Xtopher Ephraim's Blog: October 2014

31 Oct 2014

Stephen Colbert to sign off on Dec. 18

Hopefully it be, as he touts frequently on Twitter, "Last night's show, my best yet."

Stephen Colbert's final date as the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report will be Thursday, December 18.

The lawyer for a man who was punched by Chris Brown outside a Washington hotel says he has settled a lawsuit against the singer.

The Washington Post reports that John C. Hayes, the attorney for Parker Adams, confirmed on Thursday that a settlement had been reached. He did not say how much the settlement was worth. He did not immediately respond to requests for information from The Associated Press.

Music star Kcee just added to his fleet of cars a 2014 fully pimped gold colored Cadillac Escalade. See more photos after the cut...

The President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Campaore has resigned from office following yesterday's massive protest by people who were opposed to the elongation of his 27 years tenure. In a statement released today, Campaore said his seat was vacant and urged his people to conduct an election in the next 90 days.

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Chelsea Handler's in a war over sexism – or is it bare torsos? or politics? – with Instagram.

She posted a photo of herself topless on a horse, a spoof of that famous Vladimir Putin photo.

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 30: Musician Swizz Beatz (L)

Alicia Keys corralled all of her A-list pals Thursday for the annual Keep A Child Alive Black Ball in New York.

Nigerian billionaire's ex-wife asked to pay his legal fees by UK court

45 year old Mercy Ogbedo has been told by a London court that she must pay her Nigerian billionaire ex-husband's £100,000 legal costs after she failed in court to get financial support from him...

From UK Daily Mail
A scorned woman who claims she was 'duped' into marrying a billionaire with a secret wife has been told she must pay the tycoon £100,000 by the divorce courts.

North Korean officials announced they will quarantine foreigners for 21 days over fears of the spread of the Ebola virus.

An announcement distributed to foreign diplomatic missions in Pyongyang said that, regardless of country or region of origin, all foreigners will be quarantined under medical observation for 21 days.

Kim Kardashian has shared a new Instagram shot of herself, and she's all corseted up.

"I'm really obsessed with waist training!" she captioned the selfie, which shows off her accentuated hourglass figure.

Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight had a traffic warrant reduced to a parking ticket, but may remain in a Las Vegas jail at least through the weekend following his arrest as a fugitive in a California robbery case.

Knight's attorney, Richard Schonfeld, says a judge ordered the founder of Death Row Records to pay a $190 fine on what had been a June 2013 suspended-license charge in Las Vegas.

The Big Boss has been asked to finish the job he began by leading the Super Eagles to the rest of the qualifiers against Congo and South Africa next month

It seems that Nigeria have not heard the last of coach Stephen Keshi as he is set to return to his role in charge of the Super Eagles for next month’s pair of qualifiers against Congo and South Africa.

President Jonathan picked up the PDP Presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination form today October 30th at the party's national headquarters in Abuja.

A few days ago American rapper T.I’s wife Tiny confirmed that she had permanently coloured her eyes to a light grey as she had grown tired of wearing contact lenses (click here if you missed it).

With Tiny’s confession came a lot of backlash from her fans and her Instagram followers with a lot of people stating that it was unnecessary.

Finally.... HALELUYAH mp3 is out (skelewu gospel remix) by NEXUS ft UHURU.... Click here to download kiwi6.com/file/429731ctfh... More linkz to come

29 Oct 2014

Supreme Court stays Missouri inmate's execution

The U.S. Supreme Court late Tuesday halted the execution of a Missouri man who killed a woman and her two children, citing concerns that his legal counsel was ineffective.

Mark Christeson, 35, was scheduled to die by injection at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre before the late stay of execution was issued. Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman Mike O'Connell said it wasn't clear what will happen next for Christeson.

Dwight Howard hits Kobe Bryant with an elbow, then jaws at him

Richard Mackson, USA TODAY Sports

LOS ANGELES — So much for the Kobe Bryant vs. Dwight Howard story line going away anytime soon.

And after a 108-90 Houston Rockets win at the Staples Center in the season opener on Monday night that was overshadowed by the fourth-quarter fisticuffs between the former Los Angeles Lakers teammates, they have no

Kaci Hickox, the Ebola nurse who was forcibly held in an isolation tent in New Jersey for three days, says she will not obey instructions to remain at home in Maine for 21 days.

"I don't plan on sticking to the guidelines," Hickoxtells TODAY's Matt Lauer. "I am not going to sit around and be bullied by politicians and forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public."

2face, Wizkid, Sasha attend PRE's 25th birthday party

Music star PRE celebrated his 25th birthday at Escape Club this past weekend and his celeb friends including 2face, Wizkid, Tania Omotayo, Dammy Krane and Sasha all attended. See the photos after the cut...

Despite splitting up in September, Khloe reveals that French Montana would feature in "Kourtney & Khloe Take the Hamptons." reality show. When asked by USweekly if that wasn't awkward , she said

President of Zambia, Michaal Sata has died at the age of 77. He died yesterday October 28th at the King Edward VII hospital in the United Kingdom after suffering from an undisclosed ailment.

Born July 6 1937, Mr Sata was elected Zambia's President in September 2011. He is survived by wife Christine and 20+ children. May his soul rest in peace, Amen

President Jonathan receives the Super Falcons at the Villa

President Jonathan today October 29th received the 2014 African Female Football Champions, Super Falcons at the Presidential Villa

28 Oct 2014

Obama pledges support for Ebola aid workers

President Obama pledged support for health care and aid workers in West Africa Tuesday, saying new rules for monitoring them for Ebola once they return to the United States would be "sensible and based on science."

Wizkid was reportedly arrested for smoking weed in Kenya. According to Kenyan publication, theStandard Digital News...

Wizkid was arrested from his Nairobi Crown Plaza hotel room on Saturday afternoon and quizzed by police only hours before his flight back to Lagos.
The arrest was in connection with allegations that he was caught smoking illegal substances.
.he incident happened at around 1pm just as the Caro singer was checking out of his hotel room where he has been staying for a week, since his last week’s concert.(continue)..

The popular on-air-personality is reportedly having issues with his Marriage..According to Yes International Magazine ......

"All is said not to be well with the marriage of popular on-air personality, Freeze. The Cool FM presenter whose real name is Ifedayo Olarinde, has allegedly abandoned his wife and university sweetheart, Ope for an older lover who is said to be based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Freeze and Ope have two children – Ayo and Adun. Interestingly, when YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine sought the handsome dude’s reaction on Wednesday, October 22, 2014, at exactly 1.57pm, he first queried whether that was the only reason we called. And when we responded in the affirmative, he said:

Rolex watches are the new craze for celebrities..The 'Fashion Icon' showed off his 24carat gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner.. It ranges from $16k up to $30k depending on the components and year .

FIFA World Player of the Year 2014 list

World Football governing body, FIFA today October 28th released its Ballon D'or list for the 2013/2014 season aand usual nominees Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi top the list. Only one African made the list, Yaya Toure from Ivory Coast. See the full list after the cut and tell us who think should win this year...

Who should win it this year?

Apple CEO Tim Cook says more than 1 million people have already activated their credit cards with his new mobile payments systems, Apple Pay, making it a massive hit.

Japanese and North Korean officials started two days of talks Tuesday to assess progress in Pyongyang's investigation into the fates of Japanese citizens who were abducted in the 1970s and '80s.

Facebook topped estimates for the sixth straight quarter fueled by mobile advertising, which is now driving its overall ad business.

The giant social network reported $3.2 billion in third-quarter revenue, an increase of 59%.

Photos from Mavin Concert in London

Mavin artists including Tiwa Savage, Dr Sid, Korede Bello, Di'Ja, Reekardo Banks and Mavin CEO Don Jazzy gave cold London some heat with their performance at their London concert which held last night at the o2 Indigo London. See more photos after the cut...

The rapper is the host of the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards and released these photos from a teaser trailer to promote the forthcoming award show.

When a couple have been together for over a decade, they have to constantly do things to keep the fire burning.

Don't you think Other celebs should learn from her how to spend a vacation? she's enjoying her self gig time... See more photos:

Sad news for the American, 33-year old New York Doctor who recently returned from Guinea in West Africa has tested positive for ebola. He is the first Ebola case diagnosed in New York, and the fourth in the US.

The doctor was in the country to treat Ebola patients, and was working for the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). He left Guinea on 14 October, and returned to New York City on 17 October. But on Tuesday he began to feel tired and developed a fever and diarrhoea on Thursday.

The Senate on Thursday prescribed a penalty of seven years imprisonment for cyber crimes and online fraud perpetrators in Nigeria. The decision of the Senate on cyber crimes bill, sponsored by Senator Adegbenga Kaka, was sequel to the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Human Rights.

With Election Day less than two weeks away, here are this week's top three political headlines.

• A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll showed GOP Rep. Cory Gardner with a 7% lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Udall. Gardner has led in 11 of the past 12 public polls in the state, showing signs of momentum in a key race for control of the U.S. Senate.

China launched an experimental spacecraft on Friday to fly around the moon and back to Earth in preparation for the country's first unmanned return trip to the lunar surface.

The eight-day program is a test run for a 2017 mission that aims to have a Chinese spacecraft land on the moon, retrieve samples and return to Earth. That would make burgeoning space power China only the third country after the United States and Russia to have carried out such a mission.

Still looking cute tho!!! Nigerian-German musician and producer, Adegoke Odukoya, popularly known as Adé Bantu has shaved off his dreadlocks after 23years. Here is what he said about letting go of it;

"After 23 years I decided it was time to let go and move on. It wasn't easy, but hey the only constant in life is change and Sometimes we must embrace it fearlessly. #metamorphosis"

Over the past couple of months, several reports have surfaced alleging that Beyonce and Jay Z’s marriage was headed for the rocks, and that the pair would eventually part ways.

In what seems to be good news for the fans of the couple, American tabloid, ‘People’ is reporting that parents of Blue Ivy have sorted their differences and even renewed their marital vows.

This was Comedian Ayo Makun's response to a Punch reporter on why divorce is so rampant among celebrities. He says he will do anything to keep his own marriage. He says if every couple stay faithful to each other there will be less sorrow in the land and despite his busy schedules, he tries his best to make out time for his wife, Mabel.

Sei Boayue's uncle was justtrying to do the right thing.

His uncle had seen how Ebola had seeped into his beloved Ganta, a town nestled on the border of Liberia and Guinea.

Mayor linked to deadly attack on students

Officials said Wednesday that a drug gang implicated in the disappearance of 43 students in a southern city essentially ran the town, paying the mayor hundreds of thousands of dollars a month out of its profits from making opium paste to fuel the U.S. heroin market.

A popular transsexual girl for hire who goes by the name GuamGirl aka Boy B8 is claiming she spent the weekend at Chris Brown's house in Virginia. She's been tweeting and posting messages on her Facebook page about the amorous weekend she allegedly spent at Chris's home and has vowed to tell all on an upcoming college radio show for Galaxy Radio at Webster University in Missouri on Nov. 3rd. Waiting for the sordid details...that is if there's really any to tell.

Nmva 700x436 Check Out The Nigeria Music Video Awards(NMVA) 2014 Full Nominee List

Here’s the full list of nominees and categories of the NMVA 2014.. below:

BEST PRODUCER

1. 5 STAR

Kanye West and Kim took a rare photo with Chris Brown and Karruache at Teyana Taylor's listening party on the eve of Kardashian's 34th birthday.

Teyana who is one of Chris Brown's best friends, is signed to Kanye's G.O.O.D Music label. Teyana granted an interview on her beef with Rihanna saying Rihanna was angry with her for embracing Karrueche when she broke up with Chris..

Yesterday, I posted a viral story about a father who dumped his children in a boarding school for 8 years.(Here)

Adepegba’s children-Seun, 14, Titilola 13, and Seyi, 10, had been abandoned since 2007 at Solid Rock Model College in Abule-Iroko, Ogun State and all efforts by the school to reach the dad failed Mr Segun Adepegba, the father of the three children reached out to Punch via a telephone interview and explained why he did it .He said..

It appears that the purported federal government – Boko Haram cease fire agreement isn’t working out too well.

You will recall that barely 24 hours after the agreement was announced, the insurgents attacked Borno and Adamawa.

An explosion at a bus station in Bauchi state that occurred on Wednesday has left five people dead and 12 people injured.

Police authorities have confirmed the incident, stating that it occurred at 9:45 p.m in Azare town, reports state.

See how ISIS is devastating Iraq's schools

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi students went back to school on Wednesday amid tightened security as the academic year began a month late because thousands of people displaced by last summer's onslaught by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) had taken shelter in school buildings.

In the areas of northern and western Iraq captured by the extremist group earlier this year -- including the country's second largest city Mosul -- students are not required to attend classes, but will be able to watch lectures on state-run TV to prepare for final exams, Education Ministry spokeswoman Salama al-Hassan said.

Nearly half of Americans admitted to pollsters that they believe they are “at risk” of contracting Ebola. The effects of the virus go beyond our collective psyche. According to The New Republic’s Brian Beutler, Republicans are gearing up to capitalize on voters’ fear of a massive Ebola outbreak in upcoming elections. And Republicans might benefit from the Ebola panic for another, more existential reason: A growing body of literature in psychology suggests that feelings of fear make people’s political outlook more conservative.

Don't forget to look up Thursday.

In the afternoon, a partial solar eclipse — where the moon covers a part of the sun — will be visible across much of the USA, barring any pesky clouds that could block the show.

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Over the past couple of months, several reports have surfaced alleging that Beyonce and Jay Z’s marriage was headed for the rocks, and that the pair would eventually part ways.

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