LIZ JONES FASHION THERAPY

A new website promises to be your virtual stylist - and always get your size right - but I say… nothing beats real shopping!

A decade ago, I went to a fashion conference in Paris. Glenda Bailey, then editor of U.S. Marie Claire and now editor of Harper’s Bazaar, gave a lecture.
She had lots of whizzy slide shows to demonstrate that, one day, women would buy their clothes online, even click on an internet page of a magazine and voila!
We heckled, we laughed. Bah! It will never, ever happen. But it did, of course, and buying clothes and accessories online is the fastest growing sector in the marketplace.

Just not me: How Liz would look in outfits suggested by the dressipi.co.uk - none of which Liz would choose to put on her shopping list

It’s easy and almost instantaneous. We can shop late at night or at work. We can browse through thousands of clothes when, on the real High Street, we would have long since given up.
So shopping online can work. But there is one huge drawback: often, the clothes arrive and they are not quite right. They don’t fit, are too long or the colour is not quite what we expected.

Boko Haram Plans Fresh Attacks In Abuja, says US Embassy

As Nigerians continue to count the number of lives lost to series of bombs, suicide and gun attacks by members of Boko Haram militant Islamic sect in Yobe and Borno State in Nigeria’s Northeast last Friday, the US Embassy has alerted its citizens that the deadly Islamic group may strike in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

Suspected members of Boko Haram who allegedly bombed INEC Office in Suleja being arraigned at Magistrate's Court Abuja on Tuesday .

In a press release in Abuja on Sunday, the US Embassy specifically mentioned Transcorp  Hilton, Nicon Luxury and Sheraton hotels as possible targets of the fundamentalist sect.

“Following the recent Boko Haram, aka Nigerian Taliban, attacks in Borno and Yobe State, the U.S. Embassy has received information that Boko Haram may plan to attack several locations and hotels in Abuja, Nigeria, during the Sallah holiday.  Potential targets may include the Nicon Luxury, the Sheraton Hotel, and the Transcorp Hilton Hotel”, said the Embassy.

The three hotels are heavily patronised by high government officials, diplomats and politicians. The hotels are also favourable venues for high scale events.

Though the Embassy did not specifically mentioned the likely day or the time of the attack, it however said it may occur even as the country celebrates the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha.The Embassy therefore warned its diplomats and staff had been instructed to avoid those hotels:  “All U.S. Government personnel have been instructed to avoid these locations, and previously scheduled events have been cancelled.

American citizens should expect additional police and military checkpoints, additional security, and possible road blocks in Abuja for the foreseeable future”.

Meanwhile,  Ibrahim Bulama, a Nigerian Red Cross official has said the number of lives lost to Boko Haram attacks in Damaturu,  Yobe State may top 100 after hospitals and clinics complete the tabulation victims of the attack even as it was learnt that the radical sect killed a police officer who was on his way to prayer ground in Maiduguri today. There have been condemnations of last Friday’s Boko Haram attacks.

The U. N Security Council, in a statement issued on behalf of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described the attacks in the cities of Damaturu and Maiduguri as “criminal and unjustifiable”.

The Organisation asked it members to help Nigerian authorities bring the perpetrators of the attacks to justice while calling for “an end to all violence in the area and offering sympathy for the victims. Also, Pope Benedict XVI who told tourists that he is following events in Nigeria called for an end to all violence, saying it only increases problems, sowing hatred and division even among the faithful.

N’Delta ex-militants threaten renewed attacks in 14 days

Niger Delta militant

 Some Niger Delta militant groups that surrendered their arms under the Federal Government’s amnesty programmes have threatened to resume attacks within 14 days.

 

The groups threatened that unless their demands were met in two weeks, they would specifically target platforms that were important to the "survival of the Nigerian economy."

The warlords accused the Federal Government of a failure to pay their monthly allowance and condemned the "deliberate refusal of the Mr. Kingsley Kuku-led Presidential Amnesty Committee to recognise those who had submitted their arms under the amnesty programme. Kuku is the Presidential Adviser on Amnesty Programme."

The ex-warlords under the Forum of All Ex-militant Leaders met on Saturday in a location in the creeks and later issued a statement. Their followers were also said to have been in attendance at the meeting. The forum is led by ‘General’ Gift Tare of the Iduwini Volunteer Force.

In a statement issued by the Forum at the end of the meeting, the leaders of the groups, who described themselves as ‘Generals,’ urged government to pay the regular monthly allowances of militants who had dropped their arms.

"Except these modest requests are granted within the next 14 days, the Presidential Amnesty Committee should be ready for more face-off and violent confrontations," the statement reads.

Kuku had dismissed the protesters as disgruntled youths who were bent on derailing the amnesty programme. He had also insisted that the youths from the Niger Delta, who were currently agitating, did not submit their arms before the closure of the amnesty window.

The statement says the meeting, which lasted over six hours, "critically reviewed the amnesty programme, the nonchalant attitude of the implementers, the double standard applied to various ex-militants from various ethnic nationalities and preference to fighters of some selected ‘Generals’."

They said they had resolved to employ the "instrument of violence" since the authorities had ignored their agitation.

The group said, "Since the Mr. Kingsley Kuku-led Presidential Amnesty Committee has decided to turn this well-thought out peace initiative of our departed President and Apostle of peace, the late Alhaji Musa Umaru Yar ‘adua into his private and family business, everything, including violent confrontation should be adopted to correct this deliberate act of one of our own, who has today turned himself into an oppressor of sorts.

"That the Federal Government should urgently probe the Presidential Amnesty Committee as we have facts and figures to show that several persons who are not even recognised ex-militants are not only benefitting from the programme, but are today deciding the fate and destiny of known ex-fighters and patriots of the Niger Delta emancipation."

Boko Haram kills police inspector

Nigerian Police Headquarters, Maiduguri File

 The Boko Haram sect on Sunday killed a police inspector in Maiduguri as he was driving to a mosque to pray with his family.

 

The gunmen stopped the officer’s car at gunpoint as he approached a mosque to pray with his family, he was reportedly shot but his family was allowed to drive the car away.

AP quoted the Borno State Police Commissioner, Simeon Midenda, as confirming the incident.

"Our men who live in the midst of the Boko Haram are not safe," Midenda said.

More than 100 died in a series of attacks in by Boko Haram, a Nigerian Red Cross official, Ibrahim Bulama, told The AP he expected the number of dead to rise as local clinics and hospitals tabulated the casualty figures from the Friday attacks in Damaturu, Yobe State.

In a statements on Saturday, a United Nations Security Council called the attacks Friday in the cities of Damaturu and Maiduguri "criminal and unjustifiable" and asked members to help Nigerian authorities bring those responsible to justice.

A statement on behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for "an end to all violence in the area," while offering sympathy for the victims.

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday appealed for an end to all violence, saying it only increases problems, sowing hatred and division even among the faithful. He told tourists in St. Peter’s Square that he is following with apprehension the news from Nigeria.

That's a bit rude! Hayden Panettiere upstaged by male streaker at the MTV Europe Music Awards

Not many people can take the spotlight away from Hollywood starlet Hayden Panettiere.
But she was well and truly upstaged last night when a streaker ran up beside her at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
The Heroes actress was about to present the award for Best Song - which eventually went to Lady Gaga - when a naked man appeared on stage who we can exclusively reveal is David Monahan.

Upstaged: David Monahan ran on stage as actress Hayden Panettiere was speaking during the MTV Europe Music Awards

Monahan is a Northern Irish actor who has appeared in a number of sell out shows in his native country and is regarded as a serious stage talent.
His talent agency, who have provided talent for BBC, Channel 4 and HBO, confirmed to the Mail Online that David was the mystery naked streaker.
Viewers questioned whether the incident was just a publicity stunt for the event at Belfast's Odyssey Arena.
Some were annoyed that the word f*** was bleeped out when Selena Gomez said it but the naked man was uncensored.

The footage shows Monahan running with his hands in the air and looking shocked as he sees the thousands of people in the audience.

Barka de Sallah

 

Check this out W**k..lol . Barka de sallah everybody

Miss World 2011: Winner Miss Venezuela, 200 postest probe

A woman who spent five years living in a nunnery and once dreamed of becoming a nun has been crowned Miss World 2011.
Miss Venezuela, Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares, beat contestants from 113 countries to the coveted title after impressing the judges in the categories of beach beauty, top model, talent, sports, and beauty with a purpose - where the contestants must demonstrate involvement in a charity project.
Ms Sarcos Colmenares, 21, one of 13 siblings, was orphaned at eight and spent five years studying at a nunnery. She dreamed of becoming a nun but her life took a different direction, as she gained a degree in human resources and worked for a broadcasting company before becoming a beauty queen.

Photos from Tuface Idibia's concert at the 02 London

 

The event took place last night at the 02 London and I hear it was a great show. More pictures after the cut...

 

Photos thanks to Kevinobosi.com
More pics coming...