Hulk Hogan Awarded $115 Million In Damages In Gawker Sex Tape Lawsuit

Top wrestler Hulk Hogan has been awarded $115 million (£79million) in damages after a jury found that Gawker had violated his privacy by publishing a sex tape wrestler.

The wrestling legend was seeking $100 million damages from the website after it posted a clip of him having sex with Heather Clem - the now ex-wife of his former friend

Lawyers for the website argued that the concept of freedom of the press was more important to uphold, even if the jury found the action distasteful, while his lawyers argued the video was not newsworthy and violated his privacy.

The wrestler's lawyers also said the website didn't contact him or Clem before they published the story.

Hogan - real name Terry Bollea - had to take to the stand and give evidence at a court in St. Petersburg, Florida, this week, divulge private details about his s3x life and the case has put strain on his relationship with his wife.

Last year, his contract with WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) was terminated after a transcript from the s3x tape recording - which was secretly made in 2007 when the wrestler was suffering from depression in the wake of his wife Linda Hogan filing for divorce was leaked revealing him using the N-word during a conversation about his daughter Brooke Hogan's then- boyfriend.

WWE, the company which he helped to turn into a global entertainment brand, cut all ties with him, even removing mentions of him from their official website.

Hogan previously said he hasn't felt like himself since his s3x tape was posted online.

He said: "I just haven’t felt like myself... this is still tearing me up. I haven’t been able to get back up to who I was before [the tape]... I’m not the same person I was since all this craziness happened."

The 62-year-old also recently hit back at rumours he had leaked the tape himself, insisting he was offered money by Vivid Entertainment, a pornographic film production company, for the video but refused.

He added: "It wasn’t about Hulk Hogan making a sex tape. That’s not what happened. It’s never been about that ... We had calls from Vivid Entertainment ... and they said, ‘There’s an open checkbook, we’ll pay you anything you want ...” he disclosed.

Abuja High Court Awards 50M To Man Shot By Police Officer

An Abuja High Court has awarded the sum of Fifty Million Naira (N50m) as damages to one Mr. Joseph Martins, who was shot at close range by a trigger-happy police officer in 2013, during a slight spat at a popular joint and viewing centre in Utako District of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

In its ruling, the High Court 5 of FCT presided over Justice O.O Goodluck, explained that the sum was granted as damages to seek further medical attention for the man who is a bricklayer, so that he can adjust to a  normal life again.

The judgment was afer a long, tedious and almost hopeless wait, and the Court found in favour of the applicant by awarding the said sum against the Nigeria Police Force, for violating his fundamental rights.

It was gathered that the policeman, Sergeant Olumide Ariyo had shot Joseph during a football match between Nigeria and Mexico, for challenging him when he refused to pay for the two bottles of beer he had consumed.

Jude Okoye Replies Psquare Fan, Angrily

Psquare's Manager, Jude "ENGEES" Okoye has angrily replied a fan supposedly asking him about the update on the management saga between him and his twin younger brothers Peter & Paul (Psquare) Okoye. In a tweet, the elder brother of the singing duo said he has quit managing the twins "for over a month now"

From the tweet, it is obvious that all is not well with the Okoye brothers; business-wise. 

Court Denies Ibinabo Fiberesima Bail

We brought you a report on the former beauty queen's sentencing days ago. 

Just yesterday, a three man panel presided over by Justice Ndukwe-Anyanwu denied the actress bail. The panel, which included Justice Samuel Oseji and Justice Tijani Abubakar refused to continue with the actress’s application for bail, saying she did not attach copies of the judgment delivered by the Court Appeal on March 11th, 2016.

Justice Ndukwe went on to say that the options remaining are either to reject the appeal, or adjourn it to a later date. Ibinabo’s lawyer, Nnaemeka Amaechinaopted for the adjournment of the case so that he can file a more competent application.

The case was then adjourned till April 7th 2016 for the hearing of the bail application.

Wife Needed! LWKMD

I don't know if this driver meant it but he actually put this on his tricycle (Keke):

I NEED A WIFE, 080******82

EFCC Jails 19yr Old To 37years Imprisonment For Yahoo-Yahoo

A 19-year old Nigerian internet fraudster ( yahoo yahoo) Tobechukwu Igbokwe as been sentenced to 37 years imprisonment after being found guilty of defrauding an American the sum of $40m in an inheritance scam.

The presiding judge, Justice ‎Lateef Lawal-Akapo, found Igbokwe guilty of the 12- count charge bordering on forgery, conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretense as slammed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

In the statement of judgement made available to Daily Trust by EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwijaren, Justice Akapo indicated that Igbokwe’s cumulative sentence is to run with effect from October 28, 2013.

The court also ordered Igbokwe to return the $40 million as a restitution to the victim and forfeit a Toyota Corolla car, which is a proceed of the crime, to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Igbokwe was arraigned on October 28, 2013 when he pleaded not guilty to the 12-count charges leveled against him. He later changed his plea and was convicted by Justice Akapo accordingly.

The victim wired $40m in several installments through Western Union to Igbokwe.

John Legend Attacks Donald Trump Jr

Music Star John Legend attacked Donald Trump's son after he made comments about the protest against his dad in Chicago.

Read the tweet below.

This USA Presidential race is becoming hotter than we thought. lolz

22 Year Old Commits Suicide In Enugu

I don't whatever will make a young man to commit suicide but this is what happened in Enugu State, South-East Nigeria. 

Below is  the press statement from the Nigeria Police Force:

"To the deceased one Akabuike Onyedika of about 22 years, he never knew that his exit from the world would have been so untimely and through the process that brought about his death.Before now,the deceased has been hale hearty and always engage in his bricklaying profession until on 5/3/16 when he was sited by team of police men from where he allegedly hung himself under a cashew tree in the bush.

The Deceased Akubuike Onyedika who is believed to be from in Isiukwuato Abia State and a bricklayer living at Umunkpume orba in Udenu Local Government Area Of Enugu State was said to have gone out and never seen until security operatives were alerted who upon information conducted a search where the deceased was seen hung under a cashew tree with rope on his neck.A full scale investigations have commenced into the alleged incident while the dead body of the deceased is now deposited at Prince Eze Hospital Mortuary Obollo-Afor for necessary action"

May his soul rest in peace.

Court Upholds Ibinabo Fiberesima’s 5-Year Jail Term

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has upheld the judgement of a Lagos High Court which sentenced star actress and former beauty Queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima to five years’ imprisonment for the death of one Dr Giwa Suraj.

The court dismissed the appeal filed by the star actress challenging the sentence which was handed down by Justice Deborah Oluwayemi for reckless driving which caused the death of one Dr. Giwa Suraj in an auto accident along the Lekki-Epe expressway, Lagos.

In a unanimous decision delivered by Justice Jamilu Yammama Tukur, the court also dismissed the sentence of a Magistrate Court which had earlier awarded a N100, 000 fine on the actress.

Immediately, the judgment was delivered, Ibinabo who was visibly apprehensive throughout the proceeding burst into tears and wept furiously.

Fiberesima had earlier been awarded a N100, 000 fine by an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, but the then Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner of justice, Supo Sasore (SAN), felt unsatisfied with the judgement. This prompted the state government to take its case to the Lagos High Court.

Dissatisfied, Fiberesima in her amended appellant brief filed by her lawyer, Nnaemeka Amaechina before the Court of Appeal urged the court to set aside the five-year sentence and restore the decision of the Magistrate Court.

He submitted that by virtue of the Notice of Increase in Jurisdiction of Magistrates, No. 7 of 2006, the trial Magistrate could only impose a maximum of seven years’ imprisonment or N100, 000.00 fine.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command had in 2005 charged the ex-beauty queen [Fiberesima] to the magistrate court on a two-count charge of dangerous and reckless driving along Epe Expressway, Lagos which resulted to the death of Dr. Giwa Suraj.

CBN Calabar Office Gutted By Fire

There was an explosion today at the Central Bank of Nigeria, Calabar office.18 people were reported to have died following the explosion that occurred at the premises of the Bank.

It was gathered that the main edifice of the bank was the major part on fire, making many staff and visitors trapped inside the building, thereby increasing causalities.

The Federal and State Fires Services were however quick to respond to calls and were able to put out the fire and rescued those trapped in the building. An official however said, he can’t ascertain how many people that died in the inferno nor the immediate course of the fire.

May the soul of the departed rest in peace.

NPF Spends N600m On Procurement of Dogs -IGP

The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Solomon Arase, said the Nigeria Police Force had spent over N600 million on the procurement and maintenance of foreign dogs in the last few years.

Arase made the disclosure at the inauguration of the Police Dog Breeding Centre and Ultra Modern Mounted Troop in Abuja on Thursday.

"This is certainly not sustainable in the face of the current dwindling resources,"he said.

The IG said that so much money was being spent on the importation of dogs from foreign countries that rarely adapted to the country's policing objective.

Please o, where are the dogs?

Nawa o!

2016 Essay Contest For Undergraduates

The Nation, Nigeria, African Liberty Organization for Development (ALOD) and Network for a Free Society (NFS), in collaboration with the Rising Tide Foundation are calling for entries into the 2016 essay competition.

Details are as follows:

Topic: Entrepreneurs are the creative force in the economy.  Is your government helping or hindering them?

Participants must discuss the topic using contemporary examples

Qualification: Participant must be a student in any tertiary institutions (university, polytechnic, college of education and technical schools) in all African countries. The format of the text should be in Microsoft Word and not more than 1,500 words.

For useful background materials on the theme of this contest, interested student can downloadebook from here.

Be informed that no participant is allowed to lift materials directly from the works of any author and claim to be his/her own. Plagiarism automatically disqualifies any entry, which contains works of another author .If any text or sentence is copied from another author’s work, it must be shown in quotation marks and writer must credit the original author at the bottom of the paper.

And to assist you in writing a good essay, please visit here.

On the first page of the completed essay, every participant must write his/her full names, department, and year of study, name and country of institution, gender and age. Also include your email address and functional mobile phone number.

All entries should be sent to: essay@alodpolicy.org

Entries will be received between March 14th and May 17, 2016. Late entries will not be accepted. Winners will be announced on June 23, 2016.

6 selected Judges from Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe will mark and come up with winners. Please note that their decision on the result is final.

PRIZES

1st-George Ayittey (Platinum Prize): $1,000 and scholarship to the 2016 Liberty Camp/Event/ in East Africa OR West Africa in 2016

2nd-Anthony Fisher (Gold Prize):  $700 and scholarship to the 2016 Liberty Camp/Event/ in East Africa OR West Africa in 2016

3rd-Franklin Cudjoe (Silver Prize): $500 and scholarship to the 2016 Liberty Camp/Event/ in East Africa OR West Africa in 2016

4th- The Nation CAMPUSLIFE (Media Bronze Prize): $300 and 2016 Liberty Camp/Event/ in East Africa OR West Africa in 2016

5th- Rejoice Ngwenya Prize: $250 and 2016 Liberty Camp/Event/ in East Africa OR West Africa in 2016

Consolation Prizes:

We also have 7 (seven) consolation prize of $50 each

'One Chance' Robbers Unleash Hell On Female Journalist

Notorious ‘one chance’ bandits on Wednesday attacked a producer with Television Continental (TVC), Toyin Ibrahim and four others, dispossessing them of their valuables.

The incident occurred at about 5:30am few minutes after she boarded a commercial bus at Ketu bridge heading towards Berger-Magodo.

Ibrahim, who is currently being treated at a hospital in Magodo stated that the criminals attacked them barely two minutes after entering the bus, collecting the phones and cash.

Showing her torn jeans trousers to reporters, she stated that she was almost raped after she bit one of the robbers. She said they also took victims’ Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to withdraw money.

Her words: “Two minutes after the vehicle took off one of the robbers began to hit me. He asked me of my ATM pin number but I gave him a wrong number. When they tried the numbers and discovered that the pin was a fake one, they descended on me, hitting and booting me with their heavy shoes.

“I had to tell them the truth, giving them the three pin numbers of my GTB and Skye Banks cards. As they were beating me, I bit one of them and he became angry and tore my jeans trousers.

“He wanted to rape me. I was saved by one of them who warned that there was no time for that. The company just paid my salary and I was hoping to withdraw some money yesterday. The robbers have withdrawn all.

“It was a 14- seater bus. I wanted to sit at the second seat at the back of driver’s seat, but the conductor said that was his seat so I had to go to the last seat. I and four other people were victims.

“They were stepping and marching me very hard. I would have died if they had succeeded in raping me. Even as they were doing that, they pushed two victims down on motion. They injured me in the head.

“I am still spitting blood. They stole my three ATM cards, one phone and the N3,000 in my pocket. They robbed other victims too.”

Courtesy, TheNationNewspaper

Cat vs Snake Fight

If  snake has ever bitten you before, you will love this...hahahaahaha! Wtch and enjoy.

Badeh Goes To Kuje Prison

Former Chief of Defense Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh has been remanded in Kuje Prison by an Abuja High Court. The former Defense Chief will remain there until Thursday when his bail application will be heard. The court also fixed 14 March 2016 for the beginning of his trial.

According to The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Badeh is facing a 10-count charge of theft, corruption amongst others.  The money which the sum of $1m was found in cash at his Maitama mansion is said to belong to the Nigerian Air Force.

AMVC Awards 2016: Behold The Winners

It was gathering of the crème de la crème in the entertainment industry in the Entertainment Industry in Africa at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards 2016. The show which was anchored by Ik Osakioduwa and Minenhle "Minnie" Dlamini was electrifying and memorable with performances from top African acts. Below are the list of winners:

Best Art Director – Frank Rajah (The Refugees)

Best Television Series Award – Ariyike Oladipo (Daddy’s Girls)

Best Makeup Artist in a Movie or Series – Louiza Calore (Ayanda)

Best Short Film or Online Video Award – Oluseyi Amuwafo (A Day With Death)

Best Writer for Movie and TV series – Trish Malone (Ayanda)

Best Lighting Designer (Movies/TV) – Stanley Ohikhuare (Common Man)

Best Cinematographer – Paul Michaelson (Tell Me Sweet Something)

Best Sound Editor – Jose Guillermo (Cry)

Best Picture Editor – Shirley Frimpong-Manso (Rebecca)

Best Costume Designer – Uche Nancy (Dry)

Best Local Language Movie/TV Series (Swahili) – Single Mtambalike (Kitendawali)

Best Indigenous Movie/TV Series (Hausa) – Salisu Balarebe (Dandi Kowa)

Best Indigenous Movie/TV Series (Yoruba) – Binta Ofege

Best Indigenous Movie/TV Series (Igbo) – Paul Igwe (Usekwu Igbo)

Best Documentary – Remi Vaughan (Faaji Agba)

Best Supporting Actor In A Movie – Sambassa Nzeriba (A Soldier’s Story)

Best Supporting Actress – Tunbosun Aiyedihin (Before 30)

Best Actor In A Comedy – Folarin ‘Falz The Bahd Guy’ Falana (Jenifa’s Diary)

Best Actress In A Comedy – Funke Akindele (Jenifa’s Diary)

Trail Blazer Award – Kemi ‘Lala’ Akindoju

AMVCA 2016 Industry Merit Award – Bukky Ajayi and Sadiq Daba

Best Movie (Southern Africa) – Joyce Chavura – (Lilongwe)

Best Movie (East Africa) – Elizabeth Miachael – (Mapenzi)

Best Movie (West Africa) – Genevieve, Chinny Onwugbenu and Chichi Nwoko – 

(Road to Yesterday)

Best Actress In A Movie/Drama/TV Series – Adesua Etomi (Falling)

Best Actor In A Movie/Drama/TV Series – Daniel K. Daniel (A Soldier’s Story)

The Best Director – Akin Omotosho (Tell Me Sweet Something)

The AMVCA is an annual awards of film and movies in Africa by digital TV Giants, Mulitchoice.

My Take On Ayodele Daniel Dada, The 5.00 CGPA UNILAG GRADUATE

Though this piece is coming late but i must put it up still. I got the news of Ayodele Daniel Dada's shocking 5.00 CGPA with some goose pimples. This is because I myself am a student and I know what it takes to achieve such fit especially in a Nigerian university where corruption through bribery is a common occurrence. It is a common thing here in Nigeria as either lecturers demand for the offer or the students themselves initiate it. On many occasions where the student is doing well, some lecturers take it as a slap on them that such a student feels he/she can pass their courses without their (the lecturers) help. Also, the achiever of this great fit is not from the pure sciences but from the Social Sciences. Students from the pure science has always been the ones with the top grades due to the preciseness of their field of study.

The case of Ayodele has proven many things:

• The Nigerian universities are improving. I said this because if it was in the past (like I said before) one lecturer wouldn't mind to be a wall of Jericho standing before Ayodele Daniel Dada from making such a rare history. 
• Any student of the Arts, Social & Management Sciences can actually make as much high grade as possible. Many students in these faculties has always doubted this.
• The Western Nigerian (YORUBAs) still has the best crop of academic wealth in Nigeria (if not the entire Africa). Before you attack me please, I am not even from this region but it’s a statement of fact that needs no big research to prove.
• There are still students passionate about education and their career even in this present day of social media distraction. These days, it’s either a student is tweeting, facebooking, whatsapping, skyping or pinging and this tells on such a student’s grades.

Now the BIG issue. The reward system of Nigerians and Nigerian governments. I read that some amount of money was given to the young man. He won the Vice Chancellor’s award for the best graduating student, worth N600,000 and N500,000 from the UNILAG Alumni Association. I laughed when I noticed that it is a meager amount of money. Don’t even go “at all at all na witch” on me. This fit demands more than “at all at all na witch”. What happens if the University offer him scholarship for his Masters? What happens if MTN, GLO, ETISALAT, AIRTEL, ZINOX, THE BANKS, etc endorses this rare gem as an ambassador? What if he gets a presidential merit award? What if the federal or his state government sponsors him to further his education in a topnotch university somewhere in the world?

I must go with Freeze of CoolFM on this one. Where I come from, I was told not to ignore a good message just because it is coming from a bad messenger. I don’t know if this Ayodele Daniel Dada dude trended on twitter. If he ever did, he should again until something worth more than a meager 1million naira is done for him. If we could make #LeaveTrashForLawman, #back2back, #psquare, #OgaAtTheTop and other trivial issues trend on twitter and other social media platforms, then this should trend too.

I use this medium to call on top bloggers and social media heavy weights like Linda Ikeji, Bella Naija, Sen Ben Bruce, Omojuwa etc to join Freeze on this journey of making Ayodele Daniel Dada an academic celebrity. We have had enough of the music, movie, and fashion celebrities.

Let's do this. It is #RewardAyodele5.00CGPA

Some people reading this might ask, “What do I stand to gain if this guy is hugely rewarded?” In answer to that as a typical Nigerian that I am, I ask back: “What did you gain in other trends you have promoted at `one time or the other?

I welcome the bashings!

What Is Wrong With This Photo?

I was surfing the net and i bumped into this photo on Facebook

I don't know who the young man is or who the baby is to the young man but, do you think anything is wrong with this photo? I definately do.