PHOTO: Gospel Singer Eben Marries His Sweetheart, Jahdiel

Gospel singer, Emmanuel Benjamin aka Eben married his sweetheart Jahdiel Peter, who is also a gospel singer herself, on Saturday 30th November, in the Ikota area of Lagos. Congrats and happy married life!

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EXCLUSIVE: How President Jonathan's Letter Forced G7 Govs To Dump PDP for APC

Fresh facts emerged at the weekend on the role a letter reportedly sent from Aso Rock Presidential Villa mid last month fuelled the unmitigated angst of the seven aggrieved state governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, otherwise known as G-7, leading to five of them dumping the party and joining the APC.

In fact, whereas the state governors were expecting a reply to their admonition that President Jonathan should fix a date for the continuation of exploratory talks with a view to resolving the crisis rocking the party at the national level, what they got was a big shocker. See all the revelations below...

According to a Vanguard report, it was an opportunity and they grabbed it with both hands.

The aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, (G-7) wanted a reason to dump their party and they were handed one by no other person than President Goodluck Jonathan himself.

And although some of the seven governors explained that they all knew that Jonathan was not prepared to meet with them and resolve the issues that gave rise to the crisis, given his body language and the sustained acts of impunity arising from the party leadership, they waited for the appropriate time.

LETTER-IN-CHIEF FROM COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

In fact, one of the governors confided in Sunday Vanguard that the impression they got from the President’s body language suggested a “great deal that we were being taken for a ride”.

The meeting that was supposed to have been held on October 7, 2013 but which was postponed because some members of the G-7 had gone for the Hajj, appeared to have been permanently kept in abeyance.

Vanguard was made to understand that whereas the Hajj had been concluded and another meeting expected to be scheduled and held, nothing of the sort was in the horizon.

“It got to a point that we all decided to write a reminder to Mr. President”, one of the governors disclosed.

The content of the letter was simply to “remind Mr. President of the importance of time and the fact that he needed to meet with us”.

Rather than a quick response to their letter, the governors did not get any from the Villa.

Corroborating this, another governor revealed to that what they got was a belated response, the content of which was “not only uncomplimentary, it showed clearly that some people were deceiving President Jonathan about their sense of self importance”.

The response jolted the governors.

“We were surprised to see a belated letter from the Presidency which should have read something like ‘based on earlier talks’ or ‘based on earlier exploratory talks with a view to achieving peace for our great party’, what we got was a letter telling us that ‘in response to our request for a peace meeting, the President has decided to meet with us.'

“The impression the tone of the letter conveyed was that we were the ones seeking to make peace with President Jonathan.

“Meanwhile, we staged an open walkout on him at Eagle Square during that sham described as a national convention; the leaders of the party called a meeting and we decided to honour our leaders and elders by attending the meeting; a committee was set up and we also accorded the committee some level of due regard and respect, only to be slapped with such a letter that can best be described as impudent.

“From the tone and contents of the letter from the Villa, it became clear to all of us that the President was not interested in resolving the contentious issues and we decided to leave the party for them and go over to the APC”.

Even the last opportunity to avert the defection was bungled last Sunday.

Although the seven governors had waited for him to meet with them in Abuja, as scheduled, the President surreptitiously called off the peace parley, claiming that he was tired after returning from the meeting of the Honorary International Investors Council, HIIC, in London. Jonathan shot himself on the foot by calling off the meeting when all the governors had already settled down in Asokoro waiting for his arrival for the final push to salvage the party from the brink.

“The President wanted to give the whole world the erroneous impression that it was the seven of us, who actually sought for peace, forgetting that he had intervened before and asked us to sheath our sword and we respected him and still waited,” the governor explained.

“As far as we are concerned, we are gone to the APC for good and there is no turning back. Any of the governors, who wants to still remain in PDP can do so; but for me, it is over and forever,” the governor said.

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Mozambique Airlines plane crashes in Namibia, killing 33 people

A Mozambique Airlines plane carrying 27 passengers and 6 crew members crashed in Namibia on Saturday November 30th, killing all on board, local media reports.

The Brazilian-made Embraer 190 aircraft left Maputo and was heading to Luanda when it crashed in a remote border area near a Namibian national park, Mozambique authorities said. The plane was carrying 10 Mozambicans, 9 Angolans, 5 Portuguese, and one citizen each from France, Brazil and China, plus six crew members, including two pilots, three flight attendants and a maintenance technician, the airline said today.



Investigators are now trying to determine the cause of the crash.

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"Kim's destroyed all of her credibility" - Kris Jenner furious after Kim appeared topless in Kanye's Bound 2 Music Video

According to Heat magazine, Kim Kardashian's mum Kris was really upset when she watched Kanye's erotic Bound2 video which had Kim topless..

‘Kris went ballistic, telling her daughter this is worse than the 2007 leaked sex tape that Kim made with her ex-boyfriend Ray J, because that was meant to stay private, while this was meant to go public.She started crying, saying how ashamed she was to see her daughter being 'forced into something so degrading'. She's saying that Kim's destroyed all of her credibility.

Kourtney told her she thought the video was disgusting and disrespectful, to the family and all their relatives, but also questioned why Kim did it,’ the source added.

The entire family are said to be deeply concerned by the potential damage Kim’s recent appearance could have on the lucrative Kardashian brand. They are considering an intervention,’ said the source. ‘They think Kim is really struggling and 'all over the place' since she had baby North.‘Kim has never let herself be this influenced before when it comes to her image and brand. ‘So everyone wants to go into family therapy sessions - they sit the person down and tell them they are all worried and have therapy as a group.’

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“I am Too Busy Making Money” – Empress Njamah responds to Timaya’s “Negative” Comments

Empress Njamah isn’t one to publicly throw shade at her former partner.

If you were expecting the Nollywood actress to give her own robust reply after music star Timaya said she “has a negative record”, you’ll be disappointed.

Punch recently contacted the actress to speak on Timaya’s comments. In the phone conversation, she revealed “People who are mature can depict what is true and what is not. I am not ready to say anything.”

On if the comment bothers her: “Why would it bother me? It is one thing to be hurt over such statement and another thing to be disappointed. I wasn’t hurt and I wasn’t even disappointed. Worst things have been said and written about me but the people who know who I am would tell the difference.”

She also revealed that she is more interested in her life at the moment rather than talking about “what doesn’t

make sense”.

“I am more involved with my birthday and celebrating it with the orphans and the less privileged. I am better off talking about this than to talk about what is not important. I am too busy making money. People who know you will always know how positive you have affected their lives. I am surrounded by so many people who have shown me love so there is no reason for me to be pained.”

“Too busy making money” Yikes! Empress sure knows how to reply statements.

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Omotola, Don Jazzy, named among 2013 Africa's 100 Most Influential People

Actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, music producer Don Jazzy, writer Chimama Adichie and musicians P-Square have been named one of Africa's 100 Most Influential People in 2013 by the New African Magazine

Other Africans in the list include Ghanaian/US actor Idris Elba, Nigerian/UK actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sudan

supermodel Alek Wek, South African comedian Trevo Noah, South African fashion mogul, Precious Moloi-Motsepe and Senegalese actor Omar Sy. Well deserved. See the full list HERE

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Saheed Balogun Drags Ex-Wife, Fathia To Court Over Her Refusal To Drop His Name

Nollywood actor Saheed Balogun has reportedly dragged his ex-wife Fathia Balogun to court over her refusal to stop bearing his last name, years after their marriage ended.

According to Punch, Saheed Balogun had once said in an interview that he would stop her Fathia Balogun, from using his name when he was ready, saying:

“She is my ex. As for my name that she is still answering, the deed will be done soon. The Nigerian law says that after three or four years, you can do something about it. If somebody wants to keep my name, what of the new person coming in? This has nothing to do with grudges.”



And now, it seems Saheed is ready to do something about his threat.

Fathia on the other hand is insisting that nobody could stop her from using her name.

Fathia had said last year in an interview:

“I laugh, my name is Fathia Balogun and it’s going to remain Balogun; nobody can ever change that and nobody can stop me from answering that name.”

When Saturday Beats contacted Saheed and Fathia to confirm they are in court, both refused to talk about it.

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