Singer Ciara has paid the ultimate tribute to Beyonce and Jay Z with her Halloween costume. Ciara and her husband Russell Wilson transformed themselves into music's biggest power couple.
They imitated the iconic video for Beyonce and Jay Z's track Apes**t.
In the video, Beyonce and Jay Z both wear silk trouser suits with a ton of bling and stand in front of the Mona Lisa - they even rented out the Louvre to pull this off.
Ciara, 34, and American football player Russell, 30, replicated the outfits perfectly, right down to the hairstyles.
But instead of the Mona Lisa, Ciara and Russell pose in front of a framed picture of former US president and first lady, Barack and Michelle Obama.
Ciara posted a photo on Twitter , and received a fantastic reaction from her fans.
One wrote: "Ya’ll not only win at Halloween but y’all win at life. HOW? LOOK AT YA’LL. I can’t. This is legendary. Wow."
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday, sentenced three Internet fraudsters to jail.
The judge had found them guilty of the criminal charges preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The convicts, Jamal Ajao, Joel Olawale and Tobi Kehinde, were re-arraigned after approaching the commission for plea bargain.
Ajao and Olawale were jointly brought before the court on an amended charge of fraudulent impersonation contrary to Section 27(1) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act, 2015, and punishable under Section 22(4) of the same Act.
They pleaded guilty to the charge.
The counsel for the EFCC, Oyelakin Oyediran, thereafter prayed the court to sentence them according to the terms of the plea bargain agreement.
The judge sentenced to six months’ imprisonment each.
Kehinde, who was tried separately, was originally arraigned on June 28 on three counts bordering on possession of fraudulent documents, contrary to sections 6 and 8(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006.
He later approached the commission for plea bargain.
Based on the plea bargain agreement, he was re-arraigned on October 7, 2019, on an amended charge of fraudulent impersonation, which he pleaded guilty to.
The presiding judge sentenced him to one year in prison on Wednesday.
Justice Abdulmalik ordered Kehinde to forfeit to the Federal Government his iPhone 6s Plus, a Nokia phone, an HP Laptop, a ZTE WiFi modem and an Itel phone.
Apart from their jail terms, the court also ordered Ajao and Joel to pay their victim, through the Federal Government, the sum of $800 in restitution.
They are also to forfeit all items recovered from them during the investigation.
A worker of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two has been rewarded for finding and returning two iPhones, N300, 000, an iPad and other items belonging to a passenger.
The aviation security personnel, Babatunde Ajala, was said to have found a brown unaccompanied leather bag while on duty at the departure hall of the MMA2.
The owner of the bag, according to BASL was later identified as the Accountant-General of Ondo State, Mr Herbert Akindolire.
According to a statement by BASL, Ajala, had out of curiosity picked up the bag and after close examination, found N300,000, two iPhones, one iPad and some complementary cards.
“Akindolire, who before this time was worried because he had searched everywhere for the bag, was elated on learning about the discovery. He extended his gratitude for the sincerity of the staff and the professional way the whole matter was handled by BASL security management team,” the firm said.
The firm stated that in another development, another passenger who was scheduled to travel with an Abuja-bound Dana Air lost his phone at the airport.
BASL, however, stated that its security staff, Henry Akhile, found it by carrying out comprehensive CCTV playback.
The Head of Human Resources, BASL, Mr Ayoola Ajayi, said the two employees had proved to be worthy ambassadors for their display of maturity, sincerity and professionalism.
Kenya Moore is setting the record straight about her surprising split from husband Marc Daly.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star, who shares 1-year-old daughter Brooklyn Doris with Daly, opens up for the first time about the breakup exclusively in this week’s issue of PEOPLE — saying that the two haven’t filed for divorce yet and she’s hopeful they can find a way back together, but only if she and her estranged spouse can work through their issues.
“I didn’t get married to quit,” Moore says. “I love my husband. I don’t doubt that he loves me. Let me be clear, I took my vows seriously. I believe in for better and for worse and I believe in trying it all before you walk away, especially when we do have a child and we are a family.”
Unfortunately, she “doesn’t get the sense that [Daly] feels the same way.”
“I am hopeful, and have always wanted to work on our relationship. But I just don’t know if that’s even a possibility at this point, honestly,” Moore admits. “Marc doesn’t seem to be there. I’d feel more comfortable calling it quits if I knew I’d tried everything and it still didn’t work. And we definitely didn’t do everything we could have done to save our relationship.”
Back in September, Moore, 48, and Daly, 49, shocked fans when they announced in back-to-back statements exclusively to PEOPLE that they were going their separate ways after two years of marriage.
National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has advised the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to stop issuing driver’s licence to drug addicts and motorists who consumed alcohol and other hard substances.
Alhaji Ahmadu Haruna, Chairman of the Union in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau, gave the advice on Wednesday at the launch of the 2019 Ember Months Campaign organised by the Bukuru Unit Command of FRSC in Barkin Ladi
According to Haruna, proper checks on the personality and lifestyle of drivers before issuing them with a driver’s license will go a long way in ensuring sanity on the highways.
He advised the corps to subject anybody coming to obtain a drivers license to thorough medical checks to ascertain their level of fitness to ply the highways with vehicles
“We want to call on FRSC to stop issuing driver’s license to drivers who consume alcohol and other hard drugs.
“These are the category of persons who don’t respect traffic rules and regulations; indulge in speeding, overloading and other forms of recklessness on the roads.
“We in NURTW don’t have the powers to arrest them or even stop them from driving, particularly that they have been licensed by the authority concerned.
“So, we are calling on FRSC to conduct proper checks before issuing a license to drivers,” he advised.
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr, already facing a criminal case over accusations he touched a woman's breasts in a bar and pinched another's buttocks in a nightclub, has been charged in connection with a third woman, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Gooding is expected to appear in court Thursday and plead not guilty to the charges, according to his lawyer, Mark Heller.
The charges are not yet public, and a spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance declined to provide details. Heller said the charges stemming from the third accuser were "similar" to those involving the other two women, and that all are misdemeanors.
Brigadier General Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson, first Military Governor of Lagos State is dead.
His son, Deji, confirmed that the retired soldier passed on few hours ago.
Johnson was born on February 9, 1936 to the family of Joshua Motola Johnson and his wife, Gbemisola Johnson (née Dudley-Coker), his father was of Egba heritage and was a member of the Royal West African Frontier Force during World War II. His grandfather’s last name was previously Osholero but he changed it to Johnson after the priest who converted him to Christianity.
Johnson retired from the Nigerian Army in 1975 and went into private business. He has four children, three sons and a daughter.
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday urged the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to join hands with the ruling party in moving the nation more assuredly forward.
In a statement he personally signed on Supreme Court’s affirmation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election, Tinubu commended PDP and Atiku for their tenacious pursuit of what was their legal remedies.
In statement entitled: “Presidential Election: Supreme Court Affirms Will of The People”, Tinubu also congratulated President Buhari and the APC on a well-deserved legal affirmation of a hard-won electoral victory.
“The rule of law conclusively affirmed the collective voice of the people by dismissing the petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and their presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
“The sun rose high in the Nigeria sky today to shine its light over the entire land.
“Atiku should now channel the energy and intellect deployed in the electoral and legal processes toward joining APC “to move this nation more rapidly and assuredly forward.”
“On February 23, the people tendered the foremost expression of their sovereign, democratic will by voting for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“This decision and this day will be recorded as important milestones on Nigeria’s inseparable march toward perfecting democracy and the rule of law across our land,” he said.
The APC national leader commended the Supreme Court for its expeditious and highly competent treatment of this important matter.
Three days after their release, parents of the kidnapped Kaduna schoolgirls have disclosed that they paid ransom to the abductors before their children were released.
Even as they refused to disclose the amount paid to the kidnappers, the parents who addressed a press conference to appreciate Nigerians and those who played roles in their children’s safe release said, they paid the ransom on instalments.
The six female students and two staff of the Engravers College, Kakau Daji in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were kidnapped by armed kidnappers within the school premises in the first week of October.
The parents while speaking on Tuesday said, their children were set free by their abductors after meeting the ransom demanded by them.
Spokesman of the parents, Engr. Ohemu Fredrick disclosed that, a former Governor of the state who neither knew them or ever met them raised money alongside his friends, for them to pay the kidnappers.
He also said the former Governor also rendered the children and the two staff free medical treatment aside from providing the victims ambulance that conveyed them.
Corroborating the story, one of the parents told newsmen shortly after briefing that the police merely gave their children and the two staff ride after the kidnappers had set them free.
He explained that after the kidnappers had set them (the children and the two staff) the police merely picked up the children and dropped them near the Kaduna tollgate, about 5kilometre away from the city centre.
“We thanked them (police) for giving the children and the two staff a ride.
“What happened was that when the children and the two staff were released, they had no shoes or footwear’s on them. So, out of the ransom paid, the kidnappers gave the victims transport money to come back to the town. It was out of that money that the principal crossed over to the other side of the road to buy footwears(slippers) for the victims. It was at that point that police arrived and offered to give the victims lift.
“Even the first time we paid part of the ransom, the kidnappers also gave the ransom bearer transport fare back to town. So, we really appreciate the police for giving our children and the staff lift.”
The parents, however, recounted that the girls and their teachers were really tortured by the kidnappers. “The children and the two staff really suffered while in the hands of their abductors. They tortured them each time they called us so that we could hear them.
They, however, expressed appreciation to all Nigerians, the former Governor and all who played roles to get their daughters released.
A woman plunged 60ft to her death moments after sharing a touching moment with her boyfriend atop a waterfall in the Peak District, an inquest heard.
Seconds before she fell, Hannah Lowe and her partner were chatting about how happy they were and excited at the prospect of buying their first house together the next day.
The 29 year-old was an experienced hill walker and climber and had taken on the challenges of some of Britain's biggest mountains with her family and boyfriend Adam Stanaway.
But on Easter Monday this year - the day before Adam's 30th birthday - the pair decided on a relaxing walk in the Peak District with Hannah's mother and sister and set out from the village of Edale just after noon.
After three hours they reached the top of Kinder Scout and shared a picnic with Hannah's family before wandering off for a few precious moments alone.
The pair sat at the top of the Kinder Downfall and spoke about their future and of their dreams of building a home together, but as they got up to leave Hannah slipped and plunged to the foot of the waterfall.
In a statement read to Chesterfield Coroner's Court Adam relived the horrifying moment the women he loved fell from his grasp as he tried to save her from the terrifying drop.
"We went for a little wander and sat on some rocks," he said.
"We were both very happy as we were buying our first house the next day, which was also my 30th birthday.
"We were only there a few minutes, then we got up to go.
"Hannah turned around and lost her footing on the rocks. I reached around to grab her bag but I couldn't grab it in time and she fell.
"I looked, but I could not see her because my eyes are not that good.
"I shouted for Hannah's mother and she came over. We tried to get down but had to go back up."
Thirty minutes later he was told the devastating news that Hannah was dead.
The Chief Official Photographer to the President, Bayo Omoboriowo, in appreciation of God’s blessings, has started giving back to the society.
His state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, has inaugurated some blocks of classrooms renovated and equipped by Omoboriowo at Ijero High School in Ekiti State.
The ceremony was attended by first class traditional rulers, community and political leaders in the state.
Speaking with newsmen on the occasion, Omoboriowo said he was compelled to give back to the society, especially students, because God had favoured him by giving him the privilege to work with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Apart from the massive renovation he carried out through his Bayo Omoboriowo Foundation in Ijero High School, he empowered students in his hometown with 1000 fully loaded school bags and writing materials.
“Bayo Omoboriowo Foundation was birthed as a response to one man’s unwavering desire to continually seek improvements in the general well-being of not just himself, but his immediate environment and society at large,” he said.
Fayemi, who is also the chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), called on all indigenes of the state to emulate the philanthropic gestures of Omoboriowo.
He also urged those who are well to do in the state to join hands with his administration to develop Ekiti, adding that the task of development could not be left to the government alone.
Fayemi said: “This state belongs to all of us. You know what they say about a village bringing up a child and taking a community to build a state.
“So, what Bayo (Omoboriowo) has done is exemplary and I think that other public-spirited Ekiti sons and daughters, Ekiti residents, Ekiti lovers should also consider and do within their own various areas of jurisdiction.
“Bayo is not a school teacher, but he was brought up by teachers and that is why he felt he needed to give back and went to Kabiyesi to discuss the possibility of giving back to schools in the society.
“Look at what he has done. I encourage all Ekiti indigenes, wherever they may be based, you don’t even have to have gone to school in Ekiti; those who have even gone to school in Ekiti are even more compelled to do so.
“I see a lot of alumni associations doing that; they are all contributing their quota. But individuals can also adopt a school.”
A mass shooting at a Halloween party has left three men dead and nine people injured as police hunt at least one gunman who is on the run.
There were distressing and chaotic scenes as firefighters treated the victims in front of a house where up to 20 shots were fired. Aerial footage showed three bodies in the garden following the bloodbath in Long Beach, California.
The other nine victims were taken to hospital as the Los Angeles suburb's emergency services declared a mass-casualty incident.
Neighbours told local media that the house was hosting a Halloween party when shots rang out at around 10.45pm local time on Tuesday.
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that his predecessor and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has lost political grip on the state, but now resorts to deploying police operatives from Abuja to harass his aides.
The Governor, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, added that Oshiomhole’s intent was an “attempt to plunge the state into chaos and cause panic in [his] camp.”
He stated this in response to the arrest of his security adviser, Andrew Momodu, over the weekend by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) with the intent of whisking him to Abuja.
Osagie’s statement had alleged that Mr. Momodu was arrested in a gestapo style.
According to him, “When Momodu resisted the unlawful arrest by the security agents, he was taken to the Police Headquarters in Benin, where he was held for an extended period until the Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu intervened.”
“Investigations revealed that the security from Abuja have orders from above to pick up not less than 50 persons loyal to Obaseki, in an attempt to plunge the state into chaos and cause panic in the governor’s camp.
“Those penciled down for arrest, according to sources privy to the policemen’s modus operandi, including Special Adviser (SA) to the Governor on Political Matters, Edo South, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha.
“Others on the list are Albert Obazee, Kelly Okungbowa (popularly known as Ebo Stone) and Muktar-Osagie Muntari, who heads the state’s Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV).”
Obaseki and Oshiomhole have been at loggerheads over who controls the structure of the party in the state.
Comedy and acting titan John Witherspoon has died aged 77. The star, who was known for hugely popular roles in Hollywood Shuffle and Black Jesus, had a lengthy career in showbiz, starting out as a model before turning his talents to comedy.
He is perhaps best known for the Friday comedy franchise, as well as penning with his brother William the hot Motown track What Becomes of the Brokenhearted.
A family statement paid tribute to the beloved entertainer and promised to honour his legacy.
It read: "It is with deepest sorrow that we can confirm our beloved husband and father, John Witherspoon, one of the hardest working men in show business, died today at his home in Sherman Oaks at the age of 77."
The statement continued: "He is survived by his wife Angela, and his sons JD, Alexander, and a large family.
"We are all in shock, please give us a minute for a moment in privacy and we will celebrate his life and his work together.
Thailand's king sacked 4 royal guards, two of them for "adultery," in a fresh wave of palace purges a week after his royal consort was stripped of all titles for "disloyalty."
Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 67, ordered the dismissal of two male guards from the "bedroom section", the Royal Gazette announced late Tuesday, October 29.
"They have committed inappropriate acts and adultery," the statement said.
The other two officers failed to meet the standards of the royal guard and were dismissed without compensation, according to the gazette.
Thailand's royal family is protected by a defamation law that makes scrutiny of its actions all but impossible within the kingdom.
But the purges have offered a rare glimpse into the powerful palace, one of the wealthiest monarchies in the world.
The latest move comes after 34-year-old royal consort Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi was deprived of all royal titles 3 months after being appointed to the role for the first time in nearly a century.
She was accused of disloyalty and "acting against the appointment" of Queen Suthida.
Vajiralongkorn married Suthida, his fourth wife, earlier this year.
The former consort Sineenat has not been seen in public since her dismissal.
Respected Rev. Mother Eshter Ajayi aka Iya Adura aka Iya Alaanu has enrolled the orange hawker who went viral after he was seen on camera singing beautifully to Tope Alabi's song.
This happened three months ago, and Iya Alaanu promised to send him to school. Now she has fulfilled the promise of making Ayomide Adeoye's live better.
She enrolled him at one of the most expensive schools in Lagos -- Avi-Cenna International school, G.R.A, Ikeja. He is 14. God bless mama.
The Federal Government says it is working on how to inject sanity into the social media space which, according to it, is totally out of control today.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed said the social media at present constituted real danger to the unity of the country.
“What goes on social media is so ridiculous and we will contain it,” information minister Lai said.
He said since the government launched its reform of the broadcast industry, many Nigerians have reached out to it demanding that it also looked into sanitising the social media space.
“I can assure you that we are also working on how to inject sanity into the social media space which, today is totally out of control,” he stated.
The minister emphasised that contrary to insinuations, the government had no intention of muzzling the media or stifling free speech, saying the campaign was against fake news and hate speech.
He said only those engaged in disseminating fake news or hate speech needed to be worried because they would not be spared.
“We cannot allow fake news and hate speech to become free speech because these Siamese twins of evil are capable of inflicting untold damage on our democracy and are threatening our national unity.
They represent a clear and imminent danger to our survival as a nation,” Lai said.
He assured that the planned social media regulation would be in line with international best practices as obtainable in Singapore, the United Kingdom and other countries.
“No responsible government will sit by and allow fake news and hate speech to dominate its media space because of the capacity of this menace to exploit our national fault lines to set us against each other and trigger a national conflagration. That is why we will continue to evolve ways to tackle fake news and hate speech until we banish both,” he stated.
An outbreak of Yellow fever in Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State has claimed 115 lives.
Though locals say so far 115 people have died from the disease, government insists that only 18 died in the three weeks that the disease broke out in the area, Daily Trust reports.
A former councillor of Kogari Ward, Malam Sule Ibrahim, said the disease first hit Kogari ward before moving to Unguwar- Sarka community. He said, ‘‘in the past three weeks, we have recorded over 115 deaths’’.
However, when contacted, the Executive Secretary of the state Primary Health Care Development agency, Dr Shamsu Ahmad said, “it is a suspected case of Yellow fever, and based on our line list and documentation, 45 people fell ill, and 18 deaths were recorded.
Caitlyn Jenner was cruelly used as the butt of a joke on Saturday Night Live, the night before she celebrated her 70th birthday.
SNL comedian Michael Che used a joke about Kanye West to take a dig at Caitlyn’s identity during the ‘Weekend Update’ segment.
He said: “At first I thought Kanye was losing his mind… and now I feel like he’s fine, he’s just turning into an old white lady.”
The comedian continued: “I mean, he used to be one of the coolest black dudes on earth.
"Now he’s showing up to events in sweatpants and orthopaedic sneakers, listening to Kenny G and trying to get black people to like Trump. It’s like how long until this guy changes his name to Kathy?”
He added: “Now you might think I’m crazy, but about five years ago, there was a fella named Bruce Jenner, and he moved to Calabasas…”
The attempt at humour immediately fell flat with the audience, many of whom groaned loudly and audibly said “noooo”.
Taking to Twitter , one outraged viewer wrote: “Michael Che just deadnamed and misgendered Caitlyn Jenner on air for a joke. The joke? Implying Kanye West is trans. F**kin hell mate.”
Another tweeted the show directly, saying: “Transphobia isn’t funny”.
