Bob Dylan Accepts His Nobel Prize for Literature

  
  Bob Dylan has accepted the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature, the Swedish Academy said, adding that getting the prestigious award left him "speechless."
   The academy's permanent secretary, Sara Danius, said Dylan himself contacted them and said "of course" he would accept the prize. Danius told Sweden's TT news agency that Dylan called her Tuesday evening and they spoke for about 15 minutes.
   "The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless," Dylan told Danius, according to a statement posted Friday (Oct. 28) on the academy's website. "I appreciate the honor so much."
    It has not yet been decided whether Dylan will attend any Nobel events in Stockholm in December, Danius said.
  In an interview with British newspaper The Telegraph posted Friday, Dylan was quoted as saying he "absolutely" wants to attend the Dec. 10 prize ceremony, "if it's at all possible."
  Danius said the academy will do "all it can" to have a schedule suiting Dylan if he wants to come to Stockholm, according to TT.
  The 75-year-old singer-songwriter was awarded the prize on Oct. 13 "for having created new poetic   expressions within the great American song tradition."
  Dylan at first was silent after the announcement, and a member of the Swedish Academy called the silence "impolite and arrogant."
  Dylan has accepted numerous awards over the years, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for which he attended a White House ceremony in 2012. But he also has a history of taking his time acknowledging them.
   In 2013, he became the first rock star voted into the elite American Academy of Arts and Letters, which made him an honorary member. According to executive director Virginia Dajani, the academy informed Dylan of the decision -- through his manager, Jeff Rosen -- in January of that year. Only in May 2013 did Dylan respond, through his manager.
   If Dylan travels to Stockholm for the Nobel ceremony, it won't be the first time he receives an award from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf. In 2000, Dylan collected the Polar Music Prize from him.
 SOURCE:http://naijacop.com/?p=9112&preview=true

10-year-old boy beaten to death by his father in Ogun State

    Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested 37-year-old Razak Adekoya for beating his 10 year-old son to death. Spokesman of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident said that the deceased, Waris, was subjected to beating by his father over allegation of stealing.
    Preliminary investigation revealed several marks on the body of the boy as a result of series of torture he suffered.
    Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested by policemen attached to Ago-Iwoye Division, following a tip off from members of the community.
    The remains of the boy have been deposited at St. Joseph Catholic Hospital Mortuary, Oke-Agbo, Ijebu-Igbo for autopsy.
    According to The Nigerian Tribune, the state Commissioner of Police Ahmed Iliyasu ordered that the suspect be transferred to Homicide Section of Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Department, Eleweran Abeokuta for further investigation.

AKA parts ways with his Manager

    South African hip hop act, AKA has parted ways with his management company, VTH Season after a fallout which he says is similar to Birdman/Lil Wayne type of fight. The rapper who didn’t reveal details of the split from his manager, Raphael Benza and his management company took to his Twitter account, to make the shocking announcement to his fans. See his Tweets after cut....

 

SOURCE:www.naijacop.com

AKA pleads to buy back his N900k Versace jewelery after throwing it to a large crowd

South African Hip Hop act, Kiernan Jarry d Forbes, who is popularly known as AKA has come out to plead to buy back his Versace jewelry which he threw to a large crowd while performing on stage.
The ‘Levels’ rapper who headlined the Spring Fiesta 2016, which took place on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at the Wild Waters Complex, Ekurhuleni, in South Africa got so excited during his performance and gifted his R40, 000 (N900K) Versace jewelry by tossing it into a large crowd but isn’t happy about it and wants to pay to have it back. Check out his Tweets after the cut...........

Millionaire discovers he married his own granddaughter and still stays with her

A 68-year-old Florida millionaire received a terrible shock after he found out that he had married his own biological granddaughter. The man found out 3 months after marrying his 24-year-old bride as they went through one of his old family photo albums, the Florida Sun Post reported.

The album included photos of the man’s children from his first marriage, from whom he had long been estranged.

His new bride recognised her husband’s oldest son who happens to be her own father.

“When I saw my father in that photo album, I just felt an overwhelming sense of despair,” she told the paper.

The man/husband/grandfather, whose second marriage ended in divorce in 2009 had won several million dollars in a lottery jackpot two years later.

The woman/granddaughter, who had become estranged from her parents after she got pregnant as a teenager, was working as an exotic dancer in Jacksonville when she met her husband/grandfather met through a dating website.

“I just felt strange when I saw her photos on the site,” the man said. “It was like a sense of déjà vu, but at the time I couldn’t figure out why she seemed so familiar.”

After discovering their epic mistake, the couple insisted, however, that they have no plans to divorce.

The husband/Grandfather said:

“If we’d never found out, we would’ve lived our lives happily together, and us being related shouldn’t change that.”

The man added:

“ I’ve already had two failed marriages, and I’m determined not to have a third.”

The wife/granddaughter added:

“Every couple is different and special in their own ways. I feel our bond is so strong that even something like this is not enough to make us give up.”

The couple haven't been named yet.
SOURCE: www.naijacop.com

Photo: President Buhari and his wife Aisha attend Book of Photos launch in Abuja

President Buhari and his wife Aisha attended the launch of his personal photographer, Bayo Omoboriowo's Book of Photos which held in Abuja yesterday. Also in attendance were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife Dolapo, Ministers, Oba of Lagos and others. More photos after the cut.

Super Eagles striker Brown Ideye scores his first career hat trick as he aims for Greek league title

Super Eagles front man Brown Ideye on Sunday pushed his club side to within grasps of the Greek League title as he scored his first hat-trick of his career as Olympiacos beat Veria FC 6-1 at the Karaiskakis Stadium.

  Ideye’s first goal came in the 25th minute- Olympiacos first goal , then Ideye scored the 5th and 6th goal of his club to totally demolish Veria. Congrats to him!

Drake reportedly buys his neighbours house after they complained about his loud parties

According to multiple reports, Drake has bought his neighbour's home - the one just next to his - in Hidden Hills California after the owner constantly called police over Drake's house parties. So Drake decided to buy the home for almost $3million which he's turned to a guest house. Read the full report after the cut..

Hip-hop star Drake (real name: Aubrey Graham) pulled a fast one on all of us last summer and dropped $2.85 million on the beautiful estate next door to his already expansive Hidden Hills, CA, real estate compound. Drake purchased the larger property, a seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom sprawling mansion, back in 2012 for $7.7 million. But he must have decided that scooping up the house next door was a wise business decision — or he needed a massive new guesthouse

Chris Brown bans his friends from bringing random women to his home

  Chris Brown lives in his LA mansion with two of his best friends who until recently can throw parties, bring in women and do whatever they want. But Chris Brown has now put a stop to it following his recent arrest for allegedly pulling a gun on a girl at his home. Read the TMZ report after the cut...
  Chris Brown is done hosting frat house parties ... blaming his male friends and thirsty chicks for his recent arrest. Our Chris sources tell us he's now enforcing a strict guest policy at his Calabasas mansion -- and letting everyone in his crew know he's as serious as death ... no more randoms allowed. We told he's pulling back on parties for starters, but there's this problem with his 2 roommates/best friends.                             
They now have to submit a guest list to Chris IN WRITING, and they must describe who they are with sufficient details so he can decide whether he wants them in his home. We're told he also is imposing another strict policy ... guests are prohibited from bringing drugs or alcohol. The only booze and drugs allowed are his.

Another Nigerian arrested in Morocco with 1.05kg of cocaine in his stomach

The Moroccan authorities on Friday, arrested a Nigerian national who was smuggling 1.05 kilograms of cocaine inside his stomach.

 

According to Moroccan Times, authorities said that the Nigerian man raised suspicion because he did not look quite comfortable in their presence. He was then taken to Casablanca’s Ibn Rush hospital, where he was subjected to a surgery to remove the drugs from his stomach.

The suspect had just landed from a flight coming from Brazil when he was arrested. An investigation was launched and he will stand soon before a judge to defend himself against heavy drug trafficking charges.

 

Moroccan Times

Photos: Man dies in Lagos after being hit by a bus while chasing another vehicle that bashed his car

According to online user Ola Taiwo, who narrated the sad incident on September 1, the victim was chasing a commercial bus popularly known as Danfo that bashed his car when he was hit and killed by another oncoming Danfo.
"This man died this morning at onigbongbo bus stop Maryland, a danfo brush his car, and this man left his car, remove his shoes and ran after the danfo, he try to hold the bus but the conductor push him away and another danfo coming hit him and that was the end. Look at the man lying down and his car beside him, he left everything, pls lean how to let go, cos "bintin laye" he's an MD in one of the nearby office"
 

Man who named his dog Buhari arraigned in court

 

Joachim Chinakwe a 40 year old man who named his pet dog Buhari was arraigned in court today. He was arrested at Ketere area of Sango Ota on August13th after he was reported by a neighbour for naming his pet dog Buhari.

According to the charge sheet, Joachim who is a trader, was said to have behaved himself in a manner that could cause breach of peace by naming his dog Buhari and parading same at the Hausa section of Ketere market in Sango area.

The charge read in part

“That you, Joachim Iroko ‘m’ (a.k.a Joe) and another still at large on the13th Day of August, 2016 at about 1730hrs at Ketere area Sango, in the Ota Magisterial District did conduct yourselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace by writing a name BUHARI on a dog and parading same in the Hausa section of Ketere market Sango Ota and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 249(d) of Criminal Code Laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.”

Joachim pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was granted a N50, 000 bail, with two sureties in like sum.