Welcome to GiftedHands Blog: August 2015

Monday, August 31, 2015

Wanyama Misses Kenya Trip Amid Continued Spurs Interest

Victor Wanyama Celebrates His Third-Minute Strike Against Hull City in the 2014-15 Season. Image: Getty.

Kenyan midfielder Victor Wanyama has not made the journey to join up with his international team-mates for next weekend’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier as planned on Monday morning.

Kevin de Bruyne Celebrates Scoring for Wolsburg Last Season. Image: Getty.

Manchester City have completed the signing of Kevin De Bruyne from Wolsfburg on a six-year deal.

Sunderland have pulled a transfer coup to land Liverpool forward Fabio Borini.

Ekaterina Makarova Made a Light Work of Her 1st Round Match at the U.S. Open to Maintain Her Progress. Image: twitter/USOpen.

Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic kissed the dust too early at the U.S. Open after falling to the wits and grits of Dominika Cibulkova.

Anthony Martial to Join Man Utd for 36 Million Pounds. Image: Getty.

Manchester United are set to make Anthony Martial their sixth signing of the summer after the striker was given permission to leave France’s national team to sign a contract with the Premier League club.

Chamberlain Oguchi Does His Famous Three-Point Salute Pose During the 2015 Afrobasket in Rades, Tunisia. Image: FIBA.

Nigeria’s shooting guard, Chamberlain ‘champ’ Oguchi, claimed the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award of the 2015 Afrobasket after the country’s victory over Angola on Sunday.

Nigeria's Senior Basketball Team Celebrate Their Victory at the 2015 Afrobasket Tournament. Image: FIBA.

The Nigeria senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, grounded out a 74-65 win over Angola to claim their first-ever Afrobasket success in Rades, Tunisia, on Sunday.

Behaviors and actions don’t lie.

Super famous Nigerian comedian, Julius Agwu‘s ‘Crack Ya Ribs’ concert took place at the Hackney Empire, London yesterday August 30, 2015.

See first photos from the event below: –

I guess this was long coming since……….

Fast rising YBNL recording act, Adekunle Gold beat his boss, Olamide Baddo to scoop the ‘Beat of Lagos’ 2015 award.

Previously, we talked about the donts, here are the Do’s

Well, she’s 18 year old now, she’s practically free to fly like a bird.

If fans thought the lyrics to Tyga’s controversial song, ‘Stimulated’ was upsetting then wait till you watch the video which just dropped on August 30.

Newly-turned 18 Kylie Jenner is seen planting a very wet kiss on her boyfriend in the video.

The song drew attention after its release on August 25 thanks to its graphic lyrics about their relationship.

Tyga raps: “They say she young, I should’ve waited. She a big girl, dog when she stimulated”.

Unfortunately, the song reportedly failed to stimulate the Kardashian clan as a source told RadarOnline, that the entire Kardashian family is not a fan of the song.

However. Kylie thought it was really cool and saw no reason why people had a different opinion about the lyrics.

‘Stimulated’ video was released on Sunday night right after the couple sat in the front row at the VMAs together.

6 Things You Should NEVER Do With A Newborn

He’s arrived! And he’s so adorable, but so helpless and frail. The responsibility of caring for your newborn can be a huge burden for parents, whether this little baby is the first, second or eighth child.

Start growing out that beard.

28-year-old Guvnor Ace (born Ronald Samawere) who had earlier been accused of ‘dating an ancestor’ got married to 68-year-old Lisa Johnson on August 20 in a civil ceremony held at the Uganda Registration Service Bureau in Kampala before friends and family members. Speaking to Uganda’s WBS TV on why he married his wife, the Ugandan dance-hall artiste said that young girls are a financial liability and some are not genuine.

Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie on Saturday, August, 29, was hosted at Club Rumours in FESTAC.

Famous Yoruba Nollywood star, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry has opened up on the raging issue of Nollywood celebrity marriages ending very abruptly.

In a recent interview with Daylight, veteran Nollywood star and producer, Stephanie Linus opened up on her pregnancy and work.

Popular Nollywood actress, Bimbo Akintola who has been off the movie industry for a while due to her TV talk show is back starring in upcoming movie, “93 Days”.

Nollywood actor, Mike Ezuronye is not happy at the moment and this has brought him close to tears as his integrity is at stake.

Powerful singer, Waje, was one of the people present at the former Fugees star Lauryn Hill‘s concert in Lagos last night.

One of the most famous soccer stars of all time, David Beckham, has unveiled his new tattoos.

Male nipples don’t really get much attention, mostly because a lot of people even consider them gross. But believe it or not, there’s a magazine in Japan that’s actually dedicated to ‘mipples’!

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‘The Drinkable Book’ is a new invention that could potentially save millions of lives around the world. Its pages are made of treated paper that can purify water when passed through, killing over 99% of bacteria. Scoop has more:

A young woman of Dapto, Australia, was severely burned after she poured bleach into her bathwater. The young woman suffered burns to 98 percent of her body after being advised by a doctor to take a bath with bleach.

A drunk man who was running around on a busy highway and exposing himself to drivers, was hit and killed by a van, police in New Zealand said. Milton police said that 25-year-old Travis Jason Stephen Lane, died after being hospitalized for over a month following a car accident.

Saeed Abdullah Rashid Al Sereidi, 50, his two sons Abdul Aziz Saeed Abdullah, 24 and Ahmad Saeed Abdullah, 23, and son-in-law Mohammad Saeed Rashid, 37, died inside their home’s septic tank while trying to clean the sewage tank. The incident took place in the Rol Dhana area in Fujairah on Saturday, August 29th.

Police in Austria say three Syrian children and their families who were rescued from a minivan containing 26 migrants have disappeared from the hospital where they were being treated.

Austrian authorities have arrested five suspected people smugglers as part of an operation to check vehicles entering along the country’s eastern borders.

Deep divisions persist within the European Union as thousands of distraught refugees arriving from war-torn countries, mainly Syria, continued to head towards Western Europe via the continent’s southern frontiers. Aljazeera reports:

Australia says a multimillion-dollar deal with Cambodia to take its refugees is on track, despite reports that the Phnom Penh government was backing out. Australia has vowed to stop asylum seekers sailing from Indonesia and Sri Lanka and landing on its shores, instead intercepting boats and shifting the people to camps in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. Aljazeera reports:

Thai police chief Somyot Poompanmuang has said that at least 10 people, including both Thai and foreigner nationals, were involved in the deadly Bangkok blast, as police said they were seeking two new suspects in the case.

Egypt has announced that parliamentary elections will take place in two stages in October and November.

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Officials in a Japanese city said toilet instructions posted in public restrooms have successfully reduced messes created by confused tourists. UPI reports:

A woman will finally be laid to rest after she was killed and hid in her family’s home. A man of Florida, was arrested for the murder of his wife Bonnie Haim, who was 23 years old at the time of her death. Bonnie went missing in 1993, leaving behind a 3-year-old son. The son, Aron, always believed that his father was behind his mother’s disappearance.

Rebecca Schuman is an education columnist for Slate Magazine and also a new mum who apparently likes to give her sleeping infant baby daughter the middle finger, and post the photos to her Facebook page.

A man was arrested on a charge of theft after allegedly breaking into homes and stealing expensive watches in order to pay for s*x with prostitutes, police in Japan said.

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Video from a toilet-themed exhibition at a Japanese museum shows schoolkids donning poop hats and sliding down an enormous commode.

Beauty Queen Who Faked Cancer To Repay Every Penny Of Thousands She Had Pocketed

A beauty queen who conned thousands of dollars out of friends and family by pretending she had cancer is “truly sorry”,

You’re preoccupied with work, school, children and other responsibilities that you tend to forget what it means to enjoy your inner peace.

Interested in reconnecting with an old flame? Know the right (and totally WRONG) times to do so.

Beautiful photos of Singer, Asa for Elle Magazine’s South Africa September issue. She wore outfits from Nigerian Brands – Iconic Invanity in two photos & one from Lisa Folawiyo..

Some lovely photos of 2face and his wife Annie in the latest edition of Hello! Nigeria magazine. Continue to see more photos…

Empire (TV SHOW) (l-r) Tiraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard, grace the cover of Entertainment Weekly March edition. Bryshere Y. Gray, Jussie Smollett, Trai Byers Photographed February 12, 2015 at the Up and Down Club in New York, NY. Photograph by Marc Hom

Producers of Empire are facing a lawsuit from Jon Astor-White who claims his 2007 idea was stolen for the Fox, music-themed, hit TV series.

Superstar dance-hall singer, Burna Boy has made his fans on the street very happy.

Superstar boxer and champion, Floyd Mayweather, has added another luxurious car to his long fleet of cars.

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Well, the secret competition between Kim K and Beyonce has become even more stiff.

Heavily pregnant Kim K and mother of one, Kim Kardashian, has finally overtaken Beyonce, as the most followed person on Instagram.

Veteran comedian, Julius Agwu has revealed that his ill health hasn’t affected his work and career in anyway.

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