Judge Orders Mom To Change Name Of Child From Messiah

A Tennessee judge has ordered a baby's first name changed from "Messiah" to Martin, saying that the only true messiah is Jesus Christ, a ruling the boy's mother promises to appeal, a Tennessee television station has reported.

"The word 'messiah' is a title, and it's a title that has only been earned by one person, and that one person is Jesus Christ. And the child would likely struggle with his given first name because he lives in Cocke County, a predominantly Christian area in eastern Tennessee", the Judge said.

The baby's mother Jaleesa Martin said she would appeal against the judge's order.

"I didn't think a judge could change my baby's name because of her religious beliefs," she said.

According to her, she chose the name because she liked how it sounded with her two other children's names, Micah and Mason and not because of its religious beliefs.

Doris Simeon shows off her bikini bud on magazine cover

Movie star, Doris Simeon is so sexy!

This is Doris Simeon's first ever bikini shoot and her most revealing photo shoot ever - on the cover of  REEL E magazine putting on a light blue bikini wear partially covered by a lingerie top.

Nice one Doris

Police Arraign 18yr Old Motorcyclist For Allegedly Snatching Handbag

(NAN) – The police on Monday arraigned a motorcyclist, Kabiru Suleiman, 18, of Tudun Wada Village, Abuja in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly snatching a woman’s handbag.
The Police Prosecutor, Cpl. Paul Anigbo, told the court that on Aug. 6, the accused was dragged to the Lugbe Police Station, for allegedly snatching a handbag belonging to one Ms Faith Ufomadu.He said that at about 6:45 a.m,, the accused snatched Ufomadu’s bag which contained seven thousand naira and some documents.
Anigbo informed the court that when the accused was apprehended, he was found in possession of the handbag.He said that the accused was standing trial for the offence of theft which he said, was contrary to Section 287 of the Penal Code.
Section 287 of the code stipulates that whoever commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or with fine or with both.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the offence.The Senior Magistrate, Mrs Nafisat Ibrahim, admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N5,000 with one reasonable surety in like sum who must reside within the jurisdiction of the court.
She adjourned the case to Aug. 22, for hearing.

Omotola, Genevieve, Others Make African Oscar List [Full List]

The nominees for the third annual African ‘Oscars’ organised by Nollywood and African Film Critics, USA Washington DC has been released with Omotola Jolade Ekeinde, Genevieve Nnaji, Monilsa Chinda and Uche Jumbo Rodriguez among A-rated Nigerian actresses nominated in various categories of the awards.
Organisers say the ceremony which holds on the 14th of September 2013 at Warner Theatre, will air worldwide with over 500 Million viewers expected to tune in to the glitz and glamour of NAFC Awards Night.
Here’s the full list of the nominees for various categories…
DIASPORA CATEGORIES
Best film in Diaspora
1. Le Silence Pure
2. Page 36
3. One Night in Vegas
4. Boys Cry
5. Unguarded
Best Drama Diaspora Film
1. Turning Point
2. Page 36
3. Boys Cry
4. Unguarded
5. One Night in Vegas
Best Screenplay Diaspora Film
1. Turning Point
2. Page 36
3. One Night in Vegas
4. Boys Cry
5. Unguarded
Best Cinematography Diaspora Film
1. Turning Point
2. Page 36
3. One Night in Vegas
4. Black Money
5. Le Silence Pure
Best Actor in leading role Diaspora Film
1. Igoni Archibong-Turning Point
2. Pascal Atuma- Secret Past
3. Egbi Perez-Page 36
4. Montel Swaray-Temperamental
5. John Dumelo – One Night in Vegas
Best Actress in leading role Diaspora
1. Yvonne Nelson –One Night in Vegas
2. Jackie Appiah-Turning Point
3. Uche Jombo- Unguarded
4. Marie Solo Peters– Le Silence Pure
5. Fatima Koroma – Nurses from Hell
Best Actor in Supporting role Diaspora Film
1. Ernie Hudson- Turning Point
2. Jimmy Jean Louis-One Night in Vegas
3. Ash Da Vito-African Connection
4. Van Vicker – One Night in Vegas
5. Michael Blackson- One Night in Vegas
Best Actress in supporting role Diaspora Film
1. Merlisa Langellier -Page 36
2. KD Hubert-Turning Point
3. Sarodj Bertin–One Night in Vegas
4. Gloria Washington- Nurses From Hell
5. Chisom Oz Lee – Unguarded
Best Director in Diaspora Film
1. Mitchel A Jones–Boys Cry
2. John Uche-One Night In Vegas
3. Robert Peters– Le Silence Pure
4. Don Okolo-Page 36
5. Bethels Aguomoh-Ungurded
NOLLYWOOD & AFRICAN PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
Favorite Actor
Benedict Johnson
·2. Joseph Benjamin
·3. Majid Michel
·4. Emmanuel Mensah
· 5. Chamberlyne Okoro
Favorite Actress
·1. Ify Hollywood
· 2. Omotola Ekehinde
· 3. Fatima Jabbe
· 4. Monalisa Chinda
· 5. Queen Amina
Favorite Director
·1. Kunle Afolayan
· 2. Prinze Whyee
· 3. Ibrahim Ceesay
· 4. Pascal Amanfo
· 5. Kathryn Fasegha
Favorite Screenwriter
·1. Emem Isong
· 2. Andrew Campbell
· 3. Pascal Amanfo
Best Actor in leading Role
1. Majid Michel – The Price
2. Ramsey Nouah-Weekend Getaway
3. Adjetey Anang – The Hunters
4. Jim Iyke-Blood or Wine
5. Anurin Nwunembom-Ninah’s Diary
Best Actress in leading role
1. Beverly Naya-Alan Poza
2. Jackie Appiah-The Hunters
3. Iretiola Doyle– Torn
4. Mbufung Seikeh-Ninah’s Diary
5. Genevieve Nnaji-Weekend Getaway
Best Actor in Supporting role
1. Adjetey Annang-Letters to My Mother
2. Eddie Watson-Letters to My Mother
3. John Ijie-The Hands of Fate
4. Kofi Adjorlolo-The Price
5. Uti Nwachkwu-Weekend Getaway
Best Actress in supporting role
1. Kalsume Sinare-The Price
2. Patience Ozokwor – American Mama
3. Ini Edo-Weekend Getaway
4. Beverly Naya-Weekend Getaway
5. Monalisa Chinda-Weekend Getaway
Best Child Actor in a Film
1. Oley Saidykhan -The Hands of Fate
2. Elijah Kondeh-Boys Cry
3. Boakai Kimbo-Boys Cry
4. Ceareh Hamilton–Boys Cry
5. Marisha Nayee-Angel & the Mailman
Best Director in a Film
1. Charles Novia-Alan Poza
2. Pascal Amanfo- Letters to My Mother
3. Tom Robson-Mrs. Somebody
4. Desmond Elliot –Weekend Getaway
5. Victor Viyuoh-Ninah’s Dowry
Favorite Male Artiste Diaspora
· 1. Koby Maxwell
· 2. Sky J
· 3. Dacapo
Favorite Female Artiste Diaspora
· 1. Katumbella
· 2. Twissa
· 3. Soleil Diva
·4. Uba Unwudiwe
Favorite Artiste of the Year
1. Yemi Sax
· 2. 2Face Idibia
· 3. P Square
Favorite Song of the Year
·1. Flavour
·2. 2 Face Idibia
Favorite Video of the Year
·1. Timaya
·2. P Square
·3. Flavour
GENERAL CATEGORIES
Best Film
1. Alan Poza
2. Ninah’s Dowry
3. Weekend Getaway
4. One Night in Vegas
5. Le Silence Pure
Best Indigenous Film
1. The Blessed Curse
2. The Hands of Fate
3. Le Silence Pure
4. Deceit of the gods
Best Drama
1. Alan Poza
2. The Hunters
3. Le Silence Pure
4. Weekend Getaway
5. Ninah’s Dowry
Best Comedy
1. Alan Poza
2. Mrs. Somebody
3. American Mama
4. Wife for Ozobia
5. Unguarded
Best Docu-Drama
1. A Wish-Brest Cancer
2. The Hand of Fate- HIV
3. Boys Cry-Bullying
4. Ninah’s Dowry-Dowry
5. Le Silence Pure
BestTV/Online Series
1. Wife for Ozobio
2. African Connection
3. Adams Apples
Best Short Film / Trailer
1. Fetus
2. Unspoken
3. Hungry For You Honey
4. Five
Best Cinematography
1. A Wish
2. Alan Poza
3. Ninah’s Dowry
4. Weekend Getaway
5. One Night in Vegas
Best Screenplay
1. Letters to My Mother
2. Boys Cry
3. Alan Poza
4. Ninah’s Dowry
5. One Night in Vegas
Best Editing
1. Weekend Getaway
2. Alan Poza
3. Ninah’s Dowry
4. One Night in Vegas
5. Boys Cry
Best Sound
1. Page 36
2. Ninah’s Dowry
3. Turning Point
4. One Night in Vegas
5. Boys Cry
Best Original Score
1. America the True Dream-The Fetus
2. Crazy World-Somewhere in Baltimore
3. Zahara Loliwe-Pink Poison
4. False Engagement-False Engagement
5. Pariwo-Mind of the Enemy
Best Visual Effects
1. The Blessed Curse
2. One Night in Vegas
3. The Hunters
4. Temperamental
5. The Fetus
Best Costume
1. The Price
2. Unguarded
3. Page 36
4. African Connection
5. Le Silence Pure
Best Makeup
1. The Blessed Curse
2. The Fetus
3. Temperamental
4. Ninah’s Dowry
5. The Price

Woman Delivers Siamese Twins With 3 Legs In Benue

(Leadership) – The birth of conjoined twins by a housewife, Mrs. Ene Musa Andrew, at the St. Daniels hospital, Otukpo, came as a great mystery to the people of Jerusalem street in Otukpo Local Government Area in Benue state.

There has never been any incident of this mysterious birth in any part of the various communities of the local government. Otukpo is the ancestral home of the Idoma nation, a minority tribe in the agrarian state.

We gathered that the incident occurred penultimate Monday when the mother of the twins delivered through cesarean operation. The honed twins are still in the hospital without anyone to come for assistance.

It was gathered that the joined twins have four hands and three legs, two heads, two chests and noses, and that they posses the same pelvic girdle.

The proprietor of St. Daniels Hospital, Dr. M. O Daniel, said that the twins are joined together at the abdominal region with a shared female organ, with one having a healthy traces of surviving than the other.

He stated that the twins were eating well but it may result to complications if an urgent high-tech operation is not carried out outside the state and appealed to government agencies, philanthropists and religious institutions to come to the aid of the parents.

Mr. Andrew Musa, a corporal with the Nigeria Police currently serving with the Otukpo division is the father of the joined twins. He said “there has never been such strange delivery in his family lineage.

“I’m Challenging Obama”, Boko Haram Leader, Shekau Says In New Video

Shekau

 

(AFP) – The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists has claimed a series of recent deadly attacks on security forces in the northeast, in a video obtained by AFP Monday.
Abubakar Shekau also insisted that he was in “good health” despite an ongoing military offensive aimed at crushing the Islamist insurgent group he heads.

“You have not killed Shekau,” he said in the video distributed through a local intermediary in a similar manner to previous Boko Haram messages.

Seated on a short stool with a kalashnikov rested on his right shoulder, Shekau said Boko Haram was “responsible” for several deadly raids over the past month.

These include attacks on the police and military in the towns of Malam Fatori and Bama, which sparked clashes that killed at least 35 people, according to the military.

The video contained what Shekau claimed was footage of Boko Haram gunmen opening fire on the military in Bama, using heavy weapons mounted on flat-bed trucks.

Shekau also referred to fighting in the towns Baga and Gamboru Ngala near the border with Cameroon, .

The Boko Haram leader has been declared a global terrorist by the United States, which in March put a $7 million (5.3 million euros) bounty on his head.

“I’m challenging Obama,” Shekau said in the video. He voiced similar challenges to French President Francois Hollande and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“They are no match for me,” he proclaimed.
Boko Haram is believed to be made up of different factions, with Shekau leading the most radical Islamist cell.

He has ruled out any dialogue with the government and says he is fighting to create an Islamic state in Nigeria’s north.

The northeast is currently under a state of emergency as the military pursues an offensive seeking to end Boko Haram’s four-year insurgency.

The insurgency is estimated to have claimed more than 3,600 lives since 2009, including killings by the security forces.

Nigeria’s 160 million population is roughly divided between a mainly Christian south and mostly Muslim north.

EFCC Interrogates Ex-Kwara Governor, Bukola Saraki Over Alleged Fraud

 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday quizzed a former Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki, over his alleged role in the collapse of the Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria.

Saraki, a former executive director of the bank, reported on Monday to the Abuja office of the anti-graft agency.

As of the time of filing this report, the former governor, reportedly interrogated by detectives led by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Magu, was still in the EFCC office.

The Senator, representing Kwara Central, was also said to have faced another panel of interrogators led by a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Yahaya Bello.

Our correspondent gathered that the Bello-led team grilled the Senator over the control and management of state funds during his eight-year reign as a governor.

Bello is the second in command in charge of economic governance at the EFCC.

The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed that Saraki was with the commission but declined comments on the reasons for his visit.

He said, “Yes, he is with us but I cannot say more than that.”

The Central Bank of Nigeria withdrew the SGBN operational licence in 2005 following its inability to increase its capital base to N25bn.

However, the bank got back its licence in 2010 following a court’s judgment nullifying the action of the CBN.

Saraki on August 1, in a statement by his media aide, Bamikole Omisore, denied that the anti-graft agency invited him for interrogation.

The statement read, “We will like to emphasise and categorically state that Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has not received any letter of invitation from the EFCC.

“For the avoidance of doubt, those, who have been a keen observer of this unfolding drama, will recall that the agency has conducted an investigation in 2010, 2011 and 2012 without finding the Senator wanting.

“These are not new issues and Senator Saraki has stated that if he receives an invitation from the agency to assist them in their findings, he will be more than happy to honour the invitation as he has nothing to hide, with regard to his tenure as a governor.”

The statement added, “As regards the SGBN, again, this is not new as investigation on this was done over 10 years ago and during the investigations, Senator Saraki, as the governor of Kwara State, waived his immunity to answer questions by the EFCC officials in Lagos as regard his time at the bank.

“To set the record straight, there has been no invitation notice to the Senator prior to the newspaper publication even as of the time of preparing this press statement, there is still no invitation from the EFCC. These are facts that can be easily correlated.”