#Beyoncé beats #Michael Jackson’s record; named the #highest-paid black artist in history
RnB diva, Beyoncé has been named the highest-paid black artist of all time - beating the likes of Michael Jackson and Prince.
The 32-year-old singer has managed to improve on previous earning records held by Michael Jackson, Prince and Janet Jackson – and it follows the overwhelming success of her Mrs Carter Show world tour.
According to Billboard magazine, Beyoncé grossed $212 million (€153m) for the year-long tour, which sold over 1.8 million tickets for its 126 dates.
The star’s most recent dates in Europe – which saw her play 25 concerts across the months of February and March – earned her $41.1 million (€30m).
Meanwhile, Beyoncé recently announced plans for a new co-headline tour ‘On The Run’ with her husband, rapper Jay Z, which heads across the USA this summer. See more amazing pics after the cut...
Former VP, Atiku Abubakar Pays Tribute To Late Amaka Igwe
Many of us woke up to the sad news of the death of Veteran FilmMaker, writer, producer, Amaka Igwe who passed on from asthma attack in Enugu on the 28th of April, 2014.
Paying tribute to the late Nollywood Icon, Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) called her a jewel of the movie industry.
He recalled Igwe’s award-winning “Decrees of Fate”, the popular productions “Rattle Snake” and “Violated” touching upon important family issues, so as other outstanding works by the filmmaker.
“Amaka was one of the pioneers of the movie industry. Her presence in Nollywood grew to become quite impressive as she amassed a number of well received movies.”
Atiku expressed
condolences to Igwe’s family and colleagues.
Amaka Igwe died at the age of 51, she was survived by an aged mother, husband and three children.
#Kim K and #Kanye’s #Vogue Cover Is a Massive Success, Sells More Copies Than Beyonce’s And Michelle Obama’s – Photos
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O yes, Anna Wintour knew exactly what she was doing when she put Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on the cover of Vogue, it has paid off!
Not only are they the World’s Most Talked About Couple, but they also have the most in-demand cover in the magazine’s history.
Reports say that Vogue sold over 500,000 copies of their issue at newsstands and fulfilled orders to restock the shelves at many, something that almost never happens. Of course, Kim helped empty out some of the shelves of a few locations herself!
And if you factor in subscriptions, that number more-than-doubles — with over 1.2 MILLION issues out there total.
Well, I didn’t expect any less, why because Kim K and Kanye West are both stars in their own rights, so if 2 stars cannot sell more copies than a single star on the cover of a magazine then why are they stars???
#Chibok schoolgirls 'alive' & deal is 'within reach' - hostage negotiator claims
A hostage negotiator in direct contact with the kidnappers of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria tells Channel 4 News their safe release is "within reach", but that their fate rests on a knife-edge.
The girls, we believe, are alive but they have been moved from the location to which they were originally taken," the intermediary told Channel 4 News. "It would not be hard to engineer a deal. It looks like they want to release them."
The kidnappers have warned, however, that attempts by the military to launch a rescue attempt "may result in the deaths of many of the captives".They want a way out," said the negotiator, who has long experience of dealing directly with the Islamist group Boko Haram in previous hostage crises.
Boko Haram translates as "western education is forbidden" and, like the Taliban, the group opposes the education of Muslim girls, particularly if that education has western influence.
Even though most of the kidnapped teenagers are from Christian families, the intermediary says the group believes it has already succeeded in embarrassing the government and instilling terror in the civilian population.
Fate undecided
However splinter factions within the fractious group are understood to be arguing over what to do with their hostages. "The danger now is that the military will get involved and that can only end badly," he said.
Past kidnappings by the al-Qaeda inspired jihadist group, which is fighting for a strict sharia state in northern Nigeria, have ended with the execution of hostages as a result of attempted military intervention.
The hostage-takers have now been asked for a list of the girls' names as proof-of-life. The negotiator - who wanted to remain anonymous for reasons of personal security - said the group is demanding a ransom but added: "we are hoping they will soften their stance".
The Islamist insurgents abducted 273 girls, aged 16 to 18, from dormitories at the Chibok Girls' Secondary School in Chibok, Borno state, a fortnight ago. Around 40 girls reportedly escaped early on. The numbers of those originally kidnapped - and those still held captive - has been in dispute. Last week, the missing girls' parents insisted that government figures had dramatically underestimated the number held.
The school's headteacher, Mrs Asabe Kwambura, told Channel 4 News on Tuesday that a further 10 girls had since been "recovered". "For now, the total number of girls we have recovered is 53 while 220 girls are still missing," said Mrs Kwambura.
Relocated, and 'forced to marry'
The abductors, who have been in intermittent contact with the intermediary over the past 48 hours, claim to have released "a number of hostages" because "they did shehada" - meaning forcible conversion to Islam, a hallmark tactic of Boko Haram.Channel 4 News has also established that the schoolgirls are not being held in the group's notorious bush camps in the Sambisa forest, an area 50 miles to the south east of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. This region has reportedly been the focus of Nigerian military activity in recent days.
Instead, the hostages have, we understand, been split into smaller separate groups, a number of whom have been taken close to - or across - Nigeria's eastern border with Cameroon. This is an area from which Mohammed Nur, one of Boko Haram's leading commanders is known to operate.
"They have a problem," the intermediary said. "They have 220 captives and moving that many around cannot remain hidden. There is good, reliable, local knowledge as to their location. The military knows where they are."
The relocation of the teenage hostages has been corroborated by a senior community leader in Chibok, the town from which they were abducted. Dr Pogu Bitrus told Channel 4 News that he too has learned that following the kidnapping, many of the girls were forcibly converted and some then married off in neighbouring Cameroon. He did not cite his sources.
"Many were taken to the northern part of Borno state and then moved across into the Republic of Cameroon," he said. "After they converted to Islam, they were forcibly married off with a bride price of just 2,000 Naira [less than £10]." Dr Bitrus believes some of the girls do still remain in Boko Haram camps in the Sambisa forest. "The federal government must act fast" to avoid them suffering the same fate, he added.
'Kill public officials who steals above N1million' – TUC president
President of the TUC, Bobboi Kaigama during a lecture at the Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife yesterday, recommended the death penalty for any public official who is indicted in any financial crime above N1million.
During his lecture which was titled "‘Corruption and challenges in nation-building’, Kaigama said tougher sanctions such as his suggestion would make the government's crusade against corruption more sincere
"If the governments and legislators are truly sincere about the fight against corruption in the country, they must go tougher. Any public official, whether at the state or federal level, should be executed. Killing them after confirmation of any embezzlement allegation of more than N1m will lead us to the right path.
“I sincerely recommend an active process of legislation that would support that. It would also serve the nation well to have a law which not only provides for every public office holder to declare his assets on assuming office, but also stipulate that he must repeat the exercise each subsequent year that he is in office and not later than one month after vacating the office. Such declaration should be in at least three newspapers and not just to the Code of Conduct Bureau.” he said
He advocated for public officer's to be compelled to declare their assets when they assume office as well as get banned from occupying any political office if found guilty of any corruptible act. Who agrees with him?
Actor Columbus Short Fired Over Real Life Domestic Violence Scandal
It's life imitating art imitating Shonda Rhimes' drama-loving imagination!
Like we told you last week, actor Columbus Short has beed accused of threatening his wife.
Now it seems as if it may have cost him his job on one of network TV's most popular shows, Scandal! According to sources, he will not be returning next season and the allegations of violence surrounding his name are the reason why.
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Police Recover 2-Year-Old Boy’s Severed Head In Ibadan
The Ogun state Police command has recovered the head of the 2 year old boy that was killed on April 16 by suspected ritualist, Mamodu Bashir Ibrahim. Mamodu had raped the little boy's mother at uncompleted building at Ofada town in Obafemi/Owode local government area of Ogun State before killing and beheading the boy. The man was later arrested by men of the Criminal Investigation Department on April 22, he took the police team to where he hid the little boy's severed head.
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Fulani Herdsmen in fresh attacks in Taraba state
According to a breaking news report on Channels TV, suspected Fulani herdsmen are currently attacking Wukari village in Taraba state. Eyewitness reports has it that about 15 people have been killed but police officials say its only 7 that are reported dead. Reports also say several houses have been destroyed.
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Nigerian Caught In India With Heroin
A Nigerian man, Ozioma Kenneth Odeomenan has been arrested in New Delhi India with 330g of heroin worth $120,000 concealed in ladies shoes he was to export to America.
Star The Winner Is
Nigerian Artistes Dominate MAMA 2014 Nominations.
Africa’s number one music authority, MTV Base has announced the nominees for this year’s MTV Africa Music Awards. The announcement was made tonight, Wednesday, 16 April 2014 at an impressive nominations party at The Sands in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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UK Activists Urge Banning of Nigerian “Witch Hunter”
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