Kolawole Fakokunde, a Nigerian national, is facing up to five years’ imprisonment after he was arrested by immigration officers at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York for trying to enter the U.S illegally.

Fakokunde, who had a valid visitor’s visa on him, was arrested after telling a lie that failed to pan out. He had told U.S. authorities he was headed to Philadelphia to attend the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference. Unfortunately for him, the conference, one of the world’s largest law enforcement gatherings, had been over for about two weeks.

Media reports said the Nigerian arrived in the U.S aboard an Arik Airlines flight, claiming to be a prison guard. But, he later told a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer that someone else “helped him complete his visa application,” in which he falsely claimed to be a prison guard travelling to the U.S. to attend IACP.

Based on the information he provided at the time to the U.S. Bureau of Consular Affairs in Lagos, Fakokunde was issued a valid visitor’s visa.

He admitted that he was not employed as a prison guard, that he did not intend to travel to Philadelphia to attend the IACP conference, and that his true purpose for visiting the United States was vacation.

Fakokunde is standing trial in a U.S federal court for “knowingly and willfully” trying to use a U.S. visa obtained through false information

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After years of preparation and constant innovation, HipTV has launched on the DSTV platform.
             A big congratulations to Ayo Animashaun and  Smooth Promotions

On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 HipTV began airing on DSTV and GOTV. The urbane music and lifestyle channel has launched as a full-fledged 24-hour channel.

Celebrity and friends visited the Smooth Promotions office to congratulate the company; they include DJ Jimmy JATT, 2face Idibia, Sound Sultan, DJ Humility, Illbliss, Modenine, Chidinma, Omawumi, Dammy Krane. Others included Tee A, Efe Omorogbe, Ayo Shonaiya, Tony ‘Don T’ Anifite, Steve Ayorinde, Sunday Are, Kingsley James and more.

Michael Essien and his dad chilling at Essien’s mansion at his East Legon residence

Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien will bury his father in a traditional Ghanaian funeral in his hometown of Agona Odobeng this weekend.

The funeral for James Essien will start on Friday night with the wake keeping before he is buried the following day in a funeral expected to be heavily attended.

The final church service will be held on Sunday as family members will go to church to complete to complete the funeral rites.

James Essien, a former Hearts of Oak player, passed away on September 2 in his native country after battling illness.

Essien lost his father days before Ghana’s crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier against Zambia in Kumasi but decided to postpone the funeral to play for the Black Stars before giving his father a befitting burial.

A high-powered Ghana FA delegation including president Kwesi Nyantakyi and other top executives will travel to support the Ghana international at the funeral.

Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah and his technical team are also expected to attend the funeral to offer their support to the midfielder.

He becomes the latest Ghana player to lose a loved one after William Amamoo, John Boye, Asamoah Gyan, Isaac Vorsah and Anthony Annan.

Meanwhile the GFA will be torn between attending the funeral of Essien’s dad and former international Emmanuel Quarshie who will also be buried on Saturday in Takoradi.

So we’ve already had the rape alarm and rape sprays and I’d be lying if I knew one friend who carries either of them, so which  clever cloggs thought it would be a good idea to come up with the anti rape pants?

The underwear is designed using straps and webbing that prevent them being ripped, cut or torn. thus deterring a rapist and reducing the likelihood of an attack.

Designed by American apparel company AR Wear through crowd funding the sporty looking boy shorts can be worn underneath a fitting dress or tight jeans inspite of its skeletal structure.

We uncovered all the different types of pants that rep women in last weeks article Big Pants or Sexy Thong, but this knicker didn’t make the cut… I wonder why? Paranoid is the only word that keeps coming to mind!

We’re pleased to hear Rihanna’s got her latest gig lined up – this time as the spokesperson for MAC’s Viva Glam collection.

When the MAC Cosmetics team started looking for someone ”provocative, alternative and influential” for the job, we imagine it didn’t take too long for the tattoo-loving,  Barbadian, bad girl to come to mind, especially as they’ve worked together on th RiRi for Mac Collection.  The Viva Glam range whoever sets to increase peoples awareness on matters relating to HIV and AIDS.

Past spokespeople for the brand include  Lady Gaga, Elton John, Mary J. Blige and legendary drag queen RuPaul, who returned to the campaign this year.

WHAT A SHAME!!! According to sources, some Nollywood stars under the umbrella of ANTP (Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners) are currently fighting over a whopping N600,000 donation made by a business tycoon in Ogun State.

According to Movie Moment, an anonymous business man recently donated the aforementioned sum for the treatment of ailing Yoruba actor Kayode Odumosu alias Pa Kasumu however, the donation has caused non-stop chaos among his colleagues.

The bone of contention is on the amount to be given to the actor out of the N600,000 since the money was donated under the leadership of the association.

Furthermore, a group of Nollywood practitioners that consists of production crew and veteran acts under the name of ‘committee of friends’ were said to have approached Pa Kasumu over creating a new account in which donations would be made but met a brickwall from the Odumosus.

As we speak, the total sum of N5.5m has been donated to actor Kayode Odumosu by Lagos and Ogun state government to fund his treatment.

The Odumosus have refused to comment on this controversial issue.

Na wa o see yeye people fighting over money instead of praying for his quick recovery.

May the Lord grant the ailing actor a speedy recovery.

WHAT A SHAME!!! According to sources, some Nollywood stars under the umbrella of ANTP (Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners) are currently fighting over a whopping N600,000 donation made by a business tycoon in Ogun State.

According to Movie Moment, an anonymous business man recently donated the aforementioned sum for the treatment of ailing Yoruba actor Kayode Odumosu alias Pa Kasumu however, the donation has caused non-stop chaos among his colleagues.

The bone of contention is on the amount to be given to the actor out of the N600,000 since the money was donated under the leadership of the association.

Furthermore, a group of Nollywood practitioners that consists of production crew and veteran acts under the name of ‘committee of friends’ were said to have approached Pa Kasumu over creating a new account in which donations would be made but met a brickwall from the Odumosus.

As we speak, the total sum of N5.5m has been donated to actor Kayode Odumosu by Lagos and Ogun state government to fund his treatment.

The Odumosus have refused to comment on this controversial issue.

Na wa o see yeye people fighting over money instead of praying for his quick recovery.

May the Lord grant the ailing actor a speedy recovery.

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The Miss Universe beauty pageants contestants are currently in Russia for the competition and here are the beauties in the competition that are black, showing off their bikini bods.
 
Which of them has got the hottest bod?
Above are Miss Universe Israel and Angola.

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The Miss Universe beauty pageants contestants are currently in Russia for the competition and here are the beauties in the competition that are black, showing off their bikini bods.
 
Which of them has got the hottest bod?
Above are Miss Universe Israel and Angola.

Enterprising comedian AY recently donated a Toyota Solara to Project27 Africa – a rural child NGO based in Lagos. Receiving the keys to the car, Uncle Speed (President of Project27 Africa) said:

“We can’t express our deepest appreciation enough to AY for his thoughtful generosity. With his donation, AY has demonstrated a deep commitment to the happiness of kids in rural Africa the category of children Project27 Africa caters for. And there’s just no way to fully express our gratitude. We only hope going all out to more rural areas and making much more rural kids very happy would help us communicate our very big thanks to him.”

After commendation on his past jobs, True Citizens, A Wish, Playing Safe, Happy Family (TV drama series) and many more, award winning producer, Elvin Chucks is back with new blend that will surely get us talking for a long time to come.

His new movie, Hustlers is the story of a mother who wants to use her daughter as channel of finding an easy way out of poverty. The movie has memorable twists and bends with Mercy Johnson and Nse Ikpe Etim playing roles of two local girls ‘hustling’ to survive in the city.

Clarion Chukwura returns to the big screen with the role of Mercy’s mother. Other cast members include IK Ogbonna, Chelsea Eze and Paul Sambo.

On the movie, the actor cum producer said “I want to make history in Nollywood with this movie. Hustlers is a glamour filled movie, aimed at correcting the ills of the society. You will see Nse and Mercy Johnson playing the kind of roles they’ve never played before. I try to do something unconventional with the movie’

Mercy Johnson was delighted to be featured in the movie. According to her “This’s my first movie with Elvis Chucks, and when the script was giving to me, it wasn’t  a script to turn down, because it was full of suspense, talks about the ills of the society and how to make changes. The cast and crew of Hustlers were wonderful”.

“I had already taken a break in the movie industry, when Elvis gave me a brief summary about the movie, I said in my mind that there is nothing challenging about it. Not until he brought the script and I read through it, I was amazed at the impeccable themes, characterization, plot and the rest, I couldn’t help but say yes”. Said Clarion Chukwura

The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bankers Committee on Tuesday sealed a biometric solution pact with a German Firm, Dermalog, for the development of a payment system that would be driven by fingerprints.

What this means is unlike the current practice where different instruments are used as means of identification, bank customers will from 2014 be identified through their fingerprints.

Sanusi, while speaking at the signing of the agreement, which was held at the central bank’s headquarters in Abuja, noted that the system would become operational on February 14, 2014.

This move followed the recommendation of a sub-committee chaired by the Group Managing Director, Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. *winks*
The cost of the project is above $50m and the banks, in their wisdom and in line with their collaborative efforts, are going to be sharing the cost of the project, and no customer is going to be charged for this project.

Nollywood actors and actresses are really getting it the way they want it with TB joshua's ministry as apart from now he has delivered the likes of the late Enebeli Elebuwa , Camilla Mgberekpe, Jim Iyke etc; and now its actress Nneoma Ukpabi.

Mrs Nneoma Ukpabi is a Nollywood actress who had the problem of an overdue pregnancy (10 months). She had previously undergone two Caesarians for her other children. She was again booked for an operation for the third time because her placenta could not support the baby.

The doctor stated that she could not undergo normal labour because it could become life threatening. A lady encouraged her to pray and believe in God and brought out the Anointing Water stating that it was from the SCOAN.

The lady ministered it to her in the name of Jesus Christ and 15 minutes later the first stage of labour took place as blood and water gushed out. She was taken to the hospital where she later delivered the baby safely without operation. The doctor was surprised that she delivered the baby safely without the operation she was booked for. She is now happy with her two months old baby girl, what a miracle!

Sepp Blatter says Fifa is looking carefully at the decision to allow Egypt to play their World Cup tie against Ghana in Cairo.

Ghana's request to have the match on 19 November moved to a neutral venue on security grounds has been rejected.

This prompted the country's Sports Minister to request an urgent meeting with Fifa to discuss the issue.

There has been political and social unrest in Egypt since President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown by the military.

In his first public comments on the matter, Blatter said: "We should be very careful because they (Ghana) fear something should (might) happen."

"We are looking at this matter, there have been matches played in Egypt, international club matches, but we must be careful."

The Fifa president Sepp Blatter also revealed that he wants to get rid of World Cup qualifying play-off ties in future.

The head of the game's world governing body says play-offs are a hard way for teams to miss out on the finals.

Twenty teams, plus hosts Brazil, have qualified for next year's tournament via round-robin groups.

The remaining 11 places will be decided this month, all in two-legged play-offs.

Five matches will be played in Africa, between runners-up from the 10 second-round groups.

Four ties will be played in Europe, involving the best eight runners-up from nine groups, plus two intercontinental featuring Jordan against Uruguay and Mexico v New Zealand.

"It will be drama because you have to eliminate teams now in two matches," Blatter said in a video interview on Fifa's website.

"I think this is good for television, this is good for the spectacle of football but I think we should try to find a solution where at the end of the qualification, you are in or out, and not this play-off.

"This play-off.... it gives more intensive action, but for those teams (who are knocked out) it is a hard way to go."

 HKN producer who produced Wande Coal's new song 'Baby Face' has issued a statement concerning claims that he stole the production on W Cizzy's new track. He denied this outright and said that he never got his own credit for producing Wande Coal's 2011 track 'Go Low' Read his press release below;

"“I have heard and seen some folks rant about me stealing production credit for Wande Coal’s new single “Baby Face” and I would like to clarify this issue. I was only doing my job by making the beat for Wande and that’s what I did. I don’t see any reason why people should jump into quick conclusions without taking their time to really dig into the matter for facts.

Two years back, I remember I created a demo for Wande Coal’s “Shawty Go low” and someone else took the credit. I was in shock because i had plans to finish the song with Wande and was hoping it would be released as a single which i produced.”

Three persons have been arrested by the Enugu state police command for allegedly robbing a parish priest of Immaculate conception catholic church, Ugboezeji Abakpa in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The suspects identified as Echezona Goodluck, Nwode Obinna and Onyeka Nnaji, were said to have robbed one Rev. Fr. Dan Nwafor Ani at the parish.
According to report, they invaded the residence of the priest who was resting on his bed, stripped him off his shirt and used it to tie his hands and mouth. After which, they carted away with a huge sum of money which the church realized from an event.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the Enugu State Police Command, Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the arrest, revealed that the key suspect, Nwode Obinna who was a member of the church convinced his other two accomplices to join him in robbing the Reverend Father, after he heard that the church made a lot of money from a recent event.
One of the suspects, Onyeka Nnaji provided the locally made guns which they used for the robbery which took place on 4/11/13 at about 10 p.m.
When report of the robbery got to the police, commissioner of police Abubakar Adamu Mohammed quickly mobilized operatives of the distress call base of the command. The operatives trailed the hoodlums who tried to resist by firing shots, but the operatives made sure that the hoodlums submitted to their superior fire power, thereby arresting them and recovering the money as well as arms.
“One of the suspects, Echezona is begging for forgiveness, claiming that it was bad company that led him into the mess, while he also advised that youths should shun crime and criminality.
Another suspect, Onyeka Nnaji, said it was not his intention to commit the crime but frustrations and he pleaded that the priest should beg God to forgive him.
However, the priest thanked God for not allowing the boys to shoot him and also thanked the police for their prompt intervention which led to the arrests and recoveries”.