New Zealand Bar Manager sentenced to jail in Myanmar for insulting Buddhism

 

A Myanmar court has sentenced a New Zealand bar manager and his two business associates to two years and six months in prison for insulting Buddhism.

The trio was convicted on Tuesday for posting a flyer on social media that showed a psychedelic depiction of Buddha wearing headphones.

Phillip Blackwood, 32, Tun Thurein, 40, and Htut Ko Ko Lwin, 26, were given two years for insulting religion and six months for disobeying an order from a public servant.

The three were arrested in December after the image was used on Facebook to promote the tapas bar and lounge, and sparked outrage on social media.

Former Jihadist left ISIS after bring shocked by the beheadings and raping of women

 

The Islamic State has “many ways of gaining people’s goodwill and support” — including hallucinatory drugs and week-long marriage contracts — but it’s only a matter of time before new recruits are forced to behead their friends and rape scores of non-Muslim women, an ISIS defector says.

Speaking in an interview with the Independent, a 33-year-old former jihadi, known as Hamza, candidly described his time with the brutal terrorist group and explained how he deserted and fled Iraq in January.

“The executions, or more horribly the beheadings, as well as the raping of the non-Muslim girls … These scenes terrified me,” he told the British newspaper. “I imagined myself being caught up in these shootings, executions, beheadings and raping, if I stayed where I was.”

Please who is the copycat here? Gideon Okeke or his son?

Elton John spotted in LA carrying a Dolce & Gabbana shopping bag, 24 hours after he called for the boycott of the brand

 

Sir Elton John was seen yesterday entering a recording studio in Los Angeles with a bag from one of the Dolce and Gabbana's stores, with the name of the label written in gold on the side.

He was carrying the D&G-branded bag only 24 hours after he entered into a high-profile row with the designers over their criticism of fertility treatments.  And also calling  for the boycott of their brand.

A spokesman for the singer confirmed: ‘Yes he was carrying the bag but he hadn’t been shopping. And it should not detract from their original message or the boycott.’

Alleged Nyanya Motor park bombers to face trial behind cameras

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the alleged mastermind of the April 14 Nyanya bomb blast, Aminu Ogwuche and five others be tried on camera.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed, who gave the order, also allowed the prosecution to use aliases for the defense witnesses.

ChannelsTV reports that at the resumed trial of Aminu Oguwche and five others accused of carrying out the April 14 Nyanya bomb blast which claimed over 76 lives, the Prosecution applied to hold the trial on camera to protect the witnesses in the case.

The prosecutors also wanted the court to allow the witnesses be masked to prevent a breach of their personal safety.

 

The reason why I will not engage in any presidential debate with President Jonathan

 

Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress has come out to state that he is not ready to engage in any presidential debate with President Jonathan.  The reason according to him is because the PDP non achievable record is already public knowledge. 

While addressing a media parley in Abuja today, Gen Buhari pledged if he wins the March 28 poll, he will ensure strict adherence to the constitution, saying he is now “a converted democrat”.

See photos of first birthday party said to have cost up to £70,000

As heir to the Formula 1 empire, Tamara Ecclestone's childhood was no doubt a luxurious one.

And it seems that she wants the same for her daughter Sophia, who celebrated turning one today with a lavish and extravagant birthday party in her honour.

Tamara, 30, and husband Jay Rutland clearly wanted to give their only daughter a first birthday to remember - and they pulled out all the stops by creating 'Sophia's farmyard' in the garden of their London mansion.

Australia medics call for boxing ban after a figher died

Braydon Smith, 23, was beaten on points by Filipino John Moralde on Saturday and collapsed in his dressing room.

His life support was turned off on Monday after he failed to regain consciousness from an induced coma.

Australian Medical Association Queensland president Shaun Rudd said the fighter's death showed why boxing should be banned nationally.

Kim Kardashian posts snaps of Baby North with enhanced ''blue and green eyes''

 

It is a well known fact that Nori's eyes are beautiful deep brown.

 

Her mother, Kim, wanted to show her fans what her cherubic 21-month-old baby girl would look like with blue eyes using an online edit app she stumbled upon.

 

The 34-year-old reality star then went on to share pictures of North with her eyes enhanced to a brilliant azure blue and clear green colours.

Picture of Hajia Tara Koko,92-year-old woman who donated her N1M saving to Buhari Presidential Campaign

Hajia Tara Koko at the middle

A young Silverbird female staff stabbed to death

Aishat Mustapha, a young promising Silverbird staff, has been killed. Aishat, we learnt was murdered at her Ogudu, GRA home around 9.30pm on Saturday night. She was said to have been stabbed  to have been stabbed 11 times.  

No one knows why she was killed, and no one saw the killer(s).  

May her soul rest in peace.  Another photo down.

Basket Mouth says he spends N4.3M yearly to power his gen

Hahaha!  Am sure the   Basket Mouth took to his instagram to send a shout out to PHCN over lack of electricity.  He said he doles out N360K monthly to power his gen, which comes to about N4.3M annually.

But come o!  when you break that amount down, it means he spends N12k a day, N84k a week?  Some families do not even make that sort of money in a year!  And another is spending such just to power his gen!  Deris God o!

Yomi Casual customized his new acquired Chevrolet Camaro in a special way

Talented fashion designer, Yomi Casual who recently acquired the Chevrolet Camaro decided to customized the number plate as ""Tailor''.  See photos of the ride.

Ali Nuhu celebrated his birthday surrounded by his wife and kids

The Glo ambassador/talented actor was 41 on Sunday March 15, 2015.  And his family were all present to celebrate the special day with him.  More photos after the cut...

Tribunal indicts army, say they were the cause of the mayhem which happened on July 4, 2014 at Palmgrove Lagos

A three-man tribunal which was set up by the Lagos State government to investigate the cause of the mayhem which occurred at the Palmgrove area of the state on 4^th July, 2015 which led to the destruction of the Bus Rapid Transit vehicles have indicted the Nigerian army.
 

The tribunal chaired by Justice Ebenezer Adebayo (retd) submitted its report to Gov. Babatunde Raji Fashola saying Soldiers perpetrated the act.
 

 Adebajo, while reading the tribunal findings, said, “The accident occurred on July 3, 2014, when a soldier – late Lance Corporal Matthew Ishaya – ran his motorcycle, with registration number, MUS-565 QB, into a stationary BRT bus, MO63, at the Palmgrove bus stop on the Ikorodu Road.”

Alleged dollar rain can't buy Yoruba votes - Osun APC Elders

 

The Elders’ Council (Igbimo Agba) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has described last minute efforts by President Goodluck Jonathan to influence Yoruba to support his re-election efforts through monetary inducement as too little too late. 

In a statement signed by Chairman of the Council, Sola Akinwumi and made available to newsmen in Osogbo, yesterday, the Elders’ Council maintained that Yoruba people are not articles that could be purchased by the highest bidder.  

The International Criminal Court, ICC, set to probe incitement allegations against Patience Jonathan

The International Criminal Court, ICC, said it would investigate allegations of incitement utterances against Patience Jonathan. 

 

According to the Cable, an online newspaper, the decision of the ICC follows a petition which was submitted by the All Progressive Congress Presidential Campaign Organization, APCPCO. 

 

Gov. Rotimi Amaechi, had last week signed and sent the petition to the ICC alleging incitement utterances by Patience Jonathan during her campaign speeches.