Shoutout to all my husband's customers, thanks for patronizing his d*ck - Nigerian lady writes on FB

A Nigerian lady, Tiwa Tope took to her Facebook page to give a special shout to all of her husband's side chics and also thanked them for patronizing his d**k.
She wrote: Shoutout To All My Husband Customers???I See You All??
WCW Goes To U All?Thanks For Patronizing?
U All Are Our Pussy????!!!
Thunder Fall On You All??????

13-year-old girl gains admission into Ghanaian University making her the youngest student ever to be admitted

13-year-old Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa has become the youngest student ever to receive admission to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), one of Ghana’s most prestigious government universities.
The young girl born on May 29, 2004, will be pursuing a bachelor of science (Bsc) degree in mathematics.
According to a report by The Chronicle, Ruth who hails from the town of Berekum, in the Brong Ahafo Region, is born to Mr. and Mrs. Kwadwo Gyan-Darkwa.
The teenage girl is said to have attended the Christ Our Hope International school. She later went on to attend junior high at Abraham Lincoln International School, where she ended up taking the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) held at the Justice International School Asuafua, in the Ashanti Region.
Her father, Mr. Kwadwo Gyan-Darkwa, also revealed that his daughter received admission into St. Louis Senior High at the tender age of 10, having been offered General Science. He said she later went on to complete her senior high school studies at the age of 12.
Congrats to her!

I've been attracted to men who cheat because I believed I could save them - Dayo Amusa

Nollywood actress, Dayo Amusa has shared some life lessons explaining why she's failed in a lot of her relationships.

According to her, 'I used to be a fixer. I stayed in bad relationships, attracting the same type of men—men who needed to be fixed.

I know so many women in the same position. We attract cheating men, commitment-phobic men, emotionally unavailable men, emotionally damaged men, alcoholics, drug abusers, narcissists and sociopaths.

It’s like we are a magnet for men whose pieces are shattered all over the place. And for some reason, we feel compelled to put these pieces back together.

But I must admit, I have failed every single time.

I never gave myself a chance to sit back and question my motives. Instead of asking why I constantly felt obligated to pick up someone else’s broken pieces, I ran to pick them up without a second thought. Being selfless made me think that coming second didn’t matter because I was putting someone else’s worthiness first. And in the end, rank doesn’t matter, right?

I realized that the reason I was attracting these types of men was because I believed I could save them.

As selfless, thoughtful, giving women, we think we will be “that woman”—the one who will change them. We think we can turn a cheater into a loyal boyfriend. We think we can help him walk away from the drugs and alcohol. We believe we can help him get over his commitment issues and aim for a stable future with us. We trust that we can get rid of the emotional baggage that he has been carrying for years.
We attract these men because we believe they need us. And to leave them would be selfish, insensitive and ruthless.

The sad news is, we constantly blame ourselves when they don’t change. Every time they fail us, we think it’s because we failed them. Their hold on us becomes stronger; they keep us around knowing they have nothing to offer. It’s just my view. What’s your view??? Let’s interact

Hausa actress, Ummi Ibrahim Zeezee describes ex-military president, Ibrahim Babangida, as "the only king in the palace of her heart"

Hausa actress, Ummi Ibrahim Zeezee took to her Instagram page to welcome former military president, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, back from a trip.

Recall that in 2013, she granted an interview, stating that IBB loves her and the feeling is mutual. Late last year, she also insinuated that they are engaged, writing: "Welcome back to the country dear fiance

Charly Boy Files N500 Million Lawsuit Against Nigeria Police Over Attack During Resume or Resign Protest

Activist musician and convener of #OurMumuDonDo movement, Mr. Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy or AreaFada has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja over the violation of his rights to dignity of the human person, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association over the attack on the Resume or Resign protesters on the 8th of August, 2017.

Activist musician and convener of #OurMumuDonDo movement, Mr. Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy or AreaFada has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja over the violation of his rights to dignity of the human person, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association over the attack on the Resume or Resign protesters on the 8th of August, 2017.

Mr. Inibehe Effiong, a Lagos-based legal practitioner and human rights activist who is the counsel to Charly Boy in an Originating Motion dated October 4th 2017 filed the suit at the F.C.T. high Court on Wednesday October 4th 2017 against the Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command who is joined as the respondent in the suit.
In his written address in support of his client’s application with reference number FCT/HC/CV/3037/2017, Effiong is asking the court to determine the following two issues:
i) Whether the use of teargas canisters, water cannon and wild police dogs by the agents and officers of the Respondent to attack, harass and disperse the Applicant during a peaceful demonstration at the Unity Fountain in Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 is not unjustifiable, illegal, unconstitutional and a breach of the Applicant’s fundamental rights to the dignity of the human person, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association and contrary to Sections 34, 39 and 40 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Articles 5, 9, 10 and 11 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap. A9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
  
ii) Whether having regard to the facts and circumstances of this case and the evidence before this Honourable Court, the Applicant is entitled to a public apology, compensation, damages and other reliefs sought in this Application from the Respondent.

Upon resolution of the above issues, the Applicant, Charles Oputa, is seeking the following eight reliefs from the court:

1. A DECLARATION that the use of teargas canisters, water cannon and wild police dogs by the agents and officers of the Respondent to attack, harass and disperse the Applicant during a peaceful demonstration at the Unity Fountain in Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday, August  8th, 2017 is unjustifiable, illegal, unconstitutional and a breach of the Applicant’s fundamental right to dignity of the human person and contrary to Section 34 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Articles 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap. A9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

2. A DECLARATION that the use of teargas canisters, water cannon and wild police dogs by the agents and officers of the Respondent to attack, harass and disperse the Applicant during a peaceful demonstration at the Unity Fountain in Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday August 8th , 2017 where the Applicant and other activists had gathered to demand that President Muhammadu Buhari should either return to the country from his long medical vacation in the United Kingdom or resign is unjustifiable, illegal, unconstitutional and amounts to a violation of the Applicant’s fundamental right to freedom of expression and contrary to Section 39 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap. A9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

3. A DECLARATION that the use of teargas canisters, water cannon and wild police dogs by the agents and officers of the Respondent to attack, harass and disperse the Applicant during a peaceful demonstration at the Unity Fountain in Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday, 8th August, 2017, where the Applicant and other activists had assembled under the umbrella of an association known as OurMumuDonDo movement to demand that President Muhammadu Buhari should either return to the country from his long medical vacation in the United Kingdom or resign is unjustifiable, illegal, unconstitutional and amounts to a violation of the Applicant’s fundamental right to peaceful assembly and association and contrary to Section 40 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Articles 10 and 11 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap. A9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

4. AN ORDER compelling the Respondent to publish a public apology to the Applicant in Five National Newspapers for violating the Applicant’s fundamental rights to dignity of the human person, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association on Tuesday,  August 8th, 2017 at Unity Fountain in Maitama, Abuja.

5. AN ORDER directing the Respondent to pay the sum of N100,000,000.00 (One Hundred Million Naira) as GENERAL DAMAGES to the Applicant for violating the Applicant’s fundamental rights to dignity of the human person, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association on Tuesday,  August 8th, 2017 at Unity Fountain in Maitama, Abuja.

6. AN ORDER directing the Respondent to pay the sum of N400,000,000.00 (Four Hundred Million Naira) as EXEMPLARY DAMAGES to the Applicant violating the Applicant’s fundamental rights to dignity of the human person, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association on Tuesday, August 8th  2017 at Unity Fountain in Maitama, Abuja.

7. AN ORDER OF PERPETUAL INJUNCTION restraining the Respondent and the Nigeria Police Force from further interfering with or violating the Applicant’s Fundamental Rights to dignity of the human person, freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association.

8. AND FOR SUCH FURTHER ORDER or orders as this Court may deem fit to make.
In a 22 paragraph affidavit deposed to by Charles Oputa in support of the suit, the musician gave a graphic and detailed account of how policemen numbering over 100 hundred from the F.C.T. Police Command invaded the Unity Fountain in Abuja on the 8th day of August, 2017 during the Resume or Resign protest when he led other activists to protest the prolonged absence of President Muhammadu Buhari from Nigeria on account of his medical vacation in the United Kingdom.

The 66-year-old popular musician explained that the invading policemen attacked him and other protesters and dispersed them with wild police dogs, water cannon and teargas canisters despite the fact the seven of them who participated in the sit-out protest that day were very peaceful and did not breach or threaten public peace in any manner.
Charly Boy further narrated that the attack by the policemen was so severe that he collapsed in the process and was rushed to the hospital.
He also stated that the police attacked them because of claims that their protest over the President’s absence, which had exceeded 90 days on the second day of their daily sit-out protest, had gone international and brought serious embarrassment to the country.

Three video clips which were recorded during the attack have been attached as exhibits in the affidavit.

No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.

Davido Denies Involvement In Friend's Death

Nigerian pop star, David Adeleke, known as Davido, has reacted to the news circulating online that he was involved in the death of his friend Tagbo Umeike, a graduate of Lagos State University.

Nigerian pop star, David Adeleke, known as Davido, has reacted to the rumors circulating online that he was involved in the death of his friend Tagbo Umeike, a graduate of Lagos State University. 

Davido in a series of messages via his Snapchat said he was disappointed over false information and lies circulating on the social media that he and his crew abandoned the body of Tagbo at a hospital in Lagos and absconded.
"I was deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of my friend Tagbo. First and foremost, my sincere condolences and prayers are with his family at this time. I've been in the same position before, multiple times and also recent."
"But it is also disappointing that false information and complete lies have been put out there using my name, as usual. Out of total respect for Tagbo and his family, I will not discuss this matter further for now."
Davido further said that people were wicked for accusing him, adding that this was what he got for treating people like his brothers.
According to Nollywood actress, Caroline Danjuma, Davido and his friends dumped Tagbo’s body at the hospital after he died in his car Tuesday night.
Read Davido's snaps below.

 
 
 

As Liberia Decides, Is There Something We Can Learn From Kenya? By Samson Itodo

Across Africa, citizens and stakeholders have confidence in the findings of election observers because they not only validate the electoral outcomes but also proffer recommendations for future reforms.

by Samson Itodo Oct 04, 2017

Skeptics of election observation received a boost with the Kenya Supreme Court judgment nullification of the August 8th, 2017 presidential elections. The court ruled that the election was not conducted in accordance with established procedures by the election management body hence the directive that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) conducts a fresh election into the office of the President. The botched election had been adjudged credible by several election observation missions (EOMs).

The entire world went agog calling for the scraping of election observation. International observation missions were the worst hit as they were termed as electoral tourists. They were accused of subverting the will of the people in pursuance of peace. The Carter Center, National Democratic Institute (NDI), European Union Observation Mission received the most bashing. The argument is international observation missions are only valuable to the extent that they provide oversight on the conduct of elections. This resonates with the view that their presence could potentially deter electoral fraud.
Across Africa, citizens and stakeholders have confidence in the findings of election observers because they not only validate the electoral outcomes but also proffer recommendations for future reforms. In fact, in countries like Uganda, Cameroon and Zimbabwe, citizens repose more confidence in the reports of election observation missions than their electoral management body. Thus, the surprise generated with the quashing of the Kenyan presidential election, which was validated by most of the EOMs. However, this development beckons for a deep introspection not jettisoning of election observation since it reposes confidence in the electoral process. Again, there’s a reliance on the findings of election observer missions in assessing the level of democracy in sovereign states. This to an extent influences international democracy assistance to countries.
The end of the Cold War ushered in the third wave of democratization which introduced international election observation as an event or mechanism of promoting universal and democratic standards in sovereign states, particularly in emerging or transitioning democracies. Since then, election observation has evolved with respect to scope and methodology, same as the standards of assessing of elections. This advancement led to the codification of standards for election observation into international or regional instruments. The Declaration of Global Principles for Non-partisan election observation and Code of conduct for non-partisan citizen election observation is one of such instruments that outlines conditions or standards for credible and professional election observation. These following conditions are vital to the credibility and sustainability of election observation missions:
The Independence and Integrity of the election observation mission must be guaranteed. The mission must have high regard for standards and professional ethics.
Neutrality, quality and objectivity in data gathering, analysis and reporting
The scope and methodology must be comprehensive spanning all aspects of the elections because election is a process not an event
Respect and compliance with established municipal or international legal and regulatory frameworks
It is important to reconsider the composition of EOMs. Traditionally, EOMs are composed of diverse membership of past leaders, politicians, academics, civil society, media etc. Some of these personalities are politically exposed persons whose personality may impugn the integrity of the mission. Regional institutions and international organizations should be weary of personalities recruited and employed to serve as election observers.  EOMs must prioritize the moral and integrity credentials of these individuals because their moral stands or public a perception could undermine the integrity of the observer mission making it easy for their findings to be discredited.
International EOMs must also strengthen their collaboration with the domestic election observer groups. The domestic groups often deploy more observers hence the need for complementarity in their role. IOMs are at their best when they amplify issues raised by local observer groups during elections.
It's a notorious fact that the results collation process is the weakest link in most elections in Africa. This aspect of the electoral process has received little or no attention from observers. The presently obtainable is for the group to mention it in passing but there has been no deliberate effort to methodically oversight the results collation process. It is important for observer missions to dedicate quality time to the observation of the results collation process. Specific observers should be deployed to observe results collation. This can be made possible with strong partnership with local and citizens observers.
It has also become imperative for EOMs to review their timeline of issuing statements and reports lest it is misconstrued as providing a verdict on an election. Perhaps there's need for an expanded definition of the usual line "the election was free and fair based on our observation”. Electoral integrity and political stability are both important for the sustenance of democracy.
It is important that these issues are reviewed and lessons learnt ahead of the October 10th Liberia Election. Already there is a beehive of activities in Liberia, the Robert International Airport is in full buzz with planes arriving ferrying the international observers into town, all the posh hotels are fully booked, the election observers have all moved to the capital city of Monrovia.
Samson Itodo is an elections and constitution building enthusiast. He is the Executive Director of the Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth & Advancement (YIAGA). He writes from Liberia where is he serving as an international observer with the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) observer mission to Liberia.

Felabration' Opens in Lagos

The annual festival to commemorate the life and times of Nigerian musical icon, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, opened on Wednesday with schools debate at Freedom Park, Lagos

The annual festival to commemorate the life and times of Nigerian musical icon, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, opened on Wednesday with schools debate at Freedom Park, Lagos.
'Felabration' is an annual music festival conceived in 1998 by Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti in memory and celebration of her father Fela, also a human rights activist known for pioneering the afrobeat genre of music.
Newsmen report that students from no fewer than 10 public and private secondary schools across Lagos participated in the debate, with the theme, “African History; a curriculum necessity.”
According to Yeni, the debate was to encourage intellectualism among young minds.
“You know Fela had his intellectual side and he believed so much in intellectual debates. This debate was conceptualised to nurture and encourage the culture of intellectual debates amongst the young ones."
“With the continuous support of the Lagos State Ministry of Education and the 'Felebration' committee members, we have been able to pull it through over the years,” she said.
The participating schools include King’s College, Cayley College, Apata Memorial Secondary School, Ogudu Secondary School, and Epe Girls Senior Secondary School. Others are Bowen College, Oke Odo Senior Secondary School, and Bethlam College, all based in Lagos.
Bowen College came first in the debate, while all the participating schools were rewarded with various gifts.
Afrobeat genre of music, a style Fela largely created, is a complex fusion of Jazz, Funk, Ghanaian/Nigerian High-life, psychedelic rock, and traditional West African chants and rhythms.
Fela was known for his showmanship, and his concerts were often quite outlandish and wild. He referred to his stage act as the “Underground” Spiritual Game. His songs were mostly sung in Nigerian Pidgin English, although he also performed a few songs in the Yoruba language.
Fela’s main instruments included the saxophone and the keyboards, but he also played the trumpet, electric guitar, and took the occasional drum solo.

Qatar: Nigeria Calls For Lift Of Blockade

Nigeria has called for the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar to be lifted saying it is against such extreme measures that cause hardship.

Nigeria has called for the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar to be lifted saying it is against such extreme measures that cause hardship.

Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said his country had come under pressure from both sides to support them in the dispute.
But it had decided that the blockade, now about to enter its fourth month, was ‘not the way to go’.
Nigeria’s call for an end to the row came after other African countries opted to either to stay neutral or bow to Saudi pressure by calling back their ambassadors from Doha.
Senegal, Chad, Mauritania, Eritrea, and Niger all cut off diplomatic relations with Doha following the announcement of the blockade in early June.
But in North Africa, Saudi Arabia’s search for support has failed with Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya opting not to take sides.
Observers said these regimes viewed the quartet coalition – Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, and Egypt – as a threat to regional security and moved to strike a balance with the weaker player, Qatar.
Apart from Nigeria, Somalia is the only country to take a defiant stance.
Not only did the Mogadishu government refuse to break off relations with Qatar, but it also continued to allow Qatari planes to fly through its airspace, despite protestations from Riyadh.
In June, the quartet launched a diplomatic and transport blockade accusing Qatar of cosying up to Iran and supporting terrorism in the region, which Qatar denied.
The move has led to Qatar importing food from Turkey and Iran as well as flying in milk from the UK.
It also caused mixed-nationality families to be split up as Qataris found themselves kicked out of the boycotting countries who recalled their own citizens under threat of having their passports taken away.
Among the more extreme demands was the closure of the Doha-based TV network, Al-Jazeera.
Mr. Onyeama took issue with the main planks of the Saudi case against Qatar – Al-Jazeera, Iran, and terrorism.
"As a country, we don’t have an issue with Al-Jazeera. We have a policy in this country of freedom of information. We don’t really believe as a government in interfering with the media," he said.
"As of now, there’s nothing that has been brought to the attention of the Nigerian government showing definitively that Al-Jazeera is promoting terrorism."
"To call for the shutting down of a station, especially one with such a profile as Al-Jazeera, we haven’t seen anything to lead us to believe that this is the way to go."
On Tehran, Mr. Onyeama disagreed with the quartet’s view that Iran was a pariah state who should be shunned in the region.
Qatar recently came under fierce criticism for restoring diplomatic relations with Tehran, and Iran’s foreign minister visited Doha today (Tues).
"Iran is a member of the United Nations," he said. "Most countries have diplomatic relations with Iran, so doing so does not to our minds mean you are supportive of terrorism."
He also called out threats made to Qatar over its support for Muslim Brotherhood which the Saudi-led alliance also claimed supports terrorism.
"However distasteful it might appear to some, the Muslim Brotherhood was a recognized government in Egypt at one time, voted in democratically, so the fact is that at some point there might have been engagement between Qatar and a democratic party when they were a democratic government in Egypt," Mr. Onyeama added.
He said Nigeria has not seen any evidence to support a blockade of Qatar and, on that basis, it should be called off because it was only causing hardship.
"The measures that have been taken are very extreme. Maybe they just don’t like Qatar doing its own thing, but that’s for them to say."
‘We feel that the hardship that’s caused to ordinary Qataris and others is most unfortunate and our position has been that we would invite them to an international forum where they talk to each other. The air blockade, and things like that, is a bit extreme."
"Qatar is a very small country and the alliance against it is much bigger and there is tremendous pressure being exerted."
"But they are brothers, more or less, the Gulf states. There must be some other way of sorting out their issues."