Friday 28 March 2014
MultiChoice CEO Dewunmi Ogunsanya Loses Wife To Cancer
Friday 31 January 2014
'HAPPILY SINGLE' The Benefits Of Not Having A Boyfriend
When it comes to being single, society can sometimes treat you as though you have some sort of disease. In films and books, single women are often portrayed as helpless and hapless, but the reality is that Bridget Jones isn’t necessarily representative of single ladies.
Being boyfriend-less may seem slightly miserable when all your friends are being whisked out for romantic meals or vacations, but the single life certainly doesn’t have to be seen in a negative light. There are plenty of reasons why many women are quite happily single.
1. Enjoy a wilder social life
Many single women continue to enjoy a wild social life long after their other friends have settled down with boyfriends or husbands. When you have no boyfriend, you are free to do what you want, when you want, with whom you want, allowing you absolute freedom. You have no responsibility to spend time with friends or family members that you don’t really like. You have no need to attend dull business networking events in support of your boyfriend’s career. Instead, you can simply enjoy the company of your friends, happy in the knowledge that whatever you do, it’s your choice.
2. You can look and feel better
Research published in the journal ‘Obesity’ and cited on the Fitbie Web site indicates that being single may actually be better for your body. Couples’ habits, such as curling up in front of the sofa and eating large meals together, are much more likely to lead to unwanted weight gain. If you are a single woman, you stand a much better chance of sticking to an exercise routine. You won’t need to cook large, unwanted meals just for the sake of your boyfriend or husband, either. According to Fitbie, cohabiting increases the risk of female obesity by 63 percent.
3. Every penny you earn is yours
Single women don’t have to justify what they spend to anyone. If you want to go out and buy that gorgeous pair of Jimmy Choos you saw over the weekend, there’s nobody to stop you (bank manager aside). Being attached to somebody else inevitably brings with it financial responsibilities and commitments, which can often wear very thin. If you’re really good with your cash, why should you let a man interfere and mess it all up for you anyway?
4. You don’t need to apologize for your career
Successful career women often find that their husbands or boyfriends feel jealous or threatened. This can create a lot of friction that doesn’t exist if you are single. Single career women don’t need to worry about their partners or about having children and can focus on being successful at something that they love doing. Many successful career women argue that they wouldn’t have achieved their aims if they had been involved in a relationship, which brings with it distractions and commitments that can easily get in the way.
5. Single life can make it easier to find ‘the right one’
Happily single women have an easier time finding true love. Women who are fixated on finding and being with somebody frequently fall into bad relationships with the wrong person and often start to lose self-esteem. Happily single women are generally much more confident, much more independent, and therefore, ironically, much more attractive. Pursuing your own interests and being truly happy in what you do are great ways to develop just the right mindset to meet people.
Being a single, boyfriend-less woman doesn’t have to be seen in a negative light. Countless single women love their lives just the way they are and have plenty of life lessons that wives and girlfriends could learn from.
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Tuesday 21 January 2014
Father Allegedly Raped And Impregnated 14 year-old Daughter In Lagos
Thirty six-year-old Aminu Ajao has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta magistrate’s court for allegedly r*ping and impregnating his 14-year-old primary school daughter (name withheld).
Ajao was arraigned on Monday on two counts of r*pe.
The police said the incident happened on Wale Azeez Street, Ajasa, Lagos State.
The magistrate, Ms S.O Solebo, called the victim’s mother and her stepmother to court to give an account of how the event unfolded.
The victim’s mother, who did not disclose her name in court, said she had separated from Ajao and had remarried.
She said, “After our separation, I took my daughter to live with my mother. But in October, 2013, he went to my mother’s house and took her from there.
“It was from that time that he started pressuring the girl before sleeping with her and impregnating her.”
Ajao’s new wife, who was nursing a baby, said she was not aware of the incident until the matter got to the police.
“It was in October last year that he brought the girl to be staying with us. While I slept in the room, she stayed in the parlour and I didn’t know anything was going on,” she said.
The magistrate became angry when the victim’s mother told the court she had taken her daughter back to the grandmother, adding, “My sisters will take care of her ante-natal.”
Solebo said, “You sound so irresponsible. She is your own child and you are saying your sisters will take her for ante-natal care at her grandmother’s place. If they had exercised due diligence and care, maybe she would not have been taken away by her father.”
The magistrate thereafter called the Office of the Public Defender for custody of the girl.
“She is 14 and she is pregnant. Her body is not developed to carry the pregnancy. I am very interested in how the girl fares,” she added.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Richard Odige told the court that the crime was punishable under sections 135(1)(2) and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
Odige thereafter applied that the matter be transferred to the Directorate of Public Prosecution for legal advice.
However, the defence counsel, Ola Ogunbiyi, pleaded with the court to admit Ajao to bail in liberal terms.
Ogunbiyi said Ajao had emaciated because he had been in detention for a long time.
Reacting, Solebo said, “The punishment for the offence is life imprisonment. Already, a medical report from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital has indicated that she was pregnant as of November, 2013. The police, who investigated the matter said she was pregnant for her father. So, what do you want me to do?
“In view of Section 115(2) and in view of the offence and the nature of the punishment, bail is hereby refused the defendant. The defendant is to be remanded in prison custody pending legal advice from the DPP.”
The matter was adjourned till February 19, 2014.
Current World's Top Ten Richest(Pictures)
10. Bernard Arnault
- Falls from no. 4 in world to no. 10 due to more information about his ownership stake.
- Also a factor: Forbes now values his direct stake in Christian Dior, which in turn has a 41% stake in LVMH and trades at a near 20% discount to the underlying shares; previously we had
valued the shares in LVMH.
- LVMH shares rose more than 6%; U.S. sales grew at a faster rate than sales in Asia region in
the fourth quarter
- Arnault denied reports that his request for Belgian citizenship last year was related to the
country’s tax policies.
- It was announced in October that he will be knighted for his services in the U.K.
- Also a factor: Forbes now values his direct stake in Christian Dior, which in turn has a 41% stake in LVMH and trades at a near 20% discount to the underlying shares; previously we had
valued the shares in LVMH.
- LVMH shares rose more than 6%; U.S. sales grew at a faster rate than sales in Asia region in
the fourth quarter
- Arnault denied reports that his request for Belgian citizenship last year was related to the
country’s tax policies.
- It was announced in October that he will be knighted for his services in the U.K.
9. Liliane Bettencourt
- Heiress to L’Oreal cosmetics fortune jumps to 9th richest in 2013 from 15th richest last year, thanks to a more than 30% rise in the price of L’Oreal stock. Her net worth is $6 billion higher
than a year ago.
- Now the world’s richest woman. She last cracked the top 10 in 1999.
-Her father founded L’Oreal. Bettencourt and her family own more than 30% of the company.
-Bettencourt’s assets were placed under the guardianship of her daughter in 2011 after a three-year legal battle. Bettencourt, widowed and age 90, suffers from dementia. Her grandson, Jean-
Victor Meyers, took her spot on the L’Oreal board in February 2012
than a year ago.
- Now the world’s richest woman. She last cracked the top 10 in 1999.
-Her father founded L’Oreal. Bettencourt and her family own more than 30% of the company.
-Bettencourt’s assets were placed under the guardianship of her daughter in 2011 after a three-year legal battle. Bettencourt, widowed and age 90, suffers from dementia. Her grandson, Jean-
Victor Meyers, took her spot on the L’Oreal board in February 2012
8. Li Ka-shing
Net worth: $31 million UP
Source: diversified
Citizenship: Hong Kong- Once again Asia’s richest person and the only one from the region among the world’s top 20 richest.
- His fortune jumped $5.5 billion to $31 billion, as shares of his biggest holdings, Cheung Kong, Hutchison Whampoa and Husky Energy, all rose more than 10%. He also received 2012
dividends of $860 million.
- Li’s businesses employ 260,000 people around the world in 52 countries.
-Li-controlled companies bought British gas supplier Wales & West Utilities for $1 billion in October; his third utilities acquisition in the U.K. in 24 months. He now supplies gas to a quarter of all Brits.
- Investor in such tech outfits as Facebook, spotify, and social TV platform Stevie.
Source: diversified
Citizenship: Hong Kong- Once again Asia’s richest person and the only one from the region among the world’s top 20 richest.
- His fortune jumped $5.5 billion to $31 billion, as shares of his biggest holdings, Cheung Kong, Hutchison Whampoa and Husky Energy, all rose more than 10%. He also received 2012
dividends of $860 million.
- Li’s businesses employ 260,000 people around the world in 52 countries.
-Li-controlled companies bought British gas supplier Wales & West Utilities for $1 billion in October; his third utilities acquisition in the U.K. in 24 months. He now supplies gas to a quarter of all Brits.
- Investor in such tech outfits as Facebook, spotify, and social TV platform Stevie.
6 and 7. Charles Koch And David Koch
Net worth: $34 billion UP
Source: diversified
Citizenship: U.S.A.- World’s richest siblings added $9 billion apiece to their fortunes over the past year.
- They own a combined 84% of Koch Industries, country’s second largest private company with $115 billion in estimated sales, up 15% in the past year.
- Also got boost from improving operations at Georgia Pacific, maker of Angel Soft and Quilted Northern toilet paper, Brawny paper towels, and Dixie cups. Sold more than $1 billion worth of
toilet paper in 2011.
- David, who runs the chemical technology side of Koch Industries, is the richest New Yorker.
- Things didn’t go so well on the political front as brothers failed in their quest to unseat Barack Obama from the White House (“Bitterly disappointing,” he told Forbes in an interview after the
election).
Source: diversified
Citizenship: U.S.A.- World’s richest siblings added $9 billion apiece to their fortunes over the past year.
- They own a combined 84% of Koch Industries, country’s second largest private company with $115 billion in estimated sales, up 15% in the past year.
- Also got boost from improving operations at Georgia Pacific, maker of Angel Soft and Quilted Northern toilet paper, Brawny paper towels, and Dixie cups. Sold more than $1 billion worth of
toilet paper in 2011.
- David, who runs the chemical technology side of Koch Industries, is the richest New Yorker.
- Things didn’t go so well on the political front as brothers failed in their quest to unseat Barack Obama from the White House (“Bitterly disappointing,” he told Forbes in an interview after the
election).
5. Larry Ellison
Net worth: $43 billion UP
Source: Oracle
Citizenship: U.S.A.-Software mogul is $7 billion richer than a year ago, thanks to more than 20% jump in the value
of Oracle stock.
- In June he bought 98% of Hawaiian island of Lanai from billionaire David Murdock for a reported $500 million.
-Just recently bought Island Air, a Hawaiian airline. Purchase price was not disclosed.
-Continues to buy property in Malibu.
-Gearing up for the America’s Cup yacht races in San Francisco later in 2013.
-Supports the Ellison Medical Foundation, which does research on aging and age-related diseases. Gave $45 million worth of Oracle shares to the foundation in April 2012.
Source: Oracle
Citizenship: U.S.A.-Software mogul is $7 billion richer than a year ago, thanks to more than 20% jump in the value
of Oracle stock.
- In June he bought 98% of Hawaiian island of Lanai from billionaire David Murdock for a reported $500 million.
-Just recently bought Island Air, a Hawaiian airline. Purchase price was not disclosed.
-Continues to buy property in Malibu.
-Gearing up for the America’s Cup yacht races in San Francisco later in 2013.
-Supports the Ellison Medical Foundation, which does research on aging and age-related diseases. Gave $45 million worth of Oracle shares to the foundation in April 2012.
4. Warren Buffett
Net worth: $53.5 billion UP
Source: Berkshire Hathaway
Citzenship: U.S.A.- Year’s second biggest gainer added $9.5 billion to his fortune as Berkshire Hathaway shares rose 26% year over year
-First time he’s not among top 3 richest since 2000.
- Investors applaud his dealmaking savvy, and this year was no exception as he made a couple of notable moves: in February, announced a deal with Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann’s
3G Capital to snap up iconic ketchup producer H.J. Heinz Co. for $23.2 billion; bought Oriental Trading in November 2012.
- World’s second most generous person, he gave $1.5 billion to the Gates Foundation in July 2012, bringing his lifetime giving to nearly $17.3 billion. On his birthday in August 2012 Buffett
pledged $3 billion of stock to his children’s foundations.
Source: Berkshire Hathaway
Citzenship: U.S.A.- Year’s second biggest gainer added $9.5 billion to his fortune as Berkshire Hathaway shares rose 26% year over year
-First time he’s not among top 3 richest since 2000.
- Investors applaud his dealmaking savvy, and this year was no exception as he made a couple of notable moves: in February, announced a deal with Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann’s
3G Capital to snap up iconic ketchup producer H.J. Heinz Co. for $23.2 billion; bought Oriental Trading in November 2012.
- World’s second most generous person, he gave $1.5 billion to the Gates Foundation in July 2012, bringing his lifetime giving to nearly $17.3 billion. On his birthday in August 2012 Buffett
pledged $3 billion of stock to his children’s foundations.
3. Amancio Ortega
Net worth: $57 billion UP
Source: Zara
Citizenship: Spain- Year’s biggest gainer: fortune up $19.5 billion
- Moves to number 3, up from number 5 richest last year. Now ahead of Warren Buffett.
- Driving the jump is a more than 50% rise in value of Inditex shares; Ortega, who stepped down as the firm’s chairman in 2011, still owns nearly 60% of the shares.
- He also has real estate portfolio, estimated to be worth more than $4 billion, that includes iconic Torre Picasso, a 43-story skyscraper in Madrid (Google is a tenant), plus properties in
Madrid, London, Chicago, San Francisco and New York.
Source: Zara
Citizenship: Spain- Year’s biggest gainer: fortune up $19.5 billion
- Moves to number 3, up from number 5 richest last year. Now ahead of Warren Buffett.
- Driving the jump is a more than 50% rise in value of Inditex shares; Ortega, who stepped down as the firm’s chairman in 2011, still owns nearly 60% of the shares.
- He also has real estate portfolio, estimated to be worth more than $4 billion, that includes iconic Torre Picasso, a 43-story skyscraper in Madrid (Google is a tenant), plus properties in
Madrid, London, Chicago, San Francisco and New York.
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates (L) looks on during a news conference at company headquarters in Redmond, Washington June 15, 2006. Microsoft announced that effective July 2008 Gates will transition out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. After July 2008, Gates will continue to serve as the companyÕs chairman and an advisor on key development projects. Robert Sorbo/Microsoft/Handout
2. Bill Gates
Net worth: $67 billion UP
Source: Microsoft
Citizenship: U.S.A-World’s biggest philanthropist has given away $28 billion, the vast majority of it to his foundation, which is working to eradicate such diseases as polio and malaria.
- Net worth is up by $6 billion vs. March 2012 due to gains in his investment portfolio. Holdings include tech hygiene firm Ecolab and Mexican Coke bottler FEMSA, both up more than 20% in
the past year.
-Microsoft stock –he owns about 5% of the company — accounts for just 18% of his net worth.
-In February the first 12 non-Americans joined Bill Gates’ and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge, in which the ultra-wealthy pledge to give away at least half their net worth to charity. New
pledgers include Richard Branson of the U.K. and India’s Azim Premji.
-Gates recently said the only thing left on his bucket list was, “Don’t die.”
Source: Microsoft
Citizenship: U.S.A-World’s biggest philanthropist has given away $28 billion, the vast majority of it to his foundation, which is working to eradicate such diseases as polio and malaria.
- Net worth is up by $6 billion vs. March 2012 due to gains in his investment portfolio. Holdings include tech hygiene firm Ecolab and Mexican Coke bottler FEMSA, both up more than 20% in
the past year.
-Microsoft stock –he owns about 5% of the company — accounts for just 18% of his net worth.
-In February the first 12 non-Americans joined Bill Gates’ and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge, in which the ultra-wealthy pledge to give away at least half their net worth to charity. New
pledgers include Richard Branson of the U.K. and India’s Azim Premji.
-Gates recently said the only thing left on his bucket list was, “Don’t die.”
1. Carlos Slim Helu & Family
Net Worth: $73 billion UP
Source: telecom
Citizenship: Mexico- World’s richest man for the fourth year in a row.
- Net worth up $4 billion versus 2012 but still $1 billion shy of his all-time record; boost came from surging stock prices at his financial arm, Grupo Financiero Inbursa, and at his Grupo Carso
industrial and retail giant.
- Pan-Latin American mobile telecom outfit America Movil remains his most valuable holding at $36.3 billion; the company spread its wings to Europe in the past year, buying pieces of Dutch
telecom company KPN and Telekom Austria
- Bought a majority of struggling Spanish soccer team Real Oviedo.
- Latin America’s most generous person, his foundation pledged to translate into Spanish 1,000 videos from the Khan Academy education nonprofit website. Slim also hosted Bill Gates in late
February; the two men announced they are funding research to improve farmers’ yields and reduce hunger.
Source: telecom
Citizenship: Mexico- World’s richest man for the fourth year in a row.
- Net worth up $4 billion versus 2012 but still $1 billion shy of his all-time record; boost came from surging stock prices at his financial arm, Grupo Financiero Inbursa, and at his Grupo Carso
industrial and retail giant.
- Pan-Latin American mobile telecom outfit America Movil remains his most valuable holding at $36.3 billion; the company spread its wings to Europe in the past year, buying pieces of Dutch
telecom company KPN and Telekom Austria
- Bought a majority of struggling Spanish soccer team Real Oviedo.
- Latin America’s most generous person, his foundation pledged to translate into Spanish 1,000 videos from the Khan Academy education nonprofit website. Slim also hosted Bill Gates in late
February; the two men announced they are funding research to improve farmers’ yields and reduce hunger.
5 Soldiers,7 Civilians Killed As Fulani Herdsmen Attack Benue Community
No fewer than five soldiers and seven civilians were killed, Sunday morning, by suspected Fulani herdsmen in a fresh outbreak of a bloody crisis in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.
Sources said the dead soldiers were part of the detachment of military personnel from the 72 Airborne Brigade in Makurdi who were dispatched to the crisis zone to maintain peace.
Contacted on the development, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr. John Ngbede, said the marauders attacked Agatu in their usual gorilla fashion at about 10 a.m. on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the state secretary of Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, an umbrella body of the Fulani herdsmen, Garus Gololo, also expressed disgust at the renewed crisis.
“I am alarmed because this latest crisis is comming at a time when measures are being put in place to ensure a check on any form of crisis between Fulani herdsmen and their host communities in Benue State,” Gololo said.
The Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ezeala confirmed the story, saying: “The situation is under control as enough policemen have been drafted to affected communities and we have also commenced investigation into the matter.”
I am Not A Thief,My Problem Is Spiritual-Actress Yetunde Akilapa
It was her second stealing incident in one year. In February 2013, the actress was involved in a home break-in incident in the Shomolu area of Lagos for which she was allegedly arrested, prosecuted and remanded at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison for six months. Just two months after she was released, she was caught stealing again. But Yetunde says she's not a Kleptomaniac, that her problem is spiritual.
"I am not a thief. I didn't steal anything. I dont know what is happening to me. I have every reason to believe my problem is spiritual. I can't even explain the circumstance I found myself. People should not ruin my life and career. I am fed up with life. I am not what people think I am. I have never been to Kirikiri Maximum Prison as alleged. God please help me out of this mess! As I am speaking with you now, I am in Ibadan, Oyo state seeking the face of God and I believe I would get out of this dilemma one day. I am not a kleptomaniac. I have not stolen anything" she told Encoimum magazine. Continue..
Yetunde was also rumored to have been banned from the Odunfa Caucus of the Yoruba Movie Industry, an allegation she refuted stating she had called her bosses and they said such a decision was never taken.
She said 'There is nothing like that. When I heard that rumor, I called all my bosses, and they said there was nothing like that. So it's just a rumor. People are only interested in fueling issues because of my situation. Nobody banned me from acting".
Reacting to the ban allegation, Yomi Fabiyi who is a member of the Odunfa caucus spoke on behalf of the group.
Reacting to the ban allegation, Yomi Fabiyi who is a member of the Odunfa caucus spoke on behalf of the group.
"My opinion is that the association has procedures. With the report highlighted on social media, it looked half baked. To me, half truth is worse than a lie. I want to believe if she was caught with stolen items, the items must have been stated. She said they found her with four keys and nothing suggest the keys fit into any of the doors there. The association would even have to investigate the matter, especially when the reporter seem to be filing his report on a third party account. If there was any ban whatsoever, where is the proof? Then who banned her from acting? The association does not condone crime in any form and will act on authentic information. So Yetunde Akilapa to me has not been banned, But that will be investigated if necessary" Fabiyi told Encomium magazine
Counsel to Yetunde Akilapa, Barrister Bosun Osifowora released a statement on the issues about Yetunde's theft story, her alleged Kirikiri prison detention as well as her ban from the Odunfa Caucus of the Yoruba Movie Industry.
His statement reads:
His statement reads:
"We write to expressly correct the impression that Yetunde Akilapa has been banned or suspended. She has not received verbal or written notice to that effect. Yetunde is sorry and remorseful that her name is involved in such things. She has very much regard for the industry and Odunfa Caucus, more reason she fights hard to always clear her name. It is ridiculous to suggest she wil be expelled when it is abundantly cleared that she has been cleared of any wrong doing but needs physical and spiritual help. There is no dignity fighting someone on the floor.
We also like to correct the following impressions:
* Yetunde was never in Kirikiri prisons during the first case. The matter was charged to court and bail application was granted and condition met same day which the media was aware of. The case lasted three months and she attended court from home, not from custody.
* There was nothing like master key and on no account did the police say the keys found on her were compared to the key hole of the rooms in the hosue and it opened. Why are journalist feeding people with stories so untrue? They were her keys, just four pieces.
* On this second case, whoever broke the news lied. Yetunde was never accused of stealing. The accuser suspects she may have been sent to drop some fetish substance. Must lies sell stories?
* The case got a twist when in an effort to prove her innocence of diabolical intentions, she confidently stated she is a budding actress. One of the guys googled her name and found the previous story, hit her in a swift reaction, hence she fainted. The guy has since apologized.
* It was on this note that the police was informed and the matter was settled and it was abundantly clear her accusers were also at fault. One thing now led to another until it dawned on her, after public accusation she began to realize she is in the wrong place.
* We are all Africans, efforts are in top gear to find a lasting solution to this menace. She needs your prayers, not your persecution now.
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