For The Gist: July 2015

Friday, 31 July 2015

Meek Mill's Response to Drake Backfires as He's Ridiculed By Fans Online For 'Garbage' Diss Track

It's war! Or is it? Meek seems losing

Meek Mill has been hit by endless jokes and ridicule on Twitter after responding to Drake's hate with a diss track of his own.

A number of cities withdrew from the initial bidding process because of fears of the price tag, leaving only two candidates in contention.

No fewer than 20 people were killed and 30 others injured on Thursday when a heavy truck crashed into a crowd of pilgrims in Mazapil municipality, State of Zacatecas, Mexico, media reports have said.

I didn't vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the last election, though I know that Nigeria needed change. I just disagreed with the change agent due to reasons I have explained in various write-ups in the lead up to the election. I didn’t vote for Jonathan either; the PDP as was constituted and operated just wasn’t a Party I could even consider for anything. In the end, I voted for one of the lesser known Parties.

If Twitter comments can be used to denote a victor, Drake is winning his rap battle with Meek Mill.

Preliminary results of tests on an Ebola vaccine to be published later Friday in British science magazine The Lancet have shown “promising” results, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan said.

Amid media hypes surrounding Caitlyn Jenner formally known as Bruce Jenner, one would have assumed that the premiere of his reality show “I Am Cait” would break all kinds of ratings records…but oops! It never did

US Spied on Japan Government, Companies – WikiLeaks

The US spied on senior Japanese politicians, its top central banker and major companies including conglomerate Mitsubishi, according to documents released Friday by WikiLeaks, which published a list of at least 35 targets.

Chadian Army

At least 100 militants have been killed in an operation launched a fortnight ago against Boko Haram jihadists holed up in the islands of Lake Chad, the Chadian army said in a statement Friday.

Founder of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that he is not expecting President Muhammadu Buhari to appointment him into his cabinet.

A 32-year-old man, Tuesday in Yenagoa, committed suicide over his wife’s infidelity.

HBO’s most-watched series, the medieval fantasy drama Game of Thrones, is likely to continue through three more seasons, a network executive said on Thursday, as he defended the show’s gritty violence.

Chris Brown and daughter Royalty

Chris Brown, 26, is not afraid to express his feelings when it comes to his daughter, Royalty, 1. It’s been weeks since the entertainer had a face-to-face encounter with his daughter, and his friends say he misses her so much that he cries himself to sleep. We had no idea Chris was such a softie!

15 Health Benefits of Marijuana

States around the country — more than 20 in total — have legalized medical marijuana.

Experts have been changing their minds too — recently, CNN's chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta reversed his opinion on medical marijuana.

While the initial panic or hysteria may have dissipated, the threat of Ebola remains imminent, survivor and missionary Dr. Kent Brantly said Tuesday.

Male Contraceptive Pill Could Soon Be A Reality Thanks To Crowdfunding Campaign (And About Time Too)

Since the invention of the female contraceptive pill 55 years ago, women have had to be in the driving seat when it comes to birth control.

Arsenal Football Club of England on Thursday displayed the English FA Cup the team won in Lagos.

The colourful event took place in Lagos with the Nigerian partners of the team, Sterling Bank, fully represented together with some customers of the bank and fans of the team.

Liberia: Ebola Survivors Prexy Rallies Support For Research

The National president of the Ebola Survivors Network of Liberia has sent a rallying call to Ebola survivors to participate in the ongoing research on post-Ebola complications.

The Liberia-US Joint Clinical Research Partnership is seeking to find causes and derive medical solutions to health complications being experienced by Ebola survivors.

Scientists say this is an African golden wolf – not a jackal as previously thought

The 'golden jackals' of East Africa are actually 'golden wolves' and are the first new species of wolf to be identified in Africa for more than 150 years.

Previously, it was thought the golden jackals from Eurasia and East Africa were the same species, but DNA evidence has now proved otherwise.

Indians, Nigerians Perform UITH First Open Heart Surgeries

The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital has performed its first open heart surgeries on two girls aged seven and 15.

UITH Chief Medical Director, Prof Abdulwaheed Olatinwo, during a press briefing in Ilorin on Thursday, said UITH performed the operations on Wednesday in collaboration with medical partners from Apollo Hospital Chennai, India, adding that the patients were in a stable condition.

If you’re low on funds for that big vacation, you could always ask to borrow money, make a Kickstarter campaign… or swindle a couple of Islamic State recruiters. It may not be the safest way to make money, but that’s what three girls from Chechnya, a Russian republic in southeastern Europe, did.

Cecil the lion, killed by American dentist Walter Palmer in Zimbabwe

We’ve all been left shocked and saddened by the death of Cecil the lion, the beloved Zimbabwean animal shot by American dentist Walter Palmer.

Two persons Thursday reportedly lost their lives in Ezillo community, Ishielu local government area of Ebonyi State after eating a fresh fish alleged to be forbidden in the area.

Broadcaster Al-Jazeera said it was “outraged” by an Egyptian court’s decision Thursday to postpone a verdict in the retrial of three of its journalists accused of supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Al-Jazeera Media Network’s acting director general Mostefa Souag said: “We are outraged that the verdict has been adjourned as today was meant to be the final court hearing for our colleagues.

Nigerian male and female powerlifters won 11 medals and broke three world records at the just-concluded Powerlifting World Open Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The Almaty 2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open championships, which began on July 26, ended on July 30.

Feyisetan Are, the coach of the Nigeria Powerlifting Federation (NPF) disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) via an online message on Thursday from Kazakhstan.

Yuan Yuan had shown signs of pregnancy, including loss of appetite

Yuan Yuan, a giant panda from Taiwan, has been caught faking her pregnancy in order to secure extra meals and an air conditioned room at her home in Taipei Zoo.

The 11-year-old panda had shown signs of pregnancy, including loss of appetite, thickening around the uterus and increasing levels of feacal progesterone since June 11, reported Chinese state newspaper, China Daily.

Dressed to impress ... Dustin Hoffman as Tootsie, voted the best film of all time in a poll of actors.

A poll of 73 stars, including Juliette Binoche, Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson and Andy Serkis, placed the 1982 comedy at the top of a new list, assembled by Time Out New York. The film, which stars Dustin Hoffman as an actor who dresses up as a woman to get a role, is an unlikely winner, towering over The Godfather in second place and The Godfather Part II at No 6.

Malaysia has sent a team to the French island of Reunion, in the western Indian Ocean, to investigate whether wreckage found there could be from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 plane which disappeared last year.

The Malaysian transport minister confirmed that the investigation team had been dispatched late on Wednesday.

The pan Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo, said yesterday that it was not surprised at the way the appointments of President Muhammadu Buhari were going, insisting that it had shown the president’s deep rooted hatred for the Igbo nation.

Anambra State president of Ohaneze, Dr. Chris Eluemuno, in an interview at the state –owned Anambra Broadcasting Service Television in Awka, said the situation would still have been the same even if the entire Igbo voted for him.

President Buhari

A member of the House of Representatives and former Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Bosun Oladele, yesterday, in Lagos took a swipe at Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State over what he described as his persistent unfortunate comments against President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption programme, dismissing the governor as a rabble rouser.

Fayose recently said President Buhari’s probe was targeted at PDP supporters and cautioned him against playing to the gallery as he said, “Nigerians should not be probed on the pages of newspapers. Rather, the anti-graft agencies should do their jobs quietly.”

Windows 10

People and organizations can do great things with Cortana, Microsoft Edge, Xbox App, new Office Universal apps and more.

Microsoft Corp. announced that Windows 10 will become available Wednesday as a free upgrade or with new PCs and tablets. Windows 10 includes innovations such as Cortana,2 an Xbox app and Microsoft Edge for a familiar, yet more personal and productive, experience. The most secure Windows ever, Windows 10 is delivered as a service and kept automatically up-to-date with innovations and security updates.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) through its intensified and persistent efforts in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram terrorists has intercepted over 4,000 drums and jerry cans of petroleum products and other smuggled items.

After a couple of Boca league wins without getting on the scoresheet, Carlos Tevez notched a first goal since returning home as the Primera leaders cruised past Banfield and into the last 16 of the Copa Argentina.

The Lose Yourself hitmaker has taken aim at the likes of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey in his lyrics in the past, and during a visit to satellite radio show Sway in the Morning, he took aim at two of today's biggest headline grabbers.

According To Ice Cube, his former N.W.A. colleague Dre might finally be releasing his third album on Saturday.

10 Celebs That Have A PhD

Celebrities are usually surrounded in glamour; beautifully dressed, smiling, often with not too much to say for themselves. Amazingly there are many celebs who are not just beautiful or brawny, but brainy too. The ten celebs with PhDs that feature here are all hugely successful performers of one kind or another, mostly actors and musicians. And all are very well educated as their doctorates prove.

Nicki Minaj's Ex Claims She Was Ashamed of Him

Nicki Minaj's ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels has accused her of being ashamed of their relationship, despite the fact they dated for over 10 years.
s ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels has accused her of being ashamed of their relationship.

The rapper has released a track titled 'Lifeline' on which he shares his feelings about Nicki - who he split from last year after dating for over a decade - claiming he felt like their relationship was kept a secret while they were together because she had ''no pride in it''.

On Friday, July 31, most of the world will have a Blue Moon.

On Friday, much of the world will have the opportunity to observe a Blue Moon: A somewhat rare occurrence that doesn't have anything to do with the moon's color.

During most years, the Earth experiences 12 full moons, one in each month. But some years, such as 2015, have 13 full moons, and one of those "extra" lunar displays gets the label of Blue Moon.

Cameroon President presenting a gift to President Buhari in Yaounde on 29th of July 2015

Nigeria is to contribute 3,500 troops to the 10,000 multinational task force within the Lake Chad Basin that would be launched today in Cameroon.

The task force which was a joint initiative of the countries within the African sub- region will provide a military assault against the occupation of Boko Haram in the region.

In another exchange of lyrical attacks between two popular rap artists, Drake and Meek Mill, rap fans have kept being in awe as the rap artists keep throwing banters at each other on the social media.

Recently, Drake has followed up with another derogatory track called “back to back” after releasing “charged up” last Saturday in response to meek mill’s allegations of him resorting to ghost writers who help him write his songs.

Arsenal Keeper Szczesny Joins Roma on Loan

Microsoft is aiming to create over 100,000 job opportunities and reach over seven million people across the Middle East and Africa by the end of the year through its Employability Platforms, in partnership with organisations from public and private sectors, as well as NGOs.

Thirty hostages held by Boko Haram, including 21 children and seven women, have been freed by Nigerian troops.

Yakubu-Dogara

Due to the crippling effect of unemployment in Nigeria, the House of Representatives yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a national emergency in the labour sector of the nation’s economy.

This was sequel to a motion promoted by Rep Kingsley Chinda ,PDP, Rivers, entitled:’Urgent Need to Check the High Rate of Unemployment in the Country’, the House urged the federal government to “urgently convoke a national summit on unemployment”.

Cecil, the Zimbabwean beloved lion killed by a US hunter

The wealthy American dentist who killed Zimbabwe’s beloved lion Cecil was a trophy-seeking bow hunter with a poaching conviction in the United States. Walter Palmer, 55, boasted that he is a bow hunting purist who doesn’t carry a gun as backup when pursuing big game. A figure of some renown in hunting circles, he made the claim when in a New York Times article on trophy hunting published in 2009.

Adams Oshiomhole’s wife Iara looked stunning in red as she attended a meeting

Blogosphere, it appears, cannot have enough of Iara Oshiomole, Edo state first lady and hot new wife of the state’s governor, Adam, who was the lone executive that took his better half on the recently concluded visit of the presidential team to Washington DC.

The Director General, National Sports Commission (NSC), Al-Hassan Yakmut, on Wednesday said the country’s contingent to the All Africa Games would depart for Brazzaville on August 31.

Yakmut told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the contingent would converge on Abuja before travelling to the Congelese capital for the 11th edition of the games.

Boko Haram

Authorities in Niger’s Diffa area, on the border with Nigeria, have banned the full Islamic veil following suicide attacks in countries in the region by women wearing the religious garment, an official said Wednesday.

“Women in the region are forbidden from wearing the full veil until further notice, in order to prevent suicide attacks by Boko Haram,” Diffa mayor Hankouraou Biri-Kassoum told AFP.

Prince Ali Bin

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein said on Wednesday that he thought Michel Platini, who confirmed he will run for FIFA president next year, is “not good for football and football’s fans and players deserve better”.

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