Jessica Chastain is Married to her Longtime boyfriend Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo

Hollywood star Jessica Chastain got married to her longtime boyfriend Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo.

The member of the jury for the just concluded Cannes Film Festival married her Italian boyfriend, 34, in his home country after five years of dating.

According to PEOPLE, the beautiful ceremony took place in the northern Italian city of Treviso at the Passi de Preposulo family estate Villa Tiepolo Passi, which is less than an hour north of Venice.

Guests began arriving in Venice for the wedding on Wednesday. The couple were spotted leaving their pre-wedding party on Friday where they were joined by co-star Anne Hathaway and her husband Adam Shulman, among other guests.

Governors To Pay Salary, Pension Arrears When Another Paris Loan Club Fund Is Released

Salary and pension arrears of workers would be paid when State governors receive the next tranche of payment of the Paris Loan Club Refund.

The Head of Media and Public Affairs of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Mr. Abulrazaque Bello-barkindo, said in a statement on Thursday, June 1, that the state governors arrived at the decision at a meeting convened by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, in Abuja on Thursday night.

He said that the governors held the meeting in expectation of the next tranche of payment of the money already approved for payment by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

He said the governors would receive the money in the month of June.

“We all agreed that a substantial amount from the next tranche of the Paris-London refunds be used in the settlement of workers’ salary and pension arrears,” Yari was quoted as saying.

He said that governors were aware of the widespread criticism of the non-payment of the backlog of salary and pension arrears and the suffering of the Nigerian workers and concluded that the situation of the workers be ameliorated to put the country on the path of growth.

Bello-barkindo recalled that out of the N522.74bn owed states, N388.304bn was paid in December 2016.

He also stated that the NGF had set up a committee under Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State to provide a solution to litigations filed by 10 consultants demanding payment for their roles in the release of the funds.

According to the statement, the committee comprises Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State; Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State; Plateau State’s Simon Lalong; Bayelsa’s Seriaki Dickson; Rivers’ Nyesom Wike; and a former Accountant General of the Federation and Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo.

Bello-barkindo added that the NGF also resolved to set up a seven-man committee to pursue “reconciliation of the forum and the betterment of the country.”

The committee comprises the governors of Imo, Bayelsa, Abia, Ekiti, Kano, Nasarawa and Bauchi states.

The Roundtable Lagos invites you to the 2017 edition tagged - 'Exploring business opportunities in Nigeria's Agricultural value chain'

This edition of The RoundTable is focused on the agricultural sector and especially unravelling the hidden business opportunities that exist in the entire value chain from conceptualization, acquisition, production, packaging, distribution, marketing, exportation as well as financing.

As a result of the current economic challenges in Nigeria and the over-reliance on the oil sector over the years, it has become imperative for individuals and businesses to diversify and take advantage of the huge potentials that exist in plant and animal husbandry as well as packaging, marketing and exportation of agricultural goods and by-products.

Indeed it is big business and millionaires are emerging regularly from the agricultural sector. Do not miss this opportunity to network and join the big league. In addition, there will be a free DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING in partnership with Google which would focus on how to leverage the internet for visibility and business growth.

Participants at this session will amongst others get instant business verification by Google which would provide access to exceptional mileage for business growth.

Attendance is FREE but registration is required online at: www.theroundtablelagos.com
Date: Saturday, 10 June 2017 Time: 9:00 am Venue: The Real Place, 3 Afisman Drive, Anifowoshe area by Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos.

THE ROUNDTABLE is the business development, economic empowerment and networking forum powered by Church4Real, a branch of Church of God Mission International situated at Ikeja, Lagos. Follow the conversation on social media #TheRoundTableLagos.

New Video: Oladips – Chache

LRR rapper, Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji popularly known as Oladips finally drops the video of his latest single titled “Chache”.

The rapper switches up his flow on “Chache”, as he shares the story about his journey so far and counts his blessings. The video was shot by Unlimited LA in Lagos.

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New Music: Star.One feat. Maleek Berry & Seyi Shay – Okay

UK’s DJ Duo Star.One team up with two of Nigerians finest artistes, Maleek Berry and Seyi Shay for this new single “Okay“.

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New Video: Terry Apala – Free Me

Terry Apala drops the visuals to the club banger “Feel Me”. The video which shot by the maestro Ben Aitar.

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Bird Flu returns to 7 states in Nigeria - Federal Government warns

The Federal Government through the Director of Veterinary and Pest Control Services of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has alerted the general public on the recent outbreak of bird flu in Nigeria. The director Mr Gideon Mshelbwala in a statement listed the states affected by the outbreak to include Bauchi, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Nasarawa, Plateau, FCT and lastly Kaduna, which reported a case on May 30.

He said that the disease had spread across 26 states of the federation and the FCT since it started in 2008 affecting 800 farms in no fewer than 123 local government areas. Mshelbwala said that the way forward to the containment of the disease was to ban importation of poultry and products, quarantine and bio-security measures, among others.

He, however, warned poultry farmers against illegal vaccination of birds, saying that it was a deadly alternative to the control of the disease.

We will prosecute Dammy Krane to the fullest extent - Private Jet company

We can confirm authoritatively that Nigerian singer, Dammy Krane was indeed arrested in Miami yesterday. As we reported yesterday, days leading up to his arrest for theft, fraud and grand theft, the singer has been on social media flaunting his recent private jets trips. Now, the verified twitter account of Tap Jets have come out to claim responsibility for handing the singer over to the police tweeting that he attempted to book Tap Jets flight using stolen credit card numbers. They vowed to prosecute him to the full extent of the law.

PDP chieftain, Bode George, has condemned calls by some Nigerians, for President Buhari to resign from office because of his ill health. George in an interview with pressmen in Lagos yesterday, described the call as inhumane. According to the former South West chairman of PDP, it is only the president and his managers who could determine if he is incapacitated and therefore should resign.

“You see, I don’t support the call by some people that the president should resign because of his health. Even though I have always been on different camps with the president, I do not think it is right for anybody to have evil thoughts towards him. He is ill and we can only wish him good health and pray for him. Calling him to resign because of this is getting beyond politics. He is a human being and only God knows the appointed time for everyone. The holy book says we should always pray for people in authority. I think the president deserves everyone’s prayers, not comments that could even outrage some people and create unnecessary tension" he said.

Man left seriously injured after his own dogs attacked him

A South African man from Durban is left struggling for his life after he was attacked by two of his pet Pit Bull Terrier at his home in Moss Road on Friday.
According to Rescue Care spokesperson, Garrith Jamieson, he told Times Live that the victim was trying to separate his dogs‚ which had been fighting.
“When paramedics arrived at the scene‚ they found the injured man at his home. He had been bitten several times and was in a serious condition‚” he said.
“It was his own dog that attacked him. He told us that he had been trying to separate it from another dog it was fighting with‚” Jamieson added.
Times Live reports that the man was treated and stabilised at the scene by paramedics and then transported by ambulance to a city hospital where he's being hospitalized.

Police parade operators of illegal websites

The Nigeria Police Force today paraded four operators of illegal websites in the country. The Force Public Relations officer, Jimoh Moshood, told newsmen that the suspects operated websites that claim to be in possession of worked out solutions to different subjects for students that wrote the just concluded WAEC examinations. The suspects asked their victims to pay a certain amount of money in accounts they provided in exchange for worked out solutions in any subject. They were arrested following a tip-off. Among the suspects paraded are:

i. Chijoke Onwuachu Modestus, a 300 level student of Computer Science Micheal Okpara University, Umudike who was arrested at Umuiahia and confessed to have collected ₦400 per paper from numerous candidates, to the tune of seventy thousand naira (#70,000)

ii. 20 year old Samuel Odinaka Onwurah who was arrested at Kutunku extension layout in Gwagwalada, Abuja and confessed to have collected the sum of ninety thousand naira (#90,000) from various victims.

iii. 30 year old Patrick Uchechukwu Nwodo who was trailed and picked up at Abakpa, Nike in Enugu. He confessed to have collected the sum of forty thousand naira (#40,000) from unsuspecting victims.

iv. 20 year old Okon Effiong Joseph, a 200 level student of Public Health Department University of Calabar, who was arrested at Calabar. He has collected the sum of one hundred and twenty thousand naira (#120,000) from different candidates.

Jimoh says the suspects would soon be charged to court while effort is being intensified to arrest other operators of illegal/rogue websites currently at large.

Former Cross River Information Commissioner, Patrick Ugbe kidnapped by masked gunmen

Patrick Ugbe, a former Cross River state Commissioner of Information and Managing Director of Hit FM Calabar was whisked away by masked gunmen Thursday night. He served during the administration of Governor Liyel Imoke, from 2007 to 2015, as his Chief Press Secretary and later Commissioner for Information.

ThisDay reports that Ugbe was abducted at about 8.30p.m. close to the junction leading to the Calabar International Convention Centre (CCCI), while driving back to town after attending a town hall meeting for stakeholders in the state, and the acting President of Nigeria, Osinbajo.

This was done in front of some personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) who attempted to foil the abduction, but could not rescue him because they were not armed.

Update: South African woman who went missing 2 days has been found alive

Recall that on Thursday, we reported the missing case of a South African woman who left home on Tuesday to the hospital and never returned back for two days. The 60-year-old Loretta Lamont from Johannesburg has reunited with her family after she was found in a safe house on Thursday, June 1, 2017.

According to Vidian Ghanie, a member of her family who confirmed her return to LIB, she said her aunt passed out and a good Samaritan took her to a safe house until she recovered.

‘She was found yesterday at about 5:20 pm at a safe house. Her blood sugar was very low and she passed out. Someone took her to the safe house when she woke up yesterday she asked them to call her family’, she said.

Redeemer’s University Scientists Build Test Kits that can Detect Ebola and Lassa Fever within 10 Minutes

Nigerians doing big things!

Scientists at Redeemer’s University are taking the extra step to fighting diseases in Africa and the world in general.

The school’s scientists have reportedly built test kits that can help detect Ebola and Lassa Fever within 10 minutes and this test kits have been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to a tweet by Trends of Nigeria.

American Singer Pia Mia accused of jacking Phyno’s Song

American singer of Guam descent Pia Mia dropped a new song featuring Jeremih 2 days ago titled “I’m A Fan“. However, people instantly noticed the similarity to Phyno‘s song of the same title featuring Decarlo and Mr Eazi. Phyno’s teams have declined to comment on the matter insisting that the matter is being handled on their end.