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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HARRY POTTER!

BOOKS ,  FAMOUS PERSONALITIES ,  PERSPECTIVE By Janice Rodrigues Come July 31, our favourite boy wizard will be celebrating yet another birthday. But it’s probably high time we stop referencing Harry Potter as a ‘boy’ wizard; if he was indeed 12 years old in 1992 (mentioned in The Chamber of Secrets when he celebrated the deathday anniversary of Nearly Headless Nick) then the protagonist in J.K. Rowling’s magical series is — wait for it — turning 39 this year. In fact, this might be one of the biggest factors that distinguishes ‘the boy who lived’ from other fictional characters and endears him to a generation — the fact that readers actually get to grow up with him. Other than the seven best-selling books that capture his teen years, fans can also catch a glimpse of adult Harry through Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a stage-play set 19 years after the events of The Deathly Hallows. Like all avid fans, I too couldn’t wait to get my hands on this scrip...

OBBBNaijaSpecial: Jeff, Mike, Omashola and Tacha To Battle It Out In Close Eviction Nomination

Another nomination Monday came and the Big Brother Naija “Pepper Dem” housemates did the usual, by choosing the housemates they feel should be evicted from the house. The result however leaves a strong competition as three favourites from the show; Tacha, Mike and Omashola was nominated, alongside Jeff, who is also a decent contender but secured the third least votes from last week. For the second time running, the Veto Power ‘Save and Replace’ has been cancelled by Big Brother. The first time was when all the Housemates were Nominated for Eviction and the second time – when none of the Housemates won the Veto Power Game of Chance. Frodd who won the Head of House challenge is the only housemate who was automatically saved from eviction. Jeff had eight nominations, Omashola had four while Mike and Tacha had three each....

Meek Mill Off Probation, Becomes A Free Man After 10 Years Of Legal Bondage

Rapper Meek Mill has officially won his battle to receive a new trial relating to a 2008 conviction on gun and drug charges. The entire conviction has been overturned and Meek will get a new trial, thanks to overwhelming evidence of police corruption. Meek’s parole violation was also overturned, and now for the first time in over a decade, the Philly rapper is a free man. The excited rapper took to his Instagram few hours ago to make the announcement, He wrote: “As of right now I’m not on probation and I am not a felon anymore 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾   today was mega!!! Before today’s great news, Meek had been on probation for over 10 years for the crimes, which he maintains he never committed. The rapper began a two and a half year battle with Judge Genece Brinkley, who was overseeing his probation for several years. Judge Brinkley sent Meek back to prison in November of 2017 for a series of minor infractions, which landed him a two-year prison sen...

Breaking: Deputy Commissioner Of Police Murdered By Shiites In Abuja

The Nigerian Police have released picture of the Deputy Police Commissioner, Usman Umar Belel that was killed during a clash between Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN also known as Shiites and the Nigerian Police Force at the National Assembly area earlier today in Abuja. He was reported to have been hit by a bullet while trying to pacify the protesting Shi’ite members. He later died at an undisclosed hospital and has been buried this evening according to Islamic rites. His janaiza prayers were held about some few hours ago at the Abuja Central Mosque.

It’s Here! Listen to Beyoncé’s “The Lion King: The Gift” Album feat Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Burna Boy, Mr Eazi, Yemi Alade, Tekno

“The Lion King: The Gift,” the Beyoncé-curated and produced album has been released! Beyoncé, on Tuesday,  released the tracklist for the album . “I wanted to make sure we found the best talent from Africa and not just use some of the sounds and did my interpretation of it. I wanted it to be authentic to what is beautiful about the music in Africa,” Beyoncé said in an ABC special. Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Mr Eazi, Yemi Alade, Tekno  are the Nigerian artists who are featured in the album. Ghanaian dancehall star  Shatta Wale , South Africa’s  Busiswa  and  Moonchild   Sanelly , and Cameroon’s  Salatiel , are also featured in the album. Jay-Z, Childish Gambino, Blue Ivy  and  Kendrick Lamar  also feature in the album. Listen below: Sources: bellanaija

Mexican Drug Lord “El Chapo” Sentenced To Life Imprisonment.. Gosh!!!

Mexican drug lord  Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera,  popularly known as  El Chapo  has been found guilty of running a murderous criminal enterprise that smuggled tons of drugs into the United States over three decades, and thus sentenced by a US judge on Wednesday to spend the rest of his life in prison. US district Judge Brian Cogan imposed the sentence of life plus 30 years, which was mandatory under the law, at a hearing in federal court in Brooklyn. Guzmán, 62, was found guilty by a jury in February of trafficking tons of cocaine, heroin and marijuana and engaging in multiple murder conspiracies as a top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, long known as one of Mexico’s largest and most violent drug trafficking organizations. In handing down the sentence, Judge Cogan said the “overwhelming evil” of Guzmán’s crimes was made readily apparent during the 12-week trial. Raymond Donovan, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agent who led the effort to cap...

HOW TO DEAL WITH MOVING ON IN LIFE

   W ritten By Ariwoola Olakunle   Troubling memories from the past makes it so hard for someone to live in the present, Having a hard time moving on from something that keeps trembling on every moment makes it so hard for someone to achieve his/her aims and objectives. Gosh ! sometimes one would be so confuse and the heart will keep pondering and wondering until the unexpected happened.   Based on my experiences from the past as well, here are a few list on how well to live a determined life on getting back to yourself: 1, Accept The Fact That You Cannot Go Back To The Past: Oh ya, you can't revisit the past, but you can change the way you perceive it and much more handle it from now on, but if you don't, your emotional hurt self will carry the pain and burden into other new things and experiences. 2, Dwelling On The Past Can Cause You More Problem(s) without any conscious desire on your behalf. 3, Keep A Journal About Your Past&Present : Writing abo...

CHANGING MY PLATFORM NAME... Ariwoola Olakunle

                                            My English Mistakes........ No Man Is An Island. So sorry, its been a while since my last blog post, pls forgive me as i've been so very busy working hard to make 2019 a great and fabulous year! By his grace, i pray we shall all get to our promise land (Amen).    Talking about my change on platform Name:(EldoradoDubai.Blogspot.com)  With all msg's and research i've been getting from people made me realized the former name sounds so illogical even though i have been getting some audience/traffics on it but i think this new name would bring more tier.  'El Dorado' from the romanians means a city or country of fabulous riches held by 16th century explorers to exist in south america or a place of fabulous wealth or opportunity bringing out great abundance.  i think the name looks more different and r...

Suspected Herdsmen Kill Daughter Of Yoruba Socio-cultural Organisation “Afenifere” Chairman...

Pa Reuben Fasoranti Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has stated that it has received information that the daughter of the organisation’s chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, has been killed by persons suspected to be herdsmen. According to Punch, the spokesman for Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, made this known on Friday. According to Odumakin, the 58-year-old woman was heading to Ore Junction from Akure, Ondo State, when she was attacked and shot by the herdsmen. Mrs. Funke Olakunrin He said:  “We have confirmed the death of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin (58), daughter of our leader, Chief Fasoranti. “Eyewitness accounts say she died of gunshots from Fulani herdsmen who shot her at Ore junction in Ondo State earlier today.  “She was coming from Akure when the armed Fulani herdsmen came from the bush to attack her and other vehicles.   “Her domestic staff in the car with her also sustained gunshots. “This is one death t...

Street Style Look Of The Day: Kenyan Entertainer Victoria Kimani Looking Astonishing... Checkout

Victoria Kimani  is a Kenya Singer, Songwriter and Entertainer. She is popularly known for her numerous hits and sense of style. Starring as our  Street Style Look Of The Day,  Victoria Kimani dishes an all-white ensemble and an eye popping Saturday inspiration look. Saturday vibes are better served when you rock a  white crop top , dashing  ripped jean ,  sneakers  and finish off by striking killer poses for the gram. Now you know why we can’t take our eyes off Victoria Kimani See more photos. source: Onobello

Dubai 'hero' Cop Promoted For Bravery After Arresting Two African Cab Robbers

The officer sprung into action and arrested two cab robbers. The Dubai Police have honoured an officer for single-handedly chasing after two men who had robbed a taxi and arresting them. Officer Mustafa Awad Yahya from the traffic department was honoured by Major-General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police, on Sunday. The officer's son was present during the ceremony. "Officer Mustafa did not think twice before responding to a police alert about the cab robbery," the police chief said. "He managed to chase after the two robbers in his police patrol and arrested them." The officer, however, brushed off the praises, saying he was only performing his duty. "Anyone in my position would have done the same," he said. He said he was stationed on the Wahda road when he received the alert about the cab robbery. "I instantly started checking all the cabs passing by until I spotted the robbed one." He chase...

The Bottle Cap Challenge Is Getting Crazier As More International Celebrities Answer the Call-Out

source: highsnobiety The Bottle Cap Challenge is the latest ridiculous challenge doing the rounds, thanks to  ACRONYM  designer  Errolson Hugh . Earlier in the week Hugh posted a slo-mo video of him unscrewing a bottle cap with an impressively precise roundhouse kick. As he said in his caption, “not bad for a fashion designer.” The designer then tagged UFC champ Max Holloway, who rose to the challenge without hesitation. Keeping the chain going, he tagged  John Mayer , writing “I decided you have to come to Hawaii after your tour and kick it with us until you complete it!” Mayer responded on Holloway’s video with, “Oh shit. Challenge accepted.” Looks like he won’t be heading to Hawaii, though, because now we have a video of the style god/watch connoisseur/musician kicking the cap off a bottle. Watch it below. Mayer tagged Jason Statham in his post, and the action star has since responded with a swift challenge entry. Statham in turn tagged dire...

I Don’t Regret Leaving Music – Eldee D Don

Rapper, Lanre Dabiri, popularly known as Eldee the Don, has said he doesn’t regret leaving the Nigerian music industry at all. In an interview with Saturday Beats, he noted that every area of his life had been affected positively by his decision to leave music. Eldee had previously announced that he was leaving the Nigerian music industry some years ago. He said, “I made a conscious decision not to be an active musician in 2012. It wasn’t like I was trying and it wasn’t working. I realised that with the path that my music was taking me, I wouldn’t have time for my family and they are more important. Also I didn’t want to raise my children in the environment that I was in at the time; I needed to take them away because they had better options. “I didn’t want to subject them to some challenges. The business side of music for me wasn’t making sense anymore; I realised that it was not something that was sustainable; it was not something I could do for the next 20 years; it was some...

The First 2019 BBNaija Saturday Night Party In Pictures

To lighten up the Eviction tension in the House, Big Brother brought one of Nigeria’s finest DJs, DJ Xclusive – to set the mood during the first Saturday Night Party. See photos below… source:reachnaija

LIST OF 18 MUST VISIT VISA FREE COUNTRIES FOR NIGERIANS!! Gbera..........

I n the  previous article  on “how to travel Africa on a budget”, one of the points raised was -picking visa free countries to travel to and that includes, “but not limited to ” countries in West Africa. Here are other countries in the world that you can travel to without visa as a Nigerian: Seychelles Seychelles is one of the visa-free countries for Nigerians. Cambodia Cambodia offers Nigerians a 30 days visa on arrival at the major airports in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, as well as at any major border crossing. Fiji Island: As a Nigerian Passport holder, you can stay in Fiji Island for 4 months without a visa, although, you may need a visitor’s permit for the period of your stay. Cape Verde Cape Verde country offers Nigerians visa-free entry. Comoros Nigerians acquire a visa on arrival at The Comoro Islands and it costs $50. Bangladesh Bangladesh ...