News: PDP’ll turn Lagos into a war zone – APC

Publicity Secretary of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Joe Igbokwe

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has asked Lagos residents not to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party in the forthcoming elections, saying doing so would turn the state into “a theater of unending war and violence.”

Gist: Ladies, AKA needs you...

AKA (Instagram)

Cape Town – As you know AKA has a fashion range with clothing designers Head Honcho, but he’s not getting any love from retailers so he wants you, yes you, ladies, to support him by buying his clothes.

He said this on Twitter: Read more after this cut

News: One Tunisian soldier die, two wounded in landmine blast

Image used for representation. Reuters

ONE Tunisian soldier was killed and two wounded in a landmine blast late on Sunday in a central region bordering Algeria where security forces have been fighting Islamist militants, authorities said.

Tunisian forces are on high alert after gunmen stormed the Bardo museum in Tunis last week, killing 20 foreign tourists in the worst attack in the North African country in more than a decade.

Gist: Zayn Malik quits 1D tour but should be fine to perform in SA!

Zayn Malik (Instagram)

Cape Town – Smack in the middle of One Direction’s On The Road tour, Zayn Malik has decided to retreat and go home after being signed off by doctors for being under too much stress.

Fully supported by his band mates (Niall, Liam, Harry and Louis) E! News reports the 1D member will be heading back to the UK to recuperate. read more after this cut

Gist: Somizi is feeling the #proteafire!

Somizi (Instagram)



Cape Town – So we all have that #proteafire in us after South Africa beat Sri Lanka to reach the semi-finals.

Well Somizi has a message to sport's minister Fikile Mbalula...

Let the Proteas play for Bafana Bafana in their next soccer match.

News: Nigerians still believe in probity —Fashola

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola

The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has said a large number of Nigerians still believed in probity and the concept of selfless leadership.

The governor explained that it was in a bid to restore the hope of Nigerians that the All Progresives Congress was formed.

Gist: Actress meets the Queen ahead of her royal stage role

Kristen Scott Thomas on the red carpet at the EE British Academy Film Awards. (Greatstock/Splash)

London — It's often unnerving for actors to meet the people they play — even more so when that person is the British monarch.

Kristin Scott Thomas came face-to-face on Thursday with Queen Elizabeth II, whom she is set to play on the London stage in The Audience.

News: Amaechi’s allegation against me laughable, says Patience Jonathan

Patience Jonathan

Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, on Monday, described an allegation of extortion levelled against her by the Rivers State Governor and Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, as laughable.

Amaechi had, on Saturday, claimed that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Chief Nyesom Wike, had been paying $1m (N199m) monthly to Mrs. Jonathan.

The governor had claimed that Wike was giving the money to the President’s wife in order to gain political favour.

Gist: Madonna jumps in on the boycott over Dolce & Gabbana controversy

Madonna weighs in on the Dolce&Gabbana controversial. (Greatstock/Splash, Instagram)

New York - Madonna added her voice to the controversy surrounding fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, telling them to "think before you speak" after Dolce described children born to gay couples through fertility treatment as "synthetic."

The performer joined other celebrities who criticized the Italian duo when she posted a message on Instagram along with a photograph of herself and a baby from Dolce & Gabbana's 2010/2011 winter collection campaign.

News: Poll: Ogun police strategise to handle flashpoints

The Ogun Police Command says it has mapped out the flashpoints in the state, and adequate security measures to be deployed are already in place.

The state police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, spoke with our correspondent on Monday.

Though he refused to mention or list the flashpoints, he said more policemen would be deployed from Abuja and Lagos, to augment the one on the ground in the state.

He said, “We have identified the flashpoints, and I will not reveal that to you. But all I can say is that we have put in place security measures to take care of the flashpoints and I want to assure the people of Ogun State that we are fully prepared.”

Adejobi added that the command would provide adequate security for members of the National Youth Service Corps, workers of the Independent National Electoral Commission and other stakeholders who would be involved in the election.

News: Justin Bieber is being sued by his former neighbour for assault

Justin Bieber arrives on the red carpet for his Comedy Central Roast. (Greatstock/Splash)

Los Angeles — Justin Bieber's former neighbour claims in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that the pop singer spit in his face and terrorised his family with loud parties, drug use and aggressive driving.

The lawsuit over Bieber's behaviour while living in a gated community in the celebrity enclave of Calabasas seeks more than $25k in damages for assault and battery, trespassing and infliction of emotional distress claims.

News: ‘Brainwashed’ foreign medical students went to Syria

A boy from Syria. Image source timesofisrael

ONCE again, the lure of ISIS may have ensnared another group of foreigners this time, medical students suspected of traveling to Syria to work in ISIS-controlled hospitals.

The group of 11 people includes seven Britons, an American, a Canadian and two Sudanese, Turkish lawmaker Mehmet Ali Ediboglu told CNN on Sunday. Ediboglu, an opposition Turkish lawmaker, told The Observer that he had spoken with the students’ families, who were convinced their loved ones wanted to work for ISIS and were asking him for help tracking them down in neighboring Syria.

“They have been cheated, brainwashed. That is what I, and their relatives, think,” Ediboglu said, according to the newspaper. But he also stressed that the group did not travel with the intention of joining the battle.

News: Smile General, smile’

General Muhammadu Buhari

EXCEPT his family members and ‘very close’ associates, perhaps, not many Nigerians have seen General Muhammadu Buhari smile, even wryly.

Although his face has been tempered by age, Nigerians, who were around in his heydays as Head of State, would attest to a man with steely gait and resolve to mould the citizens in his own image.

Forty years later, and having gone through the baptism of fire in three consecutive elections, “Buhari is still the same” even at campaign stomps where those seeking the mandate of the people loosen up, if only for the moment.Watch President Goodluck Jonathan of late and see what we mean!

News: Prince Charles and Camilla had a busy last day in the US capital

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Washington — Prince Charles and his wife finished up their visit to Washington (Prince Charles' 20th visit to the US) with a whirlwind day that included meeting with President Barack Obama.

The royal couple arrived on Tuesday and stopped at some of the most iconic and historically important sites in the nation's capital.

News: Explosion rocks Ogun community, shatters teenager’s arm

An explosion has shattered the arm of a teenager, Olawale Adekanbi, and caused confusion at the Agbado community in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The 17-year-old was said to be running an errand for his parents and saw a round object on the road which he reportedly kicked with his foot.

FINESTOUCH learnt that as the victim approached the main road, he decided to pick the object with his hand.

Soon after he did, the object exploded.