Popular comedienne Princess is a happy lady and she just can't hide her
joy that after all these years of waiting for her Mr Right, and after she had
almost given hope, a cute young was somewhere busy eyeing her and she didn't
know. The guy has proposed and she accepted. They are getting married in May.
See her prayer to her soon to be husband below...
"I am so happy
I'm now getting married, I can now proudly wear iro n buba like
a Nigerian woman... God bless that young man that picked me and decided to pity
me and marry me when I had given up all... I am saying this because I want you
all to hear it, God bless him for me for covering up my shame!"
2face has donated the cap and shoes he wore for his
traditional wedding to Charity. This unprecedented and unexpected act was done
to help raise money for the Lagos State Motherless Babies Home through the
Kaymu Celebrity Charity Auctions.
The Kaymu Celebrity Charity Auctions is a commendable initiative from Nigeria’s
leading eCommerce community for buying and selling online, Kaymu.com.ng.
The initiative launched last month with donations coming from DJ Caise, DJ Obi,
DRB, Lynnx, and Eku Edewor-Thorley.
According to the MD of Kaymu Lukas Zels, the items
were donated immediately 2Face returned from Dubai where he had his white
wedding. The coffee color branded cap and shoe with the inscription “2Baba” is
now being auctioned on Kaymu and can be won by any of 2Face’s fans through
bidding. 2Baba who is known for his generosity and kindness has once again
demonstrated it through this special donation.
He’s counting on his fans and well meaning Nigerians to help him raise money
for the less privileged kids through their bidding. Help a child in need, start
bidding to make a difference today!
At least
156 people have been killed and thousands more left injured after a powerful
earthquake jolted China's Sichuan province near the same area where a
devastating quake struck five years ago.
More than
5,500 people are reported to have been injured in the earthquake which struck
mountainous Lushan county shortly after 8am this morning local time, and 19
people have been reported missing in the wake of the tremor.
The
earthquake, while not as destructive as the one in 2008, toppled buildings,
triggered landslides and disrupted phone and power connections in the region.
The village of Longmen was hit particularly hard, with authorities
saying nearly all the buildings there had been destroyed by the terrifying
minute-long tremor.
The China
Earthquake Administration said at least 156 people had died, including 96 in
Lushan. In the jurisdiction of Ya'an, which administers Lushan, 19 people were
reported missing and more than 5,500 people were injured, the administration
said.
'It was such a big quake that everyone was scared,' said a woman who
answered the phone at a kindergarten hours later and declined to give her name.
'We all fled for our lives.'
Emergency
workers turned the square outside the Lushan County Hospital into a triage
center, where medical personnel bandaged bleeding victims, according to footage
on China Central Television.
Rescuers
used dynamite to clear boulders that had fallen across roads to reach Longmen
and other damaged areas lying farther up the mountain valleys, state media
reported.
The quake
- measured by the earthquake administration at magnitude-7.0 and by the U.S.
Geological Survey at 6.6 - struck the steep hills of Lushan county shortly
after 8 a.m., when many people were at home, sleeping or having breakfast.
People in
their underwear and wrapped in blankets ran into the streets of Ya'an and even
the provincial capital of Chengdu, 70 miles east of Lushan, according to
photos, video and accounts posted online.
The
quake's shallow depth, less than 8 miles, is likely to have magnified its
impact.
Chengdu's
airport shut down for about an hour before reopening, though many flights were
cancelled or delayed, and its railway station halted dozens of scheduled train
rides Saturday, state media said.
Lushan
reported the most deaths, but there was concern that casualties in neighboring
Baoxing county might have been under-reported because of inaccessibility after
roads were blocked and power and phone services cut off.
As the region went into the first night after the quake, rain started to
fall, slowing rescue work.
Forecasts
are pointing to more rain over the coming days, and the China Meteorological
Administration warned of possible landslides and other geological disasters.
Tens of
thousands of people moved into tents or cars, unable to return home or too
afraid to go back as aftershocks continued to jolt the region.
Lushan,
where the quake struck, lies where the fertile Sichuan plain meets foothills
that eventually rise to the Tibetan plateau and sits atop the Longmenshan
fault. It was along that fault line that a devastating magnitude-7.9 quake
struck on May 12, 2008, leaving more than 90,000 people dead or missing and
presumed dead in one of the worst natural disasters to strike China in recent
decades.
'It was
just like May 12,' Liu Xi, a writer in Ya'an city, who was jolted awake by
today's quake, said via a private message on his account on Sina Corporation's
Twitter-like Weibo service. 'All the home decorations fell at once, and the old
house cracked.'
The
official Xinhua News Agency said the well-known Bifengxia panda preserve, which
is near Lushan, was not affected by the quake. Dozens of pandas were moved to
Bifengxia from another preserve, Wolong, after its habitat was wrecked by the
2008 quake.
As in
most natural disasters, the government mobilized thousands of soldiers and others
- 7,000 people by this afternoon - sending excavators and other heavy machinery
as well as tents, blankets and other emergency supplies.
Two
soldiers died after the vehicle that they and more than a dozen others were in
slipped off the road and rolled down a cliff, state media reported.
Attempts by the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the
Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazurike, and six other
members of the organisation to prevent their being tried for treason were
quashed yesterday when the Apex Court by a unanimous judgment okayed their
trial.
The order followed the dismissal of an appeal filed by all the accused
persons in the case to quash the charge and terminate their trial. Lagos lawyer
and Chief Mike Ahamba (SAN) teamed up at one point to prosecute the appeal.
The apex court which dismissed their appeal yesterday for want of merit also
returned their case file to the Abuja Federal high court and ordered that their
trial should be commenced promptly and conducted with dispatch.
Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, who read the lead judgment, observed that the
appeal, filed by Festus Keyamo (for the MASSOP members) amounted to an
“unnecessary and clearly a waste of precious judicial time since all the
information imaginable that the appellants would need for their appeal had been
made available to them before they appealed to the Court of Appeal.”
Other appellants in the case who are now to face trial include Ambrose
Anyaso, Augustine Ihuoma, Chibuike Nwosu, Kelechi Ubabuike, Chimankpa Okorocha
and Benedict Alakwem.
Saturday Mirror reports that seven principal members of the Movement for the
Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOP) including their leader,
Ralph Uwazurike, were arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja on 8
November, 2005 on a four-count charge of conspiracy, treason, belonging to a
militant group – MASSOB Army, and belonging to an unlawful society -MASSOB.
They, however, pleaded not guilty and applied that they be granted bail.
They also asked the court to stop the state from prosecuting them on account
of an order ex-parte made in their favour for a stay of further actions granted
by a Federal High Court in Owerri pending fundamental rights enforcement suit
filed by the MASSOB leaders.
They faulted the charge and prayed the trial court to dismiss it. In a
ruling on January 27, 2006, the trial court refused all their prayers and
dismissed their application. Aggrieved by the decision, they came on appeal
before the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal asking that the trial high
court verdict be set aside.
The intermediate appellate court gave its judgment on May 15, 2008 granting
only their prayer for bail.
Dissatisfied, Uwazuruike and six others headed for the apex
court,complaining among others, that the counts against them were improper because
there was no proof of evidence accompanying the charge.
The Supreme Court, after examining the records and their arguments, entered
judgment against them yesterday. Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour prepared the
leading judgment of the court which was read yesterday.
In stressing the frivolity of the appeal, Justice Rhodes-Vivour held that
the accused persons were provided with more information in relation to the
charge, more than what they were entitled to under Section 33(1) and (2) of the
Federal High Court Act.
“Though the appellants are not entitled to know the nature of evidence
against them, the learned trial judge ordered the nature of evidence
(information) served on the appellants, and this was done before their appeal
in the Court of Appeal.
“The argument that the charge should be dismissed because it was not
accompanied by proof of evidence is a mere technicality designed to defeat the
course of justice. In the light of the fact that the proof of evidence has been
filed and is available to the appellants, trial should proceed with dispatch.
“The result is that the two issues urged in this appeal, on behalf of the
appellants, fail and the appeal must fail as there is no merit.
This appeal is dismissed,” Justice Rhodes-Vivour held. The other members of
the panel – Justices Mahmud Mohammed, John Afolabi Fabiyi, Mary Ukaego
Peter-Odili and Kumai Bayang Akaahs agreed with him. The police may soon go
after all the accused persons to enable the state proceed against them.
Some guys out there dont even have beard despite
their interest in it..A German woman who struggled with facial hair for nearly
two decades said she finally feels sexy, now that she’s ditched the clippers
and let her beard grow.
“I feel more confident and I know myself better now than when I was younger,”
the 49-year-old mom, identified only as Mariam, told the British talk show,
“This Morning.”
Mariam explained to hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield she began
growing facial hair 28 years ago, after the birth of her son.
Extra hormones produced during pregnancy can trigger hair growth.
She tried electrolysis three times, but the hair always grew back.
After years of using tweezers to disguise the
growing goatee, Mariam gave up in August 2008.
“It was more curiosity, like what will happen with me if I let it grow,” she
said. “Like how it will make me feel.”
Now Mariam only trims her beard for maintenance. She’s the “Bearded Lady” in a
traveling circus and writes about her experiences on a blog.
Despite some nasty comments and criticism — even Mariam’s own mother questioned
her decision to keep the beard— she discovered a newfound confidence. After
being single for a decade, she’s also looking for love.
“I think I’m more ready to have a relationship,” Mariam said.
You might want to think twice next time you wear your brand new clothes without washing them, medical specialists caution.
Since
the UAE is known for being a one-stop shopping destination, home to
thousands of international brands, many chemicals are used to keep the
clothes wrinkle-free by the time they arrive in the country.
“Most
clothing brands, even international ones produce their products in
Asian countries to cut on costs. So in order to keep them wrinkle-free,
by the time they arrive to the desired destination, a chemical called
Formaldehyde is used,” Dr Ikramullah Al Nasir, Specialist Dermatologist
and Medical Director of Dermacare Skin Centre, said.
Al
Nasir also pointed out that the same is true when it comes to non-iron
wash-and-wear clothes that have gained popularity among people who are
too busy to iron their clothes.
In
order to keep these clothes wrinkle-free for prolonged shipping periods
or create the crease free quality of wash and wear clothes, higher
quantities of Formaldehyde are needed: “In high quantities, people with
sensitivity or known allergy to Formaldehyde can develop mild reactions
such as itching to full blown skin dermatitis,” Al Nasir said.
The
last display piece of clothing or shoe is another aspect that shoppers
must take into consideration as it might cause health related issues.
“A
garment worn by many people can carry a risk of transferring scabies, a
skin disease that produces an extremely severe itch and rash on the
body. It is easily transferable and highly contagious. The second risk
is dust mites which can cause allergic reaction,” he added.
Purchasing
the last shoe item can also cause fungal infection of the foot or nails
especially if the person trying the shoes has sweaty feet as they are
more prone because they make the skin softer and so the power of
organism’s penetration Al Nasir
Lingerie
and swimming wear which can be tried in dressing rooms can have high
risk of herpes, fungal and bacterial infection and so Al Nasir advices
that they are washed in a high water temperature before use.
Other
risks include black artificial leather shoes and garments as they are
dyed by the chemical Phenylenediamine (PPD) that can create a
generalised skin reaction or an allergic skin reaction called Allergic
Lichenoid Dermatitis.
Most
UAE residents like Emirati national Khawla Al Blooshy told Gulf News
that not knowing who wore the item or what it went through before it
reaches the store is an issue: “It depends if the clothes look like they
have been tried by many people. I am scared of getting diseases.”
Dubai-based fashion stylist who preferred not to be named recalled a perfect example of what residents such as Khawla fear.
“My
company once borrowed a high-end shirt for a photo-shoot and during the
shoot I noticed that the model was sweating and large sweat marks where
starting to form. So after the photo-shoot I hand washed the item at a
public toilet and dried it on the street. Later on that day I returned
the shirt to the store and to my surprise they returned it back to its
plastic packaging and put it on the shelf.”
Palestinian
national Yousuf Hamad, however, never washes his clothes and does not
think it is important. “I never wash my new clothes. I assume that they
are already clean and I have never faced a problem before so I don’t
think that it is a big deal” [GN]
