Malawi's new president sells off presidential jet and 60 Mercedes

Mrs Banda said she was happy to "offload" the presidential perks, adding: "I can well use private airlines. I am already used to hitchhiking."

It means that the 62-year-old head of state – the second woman to hold the position in Africa – will fly to the Queen's Jubilee celebrations in London this weekend with British Airways.

Andrew Mitchell, the UK International Development Secretary who is currently visiting Malawi, delivered a £33m cash injection for Mrs Banda's government.

He said the move was a sign of the "seriousness Mrs Banda is applying to overturn bad decisions taken under the previous government".

The former vice-president in Bingu wa Mutharika's government, she stepped into the presidency in April when he suffered a heart attack. The jet had annual running costs of £220,000

Mark Zuckerberg shares photo of 11 year old Nigerian boy who built a game

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shared a photo of an 11 year old Nigerian boy named Tayo who built a game called Spike Rush. Read what Zukerberg wrote after the cut...

Officer is set alight and 62 arrested in Paris as citizens take to the streets in protest at new Labour laws

For the fourteenth time in just six months, thousands of trade unionists poured into the streets to show their displeasure at new labour laws which give employers leeway to extend the working week and lay off staff. They were passed last summer with the aim of liberalising the employment market, making it easier for bosses to hire and fire. But opponents say they are an attack on hard-won worker rights, all of which are now in peril.

Protesters pelted the police with wood, stones and sticks while one officer was set alight when one Molotov cocktail hit him. At least five officers were treated for injuries, including burns and 62 arrests were made in Paris. Police had to use teargas to disperse the boisterous crowds.

Tearful Paris Jackson addresses cyber bullies

In an emotional video,Michael Jackson's only daughter broke down in tears as she addressed cyber bullies, asking why there's "so much hatred in the world right now." She said the amount of hatred directed towards her recently are unwarranted and are exactly what made her attempt suicide four years ago.
She continued :

"I mean we're human beings man, we got hearts, and brains and feelings," she pleaded. " When you say damaging things like that to people it f*cks them up." "It's exhausting."

Following her suicide attempt 4 years ago, she quit social media, however, after fans asked her to return to social media make her Instagram page private, she returned.

She got a lot of support from her emotional cry for help but also got few backlash from cyber bullies. Which made her post:

Carla Hayden officially sworn in as the first African American & female to become Librarian of Congress

On Wednesday, Carla Hayden made history when she was sworn in as the United States’14th librarian of Congress. Unlike her 13 predecessors, all of whom have been white men, she's the first African American and woman to hold such a prestigious position.

Hayden is also the third Librarian of Congress to actually have training as a librarian. She was nominated last year by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate to head the Library of Congress.

Man United arrive back from Europa League nightmare and face quick turnaround for Watford clash

Manchester United's downbeat squad have arrived back in the UK following their Europa League nightmare - and now face a quick turnaround to prepare for Sunday's lunchtime clash with Watford.

Jose Mourinho's side were beaten 1-0 by Feyenoord on Thursday and now need to get their heads screwed on to avoid a third straight defeat.

But the Portuguese coach is confident United will not suffer any hangover after their winning start was halted by galling back-to-back defeats.

After victory in the Community Shield and the Portuguese's first three Premier League matches at the helm, United fell to a 2-1 loss at home Pep Guardiola's Manchester City on Saturday.

DJ Khaled Went Undercover as a Lyft Driver and Somehow People Didn't Recognize Him

DJ Khaled is the latest celebrity to go undercover for Lyft as a driver for a day. Of course, in Khaled's case, he doubled down on his identity with the new name of Billy and a second career as a locksmith.

Many Lyft riders looked shocked as Khaled still tried to convince them that his name was Billy, despite most of them knowing that his name is definitely not Billy. "This is what happens when you're too iconic." "I got all the keys. Keys to everything."

Fortunately, Khaled was able to keep the ruse going with some unsuspecting passengers who didn't recognize the the rapper out of context. "You look just like my cousin's boyfriend!" one rider told him after getting in the car. One rider is still in the dark after Khaled namedrops his "I Got the Keys song." "Future and Jay Z's on it. And some guy screaming on there."

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Busted by his Instabrag: Drug dealer told police he had no money - while posting photos of his bling lifestyle with Lamborghinis, Rolexes, baths full of cash and partying with a Premier League footballer

This is the brazen drug dealer who was snared by police after bragging about his champagne lifestyle on Instagram with pictures of Lamborghinis, Rolexes and bathfuls of cash.

Levi Watson, 29, posted the string of boastful photos on the social media site – including one of him posing alongside Premier League footballer Andre Gray – while being part of a drugs ring.

He was quizzed by police about his role in the drugs gang and claimed to have no income – instead living a quiet life in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.

But officers uncovered his web of lies after discovering his Instagram page, which has more than 4,500 followers, and the host of pictures which showed off his lavish life.

Levis Watson was questioned by police and claimed to have no income – instead living a quiet life in the West Midlands city - but his Instagram pictures showed his lavish lifestyle including this bragging picture which sees him sat naked in the bath surrounded by dozens of £20 notes

Grace VanderWaal, 12, captures America's Got Talent crown and $1 million prize

Schoolgirl singer-songwriter Grace VanderWaal was crowned the winner of America's Got Talent on Wednesday and took home the $1m top prize.

The 12-year-old ukulele player burst into tears and sank to her knees in shock as host Nick Cannon announced the result on the season 11 finale of the hit NBC talent show.

Grace, who has been compared by Simon Cowell to Taylor Swift, beat out mind-reading duo The Clairvoyants, with NFL star and magician Jon Dorenbos finishing in third place.

The winner: Grace VanderWaal after performing an original song on Wednesday during a two-hour season finale was named the winner of America's Got Talent

Howie Mandel, who championed the singer and struck his Golden Buzzer for her, bounded up onto the stage to hug the little girl as tears streamed down her face and she had to be comforted.

'These are tears of joy right?' asked Nick as the youngster sobbed at the conclusion of the live show at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

'Yes, of course,' she managed to reply as her achievement sank in.

'You sang that every person is a shining star, well you are a shooting star. You are on your way, you are so special,' Howie told her.

Time To Act On Tobacco Act Regulations By Uchenna Okafor

When former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan signed the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Act 2015 into law four days to the end of his administration most Nigerians heaved a sigh relief.

The exhilarating feeling among Nigerians was not unanticipated as the law had gone through a tortuous road, almost declared missing at a point before resurrecting to become a reality. The process proper started more than a decade before when Nigeria joined the committee of nations that signed and ratified the first global health treaty known as the World Health Organisation – Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC).

The coming into force of the FCTC on 27 February 2005 marked the first time that the WHO went as far as enacting international legal powers to address tobacco addiction and its deadly fallouts. Dr. Jonathan’s signing of the law was therefore a watershed for Nigeria as it joined the ranks of nations that have domesticated the treaty.

While the law still has loopholes such as a bureaucratic provision that the National Assembly must give its nod for implementing Regulattions to be fashioned by the Ministry of Health for implementation to begin, in the overall, the NTC Act 2015 is seen as a torchlight pointing in the right direction.

Kanye West Responds to Kid Cudi

Kanye West abruptly stopped in the middle of his concert at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. on Wednesday night to respond to Kid Cudi's comments from earlier in the day. In a series of tweets, Cudi took aim at "haters within the industry" who he was going to "crush." "Everyone thinks they're so great. Talkin top 5 and be having 30 people write songs for them," he tweeted. Cudi continued:

DEADLY SOCIAL MEDIA MISTAKES FOR YOUR BUSINESS @loritosan

by LUCY ORLOSKI

Social Media plays a vital role in online marketing. That is why all the top business establishments pay a special focus on Social Media to enjoy a greater market reach and higher traffics in their websites. According to some experts, Social Media is even important for physical mode of business too. The popularity of a brand is immensely enhanced through Social Media marketing.

Thus, the online businesses need to have an expert intervention for imparting a professional Social Media marketing. Online business owners often commit a number of Social Media mistakes that damage their reputations in the long run.

Some deadly mistakes most often committed by the organizations while undertaking promoting their businesses through Social Media are as follows –

One Chance Syndicate Busted in Roumubiakani Port-harcourt (photos)

Nemesis has cut off with this one chance people has they were cut after collecting N2 million from one innocent guy along Cottage Hospital Roumubiakani, Port-harcourt.

Comedian Koffi Writes Very Disturbing Letter Berating Kiss Daniel

Nigerian comedian Koffi has penned down a very disturbing and berating letter to G Worldwide music star Kiss Daniel.

In a very lengthy critical letter the comedian barged many music acts like D’banj, Chuddy K and many others via his instagram page.

Who will wake Daniel with a kiss?

First artiste to ever have a number 1 and number 2 video on the MTV Base countdown for weeks. First new artiste to ever drop an album without any major industry collabo. First artiste to blow up within a short period of time yet like Burna Boy hardly headlines any major shows, why? Let it be known that Mr ‘Jombo’ truly did not come into the music scene to ‘woju’, he proved his mettle ‘Laye’, and has been having a ‘Good time’ with his ‘Mama’ from ‘Sin City’. This express ride might be short lived however if our favourite fine boy does not cut the double face act. The fans see a sweet young man on the tube but behind the works the G worldwide king’s manager is killing the brand. A facade of humility is sold to the public, but the arrogance beneath is as hot as magma flowing from an expired volcano. Hot but soon becomes ash or turns solid stones that go nowhere when it cools off. I don’t know how these Actistes suddenly get the airs of “I too mush” and throw caution to the winds.

The £75million couple behind the Great Cake Robbery: How Bake Off creators who were inspired by a village fete stunned BBC top brass with a deal that was all about money

So, how on Earth did the BBC allow its most popular TV series to be sold to one of its rivals?

The story of the £75million deal is a fascinating one and involves the central role played by TV productions chiefs Richard McKerrow and Anna Beattie, who devised Bake Off after being inspired by the rural baking competition at a village fete.

Despite four years in which they initially failed to sell the idea, ex-BBC runner Miss Beattie kept faith. The couple’s company, Love Productions, finally sold it to the BBC. It took time to develop from a niche BBC2 programme into a money-making machine.

The story of the £75million deal is a fascinating one and involves the central role played by TV productions chiefs Richard McKerrow (left) and Anna Beattie (right)

Man in Calabar poisoned by friend after winning N2million in sports betting

According to a LIB reader's friend who is a student in Calabar, some guy poisoned his friend who won N2million in sports betting and was nabbed by police when he went to cash the ticket himself...

KID CALI ARREST IN RAPPER'S MURDER

Cops finally nabbed a suspect for the murder of up-and-coming rapper Kid Cali ... 

LAPD arrested a 19-year-old guy Saturday for the shooting death of Cali -- who was well-known on the L.A. rap scene. He was killed during a huge pool party last month in the San Fernando Valley.

Law enforcement sources tell us the fatal shots were fired during a fight between 2 rival gangs at the party. Two other people were shot, but survived. It's unclear if Cali was targeted or merely an innocent bystander.

The party was being held at a mansion with tons of security cameras ... which, no doubt, helped cops ID the suspect.

Norwegian Air will offer $69 tickets to Europe — but one thing needs to happen first

For several years, Norwegian Air has teased the flying public with promises of $69 tickets to cross the Atlantic.

Now it looks like the cheap tickets for which we have pined for so long may finally be within reach.

According to Norwegian Air chief commercial officer Thomas Ramdahl, his airline is awaiting the aircraft needed for the $69 flights. 

That's because the first of the 100 Boeing 737 MAX 8 airliners Norwegian Air ordered to operate those flights won't be ready for delivery until 2017.

The Boeing 737 Max 8 is expected to enter service with launch partner Southwest Airlines during the third quarter of 2017. However, Boeing told Bloomberg's Julie Johnson and Mary Schlangenstein that the planes could be ready for delivery as early as March. 

Man gets revenge on his cheating girlfriend by handing her a heart-shaped gift but what’s inside leaves her horrified

A man who claims he caught his girlfriend cheating on him got his revenge on her 'in the best of ways'. After setting up a hidden camera in his car, the boyfriend gave his lover a present inside a cute heart-shaped box and wrapped in a pink bow. The girlfriend or any other person looking at the gift will think its a box of chocolates, but upon opening the gift the girl was faced with her biggest horror.

After the man gave his girlfriend the gift, he then hugged her and left her in the car to open the gift, as she opened it she was swarmed by cockroaches.

Not nice.....

How did she get up there? Woman pictured on edge of tenement building five floors up

If you have vertigo, look away

Now there's something you don't see every day.

This lady has gone to some lengths to make sure the windows in this building are clean - or should that be heights?

Kieran Turner snapped the picture while at work in Glasgow today, showing a woman hanging out of the fifth window high above Pitt Street.

Captioning the image he wrote 'window cleaning Glasgow style', Glasgow Live reports .

The house-proud woman was busy washing away without a care in the world at how high up she was from street level.

Is YOUR boss a psychopath? Study finds up to one in five CEOs have high levels of psychopathic traits

Roughly one-fifth of top corporate professionals have ‘extremely high’ levels of psychopathic traits, according to a new study – about the same rate as seen among prisoners.

‘Successful psychopaths’ have become increasingly common in the last decade, and often lack empathy or remorse, having a toxic impact on the employees around them.

Researchers say these findings are much higher than expected, and warn that these individuals may turn to unethical and illegal tactics to get ahead.

Roughly one-fifth of top corporate professionals have ‘extremely high’ levels of psychopathic traits, according to a new study – about the same rate as seen among prisoners. A scene from American Psycho is pictured

THE 'DARK TRIAD' OF TRAITS

Narcissism: Tendencies of attention-seeking, charm, vanity, grandiose yet low self-esteem, and a willingness to manipulate others.

Machiavellianism: Coldness, immoral thinking, long-term manipulation, blunt practicality, and hunger for money, success or power.

Psychopathy: Antisocial behaviours, thrill-seeking, manipulation and impulsivity.

In the new study, the team from Bond University in Australia and the University of San Diego examined the prevalence of psychopathic traits in the business sector.

The findings were presented today at the Australian Psychological Society Congress in Melbourne.

A study of 261 corporate professionals in the supply chain management industry revealed that 21 percent of these individuals have ‘clinically significant levels of psychopathic traits.’

This is compared with about one in 100 people from the general population, and one in five people in the prison system found to have these traits.

Top Military Expert warns that Britain is ‘totally ill-equipped’ to deal with Russian nuclear threat and could be ‘wiped out’

A top military expert has warned that the UK is ill equipped and not prepared for a nuclear war if Russia decides to engage them, hence the region will be wiped out if Putin decides at any point in time to go on the offensive against them...

Britain and Russia don't have the best of International relationships right now and reports indicate that Russia's military have the capacity and strength to walk over NATO's forces in the event of an agression.

The New York attorney general suing over Trump University is now investigating the Trump Foundation

 New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Tuesday he had opened an inquiry into the Donald J. Trump Foundation to ensure the Republican presidential nominee's charity was complying with state laws governing nonprofits.

Schneiderman, a supporter of Trump's Democratic rival in the presidential race, Hillary Clinton, sued the real estate mogul and his now defunct Trump University for fraud in 2013, seeking $40 million in restitution plus penalties and other costs.

In a CNN interview on Tuesday, Schneiderman said his office had now brought Trump's charitable foundation under scrutiny.

"My interest in this issue really is in my capacity as regulator of nonprofits in New York state. And we have been concerned that the Trump Foundation may have engaged in some impropriety from that point of view," the elected Democratic official said.

Son dies after battling machete-wielding gang of moped thieves with his dad

A man has died after battling off a machete-wielding gang of thieves with his dad as they tried to steal a moped from outside their home.

Ricky Hayden, 27, suffered "life-changing" injuries and reportedly had to have his leg amputated in the brutal early-morning attack by four men in Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed this morning that the son had died and a murder enquiry has been launched.

The dad and son were woken by a noise and rushed outside, where they interrupted the armed gang as they tried to steal their moped.

young lady miraculously saved from being butchered in Obiaruku delta state

This young lady was taken by some boys yesterday with a tinted car... Lift.
She was later saved by hausa people, when she was about to be butchered in Obiaruku Bush.
She hails from Obiaruku, Ukwani Local Government Area, Delta State.