Tulisa joins Simon Cowell on holiday

TULISA triggered rumours of an X Factor comeback when she was seen cosying up to Simon Cowell on a sizzling beach holiday

The Female Boss met her old boss when they hung out during the music mogul’s annual winter trip to the paradise isle of Barbados.Simon even allowed her to plant a kiss on his cheek, sparking gossip he will ask her to rejoin the telly show’s judging panel.

Simon with Tulisa recently

Later, Simon, 55, and Tu were seen on jet skis together before they chatted on the beachalongside his ex Sinitta, 51, and her boyfriend Jason Gale.Simon’s GIRLFRIEND Lauren Silverman, 37, also joined the party with their 10-month-old baby Eric.

Tulisa, 26, was also spotted at Simon’s fundraiser event for a Barbados dog charity, which eventually raised more than £100,000 for local pooches.Introducing the evening, Simon said his dogs Squiddly and Diddly were with him on holiday but he could not bring them to the event because they were “the worst behaved dogs in the world”.

Four VIP tickets for next year’s Britain’s Got Talent final went for £10,000, with Simon matching every winning lot with his own CASH.Four tickets for a One Direction concert in London rocketed to £2,500.Tulisa even got up on stage at the event, held at the home of model Jodie Kidd, 36, saying Simon would “go to heaven” as he has done so much to help needy dogs. Source: Daily star

Aregbesola blames Jonathan, PDP for Nigeria’s woes: Source: Nigerain Vanguard

The Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola

Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has launched an attack on President Goodluck Jonathan, lamenting that the country under the current administration is being badly MANAGED.

Aregbesola, who spoke at a book presentation to mark the 50th birthday of a front line rights activist, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, said under Jonathan, Nigeria’s economy has nose-dived to the point of near collapse and that Nigerians deserve to know the true state of affairs in the country.

He said: “Politics aside, the truth about Nigeria is that the people currently MANAGING it at the centre, careless about the people but themselves.

The governor added that the situation has gotten so bad in Nigeria that all Nigerians must decide to change the situation and save the country from bad MANAGERS who only think about themselves.

He reminded pro-democracy activists and organisations in Nigeria and beyond of the urgent need to reconvene as a strategy towards ensuring the victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate for the 2015 election, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).

Aregbesola said the time is now for those who had in the past rendered selfless services to their fatherland by confronting dictatorial governments and INSTALLING democratic rule.

“Wherever you find PDP, you will find misery, poverty, under-development. We must remember that the encounter of our people and experience especially in the South West geo-political zone have never brought anything positive. Our people had associated their party with misfortune and till today, they remain the same.”

Earlier, Shittu chided former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida for openly supporting Jonathan, saying it was only corrupt Nigerians like Babangida that would support the current administration which had no good plans for Nigerians.

- Source: Nigerian Vanguard

Wike to pick female running mate

The governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said that his running mate will be a woman.

Wike, who spoke in Port Harcourt, yesterday, noted that his running mate will be announced formerly today, adding that the party had to go for a woman as part of its 35 percent affirmative principle.

He said that his running mate was from the Ijaw axis of the state, adding that the PDP was going to WIN at the state and presidential levels.

He noted that the era when women were only given bags of salt and few cups of rice as reward for their involvement in elections was over in the state.

Mr. Nyesom Wike,  governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State,

He said: “We must move away from only empowering women. We must move away from giving them only wrappers and bags of rice during electioneering campaigns. Women are very important in every democratic set up and we should encourage them to occupy important positions in the country. If you look round the world, you will find out that women are entrusted with top leadership positions. If you look inward, you will also find out that women who are in top leadership position have been very successful. So, we in PDP have settled for a female running mate as a way of encouraging women to occupy sensitive positions of authority.”

Wike said the country’s First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, did not influence his party’s choice of governorship candidate, noting that she would, however, be happy with the party’s choice in the state.

“To be honest with you, the wife of the President is not aware of our decision. But I know she will be happy with it. She has been very supportive. She has given us moral support. She is a great women mobilizer. She has been mobilizing support for her husband. She prayed for me and gave me her blessing. By nominating a female running mate, we have achieved 35 percent affirmative policy. We have a good balancing in choosing a female running mate. We choose a Kalabari female running mate that would be made public very soon,” he said.

The governorship candidate said he was already talking with aggrieved members of his party, including governorship aspirants, to ensure they all buried their grievances for the good of the party.

- Source: Nigerian vanguard,  See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/

2015: IBB may intervene in Jonathan/Gov Lamido face-off -Source: Nigerian Vanguard

A few days after venting his anger on President Goodluck Jonathan, Jigawa State governor, Dr. Sule Lamido, yesterday, travelled to Minna, Niger State, where he held a closed door meeting with former military head of state, General Ibrahim Babangida.

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN WITH FORMER PRESIDENT IBRAHIM BABANGIDA, DURING JONATHAN’S VISIT TO MINNA ON SATURDAY (27/12/14

Details of the meeting were still sketchy at press time, but a source close to the parley, said the two men discussed the way forward for Nigeria.

Lamido, who during a political rally transmitted live from Dutse, the state capital, openly voiced his opposition to Jonathan and Buhari’s candidature for allowing their supporters to cause tension in the country, arrived Minna to see IBB, barely three days after Jonathan visited the former leader.

But Lamido explained to journalists after his meeting that it was not coincidental for him and Jonathan to visit IBB almost the same time.

The governor, said that he had planned to go to welcome IBB from his overseas medical trip ahead of Jonathan but for poor weather, which disrupted his flight plan.

Emerging from the meeting, which lasted over an hour, Lamido explained that his visit to ‘my leader’ was to welcome him back from medical trip abroad and to get acquainted with events around the man, who created the state on Tuesday August 27, 1991, which he has been governing over since May 29, 2007.

Although the former President did not talk to the media on the meeting, Governor Lamido explained that they discussed the imperative of working together to ensure that Nigeria remained a safe, stable and united country.

“We generally talked about the general well-being of Nigeria and Jigawa State. It is of interest to all of us that Nigeria remains a stable and united country where Muslims and Christians can live

Source: Nigerian Vanguard - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com

Buhari support group raises N85m in Jigawa - Source: Nigerian vanguard

THE All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Buhari Support Group, BSG, has realized over N85 million in Support of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential campaign for the 2015 election, which he is running as APC’s presidential candidate.

The MONEY was donated by APC and Buhari’s supporters at the fund-raising where his SCRATCH CARDS were launched.

Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (APC Presidential candidate)

During the launching it was also announced that a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart in the state dolled out N10 million in support of General Buhari.

The chief launcher, Honourable Sabo Nakudu, who defected recently from the PDP to the APC and currently APC’s senatorial candidate for Jigawa South-West Senatorial District bought the cards worth N5 million while his friends and associates bought N50 million worth.

The state Governorship Candidate, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, also bought the Buhari SCRATCH CARDS for N5 Million, his company also bought N5 million worth.

Also various groups, associates and candidates for House of Reps, State Assembly, Party officials, supporters including women, YOUTH Vanguard and others shouting at the top of their voices ‘sai Buhari’ scrambled for the remaining cards.

The cards sent to Jigawa state were said to be for N20 Million only, but more would to be supplied to the state because of the high demand by the APC supporter

Source: Nigerian Vanguard

Alicia Keys Gives Birth To Second Baby Son

Alicia Keys, the singer took to her Instagram to reveal the news, sharing this super cute photo of their newest born's footprints and name.

Alicia keys and her man, wizz have been married since 2010

Genesis is the second son for the couple, who have been married for four years, as they are already the proud parents of four-year-old Egypt Daoud.
Big congrats to her!

Simon Cowell Wants Baby Eric In One Direction's Next Music Video- Source: Yahoo News

Simon Cowell has already shown off his son Eric's drumming skills, so it was only a matter of time before he decided that the little one was ready for a taste of fame.

And what better way to make your entrance into the musical world than by appearing in a video with SiCo's other babies, One Direction, and pretty much overtaking them in the race to become the cutest things to ever come from the head X Factor judge.

Yep, Simon, 55, has apparently decided that at the grand old AGE of ten months, baby Eric is ready to take his first steps into the world of fame and wants him to make the cutest cameo of all time in 1D's next video.

Even though he probably can't even TAKE one step yet.

Still, his amazing drumming skills will come in mighty handy for his cameo. May we suggest a drumming solo mid-video?

No? Okay.

A source told The Sun: “Simon was saying how much Eric loves playing on his little drum set and how he is already into music.

"He said he’d like to see his son in a One Direction video and thinks it’d be hilarious.

“With Simon it’s always hard to tell whether he’s being fully serious. But you also never know what he has up his sleeve. And he is certainly accustomed to getting his own way.

“So don’t be surprised if the boys are not the youngest stars of their next video for a change.”