Happy Independence Day Nigeria!
As My Nigerian Brothers And Sister Already Know
on October 1,1960, the flag of British Colonial Nigeria was lowered and a new flag was raised. After a century of British influence, the region we know today as Nigeria became a commonwealth realm. As a result, this solidified the new country a sovereign state, and granted it the same political status as all other countries.
Though 1960 is generally celebrated as the birth year of Nigeria, it wasn’t until 1963 that the rule of monarchy was abolished and the Federal Republic of Nigeria was born.
Today we celebrate this diverse nation and its glorious green and white flag. Happy Independence Day, Nigeria!
Information via: https://www.google.com/doodles/nigeria-independence-day-2017
Tamar Braxton’s Husband Ordered to Pay Sony $3.7 Million
Tamar Braxton’s husband and business partner, Vincent Herbert, has been ordered to pay Sony almost $4 million.
Music exec Vincent Herbert was ordered to pay up after a judge sided with Sony in their legal battle over a 2013 advance. According to the lawsuit Sony paid Herbert to find new talent, and part of the deal required payments back from Interscope Records.
However, Sony sued Herbert, claiming he started intercepting the money from Interscope in October 2015, in turn cheating Sony out of recouping the advance.
Herbert failed to respond to the lawsuit, and the judge issued a default judgment. Now, including interest, Vince has to pay $3,738,515.93 to Sony.
We caught up to Tamar this weekend and she responded to ruling: “Lies!”
Just kidding… share your thoughts below.
Article via: http://www.tmz.com/2017/09/27/tamar-braxton-husband-vince-herbert-ordered-to-pay-sony/
Cardi B Says That She Was Put In A Choke hold By the NYPD!
Cardi B says a New York City cop put her in a choke hold Tuesday evening and slammed her against her car.
The incident is said to have went down around 6 PM near Columbus Circle — Cardi was riding in her new Bentley SUV when another driver hit her.
We’re told Cardi wasn’t driving, but she and a cousin got out of the Bentley and started arguing with the other driver, and that’s when the NYPD officer got involved. We’re told the officer, who Cardi says was white, grabbed her with his arms around her neck and pinned her against the Bentley.
The cop eventually let Cardi go … and left the accident scene without taking a report or issuing any citations. Moments later she angrily tweeted about the incident and blasted cops for not knowing “how to do they job F**K.”
Cardi deleted her tweet after a few minutes. Her sister also posted about it, and later deleted. Our sources say Cardi was not injured by the choke hold, and it doesn’t seem, at this point, she’s looking to take legal action.
A spokesman tells us NYPD has no records or information about Cardi’s claim, and adds it’s unclear if police will try to get a statement from her about the alleged incident.
Article via: http://m.tmz.com/#!article/2017/09/20/cardi-b-nypd-choke-hold/
USHER GEORGIA ACCUSER IN HERPES LAWSUIT REVEALS HER IDENTITY
Laura Helm claims in new legal docs, she had 2 sexual encounters with the singer. She says he behaved very oddly. The documents are very descriptive, but she says she never saw him finish because she saw him run to the bathroom. She goes on to say that on the second occasion he did not wear a condom and says a few days after that she noticed an unusual bump on the inside of her cheek. A few days after that she noticed a similar bump — the size of a green pea — on her vagina.
She says, during the second encounter Usher set the mood by putting on jazz music while performing oral sex on her.
She references reports that Usher paid $1.1 million to a previous sex partner but she offers no proof.
Helm says they were platonic friends and he wooed her by telling her about his humanitarian efforts in Africa.
Helm is suing for $20 million.
TESLA EX-EMPLOYEE SUES OVER N-WORD, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Tesla says they’ve investigated DeWitt Lambert’s complaint, and the other employees involved told a much different version of events leading up to the recording showing them using the n-word. In fact, Tesla says they now have personal instant messages where Lambert not only uses the n-word … but says he was seeking revenge on his co-workers.
Bottom line: Tesla says they’ve suspended Lambert, with pay, while they reopen the investigation.
An African-American man who worked for Tesla claims he was harassed by other employees and called the n-word.
DeWitt Lambert filed a federal lawsuit, claiming he started working for the car company in 2015 and served as a production associate. He says the harassment began almost immediately. It started with hazing type stuff — putting stickers on his back, putting nuts and screws in his pocket and hiding his tools.
Lambert says things escalated a few months into the job and he got a menacing recording on his phone …”N****r, we take your ass home, n****r. Shred you up in pieces, n****r. Cut you up n****r, send your ass [to] everyone in yo family so everybody can have a piece of you, n****r. Straight up, n****r. We get down like that, n****r.”
The lawsuit also claims employees humiliated him, sticking a drill gun in his butt while he was bent over. They also routinely made comments about the size of his penis.
Lambert says after he complained, some of the alleged harassers were actually rewarded with a promotion.
He’s claiming discrimination, a hostile work environment and wants an unspecified amount in damages.
Article via: http://m.tmz.com/#!article/2017/09/18/tesla-sued-n-word-ex-employee-harassment-discrimination/
Intensifying Hurricane Maria is a severe threat to the Caribbean and Puerto Rico; Jose to scrape Northeast coast
The wicked 2017 hurricane season is set to deliver its next two punishing blows from Hurricanes Maria and Jose. In both the Caribbean and along the Atlantic coast of the Northeast United States, conditions are set to deteriorate rapidly through Wednesday as these storms arrive.
Of the two storms, however, Maria is the much more serious hurricane. The strengthening Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph has the potential to cause widespread destruction along its path from the central Lesser Antilles through Puerto Rico.
“Maria is likely to affect Puerto Rico as an extremely dangerous major hurricane, and a hurricane watch is in effect for that island,” the National Hurricane Center said Monday.
While Jose is capable of producing coastal flooding and pockets of damaging wind from Delaware to Massachusetts, its effects are most likely to resemble those of a strong Nor’easter – rather than a devastating hurricane.
Three killed, 16 injured after tour bus slams into MTA bus in Queens
A tour bus “flying” down a busy Queens street crashed into an MTA bus Monday, killing three people and injuring 16 others, witnesses and authorities said.
The Dahlia Travel and Tours bus slammed into the Q20 bus around 6:15 a.m. at Northern Blvd. and Main St., sending both vehicles careening onto the sidewalk and killing a 68-year-old pedestrian, officials said.
The driver of the Dahlia bus, Raymond Mong, 49, was among the dead. A 55-year-old man aboard the MTA bus also died.
“There was people pinned under the front of the city bus. A lady was crying and screaming, ‘Get me out! Get me out!’” he said.
Article via: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/killed-16-injured-mta-bus-tour-bus-collide-queens-article-1.3503764
Jerhonda Pace on Allegedly Being Trained To Please RKelly
Jerhonda Pace, alleged RKelly abuse victim, consoled by Jeannie
In these episode trailers of The Real Jerhonda Pace describes allegedly being trained to please RKelly. It seems as though The Real cast is not properly trained to interview abuse survivors.
In the first clip linked below at the :08 mark Jerhonda begins on how she was trained to sexually please a man, Jeannie seems to eagerly demand “Break that down” as she leans forward in her seat. At the :16 mark Loni suggestively asks: “how do they do it?” (referring to the sexual training), forgetting that this is a serious matter and not another opportunity for a sex joke.
In the third trailer linked below Jerhonda describes the moment she decided to escape. She lied to RKelly and managers and said that family was waiting on her, she left, and never looked back.
Comment below: should legal action be taken against RKelly?
Watch the snippets here: Jerhonda on Allegedly being trained to please RKelly: https://youtu.be/w8jscru2mDE
Jerhonda describes the abuse: https://youtu.be/2xrvM3mbYqs
Jerhonda on her Alleged Escape: https://youtu.be/2xrvM3mbYqs
Please note that this article is written by blogger W.C, and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Lovelyti.
Firefighter Says “Saving One Dog Is ‘More Important’ Than A Million Black People”
Tyler Roysdon, a volunteer for Franklin Township, wrote that if he had to choose between saving a dog or a black man from a burning building, the dog would get priority, because “one dog is more important than a million n****rs.”
Roysdon has since removed the post from his Facebook page, but a screenshot appears below.
Tyler Roysdon’s sentiments
Once township officials discovered the post, Roysdon was suspended indefinitely, according to local station WHIO-TV.
The township will hold a disciplinary hearing for him on Sept. 27, the station reported.
Township officials released an official statement about Roysdon on Thursday, confirming that he was suspended until the township’s board of trustees can meet to determine his fate:
“Recently, a Franklin Township volunteer firefighter posted unacceptable remarks on social media. Upon gaining knowledge of this information, Fire Chief Steve Bishop immediately contacted the firefighter and directed the comments be removed. The firefighter was suspended without pay until the Board of Township Trustees could meet to determine a course of action. Chief Bishop does not have the authority to terminate employees. Termination of any township employee requires a vote by the Board of Trustees.”
HuffPost reached out to Roysdon, who did not immediately respond.
A woman who identified herself as Joei Frame Roysdon told WXIX-TV that she was Roysdon’s wife and said, “He admitted that he said things that were wrong and apologized.”
She added: “Everyone deserves a second chance and is also entitled to their own opinion.”
Meanwhile, Ryan Grubbs, who works as a volunteer firefighter with Roysdon, said his colleague’s words go against the department’s core values.
“We don’t pick and choose who needs us, we just go,” Grubbs told WKEF-TV. “We’re volunteers, we’re doing this because we love the community.”
Comment below: do you agree with what Roysdon’s wife said, is everyone entitled to their opinion without penalty?
Deaf Community Outraged After Interpreter Signed Gibberish
Another serious event is reduced to a stand up comedy show… flashbacks to Nelson Mandela’s funeral anyone?
Before Hurricane Irma stormed Florida, Manatee County leaders were preparing to address the public with “crucial” information, and so they requested Marshall Greene to help communicate via sign language, according to WFLA.
Greene, a lifeguard for the county, continued on to sign words unrelated to the press conference, among those being words like “pizza” “bear” and “monster”. It is also important to note that Green should have faced forward during his ‘interpretations’, as opposed to facing the speaker.
“I knew something went horribly wrong,” Charlene McCarthy told WFLA. McCarthy owns VisCom, a company that regularly provides interpreters for the county.
“It was horribly unnerving for me to watch that, knowing I could provide a qualified, certified interpreter,” she fumed.
Greene’s family told WFLA he was just doing what the county asked of him.
“He can’t expect to communicate something he doesn’t know,” Greene’s father told the station.
Social media users were outraged, writing that the bogus interpreter posed a “danger” to society.
“Who is this person you are using as a sign language interpreter? This person is not qualified!” Sandra Roche commented on the county’s video of the press conference.
“What a disservice to the deaf community at such a critical time,” Maggie Gregory wrote.
Others weren’t as quick to be angry: “Take it easy on the guy!” Becky Bates-Williams fired back. “I’ve been in his position and it is frightening… He is doing the best he can.”
The deaf community is demanding an apology from the county for the blunder, according to WFLA.
Comment below: who do you think is at fault for the inaccurate interpretations, Manatee County or Greene?
Click the link to watch the video of the ‘interpreter’ via: http://nypost.com/2017/09/16/deaf-community-outraged-after-interpreter-signed-gibberish-before-irma/