80-year-old Japanese man becomes oldest to climb Mount Everest

 

(CNN) -- An 80-year-old Japanese man on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mt. Everest, officials said.

Yuichiro Miura reached the top of Everest Thursday morning with his physician son Gota, mountaineering official Gyanendra Shrestha said from the base of Everest.

Miura's achievement eclipses that of a Nepali man who climbed Everest at age 76 in 2008.

The oldest woman to climb Everest is also a Japanese. She was 73 when she reached the top last year.

Mercy Johnson Appreciates her fans

A thank you message from Mercy Johnson Okojie to her fans. after the cut... Adorable!

Paris Hilton Joins YMCMB Family

Lil Wayne confirmed yesterday that he has signed the 32-year-old heiress to his label, Young Money Entertainment. Paris will release new music this summer under the label.

Paris has been rolling with the Cash Money crew for a while now. She released a song with Wayne in December 2012 titled "Last Night," and also appeared in the Rich Gang's video for "Tapout," alongside Cash Money all-stars Lil Wayne, Birdman, Mack Maine and Nicki Minaj.
Now just guess what the title of her next song title will be*

British Nigerian Woolwich killer - Michael Adebolajo (SAD)

One of the Woolwich killers has been identified as a British Nigerian man named ‘Michael 'Muhajud' Adebolajo’, whose father has been identified as 56 year old Nigerian trained nurse named Anthony Adebolajo. A Daily Mail article suggests that there's now a high threat of terrorism from Nigeria. Read it below...

Sources today named one of the suspects as Michael Adebolajo (pictured above) who, along with his fellow alleged killer, is a British citizen who converted to a radical form of Islam. They are not thought to have links to terror groups based in Nigeria, such as the jihadist militant organisation Boko Haram. The Foreign Office warns of a high threat from terrorism in the West African nation and raises the prospect of a risk of retaliatory attacks following the French intervention in Mali.

The other killer may also be Nigerian though not formally identified yet. Pls Continue...

Lauryn Hill going To Prison

 

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) —

Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill stood in federal court Monday and compared her experience in the music business to the slavery her ancestors endured before a judge sentenced her to three months in prison for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade.

"I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them," Hill said before U.S. Magistrate Madeline Cox Arleo. "I had an economic system imposed on me."
Hill, who started singing with the Fugees as a teenager in the 1990s before releasing her multiplatinum 1998 album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," pleaded guilty last year to failing to pay taxes on more than $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. Monday's sentencing also took into account unpaid state and federal taxes in 2008 and 2009 that brought the total earnings to about $2.3 million.
Despite having paid more than $900,000 in the past several days, Hill still owes interest and penalties, the U.S. attorney's office said.
In a forceful but controlled statement to the judge punctuated by occasional raps with her first on the podium, Hill described how she failed to pay taxes during a period when she'd dropped out of the music business to protect herself and her children, who now number six.

Nigeria fighter jet crashes in Niger, two Pilots killed

A Nigerian warplane crashed in Niger on Monday May 6th, from where it was conducting military operations in neighboring Mali, and the two pilots were killed, Nigeria's army said in a statement below.

The fighter jet was part of Nigeria's air fleet engaged with an African force battling hardline Islamists in Mali. An army source in Niamey said it had suffered a "mechanical" problem.

"A Nigerian Air Force Alpha jet aircraft on a non-combattant mission crashed today at Dargol village...The two pilots on board the fighter jet died," the Nigerian defence headquarters said in a statement.

Malta Guinness co-sponsors Okpekpe International Marathon in Edo

Actor Paul Obazele, Minister of Sports Bolaji Abdullahi and Governor Oshiomhole at the race

It was all a win win race at the inaugural edition of the Okpekpe international 10km Marathon, a pioneer of its kind to happen in the Etsako West local government area of Edo state. 

Promoters of the Okpekpe Road Race insisted that the race was of highest international standard with route measured and certified by the IAAF measurer. The race was endorsed by the IAAF and the AAC and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), with the backing of Malta Guinness Low Sugar and the Edo State Government as major partners.

Chris Brown Admits He’s Single-confirms break up With Rihanna

After Rihanna missed out on Chris’ wild birthday weekend is there trouble between the couple? Chris said ‘I’m not wife-ing somebody’ in a new a revealing interview. Keep reading to listen to the whole thing!

Those who wondered if something was up with Chris Brown and Rihanna after she was unable to join him on his May 5 birthday might have been right! In a new interview with the Australian radio station 2DayFM, Chris admitted that he was split from RiRi and flying solo.

Tragedy: Former Nigerian model, Yinka Olonode, Takes his own life in the States

On Monday April 29th, police said an unidentified man jumped from the rooftop restaurant of The Nines Hotel at 525 S.W. Morrison St, downtown Portland, USA. The man who jumped and died has been identified by the Multnomah County Medical's Examiner's Office as 34 year old Yinka Olonode.

Portland Police Bureau spokesman said Yinka jumped from the hotel building's 15th floor around 6:30pm that Monday evening. He said they do not suspect fowl play but that the death is under investigation. If Yinka indeed committed suicide, nobody knows why he did it.

Yinka was a model back in the day and worked briefly for Rhythm FM before relocating to the US in 2003.

Soccer violence: U.S. referee Who's Punched in The Face Later Dies.

A U.S. referee is punched and later dies. Meanwhile a Dutch volunteer linesman is beaten to death and a teenage Spanish ref is assaulted. 

The death of Dutch amateur linesman Richard Nieuwenhuizen shocked a nation. Niewenhuizen was beaten to death following a youth match, with six teenagers and a father set to face trial over the killing. Nieuwenhuizen's death prompted a rule change in Dutch soccer, meaning that only team captains can speak with referees -- any other player who does so will be booked.  

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                                                            Mummy Bee  and Baby Blu Ivy

Photos: The Movie Premiere of Chioma Akpotha's On Bended Knees

Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha premiered her very first movie, 'On Bended Knees' yesterday Sunday May 5th at Silverbird Cinemas, Ikeja. Chioma looking pretty and Ini Edo is looking radishing except for her dress( me no likey!) but her make up is on point!See more photos from the premiere after the cut...

5 women die in limo fire on Calif. bridge

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A limousine taking nine women to a bachelorette party erupted in flames, killing five of the passengers, including the bride-to-be, authorities and the mother of one of the survivors said Sunday.

The limo caught fire at around 10 p.m. Saturday on one of the busiest bridges on San Francisco Bay, California Highway Patrol officer Art Montiel told The Associated Press.

Five of the women were trapped, but the four other women managed to get out after the vehicle came to a stop on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge, the patrol said.

Rosita Guardiano told the San Francisco Chronicle that the woman for whom the bachelorette party was being thrown was to be married next month. Guardiano said her daughter was one of the survivors.

Investigators haven't determined what sparked the fire, but the patrol said the white stretch limo became engulfed in flames after smoke started coming out of the rear of the vehicle.

A photo taken by a witness and broadcast on KTVU-TV showed flames shooting from the back of the 1999 Lincoln Town Car.

Actress Ebube Nwagbo Turns Widow for...

The actress shared the photos on her Twitter page today. Shaving hair seems to be the in-thing in Nollywood now. Ebube is no widow FYI. Check out the last photo. after the cut...

Finally, Johnny Gill and Bill Bellamy coming to Nigeria!

The singer will perform at the inaugural Butterscotch Evening on Friday May 17th at Eko Hotel & Suites. Time - 7pm. Waje, Praiz, and Immodesty Blaize will also be joining the R&B singer and one-sixth member of the group, New Edition.

Hollywood actor and comedian, Bill Bellamy will host the evening with TV presenter, Yvonne 'Vixen' Ekwere.