May7ven sleeps on the streets to raise money for homeless people

UK based singer May7ven joined the Uprise Movement on their quest to raise awareness and money for homeless people this Christmas by sleeping on the streets of London for 12 hours. She joined other celebs like Faith Child, Mercedes, Victizzle, Utter Once, Deborah & Mark Happi on the streets.

I don't know if sleeping out is the best way to raise money for homeless people but kudos to them for trying. See more photos after the cut...

Photos: 22-Year Old Mother Of Two Marries Dying 23-Year Old Lover On Sick Bed

Cola, 22 and Felix Glenny, 23, got married in a ceremony at Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent.
The couple, from Lower Stoke in Kent, have two young children – Ralph, 2, and Pearl, four months and found out last Friday that Felix only has weeks to live after he was diagnosed with bowel cancer and doctors found out his tumour has spread dramatically despite attempts to remove it.


Family and friends looked on as Felix managed to make it out of bed and cut a cake on his big day.

Cola who was happy she was getting married to the father of her children said, ‘It was perfect. It couldn’t have gone any better’

The family will spend Christmas together in hospital.

NDLEA Arrests Nigerian Smuggling Cannabis To Dubai

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested a 34-year-old Nigerian trader at the Lagos airport over attempt to smuggle 16.335kg of cannabis concealed in foodstuff to Dubai.

The suspect, Obi Chinweike, who sells clothes in Ikorodu area of Lagos was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, after he was invited for interrogation during the screening of passengers on an Etihad flight. Ten parcels of cannabis were found inside his two big bags, NDLEA said.

“Our search team detected 16.335kg of dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis at the luggage screening area. The cannabis was hidden in a false bottom of the bags containing yams, garri and other foodstuff. The suspect, Obi Chinweike who is a trader is currently assisting the investigation team,” NDLEA commander at the Lagos Airport, Mr. Hamza Umar said.

NDLEA said the suspect in his statement claimed he was offered $1,000 to deliver the drugs to a contact in Dubai.

“I was given the drug at Onitsha by a friend who paid me $1,000 to smuggle the drugs to Dubai. Unfortunately, I was arrested in the process. I am from a poor home, I dropped out of school in 1996 in Senior Secondary class one due to lack of funds,” Chinweike, who hails from Uli in Anambra State told NDLEA.

Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade warned drug traffickers to quit the criminal trade or face the consequences as contained in the NDLEA Act.

“If drug barons fail to quit the criminal trade, they will continue to be arrested and prosecuted. This arrest and similar ones are clear signals that drug traffickers will end up in prison custody if they fail to quit. The Agency has intensified search operations at all exit points,” Giade said.

Bez set to wed January 3rd + releases new music - My Baby

 

Alternative-soul singer Bez will wed his girlfriend Bolatito Ladoja on January 3rd in Lagos. Congrats to them. He also just released hot new song titled - My Baby, produced by award winning Cobhams Asuquo and is off his forthcoming album which drops in 2014.

Akwa-Ibom gathers the largest assembly of carol singers on the planet

The Akwa Ibom State Government Christmas Carol, described as the biggest Christmas Party in West Africa and the largest gathering of carol singers in the world, held last night Saturday December 21st at the Uyo Township Stadium. The event saw a gathering of 10, 000 carol singers and top artists. All expenses paid trip by the Akwa Ibom state government for over 50,000 delegates, many of them from various parts of the world. Some people feel the event was a waste of government money.

Tankers Used To Siphon Fuel From Pipeline Destroyed By The Army

The Nigerian Army on Sunday publicly burnt two tankers used by suspected vandals to siphon crude oil from a burst pipeline at Ugo, along the Benin-Abraka road in Edo.

Col. Idris Lawan, the Commander of Operation Thunder Storm, supervised the tankers’ destruction, which was witnessed by an official of the NNPC.

Lawan said that the tankers were impounded by the army’s pipeline protection team which acted on a tip-off.

He, however, said that the tankers’ owners fled on sighting the security team, adding that the tankers would not have been burnt if the owners had been caught.

“You can see that one of the tankers is already loaded with crude while the other was trying to load.

“If we had caught those using the tankers to steal crude, we would not have burnt the tankers; instead, we have prosecuted their owners,” he said.

According to him, the tankers’ destruction will serve as a deterrent to others.

Lawan reiterated the army’s resolve to stamp out pipeline vandalism in the area, warning pipeline vandals to desist from the act or face arrest and prosecution.

He said that the army was collaborating with other security agencies to stamp out pipeline vandalism in Edo and its environs.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two tankers, with registration number XC 808 AKL and ABJ 678 XA, could carry 33, 000 litres and 42, 000 litres of fuel respectively. [NAN]

Sokoto: Police To Mount 24-Hour Surveillance Of Churches, Banks During Christmas

The Police Command in Sokoto State said it would mount 24-hour surveillance of Churches, banks, highways and other public places during the forthcoming Yuletide celebrations.

The Commissioner of Police in Sokoto, Shua’ibu Gambo, made this known when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Sunday.

“For the forthcoming Christmas and New Year, we are working round the clock in this direction.

“We have put all the officers and men in the 23 local governments and Area Commands on red alert,’’ he said.

According to him, special care is being taken to make Sokoto State peaceful during and after the celebrations.

“Additional personnel have been drafted to Sokoto city and its environs from the various area commands and divisions to the various Churches, intra-city, inter-city routes and other public places.

“Additional patrol vehicles and plain-clothes security personnel have also been drafted across the state,’’ he said.

The commissioner added that the command had increased the tempo of inter-agency cooperation to further secure lives and property of the residents of the state.

Gambo also restated his call on the people of the state to assist the security agencies with intelligence reports.

“The task of ensuring security across Nigeria is the collective responsibility of all Nigerians,’’ he said. [NAN]