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- Hope Solo Arrested For Domestic Violence After Allegedly Attacking Sister and Nephew
- President Jonathan Celebrating Nigeria Super Eagles Victory Against Bosnia - Twitter Reacts
- #NigeriaVsBosnia - Nigeria Wins! Nigeria 1 - 0 Bosnia
- Couple Love - Lebron James and Wife Savannah Expecting Third Child, a Baby Girl
- #Bossladies - Alicia Keys is the New Face of Givenchy's Dahlia Divin Perfume
- Bow Down! Three Men Dance To Beyonce's Music in High Stiletto Heels
- Willow Smith Cuddles With Pet Snakes and Brother Jaden Sleeps With Them in Bed
- Pictures of Wizkid as Part of Chris Brown's Entourage Surface in UK Dailymail
- Former Bank Manager in Nigeria Becomes Nanny in the US - Now Brain Dead in the Hospital
- Where Will You Find The World's Sexiest Women And Sexiest Men?
- Hauwa Mukan Confirms Marriage Breakup, Calls Ex-Husband Her Own Personal Lamar Odom
- #BringBackOurGirls: Names and Photos of Abducted Schoolgirls Published in ThisDay
| Hope Solo Arrested For Domestic Violence After Allegedly Attacking Sister and Nephew Posted: 21 Jun 2014 08:03 PM PDT  US women's national goalkeeper Hope Solo was arressted earlier today after she allegedly attacked her sister and nephew. Solo was booked – under her married name Hope Amelia Stevens – into jail at 4:15 a.m. and held on two counts of fourth-degree domestic violence, and she'll remain in jail until her first court appearance. The 32-year-old Solo, who plays for the Seattle Reign of the National Women's Soccer League was arrested at the home she shares with husband, former Seattle Seahawks player, Jerramy Stevens. Kirkland Police authorities released a statement via the Seattle Times on the arrest: On June 21st 2014 and just before 1:00 am, Kirkland Police Department Patrol Units responded to a 911 call of a disturbance in the 10600 block of 124th AVE NE. The male caller stated that a female at the residence was "hitting people" and they could not get her to stop or to leave the house. Officer arrived and immediately heard the sounds of the disturbance inside the residence. Photo - Reuters |
| President Jonathan Celebrating Nigeria Super Eagles Victory Against Bosnia - Twitter Reacts Posted: 21 Jun 2014 06:32 PM PDT  President, Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria watched the World Cup match against Bosnia Herzegovina at Aso Rock Villa in the company of some of his aides. The pictures shared by his media aide, Reuben Abati, shows President Jonathan watching the match and then celebrating Nigeria's 1-0 victory. See the pictures of President Jonathan celebrating Nigeria's victory below, and how Twitter reacted to the pictures, including complaing about the President wearing his hat by 1am at night and in the first picture, he looks to be all alone.           |
| #NigeriaVsBosnia - Nigeria Wins! Nigeria 1 - 0 Bosnia Posted: 21 Jun 2014 05:05 PM PDT  It was a tough last 10 minutes, but yes, we did it! May God bless Vincent Enyema for all the saves, and also Odeweinge, doing all - defending, attacking, creating chances and scoring the first and only goal of the match. I also think Emenike did a great job and deserves MVP. More power to the Super Eagles!       |
| Couple Love - Lebron James and Wife Savannah Expecting Third Child, a Baby Girl Posted: 21 Jun 2014 03:08 PM PDT  Miami Heat's LeBron James and wife Savannah Brinson-James are expecting a baby girl. The news came out while Miami Heat President Pat Riley was discussing the aftermath of the NBA Finals and addressing rumors that LeBron may just leave Miami next year. "Savannah now is going to have a little baby girl to join her in the fight against the two boys and LeBron, which she needs."  Lebron and Savannah got engaged in 2011, and wed before family and friends last year in a private ceremony in San Diego. They have been together since they were 16, and have two other children together, sons Lebron James Jr.,9, and Bryce Maximus James, 6. The couple's daughter will be their third child together. Prior to their wedding day, the pair had been romantically involved for close to a decade and LeBron previously gushed about his wife. "I just think she has a knack for being powerful," the Heat star once said. "Women are more powerful than men. Her voice and her being my sidekick, her voice is very powerful." .jpg) "When u have someone that's always there for you no matter the ups and downs in life, it makes it all worth living for! So happy to call u Mrs. Savannah James #MyQueen#Backbone#QueenJames#Honeymoon," LeBron captioned the Instagram photo above, soon after their wedding. Congrats to them! |
| #Bossladies - Alicia Keys is the New Face of Givenchy's Dahlia Divin Perfume Posted: 21 Jun 2014 02:08 PM PDT  Alicia Keys was earlier named the new face of Parfums Givenchy, and now her first print ad for the brand is here. Shot by Tim walker in Paris. Alicia Keys poses in a gold strapless gown to match the perfume bottle. It is said the accompanying TV ad will feature new music from Alicia made specifically for the campaign. For the fragrance, it is set to launch in September, and I look forward to seeing more of the beautiful campaign. Congrats to her. |
| Bow Down! Three Men Dance To Beyonce's Music in High Stiletto Heels Posted: 21 Jun 2014 01:02 PM PDT  In preparation for the final live show on "Britain's Got Talent," these three men in the video you're about to see, choreographed a medley of Beyoncé songs during their last rehearsal. Yanis Marshall Choreography shared the sneak peek of their routine on Youtube, and like in most of their dances, the men are in high stiletto heels. Even Beyonce will have to bow down :) Yanis Marshall (in the red and black shorts) is the choreographer and the back-up dancers are Arnaud and Mehdi. Check out their video below |
| Willow Smith Cuddles With Pet Snakes and Brother Jaden Sleeps With Them in Bed Posted: 21 Jun 2014 10:09 AM PDT  Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have and unusual relationship between them and it seems it also goes into their parenting. This has made their children, Willow and Jaden Smith to be a bit different from most children, exploring religions and spirituality beyond their years. A new report from Us Weekly suggests that closer to home, Willow and Jaden also have eccentric tastes in pets. A source tells the magazine that Willow and Jaden are 'obsessed' with snakes, and that Jaden 'cuddles' with them in bed. *shivers* "She has 10 sleeping in her room, and some aren't in cages! She isn't the only Smith family member who adores the serpents. Her brother Jaden refers to his sister's pets as his "girlfriends. They slither into his bed and curl up with him!" In fact, their choice of a pet is a relief for dad Will Smith, who told Ellen DeGeneneres last May that he is terrified of mice and so snakes are great. "I'm good with snakes. Willow has a boa constrictor… but mice? Whew!" As for their mom Jada Pinkett Smith, she explained in an interview with Redbook magazine last July what finally made her cave and allow the reptiles into the home. "I've always loved snakes but was afraid of them. But Willow had wanted this one snake forever. She'd go into the pet store and pick it up and wrap it around her. I'd never touched a snake before, and I put out my hand, and Beauty [mimics the snake slithering up her arm]. I've been in love with her ever since. I said to Willow, 'You did Mommy a big favor. You helped me overcome a fear.'"Cuddling and sleeping with snakes? Count me out. That's one fear I don't mind hanging on to, lol... Who else has had a weird pet? And IMO, anything outside a dog, cat and maybe a bird, is weird. |
| Pictures of Wizkid as Part of Chris Brown's Entourage Surface in UK Dailymail Posted: 21 Jun 2014 09:07 AM PDT  Nigerian musician Wizkid was spotted in pictures of Chris Brown in the UK DailyMail as the two hung out in Hollywood along with Karrueche Tran, Chris Brown's girlfriend. The tabloid reports that Chris Brown and Karrueche were joined by a group of friends as they stepped out to enjoy the sunny day after they attended a pool part the night before. Under one of the pictures, they called out Wizkid by name stating, "The rapper was seen greeting popular Nigerian artist Wizkid outside the hotel" Wizkid has been featured before in the same online magazine as he clubbed on his 24th birthday with One Direction singer, Liam Payne back in 2013. See more pictures below...      |
| Former Bank Manager in Nigeria Becomes Nanny in the US - Now Brain Dead in the Hospital Posted: 21 Jun 2014 07:15 AM PDT  Dreams fall apart: Story of Nigerian ex-bank manager dying in US hospital by Azuka Jebose Inside the intensive Care Unit of Wake Medical Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, seven thousand miles from her country home, Ebere Ukwu sleeps, eyes open; kept alive by the hospital's life support machine. Her fate is hanging between faith and modern medicine. Her life didn't have to come to this painful circle. She was an ambitious dreamer that wanted to explore her young world and excel. The ICU room wasn't supposed to be her final destination. But early spring of 2013, her exciting life of adventure suddenly collapsed during a visit to the Emergency Room for minor aches, pain and high body temperature. Her charming life began at the completion of university education in 1991. After her Youth Service, Ebere got hired as a staff of the United Bank for Africa. Few years later, she shifted her loyalty from UBA to other banks, finally settled at Unity Bank where she rose to become the branch manager of the Tin Can Island/Apapa branch. Mr. Ezuma Ukwu, Ebere's elder brother described her as a charming enthusiastic sister. "She was a giver of everything to make life easy for her friends and family. Ebere's soul was a pot of gold: she dipped into it and touched so many lives with her candour and kindness: a character embedded in her religion." Ms. Ebere's admiration for all things American pop culture was manifested in her young lifestyle and swagger. Her desire and love of Yankee life moved her to apply for a visa to the United States. She was granted a two-year visa. She waited for the right time to make that visit. It came during the financial institutions' meltdown in Nigeria. She resigned her position at the bank and relocated to the United States. Ebere arrived USA during the cold winter month of January 2013 in pursuit of life, liberty, happiness and opportunities. She anchored her new residence at her sister in-law's place in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta was not friendly to her dreams of relocation and quick employment privileges. Ebere soon left Atlanta for Maryland, at the invitation of an extended family friend, to try few available menial jobs targeted towards new immigrants wishing to settle into a different social structure and culture. Ebere accepted an offer as a part time nanny. She was frustrated by the lack of appeal and job satisfaction. This wasn't the job she expected from the land of dreams. Two weeks after her first job, she quit. Ebere is diabetic. During one of her daily chores as a nanny, she split her big right toe. The small gash was infected, thus, it resisted casual self medication. But Ebere kept nursing the minor wound. Ebere reconnected with Tunde, her sister's ex boyfriend who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. She pleaded for Tunde's assistance with employment and a new life direction. Tunde invited her to visit Raleigh and search for better employment opportunities she desired. Ebere arrived Raleigh with severe temperature and fever. Two days after her arrival and still running high temperature, her host encouraged her to get immediate medical treatment at the ER of Wake Medical Center. She went to the hospital and was urgently admitted. Doctors initially suspected she had been infected with Poliomyelitis but X-ray revealed otherwise. Ebere's sad condition has energised some Nigerians in Raleigh, they have adopted her. These families and friends allege she was conscious and interactive when she was admitted to the hospital and before treatments were administered to her. The X-ray from the hospital indicated that poliomyelitis was negative. However, the hospital allegedly began series of antibiotics treatment when she was admitted. She was relieved until a new medication was added. The new medication caused her severe reaction: affected her breathing pattern. She was scared of telling the hospital that the new medication was affecting her breathing: so she confided in Tunde. Tunde encouraged her to tell her care givers and request a change in medication. She courageously complained and her medication was changed. Her unhealed right toe injury became a concern for doctors treating her. The doctors decided that the best treatment for the toe was amputation. The nurses informed Ebere that her toe would be amputated to prevent further infection. Ebere struggled with the decision to allow amputation; culture shock , as modern medicine was about to alter her body. She reluctantly agreed and surgery was performed. Few days after the surgery, Ebere was blasted by massive cardiac arrest. Nurses found her on the floor of her room, unresponsive and in comatose. They attempted to resuscitate her, but she slipped deeper into coma. The hospital called her immediate "family" and friends, told them that she would never come out from comatose. She is brain dead. Doctors advised the family to consider turning off the life support machine. Her new family continue to hope for a medical miracle. Cost of keeping Ebere alive the past year has risen past $1m. Ebere lives through ventilation. She's been vegetative since March 2013. She survived various bouts of infections, developed a deep sacral ulcer, has a wound vac that runs on her twenty four hours, Foley catheter and colostomy insertions. She also had abdominal surgery procedures to correct anatomy of her intestine with a G tube insertion to assist her digestive system. Her condition continues to get worse as she sleeps. Her skin is peeling off her body and she has developed bed sores. The hospital stopped treating any new health problems. It concluded her case is hopeless. It has requested the family to remove Ebere from its facility and return her to Nigeria. Ebere would not survive an intense 12 hour flight to Nigeria. Nigeria may not have a 24hr life support health care system that could keep her alive until miracle happens or family decides to let her go. None of her immediate family lives in the United States. Her family in Nigeria is not able to afford a plane ticket to the United States to decide her continued dependence on life support. Ebere's voice and caretaker in this unfortunate circumstance is Dr. Ify Violet Hill, a Nigerian resident in Raleigh: "I don't know her. But I have adopted her as my sister. I am here for her. Me, my husband and the Nigerian community. Her story is pathetic. She came here to chase a best dream, now she lies in the hospital brain dead. We don't know what happened to Ebere." Dr. Hill has launched a fund drive to raise travel money and other expenses for Ebere's family in Nigeria to visit their sister. "She needs her immediate family here. They should come and see her in these final moments. She needs to hear their voices encouraging her to fight on, telling her they love her or wishing her eternal peace as she makes final exit. We need financial support to help this family see their dying loved one. Please help us with donations to fly few family members to visit her at the hospital. Ebere deserves to feel her family in her hospital room, even for the last time. Her brother was here last year but because of finance, he is not able to return." The Nigerian community have become her only family, offering hopes, prayers, vigils and at times engage the hospital in negotiations for Ebere's care: a care for a fellow stranger who came to the city in search of a great life only to collapse and become brain dead at the hallways of the hospital. First Published - PunchNG |
| Where Will You Find The World's Sexiest Women And Sexiest Men? Posted: 21 Jun 2014 04:07 AM PDT  Travel dating website MissTravel asked members -- both men and women -- to rate the nationalities they find sexiest in a dating partner. The answers revealed a preference for women from South America and men from Australia, with sexiness found in countries everywhere in between. So do you think Nigeria is on the list? No, it's not, but I guess the members of the website haven't traveled much to our country. The only African country listed is South Africa, and it is for sexy women. So if you're traveling this summer, and you're single, you know where to go. And if your SO is alone in Brazil for the World Cup, you may need to book your own ticket now :) The sexiest nationalities for men: 10. Dutch 9. Canadian 8. Brazilian 7. Irish 6. American 5. Spanish 4. Scottish 3. British 2. Italian 1. Australian The sexiest nationalities for women: 10. Canadian 9. South African 8. Bulgarian 7. Australian 6. Spanish 5. Filipina 4. British 3. Colombian 2. Russian 1. Brazilian |
| Hauwa Mukan Confirms Marriage Breakup, Calls Ex-Husband Her Own Personal Lamar Odom Posted: 21 Jun 2014 02:03 AM PDT  Hauwa Mukan, a radio presenter, and musician Keziah Jones were married in Lagos on the 14th of January 2012, but by the end of 2013, there were reports the marriage had hit the rocks. Though there was no official press statement to that effect, by February 2014, BN reported that Hauwa and Keziah's friends had confirmed to them that the couple had indeed broken up. Yesterday, Hauwa shared a short note on her Facebook page finally confirming the news. It's been 8 months since my world was turned upside down, and for the very first time I actually have TIME and space to reflect and really just be thankful for how far I've come and the lessons I've learnt. Its been good times punctuated by waaay too many painful real-life bad times and displays of general human ugliness for my liking. I just want to take this time out to say a biiiig thank you to all my old friends who reached out to me, held me, defended me, prayed for me and fed me drinks to numb the pain! U guys are awesome! We may never know what happened but separation or divorce is never to be taken lightly, knowing the hope, joy and anticipation many go into marriage with. RML wishes Hauwa more strength and she moves ahead with her life. |
| #BringBackOurGirls: Names and Photos of Abducted Schoolgirls Published in ThisDay Posted: 21 Jun 2014 02:44 AM PDT  The ThisDay newspaper has published the names and pictures of majority of the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok in Borno more than 2 months ago. Almost 300 girls were kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) on April 14, sparking off an international outrage. Since then, the Nigerian government has received help from the government of other countries including the United States and United Kingdom, as well as France, China, and Isreal. However, the girls are yet to be found, with only trickles of those who have managed to escape the Boko Haram terrorists making it home.            |
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