Colourful PHOTOS From President Jonathan’s Campaign Rally In Abia [LOOK]

As anticipated, President Goodluck Jonathan was in Abia State as part of his nationwide campaign tour.

The colorful ceremony which was held at the Umuahia Township Stadium was attended by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Adamu Muazu, former PDP chairman and Director-General of the campaign team, Ahmadu Ali, former Anambra State governor and South East coordinator of the campaign, Peter Obi as well as notable Abia indegenes like the Governor, Theodore Orji, First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and the Minister of Finance and coordinating Minster of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

See pictures from the colourful event below, made available by the Special Adviser to President Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati:

President Jonathan and his campaign train at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Abia State on Friday, January 16, 2015 (Photo Credit: Reuben Abati)

President Jonathan acknowledging cheers from the crowd at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Abia State on Friday, January 16, 2015 (Photo Credit: Reuben Abati)

Traditional dancers at the at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Abia State on Friday, January 16, 2015 (Photo Credit: Reuben Abati)

A cross section of the crowd at the at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Abia State on Friday, January 16, 2015 (Photo Credit: Reuben Abati)

President Jonathan, Abia State governor and traditional rulers (Photo Credit: reuben Abati)

PDP Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, President Jonathan at at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Abia State on Friday, January 16, 2015 (Photo Credit: Reuben Abati)

Cross section of the crowd at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Abia State on Friday, January 16, 2015 (Photo Credit: Reuben Abati)

President Jonathan acknowledging cheers from the crowd at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Abia State on Friday, January 16, 2015 (Photo Credit: Reuben Abati)

JENNIFER ANISTON & ANGELINA JOLIE TOGETHER AT LAST ... In the Same Photo

JENNIFER ANISTON & ANGELINA JOLIE

TOGETHER AT LAST

... In the Same Photo

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We're gonna need a bigger room ... is what Critics' Choice Awards planners must have been saying withJennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie showing up at the same event for the first time in years.

The ex and current Mrs. Pitt were actually photographed together -- several dozens of feet apart -- in a wide shot of the room ... making it clear someone (who wants to remain employed) was careful to seat them as far away as possible from each other.

We're told there were no chance run-ins between them during the show -- their first close encounter since the 2009 Oscars. For the record ... both women lost last night.
Although Justin Theroux was with Jennifer ... Angie was riding solo. Brad's no dummy.

BILL COSBY ACCUSER CHLOE GOINS IS A LIAR I Wasn't Even There

BILL COSBY

ACCUSER CHLOE GOINS IS A LIAR

I Wasn't Even There

EXCLUSIVE

Bill Cosby has PROOF he was not even at the Playboy Mansion the night one of his accusers claims he sexually assaulted her ... so says Cosby's lawyer.

Legal pit bull Marty Singer tells TMZ ... on the date in question -- August 9, 2008 -- he has flight and telephone records that clearly place Cosby in New York City ... 2,500 miles from the Mansion.

Chloe Goins claims Cosby gave her a drink at the Mansion during the Midsummer Night's Party and the next thing she knew she was naked in a bedroom as Cosby sucked her toes and masturbated.

Goins filed a police report this week with the LAPD, but it's problematic. The alleged incident occurred a little more than 6 years ago, and the statute of limitations is 6 years for all sexual assaults except rape -- the rape statute is 10 years, but up to this point Goins never alleged penetration.

Singer says Cosby's team will be "providing documentary evidence to the appropriate authorities which conclusively establishes Mr. Cosby's whereabouts on August 9th." 

And one more thing ... the August 9th party was extensively covered by the media, and photos were published of the various celebs in attendance, including Paris Hilton, Matthew Perry, Jason Statham and Bill Maher. There are no pics or mention of Cosby.

EXCLUSIVE

JUSTIN BIEBER AND SELENA GOMEZ STEAK THEIR CLAIM TO EACH OTHER ... Again.

She loves me, she loves me not.
She loves me, she loves me not.
She loves me, she loves me not.
She loves me, she loves me not.
She loves me, she loves me not.

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez had dinner Thursday at Mastro's Steakhouse in Bev Hills. They left in the same car and went to a West Hollywood hotel where she was staying.

Chris Brown Might go to Jail over Club Shootings

Chris Brown has been trying to keep a clean image but it seems there is always violence where he goes. Is he typically involved in the violence? No. Whoever is around him, or perhaps it’s just bad luck, but Chris Brown-related events have lately ended in blood, nevertheless this issue is certainly an interesting one…

Chris Brown has had his probation revoked in the Rihanna case, in part because he was present at 2 separate nightclubs when people inside were shot, and officials are worried about more shootings and think Chris should serve time behind bars. Chris showed up for a progress report Thursday, when the judge told him the probation report presented multiple problems. First, the report mentions the shooting last Sunday in San Jose when Chris was on stage. Five people were injured.

The judge also said the probation report expressed concern over another shooting at 1OAK during VMA weekend last August. Again, Chris was on stage and several people were shot, including Suge Knight. And the judge said Chris left the county for San Jose without getting the court’s permission, which is a violation of his probation. As for why the shootings are an issue, they were raised in the probation report. The judge noted so far there’s no evidence Chris was criminally involved, but the probation officer says, “There is also concern that when he performs or attends at some of his public events, people will get shot or seriously injured.”

The probation officer also notes Chris has been arrested twice while on probation — once for assault in DC and also for throwing a rock at his mom’s car in rehab. And the officer notes Chris was “making comments about knives and guns during a group [rehab] meeting.” The probation officer — who thinks Chris is focusing too much on his career rather than community service and rehabilitation — recommends to the judge that Chris serve time. The officer says the singer has shown “a pattern of making choices that are counterproductive.” The judge will hold a formal hearing March 20. If hizzoner determines Chris “willfully” violated probation, he could be in big trouble. The violations are felonies, which means prison is on the line.


It would definitely be crazy to send Chris Brown back to prison for incidents that he directly wasn’t involved in. Sounds like they’re trying to get him on that guilty by association. We’ll keep you updated on CB’s situation as the story develops, hit the next page to see video from the court hearing.

Fliptyce to work with Dr Dre’s record label

Popular Nigerian producer, Fliptyce, who is responsible for making hits like ‘Chop My Money’ by Psquare including the remix with Akon is set to work with Aftermath Entertainment, owned by Dr. Dre. -

The music producer has signed a management deal with True Shine Entertainment owned by Orion “OP1″ Peace, an entrepreneur, rapper/record producer and social activist.

True Shine Entertainment has secured a partnership with Aftermath & Bum Rush Records. Bum Rush Records is owned Galen Graham & Sly Jordan.

Fliptyce is now on the roster of True Shine Entertainment. The signing of the deal took place at the legendary Aftermath studios were international rap stars such as Eminem, and 50 Cent have recorded.

Jeremy Renner cracks joke about Jennifer Lopez's breasts while presenting at Golden Globes

The 44-year-old 'Avengers' actor referred to Lopez’s chest as 'the globes' during Sunday’s award show.

Jennifer Lopez and Jeremy Renner present at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. SundayJennifer Lopez's cleavage was the real winner at Sunday's Golden Globes, according to Jeremy Renner.

Lopez, who stunned in a plunging neckline Zuhair Murad gown, and the 44-year-old “Avengers” actor took the stage at the award show to present the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Mini Series or TV Movie and Renner had a tough time concentrating on anything else but her curvaceous frame.

"You want me to do it?" Lopez asked him, in reference to who should announce the winner.

"I have the nails."

"You've got the globes, too," Renner quipped back, referring to her chest.

The 45-year-old bares her cleavage on the red carpet at The Beverly Hilton Hotel Sunday.

Lopez laughed it off as she playfully hit the star after announcing actor Billy Bob Thornton from FX's “Fargo" as the trophy winner of the category.

Social media had a mixed bag of reactions to Renner's breast innuendo.

"HA! Jeremy Renner's #GoldenGlobes comment about @jlo...such a good, off the cuff awards show moment. These are the things we watch for," another wrote."Some people need to get a grip in society! How @Renner4Real 's comment was sexist is beyond me! Pure humour! #GoldenGlobes #JLo," one user wrote.

Man busted for trying to smuggle 94 iPhones strapped to his body

Photos released by customs authorities show dozens of neatly shrink-wrapped shiny iPhones strapped around the man's body.

Beijing (CNN)When it comes to smuggling, not all mules are created equal.

Chinese customs officials on Sunday busted a Hong Kong man trying to sneak 94 iPhones into the mainland -- by strapping them on his body.

The man caught the attention of inspectors at the Futian crossing in Shenzhen, a southern Chinese metropolis bordering Hong Kong, when he walked like someone carrying a heavy load despite appearing to travel light, customs officials told CNN on Tuesday.


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After finding nothing suspicious in his two plastic shopping bags, officials asked the man to pass through a metal detector -- and the alarm went off.

Photos released by customs authorities show dozens of neatly shrink-wrapped shiny iPhones strapped around the man's chest, abdomen, crotch and thighs with duct tape.

Officials discovered both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S models and estimated the total value of the devices to exceed 300,000 yuan ($49,000).

The man -- whose record revealed numerous previous run-ins with customs regulations -- was held for further questioning.

Mainland market

Apple's iPhones are immensely popular in Mainland China. In October, it took just six hours for customers of the country's three mobile carriers to reserve one million units of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus ahead of their official launch.

Apple handsets are more expensive in the mainland than Hong Kong, however, due to higher import taxes.

An iPhone 6 with 64 gigabytes of storage, for instance, sells for almost $1,000 in the mainland but only about $820 in Hong Kong -- and the price difference has created a huge and lucrative black market supplied by smugglers.

Shenzhen customs officials disclosed that they have caught 18 mules strapping smuggled electronic products -- including 282 iPhones -- on their bodies since December
For the Hong Kong mule caught on Sunday, he may have lost his 94 iPhones, but likely made the record books.

JOHN LEGEND CELEBRATES 36TH BIRTHDAY WITH KANYE WEST, KIM KARDASHIAN, & ROBERT DE NIRO

 John Legend celebrated his birthday and the 10-year anniversary of his debut Get Lifted at a private party at Catch in NYC last night. The R&B crooner, who turned 36 last month, was joined by his wife Chrissy Teigen and some famous friends including Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, Robert De Niro, Katie Couric, Estelle, and Michael Strahan.

Q-Tip worked the turntables and the birthday boy was presented with a cake in the shape of a piano as guests sang “Happy Birthday.”

A great birthday party for @johnlegend and slightly delayed 10 year anniversary celebration of Get Lifted (Dec 28th, 2004). GOOD Music alumni was in the building. #JohnLegend #GOODMusic

A video posted by jermainehall (@jermainehall) on Jan 8, 2015 at 10:47pm PST

Looking dapper in a Balmain tuxedo jacket, Kanye got on the mic to toast his longtime friend, who he called a “gentleman” and “a very well-mannered human being.”

“I’m tryna get some pointers from him and stuff. I don’t want to be the Phil Spector of hip-hop or anything,” joked ‘Ye.

A few words from Kanye West last night. Nice to see him smiling and completely attentive to his wife. Dope night @constv. #JohnLegend #GetLifted #KanyeWest

A video posted by jermainehall (@jermainehall) on Jan 9, 2015 at 4:35am PST

 After its release on G.O.O.D. Music in December 2004, Get Lifted won a Grammy for Best R&B Album and spawned the piano ballad “Ordinary People.”

Check out more from the legendary birthday bash below.

GOLDEN GLOBES AFTER-PARTIES: 50 CENT, JENNIFER LOPEZ, RITA ORA, TAMAR BRAXTON, & AMBER ROSE

 After the show it’s the after-party. After all the awards were handed out at Sunday’s Golden Globes, the winners (and losers) turned up at the Beverly Hilton. Hollywood A-listers popped Moët and mingled with rap superstars and pop divas at celebrations hosted by HBO, Warner Bros., and Netflix.

Following their win for Best Original Song for “Glory,” Common and John Legend hit the party circuit with trophy in hand.

“I have never been so proud in my life,” said Chrissy Teigen, who kissed her husband after his win. The couple met up with Best Actress (Drama) winner Julianne Moore before heading home to celebrate with their dogs over Jack and the Box.

An overjoyed Common toasted with Larenz Tate and 50 Cent, who congratulated him on his win.

“Common is cool, his energy was amazing he had that we won (I can’t believe It), thing going on I was just happy to see it happening,” said 50, who also caught up with Jake Gyllenhaal.

Jennifer Lopez snapped selfies with glamour girls Rita Ora and Cara Delevingne at The Weinstein Company & Netflix’s after-party.

While she may have lost her award to Common and John Legend, Lorde still had a blast with her girlfriends Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez at the InStyle and Warner Bros. post-party.

Tamar Braxton was seen at the same soirée with pals NeNe Leakes and her “Real” co-host Tamera Mowry-Housley, while Amber Rose stepped out in all white to NBCUniversal’s bash.

Five People Shot During Chris Brown Performance In San Jose

Five people were shot and injured early this morning (Jan. 11) at Fiesta Nightclub in San Jose, CA. The incident occurred during a performance by Chris Brown, who was tapped for hosting duties for a “Capricorn Bash” birthday celebration.

San Jose Mercury News reports that shots rang out at around 1:20 a.m. on Monterey Road. Officials arrived on the scene to find four people wounded, while a fifth victim walked into a local hospital. Cops detained several people following the shooting. Each victim is expected to survive.

The shots were fired during Brown’s performance of “Loyal.” The singer, who was not connected to the shooting, took to Twitter to ensure his fans that he was was not hurt during the ordeal:

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— Chris Brown (@chrisbrown) January 11, 2015

More footage from the shooting aftermath below. Stay tuned for more details on this story.

Obasanjo, Pastor Adeboye, Oyedepo and others attend Jonathan’s daughter’s wedding

Former President Olusegun Obasan­jo joined other dignitaries to grace the church wedding of Pres­ident Goodluck Jona­than’s foster daughter, Inebharapu and her husband Simeon, at the National Christian Cen­tre, Abuja, yesterday

 Obasanjo arrived in the venue with Dr. Andy Uba and some other aides before the commencement of the service. He was ushered into the hall amidst standing ova­tion and took his seat at the VIP section. A loud applause from the congregation also greeted his introduction dur­ing the service.

In his admonition on the occasion, President Jonathan advised the couple to learn to solve their marital problems themselves without involv­ing a third party, including their parents. He further urged the couple to embrace the virtue of endurance, add­ing that they should not bring their problems to him, as he already had enough on his hands to handle.

The President, in his vote of thanks at the service, recognised the presence of Obasanjo.

Delivering his sermon, the Primate of the Church of Ni­geria, Anglican Communion, Most Revd. Nicholas Okoh, noted that although marriage as an institution was ordained by God, it had been having problems from the beginning with Adam and Eve.

He urged the couple to keep the vow they made before God so that they can attract the blessings therein to themselves. Okoh urged them to always forgive each other no matter what, warn­ing against keeping diary of offences for each other.

The cleric though noted the importance of money in marriage, he stressed that the bride and groom were not joined together as business partners.

Okoh also used the oc­casion to again kick against same-sex marriage which he described as sinful, artificial and shameful. “We encour­age young people to reject that new introduction of young men marrying men or women marrying women,” he said.

Speaking at the reception held at the International Conference Centre (ICC), the Chairman, Senate Presi­dent, David Mark, who represented Vice President Namadi Sambo urged the couple to properly define each other’s roles in the home so as to avoid con­flict.

“Any man whose mar­riage is successful today, it is because the husband has allowed the wife to take the minor decision in the house and he the major decision. If there is a football match in the house, if your husband’s team is losing and your team is winning and your husband is boasting that his team will win, encourage and support him, that is a major deci­sion.”

Frank Edogho of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire” and Helen Paul, a presenter of Jara on African Magic, were on hand to entertain the guests at the reception. Music was supplied by Kola Sax, popular international gospel artiste, Ron Konely did a special love song en­titled: “You are my every­thing.”

Prominent among dig­nitaries who attended the service were: the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihe­dioha; Governor Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Gov­ernor Jonah Jang (Plateau); Governor Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa); Governor Li­yel Imoke (Cross River); Governor Gabriel Suswam (Benue); former Governor Peter Odili; and Chief Edwin Clark.

Eminent men of God such as Pastor Enoch Adeboye; Bishop David Oyedepo, Archbishop Sam Amanga, and Pastor Paul Adefarasi, were also present at the oc­casion.

Hostages taken in northeast Paris amid police car chase'

Paris shooting: ‘One killed and hostages taken as net closes around ChaOne person has been killed and an unknown number of hostages taken after police discovered the hiding place of two men suspected of launching a terror attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, police have said.

Said and Cherif Kouachi, the two main suspects in the terror attack, are now believed to be holed up in a commercial building on the outskirts of Paris and negotiations are currently underway, according to reports.

Schools – one of which is just a few hundred metres from the scene – are on lockdown in the area with children being kept inside.

Gunshots rang out earlier this morning after the two suspects’ hiding place was discovered in the French town of Dammartin-en-Goele. Two people were reportedly seriously injured as gunfire was exchanged.

(Picture: Sky News)

At least one person had been taken hostage, a police source said.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve separately confirmed a police operation was underway in the town, some 40 km (25 miles) from the site of where police had been hunting the two suspects on Thursday.

Paris-born brothers Chérif (left) and Saïd Kouachi have been known to French intelligence

A car was stolen and there is believed to have been a police chase on the N2 motorway in northeast France, on the outskirts of Paris, before the two men barricaded themselves in to a commercial property.

A French police convoy and helicopters are rushing to the scene of the operation to detain the Charlie Hebdo shooting suspects.

(Picture: Sky News)

Georges Brenier, RTL journalist, said: ‘There is at least one dead and several injured after being hit by numerous bullets.’

The whole town is now completely sealed of and people are being told not to leave their homes.

One resident said: ‘I work at Kuehne Nagel warehouse in the industrial area. About half an hour ago I heard shots and within five minutes there was all this security, helicopters, police.’

‘We were prohibited from going near the windows and told to stay inside the warehouse. There is nobody going in or out.’

Why President Jonathan Would Get My Votes -Charles Novia Reveals

Ok when it comes to criticism, Charles Nova needs no introduction.  The Award winning director and critic,to his tweeter handle this afternoon to enumerate the  reasons he would rather vote President  for Jonathan come February 2015.. see more of his tweets below