GEJ Assures Nigerians - Chibok Girls Are Alive And Would Be Found

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the Chibok Secondary School girls abducted in April, last year by the deadly Islamic sect, Boko Haram are still alive and will be rescued.

The President gave the assurance yesterday while speaking in a live discussion programme, Kaakaki of African Independent Television (AIT) in Abuja.

He said that the schoolgirls had not been killed by their captors, because they have not displayed their corpses.

“We still have reasonable territories in the hands of Boko Haram. We promised that we must get the girls. The good story is that they have not killed them because the terrorists, when they kill, they display." He said

“They use it to intimidate the whole society. “The girls are alive. We will get the girls. “Luckily, we are narrowing down the area of their control. So, we will get them.” Jonathan explained that the military had been reluctant to move in with full force because of the tendency of terrorists to use captives as human shield, saying, “that is why the pace had to be slow.” The president added.

On why it took so long for the military to successfully come against Boko Haram, The President said:

“Yes, agreed that at the beginning, probably we did not really estimate the capacity of Boko Haram; it is obvious. Boko Haram started as a non-violence group led by Yusuf, limited to around Maiduguri area, Yobe. They did not even get to Adamawa. “Just like every group of youths or young people is inclined to criminality, over the period, they expanded their network and linked up with other terrorist organisations like in the North Africa, like Al-Qaeda and other similar brands in the world. So, they continued to build their capacity and it got to a point that, for you to tackle them in the kind of environment they operate, you need some specialised equipment to use and we don’t manufacture these equipment.” He said the government encountered some difficulties at the beginning, including getting the necessary weapons from other countries, adding however, that about 65 per cent of the weapons is available to prosecute the war. “That is why the movement has changed. So, it is not deliberate,” he said. On efforts to return the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their homes, Jonathan said the Nigerian troops after dislodging the insurgents, were mopping up the areas already liberated to ensure that Boko Haram did not carry out reprisal attacks, and give the people the confidence and courage to return home"

On the fuel scarcity, He said;

“For the fuel scarcity, we are doing everything humanly possible to ensure it is taken care of. It is very temporary. Of course, the issues of payment are being addressed and we believe that within one or two days, this will completely go.”

Sharon Osbourne Lashes Out at Kim K. for Dressing North in Fur: "She Isn't an Accessory"

Again, Sharon Osbourne, 62 lashes at the Kardashian Klan, this time she hits on Kim. Known for being vocal against wearing real fur, the Talk co-host and mother of Kelly Osbourne couldn't resist calling out one celeb Kim for dressing her 20-month-old daughter (North) in fur.

Speaking to Closer magazine, Sharon said; "I know PETA has asked the Kardashians to stop [wearing fur. North isn't an accessory—she shouldn't be wearing ugly couture clothes. Fur makes me physically sick. And wearing it is a very dated way of showing everyone how rich you are."

North West has an impressive designer closet, with fur coats, custom pieces by Balmain, Alexander Wang, Charlotte Olympia, and added recently to the collections is a bulletproof vest by her father, Kanye West.

Illegal Sierra Leonean Immigrant Who Landed Job In The House Of Commons Arrested For Forged Passport. But The Judge's Sentence Will Get You Crying

An illegal immigrant, who worked in a House of Commons cafe for two months before security noticed she had simply glued her picture onto a fake Swedish passport has been arrested.

Adeyemi Zubairu from Sierra Leone was arrested on 2 January after Palace of Westminster security staff spotted the poorly forged ID document while she working as a casual member of the catering team.

The 37-year-old Zubairu's role at the Despatch Box Café, which she secured through an external recruitment agency, saw her serve coffee to senior ministers, MPs and their guests.

According to Daily Mail, Zubairu insisted she had applied for the job in desperation for cash after her aunt, who still lived in her native country, contracted Ebola and needed medicine.

She was granted a suspended sentence yesterday, March 5th after a judge said she committed the crime for ‘honourable reasons’.

Speaking on the case, Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith said;  

"Those who use counterfeit passports to evade immigration rules in this country go to prison for 12 to 18 months at least and those who use them to evade employment strictures for six to 12 months. I think this is one of those cases where I can be merciful and suspend the sentence."

Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith continued... 

"You are an over-stayer, you came to this country in 2008 as a student, your visa expired in 2010, you married in 2014 and applied for leave to remain - that leave as it happens has now been granted. You were allowed to work for six months while your application for leave was considered and as part of that application you surrendered your valid Sierra Leonean passport which meant that you didn’t have it in your possession."

"You have a young sister in Sierra Leone and she was looked after by your aunt. Tragically your aunt fell ill from Ebola and obviously required treatment. That treatment cost money. She died on 30 October and I have seen the certificate." 

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See The Indian Marriage CV That Got The Internet Buzzing (Gender: Tomboy)

After just 48 hours, the rebellious marriage CV of Indhuja Pillai (pictured above) from Bangalore went viral, with people from as far away as Australia and Canada picking it up.

Here's the story. It is an Indian tradition for parents to find husbands for their daughters. Well, 23-year-old Indhuja Pillai parents posted a profile of her on a dating site in order to help find her a husband.

But she took down the profile by her parents and uploaded a brutally honest 'Marriage CV' to the internet because she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw the account. 

Indhuja works at the internet company Tripigator built her own description, with a no-holds-barred description of her likes, dislikes and general demeanor and posted it on a blogging site.

Speaking on about the profile her parents created, Indhuja said: "[The] details were, name: Indhuja, profession: Software Engineer. I went like, "WTF is happening here, because, I am no g***amn software engineer and I'm only 23!  I am [not a] woman desperate to get married, and that matrimony profile made me look like one."

Indhuja told her parents that she was going to build her own dating profile, telling them to, 'Send this to anyone who has the nerve to ask my hand in marriage.'
 
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Ghen! Ghen!! Paris Fever!!! Kim K Goes Blonde But Her Cowgirl-Inspired Look Would Keep You Satrring

 

We have more to expect from Mrs. West in this 2015. The wardrobe renewal with her husband earlier in January is paying off--all attention catching clothes. Kim K is just getting started because she hadn't tried out every look possible. The 34-year-old Reality-TV star rocked some inspiration from the Wild Wild West cowgirl look to star-studded Balmain PFW dinner.

She also unveiled her new platinum blonde locks to the world earlier same day after the label's Paris Fashion week presentation where she stunned in a fringed jacket and matching skirt.(View more photos after the cut...)

Baba, You Are A Tenant In Aso Rock, It Belongs To Nigeria - Tinubu To Obasanjo (Once Upon A Time)

The former Lagos State Governor and national leader of the All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu, yesterday, Thursday, March 5th revealed that though former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, dealt with him; yet "there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies in politics."

Mr. Tinubu stated this at Chief. Obasanjo’s 78th birthday lecture held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State; when he was called on to address the guests. He said:

“You trapped me innocently with a great wisdom of a 78-year-old. I’m honoured to be here and many of you will see this as a rare occasion but this is an opportunity to pay tribute to a nationalist, a teacher, a disciplinarian and a tutor in dignity and boldness.

“Yes, it is true, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies in politics. What is common is common interest. 

"Once upon a time, some nine years ago, I went to the (Aso Rock) Villa, the President, Olusegun Obasanjo, asked me to walk out and was just abusing me in the papers and I said, “Baba, you are a tenant here. This house belongs to Nigeria. If I get to Ota, you can send me out. I brought file about Nigeria.”

And he said, “That is true, sit down.”

“If I could tell you several events that occurred between the two of us in the interest of the nation, I would write an epistle but today is not for that. But how do you celebrate truly and honour a man who has kept you on your toes? Between Baba Olusegun Obasanjo and myself, what I can say is gratitude from me because you kept me on my toes."

“Each time we disagree on things of principle, I took him to court. One time, as the President, he saw me and said, “You took me to court. We can’t be friends after the court.” And I told him, “I didn’t take you to court, I took the Nigeria President to court.” And he said, “Get out of my way” and I told him, I wouldn’t get out of the way until I get what I want.”

What To Expect When You Visit Aliko Dangote...

Abram Brown, a Forbes Staff that writes about people who build businesses, recently paid a visit to Aliko Dangote and wrote a piece on the Africa's Richest man $15 Billion Empire in an article titled "The Little-Known $15 Billion Empire Of Africa's Richest Man." The story would appear fully in the March 23, 2015 issue of Forbes.

Read part of the article below.....

Aliko Dangote lives as you might as expect, given he’s the richest person in Africa and resides in the same country being bullied by the insidious Boko Haram terrorist group, which finds something noble in kidnapping village girls. Located on Victoria Island, a wealthy Lagos enclave that has a moat in the form of a lagoon and the far eastern shores of the Atlantic Ocean, his mansion comes with all the trimmings: massive black gate, bulletproof windows, Big Brother video surveillance, guards and a secret entryway.

After I enter, a butler motions to a sitting room overlooking a patio and a blue-tiled pool. The three-story fortress is shielded from the 90-degree heat by powerful air-conditioners (themselves presumably shielded from Nigeria’s notoriously unreliable electric grid by diesel generators). Dangote, round-faced with a trimmed graying mustache, appears from upstairs dressed in khakis and a casual blue button-down. The 57-year-old can seem miscast in the role of industrial titan, often speaking so softly that he mumbles.

As breakfast arrives by the platterful, including plantains, smoked chicken in red sauce, diced sweet potatoes, white fish and sausage, he sticks to coy conversation. Whether about his country’s fraught presidential election (“It’s going to be tough for both parties”) or his cement company’s long-delayed overseas listing (“Maybe next year”), he has little to say.

On one subject, though, he is always articulate. “Nigeria is one of the best-kept secrets,” Dangote says. “A lot of foreigners are not investing because they’re waiting for the right time. There is no right time.”

Chris Brown's BabyMama Confirmed, Karrueche Bows Out And Rihanna Shocked

  

Chris's BabyMama Nia

According to MediaTakeOut, Chris's babymama is a woman who has dated quite a number of rappers named Nia Gonzalez. Nia, 31 is said to be an instagram model and has got a lot of nude model photos, has appeared in a few music videos, and reportedly been around the Houston area since the 90s.

However, Nia and Chris took a blood test last week which confirmed he's the father of the 9 months old girl. Other media reports said She also knows Chris' now ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran and even partied with her in Vegas around the time she got pregnant. 

TMZ reportedly found out the Chris is happy about being a father whom he has reportedly known for years. TMZ says the two are on good terms but are not romantically involved. 

According to Hollywood Life singer Brown's most famous ex, "The Umbrella" singer Rihanna gave an utmost professional and mature response to the news. An insider told them she was "shocked" and said, "[She] had to read the reports four times before it finally sunk in." Of course, they continued, saying, " ...if it's true, Chris will be a good father and take care of his little girl."

But as for Karrueche Tran, she's not ready for any Baby mama's drama, so she is off and wishes Chris best of luck. (view more photos of Nia after the cut...)

Oprah Winfrey To Close Legendary Chicago-Based Harpo Studios in December And "200-Person Staff" Would Be Layed Off

 

Oprah Winfrey is getting ready to leave Windy City for good in favor of Tinsel Town. 

By the end of this year, Winfrey's Harpo Studios will close its doors in Chicago after 26 years, and all of the operations will be moved to the Oprah Winfrey Network's new headquarters in West Hollywood, it was announced today.

The 61-year-old media mogul, ranked 603 on Forbes' 2015 list of billionaires, personally delivered the news to her staff in Chicago Tuesday morning.

The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) was founded by the former 'queen of daytime' in 2011 in Los Angeles, and Winfrey's executives have spent the past four years traveling back and forth between Chicago and Hollywood.

Two months ago, OWN moved into a new three-story space called The Lot in West Hollywood, setting the stage for the shutdown of Harpo Studios in Chicago.

'[Chicago has] been everything for me. I've spent more hours in this building than I have any other building on Earth,' Miss Winfrey told The Hollywood Reporter by phone. 'We were here when there was nothing but hoes and rats on the street, and now it's one of the hottest neighborhoods.'

The Academy Award-nominated actress and film producer acknowledged that it would be sad for her to bid farewell to her old home base, but she felt it was the right time to consolidate her network’s operations under one roof.

Harpo will stop shooting shows for OWN as of Tuesday, and the studio will officially shutter its doors in December.

Miss Winfrey said in a statement Tuesday that Harpo Studios has been a 'blessing' in her life and she's now 'looking ahead' to inhabiting her California studio. 

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Willow Smith Poses For CR Fashion Book - Says "I Want To Embrace My Full Self..."

The singer and actress looked older than her years and blazing a trail as an artist and a fashion icon, Willow Smith, 14, teen daughter to Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith stunned in photo shoot for Spring edition of CR FASHION BOOK.

Modelling Tom Ford Kenzo and Pucci, Willow revealed in an interview to go with the photo shoot that she sets to having dreadlocks and ready to embrace her "full self."

"I want to embrace my full self, as natural as I can be,' she told the fashion magazine. I think my look changes all of the time and right now it’s a bit more messy, kind of grungy." she said. (view another pic after the cut...)

Today On Spicy Board: What Happens When Mixed-Race Come Together In Marriage

 

I love twins...be it identical or non-identical. They are just always so lovely.

It is quite amazing what genes can do when it comes to giving birth to children when the couples involved are of "Mixed-race." 

Meet Lucy Aylmer and Maria Aylmer-both 18, the beautiful twins that all can tell apart due to their opposing looks. 

Born in January 1997 to their mother-Donna, 47-who is half Jamaican and their father Vince, 53, who is white; Lucy has straight ginger hair, a fair complexion and deep blue eyes. While Maria has masses of curls, far darker skin and her eyes are a sparkling brown.

Lucy and Maria have three older siblings, George, 23, Chynna, 22, and Jordan, 21. Speaking about their different looks, Lucy revealed: 

"It was such a shock for her because things like skin colour don’t show up on scans before birth. So she had no idea that we were so different. When the midwife handed us both to her she was just speechless. Our brothers and sisters have skin which is inbetween Maria and I. We are at opposite ends of the spectrum and they are all somewhere in-between."

"But my grandmother has a very fair English rose complexion, just like mine. No one ever believes we are twins. Even when we dress alike, we still don’t look like sisters, let alone twins. Friends have even made us produce our birth certificates to prove it. We were in the same class, but no one had a problem telling us apart. Twins are known for swapping identities. But there was no way Maria and I could ever do anything like that. Most twins look like two peas in a pod – but we couldn’t look more different if we tried. We don’t look like we have the same parents, let alone having been born at the same time. Maria was outgoing whilst I was the shy one. But Maria loves telling people at college that she has a white twin – and I’m very proud of having a black twin." Lucy added.

The saying that 'no two individuals are same' is quite true let alone these twins. With different interests as their looks; Lucy studies art and design at Gloucester College whilst Maria studies law at Cheltenham College. 

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Ebola Would Be Over By Now If "WE" Had Been Properly Included - Guinea Traditional Healers Say

  

Photo Credit: Daily Mail (Healer Kalifa Lengo preparing to perform the exorcism in the village of Meliandou)

Guinea known as land where witchcraft is sought after more than science for curing illness, traditional medicine men in Guinea revealed the Ebola epidemic would be over by now if they had been properly included in the outbreak response; because they have potions, spell or touch for many ailments Western doctors can't treat.

The virus, first detected last March, in the forest region of southeastern Guinea, information dissemination through the use of modern technology proved challenging, thereby resulting in the disease outstaying its welcome.

Known as "guérisseurs" in Guinea--The president of the association of Traditional healers and imam at the central mosque in Macenta, Karamoko Ibrahima Fofana, said that they have unique access to remote villages. Having a knowledge of the villages, dissemination of information by them would have yielded much more and better result.

"Guérisseurs are often the first port of call for the sick.  We could have spread information on how to protect against Ebola or told people with symptoms to seek help in the treatment centres." 69-year-old Fofana said.

Speaking to Thomson Reuters Foundation in Macenta, Fofana added, "If a guérisseur has been trained on Ebola and is then caught treating a suspected case, they are fined 50,000 GNF ($7), stripped of their membership and reported to the police."

The deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has infected more than 23,500 people in West Africa and killed over 9,500, nearly all in the three worst-affected countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Transmitted through blood, vomit, diarrhoea and other bodily fluids; Health officials are exploring ways to prevent similar disease outbreaks around the world, with epidemics expected to be a focus at a global conference on disaster risk reduction in Japan later this month.


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Baby Who Binges On Curry Tips The Scales At Whopping 2st 13lb

Suffering from a would be case of morbid obesity or even a hormonal imbalance...why then would the parents still give her "sugary" biscuits?

 

According to reports, this couple from India had lost one of the children who also gained so much weight after birth. 

Now, their 10-month-old baby who binges on curries and biscuits has baffled doctors after weighing in at 2st 13lbs.

Aliya Saleem (pictured above left with biscuit and right-lifted by her father) weighed a healthy 9lbs at birth but started piling on the pounds at four months old.  

However, Aliya now weighs the same as an average six year old and scoffs three times that of a girl her age. Worried they might loss her, Her parents Shabana-25 and husband Mohammad Saleem, 28, who lost another daughter, one, after she too gained weight sought a medical help from doctors in Jharkhand, India. . Even buy her new clothes every forth night. Shabana told The Sun: “We have to buy her clothes every two weeks because the old ones get too tight. Kids love playing with her, but few can lift her.”

Dr Krishan Chugh, a consultant in the capital, Delhi, revealed: “This could be a case of morbid obesity or even a hormonal imbalance. Reversing her weight gain depends on when we diagnose the problem.”

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Angry Tinubu To Fani-Kayode - Your “Hallucinations Now Uncontrollable”

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has described Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister, now the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, as a peddler of falsehood hired for a smear campaign against the party, its leader, and presidential candidates.

In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Sunday Dare, Mr. Tinubu said, “Fani-Kayode is not as smart as he thinks. If you read between the lines of his hysteria you see another extreme sentiment: that of surging desperation.” 

“His statement indicates that even he now realizes that his pay master has lost to Buhari/Osinbajo. The game is over. The whistle has blown. What the fantasy man seeks to do is change the game. He seeks to run against Tinubu in hopes the outcome will be better. Fani now grasps at straw in the night wind.”

Last Friday, Mr. Fani-Kayode, the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, alleged that Yemi Osinbajo, the APC vice presidential candidate, had sworn an oath to vacate his seat should the party win the forthcoming election.

According to Mr. Fani-Kayode, Mr. Tinubu nominated the vice presidential candidate as part of “plans to come to power through the back door”.

“Tinubu, according to our information, has compelled Osinbajo to swear to an oath that after six months in office, he would resign as the vice president, in the unlikely event that their party wins,” said Mr. Fani-Kayode.

“The wicked plot, as laid out by them, is to force Osinbajo to resign for Tinubu to be nominated by Buhari as his replacement.”

Mr. Tinubu said that the former minister “is on a futile journey to shield the populace from seeing the failures of his paymasters”.

“His statement taken in context indicates that his paymasters will lose the election. They are now worried about what will happen thereafter,” he said.

“The majority of Nigerians have concluded that they have done enough damage to our politics, economy and security; and cannot be tolerated any longer. Rather, they should be voted out by the people. Their journey of lies and deception is at its terminal point.

“It lied to Nigerians and the international community that elections had to be shifted first because of the PVC issue and later it became a security ambush to change the date thus aborting Nigeria’s date with destiny at the polls.

“That FFK(Femi Fani-Kayode) is the best a ruling party can do as a spokesman speaks volumes about the PDP. They are bereft of talent and character. They are filled with lies and chicanery. FFK is simply the worst and most outspoken of a bad lot.”

Mr. Tinubu, however, said that he welcomed Mr. Fani-Kayode’s interventions because they are of such low quality and base character and his utterances frighten people.

Meet Mr. Ibu's (John Okafor) Wife And Daughter

Popular nollywood comedian Actor, John Okafor (aka Mr. Ibu) who recently displayed his newly acquired BMW X6, is revealing more. He took to his social media page and shared lovely pics of his wife and children. 

 

Mr. John came into limelight after playing the role of ‘Mr. Ibu‘ in the Hit Comic Movie ‘Mr. Ibu. Happily married with children and more than 70 movies credits. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Mrs Stella Maris Okafor (pictured above right with Husband) Views more pics and that of his daughter after the cut..)

UK To Nigeria - Releasing Chibok Girls Information Will Damage Ties With Nigeria

Every Nigerian citizen hope that a useful information about the kidnapped Chibok Girls could be made available so as to facilitate their release. But it looks like this hope is dying off since even United Kingdom is withholding vital intelligence information as regard the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls--of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State--kidnapped by Boko Haram sect since April 14, 2014.

The British government has claimed that revealing details of what it found about the whereabouts of the abducted girls would clearly damage its relationship with Nigeria and other allies, Punch reports.

This revelation came after a UK-based group, Security in Africa, through its founder, Ben Oguntala, wrote the British Ministry of Defence to request for information on the Chibok girls.

Speaking to Punch, Oguntala said, “The information was sent on January 30 this year and the UK government has 20 days to comply. They do have a defence of national security and that would prevent them from disclosing the information. Let’s hope they don’t. If they rely on national security defence, we can raise the matter with the Information Commissioner’s office to determine if their claim of national security is reasonable."

Woman Wires $1.4M To Online Lover She Never Met

All for LOVE! Before you drop your comment, please read full story....

 

A woman has defended her decision to sent $1.4 million to her online lover in Africa - who she has never met.

According to Daily Mail, Twice-divorced Sarah(pictured above) met Chris Olsen online 18 months ago.

Though the mysterious man's accent has changed over time, and he keeps asking for money to be wired to various different countries, Sarah insists she is '95 per cent certain' that he is telling her the truth.

Despite his numerous attempts to come home so they can be together, she says, he keeps getting arrested on false charges.

Speaking in an interview with Dr Phil, Sarah explained that they speak for hours on the phone each day. Describing the moment they met on the internet, Sarah said: 'An attractive person came on there and said "wow you look like you wouldn't hurt a fly". I said "wow this guy's really handsome, I can't believe he's talking to me!"'