The Headies Awards Latest: Why Organisers Changed Venue, Date

1. The producer of The Headies, one of Nigeria's most prestigious musical award events, Ayo Animashaun has explained why the event, which had been scheduled for October 25, 2014 suddenly had a change of date to December 14, 2014 while the venue was also changed to the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos instead of the previously announced Landmark Events Centre in Lekki, Lagos.
   

   
   Animashaun explained that the change was to ensure that the 9th edition of The Headies gave Nigerians a spectacular show. "...and we’re working round the clock to do what we’re best known for,” he added.
   
   Phyno and Kcee presently top the list of nominees with 5 nominations each in a total of 21 categories.
   
   In the Next Rated Category, which comes with the prize of a brand new car, the 5 nominees are Patoranking, Runtown, Orezi, Skales and Yemi Alade.

Jonathan, Sanusi settle rift

L–R: Vice-President Namadi Sambo; President Goodluck Jonathan and Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, at the Presidential Villa... on Thursday

The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, on Thursday visited President Goodluck Jonathan in Aso Rock and allegedly apologised to his host for all his actions and inactions that strained their relationship.

The relationship between the two became strained when the President suspended Sanusi as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Jonathan had suspended Sanusi as the apex bank’s boss over what was described as financial recklessness.

Since his appointment as Emir, Thursday was the first time Sanusi would be visiting the President alone, although he was one of the Northern Traditional Rulers who joined Jonathan in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for the breaking of Ramadan fast on July 23.

A Presidency source, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent that Sanusi used the opportunity of the Thursday meeting to apologise to the President.

The source added that the traditional ruler promised to support the present administration.

He said, “Sanusi during his visit to the President today(Thursday) apologised to the President.

“He actually told the President that all his previous actions against him (the President) were based on misinformation.

“He then promised that going forward, he would be supporting the President and the present administration.”

Sanusi did not speak with State House correspondents at the end of the closed-door meeting.

He was driven in an old model Rolls Royce.

FG Vs Coca Cola, NBC: Court Fixes NOV 4 For Hearing

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The Federal High Court 8, Abuja, under Justice E.S. Chukwu, has fixed Tuesday, November 4 for the hearing of the suit filed by the federal government against Coca Cola Nigeria Limited and Nigeria Bottling Company Limited for alleged violation of the Consumer Protection Council Act.
The global soft drink giant, Coca Cola Nigeria Limited, and its Nigeria’s franchise bottler, Nigeria Bottling Company Limited, are currently facing prosecution for allegedly violating the Orders of the Council, which were given to ensure compliance with laid down safety standards and regulations and enhanced consumers’ welfare.
This was after an administrative panel set up to investigate a consumer complaint regarding two half-empty cans of Sprite manufactured by Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited under the licence and authority of Coca Cola Nigeria Limited found them culpable.
If found guilty, the chief executive officers of both companies risk a jail sentence ranging from three to five years, according to the Nigeria’s Consumer Protection Council Act.
As part of the administrative panel’s recommendations, CPC, a parastatal under the supervision of the ministry of industry, trade and investment, had ordered Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and the Nigerian Bottling Company to subject their manufacturing processes to its inspection for a period of 12 months to ensure compliance with laid down safety standards and regulations, while demanding necessary compensation for the consumer/complainant.
Also, Coca-Cola and NBC were also directed to formulate a shelf-life policy for their products; to review their consumer grievance resolution policy; supply chain management policy, product traceability policy, and to present written assurances that they will refrain from a continuation of any conduct, which is detrimental to the interest of consumers.
In a bold move aimed at ensuring the protection of Nigerian consumers, the federal government last week, dragged the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and their Chief Executives before a Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged criminal breach of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) Act.

LET THE SHADE BEGIN...."RHOA" Star Kenya Moore FIRES SHOTS At Porsha Williams For Riding Her Coattail, Porsha POPS Back

Those darn Georgia peaches are firing shots, throwing shade and reading volumes.  Check the slick exchange that went down between "RHOA" "peach holder" Kenya Moore and "friend of the housewives" Porsha Williams inside...

Season 7 of RHOA won't premiere on BRAVO until Nov. 9th at 8/7c, but the fireworks have already started. It appears that Miss USA Kenya Moore and Porsha Williams have not kissed and made-up since their exchange at last season's reunion became one of the most talked about fights in reality tv history.
During a recent interview with Enstarz, Kenya was asked about Porsha's demotion to "friend" and the shade began. First Kenya said,

"Um, honestly I don't have any thoughts about it." Then she added, "It's just that I've made people relevant on this show for negative occurrences and I'm just not doing that any more. I think people need to stand on their own two feet and not ride my coattails, and you see when they don't ride my coattails, they don't get very far."

Oh ok then.......
Now...Porsha no longer holds a peach, but she IS nationally syndicated on Dish Nation. When she got wind of what Miss USA said, her new co-workers at "DN" didn't waste anytime getting a rise out of her over Kenya's comments. She fired back with,

"She can't be talking about me.  I mean....you'd have to be doing something for somebody to ride your coattail right?  You've got to be on the way to progression and being successful for somebody to ride your coattail.  I thought. Is that not what that means? I'm just sayin...."

Check it here:

As "Hollywood Diva" Golden Brooks would say, "Let the games begin."


By the way, remember when Tamar Braxton threw shade at Kenya last week, calling her thirsty?  Kenya had a few more things to say about that to Enstarz,
"It's so interesting because this is not the first time I've heard that and I was on her show, "The Real" last week, and we were all very pleasant to one another and I think that was the only time I've met her in person and there was a very pleasant exchange. So, to see her say that on Bravo, which is my family and that's my home... So you're going to come into my house and disrespect me? I couldn't just stay quiet about that. If it was someone else, I would just ignore it like I always do. But you don't get to come into my house and disrespect me. I was disappointed by her but I will always be nice to her. And I will continue to be nice to her because that's just who I am. But sometimes, when people see you shining--again, she was in my house so maybe she felt some type of way about that."

Whole family paralysed after eating deadly pufferfish

Pufferfish poison is 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide (Picture: Getty Images)

Eleven members of the same family are in critical condition in hospital after accidentally cooking and eating a poisonous pufferfish.
The Souza family, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were given the fish as a gift by a family friend who had just returned from a fishing expedition.
But only seconds after taking their first bite of the fish, family members began to throw up, before losing all feeling in their face, arms and legs.

Pufferfish or fugu is a delicacy in Japan (Picture: Getty Images)

‘My husband was the first to say he couldn’t feel his tongue, then his face, and then his arms. Then his legs went dead and he couldn’t stand up any more. It was terrifying,’ said Cristiane Souza.
‘My brother-in-law was the same. He didn’t even make it out the door. We had to carry them out and rush them to hospital in a car.’

The family had no idea that what they were eating was a deadly pufferfish, which contains a toxin 1,200 times more lethal than cyanide – a drop of which can kill in under 24 hours.
Pufferfish – a delicacy known as fugu in Japan – is strictly controlled and only chefs who have qualified after three years training are permitted to prepare the fish.
Nevertheless, statistics from the Tokyo Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health say 20 to 44 incidents of fugu poisoning happened every year between 1996 and 2006 in the country – and one incident can carry multiple casualties.
There is no known cure for the poison, which paralyses the body and eventually suffocates the victim while they are still awake. Doctors can fight the poison by quickly emptying the stomach and feeding patients activated charcoal to bind the toxin.

World’s longest snake Thelma the python has virgin birth

Thelma weighs 91kg and is six feet long (Picture: Louisville Zoo)

A reticulated python who holds the title of world’s longest snake has had a virgin birth, a study revealed.
Thelma, 11, produced six female offspring in June 2012 at Louisville Zoo in Kentucky – despite no male being anywhere near the 200lb (91kg) snake.
And new DNA evidence published in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society has revealed that the six-foot snake is the sole parent in what is the first example of virgin birth in reticulated pythons.
‘We didn’t know what we were seeing. We had attributed it to stored sperm,’ the zoo’s curator of cold-blooded animals, Bill McMahan, told National Geographic.
‘I guess sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.’

Some of the offspring resemble their mother, while others have completely different patterns (Picture: Louisville Zoo)

Virgin births – known as parthenogenesis – occur when cells produced with an animal’s egg that would normally die behave like sperm and fuse with the egg.
And while it has been documented in other animals – boa constrictors, birds and sharks, for example – scientists are still unsure as to why it happens.
Mr McMahan has speculated that in Thelma’s case, her virgin birth may have been triggered by ideal living conditions.
‘It takes a lot out of pythons to reproduce, and she had everything she needed. I had fed her a really big meal, 40lbs of chicken,’ he said.
‘She was living in an exhibit larger than the typical size. There were heat pads. Everything was optimal.’
Despite having only one parent, the offspring are half-clones, with some looking similar to her and others displaying different patterns altogether.
While they are healthy in the zoo, they would struggle in the wild because they are ‘highly inbred and often die early’, said biologist Warren Booth, of the University of Tulsa, said.