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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet face to face ahead of 90-minute private talks aimed at rebuilding ties between US and Russia

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have met one-on-one at the Helsinki summit ahead of 90-minute private talks aimed at rebuilding ties between US and Russia. Both presidents sat down at the Finnish Presidential Palace for a meeting which Trump said he hoped will improve relations with Russia. The summit consists of a one-on-one meeting and a larger working lunch, and will conclude with a joint news conference. When they met, Trump said he hoped for an "extraordinary relationship" and shook hands with the Russian leader, who told the US President: "The time has to come to talk in a substantive way." In opening remarks filmed by the media, Trump said getting along with Russia would be a "good thing, not a bad thing". The US president opened his remarks with praise for Russia's hosting of the World Cup, adding, "Most importantly we have a lot of good things to talk about." Trump said he and Putin will talk about "e...

‘I dated my wife for six years before we got married’ – DJ Jimmy Jatt

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  Legendary Nigerian disc jockey, Oluwaforijimi Adewale Amu a.k.a DJ Jimmy Jatt in a recent interview with Punch revealed that he met his wife Jennifer at a party where he was playing, when he was 22 years of age, and they dated for six years before they eventually got married. The father of two girls narrating how he met his wife said; “we met at a party. Where else should a DJ meet a lady? Also, don’t mind the Yoruba who say “a wife you meet in a dance house will later dance away.” It is a big lie. My friend met his wife in the church and she is gone. I met mine at a party, we danced and we are still dancing. When you tell people you met a girl in the club, they would have a wrong impression of her. But the club is not the devil’s place of hangout; it is just a fun place.”   On how he convinced her to marry him, “ It was a progression. I dated my wife for six years before we got married. We never planned to get married from the ...

Nigerian lady opens up on her family's slave trade history and it's a fascinating read

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Much has been made about the role of the white man in the transatlantic slave trade but not much attention is given to their African collaborators who amassed great wealth and influence while selling off fellow Africans to foreign lands. In this piece for The New Yorker, a Nigerian lady named Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani faced up to her family's grim past of slave trading and human sacrifice in a riveting article for The New Yorker titled 'My Great-Grandfather The Slave-Trader'. Read below.   My parents’ home, in Umujieze, Nigeria, stands on a hilly plot that has been in our family for more than a hundred years. Traditionally, the Igbo people bury their dead among the living, and the ideal resting place for a man and his wives is on the premises of their home. My grandfather Erasmus, the first black manager of a Bata shoe factory in Aba, is buried under what is now the visitors’ living room. My grandmother Helen, who helped establish a local church, is bu...

Kim Kardashian defends Kylie Jenner's Forbes cover, says entire family is "Self-Made"

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  After 20-year-old Kylie Jenner landed the cover of Forbes where it was revealed that she is on the way to becoming the youngest-ever "self-made billionaire," Twitter erupted with many disagreeing over the magazine's choice adjective of "self-made" while pointing out that she had help from her parents and siblings. Now, her older half-sister Kim Kardashian has stepped in to defend Kylie Jenner, who has been receiving backlash after Forbes named her one of America's Richest Self-Made Women.  

Nigerian Army debunks report of missing 23 soldiers after Boko Haram ambush in Borno

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  The Nigerian Army has denied media reports that 23 soldiers are missing after they were ambushed by Boko Haram members in Borno state over the weekend. There were various reports on different local and international media this weekend with reports that 23 soldiers were missing. Journalist, Ahmad Salkida who has reported extensively about the Boko Haram insurgence, also tweeted this mroning that 10 bodies of the missing soldiers have been recovered. The Army says the report is not true and released a statement to that effect. Read the statement below 1. The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to news making the round alleging attack on soldiers and capturing of military vehicles by Boko Haram in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. 2. The Nigerian Army wishes to state categorically that the report is not only untrue but misleading as the said report is blown out of proportion by the media. 3. Contrary to the report, the Nigerian Army wi...

See the ''unusual'' way a Nigerian lady says she overcomes boredom

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'She has A1 in Bedmatics and has never refused my sexual demand since we got married'– Nigerian Pastor praises wife on her Birthday

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  A Nigerian pastor in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Wauton Knight, took to Facebook to celebrate his wife with kinds words and praised her sexual prowess as she turned a year older. According to him, his wife, Miebi I. Knight Wauton , has A1 in Bedmatics and she has never said no to his sexual demands since they got married. Read what he wrote below. “WHAT A WOMAN A woman who has not said no to my sexual demands since we got married. A1 in Bedmatics since we got married. A woman who has not held back her money since we got married. A woman who has not refused following me anywhere for my numerous preaching engagements since we got married. A woman who has not stopped loving me since we got married. A woman who loves my family unendingly and follows me to the village for family meetings and other concerns since we got married. A woman who has not stopped praying for me since we got married A woman who cooks well and not very well sometimes since we got married. A ...