Much ado about the customised i-phones shared at the presidential wedding!

The photos above hit the blogosphere yesterday to a lot of backlash but the Malivelihood boss - who broke the news and announced that he customized the i-phones - has now deleted all his statements.

After ranting about how he got the contract to design the customized items for the wedding and thanking GEJ for giving him the contract, the Malivelihood boss is now saying something else.

He now claims that the customized i-phones were gifts from him to GEJ, adding that he distributed just "10" #yimu.

Many peeps have reacted by mocking the dude - he had probably bn contacted by SSS for exposing the heavy spending of GEJ so he's bn forced to retract his statement, they say!

Snapshot of what he wrote yesterday....now see snapshot of his tweet today!

   

"I give many people free gift for wedding , ceremony, birthday all that time , Don't understand why this is a problem. Don't understand why giving out Free gift is a problem #Nigeria new" he tweeted.

So what do we believe now? 

"We your 'Parents are analogue people while you are digitial" - Goodluck Jonathan's advice to his newly wed daughter

President Goodluck Jonathan got everyone smiling while giving out his 'daddy' speech at his daughter's wedding on Saturday!

Speaking at the wedding reception at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, GEJ admonished the couple not to always run to their parents - them - for everything!
See his concise speech below:


 “ My advice is that, today is a very special day we are all smiling and dancing but also note that there will be periods when the relationship will not work smoothly. That is a part of the life of husband and wife.”
 “There is no couple that will not have some moments when their faces will not be too bright, but it depends on how you reach out and really find time to understand themselves. And we pray that you have a really happy married life and we will continue to pray for you as your parents.”
“Our duties as parents is to continue to pray for you, to encourage you and if there are some issues you feel we can solve, you can tell us. But don’t depend on your parents to solve your matrimonial problems. If you have disagreement with your husband…., don’t always run to parents or get advice of your mother or father, sometimes, they will not give you the best advice. Because your parents are analogue people while you are digital generation.”
 “So, we don’t belong to the same generation and so don’t expect us to give you the advice of the modern way of life. But we will encourage you to succeed,” he added.

Chika Ike gets a huge diamond ring from her boo

It appears that Chika Ike is engaged - although she recently talked about not getting married till "God knows when' but she's just shared the photo above!

She says she's just gotten a huge diamond ring gift from her 'boo - it kinda looks like an engagement ring though or is it?!

"I feel so sick today #flu . Thanks boo for lunch and the surprise....just made my day! saturdaylunch #love"" she captioned the photo

Photos from President Jonathan's daughter's white wedding

President Jonathan's daughter Faith married her man Godswill today in Abuja. These are pics from inside the church...will hopefully get pics from the reception later. Continue for more pics...

Some reception photos...

Video: Drake wears disguise to ask strangers what they think of him

 
Some celebrities avoid social media because they don't want to read the nasty things people say about them. But rapper Drake really wanted to find out what people thought of him and decided the best way to find out was to go undercover and ask strangers on the streets.

In a hilarious sketch filmed for Jimmy Kimmel Live, Drake was described as a chicken head, a fake, childish and more, as he spoke with passers-by on the Hollywood Boulevard. It's hilarious. Watch..

Guests at GEJ's daughter's wedding received customized iPhones

Luxury designer Malivelihood posted samples of some of the gifts guests received at President Jonathan's daughter's wedding which took place in Abuja today. One of the gifts was a gold-plated iPhone. What were those Youth Movement people saying again? Lol. Continue to see more photos...

Preparation photos from Atiku Abubakar's son's wedding

The second leg of the wedding between Abba Atiku and Mariana is going down today in Jada village, Yola, Adamawa state. Continue to see more photos as they prepare for the wedding...

All that went down at Goodluck Jonathan's daughter's bridal shower in Aso Rock!

In anticipation of her wedding for today, President Goodluck Jonathan’s daughter, Faith Elizabeth Sakwe’s group of friends on Thursday night had a colourful bridal shower to celebrate the bride.
The bridal shower which took place at House 7, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja was full of fun, games, dance and music.

The event was well-attended by bride's personal friends, family, and other well-wishers who came in droves and hugging gifts. Besides a couple of male photographers and the Disc jockey, men were barely present. Like the traditional bridal showers, there were a lot of ribbons, toilet papers and gloves in bright and bold colors.

The bridal shower which started at 7pm, started with a group dance that ushered in the bride who was in the middle of her friends to the palatial sitting room venue of the party. While everybody sat round a table, the glowing bride sat on a special chair. One of the ladies, the host at the event unveiled their mission and opened the first game of the night.

They had a puzzle with the title THINK LIKE THE BRIDE, where questions such as LIVE IN THE CIOTY OR SURBURB, DO THE LAUNDRY OR DISHES, TAKE A BIRTH OR SHOWER, WEAR LIPSTICKS OR LIP GLOSS, STAY IN THE POOL OR OCEAN, ETC. 

The answers written on papers were swapped for marking and the winner emerged in Glory James, who was presented with a beautiful gift. This was followed by another game DRAWING OF THE BRIDE on pieces of paper, to the amazement of all, and again Glory James drew the best picture of the bride.

Thirdly, the bevy of ladies, about 100, formed themselves into a group of six and they made a wedding gown with tissue papers, the fourth group emerged winner.

Faith, in appreciation of her friends thanked them for the party and wished them all a beautiful day like that in no distant future. President Jonathan’s daughter, Aruabai, was full of emotions, broke down in tears, poured encomiums on the bride for her steadfastness, love and care.

She told the bride: I wish you well, I have always looked up to you and I pray that it shall be well with you.”
The ladies full of ecstasy danced round the bride, took turns to snap pictures, sipped choice wines and canapés before the shower came to close at 9PM.

Checkout our Love story of the day. How Atiku' son proposed.

Their love story: 
How He Proposed 
from the bride, Mariana

He asked if I wanted to go on a boat ride. We were on vacation in Thailand in December 2013. The sensation of feeling the motion of the waves and the smell of the sea could only entice me to fully accept with a delightful pleasurable “Yes”. Walking on the traditional wooden long tail boat, rustic with chipped paint and a mound of ropes tangled up in the bow, I was thrilled, more so than him. Knowing his taste, he would have preferred a yacht. For me this was my yacht of choice. The three of us, including our captain sat in silence as the images of the mountains filled our eyes with colors of green and the sky of blue. He asked,“Do you like it?” How could I not, alone in the sea with the omission of frivolous disturbances, just him next to me. A stop, on an island with an old shipwreck washed on land. Climbing out, walking on the sand, distancing ourselves more and more from our boat and captain, heading towards the old wreck. A hermit crab bypassed us, as he looked at us with delight. Abba returned the glance. Eagerly looking through the wreck, he pointed to a small green box. He asked for me to open it, and at his request I did, imagining at once the thought process and maneuvering that he had had to assume to make all of this possible. He placed one knee on the sand and asked, “Will you be my wife?”He had become my husband long before then, … now I just verbalized it with a “Yes”.The couple’s families met officially in February 2014 at JW Marriott, Marquis in Dubai, where they gave their blessings for the marriage.