Photo of Patience Jonathans ex-security aide who was assassinated + pic of how he was found dead

This is the photo of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Tamuno Jacob Igbomie, who was Principal Security Officer to the wife of the former President, Patience Jonathan, who was assassinated on June 26th by unknown assailants (read here). His killers have not been caught. His funeral is for 17th and 18th of this month. May his soul rest in peace. A photo of how he was found killed in his car after the cut...

He was found in his car, shot dead.

Buhari reportedly moves to pacify Tinubu - Ex-Governor to get more Ministerial nominees

This is according to a report by Tribune. They claim that president Buhari is considering giving former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu more ministerial slots as a way of pacifying the national leader of the APC who is said to be very angry about the goings on in the party...especially the national Assembly crisis.

"Sources close to the APC confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune that the presidency had discovered lately that Tinubu was angry and had been putting some measures in place to pacify the national leader of APC.

Tinubu’s camp was said to have been angered by Buhari’s failure to back its strategies that would have ensured the emergence of candidates of the party for the positions of Senate president and Speaker of the House of Representatives.

It was learnt that Tinubu was particularly angry that Buhari did not make good his promise to address APC legislators at the International Conference Centre on June 9, leading to the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate president.

It was also gathered that Tinubu’s loyalists fingered Buhari’s men in the uprising that shut out the former Lagos governor from the last National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party, held in Abuja, last week.

Though Tinubu is not a member of NEC statutorily, no one really made an issue out of that until Buhari assumed office.

Some Tinubu loyalists said they suspected the presidency might have given tactical backing to the group of former governors, who threatened to storm the meeting if Tinubu was allowed at the venue.

It was, however, gathered on Thursday in Abuja that Buhari had resolved to pacify Tinubu, so that the party would not break up under his watch.

A source said the presidency was considering giving Tinubu four ministerial slots, to compensate for the loss of speaker and Senate president.

But sources in the party said that there are some hardliners who were of the view that Buhari could continue to call Tinubu’s bluff, having assumed the position of party leader.

Billionaire heiress Nicky Hilton set to wed billionaire heir James Rothschild

 

Today July 10th socialite, Paris Hilton's younger sister and billionaire heiress Nicky Hilton, 31, will marry James Rothschild, 30, a son of Europe's greatest and extremely wealthy banking family.

The wedding of the billionaire families will take place at Kensington Palace, UK. Nicki Hilton will be wearing a couture Valentino gown worth about £50k. James proposed to Nicki last year with an enormous eight-carat diamond engagement ring, estimated to be worth a cool £1 million, after a whirlwind romance (ring inset)

Nicki is pictured left at her hen night with her sister and friends. See photos from their pre-weddng party at St. James yesterday after the cut...

Paris and Nicki's parents and Naomi Campbell

Chelsea Clinton and husband

#ifStatesWereWomen...hilarious hashtag trending on Twitter

This was the number one trending topic in Nigeria a few hours ago and it's hilarious! More tweets after the cut..

Kylie Jenner has dumped Tyga following reports he cheated with transgenders?

I put the question mark there because it's a report from MediaTakeOut. Read below...

MTO learned that Tyga and Kylie Jenner are officially over... a wrap ...dunzo! According to an insider, Kylie is upset with the recent allegations against Tyga - by multiple transgenders.

Here is what one of our Kardashian tipsters is telling us, "Tyga is going through some things right now, and Kylie wants no part of that. She's at a good point in her career and she doesn't need that kind of scandal surrounding her. For now Kylie is allowing Tyga to deal with the situation and she's going to focus on her career."

We're told that Tyga and Kylie haven't spoken since the incident, and that Kylie is not responding to Tyga's text messages.

Ben Bruce wishes FG bailout would go directly to the workers & not to Governors

Lol. Wouldn't that be awesome? 

The world's 1st selfie taking wax figure made in the image of Kim K (photos)

The world's first selfie taking wax figure made in the image of Kim Kardashiam West dressed in one of her all time favourite Balmain dresses - her bachelorette party outfit - was officially unveiled today at Madame Tussaud. Backgrounds change behind the selfie-taking wax figure, showing different locales for her to pose in, like at a tropical cabana, Taj Mahal, etc. More photos after the cut....

Iyaloja of Ijebu Ode Assassinated

The Iyaloja of Ijebuland, Alhaja Sadia Elewuju was on Wednesday assassinated by unknown gunmen at her residence in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.

PM News reports:

The 82-year old was besieged by six men who stormed her residence, a bungalow at about 3:00 pm yesterday.

The gunmen macheted their victim, cutting her recklessly. She reportedly died on her way to the hospital.

According to a source in Ijebu Ode, the outspoken Iyaloja was a very influential person who stood her ground on any matter. “She is always very vocal and fierce in her position on any matter. She has championed many causes for women especially the market women.

The source added that: “She’s very popular in political circles. The house she lived in was given to her by the former Ogun state governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.”

Elewuju was installed as Iyaloja of Ijebu Ode by the Awujale of Ijebu Ode, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona.

R. Kelly sued by his older brother for not paying his salary

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.

According to docs filed with the state labor board, Bruce says he sometimes had to wait up to 12 hours in the car for R. Kelly … and never got any sleep.

He tells us he even spoke to R. Kelly about the $11k in back pay he claims he was owed ... but baby bro didn't care. Bruce says he put his foot down after 3 months because he's "not working for nobody, not even his brother, for free."

The labor board is still investigating his claim. We reached out to R. Kelly's reps, but no one's gotten back to us.

Fun Fact: This isn't the first brother R. Kelly has thrown under the bus. Back in 2008 R Kelly claimed it was his brother Carey, not him, in a video having sex with an underage girl

President Buhari Should Be Allowed To Gather Momentum

It is no news that Nigeria needs to be fixed; riddled with corruption in all spheres of the economy, it is obvious that it needs a fix. We have all heard of various corrupt practices at various levels in the country from spending monies not appropriated in the budget to oil theft, Boko Haram, kidnapping, robbery, employment scandals, dubious contracts, and so on.

The state of the nation in terms of dilapidated infrastructure such as roads, electricity, and so on is of major concern to well-meaning Nigerians. We are all in this together and we will be needing to work towards the major goal of getting our economy to where it needs to be.

For our nation to move forward the President needs to be given some time to lay foundations because without foundations all strategies will not yield desired result. There is a need for coordinated and calculated approach in the policies and programs of this new administration.

Strategies not properly executed will end up being a failed project no matter how wonderful the idea is and that is why we will be needing the people to give the President sometime to put his house together like he is gradually doing now. 

He obviously should know that the country expects a lot from him and he is working at it gradually. To now jump to a conclusion that he is not working or he is slow is too early for our collective interest as a nation. Comments like that incite people to heat up the polity.

Having said all this,I believe that the main agenda of this administration should focus on two basic elements and should be solved both tactically and strategically not in bits nor shatter here and there. It should be done in a coordinated approach. The two basic focus should be VALUE FOR LIFE & LIVING, and INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT.

Like I have said before any plan or agenda should be properly coordinated before execution. The value for life and living is not only limited to eradicating the Boko Haram or kidnapping menace but also to Health care, Insurance capabilities, safe driving, quality education, blocking all lope holes to corruption, police (or uniform men) brutality, Police reforms, Military reforms, acts of impunity, creating employment opportunities, and so on.

As for Infrastructural development we need our roads across the country to be in good condition and this can be done within two years with a will and coordinated approach; the rail can be channeled for better productivity; electricity should be a major focus as without this there can be no major development (I have this opinion that if Nigeria generates 50,000mega watts of electricity within the next four years given our current population estimates, we will leap to being top 15 economies in the world in less than 2years after that) and so on.

By Gross Domestic Product various organisations such has IMF, World Bank, UN, and the CIA have ranked us to be between 21 and 27 top economies in the world but how has that translated to having a decent place to sleep for the common man or having good water to drink or even having steady and good electricity? This means if we are between 21 and 27 in the world by GDP currently and a lot of people are still living below poverty line,if we can coordinate ourselves properly and have a focused vision we will be among the top 15 in the world, no doubt. Therefore, for us to get to this point we will be needing to allow the current government focus and not be distracted.

However, according to heritage.org we are ranked to be 120 in economy freedom index in the world. It is of no news that the Nigerian economy can be easily affected negatively by happenings in the foreign policy of other countries or negative happenings in such countries because we rely mainly on imports. Take a look at our forex market today what is going on there would have been avoided if we were not so dependent on buying from other countries. Therefore, infrastructure such as our refineries should be considered so as to serve Nigerians properly. Hence the need to coordinate us towards a desired goal for development; this takes some time.

The current government should be allowed to have a focus and should be helped with constructive criticism not antagonistic comments. There is a need for us all to come together as one to ensure we make Nigeria greater than our founding fathers imagined. This is a collective responsibility for us all as a nation. Having said this he should be allowed the time to gather his team since he is not a dictator but as a democrat,he must carry the people along in line with the constitution. We should give him time to show that he is a man of vision and strong will. If after a good period of time he is not coming forth with a good coordinated plan then we can point to him where he has gone wrong and if he refuses to listen, then we can do what the people do best during elections.

We need to give him time to coordinate those who will help him achieve his electoral promises. We must also note that this is beyond his ministerial appointees there are also other silent appointees that will be required for this task to take place. After he has appointed them he will still be needing time to sell his vision to them for proper coordination. Let’s all give him all the support to move Nigeria forward.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
God bless all Nigerian citizens.
God bless our President.

by AyodeleKomolafe