Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross, I Am Your Leader (Explicit) brand new video brought to you by us today!
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Nicki Minaj I Am Your Leader (Explicit)
Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross, I Am Your Leader (Explicit) brand new video brought to you by us today!
The Heavy - How You Like Me Now?
The Heavy "How You Like Me Now?" promo. Shot in High Definition on Redcam, the video combines live action with Flash and traditional 2D hand drawn animation. Whilst bringing the Heavy graphic image to life, it tells the story of 2 ex-lovers and the chase by our lead "Wolf" of "Red" to see "How she likes me now". With reference to the classic 70's horror movie "Don't Look Now" there is a twist in the tale.
Mariah Carey - Triumphant (Get 'Em) ft. Rick Ross, Meek Mill
Mariah Carey turns up in her brand new music video for the Maybach Music-assisted "Triumphant", directed by her husband Nick Cannon.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Breaking news: a fire turns this woman around
and then there was more.....
Be sure to watch both videos!! You'll be amazed how much she's got a catchier tune than Beyonce and Whitney combined together!
Nigerian Facebook serial killers
The Lagos Command of the Nigerian Police Force on Wednesday paraded two suspects in the murder of Cynthia Akuzogwu Udoka, daughter of a retired General, who they met on Facebook and persuaded her to come to Lagos, from Jos, the Plateau state capital.
One of the suspects, Ezekiel Nnechuwu Olisa Eloka, 23, told the police that they killed Cynthia because they believed she had a lot of money. But after taking her life, they did not find any significant amount of cash. Both Eloka and Echezona Nwabufor, confirmed that they met the victim on Facebook and invited her to come to Lagos to buy goods at cheap prices. Cynthia, they claim was their sixth victim.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Jennifer Lopez - Goin' In ft. Flo Rida
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The most disaster prone countries
With global warming, droughts, famine, tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes threatening our dear planet, we checked up on the top 10 most disaster prone countries and this is what we came up with.
1. With a population of 156 million people (July 2009 est.), the most disaster prone country in the world is Bangladesh. This country is at risk from extreme weather and geophysical events. The geographical settings of Bangladesh makes it prone to natural disasters. The disasters include floods, cyclones, tornadoes, drought, flash-floods, hailstorm and lightning, erosion, landslides and earthquakes. Notable in history is the Bangladesh Cyclones-2007.
2. Indonesia is second at risk from tsunamis and earthquakes. In the past few years, Indonesia has had its fair share of natural disasters ranging from volcanic eruptions to tsunamis to earthquakes. The country has always been vulnerable to huge earthquakes. Recently, on the the 4th of April, 2012, A magnitude 8.6 earthquake occurred offshore of Banda Aceh on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 02:38:37 PM local time, not far from the location of the 2004 M9.1 event which triggered a tsunami killing almost a quarter of a million people across the Indian Ocean.
3. Iran lies at the third position. Prone to seismic events. On the 11th of August, 2012, two earthquakes measuring 6.3 and 6.4 struck 11 minutes separately northeast of Tabriz and southwest of Ahar, Iran. 250 people were reportedly killed and over 2000 injured.
4. Pakistan- Landslides and earthquakes. Home to 187,343,000 (2011 est.) people, Pakistan, apart from its social and economic problems, is vulnerable to most of the world's natural disasters. The history of the country is clouded with natural disasters ranging from the 1935 Balochistan Earthquake to the August 21, 2012 Monsoon.
5. Ethiopia- Famine and extreme recurrent drought. Also at the risk of volcanic eruptions, Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world. The dry lands periodically experience heavy seasonal rainfalls, which cause flooding leading to internal displacement and increased risks for diseases related to inert water such as malaria, diarrhea, cholera and typhoid.
6. Sudan- Drought, floods and famine. With decades of armed conflicts. tense political status, economic changes and natural disasters, Sudan is known to have one of the highest rates of internally displaced people in the world. Heavy rains lead to flood and drought is also recurrent.
7. Mozambique- Floods. In addition to flood risks from high rainfall in the river catchment areas, Mozambique is prone to tropical cyclones that travel up the Mozambique Channel, particularly in the period of January to March each year.
8. Haiti- Prone to earthquakes. This country has the history of tragic natural disasters. Still fresh on our minds is the January 12, 2010: Magnitude-7.0 quake in Port-Au-Prince, that killed tens of thousands of people. Not only is Haiti vulnerable to magnanimous earthquakes, it also stands at the risk of fierce hurricanes. In 2008, four storms--Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike--dumped heavy rains on the impoverished nation. The rugged hillsides, stripped bare of 98% of their forest cover thanks to deforestation, let flood waters rampage into large areas of the country
9. The Philippines- Typhoons, landslides, major floods and other related disasters. In 2011, the country topped the list of world’s most disaster-hit countries. Based on the report, a total of 431 natural and human-induced disasters were reported in the Philippines in the past year. These killed 1,774 people, and affected more than three million families or 15.3 million people, and caused over P26 billion in economic damages.
10. Colombia- Vulnerable to hurricanes, landslides and earthquake, Colombia is strategically located in an area prone to various natural disasters. The history of Colombia is full of happenings in which catastrophic natural disasters cost thousands of people their lives.
1. With a population of 156 million people (July 2009 est.), the most disaster prone country in the world is Bangladesh. This country is at risk from extreme weather and geophysical events. The geographical settings of Bangladesh makes it prone to natural disasters. The disasters include floods, cyclones, tornadoes, drought, flash-floods, hailstorm and lightning, erosion, landslides and earthquakes. Notable in history is the Bangladesh Cyclones-2007.
2. Indonesia is second at risk from tsunamis and earthquakes. In the past few years, Indonesia has had its fair share of natural disasters ranging from volcanic eruptions to tsunamis to earthquakes. The country has always been vulnerable to huge earthquakes. Recently, on the the 4th of April, 2012, A magnitude 8.6 earthquake occurred offshore of Banda Aceh on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 02:38:37 PM local time, not far from the location of the 2004 M9.1 event which triggered a tsunami killing almost a quarter of a million people across the Indian Ocean.
3. Iran lies at the third position. Prone to seismic events. On the 11th of August, 2012, two earthquakes measuring 6.3 and 6.4 struck 11 minutes separately northeast of Tabriz and southwest of Ahar, Iran. 250 people were reportedly killed and over 2000 injured.
4. Pakistan- Landslides and earthquakes. Home to 187,343,000 (2011 est.) people, Pakistan, apart from its social and economic problems, is vulnerable to most of the world's natural disasters. The history of the country is clouded with natural disasters ranging from the 1935 Balochistan Earthquake to the August 21, 2012 Monsoon.
5. Ethiopia- Famine and extreme recurrent drought. Also at the risk of volcanic eruptions, Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world. The dry lands periodically experience heavy seasonal rainfalls, which cause flooding leading to internal displacement and increased risks for diseases related to inert water such as malaria, diarrhea, cholera and typhoid.
6. Sudan- Drought, floods and famine. With decades of armed conflicts. tense political status, economic changes and natural disasters, Sudan is known to have one of the highest rates of internally displaced people in the world. Heavy rains lead to flood and drought is also recurrent.
7. Mozambique- Floods. In addition to flood risks from high rainfall in the river catchment areas, Mozambique is prone to tropical cyclones that travel up the Mozambique Channel, particularly in the period of January to March each year.
8. Haiti- Prone to earthquakes. This country has the history of tragic natural disasters. Still fresh on our minds is the January 12, 2010: Magnitude-7.0 quake in Port-Au-Prince, that killed tens of thousands of people. Not only is Haiti vulnerable to magnanimous earthquakes, it also stands at the risk of fierce hurricanes. In 2008, four storms--Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike--dumped heavy rains on the impoverished nation. The rugged hillsides, stripped bare of 98% of their forest cover thanks to deforestation, let flood waters rampage into large areas of the country
9. The Philippines- Typhoons, landslides, major floods and other related disasters. In 2011, the country topped the list of world’s most disaster-hit countries. Based on the report, a total of 431 natural and human-induced disasters were reported in the Philippines in the past year. These killed 1,774 people, and affected more than three million families or 15.3 million people, and caused over P26 billion in economic damages.
10. Colombia- Vulnerable to hurricanes, landslides and earthquake, Colombia is strategically located in an area prone to various natural disasters. The history of Colombia is full of happenings in which catastrophic natural disasters cost thousands of people their lives.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Nigerian student in Ukraine faces life imprisonment
Here we go again. News trending now is about a Nigerian student in the Lugansk region of Ukraine battling for his freedom. Dude is facing a life jail term if convicted. Sources from African outlook tell the story.
''The student; Olaolu Sunkanmi Femi (pictured left), and one of his friends were physically attacked in front of his apartment by four young Ukrainian men and two women who pulled them to the ground and shouted racist slurs at them''. According to eye witness account, ''Sunkanmi was said to have managed to get up and defended himself against the assailants with a glass from a broken bottle. It was while he was defending himself that police arrived at the scene and the Nigerian was subsequently arrested and charged with attempted murder of five people” a Nigerian embassy staff who has knowledge of the case told African Outlook, adding that the victim thus became an accused in a case which has become a celebrated case in Ukraine.''
African Outlook gathered that Olasunkanmi has since been remanded in detention by the Ukrainian police who refused to take the case to court citing unavailability of the police to get an interpreter for him.
But the Nigerian students’ community in Ukraine under the leadership of Osarumen David-Izevbokun, a Phd student in international relations has been working tirelessly to ensure justice for the Nigerian by organizing protests as well as drawing the attentions of the human right groups in Ukraine to the plight of Olasunkanmi who has spent almost seven months in jail without trial.
David-Izevbokun told African Outlook that he alongside other Nigerian students in conjunctions with some members of the Ukrainian human right groups staged a protest on April, 9 outside the Leninsky District Court in Luhanski demanding the release of Olasunkanmi.
David-Izevbokun who was at the May 3, court hearing told African Outlook that Olasunkanmi appeared depressed when he showed up in court. Many other Nigerian students spoken to by African Outlook however raised concern about the competence of the female lawyer: Ludmila Havrysh handling Olasunkanmi’s case.
The Ukrainian lawyer was reported to have told protesters that her client has not been able to read the file material since it is all written in Ukrainian or Russian which he doesn’t understand and that was why her client had remained in jail.
“We heard she wanted to be paid $10,000 when she had not even been able to secure bail for her client who has been in detention for more than six months” an irate Nigerian told African Outlook wondering whether the lawyer was capable of defending Olasunkanmi.
Another source also told African Outlook that one of the attackers’s family who has a connection with the Ukrainian police may have been the reason why the Nigerian student was being detained without trial.
“They went to the hospital and documents were secured for infliction of wounds. I learnt that one of the supposed victim (Ukrainian) has a police relative or parent, and so vowed to deal ruthlessly with Olasunkanmi” a Nigerian student quoted one narrator as saying while lamenting that the Nigerian embassy’s representative came to visit Olasunkanmi in jail once but did not return again after the first visit.
But an embassy spokesperson who pleaded anonymity (because he is not authorized to comment on the case) told African Outlook that the Nigerian consulate had not abandoned the Nigerian to his fate ”We are in touch with the Ukrainian authority and we have been doing everything to ensure the boy is released unconditionally using diplomatic channel” he said, adding that Olasunkanmi was being charged for attempted murder, an offense which under Ukrainian law is not bailable.
When asked if the embassy has been able to secure the service of an attorney for the Nigerian student, the embassy staff said: “It is not within our mandate to pay for attorney’s fees for any Nigerian in distress, you may check this out with other Nigerian embassies abroad, but we have been working with the Nigerian community leaders here to ensure that we do everything within our means to help Olasunkanmi in time of his need” the staff added hinting that the representative of the embassy was at the May 3 hearing.
In a related development African Outlook gathered that a 28-year-old Nigerian student of Kharkiv National Radio Electronic University is in intensive care unit with knife injuries to his neck following an attack on him by people believed to be racists.
Another 19-year-old Nigerian student from the Poltava Agrarian Academy is also lying critically ill in an Ukrainian hospital following knife injury inflicted on him by yet to be identified persons.
African Outlook gathered that the two Nigerian students were attacked late in the evening by assailants who fled the scene immediately after the attacks.
The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Ukraine are treating both cases as attempted murder motivated by racial intolerance.
African Outlook can confirm that many Africans including Nigerians have been killed in Ukraine by white supremacy gangs known as Skin heads in the past.
On January 18, 2009, Shefiu Salawudeen, a Nigerian was stabbed to death in Lviv, Ukraine around 8pm while waiting at the bus stop to board a bus.
Same year, a Nigerian girl was also killed in Kharkiv, Ukraine while a staff of the Nigerian consulate escaped death by the whiskers when he was attacked in 2008 by the Ukrainian gangs.
No less than five racial killings of Africans were reported in 2008 alone.
''Racially motivated attacks occur in Ukraine while police and courts do little to intervene'' the Council of Europe said in a report made public February 2008 in Strasbourg.
The report also expressed concern about attacks against rabbis and Jewish students, as well as the vandalism of synagogues, cemeteries and cultural centers.
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''The student; Olaolu Sunkanmi Femi (pictured left), and one of his friends were physically attacked in front of his apartment by four young Ukrainian men and two women who pulled them to the ground and shouted racist slurs at them''. According to eye witness account, ''Sunkanmi was said to have managed to get up and defended himself against the assailants with a glass from a broken bottle. It was while he was defending himself that police arrived at the scene and the Nigerian was subsequently arrested and charged with attempted murder of five people” a Nigerian embassy staff who has knowledge of the case told African Outlook, adding that the victim thus became an accused in a case which has become a celebrated case in Ukraine.''African Outlook gathered that Olasunkanmi has since been remanded in detention by the Ukrainian police who refused to take the case to court citing unavailability of the police to get an interpreter for him.
But the Nigerian students’ community in Ukraine under the leadership of Osarumen David-Izevbokun, a Phd student in international relations has been working tirelessly to ensure justice for the Nigerian by organizing protests as well as drawing the attentions of the human right groups in Ukraine to the plight of Olasunkanmi who has spent almost seven months in jail without trial.
David-Izevbokun told African Outlook that he alongside other Nigerian students in conjunctions with some members of the Ukrainian human right groups staged a protest on April, 9 outside the Leninsky District Court in Luhanski demanding the release of Olasunkanmi.
David-Izevbokun who was at the May 3, court hearing told African Outlook that Olasunkanmi appeared depressed when he showed up in court. Many other Nigerian students spoken to by African Outlook however raised concern about the competence of the female lawyer: Ludmila Havrysh handling Olasunkanmi’s case.
The Ukrainian lawyer was reported to have told protesters that her client has not been able to read the file material since it is all written in Ukrainian or Russian which he doesn’t understand and that was why her client had remained in jail.
“We heard she wanted to be paid $10,000 when she had not even been able to secure bail for her client who has been in detention for more than six months” an irate Nigerian told African Outlook wondering whether the lawyer was capable of defending Olasunkanmi.
Another source also told African Outlook that one of the attackers’s family who has a connection with the Ukrainian police may have been the reason why the Nigerian student was being detained without trial.“They went to the hospital and documents were secured for infliction of wounds. I learnt that one of the supposed victim (Ukrainian) has a police relative or parent, and so vowed to deal ruthlessly with Olasunkanmi” a Nigerian student quoted one narrator as saying while lamenting that the Nigerian embassy’s representative came to visit Olasunkanmi in jail once but did not return again after the first visit.
But an embassy spokesperson who pleaded anonymity (because he is not authorized to comment on the case) told African Outlook that the Nigerian consulate had not abandoned the Nigerian to his fate ”We are in touch with the Ukrainian authority and we have been doing everything to ensure the boy is released unconditionally using diplomatic channel” he said, adding that Olasunkanmi was being charged for attempted murder, an offense which under Ukrainian law is not bailable.
When asked if the embassy has been able to secure the service of an attorney for the Nigerian student, the embassy staff said: “It is not within our mandate to pay for attorney’s fees for any Nigerian in distress, you may check this out with other Nigerian embassies abroad, but we have been working with the Nigerian community leaders here to ensure that we do everything within our means to help Olasunkanmi in time of his need” the staff added hinting that the representative of the embassy was at the May 3 hearing.
In a related development African Outlook gathered that a 28-year-old Nigerian student of Kharkiv National Radio Electronic University is in intensive care unit with knife injuries to his neck following an attack on him by people believed to be racists.
Another 19-year-old Nigerian student from the Poltava Agrarian Academy is also lying critically ill in an Ukrainian hospital following knife injury inflicted on him by yet to be identified persons.
African Outlook gathered that the two Nigerian students were attacked late in the evening by assailants who fled the scene immediately after the attacks.
The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Ukraine are treating both cases as attempted murder motivated by racial intolerance.
African Outlook can confirm that many Africans including Nigerians have been killed in Ukraine by white supremacy gangs known as Skin heads in the past.
On January 18, 2009, Shefiu Salawudeen, a Nigerian was stabbed to death in Lviv, Ukraine around 8pm while waiting at the bus stop to board a bus.
Same year, a Nigerian girl was also killed in Kharkiv, Ukraine while a staff of the Nigerian consulate escaped death by the whiskers when he was attacked in 2008 by the Ukrainian gangs.
No less than five racial killings of Africans were reported in 2008 alone.
''Racially motivated attacks occur in Ukraine while police and courts do little to intervene'' the Council of Europe said in a report made public February 2008 in Strasbourg.
The report also expressed concern about attacks against rabbis and Jewish students, as well as the vandalism of synagogues, cemeteries and cultural centers.
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
Beyonce I was here
In an effort to encourage people around the world to make a difference, singer Beyonce Knowles has teamed up with the United Nations for her latest music video.
“I Was Here” was taped in front of a live audience at the U.N. General Assembly on Aug. 10 and was posted on her website on Saturday to coincide with World Humanitarian Day — which is observed today.
(Source "ABC News")
The world's smelliest man.
So we still find it hard to imagine how an individual can survive for 38yrs without a bath. Well, this is no myth as Kailash Singh of India has achieved this ''mean'' feat. He is known to be the world's smelliest man after he quit using soap and water on his body since 1974, shortly after he got married. He also added another twist to it by not cutting or shaving his hair and as we speak, his dreadlocks stand at 6-ft long.His reason was that a priest guaranteed him a lovely son and heir to his ''throne'' if he could stop washing. His luck must be really tough as he has been able to father ''just'' seven daughters. Mr Singh spends his days farming and tending to cattle in a searing 47C/110F heat. Smelly and sweaty after a hard day's work, he cools down in the evening by having a fire bath which includes smoking marijuana, praying to the Hindu Lord Shiva and dancing around a bonfire. On an attempt to take the 65y/o record breaking man for a wash in the stream at some point, he fought his family and friends and took off. He says he'd rather die than have a wash and only having a son can make him relent. The only contact Kailash has with water is to wash his hands and mouth (at least his mouth!).
Mr Singh's wife and daughters are at the receiving end of his smelliness though. One of his daughters says her school mates are curious to meet her dad. ''They keep asking me how he can live for so many years without washing and want to see for themselves.'' His wife on the other hand isn't finding it funny. After a threat to stop sleeping with the smelly man failed, she has resigned to fate as Singh is determined not to have more than a fire bath.
Who made my baby cry (African edition)
If you are African, black, and probably come from one of the poor, unstable African countries, you've got the odds stacked against you. As an African child, you need to have the spirit of resilience. Your struggle starts on the day of your birth and ends when you go to your grave. As an African child, the day of death is the day of rest. You have to be resilient, perseverent and hardworking. If you are from the land where the sun never sets and never rises, you have to simply give your best. No government is there to save you. Your governments are corrupt and selfish. You have to struggle for acceptance wherever you go: East, West, North or South. Your various governments have sabotaged your future with greed and corruption. They don't care about you. All they care about is to sit in their cozy edifices, globe-trot in these government jets and watch the poor masses die of hunger and starvation.
An African child understands the importance of hardwork and endurance. You have received the baton and have to keep running the race for survival. The glitz and glamour of the world can be yours but it'll take going an extra mile to achieve that. The top rung of the success ladder is almost a pipe dream to you, but still with hardwork and perseverance, it could be yours for the taking. As an African child, all your hopes lie in the life thereafter. Ask the dying children of Sudan and Somalia and they'll tell you death is going to be easy for them as living has turned into a living hell. Ask the mother who lost three children to drought in Chad and Niger and you'll know exactly what I mean. Talk to the women in the Congo who get raped every now and then and my words will make sense to you. Sit with the wives and children of the miners killed in South Africa and their wails and anguish will give you some hint. As an African Child, you are special. Although you have to cope with toils of hard labour and struggle for acceptance all your life, you know the true meaning of life. You have seen poverty and watched people die due to lack of medicines. You appreciate the life you have and you don't consider failure as an option. Even though the first time you step into an office you're greeted with suspicion and cold indifference, you know you have to hold your head up and square your shoulders to make your friends and family proud.
As an African child, you have all it takes as hard as it seems and when next you catch yourself thinking why you are an African child, don't blame the creator, blame your governments and ancestors. At least, all men were born equal!
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