Buhari appoints Rivers APC governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, as DG of NIMASA

President Buhari has approved the appointment of Rivers state APC governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, as the new Director General of the Nigerian Maritime administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), a federal parastatal which is under the ministry of transport overseen by Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state.

Dakuku's appointment which takes immediate effect, is contained in a statement released by Yetunde Sonaike, director of public relations in the ministry of transportation today March 10th.

Portuguese newspaper claim Cristiano Ronaldo is expecting a 2nd child following his goal celebration

Popular Portuguese tabloid Correio da Manha have claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo's goal celebration against Celta Vigo is a sure sign that the Real Madrid star is expecting a second child from a surrogate mother. The Portuguese captain stuffed the ball inside his jersey following one of his four goals in Real Madrid's 7-1 win at the Santiago Benabeu during the weekend.


Correio da Manha insist that they have contacted Ronaldo's family:

“we contacted his family, but both his sisters and his mother are remaining silent”,

In the report they also alleged that Ronaldo plans to use a surrogate for future children.

Blogger/OAP Pye Olayemi joins Celebs with Big Endorsement Deals, Gets Land Worth N20m

Olayemi Esan best known as Justpye is the latest landowner in the broadcasting and media industry. As part of an endorsement deal with real estate company, Numatville Megacity, the devoted former Radio presenter with couple of radios in South West Nigeria has gotten a plot of land worth N20m.

The endorsement deal is reportedly part of an initiative of Akin Olowookere, former Board Chairman of Ondo State Land & Housing Corporation, in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development, Abuja.

The happy publicist and broadcaster posted a message on Instagram with this caption:

"#NumatvilleIsReal.. Justpye publisher endorsed as Numatville Ambassador. Pye Olayemi Esan Gets a complimentary plot of land worth #20million naira at the Numatville Publicist/Media Quarters. See details via www.jodelamedia.com follow @jodelamedia on IG & twitter for updates.  

"Glad to be a part of this National Unity Project and happy to be an Ambassador of Numatville Megacity.. Bearing the torch of unity and beating the drum of awareness. #Justpye #Justpye #Justpye"Wow!!! First Nigerian Blogger to get NUMATVILLE Endorsement. Olayemi Esan aka Pye gets a #20 million naira endorsement deal. Becomes an ambassador of Numatville Megacity, Abuja #Justpye #Justpye #Justpye"

- Congratulations to my 'small' sister...wink!

Stephanie Okoreke's Overall Best Movie - DRY - Now Showing

Meet with Stephanie Linus & watch DRY at a Special Screening - Genesis Deluxe Cinemas, Lekki
After carting away the most coveted award at the AMVCA 2016 over the weekend, Stephanie Linus' DRY will be showing this Thursday 10th March at the Genesis Deluxe Cinema in Lekki, Lagos.

The highly acclaimed movie, DRY, won three awards at the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards 2016 on Saturday 5th March. The movie carted away the award for Best Costume Design, Best Sound and Best Overall movie in Africa.

This screening is a great opportunity for those who haven't watched the award winning movie to do so.

It will be screened at a discounted ticket price on Nolly Thursday, which is a showcase for the best of Nigerian films.

The event kicks off at 6pm with pictures and mingling and then the first screening will start at about 7pm. There will be a Q&A session after the screening where guests will have an opportunity to meet with Stephanie Linus and ask her interesting questions about DRY.

Falz D Bahd Guy will be the anchor of the special hangout. There will be music, cocktails, autographs and of course lots of fun.

Fake dollar bills: Billboard magazine about to put 50 Cent in trouble with US Feds

50 Cent has been claiming that all the money he shows off on social media is fake. He even testified in court yesterday. But there might be another problem for the rapper. Being in possession of such large amounts of fake dollars could be a problem and Billboard magazine may have tipped off the Feds. Read what the wrote after the cut...


From Billboard Magazine

…his answer may soothe the judge's concerns, but how about the U.S. Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting against the counterfeiting of U.S. currency?

Robert Hoback, a spokesperson for the agency, wouldn't comment directly about [50 Cent]'s case, but did point out an FAQ on the Secret Service website pertaining to the rules for the printing, publishing and illustration of U.S. currency. The rules dictate that illustrations must be "less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half" the size of a real bill and that anything used in the making of an illustration must be "destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use."

Meet Female Graduate Who's A Taxi Driver In Abuja (Photos)

This is not the regular Ice Cream and Shawarma girl. Asakpa Aghogho Susan is a graduate of Accountancy from the University of Nsukka. She went job hunting after graduation and after months of combing the streets with no job to show for it, she decided to be self-employed. 

Today she is a cab driver in Abuja. Read her interesting story...

Her friend wrote: Susan is a cab driver in Abuja. Yes, you heard me. She's a woman cabbie who's breaking barriers and challenging stereotypes.

An accountant who refused to stay home after graduation, she went job hunting. When that didn't work, she created one for herself. She discussed her plans with her father and with his help, got her car and started business.

"At the end of the month, I make more than my colleagues in those accounting firms that pay peanuts."

There are times when people turn down her services because she's a woman. They believe a woman cabbie is a joke. Some believe she can't drive as well as a man. Some men and women often tell Susan to go home or find a "ladylike" job like sewing clothes or selling jewelry.

But Susan doesn't let that faze her. Each day, she straps on her seatbelt, shifts the gear stick into drive and accelerates into life.

77-year-old U.S. man is sentenced to jail in Spain after falling for romance scam

A retired pastor from Maine 77 year old Joseph Bryon Martin, was arrested by the Apanish police last year for carrying $450,00 worth of cocaine and has been sentenced to six years in a Spanish prison after he allegedly fell victim to a “romance scam” that targets senior citizens in the United States.

Martin had no idea he was moving drugs. He thought he was only doing a favour for the woman he met online in 2009 by helping her move real estate documents she asked him to help her with.

His son, Andy Martin, told Fox News Latino that he is bringing his dad's plight to the public because
"I'd like to get the word out about this,""so other lonely seniors don't fall prey."

"Seniors get trapped, and they send money, and, once they do that, these people sell their information to other scammers. I want people to know what's happening." 

He testified in February before the US Senate Special Committee on Aging, which is looking into catfishing schemes that target seniors.
He said:

“At the age of 77 and in poor health, this likely is a life sentence,” Martin told the committee about his father. “The idea that my dad is now a convicted international drug smuggler is surreal, as he had no prior criminal history. Before this conviction, my dad had never been charged with even a misdemeanor. I don’t recall him ever getting so much as a speeding ticket or parking ticket in his entire life.”

According to Andy, his dad had been chatting online with a Spanish woman he met on the Internet in 2009 who went by the name of Joy. She told his dad that she was a struggling artist and needed money and even though his dad was retired and only had the little money he got from the Govt. He always gave 'Joy' between  $500-$2500 each month  and couldn’t always pay his own rent.

However when his Dad got married to his third wife in April 2015, they were all relieved. His dad tried to break things off with Joy with the news that he had married someone else in the US and that he would no longer send her money.

Somehow Joy convinced his Dad to travel to Peru to pick up real estate documents for an estate she claimed she had inherited. She told him she couldn't get a visa to make the trip to Peru herself and his Dad fell for it. He said they all told his Dad not to go, even his new wife objected to it but he still made the trip.

In Peru, he picked up two sealed packages that he told Andy felt like books, according to the Portland Press Herald.

However, his flight to London was stopped in Madrid and Martin was subsequently arrested by local authorities who found the cocaine in his possession.

Andy said his father suffers from chronic back pain and needs surgery. He had been treated for prostate cancer, had quadruple bypass surgery and has a pacemaker. He's living in the prison infirmary with eight to ten other prisoners. He's asking the US committee to help seek his father's releases based on his poor health.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed on Wednesday that they have created a new initiative to fight such scams on the elderly called “Operation Cocoon.”
So far it has prevented 16 senior citizens from boarding planes, and foreign authorities have arrested 15 suspects alleged to be involved in the “romance scam.

Photos: Jason Derulo and 50 Cent's ex Daphne Joy during romantic holiday in Mexico

Singer Jason Derulo and his girlfriend Daphne Joy showed lots of PDA during a romantic vacation in Punta Mita, Mexico on Tuesday.

The 26-year-old  who split from Jordin Sparks in 2014 after three years of dating - seemed in love with the 28-year-old curvy model. Daphne Joy is the mother to 50 Cent's 3 year old son Sire Jackson. More photos after the cut...

APC Leader Tinubu, Others Present as Buhari Hosts Zuma To State Banquet (Photos)

President Muhammadu Buhari hosted his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, to a banquet at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday, as part of his two-day visit to the country.

APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu led the park of high-powered dignitaries. Also at the banquet were Vice president; Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Senate president; Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and former VP Atiku Abubakar. More photos below...

Kim K defends her nude photos says "I don't do drugs, I hardly drink, I've never committed a crime, I am allowed to be sexy"

Kim Kardashian who has never shied away from showing off her body says she is amazed at how the Internet reacted to the nude photos which she posted yesterday.
In a post she titled "Happy International Women's Day," Kim addressed her tweets from last night.
Kim wrote:

"Hey, guys. I wanted to write a post elaborating on my tweets last night. In all seriousness, I never understand why people get so bothered by what other people choose to do with their lives. I don't do drugs, I hardly drink, I've never committed a crime—and yet I'm a bad role model for being proud of my body?" 

"It always seems to come back around to my sex tape. Yes, a sex tape that was made 13 years ago. 13 YEARS AGO. Literally that lonnng ago. And people still want to talk about it?!?! I lived through the embarrassment and fear, and decided to say who cares, do better, move on. I shouldn't have to constantly be on the defense, listing off my accomplishments just to prove that I am more than something that happened 13 years ago. Let's move on, already. I have." 

"I am empowered by my body. I am empowered by my sexuality. I am empowered by feeling comfortable in my skin. I am empowered by showing the world my flaws and not being afraid of what anyone is going to say about me. And I hope that through this platform I have been given, I can encourage the same empowerment for girls and women all over the world."

Many thanks to my hubby Kanye West, who "is so accepting and supportive and who has given me a newfound confidence in myself. He allows me to be me and loves me unconditionally," and want North West to "be proud of who she is. I want her to be comfortable in her body. I don't want her to grow up in a world where she is made to feel less-than for embracing everything it means to be a woman."

"It's 2016. The body-shaming and slut-shaming—it's like, enough is enough. I will not live my life dictated by the issues you have with my sexuality. You be you and let me be me," the celeb wrote. "I am a mother. I am a wife, a sister, a daughter, an entrepreneur and I am allowed to be sexy."