Dashy Edu-Info-Tainment: June 2015

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

See Who Takes Over From Jega As He Bows Out As INEC Chairman [Photo]

Attahiru Jega has handed over the chairmanship of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to Mohammed Wali, a national commissioner of the electoral body from the north-west. Jega handed over to Wali at the INEC headquarters in Abuja. Six other national commissioners also ended their tenure.

They are: M.K. Hammanga, Adamawa state, (northeast); Ishmael Igbani, Rivers state, (south south); Lai Olurode, Osun state, (south west); Gladys Nwafor, Abia state, (south east); Thelma Iremiren, Delta state, (south south); and Nuru Yakubu, Yobe state, (north east).

While his five-year tenure lasted, Jega conducted two general elections in 2011 and 2015 and the elections were adjudged to be better than some of the previous ones.

Last week, Jega, a former vice-chancellor of the Bayero University Kano (BUK) and

Instagram finally accomplished what it wanted to do since day one

Instagram just completely revamped its search and discover features to let users check out pictures of events as they're happening, and more easily browse by location or hashtag.
"This is our North Star—what we’ve been shooting for all along," cofounder and CEO Kevin Systrom told Wired. “It’s a real-time visual pulse for what is happening in the world.”
For a long time, Instagram's search features have been notoriously clunky.
Before this update, you could search by hashtags but the app's "Explore" tab was pretty basic, letting users browse in only two categories,"Photos" or "People."
Now, anyone who fires up the app will see trending places and tags front-and-center, and be able to check out a curated selection of pictures from top Instagrammers in categories like "Extreme athletes" or location-based topics like "Towering Rocks."

The Mathematics of Love Illustration by Christine Rösch for "The Mathematics of Love" published by TEDBooks.
If you're fortunate enough to find someone you want to settle down with forever, the next question is: How do you achieve happily ever after? According to mathematician Hannah Fry, it may come down to a simple formula.
Fry, who works at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis in London, explains in her 2014 TED Talk and recently released book, "The Mathematics of Love," that the best predictor of long-lasting relationships is how positive and negative a couple can be to one another.

TOP 10 FAST RISING ARTISTES MAKING WAVES IN NIGERIA

Well, most of them couldn’t make the list of MY TOP 10 FAST RISING ARTISTES MAKING WAVES IN NIGERIA. ‘Upcoming’ different from ‘Fast Rising’, shey una sabi sha?

Every artiste you find on this list obviously worked very hard to earn a space here:

1. KISS DANIEL :

‘WOJU’ and ‘SHOYE’ was in town as at the time I included Kiss Daniel in the list of my TOP 10 UPCOMING ARTISTES last year. Both tracks rocked everywhere then and most niggas expected Kiss to fuck up in his next single. But he wowed us again with ‘LAYE’. Since then, I’ve gat so much respect for this man. E no easy to keep that kind trend. Some artistes wey trend their first single the way WOJU take trend that time couldn’t keep up with it….A very good example is the “Collabo” guy, I won’t mention his name.

Check Daniel’s instagram page to see how much of a wave he is making in Nigeria.

L-R: President Muhammadu Buhari, Ahmed Bola Tinubu

Seems like Ronaldo Jr is gunning for the FIFA Ballon d'Or as he showed his skills while on holiday..Real Madrid -Cristiano Ronaldo, is enjoying a brief break in the Bahamas after another long season for club and country.
Ronaldo was spotted chatting to three blonde women on the sunbeds after relaxing on a lilo in the water while he looked proud of his only child's attempts to match his tricks with stepovers and flicks the order on

Davido now has the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency coming after him over his new music video titled ‘Fans mi.’

NDLEA is currently investigating Davido (real name David Adeleke) for showing off hard drugs in his recently dropped music video featuring Maybach top artist, Meek Mill.

The video which has already hit over a million views on Youtube featured scences of Davido discussing with an unidentified man as they haggle over a briefcase of dollars and a bag full of parcels of hard drugs.

There are also other lewd scenes in the video.

According to Sunday Telegraph, NDLEA’s Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju in an exclusive interview with them said,

“The agency considers the musical video ‘Fans Mi’ inappropriate and indecent. It has the tendency to negatively influence and induce drug use and trafficking.

Besides, it is counter-productive on the campaign against drug production, trafficking and abuse. The agency is investigating the matter and will take necessary action.”

Popular music video critic, Mrs. Nuella O’Peters also voiced her concerns on the video saying,

“It’s really outrageous seeing a brand ambassador and a mentor to millions of African youths indulging in such acts. He even went as far as using the substance for cooking in the video.

Can you imagine! It’s uncalled for. I do hope the Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation will do something about the video.”

Check Out The Deadly Virus Other Than HIV Than Even Condom Can’t Protect You Against

Condoms have been hyped as master-protectors against sexually transmitted infections. However, health experts are warning that in as much as condoms significantly decrease transmission rates of the most life-threatening viruses such as HIV and hepatitis B and C, it’s not foolproof.
At a meeting of cancer specialists at the University of Nairobi last week, reproductive health expert, Nelly Mugo, said that even as we take protective measures using condoms against most STIs including HIV/Aids, the rubber sheaths cannot provide 100 per cent protection against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). “Condoms offer 60 per cent of HPV thus the virus can spread through skin-to-skin contact with infected areas of the skin not covered by the condom such as the scrotum, anus, or vulva,” Dr Mugo said.
The 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, released last week, shows that male condoms are the most popular method among sexually active unmarried women. Unmarried men too seem to prefer condoms as the popular method to protect against STIs. But for a virus whose disease has no symptoms, the inefficacy of condoms allows for faster and wider spread, especially amongst those with multiple s*x partners.

Buhari Inaugurates National Economic Council, see members

Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has formally inaugurated the National Economic Council (NEC) assuring the governors of the 36 states of fair distribution of federal allocation.
At the inauguration ceremony held at the Council Chamber of Presidential Villa in Abuja, he noted there will be more transparency and accountability in this administration.
Read Buhari’s full speech at the inauguration.
I am delighted to be here with you at this occasion on the inauguration of the National Economic Council (NEC) for this Administration. The National Economic Council was established by the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999), as amended, Third Schedule, Part I, Section 153: Sub section (18 & 19). The NEC, as one of the Federal Executive bodies, has the mandate to advise the President concerning the economic affairs of the Federation, and in particular on measures necessary for the co-ordination of the economic planning and programmes of the various Governments of the Federation.
2. Your Excellencies, the regular meetings of the National Economic Council have remained the official

Petr Cech is now an Arsenal player after he joined the Gunners from Chelsea on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee.

Arsenal announced the news on their twitter feed on Monday.

Cech made over 400 appearances during 11 years at Stamford Bridge, winning multiple club and personal honours. He also won the Premier League Golden Glove award on three occasions.

The 33-year-old goalkeeper, who made his international debut in 2002, is a seven-time Czech Footballer of the Year. He currently has 114 caps for his country - four short of countryman Karel Poborsky’s all-time record.

"When Arsène Wenger spoke to me about his ambitions for this club, and how he saw me as part of this team, the decision was clear." Cech stated on Arsenal's official website.

Hoodlums suspected to be smugglers on Thursday, beat journalist, Yomi Olomofe to coma over accusations of reporting their activities at the Seme-Badagry area.

The victim, Olomofe, who is the Executive Director of the Badagry based Prime Magazine narrated his ordeal to Vanguard.

“I was with another colleague of mine on a visit to the command, when some smugglers, who claimed that journalists have been writing negative stories about them, pounced on me”.

“While beating me, they threatened to kill me so as to serve as deterrent to journalists writing stories about them.

“I was there with the correspondent of Tide Newspaper, thank God a friend from Rotary Club came to take me away, I would have been dead, because I was left there almost lifeless.

“These hoodlums are not unknown. They are known to everybody, but they are above the law. They even told me that they have killed many people and nothing happened”

Meanwhile, Olomofe has called on the Inspector General of police to come to his rescue saying his life is no longer safe .

Photo: 18 year old SA teen burnt to death by boyfriend's ex-girlfriend & her friends

According to a report by SA newspaper Sowetanlive, 18 year old Boitumelo Dlamini was taken by four girls into a car, driven to a bush where they poured petrol on her and burnt her to death. One of the girls is the ex-girlfriend of the boy she's dating. Her charred body was found in the bush in Klipgat, North West, on Thursday June 25th.

Boitumelo's boyfriend's ex-girlfriend and three of her friends have been arrested for the crime and are facing murder charges and kidnapping.

Boitumelo , 18, a Grade 12 pupil at Elepsa Secondary School, became romantically involved with Tokelo Makalepho, 24, from her village, six months ago.

If you are one of the women that want to have bigger breasts, but don’t like to go to plastic surgery, than here are some solutions for you.

Fennel – The ingredients in this plant can increase the level of estrogen in the body. It is full of substances that stimulates breasts growing and rise the milk production when breast-feeding.
Fenugreek – Also these seeds can increase the breast growth. Put the seed in bowl of water and leave it overnight. The liquid is used for breast massage.
Burdock – This plant improves the female reproductive system, helps with digestion and increase the blood flow in the breasts.
Anise – Anise is used as a spice in numerous meals and recipes for better taste. It can be used for breast growth also.
Pueraria mirifica – This plant is used for making wrinkle prevention cream and it comes from Thailand. It is found in many cosmetics products for breast increasing. You will have firm and oval breasts with using this plant.
Sweet root – This plant is used to increase the level of prolactin and estrogen. It makes the breasts more luxuriant and with bigger volume.

What Doyin Okupe has to say about the APC crisis

The former media aide to former President Jonathan shared his thought on his Facebook page

Buhari reportedly orders arrest of wife's younger brother for extorting N300m from a businessman

According to a report by Sahara Reporters, President Buhari last Monday June 22nd ordered the arrest of one Musa Yola ( pictured above), said to be the immediate younger brother of his wife, Aisha, for extorting N300 million from an unnamed businessman with a promise to secure an oil bloc for him through his brother-in-law, President Buhari. After finding out what happened, President Buhari reportedly ordered that Musa be brought to him in handcuffs along with the said businessman he duped.

President Buhari is said to have lambasted the man for parting with such a huge sum of money when he knew that he, Buhari, will never participate in any fraudulent activity. He ordered the SSS officers attached to the villa to thoroughly investigate the matter and also ensure that the Businessman's money is refunded.

A source in the SS who spoke on condition of anonymity said Musa has since returned the businessman's money and has been released on bail.

Red Carpet photos from the 2015 BET Awards

Celebrities didn't bring it this year on the red carpet...above are Nicki Minaj, Brandy and Karrueche on the BET Awards Red Carpet yesterday. See more photos after the cut...

Ghen ghen! So yesterday, Sahara Reporters published the UK Passport of Senate president Bukola Saraki on their Facebook page, claiming he's not a Nigerian citizen. Well, Facebook has taken down the photo and have threatened to unpublish Sahara Reporter's fan page if they are not careful.

ISIS responds to US legalizing gay marriage by killing four gay men

Four gay men were executed by members of the Islamic State following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide on Friday June 26th.

This video was shared by a man named Jake Chukwu on Facebook this morning. It shows two police officers beating a driver with their baton. According to what happened, the driver was asked to stop at a police check point but refused to and when a police man jumped on his bonnet, the driver drove off with him on it. Some other drivers and police van later intercepted the driver and the police officers used their baton to give him serious beating before they took him away. I had to screengrab from the video. More photos after the cut...

The White captioned it: America should be very proud. #LoveWins. In honor of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision on Friday, the White House showed off its gay pride as night fell on the nation’s capitol.

The building, well known for its white stucco exterior, was lit up to match the colors of the rainbow flag symbolizing the movement

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote says he does not own a house outside Nigeria

"Somebody asked me, how many houses do you have abroad? I said, well, to tell you the good news, I don’t even have a nine-inch block outside Nigeria, and that is the truth. I don’t have a house anywhere abroad.” - he told Senior Media executives during an interview session over the weekend

50 things that can kill an artiste's career - by comedian Ali Baba

As shared by Ali Baba on instagram...

Buhari appoints ex-military administrator as new Chief of Staff

According to Sahara Reporters, Pres. Buhari today appointed ex-military administrator of Kaduna state, Hamidu Ali as his new Chief of Staff. Some of us had hoped it would be Fashola.

Friday, 26 June 2015

President Buhari appoints Accountant General of the Federation

President Buhari has appointed a serving director in the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Ahmed Idris, as the new Accountant General of the Federation. The appointment was made known by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi, through a statement by his Director of Communications, Haruna Imrana, today June 25th. The statement in part reads

“President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Alhaji Ahmed Idris as the Accountant General of the Federation. The appointment takes immediate effect from 25th of June 2015″.

Woman who was RAPED by PIG

Angie Houston recently told Ellis County News that she expects to give birth to a baby pig.

Houston alleges that one night she came home from a night of playing miniature golf and was pounced on and raped by a 400lb boar named Pete.

“People think I’m crazy and need mental help because of my story,” Houston said. “They ask how’d the pig get my panties off to mount me? I wasn’t wearing any panties is how!

This pig been hot for me for years. Constantly sniffing at my genitals. He’s tried to rape me a hundred times. This is just the first time he successfully got inside me.”

Angie’s parents are supporting her claims.

“Angie knows she can’t have s*x until she’s married and she promises she hasn’t,” her father, Don Houston, said. “Pete’s always been an ornery pig, so it’s not surprising he raped our daughter. After this incident, I butchered Pete out. The bacon I made him into is helping feed Angela and her baby; after all, she’s eating for two now and needs a lot of extra meat.”

Angie has refused to see an obstetrician to check her and the baby’s health or get a sonogram to see what the potential “pig baby” might look like.

“I just want to wait and be surprised by what my baby looks like,” Angie said. “My hope is that that it’s not a mutant pig of some kind and it just comes out looking like a normal human baby, which I feel, will be the case.

5 Ex-Governors Get EFCC Invitation For Alleged Corruption

Five former governors seem not be enjoying their retirement from office as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has beam its searchlight on their activities when they were their state chief executives.

These governors having exhausted their immunity from prosecution, have now become regular guests of the EFCC where they are answering questions bordering on their alleged misdeeds while in office.According Leadership, these are the former governors that are under EFCC watch list.

What you are about to see will make you laugh......The woman says she was served meat pie at a function she went to, you would not even believe what she found inside.

You just have to see it below..

What do you do when you’re the 32-year-old CEO of a $10 billion company and need advice on how to further grow it? Turn to a 31-year-old fellow CEO of a $250 billion company for advice. That's what Dropbox CEO Drew Houston does, as he told Bloomberg's Emily Chang in an interview that he reaches out to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg when he has questions about scaling his company. Here's how he describes it: "[Zuckerberg’s] given me a lot of advice just on company scaling, how do you organize people, how do you set up these systems. At scale, you have to be a lot more thoughtful about, how do you compensate people, how do you think about mundane things like their titles or how people advance, how do you decide where to place bets, because you have early stage things, you have more mature products, you have this whole portfolio, how do you keep that running, when the challenges are so different at either end of the spectrum. It’s a lot of things like that." Dropbox, founded in 2007, is one of the fastest growing tech startups ever. It just announced it has 400 million registered users and 100,000 paying business customers. Over the past 18 months, its total employees went from approximately 500 to 1,200. When you're growing at that kind of breakneck speed, it's only natural to ask someone who's done something similar before. Zuckerberg's Facebook now has roughly 1.4 billion monthly active users, more than 3X of what it had in 2010. Plus, Dropbox is reportedly having trouble internally to build up a more stable business model and revenue stream, which is causing a lot of question marks around its lofty valuation number. Facebook, on the other hand, had one of the biggest IPOs ever in 2012 and now has over $12 billion in revenue. Houston and Zuckerberg's friendship has been well-documented in the past. In fact, Houston is reported to have a great group of friends and mentors around him who are helping him turn Dropbox into one of the most valuable pre-IPO companies in Silicon Valley. Some of those mentors include Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, as well as former Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside

What do you do when you’re the 32-year-old CEO of a $10 billion company and need advice on how to further grow it?
Mark Zuckerberg in his car

Turn to a 31-year-old fellow CEO of a $250 billion company for advice.

That's what Dropbox CEO Drew Houston does, as he told Bloomberg's Emily Chang in an interview that he reaches out to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg when he has questions about scaling his company.

Here's how he describes it:

"[Zuckerberg’s] given me a lot of advice just on company scaling, how do you organize people, how do you set up these systems.

At scale, you have to be a lot more thoughtful about, how do you compensate people, how do you think about mundane things like their titles or how people advance, how do you decide where to place bets,

You cab now buy the Apple Watch in Apple Stores. And in a select number of Apple Stores, you can buy the $10,000 Apple Watch Edition, in 18k gold.
This is Apple's first true luxury product, and it's priced accordingly.
In the world of fine watches, $10,000 is an important threshold. Once you cross that line, you start buying for investment. These are the watches that become family heirlooms: timepieces that are kept forever, worn on special occasions, and eventually passed down to children.
It's virtually guaranteed your children are not going to want a first generation Apple Watch. In fact, in only a few short years the Apple Watch Edition may only be attractive as a collectible, a first-of-its-kind device. Or it may be worth only as much as the precious metal its made from.
Luxury watch brands, on the other hand, have been making mechanical movements and gorgeous watch cases for centuries.
Their intricate movements and insanely strong pedigree helps them maintain their value. And the best part is: the technology changes very slowly.
Here are just a few smart purchases for those in the market for an investment-grade watch.

Not everyone gains entrance into the meeting places of the world's most powerful leaders.In the interest of safety, meetings that take place in these eight rooms — located in tightly secured buildings, sometimes within huge secured complexes — are closed-door affairs.

It's that secrecy that fascinated photographer Luca Zanier, who was granted access to rooms in the buildings of the UN, FIFA, the Council of Europe, and other international government agencies — while they were completely empty.
It's in these rooms where world-changing decisions are made by just a few individuals. These decisions "determine a large part of our collective existence," Zanier says, which is exactly what he set out to convey in his photo series, "Corridors of Power." He also created a photo book for the project, which recently reached its crowdfunding goal.
Check out the rooms in all their quiet glory below.

The features on the plane of the president of the United State of America will blow your mind... literally. The world's most famous plane, a custom Boeing 747-200B, is as tall as a six-story, has a 'flying Oval office', conference room, dining room, private quarters for the president, a medical operating room (a doctor flies on every flight) but that's not the coolest part...not even close. The body of the plane can withstand a nuclear blast from the ground and more cool stuff. See after the cut

In the huge rush to beat the Bank Verification Number enrollment deadline which is June 30th, 2015 however, customers of an old generation bank engaged in a brawl with members of staff of the bank in the banking hall in Enugu State.

Customers were gripped by fear over the reports that their bank accounts will be frozen if they don't enroll before the deadline.

The insistence on the BVN by bank cashiers before attending to customers also increased such fear.

The development led to an unusually large turnout of customers at banking halls in the Coal City and this has been happening since the beginning of the week.

Authorities say a 10-year-old girl who was found unconscious last week after riding a roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Southern California has died at a hospital.

Coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter said Monday that Jasmine Martinez of Somis died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
An autopsy will determine the cause of death.

When Michael Jackson died on June 25th 2009 at the age of 50, his estate was bankrupt, but in the 6 years since his passing, a fortune has been made under his name.

According to TMZ

The estate has grossed nearly $2 billion since MJ's death. The money comes from the movies "This is It," the Cirque show "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour," 50 million albums sold and various other ventures.

This month last year, St. Ives Hospital made history as its IVF & Fertility Unit aided the conception and delivery of Africa’s oldest IVF mum (Christie Irurhe) at 60years old. Ebunoluwa Oluwajomiloju Irurhe clocked ONE on June 16; Father, Mother and Child are all hale, healthy and happy and give Glory to God! See more photos after the cut...

A mother and her infant son who disappeared in a plane crash in the dense jungles of northwestern Colombia for several days ago were found alive and well in what authorities called a miracle.

Nelly Murillo, 18, and her son Yudier Moreno, not yet one year old, were discovered near the site where the Cessna 303 crashed on Saturday June 20th in thick brush. They were found four days later.

What concerns Bank Verification Number and Mark of The Best kwa nu? Lol. Nigerians!!!

Thursday, 25 June 2015

Meet the ‘Tom Boy’ kid sister of Denrele Edun [PHOTOS]

Meet Aderonke Edun, the the ‘Tom Boy’ kid sister of Denrele Edun.

Like her elder brother who dresses like a female, Ronke is a tom-boy who acts and dresses like a boy all the time. Ronke attended Kabma-F International school for her primary education and Our Lady of Apostles, Yaba for her secondary education.

While Denrele looks and carries himself like a lady, leading to several insinuations, his sister also looks and carries herself like a guy.

After decades of theorizing and searching, scientists are reporting that they’ve finally found a massive reservoir of water in the Earth’s mantle — a reservoir so vast that could fill the Earth’s oceans three times over. This discovery suggests that Earth’s surface water actually came from within, as part of a “whole-Earth water cycle,” rather than the prevailing theory of icy comets striking Earth billions of years ago. As always, the more we understand about how the Earth formed, and how its multitude of interior layers continue to function, the more accurately we can predict the future. Weather, sea levels, climate change — these are all closely linked to the tectonic activity that endlessly churns away beneath our feet.

Members of staff of DARR Communications, owners of AIT/Ray Power stations in Benin City, Edo sate, engaged the management of the media outfit in a showdown, shutting down the station’s broadcasting activities over alleged high handedness on the part of the management of the station and nonpayment of their salaries of between 11 and 17 months.

The aggrieved workers who took over the entrance to the premises of the broadcast outfit situated along the Benin/Lagos by pass, Ikhueniro village, said they were living in penury while some of the management staff live in opulence.

Armed with placards of various anti-management slogans, the AIT/Ray Power staff described as annoying that their employers would be contemplating laying off staff even when they were not paying regularly.

Five Excellent Websites For Free Online Education

Further your education on the Internet.
Free online education

Sooner or later (hopefully sooner), the semester’s going to wind up and you’ll go on holiday—the perfect time to take trips and explore something other than what you’re in school to study. The easiest way to learn (new) things these days is the Internet, so we’ve selected five great websites to help you further your education for free. Don’t say we never did anything nice for you.

A young man, Thompson Ntiedo residing in Lagos was yesterday June 23rd arrested by police officers attached to the Okota Police Station for taking photos of a police man collecting bribe from a motorist in the Okota area in Lagos.
According to The Nation, Thompson was detained for three hours, released on bail at about 9pm with his two phones confiscated after he was forced to delete all the pictures he took. Narrating his ordeal, Thompson said:

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