Notorious African Warlord On The Run

Notorious Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony is “on the run,” just one step ahead of his pursuers, even as an aggressive campaign offers rewards for information leading to his arrest, a top U.S. official told Yahoo News.

“We’ve got him in a box,” Stephen Rapp, the ambassador-at-large for war crimes and crimes against humanity, said in an exclusive interview.

Kony, who leads the Lord’s Resistance Army, drew renewed global attention in 2012 when a 30-minute video about his activities went viral. He has been accused of kidnapping tens of thousands of children and training them to fight for him or forcing them into sexual slavery.

In 2005, Kony and some of his top deputies became the first people indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court. Most have eluded capture.

“Kony continues to operate in uncharted areas, where there are no roads, and as one Ugandan commander told me the trees are as thick as broccoli,” Rapp said.

“Just in recent days” the United States has had clues that the international effort has “gotten very, very close to Kony,” Rapp said Wednesday.

“We’ve got Kony solidly on the run, we’ve substantially diminished his forces, the operation is carried on in a way that protects the civilians,” he told Yahoo News.
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GRAPHIC DETAILS: HIV Positive Porn Star Narrates How Co-Star Was Bleeding During Performance (18+)

With news cameras flashing, adult film performer Cameron Bay told reporters that in her last porn shoot before testing positive for HIV, her partner's penis was bleeding -- and he wasn't wearing a condom.

After stopping momentarily, the cameras continued rolling, she said.
Bay, whose positive HIV test sparked the first of two porn moratoriums in the last month, spoke Wednesday at a Hollywood press conference with other adult film performers, including two who said they also contracted HIV this year. The press conference was coordinated by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which advocates for mandatory condom use in porn.
Five current and former porn performers spoke about the dangers and uncertainty of life in the adult film industry. While the performers said they can't be sure when and where they contracted HIV, they agreed the industry is not adequately protecting its performers.
Choking back tears, Bay continued to describe her last shoot, filmed at a public bar in San Francisco for Kink.com.
"There were up to 50 people in the room with us. And we were laying on top of them. And they were touching inappropriately," Bay said. "It all happened so fast. I didn’t realize how unsafe it was until I saw the pictures ... You're on a whole other level when you're doing something so extreme."
Last week, Bay revealed that condoms were available, but not required at the shoot. She said she didn't think she needed to use a condom because her male costar had recently tested negative for sexually transmitted diseases, and she left the choice up to him. Kink.com confirmed to HuffPost that Bay was offered a condom, but it was not used.
Porn performer Patrick Stone told reporters he was asked to perform in a shoot even after he tested positive for HIV. He said he was told he was HIV-positive in an email on Sept. 10 from Performer Availability Screening Services, which handles STD testing for the industry. Stone said he never got a follow-up call or email from PASS, or from his employer Kink.com, to discuss the results or schedule follow-up testing. Instead, he got an email from Kink.com two days later inquiring about scheduling a shoot this week, he said.

Since then, Stone has taken two additional tests that he said show him as HIV-negative. He said he's awaiting results from a fourth and final test.
"It's been kind of a whirlwind week for me emotionally," Stone said. "I feel that the testing process for PASS is not working. If I was allowed to fall through the cracks like I did, who else is out there?
"I mean, they had me scheduled for a shoot tomorrow and as far as they knew, I was HIV-positive," Stone said.
Kink.com said that it did not know about Stone's positive HIV test when it scheduled him for the shoot.
"He had tested negative for us previously. Because of the moratorium, tests were not updated on the PASS system for producers (because no one was cleared for work)," Mike Stabile, spokesman for Kink.com, said in an email to HuffPost. "He would have been required [to take] a new test regardless before shooting."
Another man who identified himself as a porn performer joined the press conference by phone, saying he wanted to remain anonymous. He claimed to have contracted HIV working in the industry and tested positive in the last six months. That would make him the third performer to test positive for the virus this year.
About two weeks after a shoot, he said he developed acute symptoms and tested positive. He said he had tested negative for HIV two weeks earlier.
A fourth performer, Rod Daily, said he learned he was HIV-positive earlier this month. Daily, who has been in a romantic relationship with Cameron Bay for about two years, has performed in gay porn since 2005 and said he always used condoms.
"That's 12 years that I've shot with HIV-positive people, used condoms and never been HIV-positive," Daily said. "If anything, I know that condoms do work. I was a guinea pig for that.
"I just don’t know how an industry stands here and says they care so much about their performers and, a week after someone tests positive, they're out there shooting without condoms," Daily said. "Ultimately, it’s a business, and their main concern is money and not their performers."
Daily thanked the AIDS Healthcare Foundation "for everything they've done," including helping him and Bay get medication.
Former performer Derrick Burts said he became infected with HIV in 2010 working as a porn performer. Burts said that, like Bay, he had only worked in the industry for a few months before contracting HIV. In his four-month porn career, he said, he contracted chlamydia, gonorrhea and herpes as well.
"To me this is one huge flashback," Burts said. "What's the acceptable number of cases of HIV or herpes or HPV or syphilis or any other dangerous STD before people step up and do something about this?"
Another former performer, Darren James, who said he became infected with HIV in 2004 working as a porn performer, said he "almost lost it" listening to Bay tell her story.
"I didn’t want to see a whole army of people sitting at this table," said James, who now works for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. "This industry has failed and continues to fail. We all need to wake up."
When Bay found out she had HIV on Aug. 21, the Free Speech Coalition, which oversees a database of all adult film performers' STD tests, placed a moratorium on porn shooting. Six days later, the organization lifted the moratorium.
A week after porn shooting had resumed, Bay's boyfriend, Daily, announced that he had tested positive for HIV. Two days after Daily said he was HIV-positive, another performer, who wasn't identified, tested positive. That prompted the Free Speech Coalition to impose a second moratorium.
The Free Speech Coalition announced this week that it would lift the second moratorium on Friday. It also said it will begin requiring STD testing of performers every 14 days, twice as often as before.
The Free Speech Coalition maintains that the three performers who recently tested HIV-positive -- Bay, Daily and the anonymous man -- did not contract HIV on a film set.
LA voters in November passed a measure mandating condom use in porn, despite a large, coordinated campaign against it by the porn industry. Industry insiders say there has been no enforcement of the new law.
The law was authored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which maintains that no amount of testing is safe without condom use. "It's like trying to prevent pregnancy with a pregnancy test," said foundation communications director Ged Kenslea.
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Pastor Impregnates 3 Choir Members, Uses Fetish Powers

A self-acclaimed man of God who runs a church in Ugbolu community, near Asaba, Delta State, has allegedly put three female members of his choir in the family way.

The man, identified as Moses (surname withheld), was also accused of using fetish practices to conduct prayer sessions during worship periods in the community where he is said to also perform miracles.

Reports said Moses, who is now helping the police in its investigations, was alleged to have hood-winked the victims into having closed doors prayer sessions where he was said to have performed various acts on them.

The police spokesperson in the state, ASP Lucky Uyabeme, said that the suspect, upon interrogation, confessed to have lured his victims with “charms,” claiming that this paved the way for him to have sexual intercourse with them.

 Sources said since revelations relating to the Moses’ bizarre acts two weeks ago, there have been palpable tension in the community where worshippers in his church have been seen standing and whispering.

It was gathered that Moses moved into the community from Onitsha where he was allegedly manhandled by a mob after raping a 16-year-old bread hawker.

Moses was arrested after relations of his victims were said to have reported the matter to the Police, following the confessions of the young girls that he had made love to them
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Father, 30, Murders 8-Year-Old Son

A 30-year-old man, Afisu Ibrahim, has been arrested for allegedly killing his eight-year-old son.

It was gathered that the suspect who hails from Irayin Village, Iresaadu, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, hit his son, Majeed Olayiwola on the head with a cudgel.

Olayiwola collapsed and was rushed to the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital (LAUTECH), where he was said to have died upon admission.

When contacted, the police public relations officer (PPRO), DSP Olabisi Ilubanefor, who confirmed the incident, said that the case was reported at the Iresaadu Police Division by one Amos Olatunji.

According to her, Ibrahim was arrested for murder. She disclosed that police detectives had visited the scene of the incident while the corpse was deposited at the morgue of the Ogbomoso General Hospital for autopsy.

Illubanefor said the coroner forms had been served on the hospital for necessary action and that the matter had been transferred to the state criminal investigation department for further investigation.
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GAY TALK..Prince Ajah Nwabueze Igwe Special Adviser To FCT Minister Begging A Young Man For Sex.

Porshe classy are reporting the exclusive news that Special Adviser to the FCT Minister on project implementation and Monitoring , Prince Ajah Nwabueze Igwe has been accused of homosexual practices, an act which is a crime under current Nigerian Laws.

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Moses(Not Real Name) explained how he met Prince Nwabueze in Bayelsa and all that transpired thereafter leading to the SA demanding a gay relationship from him before he could help him get a Job.

Below is how Moses Narrated it all in an Exclusive chat:

“I met Prince Nwabueze Igwe in 2011 when he came to Bayelsa for the burial ceremony of one Mr. Okoye Pappa father’s burial and lodged in Matho Crystal hotel, where I use to work as a guest service agent. When he was checking out he requested for my number which i willingly gave to him been a customer but to my greatest surprise, Prince Nwabueze Igwe sent me an sms admiring me with words like “You’re an handsome guy” which i just replied with a “Thanks Sir”.

That same day, he called and told me how much he liked me from the moment he saw me in Bayelsa and asked that we become gay lovers which I declined immediately hence the end of our communication at that period. In 2012, he called me again and after exchanging pleasantries, Prince Nwabueze Igwe asked if i was still working in the hotel and i said yes. It was then he promised to help me get a job in NDDC with good pay on the condition that I become his gay lover, which i immediately rebuffed. That was how we stopped talking again until when he started calling again in 2013. Prince Nwabueze with President GEJ
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February 2013 precisely, Prince Nwabueze Igwe called me and asked me to resign from my hotel job, he sounded real and convincing that he was going to fix me up in NDDC (Niger Delta Develpoment Commission). Prince deceived me to bring my CV to Abuja for submission and out of joy, i foolishly borrowed money and embarked on my trip to Abuja. On getting to Abuja, I started calling him, but to my utmost surprise, he refused to pick my calls.I lodged in an hotel paid for with my own money(he initially promised to foot my hotel expenses). He knew i was in Abuja but he refused picking my calls until the fourth day, after I had exhausted all the cash i had on me.

On the 4th day after he finally picked up and we spoke, he came down to the hotel where I lodged and took me to Eden Garden at Utaku in Abuja. After a while, he told me to go wait for him in his hotel room which i pretended not to understand. At that point, I told him all I wanted was the job. He now re-affirmed his previous statement of 2011 and 2012 that he wasn’t going to give me the NDDC Job unless I agreed to become his gay lover, and allowed him to have sexual intercourse with me right there and then.

I pleaded with him to assist me out of the kindness of his heart, reminding him that we had gotten over this gay relationship request before i decided to come down to Abuja with my CV, but all my plea fell on deaf ears. Apparently my plea meant nothing to Prince Nwabueze as he stated unequivocally that he doesn’t give his money out neither does help people unless they’re his friends and that the only way we can thread the friendship lane is for us to become gay lovers.

Prince said he wouldn’t mind if i would assume the role of the man in the relationship, he also made an attempt to kiss me which i refused. Still within minutes, he acknowledged my CV saying he’s glad that am a graduate of Electrical/Electronics Engineering but he was hell bent on having sex with me before getting me the supposed well paying job. That day, i wept uncontrollably inside his car, asking him why he can’t just help a brother without making such a horrible demand; he replied me with another question asking if i knew how he made his money.

Before I could say Jack Robinson, he ordered me out of his car for turning down his proposition, saying he needed to attend to people whose hotel was demolished in Abuja. I managed to explain my financial status to him, telling him how I was owing the hotel where i lodged and couldn’t even afford to transport myself back to Bayelsa. But after telling him all these, and appealing to him, Prince insisted that i go sort myself till am ready to comply with his request. I Left his car and he drove off, calling me the following day to confirm if i was still in Abuja I said YES, and even sent him my account number so he could help me with the hotel bills since he was the one that asked me to come down to Abuja but he practically ignored me.

I begged and managed to clear my bills and returned to Yenogoa and we never spoke again until he started calling back about six weeks ago and that was when i made up my mind to expose his shameless personality to Nigerians considering all he made me go through, and figuring that he has probably been getting away with such in the past. This time he pleaded profusely for what he did then said he wanted to get married as gay lovers. Again, he asked that i borrow money from my mum and come to Abuja. I had our phone conversation recorded and i forwarded it with this email to PorscheClassy Media for Publication”.

When Porsche Classy contacted Prince Nwabueze Igwe about the allegation, he was quick to deny it, claiming it must be the handwork of his political enemies. When told that there is recorded evidence on this case, he was also quick to say that he must have been cloned. In his words to reporters who spoke to him on phone, he said “My Brother, thank you for telling about this but please don’t believe them. Am sure they just want to run me down cause of my great work in the Federal Capital Territory, My brother i will never do such."

He pleaded with reporters that the story be ignored and not published but when told that publication would go ahead, Prince Nwabueze Igwe threatened to report the reporters to the Inspector General of Police and also take legal actions. 
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Undergraduate Student Serial Rapist Nabbed

A 22-year-old un-dergraduate of Caleb University, Lagos, Ugochukwu Agudosi, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court, Lagos, for allegedly raping a lady in an uncompleted building in Ikeja metropolis. Agudosi, who is facing a four-count charge bordering on rape, preferred against him by the Police, was docked before Magistrate Sule Hamsat, Monday.

Prosecutor, Inspector Roman Unuigbe, said that the offence committed is punishable under Sections 260, 261,262 and 258 of the criminal laws No 11, Vol 44 laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.

However, when the charge was read to him, he pleaded not guilty. Magistrate Hamsat granted him bail in the sum of N100,000, with two sureties in like sum. He was unable to meet the bail condition and was remanded in prison custody.

The undergraduate, who was arrested by Policemen at Area ‘F’ Command, Ikeja, it was, gathered, had been remanded in prison custody over a similar offence.

His modus oparandi, it was gathered, include chatting up his victims on Black Berry. Along the line, he would invite them for a date, a plan his victims usually fall for because of his posh car. Rather than take them to an eatery as anticipated, he would take them to an uncompleted building in Ikeja Government Reserved Area, where he allegedly raped them.

Police sources said: “Immediately he raped any of his victims, he would delete their contacts from his BB chat.

“Nemesis caught up with him after one of them, who turned out to be his senior in school, reported to the Police, leading to Agudosi’s arrest. He was charged to court and remanded in prison custody because he could not meet his bail conditions, but was later released. When the case came up for hearing, the lady said she wanted to withdraw the case. This made it difficult for policemen to continue with the prosecution, since there was no direct witness.”

 

Just after his release, he reportedly attacked another 22-year-old lady. The incident reportedly occurred on August 27 at 8pm.

The lady was said to have reported the case at the Area F Command, which led to the re-arrest of Enugu State-born Agudosi.
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”If I have séx, I will sing about it”, Gospel musician, Maheeda

Musician Maheeda has always been known for courting controversy. So when the singer,who is famous for her semi-nudé photos, suddenly proclaimed last year that she was born-again, the news was received with amusement and disbelief.

And it seems they were right to take her “conversion” with a pinch of salt. The star, who became a gospel musician when she reportedly converted, is not born again anymore.

She has reportedly returned to her old ways of posting pictures of herself, half-clad, on the internet.

One of her fans apparently caught wind of her “backsliding” when she made a less than Christian comment and he challenged her by asking on Twitter if it was true that she was into gospel music. And to this Maheeda reportedly responded:

“My music is based on life. If I have séx, I will sing about it.”

Well, there you have it.

Its Official Tiwa Savage Is Getting Married In November

It's official! Tiwa Savage and her fiance, Teebillz are getting married. They will be getting married traditionally on the 23rd of November in Lagos while their white wedding will hold next year February at Maldive Islands, an island nation in the Indian Ocean

Kim K And Baby Attend Grandpa's Burial

Kim and her baby daughter attended Kanye's grandfather's burial in Oklahoma on Saturday August 17th and as you can see, she's gotten her figure back.

Portwood Williams, Kanye’s late mother’s dad, died August 10, at the age of 97

I Can Act Nude For $50 Million – Namanda Ebeye

Upcoming Nollywood actress, Amanda Ebeye, has disclosed that she can act nude for $50million.
Here’s what she said in a recent interview:
“I can do everything because I’m an actress. For $50 million yes, I will do it. That’s why I am an actress, everything you want me to do I’ll do as long as you pay. For $50 million I can act nude. I respect my culture but people pretend a lot in Africa.”
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Former Nigerian female footballer, Iyabo Abade now living as a man

Former Super Falcons striker Iyabo Abade lived for many years as a hermaphrodite - a person with male and female organ. She/he had surgery in the US in 2004 and is now living as a man named James Johnson. Punch caught up with him recently and he opened up about his life

Now that you are a man, has it been easy playing men’s football?

I thank God for how far He has brought me. I have made every effort to get to the top as a footballer but there is no support from anywhere, even the Nigeria Football Federation. I am just trying on my own to get to the top but it hasn’t been easy. You go for trials and you do well and you are recruited but after sometime, they will start acting funny; they use my past against me. I try to ensure that I don’t let clubs know who I am.  I don’t like telling them that I am the former Iyabo Abade; I have to go there like every other normal player and fight for a place in the team. But when they hear that former Iyabo Abade has signed for either Crown FC or Plateau United, they start discriminating against me. 

Meanwhile I got there as James Johnson but they keep asking, “Can she cope in the midst of guys?” They have forgotten that I am a man and I met their requirements before they signed me up. Once they now know my past, they won’t allow me to play anymore. Were they blind when they signed me? With that, I feel frustrated and discriminated against so I decided that there was no need disturbing myself and I decided to quit. I am praying that God helps me so that I can continue my career abroad. I think things will be better over there.

Has the society accepted you for who you are?

Some do but some have not. Everybody cannot like you for who you are, so you just have to take life the way it is. My colleagues who we played together in the women’s league all welcome me. Some people want to be my friends even when they don’t know who I am and even when they know that I am the former Iyabo Abade turned James Johnson, they are still happy to be my friends. I am happy with that. There is no need for me to be feeling sad that God created me the way I am. So, I am happy with life but I feel sad because some people are out there to cut short your happiness. I will be happy playing football but some people don’t like it.

What is your relationship with your Falcons teammates?

Some of them still welcome me; they see me just like every other person. They don’t discriminate against me; we grew up together and did things together even though I am no more in their group. I am so happy about that. When the news first came out, a lot of them were shocked because they didn’t even know anything about hermaphrodite. But later, they sympathised with me; they said I am not God and didn’t create myself. That was how it went and we are still friends till now.

Your rehabilitation should be in stages. How far have you gone?

I am still on it. After I went for check-up in 2009, I am due for the next stage, where a surgery will be carried out to enable me become a full man and live a normal and perfect life. But every effort has been futile; nothing is really happening and I am looking up to God to intervene in this issue. I have made every effort and gone to the NSC but they did nothing. I took a letter there and was going there for about seven months. So I have to look elsewhere to enable me complete the surgery. I also wrote to NFF when Sani Lulu was the head and he gave me hope. He said, ‘Bring your letter and we will see what we can do.’ But at the end, they said, ‘We don’t know what happened to your letter.’ When it gets to releasing money, that is when the letter gets missing. Only Family Worship helped me a great deal to go for the check-up.

How much do you need for the surgery?

I will need about N12m for the final surgery. My doctor says I have to stay in the US for one year, so that he can monitor the final process. Aside the surgery, I will have to pay for accommodation for one year and other things like feeding and transportation.

Now that you haven’t finished the rehabilitation, would you say you are living a man’s life?

I would say I am living happily but my joy will be to complete the whole stages of the rehabilitation. Then I can boast of myself as a real man just like other guys. I will say I still need the final surgery before I can answer your question further.

You once had the ambition of becoming the first person ever to play for the female and male national teams of a country but the dream seems dashed. How do you feel?

I feel rejected and frustrated because football is my life but the NSC and the NFF are not in support of my ambition. If we had a good sports commission, I won’t be in this situation. Do they want me to cry to the US government? That will be a disgrace to Nigeria.

Who are those that stood behind you during your trying times?

I want to thank former FCT ministers Abba Gana and Nasir el-Rufai; they were very helpful. I wrote to the former First Lady, Turai Yar’Adua, and Patience Jonathan, who was then Second Lady. Though I didn’t get money from the First Lady but I was given the opportunity to enter Aso Rock. Unfortunately, her husband fell sick and she couldn’t attend to me. She asked some people to attend to me but I didn’t hear from them. The present First Lady has not done anything to help me despite all the efforts I have made to reach her, a fellow Niger Deltan like her. If northerners can show concern for me, why not her? Family Worship also gave me money for my check-up as well as the Redeemed Christian Church of God. I appreciate all of them.

Would you accept if the US says you should naturalise and play for them?

I will accept it with both hands. It’s everybody’s dream to be a US citizen, so I will jump at the opportunity.

What is your advice to other hermaphrodites, who are ashamed to come out or don’t have the opportunity you have?

I have some already and I have given my doctor in the US their contacts. They are two and they are into female football. They say a problem shared is half solved. If people don’t know your problem, you will die with it, so they just have to come out and let the world know what they are passing through. They need to look unto God. If not for God, I would have been a forgotten issue because at times, I feel like committing suicide. You will want to run into a moving truck but I thank God for being in charge of my life. I am happy today and everybody wants to mingle with me. So, life goes on.

Are you thinking of setting up a foundation for hermaphrodites?

Yes, so that many people with such issues can be treated. I hope to make it a worldwide foundation. There are a lot of hermaphrodites but they are shy or afraid to come out. There was a case that happened in Delta State when they almost killed a hermaphrodite. They said she is a witch. But it is not proper because these people didn’t create themselves. They should use me as a sign of hope. They can also be treated and be happy just like myself. I won’t blame them for not coming out because the support is not there in Nigeria. If they come out, they will be discriminated against.

When ladies you approach realise later that you were once like them, do they run away?

I am loved by women, there’s no doubt about that. They want to be my best friend. Everywhere I go, women always appreciate me because of my looks even when they later get to know about my issue. They always want to grab the opportunity to date someone like me. Some of them are happy to be with me because they have never seen such a person before. Every woman is mixing with James Johnson.

How was your trip to the US in 2012 with the Marasata Soccer Academy?

Marasata Soccer Academy brought me back to life because I felt so frustrated when I was neglected. The academy brought me in to lead the female team because I once played female football. That was how I became head of the coaching crew and with time, I will get to the top. The trip to the US last year was a success.

Aside not having a club side, do you still play football?

Of course yes. Football is part of me and I play every now and then, even with my boys in the academy. I derive joy in football; I play with Karo All Stars in Abuja and we play so many competitions.

If you look back now, is there a time you will recount with joy while playing female football?

Sometimes I feel sad that I didn’t continue what I know how to do best in the midst of the girls but I ignore it and let go. It’s not over, I still feel I will play for this country one day as a man but whether I play or not, I am happy with life. I was excluded from the 1999 Women’s World Cup but when the team returned home, my club FCT Queens had a match against Pelican Stars, which paraded all the superstars like Ann Agumanu, Mercy Akide, Eberechi Opara and Stella Mbachu. I was the only star in my team. It’s a game people still talk about. We were 2-1 down and I scored an incredible goal from the flank. That goal helped us beat Pelican 3-2 and they were complaining that why did they allow me to play the game after it was discovered that I am a hermaphrodite. People still say it was the best game they saw me play. My goal gingered my teammates to beat them. I will never forget that game. FCT Queens also won the Challenge Cup and I was one of the team’s trainers. That was how I got help to go for surgery. We were hosted in Sheraton and the then FCT Minister Nasir el-Rufai sponsored me to the US for the surgery.

Initially, was it easy blending from a female to male?

It was not easy in the beginning playing with the men but I took up the challenge. I didn’t get support as a male footballer. If I had remained as a female footballer, I knew where I would be now. In men’s football, it’s all about who you know. If you don’t have someone to back you up, forget it, no matter what you play. I felt there was no need going to a club and telling them that I was Iyabo Abade. I wanted to be there on merit but after signing, I faced discrimination.  I played for NEPA and Plateau United. At Plateau, they brought me in always as a late substitute because they didn’t believe I could play. But we were five they selected out of over 100 players that came for trials. If I was not good, why did they pick me from such a large number of players?

Do you sometimes feel like being a woman?

I chose to become a man because it is what God wants me to be. I didn’t use money as my priority in opting to be a man. If it was for money reasons, I would have remained as a woman because I was getting to the top of female football in Nigeria. I am happy with the decision I took. If I became a female, I probably wouldn’t have been happy with my life. So I just decided to move on. I am not regretting the step I made. I can tell you, women are running after me like Usain Bolt and I think it is better for me. I like it that way. I never expected it that way. Today, I am pleased that people want to know me.

We know you have been very close to Agatha Agu for a very long time. Are you planning to get married to her?

She is a very good person and if God says she is going to be my wife, I will be the happiest man because she deserves it; she has always been there for me right from our days in female football. She has been my backbone even when things are not working well. I know by His grace, we will get there.

Can you tell us your best moment?

I don’t have any yet until I wear the colours of the national team. If I cannot play for the main Eagles, at least I can for the home-based Eagles. I will appreciate if I get the opportunity.

If the home-based Eagles camp is thrown open ahead of the 2014 CHAN, do you think you can make it?

With God, I will make it. I am so sure of myself.

What is your word for coach Stephen Keshi?

I wish him the best. He has won the AFCON trophy, so we should appreciate him even if he is making some mistakes. We shouldn’t be criticising him always. He is a good coach and he needs our support.

Source:  Punch

Accept Yoruba Leader Or Leave Lagos —Igbo Traders Warned

The traders of Igbo origin operating at the Ladpo Auto Spare Parts Market, Mushin, Lagos have been told to accept Yoruba man as leader or leave the state.

The ordeal was handed down to the protesting traders due to their continued resistance of Alhaji Oladotun Abibu Oki as the Babaloja of the market.

Lamenting their ordeal, the royal father of the market Chief Nwosu told reporters that “99 percent of marketers in Ladipo are Igbo. To be fair to all, he should come
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TONTO DIKE DROP BOMBS ON SENATORS OVER UNDER AGE MARRIAGE

The controversial Nollywood star actress, Tonto Dike has joined other prominent Nigeria to condemn the purported legalization of underage marriage by Nigerian senators.

The actress wrote hilariously on herFacebook page…

‘Is so shameful that our so called st*pid OgaAtDtop ar trying to bring back Under age marriage to our gra8 country Nigeria, how can u sit ur stupid a** in dat God 4saken chair calling ur selves Senators and u talkin like bounce on idi*ts, ya kw me i dnt hide ma feelings, u al ar f**ls aka ol*do, m*mu, if u dnt kw youth ar the light of the world make their light shine n stop talking abt teen marriages, n start talking abt better things like (Good roads, electricity, good schools, etc) pals let’s join hands 2geda n support Mrs Stella Damasus on dis campaign SayNoToChild Slavery! My name is Tonto Charity Dikeh I’m a true Nigerian n I’m not scared to say my mind #‎poko’

Tonto joins a growing number of celebrities protesting the bill.

Nollywood Actress Chika Ike divorced

Two weeks after Funke Akindele marriage crashed, another nollywood actress, Chika Ike’s marriage breakage has also been announced.

After a protracted separation from her ex; Tony Eberiri, Nollywood screen goddess Chika Ike filed a motion at an Abuja high court. On Friday July 26th, she got what she wanted; a divorce!

Chika broke the news herself on her facebook wall.

Chika and Tony got married in 2006, but the marriage hit the rocks a few years later.

WIZKID TURNS STREET FIGHTER IN LONDON.......................

Yes o! It's true! Even American rapper Wale Folarin self was the one that revealed it on twitter! Wale and wizzy were actually chilling at a London bar last night when the sh*t took place read Wales tweets below;  Wale Folarin (@Wale) 7/27/13, 8:45 PM Me and @wizkidayo at the bar.. Some nigga just was actin crazy wiz said oloshi.. And threw his drink on him #wildnaijakid  *hmmm! Wizzy be careful o! London ain't Iyana ipaja! I've said my own!

Nigeria Scales Up To 36th Position On Global GDP Ranking ...A 6.6 Percent Growth Rate, One Of The Fastest Obtainable Worldwide

The Federal Government yesterday said the nation had witnessed improvement in the global Gross Domestic Product ranking from number 44th in 2010 to 36th in 2012, recording a 6.6 per cent economic growth,one of the fastest growth rates obtainable anywhere in the world.

President Goodluck Jonathan, who was represented by Vice-President Namadi Sambo, said this while declaring open the 6th National Diaspora Day Conference organised by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in Abuja.
The conference had as its theme, ‘Diaspora Nigerians –Agents of investment and development.’
 “We have further reduced our fiscal deficit in the 2013 budget to 1.81 per cent of the GDP and significantly cut domestic borrowing,” Jonathan said.
He also applauded Nigerians in the Diaspora, who had responded positively to the call for greater involvement in the nation building process, adding that they should be very proud for their remittances and investments in Nigeria’s fast-growing stock market, real estate and other business ventures.
The President said, “We are creating an enabling environment to attract both foreign and local investors into the country. Nigerians in Diaspora must now respond positively to the invitation to come home and contribute to the development of this nation.
“As a concrete step towards achieving our objectives, this year’s Diaspora conference should be greatly focused and result-oriented. The success of countries such as India, China, Pakistan, Thailand and the Philippines, which have strategically engendered the Diaspora as a mechanism to accelerate national development, is an excellent model for us to understudy.
“The Indian experience, in particular, has shown that Diaspora communities are important sources of Foreign Direct Investment, trade linkages, knowledge and technology transfer. Having lived abroad and embraced international best practices, Nigerians in Diaspora possess the requisite experience, expertise and contacts to contribute to all facets of our national life.''
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TRAGIC: Patience Jonathan’s Mother Dies In Car Crash

There was anxiety in Port Harcourt on Monday as news of the death of Mrs. Iwari-Oba, the mother of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience,  spread in the Rivers State capital.

The mother of Mrs. Jonathan was said to have been involved in a ghastly motor accident along Elele Road in Rivers State.

It was gathered that the woman, who is from Okrika Local Government Area, was on her way to Bayelsa State when the accident happened.

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