Kim Kardashian has reportedly been told that her $4million diamond ring is unlikely to reappear. The diamond ring given to her by Kanye West has probably been shipped straight to Antwerp’s diamond district in Belgium after robbers took it from her Parisian apartment. The prosecutor’s office said this week that the jewels had not been retrieved. Five people disguised as police arrived at the apartment hotel where Kardashian West was staying during Paris Fashion Week in October, and stole valuables including a ring valued at 4 million euros and a jewellery box valued at 5 million euros. Kardashian West, who…
Author: David Folami
French police suspect that a 72-year-old convicted cocaine dealer was among five masked gunmen who broke into Kim Kardashian’s apartment and robbed her of jewels worth millions last year, sources close to the probe said Wednesday. Pierre B. – nicknamed “Pierrot” – was arrested Monday at a villa near the Mediterranean in a series of coordinated raids in Paris and the south of the country over the October 3 robbery. Since his conviction for cocaine trafficking in 2006 he had appeared on the police radar “from time to time” over his links to criminal gangs in southern France, a local…
Drake has reportedly just bought his new beau Jennifer Lopez a pretty expensive necklace. E! News reports the 30-year-old rapper dropped $100,000 on a platinum and diamond Tiffany Victoria necklace for Jennifer Lopez last week. We learned he gave the jewellery to her as a gift on New Year’s Eve to prove his love for her. This is not the first time the OVO boss would be buying an extravagant gift for a lady. Last year after Rihanna won the 2016 MTV Video Vanguard Award Drake surprised her with a billboard, which read, “Congratulations to Rihanna from Drake and Everyone…
Luis Enrique says it would have been ridiculous to doubt Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar after the South American trio fired Barcelona into the quarterfinal of the Copa del Rey with a 3-1 win over Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday. Barca had failed to win either of their opening two games since the turn of the year, while Neymar was without a goal since October in all competitions for his club. However, all three were on target as the Blaugrana overturned a first-leg deficit against Athletic to keep alive their hopes of winning the Spanish Cup for a third consecutive…
Ronaldinho has revealed in The Players’ Tribune that the proudest moment of his career was “helping to change football in Barcelona” through his style of play. The former Brazil international won the World Cup, the Champions League, La Liga, Serie A and the Ballon d’Or in a career spanning three decades. But he said he looked back most fondly on the impact he made at Barcelona after joining from Paris Saint-Germain in 2003. In a letter to his eight-year-old self, he wrote: “What you’ll be most proud of is helping to change football in Barcelona through your style of play.…
Southampton head to Liverpool in the driving seat after Nathan Redmond’s strike secured a narrow victory in the EFL Cup semifinal first leg. Jurgen Klopp’s men finished runners-up in the competition last season and return to Anfield needing to overturn a 1-0 loss to the side they have raided for key players in recent years. Redmond’s first-half strike was the difference at a packed-out St Mary’s, bringing a timely end to Southampton’s four-match winless run in all competitions on their first appearance in the last four of a major competition since 2003. Claude Puel’s men rallied manfully after a sluggish…
The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it sealed over 200 bakeries between January and December, 2016 in Kwara over unhealthy production. The Coordinator of NAFDAC in Kwara, Mrs Roseline Ajayi disclosed this during in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in llorin on Wednesday. Ajayi said that the over 200 bakeries sealed in 2016 across the 16 local government areas of the state were producing bread in unhealthy environment “which constitutes health hazard to the residents of the state.’’ According to the coordinator, some other offences by the sealed bakeries are selling…
Former Senate Majority Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, has said that Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, might be removed from his position. Ndume made the comment on Wednesday, January 11, after his removal on Tuesday, January 10. The All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus of the Senate removed Ndume and appointed Senator Ahmed Lawan in his place. “If today, just like that, without telling somebody and he goes out (is removed) … If it is Ndume today and he goes out, it may be, God forbid, Ekweremadu tomorrow,” he said. Ndume had earlier expressed shock at his removal which he said was…
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has warned that petrol might soon be scarce in the country. The warning was given on Tuesday, January 10, by IPMAN Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Dankigari. Dakingari said that a scarcity was imminent because the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was no longer loading petrol. “If care is not taken there will be fuel (petrol) scarcity because private depots have started increasing their rates; they are selling the product at a higher rate now in Calabar,” he told The Nation. “Secondly, the cost of diesel is increasing. It is between N250 to…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo isn’t comfortable with the way some Nigerians roll out the drums for persons whose sources of income can’t be explained. President Muhammadu Buhari rode to power on the back of a promise to crack down on official graft and endemic corruption. On Tuesday, his Vice President urged anti-corruption agencies in the country to step up their engagement with the Nigerian public, especially because there are still persons who think that when a politician who is their “kinfolk steals, it is permissible”. Osinbajo made the observation while meeting with a delegation of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against…
The Code of Conduct Tribunal has adjourned the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki to Jan. 17, to enable the prosecution to present more witnesses. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, adjourned the matter following request for more time by the prosecution counsel, Mr Rotimi Jacobs. Umar said the tribunal was doing all it can to work by the provisions of Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), on the matter. “We are bound by the ACJA; we are trying to be lenient with all the parties. This matter is hereby adjourned to Jan. 17 for continuation of hearing,” Jacobs…
The Federal Government on Wednesday says she will no longer recognise Taiwan as a country but rather pledged support for One China. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this while answering questions from newsmen after a joint news conference with the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs in Abuja. Onyeama said Nigeria had withdrawn all diplomatic relations with Taiwan as a country, adding that Taiwanese office in Abuja would be shut down and be relocated to Lagos. According to him, Nigeria has communicated Taiwan and they are moving to Lagos as soon as possible. “Taiwan will stop enjoying…
Seems like 2017 is the year of flaunting everything! Relationships, cars…. including money. Obviously, there’s no recession in the entertainment industry. ‘Stand by you’ star, Kcee took to Instagram today, January 10, 2017, to show off wads of dollars stuffed into a bag. “Shut up! I’m still making the money in bags. Keep talking while I keep balling,” he wrote in a post since taken down, slamming unnamed critics. This comes six days after he showed off bundles of dollars on Snapchat. He took to Snapchat on January 4, 20117, to show off bundles of dollars and his new Louboutin…
Nollywood actress Ini Edo was recently in Dubai where she enjoyed a new year vacation. The globe-trotter was seen in various spots in the beautiful city. She also shared photos and videos of herself cruising in a Rolls Royce. And now, she’s back! But this time she touched down in a chopper! The movie star arrived an undisclosed location in a helicopter balling out of it like the star that she is.
Uche Jombo has shared a darling picture of herself with her husband Kenney Rodriguez. The “Wives On Strike” actress took to Instagram to celebrate her husband’s birthday, today, January 10, 2017. She caption the picture:; “My Capricorn king”. Rodriguez and Jombo got married in a private ceremony 2012. They welcomed their first child together in May 2015. The Nollywood star began her acting career in 1999 when she appeared in the movie ‘Visa To Hell’. Since her debut she has appeared in over 60 movies
Nollywood actor Kunle Remi says last year was full of challenging times. He took to Instagram on January 11, 2017, recounting how a fan mistakenly cut him with a glass cup. According to him, “The Year 2016 was so much and more.. Let me start with the month of November 2016 which was one of the most challenging times of my life. My mind was open to so many things, I had more insight about my self, my Industry, life and the people in it. I learned a lot. On the 7th of November 2016 I had an accident. On…
Two months after the jaw breaking scandal stirred up by the arrest of Seun Egbegbe for the theft of nine iPhones, the filmmaker has been spotted. This time the Ebony Films boss was seen at a party after reportedly fleeing Nigeria for Malaysia. Daily Post reports that Toyin Aimakhu’s ex-lover jetted out to Malaysia and has been unreachable following fresh allegations of an alleged $3000 fraud revealed by a MultiChoice dealer in Ibadan. According to the reports, the Ebony Productions CEO left the country for Malaysia, in a bid to escape the controversies which have trailed him following the phone…
Last month, December 23, 2016, at the Headies 2016, Wizkid apparently snubbed Eva Alordiah’s fiance, Caesar Ume-Ezeoke. Just when the world got over that snub that was a viral shot for memes and funny videos, the TV personality goes on to react to the viral clip through a rap verse. According to Caesar, “So, it’s a must that I become great,” he rapped in a post he captioned, “Addressing certain issues in a verse… #headies2016”, adding that having a 6-pack doesn’t mean a ‘nigga’ is cashless. Meanwhile, recall that Wizkid apologised for curving the TV personality at the ceremony. The…
Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller has told Sport Bild he does not “enjoy being classed” as a striker and sees himself “as a mix between a midfielder and a striker.” Muller, 28, has only scored a single Bundesliga goal this season, ending his scoring drought in the league after 999 minutes with a strike in Bayern’s 5-0 win against Wolfsburg last month. He also failed to score for Germany at Euro 2016. Bayern legend Lothar Matthaus recently expressed his doubt over whether there is a spot for Muller in Carlo Ancelotti’s attacking 4-2-3-1 system. However, Muller said: “You can interpret that…
Luis Suarez scored his 100th goal for Barcelona on Wednesday. The Uruguayan striker reached the milestone with a superb 35th-minute volley of a Neymar cross in Barca’s 3-1 Copa del Rey last-16 second-leg tie. Suarez, 29, moved from Liverpool to the Camp Nou for €81.72 million in the summer of 2014, and needed just 120 matches to achieve his century of goals with the club. Wednesday’s match also marked the 300th goal scored by the Barca strike trio consisting of Suarez, Lionel Messi and Brazilian teammate Neymar. Neymar and Messi each collected Barca’s second and third goals, respectively, in Wednesday’s…