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I Still Love Chris Brown but.. there is no making up right now – Karrueche

In her interview on OWN network last night, Karrueche admitted she still loved Chris Brown but,won’t be taking him back.. But while talking to Iyanla Vanzant in an Oprah Winfrey Network exclusive interview Saturday night, she said..in tears “I feel hurt because the man I loved betrayed me. I will never again let a man disrespect me, “I want my voice to be heard…I want to clear it up and tell my story and tell my side.””I saw a different side of Chris that not everybody sees. Although he’s done whatever he’s done, he’s a good-hearted person,””He’s a big kid with a big heart that’s been through some things.” Tran admitted that her man lied, cheated and betrayed her on more than one occasion. Most recently, it was when she found out Brown had a baby with another woman. She said “He’s said he’s sorry. He’s dropped flowers off. He’s sorry for what he’s put me through,”There’s no making up right now. I’m trying to be my strongest. I understand what he’s put me through and I’m fed up.”I s...

Amber Rose & Wiz Khalifa bury the hatchet..

Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa have decided to be civil for the sake of their son..After bashing her for being a horrible parent,and she preventing him from seeing their son,they decided to reconcile..Though not as lovers yet.. According to TMZ,Wiz even sang a new song for her “See You Again,” which appears on the “Furious 7″.. The lyrics go.. How could we not talk about family when family’s all that we got?Everything I went through you were standing there by my side..And now you gonna be with me for the last ride “ Wiz asked Amber to listen to the song, and after she heard it she tearfully called him back and they agreed to work as parents to care for Sebastian.

Billionaire Daughter Nenesi Ibru Shows Off Bikini Bod

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(UPDATED) Election results announcement resumes

The attempt of the PDP agent, Mr. Godsday Orubebe, to stop the announcement of the presidential election results seems to have been foiled as the results announcement has resumed with Ebonyi State taking the floor with Collation Officer, Prof. Michael Amalekwu, presenting. Orubebe had sought the stoppage of the release of the results, citing alleged partisanship against the INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega. he also refused to allow Jega to respond to his allegation, almost throwing the entire hall of International Conference Centre into confusion. Details soon…

PDP agent, Orubebe, disrupting presidential results announcement

The agent of the Peoples Democratic Party at the announcement of the presidential election in Abuja, Mr. Godsday Orubebe, is currently disrupting the continuation of the presentation of the results. Shouting on top of his voice, Orubebe, a former Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, alleged that INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, had taken side with the All Progressives Congress. At the venue of the results presentation on Tuesday, the PDP agent shouted, “You sent a committee to Rivers to probe what happened there. We submitted petitions to you about Kano, Jigawa, Katsina but you have not done anything about our complaints. You cannot continue with these results; we will not take it.” As Jega tried to calm him down asking to be given a chance to respond, Orubebe shouted, “Mr. Jega, You cannot continue, go to your office.”

Buhari leads with 2m votes …as INEC declares 18 states, FCT only

Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) Results from 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday showed the All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari coasting to victory. He polled 8,520,436 votes in the states and the FCT while his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart and incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan had 6,488,210 votes. The Daura, Katsina State-born former Head of State won 10 of the states and Jonathan, eight plus the FCT. The states cleared by Buhari are Kaduna, Kwara, Katsina, Kano, Jigawa, Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Kogi and Ogun. Jonathan captured Abia, Anambra, Nasarawa, Enugu, Ekiti, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Plateau and FCT. In the South-West states, Buhari won in Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Ogun but lost in Ekiti where he garnered 120,331 votes. Jonathan polled 176,466 votes in the PDP-controlled state. Buhari polled 299,889 votes in Ondo, 308,290 in Ogun, 528, 620 in ...

APC loses six reps seats in Lagos

The All Progressives Congress has lost five House of Representatives seats to the Peoples Democratic Party and a seat to the Accord Party in Lagos. Investigations by our correspondent showed that most of the reps lost in Igbo- dominated local government areas. Sources in the APC said the love the people of the South-East have for President Goodluck Jonathan positively affected the PDP candidates, some of whom had not even been rigorously campaigning. In Amuwo Odofin local government, which has a very high Igbo population, especially in areas like Kirikiri, Satellite Town and FESTAC, the PDP candidate, Oghene Egboh, who is from the Niger-Delta, defeated Mr. Ganiyu Olukolu of the APC. In Ajeromi/Ifelodun, which is one of the most densely populated areas in Lagos State and is home to Ajegunle (another Igbo dominated area), the PDP candidate, Mrs. Rita Orji, who also hails from the South-East, defeated Taiwo Adenekan of the APC. ADVERTISEMENT The story was the same in the Igbo-dominated O...

Fayose ‘ll defeat APC again, says aide

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose The Special Assistant to Governor Ayodele Fayose on Information, Youth and Sports, Mr. Lanre Ogunsuyi, has said the outcome of the Saturday’s election signalled the end of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State. The Peoples Democratic Party won all the three senatorial districts and the six House of Representatives seats in the state. Ogunsuyi, who spoke in Ado Ekiti on Monday, said the election results proved that the June 21 governorship election won by Fayose was not rigged as claimed. ADVERTISEMENT “It is now confirmed to whoever is still doubting whether Fayose is indeed a super political champion that the man is more than that, he is also a rare breed. “In the same token, the outcome of Saturday’s National Assembly election, which made the PDP candidates to defeat all the candidates of APC in both the Senate and House of Representatives, including all the incumbents, shows that all negative claims about June 21, 2014 governorship po...

Peru sacks PM over alleged domestic spying

Peru’s Congress has sacked the prime minister, Ana Jara, over alleged spying against lawmakers, reporters, business leaders and other citizens. Supreme executive power in Peru is held by the president, in this case Ollanta Humala. It is the biggest crisis in his four years in power. This is the first time the congress of Peru has deposed a prime minister since 1968. With a year left of his term, Humala must now name a prime minister for the seventh time. The censure vote against Jara was 72 to 42, with two abstentions. On March 19, the magazine Correo Semanal published a list of Peruvians who had allegedly been investigated by the National Intelligence Directorate, or DINI. These people included politicians and their families, journalists, business people and thousands of everyday citizens. After the news broke, Jara, who in July completed her first year in the post, was summoned to Congress. She said she had asked for an investigation and said the data search against the investigated...

Military frees women, children seized by B’Haram

Nigeria Defence spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, has said that troops of the Nigerian Army have recovered some women and children who were locked up by insurgents in Gwoza. Olukolade said that the hostages were being given medical attention and necessary care by troops pending the arrival of troops in the area. He said that some of the freed hostages were providing useful information to troops on the activities of the soldiers. “A number of women, the elderly and children who were locked up by fleeing terrorists in Gwoza have been freed by troops as cordon and search along with mopping up operations continue in the town. ADVERTISEMENT “The freed hostages some of whom are so weak are being given medical attention while others are also receiving necessary care pending the arrival and activities of aid agencies. “Some of them are also providing useful information for the intelligence in aid of troops operations in ...

Finally, Buhari takes Benue

All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has finally defeated President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential election results in Benue State. He got a convincing win with over 70,000 extra votes after the long-awaited results for Makurdi, the state capital, came in around 2am on Tuesday. Buhari polled 38,685 votes in Makurdi to bring is overall total votes in the 23 local government areas of the state to 373,961. Jonathan scored 19,739 votes in Makurdi to bring his total vote haul to 303,737. The two presidential candidates had been in a head-to-head race in the state since Sunday when‎ results of the election started trickling in. At a point, Jonathan led when the results of the first five local governments were released and remained in the lead till around 11am on Monday. However, Buhari later overtook him and continued to lead marginally till he won convincingly on Tuesday morning. In the results declared by the. Presidential Election Col...

Suswam, Yuguda, Ngige lose senatorial bid

L-R: Ngige, Smart Adeyemi, Yuguda and Suswam Three Peoples Democratic Party governors have lost their senatorial bid. The governors are Isa Yuguda (Bauchi); Gabriel Suswam (Benue) and Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu. In Anambra state also, a former governor, Chris Ngigie, who represents Anambra-Central, lost his seat. In Kogi State, the senator representing Kogi-West, Smart Adeyemi, lost to former House of Representatives member, Dino Melaye of the All Progressives Congress In Benue, Suswam was defeated by incumbent Senator, Chief Barnabas Gemade, in the race for the Benue North-East seat. ADVERTISEMENT Gemade, an APCmember, polled 140,715 votes to beat Suswam. Suswam, a sitting PDP governor, scored 118,608 votes to lose in his ambition to occupy the senate seat. The Collation Officer for the zone, Prof. Mohammed Adah, returned Gemade as validly elected about 11pm on Monday.The announcement laid to rest the conflicting accounts since Saturday over which of the two politician...

Buhari group calls for Fani-Kayode’s arrest

Fani-Kayode The Buhari Support Organisations has called for the arrest of Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, the Director, Media, Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, for announcing unofficial results. The Director, Media and Information of the BSO, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, made the call on Monday in Abuja at a news conference. According to Maduekwe, this is the time for security agencies to show their neutrality by arresting Fani-Kayode because the only authority to announce election results is the Independent National Electoral Commission. The organisation claimed that Fani-Kayode had breached relevant sections of the Electoral Act by announcing on Sunday that the PDP was leading in the presidential election in 23 states of the federation. ADVERTISEMENT “We ask the security agencies to immediately arrest Fani-Kayode for breaching relevant sections of the Electoral Act which forbids any organ outside INEC from officially declaring election results. “His arrest for further ...

Nigerian Banks Suffer Cash Shortage Ahead Of Elections

Nigerian banks are reportedly experiencing shortage cash of following massive spending by various political parties in the country on election campaigns. The massive withdrawal of cash from Deposit Money Banks by politicians and their associates in preparation for the general elections has resulted led to shortage of cash across bank branches in the country. Punch reports that several billions of naira had left the banking system between December last year and this month as different political parties spent huge amounts on their campaigns. “Many banks are having it rough in terms of liquidity. Huge deposits running into several billions of naira have been withdrawn for election campaigns by politicians. This has affected some of the banks. So, liquidity issue is of utmost concern right now,” a top official of a tier one bank says. According to other sources close to the situation, some lenders have had to postpone some obligations due to liquidity problems. “B...

How Being Attractive Affects Your Health

How handsome or pretty you are, can hold surprising clues to your health, from your risk for heart attacks, diabetes and depression to your tolerance for pain, new studies have shown. According to the research, attractive people are less likely to get asthma, diabetes, and high blood pressure. The research, which was published in the journal Evolution And Human Behaviour, say that attractiveness may be a marker of good genes, which also signal good health, as well as increasing the likelihood of having healthy offspring. The more physically attractive men and women are rated, the more unlikely they are to suffer from a wide range of health problems, from high cholesterol to depression. In their lifetime, they are diagnosed with fewer physical and mental health conditions. They also feel healthier, have less time off work and are during their lifetime. The study carried out by U.S. researchers from the University of Cincinnati and other centres, is said to be the biggest study yet to f...

Brave Bearded Woman Tells Her Heart-Warming Story

Meet a bearded-lady from who did not leave her house and was shaving twice a day until she met the love of her life, California, USA. Annalisa Hackleman learnt to live with her beard with support from husband David Annalisa Hackleman’s beard started to grow when she was 13 and after several tests the girl was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormonal condition. Since then she developed agoraphobia, condotion that made it difficult for her to go outside her home. Annalisa’s mum took her to get laser hair removal but the process was not effective and soon she was engaged in a never-ending battle with her facila hair. READ ALSO: Meet 20-Year-Old Woman Who Looks Like Child and Will Never Grow Up The girl was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome She said: “I formed agoraphobia and would feel anxiety trying to plan outings or go anywhere. When I did leave the house after much stress, crying and worry I found the anxiety wouldn’t calm down. Thankfully my husband helped me to...

PDP’s N650m Campaign Fund Disappears

About N650 million President Goodluck Jonathan allegedly donated to one of the groups campaigning for his re-election at the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State, western Nigeria was reportedly declared missing on Thursday. According to PM NEWS report, the disappearance of the campaign fund almost caused crisis but for the prompt intervention of the police at the Trade Fair Complex. It was gathered that members of the group under the umbrella of Goodluck Support Group, GSG, in the Lagos West Senatorial zone revolted after they discovered that the money given to them was allegedly diverted by their leaders. The group comprises traders, businessmen and women, civil society groups and other well meaning Nigerians who came out to support Jonathan, the report stated. Investigation revealed that trouble started after members of the group were told that the president had released hundreds of millions of naira to the group but their leaders did not disclose the information and how much was given...

PDP Chieftain Boasts GEJ Will Win Without Monarchs

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Lekan Balogun has expressed confidence that his party will carry the day in the election held this Saturday. Senator Lekan Balogun Speaking during an interview with the Daily Independent, Senator Lekan said that Jonathan“does not need to beg any monarch; the southern states of the country owe him their votes, ordinarily. “If some set of people threatened to make government unsettled for him and they have done so, in order to stampede him out of power, does that spell anything good for anybody in the country? It doesn’t speak well of anyone, it doesn’t speak well of democracy, and South West is known for democratic principles” When asked of his opinoin about the Olubadan of Ibadan endorsing Gen. Muhammudu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the senator said “there’s nothing controversial about it, the position of Olubadan is clear as spelt out in the newspapers advertorial that followed the news of the purported...

Election Violence Scare: Benue Residents Take Measures

As Nigerians prepare to cast their votes for the presidential candidate of their choice in March 28 presidential election, residents of Benue State have quickly taken measures to mitigate the effect of any possible post-election violence. Traders having a swell day in market Vanguard reports that the residents were seen on Friday in Makurdi, trooping in out of the markets, shops, malls to restock their kitchens ahead of the presidential/National Assembly polls on Saturday. It was gathered from some of the traders that commercial activities soared in the area as customers continue to throng the market to patronize their businesses. However, a survey of business premises in the state capital showed that residents were either buying essential commodities, mostly food items, toiletries or selling their wares. The survey also showed crowded bank halls as customers queued to make cash withdrawals to purchase goods, while motor parks, commercial vehicle operators, particularly those oper...

Underaged Kids Set To Vote 'Change' In 2015 Elections

At the Government Secondary School Yan Daki, Abubakar Abdulrahman is one of the many students in J.S.S 3 who has showed a readiness to vote in coming elections. Only one problem exists, in reality he is actually 13 years of age, and this makes him an underage voter. Abubakar said that his father ordered his wives and children to get themselves registered in order to partake in the coming elections. He was registered by Youth Corpers who participated in the recent registration exercise as ad-hoc staffs of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), during the registration exercise along with sseveral boys in his age group. His two friends and classmates Adamu Danladi and Abubakar Sabi are also among those who were registered to vote. John (real name withheld) who as a corp member in Kaita said that it was common practice for corp members to take the registration materials to residential apartments where they register who families turn by turn. “Sometimes even at night, they ...

OPC, ex-militants in military uniforms to attack opposition – APC

The All Progressives Congress has raised the alarm that ethnic militias and ex-militants, now wear fake police and army uniforms in order to unleash mayhem on the opposition and disrupt voting, especially in the South-West without hindrance. In a statement in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said Oodua Peoples Congress members were sighted at Owu -Elepe in Ikorodu Local Government Area on Friday morning, changing into fake police and army uniforms. The party said the development confirmed the alarm earlier raised by the party that fake uniforms of security agencies were being sewn in the capital city of a South-West state. It also said the ex-militants had been issued with fake military uniforms and deployed in some areas of Lagos, especially in the Lekki-Ajah axis, to foment trouble. APC said the ex-militants in military uniforms were moving around in unmarked private vehicles, and their assignments were being facilitated by securi...

Scary minutes in the hands of thugs

Peoples Democratic Party supporters at Oyemekun Road, during the Party rally in Akure, Ondo State ...on Thursday Arriving in Port Harcourt, one of Nigeria’s most active cities, earlier on Tuesday, dozens of queries ran through my mind. Almost two years since I visited the Rivers State capital, much hasn’t changed about the city except that the traffic situation has improved a bit. Finding our way from the airport to a decent hotel in the centre of the town, different sights greeted me and my colleague – Stanley Ogidi – an award-winning photojournalist, as the taxi driver edged us deeper into the bowels of the oil-rich enclave. With traders dangling wares at motorists’ faces, mentally-derailed men and women in different attires pausing to dance or scare passersby intermittently and young men standing above several gallons of petrol by road corners, waiting for potential customers, it was a mixture of the good, the bad and ugly in the very heart of Port Harcourt. While my first day ...

Robbers attack banks in Ondo, kill manager

Ondo State police command’s Public Relations Officer, Wole Ogodo Armed robbers struck in Owo town in Ondo State on Thursday, robbing some banks and killing a bank manager. Our correspondent gathered that the robbers, numbering about 10, killed the manager of a branch of Wema Bank in the town and another employee of the bank during the robbery. It was learnt that the deceased, whose identities were yet to be identified, were shot by the robbers for allegedly refusing to cooperate with them. Residents said the robbers came into the town through the Abuja-Owo area at about 5pm, manned strategic entry and exit points into the town and started firing sporadically into the air. One of them, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said when the robbers got to the centre of the town, they robbed three branches of new generation banks. It was also learnt that some bystanders, who were caught in the middle of the attack, were seriously injured. Another resident, who did not wish to be named, ...

10 Steps Of Election Accreditation & Voting Procedure

The 28th of March is an important day for Nigerians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) created a video for voters to become proficient in the procedure of accreditation and voting on election day. Here are the vital steps you need to take in order to cast your vote: Step One: On polling day and during the accreditation period, present self to the APO (Assistant Presiding Officer) 3 of your polling unit who shall ascertain that you are in the right polling unit or voting point. Step Two: Approach APO 1 for your PVC to be read by the card reader and matched your thumb print. Step Three: Approach APO 2 to confirm that your name and voter identification number are as contained in the register of voters. Step Four: Allow the APO 2 to apply indelible ink to the cuticle of the appropriate finger, then receive the voter accreditation tag and then leave the polling unit to give space for other voters to be accredited, but return to the polling unit at 1pm to be briefed on...

PHOTOS: Rough Girl Briana Bette Flaunts Her Stuffs

I just came across this hot babe who is making girls with rich boyfriends mad as they fear they can lose their man to her. She's got assets and she is always available. *wink*! See more photos below... Briana Bette is a model on a different level.

OPC members unleash terror on Lagos

Oshodi on Thursday Traders and commuters in the Oshodi Market, Orile Oshodi area of Lagos State, took to their heels on Thursday after suspected members of the Oodua People’s Congress unleashed terror on the area. Eyewitnesses told PUNCH Metro that the gang, which numbered close to 50, carried sophisticated weapons and shot sporadically into the air. Residents said some of them wore masks. Motorists heading towards Oshodi from the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, were forced to take a detour from the Ladipo bus stop after the hoodlums barricaded the expressway. In the ensuing scuffle, several people fleeing from danger were said to have been injured, as some street urchins used the opportunity to dispossess passersby of their valuables. Some shops in the area were also reportedly looted by the urchins. When our correspondent visited the area, he observed that stalls and shops were shut as traders lamented their fate. There was heavy presence of security operatives, who ordered people to r...

Human Rights In Nigeria: Violence, Death And Injustice

Amnesty International has prepared a report about the main human rights issues people face in Nigeria. Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally. They are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. The report says that the human rights situation in Nigeria is “pretty shocking”. According to it, women, men and children live in constant fear of murder and abduction by Boko Haram and of arbitrary arrest, unlawful detention, torture and even execution at the hands of the military. Amnesty International notes that it is not just the violence in the north-east of the country that is extremely worrying. The problems within Nigeria’s justice system, for example, are deeply entrenched. The research says: “68% of the 55,000 people held in Nigeria’s overcrowded prisons have been convicted but have been waiting, many for years, for their cases to conclude.” “Poverty and inequality are also major issues, with millions...

Port Harcourt residents besiege ATM for cash

In a last minute rush to stuff their pockets with cash and take care of vital individual and household needs ahead of Saturday’s presidential elections, scores of Port Harcourt residents streamed to ATM points across most banks in the Rivers State capital on Friday. The queues, which at some banks extended outside the premises, swelled as time passed by. As a result of the cash rush, cash in many of the ATM machines in some banks our correspondent visited in places like Harbour Road, Aba Road and Artillery areas of the city, had been exhausted, leaving several men and women deeply frustrated. Even customers, who attempted to transfer money to their loved ones, were left disappointed as their accounts were debited while the transaction failed. Some were lucky to have their money credited back before leaving such ATM points while others were assured by security officers in some of those places that their funds would be credited back in not more than 24 hours. A customer at one ATM point...

Banks closed, Kogi govt offices deserted

Banks and Kogi State Government offices in Lokoja closed early on Friday, less than 24 hours away from the presidential election. The offices visited by our correspondent in the state capital as early as 9am, witnessed low turnout of civil servants. At the Kogi State Ministry of Education, offices were under lock and key while the ones opened had workers lazying around. By 12noon, the Kogi State Ministry of Agriculture had less than 10 workers in its premises, with many said to have either headed to their hometowns or did not come at all. Crowds thronged the banks in the early hours of Friday to make last-minute transactions. By noon, the Automated Teller Machines of some banks along the Murtala Muhammed Way in Lokoja ran out of cash. Our correspondent also observed same in some other branches along the Olusegun Obasanjo road and Felele road areas of the state capital. Some residents also used the opportunity to make last-minute buys of foodstuff and other household items. A resident,...

FG floods states with soldiers as IG redeploys DIGs, CPs

Soldiers in a show of strength on Oyemekun Road in Akure, Ondo State ... on Thursday. Preparations for tomorrow’s presidential and National Assembly elections heightened across the states and the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday with more sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials sent to Local Government Areas by state offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Security agencies also readied for the polls by deploying their men and officers to the streets and areas considered as flashpoints. FCT In Abuja where the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, announced the redeployment of six Deputy Inspectors-General of Police and six Commissioners of Police, journalists and election observers besieged INEC headquarters to collect their accreditation materials. Some of the journalists whose accreditation kits were not ready as of Thursday evening, expressed fears that the development could affect their activities tomorrow. The INEC management is e...

Most Significant Things That Happened As We Prepare For 2015 Elections

Nigeria’s 2015 presidential elections is one that will surely go a long way in the history of the country. With only one day before Nigerians head for the polls, the political atmosphere is certainly getting hotter, and politicians are trying their best to get the votes of those undecided people. As the politicians are making efforts to come out victorious in the upcoming elections, so is INEC also in tune to provide Nigerians with the best electoral process ever witnessed in Nigeria. Although we have 14 presidential candidates, only two look to be contesting for the position as the other parties don’t put efforts in campaigning for reasons best known to them. Let’s take a look at the whole process so far; Primaries Peoples Democratic Party (PDP): The PDP’s Presidential primaries was a one-man race, as Jonathan was the only one going for the position, after the controversial withdrawal of Jelil Tafawa Balewa, son of Nigeria’s first Prime Minister, Tafawa Balewa, and Mrs Duke-Abiola, ...