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2 Apr 2013

Michael Jackson's family law suit against AEG begins



Jury selection began on Tuesday for a long-awaited trial in which Michael Jackson's mother is seeking billions of dollars from tour promoters she blames for her son's 2009 death. 
Katherine Jackson, 82, accuses AEG Live of negligently hiring doctor Conrad Murray to look after her son as he rehearsed in Los Angeles for a doomed series of London shows. 

Murray, jailed after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 for giving the singer an overdose of the drug Propofol, could be called to testify, although he may refuse to do so. 

Samoa Airline To Charge Overweight Passengers More



Samoa Air has become the world's first airline to implement "pay as you weigh" flights, meaning overweight passengers pay more for their seats.

"This is the fairest way of travelling," chief executive of Samoa Air, Chris Langton said.

Nollywood Actor Jim Iyke To Get Married In October?


That's what Jim Iyke told FlytimeTv while being interviewed at the Dubai International Airport, during Tuface's wedding weekend.

Jim Iyke reportedly disclosed his marital plans and said:

"I will be getting married in October and when I'm done with preparations, I will invite you".

When he was asked who the lucky bride was, Jim said:
"I am granting no interview on my private life right now but will give you the full gist when the time is right"
Could it be Nadia as seen in above photo?

I Miss D’Banj – Don Jazzy Confesses



The split between two former co-label owners of Mohits Records; D’Banj and Don Jazzy, will be a year old in few weeks time. Their going-apart is still one of the most talked about in the Nigerian music industry.

Even almost a year after, people still talk about their split like it happened yesterday. Both parties have floated their own music labels: Mavin Records and DB Records; Don Jazzy and D’Banj respectively and have moved on with their lives.

MyOgaAtTheTop (Mr Shem) Has Finally Been Sacked



Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has finally removed Mr. Obafaiye Shem, the man who postulated the “my oga at the top” mantra, as commandant of Lagos State Command.

Newsmen gathered that the Commandant General, Dr. Olu Abolurin, who was in Lagos over the killing of two of his officers by some policemen, introduced the new Commandant.

Explosion Rocks MR BIGGS Karu-Abuja



The residents of Karu, a satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) who were in the mood of Easter Celebration, were thrown into pandemonium on Monday evening, when an explosion suspected to be from a waste can rocked an empty and undeveloped plot of land behind the MR. BIGGS franchise in the area.

Some eye witnesses said the impact of the explosion was felt very far away from the Karu Motor Park “Round About” where it took place.The explosion, which is said to have occurred around 4.35pm rattled passers by and shattered the glass windows of nearby buildings, especially that of Karu Shopping Complex housing MR.BIGGS.

Kemi Olunloyo - Your Husbands Are Mailing Me All Day Trying To Get Into My Bedroom



Kemi Olunloyo speaks.
 
Nigerian women cease to amaze me when they LIKE my page and their sagging fake boobs cannot be posted on Facebook and yet they come here calling me names. I Kill them with success and bury them with a smile. Your husbands are e-mailing me all day trying to get into my bedroom. Door's open, only thing in there will be my bed and my TALKING VIBRATOR! Go play with your USED TOYS!

Fake NYSC Orientation Camp Discovered In Nasarawa State



62 fake Youth Corpers were discovered somewhere in Nassarawa State at a fake orientation camp by members of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps.

The fake Corpers said they paid certain individuals who secured the NYSC uniform and other accessories for them. They engaged in the three weeks orientation programme before being sent to the market.

1 Apr 2013

Chime's Cancer Did Not Go Away: Swelling On The Cheek Of Enugu Governor



President Goodluck Jonathan arrived to commission a church in Enugu state today. The church reportedly built by the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu had ailing governor, Sullivan Chime welcoming Mr. Jonathan at the airport.

An important photo taken of Mr. Chime's face swollen on the right cheek tells that the governor's cancer might be making an aggressive comeback.
And By the way, where did a deputy senate president get the money to build this billion dollar church? More Pis below:

Exposed!Nollywood Actress Foluke Daramola Is Using Juju On Pastor's Husband



Busty Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola who snatched the husband of a Redeemed Church Pastor and got married to the man recently is now under fire. The lady who introduced her to Mr Kayode Salako has come out to accused Foluke of using mystical mean to control Kayode, which eventual led to him dumping his wife and three kids to marry Foluke.
 
A lady journalist and founder of Lady of Africa Empowerment and Advocacy Foundation, Bukola Fasuyi, who claimed she introduced Foluke to Kayode, has come out to reveal the marriage was built on deceit.

Twitter Now Costs $5 Per Month — If You Want to Use Vowels



Twitter — doesn't sound too bad, right? Well, that's exactly what you'll get if you want to continue using Twitter for free — only consonants will be available for writing messages. For $5 per month, you'll also be able to use vowels — A, E, I, O and, of course, U.

The change, which goes into effect on April 1st (wink wink, nudge nudge), is not only meant to increase Twitter's revenue, but also to make communication among Twitter users even more condensed. Imagine how much info you could put in a tweet if you skipped those pesky vowels?

Mashable.

The truth about our private jet, by P-square



They are ever busy, taking their music around the continent where they are arguably the most popular act from Nigeria. An interview with one-half of the energetic choreographers and twin singers, Peter Okoye.

HOW do you feel that your latest single, Alingo, has been banned?
I heard of the ban, but, honestly, reasons for the ban were not specified. But what we have noticed and they haven’t is that when you ban a song you only make it popular.

Google Revolutionizes Its Email Service by Introducing Gmail Blue



Google has added another prank to its April Fools' Day playbook by introducing a colorful change to Gmail.

Called Gmail Blue, the search giant's latest effort to revolutionize its email service is as simple as it sounds: to make Gmail the color blue. Everything from the compose button to the font formatting will be blue. As Google's project manager, Richard Pargo, says in the above video: 
 "It's Gmail, only bluer."

Did Da Vinci Invent Google Glass?



Leonard Da Vinci, the 15th-century Renaissance man, is credited with envisioning or outright inventing hundreds of modern-day devices; facsimiles of everything from a machine gun to parachutes and even today's helicopter can be found in his detailed drawings.