Nigerian singer and mother of one, Tiwa Savage says her son, Jamil does not like when she goes out.
She took to her Instagram page to make this revelation, saying that he clings unto her whenever he perceives that she wants to leave home.
The proud of mum of one who shared beautiful new photos of herself rocking a yellow dress, also revealed that she promised to remind her son, Jam Jam of how he wouldn’t let her go out when he grows up, especially when he starts to think giving her a hug isn’t cool anymore…
She wrote:
“JamJam when you are older and forming for me that you don’t want to give mummy a hug because it’s not cool, I will remind you of these times that you would cling unto me when I’m going out and you don’t want me to leave
My baby, I love you so much ”
Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Tokunbo Idowu aka Tboss is celebrating her birthday today.
In celebration of her birthday, she shared these beautiful photos on her Instagram page and wrote;
“I swear I Honestly intended to Keep Calm BUT I CAN’T!!! Why??? Because it is my Birthday – lol don’t I just look like this emoji? Thanks to Jonah of @brookmatrix_photography for these absolutely breathtaking shots @solangehairandbeautyshop for my beautiful makeup & styling my hair @dzynbabe (This beautiful red dress)
Need I repeat just how much I just Love you, your designs and your beautiful kind heart & smile @centralparkabuja be giving my Photos LIFEeee . The Art on my wrists was done by Joe who’s handle I simply cannot recall but he’s got the weirdest & cutest moustache everrr. Can I just Hail myself for my creativity in pulling off each & every shoot. #PhotoshootQUEEN #AstonishingTokunbor.
Thank you @simplysorrentino for all your help & The Blacky 1 dimpled guy behind the camera who jumped into the fountain to adjust & fix the lights just so we can have BOMB photos”
See more photos…
Meanwhile, TBoss declared that she is not dating anyone in the entertainment industry.
Tboss took to her Instagram to disclose this and at the same time talked about her life and plans.
She wrote: “I like to keep certain things private and my love life or relationship falls into that category. However, the story that I am engaged to a musician or anyone else for that matter is just a rumour.
“I am not engaged to be married to anybody and if such happens, everyone will know. At present, I am only focused on my brand and how to make it better.”
She added: “I was born in Bucharest, Romania, to a Romanian mother and a Nigerian father, who hails from Edo State. I have three siblings.
“I went to primary school in Suleja, Niger State. For my post-elementary education, I attended Federal Government Girls’ College, Calabar.
“I got some endorsements and movie roles last year. I plan to do more movies this year, but I don’t want to reveal too much at the moment.”
Y’all remember when Popular Nigerian singer, Samklef took to his Twitter page to call out controversial OAP, Daddy Freeze over his constant criticism of pastors?…
Samklef
We thought the “beef” between them had ended after Freeze told him to unfollow his message because they are not meant for slaves, while also calling him an “insipid cretin”.
Anyways, the fire is far from over, as the music Producer took to his Instagram page to shade Daddy Freeze.
He wrote;
“I used to work for a company called sound factory when mai atafo was still the brand manager of Guinness this dick freezer guy has been working for cool fm since 2007 till date why I left the company 2007 for the street to establish myself , the funny things is that the station ‘coolfm’ who use to feed on the support of pastor over their praise jam concert Sacked him last year and was accepted back with plead of people, in case you need employment my son @officialliljasonCEO…KLEF SOUND EMPIRE is hiring next month so you can come submit your Cv for employment .. fake ass oyinbo ??? let’s see who is the boss….. my career is dead abeg make u and ur mumu satan followers talk another thing no be money way artist they pay u for promotion u dey take survive fooooool poor guy with fake watch ????”
As expected, Daddy Freeze who’s got no chills for shades directed at him responded.
He wrote;
“Na person papa be this o! What is “plead of people” or “use to feed on the support of pastor”????
Sorry guys, but I can’t make head or tail of this buffoonery. Baba, write this thing for Yoruba, don’t worry I’m multilingual, So ni ede to ye e! ???? How can a grown man be this unlettered?
Your son is hiring??? Please do the world a favour and keep him in school so he doesn’t end up with subnormal discernment, like you did!”
Aisha Buhari during her speech in Abuja on Thursday said she shares the sorrow and agony of parents of the abducted Chibok and Dapchi school girls.
She expressed the concern in Abuja on Thursday while delivering a speech she titled: “Leave Our Daughters Alone”, to mark the 2018 International Women`s Day.
“As a mother, I share (in) the sorrow and agony which the parents are going through up to this moment. I am aware of the efforts being made for the release of the remaining Chibok girls as well as the recently (abducted) Dapchi girls. It is my sincere hope that the efforts will yield positive results” she said.
The wife of the President said that the abductions had further exposed the long-standing evil perpetrated against women in the society. She, therefore, called on relevant stakeholders, especially the media, to stand against the “disturbing issue. It is a disturbing issue for which we must put heads together, pray, speak out, show concern and ensure that the situation come an end.”
She, therefore, called on Nigerians, especially the media to join the campaign against all forms of abduction and maltreatment of the Nigerian woman. Mrs Buhari said it was unfortunate that celebration of the 2018 International women`s day came with pains and agony following the abduction of the Dapchi School girls. She also expressed concern over the use of young girls by insurgents to carry out suicide bombing.
She, however, congratulated Nigerian women for successfully marking the Day and prayed for greater opportunities for the Nigerian woman. The wife of the president also prayed for Nigerian women to have equal opportunities in governance as their male counterparts.
In her remark, the wife of Vice-President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, said the 2018 event came in a very happy and worst situation considering the progress made by Nigerian team at the winter Olympic as well as the abduction of the Dapchi girls. Mrs Osinbajo also called for equal opportunity to the women.
A 41-year-old randy pastor (name withheld) of a new generation church in Ugbolu Community, near Asaba, Delta State, has allegedly put in family way, two sisters after conducting “Fake Deliverance” for them.
It was gathered that in 1998, the said pastor had, in Enugu State, allegedly committed same act when he was said to have slept with a mother and daughter during an all-night service, and was subsequently banished from the town after he was subjected to severe beating by angry church youths.
Sources said the two sisters, undergraduates of the National Open University, Asaba study centre (names withheld) had been regular visitors to the pastor’s church in the Community, and most times, attended his deliverance service before the bubble burst.
According to our informed sources, trouble started in December 2017 when the two sisters sought the pastor’s spiritual help for an undisclosed spiritual attack, a situation he allegedly respond to and hoodwinked them into doing deliverance during night fall, an offer the unsuspecting sisters willingly accepted without hesitation.
It was further gathered that the pastor allegedly “arranged” a room within the church premises where the two sisters, native of Asaba were ordered Unclad, and in the process, were offered water in a big bucket to bath with.
While the purported deliverance process lasted, the pastor, an insider said, suddenly went into uncontrollable act, leaving his manhood blown out of his white garment dress, and in a twinkle of an eye allegedly buried it into one of the victims vagina.
A member of the church Celestine Okoh, told our reporter that the lid of the pastor’s illicit and purported deliverance act was blown open last Sunday, during church service when the two sisters, in what appeared to be mild drama, stormed the church with some hired thugs and in a fit of fury, allegedly dragged the pastor out before they started beating and stoning him in the process.
In the melee, his church was set ablaze by the angry youths who also ensured that those who supported him were disgraced and beaten to stupor.
A 500-level Computer Engineering Student of the University of Benin, identified only as Adam, on Thursday evening, hanged himself inside his room.
According to reports from his close friend, Adam attended classes as usual that very day, returned home, charged his phone, washed his clothes, then went inside his room where he hanged himself within 20 minutes of locking the door.
His lifeless body was only discovered when his sister, who came from Ekenwa campus, forced the door open. The deceased is said to be a sufferer of Bipolar disorder (once known as manic depression or manic-depressive disorder).
The reason behind this action could be as a result of so many things but as we heard, he’s a first-class student, so academic backwardness isn’t really the reason.
It is difficult, if not out-rightly impossible to read the story of his life and not be eminently inspired. This is for the simple reason that each chapter of that life leaves sundry lessons. It is all about the impact, visionary commitment to courses, transparent honesty in dealings with others, as well as diligent pursuit of purpose, human limitations notwithstanding.
In fact, say it that Otunba Michael Olasubomi Balogun (CON), the man they call the Asiwaju of Ijebu Christians, is a lesson to life, and you would be stating the obvious. From the perspective of entrepreneurship, he is a front-liner, visionary leadership, he is there; manager of men and materials, he has a tall reputation; a philanthropist of note the same way he is an outstanding bridge builder.
For example, it was his great entrepreneurial foresight that saw to the birthing of one of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions, FCMB, at a time of seeming impossibility. An individual seeking and obtaining a banking license was unheard of at the time, but Balogun did not allow popular sentiments to smoulder his tall ambitions.
He envisioned, he prayed, but he also undertook shuttle diplomacy when it mattered, cried when the need arose and equally appealed where it was necessary. The point really, is that he has learnt to give to life, whatever is genuinely necessary to achieving the desired results.
Born on that auspicious 9th day of March in 1934, Otunba Balogun’s citation is like a scroll out of the hall of fame, gripping and intriguing no matter from which perspective it is told. Yet, it would remain incomplete without a reference to a few number of Nigerians who stood in support of this visionary’s mission to accomplish his ambition. In every interview, comment or discussion the Otunba Tunwase, who is also the Asiwaju Onigbagbo of Ijebuland, Dr Michael Olasubomi Balogun will always appreciate such people, eternally remaining grateful, sheer humility, virtue, rarely found in men of such exceptional worth.
At 84 therefore, Otunba Balogun is a portrait of very many treasured virtues. He epitomises principled living, genuine love, detribalisation, and the eloquent apostolic dictum that one good turn deserves another. His bridge-building antecedents are well known, and has lent tremendously to the quest for inter-ethnic cohesion in the country yet, Otunba Balogun’s life-story shows that nothing could be impossible to anyone who believes and that there is light on the lips of a nine-year toddler.
When frustrations came over obtaining needed resources from then existing banks, it had taken a seemingly innocuous rebuke from his nine year old to awaken his faith. The boy had innocently observed whether his father could not establish his own bank, if the one he had worked for denied him what ordinarily, should be his. That was the kick he needed to jumpstart a bank of his own. Today that modest idea has grown to a mighty oak, sheltering hundreds of thousands of people, covering the interests, needs and care for millions of people, offering direct employment and making available to them, resources to multiply their incomes and keep families running.
Ever so grateful to God for what his life has become, Otunba Balogun is humbled by the realisation that he is neither the biggest nor the smartest, yet, swims in a rich measure of divine grace. This is the reason behind his unwavering philanthropic gestures. He cites his ascendency to the stool of Asiwaju of Ijebu as example, affirming that this was given even when his mother was the Iyasuna of Muslims in Ijebu. According to him, “it is God who has been doing this that I was also made the Asiwaju of Ijebu Christians So, it is in appreciation of what God has done for me and so I have thrown myself into the service of the people. I am always joyous to do good and to have people around me. And the good Lord has always been faithful to me”.
Having been accepted across philosophical, political and religious divides, he has thus far operated as a bridge builder of sorts, deploying resources as regularly as required. In fact, in the area of development of the town, he has played a sterling role, falling back on his being picked by the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Ijebu land and requested to rally round others to develop his people and the community.
A few years ago, he transferred the Otunba Tunwase Paediatric centre to the University of Ibadan, a project in which he had sunk billions of naira. That handover was on the auspices of his 80th birthday. On the spiritual plane, he is not just satisfied with the tag of Asiwaju of Ijebu Christians but is thrilled by initiatives that advance the course of Christianity. Part of this are the Annual Christmas Carols in December and Prayer sessions and Thanksgiving Services in January in his country home of which he is a convener. Reflecting on the prayer sessions recently, he observed: “The tradition I met when I took over from the first Asiwaju of Ijebu Christians was that annually Christians and even Muslims would kick-start the new year by going to offer prayers in the house of the Awujale and after that they would come to the house of the Asiwaju. The significance is to give an opportunity for the Asiwaju to join everybody in thanking the Almighty God for what He has done for all of us in the year before and asking him to continue to guard and take care of us for the new year. I think that its significance is not just for Christians but for all people. The Yorubas say if you give thanks for the favour done in the past that you will receive more favours”. These sessions have grown in popularity with attendant extensive positive impact.
In fact, his reference to God is so well known around the town that it has become the tradition of local musicians to start playing the tune “Nipa ife Olugbala ki yo si nkankan”, (which means by the love of the Saviour, there shall be no evil) anytime and anywhere he makes his appearance. For the Baba Oba of Ijebu-Ife, it is the good Lord that has been protecting and guarding His people and it is only natural to sing back in appreciation.
“I genuinely worship my God. In every home of mine, I have a chapel and on my birthday, I go there first to thank God for mercy received and to pray for further mercy. The secret of it is that I throw myself into the hands of God trusting that He will do the best for me”, he says. Otunba Balogun may not be so much swayed by the tag of a politician as he appreciates the appellation of philanthropist. He is a living proof that it is in giving that one secures the channel of receiving. And that for Nigeria to remain, there has to be prayers.
“The first thing I will say to Nigerians is to be conscientious in praying and having faith that having prayed, the good Lord will answer our prayers. There is a lot that Nigerians expect from the country but my prayer is that the good Lord will guard everybody including our government, so that everybody will do the right thing. Between friends, family and universally, we should put God first and seek His face and everything else will be right”, he admonishes.
A holder of the 1959 LLB Honours, of the London School of Economics (LSE), he was called to the English Bar in December 1959. He was trained as a Parliamentary Counsel by the Government of Western Region of Nigeria at Whitehall and the British Parliament in London, and started his Civil Service career in February 1961 in the Ministry of Justice, Ibadan. He was later transferred to the Federal Ministry of Justice as the Assistant Parliamentary Counsel of the Federation, where he remained until July 1966. For nine years, between 1966 and 1975, he was the first Principal Counsel and Company Secretary to the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (NIDB). During this period, he received extensive training at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), otherwise known as the World Bank, and its private sector affiliate, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) both in Washington DC. He also received extensive training from leading stockbrokers, investment banks and merchant banks in London and New York.
There were other outstanding moves within, but Otunba Balogun was seconded to Icon Limited (Merchant Bankers), as an Executive Director following its establishment. During this time, he represented Icon on the Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and he distinguished himself in the handling of many capital issues on the Exchange. He resigned in December 1977 to set up his own company, City Securities Limited, which became the first institution in Nigeria to combine Issuing House and Stockbroking businesses under one roof. In less than two years of the establishment of City Securities Limited, he was cited as “a most distinguished and leading Baron of the Nigerian Capital Market”.
The Asalu-Oba of Ijebu-Imushin, Otunba Balogun in 1979, single-handedly set-up the first wholly Nigerian owned merchant bank, known as First City Merchant Bank Limited. Under his leadership as Chairman and Chief Executive, First City Merchant Bank Limited (FCMB) in its first twenty years of existence, experienced unprecedented steady and un-interrupted growth, earned national and international recognition as a market leader in investment banking and capital market services.
Otunba Balogun was the first in Nigeria as at 1987 to endow a Professorial Chair in a University, this at the University of Ibadan. He has equally donated to several altruistic causes in a number of institutions such as the Olabisi Onabanjo University (formerly Ogun State University), Yaba College of Technology, African Leadership Forum, etc.
Otunba Balogun took over, reconstructed, refurbished and perpetually endowed the maintenance of The Children’s Emergency Unit in the University Teaching Hospital, Ibadan which has now been named after him, the “OTUNBA TUNWASE CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY UNIT”. He has donated to the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital a newly built and fully equipped air-conditioned 40-bed Children’s Centre, made provision for the perpetual maintenance of the Children’s Centre, and actively provided financial assistance to various local institutions, individuals and other charitable organisations.
To date, he has awarded over 300 scholarships to many Nigerians at secondary and tertiary levels; established an umbrella organization known as “Otunba Tunwase Foundation” to cater for all his philanthropic endeavours and services to the community. Under this Foundation, and on his 60th birthday, he commenced the construction of a special gift to the nation – the “OTUNBA TUNWASE NATIONAL PAEDIATRIC CENTRE.” Otunba is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management, a holder of the Degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) University of Ibadan and a Merit Award holder of several organisations. In terms of traditional titles, he is the Baba Oba of Ijebu Ife and the Asiwaju of Ijebu Christians amongst others.
In November 2000, he was conferred with the National Honour of “Commander of the Order of the Niger” by the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Otunba Balogun as an author, a prolific writer and a distinguished opinion leader was also at one time a member of the National Presidential Advisory Committee on the Recovery of the Nigerian economy.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, the Nigerian Institute of Management, and the Chartered Institute of Bankers, a Former Deputy President now Life Vice President of the Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce, Council Member of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chairman, Primrose Investments Limited; Chairman, Bluechip Holdings Limited; Chairman, Swiftdrill (Nigeria) Limited, Chairman, Primrose Properties Investments Limited and Director of a number of other companies.
Award-winning rapper, Olamide has finally proposed to his baby mama, Bunkumi, on her birthday, which is today..
The rapper and his babymama have been together for years now, and she’s the only “woman” who has a child for the singer.. and she’s finally got a ring to her finger.
Olamide had a son with Bunkunmi, named, Batifeori Maximilliano Adedeji.. According to multiple reports, Bunkumi and Olamide started dating from the beginning of his music career, and she’s been with him ever since.
Some comments after his engagement was announced:
@iam_markenziee: “omo dis gal dun fly for afternoon nd for night,it is so rare to see a celeb end up with his baby mama..lol congrats dey re compatible 100%”
@stainface: “I know some uncontested ladies will still say see the small diamond ring he gave her, a whole Celebrity. If you know their story you gon know she’s the Humble right when Olamide wasn’t nothing. Now she enjoying”
@rhunyee_calaaabarkitchen: “Olamide got his girlfriend pregnant, stuck with her all through and now He’s wifed her. She was there for him from the onset and stayed till now. Men and women, learn from this”
@shakar_el: “A Drama Free woman will always Win in peace and enjoy forever”
@missalluring: “What everyone wants “drama free life”. Even the drama queens and kings cringe at their own life style. Didn’t even know Olamide had a son not until now… Congrats to her.”
@dpurple_unicorn: “Thought he said he was never gonna get married? Congratulations to the both”
@thechrishelle.k.o: The fact that I’m just seeing her picture for the first time though.. Not all these other ones that hops into drama like say na food
@mrcocofficial_: Those saying senior wife, there is no junior wife anywhere, Olamide mean senior wife to Dj Enimoney’s wife. ?Congrats Bunkumi you deserve more than the best.?
Big Brother Naija 2018 Housemate, Tope Adenibuyan, Teddy Badman A, was arrested in Dallas, Texas in the year 2013, but it apparently, wasn’t for a serious crime.
The singer was arrested for driving without headlights, speeding and display of expired license plate.
According to reports shared on social media, and some info gathered on whogotarrested.org, TeddyA has been arrested Thrice.
His mugshot is currently being circulated on the internet..
This is a clear example of… “The internet never forgets”… Or rather, “The past one way or the other, comes hunting”..
Davido and his lover, Chioma Rowland, have once again proven to trolls that their love can of couse stand the test of time..
The singer with his lover were recently pictured together as they engrossed themselves with their phones.
Meanwhile, the singer’s highly hyped 30 Billion Concert which kicked off at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda, may have been successful, but may not have left a lasting memory for Nigerian award winning singer, Davido who fell on stage before his performance.
In a video gone viral, Davido was about to put up an electrifying performance when he tumbled and rolled in front of the expectant audience.
However, in an apparent response to the incident , the ‘If’ crooner wrote “Body no be firewood.”
Ghanaian Actress, Yvonne Nelson had an interview with BBC, where she revealed she does not regret giving birth to her baby daughter out of wedlock.
Nelson revealed with BBBC that even though the best thing to do is have her child in marriage, she does not regret keeping her pregnancy and giving birth to her daughter.
“I believe it’s the right thing to do. To get married, have kids, raise a family is ideal but I believe society puts a lot of pressure on women, young women in Africa especially.”
On how she felt when people criticised her after welcoming her daughter, Yvonne said
”I am a very positive person. I don’t let all the negativity and all the bad talks get to me. I was staying positive. I had loved ones around me plus I had this beautiful blessing in my arms. It was all joy for me. I wasn’t listening to all the negativity outside at all. It didn’t really affect me at all”
According to her, what matters most is that “at the end of the day if my mum, my family is happy with me, I am happy with myself, that’s it”.
A Nigerian wife has set fire to husband’s house as he intends to marry another woman a month after marrying her.
The angry wife, who is against her husband’s polygamous plan that is coming barely two months into their marriage, insisted that it is too early to bring another woman as wife into the family.
When the husband told her of his plans to remarry, she didn’t object, but she stated that he should at least wait for some time before he begins to harbour the thoughts of marrying a new wife.
The husband however refused to heed to the pleas of his wife and made known his intentions to go ahead with his plans.
According to a source, the husband, whose name was given as Yanusa, who is living very close to Ali Bagudo’s house, Badariya area, Birnin-Kebbi, lost his first wife last year and only married Aisha in February this year.
He said; “Yunusa, who lost his first wife last year, married Aisha; but it seems that they are not on good terms. When her husband told her his intention to marry another woman, she got angry and set ablaze her husband’s house when he went out on Tuesday to his office.
It was gathered that family members came out to extinguish the inferno, and removed few of the husband’s property
A number of prophets claimed to have prophesied the death of Ebony after her demise. Hence, popular Ghanaian singer, Mzvee has also revealed why a death prophecy will never come to her. www.entertainmentgh.com reports!
In an audio clip which captured the prophecy, the head pastor and founder of the True Word Prophetic Fire Ministry, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, emphatically stated that Ebony would die in a gory accident.
Another prophet also claimed to have had a revelation that the self-acclaimed dancehall king, Shatta Wale will lose his life by July. After that prophecy, the artiste has since vowed to burn down churches of fake pastors if the said prophecy does not come to pass.
Speaking in an exclusive interview on Razzonline.com in line with what she would do if a prophecy comes that she is the next celebrity to die, the sensational Hamenoo-Kpeda who is better known by her stage name MzVee boldly revealed that, “death prophecy will not even come because I will not pick my phone”,
Touching on whether she believes in prophecy, the BET nominee Mzvee, with much humor delineated that.
“I believe every word in the dictionary exists so there are ghosts…everything…Mr Christmas sef dey”,
Mzvee at the just ended unveiling of the nominees for the 2018 Vodafone Ghana music awards got 6 nominations.
Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh who recently revealed that she loves food so much more than sex, has dished out some motivational words to her female fans.
She took to her Instagram page to share a beautiful photo of herself and revealed that she’s perfect in her on way and that she loves a man and also submit to him too.
She wrote:
“I AM A WOMAN. I AM POWERFUL. I AM BRILLIANT. I AM COURAGEOUS. I AM PERFECT IN MY OWN WAY. I EXUDE GRACE. I AM SOFT YET SOOO STRONG. I AM A FORCE TO RECKON. I AM A BRAND. I AM A MOTHER. I AM EDUCATED. I AM AMBITIOUS. I AM A CAREER WOMAN. I AM A BOSS. I MAKE MY OWN IWN MONEY. I LOVE TO HELP OTHERS. I SPEAK AND STAND WITH AUTHORITY. I LOVE A MAN AND I SUBMIT TO HIM TOO. I AM A WOMAN. I AM KING TONTO #KINGTONTO #MAMAKING #RADICAL4JESUS #HAPPYWOMENSDAY”
Meanwhile, Popular comedian, Gandoki has urged Tonto Dikeh to reconcile with her husband, Olakunle Churchill, following the alleged crisis rocking their marriage.
The comedian said this after the light-skinned actress confirmed her marriage had crashed while responding to questions from her fans on Instagram.
Her husband had equally opened up on his marriage crisis, confirming that all was not well in their camp.
But Gandoki has beckoned on the mother of one to fix the issues and return home.
On an Instagram post @gandokicomedy, the rib cracker wrote: “Tonto my sister, you no sabi say wen you marry, many girls wey think say them no get hope to settle down, all find husband eventually?
“You truly motivated a lot of them, but your untimely breakup will give those ladies a sour taste in their mouth and family,…Abi you want us to get more single mother’s or baby mamas?
“It is on record that the Xmas of 2015 had the highest number of weddings and engagements in the south East, South South and even south west.
“Tonto Dikeh, the Poko mama, Abeg, Abeg, na Abeg I take God beg you, make your homework, extending your movie roles to marriage dramas, breaks the heart of thousands of your teeming fans.
“Instagram stunt of your personal affairs is expected to attract diverse interferences and attacks of different degrees.
“Let’s keep fantasizing that all is well,….we never believed that your Mr X whom you held so dearly and, that was a hard nut to unveil, is today your fellow actor in “Tonto Dikeh Instagram Marriage Part 1 and Tonto Dikeh & Son Go Missing Part 2.
“Oga Churchill, when we ever meet, I will inform you more….we dey wait to see una together for event, nothing concern me with the blackmail story from one of you but…it breaks my heart!”
Since the beginning of the Big Brother Naija Show, some Nigerian FBI’s revealed that one of the housemates, Tobi Bakre worked with Heritage Bank prior to the beginning of the show.
Many evey claimed that the Bank, one of the sponsors of the show, fixed their staff, Tobi into the show, so he “could” carry the bank on his shoulders with the fame he’d attain.
Well, the management of the Heritage Bank has on social media set the records straight about their relationship Tobi.
They decided to make this clarification following the news making rounds that the bank, which is the official sponsor of this year’s show, are influencing it in favor of Tobi.
Although, they didn’t give full details but they made it known that he no longer works for them – meaning they could never influence it in the favor of an ex-staff.
They wrote:
“We know you have all been wondering about Tobi’s connection to Heritage Bank. This is to clarify that he is a former staff of the bank and resigned appropriately prior to the Big Brother Naija show @bigbronaija #HeritageBank #BBNaija2018″
This Morning, Housemate, Teddy A exposed his private part, while he was in the luxury suite with his former strategic partner, the current head of house, BamBam.
He has since been trending on Social Media, as many Nigerians have taken to the platform to share their views on the incident.
While some say, he is blessed down below, but not as blessed as Bitto, others think, it is small, and not “neat”.
See some comments below…
@Kayore : No wonder bambam want to die there
@Big_finisher: “When you are endowed just as Teddy A you have to be confident. Now I know why every lady in that house wants a piece of Teddy A,man is loaded”
@babyenhle: “That pic of Teddy A’s private part is body shaming why would someone pause their DSTV to take such aii”
@Michael: “Pictures are not right for his personality outside the house
@Emma: “TEDDY A is a blessed child, the hand of God is upon u TEDDY A and bambam
@BigBrotherF: “I need a man like Teddy A bikinu, only bambam can’t be enjoying what I saw in between his legs”
@Mbalen: “Not a Teddy A fan but I personally don’t like the pub that’s going around SM why would someone pause their TV to take such
@Chichi: “Teddy A keep entertaining us, we are solidly behind you till the end.”
@Ahamefule: “TEDDY A BABA, who God has blessed, No one can CURSE, you are blessed indeed.”
@BigBNaija3: “Teddy A is the face of BBN 2018, Even his third leg trends all over Nigeria,that is phenomenal baba
@minnie: ”My poor in law. This happens to every man in the morning. The muscle stretches and clearly those pants won’t making it easy…so when adjusting the pants…the Cameraman was wide awake
@Fatunbu: “Pls someone tell me that’s not the carrots bambam ate and likes because if that is it..I rest my case”
@rofhi: “Lmao Big brother… atleast give warning onscreen”
A Junior Secondary School pupil at Ohafia in Arochukwu Local Government of Abia State has reportedly died after consuming 10 tablets of Tramadol.
This statement was made by the Commandant of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Mr. Akindele Akingbade.
Mr. Akindele Akingbade. who spoke in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, while delivering a lecture at a seminar NDLEA and Office of the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Narcotics and Abia State Drug Abuse Control Committee (ADCC) organised for patent medicine dealers.
The Nation reports that Akingbade mentioned in his lecture that the pupil was alleged to have taken the Tramadol tablets to enhance his performance during an inter-house sports competition in his school.
He was said to have died shortly after taking the drugs.
The NDLEA boss, who said Abia was among the states with a high level of drug/substance abuse, added that the governor had been informed about the incident.
He said efforts were being made to apprehend the seller as directed by the governor.
Akingbade advised patent medicine dealers to desist from selling drugs without prescription by doctors or pharmacists.
He attributed the high rate of crimes, including robbery, rape, kidnapping and others to the effect of drugs.
Akingbade said besides the agency’s resolve to take the awareness campaign against selling of harmful drugs to the abusers, they (NDLEA) had begun encouraging schools to establish Drug Free Clubs, to discourage pupils from taking drugs.
The Director of Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health and Chairman, ADCC, Chief Chimezie Uzuegbu, as well as the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ikpeazu, David Anyanwu, hailed NDLEA for its efforts in curbing drug abuse.
The rate at which young people consume the banned drug is quite alarming. Another man was reported to have lost his sanity after consuming 7 tablets Tramdol in Lagos yesterday.
His friends who noticed his unusual behaviour immediately tied him up before administering first aid treatments on him.
Few hours ago, YBL brought you reports of a housemaid, identified simply as Samson who beat her boss to coma in Lagos, after stealing her money and property.
Susan Samson
Well, the young woman – the housemaid who beat her boss to coma has now been identified as Susan Samson – an indigene of Cross River State.
Ok, so just in case you missed it, Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, are battling to save the life of a civil servant in the state, identified only as Mistura, after she was allegedly attacked by her maid in the Ejigbo area.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Mistura had been in a coma since Monday, March 5, 2018, when she was attacked with blended pepper and a wine bottle by the maid, identified as Susan Samson.
Our correspondent was told that despite a three-hour surgery on Wednesday, the victim had yet to come round and was in the intensive care unit of LASUTH.
It was learnt that Mistura, who taught in a public secondary school in Lagos, had employed Samson on February 4, 2018 to assist her with domestic chores.
The 18-year-old suspect was reported to have stolen her boss’ money last Friday and Saturday.
After the stolen money was recovered from Samson’s bag, Mistura was said to have alerted the agent who brought her.
The Ogoja, Cross River State indigene, in a desperate bid to escape from the house, which Mistura had locked, allegedly poured blended pepper on the boss while she lay on the bed.
She then grabbed a champagne bottle and smashed it on the victim’s head repeatedly until she passed out.
The suspect was reportedly apprehended by residents who heard the victim’s scream for help.
PUNCH Metro was told that the suspect was handed over to policemen from the Ejigbo division.
The victim’s husband, who identified himself only as Alhaji Sikiru, said he had gone to work when the incident happened.
He said, “An agent brought her to my wife on February 4, 2018. The girl said although she was from Ogoja, Cross River State, she had her primary and secondary education in Ikorodu, Lagos State, where she had lived the better part of her life.
“I had gone to work around 6am on Monday when my wife was attacked. But when I was called, I went to make a statement at the Ejigbo Police Station where the girl was being detained. That was where she told me everything that happened.
“She said last Friday, my wife accused her of stealing some money. Again on Saturday, there was an allegation she stole another money. I was surprised because my wife did not tell me that the maid she employed was stealing her things.
“After I left the house on Monday, my wife asked her to buy balm for her down the street. While she was away, my wife went to her room and found the stolen money in her bag, including some other items which she (Samson) stole from her shop.
“My wife called the agent that brought her and asked him to come over to the house. The agent immediately called the girl to know what happened. The girl said she didn’t know why she (Mistura) called him.
“At this time, she had become suspicious. So, when she got back to the house, she went to her bag and discovered that the stolen money and other items had been recovered by my wife.”
He said Mistura, while awaiting the agent, locked up the two gates in the house and kept the keys.
She was said to have lain on the bed.
“When the girl saw that her secret was about to be exposed, she wanted to escape. On discovering that the pedestrian and drive gates had been locked, she became desperate.
“She went to the kitchen, took a bowl of blended pepper, and poured it on my wife on the bed. My wife could not see again, but she groped to the main gate. She started calling for help because she could not also open the gate.
“The girl went inside the house and found a bottle of champagne, which I had kept for an occasion. She smashed it on my wife’s head five times. And she collapsed.
“Some residents, who had gathered outside the gate after hearing my wife’s call for help, caught her as she tried to escape. They also found my wife in a pool of blood and rushed her to a hospital,” he added.
He noted that during a visit of the police to the house, they found more stolen items in the suspect’s room.
Alhaji Sikiru, while expressing fear over the condition of his wife, said he hoped she would make it out alive.
“She lost a lot of blood and I had to get six pints of blood yesterday (Tuesday). Because her blood level was low, the doctors gave her four pints so she could go through a surgery which started from 1am and ended around 4.30am on Wednesday. The surgery didn’t bring out anything. She is still in a coma.
“My wife is in the intensive care unit of LASUTH. Her brain has collapsed and has been removed from the body and kept somewhere. Her kidney is already packing up. I hope she makes it out alive,” he added.
A source told PUNCH Metro that the couple had a disagreement late 2017 over the issue of getting a maid as the husband was against the idea.
The source said the dispute was so intense that some relatives had to wade in.
“The woman has high blood pressure and her personal doctor told the husband in January that the woman’s BP was still high but she said she would be better if he allowed her to have a maid. That was when the man succumbed. But see what it has caused,” she said.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, said it was a case of attempted murder.
He said, “The said Susan Samson suspected that her boss had discovered some items she stole and hid in her room. She subsequently mixed a large quantity of pepper in water and poured it on the woman’s face to render her defenceless.
“She subsequently hit her head repeatedly with a big bottle of wine which grievously harmed the woman. The state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has decried this act wickedness and ordered a thorough investigation and diligent prosecution of the case.”
The Chief Medical Director of LASUTH, Professor Wale Oke, said the victim was receiving treatment at the hospital.
He said, “She had a surgery yesterday, which was successful. She is, however, not out of the woods yet. She is still in a coma. We have to wait for the brain to heal from the injuries.”
Ministers in the United Kingdom have drawn up plans to build a prison in Nigeria to enable the government to transfer prisoners from Britain.
The proposed 112-bed wing, built to United Nations specifications in the Kiri Kiri prison in Lagos, is to be built as part of a compulsory prisoner transfer agreement.
According to a statement submitted to Parliament by Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson on Wednesday evening, the proposed prison will cost about £700,000 (N350 million).
Boris Johnson said:
“As part of this agreement, eligible prisoners serving criminal sentences in Nigeria and the UK can be returned to complete their sentences in their respective countries”.
It follows a deal reached between the two countries signed in 2014.
But poor conditions in some prisons overseas have created a legal barrier to returning foreigners convicted in the UK.
“The Government believes that wherever possible foreign nationals should serve their sentences in their own country,” a Foreign Office spokesperson told Sky News.
“Helping Nigeria to improve its prison conditions and increase prison capacity will enable us to transfer more prisoners to Nigeria, which will in turn free up prison places in the UK.”
Deals to transfer prisoners in UK jails to their countries of origin have been made with Albania, Rwanda, Jamaica and Libya, as well as Nigeria.
In 2015 the Government pitched an ambitious £25m project to build a 1,500 bed prison in Jamaica, with the aim of sending more than 300 Jamaican inmates with sentences of more than four years there.
But the Jamaican government rejected the deal, with local media quoting ministers as saying the offer was not beneficial to Jamaica and did not cover the prison’s full cost.
Mr Johnson said tenders for the planned Nigerian jail had been placed and suppliers identified, bringing the project’s total cost to £695,525 including support, monitoring and evaluation.
The bill will be met by the CSSF (Conflict, Stability and Security Fund), he said.
According to House of Commons statistics there were 320 Nigerian nationals in prisons in England and Wales at the end of 2016.
…..and that was how a hunter reportedly gunned down a huge elephant at janiyi camp, idanre, ondo state and posed with the animal’s dead body..
Although, reports are that the animal has been causing menace in the community, destroying the crops planted in the farmlands.
But Nigerians on social media have since bashed the hunter for this act, as some believe that the elephant could have been taken to a wildlife reserve
See some comments below…
Odofin Stephen – AYgrafix;“Im sure if ds s US or any oda developed country, ds man will be sued. D elephant doesn’t deserve ds.”
Jenny Jesus“And why are they killing it? This same Nigeria will travel to South Africa just to take pictures with elephant and before you do that you have to pay about a $100, why are we like this? Seriously e get as some Nigerians de behave wey de tire me so”
KC Kingsley;“Thank God dey kil de elephant early If not you will hear it has swallow all the money in Edo firs bank”
Valentine Onyemachi Okechukwu; “If this story is true, the hunter should be booked. Must we extinct all the important wild life.”
Daphne Legemah said; “Why kill the animal instead of taking it to the zoo, no wonder some of the zoo in the country so empty”
Tobi Adedayo said; “This guyz should stop killing this wild lives, how long are we going to continue this cruelty… This animals are in danger of extinction for God sake”
Izukka Nation; “I think the hunter was just being conscious of his money in first bank..since snake and monkey has done their part.. elephant is now a suspect..”
Oroka Kingsley; “Those of you that are saying the hunter shouldn’t have killed the elephant,what if the elephant was a wild one trying to attack him?”
Minded JoJo; “Wow……amazing…..this man just saved all first bank users……kudos to him…….so dis elephant ny one swallow our money b4……tanks man…..with cock and shoot u kill and elephant with…..tanks once again”
Late last night during a chat among housemates, Ifu Ennada asked Teddy A about his girlfriend, asking that since he has a girlfriend outside and he is with Bam Bam in the house, does this mean whenever he goes on tour, he would get a new girl?
Teddy A however broke a lot of hearts after he revealed once again that whatever he does with Bam Bam is basically for the game.
Teddy A told while responding to Ifu’s question disclosed that he would take his girlfriend on tour with him, adding that he would tell her to take some time off work.
He also revealed that his girlfriend works in a real estate company and makes cool money.
After thorough pressure from the housemates, Teddy A revealed they had an agreement that whatever he does in the house stays in the house and that he is 100% in love and attached to his girl and can’t leave her.
Bambam
However, when Tobi joked about spilling secrets on Saturday, Teddy who realized he might have said too much, excused himself to use the bathroom but ran to wake a sleeping Bam Bam and told her his own version of what happened.
He said Ifu brought up his girlfriend to spoil their game and he played along with them.
He however didn’t tell Bam Bam the truth about all that he said.
Recall, this Morning, Teddy A exposed his private part, while he was in the luxury suite with his former strategic partner, the current head of house, BamBam.
One of Nigeria’s finest music producer, Don Jazzy has revealed what he feels about Big Brother Naija’s Miracle and Nina’s relationship.
Don Jazzy
He made this revelation in a series of Tweets, after Nina literally threw herself at Miracle last night, asking him to make love to her.
The Legendary music Tycoon revealed that their relationship is just a game and also added that he once had a girlfriend like Nina and would run and lock himself up in a room.
See his Tweets below…
Meanwhile, Ifu Ennada is trending on Social Media right now, after she declared her intention to go down with fellow housemate, Lolu.
Earlier, Ifu Ennada had on Wednesday during a diary session with Big Brother said she was horny and might end up having sex with Lolu if he massages her.
Nigerians on social media are currently hailing Lolu for finally capturing Ifu Ennada’s heart, though she claimed to be strong and can’t be involved in any romantic relationship in the house.
Some even went as far as urging him to respond to Ifu’s request without delay.
Recall that Lolu was on Thursday caught on camera having an erection for Anto.
See some of the comments below..
“Motex “Ifu is hungry… Lolu should help her na!
@Adaeze “LOLU how can u just go to sleep like that? What would my darling horny Ifu do now?? No massage sef
@Mcmayor “Ifu is outspoken and Lolu well We know what he can do and so far the judges want him to give them questions, this is no flight simulation, this is global warming and it real but Lolu has turned it to a Myth…Class
@Misswahala “I’m waiting for Lolu to give my honey Ifu that massage because if Alex does not tear Cee C to pieces tonight I know Ifu will tear Anto to pieces. I’m here for any of those options
@Realmacjohn “Seems Lolu has another admirer in Ifu Ennada
@Harnisky “Ifu Ennada is soooo blunt!Looks like there are a bunch of horny housemates this year. “She knows what can happen if she makes out with Lolu..I’m thinking Anti likes him but doesn’t want to attach sentiment to the game.
@aderonke “Lolu can find anything in Bbnaija, He found Ifu’ g spot He found Anto’s weak point, He found cee c’s soft spot, Now he has found the remaining clue, Lolu is the G.
@Elikem “With the latest revelations from Ifu, she is just a glass of alcohol away from demonstrating how horny she is. Lolu has pressed a button that cannot be unpressed
@Gloriatunechi “Ifu has always been horny, she is just looking for the time to strike, so she wants to make out with lolu
@bolar047 “LOLU the bad searcher if only you know how hard IFU is searching for your massage and o’cause how horny she is expecting it
@IfeoluwaLeo007 “It’s looking like all the ladies in BBNaija might end up falling for Lolu. Did you hear Ifu’s diary session
Ifu Ennada is trending on Social Media right now, after she declared her intention to go down with fellow housemate, Lolu.
Earlier, Ifu Ennada had on Wednesday during a diary session with Big Brother said she was horny and might end up having sex with Lolu if he massages her.
Nigerians on social media are currently hailing Lolu for finally capturing Ifu Ennada’s heart, though she claimed to be strong and can’t be involved in any romantic relationship in the house.
Some even went as far as urging him to respond to Ifu’s request without delay.
Recall that Lolu was on Thursday caught on camera having an erection for Anto.
See some of the comments below..
“Motex “Ifu is hungry… Lolu should help her na!
@Adaeze “LOLU how can u just go to sleep like that? What would my darling horny Ifu do now?? No massage sef
@Mcmayor “Ifu is outspoken and Lolu well We know what he can do and so far the judges want him to give them questions, this is no flight simulation, this is global warming and it real but Lolu has turned it to a Myth…Class
@Misswahala “I’m waiting for Lolu to give my honey Ifu that massage because if Alex does not tear Cee C to pieces tonight I know Ifu will tear Anto to pieces. I’m here for any of those options
@Realmacjohn “Seems Lolu has another admirer in Ifu Ennada
@Harnisky “Ifu Ennada is soooo blunt!Looks like there are a bunch of horny housemates this year. “She knows what can happen if she makes out with Lolu..I’m thinking Anti likes him but doesn’t want to attach sentiment to the game.
@aderonke “Lolu can find anything in Bbnaija, He found Ifu’ g spot He found Anto’s weak point, He found cee c’s soft spot, Now he has found the remaining clue, Lolu is the G.
@Elikem “With the latest revelations from Ifu, she is just a glass of alcohol away from demonstrating how horny she is. Lolu has pressed a button that cannot be unpressed
@Gloriatunechi “Ifu has always been horny, she is just looking for the time to strike, so she wants to make out with lolu
@bolar047 “LOLU the bad searcher if only you know how hard IFU is searching for your massage and o’cause how horny she is expecting it
@IfeoluwaLeo007 “It’s looking like all the ladies in BBNaija might end up falling for Lolu. Did you hear Ifu’s diary session
This Morning, Housemate, Teddy A exposed his private part, while he was in the luxury suite with his former strategic partner, the current head of house, BamBam.
Meanwhile, Teddy’s baby mama, Layla Amani, who has been showing support for him since he entered the house has shared adorable photos of their son rocking his campaign T-shirts.
The Dallas based Mauritanian beauty took to her Twitter account to share the photos and wrote:
“Teddy A Jr #TeamTeddyA #bbnaija”
Amani had early last month, shared a photo of Teddy and wrote:
“I’m rooting for my baby daddy oo #TeamTeddyA #BamTeddy #bbnaija”
Teddy A isn’t up for eviction this week as he was saved by the new Head of House (HOH) Bambam.
Housemate, and week 8 head of house, BamBam has detailed and talked about the hatred she gets from other housemates after she became the head of house.
Recall she won the Head of House on Monday, after qualifying for the challenge, and beating Alex, Tobi and Leo in a game that was played.
She has since then being taking charge of the affairs of the house and also enjoying the benefits and luxuries that accompanies the position.
In a chat with Big Brother during her Wednesday’s Dairy Session, Bambam said relationship with other housemates has not been the same since she took over the leadership position.
She specifically accused Tobi and Ifu Ennada of not being good followers.
According to her, “I’m really tired at this moment Big Brother. Its not what it used to be when other housemates were Head of House.
“I tries my best to carry not to step on anyone toes; to carry them along but some people are difficult followers.
“Ifu Ennada showed me during the challenge that she really don’t like when she crossed over to congratulate Alex at the end of the first challenge.
“Then after I won the in the second one, she came over to say congratulation which I know was from her heart.
“Tobi has not been supportive. When we’re engage in anything that is a task he’ll either be sleeping or doing some other thing.
“Not that I want anyone to like me, but Big Brother, the hatred is just obvious.”
Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, are battling to save the life of a civil servant in the state, identified only as Mistura, after she was allegedly attacked by her maid in the Ejigbo area.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Mistura had been in a coma since Monday, March 5, 2018, when she was attacked with blended pepper and a wine bottle by the maid, identified as Susan Samson.
Our correspondent was told that despite a three-hour surgery on Wednesday, the victim had yet to come round and was in the intensive care unit of LASUTH.
It was learnt that Mistura, who taught in a public secondary school in Lagos, had employed Samson on February 4, 2018 to assist her with domestic chores.
The 18-year-old suspect was reported to have stolen her boss’ money last Friday and Saturday.
After the stolen money was recovered from Samson’s bag, Mistura was said to have alerted the agent who brought her.
The Ogoja, Cross River State indigene, in a desperate bid to escape from the house, which Mistura had locked, allegedly poured blended pepper on the boss while she lay on the bed.
She then grabbed a champagne bottle and smashed it on the victim’s head repeatedly until she passed out.
The suspect was reportedly apprehended by residents who heard the victim’s scream for help.
PUNCH Metro was told that the suspect was handed over to policemen from the Ejigbo division.
The victim’s husband, who identified himself only as Alhaji Sikiru, said he had gone to work when the incident happened.
He said, “An agent brought her to my wife on February 4, 2018. The girl said although she was from Ogoja, Cross River State, she had her primary and secondary education in Ikorodu, Lagos State, where she had lived the better part of her life.
“I had gone to work around 6am on Monday when my wife was attacked. But when I was called, I went to make a statement at the Ejigbo Police Station where the girl was being detained. That was where she told me everything that happened.
“She said last Friday, my wife accused her of stealing some money. Again on Saturday, there was an allegation she stole another money. I was surprised because my wife did not tell me that the maid she employed was stealing her things.
“After I left the house on Monday, my wife asked her to buy balm for her down the street. While she was away, my wife went to her room and found the stolen money in her bag, including some other items which she (Samson) stole from her shop.
“My wife called the agent that brought her and asked him to come over to the house. The agent immediately called the girl to know what happened. The girl said she didn’t know why she (Mistura) called him.
“At this time, she had become suspicious. So, when she got back to the house, she went to her bag and discovered that the stolen money and other items had been recovered by my wife.”
He said Mistura, while awaiting the agent, locked up the two gates in the house and kept the keys.
She was said to have lain on the bed.
“When the girl saw that her secret was about to be exposed, she wanted to escape. On discovering that the pedestrian and drive gates had been locked, she became desperate.
“She went to the kitchen, took a bowl of blended pepper, and poured it on my wife on the bed. My wife could not see again, but she groped to the main gate. She started calling for help because she could not also open the gate.
“The girl went inside the house and found a bottle of champagne, which I had kept for an occasion. She smashed it on my wife’s head five times. And she collapsed.
“Some residents, who had gathered outside the gate after hearing my wife’s call for help, caught her as she tried to escape. They also found my wife in a pool of blood and rushed her to a hospital,” he added.
He noted that during a visit of the police to the house, they found more stolen items in the suspect’s room.
Alhaji Sikiru, while expressing fear over the condition of his wife, said he hoped she would make it out alive.
“She lost a lot of blood and I had to get six pints of blood yesterday (Tuesday). Because her blood level was low, the doctors gave her four pints so she could go through a surgery which started from 1am and ended around 4.30am on Wednesday. The surgery didn’t bring out anything. She is still in a coma.
“My wife is in the intensive care unit of LASUTH. Her brain has collapsed and has been removed from the body and kept somewhere. Her kidney is already packing up. I hope she makes it out alive,” he added.
A source told PUNCH Metro that the couple had a disagreement late 2017 over the issue of getting a maid as the husband was against the idea.
The source said the dispute was so intense that some relatives had to wade in.
“The woman has high blood pressure and her personal doctor told the husband in January that the woman’s BP was still high but she said she would be better if he allowed her to have a maid. That was when the man succumbed. But see what it has caused,” she said.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, said it was a case of attempted murder.
He said, “The said Susan Samson suspected that her boss had discovered some items she stole and hid in her room. She subsequently mixed a large quantity of pepper in water and poured it on the woman’s face to render her defenceless.
“She subsequently hit her head repeatedly with a big bottle of wine which grievously harmed the woman. The state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has decried this act wickedness and ordered a thorough investigation and diligent prosecution of the case.”
The Chief Medical Director of LASUTH, Professor Wale Oke, said the victim was receiving treatment at the hospital.
He said, “She had a surgery yesterday, which was successful. She is, however, not out of the woods yet. She is still in a coma. We have to wait for the brain to heal from the injuries.”
A teacher who walks 42km to school has been rewarded with a standing fan, in appreciation of his dedicated service.
Awudu Kombian, who teaches at Warvi D/A Primary School, Ghana, received the gift at the parade to mark Ghana’s 61st Independence, which held on Tuesday.
Apart from travelling such a long distance, Kombian was the only teacher in the school, and also doubled as the headmaster until recently when three teachers were posted to the school.
The school, which has a population of about 74 pupils with three classrooms, was solely taken care of by Kombian for more than a year.
As a headmaster, he performed other tasks and so the school was always closed down whenever he fell ill or travelled.
“It’s very challenging but as a professional, you have to always do your best to see what you can do in the midst of the challenges.
“Every day, I have to travel about 42km to go and teach because it’s a very deprived community; and places like that, you don’t have accommodation, so even if you are willing to even stay there, there is no accommodation for you,” Kombian is reported to have said.
Receiving his award, Kombian expressed his happiness at the fact that his efforts had been recogniszed.
“The prize itself is not something that I will place much emphasis on but the gesture.
“The gesture of recognising what I have done is what gladdens my heart,” he stated.
The award was presented by the district director of education, Rev. Georgina Anaaba Norga, who asked the teacher to continue with “the good work.”
The Senate today rejected a bill proposing the option of wearing of skirts by female members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The bill which was sponsored by Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP-Taraba), was debated by the lawmakers today.
Senator Bwacha told his colleagues that the bill is intended to amend Sections 13 and 16 of the Principal Act that infringes on the religious rights of some of the corps members. Bwacha, who is Deputy Minority Leader, noted that the NYSC was a laudable scheme established in 1973 by the then military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon.
It was part of the effort by the Federal Government to rebuild, reconstruct and reconcile Nigerians following the unfortunate incidents of the civil war which ended in 1970.
It is important to point out that while the scheme has lived up to expectation as a reliable platform for nurturing young patriotic Nigerians, fostering unity and promoting a better understanding of our religious and cultural differences, it has, however, become necessary to amend the Principal Act. This is with a view to address observed lapses and shortcomings.
One of such lapses is that the penalty for offences contained in the Act is now outdated and in need of urgent review.
Secondly, Section 16 of the Principal Act mandates the NYSC Directorate to make regulations or by-laws relating to discipline, exercise regimen, uniforms, welfare of corps etc. Uniforms and drills adopted by the Directorate have become a basis for tension and controversy between the Directorate and corps members and other members of the public.
The major bone of contention is that some of the uniforms and drills contravene religious beliefs and practices of corps members and invariably their right to freedom of religion, thought and conscience under the Nigerian Constitution. This bill essentially addresses the above mentioned lapses in the Principal Act,” he said.
Most of the senators rejected the bill, saying it is unnecessary and a waste of time.
One of the senators, Senator Suleiman Adokwe said it should be the religious bodies that feel unhappy by the choice of uniform for its members that should put pressure on the NYSC to change the uniforms and not for the senate to change the laws that guide the scheme.
The amendment being suggested is not even worth the trouble. This is because the powers to prescribe uniform is what the NYSC Act is to the Directorate. “I believe if the directorate wants to change the uniform at any time, it is a matter of deciding because it only has power to prescribe the type of uniform.
The type of uniform is even not prescribed; so I don’t know why we should trouble ourselves; all you need to do is to put pressure on the directorate to change the uniform but not necessarily to change the law. All the religious organisations that are feeling oppressed by it should put pressure and lobby the directorate to change its dress code,” Adokwe said.
A voice vote was taken and the senators rejected the bill.
