A man has been beaten to death by members of a community after some children wrongly accused him of being a kidnapper in Anambra state.
According to online reports, the man was driving past a village when children from the village threw stones at his car and shattered the windshield.
He chased the kids as they tried running away and he caught one of them. But the other kids ran into their community and claimed the man was a kidnapper who was chasing them to abduct them.
Without hearing his side of the story, the villagers stripped him of his trousers and underwear and beat him to within an inch of his life. They attempted to set him on fire but the police intervened and took him to the hospital.
Emergency surgery was performed on him but he died hours later.
Jungle Justice Has To Stop He was passing by a village and as he was going ,two children broke his windscreen with stone, he stopped and started chasing the children so he caught one but others ran into the village shouting kidnappers so the villagers came and started Issa Thread pic.twitter.com/xRSwS8Bp3W
Edo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Magdalene Ohenhen has revealed that it is becoming a normal thing in the state for fathers to impregnate their daughters.
She described the situation as very sad, saying the earlier the state stopped it, the better. She made the disclosure, yesterday, during a protest by the Brave Heart Initiative for Youth and Women (BHI) led by Lady Grace Osakue.
The group was seeking justice for 17-year-old Gift Alonge who was said to have been impregnated by her father. The victim was alleged to have been first impregnated in 2017 by her biological father, Jacob Alonge, and later in 2018.
“It’s a very sad situation. Edo State is becoming something else, and the earlier we stop it, the better for us. It is becoming a normal thing in Edo State for men to impregnate their own daughters,” the commissioner said.
Ohenhen cited another case of a man who slept with her daughter for over 10 years before the case was reported to the police. She said: “It is time we stopped all these.
Edo State forbids it, it is a taboo. We are begging Edo men to stop sleeping with their daughters, it is an abomination.”
A Nigerian lady, Victoria Adewole, is seeking for help to retrieve her three kids that were allegedly taken away from her in September 2008.
In a video she posted on social media, Ms. Adewole who was in tears, said she lives in Sweden and that the Swedish government forecfully took away her kids on grounds that she is not mentally stable.
In the Video, Adewole said she has gone through medical examinations and that doctors have certified her mentally stable but the Swedish government have refused to hand her back her children.
The Gender Section of the Lagos State Police Command is currently investigating a case of rape reported against one Razaq Oluwaseun Oke(28) right, and Don-Chima George(left) 25, of Dallankester Hotels, Lekki, Phase one Lagos.
The duo allegedly took a girl, 23, to a club on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019, unknown to her that they had ulterior motive. While at the club, they mixed the young woman’s drink with a substance that made her weak and almost unconscious.
Satisfied that the drug was beginning to affect the victim, they quietly left the club with her to Dallankester Hotels in Lekki Phase one, owned by the father of one of the suspects named Don-Chima George.
At the hotel, they allegedly took turns to rape her. As if that wasn’t enough, they filmed the abuse.
When the victim woke up from the induced sleep, she confronted the suspects who denied having carnal knowledge of her. Not satisfied, she placed a call to her elder brother complaining that she had been violated.
The brother immediately invited policemen from Maroko Division led by the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Isah Abdulmajid to the scene.
On searching the suspects, the DPO recovered their phones and went through their video recordings where he saw a video of the suspects sexually abusing the apparently unconscious victim.
The state Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi has directed the Gender Section of the Command to investigate and diligently prosecute the suspects to serve as deterrent to others.
Instagram recently made some changes which made Tonto Dikeh lose some of her followers and she took to the platform to address the issue.
The actress said the loss of her followers affects her and she needs her followers back. She also revealed that she has a reason for following certain people and she doesn’t approve of Instagram making her lose those people.
She wrote:
Plus I was 10person shy away from making 3.9following as at yesterday but today that has changed drastically!!
Gimme back my followers, if others wldnt say I will (WE LIVE FOR OUR FOLLOWING)
Instagram has become such a huge part of My life(And yours too but I know you will prefer to argue with your elders), I live for My comments and my Likes and Everything that comes with it..
Sometimes when times fall apart in my life,All I do is pray and come to instagram to stay happy with different varieties of Talents and stupidity!!
I learn a lot here!!
Instagram has become a culture and we live for the culture!!
BUT WE MOST NEVER BE SLAVES TO THE CULTURE!!
So in this digital culture I belong to, Our/MY Followings,likes & comment is all I live for and it kills me to have that messed with..???????
Popular Nigerian porn star, KingTblack HOC has called out Oritsefemi for allegedly sliding into the DM of his boo and flirting with her despite the fact that he’s married.
See all the screenshots of his rant and allegations below…
A Nigerian man was allegedly shot dead by armed robbers after his wife flaunted wads of cash on her social media page.
His brother who shared the news revealed that the deceased’s negligent wife had flaunted wads of cash on her Facebook page and it was moments after that that they were attacked in their residence.
He wrote,
“I receive this shocking news yesterday.
My brother was sh*t d*ad by an unknown armed r*bbers at his resident.This is as a result of his wife’s negligence.
His wife posted on her Facebook account these bundles of money he was paid by his company.
Nigerians online have been enraged by a video made by a white man who disrespected a Nigerian woman based in Canada.
The man whose identity is yet to be known, shared the video on social media – in the video, he disrespectfully interrogates a Nigerian elderly woman who was begging for money on the streets of Canada.
The Nigerian woman says she needed to raise funds to pay for the medical needs of her 14 year old son who is sick.
The white man who is an American, called her a ”Black b*tch” with no self respect and dignity before bombarding her with very disrespectful questions.
UK Based Nigerian artiste, Naira Marley, in a recent interview with Moni Talks said that in his own opinion, songstress and first lady of MAVIN records, Tiwa Savage is not a sexy woman.
He revealed this after he was asked whether he thinks the mother of one is sexy – in response to the question, the singer said he considers her beautiful, rather than sexy.
He further added that Sheyi Shay is sexy, he however concluded by describing Rihanna as his ideal kind of sexy.
Head of states, Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will remain firm in dishing out effective leadership if he gets second term in the February 16 presidential election.
He assured Nigerians that he was not planning to change.
In his own words,
“I assure you, I am not going to change. I am going to be consistent, I will remain steadfast. Anybody who abuses trust will be exposed and he will be dispossessed.
“I stand before you to thank you most sincerely for deferring the weather and standing for hours to come and see and listen to us. I am very grateful.
“I am convinced that you believe in what we are doing and that you stand to support us even further. When I came to look for your vote in 2015, I promised three fundamental issues based on our party manifesto. Security, economy and fighting corruption.”
“We will do roads, rail ways and provide electricity with monies recovered from looters.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, apprehended five suspected internet fraudsters and also recovered N31million from them.
The suspects identified as Paul Duru, Daniel Effiong, David Gold, Moses Gold and Eke Kelechi, were arrested following a petition received by the EFCC from a new generation bank.
The bank had observed suspicious transactions on an account belonging to Duru, after he received N63 million. He was subsequently arrested by operatives of the EFCC.
His arrest led to the apprehension of the other suspected fraudsters. Investigations revealed that Duru was hired by Effiong, a “catfisher”, who presented himself as Arbara Williams, a 27-year-old Caucasian.
A “catfisher” is an individual who uses the Internet, and in particular, online dating websites to lure people into romance scam. Duru allegedly had a ‘picker’ in the United States, one John T. Benn, who received money in dollars and sent to him.
On his part, Effiong established a relationship with one Sung Yong Hwa, a Korean and Peter Davito, a Canadian. The others were arrested for allegedly involving in love scam.
The craze of plastic surgery in Nigeria is gradually rising and could soon become commonplace in the country, especially in Lagos.
While there are skilled doctors who are trained for the high-risk cosmetic surgeries, quack doctors have also infiltrated the practice, leaving casualties in their wake.
A Lagos-based cosmetic surgeon identified as Dr. Anu is currently on the run after she reportedly carried out a cosmetic surgery on a client, resulting in her death.
The victim, Nne
Anu who is the owner of @med_contour on Instagram, (personal Instagram handle @sisi_any) was approached by Nne for a BLL, liposuction and fat transfer on December 31, 2018, and got complications from it.
It was reported that Anu who usually hires or imports foreign doctors to help her out with the surgeries, decided to personally do the procedure on the victim as she wanted to try her hands at what she had been seeing the doctors do.
Unfortunately, things became complicated leading to the victim’s death.
According to unconfirmed sources, Nne’s sister waited a long time for Anu to finish the procedure on her sister but decided to go into the theater and find out what the delay was. This was when she saw the almost lifeless body of her sister on the operating table with Anu by the side not knowing what more to do. Apparently the victim has fallen into a coma due to the complications from the surgery.
Dr. Anu
She was allegedly rushed to Vedic Hospital in Lekki and was put on life support. She was later moved to LUTH where she died on February 3, 2019. The medical reports say that fat had entered her lungs, leading to her death.
Several reports revealed that Anu who is an American citizen is not a certified surgeon but got clients due to her popularity in Lagos.
It’s also gatehred that she called up other clients stating she was refunding their monies to them. She, however, is no where to be found. Insiders reveal that this is not her first mishap. According to them, she has done failed surgeries for two Lagos big girls which had to be corrected at another hospital. Anu has since gone private on both her business and personal accounts and details about her whereabouts are yet to be confirmed.
A Nigerian entrepreneur, Omotola known as ‘Jesusbaby’ on Twitter took to the microblogging platform to advise women to stop having sex with lowlife poor boys.
Omotola stated that the lowlife poor boys will drag them down since they have nothing to lose and just as expected, the Tweet gained a lot of reaction, with many people calling her out.
She tweeted,
Stop having sex with all this lowlife poor boys that will come and drag you because they have nothing to lose, you people won’t hear word.
Those of you coming to this thread to cry should keep crying since you lack sense to comprehend.
Ask yourself why u are triggered and insulting me over this tweet!
Are you a lowlife?
Do you come to the TL to shame women because you both had sex? So why exactly are y’all triggered?…..or you just lack comprehension?
Well every1 will be Aii.
Stop having sex with all this lowlife poor boys that will come and drag you because they have nothing to lose, you people won’t hear word.
Report has it that the man who allegedly mobilized thugs to molest and torture a lady over phone theft in a trending video, has been arrested.
According to Jefferson Uwoghiren, the man was arrested yesterday evening, along with the manager of a hotel he lodged briefly in Benin City, Edo state.
The suspect was temporarily and amorously linked with the victim and subsequently complained of a missing phone. He collared the victim to a native “doctor”, around Ugbiyokho area of Ekehuan Road, Benin City, to determine the culpability of the victim.
The victim was instantaneously pronounced guilty and asked to produce the missing phone. Victim’s denial and protest fell on deaf ears.
The suspect, native “ doctor” and apprentice native “ doctors” pounced on the victim , beat her up, striped her naked, and procured granulated chilly pepper, popularly called “ Akpoko” in local language and inserted it into the victim’s private, all dramatically caught on video.
According to reports, a massive manhunt is on native “ doctor” and his apprentices.
The League of Patriotic Lawyers had earlier given Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olusegun Odumosu, 24 hours to unravel those behind the torture of the lady.
As the General elections in Nigeria draws nearer, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has told Nigerians to vote for who has a knowledge of business or economy.
The Christ Embassy founder who spoke at his church’s monthly communion service on Tuesday, called on Nigerians to be wise and not vote based on ethnic influences.
According to him, Nigerians should ensure they participate in this year’s general elections, and vote for competent leaders.
Pastor Chris who noted that Nigeria needed a government that understands how to make the economy grow, urged Christians to avoid using the candidacy of a ‘born again’ to make their decisions.
”I want to say this to you, and it’s very important. Don’t be guided by ETHNIC influences. Be wise! The elections have something to do with your LIFE & your Future.
”Sometimes people are excited about those they want to bring into office. I don’t know whether they ask themselves the most important question. – Are you going to be happy in 4 years time? Do you like a candidate because he is likable? Or do you want a Candidate because he or his running mate is from your area of the country?
”They are together because of their ethnic origin, but then they decided they are backing a particular party. Its like Hausa’s would support this candidate, the Igbo’s would support this candidate. Christians don’t think like that.
”When it comes to elections, the first thing you think about is about the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST. What would happen to it? Because it is in your hands. Your decision would affect the Gospel. That’s the first thing that should come to your mind. – Seek ye first the kingdom of God and its righteousness. That’s priority.
”Now, I don’t in this way mean at all that the candidate that is born again is the right candidate. My knowledge of history have shown me that the Church have suffered most in the hands of supposedly Christians.
”But the guy that generally had the fear of God, and didn’t know anything about being born again, he feared God more and was afraid to do anything against the CHURCH.
”When you have a born again, he was the one that started a regulation against the church. They went into office to do something against the Church, like the church was the problem.
”Don’t use the candidacy of a born again to make a decision. Not at all.
”You need a government that understands how to make the economy grow. Because when you elect people into office they are responsible for managing our corporate wealth.”
”Anybody who has never run a business successfully, who has never led people successfully cannot lead a nation successfully.
”You cannot expect someone who has never manage the economy of an organization to manage the economy of a Nation. It is foolishness to think so.
”All the candidates have records. Don’t use records of what other people said about them. Use records of what the country was like,” he added
Banky W has revealed in an interview what IKEDC told him after his ’empty house’ was billed N90,000 for a month electricity bill while he was outside of the country.
Banky W disclosed that after receiving the bill, he called EKEDC to complain over the estimated bill of N90k and they told him he should have told them he traveled so they can adjust their meter.
According to the singer turned politician, it was at that moment he knew that estimated bills was fraud on the flip side.
Here is the video of the interview in which Banky W lamented over the electricity bill of N90k below;
A twitter lady has taken to the micro blogging site to search for a husband for her 45-year-old mum who is a widow.
Sharing photos of her beautiful mum, the Twitter user wrote that her mum is gainfully employed and a christian and she is on a mission to find for her a suitor who must also be gainfully employed and must be 45 years or above.Well her tweet has since gone viral and it has been shared thousands of time. Hopefully she will find a lucky man for her mum.
Her tweet reads thus;
“Hi, Meet my Mum. She’s 45 years old, widowed, Christian, and gainfully employed. Also, she has just me, and I’m on a mission to match-make her with one amazing and lucky man. Prospective suitor must be 45 and above, gainfully employed a Christia.(widower, divorced or never”.)
Hi, Meet my Mum. She’s 45 years old, widowed, Christian, and gainfully employed. Also, she has just me ?, and I’m on a mission to match-make her with one amazing and lucky man. Prospective suitor must be 45 and above, gainfully employed a Christia.(widower, divorced or never pic.twitter.com/7btmGJ6wdP
A high chief in Edo state, Chief David Edebiri who is the Esogban of Benin Kingdom and the Odionwere (Head) of witches and wizards in Edo state, has given reasons why self confessed witches and wizards in Benin kingdom are not killed.
Edebiri in a chat with members of the African Bar Association who paid him a courtesy call today, said any witch or wizard that confesses in the Benin kingdom, is treated with uttermost respect and is rehabilitated back into the society after undergoing certain processes.
Edebiri said the powers to deal with witches and wizards in the kingdom was given to him by the Oba of Benin.
“Witches and wizards are my subjects. We deal with them in a decent way. There is no magical process in it. Once anybody confessed to be a witch, we send them to a home and a Chief is given the powers to disposes them.
We take them through certain processes and they will become ineffective. They will go back to the society better persons.” he told the visiting lawyers.
A 23-year-old guy identified as Sunkanmi Akinsero, is currently on the run as he has been declared wanted by the Ikotun Police Division in Lagos, for defiling a 5-year-old girl through the anus and vagina.
According to a report obtained by PMexpress, the incident occurred at No. 47 Erede Street, Ekerube in Abaranje area of Ikotun.
It was gathered that the suspect, who is the son of the landlady, lured the victim into his apartment, pulled her pant and raped her.
According to the father of the victim, Sunkanmi warned the girl not to tell her parents or he would kill her. However, while having her bath, the victim did not allow her mother to touch her private part because of the pains.
A check later revealed that she had been deflowered and her anus was also penetrated. It was then she revealed that the suspect defiled her.
The matter was reported to the police and since then the suspect has gone into hiding. The matter later turned into a threat to the family of the victim, as the landlady and her children told them they had to let go as mere tenants.
According to the father of victim, since the incident happened, his life and that of his family have been under threat and they had to flee from their house for safety.
A Nigerian man has taken to his Facebook page to share the photos of a little girl who was brutalized by her mother just because she can’t count.
According to one Tope Boyede, the little got the injury you see on her face in pictures below, after her own mother used a turning stick to hit her for not being able to count from 1 to 200.
Mr. Tope revealed that the incident occurred in his compound and it has been going on for a while but he didn’t take any action. He felt this was the height of it and so something has to be done.
Sharing photos of the little girl, he wrote,
This little girl of two and half years did not fall or hit by a motorcycle, but she was brutally beaten by her mother with orogun (stick for turning Amala or Gari) for not been able to count 1 to 200 ,this happened in my compound this evening, I didn’t do or send it online because of this, but it has been happening repeatedly and I can’t take it no more, Good people of Nigeria, help me to rebroadcast this until it get to an NGOs, I want this woman to be dealt with for treating her daughter like this for cry out loud, in case any NGOs want to get in touch with me for the arrest of this woman, this is my contact 07031312213. Pls Awon abiyamo tooto e dide Ki e gba Omo Yi lowo Obinrin ika yi
Nigerian singer, Danny Young is claiming he ‘blew’ before Wizkid and so the Star Boy should not be considered as the pioneer of young stars in Nigeria.
This comes after UK-based OAP Adesope had stated that Wizkid paved the way for other Nigerian young artistes as Davido, Burna Boy and so on. Reacting to the OAP’s stance, Danny Young is blaming the OAP for trying to re-write history.
He wrote:
We made this song in 2006, it was one of d biggest songs in Africa. I was just 16. The youngest kid Artiste/Producer at Dat time.
Parents flogged music talents off their kids, but it changed afterwards. There was no social media so we had to travel everywhere we wanted our songs to be aired.
Channel O was the biggest international cable station and this song remained on No1 spot on the chat for several weeks.
Then, Radio wouldn’t play u if u aren’t exceptionally good as they played more of western Artistes. But we reached out despite the limitations. We did almost the best dat was available at dat time. Every kid wanted to be like me.
Even the person in question wouldn’t say I didn’t inspire him. Besides 2face (African queen) , Dbanj (Oliva twist) and Ice prince (oleku) further established our music internationally. Thank God for wizkid and Davido as they have further broken bounds by building on these platforms and we are proud of them.. It will not end there as it is like a process.
There are others coming that will do greater things too, but it is important that we don’t forget by tomorrow what these guys (Wizkid,Davido,Olamide etc) are doing today.
It’s like saying Phyno is the originator of Igbo Raps, where will u place Nigga Raw, or Saying Olamide started Yoruba raps when we had lord of Ajasa. let’s always dish out the correct information when it comes to history of the Nigerian music industry.
A Nigerian lady, Dami Ewa Stratton, has taken to her social media page to express her joy of finding love again following two failed marriages and four children.
The beauty of Dami’s new union is that her beau, Emmanuel Cole, is from a royal family, he’s single, never been married and doesn’t have any kids.
Ewa has been in different unions with the fathers of her children who treated her badly. In a post she shared on her page this morning, Ewa narrates how one of her exes was a serial cheat and wanted her to continue to stay in the marriage despite his philandering nature.
She also shared how the society made her believe that her chances of getting married again with all her children was very slim. Gracefully, along came Emmanuel who saw her, loved her, proposed to her, and has decided to accept her and all her children.
Read her rather beautiful story below,
I’m seriously flooding your timelines ? ? ?
A lot of people said “Ewa you should have stayed with Christal… You should have managed and endured, husband is hard to find oooo…”
“Managed and endured what exactly????… ”
— managed & endured a marriage with an unrepentant cheat, who was constantly sleeping with random prostitutes and even got hooked down with one of them?
— you expect me to have stayed with a man who was constantly exposing me to all sorts of STDs?
— a man who’s definition of a woman is someone who takes sh*t and covers her mouth with money?
I know my worth…
–I won’t stoop so low to fight for a man who has no sense of respect for the union of marriage.
— I won’t drag myself into a drama with a street girl over a grown ass man who has made his choices.
Nooooooooooooo
I knew my chances of getting married again was slim according to world’s statistics…
But I also knew I was worth more than the BS…
I knew what I wanted and I wasn’t afraid to take a chance with love…
How did I end up with a single man, a Yoruba Royal blood — never married , never had kids and yet his family accepted me with my 4kids and gave me a Royal Wedding ?….
Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu has about a thing or more to say about actress, Tonto Dikeh’s photo which surfaced online few days ago.
The actor had first slammed people who were criticizing the actress for the photo, and thereafter, took to his page to ask that the actress apologize to Nigerians for the photo.
He wrote,
I think Jesus would be happy if you APOLOGIZE to Nigerians over this semi Nude pics… ?? Nobody is perfect, but how many “unbeliever” will go semi NUDE for a photoshoot?? Not to talk of a christian sister…? in 1 Timothy 2:9-10, ” Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self control”.✏ @tontolet God is the only judge, but do you think most people will still listen to you when you preach JESUS to them after this pics?? They’ll probably ask you, “Did Jesus go naked in the public for any product or photoshoot?? @tontolet God is not the author of confusion, if you still want to be “radical for Jesus” and WIN souls to Christ,? start by apologizing for this pics, yes, it was for a photoshoot, but such is not allowed in Christianity.? I would never follow haters to JUDGE you, but if you still want people to take your “preaching” seriously, then you need to APOLOGIZE firstly.
A Nigerian man tweeted that a house help is needed in a home in Banana Island and the chosen candidate will be paid quarter of a million a month and will be expected to be ready to travel out of the country with the kids.
Tons of replies followed the job advert with many airing their interest – the poster later revealed that only women are needed for the job and even men denied their gender just to be eligible.
Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson has shared a quite lovely video of her daughter’s reaction after seeing her on TV on Wednesday morning.
The mother-of-one stated that her 1-year-old daughter was still asleep when she left the house for the interview – the lovely toddler eventually woke up at about the time her mum was being interviewed live on TV and she wanted to ‘jump’ into the screen to meet her mum.
In the video, Ryn cries and stretches out her hands to touch the part of the screen where her mother was being shown. At some point, she tried climbing the TV but couldn’t.
The actress captioned the video,
My nanny just sent me this ❤️ im all teary….. she was still sleeping when i left the house for this interview….im driving back home my baby ? @rynroberts mama is coming ❤️
We’re just here wondering what children of these days are eating to make them grow so fast before our eyes – the lovely little lass who Davido shares with Sophia Momodu, is certainly growing into a stunner.
Her mother shared these adorable photos of her baby girl looking all trendy and chic in a jean dress and calf high gladiator sandals.
A lovely Imade seems to know just how good she looked as she preened in front of the camera.
Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe is certainly living her best life at 40 – the mother of two showed off her curves in a short, sexy floral dress paired with a black pair of strapped heels.
She captioned the photo ‘Hello, Baby have you sent it’, while promising to give fans with the best caption for her photo N5k each.
You know for certain that her ‘baby’ will send it when he sees her in that photo.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office have arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters, following a tip-off and surveillance carried out around Agric Estate, Ilorin, Kwara State.
The suspects, who were rounded up at about 11pm on February 4, 2019 include, Oluyomi Kadri, Adeseye Ogundele, Olasoji Alabi, Abdullahi Saliu, Abdullahi Ibrahim and Abolarin Kayode.
Also arrested during the raid, were five ladies, Momoh Aminat, Momoh Nimota, Kelvin Blessing, Sunday Ruth and Oyinlola Awokunle.
Among items recovered from them were land purchase documents, three exotic cars, laptops, internet modem, mobile phones and ATM cards.
Some of them have already confessed to their involvement in various forms of internet fraud.
They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
A court in Zimbabwe has convicted a popular self-styled prophet of fraud and fined him $700 (£540) for falsely claiming he had a herbal cure for HIV and Aids.
Walter Magaya earlier pleaded guilty to contravening the Medicines Control Act by selling an unapproved drug.
Police arrested him in November, and seized a herbal drug which he said could cure people who had HIV and Aids.
Zimbabwe has the sixth highest HIV prevalence rate in sub-Saharan Africa.
About 1.3 million people were living with HIV, according to UN data compiled in 2016.
The 35-year-old Magaya is among a group of young, brash and flashy religious figures who have emerged during Zimbabwe’s economic crisis, attracting a huge number of followers with promises of miracle healing and miracle money, says the BBC’s Shingai Nyoka in the capital, Harare.
He told his congregation in October that the drug, named aguma, had magical powers to destroy the Aids virus within 14 days, the privately owned New Zimbabwe reported at the time.
“The herb is 100% organic. Why I say so is because we found out that there are no side effects,” he was quoted as saying.
The government branded his claim as criminal, and police raided his offices.
The charge sheet said that just before the search, Magaya and others “destroyed some of the exhibits by flushing them in the office toilets and burning containers which were, however, recovered half-burnt”.
“Several aguma sachets and other torn sachets were also recovered in an office bin,” the charge sheet added.
The pastor’s lawyer, Everson Chatambudza, told the court that Magaya believed the drug was authentic but admitted breaching the law by distributing it without the health ministry’s approval, the state-run Herald newspaper reported.
Magaya attempted to comply with the law by notifying the ministry of the drug, but he did not get any response, Mr Chatambudza was quoted as saying.
Magaya had also launched a lipstick last year which he claimed could improve blood pressure.
