Wednesday, March 16, 2016

See the Mother of Five Who Spent $494,000 to Look Like a Human Barbie (Photos)

Get an insight into the shocking and unbelievable life of mother-of-five, Nannette Hammond who has spend an incredible sum of almost $500,000 trying to look like a human Barbie.

Nannette now looks like a life barbie after many surgeries
 
A 42-year-old Mother-of-five Nannette Hammond, has taken her obsession to another level after she splashed over $494,000 (£350,000) on plastic surgery to transform herself into a real-life Barbie.
 
Nannette stuns in red cloth
 
The procedure has seen her do three boob jobs, a breast lift, lip fillers, Botox, veneers, semi-permanent make-up, hair dye, nail extensions and daily visits to her at-home tanning salon. To top off her look, she even has the pink Barbie car.
 
Nannette was extremely gorgeous before she started surgery to make her look like a barbie
 
The woman who now looks like a real life Barbie loves to show off her new look by posting sexy and raunchy photos on her Instagram page. 
 
 
The full-time mother from Cincinnati, Ohio and her husband Dave are parents to Hannah, 16, Giovanni, 15, Sophia, 12, Alex, 10, and Antonio, five. Nannette - whose children all go to private school - says: 'People always ask me who takes my photos and I tell them it's either my husband or my kids.
 
 
'I know the other mums talk and gossip about me behind my back but I really don't care. Parents can think what they want and say what they want about my appearance but it doesn't bother me. I've taught my children to rise above it.
'My husband Dave and my children are just so proud of me and what I've achieved through surgery. They think I look great - my life is better than Barbie's now.' she said.
 
Nannette with her husband
 
She revealed that she became obsessed with Barbie dolls at an early age and has been doing all within her power to look exactly like a doll. Nannette said she won't stop trying to be the perfect Barbie until she is 70. She had over 50 dolls, along with a Barbie house, car and van.
 
Nannette with her family
 
She says: 'I loved playing with those Barbies. Growing up, I felt shy and self-conscious about my looks and wanted to be just like the dolls.
'I imagined they'd always be happy and I felt drab in comparison. I didn't like my hair colour and as a teen, I really wanted bigger breasts.
'I always knew I wanted a boob job as soon as I could. I started going on sunbeds when I was 16 to get Barbie's honey colouring.'
 

Six Elderly Fathers Were Mercilessly Flogged And Humiliated

Six elderly fathers were embarrassed and humiliated after they were given 120 strokes of cane for a surprising offense.
 
Six elderly persons were each flogged 20 strokes of the cane like helpless school children after they made a mockery of themselves by drinking to stupor and constituting nuisance. 
 
Nomau Akwai, Yusuf Bature, Salisu Abdullahi, Sani Rabi’u, Sa’idu Abdullahi and Musa Yusuf, all residents of Malumfashi Local Government Area, Katsina State were arrested by the police.
 
According to the police, the men were found wondering and intoxicated with alcohol at Gidan Mariya and Gidan Coach, an act that constituted nuisance to the public. 
 
The prosecuting police officer, Cpl. Joseph George, told the Senior Magistrate, Mannir Shehu that the convicts were arrested by a team of policemen on patrol at Marabar Kankara, a suburb of Malumfashi on March 13. 
 
George said the offence contravened section 183 of the penal code law and urged the court to try them summarily. When the offence was read to the accused, they pleaded guilty to the charge. 
 
In his ruling, the Senior Magistrate, Salisu Shehu sentenced them to 20 strokes of the cane each to serve as deterrent to others.

Ex Minister Jets Off Nigeria After Being Implicated in N3.14bn 'Jonathan Campaign Fraud'

A former Minister under the previous administration secretly left Nigeria in the fear of an arrest by security operatives after being indicted in a recent scam.
 
A former minister implicated in a N3.14bn fraud has sneaked out of the country as the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC closes in on her and some other suspects, The Nation reports.

The former minister reportedly left the country on Sunday, and her destination is unknown at the moment.

“The EFCC has been on the case for some time and one or two of the suspects at a point came to make statements. But one of the former ministers who was also connected with the matter has jetted out," an EFCC official said.

The ex-minister left the country quietly on Sunday. No one can say her actual destination and whether or not it was a routine trip abroad or a self-imposed exile.

“The reality is that there is no hiding place for any former public officer. Wherever a suspect is, the EFCC will repatriate such a person.”

Six chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Goodluck Support Group (GSG) have been named in the investigations.

The cash, meant for the funding of the campaign of former President Goodluck Jonathan was drawn on the orders of the Presidential Villa and paid into a coded account tagged Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Library.

Some of the key suspects, including some bureaucrats, have offered to return the funds.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

CBN Proposes New Charges on ATM Cards and Cheque Transactions

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is proposing a N50 charge on every cheque leaflet obtained and used at the deposit money bank's counter.
 
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is proposing a N50 charge on every cheque leaflet obtained and used at the deposit money bank’s counter.
 
This is not the same as the collection charge on cheques, which is also proposed to be “one percent of cheque value or Naira equivalent of US $10 whichever is lower”.
 
The apex bank is also proposing a N100-per-month charge on every debit card (your typical ATM card) – separate from the existing N65 charge after the third withdrawal within the same month.
 
In its draft on the “guide to charges for banks and other financial institutions in Nigeria”, CBN also proposed a N4,200-per-annum charge on foreign currency denominated cards as maintenance fee.
 
For naira dominated cards, a monthly maintenance fee of N100 was also proposed for every month a debit card is used, and a N50 charge for other months when card is used or not.
 
The proposal is coming only 13 days after Nigerians protested excessive bank charges, declaring a ‘No Banking Day’ on March 1, 2016.
 
For foreign exchange related transactions, where Form M or Form A is needed to request forex from CBN, charges that were hitherto not applicable have now been proposed.
 
The CBN is proposing a charge of a N100 on Form A, which is used by students to apply for forex on school fees, medical bills, and travel allowances.
 
Form M, which is predominantly used by manufacturers to import goods (not on the CBN prohibition list), is proposed to henceforth cost “N1,000 in addition to maintenance fee on e-Form platform in line with CBN directive”.
 
The central bank also added that Nigerians could send in their comments on the proposed charges, seeking clarification and notifying the bank on excluded financial institutions.
 
“The Central Bank of Nigeria is currently reviewing the extant Guide to Bank Charges, which came into effect on April 1, 2013,” the circular, signed by Kevin Amugo, director financial policy and regulation department, read.
 
“The review, which is in line with the philosophy of periodically ensuring that the provisions of the guide accord with current realities, also seek to address complaints from customers of financial services, requests for clarification on provision of the guide and absence of a tariff regime for other financial institutions in Nigeria.
 
“Kindly send hard copies of your comments by March 29, 2016 to the director, financial policy and regulation department with soft copies mailed to gbcreview@cbn.gov.ng.”
 
It was revealed that deposit money banks currently charge an average of N1,500 for the issuance of a 50-page cheque book.

Meet Peter Okoye's New Manager Who Replaced His Brother, Jude Okoye

Peter Okoye, one half of the Africa's best singing duo, the legendary singing P square, has officially revealed his new manager as he slides away from family business.
 
Peter Okoye and Olatunde Michaels
 
Peter Okoye of Psquare officially unveiled his new stage name, along with contact details of his new management following the highly publicized family feud between himself and his elder brother Jude.
 
 
Meet the man Peter has made his manager in place of his elder brother, Jude Okoye. His name is Olatunde Michaels. 
 
Olatunde has been a close friend of the Okoye brothers for a long time.
 
 
In 2004, he worked with Sundcity as Head of Channel. He was one time also media and event consultant for the D’banj-led DKM media as well as Station Manager, Trace TV Nigeria.
 
See more photos below:
 
 
 
 

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Commotion as Assailants Hack 86-year-old Man and His Wife to Death in Abia

An elderly man and his dear wife have met death in a most cruel manner after assailants hacked the life from their bodies in Abia.
 
 
The Abia State Police Command has  arrested a  man  suspected to be among a gang of heartless criminals  that hacked to death an  86-year-old man and his 70 year old wife in their  room at  Umuovo village , Old Umuahia, in Umuahia South local government area of Abia State.
 
The police has also mounted a man haunt for other members of the gang  now on the run after committing the heinous crime.
 
The Abia State Police Command public relations officer,  Mr Onyeeke Udeviotu who confirmed the incident  and arrest said that investigations were on  to track down the  other  culprits
 
According to Leadership Weekend, in the early hours of Sunday February 28 2016, the victims Mr Godfrey Onyenadum Asonye  and the wife, Mrs Keziah Asonye  had gone to bed when  unidentified assailants gruesomely murdered them in their sleep  at about  1am
 
The couple  it was furthered gathered was only living with two small girls aged about 13, and eight as their children two men and four women are  all grown ups and were living outside the state.
 
The assailants were said to had come for some money allegedly sent to the old couples  by their children who were residing outside the state for their up keep  as well as for the execution of some projects.
 
This it was learnt fueled the suspicion that the hatchet men must have been those who have been close to the victims and had been running errands for them as old people.
 
The source said the mindless bandits had packed the loots inside the victims Toyota car parked inside his garage and were apparently searching for the key to unlock the gate before an alarm was raised by one of the little girls who were in another room.
 
According to one of the girls when she woke up and discovered her mouth has been tied with a wet handkerchief and saw a man wearing a mask who was trying to hold  her down  she jumped up pushed him out and ran out of the house and started shouting.
 
He said, the attackers had also loaded into the car some of the items the woman purchased for resell in her stall in the village but abandoned everything and fled when the alarm was raised
 
The immediate younger brother of the victim, Mr. Lawrence Chukwuemeka Asonye,  said the assailants allegedly  gained entrance into brother’s compound through the backyard fence and through car park door.
 
According to him Pa Asonye, a British trained Civil Engineer who retired with the Abia State Ministry of Works “we found him  dead in his bed, while the wife’s hands and feet were tied backwards with sole-tape before she was  clubbed to death  The attackers used stick in clubbing the hapless couple to death” .  
 
The Suspects after the gruesome murder locked the rooms behind the victims after carting away their plasma television, clothes, some other valuables and money sent to them by their children for their upkeep packed the loots inside the victims Toyota car parked inside his garage and were apparently searching for the key to unlock the gate before an alarm was raised by one of the little girls who were in another room and had been gagged with hand kerchief on her mouth.

Very funny! The Name Of This Nigerian School Will Make You Rolling The Aisles

Some Nigerian schools are known to adopt really funny names and titles over time and this particular school will leave you in stitches.
 
 
Nigerians are people who are full of drama and most times they consciously create things that make life even more dramatic. The name of the school above has just exemplified that.
 
The signboard bearing the name of a school recently took the internet by storm, going viral almost as soon as it emerged.
 
Although the exact location of the school is not clear, one thing is sure; you can't find this kind of school everyday or everywhere.