Olakunle Churchill, estranged husband of Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, took to his social media page recently to share this photo of himself and actress Rosy Meurer, as he wrote on the importance of loyalty in business and personal life.
“Loyalty is important in both business and our personal lives” He wrote
It should be recalled that not long after their marriage packed up, Tonto accused Rosy of having an affair with Churchill, an allegation Rosy has since denied.
In a rather funny version of events, Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh and her estranged husband, Olakunle Churchill’s alleged Caucasian lover, strangely share the same birthday.
The philanthropist and businessman took to his Instagram page on June 9th to wish his girlfriend a happy birthday.
He wrote,
“You are my angel on earth. Just a smile from you is enough to bring my darkest night to an end. Happy Wonderful birthday.”
In another post, he wrote,
Make sure you have fun on this special birthday, because you deserve it darling! Happy Birthday. #quietqueen
Recall that last year, Churchill wished the same lady a happy birthday with a lovely message and from the looks of things, their relationship is still waxing strong.
Wife of Late Nigerian Singer, Nomoreloss, Adeola Phoenix Osinuga has died.
The popular media personality and OAP, also a formal employee of Rhythm 93.7 FM has died after battling a chronic ailment known as Fibromyalgia.
According to what we know, Adeola, who has been in and out of the hospital for several months, has been battling this ailment for the past 4 years.
Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic disease characterized by muscular or musculoskeletal discomfort with stiffness and localized tenderness at specific points on the body.
Nigerian comedian Okey Bakassi, is celebrating his lovely daughter, Chidera as she clocks eighteen years old today, July 25.
The proud dad who shared photos of the celebrant on his Instagram page, asked God to continue to pave a pathway of success for his daughter.
”Daddy’s little girl of yesteryear is legally an adult. Happy 18th birthday my darling daughter, Chidera. You came into our family and opened a new beautiful chapter. I’m proud of the intelligent, focused, hardworking, beautiful lady you’ve grown into. May God continue to pave your pathways with success. I love you Dereee!”, he captioned the photos.
Nigerian Singer and Kenny music star Joel has lost his father to the hands of death hours after crying out about his disappearance.
Joel shared the heartbreaking news on his official Twitter page, and so far condolence messages have poured in for the Nigerian musician. He disclosed that his dad was allegedly shot by herdsmen.
It is indeed a trying period for popular Nigerian singer Joel who has just lost his beloved father to the ongoing killings in Southern Kaduna.
Earlier today, the music star took to his page on Instagram to cry out over the sudden disappearance of his father and some other villagers following an attack on them.
Joel had called on Governor El-Rufai and other security agencies to look into the situation in the village.
Unfortunately, hours after his outcry, the entertainer has now lost his parent. In the post shared on his Twitter page, Joel noted that his mum and sisters are far too destabilized to talk to him.
He once again called on the governor on the state to do something about what is going on in Southern Kaduna.
He said: “It’s just been confirmed that my lovely dad is dead-shot by herdsmen and my mom and sisters can’t even talk to me on phone please tag @elrufai he needs to know that he is not doing enough to curb the state of terrorism in Kaduna state.”
See his tweet below:
It’s just been confirmed that my lovely Dad is dead-shot by herdsmen and my mom and sisters can’t even talk to me on phone please tag @elrufai he needs to know that he is not doing enough to curb the state of terrorism in Kaduna state. Cc @hadizel@GovKaduna@instablog9ja
Big Brother Naija: Lockdown housemate and heir of Benue state billionaire, Terry Waya, Kiddwaya has been spotted in a now viral video having some fun moment with Nigerian superstar singer, Wizkid.
In the video which is circulating online and was made some months ago, Kiddwaya and Wizkid are seen chilling in a club together alongside their friends.
The billionaire heir is also seen singing in tune with the track being played while vibing and grooving beside the African superstar.
Watch the video below,
Terseer Kiddwaya (27) is self-employed and comes from Benue State. Being a Big Brother Naija season 5 Housemate has Kiddwaya anticipating a better and crazier 2020.
He describes himself as confident, good looking, ambitious, a daredevil who is highly motivated. It is no surprise then that “bringing back the fun into the House” is what he won’t compromise on this season.
Two armed robbers were caught on CCTV robbing staff and customers of a pharmacy on Old Ife Road in Ibadan, Oyo state on Wednesday, July 22.
According to investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo who shared the video online, the armed robbers strolled into the pharmacy at about 8.40pm and robbed a number of people carting away personal and company cash.
The matter has been reported at the Agugu police station.
Controversial Nigerian music artiste, Naira Marley just might have won the hearts of some women with a recent advise he gave to his fellow men.
According to the “As e dey go” crooner, any man who claims to like a girl ought to prove his love for her by making a financial gesture in the form of starting business for her.
The Marlian leader gave the advice via his verified Twitter handle where he wrote,
“Start a business for the girl u like”
Fans of the singer, ladies especially have reacted to his stance with many of them lauding him for such a wisdon-filled tweet.
Naira Marley’s tweet come not long after he rejected a lady who offered her private part to him for free, hence calling her a devil.
The singer had in a tweet asked ladies to give their p8$$y to men they love and the lady in reacting to that, offered hers to him.
The lady asked him to come for hers and Naira Marley who seemed not pleased with that rejected the lady by calling her a devil.
He, therefore, asked her to take down her pinned tweet as he claims it’s irritating seeing the lady almost half n@ked and reading the bible.
In a new episode of the kind of drama couples in relationship are facing, a Nigerian lady was left with no choice than to share screenshots of the conversation she had with her boyfriend who was stealing from her.
The Nigerian lady shared the convo she had with her boyfriend after she discovered that he was stealing from her. According to the screenshots of their conversation, the boyfriend was withdrawing and transferring money from her account and deleting the transaction alerts from her phone afterwards.
When the lady realized, she confronted him up about it so they could address the issue but surprising he felt he was being insulted as he hadn’t done anything wrong, claiming what is hers is also his, so in his defense, he didn’t steal it but collected.
Read their chats below,
Their situation is quite similar to that of a couple we shared some weeks back. The screenshots of the Instant Messaging conversation between a working class lady and her boyfriend that caused a frenzy on social media over how the whole thing went.
The beginning of the conversation which happened in the wee hours of 28th September 2019 starts with the lady asking her boyfriend if he’s awake.
When he replies in the affirmative, she begins to air her displeasure of him being a liar to her. Puzzled by what offence he may have committed, he asks her “What did I do?” and she began questioning him of what he did with the money she loaned him the previous week.
The conversation takes a new heated turn in the middle of the night after the guy admitted to not using the money for what it was for but “giving it to his family for upkeep”. The lady then dealt a card of she being in charge in the relationship and as such, he should play by her rules. Continue reading here
Gorgeous Nigerian actress, Annie Idibia showed herself to be a delight as she was spotted crushing on her man and father of her children earlier this weekend.
The actress took to her social media page to share a video of the music mogul who was about to step out for some business and couldn’t help but gush on how ‘hawt’ and irresistible he looked.
Annie is heard in the video asking how her musician husband could be looking so peng, going out especially when she wasn’t going with him.
The mother of two complimented the music mogul’s outfit, noting that the sky blue kaftan and pants looked really good on him.
She captioned the clip,
“Just Cos A GUY The Farmer Was Looking So Hot, Fresh and Clean This Morning. Mbok Ignore The 2nd Slide…Me Too Hot Jared”.
Popular Nigerian songstress, Tiwa Savage has taken to social media page to openly beg American cum Barbadian musician, Rihanna for a song collaboration.
We got to discover how desperate the singer wants a collabo with Rihanna after a fan took to social networking platform, Twitter to ask Tiwa a question.
The fan had asked which artist she’ll like to feature soon, and Tiwa replied, Rihanna.
“What artiste would you love to feature with in your music anytime soon”, The fan asked.
Tiwa Replied; “Na Rihanna ooo, make we tag her. Maybe she go answer us @rihannapls na.
She went on to beg her fans to help tag the Barbarian singer so as to heighten her potential of having a feature with the singer.
Rihanna has only featured in songs since her latest album, Anti which was released in 2016. A lot of her fans have been begging for a new album from her and while there’s been speculations that she’s soon to release a new project, the RnB singer seems to be however focused in her beauty business.
Big Brother Naija Lockdown Season 5 housemate, Eric seems to have landed in the hands of social media trolls after he was captured on camera licking his mouth while he was sleeping.
Although Eric and Lilo have given the viewers of the reality TV show the kind of content they signed up for, the viewers are however not pleased with the way they handle their affairs.
The two have faced a backlash from netizens with majority of them directing their anger to Eric who seems to be afraid of making a move on Lilo who avails herself every now and then.
More than half of the viewers have been expecting the pair to lock lips anytime they are in bed but Eric refuses to respond when Lilo gets him in the mood.
Just last night, he was captured licking his lips in a deep sleep and an Instagram user passed a funny comment saying “He dey lick Lilo punani for dream”
A makeup artiste Jonet Makeover has been showing off her impressive works of late.. And her latest work, ‘Painting her face too look like Tiwa Savage,’ is beyond unreal!
Jonet Makeover, on Facebook with the name, Richard Jane tried her hands on her makeup to look like Tiwa Savage, few days after she nailed Davido’s look.
And trust me, her work is beyond impressive!
Sharing photos from the makeover, the young lady said she just wanted to try out painting her face like a female for the first time.
It’s officially been six days since the premiere of the fifth edition of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show and so far, it’s been so good.
In this short period of time, viewers got to experience to a whole lot… from tears, to laughter and goosebumps, to fights, to live performances and others.
And just as the housemates are getting to know each other better by the day, some relationships have began sailing in the Big Brother Naija: Lockdown house.
Viewers are keeping their fingers crossed over the housemates who’ll become the next Mercy & Ike, or the next Miracle & Nina and so far, a lot of people have had their eyes locked on Eric & Lilo and Nengi & Ozo.
Although Nengi & Ozo are still taking baby steps in the growth of their relationship, Eric & Lilo have however shared some quite intimate moments together… many times, they’re seen cuddling together and enjoying each other’s warm embrace.
In these moments, viewers have always anticipated a kiss planted on each other’s mouths but despite how close they are to each other, it just never comes… at least, not yet.
Another potential budding couple is Vee and Neo whose storyline is quite different from the aforementioned housemates, as Neo doesn’t seem so committed in the relationship with Vee but he is playing along quite well.
There’s also been instances where they’ve been spotted in each other’s arms but are yet to seal the moment with a kiss. As he was quoted recently, it takes a lot for him to give himself wholly in a relationship.
Lt. Victor Agunbaide, a Nigerian Man serving in the US Navy has been awarded a Medal due to his awesome accountability while managing its cash disbursement office.
According to reports, he migrated to the US in 2007.
A tweet from Babatunde Koiki reads ;
The US Navy has awarded the Navy & Marine Corp Development Medal to Lt. Victor Agunbiade for exemplary accountability while managing it’s largest overseas cash disbursement office. Agunbiade managed $45 million cash with every dollar accounted for. He migrated to the US in 2007.
The US Navy has awarded the Navy & Marine Corp Development Medal to Lt. Victor Agunbiade for exemplary accountability while managing it's largest overseas cash disbursement office. Agunbiade managed $45 million cash with every dollar accounted for. He migrated to the US in 2007. pic.twitter.com/rOqvdRnoji
Some videos have currently been serving rounds on social media which purportedly shows the gentleman —who made the quite romantic gesture to his girlfriend on her birthday in the viral video— naked in public with mobs surrounding him.
Following a proper investigation, we got to discover that the gentleman in the viral naked video and the man in the other viral birthday video are actually two different people with the former being a Cameroonian national.
It was gathered that because of their resemblance, deceitful people quickly merged both videos together to portray the romantic gentleman as a ritualist whose woe finally came to him after living a lavish lifestyle emanating from blood money.
We’ve however gathered the identity of two gentlemen — the Nigerian identified as Tega Tony and the Cameroonian identified as Leonel Tchap.
Leonel Tchap. (The cameroonian guy)
Tega Tony is actually a sane Nigerian man who was contacted and he told of the misconception about him being Leonel Tchap. The latter however (the cameroonian guy), according to reports, isn’t actually a ritualist but a victim of drug abuse and the embarrassing effect was what had him naked in the viral video.
Tega Tony.
It’s also reported that the girlfriend of Leonel Tchap came out to refute the reports of her boyfriend being a ritualist but alleged that it was his friends who set him up because they were jealous of his success.
Tega Tony and his girlfriend.Tega Tony and his girlfriend.
A Nigerian writer, Barick Ritarilla has given reasons for idolizing Nigerian logistics guru and founder of Peace Mass Transit, Chief Dr. Samuel Maduka Oyinshi.
Read below,
On Why I Consider Chief Dr. Samuel Maduka Oyinshi (Founder of Peace Mass Transit) My Business Idol And Life Coach, Nigerian Law School Student Writes.
Yet again in our societal political cypher, there exist a man called chief (Dr.) Samuel Onyishi, a true definition of patriotism. A visionary, who believes it is absolutely in our hands to create a better world for all to live in.
Some of us are born with a silver spoon, some with rubber spoons, while others with no spoon at all. Chief Samuel Onyishi is one of those born without a spoon,but his success transgression is nothing short fall of emulation and aping.
Nigerians have reacted to the now-infamous clip that saw billionaire wife, Regina Daniels angrily pushed her staff into a swimming pool.
It was a nervy moment to behold as Nollywood actress Regina Daniels pushed a domestic worker into a swimming pool during what has been judged as a minor argument.
Although the video was recorded during her baby shower and some people suggested ‘pregnancy hormones’ caused Regina’s action, others frowned at the video and deemed she was inhumane to her domestic staff who might have been older than her.
One social media user commented’
Hustle ooo…make one small gal wey u senior no de push u inside water .
Read other reactions below ;
Immortal Joseph wrote ;
This is another form of domestic violence, but nobody will talk because she’s a celebrity, one day when things don’t go her way, she will just stab one of her domestic worker with a knife out of anger.
Grace wrote ;
This could be said to be attempted murder madam regina just thank god the girl doesn’t know this in d constitution lemme be going what do i know ? when govt don’t want me to finsh school and know the complete story on that page of d constitution.
Adolf wrote ;
Pushing someone inside the pool can be tried in the law court for attempted murder in a responsible country. No excuse for that madness can she do that to her sister?
Wesley wrote ;
It’s happening… When u marry a kid who hasn’t got some trainings ,boom!!! This happens. Keee person own picking cus u done born . Junior witch
Nigerian singer, Lyta has welcomed his first child.
Colleague, Naira Marley who broke the news via his Instagram story, congratulated Lyta, saying the boy looks like him.
“@official_lyta This boy resemble u o. Congrats broski” he wrote as he shared a photo of the new born.
Although the mother of the child is not known yet, but it could be recalled that social media model, Coco Brown shook the internet few weeks ago, when news of her alleged affair with the ‘Monalisa’ crooner broke out.
A Nigerian pastor turned LGBGQ activist, Dan Yomi has revealed how he was made to believe that being gay is a sin.
Yomi recounted his experience as he celebrated his partner’s birthday shortly after coming out of the closet.
In his post, Yomi urged queer youths to embrace being gay because they did not create themselves so they should love and accept the way they are.
He wrote;
”It’s been 29 years of highs, lows,learning and most importantly growth. To think 9 years ago i was in a really dark place in my life, praying for God to deliver me of homosexuality because i was made to believe my very being as unnatural and a sin. I prayed, fasted and even attempted to take my own life when i released nothing had changed. Thank God, i’m no longer that person but the reality is, there are millions of LGBTIQ+ persons in church/ religious institutions who are very afraid to live authentically and do not have the kind of privilege that i now have.
I receive messages from young queer people across the world (including those from my former church and Alma mater) these are individuals who are struggling with their identity and have no one to talk to about it. Those who have made the mistake of opening up have been subjected to conversion therapy. Sharing my story has not been easy but at this stage of my life, It’s extremely important continue to share my truth.. because for 20-50 deaths i receive, there’s always one or two queer person who’s lived experience is validated by my visibility.
These people keeps me going. So, to every single person like me wherever you are or however you identify, please know that you’re loved and there nothing wrong with you. You didn’t create yourself and the earlier you love and accept yourself, the better. Thank you all so very much for the sweet messages.. the DMs, the IG stories, the twitter posts, what-app messages, Facebook posts and phone calls.. I see them and i appreciate.”
Mavins Record songwriter/artiste, Korede Bello releases his highly anticipated EP, which he tagged “Table For Two EP”.
The new EP houses a 5 track solo project without any feature or guest artiste. For this Solo project Korede Bello worked with 4 producers; Rexxie, Princeton Beats, Johnny Drille and Ozedikus.
“Table For Two EP” also has Korede Bello’s previous 2020 releases; ‘Morire‘, ‘Sun MoMi‘, ‘Mi Casa Su Casa‘ which has so far gained massive airplays and topped music charts.
Nollywood actress, Biodun Okeowo popularly known as Omoborty is one of those celebrities who didn’t have things easy before they plunged into the limelight.
The single mother of two who has over the years grown thick skin to shrug off criticisms of different sorts, says she is elated that those who didn’t believe in her dream some years back are now trying so hard to be in her good books.
“I believe in hard work. Keep grinding, one day the people that don’t even believe in you will tell everyone how they met you. Don’t just relent keep pushing. I was once a plantain hawker. I didn’t allow my past determine my future. My haters are at my back they are likened to my problems which are also at my back but Holy Ghost is solely behind me,” she noted.
Talking on how she copes with negative comments on her social media page, especially on Instagram the curvaceous movie star shared that she’s an advocate of freedom of dressing.
”I’m a very free and playful person but I think there’s this mentality that Nigerians have about dressing. They believe you can’t dress the way you like. But I’m an advocate of dress in whatever way that makes you comfortable. I don’t look at anybody. As for trolls going through the pains of opening fake pages to troll me, I’ll advise you, please use your time constructively. Instagram is a store no one is paying rent for. Smart people are cashing out big time doing businesses, showbiz, talent discoveries and lots more, so try make your own time worth the while. As for me o, zillions of your fake pages can’t stop me from doing me. The more you troll the more I churn out sexy pictures. I want them to get used to seeing me as I am or keep wasting their time. The people that matters in my life ain’t complaining, so keep they can keep their opinions to themselves”.
BBNaija 2020 housemates, Ozo and Nengi finally had the conversation viewers have been waiting for them to have — the duo were seen after their talk, blushing as they embraced each other and retired to their chambers.
The two were seen outside talking about their relationship and feelings for each other. Reviewing the nature of their relationship, Nengi stylishly made a comment saying she doesn’t see anything related to relationships for her in the house but for Ozo, he made his point about how people see them to be in a relationship which is actually the opposite.
Both were caught blushing after Ozo asked why she feels shy talking to him because she kept looking away all the time, she responded saying she is not comfortable discussing feelings with a person who expresses feelings for her.
He asked: “Who told you I like you? it’s fancy first then a progression to like”
She replied with a funny comment saying: “I don’t understand big english”
Ozo: “when we see tomorrow , it’s gonna be different”
Nengi: “how?”
Ozo: “you won’t need to think about what’s on my mind (feelings)”
Dorathy may have insinuated that she’ld quit being friend with Ozo due to the bad reception she receives from other housemates all because of him.
Last night, the pay had a conversation about their ‘situationship’, and how it may be affecting her (Dorathy) negatively.
According to Dora, housemates feel she is distracting him (Ozo) because he’s claimed his type of woman is ‘Nengi’.. and the ship with Nengi may not sail, all because Ozo is still all over her business.
“I don’t have to say it, it is already somewhere in their head that what is this one still doing hanging around him when he obviously likes somebody else”
Dora also added that most guys in the house do not approach her all because she’s entangled in some way with Ozo… Ozo is always around her, which may have given others the impression that they want to be ‘together’.
Ozo also recounted when he became friends with Dora. His utterances remain the same which is, “he values the friendship he has with Dorathy and nothing else.”
At around midnight on Friday, concrete barriers were set up at the mouth of the 11.8km Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The barriers signaled the beginning of repairs of the 30 year-old bridge and its partial closure for the next six months.
First location to be blocked was the outbound multi-lane at Adeniji Adele, which carries traffic from the Lagos island to the Lagos mainland at Oworonsoki.
The barriers will be in place till noon Saturday, when it will be opened for traffic. Simultaneously, some other set of concrete barriers will block traffic from Oworonsoki end, going to Lagos.
The blockade will also be in place till midnight, when it will be opened for traffic coming into Lagos
The alternating open and close is a rhythm Lagosians plying the bridge must master in the next six months as the almost 30 year-old bridge goes into repair mode.
The Federal Controller of Works, Olukayode Popoola, explained the rhythm to Channels TV:
“In the morning when you are going to resume your work, right from Oworonshoki, you use the same line that you normally use to go and work.
“By 12 in the afternoon, we close this lane so you can now divert. We have created diversion as you can see it,” he said.
Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola explained that the maintenance of the busiest bridge in the country was aimed at replacing damaged components for a better motoring experience.
The maintenance is to be carried out on a length of 3.5 kilometres out of the 11.8 kilometres of the bridge.
Nigerians resident in Lagos have taken to social media to react and air their displeasure over the development.
Very early on Saturday morning saw a second fight between Kaisha and Lucy after they both had a verbal exchange.
The verbal battle may have metamorphosed into a spout of rage when Kaisha tagged lucy an ‘old cargo’, after she talked back at her.
The argument started when Kaisha complained that she was not comfortable sleeping in the dark.
Lucy, apparently preferred not to talk about it, but Kaisha who chose to ignore Lucy’s preference went on to throw sarcastic comments all over the room.
Trikytee quickly stepped into calm the situation, but Kaisha was in rage already after bouts of verbal exchange. Lucy did not give in either, as she was heard saying “Everybody together, them no reach”.
For taking giant strides in his service to the nation and commitment to uplifting the underprivileged, seemingly hopeless and vulnerable in the society, the 2018 graduate of Mass Communication from University of Benin (UNIBEN), Emmanuel Oluwasayomi Ahmadu, popularly known as Mr Voiceover, has been bestowed with numerous outstanding awards following his impacts during his service year in Kwara State and Nigeria at large.
Emmanuel was commended for his outstanding performance and sterling qualities as a member of the NYSC during the Batch B Stream II, 2019 passing out parade ceremony on Thursday, 16th July, 2020, at the National Youth Service Corps Secretariat Oke-Oyi in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Imbued with passion to positively impact on society and provoke change, Emmanuel, who was deployed to Kwara State for the mandatory national service in 2019, executed several personal community development projects to address some critical social amenity needs of his host community and State.
The Kogi State-born Mass Communication graduate had during his time in Kwara State distributed preventive kits (face masks) to Five hundred (500) community households and teamed up with NYSC, Kwara State Government COVID-19 Team, NGOs, Traditional Rulers, Community Leaders and Volunteers on the sensitization of thousands of community dwellers on safety measures against Covid-19 in Oke-Oyi Community in Ilorin East Local Government Area, to prevent the spread of the virus among the vulnerables in the community.
On the health front, Emmanuel channeled his meagre resources towards tackling the increasing menace of depression, hopelessness, despair and suicide attempt which has become a serious societal challenge that have received little attention over the years.
Laden with this crucible yet driven by passion and love in his heart to restore hope to those going through mental insecurities heightened by social pressures, he volunteered his wealth of experience to spare head series of personal projects on “Mental Health Awareness And Sensitization Programmes” in Kwara, Edo and Kogi, focused on tackling the menace of depression and suicide in Nigeria, reaching over 200,000 young people and adults in schools, campuses, communities amongst other social institutions.
Emmanuel researched depression to be one of the major societal problems globally and thought it wise to tackle the menace which has emerged as a predominant challenge in Nigeria leading to young persons and adults taking their own lives and indulging in societal vices, due to inability to cope with societal pressures, thereby giving rise to hopelessness, cultism, exam malpractices, drug abuse, rape, robbery, trafficking, prostitutions, school dropouts, teenage pregnancy, internet frauds, suicide and other societal misconducts prevalent among adolescents and youths in the country.
The Kogi-born Corps member discovered that depression as a mental illness occurs in different stages which ranges from the mild stage to the moderate stage and to the severe stage. In the mild stage of depression, the individual experience some symptoms of which is the best time to seek help or professional counsel before it get worse. He said that most people don’t speak up to get help from the appropriate quarters or they do not know where to go when they face mental distress, they rather prefer to endure the pain and die in silence, unless they are able to find trust to share their pain with someone who won’t judge them or better still, someone who have gone through similar or worse experience and have come out strong.
So he planned to make it one of his personal community development projects under the NYSC scheme in Kwara State to host ‘Mental Health Awareness And Sensitization Programmes’ that could serve as platform to bring together survivors, relevant NGOs, agencies, mental health advocates and free professional mental health services to the people at their door steps in schools, campuses, communities, mosques, churches and other social institutions inorder to meet the psychological and mental needs of these people and giving them a reason to regain hope once more. His project successfully reached and restored hope to fifty (50) selected secondary schools across three (3) Local Government Areas and Community in Kwara in One Hundred and Fifty Four (154) days.
Speaking on the occasion of the award, Emmanuel said he believed that the true essence of life is embedded in service to humanity, and that is why he is going all out to ensure that mental insecurity does not become a plague in Nigeria and beyond.
He revealed that millions of people have been thrown into hopelessness, despair and depression in Nigeria affecting both the rich and the poor, due to the impact of the global pandemic (covid-19). It has been predicted by World Health Organisation (WHO, 2018) that depression will rise in 2020 to become the second most prevailing health problem in the history of the world, leading to increased suicide rates, societal misconducts and mental health issues.
Speaking on his aspirations, the international award winner, who is an anti-depression and suicide advocate aspires to be the hope in the mind of troubled adolescents and youths in Africa. According to him, he seeks financial support to complete the registration of his NGO with hope of joining forces with International and national agencies, brands, state governors, NGOs, stakeholders and individuals who mean well in tackling this leading cause of death in communities, high schools, campuses amongst other social institutions across Nigeria and Africa.
According to him, the impact of the global pandemic (Covid-19) is leading to increased suicide rates, societal misconducts and mental health issues amongst young people and adults.
“Being a survivor of depression whose success story has made headlines globally and have served as a source of hope to millions of people worldwide, thereby contributing towards tackling depression and suicide menace, I have written a precise proposal ready for submission to identifying my story as a symbol of hope with any telecommunication brand who sees mental security of Nigerians as a priority both during the covid-19 and post covid-19.
I wish to contribute my wealth of experience by partnering as a brand ambassador on corporate social responsibility with any telecommunication brand to serve as a platform where people who are going through emotional trauma, hopelessness, depression and suicidal thoughts can speak up to get help through professional support.
I await ready hands and burdened heart to join me in paddling the canoe that sails affected people off the shore of depression and suicide, it begins with you!” He said
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered anti-graft agency, EFCC to release all items seized from BDC operator, Ismaila Mustapha aka Mompha.
These items include five luxury wristwatches, an apple iPod, an iPhone 8 device and a pair of sunglasses, which were among other items found on him on his arrest last October 19, in Abuja.
Justice Liman made the order while ruling on a July 6 application filed by Mompha’s counsel, Mr Gboyega Oyewole (SAN).
EFCC counsel Mr Rotimi Oyedepo had told the judge that it had earlier released Mompha’s Air Pod and sunglasses when the application was filed. He said the other properties Mompha sought were still with the commission for investigative purposes.
Justice Mohammed Liman ruled that although the prosecution has the right to seize a property during an arrest, likewise a duty to approach the court for an interim order, due processes must be observed and failure to do this is considered illegal.
Liman said: “None of these items was listed as exhibit, none of the items was listed on the charge.
At this stage, there is nothing on record that the items seized is being investigated on. The retention of the property without compliance with due process violates the requirements of Section 29 of the Act.
Failure to release the property is illegal. As at today, no charge has been file regards the items. It is too long to withhold the applicant properties.” Justice Liman therefore ordered the release and return of the items to the defendant.
The defendant also applied for the release of his international passport, which was not opposed by the prosecution.
