Ben Affleck reveal he turn down a role on "Star Wars"

Ben Affleck has told Bill Simmons that he was offered 'Star Wars' before J.J. Abrams and he turned it down. According to TMZ, Ben doesn't come right out and say it but, in so many words, he makes it clear during the HBO show.

Edo PDP tells Ali Modu Sheriff to stay away from Edo Politics

The Edo State Chap­ter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday warned the embattled National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ali Modu Sher­iff, to steer clear of the politics of the state which had brought Pas­tor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the party candidate for the September 10 gover­norship election.

Senator Sheriff, who had on Tuesday declared the emergence of the party governorship can­didate as illegal, fixed between 23rd and 29th June for the party prima­ries.

Chairman of the PDP in the state, Chief Dan Osi Orbih, who spoke to newsmen yesterday in Benin City, stated that there is no romance be­tween Abuja politics and that of the state, urging the self-acclaimed chair­man and his cohorts to stop intervening in mat­ters relating to the gover­norship election.

TRENDING: Groom sting by Snake While on an Adventure to Snap Wedding Photo

An adventure wedding photographer in Colorado has while taking a photoshoot session with a couple, caught the moments bite a groom as he was posing for photos with his bride.

Speaking about the incident, the Photographer identified as Maddie Mae said: “I often wade through the chest-high water, hike into jungles in Costa Rica, or go on 10-mile hikes with couples on their wedding day. I would never have guessed that my only indoor church wedding this year, in my hometown, would actually become the biggest adventure, and my craziest wedding story to date."

According to a report by NewYork Post, the couple known as Johnny and Laura Benson were walking by Horsetooth Reservoir near Fort Collins, just about 50 feet from a parking lot last weekend when the snake bit the groom in the ankle. They were about taking an adventurous wedding shoot.

Senate invite CBN Governor and Min. of Communication Over Reduction of MTN Fine

The senate has summoned Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Adebayo Shittu, minister of communication, and Abubakar Malami, minister of justice over the reduction of MTN fine.

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) had imposed a fine of N1.04trn on MTN for failing to disconnect millions of unregistered phone lines.

But after a series of horse-trading, the government reduced the fine to N330 billion, which the telecommunications giant agreed to pay.

However, the legislature said the federal government did not carry it along in the process of reducing the fine.

Woman Divorces Paralyzed Husband, Marries His Best Friend So They Can Take Care of Him Together

The woman called Xie Xiping in China divorced her husband after he got paralysed, married his best friend, and together they are now taking care of her ex, Xu Xihan.

Xu Xihan and Xie Xiping, from the Chinese city of Ankang, in China’s Shanxi Province, got married in 1996, and had a daughter the very next year. Their life was a happy one, and a few years later Xieping gave birth to a healthy baby boy who brought them, even more, joy.

However, according to Oddity Central, tragedy struck in 2002, when Xu Xihan was involved in a terrible accident which left him paralyzed from the waist down. He received 40,000 yuan ($6,000) in compensation, but lost his ability to walk, forever.

Oh Dear! See Baby Born With Brain Growing Outside His Head

This is the amazing story of Bentley Yoder was diagnosed with Encephalocele – a serious condition which causes gaps in the developing skull, letting the brain grown outside – while in the womb. His case was life threatening and approximately one to four babies per 100,000 in the US.

According to a Dailystar report, Doctors gave Bentley a grim prognosis and told his parents he wouldn’t live long past birth if he even reached that far. They had advised Sierra and Dustin Yoder to abort their child, but they refused.

Sierra said: “It was a very dark time. There was no hope he would survive.”

 Amazingly, Bentley lived through his birth and his brave mum and dad have never given up hope to one day find a cure for their son. Now, their perseverance has paid off.

See Leather-Look-alike Material made from Pineapple Leaves (PHOTOs)

Animal leather alternatives like Polyurethane and PVC leather may have solved the fashion industry’s animal cruelty problem, but they are not the most environmentally friendly solutions.

Piñatex – a new leather-like material made from pineapple leaves – on the other hand, may just be the all-around eco-leather we’ve all been waiting for.

Piñatex or “vegan leather” is the invention of Dr Carmen Hijosa and her innovative materials company, Ananas Anam. While working in the Philippines as a consultant to the Product Development and Design Center of the Philippines in the ‘90s, she discovered the properties of pineapple leaf fibers and dedicated her life to creating sustainable alternatives to leather and petroleum-based textiles.

After years of research, Ananas Anam has finally come up with what it believes is a viable alternative to animal leather. It recently showcased the versatility of Piñatex during a presentation held at the Royal College of Art in London, where designers displayed various clothing items and accessories made exclusively from the revolutionary material.

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This new vegan leather is made from bonded fibers that are extracted from pineapple leaves on plantations by farmers before they are cut up and layered. These fibers than going through an industrial process that yields the innovative Piñatex textile.

The canvas-like materials can then be dyed, printed and treated to give it different thicknesses and types of texture, including leather. The production creates a byproduct of biomass which can be returned to the farmers to be used as fertilizer on their plantations.

To produce one square meter of medium thickness Piñatex, 480 pineapple leaves are required. That may seem like a lot, but it’s only the leaves from 16 pineapples, leaves which are otherwise just left to rot in the fields after the pineapples are picked.

 

PHOTOs: Saraki signed the procurement act into law

The Senate on Thursday, June 16, passed the procurement act into law to make buying Nigerian made goods compulsory.

The bill is titled a bill for an act to amend the public procurement act to provide for ans adopt a local content policy and timely completion of procurement and for other related matters, 2016.

This decision was taken after consideration of the report of the committee on public procurement sponsored by Joshua Dariye representing Plateau West senatorial district.

The bill is titled procurement act 2007 (amendment) bill 2007 (SB. 232).

Fashionable thieves caught on CCTV stealing a pensioner's purse

Police are now in the hunt for a Brazen thieves who was caught stealing a pensioner's purse as she shopped in Aldi.

The men who targeted the unsuspecting elderly woman by dipping into her bag as she reached for items on the bottom shelf of a refrigerated section in the Birmingham-store.

CCTV footage shows the two crooks approach the woman and while one walks over to distract her the other reaches into her bag, which was hanging from a hook on the trolley, and steals her purse

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Former world No 1 golfer withdraw from Rio Olympics due to fear of Zika virus

Former world No. 1 golfer, Rory Mcllroy, announced that he would no longer be able to represent Northern Ireland at the games after he sought advice from close associates.

“After speaking with those closest to me, I’ve come to realize that my health, and my family’s health, comes before anything else,” Mcllroy said.

“Even though the risk of infection from the Zika virus is considered low, it is a risk nonetheless, and a risk I am unwilling to take.”

BREAKING: Nigerian Senate adjourns till July 12

The Nigerian Senate has taken a two-weeks break from its activities. The decision was announced today, June 23, by Senate President, Bukola Saraki. 

According to Saraki, the upper chamber will adjourn plenary until Tuesday, July 12. It is not clear why the Senate embarked on this long break.

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Serious flooding in parts of UK as a result Heavy rain and thunderstorms (PHOTOS)

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Heavy rain has caused serious flooding in some parts of the UK. There is a major disruption to the rail network, with many routes blocked by water and a number of London Underground lines have been suspended due to the rising floods. 

It has also affected homes, commercial properties, roads and even vehicles have been trapped. Some properties were reportedly struck by lightning, which also brought down a tree. 

President Buhari Gets New CSO

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja charged public officers entrusted with certain responsibilities to live up to their duties and justify the confidence reposed in them as this was the only way Nigeria can get out of the current hardships facing the nation.

President Buhari said this while decorating two of the newly promoted officers of the Nigerian Police Force deployed to his office with their new ranks.

Abdulkarim Dauda and Kayode Sikiru Akande, both promoted from the position of Assistant Commissioner of Police to Deputy Commissioner of Police, serve as the Chief Personal Security Officer to the President and the Officer in Charge of Presidential Movement respectively.

See Australian man who managed to escape from Nigerian kidnappers (PHOTO)

Three Australians working for a Perth-based mining company in Nigeria were among a group of seven men kidnapped after their vehicle was attacked in the country's south-east.

One of the group, West Australian Tim Croot, managed to escape along with a Nigerian driver. Mr Coot is being assisted by consular officials.

The hold-up, in which the driver was also shot dead, happened in the Akpabuyo district near the capital of Cross River State, Calabar, about 7am local time on Wednesday, June 22.

Mikel Obi enjoys vacation time with is Russian Girlfriend

Footballer Mikel Obi pictured with his partner, Olga Diyachenko, during their ongoing family vacation. Olga shared a pic of the both of them wearing the sun shades of their twin girls and captioned it, "When parents steal your shades"

Female Corp Member gruesomely burnt to death in a fatal accident in Akwa Ibom State (Graphic Image)

This terrible accident occurred yesterday in Mbiokporo Nsit, Nsit Ibom local government area, along Aka Etinan road by JW ground, Akwa Ibom. 

According to eye witnesses, an unidentified female NYSC corp member who was a passenger, burnt to death while others escaped. 

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So Hilarious! Football Player Shown Red Card For ... (See Reason)

SK's Adam Lindin Ljungkvist of club Pershagen a division 9 match in Sweden was sent off for farting, an action the referee termed "unsportsmanlike behaviour" after he farted loudly in a game against Jarna SK's reserve team.

The game was almost over and Adam Lindin Ljungkvist was already on a yellow card, until he polluted the air and was booked for the second time with a yellow card- an automatic red card.

EFCC arraigns NNPC officials over Fuel Diversion

The EFCC has arraigned the duo of Munzali Ahmed and Alex Bala before Honourable Justice Idrissa Kolo of the Federal High Court, Kano.

The arraignment of the duo is based on a one count charge bordering on diversion of petrol by the accused persons. READ ALSO: Controversy: EFCC boss in trouble, attacked by Buhari’s chief of staff Munzali Ahmed is the sales representative of NNPC in Dutse, Jigawa state while Alex Bala is the NNPC sales representative in Hotoro, Kano. 

They were arrested by EFCC Operatives Special Task Force in March 2016 following intelligence reports of their nefarious activities. 

Wow! See What a Baby born during Ramadan is doing... (PHOTO)

According to a post by twitter use @indianOccupied this baby was born with his hands raised up like one who wants to pray at iftar (time of breaking the Ramadan fast) and has remained this way since then. 

His little arms are raised in a ‘prayerful mood’ as seen in the picture above.

Federal Government reveals why Sambo Dasuki must undergo secret trial

The federal government has insisted that all witnesses that would testify against the former national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki must be protected. 

At a hearing in court today, June 23, the prosecuting counsel, Dipo Okpesyi said if not protected, the witnesses in that would testify during the trial stand a risk of being harmed by loyalists to the former national security adviser. 

Okpesyi in his argument said that Dasuki still has strong ties and many loyalists serving in the military. He said these loyalists might go after the witnesses followings the outcome of their testimonies during his trial. 

He also told the court that during the investigation of the matter, many sophisticated weapons were discovered from Dasuki. Okpeseyi said that the weapons discovered indicate that the defendant poses as a threat to national security. 

Read Prostitutes new gimmicks for Soliciting for Customers

Lets just say with the hash economy situation of our country everyone is re-branding and coming up with various means to booster or attract new customer and the prostitutes is not left our. Read their new gimmicks which they have come up with.

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An Abuja resident, Musa (surname withheld) closed from work on a Friday night and decided to pick some snacks at an eatery in the AYA axis of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). As soon as he pulled up his car, two girls rushed to him, one standing by the driver’s side and the other by the passenger’s side clutching some weather-beaten bottles of cough medicines.

Barcelona Transfer News: Neymar not going anywhere

Barcelona refuse to consider a potential exit for superstar Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain or elsewhere.

The Brazil international has been linked with a move to the Ligue 1 giants and Premier League outfit Manchester United.

However, Barca financial vice-president Susana Monje said there was not even a consideration for the 24-year-old leaving Camp Nou.

HELP! My Husband Impregnated Our Landlord’s Daughter

Please someone needs your help in a very complicated issue...

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I have been through a lot this year. My landlord threatened to send us packing because I refused to sleep with him, and we owe him rent for 18 months. 

I am a youth corp member and my husby is a civil servant, but he always complain of the salary not been enough for our upkeep. I decided to tell my husby of the landlord’s threat and he was so angry. He wanted to go and fight with the landlord, but I didn’t allow him since we owe him a lot of money, I didn’t want him to throw us out. 

SHOCKING! Video of Malnourished Children of Boko Haram Terror Survivors (WATCH)

Watch this heartbreaking video of survivors from Boko Haram terror in Bama, Borno State. The video isn't just the problem, but the condition of the kids suffering from Malnutrition is just so sad ... Even the volunteer couldn't bear the condition of the children ...

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Meet PDP Factional leader Ali Modu Sheriff Lovely Family

The wife of the PDP Factional leader, Halti Ali Modu Sheriff turned 52 years old yesterday and celebrated with her husband and their children.

Billionaire heiress Tamara Ecclestone's slam critics of her breastfeeding picture

The 31-year-old daughter to Formula 1 billionaire, Bernie Ecclestone was slammed by trolls who say she's oversharing for posting an image of herself breastfeeding her child. They told her the images were 'gross' and that there was 'no need' for her to post pictures of her 't*** hanging out. In response 

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Meet the #TEAMUS Olympic Male Gymnasts

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The U.S. men's gymnastics team trials for the 2016 Olympic Games will be holding soon. Gymnasts will vie for the eight coveted spots on the American squad, consisting of 5 team members and three alternates. People magazine conducted an exclusive interview with these elite gymnasts and here are some of their photos. 

Husband on the run after hacking wife with machete (Graphic Photo)

A report shared by a Ghanaian yesterday, a school teacher who was simply identified as Emma is on the run after he allegedly brutally hacked his wife with machete. She wrote;

"How could you emma F ighting a woman and butchering. Her won't make you a man But evil. God have mercy on humanity. Where ever you are Remember you can run. But you cant hide. And God be with you. I never know you of this. A teacher butcher his wife" 

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"I pray those wounded in Orlando Massacre, die" - U.S Pastor

Texas pastor Donnie Romero of the Stedford Baptist Church delivered a sermon last week in which he said he agreed that the Orlando club attack victims were perverts who deserved death.

The Fort Worth pastor said, “These 50 sodomites are all perverts and pedophiles and they are the scum of the Earth and the Earth is a little bit better place now.” he said according to NYdailyNews.

He later said that those not slaughtered in Omar Mateen’s attack should be killed.