Friday, 26 June 2015

Buhari Attends Juma’at Prayers At Aso Rock Mosque To Avoid Causing Traffic Jam In Abuja On Fridays

It explained that Mr. Buhari did so out of consideration for traffic hardships imposed on members of the public by road closures and other security measures which presidential movements to the National Mosque necessitate.
“Accordingly, the President has decided that henceforth he will mostly observe the Juma'at prayers with other Muslims at the Presidential Villa Mosque,” the statement said, adding that he will occasionally join the larger Muslim community for Friday prayers at the National Mosque and other mosques in Abuja.

Grisly Terrorist Attack In France Targets American Company, Leaves One Decapitated

One person was beheaded and two injured during a terrorist attack at an American-owned gas factory, Air Products, in Lyon, France. The terrorists ran into the factory area and decapitated one worker then unsuccessfully tried to blow up the factory containing highly flammable materials.
French President Francois Hollande said that the attack “bears the hallmarks of terrorism.” This was one of of three attacks made over the span of three hours in Kuwait and Tunisia, all expected to be in the name of radicalism.
Reports in southeastern France said that the head of one victim was covered in Arabic writing and stuck on a fence outside the gas factory outside the company.
Within hours of the attack a man was arrested who, according to officials, was previously been investigated over alleged ties with Islamic radicalism.
French media reports that the suspected terrorist was employed by the owner of the delivery company. The owner of the company was decapitated by the suspect.
In a press conference held in light of the attacks, President Hollande said the decapitated body had "inscriptions" on it. The French interior minister said: "A flag with Arabic writing on it was found at the scene."

United States Legalizes Gay Marriage Nationwide


The United States Supreme Court makes Same-sex Marriage Legal nationwide
The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday legalized marriage for same-sex couples throughout the entire United States. Previously, same-sex marriage was only legalized in certain states which passed legislation. This has been a major political and social issue for decades in the United States, making this verdict from the Supreme Court historic.
The landmark ruling will produce the most significant change in matrimony laws since the court struck down bans on interracial marriage almost 50 years ago. The ruling also cancels bans on same-sex marriage in 14 US states, most of which are geographically situated in the “Bible Belt” areas of the Southern US. Prior to today, 36 US states permitted gay marriage.
Today’s ruling overturned a decision from Cincinnati’s Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals which  upheld the right of states to maintain “the traditional definition of marriage.”
The ruling was a 5-4 decision with the majority opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy. He spoke about marriage equality saying, “their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.”
President Obama reacted on twitter saying “Today is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else

Popular beach hotel in Tunisia attacked by terrorists, at least 27 tourists killed

This terrorist attack is still underway in Tunisia. At least 27 tourists have been killed and many others are running for their lives in Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba, a 5-star beach front hotel in Sousse town in Tunisia as gunmen suspected to be Islamic militias stormed the hotel and opened fire.

Foreign tourists who were relaxing on the El Mouradi Palm Marina near the hotel were first targeted and killed before gunmen stormed the nearby hotel which is in a quiet remote beach.

Police in Tunisia is currently engaging the gunmen in a fierce gun battle. Just one gunman has so far been killed. Many bodies are said to be lying on the beach. Most of the people killed are believed to be foreigners as the hotel is said to be popular amongst European holiday makers.

This morning's attack follows a similar attack in March, where three terrorists attacked the Bardo National Museum in the Tunisian capital city of Tunis, and took hostages. Twenty-one people, mostly European tourists, were killed at the scene while an additional victim died ten days later.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, the deadliest involving foreigners in Tunisia since a 2002 suicide bombing on the island of Djerba.

Tunisia Interior minister said this attack (still ongoing) was not just to kill people but to destroy the economy of the country. Some photos from the scene below... and it's happening at 2 separate hotels.

 One of the gunmen killed...

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Pics: Dillish Mathews arrives in London for Glam Africa mag signing



BBA winner Dillish Mathews arrived in London a few hours ago for her magazine signing with Glam Africa Magazine taking place tomorrow. See more photos after the cut...



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zimsglobal.blogspot.com: Rapper Tyga attacked in Switzerland by angry club ...:   According to TMZ , Tyga was attacked by a club owner in Switzerland last night after showing up late for an appearance and leaving e...

Rapper Tyga attacked in Switzerland by angry club owner...(photos)

 

According to TMZ, Tyga was attacked by a club owner in Switzerland last night after showing up late for an appearance and leaving early. Read the TMZ report below...
Tyga pissed off a Swiss club owner so much, the guy chased him outside and started a fist fight with the rapper and his entourage ... and Kylie Jenner had a front row seat. Tyga was scheduled to play a show at Envogue Genève, a club in Geneva, Switzerland. According to our sources, Tyga was supposed to play for an hour ... but he showed up super late and only performed for about 10 minutes.
Tyga left the club around 4 AM and got in his car with Kylie. The enraged owner was hot on Tyga's heels, running out of the club, yelling for Tyga ... a fight then broke out. 
 
At that point Tyga got out of the car to join in the fracas, but an eyewitness says someone in the owner's posse flashed a gun. That was apparently enough for Tyga to make a hasty retreat, leaving his bodyguards behind. 

WHERE IS THE CHANGE? APC Is Drifting Dangerously

Thursday’s nauseating rumpus in the chamber of the House of Reps again brought to the fore questions about the unity and preparedness of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC for governance.

While Nigerians continue to wait with patience as President Muhammadu Buhari comes to grips with the process of governance, not few are amused by the incoherence of the ruling party in getting its majority in the two chambers of the National Assembly to settle down to the process of governance.

Reflective of the disarray in the ruling party, the APC has been unable to come up with its full complement of principal officers in the two chambers of the National Assembly.

This is the longest time since the advent of the Fourth Republic that the National Assembly has not been able to showcase its principal officers.

Even when the Senate came up with its Leader in the person of Senator Ali Ndume from Borno and his deputy, Senator Bala Ibn Nallah from Kebbi, it was another humiliation for the national leadership of the ruling party.

The humiliation was in the sense that the party had insisted on proclaiming the leaders for the two chambers.

While the chaos was ongoing in the House, the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki announced Ndume and Nallah as the leaders presented by the Northeast and Northwest caucuses of the party. The APC caucus in the Senate had earlier zoned the office of the Senate Leader and Deputy Leader to the Northeast and Northwest and in voting among the senators from the two zones, the two names emerged.

However, the party had preferred its poster boy, Senator Ahmad Lawan who vied with Saraki for the senate presidency for the office of Senate Leader, a move that was rejected by Lawan’s own zone who voted Ndume by nine votes to the two votes scored by Lawan.

Besides, the party in a letter to Senator Saraki had also demanded that another loyal senator, Senator George Akume be returned as Deputy Senate Leader and Senator Sola Adeyeye (Southwest) as Chief Whip and Senator Abu Ibrahim (Northwest) be returned as Deputy Chief Whip. The zoning permutation as articulated by the leadership would have meant that the South-South geopolitical zone would be missing in the body of principal officers of the Senate, a fact many senators had pointed out to the national leadership, albeit to no avail.

That was essentially because Akume, who was proposed as deputy leader comes from the same North-Central geopolitical zone as the Senate President.

In the House the Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led leadership had also written requesting the nomination of Femi Gbajabiamila, who lost to Senator Yakubu Dogara in the race for speaker as House Leader.

Like the choice of Akume, the proposal for the election of Gbajabiamila from the Southwest would have meant that the region would have produced two members from the party in the leadership with the North-Central and the Southeast being denied an office.

The inclination has led to suggestions of marginalisation from some sections of the party, particularly from the areas sidelined.

The North-Central caucus in the House led by Rep. Ahman Pategi from Kwara State at a press conference on Wednesday fumed that the party took the decision to name persons to the various positions without consulting them expressing shock in the action of their party which they claimed should not be seen to be preferring individuals or zones over another.

Pategi who was flanked by about 20 other members from the zone said: “We are also amazed by the directive of the party to the leadership of the House to take necessary action on the purported choice by the party, which we see as a clear usurpation of the powers of the zonal caucuses and their members as guaranteed by the constitution and the standing rules of the House of Representatives.

“We, therefore, strongly reject the purported selection by the party which we see as being in conflict with the principle of the federal character as enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic.”

“It will be inconsiderate of the party to consider North-East and South-West that had produced the Speaker and Deputy Speaker for other positions. The exclusion of two zones is not acceptable,” he said.

Party members from the Southeast also upbraided the party on its inclinations.

“We can’t stand here and allow the party sweep us out,” said a South East reps member.

But the party is also faced with its own problems; to wit affirming its authority over the legislators who were sponsored on the platform of the party.

It is particularly difficult for the party given that the majority of those stoking the rebellion including Senator Saraki and Speaker Dogara were dissidents of the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who moved into the APC from the PDP after helping to crash their former party.

The two men ironically were helped to office by the PDP which paid back the APC for the insidious effort of the former Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN in frustrating the PDP’s zoning arrangement that helped to enthrone the Aminu Tambuwal leadership on the House of Representatives in 2011.

Given the background of how it catalysed the breakup of the PDP in the period leading to the 2015 election, many are surprised that the APC has allowed itself to be boxed into this avoidable corner.

The party’s attempt to stamp its authority has, however, been badly managed with allegations of cronyism and dictatorship in the running of the party.

Many of the nominees preferred by the party as principal officers are known associates of a prominent national leader of the party, a decision some claim would mean locking out those not close to the leader from top positions.

As some members of the APC raised bedlam in what was obviously a pre-planned riot, it was remarkable that a sizeable proportion of those who rallied in support of Speaker Dogara were members of the PDP. The import was that the APC was just like the PDP with Speaker Tambuwal after 2011, pushing the speaker out of the party into the embrace of the opposition party.

Even more dangerous for the party is the fact that a sizeable proportion of those who had been heeding the party’s voice are also coming round to the side of the speaker.

One state caucus after another have come to pledge allegiance Dogara. One of the most telling examples was the case of the Jigawa/Kano delegation who overwhelmingly voted by about 90% against him.

Hon Doguwa told the speaker: “Members of the Kano and Jigawa caucuses did what they did because of the party’s position, but now that you have emerged as the speaker we have nothing but to concur with the will of God and to pledge our loyalty.”

Such pledges of loyalty are not surprising given the speaker’s powers and entrenchment. Many other members are also alleged to be taking turns to pledge loyalty in the light of the fact that the speaker has the final say on what committees the members may belong to.

by Emmanuel Aziken, Vanguard's Political Editor 

Yoruba Actresses Fight Dirty Over Lesbi@nism Secret


The show of shame is still raging. Two Nollywood actresses Biodun Okeowo and Wura Gold are in the middle of a fierce battle to wash their hands off a lesbianism tale and it all depends on who can lie most.

According to the most popular one, Biodun Okeowo she and Wura Gold were close friends until the day she asked her to become her lover. The mother of two said she was forced to distance herself from Wura ever since that day and that was how hell was let loose.

"Wura has been bad mouthing me and saying all sorts of things against me."

Best of Nollywood reached out to them and both ladies pushed the blame on each other.

In her reaction, Biodun said: “...I started to give her space when I started realizing the kind of person she truly was. She told me she wants us to become lovers as in becoming Lesbian partners. I told her I wasn’t interested... And that was it. Wura started going around calling me names. She spoils my name in front of everyone. Recently when I went for ‘TESFIR’ Ramadan Lecture, some people saw me and called me friends with Wura Gold, I told them she is not my friend.

"At least not any more. Liz Dasilva then decided to come in to resolve the cause of the quarrel between us. Liz then called myself and Wura on a conference call and tried talking to us. When I opened up to Liz on the reason Wura is fighting me, Wura started to curse me and my children.”

On her part, Wura Gold said: ”It was Biodun Okeowo that asked me to become her lover and I turned her down. Why would she turn things? People are so funny. You can go ahead and ask the likes of Anita Julius and Liz DaSilva at least they have slept in my house, if there was ever anytime I made such silly advances at any of them,” she said.

- One person is lying and one is saying the truth. That is the irony of life. But the liar knows herself.