Selena Gomez Engages In Ankle P*rn; Disrespects Mosque

 Selena Gomez recently sparked controversy during a trip to Abu Dhabi with her celebrity friends Kendall Jenner, Shay Mitchell, Cody Simpson, and Gigi Hadid. Selena, who went to Abu Dhabi with her friends to celebrate New Year’s Day, posted several photos on her Instagram that shows the group visiting the Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque. The goofy pictures raised some eyebrows, but one picture was deemed controversial enough that Selena had to delete it.

The photo in question shows Selena in full traditional Muslim garb, but popping her leg out to show her ankle which is a sign of impropriety in Muslim culture. Mosque visiting rules clearly state that all “intimate behavior” such as holding hands and kissing are not allowed. It also states that all skirts must be ankle length. It’s disrespectful enough as it is, but to do it in a mosque was considered highly offensive. One commenter wrote, “I was just thinking, why purposely go to a sacred place and do something considered disrespectful?”

Several fans have spoken out about the incident on the internet. Alaa Almitwally said, “Disrespectful! It’s a religious place not a place to have fun in, so disappointed.” Another commenter named Ayisha Elturk said, “If their intent was to learn about Islam they wouldn’t be posing like they were standing outside and amusement park.”

Back in 2013, Rihanna was also in the same predicament as Gomez after she was kicked out of the Grand Mosque when she held an impromptu photo shoot in the premises. Workers at the Grand Mosque said Rihanna’s actions had not been in keeping with the sanctity of the site.

Prior to her trip to Abu Dhabi, Selena Gomez’s ex-boyfriend, Justin Bieber, has been spottedseveral times at Hailey Baldwin‘s side which led to speculation that the two are now a couple. Selena and Justin broke up after a huge fight in St. Maarten last October.

Mosque controversy aside, there are rumors that Gomez’s trip to Dubai managed to get her mind off Bieber. An insider for HollywoodLife says, “Selena is having the time of her life in Dubai. She’s been spending time with Harith Bukhash, who has been spoiling her and treating her like an absolute princess. It’s like, Justin Bieber who?”

The insider added, “Harith treated Selena and a group of friends to dinner at Zuma, a popular Japanese restaurant in Dubai the other night (Dec. 28). Selena is loving all the attention and is so grateful that her friends convinced her to go to Dubai.”

[Image via selenagomez Instagram]

Jonathan, Buhari Are Infidels, Says Shekau

The Boko Haram Islamist sect on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack on a multinational military base in Baga, Borno State, during which about 2,000 people were killed on January 3, this year.

The sect leader, Abubakar Shekau, in a new video on You tube also taunted Presidents Paul Biya of Cameroon, Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger and Idris Deby of Chad.

He also expressed disdain for President Goodluck Jonathan, and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the February 14 presidential election, Maj.

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), describing them as infidels. Shekau, who spoke in Hausa said, “Jonathan, you are in trouble.

And Buhari, do you think he is a true Muslim? He’s an infidel.”

The insurgents, who invaded Baga early this year, razed many buildings and homes in the week that followed, shooting civilians as they tried to flee, witnesses said.

Some local officials put the death toll as high as 2,000, although the military said it was 150.

The video was in the trademark Boko Haram style, with the bearded man claiming to be Shekau in combat fatigues and surrounded by masked gunmen.

“We are the ones that carried out the attack and it is just the tip of the iceberg. There are more coming,” he said. On the weapons the insurgents seized from Baga, he said they were enough to annihilate Nigeria.

Soldiers fled the area after the nearby army base, which is the headquarters of a multinational force comprising troops from Chad, Niger and Cameroon, by Lake Chad was overrun. Chad and Cameroon are being drawn into the fight against Boko Haram, but mistrust has hampered cooperation.

Meanwhile, the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, has condemned the escalation of “appalling levels of violence” in the North-East and warned that she would prosecute members of any party responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Bensouda said her office had continued a preliminary examination into allegations that Boko Haram extremists were killing large numbers of civilians, using girls and boys to participate in the conflict and forcing massive numbers of people from their homes.
She also warned the Federal Government of its obligation to prosecute crimes that “deeply shock the conscience of humanity. “No one should doubt my resolve, if need be, to prosecute those individuals most responsible for war crimes or crimes against humanity,” Bensouda said in a statement from the court’s headquarters in The Hague on Tuesday.

Boko Haram has increased the ferocity and tempo of its attacks in recent weeks, with international outrage over reports that as many as 2,000 civilians may have been systematically slaughtered in the January 3, 2015 attack on Baga town and the military base at the border with Cameroon.

The sect had also increased attacks on Cameroon, raising fears that the conflict was spreading and prompting the country to deploy troops to defend its borders with Nigeria.

Niger’s Foreign Minister, Bazoum Mohamed, told a meeting on Tuesday of the Economic Community of West African States to discuss a collective response to Boko Haram, saying that the Islamic militants are no longer a Nigerian problem but they threaten the security of the region.

Whatsapp Officially Comes To Laptops And Desktops

WhatsApp Web

Today, for the first time, millions of you will have the ability to use WhatsApp on your web browser.

Our web client is simply an extension of your phone: the web browser mirrors conversations and messages from your mobile device -- this means all of your messages still live on your phone.

To connect your web browser to your WhatsApp client, simply open https://web.whatsapp.com in your Google Chrome browser.

You will see a QR code --- scan the code inside of WhatsApp, and you’re ready to go. You have now paired WhatsApp on your phone with the WhatsApp web client.

Your phone needs to stay connected to the internet for our web client to work, and please make sure to install the latest version of WhatsApp on your phone.

Unfortunately for now, we will not be able to provide web client to our iOS users due to Apple platform limitations.

We really hope you find web client useful in your everyday lives.

http://blog.whatsapp.com/614/WhatsApp-Web

Jobless Youth Killed While Struggling For Campaign Money

A 25-year-old man, Kingsley Ughala, has been shot dead while struggling to share the money dashed out by a politician after a rally of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State.

The incident happened on Friday afternoon in the Gbagada area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Kingsley had followed the APC to a rally and returned with some group of boys who later besieged the campaign office of the APC governorship candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, for “settlement.”

Our correspondent was told that after money was given out to the men, trouble started when a particular group wanted to pocket the largesse.

In the ensuing scuffle, the Imo State indigene was shot dead. His corpse was said to have been deposited at the Gbagada General Hospital mortuary.

It was learnt that the police, had however arrested a suspect, Abayomi Ayeni. A resident of the area, Jegede Johnson, said the victim was killed around 4pm.

He said, “It happened around the APC campaign office in Gbagada. After they finished their rally for the day, some group of boys returned to the campaign office for settlement.

“They were given some money to share among themselves.

“A fight broke out when one of the groups wanted to go away with the money.

“The struggle was intense, and at a point one of the groups brought out a gun and shot the guy dead.”

The victim’s father, Samuel, a carpenter, said he had returned from work in the evening of the fateful day when he learnt his son had been killed.

“I returned from work at about 9pm and I heard my son was killed. By that time, it was too late for me to go out so I waited till the following day which was a Saturday. I reported the matter at the Ifako Police Station.

“He had just finished his apprenticeship and we were looking for a job for him when he was killed. He was the third out of my six children.”

The victim’s elder brother, Chima, said, “I learnt that my brother was struggling for the money with those boys.

When they entered a bus, they shot and killed him.” It was gathered that the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, where the suspect was also being held.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the incident.

Six Common Causes Of Dark Circle Around The Eyes And Remedies For Them.

One of our biggest beauty bugbears is dark eye bags. While we know the best way to mask stealthy shadows with concealer, we want to get to the root of the problem by targeting the causes.

Find out why you always seems to continually see that irritable dark circle around your eyes no matter how much you try to get rid of them.

The discolouration around the eyes is thanks to tiny broken capillaries which can show through as dark patches – and the more fragile the thin skin there becomes, the more 'shadows' show.

A variety of health and lifestyle (as well as genetic) factors can make them appear more prominent, so a holistic approach is required to eradicate them.

Here are some of the Common Causes;

1) Iron Deficiencies: "Dark circles can be a sign of an iron deficiency such as anemia. If you have low iron in your blood, hemoglobin (which carries oxygen) can breakdown more easily causing the thin skin below the eyes to appear dark or bruised." Ensure you maintain proper iron levels by eating red meat, green leafy vegetables, nuts and seeds - and if you're concerned visit your GP.

2) Stress: "When you're stressed more blood is directed to your main organs leaving your face looking drained and pasty." This makes dark circles appear more noticeable. "Stress can also cause the fragile capillaries around the eyes to break or leak blood. The blood spreads out under the skin (pools) and becomes oxidized forming a dark purple hue. "

3) Fatigue: "A lack of sleep causes paleness of the skin allowing darkness under the eye to be more prominent and visible."

4) Rubbing Your Eyes: The thinnest area of skin on your face is around your eyes. "This is also the most sensitive part of your face and the capillaries under this skin are more prone to breakage and leakage" – hello purple reign, again. Message: don't rub or pull your eyes!

5) Wearing Heavy Frame Glasses: "This puts stress on the delicate skin around eyes and causes broken capillaries."

6) Sun Damage: "Sun damage to this fragile skin can, as above, leave capillaries vulnerable" and you know what that means – "breakage and leakage."

Wear light-weight sunglasses in harsh sun and shield your eyes from unnecessary UV exposure

Ways To Remedy Dark Circles

1) Take a Vitamin B complex: "B vitamins help strengthen blood vessels and capillaries, to limit breakage and leakage in the eye area."

2) Up Your Vitamin C And Other Natural Antioxidants: "These help fight off damaging free-radicals that weaken the skin causing it to become thinner and more translucent, therefore making dark circles more visible." Ditch the junk food which does the opposite.

3) Avoid Certain Medications: "Anything that could dilate blood vessels results in increased blood flow around eyes which can cause shadows to darken." Check with your doctor or a pharmacist if you are unsure.

4) Use A Targeted Eye Treatment: Reinforce your delicate capillaries and brighten your skin with a multi-pronged products continously for desired results. Check with your beautician for recommended products available in our Nigerian stores.

Microsoft Announces Windows 10 And Holographic Computing

It’s official folks , Windows 10 is coming to the people.

After kicking off Windows 10 with a bevy of business-friendly features, Microsoft drew back the curtain on the operating system’s new consumer-focused features at an event on Wednesday ( yesterday ), while simultaneously driving home a vision of an operating system designed to deliver a singular, cohesive experience across a plethora amount of devices and And it'll be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 users for the first year after release.

Talking about holographic computing , Microsoft is going beyond virtual reality and will attempt to surpass the likes of Google Glass and Oculus Rift, inviting developers who follow said solutions to build new content for the platform.

It's not about placing the user into a virtual world, but integrate Windows 10 content on home and work surfaces. All that's required is the Microsoft HoloLens.

This headwear will enable wearers to manipulate models and other content, place instructional cues on real life objects, place a screen on the wall (view Netflix without turning on the television), access an interface into a virtual world and more.

Some applications where this can prove to be useful include construction and architecture design, medicine and surgery, video gaming and more.

Every Windows 10 device will have APIs (Application program interface) built in, both large and small devices. See photos below --------------->

2015: Northern Youths Vow To Mobilise Support For Jonathan

Northern Youths, under the umbrella body of Arewa Youth Integrity Forum has promised to mobilise 20 million youths across the 19 northern states for President Goodluck Jonathan’s second-term bid.

They commended the President for his visit to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital last week, describing it as a bold step.

The youths, in a statement issued by its national president, Hamid Usman, on Sunday in Abuja described Jonathan as a statesman who was sympathetic to the plight of his followers, commending his courage and bravery.

They described the courage shown by the president in “travelling to Maiduguri which is seen as a hotbed for crisis as not only commendable but exemplary for all intending leaders.”

While expressing their support for the second-term bid of the President, the group said Jonathan had proved that he had what it takes to drive Nigeria to the next level, having defeated the local content of insurgency and ready to fight the foreign elements that had joined insurgents to make Nigeria ungovernable for the citizenry.