Kim Kardashian has the keys to her guy’s heart: A new Lamborghini

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Kim Kardashian surprised boyfriend Kanye West for his birthday by showing up in Ireland — and giving him a Lamborghini.

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KIM KARDASHIAN traveled to Ireland to surprise Kanye West for his 35th birthday on Friday and squeezed in a little face time with Beyoncé. A source tells us the reality star made an unexpected visit to the Emerald Isle, where she shocked her rapper beau at his Dublin hotel. The insider says West was completely surprised by Kardashian’s arrival and blown away by the birthday gift she’d gotten him: a $750,000 Lamborghini. Later that day, Kardashian was spotted “chatting” in the hotel’s lobby with Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
The Italian luxury car is reportedly waiting for West back in Los Angeles once he and Hova conclude the European leg of their “Watch the Throne” tour in Birmingham, England, on June 22. According to our source, West can’t wait to take it for a spin. “He’s always wanted a black Lamborghini, and Kim wanted to get him something completely over the top,” says the insider. Mission accomplished.
SETH MACFARLANE may work for the same corporation that brings us Fox News, but that doesn’t mean he supports Mitt Romney. At the Chrysalis Butterfly Ball in Los Angeles on Saturday night, MacFarlane told Hollywood heavy-hitters at a private estate in swanky Brentwood that homelessness — which Chrysalis fights to alleviate — could happen to them, too. “Maybe your workplace gets bought out by Bain Capital,” said the “Family Guy” creator, referring to the private-equity firm started by the GOP presidential candidate. “It could happen to any of us or all of us, depending how November shakes out.”
Actors Steve Carell and Katey Sagal and Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl were on hand to present awards to the honorees, who included LL Cool J. Also in the crowd were “Glee” actress Lea Michele, who got very cozy with boyfriend Cory Monteith, Ashley Tisdale, Ryan Murphy, Rebecca Gayheart and Whitney Cummings.
JESSICA HART isn’t up for grabs. A source close to the awe-inspiring Aussie says reports from Down Under about her splitting from her beau, shipping heir Stavros Niarchos, are untrue. To the contrary, our insider says “things have never been stronger” between the gap-toothed Victoria’s Secret model and Niarchos. The couple did look pretty loved-up at Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld’s Little Black Jacket: Chanel Revisited exhibition event on Wooster St. Wednesday night
THE CAST OF “SMASH” is nervous over a spring shakeup at the NBC musical dramedy. A show source tells us the network’s April decision to replace “Smash” creator and writer Theresa Rebeck with “Gossip Girl” writer Josh Safran as the series’ show-runner — the producer/writer in charge of daily operations — has some cast members worrying about the show’s direction in season two, now that shooting begins in just a few weeks. According to the insider, those involved contend the writing was “successful” and that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
ANGELA BOWIE still acts like it’s the ’70s. An insider tells us the ex-wife of rock god David Bowie arrived an hour and a half late to a book-signing party at Lair Lounge in SoHo for her latest effort, “Lipstick Legends.” The source says Bowie rushed into the signing after her interview on Sirius XM ran late. By the time she arrived, a number of guests had left in frustration. Many who stayed came to regret it: Bowie’s publicists never showed and neither did the books she was to sign. Worse, the former rock goddess was not in a charitable mood. Our spy says she refused a number of fans’ specific autograph requests by scolding, “Don’t tell me what to do!” We hear she also left photographer Bruce Alexander near tears after he asked her to sign a photo he’d taken that had appeared in her 2002 CD “Moon Goddess.” After Alexander got his ear chewed off, our source says a sympathetic bystander gave him a free-drink token.

New Music: Kay-Switch – Sister Caro ft. Dbanj

                                

New music from Kay-Switch, the younger brother of the Koko Master, Dbanj. The song drops on the birthday of Dbanj, and serves as somewhat of a birthday gift for the star. The song is titled Caro.

The song, and the hook refers to is pretty contagious, and this jam will definitely get the club jumping.

Davido - Complicated ft Shina Rambo & B-Red

                                 
    Another new song from Davido featuring his bad guys Shina Rambo & B-Red. This one is titled Complicated.

Finally, Arunma Oteh sent on compulsory leave inShare

For a while, it seemed that the storm which brewed when the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh appeared before the Herman Hembe led House of Representatives Committee on Capital Markets, had managed to sweep away only the lawmaker, leaving the SEC DG unscathed. Hon Hembe was dropped as chairman of the committee, and was even charged to court subsequently by the EFCC, whereas nothing happened to Ms Oteh. Apparently, that situation is about to change, as the board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided to send Oteh on compulsory leave, pending the investigation into allegations about her stewardship.
In the interim, Ms Daisy Ekineh, the Executive Commissioner in charge of Operations, will act in her absence.
A presidency source confirmed this information to a national paper, saying that the decision to send Oteh on leave was taken by the board of the commission in order to carry out its investigation into some of the initiatives under Oteh’s stewardship.
One such initiative to be investigated, is the Project 50. Project 50 is a programme which was packaged by Oteh to celebrate 50 years of capital market regulation in Nigeria.
The issue of Project 50 caused quite a stir during the Hembe led public hearing when every single executive commissioner in SEC distanced themselves from the project. They insisted that Ms Oteh took the decision unilaterally and was fond of doing that. They also alleged that Project 50 had been outsourced to an external company which had collected funds from sponsors for the celebrations.
That level of disharmony displayed by Oteh and her commissioners, and the obvious loss of confidence which Oteh had earned by her administrative style, had worried the board.
Earlier this year, Oteh and Herman Hembe, the chairman of the House Committee on Capital Markets turned the public hearing of the committee into a mud-slinging contest, accusing each other of myriad issues ranging from wastefulness to bribery.
Their bitter exchange compelled Hembe to step down from the probe committee, while the House reconstituted an ad hoc committee headed by Hon. Ibrahim El-Sudi to conduct a fresh probe of the capital market. The ad hoc committee, which sat between April and early last month, revealed a whole host of new findings, chief of which was the rancour and disharmony between Oteh and her commissioners.

Oprah Winfrey Interviews 50 Cent

Over the years, 50 Cent has made it known that Oprah isn’t his most favorite person. Or at least, that’s what he wanted his fans to believe. His reasoning was that, she wasn’t a huge supporter of Hip-Hop and she focused on appealing to a demographic of middle-aged white women who disliked his music.
This past weekend, 50 Cent became the second hip hop artist to sit down with Oprah since she launched OWN, (Jay-z being the first) and the two had an incredible conversation about 50′s childhood, life and love. The interview was conducted in 50′s grandmother’s house, where he grew up, and there was a part where he teared up as he stood in his grandmother’s basement and reflected on the loss of his mother. They also discussed the use of the ‘N Word’ in music as well as sexism, and 50′s decision to name his dog after ‘Oprah’.

Double Dose of Hon.Farouk Lawan : Retracts His Story,Claims Taking Bribe To Expose Femi Otedola and how Obasanjo nailed him

Farouk Lawan defending himself of the $620, 000 bribe allegation

 

Farouk and Emenalo, as the documents, mostly correspondence, indicated, however let in the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, into the “attempt” by Otedola to bribe them.

Also, there were indications in the correspondence that Lawan intimated the House committee chairman on Drugs/Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Adams Jagaba.

Sundry documents

In one of the documents sourced by our correspondents in Abuja on Monday, Lawan, in a letter to Jagaba, wrote, “Attached (to the letter) is the sum of five hundred thousand dollars only offered to me with another promise of two million, five hundred thousand dollars.”

Another letter written by Emenalo to Lawan read, “I wish to inform you that I was on his invitation, at the residence of their Chairman, Mr. Femi Otedola, in Maitama (Aso Drive) this morning and he offered me the sum of one hundred thousand US dollars in two bundles of $50,000 each. The money is herewith forwarded as evidence.”

Another letter, reference number,CR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/FHQ/ABJ/VOL 2/309 indicated that the IG directed “a discreet investigation into the matter.” The letter was signed by Commissioner of Police, Special Task Force, Ali Amodu.

Both Jagaba and the police on Monday declined comments on their involvement in the matter.

While Jagaba told our correspondent that he could not comment on the matter on the telephone, spokesman for the police, Frank Mba, said he had yet to get an update on the probe.

“I was unable to reach CP Ali Amodu who is handling the investigation but I will get back to you once I get an update on the matter,” he said on the telephone on Monday.

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The fresh insight into the bribery scandal came as The PUNCH learnt on Monday how the video recording of the transaction between Lawan and Otedola had been shown to President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice-President Namadi Sambo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Senate President David Mark and House Speaker Aminu Tambuwal.

Otedola had revealed in an interview with THIS DAY newspaper how he involved the security agents to supervise Lawan’s persistent demand for a bribe from him. He also narrated how he released a total sum of $620,000 to Lawan and Emenalo in three tranches, all monitored and recorded by the security agents.

The ad hoc committee chairman said in another letter that he did not raise the issue of Otedola’s pressure on him on the floor of the House because it would overshadow the essence of the fuel subsidy probe.

Lawan stated in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The PUNCH on Monday that, “I had considered bringing this issue as a matter of privilege on the floor of the House later today (April 24), but I am concerned that the controversy it will generate will dwarf the contents of the report, which needs public attention so that necessary reforms in the sector could be affected.”

The ad hoc committee chairman added that Otedola issued veiled verbal threats against him.

He said, “Given the desperation of Mr. Otedola, handling this matter, in a firm but diplomatic manner is necessary as he has also made some veiled threats which put me and members of the committee in a delicate situation.”

The ad hoc committee chairman also disclosed that the clerk of the committee, Emenalo, had in a letter written to him on April 24, 2012, said Otedola offered him $100,000.

Threat allegation

Lawan also stated that the police were aware of the offer of a bribe as the Acting Inspector-General in a letter dated, May 9, 2012, directed the task force on investigation to meet him.

Lawan explained that in a letter dated May 31, 2012, he told the IGP that the matter (bribe offer) had been referred to the relevant committee of the House for legislative action.

He said that he promised that the House would inform him about the outcome of the legislative action.

According to him, the IGP in a letter to the Speaker of the House, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, dated June 4, 2012, stated that a detailed criminal investigation had been ordered into the matter.

In the letter titled, “Investigation activities: Letter of invitation in a case of criminal conspiracy and attempt to pervert the course of justice by offering gratification,” the office of the IGP stated that “the Inspector General of Police has directed a detailed criminal investigation into the matter.”

Calls for investigation

The President of the Campaign for Democracy, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, has however called on the EFCC to investigate the bribery allegation against Lawan.

Okei-Odumakin, in an interview with one of our correspondents on Monday berated the EFCC for not prosecuting those indicted by the committee.

She said that while the anti-graft agency had found it convenient to prosecute the Chairman of the House Committee on the Capital Market, it had found it difficult to prosecute oil thieves.

The CD president said, “The EFCC is prosecuting Hembe with N600,000 estacode, yet it has not done anything to the subsidy thieves who stole the country broke.

“If there is any allegation, it should be investigated. The EFCC should work rather than play media shield.”

Also, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre on Monday called for probe of the bribery scandal.

This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja and signed by executive director of CISLAC, Mallam Auwal Ibrahim.

The statement called on the National Assembly and the executive arm of government “not to let the current scandal serve as a straw to bury the probe report under the carpet”.

It advised the leadership of the House to urgently institute a thorough investigation into the alleged bribery and involve anti-graft agencies to also probe the circumstances and reality of all claims.

“Those indicted by the report may go to their wits’ end in order to rubbish an exercise that is widely applauded by Nigerians in view of the nasty dealings it uncovered”, CISLAC said.

A lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay, also on Monday expressed shock over the bribery allegation levelled against Lawan.

Sagay, who spoke with one of our correspondents on Monday said the development was saddening, describing it as a tragedy which spelled doom for the future of Nigeria.

The Save Nigeria Group asked security operatives to invite both Otedola and Lawan for interrogation.

Spokesman for the group, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, said such an invitation was necessary to clear the air about the allegation that Lawan collected $600,000 bribe from the oil marketer.

Odumakin said if it was ascertained that money actually changed hands, the giver and the taker must be punished.

He, however, advised Nigerians not to allow the issue to distract them from demanding the prosecution of the subsidy thieves.

Odumakin said, “Both Otedola and Lawan should be invited by security agencies to ascertain the veracity of this allegation. If it is true that money changed hands, the giver and the taker must be punished.

Nigerians must not allow this to distract them from the demand for the prosecution of the subsidy thieves which this latest video production by the Presidency clearly wants to achieve.”

Meanwhile, our correspondents learnt on Monday that the EFCC was planning to use Otedola as a prosecution witness against Lawan.

Sources within the commission said though Otedola had not been officially queried over the role he played in the bribery saga, it was said that since he carried the security agencies along, he might be used to nail the lawmakers.

“Yes, we may use Otedola as a prosecuting witness in the case. But we are still carrying out our discreet investigation. When that has been sufficiently done, then we will swing into action,” the source added.

 

 

FaroukLawan: How Obasanjo nailed Farouk Lawan

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As long as he is alive, Olusegun Obasanjo, will always be a factor in the political affairs of Nigeria. Five years have gone by since he ceased being president, yet there’s hardly a national issue in which he is not directly or indirectly involved, or for which he does not at least have a strong opinion about.
Concerning the matter of Hon Farouk Lawan, Femi Otedola, and the alleged $620,000 offered to the legislative veteran by the business mogul, Obasanjo’s name has unsurprisingly cropped up.
At a book launch less than a month ago, Obasanjo had been at his fiery best when he blasted the National Assembly as being a arm of government populated by rogues and armed robbers. As usual, some of the parliamentarians went into a fit and threw histrionics which obviously did nothing to faze the ex-president. Now it appears that Chief Obasanjo was on to something when he made the scathing accusation.
Reports have emerged that Obasanjo was one of the first to lay hands on the video recording of Hon Farouk Lawan allegedly collecting a bribe from Femi Otedola and other officials of Zenon Oil in an State Security Service (SSS) orchestrated sting operation.
It was Obasanjo, in fact, who briefed House Speaker Aminu Tambuwal on the existence of such a recording, according to a Guardian report. Tambuwal had paid a courtesy visit to Obasanjo with the aim of expressing his reservations about the latter’s labelling of the honourable members as thieves. Sources say the president listened to the speaker with restraint, and when the speaker was done, Obasanjo dramatically –as he is wont to do—revealed the can of worms about Hon Lawan’s  alleged bribery demand running into millions of dollars in relation to the then ongoing probe of the fuel subsidy regime in the House.
Tambuwal was shocked. When he returned to Abuja, he summoned and confronted Farouk Lawan over the matter. Lawan denied the allegations, but could not keep up the lie for long after he was fed with details of all that transpired at the address where officials of Zenon Oil and Gas allegedly gave him $500,000 in marked notes.
Interestingly, Lawan adopted this same strategy of first denying, before admitting to accepting the $620,000 (N100 million) bribe when the news first surfaced in the media.

 

Kidnapped Children Found Rescued (Driver kidnaps 3 Children He Picked Up From School)

 

 One bingo called Godwin Tikia on Thursday June 7th kidnapped his employer's three children after picking them up from school.

Godwin,the kidnapper

The 3 boys pictured above (Chinemerem 5, Okechukwu 4 and Nzube 2) are missing. Their driver by name Godwin picked them up from their school ABC Academy Utako Abuja around 3:30pm yesterday June 7th in a new Toyota Avensis metallic colour (without plate number) and disappeared with them. They have not been found. Anybody that has seen or heard anything about their where about should report to the nearest police station.

Please other bloggers should put this on their blogs. Also put the photo above on your dp and send to all your contacts on Facebook and Twitter. Lets all help find these children.