The Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth Of Zion Assembly (COZA), Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has reacted to the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) probe report into allegations against him by Busola Dakolo.
It was reported earlier, that the founder of COZA, Biodun Fatoyinbo, shunned the body by failing to appear before its panel investigating the rape allegation against him.
The report from PFN was declared inconclusive due to the Pastor’s failure to appear before the investigative panel.
In a statement released by his Senior Assistant, Ademola Adetuberu, Fatoyinbo said he failed to honour the panel’s invitations because his lawyers realised the sitting might be partial as the christian body before constituting the panel, had disowned him.
“We recall that when Pastor Fatoyinbo was invited by a phone call few days ago by Pastor Akinola Akinwale, who is the National Administrative Secretary of PFN, we explained that our Pastor would not honour the invitation due to legal advice hinged on the ongoing police investigation.
The legal advice was also premised on the press statement issued and personally signed by the PFN President, Bishop Felix Omobude, where our Pastor was publicly disowned.
Based on the foregoing, we are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the PFN was already prejudiced and may not conduct an impartial session. According to the report, Rev. Omobude, whom we hold in high esteem, went further to crucify our Pastor without seeking to know his side of the story on the matter.
With all due respect, we consider this a prejudicial position in dispensing justice and fairness. Even our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was given an opportunity for a fair hearing by the Kangaroo panel set up with the prime motive of condemning Him to death.”
Fatoyinbo says once the police investigation into the rape allegation is over, he will appear before the panel.
“Once the police investigation is over, our Pastor is ready to honour the invitation. We have also been legally advised to deploy judicial intervention to clear our Pastor as soon as possible, and the process has commenced in earnest.” the statement read
A video making rounds online captured moment a lady was forced to swear with corpse of a young lady she was accused of killing.
The lady identified simply as Mama ThankGod was forced to undergo the ritual at Amuzukwu Ibeku in Abia State, by relatives of the deceased from Ebonyi State.
She was heard saying that “if she has a hand in the death of the young lady who died after being sick for a while, she should be visited with same in 7 days’.
Here is the viral video of Mama ThankGod swearing to prove her innocence at the burial of the deceased below;
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Big Brother Naija, housemate, Frodd on Friday revealed that he would not be upset if fellow housemate, Esther, dates evicted housemate, Nelson, after the ‘Pepper Dem’ edition of the reality television show.
The BBNaija housemate also admitted that he is not in control of his feelings about Esther, adding that he does not know if she was happier when Nelson was in the house.
Frodd stated this while speaking with fellow housemates, Mercy, Diane and Gedoni during a chat in the house garden.
He said: “I will not be upset if Esther date nelson after the house. I don’t know if she was happier then when Nelson was in the house. But it is not enough for me to kill myself.
“If our feelings extents outside this house fine I will be happy.
“But the honest truth is that am not in control of my feelings about her.”
Juliet Ibrahim in a new interview has revealed that she was sexually abused by her grand uncle when she was 8-year-old, during a media tour for her new book “A Toast to life”.
The Ghanaian actress in her interview on Cool FM, revealed that her childhood dream of becoming a superstar stopped her from marrying a US-based suitor at 18.
According to her, the man stopped calling and helping out her family after she turned down his proposal. Juliet also disclosed that she talked about 4 rape incidents she was subjected to in her book and it all began when she was 8-years-old.
According to the mother of one, she was sexually abused by her grand uncle. It continued with her cousins and then a friend.
Here is the video below;
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On Air Personality, Maria Okan, who claims to be pregnant for rapper Olamide, has given birth to a baby girl on the 16th of August, 2019
The Beat FM OAP took to social media where she shared the picture with the below caption.
“I can’t stop crying. Look at what I made! Asaiah Monifé Maria. 16th August 2019, 12:56am. Word is born! Thank you God”.
Recall it was reported that the radio personality, aftter she discovered she was one month pregnant for Olamide, approached him and requested for money to terminate the pregnancy and return to the U.K.
It was revealed that the rapper adhered to her request as he gave her the sum of N2m – the radio presenter thereafter resigned from Beat FM and left for the U.K.
However, on getting there, she decided to keep the pregnancy, which resulted to serious tension between the erstwhile lovers, due to her sudden breach of agreement.
After seeing the situation won’t change and was getting messy, Olamide opened up to his then pregnant fiancée, Bukunmi, and was forgiven – Maria who is said to be more than 8 months gone, is expected to put to bed any moment from now.
Funke Akindele and her husband JJC Skillz are celebrating their wedding anniversary today August 23 and the popular actress took to her Instagram page to share clips with multiple loved up photos of them.
She captioned one of the clips, “All glory to God! My boo! My king! Love you always. #happyweddinganniversary”
Going further with the shower of loving praises, she wrote ;
“Happy 3rd wedding Annivesary To us darling. Thank you for always supporting and loving me. The good Lord will keep us together forever in good health and wealth. I love you Baba Ibeji!! “
Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson will be marking her birthday on August 28 and the mother of three is already planning to have a huge celebration on that day.
The Actress hinted that her special day is coming and she is ready to enjoy herself to the fullest. It also appears her family is set for the special day as they have been hinting on what will go down.
Mercy Johnson
In the spirit of the birthday anticipation, Mercy’s daughter, Purity was captured telling her dad what her mum wants for her birthday.
In the clip, Purity said her mother doesn’t want a dress as birthday gift but a new car.
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Popular Nigerian rapper, Lil Kesh has seemingly confirmed the rumors of an ongoing intimate relationship between himself and Iyaba Ojo’s daughter, Priscilla.
On his Instagram page, the YAGI boss shared a photo of himself and Priscilla posing by his lovely bike and he captioned, “When I see you I know say Nkan Be,” accompanied with a love emoji.
The photo and caption has proven enough for fans that he and Priscilla are in a proper relationship or an intending relationship.
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Priscilla earlier this month, via an Instagram live video, denied dating the rapper, stating that Lil Kesh was just a friend.
U.S. authorities on Thursday unsealed a 252-count grand jury indictment charging 80 people, most of them Nigerians, in a major conspiracy to steal millions of dollars through fraud schemes and launder the money through a Los Angeles-based network.
“We believe this is one of the largest cases of its kind in U.S. history,” U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna told a news conference.
The conspiracy included frauds involving business email (BEC scams), romance scams and schemes targeting elderly people.
Victims were targeted in the U.S. and around the world, and some lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Fourteen defendants were arrested, mostly in the Los Angeles region.
Six other defendants are believed to be fugitives in the U.S. and the others are abroad, mostly in Nigeria. Authorities said they hope to extradite them.
The investigation began in 2016 with one victim and a single bank account, said Paul Delacourt, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles office.
Among the people arrested are: Valentine Iro, 31, of Carson, and Chukwudi Christogunus Igbokwe, 38, of Gardena, both Nigerian citizens. Others are: Jerry Ikogho, 50, of Carson (who was taken into custody on Sunday), and Adegoke Moses Ogungbe, 34, of Fontana, who were indicted as illicit money exchangers for the conspiracy.
In addition: Iro, Igbokwe, Ikogho, Ogungbe and three other defendants –Izuchukwu Kingsley Umejesi, 30, of Los Angeles, Tityaye Marina Mansbangura, 33, of Palmdale, and Obi Madekwe, 31, of Nigeria – are charged with operating illegal money transmitting businesses. Ogungbe and Mansbangura were also among those arrested this morning, and Umejesi is a fugitive currently being sought by authorities.
According to the FBI statement: Iro, Igbokwe and Chuks Eroha, 39, face additional charges for attempting to destroy their phones when the FBI executed a search warrant in July 2017. Iro also is charged with lying to the FBI in an interview conducted during the search. The complaint alleges that, when the FBI arrived to conduct the court-authorized search at Iro’s apartment in Carson, Iro broke his phone in half, while Igbokwe and Eroha threw phones from a bedroom window of the apartment. While Iro claimed he previously had broken the phone during an argument with his wife, the complaint details how the FBI was able to determine that the phone was operational until seconds after the FBI knocked on Iro’s apartment door to execute the search warrant. Eroha is believed to have fled to Nigeria shortly after the FBI executed the warrant.
Early in August, the FBI similarly arrested a Nigerian FORBES celebrated billionaire, who was accused of milking a branch of US owned Caterpillar subsidiary in the UK of $11.5m, among other atrocious frauds committed.
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Nigerian Facebook user identified as Erestus Okpe, hours after changing his profile photo to a poison bottle, he has been confirmed dead via suicide by friends and family.
While the deceased’s friends on Facebook felt the profile photo change was a joke, they notified siblings of the Enugu-born social media user after they got no reply for their comments.
Okpe’s siblings found him dead after they rushed down to his Maiduguri home. The death of the Facebook user came as a rude shock to many, as no one knows why he committed suicide.
Former presidential media aide, Reno Omokri has taken to twitter to say Nigerian Dancehall Singer and member of the now defunct ‘Platashun boiz’, Blackface has slipped into irrelevance in the Nigerian Music Industry.
Reno said this while responding to a Tweet from his follower who asked for an ‘Iphone X’. Reno likened the irrelevance of BlackFace to that of the Vice President in the current Administration.
See the exchange below ;
At the time of writing this, BlackFace is yet to reply Reno.
Nollywood actress and Mother of 4, Mercy Johnson was a guest at the BBC pidgin, and she spoke about her life, marriage, career amongst other things.
In the interview session which was tagged “Question Till Mouth Pain You With Mercy”, the actress answered numerous questions till she got tired.
When asked how she copes with marriage and work, Mercy replied she makes use of scale of preference as she puts in what’s more important to her at that particular moment ahead any other things.
In her words translated from the Pidgin language. She said:
“What I use is scale of preference, I live my life based on what’s more important, so i follow it like that.
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UK-based Nigerian creative dance director and musician, Ezinne Asinugo is breaking new career boundaries by teaming up with pan-African Media and PR agency- Estol Africa.
The talented dancer, choreographer and artiste plastered this new direction when she recently signed a PR and management agreement with Estol Africa in UK.
Having established herself on the continent as one of the most sought-after Dancer and Choreographer, Zinny X now forges a new alliance with the Multi-faceted creative powerhouse Estol Africa to help take her brand as a musician and also a creative dancer to a whole new level of success and accomplishment on the continent, and globally.
Welcoming Zinny x to the family, Esther ‘cutekimani’ Tosin Adekeye, Managing Partner Estol Africa, reiterated that one of the goals of the company is to nurture African talents to becoming global brands.
Speaking on the management deal, Managing Partner, Tosin Adekeye, expressed her confidence in the spark Zinny X is bringing into the music scene.
“Ezinne is a bundle of raw talent that would become phenomenal with proper direction. We are confident that this move, along with many others would put her brand further in the center on the world’s radar ”.
Zinny X on the other hand expresses her joy; “I have had personal encounters with the talents that have been and are still being represented by Estol Africa and I can’t wait for us to start to break boundaries together. Dancing is an art, music is life. Combine that together and you have magic. I am that magic so keep your eyes locked on me”
Estol Africa and its Parent company Estol Props Media have become a household name in Media Relations, Talent Management, and Influencer Marketing with footprints in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and expanding with strong international affiliations across Africa and Europe.
Some of the talents that Estol Africa has represented include Olamide, Ruth Kadiri, Harrysong, Olu Maintain, Bimbo Ademoye, Chy Nwakanma and the newest addition, Zinny X.
You can connect with her on Social Media: @zinnyxgram
ABOUT ZINNY X
Ezinne Asinugo (Zinny X) is one of the leading faces of the beautiful dance trio CEO Dancers, Semi-finalist from Britain’s Got Talent 2013, who have graced the World Music Awards, Global Citizen DC and BET Experience stages. She has worked with notable artists like Rihanna, Drake, Tiwa Savage, Davido, Awilo Logomba, D’banj and a host of others.
She was the lead choreographer at the 2019 Afronation Festival in Portugal, where she also performed her first single “Instruction- Wosa!”
Ezinne and her CEO dance mates are the first Afropop dancers to grace the international stages and have headlined their own shows in the UK, Europe, Africa, the US and Canada.
Ezinne has had the honor of performing for millions on Britain’s Got Talent, The Brit Awards, MOBO Awards, World Music Awards and BET Experience where she has become known for her versatile and energetic dance styles, clean and sharp execution, and her creative movement.
Ezinne has maintained a focus in the art of dance and choreography and is currently the director of ‘Zinarts Productions’ focused on creating incredible dance productions worldwide
A woman was nearly beaten to death over money by her husband at the Utako market, Abuja.
It was gathered that the man constantly collects money from his wife, however, he met a resistance and it led to a heated argument.
The issue went out of hand as it led to the man punching her till she passed out. But for the intervention of passersby, he would have killed her. He was later made to rush her to the hospital.
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Some stranded prospective corps members travelling from Abuja to Kebbi state NYSC orientation camp, seized Azman Air laptops and other valuables after their flight was cancelled.
It was learnt that the prospective corps members’ were angry after being delayed for 6 hours before their flight got cancelled by 7pm by the airline.
The National Youth Service Corps Orientation exercise for 2019 Batch B Stream 1 kicked off on Tuesday, 20th August, 2019.
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Nollywood Actress, Ruth Kadiri and her hubby, Mr Ezerika, are expecting their first child and the actress took to Instagram to officially show off a glowing pregnancy photo of herself.
The lady whose excitement about being a mother seems to be growing rapidly wore a tracksuit, while proudly flaunting her baby bump.
Ruth and her husband had their traditional and white wedding in November 2018.
Toke Makinwa has warned her female followers to stay away from miserly people who find it difficult to spend on themselves and on others.
The media personality, in a new video, explained how exhausting it is dating a stingy person. She also condemned men who, when they go on dates, scrutinize the bill and keep complaining about the cost.
Sharing the video, she wrote:
I am sooooo fine ????? okkkkkk let’s focus shall we??? It is Wednesday and my crazy side is here. Let’s talk about those miserly people. I call it “scarcity mentality”. They hate to spend on themselves talk-less of spending on other people. Dating a miser is so exhausting, even if you work hard, you will always be excessive even for the basic things of life to them. They will always find a way to make you look wasteful or feel bad for wanting more out of life. ?????. Stay away from people who suffer from “scarcity mentality” for your own peace of mind or you’ll defend why your kids should go to good schools, why you want more out of life, you’ll always explain yourself forever
A suspect of cyber fraud, Oseghale Collins, was on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office at his hideout in Benin City, Edo State.
Collins who specialises in Business Email Compromise, BEC, was arrested alongside two brothers, Stephen and Fred Emefiele, who are also alleged to be involved in internet fraud.
In his confessional statement, Collins stated that he specialises in BEC and that his modus operandi was to search for email addresses especially official business email addresses, create a phishing link and compromise the process in order to defraud unsuspecting victims. .
When operatives arrived their apartment in the Government Reservation Area, GRA, in Benin City, they met what appears to be a workstation of laptops, printer, internet modem, flash drive, with which they operate. AMercedes Benz ML 350 was also recoveredfrom the suspect.
A man has been nabbed after he tried to steal a plasma TV from a hotel in Makurdi, Benue State.
The suspect was caught with the Plasma TV placed in a trolley bag after the hotel’s security insisted on running a check.
A Facebook user, Vera Iyo who shared the story with photos, wrote ;
This guy came to kyabiz hotel mkd, Gboko road to steal this plasma TV but unfortunately we caught him.this should be a warning to other hotels, this ppl are not joking oooo. While he was caught he had keys to order hotel rooms, should incase you have a missing Tv in your hotel check E division.
Nollywood Actress, Daniella Okeke has taken to her Instagram pictures to share new photos where she looked absolutely stunning.
On one photo she wrote ;
WHEN GOD COOKS YOU DONT SEE SMOKE.
On yet another stunning set of photos, she wrote ;
If you have been afraid and stopping yourself from being who you truly are for too long, let all that self-doubt go.
If you have been insecure of your abilities and afraid to take risks for too long, let go of the loser mentality.
It’s time to let it all go
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The Actress who starred as “Joke” in Lagos Cougars, a role that earned her the Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination at both the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards.
Imam Tawhidi, popularly known as the Imam of Peace on social media has reacted after a Muslim woman was pictured wearing a burqa in a pool.
The Imam condemned the “years of brainwashing” that makes Muslim women have to cover up completely because men see their entire body as “100% vagina”.
Sharing the photo, he tweeted:
“This is not normal behaviour. This is the result of many years of brainwashing and being convinced that her entire body is 100% vagina— because that’s how they see her. My heart breaks for her, and for her daughter who by the age of 9 will live the same way. Very very sad.”
Nigerian singer Davido might just make it in the Jewelry industry if he decides to quit singing. Just recently, the famous 30BG diamond chain was spotted in Lagos traffic and the seller was willing to sell it for N4,000.
The seller was adamant the piece of Jewelry was authentic and it was made by an international company.
When the guy who recorded the video asked the seller if he took permission from Davido, the seller laughed and waved the question away, still determined to sell it for N4000
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Rapper, Ikechukwu had a near-death experience last weekend after suffering from food poisoning. He however got saved, following the timely intervention of an Uber driver.
The rapper revealed that he was alone in his house at the time of the incident and his calls to friends rang out with no answer. Ikechukwu said the Uber driver came to his aid and rushed him to the hospital after he ordered for a ride as no one was picking up his calls.
Asserting that life is unpredictable, Ikechukwu revealed that he got better after being taken to 3 hospitals.
Marvin Records producer, Don Jazzy has reacted mockingly after a Big Brother Naija 2019 housemate, Frodd suddenly turned himself a laundry man for fellow housemate, Esther.
Frodd, who seems to be obsessed with his love for Esther, had on Tuesday told the female housemate that only her towel was left unwashed having washed every other thing for her, promising to wash the towel on Wednesday.
This particular action by Frodd stirred reactions among BBNaija followers and Don Jazzy, who is a top fan of the reality show, as he mocked Frodd, calling him a ‘washerman’.
Alongside a video of the Frodd revealing his intention to wash Esther’s towel, Don Jazzy tweeted, “Frodd my guy. Abeg what’s the name of Esther’s soap? #bbnaija #WasherMan.”
A 13-year-old schoolboy took his life after finding out the girl he has a crush on had started dating somebody else.
Harry Storey, told friends on Whatsapp that he was feeling suicidal but they thought he was joking. Later that night on March 1 his father Andrew found his body at their home in Chilton, Oxfordshire.
Mr Storey said: “I could not comprehend what I was seeing.”
He carried out CPR and when his wife walked in he shouted for her to call emergency services. Harry was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital where he died three days later.
An inquest heard yesterday that it was unlikely that Harry had intended to kill himself. The deceased’s father said: “We watched a programme where the female star had hanged herself but her friends rescued her. It made us wonder whether he had a sensationalised view of what might happen.”
Paying tribute to his son, Mr Storey said: “Harry was a charismatic, caring boy and sport was a huge part of his life, playing rugby, cricket and tennis. He would talk to anyone with ease and he had a natural ability to strike up a conversation, which I admired him for.
“He seemed to us to be just a normal teenager but he did have high expectations of himself. It came as a complete shock to me.”
Detective Sergeant Lou Heffernan-Glover said: “I think he lost consciousness unexpectedly. It could not have been predicted or prevented by his family.”
Coroner Darren Salter recorded a verdict of misadventure.
He said: “Harry did the action himself and had made comments about suicide. However teenagers do say things of that nature.
“There is an element of speculation but it seems to me that Harry did not intend it to be fatal. Therefore the conclusion is one of misadventure. Misadventure is similar to an accident, it is the deliberate undertaking of a risk that goes wrong, causing death.”
Toyin Lawani in a new post on her IG has posted the Direct Messages some old perverts sent to her 14 year old daughter, Tiannah.
According to the serial enterpreneur, some perverts believe her daughter is the one running the Instagram page she opened in her name and have been sending her some messages saying they want to get to know her some more.
Posting screenshots of the DMs the men sent to her daughter, the single mum of 2 wrote ;
I will call All these Pages out for now, There Are loads of them In my 14 year old Daughters dm ? @liltiannah , this will teach you A lesson you won’t forget .
I think you people don’t realize that I’m not stupid, I won’t let any of my kids have Access to social media till they Are 18, they all have managers running their pages.
See parents we have to be extremely careful, this Are grown Ass men , this is so disgusting, disappointing ,disgraceful to this nation, if this uncles are caught they should cut their dicks off, oh Maybe you don’t know I’m an extremely strict mom.
I don’t take nonsense Oo, forget social media ,it’s a market place , we are all selling an illusion, I will personally trick you ,hv the police trace you and pick you up, if you try this shit with my child again , plus publicly disgrace u.
Who does this in a 14year olds dm?she’s busy studying Abroad awon oloribuku , thinking I won’t protect my kids from all this worlds madness , what will she be looking for on social media.
Im only building those pages up for them for future , parents pls if you are still making this mistake and letting your kids have access to social media pls cut it off ASAP ,their are too many mad people out there . They will trick our kids and lure them .Pls beware .
Juliet Ibrahim has called out a TV Presenter, Miss Akuko Perming for asking her to go back to her ex-husband, Kwadwo Safo.
Sharing a collage of Akuko’s photo and a featherless chicken, the Ghanaian actress slammed the TV presenter for asking her to go back to her ex-husband and stop waiting for Mr Right even when he has moved on with the lady he impregnated while they were married.
Maintaining that she is not a desperate woman that will lower her standards for anyone on earth, Juliet Ibrahim also took a swipe at TV Africa for tolerating such utterances from ‘presenters who didn’t research’ before coming up on their show.
She wrote;
Miss Akuko Perming –
Not until I was sent this senseless video of yours posted on Tv Africa’s page I never knew of your existence.
It’s obvious everyone wants to trend using my name! Y’all Do anything for clout! Even ugly chickens feel they have a say in someone’s personal life!
Dead TV station with dead ass TV presenters looking for clout off Juliet Ibrahim as usual. If you think you know better about marriages why the F aren’t you married yet zombie?
You say I should go back to my ex-husband and stop waiting for Mr Right, even after all I went through with him and how he’s moved on with the lady he impregnated while we were married?
Stupid clown, I am not a desperate woman who’ll lower her standards for anyone on this earth because I deserve better and I will never ever SETTLE!
Why don’t you go to him and be a mistress to his new wife?
Since it’s obvious you have no self value and self worth DumbAss!! Until you have walked in someone’s shoes don’t open your stupid toilet hole to pour out stink shit! Clown, with your nasty brown teeth and cheap hair and eyelashes, don’t you dare come at me ever again in your miserable life. You chose the wrong day, wrong time and wrong person to talk about on your dead ass stupid senseless show! And it’s a shame on TV africa for tolerating such utterances when their so-called presenters can’t even do research before blabbing bullshit about people they talk about!
If you want to discuss me and my former marriage on your station why not spend “ 50 cedis “ ONLY to buy MY BOOK; read and understand what happened before I left my marriage and my ex boyfriend? How hard is it to practice Professional journalism in Ghana?
If anyone cares to speak or say anything about me henceforth go and buy @atoasttolifebook after you done reading you have the freedom to talk or invite me for interviews.