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The CEO of Miss America and Board Chair resign Under amid email scandal

Less than 48 hours after inappropriate internal emails alleging derogatory coomments against past winners within  the Miss America Organization were revealed, t he head of the organization that stages the Miss America beauty pageant and other leaders with the group resigned on Saturday. CEO  Sam Haskell, president and COO of the organization,  Josh Randle,  Board chair Lynn Weidner (who sent emails that were the source of controversy) and  Board member Tammy Haddad,  all resigned from their positions within the organization. Haskell had been suspended on Friday, one day after a Huffington Post report about the internal emails. In some emails, Haskell wrote demeaning descriptions of previous winners of the Miss America pageant, calling one woman "huge" and "gross" and commenting on her sex life in emails he sent in 2014 and 2015, adding that at only 25 years old, she has lost count of the number of men she has slept with. Haskell alsmo made

All Haitians immigrants have AIDS and Nigerian immigrants won't go back to their huts'' President Trump allegedly complains during oval meeting

New York Times published a report Saturday on US President, Donald Trump’s harsh immigration policy. According to the paper, Trump was outraged after being handed a list of how many foreigners had obtained visas to enter the U.S. in 2017. Haiti had sent 15,000 people. They “all have AIDS,” he grumbled, according to one person who attended the meeting and another person who was briefed about it by someone else who was there. Forty thousand had come from Nigeria, Mr. Trump added. Once they had seen the United States, they would never “go back to their huts” in Africa, recalled the two officials, who asked for anonymity to discuss a sensitive conversation in the Oval Office. The Times reports that the two anonymous officials who relayed these accounts “found them so noteworthy that they related them to others at the time,” but that other officials present did not recall President Trump using the words “AIDS” or “huts.” The White House did not deny the purpose of th

PHOTOS From the just concluded 2017 Rivers State Christmas Carol Festival, Hosanna 2017

Photos from the 3rd Rivers state Christmas Carol festival, ( Hosanna 2017)  which took place on the 22nd December 2017 This is the celebration of God's love and goodness. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike took the first reading. He attended the Carol with his wife, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike. Great artists and choirs rendered soul lifting songs. Guest Minister was Dr Paul Enenche of Dunamis Church . See pictures below:

Former special adviser to Bayelsa State Governor, Torukori Nasko Egei found dead In his hotel room

Torukori Nasko Egei, a former Senior Special Assistant to the Bayelsa Governor on Youth Development, is dead. According to reports, the married man and a father of two was found dead on Friday, December 21, 2017 in a room at Aridolf Resort Wellness And Spa, Yenagoa, Bayelsa. Though the circumstances surrounding his death is yet to be ascertained, some family sources claim he was killed by his competitors while others believed he died in his sleep. It’s a sad moment for the family and friends of former Senior Special Assistant to the Bayelsa Governor on Youth Development, Torukori Nasko Egei, who died tragically on Friday in Bayelsa state. According to his friends, the deceased was warming up to contest in the Bayelsa state assembly as his popularity continued to grow before his demise. The married man and a father of two children was found dead in a room at Aridolf hotel in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital. He was said to have died in his sleep just few days to Chris

Lovely Photos from the just concluded 2017 Akwa Ibom Christmas carol festival, in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria featuring US Gospel Artistes

The carol witnessed different gospel singers from within and outside Nigeria join the people of Akwa Ibom in the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world. Live streaming was made available via their social media platforms  www.facebook.com/aksgovt  and various TV channels It was indeed a memorable experience in the presence of God. See Photo Updates below: # AKCarolsFest2017 Arrival of eminent Nigerians and religious leaders at the ongoing Christmas Carol in Uyo. Arrival of the Governor Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, his wife, Martha, Deputy Governor, Mr. Moses Ekpo arriving Uyo Township Stadium for the 2017 Christmas Carol tonight. Akwa Ibom-born gospel singer, Rev. Ezekiel Umoh thrilling the crowd of worshippers at the ongoing Akwa Ibom Christmas Carol # AkCarolsFest2017 Renowned gospel musician, Kingsley Ike holding the crowd of worshippers spellbound at Akwa Ibom State Christ

4 shot dead and 8 were injured by gunman during Christmas carol in Kaduna State

Last night, four people were killed and eight others injured in an attack by a single gunman in Kaduna State. The killings occurred around the Nindem village axis in Godogodo district, Jemaa Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesman for Operation Safe Haven, Colonel IK Ekpeyong, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said the gunman invaded Godogodo village as the residents were holding a carol at the community square at about 9 pm, shooting sporadically, and in the process, killed four persons and injured eight others, Channels Television reports.   He disclosed that the bodies have been deposited in a mortuary while the eight wounded persons were taken to the Kafanchan general hospital for treatment. He also added that some people suspected to be masterminds of the attack have been arrested for further interrogation, while more troops have been deployed to the area to avert a fresh attack or reprisal.