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BUHARI SURPASSES LATE PRESIDENT UMARU YAR’ADUA’S RECORD, TRAVELS TO UK FOR THE TENTH TIME WITHIN ONE YEAR

President Muhammadu Buhari left Nigeria for the United Kingdom on a private visit.

The president, according to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement, the president will take-off from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, where he’s billed to commission some projects.

Nigerians, however, on Thursday morning woke up to the news of its president jetting out of Nigeria to the United Kingdom for the 11th time in four years.

The president will be away for 10 days on a “private trip” to London,” a government statement said.

Although his last trip to the UK was about eight months ago, the president’s visits to the UK have been mostly for a medical reason.

Here are the 10 times Buhari has been to the UK.
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SOURCE: www.DailyAdvent.com, GuardianNigeria

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At least eight people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck the main Philippines island of Luzon, officials say.

The magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit at 17:11 local time (09:11 GMT) on Monday, the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reports.

An airport was seriously damaged and at least two buildings were destroyed.

Authorities fear dozens of people remain trapped underneath a collapsed building in the province of Pampanga.

The province - which is north-west of the capital, Manila - is believed to be the worst-hit area. Its governor, Lilia Pineda, told Reuters news agency that 20 people had been injured there.

"They can be heard crying in pain," she said of those trapped under the rubble. "It won't be easy to rescue them."

Ms Pineda told ABS-CBN television that three bodies had been pulled out of a shop following the earthquake, while a woman and her grandchild were found dead in the town of Lubao.

Twenty people have so far been rescued and taken to hospital, she added.

The earthquake was felt in Manila, where skyscrapers were seen swaying for several minutes in the business district.

Clark International Airport, located about an hour's drive north of the capital, suffered major damage, with at least seven people injured.

Martial arts instructor Dani Justo recalled the moment she felt the earthquake at her Manila home.

"The clothes hanging on our line were really swaying. My shih tzu (dog) dropped flat on the ground," she told AFP.

Social media users on the northern island posted photos of the damage caused by the quake, including cracked walls and swinging light fixtures.

One video posted to Twitter showed water cascading down the side of a skyscraper from its rooftop pool.

Classes at Manila's De La Salle University are being suspended on Tuesday while building inspections are conducted.

The Philippines is part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire" - a zone of major seismic activity which has one of the world's most active fault lines.

SOURCE; www.BBC.com

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- The latest episode of Game of Thrones was uploaded to Amazon early due to an "error", the company has said.

The second instalment of the eighth and final series was not supposed to be broadcast until Sunday evening.

But some Amazon Prime members were able to watch it several hours before that.

"We regret that for a short time Amazon customers in Germany were able to access episode two of season eight of Game of Thrones," an Amazon spokesman said.

"This was an error and has been rectified."

It may have been taken down soon after it was uploaded, but it was long enough for many fans to view the whole episode.

However, plenty of people had some fun with the leak.

US singer Mariah Carey suggested that she was about to post some "major Game of Thrones spoilers" on Twitter... before going on to upload a picture of herself on the Iron Throne.

This is the second week in a row that Game of Thrones has appeared online early.

Last week's launch episode was made available to DirecTV Now customers four hours early.

A spokesman for AT&T, which owns the service, said: "Apparently our system was as excited as we are for Game of Thrones tonight and gave a few DirecTV Now customers early access to the episode by mistake.

"When we became aware of the error, we immediately fixed it and we look forward to tuning in this evening."

Writing in Forbes, Paul Tassi said: "HBO has to be tearing their hair out that this keeps happening, but this show is so popular and there are so many of these markets to manage, it does almost seem inevitable that something will go wrong.

"At least we're not dealing with people flat-out stealing episodes like we saw in a breach a few years ago, but this is not great either."

SOURCE: www.BBC.com

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At least 207 people have been killed and 450 hurt in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police say.

Eight blasts were reported, including at three churches in Negombo, Batticaloa and Colombo's Kochchikade district during Easter services.

The Shangri-La, Kingsbury and Cinnamon Grand hotels and one other, all in the capital, were also targeted.

A national curfew has been put in place "until further notice" and social media networks have been temporarily blocked.

A foreign ministry official said 27 foreign nationals were among the dead.
Reports say seven people have been arrested, but it not yet clear who is responsible for the attacks.

Sri Lanka's defence minister has said the attacks were probably carried out by one group.

*** What's the latest from the scene? ***
The first reports of explosions came at about 08:45 (03:15 GMT) local time - with six blasts reported close together at churches and luxury hotels.

St Sebastian's church in Negombo was severely damaged in one explosion, with dozens killed at the site.

Images from inside showed blood on the pews and the building's ceiling shattered.

There were also heavy casualties at the site of the first blast in St Anthony's, a hugely popular shrine in Kochchikade, a district of Colombo.

Robert Tyler, who has lived in Sri Lanka for six years, told the BBC that at least two of the hotels appeared to have had their restaurants targeted at a busy time for breakfast.

The UK's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, James Dauris has said British citizens were caught up in the explosions, but has not confirmed further details.

One Dutch national is among the dead, Foreign Minister Stef Blok said in a statement.

Two Turkish citizens have also been killed, state news agency Anadolu reports.

A seventh explosion was later reported at a hotel near the zoo in Dehiwala, southern Colombo, with police sources reporting two deaths.

An eighth explosion was reported near the Colombo district of Dematagoda. Media say it was suicide bomber and that three people, believed to be security personnel, were killed during a police raid.

Local media report that the military and have been deployed, and security has been stepped up at the country's main Bandaranaike International Airport.

Colombo resident Usman Ali told the BBC there were massive queues as he joined people trying to donate blood.

He said: "Everyone had just one intention and that was to help the victims of the blast, no matter what religion or race they may be. Each person was helping another out in filling forms."

Rumours have been reported of more attacks and police have told people to stay inside their houses and remain calm. But there is some element of panic.

There is a heavy military presence in front of all major state buildings. No-one was expecting this, it was a peaceful Sunday morning - everyone was going to Easter services.

I've spoken to several priests who were in the church and they were really shocked, as were the police officers.

It was a well-planned, co-ordinated attack but I spoke to the security chief who was there and officials believe it's too early to say who is behind it.

After the Tamil Tigers were defeated in 2009, Sri Lanka hasn't really seen this kind of incident.


*** What have officials said? ***
President Maithripala Sirisena has issued a statement calling for people to remain calm and support the authorities in their investigations.

PM Ranil Wickremesinghe is chairing an emergency meeting. He said: "I strongly condemn the cowardly attacks on our people today. I call upon all Sri Lankans during this tragic time to remain united and strong."

Announcing the curfew, Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardane said: "We will take all necessary action against any extremist group that is operating in our country."

He also said that "all the culprits" had been identified and would be "taken into custody as soon as possible".

Pope Francis, in his traditional Urbi et Orbi speech at the Vatican, condemned the attacks as "such cruel violence" which had targeted Christians celebrating Easter.

Cardinal Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Ranjith, told the BBC: "It's a very difficult and a very sad situation for all of us because we never expected such a thing to happen and especially on Easter Sunday."

UK PM Theresa May tweeted condolences, saying the "acts of violence against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka are truly appalling".

US President Donald Trump tweeted "heartfelt condolences" for the "horrible terrorist attacks".

SOURCE: www.BBC.com

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Same sneaker for Reading Festival in London

Same as when he performed in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

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Is Wizkid trying to get an endorsement from Nike? Otherwise we don’t understand his love for the the famous Nike Airforce 1 sneaker.

Fashion in Nigerian entertainment is really exciting right now. Celebs are dressing for themselves instead of abiding by strict social mores. We’re seeing outfits that are multi-dimensional, fun, sexy, with some even having to repeat same outfit twice or more (of course who says you can’t).

One of the best parts about the seismic shift toward dressing for yourself instead of dressing for the fans is that sneakers have become a viable shoe option for most pop artistes.


And to seal that, the artiste we’ll be discussing today is Nigerian pop star, Wizkid!


If you are a true fan of the Starboy, then you must have noticed that he has a thing for sneakers as well.

We’ve also come to notice the Starboy has a thing for the famous ‘Nike Airforce 1’. If you’re a true sneaker head, then you’ll know this sneaker.

The Nike Airforce 1 is sold between N25-30, 000 in Nigeria.

Wizkid is so in love with this classic sneaker that we’ll be taking you through 14 times we’ve spotted him boss rocking the same shoe.

SOURCE: www.DailyAdvent.com

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Nigeria Bloggers Na wa ooo... How many times will they catch this same guy with pant, the last one was in one western state (Ogun State)...
FAKE NEWS EVERY WHERE

Please and please my fellow NairaLanders, this Bloggers in NairaLand especially MediaHelm, are making fool of us using TRIBALISM to generate traffic to their website. Most of this topics are not real, as far those stories are not published on Air (Radio and Television) or published in the Newspaper. I call on the Moderators of Nairaland to look into this issues.

This Bloggers, they know that when they post thier fake stories with Igbo names, it will generate more than 100 Comments ( Between the Igbos and Yorubas)

LET'S BE WISE, SAY NO TO TRIBALISM

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