tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-272806712024-03-05T10:42:19.735-08:00Entertainment Blog for NigeriansNaijatainment is a special Blog designed to promote and enternatin Nigerians and Friends of Nigerians.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27280671.post-71233633938994488232015-09-29T23:29:00.007-07:002015-09-29T23:29:47.185-07:00Stranger's act of kindness towards new mom with crying baby on a plane goes viral<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1FHmluj" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://bit.ly/1JBFWXN" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When Rebekka Garvison boarded her flight with a newborn baby from Chicago to Atlanta last week, her fear of being judged became a reality.</div>
<div xmlns="http://bit.ly/1FHmnlE">Garvison noted how quiet the flight was when she got on. She took her seat next to a couple who did not look happy that her baby Rylee would be sitting with them. Already stressed out from traveling, Rylee started crying immediately.<br />
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To avoid any issues, she moved two rows ahead where there were two empty seats instead of one. This way, Garvison would have more room to tend to her baby.<br />
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<div xmlns="http://bit.ly/1FHmnlE">As soon as Miller held Rylee in her arms, the little one stopped crying. By the time the flight took off, she was sound asleep in the stranger's arms. Miller even carried her off the flight so Gavin could get all of her belongings together. Miller said "it wasn't a problem."</div>
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<div xmlns="http://bit.ly/1FHmnlE">Gavin was so thankful to Miller that she shared her appreciation in a Facebook status. The grateful mother openly told Miller that she will "never understand how happy this act of kindness has made my family. You could have just rolled your eyes and been irritated like everyone else, but you took her and held her the entire flight and let me get some rest and peace of mind."</div>
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">Ade and Busola have been married for years, they recently had a baby boy and have never been happier, for their marriage anniversary they decided to travel to a resort for a week, so they could enjoy themselves alone. The first day at the resort Busola and her husband went straight to their bed room to have sex, but this was cut short because Ade could not get it up and hard when it was time.<br />
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Ade said it was probably because he was tired from the trip, that after a rest he would be ready. They tried again but Ade could only go one round which made Busola really upset and dissatisfied. The same thing happened every time they tried to have sex tillthe day they left.<br />
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When she got backhome Busola went to a sex shop toget a device to pleasure her.One day after a dissatisfying one round session of sex,Busola went straight to the bathroom to pleasure herself like she has been doing, while she was in the bathroom Ade walked in and saw her, she explained what she has been going through and after a long talk they both agreed to go and see a doctor concerning his problem.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27280671.post-55884559377902210082015-09-29T23:29:00.003-07:002015-09-29T23:29:45.093-07:00Rapper Azealia Banks compares LGBT community to 'gay white KKK' after her plane incident<div class="mol-para-with-font">
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Azealia Banks has compared the LGBT community to the 'gay white KKK.'</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">The outspoken rapper, 24, was criticized for screaming at an airline attendant and calling him a 'f*****g f****t' during an altercation on a Delta flight on September 22.<br />
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<div class="mol-para-with-font">Banks, who identifies as bisexual, lashed out at the gay community for focusing on her language rather than the man's actions, calling the LGBT community 'weaklings' who need to toughen up.</div>
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<div class="mol-para-with-font">Azealia had a meltdown on a Delta flight on September 22, after a French passenger blocked her as she tried to squeeze down the aisle and make a quick exit.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">The rapper says the man hit her in the face, but witnesses told TMZ he put his hand in Banks' face to stop her as she pushed past.</div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font">A video of the incident shows the musician screaming the slur at the flight attendant after he tried to take her luggage. She later quickly exited the plane after being told police had been called. </div>
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President Buhari while addressing some select reporters in New York on Tuesday, after addressing a Global Leaders’ Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism, he will remain the Minister of Petroleum.<br />
He said the step is being taken as part of efforts to sanitise Nigeria’s oil industry which is said to be plagued by corruption, massive fraud, and crude oil theft.<br />
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Buhari restated his determination to sanitise Nigeria’s oil industry and free it from corruption and create more transparency.<br />
He said that his first step in sanitizing the petroleum sector has already begun with the appointment of a new management for the NNPC and said that the prosecution of those who misappropriated NNPC’s funds is already in the works.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27280671.post-89085615307908044482015-09-29T22:30:00.003-07:002015-09-29T22:30:01.342-07:00Karrueche Tran says nightclub racism is unfortunate but ignores calls for boycott<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1QKqGNH" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="http://bit.ly/1QKqFcD" width="640" /></a></div>
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Karrueche Tran has responded to allegations of a racist door policy at celebrity haunt in London, DSTRKT, stating that it was “unfortunate” ahead of her club night.<br />
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The model and aspiring actress was billed to host her own club night in the city on Tuesday night, and spoke with BBC Newsbeat on Tuesday about the serious allegations levelled against the club.<a name='more' id="more"></a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">"It's unfortunate to hear about something like that especially something that I'm part of,” she said.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">“I'm half African-American too. I have godsisters and family who have darker skin as well. I don't support any sort of discrimination. I love people for who they are."</blockquote>
DSTRKT has been described as being racist and too discriminatory.<br />
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The posh celeb haunt found itself at the centre of the racism brouhaha after allegedly refusing entry to girls deemed 'too dark' and too fat.<br />
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On Saturday, 4 women headed for a night out and arrived shortly after 10pm at the club, the girls claim they were told they couldn't go in because the club was full. However, they noticed that other girls were allowed into the club.<br />
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The women say they were told they were declined entry because one of the girls was “too dark” and another was “overweight”.<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">"Manager of DSTRKT stated I and my thinner friend fine but other two girls are too fat <a href="http://on.fb.me/1Vme8mh" rel="nofollow"></a> and if they are black women or dark skinned they need to be very hot to gain entry."</blockquote>
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Despite calls for Karrueche to boycott the night, the beauty did not say that she would cancel her night.<img src="http://bit.ly/1Vme8mn" height="1" width="1" alt="" /><br />
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Porsche has responded to Meadow Walker's wrongful death lawsuit, which claimed her father’s tragic death was due to design flaws with the car he was in.<br />
Lawyers for 16 year old Meadow Walker, claim her Dad survived the impact of the crash but suffered horrifically when he was helplessly trapped inside the 2005 Carrera GT when it burst into flames.<br />
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According to the lawsuit, when the car crashed and broke apart the seat belt “snapped Walker’s torso back with thousands of pounds of force, thereby breaking his ribs and pelvis."<br />
The suit claims the actor was trapped inside the car and was still alive when the fire broke out 1 minute and 20 seconds after it hit the tree.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">"Paul Walker breathed soot into his trachea while the Porsche Carrera GT burned,” it alleges.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">"The bottom line is that the Porsche Carrera GT is a dangerous car. It doesn't belong on the street. And we shouldn't be without Paul Walker or his friend, Roger Rodas," the teen's lawyer</blockquote>
Responding to the claims on Tuesday, Porsche said in a statement:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">"As we have said before, we are very sad whenever anyone is hurt in a Porsche vehicle, but we believe the authorities' reports in this case clearly establish that this tragic crash resulted from reckless driving and excessive speed."</blockquote>
Law enforcement officials said at the time the car was going 80 to 93 MPH.<img src="http://bit.ly/1QKqGxl" height="1" width="1" alt="" /><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Proud father, Jim Iyke shared another photo with his newborn son. Adorable!</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Remember Nelson Oamen, the 34-year-old drug addict who allegedly stabbed his 74 year old Dad, Ehiremen Oamen, to death and took his heart on Sept. 21st in Ipaja, Lagos?</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">Well, he turned himself in to the police at the Ipaja Police Division on Thursday and has since been reportedly transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for further investigation.<a name='more' id="more"></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">PUNCH Metro learnt that Nelson walked into the police station to report himself on Thursday and allegedly confessed to the crime.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, confirmed the arrest.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">He said:</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">“The man has been arrested. He actually handed over himself to the police at Ipaja, who took him to the SCID, Yaba. He has also confessed to the crime.”</blockquote>
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26 year old Najee Smith, the son of rapper-actor LL Cool J, was arrested early Tuesday following a fight in a Manhattan restaurant according to several reports.<br />
<div class="zn-body__paragraph">Smith refused to leave the restaurant Catch in New York's Meatpacking District and started fighting with security guards who then called police.<br />
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Investigators believe Smith was intoxicated, the officials said.<br />
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Najee Smith is facing criminal trespass charges in connection with a 3:15 a.m. altercation inside the Catch Rooftop on Ninth Ave. near W. 13th St., officials said.<br />
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Najee had just celebrated his birthday Monday and was apparently intoxicated when he caused a disturbance inside the club, police sources said.<br />
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When a club employee asked him to leave, he refused, and fought off bouncers as they took him to the ground level and called police, officials said.<br />
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Smith is the eldest child of L.L. Cool J who has four kids with wife Simone Smith.<br />
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<div class="mol-para-with-font">Najee graduated from college in 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts.</div>
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President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement delivered on Tuesday at the Global Leaders’ Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism organised by President Barack Obama on the sideline of the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York said military action alone would never be enough to end terrorism and extremism around the globe.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">He said good governance, transparency, accountability and rule of law, are some of the best ways to start the process of ridding the world of terrorism.<br />
<a name='more' id="more"></a>He said while Nigeria acknowledges the efforts by the UN and the international community to tackle ISIS, a lot more needs to be done.<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">“Nigeria notes with satisfaction the efforts of the United Nations and the rest of the international community to contain ISIL. We certainly need to do more.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">“We need to take military action combined with effective border security, intelligence collection and sharing, and vigorous policing action.</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">“These alone may not suffice, but they can certainly stem the tide and reverse the process of recruitment, movement and effective operation of foreign terrorist fighters and their associated radical extremists.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">“In order to put in place the critical components of an effective approach to countering ISIL and eventually defeating it, we must address the threat from the source.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">“We must find a way to prevent young people from turning to terror in the first place. And the young people that turn to violent extremism do not exist in a vacuum – they are often part of communities and families and are lured into the fold of barbaric and nihilistic organisations, somehow, through a misguided appeal to their worst fears, expectations and apparent frustrations.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">“While addressing the causes of this attraction and how to deal with them, we should pay close attention to other manifest factors that may not be tangible but can be crucial.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">“Good governance, which entails transparency, accountability and the rule of law, remains the basis on which we should kick-start the process of ridding the world of the menace of terrorism and violent extremism.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">“The international community will be required to work together to deter and disrupt illicit financial flows from nations with weak anti-theft structures to other parts of the world.”</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Big congratulations to rapper Nicki Minaj who is set to star in and executive produce a new half-hour comedy series not on BET, or MTV or O Network but for ABC Family.</span></div>
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“This is one of the more unique adventures I've ever embarked on,” Minaj said in a statement. “I couldn't be more proud and excited to team up with an amazing group of people to give the world something really special.”</blockquote>
Nicki is currently launching a nation wide search in the US to find a young Nicki.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27280671.post-62865580312769405472015-09-29T21:30:00.001-07:002015-09-29T21:30:00.122-07:00But Really, Who is a Successful Woman?#TheWAwards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1GfXPuY" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://bit.ly/1GfXPuY" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Who is a successful woman? While we have our own individual definitions of what success is or is not, society tries to push at us what success is, especially when it pertains to the feminine gender. For example, in several places in Africa, it is not uncommon to say that a woman that has achieved a lot in her business and career and winds up being unmarried at 50, is an unsuccessful woman. </span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 3pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s not just to say she is your WCW, The W initiative powered by Access Bank is asking you to put your words into action! Nominate that woman who inspires you.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27280671.post-78778612953616130112015-09-29T21:29:00.001-07:002015-09-29T21:29:59.248-07:00Kylie Jenner steps out in skintight suede mini-dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1OFpvBs" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://bit.ly/1GfXPew" width="212" /></a><a href="http://bit.ly/1OFpvBt" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://bit.ly/1GfXRDm" width="263" /></a></div>
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No wonder Kate Hudson no wan respect herself...*sigh* <img src="http://bit.ly/1QK16bE" height="1" width="1" alt="" /><br />
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The Chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc committee on Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye says the screening of ministerial nominees will not be business as usual. Speaking with journalist at the end of today's plenary, Dino said - "In our screening of ministers, it will not be business as usual. The era of take a bow and go are over. The right people will be made ministers without any political or religious affiliation"he said<img src="http://bit.ly/1QK16bB" height="1" width="1" alt="" /><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27280671.post-82566038173270399232015-09-29T15:25:00.005-07:002015-09-29T15:25:51.562-07:00Blogger arrested over Facebook post on Gov. Amosun wife remanded in prison despite bail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://bit.ly/1FBNAGG" width="290" /><img border="0" height="400" src="http://bit.ly/1QK13fX" width="225" /></div>
<div dir="ltr">Ojo Emmanuel, who was arrested over the weekend for allegedly writing against Gov. Amosu's wife on Facebook was granted bail today at the Magistrate court in Isabo Abeokuta but was surprising not released.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">After meeting the bail requirements as at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1070430890" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">4:00pm</span></span> today the Judge of the State Magistrate court suddenly refused to sign the bail bond of Mr. Ojo Emmanuel. We received news that the sudden turn of event is as a result of an order from Governor Amosun. Ojo has been taken to prison instead of his home. Against the pronouncement made this afternoon." His friend told LIB</div>
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<div dir="ltr">A member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Adekoya Adesegun Abdel-Majid (MHR), representing Ijebu North/Ijebu East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency has condemned in strong terms the continuous incarceration of an online blogger and Ogun state citizen, Ojo Emmanuel Adediran after bail by the Nigeria Police Force. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">The lawmaker in a statement issued <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1070430885" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Tuesday</span></span> stated that the harassment and withholding of Ojo contravenes the provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended and a direct infringement on his fundamental human rights. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">"As a law-abiding citizen and one who holds the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria sacrosanct, I believe an accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and there are provisions for the protection of the fundamental human rights of the citizens. In this case particular, I hold the view that the right of the young man who is being hounded to the court and paraded handcuffed is totally unacceptable and a breach of his right to dignity."</div>
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<div dir="ltr">"I equally frowned at the manner of his arrest without first investigating the substance of his allegation; the police claimed to have only started investigation after he has been arrested. This is alien to the Nigerian law and Freedom of Expression and human dignity as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution"</div>
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<div dir="ltr">"It is however odious to read further reports that despite meeting the stringent bail conditions as graciously granted by the trial Magistrate <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1070430886" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Tuesday</span></span>, 29th day of September, 2015, the governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, using his power as the state Chief Executive Officer opposed the release of Ojo Emmanuel. This, I condemn in clear terms as reckless and excessive use of state power, calculated at destroying the career of enterprising young men in the state."</div>
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<div dir="ltr">"I think the law is vast enough to accommodate redress in the case of any constitutional breach against any individual, the governor and his wife inclusive, and strong arm tactics from the vantage position of executive power should be discouraged lest our democracy is threatened by despots masquerading as democrats. "</div>
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<div dir="ltr">"Senator Ibikunle Amosun should allow the law to take its course and not resort to bending same to suit his whims and caprices against imaginary, real and perceived enemies and position. It is not for the sake of reading that Freedom of Expression was enshrined in the constitution but to protect against the arbitrariness and executive recklessness of potential despots.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Ojo Emmanuel Adediran has same rights and privileges just as Mr. Ibikunle Amosun and Mrs. Funso Aamosun, and the law cannot hold the hand of the young man for the delight of the Ogun State Governor."</div>
<div dir="ltr">The lawmaker thereby call on the Inspector General of Police to evoke his power in fulfillment of his avowed policy of protecting the human rights of every citizens of Nigeria against abuse and arbitrariness of power mongers to safe this promising young man against the strong arm tactic of the Ogun State Governor. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">"Ojo Emmanuel deserves the protection of the law and his continued incarceration could not be said to be in good taste. This has the potential of making mockery of the Change mantra of the President Moohammadu Buhari-led administration. " He said.</div>
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E<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">mir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II has responded to criticisms following his marriage to 18 year old Sa'adatu Barkindo-Musdafa last week. In a private email sent to select people which has leaked to many social media platforms, he explained why he decided to marry Sa'adatu. Read below</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. She is proceeding for her undergraduate education in the UK in january. She had an A in computer science in her O levels and plans to get a degree in computer science</i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3 each and everyone of my wives is a university graduate and some have worked and fhen stopped and in each case the choice was purely theirs</i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. It is a tradition in Kano that emirs and princes in choosing wives consider issues beyond the individual. The family is in every sense a social unit. My predecessor was married to princesses from Ilorin, Katsina and Somoto</i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5 The relationship between the late Lamido of Adamawa Aliyu Musdafa the father of the current Lamido is well known. Lamido Aliyu was the first emir turbanned after emir Sanusi I and they remained close until Sanusi’s death. </i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. My own relationship with the current Lamido dates back to 1981 when he was Ciroma and commissioner for works. By the way the Lamido and I are not illiterates we know what we are doing and he does have a PhD in Engineering</i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7. My own mother was married in Adamawa and lived there for more than two decades and I have eight younger brothers and sisters from there</i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8 it is therefore natural that if I choose to marry from another kingdom Adamawa would be the first choice for me and I am extremely happy to strengthen these ling historical bonds</i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9. The young lady in question gave her free consent and even after the contract the wedding will not happen for a few years. By then she may be 21. If she freely consents to this I do not know on what moral grounds anyone has a grouse. She is an adult, she gave her consent, her education is not being in anyway interrupted. </i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10. The real issue is that people do not accept cultural difference. And you can see it in the approach to these issues. I am supposed to be urbane and western educated. Yes but i am not european. I am a northern Nigerian Fulani Muslim brought up in a setting exactly like the one my children are being brought up in. </i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you read this and it improves your understanding of this issue that is fine. If it does not justvremember it us not your life, it is not your daughter and you are not my wife therefore it is not your business. </i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I obviously cannot stoop to the level of responding publicly to these kinds of articles. I have always been an advocate of girls marrying after maturing. I personally like the minimum age of 18 even though i understand those who say 16 is fine and indeed this is the law in most so calked @advanced@ countries. </i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Is this something that I expect a european or western trained or feminist mind to appreciate or endorse? Not at all. But has any american been bothered about my views on men marrying men or women marrying women which frankly I find primitive and bestial? No and my views do not matter. These are cultural issues. </i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Even in Nigeria I have heard all this stuff as in Pius article about “north” and northerners. Again it is a failure to respect difference. There are parts if this country where parents expect their daughters to live with their boyfriends for years and actually get pregnant before they marry. It has become culture. We do not have that in the north and if your daughter gets pregnant before marriage she brings nothing but shame to the name. But we do not issue condemnations. We agree that this is how they choose to live. And i can give many other examples. </i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When people use the term libido they do themselves injustice. First of all it shows how they view women and marriage. Women are nothing but the object of sexual desire. Marriage is nothing but sexual gratification. Well I am sorry but in my tradition it is not. Beauty and attraction rank third after religion and lineage in the choice of a wife. They see an 18 year old young lady. I see a princess of noble birth whose mother is also a princess, and who has been brought up in a good muslim home. This is the kind of woman that is prepared for hiving birth to princes and bringing them up for the role expected of them in society. </i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Martiage is both social and political. Expanding the links of kano which have already been established by my predecessors through inter marriage with katsina, sokoto, ilorin, katagum, ningi, bauchi etc to adamawa is an important and signifant step and this is obvious to anyone with a sense of how royal families work and Ibn Khaldun’s sociological concept of Asabiyyah. When the emir of Kano marries it has to be something beyond what he oersonally desires to what is appropriate for that position and the expectations of the people he represents. You dont just pick up any girl on the street. And by the way for thise who shout libido sex is cheap and available everywhere in all shapes and sizes and all colours if that is what they want. And all ages too. Martiage is a very different proposition. The mother of your children has to be something other than, ot at least much more than a mere object of sexual fantasy. But if you do not know that you need to buy yourself a brain. </i></span></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I have daughters. And they know they can only marry from certain backgrounds. I always prefer family. When my daughter wanted to marry mouftah baba ahmed’s son and she asked me, knowing my views on family, i told her mouftah is family. And this is not about me and mouftah or me an hakeem or nafiu. No. It goes back to Baba Ahmed and Emirs Sanusi and Bayero. And the same rule applies to my sons. And it applied to me as well. </i></span></span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It is I am sure very strange that I should even bother to comment on this. But it would be hypocritical for me to just keep quiet so long as these things are being posted and commented upon explicitly or in a snide manner. There was no secrecy in the marriage fatiha. The date was fixed and it was to be done in the central mosque after <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1070430884" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">friday</span></span> prayers. The day before we had a tragedy in Saudi Arabia and decided the fatiha must be very low key as a mark of respect for the dead. All traditional rulers in adamawa were there, as were governors and commissioners, members of my own emirate council and adamawa people. There is nothing here to hide or be apologetic about. </i></span></span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The emirs of adamawa have shown love to my parents and grandparents and it is a sign of my appreciation of their love that i marry their daughter. This is the highest statement of friendship and loyalty on both sides. </i></span></span></div>
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<div style="border: 0px none; clear: both; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="border: 0px none; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Again if you understand this this is fine. If you do not buy yourself a brain, A la Pius. </i></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27280671.post-86885300968268843502015-09-29T14:24:00.007-07:002015-09-29T14:24:54.873-07:00Man identifies some irregularities in the new video released by Boko Haram<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1YN74hW" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://bit.ly/1YN74hW" /></a></div>
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According to this twitter user, it appears Boko Haram may have just edited some of their past videos and released a doctored one to give the impression they also had a Sallah celebration.<img src="http://bit.ly/1KJq6yn" height="1" width="1" alt="" /><br />
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Today, I watched Bolatito Idakula, wife of singer Bez Idakula speak on the loss of her child and I could almost feel her pain through the TV. She was a guest on Moments on EbonyLife TV where she talked about how she dealt with the loss of the baby girl who died just a day after she was born in May this year, and dealing with the pain and disappointment that came afterwards.<br />
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Bolatito, who was sometimes in tears while narrating her experience, said she felt a little ashamed initially for not succeeding at childbirth unlike most of her friends who had successfully given birth before. I recorded her interview and transcribed some of the things she said after the cut...<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">"I felt like I lost a battle. Maybe I focused on the wrong things. I thought about the people that will have negative things to say. I had a bit of shame which is what happens to a lot of women,. They feel ashamed and a lot of my friends had had children successfully. So I thought why am I not the one having a child successfully? These were the things going through my mind. So I was very ashamed of myself. I felt ashamed. I felt like I lost a battle and I remember I was told that in this world, we are fighting a war and there are many battles in the war. but guess what, you have lost this battle, you will win the war. and I just held on to that and even till today I have held on to that, that I will win this battle and I will win this war"she said</blockquote>
On whether she suffered any form of blame game after the incident, Bolatito said she did initially, asking herself if there was something she did wrong while she was pregnant. The doctors reassured her it was nothing she did. It was a medical condition that was detected while she was pregnant.<br />
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Mrs Idakula said some relations even asked her if she drank while she was pregnant, while some questioned her about her lifestyle. Bolatito however says she got over the blame game by talking it through with her husband, writing a lot and also seeing a life coach. She said talking and writing about it was good therapy for her and her story helped other women who were going through same.<br />
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On how she and her husband got through the experience, she said the grace of God and the fact that they were best friends<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">"Once again it is God's grace. My husband and I are friends. We are best friends. We could literally talk as friends, so there wasn't anytime I felt I couldn't be myself. We also understood each other. We deal with things differently. So I still had to do what I needed to do while he needed to do what he needed to do. We understood each other from our friendship"she said</blockquote>
She said she hopes to get pregnant again and hopes for the best the next time around.<img src="http://bit.ly/1YN74hL" height="1" width="1" alt="" /><br />
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Chris Brown is scheduled to perform in Australia in December - but government officials last week announced their intention to block his work visa because of his 2009 domestic assault conviction. Chris took to twitter today to plead his case with Australia. More tweets after the cut..<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27280671.post-9300252981980647622015-09-29T14:24:00.001-07:002015-09-29T14:24:52.120-07:00FalzTheBadhGuy spotted (photos)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://bit.ly/1KJq6hM" /><img border="0" src="http://bit.ly/1YN71m4" /></div>
A LIB paparazzi spotted the comedic music star with a fine Karishika at Ikeja Mall today. More pics after the cut...<br />
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