Welcome To Vanessa Michael's Blog: March 2016

Thursday, 31 March 2016

Instagram increases video recording from 15seconds to 60seconds

As the photo-sharing social network, Instagram, slowly rolls out changes to its feed algorithm, its users can now post videos up to 60 seconds in length, a substantial increase from the 15-second limit set when it introduced video in June 2013.

Barely two months after letting advertisers extend their videos to 60 seconds, Instagram is granting the same privilege to regular users.

It is not a surprising move from Instagram, given how its parent company Facebook has also been placing more emphasis on video.

In a post on its official blog spot, the company said that time spent watching video has increased by 40 percent in the last six months.

The Lagos state government says it has cancelled the order restriction of movement of persons and vehicles during environmental sanitation days in the state.

This was made known by the state Commissioner for the environment, Babatunde Adejare, during the ministry's monthly media chat in Lagos.

With entertainment provided by Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias and an £18,000 ($25,000) designer wedding dress, this is far beyond the reach of most brides, but when the groom's father is worth billions, you can afford to splash that out.

Billionaire's son Said Gutseriev, 28, married 20-year-old student Khadija Uzhakhovs in Moscow last weekend in a jaw-droppingly lavish affair, rumoured to have cost up to $1 billion.

Held at the luxury Moscow restaurant and banqueting venue Safisa, which was dripping with fairy lights and decked with wall-to-wall fresh flowers, the wedding set a new bar for extravagance.

Kim Kardashian posed topless with model Emily Ratajkowski and captioned it "When we're like...we both have nothing to wear LOL"

And do I see the middle finger (s)?......lol…..haters, yo’ heard?!

PHOTOS: President Buhari arrives Washington DC

Early this morning, President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Washington DC Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC where he is to join Barack Obama and about 60 other world leaders.

Teebillz shared his twit ‘a’ fight with a fan and wrote "positive vibes only" …….

Majority of his followers feel he was too harsh as they saw nothing wrong in what the follower he lashed out said…….

I can see all that aggression coming out again……..attention seeking? Maybe, maybe not……or he is just being a protective ‘ride or die’ hubby that wouldn’t let anyone say ‘crap’ about his darling wife. More after the cut......

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have moved out of Kris Jenner's home .TMZ reports the duo moved into their Bel-Air fixer upper even though they're already planning to sell it.

TMZ learned they felt like this was the right time since they have 2 kids now. When they moved in with mom, Kim was only pregnant with North.
The couple bought the Bel-Air mansion for $11 million in 2013 and immediately overhauled it.

Renovations were completed a few months ago, and a moving truck pulled in Tuesday.But it's a temporary move, since the mansion's already on the market for $20 million.

Talk of a woman with class, respect and who is very graceful. Another photo after the cut......

Amaju Pinnick, president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Wednesday said he had no regrets hiring Sunday Oliseh as head coach of the Super Eagles.

Addressing reporters in Abuja, Pinnick said Oliseh, who quit his job last month, came under high recommendation.

“When we brought the last coach (Oliseh), we brought him first because he is a Nigerian and he came highly recommended,” he said.

“In addition to this, I don’t also have any regrets saying he was a ‘Pep Guardiola’ of Africa.

“When we employed him, we gave him a four-year plan, and if you look at the contract we also talked about building capacities.

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, has denied the rumour making rounds that he slapped Barnabas Bala, his deputy, saying he uses his mouth to fight people.

Speaking with reporters in Kaduna, the governor, who said he had never been involved in an argument with Bala, traced their relationship to 1976.

El-Rufai, said those behind the reports do not have evidence to substantiate their claim, explaining that whenever he travels out of the country, he allows Bala to take over the reins of governance.

“I have never slapped anyone in my life. I have never argued with Bala; I don’t slap people, I fight people with mouth,” he said.

Godswill Chinedu Enyinnaya also known as Mega B is a Nigerian artiste, song writer and producer, who hails from Abia state, Nigeria. Born on February 20, into a family of 11, including his parents, Mega B is the 6^th child of his family. He had his secondary education in Senior Science School, Ndo-Eyo, Akwa Ibom and further went to Lagos state Polytechnic, where he studied Computer Engineering.

After working in the IT world as a computer analyst for a while, he decided to make a career out of his passion, music. And so in 2003 he debuted into the world of music. Being a perfectionist, he worked tirelessly in the studio and finally released three (3) hot singles between 2013 and 2014 respectively, titled: “THE WAY YOU LIKE IT”, “ARARARARA” (both produced by Cheepho) and “Top Up” which was produced by D’tunes, which garnered massive airplay. Ever since then, he has not rested on his oars.

Valencia sack Gary Neville

Valencia football club has sacked Gary Neville, former Manchester United footballing veteran, following an uninspiring time at the club.

In a statement on Wednesday, the club said: “Valencia Football Club have today parted company with Gary Neville as Head Coach.

“After careful consideration, the Club have decided to make a change with the best interests of the Valencia CF moving forward this season. We thank Gary for his work at Valencia and wish him the best in the future.

“The Club have, today, appointed Pako Ayestaran as Head Coach until the end of the season.”

Okay this actually freaked me out as well….. What seemed like a normal selfie taken by a man and a lady, on closer look, doesn’t look normal after all. Some really observant viewers spotted something very creepy reflected in the glass door behind the couple.

Rather than showing the back of the woman's head - it shows her face looking directly at the camera.
And that has sparked a lot of questions on people’s minds…..See photo after the cut……

Riers REC Aniedi Ikoiwak

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released additional five results of the March 19, 2016 rerun elections.

Three Federal and two State Constituency seats were released by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Aniedi Ikoiwak, at the Commission’s head office in Port Harcourt last night.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates cleared the three federal seats. For Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 1, Kenneth Chikere (PDP) polled 18,904 votes to defeat his close rival, Igo Aguma of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 6,035 votes.

A group that claims political alliance with a former Lagos state governor, Bola Tinubu, says it will raise N64 billion as a birthday gift for Mr. Tinubu, but said the money will go into helping less privileged Nigerians, including the physically challenged, internally displaced persons and the aged.

The group, All Progressives Congress Urban-Rural Self Employment and Poverty Eradication Nationwide, said the initiative would help in alleviating poverty in the country.

The chairman of the group, Daniel Mwanmut, said in a press statement Tuesday in Jos, Plateau State, that the initiative was to mark Mr. Tinubu’s 64th birthday, celebrated on Tuesday.

President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to sign the 2016 budget a week after the document was sent to him by the National Assembly, presidency officials said Tuesday, further delaying the implementation of a budget the government hopes will help Nigeria out of its present economic crisis.

A top presidency official said Mr. Buhari could not sign the budget because the passed budget had no details.

The official said almost a week after the National Assembly passed the 2016 Appropriation Bill, details of the approved Appropriation Bill were yet to be transmitted to the president.

Photo credit: Guardian NGR.

2 sons of policemen, 6 others killed for robbery

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Two sons of two police officers and a kidnapper were among eight armed robbery suspects killed during an exchange of fire with the police at Nsukka on Good Friday, when Christians throughout the world were marking death of Jesus Christ on the cross.

One of the armed robbers was the son of a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police, while the other was the son of a serving police inspector.

Source told South East Voice that the eight suspects were killed at separate operations in the university town in Enugu State by the Police Anti- Robbery Squad, SARS.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria lost out of the AFCON 2017 to Egypt last night and Nigerians on Twitterhave come for Sunday Oliseh’s jugular. One twitter user went ahead to call him an IT student when Nigeria had 'professionals' and 'chartered' coaches to choose from. See more tweets after the cut....

PHOTO/VIDEO: Groom's father accidentally shot dead at Indian wedding

In a shocking incident, a man was killed in celebratory firing during a wedding procession at Badnagar area of Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. ..Mansoor Patel was celebrating the marriage of his son Shekhar in India, when a guest accidentally shot him from just a few metres away. He immediately collapsed on the ground.

Watch video after the cut......

The Super Eagles have lost out of the African Cup of Nations 2017 qualifiers after losing 1-0 to Egypt this evening.

in other words, Nigeria won't make an appearance at AFCON 2017 .The Pharaohs of Egypt scaled through after all.

PHOTOS: Security operatives fondle with women's 'breasts' & 'private parts', before a sports event in Uganda

Photos of Ugandan security officers ‘checking’ women for dangerous devices before the match between Uganda cranes vz Burkina Faso at Namboole stadium Kampala have gone viral.

The photos show the security operatives pressing the breasts and privates of different women all in the name of checking for dangerous objects / explosives.

Surprisingly, most of the women appear to enjoy the molestation as they were all smiles in the photos.

More photos after the cut......

The Nigerian Army wishes to regrettably inform the public that Colonel Samaila Inusa who was kidnapped on Sunday 27th March 2016, was found dead today at about 6.00pm.

Preliminary investigation revealed that most likely the late senior officer was killed same day he was kidnapped by his abductors. This is because the body was found already decomposing around Ajyaita village off Eastern Bypass Kaduna, Kaduna State.

Scores killed in Borno state by Boko Haram

Scores of people were killed during a Boko Haram raid that began at 8 a.m today. The raid took place at Tumpun village near Lassa in Askira Uba Local Government Area (LGA).

As at the time of this publication, no definitive number of dead or injured is known.

PHOTO: Diddy, Justin Bieber, Kanye pictured praying

#bliss! Justin Bieber shared the above photo writing

"Uncle puff and Yeezy giving thanks to Jesus"

Garba Shehu denies buying $800k from CBN vows to sue the 'coward' behind PDP twitter handle

Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu has denied claims by PDP official twitter handle that he bought $800.000 from CBN..He wrote thus:

‘It is a lie by PDP to say I bought USD 800,000 from the CBN. I had only two FOREX purchases since coming into government: Eight thousand Dollars (USD 8,000) sent to my daughter and nephews through UBA. This is verifiable.
I'm not a FOREX trader. The day I choose to start trading in FOREX I will resign as Presidential spokesman.
If I know the coward and psychopath behind the official PDP handle, I will launch a defamation suit against him/her.
And I will claim money in millions as damages!

Fellow Nigerians,

I rejoice with you all, especially our Christian brothers and sisters, as we celebrate Easter.
For Christians all over the world, this celebration is in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice which Jesus Christ made for the salvation of mankind.
The Gospels also tell us that during his earthly ministry, Jesus Christ repeatedly urged his disciples and followers to "love one another as I have loved you".

A young female suicide bomber, who was arrested by the Cameroon security operatives has said that she is one of the missing 219 school girls kidnapped from the boarding house in Federal Government School, Chibok in Borno State over two years ago.

The girl was on the verge of blowing herself in northern Cameroon, when the self-defense forces in the village arrested her and a fellow female suicide bomber and handed them over to the military.

According to Reuters, two girls wired with explosives were intercepted on Friday, March 25, 2016, by local self-defence forces in the village of Limani, Cameroon, and were handed over to soldiers belonging to a multi-national force set up to take out the terrorists.

At 12, Queen (surname withheld) is undergoing medical treatment in pains owing to alleged abuse by her father, Bamekpa,in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Her father, who hails from Imiringi, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, allegedly started to defile her at the age of 11,the Nation reports..

He was alleged to have serially raped and eventually impregnated her. Then he forced her to abort a four-month-old pregnancy through a crude process that currently threatens her life.

The photo above features dancehall artiste Cynthia Morgan, pictured *first left* with friends..…..

PHOTOS: Man hires assassins to kill Baba Ijebu boss

The principal manager of Premier Lotto popularly known as Baba Ijebu in Alimosho Local Government Area (LGA) has escaped assassination after one of his staff paid an undisclosed amount to assassins to snuff life out of him in Lagos state.

The staff identified as Segun Oyesunmi allegedly contacted two suspects, Gbenga Olunuga, 35 and Paul Alimele, 35 and paid a certain amount of money so that they can rob and kill his boss, Alhaji Akin Abubakar, to enable him over the leadership of the business in the LGA.

Following the ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos which removed Ibinabo Fiberesima’s as president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria , Emeka Ike-led executive remains the only authentic and lawful leadership of AGN.

In a chat with Saturday Beats, the actor said that although he has nothing to do with Ibinabo’s predicament, the actress could bag another jail term because of contempt of court.

He said,

A young transgender woman has died after undergoing illegal backstreet bum implant surgery.

Friends said Yessika Hilton desperately wanted a more shapely rear but could not afford buttock implants from a professional clinic..Daily Mirror reports..

Instead, the 25-year-old paid for the plastic surgery at an illegal backstreet clinic - in a garage in Colombia.

They sure look happy and so in love...........

Kiss Daniel backlashed for claiming he's 21 years, his real age revealed.

When you lie about something this sensitive….. and people fine out…….you will get major back lash from the public. Kiss Daniel has come under fire after a recent Punch interview put his age at 21 .He also claimed at age he graduated from college at age 18 in 2013, from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta with a 4.32GPA in Water Engineering . which means by all means he gained admission at age 13…woah!!!! A twitter user called him out and others did same…..

There'd been a riotous comparison activity going on on twitter, where Mavin act Reekado Bank's fans, literally put him at par or even higher than Wizkid. Reekado, immediately came out to tell his fans not to disrespect Wizkid, calling him his mentor......#hmmmmmm!

PHOTO: Fire guts Kano's Sabon Gari market

Many shops have been destroyed and properties worth millions of naira destroyed at Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi market following a fire outbreak.

The fire according a trader, Auwal Yusuf started at about 11pm on Friday and consumed many shops around the shoes, chemical and provisions sections of the market.

As at the 6am today, the fire officials were still battling with the inferno as it spread to other sections.

According to a trending report, the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and his deputy, Architect Barnabas Bala Bantex had traded slaps during an argument at a cabinet meeting in the state. According to a reliable source via a telephone conversation, the Governor and the deputy have been having a cold war over the plans by the governor to sack top civil servants in the state. The governor who is embarking on a civil service reform agenda had decided to retire these top civil servants, who still had some years left in service but the deputy was said to have been disturbed and deeply uncomfortable with the situation.

The deputy governor had confided in his close associates that the list of top civil servants marked for this retirement exercise reflected a majority of up to 70 per cent from the Southern Kaduna extraction. During the cabinet meeting, the deputy governor bared his mind and told governor El -Rufai he is not in support of the exercise; he said that he cannot control the backlash that will arrive as a result of that action. Arc. Bantex was quoted as saying “I cannot go home, they will stone me”

Nigerians come for Al Jazeera over a headline that somewhat tagged Nigerian women as prostitutes

Earlier today, International news channel, Al Jazeera, published an article on their twitter handle with the headline above. The article was written to celebrate a Nigerian female mechanic. However many Nigerians on twitter felt the story title was inappropriate as it portrayed all Nigerian women as prostitutes. See their reactions after the cut..

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PHOTO: Flavour strips down In new photo

Uhhhhhh lahhhhhh lahhhhhh

PHOTOS: Wizkid's 2nd Babymama finally shows off their son's face

*whew*!!! At last! But can this baby be any cuter??? Wizkid’s second baby mama, Binta Diallo has finally unveiled their son, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun Jnr (King Ayo)……this comes after months of keeping his face off of the media. Check out more adorable photos after the cut……

The Defence Headquarters has urged Nigerians and the international community to disregard a new video clip that shows Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, calling his men to give in to military troops.The military has now dubbed it fake, urging people not be carried away with the remorseful looking Shekau.

In a statement issued late Thursday night to (NAN) the DHQ said

“It has come to the notice of the Defence Headquarters about the online video clips purportedly released by the Boko Haram Terrorists Leader, Abubakar Shekau or his replica in Arabic and Hausa Languages showing remorse and asking for forgiveness.

President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to critics for his perceived slow performance in his 10-month presidency, saying he has three more years to prove himself. He said at the opening of the meeting of the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja.

A 23-year-old woman accidentally drove off the fourth floor of a multi-storey car park - and survived.Lindsay Cook was trying to pull in to a parking space last Monday when her Audi Q5 SUV suddenly shot forward, police said.

The vehicle crashed through the garage's concrete barrier, before plummeting around 40 feet on to the pavement below, landing on its roof.

Remarkably, Lindsay was not seriously injured in the incident, which was captured on CCTV . She was taken to hospital for treatment for her minor wounds. Another photo after the cut....

Awwwwwww…..love is in the air. There seems to be lots of wedding anniversaries here and there. Just when we were done feeding our eyes off of Omotola’s anniversary/honeymoon photos with her husband of 20 years, ace comedian, Alli baba, is gearing up for his 10^th wedding anniversary to his Bank Executive other half., Mary Akpobome, which comes up on April 15^.He wrote thus:

Khloe Kardashian finally and at last has admitted to having facial fillers, on an episode of her chat show Kocktails With Khloe .

Talking to plastic surgeon Dr Terry Dubrow, of the TV show Botched, she explained that her face was altered in an unattractive way.She said

An Indonesian woman was carried off in a stretcher after she was caned in public for having sex outside marriage.The young woman was brought to the public stage in Banda Aceh and forced down on to her knees by two guards.

Pictures also show crowds gathering to watch another two men also receive the same punishment for having sex outside of marriage.

Last month, the local government banned Valentine's Day celebrations, including giving cards or chocolates, deeming it an 'unlawful act' under Sharia law.

Johan Cruyff: Netherlands great dies of cancer aged 68

Netherlands footballing great Johan Cruyff has died of cancer aged 68.

Cruyff, who made his name as a forward with Ajax and Barcelona, was European footballer of the year three times.

He won three consecutive European Cups with Ajax from 1971, coached Barcelona to their first European Cup triumph in 1992 and helped the Dutch reach the 1974 World Cup final, where they were beaten 2-1 by West Germany.

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