Eastbourne Pier on fire!

A fire has ripped through part of Eastbourne Pier, completely destroying a section of the roof.

The blaze began in a part of the Victorian structure housing an amusement arcade. A section of the pier became engulfed in flames as the fire spread during the afternoon.

East Sussex Fire and Rescue said about 80 firefighters had been sent to the scene of the blaze. 

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) sent lifeboats from neighbouring towns.

Eyewitnesses said the fire, which started at the promenade end of the 144-year-old pier, appeared not to have affected the sea end of the Grade II listed structure.

I don't need a man to have a baby- Katy Perry!

29-year-old singer and actress Katy Perry wants to be a mom, with or without a man in her life.

“I don’t need a dude … It’s 2014!” she reportedly said in an interview with Rolling stone. 

“We are living in the future; we don’t need anything. I don’t think I’ll have to, but we’ll see. I’m not anti-men. I love men. But there is an option if someone doesn’t present himself.”

Although she  doesn’t intend to wait around for the right man, she is going to wait for the right moment to have a child.

“I want to be doing that in the right time,”  

“And that’s not in the next two years, you know? Maybe it’s in a five-year plan, but I need to really be able to focus 100 percent of my attention on it. I don’t really want to take the child on tour. Not until, like, birth through 5 is over.” she said

It makes sense that Perry isn’t going to hang her parenting hopes on finding the right man, as her dating luck has been anything but good.

In February, Perry and John Mayer called it quits for good after a tumultuous year-and-a-half relationship. And that started just as the pop star’s divorce from Russell Brand, whom she was married to for 14 months, was being finalized.

“It was emotionally traumatic for me,”  

“It was the death of a dream. I was in fairy-tale land, and the reality of it wasn’t so. But I don’t really like talking about it anymore, because it feels like a thousand lifetimes ago, and also it makes me look desperate, like I need it for attention.” she said.

Perry also touches on her difficulty in coping with her breakup with the comedian, who reportedly broke up with her via text message, in the interview.

She seems over that now, and has come to the realization that she can’t let a relationship determine whether she’s happy. But that hasn’t stopped her from having fun, the singer having most recently been linked to DJ Diplo.

Boy dies after getting hit by a stray bullet in bed!

According to the Detroit Police, an 8-year-old boy who was sleeping early Wednesday died after a bullet fired from outside went through the home’s wall and into his bedroom, hitting him.

The child was struck once about 1:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Brewster Homes complex on Detroit’s east side, Officer Adam Madera said, and pronounced dead about 45 minutes later at Children’s Hospital of Michigan.

“He was sleeping in his room and gunshots were fired from outside,” Madera said.

No arrests were immediately made, but Detroit police were speaking with a “person of interest” in the case, Madera said. 

An autopsy is scheduled Thursday, Wayne County medical examiner’s office spokeswoman Mary Mazur said.

Father of the deceased Jamre Pearson, is held back by a friend outside his home.

The boy’s name wasn’t released by police, but The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press identify him as Jakari Pearson.

Grief-stricken relatives declined to be interviewed by The Associated Press. But their next door neighbor identified as Tenesha Higgins said there were “five or six” very loud booms — something she said is common in the public housing complex several miles northeast of downtown.

“I was just laying down to sleep,” said Higgins. “I heard the gunshots. It sounded like it was literally in front of the house. I waited, then I heard screaming and police sirens.

“I opened the door and the boy was laying in the street,” she said, adding it appeared the mother’s boyfriend was trying to rush him to the hospital.

“He was a good boy,” Higgins said. 

“He liked to play baseball.”

Neighbors and passers-by started a makeshift memorial of stuffed bears, dogs and other toy animals on the front porch of the home. Propped on the toys were handwritten cardboard signs that read: “CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE!” ”GIVE OUR CHLDREN A CHANCE” and “UNITED WE STAND … STOP THE VIOLENCE!!!!”

Late Wednesday morning, police still were at Jakari’s home, a corner unit of several attached row houses. The shots appeared to have been fired behind the home toward the second floor. One tore through an upstairs window, while another appeared to cleanly pass through the exterior brick wall two feet beneath the window.

Jakari was to enter the fourth grade at Spain Elementary this year, friends said.

Higgins is fed up with the crime that has been creeping over the past decade or so into the neighborhood. She’s lived there about 15 years.

“It can get very dangerous,” Higgins said. “These guys get away with a lot of stuff. There have been numerous break-ins.

“I haven’t been to sleep. I don’t feel safe at all. I didn’t go to work today. I didn’t want to leave my baby.”

Jakari’s slaying follows the July 1 shooting death of a 2-year-old girl in Inkster, southwest of Detroit. 

Police in that case have said KaMiya Gross was killed in front of her father as retaliation from an earlier shooting. Two men are charged in her death.

President Jonathan appoints new IG of Police!

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Suleiman Abba, the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 7, as the new Inspector General of Police in Nigeria.

This happened following the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Jonathan on Tuesday.

He would now replace Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, who has completed the mandatory 35 years in service.

Special Adviser to the  President on Media and Publicity confirmed this in his tweet:

"President Jonathan has approved the appointment of AIG Suleiman Abba as the new IGP. Abba, a lawyer, hails from Jigawa state".

"New IGP Abba replaces IGP Abubakar who proceeds on statutory retirement. IGP Abba's apptment is with effect from August 1, 2014".

Abba was a former Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to Maryam Abacha.

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No money was given to Chibok visitors- Doyin Okupe!

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs Doyin Okupe has disclaimed the news making the rounds that President Jonathan gave the sum of N100million to parents of the missing Chibokgirls.


Following alleged accusations that the parents of the girls were short-changed, Oga Doyin came out to clear the air with the twitt below:



Convener of the bringbackourgirls campaign Oby Ezekwesili, also chipped in her thoughts on the alleged Presidential largess.



E'heenn.....atleast that air has been cleared.....

Britney unveils sexy sleepwear range!

Britney Spears has announced the launch of a "sexy, luxurious, and comfortable" sleepwear range. The pop superstar will launch The Intimate Britney Spears collection on September 9 at an event in New York City with retail partner CHANGE Lingerie.

"Every woman should feel confident and beautiful in everything she puts on," Spears said.

"My vision for The Intimate Britney Spears is to create pieces that are sexy, luxurious, and comfortable at the same time. I am excited to introduce this collection, because I feel that we accomplished exactly that."

The range includes lingerie sets, vintage-inspired bustiers and kimonos, and loungewear including jersey camisoles, shorts, and sweats.

Actor James Shigeta dies at 81!

Famed actor James Shigeta who played memorable roles in Die Hard (1988) and musical Flower Drum Song (1961) has died. 

His agent confirmed his death in a statement to E! News: "It is with great sadness that I report the loss of my long-time friend and client James Shigeta," 

"James was the biggest East Asian U.S. star the country had known. He filled both A-movie starring roles and TV guest appearances with the same cool and classy style. James starred  in Ross Hunter's glitzy production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Flower Drum Song, A Bridge to the Sun  and Die Hard. 

"James passed peacefully in his sleep, July 28, 2014, at 2 p.m. The world has lost a great actor. Sadly, I lost a dear friend." He said.

Born in Honolulu- Hawaii, Shigeta, originally studied to be an actor at New York University, although he initially joined the Marines, and served during the Korean War.