Brits are cooking smaller portions to cope with soaring food bills

Nearly four in ten Britons are cooking smaller portions at meal time to cope with rising food prices, one of Britain's biggest consumer watchdogs claims.
Which? last night said 39 per cent of us are cooking less to cut back on the amount they throw away after suffering a 12 per cent rise in supermarket bills over the past six years. The watchdog added that nearly half of all shoppers are now freezing food or cooking with leftovers to avoid waste. More than 43 per cent of people are also checking the 'use by' or 'best before' dates more closely with 35 per

BREAKING NEWS: GSS Nyanya building collapses, students critically injured

A section of the balcony of one of the storey buildings of GSS Nyanya collapsed with eight students, all females involved with various degrees of injuries, including broken limbs. A student said to have fallen head down lost about half her teeth. Some of the students are said to have been transferred to the Maitama General Hospital. The school authorities have been uncooperative with giving information.

Another police extortion caught on tape

This one happened in Onitsha Area Command, in Anambra State. Officers: Stephen Iduh, Anselem Ukachukwu, J. O Daudu of the Servicom Unit. as at Friday 20th Sept. 2013.

DavidO and his crew hang out with footballer, Samuel Eto'o

The two stars showing off their Rolex watches as they hang out in London. See more photos after the cut

Football legend Lionel Messi arrives in court for tax fraud case

Four-time FIFA footballer of the year Lionel Messi and his father Jorge arrived in a Spanish court this morning Friday September 27th to answer charges of alleged tax fraud. Messi and his father are being accused of hiding over £3.4 million by filing incomplete tax returns from 2006 to 2009.

The charges against father and son was lodged by a state prosecutor in June 2013 claiming that they tried to conceal earnings from Messi's image rights - charges they both deny.

P Diddy Named Wealthiest Hip Hop Artist Of 2013

The mogul beats Jay-Z and Dr. Dre to the top spot on the Forbes list…

16:48, Wednesday, 25 September 2013

P Diddy has been named the wealthiest artist in hip hop for 2013.

 

The I'll Be Missing You star topped the annual Forbes list with an estimated net worth of US$580 million, beating out fellow hip hop moguls Jay-Z and Dr. Dre for the honour.

 

According to Forbes, the bulk of the Bad Boy Records founder's fortune comes from his non-musical endeavours, namely his deal with Ciroc vodka.

 

Jay-Z came in at number two on the list, with an estimated net worth of US$475 million attributed to his involvement with brands such as Rocawear and Live Nation as well as his stake in Brooklyn's Barclays Center.

 

Dr. Dre ranks third with US$350 million, thanks in large part to his ownership stake in the hugely successful Beats by Dr. Dre headphone range.

 

Bryan 'Birdman' Williams, owner of the Cash Money/Young Money empire sits at number four with US$150 million while the top five is rounded out by 50 Cent, with an estimated US$125 million. 

 

In order to compile their list of top earners, Forbes state that they look at 'past earnings, value current holdings, leaf through financial documents and talk to analysts, attorneys, managers, other industry players and even some of the moguls themselves to find the nitty-gritty details.'

 

Last week we told you that Jay-Z and Beyonce had nabbed the top spot in Forbes' Highest-Earning Celebrity Couples list.

Police say suspected Islamic militants armed with automatic rifles and explosives killed a pastor and his son and torched a church in northeast Nigeria before dawn.

Corporal Musa Ibrahim said the attackers also killed the village head at Dorawa, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Yobe state school where extremists in July killed 29 students, some burned alive.

Ibrahim said gunmen used explosives to set ablaze the church and five homes.

Yobe is one of three northeastern states under a military emergency to try to halt an Islamic uprising by militants who have killed more than 1,700 people since 2010 in their quest to turn Nigeria into an Islamic state and ban Western education though the country of 160 million people has as many Christians as Muslims.