Reality star Apollo Nida sentenced to 8years in prison for bank fraud, ID theft

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Apollo Nida has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for cashing stolen checks, laundering more than $2.3 million through phony bank accounts and ID theft.

TMZ reports;

Apollo Nida just got an enormous break for singing like a canary ... he got 1/4 the maximum sentence for a massive money fraud scheme.
Nida, who appears on "Real Housewives of Atlanta" with wife Phaedra Parks -- was just sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for cashing stolen checks and laundering more than $2.3 million through phony bank accounts.
The judge who sentenced him today in a Georgia court said Nida did indeed cooperate with federal investigators by spilling criminal secrets ... and that's why he got leniency.
Nida could have been sentenced to 30 years, so 8 years is a big victory. His wife Phaedra is said not to be involved in the four-year scheme which he pled guilty to

Nigerian prostitutes reveal their hell in Europe after being tricked into joining the sex trade

Nigerian women are being trafficked to Italy under the pretence that they will be working as nannies or in factories – but often end up working the streets as prostitutes.

Their plight has been highlighted by Paris-based photographer Elena Perlino, originally from Italy, who began to notice the presence of young African women working on the streets during her commutes from Turin.
She said: 'I decided to start from this surreal vision to tell a story. I have been working on the topic for several years, focusing mainly on the Italian connection.' Continue...

Police control find a Nigerian woman working as a prostitute in the outskirt of Turin

Perlino reveals that many Nigerian women come to Italy hoping to make enough money from honest work as nannies or factory workers to support their families back home, but are tricked by traffickers into working in the sex trade.

A Nigerian called Faith having a blood test at the Amedeo di Savoia Hospital in Turin

Nigerian woman Fatima shows the scars on her body due to vicious fighting with collegues working as prostitutes in the outskirts of Acerra

Nigerian women in a Catholic shelter for victims of trafficking

Eighty per cent of women trafficked to Italy come from Benin City, Edo State, in south Nigeria.

The photographer explained: ‘My work attempts to show a complex phenomenon that crosses Italy from North to South.

‘This involves many cities including Turin, Milan, Genoa, Rome, Naples and Palermo and thousands of Nigerian and Italian people.’

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime declared Nigeria among the top eight countries with the highest human trafficking rates in the world.

A Nigerian in Italy waits for a client in the countryside during the winter season

A Nigerian in Italy waits for a client in the countryside during the winter season

A Nigerian woman in a temporary detention centre

Italian police review the documents of a Nigerian woman working as a prostitute



A Nigerian woman, working as a prostitute in the countryside, is taken to a police station because she was found without a passport


This photograph shows a Nigerian woman waiting for a client in the summer season


A Nigerian woman commuting between Turin and Milan on the 4am train

Traffickers demand on average more than 50,000 euros (US $60,000) for travel expenses and accommodation, with the women having to work as prostitutes until their debts are paid off.

Eighty per cent of women trafficked to Italy come from Benin City, Edo State, in south Nigeria.
The photographer explained: ‘My work attempts to show a complex phenomenon that crosses Italy from North to South.
‘This involves many cities including Turin, Milan, Genoa, Rome, Naples and Palermo and thousands of Nigerian and Italian people.’


The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime declared Nigeria among the top eight countries with the highest human trafficking rates in the world.

Culled from UK Daily Mail

NBA player Serge Ibaka & his naked body cover ESPN Body Issue

Ladies, hot naked man coming through! Delicious!! Congolese-born, US basketball player and Keri Hilson's off/on boyfriend Serge Ibaka poses nude for the 2014 ESPN Body Issue.

He said a lot of things in this issue, like growing up and playing basketball on the streets of Congo, on how his father pushed him to be a basketball player and lots more...but who cares when there's delicious nakedness to stare at...see that after the cut...

Why I hacked my lawyer father to death' - Student

Tolani Ajayi, the 21year old Redeemer University student who hacked his father to death on Tuesday July 3rd (read here), has finally spoken to reporters about what led him to kill his own dad. Speaking to journalists today at the Eleweran Police Headquarters, Abeokuta, Tolani said he attacked his father after he (the father) beat him with a stick, which he said made him very angry.

"There is no way Nigerians can help me. I am going to face my judgement. I am meant to pay for what I have done. It is not as if I am ready, it is something that is inevitable - something that is going to happen; I am just waiting for it.
The incident happened around 1 a.m. when the church would have been sleeping by then. It was anger that led me to this. There was an argument between us and I stood up to him. He beat me with a stick and bit me with his teeth repeatedly. Just the two of us were at home; my mother was in Abuja,” he said. Continue...
According to Premium Times, when asked if he was under the influence of any drugs when he attacked his father, Tolani admitted taking drugs but denied he was on drugs on the day of the murder, saying it was more spiritual.

He also said it was not planned. He said his father was the one that first went to the kitchen to get a wooden spoon which he used to hit him. Tolani then went into the kitchen, took a knife and cutlass and attacked his father.

“I tried to defend myself, then he bit me on my shoulder and I got angry. I used normal small kitchen knife then I used a cutlass to attack him. I regret the action,”
"My mother is still grieving. I have sent some people to talk to her that I am sorry. I want to give her time. I have talked to my sister. I have asked for forgiveness,” he said.Tolani said that his family resides in Abuja while he lived at the Redeemed Church, RCCG, camp.

“My father came for a programme; then, my school was on break so I went to meet him. We were meant to go back to Abuja together then the incident happened and I am here,” he said.Premium Times reports that Tolani was into drugs and had been caught twice by the authorities of Redeemer University. The school had set up a panel to question him on the alleged drug offence before he killed his father.

The figure on Kim Kardashian and her sisters though! (see photos)

  

Reality stars Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian showed off their amazing figure and toned legs as they took a stroll in Manhattan, New York, yesterday while filming their reality show. This is why these women are famous, they have something most women want. See more pics after the cut...

  

    

  

Nigeria @ 100 Exhibition at the RHS-Hampton Court Flower Show

For the first time, Nigeria has a stand at the RHS-Hampton Court Flower Show! The Winihin Jemide Series and The garden and Flower Club of Nigeria will be showcasing the splendour of Nigeria’s greenery and plant life with its theme

‘Waste to Wonderful’. This is an exciting time for Nigerian flower enthusiasts to have one of their own participating in such a grandeur event. Continue...

Visit their stand: G100 at the RHS- Hampton court palace, East Moseley, Surrey, United Kingdom from the 8th -13th July 2014 and see what burst of colours, textures and scents they have on display.

In the last two years, The Winihin Jemide Series has successfully hosted the 2013 Garden and Flower Show, which brought with it an explosion of colours, textures, live demonstrations and guest appearances and the just concluded 2014 Garden Show (Nigeria @ 100- Waste to Wonderful) which was a three day event held at the Grand Banquet Hall, Oriental Hotel.

It involved several floral vendors exhibiting their different flowers, plants and plant-inspired items such as fabrics, wallpaper, stationery, crockery, aromatherapy products and home accessories.

The show welcomed several visitors all over the world and also distinguished guests such as Rear Admiral (Rtd) Alison Madueke, HRH Erelu Dosunmu Abiola, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, Mr Desmond Majekodunmi and many others.

Pics: CLAM Pastor Wole Oladiyun completes N20m children's ward

  

The General Overseer of the Christ Living Apostolic Ministry (CLAM) Lagos has built and donated a N20million children's ward to the General Hospital in Ile-Oluji Ondo state where he is an indigene.

The project which started two years ago was recently completed and commissioned on July 2nd with the Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko in attendance to receive the hospital facility on behalf of the government and people of Ondo state. Continue to see more photos...