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Who Is Mia Khalifa? | Mia Khalifa Biography| Mia Khalifa Profile| Mia Khalifa History| Meet Lebanese-born American social media personality and webcam model Mia Khalifa

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 Meet Lebanese-born American social media personality and webcam model Mia Khalifa.

Mia Khalifa
Mia Khalifa

Mia Khalifa (Arabic: ﻣﻴﺎ ﺧﻠﻴﻔﺔ; born February 10, 1993), also known as Mia Callista, is a Lebanese-born American social media personality and webcam model, best known for her career as a pornographic actress from 2014 to 2015.

Mia Khalifa Biography
Mia Khalifa Biography

Mia Khalifa Biography

 

Native name ﻣﻴﺎ ﺧﻠﻴﻔﺔ
Date of Birth / Age February 10, 1993 (Age 25)
Gender Female
Other Names Mia Callista
Relationship Status Single
Spouse(s)
Relationship Type Heterosexual
Birth Location Beirut, Lebanon, US
Nationality United States
Ethnicity American
Occupation
  • Former pornographic actress
  • social media personality
  • webcam model
Years Active 2014 — 2015
Net Worth $4 Million
Known For Ranked No. 1 on Pornhub
in December 2014
Rank All Stars
Religion Islam
Nationality American
Languages Arabic, French, English
Skin Complexion Medium Skin
Weight 121 lb (55 kg; 8.6 st)
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Measurements
Hair Color Black Hair
Body Art
Body Type Athletic
Ass Type Big Ass
Tits Type Enhanced
Tits Size Big Tits
Facebook @MiakhalifaP
Twitter @miakhalifa
Instagram miakhalifa
Website Miakhalifa.Com

Born in Beirut, Khalifa moved to the United States in 2001. She began acting in pornography in October 2014, and by December was ranked the number 1 performer on the website Pornhub. Her career choice was met with controversy in the Middle East, especially for a video in which she performed sexual acts while wearing the Islamic hijab. After three months, Khalifa left the pornographic industry to pursue other interests.

Early life

Mia Khalifa was born on February 10, 1993, in Beirut, Lebanon and moved with her family to the United States in January 2001, leaving their home in the wake of the South Lebanon conflict. Her family is Catholic and she was raised in that religion, in what she describes as a “very conservative” home, although she is no longer practicing. Khalifa attended a French private school in Beirut, where she learned to speak English. After moving to America, she lived in Montgomery County, Maryland and played lacrosse in high school. Khalifa has talked about being bullied at high school for being “the darkest and weirdest girl there”, which intensified after the September 11 attacks.

Khalifa attended Massanutten Military Academy and then moved to Texas to attend college. She graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.

Pornographic career

While at college, Khalifa worked as a bartender and did some modelling work. She was also a “briefcase girl” on a local Spanish-language TV game show, similar to Deal or No Deal. After graduating, she moved to Miami and was approached to do nude modelling, which she accepted.

Khalifa entered the pornographic film industry in October 2014. She had been working at a Whataburger when she was approached by a customer who asked if she had ever considered appearing in pornographic films. She came to widespread attention after the release of a BangBros scene in which she wears a hijab during a threesome. The scene brought Khalifa instant popularity, as well as criticism from writers and religious figures. The scene’s producer said “We weren’t trying to exploit [Khalifa’s ethnicity]. We wanted to embrace it. No one could have anticipated the negativity surrounding it.” Alex Hawkins, Vice President of marketing for xHamster, said “The outrage it caused in the Arab world ended up being a bit of a ‘Streisand effect’. Suddenly, everyone was searching for her. The effort to censor her only made her more ubiquitous.” With more than 1.5 million views, the 22-year-old Khalifa became the most searched-for performer on the adult video sharing website Pornhub. On December 28 that year, Pornhub revealed that she was the No. 1 ranked performer on their website.

She received online death threats after she ranked No. 1 on Pornhub, including a manipulated image of a Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant executioner preparing to behead her, and a message warning her that she would go to Hell, to which she replied “I’ve been meaning to get a little tan recently”. Lebanese newspapers wrote articles critical of Khalifa, which she considered trivial due to other events in.the region.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Khalifa said the controversial scene was satirical and should be taken as such, claiming that Hollywood films depicted Muslims in a far more negative light than any pornographer could. Among those who publicly spoke out to defend her decision to become an adult performer was British-Lebanese author Nasri Atallah, who stated, “The moral indignation … is wrong for two reasons. First and foremost, as a woman, she is free to do as she pleases with her body. As a sentient human being with agency, who lives halfway across the world, she is in charge of her own life and owes absolutely nothing to the country where she happened to be born.” Khalifa herself said of the controversy: “Women’s rights in Lebanon are a long way from being taken seriously if a Lebanese American porn star that no longer resides there can cause such an uproar. What I once boasted to people as being the most Westernized nation in the Middle East, I now see as devastatingly archaic and oppressed.”

According to data from Pornhub, from January 3 to 6, 2015, searches for Khalifa increased five-fold. Around a quarter of those searches came from Lebanon, with substantial searches also from nearby countries Syria and Jordan. Because of the hijab-related controversy, she was ranked No. 5 in a list of “The world’s 10 most notorious porn stars” by British men’s magazine Loaded in July 2016. Almaza, a Lebanese brewery, ran an advertisement showing a bottle of their beer next to Khalifa’s signature glasses, with the slogan: “We are both rated 18+.” In January 2015, pop band Timeflies released a song titled “Mia Khalifa” in homage to her.

In January 2015, Khalifa signed a long-term contract with Bang Bros’ parent company which required her to perform in multiple films each month. However, two weeks later, Khalifa had a change of heart and resigned. The negative attention she received from her global attention prompted her to leave the industry: “It was an eye-opener for me. I don’t want any of this, whether it’s positive or negative—but all of it was negative. I didn’t get too much into it about how my friends and family and relationships were suffering.”

In a July 2016 interview with The Washington Post, Khalifa stated that she had only performed in pornography for three months and had left the industry over a year before, changing to a “more normal job”. She said “I guess it was my rebellious phase. It wasn’t really for me. I kind of smartened up and tried to distance myself from that.” As of May 2016, Khalifa was still performing as a webcam model.

In January 2017, xHamster reported that Khalifa was the most searched-for adult actress of 2016.

Post-pornographic career

After leaving porn, Khalifa worked in Miami as a paralegal and bookkeeper. She transitioned into a career as a social media personality, webcam model and sports commentator. She runs a YouTube channel; live streams on Twitch.tv ; performs as a webcam model; sells photoshoots, merchandise and access to exclusive content on membership website Patreon; and sells explicit photoshoots and videos on the social media website Findrow. She and Gilbert Arenas hosted Out of Bounds, a daily sports show on Complex News’s YouTube channel, from October 2017 to February 2018.

Khalifa has been announced to co-host SportsBall alongside Tyler Coe, with its second season premiering July 16, 2018, exclusively on RoosterTeeth.

Public image

In November 2016, an online petition called for Khalifa to be appointed by President Donald Trump as the next United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Mia Khalifa Profile
Mia Khalifa Profile

 

Personal life

Khalifa married her high school sweetheart in February 2011. They separated in 2014 and divorced in 2016.

Khalifa resided in Miami, Florida during her pornographic career and then relocated back to Texas. Khalifa is a fan of Florida State Seminoles football and attempted to recruit Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller to transfer to Florida State through social networking. After ending her pornographic career, she used her social media presence of over 1 million Twitter and 300,000 Instagram followers to support the professional sports teams from the Washington, D.C. area, including the Washington Redskins, Washington Wizards and the National Hockey League’s Washington Capitals of whom her favorite player is André Burakovsky. Dan Steinberg of The Washington Post observed that despite her change of career, Khalifa’s social media feed was “still a bit more risque than that of, say, Ben Bernanke.”

She has a tattoo of the opening line of the Lebanese National Anthem, and another of the Lebanese Forces Cross. She got the latter in 2012 after a bombing in Lebanon, stating it was to “show solidarity with my father’s political views.” Both tattoos have come under the scrutiny of her detractors.

Khalifa has stated that her parents have stopped speaking to her because of her career choice. In a statement, her parents disassociated themselves from her actions, saying that her decision to enter the porn industry was born of her residence in a foreign country which had a different culture than theirs, and that her actions did not reflect her upbringing. They also said that they hoped that she would leave pornography, saying that her image did not honor her family or her home country.

Mia Khalifa Net Worth

Mia Khalifa is recently reported to be worth an Estimated of $4 Million as of July 2018.


Federal Government Of Nigeria Okays 10-year Validity Period For Passports

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Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja

The Federal Government has approved a 10-year validity period for Nigerian passports.

This followed a presidential approval to change the face of the e-passport 10 years after it was introduced in the country.

Currently, the passports have a five-year validity period.

The Comptroller-General of Nigerian Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede, who said this in a report monitored on Channels Tv on Thursday, added that the extended validity period would reduce the stress Nigerians went through every five years to renew their passports.

“One of the reforms he (President Buhari) has approved is that we would improve the quality, security of our passport booklets.

“Ten years after the enrolment of the e-passport system, we need to improve the security features. You can’t keep documents for 10 years without seeing decreased values in them, so we are improving the security features which would raise the standards of the passports,” the CG explained.

He added that the President also approved improved security features for the documents.

Babandede, however, disclosed that the new passports would cost more, but he did not reveal the new prices for the various categories of the passports.

He said, “President Buhari has equally approved 10-year validity for passports which is great news. When the report comes, passports will be valid for 10 years which is great news especially for adults from the age of 18 and above.”

“Though people will pay more, if they can pay more and get the booklets quickly, it’s good with improved security for 10 years validity. They would pay more but the document would be available, that’s good,” Babandede said.

“Abuja-kaduna Train Records 900,000 Passengers In 2 Years”– NRC

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The Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC) said the Abuja-Kaduna train service has recorded approximately 900,000 passengers in two years.

The Manager of the train service, Mr Pascal Nnorli disclosed this yesterday at the two years anniversary celebration of the service at the Idu train station in Abuja.

“As at today when we checked, we saw that we have carried approximately 900,000 passengers in two years” he said.

He said the service has provided 600 direct jobs since inception.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on July 26, 2016, flagged off the commercial operations of the service.

Nnorli said “We have done well, based on the available infrastructure. Before 2016, we didn’t have any operational standard gauge railway in West Africa, this was the pioneer standard gauge operation in West Africa and here we are today carrying an average of 2000 passengers everyday to and from Abuja-Kaduna.”

He said e-ticketing will soon commence and access into the train terminal area would be electronically through the e-tickets.

“As a corporation, we are going further to make sure that we give people the best of rail service by introducing e-ticketing. The procurement process has started and we are in the next phase right now,” he said.

Facebook Approves $10million allowance to beef up Mark Zuckerberg’s family security.

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The million-dollar pre-tax allowance is a jump from last year’s $7.3million allocated for home security, body guards, and private air travel the biggest sum ever for a Fortune 100 company CEO according to research firm.

The allowance, which was announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Thursday, was boosted ‘to address safety concerns due to specific threats’.

‘This allowance will be in addition to the continued funding of Mr. Zuckerberg’s overall security program to cover the costs of security personnel for his protection; the procurement, installation, and maintenance of certain required security measures for his residences; and the usage of private aircraft for personal travel,’ Facebook wrote in a filing.

Facebook will pay Zuckerberg the pricey allowance for him to allocate accordingly for security, residential improvements, and equipment.

The company added it considered Zuckerberg’s ‘position and importance to Facebook’ in establishing the allowance, as well as his salary, which was just $1 last year.

The $10million amount is the most Facebook has allocated for Zuckerberg’s security. In 2015 his security cost $4,256,004.

‘The Committee believes that this allowance, together with the costs of Mr. Zuckerberg’s existing overall security program, are appropriate and necessary under the circumstances,’ the filing from Thursday said.

The allowance was announced the same day Facebook’s stock market value plunged 19 per cent, wiping $119billion off the company’s value and docking $12billion off Zuckerberg’s personal fortune in less than 24 hours.


Pictured running in Berlin surrounded by guards

All Progressives Congress chairman in Ideato North Local Government, Imo state Sunny Ejiagwu Murdered

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Newly Elected Ideato APC Chairman, Sunny Ejiagwu Murdered By Hired Killers In Imo State, Gunmen suspected to be assassins in the early hours of Friday murdered , Sunny Ejiagwu , the All Progressives Congress chairman in Ideato North Local Government of Imo state .

Ejiagwu , popularly known as Ohaneze was one of the 27 LGAs chairmen inaugurated on Monday by the new state chairman, Daniel Nwafor, after the state APC rescheduled election as ordered by the court.

The state commissioner of police , Dasuki Galandanchi, who confirmed the murder to our correspondent in a telephone conversation , said that the corpse had been evacuated to a nearby mortuary

According to the CP, the politician was killed along the Akokwa road in the Ideato North LGA .

The CP said “the APC chairman in Ideato North has been murdered . I was at the scene of the crime and only came back . His corpse has been evacuated to a mortuary.

There is no preliminary suspicion but the investigator would find out. The blood of the innocent would expose them. ”

Briefing newsmen at the state party secretariat, APC state chairman , Nwafor, said that the killing was condemnable .

He said that political killings and violence has no place in a democracy .

Nwafor said ; “The killing is condemnable because APC preaches peace and political tolerance . People should practice politics without bitterness and violence.

The constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria guarantees freedom of association .

We, therefore, call on the Inspector General of police to press on the commissioner of police to nab the culprits. Imo is a peaceful state and an example of how politics should be played.

The deceased was in our meeting on Thursday and he expressed concern about political violence in his area. He told us that his area is volatile and called on us to come to his rescue when the need arises .

From the information made available to me , he was double – crossed and when he tried to move back he fell into the gutter . His killers went there and shot him severely. “

Who Is Sunny Ejiagwu? |Biography| Profile| History Of Late All Progressives Congress chairman APC in Ideato North Local Government, Imo state Sunny Ejiagwu

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The Late All Progressives Congress chairman APC in Ideato North Local Government, Imo state Sunny Ejiagwu is popularly known as Ohaneze.

Sunny Ejiagwu was one of the 27 LGAs chairmen inaugurated on Monday by the new state chairman, Daniel Nwafor, after the state APC rescheduled election as ordered by the court.

The state commissioner of police , Dasuki Galandanchi, who confirmed the murder to our correspondent in a telephone conversation , said that the corpse had been evacuated to a nearby mortuary

According to the CP, the politician was killed along the Akokwa road in the Ideato North LGA .

The CP said, “The APC chairman in Ideato North has been murdered. I was at the scene of the crime and only came back. His corpse has been evacuated to a mortuary. ‘’There is no preliminary suspicion but the investigator would find out. The blood of the innocent would
expose them.” APC state chairman, Nwafor, briefing newsmen at the state party secretariat condemned the killing of
the chairman.

Nwafor said, “The killing is condemnable because APC preaches peace and political tolerance. People should practice politics without bitterness and violence.

‘’The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guarantees freedom of association. ‘’We, therefore, call on the Inspector General of police to press on the commissioner of police to nab the culprits.

Imo is a peaceful state and an example of how politics should be played. ”The deceased was in our meeting on Thursday and he expressed concern about political violence in his area. He told us that his area is volatile and called on us to come to his rescue when the need arises.
”From the information made available to me, he was double-crossed and when he tried to move back, he fell into the gutter. His killers went there and shot him severely. “

Container Of Military Wears Intercepted By The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) In Port-Harcourt, Rivers State

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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) today intercepted a container with 14 belts of Nigerian army wears. The military wears were intercepted by the Federal operation unit zone C (F O U) in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state capital. Investigations have reportedly begun into the matter.

Considering the security challenge in the country, the Customs officials said the plain military uniforms and the camouflage could be used to wreak havoc in any part of the country as they noted that terrorists and other criminals now dress like soldiers.

Last year, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted 1,398 rolls of plain military uniforms and camouflage at the Lagos port.

The items were intercepted at the Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT), Port Express, Apapa, by its Area Comptroller, Mrs. Lami S. A. Wushishi.

Mrs. Wushishi,  while briefing reporters, said the items were illegally shipped into the country from China.

Two suspects, she added, were arrested in connection with the prohibited items.

Pictures Of Blood Moon Thread : Millions of people will have the opportunity to see a lunar eclipse

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There are lots of bizarre myths around the lunar eclipse. (Many of them peddled by some newspapers.) But here’s the truth in them.

Millions of people will have the opportunity to see a lunar eclipse – an event popularly known in the media as a “ blood moon” – on Friday. Visible for most of the world – only North America and Greenland are expected to miss out – it’s set to be the longest one this century, so there is plenty of time to take a look.

During such an eclipse, the full moon moves into the shadow of the Earth cast by the sun, and is momentarily darkened. Some sunlight still reaches the moon, refracted by the Earth’s atmosphere, however, illuminating it with an ashen to dark red glow, the colour depending on atmospheric conditions.

As a communicator of astronomy , the term “blood moon” is a major thorn in my side, since it suggests something other than a lunar eclipse and conjures images of a moon shimmering in crimson red colours, which is not at all accurate. But as a cultural astronomer, the phrase displays some of the interesting ways in which modern society creates its sky stories.

Lunar eclipses have fascinated cultures across the globe, and inspired several striking myths and legends, many of which portray the event as an omen. This is not surprising, since if anything interrupts the regular rhythms of the sun or moon it impacts strongly upon us and our lives.

Lunar malevolence

For many ancient civilisations, the “blood moon” came with evil intent. The ancient Inca people interpreted the deep red colouring as a jaguar attacking and eating the moon. They believed that the jaguar might then turn its attention to Earth, so the people would shout, shake their spears and make their dogs bark and howl, hoping to make enough noise to drive the jaguar away.

In ancient Mesopotamia, a lunar eclipse was considered a direct assault on the king. Given their ability to predict an eclipse with reasonable accuracy, they would put in place a proxy king for its duration. Someone considered to be expendable (it was not a popular job), would pose as the monarch, while the real king would go into hiding and wait for the eclipse to pass. The proxy king would then conveniently disappear, and the old king be reinstated.

Some Hindu folktales interpret lunar eclipses as the result of the demon Rahu drinking the elixir of immortality. Twin deities the sun and moon promptly decapitate Rahu, but having consumed the elixir, Rahu’s head remains immortal. Seeking revenge, Rahu’s head chases the sun and moon to devour them. If he catches them we have an eclipse – Rahu swallows the moon, which reappears out of his severed neck.

For many people in India, a lunar eclipse bears ill fortune. Food and water are covered and cleansing rituals performed. Pregnant women especially should not eat or carry out household work, in order to protect their unborn child.
In a lunar eclipse, the Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun

A friendlier face

But not all eclipse myths are beset by such malevolence. The Native American Hupa and Luiseño tribes from California believed that the moon was wounded or ill. After the eclipse, the moon would then need healing, either by the moon’s wives or by tribesmen. The Luiseño, for example, would sing and chant healing songs towards the darkened moon.

Altogether more uplifting is the legend of the Batammaliba people in Togo and Benin in Africa. Traditionally, they view a lunar eclipse as a conflict between sun and moon – a conflict that the people must encourage them to resolve. It is therefore a time for old feuds to be laid to rest, a practice that has remained until this day.

In Islamic cultures, eclipses tend to be interpreted without superstition. In Islam, the sun and moon represent deep respect for Allah, so during an eclipse special prayers are chanted including a Salat-al-khusuf, a “prayer on a lunar eclipse”. It both asks Allah’s forgiveness, and reaffirms Allah’s greatness.

A misleading history

Returning once more to blood, Christianity has equated lunar eclipses with the wrath of God, and often associates them with the crucifixion of Jesus. It is notable that Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring, ensuring that an eclipse can never fall on Easter Sunday, a potential mark of Judgement Day.

Indeed, the term “blood moon” was popularised in 2013 following the release of the book Four Blood Moons by Christian minister John Hagee. He promotes an apocalyptic belief known as the “blood moon prophecy” highlighting a lunar sequence of four total eclipses that occurred in 2014/15. Hagee notes that all four fell on Jewish holidays, which has only happened three times before – each apparently marked by bad events.

The prophecy was dismissed by Mike Moore (General Secretary of Christian Witness to Israel) in 2014, but the term is still regularly used by the media and has become a worrying synonym for a lunar eclipse.

Given the enduring superstitions, it is profoundly unhelpful for science communicators trying to remind everyone that the so-called “blood moon” is nothing to be feared. It may be impressive, and it may be the longest for a century, but it is simply an eclipse.

So, by using the term “blood moon”, we are combining superstition with science, just as the Hindu folktale of Rahu provides a legendary description of lunar orbital mechanics.

The “blood moon” attracts interest in the sky and lunar eclipses, but rather than awaiting doom and destruction we can better view it along the lines of the Islamic interpretation – as a monumental illustration of the fascinating and real motions of our solar system. So my suggestion is this: watch the lunar eclipse as the sky unfolds above you. Give it your own name, give it your own meaning, and enjoy it with your friends and family.


Veteran Nollywood actress Eucharia Anunobi Rocks ‘Old School’ In A New Movie

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Renown veteran Nollywood actress Eucharia Anunobi is going bongo in an epic vintage production by MELA Production and we’re loving it.

Eucharia Anunobi since the loss of her 15 years old only son, Raymond to sickle cell anaemia last year has thrown herself into one of the things she knows best, acting and we’re excited about her upcoming movies.

Nollywood Actress Genevieve Nnaji And Oluchi Onweagba Vacation In Style In Italy

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Best friends, Genevieve Nnaji and supermodel Oluchi Onweagba are in Venezia, Italy, on a “mini friendscation” and they are having an amazing experience as can be seen from photos shared online.

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Photos: 23 Members Of Ekiti House Of Assembly Storm Fayose’s Residence

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The twenty-three PDP members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have promised their continued commitment and support to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and governor Ayodele Fayose.

The members who were led by the speaker of the house, pastor Kola Oluwawole on a solidarity visit to the governor on Friday in Ado Ekiti announced this while addressing newsmen.

Speaking on behalf of the assembly members, Dr. Samuel Omotoso who represents Oye Constituency 1, said they were at the government house to intimate the governor that they remain solidly behind him and the party against all odds.

He maintained that the courtesy call was also to register their displeasure over the perceived irregularities that characterized the recently conducted governorship election in the state and to condemned the purported plan to influence the members to impeach governor Fayose.

Dr. Omotosho pointed out that the members were not in any way at war with the incoming administration in the state but that they would refuse every attempt to use them against the sitting governor.

Fallen Container Destroys/Crushes Several Cars Along Tin Can Island Port In Apapa, Lagos

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According to eyewitness (Twitter user) reports, the container fell off and several cars destroyed on Liverpool Road just before Tin Can Island Port in Apapa. Luckily no one died.

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‘Good Samaritan Turns Kidnapper’ Elopes With Lady’s Two Kids After Offering Help In Ogun State

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A Good Samaritan who offered to help a lady crossing a busy road with her 3 kids in Ogun State, reportedly eloped with the lady’s kids.

According to Twitter user @otedola_ the incident occurred in Sagamu, and no one offered to help the lady who was shouting after the good Samaritan forced her two kids into a car and drove off . Read the tweet below;

Something really terrible happened. One woman wanted to cross the road with her 3 kids and one guy offered to help her with two of her kids. The guy crossed before her and put the two kids in a car and ran away . She kept shouting but nobody could help her

Veteran Nollywood actress, Regina Askia and her gorgeous daughter meet with Ooni Of Ife in US

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Veteran Nollywood actress, Regina Askia and her gorgeous daughter Stephanie Hornecker were pictured together with the Ooni of IfeOba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi at a recent event in US.

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Pros And Cons Of Installing A CCTV System In Your Homes Or Offices

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A lot of people feel safe after installing CCTV (Closed Circuit TV) cameras in their homes or businesses thinking it will scare criminals away. Some even go as far as placing a warning sign telling everyone the property is under 24 hours CCTV surveillance yet we see reports of those properties being burgled, robbed and vandalized.

Recently in Lagos we have seen viral CCTV footage of a guy who went into a shop and stole Apple Macbook and till today no word of his arrest despite the fact that he was popular on Instagram. I agree this technology is important to some extent, sometimes it helps discourage criminals but to think it provides all round security is wrong.

The main purpose of CCTV is to observe and record events of the area it covers. Depending on the type of camera, some CCTV cameras are very powerful and can give clear HD recording and a wider view while others just give a blurry narrow view. However, observation alone is not enough.

 

Benefits of installing CCTV

1. Footage from the CCTV Can be used as evidence in the court of law:

There are many instances where criminals deny the crimes and sometimes they go scot free for lack of evidence. There is no better evidence than having a CCTV footage, it is the easiest way to convince a jury.

2. The video recorded can be used to identify criminals

The case of the infamous Offa robbery is a perfect example of how CCTV can be help in identifying criminals. As soon as the images hit social media, people started identifying them and in a matter of days the criminals were all rounded up.

3. For insurance purposes.

Of course collecting insurance money for your stolen property should not be your main motivation for installing CCTV in your property but it helps a great deal especially when the insurance company wants to be difficult. If you have video evidence of what happens, collecting your insurance claim would be more easier.

4. To discourage petty criminals.

Yes I said petty criminals because there’s no way a well organized and sophisticated criminal crew will be worried about your CCTV. A face mask can solve that problem, but a petty thief, shop lifter, bag snatcher etc might be discouraged if he sees CCTV cameras watching him or her from all angles.

5. Requires little or no maintenance.

A CCTV system once installed requires little or no maintenance, once in a while you check if the cables are still intact and you clean the dust particles and so on.

6. It can save lots of money and it’s not expensive.

Think of the amount of money you will spend to hire physical security guards whom you must pay wages every month to cover a big property or office complex. Just install CCTV everywhere and hire few security to watch the screens that’s all. Money has been saved.

Disadvantages:

 

1. It cannot discourage hardened sophisticated criminals.

Oh yes, it can’t and it won’t. A determined criminal will see a CCTV camera as the least of his problems. He can just blast the damn thing away with AK47.

2. It cannot prevent a crime from happening.

A crime that is destined to happen will happen even in the presence of a thousand CCTV cameras working 247. There’s nothing the cameras can do than just record.

3. It does not guarantee that a criminal will be caught.

Few weeks ago in Lagos there is a trending video of a popular Instagram guy who stole a Macbook from a shop and his face went viral because he was caught on CCTV. Till now there’s no word of his arrest and his case is a one among the millions of similar cased captured on CCTV that has gone unsolved.

4. They can also be stolen or vandalized.

Even a CCTV camera can be stolen or vandalized by a criminal and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. The ones that are placed outside a building or on the streets are more vulnerable to theft and vandalism than the ones inside the buildings.

5. The high-end cameras can be expensive.

They also have high-end infra red CCTV cameras with night vision. These ones are much more expensive than the regular CCTVs because they provide high quality HD recording even at night or stormy weather conditions.


Why Baby Mamas And Baby Daddies Will Continue To Be Prevalent In The World

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The African mentality deeply rooted in our DNA gives a man room to consummate with more than one woman. Because of religion, many have come to publicly disregard this trait even though they practice it in private. Before celebrities made the phenomenon popular as a result of social media, it wasn’t strange to hear that a friend, a colleague, a partner has a step sibling his/her parents had outside wedlock or outside their marriage.

In this day and age, because of technology, our inner instincts prevail in a more private environment such as social media. These days, it is the norm for a woman (young girls, even) to have multiple partners online and even in virtual reality. This has grown because of greed and coveteousness. Men, with this knowledge, treat women in general as sexual objects and vessels for procreation. Multiple partners on both sides of the human gender is on the rise. It is only inevitable that at a point in time, an unwanted pregnancy develops even though there isn’t any strong emotional attachment between both parties responsible.

African Americans have over time, turned this behavior into a normal practice. It isn’t strange to find a woman with four kids from four different men and vice versa. Because technology has bridged the gap between us and our African American brothers, we see nothing wrong with the baby mama, baby daddy lifestyle. As a matter of fact, we pride ourselves in it. Also, women who feel they have crossed the threshold of marriageable age, do not mind being a single parent.

It is vital to know that kids brought forth by this kind of unions, regardless of the financial status of their parents develop emotional and psychological characteristics that ensures the cycle prevails. We should keep our self control in check.

I’m writing from a guilty point of view, although I haven’t fathered a child.

Former Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Gusau loses wife Hajiya Binta.

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Former Minister of Defence, General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau has lost his wife, Hajiya Binta.

 

In a condolence message issued in Abuja on behalf of his family, the Government and people of Nigeria, President Buhari said the death of Hajiya Binta came to him “as a great shock.”

 

The President said: “A wife occupies an important place in a man’s life, a bond so strong that we treat our wives like our own flesh and blood. My heart goes out to General Gusau at this emotionally trying moment. Death is inevitable and we are powerless against the will of God. No tears can wipe away our grief, the best tribute to the dead is to pray for them.”

 

The President prayed Allah to comfort General Gusau and members of his family and grant them the fortitude to bear this great loss. “May the soul of Hajiya Binta rest in perfect peace, May Allah reward her good deeds with al- Jannah, Amen,” he said.

Nollywood Actor, Jim Iyke launches new app called ‘OGA WORK’

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Nollywood actor and businessman, Jim Iyke has ventured into a new project as he launches an App called OGA WORK.

 

OGA WORK is said to be a platform for virtue job solutions for everyone. It is an app where one can get artisans to render any kind of services. The app is especially designed for artisans who have passion for their crafts but do not have a space or a store and needs one to take their service to end users. The OGA WORK app will however represent both service providers and users and help push businesses to the front line.

 

According to Jim, the innovative idea of the OGA WORK app is to solve the issue of unemployment in Nigeria. He added that no matter what the skill involved is as far as it is legal, their job as the intermediary is to find an end user. The idea just doesn’t stop there, as intermediaries; they would also advertise businesses to the fore front of the end users.

 

On how secured the platform is, Jim shared that they have partnered with the Commissioner of Police to vet all the service providers, so whoever is coming to work in anyone’s space; whether house, office or hotel is properly vetted and there’s also measures in place to deal with defaulters.

 

The actor is said to be in partnership with Mr. Obie Okoye as they both came up with the whole idea behind the ‘OGAWORK’ organization.

 

Visit: www.ogawork.com for more info.

Two Nigerians of Igbo extraction — Chimamanda Adichie and Nnedi Okorafor have been nominated for an alternative Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Two Nigerians of Igbo extraction — Chimamanda Adichie and Nnedi Okorafor have been nominated for an alternative Nobel Prize for Literature. No Nigerian has won the Nobel Prize for Literature since Wole Soyinka did in 1986.

Congratulations to them!

Pictures Of The New Mercedes A-class Sedan Revealed

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The A-Class Sedan will be launched at the end of 2018. The four-door sedan car has a wheelbase of 2729 millimetres and the proportions of a dynamic and at the same time compact sedan car with short overhangs at the front and rear. It is at the top of its segment with regard to rear headroom. In addition, the sedan model has the familiar A-Class virtues. These include modern, efficient engines, the high level of safety thanks to state-of-the-art driving assistance systems with S-Class functions, and the intuitively operated and learning MBUX – Mercedes-Benz User Experience infotainment system. With a Cd value of 0.22 and a frontal area of 2.19 m², the new A-Class Sedan has the lowest aerodynamic drag of all production vehicles worldwide and thereby defends the world record of the CLA Coupé.

The new A-Class Sedan will be built in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and Rastatt, Germany, and was developed in Sindelfingen, Germany. The new model will be presented to the general public for the first time at the Paris Motor Show (4 to 14 October 2018). Mercedes-Benz already presented the A-Class L Sedan at this year’s Auto China in Beijing in April. This sedan model was developed exclusively as a long-wheelbase version for the Chinese market and is also produced there exclusively.

“Following the successful start of the A-Class, things at Mercedes-Benz are happening in quick succession with regard to the new family of compacts. In response to the wish of many customers, we now offer the A-Class for the first time also as a sedan car”, says Britta Seeger, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, responsible for Mercedes-Benz Cars Marketing and Sales. “Anyone looking for a compact, sporty sedan with a separate boot now has a new attractive alternative. It will enable us to win new customers for Mercedes-Benz“.

The A-Class established today’s compact car segment of Mercedes-Benz in 1997 and since then more than six million compact car models have already been delivered worldwide. The A-Class Sedan as the seventh model further expands the range of compact cars from Mercedes-Benz. A logical addition, because with the C, E and S-Class, Mercedes-Benz has more premium sedan competence than most other manufacturers.

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