Ben Affleck And Jennifer Garner $120M Divorce

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck $120 Million Divorce: Has Ben Moved Out, Jennifer Wants Custody of Three Kids?

Jennifer Garner is allegedly moving full-steam ahead with her divorce from husband Ben Affleck. Jen and Ben are just a few short weeks away from celebrating their 10 year wedding anniversary, but according to a new report the celebrity couple has already broken up and will be announcing their divorce by June 29. Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s marriage seemed unflappable, and has weathered more scandals than we care to count, but according to Star Magazine Jennifer has had enough – it’s over!

The June 15 edition of Star Magazine reveals that after almost a decade of marriage and three kids later, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are calling it quits. According to Star’s sources, their break-up was actually a long time in the works, and the couple has tried marriage counseling unsuccessfully on more than once occasion. Ben Affleck’s partying, gambling, and rumored cheating scandals all took a toll on Jennifer. The final straw was in April when Ben ditched her on her birthday and jetted off to a monastery in Canada to “find himself,” while there he was photographed not even wearing his wedding ring. CDL can confirm that Ben Affleck was in Cape Breton in Aprilwithout his family.

The writing has been on the wall though, according to Star Magazine’s insiders, Ben basically moved out of their home months ago. The source dished, “Half the time he doesn’t even bother coming home anymore. He crashes at Matt Damon’s place or even checks into hotels. He will meet up with his buddies or drinks at the bar alone, without so much as a thought about his wife.”

When Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck do finally announce their divorce, all hell is set to break loose. According to Star’s report, the couple never signed a prenuptial agreement and Jennifer Garner wants what is rightfully her’s – and their three children. Ben Affleck may not have any money left to gamble away when Jennifer is done with their $120 Million divorce. Are you shocked that Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are calling it quits? Do you think that Jennifer will take him for every penny he is worth in the divorce? Will Ben even put up a fight, or will he let her have custody of their three kids? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

Troubled couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are spotted at the farmer’s market in Pacific Palisades, California with their children Seraphina & Samuel on June 7, 2015. A source close to Ben and Jennifer say divorce is imminent and that “their marriage has completely fallen apart.” by FameFlynet.

Lawyers Ask Court To Disqualify Gbajabiamila

Speakership: Lawyers Ask Court To Disqualify Gbajabiamila Over Dual Citizenship

Lawyers have dragged the House of Representatives minority leader, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking his disqualification from holding any public office in Nigeria.

In an originating summon filed before the Court yesterday by Registered Trustees of Social Justice and Civil Rights Awareness Initiative, the lawyers are seeking for an order of the court declaring Gbajabiamila not fit to be elected member of the House of Representives.

In an affidavit in support of the originating summons, the lawyers reported to the court that Gbajabiamila was convicted in the United States in the state of Georgia for unethical practices and was debarred for 36 months on 26 February, 2007 by the Supreme Court of Georgia.

They also reported that Gbajabiamila was convicted of theft of his client’s funds in the year 2007, which contravene section 66 of the constitution.

Gbajabiamila (Lagos/APC) is a frontline candidate for the speakership position in the House for the 8th National Assembly.

The suit was filed by Chukwuma Nwachukwu Esq and Osita K. Nwaikpo Esq of Law Bond Solicitors, Abuja.

The lawyers are seeking, “An order of injunction restraining the House of Representatives and the Attorney General of the Federation from accepting nomination of the first defendant (Gbajabiamila) for Office of Speaker of the House.

Femi Gbajabiamila in Hot Soup

The All Progressives Congress (APC) speaker-elect Femi Gbajabiamila has come under heavy criticisms over his past shady and fraudulent law practices in the state of Georgia in United States where he allegedly defrauded clients.

Hearing the news that Mr Gbajabiamila has emerged as APC candidate for the position of speaker, many Nigerians in Diaspora expressed disappointment over the development even as they noted that Gbaja’s candidature is a mockery of anti-corruption and moral discipline that President Buhari epitomizes.

They further argued that Gbajabiamila’s election as House Speaker would also rubbish the exalted office of the Speaker and the image of Nigeria and the new APC government within Nigeria and around the world.

Speaking in the same vein, a group under the auspices of National Coalition for Credible Leadership has called for Gbajabiamila’s withdrawal over the alleged criminal and moral issues standing against him.

A statement by the group’s National Coordinator, Mr. Chudi Okafor also wants the lawmaker to withdraw from the race on the account of his dual citizenship adding that he has a surname of Gbaja on his America passport, a surname different from Gbajabiamila that he is currently using in Nigeria.

The statement reads: “Hon. Gbajabiamila who practiced law in America with bar number 288330 was convicted of defrauding his client when he practiced law in the US State of Georgia”.

“It is worth mentioning here that the punishment for Femi Gbaja`s offense would have been outright debarment, however, he pleaded guilty before a full panel of the Supreme Court of Georgia led by Justice Leah Ward Sears.

‘Before the court rule on the petition from his client, he (Gbaja) filed a petition for voluntarily discipline, filed under bar rule 4-227 (b) in which he fully admitted allegation from his client, while Georgia’s Supreme Court suspended him from practice of law for 36 months.”

“We are also aware that section 66 (1) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria states that: “No person shall be qualified for election to the Senate or the House of Representatives if he was convicted of criminal offense within a period of less than 10 years before the date of an election to a Legislative House.

“This singular act of Femi Gbajabiamila contravenes the provision of the constitution which states that “No person shall be qualified for election to the Senate or the House of Representatives if he has been convicted and sentenced for an offense involving dishonesty or he has been found guilty of a contravention of the Code of Conduct.”

“As an American, he swore his allegiance to the United States of America. Not only that, as a requirement he must renounce his allegiance to his country of birth before he can be given American citizenship.

“This supposes that he has pledged his allegiance to the USA which contravenes the provisions of section 66 (1a) of the 1999 Constitution, which states that: “No person shall be qualified for election to the senate or the House of Representatives if… “Considering the provisions of section 28 of the constitution, he has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a country other than of Nigeria or except, in such cases as may be prescribed by the National Assembly, has made declaration of allegiance to such a country.

“Needless to say that before you can become American citizen you must swear your allegiance to the United States; more so, that Hon. Gbajabiamila is an American citizen and holds the American passport with the surname Gbaja. How can one person bear two different surnames?”
“In light of the foregoing, we therefore call on Hon. Gbajabiamila to honourably withdraw from the Speakership race and go and clear himself in the courts.

Gbajabiamila has a lot of moral and legal questions hanging on his neck, which can bring the exalted seat of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to disrepute,”
To avert crisis within their ranks, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress at a crucial meeting on Sunday voted Femi Gbajabiamila for speaker.
His main rival, Hon. Yakubu Dogara from North East has rejected the primary election saying election of the speaker cannot be held outside the chamber of the House of Representatives.

Joseph Akintoye Jailed in US

A 34-year-old Nigerian man, Joseph Dada Akintoye, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for scamming elderly victims of thousands of dollars reports Marietta Daily Journal. He was convicted on Wednesday, 29th of April, 2015 of 15 charges, according to the Cobb District Attorney’s Office. The charges include theft by taking, theft by deception, racketeering, money laundering and exploitation of the elderly. The jail records put Akintoye’s local address in Acworth but he was arrested by the Cobb Sheriff’s Office in Jacksonville, Florida in January.

Akintoye has been accused of being part of a group that called individuals or sent them messages online instructing them to wire money into accounts that he actually controlled says Kim Isaza, the spokesperson for the DA’s office. Isaza narrated that some of the victims were told the caller was a grandchild in jail in another state who needed money for bail in a scheme that has been described as the ‘grandfather scam’.

In 2013, three victims in other states wired about $50,000 into an account of a woman in Marietta, whom Akintoye was working with to launder the money. Isaza said hundreds of thousands of dollars transferred through the woman’s accounts from other unidentified victims with the majority of the money wired out to Nigeria and Malaysia and some to Akintoye’s personal account in Jacksonville.

Assistant District Attorney Jason Marbutt, who prosecuted the case and specializes in crimes against the elderly said:
“There is evil in this world that is apparent to all, such as a murder. But there is another kind of evil that lurks in the shadows and remains hidden. It preys on our most vulnerable citizens, taking advantage of their loneliness and their embarrassment at being taken. This is not just about the theft of money. It’s about the tip of the iceberg he represents.”

Cobb Superior Court Judge Adele Grubbs sentenced Akintoye to 20 years in prison, but ruled that the last three years of the sentence will be suspended if he pays $35,000 in restitution within one year. Judge Grubbs also fined Akintoye the sum of $50,000 for being one of the ring leaders of the scam against the elderly. Grubbs said:

“This is absolutely racketeering. He’s one of the kingpins, and he should pay. He’s come in this country, and he’s used this country. He’s contributed nothing.”

The case was investigated by the Cobb Sheriff’s Office.

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Mark, Ekweremadu leave NASS premises without
convoy, aides

FOLLOWING the valedictory session marking end of the 7th Senate, outgoing Senate President, David Mark and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday evening left the premises of the National Assembly without the usual convoy of vehicles.

Also, the two principal officers of the Red Chamber were seen leaving the premises without their usual retinue of aides. Instead, among the several vehicles in their convoys, only a handful of three cars, believed to be their personal cars, followed them outside.

SENATE—Senate President David Mark being led out at the end of the 7th Senate in Abuja, yesterday. Photo: NAN

The siren blaring vehicles and motorbikes, usually in their convoys, which were missing as they drove out separately, caught the attention of not just some legislative staff but some of the National Assembly workers who watched as they were moving out, after the formal closing of the legislature.

Both senators who have been in the Senate for over 10 years, were re-elected in the 2015 general elections to represent Benue South and Enugu West senatorial districts respectively in the 8th Senate, expected to begin session Tuesday, after formal inauguration.

But their chances of retaining their previous positions, which they have held in previous 6th and 7th Senate, became untenable, following the colossal loss of their party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, at the general election.

As the inauguration is being awaited, the PDP senators who will be at the Red Chamber are 49 while their APC counterparts are 59 even as they lost one senator, Ahmad Zannah, who was elected on their party’s platform.

Mark and Ekweremadu have used their leadership qualities to stabilize not only the Senate but also the National Assembly in general, which was reputed for having leadership crises resulting in serial impeachment of principal officers.

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Fayose Survives Impeachment Plot

The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have lost out in their bid to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose, following the expiration of their tenure on June 4 in compliance with the 1999 constitution.
To this end, a new Assembly would be inaugurated on Friday, June 5, following the expiration of the tenure of the beleaguered Assembly.
The 4th Assembly, which was statutorily due for inauguration on June 4, began legislative duty on June 6, 2011 by ex-governor Kayode Fayemi.
The State had been embroiled in crisis and witnessed serious anxiety since Monday, sequel to widespread rumour that the lawmakers, led by Speaker Adewale Omirin were allegedly planning to invade the State and begin the impeachment process against the governor.
To stave off impeachment hammer, the PDP members had blocked all the entry points to the State and prevented free flow of human and vehicular movement  into Ekiti.
The lawmakers had on April 4, 2015 issued a notice of impeachment to Fayose, citing cases of gross misconduct and flagrant abuse of office.
Fayose, who could not hide his joy, said in a state-wide broadcast on Ekiti State Broadcasting Service that reprieve has come for his government following the exit of the 19 APC lawmakers from the Assembly.
The Governor thanked the commercial drivers and motorcyclists, the members of his party, market men and women and prominent citizens of the State for their unflinching support.
“In view of my travail in the hands of the out-gone lawmakers, reprieve has now come to my government and I can now feel like a governor.
“By tomorrow, Friday, June 5, I shall be embarking on a town procession in Ado Ekiti to thank my people for their supports. I want you to meet me at Fajuyi Park where I am going to commence the procession and move round to give glory to God and humanity”, Fayose
stated.

Jennifer Aniston And Owen Wilson's New Movie Hitting Theaters This Summer; 'Friends' Star Wants To Work With Justin Theroux

Actress Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson's new comedy will hit theaters Aug. 14.

"Funny That Way," directed by Peter Bogdanovich, was picked up Lionsgate Premiere, a "newly launched specialty label from Lionsgate," according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film follows a "Broadway director (Wilson) who casts a hooker (Imogen Poots) in his new play with ensuing complications and high jinks." Aniston has a supporting role.

The "Friends" star, 46, will next star in "Mean Moms." Aniston, in the film, will play "a happily married mother of two who moves from small-town America to the high-class suburbs suddenly must confront the cutthroat world of competitive parenting," per Deadline.

"Funny That Way" and "Mean Moms" mark a return to the comedic realm for Aniston, who saw a brief stint in the dramatic sphere with last year's "Cake."

"I was really ready for the challenge," Aniston told Vogue. "It was a different role that I haven't been able to play, extremely fulfilling on a creative level."

Aniston plays a pill-popping chronic pain sufferer in "Cake," directed by Daniel Barnz. Aniston's performance was praised, but the film itself was panned.

"I was going through frustrations in my career [leading up to 'Cake']. I wanted to work with this director or that director -- and it was like 'why can't I be part of that?'" Aniston said in a previous interview with the Los Angeles Times.

"I had such amazing success in that one piece of our industry, but I wanted to stretch myself more," she explained. "I was starting to fear maybe they're right. Maybe I'm not right for any of these parts. But I can't let other people's opinions -- or lack on being chosen for a role -- make me doubt what I know I can do."

Aniston has also expressed interest in collaborating with fiancé Justin Theroux, star of HBO's "The Leftovers."

"I take good direction and so does he," Aniston told the Daily Echo earlier this year. "He would love it."

Ben Affleck pictured without wife Jennifer Garner for the third time since they put on a united front amid divorce reports last month

They made a well-timed public appearance last month defying reports that they were headed for a divorce after ten years of marriage.

But since then, Ben Affleck, 42, and Jennifer Garner, 43, appear to have gone back to their separate schedules.

On Wednesday, a non-smiling Ben was seen without his wife as he took his mother Christine and three-year-old son Samuel for lunch at Beaming Cafe in Santa Monica.

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Where's Jennifer? On Wednesday, Ben Affleck was seen without his wife as he took his mother Christine and son Samuel for lunch at Beaming Cafe in Santa Monica

It marks Ben's third public outing without Jennifer since reports surfaced about the supposes rough patch in their marriage.

Last month, InTouch reported that the couple - who have three children together, Violet, 10, Seraphina, six, and Samuel, three - are reportedly considering splitting after nearly 10 years of marriage.

The report also claimed that Jen had been seeing a therapist to deal with the breakup.

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Last public show of unity: Ben and Jennifer stepped out with their two daughters Violet, 10, and Seraphina, six, on Thursday May 28 in Santa Monica ...days after InTouch claimed they were headed for divorce

Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner united against divorce rumor

The couple's 10-year anniversary is coming up on 29 June, but they hadn't been seen together in public for a month prior to their show of unity last month.

Adding fuel to the rumours were pictures of Ben without his wedding ring in Canada while Jennifer celebrated her 43rd birthday on 17 April without him.

Both OK! Magazine and National Enquirer reported last month that the pair - who married in 2005 -have already separated and heading for a $150million divorce

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Lunch date: Ben was seen holding hands with his son, as they went for lunch in Santa Monica along with Ben's mother Christine

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Play date: Grandmother Christine was seen looking lovingly at grandson Samuel for the outing

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Trouble in paradise? The couple's 10-year anniversary is coming up on 29 June, but they hadn't been seen together in public for a month prior to their show of unity last month

The website also suggested that Ben wanting an official announcement ahead of the duo's 10th wedding anniversary so that media attention will have died down before he starts promoting upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice.

Radar Online also ran a report suggesting Garner, 43, has reached breaking point after years of problems in the marriage.

An insider said: 'Often, when Ben and Jen have a problem, they just agree to ride it out and be miserable together until they can get some time apart.'

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Another solo stroll: On Tuesday, Ben was seen walking with just his son Samuel for company in LA

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Solo trips: On May 30 (left) and May 31 (right) Jennifer Garner was seen by herself in LA

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Together apart: Ben, 42, and Jennifer, 43 (pictured above in London in 2013) appear to have very separate schedules at the moment 

They added: 'Jennifer has close friends who think that she and Ben are a horrible fit, despite how much he loves being a father to those kids.'

Another insider told the publication: 'Jen has actually been preparing herself emotionally for this divorce for some time.

'She sees a therapist to learn how to cope with the divorce, and how to deal with the kids after they split. She’ll take custody of them.'

The website also said Ben and Jen have been spending more and more time apart with the Gone Girl star spotted playing high-stakes poker for several hours in Las Vegas on May 3.

Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner hold hands on early 2014 date

He was again spotted gambling in Sin City in the early hours of May 14 while his wife was in New York, suggesting that the actor had left the children with a babysitter.

The actress recently said that her marriage to the Argo star requires a lot of 'patience' as she revealed to Yahoo! Parenting last week.

'You just go on a ride together because you don’t know who you’re going to be when you first have a baby and you don’t know who [your partner] is going to be,' she told them.

She continued: 'You have to just hang in there while you figure it out - and have a lot of patience for each other.' 

Intrigues as PDP forces Buhari, APC to reconsider stance on Senate President  

General Muhammadu Buhari

Nigeria’s new ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has jettisoned its hands off approach to the issues of the leadership of the National Assembly following information that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP had finalized plans to draw the carpet under its feet when the legislative body resume for a new session in a few days.

In recognition of this threat, APC leaders on Tuesday announced that it will hold a meeting with lawmakers elect on the party’s platform in Abuja next tomorrow.

In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party explained that the crucial meeting with all its senators-elect and House of Representatives members-elect on Thursday, June 4 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.

“The party will meet with its senators-elect at 10 a.m. while the meeting with its elected members of the House of Representatives is scheduled for 2 p.m. on the same day at the same venue,” the party said while urging all the elected APC federal lawmakers to be punctual for the meetings.

The meeting is part of moves to resolve the rift caused by the tussle over leadership of the upper and lower chambers of the National Assembly among lawmakers elected on the platform of the party.

Though with 59 Senators to PDP’s 49, the APC has the comfortable majority to get one of its own elected for the position of the Senate President, the inability of two leading contenders for the position – Senators Bukola Saraki (Kwara Central) and Ahmad Lawan ( Yobe North) to reach a consensus has become a source of headache for the leadership of the ruling party.

APC Senators are divided in their support for the two candidates.

A group canvassing support for Saraki Senate’s presidency ambition which tagged itself the Like Minds Senators had recently claimed that 34 APC Senators-elect had endorsed the former Kwara State Governors as the consensus candidate for the postion.

But Unity Forum, another group in support Lawan also recently claimed that 40 APC elect Senators had pledged support for the Yobe State Senator’s ambition.

The division among the APC Senators on which among their ranks to support for the position of Senate presidency has buoyed the confidence of PDP on the possibility of pulling the rugs off the feet of the ruling party.

With 49 Senators in its ranks, the leadership of the former ruling party, reports indicated, now believe that it can produce the Senate President if it can get lawmakers elected on PDP platform to give a block vote to one of its own while the two APC contenders shared the 59 APC votes among themselves.

PM NEWS gathered that the PDP lawmakers are further encouraged by the fact that the Constitution did not stipulate that the Senate President should emerge from the ranks of the party with the majority in the chamber.

The beneficiaries of the PDP plot, will be the incumbent Senate President, David Mark and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu who ordinarily should vacate their position following the loss of majority control of National Assembly by their party in the 2015 elections.

Mark had at a retreat for lawmakers elected on its platform held in Port Harcourt last weekend asked Senators elected on the platform of PDP to ensure that they vote as a block during the election for selection of the leadership of the National Assembly.

“We must subject our individual interest to our group interest. In the election of principal officers of National Assembly, we must vote in one accord. We must know that united we stand, divided we fall,” the outgoing Senate President told PDP lawmakers at the meeting.

Ahead of the meeting, there are indications that the leadership of APC may have convinced President Muhammadu Buhari to drop his non-partisan attitude to the issue of the leadership of National Assembly, pointing out the dangers of such stance to him.

The President had repeatedly said he is ready to work with any of the contenders that is elected as Senate President. But he may have been convinced of the dangers of such stance with the plot by the PDP to gain the leadership of the National Assembly through the back door, it was gathered.

Reports also indicated that the National Working Committee of APC had at a meeting with the President on Tuesday night drew out a list of factors that will influenced the choice of who get the support of the party for the position of the Senate President.

Among others, it was agreed at the meeting that the Senate President must come from the geopolitical zone which gave the APC the second highest number of votes, after the North-West in the Presidential election.

Also, the party leaders were also said to have reiterated that to earn the party support, a contender must not be under any investigation for corrupt practices and must also be one of the most senior ranking Senators. “This criteria definitely favoured Lawan and it is not clear how the Saraki camp will react to it,” a source told PM NEWS this morning.

A similar effort by the party at a retreat for the lawmakers two weeks ago ended in chaos as the contenders refused to step down for each other.

Shops, Vehicles Burnt As Tanker Falls Off Lagos Bridge

Several shops and vehicles have be destroyed by fire after a tanker loaded with petrol veered off a bridge at Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State and exploded.

The fire burnt the line of shops, covering over 50 metres by the road side.

According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the incident was reported at about A spokesman for the NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said: “We received the alert around 12:58am and we swung into action. Unfortunately it was a late action. When we heard it, we thought it was a pipeline fire. We deployed fire service to the area.

“We were able to contain it…. The police got to the scene and were able to also ward-off so many people that had wanted to turn the place to a place for sightseeing”.

No casualty has been reported in the incident that occurred two days after a similar incident in Ontisha in Anambra State left 69 persons dead.