'Fast and Furious 8' -Heading to Cuba

The forthcoming Fast and Furious 8 (and/or simply Furious 8 ), having successfully denied Vin Diesel a spot in the director's chair in favor of Straight Outta Compton 's F. Gary Gray, now has its eyes on another potential score: Cuba. "Universal Pictures is currently in the process of seeking approval from the United States and Cuban governments to explore shooting a portion of the next installment of the Fast and Furious series in Cuba," a studio spokesperson tells Variety .

Though plans for a Furious Cuba are reportedly "still being worked out," the move would come after previous adventures in Dubai and Rio and in the wake of a lifted trade embargo between Cuba and the United States. Experts seem to agree that a burgeoning franchise like Fast and Furious will have "no trouble" securing all necessary approvals before initial production begins later this year, though additional obstacles include the area's lack of decent internet access.

With all the hype and focus currently showering down upon Furious 8 , it's easy to forge that Vin Diesel and Universal recently confirmed that the Fast and Furious universe would slowly but surely be expanding into a near- Star Wars level franchise including additional sequels, prequels, and potential spin-offs .

Jaden Smith Becomes Ambassador For Female Wears

When actor and rapper Jaden Smith was pictured wearing a dress, some questioned his fashion sense. However, his mode of dressing has gotten him a perfect deal.

The 17-year-old son of Hollywood stars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith has been revealed as the face of Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2016 collections – appearing in ads for the brand’s women’s collection.

“Happy to introduce Jaden Smith @christiaingrey in the new SS16 @louisvuitton ad campaign photographed by Bruce Weber,” wrote Louis Vuitton’s creative director Nicholas Ghesquiere on Instagram, where the ad campaign made its debut.

Wearing a pleated studded skirt teamed with a crochet top, biker jacket and loafers from the collection, Jaden poses alongside three other models in a series of images for the brand’s SS16 campaign.

Jaden isn’t the first to star in a high fashion campaign. Last year his little sister Willow, 14, posed for Marc Jacobs in a campaign.

Senators Divided Over Buhari's Alleged Budget Withdrawal

Members of the National Assembly are divided over the alleged withdrawal of the N6.08 trillion 2016 budget by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari had on December 22, 2015, presented a budget estimate of N6.08 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly.

Reports recently surfaced that he had written to the National Assembly requesting to withdraw the budget proposal to amend some figures.

Daily Sun reports that some senators are in agreement of the alleged withdrawal, saying the president’s action was in order while others in not in support of it.

According to Senate leader, Senator Ali Ndume, it was impossible for Buhari to withdraw the budget.

“It is impossible to withdraw the budget. It is not a document that you can just write and say you are withdrawing it,” he said.

Ndume explained that the budget proposal was not a document that could be withdrawn just anyhow, adding that it could be adjusted, if need be during the budget defence.

Kabiru Gaya, chairman of the Senate Committee on Works said Buhari has a right to readjust the budget.

He said: “I do not think it has been withdrawn but whatever the case is, the figure of the entire budget will not change. Mostly, there are adjustments of priority projects. So, if the figure under the subhead is not defined, then he has the right to readjust it and bring it back to us. The adjustment can also be done even while we are still discussing the budget.

“Once the main figure does not change, it is possible to make adjustments. If we are cutting 30 per cent from the National Assembly budget, then, it has to be done, pro rata. We must cut across 30 per cent across the agencies, the ministries, and all other government parastatals. There is duplication of figures like purchase of computers. When all the duplications are discovered, it is necessary to take them out.”

On his part, Senator Ita Enang, the special assistant to the president on National Assembly Matters ( Senate), said to the best of his knowledge the budget was still with the National Assembly and he was not aware of the budget withdrawal.

Meanwhile, the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has described speculations that the budget proposal has been withdrawn as a “big lie”.

Recall that some kicked against the budget proposal after it was presented by Buhari. Femi Fani-Kayode had said: “The 2016 budget is fueled by insincerity, shrouded in fantasy, built on tall dreams and spawned by deceit, ignorance and the illusion of change. It is bloated, unrealistic, expensive, cosmetic and it will not result in anything good.

The National Assembly recently rejected the Treasury Single Account (TSA) being implemented by President Buhari.

FCT Minister Orders Fencing Of Abuja Schools

The minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello has ordered the immediate and appropriate fencing of all schools with Nigeria’s capital city.

Speaking at a meeting with the management of the FCT education secretariat on Tuesday, January 5, Bello said direct labour must be used to ensure that the boundaries of all schools within the capital city is identified and fenced as a means of checking encroachment.

Bello explained that the use of direct labour would enable the FCT Administration cut cost and fence as many schools in this fiscal year as possible.

Frowning at the porous security challenges faced in Nigeria and the exposure of large number of school children, Bello warned that the security of lives and property in government owned schools must be adequately safeguarded.

He said that adequate security in schools will ensure capital investments and provide optimal benefit to FCT residents.

In addition, the minister decried the poor performance of students in the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO) in the FCT.

He said the failures must be reversed positively.

Bello further charged the education management team to restructure their priorities by paying more attention to the improvement of the quality of teaching and educational materials.

He said this will help raise the performance level of students at the two national examinations.

He assured that his administration would give precedence to proper and regular feeding of students, ensure adequate water supply, cleanliness of school environments and security of all schools within the FCT.

The executive director, education service/ partnership of the School Hunters in Abuja, Ada Okoronkwo said the minister’s directive is a welcome development.

She said: “It is a very good directive, it is actually very important that schools are fenced not just public schools; private schools and even higher institution.”

Okoronkwo said the minister’s directive on public schools could be due to the fact that most, if not all private schools are already fenced or have some form of electronic security.

“Well, the minister is concentrating on public schools because private schools already have their own security, majority of them are quite secured,” Okoronkwo said.

She added that: “It is a welcome idea, not just for security reasons but discipline in the schools. When schools are not fenced, the children or students leave school at random and this is not good for the system.”

“Sometimes during break periods, some student leave school and they do not come back and it is very difficult for the school authorities to check truancies; the fencing will do a lot in reducing truancy,” she said.

KCee Apologizes To Fans For Sharing Used Recharge Cards

MTN Ambassador in a bid to kick off the new year shared posted recharge card to his fans to be loaded by a lucky fan.

It appeared the singer mistakenly posted a card he had posted the previous day and it didn’t go well with his fans who fired at the singer severally.

He later apologized for the mix up and shared another set of cards, he captioned the shared photo with:

Hi instafam so sorry for the mix up,I didn’t realise I was resending the same cards I sent out yesterday. Thank you to everyone who drew my attention to it. These are the last cards for today,I need to sort out the remaining cards… we would continue tomorrow. Thank you @mtnng #sharingisgood #thankyoufor2015withmtn MTN

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Olamide Is A Money Ritualist – Kemi Olunloyo

Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, a self-acclaimed International Journalist as usual has weighed in in the ongoing beef between Don Jazzy and Olamide.

The controversial journalist in a series of tweets claimed Olamide is into money rituals.

If you dunno Kemi Olunloyo, she’s a self acclaimed social activist and gay rights protector, and obviously hater of Christianity who accused pastor Pastor E.A. Adeboye of being an occultic gay.

She also came for Popular Blogger, Linda Ikeji claiming the blogger took part the “Dasuki Drama”

This time around, Olamide is at the receiving end of her venomous tweets after his headies beef with Don Jazzy.

Don Jazzy and Olamide /Skelemba Video

She also posted on her facebook page the below:

A ritualist I interviewed told me singer Olamide killed his father for money rituals and Fame. Remember Dagrin did the same money rituals thing according to the female ritualist video? DaGrin owed them some human blood and failed to produce it then they placed a curse on him to enable the auto crash that took his life. I expose ritualists in my journalism work, even my own dad. It is an act despicable to man.

 Source: Gist .NG 

I had a prayerful Grandmother – Timi Dakolo cries out

Timi Dakolo won 3 awards at the 2015 Headies.

Nigerian singer and award winning vocalist, Timi Dakolo, who shone like a million stars at the 10th edition of The Headies while smiling home with 3 awards, has just written a heart felt message where he says his ‘praying’ grandmother arranged his life for success.

‘I had a praying Grandmother. As a child, I wondered why she prayed for me so much. I really couldn’t understand why every time she would just go ‘Kneel Down Here, close your eyes, then a single word and then would say go’.

‘Sometimes in the heat of playing with my friends or watching my best cartoon ‘Voltron‘, sometimes as early as 5am. As a child I thought it was wickedness and this woman doesn’t like me or want my happiness. She would make me read Psalm 91 and personalize it. She always says don’t worry my pikin, I dey arrange Ya life. Now I Understand, I had a Praying Grandmother’ he wrote on Instagram.

PHOTO: Africa's Tallest Statue Of Jesus Unveiled In Nigeria

Africa welcomed its largest ever statue of Jesus after an unveiling ceremony took place in Abajah village in Imo state, eastern Nigerian on New Year Day.

According to The News, the 8.53 metre (28 foot) tall “Jesus de Greatest” statue commissioned in 2013, was built by a Chinese company and  carved in white marble.

The huge statue of Jesus which was recently unveiled in Imo state. Photo: NAN

Hundreds of Catholic priests and worshippers besieged St Aloysius Catholic Church in the village to behold its unveiling which was commissioned by Obinna Onuoha, a local businessman.

Onuoha it was, who hired the Chinese company to carve the statue and place it in the grounds of a 2000-capacity church that he built in 2012.

The man who said he has had the dream of erecting the statue since he was 26years old, said: “It’s the biggest statue of Jesus on the continent. Definitely pilgrims will come.”

9 Funny Pictures That Explain Why the World Has Changed for the Worse

The world is constantly evolving, and our life and habits are changing too, but are we sure all these changes are actually for good? Here are 9 hilarious before and after pictures, proving that the world is actually changing for the worst.(H/t:Boredpanda)

1. Tv's then and now

2. Teachers in 1960 and 2010

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3. Before and after smartphones

4. Evolution of cellphones

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5. Cellphones then and now

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6. George Lucas then and now

7. Then and now

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8. Wasting timeline

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9. Before and after smartphones

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Check out 9 Flowers That are AMBIGUOUS

Flowers attract pollinators like insects or birds. This function has driven their evolution of distinct and stunning colors and shapes, some of which have even come to be like various recognizable figures and faces of human and animals. When you first come across these pictures, you think they had to be photoshopped. But they are all very real!

• 1. Monkey Face Orchid (Dracula Simia)

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  2. Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis)

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  3. Naked Man Orchid (Orchis Italica)

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  4. Hooker’s Lips (Psychotria Elata)

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  5. Dancing Girls (Impatiens Bequaertii)

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  6. Swaddled Babies (Anguloa Uniflora)

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• 7. Parrot Flower (Impatiens Psittacina)

  

  8. Snap Dragon Seed Pod (Antirrhinum)

  

• 9. Happy Alien (Calceolaria Uniflora)