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John Kerry , the former Secretary of State, when speking on a CNBC panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, made the announcement that Trump should "resign", when asked his message for President Donald Trump. At first, Kerry hesitated to give an answer, when he was asked to leave a message for Donald Trump, he said " Trump doesn't take any of this seriously, he doesn't have the ability to have that kind of conversation". Kerry eventually replied the question by saying "Resign", and after he answered, the folks laughed and clapped. President Donald Trump would also have been present in Davos for the forum, but he had to terminate the trip because of the present government shutdown. However, in a Tuesday morning tweet, President Donald Trump attacked the media concerning the matter. "Last time I went to Davos , the Fake News said I should not go there. This year, because of the shutdown, I decided not to go, and...

The non-disclosure-agreement (NDA) that R.Kelly usually forced the recruits into his sex cult to sign so as to make sure all that happened during their relationships remain secrets has finally appeared. The NDA was acquired by "The Blast". R.Kelly's sexual misconduct secret turn out to an open secret after Lifetime aired the docuseries " Surviving R.Kelly ". Once the women signs the NDA they become "privileged members of R.Kelly's team". This will prevent them from revealing any information about his private life and any information about his business. According to The Blast, all the pages of the NDA is copyrighted by RSK Enterprises, R.Kelly's management company. One of the major issue with the NDA is the prevention of revealing his secrets to any other member of his team. Signing of the NDA obviously protects Kelly from being sued and also protects him from all matter of claims and liabilities of any type in equity or law. Re...

In 2016, China's government increased the limit to two children to restore the world's most populous country, that has almost 1.4 billion people, and experts say it may release the cap next year. The adjustment however, does not seem to have encouraged couples to reproduce more children, according to experts, this may be related to urbanisation and higher cost of living in China. China's population growth crawled last year regardless of the cancellation of the one-child policy, official data showed on Monday, increase anxieties an ageing community will rise further pressure on an already crawling economy. Wang Feng, a sociology professor at university of California, Irving said "Decades-long social and economic changes have prepared an entirely new generation in China, for whom marriage and child bearing no longer have the importance as they used to, for their parents generation". Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that there were...

Fans were surprised after singer Erykah Badu reportedly defended R.Kelly during her concert, despite the sexual misconduct allegations about R.Kelly (Surviving R.Kelly). According to one of the fans that attended the concert at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Erykah Badu said, "What if one of the people who was assaulted by R.Kelly later becomes an offender? Are we gonna crucify them also? It was reported that she earlier told folks on Twitter to keep whatever they think to themselves. She also took to Instagram recently - "Having eyes that can see all points of view is a blessing... and a curse in the court of public opinion ". A Fan replied her - "I loved you until I realised you supported a rapist and paedophile as your brother" Badu responded  "correction, love has little to do with supporting others bad decision. Love is wisdom". Related :  I won't work with R.Kelly again - Lady Gaga Celine Dion takes down hit song "I...

Two women came out on Friday with allegations that Kelly sexually abused them as teens. The Lifetime documentary series " Surviving R.Kelly " revealed more about the sexual allegations against the R&B Legend - R.Kelly. According to an interview aired by "Dateline NBC", Tracy Sampson met Kelly when she was a 16 year old intern for Epic Records in 1999 and Jerhonda Pace also claimed she had sexual encounter with R.Kelly when she was 16. According to the Los Angeles Times, Sampson alleged in a lawsuit that between May 2000 and March 2001, Kelly induced her " into an improper sexual relationship ", when she was 17. The suit was settled out of court for $250,000, though Kelly denied sexual relationship with Sampson when she was underage. "I didn't know what to do, I didn't know if this was how adults acted" Sampson says. Pace revealed that she has  DNA of sexual abuse, including  semen on a blue t-shirt. Olympia Fields Illino...

The American billionaire was sighted waiting with his hands in his pockets for his burger order on Sunday. "When you are worth about $100,000,000,000, you run the largest charity in the world history and queue for Coke, Fries and Burger at Dick's just like the rest of us..." The picture was captioned by Galos and immediately, it went viral. Mike Galos, a Microsoft alum, former Microsoft employee who posted the photo to a closed alumni board page on Facebook on Tuesday, further stated that, "This is how real rich people behave unlike the gold toilet seat wannabe poser in the White House", that's a punch at President Donald Trump right? The picture was taken in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle on Sunday evening. The picture has ranked up to 15,000 likes and 12,000 shares. "Bill Gates is generally friendly and understands he is a bit of a celebrity...I have chatted with him at parties before but on the street or in a restaurant I don...

It was reported in September 2018 that the lovebirds got married at a New York City courthouse, but the couple want to bring on the big religious wedding! There were rumours by fans earlier this month that Justin and Hailey are ready for their religious wedding, they were only trying to fix the best time for the wedding. TMZ reported that the "Save The Dates" that the couple mailed out were the third ones they sent to their guests, "but we are told , this time around, they are sticking to their guns", TMZ stated. Some sources informed TMZ that the wedding will take place on the 28th of February in Los Angeles and not in Canada or New York where the couple's families are based. They made this location decision so as to have a comfortable weather for the wedding. TMZ was also informed that Bieber would like to get married by his next birthday which is 1st of March, when he shall become 25. According to report from TMZ, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott ar...

The cutest, hottest and latest couple in the Nigeria celebrity realm, Mr and Mrs Adekunle Kosoko Gold, just released a song together, titled -"Promise". Simi and Adekunle Gold both took to their Twitter handle few minutes ago, a song they collaborated together. Fans are already getting attached to the song as it already has many upvote on YouTube just few minutes after uploading it. Related:  Simi and Adekunle Gold finally tied the knot Simi and Adekunle Gold wedding pictures  Here are some of the couple's images during their performance together This is gonna be a big hit as it's Mr and Mrs Adekunle Kosoko Gold's first song after their wedding ceremony.

About N6.16 trillion out of the N8.49 trillion pension asset under the Contributory Pension Scheme has been borrowed by the Federal Government. This was revealed by the National Pension Commission (NPC) on Tuesday in Abuja. It was reported by the pension commission that the Federal Government's borrowing signifies 72.5% of the pension fund. The Pension Fund Administrators also spent 6.87% or N584.321bn of the fund in domestic ordinary shares and 0.71% or N60.529bn of the fund was spent in foreign ordinary shares, according to data from PenCom. The commission stated that, it maintained its consultative ideology in running and management of the industry, said the risk-based examination approach was created as a means of boosting clarity and creating awareness as well as stimulating pension operators to frequently self-analyze their roles. The Acting Director-General, PenCom, Mrs Aisha Dashir-Umar, stated that, in order to achieve a desirable pension sector, the commis...

Singer Robyn Rihanna Fenty, popularly known as Rihanna has filed a lawsuit against her father accusing him for trading on their surname "Fenty". Rihanna made the name Fenty popular for financial gain. She alleges the suit against Ronald Fenty who is her father and his business associate, Moses Joktan Perkins. Fenty Entertainment allegedly attempted to book concerts for her without her permission and used Rihanna's name to solicit millions of dollars from unsuspecting third parties, the suit filed in U.S claims. The suit alleges Rihanna's father and his business associate of attempting to trade on the trademark which Rihanna has worked for its fame and victory - Rihanna's Fenty brand of products. Rihanna is accusing her Father of attempting to file a trademark for the name "Fenty" to use on the chain of boutique hotels. "Fenty Beauty" is a make up line launched by Rihanna in 2017 and now, Rihanna is claiming in the suit that her fat...

The rumours of romance between the couple was reported back in June  2018, after they were pictured together, having a picnic. On Sunday night, star of "Jurassic World" - Chris Pratt who is 39, proposed to his girlfriend of several months. He shared a picture of them and took to Instagram - "sweet Katherine, so happy you said yes! I'm so thrilled to be marrying you", with his picture captioned on his Instagram page. Chris continued, " proud to live boldly in faith with you. Here we go!" After some period, the 29 year old author, Katherine also took to her Instagram page to share the same pleasing photo. She stated, "My sweet love. Wouldn't want to live this life with anyone but you". Pratt's ex-wife Anna Faris, however, had only good wishes for the couple. She congratulated the couple with kind words upon hearing of the engagement, she wrote - "I'm so happy for you both" on the couple's Instagram post. ...

Famous singer - Celine Dion has reportedly pulled the song she collaborated with  R.Kelly from streaming. "I' m Your Angel" which appears on Celine Dion's holiday album "These Are Special", was recorded in 1998. The song was written by Kelly but it did not appear on any of his albums. "I'm Your Angel" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for 6 weeks. It went certified platinum and sold more than 1.5million copies. The song was also nominated for a Grammy. The action was rolled out of  the #MuteRKelly movement which was energized by the  Lifetime documentary series -  "Surviving R.Kelly" , which is a aired series detailing sexual misconduct allegations against Kelly. Celine Dion has followed Lady Gaga's footstep by taking her collab with R.Kelly from streaming services. These are the two singers that haved pulled their work with R.Kelly from streaming. Phoenix band apologized for working with Kell...

Surviving R.Kelly is a six-part documentary series shown on the U.S Channel Lifetime which exposes detailed accounts of R.Kelly's alleged emotional and physical abuse of women. It include a recent "abusive cult" in which he is accused of keeping women captive. In the series, women (survivors) are coming out from the shadows and uniting their voices to share their stories about the secret life. Kelly's lifestyle has been riddled with reports of pedophilia, physical and emotional abuse and predatory behavior. It aired 3 nights from January 3 to January 5. With all the evidences, till present, the accusations seems not to have any effect on Kelly. The documentary features many including, Tarana Burke, Sparkle, kitti Jones, Andrea Lee Kelly ( ex-wife) and others who have somethings to say about Kelly's misconducts - John Legend, Carey and Bruce Kelly ( Kelly's brothers). We shouldn't forget that Kelly wrote in his 2012 autobiography 'soulacoaster...

R.Kelly's attorney confirms that the singer married Aaliyah when she was just 15, he further says his client (R.Kelly) was not aware she was minor because 'Aaliyah lied about her age'. While speaking on a program "Good Morning America" in order to address the recent issue, that is, allegations of abuse and sexual misconduct made about R.Kelly, Steve Greenberg (kelly's lawyer) made it known that Kelly denied being with any underage girl. He was asked if his client married Aaliyah when she was Just 15 and he replied - "He was married to her when she was 15", without pausing he said - 'Elvis was married to Priscilla'. He made a reference to the union of Elvis Presley and wife, who was almost 22 when she married the rock star and which she did with her parents' blessing. Greenberg further stated that it was Aaliyah who lied about her age. "Right except my understanding is that she did not claim to be 15. She lied because she ...

Robert Sylvester Kelly, popularly known as R.Kelly was born on January 8, 1967, on the south side of Chicago Illinois, U.S. He is an American singer, producer, songwriter and a former professional basketball player. Kelly has contributed to various charities throughout his career which include : - Donation of $50,000 to the Texas Military Family Foundation in 2003 after the fund raising gig he staged for them. - Donation of $20,000 to ex-footballer Garth Crooks, representative for a U.K Charity in 1995. - In 2003, Kelly released the single "Soldier's Heart" and donated all the proceeds of the song to the families of American Soldiers. - In 2017, Kelly released the song "Rise Up" for Virginia Tech after a school shooting, and donated all the net proceeds to the families of the massacre's victims. - In 2010, Kelly composed the song "Sign Of Victory" for the FIFA World cup and all proceeds benefited Africa charities. In terms of philanthro...

Buku Abi whose real name is Joann Kelly, has  broken her silence about the issue on ground. Joann took to her Instagram a post to respond to the allegations surrounding Lifetime's six-part documentary series "Surviving R.Kelly" , where women are coming out with allegations about Kelly's sexual, physical and mental abuse. She wrote : "I just want it to be known that I am speaking from the heart, nothing I say is to hurt ANY party reading or affected by this. To the people that I feel I should be speaking up against everything that is going on right now, I just want you all to understand that devastated is an understatement for all that I feel currently. I do apologize for my silence to all this happening comes off  as careless. That is my last intention". She added that she and her Father (Kelly) have not  had a relationship in the past years, she claimed she only know him when they were living together with her mother ( Andrea Lee ). She  wrote : ...

The Naira note on Thursday lost marginally against dollar at the parallel  market in Lagos, exchanging at #361 to the dollar. It was revealed by the News Agency of Nigeria that the Naira exchanged at 50 kobo, lower than #360.5 traded on Wednesday. The Naira however stopped at #360 to the dollar at the Bureau De Change (BDC) window. The pound stopped at #410. Transaction at the investors' window found the Naira stopping at #365.12 to the dollar as market output remained at 143.64million dollars. Naira note replaced at #306.90 at the official CBN window. News Agency of Nigeria reveals that the naira had stayed fixed at the market largely as a result of CBN involvement. While China and United States continue to grow in trade exchange and the consequent increase in the price of oil at the International market, Nigeria external stock was supposed to shore up.

Singer R.Kelly has been accused by various women of savage and commanding behavior, in a recent documentary series  "Surviving R.Kelly" , which include keeping some of them while still under the age of consent, in what is expressed as "sex cult". Kelly has tried to claim innocent by recording a song titled - I'm so falsely accused. The Grammy-winning singer was acquitted on child pornography charges in Chicago in 2008. Gaga recorded the duet "Do what you want" with Kelly in 2013. She has promised to remove the duet recorded with Kelly from streaming services and never to work with him again. "I'm sorry, both for my poor judgment when I was young, and for not speaking out sooner". "I stand behind these women 1,000%, I believe them, I know they are suffering and in pain, and feel strongly that their voices should be heard and taken seriously" she  wrote on Instagram. Gaga also said the allegations against R.Kelly i...

Vice-president Yemi osinbajo while speaking at a conference in Abuja on Wednesday, said fake news are capable of resulting in great adverse effects. He said - I have been one of the victims of fake news. It can cause marriage crisis. My wife called me about 3 or 4 weeks ago saying - Yemi what are you doing with strippers? I replied - how do you mean?  I later read a post from a famous blog that states 'Osinbajo caught with strippers'. There was actually a picture where I was sitting between two clothed women but beneath the picture, the same women were not wearing much. I observed that the picture was taken in an entertainment event where these women were wearing perfect clothes, but it was as if the picture was taken when they dressed like strippers on the blog. The vice-president further rejected legislation that would limit press freedom, claiming it involved the right to post on social media and creation of blogs. He made it known that regulating social med...

Even though, pictures were not allowed during the wedding ceremony of the two celebrities yesterday - Adekunle Gold and Simi. Happninaija bring to you picture of Simi and her bridesmaids. Some fans are saying it looks like Simi is pregnant, whichever way, may their home continue to be a blessed one. #Adekunle Gold #Simi.