Serena Williams fined $17k for three code violations during her confrontation with the umpire at the US Open Final

Serena Williams has been fined a total of $17,000 for her three code violations during the US Open final against Naomi Osaka.

The six-time US Open winner was docked $10,000 for “verbal abuse” of chair umpire Carlos Ramos by the tournament referee’s office on Sunday. Additionally, she has been fined $4,000 for being warned for coaching and $3,000 for breaking her racket. The money comes out of her prize money of $1.85 million as the runner-up. Williams lost 6-2, 6-4 to Osaka in Saturday’s final.

Under Article III, Section P, “verbal abuse” is defined as “a statement about an official, opponent, sponsor, spectator or other person that implies dishonesty or is derogatory, insulting or otherwise abusive.”

The section says a player is subject to a fine up to $20,000 for each violation. There are separate categories for coaching (“Communications of any kind, audible or visible, between a player and a coach may be construed as coaching”) and for abuse of rackets or equipment.

In the controversial final, Serena was adjudged to have recieved coaching from Patrick Mouratoglou; a claim he accepted before being penalised a point later for racket abuse. She was then docked a game for verbal abuse after seven games in the second set. During the verbal tirade, Serena had called Ramos a ‘cheat’ and a ‘thief

Depression: 'I can't escape this pain' - American rapper, Wale breaks down again

Nigerian born American rapper, Wale who once spoke about how he battled drugs and depression back in 2015 has once again broken down on Instagram.

Back then in an interview with Billboard, he sad, 'I was depressed not being where I wanna be in my career when I've put the work in. I wasn't sleeping. I was drinking all day and I didn't have anyone to go to. I couldn't fight it. Those are some of the demons I talk about on the album'.

In his new Intstagram post, Wale wrote, 'I can't escape this pain. Sometimes there'sabsolutelt no one to go to no matter how much they love you. You have no one. No one is more alone than a person who is the focal point'.

He went on to say, 'some strong friends have no strong friends'.

See his post on Twitter and Instagram below...

John Legend becomes the first black man and youngest person to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony Award

After accepting an Emmy Sunday night for his role as a producer on the live musical Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, which won the Outstanding Variety Special (Live) award, John Legend became the first black man to collect an EGOT.

An EGOT winner is someone who has bagged an Emmy, a Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. The first black entertainer to win an EGOT was Whoopi Goldberg, an honor she secured in 2002.

With this, John Legend becomes the 15th entertainer in history to collect all four statues and the youngest too, at the age of 39. The singer, composer and producer won his first Grammy in 2005, including Best New Artist. Meaning it took him just 13 years to win an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy, each of which are considered lifetime achievements in their own right.

His wife Chrissy Teigen, celebrated his win with a photo of him alongside two other new EGOT winners and co-producers for Jesus Christ Superstar Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice.

5 Reasons Igbo May Never Rule Nigeria – Do You Agree?

One of the realest and toughest struggle in Nigeria today is the struggle for power.
It is generally believe that when one is rich, the next thing such man or woman looks for is power, through politics.
There are different tribes in Nigeria but there are only 3 major tribes, which are; Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo.
Of this 3 major major tribes, the Hausa, Yoruba and even some minor tribes have had their fair share of being at the helms of affair of this nation but surprisingly, the Igbos has never rule at any point in time.
Well, Naijaloaded will take you through the top 5 reasons Igbo cannot rule in Nigeria.

1. Biafra Agitation

Since Nigeria was amalgamated and gain independence, there has been an agitation for secession by the igbos who see themselves as more of Biafra than Nigeria.
However, before anyone can become a President in Nigeria, you must secure the majority support of 2 of these 3 major tribes and have a considerable level of acceptability and popularity across other tribes.
This has been difficult for the Igbos to achieve, it is very difficult for an average Hausa man to trust an Igbo man with power, the hatred they have for one another is like that of water and fire, who cannot co-habit together, talkless of voting for one another.
As hospitable as the Yorubas are, working fully for the igbo to be able to rule Nigeria is highly unlikely, that is, not even taking into account the population factor.
The unity and the political consciousness of the Hausa which has made it impossible for anybody to become Nigeria President or Head-of-state without the support of the majority of the who is who among the Hausas.
Until they see themselves as Nigerians, which is the only way they can instill trust into the Yoruba and the Hausa, ruling Nigeria may continue to be a tall dream.

2. Failing To Speak With One Voice

Igbo deserves to hold a prime position in Nigerian Government but they have not been so lucky except for Nnamdi Azikwe and Alex Ekwueme, no other Igbo man has been able to get hold of a prime position.
Also, since Nigeria return to democracy in 1999, nobody of Igbo extraction has assume the position of either the President or Vice-president, no thanks to their disunity, the Igbo elites most time pursue narrow self-interest rather than the common good of the entire Igbo nation.
For example, after Former President Olusegun Obasanjo completed his tenure in 2007, there were agitation by the Igbos to take over the government and they had a fine candidate in Alex Ekwueme, who could have given every other candidates a run for their money but the failure to speak with one voice wrecked their chances.
Igbo aspirants hated on Ekwueme and this agitation dashed their hope and everything went down as they could no longer think straight to laid down a better candidate.
In the past, the Yoruba had unanimously supported M.K.O Abiola in 1993 and Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999, the Hausas also unanimously supported Shehu Shagari in 1979 and Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, same cannot be said about Igbo at any point in time in the history of Nigeria and until such narrative changes, the Presidency may continue to elude the igbo nation.

3. Lack Of Cooperation

In whatever one do in life, cooperation with one co-traveler is a necessity, as much as the Igbo are good in business which has been aided with the ability to cooperate with anyone, they have been unable to replicate that at the political scene.
For example, in June 1993, as much as most Nigerians supported Bashorun M.K.O Abiola, the Igbos for reasons best known to them fail to queue behind him despite his glaring popularity, had the Igbos supported the Yoruba then, it would have been impossible to annul that credible election.
This has made it very difficult for the Yoruba, who are also very much politically sophisticated to cooperate with the Igbos in any election, the Igbos has bottled the chance to cement their relationship with the South West, had the Igbos cooperated with the Yoruba then, they would be having something to leverage on in getting the Yoruba support in their aspiration for the Presidency and until they are willing to cooperate with other important Nigerian tribes, they may continue to see the Presidential position only from the mountain top.
Buhari won the Presidential election with the influence of Yoruba & Hausa’s vote. Collaboration & Cooperation is key in election.

4. Not Trusted By Other Tribes

The Igbos are the least tolerance tribe in Nigeria, they find it very difficult to co-habit with other tribes unless they are gaining more from you.
Their intolerance to rule by other tribes was best described by Late Sir Ahmadu Bello when he said they are too dominating, he went further to say:-

“if you employ an Igbo man as a labourer, he will like to take over as foreman within a short while”.

With such an orientation and mindset, Nigerians will continue to be suspicious of entrusting them with power.
Most Nigerians believe Igbo will use the Presidential power to actualize their Biafra dream if they eventually win the sit.

5. Love For Wealth Acquisition

It is an open secret that no other tribe in Nigeria and perhaps in Africa and the rest of the world values wealth acquisition as much as the Igbos.
They values wealth irrespective of the means that can be used to get it and such an act is not a quality expected of a leader of any nation.
The position of the Nigeria President comes with limitless power and loftiness which can be used for self enrichment at an unimaginable larger scale and a nation that has sunk very deep into corruption, misappropriation of fund and money laundry may collapse having someone of this kind of character as the Presidency.
For these reasons, Nigerians tend to deny the Igbos the opportunity of not only assuming the Presidency but also prevent them from taking over key financial positions.
Until such perception changes, ruling this nation may be impossible.

‘I Will Make Nigeria Better In Six Months, Give Youths Job If I Become President’- Atiku Promise Nigerians

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has promised to provide jobs for the youths, as well as restructure the country in his first six months in office, if he becomes the President of the country.
Atiku, who made the pledge at the weekend when he inaugurated Cross River State chapter of the “Atiku House to House group” in Calabar, also said as a detribalized Nigerian, he was pained by the bloodletting going on in almost every part of the country, promising to put an end to the carnage.
Represented by the national coordinator of the Atiku House to House group, Col. (Rtd.) Chinyere Obi, Atiku said given the rot the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has brought to the country, he was willing to ensure that Nigerians notice a clear difference in his first six months in office as the President of the country.

“Atiku Abubakar has promised that within the first six months in office if elected the President, he will look into the problem of the youths and women in the country, and has also promised to restructure this country to allow for peace,” Obi said.

According to her, as a former president, Atiku was conversant with the problem of the country and has prepared himself to take it headon, noting that with Atiku as President, “Nigerians will sleep with their eyes closed.”

How Senate President Frustrated Buhari’s Administration – FG Reveals

The Federal Government, at the weekend, said Senate President Bukola Saraki has since his emergence as leader of the upper legislative chamber persistently frustrated the developmental efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari administration through deliberate delay of annual budgets.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who revealed this in an interview with journalists at the weekend in Lagos, dismissed the claim by the Senate President that he was not considered by the President in appointments.
He also described as untrue, the claim by Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, while announcing his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that his state was starved of Federal Government projects by the Buhari administration.
His words: “We have a National Assembly in which we had a clear majority in both houses, but which treated the executive with contempt and which actually slowed down the work of government.
In 2016, 2017 and 2018, our budgets were delayed. We can understand 2015 budget because we came on board in the middle of the year. But in 2016 and 2017, the earliest we got our budgets was June.
“Key appointments, nominations and confirmations for key organisations that could move the government forward like the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), were delayed.
Really, it couldn’t have been worse if the PDP had a majority in the National Assembly.” On Saraki’s claim on appointments, the minister said: “I think it is a blatant lie that Kwara State was not considered in appointments.
There are 26 appointees to boards, parastatals, either as members or directors- general to Kwara State and of these 26, I recommended only two. The other 24 were done by Saraki.
“In terms of development, the Ilorin-Jebba– Mokwa-Birnin Gwari road is 80 per cent completed. On the other hand, it is this same government that awarded the contract for Lokoja-Omu Aran-Ilorin road.
In terms of housing, we are building many two bedroom houses in Ilorin. Again, in terms of appointment, one of the chairmen of parastatals is the out-gone chairman of APC in Kwara State, Ishola Balogun-Fulani. So, Saraki’s claim is a blatant lie.”

“Baba I Need Your Support For 2019” – Bafarawa Meets Obasanjo

Former Sokoto State Governor Attahiru Bafarawa, yesterday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo, PhD, to seek his (Obasanjo) blessings over his presidential ambition in 2019.
Bafarawa, who led a delegation of his campaign group to Obasanjo in Abeokuta, told Baba that the visit was to seek his “prayers, advice and support”.
Bafarawa described Obasanjo as his leader and mentor, attributing his success as Sokoto State governor between 1999 and 2007 to advices from the former president.
He explained that based on Obasanjo’s advice on savings, he left about N11.8 billion in Sokoto State treasury when he left office in 2007.
The former governor recalled that Obasanjo visited Sokoto State 14 times to commission various projects, adding that he also replicated an all-inclusive government ran by the former president at the Federal level.
Bafarawa hailed Obasanjo for his continued interventions at critical stages of the nation’s history, noting that many Nigerians had misunderstood the intentions of the elder statesman.
He specifically commended him for laying the foundation for the crusade against corruption, saying that nobody can successfully lay claim to fighting corruption without recourse to what Obasanjo had done.

Femi Fani Kayode – Godswill Akpabio Is A Coward And A Slave

You remain the father of the nation, our father and political father to all. Just like i told Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Osinbanjo yesterday in Nigeria.
Those who think that they have politically grown to insult you will all regret it before month end sir. I am here (London) to register my undiluted love and unalloyed support to you.
I was involved in all their meetings and I know what their plans are. The long recess of NASS is going to be your advantage and not theirs like they thought and planned –  Senator Godswill Akpabio to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Those that do not have the courage of their convictions and that do not have the guts to stand against tyranny when under fire are not worthy of being called men: they are little better than beasts.
The fact that the former Governor of Akwa Ibom, Senator Godswill Akpabio, is a coward and a traitor is no longer in dispute. The fact that his brazen treachery knows no bounds is what can best be described as “settled law”.
A leader must be ready to sacrifice his liberty and life in defence of truth, justice and righteousness and he must be prepared to defend his nation, faith, people and loved ones no matter the price he may have to pay.
Sadly such noble virtues and high standards are lost on men like Akpabio. To them such matters and sentiments are like Greek or Latin: they can neither understand their meaning or grasp their import.
They fail to appreciate the fact that fear is not a virtue but a vice. They refuse to acknowledge the fact that to blink the eye, bat the eyelid, surrender, compromise, buckle, capitulate and bend the knee to the tyrant and his minions in a futile and last minute attempt to preserve your life and liberty is utterly shameful.
Akpabio’s desire to decamp to the APC due to his trepidation and fear of the EFCC and Buhari’s regime is pitiful. If he has done nothing wrong then why the fear and why the trepidation? Where is his faith in God?
And if he has done something wrong, given the fact that he has opposed them virulently for the last three years, does he honestly believe that the Buhari regime will not punish him by using it against him if they manage to get back to power next year, no matter how much he helps them today?
If he believes that then he is not half as intelligent as I once thought. Buhari is not a man of honor, he is not a worthy ally, he does not keep to his pronlmises and he does not have friends. The only friend he has is his insatiable lust for power which he feeds on a daily basis.
Aside from that the following questions come to mind. Does Akpabio honestly see any good in Buhari and his goverrnment? Is that what he thinks that Nigerians deserve to suffer for the next few years and if so what is their crime?
Has he forgotten the gratuitous insults that Buhari dishes out so lavishly on the Nigerian people whenever he travels abroad and speaks to foreign leaders and the foreign press?
Has he forgotten about all those that the Buhari government have killed and all those that have died and suffered in the struggle against them? Does the shedding of innocent blood by a desperate government mean nothing to him?
Has he forgotten the tears of the tormented and persecuted and the cries of the widows, orphans and the bereaved whose loved ones have been butchered by jihadists, religious fanatics, cow-lovers and ethnic supremacists that Buhari has protected and encouraged over the last three years?
Has he forgotten the anguish of those whose loved ones have been locked up indefinately and those who have been demonised and subjected to the most barbaric and insidious media witchunts in the history of our nation?
Has he forgotten the practice of double standards in the application of our laws? Has he forgotten how the rogues in Buhari’s cabinet and government and the governors in his party are above the law and get away with blue murder?
Has he forgotten about the slaughter of northern Christians, IPOB youths and Shiite Muslims?
Has he forgotten about the genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Fulani terrorists and herdsmen? Has he forgotten about the attack against the Church and the attempt to undermine and ridicule Christendom?
Has he forgotten about the censorship of the media and how newspapers houses and radio and television stations are warned against airing or publishing anti-government material?
Has he forgotten about Buhari’s insidious secret romance with Boko Haram and how he has strengthened them in the last two years by freeing their commanders and paying them huge and unprecedented ransoms?
Has he forgotten the appauling way that members of our Armed Forces are being treated by the government and how they are massacred on the front lines and given secret mass burials in secret graves with no honor or thanks?
Has he forgotten about the brutal assault on the judiciary and judges and the undermining of the rule of law? Has he forgotten about the relentless attacks on the legislature and the humiliation of his colleagues at the National Assembly?
Has he forgotten about the horrors and wickedness that members and leaders of the opposition PDP were subjected to over the last 3 years? Has he forgotten about what the Govermment did to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Sheik El Zak Zaky and Col. Ibrahim Dasuki?
Has he forgotten the vitriolic terms and words that they used to describe President Goodluck Jonathan, President Olusegun Obasanjo and every single PDP leader and government that held power between 1999 and 2015?
Has he forgotten that Buhari considers himself to be the third and final Mahdi of the north and that he has nothing but contempt and disdain for those that come from the Middle Belt and the south and those that do not share his religious faith
Has he forgotten the insults the Buhari government heaped on southerners, Middle Belters, Afenifere, Ohaeneze, the Niger Delta Elders, the Middle Belt Forum and every single elderstatesman and leader that has called for the restructuring of our country.
Has he forgotten about the division, strife, disgrace, penury, corruption, poverty and despair that they have subjected the Nigerian people to over the last three years.
Has he forgotten what Christians have been subjected to by these demons from hell? Has he forgotten their hatred for the Church? Has he forgotten the division, strife, turmoil, bloodshed, torment and havoc that they have inflicted on our nation?
Has Akpabio forgotten about all these things or is that he is so tormented by the fear of his own shadow, the EFCC and Buhari’s ghost that he has capitulated like a fatherless peasant that lacks nobility, class, dignity, self-respect, good-breeding and honor?
On a general note one is constrained to ask: why are most Nigerian leaders plagued with such a cowardly disposition and servile spirit? Why do they compromise so often and why do they tremble before power?
If Akpabio had issues with PDP that is fair enough. We all have issues with the party in varying degrees. Yet if he felt constrained to leave why can’t he join any of the other numerous opposition parties? Why does he have to sell his soul to the devil and enter a Faustian pact with Buhari and the APC.
Why should he join the birds of prey to feed on the blood, flesh and guts of the Nigerian people? The truth is that he has betrayed his people and joined forces with those that seek to enslave them simply in an attempt to secure freedom and goodwill for himself.
Is that what leaders are meant to do? Are they meant to give in to their most morbid and irrational fears and collaborate with those that seek to destroy their nation, their people and their future?
Akpabio reminds me of the old African chiefs and traditional rulers that sold their own people into slavery to the white slave dealers in return for tiny crumbs and protection.
He reminds me of the black slaves that fought on the side of the southern secessionist forces in the American civil war who attempted to preserve the institution of slavery.
He reminds me of the inglorious Scottish clans that turned their backs on Scotland’s heroic Bonny Prince Charlie and instead betrayed their people and fought on the side of the English oppressors to oppose Scottish emancipation and liberation.
He reminds me of everything that is unpleasant, servile, weak, ugly, uncouth, cowardly and dishonorable. The fact of the mattee is that Akpabio deserves to be pitied.
He is more worthy of pathos than wrath because, like Judas Iscariot and those that betrayed and crucified Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, he “knows not what he does”.
Shakespeare wrote that “a coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.”
Soyinka wrote that “the man died in him who remained silent before tyranny. Akpabio has died a thousand deaths and the man has died in him.
Courage, risk and sacrifice are the fuel and engine room of the struggle for liberation. I would rather live as a free man for one day than live a thousand years as a coward and a slave.
May God guide my friend and brother Godswill Akpabio and may He open his eyes and cause him to appreciate the folly of his own actions and the very grave consequences of the monumental mistake he is about to make.
May He remind him that the forces of darkness have nothing to offer but death, sorrow, shame and destruction.
May He remind him that no matter how dark the night, joy comes in the morning for those who have faith, who trust in the Lord and who stand firm till the end.
May He remind him that those that joined Adolf Hitler, even in his last days, ended up dying with him.

“APC Can’t Remove Saraki Without Two-Third Majority” – Falana Says

A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) cannot remove the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki without the required two-third majority of the entire members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly.
Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has also justified the defection of Governors AbdulfatahAhmed, Samuel Ortom and Aminu Tambuwal of Kwara Sokoto, Benue and States from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing a precedent by the Supreme Court.
He canvassed these positions in a statement he issued yesterday, stressing that even though the defection of the Reformed APC (R-APC) lawmakers was illegal and unconstitutional, the APC “lacks the moral and political right to condemn their defection to the PDP.”
Due to irreconcilable differences that plagued the APC just after the 2015 elections, the last fortnight has witnessed the defection of Saraki, Ahmed, Ortom, Tambuwal and scores of lawmakers in the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly to the PDP.
Consequently, the PDP alleged that the federal government and the APC had started shopping for “a fraudulent interim court order to declare vacant the seat of the Senate President following his defection from the APC to the PDP.
In a three-page statement, the senior advocate cautioned against the illegal plot to remove Saraki as the Senate President, lamenting that the crisis of misgovernance in the country “has been accentuated by the official impunity of members of the ruling class.”
He also lamented that the executive “is justifying disobedience of court orders while legislators regularly suspend their colleagues and carry out impeachment of governors outside the ambit of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
On the alleged plot to remove Saraki, Falana noted that section 52 of the 1999 Constitution provided the requirements for the impeachment of the Senate President and the Deputy Senate President, which should be fulfilled to remove Saraki.
Specifically, Falana explained that the section “provides that the Senate President and the Deputy Senate President can only be removed by the resolution supported by the votes of not less two- thirds majority of the entirety of the members of the Senate.”
The senior lawyer noted that since the APC legislators “cannot muster the required two-third majority of the votes of the entire members the plan to impeach Senator Saraki should be dropped forthwith.”
The human rights activist explained that the scenario playing out in the Senate was without precedent in our political history, though explained how the accord between the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) and Nigeria Peoples Party (NPP) collapsed in the Second Republic.
Falana added that when the accord collapsed in the Second Republic, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ume Ezeoke of the NPP, a minority party in the lower chamber of the National was not forced to resign.
He explained that the election of Tambuwal as the Speaker of the House of Representatives was made possible by the alliance of the APC and defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) legislators.
Falana added that when he decamped from the PDP to the APC, Tambuwal was not asked “to step down from the office of the Speaker. Therefore, the APC should stop from demanding the resignation of Saraki as Senate President.”
On the governors’ defection, Falana observed that the 1999 Constitution “is silent on defection by the president and state governors from the political parties which sponsored their election.”
He, however, cited a decision of the Supreme Court in a case between Atiku Abubakar v Attorney General of the Federation (2007), which upheld that Abubakar’s defection from the PDP to the defunct ACN was not illegal and unconstitutional.
Contingent on this judicial precedent, Falana said the decision of governors “to dump the political parties which sponsored their elections was not challenged.
“I have therefore, canvassed the argument that the defection of Tambuwal, Ortom and Ahmed from the APC to the PDP cannot be said to be illegal or unconstitutional,” he added.
Also citing the decision of the Supreme Court in a case between Abegunde v Ondo State House of Assembly (2014), the senior advocate admitted that the defection of the R-APC legislators from the APC to the PDP and ADC “can be impugned under section 68 (1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution.”
Since the APC had allowed legislators to decamp from the PDP to join its fold recently, Falana noted that the ruling APC “lacks the moral and political right to condemn the defection of the R-APC legislators”.
“But the crass opportunism of the APC cannot legitimise the prostitution of the political system,” he said.
“Having decamped from the APC, which sponsored their elections, the R-APC defectors ought to resign from the legislative houses and seek a fresh mandate from the electorate. In order to curb the dangerous trend, some aggrieved members of the constituencies of the defectors ought to contest the legal validity of the refusal to resign from the affected legislative houses,” Falana suggested

Nigerian female presidential aspirant objects to being called a feminist and gets attacked by Twitter users

Nigeria female presidential aspirant, Eunice Atuejide has earned the ire of social media users after she objected to being called a feminist and said it makes her want to puke.
The 39-year-old legal practitioner who founded National Interest Party, NIP, said she believes in an equal and fair Nigeria for all but said she can never be a feminist.

It all started when she went online to complain about gender inequality after male presidential candidates had a consultative meeting on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, and left the female aspirants out.
She said what Fela Durotoye and other male presidential aspirants did was gender inequality, then in the same breath said she is not a feminist and can never be, thereby contradicting herself.

Her words made her lose the support of social media users who told her they wouldn't vote for her since she couldn't educate herself on what feminism means. They reminded her that feminism is the same thing as gender equality and that she is able to run for president only because feminists fought and paved the way for women to be represented, else she would have been forced to stay at home to take care of her husband and five kids.
See her tweets and the reactions from Twitter users below.

Federal High Court Orders Arrest Of INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, for failing to appear in court.

Justice Stephen Pam issued the warrant of arrest on Thursday after Mahmood’s absent in court for the third time. The judge asked the police to effect the arrest immediately.

Justice Pam had on July 5 ordered Yakubu to appear before him to show cause why he should not be sent to prison for contempt of court.

The judge made the order for Mahmood to appear before him while ruling on a preliminary objection by INEC and its Chairman in a contempt proceeding filed by Ejike Oguebego and Chuks Okoye, Chairman and Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, respectively.

Five days later, on July 10 when the court sat again, the INEC boss did not show up with his counsel, Mr Adeboyega Awomolo, informing the court that his client had filed an appeal challenging that order at the appeal court and another appeal before the Federal High Court asking for a stay of proceedings pending the determination of the appeal.

But counsel to the plaintiff informed the court that contrary to the claims of the INEC counsel there was no material evidence before the court to stop the order of the court or the hearing. In his ruling (on July 10), Justice Pam held that the fiat by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to hear the matter subsists.

The judge, however, adjourned the case to August 1 (today)to allow the INEC chairman to attend to his mother’s funeral but insisted that the INEC boss must appear before the court as ordered at the next sitting. But when the court reconvened today, the INEC Chairman was absent, a development that led to the order for his arrest

Nigerians among top earners in Australia - 2016 Census reports, Australia Bureau of Statistics

Census report as of 2016, revealed there were only about 8,488 Nigerian born individuals living in Australia.

A breakdown of the report shows New South Wales, Sydney capital as the state with the most Nigerians at 2,712 followed by Victoria, Melbourne Capital at 1,970 residents.

An interesting look at the state of Victoria showed about 40.6% of Nigerian residents were employed in Healthcare and Social Assistance, 12.7% in Scientific, Research & Technical
industry followed by Finance at 4.5%

The data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics also showed 5.35% of Nigerians resident in the state of Victoria earned $3000 or more per week compared to their victorian counterparts at 3.0%. This places Nigerians among the Top earners in Victoria.

Bode Muse, founder of Skoolmates - an education consulting company in Australia commented that Australia has been a top secret among Nigerian professionals due to its skilled migration that attracts skilled migrants from around the world and rewards them with higher than average income as compared to other western countries.

“Many Nigerians complain that Australia is too far, at the end of the world, without knowing that the flight duration from Lagos to San Francisco, USA, a frequently travelled route is the same duration as Flights from Lagos To Perth, Australia.”

Students alike are choosing Australia due to its 3-years post study visa, opportunity to permanent residency, world class education and favorable living conditions.

Skoolmates have been in the forefront of Australian international education to West Africa, providing international student recruitment to reputable universities around the world and migration services to skilled professionals

Jealous boyfriend sentenced to prison after banning girlfriend from using Snapchat

A jealous boyfriend has been imprisoned for "psychological abuse" after he banned his girlfriend from using Snapchat and threatened to kill her family if she left him.

Matthew Bailey, 24, ordered his selfie-loving girlfriend, Molly Cunliffe, 19, to stay away from exchanging messages with heterosexual men on Facebook and Instagram. He even told her she was not allowed to put kisses at the end of social media posts.

Bailey was so jealous that he would regularly check Molly’s mobile phone, tell her what to wear, and demanded she sends him pictures or goes on Facetime to prove she was at home or even asleep in bed. He dictated that the only male friends she could contact over social media had to be gay.

Bailey also bombarded the care assistant with phone calls demanding she calls him every day. Whenever she doesn't answer his calls, he accuses her of cheating on him.
During one phone call recorded by a friend of Molly’s following an argument, Bailey warned her, saying: "You’ll get a car through your front window and I’ll stab you in the neck. You know what I’m capable of."
He added: "Do not block my number then go home and shag. Tell your mum and dad to sit upstairs, I’ll drive a car through your gaff – take a picture to prove you’re outside having a cig."
Their relationship only lasted for four weeks before Molly, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, tried to end it. But the obsessed boyfriend threatened to kill her family if she breaks up with him. After a burst of 30 calls in just one morning from her obsessed partner, Molly went to police to report.
At Manchester magistrates court, Bailey, from Horwich, near Bolton was jailed for six months after he was found guilty of engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship. He was also barred from contacting Molly for five years.

Nigerians can live anywhere in the country without restrictions- President Buhari says

 

 

President Buhari says Nigerians have the constitutional right to live, work and raise their families anywhere in the country without restrictions. Receiving the Governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Bello Aminu Masari, at his countryhome as part of the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations yesterday September 2nd, President Buhari reiterated that the Federal Government would guarantee the security of everyone in the country, and ensure protection of all Nigerians from harassments by reasons of their states of origin, tribes or ethnic backgrounds.

Assuring all Nigerians of their safety, the President said: “Every Nigerian has a right to live, work and thrive in every part of the country, irrespective of their backgrounds.’’
Speaking to newsmen after the visit, Governor Masari said President Buhari had brought so much honour and pride to his home state by living a life of integrity, fairness and kindness to all, a reflection of his fear of God.
He noted that the President’s leadership style had attracted positive global attention to the state, and the country, praying that God would continue to uphold him in good health.
The governor was accompanied on the visit by the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Faruk Umar Faruk and members of his cabinet.

Nine men kicked out of Ryanair flight 'after one jokingly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’

 


Nine Belgian men were kicked out of a Ryanair flight to Madrid after one of them shouted “Allahu Akbar” and joked that there was a bomb on board to scare other passengers.
The flight, which was due to leave Zaventem airport in Brussels at 7am this morning, was delayed for several hours after the plane was evacuated because of the scare.
Police told the VTM NIEUWS channel that the men were getting on board the Ryanair flight when one of them was heard shouting “Allahu Akbar” and indicating there was a bomb on board.
Peter De Waele of the federal police told the news channel: "The flight commander refused to take these nine people. One of them was a foolish joker and called 'Allahu Akbar'."
Ryanair told the Standard it had requested police assistance after a number of passengers became disruptive prior to the plane’s departure.
The plane was eventually allowed to leave at 9.25am after all the luggage was removed and checked. The bomb squad attended accompanied by sniffer dogs.
Police detained the men who could face prosecution as it is an offence to cause a false bomb scare.
Officers said the joke was not appreciated by the airline or passengers who were extremely alarmed by the incident.
According to VTM NIEUWS, a full investigation is being carried out and a preliminary report has been sent to the local prosecutor’s office
A Ryanair spokesman said: “The crew of this flight from Brussels to Madrid requested police assistance after a number of passengers became disruptive prior to departure.
“Police removed and detained the individuals before the aircraft departed to Madrid.
“We will not tolerate unruly or disruptive behaviour at any time and the safety and comfort of our customers, crew and aircraft is our number one priority. This is now a matter for local police."

Without a speedy and positive response from FG, the strike will continue - ASUU

 

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)'s National President, Biodun Ogunyemi yesterday gave the conditions for calling off its strike. It said only a speedy and positive response from the Federal Government to its letter would end the dispute.

Ogunyemi said the letter dated August 28 bears the unions position on what the government is offering in respect of the issues at stake.

Ogunyemi said the letter followed earlier meetings with the officials of the ministries of Education and Labour and Employment where it was agreed that ASUU should consult with members and “revert back to the federal government.”

The ASUU boss identified “registration of Nigerian Universities Pension Management Company (NUPEMCO), fractionalisation of salaries in federal universities and underfunding/non – funding of state universities” as issues requiring resolution between the ASUU and the federal government.


Others are arrears and implementation of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA), release of fund for revitalisation of the nation’s public universities as spelt out in the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding, guidelines for retirement benefits of professors in line with the 2009 FGN – ASUU agreement, Treasury Single Account(TSA) and withdrawal of support for universities’ staff primary schools.

The ASUU National President lauded Nigerians, particularly students, parents and the media for their understanding “on the need to speedily address the issues in the best interest of the university system and overall development of the nation.”

The union has been on comprehensive and total strike action on August 13 following what the lecturers alleged as FG non – implementation of the agreement with the academic body.

Senator Ngige dismissed speculations of uncertainty over government negotiation with the lecturers, saying they were working round the clock to ensure the issues in dispute are resolved as soon as possible.

North Korea has sentenced Four South Korean journalists to death!

Today, North Korea sentenced four South Korean journalists to death for book reviews that insulted the administration.

Two newspapers (Chosun Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo) reviewed the new Korean edition of “North Korea Confidential”, a book by two Seoul-based British journalists first published in 2015. The work details the growing role of the market in daily lives in the North, where South Korean television dramas are circulated on the black market, and fashion items and hairstyles from the South are copied.

According to the North’s Central Court, by reviewing the book, newspapers “committed a hideous crime of seriously insulting the dignity of the DPRK” as part of a “sordid smear campaign. They have reached the state of slandering and insulting even the inviolable name of our country and its national emblem,” it said.

One journalist from each newspaper and the presidents of both publications were sentenced to capital punishment, it said.  “The criminals hold no right to appeal and the execution will be carried out any moment and at any place without going through any additional procedures,” it added.

It is not the first time Pyongyang has declared a death sentence on South Korean citizens.  In June it said it was imposing the death penalty on the South’s former president Park Geun-Hye and her former spy agency head Lee Byung-Ho, claiming its state security authorities had foiled a plot by US and South Korean spy agencies to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.

Make Money with WEMA BANK ALAT (The First 100% Digital Banking in Nigeria)

Inside the history of nigeria banking, no single digital bank has ever been made from the begin. banks best offer a cellular banking software, which has a tendency to make transactions extra quicker. however the truth is cell banking isn't like Digital Banking. cellular banking requires you going to your bank to get your atm card and also get it activated, while your virtual card is being shipped in your door step and are activated through you and also you alone which your pin can be set and controlled in virtual banking. a superb example of virtual banking is payoneer.

how can you experience after I inform you presently that we've the primary of it's type in nigeria. i’ll like to introduce to you, the first Digital Bank in nigeria, that's alat by wema bank.

                                     

 alat is a digital banking carrier powered by  wema Bank nigeria, it is 100% digital which allows you to do all your banking transactions with out being physically at your Bank. alat digital bank lets you to open a free, completely practical savings account with the usage of simply your bvn and your phone number in precisely 5mins. no paperwork required!

At its core, ALAT by Wema bank is selling simplicity, reliability and convenience. ALAT digital banking help you put money away easily by automating your saving, make sure your bills are paid on time with its scheduled payment feature and deliver a free debit card (ALAT ATM Card) to your doorstep, you can activate, lock and unlock from your phone to use anywhere in Nigeria. You can get paid when you refer a friend to open and fund an account too. All from the comfort of your smartphone.

This is the kind of innovation we’ve been expecting since. Enough of going to banks and staying on the queue to get your ATM Card or making transactions, ALAT Is here for us. And thanks to the Wema bank for being the pioneer of this innovative in Nigeria.

The question asked most by people is: Can we trust ALAT?
Sometimes I once asked myself the same question, but I never got an answer for myself, so I had to do the needful. ALAT is confirmed to be owned by WEMA Bank Plc, which is a financial institution in Nigeria, a bank to be precise. And after so many researches, WEMA Bank as claimed to be the owner of ALAT, not just ALAT claiming to be owned by WEMA, But WEMA Bank Nigeria Plc claimed its ownership.

This is becoming so interesting. After my tour of my research I found ALAT to be legit and trustworthy and also, it has a very responsive and caring customer care service, they are ready to listen to your complaints and also ready to get them solved as soon as possible. So why not try ALAT?

How To Register In Wema Bank Nigeria First Digital Banking System_ALAT 
And how to earn as well
1. Firstly of all, you have to download ALAT app by Wema, for now the app is available only on Android and iOS devices.

• For Android users, download it from Google Play Store Here
• For iOS users, download it from App Store Here

2. After getting the ALAT application, then you need to sign up and fill in your details.
3. You need your Bank Verification Number (BVN) to open the ALAT bank account with your phone number.
4. Then move on by clicking next, where your full name would be uploaded already and you’ll be told to fill in your Date Of birth and also A REFERRAL CODE. Copy this 37NXM5 and paste in the referral section.

5. You will have to upload your documents and that involves your ID card, written of your signature in white paper with pen, taking a picture of yourself, and upload them.
6. Fund your account with as low as 500 Naira (through a bank transfer or by clicking on "fund account") for your account to be activated and functioning and that’s it, You Now have a fully functioning bank account that can send money, receive money, save money, buy airtime, buy Data, you can withdraw your money via ATM Machine using your ALAT debit card.

7. Refer anyone to open a ALAT Wema bank account with your own referral code which you'll find when you click on "refer a friend" and you will earn up to 1000 Naira on each person. More also,  for the first 10 people you referred, you will earn 5k and then will be given a bonus of 5k making it 10k.

Remember to fill your detail with referral code: 37NXM5

In your first login, if you have issues, simply click on "Forgot your Password?" and reset your password to the initial one through the Password Reset Notification sent to email and after that, your account will work fine.

More so, go to the profile section and fill in your details, ensuring that all the ticks are green so that your account does not become restricted. Check this section regularly to ensure they're all perfect.

You can also sign up via this url with any browser: https://online.alat.ng/#/signup

But, to get your referral code, you must use Alat app via Android or iOS device.

I hope you find this very interesting and easy. Open a bank account in less than 10minutes and get your Virtual Card shipped to your doorstep in two business days.

Jaymax – Bless Me (Freestyle)

After the successful release of Asiko which is widely accepted, Jaymax step up as he releases a new freestyle which he numbered “Bless Me” in Anticipation of his forthcoming single, dropping soon… Bless me was produced by Masterkraft

Download Here

GUYS: SEE 12 THINGS YOU SHOULD'NT DO FOR A WOMAN

Most men act childish when they are really in love and this has cost them a great deal. It is not bad to please a woman but over doing it makes one stupid. As a man, you must be smart enough to read in between the lines to know what’s favorable and what’s not.

We are not saying you shouldn’t be romantic, it is a good thing to be romantic but not to the detriment of yourself and you should know that, just because something might be done in the name of love does not make it the right thing to do and these are the few you should try as much as possible to avoid or never be tempted to do for a woman, regardless.

1. Steal For Her

Obviously, we all know where this will end you and by the time you will be back, someone might have taken your place. Never allow anything to push you to steal in order to please your woman because if she later finds out you actually stole a gift for her, she might drop you, unless of course, you are in it together like Bonny and Clyde.

2. Pay For Her Education

It is not a bad thing to support her education, if you can help but to take full responsibility for everything to your own detriment can be dangerous. We are all humans and we change from time to time, most men actually think funding a girl’s education means they’ll be forever indebted to them, ending up getting married to them but we’ve seen several scenarios where the women will end up finding love elsewhere. This has been suicidal to many men.

3. Buy Her A House When You Don’t Have One

Common sense should tell you, you should build your dreams together but not favor her and think of yours later. Building a house for a woman when you don’t have one yourself can make you is wrong in every way. When she finally jilts you and lives in it with another man. There are many men still biting their fingers over this.

4. Fight Another Man Because Of Her

Fighting because of her doesn’t prove anything. Two things are likely to happen, either the person beats you to a pulp and end up in the hospital or you will beat the person and end up in jail, either way, you don’t win. Unless it is for self-defense

 

5. Reject Your Family Because Of Her

A family is everything and no matter what, you can’t reject them because your woman doesn’t like them. It will be very dangerous on your part to reject your family all because of a woman.

6. Change Your Appearance

These days, there are many men doing a lot, taking pills to make changes to their bodies all because they feel that’s what women love. Changing you to please a woman means the moment you stop trying she’ll go, ideally, people you be with should love you for who you are.

7. Give Up On Your Dreams To Satisfy Her

So there are many men out there who gave up on their dreams to help their woman achieve theirs or were discouraged by women. These same women dumped them afterwards. Never do this after reading this.

8. Being Over-Submissive

It is nice to be sweet to your woman but always learn to set the records straight and don’t try to always appear weak to her and succumb to all her wishes in the interest of pleasing her. Truth is, women actually hate weak men and will prefer you’re sweet and sour.

9. Starve Yourself For Her

Never forfeit your food for her, at least you can share but to give all to her and go hungry, that’s not love, that’s stupidity.

10. Kill For Her

Never ever even think about executing such an atrocity for a woman no matter how convincing the situation is, because if you end up in jail, another man will take your position.

11. Die For Her, Literally

So many men have committed suicide because of a woman. What’s the sense in it when you’re finally dead and gone. Live to fight another day
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