Monday 15 February 2016

Kanye West Says He's In Debt, Wants Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg to Invest $1 Billion Into His Ideas


Kanye West wants Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg to put $1 billion into funding his ideas.

The rapper, who recently released his new The Life of Pablo, made his informal request to the billionaire in a tweet on Sunday. “Mark Zuckerberg invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas,” Yeezy wrote on Twitter. “After realizing he is the greatest living artist and greatest artist of all time,” he said in a follow-up tweet.

He also used the social media platform to clear up a controversial lyric in a new song in which he says: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why? Because I made that bitch famous.” “I did not diss Taylor Swift and I’ve never dissed her,” West tweeted.

Red Carpet Style From The 2016 BAFTA Awards


Forget fashion week for a minute as style just decamped to London’s Royal Opera House for one of the film industry’s biggest events—the 2016 BAFTA Awards.
The awards show which happens to be the 69th saw some of the world’s biggest film stars like Emilia Clarke, Kate Winslet, Alicia Vikander and more grace the red carpet in stylish ensembles.
Check out photos from the red carpet below;
bafta alicia vikander
Alicia Vikander
bafta ANGELA BASSETT
Angela Bassett
bafta CATE BLANCHETT
Cate Blanchett
bafta emilia clarke
Emilie Clarke
bafta idris elba
Idris Elba
bafta JULIANNE MOORE
Julianne Moore
bafta kate winslet
Kate Winslet
bafta LAURA WHITMORE
Laura Whitmore
bafta SAOIRSE RONAN
Saoirse Ronan
bafta DAKOTA JOHNSON
Dakota Johnson
bafta BEL POWLEY
Bel Powley
bafta GEMMA CHAN
Gemma Chan
bafta GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE
Gwendoline Christie
bafta HANNAH BAGSHAWE & EDDIE REDMAYNE
Hannah Bagshawe & Eddie Redmayne
bafta john boyega
John Boyega
bafta OLGA KURYLENKO
Olga Kurylenko
bafta leonardo di caprio
Leonardo Di Carprio
bafta HEIDA REED
Heida Reed
bafta DREE HEMINGWAY
Dree Hemingway
bafta KATE WINSLET & MICHAEL FASSBENDER
Kate Winslet & Michael Fassbender
bafta POPPY JAMIE
Poppy Jamie
bafta SACHA BARON COHEN & ISLA FISHER
Sacha Baron Cohen & Isla Fisher
bafta LILY DONALDSON
Lily Donaldson
bafta LUCIANA BARROSO & MATT DAMON
Luciana Barroso & Matt Damon
bafta rooney mara
Rooney Mara
bafta SUNRISE COIGNEY & MARK RUFFALO
Sunrise Coigney & Mark Ruffalo

FG sacks DGs of NTA, NBC, 4 others


The Federal Government has sacked the heads of the six information parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture.
The disengagement was announced on Monday, by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, during a meeting with the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA).
A statement was made available to this effect by Segun Adeyemi, SA to Hon Minister of Information and Culture
“The Minister directed the disengaged Chief Executives to hand over to the most senior officials in their various establishments. He thanked them for their service to the nation and wished them the best of luck in their future endeavours.”
“The affected Chief Executives are the Director-Generals of NTA, Mr. Sola Omole, FRCN (Mr. Ladan Salihu), VON (Mr Sam Worlu), NOA (Mr. Mike Omeri), NBC (Mr. Emeka Mba) and the Managing Director of NAN (Mr. Ima Niboro).”
Their replacements are yet to be announced by the federal government.

CAN wants ex-President Jonathan prosecuted for corruption


The Christian Association of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, has called for the prosecution of former President Goodluck Jonathan for corruption.
The Chairman of Lagos CAN, Apostle Alexander Bamgbola, spoke in Lagos on Saturday on the sideline of an interdenominational service.
While fielding questions from journalists, Bamgbola applauded the ongoing war against corruption in the country, adding that nobody should be spared.
When asked about the stance of the group on the call for the prosecution of Jonathan, he said, “What is wrong with it? A former President of Peru (Alberto Fujimori) was jailed. Also, a popular prime minister of Israel (Ehud Olmert) was jailed. If a nation puts you in a position of trust and you betray that trust, you should go to jail no matter who you are. I have no sympathy for anybody. Just make sure you get it right, and we get the facts right as well.”
He lamented the corruption in the country, urging the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to go after the looters and “put them where they belong, so that we may have peace in this nation.”

Lagos police arrest ‘mad man’ with bank tellers, 22 ATM cards


Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command attached to the Victoria Island area of Lagos State, have arrested a suspected mad man, one Lanrewaju Jaiyeola, with two mobile phones, 22 Automated Teller Machine, ATM cards, several bank tellers of recent bank transactions and a power bank.
The 39-year-old suspect, who according to the police had been on their watch-list for about two weeks, was arrested by the RRS operatives with a knapsack on Ozumba Mbadiwe Road.
The police said they were not convinced that Jaiyeola was actually mad, because initially, he was well-spoken, later on, he started talking unreasonably. They however, took him to their base in Alausa, Ikeja.
The police discovered that eight of the credit cards which had different names and banks, were still valid.
One of the officials who didn’t want his name mentioned, told The Punch that when they noticed him, he appeared like a mentally unstable person.
“When we invited him for interrogation, he responded normal to all our enquiries and a few minutes into the interrogation, he started straying from the normal course of our enquiries and was not making sense at all,” he disclosed.
The official added that his behaviour raised further suspicion and they decided to search the knapsack he was arrested with.

He said, “Inside the backpack, we found several bank tellers of recent bank transactions, 22 ATM cards, a power bank, lots of invoices hidden in pieces of papers, one Nokia phone and a BlackBerry.”
A policeman at their base in Alausa, Ikeja, said, “The suspect made statements suggestive of somebody disguising as a mad man to perpetrate crime.
According to the unidentified police officer, “Initially, we noticed that he was mentally balanced because he was answering the questions posed to him adequately. But all of a sudden, he started sounding incoherent and illogical again.
“While interrogating him, he threatened the Investigating Police Officer, IPO, saying, ‘I will make life unbearable for you if you don’t let me go. So it was at this point we realised that possibly he might be enjoying the patronage of some highly-placed people whom we believe he was working for.”
Confirming the arrest, the RRS Commander, Olatunji Disu, said, “Jaiyeola has been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja for detention and further investigation.”

British/Nigerian actor John Boyega wins first Bafta award


23-year-old Nigerian-British actorJohn Boyega has won the EE Rising Star award at the 69thBritish Academy Film Awards (BAFTAS) .
At the awards ceremony which held on Sunday night at the Royal Opera House in London, Boyega was honoured for his major breakout role in the 2015 film –Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Born to Nigerian parents, Boyega played Ugwu, the houseboy in historical fiction drama film –Half of a Yellow Sun (2013).
Boyega has also appeared in four episodes of the television series24: Live Another Day amongst others.