Yahoo News says Kim and Kanye seemed more into their phones than each other when the cameras weren't rolling

Yesterday, Yahoo News released a report saying that Kim and Kanye seemed distant at the VMAs. Below is how they reported it...

There seemed to be a “diskonnect” between Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at the 2016 MTV VMAs. The power couple was the toast of the room last night - everyone wanted to take selfies with her or get him alone to hear one of his bizarre rants in person. But with all the behind-the-scenes cameras running on MTV.com, aka the best part of last night’s show, they seemed “on” when the spotlight was on them and “off” when it wasn’t.

In their front row seats, the pair, who married in 2014, had their arms around one another and were even gazing into each other’s eyes. (Oh, Kanye, you genius you. Oh, Kim, you are the most beautiful woman on the planet.) Backstage though, they sat apart even though there were chairs side by side. They seemed far more into their phones than each other.

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Photo: Nigerian Air Force destroys new Boko Haram camp in Borno State, repel attack on troops

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), during a night operation conducted on Tuesday, successfully destroyed a new Boko Haram Terrorist (BHT) Camp located between Malam Fatori and Kangarwa in Northern Borno.

The new camp is about 4-6km away from the BHT location attacked earlier on 20 August 2016 by NAF Mi-17 helicopter within the same vicinity in a similar night operation that led to the death of about 300 insurgents. The post-strike Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) mission had revealed that surviving BHTs converged at the new location.

According to the Director, NAF Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, the information was later confirmed to be true by series of follow-up Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions that led to the latest strike.

Recall that the general area around Malam Fatori and Kangarwa is infested with BHTs hence the need to clear the remnants of BHT in the area. The air assault is therefore expected to further degrade the capability of the insurgents while fostering the creation of the necessary enablement for own ground troops to operate.

In another operation, NAF Alpha Jets have helped to repel an attack by BHTs on troops of 153 Battalion who were on fighting patrol at Ala Lumshe. The troops, on Saturday 27 August 2016, had come under attack from BHTs about 4km south of Marte when the Alpha Jets were called-in to dislodge the insurgents.

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Photo: Emmanuel Emenike show off his brand new G-Wagon

Nigerian international footballer Emmanuel Emenike just purchased a new luxury ride and he's showing it off.. He shared the photo of the Mercedes-Benz above via his Instagram page and wrote, "E:E 29 new gift from me to me"

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Nigeria's One Nation / RCA Records Signee Ayo Jay releases official video for "Your Number"

Ayo Jay officially drops the video for his hit single “Your Number”. If the visuals are an indication of things to come, the future definitely looks bright for the one they call the “Boy Wonder”.

Shot on location in the heart of Los Angeles Carlifornia , the video depicts Ayo Jay inviting fans on social media to send videos of themselves dancing to the song, after which he selects the best and invites them to his block party.

Very colorful and hearty video with lots of feel good elements about it. Be sure to check out the video on youtube.

https://youtu.be/BmTmZjuZiBA

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is in Nigeria...and we have the first photos

The world's 7th richest man and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg quietly came into Nigeria today to see how Facebook works in Nigeria, how it can be improved and how it can support tech development in Africa. He's presently CC Hub in Yaba and these are exclusive photos...

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Kanye West & Amber Rose all smiles as they embrace after VMA's (photos)

 

Look away Kim! Kanye West and his ex-girlfriend Amber Rose were all smiles and it was clear they had gotten over their feud as they were spotted embracing after bumping into each other at last night's MTV video music awards.

The former couple have had a long-standing bitter feud which reached its climax earlier this year with a very public row about sex- but judging by these pictures taken backstage, it looks like they finally have put their past issues behind them.

Kanye who attended the event with his wife had given a shout out to Amber when he said 'I see you Amber'

A source at the event last night told The Sun Online:

“Amber and Kanye met up backstage and it was surprising how well they got on. They couldn’t stop smiling at each other and Amber reached out to him as soon as she saw him. Kanye made a beeline for her.

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Cobhams Asuquo graces the cover of Guardian Life mag's latest issue

Iconic singer, producer & song writer Cobhams Asuquo is on the cover of this week’s Guardian Life magazine. He speaks about his love for music and production ethics, his plans for the future as well as one of his latest platforms, a podcast called ‘Top 12 countdown with Cobhams’, where he curates great music together that have reached out to him.

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Black schoolgirls in South Africa protest after being told to straighten their hair

Pretoria Girls High School is facing a furious backlash after instructing black school pupils to straighten their hair. Black school girls claim that they have been subjected to racism and that their blackness has been discouraged. They added that school rules forbid African hairstyles such as afro, Bantu knots, dreadlocks and braids.


#StopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh is currently trending in South Africa. Videos and photos of pupils protesting at the school, one of them sporting an afro, went viral over the weekend

A petition STOP RACISM AT PRETORIA GIRLS HIGH which has over 9,889 signatures so far, has been set up asking the authorities to investigate the school. Part of the petition read:

"Learners at Pretoria High school are demanding that racist practices at the school are brought to an end. Girls attending the school have been forced to straighten their hair; are accused of conspiring when standing in groups and face other intolerable comments and actions"

The Gauteng Department of Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi arrived at Pretoria High School for Girls on Monday to investigate racism allegations by its black learners. He is currently in a meeting with parents, management as well as the school principal Karen Du Toit.

Spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga told DRUM that it is too soon to determine what action will be taken against whom at the school if the girls’ concerns are valid.

"I can’t have a blanket solution for every time there is an outburst of racism at a school because each case is unique," he says. "We want to know what is going on here before we can make a comment"

The girls also claim they are not allowed to speak their mother tongue and that a teacher called them monkeys when they were singing and chanting in class.

Meanwhile, the situation at the school has escalted with political youth movement gathering outside the main gate. Members of SASCO,COSAS, the African National Congress Youth League and Economic Freedom Fighters tried to force their way into the school premises after the school's management barred parents from coming in to fetch their children.

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Photos: Benin city resident cries out after Wooden electric pole falls on street & is left unattended to

A wooden electric pole crashed onto a street at Upper mission extension, Benin-City and it has not yet been fixed or disconnected, even though there has been a downpour of rain.

According to a concerned resident on the street, the pole fell since last week Friday and nothing has been done to fix it. The necessary authority is needed to handle the situation in order to prevent any terrible incident from occurring. More photos after the cut.

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Check out this fan drawing of Waje

Artist David Akinola yesterday shared this art drawing of singer Waje which she appreciated enough to share on her page. You like?

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Nigerians on Twitter call for the probe of Speaker Dogara and Jibrin

Some Nigerians on twitter are calling for the probe of  embattled former Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin and Speaker of The House of Representative Yakubu Dogara. See more tweets after the cut.

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Sokoto to administer malaria drugs to 1.8m kids

In a bid to mitigate the effect of malaria infection across Sokoto state, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has flagged off the house-to-house campaign for the administration of preventive drugs which targets estimated 1.8 million kids.


Speaking in Isa LGA of the state during the flag off, Tambuwal said “government has adopted many strategies in solving the menace of malaria and other health related diseases such as capacity building for the health personnel, provision of health care facilities and provision of essential drugs among others.”

He said his administration “would pay more attention to human resources development, equipping of health care facilities and provision of medicament for effective and efficient services to the people at the grassroots,” adding that ‎"the ongoing upgrading and renovation of health facilities at Yabo, Dogon Daji, Silame and Illela will soon be completed.”

While urging local government councils to give maximum support and cooperation to the programme, the governor commended development partners for their contributions as well as appreciated the efforts of Sultanate Council for the social mobilization of the programme.

The Commissioner of Health, Dr. Balarabe Shehu Kakale, said the Ministry, in collaboration with Malaria Consortium, Ministry for Local Government and State Primary Health Care Development Agency, had trained health personnel to handle the exercise of attending to children of 3- 59 months of age. He disclosed that the exercise would target 1.8 million people.

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Team Adobe set to represent Nigeria in South Africa after winning 2016 Unilever Nigeria’s Ideatrophy Competition

Friday August 26, 2016, was another great opportunity for Nigerian undergraduates to showcase unique creativity and great initiative during the grand finale of Unilever Nigeria’s annual IdeaTrophy Undergraduate National Business competition.


Now in its 5th edition, the boot camp for the competition opened in Lagos on the 23rd of August, where contestants were exposed to the wonderful world of Unilever, and were assigned mentors who are seasoned business professionals, to guide them in the development and delivery of their presentations. They also took part in personal development and team building sessions, and had the opportunity to meet and interact with Unilever top executives. It wasn’t all work, as the contestants also enjoyed fun activities like talent shows, aerobics and games.

Out of thousands of entries from various Nigerian universities in this year’s edition, six teams made it to the grand finale. The teams were tasked with the responsibility of developing creative ideas to market Unilever’s leading brand, Close Up.

After a keenly contested competition, Team Adobe from University of Ibadan was crowned winner of the 2016 Unilever Nigeria Ideatrophy competition. The winning team couldn’t contain their joy as the announcement was made. Each member of the team was presented with an Iphone 6s, while the team will also represent Nigeria at the Africa rounds in South Africa, and then proceed to next year’s Unilever Global Future Leader’s League competition in the United Kingdom.

Here are the pictures from the competition...

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