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Monday, 30 June 2014

World Cup Update: Nigeria Out Of World Cup.

The Super Eagle of Nigeria are out of the world cup, they were beaten by France in the just concluded game. final score Nigeria 0 - France 2.

World Cup Update: Nigeria Down By One Goal.

The super Eagle of Nigeria is down by one goal in the hand of France and the match about to finish now.

PENTAGON: We Dont Know Whereabout Of Chibok Girls.

The United States said on Friday it had decreased its surveillance flights in the search for the about 219 schoolgirls abducted by Boko

Transformers: Age of Extinction has topped the North American

Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called on security agencies

Actor Meshach Taylor, best known for the 1980s comedy

Four men have been arrested by detectives investigating the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in a secluded nature spot.

At least 30 people were killed Sunday in raids by suspected Boko Haram Islamists on four Christian villages in the northeastern

Oscar Pistorius did not have a mental disorder when he killed his girlfriend, a psychological report said as his murder trial resumed.

Jihadist militant group Isis has said it is establishing a caliphate, or Islamic state, on the territories it controls in Iraq and Syria.

It also proclaimed the group's leader, Abu

A Prayer Warrior Kidnapped Co-tenant Child.

Rosemary Chukwu had become a sort of nuisance to her

Breaking News: Nigeria Police Uncover Explosives Near Kano Mosque.

Health Minister Released Updated Casualty Of Abuja Bomb Blast.

The Defence Headquarters said on Friday that more than 50

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate/former Governor Ayo Fayose has been declared as the winner of the governorship

Sixty years ago, a passenger plane was hijacked and forced to land

Armed drones. Mass graves. Kirkuk's effective annexation. The Iraq crisis escalated Friday.

Briton Returns Stolen Artefacts Taken From Benin Nigeria.

A Briton has returned artefacts taken from the Benin Kingdom, the

Since 14 April, all the girls shown here have been in the captivity of Boko Haram militants.

Voters in Ekiti state south west Nigeria turn out en mass to vote in

Thousands of Shia militia loyal to the powerful cleric Moqtada

Breaking News: Alhaji Arisekola Alao Is Dead.

Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola Alao, died on Wednesday at a

Several people have been arrested over this week's deadly attacks

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State on

Two sisters, who were kidnapped by gunmen from their residence in

The Iraqi army says it has driven off Islamist-led militants attacking the country's biggest oil refinery amid reports it had been overrun.

Breaking News: Iraq's Military Claims Victories; U.S. Sends Aircraft Carrier To Persian Gulf

Something that caught my eye on social media and disappointed me was an article found on Yahoo, but from The Wire, announcing that Kelly Rowland is expecting her first child with husband and manager, Tim Weatherspoon. This is of course is a beautiful thing and a happy time for the singer, but what disappointed me was the fact that the entire story, along with the title, Kelly Rowland Pregnant with Future Personal Assistant to Blue Ivy, was less about celebrating, and more about straight dissing Rowland. Considering that I’ve met Rowland (and she’s super sweet), I didn’t understand why this person seemed so hellbent on trying to s**t on something worth celebrating like pregnancy and motherhood, but Mr. Price Peterson tried it. Here’s just part of what he said in a piece that included a photo of Beyoncé and Jay Z…:

…Blue Ivy needs a posse. Well! It appears that former Destiny’s Child Kelly Rowland has heeded that need (or at least has moved to honor a Beyoncé-decreed legal obligation) and has become pregnant! That’s right, following her whirlwind romance, Skype engagement, and under-publicized wedding to a gentleman named Tim Witherspoon, Kelly Rowland has announced her pregnancy on Instagram! The cryptic announcement was really just a pair of baby Air Jordans next to a regular-sized pair and the caption “I’ll be stuntin like my daddy.” That’s about it as far as pregnancy confirmations, though, so please be advised this entire incident miiight just be an example of a woman buying baby clothes for herself before getting pregnant. Would you put that sort of thing past Kelly Rowland? Don’t answer that. Let’s just assume she’s pregnant. But I know what you’re thinking: How exactly could a possible boy-child become the first member of Blue Ivy’s “ma gurls”? That is for you and your outdated gender notions to work through. Congratulations to Kelly Rowland and Blue Ivy Carter! May the future Rowland-Witherspoon child be as fastidious at signing non-disclosure agreements as he/she will be at carrying out Starbucks orders.

I don’t know if Peterson thought he was being comical or if he really has some type of personal beef with Rowland’s fabulous self, but the people who saw the article made it very clear that his statements were disrespectful and unacceptable:

“Price Peterson, You Insensitive, Inconsiderate Piece of #$%$…You should be ashamed of yourself. This is not your phone, its not a personal text message, its Yahoo”

“Can someone please tell me why a picture of Beyonce and JZ is front and center on an article about Kelly Rowland? Why does the author disrespect Kelly and her unborn child by making the assumption that she is trying to follow in Beyonce’s footsteps, that her unborn child will be assistant to Blue Ivy, and that her child will be taking orders at Star Bucks? If I were Kelly, I would be going off right now. But she has more class than that, unlike the person who wrote this BS.”

“So I’m confused was this supposed to be amusing, because it is absolutely not! So happy to see that the majority of readers are disgusted, disappointed, and revolted by this asinine mediocre writing, that is so disrespectful to a mother that is celebrating her first child.”

“What a disrespectful and offensive headline! It wasn’t enough to somehow make Kelly Rowland’s happy news about Beyonce’s baby instead, but then you had to go the extra mile to offend Kelly by implying her baby is less valuable than Beyonce’s, less important, and at best she can expect to spend her future grabbing coffee for Blue Ivy and scheduling her appointments.”

“The beginning of this article is out of line. You’re talking about a baby that hasn’t even been born yet and you’re degrading him or her and the parents. How insensitive and pathetic can you be?”

Considering how excited I personally was to hear about this big news (and just to see her get married and start a new chapter in her life), I don’t really have words for the need to put a damper on what should be a special moment. But what do you think?

- See more at: http://madamenoire.com/438621/inconsiderate-piece-writer-slammed-saying-kelly-rowlands-unborn-child-will-blue-ivys-personal-assistant/#sthash.cMdgnRwC.dpuf

…Blue Ivy needs a posse. Well! It appears that former Destiny’s Child Kelly Rowland has heeded that need (or at least has moved to honor a Beyoncé-decreed legal obligation) and has become pregnant! That’s right, following her whirlwind romance, Skype engagement, and under-publicized wedding to a gentleman named Tim Witherspoon, Kelly Rowland has announced her pregnancy on Instagram! The cryptic announcement was really just a pair of baby Air Jordans next to a regular-sized pair and the caption “I’ll be stuntin like my daddy.” That’s about it as far as pregnancy confirmations, though, so please be advised this entire incident miiight just be an example of a woman buying baby clothes for herself before getting pregnant. Would you put that sort of thing past Kelly Rowland? Don’t answer that. Let’s just assume she’s pregnant. But I know what you’re thinking: How exactly could a possible boy-child become the first member of Blue Ivy’s “ma gurls”? That is for you and your outdated gender notions to work through. Congratulations to Kelly Rowland and Blue Ivy Carter! May the future Rowland-Witherspoon child be as fastidious at signing non-disclosure agreements as he/she will be at carrying out Starbucks orders.

“Price Peterson, You Insensitive, Inconsiderate Piece of #$%$…You should be ashamed of yourself. This is not your phone, its not a personal text message, its Yahoo”

“Can someone please tell me why a picture of Beyonce and JZ is front and center on an article about Kelly Rowland? Why does the author disrespect Kelly and her unborn child by making the assumption that she is trying to follow in Beyonce’s footsteps, that her unborn child will be assistant to Blue Ivy, and that her child will be taking orders at Star Bucks? If I were Kelly, I would be going off right now. But she has more class than that, unlike the person who wrote this BS.”

“So I’m confused was this supposed to be amusing, because it is absolutely not! So happy to see that the majority of readers are disgusted, disappointed, and revolted by this asinine mediocre writing, that is so disrespectful to a mother that is celebrating her first child.”

“What a disrespectful and offensive headline! It wasn’t enough to somehow make Kelly Rowland’s happy news about Beyonce’s baby instead, but then you had to go the extra mile to offend Kelly by implying her baby is less valuable than Beyonce’s, less important, and at best she can expect to spend her future grabbing coffee for Blue Ivy and scheduling her appointments.”

“The beginning of this article is out of line. You’re talking about a baby that hasn’t even been born yet and you’re degrading him or her and the parents. How insensitive and pathetic can you be?”

- See more at: http://madamenoire.com/438621/inconsiderate-piece-writer-slammed-saying-kelly-rowlands-unborn-child-will-blue-ivys-personal-assistant/#sthash.cMdgnRwC.dpuf

…Blue Ivy needs a posse. Well! It appears that former Destiny’s Child Kelly Rowland has heeded that need (or at least has moved to honor a Beyoncé-decreed legal obligation) and has become pregnant! That’s right, following her whirlwind romance, Skype engagement, and under-publicized wedding to a gentleman named Tim Witherspoon, Kelly Rowland has announced her pregnancy on Instagram! The cryptic announcement was really just a pair of baby Air Jordans next to a regular-sized pair and the caption “I’ll be stuntin like my daddy.” That’s about it as far as pregnancy confirmations, though, so please be advised this entire incident miiight just be an example of a woman buying baby clothes for herself before getting pregnant. Would you put that sort of thing past Kelly Rowland? Don’t answer that. Let’s just assume she’s pregnant. But I know what you’re thinking: How exactly could a possible boy-child become the first member of Blue Ivy’s “ma gurls”? That is for you and your outdated gender notions to work through. Congratulations to Kelly Rowland and Blue Ivy Carter! May the future Rowland-Witherspoon child be as fastidious at signing non-disclosure agreements as he/she will be at carrying out Starbucks orders.

“Price Peterson, You Insensitive, Inconsiderate Piece of #$%$…You should be ashamed of yourself. This is not your phone, its not a personal text message, its Yahoo”

“Can someone please tell me why a picture of Beyonce and JZ is front and center on an article about Kelly Rowland? Why does the author disrespect Kelly and her unborn child by making the assumption that she is trying to follow in Beyonce’s footsteps, that her unborn child will be assistant to Blue Ivy, and that her child will be taking orders at Star Bucks? If I were Kelly, I would be going off right now. But she has more class than that, unlike the person who wrote this BS.”

“So I’m confused was this supposed to be amusing, because it is absolutely not! So happy to see that the majority of readers are disgusted, disappointed, and revolted by this asinine mediocre writing, that is so disrespectful to a mother that is celebrating her first child.”

“What a disrespectful and offensive headline! It wasn’t enough to somehow make Kelly Rowland’s happy news about Beyonce’s baby instead, but then you had to go the extra mile to offend Kelly by implying her baby is less valuable than Beyonce’s, less important, and at best she can expect to spend her future grabbing coffee for Blue Ivy and scheduling her appointments.”

“The beginning of this article is out of line. You’re talking about a baby that hasn’t even been born yet and you’re degrading him or her and the parents. How insensitive and pathetic can you be?”

- See more at: http://madamenoire.com/438621/inconsiderate-piece-writer-slammed-saying-kelly-rowlands-unborn-child-will-blue-ivys-personal-assistant/#sthash.cMdgnRwC.dpuf

Iraq's military claimed Saturday that it had regained key northern territories from extremist Sunni Muslim militants and asserted it

Thousands of people have signed a petition asking Beyoncé and Jay Z to comb their daughter’s hair.

University of Lagos, during 2012/13 academic session produces

Five days after operating from Government House, Emir of Kano, northwest Nigeria, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Friday evening

Kefee Don Momoh, who was under intensive care in the United States for over a week, is dead. Reports said the multiple award winning singer passed on at Desert Spring Hospital in Las Vegas, US, after she failed to

John Odigie Oyegun was born 12 August 1939, is the first national chairman of All Progressives Congress in Nigeria. He was also the Executive Governor of Edo State between 1992 and 1993, during the aborted Nigerian Third Republic.

A Ukrainian military plane was shot down early Saturday, killing all

Brazil World Cup 2014:Clashes As People Protest In Sao Paulo.

Police in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo have used tear gas to break

The body of a former Minister of Information and Communications,

The Lagos State Government has announced a reduction in the tuition of the state university.

3 Protester Died As Sanusi Become Emir Of Kano.

Pakistan's largest airport has resumed operations after an assault by militants which left at least 28 people, including the attackers, dead.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter claims allegations surrounding the Qatar

Former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Lamido Sanusi, has been turbaned as the new Emir of Kano. The turbaning, which took place on Monday in Kano, was held amid heavy Police presence.

A female suicide bomber killed herself and a soldier outside an army barracks in Nigeria's northeastern city of Gombe on Sunday,

Fulani Clash: Four Killed.

The police in Gwagwalada (FCT), Abuja, have confirmed that four people were killed and 19 others injured in a clash between Gwari

Professor Dora Akunyili, former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and a former minister of Information has died.She was aged 59.
Dora died in an India Hospital, in Bangalore, Karnataka State where she has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed

Nigeria Army Commenced Special Training Against Insurgency.

The Nigerian Army on Friday commenced a nationwide special training programme on combating insurgency for its officers.

Former Fifa president Joao Havelange has been admitted to hospital in Brazil with a lung infection.

The Nigerian military which has come under severe criticisms locally and international for failing to contain the Boko Haram

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko for the first time since his election, at a D-Day

Students of University of Lagos (UNILAG) today 6/6/2014 shut down the school gate in protest of the fee hike of their school fee, the students were ask to pay the late registration fee of 25,000 naira and the students school fee is 15,000 naira.
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