What proper nutrition entails

While it’s true that the fields of diet and nutrition are areas of evolving research, there are some basic concepts you can keep in mind to be better equipped about dietary advice.

•Water: Water is essential for our bodies because it is in every cell, tissue, and organ in your body. That’s why getting enough water every day is important for your health. Water helps your body with the following: Keeps its temperature normal; lubricates and cushions your joints; protects your spinal cord and other sensitive tissues; gets rid of wastes through urination, perspiration, and bowel movements.

•Dietary fat: While fats are essential for normal body function, some fats are better for you than others. Trans fats, saturated fats and cholesterol are less healthy than polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats.

•Most of the fat that you eat should come from unsaturated sources: polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats. In general, nuts, vegetable oils, and fish are sources of unsaturated fats.

Why do South Africans hate Nigerians?

Bayo Olupohunda

Recently, some Nigerians living in South Africa were reported to have been victims of violence allegedly fuelled by xenophobia. Hate crimes against Nigerians living in South Africa are nothing new. Since the dismantling of apartheid, Nigerians and other African nationals living in the country of the Madiba have been the subjects of coordinated xenophobic violence reminiscent of what black South Africans themselves suffered during the apartheid era.  The story of this recent violence was not different from previous attacks. Reports of spontaneous assault by some South African members of Port Nolloth community were said to have targeted the Nigerian community living in the area.

They were reportedly chased out of their homes, their property looted and their shops burnt. The attackers have always accused the Nigerians of dealing in drugs. But the Nigerian community in South Africa has denied the allegation. They in turn have accused the South Africans of envy. They claimed South Africans have always felt threatened by the business success of Nigerians living in the country. Frequent attacks on Nigeria in South Africa have often grabbed media attention. Strangely, the South African government has uncharacteristically condemned the latest incident as xenophobia. Since 2006, hate crime has been on the increase. It peaked in 2008 with the widespread violence that targeted foreign nationals.

FIFA cancels Nigeria’s victory party

Super Eagles celebrating 2013 AFCON victory

A dinner party planned for the victorious Super Eagles on Monday night after the 6-1 defeat of Tahiti in their FIFA Confederation Cup match was cancelled at the instance of FIFA.

A PANA report late Tuesday said that the team was billed to have the dinner at Restaurant Atelier in Savassi centre in Belo Horizonte but FIFA officials, citing security reasons, prevented the Nigerian players from leaving their hotel at Belvedere. The FIFA security officials based their decision on the street protests in Belo Horizonte and some other parts of Brazil.

One of the organisers of the dinner, Olusegun Akinruli, lamented the turn of events.

He said, “It is sad, but we have to understand the concerns of FIFA. We would have loved to celebrate the victory with guests of Nigerian roots.”

"I don't do cheap money" Wizkid tweets

UNILAG students are accusing him of collecting N500k from them for a show and not showing up. I know Wizkid collects about N2m per show, so this N500k he supposedly collected is kinda strange.

Both parties can't really talk about the case for now because it's a police matter, but hopefully after they settle, we will find out what really happened.

Rapist & murderer pictured walking to the gallows to face execution in Kuwaiti

These images show the last moments of two condemned criminals immediately before they were executed in Kuwait for crimes which have shocked the nation. Ahmad Abdulsalam al-Baili (left) and Hajjaj Saadi (right) were both hanged yesterday June 18th on a gallows set up in a car park outside the country's main prison.

Saadi, 33, was executed for abducting and raping 18 young children, while Baili had been convicted of murdering an Asian couple.

Ribery, Benzema prostitution trial adjourned

 

The trial of French football stars Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema over claims they paid for sex with an underage call girl was adjourned for procedural reasons on Tuesday until 2014.

 Benzema, a Real Madrid striker, and Ribery, a Bayern Munich winger, are to be tried on charges of paying Zahia Dehar, a prostitute-turned-fashion muse, for sex in 2008 and 2009, when she was only 16, then 17 years old. Neither footballer showed up in court on Tuesday.

The pair, both players in France’s national squad, have been under investigation since 2010 over the affair. They risk up to three years in jail and fines of €45,000 ($60,000) if found guilty of soliciting the services of an underage prostitute.

Oduamadi, Balotelli top FIFA’s performance index

Oduamadi

After a colourful and exciting first round of FIFA Confederations Cup matches that featured a flurry of goals, it is perhaps no surprise to see a couple of forwards at the top of the Castrol Index.

Almost half of the 16 goals seen so far in Brazil came in one match – Nigeria’s 6-1 win over tournament newcomers Tahiti – and the hat-trick scored by Nnamdi Oduamadi in Belo Horizonte has made him the Index’s early frontrunner.

What was impressive about Oduamadi’s contribution was his finishing accuracy. While Nigeria’s six goals came from 17 shots, the 22-year-old – who spent last season in Italy’s Serie B with Varese – scored with three from four. In fact he had just three goal attempts inside the Pacific Islanders’ penalty box but was in the right place to put the ball in the net on each occasion.

While Oduamadi’s treble earned him 9.55 points, Italy’s Mario Balotelli took 9.38 for his lively performance against Mexico, capped by the winning goal with 12 minutes remaining. Balotelli was a central figure throughout Sunday’s entertaining contest, offering an early statement of intent with a shot just over the crossbar and two more straight at goalkeeper Jose Corona. Indeed he had seven shots in total and his persistence paid off near the end when he powered through the Mexico defence and struck the winner with a fierce low drive.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Name Their Daughter

And it starts with a K. No it's not Khrist as some suggested because of Kanye West's album but Kaidence Donda West. Family insiders claimed that the name was "repeatedly mentioned" in Kardashian's hospital room, with a source telling MediaTakeOut that Kaidence looks "gorgeous".


According to the website, a nurse at the Los Angeles' Cedars Sinai hospital, where Kim Kardashian gave birth to the couple's first child Saturday evening, revealed the name, adding that it is a tribute to Kanye's late mother, Donda West.

PS - This may not be official as there's no statement yet from Kim Kardashian or Kanye West regarding their daughter's birth or name.

PS - The picture is courtesy Beyonce's website where she congratulates the couple on their new bundle of joy.

Actor Gbenga Oyeyiga's marriage packs up after he batters his wife

Nollywood actor and movie producer Gbenga Oyeyiga's marriage to his banker wife Loade has ended after he allegedly beat her so badly she ended up in hospital and stayed there for three weeks in January 2013. According to close friends of Lolade, the January beating was not the first time as he had battered her severally in the past, but it was the last straw. Not only was Gbenga arrested for battery, his wife was also preparing to drag him to court but decided to drop the case.

Lolade has moved out of her matrimonial home and now lives with the couple's only child.

Finally: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Welcome Their Baby Girl To The World

A big congratulations to KimYe as they celebrate the birth of their baby girl today.  The reality TV star, Kim went into labour earlier on today and Kanye was by he side throughout.  Its been reported both Kim and the new bundle of joy are in good health.
Guess the baby couldn’t wait to be out as she has been born 5weeks earlier than originally reported.  We can’t wait to see an image of the baby.  Kim is finally a mother.  Watch this space.

Omotola asks some serious questions on Twitter

Don Jazzy gets the £1.2million champagne from Alexander Amosu

Don Jazzy shared the photo above on his instagram page and wrote - 'So I was honored with the 1st bottle to touch Nigeria. #Goûtdediamants cheers to the weekend'

Luxury designer, Alexander Amosu, recently created the world's most expensive champagne called Taste of Diamonds, valued at 1.2million pounds (Read it here). And Don Jazzy just got one as a gift.

Drinking a £1.2 million pounds champagne (if that's really the price) has got to be a sin! Lol.

Eagles, NFF settle bonus row

Nigeria will play in the Confederations Cup in Brazil next week after a dispute about bonus payments was settled.

The Super Eagles’ first match in the tournament is on Monday, but the players refused to leave their hotel in Namibia and missed a scheduled flight on Thursday.
But they will now fly to south America in time for the game against Tahiti.
It is claimed the Nigerian players were angry over unpaid bonus money promised to them after they beat Kenya 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier last week.
The players wanted to be paid £6,370 ($10,000) but the cash-strapped Nigeria Football Foundation, who have been forced to cut back on backroom staff of the various national teams, refused.
The Nigerian players had then been offered a bonus £1,590 ($2,500) following their 1-1 draw in Namibia in another World Cup qualifier on Wednesday, but the players wanted more.
“Their officials all departed on an earlier flight, but the players and technical staff are still in Namibia,” said an official of the Nigeria Football Federation.

Bonus strike delays Eagles Brazilian trip

Stephen Keshi

The Super Eagles on Thursday refused to leave for South Africa where they were expected to catch a connecting flight to Brazil for the FIFA Confederations Cup which starts on Saturday.

The team missed their flight to Johannesburg on Thursday; they had booked to fly on a South African airline SA75 and would have arrived in Sao Paolo on Thursday evening.

The Nigerian squad will now travel to Brazil on Saturday despite the dispute about bonus payments, FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke confirmed late on Thursday.

Valcke said he had been given assurances that Stephen Keshi’s side would fly out ahead of their opening Group B game with Tahiti in Belo Horizonte on Monday.

“I spoke with the team manager and they will be in a plane on Saturday and will be at the Confederations Cup, so the issue is solved,” he said.

Omotola husband’s scrap plane causes panic in Lagos

The plane and the onlookers.

A scrap plane formerly owned by the late Apostle Gabriel Oduyemi of Bethel Ministries, Ajah, Lagos, caused panic in the city on Thursday as rumour spread that another aircraft had crashed in Lagos.

It was learnt that the plane, which was recently released to Capt Matthew Ekeinde, husband of Nollywood star, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, was being dragged to Badagry area of the state before its tyre burst. The incident forced the new owner to dump the plane in a nearby filling station.

Hundreds of residents trooped out with their smart phones and camera, and queued behind the gate of Dapsey Oil filling station at Igando where the plane was parked.

Hezbollah: SSS arraigns 3 Lebanese suspects

The State Security Service (SSS), on Thursday, brought three Lebanese before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in compliance with an earlier court order.
The SSS, however, said it is against national security to release the three suspects who were arrested in connection with armed cache found in the Kano house of one of them.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola had on Monday ordered the SSS to produce the accused persons in court.
The order was sequel to an ex parte application brought by the suspects through their counsel, Robert Clarke (SAN), seeking for the enforcement of their fundamental human right.
But in a counter affidavit deposed to by an operative of the SSS, Mr Terseer Ayaka, in opposition to  the application, he said the security agency had further established a much more serious terrorism offences allegedly perpetrated by the applicants.
SSS further said that investigation had assumed international dimension that required time and expertise.
It stated that some of the suspects were still at large and a premature release of the applicants was capable of compromising the investigation.
It further averred that “a preliminary case file had been opened and forwarded to the Attorney General of the Federation for legal advice.
“That to grant the application of the Lebanese is not in the interest of national security and that the activities of the applicants constitute a threat to national security,” the SSS declared.

Lebanese suspects are Hezbollah military wing members —SSS

Investigations into the activities of the co-owner of Amigo Supermarket, Mustapha Fawaz, and three other Lebanese – Abdalah Tahini, Talal Rouda and Khosai Nouridine – arrested in connection with the armoury and Hezbollah terror cell in Bompai, Kano State, have taken an international dimension, according to the State Security Service.

Also, preliminary investigations have established a more serious case of terrorism against the Lebanese suspects.

These revelations emerged in a counter-affidavit filed by the SSS to oppose a suit before an Abuja Federal High Court, in which the Lebanese are challenging their arrest and detention.

The Lebanese joined the SSS, the Inspector-General of Police and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice as defendants in the suit in which they demanded N50bn compensation, as well as an order restraining the defendants from extraditing them without following due process.

But in a counter-affidavit filed by the SSS, the security agency opposed the Lebanese application, and instead advanced reasons why it should continue to hold onto the suspects.

It told the court that ongoing investigations into the activities of the Lebanese suspects had taken an international dimension.

There were also indications that the Lebanese might face terrorism-related charges as the SSS in the counter-affidavit, also informed the court that preliminary investigations had established a terrorism case against them.

Part of the counter-affidavit read, “That preliminary investigation has established a more serious case of terrorism.

“That the investigation has assumed an international dimension and sophistication requiring time and advanced expertise to conclude.”

The SSS insisted that the suspects were members of the Hezbollah military wing, an international terrorist organisation.

School proprietor caught having sex with 11 year old pupil

Culled from Punch

Residents of Agric Olope area of Ado Ekiti have apprehended the proprietor of a private Nursery and Primary School, who was found in a bush allegedly having sex with a pupil of his school. The incident happened on Monday after school hours.

Our correspondent gathered on Wednesday that the proprietor, identified as Mr. Tunde Ibitoye, picked the girl and another pupil of the same school and was taking them home in his car when he stopped at a deserted place and went into the bush pretending to be defecating.

An eyewitness, who said he caught the suspect in the act, said some minutes after the man went inside the bush, he called the victim to bring him tissue to clean up.

Team Nigeria train at adidas HQ in Germany

In preparation for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup starting on the 15th of June in Brazil, the Nigeria national football team have been training at the home of adidas in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

In February, the Super Eagles were crowned as the victors of Africa when they beat Burkina Faso 1-0 in the final of AFCON 2013 in Johannesburg, and long-term partner adidas, in order to help keep the team’s positive momentum going and assist in giving the team every advantage available to perform at their peak in Brazil, invited the team to train at their high performance headquarters with access to their top facilities. Continue...

Sad news! Veteran highlife musician Fatai Rolling Dollar dies at 85

Such a sad news to report. Nigeria's oldest practicing musician, Pa Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju, popularly known as Fatai Rolling Dollar has passed on. He died this morning at Marritol Hospital,   Sam Sonibare Street in Surulere after a brief illness. One of his wives, Funmulayo Olagunju, confirmed his death. He was 85 year old.

He is survived by three wives, including a German and 16 children. May his soul rest in peace, amen

Composer of Nigeria's National Anthem, Benedict Odiase, passes on

The composer of  Nigeria's National Anthem, Pa Benedict Odiase has passed on. Mr Odiase died last night in his sleep. He composed Arise O Compatriots” in May 1978.

Pa Odiase retired in 1992 as a Deputy Commissioner of Police after being the Director of Music with the Nigeria Police Band.

Shocking video: Real Mermaid seen in Kiryat Yam, Israel

This video aired on Animal Planet a few weeks ago. It shows two tourists filming what they thought was a seal on rocks in Israel, then they zoom in. It gets scary when the creature turns and sees its being filmed. Is that a Mermaid or a misconception of an animal? Do Mermaids really exist? This is the closest thing I have seen to a real one. Watch and tell us what you think. Then watch Animal Planet analysis of the video after the cut...

Meet 3 year old Nigerian photographer - Fuji Remet

I'm sharing this post for two reasons: One, to introduce Fuji to Nigerians so we can celebrate him and two, to discuss if it's OK for a 3 year old to already have a career. He has an exhibition coming up so yes, he has a career! CNN profiled the young budding photographer on Inside Africa yesterday and below is what they wrote about Lil Fuji... 

While most children his age in Nigeria - and the rest of the world - are more concerned with their toys than a career, Onafujiri "Fuji" Remet has already embarked on his mission to become a professional photographer.

Proud dad Pius Kugbere Remet sent in these images of his talented young son posing with family and at work in Lagos.

Himself an artist and graphic designer, he says Fuji's inspiration came from the work of his creative family.

Little Fuji even has an exhibition coming up in Lagos on June 8. Not bad for a three-year-old.

See more photos of Fuji at work after the cut...

Why I rarely make public comments – Adeboye

Pastor Enoch Adeboye

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has explained that he is careful in making public comments to avoid mistakes.

In an interview with Haaretz newspaper during a visit to Jerusalem, Adeboye said he had shied away from speaking out on national issues in order to avoid influencing people in the wrong way.

He also said he was aware of the enormous responsibility on his shoulders as the leader of a global church with millions of members.

“At times it’s frightening. In Africa you have a saying, the man who is carrying a basket of eggs must walk gently … whatever mistakes you make, you affect destinies,” he said.

Adeboye stated that his transformation from a Mathematics lecturer at the University of Lagos to a pastor was a divine call, noting that he has a mandate to preach peace everywhere he goes.

I don’t want to charm too many women – Sound Sultan

Sound Sultan

Lanre Fasasi a.k.a Sound Sultan discusses his career and also sheds light on his personality

You have been on stage for 12 years but you are not as aggressive as some of your colleagues.

It is not the aggression that matters but outliving one’s first performance.  I am happy that after 15 years, I have been able to remain relevant and I am still getting invites to perform at shows.    It is really important for us to bear in mind that humility sustains a successful career.  If you say I am not aggressive, that is because I am just being humble.

  How was your tour of the United States of America?

  It is very hard to do concerts   internationally— there are lots of heavy-weights involved in the business. You need sponsors too. Right now, I’m trying to put a DVD together.

What inspires you when you are writing songs?

I look at my situation; I look at the immediate environment and try to talk about everything that has happened now and in the past.  I have a wonderful memory, I remember things easily.

We don’t need stars to beat Nigeria – Kenya

Amrouche

With Genk forward Ayub Timbe and Parma midfielder MacDonald Mariga the latest foreign-based players to decline his invitation to feature in the Harambee Stars’  World Cup qualifying game against Nigeria in  Nairobi on June 5, Kenya  coach Adel Amouche  is putting  his faith in the domestic league players.

Amrouche, who will miss the services of his talismanic striker Dennis Oliech and goalkeeper Arnold Origi, who are both suspended for the match, had banked on Timbe and Mariga to team up with Celtic midfield powerhouse Victor Wanyama for victory over the Super Eagles to reignite Kenya’s World Cup qualification hopes.

But   while Timbe cited “personal reasons” for his decision to withdraw from the encounter,  Mariga said he was due  to undergo surgery  in America.

Boko Haram paid us N5,000 each to burn schools – Kid suspects

Some of the 58 women and children released by military authorities in Maiduguri and Damaturu.

Some kid suspects released by military authorities in Maiduguri on Friday said the Boko Haram sect paid them N5,000 each to burn primary schools and spy on soldiers.

They were among 23 women and 35 children released to the governors of Borno and Yobe states by the Commander, 21 Armoured Brigade, Maiduguri, Brig-Gen. R.O Bamigboye, on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Sa’ad Ibrahim.

The children, whose ages range between nine and 15 years, said they were given kegs of petrol by Boko Haram leaders and sent to burn schools in both states.

Why I can’t strip fully in films –Cossy Orjiakor

Cossy Orjiakor

Popular entertainer, Cossy Orjiakor, blows hot on several issues in this interview with Ademola Olonilua

Do you regard yourself as a musician or an actress?

I’m an all round entertainer. I’m an artiste, actress and also an activist.

You recently released an album. What is the acceptance level?

Yes, I released an album so as to push me to take music seriously. Normally, I can do a song and then hibernate for a long time. With the album, Nutty Queen, a 15-track album out, I have two years to promote before I will do another. So far, I’m taking sexual seduction to the streets. I have done online promotion and my fans and even critics love it. I’m yet to take it round radio stations. Also, when the video is ready, I’ll take it to television stations. I’m kind of busy with other things so I really need someone very capable to manage me as an artiste. When I get that person, my music will get to the grass root because it has good messages.