Fashola: Ebola Victims Now Stable, Five Showing Signs of Recovery

Gov Babatunde Fashola

•  FG confirms one new case, 177 under watch
•  Diplomats reveal airport screening is patch
• Jonathan calls Sawyer's actions ‘madness’ 
• NSA’s letter exposes health ministry’s complacency

Senator Iroegbu, Paul Obi   and Gboyega Akinsanmi  

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, Monday said all the patients who had tested positive to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and currently undergoing treatment at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, were in “stable condition”.

The governor also explained that while the health status of the victims of the deadly virus had not deteriorated, five of them were “really improving,” adding, “Ebola is not an automatic death sentence.”

Nigeria: Between Anocracy and Authoritarianism

Goodluck Jonathan

Executive Briefing

In its latest Democracy Index rating, the Economist Intelligence Unit describes the President Goodluck Jonathan administration as authoritarian. In another breath, the Washington Post, in a recent report, says Nigeria’s government operates an anocracy. Taken together, they both speak to an unsavoury global perception of the country and her leadership. Ojo M. Maduekwe writes

On August 11, 2006, in Abuja, the first son of former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida – Mohammed – was reportedly arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), an institution established in 2003 by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in response to the growing corruption in Nigeria.

Reports had it that Mohammed’s arrest was because he owned large shares in the telecommunications company, Globacom, “even though he had never held a real job his entire life.”

Family of Nigerian who died in Algerian plane crash struggle to retrieve body

The family of the only Nigerian who died in the ill fated Air Algeria AH5017 plane crash that killed 110 passengers and crew on July 24th in Mali say they are struggling to retrieve his body from the Malian government.

The family is now asking the Federal Government to help them retrieve his body so they could give him a proper burial.

Late Emmanuel Osita, a professional footballer with a club in Burkina Faso, was on his way to Dubai to sign a new football contract when he met his untimely death. Continue

Speaking with Channels TV, Emmanuel's father Ogbu Osita said his son had called him few minutes before boarding the flight and asked that he prayed for him which he did.

"He entered the plane by 10.30pm Nigerian time and 10 o'clock in Burkina faso. He asked me to pray for him for success and journey mercy, I prayed for him and after I prayed for him, he boarded the plane and I urged him that as soon as he gets to Dubai, he should call us to know that he has reached. The President of the club he played for in Burkina Faso called me to tell me that the plane Osita Emmanuel entered had been declared missing. From that moment, we know that Osita Emmanuel, my son, is dead." he said.

Osun PDP to Challenge Election Results, Heads for Tribunal

• EU group urges Aregbesola to seek legal options over security, election infractions by FG

Yinka Kolawole
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the party is going to take its complaints to the election petitions tribunal.

16 Female Suicide Bombers Arrested with Trainer

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano has arrested a man suspected to be the master trainer of Boko Haram female suicide bombers with 16 females who were reportedly being trained for suicide operations.

It was gathered that the man identified as Ibrahim Ibrahim, was arrested in Dala Local Government Area of Kano State during a raid by the JTF.

The females were being trained to carry out suicide bombings when the JTF raided their training ground and arrested them and their trainer.

The just concluded Sallah celebration was marred in the state as female suicide bombers struck at five different locations.

About 30 persons lost their lives to the female suicide bombers who were believed to be less than 20 years old.

A security source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the plan of the insurgents was to continue using the female suicide bombers to unleash terror on people of the state.

The source added that when interrogated, the suspect disclosed that he brought the bombers from Sambisa forest in Borno State.

He is still being held and interrogated by the JTF  and he is cooperating with the force by divulging vital information about their new strategy of using teenage girls for suicide bombings. I don’t know the exact number of the girls because one of my colleagues who participated in the operation said 13 while the other one said 16,” he said.

A top security source confirmed the arrest but added, “You know we have carried out many recent successful operations. I will not like to say much on this latest operation.”

Spokesperson of the JTF in Kano, Captain Ikechukwu Eze, confirmed an operation in Dala local government area.

“There was an operation in Dala where one Ibrahim Ibrahim was arrested alongside some persons. Investigation is still on,” he said in a phone interview.

Accra Bound Passenger Dies at Lagos Airport

Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos

Chinedu Eze
A  middle-aged Nigerian passenger, Mr. Akunne Osei, who was billed to travel to Accra, Ghana, yesterday died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while going through boarding.

The sudden death of Osei took everyone by surprise, including the girl who accompanied him, suspected to be his daughter, who stood beside his body crying.
The body of the deceased was covered with a cloth that was not long enough to cover his legs, as efforts were made to remove the body from the airport.

The body was laid beside the Port Health office at the basement of the terminal and it was there for a long time as both passengers and other airport users walked in to catch a glimpse of the man’s corpse.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) confirmed that the late Osei was residing in Accra, Ghana and had arrived Lagos for business transactions aboard an Arik Air flight on Friday, August 8, 2014 but died at the Lagos airport on his way back to Accra.

“The passenger, Mr. Akunne Osei took ill on Saturday, August 9, 2014. When the situation got worse, he called his doctor in Accra who instructed him to return to Ghana immediately for further treatment,” a statement from FAAN, signed by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Yakubu Dati, said.

FAAN also said during the late Osei’s boarding formalities for his return trip to Accra, the ailment degenerated and he became very weak.

He was subjected to an Ebola Virus scan by port health officials, the result of which was negative.

“No further attention was paid to him after his result read negative but the passenger later slumped and died around the port health office,” FAAN further explained.

 Passengers who came across the body were agitated and gripped by fear because of the suspicion that he might have died from the Ebola virus.

Mourning husband speaks: "Life can't be the same without Kefee"

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In his very first interview since the untimely death of his wife and Branama queen, Kefee, on June 13th, Teddy Don Momoh, says there are uncountable things he will miss about his wife of over two years and also shared her last moments on earth with Encomium magazine

"I can't say I am going to miss her because there are uncountable things to miss. She was a complete, Godly, highly intelligent and strong woman. All these I will miss and also not having her by my side forever. She was a woman that knew what to say to me to keep me fired up. The last memories we had together were shared between Nigeria and America. We shot our first video together here in Nigeria as certified video producers and directors. It was fun to see her contribute highly and creatively in the camera positioning and I told her " You are what the industry has been waiting for". This happened a day before she traveled back to America" he said. Continue...

Teddy who made his first public appearance after her death and burial at the recently held Encomium Black and White party says his team is working to ensure that her unreleased album which she was working on before she passed on is released. He said this while speaking about her unfulfilled dreams

"Before her untimely death, she was working on her beautiful album from the best of both world compilation double CD and I would be putting finishing touches to the album. She had two projects for her foundation that she was working on before she travelled. But by God's Grace, the team would bring it to realization. Also watch out for her video compilation that our team would be dropping soon. She left her legacy and I am asking her fans to support her even now as we drop songs on iTunes and CD for public consumption" he said

The first European: Spanish priest infected with Ebola in Liberia dies in hospital

The 75 year old Spanish priest who was infected with the Ebola virus in Liberia and evacuated to Spain to get better treatment has died, a Madrid spokeswoman from Madrid Health authorities said this morning.
Fr. Miguel Pajares, who was airlifted from Liberia on August 7 after contracting the disease while working for a non-governmental organization in the African country started using the experimental drug, Zmapp last Saturday 9th August but sadly lost the battle to the deadly virus.

This will be the first European that has died from the outbreak of the deadly virus

Rihanna is wild and fierce on the cover of W magazine

Badgal RiRi, described as the world's wildest style icon, covers the August issue of W Magazine. Inside the mag, she poses with style legends Naomi Campbell and Iman. See the photos after the cut

 

Regina Askia: side chick and the powerless wife

Regina Askia's writes about the side chick and the powerless wife

Immigration scam

Man who posed as Nigerian prince jailed for 7 years in the UK over immigration scam

A conman who posed as a Nigerian prince in high society while masterminding massive immigration scam has been jailed for 7 years in the UK. The man who called himself His Royal Highness Prince Yilkyes Bala Finok Tonglele PhD State Crown Prince’ was found guilty of using false and stolen IDs to help over 100 people to get into the UK. Find the full reports from UK Daily Mail UK below...

Posing as a member of the Nigerian Royal family, he mingled with diplomats, captains of industry and senior police officers.

Dr Yilkyes Bala was chauffeur-driven in a black Bentley and hosted sumptuous dinners at the Dorchester to mix with society’s elite. But the supposedly flourishing businessman was in fact a criminal mastermind responsible for an ambitious immigration racket.

Investigators believe he helped more than 100 of his countrymen, including most of his extended family, to enter the UK illegally under false and stolen identities.

At the centre of the scam was a corrupt Home Office worker who sold him genuine, but improperly issued, refugee passports for £1,500 each.

Bala then used his network of security companies to give the illegal immigrants references and jobs.

They could then ‘hit the jackpot’ and obtain a National Insurance number, giving them full citizen’s rights and access to State benefits.

But the racket, which continued for up to 16 years, unravelled when the Home Office employee was caught out.

This week Bala, 55, was starting a seven year jail sentence from August 1st, after a jury convicted him of conspiring to breach immigration laws.

A judge at Canterbury Crown Court said the charming fraudster was 'at the hub' of a 'significant conspiracy' to beat UK border security.

The conviction is an embarrassment for those who mixed with Bala, including the 

Nigerian Ambassador and senior officers at City of London Police.

The charming conman referred to himself as ‘His Royal Highness Prince Yilkyes Bala Finok Tonglele PhD State Crown Prince’.

He even carried an identity card claiming to be ‘prince of princes’ in the Nigerian Plateau State Council of Chiefs.

Investigators found he did not inherit the honour, but he claimed it was bestowed on him later in life, and they have been unable to disprove this.

Accomplices: Bala's second wife Giwo Tonglele, 46, left, was jailed for five years and Casmir Ekwuhga, 42, right, was jailed for four years for taking part in the conspiracy

Bala travelled to Britain in the early 1980s before studying administration at Greenwich School of Management as part of a philosophy doctorate.

He already claimed to have a degree from the now-defunct Clayton University, in Missouri, U.S., long suspected as a ‘buy-a-degree’ college.

He went on to set up a network of companies and claimed that at one stage they employed 900 people across Europe, Asia and Africa.

The core business was supplying security guards to the construction industry, including one firm based in Knightsbridge, Central London.

His companies, which included Golden Shield and Mayfair and Knightsbridge Guarding, also provided alarm monitoring, VIP bodyguards and uniformed guards for offices.

Within two decades Bala, a father of six, was living in a £1.3million home in leafy Beckenham, South East London.

He joined the Croydon branch of the Masons and sent his daughters to fee-paying Blackheath High School.

But a huge investigation, which Bala claimed cost up to £10 million, unravelled his empire and exposed him as a ruthless conman.

Officials discovered a corrupt Home Office employee based in Croydon had improperly obtained more than 200 refugee passports.

In genuine cases they are used as travel documents for those claiming asylum in Britain, often fleeing religious or political persecution.

But the official was illicitly applying for them in the name of non-existent relatives of genuine refugees.

At least 91 documents were posted to addresses linked to Bala, who ran the Armour Group chain of companies with offices across the capital.

They were then used as the foundation for applications to remain in the UK as he and his accomplices ran rings around immigration officials.

Those linked to Bala used every trick in the book to beat border controls, from urgent medical visas to travelling as domestic servants.

Some were so shameless that they changed their names by deed poll back to their original identities within weeks of adopting the persona of a non-existent refugee.

Among those given false identities so they could remain in Britain were Bala’s second wife and his brother.

After his arrest, Bala boasted to officials that he was allowed up to seven wives, ‘and a few more on the side’.

Investigators found his home stuffed with paperwork linked to his businesses, with documents in his garage filling two vans alone.

Because of the complex web of his businesses it took the Home Office two years to prepare the case against him.

The illegal immigrants caused chaos in Government systems once they had obtained their new identities.

One man was uncovered by his fingerprints when he was caught drink driving on two occasions, first under his real name and then in a false one.

In some cases, illegal immigrants had already failed to gain citizenship under one name so simply adopted a new identity to try again.

Official company minutes for Bala’s security companies recorded the same people attending meetings under different names.

Bala's second wife Giwo Tonglele, 46, was also convicted of conspiracy to facilitate illegal entry of persons into the UK and was jailed for five years.

Their former employee Casmir Ekwuhga, 42, was jailed for four years for taking part in the conspiracy, holding a refugee passport illegally and using it to obtain a driving license fraudulently.
Jailing them, Judge Heather Norton said the scam was well organized.

She said: 'These documents were created to order. Each one of you was involved in deceiving the immigration authorities. You were at the hub of the whole enterprise.

'The motive was simple.It was to provide identities for employees, relatives and friends. It was a significant conspiracy.'

More than 100 illegal immigrants linked to the scam have been arrested, but only a small number are believed to have been convicted and deported.

David Fairclough, of the Home Office, said Bala was brought to justice after a 'long, complex and painstaking investigation' and said the case should serve as a warning to others.

Man who posed as Nigerian prince jailed for 7 years in the UK over immigration scam

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Man who posed as Nigerian prince jailed for 7 years in the UK over immigration scam

A conman who posed as a Nigerian prince in high society while masterminding massive immigration scam has been jailed for 7 years in the UK. The man who called himself His Royal Highness Prince Yilkyes Bala Finok Tonglele PhD State Crown Prince’ was found guilty of using false and stolen IDs to help over 100 people to get into the UK. Find the full reports from UK Daily Mail UK below...

Posing as a member of the Nigerian Royal family, he mingled with diplomats, captains of industry and senior police officers.

Dr Yilkyes Bala was chauffeur-driven in a black Bentley and hosted sumptuous dinners at the Dorchester to mix with society’s elite. But the supposedly flourishing businessman was in fact a criminal mastermind responsible for an ambitious immigration racket.

Investigators believe he helped more than 100 of his countrymen, including most of his extended family, to enter the UK illegally under false and stolen identities.

At the centre of the scam was a corrupt Home Office worker who sold him genuine, but improperly issued, refugee passports for £1,500 each.

Bala then used his network of security companies to give the illegal immigrants references and jobs.

They could then ‘hit the jackpot’ and obtain a National Insurance number, giving them full citizen’s rights and access to State benefits.

But the racket, which continued for up to 16 years, unravelled when the Home Office employee was caught out.

This week Bala, 55, was starting a seven year jail sentence from August 1st, after a jury convicted him of conspiring to breach immigration laws.

A judge at Canterbury Crown Court said the charming fraudster was 'at the hub' of a 'significant conspiracy' to beat UK border security.

The conviction is an embarrassment for those who mixed with Bala, including the 

Nigerian Ambassador and senior officers at City of London Police.

The charming conman referred to himself as ‘His Royal Highness Prince Yilkyes Bala Finok Tonglele PhD State Crown Prince’.

He even carried an identity card claiming to be ‘prince of princes’ in the Nigerian Plateau State Council of Chiefs.

Investigators found he did not inherit the honour, but he claimed it was bestowed on him later in life, and they have been unable to disprove this.

Accomplices: Bala's second wife Giwo Tonglele, 46, left, was jailed for five years and Casmir Ekwuhga, 42, right, was jailed for four years for taking part in the conspiracy

Bala travelled to Britain in the early 1980s before studying administration at Greenwich School of Management as part of a philosophy doctorate.

He already claimed to have a degree from the now-defunct Clayton University, in Missouri, U.S., long suspected as a ‘buy-a-degree’ college.

He went on to set up a network of companies and claimed that at one stage they employed 900 people across Europe, Asia and Africa.

The core business was supplying security guards to the construction industry, including one firm based in Knightsbridge, Central London.

His companies, which included Golden Shield and Mayfair and Knightsbridge Guarding, also provided alarm monitoring, VIP bodyguards and uniformed guards for offices.

Within two decades Bala, a father of six, was living in a £1.3million home in leafy Beckenham, South East London.

He joined the Croydon branch of the Masons and sent his daughters to fee-paying Blackheath High School.

But a huge investigation, which Bala claimed cost up to £10 million, unravelled his empire and exposed him as a ruthless conman.

Officials discovered a corrupt Home Office employee based in Croydon had improperly obtained more than 200 refugee passports.

In genuine cases they are used as travel documents for those claiming asylum in Britain, often fleeing religious or political persecution.

But the official was illicitly applying for them in the name of non-existent relatives of genuine refugees.

At least 91 documents were posted to addresses linked to Bala, who ran the Armour Group chain of companies with offices across the capital.

They were then used as the foundation for applications to remain in the UK as he and his accomplices ran rings around immigration officials.

Those linked to Bala used every trick in the book to beat border controls, from urgent medical visas to travelling as domestic servants.

Some were so shameless that they changed their names by deed poll back to their original identities within weeks of adopting the persona of a non-existent refugee.

Among those given false identities so they could remain in Britain were Bala’s second wife and his brother.

After his arrest, Bala boasted to officials that he was allowed up to seven wives, ‘and a few more on the side’.

Investigators found his home stuffed with paperwork linked to his businesses, with documents in his garage filling two vans alone.

Because of the complex web of his businesses it took the Home Office two years to prepare the case against him.

The illegal immigrants caused chaos in Government systems once they had obtained their new identities.

One man was uncovered by his fingerprints when he was caught drink driving on two occasions, first under his real name and then in a false one.

In some cases, illegal immigrants had already failed to gain citizenship under one name so simply adopted a new identity to try again.

Official company minutes for Bala’s security companies recorded the same people attending meetings under different names.

Bala's second wife Giwo Tonglele, 46, was also convicted of conspiracy to facilitate illegal entry of persons into the UK and was jailed for five years.

Their former employee Casmir Ekwuhga, 42, was jailed for four years for taking part in the conspiracy, holding a refugee passport illegally and using it to obtain a driving

David Fairclough, of the Home Office, said Bala was brought to justice after a 'long, complex and painstaking investigation' and said the case should serve as a warning to others.

licence fraudulently.
Jailing them, Judge Heather Norton said the scam was well organised.

She said: 'These documents were created to order. Each one of you was involved in deceiving the immigration authorities. You were at the hub of the whole enterprise.

'The motive was simple.It was to provide identities for employees, relatives and friends. It was a significant conspiracy.'

More than 100 illegal immigrants linked to the scam have been arrested, but only a small number are believed to have been convicted and deported.

Kim Kardashian: North Is "Fascinated" by My Beauty Routine

 

 Kim Kardashian said that her adorable 13-month-old daughter North West is "fascinated" by her beauty routine; "I try to shorten my time [getting ready] so I can have more time with my daughter.

Kim's got that glow! Kim Kardashian opened up about her secret artillery of tanning tips and beauty tricks on Wednesday, Aug. 6, while promoting her family's Kardashian Sun Kissed Line at Ulta in L.A. The reality megastar explained how her new life, as wife to Kanye West and mom to 13-month-old baby North, has affected her beauty regimen -- though, according to Kardashian, it's for the better.
"I used to spray tan more before I got married," Kardashian, 33, "I would get it so dark and look so crazy."

Now, as a working mom and wife, Kardashian has scaled back her frequent sessions."I don't really have as much time, so I just like to spray myself," she said, revealing the low–maintenance method behind her glow.
"The baby and husband are in bed sleeping, I spray myself and go to bed. No one wants to come in the middle of the night once everyone's down, so it just makes it easy."

Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney, whose new tanning line includes a gel (Kourtney's face), foam (Khloe's go-to), and spray (for Kim). "I think it's super easy," she said. "I travel so much. I love to take the spray and spray my face and my neck, and I do it in sections. I'll do upper body one night. It's hard to do it all at once."


Having a gorgeous complexion and maintaining a perpetual glow is important to the star because it's an easy way to look good. "It's my secret weapon," she revealed "I always tan before I go on vacation. I don't like to go on vacation [pale] and have to work on my tan."
The bronze goddess said it's difficult, though, to achieve a natural glow as a parent. "I lay out a little bit," she said, alluding to the recent pictures of her outdoors in a bikini. "But, especially now that I have the baby, I don't have time. When she's napping, I do."

While Kim may soak up the sun alone, she loves to have her daughter's company when she's primping. "North actually will totally sit on my lap and is fascinated when I’m getting my hair blown out," she told Us. "And when I'm getting my makeup done [too.] I'll give her a little makeup brush, and she'll be entertained."

In the future, Kardashian said she may pass along the family tradition of makeup lessons to her daughter. "I think it would be a good idea to get her a makeup lesson like we did," she told Us of the Christmas present her late father, Robert, gave Kim and Kourtney when they were teens. "He said, 'If my girls are going to start wearing makeup, I want you to know how to wear it. I don't want you looking crazy.' That was the best gift," she reflected. "And I have been obsessed with makeup ever since."

Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Meryl Davis Reunite.

 Former Dancing With the Stars partners Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Meryl Davis reunited for breakfast on Saturday, Aug. 9 Credit: Courtesy of Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Meryl Davis shippers, rejoice! The former Dancing With the Stars partners reunited for an early bite to eat on Saturday, Aug. 9.


"Got to see this one! Finally! Thanks for breakfast @meryledavis," the Ukrainian native, 32, wrote via Instagram. Davis replied: "Missed this one."
In the adorable snapshot, the Mirrorball trophy winners posed for a selfie outside. Chmerkovskiy wore a white V-neck top while leaning into Davis. The 27-year-old Olympic gold medalist, meanwhile, smiled big and donned a denim shirt.


The close pals were hounded with (and denied) showmance rumors while competing during the ABC series. "Do you know what a showmance is? It is like being at a summer camp when you're a teenager," Chmerkovskiy explained to Social Life magazine in June. "You spend summertime away from your home. When you spend three months very closely with someone at a particular place, it is like a summer love. You have no choice but to get involved with that person."

"I am very close with a few of my past partners because they have played a huge role in a big part of my life," he continued. "Three months is a long time, and if I am going to give someone that much of my time, I am going to develop a relationship with that person."


The hunky dancer also noted that he wanted Davis to be the last person he dances with -- a wish that seems to be coming true. Late last month, Chmerkovskiy announced that he was "done dancing" on DWTS during an appearance on The View.

Rob Kardashian Wants a "Girl to Have About Eight Kids" With Him

 Rob Kardashian has baby fever! Kris Jenner's only son commented on his desire to become a father via Twitter on Friday, Aug. 8.

 

"Man I think I need a girl to have about 8 kids for me," the 27-year-old tweeted.

The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star's comment perhaps isn't all that surprising. After all, he's often surrounded by sister Kim's daughter North West, 14 months, and Kourtney's son Mason, 4, and baby girl Penelope, 2. (Thanks to Kourtney, he also has a fourth niece or nephew on the way.)

Earlier this week, he gushed about his niece Nori via Twitter. "Goodness @KimKardashian she's soooooo pretty!!!!" he wrote, along with a picture of Kanye West's little girl. "LOVE HERR."

Kim replied: "@robkardashian she loves her uncle Robby!"

Last year, Rob told reporters he'd love to start a family -- when the time is right. "You gotta be married first, that's my rule: marriage then baby!" he said while hosting CIROC Vodka NYE Countdown at STK in Miami, via Access Hollywood.

"I'm sure that will come down the road," he added. "I'm sure that's something in the future."

Rob briefly dated Rita Ora in 2012. Last month, his famous family defended him when ex Adrienne Bailon - whom he dated from 2007 to 2009 -- slammed him for cheating during an interview with Latina magazine.

Kendra Wilkinson "I'm Not Sorry"

The shirt says it all. Kendra Wilkinson stepped out wearing an "I'm Not Sorry" top as she mulls divorce over husband Hank Baskett's affair in Sherman Oaks, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 8.

The 29-year-old Kendra on Top star appeared in a good mood while running errands. She accessorized the bold look with jeans and went make-up free.

 Baskett, 31, cheated on Wilkinson with a transgender YouTube model named Ava Sabrin

a London back in April, one month before welcoming daughter Alijah. (The couple are already parents to 4-year-old son Hank IV.)

Although they are still living under the same roof, Wilkinson recently met with a divorce lawyer. "She's definitely serious about filing, but is also reviewing her options before she makes a final decision," source said "She's heartbroken and feels completely betrayed."

As for Baskett, he's still holding out for a reconciliation. The former NFL pro has been photographed several times in public still wearing his wedding ring.


"[He's] embarrassed about his actions and wants nothing more than to get Kendra back," the source added. However, "Kendra isn't buying it."

Few hours after the US launched devastating 'targeted airstrikes' on Islamist militants ISIS, who have seized many towns in Iraq and are killing non-Muslims, the Jihadist group has vowed to 'raise their flag at the White House". 

Some members and supporters of the terrorist group took to twitter yesterday to threaten the US with war. They tweeted gruesome pics of dead American soldiers from the previous war in the country, U.S. marines hung from bridges in Fallujah, decapitated men, human heads on spikes, and pics from the deadly attack on US on 9/11. They also vowed to blow up US embassies.

With the hashtag #AmessagefromISIStoUS, over 2000 threatening tweets were posted on Twitter. One member wrote "This is a message is for every American citizen. You are the target of every Muslim in the world wherever you are.'. Another one wrote "ready to cut your heads dear Americans O sons of bitches. Come quickly.'

Reacting, a US military official said ISIS is yet to know the full power of the US military force and will soon find out what they are capable of. 

Fear of Ebola

  A pic of Air hostesses on a West African flight

Ebola Gloves- It's better to be safe than sorry

This how attendants at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos collect money now...

ISIS, Hamas and Boko Haram: Believe their intentions

                     OPINION OF DAY 

   Note: Newt Gingrich is a co-host of CNN's "Crossfire," which airs at 6:30 p.m. ET weekdays, and author of a new book, "Breakout: Pioneers of the Future, Prison Guards of the Past, and the Epic Battle That Will Decide America's Fate." The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.

  Grim, unyielding and violent reality is beginning to confront the American political establishment with facts from which it cannot hide.

For 35 years, since Iranians seized the American Embassy on November 4, 1979, and kept the Americans in it as hostages, the United States has been at war with radical Islamists. They knew it. We hid from it.

Will anyone stop ISIS?

If you're following the news about ISIS, which now calls itself the Islamic State, you might think you've mistakenly clicked on a historical story about barbarians from millennia ago.

In a matter of months, the group seized territory in both Iraq and Syria and declared an Islamic caliphate, celebrating its own shocking slaughter along the way.

"I don't see any attention from the rest of the world," a member of the Yazidi minority in Iraq told the New Yorker. "In one day, they killed more than two thousand Yazidi in Sinjar, and the whole world says, 'Save Gaza, save Gaza.'"

In Syria, the group hoisted some of its victims severed heads on poles. One of the latest videos of the savagery shows a Christian man forced to his knees, surrounded by masked militants, identified in the video as members of ISIS. They force the man at gunpoint to "convert" to Islam. Then, the group beheads him.

Diddy Shares Never-Before-Seen Throwback Photo with Notorious B.I.G

The Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy in a never-before-seen TBT picture. Credit: Courtesy of Diddy

Bad boys! Diddy aka Puff Daddy aka Puffy aka Sean Combs brought it back to the 1990s   he shared a throwback photo of himself holding a beeper while posing with none other than Notorious B.I.G.

"#TBT Ain't nobody seen this one…" Combs, now 44, captioned the never-before-seen image. "Whats that in my hand a beeper?!?! Ooohhhhh Sh!t!!!"

Stars gone too soon

Puff holds his quintessential '90s pager in his hands, as he wears an all white outfit and a sparkling chain. He stands next to his Bad Boy labelmate, the late Notorious B.I.G., who wears a navy blue Kangol hat, printed short-sleeve collared shirt, and blue jeans.

Before Biggie Smalls' untimely death at the age of 24 in 1997, he released just one studio album, 1994's Ready to Die, but was already heralded as a rap legend. He was shot and killed in March 1997 while promoting his next album in Los Angeles. 

Following his death, Combs worked to continue the late performer's legacy, recording the tribute "I'll Be Missing You" in 1997 with B.I.G.'s former wife Faith Evans, and using his vocals on songs in the subsequent years. Puff originally signed Biggie before he became famous in the early 1990s.

Lagos State sets up Isolation Wards for Ebola victims

Lagos State Government has built Isolation Centers for patients with symptoms of the Ebola virus at the Mainland Hospital in Yaba. The isolation ward is situated at the back of the hospital and are tents

under which patients are camped and fenced in with planks. 

The isolation centre was built to help contain the situation and reduce possible spread of the disease.

Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola, Commissioners for Health, Dr Jide Idris, and Special Adviser on Public Health, Dr Yewande Adeshina visited the place today and said the facility is ready for use. 

NNPC shuts down clinic in Lagos over suspected patient with Ebola virus

The patient was said to have first been admitted at First Consultant Medical Centre around the same time Liberian Patrick Sawyer was being treated at the clinic. Men suited in white safety clothing and an ambulance were seen at the hospital around one 1pm today.

Though there's no definite confirmation that the patient is infected with Ebola, the Management of NNPC Clinic this evening announced the indefinite shutdown of the clinic.

The management said its a pre-emptive step and also said they have reported the issue to the Federal Ministry of Health as well as officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health.

President Jonathan Declares National Emergency On Ebola, Announces N1.9 Billion Special Fund

Ebola virus

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Friday in Abuja declared the control and containment of the Ebola virus in Nigeria, a National Emergency.

Accordingly, the President has directed the Federal Ministry of Health to work in collaboration with the State Ministries of Health, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other relevant agencies to ensure that all possible steps are taken to effectively contain the threat of the Ebola virus  in line with international protocols and best practices. Continue...

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