“MY CALLING IS TO SPEAK FOR THE VOICELESS” – EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM

 Afro Hip Hop artiste, Eedris Abdulkareem, in a recent interview with PUNCH talked about his career, how God called him to music, his controversial relationship with Olusegun Obasanjo and his family.

Eedris Abdulkareem, who was once a professional table tennis player and journalist, disclosed that, “Back then; my passion was journalism, sports and music. As a hustler, you do everything but the most important thing is to get some form of education. I had a stint in journalism in Kano State with the Daily Times at the time, but I left because I wasn’t really passionate about it. More so, I was young and I thought it would not fetch me money.

At age 15, I represented Kano State as a table tennis player. I was also part of the Nigerian Table Tennis contingent to the All Africa Games in 1985, which took place in Kenya, with the likes of Funke Oshinaike, Atunda Musa and the late Yomi Bankole.

I PLANNED 2FACE IDIBIA & MERCY JOHNSON’S WEDDING – EMPRESS NJAMAH REVEALS

There’s a new wedding planner, and it’s none other than actress cum business woman Empress Njamah.

In a recent interview with a national newspaper, Empress Njamah revealed thus:

‘Just recently, I opened my boutique in Abuja. I also have a spa and a saloon in the city. I will soon open my Lagos outlet, it is just that Lagos is too choked up for me, but that should not be an excuse. I am definitely working on my Lagos branch. I have loads of customers in Lagos that I bring stuff for more than every other place. However, I love Abuja right now for its serenity.

As per movie, during my spare time, I still run to some locations to shoot one or two movies. In fact, I am working on some scripts. I think a lot of people don’t know that there are other things I do aside acting. I do bridal makeup. I am more of a wedding planner. I was very busy during Tuface’s wedding. I was one of the people organizing things and after the whole ceremony; I think I used two days to unwind.

“HE DESERVES THE HONOR” BENUE STATE GOVERNOR PLAYS COOK’S BEST MAN AT WEDDING (PHOTO)

Everyone was taken by surprise when Governor Gabriel Suswam played the best man at a wedding that held at Our Lady Perpetual Help Cathedral, Makurdi, Benue State, over the weekend!

The groom, Peter Anyiman, is a cook, who serves Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Michael Tumba.
Playing his role as the best man, Governor Suswam took time to adjust the groom’s tie and wipe sweat from his face to the admiration of the guests who attended the ceremony.

Speaking at the wedding reception, Governor Suswam said Anyiman – who had serves Rev. father Tumba in Abuja for 18 years – had demonstrated commitment to his job, thus he deserved to be honoured. Suswam further advised people to take their jobs seriously.

Anyiman said he considered himself lucky to have the governor serve as his best man and could not have wished for a better wedding gift.

BRAZILIAN BUSINESSMAN BURIES HIS £310,000 BENTLEY SO HE CAN USE IT IN THE AFTERLIFE | PICTURES

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He has all the riches he could ever dream for in this life. But to avoid any risk of missing out in the afterlife, wealthy entrepreneur 'Count Scarpa' is burying his greatest treasure - his new £310,000 Bentley convertible.

In a bizarre announcement on his Facebook page the 62-year-old declared that he plans to do as the Pharaohs of Egypt did and take his riches with him when he dies by burying them.

So tomorrow, he will entomb his brand new Bentley Continental worth over £310,000 to make sure he has a comfortable journey into the ‘other side’. The funeral ceremony, he promises, will be at 11am.

RONALDINHO CORRECTS HIS DENTITION -SPENDS £36,000 (N9.3MILLION) ON SURGERY | VIDEO

Former FIFA World Player of the year, Ronaldinho has undergone a surgery to correct his dentition. The football world has come to love him for the way he smiles even with his funny dentition. 

The 33-year-old, who currently plies his Samba skills for Atletico Mineiro, can be seen having his teeth corrected at an orthodontic clinic in Brazil. It was reported last month that the World Cup winner had undergone surgery on his teeth, but video and pictures of the procedure have been published today.

EVERY LAGOS RESIDENTS TO GET UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS – FASHOLA

Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has said every resident of the state will henceforth be identified by a unique identification number to be generated from a bio-metric data.

He added that the ID number would be unique to every individual and would theirs until death.

The governor said this in Lagos on Thursday, during the inauguration of the initiative, which would be handled by the Lagos State Resident Registration Agency.

Fashola said the scheme was a 10-year journey that would help the government to effectively plan and meet the needs of the state residents.

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY (SEPT.19)

19, 1982, the smiley emoticon was invented as Carnegie Mellon University Professor Scott E. Fahlman proposed punctuating humorously intended computer messages by employing a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis as a horizontal "smiley face." :-)

On this date:

In 1777, the first Battle of Saratoga was fought during the Revolutionary War; although the British forces succeeded in driving out the American troops, the Americans prevailed in a second battle the following month.

In 1796, President George Washington's farewell address was published.

In 1881, the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died 2 1/2 months after being shot by Charles Guiteau; Chester Alan Arthur became president.

'IT AIN'T NOTHIN': P-DIDDY BOASTS ABOUT LOSING $1 MILLION TO RAPPER RICK ROSS

For most people it's a fortune but Diddy didn't care about losing $1 million to rapper Rick Ross in the early hours of this morning. The 43-year-old rapper and entrepreneur - who has a net worth of $580

Million – lost the huge sum to Ross shooting dice in a recording studio but bragged 'it ain't nothing'.

Diddy was so blasé about the loss that he posted a video to his Instagram page, showing his IOU to Rick, scrawled on lined paper, and the events leading up to the loss.

He is seen swigging from a bottle of his own brand CIROC vodka before three dice are rolled and he loses.

AMERICAN MUSICIAN, MADONNA REVEALS SHE RECENTLY DREAMT ABOUT BEING IN BED WITH BRAD PITT

Madonna has been interviewed by hundreds of publications, from Vanity Fair to The New York Times. But it was her fans that got her to spill the most during an online chat Monday on Reddit. Her juiciest

reveal was that she had a dream she was in bed with Brad Pitt.

She saw Brad Pitt in her sleep: The 55-year-old admits she recently had a dream she was in bed with Angelina Jolie's fiance

'Brad Pitt and I were living together and there was a small blonde child in the bed,' the Material Girl, 55, said.

'Sorry Angelina, it was only a dream.'

PAUL OKOYE PROPOSES TO HIS LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND, ANITA ISAMA

The popular star musical duo, Psquare are ready tie the knot. It can be recalled that recently one of the twins, Peter Okoye proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Lola Omotayo, we gathered that his twin

brother Paul Okoye has followed suit, as just yesterday he proposed to his longtime sweetheart after he returned from his US/Canada tour on Wednesday.

MAN, WIFE ARRESTED AFTER SLEEPING WITH PET DOGS

An American soldier and his wife remained locked up Tuesday after having sex with dogs and sharing clips of the encounters online, cops said. Ruben and Amber Fox, both 23, were caught Monday in Raeford,

N.C., south of the Army base.

Their capture followed an investigation that culminated two weeks ago, when Fairfax County authorities in Virginia alerted Raeford about the criminal activity, police Maj. Marc Godwin told the Daily News.

The couple has been charged with bestiality, disseminating obscene materials and conspiracy.

Amber Fox was additionally charged with soliciting a crime against nature, police said.

Two mixed-breed dogs and three cats were rescued from the couple's Raeford home and brought to an animal shelter.

DEPORTED NIGERIAN DRUG DEALER CAUGHT AND DISGRACED IN KENYA AFTER JUMPING BORDER (VIDEO)

A Nigerian deportee arrested in Nairobi last Friday is a notorious drug trafficker, the court heard on Monday. Mr Emmanuel Peter Inobemhe was kicked out of the country four months ago alongside other drug kingpins after President Uhuru Kenyatta declared an all out war on drug traffickers.

He pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of drug trafficking when he appeared before the chief magistrate’s court on Monday.

He was arrested in a sting operation at Donholm Estate on Friday alongside a Kenyan woman, Virginia Wangechi, who was equally ordered into police custody over the pending investigations.

The prosecution said 445 satchets of the drug were confiscated in the house in which the pair were found Friday night.

Peter will also face charges of being in the country illegally.

ALL THE FACTS ABOUT NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES –1

After almost twenty years writing on just about every subject concerning our national life, it has recently occurred to me that the most important work had been neglected. That is the education of Nigerian youth at all levels.
But, for now I am starting with university education and more specifically private universities.

University education in Nigeria presents a paradox; close to 80 per cent of kids leaving secondary schools can’t obtain admission to universities and tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Yet, there are surprisingly thousands of vacancies in public and private universities – especially private universities.

A second paradox confronts us. Nigerians complain about the quality of education available in most Nigerian universities; so they send their kids to Ghana and spend $500 million, or N80 billion, a year on that venture. Yet, there are at least 12 private universities in Nigeria which offer superior education than any university in Ghana.

POLICE LIED ABOUT MY RESCUE – ARCHBISHOP KATTEY

PORT HARCOURT — ARCHBISHOP of Niger Delta Province of Nigerian Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Ignatius Kattey, yesterday, accused the Nigeria Police of lying over their claim that they secured his release from the kidnappers who abducted him penultimate Friday.

Briefing newsmen in Eleme, Rivers State, to share his nine days experience in the den of the kidnappers four days after regaining freedom, Most Rev. Kattey thanked the Police for their efforts, but said that they were not the ones who rescued him.

He said: “The Police did not rescue me, neither were they the ones who rescued my wife, Beatrice. I saw the Police for the first time two days ago, after the incident. I  heard the statements made by the Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO. The police are telling lies. If you cannot trust the Police, then who can you trust? I told the Commissioner of Police and he has apologised.

MAN, 46, ARRAIGNED IN RAPE OF THREE UNDER-AGED GIRLS

Lagos — A 46-year-old man, Michael Unumahengie, was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja magistrate’s court, Lagos, for allegedly raping and defiling three minors.
Unumahengie, who was docked before Magistrate Mrs E. Daudu, is facing a three-count charge bordering on rape, preferred against him by the police.

The prosecutor said that the defendant committed the alleged crime on September 6 at 9pm, in Alausa, Ikeja area of Lagos State. The three victims are aged 10, nine and six, respectively.

The prosecutor said the offence is punishable under Section 137 of the criminal law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges read to him. But the magistrate refused him bail.

The magistrate remanded the defendant in Kirikiri prison and adjourned the case till October 17 for hearing.