Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Nigerian-American artist, Jidenna arrives Nigeria

Nigerian-American artist, Jidenna arrives Nigeria
Nigerian-American artist Jidenna Theodore Mobisson, known professionally as Jidenna, is currently in Nigeria.
The ‘Classic Man’ crooner, is in Nigeria to advance his anticipated introduction collection, ‘Long Live The Chief.’ His visit will incorporate a restrictive collection dispatch occasion which will occur at Hard Rock Cafe in Lagos.
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Talking about his collection he said ”the record in general speaks to the majority of my encounters of the numerous universes I have lived in and gone to, from Lagos to Los Angeles.”
Jidenna who may most likely visit Don Jazzy when he arrives Nigeria after their twitter conversation when Don Jazzy congratulates him for joining the afro beat music gang and Jidenna replied in pidgin, asking how they’ll both connect when he arrives back to Nigeria.

Facebook founder visits Nigeria.

So barely 24 hours after meeting with Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis at The Vatican, Facebook founder visits Nigeria. Dressed in his famous round-neck and jeans, it did feel like another day in the office.
It was his first visit to sub-saharan Africa. Guess where his first port of call is? No, not Aso Villa to meet President Buhari or Alausa where Gov, Ambode leads the city from.
Mark navigated through the maze of Lagos traffic from the Airport to tech innovation nerve centr...e, CC Hub. For the uninitiated, there is only one curious question; what exactly is CC Hub about?

My first time at CC Hub was 2015 on the invitation of Wecyclers, a brilliant waste recycling startup. It was a magical experience for me. It gave me hope for Nigeria and revealed what innovative solutions young Nigerians are using to solve Nigerian problems using technology driven solutions. Since then, I have learnt of other CC Hub inspired tech startups like BudgIT, Mamalette, Go My Way etc
About CcHub -
It functions at the heart of Nigeria’s technology innovation ecosystem as a place to:
*facilitate creative thinking and collaborative problem solving
encourage technology innovation for improved social accountability in Nigeria
*incubate novel tech ideas that promotes good governance/provision of public services...
*encourage shared accountability between technologist & innovators
serve as a living lab for prototyping and testing socially minded tech tools
*build new skills and competencies
connect, share, create and find expertise
More about them here... www.cchubnigeria.com/

Chris Brown's arrested, home searched by police

Chris Brown taken into custody after alleged gun incident at his home 2 / 22

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES — After a bizarre, hourslong standoff, L.A. police officers took Chris Brown into custody late Tuesday afternoon and said the singer would be arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.

Lt. Chris Ramirez, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department, said officers were transporting Brown from his Tarzana home to downtown L.A., where he would be formally booked.

Police began searching Brown’s sprawling property as they hunted for a weapon the performer is said to have used to threaten a woman.

Shortly before 1 p.m., officers entered the residence after taking much of the morning to obtain a search warrant. Brown’s attorney, Mark Geragos, was on the scene as LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division detectives searched the property.

At least half a dozen people exited the home, a few of them holding their hands behind their heads as police patted them down.

“We’re getting the cooperation of everyone that came out,” Ramirez said, after informing reporters that officers had served a search warrant.

Once all of the occupants are removed from the residence, they will be interviewed to determine what occurred, Ramirez said.

Geragos told the Los Angeles Times that he was inside the home with Brown, who denies any wrongdoing. The warrant was served shortly after Geragos arrived.

Deputy Chief Bob Green had described the standoff between Brown and officers as “long and protracted.”

The search was sparked by a call for help from a woman who said she had been threatened by the performer, police sources said, with officers first arriving at Brown’s home on Corbin Avenue about 3 a.m. Tuesday.

© Katie Falkenberg/Los Angeles Times/TNS LAPD has blocked off the entrance to Chris Brown's home Tuesday morning, Aug. 30, 2016 in Tarzana, Calif. Police are seeking a search warrant for the singer's home to look for a weapon he allegedly used to… The woman, Baylee Curran, told the Times that Brown, who has had several previous run-ins with the law, pointed a gun at her during a violent rage before she ran outside to call police.

Curran said she and a friend had gone to Brown’s home with a business associate, who was invited by the musician. She wanted to talk to Brown about future projects, she said.

When she went inside, a handful of people were milling about and chatting, Curran said.

Curran said she eventually went to Brown’s backyard to get some fresh air. Her confrontation with the musician erupted soon after she walked back into the house, she said.

A man was showcasing diamond bracelets, necklaces and watches inside the home, she said. Curran said she began to admire a diamond cross necklace.

“I don’t know if it was Chris’ friend or how he was related, but that’s when he told me to back away from the diamond necklace and started cussing me out and calling me names,” she said. “That’s when Chris pulled his gun and told me to ‘Get out.’ He said ‘I’m sick of you girls, get the F out!’”

Curran said she ran outside with her friend when Brown pointed the gun at her face. But she was forced to wait by the home’s front gate until Brown’s associates retrieved her phone — which she had to hand over as a condition of going inside the home, she said. When an associate arrived with Curran’s phone, he said he’d only give it back to her if she signed a nondisclosure agreement, she said.

Curran said she refused, snatched her phone from the man’s hand and ran away. The man ran to a Jeep to give chase, but Curran and her friend made it to a neighbor’s property and hid under an SUV parked outside when the Jeep drove by, Curran said. Brown’s neighbor called police.

13 teenage Chinese prostitutes arrested in Lagos

By Bisola Adeniran @dailypostngr

The prostitutes

13 teenage Chinese prostitutes have been arrested and detained by the Nigerian Immigration Service following a raid of their base on Emina Crescent, off Toyin Street, Ikeja. The immigration service raided the apartment following a tip off.
More than 40 teenage girls were brought into the country and camped in an apartment for Nigerian politicians, business executives and expatriates to hire for sex at the cost of between $1,000 and $2,500. The cartel was run by Chinese couple named Sun and Yin Li.
They’ve been operating for a while and a source in the know said the business was booming and the couple were in the process of importing more girls before they were raided. Only 13 girls were picked from the apartment. The Chinese couple, along with some other girls, managed to escape from the apartment and are now in hiding.

NIS spokesman, Joachim Olumba confirmed the arrest and said the girls are in their custody. He also said they are on the trail of the kingpin of the sex ring. And after investigations, they will either deport the girls or hand them over to their embassy here in Nigeria for appropriate action

Alleged female ‘touch and follow’ kidnapper paraded naked in Osun [PHOTOS/VIDEO

Alleged female ‘touch and follow’ kidnapper paraded naked in Osun [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

By Danielle Ogbeche

Residents of Ilesha area of Ogun state, on Wednesday, meted jungle justice on an alleged female kidnapper.
Eyewitnesses claim that the lady was attempting to kidnap a 9-year-old girl when she was caught.
They claim the child, who had allegedly been hypnotized, was following her without being aware of where she was being led to, an act they described to newsmen as ‘touch and follow.’

They raised the alarm and an irate mob apprehended the light-skinned lady who was stripped, beaten and paraded stark naked on the street.

In a video clip that has gone viral online, the suspected kidnapper was seen struggling with the mob who tried to strip her naked.
Speaking in Yoruba language, the mob followed the parade, chanting ‘ole’ (thief), ‘your own don finish today.’

She was reportedly led to a police station in the area but as at press time, the Ogun state Police spokesperson had not responded yet to a text message sent for comments.

Mining firm reportedly discovers ‘world class’ nickel in Nigeria

By Sylvester Ugwuanyi

A potentially “world class and highly unusual” mineral resources, Nickel, with potential for early cashflow has been discovered by a private mining syndicate headed by Hugh Morgan, in an area close to Abuja, reports The Australian, an Australian national newspaper.
According to the report, “The discovery is unusual because the nickel is found in small balls up to 3mm in diameter of a high purity in shallow soils in what could be the surface expression of a much bigger hard-rock nickel field.
“The nickel balls, rumoured to grade better than 90 per cent nickel and thought to be a world first given their widespread distribution, offer the potential for early cashflow from a simple and low-cost screening operation to fund a full assessment of the find that has exploration circles buzzing.”

While details of the discovery are sketchy, the newspaper reports that it, “is rumoured to be close to Dangoma, a small farming town about 160km northeast of the Nigerian capital of Abuja.”

When asked to comment last week, Morgan, a mining industry veteran, reportedly said it was for the Nigerian government to make an announcement.

BRAZIL CARNIVAL

Brazilian Carnival is the annual festival that almost didn’t happen this year and we would have missed the sexy – and naked – dancers that make the festival so colourful. Hitches, aside, the carnival still lived up to its phenomenal brand name.

Huffpost describes the carnival thus, “The mesmerising kaleidoscope of glittering costumes, opulent floats and sleek shimmering dancers saw tens of thousands of people at the Rio Sambadrome to cheer on their favourite samba schools and then letting their hair down at the parties that followed thereafter.”

Take a lot at the beauties and awesome display of colours at the festival and please be warned that there are NAKED dancers in the pictures. (Warning: Nudity in some photos)

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