Stunning actress and mother of one, Tonto Dikeh, in light of the celebration of the United Nations international world disability day around the world, paid a visit to the physically challenged people in Abuja.
The lovely was seen in one of the photos taken from her visit, carrying a disabled women, helping another in a wheel chair and excitedly hugging a third.
She looked quite happy, as she was all smiles while she was on her charitable cause. See more photos below:
An unidentified 13-year-old girl has been reported dead while giving birth to a set of twins she conceived after she was raped by a pastor in Calabar.
According to one George Odok on Facebook, who works as a journalist, one of the twin babies also died with the teenage mother while the other survived.
Veteran Nigerian actor, Prince Jide Kosoko in an interview with Olushola Ricketts, has spoken on his passion for acting, the death of three wives and the tussle for power in the movie industry.
He said that the people blackmailing his daughter are bastards and added that he regrets being a polygamist after two of his wives died in one year.
See Excerpts from the interview below…
What makes this year different from previous years for you?
The year has been a very good one for me. I have been going from one production to another. As you can see, I am on a movie set as we speak. Once this project is completed, I will travel out of the country. Also, I have not recorded any negative incident this year and I thank God for that.
How do you manage to remain active despite your age?
It is perhaps the grace of God, the will to achieve and the will to continue to prosper in my chosen career. I am in love with my profession and I am always determined to face new challenges. However, I thank God that I am full of experience in my profession and life in general. But the truth is that you must continue to learn and there are certain things where you are still a complete novice.
How come your daughter, Bidemi, is always in the news for the wrong reasons?
All the people blackmailing my daughter are bastards. If truly she did whatever they’ve said she did (dating a married man), whether she likes it or not, she will be punished. But if they are telling lies and trying to destroy her image, the people involved will not go unpunished.
If you know Bidemi well, she is highly disciplined and she has her own way of doing things. Unlike her sister, Sola, Bidemi is outspoken and principled. I don’t think it is an offence to be principled. So, if she doesn’t take nonsense, so be it.
Everyone cannot be like me. Though it is good to be humble, I can tell you that being humble also attracts unnecessary insults. Since some people don’t like being insulted, they keep to themselves. But people like to attribute it to many things. If you decide to blackmail people unnecessarily, then, you must check yourself. It means something is wrong with you, and there is a problem between you and God.
So you are certain your daughter didn’t have an affair with Bose Alao’s husband?
When I heard the news, the first thing I did was to call her to know what went wrong. I know if she had done that, she would not tell me she did it, but I know my daughter. Apart from seeing her grow, even as an adult, I am very close to my children and I know what they do every minute. If you ask me where Bidemi is as I speak with you, I will tell you. I don’t joke with my female children especially. Their lifestyle is important to me.
For people who are always blackmailing our actresses, they should turn a new leaf. This is part of the disadvantages of the social media, as everyone wants to talk. A friend once told me that some people are mentally disturbed or sick. Since no one checks what they say, they say whatever they like and get away with it.
I am not saying our actresses are completely innocent. We actually have people with funny characters, but the majority of them do not engage in the things they are accused of.
Are you closer to your daughters than your sons?
The female children have challenges mostly. If anyone goes after a lady and she shuns his advances, he may go to social media to insult her.
I always advise journalists to stay away from false stories because the more you get into them, the more trouble you find for yourself. We’ve forgotten some journalists today even though they are still alive. Instead of them to practise the profession diligently, they were busy blackmailing people.
Have you ever been blackmailed?
That is not news anymore. I have been blackmailed many times, but I sailed through. They have called me a ‘ritualist’ before, which means I am a murderer.
What came to mind when certain people claimed you used your wives for rituals?
Initially, as a human being, I felt bad. But my skin is too thick for all that rubbish. Instead of feeling bad, I will go on my knees and pray to God to give His judgment. And I always see these people get their judgment. I don’t want to mention names. I don’t know anything about what is happening to Kemi Olunloyo and I don’t follow her on social media. Apart from her, there are other people who have rubbished my name in the past.
Do you see yourself getting married again?
At my age and with over a dozen children, why should I marry another wife? I still have a wife, but people are mixing things up. I have heard many terrible things about me. There was a time some people said I have moved in with another woman. They have forgotten that my wife, who is still with me, Alhaja Bimbo, was a senior to my late wife, Henrietta. The first child we had together has graduated in America, but they think I just got a new wife. She is the only woman left with me.
What do I need another wife for? Maybe you can tell me. Becoming a polygamist wasn’t my design. With my upbringing, I am not supposed to be a polygamist. Though my father was a polygamist, he didn’t marry the number of women I have married.
My first wife, Sola’s mother, was working with the Nigerian Customs Service. She was not involved in my industry and then I would travel for two months. So, I was tempted to take a second wife. But unfortunately for me, in the circumstances I cannot explain till today, I lost two wives within a year. You can imagine that! So, I decided not to remarry again, though I had girlfriends; I was a ladies’ man.
Two of my girlfriends were very close to the house and my friends too would come with their girlfriends. So, we were almost turning the house into a brothel. Later, my doctor, a lady, visited me and advised me to remarry. She said it was the best for me, insisting that I was too young to be without a woman. I lost my two wives in 1992 and 1993 respectively, and I was not up to 40 then.
I agreed to take a wife in the long run, but I had two women who were intimate with me – Henrietta and Alhaja Bimbo. Since I couldn’t say no to either of them, I married two wives again.
Do you regret marrying many wives?
At a point, when I started having issues, yes, I regretted. I said to myself that if I didn’t have more than a wife, I would not be in the news in a bad light. But am I the only one that has domestic family problems? I don’t think I am the only one. Without being too negative or defensive, we have seen a family where the children, father, and mother died at the same time.
I thank God for all that might have happened to me. But regrets come when there are issues. But all my wives have given me beautiful and responsible children.
How have you been coping without Henrietta?
I cannot say it has been easy because her memory will never leave me. She was in the industry with me for a very long time, for 22 years. We were acting and moving around together. All that has been written about her in the media is enough for me to continue to think about her. She had her own shortcomings and I have mine too, but we endured each other. With all the things she did, I will continue to miss her.
Don’t you think it is unwise to marry in the same industry?
It is perhaps the best because getting married to a woman in your industry means she will understand your trade and she will not have issues with your movement. I salute those who are not in the entertainment industry but are married to people there. No matter how strong they are, they will always question the sincerity of their spouses.
Fellas and females, a new notion has been put to place by Reno Omokri when it comes to sleeping with whom you call your partner.
According to Reno, if it’d have to cost you money to sleep with a lady, then you should know that that lady is a prostitute.
Reno shares his reason as thus:
The only thing it should cost you to sleep with a woman is love followed by marriage. As long as it cost you money to sleep with a woman, she is a prostitute, whether or not you rebrand her girlfriend or fiance. That is why you should never marry a Slay Queen. When distance comes between you and your Slay Queen, she will find another Wallet King. But when distance comes between you and a true Pray Queen, she will find another wat to reach you #RenosNuggets
Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Thin Tall Tony is wearing a new look as he’s just changed his hair colour to gold.
He wrote on IG
‘so, that’s the new hair colour to end the year ladies and gentlemen.
I settled for yellowish brown gold (I don’t even know what that means). Anyways! Thank you to the people who even called and made me pick 3colours all at once…i hope I’m wearing it right?’
AND ACCORDING TO FANS, NO!!!! He was not wearing it right, as he got a lot of sticks and bashing via the comment section from his fans .
A user claudia_walenga commented: “Thin tall Tony. U look like a wanted suspect on a serious case, lol. Change it to black”
Another said: “C oo.small tym u go tint ur ambit n private part.carry go.”
Another said: “You look like a pineapple”, “You look like a reptile”
While one of the most savage comment we came across was from oikayzz who said; “It’s like donald trump woke up a Nigerian”
This lady seems to be brewing up some trouble for herself as she declares herself the most beautiful girl in Nigeria, even though she’s Tanzanian.
Tanzanian singer, Diamond Platnumz’ baby mama, Hamisa Mobetto who currently is in Nigeria, says she is the most beautiful girl in Nigeria even though she’s Tanzanian.
It was she who months ago sparked up a controversy between the singer and his spouse, Zari, when it was reported that she was delivered of a child for the singer.
It was quite a controversial time that she even engaged with Zari Hassan on social media… Well, it looks like she’s looking for more controversy now, sad thing is she’s looking for it from people with no chills.
The Senator representing Bayelsa East in the National Assembly, Ben Murray-Bruce has reacted to the defection of Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The Common Sense lawmaker took to Twitter to share a photo of Atiku and hailed him, referring to him as the “next president of Nigeria”
He added that members of the PDP have a good retirement package for President Muhammadu Buhari.
He wrote:
“Just watched @atiku, the next President of Nigeria, #Atikulately announcing he would return to my party, the @OfficialPDPNig. We in the PDP already have a good retirement package for President @MBuhari. Time to #ChangeTheChange”
A University of Ilorin female student (name withheld), has narrated how a man she met on Instagram drugged, had sex and took her nude pictures in a Lagos hotel.
Crying profusely while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Ilorin, the lady said she met the man through social media network (Instagram), where the relationship started.
“He asked for a relationship which I was reluctant to accept but I accepted.
“I met him for the first time in Lagos when I was on holiday. He later invited me to an hotel in Ojo area of Lagos, that was when I met him for the second time.
“It was when I was preparing to return to school, so he demanded sex which I turned down.
“He promised me N15,000 and transferred it to me, we had a drink but I noticed I was dizzy.
“So it was when one of the hotel waiters brought a condom that I started to cause a scene before people came to my rescue.
“Later that day, he called and threatened to send my nude pictures he took to my Daddy, I was surprised how he got my father’s number.
“It was because of the threat that I had to go to him again to have sex and to ask him delete all the pictures but he again said he had video of when we were having sex.
“I couldn’t confront my parents because I was scared and told my pastor, so it was my pastor that reported the matter to the police,” the Unilorin student said.
She described the man as a devil who had taught her a painful lesson.
Confirming the incident, Kwara police spokesman, Ajayi Okasanmi, told newsmen that the suspect was arrested but escaped during interrogation.
“We invited the suspect to Ilorin with the help of the lady he was threatening.
“We arrested him and seized the phone which has the nudes pictures.
“So, we asked an officer to go and search where he lodged in Ilorin only for him to escape in the process and we have not seen him till date,” Okasanmi explained.
Okasanmi said that the suspect later went on social media claiming that he collected money from him
The Kwara Police spokesman challenged the suspect to come out and sue him if his claims were true.
An Egyptian Lawyer, Nabih al-Wahsh has been sentenced to 3 years in jail for saying that women who wear ripped jeans should be raped in punishment.
According to BBC, the lawyer made the statement on a TV Panel show in October during a debate on a draft law of prostitution.
He said:
Are you happy when you see a girl walking down the street with half of her behind showing? I say that when a girl walks about like that, it is a patriotic duty to sexually harass her and a national duty to rape her.
“I say that when a girl walks about like that, it is a patriotic duty to sexually harass them,” he said. He added that “protecting morals is more important than protecting borders.”
The National Council for Women’s Rights said they were a “flagrant call” for rape and violated “everything in the Egyptian constitution.”
The council has also filed a complaint with the Supreme Council for Media Regulation about the Oct. 19 broadcast.
According to The BBC, Wahsh is known to incite outrage — he previously called the Holocaust “imaginary” and is a self-described proud anti-Semite.
“If I see any Israeli, I will kill him,” he said during a separate TV appearance.
A South African entrepreneur, identified simply as Uyanda has taken to Twitter to prove that being extremely wealthy doesn’t equate happiness.
The beautiful lady who shared photos of her luxurious lifestyle, disclosed that she has been flown on private jets and as passenger 1A 1st class, been gifted the best cars but still felt unhappy.
Shatta Wale is catching a lot of attention following a video of him viciously attacking his own bodyguard at the S-Concert held at the Accra Sports Stadium.
From the video clip, the dance-hall singer is seen performing on stage when a fan climbed onto the stage and reached for the singer’s leg.
Impulsively, one of the bodyguards rushed at the excited fan and shoved him away from the singer’s reach, and this apparently upset Shatta Wale who slapped the bodyguard so viciously his mask fell off.
Watch the Video:
He then took to his Facebook page to react to the Video, telling his fans not to interview his bodyguard because he is loyal to him.
“Nobody should think of Interview for my bodyguard ..He wont even answer you ..He is loyal and he understands the SMCODE ..hey folks today i want you guys to know SHATTA MOVEMENT IS BEYOND MUSIC….Sort your lives out cuz am living mine in a grand style..Biggie Sparta too Loyal” – Shatta wrote.
Recall, Shatta Wale vowed to disrupt Wizkid’s show that’s scheduled for December in Ghana, unless of course he tells his Nigerian fans apologizes to Ghanaians and their president.
Wizkid
He shared some series of post on his Facebook Page, and Twitter where he claims he’s starting a movement, and to only allow Ghana Music in the country.
He wrote; “SHATTA MOVEMENT revolution has began ..The decision is yours ..Lets show our power we are tired of this foreign nonesense..#GHMUSICONLY”
He continued; “@wizkidayo I HEARD YOU COMING DOWN TO GHANA IN DECEMBER.TELL UR 9JA FANS TO APOLOGISE TO OUR PRESIDENT FOR THE DISRESPECT.BEFORE U COME TO GH OR ELSE MY PEOPLE HERE (SM) WONT LET YOU HAVE IT EASY..”
A YBL Reader, Desire Gold has shared her encounter with one of her Facebook Friend, who made away with her Mobile phone, A Samsung Galaxy s7 Edge, and left pending bills in a restaurant she had to clear.
Read Her Story below;
“Good evening everyone, please kindly read and also help me share on how I was robbed by my facebook friend Muna Opara.”
“Although he has blocked me and I can’t in anyway trace his account, I made an advert on my page and he came inbox and asked for my number which I did give to him and he whatsapp immediately and after pleasantries he started asking about our estate and I gave him details and he said apart from him one other of his friend by name FRED is also interested in the ibeju lekki but they will like more discount ,and we booked appointment to see at the festac shopping mall(shoprite).”
“On getting to feel he said we should meet at the mall again but an open bar close to Shoprite and the name is Swiss bar and I accepted, I also called his friend FRED to met us dia on getting dia I called and he waved from distance.”
“I sat and he told me to order for what I want and I asked for water he said he doesn’t like ople ordering for water I should order for something expansive , I order for maltina and during that time I called his so called FRED and he said I should give him 10 mins and the one I am with I spoke and explain in details all the estate and also showed him video i made in my Samsung galaxy 7edge.”
“He liked the Estate and Said we should Wait for FRED and after 10mins he wasn’t with us yet and he decided to call him and on the conversation they guy drove to shoprite thinking we were dia and he told him nope but Swiss bar during process of discribing the place his credit got finished and he asked for my phone to call him and which I did give him.”
“He was speaking in front of me later started walking up and down and asked if I have 200 naira, I said nope what I have was 500 and he said his other friend that wants to buy units ikorodu is outside but doesn’t have change to give the bike man and this happened around 3:30-4pm and he went to give the 200 he collected from the bar guy but I never knew the bike was waiting to pick him and before then he has taken Heineken, fish pepper soup and Andre….”
“That was how he made away with my Samsung 7 edge and leaving all the bills for me to pay, and since then he has blocked me and I can’t trace his facebook acct…”
“Please kindly help and share someone that have useful information about him may come up…”
Desire tells YBL: “I am Looking for solution how I can track him with the IMEI number.. Or if someone knows the identity of the guy behind the mask”
We asked if she has his pictures of some sort, as the Facebook account she provided is no longer available on Facebook, she says; “The bar said their CCTV doesn’t have memory so can’t rewind.. And I have his numbers but being switched off since yesterday”
In his usual way, Controversial OAP, Daddy Freeze has reacted to Apostle Suleman increasing his tithe from 10% to 30%.
Recall, Suleman in a tweet on Social media, said he has increased his tithe from 10% to 30%, thus, Satan can “go and die”.
Here’s What Freeze is saying;
“Satan should go and die is now the new biblical defense for tithing?”
“The association of Nigerian Theologians, according to ‘The Point’ newspaper, published on the 20th of November 2017, declared that Christians should not pay tithe. (Scroll left to see article) are they now the devil you speak of?”
“I will say that paying 30% tithe has NO basis in Christianity, but you can prove me wrong, by showing me one bible verse where our new High priest under the order of Melchizedek, Jesus, paid tithe, or where the disciples, our first pastors and GOs, paid 30% tithes.”
“Now, unto other unrelated matters, that’s how one guy said one gov will die in 2 weeks and the gov is still hale and hearty, nearly 2 years later! ~FRZ”
A Young Nigerian man Fasakin Seun, who goes by the name Pablo Classic Fasaki on facebook has revealed his undying love for his pretty British partner, Maribel, with whom he tied the knot with early last month in Ekiti State.
Maribel has travelled back to her country after their honeymoon in his hometown, Ado Ekiti.
Fasaki posted loved up video and photos of them driving to Lagos to see her off.
“On her way back. Am gonna miss her. I wish myself safe journey Off to Lagos city. Pray for me all my friends out there”
Upon his return to Ado Ekiti, Fasaki gushes about how happy he is to have her in his life.
“I’m so happy to have you in my life ..Please don’t ever leave (GOD) #Justbackfromlagos”
The spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force, Jimoh Moshood has said the people calling for the proscription of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) may be armed robbers.
Speaking to TheCable on Sunday, Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, said SARS has lived up to its duty of curbing violent crimes and so, calls for its proscription should be “totally condemned”.
“As we speak, SARS is doing fantastically well across the country in reducing incidents of robbery to the barest minimum… they are doing very, very well,” Moshood said.
“There has not been any specific violation of human rights against any SARS personnel. So anybody that is spreading such a rumour is not doing the nation any good.
“SARS has no excesses and when there is any, we do investigate.
“The call for SARS to be scrapped should be condemned by all well-meaning Nigerians. Anybody calling for their proscription is not doing the nation any good and such people should be suspected as having something to hide.”
Jimoh Moshood
Moshood urged Nigerians with complaints against any police officer – “whether SARS or any other personnel” – to channel their complaints through established channels.
“Accessibility (to the police in cases of complaints) is very possible, he said, adding: “We do not take any infraction or violation of human right of any Nigerian likely. You know that so many police officers have been dismissed and even charged to court.”
“So, Nigerians should not give in to insinuations from people that just come to the social media and start spreading falsehood. Such people spreading such information may likely be armed robbers themselves.
“There is laid down rules for police procedures and any police officer that go beyond boundary to do something outrageous which is against the law is apprehended.”
Here’s what Comedian I Go Dye wrote on His Instagram page;
“Don’t use sentimental empathy on the youths to express your political ambitions.”
“Sir, you are one of those that have immensely benefited from Nigeria since your birth in 1946. Having worked for 20years with the Nigeria Customs where you retired at the age of 43 in 1989 as Deputy Director, your bucket list sure looks good because you were obviously employed at youth 23.”
“In 1999 you became governor of Adamawa and ultimately the Vice President, all of these you achieved at 53. What did you do during your time in that exalted position? When will the youths like in your time get a chance? am motivated to speak, based on your statement: A party that does not take the youths into account is a dying party. The future belong to young.Please which of the future?”
“Remarkably, between 1999 and 2007 that you were the Vice president of Nigeria, it is recorded that tertiary institutions witnessed several strikes that wasted seventeen months ,three weeks and three days.Within this period, what did you do?”
“If social support were given to youths then,their children will be between 18 and 20years during the 2019 elections,obviously they would have willingly voted for you or anyone that you endorse in 2019. This is the essence of making sacrifices for the future generation.”
“You cannot be credited to have been a philanthropic to the youths. The recent revocation of the NPA contract with Intel,your company,is the major issue.”
“As a company either, the people in the region you operated cannot accredit Intel to have provided credible support for the youths or built skills acquisition centers to curb unproductivity as part of it’s cooperate social responsibility , which has resulted to many youths embarking on the sub- sahara deserts route treking to Europe,which has claimed many lives.”
“Your excellency,sir Atiku Abubakar, please don’t use sentimental empathy on the youths to express your political ambitions, because by 2019 the youths are preparing to substantiate the real economical, political and progressive change.”
“I kindly recommend that you should advocate for process that will afford us the opportunity of a youthful leadership in the 2019 election. Thanks Amb Francis”
A Nigerian Guy, who tags himself as a “Social Media Evangelist”, has shared some words of advise via his Instagram page.
Below is what he wrote below;
What Every Man Should Know:
1. Leave your wife’s money alone: No woman prayed for a husband she will be sharing bills with, every woman prays for a rich husband.
If you truly want to enjoy your marriage and earn the respect of your wife, leave her money alone. I understand that if both of you are working you can put money together for rent, school fees and all but you must never make it a lifestyle.
If you take money from her make sure you give back more than you collected. Try this: whenever you need money, sow money to your wife and watch what God will do.
2. Practice what you preach: You cannot have a pot belly and tell your wife to be a size 8, you cannot stay at home on sundays and ask her to be a prayer warrior. You cannot expect her to submit and respect you when you are not a provider and working hard to give her the best.
3. Never stop dating your wife: you have to stay hot for your wife, let her be proud to say “that’s my man” one deadly mistake you can make is to think that nobody is trying to seduce your wife because you are married to her.
You must give her attention, take her out, spoil her, don’t stop doing the little things that brought you together in the first place. If you treat her bad or make her feel like she’s nothing, she will find attention elsewhere, you must safeguard your wife against yoruba demons, hausa demons and all sorts of demons.
May you receive common sense in Jesus name.
You too can be a social media evangelist kindly share so that others can be blessed as you have been blessed. Thank you for reading.
A lady, Natachi Peace, took to Twitter to narrate how her aunt who is a teacher found out her 4-year-old student is being sexually abused by her father after they caught her fingering another student.
When she was caught, the little girl revealed that her father does the same to her.
The tweet has gone viral on twitter with people reacting to the shocking and abominable discovery .
Controversial ON-air personality, Daddy Freeze, over a couple of weeks had called on top men of God such as Pastor Enoch Adeboye of RCCG, Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith as well as other Nigerian ministers to prove where God asked people to pay tithes.
It seems that one of them has spoken his mind as the outspoken OAP took to social media to praise Prophet T.B Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, over his message on tithing.
In a video shared on his Instagram page, T.B Joshua during a sermon said giving tithe to the poor is better than bringing it to the church.
According to the prophet, bringing tithe to church is a burden and temptation for pastors because they might not be able to remit all.
Freeze captioned the video, as he wrote;
“On this tithe issue, Pastor TB Joshua has spoken the biblical truth “And I respect him for standing firmly behind the truth, despite what his counterparts are saying. Free the Sheeple.”
Atiku Abubakar has formally joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, more than a week after he dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress.
The former vice-president made the announcement on Facebook within the last hour.
He said the complaints he had with the PDP, under which he was vice-president from 1999-2007, had been resolved, laying the groundwork for his return.
Mr. Abubakar is expected to contest the 2019 presidential election.
Below is a statement from Atiku’s media office announcing the development.
After consultations, Atiku joins PDP
Abuja, Nigeria, 03 November, 2017: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has announced his return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The announcement on Sunday on Facebook Live followed consultations the former Vice President hadwith party leaders and stakeholders from across the country.
Please find below transcript of the announcement. Also attached are pictures from the announcement.
“Hello, my name is Atiku Abubakar.
I am speaking to you today on Facebook Live as I want to reach as many of our young people as possible as I have an important announcement to make about the future of Nigeria.
As it is you, our youths, who represent the future of our nation.
I have found in my travels across the country that whenever I get into conversationswith young people their number one concern is whether they will be able to get a job for without a job they have no means of sustaining themselves or begin a family.
And without the security of a job we cannot have security in our country.
So without jobs there is no future for you or for Nigeria.
And I also know as a parent that the older generation is also concerned about jobs for their children and, too often today, for themselves as well.
Creating jobs is something I know about as I have created over 50,000 direct jobs and 250,000 indirectjobs in my own State of Adamawa.
And I also know how the Government can help create the right environment for businesses to create jobs. When I was Vice President in 1999 I was responsible for liberalising the telecomms sector which enabled us to increase the number of people who could access a phone from less than 1 million then to over 100 million today.
This transformation resulted in the creation of hundreds of thousands of new jobs from the top-up card vendors you see on every street corner to the many new businesses that fed off the mobile phone revolution.
Some of you may know that I was elected Vice President under the banner of the PDP, which is the political party I had helped to found some ten years before.
And some of you may also know that I left the PDP four years ago when I believed it was no longer aligned to the principles of equity, democracy and social justice upon which we had founded it.
I joined the APC as I had hoped it would be the new force that would help improve life for our people and I was excited about the party’s manifesto to create 3 million new jobs a year.
The result has not been the change people had been promised or voted for, as in the last two years almost 3 million Nigerians have lost their jobs.
And today with a record 25% of people aged 18-25 unemployed I can see how difficult it is for our youths to find a job.
The key to creating jobs is a strong economy and that is what we are currently lacking.
So today I want to let you know that I am returning home to the PDP as the issues that led me to leave it have now been resolved and it is clear that the APC has let the Nigerian people, and especially our young people, down.
But rather than giving a long political speech on this matter I thought it would be more helpful to invite you to ask me questions and share with you my answers. You can post your questions on my Facebook page:facebook.com.atiku.org
I see we have a question from Jide
Sir, how can you know what young people want when you are not a youth?
I meet young people every day. I have children and grandchildren and most of my employees are youths.
The key to knowing what young people want is to listen to them. I’m good at that. Sometimes when I am on the phone with my kids they ask me are you still there, because I just listen to them without interrupting.
Young people are on social media and so I go there. They tell me that their number one challenge is jobs.
Terrorism, militancy, kidnapping, and other forms of exuberance they may lead to criminality are a symptom of the disease of joblessness.
Once you can get Nigeria working again and get Nigerians working again, youth restiveness will ease and gradually disappear.
This question is from Babangida
You have so many businesses and you employ thousands of Nigerians. Would you be able to focus on political leadership when you have such a large business empire?
Well Babangida, you see, leadership must be separated from management. I lead my businesses. I do not manage them. I have qualified managers managing them including some in their early 20s.
As a leader, you provide direction and then you bring in skilled people and inspire them to implement your roadmap to getting to the destination of your direction.
So in answer to your question, I am more into leadership and this gives me the clarity I need to take in the larger picture.
My next question is from Ikechi
The minister of information recently said the PDP will never regain power. Why go back to a party that will never regain power?
Nobody knows the future other than God and to dictate what the future will be is not within man’s purview.
But it is about Nigeria not about power. Power for powers own sake breeds arrogance and arrogance makes men say things like that.
All I am saying is that we need a party that speaks to national sentiments not regional ones. We need a party that can make all Nigerians one till we can boldly say that we are all brothers and sisters with only one motherNigeria.
A question from Favour
Sir what are your views on the #EndSARS movement?
We cannot be outraged that Nigerians and other African migrants are being mistreated in Libya and then we go ahead and mistreat our people back home. I am very abreast with the #EndSARS issue because my young followers on Social Media keep me very much in the loop.
Whether it is how SARS treats Nigerians or how we treat each other, we are sending a message to the outside world. We can’t expect foreigners to treat our people better than we treat them.
We must set the minimum standard required for the treatment of Nigerians worldwide by the way we treat our people domestically. Our charity must begin at home.
On this issue, I call on the Inspector General of Police as a concerned Nigerian to intervene, and I know that the Nigerian Police as a disciplined and well organized force will take action to address this issue. It will go a long way to improving Nigeria’s rating in the global ranking of Police Forces next year because this year, they were wrongfully ranked as the worst.
Thank you to everyone who asked me a question and I am sorry that time does not permit me to answer each one. I will be travelling the country in the coming months and will be listening to the concerns of our people in every region.
I came from a humble background and thank God for the opportunities that Nigeria has given me to build a network of successful businesses.
I am dedicated to a Nigeria where everyone lives in a country of opportunity where there are no limits to what they can become.
Joro shared a yet shocking story of a bride-to-be who is currently in a dilemma and needs advise from matured minds.
She revealed her fiance is from a rich family, and she has gotten gifts from his family… But the problem is he has slept with 3 of her bridesmaids.. Read her story below:
“This is concise as I’m too distraught to type. I’m meant to get married soon. My fiancee is from a rich family. His fam bought me a car, land amongst other things for wedding gift.”
“As at today I have millions in my account from wedding money as gift. He was dreamy to me. My all. But I’m in a quandary now. I don’t know if I should go ahead with the wedding. My family thinks I should. I realize people change when they see money.”
“I realize people change when they see money. My family doesn’t care about the cheating because they know I’ll be financially secure. Cutting the story short.”
“I found out my fiancee has slept with 3 of my friends on my bridal train. I saw this in a text he was sending to his friends and bragging. I’m so ripped apart. I can’t eat or sleep.”
“I confronted him and I said I needed time to rethink. He has been crying. I love my girls but I’m not mad at them. Is it weird I’m mad at him alone. He sleep with them all while we were dating. Please public opinion matters.”
The Nigeria Police Force have dismissed allegations of torture and crimes levelled against the the special anti-robbery squad (SARS).
SARS was established by the Nigeria police to fight violent crimes.
On Saturday, Nigerians took to the social media to condemn the “careless” regard for human lives which they say is evident in operations of SARS operatives.
While calling for the proscription of the squad, they accused SARS of maltreating and torturing innocent citizens at will.
But the police said such accusations should be dismissed by Nigerians.
Speaking to TheCable on Sunday, Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, said SARS has lived up to its duty of curbing violent crimes and so, calls for its proscription should be “totally condemned”.
“As we speak, SARS is doing fantastically well across the country in reducing incidents of robbery to the barest minimum… they are doing very, very well,” Moshood said.
“There has not been any specific violation of human rights against any SARS personnel. So anybody that is spreading such a rumour is not doing the nation any good.
“SARS has no excesses and when there is any, we do investigate.
“The call for SARS to be scrapped should be condemned by all well-meaning Nigerians. Anybody calling for their proscription is not doing the nation any good and such people should be suspected as having something to hide.”
Moshood urged Nigerians with complaints against any police officer – “whether SARS or any other personnel” – to channel their complaints through established channels.
“Accessibility (to the police in cases of complaints) is very possible, he said, adding: “We do not take any infraction or violation of human right of any Nigerian likely. You know that so many police officers have been dismissed and even charged to court.”
“So, Nigerians should not give in to insinuations from people that just come to the social media and start spreading falsehood. Such people spreading such information may likely be armed robbers themselves.
“There is laid down rules for police procedures and any police officer that go beyond boundary to do something outrageous which is against the law is apprehended.”
Comrade Solomon Okoduwa, a member of the Edo States Task Force on Libya Returnees says the State has the highest number of Nigerians who are being repatriated from Libya, with indigenes of the state consisting about 70 per cent of the returnees. He said the victims were subjected to dehumanising experience by their captors.
He also disclosed that about 560 Nigerians are expected to be repatriated into the country from Libya this week, while some of the female victims, who were recently evacuated from Libya, are said to be pregnant after being raped by their captors while in detention in Libya.
According to him, the expected Libya returnees consist of two groups of about 280 people each. He gave the expected date for the arrival of the Nigerians as Tuesday, December 5, 2017.
He stated that about 780 Libya returnees, who were indigenes of Edo State, had been brought to the state upon their arrival at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. He said that the state government was solely responsible for the rehabilitation and training of the Libya returnees, calling on local and international organisation to assist the government in rehabilitating the Libya returnees.
He said: “Apart from taking care of the returnees from the moment they land in Lagos, Edo State government pays children returnees N10,000; adults get N20, 000, while pregnant women get N25,000 each within the first three months of their arrival. “We also provide accommodation, medicare, training and other important needs while they are with us.”
During today’s service at the International Headquarters, the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Ministries, Dr. DK Olukoya, said “Tithing is not compulsory”, as it’s purely a personal relationship between the giver and God.
“There is nowhere in the Bible where it is written that tithing and giving offering is compulsory. But if you want to trust God with your finances you should even strive to do more than the tithe.”
He also said real Christians sees everything they own as Gods and those with faith have gone beyond giving 10%…..By doing so you God may bless you even more and this way you are sowing seed for future prosperity.
So, Manchester United defeated Arsenal in a Premier League fixture that went down at the Emirates Stadium.
The High point of the match was the pressure Arsenal put in the Red devils, after the goal score was 2 nil, in favor of Manchester United.
Personally, the game would have ended 6 goals to 2, in Favor of Arsenal, but all thanks to David De Gea who put a stop to most attack from the opposition. Most notably there was a mind-boggling double-save 11 minutes into the second half, De Gea plunging with whip-crack speed to get a hand to Alexandre Lacazette’s low shot, then leaping up to deflect Alexis Sánchez’s follow-up over the bar.
With De Gea’s fantastic performance, he was hailed as unarguably the Best Goalie in the World, with folks on Social Media, Nigerians included praising the Man United Goalie..
However a Social media usually, cracked a joke at Triple MG’s Ubi Frankling.. The user on Twitter said, “David De Gea would have saved Ubi Franklin’s marriage”.
..and a rather pained Ubi responded with; “You are very stupid”
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the #EndSars campaign thread on Twitter.
The former Vice President said that the Everyday, we encourage our young people to become entrepreneurs. Buying a laptop to earn a living shouldn’t attract harassment.
He tweeted:
“The arbitrary harassment of young Nigerians by Police (who should be protecting them) has no place in a democratic society.
The #EndSARS protest shows Nigerian youth are upset and the matter needs urgent attention.
Everyday, we encourage our young people to become entrepreneurs. Buying a laptop to earn a living shouldn’t attract harassment.
I commend our young people for protesting these injustices peacefully online, and encourage the IG of @PoliceNG to take these complaints seriously.
I also urge the National Assembly to look into these complaints, and address the human rights issues. Reforms are urgently needed.”
The arbitrary harassment of young Nigerians by Police (who should be protecting them) has no place in a democratic society.
The #EndSARS protest shows Nigerian youth are upset and the matter needs urgent attention.
The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has spoken again on the tithe issue sparked by OAP, Daddy Freeze.
According to Pastor Adeboye, God himself convinced him that tithing was right for Christians.
However, the cleric, on Sunday, 3rd December, 2017 edition of his Daily Devotional, titled: “Open Heavens”, said the command to pay tithes on one’s earnings simply places a demand on the Christian to trust God.
Writing on the topic, ‘Tithing Is Trusting’, Adeboye said:
“To experience exploits in your life, you must have a personal relationship with God. You must believe that He lives and love Him with all your heart. You must also learn to trust in Him.
“The command to pay tithes on your earnings simply places a demand on you to trust God. Your response to this command shows the level of trust you have in Him.
“If you can pay your tithes correctly, it shows that you trust God for your livelihood, but if you find it difficult to be faithful in doing this, it simply shows that you trust more in your earning than in God to sustain you.
“After I became newly born again and we were taught to pay tithes, I laughed and said in my mind, ‘These people do not know that I am a mathematician. If 100% is not enough for me, how can 90% be enough after I have paid 10% as tithe? Thank you very much! Even though these people are not educated, they still want to use their smartness to take 10% of my income from me. Let them try and take it’.
“However, down the line, God convinced me by Himself and I observed remarkable changes in my life.”
A Facebook User, is lamenting on the platform, after his last girlfriend, refused him from seeing her parents, because of “how he looks”.
According to him, he used to believe that people have “special someone” meant for them but not anymore this days after suffering from this painful heartbreak.
Below is what he shared on Facebook;
I used to believe that we all have that special someone but not anymore this days. The last girl I dated when it got time to see her people she refused that she cannot cause of obvious reasons.. of how I look so why would one believe someone praying for you. Where the world see you as strange. No matter how hard you try to take care of yourself and look good…
Some online users have reacted to the young man’s Facebook lament.
