Photo: PDP agent refuses to sign the Presidential election result sheet

After announcing the presidential election results, Prof. Jega called all party agents to come on stage at the collation center and sign the Presidential election sheet by INEC, and every agent did except the agent for PDP. He climbed the stage, spoke with Jega, shook his hands and walked away without signing the result sheet.

Elvina Ibru opens up on why she doesn't want to get married, also says she only dates younger men

In this interview exclusive to LIB, Elvina Ibru, business woman & one of the daughters of billionaire businessman Olorogun Michael Ibru, opened up about why she doesn't want to get married, how the society pressures women into bad marriages. She also talked about having a child out of wedlock and also explains why she only dates younger men. Interesting interview. Read below...

You were quoted as saying you don't believe in marriage sometime back, but why?
People feel that I don't want to get married because I don't believe in marriage or because I don't have anybody toasting me for marriage. Wrong! I actually believe so much in marriage and that's why I don't want to marry; because marriage has been made a nonsense of particularly in this country. As far as I'm concerned, it's not a fair constitution to women. For instance, if your husband cheats on you, you are expected to forgive him. Even your own mama go tell you "my dear that is what marriage is. It's for better or worse. It's a mistake. It's the devil." But if by mistake, a woman cheats on her husband in this country, what are you talking about?

She will be called all sorts of names. From Ashawo to witch. If a woman cheats on her husband, the man should ask the woman what is it I'm doing wrong instead of castigating the woman and the society joins in helping him to do the same. But that's not the only issue I'm talking about, there are so many. I grew up in a polygamous family, I'm an Urhobo girl and maybe that's part of the reasons I've never desired to get married. Most Urhobo men are expected to cheat on their wives. It's almost a normal thing. If you are an Urhobo man and you don't cheat on your wife they'll ask you, "Ol boy, abi this woman don bury calabash for you?"

Are you serious?
"Yes! I said it, quote me. Maybe it's also my background that brought about my perception of marriage. I have loads of male friends that are married and I know what they do. I also have female friends; very beautiful girls and you can imagine having dinner with like 12 to 13 of them and all they ever talk about is their marriage and how unhappy they are with their husbands. They'll then ask me, you are looking fresh how do you do it? I always show them my empty fingers and say no man is sucking my blood. I'm not thinking about whether my husband is with one small girl in UNILAG or whether there is no enough money for two of us, because if there is no money I go soak garri for myself, but I'll never soak garri with you. Forget it! I will not.

Wow! That's tough..
That's for me Elvina, and please let's not get this twisted. Don't misquote me, I've never encouraged young girls not to get married. Marriage is a beautiful thing if you can do it. Go and get married, but marriage is not for me Elvina. There are billions of people in the world and God made everybody different. The amount of strands of hair on each person's head is different, even our thumb prints are not the same. We can't even think alike. No matter what similarities we share, there is always some big individual differences, which is why marriage itself is even hard. Sometimes, you don't know yourself completely. If I don't know myself completely, how then will I be able to abide with somebody else. There is no way the person will not get on my nerves and we'll both explode. So if you can marry, beautiful! I'll come to your wedding and wear Aso-Ebi. I'll dance and sing with you and pray that you have a long-lasting union and beautiful children. But me Elvina, I nor wan marry and frankly speaking it's not by force.

But don't you think societal pressure is what makes many ladies to want to marry by all means?
That's another thing in Nigeria as well, you have so much pressures from families and friends as a young girl to get married. So you just marry any man that comes your way. You see a 25 years old girl, before she pass 25 they've started pressuring her, "are you not getting married?" "Who is the man?" So, you just marry any nonsense. Even if she doesn't feel that this is the person for her, she starts getting scared psychologically wondering if something is wrong with her. She starts thinking at the age of 25 that she must marry the next available guy or she might not get someone else to marry her later; even if she is not totally in love with that guy. So she should marry the person and be unhappy.

Most Nigerians will say that there is no such things about love in marriage, but tolerance, what's your take?
If it's about love, will tolerance not come into it. If you love someone, you'll tolerate them. For me the basis of marriage should be about love and nothing else. This is what I'm saying, that I believe so much in marriage that I'm not getting married; because I can hear things like this all the time whereby Nigerians will say marriage is about tolerance. Why can't it be about love. I always say to God, if you want me to get married, give me a husband that I'll not manage. I can't manage marriage. I manage my business, I manage finances, I manage social life, I will not manage marriage. My marriage has to be perfect and happy. God can do it. So if I am 75 years old and I meet one 80 years old Papa, and I see that, 'wow! God this is it!', then we'll get married.

You have a child already and you are not married, but there is this notion that there is always an adverse effect on a child who doesn't  have both parents' upbringing, what's your take?
That is complete, utter rubbish. Yes, I'm not married and I have a child, there is nothing wrong with me and there is nothing wrong with my child. I wasn't seeing my father while growing up, would you say that has got any impact on me? Except you want to claim the impact is what we are talking about now, but I'm the only one among my siblings who has this believe of not getting married. My brothers are married, my sisters are married. Gloria is not married, but she'd like to get married. So that believe that the child will be affected is nonsense. No marriage can save a child that Is not naturally not strong. There are some married people that might has well not be married. I have a bobo(boyfriend) now, my relationship with him is sweeter than that of most people that are in marriages. If I'm lying let something happen. You'll see some couples who seem happy, but their children are feeling deprived because of a marriage that is not working.  I'm not trying to generalise here, I'm just saying there is always a situation for every situation. A child that grows up in a marriage where the father beats the mother or the mother beats the father, as it is in some cases might grow up to become a bully to his or her spouse in marriage. The child will grow up to feel it's ok to beat his or her spouse. So just because you are married doesn't guarantee that your children will have a more fulfilled life than the child raise outside wedlock.

You Just disclosed that you have a bobo and that you are happy with him, my question is, if you can be happy with him out of wedlock, why can't you be by marrying him?
If I can be happy without marrying him, why then must I marry him? Must I sign that paper? I have told you my stand on marriage already or else I have to repeat it again!

So, tell us more about your bobo?
My bobo is very handsome , quiet and nice. That's the end of story, thank You.

What's your take on wide age gap in a relation, especially the older-lady-younger-man debate?
That's another double standard. We have in this country. If a 60year old man is dating a 30year old girl, people will start hailing him. But if a 30 years old man is dating a 60 years old lady, you can never see the end of the story. It's one of the nonsensical double standard we have against women in this country.

But can you date someone younger?
(Cuts in) I only date younger men! I'm not interested in older men. One of the reasons is that they are all married, and secondly they all have big 'belle'. All of dem too get big belle. I nor like big belle o.

Oh really?
Yes, look, I'm a very straight forward person. You are attracted to what you are attracted to. Some people like skinny, dark girls, they'll never chase me. Some people like light skinned, round girls, they'll chase me. Some people like short women, they will not come after me, some like tall girls and will come after me. I might see a fine guy with a round stomache or chubby look and say, "oh, this guy is very handsome" but the chemistry won't be there and I cannot force myself to like what I don't like. I like a  slim, tall, and dark guy with a flat tummy, maybe because I'm big, so I'm attracted to the opposite. I also don't like
light skinned men. I might see a handsome yellow guy and say "awww, this guy is cute", but the chemistry will also not be there, maybe because it reminds me of my brothers. My brothers are light skinned. I don't really know why it works for me that way, but I don't deceive myself. I also tell people, don't deceive yourself. I don't have anything against older men, if I'm searching and i find an older man in my specs, then leggo! As regards age, I'm not that old, I'm only 42. My bobo is 34. Yes.

The concern with this kind of your relationship is about IQ and maturity compatibility, how do you both relate on the same level?
That is very general. Look at my son, Elisha. Elisha was talking to me about his views on politics today, how do you feel he'll think when he is fifteen. He is only six. His agemates were looking at him like what's GDP? The guy I'm dating right now is way more mature than most 50-year-olds I know. The things that freak them don't freak him. For instance, you'll never see him in a strip club and you see some big babas in a strip club screaming in ecstasy. It's just like some of the listeners of our programs on Classic FM, we play old school and you'll be shocked at how young many of our listeners are. A lot of them are just like 24-years old. They call in and start telling us about songs of Nat King Cole.  I will be wondering how these young people get to Know about all these songs.

Presidential election result: PDP says it would be heading to court

The ruling party, PDP says it would be challenging the results of the 2015 Presidential election. Dr Bello Fadile, the PDP agent who refused to sign the result sheet when called up by INEC Chairman, Prof Jega, told journalists in Abuja this morning that his signing the result sheet was inconsequential as they will be heading to court

"Whether I sign it (the result sheet) or I don’t sign it,  does not make any difference. It doesn’t invalidate the result‎. When we go to court, then we can challenge the result,” he said.

Dr Bello spoke on the affirmative that the party would be heading to the tribunal

"Sure! The party petitioned. Don’t forget. So the party will follow through the petition. There are rules for this. The law is there. The result was declared on the 1st of April, I think. We will follow the due process. Like the president (Jonathan) said, ‘If you have any grievances, follow due process and the due process in this instance is to go to the tribunal.”he said

Identical triplets marry on the same day at the same time - and yes the grooms did get confused

29 year old triplets, Rafaela, Rochele and Tagiane Bini from Passo Fundo, southern Brazil, tied the knot same day at the same ceremony, wore the same wedding dress, as well as hair style and make up and confused not just their guests but also their grooms who also looked strikingly similar.

The only way guests could distinguish one bride from the other at the ceremony on Saturday was the different colour of bouquet they carried. Even the grooms - Rafael, Gabriel & Eduardo, said they had worried they might mix up their wives-to-be when it came to exchanging vows. One of the grooms, Rafael, who married Rafaela, told how the girls sometimes deliberately confused their fiances.

 

He said

'There was a time when we were all in the kitchen making dinner. So Rochele, who is Gabriel's, was doing stuff at the sink, and Rafaela was at the stove. We were there chatting and they changed places. I went behind to hug her, and said "oops" when I realised I'd got the wrong girl.'

The girls explained how they all went together to get their hair and make-up done with the intention of looking different. 

But, said Rochele, 'We tried a number of styles, but we all liked the same one. It's not even worth trying, it always ends up like that.'

Their parents, Pedro and Salete, already had one daughter, Liziele, when they decided to increase the family - but never imagined three more girls would come at once.

Mother Salete fainted when she was told she was expecting triplets, according to the girls.

Rafaela was the first to find her future husband, Rafael, ten years ago while studying at university. A year later, Rochele got together with Gabriel.

It was parents Pedro and Salete who suggested the girls all get married together after Tagiane also got engaged to Eduardo.

The only dilemma for Pedro, a farmer, was how he would walk all three daughters down the aisle at once.

He said: 'We decided that we would all walk down the aisle until half way down the church. From there, I would take one at a time.'

The first to be taken to the altar by their father was Tagiane, who was the first to be born. She remembered: 'I tried to hold back my emotion, but I couldn't. To see my dad there, at that moment, was a feeling I can't explain.'

 Source: Braziliastar/UK Daily Mail

Woman Allegedly Stabs Spouse in the Chest Because of Election

A pregnant woman identified as Onyinyechi, yesterday stabbed her partner to death in Ejigbo, a suburb of Lagos State, over an argument that allegedly bothered on difference in choice of candidate in Saturday’s presidential election.

Although the reason as to why pregnant Onyinyechi stabbed her partner in the chest remain conflicting as some reports claims the woman stabbed him for refusing to support the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
A co-tenant who pleaded anonymity had this to say:

“We were outside preparing to go and cast our votes when the couple started shouting at each other. While the wife was shouting that Buhari was the man to beat, her husband was shouting that Goodluck Jonathan was the man. We thought it was an ordinary argument until we stopped hearing their voices. We thought they had stopped the argument until the wife ran outside, seeking for assistance. She was saying that her husband was dead.
“We did not understand how someone we just heard his voice would just die until we rushed inside his room and he was in the pool of his blood. It was at that time that the wife said she allegedly killed him with a kitchen knife”

Another neighbour told Crime Watch Today that,

“We were all outside waiting to vote when Onyinyechi rushed out, shouting for help. Out of curiosity, we all ran inside, only to discover blood all over the ground, on entering their apartment and on a closer observation, we noticed that the blood was from her husband’s chest region. We met him on the ground. Before we could rush him to the hospital, he gave up the ghost.
“Perhaps, he would have survived the attack had Onyinyechi called for help earlier. From all indications, it was clear that she attempted to manage the situation immediately the incident occurred. It was when she discovered that the situation had overwhelmed her that she raised the alarm.
“The irony of this matter is that she is not a trouble-maker. She has never beaten a little child, let alone fight with any neighbour. Again on that day, we saw both of them together. They were seen sitting outside, one hour before the incident occurred.”

While another report claims, the incident was as a result of the deceased asking his pregnant partner to take the Okra she was cutting outside, and she allegedly stabbed him with the name with which she was cutting the Okra.
Hmmmm!!!

Gold Digger Girlfriend Befriends Lonely Man Only to Steal His £56,000

Some women have no chill at all – So this mother-of-two claimed to be in love with a lonely bachelor, but was only interested in his money, as she made away with £56,000 of his inheritance money spent on online shopping and betting machines…

According to Daily Mail UK:
Malcolm Hibbert had been single for many years when he met Karen Hughes, 50, in December 2011 while he still was living with his widowed mother Ruth, in Burnley, Lancashire.
Although, he never lived together with his girlfriend, but they would see each other several times a week and she had keys to his property.
But within months of his mother dying and leaving him £56,000 inheritance, the majority of the money was gone after Hughes callously seized control of her boyfriend’s finances and splashed £20,000 of it on herself.
And he told court he had only discovered the money was missing when he went to his bank to ask why transactions had been blocked – and was told there was only £10,000 left of the nest egg.
The court heard that she ended their relationship when she was asked about the money
He had this to say:

‘I had only just lost my mum but Karen suddenly got more involved in my life and was arranging the funeral and everything. She became my rock. I am normally very cautious with money but she wormed her way in and virtually spent the lot. I went into the bank one day and when I couldn’t get any money, they told me there was lot of unusual spending habits and showed what was left. It knocked me for six.
‘I just didn’t have a clue what she was up to. I thought we would have been sweethearts for life but it looks like ultimately she was only after me for my money. I feel like I’ve been taken for a mug.’

And she has been jailed for 18 months…good enough???

Wiz Khalifa Wants Amber Rose BACK!!!

Just like Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran can never be separated for too long, looks like that’s how Wiz Khlaifah and ex wife, Amber Rose are… After bashing themselves on the internet for the whole world to see, they are getting back together again. Recall, Wiz Khalifa wrote a song before, calling Amber a Str*pper – Well, he has just released a new song titled SEE YOU AGAIN, and it’s about Amber Rose, he apologizes and tells her that he wants her back….

The lyrics go:

How could we not talk about family when family’s all that we got?
Everything I went through you were standing there by my side
And now you gonna be with me for the last ride
So let the light guide your way hold every memory
As you go and every road you take will always lead you home
It’s been a long day without you my friend
And I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again
We’ve come a long way from where we began
Oh I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again

Hmmm!!! See just like Chris and Karrueche right???

I Didn’t Even Know She Was an Actress – Ubi Franklin

You know by now that the Made Men Music Boss and Iyanya’s Manager, Ubi Franklin is engaged to the Clinic Matters actress, Lilian Esoro – However, in a recent chat with Punch, Ubi said he didn’t even know Lilian was an actress when he first met her and only got to know later… Read interview below:

He said:

“When I met her, I did not even know she was an actress. That is something people do not know. I hardly watch television these days because of my schedule, so there are a lot of movie stars I do not know. Whenever I want to relax, I watch movies on my laptop. The first day I met her, she did not tell me she was an actress and I didn’t know till about a week later.”

On what happened to his former relationship, he said:

“Things were not working because I believe that you should be where you would be happy for the rest of your life. I asked God that I needed a woman to marry and settle down with. After I prayed about it for about a week, I met Lillian at a friend’s party. The day I met her, I saw the qualities I wanted in a woman I want to be with for the rest of my life.”

Ubi also said he has no problem with her line of career, as long as it makes her happy, adding also that the wedding will take place this year:

“I have no problem with her career. Everybody works hard to earn a living and as far as she is happy with what she does, that is the most important thing to me. All I want to do is to help her improve on whatever she is doing and also support her,”
“The marriage would definitely be this year in Nigeria. I am not a fan of marrying abroad. I have nothing against people that do it but the truth is many people that ought to come and pray for you would not make it if you travel out of the country.

Cool uh???

Timi Dakolo and wife Busola celebrate 3rd wedding anniversary

Singer Timi Dakolo and his wife Busola are celebrating their 3rd wedding anniversary today March 31st, The couple is blessed with three children. Timi wrote this to his wife on instagram "'Because its our anniversary ....You are melody in my music and songs that i sing...So when Forever ends and starts all over Again, You will remain both my main and side chic.' Happy anniversary to them.

Dr Sid graduates as a Director from the New York Film Academy

After studying for months at the New York Film Academy, Mavin Records artist; Dr Sid is now a certified music video/film director. He shared his certificate on instagram. Congrats to him.

PDP official disrupts INEC result announcement, says Jega is partial and has been compromised

The PDP party agent at the Collation center in Abuja, Elder Godswill Orubebe is currently staging a protest at the INEC result collation center alleging that Prof Jega has been compromised. According to him, Professor Jega has been selective, partial and is tribalistic. He said APC had written a letter to INEC concerning an alleged rigging in Rivers state which he immediately sent a committee to investigate the issue but that when PDP wrote protest letters on the elections in Katsina, Kaduna and Jigawa, Jega did not send anyone to attend to their protest.

Orubebe, who is a former Minister of Niger Delta, is now calling for Jega to stop result collation. He sat on stage and refused to allow the result announcement to continue...

Presidential election results for Ebonyi state - PDP wins

As announced by Prof. Ahaneku, VC Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, RO for Ebonyi state
AA - 426
ACPN - 1214
AD - 1,133
ADC - 2,704
APA - 2,452
APC - 19,518
CPP - 2,345
HOPE - 989
KOWA - 913
NCP - 1,890
PDP - 323,653 (PDP wins)
PPN - 1,168
UDP - 624
UPP - 4,859
Total valid votes - 363,888
Rejected votes - 29,449
Total votes cast - 393,337