Buhari will not discriminate against any media organization, including AIT – APC •Says TV station free to cover president-elect’s activities

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has clarified that all accredited media organizations in the country, including the African Independent Television (AIT), which was highly critical of its candidate in the run-up to the presidential elections are free to cover the activities of the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

The clarification came on the heels of reports that Mr. Buhari had barred the AIT, owned by PDP chieftain, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, from covering his activities pending when he resolves some issues relating to standard and ethics with the private TV station.

The APC Presidential Campaign spokesperson, Garba Shehu, had while confirming the development on Monday evening said: “AIT has been asked to stay aside based on security and family concerns. In addition, Buhari has decided that they will have to resolve some issues relating to issues of standard and ethics”.

However, in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the APC said the incoming Buhari Administration will not discriminate against any media organization, irrespective of its role during the electioneering campaign leading up to the recent polls.

It, however, enjoined all media organizations to observe the highest level of professional standards in carrying out their duties.

“There is a Code of Ethics guiding the practice of journalism in Nigeria, and this demands every journalist to ensure a strict adherence to the highest levels of ethics and professionalism in carrying out their duties.

“There must be repercussions, within the realms of the law, for media organizations which have wantonly breached the Code of Ethics of the journalism profession and turned themselves to partisans instead of professionals. But such repercussions will not include barring any accredited media organization from covering the activities of the President-elect”, APC said.

Affairs of the Heart.

Until the Internet came along, discussions of affairs of the heart were few and far between. Since then, they have become one of the most controversial topics of conversation by the young and old alike, married or single, rich or poor.

Seemingly intelligent and successful people get on the Internet and they leave their real life relationships and their common sense at the door. They are so involved in their virtual affairs, that they take no heed of the damage they are doing to their real relationships.

The debate has always been that it takes nothing away from the relationships they have and it's an inexpensive and enjoyable pastime. If this were just a message board where hundreds of people were posting their points of view, it might hold water. But these virtual relationships, once they take off, become a very powerful force and not easy to walk away from.

Spouses are more threatened by an affair of the heart than an actual affair. An affair has its parameters; squeezing in visits whenever possible whereas an affair of the heart, conducted via the Internet, requires no face-to-face meeting and can be arranged at the last minute, at any time of the day or night, or just consist of emails and IMs. Phone calls and text messages are more easily traced, but once people have gotten to that stage, they are almost ready to go to the next level, an actual affair.

Consider the woman who puts on her sexiest nightgown in hopes of enticing her husband to make love with her and, every time she tries to get him to come to bed, he tells her he'll be there in just a minute. Hours later, he is still on the Internet talking to his virtual lover.

Then, there is the man who waits for his wife to come to bed and she is so engrossed in emailing and IMing her virtual lover, that she hardly pays any attention to her husband when he tries to get her to shut off her computer for the night.

Many relationships have ended because the partner feels neglected and can't fight the unseen competition. For those who think an affair of the heart takes nothing away from a person's real relationship, they have never had to compete with a computer for their spouse's attention.

Computers, in and of themselves, can be very addictive, especially if someone has an addictive personality. Factor in an affair of the heart and that person is so hooked that he can't live a normal life. Everything revolves around getting online, staying online, being part of an online community, and building online relationships.

Even if a person does not have an addictive personality, an online affair of the heart can become an addiction that is no easier to break than alcohol or drugs.

Take away someone's computer, take away his community of online friends, take away his virtual lover, and you will see him go through the same physical and emotional withdrawal symptoms as if he were in rehab. If he begins to see this as an addiction and wants to break it, he may have to go cold turkey because there are too many outside influences that could drag him back in.

Hilarious!!! Couples tell each other how many people they've slept with.

Elite Daily brought some couples together and asked them that very uncomfortable question: 'How many people have you slept with?'

 

Sure, you probably already know your boyfriend/girlfriend isn't a virgin, but have you ever wondered how many people they've been with before you?

Worst still, have you ever asked? What was their reaction?

Elite Daily brought some couples together and asked them that very uncomfortable question: 'How many people have you slept with?'

As expected, the participants were surprised by the question, and each couple reacted differently.

Some were quite open about it, and they all had different experience. But some people just didn't even want to know.

Click link to watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hkxjuznXLP0

Kaffy - Dance queen loses her mum

Popular dancer Kaffy mourns the loss of her darling mother who passed away recently.

Nigerian professional dancer Kaffy, real name Kafayat Shafau-Ameh took to Instagram to mourn the loss of her darling mother.

She wrote an emotional poem about the death of her mum saying

 

 "......I remember every smile
I remember every wink of your eye
I remember how u move and turn heads in parties
I remember how heavy u were with my brother in your womb yet u organized d best one year birthday for me.
I remember the good,the bad ,the wealth of experience.
I remember a lot more than tears will allow my shaking hands write
And I thank you ,for everything has made me who I am today.
It hurts that this day has come sooner than expected but God knows best.
Rest well as you are now in His care forever.
Goodbye Mum
My dance queen
#RIP"

Kaffy who is a fitness coach, dancer and Guinness World record holder is married with 2 children.

We commiserate with her for her loss.

Real madrid Survive Schalke Scare to Reach UCL Last 8

Real Madrid managed through to their fifth successive Uefa Champions League quarter-final despite conceding four away goals at the hands of Schalke 04 on Tuesday.

The title holders advanced from the second round on account of their 2-0 away win at the German  side as an impressive display of hearts saw visitors Schalke force a 4-3 victory at the Santiago Bernebeu, but the day still went to the hosts 5-4 on aggregate.

Schalke twice led in Madrid through Christian Fuchs and ex-Real man Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, but Cristiano Ronaldo twice pulled back for his team with a header. 

  
Christian Fuchs Celebrates after Opening Scoring for Schalke 04 at the Santiago Bernebeu

Karim Benzema forced issues with a third goal for Carlo Ancelotti’s side after the break before Leroy Sane and Huntelaar scored to help the Royal Blues lose out with pride and end Real’s 21-match unbeaten home run in the Champions League.
 

        Karim Benzema Placed Real Madrid in the Lead After the Break.

Fifa Ballon d’Or holder Ronaldo became the Champions League’s record scorer with 76 goals from his two headed goals, one ahead of Barcelona’s Lionel Mess, who returns in a last-16 game next week at home to Manchester City.

ISIS - Ex-member confirms Jihadi John's identity, describes group's modus operandi

The ISIS defector revealed that Emwazi is employed as the chief killer of foreign hostages for Islamic State's media wing.

An ISIS defector has confirmed the identity of Jihadi John to be Mohammed Emwazi. This is according to Sky News.

Sky news reports that the ISIS defector who is a former news translator told the news channel that he witnessed the man known as Jihadi John murder Japanese hostage Kenji Goto.

He further said that Emwazi is employed as the chief killer of foreign hostages for Islamic State's media wing and that his murderous influence among the group is feared and respected.

Speaking from his Turkey hideout, where he fled to escape IS, the ex-ISIS member explained in broken English how Kenji was murdered and also gave some insight as to why Emwazi has come to be so influential within the group.

"When he killed Kenji Goto I live showed this [saw this] but not near, from a little [distance]. After he was killed him, three or four person come and take over the body and put in a car. After that, John went on a different road. The big boss was there with them. Turkish man say 'put this camera there, change place there' but John [was] the big boss. All time, all time say to all 'fastly, fastly, fastly, we should finish'. So respect him. Only he talks orders – others do."

He said further:
"Maybe because he use the knife, I cannot understand why he is so strong. One man can kill and all people will respect. A Syrian man anyone [in IS] can kill. But strangers [foreigners], only John."

He is the only person to admit seeing Emwazi kill.

CHECK OUT 5 TALKING POINTS AS WENGERS BOYS DEFEATS VAN GAALS MEN.

1. The momentum is now with Wenger’s boys

Before this barn-burner of a contest Louis van Gaal said: “What’s the plan? That we beat Arsenal. Arsenal are one of the best teams in the Premier League but I have noticed that they have played more defensively lately.
With a lot of success.” By the close the Gunners had been anything but negative and were savouring a victory that keeps the dream of retaining the FA Cup alive and is the perfect fillip as they seek to finish in the top four yet again.
United, though, have only the quest for a Champions League berth remaining. “A win this evening would be perfect for us to go into the run of tough games that we have coming up,” said Van Gaal, whose side face Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea in four of the next five matches. Now comes a test of character for the Dutchman’s United.

2. Di María sees red to spoil what had been a good performance

After reports the British record £59.7m signing may be unsettled came the first question on precisely this subject in the programme, to which he said: “I feel really good here. I’m very happy. A lot of players speak Spanish and that was very important when I arrived.”
There cannot have been too much contentment at being hooked in the last two matches – at half-time and on 59 minutes - and, by the 76th minute of this outing Di María’s mood was even darker when being sent off by Michael Oliver. Before this the Argentinian had caused serious problems. A swift cut inside and pinpoint ball in-behind Arsenal – this one found Marouane Fellaini – proved a warm-up for the first of many including the sweet left-foot cross that allowed Wayne Rooney to head the equaliser. And though he showed why Van Gaal can be frustrated with him when losing possession to Santi Cazorla this threatened to be Di María’s best display of recent memory – until he received his marching orders.

3. Fellaini emerges as one of Van Gaal’s main men

The Belgian’s emergence under the manager is this season’s United selection surprise as he again forced £80m of elite football talent in Radamel Falcao (cost, £43m if United want him permanently) and Juan Mata (a £37.1m buy) out of the team, Fellaini doing so for a consecutive match. As in last Wednesday evening’s 1-0 victory at Newcastle Van Gaal decided that in the absence of the injured Robin van Persie United should have a lone striker in Rooney, who would be supported by the big-haired midfielder-auxiliary forward. As can be the case Fellaini’s offering was a mixed-bag. When put through by Chris Smalling near Wojciech Szczesny’s goal he failed to shoot and ended careering and sliding around like a novice ice-skater. But there was also smart movement and the ability to break Arsenal’s lines by drifting in behind, and the target presented by his head and chest for Di María and company to find with aerial balls.

4. Welbeck makes a triumphant Old Trafford return

The former favourite son of this parish made a first return to Old Trafford in Arsenal livery since his £16m transfer last summer. Not for the first time in his career Welbeck arrived in need of a goal, having last scored on 28 December. With only seven strikes all campaign for Wenger’s team the forward, who is still only 24, has not always been an automatic choice. Yet he did keep Olivier Giroud on the bench here, and Welbeck’s pace and movement were as evident as each quality was when a United player, but touch and composure were too often awry. There was a clumsy mis-control from an Alexis Sánchez pass, then a header that lacked power and went straight at David de Gea. Perhaps this lack of conviction caused Sánchez to refuse to play him in when racing at the United defence later in the contest.

5. This was more like old times – well, kind of

As these old foes who dominated the Premier League era, until Arsenal fell away around a decade ago, prepared for this first FA Cup meeting since February 2008, in the BBC Match of the Day studio Roy Keane was saying: “It’s great to look back at the clips, great memories of some great games. It was such a clash of characters in the contests. In those days, you knew if you got a result against Arsenal, you had a chance of winning a title. These games [now] are just lacking that bit of intensity.”
What unfolded was a peel-mell contest that was, actually, reminiscent of the yesteryear Keane spoke of. While it may have missed a clash of alpha males like the Irishman and Patrick Viera in those days of yore the atmosphere and spectacle did tingle the senses as then.