Peter Okoye & Aki met up with Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan in Cape Town earlier this month.
Check out the photo of the powerful line up!
Kate Henshaw bumped into The Prime Minister of England, David Cameron, while out grabbing a coffee recently.
The Nollywood star posted the pic on twitter…
The Eko Atlantic was officially inaugurated yesterday in Lagos, Nigeria.
The new multi-billion Naira initiative has been constructed on reclaimed land.
The launch was attended by former US President, Bill Clinton, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Lagos Governor, Fashola and former Governor, Tinubu.
Upon completion, the island is expected to generate 400,000 residents and a daily flow of 250,000 commuters.
First Lady, Patience Jonathan, opened up on her controversial medical trip last year, admitting for the first time that she was very close to dying.
Press Play on the video where she reveals how serious her ailment was…
President Jonathan appeared on CNN and was interviewed by Christiane Amanpour. During the brief segment, the Nigerian President was quizzed on corruption, the country’s electricity supply and Boko Haram.
The President claimed that his nation’s power supply had vastly approved since he took office.
Do you agree?
Beyonce performed a breath taking version of the American National Anthem at the Second Inauguration of the 44th President, Barack Obama earlier today.
Stunning!
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was recently in Ghana and took some time out to showcase his impressive dance skills to the smash hit “Gangham Style”.
Hilarious
President Obama got emotional while thanking his campaign workers a day after winning the 2012 elections.
His tears were captured on camera and mark the first time the President has cried in public during his term in office.
President Obama rang in his re-election earlier today with a breath taking Presidential Acceptance Speech.
The President will continue to run The United States Of America for another 4 years.
Barack Obama has won the 2012 US elections and has officially been re-elected for another 4 years in office.
The final decision came down to the battle ground state of Ohio. The President needed 240 votes to win and ended with over 300 votes!
Congratulations President Obama.
Enjoy some photos from the historic night.
Today America went to the polls in their millions to decide who would be the 45th President of their country.
Obama is tipped to win against his closest contender, Republican, Mitt Romney.
Beyonce posted a cute photo of herself casting her all important vote in the 2012 US elections…
The Williams’ sisters are still in Lagos as part of a week-long promotional visit.
Earlier today, they visited the Lagos governor, Mr Fashola’s office.
Check out some photos of Venus & Serena visiting Gov. Fashola.
Nigeria’s First Lady celebrated her 55th birthday today surrounded by her husband President Jonathan, children and well wishers.
The festivities took place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Enjoy some pix from the intimate celebration.
Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has arrived back in her country after weeks of being admitted into a German hospital. Shooting down rumours that she had cosmetic surgery or a terminal illness, Dame Patience spoke to the crowds that greeted her on arrival.
Check out her full speech under the cut:
“Thank God Almighty for bringing me back safely to Nigeria. Wherever they are good people they are also bad ones.
“They are few Nigerians that are saying whatever they like not what God planned because God has a plan for all of us. And God has said it all that when two or three are gathered in his name that he will be with them. And Nigerians gathered and prayed for me and God listened and heard their prayers, so I thank God for that.
“At the same time I will use this opportunity to tell those few ones that are saying that anybody that goes to villa or Aso Rock will die. They mentioned Abacha, they mentioned Stella Obasanjo, they mentioned Yar’Adua and other people. But those people why didn’t they mention those ones that went there with their families and succeeded and they still came out alive.
“We should remember that Aso Rock is the seat of power and that is where God has ordained for we Nigerians that our leaders should rule from and to rule us right. God is wonderful and his infinite mercy endures.
“At the same time, I read in the media where they said I was in the hospital. God almighty knows I have never been to that hospital, I don’t even know the hospital they mentioned.
“I have to explain what God has done for me. I do not have terminal illness, neither did I do any cosmetic surgery, talk more or less of tummy tuck. My husband loves me as I am and I am pleased with how God created me I cannot add anything.
“But at the same time, I will use this opportunity to thank my beloved husband and my children and my staff in general and all Nigerians for standing by me during my trial time.
“God has given be a second chance to come and work with women of Nigeria, children and the less privileged. I have come to serve Nigeria, I have come to work with Nigerians, I am there for them. Once more I am pleased to be back. I love Nigerians they are my family.”
M.I. has taken to his official website to condemn the gruesome killing of 4 UNIPORT students last week.
The four young men were accused of stealing laptops and mobile phones before being bludgeoned and burnt alive in front of a huge crowd of onlookers.
A gruesome video of the mob killing surfaced online soon after, birthing the campaign #justiceforAluu4, urging the police to arrest those involved in the brutal murders.
Read the touching piece M.I. wrote about the horrific murders:
The hope is the worst part of it.
The way they lay there, beaten and broken, battered and bruised. Knowing their end had come for certain. Knowing that the crowd meant to see this through to the end. And yet, in the midst of all this certainty, in some small corner of their hearts, hoping. That something would happen, some miracle perhaps.
I am speaking of course, of the #Aluu4, students of University of Port Harcourt who were beaten and set ablaze last week.
I’d heard the news sometime last week and devoted all of 10 seconds of thought to it. I wondered briefly who the students were, and what could possibly have driven them to steal. I briefly wondered if they were really guilty but my mind quickly shied away from where that road could lead. I remembered all the stories I grew up hearing about thieves and the instant justice meted out to them, and mentally shook my head.
That would have been all, I suppose, but for the video. It is probably the most gruesome thing I have ever seen, and the worst I ever hope to see.
Hope.
There, I’ve said it again. Somehow it seems there is no escaping it.
Because when things like this happen, it seems our default reaction is to hope it will never happen to us or any one we know or love. Then we hope that our religion and hard work and luck will exempt us from senseless suffering. Sometimes we hope that right thing will be done, the wrong doers brought to book, and the victims receive some sort of justice.
Every day we hope the country we live in will be a better place for us and for our children.
And that is the problem with hope.
That we have allowed it to cripple us and render us inactive.
You , me, all of us who sit by hoping and doing nothing to change.
The question is not whether or not the 4 boys stole anything. That is quite besides the point.
Let us ask instead: What do I need to ensure my children do not grow up hearing stories like these?
What would it cost to make this country and are we willing to pay the price?
Because if I were there that day, would I have spoken up and done my best to put a stop to it? Or silently stood by, condemning the actions in my heart, but doing nothing? Would I have been seized by the bloodlust and fear and anger myself, and spurred them on with my shouts, and cries for blood, maybe tossed in a rock or two for good measure.
The society is a mirror of each of us. It is sad and sickening that this was allowed to happen. It shows us all what we are capable of, what w will each do given the right set of circumstances.
These 4 murdered men, their deaths should not be in vain. If anything good could come out of a mess so sordid, let it be that every Nigerian begins to think about the problem and what to do to solve it. Let it be that we understand the problem is ourselves and our failure to take a stand against injustice and lawlessness over the years. Let it be that we promise ourselves never to let this happen again. Not on our land. Not as long as we’re alive.
I hope this time we get it right.
