Nollywood actress, Sylvia Ukaatu, who once advised women to find a shield over themselves, which she believes can be found only from man, has told single ladies what to do if they cant find a man to marry them at age 38.
The actress and single mother of one is of the opinion that having a kid outside marriage, is the way out.
She made this known in interview with Sun News, asserting that if no husband is forth coming, women should try as much as possible to be pregnant and have a child.
“6yrs ago, I fell pregnant with my damsel, and friends advised that I should get rid of her and move on with my career. I asked myself which career will be better than having a child that I can call mine.
”Then I decided to keep her. Now, she has grown to someone I can gist with. Someone that I would look at and never back down on my pursuit for greatness,” she said.
She continued dishing out a piece of advice for women;
“If at 38, 39 and you are not married yet and you don’t have a child of your own, it is such a pity for you as a woman.
”Try as much as possible to be pregnant and have a child. Women don’t have time. At 35, some have already gone into Menopause.
”I do hear people say having a child or children outside wedlock is a sin. Don’t worry don’t be the judge.
”Those same people that you fear would mock you when you have kids out of wedlock would also be there to make jest of you when the days are dark.”
Mirabel Moradeyo, the babymama and girlfriend of Popular Nigerian Singer, Kelly Handsome, has taken to her social media page to lambaste the singer, accusing him of being a deadbeat dad.
Mirabel and Kelly dated for 15 years and she said she wasted those years on a good for nothing man.
She further said although she was warned by her loved ones, she supported, encouraged and accommodated him and it was all for nothing.
Her post on IG reads ;
I woke up today looking at my beautiful daughter n I’m so grateful to God ?? although it’s sad that d man she calls DAD isn’t her real father n I laugh at how I’ve wasted opportunities n years with a good for nothing man… I thought it was love but I was being played! I supported and encouraged him, accommodated him also even when I was warned by family n friends that he made me turn to enemies because he didn’t want me to see d light. LADIES BE CAREFUL OF THE MEN YOU SUPPORT….
I supported his career at d detriment of my relationship with family n friends n people who genuinely cared about me! I was constantly called a whore cos I helped him out with things he thought was impossible.. he always assumed I slept with people to get d things I have n to get to where I am today.. I’m sincerely grateful to God that he didn’t allow me leave my back on d ground. I got up, dusted myself, started communicating with important people I had ignored over d years, putting things together n setting things up to d level I want to be n God is making all that possible…. Thinking to myself, I should have achieved all of this a long time ago but love they say is blind, only if you let it blind your visions. No regrets whatsoever, God gat me n I’ll come back here in no time to drop a long list of my achievements but till then I’ll sit n sip my wine n laugh at how someone thinks he ruined me ?
As for my daughter, in due time I’ll show her what a REAL DAD is as Shes gradually erase d memories of a dead beat father she has in her head.. I’ll teach her to love her real father as she grows. LADIES AGAIN I SAY, BE CAREFUL OF D MEN YOU LET IN YOUR LIVES N D MEN YOU SUPPORT! Some are demons in disguise, Some stick around to drain you in all ramifications, mentally, physically, financially n spiritually.. Always seek d face of God before embarking on certain journeys. I don’t wanna go into details but time will tell.
Popular Radio Personality, Daddy Freeze has confirmed that Big Brother Naija 2019 winner, Mercy Eke and UK-based Nigerian singer, WillieXO are dating.
The disclosure was made during an Instagram live session with the singer.
Daddy Freeze said ;
“Willie and I have known for quite a while, he is a great guy, wonderful musician, loves Africa loves Nigeria. There is also one part of his life that’s not really important, because nobody really care about people’s relationships. He is also a boyfriend to Mercy of Big Brother”.
The late Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, was hours from being discharged from the hospital on Friday before his condition unexpectedly took a twist and he never recovered, The Nation gathered on Sunday.
Kyari died at First Cardiology Consultants Hospital in Lagos on Friday from what the Lagos State government yesterday described as complications of Coronavirus infection.
Witnesses told The Nation yesterday of massive police presence at the private facility on the fateful day, apparently after he was certified dead.
Sources said Kyari had shown signs of recovery which was a sign that he could be discharged only for his condition to take a plunge.
It was learnt that he even received some members of his family Wednesday in the hospital and walked around his isolation area to show his fitness.
Members of the family were said to be expecting his discharge on Friday.
The complications in his health were said to have arisen from diabetes and respiratory tract infections.
The Lagos State government confirmed last night that Kyari died of complications.
It was also learnt that the late Chief of Staff neither consulted the Presidential Task Force on the campaign against COVID-19 nor the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) deciding on private treatment in Lagos.
Officials of PTF and NCDC only read the announcement of his relocation to a private hospital in Lagos like other Nigerians.
It was gathered that he did not avail himself of expertise advice by NCDC and medical teams.
A source said the family was confident that Kyari would survive the Coronavirus Disease.
The source said: “As at Wednesday, Kyari was seen walking round his isolation area when some members of his family came on a visit. His health improvement gave a ray of hope that he was fast recovering.
“In fact, words had gone round to his relations that he might be discharged on Friday. But he died following relapse, occasioned by diabetes and respiratory tract infections in the evening of Friday. How his condition changed for the worse shocked all the medics around him. He died between 9pm and 10 pm.
“So, he died of COVID-19 and underlying factors or complications.”
How he died, by LASG
Lagos State Health Commissioner Akin Abayomi confirmed that Kyari died of complications
The statement said: “Following enquiries on the passing away of the Chief of Staff to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mallam Abba Kyari on Friday 17th April 2020, the Lagos State Government states that:
“Mallam Abba Kyari died from complications of Coronavirus infection at First Cardiology Consultants in Lagos. This hospital is a Lagos State designated high care, biosecurity-compliant, COVID-19 facility, accredited by the Health Facility Management and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) of the Lagos State Ministry of Health.
“As a basis for accreditation, First Cardiology Consultants established a separate specialist wing with staff dedicated to the treatment of complicated cases of COVID-19, under the supervision of the Lagos State COVID-19 emergency response team.”
Kyari didn’t consult PTF, NCDC
The nation was also told that the late Kyari did not consult either the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 or the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) before opting for personal treatment.
A top source said: “We read his statement on his decision to move to Lagos for private treatment like every Nigerian. He did not seek any advisory from the PTF and NCDC.
“And since he said he did not want to overburden the public health sector, we allowed him to have his way. We could not have stopped him because it was a private health option and he went to a designated hospital for COVID-19 treatment.
“We respected his decision because of underlying health challenges he had which he wanted the hospital to manage with COVID-19.
“It was not the Federal Government that took him to the First Cardiology Consultants hospital in Lagos.
“In essence, he was not NCDC patient in the real sense of it.”
Witnesses: ‘We saw massive police presence at FCC’
Two Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) with plenty policemen and two ambulances were seen Friday evening at First Cardiology Consultant (FCC) Hospital in Ikoyi, Lagos State, the private facility where Mallam Abba Kyari died, The Nation learnt yesterday.
The policemen, according to witnesses, were later allowed into the hospital through the back gate.
It was gathered that the massive presence of policemen in the usually calm neighbourhood, raised anxiety among the people and suspicion that a top government functionary was in a critical condition.
The Nation gathered that the policemen who were inside the SUV, alighted at the front gate, went inside and later returned with some officials to lead the vehicles through the back gate.
Investigation showed that Kyari’s presence in the hospital was treated with topmost secret.
From the main entrance to the hospital, it was observed something unusual occurred as the guards were very suspicious of movements around the facility.
At the gate, a notice indicating that the hospital does not handle COVID-19 cases was clearly pasted while visitors were notified of conditions to meet before entry can be granted.
Some relatives of patients were seen waiting inside their vehicles outside while a fruit seller displayed his wares inside a barrow just by a tree between the hospital and the British Council.
A woman who spoke to The Nation said they saw the SUV between 3pm and 4pm when they brought in her aunt.
She said: “We saw a lot of police people who came in two SUVs and there were also two ambulances with them. They were let in through the back gate. We did not know the person they came for but it was obvious it must be a top government person.
“This hospital does not allow visitors in. They do not even allow relatives of patients to come and stay with their loved ones. They only give you five minutes for visiting and after that, you come out.
“People are screened before they go in and they make it clear that they do not treat COVID-19 patients. Before they took our relative who had difficulty breathing and was on oxygen, we were asked to go for COVID-19 screening first.
“It takes three days for the result to come out and we had to wait. It was when the result came back negative that they accepted to treat our relative.
“So, people are surprised to discover now that Mallam Kyari who was publicly known to have COVID-19 was admitted here.”
A security man corroborated the woman’s story, adding that they were yet to understand what happened yesterday.
“It is true we saw so many policemen who came inside two SUVs on Friday evening. But we do not know what they came for. This hospital is very big and those who come here are rich people. As I am out here, I do not know what transpires inside and I cannot go and ask questions that could be suspicious,” he said.
When our Correspondent contacted the hospital on telephone after access to the premises was denied, it denied Kyari died there.
“Abba Kyari neither received treatment nor died in our hospital,” a front desk worker who picked the telephone echoed.
EU, ECOWAS pay tribute
The Head of the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, said he was “deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Abba Kyari.
“My thoughts are with his family. He became a friend and was an inspiration with his passionate approach to development of Nigeria in general and the north in particular. May his soul rest in eternal peace.”
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), in a statement by its Secretary-General, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said Kyari was an excellent administrator.
It said: “The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, received the news of the death of Alh. Kyari with great shock.
“The late Chief of Staff was an excellent administrator who was committed to the overall development of the nation through dedicated and loyal service not only to President Muhammadu Buhari, but also to the Nigerian nation.
“The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs commiserates with the President and government of Nigeria on this grievous occasion.
“It is the prayer of the Ummah in Nigeria that Almighty Allah would grant the departed Chief of Staff Al-jannah Al-firdaus. Amin.”
On his part, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume yesterday commiserated with the family, the Presidency, the people of Borno and the nation at large over the death Malam Abba Kyari.
While submitting to the will of Allah, Senator Ndume described Malam Abba Kyari’s death as shocking.
He said: “His wise counsel will be missed at such trying times. The loss of Malam Kyari who died in active service is a national tragedy and his innumerable contribution to nation building will always be remembered.
“I pray to Allah to shower His mercy on the soul of the deceased and give his family, the Presidency, Borno and the nation the fortitude to bear the loss.”
He urged Nigerians to adhere to the rules and regulations of the much dreaded Covid-19 as released by the NCDC in other to ensure a healthy nation.
Former Super Eagles striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has opened up on his much criticized open goal miss at the 2010 World Cup.
Aiyegbeni admitted that missing an open goal in the World Cup clash against South Korea ten years ago was the weirdest moment of his career.
Nigeria could have advanced to the round of sixteen if Yakubu had scored in the 66th minute in front of an open goal even though Nigeria lost their first two matches to Argentina and Greece and now the former Everton and Portsmouth striker says that moment was the weirdest of his career as he still gets insulted up till today because of the miss.
“Missing one of the chances of the decade of the World Cup in South Africa 2010, I still get messages everyday about it, sometimes some of them are being nice, sometimes some of them are being rude. ‘ Yakubu told South African journalist Carol Tshabalala via Instagram live.
“I just ignore them, some of them are looking for attention. In football you miss chances, they are thinking about the miss, they are not thinking of the joy you bring to people’s lives when you play.
“You miss chances in your clubsides and you still play the next game and people forget about it, but going back home you miss chances and people still think about it.”
Yakubu also named Everton striker Daniel Amokachi as his role model growing up.
“Growing up watching Amokachi was something nice, I call him sexy big brother. He’s a nice guy. He was the assistant manager of the national team as well when I was in the national team, so it was an honour to be with him in the same team, we didn’t play together there, we were very close.
“Watching him on TV, the way he bullied the defenders, the way he scores goals, you can see the smile on his face and the dedication is there.
Former Presidential Aide, Reno Omokri is against the popular African saying which says children bring blessing.
According to the popular social media commentator, the saying has led to a massive overpopulation in poor nations.
He wrote on twitter ;
“The belief that children bring blessings has led to MASSIVE overpopulation in poor nations. Children don’t bring blessings. Rather, blessings bring children. You work hard and smart, and God blesses you, then you use the blessing to start a family.”
The belief that children bring blessings has led to MASSIVE overpopulation in poor nations. Children don’t bring blessings. Rather, blessings bring children. You work hard and smart, and God blesses you, then you use the blessing to start a family #FreeLeahSharibu#RenosNuggets
Singer, Davido, is one celebrity who is always ready to help others. In a recent post he shared, the singer proved his desire to help Nigerians.
Recently, American rapper Robert Rihmeek Williams, popularly known as Meek Mill, revealed that he donated his dream car, the 2018 Rolls Royce, to help people who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The rapper noted that the car was what motivated him to chase success. Mill joined the all-in challenge, a challenge spreading among stars in Hollywood to help people. Stars have been auctioning things and experiences to feed families.
Reacting to the move, Davido shared the post on his Instagram story. He then asked if anyone in Lagos state can do what Meek Mill did.
In another post, the singer, who allegedly has a garage worth over 202 million naira, revealed that he does not mind selling off his expensive cars to also help. Davido says he doesn’t mind selling his expensive cars to help victims of coronavirus.
Men of the Yobe state police command have arrested one Baari Bacha, a 22-year-old man for cutting off the hand of his wife.
Bacha reportedly attacked his wife Halima Bulama after she disobeyed his orders not to attend a friend’s ceremony in Damaturu.
Confirming his arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Yobe state Command, Dungus Abdulkarim, said in a statement that Bacha became angry after a heated argument ensued with his wife, and then used a cutlass to commit the act.
The PPRO also disclosed that the victim is currently receiving treatment in the hospital and the suspect will be charged to court after investigation is completed.
The Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCTA admitted that some of those who participated in the burial were not properly kitted and also dumped their PPEs unprofessionally after the burial ceremony. They also said necessary tests will be conducted on all those identified to determine their level of exposure and ensure that they do not infect other people.
Below’s a statement addressing the issue ;
The Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCT Administration has noted with concern the video trending on social media, showing a man pulling off his Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) unprofessionally after participating in the burial of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Abba Kyari, at the Gudu cemetery, Abuja.
The Public Health Department has since taken necessary action.
The said PPE left over by the individual has been professionally evacuated and the entire cemetery has been decontaminated. In addition, all the individuals including the man in question that participated in the burial and were not properly kitted have been identified and are being isolated.
Necessary tests will conducted on all of them to determine their level of exposure and ensure that they do not infect other people.
The Administration has also taken steps to ensure that all future burials of victims of COVID 19 are conducted in line with protocols established by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Residents are therefore urged to remain calm and rest assured that the FCT Administration will continue to do all that is necessary to curtail and eventually end the spread of the Coronavirus in the FCT.
The Founder of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry Inc., Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, who is not only well known for his charitous deeds but also for his prophetic accuracy, seems to have hit the nail on the head, yet again.
The Man of God gained the respect of the world last year, when he accurately predicted the postponement of the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria.
Fast forward to this present time, the attention of many have been drawn to a trending video on social media, dating back to December 31st, 2019, in which the man of God prophesied about the death of Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.
It will be recalled that the Presidency, on Saturday, April 18, 2020, announced the death of the Chief of Staff to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, after he had tested positive to the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19).
In the video making rounds on the internet, Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin said:
“I see a very big politician dying by a sudden illness. I see this happening three months before July 2020. Let us pray, but the will of God will be done.”
Watch the video below:
Speaking with strokesafrica.com the Man Of God said: “It was the will of God that it happen, and I commiserate with the President and the Kyari family. My prayers are with the Presidency and the family of the deceased, that God give them the fortitude to bear the loss.”
He furthermore reassured Nigerians that this period of immense hardship will pass, by the Grace and Mercy of God Almighty.
In a video currently going viral, Nigerian security personnel can be seen flogging a woman in public.
According to an eye witness who shared the video, he wrote:
“The woman sat in front of her house with some older women and a Police officer (Sergent Iku Esan), asked what she was doing in front of the house and the woman reolied “is there anything bad in staying in front of my house”
“Suddenly He started flogging her and the woman kept saying don’t flog me within 3 mins the rest of the Police officers came and joined hands and kept flogging her.”
Funke Akindele made it to top spot of the ‘Nigerian Twitter trends’, just after President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari was buried yesterday after dying from Coronavirus.
Funke Akindele
This came after Nigerian Twitter users pointed out that social distancing was not observed at the burial ceremony of the late Chief of Staff.
The Nigerian government was called out for an alleged “hypocrisy” as some recalled how Funke Akindele was prosecuted for not observing social distancing at a house party she held for her husband, JJC Skillz on his 43rd birthday amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
Singer, Adekunle Gold has penned a beautiful note to his wife, Simi, as she turns 32 years old today, April 19.
Sharing an image of his wife, The singer wrote;
He shared the image above and wrote, “Shalla to my one and only Na you be my Alobam Simi you’re one in a million…I wrote this song for you 6 years ago.As a young man that was just trying to figure life out, you had just come into my life and my world started changing magically. God must have looked at my unworthy ass struggling through life and decided to bless me with a good luck charm.
“He who finds a wife…” I am the He because simi, you fill my darkest days with your light. I am blessed to have you doing life with me. You make me happy in every sense.You are the reason I write the best love songsIf you ended up with someone else, my life would totally suck ngl. You are my source of peace, my strength, my favourite love.
I’ll write a book someday about how my life changed completely and it’ll have your name written allover it.Happy Birthday to you, my one in a lifetime.Love you.
Eba mi ki Orente mi❤️ “
Simi and gold got engaged in 2018 and finally tied the knot in January 2019.
Police Command in Abia on Saturday confirmed the arrest of an unnamed police operative for killing one Mr Friday Arunsi, a middle-aged businessman at his Ebem Ohafia community.
The Abia Police Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, who confirmed the arrest to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, said that police operative who killed the businessman was currently in detention.
Ogbonna said that the Police Commissioner in the state, Mr Ene Okon went to Ebem Ohafia on Saturday with a team to console the family of the deceased.
An eye witness, Sunday Onwuka said the policeman on Friday shot and killed Arunsi at his shop at Ebem, in Ohafia local government area of Abia.
Onwuka said that the late businessman and his uncle, Moses, were offloading their consignment of beverages from a truck at their store at Eni Njoku Street in Ebem when some policemen walked into the shop.
He said that the policemen told Moses and Arunsi to stop offloading their goods from the truck that brought the consignment but Arunsi and his uncle asked them why they should stop.
Onwuka said that instead of giving them a reasonable response, the policemen threatened them and later walked to the police station where they signed for a gun which they allegedly used to kill Arunsi on their return.
He said that in an attempt to save Arunsi’s life, his kinsmen rushed him to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia where he was confirmed dead late on Friday.
Another source, who pleaded anonymity, said when news of Arunsi’s death broke in Ebem on Saturday morning, the youths protested with his corpse on the streets of Ebem Ohafia, after it was returned home.
He said that instead of the police authorities calming the situation, they mobilized the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives to the scene of the protest.
The source said that before the SARS men arrived, the military men were calming the youths down until the SARS operatives shot at them and injured a barber, Okoro Kalu who is now in the hospital.
He said these chain of events involving Arunsi’s death and Kalu’s shooting made the youths to regroup and attacked the Ohafia police station which they broke into and released inmates.
He said that the youths then went and burnt Ebem Customary and Magistrate Courts alongside the police quarters, DPO’s residence and some vehicles in the compound.
NAN reports that Arunsi’s death brings the number of Abia residents killed by security agents since the lockdow began on April 1 to five.
In the latest update of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Forty-nine new cases have been reported as of Saturday evening, April 18th by the National Centre for Disease Control.
In a new update on their Twitter page, the NCDC reports that there’s seventeen new cases in Lagos, Oyo, Kano, and FCT, Ekiti and Ogun.
Their tweet reads,
Forty-nine new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
23 in Lagos
12 in FCT
10 in Kano
2 in Ogun
1 in Oyo
1 in Ekiti
As at 10:40 pm 18th April there are 542 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 166
Deaths: 19
For a breakdown of cases by states-
As at 10:40 pm 18th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT
Abia State government has arrested a suspected COVID-19 patient, Vincent Prosper, that was declared wanted yesterday.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Information in the state, Chief John Okiyi-Kalu.
Prosper, who had disappeared after alerting NCDC of manifesting symptoms of COVID-19, was apprehended Saturday morning in Aba.
According to Kalu: “Prosper called to report that he was manifesting symptoms of the virus and recently had contacts with a confirmed patient in Akwa Ibom state in addition to recently returning from Lagos.
But when our team arrived at his given location, he disappeared and later confessed that he saw the ambulance and the fully kitted RR-team, lost courage, detested the possibility of being locked down and decided to switch off his phone and disappear into thin air.
We continued to look for him quietly and at some point got him again on the phone and he gave us a wrong address at Azikiwe Road and a team was immediately dispatched to the location but did not find him there.
At that point, we decided to enlist the services of a top security agency in the state to find him and also alerted members of the public yesterday regarding the situation in the hope that he would voluntarily come forward. He never did!
But late last night, the security agency pinned his location down and this morning our RR-team stormed the location with security agents and took him into custody at our isolation facility where we have now collected samples from him for testing.”
Nollywood actress, Jemima Osunde has called out the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) for releasing the corpse of late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari for burial.
The actress who is also a physiotherapist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), stated that the corpse of the late CoS ouught to have been cremated.
Jemima slammed the crowd that attended the burial ceremony as she asked if the NCDC also released the corpse of other Coronavirus patients who died from the disease.
She tweeted;
Never seen a bigger bunch of dimwits in my life. First of all, @NCDCgov WHY DID YOU RELEASE HIS BODY???? Did you release the other 16 people that died to their families? Shouldn’t he have been cremated? And then what is this damn crowd ?? What is wrong with you people?!!!
A farmer and petty trader in Nasarawa state has committed suicide after his wife informed him that their only child, whom they welcomed after 12 years of marriage, was fathered by another man.
Jacob Numku, from Toto community in Nasarawa State, was told by his wife Juliet that their five-month-old baby was actually fathered by a young man named Uchenna, whom she had met in the course of business.
Numku became depressed after his wife confessed to him and he told The Nation that “It’s a huge loss akin to bereavement.”
However, no one suspected that he will go as far as taking his own life.
The shock of his only child being fathered by a stranger was said to have been compounded by Juliet’s open declaration that she prefers to spend the rest of her life with Uchenna because of the satisfaction she gets from being with him, the publication reports.
Juliet told The Nation that she decided to have an affair with Uchena, a petty trader, because her husband could not father a child after their 12 years of marriage and was not taking any serious step to address their childlessness.
Juliet was said to have become pregnant for Uchenna about eight months after they started a romance. Her pregnancy was celebrated by Numku as well as family friends and neighbours who all thought that her husband was responsible for the pregnancy.
Events, however, took a different turn when five months after she was delivered of a baby boy, Juliet travelled to Keffi on the pretext that she needed medical attention at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC). But once she was out of town, she put a call through to Numku and bluntly told him that he was not the father of their only baby and that she was on her way to Keffi to return the baby to his biological father.
Narrating his ordeal in an interview with The Nation in Toto two weeks before he committed suicide, Numku recalled that he was overwhelmed with joy when the child he thought was his own was placed in his arms for the first time about four months ago and vowed to be a wonderful father.
He recalled amid sobs the day his wife left home for Keffi, telling him that she was going to the hospital, only to call him on the phone moments later to tell him that he was not the biological father of the child and that she had decided to return the child to the rightful owner.
Numku had said: “To say that I am devastated is an understatement. There are no words to aptly describe the loss that I feel.
“After grappling with infertility for more than 11 years, I thought I was finally a father. I lived with the pains of the pregnancy and I was there at his birth.
“It was the most incredible moment of my life. I called friends and relatives to tell them the good news that my pains and shame were over. I never knew that I was celebrating somebody else’s child.
“When she told me that she had missed her period, I was happy. And when the child arrived, I was overwhelmed with emotion as I announced to whoever cared to listen that God had finally answered my prayers, only for me to find out that he is not really mine.
“It is a huge loss akin to a bereavement except that the grief is twisted, even magnified, because he is not dead.
“I am no longer a father. I am left with not only a bleak chasm of loss but also an enormous sense of betrayal.
“Her delivery was the proudest moment of my life, but she knew from day one that I was not responsible for the pregnancy. Today, there is no longer the usual cry of a baby in my house.”
After Jacob Numku committed suicide by hanging, his wife Juliet spoke to the publication over the phone. Juliet admitted that the deceased was her husband but he was not the father of her son.
She said: “Yes, he was my husband but he was not the father of my son. That is the truth and I can’t hide it from him.
“We stayed together as husband and wife for 12 years without a child. I did everything humanly possible for us to go to the hospital but he refused, and his only excuse was that God would bring a child at the appropriate time.
“The truth is that we never had any intercourse during the period I took in, so what made him to think he is the father?
“In the course of my business, I met a young man; he toasted me and in view of all the odds, I agreed and submitted myself to him.
“During this period, I made sure that my husband did not even see my pant. There was an opportunity and I wanted to test another man to know where the problem lies. The guy was actually giving me the needed satisfaction and in less than nine months, he was able to impregnate me.
“It is better I tell him this early because I am no longer interested in the marriage. If he wants, let him to go to court. I will bring the child for a DNA test to be conducted to prove what I am saying.
“The truth is that the man (Numku) never slept with me during that period, so it is not possible for him to be responsible for the pregnancy.”
The publication also spoke with Uchenna on the phone, and he said: “I only got to know that the woman was somebody’s wife when she was about to put to bed. I could not have ‘toasted’ somebody’s wife.
“I blame her seriously for misleading me into sleeping with her; I never knew she was somebody’s wife. I am the biological father of the boy and I have taken him. It is unfortunate but there is nothing I can do. It is my blood.”
It was gathered that two weeks after Numku narrated his sad experience to the press in Toto, he committed suicide by hanging.
President Buhari has finally reacted to the death of his former Chief of Staff, who died on Friday April 17 from COVID—19.
In a statement released on Saturday evening, President Buhari described Kyari as a true patriot and loyal friend..
Below is the President’s full statement on Abba Kyari.
“TO MY FRIEND, MALLAM ABBA KYARI
Mallam Abba Kyari, who died on 17th April, 2020, at the age of 67 from complications caused by the Coronavirus, was a true Nigerian patriot. My loyal friend and compatriot for the last 42 years – and latterly my Chief-of-Staff – he never wavered in his commitment to the betterment of every one of us.
He was only in his twenties when we first met. A diligent student, soon after he was blessed with the opportunity to study abroad – first at Warwick and then law at the University of Cambridge. But there was never any question Abba would bring his first-rate skills and newly acquired world-class knowledge back to Nigeria – which he did – immediately upon graduation.
Whilst possessing the sharpest legal and organisational mind, Abba’s true focus was always the development of infrastructure and the assurance of security for the people of this nation he served so faithfully. For he knew that without both in tandem there can never be the development of the respectful society and vibrant economy that all Nigerian citizens deserve.
In political life, Abba never sought elective office for himself. Rather, he set himself against the view and conduct of two generations of Nigeria’s political establishment – who saw corruption as an entitlement and its practice a byproduct of possessing political office.
Becoming my Chief of Staff in 2015, he strove quietly and without any interest in publicity or personal gain to implement my agenda.
There are those who said of him that he must be secretive – because he did not have a high public profile. But Abba was the opposite: he simply had no need, nor did he seek, the cheap gratification of the crowd; for him, there was nothing to be found in popular adulation. He secured instead satisfaction and his reward solely and only from the improvement of the governance of this great country.
Working, without fail, seven days each and every week, he acted forcefully as a crucial gatekeeper to the presidency, ensuring no one – whether minister or governor had access beyond another – and that all those representing and serving our country were treated equally.
He made clear in his person and his practice, always, that every Nigerian – regardless of faith, family, fortune or frailty – was heard and treated respectfully and the same.
Mallam Abba Kyari was the very best of us. He was made of the stuff that makes Nigeria great. Rest In Peace, my dearest friend.
To his loving wife and doting family who survive him, I extend my heartfelt sorrow at your loss.
Muhammadu Buhari
President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
April 18, 2020”.
The Ikorodu General Hospital has recorded a suspected COVID-19 related death, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
A reliable source told NAN that the deceased, a woman, was rushed to the hospital by her relatives on April 12 for treatment.
According to the source, the deceased patient presented Kidney failure, but was discovered to be manifesting suspected COVID-19 symptoms.
“Relations of the deceased patient was advised to take the woman to the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, Lagos for COVID-19 screening.
“Against medical advice, the deceased patient was, however, taken back home by relatives.
“But, she was brought back to the hospital and presented her at the Emergency Centre the following night in critical condition,” NAN gathered.
The source said that the deceased woman, suspected to be Covid-19 patient, was eventually admitted and isolated in a ward.
“But unfortunately, the patient died before day break in the hospital,” the source told NAN.
According to the source, officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) were informed and came to the hospital to take samples from the deceased patient.
The source told NAN that they were informed on Friday that the deceased result tested positive to Covid-19, with warning to the hospital management to isolate all health officials that attended to the deceased patient.
Information obtained by NAN revealed that NCDC officials were at the Ikorodu General Hospital on on Friday to take samples of health workers who attended to the deceased.
“Some of the health workers that attended to the patient had been crying, as most of them did not use Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), while attending to the deceased patient.
“Most times, health workers wear nylon as PPE, and the numbers of gloves, which are usually about two to four given daily to each health workers to attend to patients are inadequate,” the source said.
The official said that there had been several complaints to the hospital management about the welfare and safety of health workers, and nothing was done to improve the situation.
The source also said that about four health workers had direct contact with the deceased patient.
According to the source, health workers at the hospital had henceforth decided that, “No PPE, no work,” will be their stance from April 20.
However, efforts made by NAN to get the Medical Director of Ikorodu General Hospital, Dr Oluwafunmilayo Bankole, to comment on the issue proved abortive.
Several calls and SMS sent by NAN to Bankole’s line to get further details were unanswered.
Also, Mr Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, the Public Affairs Director, Lagos State Ministry of Health, was called by NAN to comment on the situation.
Ogunbanwo simply said, “I am not aware.”
When NAN reached out to the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on the issue, the call was picked by one of his Personal Assistants, who told NAN that the Commissioner was in a meeting.
The commissioner aide told NAN to send SMS, which was immediately done, but with no response as at the time of filing this report.
A trending video on social media shows the moment a man who wore a Personal protective equipment gown at the late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari’s burial in Abuja today, carelessly discarded it on roadside which is against WHO COVID19 practices.
In the video, the man who wore the PPE gown is seen standing on the roadside, removing it while seemingly peeking if he was being seen, he then took it off completely and let it lying on the floor.
Nigerians on twitter have bemoaned the irresponsible action and also blamed ignorance for the man’s action.
A Young Nigerian man has taken to his IG page to cry out after he got robbed in his home by some armed robbers in Lagos.
As the country continues to fight with the coronavirus pandemic, the crime rate appears to have risen and the young man identified as Yaya Konate recently became a victim of these crimes.
Yaya Konate who was visibly shedding hot tears, revealed that his iPhone was collected alongside N20k cash he had with him.
Sharing the video he wrote ;
“I just got rubbed by some groups of guys in my family house in Lagos Island with gun and cutlass, they pointed gun at me to collect my iPhone and 20k cash at hand they threatened to shoot me an I had to release all I had at hand including my ATM card. people are not even safe in their houses.”
Popular Comedian and Actor, Ayo Makun simply known and addressed as AY has bemoaned the rate of hunger due to the lockdown as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic.
AY cried out after more than 35,000 social media users trooped to his comment section to drop their account numbers in anticipation of a giveaway.
He wrote:
“In trying to help sort out a few of my followers on Instagram today, I saw over 35,000 comments with account details. There is so much hunger in a land where there’s enuf to take care of everyone’s needs, If only we can take care d GREEDY bastards in different places of authority.”
Controversial investigate journalist, Kemi Okunloyo has described the late Abba Kyari as an unsung hero to Nigerians.
Kemi who took to her official Twitter handle shortly after the news of his death broke out, listed freeing Omoyele Sowore, maintaining sanity in Aso Rock among others as some of the rare feat recorded by the late Chief of Staff.
She said:
#BREAKING Remembering Abba Kyari ????⚰️NIGERIA’S Chief of Staff who died of #COVID19. Met him in UK days #Cambridge. He was a Shuwa Arab NOT Fulani. Kyari is an unsung hero NIGERIANS don’t know. He was responsible for FREEING Sowore and maintaining sanity in Aso Rock.
Mr Abba Kyari PREVENTED critical country stability issues in 2018 after I returned from prison. While I commend #KingB @MBuhari for corruption cracking down on past leaders, I felt that some things need to be left alone. Abba Kyari PREVENTED the arrest of OBJ and help release TY
Kyari as the hero I knew him of being, also handed this letter to @femigbaja WARNING lawmakers to go through airport checks for #COVID19. He knew he had it and wanted to prevent the spread. I, therefore, want to urge NIGERIANS especially @aishambuhari to pray for Abba Kyari’s soul.
Veteran Nollywood actress and businesswoman, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has also —apparently— been tamed by the lockdown order and it looks like she’s among us who’s getting a bit bored of it.
She took to her Instagram page few hours ago to announce that she is going for a party. The delectable 42 year old who has been making a joke about going out cause she is bored at home, shared a video from one of her classic movies where she was partying and flexing.
The mother of four captioned the video,
“I told y’all… I’m off to party. Cant come and kill myself!
There are 3 actresses and my bad 2 actors at this party . Name them … and the name of this film ? Sorry.. party
Omotola was obviously trying to be creative and funny with her stunt on Instagram.. Watch the video below,
A Nigerian pastor, Goodheart Val Aloysius has beckoned on authorities to not bury Former Presidential chief of staff so quickly after his death as he says he can resurrect him.
Following the announcement of President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, a Nigerian pastor, Goodheart Val Aloysius who claims he can heal positively tested Covid-19 patients took to his Facebook page to announce that the former president aide shouldn’t be buried yet as he can resurrect him.
Hours before Abba Kyari was eventually laid to rest, Goodheart Val Aloysius wrote on his Facebook page,
JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO THIS PANDEMIC
ABBA KYARI CAN COME BACK TO LIFE….
Let the family of Chief of Staff to the president not be in a hurry to burry Abba Kyari let me be given a chance and in the name of Jesus christ of Nassaret Abba Kyari will live again!!!
I saw all this coming last week I lamented for a chance but was not given because a prophet has no honour in his own country…
Dr Good heart Val is my name a.k.a MY FATHER MY FATHER
Three more coronavirus related deaths have been announced in Lagos State.
This brings the total number of COVID19 related deaths in Lagos to 1
Here’s a tweet that was shared by the commissioner of health, Prof. Akin Abayomi ;
*️⃣32 new #COVID19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 17, 2020. *️⃣Total number of confirmed cases in Lagos now stands at 286. *️⃣Sadly, Lagos has recorded 3 more deaths bringing total number of #COVID19 related deaths in Lagos to 13.
*️⃣32 new #COVID19 cases were confirmed in Lagos on April 17, 2020. *️⃣Total number of confirmed cases in Lagos now stands at 286. *️⃣Sadly, Lagos has recorded 3 more deaths bringing total number of #COVID19 related deaths in Lagos to 13.@jidesanwoolupic.twitter.com/Gx3umO7kds
