Monday, September 26, 2016
Olayinka Oladiran is pronounced winner of MTV base VJ search 2016!
Four finalists from all over the country slugged it out for the top slot during the televised grand final in front of Viacom executives Alex Okosi and Katung Aduwak, as well as famous faces from the entertainment industry including Olisa Adibua, Vector Tha Viper, Ikechukwu, Niniola, among many others
Olayinka Oladiran beat fellow finalists Tomiwa Olorunfemi (23), Tochukwu Onwubiko (21) and 19 year-old twins, Grace and Glory Danbaki after competing with thousands of hopefuls in Lagos, Enugu and Abuja plus online and social media applicants. While all the competitors brought their “A-Games” to the finale, K’Ola outstripped the competition thanks to her bubbly personality, relaxed stage presence, and the ability to relate to the audience.
The other finalists also went home with contracts and will be representing MTV Base as VJs on new shows coming to the channel.
Speaking about the victory, Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa, commented, “Congratulations to K’Ola, who really has shown the rare combination of qualities we look for in an MTV Base VJ. We are so excited to welcome K’Ola to our MTV Base and VIMN Africa family and look forward to seeing her on screen on MTV Base in the coming weeks. The finalists were so strong and amazing this year that we plan on contracting all of them to represent the brand as VJs”
K’Ola who could not contain her excitement after being named as the latest MTV Base VJ commented, “I feel very blessed by this experience and I’ve learnt that any dream that is worth having is worth pursuing.”
Olayinka Oladiran will now join Ehiz Okoeguale, popularly known as “Dadaboy Ehiz” on MTV Base’s in-house talent roster, where she will start off presenting ‘Word on the Street” and “Newsish” on MTV Base. K'Ola, who also walked away with a contract worth 20million Naira, will also get the opportunity to travel around the world with the MTV Base team on a wide range of glittering entertainment events such as the MTV Africa Music Awards Johannesburg 2016, the MTV EMAs, BET Awards, BET Experience Africa, and many other events in the Viacom portfolio.
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
Malta Court orders re-arrest of Nigerian drug trafficking suspect who absconded to Hungary
A Court on Tuesday, September 6th, rescinded bail and ordered the
re-arrest of a Nigerian national who escaped to Hungary while waiting
for trial over the trafficking of drugs to Malta.
Stephen Ikechukwu Egbo, 32, was arrested in November 2010 and charged
with conspiracy to import cocaine. Police investigations led to the
seizure of 60 capsules of cocaine that had been discovered in the
stomach of a Romanian drug mule who had arrived in Malta from Germany a
week before. Drugs Squad had later carried out a controlled delivery to
the Nigerian’s home in San Gwann and arrested him.
Egbo was granted bail under very strict conditions which stated he had
ro register daily at a Police Station which he claimed made his holding
of a job difficult as his security guard licence had been withdrawn. He
further said he began a relationship with a Hungarian woman, she became
pregnant and returned to her country. When he sent a notarised letter to
Hungary Authorities seeking recognition as the father of the child, he
was told he would have to be in the country to obtain the recognition.
Egbo failed to turn up for several court sittings in December 2015,
with the police discovering that he had changed his address without
informing them. He was arrested in Hungary last March and returned to
Malta under police escort.
Egbo told the court he had decided to go to Hungary because the legal
procedures against him was dragging. In her judgment, Magistrate Scerri
Herrera ruled that although the prosecution had declared that it had no
further evidence to produce in 2014, it took till March 2016 for the
criminal inquiry to be concluded.
The Court called on the Attorney General to issue the Bill of
Indictment without further delay, while pointing out to the accused
that he was afforded remedies at law to contest such a situation.
The Court ordered the Nigerian's bail to be was revoked, be kept under
arrest and confiscated his €2,500 deposit and €35,000 personal
guarantee.
Photos: Eddie Murphy & 7 of his children walk the red carpet at a movie premiere in LA
The comedian also has an eight-year-old daughter, Angel, with Spice Girls star Mel B and few months old son named Izzy Oona Murphy, welcomed with girlfriend of four years, Paige Butcher.
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North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un bans citizens from saying 'sarcastic or ironic' comments
North Korea's dictator and supreme leader Kim Jong-Un has banned his
citizens from making sarcastic remarks about his regime or government as
a mocking expression 'a fool who cannot see the outside world' is said
to be circulating rapidly in North Korea
Satire directed towards the regime and even indirect criticisms of
leadership will not be forgiven. Mass meetings organized by central
government authorities have been used to issue the warnings.
The warning against indirect criticism of the country
in their everyday conversations has been issued because Kim Jong
believes people only agree with him ironically, according to reports
from media houses in Pyongyang, North Korea.
According to reports from media houses in Pyongyang, North Korea
According to reports from media houses in Pyongyang, North Korea
“One state security official personally organised a meeting to alert local residents to potential ‘hostile actions’ by internal rebellious elements,” a source in Jagang Province told Radio Free Asia’s Korean Service. The main point of the lecture was ‘Keep your mouths shut.’
Officials told people that sarcastic expressions such as “This is all
America’s fault” would constitute intolerable criticism of the regime.
“This habit of the central authorities of blaming the wrong country when a problem’s cause obviously lies elsewhere has led citizens to mock the party,” an anonymous source said.
The source added:
'This habit of the central authorities of blaming the wrong country when a problem's cause obviously lies elsewhere has led citizens to mock the party. another blacklisted expression is, 'a fool who cannot see the outside world,'. The phrase has been used widely by government workers in Pyongyang who were shocked when Kim Jong-Un didn't show up for celebrations held in Russia and China to mark the end of the Second World War.
Donald Trump blasts Barack Obama : 'Russian president Vladmir Putin's more of a leader than you'
During a NBC TV interview conducted on Wednesday night, where he and
Hillary Clinton were being quizzed separately on national security and
military matters, he described Putin as a leader who has control over
his country.
Trump while speaking about Russia and Mr Putin's position said:
''The man has very strong control over a country, It's a very different system and I don't happen to like the system, but certainly, in that system, he's been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader."
Mr Trump repeated his claim that he opposed the invasion of Iraq –
despite the fact that he expressed support for it in a 2002 interview
and said that after the US combat mission ended troops should have
remained in Iraq to "take the oil".
'It used to be to the victor belongs the spoils," he told NBC moderator Matt Lauer. ' If we had taken Iraq's oil supply then ISIS would not exist.'
The billionaire businessman suggested that he would remove the top
military officials who had been advising Barack Obama, however, and
usher in new set of people.
"I think under the leadership of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton the generals have been reduced to rubble," he said.
Mr Trump also said he felt he could get along with the Russian president, and was glad to have received a compliment from him.
"Well I think when he called me brilliant, I'll take the compliment, okay?" Mr Trump said. "Look, it's not going to get him anywhere. I'm a negotiator."
Source: NBC
Barack Obama fires back : Trump is wacky and speaks contradictory or uninformed ideas
His statements come after Donald Trump criticized him saying Russia's Putin was a better leader than he was.
"People start thinking behavior that in normal times we would consider completely unacceptable and outrageous becomes normalized," Obama said on Thursday during a news conference at the tail end of his visit to Laos. People start thinking that we should be grading on a curve," he said.
"But I can tell you from the interactions I have had over the last eight or nine days with foreign leaders that this is serious business. You actually have to know what you are talking about and you actually have to have done your homework, When you speak, it should actually reflect thought-out policy you can implement."
Obama said last month that Trump was unqualified to succeed him as commander in chief, and reiterated his view Thursday.
"Every time he speaks that opinion is confirmed," Obama said. I think the most important thing for the public and the press is to just listen to what he says and follow-up and ask questions about what appear to be either contradictory or uninformed or outright wacky ideas."
Obama insisted his plan to close the naval prison at Guantanamo Bay
could be accomplished before he leaves office in January, despite a
resistant from the Congress.
"I expect to work very hard over the next four and a half months, I continue to believe Guantanamo is a recruitment tool for terrorism.There is no doubt that because of the politics in Congress right now, it is a tough road to hoe," Obama conceded Thursday. "
MTN Foundation Renovates, Equips and Commissions three Maternal Wards in Sokoto State
Three hospitals were renovated and equipped in Sokoto State as part of MTN Foundation Maternal Ward Support Project. These hospitals; General Hospital, Shagari, General Hospital Gwadabawa and General Hospital Tambuwal, were equipped with ultra-modern executive beds, incubators, and other facilities, and renovated to create a beautiful ambiance for new and expectant mothers.
Commissioning the new wards, the Executive Governor of the State, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, represented by the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Sokoto State, Dr. Balarabe Shehu Kakale Shuni, in his goodwill message thanked MTN Foundation for the wonderful gesture of kindness shown to citizens of the state and for installing world class equipment in the newly renovated maternal wards. “Over the years, MTN Foundation has proven to be a worthy partner and friend to citizens of Sokoto State. We are grateful for this wonderful gift and display of humanitarian excellence.”
Muhibat Abdulkadir, a midwife in General Hospital, Shagari praised MTN Foundation for this initiative while encouraging pregnant women in the state to utilize the facilities provided and shun the practice of delivery at home or other places that do not guarantee safe delivery for pregnant women.
24 maternal wards in select hospitals, in six states across the country are being refurbished under the MTNF Maternal Ward Support Project. The other beneficiary states are; Abia, Cross River, Kaduna, Niger and Oyo.
Each of the newly commissioned wards is equipped with:
• 20 hospital beds with cardiac rest
• 20 standard hospital mattresses
• 20 standard hospital bed pillows
• 10 four-way foldable ward screens
• 20 metal bedside cupboards
• 20 visitors’ chairs
• 10 drip stands
• 20 hydraulic over-bed tables
• 10 height adjustable baby cots
• 2 Carl Novel baby incubators
The modernized wards would contribute significantly to the reduction of maternal and infant mortality rate in the state and the nation as a whole. The initiative is aimed at complementing Government’s national objective of reducing maternal and infant mortality in Nigeria.
The MTN Foundation has invested over N18billion since inception in 2005 and has over 550 project sites across Nigeria.
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