Big Brother Africa StarGame 2012: Hologram causes tension in Downville

Tension arose in Downville this morning when the downvillers saw Roki’s hologram in the lounge.

The hologram took them by surprise as they met the unexpected.

They all gathered in the lounge with their bedding to see what Biggie had for them.

The first hologram was of DKB who told them about all the opulence in Upville.

Roki took them through the amazing Upville Housemates, describing each one of them in an alluring manner.

This left the Downvillers stunned and confused about what awaits them in Upville. However, none of them seemed to know any of the mentioned VIPs as they just stared at the wall as if in a trance.

They had witnessed a number of their Housemates leave Downville and Roki mentioned none of them. It must have got them thinking. However, Roki eased the tension by saying “I look forward to welcoming all of you here.”

Blatter calls for alternative to penalty shoot-outs

Blatter was speaking to delegates at the FIFA Congress on Friday less than a week after Chelsea beat Bayern Munich on penalties to win the Champions League final.

“Football can be a tragedy when you go to penalty kicks. Football is a team game when it goes to one against one football loses its essence,” Blatter said.

“Perhaps Franz Beckenbauer, with his Football 2014 group, can show us a solution, perhaps not today but in the future.”

Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup with Germany as both a player and manager was among the delegates at the congress, was not immediately available for comment but his views are well known on the matter.

The German has said he would rather have penalties than either a golden or silver goal which were used briefly to determine matches.

Blatter has been calling for reforms to the game for a while and this is not the first time he has said he wanted to see penalty shootouts replaced.

But the fact he made the comment in his speech to delegates underlines his desire for the Football Committee to take some action on the issue.

Dozens of high profile finals, including the 1994 and 2006 World Cup finals, European Championships and Champions League finals have all been decided on penalties since they were introduced in their modern format in 1970.

Nigerian Immigration Service arrests 25 suspected illegal Chinese nation...

Can't believe this ooh, Twenty five suspected illegal Chinese nationals were on Wednesday arrested during a routine raid by the Lagos State command of the Nigerian Immigration Service.

5 GTBank Employees Arrested For Attempted Robbery At Gbagada

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended 11 armed robbery suspects including five workers of Guaranty Trust Bank.

One of the workers, a senior marketing executive of the bank’s branch in Gbagada, is currently being interrogated by detectives at the state’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

According to reports made available to PUNCH Metro, the senior marketing executive allegedly conspired with two security personnel of the bank and two other staff to perpetrate the robbery of a customer who was to deposit some money running into millions of naira.

The bank workers were said to have invited one Sadiq, believed by the police to be a notorious armed robber in the state, who in turn invited six other members of his gang.

The gang allegedly procured guns in Lagos and ordered for more from Edo State.

The robbery was foiled when policemen through intelligence report got information of the planned robbery. The policemen stormed the bank premises incognito on the day the robbery was to take place.

It was learnt that one of the suspects had told the police that their weapons including two pistols were already concealed in the bank’s Computer Central Processing Unit with plans to use them on the day of the robbery.

The robbers who pretended to be customers of the bank had dressed in suits while Sadiq wore a kaftan. But they did not know that plain-clothed policemen had cordoned off the area while some other policemen were in the banking hall.

A police source said, “The suspected robbers got more than what they expected when detectives rounded them up and whisked them to the state police command headquarters.”

One of the suspects further confessed that the bank’s marketing executive gave them money to procure the arms and ammunition.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Jaiyeoba, confirmed the arrest in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Wednesday.

He, however, said further investigations were still ongoing with a view of ensuring that all those connected with the incident were arrested.

Jaiyeoba said, “The employees of the bank that were arrested were actually four in number. They planned with the security guard who then recruited armed robbers for them.

“The security guard’s job was to plant the guns inside the CPU of the computer so that when the armed robbers came in, they would be able to enter as normal customers.

“The robbers planned to rob after closing hours when customers were no longer allowed access into the banking hall. The commander, MOPOL 2, was able to get wind of the plan and led his team to the bank.

“They arrested the security guard who later confessed and gave his accomplices up. Meanwhile, investigations are ongoing.”

D'Banj Surprises Pupils at Plumsted Manor School

Really going international....

FUNKE AKINDELE’S ‘NIKKAI’

                                                                                  Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele also known as ‘Jenifa’ took her first step to holy matrimony today Thursday, May 24, 2012 as she observed her Islamic wedding rite (Nikkai) to her socialite and politician fiancé Kenny Almaroof.

The event which was held at her Ikeja residence was attended by few family members and close friends.

According to her reps Big Sam Media, ‘The wedding will still hold on Saturday, May 26, 2012, at All Seasons Plaza Agidingbi, Ikeja’.

GOODLUCK JONATHAN FEATURES IN VOGUE ITALIA

Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, has been featured in the Vogue L’uomo section of the May/June 2012 edition of Vogue Italia.

The feature details the interview which the magazine’s editor Franca Souzani had with the President, the Vice-President Namadi Sambo, as well as the Ministers of Petroleum and Culture and Tourism.

During their chat, Jonathan revealed plans to revive the textile industry, set up an African luxury shopping area similar to California’s Rodeo drive in Lagos or Abuja, along with fashion weeks of repute, such as Mercedes Fashion week in the U.K.

Less than a month ago, U.S based TIME magazine named Jonathan as one of the most influential people in the world.