Last year Tutu outraged Christians when he declared: “I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven…No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to hell…I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this.”
Friday, January 17, 2014
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Starts The World's First Homosexual Political Party
Last year Tutu outraged Christians when he declared: “I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven…No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to hell…I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this.”
House Finance Committee’s 50 Questions: Okonjo-Iweala presents detailed 102-page response.
Find a press statement below...
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has provided a detailed 102-page documented response to the 50 questions posed by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance. The document provides, in extensive detail, including tables and graphs, answers to the committee’s well publicized questions.
In her response, the Minister stressed that, in spite of many challenges which government has acknowledged, the Nigerian economy is showing real and measurable progress in many areas. This can be seen in the fact that more jobs are being created; roads, rail and other infrastructure are being improved; the country is saving for the future and planning better for the present. Continue...
Uganda President refuses to sign anti-gay bill into law
"Even with legislation, they will simply go underground and continue practicing homosexuality or lesbianism for mercenary reasons. You cannot call an abnormality an alternative orientation. It could be that the Western societies, on account of random breeding, have generated many abnormal people." President Museveni saidIn December 2013, the Ugandan parliament passed its anti-gay bill going against the President's advice and now seeks his assent. The President had initially advised that the homosexuality situation in the country be studied deeply and carefully before any laws against the practice be enacted.
The Ugandan anti-gay bill seeks to make all form of homosexual activities a criminal offense to be punishable under law. Homosexuals can get as much as a life term imprisonment punishment. Also anyone who knows a homosexual and doesn't report such to police authorities would also face some sanctions if found wanting.
Russian President Putin names three qualities a politician needs.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has named three qualities he believes a politician should have.
During
a meeting between the president and volunteers taking part in the
preparations for the Sochi Olympics, which are scheduled to be held in
February, a Mongolian student of a Krasnodar Territory university asked
Putin what three strong qualities a politician should have.
"Honesty, professionalism, and - that probably applies more to healthcare workers - a feeling of compassion and involvement in the life of an ordinary citizen. It's extremely important," Putin said.
Russia doesn't prohibit homosexual relations, only propaganda among minors is banned - Putin
During his meeting with Sochi
Olympics volunteers, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia
does not seek to hold anyone legally responsible for homosexual
relations, as it is widely stipulated in the West. More specifically, he
underlined that Russia does not arrest anyone for homosexual relations,
and it is only the promotion of homosexuality and pedophilia among
minors that is strictly banned.
The maradona: France's Hollande visits First Lady Trierweiler in hospital.
French President Francois Hollande has paid his first visit to his official partner Valerie Trierweiler since she was hospitalised in the wake of revelations he was having an affair, his office said.
Hollande visited Trierweiler at a Paris hospital on Thursday evening, six days after she was admitted, a spokesman said.
Obama Set to announce end of NSA telephone metadata collection program - official
President Barack Obama on Friday will announce the end of a telephone metadata collection program that has come under harsh criticism, a senior US official said.
"In his speech, the President will say that he is ordering a transition that will end the Section 215 telephone metadata program as it currently exists," the official said, as Obama prepares to unveil long awaited reforms of NSA surveillance techniques.
WHITECIOUS: Vanity Fair accused of lightening Lupita Nyong'o's skin
Vanity Fair yesterday announced that 30 year old Oscar nominee Lupita
Nyong'o was among the faces photographed for the Vanities section of
its February issue and tweeted the pic on the right. And as the Kenyan
beauty looks great in the pic, everyone was quick to point out that
she looks way lighter in the pic than she really is. Compare and
contrast the pics above. African is beautiful Vanity Fair!
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
Senate President's Younger sister Dies During Child labour
Mark described his late sister "as a straight forward, hardworking and benevolent person with plenty of vision and hope for a greater tomorrow" adding that the death was a huge loss to the Mark's family.
R.I.P: 3-Year-Old Nigerian Boy Crushed To Death By Lift In Ireland
Fashola, APC Governors, Leaders converge to honour Bisi Akande at 75
Damascus officially confirms its participation in Geneva-2 - UN
The Syrian government has officially confirmed its participation in the Geneva-2 peace conference. This came today as a statement by Deputy Official Representative of the UN Secretary General, Farhan Haq.
"Yes, they will participate," Farhan Haq said and added that Damascus had formally informed about this in a letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. "As far as I understand, the delegation of the SAR government will be headed by Foreign Minister Walid Muallem ", said the UN representative.
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu slams EU 'hypocrisy' on settlements.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the European Union Thursday for summoning envoys over recently unveiled plans for some 1,800 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank.
"This is hypocrisy. The EU calls our ambassadors in because of the construction of a few houses? When did the EU call in the Palestinian ambassadors about incitement that calls for Israel's destruction?" Netanyahu asked foreign correspondents at his annual new year reception.
"It's time to stop this hypocrisy," he said. "This imbalance... doesn't advance peace, I think it pushes peace further away."
Oby Ezekwesili got great questions for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Twitter
President Jonathan, Please end the tragic farce in Rivers State now!
DEAR President Goodluck Jonathan , I never thought I would join in the letter writing orgy that has seized all of Nigeria by the wrist! Certainly, not given the self-serving purposes of the Epistle of Saint Matthew of Otta to the people of Nigeria through you and the many replies to it.
8 People Shot As Ogun APC Crisis Turns Violent
Eight people were reportedly shot during the clash at Wasimi Market Square, Ewekoro Local Government Area. They are said to be currently receiving treatment at a hospital.
For real ? Woman Gives Birth To Tortoise In Lagos
Weird: Hindu worshipers drink fresh cow urine to prevent cancer (Phot'd)
It might seem absurd but its true and the is practice carried out by some Hindu worshipers in India.
An increasing cult of Hindu worshipers in India nest a strong belief that cow's urine help prevent cancer.
Hindus feel that cows are sacred creatures, hence its divine healing powers which comes from the animals urine.
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Police begin clampdown on gay people as 38 homosexuals are arrested in Bauchi
Jonathan announces Tukur’s resignation, produces letter from pocket
The National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has just accepted the resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. President Goodluck Jonathan announced to the members of NEC that Tukur has resigned from his job. Jonathan, who brought out Tukur’s letter of resignation from his pocket, handed it over to the National Secretary of the party, Prof. Wale Oladipo. As soon as he announced the resignation, the audience clapped in acceptance. President Jonathan therefore directed the Governor of Cross Rivers State, Mr. Liyel Imoke to move the motion for the acceptance of Tukur’s resignation. Imoke appealed to Tukur not to abandon the party despite his resignation.
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