Big Brother Naija host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu has revealed that his three-year-old daughter already speaks four languages, at her very young age.
Ebuka disclosed this via his Twitter page while replying to a tweet from an online newspaper, Daily mirror.
Daily Mirror posted a picture of Princess Charlotte, the second child of Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, where they revealed she was speaking 3 languages fluently. A lot of people commended the young princess back then.
The media personality showed that his daughter is also exceptional, He replied the tweet saying his three-year-old girl now speaks 4 languages fluently.
He stated that she speaks, english, french, ibo, and pidgin english very well.
Meanwhile, a Nigerian lady recently revealed that Ebuka is her everyday crush,and she wouldn’t mind being his baby mama.
The lady identified as Lavida Muna shared her inner most thoughts regarding the host and former contestant of Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija) reality TV show.
According to Lavida, Ebuka who is happily married to Cynthia (nee Obianodo), is her everyday crush and she cannot wait to carry his child.
While sharing images of the media personality, she wrote on her Facebook wall; “I can’t wait to be Ebuka baby mama. My everyday crush.”
Nigerian e-commerce store, Payporte has signed Cynthia Nwadiora popularly known asCee-c as a brand ambassador.
The reality TV star, Cee-c took to her Instagram account to make this announcement and share pictures with the owner of the brand, Eyo Bassey. She wrote,
The latest official @payporte Brand Ambassador!
Cheers to an already amazing partnership!!
I’m excited, can you tell
Payporte also unveiled the media personality as their brand ambassador on their social media account. They showered encomium on her, stating that she is an embodiment of confidence, poise, elegance and class. They wrote,
“We bleed fashion and it’s why we keep innovating to give you the best.
“We are proud to announce the Spartan Queen ?and Actor, Cynthia Nwadiora, @ceec_official as our Brand Ambassador.
“Cee-c is an embodiment of confidence, poise, elegant and class.
Payporte was the leading sponsor of Big Brother Naija Season 3 and they also recently welcomed Davido’s fiancee and baby mama, Chef Chi into the family.
Popular Nollywood Actress, Kate Henshaw has berated Christians who always depend on the ‘words of their pastors’ as opposed to the ‘word of God’.
According to the thespian, God gave us a functioning Brain and it’s pure laziness not to know the word of God for yourself as a christian.
Her tweet reads ;
Its pure laziness 2 not know d word of God 4 yourself if you are a Christian.
“My pastor say, my pastor say…”
God gave us all gifts & that includes a functioning brain Brain
How do you suspend your thinking for another’s words?
The Lord knows those who are HIS.
Its pure laziness 2 not know d word of God 4 yourself if you are a Christian. "My pastor say, my pastor say…" God gave us all gifts & that includes a functioning brain ? How do you suspend your thinking for another's words? The Lord knows those who are HIS.
Nollywood actress Luchy Donalds has been blasted by some fans on her social media page after she shared a photo of herself rocking an animal print play-suit with a bum short.
The thespian took to her Instagram page to share a photo of herself showing her waistline. And captioned the picture, “Happy blessed new week fam. May we be favored ? #LD.
See her post below,
Her fans have taken to the comment section to react to the post.
While some expressed their love for the photo, majority criticized her dressing and asked her to take it down.
See their reaction below,
In other news, a 21-year-old lady identified as Blessing Levi, was arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Choba Community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, on a three-count charge.
The charge included; indecent dressing in a public place and taking the photograph of a police officer.
Blessing was alleged to have sometime in May 2020 taken a photograph of a police sergeant without his consent and as well dressed indecently with intent to cause disorderliness among members of the public.
She pleaded not guilty of the charges and was granted bail by Chief Magistrate Israel Agbaesor to the tune of N100,000 with a surety in like sum, who must deposit two passport photographs and must be resident in the same Jurisdiction.
Chief Magistrate Agbaesor ordered that the accused be remanded in police custody pending the fulfillment of her bail conditions.
Fire on Wednesday engulfed the Access Bank branch on Adetokunbo Ademola Street, in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State.
The fire started from a diesel-laden truck and a car on the bank’s premises.
The PUNCH gathered the diesel-laden truck was offloading diesel for the generators of the bank when it caught fire in the process.
While the diesel truck and the car had been completely razed by the fire, emergency responders salvaged the situation by preventing the fire from escalating.
Confirming the incident, the General Manager, LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said, “On arrival at the incident scene, it was observed that a fully loaded 33,000 litres diesel tanker with number plate AKD 637 XP and a car stationed beside it with number plate AKD 234 FA were completely ravaged by the fire.
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A Nigerian Twitter user identified as Chineme Kalu has taken to the platform to reveal that men who date financially stable women are blessed.
Chineme stated that dating a financially stable woman is a blessing to any man, because she would always make decisions from her heart, not because she wants money in return.
He emphasized on the fact that when a financially stable woman professes love for a man, she means it, because she isn’t looking for any benefit.
He tweeted;
“Dating a financially stable woman is a blessing, when she says “I love you”, you know it comes from the heart not because of empty stomach”.
Meanwhile a Nigerian lady, Eniola, recently took to her Twitter page to give her reason why she won’t be dating a broke man again.
According to Eniola, she once dated a jobless guy who she was helping, but he ghosted her the moment he got a good job. She revealed that he lost the job 6 months after and tried to come back to her, but she ignored him.
She wrote,
“I once dated uncle fine boy without a job because I thought he had POTENTIAL, I’d send him money for food twice a month. Well, he stopped calling and ghosted me when he had a good job. I know what having money feels like so I won’t be dating anybody WITHOUT MONEY.
By the way, he got fired after 6 months then he tried to “HEY” his way back into my life since 2016 but his messages are still there ON READ.” she wrote.
One of the first set of housemates to be evicted from the Big Brother Naija: Lockdown house, Lilo Aderogba, seems to have taken a swipe at her love interest while she was in the house, Eric.
While joining in the current social media trend “Know your history” —where people share old photos of people and claim they were the ones who first started things that’s become prominent presently— Lilo made a photo of herself in black and white, saying she’s the first lady to choose a man over money.
Her tweet has since gone viral on social media and while a lot of people are certain that she’s taking a swipe at her love interest, Eric, others are impressed with her level of sarcasm and the hilarity of her tweet.
She captioned the photo “We Move” … In the photo, she writes “Meet Boluwatife Lilo Aderogba, the first lady to pick a man over money in 1930”.
Before her exit from the Big Brother house, Lilo and Eric were quite an inseparable pair and were the technically the first couple of the fifth edition of the reality TV show… their relationship was however cut short following Lilo’s eviction and that of Eric’s a week after.
While Eric was certain they’d continue sailing their ship after the house… Lilo wasn’t and so far, there’s not necessarily been much going on with them… that we’ve seen tho.
Big Brother Naija housemate, Neo has narrated how he ended up being a houseboy for a girl who gave him greenlight.
Neo disclosed this while discussing with his fellow housemates about what he ended up doing after visiting a babe.
While sharing the story with Laycon, he said he once went to visit a girl that has always given him some green light. He got to the lady’s house around 11pm, spent the night and slept off without taking a closer look at the room.
The next morning the lady left him alone in the house for her gym session. He woke up and realized how dirty the room was. He said he couldn’t stand how dirty the toilet looked. Neo said at that point he bacame a houseboy because he planned to spend the weekend.
Laycon then asked him why he couldn’t leave since he didn’t find the atmosphere comfortable. However, Neo replied that he was used to cleaning up every Saturday morning. According to him, being a houseboy his hobby, especially on Saturdays.
Neo continued his narration saying, he started the cleaning from the lady’s toilet. He said he mopped the room and washed the lady’s ‘white turned brown’ bedsheet back to it original colour.
Neo’s fellow housemates couldn’t hide their feelings on how Neo stooped so low to do all of that for a lady he only went to catch fun with. Laycon added that Neo will really work as a houseboy if he ends up with Vee.
Neo however didn’t feel ashamed about his actions as he told his fellow housemates that he cooked for the lady before she came back to the house. Housemates called him names such as houseboy Neo. They also said Neo go wipe oo.
Nigerian Filmmaker, Akinbosola Ogunsanya has revealed that men inviting women they just met to their house is one of the reasons why they are still single and undateable.
The young man, who prides himself as a relationship expert, took to his instagram account to share reasons why some men are single, lonely and undateable.
He said women are turned off by men asking them to come over, and advised men to change to a more romantic approach. According to him, men should ask their love interest out on a proper date, take her to a fancy restaurant and chat over a bottle of wine.
“After meeting a lady and few days into talking, some men usually drop the dreaded “come to my house” line which is a major turn off. Women are automatically turned off when a guy they just met or started talking to ask them to come over to their place.
Dear men, instead of doing this, ask her out on a proper date, woo her by taking her to a fancy restaurant and chat over a bottle of wine. It works every time”
Nigerian lawyer and social media commentator, Reno Omokri, has once again shared his opinion with followers, especially the male folks.
In his latest wisdom nugget, Reno Omokri certified side chics as death partners as he delineated between them, wives and bosses/investors.
He went on the reveal that a wife is a life partner, a boss/investor, a business partner while a side chic is a death partner.
He noted that wives and bosses/investors add value to you while a side chic destroys men by feeding their weaknesses.
He went on to compare men to rats, stating that side chics use the greed of these men to entice and then entrap them.
He finished off by categorically stating that ‘Side chic are EVIL!’.
His full post below;
Dear men,
* Your wife is your LIFE partner
* Your boss or investor is your BUSINESS partner
* Your side chick is your DEATH partner
Both your wife, and your boss/investor, add value to you. But your side chick will destroy you by feeding your weakness. Your worst enemy is the person that is feeding your weakness. That is how we catch rats with traps. We use their greed to entice them with bait. That is what your side chick does. She feeds your weakness for *** and uses it to destroy you and your home! Side chicks are EVIL!
Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh has declared that the best decision she has ever made is going back to school.
The actress recently shared beautiful pictures on her Instagram page, showing her in what appears to be a school hall, explaining that she had leaned towards education to attain new levels.
In the post, the mother of one urged her fans and followers to never stop educating themselves.
She gave a detailed explanation of her decision as she captioned the pictures,
“Back to school, best decision I ever made. Leadership flows to the one who knows, never stop educating yourself.
“New levels require new information… KING TONTO [Director Socials and empowerment at committee of youths on Mobilisation and sensitization(Cyms), Office of the presidency]”. She added.
Last month, the movie star had opened up on her plans to go into politics in 2023, noting she was already watching the grounds for the senate.
“I know that I’m going to be a senator. I think the position is going to climb up. Being a governor, I do not know. But I don’t see anything past me. Anything I put my mind to.
“I can do it. I’m in the process; I’ve started. I’ve been watching the grounds. I’m not going to be identifying with any political party at the moment until 2023. I got so detached from Nollywood.
“I won’t say I’ve grown bigger than Nollywood. My dreams have rather grown bigger than Nollywood. I’ve rejected movie roles and I still do. I’m one artiste who didn’t like to be stereotyped.
“…I have also gone back to school for leadership. I started taking classes on speaking and influencing. They train you on how to be a leader and speaking in public, public relations.” She added.
BBNaija: Lockdown housemate, Dorathy on Tuesday night was seen sharing a bed with Laycon which will be the first time both housemates will spend the night on the same bed.
In a video that’s now serving rounds on social media, Dorathy can be seen touching Laycon’s hair and asked him not to leave when he attempted to.
The rather rare situation has now caused a stir on social media as the reality TV viewers are beginning to wonder what both housemates may have been up to last night.
Quite a number of people were of the opinion that the busty 24-year-old might be sexually frustrated which may explain the reason she slept on same bed with Laycon.
Laycon who has been rejected by his love interest, Erica has however been trying to move on and the situation with Dorathy last night, just might be a way of him trying to move on and get familiar with other female housemates.
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James Maurice Hampson, the older brother of Big Brother Naija “lockdown” housemate, Nengi has thanked her fans for their love, support and votes.
In a video that is currently making rounds, James is seen showing his deep appreciation to everyone who has voted and kept his sister in the house till date.
James is reportedly a Psychology graduate from the University of Portharcourt and carried out the mandatory National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) in Calabar, Cross Rivers State.
His statement in the video,
“Good day everyone, my name is James Hampson. I’m the older brother to Rebecca Nengi Hampson in the ongoing Big Brother Naija.
“I just want to say a big thank you to everyone out there who is taking out their time, their energy to vote Nengi, to make sure Nengi stays in the house – you guys are doing an amazing job.
“Thank you so much. We are so grateful. The votes has come up largely to tell how much you guys really love Nengi and it’s such a beautiful thing to really picture. We are so grateful. Thank you so much. To the Nengi fans.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 607 cartons containing 11,785,800 tramadol tablets in Lagos.
NDLEA’s spokesperson, Mr Jonah Achema confirmed this on Wednesday August 26, and also disclosed that the Chairman of the agency, Muhammad Abdallah said the interception and investigation were with the assistance and cooperation of the Customs Area Command, Apapa.
Abdallah said;
‘This was discovered in another container number TCNU 9465832 belonging to the same suspect transferred to NDLEA by the Police.
‘This is making it 3 containers used to carefully conceal illegally imported tramadol and other medicines to Nigeria.’
NDLEA’s chairman also noted that the recent discovery of more tramadol using the same route from Pakistan Asia – Hamburg, Europe – Nigeria showed the dynamic system of operation by the drug cartel to beat security operatives.
The mother of one, few days back took to her Instagram page to flaunt her chest piercings.
The 27-year-old rapper took to her Instagram stories to show off her chest piercings while rocking a revealing sports bra.
Meanwhile, A Nigerian man recently took to Twitter to tell the mother of one that Jesus is not the reason for any success she has attained in her career.
He said this while reacting to a tweet the raper shared on her page. In the tweet, an elated Cardi praised God for the huge success of her latest song, WAP.
She took to her page and tweeted; “When Jesus say yes, nobody can say no.”
And the Nigerian man responded, stating that Jesus saying yes is not the reason for Cardi’s success because her music doesn’t glorify God.
According to him, Jesus doesn’t roll with the kind of cardi’s art.
He wrote; “I’m really happy for Cardi as an artiste.
“However, her success is not because ‘Jesus said Yes’—her music is mostly about immorality and profanity, and as much as Jesus loves her, He doesn’t roll with that. She’s successful because she’s giving the world what they want. Fin.”, He added.
President Muhammadu Buhari who has been president of Nigeria since 2015 says he has fulfilled his pledge to rid Nigeria of the indigenous wild poliovirus.
On Tuesday, the World Health Organisation declared Nigeria and the rest of Africa polio-free via an online event across the continent and beyond.
Speaking at the event, Buhari said he promised Nigerians that he would not hand over a Nigeria with polio to his successor, and has fulfilled that promise.
“This is indeed a truly historic event. I recall shortly after assuming office in 2015, I made a pledge to Nigerians that I would not bequeath a polio-endemic country to my successor,”Buhari said
“This certification is, therefore, a personal fulfillment of that pledge, not only to Nigerians but to all Africans.”
Buhari congratulated the entire continent and the African Union leadership for crossing the finish line.
“At a time when the global community is battling with the COVID-19 pandemic, this achievement strengthens my conviction that the requisite political will, investments, and strategies, as well as citizens’ commitment, will flatten the pandemic curve.
“I can affirm the commitment of all African leaders in this course of action. We must guard this achievement jealously and ensure that we take all necessary steps to prevent the resurgence of this deadly disease”.
The president appreciated the strong partnership and collaboration displayed to deliver this success.
He promised the global community that Nigeria will “sustian the momentum and leverage on the lessons learnt from the polio eradication to strengthen our health systems, especially primary healthcare and prioritise health security”.
Present at the event were a longlist of WHO officials; Robert Redfield, director, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Rose Leke, chairperson, Africa Regional Certification Commission; Seth Berkley, CEO, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance; and some polio survivors.
MIAMI, FL - FEBRUARY 02: Cardi B attends The Big Game Weekend at The Dome Miami on February 2, 2020 in Miami, Florida.(Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)
American rapper, Cardi B shared a naked photo of the US first lady, following a tweet by a political correspondent.
Cardi B was responding to a tweet by DeAnna Lorraine, comparing her to Melania Trump. The tweet reads, “America needs far more women like Melania Trump and far less like Cardi B.”
The Grammy award winner initially responded with, “Didn’t she used to sell that Wap?” WAP means Wet A** Pu**y.
An hour later, Cardi B made a stronger comeback by posting a naked picture of Melania from her modelling days and wrote a sarcastic comment “This pic giving me “yea you fuckin wit some wet a** pu**y” vibes …just sayin??”
According to reports, the photo was taken in 1999 when she was an International model, but it resurfaced in August 2016.
Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has rewarded Mrs Josephine Chukwujama-Eze, with N1million cash for returning N13.94 million that was mistakenly paid into her account.
The cash reward was announced by the State Commissioner for Gender Affairs and Social Development, Peace Nnaji, after a closed-door meeting with the woman in her office.
Mrs. Chukwujama-Eze is a teacher with a mission school in Enugu, and married to Chukwujama Eze, an indigene of Enugu Ezike, in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Nnaji presented the cash to Mrs. Chukwujama-Eze, on behalf of the governor.
The Commissioner for Gender Affairs and Social Development commended her for being a good ambassador of Enugu State, stressing that, “this is the kind of culture we are inculcating in all our women, men, young boys and girls”.
She maintained that the woman’s action has earned the women of Enugu State much respect, calling on the public to emulate her honesty.
“What we are witnessing today is heartwarming and thought provoking. It is something memorable and substantial. This is a woman, Mrs. Josephine Chukwujama-Eze, who to the greatest chagrin of so many people had the sum of N13,946,400.00, mistakenly credited to her bank account. And immediately she saw it, she quickly alerted her husband and they went to the bank and returned the money to the rightful owner.
“We all know that times are hard these days, especially with the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It is not that she is very comfortable; she is a teacher in a mission school and look at what she has done. This is a real character and Enugu State Government wants to appreciate her for what she has done. His Excellency, Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has directed that she should be rewarded with the sum of one million naira,” Ms Nnaji said”. She added
Responding, Mrs. Chukwujama-Eze, who was overwhelmed with joy, thanked Gov. Ugwuanyi for the reward, saying: “I so much appreciate this”.
According to her, “I was just being my normal self. I never knew that what I was doing will get to this extent. I did what I feel I should do. I did this just to clear my conscience. Thank you, the Honourable Commissioner for Gender Affairs. Please extend my greatest thanks to His Excellency, our dear Governor”.
Also in his appreciation, the woman’s husband, Mr Eze, ascribed his wife’s display of honesty to family upbringing and the cultural value of Enugu State and the entire Igbos, pointing out that “it is a demonstration that in Nigeria, there are a lot of good people out there”.
In his words,
“What we have witnessed today is a life experience which didn’t come by accident. It is a function of family upbringing. We sincerely thank His Excellency, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for this recognition. Nigeria is redeemable; Nigerians are good people and I am proud to say this”.
Four members of a family have perished in a kerosene explosion in their home in Ikot Ekpo community, Calabar, Cross River State on Monday, August 24.
The deceased are the father, Esuabana Thomas aged 45, two children identified as Esua Thomas (14) and Edet Thomas (12), and an in-law identified as Mathias.
According to report by PunchNG, the kerosene was being poured in a lantern by one of the children when it exploded, leading to a fire outbreak. It is suspected that the kerosene may have been adulterated.
In a statement by the Landlord of the house, he said that 3 people died in the fire, while the fourth person died on the way to the hospital. The mother and daughter fortunately escaped the fire.
He’s quoted as saying,
“I got a call around 10pm that there was a fire incident in my house, so I rushed down there. By the time I got there, the neighbours had succeeded in putting out the fire. But they did not know that people had been burnt inside because it seemed there were no screams.
“It was after the fire was extinguished that we discovered three persons inside who were already dead. Another victim, who was also fatally burnt, was rushed to hospital, but he gave up the ghost on the way and his dead body was brought back. The only survivor among the children is the daughter. I met her in a church close to my compound, very frightened.
“She told me that the mum asked the elder brother to refuel the lantern, but the boy refused and went inside. After some minutes, the mum decided to send her to refuel the lantern; as soon as she poured the kerosene into the already lit but dim lantern, there was an explosion. She said she threw the lantern away and ran out. She said the mother was outside to urinate when the explosion occurred.”
The incident has been confirmed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, and he added that investigation is currently ongoing.
Evicted housemate, Praise, has identified housemate Brighto as the most strategic housemate strategy and likely to win the grand prize.
Praise who was evicted on Sunday told Ebuka in his post-eviction interview, that Brighto has the best strategy.
Praise said Brighto is difficult to figure out as he changes his behavior daily. He noted that Brighto was pretending.
”I think the person with a strategy is Brighto. I kept on saying I haven’t figured out who he is. I think I have figured out everyone in the house but Brighto is different.
”I fear for my friend, Dorathy because she likes him. I don’t know what is going on between Brighto and Wathoni but where I figured out something had gone down between them was when she sent a secret message to him during one of our conversations.
”I think Brighto is pretending and I think his strategy is working for him. I only started figuring him out when you asked that question on Sunday.”
Earlier one, the father of one made a clarification about the real age of his fiancee, who they both have a 2-year-old son together.
In an interview with Cool Fm, the 28 year old specifically stated that his woman isn’t 65 like his fellow housemate, Bright O claimed.
According to the father of one, his fiancee is 42 year old and not 65. He also disclosed that his Neo did him dirty by nominating him out of the show because he did not nominate him when he was up for possible eviction.
Instead, he saved him from being evicted by nominating someone else.
Men of Zone 2, Police Command, Lagos State have arrested a 40-year old man, from Ondo State, Tope Oladiran, who has been responsible for some robberies in Ikorodu axis for a while.
According to reports, the suspect , who has no fixed address goes about snatching residents’ phones and laptop in the area.
Police Public Relations Officer, for Zone 2 Command, Onikan, DSP Hauwa Idris Adamu, said Tope’s last operation was when he preyed on a woman at Ori-Okuta, Agric, Ikorodu, on March 29, 2020.
He said
“He was unable to rob the woman of her mobile phone before she went into her compound but he somehow got to know that the woman lived alone with her two children.
He waited till later in the night , when he scaled the fence and entered the woman’s house through the kitchen. He hit the victim who pleaded for her life and that of her children and offered her gadgets for him to leave them alone .
He threatened to wipe out the family if they raised an alarm . He proceeded to the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous meal , ate to his satisfaction and ordered the victim to prepare for romp.
The victim who preferred death than to be abused in front of her children , ran and jumped down from her one-storey apartment and called for help. Fortunately , the alarm attracted the neighbors and they were able to apprehend Tope.”
A Ghanaian lady has advised guys in relationships to save up daily for their girlfriends birthday, as birthdays are special and only celebrated once every year.
However her advise has sparked up controversy on social media after telling men that they must save at least N1,000 daily ahead of their girlfriend’s birthday.
According to her,birthdays are special yearly celebration for everyone, therefore, all men should save GHC 15 (which is N1,000) a day for the birthdays of the lady they are dating.
The Twitter user ,@CuntessLady stated that the men should use that money gathered to surprise their girlfriends on their birthday.
She tweeted,
“When you are dating a girl, you have to save for her birthday. So lemme help you guys, If you save 15gh a day in a box from now till her birthday you would have money to spoil her well but if her birthday is near then yawa if not start today. You are good to go”.
When you are dating a girl, you have to save for her birthday. So lemme help you guys, If you save 15gh a day in a box from now till her birthday you would have money to spoil her well but if her birthday is near then yawa if not start today. You are good to go ?
In an interview with Cool Fm, the 28 year old specifically stated that his woman isn’t 65 like his fellow housemate, Bright O claimed.
According to the father of one, his fiancee is 42 year old and not 65. He also disclosed that his Neo did him dirty by nominating him out of the show because he did not nominate him when he was up for possible eviction.
Instead, he saved him from being evicted by nominating someone else.
Zimbabwe has made it illegal for schools in the country to expel students who get pregnant. Women’s Right Activists has hailed the decision as a measure that will tackle inequality in the classroom and discourage girls from dropping out of school.
A legal amendment announced last week seeks to reinforce a 1999 guideline that was patchily implemented, and comes as school closures due to coronavirus raise fears of a rise in sexual abuse and unwanted pregnancies.
Many parents of pregnant girls, or the girls themselves, decide to quit schooling due to the pregnancy, and schools do not always do enough to encourage them to stay, officials say.
“I’m expecting every parent and guardian and everyone else to understand that every child must be assisted by all of us to go to school,” Cain Mathema, the education minister in charge of schools, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation this week
“Every child whether boy or girl… has a right to go to school in Zimbabwe,” he said.
In 2018, 12.5% of the country’s roughly 57,500 school dropouts stopped attending classes due to pregnancy or marriage reasons – almost all of them girls, according to Education Ministry statistics.
Sibusisiwe Ndlovu, the communications specialist at Plan International Zimbabwe welcomed the new legislation as a step in the right direction.
“This amendment is crucial in fulfilling the access to education right for all children – especially girls,” Ndlovu said
Big Brother Naija: lockdown housemate, Nengi, who is this week’s Deputy Head of House to Ozo has told him (Ozo) not to take her relationship with Kiddwaya serious as there is nothing going on between the two of them.
In her conversation with Ozo, who totally finds her attractive, Nengi said Kiddwaya is only her play partner, describing him as the only housemate whose energy matches hers.
Although the former beauty queen had made it clear that she wasn’t going to date any housemate, she still wants Ozo to understand that Kiddwaya is just a friend.
“Kidd is just like my play partner. Don’t take us seriously at all. He’s the only person that matches my energy. We’re just friends,” She told Ozo during a conversation last night.
Both housemates are currently enjoying the luxury of the Head of House room after Ozo emerged as the leader for the week and picked his love interest, Nengi as Deputy.
Meanwhile, Nengi has however been avoiding body contact with her bed mate and has chosen to divide the bed with a pillow.
A Nigerian prophet, Abiodun has claimed that Jacob in the Bible was the number one Yahoo boy and 419 kingpin in history.
According to the white garment prophet, Jacob performed all kinds of fraud to the point that he fraudulently got married to two sisters.
He said;
“When talking about Yahoo boys, 419, Jacob in the Bible is number one. Honestly, in my own opinion. “Number one 419 kingpin is Jacob. He stole in every way. “He got to his in-laws house, he used fraud. He got married to two sisters from the same mother. “There was no wonder he didn’t perform”.
His statement has generated quite a number of reactions on social media, with many wondering if he is actually glorifying internet fraud by linking the fraudsters to a Biblical figure.
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Nigerian Ace Comedian, Bright Okpocha, recently took to his Instagram story to comment on the devastating wildfire being witnessed in California, USA.
More than 650 wildfires, many sparked by lightning, have burned more than 1.25 million acres in the Golden State since August 15. That’s more than six times the size of New York City.
The fires have left seven people dead and more than 1,400 buildings destroyed, Cal Fire said.
Reacting to the sad event, Basket mouth opined that he’d rather have a bad government than have natural disasters.
His post read ;
I will choose bad Govt over Natural disaster.
Some Nigerians however disagreed with him as one said Bad Government is a natural disaster on its own.
See some comments below ;
Denji wrote ;
Well good thing they have a government that prepares people and caters after these disasters hits. A bad government is as bad as a natural disaster except natural disasters happen once in a while.
Nifemi wrote ;
Lol. Let’s not begin to think bad government is a blessing in disguise. That’s a regressive and lazy way of thinking about our biggest problem.
Mide wrote ;
Bad government na our own natural disaster oo?
Sir Eltee wrote ;
It’s very insensitive to try and justify bad government in Nigeria simply because we don’t experience natural disasters like other countries. It’s even worst over here because ours can be avoided but theirs cannot. We need to do better?
Queen Vee wrote ;
Natural disasters ain’t frequent…. poverty will kill more people faster in comparison to natural disaster. Imagine if we had both?
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode popularly known as FFK has withdrawn the word “stupid” which he used when he lashed out at a journalist in Calabar for asking him if he was being bankrolled.
FFK took a tour to some states in the Southern region of the country. As part of his schedule, he had media briefings with some journalists in the state.
The former minister has however taken to his twitter account to issue a statement, expressing his regrets for his action.
His statement reads,
“I met with my advisors & I wish to say the following. I hereby withdraw the word “stupid” which I used in my encounter with a journalist in Calabar. I have many friends in the media who I offended by losing my cool & using such words. I hereby express my regrets for doing so.1/4
“I do however wish to state categorically that no threat of physical harm was ever made to the journalist in question and neither did I send anyone to threaten him. Anyone that says otherwise is lying and I challenge them to bring the proof. 2/4
“I would never seek to physically harm a journalist. For the last 30 years I have defended & worked with journalists & fought for the right of freedom of expression. I am also very close to many in that profession. I would be the last to seek to disparage those that are..3/4
“…honorable and noble within its ranks. I hope that this will assuage the pain and anger of anyone that was hurt or offended by this ugly episode. I have now put this matter behind me and moved on. Now my tour of the South continues. Moving to another state today!
I met with my advisors & I wish to say the following. I hereby withdraw the word "stupid" which I used in my encounter with a journalist in Calabar. I have many friends in the media who I offended by losing my cool & using such words. I hereby express my regrets for doing so.1/4
The actress who isn’t ashamed of showing of her asset, sometime ago revealed she takes care of her ‘Bum Bum’ more than her stomach.
In a chat with Potpourri, she asserted how important her bum is to her.
“You all know my selling point, it’s my ass; ‘Ikebe’, ‘Ukwu’, I’m the CEO of ass, what else if not my ass. I take care of my ass more than my stomach because it’s my selling point, and I also cherish my legs too. Men are dying for the ass and my ass has helped me so much and it is still helping me and I believe it can only get bigger even tomorrow, so no shaking.”
Pat is always serving her fans hot photos of her backside on the gram and it would come as no surprise the length she goes to make sure it stays big and classy.
A 19-year-old boy identified as Ledisi Kote was allegedly shot by a policeman for impregnating a teenage girl in K. Dere community in Gokana local government area of Rivers State.
According to doctors report, the teenager may lose his leg to amputation unless he undergo three different surgeries.
However, it was also learnt that the policemen who allegedly shot the boy in the leg is yet to take full responsibility.
A Facebook user identified as Tuka Loanyie, said the incident occurred on Friday August 21, and further revealed that the “trigger-happy” policeman is attached to Kpor police division.
He wrote,
“this 19years old boy by name Ledisi Kote was shot by a trigger happy police man from Kpor Division in Gokana LGA of Rivers state, simply because he impregnated a girl.
“According to the sick father, he was in his compound in K. Dere community in Gokana local government area of Rivers state on Friday morning around 7AM, when a Sienna drove into his compound with about four armed police men. They went straight to his son’s room door and was banging and cocking guns. He approached them to inquire from them what his son did wrong that they were looking for him, but non of them answered him. It was one of them who angrily told him that his son impregnated a girl. I mean, that’s the only crime!!
“The next thing he heard from the backyard of his house is a gunshot. One of the officers shot his son on the leg simply because he impregnated a girl. They went away with him while he was bleeding profusely and hid him in a private hospital.
“I and Enefaa Georgewill took the father to the Police headquarters on Moscow road in Port Harcourt and officially laid down a complaints about what their officers did to an innocent boy. His only offense was because he impregnated a girl. We made arrangements and transferred him from the village to a better government owned hospital in Port Harcourt.There are good police officers but the bad eggs amongst them are the ones giving the force a bad image.
“I am making this post because up til now, the officer that did this is yet to take full responsibility of the medications. The doctor said he will have to undergo three different surgeries or else his leg might be amputated. We want justice for this boy. It could be me or you tomorrow”.He added.