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Sunday, June 29, 2014

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#betawards2014 Womens Red Carpet - Ashanti, Tiwa, Karrueche, Stephanie Coker and More

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 05:13 PM PDT


The BET Awards is holding in LA, home of the stars of the US Entertainment industry. So the memo for the ladies tonight seems to be "show some skin".

From cut-outs, sheer fabrics, high slits, short shorts, mini skirts, and plunging necklines, the ladies at the BET Awards Red Carpet let it all hang out.

Ashanti leads the pack in the beautiful white gown that shows off her deep cleavage, and has a knee-high slit.

See more pics of Tiwa Savage, Stephanie Coker, Karrueche Tran, Sevyn Streeter, Keke, and more.

Tiwa's navy blue gown with the sheer upper body and full draped skirt is by Valery Kovalska, and is complimented by her lacy black bra. Stephanie Coker won an award for cutest outfit for her colorful short playsuit designed by Iconic Ivanity.

Tiwa Savage

Stephanie Coker


Sevyn Streeter

Karrueche Tran
Keke Palmer


Gbemi Olateru Olugbogi


Zendaya


Adrienne Bailon

Charli Baltimore

Paris Hilton


Tatyana Ali

Zendaya Is No Longer Involved in The Aaliyah Lifetime Movie

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 04:05 PM PDT


17-year-old Zendaya has backed out of her starring role in the Lifetime movie about late R&B singer Aaliyah, and is "no longer involved" in the project", a rep for the actress has confirmed today. The role may be recast or Lifetime may drop the entire movie.

The news of her departure comes less than two weeks after it was first announced that Zendaya would play the role of Aaliyah in the Lifetime biopic, tentatively titled "Aaliyah: Princess of R&B."

Zendaya had tried to push back to those who felt she should not play the singer, saying she was "black enough" since she had a African American dad. I guess those critics won.

Production was scheduled to begin this summer, and the network hoped for a fall release. But complications, and a new search for the lead, might warrant a push-back for the film.

Zendaya and Aaliyah

The late singer's family has been vocal about their opposition to the idea of a small screen adaptation for Aaliyah's story - instead they want a feature film - and about their plans to block Lifetime from acquiring any rights to the songs.

There were also production issues surrounding the project, a source told E! News, citing problems acquiring rights to do Aaliyah's music.

Kelly Rowland Shares First Photo With Husband Tim Witherspoon After Their Wedding

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 02:06 PM PDT


The couple have rarely been photographed together, but Kelly Rowland is showing how happy she is with her husband Tim Witherspoon in this new picture.

Kelly Rowland and Tim Witherspoon, also her manager, were engaged last November and secretly married in a low-key wedding on Friday May 9th in Costa Rica. [See photos].

Kelly and her husband must have taken the picture at the ongoing St Kitts Music Festival. See more photos from her performance below. Reports say that even though pregnant, Kelly did not disappoint.

So happy for her, this picture is sweet!

Simon Cowell Shares Adorable Photo Of Bath Time With Baby Son Eric

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 01:14 PM PDT


Even the toughest men turn out most times to be softie when they have children and become doting dads. Simon Cowell showed he's no different when he took to Twitter to share a picture of himself giving his 4-month-old son Eric a bath!

In the photo, Cowell leans over the bathtub as he washes baby Eric, his first child with girlfriend Lauren Silverman. He captioned the pic simply: "Bath time!"

Back in February, soon after the baby was born, Simon Cowell also posted similarly adorable photos of Eric, with captions like: "Very handsome like his dad." [See Photos]

Davido Wins BET Award for Best African Act, Shares Photo From Pre-Event Taping

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 12:29 PM PDT


Davido has won the 2014 BET Award for Best African Act, which was revealed at a pre-event taping in Los Angeles ahead of the main award ceremony on Sunday night. 

A grateful Davido shared the picture of his statue with fans saying,

"Thanks to all my fans!! WE WON @BETAwards BEST AFRICAN ACT 2014!! so happy!! Time to party!"

Congrats to him! But we have to ask, when will BET add the African Act category to those shown live on air during the main Awards show?

US Army Officer Was Forced to Resign For Going Native With Girlfriend In Afghanistan, They're Now Married

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 12:37 PM PDT


A top Green Beret in the US Army was forced to resign in 2012 after it was discovered he was carrying on a year-long affair with a woman whom he had unofficially embedded in his Afghanistan unit.

Major Jim Gant, had on military orders "went native," with his troops in the mountains of Afghanistan but authorities didn't know that his lover, Ann Scott Tyson, had quit her job and left her family to live with him.

He was soon reprimanded and relieved of his duties for "immoral and illegal activities and actions," with his fellow officers and subordinates testifying that he was often "intoxicated and under the influence of pain medications."

His commanders charged in confidential files that he had "indulged in a self-created fantasy world" of booze, pain pills and sex in a tribal village deep in Taliban and al Qaeda country with his "wife," journalist Ann Scott Tyson.

"We did fall in love, I would say over the course of about a week," Tyson told ABC News in an interview, recalling that Gant asked her to marry him within a few days of meeting each other. She laughed him off at first, but eventually he won her over.

The two first spoke over the phone in 2007 and eventually met in Washington, DC, in 2010. Both Gant and Ann Tyson were separated from their spouses and each with four kids by then but divorced by the time she went to join him in Afghanistan.


They got away with their battlefied romance for nine months. Tyson was one of America's most experienced war correspondents - last with the Washington Post - and her wartime experiences provided her with a deep understanding of Gant's post-traumatic stress disorder, drawing them closer together.

"Not only could I talk to her, I loved looking at her, and she is a very wonderful woman, as well," Gant says.

Gant left for Afghanistan in June 2010, and in March 2011, Tyson left her job to join him. She spent the time with Gant writing a book on him and his war efforts.

In 2009, Gant had persuaded the US army that the only way to get ahead of the Taliban in Afghanistan was to win the trust of the local tribes by going native, embedding American troops in villages and adapting themselves to their way of life.

He got the support of then-acting commander Gen. David Petraeus in 2010, and within months, he and other soldiers had successfully won over three influential tribes by living with, eating with, fighting with and even dying with those willing to fight insurgents. They'd even grown beards and wore local clothing.

But Gant was making enemies within the ranks - those who did not agree with his methods, or thought he was going too far.

Bringing in his girlfriend to his Afghan camp was the last straw. Their live-in relationship was completely against military protocol.

After he was reported and relieved of his duties, Gant was airlifted out of Afghanistan and back to the US. He was stripped of his special-forces honors, demoted to captain and pushed into retirement. His beard was also shaved, and he received a letter of reprimand.

All this happened in 2012 but the Army kept the case quiet until Tyson's book was published a few months ago.

Tyson had escaped the country on her own after Gant was sent home in disgrace. The army authorities never caught the two together.

The couple was finally married in Maryland in May 2013 and went back to Afghanistan that September to say goodbye to some of the tribesmen thay had become friends with.

They now live in Seattle, and plan to one day return to Afghanistan.


Via ABC News

Celeb Insta Fashion - Genevieve Glams Up Her Big Hair For Night Out

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 12:18 PM PDT


Genevieve Nnaji is giving off a bad-girl-don't-care vibe in these pictures she just posted on her Instagram.

Genevieve is dressed in a black silk top and blue pants and her makeup is rock-chic glam with the purple black lipstick and big hair. She tagged the picture below;

#aboutlastnight with @ojyokpe

Kim Kardashian’s Gardener Sues Baby North West For Assaulting Him With Dirty Diapers

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 12:39 PM PDT


A new lawsuit by a man who used to work for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West is said to be accusing their one-year-old daughter, North West of being a spoiled little brat. 

The man, Chris Donnelly, said she made his life a living hell. And now he is suing Kim Kardashian along with North West for $1million!

MTO reports that Chris Donnelly filed a 1 million dollar federal lawsuit against Kim and Kanye's baby North West along with Ms. Kardashian. Chris claims to have been a former groundskeeper for Kanye and Kim.

He claims in court docs that baby North West is a spoiled brat who constantly screamed so loud his hearing was damaged. Further, while working with the family he says that North West spit baby food
on him and threw a diaper at him which caused him to fall into a pool and nearly drown. He claimed to have suffered emotional distress due to the incident.

Donnelly also states a family member told him if he didn't like how North West acted that she would punish him by making him shine shoes for dirt cheap. He even says if the family doesn't pay him 1 million dollars he will go to the press and expose everything that happened to him while working for the family.

However, the judge in the case came back on June 25th and sided with Kim, Kanye and North West. The judge said the man cannot sue for the allegations he stated and that they are dismissing the case. Maybe the man can now go ahead to release the alleged damaging information to the press.

If you ask me, this is an attention seeker, North West was just being a baby, come on!

14-Year-Old Girl Who Escaped Her Older Husband And Gets A Divorce Tells Her Story

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 10:34 AM PDT


Maimuna Abdullahi was sold into marriage by her parents for £120 and abused by her new husband, who locked her away and forced hard labour on her.

When she ran home she was beaten, first by her father, then her husband, and was summarily divorced by her husband for daring to flee – and she is still just 14 years old.

She is one of thousands in Nigeria with similar stories – and, shockingly, her husband blames his beaten former bride for her ordeal, saying she was disobedient and over-educated.

Maimuna's former husband, Mahammadu Saidu, blames her few years of school for her disobedience. A handsome man of 28 who is obviously proud of his ankle-high boots, he does not deny beating his wife.
'She had too much ABCD,' he says. 'Too much ABCD.'


Attacker: Saidu, pictured, said he feared marrying someone more educated would make him 'the wife'. After Maimuna fled him, he divorced her.

After fleeing her husband Mahammadu Saidu, who locked her away for days at a time, she was whipped by her family for daring to come home, then attacked by her furious husband as well.

Her battered face swelled so much that doctors feared her husband had dislocated her jaw. Her back and arms bristled with angry welts from the whipping her father gave her.

She was gaunt from hunger, dressed in filthy rags. And barely a year after her wedding, she was divorced.

It would be a tragic story for a woman of any age. But for Maimuna Abdullahi, it all happened by the time she was 14. 'I'm too scared to go back home,' she whispers, a frown crinkling her brow as she fiddles nervously with her hands. 'I know they will force me to go back to my husband.'

Nigeria, a young country of about 170 million, has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world.
The law of the land states that the age of consent, and thus of marriage, is 18. However, the custom of child marriage is still ingrained enough that even a middle-aged federal senator has married five child brides and divorced at least one.

Across the country, one in five girls are married before the age of 15, according to the United Nations.
In the desperately poor Muslim north, where child marriage is often considered acceptable by shariah or Islamic law, that number goes up to one in two.

This is also where Boko Haram is trying to impose its extreme version of Islam, changing the face of the region and especially of its girls.

Children as young as five now hide their heads and shoulders in hijabs, a rare sight just a few years ago. Some girls become wives as early as nine.

Maimuna was saved from this fate by Saadatu Aliyu, who has turned an old family home into a school for divorced girls.

At the Tattalli Free School, which gets by on private donations, a couple of dozen girls gather in the courtyard for a sewing lesson. Toddlers mill around, the children of divorced girls who came in pregnant.

'Nobody knows how many thousands of them there are,' says Aliyu of the girls. 'That's why we have so many prostitutes, and very young ones, in the north.'

Maimuna grew up on the outskirts of Kaduna, in a half-finished brick building on the edge of a middle-class suburb.

Her father, a farmer called Haruna Abdullahi, picks up a stone and throws it at a stray dog as scrawny as he is. At 45, he's been married for 30 years and has fathered eight children.

No sanctuary: Maimuna's parents, Rabi Abdullahi, left and Haruna Abdullahi, right, have seven other children and say it is not unusual to marry as young as 12

'It's our culture to give our girls in marriage,' he says in a reasoning tone. 'From the age of 12, a girl can go to her husband's house.'

His wife, Rabi Abdullahi, nods, and asks her husband's permission before talking. She too was a child when she married, although she does not know exactly how old.

'It is our way of life,' she says. 'In my day, a bride would never dare to run away.'

Her life is hard, she says, but her marriage good. She insists that her husband is not a cruel man, pointing to a well he built so she did not need to walk more than a mile to collect water.

So in late 2012, Maimuna's father arranged to marry his eldest daughter to his best friend's eldest son.

The son, Saidu, paid a dowry of 35,000 naira (£120) for Maimuna – more cash than Abdullahi has had in his life. She was 13, and he twice her age.

Saidu farms his own plot of land and owns a small motorbike, making him relatively well off and eligible.
He says he has known Maimuna all his life, and waited years for her to reach what he considers marriageable age.

'When she was a kid, I would bring her candy and call her "wifey",' he says. 'We were always meant to be together.'

Saidu left his village school at fifth grade, the highest level offered, and says he regrets it.

The high school was in another village, too far to walk. Now he cannot write, and must find someone else to read him even the most personal of letters.

He says he promised Maimuna she could carry on going to school, even if it meant he had to find work in town. But he also worried.

'If she is educated, she will be looking down on me because I didn't go to school, so she will be the husband and I will be the wife,' he explains.

Maimuna said she did not love him and begged her father to let her stay in school. She had always been a good daughter, obedient, hard-working and popular among her friends, so her stubborn refusal to accept her marriage surprised her parents.

But her wishes were not up for discussion. Her father was clear on what counts: 'It's what is good for the family and the community.'

Many of Maimuna's friends from school were already married and not one was happy, but they had no idea how to escape.

Nobody prepared Maimuna for the marriage bed. There was no advice, no warning of what to expect, even from her married friends.

She settled into a new life where she felt like a slave. When she wasn't working in the fields, she was cleaning, carrying water and firewood, cooking and at the beck and call of her husband's demanding parents.

Every day she was exhausted, and when she finally got to bed, her husband wanted to 'bother' her, she says.

He never kept his promise to let her go to school.

When she objected to her treatment, her husband locked her into their hut, for days. He would not even allow her to visit her parents.

Maimuna bided her time until the rainy season was over and her husband went to town to find work.
Nine months ago, she took off, escaping to her father and begging him to let her return home.

Instead, he whipped her until her back was raw. Then he summoned her husband and forced her to go back to him.

Saidu, humiliated and furious, slapped her repeatedly in the face, jerking her head from side to side with the force of his blows.

She fled once again, first to a sympathetic aunt in a nearby village and then to a cousin in Kaduna.

She now shares one cramped room with her cousin's family, just a short walk away from Tattalli school, down a dusty alley and along a road lined by open drains stinking of stagnant water.

When Maimuna showed up at the school, she had been badly beaten and refused to speak, says teacher Victoria Dung.

They took her to the hospital, where doctors found she was badly malnourished. The whip marks on her back may last a lifetime.

Her husband waited the customary three months to make sure there was no baby. Then he divorced her, as a husband can do under shariah or Islamic law by declaring the divorce aloud three times.

He informed her parents of the divorce in a letter dated Feb. 14, which he could not write himself.

Maimuna considers herself among the lucky ones. She balances a broken chair on a tree stump at the school to sit in front of a sewing machine, learning to make garments she can sell in the market.

She thinks she'd like nursing, and wants to master English and Arabic.

'I don't know what I want to be when I grow up but, even if I get married, I want to have some education to back me up,' she says in her native Hausa, with a teacher translating.

'I pray that what I have done will help the younger ones, that my parents learn from the experience of my running away from home.'

It is by no means certain.

After her departure, Maimuna's father called a community meeting to discuss the problem with elders.

He says he knows of many girls who ran away from home because of marriages, but the elders have not yet come up with a solution.

Some girls are rebelling in other ways. A 14-year-old forced to marry a 39-year-old in April poisoned the groom's food a week after their wedding, killing him and three of his friends.

Via Dailymail

Couple Love - Olivia Palermo Marries Johanne Huebl After Dating 6 Years

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 12:18 PM PDT


Olivia Palermo got married to German model Johannes Huebl during a very intimate civil ceremony in Bedford, New York, she announced on her website.

"We really wanted to keep this beautiful day very private and special to us and enjoyed the whole day with our family and two friends. Bedford is such an amazing and romantic countryside." 

Palermo is wearing Carolina Herrera - a cashmere sweater, white shorts and a full tulle skirt with a high slit, and her groom is in a white Marc Anthony Hamburg suit. She already said of her wedding outfit choice, "you're not going to see me in a huge cupcake dress. As beautiful as they are, they're just not me."


The couple have been together since 2008, and met through mutual friends at a movie screening in New York. She says of her husband and their relationship;

"Johannes is an incredible guy who's incredibly smart and funny and charming. He has amazing qualities, that's what attracted me to him. I think we have a very conservative, old romantic, private approach to our love." 

Palermo has said that she loves that they both work in fashion – he's a model and photographer, and she is a style maven. She also reveals that she and her husband didn't let wedding planning get in the way of their romance:

"At the end of the day, it's about the two of us, and that's the most important thing. People shouldn't lose sight of that."

RML wishes them a happy married life!


Photography  by Johannes Huebl

Adokiye Offering Her Virginity In Place Of Girls Kidnapped By Boko Haram - What Kind of Joke?

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 09:09 AM PDT


I shook my head when it was reported that Adokiye Kyrian, a singer, had offered up her virginity if the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram would release the 200+ school girls kidnapped from Chibok back in April. When the news went viral on social media and began to get on foreign magazine, I was like WTH? Adokiye had told Vanguard's Showtime;

"This is 11 p.m. in the night and do you know what I am thinking about? Those little girls, where they are and what could be happening to them. It is just unfair. They are too young. I wish I could offer myself in exchange. They are between 12 and 15 year old girls for Christ sake. I am older and more experienced. Even if 10 to 12 men have to take me every night, I don't care. Just release these girls and let them go back to their parents."


This is plainly someone who talks without thinking, and the reporter who first included the bit from the interview is obviously mischievious.

Well, I'll forgive her because she seems to have brought some form of attention back to the missing Chibok girls even if we all know her offer will never be the reason the girls are found and brought home.

Adokiye seems to know that too. Tweeting;

I urge people to be wise and focus on the aim rather than the source. We must not forget about those girls, THEY ARE STILL MISSING. #Bless

Indeed, we must not forget those girls. #BringBackOurGirls

Katie Cleary's Husband Andrew Stern Already Filed for Divorce Before Killing Himself

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 08:09 AM PDT


Andrew Stern, the husband who shot himself dead at a shooting range after his model wife, Katie Cleary, was pictured cozying up to Leonardo DiCaprio had filed for divorce weeks before.

Kate Cleary was pictured cuddling up to DiCaprio and Entourage star Adrian Grenier last month in Cannes, before her husband Andrew Stern killed himself at a California shooting range on Sunday.

He had filed court papers to end the couple's less-than-four-year marriage just weeks before the images emerged, according to court documents.

And Cleary and Stern were still in the process of dividing up their assets when the 40-year-old entrepreneur took his own life with a bullet to the head at the San Fernando Valley gun range.


With Leonardo DiCaprio


With Adrian Grenier

A spokesman for Cleary tonight claimed the pictures were harmless but friends of his told TMZ that he felt humiliated.

The divorce papers read: 'The exact nature and extent of [Stern's] separate assets including, without limitation, funds and/or other property interests due to [Stern] from [Cleary] by way of recoupment, misappropriation are presently under determination.'

Cleary and Stern, who had appeared on Bravo's dating show Millionaire Matchmaker, married the model on July 31, 2010.

The court documents state the pair separated on April 3, 2014.

However, Cleary's rep told TMZ the couple broke up eight months ago and said Cleary and Grenier had been friends for sometime. The rep said that Cleary and Dicaprico had only met the night they were photograph but insisted they were innocently discussing animal conservation and nothing else.

However, the celebrity website cites sources as saying Stern felt humiliated by the pictures and was suffering depression.

Interviews with the couple's friends revealed he was 'suffering significant stress over marital problems' and had a history of depression, TMZ earlier eported, while others said he had financial strains.

The tragedy comes just four weeks after 32-year-old Cleary was pictured getting close to DiCaprio at the Gotha nightclub in Cannes.

The pair were seen chatting and dancing closely, while DiCaprio was pictured whispering into the model's ear. The apparent closeness came even though DiCaprio is dating Victoria's Secret model Toni Garrn.

She was also spotted out and about with Entourage cast member Adrian Grenier while in Cannes.

This Recently Married Man Just Realized Marriage Is Not For Him. You Have To Read This

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 05:03 AM PDT

This is Seth Adam Smith and his wife, Kim. They've been married a year and a half, and Seth just realized: marriage is not for him.

Seth Adam Smith realized marriage is MUCH more than that. This is a recent entry from his blog. It's well worth reading.

Marriage Isn't For You

Having been married only a year and a half, I've recently come to the conclusion that marriage isn't for me.

Now before you start making assumptions, keep reading.

I met my wife in high school when we were 15 years old. We were friends for ten years until…until we decided no longer wanted to be just friends. :) I strongly recommend that best friends fall in love. Good times will be had by all.


Nevertheless, falling in love with my best friend did not prevent me from having certain fears and anxieties about getting married. The nearer Kim and I approached the decision to marry, the more I was filled with a paralyzing fear. Was I ready? Was I making the right choice? Was Kim the right person to marry? Would she make me happy?

Then, one fateful night, I shared these thoughts and concerns with my dad.

Perhaps each of us have moments in our lives when it feels like time slows down or the air becomes still and everything around us seems to draw in, marking that moment as one we will never forget.

My dad giving his response to my concerns was such a moment for me. With a knowing smile he said, "Seth, you're being totally selfish. So I'm going to make this really simple: marriage isn't for you. You don't marry to make yourself happy, you marry to make someone else happy. More than that, your marriage isn't for yourself, you're marrying for a family. Not just for the in-laws and all of that nonsense, but for your future children. Who do you want to help you raise them? Who do you want to influence them? Marriage isn't for you. It's not about you. Marriage is about the person you married."

It was in that very moment that I knew that Kim was the right person person to marry. I realized that I wanted to make her happy; to see her smile every day, to make her laugh every day. I wanted to be a part of her family, and my family wanted her to be a part of ours. And thinking back on all the times I had seen her play with my nieces, I knew that she was the one with whom I wanted to build our own family.

My father's advice was both shocking and revelatory. It went against the grain of today's "Walmart philosophy", which is if it doesn't make you happy, you can take it back and get a new one.

No, a true marriage (and true love) is never about you. It's about the person you love—their wants, their needs, their hopes, and their dreams. Selfishness demands, "What's in it for me?", while Love asks, "What can I give?"

Some time ago, my wife showed me what it means to love selflessly. For many months, my heart had been hardening with a mixture of fear and resentment. Then, after the pressure had built up to where neither of us could stand it, emotions erupted. I was callous. I was selfish.

But instead of matching my selfishness, Kim did something beyond wonderful—she showed an outpouring of love. Laying aside all of the pain and aguish I had caused her, she lovingly took me in her arms and soothed my soul.

I realized that I had forgotten my dad's advice. While Kim's side of the marriage had been to love me, my side of the marriage had become all about me. This awful realization brought me to tears, and I promised my wife that I would try to be better.

To all who are reading this article—married, almost married, single, or even the sworn bachelor or bachelorette—I want you to know that marriage isn't for you. No true relationship of love is for you. Love is about the person you love.

And, paradoxically, the more you truly love that person, the more love you receive. And not just from your significant other, but from their friends and their family and thousands of others you never would have met had your love remained self-centered.

Truly, love and marriage isn't for you. It's for others.

Source

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20 Facts About Bishop David And Faith Oyedepo’s Marriage That You Didn't Know

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 03:08 AM PDT


1. She met him at a Motor Park.

2. She was a university student – GREAT IFE while he was only a Polytechnic student in Kwarapoly (Remember the discrimination) – she could have snubbed him – but she responded.

3. His friends complained that he was carrying Christianity too zealously as if he was the only Christian – she became zealous too.

4. He took her to church in 1976 and made her sign an agreement (SAILING UNDER SEALED ORDERS) to marry and follow him whether he becomes blind, lame or handicapped… she signed.

5. Just before he married her, he told her God had sent him to LIBERATE THE WORLD (while he was still hopping between jobs) and went on to resign his job; his elder brother lambasted him, she stuck to him.

6. He told her God had shown him the key to prosperity – she believed.

7. He told her they would build a 50,000 capacity tent and preach the gospel from private jets-she believed her dreamer lover.

8. He was too 'buoyant' to afford a hotel room on his wedding eve, he slept in his rickety Volkswagen Beetle – she married him.

9. During a moment of insane faith, he ordered a mad man to be put in his car alone with her while she was
pregnant; she remained.

10. She saw she was dripping blood while pregnant and explained to him that she had a miscarriage, he shouted "It CANNOT Happen, Can I have my food please" – she served him food.

11. She just had their first baby and there was no food or money at home. He refused to borrow or ask or take church money and they were drinking/eating "CERELAC Baby food' for 3 days – she ate with him.

12. She came to church one day and saw him so excited with few members while waiting for service to start; he explained to her that service was actually over – she laughed.

13. People kept praying for her and her husband as they seemed to be crazy and needed deliverance-she kept faith. 14. He announced a new Bible school and she knew there was no facility; she asked him and he replied "Is it your school"? She kept quiet. IT DOESN'T END THERE!

15. She didn't know they were going to be flying in customized jets round the world.

16. She didn't know he will pastor and she, co-pastor the largest church auditorium in the world.

17. She didn't know he will be a father to millions all over the world.
18. She didn't know he will be hosted by Presidents and Heads of States of nations.

19. She didn't know he will be a Chancellor and Pioneer of one of the best Private-owned Universities in the
world…..and six others.

20. She woke up one day on her sick bed in the USA and unexpectedly saw her hubby who had flown in quietly from Nigeria and had refused to wake her up. he was kneeling on the floor by her legs and crying 'Lord, heal her and prove that you sent me"- She got healed miraculously… …TWICE!. She didn't know. #All she saw was a Man with A BIG GOD inside him. Her name is "FAITH"!

From the source:
It is sad to see that many ladies of these days can't stand by a man with purpose and vision like this today. Most ladies want a man that has 'arrived' but forget that most men that walk with God need to grow in Him
even as they (The ladies) grow with him (The husband).

Some of our mothers married our fathers when they had nothing to their names and together they grew to where they got to. Sadly, some of those parents will not accept a spouse that doesn't have much to his or her name when their child wants to be joined with one. Who upturned our values? Who said you need to 'arrive' before taking a helping hand and obtaining blessings from God?
Hey, marriage is not an achievement like one of ur degrees or acquisition like a car or landed property. Some marriages bring the completeness a man or woman needs. Let's get our priorities right. Thanks mama Oyedepo for not forming #Tushgirl now we all see the #TushQueen you have become to that king – Bishop David Oyedepo.

Written by Leke Beecroft

10 Signs Your Boyfriend is Not Ready To Propose Marriage To You

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 01:03 AM PDT


One of the biggest dating questions which haunt women is whether her boyfriend is ready to commit. She may be sticking around with him for almost a couple of years now, hoping that he will make up his mind and still waiting for the elusive engagement ring.

If you don't want to waste time waiting for a man who's not ready, learn to pick up ten signs which tell you that he's not going to propose marriage in a hurry.

He never discusses marriage: This is perhaps the first hint that should start ringing warning bells in your mind. Your boyfriend cannot be caught dead talking about marriage as an institution or even commenting on commercials for wedding products and services. He won't mention it even if his own brother is getting married and he is going to be the best man. His aversion to the M-word should be indication enough that marriage does not figure anywhere in his near future.

He is hugely ambitious: Guys whose only mission in their lives is to reach the top of their professional ladder are likely to take their time settling down. This is because emotional commitment to a partner might force them to cut down on their working hours and make networking with business contacts or frequent out-of-town trips difficult. Though this is not to say that married guys don't find success – witness President Obama and Bill Gates – super ambitious men who are perpetually looking for the next bigger and better thing are more likely to consider marriage as leading to professional stagnation.

All his friends are single: This is as sure a sign as any that your boyfriend is not going to propose marriage. If you notice that his social circle is exclusively made of bachelors and divorced men, it is evident that he is uncomfortable around married couples and has no plans to join their ranks in near future.

He has strong sexual needs: A guy who places great emphasis on sex and considers it the most important part of a relationship is unlikely to settle for a single partner. Gone are the days when men could be baited into marriage on the lure of sex. The dissociation of sex and marriage as well as sexual freedom for women has also made it easier for men to keep sleeping around unless they wish to marry for other reasons. And if your boyfriend has a large sexual appetite, it is unlikely to be satisfied by a single person. He will sooner or later get tired of being with you and move on to someone else he can go to bed with.

He lives out of a suitcase: Men with unstable living conditions usually have priorities like work and travel which are bound to clash with a stable married life. You may be thrilled to have a high-flying war correspondent or wildlife photographer as a boyfriend, but such people are unlikely to settle down to tame domesticity. Far easier to spot – and avoid – are guys who are in and out of jobs or in trouble with the law and thus perpetually on the move. Rather look for men who have stable lives since they are the ones more likely to be looking for stable relationships.

He does not take you to meet his family: This is an unmistakable sign that a guy is not considering marriage even though he may be dating someone. Men usually discuss their families only with those who are close enough to be let into their inner lives. If your boyfriend has never suggested that you meet his parents and even appears to be uncomfortable talking about them to you, then perhaps he is not ready to make you an intrinsic part of his life.

You don't figure in his plans: When talking about his future, does your guy merely discuss his goals of starting a business someday and are his dreams limited to retiring by the sea with his very own beach house and luxury boat? If so or something similar, then this is an indication that you are not part of his future plans and thus unlikely to be his wife any time soon. Unless of course, he goes through a life-changing experience and realizes the value of a committed relationship which is again putting too much store by chance and therefore not worth wasting your life for.

He doesn't ask you about yours: In a reversal of the above point, a guy unwilling to commit will also be uninterested to know about your life goals and hopes for the future. The present – comfortably carefree and uncomplicated – is good enough for him. He does not want to know if you want to eventually settle in the suburbs or how many kids would you like to have and whether you would prefer little girls or boys. Hell, he doesn't even want to know where you have always wanted to go for your honeymoon! If you find all this true in case of your boyfriend, then you can kiss your dreams of marrying him goodbye and start looking for a more suitable guy.

He is divorced: While divorced men are technically single and thus seeming candidates for a committed relationship, if your guy has gone through a particularly messy divorce, then probably he cannot bear the thought of marrying again. To be sure about this, pry around gently to see how badly he feels about his breakup and whether the scars are deep enough to be permanent. Other than emotional issues, a divorced man may also be caught up in child support and alimony so as to make any further commitments completely out of the question.


He is not forthcoming about personal information: Have you ever wondered why your boyfriend is always vague when you ask him about his work and where he lives? You might have a rough idea that he is into finance and that he commutes from the suburbs but if he is unwilling to clearly share his personal information with you, probably he has something to hide – a spouse or a lover maybe. Or more likely he is determined to keep you away from the rest of his personal life. Not exactly marriage material, is he?


No one can say for sure what goes on in a person's mind and what influences his/her decisions. But if your boyfriend displays all or most of the above signs, then more likely than not, he is not yet ready to propose marriage to you.

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Celeb Insta Fashion - Omotola Shows Some Cleavage as She Wows in Pink and Sheer Black Lace

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:56 PM PDT

New Iconic Invanity Store

Omotola was a vision in pink in her fitted outfit known as the Butterfly Gownto the Iconic Invanity store launch in Banana Island, Lagos. The pink and black lace number showed off her statuesque figure to perfection. And that sheer panel in front :)

The event took place last week but the actress shared these few photos on her Instagram page today. See more photos with her first son Prince, and the creative director of Iconic Invanity, Nancy Nwadire, below.





New Iconic Invanity Store

Beyonce Puts Blue Ivy's Hair in Afro Puffs, Goes Back To Her Blond Curls

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:02 PM PDT


Jay Z and Beyonce seem to have finally decided to make sure Blue Ivy's hair ceases to be a talking point but keeping it combed and in a bun at all times. 

They were photographed on a yacht after their Miami "On the Run" concert with Blue Ivy and the little girl was rocking her natural hair in two puffs.

Beyonce herself has removed her long braids and is back to rocking strawberry blonde curls. She and Jay Z looked genuinely happy as a couple as they spent quality family time with Blue Ivy.

I hope people can finally stop with the Blue Ivy hair petitions.

Sinach Gives Thanks To God on Her Testimony Night

Posted: 28 Jun 2014 10:42 PM PDT


A lot of people thought Sinach had made up her mind not to get married because she was getting older and remained single. She was also once quoted as saying she was married to Jesus.

Imagine the surprise when news of her wedding was announced. But it was pleasant surprise because Sinach has a lot of fans who love her dearly because of her music.

The good news was also doubled by the fact that she married a Christ Embassy co-pastor popularly known as Pastor Joe.

She said at her testimony night that she is particularly grateful to God for making all things beautiful in His time. Sinach was also grateful at the kind of man God has blessed her with.

RML celebrates with her and wishes her a wonderful marriage filled with God's blessings!

Click - Sinach's Traditional Marriage Pictures

Click - White Wedding Pictures.

Her Story

Sinach is a stage name and her full name is Osinachi Kalu, and she is the second daughter from a family with seven children. She has written well over 200 songs including; 'You Make My Life So Beautiful', 'I Know Who I Am', and her song 'This is your Season', won the Song of the Year award in 2008.

Sinach started singing at a very tender age. Nonetheless, it was not until she met with the man of God, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, that Sinach realized she was called, and then began her training towards using her gift for ministry. Now an award winning songwriter, worship leader and recording artist, Sinach is a key member of the LoveWorld music team of the Christ Embassy Church.










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