Hayek doesn't envy her pre-baby body

The 'Everly' star insists she isn't envious of her pre-baby body as she has welcomed such a great person into her life, eight-year-old daughter Valentina, who she has with husband François-Henri Pinault.

Sharing a throwback photo of herself in a bikini before she gave birth to her little girl, she wrote: “This was my waist before pregnancy. Now it's not the same but my life is so much better.”

Meanwhile, the 49-year-old actress previously revealed she never exercises.

She said: “I have the bad habit of not exercising and not eating healthy food. I have the bad habit of liking wine and cocktails. I'm sometimes lazy with the maintenance. Altogether it's a lot of work.”

And whilst she can slack on her healthy lifestyle, it is her skincare routine that Salma ensures she completes religiously.

She added: “No matter how bad my habits are I always take my make up off before bed. Even if I'm exhausted or sick I take it off. I don't pluck my eyebrows for 90 per cent of the year. But one thing I always do is take my makeup off.”

Fransman sexual harassment claims probed

he South African Police Service (SAPS) have confirmed that a case has been opened and under investigation following allegations of sexual harassment leveled against Marius Fransman, the Western Cape ANC chairman and former Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation.

Those privy to details are tight-lipped about incident which is said to have happened in Rustenburg, North West, the epicentre of the ANC’s 104th celebrations at the weekend.

North West police spokesperson, Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone, only said a case had been opend and that it was under investigation. No arrest had been made, he said, adding: “This is the only information we are giving at the moment. We are not even divulging what case was opened and who is the accused.”

The ANC said in a media statement it had been made aware of a charge of sexual harassment laid against its member.

“We are awaiting the outcome of the police investigation. We reaffirm ANC gender policy with regards to respect for women's rights,” Zizi Kodwa, the ANC national spokesperson, said.

When The Star contacted him, Fransman said he could not comment immediately as he was driving to Rustenburg from the Sun City Resort. “I will write down what I want to say in a statement which will be sent out to the media,” he said.

NEMA DONATES RELIEF MATERIAL TO EDO FLOOD VICTIM

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has donated relief materials to victims of flood in Edo state.

Among items donated to the flood victims were 100 bags of cement, mattresses, palm oil, beverages, buckets, mats, amongst others.

The lawmaker representing Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Barr. Omosede Igbinedion, who took delivery of the relief materials, said she was touched when she learnt about the flood and had to move a motion during plenary which led to the intervention by NEMA.

She said she was glad that she has been able to reach out to flood victims.

Omosede also promised to empower women in skill acquisition such as tailoring, catering, bead making.

She said: “2016 is promising. It is a year of empowering Ovia women in skill acquisition. Ensure those picked are interested so that it would not be a waste of time and money.”

‎‎It would be recalled that some riverine communities in Ovia federal Constituency were submerged by flood when the rivers overflowed their bank during the heavy rains.

UN WOMAN OR CHILD RAPED EVERY 26 SECONDS

It is estimated that a woman or girl is raped every 26 seconds in South Africa - and violence against women is an "almost accepted social phenomenon", according to the United Nations.

Dubravka Simonovic, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, will publish recommendations in June following her investigation - but in the meantime children such as 'Ruth' continue to suffer.

She is a 10-year-old girl raped in her family's shack who has told her distressing story to Sky News.

She describes to Sky's Special Correspondent Alex Crawford how she was raped in the toilet of her parents' shack in the settlement of Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg.

Her mother then broke down in tears as she told how her daughter had suffered since.

"Even now it's painful," said mum Grace. "I brought her here to learn because there are no parents at home. She was good in school but now she's not right. She's confused.

"She said, 'At school they are laughing at me, they said to me I'm raped.'"

Crawford also spoke to a man who raped his own niece.

The man was not reported and still lives a few shacks from the six-year-old's mother - a story that seems to confirm the veracity of the UN findings.

The Diepsloot Civil Society Group told Sky News that rape is often considered "a family matter" in the settlement. They are campaigning for greater awareness.

Biafra: CD gives Buhari 7-day ultimatum to release Kanu, Metuh

ONITSHA—Campaign for Democracy, CD, South East Zone, yesterday, joined other human rights bodies in the call for the immediate release of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, the Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisah Metuh and the former National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

In a statement in Onitsha, Anambra State, CD also expressed concern that Buhari had formed the habit of cracking down on Igbo leaders at any slight provocation.

In the statement by its chairman in the zone, Dede A. Uzor, CD recalled that Kanu was arrested on October 17, 2015 and a court of competent jurisdiction granted him bail, yet Buhari refused to release him, just as he also refused to obey the court order which granted Dasuki bail to travel abroad for his medical check-up.

CD regretted that up till date, the duo are still languishing in the dungeons of the Department of Security Services, DSS, adding that Tuesday’s arrest of Metuh was viewed as a clandestine move to silence opposition.

The statement, therefore, gave Buhari a seven-day ultimatum within which to release the above named individuals from detention or else CD would mobilize more than 70 million Ndigbo, both home and in the Diaspora, to carry out a mass protest against their continued detention.

The statement noted that CD was not against arresting any corrupt public officers, but reminded Buhari of the need to obey the sanctity of court orders or rulings, which he swore to uphold, adding that it was very dangerous when such leaders like Buhari disobey court orders.

“Buhari should tell us how many All Progressives Congress, APC, members he has arrested for corrupt practices or does it mean that APC members are all clean, including the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who allegedly spent over $16 billion on power sector reform without anything to show for it?”

TNTERVIEW: NO SINGLE CASE OF CORRUPTION IN NERC UNDER MY LEADERSHIP

Twenty-four hours after completing his tenure, immediate past chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Sam Amadi, spoke with PREMIUM TIMES about his challenges, achievements in office as well as his ambition. In a two parts interview with Business/Economy Editor,BASSEY UDO, Mr. Amadi said he left behind a credible NERC leadership, electricity market.

Your tenure as chairman of NERC ended yesterday. You have come to the point where Nigerians and posterity would pass their verdict. What would you say that would be?

AMADI: I want to write a book. The tentative title of the book is ‘Mission (Un) Accomplished”. That means mission either accomplished or unaccomplished, depending on what people choose to see my tenure in office.

I see myself as lucky to have managed the country’s electricity sector when all these reforms were happening. This is a mission accomplished, because I set out to create a credible leadership in NERC and the electricity market; to make NERC an effective regulator capable of accomplishing its regulatory mandate.

ARMS DEAL EX PDP CHAIR SON GET N300M BAIL

stice A. R Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, January 7, 2016 granted bail to a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, and ex-minister of defence, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed and his son, Bello Abba Mohammed who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a 4-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and money laundering
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Mohammed, and his son, Abba, are being prosecuted by the anti graft agency for their alleged role in the diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms through the office of the National Security Adviser.

One of the charges reads:

“That you Bello Abba Mohammed, Bam Projects and Properties Limited and Dr. Bello H. Mohammed on or about the 17th of March 2015 at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court took possession of the sum of N300,000,000 (Three Hundred Million Naira) paid into the account of Bam Projects and Properties Limited with Sterling Bank Plc from the account of the office of the National Security Adviser with the Central Bank of Nigeria when you reasonably ought to have known that the said fund formed part of the proceed of an unlawful activity of Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd); the then National Security Adviser (to wit: Criminal Breach of Trust and Corruption) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 15(2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under section 15(3) of the same Act”.

Both defendants who were arraigned on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 pleaded not guilty to charge preferred against them and consequently sought bail through their counsel; an application which was countered by the prosecuting counsel.

Ruling on the application today, Justice Mohammed admitted Bello Abba Ahmed (1st defendant) to bail in the sum of N300million and two sureties in like sum. One of the sureties must be a civil servant in the Federal Civil Service not below grade level 12 and the second surety must have landed property and title documents worth N300million. The sureties must deposit their international passports with the court registrar.

In a similar vein, the ex-PDP boss, Haliru Mohammed (third defendant) was admitted to bail in the sum of N300m and two sureties in like sum. One of the sureties must be a Director in the federal civil service and the second surety must have landed property within Abuja with the original title documents deposited in court. The sureties shall deposit their international passports along with two recent passport photographs with the court registrar.

While the first defendant, Abba Mohammed is to remain in Kuje Prisons, the third defendant, Haliru Mohammed is to remain in “Abuja Clinics” and under the supervision of the Inspector General of Police until their bail conditions are met.

The case has been adjourned to February 16, 2016 for commencement of trial.

Ambode receives report on killing of Lekki Free Trade Zone boss

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) is an important project to the state’ s economy and key to its job creation effort.

Ambode spoke on Wednesday while receiving the report of a five- man Tribunal of Inquiry set up on Oct. 22, 2015 to look into causes of civil disturbances that occurred at the LFTZ on Oct.12, 2015.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Managing Director of Lekki Worldwide Investment Company, Alhaji Tajudeen Disu, was shot by assailants during an official visit to one of the villages within the zone.

The late Disu was resolving a land dispute between members of Okunraye community and some private companies embarking on various massive projects within the LFTZ.

Ambode said: “We will do everything to ensure the success of the project and any issues concerning its success will be treated with dispatch.

“Let me assure members of the public and investors that the state government will always uphold the rule of law and continue to provide a conducive atmosphere for businesses to thrive.”

The governor said that the panel was primarily set up with the aim of looking into the origin, factors and circumstances leading to the breach of peace within the zone.

“The report of the tribunal has been submitted; the state government will give serious consideration to the recommendations of the tribunal.

“We will also take decisions to ensure that such incident does not occur again,” he said.

Ambode commended the panel for its diligence within the time frame of 45 days given to carry out the assignment.

The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Adesuyi Olateru-Olagbegi, said that members looked into the remote and immediate causes of disturbances which claimed the life of Disu.

He said that the tribunal also considered ways and means to be adopted to prevent a recurrence.

One of God’s Finest”: Austin SoChukwuma Odinkalu, KSM (1936–2015), By Chidi Odinkalu

Sometimes, a little over 20 years ago, a little drama occurred in a land dispute in a customary court somewhere in the old Orlu Zone of Imo State. As the dispute escalated, one of the parties struck upon a not altogether un-Nigerian way of getting an upper hand in the proceedings. He was a senior traditional ruler and business man who had lots of money to spare. He approached the presiding officer with an offer of One million Naira. That was a considerable amount in those days. Several years later, this traditional ruler narrated how he was both baffled and awed that a man who, in his estimation, barely earned enough to put a roof over his head, could turn down with more than a whiff of anger a sum of money that was worth more than anything he may have earned in his working life.

That presiding officer who was committed enough to doing things right that he turned down more money than he he’d ever earned was Augustine SoChukwuma Odinkalu, who died on Christmas Eve, 2015, at the age of 79. A life-long teacher and community leader, Austin, as he was known by many, was one of a generation old enough to have memories of the Second World War but young enough not to have fought in it.

Born in August 1936, Austin was the fourth surviving child of a young widow, Rosaline (Rosa) Nwaugbala of Umuhu-Okabia in present Orsu (formerly part of Orlu) Local Government Area of Imo State, South-East Nigeria. A beneficiary of missionary education, Austin began primary education at St. Joseph’s Primary School Umuhu-Okabia, around the end of the Second World War. He would later complete this in 1951 at St. Charles’ School, Ihitenansa.

A Muslim Open Letter To All Biafra's Agitators

It is no longer news that the Ipob fight to separate from Nigeria is making wave and has attracted concern from various individuals, towns, states and countries. Many average Nigerians fear of another civil war around the corner and this has brought many Nigerians giving their various thoughts on social Medias on this endeavor by Biafra’s agitators.

A Muslim Open Letter To All Biafra's Agitators

This made us went for a little search to see what people are saying and we found this letter written by a Muslim to all Biafra’s agitators. This is a must read, his letter went thus:

N82m dinner: Rivers Information Commissioner to demand refund from Wole Soyinka

Rivers State Information Commissioner , Dr Austin Tam-George has declared that the state government will demand a refund of the N82million expended by former Governor, Amaechi on Professor Wole Soyinka’s dinner if it confirms that the Nobel Laureate received part of the the funds in cash.

Also, Dr Tam-George declared that the point of departure between Former Governor, Amaechi and Governor Nyesom Wike was the insistence of Governor Wike that Amaechi observed probity and accountability in all governmental actions, an advice, he said was allegedly thrown overboard by the former governor .

Addressing Rivers people via a radio programme on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Dr Tam-George regretted that the Amaechi’s administration using the Ministry of Information and Communications headed by Ibim Semenitari, amassed N1.1billion debt on frivolous expenditure.

According to Dr Tam-George : “I will seek the permission of the Governor to formally write Professor Wole Soyinka, a known supporter of Amaechi if he received part of the N82million spent on a 3-hour Dinner hosted for him by the Amaechi administration.

“If he agrees that he received such funds, then he will be compelled to refund same to the coffers of Rivers State. At present, we have presented these details to the Police for investigation and prosecution. We shall also take up this matter as a financial crime against the people of Rivers State. ”

He alleged that all the fraudulent actions of the Amaechi administration were being addressed by the Wike administration, pointing out that it will take time for the legal process to be completed because they are financial crimes.

The Information Commissioner said that Former Governor, Amaechi betrayed the trust of Rivers people by embarking on alleged irresponsible expenses, which led to mismanagement and misuse of N3trillion that accrued to the state under his watch.

He said that Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike had to leave the Amaechi administration when the former governor refused to adhere to patriotic advice to use Rivers State resources to develop the state.

“The point of departure between Former Governor Amaechi and Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike was Wike’s commitment to probity and accountability. Governor Wike refused to be part of the financial mismanagement of resources that accrued to the state “, Dr Tam-George told the people of Rivers State.

He explained that already Rivers people were witnessing the proper use of resources as they are witnessing transformations across the landscape, alleging that the former Governor left the seat with several months of unpaid salaries, pensions, abandoned projects and scholarships despite receiving N3trillion as revenue under his watch.

PHOTO OF A BUS THE DRIVER WAS LOOKING HOW THE ENVIRONMENT IS BEAUTIFUL

Earth and space sciences span from the Earth’s core, to the Sun’s atmosphere, to stellar explosions at the infancy of our universe.

Our research and development programs support each of the Lab’s three missions: ensuring the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent; reducing global threats; and solving emerging national security challenges, especially in energy security. This capability has elements spread across the Laboratory.

By conjoining basic research and weapons program needs in the earth and space sciences, our research has expanded rapidly.

Today, we continue to address our original missions but also apply our capabilities to a wide range of national and energy security issues, from assessing the safety of underground carbon dioxide sequestration sites to monitoring and analyzing human and natural activities and processes from space.

PHOTO OF A MAN ON THE WAY FROM AFRICAN TO EUROPE

he was praying to God for help, because he want to  survivi his journey in the  sea

THIS IS RUSSIA SCROLL WHAT IS THE NAME?

i really want to know this scroll, but is beautiful to people but did you know the new model of this but russia some meachine .

PHOTO OF A DOG IS TRY JUMPING TO SKY

this dog is not he can go to sky, this mean's try to let people know how the world is beautiful you can see the sign of the flag the dog is very happy.

PHOTO OF A BOY IN KENYA SEA SIDE TRY TO BE COMING TO EUROPE FOR BETTER LIFE.

THIS IS PLANE OF GOD ON EARTH

PHOTO OF A MAN WASHING A CAR

he was saying regret why he was born on this earth. but for me i still thank God for making him function, if you think about this man there is many people they have complete body they can't do anything in life.

THIS IS SO AMAZON ANIMAL

POSITIVE ATTITUDE