BBA housemates and lovebirds Angelo Collins and Beverly Osu will soon
reunite. Angelo will be in Nigeria in a matter of days...where the two
will embark on a press tour
Nigeria and some other countries will no longer be eligible to participate in the America Diversity Visa lottery programme.
Information from the United States Department of State sighted on Sunday
said Nigerians and citizens from few other countries were not eligible
for DV-2015
The department said Nigeria was excluded since over 50,000 Nigerians had
immigrated into the United States in the last five years.
The department listed other countries not eligible as Bangladesh,
Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, El Salvador and Haiti.
Others are India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines,
South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent
territories, and Vietnam
However, many African countries would continue to enjoy the programme.
Some of them are Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,
Congo, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia and Ghana.
Others are Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique,
Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles and
Sierra Leone.
Diversity visas are said to be distributed among six geographic regions,
while no single country could receive more than seven per cent of the
available space in any year.
Already, advertsiements for the 2015 US DV lottery have started with
several businesses inviting Nigerians to apply for the program.
Applications for the 2015 US DV lottery is expected to take off from October 1, 2013.
In 2012, 14,769, 658 persons were said to have qualified worldwide for the US DV lottery among the 19, 672, 269 which applied.
Atlanta police have arrested rapper Gucci Mane on weapons and drug charges.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/17zi5IB)
and WSB-TV said an Atlanta police report shows officers responded to a
call shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday in southwest Atlanta from a friend
of the rapper who was concerned about his behavior. The police report
said Gucci Mane, whose real name is Radric Davis, became "increasingly
agitated with officers and began cursing and threatening them."
The report said the 33-year-old rapper was checked out at an
Atlanta hospital and charged with carrying a concealed weapon,
disorderly conduct and marijuana possession.
Davis was indicted in April on an assault charge involving an incident at an Atlanta nightclub. He pleaded not guilty.
Davis released his eighth studio album, Trap House III, in May.
Will and Jada Smith's actor son Jaden Smith shared his thoughts on
school on his Twitter page a few days ago....and yes he actually wrote
that! Kinda sad that a 15 year old feels this way about school.