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THE Senate has begun moves aimed at permanently banning the manufacturing, consumption and promotion of tobacco in Nigeria. But the development generated controversies among senators, yesterday, during debate on a bill to that effect just as the Senate President, David Mark, lamented that powerful individuals who were against the ban and regulation of tobacco in the country influenced Presidency to withhold assent on a similar bill sponsored and passed by the 6th Senate. Senators, who spoke during debate on the bill which was presented by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, PDP, Delta North for deliberation, were sharply divided.

NYPD Disorder Control Unit Several witnesses at the event told SaharaReporters that a group of homeless men hired from the streets of Newark, New Jersey, clashed with another pro-Jonathan group made up of Nigerians from the New York area. A fracas broke out when some of the homeless hirelings feared that members of the Nigerian group were planning to hijack the payment of $50 per person the organizers had promised to pay. Law enforcement officers of the New York Police Department yesterday dispersed clashing groups of hired supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan who stormed the venue of a book launch at the Pier Hotel in Manhattan.

Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti state governor elect There was confusion at the premises of the Ekiti State High Court on Thursday morning as thugs believed to be loyal to the state Governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose, allegedly beat up a judge, Justice John Adeyeye, for being allegedly rude to Mr. Fayose. The pandemonium that ensued scuttled the Ekiti State Governorship Election petition Tribunal sitting billed to hold today at the High court, Ado-Ekiti, as judicial workers abandoned their duty post and ran for safety.

The estranged couple, who are getting a divorce, are both laying the blame on each other Wiz Khalifa and model Amber Rose attend 2013 BET Awards Amber Rose is reportedly convinced Wiz Khalifa has been cheating on her for months. The 30-year-old model filed for divorce from the Black and Yellow' hitmaker on Wednesday and friends say she had grown tired of his flimsy excuses for why she couldn't join him on the road. Sources told TMZ Amber grew suspicious of the 27-year-old rapper - with who she has 19-month-old son Sebastian - when his tour began in July and he told her she couldn't come to the shows.

The fashion designer finally opens the door to her boutique today and what a way to kick things off in style Victoria Beckham has celebrated opening her first store in London by making us all weak at the knees once again. We'd expect nothing less. The stunning fashion designer opens the doors to her 6,000 square foot boutique on Dover Street today and posed in some seriously smouldering snaps as she showed off the interior for the first time. From shining empty floors, to odd racks of colourful dresses and abstract arty furniture, the store is everything we could have hoped for and more. But Vic actually managed to steal the limelight from her clothes for a moment as she posed in some hot snaps around the place.

We spoke to The Voice judge in City of love Paris - but his words were less than gushy about his former pal Have former BFFs Will.i.am and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini fallen out? There were rumours the rapper was due to join his old pal Cheryl Fernandez-Versini at the judges' houses stage of The X Factor a few weeks ago. But when the 39-year-old was quizzed about how the singer - who also used to be managed by him - handled it when he bailed, Will.i.am brushed it off, saying his schedule is so hectic and constantly changing.

"When Kylie left I was like, 'Who else are you going to get?'", the millionaire rapper told Mirror Celebs Days after Rita Ora landed her judging role on The Voice, millionaire rapper and entrepreneur Will.i.am has said he wished pop veteran Kylie Minogue had stayed. Speaking ahead of the unveiling of his bespoke Lexus car about whether he wished the 46-year-old kept her spot, he told us: "Yeah. She's nice. I like nice people. She's kind and fun, y'know? They don't put their mask on all the time to show you their professional side. Kylie's one of those girls - and so is Rita." But he also admitted he would have left the BBC show as how if they hadn't brought the How We Do singer in. Rita is the new judge "If it wasn't Rita, I wouldn't have done it. So I'm happy that it's Rita," he continued. "Because when Kylie left I was like, 'Who else are you going to get?'" Even though ...