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Back in the days, unwanted pregnancy was something that made people cringe with fear of humiliation.
It was a situation that made the affected young ladies wants to run away from home or change location as they couldn’t bear the constant taunts and scorn that came with their pregnancy but in the present time, not much thought is given to that situation anymore. It’s been wildly accepted as a norm in the society now.
Let’s look at various scenarios that seem to be promoting this Baby Mama trend.
Shying away from responsibilities: Men these days feel they have what it takes to have kids without being ready to go through the usual marriage rites often prefer to have baby mamas. It’s a way of dodging or shying from their responsibilities. They want children of their own because they have reached a particular stage when they feel incomplete without having kids but they don’t want to be solely responsible for them. In some cases, they cater for these kids and their mothers and sometimes they simply disappear. A desired young woman is courted briefly and gotten pregnant at the long run.
Fame: Young men of our society having attained success at a very early stage in life tend to have so much adrenalin flowing through them. They feel the urge to explore and have as many women as they want to themselves. They aren’t cautious and are nonchalant when it comes to women. Ladies on the other hand get attracted to famous men and get carried away in the bid to enjoy life to the fullest with them. Ladies throw themselves at the men without considering the consequences. I’ve heard ladies declaring their love for certain stars and the extent to which they could go just to have their kids.
Greed: Another reason why the idea of being a man’s baby mama sells more is insatiable greed. The man, because of the success attained starts to see himself as a super man and feels he’s too much of an asset to a woman. Having different women at his beck and call makes it difficult for him to stay connected to one. Commitment becomes a difficult quest. The woman too, having recognised the potentials of the man starts to see things in a long term away. His dreams and ambition gives her the impression that he would make a good life partner. Her judgement becomes cloudy while she throws caution to the wind. Even when she gets pregnant, she thinks having a baby for him would make him more endearing and settle down with her. She sees herself as an undefeatable player who stands a better chance compared to the other ladies he might be seeing. Before long, she becomes a baby mama and the man is on to the next girl that catches his fancy.
Men often go for women who have gone past the settling down age. It’s an arrangement of convenience for both parties. The women with lost interest in marriage prefer to have children of their own and care less whether the men assume responsibility or not. Most of these women are capable of raising kids on their own but only want to do so with certain men.
The baby mama idea still doesn’t sound right and it’s still pregnancy out of wedlock which has been in existence for years and has been criticised by people with morals and values. So the paparazzi of being a baby mama should be dropped a bit or rather the women should have a rethink on the issue and conduct themselves as dignified and reputable women of the society while the men step up their game and promote good cultural and sustainable values.

Daily Times reports that there is panic in Osun state as the transition rites being performed on late Oba Sijuwade Okunade, Olubushe II has commenced in the state.
There had been confusion over the demise of the late monarch, with several conflicting reports notifying that the Ooni was not dead following his trip to a London hospital.
But, with the commencement of the transition rites are at the Oduduwa Shrine in the state, there are no doubts that the revered monarch has gone to the world beyond.
 ‘Tinubu Must Not Influence The Emergence Of Next Ooni of Ife’
However, the fact that an important ingredient of sacrifice is said to be missing, as a source revealed to Daily Times correspondent that the rites were also taking place in other forests around Ile-Ife vicinity.
Hitches ‎were reportedly experienced when members of different fraternity groups besieged the shrine as some spirits had to be ‎invoked to pave way for a new successor but ‘the ingredient to do some rites were initially not available’.
According to one of the priests: “We are almost through. An important ingredient for sacrifice got missing but fixing it shouldn’t be a problem. Everyone should not stop to pray for the peace of our dear land. The Ooni was a symbol and not just a person. He can’t die, but can transit to another realm.”‎
Residents who live close to the palace have also expressed fears as the rites of Ooni gathered momentum over the weekend, as it was gathered that after the initial rites on Ooni at the Odu‎duwa Forest, the late king was moved to the Obatala House, which is also known as “Ile Ase”.
Strange things are already reportedly being noticed, even with no official announcement, while another segment of the residents feared that they could be caught unawares with the ongoing rites.
Ife Residents Warned To Stay In-Door Over Oro Rites
Confirming their knowledge of the missing ‘ingredient of sacrifice’, one of the residents said: “This one that we are hearing that something is missing and we do not know it, is worrisome. Most of us are scared and are being very careful. Many people are saying that it is the Aba Oba ku (a person who dies with the king) that has run away but we don’t know how true that is.”
In a related development, governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state, spoke up on the death of the Ooni after his reported demise some weeks ago.

Ahead of the burial rites of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade Okunade, that is expected to mark the final rite of passage of the late monarch, the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has warned its students to stay on campus and those off campus to remain indoor.
The burial rite is expected to take place on Wednesday, August 12, between 9am and 4pm. and residents are advised to stay in-doors while the Oro cult perform the rites.
Ooni knew he was going to die – Prophet
OAU through a circular sent to student and signed by its acting dean of students’ affairs, Dr Mrs L M Durosinmi, warned students to stay on campus and those staying outside campus to stay in-door.
See the directive mandating students to stay indoors below:
In a related development, it was reported that there was panic in Osun state as the transition rites being performed on late Ooni claimed to suffer a set back when an important ingredient needed for the burial was said to have been missing.

The death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, has brought up many controversies.
 Ooni Of Ife’s Spirit Knocked My Door In Nigeria On The Day He Died – Prophet
First, there were disputes about whether he had really died, then disagreement over the curfew in the state and now the ‘Abobaku’. The Abobaku has reportedly run away after the death of the prestigious Oba. If the tweet below is to be believed, it means the final rites on behalf of the deceased Ooni of Ife might be stalled.
According to Yoruba tradition, a king does not die alone. His burial rites include being buried with other people. This is when an Abobaku comes into the picture. An Abobaku lives his life for the king and he is buried alongside the king. In the authentic tradition, just as there is a lineage that become king, there is also always a family dedicated to the ancient belief of dying with the king. An Abobaku also enjoys great benefits while he is still alive. See tweets of Nigerians reacting to the Abobaku story below:
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state, spoke up on the death of the Ooni after his reported demise some weeks ago.

The death of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, has been surrounded by controversies and intrigues.
The palace officially announced the monarch’s death on August 12, Wednesday. The Royal Traditional Council of Ife maintained that the Oba is alive and in good health for two weeks after reports about his death surfaced.
While controversy rages about the Abobaku, who has reportedly run away after the death of the monarch, Lanre Akintilo commented on his Facebook account about what now happens with the trusted stewards of the Obas.
Ooni Of Ife’s Death: Rites Of Passage Enter Final Stage
He said: “Quite a number of no-truths and distortion has been written regarding the eloping of an entity called ‘Abobaku’. In Ile-Ife, the person so referred to is called ‘Saarun’, head of the ‘Emeses’ who are stewards to a reigning Ooni. The Saarun is the head and closest aide who must go everywhere the Ooni goes. It follows in the days of hold that upon the demise of an Ooni, his most trusted aide and steward will be interred with him to continue his life of service to his master and as well show his loyalty.
“I personally know the Saarun that served late Oba Adesoji Aderemi (late Chief Yaya Arasanmi) While Oba Aderemi passed away in 1980, his late Saarun passed on in 1987, and seven clear years afterwards. The current Saarun will not be buried with late Oba Sijuade as the practice has since been stopped in Ile-Ife. So there is no need to elope. I am a proud son of Ile-Ife and I am well grounded in the traditions and cultures of my people. It will not happen.”
Balogun Jr., the senior manager of business development at Global Media Mirror Limited, publishers of National Mirror, also reacted to the Abobaku saga.
Read what he has said on the development: “When the Abobaku saga started, I was so sure someone was just being funny, I mean, anybody with a passing knowledge about Yoruba history would surely get the joke.
 Ooni Of Ife: Abobaku Allegedly Runs Away
“But days later, the story was still trending, and somehow, some very senior, and well respected journalists also join the fray.
“I can excuse the quasi or emergency journalists, those who have gained notoriety and fame neither for their unique turn of phrase nor for any intellectual bent, heck, some cannot even write a complete sentence to save their lives, but just because news reporting, like almost every thing else, has been dumbed down to sound bites.
“I can also indulge those who are not Yoruba, the Omoluabi concept is complex enough for some freeborn, not to talk of strangers.
The first thing I expect an average educated and enlightened mind to do is to mentally fact check the story.
“The Abobaku is exclusively an Old Oyo template, and was never a practice in Ife. Even in Oyo town, it is no longer in vogue. Any student of yoruba history would tell you that the practice of the crown Prince of Oyo dying with the Aalafin was the immediate cause of the Yoruba wars, which lasted a hundred years.
“I know fake news is the order of the day, but sometimes you begin to question our ability for critical thinking, spreading a story because it is popular, not because it is true, is one of the pitfalls of using the social media as a primary news source.”
Yoruba tradition has many beliefs and customs concerning the death of the Ooni.

President Muhammadu Buhari, has been urged to take a cue from the United State and cancel the same sex marriage prohibition Act of 2014.
This comes days after the Supreme Court of the United States of America finally legalised same sex marriage throughout the whole country.
In a report on Sahara Reporters, specifically aimed to attack the “Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act of 2014”, leading human rights organisations, PEN America and PEN Nigeria urged President Buhari to scrap the law as it encourages evictions, mob attacks, police torture, and public whippings against gays.
The report called for Buhari to repeal laws that legalise discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and people who are inter-sex and transgender.
TB Joshua, Femi Fani Kayode React To New Gay Law
This was disclosed by the PEN Executive Director, Suzanne Nossel, in the report titled “Silenced Voices, Threatened Lives: The Impact of Nigeria’s Anti-LGBTI Law on Freedom of Expression.”
She said: “The Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act of 2014 punishes gay relationships with 14 years in prison and belonging to a gay associations with 10 years in prison. It also criminalizes a failure to report homosexual activity to police which threatens the friends and families of gays living in Nigeria.
“Nigerian human rights groups have documented 105 violations against gays including assaults, mob attacks, and blackmail since the passage of the law. One case in Bauchi, an undercover police officer joined a group being counseled about AIDS pretending to be gay. He arrested the 38 men there, tortured them, and provided their names to the public, leading to a witch-hunt. Many gay people fled Bauchi as a result of this incident.
“The anti-gay law, while purporting to target same sex marriage, has infringed upon rights to free speech, access to health care, housing, and employment, interfered with civil and political rights, and led to wholesale impunity for violence against LGBTI people.
“LGBTI Nigerians cannot express their identities, write or publish about their experiences, or even advocate for their own human rights.”
She added: “The law is essentially self-enforcing, barring most challenges to its own legality as prohibited LGBTI advocacy and effectively legalizing vigilante justice against gay individuals.
“Free expression of one’s own identity and opinions is the bedrock of all human rights. Where this right is denied, all forms of personal freedom are in jeopardy—for not just the LGBTI community, but also the population at-large.”
The group also argued that the anti-gay law distracts local populations from prevalent problems like poverty, corruption, and failed education systems under the banner of “uniting in homophobia.”
Despite protests from some countries, groups and activists, former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act into law in 2014.
Some foreign embassies were shocked by the development leading to ‘curious’ inquiries from the federal government, but despite the inquiries, the FG said there was no going back.
The bill which was passed by the Senate in November 2011, and affirmed by lawmakers in the House of Representatives on May 29, 2013.
According to former president Jonathan, the decision to pass the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act of 2014, is owing to the fact that most Nigerians were opposed to the bill, saying the parliament acted in line with the wish of the majority.

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gn organization of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Muhammadu Buhari, presidential aspirant from opposition, to explain his role in the events leading to the 1966 countercoup.
The spokesperson of PDP campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode, asked Buhari, who is All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, to respond questions on the “massacre of Igbo” in Kano in 1966 and in Asaba during the civil war.
Fani-Kayode also stated that Buhari has been asked by foreign countries to legalise gay marriage in Nigeria in exchange for their backing in the presidential election.
According to TheCable, PDP spokesperson said: “Buhari needs to answer questions about his role in the July 29, 1966 coup and the mass murder of about 300 Igbo army officers, including a serving Head of State, that took place that night.
“Secondly, there are questions to be answered about his role during the pogrom and massacre in northern Nigeria in 1966 in which no less than 100,000 innocent Igbo civilians, including women and children, were slaughtered in cold blood by mobs that were covertly armed and supported by a small handful of junior army officers.
 General Buhari Visits Kaduna For North-West Zonal Rally 
“Thirdly Buhari’s role during the Asaba massacre, in which hundreds of Igbo civilians were murdered for no just cause, still needs to be clarified.  It is left to Buhari to clarify these matters and tell us his role in all these events but if these grave allegations are true, they make him a prime candidate for the ICC (International Criminal Court).
“Another episode in which Buhari has questions to answer is his role in the mass murder of hundreds of people in the northern part of this country, including a number of young youth corpers who were in their prime, by Buhari’s supporters in 2011. This happened after he lost the presidential elections and after he encouraged them to go on the streets to commit violence. That deviant behaviour alone makes him a veritable candidate for the ICC.
“We are, indeed, grateful that a Dutch law firm has, indeed, filed papers to the ICC asking for General Buhari to be forcefully brought to the court to answer questions about those killings in northern Nigeria by his supporters in 2011.  The court action is appropriate and vital in light of the remarks credited to General Buhari about a year ago in which, inter alia, he said that if he were to lose the 2015 Presidential election, the ”baboon and the dog would both be soaked in blood”.
“What this means is that he intends to soak the entire nation in blood in the event that he loses the election on March 28.  He has refused to withdraw that statement and as a precursor to the violence he will again unleash on Nigeria after the Presidential election, his supporters have been stoning the convoy of President Jonathan in some parts of the north each time he goes there to campaign,” he added.
Read below his full speech:
Gentlemen of the media, Let me start by expressing the gratitude of our Campaign Organisation to all of you for the support you have been showing us since we started this journey. We invited you here today to intimate the Nigerian people, through your esteemed media organisations, about a despicable and wicked agenda that is being orchestrated by the opposition to scandalise, undermine and bring into disrepute our candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan (GCFR), his wife, the First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan, our Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison Maduekwe and other key government functionaries and members of his administration.
The special operations and intelligence wing of my Directorate has been reliably informed that the opposition is planning to air a documentary about the private lives of President Jonathan, the First Lady and the Minister of Petroleum Resources. The documentary is riddled with falsehood and it is vulgar, smutty, cheap, shameful and salacious. This initiative is being spearheaded by the entire leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and is being funded and organised by two serving governors and one former governor who controls his state through his hand-picked stooge. Our response to this initiative is one of utter repugnance.
Fani-Kayode Says Buhari Really Has A Dead Brain
That the opposition has degenerated to such a point that in response to legitimate questions that were raised about the record in public office of their Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari and their de facto leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in two major and widely viewed documentaries, the only recourse they have, rather than answering the questions put in those documentaries, is to try to humiliate, shame and disgrace our presidential candidate by making the most baseless and scandalous accusations about his private life. The truth is that this shameful course of action will not work and we shall not be distracted. Neither will we lose any sleep over it.
We are, however, by this press conference, sending a clear signal to the three APC leaders that are funding and spearheading this initiative that it will not in any way serve the interest of their party or the interest of their Presidential candidate if they insist on treading that path or toeing that deplorable line. In the event of them insisting on treading this dangerous and dishonorable course, we reserve the right to respond fully and use all legitimate means to expose the inherent evil that these three individuals habitually and continuously manifest in both their private lives and whilst in public office. The truth is that they can say what they like about President Goodluck Jonathan, his family members and those close to him but one thing they cannot say is that, unlike one of the three individuals that is behind this disgraceful initiative, President Jonathan does not show an unhealthy interest in the affairs of little boys and he does not indulge in gross and perverse intimate acts with them in his spare time in an obscene, indecent, shameful and completely unacceptable manner.
They can say whatever they like about our candidate but, unlike one of the three individuals that are behind this reprehensible initiative, it is not President Goodluck Jonathan that ended up eloping with and eventually marrying the house girl of his former leader. They can say whatever they like about President Jonathan but it is not our President who drove his own father into political oblivion, broke the poor man’s heart and sent him to an early grave in pain, tears, defeat and shame. Presidential Jonathan did not do any of these things. It is those that have insisted on engaging in this shameful and repugnant initiative that have done these things.
They know who they are and, for now, we need not mention their names. At the appropriate time, we shall mention names and expose every aspect of the sordid life styles of these individuals and at that time the Nigerian people will judge for themselves. The second issue we want to touch on today is the shameful proposition that was made to General Muhammadu Buhari by the representatives of a number of western governments when he was in the United Kingdom for a prolonged stay. He had appealed to them for support and to get their endorsement.
He had talks with the representatives of at least four western countries. The leaders of those countries made an offer to General Muhammadu Buhari and we are reliably informed that he has put the offer under consideration. The proposition and offer was that if he was prepared to support legislation in Nigeria to allow same sex marriage and if he was prepared to repeal the anti-gay laws in Nigeria they will, in return, endorse, support and fund him, initially covertly and eventually publicly, at the right time.
Instead of outrightly rejecting these offers and spurning this proposition, to our utter shock and consternation, General Buhari apparently refused to rule it out and has put the matter under consideration. Instead of him to say NO he assured them that he would consider these two things. We believe that this is a matter that ought to be brought to the attention of the Nigerian people as a matter of urgency. The APC are so desperate to ensuring that General Buhari becomes the President of this country that they are actually prepared to consider the scrapping of all anti-gay or anti-homosexual legislations and at the same time, endorsing and supporting fresh legislation that would allow same sex marriage in our country.
 My Questions For Buhari – Femi Fani Kayode
They are considering this despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of the Nigerian people find same sex marriage and, indeed, homosexuality repugnant and unacceptable. We are using this occasion to challenge General Buhari to come clean and to tell the Nigerian people whether this is true and whether, in the unlikely event of his being elected President, he is seriously considering scrapping the anti-homosexual laws in our country and pushing through new legislation which would allow same sex marriage. The third issue is as follows. We read, with amusement, the threat by the Buhari’s Campaign Organisation through their spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu, that it is their intention to drag the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, before the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC), for allegedly indulging in what they described as ”hate speech” at a recent rally in Rivers State.
It is pertinent to note that, first of all, if they were a little better educated and had a better understanding of international law and how the ICC works, they would appreciate the fact that no individual is ever taken to the ICC based on what he or she has said unless and until people act on those words and massacre others. It is only if that speech is followed by violence and mayhem or if it incites people to commit violence, which results in death, mass murder and crimes against humanity, that the person who indulged in such hate speech becomes an eligible candidate for the ICC.
Dame Patience Jonathan is a woman of peace. She did not threaten anyone with violence; she did not incite anyone to commit violence or to kill others and her words have not resulted in death, mass murder or any crimes against humanity. We therefore completely reject the baseless charge and assertion that she has called for the killing or slaughter of anyone at any point in time. Their threat to take the First Lady to the ICC is not only absurd but it is also nothing but the empty and boastful ranting of a perfidious, desperate, decaying and dying political party and such threat will amount to nothing. The truth is that if anybody is a candidate for the ICC, it is certainly not Dame Patience Jonathan, but rather General Muhammadu Buhari himself.
We say this because, firstly, he needs to answer questions about his role in the July 29, 1966 coup and the mass murder of about 300 Igbo army officers, including a serving Head of State, that took place that night. Secondly, there are questions to be answered about his role during the pogrom and massacre in northern Nigeria in 1966 in which no less than 100,000 innocent Igbo civilians, including women and children, were slaughtered in cold blood by mobs that were covertly armed and supported by a small handful of junior army officers.
 Probe Buhari’s Tie With B’Haram, MEND – Fani-Kayode
Thirdly, Buhari’s role during the Asaba massacre, in which hundreds of Igbo civilians were murdered for no just cause, still needs to be clarified. It is left to Buhari to clarify these matters and tell us his role in all these events but if these grave allegations are true, they make him a prime candidate for the ICC. Another episode in which Buhari has questions to answer is his role in the mass murder of hundreds of people in the northern part of this country, including a number of young youth corpers who were in their prime, by Buhari’s supporters in 2011. This happened after he lost the presidential elections and after he encouraged them to go on the streets to commit violence. That deviant behaviour alone makes him a veritable candidate for the ICC. We are, indeed, grateful that a Dutch law firm has, indeed, filed papers to the ICC asking for General Buhari to be forcefully brought to the court to answer questions about those killings in northern Nigeria by his supporters in 2011.
The court action is appropriate and vital in light of the remarks credited to General Buhari about a year ago in which, inter alia, he said that if he were to lose the 2015 Presidential election, the ”baboon and the dog would both be soaked in blood”. What this means is that he intends to soak the entire nation in blood in the event that he loses the election on March 28.
He has refused to withdraw that statement and as a precursor to the violence he will again unleash on Nigeria after the Presidential election, his supporters have been stoning the convoy of President Jonathan in some parts of the north each time he goes there to campaign. It is very clear that General Buhari is a violent man who has the disposition to incite people to commit mass murder and acts of violence.
We wish to take this opportunity to make it abundantly clear that if anybody is killed after the 2015 presidential election after Buhari has been defeated, we will hold him accountable and fully responsible and we will ensure that he faces the full wrath of the law. Justice will be brought to him swiftly and expeditiously.
We advise General Buhari and his Campaign Organisation to stop threatening the First Lady with the ICC and instead spend their times looking inwards and delivering themselves from their obvious blood-lust and irrational and bestial desire to inflict violence against those who do not agree with them and who they perceive as their enemies. We hereby crave your indulgence to play a clip of the brutal and blood chilling remarks made by General Buhari which ultimately triggered the orgies of violence recorded in some northern parts of the country in 2011.
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On a final note, we would like to refer you to a set of pictures published on the front page of the Leadership Newspaper edition of last Tuesday. As you can see, President Jonathan is the lead figure in both pictures, which were mischievously placed on top of one another. In the first Picture, President Jonathan is surrounded by some prominent Yoruba traditional rulers led by His Imperial Majesty, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade Olubuse II. You can see that the staffs of office of the numerous traditional rulers were pointed towards the President as he sat down and whilst they prayed for him. It has been brought to our attention that the spokesperson of the APC actually sponsored that advertorial and the contents of it reflect the sheer depravity of that individual’s deep, dark, disrespectful and sinister mind.
Under the picture, they wrote; ”You cannot serve God and mammon”. Right below the caption is another picture in which President Jonathan was praying both in Israel and at the Redeemed Camp in Nigeria. The intent and implication of the pictures and the words below each of them are clear. The motive for displaying the pictures in this manner and those words is to bring not only President Jonathan but also our revered Traditional Rulers in the south west into disrepute and opprobrium. Indeed, it beats our imagination how anybody in his right senses could equate a legitimate prayer for our President in the court of the Ooni of Ife by a large number of Yoruba traditional rulers, with the worship of mammon!
It is insulting, disrespectful and totally unacceptable. We seize this opportunity to issue a stern warning to Lai Mohammed and his party to stop insulting the Traditional Rulers of the south-western part of our country. It was not too long ago that the de facto leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, described the southwest Traditional Rulers in the most uncharitable terms when he said only three of them could be taken seriously. We completely reject these insults on our Royal Fathers and we hereby call on the APC leaders to bury their heads in shame and apologise to our Traditional Rulers. We also demand an apology from Lai Muhammed for encouraging the posting of these pictures in this disgraceful manner, organising the whole thing and sponsoring the advert. If they refuse to apologise or refuse to withdraw the advert, then we take it that the APC as a party has become the enemy of every single Traditional Ruler in Yorubaland and the consequence of that will be far reaching and devastating for the fortunes of their party in the coming elections.
It should be noted that Fani-Kayode is to be known for his words attacks on APC presidential candidate.
PDP campaign spokesperson has today accused General Buhari and governor of Borno State Shettima of knowing whereabouts of Chibok girls.
FFK also said that Buhari’s endorsement by MEND, a discredited militia group, should give Nigerians and the international community great concern.
He also confirmed the words of Dame Patience Jonathan, saying that Buhari really has a dead brain.

The United States government has vowed to continue to press the Nigerian government to reverse its anti-gay law.
The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said this during a live-web chat with journalists in Washington. Our correspondent monitored the web chat in Abuja.
Thomas-Greenfield also said that America was not bothered that Chinese companies were fast taking over the African market from their US counterparts.
President Goodluck Jonathan had on January 7, 2014 assented to the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2013 which criminalises homosexuality in the country.
On January 14 when it became public that the President had signed the bill into law, the US, Canada and the European Union openly expressed reservations over the law.
Thomas-Greenfield, who said the US had adopted the  protection of the rights of same-sex people as part of its foreign policies, vowed that Washington would continue to mount and sustain pressure on Nigeria and other countries to reverse their laws against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community.
She said, “As a government, it is one of the highest priorities and strongest values that discrimination against anyone based on their sexual orientation and gender identity is wrong. We believe human rights should be available to everybody.
“As a policy, we will continue to press the government of Nigeria as well as other governments who have provided legislation that discriminate against the LGBT community.”
Thomas-Greenfiled, who did not agree that pressuring Nigeria to reverse the anti-gay law amounted to interference, said the country and Uganda had the hardest legislation on the gay community.
She said, “This is very much a work in progress, but I think you will agree with me that the law in Nigeria really went far in discriminating against this community but also people who associate with them.
“So we will continue to press the government, to press the legislature to change these laws and provide human rights for all Nigerian people regardless of their sexual orientation.”
She, however, did not disclose if the US would impose sanctions on the countries with anti-gay laws to achieve its objectives.
Thomas-Greenfield was optimistic that the U.S would win the fight to protect the LGBT community.
She said, “With what is happening in the US, you can determine how far we are willing to go. We strongly believe human rights for all people and we are particularly opposed to legislation that actually targets the gay community for discrimination. So we are prepared to push this as a policy not just in Africa but across the world.”

On Tuesday, the National Council of Muslim Youth Organisation (NACOMYO) have praised President Goodluck Jonathan for signing the anti-gay bill into law.
The National President of the Council Alhaji Kamal’ddin Akintunde, speaking in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, said the organization condemns criticism by the United States and the European Union.
“Nigerians are culturally and religiously sensitive and will not tolerate anything that will undermine their religious values,” Mr. Akintunde said.
“NACOMYO commends President Goodluck Jonathan for that executive action. His action was courageous and in tandem with popular opinion of Nigerians.”
Since the bill passed according to legislative process, it therefore became imperative for the President to assent to it in line with democratic norm.
“Above all, it is against the doctrines of Islam and Christianity, which majority of Nigerians belong to,” the group leader said of homosexual practices. “How can a man marry a man? the National Assembly has done the right thing and the president did what is right by signing it into law.”
It will be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan had on January 13 signed the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act into law, criminalising homosexuality in Nigeria.

Global gay community has been outraged by Nigeria’s bringing into force the same-sex marriage prohobition law. Homosexuals from all over the world are allegedly mobilising to protest the develpoment.
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A United States-based blogger, Melanie Nathan has recommened the 10 steps for the gay community to undertake against Nigeria in the nearest future. She called them “10 imperative actions we must undertake as a world community”:

1. Write polite letters to the President of Nigeria expressing your thoughts and explain what being gay really means (…) (no more than 600 words).
2. Organize protests at Nigerian Consulates and Embassies.
3. Write to the Nigerian Ambassador/ consuls/ President in Nigeria/ in your country – here is an example: (…)

Dear Consul / Ambassador/ President
The World is shocked at the passage of Nigeria’s inhumane and horrific “Jail The Gays” law that your President just signed into law.
It is important to note that the laws you have passed against LGBT Nigerians and visitors are based on lies and myths about homosexuality, are unconstitutional and contrary to the International Declaration of Human Rights.
You cannot criminalize a human being’s sexuality.
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We will be protesting your embassies and calling for widespread boycotts against Nigerian tourism, exports, imports and all business.
If Nigeria justifies this bad law proclaiming its sovereignty, then it will choose isolation. However Nigeria cannot participate in a global context if it cannot respect one of the most basic fundamental human rights and that is the right to love any person of one’s choice, whether that person is of the same or a different gender.
Anti-Homosexuality laws condemn love that is naturally felt to the people you seek to criminalize. The issues you purport to base your law upon are separate issues and ought to fall under the laws already in place which protect all people from sex without consent.
Melanie Nathan.
LGBT Protection Coalitions, Worldwide.
Note: Nigeria maintains an embassy in the United States at 3519 International Place, NW, Washington, DC 20008, (tel: 202-986-8400).
STATE DEPARTMENT: Call the U.S. State Department and ask them if they are willing to make special humanitarian considerations for Nigeria’s LGBT community. Ask them what Secretary Kerry is planning to do beyond mere words. Contact the U.S. Ambassador in Nigeria, James F. Entwistle, and ask what his Embassy is doing to help Nigerian gays get out of Nigeria. Tell the State Department and your member of Congress that we want Nigerian lawmakers banned from entering the U.S.A. Also I am sure that the State department will soon update their Travel Advisory to a severe WARNING for LGBT people traveling to Nigeria.
FYI – Ambassador Samantha Power Urges Nigeria Civil Society to Remain Steadfast for Democracy The United States’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations and member of President Obama’s cabinet, Ambassador Samantha Power, visited Nigeria on Wednesday, December 18, 2013. She met with President Goodluck Jonathan and other government officials, as well as civil society leaders.
Why do you think the world is so hostile about this particular decicion to ban same-sex relationships in Nigeria? 
Reacting to the news, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that “people everywhere deserve to live in freedom and equality. No one should face violence or discrimination for who they are or who they love.” Do you agree with that, or should our preferences be more traditional?

On Monday, Nigeria provoked international outrage after President Goodluck Jonathan ratified a bill outlawing gay marriage and same-sex unions under threat of imprisonment.
Under the new law, anyone who enters into a same-sex marriage or civil union can be sentenced to 14 years in prison while any such partnerships entered into abroad are deemed “void”. It also warns that anyone who registers, operates or participates in gay clubs, societies and organisations or who directly or indirectly makes a public show of a same-sex relationship will break the law.
“Only a marriage contract between a man and a woman shall be recognised as valid in Nigeria,” the law states.
U.S. reaction
United States Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. were “deeply concerned” with the development, as the new law “dangerously restricts freedom of assembly, association and expression for all Nigerians”. The act, according to Mr. Kerry, is “inconsistent with Nigeria’s international legal obligations and undermines the democratic reforms and human rights protections enshrined in its 1999 constitution”.
“People everywhere deserve to live in freedom and equality. No one should face violence or discrimination for who they are or who they love,” the U.S. Secretary added.
UK reaction
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In Britain, the news was met with equal disapproval, with gay rights campaigners describing the new law as “one of the world’s most homophobic laws,” while advocacy groups called it “tragic” and a backward step in the fight for equality.
Amnesty International
Nigeria is one of 38 African countries — about 70 per cent of the continent — that have laws persecuting gay people, according to Amnesty International. The organization had urged President Jonathan to reject the bill, calling it “discriminatory” and warning of “catastrophic” consequences for Nigeria’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Nigeria replies
Jonathan’s spokesman Reuben Abati dismissed global concerns, saying the law was consistent with the attitudes of most people towards homosexuality. “More than 90 percent of Nigerians are opposed to same sex marriage. So, the law is in line with our cultural and religious beliefs as a people,” he added. “Nigerians are pleased with it.”
Senator Domingo Obende of southern Edo state, who sponsored the bill, said he was pleased the law was now on the statute books and Jonathan’s sanction was expected. “We knew that the “President of Nigeria is a traditional human being, he’s a very moral person and a Christian, so we knew he would sign,” he added. He also warned the international community not to interfere in Nigeria’s affairs. “It’s not a law to kill anybody. It’s a corrective measure. Traditionally, culturally, morally, Nigeria does not want this.”
The rest of Africa
The new anti-gay marriage law follows similar legislation in Uganda. Homosexuality is also illegal in our eastern neighbour, Cameroon, and punishable by up to five years in prison.
Several African leaders have warned they will not be dictated to on a subject that is anathema to their culture and religion. Yahya Jammeh, the president of Gambia, has said homosexuals should be decapitated.
In June, Senegal’s president Macky Sall argued with Obama about the subject at a news conference. Sall said afterwards that other countries should refrain from imposing their values beyond their borders.
“We don’t ask the Europeans to be polygamists,” Sall said. “We like polygamy in our country, but we can’t impose it in yours. Because the people won’t understand it. They won’t accept it.”

Nigerians have become more gay than they used to be five years ago – or at least more gay-friendly. The newest opinion poll shows shift in attitude towards gay people and same sex marriages.
Latest opinion poll was conducted by telephone among 1,000 people across Nigeria by NOI Poll together with Bisi Alimi Foundation.
According to that poll, in general only one in six people knows someone who is homosexual, but among youth in their teens and twenties every third person knows someone who is openly gay.
 UK Archbishops Criticise Nigerian And Ugandan Anti-Gay Laws
One third of respondents told gay, lesbian and bisexual people should have equal access to education, healthcare and other public services. Results of the poll were assessed in detail in an interview with Nigerian gay rights advocate Bisi Alimi.
The newest opinion poll among Nigerians shows that only 87% of people in the country support the legal ban on homosexual relationships, while five years ago the same law was supported by 96% of Nigerians. So the present number is 9% lower than it was five years ago.
 ‘Jesus Was Homosexual’ – Kola Boof Blasts Nigeria’s Anti-Gay Law
In an effort to gain popular support ahead of presidential elections Goodluck Jonathan tightened anti-gay laws last year, banning same-sex marriages as well as activities of gay rights activist groups and manifestation of same-sex affection in public.
 Top-5 Nigerian Celebrities Trailed By Gay Rumors
Nigerian anti-gay laws are among toughest in the world, prosecuting homosexuals with terms of up to 14 years in prison. Twelve northern states in Nigeria punish homosexuals with death.
Yesterday Mozambique joined the family of gay-friendly African nations, now consisting of Burkina-Faso, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo and The Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Madagaskar, Mali, Niger and Rwanda where homosexual contacts have never been criminalised. Nevertheless, the only country in Africa where same-sex marriages are legal is South Africa.
Much praised US Supreme Court decision to make gay marrriage legal in the United States of America has triggered wild jubilation and tears of joy across the country.
In the wake of the legalized gay marriage in the USA, Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, has publicly proposed marriage to President Barrack Obama.

Since the United States has legalized same sex, various reactions have come up as to how good and bad the new development is.
Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe few days ago also lent his voice to the gay marriage in a sarcastic way.
 Survey Reveals What Nigerians Think About Same Sex Marriage
In an attempt to drive home his point concerning how bad he thinks the same sex marriage is, the Zimbabwean president proposed to President Barrack Obama, asking for her hands in marriage.
 Same-Sex Marriage: Fears Trail Buhari’s Meeting With Obama
During the interview, he was also said to have allegedly said:

“Even satan wasn’t Gay, he chose to approach naked Eve instead of naked Adam.” 

Recall that when the then President Jonathan signed the Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act into law in January 2014, Obama had threatened to cut off foreign aid to Nigeria.
There was jubilation in the USA recently, following the announcement by the Supreme Court that the country had legalised same sex marriage throughout the federation.

A woman, Linda Barnette, who has been issuing marriage licenses in Mississippi for 24 years, took a stand following passage of the same sex law by the US Supreme Court.
The Mississippi city official on Tuesday 30 June, 2015 stepped down from a post she has held for 24 years old in defiance of the new.
The United States of America recently legalized same sex marriage causing outrage in some quarters.
Barnette, citing her faith, said she would not be issuing gay marriage licenses.
 Even Satan Wasn’t Gay – Mugabe Quotes Bible Against Same Sex Marriage
She told Fox News: “I choose to obey God rather than man. I am a follower of Christ and I believe strongly that the Bible is my final authority. The Bible teaches that a marriage is to be between a man and a woman. Therefore, because of the recent ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court, I can no longer fulfill my duties as Circuit Clerk and issue marriage licenses to same sex couples.”
“I told my supervisors a while back if it happened, I would tender my resignation. I had already decided in my heart that I could not issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. It’s my Christian belief. As a follower of Christ, I could not do it. The Bible teaches it is contrary to His plan.”
The Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, in criticism of the law and to prove a point, asked for President Barrack Obama’s hand in marriage.