Michael Jackson is world’s top-earning dead celebrity

According to Forbes, Michael Jackson is the top earning dead celebrity, earning an astonishing $115million this year. In his more 30 years solo career, the King of Pop made an impressive over $1.1 billion. But it seems he has proved even more lucrative since his death, making a further $999 billion since 2009.

The impressive sum comes from two Cirque du Soleil shows, his own music and publishing revenues, and his half of the Sony/ATV publishing catalogue.



Michael Jackson's latest annual income has seen him top a list of the highest earning dead celebrities, complied by financial magazine Forbes.

In second place is Elvis Presley, who has made £36million, Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz comes in third with £26million, while fourth place, with £14million, goes to Bob Marley. Elizabeth Taylor rounds off the top five with £13million.

loot is too huge for us to handle - World Bank

The World Bank has asked for more time to provide a detailed report on the loot of former military dictator, Sani Abacha, saying the loot is too huge for it to handle. The World Bank said this in response to a request by civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) asking for a comprehensive document detailing all the loots of the former military dictator which is estimated at $11.3 billion and stashed in foreign banks.

“In response to your request, we would like to inform you that we are still considering your request and we will need additional time because the money involved is too huge for us to handle.” World bank says

The World Bank added that although it takes just 20 working days to respond to such requests, under special cases, it could take longer time.

N1trillion Saga: Confusion As FG Orders EFCC To Probe Sitting Chairman, Lamorde

The Federal Ministry of Justice has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to commence investigation into the allegation that the agency’s chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, diverted about N1 trillion proceeds of corruption recovered by the anti-graft agency.

The request follows a petition dated September 18, 2015, sent to the Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Abdullahi Yola.

The petition was filed by a security expert and Chief Executive Officer of a security firm, Panic Alert Security Systems (PASS), George Uboh.

Uboh sent a reminder letter dated September 28, to Yola, threatening to sue the ministry, if he failed to respond to his petition within seven days.

In the petition, Uboh asked the Justice Ministry, “through which EFCC derives its power to immediately rescind the fiat to prosecute criminal suspects from EFCC”.

He also sought a “fiat for the prosecution of EFCC’s past and present leadership and their known and unknown co-conspirators via the 22-page preliminary criminal charges the undersigned has prepared.”

The ministry’s letter, signed by the Director, Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Muhammad Diri, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, is dated October 8, 2015.

The letter made available to reporters in Abuja yesterday, reads: “I refer to your letter dated September 28, 2015, in respect of the above mentioned subject matter.

“I am directed to inform you that your petition has been sent to the EFCC for their response to the allegation contained therein.

“The commission has been directed by the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary to forward the result of its investigation as soon as it is completed.

“Accept please, the assurances of the highest regards of the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary.”

It remains to be seen how the EFCC will successfully launch an investigate on its own head.

Lamorde, still presides over commission activities, and routinely receives foreign and local agencies who pay courtesy visits.

Uboh has, however, argued that “pursuant to the Civil Service Rules, Ibrahim Lamorde must step aside during the pendency of the investigation by the commission”.

He had alleged that Lamorde diverted among others, the loot recovered from a former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and an ex-Inspector-General of Police Tafa Balogun.

15-year old boy arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with cyber attack

UK internet service provider TalkTalk was recently hacked leaving millions of customers at risk. The firm’s websites have been hacked at least three times in the past year, allowing criminals to capture names, email addresses, account numbers and bank details. A boy of 15 has been arrested on suspicion of taking part in the cyber-attack on TalkTalk.


The teenager was taken into custody after police raided his family home in Northern Ireland. A forensic team continued to comb the boy’s house for clues last night after obtaining a search warrant hours earlier.

‘We know this has been a worrying time for customers and we are grateful for the swift response and hard work of the police. We will continue to assist in the ongoing investigation.’ Criminals posing as TalkTalk technicians have been hijacking customers’ computers, stealing cash and even threatening rape. The scammers ask victims to allow remote access to their computer and then offer to pay compensation for the disruption into their bank account. Stage two involves claiming they have overpaid the compensation and asking for the money back, which requires the victims to type in bank details and make an electronic transfer.

In reality, no money is put into the customer’s account. If people refuse to pay up, the hackers are often abusive and lock them out of their computer unless they pay a ransom.

Computer experts are also carefully examining the boy’s PC and other gadgets for links to the data breach. A spokesman for the technology giant said: ‘TalkTalk can confirm that we have been informed by the Metropolitan Police of the arrest of a suspect in connection with the cyber-attack on our website on October 21

Why Wike’s sack may affect Amaechi’s ministerial confirmation

The nullification of the election of Governor Nyesom Wike, is expected to have several ripple effects, one of which is the ministerial confirmation of Rotimi Amaechi.

During his screening at the Senate last week, Amaechi, a former Rivers governor, was not questioned by the Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The PDP Senators had refused to question him until the reports by the Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions, on the petitions submitted against Amaech, was ready.

With the screening and confirmation of the remaining ministerial nominees, scheduled to continue today, Tuesday, October 27, PDP senators, feeling aggrieved over the unfavourable tribunal rulings in Rivers and Akwa Ibom state, are expected to be hostile.

PDP senators are going to try and scuttle the confirmation of Amaechi as minister, for a number of reasons.

The senators of the opposition party are still nursing the grudge of Amaechi’s defection to the APC in 2014, and the recent tribunal rulings have only made the wound deeper.

The lawmakers are also said to be perturbed that if Amaechi is confirmed as minister, he would become too powerful and much more influential than he is at present.

With a rerun election seeming likely in Rivers state, the senators believe that Amaechi’s confirmation would directly have an effect on the polls.

how God used Fayose to make him Speaker

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• October 26, 2015
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Dogara, Fayose, Ortom in Jerusalem

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Sunday, in Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel, publicly revealed how God used the Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, to win the battle associated with his election as Speaker.

Giving his testimony at a special pilgrimage programme: “A day with Jesus for Nigeria in Israel,” organised by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), held at the International Conference
Centre (ICC), Jerusalem, Honourable Dogara, who emphasised the importance of prayers in the affairs of a nation and individuals, said he had lost hope of becoming the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as many forces were against him until God himself intervened.

“Concerning the race for speakership race, it was almost the same story to how I won the election to the House. Some of our members and the powers that be said they did not want a fundamentalist Christian, that I am a fanatic.

“At a point, I decided to leave everything to God, having realized that human efforts were not working, even my supporters had resolved to accept the deputy speakership offer, which I declined.

“In the process, I think a few days, thereafter, that I ran into my brother, the governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, for the very first time. When I got to him, I did not know I was coming to meet a prophet, 

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“If they had told me what happened that day was going to happen, I would not have believed it. When we got to him (Fayose), he took us to a swimming pool, told everybody to remove his/her shoes, asked us to hold our hands, kneel down and he started praying.

“As he started the prayers, I said wow! I have never seen or heard a politician pray in this version before, but I thank God that those prayers really worked for me.”

The Speaker said he was not surprised at what Fayose had become, adding that his experience had turned him to a firebrand as testified by Fayose himself 

“Come and see the words coming out of Fayose’s mouth. He mentioned my name, saying ‘I pronounce you the Speaker of House of Representatives’, and he said the God who made his own possible, would

make my own possible.”

He urged Nigerian leaders to seek the face of God in the ruling of the country and not lean on their wisdom or knowledge alone, saying only then, the change all were clamouring for would come.

Fayose and other governors present, including the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom; Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong had testified to how God, through prayers, changed their lives for better.

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Dogara, Fayose, Ortom in Jerusalem

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Sunday, in Jerusalem, the capital city of Israel, publicly revealed how God used the Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, to win the battle associated with his election as Speaker.

Giving his testimony at a special pilgrimage programme: “A day with Jesus for Nigeria in Israel,” organised by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), held at the International Conference
Centre (ICC), Jerusalem, Honourable Dogara, who emphasised the importance of prayers in the affairs of a nation and individuals, said he had lost hope of becoming the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as many forces were against him until God himself intervened.

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“Concerning the race for speakership race, it was almost the same story to how I won the election to the House. Some of our members and the powers that be said they did not want a fundamentalist Christian, that I am a fanatic.

“At a point, I decided to leave everything to God, having realized that human efforts were not working, even my supporters had resolved to accept the deputy speakership offer, which I declined.

“In the process, I think a few days, thereafter, that I ran into my brother, the governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, for the very first time. When I got to him, I did not know I was coming to meet a prophet, I thought I was coming to see a politician.

READ ALSO:  I’m neither a scientist nor contractor, but I'm a professor of politics - Fayose

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“If they had told me what happened that day was going to happen, I would not have believed it. When we got to him (Fayose), he took us to a swimming pool, told everybody to remove his/her shoes, asked us to hold our hands, kneel down and he started praying.

“As he started the prayers, I said wow! I have never seen or heard a politician pray in this version before, but I thank God that those prayers really worked for me.”

The Speaker said he was not surprised at what Fayose had become, adding that his experience had turned him to a firebrand as testified by Fayose himself earlier during the programme.

READ ALSO:  Boko Haram: Northeast IDPs hit 5m – Dogara

“Come and see the words coming out of Fayose’s mouth. He mentioned my name, saying ‘I pronounce you the Speaker of House of Representatives’, and he said the God who made his own possible, would
make my own possible.”

He urged Nigerian leaders to seek the face of God in the ruling of the country and not lean on their wisdom or knowledge alone, saying only then, the change all were clamouring for would come.

Fayose and other governors present, including the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom; Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong had testified to how God, through prayers, changed their lives for better.

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Wande Coal: I Didn’t Know I Had A Son Till He Was 2 Years Old, Talks About Him (Watch Video)

For the longest time Wande Coal’s fans didn’t know that the music star had a son and a lot of people were surprised at how he kept that part of his life private.

He was a guest recently on MTVBase Real talk with Ehiz, where he was asked how he kept his 6-year old son a secret from his fans and he said:-

‘Well, I didn’t know I had a kid till he was 2 years old. When they brought him to me, he already looked like me. So when I found out, I knew I had to do something about it and then I took him to my mum and she’s been taking care of him.

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26, 2015 Kate Middleton, Prince William and Harry attend Spectre premiere

The royals - Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry attended the world premiere of James Bond 007 film Spectre on Monday night at London's Royal Albert Hall. Daniel Craig, his wife Rachel Weisz, his co-stars Léa Seydoux and Monica Bellucci and others also attended the screening of the 24th spy movie. More photos after the cut...

Beyonce & Jay-z had that elevator fight over Rihanna new book cla

According to an explosive new biography of Beyonce, she split with Jay-z for about a year in 2005, the same year he scouted Rihanna. His PR people spread news he was seeing Rihanna but it was all rumours, planned in order to increase Riri's profile ahead of her forthcoming album, Pon-De-Replay.

It didn't go down well with queen Bey and she split from Jay-z whom she had been dating since 2001. The astonishing claim comes in a new unauthorized biography by best-selling writer J Randy Taraborrelli titled Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story.

Describing the alleged split, he said: 'Beyoncé didn't know what to make of this, and it actually ended up breaking them up for a time. They spent maybe a year apart from each other because Beyoncé just wasn't sure of what to make of the situation with Rihanna.'

But he adds: 'It's safe to say that Rihanna and Beyonce are friends.'

According to Taraborrelli's theory, the split would have been around 2005, when Pon De Replay was released. At that time Jay Z was 35, Beyoncé 24, and Rihanna 17.

He also addressed the notorious spat of May 2014, when Beyoncé's sister Solange was caught on surveillance camera lashing out at Jay Z in the elevator of New York's Standard Hotel after the Met Gala.

After a surveillance video of the incident made it's way on the internet without audio, many wondered what caused Beyoncé's 29-year-old sister to violently attack the Jay-z. The author spoke to several individuals who are close to Beyoncé, and claimed he has heard from eyewitnesses that the Drunk In Love singer told Jay he could not attend Rihanna's after party at the Met Gala.

The author added: 'I think it's safe to say the only people who know for sure what happened are Bey, Jay, Solange and the bodyguard who were in the elevator.'

The author also alleges that Beyoncé has anyone looking after her three-year-old daughter Blue Ivy must sign a contract titled 'Daily Program for Blue Ivy as Per Mrs. Carter.'

Taraborrelli explained: 'If you are a nanny coming into her household, and you think you are going to just raise Blue Ivy the way you want to, that's not gonna happen.
'Beyoncé has sort of an agreement, a structure of how she wants her child to be raised and you have to adhere to this.'

The Single Ladies hitmaker has allegedly only had two boyfriends in her life, Jay Z and Lyndell Locke, who she was in a nine year relationship with 

Lil Wayne and Christina Milian still working closely together after their breakup

Lil Wayne and Christina Milian still working closely together after their breakup

Lil Wayne and Christina Milian shot a music video together a month after they broke off their relationship.
Wayne grinded with a barely dressed Christina on the set of her new music video for "Do It." The video was shot last week in Miami. They remain friends and sources say they'll never get back together, so working this closely is not a problem. More photos after the cut...

Eyah! See what Empire star Yazz The Greatest's sister wrote about him

Empire (TV show) break out star rapper Bryshere Y. Gray aka Yazz the Greatest has been accused of turning his back on his family. His sister shared a photo of them together when they were younger and said he's changed 

BREAKING: Sunday Oliseh Rushed To Belgium For treatment

Super Eagles Manager, Sunday Oliseh, has been flown to Belgium for urgent treatment as his health condition continues to deteriorate. Naijaloaded reports.

A statement from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), via its Twitter account reads.

“Coach Sunday Oliseh has returned to Belgium to continue treatment after being advised by Eagles medics.

“He became dizzy and weak after lunch on Thursday and he travels abroad tonight through the Port Harcourt Airport

Davido finally meets the guy who tattooed his image on his

Davido finally meets the guy who tattooed his image on his body

Davido finally met the guy who tattooed his image (David's image) on his body and gave him his HKN chain stating the guy is now 'family'. Another photo after the cut. ..

Twitter react to Amaechi telling the Senate he has never taken bribe

During his screening at the senate earlier today, former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi said he has never taken bribe in his life.

"I have never taken bribe before in my life; If they send a girl to you to do something for her and you sleep with her, you are corrupt" he said

Nigerians don't believe him. He's trending on twitter as Nigerians react to this statement. Read below

Nysc finally out

After a day of delay nysc official release call up later check portal.nysc.gov.ng to check !only on sysyem pls 

Rowdy session in the senate over Amaechi's screening

The senators were in rowdy session a few minutes ago over Rotimi Amaechi's screening. Minority leader of the senate, Godswill Akpabio announced that the PDP caucus in the senate had decided not to be involved in the screening of Amaechi since there are petitions against him that they have not resolved. 

The Majority leader of the senate, Ali Ndume then said that since the PDP senators do not have questions for Amaechi, he should be allowed to take a bow and go. PDP senators vehemently rejected the request and the proper screening began.

Photos: South African based Nigerian arrested with 3.9kg of methamphetamine in Lagos Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a Nigerian grocer identified as Ayoola Ayodeji Adebayo living in Pretoria, South Africa with 3.920kg of substances found to be methamphetamine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have A statement by NDLEA says that the suspect who is married was arrested during the outward screening of passengers on Ethiopian airline flight to South Africa.

Photos: South African based Nigerian arrested with 3.9kg of methamphetamine in Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a Nigerian grocer identified as Ayoola Ayodeji Adebayo living in Pretoria, South Africa with 3.920kg of substances found to be methamphetamine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have

A statement by NDLEA says that the suspect who is married was arrested during the outward screening of passengers on Ethiopian airline flight to South Africa.

Photos: Khloe & Lamar arrive in LA Hospital.

Khloe Kardashian as she arrived at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles with Lamar Odom. More photos of their arrival after the cut...