SUDANESE WOMAN FACING DEATH FOR APOSTASY GIVES BIRTH

 

 Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag said that as she was brought up a Christian, she had not committed apostasy 

A Sudanese woman awaiting the death penalty for abandoning her religious faith has given birth in jail near the capital, Khartoum, her lawyer has said.

Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag married a Christian man and was sentenced to hang for apostasy earlier this month after refusing to renounce Christianity.

She is allowed to nurse her baby girl for two years before the sentence is carried out.

Born to a Muslim father, she was convicted by a Sharia court.

Sudan has a majority Muslim population, which is governed by Islamic law.

Hundred lashes

Ms Ibrahim was also convicted of adultery on the grounds that her marriage to a Christian man from South Sudan was void under Sudan's version of Islamic law, which says Muslim women cannot marry non-Muslims.

For this the judge sentenced her to 100 lashes, which will reportedly be carried out when she has recovered from giving birth.

Ms Ibrahim was raised as an Orthodox Christian, her mother's religion, because her father, a Muslim, was reportedly absent during her childhood.

According to Amnesty International, she was arrested and charged with adultery in August 2013, and the court added the charge of apostasy in February 2014 when she said she was a Christian and not a Muslim.

 When she was sentenced, a crowd of protesters gathered outside the court to stand up for religious freedom

Lawyer Elshareef Ali said his 27-year-old client had given birth to a baby girl in the early hours of Tuesday morning in a hospital wing at the prison.

She also has her 20-month-old son with her as he has been held with her in prison since late February, he said.

Correspondents say death sentences are rarely carried out in Sudan.

Ms Ibrahim's legal team lodged an appeal on 22 May as Mr Ali says the verdict contravenes the constitution's enshrining of freedom of faith, the Bloomberg news agency reports.

Western embassies and rights groups have urged Sudan to respect the right of the woman to choose her religion. 

Source: BBC

“I’M FEELING SENSUAL, ALL ROMANTIC RIGHT NOW” – GHANA’S EAZZY DECLARES, AS SHE SETS CRITERIA FOR HER KIND OF MAN

Ghanaian songstress, Eazzy, appears to be proving wrong, the notion that female African celebrities often subdue their erotic fantasies just because of their fame and social standing because of our conservative culture.
Naturally, African celebs, unlike their Hollywood counterparts, hardly reveal their intimate side to the world, especially when it comes to their love and sex life.
Aside from their glamorous lifestyle, they also have an active love life just like anyone else, and in recent times, some of them are beginning to open up on that side of their lives.

Eazzy, who came out of a failed relationship seven months ago with Keita, the younger brother of Hip-Life legend Reggie Rockstone, appears to have been hit again by cupid’s arrow.
In a vobolo message tweeted to her fans on Monday evening, the rapper and Big Brother Africa Star Game representative revealed how sensual she’s been feeling and outlined her criteria for the kind of man she’s looking forward to dating.
“Today, I’m feeling very sensual; I’m feeling all romantic right now…” she said, adding, “I love a man who is sweet; I love a man who is sexy! I love a man who is strong and a man who commands.”

Eazzy in October 2013 ended her relationship with Keita, and declined to give details of the break-up except to cite personal reasons as the basis. In February this year, she told Graphic Showbiz how she’s relishing her singlehood and that it will take her sometime to enter into any relationship again.
“You know life is not all about relationship. There are a lot of things to think about than being in a relationship. For now, I have to achieve the things I wasn’t able to do when I was dating and now that I am single, I think this is the right time,” she said.
It’s, however, not clear whether the songstress’ latest message is an indication of her intention to end her singlehood status, especially at a time that she has finished with her latest song (Emergency) and a movie role, which she said was her main focus at that time.
Touching on her ideal man, the sexy artiste said that special man ought to be someone “who knows how to make me smile, and I think a man who can just do petty things to make me happy; like hold my hands you know, caress my fingers, give me kisses on my cheeks some times, breakfast in bed.”
“…You’ve gotta have your game on! You’ve gotta be so romantic.... Romance is good for love, love is very essential…” she said in the message, and requested all men who think they’re romantic and can do even better than her set criteria, to get in touch with her either on Twitter or Facebook “or even send me a picture of yourself and tag me on Instagram”.
“Show me what you’ve got, if you’ve got the six pack let me see it, you know what I mean,” she concluded.
Meanwhile, Eazzy, who is known for her fixation with Brazilian weaves, and made headlines in 2012 when Big Brother refused her demand for one, appears to have found a new love in fashion rings.
She posted a photo of her left fingers adorned with three of those fashionable rings on Instagram with the caption: “Beginning to love them a bit too much …collected over 46 and still counting...”
  
EAZZY

Chinese tycoon Liu Han sentenced to death for murder

Liu Han, a Chinese tycoon believed to have links to China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang, has been sentenced to death.

A Hubei court has found Liu Han and his brother Liu Wei guilty of "organising and leading mafia-style crime and murder", reports Xinhua.
The two men were among a group of 36 people charged with similar crimes.
Liu Han's sentencing is believed to be part of a wider corruption crackdown linked to Zhou's network.
The court verdict stated that, among other things, Liu Han and his group had "in an organised fashion obtained financial gains via illegal activities

MISSING MH370: LATEST UPDATE

Someone is hiding something. It is not fair that MAS and Malaysia should take the blame: Mahathir Mohamad

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The fruitless MH370 search has breathed new life into conspiracy theories on the plane's fate, with a book, two films and even a former prime minister pushing ideas ranging from diversion by the CIA to an accidental shoot-down.

A host of wild theories including a Taliban hijack or meteor strike had emerged to fill the information vacuum in the days following the plane's disappearance on March 8 with 239 aboard as authorities across Asia scrambled to figure out what happened.

The speculation abated after Malaysia said in late March the plane was believed to have gone down in the Indian Ocean for unknown reasons, but has revived due to the failure of an international search effort to find any trace of the plane.

In a blog posting Sunday, former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad put his weight behind online rumours that the Boeing 777 had a feature allowing the plane's controls to be taken over remotely.

The still-influential Mahathir, 88, said the US Central Intelligence Agency might have taken control of the American-made plane after it was commandeered by terrorists, adding it was possible "the plane is somewhere, maybe without MAS (Malaysia Airlines) markings".

"Can it not be that the pilot of MH370 lost control of their aircraft after someone directly or remotely activated the equipment for seizure of control of the aircraft?" Mahathir wrote.

"Someone is hiding something. It is not fair that MAS and Malaysia should take the blame," said Mahathir. 

Two films about MH370 were touted Sunday to potential distributors at the Cannes Film Festival in France, with a trailer for one of them – ‘The Vanishing Act’ - showing terrified passengers and a gun being brandished.

The film was pitched as "the untold story of the missing Malaysian plane".

One of the first books about MH370 went on sale Monday, suggesting it could have been shot down during a military drill in the South China Sea and the incident covered-up.

London-based author Nigel Cawthorne said there had been a joint Thai-US military exercise at the time and which was to include live-fire exercises.

"Say a participant accidentally shot down Flight MH370. Such things do happen. The cruiser USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf in 1988," he wrote.

"No one wants another Lockerbie, so those involved would have every reason to keep quiet about it," he added, referring to the blowing up of Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 over Lockerbie, Scotland. A Libyan intelligence officer was convicted of that bombing.

Singapore-based aviation analyst Terence Fan said without evidence of the wreckage, "you can't rule anything out but this is very unlikely".

JIHAD

WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN JIM IYKE AND EMMA OVER NADIA BUARI

A New York based musician and publisher of www.nigerianfm.com is currently embroiled in a war of words with Jim Iyke over how Emma called Nadia Buari to find out if she has broken up with Jim Iyke after Keturah Hamilton was seen at JFK International airport a few days ago with Jim Iyke (according to reports).

Emma Agu who is also the editor of the Nigeria FM has decided to remove the veil-calling Jim Iyke a fraud, a liar who couldn’t stop lying to Nadia Buari and his ex-Kenturah Hamilton as well as trying so hard to get back with Kenturah.

Emma Agu decided to publish his email exchanges with Jim Iyke and it is in these emails you get to catch up on the drama.

That1960Chick.Com has arranged the emails in order for you to perfectly understand.

Emma Agu hit out first when he wrote

‘The most sickest creep and a criminal that walk the face of the earth, (Jim Iyke), called me some minutes ago and called me all kinds of names. He is accusing me of destroying his relationship with Nadia Buari.

This overrated son of a bitch with his amateurish acting skills thinks his name can bring any good to a writer or a blogger. The man with a tainted name, a rogue who has burnt every bridge he stepped on, is trying to hold me responsible for whatever misfortune that has fallen him in the last 72 hours.

So this mountebank sneaked into New York around 5 am 3 days ago, and did everything to keep it a top secret until the bubble bust right in front of him. When I got the hint that James was in Keturah’s house, I thought Keturah was lying. The girl said James came claiming that his relationship with Nadia Buari was over. She also said James (Jim) came to pick her up for Nigeria. I told her this guy might be lying.

As a brother and one this crook call ‘a confidante,’ I sent him an email which he never replied. He wanted to make sure Keturah never told me about his arrival to the extent he threw me under the bus. He lied against me and told Keturah stuff that got both of us into a heated argument.

So I smelt a rat and decided to find out from Ghana who is telling the truth. When I got in touch with Nadia’s manager, he maintained that Nadia was aware Jim went to Miami and insisted that he (Jim) was no way near Keturah’s house.

Nadia’s manager subsequently called him, he lied that he was in Miami. I was on the phone with Keturah Hamilton when Nana, (Nadia’s manager), sent me a text message saying Jim was in Miami.

I never believed Keturah that Jim was in her house until she showed me a proof. It became very apparent that Jim Iyke lied to both Keturah Hamilton and Nadia Buari. Nadia Buari decided to pull the plug off their ever restless relationship.

Some hours ago, Jim called to insult me. Saying maybe I want to be famous. This writer started enjoying limelight, stardom and fame while Jim was maybe in Secondary School. He said I was the only man on earth he respected till today.

I have him on tape and will play it to my world audience by 8 am New York time, which should be 1 pm Nigerian time. I need everyone out there to listen and find out why Jim Iyke should be taken off the streets. The guy can never change. That deliverance by TB Joshua never worked. It was a fluke.

This guy is bipolar, a psycho who needs to see a doctor. I will get him arrested for making threats to my life. There’s a huge difference between living in America and Nigeria. I will teach him how to live in America. For everyone’s information, Jim Iyke is babysitting Keturah Hamilton’s dog while she is in LA with her lover.

I have been expecting Keturah to give me the number with which Jim called since he blocked his number when he called. I will track him down right away.

This guy is a monumental disappointment, fraudster, liar and a cheat. Why is he so mad? The reason is simple. He is looking for a scapegoat. Jim should hold himself responsible for whatever happened to his relationship with Nadia Buari. On the other hand, Keturah Hamilton is no more available. The girl has moved on.

Emma Agu.

To which replied in the early hours of this morning (May 18th)

On May 18, 2014, at 1:49 AM, Iktune wrote:

Jim Iyke reply

OGA EMMA ?

FROM

JIM IYKE JIMIYKEUNTAMED@.COMHIDE DETAILS?

TO

IKTUNE IKTUNE@AOL.COM

I’m lost Emma sending your article was supposed to make me scared? So much emotion! So much passion, so much bitterness.

Lol, I must have wounded yourself professed ego deeply. You sound like a rejected child- man. Lol. Anybody with his head firmly screwed on their shoulders can deduce this for what it us; the desperate act of a deeply troubled insecure man still suffering the throes of middle age crisis. Keep entertaining truly intelligent people. We will wait your world news at 8. Looool

I’m too focused on what I’m doing to dignify this. I thought there would be something new. I would have wished Karma on you but its already working overtime in your life.

I expected this tantrums from your son but then again role reversals occur from time to time. I sympathize with him wherever he is.

Good luck sir.

Sent from my iPad

Emma fired back

Subject: RE: SO, YOU ARE A AN ANIMAL HUH?

I guess you don’t know me. If only you knew my own madness has reached the market square, you wont dare thread the path that will lead to your destruction.

When I started enjoying the limelight, you were not even near a Secondary School. First cut is the deepest; you threw me under the bus and lied over and over to me who has taken all manner of insults on your behalf.

You must be a bastard. If you are man enough, call me with a known number and see if I won’t track you down right away

Jim replied

Subject: Re: so, you are an animal huh? I’ve been threatened by many men, Emma. Run?! Anyone can see vendetta from a mile away. You make me laugh. You call yourself an Ibo man? You’re a coward Emma. You’ve lost all the respect I had for you.

What’s the worse case scenario? You recorded me questioning your sanity? Who’s the animal now? Who’s the immature person? A man that purports himself a leader yet acts like a retarded child.

There’s nothing you can say or put out that hasn’t been done before. You re mad. I refused to grant you interviews or suck up to your many gimmicks to kiss ass.

I can read selfish men from miles away. You’ve told me many things about Keturah, Nadia and countless people in my life unsolicited. You’re sly and two faced and I didn’t buy into your story of brotherhood long before now.

God made and put me here not man. Try all you can you will end up where the other desperate creatures did; beneath me.

Good luck sir

Lol. I know you’re the US president. I see you require several broadcasts and platform to expose me. You re in denial Emma. You can finally stop begging and scavenging for interviews to keep your pathetic outfit afloat.

I’ve finally given you relevance. I’ve always tailored my words around you. You keep referring to Keturah. Which one? The one you tried to burn severally on phone conversations? You’re a pathological liar and that’s what sent you on exile in the first place from Nigeria.

CNN?! Lool. My brother, you really have arrived at the proverbial bend! I’m too busy Emma. Let’s see now one week. Two weeks. Maybe a month at worst, I’ll forget you even exist.

I’ll relegate you to the trash can I reserve for haters. At least, the others made their position clear from get go.

You’re blistering and gloating now. You’ve finally convinced your warped psyche this is the best news ever. False or truth, I’ve got to jump on it. Who knows you exist in the continent?

The rest? Well, the rest doesn’t exist. People I don’t know nor bear no economic and emotional value in my life has never had the capability to make me lose a second of sleep.

I’m gonna do myself a favour and direct all the mails that emanate from you to trash where the owner firmly belongs. It’s Sunday. I’ve a busy week ahead. Besides FBI, IRS, navy seals and commandos all await me.

You really are shameless Emma.

Emma replies….

You made who relevant? I have done interviews with Omotola, Awilo, Ministers, senators, men and women with proven records.

You local boy is telling me you are making me relevant? Last week alone, I interviewed, Ibrahim Commassie, RTD Inspector General of Police, I also did interview with Prof. Femi Mimiko, Vice Chancellor, AAU and also a member of the National Confab.

Same goes with Dr. Rabi Ibrahim, Bilksu Majoro, lawyer and a well known activist, Aminu Mahmuid, General Mansur Dan Ali, to name but a few.

Tomorrow, I will be interviewing Jerry Gana and Mr. Falana. These are men and women with proven records dear James. Over half a million Nigerians living overseas tune in to listen to great interviews with great people.

Your interview with me brought me no audience, no rating, no feedback. It was zero. Your name makes my listeners to turn off their appliances. Who wants to listen to a thief and a criminal? I was trying aimlessly to re-brand his image?

For the records, Keturah Hamilton begged me to accept you. Keturah Hamilton would tell you, I never liked you from the start.

I heard you are a thief and she told me not to judge you based on what people say. I don’t need anyone to convince me now that you, Jim Iyke, is a thief, a rouge and a criminal.

You live off the sweat and hard work of women. You have wrecked so many lives. Cursed from every angle of this world, you have been on the run since you duped a married woman you slept with, who took your late mum to India and London.

You came from a family of ingrates therefore, you have no mind, no heart, no feeling for anyone regardless. It was no surprise how the women you swindled gave an interview shortly after your mum’s demise, saying she never raised you well.

Your name is tainted, news about you drives away people. Ask Keturah, how people hate and loathe you. You are a bad news. She will tell you how many times she had wrangling with folks who were tired of hearing or reading your name. A particular man wrote openly on my fan page, saying – Jim Iyke is bad news- Jim Iyke has squandered his opportunity.

I know folks out here who wouldn’t watch any movie you appear in for a million dollars. The only people telling you about me are rogues like you who have the same evil mindset like you.

Those folks who are equally untalented like you, would resort by any means to use others. A couple of them here, even your friend based in Dallas, swindled me once. Birds of the same feather.

Did you not tell me you were relocating to the US to live forever with Keturah Hamilton? Did you not say in my interview with you she was the best thing that happened to your life? The tape is still there, maggot!

You left her as soon as you finished making all your fake promises. What about the money she gave you when you opened a so called store in Abuja? What about the money she gave you when you lied to her you wanted to buy a house? You left her after looting her.

After wrecking havoc to this woman’s life, leaving her for Nadia, you were not even contented with Nadia Buari that no days passes without you calling Keturah and complained against Nadia Buari. You had a game plan that backfired, now you want to hold me responsible for your apparent downfall that started from the day you were born.

See all your mates in Nigeria and look at your life. Dude, you will run from pillar to post until your dying day. Ask T B Joshua, the man who cast a spell on you about me. You were in Gabon when I started making waves at the age of 12.

I have performed before 3 heads of states and also headlines President Barak Obama’s inaugural ball when he was elected. I wanted to grant you a pass till you bury your dead, now; with your latest hit on me, I will spare no rods, no words to tell the world who you truly are. I am not responsible for your break up with Nadia Buari. You were caught in the web of lies. Deal with it.

I will not waste my time to write you again. I am a very busy man. I don’t even have time to crosscheck all the stuff I have been sending to you.

I will issue a press release shortly. Deal with it loser. Keturah Hamilton does not want you. Nadia Bauri has left you. Deal with it!

Not done, Jim fires back

Are you still going on about this? Is that all? In a few days, I won’t even remember your last name. That’s how much I’ve trained myself to shuffle trash firmly where it belongs; in the dark recess of my mental archives!! Lol

Why are you still trying to justify yourself? Why would I hide from a mutt? You’ll be so crushed when you discover what I came to the states for. This is nothing!

I’m overjoyed you finally dealt your real hand. Only a retard will make you a mentor. If you were contented with your life and family, why are you all up in other people’s lives to create relevance for you far from desirous one? What you have is not even a proper platform. You had to solicit help everywhere. Lol, how pathetic! It’s unfortunate you’re not worth the trouble. I’ve had reason to travel to many cities of he world for the project I’m currently working on.

I didn’t realize there was an embargo as regards where I can go or can’t go to do bizness in the states. Why are you trying to develop heart attack on my account? Who made you judge and jury? Have you considered there’s a chance even if it’s remotely considerable, that you might be wrong? No, your hate runs too deep. You a righteous, insufferable persona has been deeply hurt. Your overestimated self importance has been questioned.

All you do is sit down and mudsling others; Yorubas, Hausas, your fellow ibos, people that genuinely look to you for advice and guidance.

When you reached to me, I came out cause I believed at first. But something about you didn’t ring right. I’ve honed my instincts very well Emma. Time just confirmed it!

What else do you think you owe younger Ibo men. Money? A platform for image laundry and fame? You owe us your word! It means everything. In your throes of introspection, a part of you will tell you I’ve done you no wrong.

I’m a bereaved man trying to do my business quietly and bury the most important woman in my life. If you had any iota of emotion in you, you will honour that. I’ve wasted a great deal of energy in the past being caught up in this circle of hate you all create. I’m beyond that now.

I was never rude. Always attentive and respectful. Even thanked God a few times for the man I thought you were. When you’re done with your attempt to wreck me, what’s next? I hope you will find some satisfaction.

I hope you find justification. I hope for your sake you won’t be staring at another empty space where you will wish you had handled matters differently.

How well do you live your life that you so perversely without cause, decide who is living less desirous lives in your eyes? Are you trying to play God? Who holds you accountable?

It was so easy to reach me and insult me by e-mail yet you claim you couldn’t reach me upon my arrival in the states. You posted an article long before you sought out the truth. A one sided version you hurriedly put out to fulfill your desire for vendetta.

You claim you have kids. Life is a bitch! They will run into their road blocks. People will return the favour you’ve done others a thousand fold.

I refuse to be caught in your web. My justification is in time. Yours is in all the double agents and ass kissers cheering you. When your eminent rock bottom happens, I pray the cheering continues.

If I am to be obliterated as you all perpetuate, hasn’t it occurred to all of you why it hasn’t and won’t happen? I don’t know how I got here. Ill never know. Neither will all of you. Emma, my name is IKECHUKWU.

It’s God’s engineering not man. Therefore, no man can destroy God’s creation. I don’t hate you and I never will. Nobody is worth it. I’m still here. I’m still prosperous. I’m still breathing. I’m still potty in God’s hand. I’ve no business fighting a battle that isn’t mine. God is in control. Why don’t we wait and see? It is well.