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Celebrated writer and founder of Genevieve Magazine, Betty Irabor, has blasted celebrity couples that take to social media to thrash their partners. Ma'am Betty and her hubby, veteran Nigerian broadcaster Soni Irabor in July celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary. So, she definitely knows what she is talking about. Tweets continue after the cut - See more at: http://www.lailasblog.com/2014/10/stop-living-your-lives-on-twitter.html#more

The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, Ignatius Kaigama has said Nigerian government is “wrong” for “punishing” gay Nigerians. Speaking at a press briefing with The Tablet at the Vatican yesterday, the Archbishop stressed that the Catholic Church in Nigeria is opposed to any discrimination of gay people. According to him, after Nigeria adopted a law that hands out 14-year sentences to gay Nigerians earlier this year, he had announced the Church’s support for the legislation. However, there was a 'gross misinterpretation” of this by the media. The Catholic Church, he now says, only supported the elements of the law that set out that marriage is between a man and a woman but is against “the criminalization of people with different sexual orientations”. He told The Tablet: “We are not supporting the criminalisation of people with different sexual orientations. We would defend any person with homosexual orientation who is being harassed, who is being imprisoned, who ...

A Russian security company, Kaspersky Labs has discovered a flaw in cash machines that allows criminals to quickly steal cash from ATM machines. Reuters reports that the Interpol has alerted countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia known to have been targeted – and is carrying out a widespread investigation. It was gathered that Kaspersky Labs discovered the hack, which is enabled by entering a series of digits on the keypad of  ATMs. Infected cash machines can be instructed to dispense 40 notes at once, without a credit or debit card. Kaspersky Labs produced a video showing how the hack was carried out. More details were provided in a blog post. Prior to trying to obtain the cash, targeted machines are infected with malicious software via a boot CD. However, before this could be done, hackers need physical access to the workings of the machine. Once the malware – known as Tyupkin – has been installed, the “mule” sent to collect the cash must enter a code o...

2 Nigerian's House mates The ninth season of popular reality show,  Big Brother Africa , is currently ongoing after an official launch which held on Sunday, October 5 but it was surprising to see that  Sierra Leone  has no representatives in the house. This year’s show includes 26 contestants from 13 countries across Africa with  Rwanda  being re-added as a participating country. However, despite calls for intending participants to appear for auditioning at The Country Lodge Complex in Freetown, Sierra Leone on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, no housemates were picked from the country. Sierra Leone is currently battling a severe Ebola outbreak which has reportedly killed 879 people within its boundaries and is ravaging across the land despite numerous efforts to check the spread. Pulse.ng  reached out to the  Public Relations Manager of MultiChoice, Ms. Caroline Oghuma  to find out if the exclusion of Sierra Leone from Big Brother Afr...

An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Thursday dissolved the 20-year-old marriage between Mr Adetoro Onipede and his wife, Olubunmi because she starved him of sex. President of the court R.I Adeyeri, said that “all efforts to reconcile the couple had proved futile as the petitioner insisted on divorce. “Both parties are no longer husband and wife, they are free to go their separate ways,” Adeyeri ruled. Onipede, 50, had filed a suit on Aug. 21, seeking for the dissolution of his 20-year-old marriage on the ground of sex starvation by his wife. Onipede said that his wife, Olubunmi, had been denying him sex after she gave birth to their last child 14 years ago. “She always starves me of sex and will not even allow me to touch her. Anytime I tried to force myself to do it, she will pick up a dangerous weapon to stab me, ” he said. According to Onipede, his wife was always spiteful and always in the habit of bringing him down in the presence of her friends, family and...

The people who think they will pull Linda down only succeeded in taking her to a higher level. She is making a come back in a brand new look, ready to to serve us better. You can now access Linda’s content through  http://lindaikejionline.com

Following the sudden closure of the popular Linda Ikeji blog on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, several reactions have continued to trailing the incident.  Notable among the comments is that made by Linda’s younger sister, Laura Ikeji on Twitter saying her elder sister is a genius for the ‘very matured manner’  she has handled the closure of her site. ‘If I were half as strong as my sister, I’m sure I won’t be fighting her haters on twitter. I’m not so strong, Linda Ikeji is a Genius.   I’ve never met someone as strong as Linda!! What! How can u be so strong. Calming everyone down in d house. Telling us this is a blessing,’ Laura wrote. See more of her tweets below… ...  If I were half as strong as my sister, I'm sure I won't be fighting her haters on twitter. I'm not so strong, @lindaikeji is a Genius — Laura Ikeji (@lauraikeji) October 8, 2014 I've never met someone as strong as Linda!! What! How can u be so strong. Calmi...

Paul Okoye has cut off his famous locks

A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, who had for the past 10 months been under the captivity of Boko Haram militants in Borno State last Tuesday escaped from the sect’s stronghold. Pastor Rotimi Obajimi, who served as a pastor in a rural area within the Borno/Yobe province, was on his way to Maiduguri on January 6th this year, when he was abducted by members of the Boko Haram militia. One of the pastors of Redeem church in Maiduguri told SaharaReporters that they were surprised to see Obajimi resurfaced from nowhere, saying, “we were so amazed to see him because we have been praying earnestly for long time, trusting Jesus that he would surely come back, but lo and behold he was brought to our headquarters in Maiduguri by the military.” The pastor told his colleagues that he was taken to Sambisa Forest where he was tied down for months before he was later moved to an unknown destination and thereafter brought back to Sambisa forest again. He was ...

ACTRESS RONKE ODUSANYA. Beautiful actress Ronke Odusanya A.k.a Flakky Ididowo has been accused of one Folape Sokoya of snatching Femi Anibaba her husband of 12years and leaving her alone with three children. Folape went on her facebook wall to disgrace the actress. A few weeks back,Ronke made breaking news and the 'breakers' of the news alleged that she had secretly married Femi in  America...all news portals went haywire congratulating the actress and this blog took part in the congratulatory messages. I posted Folape's facebook message calling Ronke a husband snatcher  here and the actress reached out to me this morning and i asked her to issue me a press statement explaining what the problem was. Please find for your reading pleasure Ronke Odusanya's response to Folape's husband snatching allegations. Ronke Odusanya Press Statement On Husband Snatching Allegations. ''I knew Femi back in 2008 through a very close frien...

As the initial shock over Google’s removal of popular news and entertainment site, Linda Ikeji blog, begins to wane, one of those instrumental to the shutdown of the site said Ms. Ikeji ignored his repeated complaints over copyright infringement and plagiarism. Mukhtar Dan’Iyan, the Editor-in-Chief of US-based The 15 Past Eight Media Group, said he merely spoke up after the blog used his tweets about developments in the war against the Boko Haram insurgency without his permission. “I spoke up about the unauthorised use of my intellectual property that was taken from my TL (time line),” Mr. Dan’Iyan, who tweets via @MrAyeDee, told PREMIUM TIMES in an interview, Wednesday. “(I) filed a formal DMCA complaint to Google which hosted her site. “One complaint is not enough. But safe to assume when Google looked through other examples of unauthorised IP usage and other IP owners filing complaints, it all added up. “I emailed her (Linda Ikeji) repeatedly. And it was not the ...

O.J. Simpson has reportedly contracted HIV from his transsexual lover and could have only days to live, a new but thinly sourced report claims. The 67-year-old football legend has been in prison for the last six years, serving a 33 year sentence for a number of felonies including kidnapping and armed robbery. Now a report from the  National Enquirer  claims that O.J. Simpson is on death’s door, having contracted HIV from transsexual lover Jazmena Jameson. The gossip outlet goes on to quote Jameson, who said the 67-year-old Simpson could already be living with AIDS. “I could have given O.J. AIDS!” Jameson reportedly told the magazine. The outlet quoted another friend who claimed that O.J. Simpson was terrified of dying behind mars. “I feel the end coming,” Simpson allegedly told the friend. “But I don’t want to die in prison like common scum.” But many believe the story could simply be sensationalism — or even fabricated. The report did not offer any evi...

Richestlifestyle.com  has finally pulled out President Jonathan’s name as the 6 th  richest President in Africa from their top 10 richest African presidents list after a State House press release was issued yesterday, that the news website issue an apology for passing a wrong information or be ready to face a lawsuit. 

I Butchered My Wife As Advised By A Prophet, Ismail Yakubu Confesses To Police in Lagos If Mrs. Silifat Yakubu had known that her husband and father of her three sons would callously butcher her to death, she would have probably had a second thought about their marriage. Silifat was allegedly killed by her husband, Ismail Yakubu, at Igbele, near Araromi Ale Olorunda area along the Badagry Expressway in Lagos. Although details surrounding the death of Iya Lugo, as Silifat was popularly called, are still sketchy, it was however gathered that the mutilated body of the deceased was found in a small river located at the community’s entrance, where she was supposedly dumped after she was murdered. According to an eyewitness, some of the victim’s body parts, such as her eyes, breasts and uterus, were missing when her corpse was found, suggesting she had been murdered for ritual. A neighbour, Iya Korede said: “Most of the people in the area do not know her husband because he ...

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu literally went on his knees yesterday, saying that the party has offended former President Olusegun Obasanjo and asked that he should, as a father forgive the entire stakeholders, leaders, Elders and members of the party. Speaking yesterday at Wadata Plaza, PDP National Secretariat, Abuja, when he received the former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel back to the family of PDP, Muazu admitted that mistakes were made in the past and Obasanjo should come and lead the party, adding that the leader of the party, President Goodluck Jonathan was also waiting eagerly for him to come back to the party. Also yesterday, Chairman, South West PDP integration committee and Senate President, Senator David Mark and Daniel took turn to apologise to the former Chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT of the party. Senator Mark, who hailed Obasanjo and tendered an unreserved apology to him, stressed that the PDP ...

Former President of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has dragged the Nigerian Army General Court Martial before a Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging its decision to convict and sentence 12 soldiers to death by firing squad for mutiny and other offences on September 16. It will be recalled that the Military Court Martial had sentenced to death 12 of the 18 soldiers charged for mutiny on May 13 and 14, at Maimalari Cantonment. In Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/708/2014, Agbakoba, on behalf of the 12 condemned soldiers, is challenging the decision of the Court Martial on the ground that its composition was unconstitutional and contrary to Section 36(1) of the Constitution, which guarantees a fair trial to accused persons by a tribunal constituted in such manner as to secure its independence and impartiality. His affidavit In his affidavit in support of the Originating Motion, Agbakoba stated that all the members of the Court Martial were Army Officers a...