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Thursday 16 July 2015

Christian Pastor jailed because he won't wed gay couple

A pastor at the Christian Proctor Church in Vermont, USA, has been sentenced to one year in federal prison after refusing to marry gay couples, according to NBC. This comes shortly after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision ruling that states must allow gay-marriage.

The Christian Pastor, 56-year-old Paul Horner, had his lawyer speak to reporters on his behalf.

26 year old David Idah, the houseboy of a retired Senior Magistrate, Mrs Olufunmilayo Timeyin, who beheaded her at her home in Laderin estate in Obafemi-Owode LGA of Ogun State on March 28th was yesterday sentenced to death by hanging by an Ogun state high court judge after finding him guilty of murder.

“Having been found guilty on a one count of unlawful killing, you are hereby sentenced to death by hanging.” - Justice Abiodun Akinyemi said..

Osun workers resume strike action

Two days after calling off their 7-week old strike over unpaid salaries, Osun state civil servants have resumed a fresh strike. The workers are alleging that the state government have reneged on the memorandum of understanding signed with the state NLC leadership before the strike action was called off on Monday July 13th.

As the US president said this evening... feel so bad about this Bill Cosby rape allegations...

Senior civil servants demand a minimum wage of N46, 000

The Association of Senior Civil Servants demanded a minimum wage of N46,000 for workers.
The union’s Secretary-General, Mr. Bashir Lawal, in Lagos State, on Wednesday, said that the existing N18,000 minimum wage was too little to meet the socio-economic demands of workers.

According to him, they arrived at a minimum wage of N46,000 per month after the union met with the National Public Service Joint Negotiating Council.
He said,

Chris Brown who had his house robbed early Wednesday morning is not getting a break. This time, his baby mama is worried Royalty's in danger when she's with Chris and his friends.

Sources close to Nia Guzman say she thinks many of Chris' friends are gang members or gang-affiliated, and the robbery shows they've now turned on Chris.

Coach Sunday Oliseh has fired a warning, stating that he will only consider players who feature in top leagues both home and abroad.

Stephen Keshi, however was known to call up players from the lower leagues overseas. Sunday Oliseh said he wants to make changes and not do the same thing Stephen Keshi did. He said:

“If you are not playing in first division in anywhere in the world and in Nigeria, you cannot play for the Super Eagles henceforth,”

Proud Dad, Davido, shared an artwork of his baby's face wearing a crown and an O.B.O. pendant on the wall of his Lekki home. Too cute!

Why I chose Yar'Adua as my successor - Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he chose late Yar'Adua as his successor because the other politicians available at that time were corrupt. According to him, one of those who wanted to succeed him was 'stinkingly corrupt'. He gave his reasons during an interview with Channels TV yesterday July 15th

Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida has asked President Buhari to find new ways to fight insurgency in Nigeria. Babangida gave the charge in his Sallah message to Nigeria. He said the blood letting in the last four weeks has been alarming but that he is however confident that President Buhari will "put the final nail in the coffin of Boko Haram". Full text of his sallah message after the cut..

An allegedly unlicensed New York City day care center is being investigated after an infant died on his first day under its care. Karl Towndrow, who was 3 months old, was found unresponsive 15 minutes after being put down for his midday nap Monday at SoHo Child Care in Manhattan, police said.

The actress who welcomed twins a few months ago showed off her hot figure in a tight print dress in a series of photos she shared on Facebook. More photos after the cut...

Citizen Uche, the man who ran away from his family in February after his wife, Ruth informed him that she was having their third set of twins, has returned home. He returned home yesterday July 15.

According to The Nation, Emeka returned to their new house in Ogun state. The Uches, who were living in a dilapidated house in Agege prior to this coming out, have moved to a mini flat in Ogun state with the money she received from kindhearted Nigerians who came to her rescue.

Awori indigenes storm Tinubu’s residence in protest

Some indigenes of Awori have stormed the Lagos residence of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to protest the marginalisation of their people in the appointment of public officials.

New York City has reached a settlement with the family of Eric Garner, who died after being put in a choke-hold by police last July, agreeing to pay $5.9 million to resolve the claim over his death. The family had filed a $75million lawsuit against the city but accepted a pretrial settlement on Monday.

The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield (pictured above) has stated that they would continue to pressurize Nigeria until it legalizes same sex marriage. She made this known on Monday July 13 during a live-web chat with journalists in Washington.

Serena Williams stuns at Wimbledon' Champions dinner (photos)

The 33yr old sports legend stunned in a peach-coloured floor-length gown at last night's Wimbledon Winners dinner. After beating Garbine Muguruza on Saturday, Serena became the oldest ever Wimbledon Champion and now holds the titles for the world's four major tournaments in one year.

These are photos of the three surviving members of a family whose parents, Mr and Mrs Okechukwu Odinigwe and the eldest son were crushed to death after a trailer who was running from FRSC officials in Awka rammed into their family car and fell on their car at Esther Obiakor Junction, Agu Awka on the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway yesterday, killing the man, his wife and their first son.

The surviving children aged 7 years old, 4 years old and 6 months old are being treated at the Regina Caeli Hospital in Awka the state capital. Another pic after the cut...

Amanda Lepore, 46, is one of the most famous transsexual fixtures on the New York party and she has the most expensive body in the world...she bought 'em...:-)

Amanda who had a sex-change at age 19 has had three breast augmentations, buttock implants and even had her bottom ribs broken so she could achieve a smaller waist. It's illegal in the US so she went to do it in Mexico. She's also had multiple nips and tucks, lip injections, fillers, Botox, a nose job, a forehead lift and had her hairline lowered.

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, yesterday once again asked that the federal government grant pardon through a programme of amnesty to Boko Haram members

According to Thisday, Shettima's support for an amnesty programme for the terrorist group was re-emphasised at an interactive session organised by his Special Adviser on Communications and Strategy, Mallam Isa Gusau, with selected journalists in Abuja.

Isn't this so sweet? Last month, Barcelona and Brazilian football star Neymar unveiled his new tattoo of his younger sister Rafaella on his arm. And Rafaella returned the gesture by tattooing Neymar's eyes on her left arm. She unveiled it over the weekend. See it after the cut...

Over 500 Nigerian refugees returned to Nigeria from Chad yesterday night. They were received by NEMA officials. More photos after the cut...

Robin van Persie is getting ready to leave Manchester United and move to Turkey club, Fenerbahce. He arrived in Turkey yesterday afternoon July 12th and was greeted by a fanfare of Fenerbahce supporters who were eager to meet him. The fans arrived in their numbers to have a glance at the Holland international as he arrived in private jet with his wife and two children. RVP, 31, is set to sign a 3-year deal worth about £240,000-a-week at Fenerbahce. More photos after the cut...

This has to be their one of their sickest videos yet. ISIS over the weekend released a video showing the mass executions of prisoners. The men - in their hundreds - were made to lay in shallow graves and were then sprayed with bullets. The men are believed to be military cadets captured during their battle with the terrorists.

This happened this morning at Itakpa -Ito village beside Otukpo town, Benue State. A man was found with the head of an elderly man he'd killed at his farm... he was apprehend by youths in the village who took him to the station. The picture was taken inside the police station. Why he beheaded the man has not been confirmed. See the graphic pic after the cut...

Nigerian Prison sources say ex Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido and his two sons Aminu and Mustapha, have been flown to Abuja this morning ahead of the court hearing for their bail application holding tomorrow July 14th. The former Governor and sons who are standing trial for allegedly collecting bribe totaling N1.35 billion from government contractors when he was governor, were on July 9th ordered to be remanded in Kano Prisons by Justice Evelyn Anyadike.

Photos: Billionaire James Stunt goes on a shopping spree in London with a motorcade fit for a president

33 year old British billionaire businessman James Stunt, who is married to Petra - the daughter of Formula One billionaire Bernie Ecclestone - went on a shopping spree in London yesterday in a luxury motorcade fit for a president. The cars, which included two Rolls-Royce vehicles - thought to have a minimum value of £285,000 each, two Range Rovers and other luxury cars - were spotted lined up outside an auction house in London as the art dealer, accompanied by his vast team of security staff, went inside to buy more art work.

Abuja Court grants Ohakim N270m bail for N270m fraud

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted former Imo state governor, Ikedi Ohakim bail of N270 million in a N270 million fraud case which he is standing trial for. The former governor was arraigned over a N270 million fraud he allegedly committed in 2008 while he was governor.

According to TMZ R. Kelly's brother Bruce Kelly is suing him because he hasn't been paid in over 3 months. Read report below...

"R Kelly worked his brother to the bone -- 144 hours/week according to Bruce Kelly ... who says he never got a dime, so now he's blowing the whistle on the singer with the State of Illinois. Bruce says his younger bro hired him in March as a personal assistant and driver, and they had a verbal agreement -- for $700 a week, Bruce would do food runs and chauffeur R. Kelly. But the brotherly love faded after Bruce started working overtime without seeing any green.

Brave Naval Officer ensured he died alone after discovering landmine while fighting Boko Haram in Borno

Read the powerful story of how Seaman Amaseimogha Paul, a naval officer who left Bayelsa to Borno state to help fight Boko Haram ensured he died alone after stepping on a landmine and then telling his colleagues to stay far away from the area while he tried to detonate the explosive. His brave story was shared by his colleague, Okunima Patrick. Read it after the cut...

President Buhari who is due to visit President Obama at the White House on July 20th says his visit to the White House will help strengthen the relationship between Nigeria and the US. Pres. Buhari said this while receiving the US Deputy Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken at the State House ahead of his July meeting with President Obama in Washington DC. Continue to see more photos...

The Chief Imam of Apo Legislator’s Quarter’s Jumat Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Khalid, has cancelled the special i’tikaaf prayer normally observed by Muslims during the last 10 days of Ramadan in that Mosque.

I’tikaaf is a special prayer offered my Muslims during the last 10 days of Ramadan.During that period, a Muslim is required to retire to the Mosque and remain in seclusion solely with the intention of offering prayers and supplication to Allah.

The National President of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, Micheal Olukoya, says that 37 teachers died in the bomb incident that rocked Sabongari in Kaduna state on July 7th. The teachers were at the state secretariat to partake in the verification exercise initiated by the government to weed off ghost workers.

While speaking at the Founders day of the Nigerian Union of Teachers in Abuja today July 8th, Mr Olukoya said so far, 272 teachers had lost their lives to the various Boko Haram attacks in Borno State alone and that over 19,000 had been displaced in the North East.

Dozens of ISIS fighters killed from poisoned food after breaking Ramadan fast

Several ISIS fighters were killed after breaking their Ramadan fast with a poisoned meal in the Iraqi city of Mosul. According to reports, the poisonous dinner was served up to 145 jihadist for iftar - the traditional meal which celebrates the end of the day's fasting.Shortly after the meal 45 of the fighters died.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has for the first time met those campaigning for the release of more than 200 girls abducted by Islamist Boko Haram militants last year. His predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, declined to meet the Bring Back Our Girls activists.

Buhari promised them that troops for a regional force to fight the militants would be in place by the end of July. The kidnap of the girls from a school in Chibok sparked global outrage.

The president also regretted that Nigerian army known for its military finesse in the sub African region has been unable to rout out the Boko haram in Nigeria.

Some photos from a Nigerian wedding between Uwadiea Osawaru, the President of the Dons of Europe, a Nigerian association and his wife Maureen which took on June 27th in Austria. Members of the Dons of Europe are well known for their lavish spraying of money during any of their functions and this was not an exception as they sprayed dollar bills in reckless abandon. See more photos from the wedding after the cut...

That is what Leadership newspaper is claiming. According to the report, the Nigerian embassy in Saudi Arabia this week side-stepped protocol by giving preference to former Vice President Namadi Sambo and his entourage of 15 family members over that of President Buhari when both arrived for the lesser Hajj (Umrah) in Saudi Arabia.

The Umrah is performed by Muslims from all over the world who converge on the holy city of Mecca to observe the ritual, which can be undertaken at any time of the year but mostly observed during Ramadan.

More help came for Mrs Ruth Uche, the abandoned mother of triple set of twins, as a humanitarian organization called Voice of Divine Truth Int’l Outreach, (aka Voice of Change Network) gave her a cash donation, and offered her 2nd set of twins scholarship from primary to university level.

These are the faces of the arrested masterminds of the bomb blast in Kaduna and Jos this week. They were arrested by Nigerian troops yesterday July 8th...

Dad shot dead while holding his baby on Bronx street

A Bronx dad was shot in the head while carrying his 1-year-old daughter in his arms on Tuesday July 7th and his killer walked away laughing, sources and witnesses said.

Allen McQueen, 21, was taking his little girl to play in a park when the gunman approached them on Taylor Avenue near Guerlain Street in Parkchester around 1:30 p.m. Witnesses said McQueen was struck while trying to shield the baby. He crumpled to the ground, sending daughter Taylor tumbling onto the sidewalk.

Citizen Emeka Uche, the man who abandoned his wife Ruth and their three set of triplets says he is afraid to come out of hiding as he fears he may be arrested. According to him, frustration made him run away from his family after his wife informed him she was having another set of twins. Speaking with The Nation, he said:

Kourtney Kardashian's daughter Penelope Disick turned 3 yesterday and her family, including her grandma and her boyfriend Corey Gamble, aunt Kim & cousin North and others gathered to celebrate with her at a birthday party at Disneyland in LA. See the photos after the cut...

Photo: German kickboxer, Valdet Gashi killed in Syria 6 months after joining ISIS

The 29-year- old father of two and a German of Albanian ancestry, was a two-time champion in world mixed martial arts and was from the German state of Bavaria. He became a jihadist, left his family behind and joined ISIS in Syria in January this year.

He tried to deceive his family by telling him them he was in Bangkok, even posting photos on FB, but after reports of him joining the terror group emerged, he asked his family to not 'judge' him, saying "If I die while doing good, I of course will be glad.". He reportedly died last weekend...

Thursday 16 July 2015

Wednesday 15 July 2015

US vows to pressurize Nigeria to legalize gay marriage.. how possible is that?

Monday 13 July 2015

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Thursday 9 July 2015

Wednesday 8 July 2015