Photos: Over 1,000 migrants from Nigeria, Sudan, Eritrea rescued from the Mediterranean sea

These are photos from various rescue operations by Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), MSF International,Guardia Costiera with the assistance of Italian and Swedish coast guards. The migrants are mostly from Nigeria, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia, all traveling aboard rubber boats. More pics after the cut...

Banks reduce withdrawal limits on ATMs

In the new arrangement, all ATMs that were enabled for domestic and foreign transactions have been restructured to limit Naira cash withdrawal at ATMs from N150,000 per day to N60,000 per day while foreign currency is $300 per day.
The new arrangement has separated traditional ATM from MasterCard credit card where the former has now been deactivated and can no longer be used for transactions abroad.
Henceforth, a single ATM card serves for transactions for both domestic and abroad.
Also, the restructured cards now have spending limits on POS/eCommerce (online shopping) at $300 (about N60,000) per day. Before this, the limit was N2 million per day.
In a communication to the customers, the bank explained:

“In view of the increased difficulty in sourcing foreign currency to settle international transactions on Naira MasterCards, we have reduced the daily international spending limit on your Naira MasterCard to $300.This means that you can only spend up to $300 daily when using your Naira MasterCard for international payments via POS and online.

“You will, however, continue to have the option of paying for medical bills, school fees, mortgages and credit cards using Form A, as these are eligible transactions for foreign currency. Simply visit any GTBank branch to complete a Form A along with the required documents to make these payments.”

These developments came on the heels of Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) statement on Sunday that all legitimate requests for foreign currency for eligible transactions, normally referred to as “invisibles,” such as remittances for school fees, student maintenance allowances, BTA, PTA, medical and other eligible transactions, shall be fully met at the official/interbank exchange rate.
A statement from the CBN added:

“The CBN hereby directs all authorised dealers in foreign exchange in Nigeria to henceforth treat as top priority all legitimate demand for foreign exchange for eligible transactions.

“The CBN once again advises individuals that wish to source foreign currency for such eligible transactions to approach their banks with their legitimate demand as the CBN has made adequate provisions of foreign currency for all such legitimate and eligible purposes.

“Furthermore, holders of Naira denominated debit and credit cards shall continue to have access to the use of their cards at ATMs in any part of the world but subject to the annual limit of $50,000. ATM withdraws shall continue to be a maximum of $300 per day.”

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Photos of actress Victoria Inyama on set of new movie

Popular 90's actress Victoria Inyama seen on set of Anthony Monjaro's new movie in the UK last week. See more photos after the cut...

Photo credit: Daniel Sync

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome's daughter turns gospel singer (photos)

Carissa Sharon Oyakhilome, the beautiful daughter of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy is now a gospel singer. Carissa, who turns 22 today, is pictured above singing with a group of other gospel acts at one of their church's programme recently. More photos after the cut...

New Love & Hip Hop cast member says rappers won't shoot with him because he's gay

Well, with a pic like this, you can't blame them. The newest member of 'Love & Hip Hop Hollywood' Milan Christopher believes he's being shunned by other cast members including Ray J, Soulja Boy, Omarion and Mally Mall because they don't want to share the small screen with an openly gay rapper.

From TMZ

Milan has been filming for 3 weeks, but we're told the majority of rappers on the show are shunning him. Rappers on the show include

We're told a number of the rappers are upset with producers for hiring Milan ... not because he's gay but because he has no cred in the rap game. They believe producers hired Milan as a "sideshow" and a "circus" to goose ratings.

Milan, who calls himself a rapper/model, has worked with big rappers, but mostly as a writer. We're told at least 3 of the rappers on the show have made it clear to producers ... they don't want to film scenes with Milan. They won't show up to parties or other events where Milan is present.  

The rappers say they want nothing to do with Milan because he's a joke, but we're told Milan's made it clear to producers the other rappers have made their feelings about gay rappers obvious.

Aww, how sweet! Teebillz cooks for his wife/new mum, Tiwa Savage

He shared the photo on instagram and wrote "Thanks to our 1st Customer at Billz Kitchen for enjoying The Seductive Grilled Chicken Breast Salad.....�� #ChefBillz"

New trend? Bus driver strips naked& gets under his bus as LASTMA officials try to tow it

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Photos: Governor Ambode decorates his Chief Security Officer..

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Photos: Comedian, Akpororo gets engaged

Comedian Akpororo got engaged to his girlfriend, Josephine Abraham at the end of a church service at the Ultimate Power Ministry Lagos on August 9th. Sources say Akpororo planned his proposal with four children who carried placards with "Will you marry me" written on the cardboard papers.

After the church service and just before the closing prayers, the young men came in with the placards. With members of the congregation still wondering what was happening, the pastor of the church said one of his "sons" was asking the all important question. At that moment, Akpororo approached Josephine, knelt before her and asked her to marry him. An excited Josephine answered Yes!

Kim K poses completely naked to show off pregnant belly

For those who think she's faking her pregnancy and is using a surrogate, Kim Kardashian just posted a photo of herself stark naked, showing off baby bump. See the full pic and what she wrote after the cut...but biko did she have to pose nude?

Alicia Keys stuns as she recreates two iconic photos

Singer Alicia Keys collaborated with famed photographer Brendan Forbes to recreate two of her favourite photos. Above is Alicia's remake of the classic 1972 photo of Trinidadian model Sintra Arunte-Bronte that was used in a promotional poster for Jamaican Tourists Board. See the original photo and the second photo Alicia recreated after the cut...

The second photo is a remake of a classic Muhammad Ali photo.

The original photos

Billionaire daughter, Temi Otedola shares lovely new photos

Temi, the beautiful daughter of oil magnate Femi Otedola shared these lovely photos on Instagram. More photos after the cut...