Rihanna Meets French President Emmanuel Macron And First Lady Brigitte

Pop superstar Rihanna has met with French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte to discuss education around the globe.The Umbrella singer visited the couple at the impressive Elysee Palace in Paris on Wednesday.

Last month she tweeted Mr Macron, and several other world leaders, to say: “Bonjour @EmmanuelMacron, will France commit to #FundEducation.”

In a clip filmed by ABC News, the Barbados-born left the meeting and told reporters: “I just had the most incredible meeting with the President and the First Lady.”

She added: “They were incredibly welcoming to us, we focused on the topic of education from global aspects and we're going to make a very big announcement this coming September...we are going on to do even more work this October in Africa."I was so inspired and impressed with his leadership and I can't wait for you guys to hear where this is going to go, but I think this is the year for education.

"Thank you so much, and stay tuned."

Rihanna, 29, is an active campaigner for disadvantaged children and young people and founded the Clara Lionel Foundation, which promotes rights to health and education around the world.

She has also worked with a number of other charities, including Unicef and Red Cross

Buhari’s Government To Ban Social Media As Lai Mohammed Issues Directive

The National Council on Information (NCI) has recommended the “setting up of a Council to regulate the use of social media in Nigeria”.

The recommendation is contained in a communique issued at the end of Extraordinary Meeting of NCI on Hate Speeches, Fake News and National Unity held on Friday in Jos.

In the communique made available to newsmen on Sunday, the Council recommended the use of stringent measures in checking conventional media and their programmes.The Council, presided over by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, noted that Social media has no address as such vetting and editing posting in social media might be difficult.

The Council recommended that Information managers at the state level should open a website to counter report of any misinformation posted by the social media as quickly as the hate speeches, misinformation and fake news are posted.

It recommended immediate killing of whatever postings on social media assumed or presumed to be hate speeches or fake news or misinformation by the information managers in various states.

The Council noted that social media might take over the 2019 elections because Nigerians had come to rely more and believe the social media over the conventional media.

It directed the Federal and State Ministries of Information to use jingles to promote peace and come up with cartoons on the TV and Newspapers telling the dangers of fake news and hate speeches.

“The collaboration must start with National Orientation Agency and the state governments,” the Council recommended.

The Council underscored the need to start talking to those responsible for law and enforcement of justice to address the issues of citizens taking laws into their hands.

The body also emphasised that “the welfare of the people is paramount, people well fed will listen to their government”.

The extraordinary meeting of the council was declared open by Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau, represented by his Deputy Prof. Sonni Tyoden.

Lalong observed that the combination of hate speech, conducts, commentaries, writing and displays that combined with the engagement of Hate Media Platforms had in global history proven their ability to incite genocide.

He emphasised that any person or group of persons using any media outlet to bait and explore the innocence and gullibility of a few people must be condemned and sanctioned as criminal, by all people of conscience

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a keynote address, expressed displeasure over the hate spewed on radio stations across the country which according to him has become alarming.

The Minister said that ​the careless incitement to violence and the level of insensitivity to the multi-religious, multi-ethnic nature of the country must not be allowed to continue because it is detrimental to the unity and well-being of our country.

The NCI is the highest policy making body for information articulation and delivery in the country.

Delegates to the Council included Heads of Parastatal Agencies in the Federal Ministry of Information and Commissioners for Information in the 36 states.

Nollywood Lost PA Adebayo Faleti

Adebayo Faleti was born 26 December 1930 in Ibadan. He was a Nigerian poet, journalist, writer and actor. He was also known as a Yoruba translator, a broadcaster, TV exponent and a pioneer of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television (WNTV). He was responsible for translating Nigeria's National Anthem from English to Yoruba. He also translated speeches being made by military president of Nigeria Ibrahim Babangida and Chief Ernest Shonekan, Head of National Interim Government of Nigeria, from English to Yoruba. Faleti published a dictionary containing the formal or official use of Yoruba names. He received many awards, both locally and internationally, including the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) the Festival of Arts award with Eda Ko L’aropin (1995) and the Afro-Hollywood Award for Outstanding Performance in Arts (2002).A renown Yoruba veteran actor, broadcaster, poet and writer, Chief Adebayo Faleti has passed away.

₦400 Million Bugatti Veyron Left To Rot In Lagos, Nigeria

Below are photos of a Bugatti Veyron reportedly costing N472 Million abandoned to rot in Lagos.

A Facebook user, Damola Ilori shared photos of the luxury super-car, Bugatti Veyron costing about $1.5million which was abandoned by an unknown person in Lagos.

He shared the pictures with the caption below:

“As seen Lagos 30 mins ago..for those that don't know..this is Mr Bugatti Veyron.

“Some years ago it was one of the most expensive not to mention fastest road going sports cars in the world…ko ni daa fun recession.

“Shey the owner don pay tax complete sha.”

Directors’ Guild mourns American actor, Martin Landau

The Directors Guild of America has commiserated with the family, friends and fans of  late American actor, Martin Landau, who  died on Saturday at UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles following “unexpected complications during a short hospitalization.

The American actor, who starred in the 1960s television show “Mission Impossible” and won an Oscar for playing Bela Lugosi in the movie “Ed Wood,” is dead at 89.The Guild, in a statement jointly signed by the President and General Secretary,  described the death of the veteran actor as a huge loss to the entire creative industry.

The statement in part: ” We commiserate with the family, friends and associates of our late veteran actor, Martin Landau at this critical time. His death is a huge loss to the entire creative industry and we in the Directors’ Guild share the pain families and fans are going through.”

Landau was born on June 28, 1928, in Brooklyn and worked as a cartoonist for the New York Daily News before becoming an actor.

In 1957, he had a part in the play, “Middle of the Night,” with Edward G. Robinson and ended up on the West Coast, according to the Internet Movie Data base.

“Mission Impossible,” Landau’s iconic film, which also starred his wife, Barbara Bain, became an immediate hit upon its debut in 1966. It remained on the air until 1973, but Landau and Bain left at the end of the show’s third season amid financial dispute with the producers. The actor and his wife also starred in the British-made sci-fi series “Space: 1999” from 1975 to 1977.

its Movie Time In Douala, Cameroon- ESCORT GIRLS n SUPER STAR

 There are two movies for Price Of One                   

 1. SUPERSTAR : Marilyn Morgan is a film contemporain that follows the life of a superstar, showing the struggles she has to overcome daily as a public figure.

                        

 2. ESCORT GIRL: is a story that tells us the becoming of an escort girl. The factors that could push a well trained christian girl to find herself in a club, and her battle to redeem herself.

Enjoy the Little Trailer Here.  

Il y a deux films pour Price Of One

  1. SUPERSTAR: Marilyn Morgan est un film contemporain qui suit la vie d'une superstar, montrant les luttes qu'elle doit surmonter quotidiennement en tant que personnage public.

                        

  2. ESCORT GIRL: est une histoire qui nous indique le devenir d'une escorte. Les facteurs qui pourraient pousser une fille chrétienne bien formée à se retrouver dans un club et à se battre pour se racheter.

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Check Out What Doris Simeon Wore To AMAA By AY stitches

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Why I Dumped England For Nigeria – Iwobi

Arsenal midfielder, 21, played in Three Lions youth teams before deciding to play international football for the country where he was born. 

Alex Iwobi has revealed how England failed in a last-ditch bid to switch countries back from Nigeria.

He said, “As I was about to play my first match for Nigeria, Roy Hodgson was in contact with Arsenal saying ‘we’d like him to get involved with Under-21s’ but my mind was made up. It’s my decision.

“Originally, I’m from Nigeria. I always felt comfortable there. It was a hard decision because I’d played for England but I felt more at home there. When I first went they treated me like royalty, like a king. It’s a big thing there to play for Arsenal too.”

Iwobi broke into the team two years ago and is looking to hit the heights of his breakthrough campaign.

He said, “I have a point to prove. I didn’t play as much as I’d like to last year. I want to start the season with a bang.

“I’ve been doing a bit of running and ball work to prepare. I need to be a bit more hungry this year, add more goals and assists.

“At the start of last season I played a lot. I want to do that all year. Consistency is the key with me. “Goals win games. I need to add that. Arsene Wenger  spoke to me towards the end of last season and said ‘show me you’re able to do that and I’ll give you a chance.”

Odunlade Adekola and Mr Latin Escaped From Armed Robbers

Two popular Nigerian actors, Bolaji Amusan, popularly called Mr Latin, and Odunlade Adekola were attacked by armed robbers on Saturday night.

The actors were returning from a Glo music show in Ijebu-Ode, when their cars ran into the armed robbers who had laid siege along Ilishan-Sagamu road.

Mr Latin narrated the ordeal to PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday.

“We left Ijebu-Ode after the show and heading to Abeokuta, when at about 7.30 p.m. we ran into the armed robbers already stationed themselves on the road,” he said.

The actor explained that Odunlade was driving ahead of his car when he sighted the road block by the bandits. Odunlade attempted to make a detour, but the bandits rained‎ bullets on the tyres forcing the car to a halt, he explained.

Mr Latin, who drove in his Toyota Camry behind Odunlade’s Toyota Avensis, said he and his colleague, alongside some of their aides, had to abandon their vehicles and run into the bush.

He said they were in the bush for almost two hours, while the bandits ransacked their vehicles, carting away valuables including money and mobile phones.

“We took to our heels as the robbers pursued us with guns. We were in the bush for about two hours, before we later regained freedom after the robbers left the scene,” Mr Latin stated.

He said some vigilante members later came to their rescue and they were taken to Ogun State University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu for medical treatment.

He said‎ the matter has been reported to the police and thanked God for sparing their lives.

97 Nigerians Feared Dead In Bakassi By Cameron Gendarmes

About 97 Nigerians are feared killed as Cameroon Gendarmes allegedly attacked residents of Bakassi over failure to pay a N100,000 boat levy.It was learnt that the attackers sacked mainly Nigerians from Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Ondo states. Many others escaped at midnight with their fishing boats and arrived at Ikang in Bakassi and Ibaka in Akwa Ibom.

The killing and sacking of Nigerians in former Bakassi is believed to be a violation of the 2005 Green Tree Agreement (GTA) by the Nigeria-Cameroon Mixed Commission which stipulates that the Bakassi returnees must be properly resettled to their natural habitat so that they can have a meaningful living. The GTA also states that Nigerians who choose to remain in Cameroon can do so without any molestation. The agreement makes it clear that there would be a committee monitoring the activities but since the day the treaty was signed, Bakassi people have not seen any monitoring team.

Federal government officials yesterday evaded questions from The Guardian as government spokesmen failed to respond to inquiries. Three text messages seeking clarification on what the official reaction of Nigeria would be did not elicit any response. At Ikang beach, it was a picture of abandoned and traumatised people. Most of them remained at the jetty looking disillusioned and rejected, while a few women with their babies and children moved into Ikang village for shelter.They looked helpless, as they pondered on how to survive, pointing at some of the boats they managed to rescue — apparently the only property they came back with.The fate of the Bakassi people at the hands of the Cameroon Gendarmes, and even back home since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgement, has been that of neglect by the Nigerian government. The internally displaced persons from Bakassi Cameroon since the GTA 12 years ago have lived in squalor in rickety mosquito-infested classroom blocks in Cross River and Akwa Ibom despite complaints from notable leaders like Senator Florence Ita-Giwa and the Bakassi paramount ruler, Etinyin Etim Okon Edet.

The situation is so bad that in the Akwa Ikot Edem Udo IDP camp, over 1,000 children are not in school. The Bakassi IDPs and the latest returnees have accused the Cross River State government and Federal Government of playing politics with their lives and means of livelihood.At the Ikang Beach in the new Bakassi yesterday, many of the returnees with their wooden engine boats were seen hanging around the jetty, lamenting their fate.

They alleged constant harassment and raping of their women by the gendarmes. They said yesterday’s incident was the climax as the attackers came shooting and chasing them away for refusing to pay the N100,000 engine boat tax.

One of the returnees, Chief Umoh Umoh Inyang, said that from Akpankanya in Abana, the headquarters of former Bakassi “the Cameroonian gendarmes have been harassing us. They destroyed our boats, beat us and shot many of us to death. They make a lot of trouble for us in Akpankanya in Bakassi.

“They would not let us carry on with our lives and livelihood in peace. The suffering is so much that we have to come back. They would not let us go to the sea for our fishing, and in our houses where we were just staying, they came and asked us to pay N100, 000 for each boat and when we said we did not have such money, they started beating us. They shot many of us.We had to leave suddenly, and so many people missed their children and members of their families. We got to this Ikang jetty around 2:00 a.m. today. They even raped our wives. Many of our people have been held captive there. They have killed about 97 people. Many people ran into the bush, many are scattered along the waterways. We came in all these boats you are seeing here. We were over 2,000 who were scattered over there. At least 94 were killed in Atabong where we were. We don’t know about other areas. We were hearing gunshots all over the place. We have about 137 who landed here in Ikang. The number is actually growing because we were 132 when we first got here and the immigration officials are registering us.”

Another returnee Mr. Nse Okon, from Akpankanya in Abana, said: “They destroyed everything. In 2008 they killed three people who worked with me. The government should come to our aid and resettle us properly in our own country. This time around, they came and told me to pay N100, 000 tax for this engine and I said I did not have that kind of money. That is why they started beating us.

“The Nigerian government should intervene urgently in this matter. Let the international community also intervene in this matter. Our land has been ceded and the people are not accommodating us there. If we can be resettled here and given work to survive, we would be grateful. They should note that we cannot survive upland too because we are all fishermen and most of us did not go to school. So they should resettle us and create alternatives for us to survive.”The IDP camp leader at Aqua Ikot Edem Udo, Mr. Ene Okon said: “I don’t know what our leaders have been doing. These things continue, despite the Green Tree Agreement and the Federal Government is silent about it. Those displaced in 2013 are still living in an open hall in a primary school.”

The Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor and Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Christian Ita said: “I think enquiries should be directed to the Federal Government. They should not kill Cross River after all they have collected everything.”

He pointed out that “there was a Green Tree Agreement that was signed and if Cameroon is defaulting on it, it is not a sub-national issue but a national and international issue. Cross River is not even a party to it but as usual Cross River will offer them the basic necessity to keep them alive. But the truth of the matter is that when such a thing happens, it is the Federal Government that should take it up.”

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IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu Threatens To Kill Obasanjo

Addressing elders and chieftains at his residence in Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia State on Thursday, Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), said his organization would kill former President Olusegun Obasanjo if he attempts to harm the IPOB leader.

Mr. Kanu’s threat came after former President Obasanjo commented that Nigerians must do everything possible to stop the campaigning for the secession of Biafra, a cause spearheaded by Mr. Kanu.

The former president made the comment on Tuesday while speaking at the International Conference Centre in Abuja during the launch of the biography of the late Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari. He stressed that a failure to put an end to the Biafra agitation could lead to a repeat of the 1966 coup and the other events that eventually culminated in the civil war.

The Biafran agitator responded with a threat to the elder statesman.

“I remember Obasanjo calling us names. They said we must eliminate Kanu and for those words coming out from his mouth, he is going to die,” Mr. Kanu declared.

“I told Obasanjo that I have given instructions to IPOB should anything happen to me. Everything that comes from Obasanjo’s lineage will die the same day at the same time. It is a standing instruction to IPOB.

“Wherever they are, we will kill them ourselves at the same time, the same day, 12 noon, wherever we find them all over the world. I am not like anything they have seen before,” Mr. Kanu boasted.

Nigeria Ranks 5th In The World's Most Dangerous Countries List

Africa's most populous country has been ranked the 5th most dangerous country in the world,thanks to terrorist group,Boko Haram .The World Economic Forum ranked 136 countries in its biennial tourism report with one section focusing on safety and security.

The list doesn't take into account petty crime and instead focuses on security risks related to serious harm (violence and terrorism).

The list named Finland as the safest country in the world , while Colombia has been named the least safe.

See the top 10 most dangerous countries in the world..

1. Colombia
2. Yemen
3. El Salvador
4. Pakistan
5 Nigeria
6. Venezuela
8. Kenya
9. Honduras
10 Ukraine