The First Lady of the U.S, Michelle Obama, is reportedly set to lead an American delegation coming for Nigeria’s presidential inauguration on May 29. Other senior White House officials on the delegation are said to be Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry.
According to Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States, Ade Adefuye, who confirmed to PM News that he has been in consultations with the U.S. State Department on the matter, adding that President Goodluck Jonathan had extended an invitation to the U.S. government for President-elect, Gen. Buhari’s inauguration.
“Nigeria’s profile has been on the rise since after the election, with the concession by Jonathan and the smooth transition that is going on.
I have been told that there would be an unusually large American delegation that will attend the presidential inauguration on May 29," he said.
*original reportage by PM news summarised here*
Dominyk Antonio Alfonseca |
Alfonseca was arrested less than 30 minutes later. However, before he was taken into custody, he posted two videos of the bank robbery and a photo of the note he gave the teller to Instagram.
The Teller handing the cash to him |
He was arrested just 20 minutes after he posted the video, lol. cut in for more stories....
The 23-year-old allegedly walked into the financial institution, which he told reporters he chose because it was the "fanciest" one around, and handed over a note.
The note read: "I need 150,000 Bands Right NOW!! Please Police take 3 to 4 minites to get here, I would appriceate if you Ring the alarm a minute after I am gone ... Make sure the money doesn't BLOW UP ON MY WAY OUT ;-)
Two videos of the bank robbery and one picture of the note Alfonseca allegedly used were uploaded to his Instagram account before he was arrested.
The note |
“I don’t know how I’m a robber because I asked for it. I was polite and wasn't rude. She could have said no, and I could have left, what else would I have done?” he says.
He says he's an upcoming rapper and he posted the incident on his Instagram so that he can get exposure because there are a lot of other things on there.
He says he posted it on Instagram to protect himself from police who may have said he was armed. He also wanted to show his social media followers what he was doing.
“I handed the letter to the woman. I recorded her as it was happening, you know,” says Alfonseca.
"I'm basically asking permission for money. In my eyes, I did not commit a robbery, and I feel I'm being charged without reason," he said.
"I posted the video on my Instagram. I videotaped it. If it was a robbery, I don't think I would videotape it, post the picture of the letter and do that all to come to jail," he added.
Reporters spoke to Alfonseca about the incident. He wanted to give shout outs to Michelle Obama, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga.
Alfonseca is scheduled to be in court for a preliminary hearing on June 12th.
Sofia Vergara gets inducted into Hollywood walk of fame and her frozen embryo battle gets nasty
By Unknown - Thursday, May 07, 2015
Sofia looked stunning as she unveiled her star on the Walk of Fame Thursday afternoon in Hollywood while ex-fiance Nick Loeb was simultaneously on the streets of New York, filming yet another television interview about their battle over frozen embryos - this time with CNN's Alisyn Camerota.
She had her new fiance, Joe Manganiello ,her parents Margarita and Julio, as well as her 22-year-old son Manolo, were in the audience too.
Sofia with new fiancé Joe Manganiello |
Thursday morning she gave what she says will be her last interview about her battle with Loeb over their embryos.
While her pre-taped interview aired on Good Morning America, Loeb was live on Today explaining why he wants their two female embryos to raise on his own as a single father. He later gave an interview to CNN, he told Alisyn Camerota that if he started a relationship now, his new girlfriend would have to accept he had two other children, his embryos.
The pretty star and her ex Loeb are locked in a legal dispute over frozen embryos they created together under a signed agreement stipulating that both parties must consent to any action taken utilizing them to produce children.
The embryos were created six months before they broke up - around this time last year - and Nick wants to the right to use them by himself.
Sofia had her chance to speak out about the situation on Good Morning America which aired on Thursday - moments after Nick gave his side of the story in a talk with the Today Show.
The banking heir insisted his intentions had nothing to do with the actress - and dismissed suggestions he was taking her to court because he could not get over her.
'It has nothing to do with a baby or her baby,' he said. 'Lives were created.
'I don't hate her at all,' he said. 'I have tremendous respect for Sofia.'
Sofia and Nick split up a year ago after dating for approximately four years and engaged for two.
The actress hit back at her former flame's legal action and said on Good Morning America: 'I've been working very hard for 20 years to get to this point where I am, enjoying my movie,' she said.
'I promote all my movies, all my work, but I don't like promoting my private life and I don't understand why this person... I don't want to allow this person to take more advantage of my career and try to promote himself and get press for this.'
She also dismissed his likelihood of being able to take the female embryos, which he wants to take to full term by using a surrogate, and bring up the children.
'There's papers signed. There is a court date,' she said. 'He shouldn't be creating something so ugly out of nothing.'
He told the Today show that he has told Vergara that she can waive all financial responsibility and he will bring up the children alone.
'I can give these children a wonderful life,' he said. 'These girls will be raised knowing that they have a father who fought for them.'
But he also said that he would be happy for Vergara and her fiance Manganiello to take the embryos and bring them to full term, 'as long as I was involved in the process'.
Hian! Is it by force??
Former Fiancé- Nick and Sofia back in the day. |
Twin sisters busted for stealing from stores using near-identical looks
By Unknown - Thursday, May 07, 2015
Penelope and Constance Harris will spend the next 14 and 18 weeks behind bars after being busted for their scam, reports the Western Daily Press.
A court heard how the 25-year-olds would dress in exactly the same clothes.
They would then go into a store and fill up two trolleys full of food and booze. One would take theirs to the checkout and pay, while the other would walk out.
As they looked so similar, guards would think that just one of them had been inside the store and had paid for all the items.
The court heard they were "distracting" staff in stores with their near-identical looks as they pulled off their scam.
But they'd in fact made off with a trolley full of goods.
They stole more than $1,500 worth of products from Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Co-op grocery stores across Cornwall, in southern England.
The siblings were finally busted after being overheard discussing the tactic before one of their heists.
David Cameron is on course for an extraordinary victory as 'shy Tories' came out at the last moment to keep him in Downing Street. He said it was 'too early to say' what the final result of the General Election would be, but added that there was 'the chance now to build on the foundation' laid in the last parliament.
But the Tory leader will have to deal with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon who is cleaning up north of the border, leaving Scotland as a near one-party state.
In a signal that he now accepts he will not be PM, Mr Miliband said the next government 'has a huge responsibility' to hold the UK together.
The SNP tide has swept aside Labour and Lib Dem big beasts including Jim Murphy and Douglas Alexander in a tide of nationalism which has already sparked calls for a second independence referendum.
There are doubts that Mr Miliband will survive as leader until Friday lunchtime, as he faces being left with 17 fewer seats than Gordon Brown, slumping to 239.
Some 50million people were eligible to vote in the most closely fought campaign in a generation. Opinion polls in recent weeks had Labour and the Tories neck and neck, suggesting Britain faced political deadlock.
But an exit poll released at 10pm on Thursday suggested voters switched to the Conservatives at the last moment, giving Mr Cameron an unexpected but welcome boost.
Congratulations!
Daily Mail.
'We want to meet her': Kylie and Kendall Jenner tells dad Bruce, they are eager to get to know his female side
By Unknown - Thursday, May 07, 2015
65-year-old former Olympian, Bruce Jenner, is going to transition into a female and will have it all filmed in a two-part E! special titled Keeping Up With The Kardashians: About Bruce.
A promo for the show - which will air on May 17 and 18 - debuted on Thursday with Kylie Jenner saying that she wants to get to know Bruce's female side. 'We want to meet her,' said the 17-year-old.
'I do want to meet her when he is ready, when we're both ready,' Kylie also said in the new E! clip, which also featured several flashback videos.
'You think someday, you're gonna get over it. These are my secrets that I have to deal with on my own,' Bruce spoke in the beginning of the one-minute clip.
Davido performs on stage with 50 Cents over the weekend in Vegas (Photos)
By Unknown - Sunday, May 03, 2015
Chelsea Wins Premier League Title After 1-0 Victory Over Crystal Palace
By Unknown - Sunday, May 03, 2015
Chelsea has won the Premier League title for a fourth time after defeating Crystal Palace at Stanford Bridge.
Jose Mourinho's men went into their clash with Palace needing a win to take the crown - and duly delivered with a 1-0 victory to kick-start the celebrations at the Bridge.
Professional footballers association (PFA) Player of the Year Eden Hazard got the only goal of the game, heading in the rebound after Julian Speroni had saved his penalty.
The Blues had one hand on the trophy after their 3-1 win at Leicester midweek, coming on the back of a 0-0 draw with Arsenal.
Photo credits - Mirror
There is news currently viral about actress Uche obi Jombo Rodriguez havent birthed her son,I dont know where that news came from but the actress is still pregnant and waiting for her water to break.
All the best Uche as you await to push out your patter of tiny feet....we cant wait to see how handsome your lil man will be!
260 women & children fleeing from Boko Haram members rescued in Adamawa
By Unknown - Sunday, May 03, 2015
The Nigerian military says it has rescued 260 women and children who got stuck in the outskirts of Chalawa village in Adamawa state after they fled from Madagali village in Adamawa state during one of the Boko Haram attacks on their community.
This new development is contained in statement released by the Defence Headquarters this evening. See the statement after the cut...
Part of the statement reads
Troops on patrol yesterday located 260 women and children in the outskirts of Chalawa village in Adamawa state where they had been held up while trying to escape from terrorists. They have now been conveyed back to their various communities in Madagali after undergoing the normal security profiling. Some of them disclosed that they had to abandon their homes to escape from the terrorists when Madagali came under attack, while others were actually abducted. . The terrorists were however sacked from the Madagali recently. A number of terrorists died in an encounter with with troops who caught up with them as they fled prior to the recovery of the women and children.
Some of the terrorists still managed to escape with varying degrees of gun shot wounds. Others who were captured are now being interrogated by intelligence officers. A machine gun, some rounds of ammunition, as well as some motorcycles and bicycles were also captured from the terrorists. A member of the vigilante group serving as ģuide to the troops was however wounded. Meanwhile the operation in Sambisa forest is continuing as troops are methodically searching every aspect of the expansive terrain