Lil Kim stuns on stage for Bad Boy Reunion in NYC

Lil Kim stuns on stage for Bad Boy Reunion in NYC

Lil Kim at the Bad Boy Reunion tour at the Madison Square Gardens in New York city on Sunday. Also on stage were Faith Evans, Puff Daddy, Mase, French Montana, Total, The Lox, 112 and a host of others. More photos of Lil Kim after the cut...

Khloe Kardashian and her new man Tristan Thompson jet ski in Mexico

Khloe Kardashian and her new man Tristan Thompson jet ski in Mexico

Khloe Kardashian was rumoured to be dating 25 year old NBA player, Tristan Thompson and it was confirmed when they both arrived Cabo, San Lucas, Mexico, 2 minutes after each other on Saturday and further confirmed when they were both seen jet skiing together. More photos of the new couple after the cut...

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N5bn libel suit: MEND seeks out of court settlement with former president Goodluck Jonathan

N5bn libel suit: MEND seeks out of court settlement with former president Goodluck Jonathan

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND has released a statement saying their leaders, Charls and Henry Okah have agreed to be part of the mediatory and conciliatory moves by Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark to reconcile them with former President Goodluck Jonathan over their threat to file a N5 billion libel suit against the ex president.

The brothers had slammed a N5 billion lawsuit against Jonathan and his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, for allegedly breaching their fundamental right to fair hearing with a press statement issued on August 8th that they were after his life.
In a statement released today by its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo, MEND says the endorsement is coming after Chief Clark held an exploratory meeting regarding amicable and peaceful resolution of the issue with the former President at Abuja. Giving details of the meeting which was attended by counsel to the Okah brothers, Timipa Jenkins Okponipere, MEND hinted that the meeting dwelt essentially, on an out-of-court settlement with the former President and efforts to find sustainable solutions to the current Niger Delta crisis.

“We are indeed, sufficiently convinced that reconciliation between the Okah brothers, on the one hand and former President Goodluck Jonathan, on the other hand; is in the overall interest of the Niger Delta region. More especially at this critical point when the region and its key actors and stakeholders must speak in unison so as to attract peace and development. We therefore hope and believe that, in a few days’ time, Chief Edwin Clark shall formally summon a meeting of the former President and counsel to the Okah brothers to finalize and lay the issue(s) to rest”the statement said

Photos: VP Yemi Osinbajo, his wife and children attend service at Aso Villa chapel

Photos: VP Yemi Osinbajo, his wife and children attend service at Aso Villa chapel 

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, his wife Dolapo and two children, attended church service at the Aso Villa Chapel today September 4th. More photos after the cut.

 

 

Man who named pet dog 'Buhari' names newborn daughter 'Aisha'

Man who named pet dog 'Buhari' names newborn daughter 'Aisha' 

  

Lawyer/Human Rights Activist, Inibehe Effiong (left) shared this interesting new update via his twitter page. Effiong was involved in the case of Joachim Iroko Chinakwe (right), who was was arrested when a neighbour filed a complaint against him for naming his dog 'Buhari'. See the tweets after the cut.

  

 

 

 

 

Photos: Monalisa Chinda and hubby share a kiss at the poolside

Photos: Monalisa Chinda and hubby share a kiss at the poolside

  Monalisa and her husband Tonye Coker, kiss as they relax at the pool side in Santorini, Greece where they had there white wedding few days ago. See photos of Monalisa and some of her friends at the poolside after the cut.

 

FG replies US congressman, Tom Marino, says his comments against Buhari are out of tune with reality

FG replies US congressman, Tom Marino, says his comments against Buhari are out of tune with reality

 

   

The Federal Government has described the published letter from US Congressman Tom Marino to Secretary of State John Kerry, asking the US to withhold security assistance to Nigeria on the strength of some imaginary infraction by the Buhari Administration, as sadly out of tune with reality.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said Congressman Marino was poorly informed about the issues he commented on, wondering why he did not take the pains to get first hand information from the US Embassy in Nigeria or any other credible source before engaging in what is nothing but a ‘propaganda of his own imagination’.


The Minister said by asking the US to refrain from selling warplanes and other military equipment to Nigeria based on a faulty premise, the Congressman has demonstrated a poor understanding of global security issues.

‘’Insecurity anywhere is insecurity everywhere. Had Congressman Marino understood this, he would not have made the kind of call he made concerning the US security assistance to Nigeria. The Boko Haram insurgency that Nigeria has decisively dealt with under President Muhammadu Buhari is not just a Nigerian problem but a regional and international crisis,’’ he said.

Lai said Congressman Marino definitely did not have Nigeria in mind when he wrote that the US should withhold security assistance to Nigeria until President Buhari ‘demonstrates a commitment to inclusive government and the most basic tenets of democracy: freedom to assemble and freedom of speech’.

''An Administration that operates purely on the basis of respect for the rule of law and a strict adherence to constitutional order is not one to deny the citizens of their constitutionally-guaranteed rights. This Administration therefore does not need the goading of Congressman Marino or anyone for that matter to do what is right. Concerning running an inclusive government, had Congressman Marino done his home work before dispatching his letter, he would have realized that no part of the country is left out in the distribution of political appointments, for example, or in the appointment of Ministers, which was done in accordance with the Constitution that mandates that the President must appoint at least one minister from each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Had the Congressman sought information from credible sources before engaging in a flight of fancy, he would have been presented with a comprehensive information on the appointment of CEOs for Federal Government’s parastatals, agencies and commissions that shows that the appoints were almost evenly matched along the line of the six geo-political zones in the country: With the North West having 51, North Central 46, North East 45, South East 41, South West 45 and South South 45,’’ he said. ‘’The Congressman may wish to note that each geo-political zone comprises 6 states, with the exception of North West (7) and South East (5).’’

The Minister described Congressman Marino’s description of the Administration’s anti-corruption efforts as ‘selective’ as a tired argument that clearly shows that the US lawmaker must have appended his signature to someone’s concocted line.

''That line was invented by those seeking to cause an unnecessary distraction from the Administration’s anti-corruption efforts, and it has been roundly rejected. Congressman Marino’s decision to exhume the dead postulation without an iota of proof is a reflection of whose side he has taken in the ongoing efforts to rid Nigeria of corrupt elements. Needless to say that the anti-corruption battle will continue unhindered, irrespective of whose ox is gored. And in this fight, only the guilty needs be afraid,’’ he said.

Lai said Nigeria is delighted that US Secretary of State John Kerry, to whom the Congressman addressed his letter, is more knowledgeable, better briefed and definitely more hands on concerning Nigerian issues.

Pope Francis says the church should ask forgiveness from gays for past treatment and Christians should apologize to gays

 

   

Despite the bible condemning Homosexuality in Leviticus 18:22, ‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.'(NIV version), the leader of the Roman Catholic church Pope Francis has made some controversial statements saying that the Roman catholic church should apologize to gays for offending them.
While on a press conference aboard the Papal Plane on his way from Armenia, Pope Francis responded to a question from a journalist about a German Cardinal who said the Catholic Church should apologize for being “very negative” about gays.
The Pope was also asked, by the same journalist, whether Christians bear some blame for hatred toward the LGBT community, as horrifically demonstrated in the Orlando massacre at a gay night club that killed 49 people on June 12.“I repeat what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says: that they must not be discriminated against, that they must be respected and accompanied pastorally,”
“The Church must ask forgiveness for not behaving many times — when I say the Church, I mean Christians! The Church is holy, we are sinners!”
“I believe that the church not only should apologize to the person who is gay whom it has offended,” he added, “but has to apologize to the poor, to exploited women, to children exploited for labor; it has to ask forgiveness for having blessed many weapons.”
“One can condemn, but not for theological reasons, but for reasons of political behavior…Certain manifestations are a bit too offensive for others, no?
“But these are things that have nothing to do with the problem. The problem is a person that has a condition, that has good will and who seeks God, who are we to judge? And we must accompany them well.”
He told reporters on the plane “there are traditions in some countries, some cultures, that have a different mentality about this question (homosexuals)” and there are “some (gay) demonstrations that are too offensive for some”.
The pope did not elaborate on what he meant by seeking forgiveness for the Church “having blessed so many weapons”, but it appeared to be a reference to some Churchmen who actively backed wars in the past.