R. Kelly sued by his older brother for not paying his salary

According to TMZ  R. Kelly's brother Bruce Kelly is suing him because he hasn't been paid in over 3 months. Read report below...

"R Kelly worked his brother to the bone -- 144 hours/week according to Bruce Kelly ... who says he never got a dime, so now he's blowing the whistle on the singer with the State of Illinois. Bruce says his younger bro hired him in March as a personal assistant and driver, and they had a verbal agreement -- for $700 a week, Bruce would do food runs and chauffeur R. Kelly. But the brotherly love faded after Bruce started working overtime without seeing any green.

According to docs filed with the state labor board, Bruce says he sometimes had to wait up to 12 hours in the car for R. Kelly … and never got any sleep.

He tells us he even spoke to R. Kelly about the $11k in back pay he claims he was owed ... but baby bro didn't care. Bruce says he put his foot down after 3 months because he's "not working for nobody, not even his brother, for free."

The labor board is still investigating his claim. We reached out to R. Kelly's reps, but no one's gotten back to us.

Fun Fact: This isn't the first brother R. Kelly has thrown under the bus. Back in 2008 R Kelly claimed it was his brother Carey, not him, in a video having sex with an underage girl

Monopoly ManWhy is this weird illustration taking over the internet?

For reasons that no-one can understand, that image now makes up one in every 120 images on Imgur, the internet’s leading photo repository.

The illustration now known as 'Monopoly Man'
(gizmodo) 

Back in 2011, illustrator Erica Glasier created an artwork for a Forbes article titled ‘The Bank of Facebook: Currency, Identity, Reputation’.

For reasons that no-one can understand, that image now makes up one in every 120 images on Imgur, the internet’s leading photo repository.

Sources say the phenomenon seems to have been first spotted by a Reddit user back in February, and more recently analyzed in detail by TheGamble.

According to reports, he analyzed a million random Imgur URLs, and recorded what was found at each one. Monopoly Man, as Glasier’s image is now being called, showed up 3,568 times.

That’s 0.833% of all Imgur images, meaning that it’s probably been uploaded around 3.2 million times — an insanely high number for anything that’s not the work of some secret Illuminati botnet.

Coroner rules 'criminal negligence' as cause of collapse, orders prosecution of church

The coroner said‎ the church,T.B Joshua, should be investigated and prosecuted for failing to obtain the relevant approval before embarking on the construction of the building

The collapsed building at the Synagogue Church Of All Nations

The coroner overseeing an inquest into the cause of the collapse of a building within the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN)has given his verdict.

The magistrate, Oyetade Komolafe on Wednesday, July 8 ruled that the church’s “criminal negligence” led to the incident.

President Jonathan, T.B Joshua and Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire
(Nigerian Eye)

A six-storey guest house collapsed in September 2014, killing 116 people and injuring over 100 people. Over 80 people who died were South Africans.

Magistrate Komolafe made the ruling after the inquest sat for months and it would be recalled that the church’s founder had refused to show up being summoned several times for questioning by the court.

Rubble of the collapsed building at Synagogue Church Of All Nations in Lagos on Saturday
(NAN)

According to reports, while delivering his verdict, Wednesday, the coroner said‎ the church, owned by popular televangelist, T.B Joshua, should be investigated and prosecuted for failing to obtain the relevant approval before embarking on the construction of the building.

24-yr-old Nigerian law student wins best First Class Law prize in UK

Nigerian student, Oluwatobi Olasunkanmi [M], won the William Charnley Prize for the best First Class in Law at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

A 24-year-old Nigerian has won the William Charnley Prize for the best First Class in Law at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Oluwatobi Olasunkanmi, the son of the former Minister of Youth Development, Senator Akinlabi Olasunkanmi, was the best First Class Law student for the graduating set.

The University's Senior Tutor, Dr Philip Johnson, congratulated Olasunkanmi over his success in an official correspondence.

“Many congratulations on obtaining the best Hughes Hall First Class in your BA in Law. In recognition, the College has awarded you with the William Charnley Prize” Johnson wrote.

His father

The law graduate's elated father said his son's success brings honor to the entire country.

“Sincerely speaking, my joy is not only because he is my son but because he has represented Nigeria well by bringing a laurel which has manifested in the best First Class Prize in Law," Senator Olasunkanmi said.

Olasunkanmi was the only black student in his set.

I’ll fulfill my promise to create jobs, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he would do all within his power to fulfill the promise he made to Nigerians that jobs would be created as part of efforts to revive the economy.

A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, quoted the President as speaking while granting audience to foreign investors who are the proprietors of Olam Farms Nigeria Limited, inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Buhari was reported to have said that his administration would move as fast as it can to resuscitate the textile and mining industries and also improve production in agricultural sector.

He said as part of its plans to reduce unemployment in the country, his administration would give full attention to the rapid revival of ailing and moribund textiles, mining and agro-based industries. 

He said the creation of more jobs for Nigeria’s unemployed youth was the key objective of his administration’s economic agenda  and will be pursued with the greatest possible dedication.

“I still recall with clarity that at some point, the textile industry in Nigeria was employing about 320,000 Nigerians. But today, the same industry employs less than 30,000 people and the factories operate below capacity or they are completely closed. 

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“I have made a promise to Nigerians that jobs will be created as part of efforts to revive the economy and that promise will be fulfilled. We will move as fast as we can to resuscitate the textile and mining industries, and also improve production in our agricultural sector. 

“Now that we are trying to create jobs, we cannot allow industries and factories to close down. Instead, we should be making every effort to ensure that we re-open the closed ones and attract new ones to reduce unemployment,” the President was reported to have told the delegation.

The President assured the delegation, which was led by Mr. Mukul Mathur, that his administration will encourage investments in agriculture and other sectors of the economy by creating a more favourable environment and enabling laws. 

He said he had already ordered some immediate interventions to address current challenges faced by industrialists in the country after receiving briefings from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Industries, Trade and Investment.

“We will move very quickly to see what we can do to help you and other investors in the country so that you can help us to create jobs for our people,” the President told Mathur and his team. 

Mathur told the President that Olam Group of Companies was established in Nigeria in 1989, and currently employs about half a million Nigerians, directly and indirectly.

He added, however, that the group was facing difficulties with the reversal of some government policies in 2010 and 2013, which could lead to the closure of some of its industries in the country.

Rivers police kill three kidnap suspects in gun duel

Security operatives attached to the Rivers State Police Command have killed three kidnap suspect who engaged them in a fierce gun battle while attempting to abduct one Richard Otu.

The kidnappers had trailed Otu to his residence and stopped him at the gate of his house located along East-West Road in Port Harcourt.

But a group of policemen, who were acting on a tip-off, raced to the place and began to shoot at the kidnappers in a bid to stop them from taking Otu away, even as the hoodlums returned the fire.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ahmad Mohammad, disclosed that at the end of the gun battle, three suspected kidnappers had been gunned down.

Mohammad explained that the victim (Otu) was rescued while a Toyota Highlander vehicle belonging to him was recovered.

He also disclosed that one AK-47, one rifle, one magazine, five 7.62mm live ammunition, one locally made pistol and one Dane gun were recovered from the hoodlums.

“On 06/07/2015 (Monday) at about 9:30pm, policemen who were responding to a distress call, pursued and engaged suspected kidnappers, who abducted one Richard Otu in his Toyata Highlander jeep while entering his house along East-West road, Port Harcourt.

“Three of the suspected kidnappers were killed during the encounter, while the victim and his vehicle were safely rescued,” the state police spokesman said.

He also disclosed that security operatives on Tuesday arrested a member of an armed robbery gang around Mini-Okoro axis of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, adding that two members of the gang escaped.

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Mohammad added that a Toyota Highlander that was used for operation by the gang, arms and ammunition were recovered by the police.

“The operation also yielded in the recovery of a Toyota Highlander used by the gang, two AK 47 rifles, four magazines, 92 rounds of 7.62 live ammunition and money to the tune of 2,350,000 (two million, three hundred and fifty thousand Naira),” he said.

He stated that an investigation into the incident was ongoing with a view to arresting the fleeing members of the armed robbery gang.

It's confirmed! NFF in negotiations with Sunday Oliseh..(photos)

Pics of former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh and the Nigerian Football Federation, President Amaju Pinnick in London today. According to Felix Anyansi-Agwu, chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, they are in talks with Oliseh to coach the Super Eagles following Keshi's sack.

'An offer has been made, and there is understanding, but we have to work out the final details of the agreement in a few days. Of course, the Executive Board has to give approval for his appointment based on the final terms to be agreed.'

British Woman Wakes Up With Chinese Accent After Suffering From Stroke

A British woman who suffered a stroke, woke up with a Chinese accent and has now being told the side effect is permanent…

Sarah Colwill’s case has been identified as one of only 20 known cases of Foreign Accent Syndrome worldwide – And medical staff say they have exhausted all options and, despite Sarah never visiting China, she has to accept that her Far East voice is here to stay.
According to experts, the condition is caused by a ‘drawing out’ or ‘clipping’ of the vowels that mimics an accent even though the patient has limited exposure to that country – It was first identified during the Second World War when a Norwegian woman was hit by shrapnel during an air raid, she suffered brain damage and developed a strong German accent, which led to her being ostracised by her community in 1941.
And according to a devastated Sarah, from Plymouth, Devon:

“My neurologist has signed me off and said I will permanently be this way.
“They’ve tried various treatments; they’ve tried everything, but nothing makes a difference.
“When I think about how much my life has changed, it is devastating. Being told I would be like this forever was a heart breaking thing to hear. It was a real bombshell.
“I try not to dwell on how bad things are and how much I have lost. I think how lucky I am to be able to still do what I do and try and find a positive in every day.
“I am still the same person inside. Of course, people who did not know me before have met a totally different person – but I am still Sarah from Plymouth.
“It took me a while to come to terms with it – but it is what it is.

“I just have to get on with it. I don’t think my accent causes too many difficulties now.
“Sometimes people cannot understand me, which is frustrating. But when my speech is really bad, I just don’t speak.
“I cannot make my voice sound any different. It is what it is and I cannot change it.
“I had never been to China before and had a strong Plymouth accent.”

The night that changed her life came after ten years of suffering from severe head pain, which caused stroke-like symptoms, then woke up after a series of attacks sounding like she was from China.
Na wa o…

Scores Dead as Young female Suicide Bomber Attack Mosque in Kano

Barely 24 hours after a bomb attack on a restaurant and a mosque in Jos, the Plateau State capital, which left no fewer than 44 persons dead and 48 others injured, scores of worshippers have lost their lives and several others injured following a bomb exploded near a Mosque in Kano on Monday…

And according to a police spokesperson said the teenage female suicide bomber, who carried out the attack has been confirmed dead – And according to Magaji Majiya, spokesperson for the Kano Police Command, the teenage bomber detonated the explosive at 9:30 p.m Monday after she was prevented from accessing the Umar Bin Khatab Mosque along Zaria Road.
The incident reportedly occurred when Muslim faithfuls were dispersing after observing the late night (Tarawih) prayer.

“She was trying to cross over to the mosque, but she was stopped,” Mr. Majiya said.
“She immediately detonated the bomb and died immediately.”

Hmmmmmm!!!

Nigerians Will Beg PDP to Return in 2019 – Chieftain

The National Vice Chairman (South-South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Cairo Ojougboh, has stated that Nigerians will beg the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to return in 2019… This according to him is because the All Progressives Congress (APC) has proved that it cannot rule the country, as seen in their first one month in office.

This was made known by Ojougboh on Monday at the South-South secretariat of the PDP in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said that with the internal crisis in the APC, the party had shown that it lacked coordination and ideology to pilot the ship of this entity called Nigeria.
Also added that a committee of the PDP headed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi was at the PDP South-South secretariat to receive memorandum on how the party can rebound ahead of 2019 general elections.
The PDP chieftain also said that the PDP will not succumb to any form of intimidation in various election tribunals in the South-South.

“Rivers and Akwa Ibom states tribunals are sitting in Abuja. No amount of intimidation will make the PDP lose the elections it won freely and fairly in those states. Any move to rig us out at the tribunals will be resisted.”

You think so???

Marie Fatayi-Williams remembers son she lost on 7/7 terror attack in London

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the London 7/7 bombings in which 52 people were killed in four terror attacks. Anthony Fatayi-Williams, then 26, an oil executive from Hendon, north-west London was one of the victims. On the morning of July 7 2005, he set off as usual for his office in Old Street, central London, but his journey was disrupted by the chaos caused by the earlier bombings on three Tube trains and he helped point other commuters in the right direction before getting on the ill-fated bus 30. His mother, Marie Fatayi-Williams remembered him in an emotional and poignant tribute.

Don't rush Buhari to hasty action, Gowon pleads with Nigerians

Following the recent 30-day assessment of the new government led by President Buhari, and Buhari being referred to Baba Go-slow, former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has pleaded with Nigerians not to rush the new president.

Speaking exclusively with the Nigerian Tribune, in Ibadan, Gowon said;

"Give him a chance. You cannot solve any problem within two or three days. People say they want a change but as far as the problem of Nigeria is concerned, you cannot do it in one day, in one month. It will take time before a lot of these changes would be done and done effectively.”

“Let us give Buhari the chance to do things in the proper way to be able to get a good result. I have read it in some papers where people question him that in 30 days nothing has been done. It is unnecessary.”

“They criticised me when I was Head of State that the civil war was taking too long. I said, Yes, do they know some of the problems that are involved in dealing with some of those problems?”