June 2015 ~ 24hours News

Photos: Actress Judith Audu releases sexy new photo

The fast rising actress who also doubles as a radio host, producer and blogger shares the new ‘river goddess-themed’ pictures. Judith looked sultry, sexy and solemn, as she appears in a number of poses at the river bank, emerging from the water, with the rolling waves approaching in one photo.See more photos after the cut...

Lagos nightclub scene has been stepped up tremendously. Thanks to The Place Nightclub in Ikeja GRA which changed the music and took things to the next level this past weekend with its high profile reopening parties that took place over four (4) nights.

Beginning on Thursday, the club opened the doors to its newly transformed, ultra-modern and state of the art facility with superstar DJ Xclusive manning the ship into the night.

The kinds of things you people see on this blog. Lol. Just wanted to share this because it's different. Anyone looking for this cutie? What a LIB reader said wrote below...

"I traveled out for the weekend and came home (somewhere in Cele, Lagos) to find this little angel roaming around my compound. Upon asking neigbhours, I was told that the dog had been lurking around since Saturday. I have made efforts by going around the estate asking questions to no avail. I have groomed him, fed him well, and called a vet to come and ensure he is in good medical condition. I know its not an abandoned dog because it is an exotic specie. Please if you are the owner, or know how to contact the owner, you can reach me on 07046114383. Better if you send a text message and I call you back."

Carly Boy writes on Caitlyn Jenner. Read below...

I must ask you this question. In our pursuit for happiness, do we focus on the dictates of life based on our social environment or on our own personal need of what individually makes us happy? For the past few days the global social media has been agog with Bruce Jenner sex change, he now wishes to be called Caitlyn.

Surfing through some of our local blogs, I have read some yahoo yahoo comments from Nigerians who feel that their yeye comments are really of any importance in the decision taken by this great Olympian, now, the gender bender.

Yes, I saw Bruce Jenner Vanity Fair interview. I read it over and over, it sounded so gutsy, sincere, truthful and so free. Bruce had always been married, had kids, and a successful career but for a long time he had never been happy and content with being a man. Sometimes we find it difficult understanding what prompts one to make those kinds of changes that are physically and emotionally permanent and we start to speculate, Maybe he wanted to rebrand, wanted to put himself back into serious reckoning again. Yes, sometimes it can be about the drama and the almighty dollars who is to say. However, It just may be devoid of all those and just be a spiritual journey to finding self, purely a pursuit of happiness, about being free, and finding strength to be that which makes one feel complete irrespective of who's ox is gored!

My take

It is not one’s masculinity or femininity alone that defines one’s identity, it is the harmony between the two that determines how comfortable and integrated one’s identity is going to be. In other words, shocking as this may be to the more macho in our midst, inside some men, lies an unexpressed woman. And even more shocking is the proposition that the object of masculine identity development is not the elimination of this woman, but acknowledging the existence of, and fine-tuning the feminine side with the masculine part of the identity. In other words, blending the two fundamental principles of yin and yang to influence our behavior.

The “masculine woman” has become more socially acceptable than the “feminine man”, who is still an object of derision. And herein lies the root of the gender conflict. Women find it easy to pursue their masculinity; men find it disagreeable to even acknowledge, let alone pursue their femininity. A few people have been able to find that balance and I am happy that Linda lives here, in me? Yesoooooo!

So to those of you in your personal pursuit for happiness whatever it is, climb every rainbow and follow every star till you find your dream

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Adding to her billion dollar fragrance empire, Britney Spears is releasing an ‘Intimate Edition’ to her best selling fragrance Fantasy, the star revealed on June 3.

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The stylish sisters just released a brand new collaboration with Topshop, and now Kendall and Kylie Jenner are dishing on the perfect date night outfit!

Whether they’re hitting the red carpet, (or, in Kendall’s case, the runway!), or showing off their stellar street style, we can’t get enough of Kendall, 19, and Kylie Jenner‘s, 17, fashion. Not only do they experiment with a slew of silhouettes and trends, but they’re always sharing their looks on Instagram! So, how do these gals handle getting ready for date night?

This lady made the allegations on Twitter yesterday. See more tweets after the cut

The opening film is Jimmy Goes to Nollywood, which will be screened by 7.30pm. NollywoodWeek Paris is an annual film festival that showcases the top films by Nigerian filmmakers in Paris, France. Haitian actor, Jimmy Jean-Louis, will serve as the festival ambassador for 2015.

There is an opening performance by NaijaSings winner, Jon Ogah. This year, ten films will be screened for the Parisian audience to discover and eight of those films are in competition to win the Audience Award.

The official selection is made up of the following feature length films:

Top model Irina Shayk, 29, who dumped footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, 30, in December 2014 after 5 years of dating over cheating allegations, indirectly slammed him in an explosive interview with Spanish magazine, Hola.

When the Russian beauty was asked if she preferred to have a partner or be alone, she said;

"Of course I prefer to be with someone, but with the right someone. It’s very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That’s my rule.”

Asked to define her perfect partner, she said:

“He’s got to be kind, amusing and honest and he’s got to know how to treat a woman. And he’s also got to be faithful.”

This reply is the closest she's come to confirming Cristiano cheated on her.

The Nigerian Army has released a statement reacting to the Amnesty International's report earlier today which indicted Senior Military officers of committing war crimes. The world humanitarian body mentioned names and called for a full investigation of the officers who they allege participated, sanctioned and failed to prevent the deaths of about 8,000 Nigerians since activities of Boko Haram started in Nigeria. See the Army's reaction below...

The Defence Headquarters has noted with dismay the gruesome allegations made by the Amnesty International against some senior military officers serving and retired of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is unfortunate that all effort made in the allegation was geared towards continuation of blackmail against the military hierarchy in which the organisation had embarked upon as far back as the inception of military’s action against terrorist in the North East.

Read the rest and see the report from Amnesty International after the cut...

Four fuel tankers, all traveling along the Benin Bypass were involved in an accident this afternoon. Fuel from one of the tankers spilled on the road but thankfully no one was killed in the incident. See more photos after the cut...

50cent is dating an Armenian and she's a beauty! Her name is Nancy Babochian and he brought her with him to the premiere of his series, Power, in New York yesterday. He already has two baby mamas. Is this number 3 in waiting? More photos after the cut...

A member of Nigeria's House of Representative representing Katsina Federal Constituency, Hon. Sheik Umar has died. The honorable member died this morning June 3rd after a prolonged battle with Diabetes. He was married with children. May his soul rest in peace Amen.

24 hours to the end of their tenure, members of the Nigerian Senate passed 46 bills in less than 10 minutes, a situation best described as a 'historic moment'. The Senators will be ending their tenure as tomorrow June 4th to give rise to the 8th National Assembly.

At today's plenary session, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Senator Ita Enang, announced all 46 bills before the house and then Senate President, David Mark, immediately called for votes on all the 46. He gave consent to all the "Ayess" which resulted in a rowdy session as those who were against the manner in which the bills were passed voiced their objection. The Senate President however told the aggrieved Senators to come tomorrow for consideration.

President Buhari left Abuja this morning for Niger Republic to hold talks with the President of the country, Mahamadou Issoufou over Boko Haram and how their activities can be eradicated in the region. Another photo after the cut...

Footballer Taye Taiwo shared these lovely photos of himself, his wife Nimot and their 2 children. Continue to see more photos...

The photos had to be censored because they're quite graphic. An abandoned new-born baby, said to be about 3 days old, was discovered by a man in the woods being 'eaten alive' by ants. The man, who called police, said he heard the child crying while he was taking a shortcut to work through the woods on the outskirts of Chelyabinsk, a city in Russia. The badly bitten child was lying on a pile of leaves and covered in ants. See another photo after the cut...

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I'm absolutely sad to report that Rhythm 93.7FM PH on-air personality, writer and motivational speaker, Iphie Aggrey-Fynn was shot dead by armed robbers along Aba-Port Harcourt expressway yesterday. The Ghanaian-born OAP and blogger had gone to see her parents in Aba and was on her way back to Port Harcourt when their bus was attacked by armed robbers. As the driver attempted to speed away, the gunmen open fire on the bus, killing Ifeoma. May her soul rest in peace, Amen.

The American woman who was mauled to death by a lion at a Safari park in South Africa on June 1st has been identified as 29-year-old Katherine Chappell. The film editor, who worked on hit TV series Game of Thrones, was taking pictures of the animal through an open window when the animal jumped into her car through the window and mauled her to death...

It's extremely wrong but I kinda understand the 'wicked step-mother' ish, but when you do it to your own child, it's more puzzling. According to a LIB reader, who sent in the report and story, the mother of this child, brutally attacked her this morning at their home in Benin because according to her, she was slow to get ready for school.

The LIB reader, who is a neighbour to the mother and child, said she constantly maltreats her children, two girls and a boy aged 8, 6 and 5 and beats them with wire, wood, rod etc. The neighbours went to rescue this girl after hearing her shouts for help this morning. They want the children rescued from the woman. Their father is reportedly in prison. Another photo after the cut...

A 25 year old Nigerian man identified as Austin Chukwuna died on Sunday May 31st after the hard drugs he was smuggling out of Indonesia burst inside his stomach. According to Indonesian Police, Chukwuna had on Saturday May 30th lodged at a hotel close to the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Indonesia possibly with the intent of flying out with the drugs inside him, when he suddenly ran out of the hotel on Sunday morning, screaming. Witnesses saw him run to the hotel car park like a lunatic, broke the glass of one of the cars and used it to cut himself as he tried to get the drug out of his system.

"Austin Chukwuna, 25, ran out of the Ibis Hotel near the airport compound where he had just stayed a night. He allegedly tore open his abdomen with pieces of glass," Benda Police chief Comr. Heddi Managsi said

The police chief said when they searched inside his hotel room, they found three methamphetamine capsules and another eight meth capsules on the highway. "We then took him in the ambulance, but he died on the way to Tangerang General Hospital," he said.

Check out this Keke spotted along Upper Iweka Road, Onitsha recently - looked like it fell out of MTV's Pimp My Ride...Lol. According to the LIB reader who sent in the photos, the Keke had everything that you could probably imagine or not imagine. From 'executive' seats to nicely arranged keke 'curtains', spare tyre plus some cool jams playing in it too. And the driver sef, he no gree..lol. See the photos after the cut...

Heritage Bank Limited said its sponsorship of the 3rd edition of the just concluded 10-Kilometre Okpekpe Road Race in Etsako Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo State as the Official Banker, is a further proof that the bank is poised to promote its legacy of innovation through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes.

The Chairman of APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun yesterday called on Nigerians to give the new administration led by President Buhari some time as the problems of Nigeria cannot be solved in one day. Odigie-Oyegun said this at the Defence House Abuja when he led members of his party's National Working Committee to pay a solidarity visit to President Buhari yesterday June 2nd.

He said their visit to President Buhari was to declare the party's support for him.

"We told him we are with him and that he will succeed because the entire party will be galvanized as one man behind him to ensure that days into this Presidency that Nigerians will indeed see that things are changing. All the problems cannot be solved in one day but what Nigerians want is to be sure that we are getting it right and that we are on the proper path towards addressing their long frustration towards ameliorating their condition and that is what they will get.”he said

Drake was down with Jay Z's music streaming service Tidal up until two days before the launch according to Billboard Snr Branding Correspondent, Andrew Hampp. He told Bloomberg Business,

"...Jimmy Lovine has directly gone after all the artists that were supposed to be involved with Tidal. Like Drake was literally a tidal partner like two days before the launch then he mysteriously disappeared."

Jimmy works with Apple after selling Beats By Dre, which he co-owned, to them. According to multiple reports, Drake and Pharrell Williams have both partnered with Apple and will be guest DJ's for the revamped iTunes Radio. Reports that Drake and Pharrell will be paid $19 million to participle have been denied.

"We told him we are with him and that he will succeed because the entire party will be galvanized as one man behind him to ensure that days into this Presidency that Nigerians will indeed see that things are changing. All the problems cannot be solved in one day but what Nigerians want is to be sure that we are getting it right and that we are on the proper path towards addressing their long frustration towards ameliorating their condition and that is what they will get.”he said

Major roads leading into Ado-Ekiti, the state capital have been blocked since yesterday with heavy duties vehicles by some residents of the state as the crisis between the state Governor, Ayo Fayose and 19 APC Lawmakers continue.

The roads, according to reports, were blocked to ensure that the 19 APC lawmakers who are currently at loggerheads with the Governor and are lodged at the Sonap Hotel in Osogbo in Osun state, do not gain entrance into the state to carry out their planned impeachment process against Governor Fayose.

Governor Fayose and the Lawmakers are now fighting over their unpaid entitlement since November 2014 when they were "impeached" from the state House of Assembly by PDP lawmakers.

According to Governor Fayose who spoke on Channels TV, he said he had a meeting with the aggrieved Lawmakers last week where they told him that the issues will be resolved after he pays them their salaries which backdates to November 2014.

Governor Fayose said because he craved to have peace in his state and avoid breakdown of law and order, he consented to their wish and immediately released Cheque for their salaries to be paid. Cheques of N2 million and some fraction was given to the lawmakers each but they refused to accept the Cheque, saying their salaries cannot be only N2 million when calculated from November 2014.

Here are copies of the cheques with which Ekiti APC lawmakers were paid (exclusive to LIB)