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Star Wars will be screened in China for the very first time. Ever!
The iconic sci-fi Star Wars movies have never ever been screened in China before. But that is all about to change now.

China has never screened the six movies in the Star Wars saga before, although the most populated country on the planet has seen some of the movies in theaters before. Nevertheless, the very first ever official screening of all six movies will take place later this year in Shanghai.

Curious Mind: What Would You Remember President GEJ For?

In less than 24 hours, the regime of President Goodluck Jonathan will be done and dusted with the elected one, Muhammadu Buhari sworn in to take the reigns of power for the next four years.

That will also signify the end of the power control by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the All Progressive Congress (APC), will control the center for the first time since the advent of the fourth republic.

In the six years that GEJ held sway, there are lots to talk about, positively or negatively, as many Nigerians showed at the March 28 polls where he was voted out. Many are not happy with the situation in the country where poverty, unemployment, insecurity, decaying infrastructure, crime, corruption and untold suffering has been the order of the day.

For his supporters, the President did his best and are quick to point out the reforms in agriculture, education, railway and other achievements they can count.

But on Curious mind today, we want you to tell us what it is that you would remember President Goodluck Jonathan for?

Buhari Pictured In Economy Class Of British Airways

The president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, was pictured onboard a British Airways flight on May 28, Thursday.

Buhari was returning from the UK to Nigeria for the Friday inauguration.

Interestingly, the president-elect was spotted in the economy class. The photo immediately went viral.

This comes just after the APC politician reportedly declined to make use of the Rolls Royce and other facilities provided for him upon his arrival in London. His move touched Nigerians. People were calling Buhari a humble man, a good leader, who is close to his nation in thoughts and in actions.

Operating As A 'David' Amidst An Industry Of Goliaths: 3 Timeless Principles To Sustain Success

 

Everybody loves a good underdog story. Well, most everyone—everybody except the “goliath” of the pair.

Of the many fears that plague industry leaders, it’s the rise of the unknown competitor that resides up there at the top with going out of business (of course, there may be a direct relation between the two).

The underdog companies are the ones to watch out for because they offer a completely new and revolutionary product that–almost instantly–has the potential to propel them from the bottom of the D list to the top of the A list. Under Armour is one example, as it takes on Nike. The performance company has been around less than 20 years (since 1996) yet their growth rate has remained steadily increasing since their inception. Prior to Under Armour, Nike was the one shaking up the competitive landscape and they did so for, again, roughly 20 years.

Real Madrid Close On Rafael Benitez As New Manager, Few Hours After Carlo Ancelotti Was Sacked

 

 Rafael Benitez is expected to be installed as the new Real Madrid manager after his season with Italian club Napoli finishes on Sunday.

The former Liverpool manager, 55, has not yet signed a contract with the 10-time European champions but negotiations are at an advanced stage.

Carlo Ancelotti was sacked as Real Madrid manager on Monday after two seasons in charge at the Bernabeu.

Italian Ancelotti, 55, secured Real’s 10th European Cup last season.

Top-Earning American Idols 2014

 

American Idol's Highest-Paid Alums

Though American Idol’s contestants rarely out-earn its celebrity judges, nine of the show's alums broke the million-dollar mark in 2014 year.

The World's Highest-Paid Sports Teams

The world’s richest sports stars compete on the soccer field. According to Sportingintelligence’s Global Sports Salaries Survey, eight of the world’s twelve highest-paid sports teams are soccer clubs with Paris Saint-German grabbing first position. Players at the French Ligue One outfit earn an average of $174,692 every week, adding up to just over $9 million every year.

Real Madrid and Manchester City aren’t too far behind, paying their players a weekly average of $166,180 and $165,343 respectively. The first non-soccer team to make the list, the Los Angeles Dodgers, come in fifth. The Major League Baseball team pay an average of $154,292, just 18 dollars more than Manchester United’s average weekly pay.

source: Forbes

The similarities between Wiz & Amber's new man, MGK

Looks like Amber has a type. She likes men who can rap...e.g Kanye, Wiz and new love, Machine Gun Kelly. But Wiz and MGK have more in common. They are both younger than she is. Wiz is 27, Machine Gun Kelly is 24, Amber is 32 (or older). They are both very tall, both standing at 6 '4'. They are both rappers, have a lot of tattoos, have same style of dressing and are even friends. They collaborated on a track called 'Mind of Stoner' back in 2013.

Yesterday, MGK confirmed he was dating Amber but said it's been a struggle every day...

The World’s 12 Highest-Paid DJs

Calvin Harris is once again EDM’s Cash King, pulling in $66 million over the past 12 months. The top ten earners on our list racked up a staggering $268 million this year, 11% more than the $241 million haul of last year’s top ten. Read on to see the full list.

 

No. 1: Calvin Harris $66 million

Born Adam Richard Wiles, the former grocery store stocker earned $66 million in our scoring period, playing more than 125 gigs. He’s found great success in the pop world, working with the likes of Rihanna and Kesha, which has helped him land headline gigs not only at EDM-focused events but also at festivals like Coachella. Harris continues to play regularly in Las Vegas where he has a multi-year deal at America's biggest nightclub, Hakkasan.

Kokori: Buhari must start his administration by jailing thieves

Human rights activist, Chief Frank Kokori, says the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, should start his administration by prosecuting and jailing looters as soon as he's sworn in on May 29.

Kokori, who is a former General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, said this on Thursday.

The activist said by immediately prosecuting looters, Nigerians would have an idea of what the Buhari administration stands for and change would gradually set in. He said,

“You cannot change everything in four years but when Nigerians start seeing little changes in three to six months and then in one year and you see people being prosecuted and jailed for stealing public funds, and the government ensures that all the funds that were taken overseas are recovered, there is no way the needed change will not come. 

Photo of baby born with traditional beads in Lagos

 

A 52 year old grandmother, Mrs Funke Adamson reportedly gave birth to a baby girl who came out clutching white ‘Ileke’ (Yoruba name for beads) at a trado-medical center in Apapa, Lagos on May 11th. Vanguard reports that the grandmother who is already experiencing menopause, said a traditionalist informed her that she was going to have a "special child".

“I received a message from an Osun Custodian who said that a child is on the way for me. I didn’t believe him. I didn’t realize until the baby was three and half month old when I began to experienced flow of membranous fluid.

APA drags Okorocha to tribunal, claims votes cast outnumbered PVCs collected

OWERRI—A new dimension has crept into the current struggle to wrest the governorship election victory from Governor Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

According to a petition, EPT/IM/GOV/2/2015, filed before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal by the candidate of African People’s Alliance, APA, Mr. Charles Osita Nnadi, claimed, among other allegations, that the total number of votes cast in most polling units in the state outnumbered the total number of registered voters, as well as the total number of eligible voters, who collected their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, and the total number of accredited voters.

The petitioners, Mr. Nnadi and his party, APA, claimed, that the total number of votes cast in most polling units, particularly Ideato North, Ideato South, Aboh Mbaise, Oru East, Orsu, Obowo, Mbaitoli,  Ikeduru, Okigwe, Nkwerre, Nwangele and Njaba local government areas of Imo State, were greater than the total number of registered voters, who collected their PVCs and the total number of accredited voters in the areas in question.

The petitioner also averred that the election was invalid as a result of corrupt practices and non-compliance  with the Electoral Act.

Crime surge in Ado Ekiti: If You Love Me, Respect My Words - Fayose To Hausas

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has in an attempt to control the recent crime surge in Ado Ekiti imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the city.

Fayose, revealed this new order when he addressed the Hausa community at Atikankan area of Ado Ekiti yesterday, the curfew began yesterday evening between 6pm and will last till 6am today.
If You Love Me, Respect My Words - Fayose To Hausas

Fayose also sent out security men to arrest whoever breaks the curfew. He then told the Hausa community that he would make sure that justice reigns in the city of Ado Ekiti.

He said: “You said you love me, this is the time you have to show this love. I want to plead with you to submit whatever lethal weapons you have in your possession to the police. And if you refuse to do this, whether you are Yoruba or Hausa, the police will arrest you.
“Nigeria belongs to all of us and for the sake of our country, I plead with you to allow peace to reign.”

2015 Budget Gets Jonathan's Approval

 

With just over a week before his official handover, the outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan, has approved the sum of N4.5 trillion ($22.6 billion) budget for 2015.

According to a statement credited to the president’s spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, the budget, which was by the National Assembly in late April, was approved by the Nigerian president on Wednesday, devoid of the usual fanfare.

It was also reported that the budget is 3.2% smaller than last year’s, following the issues associated with global crude prices which are responsible for the cash crunch in the country.

Abati said: “I can confirm to you that Mr. President had signed the 2015 budget into law some days back without the usual fanfare”.

Primary School girl hacked to death, another escapes

A female pupil of the Fagge Special Primary School, Kano, has been hacked to death by unidentified assailants and dumped in the school pit toilet.

It was gathered that the remains of the pupil, who had yet to be identified, was discovered at about 1pm on Wednesday.

Sources at the school told Punch that the assailants had scaled the school fence to commit the “atrocity”.
It was gathered that the two pupils were abducted during school activities, hacked and dumped in a pit toilet in the school. The female pupil died, while the male pupil reportedly survived the attack.

The night guard at the school said, “About 1 pm, some hoodlums jumped over the school fence and abducted two pupils ─ a male and a female ─ who were dragged into the toilet and subsequently stabbed in the head. The female pupil died, but the male pupil survived the attack.”

Media Sources Apologise Over Restaurant Cannibal Story

BBC has admitted that the story about human flesh being served in an Anambra restaurant is false. They have also apologized for publishing the story.

Here is the statement they released on the matter:
"The story about the Nigerian restaurant which we published here was a mistake and we apologise. It was incorrect and published without the proper BBC checks. We have removed the story and have launched an urgent investigation into how this happened.

The BBC Swahili service’s reputation for accuracy and balance remains of paramount importance to us and we are taking the appropriate steps to insure that mistakes like this do not happen again.”

Daily Mail has also acknowledged that the story is false:

" An article on 16 May reported that a Nigerian restaurant was shut down for serving human flesh, based on a BBC Swahili report. BBC Swahili has now confirmed that the story was incorrect and the article has now been removed from our website."

Artist that appeared in Jay Z's video feels completely used by him

 

Marina Abramović, the famous performance artist who collaborated with Jay Z on his Picasso Baby video two years ago, says Jay Z completely used her and that she would never work with him again...

In an interview with Spike Magazine Marina said

    "There was one reason I agreed to work with Jay Z that I can't talk about. I am very pissed by this, since he adapted my work only under one condition: That he would help my institute. Which he didn't."

    "The day before, he came to my office and I gave him an entire power point presentation and said: okay, you can help me, because I really need help to build this thing. Then he just completely used me. And that wasn’t fair. This is very different from Lady Gaga, for example, who has done great work for me. Just by having 45 million followers, she brought all these young kids into my public."

    "And in the end it was only a one-way transaction. I will never do it again, that I can say. Never. I was really naive in this kind of world. It was really new to me, and I had no idea that this would happen. It’s so cruel, it’s incredible. I will stay away from it for sure."

The White House labeled as the Nigg*r house on Google Map

Wow! If you type in nigg* house or nigg*r house on Google Map's search bar, a map and address of the White House will show on your screen. Google thinks some hackers may have hacked into their network/system to cause this.

A Google spokesperson has apologized and said they are working to rectify the error. "We apologize for any offense this may have caused. Our teams are working to fix this issue quickly."

Slot launches trade-in program in partnership with Matrix

 Slot Systems Limited, Nigeria’s leading phone retailer has launched a “trade-in” program to enable customers trade-in their old phones for brand new ones.

 Confirming this in Lagos, the Managing Director of SLOT, Mr. NnamdiEzeigbo, said that this program is in collaboration with Matrix Certified Pre-Owned Nigeria Limited, a leading name in pre-owned devices.

According to Ezeigbo “to be part of this program is very simple - just walk into any SLOT store, hand in your old phone, pay the price difference and walk out with a brand new phone for any of these brands of your choice: Blackberry, I phone, Samsung and Nokia”. Tagged ‘SLOT Trade-in’, the service is available in 50 Slot stores nationwide, and seeks to fulfill customers desire to own state-of-the-art phones at affordable prices. 

7 Steps To Obtain A Promotion

Reader’s Question: How can I position myself now, for a promotion in 18 to 24 months?

Lisa’s Answer: First of all, congratulations on thinking ahead and allowing yourself enough time to create a game plan to get you from where you are today, to where you’d like to be in the future!

Obtaining a promotion isn’t always easy, but if you’re willing to do some analysis, conduct some research and create a career development plan – then you’ll make getting that much-coveted promotion a lot easier. Here are the seven steps you’ll need to go through:

Step 1: Analyze your current performance. Doing so-so work won’t get you promoted. You’ll need to do outstanding work that will get you noticed by management. First, take a look at the results you’re achieving in your current job and make sure you’re meeting or exceeding all of your manager’s performance expectations. Then, look for ways you can go above and beyond the daily requirements to demonstrate how you add value to the organization.

Step 2: Seek to understand your manager’s goals. Find out what keeps your boss up at night. In other words, seek to understand your manager’s key objectives and priorities. Then, determine ways you can help him or her achieve these department goals.