Sports: Nigeria Wins First Gold In Commonwealth Games In Glasgow

Nigerian weightlifter Chika Amalaha has given Nigeria its first gold at the Commonwealth Games which started in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday July 24th.
 
Chika won the gold medal today after pulling a total of 196 points in snatch and clean and jerk in the 53kg class to beat her competitors from New Guinea & India who picked the silver & bronze medals.

Gossip & Gists: Press Release Of #ROPOPObyJahfizz

Press Release
 
"Ropopo" is a song by Nigeria's recording artist; Jahfizz for his coming studio album, which title is undisclosed yet. It was serviced to radio stations as the third lead single from the record on July 28, 2014; it was digitally released on August 1, 2014.

"Ropopo" received generally mixed reviews from its overall production. The song was a commercial success, becoming Jahfizz's second non-consecutive number two song on the Hot 100 Naija Jamz, and, also peaked at number one in various charts.

To promote the song, Jahfizz performed at the 2014 M.O.P.I. Awards at the LTV's Blue Roof, as the ceremony's closing, and on the Lunch Splash TV show.


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Interviews & Hype: "I Always Knew I Would Be A Beauty Queen" - Reigning MBGN Says

 

Reigning Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Iheoma Nnadi, who beat 30 other girls to emerge the new queen last Friday July 18th says she had always known she would be a beauty queen one day. The 19 year old South African based student/model spoke with our correspondence after being crowned Queen.

"Buying a form means you are ready to become MBGN. I always knew I would be a beauty queen. Years back, the password of all my accounts was missworldforever. I have never participated in any beauty pageant before now. This is my first and I am so happy I won" she said.

Iheoma is the last child in a family of 6 and has two sisters and a brother.

Gossip & Gists [Update On Naval Helicopter Crash]:1 Pilot Rescued Alive, 2 Others Dead

According to a statement on Defence HQ website, one of the pilots of the crashed Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 Helicopter on a training mission reported earlier today, has been recovered alive while the second one as well as the technician on board the 3-member crew flight died in the crash.

They said Rescue is still ongoing...

Gossip & Gists: UNN Lecturer Commits Suicide

A lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Dr. Bede Opata has reportedly committed suicide over a yet-to-be ascertained reason, our correspondence reports.

 

Sources within the university say the 38 year old law lecturer killed himself in his apartment within the town on Saturday July 19th but his body was only discovered on Sunday July 20th.

 

The lecturer who holds a doctorate degree in Law, hailed from Nsukka, Enugu state and was the son of a former Commissioner in the old Anambra state, Chief Cletus Opata.

Gossip & Gists: Fans Criticize Tonto Dikeh For Calling Her Domestic Staff A Maid

Is there anything wrong in calling your maid a maid? Or is the appropriate word house-help, domestic staff? I don't have one so don't know what the right word is but apparently a maid is not it.

Actress Tonto Dikeh was slammed this morning by her followers after she shared the photo above on her instagram page and said her daughter/maid was heading off to write her Post-UME examinations in her (Tonto's) Gucci sandals...
 
Some people came for her for using the word maid.

 

 

Gossip & Gists: Katy Perry's MH17 Twitter Blunder

Katy Perry is the most followed person on Twitter. As a result, her posts reach more people than any other account on the social media site.

Katy Perry's tweet has since been deleted.

As a result, her posts reach more people than any other account on the social media site. So accuracy, when it comes to tweeting about current affairs and tragedies - like the Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane that crashed on the Russia-Ukraine border killing 298 - is key. And it was accuracy that was sadly lacking from the 29-year-old pop singer's sorrowful post about the disaster.

Perry, who was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador last year, gave her condolences to the families who have lost love ones in the tragedy. Including to "100 UNICEF volunteers". Except there were no UNICEF volunteers on board flight MH17. There were, however, a number of staff and researchers heading to the International AIDS conference in Melbourne, some of whom were members of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The tweet, which has since been deleted, said: "So INCREDIBLY sad to hear that there were 100 volunteers for @UNICEF on flight #MH17 Sending our prayers to all the families effected." This included leading HIV researchers Joep Lange, Dr Lucie van Mens, Martine de Schutter of AIDS Action Europe, Pim de Kuijer and Jacqueline van Tongeren, all of whom are believed to have been on MH17.

However a spokesperson from UNICEF - a charity who promote child welfare - has since been called to clarify that there were no UNICEF staff on board the doomed flight. "We do have global UNICEF staff and volunteers at the conference, including four UNICEF Australia Young Ambassadors," they confirmed to our correspondent.

They added that they were confused as to how Perry, who they labelled a "fabulous ambassador" for the charity, had arrived at that understanding but said her tweet had been incorrect. "We are pleased to report there were no UNICEF staff on-board," they added. "UNICEF has expressed its deepest condolences for our UN colleagues, and all who died on flight MH17.

"Our sympathies go to their families."