THE BIG WINNER WAS ALCOHOL, A LOT OF ALCOHOL....ELLEN DEGENERES' JOKE WITH AUDIENCE CONCERNING THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (VIDEO)

 

As stunned Americans continue to grapple with Tuesday's election results, Ellen DeGeneres is  staying the course of positivity.

The comedienne took the stage at The Ellen DeGeneres Show Thursday with a follow up message to yesterday's segment that included hope, humor and signature DeGeneres candor. "You may have heard that there was a presidential election on Tuesday. The big winner was alcohol, a lot of alcohol," she joked with audience members. (We can't argue with that one!)

Ellen continued, "Obviously, a lot of people were disappointed by the results. My job is to be hopeful and to make everybody feel good.  And I'm gonna keep doing that for as long as I can. I will do it because I love you. And because I have very expensive taste in automobiles." Watch video below:

ROB KARDASHIAN AND BLAC CHYNA WELCOMES THEIR BABY GIRL.....DREAM RENEE KARDASHIAN

Kris Jenneris officially a proud grandmother of six!

The Keeping Up With the Kardashians matriarch spoke exclusively to E! News soon after son Robert Kardashian and Blac Chyna welcomed their baby girl, Dream Renee Kardashian, Thursday morning.

Turns out Jenner witnessed the unforgettable moment, describing exactly how it felt to meet baby Kardashian for the very first time. "I got to watch [the] delivery," she tells us. "It was so beautiful and I'm so excited and happy to have another grandchild! No. 6!"

Kris adds, "It was one of the most precious moments of my life." Cue the awws!

As E! News reported, Rob and Chyna officially became parents to their first child together at 9:18 a.m. PT. Dream arrived via c-section, weighing in at 7 lbs. 5 oz.

"She is gorgeous and has tons of hair!" an insider told us at the time of her birth.

The E! reality star's mom Tokyo Toni was also on hand for the special day, joining the proud parents as they arrived to the hospital around 6:40 a.m. PT. According to an eyewitness, Rob couldn't stop smiling and also looked "giddy excited" as he and Chyna prepared for the arrival of their newest bundle of joy.

Kloe Kardashian shared her own well wishes on Twitter, simultaneously revealing that she too was present for Dream's birth. "My new niece is absolutely stunning!!! So thankful I was able to land in time to witness this miracle happen! Praise God!" Rob's sister wrote!

"Congratulations to the entire family.....

ZENITH BANK SACKS OVER 1,200 EMPLOYEES IN NIGERIA

 

Employees of Zenith Bank PLC, one of Nigeria’s leading new generation banks, were hit with a sad news today as over 1,200 were sacked on Wednesday, Premium Times reports.

Although a source said about 240 people were sacked, including eight General Managers and 40 Assistant General Managers, it is likely that more than that number of people were dismissed.

According to Stella Dimoko Korkus a source is quoted as saying: “This past weekend, Zenith bank sacked more than 2,000 staff. There was no warning, no rumors, nothing!

 

“As a matter of fact, two Executive Directors were promoted to Deputy Managing Director by Jim Ovia himself last week and some other top management were also promoted.

 

“Most of the staff believed there was an imminent mass staff promotion looming soonest and went home for the weekend with joy and hope.

 

“So you can imagine the shock when a lot of people were notified on Saturday up till today that their services are no longer required. And more sack to continue even this week.

 

“In this harsh economy and with Christmas a month away, what a cruel inhumane thing to do. Most of these people have worked for more than 10years, staying loyal to the brand. Some have made sacrifices for this bank but were laid off so wickedly.

 

“Where is the Minister of labour in this country? Did they not notify banks to cease laying off their staff? Oh I weep for my country Nigeria! I weep for the sacked staff and their families! I weep, Oh I weep!”

 

Another source added: “A formal meeting was held with the affected staff since Monday this week, where details of their disengagement benefits were discussed and agreement reached.”

Recently, Access Bank, which acquired former Intercontinental Bank, sacked 1,600 of its workers across the nation, while Mainstreet Bank, one of the three nationalised banks is reported to have equally sent more than 400 of its workers away for a similar reason.

DANGOTE GROUP ORGANIZES PHYCHOLOGICAL TESTING ON TRUCK DRIVERS

 
Dangote Group said it has commenced psychological testing on truck drivers in its fleet to check their recklessness on the highway. The Executive Director, Stakeholders Management and Corporate Communication, Dangote Group, Mansur Ahmad told Reporters in Kano.
He said that the steps was designed to ascertained the level of their mental alertness to enable them meet the challenges.

“We are worried by the negative report from the field and as responsible corporate organization, we cannot watch while the situation deteriorates and we are trying our best to control the situation,” Mansur Ahmad.

Against this backdrop, Dangote group announced its partnering with the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to track activities of its truck drivers across Nigerian highways.
He said that this was part of the conscious effort to rebuild the image of truck drivers whose activities on major highways across the country gained notoriety in recent past.

The Executive Director, Stakeholders Management and Corporate Communication, Dangote Group, Mansur Ahmad explained that “we are disturbed by the negative trend and has evolved proactive steps to halt it” Ahmad stated that “truck drivers are too difficult to manage, and in recent past we tried a partnership that promotes ownership with them that failed”

The Executive Director, Stakeholders Management and Corporate Communication revealed that “we have over 7,000 trucks, you would agree that tracking and monitoring their activities is a huge job and that’s why we are partnering with Federal Road Safety Commission”.

Commenting on the Dangote Tomato paste in Kano, the Director General disclosed that ” we have struck a deal with out growers within the locality for uninterrupted supply of fresh tomatoes. Ahmad said ” we on our part provide an improved seedlings to the out growers to meet specifications and standards “.

FATIMA BUHARI EXPERIENCED HELL IN HER FIRST MARRIAGE-ALLEGED REASON SHE BECAME A 4TH WIFE

According to TheCapital.ng, the real reason why President Buhari 's daughter Fatima Buhari got married to ex-FMBN Managing Director Malam Gimba Yau Kumo, a man who already had 3 wives is because her first marriage was a nightmare.41 year old Fatima allegedly suffered severe domestic violence in the hands of her first husband who turned her to a punching bag and beat her to stupor at every given chance.
She reportedly had 4 children with, all of who have the sickle cell gene.

Read the reports below.."Unknown to many people, Fatima Buhari who got married to a former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Malam Gimba Yau Kumo last weekend in Daura, used to be married to another man. Her marriage to the latter produced four kids – who were all born with the sickle cell gene.

Thus Fatima can hardly be described as a naive bride. She’s not a young lady as people think she is. She experienced hell in her first marriage. She didn’t enjoy the marriage a bit as her ex-husband reportedly beat her to stupor at the slightest provocation. When the beatings became extreme and started to take a toll on her health, she divorced the guy. Let’s hope she has found peace and love in the arms of her new husband. Unfortunately, all her kids are sickle cell patients."

PICTURES: PRESIDENT BUHARI SWEARS IN NEW ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA, JUSTICE WALTER ONNOGHEN

President Buhari today swore in the new Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen at the State House in Abuja. Onnoghen takes over from Justice Mahmud Mohammed who retired yesterday after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70 years. Justice Onnoghen becomes the first southerner since 1980 to assume the position of Chief Justice of Nigeria.

KIDS FEARED DROWNED, MANY OTHERS INJURED AND OVER 200 STRUCTURES BURNT DURING AN ETHNIC CLASH IN LEKKI/AJAH

 
The Nation's Newspaper report: 

Ten children were yesterday feared drowned and many others injured during an ethnic clash in Ajah.

Several make shift houses  and properties were also destroyed.

According to a resident, Jonathan Zosu, the children were running away when they drowned inside the lagoon at Otodogbame. He said their bodies were yet be found.

Zosu said: 

“This problem started since last weekend but things really got bad on Sunday when the police came here and arrested our monarch, Baale Dansu Hunkpe. How can anyone claim we are not Nigerians? Where are we from then?

“Our ancestors migrated to this community from Badagry and we have lived here for centuries. Over 90 percent of the people here are Nigerians. The other 10 percent are other nationals who are residents.

“It is all about land tussle. The boys were sent here to chase us out of our homes so that their senders can inherit our properties. So many people were arrested that Sunday but yet, we resisted their attempt to chase us out.

“But early morning on Wednesday, they came again. The youths, mostly cultists, came with cutlasses and other weapons. They were cutting people on sight.
“So many people were injured in that process. As they macheted people, they scattered our homes and set them ablaze. It was in the chaos that the 10 children drowned inside the lagoon.

“We have not seen their bodies yet. As I am talking with you, I am still inside the water. So many people have been rendered homeless. We called the police but instead of assisting us, the police joined the hoodlums in burning our homes.”

But the police said they were no casualties, adding that 16 people were arrested on Wednesday.

According to the police, all the leaders in the community have been arrested and charged to court.

A police source said:

 “No one died. Some people were injured. In all, about 30 persons have been arrested. The division had arrested some of them, including their leaders and charged them to court. They are in prison custody. It is a fight between the Yoruba and non-indigenes. The Yoruba are claiming the Egun are non-indigenes and so, they should vacate the community.

“They said their lands are high priced now and that they want them back but the Egun refused because they have been in the area for almost 100 years and have no place to go. So, because the place is by the water, the hoodlums hide inside the water surrounding bushes and then, come out to light matches on the shanties and disappear again.
“It is not true that police supported them. We have been arresting some of them. And we also put out the fire and policemen from RRS rescued people from being burnt to death.”

 

PUNCH Newspaper's report:

No fewer than 200 structures were burnt on Wednesday in Otodo Gbame, an Egun community in the Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos State, during a clash between some Egun and Yoruba youths.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the crisis started on Sunday, when the Yoruba youths demanded that the residents should relocate from the area.

It was gathered that the Egun community insisted that residents would not leave their houses, tagging the youths as hoodlums and land grabbers.

The crisis came to a head on Wednesday when the Yoruba youths set fire to the structures in the area at about 8am.

The action was said to have triggered a clash between the youths of the Egun community and their Yoruba counterparts.

 

Two persons were said to have been injured during the clash, while the area was quickly deserted as the fire raged. Some residents reportedly salvaged their property from the fire and fled.

It was learnt that policemen from the Rapid Response Squad, the Maroko division and the Area J Command, Ajah, went to the area to restore normalcy.

A policeman on the team said an abandoned two-day-old baby was rescued from one of the burning structures.

 

He said, “When the structures were set ablaze, the mother and the father of the baby fled. It was the cry of the baby that drew the attention of policemen to that room. The baby was locked inside the house. The baby was rescued and reunited with her parents.”

“Nobody was killed, but about three persons were injured. The entire community was razed.”

 

A resident, who identified himself only as Hunsu, said, “The crisis started on Sunday. Some people came and said they had bought our land and we should relocate. We did not know that the hoodlums would go to this extent.

“The crisis escalated on Wednesday when they invaded the community and set fire to our property. All my belongings are gone. My wife and children are homeless.”

The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, went to the area around 2pm and held a peace meeting between the leaders of the two groups.

 

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said five suspects were arrested in connection with the crisis.

She said, “The command received a report that the Egun and Yoruba communities were engaged in a serious brawl over land issue. Upon receipt of the information, the command operatives from the RRS and men of the Area J Command moved in. Some shanties being occupied by the residents were set ablaze by the warring factions.

“A baby was rescued from the one of the houses. Five suspects were also arrested in connection with the fracas. The CP visited the scene and promised that everyone involved in the clash would be duly prosecuted.”

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PICTURES: SERENA WILLIAMS SHOWS OFF HER HOT BODY IN BAHAMAS

 

Serena Williams who is currently on vacation in the Bahamas with her mum and sister Venus Williams shows off her hot body.

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STRANGE: AN ELDERLY COUPLE RAISING A 3.7 METER PYTHON AS THEIR CHILD(PHOTOS)

 

In what will come across as a really shocking development, a man and his wife have been found out to have raised a snake as their child. 

An elderly couple in Haikou, China’s Hainan Province, have been sharing their home with a 60 kilogram, 3.7-meter-long python for seven years, raising it as their child and even taking it for walks around their neighborhood.

According to Oddity Central, 68-year-old Shi Jimin, a retired meat processing worker, adopted the python in 2009, to save it from certain death. A fish and snake vendor had come by his workplace, and managed to sell his entire supply, except for a small 30-cm long snake that no one had wanted.

The man had said that if no one was interested, he was just going to get rid of it, which is when he stepped in and asked the vendor how much he wanted for the reptile.

Shi says that he eventually got it for free, as the man was just going to kill it or throw it away somewhere anyway. So he took the young snake home to his wife, not knowing that it would grow up into a cattle-eating behemoth.

 

But even after realizing that they had adopted a python, the elderly couple had no problem sharing their home with their pet, which they consider more as a child. In the last seven years it has grown to an impressive 3.7 meters and weighs around 120 pounds.

But experts say it’s still young and bound to get even bigger. Still Shi and his wife are not concerned for their safety, and allow the snake to freely slither around their home during the day.

It often sits on their laps as they watch TV together, or just finds a comfortable spot and sits there like a good boy. In the evening, the couple give the snake a warm bath, and before going to bed, they take the python to his very own bedroom.

Apart from barring the windows to make sure their son, which they named Shi Nanwang, doesn’t run off somewhere, Shi and his wife say they’ve taken no precautions to protect themselves from the snake, and swear that it has never once bitten them.

They did have a steel cage made for Nanwang, but only to serve as a private enclosure during his six months hibernation period. When he enters his long slumber at the beginning of winter, Shi fills the cage with blankets and places the snake inside so they don’t disturb him by mistake.

When asked if taking care of such a large snake is expensive, Shi Jiming said that he spends half his monthly pension on it. Nanwang currently eats about 8 live medium-sized chickens, or 5 large ones, every 20 to 30 days.

The Chinese couple often take their snake son on outdoor walks around their neighborhood, and say that even though their neighbors were originally terrified of Nanwang, they soon realized it is  very docile and friendly. Many of the kids stop to pet it or have their pictures taken with it.

“The python is very tame and listens to Shi Jimin,” one of Shi’s neighbors told China News Service. “Everyone has watched it grow — just like watching a child grow up.”

The elderly couple have two daughters, but they moved out of the house a long time ago and have their own families now, so they won’t be able to take care of Shi Nanwang if something happens to them.

Shi Jimin told reporters that he plans to give the snake to a zoo when he becomes too old to take care of it, at which point the python allegedly stopped moving and stayed in his lap quietly.

“Don’t worry, that would be some ten years away,” Shi said.

24 YEAR OLD MAN STEALS POT OF SOUP IN WARRI

 

Vigilantes attached to the Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, Road in Warri, Delta State, have arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly stealing a pot of soup.
The suspect, identified only as Oghenero was nabbed alongside his accomplice while they were consuming the stolen food.

It was gathered that following the economic recession biting hard in the country, such incidents had been re-occurring and consequently, a local task force in the state had been setup in the area to check incessant stealing of foodstuffs.


In a related development, police patrol team in the state on Monday arrested no fewer than seven suspected robbers within Warri metropolis, at the notorious Otokutu axis.
According to the state police spokesperson who confirmed the incident to newsmen while parading the suspects on Tuesday, the suspects, who had been terrorising innocent citizens in several areas, met their waterloo when they walked into the police net.


“The hoodlums were arrested after they had robbed many people drinking champagne at the Otokutu axis.
“The police, acting on tip off, went after the robbers and intercepted them at a military checkpoint located at the entrance of Otokutu village.

“As soon as the robbers noticed that the police patrol vehicle was close to them, they started shooting sporadically into the air.
“The gun duel lasted for about 30 minutes, however, the police rounded up the robbers.
“Two pump action rifles and other dangerous weapons were found in their possession as at the time of arrest.

“One of the robbers, identified as Tool, who wanted to fight back, was shot in the leg to prevent him from escaping into the bush,” the spokesperson said, adding that the suspects will be charged to court on completion of investigation.

ARIK AIR GRANTED PERMISSION TO FLY TO EUROPE

 

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted Arik Air Third Country Operator (TCO) authorisation, which allows it to operate to any European country.

The airline made the announcement in a statement by its Communications Manager, Ola Adebanji, which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday.

The statement said the TCO authorisation was a requirement for all non-European Union registered commercial operators that fly to EU countries under the Air Operator Certificate (AOC).

It said: “An airline is given the authorisation after meeting stringent safety and security standards.
“The TCO is obtained from EASA after the agency has scrutinised the airline’s manuals and after the airline has scaled its regulations, which may include an interview.

“Only very few airlines have the authorisation in Africa and Arik Air is the only airline that has TCO in West Africa.”
According to the statement, this enables the airline to operate to any part of Europe, according to the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) the airline has with individual countries.


The statement quoted the Deputy Managing Director of Arik Air, Ado Sanusi, as saying that the airline could fly to all European member states with respect to BASA agreement with each country.
“This is a great achievement for Arik Air because it is a confirmation of the airline’s high operational standard and safety by such a renowned agency. With the TCO authorisation, Arik can overfly to any EU member state.

“Arik is the only airline in West and Central Africa that has the authorisation and it took the airline short time to attain this. I am aware that it took some major airlines a very long time to obtain this authorisation.

“Some of them made use of consultant firms to enable them pass the rigid examinations before they were given the authorisation,” Mr. Sanusi is quoted as saying.
The statement said the EASA TCO authorisation had further confirmed the high standard of the airline’s operations.