Former President Jonathan’s strong ally Diekivie Ikiogha, defects to APC

A very close ally to Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Diekivie Ikiogha, has defected from the PDP for the APC in Bayelsa State. Ikiogha, who was a founding member of the PDP, crossed over to the APC at an elaborate ceremony held on Saturday at the Kpansia open field, Yenagoa, the state capital.

He defected with some other members of the former ruling party.

Prominent members of the PDP that defected with him are Mr. Victor Awala, Mr. Paul Ajuwa, Mrs. D. Irene, Mr. Prince Abeki, a former commissioner, as well as over 150 former councillors from 1999 to 2012.

Angelina Jolie Press Statement after vist to Midyat Refugee Camp

Angelina Jolie who visited the Midyat Refugee Camp in Mardin, south-eastern Turkey, with her nine-year-old daughter Shiloh in tow on Saturday thinks refugee displacement is a “central problem” that needs more attention.

Angelina, who serves as the Special Envoy and UN High Commissioner for Refugees after her tour round the refugee camp delivered a riveting press statement on the matter of displaced peoples.

I have been bullied since I was nine - Kylie Jenner

Kylie Jenner took to her Snapchat to reveal to her millions of followers that she has faced cruel taunts since she started appearing on the E! reality show 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' in 2007 and sometimes feels as if ''the whole world'' is against her.

In the video posted on the picture sharing app, she said: ''It's kind of crazy I have four million people watch my Snapchats. Half of you guys think I'm weird, and the other half think I'm funny.

''But I've been bullied since I've been nine. From the whole world, it feels like sometimes... and I think that I've done a really great job in handling all this.''

Mel B confirms Spice Girls will definitely celebrate anniversary

Mel B says the Spice Girls are ''definitely'' going to be ''doing something'' to mark the 20th anniversary of their debut album.

The 40-year-old star has revealed she and her former bandmates - Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Mel C and Geri Halliwell - have had discussions about reuniting to celebrate the landmark date for their hit first LP 'Spice' and although she can't say what they have planned yet she's promised it will be ''fun''.

Speaking to website TooFab.com, the 'Wannabe' singer teased: ''I think we're definitely gonna be doing something. What that is, I can't say cause it's not completely finalized, but I think it would be a shame not to celebrate 20 years.''

Missing female Corp member found, narrates her story

A female Corps member, Susan Ijeoma Azubike, who was last seen on Sunday May 31st in Owo, Ondo State after armed robbers attacked a GUO Transport bus conveying her and several other passengers to Lagos from Abuja where they were serving, was rescued by the police two days ago. 

Susan sharing her side of the story said

Ogun State Deputy Governor stop escort to rescue accident victim

Ya, this is Democracy at Work! Ogun State deputy governor, Yetunde Onanuga, stopped her escort in order to help an accident victim along Ijebu-Ode/Sagamu road in Odogbolu Local Government area of the state. This was reported by The Nation

Some will say because she a woman/mother that is while she could have such pity but overall this is how democracy is suppose to be like. These driver could as well be one of the voters who put her in her position, so it is natural to render such humanitaran service. Kudos Ma!

#LMAO! Vexed boyfriend half everything he and his ex-girlfriend owned (PHOTO)

WTF! A vexed boyfriend who didn't know how to bitterly appreciate his 12 years relationship with his woman, Laura decided to half all the properties he acquired with her. He cut everything he owns in two. German eBay user 'der.juli' cut his most expensive possessions, including a TV, an iPhone 5, an Apple laptop and even his car.

He then sent his ex-girlfriend the other half of each item , while he's listed his half of the goods for sale on eBay, with the broken car now available for less than £2, news.com.au reports.

The German also posted a YouTube video called 'For Laura' - which showed him sawing the items in two, with the caption: 'Thank you for 12 'beautiful' years Laura !!!!! you've really earned half.'

Caitlyn Jenner thank fellow transgender Laverne Cox for her support

Caitlyn Jenner sent out tweets to thank fellow transgender Actress Laverne Cox for her support. Caitlyn former Bruce Jenner took to her twitter page to thank and praised Cox for her work with the transgender community. See tweets below:

Disgraced NBC anchor Brian Williams to continue working with network

According to a report from CNN, Former star NBC anchor Brian Williams, who was suspended and investigated after he admitted embellishing an Iraq war story, will stay with the network despite his news scandals.

After his suspension ends in August, Williams will return to NBC in a lesser capacity and the network may make an announcement about the once-vaunted anchor Thursday, CNN reported, citing anonymous sources.

In February, NBC suspended Williams, 56, for six months and began an internal investigation after his embellishment admission and amid accusations he stretched the truth on other times as well.

Governor Aregbesola blast Ben Murray-Bruce for his kind gesture of donating his wardrobe allowance

The Osun State Government has blast the Senator Ben Murray-Bruce for offering to donate his wardrobe allowance to Osun state workers who are owed 7 months salaries.

The Senator had in a series of tweets on Wednesday (Read Here), pledged to donate half of his controversial wardrobe allowance for federal lawmakers, to civil servants in Osun State.

But in a response to the comment, the Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, accused the Senator of mocking Nigerian workers.

In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Semiu Okanlawon, the governor accused the lawmaker of playing to the gallery and engaging in self-serving philanthropy.

Real Madrid's Derik Osede has choosen to play for Nigeria

Okay this might sound as a goodnews as 22 year old Derek Osede a former Spain youth international defender and currently a regular first team player for Real Madrid's B side has choosen to play is international football with Nigeria. According to football regulation, Derek is free to play for Nigeria because he has not yet played for any country's senior national team. Read Derek's Comments below

Kim Kardashian finally replies Giorgio Armani twitter handle

Remember the gest, where Armani had to correct Kim K for mispelling his name? (Read Here) Finally Smart Kim came out bold to also reply with some sweet nice words

Kim K mispell Giorgio Armani's name in a conservation ... And see the reply she got (Too Funny)

Lol, I could not help but share this, although the reply from Giorgio Armani's account was gentle and polite, but why correcting her name publicly? Choi, that's what we call "falling hand", they just use style fall her hand shall. See Armani's reply below:

Ondo State Governor, Mimiko emerges chairman PDP Governors forum

Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko has emerged the new Chairman of the PDP governors forum He was elected new chairman at the PDP governors meeting in Abuja today June 17th. He takes over from Akwa-Ibom state governor, Godswill Akpabio, who is now a Senator.

PDP renounce Group Over Unauthorized Statement On Buhari

Chief Olisa Metuh National Publicity Secretary release a Press statement from PDP. Read below...

The attention of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to a press statement by a group parading as PDP Media Watchdog and purporting to be working within and in the interest of our great party. This group is absolutely unknown to the PDP and has no connection whatsoever with our party at any level, neither is the content of their statement a reflection of the position or stance of the party.

For the avoidance of doubt, our great party has not authorized this group to use its name, acronym or logo to issue statements or make public pronouncements on any matter and we caution those behind them to henceforth desist from such immediately.

Malaysia Police allegely shot dead a Nigerian Man

According to a report on LIB, A Nigerian named Enekwenchi Sampson Someadina from Enugu state was allegedly shot dead by police yesterday night around 10:32pm at One Taman shopping complex in Damasara, Malaysia.

Kiss Daniel writes emotional letter to celebrate his late father birthday

Days after the fast rising start Kiss Daniel lost his dad, many people were wondering if he ever gonna release a statement to that effect, but today the Woju crooner shared a photo of his late dad and wrote an emotional tribute. Read below... 

Saraki release statement to clarify 9 billion wardrobe allowance after meeting with RMAFC

In a bit to clarify the allege 9 billion wardrobe allowance allocated to the NASS, the Senate president this afternoon met with the management of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation & Fiscal Commission RMAFC who are incharge of distribution of allowances to the NASS.

At the meeting, the Chairman of RMAFC, Engr. Elias Mbam denied the media reports, stating that each lawmaker is entitled to N506, 600 wardrobe allowance per annum. 

Read the press statement realease by Senator Saraki after the meeting ...

So SCARY!!! Tyra Banks dares share Photo of her early morning face without a single makeup

Picture like this makes me wonder the power behind make up. Forget the fact that Tyra Banks decided to make the picture look weirdo, but are you serious, is this your face and skin? OMG now I understand while a lot of work are always done before they dare leave their home. Choi, biko somebody scroll this pics off. She share the picture with the below caption:

Ben Murray-Bruce donates wardrobe allowance to unpaid workers in Osun state

It seems this Senator Ben really mean business, he has actually risen to become the mouth piece of the Nigeria citizen and now he has promise to donate his wardrobe allowance to unpaid workers in Osun State. See his tweets below, to understand it better read from bottom:

Buhari message to Muslims as Ramadan fast begins tomorrow

Find Press Statement from the Presidency below ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to pray for the return of peace, love and prosperity throughout the country as Muslims start the 2015 Ramadan fast. In a congratulatory message released on his behalf by the Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu, President Buhari implored Muslims to seek maximum benefits from the Ramadan period "by being helpful to all manner of people, learning and following the true message of the religion as taught by the Holy Prophet." 

Xenophobia: South African Police vow to protection Nigerians and other foreign citizen

The Nigeria Union in South Africa said on Wednesday that the police in that country had pledged to protect Nigerians and other foreign nationals from xenophobic attacks.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pledge followed the recent xenophobic attacks against foreigners in Steinkopf , Northern Cape Province.

The President of the Union, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, told NAN in Pretoria, South Africa, that the Provincial Police Commander in the area gave the assurance.

Untold Story! Buhari Betrayed Our Party – Tinubu Blasts Buhari

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu has surprisingly criticized President Muhammadu Buhari​,​​ ​saying he betrayed the party.

This is in the wake of events that led to the emergence of Ex-Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki as the President of the Eighth Senate and the return of Chief Ike Ekweremadu as the Deputy Senate President for a​ ​third term.

Tinubu, who on Wednesday through the Nation Newspaper​,​ in an article titled “The untold story of PDP’s coup behind Saraki’s Senate Presidency” pointed an accusing finger at President Buhari for displaying neutrality in who emerges as the Senate President without due regard to the fate of the party.

SCARY!!! Computer beats human in IQ test for first time

Alamy/UK Daily Mail

Yes I use the word scary because humans are already crying that technology is making job less available to them from the automatic doors to the use of ATMs and now that the computer is becoming more intelligent it is scary to the human race.

A new report from UK Daily Mail, says a computer has beaten humans in IQ tests for the first time since programmers made a breakthrough to teach it the multiple meanings of words and sentences.

A technological breakthrough made by programmers taking a new approach to language has helped the computers outperform humans in the verbal reasoning part of the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) test.

Questions in the test are in one of three categories: logic (looking for patterns in sequences of images), maths (finding patterns in numbers) and verbal reasoning.

Aww! Cheerleader gets wedding proposal in most amazing way ever (WATCH)

Aww, this is one of the best proposal u have seen ... I love it, she was totally unaware. 

Emma Nyra Hot Legs though ....

Former TripleMG First Lady put her hot legs on display, she looks bold ... Nice gladiators sandals

Bizarre!!! Eight months pregnant mom is addicted to eating liquid SOAP (PHOTO)

The bizarre things people are fond of doing this days amaze us. I had to ask a doctor friend after reading this article if there was no danger attach to what this Britol woman is doing, he said it is addiction resulting from hormone change especially during pregnancy.

According to UK Daily Mail, Jess Gayford, 26, from Bristol, who is nearly eight months pregnant with her second child, can't stop eating bars of soap and liquid sanitiser. 

Upset Khloé Kardashian skip North West Birthday

Still weeping from the death of her estrange husband Lamar Odom's Best friend Jamie, Khloé Kardashian was missing from the all talked about birthday celebration of North West

A source told E! News: ''Khloé was too upset over Jamie dying. She wasn't there.''

Apart from Khloe, all other member of the Kardashian clan where present, amongst who were Kris, Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian and her son Mason, five, and Kylie's boyfriend Tyga.

OMG!!! New Teen's Photos Show 2face Licking Her Vagina

Photo Credit: Gawker

Ok first let get it clear, it is not our 2face Idibia, Lol, I got your there. The story is about an 18-year-old woman who was arrested Friday in Bradenton, Florida, after police allegedly found 17 photos on the phone of the teen receiving oral sex from her pit bull name 2face. So y'all see the name came from?

The Smoking Gun reports that cops found the photos in a folder called “2-face fun” during an unrelated investigation earlier this month. Many of the photos showed a “canine performing oral sex on an unknown white female,” according to the police report. Miller later confessed that she was the woman in the photos and told police that her dog is named “2-Face.”

Onyeka Nwelue writes on "the misunderstood world of Blogger, Linda Ikeji"

So its no news that Nigeria most famous Blogger was in Paris just recently because we saw lots of pictures from her shopping spree in Paris and also the one she took on her most popular "black gate" of her house, but what we did not know was that Award-winning writer Onyeka Nwelue who his  an Assistant Professor of Literature at the University of Manipur, Imphal and Visiting Lecturer of African Studies at the University of Hong Kong was the one who invited her to Paris for what they call just "a film festival". So after both of them had a nice encounter, Onyeka decided to write this piece to describe her experience with Linda. Pls don't ask me if they are dating ... I don't have that answer right now. Take your time and Read below...

Linda Ikeji is the most powerful blogger in Africa. And the richest! While this may not be earth-shattering breaking news, as most of us already know or at least probably have an idea about, it is still heart-warming to know that a regular Nigerian girl (yes, she is quite regular) can drag herself from virtually nothing to reach the apex of the blogosphere. It is a truly inspiring tale of rags to riches. 

It is also not news that a lot of people dislike Linda Ikeji. They read her blog, they swear by the Gospel of Linda Ikeji Blog, but they dislike her.  

They dislike her under the usual banner of “there is nothing this person is doing that should make her better than I am.” But she is better than most people because she is different from most people. Linda Ikeji is not some air-headed young lady that leisurely eavesdrops on conversations of the celebrities and the upper class and then shares it with the internet. Linda Ikeji takes blogging more seriously than some medical doctors take medical study. From what I observed when I met her, Linda Ikeji obsesses over her blog like it were piece of art. She dedicates herself so passionately to it that it may seem the blog is a child she nurtures. In a sense, that blog is a child that has grown into a very handsome man. 

She told me a story of how Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie had left where she sat and came to her, as a fan, to greet her. “I love what you are doing. I love your blog. My name is Chimamanda Adichie,” she had said to Linda. Linda told me she screamed. She had also nurtured ambitions of meeting Adichie. Now they met, and she didn’t have to jump through any hoops for it to happen. 

“Linda Ikeji is a snub.” “Linda Ikeji is this.” “Linda Ikeji is that.” We all have our opinions and perspectives of her. “Linda Ikeji loves money.” Some of us think that, too.

I met Linda Ikeji for the first time at the then Club 10. I was introduced to her by a friend, Ifeanyi Dike. She didn’t snub me. Years later, she could not remember that we met.

Second time, we had agreed to meet at Eko Hotel. We chatted for over 2 hours and went home. She offered to buy me food. I was there when her two smashing sisters – Laura and Sandra – came. I left with a different understanding. It is not her fault that you don’t like her. Some of us can’t deal!

Nigerian writers don’t like Linda Ikeji. Why? Are they disgruntled? What is their problem? Can I safely say I was part of the group that secretly despised her for no reason? We were angry, because we didn’t understand how she could be doing almost same work as us and then, had effrontery to buy a Range Rover. Some would have said ‘men’ give Miss Ikeji money. I had heard different things about how she makes money.

In Paris, I came closer. I saw. I shook my head. I wept for the world that will never ever meet Linda and continue to judge her from afar. Life is not fair.

One particular evening, in her hotel room, at Hilton, one of the most expensive hotels in Paris , Linda almost grabbed my hair in uncontrolled anxiety, because a post she had made on her blog had disappeared. I didn’t quite understand what the fuss was about, but I picked something: this lady is obsessed with her work and she knows what she is doing. She never plays with her source of income.

Linda loves her readers! She claims she doesn’t care – Linda cares too much! She cares too much for everything! Looking back now, in that room, I could say, Linda may not have a very social life, but she has a beautiful life – she has the greatest sisters. They support her. They help her. They share in her joy. And sadness too.

Do I have her permission to share this story? I am not sure. But she shares a lot of things she is not supposed to, and that is part of her appeal. I’m borrowing a leaf from her playbook.

As she told me, on a certain evening, after returning from one of her numerous shopping sprees, she said: “On my 30th birthday, I had N800 left in my account. I spoke to God.”

Linda’s story is like a fairy tale, I tell you. It is like, but it is not. She has had her fair share of turmoil, troubles and hustles. She has faced crushing rejection. She went round Lagos looking for sponsors. Some of those she sought for sponsorships in their offices can’t have access to her anymore. Somehow, she disagrees with my assertions that this is vendetta. She is driven by the will to pay back many people, to succeed.

I kept asking myself questions about Linda as we went to the mall to shop. I followed her everywhere. I wanted to understand her very well. Would there be a room to ask her questions? Linda is this, Linda is that! Sorry, Linda is not all these things we have cooked up in our heads because the Linda Ikeji I spent enough time with in Paris is: hardworking, gentle, reserved, careful with words, pays attention to details and doesn’t eat much. She likes chocolate!

I had seen her jump from beneath her duvet and run straight to her blog in the middle of the night. Just to blog! She is disciplined and hardworking!

Linda is the richest African woman I have met under 40. I have seen! But they are for my eyes, only. I could not stop myself from writing that line!

Now, let me get back to the writers. Linda Ikeji did not just appear from nowhere. Like the rest of us, she had been struggling in the dark city of Lagos, until her wheel of samsara turned. Her tough days prepared her for this glory.

When I started chatting with her via WhatsApp, her profile status said and still says: “I’d Rather Be Self Made.” This will sound funny, but she doesn’t allow people do anything for her. I mustered the courage and asked her to attend the Nollywood Week Paris; saying we would pay for her flight and before I could even add another thing, she asked for the date and said she would love to come, but she would not want us to pay for her. Her honesty and modesty could make you fall in love with her. She said: “Hey. Would love to come. Never been to Paris. Me and my sisters. I’ll take care of the expenses. Flight, hotel, etc.” I paused. This doesn’t happen. She continued, “I don’t travel alone. I hate it. I will take care of myself. I kinda like luxury living when I travel. So, 5 star!”

She booked her First Class flight ticket. She booked herself into Hilton. Linda and her sisters, Laura and Sandra came to Paris!

She shared intimate stories with me and encouraged me to find that one thing that makes me happy, that will also give me money. It is impossible to hang out with Linda and leave without feeling something has been added to your life.

While Sandra and Laura were shying away from eating Nigerian food, Linda wanted it. The last one, I goofed, I got back late with the food and she was not happy, but she ate little and said: “Onyeka, are you not going to eat?” I was going to say no, but then I remembered she had eaten from the plate with those magical fingers, so I said, “I want to eat.”

I took the food and I ate from the same plate where Linda ate from and now, I’m hoping some mystery has been added to my life, too!

Thank you, Linda, for not being what they told me and what I had thought. Thank you, for your realness.