Category: Celebrity Gists

Most of my mates were almost grandmothers when I married at 24 – Aisha Yesufu

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The co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls group, Aisha Yesufu, tells Ademola Oloniluaabout her family and love life You became quite popular through the Bring Back Our Girls campaign after the Chibok girls were abducted in 2014. How did you become an activist? For me, activism has been part of me all my life. I am somebody that stands up against injustice because I have a ‘big mouth.’ While I was growing up, I always asked questions; be it from my parents or when I was in school. I…

How Man Slipped Hand Into My Bra To Squeeze My Breasts – Adichie

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Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie has narrated how a ‘big media’ man slipped his hand under her clothes and then into her bra to squeeze her breasts when she was 17 years old. Adichie, who joined the #MeToo movement’ shared the story of her sexual assault at age 17. She spoke at the Stockholm Forum for Gender Equality. According to her, she had written a book of poems and took it to a “big man in the media” who she felt would support her quest to have it introduced to the…

MMM Founder Mavrodi Is Dead

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The founder of the MMM series of financial pyramid schemes, Sergei Mavrodi, is dead. He died in Moscow. Mavrodi was taken to a city hospital from a bus stop overnight Monday after he felt weakness and pain in the chest area, reports Moskovsky Komsomolets. The emergency team has failed to save his life. “He died this morning,” the report said. In 2007 Sergei Mavrodi was convicted in a Russian court of defrauding 10,000 investors out of 110 million rubles ($4.3 million). Mavrodi claimed he is not the beneficiary of the…

Osinbajo insists on ‘strictly private wedding’ for daughter

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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is insisting on a low-key wedding for his daughter which comes up on March 17, TheCable understands. This is coming against the backdrop of fierce criticism that followed the wedding of the children of the governors of Kano and Oyo states on Saturday. The ceremony, attended by President Muhammadu Buhari and 22 state governors, drew the ire of critics who felt the kidnap of 110 schoolgirls in Dapchi and an upsurge in Boko Haram killings should have necessitated a sober celebration. Osinbajo is said to be concerned…

PRESIDENT BUHARI CONGRATULATES MOVIE VETERAN ,TUNDE KELANI AT 70

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President Muhammadu Buhari joined the media and entertainment industry in congratulating renowned movie producer, filmmaker and photographer, Tunde Kelani, on his 70th birthday. President Buhari felicitated with all family members, friends, professional colleagues and the teeming fans of the artiste, who started out as a journalist before mastering the art of storytelling through the stage and tube, and rising steadily to become one Nigeria’s foremost directors and producers in Nollywood. The President commended Kelani’s uncanny story telling skills and his ability to breathe life into scripts and translate literature to…

Facebook loses privacy case in Belgium, faces $125m fine

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A Belgian court on Friday threatened Facebook with a fine of up to 100 million euros (125 million dollars ) if it continued to break privacy laws by tracking people on third-party websites. In a case brought by Belgium’s privacy watchdog, the court also ruled that Facebook had to delete all data it had gathered illegally on Belgian citizens, including people who were not Facebook users themselves. Facebook, which would be fined 250,000 euros a day or up to 100 million euros if it did not comply with the court’s…

1st African Disabled Person to be named a Young Global Leader

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Lois Auta is a woman with 99 abilities and only one disability, which was polio, that affected me at age two, but I have never allowed it to stop me from achieving my dreams. I was disabled by polio and enabled by positivity. Some see their disabilities as a curse, but I see mine as a blessing, some see theirs as a problem, but I see mine as a solution to change the world. Some see their disabilities as a disadvantage but I see mine as an advantage. Growing up…

‘That’s not for me’: Oprah Winfrey rejects 2020 presidential run

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Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey knocked down speculation that she could be a US presidential candidate in 2020, saying in a magazine interview published Thursday that running for office was not in her nature. “I met with someone the other day who said that they would help me with a campaign. That’s not for me,” she told fashion magazine InStyle. Interest in the media mogul surged among members of the opposition Democratic Party after her January 7 speech at the Golden Globes awards gala, where Winfrey accepted a lifetime achievement award.…

Ronaldinho retires from football

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Former Brazil and FC Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho, who won the World Cup, Champions League, Copa Libertadores and World Player of the Year award, is retiring from the game. His brother and agent Assis made the announcement on Tuesday. Ronaldinho, who will be 38 in March, has not played a competitive match since 2015 bt he had also avoided calling a definitive halt to his career until now. “He’s stopped. It’s over,” Assis said. “We are going to do something pretty big, something cool, after the World Cup in Russia, probably…

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West welcome 3rd child

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US reality TV star Kim Kardashian and rap mogul Kanye West announced on Tuesday the birth of their third child. “She’s here,” Kardashian’s website stated. “Kanye and I are happy to announce the arrival of our healthy, beautiful baby girl,” the statement added. The couple also thanked the woman who gave birth to the baby girl for making their “dreams come true.” Due to a medical condition, Kardashian and West had opted to use a surrogate. The announcement stated the baby, who was born on Monday, weighs 3.3 kilogrammes. The…