South African Reacts Over controversial painting of President Zuma in sexual act with late Nelson Mandela

The latest painting by controversial artist, Ayanda Mabulu, which portrays President Jacob Zuma in a sexual act with the late former President Nelson Mandela emerged on Thursday and caused a stir on social media.

Mabulu titled his painting "Economy of Rape".
Artist Ayanda Mabulu has defended his painting saying he's merely expressing his views on the current situation in the country. The painting is interpreted as raping the former president Nelson Mandela's legacy. he spoke to Sakina Kamwendo.


"Whilst we respect Mabulu's freedom of expression, we find his work grotesque, inflammatory and of bad taste," the African National Congress (ANC) on Friday said in a statement.

  

Mabulu is no stranger to controversy. He courted trouble last year when he painted Zuma performing a sexual act with controversial businessman Atul Gupta in a cockpit of an aeroplane.

Another of his paintings, titled "Spear Down My Throat (The Pornography of Power)" in 2015 depicted Zuma with his manhood in the throat of a woman (representing South Africa) while she was being penetrated by a hyena in a Victorian suit.

Mabulu's paintings have sparked outrage in certain quarters and heated debate around freedom of expression and respect for the rights of individuals in recent years.

DAWN DG Dipo Famakinwa Is Dead

The Director General of the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria, DAWN, Commission, Dipo Famakinwa is dead.

Mr. Famakinwa’s organisation was responsible for designing and implementing the blueprint for better integration and governance of the six south-western states.

Mr. Famakinwa died in a Lagos hospital on the eve of planned evacuation for medical treatment abroad. May his soul rest in peace.

That Moment 27-yr-old American graduating Doctor set to marry her degree

27-year-old Angie Hamouie from Houston, Texas is set to marry to her medical degree.

Angle is graduating from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in June and is celebrating by throwing what she has dubbed a “graduwedding.”
There’s going to be a wedding-style dress, a first dance with the diploma and, of course, graduwedding cake. Hamouie even created a website on wedding website The Knot to announce her union with her M.D.

“This was such a big deal for her, because it was the culmination of three degrees and nine years of higher education,” Hamouie’s Knot page reads. “Her match represented everything she had worked toward.


Angie realized this graduation would only happen once in her life. She wondered, why is it that no one really celebrates their graduation? And if she threw a party, how could she convey that this party was a Big Deal?”
So, after her “ enmatchment,” Hamouie planned a graduwedding. The party is set for May 13, and she’s invited friends and family to come join her on her big day.
  “I didn’t think folks would take this party seriously because it was ‘only’ a graduation,” Hamouie told The Huffington Post. “I wanted to convey that this milestone is a huge deal for me, and I thought the best way to do that would be by pretending to marry my degree.”
“The message I ultimately want to send with my graduwedding is that getting an education is a huge feat, and it should be celebrated as such.”

Kris Jenner Insists She Did Not Know About Caitlyn's Gender Issues Before They Had S3x

                              
Kris Jenner is not happy about ex Caitlyn Jenner's upcoming memoir.

In a newly released clip from Keeping Up With The Kardashians released by E!, the 61-year-old momager fumes over the upcoming tell-all even saying that everything about their relationship written in the book was made up.

In the tense two-minute clip, Kris could be seen confiding in daughters Kim and Khloe as she explains that she had read a manuscript of the book and that the only nice thing Caitlyn, 67, said about her was that she was great socially at a party once.

None of it makes sense,' Kris said angrily. 'Everything she says is all made up. Why does everything have to be that Kris is such a b**** and an a**hole?'

In the book - titled The Secrets Of My Life - Caitlyn insists that she was transparent about her gender issues but Kris disputed those claims.

The mother-of-six said: 'All through the book, Kris knew. "Kris knew before I even made love to her." I'm like, "What!?"'

The star - who is currently in a relationship with Corey Gamble - seemed to be very hurt by what was written especially because she believes that she has tried hard to understand and improve her relationship with Caitlyn.

'I've done nothing but open up my home and my heart to a person who doesn't give a s***. So, I'm done,' Kris said. 'I've never been so angry and disappointed in somebody in my whole life.'

Kim, 36, agrees with her mother and is obviously sympathetic to her situation as she says in a confessional: 'My mom's been putting in so much effort trying so hard to have a good relationship for their kids together.

"I wish I raped her" - Adam Johnson caught bragging to prison inmates about schoolgirl he sexually abused

                                  
Paedo footballer Adam Johnson has been filmed telling inmates he wishes he’d raped his victim.
The ex-England star, 29, is serving six years for sexual activity with a girl, 15.In a video inside jail, a fellow lag points out that he did not commit rape.
Johnson laughs: “I wish I f***ing did for six year.”

He also makes crude breast gestures about the girl. Sources say his hopes of release are now over.

 The disgraced former Sunderland star, 29, jailed for grooming, kissing and touching a 15-year-old girl, told jurors at his trial he was “ashamed” of his actions.


But in a shocking video recorded behind bars by cons, defiant Johnson blamed his celebrity Premier League status for landing him in jail — and dismissed his crimes as “f*** all”.

Asked by inmates what would have happened if he was “Joe Public”, he said:

 “I would have got a caution at the police station. They might not even have charged.”

The shock six-minute film, believed to have been filmed in the laundry room at HMP Moorland sparked an immediate investigation by prison chiefs.

Prisoner: “How long you got, six years int ya?”
Johnson: “Yeah.”
Prisoner: “And you never even f***ed the bird?”
Johnson (laughing): “I didn’t even get my c**k out.”
Prisoner: “It’s not like you f***ing raped her or owt like that?”
Johnson (laughing): “No, I wish I f***ing did for six year.”

Johnson, who has a two-year-old daughter with his ex Stacey Flounders, then told how his victim used to wait for him with her “t**s out” when he played for Sunderland.

Survivors of Calabar Football Viewing Center Tragedy

We bring you photos of the survivors who escaped death following the tragedy that saw at least 30 football fans die after a high tension wire fell on a viewing centre during Manchester United league clash with Anderlecht yesterday in Calabar, Cross River State.

The state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has described as tragic and horrifying the loss of several lives at a viewing centre in Calabar, the state capital. A horrified Ayade said it was heartwrenching that the lives of the young men were lost in such a gripping manner through electrocution.

The governor, according to a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Chief Press, Mr Christian Ita, said the incident marks a dark chapter in the life of the state.
He commiserated with families of the victims, and promised that the state government will look into the likely cause of the incident with a view to preventing a reoccurence.

Arkansas Executes Man In First Death Penalty Use In 12 Years

Arkansas has executed Ledell Lee in the US state's first use of the death penalty in 12 years.

It is the first of a series of executions expected after the state Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling blocking the use of a lethal injection.

Justices reversed the ban on the use of vecuronium bromide, one of the three drugs used by the state.

Lee's third request to stay the execution was denied.


He was pronounced dead at 2356 local time on Thursday (0456 GMT on Friday) at the state's death chamber in its Cummins Unit prison, a Department of Corrections spokesman said.

Lee did not make a final statement. Instead of a last meal, he asked to receive communion, an official said.

One Dies, Houses Destroyed As Cultists, Youths Clash

                               
                                 

A bloody clash between suspected cult members and youth leaders over a chieftaincy stool claimed the life of one Nengi Isere, and led to the setting of about 20 buildings on fire in Bayelsa.

The incident occurred on Thursday in Ogbolomabiri community, in the Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

The clash was said to have caused pandemonium in the community as the suspected cult members looted shops and business premises operated by non-indigenes and indigenes.

It was learnt that Nengi, who was reportedly being chased by the members of the Nembe Youth Congress, jumped into a river and drowned.

It was said that when his corpse floated along the waterways, some "cult members" in his support went berserk and vented their anger on the buildings, cars and shops in the community.

They were said to have destroyed about 20 buildings, burnt vehicles and looted shops.

A house belonging to the father of a prominent chief in the community, Chief Nengi James, was reportedly torched by the rampaging youths.

A source from the community said, “Trouble started on Monday when a principal member of the Nembe Youth Congress slapped Isere around the venue of a chieftaincy installation.

“He was assaulted for leading a group of youths opposed to a traditional ruler who was recognised by the Amayanabo of Nembe, King Edmund Daukoru.”

The Nembe City Clan Chairman of the Ijaw Youth Council, Yenimi Dick-Agbe, who confirmed the incident, appealed to government to intervene in order to restore peace to the community.

But King Daukoru was said to have held an emergency meeting with members of his council of chiefs to stop the crisis.

$19,000, N18m recovered from Senator Goje’s house in Abuja

Security operatives who stormed the Abuja residence of Danjuma Goje, the senator representing Gombe central, found cash in sums of $19,000 and 4,000 Saudi riyals.

They also found cash of 18 million Nigerian Naira.

Although the police authorities are yet to issue a statement on the Thursday afternoon search, there are unconfirmed reports that they might have been acting on a tip-off.
Goje, who was governor of Gombe from 2003-2011, was at the national assembly office working on the 2017 budget when federal police stormed his residence with over 40 officers.
“Our men were there for between four and five hours and they carried out a thorough search,” the source told The Cable.

It was learnt that officers broke down doors and all the boxes found in the house of the chairman of the senate appropriations committee. They also went through all the files in the residence.

Recall that EFCC recently recovered about N15billion in a flat in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Heartbroken fiancée of Aaron Hernandez & daughter seen for the 1st time after his death

Aaron Hernandez’s fiancée and their daughter were pictured for the first time today since the convicted murderer’s suicide, after it emerged he had been planning his death for weeks.

Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, 27, carried a car seat for her four-year-old daughter Avielle and was accompanied by a friend as she left her mother Jodi’s house in Bristol, Connecticut.

The usually immaculately turned-out Jenkins-Hernandez appeared tired and drawn as she left the row house shortly before sunset.

Earlier in the day, DailyMail.com discovered Hernandez had been plotting his suicide for some time, giving away all of his possessions to other prisoners before he was found hanged in his cell alongside three handwritten notes.

He had also soaped the floor of his cell so that he would not be able to stand if he changed his mind.

Checkout Why Ugandan pastor burns church members Bibles

                                  
A Ugandan pastor of House of Prayer ministries, Aloysius Bugingo allegedly gathered all his church members Bibles on Easter Monday and burned them because he thinks it's misleading them.
According to the report by Zambezi Reporters,  he says that Bibles like the King James version and the New Testament, have been tampered with and some verses omitted.
Pastor Bugingo said that the lines talking about the Fasting and Lent, in general, were erased and that the word “ Holy Ghost ” appears a whopping 99 times yet the word “Holy Spirit” appears only seven times.
He therefore, requested members of his congregation to collect all the said Bible versions and set them ablaze.

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Footballer Ugo Ehiogu dies from cardiac arrest

Nigerian-born ex-England international defender, Ugochukwu Ehiogu, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest on Thursday. He was 44.

Ugo, as he's fondly called, suffered the cardiac arrest at the training ground of Tottenham Hotspur, where he was managing the U-23 team.

His death was announced by his employers this Friday morning.

Born of Nigerian parents in Homerton, England, on November 3, 1972, Ehiogu opted to play for the English national team despite spirited attempts by Nigeria to make him switch loyalty.

Ehiogu played for Aston Villa between 1991 and 2000, making over 200 appearances.

In 2000, he joined Middlesbrough where he spent seven years.

He won three League Cups — with Villa in 1994 and 1996, and Middlesbrough in 2004 who beat Jay Jay Okocha’s Bolton in the final.

He also played for West Brom, Leeds, Rangers and Sheffield United, before retiring in 2009 after a 20-year professional career.  RIP!

K1, Davido To Perform At Eniola Badmus' Dad's Burial

The final burial party for the father of Nollywood actress/comedian Eniola Badmus will take place this weekend on Sunday 23rd of April in Lagos. The actress lost her father last month at the age of 85.This weekend will be an opportunity for her and members of her family to host all friends and well-wishers to celebrate the life of their dear father.

Expected to perform at the event are King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall (K1) and Davido with so many side attraction. The burial will also attract important dignitaries from all works of life.

Russia bans Jehovah’s Witnesses, labels them as "extremist"

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday issued a ruling banning Jehovah’sWitnesses after the justice ministry called on it to dissolve the “extremist organisation”.

Supreme Court judge Yury Ivanenko said Russia had decided to close down “the administrative centre of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the local organisations in its fold and turn their property over to the Russian Federation.”

The decision comes after the ministry said it had found signs of “extremist activity” within the organisation and requested that it be banned. What signs?

“They represent a threat to the rights of people, public order and public safety,” Russian news agencies quoted justice ministry representative Svetlana Borisova as saying.

AFP reports that the group which has 395 centres across Russia, has vowed to appeal the decision.

“I’m shocked,” Yaroslav Sivulsky, who represents the group’s administrative centre, told reporters.

“I didn’t expect that this could be possible in modern Russia, where the constitution guarantees freedom of religious practice.”

Russia’s Jehovah Witnesses have had several run-ins with law enforcement in recent years.

In January, the chairman of the group’s branch in the town of Dzerzhinsk was fined for having distributed material that authorities deem extremist.