR FACEBOOK DATA?
You may be one of the millions of people bothered about how Facebook stores your information online, if you are, then this is a must read. As Facebook faces an audit over its storage of information, Channel 4 News talked to the 24-year-old Austrian student who has gone head to head with the social networking giant.
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Mommer Gaddafi ~ 10 strange things about him
Often given a 'rock star' welcome around the world Colonel Gaddafi had an eccentric and egoistic personality. He once arrived in Rome with a 300-strong retinue on three Airbuses. As ever, he brought with him a giant Bedouin tent, which was erected in a park in the centre of the city and where he was to stay and conduct business.
In 2007, he took a camel on a visit to Paris and pitched his tent in the grounds of a five-star hotel. Many will say Gaddafi was more of a mad man than a bad one. Maybe if his mental problems had been diagnosed and treated, thousands of people could still be alive.
He was all for women's rights. Gaddafi hired an all-women team because he wanted to empower them. However, he insisted that they wore high heels,jewellery, make-up and nail polish.
Here are ten strange things about Gaddafi:He was all for women's rights. Gaddafi hired an all-women team because he wanted to empower them. However, he insisted that they wore high heels,jewellery, make-up and nail polish.
Friday, 21 October 2011
The UN to investigate Gaddafi's death as Human Rights issues are raised
 A television station based in Syria said on Friday that the slain Libyan leader's wife has asked for a United Nations investigation into his death. |
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| Gaddafi's widow, Safia, left, has called for the UN to launch an inquiry into her husband's death. |
The Occupy London Stock Exchange protests force St Paul's Cathedral to close
St Paul's Cathedral was been forced to close its doors to the public today for the first time in 60 years because of the anti-capitalist protest taking place outside. Thousands of protesters camped around the historic church forcing tourists to pick their way through tents and people sitting on the pavements.
Thursday, 20 October 2011
The Fall of Gaddafi: (1942 - 2011) in Pictures
Libya's ex-leader Col Muammar Gaddafi was killed today after an assault on his birthplace of Sirte.
Beware: This video contains graphic images
watch with caution!
watch with caution!
Gaddafi tried to flee in a convoy hit by American drone
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
One Israeli prisoner released in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners
JERUSALEM - Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit returned to Israel as the first of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners leave jail in a prisoner exchange deal which was brokered by top Isreali intelligence on 12 October.
Pictures: Channel 4 Thursday, 13 October 2011
Nollywood comic actor, Baba Suwe arrested at Lagos Airport for cocaine
Baba Suwe in NDLEA office
Nollywood comic actor, Alhaji King Babatunde Ayinla Nurudeen Olasunkanmi Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with substances suspected to be hard drugs concealed in his stomach.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Farouk Abdulmutallab 'the underpants bomber' pleads guilty
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab faces eight charges, including terrorism
Detroit, USA - Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab accused of trying to bomb a US-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009 has told his trial in Detroit that he is pleading guilty to all charges.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
More arrests in Boston, America as 'Occupy' protest get tense
Reuters - USA - Tension mounted between protesters and police on Monday night after Occupy Boston members expanded their footprint in downtown Boston, then said they were being pressed by police to backtrack.
Monday, 10 October 2011
How the market meltdown affects you: pensions, investments, mortgages, savings
As a massive £64billion was wiped off the value of the UK’s biggest companies yesterday, here is what this means for your finances:
PENSIONS
Millions with a pension linked to the stock market will have suffered the double-whammy of plummeting share prices and a plunge in annuity rates.
A fall in share prices would affect the value of the vast majority of pensions – which are linked to the stock market.
Money worries: Many will be affected by the recent financial turmoil
At the same time, whenever share prices are volatile, demand for Government-backed bonds, called gilts, increases and the yield falls if demand for gilts rises.
Annuities – which provide a regular income from a pension – are funded by gilts and rely on the yield. So the rates on these will fall too.
Many savers should receive some protection against the falls as the majority of pensions automatically start switching money out of the stock market and into safer investments as you approach retirement age.
INVESTMENTS
Profits made in the first half of the year have been wiped out for the vast majority of investors during the recent falls in August and yesterday.
Those who have ploughed billions of pounds into ‘tracker’ funds which blindly follow the movements of the stock market will lose £10 for every £1,000 invested when the market moves by 1 per cent.
These losses will have also fed through to anyone with money tied up in giant funds run by highly-paid investment managers.
Typically they are invested heavily in banks, which have suffered disappointing results.
MORTGAGES
Homeowners have seen the cost of fixed rate mortgages plunge in recent weeks and more volatility on the stock market could see them fall further still.
This is because the money banks use to fund home loans is partly bought on an investment market called swap rates.
The price of swap rates is linked to the cost of gilts and bonds, which have fallen heavily. So because banks have been able to buy cheaper funds the cost of mortgages has fallen too.
A sluggish economy also hits house prices, with many more likely to stay in their homes.
Movers tend to spend on furniture and redecorating, so when the market stagnates this also hits the economy.
SAVINGS
Where there is good news for borrowers, there is normally bad news for savers - and this crisis has proved no different.
In August when the stock market fell heavily during the course of a week the rate paid on fixed rate bonds fell too.
But it’s worth bearing in mind those who have keep their money in cash accounts will not have suffered from market falls.
Money Mail
Annuities – which provide a regular income from a pension – are funded by gilts and rely on the yield. So the rates on these will fall too.
Many savers should receive some protection against the falls as the majority of pensions automatically start switching money out of the stock market and into safer investments as you approach retirement age.
INVESTMENTS
Profits made in the first half of the year have been wiped out for the vast majority of investors during the recent falls in August and yesterday.
Those who have ploughed billions of pounds into ‘tracker’ funds which blindly follow the movements of the stock market will lose £10 for every £1,000 invested when the market moves by 1 per cent.
These losses will have also fed through to anyone with money tied up in giant funds run by highly-paid investment managers.
Typically they are invested heavily in banks, which have suffered disappointing results.
MORTGAGES
Homeowners have seen the cost of fixed rate mortgages plunge in recent weeks and more volatility on the stock market could see them fall further still.
This is because the money banks use to fund home loans is partly bought on an investment market called swap rates.
The price of swap rates is linked to the cost of gilts and bonds, which have fallen heavily. So because banks have been able to buy cheaper funds the cost of mortgages has fallen too.
A sluggish economy also hits house prices, with many more likely to stay in their homes.
Movers tend to spend on furniture and redecorating, so when the market stagnates this also hits the economy.
SAVINGS
Where there is good news for borrowers, there is normally bad news for savers - and this crisis has proved no different.
In August when the stock market fell heavily during the course of a week the rate paid on fixed rate bonds fell too.
But it’s worth bearing in mind those who have keep their money in cash accounts will not have suffered from market falls.
Money Mail
For UK first-time buyers purchasing is cheaper than renting, but only if they can raise £27k
First-time buyers would be better off purchasing a house than renting, but only if they can afford the hefty deposit needed.
The Halifax Buying vs Renting Review, which has tracked a typical two bedroom flat for a first-time buyer across the UK over the last three years, found that the cost of buying a home for a first-time buyer is more than £100 a month cheaper than renting.
However, it all depends on whether the first-time buyer can get together a deposit, which at average of 20 per cent for first-time buyers racks up to £27,127.
Owning is cheaper than renting: But only if you can afford a deposit
Abia gang rape: Police bar women from protest
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| Protesters Umuahia – Friday, scores of women from the five South-East states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo, were stopped by the Abia State police command from protesting in Umuahia, the state capital, against the controversial gang-rape alleged to have taken place at the state university, Uturu. |
29 dead in religious clash in Egypt
At least 29 people were killed in Cairo overnight, as Coptic Christians clashed with security forces. There has been fresh violence today, while hundreds of mourners have gathered at the Coptic Cathedral in Abbassia.
Egyptian Coptic Christians clash with soldiers and riot police in Cairo after a protest march erupted into violence. Photograph: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters
The clashes that broke out on Sunday at Maspero, the large Downtown Cairo building near Tahrir Square that houses the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (basically, state TV and radio), are a deeply worrisome turn in Egypt’s fledging transition.
Worrisome because they started off at a protest of Christians (joined by some Muslims) over restrictions on church-building and have taken on a more sectarian overtone than anything we’ve seen so far.
Worrisome because, while the initial spark to the confrontation between the protestors and the army is still unknown, the army crackdown was quite brutal. This marks the first time that the army has taken such an aggressive posture against a predominantly Christian protest, which will easily lead the framing of today’s events as the first time that the military chooses to kill protesting Christians.
Worrisome because state television has behaved thus far tonight much as it did during the 18 days of the Egyptian uprising this winter. In other words, it has deployed propaganda, unverifiable allegations, talk of “foreign agendas” and “outside hands”, and extremely partial reporting. It has repeatedly used sectarian language, with presenters referring to protestors as “the Copts” and using sentences such as “The Copts have killed two soldiers.” On top of this, the military cut off the live TV feeds of several satellite TV stations, including 25TV, al-Hurra, and at a later point al-Jazeera, reducing the independent reporting of an unfolding event. And most of all because TV presenters were urging Egyptians to “protect the army from the Copts.”
Worrisome because many appear to have responded to that call, and tonight on one of Cairo’s main thoroughfares you could see young men marching to that chant of “There is no God but God”, or a woman being attacked simply because she was wearing a cross, or simply because sectarianism has reared its ugly head again after last May’s Imbaba church arson.
Worrisome because this is all happening at a time when the political class is in crisis, its confidence in the SCAF at an all-time low, and the general population is so fed up of all the uncertainty and chaos that it is having buyer’s remorse about the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
Most worrisome of all because, taken altogether, this paints a picture of the Egyptian military as resorting to sectarian impulses almost reflexively. It is the flipside of its continued unwillingness, after the sectarian clashes (between civilians as well as between police, military and civilians once fighting had already broken out) of earlier this year, to end once and for all the official discrimination that Copts face when building, expanding or renovating places of worship. SCAF, which rules by decree, could have acted, but did not — and acted weakly in the face of the arson of a church in Aswan last week, which was the cause of the protests.
Worrisome because they started off at a protest of Christians (joined by some Muslims) over restrictions on church-building and have taken on a more sectarian overtone than anything we’ve seen so far.
Worrisome because, while the initial spark to the confrontation between the protestors and the army is still unknown, the army crackdown was quite brutal. This marks the first time that the army has taken such an aggressive posture against a predominantly Christian protest, which will easily lead the framing of today’s events as the first time that the military chooses to kill protesting Christians.
Worrisome because state television has behaved thus far tonight much as it did during the 18 days of the Egyptian uprising this winter. In other words, it has deployed propaganda, unverifiable allegations, talk of “foreign agendas” and “outside hands”, and extremely partial reporting. It has repeatedly used sectarian language, with presenters referring to protestors as “the Copts” and using sentences such as “The Copts have killed two soldiers.” On top of this, the military cut off the live TV feeds of several satellite TV stations, including 25TV, al-Hurra, and at a later point al-Jazeera, reducing the independent reporting of an unfolding event. And most of all because TV presenters were urging Egyptians to “protect the army from the Copts.”
Worrisome because many appear to have responded to that call, and tonight on one of Cairo’s main thoroughfares you could see young men marching to that chant of “There is no God but God”, or a woman being attacked simply because she was wearing a cross, or simply because sectarianism has reared its ugly head again after last May’s Imbaba church arson.
Worrisome because this is all happening at a time when the political class is in crisis, its confidence in the SCAF at an all-time low, and the general population is so fed up of all the uncertainty and chaos that it is having buyer’s remorse about the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
Most worrisome of all because, taken altogether, this paints a picture of the Egyptian military as resorting to sectarian impulses almost reflexively. It is the flipside of its continued unwillingness, after the sectarian clashes (between civilians as well as between police, military and civilians once fighting had already broken out) of earlier this year, to end once and for all the official discrimination that Copts face when building, expanding or renovating places of worship. SCAF, which rules by decree, could have acted, but did not — and acted weakly in the face of the arson of a church in Aswan last week, which was the cause of the protests.
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Misha Bryan - The New X Factor 2011 S*T*A*R*
Misha Bryan took the brave step of performing Adele’s Rolling in the Deep tonight… and it paid off!
Thousands of X Factor hopefuls sang Adele tracks at the auditions but tonight Misha stepped it up a gear and delivered a performance Adele herself would be proud of as she put her own stamp on the hugely popular track.
Top 10 Nigerian Music Videos 2011
No.1 ICE PRINCE FT BRYMO ~ Oleku
No.2 Wizkid~ Tease Me
No.3 Banky W ~ Lagos Party
No.4 D'Prince ft. D'Banj ~ Give It To Me
No.5 R2Bees ft. Wande Coal ~ Kiss Your Hand
No.6 P-Square Feat. J Martins ~ E No Easy
No.7 Timaya ~ Plantain Boy
No 8 Bracket ~Yori Yori
No.9 Wande Coal ~ Bumper 2 Bumper
Thursday, 6 October 2011
How to get a foot on the property ladder during tough times?
Hopeful first-time buyers face sky-high house prices, having to save for huge deposits and tough credit checks by banks. But are they any worse off than their parents? Is there a way out?
Are first-time buyers worse off than their parents?
It's the subject causing a divide around the dinner tables of families with grown-up children: just how tough is it to get on the housing ladder?
Last week, a new report told of the hardship faced by today’s first-time buyers. Just days ago, the National Housing Federation branded our property market ‘totally dysfunctional’.
Make money with the Halifax £100,000 Premium Bond-style monthly prize draw for savers
Halifax is hoping to create a buzz in the savings world by entering savers with £5,000 in their account a Premium Bond-style monthly prize draw. Every month, state-backed Halifax will give away three £100,000 prizes, a hundred £1,000 prizes, and a thousand £100 prizes. Watch out, it could be you!
Kerry Kantona and Lucien - a couple?
Photo: Splash News / WENN.com
Now that Big Brother fans, Kerry Katona and Lucien Laviscount are out of the 'house', it's looking like romance might well and truly be in the air for the pair.
Kerry, who came second in the CBB final, confessed that she and the former Coronation Street actor are "friends with benefits."
If that wasn't shocking enough, the star went onto reveal that she and Lucien would be together if it wasn't for the 12-year age gap and the fact that the actor is only nine years older than her eldest daughter.
Gushing about Lucien in an interview with OK! Magazine, the mum-of-four said: “Lucien has it all. He's a geek, intelligent, loveable, great for cuddles, understanding. He is everything all rolled into one. But I don't think I'm his type."
Despite Kerry's concerns about his age, Lucien revealed to the mag that he has no qualms about being with older women...
The 19-year-old said: “She's not too old for me! I have a thing for older women. I like women who know where they're at."
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| Kerry |
Mel B & Belafonte introduce New Baby Spice at Perth Fashion Festival
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| The Belafontes with their new arrival |
Mel B and husband Stephen Belafonte arrived at Perth Domestic Airport recently with two kids in tow. The family, which included newborn baby Madison, was there to attend the Perth Fashion Festival in Western Australia. Mel’s oldest daughter Phoenix didn’t attend but Angel, her 4-year old daughter with Eddie Murphy joined them.
Art Exhibition: Forbidden Fruit' to open in the UK
HOW TO: Sell Old iPhone For Profit
Apple genius Steve Jobs' traumatic early life
His biological parents met as 23-year-old students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
They were unmarried when his biological mother, Joanne Schieble, fell pregnant in 1954.
What Steve Jobs taught us about leadership and vision
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| STEVE JOBS - Co-Founder of Apple, developer of the iPad, iPhone, iPad, iMac, Toy Story |
Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs, died Wednesday at the age of 56
Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs, died Wednesday at the age of 56 after years-long battle with pancreatic cancer.
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| A shop attendant looks at a product behind a computer monitor displaying the obituary of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs at an Apple Store in Taipei October 6, 2011. Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues. Reuters |
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Wizkid wins UK MOBO Award
Mega popular Nigerian super star Wizkid has won an award for best African act at the MOBO Awards taking place tonight, Wednesday in Glasgow. What is the secret of Wizkid's rapid rise to the top? Wizkid - real name Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun went to Lead City University in Ibadan, Nigeria to study International Relations but decided to drop out of University at his second year so he could focus on his music career.
Since then, Wizkid 20, has mixed with the cream of the African music scene. He once stated in an interview with SheiFunmi, "Banky W, Skales and I are like brothers and as you said “EME's family”..so we family now."
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Apple's new release - and it's not iPhone 5 but the iPhone 4S,
New Apple CEO Tim Cook began his first product launch on Tuesday at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino by trumpeting all of his company’s successes, but after almost an hour of self-promotion and smaller updates, Apple unveiled its latest iPhone, the 4S.
Still no solution in sight as the Eurozone free falls
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| Sunny and traquil Greece in the midst of turmoil |
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