Emir of Zaria cancels Sallah Durbar due to security challenges

The Emir of Zaria, Alhaji Shehu Idris has cancelled this year's Sallah Durbar. According to BBC Hausa, the emir cancelled it due to security reasons. Recall that over 40 people were killed in a suicide attack in Sabongari, Kaduna state on July 7th.  

Rapper Young Thug and Birdman allegedly plotted to kill Lil Wayne

            

Cash Money CEO Bryan 'Birdman' Williams, rapper Young Thug and other members of their entourage have been named in an indictment alleging they conspired to kill rapper Lil Wayne over a business dispute.

From WSBTV

Channel 2 Action News has uncovered an indictment filed in Cobb County in June that alleges Williams and another rapper named Bryan Williams, aka Birdman, were involved in a RICO conspiracy to kill Lil Wayne when his tour bus was shot up in April. The indictment also says all of the men are members of the Bloods gang.

The indictment alleges that Dwayne Carter (Lil Wayne) and Bryan Williams (Birdman) had a business dispute concerning Lil Wayne's contract with Cash Money Records. Lil Wayne owns a portion of the record label. Birdman is one of the co-founders of the record label.

Lil Wayne later dismissed the lawsuit “due to venue issues while problems continued between (Lil Wayne) and (Birdman).”

The indictment alleges that Young Thug made a threat against Lil Wayne and tour bus shooting suspect Jimmy Winfrey carried out that threat.

Winfrey is also known as "PeeWee Roscoe" and affiliated with Rich Gang. Birdman is a part of the Rich Gang rap group which was formed by Cash Money Records in 2013.

The indictment goes on to say that Winfrey was driving the white Chevy Camaro that fired shots at Lil Wayne’s tour buses the night of April 26 after a police escort left the buses.

“After Atlanta Police discontinued their escort, (Winfrey) and fellow Blood Gang members entered Interstate 285 from Atlanta Road in Cobb County in pursuit of the buses occupied by (Lil Wayne’s) group,” the indictment says. “(That’s when) the white sports car pulled beside the buses, shots were then fired into the buses from the sports car with a .40 caliber handgun and a 9mm handgun.”

The indictment goes on to say Winfrey had a photo of the Camaro posted on his Instagram account and attempted to erase it following the shooting. The Camaro was later found at the home of one of Winfrey’s relatives.

Young Thug and Birdman have not been charged in the incident.

Winfrey’s next court appearance is Friday 

Obasanjo Opens Up: I Chose Yar’Adua to Stop A Corrupt Man

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he chose the late former President Umaru Yar’ Adua as his successor because the others who wanted to take over from him were very corrupt.

Obasanjo said one of the people who wanted to succeed him in 2007 was “stinkingly corrupt” and that the only way he (Obasanjo) could justify himself before man and God was to go for Yar’Adua, who, he said, was the only one among the contenders then who was not corrupt.

Among the prominent presidential hopefuls in the Peoples Democratic Party in 2007 were Obasanjo’s deputy, Abubakar Atiku; and ex-Governor of Rivers State, Peter Odili.

Atiku later abandoned the PDP to contest the presidential election on the platform of the defunct Action Congress while Odili’s ambition fizzled out with the nomination of Yar’Adua.

But the former President, who spoke in an interview with a private television station, Channels Television, in Abeokuta, did not mention the ‘corrupt’ Yar’Adua rivals.

Obasanjo’s choice of successor died on May 5, 2010 from heart-related ailments. Many condemned Obasanjo for choosing a man who was manifestly sick to lead the country.

He however said he only acted based on the information made available to him.

He said, “Even if you take your son as your successor, you are not sure of what he will do when he gets there. Don’t ever kid yourself. What do I know about any successor? What he presents. When he gets there, he presents it differently.

“We did our best, but if you say our best is not good enough, I will say, when it comes to your turn, do better.

"With all the people that are available for successor, what we came up with was about the best that we could think of at that time.

“One of those who wanted to do the job came to me and said, ‘Sir, I like your job, but I cannot do it the way you are doing it.’ Now, if he had told me that, should I then come and say, ‘okay, come, let me give you the job?’ He had told me that, ‘I like your job, but look, the way you are doing it, I haven’t got the stamina to do it that way.’ Then, what do you expect me to do?

“Or the one that I know that, oh!, this one, before he gets the job, he’s stinkingly corrupt. Now will I be able to defend myself before God and man if with what I know I give this job or I encourage the man to have this job?”

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See How This Lady Went To Meet Pope, Exposing Her Boobs

When a lady lacks proper home training, it takes only the grace of God for her to behave well. This playboy model stunned many as she went to meet the Pope with her boobs revealing top. Crazy! More pics...

The security men around Pope Francis were left with no choice but to take the 'devil' away from him. Lol!

President Obama to Break US Tradition Because of Buhari

In demonstration of his readiness to forge closer ties with Nigeria, United States President Barack Obama will be breaking his administration’s tradition when President Muhammadu Buhari arrives in Washington D.C. on a state visit on Monday next week.

The American leader will host President Buhari as his personal guest at the Blair House, the official guest house of the American president right opposite the White House, for three days.

This is a clear departure from the American government’s attitude to visiting heads of state, particularly Nigerian leaders. 

It is also a demonstration of Obama’s admiration of President Buhari and a thumbs-up for the Nigerian leader’s acclaimed frugal lifestyle and disdain for ostentation.

The decision to host President Buhari in the official guest house of the US president will not only cut down the cost of the trip, but also allow time for informal discussions by both leaders.

Buhari is said to have pegged his entourage at 32, a clear departure from the immediate past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan who was once reported to have embarked on a two-day trip with a team of about 100 persons.

During official visits to Washington D.C. while in office, Jonathan and his entourage usually stayed at the Westin Grand Hotel. At other times, he booked Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the Pierre Hotel.

During the coming visit, the two leaders will exchange ‘wish lists’. These will contain the requests of both leaders from each other, as well as firm pledges on how they plan to come to each other’s aid.

Men are Proposing to Marry Me after I Cried because of Baba T – Yetunde Bustline

The only thing that can make your marriage last is respect and TRUE LOVE. The drama that people attract into their lives in the name of marriage break up are clear manifestations of lack of respect and love.

Businesswoman Yetunde Bustline Oduwole is still sharing details of the fallout of her break up with popular actor, Baba T and their war of words on the social media. Read her latest update below:

Anyway, I belong to team #GodWIN! *wink*

Jonathan Secretly Using Anyaoku To Beg President Buhari

A panic-stricken Goodluck Jonathan has sent former Commonwealth Secretary General, Emeka Anyaoku, to plead with President Muhammadu Buhari not to launch an official probe of his administration.

Several sources in Abuja, including aides of President Buhari, briefed SR exclusively about former President Jonathan’s dispatch of Mr. Anyaoku as an emissary to his successor to beg.

One of the sources said Jonathan moved quickly to send powerful intercessors to the Presidency after Buhari administration began to question massive last-minute withdrawals and disappearance of more than $20b orchestrated by former President Jonathan as well as his closest ministers and aides.

Sahara Reporters source familiar with Mr. Anyaoku’s desperate mission to President Buhari revealed that the former Commonwealth chief executive urged the President to remember that Jonathan voluntarily decided not to contest the results of the March 28, 2015 presidential election, won by Buhari, on the understanding that he and his administration would not be subjected to a probe.

Our sources disclosed that Mr. Anyaoku spent a little more than two hours in a close-door meeting where he sought to prevail on President Buhari on Wednesday to halt the ongoing probe of what happened to billions of public funds during the last few months of the Jonathan government.

Before imploring Mr. Anyaoku to plead with President Buhari, Jonathan had also asked former military head of state, Abdulsalam Abubakar, to speak to the President and suggest a suspension of all ongoing probes.

Buhari has put in place investigative committees to probe the illicit withdrawal and disbursement of public funds by the Jonathan administration. The committees are charged with advising the administration on strategies for retrieving money stolen by officials and cohorts of the Jonathan Presidency.

One of the committees has already discovered that Jonathan and some members of his cabinet apparently colluded in the dying days of the previous government to loot billions of dollars. The funds were looted via the Central Bank of Nigeria, the NNPC, the Ministry of Finance, the Nigerian Maritime Authority, the Federal Capital Territory, and several other departments.

In an attempt to curry favor with the new government, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala recently directed officials of her polling agency, NOI Polls, to give President Buhari a 70% approval rating among Nigerians. “The polling results were simply cooked up,” a professional pollster told SR. Prior to the 2015 general elections, the former minister’s fake polling organization kept repeating that Jonathan approval rating was up even as his political fortune plummeted.

SR also learned that former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, is cooperating with the Buhari administration. As earlier revealed, Mrs. Alison-Madueke had struck a deal with the new government to submit a document to the EFCC exposing her collaborators at the NNPC. 

Former President Jonathan is currently in Abuja where he remains in constant touch with Abdulsalam and other political players to prevail on President Buhari to halt the probe of his administration.

One source at the Presidency revealed that Buhari was not receptive to Anyaoku’s pleas. According to the source, the President Anyaoku that the massive theft of funds by officials of the previous administration had robbed Nigeria of funds to serve the masses. 

The source added: “The president’s concern is for everybody who stole funds, including the former president, to disclose their willingness to return their loot to the Nigerian people.”

Photo: Former Chief of Army Staff, Minimah hands over to new COAS

A photo from the formal Handing and taking over of command between former Chief of Army staff , Lt General KTJ Minimah, and the newly appointed COAS Major General TY Buratai which is taking place now at the Army Headquarters Conference room, Abuja. 

'Trans people deserve something vital: they deserve your respect'- Caitlyn Jenner

Despite the protests and petitions not to give Caitlyn Jenner the ASHE award, she went ahead and received it.

The 65-year-old honoree made her first major public appearance at the awards show since announcing her transitioning to a woman during an April tell-all interview with Diane Sawyer.

Caitlyn got tearful toward the end of her acceptance speech as she thanked her family, including mother, sister and 10 adult children in the audience. Caitlyn, 65, initially planned to appear on stage with all 10 of her children and stepchildren, including the Kardashian sisters, but they instead showed their support from the audience.

She got a standing ovation when she walked to receive her award.

"Wow, I have to talk after that? Thank you so much. It is so wonderful to be here tonight. The last few months have been a whirlwind of so many different experiences and emotions. But to tell you the truth, it seems like every time I turn around in life, I'm putting myself in these high-pressure situations—competing in the games, raising a family, but I've never felt more pressure than I have in my life than I have in the last couple of months. Picking out this outfit—OK girls, I get it," she said, which drew laughter from the crowd.

Caitlyn got tearful toward the end of her 25-minute acceptance speech in which she gave a heartfelt appeal on behalf of trans youth.

'Trans people deserve something vital,' she said. 'They deserve your respect.'

 

It did not take long for cynical tweets to appear questioning why she had been chosen for the award above other potential honorees.