Supper stunning Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson‘s daughter Ryn Roberts is celebrating her first birthday today and the proud mother has shared some adorable new photos as well as an adorable video collage.
The lovely actress welcomed her first daughter, today last year, 2017 and to celebrate her first year, Yvonne shared cute new photos of the toddler alongside a cute video she made of moments they’ve had from the past one year.
Reality TV star and make-up mogul, Kylie Jenner took to her Instagram Stories to share a series of photos comparing herself to her baby daughter, Stormi Webster to prove she has passed on her looks to her.
‘My baby and me,’ she captioned the shot adding three heart face emojis.
The mother of one also shared another baby photo of her big sister Khloe Kardashian and her six-month-old daughter, True.
A member of the Redeemed Christian Church of God has accused the church’s leadership of terminating his membership because he appeared on the show of OAP, Daddy Freeze, who has been teaching people to go against the doctrines of the church, particularly Tithing.
Ayilara who was once a student of Redeemed Bible College (RCBC), an RCCG Pastor School, had written an article in September in which he accused the church’s authority of maltreating him while he was in the school.
Ayilara said he was questioning some of the things the church was teaching him and many others in the school. When he questioned the church, he was tagged rebellious.
Ayilara in his interview with Freeze, narrated how himself and other students of the bible school were kept in an unhygienic environment to the extent they were infected with guinea worms and other diseases. He accused the church leaders of forcefully turning them into bricklayers to build houses for the church in the camp ground.
He also accused the church of forcing them to do chores for other pastors as well as tendering to the needs of the pastor’s household, taking their children to school – he said the church told them that they should count it all as a blessings to do all that they are being forced to do.
Posting the news of him being thrown out, Ayilara on his Facebook page, wrote
Reacting to the news, OAP Freeze promised to help the man
“The church has become the ‘world’ that Jesus warned us about. The principalities and powers are not your aunty in the village ‘doing’ you, rather they are behind pulpits.
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Don’t worry brother, the #FreeNation in Christ will help you.
Nigeria’s minister of Information and culture, Lai Mohammed has elaborated on why Nigerians should vote for Buhari in 2019.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that President Muhammadu Buhari deserved second term election because, in the past three and half years, he has impacted positively in the lives of Nigerians.
The minister who was a guest on Channels Television programme “Politics Today” on Sunday night said the President had leveraged his legendary integrity and acumen in managing resources both human and materials to reinvent governance.
He stressed that Buhari had delivered on the three campaign promises he made which were, fighting corruption, tackling insecurity and revamping the economy.
“Today, under President Buhari, Nigerians can dream and hope because he has rebranded governance and put the country on the path of sustainable growth and development.
“He is investing in infrastructure and reinventing the most ambitious social programme in the history of the nation.
“The President is ensuring that the people do not loot the common resources and ensuring that Nigeria is self sufficient in food production
“Above all, he has brought honour and respect back to the country and fighting all sorts of insecurity in the country,” he said.
Reacting to the allegation of non submission of the President’s certificate to INEC, the minister said it was “a non issue and a mere distraction”
“We have moved beyond that. Let me quote what former President Olusegun Obasanjo said in 2015 during this saga of the President’s certificate.
“Obasanjo said that it is an insult on a man, who rose to the echelon in Nigeria Army, attended the War College in the US and Staff College in Nigeria, for anyone to start asking whether he has a certificate or not.
“I think I want to rest this case on that because it is a non issue,” the minister said.
Speaking on the President’s health, Mohammed said that the President had fully recovered and fit to discharge his duties.
The minister also said they were not worried by the endorsement of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, by Obasanjo because “it is Nigerians that will decide who will govern them”.
“It is Nigerians that are going to vote at the 2019 elections.
“They will make a choice between going back to the era of inefficiency, looting, decay in infrastructure and the era of integrity, when the economy is being revived and insurgency is being tackled.
“It is not what Obasanjo says that matters because I am sure Nigerians will make the right choice,” he said.
The minister also denied the allegation that the government was intimidating the opposition .
He expressed the confidence that President Buhari would be reelected in 2019 because of his track record.
A church was recently ravaged by a fire outbreak and everything was burned except for a painting of Jesus inside it.
According to a report by The Boston Globe, a massive fire destroyed the First Baptist Church of Wakefield in Massachusetts Tuesday night, CBS Boston reports, and the historic building was described as a total loss. But as workers were clearing the ashy remains of the church the next day, Jesus appeared in the form of a painting.
Photos from the scene of the fire show a building inspector removing a nearly-pristine painting of Jesus, which once hung just inside the church’s front doors, according to The Boston Globe. Somewhat miraculously, the painting survived the devastating fire.The image of Jesus emerging from the charred church gave worshipers some solace during the difficult time.
Former parishioner Susan Auld told the Globe that the Jesus painting will be given to a former pastor of the church.
The First Baptist Church of Wakefield, which was nearly 150 years old, according to its website, caught fire around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, CBS Boston reports. A witness says lightning struck the 180-foot steeple before it went up in flames.
“I saw the lightning strike the steeple, and we saw the smoke and it just went up in flames fast,” said Christian Bruno, who lives across from the church.
People were inside the church when the fire started, but no injuries have been reported. Still, churchgoers are devastated by the tragedy. “Two days ago I just went to the service 10:15 on Sunday and I’m just shocked that this church is burned down,” Robert Jordan told CBS Boston.
But during this dark time, the painting of Jesus persevered and may serve as a comforting memento for worshipers after their loss.
DMW Boss, Davido cancelled his show in Nairobi, Kenya due to something he described as ‘flight issues out of his control’.
Taking to his Twitter page to disclose the situation to his fans, he wrote:
“Nairobi, I can’t be with you guys tonight. Flight issues out of my control, we tried to find a solution but no luck. A new date will be announced soon.” he wrote
A fan on Twitter then questioned why the DMW boss didn’t make use of his private jet; “Where your private jet.” She asked.
Davido immediately replied the user saying; “I used commercial flight here. my dad had to use the jet… Any problem??”
Kenyan socialite, Vera Sidika has shared more messages to prove that her ex, Kenyan musician, Otile Brown is a gold digger.
This comes after he dumped her for not lending him money to buy a Benz – the curvy model took to Instagram to reveal that they are no longer together just two days after they reconciled after their initial break-up.
She also shared screenshots of her conversation with Otile, where she blasted him for asking her for money to buy a Mercedes.
She’s now shared even more screenshots to further prove her point, see below,
A Lion Air Boeing 737 passenger plane with 188 people on board has crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
Flight JT 610 was headed for Pangkal Pinang, in the Bangka Belitung Islands, when it lost contact and is believed to have ended up under water.
The plane was a new type of aircraft and it is unclear what caused the crash. Lion Air is Indonesia’s largest low-cost carrier.
“The plane crashed into water about 30m to 40m deep,” Search and Rescue Agency spokesman Yusuf Latif told AFP news agency. “We’re still searching for the remains of the plane.”
Items believed to belong to passengers have been found in the water, including ID cards and driver’s licences, the search and rescue agency said on Twitter.
“We don’t know yet whether there are any survivors,” the agency’s head, Muhmmad Syaugi, told reporters.
“We hope, we pray, but we cannot confirm.”
At an earlier news conference, officials said the plane had been carrying 178 adults, one infant and two babies, as well as two pilots and five cabin crew. However, there are conflicting reports on the exact number of people on board.
What happened?
Flight JT 610 took off from Jakarta at 06:20 local time on Monday morning (23:30 GMT on Sunday).
It was due to arrive at Depati Amir airport in Pangkal Pinang an hour later but 13 minutes into the flight, authorities lost contact with the plane.
The pilot had asked to return to Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta airport, the head of Pangkal Pinang’s search and rescue office, Danang Priandoko, told local news outlet Kompas.
The head of Indonesia’s disaster agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, has tweeted images which he said showed debris and personal belongings that came from the aircraft and had been found floating in the sea.
He also shared a video he said had been taken from a tugboat off Karawang, just east of Jakarta, which appeared to show floating debris and an oil slick.
Debris was also seen near an offshore oil refinery operated by state-owned energy firm Pertamina, an official from the firm said.
Popular Nigerian Instagram comedian and On Air Personality, EmmaOhMyGod, took his followers by surprise after he shared a photo of himself grabbing his wife, Yetunde’s butt on his page.
He then asked his male followers when last they grabbed their spouse’s derriere… Sharing the photo, he wrote,
“When last did you grab your wife’s bumbum?
Oya go and grab it now and say these words “Thank you God for this priceless and comforting succulence”? _____
Former Spain manager, Julen Lopetegui will pay the price for his side’s dismal start to the season, and the ex-Chelsea boss will be called upon to take over
Real Madrid will sack manager Julen Lopetegui on Monday with former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte set to be named as his successor, Goal reports.
Sunday’s dismal Clasico was the final straw for Lopetegui, who watched his side be torn apart in a 5-1 defeat to Barcelona.
The defeat saw Madrid lose three straight Liga matches for the first time since 2009 and left the club in ninth place, seven points behind leaders Barcelona.
Madrid’s executives have scheduled a meeting for Monday, where they will make Lopetegui’s dismissal official. A formal announcement is set to follow.
“We have to take a decision. We can’t continue like this any longer,” a Real Madrid source told Goal.
Speaking after the Clasico, Lopetegui expressed his hope that he would be given the opportunity to guide Madrid out of a sorry slump.
He told reporters after a forgettable display in Catalunya: “I feel sad at the moment, but with full strength to remain in charge of this group.
“This is a tough blow, but I am strong enough to know everything can be turned around. There is a long way to go, and I have a lot of faith in this group of players.”
Sergio Ramos, meanwhile, claimed the Madrid players will have no input in decisions regarding Lopetegui’s future, with results set to determine the fate of the under-fire coach.
Madrid skipper Ramos claims to have no knowledge as to what calls will be made by the club’s board, telling reporters when quizzed on his manager: “We are with the coach to the death. But results determine a lot whether a coach stays.
“It is not our decision. So we will stay to the side, let the hours pass and whatever happens will happen. It’s not about the players.”
However, Lopetegui’s tenure will end barely four months after it began, with the 52-year-old taking charge in June one day after being fired by Spain on the eve of the World Cup.
The ex-Porto boss oversaw a difficult start to the season for Madrid, who have lost five matches already in 2018-19: four in La Liga and one in the Champions League at CSKA Moscow.
Conte is the man who will be expected to lead a turnaround at the Bernabeu, after the Italian left Chelsea following the 2017-18 season.
Madrid contacted Conte following Sunday’s Clasico defeat, and the 49-year-old is understood to be receptive to the idea of taking over in the Spanish capital.
Conte was also contacted in the summer, but swatted away interest at the time with his contract situation at Chelsea still not sorted.
But it appears that the Italian is ready to commit to Madrid, with Conte expected in the Spanish capital on Monday.
Leicester City owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium on Saturday.
The club released a statement Saturday night and started mourning the death of its 61-year-old billionaire club owner. .
“It is with the deepest regret and a collective broken heart that we confirm our Chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, was among those to have tragically lost their lives on Saturday evening when a helicopter carrying him and four other people crashed outside King Power Stadium. None of the five people on-board survived,” Leicester City statement reads.
“The primary thoughts of everyone at the Club are with the Srivaddhanaprabha family and the families of all those on-board at this time of unspeakable loss.
“In Khun Vichai, the world has lost a great man. A man of kindness, of generosity and a man whose life was defined by the love he devoted to his family and those he so successfully led. Leicester City was a family under his leadership. It is as a family that we will grieve his passing and maintain the pursuit of a vision for the Club that is now his legacy.
“A book of condolence, which will be shared with the Srivaddhanaprabha family, will be opened at King Power Stadium from 8am on Tuesday 30 October for supporters wishing to pay their respects.
“Supporters unable to visit King Power Stadium that wish to leave a message can do so through an online book of condolence, which will be made available via lcfc.comin due course.
“Both Tuesday’s First Team fixture against Southampton in the EFL Cup and the Development Squad fixture against Feyenoord in the Premier League International Cup have been postponed.
“Everyone at the Club has been truly touched by the remarkable response of the football family, whose thoughtful messages of support and solidarity have been deeply appreciated at this difficult time.”
Some residents are accusing cows of stealing their underwear – the residents said they want herders to watch their animals carefully before they end up without any underwear.
Moditebo Thys (33), a resident of Khayelitsha kasi in Mangaung, South Africa, said when they put clothes on the washline, the cows come into their yards and steal them.
“I’ve lost four pairs of panties in two weeks,” said Moditebo.
“At first, I thought it may be one of my neighbours.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw a cow chewing one of the pairs after she pulled it off my washline.”
She said she won’t put her panties on the line again until she has put up a fence.
Another resident said:
“These cows left the grass to eat our panties. “They choose the colourful ones. If your underwear is black, you will find it safe. “We urge herders to look after their cows.
“We can’t be expected to hide our underwear from the cows. One day I saw them carrying pink underwear on their horns.”
Daily Sun spoke to Motshweneng Mailane (32) who laughed and said his cows never steal panties.
“I am always with my cows, looking after them,” he said.
“Maybe they are talking about other shepherds who leave their cows to wander around.
Davido‘s girlfriend, Chioma has been called ‘ugly’ by a follower on Instagram not long after her man called a teenager “ugly, fat, and broke”. ICYMI
The follower sent Chioma a DM with only one word – “ugly” and in her response, Chioma shared a screenshot of the message. She also shared a photo of the troll and wrote:
Sometimes look at yourself before you insult anybody.
Y’all know I’m so committed to ‘minding my business’ so anyone coming for me has a problem fr.
With the 2019 elections forthcoming, Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he has fulfilled his promise of conquering terrorism and insecurity in the country.
Buhari, as a candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015 campaigned on three focal points of fighting against corruption, reviving economy and security.
Some of the Nigerian communities in the northern and southern parts of the country were under siege of the deadly Boko Haram insurgents during former president Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, which Buhari promised would be history if elected president.
However, over three years into his election as president, Nigeria is yet to be free from terrorism as promised by the president, as terrorist group Boko Haram has operated in the northern part of the country killing scores of Nigerians at different times.
Despite criticism from sections of the society and opposition political parties as regards the security situation and other alleged lapses in the Buhari-led government, the president said he had fulfilled his promises in the area of security and infrastructure to the citizens.
Alongside the terrorism activity which the president believes there have been gains in its fight, there have also been cases of violence and killings in Benue, Ondo and Osun states by herdsmen, Boko Haram had also attacked some communities and displaced residents since 2015.
“Insecurity, the people of the Northeast are in the best position to comment on the gains we have made in the fight against terrorism. They lost local LGAs Boko Haram, schools and roads were closed, commercial flights halted, and religious festivals observed in fear and terror,” Buhari said.
Buhari, who is vying for a return to office in 2019, also boasted on his tenure’s work in improving infrastructure in the country. He noted that the works done are a fulfilment of his campaign promises.
“We are connecting every part of Nigeria by standard-gauge rail. We‘re upgrading roads, highways, airports around the country,” Buhari said in a tweet.
“Our efforts in Power generation, transmission, distribution are yielding fruit. All of these are in fulfilment of our promise to invest in infrastructure.”
A video has been circulating online showing Shi’ite members and Nigerian Army officers clash along Zuba road in Abuja yesterday October 27th.
A statement from the Army released earlier today, said the sect members who were supposedly in a procession in the Federal Capital Territory, mounted an illegal road block during their procession thereby denying motorists free passage.
When the troops’ convoy attempted to clear the road block, they met stiff opposition from the sect. Members of the sect used various objects to barricade the road and also pelted the troops with stones and other dangerous items. They smashed both military and civilian vehicles’ windscreens and windows.
They also attempted to overrun the escorts to cart away the ammunition and missiles the troops were escorting. This led to the troops opening fire to extricate themselves.
Consequently, troops of 102 Guards Battalion in whose Area of Responsibility the incident occurred rushed to the convoy’s rescue.
Unfortunately, during the encounter 3 members of the sect were killed while 2 soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries and are being treated at a military medical facility.
A popular gay teenager identified as Lesley Flavour, was reportedly stabbed to death by unknown assailants close to his house in Cameroon.
According to No Strings, the 19-year-old gay man was murdered on Friday 26 at about 9 p.m between a narrow entrance to his house.
The gay teenager who was in his final year at Heights College and usually attend some extra classes on Fridays and Saturdays which started from 4 p.m and lasted till about 8 p.m, was on his way from school when he was robbed and then stabbed to death.
While there are doubts on if his murder was connected to his sexuality, however close friends who knew him said that he was a very gentle young man claimed he was still very much in the closet.
Former BBNaija housemate, Abiri Oluwabusayomi, popularly known as Khloe has released stunning photos to mark her 25th birthday.
The reality star and fashion designer, took to Instagram to share the beautiful photos with interesting captions.
‘Becoming 25 … ✔️’ she announced.
‘Just like a flower, you shall blossom . ❤️’ she added.
Khloe is also a model. She was a finalist at Miss Global Nigeria 2013. Michelle Udoka eventually won. She also lost Miss Charismatic Nigeria 2015 to Linda Nwaora.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday in Abuja, jocularly said he was learning the Shaku Shaku dance steps for campaigns ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Shaku Shaku is a popular and contemporary dance style common among young Nigerians.
Osinbajo, who was the Chairman and Special Guest of Honour at the launch of Five Fascinating Books written by Funmilayo Braithwaite, in Abuja on Sunday, said a friend of his recently polled large number of votes just by dancing.
According to him, nobody knows what will work in Nigerian politics.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the books — The Path of Fate, Echoes of Yesteryears, Politicrisis, The Golden Rules and Bonds of Destiny – were unveiled at Transcorp Hilton Hotel.
The vice-president said that he believed that reading the books would provide resolutions to a lot of the questions that were raised in the lives of Nigerians and in the lives of children.
He said: “And hopefully, we will be able to find resolution to some of the questions raised in our political lives as well; I know that is one of the reason Alhaji Shittu Kabir, Chairman, Advanced Peoples Democratic Party is here.
“As matter of fact, for those of us who are politicians, when you see `Politicrisis’; especially as elections approach, you might think there is a formula somewhere.
“Kabir and I and are the opposite sides but we are here to learn; I was saying the other day that politics in Nigeria is becoming very exciting; you never know what works.
“I can never forget my dear friend in one of the states who just danced his way through the campaigns; all he did was dance; he did nothing else but dance and he won 250,000 votes.
“So myself and Kabir are now learning Shaku Shaku; we have to learn; who knows what will win.’’
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, was featured earlier today on Israel National TV, where he spoke against his arrest, incarceration and issues with the federal government.
The IPOB leader also spoke on the group’s demand which is freedom and breakaway from the country Nigeria.
Meanwhile, Nnamdi Kanu said the Nigerian government spurned the demands he made after he was released from prison over a year ago.
“I told them, that I want them to open Igweocha seaport, Port Harcourt,” Nnamdi Kanu, who leads the Indigenous People of Biafra, said in a message posted to Radio Biafra’s Facebook page on Sunday.
“I ask them to open Calabar seaport and Warri Seaport, I did this in writing and gave it to them, I told them to dredge River Niger, allow the direct international flight to Europe and USA from Enugu, Igweocha and Calabar airport.”
Kanu said he also demanded the release of former Nigerian security adviser Sambo Dasuki and the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and the investigation of “the mass murder of IPOB family members at Onitcha, Nkpor, Aba, Enugu, Igweocha, Umahia and Asaba.”
A post shared on Radio Biafra reads;
NNAMDI KANU LANDMARK INTERVIEW WITH ISREAL NATIONAL TELEVISION (Channel 1) on 28 October 2018 @ 7pm Isreali time. Those lucky enough to watch it live on television and online are truly blessed. The whole of Israel is now talking about Biafra, IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu.
IPOB is millions of miles ahead of Nigeria. Video clip coming shortly!
Nollywood actress and film maker, Omoni Oboli and her husband Nnamdi Oboli are celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary today.
Uploading the picture above the mother of three, penned down a lovely words to her husband, saying;
18 years later, you still make me deliriously happy! I couldn’t have married a better man! The woman I am today, I owe it all to God and you! I love you endlessly. Thank you for loving me unconditionally. My hero! Happy anniversary baby! Forever beckons
Her husband Nnamdi in turn wrote;
What a ride it’s been for 18 years living with this beautiful, dutiful, and resourceful woman, wife and mother. Words fail me to express my immense gratitude to God for the life in the years we’ve lived in grace and wonder. We made our vows, and it seems like we blinked and time gained wings and we became breathless due to the rollercoaster romance. We were one from two, and from that God-given union came three more, yet we remained one at once, never to renounce.
I can’t begin to recall all the nuances that make for the beauty of what we’ve learned that holds us together and keeps it all fresh and exciting. But what I know is that I’m looking forward to many more years, God willing, of more moments together that are also nail biting.
I wish you darling the best the world could offer, but more than that, I wish you the best God has prepared. This is wishing us another happy Anniversary, and pray that this best friend of mine will continue to grow in grace doing and loving all that she ever cared.
I love you more 18 years over, and wouldn’t trade the moments that we’ve shared in light of the beauty that it’s produced. So join me in celebrating another milestone as our marriage continues in momentum, never to be reduced
Ogun State police command yesterday arrested a 42-year-old web designer, Abiodun Amosun, for raping his 16-year-old housemaid.
The web designer who was arrested following a complaint lodged at Ibara Police Division by the Benue State born victim who was accompanied to the station by a member of Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), committed the crime on October 25, at the family’s house at the Government Reservation Area (GRA),Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, while his wife was away in Lagos.
According to the rape victim, the suspect who dragged her into his bedroom and raped her, assaulted and sent her out of the house after she started making noise following the rape act. Parading the suspect, Ogun police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi said Amosun was arrested a member of the CDHR saw the rape victim and took her to the police station to report.
“On interrogation, the suspect initially denied the allegation, but when confronted with the blood stained bedsheet in his bedroom, he admitted to the commission of the offence,” Oyeyemi stated.
“The victim who claimed to be a virgin before the incident, has been taken to General Hospital for medical attention and the medical report has confirmed that victim was actually sexually abused,” the police said.
The General Overseer of Living Faith Church worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has revealed that Nigeria will divide the day it becomes an Islamic nation.
Bishop David, who spoke at a service to mark the end of the 7-day fasting and prayer his church organized, stated that Nigeria will divide the day it becomes an Islamic nation.
Bishop David Oyedepo who called on politicians to repent and have value for the lives of citizens, further added that if they do not repent after his warning, they would fall down for the sake of the nation.
“Politicians be warned, whether in power or not in power. There is no day Nigeria will become an Islamic nation and this nation will remain one nation. Allow the Christians to go to church, allow the Muslims go to their mosque and let the traditional worshippers do their thing. God is giving Nigeria peace by all means, the peace of those promoting this wickedness, God is taking away, if they refuse to repent. Their supplies shall dry up because Nigeria shall not see war.” he said
“When a caretaker starts behaving like a landlord he will be removed. God is the permanent landlord of the earth. The God of heaven has given you authority and power. He has given you might and glory. Pride makes us think that we do not need God. Pride separates us from God. Nebuchadnezzar did not give credit to God, and God had enough. God had warned Nebuchadnezzar and had been very patient with him. But finally, the prophecy came true. All of the things that he was so proud of were taken away. Nebuchadnezzar had to eat grass just like the goats and cows! He was used to living in a grand palace, but now he had no shelter over his head; For 7 years, the great King Nebuchadnezzar lived out there in the wilderness like an animal. He lost his mind; he became crazy without God, he was helpless because he refused to listen to the warning from the Lord. Politicians are not extraordinary people, they only have grace, if they don’t harken to this warning of the Lord they will suffer disgrace. Too many arrogant foes, who pose to own this nation, be warned because the day of God’s judgement is here. God enthrones kings and removes kings.”
Bishop David Oyedepo also cursed the killers of Maiwada Galadima, Agom Adara, a Kaduna traditional ruler who was kidnapped and later found dead.
“All those involved in the killing of Galadima and his aides! Their generation will be forgotten. Everyone of the perpetrators they will end up in shame,” he said.
A PDP Chieftain and a former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih is dead. Tony Anenih who died this afternoon at the age of 85, was admitted at the Cedar Crest hospital in Abuja last week.
Anthony Akhakon Anenih was born in Uzenema-Arue in Uromi. In 1951 he joined the Nigeria police force in Benin City. Working at home, he obtained secondary school qualifications.
He attended the police college in Ikeja, and was selected for further training in the Bramshill Police College, Basingstoke, England in 1966 and the International Police Academy, Washington DC in 1970. He served as a police orderly to the first Governor General of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe.
He worked as an instructor in various police colleges, and in 1975 was assigned to the Administrative Staff College (ASCON), Lagos. He retired from the police as a Commissioner of police.
He was State Chairman of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) between 1981 and 1983, helping Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia become elected as civilian Governor of Bendel State. However, the governorship was cut short by the military takeover of December 1983.
He was National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 1992 and 1993, when he assisted in the election Chief M. K. O. Abiola as president. He was a member of the Constitutional Conference in 1994.
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo took a walk down the memory lane, revealing how he once fell ‘in love’ with a girl in his class when he was 10-years-old.
According to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, he also penned down a romantic poem to her but got caught by his mum who found it while cleaning his bag.
Read the post shared on his Facebook page below;
When I was 10 years old, there was a girl in my class who I was quite certain at the time that I could give my life. So I wrote her a lovely poem over a weekend; I wrote the poem on Friday and finished it on Saturday. And it was, if I may say so myself, a work of sheer genius. It ended with the dramatic words; “your warm embrace may be the last desire of my heart before I die!”
I tucked it in my school bag and looked forward with a heart filled with love for Monday, to present to the object of my affections.
My mum, while cleaning out the bag, found the letter, and all hell broke loose. Needless to say, she beat the poetic genius out of me that terrible afternoon.
But that’s not the end of the story. True love as you know, will survive even the worst brutality. So, I bore my injuries as a worthy suffering for my beloved. On Monday morning, I found the best opportunity to give her a freshly written version of the poem. I turned away as she took the letter, I didn’t want to behold the sheer pleasure as she read it, but as I turned around, I noticed that she had actually handed the poem over to the teacher and she was pointing at me!
While my physical bruises have healed from that experience, from as you can imagine, what happened with the teacher, my capacity for writing romantic poetry had been greatly diminished.
Fantastical Futures is the audaciously inspirational theme of this iteration of the Ake Arts & Book Festival. Why do we in today’s world, dare to hope for a future so fantastic that it is described as fantastical? The reason it is, if I may offer one, is that there is for those who have cast this great vision; Lola, her friends and collaborators, they’ve have not allowed their vision to be beclouded by the cataracts of discouragement that so easily beset us. Two of those cataracts to our vision are worthy of mention.
The first is a disdain for introspection, which has just come over time, that capacity for deep thought, and making that the basis of planning and action. It is a disdain for introspection that causes our elite to spend or embezzle all the cash and opportunities of the present and make it the burden of a leaner future to pay for our corruption and carelessness.
A failure to interrogate the past, coupled with a reluctance to explain the benefit of deferring gratification. Is the creative sometimes, unable to stick to a cause because it may no longer be popular?
Niyi Osundare, the poet I’m sure we’re all familiar with, captures this elite inability to defer gratification in the provocative poem titled “Eating Tomorrow’s Yam”.
And I quote a portion of it, he said: “There is only one left in the village barn, the prodigal calls for a knife ‘what shall we eat tomorrow’, the people ask, ‘if we finish all the yam today just how shall we feel when the dunghill has relieved stomachs of their improvident burden? And says the prodigal: ‘tomorrow will take care of itself, how can we know the next day if we die of hunger today?”
The recursive one step forward two steps backwards of our histories, especially in Africa, has caused Prof. Tanure Ojaide, and I’m sure you’re all familiar with him as well, in his angry style, to ask “What poets do our leaders read?”
Again, Tanure Ojaide in his poem, “No longer our country”, remonstrates, and I quote him; “We have lost it, a country we were born into, we can now sing dirges of the commonwealth only of yesterday. We have a country that is no longer our own.”
But even he, that is Ojaide, will agree that men and women, not spirits build societies. Which leads me to the second cataract that blurs our vision. Imagine the failure to recognize the responsibility of the individual, especially the gifted individual.
Does the artist have a responsibility to society beyond that of the ordinary citizen? Is there a civic tax payable on talent? Does the fact of your genius place upon you, a moral burden to attempt to use the powerful voice of your art to fight for the soul of the land, especially to fight for the soul of the land from whence you came?
To take moral positions, are you by virtue of your intellect and creativity a moral agent? Or are you not? Can you or not be neutral? Can you be politically neutral? Can you in the face of so much that needs to be done, poverty, deprivation, and injustice, stay politically neutral? Can Africa afford to have its best talents wearing halos of political innocence and saying “let us leave politics to the scoundrels?”
There is a growing impatience of the deprived millions of our people with the elite, which includes all of us in this room; the bombs tied to the 11-year-old body of Safiaru a malnourished girl, who has never been to school, cannot distinguish between a lawyer like Yemi Osinbajo or a writer like Molara Wood. The bomb does not discriminate!
Earlier this year, the government established the Technology and Creativity Sector Working Group: a policy committee of Federal Government Ministers and Heads of Agencies with Creatives, Tech and Entertainment business owners.
The group meets to work on policy, including rules and regulations regularly. So, we do have now, a policy group, who takes into account the sorts of views that Creatives may want especially in formulating policy and that is so for persons of technology as well. So, I think there is plenty of room for expression, especially the way we want to see policies shaped that could affect our Creatives and could affect those involved in technology.
The last thing, did you enjoy the story I told earlier? It was fiction. I wish us all a fantastical future!
BBNaija Star, Anto Lecky was on Saturday honoured with an honorary doctorate degree from ISCOM University, Cotonou, Benin Republic for her work in sports, education and science.
Taking to her IG page, Anto shared a photo from the event, and disclosed that she has always wanted a Doctorate Degree especially because she can’t sit in a classroom again to get it. She wrote on Instagram;
‘You can now call me Dr. M.A.Lecky, BA, MBA, MSBM, PhD (HC)
Thank you to @iscomuniversitybn for honoring me today with Doctorate of Philosophy in Business Administration (Honoris Causa) for my work in sports, education, and service. Still pretty unreal. This is something I always wanted especially because I know I couldn’t sit in a classroom again to get the PhD � I recently told @munap_29 that my uncle wouldn’t be the only Dr. M Lecky…look at me now!’
Nigerian comedian, Akpororo has just gifted his mum a brand new car as she marks her 50th birthday celebration.
The comedian sharing a video from when he was presenting the car gift to his mum and also thanking her for believing in him and also for her advice.
Read his post below;
Little surprise/gift at church in warri to my super mum, thanks for believing in me, for your advice and prayers. I pray for more strength, favour, grace, peace, health, wealth to fall on you happy 50th birthday to my number one fan. I love you so much bcos you are the best
Super Eagle’s captain, Mikel Obi’s World Cup jersey has been added to FIFA museum collection, as announced via its official Twitter handle.
According to FIFA museum, Mikel Obi’s World Cup jersey which was added to its collection was the one the footballer wore the day the Nigerian national team defeated Iceland in its world cup campaign.
Read the tweet below;
When Nigeria beat Iceland at the Volgograd stadium they created a fair race against Argentina for second place in Group D Our collection now includes @Mikel_John_Obi‘s shirt from the match – the 2018 World Cup captain of the @NGSuperEagles
Argentina couldn’t claim three points against hardy newcomers, Iceland, but the @NG_Supereagles did – n they did it in style . The jersey worn by @Mikel_John_Obi at Nigeria’s 2-0 victory at the Volgograd Arena at the 2018 World Cup has been added to the FIFA Museum collectn
Nigerian rapper, Olamide has revealed that Ghanaian dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale is his favourite musician in Ghana.
According to the “Motigbana” crooner, Shatta Wale’s now-fierce rival, Sarkodie is not an artist he cherishes so much but rather mentioned him as the rapper he admires.
Explaining why he got featured on Shatta Wale’s “Reign” album in an interview on Starr FM, Accra, Olamide stated that Shatta Wale sent him the song, he loved it and jumped on it – it should be noted that Olamide is the only artist featured on Shatta Wale’s album.
He further stated that he also got the love for Kuami Eugene and Rufftown Records’new signee, Wendy Shay and DopeNation; a group he’s yet to record a song with.
Speaking on the popular ‘Shaku Shaku’ dance, he noted that it was originated by him in his first hit song “Wo” but became popular in his “Science Student” video and as a proof, he got into a little dance battle with the host.
Nigerian controversial journalist, Kemi Olunloyo who recently reacted to Davido’s comment of being rusty in an interview with Saturday Beats, disclosed that she doesn’t have sex drive due to circumcision.
Olunloyo who described Davido as disrespectful, stated that her children are not moved by such and even call her social media queen.
She said;
“He insulted me with sexual references at my age; that is very disrespectful. My children are not moved at all by these things; they call me a social media queen, they love me so much and they have my back. Some of his fans troll me on social media, always threatening to beat me up but I always report their pages so that they would get suspended.
“I dated a man from Delta (State) after I came out of prison but before then, I had not dated anybody for ten years. I was not sexually active because I didn’t have any drive for sex due to the fact that I was circumcised.
“We had to go our separate ways later even though he was caring; he stood by me all through the time I was in prison. Our relationship fizzled out after I was involved in a controversy online, he could not stand my fame and all the attacks and attention I was getting; he had low self-esteem. I ended the relationship in August 2017. At 60, I will be married to a rich, caring and submissive man.”
However when asked if she had evidence to back up her claims on Davido’s infidelity in his relationship, she said she had evidence but as a journalist, it was ethical to protect her source.
“Evidence always exists but as a journalist, I have to protect my source. I am a very assertive and aggressive person, so sometimes people see me as nasty and rude; they always say I have some form of mental illness. The information I have were got from Chioma’s female pals; her friends talk to me a lot. I have evidence of everything I report,” she said.
