Big Brother Naija ‘lockdown’ star, Ozoemena Joseph Chukwu has been described as a role model to most young Nigerians.
Ozo received the positive remark from a lady who asked him to be a mentor to her son at a recent hangout the reality star held with fans in Enugu State.
In her words ;
Upcoming artistes or young bachelors are looking up to you and i want to use this opportunity to ask you also, to be my son’s mentor, please i will like you to help him grow up in a good way.
Little boy, hope, who was branded a witch by his family and left to starve to death, was the best man at a wedding of one of the team members that rescued him five years ago in Eket, Akwa Ibom.
Hope was rescued by Danish aid, Anja Ringgren Loven and her team on January 31, 2016, after he was found wandering the streets for eight months.
Ms Loven on Sunday, shared photos of a stylish and handsome Hope at the wedding of Land of Hope’s Education Officer, which took place last weekend.
She wrote;
“In exactly 40 days today we are going to celebrate that Hope was rescued 5 years ago. To be exact, Hope was rescued on the 30 of January 2016.
I cannot wait 40 days to share these pictures of Hope. He is simply to cute and handsome. Last week Hope was best man at Don Udowan, our Education officer’s wedding and Hope just shined like a little star.
Looking back, it’s hard to believe that 5 years have already passed. I remember the day we rescued Hope as if it was yesterday.
As most of you know I have the name HOPE tattooed on my fingers. A tattoo I got many years ago even long before I ever travelled to Nigeria. Because for more than a decade now it’s been my mission in life to: Help One Person Everyday: HOPE
Many of you have been following our work since we rescued Hope and witnessed his amazing transformation. He is a SURVIVOR and one day he will be old enough to travel the world and tell his story.
We owe everything to you, our followers, sponsors, supporters and members.
Music executive, Davido has gushed over colleague, Tiwa Savage’s recent beach photos with her son, Jamil.
The mother of one, who is currently on a luxury vacation at an undisclosed destination for Christmas, took to Instagram to share adorable photos of herself, alongside her son, Jamil.
Sharing the captivating mother and son moment, she wrote, “The king and I”.
In reaction, the popular Nigerian singer and father of three took to the comment section to gush over the photo.
In admiration of the beautiful mother and son photo, Davido wrote, “E choke! TULE”.
Meanwhile, Tiwa Savage shared video clips of their trip and stay at the exotic hotel on snapchat. According to her, the sole aim of the vacation is for her son to enjoy the festive season.
The “Koroba” crooner shared a video of herself and her son in the business class of an airplane while travelling to the location. She was also spotted being welcomed with first class treatment at a luxury hotel room with a beautiful view, which she captioned their “Christmas home”.
A Gambian man identified as Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu has welcomed his first biological child with his third wife after two failed marriages.
Sankanu, a filmmaker who suffered from ”low sperm count” took to Facebook on Saturday, December 19, to share his inspiring story and encourage men in similar situation not to lose hope.
According to him, his fertility issue was the side effect of intensive medication he took following Tuberculosis ailment he suffered in the early 2000s.
His post on Facebook reads ;
GOD’S TIME IS THE BEST, ALAS, I AM A BIOLOGICAL FATHER, DEFEATING MALE FERTILITY ISSUES.
Being childless in our African society can be brutally traumatizing. My first and second marriages failed due to delayed child-bearing.
In the proverbial “third time lucky” context, my current legitimate wife, Fatimah Sankanu Gerew and I are blessed with our first beautiful common biological daughter on Friday, 04th December 2020. Our child was born at the prestigious Vincenz Palloti Hospital (VPH) in Bergisch Gladbach-Bensberg, Germany. VPH is a UNICEF and WHO certified baby-friendly hospital.
Our daughter’s official names are: PRINCESS BALAQESHA BUBACARR SANKANU. Balaqesha is the local Sarahulleh (Soninke) variation of the QUEEN OF SHEBA or Bilkis in Arabic.
The big traditional naming ceremony will take place in Sotuma Sere, Jimara District, URR, The Gambia, sometime in 2021.
To all the men who share my fate in delayed reproduction, DO NOT LOSE HOPE. Society will stigmatize and ridicule one as impotent and so on. Remain faithful and maintain a positive state of mind. Find out the cause of the reproduction delays and seek help.
My fertility issue of low sperm count was the side effect of intensive medication following Tuberculosis ailment in the early 2000s. Thanks to continuous detoxification of my body coupled with a healthier living standard, I overcame the problem.
Our society has a primitive way of seeing low sperm count as impotence even if erectional function remains perfect.
I have done my part in breaking the taboo on male fertility in our society as a way of inspiring others not to lose self-confidence.
Big Brother Naija: Lockdown winner and talented rapper, Olamileka Agbeleshe, better known as Laycon emerged winner of the Best New Artist of The Year at the AEAUSA 2020 awards.
Laycon was declared winner of the best new artist category which also had as nominees, Daddy Andre, John Blaq, Ojayy Wright, Masauti, Zuchu, Chetekela, YKee Benda, Mickael, and Olakira.
The Lagos-based rapper was excited about the news and gave credit for the win to his loyal fans, ICONS.
Taking to his Twitter account, the BBNaija winner wrote,
“Congratulations Icons, this win is for all of us. I love you guys so so much.
Let’s keep the energy up.
Let’s keep growing.
Let’s keep evolving.”
Congratulations Icons, this win is for all of us. I love you guys so so much. Let's keep the energy up. Let's keep growing. Let's keep evolving. ❤️+💡always.
A man has reportedly cancelled his wedding scheduled to hold in December, after he found out that his bride-to-be revealed that she can cheat on her husband for N1 million.
A Twitter user with handle @smiley_wise shared the story, she revealed that the bride-to-be took to the comment section of a Facebook post, which reads; “Can you cheat on your husband for N1million”.
In response, the lady who was billed to get married to her heartthrob in December 2020 replied “yes” to the post.
Unfortunately for the lady, someone who knew her and the man she was supposed to marry, took a screenshot of the comment and sent it to him.
On seeing the comment, the groom immediately called off the wedding plans.
The Twitter user wrote;
”A man cancelled his wedding that was supposed to take place in December 2020…because the bride to be commented yes on Facebook that she can cheat on the husband for 1million naira…Someone that knows her screenshot it and showed the guy… Was the man’s action right ? Lagos.”
Nigerian netizens have been left stunned with the reaction of a lady whose boyfriend bought her a bone-straight wig as gift.
In a video that’s begun serving rounds on Nigerian social media, the lady is seen loosing her cool after finding out that a bone-straight wig is one of the gifts her boyfriend acquired for her.
The boyfriend had seemingly stormed her residence to surprise her, as in the video, a saxophonist is seen playing in the background while the lady opens gifts that were presented to her.
Upon seeing the bone-straight wig, she flung it in the air with excitement and then started screaming at the top of her voice over the gift. Another lady who seemingly made a recording of her, is also heard in the background, screaming “Bone-straight, Bone-straight, Bone-straight”.
Popular Nigerian Rapper and activist, Ruggedman, recently took to his twitter page to share photos of an armed security outfit reportedly going through the phone of a young man.
As a result of the aforementioned, ”NDLEA SWAT” is currently trending on the micro-blogging website as Nigerians have taken to the platform to call out the outfit for using the same ‘modus operandi’ as the disbanded SARS.
See some reactions below ;
Ruggedman wrote ;
@RuggedyBaba Dear @PoliceNG @PoliceNG_CRU @ndlea_nigeria what is NDLEA SWAT and why are they on the road with guns searching peoples phone?
Adenekan Mayowa wrote ;
What is NDLEA SWAT team doing on the Road searching peoples Phone? I thought NDLEA is a Drug Enforcement agency?
Are they now doing stop and search?, they also check car documents, check your phones.
What’s happening in Nigeria
UNCLE_AJALA wrote ;
NDLEA SWAT are already stopping young guys, checking their phones and harrasing then again when IGP says they have been trained and will do better, but they’re still using the same modus operandi as SARS, just with different name
WTF is NDLEA SWAT? Just another rogue team coming up! Y'all better end that shit pic.twitter.com/5XUCpNPLb1
Two men with names, Damilare Oyeniyi, 30, and Emmanuel Okori, 20 have both been apprehended by the Ogun state police command for allegedly gang-raping a 19-year-old girl and making a recording of her nude.
The suspects who committed the crime on December 12, 2020 in Sango area of Ogun, were arrested four days later by policemen attached to the Sango Divisional Police Office.
Ogun police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspects were arrested following a report lodged at the Sango Police Station by the victim who is their neighbour.
Oyeyemi said,
“Upon the report, the DPO Sango division, CSP Godwin Idehai, detailed his detectives to go after the suspects and bring them to book.
“The investigative effort of the detectives paid off on December 16, 2020, when the duo were eventually arrested.
“On interrogation, the two suspects confessed to the crime.
“They confessed that they videoed her nude, which they used to threaten her not to report or else the video would be posted on social media.
“The state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.”
A Nigerian lawyer identified as Arinze Amobi has revealed his preference when it comes to settling down with a woman
According to the lawyer, he would prefer to marry and spend his life with a teachable, respectful and submissive illiterate than spend a day with a disrespectful literate.
In his words ;
“As a man, I will much rather marry and spend my life with with a teachable, submissive and respectful illiterate than spend a day with a disrespectful literate woman”. Most sincere men will agree with me on this.”
Big Brother Naija star, Ka3na has taken to social media to flaunt a new diamond ring as she announces her wedding anniversary.
The reality star who shared a video of the recently acquired diamond ring, revealed that it’s in her tradition to always “pop new ring” to celebrate her wedding anniversary.
In her words,
“We have a tradition of popping new 💍 each Anniversary👅👅👅 Few Days To My Wedding Anniversary Guys😁😁 Catching Feelings🥰🥰”
Popular American singer and songwriter, Chis Brown has praised fast rising Nigerian singer, Tems for her unique talent.
The international music artiste took to his Instagram page to shower praises on the Nigerian Alt-R&B singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems.
Taking to Instagram he wrote,
“Tems is so so so fire! OMFG”.
Music star, Tems has slowly warmed her way into the hearts of Nigerian music fans with her beautiful face and amazing songwriting skills.
She was recently featured on Wizkid’s ‘Made in Lagos‘ album as she collaborated with the star-boy to create one of the hit-tracks, Essence.
Meanwhile, the music Icon, Wizkid recently replied a fan who asked him how he felt recording in the studio with fast rising female singer, Tems.
Wizkid had taken to Twitter to request his fans ask him any question they want to get answers to, and an inquisitive fan asked him how he felt being in the studio with the Nigerian alt-R&B singer, Tems.
The Ojuelegba crooner who featured Tems in his recently released album, Made In Lagos. In response described being in the studio with Tems as magical.
Popular Nigerian actor, Charles Inojie was reportedly robbed at gunpoint in Lagos traffic on Sunday night, December 20th.
Fortunately, he was unhurt from the experience, but lost his personal belongings.
His colleague, Chinedu Ikedieze took to social media to announce the news, as he urged Nigerians to be vigilant and extra careful this yuletide season.
Taking to Instagram, he wrote,
“@Charlesinojie was robbed at gun point last night, inside Lagos traffic. Until he retrieves his personal phone line you can reach him on..Thanks and please be careful.
“He is fine as he was unhurt from the harrowing experience of last night.
PLS BE CAREFUL OUT THERE”.
This is coming after, Popular Nigerian Comedian, Mr Macaroni revealed the new trick of kidnappers as his friend’s mum was almost kidnapped recently.
The 28-year-old made this known via popular micro-blogging site, Twitter while lamenting the government’s lack to secure lives and properties.
The talented comedian advised his followers to be safe and be vigilant.
US based Nigerian porn star, Afrocandy has alleged that late Nollywood actor, JT Tom West was shot on the set of a movie and didn’t die in an accident as reported.
The actor died years back, and according to Afrocandy, contrary to popular belief, Tom west was actually shot and killed on a movie set.
Taking to Instagram to acknowledge Tom’s death anniversary, the 49-year-old pornography actress wrote;
“Before I became #AfroCandy I was a Regular Nollywood Actress…..Awww JT Tom West gone but never forgotten! I did this movie ‘Ghetto Crime’ with him before I Migrated to the United States, I also Executively Produced this movie but Never got that Credit, this scratched up Tape was given to me by the other producer when I visited in 2014.. So I remember the day he died my boy called me from Nigeria to tell me there was an accident on set he was shot with a Loaded gun by mistake but they alleged that he had a car crash to cover up the Set accident, very sad Nigeria has no Justice but someone’s got to pay for their sins! Keep Resting JT”
J.T Tom West was a legendary Nollywood actor who died mysteriously in a car accident on 28th September 2006 in Lagos, Nigeria on his way back home from a movie location.
His death was mysterious and tragic. He was born as Joe Tamuno-Bibidamaa in 1954 but was popularly known as J.T Tom West
A woman has alleged that her 11-year-old son has been sexually molested by fellow students in a college in Akwa Ibom State, South-south Nigeria.
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has ordered an investigation into the allegation.
The woman, Deborah Okezie, posted a video on Facebook where she said some senior students in the college, Deeper Life High School, Uyo, “habitually inserted their fingers and toes in his son’s anus.”
She said her son was frequently starved and beaten up by the senior students.
The victim was moved by the school principal from a hostel where other junior students stayed to another hotel filled with senior students because he was bedwetting, Mrs Okezie said in the clip which has gone viral on Facebook.
The victim looked terrified in the video. The mother prodded him to speak up about his ordeal.
“They said if he complained he will be a dead man,” Mrs Okezie said. “Please, help me share this (video) until it gets to the appropriate authorities.”
“They will remove his boxer and push their legs and hands into his anus,” the woman said.
The boy said the senior students threatened to kill him if he reported the matter to the school principal.
In another clip, the boy, wearing his school uniform, was seen throwing up inside a car when he was being taken away from the school by his mother.
Mrs Okezie said she decided to visit the school “when she dreamt about her son and felt that all is not well”.
“I had a dream, I saw my son waving me goodbye. I told my husband I have to go to the school, that this dream is not right, he said let’s pray. I said to him prayers are not enough, I have to go to the school and see what is happening,” she said.
Mrs Okezie said she reported her son’s ordeal to the school principal who assured her that the boy would be returned to junior hostel.
“Look at a child I sent to school, he came back with a broken anus.
“People who have children in boarding school don’t know what these children go through, boarding school of these days is not like the boarding school of those days,” she said.
The Akwa Ibom State government, Sunday, expressed concern over Mrs Okezie’s allegations.
The Commissioner for Information in the state, Ini Ememobong, said Governor Emmanuel has directed the commissioner for education “to immediately investigate these complaints and take necessary action”.
“The State Government is committed to the protection of children wherever they may be within its jurisdiction,” Mr Ememobong said.
The school said on its website that as a part of its philosophy, “It is committed to providing the highest academic standards, cultivating sound leadership skills and vision, as well as enriching lives through spiritual development.”
“The aim of all these is to produce critical thinking and Christ-honouring students who will positively and profoundly impact the larger society,” it added.
The Uyo campus of the co-educational school took off in 2016. The principal is Ndidi Solomon.
The management of the school is aware of the incident and is investigating it, an official at the Deeper Life High School headquarters, Lagos, told PREMIUM TIMES, Sunday.
Billionaire son, and Big Brother Naija 2020 contestant, Terseer Waya aka Kiddwaya, has said that he’s currently not planning to get married any time soon, as he’s not ready to give his all to any woman, just yet.
Kiddwaya as he’s popularly known made this known while he was speaking in an interview with ThisDay Newspaper over the weekend.
As to when he may likely be getting married, the reality TV star simply said, “God’s time is the best”.
In his words;
“I don’t think I am ready for marriage. I think I have so much to achieve and so much to do. I am not saying you can’t do that with marriage, but for me, I’m not ready to give myself 110 percent to somebody else and I believe when you enter marriage you need to be willing and absolutely committed to that person. I’m not in that position right now.
“I feel it is very important for people out there to understand that: don’t force yourself into marriage unless you are ready mentally. It is not by force to get married.
“A lot of people force themselves to get married when they are not ready that is when they commit adultery. One has to be ready mentally before going into such commitment.
“For me, I am not ready. I will say God’s time is the best time. One day, you will wake up and you will know that it’s now time to get married you will definitely know.”
DMW Boss, Davido yesterday, attended his driver’s wedding and he thrilled the wedding guests with a performance of his songs at the ceremony.
The singer had initially revealed his driver will be getting married and he’ll be the best man. (See details here)
He also took on the responsibility of entertaining at the wedding and guests were all to happy to sing and dance along as he performed.
The 28-year-old driver’s wedding comes a few days after he lost Ogbeide Tijani Olamilekan, his bodyguard of 11 years.
Davido has continued to pull the strings in the Nigerian music industry as well as at the international landscape with several awards and recognitions to his name.
A Nigerian gentleman has promised to joggle the memory of a lady he’s set to interview for a job of the time she insulted him badly because of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show at the time.
At the time, he’d justified the disqualification of then housemate, Erica and the lady, who apparently is an Erica stan, came for him and dragged his parents alongside.
According to the guy, the lady said his “dad raped his mum before he was conceived and said he’s just a poor addict”. Well, in a now surprising twist of life’s event, the lady’s chances of getting a job depends on the guy and he’s said he’ll make sure he reminds her of the saga they had months ago.
He wrote in tweets,
Wow a Babe insulted my life here because of BBN and now I’ll be interviewing her for an internship position tomorrow. It isn’t just Twitter guys. I’ll tell her after the interview that This is the black lips poor boy on Twitter. It isn’t just Twitter folks. It was on the Night Erica was disqualified. Just saying she was rightly disqualified. She came from 50 TL away to tell me that my father raped my mum before I was conceived and I’ma poor drug addict with black lips
You don’t know me anywhere and you claim my dad raped my mum before I was conceived. To think I really cherish my parent that was the first time a Stanger will say something that really get under my skin.
A Nigerian lady has expressed shock over her brother’s drastic weight loss after he returned from boarding school.
Taking to Twitter on Friday, Aunty Pepper (@Phepsy) shared a photo of her brother the day they took him to boarding school and that of when he returned two months later.
“Who we sent to them, who they returned to us. Who be this?? Boarding school no be am o,” she wrote.
“Just half a term o, my brother don disappear” she added, noting that he has only been in the school for only two months.
Nigerian OAP, Daddy Freeze has taken to social media to share his chat with a lady who claimed God asked her to tell him to give her N2m.
According to the media personality, the lady told him that God revealed to her that he would give her a sum of N2m.
In a screenshot showing their chat, it seems the lady wants to release her music and needs money to promote it. So, she approached Freeze who told him from the beginning of their conversation that he cannot help her.
When Freeze told the lady that she was stressing him, she replied and said she can’t be stressing him as God instructed her to talk to him about assisting her with N2m.
However, Daddy Freeze replied and said that God did not tell him to assist her with N2m to promote her music.
Former BBNaija housemate, Ifu Ennada has taken to social media to reveal why she doesn’t celebrate Christmas despite being a Christian.
The beauty and skincare expert took to the Instastories section of her official Instagram page to disclose that since there’s nowhere in the Bible where December 25 was mentioned as Jesus’ birthday, she sees absolutely no reason for the celebration.
Writing further, the beautiful reality TV star who doubles as an actress, went on to note that she sees December 25 just like any other day and she’ll in fact “swallow eba” as opposed to the popular rice eaten on Christmas day.
She also added that it is best to be grateful to God and try to be a good human everyday of one’s life than waiting to celebrate a particular day of the year.
Asa Asika, manager to Popular Nigerian singer, Davido, has debunked claims that he refused to communicate with Cynthia Morgan after he asked her to call him.
Recall that Nigerian singer, Cynthia Morgan recently called out Davido for refusing to pick her calls after he asked her to do so.
However, Davido’s manager, Asa Asika, in an interview with Punch revealed that Cynthia Morgan was lying against Davido and chasing ‘clout’.
Asika acknowledged that both singers had a song that was meant to be on Davido’s recent album, A Better Time, but it was dropped because it was ‘not good enough’
In his words, “I don’t have time for such people. She knows that is not the truth. She knows she is lying and that is a lie. All these people are looking for clout; she is looking for who she would use to shine again. She is not serious because she knows that is not what the case is.
“I know that David sent her a song that she recorded. So, how did David send her the song if they did not communicate? It is one of the songs that we didn’t use for the album. She recorded her verse and sent it back to us. The song was recorded some months ago.” He continued.
Asika further disclosed why the song was dropped by Davido, saying, “She is notorious for talking nonsense, so, let her talk if she wants. The song that she recorded with David, how did she get the song? Is it abracadabra? We probably will not push out the song after all she has said.
“I actually do not like her verse. That is actually one of the reasons why we have not used the song. I personally do not like the song and I told David that I did not like it.”
Controversial relationship expert, Blessing Okoro, has advised wives to stop giving out money to their husbands because it is not their place to do so.
According to the controversial matchmaker, women need to stop giving men money because their job is to assist the men, not to provide.
In a new video posted on her official Instagram, Blessing Okoro went on to advise women to desist from dating or getting married to men who are jobless.
She said in part;
”Your husband or your man does not have any business with your money or income as a woman…
”You are a helper not a provider. A lot of men tend to put eyes on their woman’s money.
”They want to know how much their women are earning, they want to know how much is in their wife’s bank accounts, they share bills… that is nonsense.”
Last night, Saturday, 19th of December 2020, had the Lagos State Safety Commission seal off Cubana Night Club in Ikeja, along other facilities & clubs for non-compliance to the state government’s recent protocols.
If you recall, Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-olu, on Friday, December 10th placed a ban on concerts, street parties, and nightclubs as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID19 in the state.
Nigeria is currently experiencing a second wave of the pandemic and so the numbers of confirmed cases of the virus have been on the increase.
On Saturday night, a team from the Lagos State Safety Commission led by the Lagos state commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, stormed the Ikeja GRA facility of Cubana grills and shut down the facility for hosting its customers despite the ban on night clubs.
Videos shared online by the Lagos state government shows the nightclub goers being ordered out of the facility.
The former President of the United States of America, Barack Obama has shared his annual list of top songs in 2020 via a new Spotify playlist.
He took to social media to share his favourite songs of the year, listing records like “Essence” by Wizkid featuring Tems, “Repeat” by J.Hus featuring Koffee, “Damage” by H.E.R. and “Savage” (Remix) by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé.
Obama shared his list on Twitter and Instagram, writing: “Here are some of my favourite songs of the year. As usual, I had some valuable consultation from our family music guru, Sasha, to put this together. I hope you find a new song or two to listen to.”
Like everyone else, we were stuck inside a lot this year, and with streaming further blurring the lines between theatrical movies and television features, I’ve expanded the list to include visual storytelling that I’ve enjoyed this year, regardless of format. pic.twitter.com/a8BS8jDkSs
Obama also shared the annual list of his favourite films and TV shows watched in 2020 and the list features
“I May Destroy You”, a British comedy-drama television series created, written, co-directed, and executive produced by Michaela Coel (Ghanaian-British), which also stars Weruche Opia (Nigerian-British), Paapa Essiedu (Ghanaian-British) and many more.
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom“, featuring Chadwick Boseman’s final performance, leads Obama’s list, which also includes “The Boys“, “Mrs America“, “The Queen’s Gambit“, “Nomadland“, “The Good Place” and “Mank“.
Here are some of my favorite songs of the year. As usual, I had some valuable consultation from our family music guru, Sasha, to put this together. I hope you find a new song or two to listen to. pic.twitter.com/K1NRPYiSg4
Nigerian writer and storyteller, Tito Idakula says the ideology that a Christian can not question God is a lie.
According to the author, Christians should learn to ask God questions, because he is a father and not afraid of questions being asked.
She further stated that asking God questions doesn’t take away his power or sovereignty and that God would not stop loving you if you ask him questions.
She also added that God is not insecure and that the Bible is filled with people asking God questions.
“Dear Christians, the idea that you can’t question God is a lie. You can ask God questions, because he is a father. He is not afraid of your questions. The Bible is filled with people asking God questions. It doesn’t take away his power or sovereignty. He is not insecure.
“FYI! And most times, he will give you an answer. Not necessarily when you want or what you want to hear but he’s not afraid of your questions. You won’t hurt his feelings, he won’t stop loving you, and he still remains God!” She said.
