Cardi B came home to a romantic surprise from her husband Offset and she’s of the opinion he did it because of what he’s expecting from her later in the day.
The mother-of-one gushed as she walked into her home to find candles and rose petals linning the floor. On getting to her room, she found some red roses arranged in the shape of love and a white bouquet of flowers on her bed.
Singer et dancer, Peter Okoye’s wife, Lola Omotayo shared a quite adorable photo with their two kids as they enjoy a family vacation.
The lovely mother who shared the photo of them by the beach, gave it the caption,
Mama and her heartbeats. #vacay #blessed #happy #peaceful #thankful
Peter and Lola celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary in November, 2018 where the entertainer penned a lovely tribute to her, crediting her with his success.
He wrote at the time,
Part1
Today marks the day I made one of the best decisions of my life, to marry my best friend!
A best friend isn’t someone who’s just always there for you. It’s someone who understands you a bit more than you understand yourself and today I’m happy and have no regrets that I married my best friend,the one i laugh with, live for, dream with and love. Most people don’t really know who you are or what you represent. I have seen them insult you, call you all sorts of names.” She’s Yoruba, She’s too Old for you, She’s biracial” Bla bla bla!!! Like I didn’t know all this b4 I married you. They even came up with stories of how our late Mum never liked you but God knows that few weeks before she died you were the one getting up early to go stay with her at St. Nicolas hospital, even keeping her friends and pastors at your place for weeks because we were living on the mainland then. She always called you “My Daughter” RIP Mum?? Your Daughter” and your grand children are doing well Mum???…. Maybe divorcing you to make you a baby mama will make some people happy and me unhappy; sorry that is not our portion.”Tufiakwa” Remember Love sees no color, love has no age limit nor race. But one thing is sure, I am here to protect and defend you from all those insults.
I took a vow to defend and protect you and our beautiful children on this day 5 years ago and no matter what happens, you and the kids come first. Maybe thats what makes me different from other guys; you guys are my priority. So let’s cut all that “Blood is thicker than water” BS Obviously you guys are not the water. Let’s not forget that Blood makes u related and Loyalty makes u family.
You’ve been through a lot because of me and I know how bad it’s hurts. So please forgive those who insult you, attack you, battle you or take you for granted. More than this…forgive yourself for allowing them to hurt you. Continue being the strong woman our daughter Aliona has as a role model and our son Cameron will know and understand what to look for in woman when he’s grown.
Part 2 (last)
We’ve been together for over 16years and married for 5yrs. You are still the same woman and I will never forget the day I met you. How you used to book shows for us and all due to the fact that you worked in an agency (FKG2). I remember how our former manager Howie-T used to tell us how nice you were to us getting us shows and all. Today the world doesn’t know all that. Instead they call you Gold digger. If anyone should be called Gold digger here, it should be me ? I remembered you gave me your official car few weeks after we moved into lagos and started dating. That was the first time in my life experiencing a car with air conditioning ? and every night i would sleep inside the car.? You made me a better man Lola and i owe you nothing but love and loyalty. Let me stop here because it’s our Wedding Anniversary. No need for too much talk. Happy Wedding Anniversary to us Lola we are so blessed and should be grateful to God for keeping us alive and together; failure is not our portion.
Thank you for accepting me as I am flaws & all. Thank you for the greatest gifts, our children. Thank you for helping me (us) through our career; for all the gigs, free consultations etc. Thank you for standing by me regardless of all the untruths spread about you. Thank you for caring for my Mother till her final days, even accommodating her church pastors in your home for weeks. Thank you for being an exceptional role model to our kids and being the best partner for me. I’m thankful for you, you get me, specially made for me till infinity. Oh lest I forget, thank you for my 1st air conditioned experience??…. I love you Madam Kofo (Snr), Happy 5th Wedding Anniversary Babe.? I go be your Zombie for Life? #ZomeLove
Big Brother Naija, ex-housemate, Abiri Oluwabusayomi, popularly known as Khloe, dragged a troll who took to her comment section to insult her.
The reality television show star shared a breakfast photo from her South Africa travel experience.
Khloe BBNaija
While fans were admiring the model, a particular troll compared her success after leaving the BBNaija house in 2018 to that of her former housemates who also participated in the reality show.
The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said that Adams Oshiomhole, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has no powers to suspend him.
Recall that on Friday March1st, the National Working Committee of the APC announced the suspension of Governor Okorocha and his Ogun state counterpart, Ibikunle Amosun, for anti-party activities. Both governors are supporting governorship candidates of different parties.
In an interview with Channels TV last night, Okorocha said the party National chairman, Adams Oshiomole, is working towards the destruction of the party and that Oshiomole, does not have the power to suspend him.
“I just heard from media reports that I have been suspended from the party (APC). I think Adams is seeking for relevance and attention. He doesn’t have such powers to remove somebody without following due process.
I have also decided to sack him myself. If he thinks he can just stand up and say he is suspending me from a party I founded without due process, in the same manner I have also sacked him from the party.
I think Adams is the biggest player of anti-party in APC. The man has simply destroyed the party to a great extent.
The candidate that Oshiohmole imposed on the party in Imo State lost his votes for the Presidential election and all the members of the coalition in Imo State worked for PDP” he said
In a related development, Governor Okorocha, in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, last night, said President Buhari is not in support of Oshimhole’s action of suspending him.
The statement read
“Adams Oshiomhole has done so many strange things with the party and it would be wrong for anybody to think that President Buhari, known for his penchant for decency, honesty and forthrightness would be on the same page with the national chairman.
“The President was voted by Nigerians across the geo-political zones because he has proved to be real and can be trusted. When he said he was fighting corruption, you saw it happening. It cannot be the same thing with someone who saw sold the tickets of the party to the highest bidders.
“We have yet to see any Nigerian living that would have defeated President Buhari in that election. He has earned the confidence and trust of most Nigerians, and in states where he lost, you could see traces of wanton manipulation and mutilation of election figures like in the case of Imo. In other words, the President has nothing to do with Oshiomhole’s disdain for the right actions and the chairman’s penchant for lawlessness and total disregard for the party’s constitution.”
Both Okorocha and Amosun have thrown their weights behind governorship aspirations of candidates other than APC’s for the March 9th governorship election. While Amosun is campaigning for Abiodun Akinlade of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), Okorocha is campaigning for his son in-law, Uche Nwosu, of the Action Alliance.
American Hip-hop Mogul, Sean Combs AKA Diddy has openly admitted that he played himself by not marrying his late ex Kim Porter when she was alive.
After Diddy shared a lovely photo of himself and the mother of his three children cuddling on Instagram along with a broken heart emoji as his caption, one fan commented, “When she was alive you didn’t wanna marry her,” Diddy then replied, “I know. Played myself smh.”
Kim Porter, who dated Sean “Diddy” Combs for many years before they split in 2007 and was also mother to three of his children, was found dead in her home on Thursday. She was 47.
Serial Entrepreneur, Toyin Lawani has reacted to the aim Bobrisky swiped at her after the male barbie called her a broke b*tch on the day she threw a birthday party for herself which was attended by top celebrities.
Taking to social media, he slammed Toyin Lawani with claims that she is wasting money she doesn’t have on a birthday.
He wrote ;
”HEY BITCH? WE ALL KNOW YOU ARE SO BROKE .STOP WASTING MONEY YOU DON’T HAVE”.
Not the type to let sneak disses slide, Toyin Lawani stated that she doesn’t associate with losers who don’t have any skill.
She wrote:
“I DON’T ASSOCIATE WITH LOSERS ,REASON WHY IS THIS, CAN BE POOR&STILL BE A WINNER ,LIKE BOLANLE THE PEPPER GIRL, SHE’S NOT RICH BUT SHE’S GOT VARIOUS SKILLS AT CREATING SO SHE’S A WINNER ,LIKE MY PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED GIRLS GLADYS/MERCYLINE WHO CAN’T SPEAK NOR HEAR& I TRAINED THEM TO BE BADDASS TAILOR/HAIR STYLISTA, THEY CREATE CLOTHES FOR WIZKID,TIWA ETC THEY ARE WINNERS.
“THEY JUST NEEDS CAPITAL TO BLOW BIGGER ,IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANY SKILLS YOU ARE A LOSER,LOSERS HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER ,LOSERS NEED WINNERS TO SHINE& LOSERS FOCUS ON WINNERS WHO DON’T EVEN SEE THEM OR THINK OF THEM, LOSERS NEED TO LIE TO MAKE THEMSELVES FEEL GOOD OR FOR PEOPLE TO THINK THEY ARE ON A HIGH HORSE .
THEIR TALENT IS TO LIE TO BELONG..”
A woman that has children for her husband and had married him before a house is built has the right to live in the house with her children even after divorce under the provisions of the Married Woman Property Act 1882, a court held on Friday in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The belief that patriarchy is so entrenched in the Nigerian system and women have no rights even under the law has been proved to be an erroneous one, majorly propounded by those ignorant of the rights provided under the law, the court said in a landmark judgement.
The provisions of the Married Woman Property Act 1882 formed the basis of the pronouncement of the Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Abimbola, on Friday in a property suit between a divorced couple, Toyin Arajulu, formerly known as Mrs Toyin James and her former husband, Mr James Monday.
The court held that “a husband who marries a wife and builds a house during the pendency of the marriage stands the risk of losing that house if he later divorces the woman who had children for him unless such woman, of her own volition, leaves the matrimonial home.”
Justice Abimbola, while ruling on the matter, emphasised what is known in law as the “palm tree justice,” which indicates that it does not matter in whose name the property stands or who pays what (on the property) and in what proportion as determination of such matters transcends all rights, legal or even equitable, but simply what order is fair and just in the circumstances of the case, citing the case of Home Vs Home (1962) 1 WLR 1124 at 1128.S 17 Married Woman Property Act 1882, which is a statute of general application.
Toyin Arajulu had filed the suit against her ex-husband, Monday James, who she married under Native Law and Customs in 1997 and for whom she had four children.
She claimed that while she was married to him, they had put resources together and built two flats of three bedrooms at Ayedun in Akure, Ondo State and procured a plot of land at No 7, Fadana Biala Estate, Olodo, Ibadan, where they built a three-bedroom flat and a storey building which is still under construction before their divorce in July 2014.
She averred that before the divorce, her husband had moved out of their matrimonial home in Olodo but only came constantly to try to forcibly eject her and the children, usually accompanied by thugs who attacked her and her children.
She added that on August 15, 2014, one of her children, Bidemi James, was wounded in one of the episodes of attempted violent eviction and the sum of N530,000 from her business taken by her ex-husband and his accomplices.
She claimed that he had concluded plans to sell off the joint property without her consent and had continued to victimise her and the children, asking the court for a declaration that the property is jointly owned by the two of them and an order that the landed property with the three-bedroom flat and uncompleted storey building be sold and proceeds divided equally between them and an order of perpetual injunction restraining James from harassing her and the children.
In his counter claim and defence, the ex-husband stated that when he bought and constructed the Akure property, his wife was a full housewife and had no contribution to the project, adding that the situation was the same for the Ibadan property as his wife only signed as a witness as she had no job and only depended on what he gave her to take care of the children when he travelled out of the country.
According to him, she was only trying to fraudulently take over his property, adding that her claims were vexatious, gold digging and an abuse of court process.
He also asked the court to declare that the receipts of purchase his ex-wife presented were forged and that she should vacate possession of the property which she had refused to give up despite service of statutory seven days owner’s intention to recover possession and perpetual injunction restraining her from occupying the building.
Justice Abimbola, while ruling on the case, held that the landed property at No 7, Fadana Biala Estate, Olodo, Ibadan, together with the three-bedroom flat and uncompleted storey building is jointly owned by the two.
On the second relief that both buildings be sold as requested by Toyin, Justice Abimbola held that, “I will not give such orders in respect of the two buildings. Particularly, Section 17 Married Women Law of Oyo state Cap 83, Laws of Oyo state 2000 gives a court the discretion as it thinks fit on the issues of title of possession to property.
“Section 18 also enjoins the court to treat such property as a joint property if the issue has to do with the maintenance of a matrimonial home. My order to this effect is that the completed three-bedroom flat on the land be retained as the matrimonial property and the four children are entitled as beneficial owners by way of a resulting trust created for them by their parents. The mother, as long as she remains unmarried, is directed to be in possession undisturbed in order to take care of her children.
“The uncompleted storey building is ordered to be sold by both parties and the proceeds divided in equal share. The half share shall go to the wife for the maintenance of the children. A divorced wife has no business being maintained,” Justice Abimbola held.
The court also restrained James from harassing Toyin any further or disturbing the quiet possession of the property by her and the children, holding that, “the rationale is that a husband who marries a wife and builds a house during the pendency of the marriage stands the risk of losing that house if he later divorces the woman who had children for him unless such woman, of her own volition, leaves the matrimonial home. Also, a divorced woman is not entitled to any maintenance allowance but maintenance of the children by way of settlement.”
Nigerian Singer has chided a fan on twitter who did a sketch of him in an effort to get his attention just the way Kevin Hart’s attention was drawn to a beautiful art of him that was done by a Nigerian (Read here)
Ever since Kevin Hart’s artwork went viral, more artists have been sketching their favorite entertainers and a twitter user in a bid not to be left out of the momentum, sketched hers as well.
While it caught the attention of the DMW Singer, he obviously was not pleased with it and he replied thus “Your Head is not Correct”.
The twitter user who shared the photo admitted she’s a big fan and she listen’s to Peruzzi everyday and the drawing was simply a gift to the singer.
A heartbroken Nigerian lady took to micro-blogging website, Twitter, to call out her boyfriend for sleeping with her friend.
According to the lady @peitycindy,she paid her man a surprise visit last night only to catch him in bed with her friend .
The Boyfriend
She then took to Twitter to call him out .
She wrote ;
I just got to my boyfriend’s apartment dis nite, tho I didn’t tell him I was coming, wanted to surprise him, only for me to find him in bed with my friend, i won’t say men are scum…@MrCool_147 U are a scum”
A Lagos High Lagos in Igbosere has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Nollywood actress Monalisa Chinda Coker for tax evasion.
Justice Adedayo Akintoye made the order following an application by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, alleging that Coker had repeatedly failed to honor a court summons.
Monalisa Chinda
The application stemmed from a two-count charge accusing Coker of a 6-year failure to file annual tax returns and failure to pay income tax in respect of her company, Monalisa Code Productions.
Monalisa Code Productions carries on its business from Lekki in Lagos. Prosecution counsel, Y. A. Pitan told Justice Akintoye that Coker had not appeared in court since 2017, when the charge was filed against her.
A Gay man has revealed how his in-laws who couldn’t accept that their son was gay made him dress up in bridal clothes and pose as their son’s bride on their wedding day.
Roy Singh, 29, from Manchester met his future husband when he was 18 at a family wedding and moved in with his partner’s family members after lying to his parents that he was moving to London for work.
He recalled: “He started singing love songs to me and told me I had a beautiful smile. Later he made a move and we kissed.”
According to him, they started dating in secret as Roy was afraid his own Sikh family would disown him if they found out.
He said: “Two years later he asked me to marry him. I thought this was my very own fairytale love story.”
Days later Roy received a call from his future mother-in-law.
“We met up on our own, It was the first time I’d met her. She said I was very good-looking and her son had chosen well.
“But she told me that she comes from a big Indian family and there’s a lot of honour involved. She said if I wanted to marry him I would have to dress as a woman on the wedding day. I would also need to pretend to be a woman for a while to convince the community her son isn’t gay.”
He added: “I was gobsmacked. I thought, ‘How did that even come into her head?’ She had even brought a basket of women’s clothes and gold bracelets with her.”
He continued: ‘Me and his mum would go shopping for the wedding and she would tell me I was going to be her best friend.
“Yet she never asked what I wanted. She chose everything. I couldn’t even pick the date. She just asked for money so I sold my brand new car and gave her £9,000 to pay for it all.”
During the wedding at the family’s house, Roy said he nearly passed out due to fear that the guest might get to know he’s actually wearing a dress.
“She told everyone in the community I was a widow and an orphan so I had no guests. I was forced to dress as a bride because they couldn’t accept a gay wedding.
“This was supposed to be the best day of my life – it was the worst day of my life. There were 450 people staring at me and only nine people knew the truth.
“They all kept saying, ‘She’s so beautiful’, and, ‘Does she have any sisters for our sons?’. I was thinking, ‘Come on, you’re pulling my leg here’.
“My heart was beating so fast. I thought they were going to find out I was a man. But no one asked any questions. Luckily I was able to wear a veil for the majority of the ceremony.”
Roy also claimed that it got to some point, his mother in law started calling him, her daughter-in-law and told him he must be seen on high-heels, full make-up and jewellery.
“My mum-in-law started calling me her daughter-in-law,” he said. “There was a time when I came down in slippers, not really dressed. She said I needed to maintain myself at all times and never come down again like that.
“I was so confused as it was just me and her in the house. I kept thinking, ‘Does she not realise I’m a man and this is fake?’”
Roy said she treated him “worse than Cinderella”, making him work 18 hours a day doing demeaning domestic chores.
“I needed to be up at 6am to cook the breakfast. I had to cook all three meals a day. But I wasn’t allowed to eat. She would tell me I was too fat and I wouldn’t pass as a woman.”
Roy whose own parents found out his secret, later disowned him when photos from the wedding appeared on Facebook, exposing him as the bride
After nine months of marriage, the 29-year-old said he left his husband and in-laws and moved on with his life.
He said: “Sometimes I would look at myself in the mirror and think, ‘Who is this person looking back at me?’
“I wanted to rip the clothes and wig off. I was dying inside. Roy eventually left with nowhere to go and ended up in a homeless shelter.
At first, he was relieved to be wearing men’s clothes again. But he added: “I felt out of place when I stopped dressing as a woman. I didn’t know who I was anymore.”
A man has revealed he feels better than ever after he started drinking more than a pint of his 30-day old urine every morning – and claims it tastes like bitter ale.
Fabian Farquharson, 37, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, first started the bizarre practice three years ago after reading about the purported health benefits online.
He explained:
‘I’D BEEN RESEARCHING ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES WHEN I READ ABOUT DRINKING AGED URINE. I’VE ALWAYS BEEN OPEN-MINDED ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING, SO I DECIDED TO GIVE IT A GO AND DRINK IT FRESH.
‘IT TASTED A BIT LIKE A BITTER ALE INITIALLY, IT WAS QUITE STRONG BUT NOT A TERRIBLE TASTE AND I HAD NO PROBLEM FINISHING THE GLASS.
‘IT WAS ABOUT HALF AN HOUR LATER THAT I STARTED TO FEEL AMAZING, I WAS ABSOLUTELY BURSTING WITH ENERGY. NOW I’D NEVER GO A DAY WITHOUT IT AND WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE.’
Fabian revealed that his friends and family ‘weren’t that surprised’ – because he has always been a bit off the wall in his approach to health.
After enjoying the ‘benefits’ of fresh urine, he quickly began to leave some for up to a month – or until it reaches the desired PH level of nine.
The idea, Fabian says, is that by ageing it the urine goes through a ‘magnification process’ and any alleged benefits will be more potent.
Explaining the process of ageing his urine, Fabian said:
‘I store it in glass containers like mason jars, label it with the date and then leave it for around 30 days.
A honest cleaner has left many happy after he found more than £300,000 in cash on a London bus and handed it over to the police instead of keeping the large amount of money that could’ve changed his life.
The cleaner, hired by Cordant Cleaning, found the money in a brown envelope after an absent-minded passenger left it there. The man, whose identity hasn’t been disclosed yet, returned it to the Met police.
Speaking on the various items they find on buses, Cordant boss Guy Pakenham said:
‘More often than not I’m left shocked when my team tell me about the disgusting things they have to get rid of when cleaning buses up and down the UK.
‘But I can only praise their dedication and good humour.
‘They don’t seem to be fazed by anything.
‘Thankfully our staff are fully trained and equipped to deal with cleaning hazards like these.
‘But we can only urge passengers that next time they defecate on the floor of a bus, or throw up their own false teeth, please remember to take all of your items with you.’
Travis’ reps responded by releasing a statement saying that Travis “strongly” denies allegations of cheating, and then yesterday Travis deleted his entire Instagram, which was very confusing.
According to the Cosmopolitan, a source shared some details about what went down between Travis and Kylie with People, saying Kylie
“HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH TRAVIS AFTER SHE CHECKED HIS PHONE AND SAW SOMETHING THAT SHE DIDN’T LIKE,” AND ADDS THAT, “TRAVIS SAYS HE DIDN’T CHEAT.”
And it also looks like the incident has kind of blown over for the couple. The source also says that,
“KYLIE WAS UPSET AT FIRST BUT SEEMS BETTER. SHE ISN’T BREAKING UP WITH HIM.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the women and youths in the country that they will not be disappointed by the end of his second term.
Buhari, who won re-election after the February 23 polls, gave the assurance during a victory dinner organised for the All Progressives Congress Women and Youth Campaign Council at the Presidential Villa yesterday.
“I very much appreciate your coming here tonight,” Buhari stated.
“I am congratulating ourselves for succeeding. If we had failed, my good God, thank goodness we have succeeded.”
In a report by Punch, the president also acknowledged the contribution of the youth and women to his re-election.
President Buhari also responded to the call by the women and youth to include more of them in his new cabinet, adding that he will not deny appointments to persons of integrity.
Nollywood actress, Charity Nnaji came out unhurt in what could have been a life-ending car accident.
The controversial actress took to her Instagram page to share her testimony of coming out of the accident alive.
According to the ex-beauty queen, she lost control of her car and it somersaulted twice.
She wrote,
“Devil you are a liar,,,,,INDEED HE IS A WONDERFUL GOD ,GOD SAVED MY life,YESTERDAY NIGHT,my car lost control and somersaulted twice,, and to the glory of God i came out alive”
Charity reportedly got the car as a gift from a secret admirer on her birthday.
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has given the narrative of how General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian church of God, Pastor E.A Adeboye’s prayers and the mercies of God saved his life along with other passengers in the helicopter crash that occurred in Kogi State, weeks ago.
In a report by Vanguard, Osinbajo shared how he had participated in the Holy Ghost Service on February 2nd but after the service, Pastor Adeboye called him and his wife into his office and after asking some things from them, offered to pray for them.
On February 2, 2019, I was here for the Holy Ghost Service but I came quite late. After the Holy Ghost Service, I went to see Daddy (Adeboye) in his office and he said he was going to pray for me. My wife, Dolapo, and I then knelt down for the prayer.
Father I want you to give this my son very special protection’. He prayed again for a special protection and I was beginning to get worried why Daddy was praying about special protection.
Anyway, later that day, the helicopter I was travelling in crashed at Kabba in Kogi State and all 12 of us that were in the helicopter, all the 12 of us survived without a single scratch”,.
Mummy Twins, Funke Akindele is an excited mom, and she has displayed this in a recent video on Social Media, which has of course excited her many fans.
Watch the video below;
The actress also shared a GIF file of herself doing the popular Zanku leg work dance and her followers are blown away by her flexibility. She made the post on Saturday, 2nd March, 2019.
Her followers have since taken to her comment section to heap praises on her.
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that only credible persons with proven character will be appointed into office in his second term.
President Buhari and his Wife, Aisha Buhari at the Presidential Victory Dinner
The President also responded to the call by the women and youths to include more of them in his new cabinet, saying that “persons of integrity would not be denied appointment.”
He thanked the women and youths immensely for working tirelessly to ensure he won the election.
“I very much appreciate your coming here tonight. I am congratulating ourselves for succeeding. If we had failed… My good God! Thank goodness we have succeeded.”
Mar 2, 2019; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Kamaru Usman (blue gloves) with the title belt after defeating Tyron Woodley (red gloves) during UFC 235 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
Nigerian-American mixed martial artist, Kamaru Usman has just emerged as the first African-born champion in UFC history.
The Nigeria born fighter ruthlessly punished Tyron Woodley for five rounds to become the new welterweight division champion. Usman controlled the fight from start to finish and won via unanimous decision, capturing scores of 50-44, 50-44, and 50-45.
Usman now owns a 14-fight win streak and a career record of 14-1. He’s yet to lose in the UFC. Woodley tasted defeat for the first time since a unanimous decision loss to Rory MacDonald in 2014.
Usman had the long-reigning champion backpedaling from the outset of the fight and cracked Woodley with an elbow early in the second, drawing blood from the champion.
Usman connected on 336 strikes versus 60 and dropped the elite wrestler with two takedowns. Woodley has since offered his congratulations to the new champion and expressed a desire for a rematch.
The General Overseer of the Hour of Mercy Prayer Ministry Worldwide (Alaseyori), Prophet Muyideen Kasali, has urged Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to give presidential contest another trial, Punch Metro reports.
Kasali said the fact that Atiku did not win the 2019 presidential election did not mean he could not win election for the exalted office in future.
A statement from the Head of Edidi Children School Foundation and wife of the General Overseer, Mrs. Oredolapo Awosika-Kasali, made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Sunday, said the cleric gave the admonition during the February edition of Hour of Mercy programme which rounded off a 27-day prayer and fasting to mark Kasali’s birthday celebration at the headquarters in Ibadan.
The cleric stated: “There is no loser in an election, but a learner. Atiku can still rule Nigeria in no distant future. God sparing our lives, 2023 will soon be here; he can contest again.
“It is not about age, but what he has to offer. He should join hands with President Muhammadu Buhari to make Nigeria great again and get her out of her numerous challenges,” the cleric said.
He also charged Buhari and other stakeholders in the electoral process to ensure that free, fair, transparent and credible governorship and House of Assembly elections in Saturday.
Yesterday, Youtube had her song “One” restored, after taking down her video Over Copyright claims filed by Danny Young.
Danny Young has now sued Tiwa Savage for copyright infringement and is seeking damages in the sum of Two Hundred Million Naira.
The singers Creative Legal filed a lawsuit against Tiwa Savage and Mavins Records for damages in the sum of N200,000,000 (Two Hundred Million Naira) for copyright infringement.
Danny Young is seeking remedy against Tiwa Savage and Mavins Records for unlawfully copying his 2009 release, Oju Tiwon, in Tiwa’s 2018 release, One.
The lawsuit (Suit No: FHC/L/CS/230/2019) was filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos, on the 13th day of February, 2019.
Another Nigerian trailblazer has emerged in the aviation industry in person of Adeola Ogunmola Sowemimo, who becomes the First Nigerian Female Pilot at Qatar Airways likewise the First Nigerian Female Pilot on the Gigantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircraft.
According to reports, she is also the First Nigerian Female Pilot to fly the Boeing 767 Aircraft across the Atlantic. She now joins the likes of Kenya’s Capt Irene Koki, Ethiopia’s Capt Amsale Gulau and a few other African women who fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
First, they taunt you about when you’re going to get married, then you eventually get married, then they taunt you on when you’re gonna birth a child, then you birth a child, then they taunt your marriage life and what not… being a celebrity is most definitely a job on its own and it takes only the fittest to survive.
Nollywood actress, Adesua Etomi had to flare up for a womb watcher who showed up at her comment section on Instagram as the latter supposed she’s already expecting a child.
Apparently, this womb watcher is just one out of many others who take it upon themselves to pry into the lives of celebrities, but Mrs W won’t have any of it.
She asked that the follower and her kind should stop the despicable act. Their exchange below,
Nollywood actress, philanthropist and mother of one, Tonto Dikeh has taken to her IG page, as is her usual wont to dish out advice to her followers and this time, she focuses of her women followers.
The fair-skinned stunner says women need to be financially independent by having their own money – she says this is the best form of protection any woman can have.
She wrote,
‘Woman, no matter who you are or where you are, have your own money’.
Actress, Fortune Marshal has disclosed that her ex-husband used voodoo to marry her – according to the Nigerian-based Ghanaian/Jamaican actress, she has finally learned her lesson on relationships, the hard way.
Marshall also revealed that her ex-husband was emotionally and physically abusive towards her. She also stated that after they ended things, the said man took her kids from her for many years, before she eventually got them back.
Speaking with Sunnews, the mother of two said;
“I started acting since 2008 in Ghana. I came to Nigeria in 2009 and joined the industry in 2010. I was a product of domestic violence. I dropped out of the university in my second year due to financial difficulties. It was also the year I got pregnant for the man who got me through voodoo (charms). Life wasn’t easy for me then. I had to do odd jobs to cater for myself because the man wasn’t helping but rather abusing me physically and emotionally.
“I was under his spell until God saved me from him. We had two kids; he took them from me; for many years I didn’t see them until two years ago. I went and took the younger one in his absence. I have one son with me presently. For now, I don’t want to think about re-marriage, I just want to focus on my career, myself and my son, because we need a lot of catching up to do. Maybe after that, I will give my heart another chance to love.”
On if she decides to give marriage a second try, Marshal said it will be a person she shares “same values and visions” with her.
“Most times I tell ladies, there is nothing like Mr Right when you share the same value and vision with a man, then you are compatible,” she stated.
A young woman woman who has attempted suicide over 100 times is calling on Instagram to enforce its new ban photos of self-harm and eating disorders.
Lucy Grainger, from Belfast, says it is too easy to find disturbing pictures and videos on social media.
The 21-year-old is recovering from bulimia, and spent her teenage years in-and-out of mental health facilities.
She says pro-anorexia, pro-suicide and pro-self-harm sites on social media spurred her on, showing graphic videos of users cutting themselves, displaying skeletal weight-loss photos, and even detailing suicide attempts.
Lucy now regularly reports these accounts to Instagram moderators, but shockingly she claims she is often told they don’t breach the site’s guidelines.
She said: “I just want Instagram to listen to its users. These images are too easy to find – in fact you don’t even have to go looking for them.
“It can get really dark. I’ve seen one video on Instagram of a girl standing at a bridge, saying she was going to jump off.”
Lucy, pictured as a teenager, when she was battling with her mental health – her scars visible
It comes after The Sun launched the You’re Not Alone campaign to raise awareness of mental health and suicide, and to remind anyone struggling with tough times that there is help at hand.
HARD UPBRINGING
Lucy had a difficult childhood, losing her dad to a heart attack when she was just three years old.
She was bullied in school because of her acne, and by the time she was 12 she’d begun self-harming.
“One of my friends showed me her scars,” she remembers. “I thought that if it helped her, then it might help me too.
“The first time I used our kitchen scissors to make scratches on my arms, and it progressed from there.
“I’d take apart razors, sharpeners – anything with a blade – and cut myself on my arms and thighs.
“I wore long sleeves to hide the injuries from my family and teachers.”
By the age of 13, Lucy was on a number of different medications for her skin, and in a bid to avoid having to go to school she decided to take an overdose.
She said: “I went through the bathroom cupboard and took all the tablets I could find. I just wanted it all to end. I wanted to go to bed and not wake up.
“I did wake up though. The next day I was really sick, so I told my mum I had a stomach upset. It got me off school for a few days.”
Lucy also developed bulimia, making herself vomit after meals in a bid to control her weight.
DISTURBING CONTENT
By the age of 15, she says she was taking inspiration from her social media accounts.
She explained: “I’d sit in my room for hours, just scrolling through photos of self-harm and pro-eating disorder accounts on Instagram.
“Users share tips on how to cut yourself, tips on how to throw up quietly, extreme diet plans, how to hide food, and loads of really graphic photos.
“There are so many accounts that show videos of people cutting themselves, photos of injuries and stitched wounds, pictures of young girls with skeletal frames saying how proud they are of there anorexia.
“There are stick thin models, with people saying ‘this is my goal and I don’t care if I die getting there’.
“People think Instagram is all cuddly cat photos and fitness inspo, but there’s a lot of much darker inspiration on there too. If you’re feeling vulnerable, it really feeds it.”
TURNING POINT
After managing to keep her illness a secret for years, Lucy finally sought help from her family GP when she was 17, and was admitted to a mental health facility as an in-patient.
Over the next few years she was hospitalised on numerous occasions – sometimes voluntarily and other times after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
She was diagnosed with bulimia and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD), and is now on medication.
She says she attempted suicide over 100 times, even trying to take her own life in hospital.
The turning point came two years ago, when an old school friend put her in touch with the Prince’s Trust.
Lucy is calling on the major social media sites to do more to censor explicit content
She got involved in community projects and became an outspoken advocate of mental health, giving talks in schools, universities, youth clubs and juvenile detention centres.
Last October she was elected chair of the Northern Ireland Youth Forum, and her projects involve giving peer-to-peer support and raising awareness of suicide across the province.
She is also saving towards an Open University degree and dreams of becoming a social worker.
REPORTING PROFILES
Lucy says she now as a much healthier relationship with social media and no longer uses hashtags, while reporting any disturbing content.
However she bares the scars of her ordeal, with the old wounds to her neck, chest, arms and legs still clearly visible.
She said: “I report profiles on a daily basis, but they rarely get taken down.”
The response Lucy received from Instagram said: “We reviewed the account you reported for self injury and found it does not violate our Community Guidelines.
“Reports like yours are an important part of making Instagram a safe and welcoming place for everyone.”
Lucy said she is “disgusted” with the response and is calling on the major social media sites to do more to censor explicit content.
She said: “Kids have access to this stuff. Girls as young as 13 can be sat in their bedrooms scrolling through these images, and their parents probably have no idea what they’re looking at.
“There’s some really positive stuff out there. I now have a recovery profile and have made friends with people in recovery all over the world.
“But you don’t have to go looking for disturbing content. It finds you.”
Earlier this month, Instagram announced it was making changes to make the site safer for it’s users.
The site had outlined a number of changes, including a ban on images of self-harm, posts encouraging suicide, and flagging helpful organisations to direct users who had posted self-harm related content.
When asked by The Sun Online why the profiles Lucy has reported have not been taken down, Instagram said: “We are committed to removing graphic self-harm images from Instagram and have been clear that this will take time.
“We are quickly building new technologies and are training our team of reviewers to identify and remove this content.
“We need to strike a balance between acting quickly and acting responsibly, making sure people who have posted these images and may be in distress have access to support.”
