D’banj’s manager, Tonya Merritt is a year older today

By ‘Dayo Showemimo

(D’banj and his manager, Tonya Merritt. photo: Instagram)

D’banj’s manager, Tonya Merritt is a year older today, Monday, April 13, 2015. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Tonya Merritt is an international business consultant, publicist and booking agent.

Her relationship with D’Banj dates back to several years ago and her influence in D’Banj’s career has been huge, as she’s currently the vice president of D’Banj’s DKM Media.

Gov. Fashola, Asiwaju Tinubu Get N600M Bullet Proof Jeeps With Surveillance Camera, Bomb Detectors!

Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola and the man instrumental to his current status, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu just took delivery of new acquisitions.

Information made available to identify the buy as three bullet proof cars- Jeeps- with bomb detector apparatus and surveillance cameras.

Findings revealed that two of the purchases are with Governor Fashola for official usage as the helmsman of Lagos state. Asiwaju Tinubu is said to have one to his name as party leader. The former governor is the national leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, the ruling party in Lagos state and also regarded as the ultimate decision maker in affairs of the state in some quarters.

The brand of the bullet proof cars is identified as Toyota Prado Jeep.

The cost of each jeep- including handling, registration, insurance and other fees- is two hundred million naira. The three jeeps are valued at six hundred million naira.

All Yoruba Obas are useless says Bola Tinubu

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has disclosed that only three monarchs in Yorubaland are upright, describing others as “useless”.

The former governor of Lagos State made this declaration on Friday in Ijebu-Ode during a special prayer session held at the Central Mosque in the city to mark the 80th birthday of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Ogbagba II. Tinubu extolled the doggedness of the paramount ruler.

 Speaking at the event, Tinubu, who returned to the country because of the occasion, urged the monarch not to allow some politicians hijack his birthday celebration and turn it into a political platform for campaign.

Tinubu narrated that, “I remember in 1991, 1992 and 1993 during the military junta, when the Yoruba was the target of the then government. They thought they could silence you, they planned to kill you, they planned to remove you through a local government, but they failed. They did it to Sultan of Sokoto and they succeeded.

How President Obama, John Kerry and David Cameron Plotted Jonathan's Defeat

Tribune newspaper has said that President Jonathan may have lost his presidential seat several weeks before the March 28th polls, due to a series of international and local masterminds.

The paper says even at the last minute, there was a power tussle, where one force fought to prevent the other from making the president hold on to power for as long as necessary. 

"The western world, according to available information, keyed into the Buhari presidency project months before the election and the refusal to sell arms to Nigeria to fight the Boko Haram insurgency by Washington was said to be mainly predicated on the likelihood of Jonathan’s administration using same to quell possible civil disobedience if he manipulated the results to remain in power.

Myanmar warplane kills 5 in China

A Myanmar warplane fighting rebels dropped a bomb at a sugarcane field in China, the latter's state media reported Saturday. The bomb killed five civilians.

In addition to the fatalities, eight others were wounded, according to Xinhua news agency.

Shortly after the incident Friday, China sent fighter jets to patrol over their shared border.

The jets are there to "track, monitor, warn and chase away" Myanmar military planes, China's air force told state media.

China summoned Myanmar's ambassador in Beijing after the incident in the border city of Lincang.

                     

Liu Zhenmin, the vice foreign minister for China, called on Myanmar to investigate and bring those behind the attack to justice.

Pics of Busta Rhymes: Rapper Falls Off Stage During Concert & Suffers Head Injury

Oh no! Busta Rhymes suffered a head injury mid-performance after nosediving into a huge crowd while performing in New York City. We’re glad he’s OK!

Rapper Busta Rhymes apparently got a little carried away while performing at Webster Hall in New York City. The 42-year-old rapper slipped off a platform while leaning his way into the crowd, and ended up leaving the stage with a wound to his head. So scary!

SURGERY SHOCK! Celebrity Big Brother's Chantelle Houghton reveals she's getting a new FACE for Christmas

She's only 31 years old but Chantelle Houghton wants to revive her face for the

festive season

While many people wait until the New Year to work on themselves, the star - who shot to fame on 2006's Celebrity Big Brother - admits that she fancies improving her looks before 25 December.

Chantelle said when asked if she'd be getting her cosmetic procedures such as Botox, filler, eyebrows shaped and lips plumped up, that her revamp is on the way before 2015.

'I'm hoping to do it before Christmas. Make myself look better,' she said.

Germans honour slain 'role model' Tugce Albayrak

Around 150 people attended a vigil in Berlin in her memory on Sunday.

President Joachim Gauck has described the student as a "role model".

A man, 18, is in custody over the 15 November attack, which left Ms Albayrak in a coma. Her life support was switched off on Friday.

She had intervened when she heard cries for help from the toilet of a fast food restaurant in the town of Offenbach, near Frankfurt, where the two girls were being harassed, German media report.

Kerosene explosion claims life of 15-year-old boy in Benin

A kerosene explosion that ignited a fire outbreak in Benin has claimed the life of a 15-year-old boy.

It was a tale of tears and sorrow as a 15-year-old boy was killed in a kerosene explosion that occurred on Thursday in Benin, the Edo State capital.

The incident which took place in the Textile Mill area of the city, also affected a woman, Loveth Odeh and her 5-year-old son whose name was given as Wisdom, as they suffered several degrees of burns from the fire that followed the explosion and are being treated at the Benin Central Hospital.

Nigeria unrest: Kano mosque attack 'kills dozens'

Dozens have been killed in a gun and bomb attack during Friday prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the Nigerian city of Kano, reports say.

Many more people have been hurt, with one rescue official putting casualty figures at just under 200.

The Central Mosque is where the influential Muslim leader, the Emir of Kano, usually leads prayers.

The emir recently called for people to arm themselves against Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

The group has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009 and has killed more than 2,000 people this year, rights groups say.