Nollywood Actress Nnaji Charity who made headlines months ago with her faceoff with Dubai-based Nigerian businessman Mompha, has taken to her social media page to ask for prayers over a hard time she is currently facing.
The Nollywood actress who hinted on being subjected to domestic violence by attaching #SAYNOTODOMESTICVIOLENCE in her post, stated that she is currently facing what she feared as a single mother and she has no option.
A video making the rounds on social media shows the moment singer and producer, Larry Gaga planted a kiss on reality star, Tacha after they were entangled in a warm embrace.
The reality star was spotted hanging out with Larry on Friday and it appears the reality star is set to make another appearance on a song.
In the video, the record label executive, while placing a kiss on the side of Tacha’s head, referred to her as “His Tacha”.
Recall, Tacha was also seen lending her voice to the singer, Slimcase during a studio session.
The founder and leader of Kharis Church in the United Kingdom, Pastor David Antwi has said that anyone who plays instruments in church and collects money is a thief.
Pastor David Antwi stated this during a church service. He said such a person is satan’s cousin.
Antwi called all the instrumentalists in his church to the front of the congregation and told them that:
“If you play the instruments in church and you collect money, you are a thief,” He said
Pastor David Antwi’s assertion has garnered several reactions on the internet, majorly negative comment with some questioning where this was stated in the bible and a few also questioning his calling.
Many are of the opinion that instrumentalists or musicians working in the church should be paid for their skills.
Watch video below:
You’re a thief if you play church instrument and collect money – Pastor David Antwi pic.twitter.com/NDb1cvqQLP
— Laila Ijeoma | Lailasnews.com (@LailaIjeoma) January 4, 2020
Gospel singer, Sammie Okposo has berated a pastor who claimed that instrumentalist who collect money for playing instruments are thieves.
“You’re a thief if you play church instruments and collect money.” the pastor said.
We understand that the pastor also described them as Satan’s cousins.
Reacting in an Instagram post, Okposo said the pastor’s statement was “uninformed and misguiding”, questioning who ordained him.
“Who is this oh my goodness oh my God who is this please which church is this who is this pastor why why why how can you be making such uninformed and misguided statements????”
“I dont know who you are and i dont know what you said before and after this clip but this clip right here is wrong on every level i have no personal beef with you im not against you
“I’m against this statement and the mindset behind it, some musicians serve as volunteers in their home churches but the ones who decide that they want to get paid cos they do it full time as their main source of lively hood should be paid
“Why are you insulting and publicly shaming professional musicians who work in church and earn a living with their skill calling them thieves????
“And they are satan’s first cousin??? please sir what bible school did you attend that you were taught what you are saying? who ordained you???
“which bible verse/verses can you use to back up what you are saying? ok lets just assume this your theory is correct you that preach in church and collect church money,honourarium,love offering etc”WHAT ARE YOU”??? Smmmmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”
Nollywood actress, Sophia Williams has started off the new year with a Mercedes Benz she got as a gift.
Sharing photo of her new car, Sophia who described the car gift as the best way to start the new year said it left her speechless.
She wrote;
Best way to start the year, am speechless, it’s a gift.. Got this special gift ..somebody wake me up..damn I love this car. Ayeeee Benz gang.. baddest. Too blessed I can see the future so bright
Tatelicious Karigambe-Sandberg, a Sweden-based Zimbabwean socialite and transgender woman has ended her two months relationship with her Nigerian lover, Kelvin Ehigie, after she discovered he “only wanted to marry her because he didn’t have Swedish papers.”
Tatelicious, who is also Human Rights activist for LGBTIQ and HIV & AIDS issues and one of the first Zimbabwean transgender women to go public, also revealed that she was alerted by a Ugandan lady in Stockholm, who Kelvin also allegedly played.
According to her, after she was informed of his Kevin’s impending plans, she searched his properties and found out that he had an expired LMA card and was ought to have left Sweden on the 31st of October 2019 for Italy because of a ‘Dublin Case.’
The heartbroken transgender woman also claimed that during the two months Kevin was with her, she spent almost 10 000 US dollars on him, as he kept on complaining that he was building a house for his family and his mother is disabled.
According to her, she has sent him packing but will continue searching for a loving Nigerian man because she still believes there is an honest Nigerian man who is ready to love her the way she is.
Read her full post below
“Kelvin and I are no longer together. I have ended it today and I have sent him packing BY FORCE.
Just did my research and Kelvin was not in love with me,he wanted to use me to marry him because he didn’t have Swedish papers.
He lied to me that he had Swedish permanent residency but I had a feeling of wanting to go through his things when he was bathing and I found out that he had an expired LMA card where by he was told to go back to Italy because he have a Dublin Case.
I have attached the picture here .He was suppose to leave Sweden on the 31st of October 2019 going back to Italy.
I have also attached the picture of the lady from Uganda called Goolyx who lives in Stockholm who he played and she said its ok for me to post her picture.
I came to my senses when a Ugandan woman called Goolyx in Stockholm reached to me.
This woman stayed with Kelvin for 3 weeks and Kelvin played the love card on her and ended up stealing an ipad for the lady and running away.
So the woman told me to be just careful because Kelvin doesn’t love me but he’s after something .
He was given 3 months to leave Sweden by the immigration so he had decided to use me as his next target to fool and use to get papers.
He never stole from me but he just fooled me using the love card.
I will do a live video when I have healed so that the other lady from Uganda who was played by Kelvin can join me and tell you herself.
Ladies and Gentlemen if you see Kelvin run away because he’s very convincing.
I spend almost 10 000 US dollars on him in 2 months we where together telling me that he was building a house for his family and said his mother is disabled and she need special medication .
I did this out of love but little did I know that it was just a 419.
But that will not stop me looking for love and I will continue searching for a loving Nigerian man because I still believe that there is an honest Nigerian man who is ready to love me the way I am.
A randy artisan identified as Monsuru Adesiyan a.k.a. Oba Idan told Olanike Ali, has been apprehended after deceiving a widow and her two daughters into sleeping with him.
Adesiyan lured the widow into the sacriledgous affair with claims of sleeping with her and her two daughters as the only remedy to avert a looming spiritual attack on her family.
The widow and Adesiyan reportedly began having issues after he continued sleeping with her 19-year-old and 13-year-old daughters, after initially claiming that the ritual which involves cleaning their private parts with a white cloth for a propitiation at a deity’s groove was for a short while.
The leadership of the Odua People’s Congress (OPC) at Iju Station area of Lagos where they live intervened when their issue degenerated into an altercation.
Fakorede Oluifa, a chieftain of OPC in the community said;
“Four days ago, I met the couple (Olanike and Adesiyan) fighting. It was such a big fight and the woman’s daughters from another marriage were crying. She opened up to me that her new ‘husband’ had been sleeping with her two daughters on the pretext that he wanted to fortify them against evil and help cure her only son of his mysterious illness.
“We wanted to apprehend Monsuru (Adesiyan), but he ran away from home. However, yesterday, he neaked into the house and wanted to take the girls away so they would not reveal to us how he had been violating them and subjecting them to sacrilegious sexual intercourse.
“We, however, intercepted him and he opened up on how he had been sleeping with the two girls and wiping their private parts with a white cloth for evil purposes.”
Confessing to the sad act, Adesiyan said he believed sleeping with the girls with the consent of their mother was the only solution to her son’s illness.
He said;
“My name is Monsuru Adesiyan. I am a mechanic by profession and a native of Akufo village in Ibadan, Oyo State. I have two children, a boy and a girl, with my former wife who died some years ago. I started dating this woman (Olanike) about six months ago and we live at Crossing area of Agbado (Lagos).
“Her only son, named Mathew, was sick and I consulted one of my brothers, Fabunmi, who is a herbalist, and he said the solution to the boy’s mysterious illness was for me to sleep with his older sisters, Morenikeji and Opeyemi, for seven days.
“My brother said that I would have to wipe the girls’ private parts with a white cloth which I must bring before a deity for propitiation.
“I have since been sleeping with the girls with the consent of their mother (who is also pregnant for him). I discouraged their mother from taking them to their father’s funeral by telling her that they would be attacked by evil people who are members of their father’s family.’’
On if he will be happy if anyone defiled his daughter same way he violated the girls and their mother, he said;
‘’I won’t be happy if anyone violates my eight-year-old daughter.’’
On their own part, 13-year-old Morenikeji and her 19-year-old sister Opeyemi said they initially refused sleeping with Adesiyan but yielded to it after their mother said it was the only solution to their brother’s ill-health.
Opeyemi said;
“I used to be a teacher in a private school in Ibadan, Oyo State. I was living with my late father’s younger brother.
“Suddenly, my mother visited me and told me that a member of my father’s family was using my glory and disturbing my siblings spiritually. She told me that I might run mad if certain atonement involving spiritual cleansing was not done for me.
“She said the spiritual cleansing would involve Monsuru (Adesiyan) sleeping with me. I was shocked that she could yield to such a distasteful arrangement. I was reluctant about it but my mother continued to persuade me until I gave in to Monsuru. My mother said he would sleep with me for four days only for Monsuru to change the timing to one week. He has slept with me for two weeks now. He made love to me and my sister every day until the situation became unbearable and I cried out and threatened to return to Ibadan.
“It was in the midst of the altercations that OPC operatives got to know that Monsuru had been having an affair with us, against our wish.’’
Also speaking to The Nation correspondent, Morenikeji said;
“Monsuru has already impregnated our mother. I am 13 years old and was a virgin until he forcibly made love to me.
“He had accompanied my mother to where my younger brother, Mathew, was receiving treatment for prolonged cough.
“He told my mother that my brother’s illness was beyond the ordinary, noting that my late father’s relations were behind it.
“By then, my father was receiving treatment for swollen legs which later led to his death. He moved in with my mother at my father’s house in Fagba area of Iju Station, a Lagos suburb, and said the only solution to my brother’s sickness was for him to sleep with me and my elder sister. He used our mother to lure us into the plan and said he would have sex with me for just three days but later changed it to one month. He was making love to me morning, afternoon and night. We want Nigerians to save us from him o.’’
The mother of the two girls who admitted being pregnant for the Lagos-based auto mechanic, said she was deceived into believing that certain people were after her and her children.
She said;
“Monsuru (Adesiyan) said his brother, a herbalist, told him to make love to my daughters as a solution to my son’s sickness, and to prevent those responsible for my husband’s death from attacking my children and I.
“I asked him to allow me to speak with his brother on the telephone but he refused. He tricked me into believing that my little son’s blood had been sucked dry by unseen evil forces and that making love to my daughters would heal my son, hence, I reluctantly agreed. He said he would wipe my daughters’ private part with a white cloth that he would subsequently take to a shrine for atonement. I reluctantly agreed because he said my son would die if I refused to approve of his intervention. He said that I would also vomit blood and die if I told anyone about him having sex with my daughters.
‘’We started dating shortly after my husband died in July (2019) and he discouraged me from taking my children to my husband’s funeral. He said that some persons behind my husband’s death would attack me at the funeral.’’
OPC authorities in the community said the randy artisan will be taken to the Red Brick Police Division in Iju.
Celebrity blogger, Linda Ikeji has joined the rest of the world in releasing her new year resolution as the new year begins
She made this known via her Instagram page on Friday, 3rd December.
My motto this year and going forward is to stay happy and enjoy life no matter what! I’m not giving anyone the power to take away my joy! And you know what they say about ‘you only live once’. ?. . . I have no plans to waste energy on things I can’t control. People can do or say whatever they want, but I’m just going to concentrate on my life, my dreams and my blessings. I am not thinking of anyone who’s not thinking of me and I’m not loving anyone who’s not loving me..lol. If you’re kind to me, I’ll be more kind to you, if you’re unkind, then I’ll let the universe handle you. I plan to move on fast from bad situations and stay away from negative people and bad energy. If I cancel you, you will stay cancelled. . I plan to laugh more, dance more, see the world more and take more chances. I hope to be more humble, more prayerful, more grateful. And although I’ve achieved quite a bit, I plan to keep my hunger for more and my hustling spirit alive. . I also plan to stay loyal to those who are loyal to me, help those who deserve it, and make more dreams come through. Oh, and I definitely plan to be sexier going forward more than ever before ??. This is a new decade. I’m doing me, my own way! What about you? What’s your moto, your plans? Any new decade resolutions?
President Buhari on Friday, said Nigerians should not continue going abroad for medical treatment. Punchng.com reports.
“Nigerians have suffered so much going abroad for medical treatment. This is not good for us and it must stop because we can’t afford it again,” he said.
The President, who himself had traveled to the United Kingdom for treatment on several occasions, stated this at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, during the inauguration and handover of completed projects to the management of the hospital.
He explained that the project was executed to check flooding and gully erosion in the hospital
The President, who was represented at the event by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, lamented the devastating effects of flooding in the South-East geo-political zone, saying the intervention project would bring relief to the hospital, the state and its neighbours.
Actress, Grace Ama, has been in the movie industry for quite some time but keen observers would agree that she hasn’t been as regular on the silver screen as she used to.
Speaking on her absence from the movie industry in a chat with Saturday Beats, Ama noted that she came into the industry when social media had not gained grounds.
“I’m glad that I’m still in the minds of people. I still get people that ask me, ‘what happened to you?’ It is unfortunate that Nollywood is full of envy and all sorts,” she said.
The actress, who has been in Nollywood for over two decades, but keeps a low profile on the popular photo-sharing app, Instagram, stated that sharing one’s problems on social media would either compound it or get one the attention one desire.
Ama said,
“Sometimes, social media could be helpful and at times, it should not be a go-to place to talk about one’s problems. There are times in one’s life that one has to deal with so many things.
“Many people are used to social media that they want to put out everything about themselves for the world to know. You don’t even know where those challenges are coming from and the moment you go public, you make the culprits know that their plans have worked and they have succeeded.
“You either get the attention you want or it becomes worse for you. When you put it out there and the people you think should have come to your aid didn’t do that, it becomes a problem.
“As for me, I deal with my problems differently. I am not a social media person, I guard my private life and try as much as possible to tackle my problems privately. I have close people that I can reach out to but I pray it never gets to the stage where I would have to go on social media to let people know that things have gone bad for me.
“A lot of things are happening but it takes the spirit of discernment to understand what the world is all about. The world does not want to know that you are doing well. Leave social media. All those things are rubbish; once the chips are down, the people you think are your followers would turn their backs on you.”
It’s no longer news that American rapper and mother of one, Cardi B says she’s filing for her Nigerian citizenship.
The rapper who recently visited Nigeria, described the move by the US president as ‘the dumpest”, stressing that he is putting Americans lives in danger — Hence her decision to file for Nigerian citizenship.
“Naaaaa these memes are fuckin ?? ?but shit ain’t no joke ! Specially being from New York .Its sad this man is putting Americans live in danger. Dumbest move Trump did till date …I’m filing for my Nigerian citizenship, she wrote via Twitter.”
Reacting to the tweet, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission said “we can’t wait to recieve” Cardi B.
She tweeted thus: @iamcardib . As one in charge of the Diaspora for Ngr, We can’t wait to receive you again. Our doors are open, sister. And you need to talk a walk through the Door of Return in Badagry . It’s an indescribable experience .
Controversial Nigerian rapper, Naira Marley has reacted to the decision of American rapper, Cardi B to apply for Nigeria’s citizenship.
Yesterday, the American rapper revealed her intention to apply for Nigerian citizenship following the killing of Iran military leader by a United States airstrike in Iraq.
Reacting to the situation, Naira Marley has offered to help the American rapper with the registration procedure.
Former BBNaija reality TV show, Khloe has stated that she has already failed the year 2020.
She made this known on Instastories showing a screenshot of her reply to a post from someone pledging never to masturbate in the year 2020.
Sharing the post, she insert and inscription that reads ;
I have failed 2020 already, sorry maybe 2021.
See her post below ;
Khloe is not the only celebrity who has given up on 2020 as Juliet Ibrahim also revealed she’d already failed her resolution, just three days into the year ( Read Here ICYMI)
A Nigerian employee working in Texas, USA, was asked to leave because she was wearing a hijab. .
Folake Adebola, 22, revealed that she felt “disrespected” when her manager and her co-workers at the Chicken Express restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas, asked her to take off the hijab.
She revealed she converted to Islam in August and was hired by Chicken Express in October. She said she told her co-workers she would start wearing a hijab soon. .
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But when she started wearing it on Monday, she said, she was not welcomed by her co-workers.
See her tweet below ;
I converted to Islam not too long ago and I started wearing my hijab, I went to work today and was kicked out because my hijab was not apart the “ dress code” apparently and I wasn’t allowed to wear it. Don’t come to the chicken express in Fort Worth!! pic.twitter.com/xiulAEJS8y
Former President of the United States of America, Barack Obama is having the best holiday in Hawaii.
Obama, 58, appeared to be enjoying himself in the water when he was photographed around noon on January 2, standing atop a light-colored paddleboard and paddling himself around, while wearing an $84 ‘shark deterrent band’ around his ankle.
A Nigerian Up and coming singer, H2owaterofficial, has taken to his social media page to react to a trending video of Pastor Adeboye praying for staff of a construction company to successfully finish a work they’d been contracted to do.
Sharing the video, he wrote;
PST E.A Adeboye praying for Julius Berger to finish the Lagos Ibadan Expressway, I really commend this act as the Bible commands us to pray for those in authority. God bless you Daddy G.O.
But on another angle, weren’t Julius Berger duly paid for this job? If they can’t do it why did they collect it? I think they should just do it for free and collect the blessing of the man of God.
Media Personality, Emma Ugolee has shared a personal story with the aim of passing a message across to his followers.
Emma revealed that he once loved a woman and asked her out but she refused him. He later discovered that she loved him too but was reluctant to date him because she feared he’d die from the kidney related ailment he was battling.
He recently reconnected with a mutual friend who informed him that his crush has died after her intestines got twisted.
Sharing a photo of a 94-year-old Nigerian woman, who is the oldest Nigerian living with the Sickle Cell Disorder, he wrote:
“Caught deep feelings for this girl in 2012. Could have sworn it was mutual but she said we couldn’t be. I got rid of every means of communication just so i could heal.
Ran into her good friend months later. She calls me “my inlaw” as usual & I go “go joor. Inlaw wey una fashi” .
She holds my hands, pulls me to the side & says with pain in her voice & sincerity in her eyes: “i swear Emma she loved you. She told me that much but she was scared of being in love with you today & you die tomorrow”
If i tell you that this news didn’t break me, ill be lying. Meehn! It cut deep. “Emma na you be this? Kidney wahala” All l could say. But really you can’t judge her for her valid fears.
Late 2018 this same friend was tagged on a post i made. We joyfully reconnected but no “my inlaw” hailing.
My question “How is our wife?” was met with silence. Then came the words “I’m sorry Emma she passed 5years ago”
First time ever i heard of a medical condition where intestines could get twisted. ? I felt pain. That was in October or so
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Thought about it today and was grateful to God for the undeserved kindness of still letting me breath 8yrs later & as that thought passed, came the one that motivated this message
Human analysis, expectations, predictions, patterns or norms, have no business with how tomorow would turn out for you.
Whatever they say today about your chances of making it is so irrelevant.
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So i promised me to never make the mistake of being certain that anybody would end in a certain way. Seeing that I am not holier than any whose journeys have ended and thus wise enough to understand that logic does not explain the sustaining power of grace.
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The fact that a pattern surrounds you, does not mean your future has been moulded by it. Your confidence, your vision, aspiration & motivation must tower above your environment at all times as you declare with faith that “your case would be different.”
Media Personality, Grace Ajilore is living the best life and glowing with pregnancy, new photos suggest.
TheUK-based Nigerian VLogger who is expecting her first child, shared these new photos on her Instagram page yesterday.
Sharing the photos, she wrote ;
Everything is as if I’m dreaming, Thank you to my heena supporters you guys are the reason I’m still here love you so much. Hubby and baby send their love too
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has alleged that Christians in Nigeria enjoy more holidays than Muslims in Nigeria.
MURIC made this assertion in a statement released on Friday morning while reacting to claims made by CAN that Christians are being persecuted in the country. MURIC in its statement said the number of public holidays including New Year day being enjoyed by Christians is proof that Christians are more favoured than Muslims.
MURIC’s statement signed by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, reads;
As Nigerian Christians joined their counterparts throughout the world to celebrate the New Year on Wednesday, 1st January, 2020, an Islamic human rights organization has alleged lopsidedness, partiality and persecution of Muslims in the manner the Nigerian government dishes out its holidays.
Rising from an emergency meeting where it deliberated on the latest allegation of persecution by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has insisted that the last public holiday which was declared by the Federal Government on 1st January, 2020, has exposed CAN as a body which enjoys shedding crocodile tears. This was contained in a press statement circulated on Friday, 3rd January, 2020, by the director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
MURIC said in the statement, “CAN claims it is being persecuted but fails to substantiate its allegation in concrete terms. However, the last holiday of Wednesday, 1st January, 2020 which is an annual event has exposed CAN. Nigerian Christians enjoy the New Year holiday on the 1st of January every year even without asking for it because that was the arrangement made by the British colonial master. But CAN still claims ‘persecution’ even though it is placed at an advantaged position.
“Nigerian Christians have 1st January to enjoy their first day of the year. Nobody can deny that this happened two days ago. But when the Muslims’ first day of the year comes (1st Muharram), there will be no holiday. When will CAN put itself in the Muslims’ shoes? Or rather when, indeed, will the Nigerian government give the Muslims what the colonial master denied them but gave the Christians? When will the Muslims get justice in this country? Here is persecution of Muslims that even CAN cannot deny. It happened just two days ago and we all saw it? Or is the granting of holiday for a Christian occasion and the denial of same to Muslims another form of persecution of CAN?
“Christians have five out of the eight holidays enjoyed by Nigerians. Muslims have three only. Yet CAN claims persecution. Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year Day, Easter Monday and Good Friday are all for Christians. We dare CAN to deny it. Are these not concrete priviledges enjoyed by Christians? Are the five holidays we mention here mere fallacies? Muslims only have three, namely, Id al-Kabiir, Id al-Fitr and Maulud an-Nabiyy. Is there any mathematical inexactitude in our calculation? Should CAN be complaining at all with this kind of setting?
“We make bold to say that CAN knows what it is doing. The Christian body knows that it has an edge over the Muslims as it enjoys everything it needs and even more. CAN knows that it is the Muslims who are denied certain fundamental human rights but it is determined to maintain the status quo. The modus operandi adopted by CAN to ensure that Muslims never get their rights is to perpetually cry out with claims of persecution and also to oppose every attempt to give Muslims their rights.
“This game played itself out when Shariah was introduced in some Northern states from 1979 onwards. They claimed it was an attempt to Islamise Nigeria. Shariah was introduced and nobody changed the country’s nomenclature to ‘Islamic Republic of Nigeria’. CAN did the same thing when Islamic banking was about to be introduced. Cries of Islamisation rented the air. Islamic banking arrived but we are yet to see how it has Islamised anyone. This was repeated on the issue of sukuk (Islamic bonds) and both Christians and Muslims are benefiting from the Islamic sukuk today.
“MURIC will not be deterred from pursuing Islamic liberation theology to a logical conclusion in Nigeria. We assert clearly, categorically and unequivocally that Muslims are in bondage in this country. Why should one group get all the honey in the land while the other is ignored? We demand equal rights and justice. We demand parity, particularly on the issue of holidays. Christian 1st January is just 24 hours and the Muslim 1st Muharram is no less. Why should the Federal Government recognize one and deny the other?
“Just two days ago, we joined other Nigerians in sending goodwill messages to our Christian neighbours. Governments at federal and state levels felicitated with Nigerians on that occasion. Parastatals and important dignitaries also congratulated Nigerians. MURIC also issued a statement greeting Christians in Nigeria. We do this every year despite the fact that our own 1st Muharram is not recognized. But nobody will remember Muslims on 1st Muharram. Is this fair?
“‘When beggars die, there are no comets seen. The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes…’ William Shakespeare was right when he put those words on the lips of Calpunia, the wife of Julius Caeser as she begged her husband not to venture out on the ides of March. Isn’t this very germane to the issue on ground? The drums are rolled out by government on 1st January. But they are conspiratorially silent on 1st Muharram. Is this justice? Are we really working for enduring peace in this country? What have the Muslims done to deserve this treatment?
“It is important to note that even the three holidays enjoyed by Muslims were reluctantly given after several years of post-independence. There were no holidays for Islamic festivals in colonial days. It was that bad.
“To add salt to injury, the Federal Government has never responded in spite of a deluge of petitions received from Muslims. MURIC has been demanding 1st Muharram holiday since its formation in 1994 (26 years). It is highly provocative. It is dereliction of duty on the part of government. A father who gives preferential treatment to its children is not uniting the family. Is government waiting until the demand snowballs into another struggle? MURIC will not partake in that. But what does it cost government to take a bold stand on this matter? It is not about the Buhari government per se. Successive administrations have failed to address the issue.
“Already, some state governments have recognized 1st Muharram, mostly from the North. Osun under Rauf Aregbesola (current Minister of Internal Affairs) and Oyo under Isiaka Ajimobi also did and heaven did not fall. So what stops the Federal Government from taking the cue? By the way, Muslims in those two states of the South West have written the names of those two former governors in letters of gold.
“The question now is: how does President Muhammadu Buhari want to be remembered by Nigerian Muslims? Can the declaration of 1st Muharram as a public holiday be a drift towards Islamisation? Predictably, yes, particularly by CAN. But we can take the wind out of their sail by placing 1st January and 1st Muharram parri passu. The public no longer takes CAN serious anyway.
“MURIC wishes to put the Federal Government on notice. The next 1st Muharram will fall on Thursday, 20th August, 2020. The government has a whole eight months to plan and prepare its mind. It also has an extra three days in the third week in August to declare Thursday a holiday in recognition of 1st Muharram. To be or not to be? That is the question. MURIC does not issue ultimatum. Neither is threat in our character. We are a dialogue-loving body. But the government’s body language will tell Nigerian Muslims what to do and whoever thinks the Muslims of Nigeria are still the same as they were five years ago will be making a gross miscalculation.
“As we sign out, we remind the Federal Government that it is high time it listened to the Muslims’ demand for the declaration of 1st Muharram as a public holiday in parity with 1st January public holiday. CAN has no moral right to claim persecution as Nigerian Christians enjoy five holidays while their Muslim counterparts have three only. FG should promote unity and patriotism by treating all equally. Neither should government allow one group to lord it over the other.”
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
Vloggers, Tana Mongeau and Jake Paul have ended their marriage just five months after tying the knot in Las Vegas.
The social media stars, aged 21 and 22 respectively, who tied the knot back in July in Las Vegas in a non legally binding wedding, announced the end of their marriage via their Instagram pages on Thursday, January 3, 2020.
Tana wrote: ‘ok I don’t rly know how to do a “we’re taking a break” post & this is weird as f***… I’m happy to still be able to sit with Jake and laugh as we do this- but for right now we both are taking a break to focus on our own very crazy lives… I’ll never know what the future holds and I will always love Jake and everything we did.
Jake, who is the brother of fellow YouTuber Logan Paul also wrote on his page: ‘As Tana and I sit next to each other writing captions about taking a break we’re literally laughing at how crazy and stupid the past couple months have been and cracking jokes at how silly this all seems. I’m keeping custody of Thor but Tana, unfortunately, gets my Lamborghini ‘I wouldn’t change anything that happened.. we’re best friends and right now it’s best for us to focus on our lives & see what the future holds. (p.s our friends started playing sad music while we were writing these captions and we all started laughing our asses off.. this is bitter sweet but it’s what’s best for us right now) the last thing we wanna see is fan pages speculating “what happened” we truly just need a second to focus on our own lives and ourselves. luv u mongeau.
American hip-hop star and mother of one, Cardi B, has revealed she might be kicking reoff the process to file for a Nigerian Citizenship as soon as possible.
Recall Cardi had the time of her life when she visited the West-African Country in December 2019 and she’s had nothing but positive reviews about the people and the country and it seems she may return anytime soon.
Her tweet reads ;
Naaaaa these memes are fuckin ?? ?but shit ain’t no joke ! Specially being from New York .Its sad this man is putting Americans live in danger.Dumbest move Trump did till date …I’m filing for my Nigerian citizenship.
Cardi’s decision is coming after the U.S President, Donald Trump ordered an assassination that has been deemed as an act of war and might have repercussions on the American people.
A section of the popular Ogbete market in Enugu state was destroyed by fire today Friday January 3rd. Luckily, Men of the state fire service were there to help put out the fire.
Mrs Bola Adeeko, mother of Owolabi Adeeko who killed and ate the body parts of 22-year-old Favour Daley-Oladele, a final year Theatre Arts student of the Lagos State University, has shared her own side of the story.
According to the school decorator, she approached Pastor Segun Philip for prayers over the hardship she has been experiencing in her family. Mrs Adeeko disclosed that after a brief session with the White Garment Church Pastor, she was given a soap to bath with after which she was asked to return to the hotel room where food will be brought to her.
The suspect’s mother disclosed that she didn’t know that the soap she bathed with and the local delicacy she ate, were prepared with human body parts.
Mrs Adeeko said in the viral video that her son betrayed her trust even though they began the “journey” together.
Daughter of Billionaire and Nigerian ace disc jockey, Dj Cuppy has revealed why she has remained single for so long.
Within the past few months, the “Gelato” singer has been spotted with several good looking men and this made fans to conclude that she must have a man in her life.
However, to the shock of fans, she revealed that she is still very much single and ready to mingle. The reason for staying was not revealed by Cuppy but fans were hoping she would get into a relationship soon.
A female fan, still in awe that a woman like Cuppy would still be single. Dj Cuppy responded saying she’s single because good men are scarce these days.
A family in Ibadan, Oyo state has been thrown into mourning after three of their children were burnt to death in a fire outbreak that occured in the early hours of today January 3rd.
According to reports, the couple and their children reside in an apartment located at Ehin Grammar Area of Molete, Ibadan. On Thursday night, the wife who is popularly known as Iya Ara, had gone to work as she is said to be on night duty while the husband locked the children inside the house and went away with the key. Although the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, it spread so fast, causing the children to be trapped in the apartment.
The eldest, of the children, it was gathered was a secondary school student whose name was given as Glory while the two others were said to be in primary school.
The police arrived the scene of the incident this morning and have evacuated their cahrred bodies to the morgue.
Celebrity blogger, Linda Ikeji has gushed over her son, Jaycee Jeremy, by sharing a picture where he is flexing his muscles.
According to Linda Ikeji, she believes her son would turnout to be a ladies man at the rate at which he’s going.
“You guys biko see the muscle on my 15 months old son…??. Looking like someone who goes to the gym..??. Choi, women go rush this my pikin when he grow up o!”, she wrote.
Linda who is said to be rich in tune of a billion, also revealed that her son is yet to have a nanny. According to her, she and her mum have been playing that role.
Popular Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie has stated that God took our time to create her and it was done on the day he rested.
The actress made this known via a post on Instagram where she showered praises on God for coming through for her and shaming the devil.
Angela Okorie shared:
“I Agree that God took out time to create me, the day He rested That’s why am the Apple of his eyes Men may not understand how you showed Up when there is no possibility of help from No where I am Grace VERIFIED A touch not entity His Grace is sufficient for me and my family Chaiiiii Devil you are indeed a Liar 2020 for me is a year of Testimonies How good you have been to me Only you deserve all my praise And worship. I can’t thank you enough Jesus you love me too much ooooo God you too much”
