- Closer must not print any more copies of its controversial issue and take the topless pictures off its website
- The photos cannot be published in any other magazines or papers in France
- The photographs cannot be sold by them to anyone else in the world
- Within 24 hours the offending pictures must be handed over to the Palace
- Closer would get a 10,000 euro daily fine each time they sell them on or publish them
- They will receive the same fine if they don't hand over all images by midday tomorrow
- Legal fees of 2,000 euros handed to the Duke and Duchess
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Prince William ,Kate Middleton Win Case Against French Mag Over Topless Photos
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai’s wedding
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai’s 60, Marries 35-Year-Old
Lover, Elizabeth Macheka on
the 15th of Sept.
Rev Chris Okotie’s interview –Why I sent my wife away
He gave an exclusive interview to City People magazine
through a minister in his church, Rev Grace Funmi Paul, a member of House Hold
of God for the past 25 years.
Rev Grace Paul: A blind person knows that my pastor loved his wife, Stephanie, passionately. This year before the separation, he had taken her out of the country at least three times to different places like Dubai, US and so on. He loved her, so did the congregation but the bible says that two cannot walk together except they agree. In the establishment of the kingdom of God, the rules change because the rules are made by God and not by man. So, it didn't have to do with what pastor wanted to do, because left to him, his love will keep him struggling and going at it but if God gives him instruction he has to follow it through.
City People: If I get you correctly, it was Jesus instructions for Pastor Chris to part ways with Stephanie?
Rev Grace: Let me give you a precedent. In the bible, there's a queen called Queen Vershti of Persia. The king invited his wife and said - come woman, I want to show you off to my people and the woman had an attitude. She had pride issues. It was at that point she said to the king "Excuse me, I am making up, how can you be humiliating me by telling me to come and sit down so that people can be looking at me." So she refused and the people of the kingdom rose up against her, and they said the king must let her go, and that was how Esther came in. That is the principle of The Kingdom. In the two cases of my pastor's former wives, it was an abdication of roles. One was a physical abdication, and the other was a spiritual abdication. In the matters of the Kingdom of God, when you abdicate your position, your position will be taken over, because the calling my pastor has, he is not called to work alone
CP: In Stephanie's case, was it a case of spiritual or physical abdication?
Rev Grace: Her case was spiritual abdication, but either ways it amounts to the same thing, because the scripture states clearly that if unbelieving departs, let him depart, you are not bound.
CP: Any efforts to patch things up?
Rev Grace: Spiritual things can not be patched up. When there are two people who are not the same kind, it is not a matter of patching up.
CP: So is the congregation happy that the pastor is single again and is there any plans to replace Stephanie? Rev Grace: The congregation is not in the position to replace Stephanie. My pastor is a full grown man, and he knows what he's doing. In the case of our pastor's first wife, she insisted that where she wanted to do her church work was in the US. As for Stephanie, I cannot be intruding. As much as I am authorised to do what I am doing, I can't disrespect my pastor and Stephanie. If I begin to give you some details, they would amount to disrespect. My pastor has insisted that they want to keep it private.
CP: Pastor Chris once said that the instruction to marry Stephanie was from God Rev Grace: If you know my pastor, he is a passionate person. They had a long time relationship before they got married. My pastor is particularly careful about beautiful women because he knows that the devil desires them. So when a beautiful woman has issues in church, he ministers to them, and because he does that, people jump to the conclusion that he sleeps with them, which is not true. Just like Queen Ure, pastor has never had an affair with her, will never have an affair with her because they are not of the same kind.
Really?Nollywood Actor Sentenced To Jail For Gay Sex
Rumour had that Bestwood Chukwuemeka had pleaded guilty to having engaged in homosexual acts......the story below
The actor said he had sex with another man under the influence of alcohol A 28-year old actor,
Bestwood Chukwuemeka, was on Monday sentenced to three-month imprisonment by a Karu Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for having sexual intercourse with another man through the anus.
The convict, who resides at Gidan Mangoro, had pleaded guilty to having engaged in homosexual acts.
“I am guilty of the charge against me. I was under the influence of alcohol and I want the court to temper justice with mercy’’, he said.
The police prosecutor, Mohammed Umar, had told the court that the convict committed the offence in August when the complainant was sleeping in his bed. Homosexual acts, the prosecutor said, was contrary to Section 284 of the Penal Code. The prosecutor said since Mr. Chukwuemeka had pleaded guilty to the crime he initially denied, the court should try him summarily.
The Senior Magistrate, Nafisatu Buba, sentenced him to three-month imprisonment without an option of fine. “This would serve as warning to other youths who hide under the influence of alcohol to commit crimes,’’ she said.
When he was first arraigned in early September, Mr. Chukwuemeka pleaded not guilty, saying, “I came back drunk from the night club and thought I was sleeping on the same bed with my girl-friend and I started romancing her.” At that hearing, Mrs Buba, had ruled that alcohol should not be seen as an excuse for committing the offence, but then granted the accused bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum, with one of the sureties being a civil servant on Grade Level 09.
However, when the case was heard Monday, the actor suddenly pleaded guilty, and Mrs Buba summarily tried him, sentencing him to three-month imprisonment. Homosexuality and lesbianism are seriously frowned at in Nigeria.
In November, the Nigerian Senate passed a strict law banning same-sex marriage and public display of affection by gays in Nigeria.
The bill – Same Sex Marriage (prohibition) bill 2011 – prescribes 14-year jail terms for convicted gays in Nigeria. “Persons who entered into a same sex marriage contract or civil union commits an offence and are each liable on conviction to a term of 14 years imprisonment,” the new law said.
It added, “Any person, who registers, operates or participates in gay clubs, societies and organization, or directly or indirectly makes public show of same-sex amorous relationships in Nigeria commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a term of 10-year imprisonment.”
Jonathan-Note of warning to national honours awardees
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday sounded a note of warning to national honours awardees, threatening that the Federal Government would withdraw the honours from conferees that lacked credibility
The President said he had mandated the National Honours Committee led by a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore, to compile the list of awardees with questionable credibility with a view to stripping them of the honours .
Jonathan said, “The dignity, honour and respect of the national honours must never be tarnished.
“In the light of the foregoing, I have directed that the National Honours Committee compile a list of persons conferred with the national honours but that their current credibility is questionable.
“If they are found wanting, our prestigious honours will be withdrawn.”
The President spoke while conferring national honours on 155 Nigerians and friends of the country in Abuja.
Chairman of Globacom, Mike Adenuga, was awarded the nation’s second highest honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger. Jonathan said withdrawing the award from unworthy awardees had become essential “in ensuring that holders of national honours are truly worthy representations of our national values and honour, and especially are patriotic Nigerians or real friends of Nigeria.”
Absentees
However, two of the recipients on the 2012 list of of awardees – Justices Andrew Obaseki and Kayode Eso – were absent at the event.
Obaseki and Eso, both retired justices of the Supreme Court, were billed to be conferred with the award of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic alongside six sitting Supreme Court Justices; the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Muhammad Abubakar; first Lagos State Governor, Brig.-Gen. Mobolaji Johnson; and the Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion.
No reason was given for their absence but the Masters of Ceremony at the event, said their medals would be given to Belgore to deliver to them. Senator Abdulahmed Ningi was also absent at the event but his wife received his medal of the Commander of the Order of Niger on his behalf.
A major highlight of the event was the case of the embattled Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Sani Danladi. Members of the state House of Assembly had recently served Danladi with an impeachment notice. He was listed to be honoured with the award of the Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic alongside the state governor, Alhaji Danbaba Suntai, who was conferred with CON. But during the decoration, the MCs jumped over Dalandi’s name which was listed as No. 51 in the investiture programme.
Another issue that elicited confusion during the investiture was the omission of the name of the Osemawe of Ondo, Oba Olasumbo Kiladejo, from the brochure. Kiladejo’s name was on the list of recipients released by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation penultimate Sunday but his name was not included in the programme.
Nevertheless, the MCs called the monarch’s name twice to come out for decoration but he was also absent. No reason was given for the mix-up.
Symbols of values
The President underscored the importance of the national honours as a very important part of the symbols of the nation’s values. He said, “We are convinced that the national honours award is a very important part of the symbols of the country’s values and pride.
“Whilst government is always pleased to admit deserving persons into the ranks of those honoured by Nigeria, all holders must not fall short of our collective expectations.”
Jonathan said it was important that the nation recognised and appreciated the roles played by individuals in adding value to the building of the nation. He observed that the greatness of a nation depended on the commitment, dedication, selflessness and passion of its citizens.
He stressed that for the nation to sustain some of the gains of his transformation agenda, Nigerians must begin to engage in value-orientation and confidence building in the polity. He said there was the need for all Nigerians to embrace positive attitudinal change in their collective resolve to make the country a great nation. “For nothing can be greater that serving the nation with a strong sense of patriotism, honesty, integrity, pride and dedication.
“Whether in the public sector, educational institutions, civil society, press, sports, security agencies or our communities, we must celebrate achievers who labour selflessly for the good of the country,” he added.
Special tributes
Jonathan paid special tribute to one of the awardees, Mr. Muhammad Zakari, a Senior Information Officer on Grade Level 10 in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation. He said Zakari showed “remarkable honesty” in returning over N6m paid to him in error in November 2011.
That action, he added, was a commendable behaviour that should be emulated. Zakari was honoured with Member of the Order of the Federal Republic. The President also extolled the virtue of Adenuga, who he said had contributed immensely to the growth and development of the nation’s economy.
He said the businessman had worked hard to establish Globacom as an international communications company which provided means of livelihood to over 100,000 Nigerians.
Applause for paralympians
Six Paralympians were honoured with the Member of the Order of Niger.
The six stole the show at the event as resounding applause marked their decorations. The athletes so honoured were Esther Onyema, Ivory Nwokorie, Loveline Obiji, Grace Anozie, Joy Onaolapo and Yakubu Adesokan. Jonathan lauded the six whom he said had worked hard and lifted the hope of the country.
He added that they, despite all odds, brought back six gold medals from the recently concluded Paralympics in London. He described the athletes’ achievements as a demonstration that hard work, determination, tenacity and resilience were building blocks for greatness.
“We all face challenges in life. What is most important is our ability to rise above them and achieve greatness,” he added. He promised that his administration would remain committed to promoting good governance, respect for the rule of law, due process, transparency and accountability in the management of public funds. While describing a national award as among the greatest honours a country could bestow on her citizens, the President asked the awardees to see their honour as a privilege and not a right.
Rewarding success
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in his welcome remarks said there was the need to reward success, honesty, brilliance and exemplary character in every progressive nation.
He said the job of selecting 155 Nigerians worthy of the awards from a population of 160million people had not been an easy task. Belgore said Nigeria needed more extraordinary men and women to lead by examples. He described the awardees as extra- ordinary people who had done extraordinary things.
The ex-CJN urged the awardees to see the honours as a call to higher dedication to the nation.
He enjoined Nigerians to rally round Jonathan in the task of nation building.
“Let every Nigerian re-dedicate himself to the service of this nation,” he said. Unlike last year’s edition of the investiture when there was shortage of medals, medals and certificates went round all the recipients of this year’s honour.
Our correspondents report that even the paralympians who were added to the list late on Saturday got their medals and certificates at the event.
Culled From Punch
Monday, 17 September 2012
A woman meets her mother who threw her into a burning trash after 41yrs
A woman whose mother threw her in a pile of burning trash minutes after she was born has finally come face-to-face with the woman who nearly ended her life,because she panicked
Amy Woodward-Davis, who is now 41 years old and a mother herself, survived horrific third and fourth-degree burns that covered 70 per cent of her body.Since then she has undergone more than 200 surgeries to treat her life-threatening burns
She was born to a 16-year-old mother who didn't know she was pregnant until she gave birth to Amy in the bathroom of her Kansas City home.
She was discovered by her grandfather who thought he heard a crying kitten. When he looked in the backyard, he found that it was a newborn baby, wrapped in newspapers in a pile of burning trash.
Luckily she was adopted by Shriner's burn technician Lena Woodward and her husband.
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