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More than $17,000 has been raised in just three hours to support a Syrian refugee pictured selling pens in Beirut , Lebanon, while carrying his sleeping daughter. In the heartbreaking images, the man offers out a handful of pens, clutching a plastic bag of more pens while his little daughter sleeps wrapped over his shoulder. The photos of the father and child went viral after they were posted two days ago on Twitter by activist, Gissur Simonarson . He was then inundated with requests to help the man and so Gissur , based in Norway , announced he was going to try to find him. He launched a Twitter account named #BuyPens and within 30 minutes, someone on Twitter contacted Gissur saying he saw the man every day around his house. Incredibly, twenty-four hours later the man and his daughter were identified as single dad-of-two, Abdul and his daughter, Reem , 4 and a half. Gissur launched a crowdfunding page to raise money to help Abdul start a new life for his fami...

Skype co-founder , Janus Friis , claims he got the picture when he found out his fiancee allegedly cheated on him, and now he's suing to get his expensive engagement ring back. According to TMZ , Janus Friis claims in a new lawsuit, he got engaged to  Maria Louise Joenson, a Danish recording artist who goes by Aura Dione , back in 2013. As a symbol of his love, he gave her a $471,000 engagement ring , an apartment and cash, but claims there were strings attached to the gifts, they had to seal the deal. Friis claims he learned she had "multiple affairs and sexual encounters with other men" and broke off the engagement. So now he wants his ring back, and Friis wants a minimum of $1 million.

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has more strong words for former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe after the latter described him as a ‘garage boy’.Oshiomhole described Orubebe as an elevated thug and a political jobber, who is out to make noise as a means of getting his next meal ticket This was contained in a statement released on Thursday, August 27, 2015, by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Peter Okhiria. It reads: “Reading Godsday Orubebe’s infantile outburst saying that the governor of Edo State is a “garage boy,”  easily exposes the boondocks orientation and lowly mind of someone, who almost plunged the country into political anarchy in the last general election.” “It easily underscores one of the reasons why the Goodluck Jonathan administration failed abysmally to understand the nexus between promise and performance, between problems and solutions, and above all between prosperity and poverty.” “Orubebe is no more than a co...

Rapper Ice Cube has disclosed that Dr Dre ’s plans to release a new album on August 1. In an interview with Philadelphia’s Power 99 radio station, Ice Cube spoke at length about Dre’s upcoming NWA biopic film Straight Outta Compton and made it clear that the new music from Dr. Dre was inspired by the film about his former hip hop group. "Actually Dre is dropping an album inspired by Compton," Ice Cube told the audience. "He’s dropping something on August 1st. It’s mega. It’s Dr Dre. It’s what everyone’s been waiting for. It’s definitely a dope record. And he’s dropping it all on the same day. It’s crazy." Fans are also eager for confirmation of an NWA reunion tour to support the film’s release, following rumours they would reform for live promotional dates with Eminem as an honorary member Despite representatives for both Dr. Dre and Eminem denying plans for any tour dates, Ice Cube commented on the possibility of a new tour, adding, "it’s d...

Ukrainian forces and pro- Russian separatists accused each other on Thursday of shelling civilian areas near the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite a ceasefire, with four civilians and one soldier killed. A Ukrainian military spokesman told a news briefing that two men were killed in Dzerzhynsk, north of the regional hub, when separatists opened fire from Horlivka, 7.5 km (4.7 miles) away. The state prosecutor said one Ukrainian serviceman was also killed in the attack. Separatists, in turn, accused Ukrainians of using tanks and artillery in an overnight attack on Horlivka in which a man and a woman were killed. The casualty reports could not be independently verified. More than 6,500 people have been killed since the fighting broke out in April last year. Attacks have lessened since a peace agreement was brokered in Minsk, Belarus, in February, but both sides accuse each other of violating the ceasefire.

 Olukolade was one of 95 generals affected by a major shakeup of the Nigerian Army ordered by Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai. Major General Chris Olukolade has been removed from the Director of Defense Information position and replaced by Colonel Rabe Abubakar . Olukolade was one of 95 generals affected by a major shakeup of the Nigerian Army ordered by Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai . The development was announced by the Acting Director of the Directorate of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman .  Abubakar was one time the Commandant of the Nigerian Army Information School, Bonny Camp, Lagos.

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has filed a case in a state High Court to challenge a news report which accused him of declaring assets worth N90billion.  The Union Newspapers had reported that El-Rufai made the declaration of assets at the Code of Conduct Bureau. The governor filed the lawsuit personally on Monday, July 27, 2015, and was accompanied by his deputy, Bala Bantex and his lawyers.