Banky W and Adesua Etomi are proud parents as they have welcomed a baby boy! The couple who got married in November 2017, welcomed their son four weeks ago.
Adesua shared photos from her maternity shoot on her Instagram page this morning to celebrate her birthday which is today February 22. The proud new mum wrote
””You have a track record of keeping your word. OlOrun agbaye o, you are mighty”.
4 weeks ago I received the best birthday gift ever. Our Son.
Varnish is an open source reverse HTTP proxy, an HTTP accelerator, and a useful tool for speeding up an Apache server. Varnish is also known as front-end web caching software that you put in front of an Apache web server to speed it up.
Varnish can increase the performance of your website and prevent the Apache server from overloading in case of high server traffic.
Varnish features
Reduces CPU load on the Apache web server.
Web browser will load your website faster since the cache is stored in RAM.
Supports load balancing.
In this article I will explain how to install and use Varnish as a front-end to an Apache web server.
Requirements
A server running CentOS 7 with Apache installed
A static IP address for your server
Install Varnish
Before installing Varnish, you will have to install the EPEL repository. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo yum install -y epel-release
Once the installation is finished you will be able to install Varnish.
sudo yum install -y varnish
After installation, you will need to start Varnish and enable it to start on boot.
To check the status of Varnish, run the following command:
sudo systemctl status varnish
Check the version of Varnish that is running:
sudo varnishd -V
Configure Varnish
The Varnish configuration file will be located in the /etc/varnish directory in CentOS 7. To make Varnish work in front of Apache, you will need to set up some basic configurations.
By default Varnish listens on port 6081. You will need to change port 6081 to 80 so that website requests access the Varnish cache first. You can do this by editing the varnish.params config file.
sudo nano /etc/varnish/varnish.params
Change VARNISH_LISTEN_PORT from 6081 to 80:
VARNISH_LISTEN_PORT=80
Save the file, then open the default.vcl file. This file tells varnish to look for the server content:
Now you should have Varnish and Apache running together. To verify that Varnish is on and working, you can use the curl command to view the HTTP header:
France’s government wants to set the age of sexual consent at 15 and make it easier to punish long-ago child sexual abuse.
Victims of sexual abuse and child protection activists have long pushed for tougher laws and greater societal recognition of the problem of sexual abuse and this new development has been welcomed by them.
France’s lack of an age of consent have complicated efforts to prosecute alleged perpetrators.
The Justice Ministry said systematic sexual abuse is “intolerable”, adding that “the government is determined to act quickly to implement the changes that our society expects.”
“An act of sexual penetration by an adult on a minor under 15 will be considered a rape,” Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said Tuesday, Feb 9, on France-2 television.
Perpetrators could no longer cite consent to diminish the charges, he said, though exceptions would be made for teenagers having consensual sex.
The change still needs to be enshrined in law, but the announcement is a major step.
“It’s very good that there is this revived debate, that there is an idea of a minimum age (of consent),” said Fatima Benomar, whose group Les Effrontees has pushed for stronger laws against sexual abusers. “This will make adults more responsible.”
An effort to set France’s first age of consent three years ago in the wake of the global #MeToo movement failed amid legal complications. But it has gained new momentum since accusations emerged last month of incestuous sexual abuse involving a prominent French political expert, Olivier Duhamel. That unleashed an online #MeTooInceste movement in France that led to tens of thousands of similar testimonies.
The Justice Ministry is in discussions with victims’ groups about toughening punishment of incestuous abuse and extending or abolishing the statute of limitations on sexual violence against children, because it creates such deep trauma that it can take decades for victims to speak out. The law currently allows child victims to file complaints until they are 48.
The ministry also says it wants “to ensure that victims of the same perpetrator do not receive different legal treatment,” which could broaden the scope to prosecute those accused of abusing multiple people over decades.
A Nigerian lawyer residing in Japan, Barrister Emeka Akaolisa, has blasted clergyman Apostle Johnson Suleman, who recently said he prays the COVID19 pandemic continues as he bought his 3rd jet during the pandemic.
In a video he shared on social media, Barrister Akaolisa slammed the clergyman for being excited about the pandemic when many of his followers and people in his community have become economically bankrupt due to the pandemic. In the video, he said
”My dear Pastor Suleman, you bought first jet, second jet and then the third jet during Coronavirus, when people are dying.
Pastor Suleman, you have three private jets while Auchi is one of the dirtiest places in the world while Nigeria is one of the poorest places in the world and you have mind to buy the first jet, second jet and the third jet during Coronavirus pandemic when people are dying.
What is wrong with Nigerians? When will our mumu do? I am asking this question? These men are just deceiving people.
If you talk to a Japanese man about Heaven he will ask you what is heaven? Because these people understood the truth while we are brainwashing our people that they are going to heaven to enjoy what they can enjoy here, that is the most wicked thing I have ever seen.
During Coronavirus when people are dying, no food. I and my family had to send the money that the government of this country gave us, to my village to buy palliatives for them and to buy medicine and you used your own money to buy private jet. Pastor Suleman, shame onto you!’
The 29-year-old “212” took to Instagram on Monday morning, February 22, to announce her engagement to her white boyfriend, Ryder Ripps, who gave her a Jewish ring during his proposal.
Flaunting her engagement ring, Azealia wrote beneath the photo: ‘I said yes!!! @ryder_ripps and I are engaged!!!!!!
“I just got engaged kunts. I’m crying…. I’m Jewish now. MAZEL TOV BITCHES! WE IN HERE…. YERRRRRRR,” she added in her post.
Azealia Banks and Ryder Ripps confirmed their relationship in June 2019.
Shatta Michy, ex-girlfriend of Dancehall musician Shatta Wale has shared her regret of wasting her youthful age with him.
Michy who spoke in an interview on United Showbiz show on UTV, said she could have achieved an enviable feat if she had focused on her schooling and abandoned Wale’s budding dream at a youthful age.
The singer’s ex-girlfriend also revealed that she had to cut ties with him after their break up because every time spent with him reminded her of the ordeal she endured under the same roof with him.
Michy who has a child from the relationship, further stated that she has learnt several lessons from dating Shatta Wale because they were able to make history.
She said;
“I look so good without Shatta Wale, because if I had been monitoring him the time I would [have] put in it wouldn’t have made me look this good because I have a lot to do.
“When we make mistakes in life we must move from them and make conscious efforts not to go back to them. I don’t think being with him was a mistake because we were making history without making [much] effort,” the ex-girlfriend said.
“I wouldn’t say it was a mistake, but a waste of my youth. I’m 27 now; not a child anymore. It was difficult breaking up with him. Everything was supposed to happen, but I have learnt my lessons with men, friends and [I] appreciate the presence of my son in my life.”
An American Pastor Abu Zacharia is in Nigeria to rescue and replace Leah Sharibu who has been in Boko Haram captivity since February 2018. #FreeLeahSharibu
Members of the terrorist group on February 19, 2018, stormed the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College Dapchi, Yobe state where they abducted 110 of the school girls. Five of the girls died during the abduction. The sect members released 104 of the schoolgirls and held on to Leah who refused to denounce her Christian faith. Leah has been in captivity since then.
Zacharia, an American missionary who came in the company of an American-based human rights advocate, Barrister Emmanuel Ogebe, said this is his third trip to Nigeria in the last few weeks to negotiate the release of Leah. He said he is making efforts to meet with Book Haram leaders so that they can take him to replace Leah.
Speaking to newsmen over the weekend, Zacharia said
”I am here in Nigeria, my third trip in four months to negotiate the release of Leah Shuaribu with Boko Haram. What am offering to them is to exchange Leah for myself and I will go into their captivity.
So that is what am planning to do, once they find out that am here, I have already had one meeting with the government official, asking his assistance to have a meeting with Boko Haram. Wherever she is, am willing to go there and exchange myself.
The basic of this is John 15:13 in the gospel “Greater love has no man than a man lays down his life for his brother and his sister. So I am here to, with the permission of my wife of 41 years and five children and nine grand-children, to see if I can negotiate her release. And they will release her and take me instead. And that is my goal.
I have been doing full-time religious freedom work and international Christian humanitarian work in the war-zones. I have been to places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Jordan, Gaza, Sudan and Cuba, among others.”
Three people were reportedly shot in Atlanta during the filming of a music video for the rappers Roddy Ricch and 42 Dugg on Sunday, February 21st.
Police responded to a shooting on Wells Street in southwest Atlanta at about 4 p.m. When they got there, they found a man, Peter Cook, 39, grazed by a round of gunfire and was treated at the scene by emergency paramedics.
Two other people, Antoine Blake, 25, and Vernon Moulder, 29, were shot during the same incident and took themselves to Grady Memorial Hospital in order to treat gunshot wounds.
Witnesses told WSB-TV there were a lot of gunshots shots that quickly scattered about 50 people on the set.
“Everyone started running, trying to get out. Or take cover, lot of places to take cover in there,” Teresa Lakes said.
Lakes was reportedly on the set as a medic to take temperatures and screen anyone who entered for COVID-19.
“Anyone that was injured, I laid hands on ‘em to make sure they were OK,” she said. “Just glad it wasn’t a lot worse then it could have been…could have been worse.”
WSB-TV’s reporter, Steve Gehlbach said one man was put into the back of a police car. Police said officers detained and arrested a 40-year-old man on a drug charge, but he is not considered the shooting suspect.
Investigators are still working to get information on the suspects involved in the shooting.
Students preparing to write the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exams, as well as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now prepare from the comfort of their homes, instead of having to spend all day in study centres, as is presently the case. This is made possible by Nigeria’s first and only online study platform, 321Exam.
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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has again commented on rumours of his planned defection to the All Progressives Congress.
FFK in a Facebook post he shared, said he never told anyone he was joining APC neither did he say he was going to remain in PDP which he claimed prosecuted him for seven years and also tried to jail him.
The politician who described himself as the voice of the voiceless and warrior, also countered claims of speaking to two APC Governors because he was broke by stating that he was born into wealth and has never lacked it. He also disclosed that he has 55 domestic staff in his house and they all earn 70,000 naira and above per month.
He wrote;
THE LION THAT CANNOT BE CAGED
Over the last one week millions of Nigerians have expressed concern about which direction I am going politically and much has been said.
Some have gone out of their way to reach out to me and offered their counsel out of genuine love and concern.
Others have not reached out to me and have written or spoken out of ignorance, hate and malice imputing the worst motivations for actions which they claim I have purportedly taken.
This contribution is an attempt to provide answers to just a few of the oftentimes asinine and absurd assertions and observations that the latter group have made.
Some say they warned me and that I have fallen into a trap whilst others say my voice has been silenced, I am a spy and that this signals the end of my political career.
My response to them and others who have conjured up even stranger motivations and conspiracy theories when it comes to FFK is as follows.
To whom it may concern: spare me your crocodile tears and be rest assured that I am too big, too intelligent, too experienced and too forthright to fall into any trap.
It is impossible to castrate a lion, render it impotent or silence its roar.
I stand on all my beliefs, core values and principles. I am the voice of the voiceless, I am a warrior, I fear nothing, I fear no-one, I am as constant as the northern star and I will ALWAYS stand against evil.
Speaking to other leaders across party lines in order to build bridges, engender peace, foster stability and enhance national unity ought not to create such national and international rage, panic and pandemonium.
Are we so divided that we can’t even talk to one another and take pictures together without causing a public stir and setting the Internet on fire?
You insult me and say I am scared of prison because I had a meeting with two APC Governors?
Do you know how many PDP and APC Governors and leaders I interact with and meet regularly? Do you know how many I talk to on a daily basis?
Do you know that I was prosecuted for 7 years by PDP Governments who tried to jail me simply for speaking out against them yet it did not deter me? Ask those that were in the Yar’adua and Jonathan administration.
After a while they got tired because the more they tried to intimidate me into silence or make me flee the country the more I stood my ground and fought my corner till they gave up.
Does that sound like a man that is scared of death or prison?
You insult me and say I am broke because I had talks with two APC Governors.
Do you know that I spend more on my monthly salary bill in one month than some of these people that are claiming I am broke earn in 5 or 10 years.
I have 55 domestic staff in my house alone. Not one of them gets below 70,000 naira per month which is higher than the national minimum wage.
I do not owe salaries and I feed each of them three square meals every day. I do all this just to help them and to ensure they can look after and feed their families. Does that sound like a broke man to you?
That is my little contribution to the welfare of our people because I certainly do not need so many staff. I employ them just to keep them off the unemployment line.
Apart from that do you know how many people I give scholarships to and how many peoples children I feed and educate? Do you know how many other families I am responsible for in terms of day to day living?
The Bible says be your brothers keeper and I do these things unto the Lord. I do them and I will never stop even when my good is repaid with evil.
The Lord has always provided for me and given me the fat of the land. He has always caused me to be a blessing to others though I do not make noise about it.
For the last 60 years of my life He has been good to me. He has caused me to excel, prosper and flourish and from beginning to end He has always been with me and mine.
You say I make money through politics meanwhile I left public office in 2007 which is 13 years ago! Does that make sense to you? In any case is politics my only source of income in the world?
Am I your conventional politician who craves for elective office? Do I even attend their meetings? I have been in this game since 1990! Do you know that?
I have been making my contributions to current affairs, political discourse and politics for the last 31 years which is long before most of today’s Governors or Ministers even knew the meaning of the word.
And it was always a struggle which involved sacrifice. Where were my detractors when I was in NADECO and fought against military rule?
The records are there and so are the essays and some of the people I worked with.
Where were they when we set up September Club in 1989 and some of the nations greatest leaders and elder statesmen and top politicians over the last 30 years, including Presidents, Governors, Ministers and legislators across party lines, were members.
Where were they in the days of NRC, SDP and Choice ’92 when politics was real, when the greats held sway and when men honored their word.
Where were they when we risked all for MKO Abiola’s stolen mandate and June 12th and even had to go into exile for years because of it?
Where were they when we stood against the annulment of June 12th and fought against the Government of General Sani Abacha?
Where were they when we formed the Progressive Action Movement in 1999 and some of the nations brightest and best young stars and minds made their contribution to national affairs?
Where were they when we fought against Senator Ali Modu Sheriff who was sent to high jack and destroy the PDP?
Where were they when I led President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign in 2015 and took the battle to the gates of the enemy?
Where were they when I stood behind President Olusegun Obasanjo and faced down ALL his detractors?
Where were they when I was targetted and almost assassinated om two separate occassions during the Obasanjo Presidency simply because I was the President’s defender in chief and armour bearer and was totally committed to his cause?
I did all this in the past and present and you say I am making money from it? Do you know the risks involved in these things?
Do you know I could have been killed together with members of my family long ago and most certainly would have had it not been for God?
Can my detractors give up so much and risk so much just for politics? Honestly it really is the deepest insult.
Some of us were born into wealth and have never lacked it. We were born into politics too. We were born into the circles of power so nothing moves us.
For us politics is a noble calling and not a profession. It is about proferring solutions to complex national issues and not about the acquisition of primitive wealth.
We gave up all for the struggle for democracy and the opportunity to help to develop our country and move her forward and now we are insulted and mocked and told we did it for money? Which money?
How much can I be bought or bribed with? All the money in the world could not move me because I have never lacked it.
What have I not had or enjoyed in life from a very young age? Where have I not been?
I came to the conclusion long ago that all is vanity and that material wealth means nothing. I would never sacrifice my principles or integrity for it.
Mallam Abba Kyari, the President’s late and powerful Chief of Staff, was my brother for over 40 years and we interacted regularly whilst he was in power.
I never asked him for ANYTHING from his Government just as I never asked or got ANYTHING from any of the previous Federal Governments between 2007 and 2021.
If I had done so I would not have been able to criticise those Governments publicly and I would have been exposed. You cannot criticise where you eat from.
I did not join APC when Abba was in Government and I did not compromise my principles when I could have asked him for anything I chose in return since he had the ear of the President.
I respected and loved him for who he was and NOT for the position he held and the feeling was mutual.
I opposed his Government in spite of our friendship and did not share his views yet we remained friends because our friendship was well above politics.
That is what civilised people do. They agree to disagree and respect each others views. They never let it come between their friendship.
I opposed Abba’s Government and risked losing an old and loyal friend and brother because I believed passionately in all I said. I believed all that I said then and I still believe it today.
All that and now you dare to question my resolve and consistency? It is laughable.
You say I am inconsitent. Meanwhile I have been more consistent in my views over the last 30 years than 95% of Nigerian leader and I have stuck to my guns despite all manner of persecution and suffering!
You say I have no relevance meanwhile millions all over the world read my words avidly every day and follow my actions religiously because I inspire them due to the fact that I have always had the courage of my convictions and I have always spoken truth to power.
Unlike most politicians I actually inspire people and give them hope. And most important of all they trust me and trust my judgement.
They have also acknowledged the fact thst more often than not my words are prophetic and I have displayed remarkable insight and foresight when it comes to national affairs.
How many of your so-called “relevant” leaders have done that? How many of them have displayed such courage under fire for years on end?
How many of them can have their newspaper columns in three national dailies closed over the years due to threats to the publishers from the Government and yet keep writing his essays on social media with millions of people all over the world still reading them and receiving the message?
How many of them can be blacklisted by the nations newspapers and television stations with threatenjng orders from above and still keep talking?
How many of them across party lines can mould the thoughts and guide millions in this way with their counsel, words, actions and thoughts?
First 7 years of persecution under PDP then 5 years of persecution under APC! HOW many of your leaders can stand such fire and pain and still fight on?
Almost all of them ever do is sell you down the river, tell you lies, ignore your pain, deceive you, mock you, use you and give you crumbs in return for your acclamation, support and loyalty but you love them for that.
You say I am scared of even more persecution. At the age of 60 you believe I am scared?
What more can they do to me that they have not done already? And what more am I looking for in life that I have not enjoyed over the years?
Yet you say I am scared! And those that say so can barely endure one tenth of what I have endured.
Some of them make noise from the safety of other countries and stay away from Nigeria out of fear of being locked up yet they mock those of us that live on the doorsteps of our oppressors in Nigeria and dare them to their faces.
Some of them have not been able to face hardship or deprivation and neither can they bear it when their rights are being violated.
Yet to many of us this has become the norm ahd we are used to it yet we still continue to struggle and fight the system regardless. Let me give you just one example.
Do you know that I have not been able to travel out of Nigeria for the last 13 years because my passport was first seized by a PDP Government for 8 and then by an APC Government for 5?
Do you know that I could not even go for medical check ups outside the country because of that?
Did you ever hear me complain or did this ever stop me from speaking truth to power, standing firm against injustice or speaking up for the weak, the persecuted and the voiceless?
Do you know I was locked up by both PDP and APC Federal Governments for no just cause?
Do you know I was even locked up in Boko Haram detention centers with Boko Haram suspects and convicts?
Do you know that only terrorists were kept in the facility that they kept me? Do you know that that place is worst than Gauntanamo Bay and that it was built by the British Government?
Do you know how terrifying that was and that I could have been killed or maimed whilst there?
Yet did you ever hear me complain about it, submit, compromise, give up or back down from criticising the Government or previous Governments because of these trials and tribulations?
How many of your so-called “relevant” and “great” leaders can bear such torment and injustice without cracking? Did you ever see or hear me crack? Did I ever break?
Do you know what horrors my first wife Regina and my daughter Remi were subjected to by a PDP Government? Do you know why they had to go into exile and live abroad?
Do you know what hell my ex-wife Precious and first son Aragorn were subjected to by the APC Government?
Do you know the tears we shed secretly and the number of times we suffered and were forced to go underground for no just cause?
Do you know the kind of stress and torment this put us through? Do you know that all our bank accounts have been frozen for five years?
Did all that stop me or stop us from standing? Did we not endure and bear it all with dignity for years and still continue to make our contribution to national affairs with zeal and passion.
Yet leaders like me that make these sacrifices and speak truth you describe as having no relevance, no consistency and you hate.
You mock, ridicule, insult and believe the very worst about us at the drop of a hat. Some even have the nerve and effontry to say we are not politicians simply because we have not run for elective office.
It is those who speak truth and that are courageous enough to expose and confront evil that you hate, judge and always think and assume the worse of at the drop of a hat.
Do you know that despite facing the most vicious persecution and prosecution for 7 long years the court found me not guilty of corruption whilst I was Minister of Aviation and Minister of Culture and Tourism and acquitted and discharged me?
How many of your leaders can endure going to court for seven years before 4 different judges and in the midst of a vicious media witch hunt in which most people who knew nothing about the case had declared me guilty?
How many of you could have survived that without capitulating, cracking, begging and bending the knee?
Do you know that I have been facing prosecution for the last 5 years in two separate courts for doing absolutely nothing wrong except leading a presidential campaign against Buhari and for Jonathan in 2015 and as a consequence of politically-motivated and malicious charges which were filed only because of my bitter and vicious opposition to the Buhari Government?
Do you know that under my tenure as Minister of Aviation there were no plane crashes whilst the year before I came in there were 5 and 453 died in those crashes?
Do you know that I put a stop to those crashes and that I am the only Minister of Aviation in Nigerian history under which there were NO plane crashes?
Do you know that despite all the challenges and persecution I was recently polled by 85% of the readers of Vanguard Newspaper that I was the loudest and most consistent voice of opposition against the Buhari Government over the last five years?
All this yet you label me a coward and someone that has achieved nothing?
Do you know that most of those leaders you rever and love so much are cowards who are unable and unwilling to risk all and speak truth to power.
All they are able to do is to mislead you and their followers to hate and insult those of us that really care for you.
Honestly some people need mental health checks and medical attention!
And for anyone to say I will not be welcome in a party that I have not publicly expressed a desire to join amazes me.
The joker that claimed I was rejected by the APC needs to tell me where and when I applied to join them and what my registration number was!
Did I tell you I am leaving PDP for APC? Or did I tell anyone that I will stay in PDP forever no matter what happens or no matter what they do to me or to the country?
You see unlike most I am a one man army and riot squad and I am accountable to no man or party. I am only accountable to God!
Unlike most I do not do things in the dark and I do not shy away from speaking the truth or my mind once it is set.
When and if I ever choose to make a move I will be clear and categorical and I will let the world know so hold your hate fire till we get to that bridge.
Yet know this: I owe no-one any explanation for what I will do or will not do tomorrow, I will gladly live with the consequences of my actions and decisions and I will defend myself and explain my actions when I choose to do so if I believe it is ever necessary.
I do not know what the details are yet but before 2023 there WILL be many realignments and new alliances. Both parties will see many shifts and many individuals will change sides.
This is because we must get it right in 2023 and we must ensure that whoever takes power at the center, regardless of party affiliation, restructures our country and takes our nation to the promise land.
We must build bridges and secure the peace, unity and progress of this country and most important of all we must avoid civil war and do all we can to save our nation from armed conflict and fratricidal butchery.
That is the challenge before us today and that is the reality of Nigerian politics.
Whilst others meet secretly and hide from the cameras in their quest to achieve these objectives, I will not. I am the beloved of the Lord and I am a LION!
New father, Ryan Shelton and Georgina Aldridge, 44, got together while he and his girlfriend Jess were living at her parents’ home in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.
Jess Aldridge, 24, (middle) with her boyfriend, Ryan Shelton, 29, (right) and Jess’s mother Georgina, 44, who Ryan has run off
Georgina, a grandmother-of-six said ‘these things happen’ when she was confronted over the affair behind daughter Jess’s back.
The pair are now staying at Georgina’s sister’s semi-detached home 30 miles away in Oxfordshire until they move into their new property at the end of the month.
Georgina Aldridge (left) and her daughter’s ex-boyfriend Ryan Shelton (right) have been pictured at their love nest 30 miles away from the family home a week after affair was revealed.
Ryan and Jess moved in with Georgina and her husband, Eric, to the family home to form a support bubble during the pandemic as Jess was preparing to have their baby.
Within weeks of moving in, Ryan had begun an affair with the grandmother-of-six who he left Jess for two days after Jess came home with his newborn son, Reuben, Mail Online reported.
According to The Sun, Mrs. Aldridge sent her daughter a series of text messages outlining the beginning of her new relationship with her grandchild’s father.
Mrs. Aldridge wrote: ‘If you want the truth Ryan has been trying for three years and I gave in the last six months.
‘He shows me [your texts] every day and tells me everything.’
‘We are so close you wouldn’t even know. I know the ins and outs of him daily.’
Commenting on her mother’s betrayal, Jess Aldridge said: ‘It’s a horrible thing mum has done. Ryan has cheated on me at least three times before.
‘It’s hilarious that they think they’ve got this strong relationship. She’s welcome to him.’
Mr. Shelton, who works as a car parts salesman, said: ‘I don’t care what everyone thinks, I am in love with Georgina and I don’t care who knows about it.
‘Other people’s opinions don’t bother me at all. I know what’s happened.
‘There are two sides to every story and I know the truth behind all this. Not everyone will like what’s happened but it’s none of their business.’
Jess welcomed her son Reuben into the world via C- section at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on January 28 before he left her for her mother, 44.
Emma Aldridge, Ms. Georgina’s sister said: ‘Dad is grieving. He’s not dealing with it at all well. We all feel completely betrayed by mum, especially my dad.
‘She’s always been his rock and he isn’t coping well without her. I’m really worried about him.
‘I’m disgusted by what mum has done. It’s pulling the whole family apart. How could she do this? She’s betrayed us.’
The 14th edition of the Headies Awards took place at the Eko Hotel and Suites on Sunday, February 21, but had limited attendees due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The red carpet began at 5pm while the main event commenced at 8 pm
Fireboy DML was the biggest winner of the night after he clinched five awards to equal the records of Wande Coal and Psquare (Paul & Peter Okoye) for the most wins in one night.
The singer clinched the BEST R&B ALBUM with LAUGHTER, TEARS, AND GOOSEBUMPS. He also won the ‘Best POP Album’ with his second album titled APOLLO.
Fireboy clinched the BEST R&B SINGLE award with his song titled Tatoo, and later appeared on stage again to claim the HEADIES REVELATION awards.
For his last award, the singer won the Album of The Year award.
The event was hosted by TV personality, Nancy Isime and comedian, Bovi.
See the full list of winners below; (Winners are higlighted)
BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR
A non-voting category for the best recording (that meets the judges’ requirements of excellence; songwriting, production, rendition) by an artiste or group in the year under review.
OZYMANDIAS – BRYMO SMILE – WIZKID FEAT. HER WONDERFUL – BURNA BOY DREAMER – FIREBOY DML GHOST TOWN – WURLD
BEST POP SINGLE
A voting category for the best pop single in year under review (by single individual or group).
BILLIONAIRE – TENI NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI. LADY – REMA FEM – DAVIDO JORO – WIZKID SKELETUN – TEKNO
SONG OF THE YEAR
A voting category for the most popular song in the year under review.
FEM – DAVIDO NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI JORO – WIZKID MAFO – NAIRA MARLEY DUDUKE – SIMI
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
An individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed song or album in the year under review.
PHEELZ – ‘BILLIONAIRE’ BY TENI SPAX – ‘AWAY’ BY OXLADE KEL P – ‘PULL UP’ BY BURNA BOY SARZ – ‘MAD’ BY SARZ & WURLD
BEST RAP ALBUM
A non-voting category for the best album by a rap artiste or group in year under review.
GOD’S ENGINEERING – AQ ILLY CHAPO X – ILLBLISS YPSZN2 – PSYCHO YP CULT! – PAYBAC IBORO THE ERIGMA II – ERIGGA
BEST R&B ALBUM
A category for the best r&b album in the year under review (by single individual or group).
1. LAUGHTER, TEARS AND GOOSEBUMPS – FIREBOY DML
2. I LIKE GIRLS WITH TROBUL – SARZ & WURLD
3. KING – PRAIZ
4. BOO OF THE BOOLESS – CHIKE
5. CELIA – TIWA SAVAGE
BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
A category for the best Alternative album in the year under review (by single individual or group).
YELLOW – BRYMO LUCID – ASA THE LIGHT – BEZ PIONEERS – DRB LASGIDI ROOTS – THE CAVEMEN
BEST POP ALBUM
A category for the best pop album in the year under review (by single individual or group).
APOLLO – FIREBOY DML AFRICAN GIANT – BURNA BOY A GOOD TIME – DAVIDO WOMAN OF STEEL – YEMI ALADE AFRO POP VOL. 1 – ADEKUNLE GOLD
BEST MUSIC VIDEO A voting category for the best conceptualist, best directed and most exciting video in the year under review. This award goes to the video director.
1. ELI – FIREBOY DML BY CLARENCE PETERS
2. 1 MILLI – DAVIDO BY DIRECTOR K
3. SMILE – WIZKID BY MEJI ALABI
4. BILLIONAIRE – TENI BY TG OMORI
5. SHEKERE – YEMI ALADE BY OVIE ETSEYATSE
BEST R&B SINGLE A category for the best r&b single in the year under review (by a single individual or group).
UNDER THE SKY – PRAIZ DUDUKE – SIMI MAD – SARZ & WURLD BAD INFLUENCE – OMAH LAY TATTOO – FIREBOY DML DANGEROUS LOVE – TIWA SAVAGE
BEST COLLABORATION
A voting category for the best r&b, pop or hip-hop collaborative track (including cameos).
KNOW YOU – LADIPOE FEAT. SIMI NOBODY – DJ NEPTUNE FEAT. JOEBOY & MR. EAZI SWEET IN THE MIDDLE – DAVIDO FEAT. NAIRA MARLEY, ZLATAN & WURLD DON’T CALL ME BACK – JOEBOY FEAT. MAYORKUN TOTORI – ID CABASA FEAT. WIZKID & OLAMIDE GET THE INFO – PHYNO FEAT. PHENOM & FALZ
BEST RAP SINGLE
A voting category for a single (released on-air) recording of a rap song.
OGB4IG – REMINISCE SHUT UP – BLAQBONEZ COUNTRY – ILLBLISS GET THE INFO – PHYNO, FALZ & PHENOM BOP DADDY – FALZ FEAT. MS. BANKS
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE(MALE)
A non-voting category for the single male artiste with the most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album.
WURLD – GHOST TOWN CHIKE – FORGIVE PRAIZ – UNDER THE SKY COHBAMS – PLENTI NONSO AMADI – WHAT MAKES YOU SURE JOHNNY DRILLE – COUNT ON YOU
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
A non-voting category for the single female artiste with most outstanding vocal performances on a single song or album.
SIMI – NO LONGER BENEFICIAL LINDSEY ABUDEI – ONE ON THE OUTSIDE NINIOLA – ADDICTED J-DESS – CHI EFO YEMI ALADE – LAI LAI IMANSE – AJALA
NEXT RATED
This category is a voting category for the most promising act in the year under review.
TEMS OMAH LAY OXLADE BELLA SHMURDA
HEADIES REVELATION
A voting category for the best new artiste with a debut album adjudged to be outstanding in terms of artistic quality and impact within the year under review.
VICTOR AD FIREBOY DML JOEBOY TENI REMA CHIKE
LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
A non-voting category for the rap artiste with the best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album.
AQ – EUNICE BLAQBONEZ – DEFINE RAP 2 MI ABAGA – TRINITY ILLBLISS – COUNTRY PHENOM – GET THE INFO PHYNO – SPEAK LIFE
BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE
A voting category for the artiste whose songs are inspired by the streets. Such song should captain lingua, which may also be originated by the artiste and popular on the street.
BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG A voting category for the artiste whose songs reflect any form or style of music which falls outside the mainstream of recent or past popular musical trends.
CORNER – LADY DONLY FEAT. VANJESS & THE CAVEMEN I WONDER – MOELOGO BITTER – DEENA ADE ANITA – THE CAVEMEN MONEY DEVOTION – GBASKY GOD SAVE THE QUEEN – OLU
ALBUM OF THE YEAR A voting category for the best album (solo or group) in year under review, that meets judges’ requirements of excellence (songwriting, production, rendition and impact).
AFRICAN GIANT – BURNA BOY APOLLO – FIREBOY DML AFRO POP VOL. 1 – ADEKUNLE GOLD YELLOW – BRYMO BOO OF THE BOOLESS – CHIKE
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review. Overall most successful artiste in the year under review.
BURNA BOY DAVIDO WIZKID MAYORKUN TIWA SAVAGE
AFRICAN ARTISTE RECOGNITION
A non-Nigerian award category for an individual African artiste or group with the most outstanding achievement, impact and infiltration into the Nigerian music scene in the year under review.
MASTER KG KUAMI EUGENE SAUTI SOL SHAATA WALE STONEBWOY
HEADIES’ VIEWER’S CHOICE A voting category to award the fan’s favorite artiste with the most digital tractions (downloads, views, streams) in the year under review.
DAVIDO OMAH LAY BURNA BOY FALZ FIREBOY DML MAYORKUN DJ NEPTUNE
WIZKID
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: A voting category for the rookie of the year who has had a successful year musically, with the absence of an album in the year under review.
OLAKIRA ALPHA P JAMOPYPER ZINOLEESKY BAD BOY TIMZ
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR:
A non-voting category for the writer of a song (that meets the judges’ requirements of excellence, composition, arrangement, rendition) in the year under review.
SIMISOLA BOLATITO OGUNLEYE (SIMI – DUDUKE)
ADEDAMOLA ADEFOLAHAN (FIREBOY DML – DREAMER) DAMINI OGULU (BURNA BOY – WAY TOO BIG) STANLEY OMAH DIDIA (OMAH LAY – BAD INFLUENCE) SADIQ ONIFADE (WURLD – GHOST TOWN ADEKUNLE KOSOKO (1 MILLION – DAVIDO)
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: A special recognition to an individual(s) for excellence and outstanding impact to the entertainment industry.
EEDRIS ABDULKAREEM
TIMAYA
HALL OF FAME: A special recognition to an individual for excellence and outstanding impact to the entertainment industry.
Family members of embattled preacher, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri who few months ago fled South Africa where he is facing charges of theft, money laundering, and fraud in connection with an alleged R100 million investment scheme with his wife Mary, have been barred from leaving his home country, Malawi.
Bushiri’s family were allegedly stopped from leaving Malawi for Kenya at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA). eNCA reported that Prophet Bushiri’s two daughters, Raphaella and Israella together with his mother-in-law, Magdalena Zgambo, and another family member, Esther Bushiri were turned away at Kamuzu International airport by Malawian authorities on their way to Kenya.
While one of Bushiri’s lawyers maintained that one of the preacher’s daughters requires urgent medical attention in Kenya, the police stormed the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECG) home after the debacle.
The preacher and his wife who were not found at home, later claimed that they were at a hospital.
Meanwhile, South Africa has since filed extradition papers to try and get the fugitive couple back to South Africa to stand trial for their fraud case.
North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un’s wife has made her first appearance in more than a year after she withdrew from the public eye throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Ri Sol-ju was pictured with her husband on Tuesday February 16, at a concert to mark the birthday of Mr. Kim’s late father and the country’s former leader Kim Jong-il, known as the Day of the Shining Star in North Korea.
She made the appearance amid growing concern among international media over her wellbeing, with speculation that she may have been pregnant.
Mrs. Sol-ju had not been seen in public since January 2020, when she attended a Lunar New Year event with her husband.
But on Tuesday, the couple were pictured smiling and laughing without observing social distancing or wearing face masks like everyone else at the event which took place at the Mansudae Art Theatre in Pyongyang.
According to the Korean Central News Agency, the two were welcomed with thunderous cheers and music at the concert hall, and their photographs from the event were splashed on the front pages of state-run newspapers.
Authorities in China have banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country.
The news follows a move by Britain’s communications regulator to strip the state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) of its broadcast license in the U.K. last week. The CGTN was also found in breach of British broadcasting regulations last year, for airing the footage of UK citizen, Peter Humphrey ‘confessing to a criminal offence’ after he was allegedly forced to do so.
According to the state news agency Xinhua, China’s National Radio and Television Administration said BBC World News “was found to have seriously violated regulations on radio and television management and on overseas satellite television channel management in its China-related reports which went against the requirements that news reporting must be true and impartial, and undermined China’s national interests and ethnic solidarity.”
Xinhua quoted a statement from the regulator: “As the channel fails to meet the requirements to broadcast in China as an overseas channel, BBC World News is not allowed to continue its service within Chinese territory. The NRTA will not accept the channel’s broadcast application for the new year.”
U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called the move “unacceptable.”
“China’s decision to ban BBC World News in mainland China is an unacceptable curtailing of media freedom,” Raab tweeted. “China has some of the most severe restrictions on media & internet freedoms across the globe, & this latest step will only damage China’s reputation in the eyes of the world.””
The BBC said it was disappointed with the decision by Chinese authorities.
“The BBC is the world’s most trusted international news broadcaster and reports on stories from around the world fairly, impartially and without fear or favour,” it said in a statement.
Yasmin Qureshi, a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China UK, said “The decision to ban the BBC from airing in China is yet another example of the intolerance that the Chinese government has towards those who reveal the truth about its authoritarian rule.”
Billionaire Amazon owner, Jeff Bezos has reclaimed his title of world’s richest person, ending Elon Musk’s six-week reign on top of the list.
Musk lost about $4.5 billion on Tuesday after Tesla (TSLA) shares fell 2.4%, taking him to second place on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ranking.
Bezos’ net worth also fell by about $372 million but that was enough to take him to top spot, a position he has held for about three years.
As at Wednesday, February 17, the Bloomberg Billionaire’s index currently says Bezos is worth $191 billion compared to Musk’s $190 billion.
Musk’s surge to first place happened in early January, when the 170 million shares of Tesla he already owns.
Amazon CEO Bezos’s stake in the company increased by $75 billion in 2020, to $173.3 billion, given the huge increase in sales driven by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bill Gates remains at the world’s third-richest person with $137 billion of worth.
Armed bandits have razed the building of the Holy Family Catholic Church and two homes in Kikwari village, Kajuru Local Government Area.
The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday February 21,
said locals fled the area on receiving information that some bandits were sighted outside the village.
“On getting to the location, the armed bandits set ablaze the place of worship and the two houses,” the commissioner stated.
Receiving the report, Governor El-Rufai commisserated with the community, and condemned the setting ablaze of the place of worship and two houses by armed bandits.
The Governor empathized with the church and assured them that the government under his watch would continue to work hard in the fight against banditry and other crimes.
He charged worshippers to remain strong in their faith and devotion, and see it as an act perpetrated by enemies of peace, humanity and diversity who will not succeed but will be defeated by the grace of God.
The Governor directed the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency to urgently assess the damage done and take appropriate action.
On the other side..
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has announced the release of the abducted 21 passengers of Niger State Mass Transit bus.
He announced their release on Twitter on Sunday, February 21.
The 21 passengers were abducted by the bandits, while traveling from Kontagora to Minna on 14 February. On 17 February, the RPG wielding bandits released video and photos of the captives, threatening to kill them.
Governor Bello did not indicate whether a ransom was paid to get the captives released.
”We are pleased to announce to the general public the release of the NSTA passengers abducted a week ago while returning to Minna along the Minna-Zungeru road.”his tweet read
The immediate past governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has been arrested by the police after he led a team of his supporters to reopen the Royal Palm Estate sealed by the state Government.
Okorocha who was accompanied by his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, broke the keys used to seal the hotel which belongs to his wife, Nkechi.
The state government had last Friday, February 19, recovered the Royal Palm Estate along Akachi road.
The seizure, according to the team led by Commissioner for Lands, Enyinnaya Onuegbu, was in compliance with the directive of the Imo State gazette on the report of the Judicial Commission of Enquiry on the recovery of Lands and other related matters.
Okorocha is currently being detained at the state police headquarters. Police sources say he will be charged to court tomorrow February 22.
Watch a video of the Okorocha being arrested below:
Many persons have been injured and several cars have been destroyed following a clash between supporters of former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, and supporters of the incumbent governor of the state, Hope Uzodinma, at the Royal Spring Royal Spring Palm Hotels and Apartments in Akachi, Owerri on Sunday February 21.
Last Friday, the state Commissioner for Lands, Enyinnaya Onuegbu, led some members of the state task force to confiscate the property said to belong to Nkechi, Okorocha’s wife’s.
This evening, the former governor led some of his staunch supporters to forcefully repossess the hotel. This was resisted by the supporters of the incumbent governor. A fight broke out leading to some of them sustaining varying degrees of injury. Vehicles were also destroyed during the clash.
Okorocha has since been arrested for breach of public peace.
The 14th edition of the Headies award took place at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos today February 21. Desmond Elliott, Laycon, Iyabo Ojo, Lilian Afegbai, Tobi Bakre, Kim Oprah, Wathoni, and others attended the award ceremony.
Russia has reported the first case of a bird flu strain, H5N8, being passed from poultry to humans.
Russian health officials said seven workers at a poultry plant in the country had been infected following an outbreak there in December 2020 but they are now recovering.
“All seven people… are now feeling well,” Anna Popova head of Russia’s consumer health watchdog said.
She added that adequate measures had been quickly taken to stop the spread of the disease.
After Russia reported the case to the World Health Organization, Ms Popova said there was no sign of transmission between humans.
She praised “the important scientific discovery” by Russia’s Vektor laboratory, which had isolated the strain’s genetic material from the infected workers.
“The discovery of these mutations when the virus has not still acquired an ability to transmit from human to human gives us all, the entire world, time to prepare for possible mutations and react in an adequate and timely fashion,” Ms Popova said.
It is normal for strains of bird flu to occasionally infect humans and have led to deaths – but this is the first report of the H5N8 strain being passed from bird to humans.
A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Denver International Airport to make an emergency landing on Saturday afternoon, Febuary 20th, after the engine caught fire shortly after takeoff, sending aircraft debris on people’s houses in Colorado.
The Boeing 777 which had 241 people on board returned to the airport around 1:30 p.m. after suffering an engine issue. The flight had been bound for Honolulu.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed in a statement that the Boeing 777-200 safely returned to the Denver International Airport after “experiencing a right-engine failure shortly after takeoff.”
“The FAA is aware of reports of debris in the vicinity of the airplane’s flight path,” the statement said.
The flight returned about 20 minutes after the police department in Broomfield, Colorado, said via Twitter that it had received reports that an airplane flying over the Denver suburb had engine trouble and had “dropped debris in several neighborhoods around 1:08 p.m.”
No injuries were reported.
Police said debris landed in Commons Park and the Northmoor and Red Leaf neighborhoods of Broomfield.
Images from the scene showed large pieces of debris lying in the front yards of homes and a soccer field at the local park.
United Airlines told CNN there were 241 people, including 10 crew members, aboard Flight 328. All passengers were safely deplaned and transfered on a new flight.
“United Flight 328 experienced an engine failure and safely returned to Denver. We are in contact with the FAA, NTSB and local law enforcement,” United Airlines said in a statement. “The NTSB is investigating and has directed that any persons with debris from this event contact their local law enforcement agency.”
The union representing United pilots commended the crew of Flight 328 and said Saturday “there is no substitute for experience.”
“We are thankful for the tremendous teamwork shown by the entire flight and cabin crew, and that there were no injuries on the ground or in the air,” the United Master Executive Council of the Air Line Pilots Association, International told CNN in a statement.
According to air traffic control communications with Flight 328, the pilots were heard issuing a mayday call, telling air traffic controllers “we’ve experienced engine failure” as it caught fire.
“NTSB has opened an investigation into the Feb. 20, 2021, engine event on a United 777. Denver-based NTSB investigators are responding,” NTSB public affairs officerPeter Knudson said in a statement.
A military aircraft has crashed in Abuja. The photos of the pilot and co-pilot can be found below:
co- Pilot
Pilot
The aircraft, King Air 350 en-route to Minna crashed at Bassa Airport Village on Sunday morning, February 21, after reporting engine failure
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika confirmed the crash in a tweet and said it “appears to be fatal”.
The Minister also urged Nigerians to be calm and wait for the outcome of an investigation by the military.
He wrote: “A military aircraft King Air 350 has just crashed short of our Abuja runway after reporting engine failure enroute Minna. It appears to be fatal. We should remain calm & wait for the outcome of investigation by the military, while we pray for the departed soul/souls if any.”
Video shared online shows firefighters battling the blaze from the crash scene. There are also unconfirmed reports that there is no survivor.
The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed the death of seven personnel after one of its military aircraft crashed in Abuja.
The military aircraft, Beechcraft KingAir B350i crashed at Bassa Airport Village on Sunday morning, February 21, after reporting engine failure.
Air Vice–Marshal Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of public relation and information, said in a statement that the aircraft crashed while returning to the Abuja Airport after reporting engine failure en route Minna.
He also said all the 7 personnel on board sadly died in the crash
The Air Vice-Marshal also confirmed that the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), AVM Oladayo Amao, has ordered an immediate investigation into the crash.
He wrote: “This is to confirm that a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft crashed while returning to the Abuja Airport after reporting engine failure enroute Minna. First responders are at the scene. Sadly, all 7 personnel on board died in the crash.”
“The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), @CAS_IOAmao, has ordered an immediate investigation into the incident. While urging the general public to remain calm & await the outcome of investigation, the CAS, on behalf of all NAF personnel, commiserates with the families of the deceased.”
Jasmine Harrison, 21, from the UK, has become the youngest female to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a 3,000-mile (4,800-kilometer) journey from Spain to Antigua.
Harrison completed the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge on Saturday, February 20, in 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes — a new world record for the youngest female to row solo across any ocean, organizer, Atlantic Campaigns said.
Along the way, she had a “near collision with a drilling ship, two capsizes, lots of peanut butter and Nutella consumed,” Harrison posted on Twitter.
Harrison wrote on her website that she was inspired to take part in the challenge when she saw the 2018 race finish while teaching swimming in the Caribbean.
“It wasn’t just watching and holding the flares at Nelson’s Dockyard for a race finish that inspired me, it was also talking to a family member of a lad that had just completed who told me just how much of an amazing thing it was. I didn’t say ‘not a chance I would do that,’ it was more a fact of why not do it?” she wrote.
She wrote on her Facebook page that she hopes “to bring inspiration to young people that it is okay to go at things alone,” according to her Facebook page.
Tennis star, Novak Djokovic, beat fourth-ranked Daniil Medvedev on Sunday, February 21, to win his 18th career Grand Slam title.
Djokovic ranked No. 1 in the world, defeated Medvedev of Russia, 7-6, 6-2, 6-2, in the Australian Open men’s singles final .
The first test came early for Medvedev, after Djokovic broke him in his first service game and cruised to a 3-0 lead.
But a game later, Medvedev outclassed Djokovic on a 28-shot rally that had both players moving from sideline to sideline to get his first chance to break Djokovic’s serve.
Minutes later it was 3-3.
Medvedev Serving at 5-6 and down a point, he sent a forehand wide with Djokovic pushing to the net, and caught a bad break ticked the top of the net cord and gave Djokovic a sitter for an easy passing shot.
After prevailing in the first set, Djokovic lost his serve in the next game, but broke Medvedev three times in the second set.
On match point, Djokovic rose for a lob, stretched and whipped one last winner past Medvedev.
Knowing he had won, he collapsed on the court but rose quickly, pumping his arms at his box and the crowd.
In Djokovic’s extra-ordinary career he has made nine Australian Open finals and won each time, including in the last three years.
With this win, Djokovic is now just two behind Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the race to achieve the most major men’s singles titles in a career.
Brazilian football legend, Ronaldinho’s mother reportedly passed away after testing positive for Covid-19.
Dona Miguelina, aged 71, was hospitalised after testing positive for the virus in December 2020, in their home city of Porto Alegre.
Ronaldinho’s former club Atletico Mineiro confirmed her death on Twitter on Sunday, February 21, with a message of condolence.
“It is with great sadness that Clube Atlético Mineiro receives the news of the death of Doña Miguelina, mother of Ronaldinho Gaúcho,” read the club statement.
“The Atleticana Family is in mourning and shares the moment of pain with their idol. May God receive you with open arms and comfort the heart of our eternal ace.
Ronaldinho is yet to make an official statement over the reported death of his mother.
In December, the former, Barcelona and AC Milan playmaker confirmed his mother’s condition on social media.
“Dear friends, my mother has COVID and we are in the fight for her to recover soon,” Ronaldinho posted on Twitter on December 21.
“She is in the intensive care center, receiving all the care. I thank you in advance for your prayers, positive energies, and affection. Mother strength.”
The 40-year-old had a close relationship with his mother, who always accompanied him throughout his career. In 2005, he dedicated his Ballon d’Or award to her.
A new father has abandoned his newborn child and girlfriend, and ran off with his girlfriend’s 44-year-old mother instead.
24-year-old JessAldridge told The Sun that she was shocked to find out that her boyfriend and baby daddy was having an affair with her own mother. She revealed that she was betrayed by her partner Ryan Shelton, 29, while she was heavily pregnant and they lived in a support bubble with mum Georgina and her husband Eric.
Within weeks of their moving in, the gran-of-six began flirting with Ryan. And, by the time Jess came home with newborn Reuben, they had run off together and moved into a new home 30 miles away.
Jess said;
“We were stuck together for months in the house during lockdown. It was so hard, especially as Ryan and mum were always being so flirty. I felt so uncomfortable, it was a horrible experience.”
It was further learnt that Ryan Shelton sent a text to Jess hours after she had given birth to their son, telling her he was ending their relationship.
She added;
“You expect a new grandmother to fall in love with the baby — not the father.
“She is meant to be a granny to my two children and helping me look after them but instead she’s off shagging my boyfriend.”
When Jess confronted her mum, she shrugged and said;
“We can’t help who we fall in love with.”
Jess had been with car parts salesman Ryan for three years after meeting online. She gave up working as a housekeeper at a Premier Inn in Chipping Norton, Oxon, before having their first child Georgiana in September 2019.
Recounting how Ryan broke up with her after the birth of their son, she said;
“Ryan had seen baby Reuben for only a few minutes after he was born and then 10 minutes the day afterwards as he was moving all his stuff.
“They were in such a rush. He had even had my mum waiting for him with the car packed in the car park.”
The new lovers have gone public with their relationship on Facebook, leaving friends and family stunned with the act. Jess who has now returned to the two-bed rented home she used to share with Ryan in Willersey, said;
“They’ve just been so selfish. I’m horrified.
“How am I supposed to explain to everyone that the kids’ dad and their gran are in a relationship?
“Some of our friends saw his new relationship status on Facebook and were stunned.
“I’ve had lots of messages asking what happened and if I’m OK.
“Last Valentine’s Day Ryan was really romantic and bought me a litre bottle of Gordon’s pink gin, a box of Cadbury’s Milk Tray and a card.
“But this year he’s left me and our children and gone off with my mum. I’ve been put off men for a long time. I’m not looking for a boyfriend any time soon.”
WordPress caching can be complicated and some might even call it boring. Trying to explain the details of such a complex technology might take a full book. However, we can break down the idea of caching by comparing it to a simple math problem. What’s 10 times 2? Most people can immediately tell you the answer is 20. Why is that? They’ve memorized the answer. In fact, there’s probably a minimal amount of calculation going on their head. This type of memorization comparison is definitely simplifying website caching, but it helps us visualize how the process works and why you might need a WordPress caching plugin.
Your website may be viewed dozens of times each month. Maybe you see even higher numbers, in the hundreds, thousands, or millions. Seeing as how your website is most likely serving up the same, or similar, content on a regular basis, wouldn’t it be nice if the server could remember those files to serve up your website every time?
Caching Explained
In short, every webpage visited on your site requires a request to the server, processing by that server (including database queries), then a final result sent from the server to the user’s browser. The result is your website, complete with all of the files and elements that make it look the way it does. For instance, you might have a header, images, a menu, and a blog. Since the server has to process all of those requests, it takes some time for the complete webpage to be delivered to the user–especially with clunky or larger websites.
That’s where a WordPress caching plugin comes into play! The caching plugin instructs the server to store some files to disk or RAM, depending on the configuration. Therefore, it can remember and duplicate the same content it’s been serving in the past. As a result, your web pages load much faster, directly from cache. Basically, caching reduces the amount of work required to generate a pageview.
When Do You Need a WordPress Caching Plugin?
We talked a bit about speed, but do you always need a WordPress caching plugin? And what are some of the other benefits of caching?
Those are some excellent questions, and for those of you managing your own servers or are on shared hosting, a caching plugin usually makes perfect sense.
Disadvantages of Caching Plugins
However, sometimes you don’t need a caching plugin at all. If you decide on a managed WordPress host like Kinsta, we take care of caching for you. Caching is done at the server-level, and in most cases, in a much faster manner. Compared to a plugin, the server-level caching requires no expertise, no tweaking dozens of settings trying to achieve the fastest speeds; it’s simply fast all the time!
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We don’t allow most caching plugins on our platform as they deteriorate performance. There are a lot of things that can simply go wrong with caching plugins unless you know what you’re doing.
You Always Need Some Type of Caching
Regardless of whether you have server-level caching or go with a plugin, you’ll always need caching in some form. So, what are some of the other benefits of caching?
You speed up your website for users – We already covered this, but it’s nice to mention again since it’s the primary advantage.
You improve your overall user-experience – Since the website moves faster for users they are now more likely to browse around. Faster websites are known for decreasing bounce rates, since people are not interested in waiting around for a page to load for 10 seconds.
Your server uses fewer resources – This ties into speed, since the fewer resources make for a faster site. However, it also puts less of a strain on your server. This is very important when it comes to highly dynamic sites, such as membership sites, and determining what you can and cannot serve from cache.
You may see a boost in search engine optimization – Once again, this relates to the speed and user experience, but with all of those areas improving you’re able to show Google and other search engines that your website is worth indexing at a higher ranking. Basically, a fast website + a great UX = SEO improvement.
You’ll see lower TTFB – Caching is one of the easiest ways to lower your TTFB. In fact, in our tests caching typically reduces TTFB by up to 90%! 😮
No Caching vs With Caching
We ran a few speed tests with Kinsta’s server-level caching so you can see the difference it makes, both in terms of overall speed and TTFB.
No Caching Speed Test
We first ran 5 tests on Pingdom without caching enabled and took the average.
As you can see server-level caching decreased our page load time by 23.04%! And that’s without any extra work involved. This site we tested is also fairly optimized, so larger unoptimized sites are bound to see even greater differences.
No Caching TTFB
As we mentioned earlier, it’s also important to note the difference in TTFB without and with caching. TTFB in Pingdom is represented by the yellow “waiting” bar. As you can see the TTFB with no caching is over 200 ms.
High TTFB with no caching
With Caching TTFB
Now if we take a look at the TTFB with caching enabled we can see that it is under 40 ms.
Low TTFB with caching enabled
The Best WordPress Caching Plugins
If you intend on managing your own server or are using shared hosting, these are the caching plugins to try out. Some of them are more intuitive than others, but all of them have great reviews. Many online posts will try to compare the speeds of caching plugins and sell you on the best one. However, this is almost impossible because these plugins are going to perform differently based on your own server, configuration, resources, and even physical location.
Here’s a short list of the top WordPress caching plugins for you to quickly browse through. If you’re interested in learning about the details from each one, keep reading below.
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In our experience, you should try at least two or three WordPress caching plugins and make a decision based on your experience. For instance, you might like the user interfaces from some caching plugins far better than others. Some caching plugins are also stronger when it comes to ease of use.
We suggest running a speed test with a website speed test tool such as Pingdom or GTMetrix after implementing each plugin. Or one of the many other website speed test tools out there. This way, you’re able to see the impact each WordPress caching plugin has on your website’s performance.
We take care of caching on a server level for you so you can spend less time worrying about your website, and more time growing your business.
Important: Remember to run your speed tests multiple times to ensure that it is serving from cache. Whenever you clear cache on your WordPress site, it has to rebuild. Some caching plugins also have the option to “warm” (preload) the cache after it’s cleared.
Caching plugins, besides speeding up your site sometimes can cause issues. There is an error “No update required. Your WordPress database is already up-to-date!” caused by a caching plugin you’re using on your site.
Now, without further ado…keep reading to learn all about the best WordPress caching plugins and what they can do for you.
1. WP Rocket
WP Rocket is a premium WordPress caching plugin with three payment plans offered. You technically only have to pay for a one-time fee, but the support and updates are included if you keep the payments going for every year. That said, caching for one website is listed at $39, with support for three websites at $99 and unlimited websites for $199. Although you can find other free plugins, these are quality rates for one of the most feature-packed caching plugins on the market. There is no free trial or free version of the plugin, but the developers do offer a 14-day money back guarantee.
One of the reasons we like the WP Rocket plugin so much is because of its simple user interface and quick setup. It’s a WordPress caching plugin with the power to make your site blazing fast, but any beginner could sit down and understand most of the settings involved.
It’s also nice that WP Rocket is built to run smoothly with eCommerce websites, seeing as how those are often the types of sites that need the caching speed most. Overall, you might be wondering why you should shell out any money for a WordPress caching plugin when so many other competitors give away caching plugins for free. The reasoning is because WP Rocket has far more features and it’s easier to use.
For instance, WP Super Cache has page caching but no browser caching. WP Rocket has both. Hyper Cache lacks lazyload, something that WP Rocket provides to you. The list goes on, but it’s important to remember that the $39 is a small price to pay for the features provided.
Why is this one of the best WordPress caching plugins?
WP Rocket provides a developer-friendly experience and a dashboard for beginners to feel comfortable. It’s not too often developers have much to play around with inside caching plugins. On the other hand, standard caching plugins sometimes look far too complicated for beginners.
The plugin has an extremely simple setup for all users.
You can lazyload your media with WP Rocket. This means that the images don’t load on your website until the user scrolls over them. So the server doesn’t have to put the work in if it’s not necessary.
WP Rocket integrates with some of the top multilingual plugins on the market.
Multisite compatibility is offered through the plugin.
You can preload cache.
You receive tools for both minification and concatenation.
One unique feature involves the optimization of Google Fonts. I’ve yet to see this on any of the other caching plugins I’ve used.
Support for object caching.
WP Rocket is fully compatible with Kinsta’s server-level caching. So if you want to take advantage of all the optimization features WP Rocket has to offer you can do so.
Check out the official WP Rocket documentation when configuring and testing it on your WordPress site.
2. Cache Enabler
Cache Enabler is a free and open-source caching plugin from our partner KeyCDN, who powers the Kinsta CDN. The disk caching engine is quite fast and reliable, while the WordPress multisite support is an advantage for those with networks of websites. This is a top-notch caching plugin without the price tag. You’re not quite getting the full suite of features that you would from WP Rocket, but it’s a viable alternative for those on a budget.
Its claim to fame is that it’s the first WordPress plugin that helps you serve WebP images without the need for JavaScript. If this sounds like jibberish to you, just know that although JavaScript is a valuable coding language, some situations make it less than desirable for speed. Overall, the Cache Enabler plugin combined with the Optimus, ShortPixel, or EWWW plugin allows you to take advantage of this newer image format. This is great for any online business owner since the majority of websites have many images, especially blogs and eCommerce stores.
Lastly, the Cache Enabler settings are short and sweet, asking for things like the cache expiry and caching behavior preferences behind the scenes. It shouldn’t confuse many people, since the Settings page provides explanations, and there aren’t that many settings to begin with.
Why is this one of the best WordPress caching plugins?
The Cache Enabler plugin offers a unique way to serve up WebP images. To convert your images to WebP format, you can use Optimus, ShortPixel, or EWWW Cloud (we recommend the cloud version for performance).
The user interface is simple and to the point. It’s by far one of the easiest caching plugins to configure. All experience levels should be fine handling this type of WordPress caching plugin.
The actual cache size is displayed on the dashboard to understand how much space the cache is taking up. It’s an efficient and fast caching program with automated and manual options for clearing the cache.
Minification is available for both inline JavaScript and HTML.
Cache Enabler combines with a plugin called Autoptimize to include extra features like injecting CSS into the page head. For the most optimal Autoptimize settings you can follow our detailed setup guide.
The Comet Cache plugin is a reputable and popular solution with both free and paid versions. The paid version starts at $39 and goes all the way up to $139. This a one-time fee, but you can pay additional fees if you’d like extended customer support. Comet Cache has similar features as the previous caching plugins, but one area it excels at is the documentation.
Comet Cache is fairly easy to install and simple to move around the dashboard. However, it beats out the majority of the competition in the documentation department. Even on the regular WordPress plugin page, you’ll find dozens of links and FAQs to guide you and educate you about caching.
A full knowledge base and blog are provided on the Comet Cache website, and you’ll see all sorts of information comparing the free and pro versions. Much of the reason you might upgrade to the pro version is that of its automation. Basically, you’re able to set it and forget it, allowing the caching plugin to do most of the work for you. The free version does most of the same tasks, but some of the time you have to complete those tasks manually. The client-side browser caching comes in handy as well, since you’re essentially double caching, with the server on your end and the browser on the user’s end.
Why is this one of the best WordPress caching plugins?
Comet Cache features a fast configuration and a reasonable backend for setting up your caching within minutes.
Caching can be done on posts, pages, categories, or tags.
The paid version offers automatic and intelligent cache clearing. This way you have the option to set the caching preferences upon installation and forget about them into the future.
RSS feeds can be cached to ensure that none of your content syndication is delayed.
Most of the primary features are given away for free, so you don’t necessarily have to upgrade to the paid version.
The premium version is just about the same as what you would get from WP Rocket, so we’d recommend testing out both to see which one you like the best.
As one of the most popular plugins in the WordPress plugin library, W3 Total Cache is a common WordPress caching plugin shown on these types of roundups. Although we like it for a free solution, it’s far from perfect (and actually it could hurt performance if you’re with Kinsta). The main downside is that the backend settings are often quite plentiful and difficult to understand. The developers do a decent job of completing the right settings for you, but beginners will still find it confusing.
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That said, W3 Total Cache is a free, open-source WordPress caching plugin with millions of installations. It has the advantage of integrating with a CDN, and it works well for mobile-friendly sites as well as regular desktop ones. The plugin also boasts that it’s a useful companion for websites with SSL certificates, making it an ideal speed solution for eCommerce stores.
Since W3 Total Cache is an open-source plugin you don’t have to pay any money for it. All of the features are includes with the base plugin, with no upgrades suggested along the way. The good news is that the plugin covers you on multiple fronts, like by offering bandwidth savings through minifications, HTTP compression, and feed optimization.
As we mentioned before, it’s not our favorite backend configuration, but that also might just be personal preference. Regardless, a WordPress caching plugin such as W3 Total cache is bound to improve your overall site performance and boost your conversion rates because of that site performance.
Why is this one of the best WordPress caching plugins?
W3 Total Cache is completely free and it provides the majority of caching plugins you’ll need to keep your site fast and highly-optimized.
Although you shouldn’t always follow the crowd, popularity is often an indicator of quality. W3 Total Cache has thousands of great reviews and millions of installations.
The plugin is compatible with all sorts of hosting options such as dedicated servers, shared hosting, and clusters.
Caching is provided for all mobile environments as well. This way, when someone lands on your website while on a mobile device, they still get the same benefits of caching as they would on a desktop
SSL support is provided for when you’re trying to make your online store faster.
The CDN works with the media library so that you’re able to see how well your images are being optimized.
Minification and compression are provided, along with caching of your database, objects on your disk, and posts.
WP Super Cache is yet another example of an open-source caching plugin with millions of installations. Most of the time when you search for a caching plugin you’ll see WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache on the top of the list. It doesn’t help that they have similar names, but your best bet is to install both of them separately to see which one is your favorite. Some people might be more keen on installing WP Super Cache, simply because it comes from the folks at Automattic.
Anyway, WP Super Cache is free and open-source, with no upgrades needed after the installation. It works efficiently by creating static HTML files and serving those files instead of the heavy WordPress PHP scripts. A benefit of going with WP Super Cache is that it offers three caching modes. One of them is called Simple Mode, which is what the average WordPress user would go with since it’s the least risky. However, one of the modes is called Expert Mode, where you’re able to super cache your files with some modifications to the .htaccess file. It’s great for advanced developers who would like more control over the caching process.
As suggested, most users will go with the Simple caching mode. With this configuration, the WP Super Cache Plugin is easy to set up, allowing for the compression of pages, simple caching, cache rebuilding, and CDN support. Not only that, but you’re able to identify known users and not cache the pages for them if needed. The extra homepage checks are also useful for when you’d like to ensure your primary webpage is at its most optimized.
One of the best parts of WP Super Cache is the garbage collecting. In short, your cache directory actually fills up over time and can cause your site to run slower. Therefore, WP Super Cache completes an automated garbage collection process on a regular basis, cleaning out the old files and keeping your site optimized.
Why is this one of the best WordPress caching plugins?
WP Super Cache has the reputation and track record to ensure that it’ll provide excellent caching services for all of your websites, regardless of size.
It’s a free, opensource product from Automattic. So, you know that updates will come out regularly and the plugin is not going away anytime soon.
The backend interface has most of the settings you need filled in already. It’s pretty easy to comprehend and activate, even for beginners.
The plugin uses a process of garbage collecting, where it clears out old files from the cache so that your caching process doesn’t slow down your site in the process.
WP Super Cache has been integrated with a unique CDN setup for a better distribution of your files.
You have three caching modes to choose from, from Simple to Supercaching. This opens up opportunities for all skill levels, since the Simple cache is best for regular users, and the Supercache mode allows for advanced users to really speed up their sites.
The plugin has a unique feature called Cache Rebuilding, where the cache on your blog isn’t cleared whenever a comment is posted. Instead, it rebuilds the cache and serves up the old page to other users.
Unfortunately, they don’t have any official documentation, although they do have a lot of information on their repository page. ShoutMeLoud also has a great tutorial on how to configure WP Super Cache on your WordPress site.
6. WP Fastest Cache
As you can see, many of these WordPress caching plugins have names that are far too similar. WP Fastest Cache is no different, but it does have some unique features that make it a respectable caching plugin for all websites (if you’re hosting your site at Kinsta, we noticed this plugin can deteriorate performance, hence it’s not recommended). All users download the free version to start the process, but a premium plugin is available that can only be purchased in the WP Fastest Cache settings module.
The premium plugin only requires a one-time fee and offers a wide range of tools not provided in the free version. That said, most sites will be happy with what the free plugin offers. For instance, the free version of WP Fastest Cache has desktop caching, minification of HTML, and combination options for JavaScript and CSS.
Browser caching and GZIP tools are also provided in the free version. Overall, WP Fastest Cache has been known to speed up your website and improve its performance when compared to a site without any caching plugin at all. The Settings page is pretty much a list of checkboxes. We’d argue it’s one of the easier Settings pages to walk through since it provides information boxes to explain what each of the settings does. You can also jump to different tabs for managing items like cache timeouts, image optimization, and the CDN.
Why is this one of the best WordPress caching plugins?
The free version is useful for most sites, and we’ve found that it typically serves sites faster than much of the competition.
The Settings page is easy to understand, since it’s simply a list of checkboxes with information about each setting.
You can quickly upgrade to the premium version right in the WordPress dashboard. There’s no need to download a plugin from the development website.
You can combine and minify CSS and JavaScript.
CDN integrations are possible without much configuration.
Image optimization is handled separately from caching. So you’re able to see exactly how much space is being saved with one of your biggest resource hogs.
There’s a feature for creating a cache specifically for your mobile theme. You’ll also find an option to not serve a cached version for the desktop to the mobile users.
Unfortunately, they don’t have any official documentation all in one place, but they do have a lot of tutorials on their blog about how to configure WP Fastest Cache on your WordPress site.
7. Hyper Cache
Hyper Cache may be the last caching plugin on our list but it’s no slouch. It’s an excellent solution for you to test out on either a high-end server or a low resource hosting option. The Hyper Cache plugin runs solely on PHP, so no complex configurations are required and you can run the plugin on any type of WordPress blog.
It’s also aware of mobile environments, so the caching still occurs when someone is looking at your site on a phone or tablet. The Hyper Cache plugin is an open-source project, so you don’t have to pay a dime or worry about upgrades in the future. You can, however, support the developer with a donation.
Some of the primary features include a simple and fast installation process, excellent for beginners and regular WordPress users who don’t want to go through a giant list of caching settings. The compression caching does a wonderful job of optimizing your bandwidth and improving your overall page speed. In addition to that, the plugin is meant to work well with bbPress. So, if you’re planning on running a forum it’s a great solution for caching all of the forum pages.
Overall, the Hyper Cache plugin makes its greatest splash with the simplicity of the configuration. It’s somewhat of a “set it and forget it” type plugin, where you shouldn’t have to think about it after the installation. Some of the settings are a little tricky or given strange names, but they all typically have recommendations on what to activate and information on what each setting does for your website.
Why is this one of the best WordPress caching plugins?
The plugin doesn’t have any payment plans at all. It’s a free, open-source plugin with all of the features included upon download.
It’s a mobile aware caching plugin, so the caching occurs on smaller devices as well.
CDN support is provided for tapping into a larger network of servers and speeding up your site even more.
The Hyper Cache plugin delivers options for serving cached pages to users who comment on your blog. This benefits blogs with lots of comments. So, if you have a significant amount of conversation on your blog you still know that your site is going to run fast.
Compression is managed through the plugin, even for non-cached pages.
The plugin detects if a website theme has been switched to a mobile version.
One interesting feature is that the Hyper Cache plugin will move the cache folder away from your blog. This means that when you complete backups for your website the cache folder won’t be included in those backups. It’s basically allowing you to create smaller backup files and save space in the process.
LiteSpeed Cache: An all-in-one site acceleration plugin, featuring an exclusive server-level cache and a collection of optimization features. To take real advantage of this plugin you should use it on a LiteSpeed Web Server.
Summary
The reason for caching your website isn’t that hard to understand. However, the functions behind that caching are often too complicated for the average WordPress user. Therefore, when you go into a caching plugin’s settings you may have no idea how to figure out if it’s any good.
Once again, if you’re working with a managed WordPress host, there’s no need to get a WordPress caching plugin. Your host does the job for you and the caching is completed on the server. However, for those with shared hosting, or any type of hosting where you’re managing it all, caching plugins are essential.
If you’re not interested in handling your own caching (and you’d like a faster website,) consider signing up for a managed WordPress hosting account like Kinsta. If you still plan on managing your own hosting, start at the top of this list and keep working your way down until you find the best interface. After you’ve narrowed down the list to a few of your favorites, run speed tests to figure out which ones actually improve your site’s performance the most.
If you have any questions about WordPress caching plugins, or if you’d like to talk about your own experiences with these plugins, drop a line in the comments section below.
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Porn star, Stormy Daniels has called the alleged sex she had with former president Donald Trump ‘the worst 90 seconds of my life’
Daniels shared the details of what she claims happened while chatting with former Trump fixer, Michael Cohen for his new podcast, which was released on Monday February 8.
Cohen spent time in jail for paying Daniels $130,000 hush money during the 2016 presidential campaign to try and cover up the alleged sex story.
The disgraced lawyer who Trump has branded a liar, apologized to Daniels for causing her ‘needless pain’ by arranging the payment.
Trump is alleged to have had sex with Daniels months after Melania gave birth to their son Barron, who is now 14.
News of the alleged fling hit US tabloids shortly after, then re-emerged after Trump ran for office.
The former president – who met Daniels at a celebrity golf tournament a year after he wed third wife Melania – denies her claims of a fling.
But Daniel still insists it happened. Recalling the alleged sexual encounter, Daniels claimed that an almost-naked Trump sat on the edge of a hotel bed waiting for her.
‘I just froze and I didn’t know what to say.” She said in the Podcast which came out Monday night, February 8.
‘He had stripped down to his underwear and was perched on the edge of the bed doing his best yet horrifyingly disturbing impression of Burt Reynolds.’
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, continued: ‘I went to sidestep and he stood up off the bed and was like “This is your chance.” ‘And I was like “What?” and he was like “You need to show me how bad you want it or do you just want to go back to the trailer park?”‘
Daniels claims she then had sex with the ex-President.
She admitted the sex was consensual and has spoken about the alleged encounter before, telling an earlier interviewer that sex with Trump was ‘textbook generic.’
An elderly American man collapsed and died on Sunday morning shortly after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
The man, who was in his 70s, fell as he left Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Convention Center just 25 minutes after receiving his shot, New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said in a statement.
He was pronounced dead at a local hospital shortly after he was rushed there.
It’s currently unclear if the man’s death is linked to the vaccine, but an investigation is now underway.
‘Initial indications are that the man did not have any allergic reaction to the vaccine,’ Zucker said in his statement.
The man’s sudden collapsing followed a mandatory 15-minute observation period, in which he ‘exhibited no adverse reactions or any distress,’ Zucker added.
The FDNY said the patient was taken to the hospital by Senior Care just before 11 am Sunday, where he died shortly after arriving.
The identity of the man has not yet been revealed by officials. It’s also unclear which type of COVID-19 vaccine he received.
In his statement, Zucker stressed that he and other public health experts believe the vaccine ‘is safe, and together with continued vigilance including wearing a mask and social distancing, it will bring an end to this pandemic.’
‘I encourage all eligible New Yorkers to get vaccinated,’ Zucker continued.
So far, nearly one million people in New York City have been vaccinated, with 1.5 million residents having received their first doses statewide.
In total, nearly 42 million doses have so far been administered in the US.
One dose of a vaccine has been administered to 31,579,100 million people, which equals to 9.6 percent of the population. While over 9,147,000 Americans have now received both doses of a vaccine, amounting to 2.78 percent of the population.
American rapper, Juelz Santana received a huge surprise from his wife, Kimbella Vanderhee, on his 39th birthday.
Santana, took to his Instagram page earlier today to share a sweet video of his wife surprising him with a Maybach Truck, which is worth over $160, 000.
“WOW… I Can’t Believe It, My Wife Got Me The MayBach Truck 4 My Bday. I Love u Soooooo F$$kin Much My Love, U R The Best @kimbellasworld,” he wrote in his caption.
Joe Biden’s administration has announced a sweeping immigration bill that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country and provide a faster way for undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to gain citizenship.
Here’s what the bill, titled the US Citizenship Act of 2021, announced on Thursday, February 18 includes:
1. Plan for a pathway to citizenship- The bill cuts the time to acquire citizenship to eight years instead of 13.
Individuals would be in a temporary status for five years, with three years until they get citizenship, amounting to an eight-year path.
While undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children, who fall under a form of humanitarian relief known as Temporary Protected Status or who are farmworkers can go directly to green cards if they meet requirements, including passing background checks.
But to be eligible for the bill’s legalization plan, immigrants must have been in the country before January 1, 2021.
2. Biden’s proposed bill, if passed, would remove the word “alien” from US immigration laws, replacing it with the term “noncitizen.”
According to the administration the change, is “to better reflect the President’s values on immigration.”
The term “illegal alien,” is seen as a dehumanizing slur by immigrant rights advocates, and was well used during the Trump era.
3. The bill provides funding to US Citizenship and Immigration Services to chip away at the backlog of asylum applications.
4. The bill provides funding for more immigration judges with emphasis on access to counsel.
It authorizes funding for counsel for children and vulnerable individuals, and eliminates the one-year limit for filing an asylum case.
5. The bill repeals the bars to reentering the United States if an individual had previously been illegally residing in the country
It increases the number of available so-called diversity visas, which are awarded by random selection in select countries to promote immigration from places that don’t otherwise send many immigrants to the US.
6. The bill would increase the number of visas granted annually from 55,000 to 80,000.
The legislation proposes creating a commission composed of employers, labor unions and civil rights advocates to make recommendations on improving worker verification.
7. The measure would also increase protections for immigrants who come forward to report labor violations and increase penalties for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers.
8. Invest in US-Mexico border and Central America.
The bill would help South American countries tackle smugglers and narcotics and trafficking networks. It would seek to create legal and safer pathways for migration by setting up refugee processing in Central America and would create a $4 billion investment plan in the region.
The legislation will be hard to pass in Congress, where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has just a five-vote margin and Senate Democrats do not have the 60 votes needed to pass the measure in the Senate as the Senate is divided 50-50.
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, says the abducted staff and students of Government Science College Kagara in Niger state may regain their freedom today, February 21.
Recall that on Wednesday, February 17, armed bandits dressed in military camouflage, stormed the school and abducted 27 students and shot one of the students dead. They also abducted three staff members as well as 12 family members of the staff.
In an interview with Punch, Gumi, who has been in talks with the bandits in the forest, said there is a possibility that the abducted persons might be released today.
“What I hear from (our contact) is that they are still negotiating to release them (schoolchildren and staff members) and hopefully, hopefully, we will get them tomorrow (Sunday), hopefully.
Up till now, they have not been able to identify the boys, who (did the kidnapping). You know they are splinter groups. So, when you are dealing with groups like that in a vast area, with no communication, no road, then it has to be slow. But the main actors are ready to negotiate and stop the kidnapping altogether.”
Asked if the negotiation involved money, Gumi said responded
“No, no; it does not. If it involves money, it means the same criminality. They are saying these are our conditions and we will stop this thing. So, negotiation is ongoing and their demands are being looked into, which are very simple.”
According to Gumi, the bandits are mainly asking the state to release their comrades in the custody of security agencies.
“They have just four people in detention and they are asking for them. They also need assurance and that is why we are calling for amnesty for them. They have been fighting for a long time; it’s been more than eight years.
“These people are fighting for their existence because when they go to town they are lynched, when the police see them on the road, they arrest them; sometimes they are executed extrajudicially, so they took arms against the state. When you give them amnesty, all of them will drop their weapons.”he said
President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Friday that the United States will make first contribution of $2 billion to a U.N.-backed program seeking to distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses to people in the poorest countries in the world, according to senior Biden administration officials.
ABC News reported that Congress had already allocated the money in December for the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide to Gavi, an international vaccine distribution alliance. The congress provided a total of $4 billion and officials said that the U.S. would give the rest to Gavi over the course of this year and 2022.
President Biden intends to announce during a virtual meeting of the Group of Seven leaders.
To date, 10 countries have administered 75% of all COVID-19 vaccines, while more than 130 countries have not yet received a single dose, the United Nations said Wednesday.
The United States has so far purchased 600 million vaccine doses, but it does not intend to give any of them to other countries until “there is sufficient supply in the United States.”
Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, met with abductors of the staff and students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State.
According to TVC News, the meeting took place at Tagina forest in Niger State on Thursday, February 18.
The bandits wielding their guns, were led by their leader, Dogo Gide. Sheik Gumi appealed to them to give peace a chance.
The bandits attacked the school on Wednesday, February 17, killed one of the students and abducted 27 of them. The bandits also abducted 3 staff of the school and 12 family members of the staff.
American rapper, Mark Anthony Morales, popularly known as Prince Markie Dee from the 1980s hip-hop trio the Fat Boys, has died at the age of 52.
Morales’ manager and friend Louis Gregory confirmed his death on Thursday night, writing on Twitter that the rapper is “forever in his Heart.”
“Prince Markie Dee was more than a rapper; he was one of my very best and closest friends,” Gregory tweeted, along with a picture of Morales.
“My heart breaks today because I lost a brother. I’ll always love you Mark and I’ll cherish everything you taught me. Tomorrow is your birthday, swing my way big bro.” He added
No cause of death has been given.
Morales, who would have turned 53 today, was a pioneering member of the Fat Boys, a 1980s hip-hop group that emerged in New York.
The group was known for using beatboxing in their music and for ushering in other hip-hop legends like Biz Markie and Doug E. Fresh.
Born Mark Morales, the Puerto Rican emcee formed Fat Boys originally under the name the Disco 3 with Damon Wimbley (aka Kool Rock-Ski) and Darren Robinson (aka the Human Beat Box) in 1983. Their first album, 1984’s Fat Boys, was produced by Kurtis Blow.
Morales also co-founded the production company Soul Conventions, which has produced songs for Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Craig Mack and Marc Anthony.
Nigerian soldiers have unconvered Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau’s farm inside Sambisa Forest in Borno state.
A video shared online showed Nigerian Troops of Operation Tura Takaibango, local vigilantes and local farmers jubilating as they harvested crops from the farm.
Watch the video below….
Two top Boko Haram Commanders, Abul-Bas and Ibn Habib, have been killed in an ambush conducted by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in the Sambisa forest.
A statement released by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, Abul-Bas was second in Command to Abu Fatima, while Ibn Habib was the BHT Commander in charge of Njimia and Parisu camps in the Sambisa forest.
”The renewed offensive operations by troops of Operation TURA TAKAIBANGO in Operation LAFIYA DOLE Theatre, has continued to inflict heavy casualty on the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) criminals.
Among the latest exploits by the troops of Sector 1 was the ambush by troops of 121 and 151 Battalions on Tuesday, 9 February, 2021, sprang at BHTs crossing point between Vuria and Guja settlements along road Banki Junction – Pulka axis.
During the ambush, the troops neutralized 3 BHTs among who were 2 of the most wanted Terrorist Commanders known as “Abul-Bas and Ibn Habib. The troops also recovered 3 x GPMG, 7 x AK47 rifles, a belt of ammunition containing 446 rounds of 7.62mm, one Boxer Motorcycle and one ITEL 2160 mobile phone among others.
Abul-Bas and Ibn Habib were among the top BHTs commanders of the Shekau faction operating in Sambisa forest and environs. The 2 BHT Commanders have been on the Intelligence watch-list for some time. Abul-Bas was a top commander second to Abu Fatima while Ibn Habib was the BHT Commander in charge of Njimia and Parisu camps in the Sambisa Forest.
The neutralization of Abul-Bas and Ibn Habib by our gallant troops has inflicted a big blow on the operations of the terrorists and has further boosted the morale of own troops in the ongoing operation “TURA TAKAIBANGO”.
Some recipients of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine have been left with itchy and swollen skin/ red lumps on their arm seven to 10 days after getting vaccinated.
The lump is sometimes painful to the touch and always appears on the arm in which the vaccine was administered, Mail Online reports.
The report also said the reactions have only occurred in people who received Moderna’s COIVD-19 vaccine, and it’s because they have previously gotten tetanus vaccines, the chickenpox vaccine, and the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine.
But Doctors have said there is no cause to raise alarm as the splotch is a harmless response from the immune system to the shot that fades within a week.
‘We want to reassure people that this is a known phenomenon,’ Dr. Esther Freeman, director of global health dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, told USA TODAY.
‘Having a big red splotch on your arm for a couple of days may not be fun but the reality is there’s no need to panic and no reason not to get your second shot.’
According to Freeman, the official term used by dermatologists and allergists to describe the side effect is ‘delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity.’ (Cutaneous means affecting the skin, hypersensitivity means an unwanted reaction produced by the immune system and delayed because it typically occurs days after the shot is given).
Freeman is currently the principal investigator examining reports of skin reactions to COVID-19 vaccines around the world.
So far, just 14 cases have been reported in the global registry, but she believes more people have experienced the reaction but are yet to report it .
One person who reported a reaction is Amelia Brown, a former certified nursing assistant from Visalia, California. She said she experienced COVID arm days after she got her first dose of the Moderna vaccine on January 11.
Brown told FOX 26 that she woke up one week later, on January 18, with a red splotch on the arm she received the shot in.
‘It was just red and angry and had hives, like you could feel the bumps,’ she said.
‘It had just grown overnight from like, a dollar size to like, a baseball size,’ Brown told FOX 26.
‘And it was very swollen, hot to the touch, sore, even if I wore my coat that day, the pressure of the coat was painful.’
Brown said she applied ice to harm for two or three days before the red patch began to disappear.
‘It just made me kind of nervous and I’m going, ‘I know I have to go back for a second shot, I’m not sure if I should,” she told FOX 26.
Doctors advised that they take an antihistamine or Tylenol to treat the pain but don’t avoid getting the second dose.
‘We don’t want people to panic and we don’t want people to think they can’t get their second dose just because they have this delayed reaction,’ Freeman told USA TODAY.
Abdullahi Mohammed, the son of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has called on Nigerians to resist the attempt to brand all members of ethnic groups as kidnappers, prostitutes, drug dealers and internet fraudsters.
Abdullahi made the call today on the heels of kidnappings and killings in some parts of the country blamed on suspected Fulani herdsmen.
He shared a picture which shows different tribes in Nigeria and the way people from these tribes have been tagged.
“We should stop the ethnic tags and call a crime a crime, a criminal a criminal. With no biase or prujudice.”he wrote.
A former digital strategist for the Senate Republican Conference, who helped design social media ads for Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, has been charged with distributing child pornography.
Ruben Verastigui, 27, was charged with distributing child pornography after he was arrested last Friday, according to a release from the Metropolitan Police Department.
‘Between March 2020 and February 2021, an investigation revealed the suspect distributed, received, and possessed images of child pornography,’ the release states.
Verastigui, who posted a photo of himself at the White House just two months ago, worked for the Senate Republican Conference until July 2020, according to his LinkedIn. The investigation into his alleged offenses took place while he was still working for the GOP.
He had most recently been working at non-profit Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, and was no longer employed there as of Saturday, the Daily Beast reports.
‘The details of the allegations against Mr. Verastigui are tragic and shocking,’ a spokesperson for the non-profit told the Daily Beast. ‘He is no longer employed by the organization and we are prepared to fully cooperate with law enforcement requests in this matter to any extent needed.’
Special agents with Homeland Security began looking to Verastigui while investigating a group of at least 18 people who they say were trading child porn, according to court documents.
The website name was not released ‘to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation.’
Investigators say that Verastigui allegedly went by the username ‘Landon’ in the group chat and used the handle @somethingtaken. Verastigui is said to have told another user that ‘babies’ were his ‘absolute favorite.’
‘Well like I said babies are some of my biggest turn-ons and beast,’ Verastigui allegedly said in the direct message, according to the court documents. ‘Young rape… F**k I love all that.’
He also allegedly sent additional messages about wanting to look at ‘hardcore’ videos, responding ‘F**K YES!!!’ to a video he was sent of an adult sexually penetrating a child.
One of the emerging 9ja musician based in France had an exclusive interview with Tinatalks today.
During the interview, he expressed his ambitions, challenges, career goals and his efforts to make Nigerian EU based artists to come togethe to make Nigerian music great in foriegn lands.
“better days”
It could be recalled that he rallied lots of EU-based artists to stream 9ja vibes online during the pandemic, thereby lifting the hearts during the lockdowN
His latest “Better days” is currently making waves in Europe and some parts of Africa. Let’s give our artists the maximum support to make hs career soar.
Former Newcastle, Crystal Palace, and Paris Saint-Germain, midfielder Yohan Cabaye, has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 35.
Cabaye saw his one-year contract with Saint-Etienne expire at the end of last season and the Frenchman has decided to hang his boots after 543 appearances at six different clubs.
The midfielder started his career with Lille in 2004 and helped the club win a league and cup double in the 2010-2011 season. He also made 48 appearances for the France national team.
In an emotional tweet, which he captioned ‘the final whistle’, Cabaye shared a statement which read: ‘It is with great emotion that after more than 17 years of passion, love for football, emotions greater than each other, memories that will forever remain serious in my memory, human encounters and unforgettable sports that I am announcing the end of my career as a professional footballer.
‘Even if this decision may seem obvious and unavoidable having passed 35 in the world of football, it is still difficult to take and to accept because my love for football is immense.
‘You have to know, then, to take a step back and especially measure the chance to have been able to live your passion, your childhood dream in order to be able to move forward.
‘I cannot thank enough all the people that I have been able to rub shoulders with over the past few years; my teammates, my coaches, my leaders and my presidents, the supporters of the clubs I have been through but also those of the France national team who encouraged me when I had the honour of wearing the shirt of my country.
‘Thank you my family, my friends as well as my agents who supported me and accompanies me throughout this adventure. Thank you to my five children, Myla, Charlize, Romy, Linoi and Maian for giving me so much love and strength to face certain difficult moments in the life of a footballer.
‘Thanks to all of you, I went beyond my dreams. Thank you from the heart. Yohan Cabaye.’
Newcastle tweeted: ‘Congratulations on a fantastic career @YCabayeofficiel and all the very best for the future!’ They also posted videos of two goals he scored for them against Manchester United.
After making his name with Lille, Cabaye joined Newcastle in 2011 , scoring 10 Premier League goals across his first two seasons and seven in 17 games in 2013-14 before he joined PSG in January with a bid of around £19m.
He struggled to establish himself with the Ligue 1 champions and returned to England with Crystal Palace in 2015, scoring nine goals in 96 league games.
Cabaye also had a short spell with Al Nasr before he finished his career back in his homeland with St Etienne
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has said that the President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon had expressed readiness of his country to become Nigeria’s 37th state.
Speaking after a close door meeting with Beninoise Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Aurélien Agbenonci, Onyeama said the Beninoise president made the offer when he visited President Muhammadu Buhari a few weeks back.
He said;
“The President of Benin said as far as they are concerned, they want (not just saying it like that) but in reality, Benin should be the 37th state of Nigeria.
“We should really be one. They charged us to come together at ministerial level, to work out a framework for a sustainable relationship.”
Onyeama further disclosed that both presidents also discussed agreements between the two countries to put the issue of smuggling to an end once and for all.
Crystal palace and Ivory Coast footballer, Wilfried Zaha has vowed to stop taking the knee before matches and urged fellow black footballers to do the same because he believes the gesture has lost its meaning and may even be making blacks a ‘target’ for racial abuse.
The former Manchester United player, 28, believes taking the knee to show support for racial equality is becoming ‘something we just do now’.
Brentford players have stopped making the gesture as they ‘no longer feel that it is making an impact’.
Zaha speaking at Thursday’s Financial Times’ Business of Football summit, said: ‘I’ve said before that I feel like taking the knee is degrading and stuff because growing up my parents just let me know that I should be proud to be black no matter what and I feel like we should just stand tall.
‘Trying to get the meaning behind it, it’s becoming something that we just do now and that’s not enough for me.
‘I’m not going to take the knee, I’m not going to wear Black Lives Matter on the back of my shirt because it feels like it’s a target. We’re trying to say that we’re equal but we’re isolating ourselves with these things that aren’t even working anyway, so that’s my stand on it.
‘I feel like we should stand tall. Now I don’t really tend to speak on racism and stuff like that because I’m not here just to tick boxes. Unless action is going to happen, don’t speak to me about it.’
Zaha, has also been targeted with abuse on several occasions on social media in the past.
Speaking on the On the Judy podcast, Zaha said: ‘The whole kneeling down – why must I kneel down for you to show that we matter?
‘Why must I even wear Black Lives Matter on the back of my top to show you that we matter? This is all degrading stuff.
‘When people constantly want to get me to do Black Lives Matter talks and racial talks and I’m like, I’m not doing it just so you can put “Zaha spoke for us”. Like a tick box, basically.
‘I’m not doing any more, because unless things change. I’m not coming to chat to you just for the sake of it, like all the interviews I’ve done.
‘All these platforms – you see what’s happening, you see people making fake accounts to abuse black people constantly, but you don’t change it.
‘So don’t tell me to come and chat about stuff that’s not going to change. Change it. All that stuff that you lot are doing, all these charades mean nothing.’
UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman (pictured top right) has revealed he would be interested moving up to the middleweight division, but only if his friend and fellow Nigerian Israel Adesanya (pictured top left) is no longer champion.
Usman, a Nigerian and American says he would ‘absolutely’ consider stepping up to the 185 pounds category after he beat Gilbert Burns 34 seconds into the third round at UFC 258 – taking his record to 18-1, defending his title for the third time.
However, he admitted the move is dependent on Adesanya as he ‘would never entertain going up to fight his friend as he would rather ‘two Africans held belts than one African with two belts’.
Usman said he would consider the step up if Adesanya says he wants ‘nothing to do with’ the middleweight anymore.
He told ESPN: ‘Absolutely, absolutely. If Izzy’s willing to move up – well he is moving up, but if he’s willing to give up that 185 belt and says “I have nothing to do with that anymore”, then absolutely I would entertain that thought.’
Usman and Adesanya are regarded as two of the most dominant champions in the UFC at present, but neither of them will fight each other due to a long-standing friendship.
Usman added: ‘On no account right now would I ever entertain going up to fight Izzy. That’s just not something that I’m interested in.
‘I’ve stated over and over before, I’d rather two Africans with belts as opposed to one African with two belts.
‘After March, it’s gonna be three Africans with four belts. It’s a good time to be an African.’
General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has reacted to the “audio clip” released by a former Pastor in his church, Mike Davids who accused him of sleeping with his wife, Pastor Faith Edeko.
Recall that former Omega Fire Ministries Pastor, Mike Davids had released an audio clip in which a voice he claimed was that of Apostle Suleman was heard threatening to “make him disappear”.
Media Personality, Daddy Freeze who has now obtained an audio clip which is supposedly the original recording after calling the OFM General Overseer to hear his own side of the story, said he (Suleman) admitted he was the one in the recording but claimed it was doctored.
Daddy Freeze wrote;
So I called @johnson_suleman_official to hear his own side of the story…
He said that he was the one in the recording, but that it was doctored. Personally, I see where he is coming from, to me o, this particular recording sounds more original. – What’s your take?
An eight-day-old baby has died after being snatched from her bed by a group of monkeys.
The girl’s mum was devastated to find her newborn twin girls gone from their beds after a pack of primates invaded her home on Saturday, Feb 13, in Mela Alangam (West Rampart) near Thanjavur Palace in India.
Locals spotted the animals carrying the babies across rooftops and managed to rescue one of the baby girls after she was left on a roof.
Tragically, the other baby girl was later recovered from a nearby moat and pronounced dead at the scene.
Buvaneswari, the mother of newborn twin girls, said that monkeys entered her home and picked up the sleeping babies on Saturday.
Buvaneswari further said she was shocked to see the monkeys on the roof and began yelling. It was only later that she realised that her children were missing.
As she began to cry, neighbours came to help and reportedly retrieved one baby from the roof but couldn’t find the other one.
Moments later, the other baby was found in a nearby water body. Medical team reached the spot but pronounced the child dead.
Inspector S Chandramohan of Thanjavur West police told the Times of India: “Once we got the information about the incident, we rushed to the spot and searched for the second baby.
“We finally located the infant on the moat. We have sent the body to the Government Medical College Hospital for postmortem.”
Senators have voted unanimously to award Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman a Congressional Gold Medal.
Goodman played an integral role in protecting lawmakers from the violent riots in Washington, D.C. that left five people dead on Jan. 6. On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer paid tribute to the officer and asked the Senate to pass legislation to award him the Gold Medal — Congress’ highest honor.
Thank you, Officer Goodman.
I just put forward legislation to award him the Congressional Gold Medal—Congress's highest honor.
It passed the Senate.
Our heartfelt gratitude goes to him, the Capitol Police, Metro Police, and teams that were protecting the Capitol on January 6.
“In the weeks after the attack on January the sixth, the world learned about the incredible bravery of Officer Goodman on that fateful day,” Schumer said, according to CNN, as his fellow lawmakers stood to applaud Goodman, who was in the room.
“I think we can all agree that Eugene Goodman deserves the highest honor Congress can bestow,” Schumer added.
“In the face of lawlessness, the officers of the U.S. Capitol lived out the fullest sense of their oaths,” Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said, The Washington Postreported. “If not for the quick thinking and bravery of Officer Eugene Goodman in particular, people in this chamber may not have escaped that day unharmed.”
In a previous statement, USCP Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman said, “To have our police officers’ bravery acknowledged at a time when they’re experiencing tremendous emotions and exhaustion is a gift. We have too many heroes to count and we are humbled Congress may recognize them in this way. From the cards and letters of support we’ve received from around this great country to this incredible award, we are deeply humbled and appreciative.”
The award comes days after Democrats released never-before-seen footage of Goodman leading Sen. Mitt Romney away from the pro-Donald Trump rioters who had breached the building.
House impeachment manager Stacey Plaskett introduced the video during Trump’s second impeachment trial, which began after the former president was charged by the House with inciting an insurrection.
Plaskett explained: “In this security footage, you can see Officer Goodman running to respond to the initial breach. Officer Goodman passes Sen. Mitt Romney and directs him to turn around in order to get to safety.”
The Lagos Police Command has said its officers will remain at the Lekki tollgate, until further notice from the Commissioner Hakeem Odumosu.
This directive was confirmed by the command’s spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Monday.
According to Adejobi, the police officers have also laid siege to five other locations in the state.
“Our policemen are still at the tollgate, it is a deployment and we are working with an operation order and until there is a stand-down order of the operation from the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, the men will still be there.
“We have not arrested anyone today, there was no breakdown of law and order, no gathering or procession, everything is normal in the area.
“But we are still maintaining our ground there and we have deployment in about five places aside from the Lekki tollgate and our men are still on standby at these strategic places.
“We have police deployment in Unity Park, Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ogombo Junction, Adeniran Ogunsanya Junction, among others,” he said.
Policemen were initially deployed to the Lekki tollgate, ahead of the #OccupyLekkiTollGate and #DefendLagos protests scheduled for February 13, 2021.
They arrested over 40 protesters at the tollgate including popular comedian, Mr. Macaroni.
The Lagos state police command has given reasons for arresting 40 persons that participated in the #OccupyLekkiTollgate protest earlier today.
A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Muyiwa Adejobi says they were arrested for conspiracy, conduct likely to cause breach of peace, and violation of COVID-19 protocols.
The statement in part reads
The command has arrested forty (40) suspects at Lekki Toll Gate plaza, Lagos State, on Saturday 13th February, 2021, for conspiracy, conduct likely to cause breach of peace and violation of COVID-19 protocols.
The suspects had gathered at the Lekki Toll Gate plaza creating tension and behaving in such a manner that could cause breach of public peace without due regard for COVID-19 protocols major of which are use of nose masks and social distancing.
The command has however arraigned the suspects today to the mobile court at Panti, Yaba accordingly but were however granted bail by the court. They will appear in court on the next date of adjournment, 2nd March, 2021, with the certificate of COVID-19 test.
The command therefore assured the general public that it will always discharge its statutory duties as expected within the ambit of the law, while appealing to Lagosians to be law-abiding and go about their lawful businesses.”
Ex-Australia Olympic swimmer, Scott Miller has been arrested by police and charged with running a drug trafficking syndicate, after £1.12million worth of methamphetamine, also known as ‘ice’ or meth was concealed inside candles in his home.
Miller won a silver medal in the 100m butterfly at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and bronze in Australia’s 4x100m medley squad.
Scott Miller, 45, and an accomplice were arrested in police raids in Sydney suburbs on Tuesday morning, February 16.
Police saw methamphetamine, a kilo of heroin, other drugs and cash in the raids.
A police spokesman described Miller as the head of a ‘criminal syndicate’ that sold ice across New South Wales in Australia.
During the moment cops broke into the apartment during the raid, Miller reportedly found sitting topless and had jeans on.
He was later handcuffed and taken to a local police station.
A New South Wales Police statement said: “Earlier this year, detectives from the State Crime Command’s Drug and Firearms Squad, with assistance from the NSW Crime Commission, commenced investigations into criminal syndicate involved in the supply of prohibited drugs – mainly methamphetamine (ice) – across NSW.
“Following extensive inquiries, investigators assisted by South West Metropolitan Region Enforcement Squad, Public Order Riot Squad and Operation ODIN, executed three search warrants at a business at Bankstown, unit at Rozelle and home at Balmain from 6am today (Tuesday 16 February 2021).
“Officers located and seized approximately one kilogram of heroin with a street value of $250,000 (£140k), over $75,000 (£42k) cash, mobile phones, documents, encrypted electronic devices and smaller amounts of prohibited drugs, all which have been taken for further forensic examination.
“A white Toyota Camry, which police will allege was used by the syndicate to transport prohibited drugs, was also seized.”
Dr. Dre’s estranged wife Nicole Young is requesting the court examine the cash flow of three women she says the hip-hop mogul dated during their marriage, amid their ongoing divorce battle.
Young, 51, wants the three alleged girlfriends of the Compton, California native, 55, to sit for depositions to know if Dre lavished them with money and gifts, TMZ reported on Tuesday February 9.
In the document obtained by TMZ, Young claims an attorney representing lleged girlfriend is trying to delay their depositions until the validity of the prenup is decided
In one instance, Young said she wants lawyers to speak with one of the alleged mistresses as to whether Dr. Dre two years ago bought her a $2.15 million home.
This comes weeks after Dre agreed to cut Nicole a $2 million check for temporary support, on top of the $293,306 a month he’s already giving her in the wake of a brain aneurysm he suffered last month at his home in Pacific Palisades, California.
In June 2020, Young filed for divorce from Dre after 24 years of marriage, as they share two children – son Truice Young, 24, and daughter Truly Young, 20.
A Chinese lab in Wuhan, investigated by the World Health Organization over the origins of Covid-19 reportedly designed secret cages for breeding bats for virus experiments.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) was found to have filed patents for “bat rearing cages” and “artificial breeding” systems in the months before covid-19 first emerged in 2019 December.
The institute located just miles from Covid’s ground zero has been subjected to scrutiny since the virus emerged.
The World Health Organisation released a report this week exonerating the lab, saying the lab wasn’t responsible for Covid-19 origins, but the US and the UK have branded the WHO’s report a “whitewash” after new revelations about the work of Chinese scientists led by Dr Shi Zhengli, months before the pandemic.
An online profile of the lab reportedly claimed it has capacity to keep 12 bat cages and WIV scientists filed patents in June 2018 and October 2020 for the cages and methods for breeding of bats, which are believed to be the natural reservoir of Covid.
According to the Mail on Sunday, the first patent was filed for “bat rearing cages” which would be “‘capable of healthy growth and breeding under artificial conditions” while the second patent relates to a method of “artificially breeding” of wild bats, and in the document it describes bats being “artificially” infected with coronaviruses.
According to the patent, the breeding scheme will allow them to create a “brand-new model experimental animal for scientific research”.
The US has accused the lab of having links to the Chinese military.
The White House also announced on Saturday, February 13 that it has “deep concerns” that the Chinese government may have interfered with WHO’s investigation into the origins of Covid.
This week a WHO team swung its weight behind the Chinese government’s effort to deflect blame over the origins with the virus.
The team ruled out the lab leak, suggested the virus may have come from outside of China, and appeared to place their focus on claims the virus may have come from frozen food. And then just days later, WHO investigator Dominic Dwyer backtracked saying Chinese authorities refused to hand over raw data.
He said: “Why that doesn’t happen, I couldn’t comment. Whether it’s political or time or it’s difficult .
“But whether there are any other reasons why the data isn’t available, I don’t know. One would only speculate.”
WHO investigator Peter Daszak, reportedly has links with WIV, and previously claimed no live bats were being kept by the lab.
In April 2020, he said: “All bats are released back to their cave site after sampling. It’s a conservation measure and is much safer in terms of disease spread than killing them or trying to keep them in a lab.”
In December, he he claimed labs he had worked with “DO NOT have live or dead bats in them. There is no evidence anywhere that this happened”.
An Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian has warned his social media followers not to “go near” anyone who’s had the covid-19 vaccine, as they have turned to gays and homosexuals.
Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian took to Telegram, a social media app where he has 210,000 followers, to publish a homophobic rant over the weekend.
“Don’t go near those who have had the COVID vaccine,” he said.
“They have become homosexuals.”
But his comments about the vaccine has been met with strong criticism from other Iranians including LBGT rights activists and health officials.
“Like other clerics in the regime, also Tabrizian relates all the shortages [shortcomings] to sexuality,” dissident Sheina Vojoudi told The Jerusalem Post.
“The clerics in Iran are suffering from lack of knowledge and humanity.
“Actually, his goal of spreading nonsense is to try to scare people [out] of getting vaccinated, while the leader of the regime and other officials got Pfizer, and they don’t provide it for the people with the excuse that they don’t trust the West.”
UK human rights activist Peter Tatchell said: “Ayatollah Tabrizian combines scientific ignorance with a crude appeal to homophobia.”
“He’s demonising both the vaccination program and LGBT+ people without a shred of evidence.
“By seeking to scare the public into not getting vaccinated against Covid-19, he is fuelling the pandemic and putting lives at risk.
“Typical of many Iranian religious and political leaders, his bizarre, irrational claims scapegoat LGBTs and put theological prejudice before scientific knowledge.”
Meanwhile thousands of gay people have been executed in Iran from 1979 to 2019 and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif has dismissed international outrage over its anti-gay policies, saying:
“Our society has moral principles, and according to these principles we live…
“These are moral principles regarding the behaviour of people in general, and that is because the law is upheld and you abide by laws.”
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, have sued former US President Donald Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and two right-wing extremist groups, alleging they conspired to incite the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, February 16, in Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that Trump and Giuliani, in collaboration with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, conspired to incite the riot to keep Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.
It claims they did so in violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act, a Reconstruction-era statute designed to protect both formerly enslaved African Americans and lawmakers in Congress from white supremacist violence.
Reps. Hank Johnson and Bonnie Watson Coleman will join the litigation as plaintiffs in the coming days, according to a press release.
The lawsuit recounts Trump’s actions leading up to the Jan. 6 riot, building a case against him in similar fashion to House impeachment managers. It cites Trump’s remarks during “Save America” rally as evidence that he mobilized and directed insurrectionists to storm the Capitol. After his supporters entered the halls of Congress, the lawsuit alleges, Giuliani called lawmakers individually, asking them to try to “slow down” the Electoral College vote count.
“If we don’t put a check on the spread of domestic terrorism, it will consume this nation and transform it to something that none of us recognize,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in an interview. “We must, as a nation, prevent the spread of this type of boldness where [insurrectionists] will go to our U.S. Capitol and seek an act of treason.”
Johnson added that he sees the lawsuit as an aggressive push against domestic terrorism, which he said poses a direct threat to communities of color.
“You look at what took place in the ’20s, ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, those were acts of domestic terrorism against citizens. It was based on race,” Johnson continued. “They were acts of domestic terrorism, based on one’s belief of who should be legitimate citizens and who are not.”
The lawsuit also quoted extensively from remarks Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., made after the Senate voted to acquit Trump on Saturday, including his statement that “there is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day.”
The suit asks a judge to rule that the actions of the defendants violated federal law and seeks unspecified monetary damages.
In response to the NAACP lawsuit, Trump adviser Jason Miller said the former president had been “acquitted in the Democrats’ latest impeachment witch hunt,” adding: “The facts are irrefutable”.
“President Trump did not plan, produce or organise the January 6 rally on the Ellipse. President Trump did not incite or conspire to incite any violence at the Capitol on January 6,” he added.
?The suit comes days after Trump was acquitted of inciting the riot at his second impeachment trial by the Senate.
A Mexican beauty queen is facing up to 50 years in prison after being arrested on suspicion of being part of a kidnapping gang.
Laura Mojica Romero, 25, is currently being detained in Huatusco, a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
She is one of three women and five men arrested by authorities. She was identified only by her first name in a statement released by investigators in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz.
Ms. Mojica was described as one of ‘eight alleged members of a criminal organisation specialising in kidnap’ in the statement.
Prosecutors said an elite anti-kidnap unit had acted to ensure there was ‘no truce for people who cause serious harm to Veracruz’ following their arrest.
They added: ‘The capture of Luis Antonio ‘N’; Raúl ‘N’; María del Rosario ‘N’; Ana Martha ‘N’; Laura ‘N’; César Enrique ‘N’; Diego ‘N’ and Jossiel ‘N’ took place in Veracruz when personnel specialized in tackling kidnapping carried out an operation to capture those now linked to this judicial investigation.
‘The eight alleged kidnappers have been remanded in custody for two months while the investigation continues.’
Laura is understood to have been held in Huatusco, a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Romero, who comes from the city of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec in Oaxaca, won the Miss Oaxaca 2018 regional beauty contest and took part in the Miss Mexico competition the following year.
The English-speaking model went on to represent her nation at the 2020 International Queen of Coffee beauty pageant in Colombia.
The model defined herself as ‘more than just a pretty face’ in an interview in January 2019 after her Miss Oaxaca triumph.
The business studies graduate said her priorities included tackling the problem of violence against woman, saying: ‘We can’t stand idly by, we have to eradicate violence against women, through campaigns and educational talks that make men aware of this issue.’
