Top notch Nigerian singer, Davido was spotted having a prayer session with his crew members moments before his show and the fact that one of his crew is seen holding an Hennessy bottle, has had netizens in talks.
The singer and his crew members are seen embracing each other as he says a word of prayer but the Hennessy bottle in the hand of one of his 3BG has made some people consider their prayers void.
While some react sarcastically to the scene, others feel there isn’t a problem with the alcoholic drink during the prayer as ‘God connects with the soul and not the flesh’.
To understand how much fear Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo inspires in the subject of our next interview; we will tell you how much censoring we had to concede to get the interview we share today. It took significant motivation to even get our interviewee in the right frame of mind to tell her story, sitting quietly with her as she was forced to process the trauma of her experience in front of a crew of strangers.
We were initially supposed to obscure her face, but she felt so unsettled by the possibility of being recognized, we eventually blurred most of her visible frame. We had a box of tissues handy, because retelling her story overwhelmed her, even now when the majority seems in support of her.
She tells the story honestly, on the hope that her story will build on the impact of Busola Dakolo and Ese Walter’s stories and shed more light on the crimes of an alleged serial rapist and the system that enables him.
This interview is paraphrased, to listen to X tell her story herself watch the video below.
THE FIRST SIGN
The first time X was given a glimpse into the reality of the Fatoyinbo’s was in 2013. She was just a fringe member and church worker at the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) Abuja, when the Ese Walter story broke, first on her blog, then on spreading like wildfire on the internet. X hadn’t started working closely with the pastor and his wife at that time and she remembers clearly waking up early to prepare for her day job.
She picked up her phone to check the morning news and saw the story about Ese Walter and immediately felt the weight of its implications. Her infallible pastor had abused his authority, had an affair with a church worker and defiled his matrimonial bed.
She was shocked and struggled to make sense of the story because it didn’t mark any of the boxes about she believed constituted rape or coercion. Ese didn’t consider herself a victim in the traditional sense, her narrative suggested a tinge of self congratulation, she didn’t seem sorry about her part in the affair. X eventually dismissed Walter’s story, filing it away as some kind of bizarre smear campaign. And it was easy for her because she was the ‘average’ COZA member.
After 4 years of serving within the church, she’d come to share the near rabid adoration COZA members have for Fatoyinbo. They were bombarded with the message that their proximity to the pastor made them special and being chosen in this way made people who weren’t chosen jealous and vindictive. X felt encouraged to only follow other COZA members on social media and prioritize business and personal relationships with them.
She felt encouraged to shun all outsiders, to see them as interlopers who didn’t understand the message and were looking only to sabotage Fatoyinbo and the church. Ese Walter was even worse, she was a member who had defected and wanted to tarnish the image of the church. It was easy to dismiss Ese Walter, especially as the church framed her testimony as an attempt to discredit the church, which was moving to a larger, permanent venue at the time. The Devil was trying to sabotage Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo’s ministry and Jesus would triumph. She pushed away the incident and allowed herself be consumed with immersing herself in COZA.
At this point X had spent 4 years in the church. She joined in 2009, this was in Abuja and the church’s only music team Avalanche offered her sanctuary. She had no relationship with the Fatoyinbo’s at that time but she was already in their orbit, as most of the church members who serve in public positions like the choir are. She had grown up in a conventional christian family but had never experienced the fervor and devotion to Christian doctrine that defined fundamentalist christians.
Pentecostal Christianity was an answer to her questions she had and COZA met her desire for validation and awareness. There was a deliberateness in COZA, and attention to detail that was striking to X, and it was fascinating enough that she joined and stayed from 2009 to 2015, serving in the music group. She was comfortable but wanted more.
But in 2015, things would become more intense. Fatoyinbo’s wife Modele took an interest in her. She began to extend opportunities for X to work intimately with her, handing her small responsibilities in the church’s administration and graduating into the opportunity to care for the Fatoyinbo’s youngest son Ephraim. X and Ephraim developed a special bond; they would spend time together on Sundays ambling around Abuja, visiting child friendly parks and sharing all the experiences the city could offer to children. Sundays were especially hectic for the family and having Ephraim cared for in this way, was presented as a relief to Modele. X felt special, because it was common knowledge that the Fatoyinbo’s children were sequestered from the rest of the congregation and rarely interacted with them on a personal level. For Modele to grant X access in this way, first with Ephraim and then to the rest of their children was an impressive move to disarm her. She began to tutor them in their academics, growing closer with the children to the point where Modele broached the subject of if X would relocate outside the country and become a legal guardian for the children as the Fatoyinbo’s toyed with the idea of sending their children abroad for their education.
NOTHING SAYS I TRUST YOU MORE THAN ‘YOU CAN WATCH MY KIDS’
It was known across the church branches that the Fatoyinbos carefully guarded access to their children, so anyone who was granted access in this way was exalted. Women and girls chosen in this way were referred to as ‘choice daughters’. It was a term reserved for teenage girls X believes are being groomed but were also extended to young women. Being granted this access also implied that whoever was chosen needed to reciprocate with an increased level of loyalty. When Modele Fatoyinbo suggested X move across continents to become an au pair for her children, she didn’t hesitate. At this point, she had been caring for the Fatoyinbo children for a year (2015 – 2016) and had grown incredibly close to them. X believes had Modele had given her this access to groom her on Biodun’s behalf.
X didn’t see the red flags because the opportunity was in line with her desire to do more within the church and kept the bond she had made with Fatoyinbo’s children. Traveling abroad was an extra perk. X didn’t really consider the fact that relocating to another country with the Fatoyinbo’s and working for their organization put her entirely under their mercy. That gave them a significant amount of power over her, power that would eventually lead to her exploitation and alleged rape.
A SPIRITUAL FATHER’S BETRAYAL
Before long, she was living abroad, in one of the cities where the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) has branches across the world. Modele had done the job of hiring her but X’s position also required her to work closely with Pastor Biodun, who visited her city regularly to minister to his congregation there and spend time with his children who were schooling in the city. The day the incident happened, she had found out that Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo had come into the country where she lived, working for the COZA branch and serving as an au pair for the Fatoyinbos. The pastor traveled the world as part of his duties as head pastor and she had spent many hours in close proximity to the pastor in the past, sometimes in her capacity as an au pair.
At this time she considered him a mentor and a father figure. So it didn’t seem weird to her to go see the pastor at home. She had come to the house many times, she was familiar with the terrain and had made many deeply cherished memories there bonding with Fatoyinbo’s wife Modele and their children, especially the oldest, Shindara. Pastor Biodun had started their meeting innocently enough, he talked about something to do with church. Things moved pretty swiftly from there. She was seated on a long couch, and he left his seat and came to sit on her couch. He moved swiftly, trying to pull her into a hug and kiss her.
She remembers thinking to herself, “I had known him, not only as a mentor but as a spiritual leader. I’ve heard him preach, I’ve heard him talk about God; and there I was, about to witness him do the complete opposite of what he stood for.”
She also remembers what she was wearing that day, a pair of navy blue jeans, and remembers him trying to peel them off her legs. She kept asking him to stop, appealing to his conscience as her spiritual father but he didn’t listen. He undid the buttons of her jeans and took off her trousers. It was a couch and there was space to wiggle, but she didn’t even think to grab anything she could use as a weapon. She was just too shocked to react, he had just put his hands into her underwear.
X was someone who has had to fight a lot of unwanted sexual advances her entire life and up to that point she believed she had gained enough experience at spotting worrying behaviour. She felt guilt for ignoring her own instincts and felt like a failure for finding herself in the very position she’d fought so hard to avoid.
“Just relax.” He said, as he took off his trousers and forced her legs apart, convinced he had her subdued.
All through the period where he allegedly raped her, she tried to reconcile the person she called her spiritual father with the man on top of her. He was nothing like the charismatic, thoughtful and empathetic leader, who took his time to ensure she felt comfortable around him. This person was feral, focused in his attempt to subdue her. After, he switched seamlessly back into the pastor she knew, apologizing as though he wasn’t the one who had inflicted pain on her. He was so impassioned, so emphatic about not wanting to hurt her that she immediately began to minimize his actions, like she had done something to trigger this kind of behaviour, to inspire this kind of violence. He walked her to the door and sent her on her way, convinced she would not talk. And she didn’t, she stayed silent and he returned to Nigeria and his Abuja congregation.
After her alleged rape, it became starkly clear how much power over her life she had relinquished to the Fatoyinbos. There she was, at the mercy of the church, dependent on them financially for her sustenance, shelter and community.
The alleged rape happened in the last quarter of 2017, but she stayed on working within the church till July of the following year. It helped that Fatoyinbo had to shepherd his Nigerian congregation and could only spend limited amounts of time in the city in which she lived at the time. The distance gave her enough detachment to wean herself off survival mode. Her life revolved around the church, so there was nowhere to return but there. So she did, performed her duties, interacted with other team workers and volunteers, unable to admit to anyone the violent alleged rape she had just experienced.
Jolted into consciousness, the fervor of the congregation and other church members disillusioned her. She’d been one of them in 2013 and she knew how they would react to any kind of accusation against the pastor. The alleged rape had shaken her faith and forced her to reevaluate everything she knew about God and Pentecostal Christianity. The distance gave her time to process her circumstance and plan her exist strategy.
TYING UP LOOSE ENDS
In 2018, when she still abroad, one of her friends from Nigeria called her out of the blue. They hadn’t spoken in a while and her friend seemed concerned. She told her Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo had called her to ask for X’s number, that he didn’t have it anymore and he had been trying to reach her. At this point, X hadn’t told no one about what had happened to her, and couldn’t explain that she hadn’t wanted her to give the pastor her number. 10 minutes later, Pastor Fatoyinbo would call her, conciliatory. He was somewhere in America, she didn’t have his number but caller ID put his location at Colorado.
‘I know you are angry with me,’
He didn’t bother to clarify, because they both knew what he was talking about. They had spent months without communication and his surprise call and the apology that would follow rang of dishonesty. He refused to address thealleged rape directly, instead vaguely referencing the act and repeating that X ‘knew his heart’. As soon as the call was over, she realised a couple of her other friends from Nigeria were calling her to tell her about a public post singer, Timi Dakolo had made in Nigeria, accusing an Abuja pastor of sexual misconduct. It didn’t take much to connect Fatoyinbo’s call to his Instagram call out, and recognize it for the attempt at damage control that it was. If she had any doubts about Fatoyinbo’s nature, those events completely eliminated them.
It took her a couple of months but she raised her money for her flight back to Nigeria and funds to reintegrate and then sent Fatoyinbo a DM on Instagram about needing to have a work related meeting with him. He called her later, insisting that she find a place where she was alone before they spoke. She informed him that she was ready to move on, She was still a staff of the church, and wanted to leave on good terms. Fatoyinbo conceded but asked that she meet with him when she came back to Nigeria before she made her exit official.
By the time X returned to Nigeria, Timi Dakolo had made his second Instagram post accusing Fatoyinbo of sexual misconduct. She heard about the post but didn’t know the details. Fatoyinbo insisted on the meeting, and ensured she put her phone away before he offered a third vague apology for raping her and mentioned unsolicited, Timi Dakolo’s post, suggesting that Busola had seduced him and ‘something had happened’ but he hadn’t known she was a teenager and he had no idea why she was trying to sabotage his ministry. It made sense to her, her entire life for 8 years until that point had revolved around the church and many of the important people in her life she had met through the church.
‘Is there anything you want me to do for you?’ He asked.
From his tone, she could tell he was suggesting financial compensation as a way to ensure her silence. X had no plans to speak up in that moment, but she also had no interest in taking anything else from him. He insisted that if she changed her mind, she should reach out. She reassured him she wouldn’t and left. Now that she had left the church on good terms, she felt she could finally tell her closest friends about the alleged rape.
She couldn’t bear to have the conversation over and over, so she made a conference call and told her friends in tandem what had happened to her. She needed them to be there for her in the days she could not have been there for herself. She wanted to be the girl who was bold, who took down the bad guy, but there were so many other people in the story, people who would question the validity of her story because of her proximity to the Fatoyinbo family, people on the internet who would reduce her pain to funny gifs. She was convinced that if her friends knew, that would be enough for her.
But Busola Dakolo coming forward to talk about her experience with Pastors Biodun and Modele Fatoyinbo brought a number of things into stark focus for her. First, that there was a pattern where Modele either deliberately or inadvertently drew young women into her orbit and groomed them into a complacency that Biodun Fatoyinbo allegedly exploited to allegedly rape and sexually assault them. Second, there were pastors who were aware of the violence and exploitation that Fatoyinbo was accused of wreaking and either kept quiet about it or enabled it. He called them ‘The COZA 12’, pastors and religious leaders within and outside the church to which Fatoyinbo publicly defers to. Third, she had to tell her story and free herself of the burden of shame.
X had devoted her life to COZA from 2009 to 2018, and suffered for it. To truly free herself of its hold, she had to speak her truth.
Controversial Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels‘ marriage to a billionaire, seems to have taken everyone’s mind off the fact that she’s still an undergrad student.
In a new development, the thespian has been spotted ‘studying’ hard for her forthcoming exams in the Igbinedion University Okada (IUO), near Benin City, Edo State.
According to reports, the newly wed had missed a whole semester due to her wedding shenanigans – she’s soon to sit for exams and in an Instagram post recently, Regina shared cute photos of herself as she announced that she stayed up all night studying for her final papers.
Popular Ghanaian actress and OAP, Efia Odo, has stated that Ghanaian movie directors don’t know how to shoot sex scenes.
The OAP who was suicidal months ago after it was reported that she had threesome sex with Shatta Wale and his late friend Junior, said she wonders why most sex scenes in Ghanaian movies are too raw with no embellishment to really portray that it’s a real sex scene.
She concluded by advising that sex scenes should be made sensual and sultry to tell the story very well.
She tweeted;
“Some Ghana movies see scenes be soo rawwww ah. Chaley don’t they know how to direct a s*x scene to make it look sultry and sensual. Chaley chaley“
This photo of a handicapped corp member showing off her discharged NYSC certificate has begun uplifting tons of social media users.
Though the lovely lost both her hands under undisclosed unfortunate circumstances, her misfortune didn’t deter her to chase her education to a considerable level.
The lovely recently completed her National Youth Service Corp programme and showcased her certificate to the world – she wore a bright smile and with this, it’s probable that she has a lively personality.
Efforts are being made by social media users to unravel her full identity.
Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has said that the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) whose founder and senior pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo, is currently ensnared in a rape scandal, is not one of its members.
Their statement comes not long after the Pentecoastal Fellowship of Nigeria PFN released a statement that the alleged rapist is not their member.
Biodun Fatoyinbo was recently accused of rape by wife of singer, Timi Dakolo, Busola.
In a statement released by Kwamkur Vondip, the National director, legal and public affairs of the Christian body, CAN says it is troubled by the recent reports of sexuual assault leveled against some of the clergymen in Nigeria.
The body advised Pastors to desist from having unregulated closeness with any member of his/her church so as not to make themselves vulnerable.
Read the statement below,
“CAN is deeply concerned about the ongoing rape allegation saga arising from a confessional statement by a former female member of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Mrs. Bisola Dakolo, against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the senior pastor of COZA.
The association recognises that COZA, to the best of our knowledge, is not a member of any of the families that belong to CAN. CAN, as an association, it is equally sad that there have been recurrent allegations of rape and infidelity against some gospel ministers and other Christians as well.
While efforts must be made to get to the root of the matter through thorough investigation, the association condemns totally, any act of infidelity either by a pastor or any member of the church of God. We urge all ministers of the gospel to shun all appearances of evil especially, unregulated closeness to persons in the church. Rape by every standard is sinful and an act of wickedness.
We do not know for sure whether or not some or all of the allegations of rape and illicit relationship leveled against members of the clergy are true; we strongly appeal to all Christians to avoid blackmail against any brother or sister in the church for whatever reason. All of us must avoid making ourselves vulnerable.
The association understands the challenges of preachers who, by virtue of their position as parents of all in the church, may stand the danger of being accused. All Christians, leaders most especially, must be circumspect in the way they walk, not as unwise but as wise.
CAN recognises that this must be a very trying time for the ladies who leveled allegations against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo and on the other ministers whose stories are trending presently.
The association equally recognises that this is a very hard time for the Christian church in Nigeria, especially for worshipers in COZA and all other churches whose pastors are accused.”
Controversial Nigerian singer, Naira Marley has replied award winning dancer, Kaffy, who described his new dance move, ‘Soapy’ as disgusting. ICYMI
The Soapy dance style is one that mimics a man masturbating, and has seen men act immorally in public, even to the extent of sexually harassing women in the process of doing the dance.
Top Nigerian choreographer, Kaffy in a post shared on her IG page, said the dance is a ‘disgusting immoral dance‘, for adults and especially for kids and should never be encouraged.
Responding to her comment via his Instagram live video, Naira Marley said the dancer is old and no longer useful to the new generation musicians.
”You are not the queen of dance. We don’t use you anymore. You have gone with the first generation. Those of us in this generation, how would we use you?. Why you nor go talk rubbish. We nor fit use you now” he said
Watch a video of him blasting Kaffy below,
Naira Marley insults Kaffy after she said his masturbation dance style, Soapy is disgusting. Wetin Musa no go see for gate? pic.twitter.com/rqQvdn6baK
A 23-year-old boy identified as Basty Abass, has lived 20 years of his life in isolation in Nkwanta south of Oti region, Ghana, as his father reportedly locked him up for having epilepsy.
Abass, whose only source of seeing light is through his window, passes urine, defecates, eats and sleeps in a room locked and heavily secured with a padlock so that he would not get the opportunity to walk out.
The boy’s father, Mallam Abass Abdulai, who told MyJoyOnline why he decided to isolate the boy from the rest of the family, said he is epileptic, unable to independently think for himself and also understand what he is told or take care of himself.
Mallam Abass Abdulai revealed that his son defecates anywhere and his best option was to lock him up for 20 years of his life in a secluded room. He also disclosed that the boy’s mother abandoned him when he was just 18 months old and had not returned since. He was raised by his grandmother who has passed on.
It was further learnt that the young man is unable to communicate his needs due to the rejection he suffered in the past 23 years. According to some neighbours, food and water are not consistent so he often cries out for help when he feels hungry and thirsty. He reportedly depends on some caring strangers and passers-by to get him water.
Senator Elisha Abbo, at a media briefing in Abuja yesterday July 3rd apologized to the nursing mother he assaulted at a sex toy shop captured in a viral video.
The senator representing Adamawa North who claimed he has never been known or associated with assault in the past, blamed it all on anger which he said he was sincerely sorry for.
Elisha Abbo broke down in tears as he pleaded that all Nigerian men and women should forgive him, and added that the backlash he has faced so far has taught him a lesson as a private citizen and a public officer. He said;
“It is with a deep sense of remorse and responsibility that I, Senator Ishaku Abbo, profoundly apologize to all Nigerians, the Senate, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), my family, friends as well as our mothers, the Nigerian women.
“I personally apologize to Bibra (the victim) and her family for my action towards her, which has brought immense discomfort in our body polity. I have never been known or associated with such actions in the past. Regardless of what transpired prior to my expression of anger, I am sincerely sorry and plead that all men and women of good conscience should have the heart to forgive me.
“To err is human, to forgive is divine. To the church of God everywhere in the world, I am sorry. As an ambassador of Christ, much is expected of me. My family and religious upbringing do not give approval of such conduct and for this, as a leader, I seek forgiveness before God and all those who feel offended by my action.
“Indeed, this episode has taught me very great lessons, but as a private citizen and a public officer, particularly as a senator of the federal republic of Nigeria upon whom public confidence is bestowed.”
Popular Pastor, Pastor Funke Adejumo has also reacted to the rape allegations against Biodun Fatoyinbo, former pastor of COZA.
The series of accusations has led to protests and his stepping down as the Senior Pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly.
Pastor Funke Adejumo who alongside her husband, Pastor Felix Adejumo was accused of allegedly restraining Pastor Fatoyinbo from reacting when Ese Walters first accused him of having a sexual relationship with her in 2013, disclosed that it took her time to publicly react to the recent rape allegation because “work has to be done to enable the process of resolution.”
The Agape Christian Ministries Pastor noted that the COZA founder sees her and her husband as mentors She expressed sympathy to everyone who has experienced broken trust from the church including Busola Dakolo.
She wrote;
THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN HEAVY, NOT JUST IN A GENERAL SENSE OF A NATIONAL RECKONING BUT IN A VERY PERSONAL SENSE AS SOME OF US WHO PASTOR BIODUN FATOYINBO, THE FOUNDER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF ZION ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS LEADERS AND MENTORS IN THE FAITH HAVE WORKED QUIETLY BEHIND THE SCENES FOLLOWING THE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS OF RAPE MADE BY BUSOLA DAKOLO.
IT HAS TAKEN ME TIME TO SPEAK PUBLICLY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WORK FIRST HAD TO BE DONE TO ENABLE THE PROCESS OF RESOLUTION. THIS WAS THE MORE URGENT, PERSONAL TASK. TODAY, I AM THANKFUL TO GOD FOR THE COUNSEL THAT HAS SEEN BIODUN STEP DOWN TO ALLOW THE PROCESS OF FACT FINDING, HEALING, RESTITUTION AND JUSTICE CONTINUE.
ALSO SO THAT THE CONGREGATION THAT GOD HAS ENTRUSTED INTO OUR HANDS ARE GUIDED WITH LOVE, INTEGRITY AND WISDOM. THE HOUSE OF GOD SHOULD REMAIN A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL. NO FORM OF ABUSE SHOULD HAVE A PLACE IN GOD’S HOUSE.
MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY IS WITH EVERYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED BROKEN TRUST FROM THE CHURCH. BUSOLA. EVERY GIRL. EVERY BOY. EVERY CHILD. MAN. WOMAN.
THE CHURCH IS EMBRACING ACCOUNTABILITY – AND IT IS EXACTLY AS JESUS HAS REQUESTED THAT WE MUST. FFA… HONORING GOD AND BLESSING HUMANITY
A Twitter user with the handle @uber_that took to the platform to share a photo showing how his girlfriend burnt two eggs in his kitchen.
He went on to say that the girl who has been pestering him to take him to her parents for introduction, is definitely not the type for him.
He wrote; “She almost burnt my house down. And she has been putting pressure on me to meet her parents. But how can I marry a lady that can successfully burn boiled eggs. Most of the girls out there are not worthy of a man like me. I might have to go to the village to pick a wife.”
He expected to get sympathy from his followers but was left in shock after his followers dragged the heck out of him.
Popular Nigerian singer, Kizz Daniel in a new post on Twitter, has denied granting an interview with Vanguard, where it was stated that he attacked celebrities for protesting against COZA Pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo, who is currently enmeshed in a rape scandal.
Reports from Vanguard claimed that he granted an interview where he called celebrities, “brainless” for attacking and protesting against Fatoyinbo.
In a statement he released via his Instagram page today, Kizz Daniels denied granting the interview. He vowed to go after one Emmanuel Okogba, who he believes started the fake news. Read his statement below
God will punish you both now and in eternity Emmanuel Okogba, you and all the people behind you. I’m coming for you with all I’ve got Oga and I swear, you go feel am.
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My attention has been drawn to a publication by the Vanguard newspaper stating that I took sides with the embattled Pastor of COZA , Abidoudn Fatoyinbo.
I will like to categorically state that I never granted any interview with vanguard or any newspaper.
I am currently busy on tour in the US and haven’t had the time to discuss the issue in my closet let alone call industry mates names.
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Please disregard this news article making rounds. It is false and fabricated, I have not spoken to any journalist regarding the said matter or any other matter including music in recent times. .
Any platform(s) that publishes this news or any unverified news about Kizz Daniel and FlyBoy INC. will face legal action
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And as for you @iamkyno pls run away as far as you can, I beg you @vanguardnews bastards!!!! @iamtimiblaq ti e ma baje patapata ni awsr*
Barely 48 hours to the planned mass action and following public outcry against the RUGA Settlement Projects, President Muhammadu Buhari is said to have suspended the idea pending further notice.
RUGA settlement scheme, according to presidency, was an idea designed to stem the tide of herdsmen/farmers clashes across the country. But many states affected and members of the public had misconstrued it as another form of the proposed cattle colony by the federal government.
Some members of the public and civil society groups had also planned mass action in Abuja against the scheme, on Friday, 5th July, 2019. But a source close to the presidency hinted newsmen on Wednesday, that President Buhari may have resolved to suspend the scheme till further consultations.
The source said, after consultations with stakeholders, Buhari has resolved to put away the idea for a thorough review and well-accepted approach to the menace constituted to national security by the constant clashes between herdsmen and farmers. According to the source, the announcement would be made any moment from now with detailed explanations, going forward.
The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on July 3, 2019 made yet another arrest of five suspected cyber criminals known as yahoo-yahoo at Barnawa Kaduna State.
Their modus operandi was to pose as United States Soldiers on peace keeping mission in Afghanistan, particularly on FaceBook platform.
At the point of their arrest, they all claimed to be bloggers and experts in bitcoin business. The suspected fraudsters who are from Edo and Kaduna states include two females and three males, all in their mid twenties and attending various universities both within and outside Nigeria. .
They stated that they operate by creating fake FaceBook pages using display pictures and names belonging to mostly foreigners in order to deceive unsuspecting victims mostly females of white nationality. .
Another mode of operation to is link up with their other conspirators known as Pickers residing in US and Ghana to help in receiving their loot via their dollar accounts domiciled in the US for onwards transfer to their boss in Nigeria after they must have duped their victims. They added that usually, they give 30% of their loot to these pickers while the remaining 70% is shared among the remaining members.
The fraudsters parade themselves with names like James Scott, Ibro wire (Ibrahim Idris AKA Ibro), Lious James, carista Sadiq (Sadiq Idris), Griffen James, CBN Martins (Martins Abeku), others arrested are Blessing Nicolas (Phil Nicholas), Esther Micheal (Xta Mikelz).
Items recovered include a yellow ELEPAC generator, 2 HP and 1 Del laptop, 2 Huawei Network wifi, phones, wrist watch, sim cards and ATM cards.
They shall be prosecuted as soon as investigation is concluded.
Uti Nwachukwu has reacted to the viral video of Senator Elisha Abbo assaulting a lady in a sex toy shop in Abuja.
Uti Nwachukwu in a post shared to Instagram stated that the youths are now the major problem in the country, as they learnt from the elders and also brought in more.
He wrote;
Say no to Freedom of Speech !!! We have imploded !! We just do not know it !!!!!! I mean!! How can we be patriotic at times like these ??!! Forget Hope for things to get better!!! INFACT THE YOUTH ARE NOW THE MAJOR PROBLEM ! Thanks to what was learned from the elders multiplied by 100!!! TUFIA!!!
Wife of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Dolapo Osinbajo has revealed that she once worked in the slums in Lagos among area boys and prostitutes.
She spoke at the Anti-Substance-Abuse Programme in commemoration of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Abuja recently.
A statement by the organisers of the programme quoted the wife of the Vice-President as saying the event reminded her of the time she spent with some area boys and prostitutes in Lagos.
Mrs Osinbajo said, “I wanted to watch the drama to relive the memory of the times that I spent working in the slums of Lagos among area boys, prostitutes, people who had been rejected and those who seemed lost already. As the drama went on, I could identify some people that I knew so many years ago.”
Businessman, Wale Jana, who is also a member of Pastor Fatoyinbo’s COZA’s church, has shared how he was without a car three years ago.
He narrated in his recent post how he used to carry taxis everywhere he goes without having a car, yet he keep on serving God and sowing seeds but today he has three different Mercedes benz.
He wrote;
#RemembranceWednesday
This post is to encourage someone who is believing God for a car.
The Word works! One of the problems with Christians these days is that they no longer try to know God for themselves. Try this; read your bible everyday and when you see a scripture that appeals to you BELIEVE IT! Do you know what’s going to happen? In few years you will explode! The moment you get the Word in your spirit, you are like a time bomb, its only a matter of time before you explode, God never disappoints! It may tarry but it will come to pass.
My first ever Mercedes Benz in 2013 was a 4th hand and I bought it for 520k, it could turn to the left but it couldn’t turn to the right. So if your house is on the right we no de come your house be that ���� I struggled to buy this car ooo, plenty skabash
Every morning and night I would stand at my empty car park and quote scriptures “God has met all my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus, not my salary, not my effort but His riches!” God had told me that the first of everything He gives me is a seed and so when the first car came I had to sow it as a seed and I walked home! That was the longest walk in my life and things got complicated after that.
Learn this; when you sow a seed and God doesn’t show up immediately, it doesn’t mean there is something wrong, God doesn’t work with your timetable[b]! I didn’t have a car for 3 years after that, I walked and carried taxi everywhere![/b]
Looking back today, all my cars are Mercedes Benz and I give out a Mercedes every year!
Ladies and gentlemen the Word works! If you will just hold on tight, God will show up! It is certain! Some of you may see this as a show off but thats your business but for those who get it, this is me acknowledging God’s faithfulness and giving Him the glory.
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Frodd was all tears after narrating how he got into the BBNaija 2019 Pepper Dem house.
Frodd narrated how he was placed on performance improvement plans by the company he was working for after failing to meet his monthly sales target since late 2018.
He further explained how his boss told him that he will be laid off if he fails to meet his target for the month of March 2019. He said he was worried but his mum believed in his abilities and after missing the first day of audition in Lagos, he decided to audition on the second day.
Frodd also gave insights how his best friend urged him and even supported him to go for the audition with the small token he had on him. He gave a vivid explanation of all he went through to get into the auditioning hall.
He said he had lost hope after auditioning but was surprised when he was chosen and the rest as he said was history.
He had barely concluded his story when his emotions gave way and he began crying. He left the room close to the garden and moved to the second room close to the bathroom to let out all his emotions. He was joined by Mike, Nelson, Tacha and Ella who came to console him.
How is that even possible? He gave account of how he did it and one would have thought it’s a big deal but it is simple and easy.
First step; He uncovered 4 reliable and trustworthy tipsters from Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary and Australia. He made use of the tips supplied from them daily. Average of 100% return on capital monthly was achieved.
The journey to uncovering the trusted tipsters took him 4years of falling into the hands of scammers. So many stories but I have to cut short to save us time.
Secondly step;Adetunji sees football betting from a different perspective unlike many others sees it. The reason he called his approach FOOTBALL TRADING and not football betting. He follows a laid down plan. Only 2% of people around the globe into football betting know about this secret approach.
N200,000 starting capital
It will wow you to know it was 200k he turned to 11.2million naira in 6 months. He funded his betting account with 200k and subscribed to start receiving games from his trusted tipsters. The strategy is to stake N10,000 only or each game given daily for start (5% of capital on each game given.)
11.2Million in 6 months is the figure
Click Here=> http://bit.ly/dpopt , to subscribe to Adetunji’s inner circle and you will see the breakdown of the process. He doesn’t gamble but follow a laid down rule. He use5% of his capital and later reduced it down to as low as using 3% of his capital to stake each game from 6th month. He trusted his tipsters (Belgian, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Australian) and strictly use his games.
He confessed that there are times that the tipster does have bad days. He recalled a certain bad month but having come a long way to trust them, he always keeps calm, think of long-term benefits and hope for the best. And overall, it’s been fantastic.
This whole thing might look complex especially to those who are not used to football betting already. But it isn’t once you learn from him right here=> http://bit.ly/dpopt . Even someone who hasn’t done anything related to football betting before can implement this. Even if you don’t know who C. Ronaldo or Mourinho is.
I have told ADETUNJI to give more detailed explanation of the steps and processes involved, including sharing the games of his trusted Tipsters. If you want that, Great! It means you can replicate his success.
Below is this Guy in the little world of his own. He’s a car freak. He vowed to me that his target for 2019 from football trading is 40 Million.
I have convinced him to show this secret to just 97 people on how he did it. Click on this link => http://bit.ly/dpopt to subscribe to him today
The Nigerian Senate has set up a committee to probe Senator Elias Abbo for allegedly assaulting a woman in Abuja in a sex toy shop.
The decision was reached on Wednesday in Abuja.
The senator was seen in a video clip published by Premium Times assaulting the lady in a sex toy shop somewhere in Abuja last May for telling him to calm down during a confrontation.
Nigerian Singer, Waconzy has shared his thoughts over the rape allegations against COZA Pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo by Busola Dakolo, wife os singer, Timi Dakolo.
Addressing the issue, Waconzy said public apology could not help heal her and in view of this, Timi Dakolo has successfully Disgraced his family for putting the issue out on social media.
“Timi Dakolo successfully disgraced himself, his wife, children and family name. Who told him that public Apology/judgement will help his wife heal from pain?” the singer questioned.
Embattled Senator Elisha Abbo has reacted to the backlash he has received since CCTV clips of him assaulting a woman in a sex toy shop in Abuja went viral yesterday July 2nd.
The Senator, who represents Adamawa North Senatorial district, has claimed that he was also beaten at the sex toy shop.
While it was reported that the incident occurred on May 11 after the lawmaker walked into the sex toy shop with three young women, the lawmaker said he was at the shop because his sister had been assaulted there.
The 41-year-old Adamawa Senator who claimed that the 10-minute video was incomplete, added that it is an old video and occurred before he became a senator.
He also said that his team will release a ‘robust’ statement on all that transpired in the viral video to the public. He told Channels Television;
“We will soon release an official statement to the viral video which happened before I became a senator where my younger sister was beaten to a pulp in a shop and I was called upon there; where I had to call an ambulance and a policeman to come to the scene and it got out of hand I was also assaulted.
It is an old video, but we will soon release a statement to that effect. It was my sister that was at the store and she was assaulted; in fact, she fainted in the shop but they compressed the video and cut that part out of it.
They took her out to resuscitate her, the one standing with a cap is a doctor, the doctor had to come to give her life. My sister is not in the video, it was completely cropped out of it.
This is a political season and now I am a politician, before I was not a politician but now the reality of the fact is that I am now a politician and politicians are not people who are liked, they exhume things of 20 years and they hang it on their neck now.
As I said before we will release a robust response to everything, and we will also ask for the entire video to be released since they have the video. We will seat and discuss the video. Just to be clear that video was taken long before now and it was released just as this point.” he said
Popular Nigerian Dancer, Kaffy The Dance Queen, has condemned Naira Marley’s latest dance style, and trust the singer to respond to her criticism.
The dance style, tagged, “Soapy Dance”, is a dance that mimics a man ‘masturbating’, and this has seen men act immorally in public, even to the extent of sexually harrassing women in the process of doing the dance.
Kaffy said the dance is a “disgusting immoral dance”, for adults and especially for kids. She said it “should never be encouraged.”
She added: “This is a No . #myopinion As dancers we should also speak for what is right we shouldn’t encourage this for the sake of trend. Esp when it’s not even censored away from kids ,as an adult sef it’s offensive. #rubbish.”
Dancer, Don Flexx also joined in condemning the dance.
But a number of people criticized Kaffy and her supporters. They told her the ”One Corner” dance from Ghana was a hit and no one condemned it yet she’s trying to condemn something a Nigerian came up with.
Naira Marley reacted by dropping several smiling emojis on a comment left by an IG user who said, “sorry is too late, soapy has taken over”.
Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday, July 1, 2019 turned down a bail application filed by a self acclaimed herbalist, Jamiu Isiaka who is standing trial over alleged thirty million naira fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on June 11, 2019, arraigned Isiaka on a four count charge of fraud, conspiracy and impersonating some senior government officials including the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Maikanti Baru, Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr Femi Adeshina, a national commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Amina Zakari among others.
He pleaded not guilty to all the four count charges. Ruling on the bail application on Monday, Justice Abdulgafar said the accused person have failed to show sufficient evidence of why the court should use its discretion in admitting him on bail.
“The Applicant (Defendant) did not furnish this honourable court with material evidence as to why the court’s discretion should be exercised in his favour and accordingly denied bail”.
The Judge however ordered for accelerated hearing of the case and adjourned till 9th of July, 2019 for further hearing. The accused person is to remain in Mandala prison pending the hearing and determination of the matter.
The herbalist reportedly sent several documents, which he claimed emanated from the NNPC and had the names of some top government functionaries like, the GMD of NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, National Commissioner with the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mrs. Amina Zakari, among others in order to defraud a Korean National.
