One person was confirmed dead and six others were rescued after a three-storey building collapsed at number 20 Freeman street in Lagos Island in the early hours of Saturday, July 11.
According to reports, occupants were fast asleep when the building collapsed.
At the time of reporting this, Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, National Emergency Management Agency, Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning, Lagos State Ambulance Services (LASSMBUS) and many others had arrived the scene of the incident.
Six persons have been rescued from the rubbles and are currently receiving medical attention while the body of a young boy has been recovered from the rumbles and deposited in a morgue.
“Nine to 10 people are suggested to be living in the building. Efforts are on to rescue the remaining people,” said Ibrahim Farinloye, the Southwest Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
Popular Nigerian gospel artiste, Frank Edwards was tackled by one of his followers who questioned his hairstyle in a photo he shared on his Instagram page recently.
The gospel singer shared a new photo of himself donning a white traditional attire and rocking a low-fade haircut with double pattern by the side and this didn’t seem to sit well with one of his followers.
The user, @call_me_bernard took to the comment section to ask whether it is appropriate for a Christian to have such an haircut. Bernard asked,
Should a Christian actually have such a Haircut?
Which caused the singer to reply him by questioning his use of the glasses of a fictional wizard. Frank wrote,
but it was Harry Potter that used this your type of glass
Bernard’s comment was also received with various reactions as people questioned him where it was written in the bible to not have such haircut.
See some comments below,
People always looking for something to say,, haircut this, dressing that, chill out. Christianity isn’t boring as some of u are painting it… Sir, u look great jhoor?
Call _me_bernard where was it written in the Bible??
What is wrong with the hair cut? It looks good on him.
JJC Skillz has taken to social media to gush over his wife Funke Akindele.
JJC poured encomiums on his wife, called her a ‘blessing to this generation’ and stated that she is an African woman with a life full of testimonies, he wrote;
“AFRICAN SUPERWOMAN @funkejenifaakindele You never TRY. It’s either you DO or DON’T”
” Your DRIVE is motivation for the Ambitious … Your FAITH is strength to the hopeless.”
“Your life is a TESTIMONY… Work Hard/Pray Hard & All your dreams will come true … You’re a blessing to this generation my love. A Leader, Mother, Wife, Philanthropist, Actor, Writer, Director.”
“God is your strength & will continue to abide with you “
Reacting to his post, Funke Akindele took to the comment section and wrote:
A South African lady, with the name Lelethu Ndlungwane has taken to social networking platform, Twitter to reveal how she wasn’t aware that she was pregnant until the day she gave birth.
According to Lelethu, she found out about it when herself and her mother were spring cleaning and believed it was subtle period pains until proven otherwise.
Lelethu shared that her mother sought the help of their pastor when the pain persisted and an overnight prayer session was organized at the religious leader’s place.
However, while spending the night, at about 1 am she felt something getting ready to pop out of her but the pastor felt it was a demon.
But when her water broke, that was what led to them realizing she was pregnant as they rushed her to the hospital.
After sharing her story, Lelethu also posted a photo of the newly born baby.
Read her story below,
“Found out I was pregnant the day I gave birth. My son was named Smangaliso, because wow us’mangazile nyani!! “My mom and I were spring cleaning on this day when I suddenly experienced what started off as subtle pains. I thought I was about to start my period but the pain intensified!
“My mom then called the pastor because the situation was getting dire. I went as far as asking my sister to play Sedilaka by the Soil because I thought I was exiting “Then the pastor said we should come to her house so that they could pray for me. We got to the house, and it turned into a night of prayer struuuu.
Demons were being cast out left, right and center. I am crying to the point where the tears weren’t coming out anymore. “Now it was around 1 am and I felt something wanting to come out my vagina. The pastor then told me to go to the toilet. Her words were “we’re going to deal with this demon today.”
“When we got to the toilet she called, I’ll call her Khosi, who was in the worship team, who wait for it….is a mid-wife by profession! “When she came in and saw the mucous sac protruding, she immediately confirmed that I was indeed in labour.
“Anyway Khosi asked for a razor and cut the mucous sac and asked me to push. Once she got Mangi out, I’m pretty sure I passed out in disbelief and trauma “My mom ran out the house when Mangi started crying. She was convinced that Mangi was is’lwane.
Anyway fast forward, we rushed to the hospital, placenta in a plastic bag, blood everywhere and baby in towel. The nurses were gobsmacked of course. “Mangi, once we had arrived at the hospital and they had given him a wash. I believe the things he had on were given by the hospital neh.”
The opinion of a Nigerian writer about rich and poor people having sex has caused mixed reactions among netizens on social networking platform, Twitter.
Praise George took to his page to share how he feels that poor people are “cursed with a strange sex drive which defies all reason”, saying they “pursue sex as if their prosperity depends on it”.
Praise says the rich however, hardly have time to have sex because they’re too busy making money and they spend their money on therapy to fix their low sex drive.
He wrote in full,
The rich hardly have time for sex.
They are too busy making money.
They spend money on therapy to fix their low sex drive.
But the poor are cursed with a strange sex drive which defies all reason.
They pursue sex as if their prosperity depends on it.
His stance was received with various reactions as some didn’t quite agree with him, saying he’s generalizing poor people and rich people.
Here’s what some of them had to say,
This is a mere assumption. The rich and sex are 5&6
That’s why the rich man’s wife sleeps with the poor gateman.
The more reason why it’s the poor that invented all the various sex styles and positions see have . The Rich are too busy trying making money ,only Massage would do but for we the upcoming rich ones?? We get the dictionary of the various sex styles for head
Validity: Fallacy
Category: Hasty Generalisation
In as much as this is the Truth, where is the balancing? It is a disease to be poor and have high urge for sex, yet it’s more curseworthy to have the whole money in this World but never have a drive for sex. What’s life without the ability to have sex and where is the balancing?
This shouldn’t be a general assumption sir.. most rich guys are directly proportional to sex life.. some will even go to the length of using the money to seduce house wives and have sex with them.. this happening well in local areas
He’s poor doesn’t mean he’s idle…. He’s even working harder to get Rich….. So don’t place it that way….. And I disagree with his statement. Do poor Man end up with different ladies in an hotel every day/week, of do they just go there to suck breast?
Nollywood Actress, Uche Ogbodo, has revealed her desire to take another shot at finding love again.
The single mother of one whose marriage to Apo Arthur on October 2, 2013 crashed few months later over irreconcilable differences in a recent interview with Sun News shared her plans to get married again and give her daughter siblings.
She said ;
“My baby girl will have siblings soon. Enough of them. I assure you. Watch out. I’m still a lover girl as I was few years ago. Just a little wiser and stronger. I am also open to finding love again and getting married. Whatever life brings. For now, I won’t say I have regrets over my past. I only have lessons learnt. Also, I don’t frown at finding love in the industry. If you find your love amongst your colleagues in Showbiz, please feel free to nurture it. If I find love here, I will definitely nurture it. But I have never, not yet”.
Nollywood Actress, Uche Ogbodo.
The 34-year-old also disclosed the high and low moments of single motherhood
“The joyful moments we spent together, discovering ourselves as she grows are my high moments. The lows are when I have to cry in my bedroom alone praying to God to save me from stress because I work too hard trying to provide all she will ever need all alone. It is not easy but I am thankful for Grace.”
“Know that with you, you have an everlasting Love in that child in your arms. Love that is Pure and True, that never lies nor disappoints. That will never betray nor abandon you forever. So, cherish the moment in time,” she noted.
A Nigerian Cake Vendor has taken to social media to share a weird conversation she had with a client who desired to hook up with her.
According to the chats shared, the man came under the guise that he wanted to order a cake for his daughter’s birthday but then he chipped in the idea that he wants to ‘hangout’ with her for a night.
The cake vendor was clearly irritated by his request and she warned him to respect her business contact as she isn’t an escort service.
However, the randy customer still insisted that he would like ‘eat his cake and have it’.
A deaconess may be in trouble after she was appehended for allegedly subjecting he ward to multiple series of extreme torture.
The story of the 14-yea-old girl, identified as Princess is one which has shocked Nigerians.
The ward identified as Princess had been living with her parents in Kaduna until they were displaced by bandits following an attack on their community.
As a result, Princess parents had to place their daughter in the home of the deconness, identified as Mrs. Iyema Oyemola Oyewole, as they didn’t want their child to be homeless.
According to reports, Princess was reportedly subjected to series of inhumane torture from the deaconess and her children while her husband, allegedly turned a blind eye. Reports also have it that princess was allegedly stopped from going to school, made to sleep in the toilet and was forced to drink water from the toilet when thirsty.
Reports also claims that the deaconess’ son punishes Princess and beats her whenever, sometimes under the rain… Further reports allege that the daughters of the Deaconess also help hold princess down whenever their mother wants to torture her.
The tortures includes putting a knife on fire till it becomes hot, before using it to burn Princess all over her face and body.
Photos of Princess show her with burns and scars all over her face, butt and vagina area. It was alleged that the Deaconess also burns the girl’s vagina with lighter and sometimes inserts a hot stick into her vagina while her daughters help her hold the girl’s legs open. Afterwards, they would allegedly apply pepper to her vagina.
She also allegedly refused to let the girl’s parents see her each time they tried because she didn’t want them seeing the injuries on her body. Whenever Princess’ parents showed up, she told them they couldn’t come in because of Coronavirus.
Eventually, Princess’ father became suspicious and got the NGOs involved. They were shocked at the state they finally saw Princess in.
When the deaconess was questioned, she said she didn’t know the fire she used to torture the girl was that hot.
“I didn’t know the fire was burning very well like that,” she allegedly said.
Sharing photos of Princess’ wounds, Beevan SickForces Magoni wrote:
THE STORY OF PRINCESS VS THE DEACONESS…
This is the most unbelievable Child abuse story I’ve come in contact with so far…
The picture of the girl here is that of a young Princess. She is fourteen years old from Kuturah in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Her father moved his family to Kaduna town when the neighboring village was attacked by the forces killing our people.
You should know that in Southern Kaduna we have over fifteen thousand internally displaced persons, and since they don’t have a camp, those in the city centers have accommodated these people and are still doing that.
Mrs. Yemi Awolola whose picture appears above is a Refinery Staff. She is also a Church Deaconess with the Living Faith Church Barnawa. She has five children.
Mr. Oyewole begged for Princess to come and stay with them. The father single-handedly gave the girl to the woman. The woman even used holy water when he handed his daughter to the woman. He thought she was a good Christian woman.
A month later, he called to speak with his daughter; the woman said he must speak with her in English and not Hausa. She knew the daughter would likely spill.
She would now put the girl on the speaker to monitor her. Meanwhile, the girl was sleeping in the toilet all these while with not even a wrapper. The woman gave her a cup and told her that whenever she’s thirsty she should fetch water from the toilet to drink.
In the interview video clip, you’d hear the girl say, “They would now give me leaves like an animal” while in the toilet before the girl would come out to work her ass off.
The father said, “I did not collect or want any money from the woman. All that I wanted to be was for my daughter to go to school.” But in reality, for the past one year, Princess has gone to school just a week.
When asked, why did you go to school just once? And she replied, “The woman opened my bag one week after I commenced school and saw a carrot that I had put inside to eat during break and beat the living daylight out of me. Since then she stopped me from going to school…”
Check the scars on her face? The woman puts a knife on a burner or stove and when it’s hot, she would place it on her face. Her face used to be very swollen.
When the parents insisted on seeing her, she refused to let anyone have access to the girl. The mother, months ago went to the house to see the girl. It was raining, and for three hours, Mrs. Oyewole refused to let her see her daughter. She told her she would not allow her into the house because she does not want the woman to bring in corona into the house.
When the mother refused to leave, she opened the gate for her and let her see the daughter from the gate of the house. She told her, “You can see your daughter is alive right? Now leave my house!”
The grains that the woman brought for the family, the woman instantly gave it out to the security men at the gate.
When the girl’s father was told of the inhumane treatment, he then realized that something was wrong. He made contact with the relevant people on how to get his daughter back but every effort proved unsuccessful. The woman told them that the girl was in Abuja.
On Monday, the Uncle to the girl called the woman and warned her that she had just six hours to return the girl and here we are today.
It was then she started treating the girl with iodine and ice to dry up the wounds.
Mrs. Oyewole has a son who beats Princess at will. Punishes her even under the rain. When all of these happens, the husband locks himself in his room and pretends like nothing is happening. Her children Tito and Nifemi would hold the girl’s neck while the mother would burn her buttocks and vagina with lighter.
They hold her down while the mother inserts a stick into her private part at the same time burning the vagina. They also put pepper in the vagina and over the wounds.
When asked at the police station, why did you treat the girl so, and she replied, “I didn’t know the fire was burning very well like that!”
Her Church had settled the matter. But luckily, Alheri Magaji and the rest have got other NGOs involved. Living Faith Kaduna, you owe Kaduna people lots of apologies. Remember Nathaniel Samuel whom you all said carried a bomb into your Church meanwhile it was stolen fire crackers? You almost set Kaduna state on fire with your conduct. You never came out to address the whole issue.
To date, I believe Nath is still in incarceration. He was your Church member albeit a mentally challenged one. I did my investigation. I got threats and insults when I revealed the whole story. To date, nobody has said anything.
The Church in Nigeria is as culpable as anyone else. You settled this case and wanted that girl back to that woman’s home? You all are crazy!
A man has been found guilty of stabbing his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend in a jealous rage, killing her and their baby.
Aaron McKenzie, 26, of Peckham, south London, broke into Kelly-Mary Fauvrelle’s bedroom in the middle of the night and stabbed her 21 times as her family slept upstairs, the Old Bailey heard.
According to reports, Fauvrelle was rushed to the hospital after the incident. The baby, Riley was delivered by Caesarean section in an attempt to save his life, but died in the hospital four days later.
The tragic attack occurred in June 2019.
The prosecution alleged McKenzie had killed Miss Fauvrelle, 26, in a “vicious and cowardly” attack after their “toxic” relationship ended and she moved on.
The defendant denied it, claiming a man named Mike, who his pregnant ex owed money to, was responsible for her death.
On Friday, July 10, a jury found McKenzie guilty of murdering 33 weeks pregnant Miss Fauvrelle, the manslaughter of baby Riley and possession of a knife.
Miss Fauvrelle’s family were also in Court One of the Old Bailey as the verdict was delivered after a total of two hours, 46 minutes deliberation by the Jurors to reach their verdicts.
The court heard that Miss Fauvrelle’s relationship with McKenzie had ended in February last year after McKenzie messaged her that he was feeling “not needed, not wanted, unimportant, and lost.”
Man found guilty of stabbing his heavily pregnant ex-girlfriend 21 times, killing her and their baby
Miss Fauvrelle told him he needed professional help, saying: “Until u get the fact I don’t want to be with you anymore…I will no longer speak or see you unless is about the baby.”
Last March, Miss Fauvrelle told his mother that the relationship was “toxic” but she would not deny him access to their child.
At about 3.15 am on June 29, 2019, an intruder broke into Miss Fauvrelle’s family home in Thornton Heath, south London, through patio doors, the court heard.
Prosecutor Duncan Penny QC had said: “That intruder proceeded to launch a vicious and a cowardly attack upon her, inflicting a total of 21 stab wounds with a knife.
“In the process, the intruder murdered not only Kelly Fauvrelle, but through his attack upon Kelly he killed Riley, the unborn child she was carrying.”
In the wake of the attack, McKenzie pretended to have nothing to do with it, the court heard.
He went to the hospital where medical staff were trying to save the life of his child, “posing as a victim”, Mr. Penny said.
The defendant allegedly lied to the police and did not tell them that he had spent over an hour before the killing accessing and reading his ex-partner’s emails, the court heard.
Mr. Penny also said that McKenzie continued to deceive police, hospital staff, and Ms Fauvrelle’s family until he was arrested and “confessed”.
Claire Mays, from the CPS, said: “This was a vicious and cowardly attack on a heavily pregnant woman, which was borne out of jealousy. Aaron McKenzie murdered his ex-girlfriend and in turn also killed their child Riley.
“Just hours after carrying out the attack, McKenzie went for a driving lesson as if nothing had happened.
“The prosecution evidence included a confession McKenzie had made to police officers taking responsibility for the killings before he decided to change his story and blame his actions on his learning difficulties and depression.
“By choosing to take this tragic case to trial McKenzie took the family of his victim through the heartbreak and ordeal of listening to all of his lies and the damning evidence against someone who had once been a part of their family.
“Although nothing can bring back Kelly and Riley, I hope these convictions provide some comfort to the family. Our thoughts remain with them at this difficult time.”
Regina Daniels has made her first public appearance since she welcomed her child.
The new mom and her billionaire husband, Ned Nwoko, were spotted in a recent video picking different outfits, clothes and shoes.
They also went along with Regina’s co-wife, Laila and their kids.
See video below ;
It was indeed a moment of celebration for the entire Nwoko family, as they happily announced the birth of Regina Daniels’ baby boy via different social media platforms.
Regina’s brother, who broke the news first, congratulated the new mum and also shared photos on his Instastory channel. In the photos, Regina was seen taking a video call barely a few hours after she put to bed.
Nigerian Singer, Rema, has become a social media meme following a recent photo he shared on his page.
Rema whose real name is Divine Ikubor, was pictured wearing a singlet and sitting on a sofa with his arms folded together, and fans are insisting that something might be wrong with the young singer.
A fan wrote;
Weeks after being with a woman, see how exhausted and tired you lookPensive face
Women will stress you
Another fan wrote;
blink twice if Don jazzy beat you
Another comment read;
“You look like someone who have been denied food? Please you need to cheer up.”
Gal Pissetzky, lawyer to Nigerian suspected international fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, popularly known as Ray Hushpuppi, has said that his client was kidnapped by the FBI from Dubai and taken to the US.
Hushpuppi and another cyber-heist suspect, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, also known as Mr Woodberry were arrested in Dubai, where they lived, in June.
They were later taken to the US where they appeared in a Chicago court on 3 July.
The US and UAE have no existing extradition treaty but Dubai police said the two suspected fraudsters were extradited to the US.
The BBC quoted a spokesman for the US Department of Justice as saying that Hushpuppi was expelled from Dubai and was not extradited.
Speaking with the BBC, Hushpuppi’s lawyer Pissetzky, said, “In my opinion, the FBI and the government here acted illegally when they kidnapped him from Dubai without any legal process to do so.
“There was no extradition, there were no legal steps taken, there were no court documents filed, it was simply a call to the FBI. He is not a citizen of the United States, the US had absolutely no authority to take him.”
Gal Pissetzky had earlier told Forbes that Hushpuppi, is not a fraudster.
Pissetzky said that the internet celebrity is a legitimate businessman who deals on real estate, according to Forbes.
Controversial Ghanaian comedian, King Nana Tonardo, has angered a lot of religious social media users with a recent post he made on Instagram.
According to the comedian, religion is slavery.
Nana shared a photo of a Bible, Quran and Torah that he threw in his toilet, saying that is where it belongs.
His words ;
“This is where they really belong because this slave manual is outdated.???.
Below are some comments that trailed the post ;
Gertrudeworai wrote ;
If he didn’t create any book kraa, he chose ppl to write it ?,so do not do that to the books cus in it are his words,and it’s like God is telling u smth and u don’t listen, so pls ask for forgiveness ?
Emery wrote ;
Common sense is believing in things Faith will tell you not to .?? For dust u are and unto the dust u shall return. We came with nothing so we shall leave empty handed. The BIBLE is the true word of God. Let us not forget what the bible said, that there may be a time we’ll find is harder to just hear the word of God . The Bible has Won GOD HAS WON INDEED . Glory??????????
Ohene wrote ;
He who doesn’t believe in God is a fool I pray by the end of this year you taste his power
Nollywood Actor, Deyemi Okanlawon is currently in a celebratory mood as his son turns four today, 10th July.
The actor took to his Instagram page to celebrate his son as he recounted how he was born three years after doctors told he and his wife that she would not be able to conceive.
Sharing the photo, he wrote ;
”After 3 yrs of trying and then finally being told we couldn’t conceive your mum came home crying. I held her close and let her cry then when she was done I tilted up her face, looked her straight in the eyes and told her “That’s not what God told me! We will have our own children!”.
On this day, 10th July, 4 years ago I woke up to the cry of a child my heart swelled with love and pride… and I understood for the first time the hearts of both my heavenly and earthly fathers towards me! Happy 4th Birthday Demide… I’m super proud to call you son. Luv, DeyemiTheDaddy p.s. @damilolaokanlawon see how I fulfilled my promise of giving you beautiful sons”
South African rapper, AKA, has tested positive for Coronavirus.
The 32-year-old rapper made the disclosure of his diagnosis in a statement he posted to his official Twitter page on Friday, July 10.
According to the rapper, he decided to make his results public to raise awareness about the pandemic.
The statement reads in part ;
“In an attempt to create awareness around the virus and to caution citizens to be more careful in their daily interactions with others, AKA has chosen to make his results public.”
A single mum identified as Nelo Atuanya , has taken to her social media pages to express grief and beg for help after her only child went missing in Onitsha, Anambra State.
According to the distraught mother, her 11-year-old son named Atuanya Chimezie Victor was last seen at the Lagos park in Onitsha.
She shared a photo of herself and her son with a caption that reads ;“Chiemezie where are you my son? Lord as a single mum, this is all I have got and work for alive. Don’t leave me childless Lord.
“Lord bikonu, hear my cry!”
Nigerians have taken to her page to sympathize, offer prayers for her son while tagging the authorities to come to her aid.
Nigerian Reality star and Tech Queen, Jackye Madu has reconsidered her stance on feminism after she was recently body-shamed by women.
According to her, women hate to see other women grow, and they will try to bring you down because you are who they aspire to be but don’t have the guts to be.
Sharing photos from last night’s BBNaija reunion show, Jackye wrote;
“After last night, I’ve come to the conclusion that, some women only fight for what’s convenient and not what’s right hence the reason we lose every battle.
Guess who my biggest body shamers are… You guessed right “WOMEN”. The people who always try to pull me down with their words aka keypad warriors? “Women”
The sad truth is most women hate to see other women grow. They’ll try to bring you down because you’re who they aspire to be but don’t have the guts to be.
I’ve always wondered how it’s been possible for years to keep women secondary in a world they ought to rule, well now I understand
Anyone who has interacted with me know I’m pro women, I’m a feminist but after last night? Naaa… Una no be am”
The screenshots of a conversation between two supposed lovers have gone viral on Nigerian social media over how the chat went between the lovers.
In what has been deemed “disgusting” by a lot of people, the man in the conversation who is seemingly tired of his relationship with the lady responds to her messages in a demeaning manner.
The lady however, who seems to be deep in love with the guy, neglects his arrogant and condescending responses and continues to profess her love for him.
Even when she questioned him about a lady she thinks he might be having an affair with, the man still responds to her in a hostile way which she also neglects and continues to profess her love.
The conversation has been called disgusting by a lot of people as some even think it’s an unreal chat. It has however set social media abuzz with a lot of people pondering whether there are still people who are blinded by love such as this in this generation.
A lady who happens to be a pastor’s daughter took to her social media page recently to share how she got pregnant out of wedlock. She revealed her story in a quite creative way.
In a TikTok video she made with singer, Simi’s Duduke playing at the background, the lady took her followers from when she got pregnant, to the stigmatization and shame she had to go through, to having her son and all the successes she enjoyed up till he turned 10-year-old.
She shared,
Hmm did you hear?
Pastor’s daughter got pregnant out of wedlock
Can you imagine?
That one! Her life is over just like that
A bouncing baby boy was born 9 months later
Graduated High school with distinction 2 years later
Graduated with 1st degree a few years after that
Relocated to a new country for further studies
Graduated with 2nd Degree 2 years later…
Got accepted into a 3rd program..
Son turned 10!!!
ALL BY GOD’S GRACE!!!
