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Thursday, 1 October 2015

Wao! Nicki Minaj's Life Is About To Get Its Own Comedy

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Just under a month after Nicki Minaj threw some major shade at Miley Cyrus during the MTV Video Music Awards, the pop star is headed back to television in a huge way, and it presumably won’t have anything to do with Miley. ABC Family has given a series commitment to a comedy show centered around Minaj’s life before she hit it big. They’ll need more people tuning in than just the ones that bought her last album if they want it to be a success. Not a burn, just a TV fact.

The project, which doesn’t have a name just yet, will be a single-camera, half-hour comedy that focuses on Minaj’s past, which involves her family immigrating to the United States from Trinidad in the 1990s.

Audiences will see faux-Minaj grow up in Queens with her charismatic family, and will follow her down the path to her musical and personal evolution that led to her being one of the most recognizable rap artists in the country. It’s unclear at this point whether anything from her actual musical library will be used in the show, but I can’t imagine that’ll be the case. At least not until the show makes some money and possibly gets a Season 2 order. That said, Minaj will actually star in the show in some capacity, so maybe there’s some wiggle room. And until then, here's how her lyrical input will be included.

The pilot episode was written by Sex Tape scribe Kate Angelo, who will also be writing the rest of the series, as well as executive producing. That’s a duty she’ll share with Chasing Life’s Aaron Kaplan, Boss’ Brian Sher, The Blueprint Group’s Gee Roberson and Stella Bulochnikov. (The latter two worked on the E! miniseries Nicki Minaj: My Truth.) As far as Angelo’s other work is concerned, she wrote for Becker and Will and Grace, as well as the 2010 film The Back-Up Plan.

ABC Family’s Executive Vice President of Programming and Development Karey Burke is certainly on board with getting this series to viewers. Here’s what Burke had to say about working with Minaj.

Nicky Minaj is a force to be reckoned with at everything she touches. We’re beyond thrilled to bring her one-of-a-kind story to our channel. Nicki is an international superstar, yet not everyone knows how inspiring and hilarious her true story is, and we can’t wait to share it with the world.

While it’s not clear when ABC Family will want to put the Minaj-flavored comedy out for audiences to drop some pills ‘n’ potions to alongside Pretty Little Liars and Stitchers, it looks like the show will go into production at some point this winter in Minaj’s hometown of Queens, New York.

South Dakota High School Principal Shot, Wounded; Students Safe

HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) — A shooting at a South Dakota high school that left the principal with a minor injury may have turned out far worse if not for an assistant principal who tackled the student who police say shot the administrator, authorities said Wednesday.

Harrisburg High School Principal Kevin Lein suffered a flesh wound in the arm before Assistant Principal Ryan Rollinger tackled the student and held him down with help from the athletic director, authorities said.
No students were reported hurt in the shooting that occurred around 10 a.m. The high school has about 635 students.

Officers quickly took the student into custody. Lincoln County State's Attorney Tom Wollman declined to confirm the name of the student, but expected charges to be filed within a day.
Authorities said Wednesday afternoon that the student pulled a gun following a dispute with the principal, but said they don't know what spurred the dispute.

Harrisburg, about 10 miles south of Sioux Falls, has a population of about 5,000.
Senior Aanna Okerlund, 18, said she was in college algebra when a classmates ran into the room to tell everyone he had seen a student near the principal's office with a gun.

Okerlund said Lein came onto the intercom shortly afterward to tell students there was a school-wide lockdown. She said Lein later told students by intercom that he had been shot, "but was fine."

"You could hear the franticness in his voice," she said. "It's just so surreal."

Okerlund said her classmates were crying and shaking in the corner of the classroom while they waited for news during the lockdown.

Nick Pohlmann, who lives just across the street and has a son who is a senior at the school, said he found out about the shooting through a friend who called him asking if his son was OK. Pohlmann said he immediately drove back to his home and ran over to the school to try to get some information.

"This is good ol' Harrisburg," Pohlmann said. "This doesn't happen here."

Source: AP

Checkout Sasha and Malia Obama's Style Evolution

Following their European tour with First Lady Michelle Obama earlier this summer, the first daughters are bringing their chic sense of style to the streets of NYC for a father-daughter weekend with the President.

Since moving into The White House seven years ago, Sasha and Malia Obama's style has transformed along the way. See some of the teenagers' best fashion moments over the years.

How 14 Year-old Who Was Rescued From Lover, Flee Home Again (See photo)

A 14-year-old girl, identified only as Rosemary, was rescued from the apartment of her alleged lover, 40-year-old Chukwu Nkenna, the teenager has gone missing again in the Agege area of Lagos Two weeks after.

Rosemary, who hails from Jos, Plateau State, had been taken away from Nkenna’s apartment at Obelle Junction, Surulere, on Monday, September 8, by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

The young girl, who reportedly came to Lagos State in January 2014, had been in the care of a non-governmental organisation interested in girl education, before she left in December 2014, due to financial challenges.

The teenager was said to have met Nkenna, more commonly known as Kema, in the Surulere area around January 2015. She was reportedly staying in Nkenna’s house, who hails from Delta State.

In July, neighbours reported to the police in Surulere that Rosemary was being sexually abused and was suspected to be pregnant.

It was gathered that the Surulere Police Division on Friday, August 21, arrested Nkenna, for allegedly raping the teenager.

The matter was said to have been transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, on Monday, August 24.

The police at SDCI were said to have later released Nkenna, while the victim was asked to seek medical attention.

Rosemary thereafter went back to Nkenna to continue to stay with him.

The matter was said to have also been brought to the attention of MWAPA, which sent its officials to take the girl from the suspect’s house on September 8.

It was learnt that Rosemary was billed to go to a government rehabilitation centre, but she opted to stay in the Agege area with her uncle.

On Sunday, October 13, Rosemary reportedly sneaked out of her uncle’s apartment in Agege, and had since not been found.

When our correspondent visited Nkenna’s apartment in Surulere on the trail of the teenager, she was not found. Nkenna was also said to have travelled out of Lagos State, and was unavailable for comment.

Speaking with Punch Metro, Rosemary’s uncle, who identified himself simply as Benjamin, said, “When Nkenna was initially arrested by the police and taken to SDCI, the police failed to follow up the matter. They released him, and said we should allow the girl to marry the man since they were both lovers.

“I was not happy with the way they treated that case. When they asked the two of them to go home, she returned to Nkenna’s house until she was taken from the apartment by government officials.

“Days later, she fled, and since that time, we have been looking for her. She called one of my brothers two days ago, but she did not tell us where she was staying. We asumed that she is with the suspect. We do not have Nkenna’s number. So, we cannot reach him.

“We want the state government to arrest Nkenna and bring our daughter back. There was a time that Nkenna called the family with Rosemary’s number, and we asked him to show up, but he refused. We are still looking for her.”

When Punch correspondent got to MWAPA in Alausa, an official, who confirmed that the ministry was handling the case, said the director of the Child Protection Unit was unavailable for comment.

“The case was reported to the unit by an NGO, and we are working on it. The director is not around to talk on it,” she added.

Punch

As We Celebrate Nigeria's 55th Independence...

October 1st marks Nigeria’s 55th year after independence. 55years of broken promises and failed hopes. Even in the midst of all these, Nigerians have prevailed, rising above the storm to be recognized among the happiest people in the world.

The “Nigerian spirit” is indeed a spirit of hard work, strength and unity. We'll get there some day. Happy Independence!!!

Sylva Battles Dickson In Another Bayelsa Guber

Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the December 5 governorship election in the state after winning the party’s primary.

Sylva polled 981 votes to defeat his distant rival, Mr. Godknows Powell, who scored 39 votes in a peaceful primary election conducted at the state secretariat of the party in Yenagoa on Wednesday.

The primary was conducted by a seven-member electoral committee led by Brig. Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.).

With this victory, Sylva will face incumbent Governor Seriake Dickson, who defeated him in the 2011 governorship election.