US announces countrywide ban on flavoured e-cigs

The US has announced a countrywide ban on some e-cigarette flavours amid concerns about vaping among teens. The ban applies to mint and fruit flavours that are offered in cartridge-based e-cigarettes, like the popular pods sold by Juul. The US will continue to allow menthol and tobacco flavours, as well as fruit flavours delivered in other ways. The action has been under consideration for more than a year, with several states passing similar rules. South Korea, India, Brazil are among the dozens of countries that have announced sweeping vaping bans. Others, like China, have announced restrictions.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/us-announces-countrywide-ban-on.html

John Dumelo celebrates his wife on her birthday

Ghanaian actor and politician, John Dumelo's wife Gifty is a year older today. Sharing  beautiful photo of his wife, the actor wrote;

''Happy bday @missgeeonly. Thanks for being an amazing woman. May the Almighty God protect you under his wings and shield you from evil. God is about to open doors and grant you favor. Have an amazing birthday. Love u.''




source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/john-dumelo-celebrates-his-wife-on-her.html

The Beckhams pose for adorable family photo

The Beckhams huddled together for a powerful family photo as they wished fans and followers a Happy New Year as the start of 2020 and a whole new decade began.

Taking to Instagram, dad-of-five David, 44, stretched his arms around his children and dedicated wife Victoria, 45, as they posed for a snap and offered warm wishes to all.

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Rapper DaBaby arrested in connection to robbery investigation

Miami police detained Charlotte rapper DaBaby Thursday for questioning in connection with a robbery earlier in the day, according to a statement.

The Miami Police Department said DaBaby has not been arrested. The case is “open and ongoing” but could not confirm the rapper’s involvement in the robbery, police said.

The 28-year-old Grammy-nominated rapper, whose real name is Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, was in Miami Beach to perform with rappers Diddy and DJ Khaled on New Year’s Eve, NBC Miami reported.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/rapper-dababy-arrested-in-connection-to.html

Coachella 2020: Rage Against The Machine, Travis Scott and Frank Ocean headline

Rage Against The Machine, Travis Scott and Frank Ocean will headline Coachella festival this year.

It's the first time since 2016 without a female headliner - Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Ariana Grande have each had a slot in the past three years.

The Californian festival is held over two weekends each April with the same line-up appearing over both of them.

Lana Del Rey and Megan Thee Stallion and Summer Walker are among the female performers.
The line-up features a lot of British artists - from FKA Twigs and Lewis Capaldi to Calvin Harris, Slowthai, Dave and Yungblud.


Thom Yorke will be performing but without Radiohead, who headlined the festival in 2017. Next to his name is "Tomorrow's Modern Boxes" - a solo album from 2014.

Run The Jewels, Rex Orange County, DaBaby and Flume are just a few of the other acts performing.

Headliner Frank Ocean hasn't performed at Coachella since 2012, before the release of debut album Channel Orange.

Things are slightly different for him now - he's one of the 2010s' biggest acts and so popular that after rumours of an appearance at Camp Flog Gnaw festival, Drake was booed off stage when he came out instead of him.
The singer hasn't toured since the release of 2017's Blonde.

Rage Against The Machine meanwhile are headlining for the third time after doing the honours for the first-ever Coachella in 1999, and reuniting to do it again in 2007.

Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande were the top names for last year's festival, with Kanye West bringing his gospel Sunday Service sound on the Sunday as well.

The first weekend of Coachella is already sold out, with presale registration for the second weekend now open.

Coachella takes place on the weekends of 10 and 17 April.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/coachella-2020-rage-against-machine.html

US kills top Iranian general in Baghdad air strike

Iran's most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, has been killed by a US air strike in Iraq.

The 62-year old spearheaded Iranian military operations in the Middle East as head of Iran's elite Quds Force.

He was killed at Baghdad airport, alongside local Iran-backed militias, early on Friday in a strike ordered by US President Donald Trump.

Gen Soleimani's killing marks a major escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran.


Under his leadership, Iran had bolstered Hezbollah in Lebanon and other pro-Iranian militant groups, expanded Iran's military presence in Iraq and Syria and orchestrated Syria's offensive against rebel groups in the country's long civil war.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said "severe revenge awaits the criminals" behind the attack. He also announced three days of national mourning.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/us-kills-top-iranian-general-in-baghdad.html

Ludacris & his entire family become citizens of Gabon

American rapper, Christopher Brian Bridges popularly known as Ludacris, is now a citizen of Gabon, a country along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa.

Ludacris along with his wife, Eudoxie and his entire family were granted the Gabonese citizenship status on January 2nd, 2020 during his on-going African trip.

He took to his official Instagram page to share the news of his Gabonese citizenship status saying, “starting my New Year off with dual Citizenship! AFRICA I’M OFFICIAL!! Momma & Kids Too. The Best Gift of the Decade Award goes to @eudoxie”.

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Starting My New Year off with Dual Citizenship! 🇬🇦 AFRICA IM OFFICIAL!! Momma & Kids Too. The Best Gift of the Decade 🥇Award goes to @eudoxie ✊🏽 #thebridges

A post shared by @ ludacris on Jan 2, 2020 at 11:52am PST

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Cross River issues 7-day ultimatum to traders on illegal structures

The Cross River Government has given a 7-day ultimatum to traders on illegal structures along major streets in Calabar to relocate their businesses to Watt or Marian markets or face demolition.

The state Commissioner for Environment, Mr Mfon Bassey, gave the ultimatum on Friday in Calabar during an inspection tour from the Nipost office in Calabar down to Watt Market in view of clearing the hawking activities on the pedestrian way that impeded the free flow of persons and vehicles.

While addressing the hawkers at different points, Bassey said that the state government was committed to a clean and green environment, hence the need to relocate all roadside sellers back to the markets.


He told the hawkers that the ministry had earlier issued an ultimatum on Dec. 27, 2019, asking them to remove all illegal structures, shanties and containers from the roadside.

He said structures on drainages should be removed also to allow for a free flow of water when the rains come.

Bassey said the exercise was to ensure a more organised Calabar and prevent flooding during the rainy season.

He added that defaulters of the notice given would face stiffer sanctions and demolition of their structures.

Police arrest 4 cultists, recover gun in Enugu

The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested four suspected cultists for alleged unlawful possession of firearm at Agbogugu in Mbanabor community of Awgu Local Government Area.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Friday in Enugu, and which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that the suspects were arrested on Dec. 27.

Amaraizu said that one cut to size locally-made gun and one live cartridge was recovered from the suspects.

He noted that the feat was achieved by the Anti-Cult Unit of the command through intelligence information.

The police spokesman said that the suspects included Chidera Okafor, 20; Sochima Stanley, 25; Ekene Okoye, 18, and Christian Okeke, 34.

“The suspects were arrested on information following their cult activities where one member of Vikings confraternity group sustained axe cut inflicted on him by the arrested suspects,’’ he said.

Amaraizu said police operatives had commenced investigation on the matter.

In a related development, police operatives had arrested one Nonso Udeagu, 25, of Udi Road, Asata in Ogui within Enugu for unlawful possession of substance suspected to be cocaine.

Amaraizu said that five wraps of substance suspected to be cocaine were recovered from Udeagu, adding that the suspect was arrested on Dec. 19 at 11.30 p.m. along Udi Road by police operatives of Ogui Division.

According to him, investigation had commenced into the matter.




source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/cross-river-issues-7-day-ultimatum-to.html

Demolition of Saraki’s property wicked – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned Thursday’s demolition of a property belonging to former Senate President Bukola Saraki by Kwara state government, describing it as vindictive and wicked.

It also regards the demolition as a recipe for crisis in the state.

In a press release signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said “it is clear that the action of the state government is borne out of hatred and political intolerance, in furtherance of the larger plot by the APC and its administration to intimidate, suppress, hound, crush and silence opposition and dissenting voices in our country, in the bid to foist a siege mentality on the citizenry.


“The PDP dismisses the reasons being spewed by the APC administration for this New Year dastardly act as baseless, false and incongruous, as they fail to add up, to justify the ferocious invasion, harassment of citizens and demolition of the said property.

“The demolition is a complete subversion of rule of law as the matter is already in court. The APC-led Kwara state government could not wait for the outcome of the court process apparently because it knows that it is pursuing an illegal agenda.

“Nigerians know how the APC and its government have been hounding, harassing and dragging Senator Saraki around over trumped-up charges, for daring to be among compatriots at the forefront of the quest to rescue our nation from misrule and strangleholds of the APC and its cabal.”

The party, therefore, cautioned “the APC, its administration, and in this particular case, the Kwara state government, against crossing the boundaries and stretching the forbearance of the people, which is already causing a tension that could trigger serious unrest in our country.

“It is also instructive to note that in the years the PDP governed Kwara state, there was no case of government demolishing the property of opposition members or supporters under any guise whatsoever.

“Our party therefore stands with Senator Saraki and cautions the Kwara state government to henceforth steer clear of the property.”



source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/demolition-of-sarakis-property-wicked.html

Anthony Joshua goes shirtless while hanging out on the beach with female companion

He rung in the New Year with a family trip to Barbados. And Anthony Joshua continued to make the most of his sun-drenched getaway, as he strolled along the beach with a female companion on Thursday afternoon.

The two-time heavyweight champion, 30, flaunted his muscular physique and sported a pair of bright blue swim shorts while larking around on the shoreline.

Joshua has been enjoying the break with his relations, and shared a post earlier in the day which said he was 'hanging out with the queens of his family'.

It is therefore possible that the unknown woman he was enjoying some downtime on the beach with is a member of the Joshua clan.

The duo laughed and joked as they strolled along the shoreline together, with Joshua sweetly wrapping his arm around her shoulders at one point.

Joshua's beach buddy rocked a blue bikini, consisting of a sporty-style top half teamed with a pair of matching bottoms with yellow detailing.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/anthony-joshua-goes-shirtless-while.html

Davido dad’s university in fresh storm over suspension of muslim student

The authorities of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria, founded by Davido’s father, Dr Deji Adeleke are facing public scrutiny once again over their religious intolerance, in a country with a constitution that provides for freedom of religion.

The private school, which is founded on the religious ethics of the Seventh Day Adventist church, drove itself into the new storm following the suspension of a part three Law student, Lawal Toheeb, for failure to attend the university’s compulsory chapel activities.

Lawal was suspended last month for a semester and as P.M.News gathered, he may be expelled on resumption for not identifying and adhering to the religious activities in the school.

In a letter of suspension, signed by the school registrar, Mr. Oyerinde Caleb Oyejola JP, the student was found guilty of ‘gross disrespect to constituted authority”. This followed the approval by the President/Vice Chancellor of the report of the Students’ Disciplinary Committee




source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/davido-dads-university-in-fresh-storm.html

Fire razes David Mark’s residence

The residence of a former Senate President, David Mark, in Otukpo town, Benue State has been gutted by fire.

Witnesses said the fire spread from a nearby bush bordering the fence of the ex-senate president’s residence and bunt down two ambulance vehicles as well as over 15 motor cycles parked in the premises.

It was gathered that domestic workers at the residence made frantic efforts to put out the fire without much success before the arrival of the State Fire Service in Otukpo.

One of the domestic workers, who preferred anonymity, said, “we made every effort to quench the fire but the more we tried the more it continued to spread. “It was when we noticed that we could not stop it from engulfing the guest house that we called in the Fire Service.”

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/fire-razes-david-marks-residence.html

UI set to get new VC in 2020

Aspirants for the office of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, UI, have started emerging as the institution will soon commence the process of the selection of a new Vice Chancellor to run the affairs of the institution till December 1, 2025.

The tenure of the current Vice Chancellor, Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka will officially expire on November 30, 2020.

It was learnt that the contest for the 13th Vice Chancellorship of the nation’s Premier University maybe a straight battle between the incumbent Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration, Professor Kayode Oyebode Adebowale of the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and others.

Investigations revealed that the political space maybe open before the end of February when interested professors are expected to officially declare their intentions.

Going by precedence, about 15 aspirants including few that will be sourced outside the University to fulfill all righteousness usually vie for the position.




source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/ui-set-to-get-new-vc-in-2020.html

Four feared dead in ghastly accident along Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Four people have lost their lives, while four others sustained various degrees of injuries in a lone accident involving a truck at Pipeline Junction, Ogere Remo axis of Ibadan-Lagos Expressway, on Thursday, January 2nd.

The Public Relations Officer Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the crash occurred around 4.30 a.m. He highlighted that the truck, with registration number TKP 653 XA, which was loaded with yams, lost control.

He said the red coloured Man Diesel truck, which was coming from the North and in bound Lagos, had 14 passengers, presumed to be owners of the products, sitting on the top of the yams when the accident occurred.


“The casualty was much because some of the passengers, who are also likely owners of the yam, were seating on the yam in the open space at the back. Thus, when it lost control due to overspeeding and poor visibility, (they) fell by its side, with the yam and vehicle falling on them” Akinbiyi said.

Akinbiyi said four of the passengers died on the spot while the injured were taken to Idera Hospital, Sagamu. The agency’s spokesperson said the deceased were taken to FOS mortuary, Ipara Remo, as at the time of filing this report, while the vehicle has been taken to the Police Motor Traffic Division, Iperu-Remo.

Akinbiyi said the command commiserates with the family of the dead and injured. He advised motorists to ensure their vehicles are well maintained, avoid overspeeding and night travel as much as possible, especially now that that the harmattan season, with its poor visibility, is here.




source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/four-feared-dead-in-ghastly-accident.html

No survivor as plane carrying judges, soldiers, injured people crashes

A Russian Antonov military plane carrying Sudanese judges and injured people crashed on Thursday in the Darfur region of Sudan, with all those on board killed, according to the Sudanese Red Crescent.

The plane was travelling from the city of El Geneina – located in the west of Sudan, near the border with Chad – to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

It was not immediately clear what caused the crash.

The aircraft was transporting people injured in a tribal conflict in Darfur to Khartoum for treatment.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/no-survivor-as-plane-carrying-judges.html

Saraki reacts to demolition of father’s Ilorin house

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has reacted to Thursday’s demolition of his father’s Ilorin, Kwara State house.

The Kwara State Government had on Thursday morning demolished the late Olusola Saraki’s house, popularly called Ile Arugbo (House for old persons), after the state government revoked the title of the landed property.

Reacting to the development, Saraki assured that justice would prevail in no distance time.


“Following the development this morning in Ile Arugbo, I want to commend the women and men, old and young, who displayed their affection, love and staunch support for my late father and the family. I appreciate the genuine support of the women and youths who stood firmly in the face of aggression and naked show of force.

“Your action throughout the night gave full expression to my belief that what Ile Arugbo represents to all of us is etched in our hearts. It goes beyond the physical structure. I am happy that you were not intimidated as you stood your ground.

“This day will go down as the day you reciprocated the love and affection my father and family have for you. You have displayed a gesture of goodwill and passionate love. We assure you that justice shall prevail in a not too distant future,” he said on his Facebook wall.

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/saraki-reacts-to-demolition-of-fathers.html

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry share adorable baby Archie photo

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have shared adorable footage from the past 12 months - alongside a cheery New Year message.

The couple posted the montage, accompanied by music by Coldplay, on their official Instagram account.

It shows Harry holding son Archie, who was born in May, in a new picture thought to have been taken in Canada, where the family are taking time out.

They are also shown during official engagements, and alongside other royals, in the pictures and video.


In a caption alongside the images, they thanked the public for their support and voiced their hopes for the coming year.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex wrote: “Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and thanking you for your continued support!

"We’ve loved meeting so many of you from around the world and can’t wait to meet many more of you next year.

"We hope 2020 brings each of you health and continued happiness.”

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-share.html

Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company announces 10 days interruption of power supply

Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company Plc minutes ago announced a 10-day interruption of power supply. This will take effect around, Onilekere, Sodeke, Onipetesi and its environs.

Their full statement below...

''Dear Esteemed Customer,
This is to notify you that there will be an interruption of power supply to your area between Monday, 6th and Thursday, 16th of January 2020, to enable us install new 11KV panels at Mangoro Injection Substation to boost power supply to your area.

''The outage will affect Onilekere, Sodeke, Onipetesi, Valley View, Santos Layout, Sunday Farm, parts of Dopemu Road, Oniwaya Road and Aluminium Village, Capitol Road, Sule, Arigidi and parts of Sebiotimo Streets.

''Others include Adegbola, Ajakaiye, Ikuomola, Ni Olagoke, Abimbola, Oseni, Markez, Akinjobi, Taiwo Dada, Owo, Ogunwo, Awori, Abeje, Yekinni and Olagoke Streets.

''We for your understanding and assure you that power will be fully restored as soon as the work is completed.

''All inconveniences are regretted.''

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/ikeja-electricity-distribution-company.html

Demolition photos: Finally, Kwara state government pulls down Saraki's family property

Kwara state government has finally embarked on the demolition of Saraki’s family house in Ilorin.

The building popularly known as “Ile Arugbo” was demolished early this morning after security operatives dispersed protesters, including aged women who had been keeping a vigil in the complex.

More photos below....

 

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/demolition-photos-finally-kwara-state.html

Man reports Oando Filling station over alleged N50 stamp duty (photos)

A twitter user has called out Oando filling station for its alleged continuous demand of N50 stamp duty. He called them out sharing the alleged receipt of the transaction.

Lol, we love people that know how to make use of social media.

Eze Amalu tweeted; ''Lemme report an @Oando_PLC filling station to @fccpcnigeria. They have refused to stop collecting N50 stamp duty from POS use despite @cenbank directive.

Meanwhile @SPARNigeria are the law-abiding ones.''

source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/01/man-reports-oando-filling-station-over.html