#this is another jude and paul tweet in just one week

[ringosmistress]

[politicaltheatre]

Personal Responsibility, pt.3

Misdirection.

It's the stock in trade of magic tricks, pickpockets, espionage, and petty corruption, all of which is to say: politics. Focus your attention on the shiny bauble over here, you miss the undermining of the rule of law over there.

The focus of our attention yesterday and today has been James Comey (and, to a much lesser extent, John McCain). The former FBI director's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding FBI investigations into Russian influence in the 2016 elections, the Trump campaign, and all the president's men (and daughter), and how those investigations and not his incompetent handling of the Hillary Clinton email scandal led to Comey's firing was certainly worthy of attention and hours of discussion, but we should take care to take a look at a few other things equally worthy.

For instance, while eyes and ears were glued to the Senate's side of the Capitol Building, the House Republicans were busy pushing through a bill to destroy Dodd-Frank, the package of regulations passed in the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown. House Speaker Paul Ryan and his colleagues have spent almost as much time, energy, and lobbyist money trying to gut those regulations as they have trying to do the same to what we now call Obamacare.

For years, as we focused our attention on dozens of Obamacare "repeals", Ryan and friends have been content to chip away at the edges of Dodd-Frank, softening and neutering many of its stronger elements. Dodd-Frank is by no means a great law, certainly not in comparison to the magnificent sledgehammer of a law it all but replaced, Glass-Steagall, but it did serve as the foundation for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was needed long before 2008. Removing Dodd-Frank damages that foundation and threatens consumers - which is to say, just about everyone on the planet - by removing the one thing that will protect them from corruption in banking: accountability.

Another thing we risked missing this week was that profile of Eric Trump in Forbes. Coupled with his own troublesome tweets earlier in the week, it revealed a father and son driven by the same ultimate purpose as Ryan's Financial Choice Act: removal of accountability.

In the Trumps' case, they do so through dehumanization, and Twitter. The younger Trump's belittling of Democrats echoes some repulsive tweets his older brother made during the 2016 election. Their tweets reveal all we need to know about them and their father. They pair positions of confidence and strength with the coded language and dog whistles of bigotry and cruelty. One does not respect the enemy, let alone deign to show respect. Enemies are beneath that, unworthy of it, weak and subhuman. The weak and subhuman are there to be exploited. That's it. Anyone hoping to work with the Trumps, hoping that they can channel their energies into something productive and, perhaps someday, even altruistic is deluded.

There is no greater proof of that than the damning revelation from the Forbes article. It is possible that this actually is the worst thing we've heard yet about the Trumps. According to Eric Trump, he used a Trump-owned golf course to host an annual charity benefit for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Despite his boastful claims, this was not done free. Despite the obvious tax deductions available and no doubt taken for doing so, usage and service fees were still charged from the very start, albeit at a discount to the charity.

Taking any money that could and should go to saving the lives of children with cancer is despicable. It is. There's no way around it. What Trump claimed his father made him do, however, qualifies as pure evil. In 2011, the Eric Trump Foundation, its board now firmly under the influence of Donald Trump appointees, rescinded the discount, charging full price and then some for use of the country club. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees have been charged in multiple years, the most recent year on record, 2015, topping $300, 000 in fees.

What does that say about the people who would do something like that? What, more importantly, does that say about what they think of the people they are doing that to?

When we return our attention, then, to James Comey and the Senators on the Intelligence Committee, on what should that attention focus? Comey himself said multiple times that Russian hacking remains an ongoing threat to the United States, one that we should not lose focus on. He claims that Russian influence on the 2016 elections was real and did affect the outcome.

Fine. Certainly the release of the DNC and Jon Podesta emails had a devastating effect on Hillary Clinton's campaign and, perhaps even worse, on the down-ticket Democrats she dragged down with her. It will go down in history that the United States and possibly the whole world has suffered greatly for it. One could, and should argue, though, that the hacked emails would not have had that effect had Clinton not run such a poor campaign, had she not had such a close, lucrative relationship with Wall Street, and had the people she chose to surround herself with not written so many emails revealing their own smug entitlement and disdain for the very people they claimed to want to serve.

That Clinton cannot seem to accept her own responsibility for her loss continues to haunt the Democrats, not just because it keeps the issue of the election available as a 2020 campaign issue for the incumbent president but because it serves as a distraction from what Democrats should focus our attention on: corruption.

Corruption isn't picky. It does not care about national borders or brand loyalty. It does not value human life. Corruption is about getting for yourself whatever you can as quickly as you can. That is why the case of Michael Flynn and all of the contacts between men in Trump's inner circle and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak is so very, very important.

The threat posed by Russian influence isn't about the old geo-political chess match of the Cold War. It's about corruption, financial quid pro quo and little else. The actions of the Russian government in the past twenty years have demonstrated a kleptocracy, a government in which economic and foreign policy works at the behest for the enrichment of a few already rich and powerful men. Its moral code is one of corruption as virtue.

When we look at former FBI Director James Comey's testimony and, in the coming months, when we follow former FBI Director Robert Mueller's investigation into Flynn, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Carter Page, Jared Kushner, and all of the other men and women the President of the United States has chosen to surround himself with, we must force ourselves not to allow ourselves to be misdirected. This is about corruption.

This is about men and women in positions of power with the potential to use that power to make policy that enriches a few and devastates many to do so. We should be outraged when politicians accept money and favors from any source, domestic or foreign.

That, ultimately, comes down to us and what we will accept, what we will allow. If we allow the misdirected, we deserve to be fooled. Don't think the ones attempting the misdirection won't think us fools if we do.

- Daniel Ward

[d2kvirus]

Dickheads of the Month: November 2018

As it seems that there are people who say or do things that are remarkably dickheaded yet somehow people try to make excuses for them or pretend it never happened, here is a collection of some of the dickheaded actions we saw in the month of November 2018 to make sure that they are never forgotten.

Just when you think the current Tory government can’t get any scummier they find new depths to sink to, this time as it emerged that their use of gagging orders wasn’t just last month’s story of how Esther McVey silenced over twenty groups who oppose Universal Credit, oh no, the latest one to emerge was how engineering firm WSP had to sign a non-disclosure agreement expressly forbidding their report into the Grenfell Tower fire from criticising Theresa May or her government - which came to light just weeks after Theresa May claimed she was going to get tough on gagging clauses

Of course Theresa May herself wasn’t above scumminess, not when her address to the Confederation of British Industry featured her claiming how EU nationals “jump the queue” in terms of immigrations, and initially attempted to deny that she had said it - a claim that was somewhat difficult considering that comment had been broadcast by numerous television stations by that point

Bastions of journalistic integrity and not knowing what Photoshop is Newsnight hosted a panel of six members of the public to discuss the merits of Theresa may’s Britait deal, and one of the panel claimed to be a lifelong Tory supporter named Lynn who was wholly behind the deal - but what she neglected to mention was that she was an actress named Marina Lynn Hayter who had previously appeared in several BBC programmes ranging other political programming to working as an extra in EastEnders who also happens to post Islamophobic tweets.  When this came to light the initial response was for Newsnight host Emily Maitlis to tweet patronising comments to anyone who dared think the BBC’s word couldn't not be trusted while editor Esme Wren responded by doubling down on claims that “Lynn” was a legitimate pastor - claims which were rapidly torn to shreds as Hayter’s Twitter feed proves she is a pastor of the Seeds For Wealth Ministries (who definitely aren’t a pyramid scheme...) whose ceremonial garb looks nothing like the Anglican garb she wore on Newsnight, which only begs the question whether she chose to wear that garb and nobody checked if she was genuine or whether Newsnight dressed her up that way

In a desperate attempt to gain sympathy and/or relevance David Cameron said he was “bored shitless” after two years being away from politics and spending most of his time in his shed and he was considering a return to frontline politics, possibly as Foreign Secretary - apparently failing to understand that the reason that he’s been away from frontline politics for the past two years is because his gamble of an advisory referendum on EU membership backfired horribly due to his incompetent handling of the Remain campaign, especially since he also promised to activate Article 50 if a Leave vote came in, which is the reason he ran for the hills the second his fuckup was readily apparent

Feckless cunt Ivanka Trump scored a spectacular own goal against Team Trump when it emerged she had sent several hundred government emails from her personal e-mail account before initially trying to claim she didn’t realise she had done anything wrong - as if she forgot about her father saying “But her emails!!!!!!” several thousand times during the Presidential campaign whenever any question he couldn’t or wouldn’t answer came up

The past two years of acting like a cockney gangster who thinks he’s gotten away with it to the point he’s rubbing it in the faces of everyone else meant that Arron Banks really looked foolish where, after months of saying he doesn't care what the Electoral Commission says about him, the Electoral Commission referred the investigation into his business dealings to the National Crime Office

...or course, within 24 hours of this, the geniuses at the BBC announced that Banks would be appearing on The Sunday Politics Show, which sails dangerously close to interfering with a criminal investigation, and as expected the whole thing was a farce as it degenerated into Banks using the opportunity to smear Carole Cadwalladr for the umpteenth time as Julia Hartley-Brewer agreed with him the whole time

It seemed the Banksification of the BBC continued apace when Andrew Neil posted a particularly nasty tweet about Carole Cadwalladr that sounded remarkably similar to the tweets Banks has posted about her for the past year or so - and the BBC did not help themselves when their response was to say that, as Neil had deleted the tweet, there was no reason to complain

And the BBC’s dereliction of duty continued apace on Question Time when David Dimbleby made no effort to demand a retraction from Claire Perry when she called Jeremy Corbyn an antisemite

...and finally Andrew Marr decided he wanted part of the action when adopting a needlessly aggressive and downright nasty tone when interviewing Shami Chakrabarti

Compulsive liar Esther McVey had the gall to claim in her resignation letter that she could not be true to herself or the public in accepting Theresa May’s Britait proposal - a week after she told the House of Commons that mental health charity MIND had recognised and welcomed her suggested changes to Universal Credit, which was news to MIND, who had repeatedly criticised Universal Credit due to it having conditions that could stop those with mental health problems receiving benefits, as not only had they not welcomed her changes but she had not even informed them of these changes in the first place.

It appears that Paul Joseph Watson is quite happy on Manor Farm without his master telling him which lies to disseminate, considering he not only happily re-edited the footage of Jim Acosta having the microphone snatched out of his hands by a White House intern so it looked like he was assaulting her (and I’ll get to that in a moment...) but just 24 hours later falsely claimed (as did Laura Loomer and Pamela Geller) the perpetrator of the Thousand Oaks shooting was a Middle Eastern man and not an ex-marine who happened to be white

Doing her bit to unite the people of Mississippi was Cindy Hyde-Smith and her pledge to stand in the front row of a public lynching, which definitely didn’t have any connotations whatsoever considering her opponent Mike Espy happens to be of the ethnic background of people who tended to get lynched in Mississippi

Not only did Laura Loomer think that posting Islamophobic tweets about  newly-elected Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar wouldn’t come back to bite her on the backside, but when Twitter blocked her account for spreading hate speech she responded in the most insane way - by pinning a gold “Jude” star to herself and handcuffing herself to Twitter’s offices in New York, livestreaming the whole thing...which only turned into a humiliation conga line starting with Twitter employees simply walking in and out of the office ignoring her, soon followed by Twitter stating they wouldn’t press charges so she could stay there as long as she liked, the NYPD walking up with a set of bolt cutters and telling her to bugger off, and the bizarre moment where somebody watching ordered pizzas for Loomer and her cameraman only for Loomer to send them away as getting her Twitter back was more important than eating.  And, no, Twitter did not give her account back.

Professional contrarian Piers Moron Morgan obviously needed attention that day when tweeting some utter gibberish on International Men’s Day about radicalised feminists and how men should be manly men at the height of their manliness, all interspersed with him getting increasingly triggered by Little Mix because...nope, no idea whatsoever, but he certainly seemed angry about the whole thing

We got another round of “REEEEEEEEEEEdom of speech” wailing after a group of middle-aged edgelords who burned an effigy of Grenfell Tower because apparently if you can’t post a video of you and several of your friends burning an effigy of a real-life tragedy and using it as an excuse to make Islamophobic comments online without breaking some race-hate laws, what can you do in this country?  Other than what the South Norwood Conservative Club did, which was decide that deleting photos of the individuals from their Facebook page wasn’t enough, and instead they should just delete the whole page

NRA TV’s lead hate preacher Dana Loesch decided to revive a decade-old tweet saying teenagers piss her off to advertise she would be reading out her hate mail, sounding uncannily like the school shooters who benefit from sociopaths such as her and her NRA buddies making it so easy to get hold of an AR-15

Vile mass of blood and organs with a deep-seeded need to be despised Lindsey Graham took it upon himself to patronise Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and say he could educate her about the Holocaust - a comment which saw him slapped down by someone with a far greater understanding of the Holocaust than him, namely the Auschwitz Memorial

It apparently only just dawned on Dominic Raab that the UK is an island that imports the vast majority of its food by sea, primarily from the European Union.  This is somebody who is in charge of the UK’s negotiations to leave the European Union...

Seemingly on a mission to prove that the people most vocal about leaving the EU don’t have a clue Nadine Dorries stated she wouldn’t support Theresa May’s Britait deal as it would mean that the UK wouldn’t have a single MEP...something that’s a bit of a given considering that, by leaving the EU, the UK wouldn;t have a single MEP as they would also be voluntarily leaving the European Parliament

Doing their bit to demonstrate the failings of the American education system were the students of Baraboo school district who celebrated graduation by performing the Nazi salute en masse in their graduation photo

In the wake of a White House intern trying to grab a microphone from the hands of CNN’s Jim Acosta for his free exercise of the press, which I believe is something mentioned in the First Amendment, in their attempts to control the story Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed Acosta assaulted the intern - and had an obviously doctobered piece of footage from the Squealer to Alex Jones’ Napoleon as quote-unquote proof

It’s hard to feel sorry for Scott Walker being unable to demand a recount for the Wisconsin gubernatorial election in spite losing the vote by just 1.2% to Democrat candidate Tony Evers - mainly because Walker passed a law stating that, if the candidate who finished second lost by more than 1% of the vote, they couldn’t demand a recount

Upon arriving at Luton Airport and learning that the airline he had flown on had lost his self-propelling wheelchair and being offered the use of one of the airport’s standard wheelchairs in order to help him through the airport, instead it occurred to Justin Levine that the best course of action would be to drag himself through the airport on his backside and, once he had left, threatened legal action against the airport - even though those who were responsible for the entire situation were the airline for losing Levine’s chair, and Levine for refusing any attempt at assistance from the airport just so he could make a show of his “struggle” for the person who quite conveniently filmed the entire thing

While it may be his schtick to make asinine arguments that he tries to tie to Trump getting elected, it should have occurred to Bill Maher that posting a blog just days after Stan Lee’s death laying into adults for reading comics and blaming them for Trump’s victory made him sound like a complete prick

Arbiter of what is or isn’t a consensual penis Enzo Amore demonstrated just how well he had gotten over being fired by WWE by buying a ticket for their Survivor Series pay per view, sneaking into the building in a disguise, and during the show jumping on his chair to make a spectacle of himself - for the few seconds before security dragged his sorry ass out of the arena

For the 2018 edition of using Remembrance Sunday as an excuse to bash Jeremy Corbyn the Daily Mail was up in arms that he attended the Cenotaph wearing an anorak - but then again, given MailOnline users were saying Meghan Markle was being “disrespectful” because...something about her face and not knowing her place, sentiments which definitely don’t sound like the dogwhistling of some indignant racists, it’s as if our soldiers died for these idiots to seethe in their sleep

Just an FYI: when Cressida Dick states that a Metropolitan Police investigation into a leaked dossier is not investigating the Labour party, neither the BBC or the Evening Standard should run headlines saying there’s an investigation into the Labour party - especially since the text of their own reports states that’s not the case

Putting the “amateur” in “amateur football team” was the bizarre story that unfolded when Ballybrack FC announced the death of their player Fernando Nuno La Fuente in a traffic accident...which was certainly news to La Fuente 

With his position of Most Inexplicably Popular Youtuber under threat by the rise of T-Series, all that PewDipShit PewDiePie accepted the challenge by spouting all manner of insane conspiracy theories about the legitimacy of their subscriber count and going so far as to pay for billboards to try and raise his visibility, which looked like her was throwing the sort of tantrum not seen since Veruca Salt was told she couldn't have an Oompa Loompa because his precious record was about to fall - which, of course, his brainless followers swallowed whole

Somehow it never occurred to an estimated twenty members of Direct Action Everywhere who marched into a steakhouse to play audio of cattle being slaughtered to the diners while yelling their various slogans that they’re not getting their message across - you're pissing people off and being dickheads while you’re doing it

Oh-so-edge high schooler/Youtuber NathanTheHicc managed the impossible: he managed to give Bethesda some good PR from the trainwreck that is Fallout 76 after he decided the best way to play the game would be to round up a posse who would grief players while yelling homophobic insults at them through voice chat, or engage in “playful immaturity” as he tried to claim it was when slapped with a ban

None of which exonerates Bethesda from the utter shitshow that is Fallout 76, where not only was the game a bug-riddled mess by Bethesda standards to the point a bug in the game’s beta deleted the whole thing from people’s hard drives the second they installed it, but they couldn’t even fulfill expectations for the tat bundled in with a pre-order special edition - and thought the equivalent of a $5 giftcard was sufficient compensation

It should have occurred to Gary Neville that his being widely misquoted with his summary of Tottenham Hotspur (which was mainly to shut up the clueless Jamie Carragher, who doesn’t appear to understand how finance works) that the best course of action would be to let the whole thing blow over.  Instead he got wound up by his failures as manager of Valencia being brought up by Harry Redknapp and fired back with a spreadsheet...which only drew more attention to his failures at Valencia

And finally, hiding behind an intern as he doesn’t want to get his hands dirty, there’s Donald Trump blaming Californians for fires caused by his budget cuts, which shows it’s not just the midterm results he doesn’t have a clue about

[newssplashy]

The week was exciting and full of intriguing stories, so guys let's take you through how they all happened.

This week has been full of interesting stories and gist as usual from your favourite celebrities.

From the beginning of the week we got to see sibling rivalry continue, a celebrity graduating from university, even some celebrity claimed to have been attacked by SARS again! As usual, the dragging and calling out game happened during the week.

Ok guys, here are some major stories we brought to you during the week which got a lot of people talking.

1. Paul Okoye responds to brother's insult accusation

 Well, the week began with Paul Okoye responded to the accusations earlier made by his twin brother, Peter Okoye of insulting his family. Paul Okoye while granting an interview with a radio station was asked about his twin brother's latest accusation and he gave a very diplomatic answer to the question.

"These are sensitive questions and the fact that it is sensitive there are ways you will say it and the way you people will just create news out of it. The way you people are lost about this issue is the same way I am seeing the issue too.

"Just understand this, it Is not good for me, it is not good for anybody yes people will tell you that they have been hearing one side of the story and they want to hear my own side of the story, I am not giving anybody any story. I always say this I didn't work hard for twenty years to destroy stuff like that, ok, I don't know, to be honest with you, I don't know," he said.

2. Nina graduates from Imo State University

 Away from sibling rivalry and drama, former Big Brother Naija housemate, Nina during the week, graduated from Imo State University. A very excited Nina took to her Instagram page where she posted photos from school.

"4 years, 62 courses, 8 semesters. Finally, it’s over...I remember 4 years ago when I got admission Always running for lectures chai. No more lectures. No more assignments. No more impromptu Saturday test. Mama, I made it. To you Lord who made this possible. I will praise you forever. You are merciful. You are my Jehova overdo. You are my unchangable changer. I can’t stop loving you. To my parents, thanks for always standing by me. I love you forever. Finally a BA holder...osheyyyyyy," she wrote.

3. Yeni Kuti lays curse on band member who absconded in US

 Another drama that happened during the week was the allegation that a member of Femi Kuti's band, absconded in the US. Just like any caring sibling, Femi's sister, Yeni Kuti, took it upon herself as she cursed the band member, Andrew Aghedo on her Instagram page.

"The face of betrayal. I hope @realdonaldtrump catches you and deports you!!! Deserted band 20mins before concert because he wants to stay in America. BETRAYER Absconded bassist 20 mins before concert! ANDREW AGHEDO! Those who defend you are just like you. You try to destroy other people to get on in life. It doesn’t work like that," she wrote.

4. Jude Okoye says he used to be a bus conductor

 While Peter and Paul Okoye continued to wash their dirty linens in public, their elder brother, Jude Okoye was serving us some motivational goals on Instagram. According to Jude Engees, he used to be a bus conductor in Lagos before things turned around for him.

"DID YOU KNOW....? My first 4 nights in Lagos in 1995 was spent under ijora bridge stranded cos of music hustle. Had to do conductor work route ijora - jibowu every day to survive. #mondaymotivation," he said.

5. iLLBLISS says a gun was held to his head by SARS officers

 The list of celebrities who have been harassed by SARS officers increased during the week, with iLLBLISS as their latest victim. The rapper and music executive made this known on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, on his Twitter page.

"Last night SARS had guns to my head! Lying on the coal tar next to my manager/ what the fk is going on? Searching us for tramadol and....." he tweeted.

6. D'banj continues to mourn his son

 The death of D'banj's son came as a rude shock to everyone both in and outside the entertainment industry. Even though the music star has stayed away from social media since the demise of his son, he came out during the week to write about how he and his family have been doing since the sad incident.

"The past few weeks have been incredibly trying and difficult, but God’s love has kept me and my family going. I can't thank my team enough and the incredible love from you all. May God keep us all. #StrongerTogether'...      " he captioned the photo.

7. Waje has a message for her former personal assistants

 Waje appears to be one of those celebrities who hardly get dramatic on social media but this week, the singer wasn't having any of it as she called out her former personal assistants on Instagram. According to her, you have to work hard to be able to achieve anything in life.

" Dear young people, you have to work! You think cause of the clothes and lifestyle, we hang with our legs and sit with makeup and a smile? It's disheartening. You send me dm's of how you want a job etc. In the last 3 months, I have worked with four personal assistants with everyone complaining that the job is stressful. So you think the job was taking pictures?" she wrote.

8. Mercy Aigbe's estranged husband says he owns her and their son

 The strained relationship between Mercy Aigbe and her estranged husband, Lanre Gentry has continued to be the topic of discussion among tabloids. In a recent interview with PUNCH, Lanre Gentry revealed his relationship status with the actress.

"Mercy and Juwon are my property," he said when asked about Mercy Aigbe's Instagram post during the Father's day celebration. When queried about reuniting with Aigbe after the actress moved out of their matrimonial home, Gentry said he's waiting to hear from the actress as regards dissolving their marriage legally because they are still married according to the Nigerian marital laws.

Ok guys, thanks for reading and staying online to our platform, we hope you continue to do so while having an exciting week ahead.

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Weekly Recap: A recap of what happened this week in the lives of your favourite celebrities

The week was exciting and full of intriguing stories, so guys let's take you through how they all happened.

This week has been full of interesting stories and gist as usual from your favourite celebrities.

From the beginning of the week we got to see sibling rivalry continue, a celebrity graduating from university, even some celebrity claimed to have been attacked by SARS again! As usual, the dragging and calling out game happened during the week.

Ok guys, here are some major stories we brought to you during the week which got a lot of people talking.

1. Paul Okoye responds to brother's insult accusation

 Well, the week began with Paul Okoye responded to the accusations earlier made by his twin brother, Peter Okoye of insulting his family. Paul Okoye while granting an interview with a radio station was asked about his twin brother's latest accusation and he gave a very diplomatic answer to the question.

"These are sensitive questions and the fact that it is sensitive there are ways you will say it and the way you people will just create news out of it. The way you people are lost about this issue is the same way I am seeing the issue too.

"Just understand this, it Is not good for me, it is not good for anybody yes people will tell you that they have been hearing one side of the story and they want to hear my own side of the story, I am not giving anybody any story. I always say this I didn't work hard for twenty years to destroy stuff like that, ok, I don't know, to be honest with you, I don't know," he said.

2. Nina graduates from Imo State University

 Away from sibling rivalry and drama, former Big Brother Naija housemate, Nina during the week, graduated from Imo State University. A very excited Nina took to her Instagram page where she posted photos from school.

"4 years, 62 courses, 8 semesters. Finally, it’s over...I remember 4 years ago when I got admission Always running for lectures chai. No more lectures. No more assignments. No more impromptu Saturday test. Mama, I made it. To you Lord who made this possible. I will praise you forever. You are merciful. You are my Jehova overdo. You are my unchangable changer. I can’t stop loving you. To my parents, thanks for always standing by me. I love you forever. Finally a BA holder...osheyyyyyy," she wrote.

3. Yeni Kuti lays curse on band member who absconded in US

 Another drama that happened during the week was the allegation that a member of Femi Kuti's band, absconded in the US. Just like any caring sibling, Femi's sister, Yeni Kuti, took it upon herself as she cursed the band member, Andrew Aghedo on her Instagram page.

"The face of betrayal. I hope @realdonaldtrump catches you and deports you!!! Deserted band 20mins before concert because he wants to stay in America. BETRAYER Absconded bassist 20 mins before concert! ANDREW AGHEDO! Those who defend you are just like you. You try to destroy other people to get on in life. It doesn’t work like that," she wrote.

4. Jude Okoye says he used to be a bus conductor

 While Peter and Paul Okoye continued to wash their dirty linens in public, their elder brother, Jude Okoye was serving us some motivational goals on Instagram. According to Jude Engees, he used to be a bus conductor in Lagos before things turned around for him.

"DID YOU KNOW....? My first 4 nights in Lagos in 1995 was spent under ijora bridge stranded cos of music hustle. Had to do conductor work route ijora - jibowu every day to survive. #mondaymotivation," he said.

5. iLLBLISS says a gun was held to his head by SARS officers

 The list of celebrities who have been harassed by SARS officers increased during the week, with iLLBLISS as their latest victim. The rapper and music executive made this known on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, on his Twitter page.

"Last night SARS had guns to my head! Lying on the coal tar next to my manager/ what the fk is going on? Searching us for tramadol and....." he tweeted.

6. D'banj continues to mourn his son

 The death of D'banj's son came as a rude shock to everyone both in and outside the entertainment industry. Even though the music star has stayed away from social media since the demise of his son, he came out during the week to write about how he and his family have been doing since the sad incident.

"The past few weeks have been incredibly trying and difficult, but God’s love has kept me and my family going. I can't thank my team enough and the incredible love from you all. May God keep us all. #StrongerTogether'...      " he captioned the photo.

7. Waje has a message for her former personal assistants

 Waje appears to be one of those celebrities who hardly get dramatic on social media but this week, the singer wasn't having any of it as she called out her former personal assistants on Instagram. According to her, you have to work hard to be able to achieve anything in life.

" Dear young people, you have to work! You think cause of the clothes and lifestyle, we hang with our legs and sit with makeup and a smile? It's disheartening. You send me dm's of how you want a job etc. In the last 3 months, I have worked with four personal assistants with everyone complaining that the job is stressful. So you think the job was taking pictures?" she wrote.

8. Mercy Aigbe's estranged husband says he owns her and their son

 The strained relationship between Mercy Aigbe and her estranged husband, Lanre Gentry has continued to be the topic of discussion among tabloids. In a recent interview with PUNCH, Lanre Gentry revealed his relationship status with the actress.

"Mercy and Juwon are my property," he said when asked about Mercy Aigbe's Instagram post during the Father's day celebration. When queried about reuniting with Aigbe after the actress moved out of their matrimonial home, Gentry said he's waiting to hear from the actress as regards dissolving their marriage legally because they are still married according to the Nigerian marital laws.

Ok guys, thanks for reading and staying online to our platform, we hope you continue to do so while having an exciting week ahead.

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