Statement from CEO of Kennis Music, RIP GOLDIE

 

 

Statement from the CEO of Kennis Music, Kenny Ogungbe pictured above with the late singer

“With a deep sense of loss, we announce the shocking death of our darling music star, Goldie Harvey. Goldie, 31, died on Thursday after she complained of a severe headache shortly after her arrival from the United States where she went to witness the Grammy Award. She was rushed from her Park View, Ikoyi, Lagos residence to her official hospital, Reddington, Victoria Island, Lagos, where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival at exactly 7:30pm in the evening.

We consider this period a gloomy moment for us and the entire Nigerian music industry in view of the circumstance in which she passed away; the abundance of talent she exhibited in her short but eventful music career and the various opportunities her trip to the United States of America would have availed her. She is survived by her father, step- mother, brothers and sisters. We deeply sympathise with her family and fans all over the world and very grateful to all and sundry, especially, the vibrant Nigerian media for their concern and prompt reportage. We shall keep everybody informed as events unfold as we are devastated by the sudden loss.”

 

RIP Goldie  God Knows Best

SHOCKING NEWS!!! GOLDIE HARVEY IS DEAD

The news of the shocking demise of one of Naija’s finest started buzzing on twitter at about 10.00pm on Valentine’s day, 14th February, 2013 and then Linda Ikeji posted it on her blog. Here’s what she said about her demise

I’m in shock. Just got a call from her best friend and my close friend, Denrele Edun. He told me Goldie died a few minutes ago in his arms at Reddington Hospital in Victoria Island. Goldie just came back from the US today he said, and was so full of life, then something went tragically wrong. Will get all the details from him in a bit, he had to switch off his phone. I’m shaking so bad. She and I had a conversation a few days ago while she was in the US. Oh dear Lord. Is this how people die? May her soul rest in peace..Amen.

We commiserate with the Nigeria music industry, Kennis Music and the family, praying God to grant them the grace to bear the loss. May her soul Rest in Peace.

OMG is this true? that Goldie is dead....this is so said if it is

David Barajas is charged with killing the drunk driver who killed his two sons in Alvin, Texas.

A Texas father, who watched a drunk driver strike and kill his two young sons, has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting the driver in the head moments after the accident. David Barajas, 31, was charged with murder on Monday, more than two months after his sons David Jr., 12, and Caleb, 11, were killed steps from their home on a rural road outside Houston on Dec. 7. Bond was set at $450,000, police said. Barajas and his sons were pushing the family's disabled pickup truck toward their home late that night, as the boys' mother and two younger siblings sat inside, according to a police report released by the Brazoria County Sheriff's Department.

They were struck by Jose Banda, 20, the driver of a Chevy Malibu, instantly killing David Jr. and critically injuring Caleb, who later died at a hospital.
"Banda was determined to be intoxicated at the time of the crash," police said in their report.

When cops arrived on the scene, they noticed something else about Banda. He had been shot in the head. But they could not immediately find the murder weapon. "Investigators recovered a projectile from inside of the vehicle that Jose Banda's was shot in. Investigators were unable to match that projectile to a weapon because no weapons were recovered at the scene," according the sheriff's department.

Witnesses at the scene watched Barajas walk to his home and allegedly retrieve the gun with which he shot Banda, according to a police report. When police searched the home, they found a pistol holster and ammunition, but no firearm. "Investigators are currently awaiting results of gunshot residue tests which were collected at the scene," police said. On Friday, a grand jury found there was enough evidence that Barajas could be charged.

According to authorities, he does not yet have an attorney. "It really hurt a lot of us," Jose Roman, a family friend of Barajas, told ABC affiliate KTRK-TV about the death of the boys and the indictment of their father. The boys, both fans of the Houston Texans, were buried last month. Many of the mourners at their funeral wore Texans jerseys. But the family of the slain driver believes justice must be done. "It was an accident. He didn't purposely do that,' Janie Tellez told KTRK. "Whoever did it is getting away with murdering my nephew. He deserves justice."

A shipment of 18 human heads, still covered in skin, was held at Chicago O'Hare International Airport by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

A shipment of 18 human heads, still covered in skin, was held at Chicago O'Hare International Airport by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. Customs officials halted the heads for investigation before handing them over to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. "We are involved because they can't store them any longer," Tony Brucci, chief of investigations at the medical examiner's office told ABC News. "We'll be examining the heads in the autopsy room today, but there is no foul play suspected in the collection of the heads."

The heads were en route to a research facility near Chicago, but there was a glitch in the paperwork. "They were all properly preserved and tagged for the purpose of anatomical study," Brucci said. "The paperwork just isn't properly done."

Researchers in Rome had been using the embalmed heads but shipped them to the United States for cremation at a facility near Chicago. "The crematory has done nothing wrong. In fact, they were just here to hand all the paperwork over, and we're satisfied everything is on the up-and-up," Brucci told ABC News. "We are releasing them back to the crematory soon."

The somewhat grisly discovery apparently wasn't all that unusual. Doctors, medical facilities and research organizations often ship human body parts, said Brucci. This shipment raised flags because of the paperwork problem. "This isn't as strange as it sounds," Brucci said. "People ship body parts to universities and hospitals all the time, we just don't usually hear much about it."

In 2010, a shipment of up to 60 human heads and parts of heads was seized at an airport in Arkansas. Those heads were intended for medical training but were stopped in transit because of improper packaging and errors in the paperwork.

Ex Former Governor Lucky Igbinedion U.S Visa revoked

Corrupt former Governor Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State may no longer enter the United States of America, sources in Washington, DC, have disclosed. One of the sources revealed that the American consular authorities had written to Igbinedion to tell him that he was no longer welcome in the US.

Another source indicated that the former governor, who has been convicted for corrupt practices shortly after his governorship term, had multiple entry visas to the US. "However, he has received a letter revoking his visa," the source said.

Ex-Governor Igbinedion was a two-term governor in Edo State where he looted the treasury mindlessly, according to documents gathered by the EFCC. He was convict by a competent court.

Also, it was further gathered that the Obama Administration is reviewing the files of some of Nigeria's current and former government officials and will deny them visas once they are deemed undesirable on account of their involvement in corruption.

Oregon mall gunman kills 2, then himself

Onlookers gather outside the Clackamas Town Center mall, near Portland, Ore., where the shooting occurred. (Bruce Ely / Oregonian / December 12, 2012)

A masked gunman stormed into a crowded Portland, Ore.-area mall Tuesday, shouting, "I am the shooter!" and opened fire, killing two people and seriously injuring a third before killing himself, authorities and a witness said.

Christmas music was playing in the Clackamas Town Center when gunfire erupted, one witness told local media. Another said the mall Santa had to drop to the floor to take cover. More than 10,000 shoppers were in the 185-store mall at the time, officials said.

Some witnesses said the gunman used a rifle, but authorities did not confirm what kind of firearm was used or whether the assailant had more than one. Responding officers fired no shots, authorities said.

At a Tuesday night news conference, Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts described the injured victim as "a young lady at the hospital fighting for her life right now."

"The mall's supposed to be a place where we can all take our families.… These things aren't supposed to happen," Roberts said.

Austin Patty, 20, a Macy's employee at the mall, said the gunman wore a white mask and body armor as he ran through the store and into the mall's central court carrying a rifle.

"He was trying get to the mall to do a mall massacre," Patty said. "It didn't seem like he wanted anything to do with" the department store.

Before the gunman finished saying, "I am the shooter," Patty said, "the shots took over."

Officials believe the gunman acted alone. A sheriff's spokesman said Tuesday night that authorities were still trying to confirm his identity. No victims' names were released.

Alina Pavlenko, 16, was working at Fabulicious Cupcakes on the mall's second floor when she heard shots. At first, she said, she thought it might be firecrackers. Then she saw a man in a mask, walking slowly and firing a rifle at random.

"And he looked my way and he shot toward me, and then I realized it wasn't a joke," she said, her voice still shaky hours later.

She ducked behind a chair, the teenager said, then bolted out of the mall.

"I kept running out and I kept hearing gunshots over and again," she said. As she fled, she saw a woman lying on the ground.

More than three hours after the 3:30 shooting, authorities were still clearing the mall, which encompasses more than a million square feet and includes Nordstrom, JCPenney, Sears and 20 theaters.

Customers and employees who couldn't get out took shelter throughout the mall, which police were evacuating room by room.

Nicole Mason, 18, of Vancouver, Wash., said she was in the Things Remembered store next to Macy's on the lower level of the two-story mall when she heard a loud shot outside the store.

"We heard a really loud bang, and at first it sounded like something had dropped or something had shattered," Mason said. "About 15 seconds after that first shot, it was bang, bang, bang. At least 20 shots were fired."

Seth Benson, 20, of Camas, Wash., was with her. When Mason dropped to the floor, he jumped on top of her.

"All I'm thinking is, 'Comfort her,' so I laid on top of her and told her it was all going to be OK,"

The Things Remembered manager told shoppers to head for a back door behind the register, shouting, "Go!" the witnesses said.

Benson said he helped a man with a prosthetic leg get up off the floor as he was being trampled. They reached the chaotic parking lot within 45 seconds, Benson and Mason said.

Shaun Wik, 20, said he and his girlfriend were taking a break from Christmas shopping in the food court. He had just opened a fortune cookie that said, "Live for today, remember yesterday, think of tomorrow."

As he read it, he told the Associated Press, he heard three shots. Wik and his girlfriend fled as seven or eight more shots rang out.

"If I had looked back, I might not be standing here," he said.

Youssef Ibrahim, 26, of Milwaukie, Ore., said he heard the shots as he was about to take an escalator down toward Macy's from the second level.

"As soon as I heard the gunfire, I turned around and started running," Ibrahim said. "Some people saw me running and just started running. ... Panic, pandemonium, people running; I ran for my life. Literally, my wallet fell out. Thank God I have my phone on me."

No one was safe — not even Santa.

Bob Schwab, a World War II veteran, told the Oregonian that he was "by Santa Claus in front of Macy's and we heard, 'pow, pow, pow.' People screamed and ran. I saw Santa drop to the floor" to take cover, he said.

The mall Santa, Brance Wilson, confirmed that but offered a comforting note to his young fans.

"Santa will be back," he said. "It's not going to keep Santa away from the mall."

What's so special about Iyanya?

Iyanya has been in the news lately with controversial actress Tonto Dikeh and Ghanaian Actress Yvonne Nelson.....I don't see anything special about this young man and even his abs I don't see anything special about that too....so why are girls dying/tripping for this dude? I am trying to understand it because if it's the money I don't think he's the richest artist in Nigeria so please can someone tell me why girls are killing themselves over this dude maybe I can start tripping too....lol