A Nigerian woman who was badly injured in the Beirut explosion in Lebanon has called out for help from her hospital bed.
The woman, identified as Nkiru Obasi, explained that she recently got a job to care for an old person in the location where the explosion happened and she was there when the tragic blast occurred on August 4, killing over 100 and injuring more than 4,000 people.
The Ebonyi State indigene narrated how she experienced the explosion, walked over dead bodies to escape as the four-storey building she was in began collapsing, and how she thought she would bleed to death.
She said she got first aid care from fellow Africans who she ran to before she was taken to a hospital.
She explained that shattered glasses are still in her body and she can barely stand or walk.
Speaking from her hospital bed where she was covered in bandages, Nkiru said she almost fainted from blood loss before the hospital staff attended to her after almost two hours of waiting. She said that even when they treated her, they only cleaned her wounds and put on bandages. She added that she hasn’t been treated properly and the broken glasses are still stuck in her body.
She begged Nigerians to come to her aid and help her return to the country.
Organizers of Big Brother Naija have uploaded some hilariously cute and adorable childhood photos of the season 5 housemates
Fans have been reeling in laughter just as they gushed over the images.
See a brief bio of the housemates and their photos below:
Florence Anyansi (Wathoni)
Bilingual 29-year-old fashion entrepreneur and single mother who runs a fashion business and a parenting blog. She speaks and writes in Swahili fluently.
Victoria Adeyele (Vee)
23-year-old Lagos-based musician was born and raised in London and moved to Lagos nearly a year ago to begin her music career.
Timmy Sinclair (TrikyTee)
35-year-old creative artist who hails from Bayelsa State. He considers himself a storyteller who uses the mediums of film, and music to express himself.
Tolani Shobajo (Tolanibaj)
A media personality from Lagos state. 27-year-old Tolani is an energetic babe. When she’s not entertaining, she’s dancing and cooking.
Tochukwu Okechukwu (Tochi)
28-year-old Imo-born rapper and real estate agent, Tochi lives and breathes entertainment.
Nelson Enwerem (Prince)
Member of a royal family and 25-year-old entrepreneur from Abia state. He’s a graduate of pure physics from the University of Calabar and a jack-of-all traded whose portfolio includes modelling and fashion designing.
Praise Nelson
28-year-old dancer from Enugu with fair level of fame and competitiveness, he was a winner at the K-Pop World Festival, South Korea 2015 and won third place at a national Dance Competition in 2010.
Ozoemena Chukwu (Ozo)
An indigene of Imo state. The 28-year-old is currently the Head of House. At the moment, Ozo finds himself in a triage of emotions as he has been linked to Nengi and wants to have a good friendship with Dorathy.
Emuobonuvie Akpofure (Neo)
26-year-old ride-hailing app driver and a Delta State native. He is known for his loud, energetic disposition to life.
Rebecca Hampson (Nengi)
Former MBGN winner. 22-year-old Nengi is a model and entrepreneur.
Lucy Essien
30-year-old entrepreneur from Cross River state. Although she claimed to be a simple girl, almost 21 days in the house has shown a side of her viewers which begs to differ.
Olamilekan Agbeleshe (Laycon)
26-year-old singer and rapper from Lagos. He studied Philosophy and was the best graduating student of his time at the University of Lagos.
Terseer Waya (Kiddwaya)
Son of Benue state billionaire, Terry Waya. The 27-year-old says he is self-employed.
Aisha Umaru (Kaisha)
A native of Sokoto state. 25-year-old Kaisha is an entrepreneur and one of the most misunderstood housemates in the house.
Ngozi Nlewedim (Erica)
An actress and commercial model who studied in London.
Eric Akhigbe
24-year-old final year student of UNILAG. The bodybuilder who hails from Edo State was very close to now evicted housemate, Lilo.
Dorathy Bachor
24-year-old entrepreneur from Lagos. She believes she is the only one who should make you smile.
Osemudiame Ezekiel Bright (Brighto)
One of the oldest male housemates, 29-year-old sailor from Edo State. Brighto holds a degree in Marine Engineering from Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria, Egypt.
Being that Ka3na and Lilo have been evicted, Big Brother did not share their childhood photos.
International music sensation, Beyonce’s new video ‘Black is King’ undoubtedly won the hearts of a lot of Africans most especially Nigerians.
Not only because the 38 year old able was to impress many with her effortless show-off of popular Nigerian dance known as ‘Zanku‘, but also because of her choice of costume which totally portrayed that of an African woman.
She rocked a pink ‘gele’ tied by one of Nigeria’s top fashion designer who goes by the name, Azeezat Abiola Amusat who also tied Gele for the other models in the video.
41 year old Azeezat Abiola Amusat is a Nigerian born Philosopher cum beautician who based in the United States of America. She hails from Lagos State and is the first out of 7 children of her parents. Education for her started from Police Children School in lkeja, Lagos State.
Abiola is a quite hardworking person who is in love with Fashion. In 2013, Azeezat had a friend who came from Nigeria to deliver her baby in America and she met her in a friend’s house and they got talking.
In course of their conversation, she realized that the lady had a store and school of fashion where she trains people how to tie Gele and makeup in Nigeria.
The lady taught her for two weeks and she had 2 jobs as of the time of learning but most time when she returned from work at midnight she quickly joined the class. Amusat was so dedicated to learning it.
The major reason she went into the art of Gele was because she was embarrassed at a party, when she saw a lady tieing the guest’s gele and she was so rude to people and lack manners.
A very passionate Azeezat then told herself that she can make money from this, by having good customer service, treating people nicely and being humble. The rest is now history.
To her credit, she has won 5 Awards from her Gele Tieing business. She has met and worked for a lot of Hollywood and Nollywood Celebrities.
Controversial indigenous rapper, Naira Marley has expressed thanks to God for what he describes as undeserved blessings.
Naira Marley who releases hit songs on a regular basis amid numerous controversies and troubles he finds himself entangled in with the authorities, went down memory lane and thanked God for what he has been able to achieve through the years.
According to the ‘Tesumole’ crooner who took to Twitter, God has blessed him more than he deserves and he has been consistent in giving thanks for all the blessings showered on him.
He wrote:
“Kamaparo kamajale, God has blessed me much more than I deserve and I thank him everyday for his blessings.”
See his post:
Kamaparo kamajale, God has blessed me much more than I deserve and I thank him everyday for his blessings.
Big Brother Naija housemate, Rebecca Nengi Hampson has surprisingly revealed that she has been seeing cum (sperm) stain in the house.
The curvaceous controversial housemate revealed this while she was having a conversation last night with Prince, Kiddwaya and Kaisha – the housemates were talking about getting pregnant in Big Brother’s house and how it will be handled.
In course of the conversation, Nengi asked that if a couple have unprotected sex, can they request for morning after pills, then Kiddwaya hilariously responded that Biggie will get back to her.
Nengi then went on to say that she is asking about it because she has been seeing cum stain in the house.
“This one I am seeing cum stains, I don’t know where it’s coming from” she said.
A Nigerian lady is filled with so much excitement as she’s gotten hooked to her man who popped the major question recently, after they first met on Twitter about two years ago.
The couple are getting engaged exactly two years after the gentleman slid into her DMs on the social networking platform, interestingly on a busy Monday morning.
The husband and wife-to-be are gearing up set to walk down the aisle very soon. She also shared a screenshot of the memorable chat which led to their happy ever after story.
The lady with the handle, @_Olayimika who shared their lovely photos on Twitter, also revealed that her fiancee is not just her lover but her best friend. Sharing photos of from the engagement she wrote,
“2 years later… I said Yes to my bestfriend @SamSoja #startedfromtheDM.”
Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry and Her head prophet, Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin have been the center of media buzz and speculation since inception.
The ministry of Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin is blessed with mind boggling and awe-inspiring miracles, signs, and wonders that attest to the supremacy of God and His hand upon Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry.
One of such testimonies, is the story of Sister Rachael Omije from Delta state, who was allegedly poisoned while attending her mother’s burial at Agbor, Delta.
Rachael suffered through several months of severe pain and even lost use of her legs, due to this demonic attack. Life, as she knew it, changed completely. She became a regular at healing homes and hospitals, searching for an answer that eluded her.
It took several months and even a diabolical intervention gone wrong, for Rachael to realize that hers was a case that needed the Ultimate Healer; the God who opens closed doors and causes the very nature of the supernatural to be turned and overturned for our good. Rachael experienced this God, through Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin.
Just one supernatural encounter with the God of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry and Rachaels has received a new lease of life, completely free of illness and paralysis.
This could be your testimony too. Miracles, signs and wonders are our divine heritage. May God bless Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin who continues to be evidence of God’s ability to save completely!
While a lot of people feel the Big Brother house is meant to be impeccable and flawless when it comes to the in-house living standard, viewers were shocked to spot a rodent roaming about in the house, like it was one of the housemates.
The rodent was spotted running past the dinning room while housemate, Vee and some other housemates were having their meal.
As can be seen in the video, the camera focuses on Vee, with the background blurred but a visible quick live thing dashes past her and in a movement so swift that it could only be considered a rodent.
Watch the video below,
Twitter users have reacted to the video,
One tagged BBNaija handle and wrote, “@bbnaija please please this is not healthy”
Another wrote; “That rat in #BBNaija house better have a name and its own diary session, at least Laycon can see someone else to disturb since He is being a pest.”
“Na real rat ooo…chai but this babe sef she sabi monitor pass biggie camera men .Sha..” another wrote.
The Ogun state police command has effected the arrest of two suspects in connection to an alleged fake dollar fraud in Ota area of the state.
The suspects identified as Chika Kasarachi and Ifeanyi Okechuckwu, were apprehended following a complaint lodged by one Omeh Chidebere Ishoke at Sango police station.
Recalling how he was lured to the suspect’s hideout at Koleosho Street Anisere Sango-Ota, Ishoke revealed that they collected the sum of N148,000 from him under the pretense of changing the money to dollar, for him to make a huge profit.
Ogun Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi said,
“The duo are members of a syndicate who specialized in duping unsuspecting members of the public of their hard-earned money under the pretence of ‘washing’ dollars for them.
“He stated further that the suspects also collected his MP3 mini speaker, valued at N68,000, but no dollar was given to him at the end.
“Upon the report, the DPO of Sango Police Division, CSP Godwin Idehai, quickly led his men to their hideout where the two suspects were apprehended.
“On interrogation, they confessed being fraudsters, who have duped many unsuspecting people using the same method.”
An unidentified liquid substance, several fake American dollars and assorted charms were recovered from the suspects and a manhunt has been launched to apprehend other members of the syndicate who are on the run.
Big Brother Naija ”Lockdown” housemates, Ozo and Prince had a misunderstanding Wednesday night while they were rehearsing.
The confrontation which was one-sided began when Prince went to the rest room during their task drama rehearsals, without taking permission. The housemates had been rehearsing really hard for their weekly task presentation set to hold on Thursday, August 6, so they do not lose as they have lost the previous two wagers.
Ozo confronted Prince over him leaving without permission and warned he would not tolerate such behaviour from any of the housemates.
Amid the heated moment, Ozo told prince that he would no longer participate in the drama. When Prince tried to speak, a visibly angry Ozo responded ”Shut up your mouth.”
However, few moments later after having calmed down, Ozo told Prince to apologize to everyone for leaving the drama and Prince humbly apologized. Ozo also apologized for raising his voice.
Some Nigerian men who are Lagos state residents took to their social media pages to cry out after they were arrested last night, August 5 for flouting the 10:00pm curfew put in place by the Federal government to curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus.
According to the men, there was heavy traffic in Lagos on Wednesday and so they couldn’t beat the curfew hour.
The police officers enforcing the traffic in Ikeja apprehended them and threw them in a crowded cell where none of the COVID-19 protocols such as social distancing was observed.
A Twitter user, Osinaike Joseph, who shared videos from the cell, alleged that the police officers refused to release some of them who were visibly sick.
They accused the police of demanding bribe from them before their release.
Big Brother Naija: lockdown housemate, Erica, has called off her relationship with her fellow housemate, Kiddwaya.
Erica and billionaire heir, Kiddwaya have been quite close since they got into the house and have been caught multiple times making out.
However during a conversation with him last night, August 5, Erica stated that she wants to be left alone for now as she doesn’t want “boy drama“. It is believed that she doesn’t like Kiddwaya’s closeness with other female housemates.
“I don’t want boy drama. I am not interested in all of that. We making out was unplanned obviously but I like it.” Erica told Kiddwaya
Meanwhile, Nengi had a conversation with Kiddwaya and she thinks she is responsible for the issues between Kidd and Erica.
Nollywood actress, Opeyemi Aiyeola has given her thoughts about marriage with a single mother and women who have gone through abortions.
According to the actress, it is better to marry a truthful single mom than a pretentious single lady that has done many abortions.
She went on to describe women who have gone through the abortion process as “mother of graves”.
Opeyemi wrote,
Better marry a truthful after 2 or 3 or more than marry a lady with 7 abortions pretending to be an angel yet she’s a mother of grave…..unknown
In a different news, a lady identified as Favour Mathias went viral on Facebook after a post she made on her wall.
Apparently, in a bid to trend, Favour professed her undying love for her boyfriend, identified as Emmanuel, vowing to do abortion for his sake.
Favour who quickly changed her Facebook name to “Mhiz Fevvy” on Facebook after her post went viral, initially shared the now-viral post on Facebook on July 3rd.
According to her post, Emmanuel slept with her severally without protection, which made Favour fear that she may fall pregnant soon.
Her Facebook post reads,
“I asked him. How many times did you come inside. He said just twice. I said what if am pregnant, I told him bby what if moi mum finds out. He told me den we will flush it Edidem Emmanuel dad mii. I’ll do abortion for your sake. Anything for you bby even it its to leave my parents. I will do that to make you happy. I will not leave you for another guy. If not for andrew liver salr you always give me, I’ll be pregnant by now.”
A Nigerian man has taken his relationship to a higher level as he placed a ring on his lover’s finger exactly two years after he entered her DM on Twitter.
The engaged fiancée, @_Olayimika shared their lovely photos on her Twitter page and social users have been gushing over it.
The excited lady also revealed that who she got engaged to wasn’t just a lover to her but her best friend.
Sharing photos of her engagement and a screenshot of their first chat on Twitter, she wrote…
“2 years later… I said Yes to my bestfriend @SamSoja #startedfromtheDM.”
Media Personality, Anita Alaire Afoke, popularly known as Real Warri Pikin, recently took to her social media page to cry out after she became the latest victim of ”What i ordered vs What i got”.
The comedian shared a video on her instagram page and she was visibly angry at the outcome of the dress a newbie designer made for her.
Sharing the video, she wrote ;
Designer; Mama pls Support me I Am a designer . RWP; Ok Run black fitted dress make i use do photoshoot . Designer; you have any style in mind? . RWP; No send me pic . Designer; mama you like this One? . RWP; yes, E goes well run am! . Designer; Say no More . . . Who i really Offend for this life??? Who? Who? This one pain me reach my Bone..
One Esther Nwankwo has inspired a lot of people —especially ladies— with her story of how she defied the odds to become the best graduating student of her department.
After struggling to put herself through the university, Esther who shared her story though LinkedIn, revealed how her father refused to further her education after she finished secondary school.
She wrote,
“According to him, his tradition does not support female child education, also due to financial constraints”
Esther revealed that it was her determination to succeed that made her engage in menial jobs to sponsor herself through higher institution.
The first class graduate who disclosed that she was skeptical about her future, shared that her determination to succeed was her motivating factor. She added that she was determined and willing to pay the price of success.
She continued,
“I set out on my path to become educated. “I took up several menial jobs to save up for higher institution,” Esther said, stating further that she took a step and God came through for her.
Esther bagged a national diploma, ND and then proceeded to become a BSc holder in Accounting from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN.
The lovely young lady who graduated with first-class honours, also emerged the best graduating student of her department.
Esther became an AAT holder and a chartered accountant while still an undergraduate. The bookie expressed gratitude to God and acknowledged the help she got from her mentor, Kabir Mohammed and Nwankwo Obinna.
Kemi Afolabi has featured in indigenous Yoruba movies. She hails from Ogun state, southwest Nigeria and attended her primary and secondary education at A-Z International School and Our Lady of Apostles School, respectively. Kemi graduated from University of Lagos with a degree in Law, LL.B (Hons).
Nigerian entrepreneur Toyin Lawani has shared her bitter ordeal of how she battled with fibroids and how she has decided to remove her womb.
The fashionista in a lengthy write up on her Instagram page, shared how she found out she had fibroids at age 23 while she was still pregnant with her first child.
She stated that she went through hell as she was bleeding continuously for 9 months when she was still pregnant.
According to Toyin, she had no other choice than to book an appointment at the hospital to remove her womb as she had undergone 5 surgeries over the years in Nigeria, UK, Dubai, and the USA but to no avail.
She disclosed that after successful surgery, she will share a secret with everyone.
In her words;
I found out I had Fibriod’s when I was 23 years old , while pregnant for my ist Duaghter @therealtiannah , it was hell for me , I bled for 9months straight , always thinking Ayenshemi ? no where they didn’t carry me o, no herbs they didn’t give me , with time firgure it out , I’m 38 now and I’m still dealing with it , have had Atleast 5 surgeries over the years in nigeria , uk, dubai, Usa and they keep coming back , been avoiding to do the needful of taking out my womb , but as of last week I told myself what else do I want I hv two lovely kids , I have booked an appointment for last month to evacuate my womb and I kept having cold feet , but the pain is so so unbearable?, but fortunately for me , my friends begged me to try a fertility company again and I did so , guess what as of this morning I found out few of them had disappeared, I’m still having my left side pains , which are terrible and doesn’t make you enjoy sex , walk properly, back pain, swollen legs and it will affect your other organs too ?♀️ but now it’s way better than before and during my periods , I have one more week to go to clear it all out fully , pray for me it all goes well and I will share the secret with you , my people pls don’t be ignorant, I have been fighting for my life due to Fibriod’s cover the years ,terrible bleed out etc , pls don’t take it for granted ????? I’m just grateful I have kids ? my sons pregnancy was the worst but glad he’s here ? HELP YOU NEED IS HERE IM A LIVING TESTIMONY ?
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Nigerian player and Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia striker, Ahmed Musa is celebrating his daughter Halima who clocked 5 today, August 5th.
Ahmed Musa has penned a heartwarming message to his daughter Halima as she clocks five, with the proud dad reminiscing the first day he saw his ‘angel’.
In 2015, the former Kano Pillars attacker disclosed that the bouncing baby girl was born in Moscow.
Halima is the second child of the Super Eagles captain and right after her birth, he said: “I am glad to tell you that my wife delivered a baby girl today, August 5th in Russia.
And five years on, the proud father has taken to social media to celebrate her fifth birthday in style.
“Today is a very special day, and not just because it is your birthday, but because it is the day when I first saw my angel. I love you. Happy Birthday My Princess,” he wrote.
A popular twitter user has opined that Big Brother Naija housemate, Erica would eventually regret not giving Laycon, a chance.
According to @volqx__, Erica would be shocked when Laycon comes out and becomes a star.
His tweet reads ;
Erica would be shocked when Laycon comes out and blow asap.. She will regret it when she remember that Laycon once asked him out just like the other girl that regretted it
Erica would be shocked when Laycon comes out and blow asap.. She will regret it when she remember that Laycon once asked him out just like the other girl that regretted it #BBNaija#BBNaijaLocdown2020
However other twitter users disagreed with him with the sentiment that Erica is also a star and would not regret anything.
Adetoro wrote ;
Abeg, stop this..it’s not by force… Erica is a beautiful lady who can make her choice…she will also blow and Laycon will too. She won’t regret anything…stop this stupid narrative for Laycon…he no send u.
Pep wrote ;
Erica has shaa suffered in you people’s mouth. This sky that is big enough like this to contain everybody is the one she’ll now regret! Na wa! We knew Erica before the house, we only got to know Laycon is a talent coz of bbn. No one is regretting shiii.
Berverly wrote ;
You’re very stupid. Who said Erica won’t be big too? Stupid men mentality when girls reject them. She should lie to him and date him out of pity abi? Mumu useless man
Joy wrote ;
Ogbeni calm down..say she no gree laycon no mean say she go regret She has her own money and will definitely do well for herself and get a deserving man she likes
Big Brother Naija show host, Ebuka has given his reason why he has refused to ‘shake major tables among the housemates in the Big Brother House.‘
Viewers of the reality TV show believe there are so many questions that need to be asked concerning some of the issues in the house, which include relationships, fights, and gossips and all.
Earlier Wednesday morning, a Twitter user accused Ebuka of refusing to shake tables, and he explained that he was accused of influencing the game with ‘questions’ last season.
Evicted Big Brother Naija: Lockdown housemate, Lilo graced the show’s anchor, Ebuka with an interview following her exit from the Big Brother house on Sunday and in course of their chat, she revealed that she may have had some regrets.
According to the 23-year-old, she feels while she was in the Big Brother house, she put her feelings before her goals. she went on to state that her feelings for Eric made her loose focus in the Big Brother house. Read more here
Veteran Nigerian singer, 2Baba drops the official music video to his most recent song “Opo” featuring Starboy Wizkid.
“Opo Video” performed by 2Baba and Wizkid is the second official music video released from the HyperDigital boss 7th Studio Album ‘Warriors’ a follow up to ‘We Must Groove’ featuring Burna Boy.
“Opo” means plenty, the legendary singers talks about an Endowed lady. The song is a feel good jam with lovely vibe, melody and catchy lyrics. This definitely is fans’ favourite from the Warrior Album.
The music video was directed by Award winning video director, Clarence Peters.
Popular Nigerian OAP, Toke Makinwa, has spoken out about why she thinks most men don’t like their girlfriends supporting her.
Toke Makinwa.
According to the fashionista celebrity, most men don’t want their women being fans of her because if these women follow her, they’ll be able to challenge their (the men) toxic masculinity.
“Some of Y’all don’t want your girlfriends to level up so you’ll rather they don’t stan me cos once they do your toxic masculinity will be checked, they will see the light someday. Cheers to you still.”
See post below;
Some of Ya”ll don’t want your girlfriends to level up so you’ll rather they don’t stan me cos once they do your toxic masculinity will be checked, they will see the light some day ???? cheers to you still ?
Recall few days ago, reports claim she was evicted from her Banana Island home, which was repossessed by AMCON.
Well, the controversial actresshas come out to debunk reports of her Ikoyi home been taken over by AMCON
However, a statement released this evening by her publicist, Andrea Manuela Giaccaglia, asserted that the media personality is the sole owner of her Ikoyi property and that it has not been confiscated by AMCON.
The statement reads
”On behalf of Ms. Toke Makinwa, we would like to address the rumour circulating the internet that Ms. Toke Makinwa’s alleged house in Banana Island was taken over by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).
Ms. Toke’s is the sole owner of her residence in Ikoyi.
Our lawyers have been contacted and legal action will be taken against the originators of this story.
It has been revealed that the huge explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, that has killed over 100 people and injured more than 4,000, was caused by a welder at work.
Close to where the welder was working, there was “highly explosive sodium nitrate” confiscated from a ship by Lebanese authorities and placed in one of the warehouses located near the harbour.
The ammonium nitrate – more than 2,750 tons – had been stored in the warehouse for six years. Security sources in the country have claimed the welder sparked the initial fire that in turn ignited the chemicals, causing a blast that has been compared to a “nuclear bomb”.
The blast sent seismic shockwaves through the city on Tuesday evening, August 4, destroying buildings and shattering windows. Over 100 people died in the blast and more than 4,000 sustained varying degrees of injuries.
Many people are feared to still be trapped under the rubble, including those trapped inside their damaged homes.
As at this morning, smoke was still rising from the port, where a towering grain silo was shattered. Toxic gases were been reported in the aftermath along with strange orange clouds, with the US Embassy warning any Americans in Beirut to stay inside.
The head of Lebanon’s Red Cross said: “What we are witnessing is a huge catastrophe. There are victims and casualties everywhere.”
Ammonium nitrate is mainly used as a fertilizer but has also been linked to terror attacks after being used in homemade bombs.
General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim said it had been confiscated years earlier, reportedly from a ship.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun has declared a state of emergency for Beirut for two weeks – and vowed the “harshest punishments” for those responsible for causing the explosion.
Prime Minister Hassan Diab described the disaster as a “national catastrophe” and added that “those responsible will pay the price”. His wife and daughter were injured in the explosion after it damaged his residence at The Government Palace.
The Federal Government on Tuesday raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to 5 million naira.
According to reports by PUNCH, the government also mandated broadcast stations to devote airtime for public education on emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, made this known in Lagos on Tuesday while unveiling the Reviewed Broadcasting Code. This was contained in a statement by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, titled, ‘Remarks By The Hon.
Minister Of Information And Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, At The Unveiling Of The Reviewed Broadcasting Code In Lagos On Tuesday, Aug. 4th 2020’.
According to the statement made available on the verified social media platforms of the ministry, Mohammed said the amendments were necessitated by a Presidential directive in the wake of the 2019 general elections for an inquiry into the regulatory role of the National Broadcasting Commission as well as the conduct of the various broadcast stations before, during and after elections.
The minister noted that the recommendations were approved by the President Muhammadu Buhari, to reposition the NBC to better perform its regulatory role in the areas of political broadcasting, local content, coverage of emergencies, advertising, and anti-competitive behaviour.
The Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemates witnessed their very first Eviction Night show on Sunday, August 2, 2020. Unfortunately, it was a double eviction night, and subsequently, BBNaija housemates, Lilo and Ka3na became the first housemates to be evicted from the show.
While speaking to OAPs on Beat FM during their “After The House” media tour with Betway on Tuesday, August 4th, 2020, Lilo revealed that she was excited about being chosen as a finalist in Big Brother Naija.
However, she admits that she got distracted from putting in her best and showcasing her personality because of her deep involvement with fellow housemate Eric, which was probably what led to her eviction. She maintains that she is still in a relationship with her previous boyfriend, regardless.
‘My relationship with Eric distracted me from showing my personality,’ she said. ‘Eric and I just started off as friends but we got close and emotions got involved.’
Ka3na explained that she was not surprised about her eviction because the other housemates must have seen her as competition and as a threat to their ambition of winning the show. When asked about her relationship with Praise, Ka3na insists that it was of a non-sexual nature, and explained that she admired Praise for his openness and hoped to stay friends with him even after the show.
In discussing their favourite activities in the house, Lilo and Ka3na agreed that the Betway Arena Games were the highlight of their stay in the Big Brother Naija house. They loved the fact that the game required them to use their minds, stay focused and agile, in an attempt to win. They also admitted that the Betway Trivia games made them determined to have a better knowledge of sports.
Even though their time in the Big Brother Naija house is over, Lilo and Ka3na have ambitious plans on the things they would like to achieve after the house. Lilo plans to grow her fashion brand and also position herself to receive brand endorsements. On the other hand, former housemate, Ka3na explained that she went into the Big Brother Naija house for the exposure it would give her brand. She hopes to escalate her fashion company, go into property investment, and eventually have her own reality show.
The Big Brother Naija show is broadcast in 48 countries, so spending two weeks in the house has given them some level of exposure already. According to Ka3na, she went from having only 5 or 10 followers on Instagram to over 140,000 followers. Lilo had 4,000 followers before the show but now boasts of 120,000 followers on the social media platform.
As headline sponsor of Nigeria’s favourite reality TV show, Betway is helping viewers of the show combine their love for BBNaija with their passion for online entertainment.
A Nigerian Business Mogul, Transformational Coach and mother identified as Azubuike Chinenye has taken to her social media page to share a lengthy but inspiring story about her life.
Chinenye revealed that she survived domestic violence in her marriage and when it ended, her parents took care of her kids and she went back to school. She has now grown to become a successful businesswoman despite everything she faced in her past life.
Read her lengthy post below ;
She got married in the most painful way anyone can think of.
She ended up managing her situation just to have a happy home.
Her husband whom she met as a “growing man” and gave him her support. She watched him grow from self contain to 1bedroom to 3 bedroom flat and finally to their own duplex.
She watched him grow from a mere boat rider to a captain of a ship.
She watched him grow from leggedy benz to taxi, to Honda Bullet, to Toyota highlander and to Benz C class. She watched her used to be poor husband turn into a multi millionaire.
Unfortunately things went sour. She started enduring domestic violence, abuse, infidelity and maltreatment from her inlaws.
She hid her tribulations from her family cos she didn’t want them worried. She also was scared of the society mocking her for having a failed marriage. She prayed, she fasted, she did vigils, she did the midnight heart to heart talk with her husband just to find out what went wrong but it got worse.
She endured domestic violence both from the beatings with the use of belt to insults and body shaming, use of boiling ring, she even gets woken up at 1am to cook for him, she has slept one day and woke up by the bucket of water poured on her and the worst of it all? She gave birth via CS and was beaten for not taking her sister inlaws calls which resulted to her surgery site tearing open and she went into the theatre for another stitching.
She has all the scars showing her survival.
And the last straw was when she experienced a fatal abuse which landed her in coma. But as a fighter she fought it and survived coma.
That was the end of her marriage. She ran to her parent’s house with her 3 beautiful kids. She left when the 1st child was 3yrs and the twins were barely 10months old.
Her parents took her kids from her and asked her to go finish school which she did, she went for nysc and started life afresh doing every legit job she could think of just to raise money.
She saw hell. She suffered. She entered into dangerous depression and became suicidal. She even started resenting her kids and living a life of regret. She almost became mentally unstable but it took a pastor and her mother to save her.
How? They introduced the power of FORGIVENESS. She tried her best to forgive her ex husband and his family. It wasn’t easy but she did it. She decided to focus on her future and her kid’s future.
Life started falling into place. She was hustling different businesses and finally became a School Director and a caterer.
She is not yet where she wants to be but she is in a happy place. Today she is with her kids, taking care of them and paying her bills ALONE without any support from anyone except her supportive family.
The 1st picture was taken after she forgave her ex in 2015.
The 2nd picture was taken in 2020, 5yrs later.
2019 her ex family called her for reconciliation but she made them understand that she has forgiven them and bears no grudge but reconciliation is never possible.
This is the summarised story of Azubuike Chinenye.
When I tell you I have seen alot in this life, pls believe me.
I am not here to speak ill of my ex husband or his family but to make you understand that marriage didn’t favour me. Life has thrown at me the status of single mother which I wear with pride.
If I could survive domestic violence and remain this happy, you too can.
It’s not easy. I won’t even lie to you, being a single mother doing everything is not easy but the peace of mind and Happiness makes me not to feel anything.
Dear You reading this, anytime you feel like giving up, anytime you go depressed, pls visit my page and look at my picture.
If I can survive it, you can.
I am not a motivational speaker, I am only here sharing my story and my personal experience hoping that someone out there learns from it.
I am Azubuike Chinenye a domestic violence survivor and a business mogul.
Top Nigerian rapper, and lyricist, Yung6ix has revealed the amount he charges to be featured on a track based on his current worth.
The South-South based musician who went down memory lane in a recent post, stated that he receives $15,000 (N5.7m) for him to drop 16 bars on a track.
He made the revelation while flashing back to an interview he did before becoming a op-rated rapper. Yung6iz expressed disappointment at the situation surrounding him and the reporter who interviewed him as he had reportedly written an article on why the rapper should not be paid 1 million for a track some years ago.
He wrote while sharing the throwback video.
“This hit differently, can’t remember doing this interview but few years ago this same interviewer wrote a full article of why I shouldn’t be paid 1 million for a verse, so disappointed I may have considered him a friend at that time. Anyways it’s $15,000 dollars for a 16 now,”
This hit differently, can’t remember doing this interview but few years ago this same interviewer wrote a full article of why I shouldn’t be paid 1 million for a verse, so disappointed I may have considered him a friend at that time. Anyways it’s $15,000 dollars for a 16 now. ? pic.twitter.com/klQurYUK8Z
