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Thursday, September 29, 2016
America Actor And Rapper Ludacris Share Photo of His Daughters.
Movie Stars Rukky Sanda, Jackie Appiah, John Dumelo, Alexx Ekubo, Patience Ozokwor & More Storm London for #RokOnSky Launch
Stars who jetted to London yesterday for ROK Studios launch arrived last night .
Spotted in the arrivals hall of London's Gatwick Airport last night was Mercy Aigbe-Gentry, Yvonne Jegede, Chioma Akpotha, Patience Ozokwor, Alexx Ekubo, John Dumelo, Jackie Appiah, Rukky Sanda, Emem Isong, Mike Godson, Oge Okoye, Bolanle Ninalowo, Uche Odoputa, Ebube Nwagbo, Uduak Isong, Mary Lazarus, Padita Agu,Jennifer Eliogu, Bobby Obodo,Kelechi Ogbonna, Agu Emeka Ejikeme, Judith Bulama, Binta Bulama, Selima Bulama, Jemila Bulama and Biodun Stephen.
More stars will be flying into London over the next 24 hours to attend the Gala dinner taking place on Friday 30th September . Rok Studios CEO Mary Njoku, arrived in London over the weekend .
Selena Gomez Becomes the First Person to Reach 100 Million Instagram Followers
She's still the most followed person on the social-media platform
Selena Gomez is the first celebrity to reach 100 million followers on Instagram, and she hasn’t even posted anything on her account since August.
The 23-year-old actress and singer, who is currently taking a break from social media and public life because of lupus side effects, which include anxiety and depression, ranked as the most followed person on Instagram in July with 89.2 million fans. By pushing into 100 million followers, she hit a new milestone.
The record number of followers cements Gomez as the reigning queen of Instagram, an unofficial title she’s held since July, when a photo she posted became the most liked on the platform, with more than 5.6 million likes.
Gomez outranks fellow Instagram celebrities like Taylor Swift (91.5 million followers), Beyoncé (85.4 million followers) and Kim Kardashian (83.7 million followers).
Woman Who Married Her Son Arrested For Also Marrying Daughter
A woman and her daughter are facing incest charges after authorities learned the pair were legally married in Oklahoma this year, and that the mother had married her son a few years earlier.The motivation behind the March marriage was unclear Wednesday, when 43-year-old Patricia Ann Spann and her daughter, 25-year-old Misty Velvet Dawn Spann, made initial appearances in Stephens County district court. Under Oklahoma law, marrying a close relative is considered incest whether or not a sexual relationship exists.
Neither woman had an attorney listed in court documents. No publicly listed phone number could be found for their home in Duncan, about 80 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.
According to a police affidavit, officers learned about the marriage late last month amid a child welfare investigation. Patricia Spann told a state child services investigator she’d lost custody of three children, who were adopted by their paternal grandmother, but reunited with her daughter two years ago. She said she thought a marriage was OK because her name wasn’t on her daughter’s birth certificate, the affidavit states.
Detectives later learned she married her son in 2008. He filed for an annulment 15 months later citing “incest,” stating he was married to his birth mother, according to the affidavit.
Police didn’t return a message seeking investigation details following the women’s court appearance. Both women were being held on $10,000 bonds.
No, ISIS is not after your WhatsApp profile pictures
The message warns users to change their display pictures if they have put their own photos for the next 20-25 days.For the past few days a forward asking people to change their WhatsApp display pictures has been circulating on the messaging service, because ISIS was after it.
The message attributed to Delhi Police Commissioner AK Mittal, warns users to change their display pictures if they have put their own photos for the next 20-25 days.
The Hindi version of the message, however, also asks users to share the message among their contacts, especially women.
Warning is not the only thing the message attempts to convey. There’s some reassurance too.
“Whatsapp CEO has requested all people to remove personal pics for the next 20-25 days. Whatsapp engineers are trying their best to keep ur app safe,” reads a part of the message.
“Whatsapp CEO has requested all people to remove personal pics for the next 20-25 days. Whatsapp engineers are trying their best to keep ur app safe,” reads a part of the message.
According to The Indian Express, True Caller app shows that the phone number said to be the Delhi Police Commissioner’s has to one Arshad Ali. The number has since been reported as spam.
The English message reads:
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Hi Friends
If you have put your own pic in ur display picture, then please remove it immediately. Because ISIS is trying to capture it and they have hackers who will use ur number in a wrong way. Those people are going to misuse your photo. Whatsapp CEO has requested all people to remove personal pics for the next 20-25 days. Whatsapp engineers are trying their best to keep ur app safe. Please co-operate. Please forward to your near and dear ones.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Former Israeli President Shimon Peres Dies Aged 93
He suffered a stroke two weeks ago and his condition improved before a sudden deterioration on Tuesday.
His son Chemi led tributes to "one of the founding fathers of the state of Israel" who "worked tirelessly" for it.
Mr Peres, who was one of the last of a generation of Israeli politicians present at the new nation's birth in 1948, served twice as the country's prime minister and once as president.
He won the Nobel Peace prize in 1994 for his role negotiating peace accords with the Palestinians a year earlier.
He once said the Palestinians were Israel's "closest neighbours" and might become its "closest friends".Mr Peres died in a hospital near Tel Aviv early on Wednesday, with his family at his bedside.
He had been in the intensive care unit of the Sheba Medical Centre after suffering a major stroke on 13 September.
Who was Shimon Peres?
- Born in 1923 in Wisniew, Poland, now Vishnyeva, Belarus
- First elected to the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in 1959
- Served in 12 governments, including once as president and twice as prime minister
- Seen as a hawk in his early years - negotiated arms deals for the fledgling nation
- A member of the government that approved the building of Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian territory
- But played a key part in reaching the Oslo peace accords, the first deal between Israel and the Palestinians, which said they would "strive to live in peaceful coexistence"
Monday, September 26, 2016
Picture Of Mariah Carey And Her Children
Singer, Mariah Carey shared this gorgeous photo of herself and her adorable twins, Moroccan and Monroe. They are so adorable!
Rihanna shows off her abs and tattoo in tiny crop top
Rihanna looked sensational as she arrived Paris ahead of Paris Fashion Week.The 28-year-old flashed a serious amount of skin and her tattoo tribute to her late grandmother as she headed out into the French capital.
Tears As MMM Crashes in Zimbabwe, Millions Lose Money
Lots of Zimbabweans are in a financial trauma as you read this, all thanks to the popular Ponzi scheme called MMM. Thousands of people living in Zimbabwe, among them civil servants, vendors and more, were said to have lost thousands of dollars to fraudulent online pyramid scheme MMM Global Zimbabwe after the system collapsed recently. The social financial network, which relied on an accelerating number of new members to pay off the old, abruptly terminated its services without any prior notice last week leaving participants stranded.
Iharare.co reports that these Zimbabweans joined the online investment scheme with the sole aim of “getting rich quickly”. It was said that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe warned its people about the system, saying the scheme was fraudulent. The scheme prides itself as a mutual aid fund under which recruited members contribute money to assist others and are promised investment returns of 30 percent per month. Some of the people left counting their losses told The Herald that they received emails that the scheme had been suspended until September 15.
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Sergey Panteleevich Mavrodi is a Russian criminal and a former deputy of the State Duma. He is the founder of the МММ series of pyramid schemes
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One of the participants, Mr Tinashe Muza of Harare said: “All along things were moving in the right direction and we now have nowhere to claim our investments. When we started putting our funds in the scheme one could get assistance within seven days but things later changed to 14 days and when we were shut out the waiting period was 21 days. What it simply means is that the number of people in need of help has outnumbered the number of people joining. Right now we have nowhere to get our money which we invested.”
MMM stands for Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox and takes its name from its founder, Sergei Panteleevich Mavrodi of Russia. He founded MMM in 1989 and the scheme was declared bankrupt three years later leading to the disappearance of Mavrodi until his arrest in 2003. While some people who were skeptical about the scheme started with small amounts, it is believed some poured in thousands of dollars anticipating higher returns. The RBZ said the schemes were fraudulent as existing investors were ‘paid money not from genuine market investment of their funds, but from contributions made by new investors, until a point when the scheme can no longer attract new investors.” Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
Currently, the scheme is in Nigeria and it is called MMM – Federal Republic of Nigeria. Lots of Nigerians are on the scheme and the scheme actually works (just like how it was working well at first in Zimbabwe). MMM Nigeria, is a Ponzi scheme that originated in Russia that has now set up in Nigeria. Wikipedia says the company was involved in one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in the 1990s. It was estimated that thousands of people lost up to $10 billion dollars. Well, a lot of people think the scheme is legit and not a scam but the history of the company says the opposite. Only time will tell.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Pic Of The Day. Throw Back PIcture Of ATiku Abubakar
Niger Ex-Vice president, Atiku Abubakar share this throw back picture of how they use to Rock King Sunny Ade music back in the days on twitter to wish The Juju King Crooner, King Sunny Ade Happy 70th birthday. He says"I remember how we used to dance to King Sunny Ade's music. You had to know the moves to be cool in Lagos back then.
Friday, September 23, 2016
17 killed As Boko Haram Terrorists Attack Troops in Borno
69-year-old man walks 3 hours a day to finish high school
Meet one of the world’s oldest high school students: 69-year-old Durga Kami of Nepal.
Great Big Story caught up with Kami as he went through a typical day in the 10th grade, which is anything but typical when your classmates are young enough to be your grandchildren. 
“I used to think, ‘Why is this old man coming to school to study with us?’ But as time passed I enjoyed his company,” Sagar Thapa, a 14-year-old classmate, told HuffPost India earlier this year. “He is a little weak in studies compared to us but we help him out with that.”
Kami, who walks three hours each day to complete an education he wasn’t able to receive decades ago, said he would like to become a teacher.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
President Buhari Invites UN To Negotiate Release Of Chibok Girls With Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari has informed the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, that Nigeria would welcome negotiators from the UN in talks that could lead to an exchange of Boko Haram fighters in government custody for the release of the abducted Chibok girls.
According to a statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, President Buhari was speaking during a bilateral meeting with Ban Ki-moon on the sidelines of the 71st UN General Assembly in New York. The Nigerian President admitted that the Federal Government is willing to bend over backwards to get the Chibok girls freed from Boko Haram captivity.
"The challenge is in getting credible and bona fide leadership of Boko Haram to discuss with. The split in the insurgent group is not helping matters. The government had reached out, ready to negotiate, but it became difficult to identify credible leaders. We will welcome intermediaries such as UN outfits, to step in,” said President Buhari.
The President maintained that the teachings of Boko Haram are at variance with Islam
"The fact that they kill men, women, children, and other people wantonly, and shout Allahu Akbar (God is great) shows that they do not know that Allah at all. If they did, they would not shed innocent blood," President Buhari said.
He thanked Ban Ki-moon for the moral and material support given to Nigeria, which has enabled the country to surmount many of the challenges facing her.
The UN Secretary-General responded by congratulating President Buhari on the anti-corruption war, saying: “You are highly respected by world leaders, including myself. Your persona has given your country a positive image.”
He also disclosed that the UN recognises the achievements of the Buhari administration against Boko Haram, urging that human rights be always upheld, to prevent a repeat of what is being witnessed in Syria.
Ban Ki-moon also thanked President Buhari for showing commitment to issues on climate change, adding that the government should "own the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)," for the good of its citizens.
40% of Today’s Organizations Will No Longer Exist in 10 years – Cisco
The internet is a wonderful thing for some and a torment for others. It offers small organizations the opportunity to engage the world, while at the same time removing some of the advantages big business has lauded over entrepreneurs for years. Speaking at the Nordic Digital Business Summit in Helsinki, Finland’s Minister for Economic Affairs Olli Rehn described the internet as “truly democratic” and a saviour for innovators.
But all this new opportunity comes at a great price. Cisco’s Director of Internet of Everything & City Digitization Bas Boorsma (pictured below) highlighted to the audience at the same conference that “Digital Darwinism is very unkind to those who wait” and the concept of ‘Too big to fail’ which plagued the world throughout the noughties is a thing of the past.
“No-one is too big to fail in the digital age,” said Boorsma. “The main problem is that many people think in a linear manner, but this is not what the internet is. We are preparing for yesterday’s tomorrow.”
Expanding on that somewhat cryptic opening Boorsma made a contentious claim that 40% of today’s businesses will no-longer exist in 10 years. Whether this is due to consolidation, rebranding or bankruptcy was not made clear, but natural selection looks set to go into overdrive.
The main challenge is not the acceptance of change, but the speed. Although many of the more traditional organizations were slow to transform their business models to the digital ecosystem, it is now top of the agenda. But the issue here is of speed and mindset.
To innovate a change in mentality is needed and the fail-fast business model is another buzzword which has crept in, though here there seems to be sense to the buzz. Big business does not allow creatives the opportunity to fail, because failing is not acceptable. For the internet businesses which has taken the world by storm (Facebook, Twitter, AirBnB, Uber etc.) failing is a way of life, and encouraged if there is a lesson to be learnt.
“Only 30% of digitization efforts are successful,” Boorsma said. “People need to think non-linear, as this is the nature of the internet.”
The development of the internet was not linear. There have been random explosions of development heading off in different directions, and then once again converging. The speed of change in increasing, and the future is becoming more difficult to predict. According to Boorsma, this is the essence of disruptive models and the cause of heartache for the more traditional organizations of the world.“One thing which the new internet companies have in common is they do not continue to operate in their traditional industries,” Boorsma said. “They experiment and expand. If I was a bank, I wouldn’t be worried about my competitors on the other side of the high street; I’d be worried about Facebook and Google.”
Whether an organization ends up in the 40% which could potentially be wiped from the earth in 10 years almost entirely depends on how it embraces change. For Boorsma, this needs to be done quickly and then quicker once again, or face the consequences. As Hemingway wrote: “How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”
If an organization is happy with its digitization strategy, it probably needs to have a rethink and up the pace once again. In an internet age, dominated by non-linear and often explosive development, fast is never fast enough.
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