AT&T President Fires Over Racist Meme Lawsuit

One of AT&T's presidents was fired following a company investigation into claims he sent a racist meme to a friend ...via text.

AT&T's President of Content and Ad Sales -- was sued by a former employee who claimed Slator's assistant found the text ... showing a dancing African child with the words, "It's Friday N****s."

The employee filed a racial discrimination suit for $100 million ... claiming Slator had it out for African Americans.

A company rep tells TMZ, "Aaron Slator has been terminated. There is no place for demeaning behavior within AT&T and we regret the action was not taken earlier."

Interestingly, the employee's lawsuit claimed AT&T knew about the meme, but never took action against Slator.

Slator had been a key player in the pending merger between AT&T and DirecTV.

2015 BUDGET PASSED WITHOUT FUEL SUBSIDY

The Senate today, passed N4.493tr budget for the 2015 fiscal year, about five months after it was presented by the Minister of Finance/Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

The national budget, which was earlier passed by the House of Representatives last week, was N51bn higher than the N4.425tr submitted to both chambers of the National Assembly by the federal government.

The senate approval of the budget on Tuesday, however confirmed the non inclusion of fuel subsidy provision in the document but contained N21bn for the funding of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme.

Diamond Bank Boosts Art, Literary Genius at 2015 Vision of the Child

Diamond Bank PLC, a leading retail bank in Nigeria has ignited a huge wave of enthusiasm among school children who now see a rewarding career and a future in art and literary studies after winners of outstanding paintings and literary works were celebrated and rewarded with gifts and cash prizes at the just concluded ‘Vision of the Child’ (VOTC) competition.

Ondo State Deputy Governor Impeached!

The Ondo State deputy Governor  ,Ali Olanusi  has been impeached. It will be recalled that the deputy Governor defected from the People Democratic Party to APC leaving the Governor in PDP.

The impeachment move started few  weeks ago by members of the Ondo State Hiuse Of Assembly  for alleged misconduct .

Tyga Looks Thirsty for Blac Chyna's Love Again

Welp, Blac Chyna isn’t playing around. After Tyga’s subliminal tweet towards his ex-wife—which he wrote “Give it up. Get over it. Live Your Life”—she took to Instagram to expose a recent conversation they had over text. From the looks of it, Tyga wants to start all over and be a family again with his son King Cairo. Blac Chyna isn't really buying it though. But what does this mean for Kylie Jenner?! The plot thickens.

 Source:Complex mag