Foreign Policy list of 500 most powerful people on the planet

Is it possible to identify the 500 most powerful individuals on the planet -- one in 14 million? That's what we tried to do with the inaugural FP Power Map, our inventory of the people who control the commanding heights of the industries that run the world, from politics to high finance, media to energy, warfare to religion. Think of it as a list of all the most important other lists. Here's how they stack up -- and why (sorry, declinists!) Americans are still No. 1 in pretty much everything that matters. For now. 

See the full list after the break

Why seeing isn’t always believing.. Funny camera angle snaps that aren’t quite as they seem

They say photographs/cameras never lie right? This collection of pictures would have you think otherwise. Find below, a collection of pictures and photographs that look like something else at first glance, but a second and cursory look tells you what is truly there. Have fun

IBB jabs OBJ in Adenuga at 60 advert: “You remained loyal even when they tried to hang me”

It is hard to forget the “fool at 70″ back and forth between former Nigerian rulers, Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida in 2012. The dust on that matter has since settled but it is a fact that those two men do not like each other very much.

“If you say Doyin Okupe is an attack dog, that’s his job” – Ben Murray Bruce commends Okupe

At a one-day workshop for special assistants on media and directors of information of federal ministries, the special adviser to President Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, received commendation from a former DG of the NTA and chairman of the Silver Bird group, Ben Murray Bruce over the way he’s handled his responsibilities.

EFCC quizzes Ubah over Fuel subsidy

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arrested the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, Ifeanyi Ubah. Sources said he was arrested by the security operatives of the commission in his Abuja home in connection with the fuel subsidy scam.

AY Comedian Defends Chioma Akpotha Over Fight With Vanguard Reporter

After the AMAA event in Bayelsa, news broke out that actress Chioma Akpotha and a Vanguard's reporter Yemisi Suleiman got into a fight.

According to the story Vanguard released:

Bomber: I Went to Destroy THISDAY on Revenge Mission

Umar Mustapha, charged with the bombing of SOJ Plaza in Kaduna occupied by THISDAY, The Moment and Sun Newspapers said he did so out of vengeance. Umar who also threatened that the first witness would be killed for daring to testify against him was said to have told police investigator that he went to destroy THISDAY newspapers on a revenge mission.

Leadership Journalists Plead Not Guilty to Treason Charges, Admitted to Bail

After two unsuccessful attempts, the federal government Tuesday finally arraigned two journalists with Leadership Newspapers, Tony Amokeodo and Chibuzor Ukaibe, before a Federal High Court on a six-count charge of felony and conspiracy against the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Kim K spotted in Paris with baby daddy, Kanye West

Kim K left her family in Greece where they are holidaying to go join her boo in Paris after he sent a private jet to pick her up. They were spotted out and about in Paris today...but they no longer look like a couple in love. No holding hands, no smiling, plus they look tense. And see the way she's looking at him in the last photo. Hmmmm. Hope they find a way to stay together!

Court okays APC’s move to sue INEC over non-registration

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, granted leave to one of the associations jostling to be registered under the acronym of APC, African Peoples Congress, to proceed with hearing in its suit seeking a judicial review of the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which rejected its application for registration as a political party.

Lagos CJ Frees 96 Kirikiri Prisons Inmates

The Lagos Chief Judge, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, Tuesady released 96 awaiting trial inmates from the female and male sections of the Medium Security Prison, Kirikiri, Lagos.

The released inmates included eight women and 88 men, who had been awaiting trials for upward of between three and nine years.

Justice Phillips had earlier released 279 inmates from the Kirikiri Maximum and Medium Security Prisons and Ikoyi prisons last year.

The exercise was aimed at decongesting the prisons and in exercise of the Chief Judge's powers under Section 1 (1) of the Criminal Justice Release from Custody Special Provision Act CAP C40, 2007, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.
The Chief Judge, who was accompanied by senior members of the judiciary, including judges and the Chief Registrar, admonished the freed inmates to be of good behaviour.

“There is a saying in the legal circle that it is better for 10 guilty persons to be free than for one innocent person to be incarcerated.
"I release you all from custody today and admonish you to go and sin no more," she said.

Justice Phillips remarked that the matter of awaiting trials and decongestion of prisons was very close to her heart.
Earlier, the Deputy Controller of the female section, Mrs. Ishioma Onweli, said she had compiled a list of 16 other inmates and pleaded with the Chief Judge to look into their cases.

Onweli said they were afflicted with different ailments like tuberculosis, HIV, hypertension, diabetics, among other diseases. She said the female facility built to accommodate 211 had 207 inmates, out of which, 167 are awaiting trial, 36 convicted, three were condemned, while one was on a life sentence.

The deputy controller of the male section of the medium prison, Mr. Tunde Ladipo said in spite of the volume of those released, the prison was still congested with awaiting trials.

"We need you to visit this place again to lessen our burden," he pleaded.
The visit of Justice Phillips to the male section of the prison was marked with a novelty football match, choir ministration and drama in which the lead character was given a stage name of Ayotunde Phillips by the inmates.

He also disclosed that the male section, which was built to accommodate 1,700 inmates, presently houses 2,496 out of which 2,344 are awaiting trials and 152 are convicted



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Old Friend charged over acid burn on Nigerian girl in London

A FORMER schoolmate of acid-burn victim Naomi Oni was yesterday charged with the attack which partly blinded her. Mary Konye, 21, is due in court this morning. Naomi, also 21, was on the phone to her boyfriend in Dagenham, East London, last December when she was splashed with sulphuric acid.
She spent a month in hospital and was left with bad facial scars.

Glo sponsors 1st aroad race in Nigeria •Foreign athletes expected in Lagos

The first ever road race over hills and sandy path in Nigeria, the Okpekpe Road Race, sponsored by national telecomms operator, Globacom, kicks off on May 4 at Okpekpe, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. A statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by Globacom stated that the 10-kilometre Okpekpe Road Race is the first of its kind in the country. Globacom is the official telecoms partner of the race.

First Lady not ill —Presidency

THE Presidency has refuted claims that First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, has fallen ill again and has consequently withdrawn from a planned trip with President Goodluck Jonathan to Namibia and South Africa.  A statement issued by her Special Assistant on Media, Ayo Osinlu, in Abuja, on Tuesday, said the report, which appeared in an online publication, was an attempt to mislead the innocent public and demonize the First Lady.