Ibotee: 2018

President Buhari gives reasons for rejecting the electoral amendment bill

President Buhari has given reasons for refusing to assent to the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2018 recently passed by the National Assembly for the third time. Last week, President Buhari rejected the amended electoral bill.

In a letter sent to the senate which was read during plenary today December 11th, President Buhari said he rejected the amendment because any amendment could cause an uncertainty into the electoral process for the 2019 election. Read what he said below

President Trump threatens to shut down US government if opposition congressional leaders fail to fund the border wall

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump told Democratic leaders at the White House that he will shut down the US government because they refuse to approve billions of dollars in funding for his controversial Mexico border wall.

The president and top opposition congressional leaders were meant to hold a reassuring Oval Office photo-op. Instead, their blazing row in front of the world’s media gave a glimpse of the dire challenges confronting Trump as he reels from legal scandals and the new reality of his Republican party no longer controlling Congress.

A former governor of Oyo state and the governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the forthcoming 2019 elections, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala has said he is seeking another opportunity to govern the state on a mission to rescue and re-position the state for the betterment of the people and investors.

Alao-Akala spoke today while delivering his address at the official presentation of the Alao-Akala and Olaiya as the ADP candidates for the 2019 gubernatorial elections cum official inauguration of the Akala-Olaiya campaign organization.

Akala said, “As a bonafide citizen, I’m seeking another opportunity to govern the state from May 29th 2019 with a rescue mission to reposition the state for the betterment of our people and investors.

Tiffany Trump is reportedly dating a wealthy billionaire scion from Nigeria. Tiffany, 25, is believed to be the first of President Donald Trump's children to date a minority.

Sources tell Page Six that Tiffany is dating Michael Boulos, who grew up in Nigeria -- one of the nations Trump slammed as a "sh-thole country."

A source tells Page Six that Tiffany met Boulos while on vacation in Mykonos, Greece.

The founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) Frederick Fasehun died on Saturday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.

Fasehun was said to have passed away in the early hours of the day after he was admitted to the hospital, at the Intensive Care Unit, on Tuesday.

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has arrived at the Abuja office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in style.

Fayose entered into the EFCC office in Wuse 2 in the company of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. Fayose, who wore a customized T-shirt emblazoned with “EFCC I’m Here” with a bag pack.

Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, in New York, Jan. 31, 2014. (Beatrice de Gea/The New York Times)

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died, his investment firm Vulcan said Monday. He was 65.

"It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our founder Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft and noted technologist, philanthropist, community builder, conservationist, musician and supporter of the arts," Vulcan said in a statement.

Allen died in Seattle from complications related to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He had just announced two weeks ago that he was being treated for the disease.

President Buhari today advised religious leaders not to get involved in partisan politics otherwise they would lose public respect. President Buhari gave the advice while delivering his speech at the Interfaith Conference held at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja.

Atiku meets the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby shortly after meeting Buhari in Abuja (Photo)

Earlier today, PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus and DG of his campaign, Otunba Gbenga Daniel met the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

The Archbishop is in town to attend the Program of Interfaith Conference on Religious Harmony in Nigeria where President Buhari delivered a keynote speech.

Usain Bolt Scores Twice On First Start For Australia Central

Sprint legend Usain Bolt scored his first goals in professional football today after starting up front in a pre-season game for Australia’s Central Coast Mariners.

The 100 meters world record-holder, who is bidding for a professional contract, recovered from a painful kick in the groin to grab a double against Macarthur South West United in Sydney.

Bolt, 32, finished with his left foot after some slack marking on 55 minutes, celebrating with his trademark ‘Lightning Bolt‘ pose.

Beyonce has reunited with her dad at her final OTR2 show. Recall the singer and her dad have had a gap in their relationship since she fired him as her manager in 2011.

Her mom, Tina Knowles who has longed re-married shared the photos of the superstar with her dad writing;

'Love seeing this in Seattle! Daddy and daughter'

Nigerian model with tribal mark gets a followback from Rihanna

A Nigerian model with tribal marks, Adetutu who recently launched out to get Rihanna’s attention by asking Nigerians to help her retweet a tweet where she clearly stated she would love to model for Rihanna, has gotten the attention of the singer.

Rihanna has finally noticed the Nigerian model with prominent tribal marks who want to work with her and she replied by following her.

Adetutu took to Instagram to share the good news and expressed hopes that Rihanna's management will get in touch with her soon.

She wrote:

Genevieve Nnaji joins United Talent Agency with the likes of Kevin Hart

Nollywood Actress Genevieve Nnaji has signed a deal with United Talent Agency, (UTA) for representation in film, TV, and production.

The Nollywood actress joins stars like Kevin Hart, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow Chris Brown, Mariah Carey, and DJ Khaled who are all signed onto UTA.

The deal, it is also been suspected, will see the ‘Lionheart’ actress collaborating with top Hollywood filmmakers to produce movies from African and Nigerian stories.

Genevieve continues to be repped by 3 Arts Entertainment.

INEC bars Atiku, Buhari, other aspirants from campaigning till Nov. 18

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has prohibited public campaigning by presidential candidates until November 18.

This is in line with the timelines given by the agency and the provisions of the Electoral Act, INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said.

Yakubu reminded political parties and candidates that the end of primaries did not mean the immediate commencement of campaigns.

“Section 99(1) prohibits campaigns by political parties earlier than 90 days before polling day.

A former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida, has distanced himself from all social media accounts in his name.

In a statement by his media office, Mr. Babangida, popularly called IBB, particularly disclaimed Twitter handles making statements in his name.

The latest of such is a purported message of congratulations to Atiku Abubakar, who emerged presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at the weekend.

See Mr. Babangida’s full statement below.

Former Miss World Agbani Darego and Her Hubby Ishaya Danjuma Welcomed a son recently and the beauty queen and entrepreneur has announced the arrival of Baby Danjuma on her Instagram page

Congratulations to them!

Chinese business magnate and investor Jack Ma is scheduled to visit Rwanda on 31 October, to meet with local investors to explore opportunities available in various sectors, an authoritative source revealed Tuesday in Kigali. Among the key sectors of investment, Ma is set to focus is tourism, electronic payment, and education between Rwanda and China, a statement issued by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) announced.

Japan passport holders will find it easier than ever to travel the world, as their travel documents have just moved up in the global Henley Passport Index to take the top spot.

The Henley Passport Index is a ranking of all of the passports in the world based on the number of countries their holders can travel to visa-free.

Until now Japan had been sharing joint first place with Singapore, which gained visa-free access to Uzbekistan earlier this year bringing its total to 189 countries.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is leaving the administration "at the end of the year."

Trump spoke as he and Haley met in the Oval Office, shortly after word came of her plans to resign.

He called Haley a "very special" person, adding that she told him six months ago that she might want to take some time off. Trump said that together, they had "solved a lot of problems."

Women everywhere are sharing stories of sexual harassment and gender inequality but men still aren't really listening, Nigerian author and feminist icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie told the Frankfurt book fair Tuesday, urging men to read books by women.

"All over the world, today women are speaking up. Their stories are still not really heard," Adichie said at the opening of the world's biggest publishing event.

"Women are still invisible. Women's experiences are still invisible."

A year after the #MeToo movement went viral and ignited a global discussion about sexual harassment, Adichie said there was much work left to be done.

Facebook is launching the first electronic device to bear its brand, a screen and camera-equipped gadget intended to make video calls easier and more intuitive.

The new voice-controlled screen, which has the Amazon Alexa voice assistant built-in, can be used to make video calls to friends and family via the social media giant's Messenger platform.

Google is closing its troubled Google Plus social network following the discovery of a software glitch this past spring that may have exposed user information of up to 500,000 customers between 20015 and 2018, the company said Monday.

In a blog post by Google on Monday, when the company’s technical staff discovered the bug in March, they decided against disclosing the issue to users because they hadn’t found anyone that had been affected.

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; senators Dino Melaye and Ben Murray-Bruce have sued the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over their invitation by the Nigeria Police.

Saraki, Melaye, and Murray-Bruce were among the three leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party who held a protest march to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Friday to protest against the outcome of the Osun State governorship election.

The outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has threatened to leave the Peoples Democratic Party after the National Convention held on Saturday in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.

The governor hinted Punch correspondent on Monday that he would renounce his “membership of the PDP anytime from now.”

He added, “After consultations, I will speak clearly to Nigerians.”

Sisi Yemmie is back with Beef Stir-Fry Vegetable Recipe

Nigerian Food and Lifestyle Blogger Sisi Yemmie is back with a new video on her Youtube channel.

Do you want to learn how to make Beef Stair-Fry Vegetable? Then learn the recipe from the inspiring food blogger of all time

Watch the video below:

Actress Rita Dominic unveiled as IATF Goodwill Ambassador

Rita Dominic has been announced as IATF Ambassador. Rita Dominic will be one of the front liners for the first ever Intra Africa Trade Fair (IATF) billed to hold in Cairo, Egypt from the 11th-17th of December.

The actress expressed her excitement in a post shared on Instagram where she commended the initiative which will target the African film and television industries.

English legend, John Terry announces retirement from football at the age of 37

John Terry has retired from professional football at the age of 37 after being linked with a coaching role at Aston Villa.

The former Chelsea and England captain who won five Premier League titles and a Champions League at Stamford Bridge, shared the news on Instagram this evening.

Atiku Abubakar, a retired Customs officer and Nigeria’s vice president between 1999 and 2007, has been elected the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

At a PDP national convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, held Saturday and Sunday, Mr. Abubakar defeated 11 other aspirants to clinch the hotly-contested ticket. His victory sets him as the main challenger to President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general election.

Nicki Minaj stuns in cleavage-baring gowns for the Music Icon issue of Harper

American rapper, Nicki Minaj has been dragged to court by a stylist who claimed she wore his clothes and didn’t return them.

According to Page Six, stylist Maher Jridi is suing the incredibly rich rapper for failing to return expensive wardrobe items she had borrowed last year. The stylist further added that he rented the pieces for thousands of dollars from a company called Cloak Wardrobe.

Nicki allegedly wore the clothes and didn’t bother to give them back once she was done.

World's Football governing body, FIFA have suspended Sierra Leone from international football because of government interference in the running of the country's football association.

The suspension comes after FIFA sent a letter to the country's Minister of Sports expressing "grave concern" about the removal of the football association president, Isha Johansen and the association's General Secretary, Christopher Kamara.

The country's anti-corruption commission (ACC) had barred President Isha Johansen and the association's General Secretary, Christopher Kamara from the governing body's offices due to their cases of corruption-related charges.

Police Detain Lawyer For Alleged Fraud, As Lawyer Cries Out, This Is Strange

A Lagos-based lawyer, Chibeze Azubike, is at daggers drawn with the police over what he described as unlawful detention and assault.

The lawyer lamented that the police detained him for three days at the Lion Building Police Station on Lagos Island over an alleged fraud and declined his demand to see the evidence of the purported crime.

Azubike said he later learnt that his arrest was orchestrated by the girlfriend of one Ihegbu, who rented a three-bedroomed apartment he managed in Imo State.

He explained that the girlfriend had accused Ihegbu, who is based abroad, of fraud and reported the case to the police in Imo.

Jose Mourinho's position as manager of Manchester United is not under immediate threat.

Weeks of speculation and scrutiny came to a head with suggestions on Friday evening that the 55-year-old was set to be sacked, irrespective of the outcome of Saturday's Premier League clash with Newcastle.

Mass grave containing 800 dead German soldiers discovered in Russia (Photo)

A mass grave containing the remains of 800 German soldiers killed in World War II has been unearthed during building work in the south-western Russian city of Volgograd, the German War Graves Commission said on Friday.

The discovery in the once fiercely-contested city, previously known as Stalingrad, was made while water pipes were being laid, the commission said.

PDP leaders including Senate President, Bukola Saraki today staged a protest to INEC headquarters in Abuja, demanding a credible election in 2019. We don’t know what went wrong, but they were allegedly tear-gassed. Now Senator Bruce is saying he and others have been summoned by the police to appear at the force headquarters.

An angry Bruce, however, threw a jab at the police saying when will they conclude an investigation into the attempted mace theft.

See his tweet below:

Paul 'Tiny' Sturgess, 30, gets measured up for his new suit by tailor Tim Nash

Britain's tallest man has finally got his first ever suit at age 30. Basketball player Paul 'Tiny' Sturgess, who stands at an impressive 7ft 7ins, has spent years unable to find a suit big enough to fit him.

But after struggling to find a tailor to make him a three-piece in his size, he eventually managed to track down a London-based one.

Tim Nash, of Norton and Townsend tailoring, took on the challenge using twice the amount of fabric a regular man would need for a suit.

If you are poor, make sure you don’t transfer your poverty to your children by having many kids' - Reno Omokri

As Tweeted by the spokesperson to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri

Nobody can intimidate us, we are coasting to victory, no matter the attacks'' - PDP

PDP has released a statement reacting to the faceoff some of its members protesting the Osun state rerun election results, had with some police officers in Abuja earlier today. The party says it would not be cowed by any of such attacks. According to them, they are coasting to victory.

Read the statement below.

Toni Braxton Confesses That She Doesn’t Like Her Family

It is often said that you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family – but given the opportunity, songbird, Toni Braxton, would not pick her family.

In an upcoming episode of the reality TV show, Braxton Family Values’ Toni confessed she doesn’t really like her family, and if her family wasn’t blood-related to her, she wouldn’t have any of them as friends.

“I am confessing that, although I love my family, most of the time I don’t like my family. Everyone in my family. Everybody.

Lagos PDP Elects Jimi Agbaje As Guber Candidate

It will be a straight fight between Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State gubernatorial race on who succeeds incumbent Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as Agbaje has just been declared the winner of the state’s PDP gubernatorial primary.

Photos: Nigeria customs seizes9 expensive bulletproof cars worth N1.2 billion

Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Federal Operations Unit, has intercepted a bus carrying two big sacks containing military uniforms and boots along the Ijebu-Ode expressway.

The Hiace bus which was said to belong to Chimezie Motors Nigeria Limited, with registration number JJT 905 XB, was intercepted on Wednesday.

“This is national security. Though they are not much but the damage that will be done will be much, that is why we seized them,” said the unit boss, Mohammed Aliyu. He told a journalist that his unit also seized 22 vehicles, including nine bulletproof cars.

Patrick Obahiagbon Wins APC Senatorial Ticket

Former House of Rep. member, Patrick Obahiagbon, has emerged All Progressives Congress (APC) Edo South Senatorial candidate at the party primaries held on Thursday in Benin.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that at the primaries, which held in the three senatorial districts, also returned Ehiozuwa Agbonayima, incumbent House of Representative member representing Ikpoba-Okha and Egor Federal constituency as candidates.

In a tweet on Thursday after the election, Obahiagbon thanked the people of the district.

Nigeria is Africa's troubled giant" - Former US Ambassador to Nigeria

A former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, has said though Nigeria possesses extraordinary potential, it is the truly troubled giant of Africa.

Campbell stated this in a new book he co-authored which was presented to the public on Thursday in Lagos at the US Consul General’s residence.

He also saluted the entrepreneurial spirit of Nigerians in the book titled, “Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know”

Campbell stated in the book that virtually every major university in the English-speaking world hosted Nigerian academics with the country’s medical personnel found in hospitals all over the United States and elsewhere.

Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu from Nnewi South local government area was last night was declared the winner of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, senatorial candidate for Anambra South zone.

Ukachukwu defeats Branca Ojukwu at APGA primary

He defeated Mrs. Branca Ojukwu, wife of the late Ikemba Nnewi and Dr. Anselem Enyimba

Two men arrested for selling leaked WAEC and JAMB questions

Two men, Emeka Ebunoha and Igwe Obumneme Samuel, have been arrested in Port Harcourt for examination fraud.

According to reports, they are a part of an internet syndicate selling leaked examination papers to students sitting for the West African School Certificate Examination, WASCE.

President Buhari spoke with Mrs. Rebecca Sharibu, mother of the Dapchi Secondary schoolgirl, Leah, who had been kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists, and assured her that his administration will do everything it would take to bring her daughter back home.

On Wednesday, the Presidency announced that the President, during the phone call, consoled the Sharibu family and assured the parents that the Federal Government would do its utmost for the safety and security of their daughter.

“I convey my emotion, the strong commitment of my administration and the solidarity of all Nigerians to you and your family as we will do our best to bring your daughter home in peace and safety,” a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), quoted the president as saying.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday congratulated Jide Sanwo-Olu, his opponent in the All Progressives Congress governorship primary election in Lagos State for emerging the winner.

Read the text of his speech below.

Kim Kardashian thinks God made her youngest child who was born via a surrogate to look just like her for a very special reason

Kim Kardashian feels very lucky to have her third child, Chicago, in her life. Kim Kardashian says she believes her last child Chicago West was made to look like her for a reason.

The reality star, who had Chicago with the help of a surrogate sat with Ashley Graham for Pretty Big Deal on Tuesday, the 37-year-old TV star added she was especially grateful to have the child - who is now eight months old - look just like her.

'She is such a doll. She looks like, honestly, my twin mixed with Saint. It’s like the two of us in her,' said the wife of Kanye West.

Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing has been fined with over880 million RMB ($128 million) for tax evasion and other offenses by China tax authorities.

The star, who disappeared in July, posted a long apology on social media.

Ms. Fan, who is one of China's highest paid actors, will escape criminal charges if the fines are paid on time, said state news agency Xinhua.

The actress had been linked to a government probe into how celebrities reported earnings in their contracts.

Police on Tuesday (Oct 2) arrested the uncle of a three-year-old boy who was found trapped inside a washing machine at a self-service laundry in Bukit Sentosa, Rawang.

“The suspect is believed to have ‘jokingly’ put his nephew in the machine causing the victim to be trapped for about 20 minutes," Hulu Selangor district police chief Supt Lim Bak Phai said.

“The victim was then rescued with the help of the public and police and he was unhurt."