Ted Cruz, once a bitter rival, endorses Donald Trump

Two months after his refusal to endorse Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy prompted outrage at the Republican National Convention, Senator Ted Cruz said Friday that he would vote for his former bitter primary rival.

“After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump,” the Texas senator wrote in a statement posted on Facebook.

“A year ago, I pledged to endorse the Republican nominee, and I am honoring that commitment,” he added. “And if you don’t want to see a Hillary Clinton presidency, I encourage you to vote for him.”

Cruz’s move represents a dramatic turnaround after a primary campaign during which the two

PMB's Nephew, Mamman Daura allegedly behind plagiarized speech

Sources from Presidency in Abuja have revealed that Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari and arguably the biggest power player in the government, was the source of a major speech delivered by the Nigerian president in which the words of US President Barack Obama were plagiarized.


The two sources claimed that Mr. Daura had hijacked the task of providing speeches for the Nigerian president, adding that he often threw away draft speeches that he did not commission.

Asked whether the president’s nephew personally wrote the controversial speech that stole Mr. Obama’s words without attribution, our sources said that Mr. Daura certainly produced the speech. “It is possible he wrote it himself, or he went and asked somebody else to go and write it and bring,” said one source. The other stated, “I can tell you that nobody writes speech anymore for President Buhari but Mamman Daura.”

'Game of Thrones' wins at Emmy Awards

'Game of Thrones' won three awards at the 68th annual Emmy Awards on Sunday night. The show won 12 Emmys this year, including awards for best writing in a drama series, best directing in a drama series and best drama, out of 23 nominations.

South African Musician, Mandoza is dead

Top South African Kwaito musician, Mandoza has died at age 38. Manzoda, who died on Sunday, September 19 was diagnosed with a brain tumour and has been undergoing treatment since 2015.

Kim Kardashian's Spray Tanner reveals secret of her abs

Kim Kardashian's spray tanner, Fabiola Trujillo has revealed the secret of the reality star's abs. It strictly has to do with exercise, diet and a little of spray tan magic.


Fabiola took to Facebook to share some information about her latest session with West.

“While I was spray tanning Kim between layers as she likes to get dark she would go outside and took this Snapchat while drying, have to admit spray tan looks pretty awesome on her and even

Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, Halima Dangote, attend Bill Clinton's 70th birthday celebration

The Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman of UBA Group, Tony Elumelu, Halima Dangote, Mimi Alemayehou, attended Bill Clinton's 70th birthday celebration in New York.  See one more photo below......

Sound of music Actress Charmian Carr is dead!

"Sound of music" Actress turned interior designer, Charmian Carr, has died. She played Liesl Von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music'. She died after complications from dementia.

Pastor stops Donald Trump’s speech for politicizing event in the church (Video)

Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump was chastised by a Flint, Michigan pastor about politicizing his visit to her church on Wednesday. 

Addressing a crowd of about 70 African-American voters at the Bethel United Methodist Church, Trump attempted to tie-in Flint's economic decline to trade deals supported by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton. 

In a video posted on YouTube, Rev. Faith Green Timmons is seen walking onstage and interrupting Trump.

"Mr. Trump, I invited you here to thank us for what we've done in Flint, not to give a political speech," she said.

"Oh, oh, oh, OK, that's good," Trump replied. "Then I'm going back on Flint."

Trump didn't go into detail on specific policies he would pursue to improve Flint's water quality.

Jose Mourinho drops Wayne Rooney from Man United’s Europa League squad

Jose Mourinho, the current Manchester United’s Manager, has dropped Wayne Rooney from the 20-man squad for Thursday’s Europa League tie in Rotterdam against Dutch side Feyenoord. Despite training on Wednesday, the 30-year-old captain will miss the club’s European opener, as well Luke Shaw, Antonio Valencia and Jesse Lingard.

Manager Jose Mourinho said Rooney had been rested in advance of Sunday’s Premier League trip to Watford.

Phil Jones is also absent after suffering lateral knee ligament damage. The injury could sideline the defender for up to a month.

Mourinho wants a ‘fresh’ Rooney

“Wayne has played every game since the start of the season,” said Mourinho of his decision to leave his captain in Manchester for the Group A opener.

“He has also played 90 minutes for England and he played 90 minutes last weekend and I want him to be fresh for the next match. In the position he plays, I have lots of solutions.”

The former Chelsea and Real Madrid manager admitted the Europa League was not a competition the

Between The Journalist And The Spokesperson - By Reuben Abati

In the past few weeks, my colleagues who have taken over as spokespersons for the Muhammadu Buhari government and the All Progressives Congress have found themselves in the line of fire, as they are accused of destroying their old reputation as truth-tellers, courageous journalists and activists of the Fourth and Fifth Estates of the Realm. It is the same old accusation. Once a journalist crosses into government and becomes a spokesperson, he or she is called all kinds of names: traitor, turn-coat, hustler. Readers and fans feel betrayed. The defender of the people’s interest is accused of “joining them” to go and “eat”.


This is the dilemma of every Nigerian journalist who has taken up the job of spokesperson in whatever governmental capacity. I was abused, vilified and called all kinds of names, but it wasn’t so different with my predecessors nor has it been any easier for my successors. My favourite on this subject was a poem published online titled “The Death of Reuben Abati’s pen” (I don’t remember the author) but Pius Adesanmi was charitable to me in another piece in which he argued that I really didn’t need the job, but my “arrogance” could be tolerated. Pius, o kare oh.

In other parts of the world, journalists also get appointed as spokespersons. The assumption is that a journalist who has spent years communicating with the public, will be able to write, articulate views, understand the media system and the technology of the practice,

Hillary Clinton collapses at 9/11 Memorial Ceremony

Video has surfaced of Hillary Clinton appearing to collapse as she was led into a van after suffering a 'medical episode' during the 9/11 memorial service. The Democratic presidential candidate is seen standing on a curb near the World Trade Center when she suddenly appeared unable to stand.

She seems to nearly fall to the ground before she is caught by her aides, who hold her up. Her security detail then had to help her into the van by grabbing each of her arms.

Malaysia bound AirAsia flight ends up landing in Melbourne

An AirAsia X flight bound for Malaysia ended up in Melbourne after the pilot entered the wrong data into the flight's computer. Flight 223 which was bound for Kuala Lumpur at 11.55am on March 10, 2015 is said to have turned the wrong way and had to be guided to Melbourne.

A report published on Wednesday by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau revealed the captain entered the wrong longitudinal position into the A330's computer.

The position was reportedly out by 11,000km which adversely affected the aircraft's navigation systems and some alerting systems.  

The aircraft turned left instead of right after takeoff and Air Traffic Control at Sydney Airport's International Terminal had to hold up an aircraft on another runway when the AirAsia flight turned in its path.  

The mistake with the longitudinal position wasn't noticed until the aircraft became airborne and began tracking in the wrong direction.

The crew reportedly elected to discontinue the flight, but couldn't return to Sydney because the weather had deteriorated, so the aircraft was diverted to Melbourne where it landed at 2.03pm.

The plane then spent two hours and 50 minutes on the ground in Melbourne, before departing for Kuala Lumpur with the same captain and cabin crew.

PHOTOS: Kanye West showcases Yeezy Collection Season4

Rap superstar Kanye West unveiled his Season 4 Yeezy collection on NYC's Roosevelt Island, and he brought Teyana Taylor with him to show off the goods.  The rapper, showed off his high fashion line on TIDAL with the help of about 100 models ... dressed in everything from coats to full-body leotards. There were no dudes in the show, Kanye opted for an all-female cast of models -- including the star of his "Fade" music video.  Kim Kardashian, Kylie and Kendall Jenner all sat front and center. See more photos below......

"Yes I was Dead" –President Robert Mugabe says after going abroad for treatment

The world's oldest leader, 92-year-old President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has told newsmen that he was dead, but resurrected. The president who arrived home Saturday after an overseas trip that led to rumors about a health crisis, jokingly told reporters that he was really dead.

"It is true that I was dead. And I resurrected. As I always do. Are we speaking to a ghost?" someone