Corporate Beggars, Corporate Prostitutes, Corporate Thieves, Corporate 419, Corporate Pickpockets, Corporate etc, are all dignifying absurdities. They are everywhere; on the streets, buses, chauffeur – driven vehicles, octane events etc.
They appear dignified, respectably well dressed and not easily identifiable like regular street hustlers. Their targets are your valuables; money, phones, purses, jewellery e.t.c.
They are decked like the CEOs donning nice attires, shoes etc,’all nah wash’.
Few months ago, RRS operatives in Oshodi arrested one Seun Jimoh, 18, for pickpocketing. Jimoh, a trainee auto – engineer, abandoned mechanic work for pickpocketing in Oshodi on the ground that it was more profitable.
Jimoh, decked in brown jacket and trouser, and a hand bag like a corporate executive, as at the time of his arrest had already stolen four mobile phones from unsuspecting commuters in an early morning rush in Oshodi.
He was removing N18, 000:00 from the pocket of a commuter during another bus stampede when he was caught.
Unknown to Jimoh, two of his victims were on the lookout for him after suspecting him for being in possession of their missing phones.
While standing at Oshodi Under Bridge, they spotted him removing N18,000:00 from the pocket of another victim, Gbenga Odeniyi.
At this point, his earlier victims, Onuh Austine and Onesimus Paul raised an alarm, which made Jimoh to promptly drop the money and take to his heels but RRS operatives close to the scene chased and caught him.
The operatives after listening to all the accusations requested the victims’ phone numbers which were dialled and they were found in Jimoh’s handbag.
Jimoh upon interrogation confirmed to have stolen the two phones during a bus stampede. He added “on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, I am always in Oshodi pickpocketing. I steal an average of eight phones on Mondays and maybe like nine phones on Fridays. I don’t really get more than five phones on Wednesdays.
If Jimoh’s new found auto – workshop for pickpocketing was Oshodi, this next suspect patronises selected events and gathering for his victims.
Joseph Adeoye, 22, dressed in black suit was arrested in Ikeja at the commissioning of a shopping mall. He had stolen the mobile phone of a shopper from her handbag when he was spotted and arrested at the event.
He confessed to RRS interrogators to have stolen several mobile phones and wallets in the same manner. According to him, ‘I live in Ibafo, from where I come to Lagos visiting choice gatherings to pickpocket’.
Although, several pickpockets operating in the city have been arrested while plying their trade in commercial buses and bus stops, Adeoye and Jimoh, who dress well daily like business executives might still be many in the metropolis eking out their livelihood pickpocketing and stealthily dispossessing residents of their prized belongings.
One of them might just be sitting next to you waiting to steal your phone or your wallet. Please. Shine your eyes; so much is going on around you.
20-year-old Seun Akintoye’s love for 17-year-old Hannah Osazuwa may have cost him his life after he failed to read the writing on the prophetic wall
The Attack
Hannah Osazuwa was not in the right frame of mind. Perhaps her temper got the better of her or did she actually overreact?
Neighbors had always suspected that she drank too much and might be taking other spiky substances.
Her violent streak had finally brought Seun Akintoye’s life to a halt with one swing of the scissors.
It happened so fast, Seun was still in a state of shock when he pulled the scissors out of his chest and fell to the ground.
Screams of both their friends who were present when it happened brought the neighbors rushing in.
The first respondents remember seeing Seun gasping for air in a pool of his own blood.
All these happened on October 16, just 3 days after her birthday.
Adesuwa
In The Beginning
Hannah and Seun Akintoye were in love and they did not care about what other people had to say. They thought they knew each other well enough.
Their relationship has been described as toxic and its lethal nature seemed to be what kept them together, but it finally drove them apart.
Hannah lived in one of the popular Face-Me-I-Face-You buildings located inside Gowon Estate in Egbeda.
Her single room was all she could afford and she lived alone. Seun was a regular visitor – everyone knew him as Oko Hannah.
The Amebos in the compound peddled the rumour that she had been disowned by her parents because of her wayward lifestyle.
A source, whose shop is attached to the building where the sad event occurred told said:
“After we rushed into the room and saw blood on the floor, we used clothes in the house to soak the blood that was coming out of his body, before trying to rush him to a hospital inside the Gowon Estate.
“When we got to the hospital, they refused to collect him, so we took him to the general hospital in Igando, and on our way there he died, before we got to the hospital. He lost so much blood”.
Another source told Bounce News that when the police from the Gowon Estate station came to carry her away, she seemed to be in shock.
She may not have realised what had just happened. The source says she may have been motivated by an overdose of alcohol or banned substances she may have sniffed earlier that day.
Witnesses said a day before his death, Hannah got into the ‘usual’ argument with Seun, whom she stabbed on the leg with a knife.
Seun
Blinded By Love?
If the warnings of his friends were not enough to make him end his relationship with her, the pain he must have felt from the wound on his leg should have alerted him of impending danger.
The scissors that became the weapon of death was part of the requirements that she was asked to bring along for her sewing classes.
A source said that when he came with his friend to see her that faithful day, she was intoxicated as early as 8am.
Seun was upset by her appearance and told her how embarrassed he felt that she was so unstable even before sunrise.
An argument broke out. Seun tried to pull her into the room and make her calm but she rushed in and grabbed a scissors with which she attacked him.
The Amebos in the compound also claim that Hannah was linked to the accidental death of another deceased person even before she met Seun.
She allegedly escaped the long arm of the law because her father is a senior officer in one of the country’s security outfits.
The Lagos state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole said that Hannah’s case was still under investigation at the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Yaba.
Seun’s love came at a cost. Two days before he died he wrote on Facebook ‘Sometimes a man needs to die to live again’.
Could he see the future? Was he too deep in love to separate emotions and common sense?
The war of words on Instagram between Controversial on-air personality, Daddy Freeze and Timi Dakolo seems to be far from over.
It all started after Freeze’s disagreement on Timi’s stand on divorce, where he had stated that divorce was a huge blessings to him and should not be condemned.
According to him, marriage is meant for adults who understand the the depth and import of the marital clause which reads: ‘for better for worse’; stressing that marriage is not for the ‘shallow and impatient generation.’
On his instagram page @timidakolo, he wrote: “The way people are making divorce look like something kool… Like your marriage vow means nothing..
“It makes me wonder what they thought for better for worse meant…If you weren’t sure…Why did you go ahead?
“Don’t give love a bad name…You guys are the problem not that marriage is bad.
“This shallow minded and impatience generation….Fix yourself.
“Marriage is for two complete adults…Don’t enter into it with your incomplete self.
“Marriage will not make an incomplete person complete… You should come into it prepared and complete…But what do i know? Am i not just a Musician?
After his post went viral, He came under attack.. A lot of folks disagreed with him, including some celebrities like Toni Payne, Uti Nwachukwu Daddy Freeze.
Estranged wife of 9ice, Toni Payne in disagreement wrote on Instagram @officialtonipayne “Dear Judge Dakolo, Life is absolutely NOT a one way street and most people whose marriage did not work did not want it so. I doubt people say I do just cos it’s fun to say I don’t after. #
“If your wife decides to leave today (I don’t wish it for you) pin her down and make her stay. Make her stay so we don’t blame you irrespective of how hard you may have tried to make it work privately. Lock her in the house so we don’t call you an “incomplete adult” seeing as your assumption is that all marriages that end do so for one reason.
“Maybe your point would have been better made by not generalizing. Force her to stay so that when you try to gather your life together and move on, we won’t say you are making divorce “look cool.” That’s when you will realize sometimes, some situations we find ourselves in, are completely out of our hands. That not all divorces end because both parties weren’t ready.
“It takes two to tango boo, it takes two to really want something to work badly enough. Simply thank your stars that you have two and not one. If you didn’t, that is when you will learn that life isn’t how you see it and that every situation won’t be the same.
“Then we wonder why some stay in abusive marriages or with serial cheats who could potentially give them deadly STDs. Why won’t they because see how society judges things with one lens… Nobody prays or wishes for a broken marriage, NOBODY!… but what do I know.
Daddy Freeze
OAP Freeze, also a divorcee wrote: “So pastor Oyakhilome that got divorced is an incomplete person abi?
“A friend of mine nearly had his dick cut off by his ex wife. She tied him down in his sleep, If not for the fact that his younger brother broke down the door and rescued him, today he would have been dickless. I wish he had listened to TIMI’S advice and remained in the marriage with or without his penis, as long as he kept his vows abi? God punish bad people!
“I am a living testimony that divorce from a bad situation is a HUGE BLESSING, as in baba blessing, my entire family and I rejoice everyday, thanking God for the gift of divorce.
“If person wan kill you, no run o, siddon inside the marriage dey dance to Timi music-FRZ”
Presenter and BBA finalist, Uti Uwachukwu also wrote “it just sounds callous smug self righteous and judgemental bruh…you have to be sensitive when addressing issues like this, nobody holy pass and like i said to you before do up to 10 years before shouting like this.”
In response to Daddy Freeze, Timi Dakolo wrote;
“I have waited for this day like a child waiting for a new toy forts let me address your teaching people this shallow doctrine of not to pay tithe and how our offerings are going to the pastors pocket…All your talk about pastors and grow they soend our tithes.
“We as Christians give our offering/tithe to God whether pastor chop or not na him go answer to God and God will keep blessing us for giving.
“Stop misleading innocent minds and demonic teaching..(To the people looking at the woman who broke her alabaster box it was a waste) To Jesus it was an offering..A canal mind cannot understand the things of the spirit.
“And let me treat this ya jumping into this my talk on marriage, Oga Freeze i respect you but honestly you don’t have any right to talk marriage and give advice or even contribute any little bit..
“My respect for you went down the drain the day i saw you call the mother that gave you children useless..I mean the word useless to the mother of your children, what is lower than that?
“Guy go boil beans or peel egusi, Men know what to say and when to say them.
“My brother fear God..his ways are not like ours, Christians pay your tithe..it is to God.
“And young people i will say this again,don’t rush into marriage, be certain
“No human being will complete you, forever is a long time to make such a mistake, ladies let me tell you the truth all men love curves and boobs and beautiful face but would forever respect a complete intelligent woman
“Come into marriage prepared its not an after party you can just stand up and leave.
“Apart from domestic violence which i don’t support, try and make it work its a partnership of two complete people.
“You need patience, understanding and a very high level of communication..For you to love someone is to know that person a great deal.”
Then Daddy Freeze Fired Back:
“Unlike you, I haven’t waited all my life to respond to you, why should I? Who are you and where’s the sense in what you write or what you stand for?
“You are a product of this same shallow doctrine yourself, the churches you perform at, where do you think they get the money to pay from?
“You speak about marriage, how long you been married for? What do you know? You say I don’t have the right to comment on marriage, who gave you the license to comment?
“I was married for 10 whole years, you dingbat! If I can’t comment on marriage, WHO CAN?
“You call my teachings ‘demonic’, why don’t you back yours up with the Bible? My demonic teachings have full biblical support, how would you know? Do you read your bible?
“You follow pastors like sheep up and down, is it now paining you that they could be giving more gigs to younger artists, and you are now crying on the internet?
Do you think I’m so stupid as not to know what that forlorn dirge you pasted on the internet about (ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE BUILDING YOUR DREAM OR THE PASTOR’S OWN..) stood for?
You say you give tithe and offering to God when you give it to a pastor, is that what God said in Deuteronomy 14:22-26 or in Nehemiah10:38?
Do you have a copy of the Bible at all? I suggest you get yourself one.
“I shouldn’t be educating you, but do read from Matthew 25:32 to know what it takes to “give to God” and ‘pastor’ or ‘man of God’ isn’t in the equation.
“You don’t know shit about my marriage, so you have no right whatsoever to comment on it, I didn’t comment on yours, or how you are handling it, so don’t get personal, your life is far from perfect.
“Typing in caps is shouting your words, NOT YOUR MESSAGE, which remains as vacuous as the writer.
“You lost respect for me? I never had any for you! Sorry, but I’m not big on pulpit puppets.
“Maybe if you spent more time writing music than writing for the blogs, more kids won’t be wondering “who’s timi dakolo?”
In the midst of all these drama, a Twitter user is now claiming Timi Dakolo apparently has a side chic. Identified as Moyosore on Twitter, he says he has seen Timi a couple of times with his side chic, and he stood his ground, after many backlash he received.
Stunning actress and mama of one, Tonto Dikeh and her son are serving some lovely mother-son goals as the duo both stepped out rocking matching outfits.
She took to her Instagram page to share beautiful photos of herself alongside her handsome son, King Andre as the pair looked casual.
Shortly after the release of Asa‘s Bed of Stone album in 2015, Wizkid announced his desire to collaborate with Asa.
A section of music fans laughed it off because according to them, ‘Wizkid and Asa could not match because of the obvious difference in their sounds.’ Others bluntly insisted that Wizkid is not on Asa’s level adding that the Star Boy would ruin her soulful sound.
Two years later, a never seen before interview of Asa with Funmi Iyanda has surfaced and opposed to popular opinion, Asa is interested in working with the Starboy.
‘He’s a sweet guy and it was sweet of him to say that. I felt bad, I felt ‘oh my God’ I hope he doesn’t feel bad’, I hope he doesn’t think I incited it or I wouldn’t want to work with him, I’ll really like to work with him. I think he’s interesting, I think it’ll be a nice collaboration if we do it. I’ll love to see Wizkid in another context but being himself, we’ll make something really nice!’ – She disclosed
Asa is Nigerians biggest Afro-soul singer and in over a decade of her reign, she has worked with a handful of Nigerian artistes.
While this interview is two years old, we doubt Asa’s feelings towards working with Wizkid could have changed that much. So, can both of them just hop into the nearest studio and make magic together already?
A Nigerian Lady, identified as Amanda Baeby Oledibae as shared details on how she misses her 2 giant pet rats, that died about 2 years ago.
Sharing pictures of herself cuddling the rat, she wrote on Facebook;
“I’ve missed these babies.. Eddie and crash, it’s been two years without you two.. I miss everything we had,the midnight plays, the rush for food, the cuddling… Everything ,my life changed the very day you both came along, only if you both were replaceable ??????”
Singer, Ortisefemi is officially set to tie the knot with his boo, Nabila Fash, in a lavish white wedding ceremony that will go down on the 25th of November, 2017 at the Ark Event Centre, Block 1, Plot 2 Okunde Blue Water Drive, Lekki Right Side, Lagos.
The singer has also announced the sale of Aso – Ebi for the wedding and according to him,
‘Aso-ebi for this great day is now out! Please know there are limited numbers, and it will be on first come, first serve. The choice is yours; Ladies: 40k or 25k Men: Cap is just 2k’.
A Lagos-based makeup artist, Teniola Aisha Kashaam, also a socialite, better known as Tenny Coco has her reasons why she stopped lightening her skin.
Tenny is known for her flawless skin, However, of recent she has been sharing photos of herself, with her skin a bit darker than usual,
She has shared the reason why. Hear her;
My Road to Melanin
At the age of 19, I started lightening my skin….. By the time I was 20, I had become a heavy Skin bleacher… at the time it felt almost normal, I felt like I looked more attractive….. it became an addiction, I just couldn’t stop.
I craved so much to be lighter.. I felt being black wasn’t beautiful enough. What a stupid way to have thought… I guess the society we live in played a little role in my decision to bleach my skin… coupled with being very Naive at that age. It’s widely perceived that the lighter you are, the more beautiful you look.
To be honest I always knew it was a bad thing… I mean, I had seen loads of people with ridiculously damaged skin courtesy the effects of bleaching but I was just so deep into it… like I said it’s actually an addiction.
As my 25th birthday started approaching I started to do a lot of Soul searching, a lot of self evaluation… concerning every area of my life and I finally started to see the light… to see how crazy I had been all these years… how crazy it was for me to have believed that my black skin wasn’t beautiful, to have allowed myself to feel inadequate or to try and tell God ‘ how you created me isn’t good enough’ what a silly, crazy way to have lived.
Today I’m more than grateful that I finally saw the light. Black is beautiful! So beautiful! Never have I ever felt as beautiful and as at peace with my skin tone as I do now… Please Love your skin/Yourself the way God has made you…. you are beautiful, you are enough.
Time will always tell… imagine how I would look 10-15 years from now if I had continued to bleach my skin. Please don’t do it… I did it and I Had/ have so much Regret… it’s not worth it. You are beautiful just as you are.
I get a lot of messages asking me, how I was able to transition my skin back… I will be sharing all the tips soon enough.
Thank you to everyone who helped me get through this…… the Amount of support I have received is enormous… Thank you.
Nigerian Singer, Brymo‘s recent tweet which describes him as the best thing that ever happened to the Nigerian music industry has caused mixed reactions among Nigerian music lovers.
In the tweet, the former Chocolate city artiste added that he will not let people wait until he dies before they accept it.
He wrote:
“I am the best thing to ever happen to the Nigerian music industry, and I will not let you wait till I die before you accept it…”
Of course, Nigerian music fans are expressing diverse opinions on his tweet, some agreeing with him, others criticizing him for what they say is “pride.”
A 31-year-old man, Joshua Tabiti has told operatives of the Zonal Intervention Squad, (ZIS) Onikan, Lagos State, that he just can’t stop stealing and robbing, as his life depends on it.
He said that he had been stealing right from his childhood. Three other members of the gang, arrested along with him are 34-year-old Oluseye Arokoyo, 24-year-old Ahmed Alli and the receiver of the stolen vehicles, 31-year-old Moses Ofoke.
The suspect and his gang members were said to have stolen about 26 Toyota Camry cars from Oworoshoki, Bariga and Somolu areas of Lagos metropolis.
He said:
“I have done everything to stop stealing, but I couldn’t. My parents also tried their best, but I cannot do away with robbery. I was sacked where I worked as a driver after I stole my boss’ money.
“I’m a driver with two children.
I started doing this job after I was sacked where I worked as a driver at Victoria Island. My friend introduced me to this job in 2017. I have stolen 11 vehicles in Oworonshoki, Bariga and Somolu in Lagos. What we do is to go out around 2 a.m.
A man cuts a master key for us to steal Toyota cars. We open the cars and kick-start the ignitions. We don’t rob at gunpoint. We got the key for N1000 or N2000. After stealing, we send the cars to Ondo to two buyers.
The first car we stole was a Nissan salon. We sold it for N100, 000, the other; a Toyota Camry was sold for N200, 000. Others were sold for N300, 000. We usually share the money after selling the cars. I used my own money to rent a house and bought household items.”
Nigerian relationship guru, Joro Olumofin has taken to social media to share a list of 31 places where eligible bachelors can meet their supposed “wife material” this festive season.
See the list below:
1. Busa House ( Babcock University)
2. Kada Cinema ( Benin)
3. Moremi & Amina Hall ( Unilag)
4. Lagos Island market ( 11am – 3pm)
5. Coza church Lagos / Abuja ( Front & Middle Row)
6. Quilox “Regular section” (Not VIP)
7. @joroolumofin page comment section ( a lady with a sensible comment & decent DP)
8. Redeemption camp ( First Friday of the month)
9. Daystar ( 2nd / 3rd Service )
10. Glitz saloon ( Benin)
11. Ikeja Cinema ( Free Popcorn Tuesday)
12. Ventura Mall ( Ibadan)
13. X&B Saloon, opposite Unilag underground bakery
14. Jokers club ( Benin)
15. Mauva 21 lounge ( Ibadan)
16. Play (Abuja)
17. Beer barn ( Port harcourt)
18. BRT Bus Stop ( Maryland, Ikorodu , Cms, Ojota Axis)
19. Mr Biggs, KFC, The place ( Lunch hour)
20. Hilton Abuja ( Pool side )
21. House on Rock ( Mid week service & Choir)
22. Mondys (Ilorin)
23. MM2 (Weekdays)
24. Rhema Chapel (ibadan)
25. Shoprite Owerri ( weekends)
26. Charlie’s saloon ( Benin)
27. Law school ( Lagos )
28. Nysc Camp ( Ebonyi, Ekiti, Lagos)
29. GTB end of the year party ( Lagos)
30. Lekki / Ikoyi Bridge (4am)
31. Tejuosho Market ( Week days, 1-4pm)”
A Nigerian Lady, Hope Etim who lives in Uyo has called out her friend, whom she accomodated for the night, but in returned stabbed her in the back, she stole her phone.
Hope Etim
Hope at first called out the certain lady, and gave her 2 hours to return her phone, else she’d expose the lady. She wrote on her Facebook: “A girl I helped out to stay over at my place last night,made away with my phone. I want to post her picture so you people can tag her to return my phone.That phone is my all. I give her two hours from now or else I’ll post her picture and important Infos.”
The 2-hour deadline elapsed and she shared photos of the said friend who absconded with her phone. She wrote on Facebook;
“#Thief_o Her name on Facebook is Sucre Tushbae she has blocked me on Facebook. She came to my house last night with claims that she can’t go back to her place cause of what she has to do in Uyo, so she needed a place to stay over the night.
I allowed her as a friend that I know. I left my phone at the side of my bed just to wake up in the middle of the night with no sight of her nor my phone. She packed all her bags she came with and made way with my phone. Please if you know her tag her to return my brand new phone.
I can’t roll with a thief!!! I can’t be merciful to a thief!!!
Her real name is Annabel Iyah, College of education student from Obon Itam. I’m still checking for other things she might have made away with. Please tag her if you know her.
Then, YabaLeftOnline.com took a stroll to Sucre’s Facebook wall, and we saw an update where she told her friends, that she lost her phone…
Senator Dino Melaye has while addressing journalists at the end of a plenary session, disclosed that 40 Nigerian senators have donated at least 1,260 bags of rice and other relief materials to civil servants in Kogi state a few days after a director in the Kogi State civil service reportedly killed himself over unpaid emolument.
The senators reportedly made the donation at the instance of one of Melaye, as Kogi is one of the many states currently owing workers’ salaries and entitlements.
Earlier at the plenary, Mr. Melaye had called the attention of the Senate to the suffering of civil servants in Kogi State.
He said:
“Today, in my state we live in perilous time and vicissitude.
The social media and newspapers have been awash few days with unfortunate incident of a civil servant who committed suicide upon receiving information that his wife gave birth to triplets”.
“He is (was) being owed 11 months’ salary. Another civil servant was seen crying because he could not provide N3000 for drugs and the child died. Their salaries must be paid; pensioners must be paid. How many more people will commit suicide before Yahaya Bello pays salaries? We don’t want to see more deaths in Kogi state.”
Ekiti state Governor, Ayo Fayose miraculously escaped death in Lagos when a white Mercedes Benz G-Wagon belonging to him was engulfed in a strange and inexplicable fire and completely burnt down along Oshodi-Oworonshoki Expressway on Tuesday.
The cause of the car fire accident still remained a mystery on Wednesday.
According to a statement by his Spokesman, Lere Olayinka on Wednesday, the governor was on his way to Lagos Airport when the accident occurred.
He said:
“There was an accident involving the governor’s vehicle on his way to the airport yesterday (Tuesday).
“Though he was meant to be in the vehicle, by providence, he was not there.
“What caused the sudden fire under the vehicle is yet to be ascertained.
“The governor is grateful to God that no casualty was recorded. He also thanked the people who made spirited efforts to put out the fire.”
Recall, Fayose had during the weekend, joined other governors from the 17 Southern States as they converged in Lagos for the first time in 12 years to discuss national issues.
Others governors included the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode; Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun; Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu; Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola and Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi.
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike; Edo State, Godwin Obaseki; Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu; Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Udom and Ebonyi State, David Umahi, were also present.
A Port-Harcourt based Nigerian lady, Identified on Facebook as Zina Leyh, has shared with her followers, and suitors to stay clear off her DM, as she only deals with married men.
In a post she shared on her Facebook, Zina revealed that she’s a bi-sexual, as she only sleeps with married men and women.
She wrote on her Facebook: “All these single guys disturbing me, I’m not doing oh, is it by force??? If you’re not married I can’t f**k you. I only F*** married men and girls”
She died on October 10 in Rivers state, just a day before her birthday.
Salo Roseline Tamarabrakemi, was killed in a fatal accident involving a vehicle and the motorcycle she was on while going to a market at Elele, Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital – to get things for her birthday which was the next day (Oct 11).
Yesterday, we brought you reports about a Nigerian man, Mayowa Ogunbayo, who was found dead in his luxury apartment in London, with severe stab wounds to his heart.
According to reports by LIB, Mayowa was friends with DMW Boss, Davido. He was also close friends with footballer, Mario Balotelli.
The 29 years old enterpreneur was discovered dead with a stab wound to the heart at his home in Park Royal, west London and the Metropolitan Police immediately arrested a 21-year-old woman (his fiancee) on suspicion of murder..
She has however been released on bail pending further investigation.
Late Ogunbayo lived in the £500,000 two-bedroom apartment with his dancer fiancee, who he proposed to in May. His social media accounts are flooded with pictures of himself with footballers Mario Balotelli and Obafemi Martins and sports cars.
In an exclusive chat with Vibe.ng, Peter Okoye, revealed that the PSquare Clan can actually get back together, only if the “respect” that was initially in the team can be brought back.
Peter Okoye on the cover of the October Issue of Vibe ng Magazine. Image Credit: Vibe.ng
Vibe: 18 years down the line-what would you say is your fondest memory of P-Square?
Peter: Ever since we started till date, it has been fun till like probably late 2013.
Is there anything you’re likely to miss?
Like I said, 30 children cannot continue to play together for 30 years. We are at a point where we no longer have respect for each other. It is not ego or pride; it’s respect… Respect as an individual, and as family. This is the best solution we could come to.
You guys have been together for quite a long time. Not many groups have done that. What helped the group last as long as it did?
Respect. It was respect all through. What made us grow was respect? Not because we’re brothers. Not even because we’re twins. It was because we had respect for each other.
Peter Okoye. Image Credit: Vibe.ng
We’ve seen videos of people crying on social media because they heard about the breakup. How do you think fans will handle this transition?
Change is constant. I always hear people say blood is thicker than water. I’m married. I did not select a wife for anybody. The question is, who is water? Are my brothers blood and my wife and kids the water? It’s like asking me who is priority. When was the last time your parents decided to look after their siblings more than you?
To the fans, we’re sorry. You don’t want to see P-Square on stage when they just fought back stage; pleasing you guys when we are not happy. I’ve tried many times to make it work but it did not work… I just had to give up for the sake of the respect of our individual families.
Is there a slight possibility that some day, we will get back the P-Square we used to know?
Of course. When the respect is back. When you stay apart for a while, the respect will come. We’ve lost it.
People will never understand but we’ve lost that respect. Like I said in the open letter, we will work in future but when we come back, it will be from respect. There was no respect that’s why there has been a back and forth. Aren’t you guys tired of it? If I tell you that P-Square is back now, people will say “You guys are tricking us”. Don’t play with people’s minds.
I don’t have any problem. All I said is that, have it at the back of your minds – P-Square is for the fans. Peter, Paul. Jude and family, is family.
People say why do I put my business on social media? If I say I am not dealing with this manager (Jude Okoye), it is for the public to know because it is the public that will still call and book a show with him.
I give him my respect as an older brother. I don’t have a problem with that but when you disrespect me based on the job, then there’s a problem. One thing I will never do when I come back to this life again is mix family with business.
Peter Okoye. Image Credit: Vibe.ng
Social media has indeed been utterly crazy. Everybody has an opinion about this matter. How have you managed this intrusion?
Whatever is out there, is what the fans need to know. Last year, nobody knew what was happening. “When are you guys releasing a song?”
They did not know we were fighting but we’d still go on stage and perform. All I wanted was to keep the family together but what the fans wanted was to have P-Square. We gave you guys P-Square even though the family had been fighting for about four years-even as of last year that we claimed we were back.
I cannot even face the shame of making the fans feel that we are okay. We are not okay. It’s not healthy. I don’t have any problem with their own family. The wives, everybody. I am cool with them. I don’t know what’s wrong. I don’t know why it looks as if the hatred is on my family. I’ve tried to ask them what the problem is but nobody is telling me anything.
It’s like saying Mr Charles and Mr James are business partners and they own a beverage factory together. Mr Charles and his partner work together but Mr Charles doesn’t like his partner’s family. All the time, he insults the family. All the time, he says sh*t about the family. All the time he doesn’t attend the family’s functions. Do you expect two of them to still be working together? Be honest with yourself.
Now it looks as if the most important thing is for the 2 partners to be in the business while they are fighting. They will come and smile to the people that everything is fine. It’s not fine. There’s a way you pinch someone; it will be painful at first and then later, you don’t even feel anything. I don’t feel it anymore.
What major lessons would you say you learnt while in the group that will be applied to your brand as Mr P?
Don’t put yourself in a corner. Let no one ever tell you “You cannot do it without me”. If there’s one thing I have learnt in all this, it is that being a man is not just having 2 balls. Being a man is about standing for your family. I cannot trade my family for anything, I’m sorry… They cannot trade their family for me. It’s like waking up and asking me “Your family and me; who is more important here?” And I throw the question to you and you cannot even answer it.
Peter Okoye. Image Credit: Vibe.ng
Do you think it’s possible for any music group to remain together till retirement?
It is not possible. It has never happened. Never. Some individuals decided to separate 2 individuals by saying this person Is better than this person but my motto is, if you steal from Peter to pay Paul, you’re paying P-Square. “Oh I hate this Peter.” Well if you see 2 of us on stage, with Peter on one side and Paul on the other side, you will watch the show like this. (He covers one side of his face with his phone).
The reason why I started responding to social media is because there was something that came out one time. I was advised “Peter do not say anything” but it’s affecting me today. When my brother put out that he sings and writes all the songs. I never responded but right now, there are 50% of our fans and some groups that believe Peter doesn’t sing. All because I wanted peace. But now if you say anything about me, I will respond. I don’t respond harshly if you’ve noticed. I’m not like last year. I decided to calm down because my family is more important here. I cannot trade my family. If you do not like it, don’t be my fan. If you do not like the fact that I am standing for my family, then you should not be my fan and I am serious about it. My brother is my twin, fine, but you keep asking me blood is thicker than water. Obviously you think Paul is my blood and my family is the water? You guys better be out of your minds.
Being apart is the best solution at the moment. It’s not pride. It’s not ego. It’s respect. We’ve lost it.
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Here’s something we found on Naij.com that you’d love… Enjoy!
We have been seeing lots of Nigerian couples get creative for their pre-wedding pictures. We have seen the couples pick out exotic spots, natural environments and traditional scenes for their pre-wedding photoshoot.
We have seen the couples whose love for water could not be hidden even as they prepared for this life long journey.
Now we would be looking at the funny and weird pre-wedding pictures of some Nigerian couple.
It is understandable that these couples want to have something unique; pictures you will consider totally different from what we are used to. However, some of the pictures came out funny.
Check out some of the funny pre-wedding pictures we were able to put together:
1. The upside down couple
Well, what can we say? This couple still look adorable in their playful mood.
2. The stingy groom…
lol For better for worse, for richer for poorer.
The expression on the groom’s face said it all.
3. Supergirl
4. The toilet couple
Love is about sharing they say; this couple sharing a moment like this is definitely funny. You can give this a trial by doing so too for your pre-wedding picture.
5. The flying groom
I believe I can fly…
The groom must have had this R. Kelly’s song in mind when this pre-wedding picture was taken.
6. Na only you waka come
This is quite hilarious, ‘na only you waka come’ is a popular phrase in Nigeria. Or was the bride waiting for more men to propose to her?
7. Mami water love?
Kudos to whoever brought up this water concept. We know their love can survive while being immersed in water.
8. The super-woman bride
This is quite a funny pre-wedding picture, the hunt is over really with the game in ropes. But this is totally different from what we have seen.
9. The suspended groom
Hahaha…this is quite funny. Nigerian couples are really creative or do we give all the credit to the photographer?
10. The grabbing couple
The groom could not wait.
11. Haaa…
What can we call this couple now? Clears throat…simply unique we must say.
Coming after the release of assault video showing Tonto Dikeh assaulting her ex-husband, Olakunle Churchill, which the actress through her Lawyer claimed was edited and threatened legal action against blogs and journalists who will share the video.
Her ex-husband as reacted to what Tonto said…
Churchill through his lawyer however claimed that video was made by a third party and not released from a CCTV footage as claimed by Tonto Dikeh.
It seems Nollywood Actress, Rosaline Meurer has moved on from the Tonto Dikeh-Churchill controversy, and has finally found love.
The actress became famous after Tonto fingered her to be the reason why her marriage to Olakunle Churchill crashed.
It seems she’s found love, and she’s gone about flaunting her new man on her Snapchat, though she covered his face.
“When he wants to explain why he loves me, he says it’s like explaining how water tastes like. THE FEELING CANT BE EXPLAINED.” She wrote in a post on snapchat, while sharing a picture of the said boo.
I went to visit my Girlfriend in her hostel….. while gisting, and reminiscing about what we’ve had in the past, we just started kissing, she pulled off her dress, help me pull off mine, and I started sucking her down there, and we had great sex.
The next morning, I went to the bathroom, was having a pee, and I spat.. I noticed my spit was red, I felt it was due to the injury I had on my tongue previously, but no..
I went to check the mirror, and I saw strain of blood in between my teeth.. I was shocked, I ran to the room, only to see my girlfriend wearing her pad.
I asked her what happened, she said her period came while we were doing it… and she didn’t know till that morning..
According to a statement by Olatokunbo Adesanya, the Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian air force….. He has said that Abubakar Shekau’s wife, Mallama Fitdasi, might have been killed in a recent successful airstrike on Durwawa settlement on the outskirts of Urga near Konduga community in Borno state.
Mallama Fitdasi is believed to have been representing her husband in a coordinating meeting with other terrorists at the location of the airstrikes.
It should be recalled that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) had reported the successful aerial attack of a large number of Boko Haram terrorists at Durawa on 19th October.
Battle Damage Assessment had indeed revealed that the aerial attack set off a fire, causing damage to the Boko Haram terrorist structures within the settlement and neutralized most of the Boko Haram terrorists with a few of them fleeing the location. Efforts are ongoing to confirm the reported killing of Shekau’s wife, alongside other BHTs.
Lawyer turned Singer, Folarin Falana, popularly known as “Falz The Bahd Guy”, in a recent chat with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is of the opinion that don’t care about the lyrics because Nigerians just want to dance.
He said;
“It is correct to say that a lot of artists are not concerned about lyrical content because they know that the Nigerian people just want to dance.
“However, a few musicians still pay attention to lyrical content. I personally pay a lot of attention to that.
“Music shouldn’t be about the beats alone. Good music is a good blend of everything – good beat, good message and nice melody,”.
A very young Nigerian pastor based in Port-Harcourt, Victory Ibe has shared on his Facebook page some cash and the new car he just bought.
Victory Ibeb is the general overseer of “Favour of Anointing Ministries,” in Owerri, Imo state, and he’s acquired a new ride yesterday and decided to “share his testimony” online.
He shared photos of himself, while displaying his wads of csh on his bed, as he claims to be a “young billionaire”.
He wrote:
“na one life I get I no get another one, I just bought this one now, Grace“
Nigerian actor, Charles Okocha aka Igwe 2pac has taken to social media to show off the new whip he just acquired – a new 2010 Lexus RX 350 SUV worth around N7m.
He took to his Instagram page to share a video of himself as he celebrated the car, calling it his “Nu Nu”.
He wrote:
“Thanking God for ma Nu Nu #HatersShoveItUpYourAss #NuNu”
A 29-year-old Nigerian entrepreneur, Mayowa Ogunbayo was found dead with a fatal stab wound to the heart in his luxury flat in the early hours of Friday, October 20.
Ogunbayo, who was friends with footballer Mario Balotelli was found by paramedics suffering injuries inside the flat he shared with his fiancée in Park Royal, west London.
Police are now trying to establish the full circumstances of how he died after a post mortem examination gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the heart, Evening Standard reports.
Scotland Yard said a 21-year-old woman at the property in Lakeside Drive had been arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder following the incident in the early hours of Friday. She was taken to a north London police station and has been bailed pending further enquiries to a date in mid-November.”
Murder squad detectives are investigating but the Met say they are treating the death as unexplained and the woman has been released on bail pending further enquiries. It is understood officers are trying to work out whether or not the injuries may have been self-inflicted.
Promoter Mr Ogunbayo is said to have proposed to his professional dancer girlfriend in May.
The couple lived in Royal Waterside, a purpose-built development near Hanger Lane, where two bedroom apartments sell for £550,000.
Mr Ogunbayo grew up in Osogbo, Nigeria before moving to London with his mother and three sisters to study at college.
He eventually set up his own entertainment company after working for five-star hotels across central London whilst graduating from The University of Kent, friends said.
He lived a luxury lifestyle and was often pictured with sports cars.
Facebook posts show him driving in a car with former Liverpool and Manchester City striker Balotelli, hanging out backstage with former Newcastle United striker Obafemi Martins and posing with ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo.
In a tribute, close friend Ayodele Samson described Ogunbayo as “the respectful gentleman”
“Mayowa was always very obedient and respectful.
“He loved the people around him and he was very loyal. He never looked down on people even when he got rich. The thing I liked about him is he didn’t drink or smoke he was always comfortable with water when he went to parties,” he wrote.
“He was looking his whole life for a good lady to settle down with and make his wife. He wanted a family more than anything. He was friends with so many stars in Nigeria and the world simply by being a social guy. We can’t believe this has happened, he was a complete gentleman.
“He always made it clear to me that Mario Balotelli was a great guy and also very friendly. He said that I shouldn’t pay attention to his attitude on the pitch which led some people to criticise him. He was nothing like it off the field.”
Another friend Oyedokun Mosh told the Standard:
“He was a young icon for Nigerians and was so hard working. His death is a great loss to the entertainment industry. He was so humble, even though he got successful he always kept his feet on the ground.”
A spokesman for the Met said:
“At this time the death is being treated as unexplained.
Facebook Big Boy, Ray KatiNns who was said to have posted pictures of the 2 girls he had three some with has narrated his encounter with unknown girls who attacked him yesterday night.
Ray also narrated how he was dumped by his Fiancée, in a note made available to YabaLeftOnline.com, all because of the trending three-some news. Read below.
The unwanted publicity which brought me negative cheap popularity has done a lot of damage in my life. I pulled over last night around 8pm to have a bottle of beer, as i was about entering inside the CHEAP beer parlour, four ladies approached me, screaming “we want FIVE SOME, we want FIVE SOME”. They bounced on me, it took the grace of God for me to recognize my car as my eyes was filled with blood.
My traditional wedding was fixed to be on 30th December while the white wedding was to be on the 31st, but this morning my Fiance called everything off and said it was over between us.
It amazes me how some of you turn to judges over cases or situations you know nothing about. I wrote a story on facebook and i added pictures to the story as you all know that people hardly read long posts that has no photos in them.
Without trying to verify, someone took the post out and few minutes later; insults, hate speeches and even open letters written by few people who needed the kind of popularity i never asked for flooded my instagram: @raykatinns and twitter: @ray_katinns.
None of you bothered to know if the story was true or not, none of you cared to know if the girls are actually Nigerians or if i was even in the East last month. “Peter The Manny”, that’s the title of my recently produced movie coming out soon. And as a writer My stories are all fictions and i try as much as possible to give them life. To make Believe. Isn’t that the essence of art?
If i wanted to expose or disgrace anybody nothing stopped me from mentioning their names or even giving out their social media handles.
Unfortunately, we live in a world where people are always ready to crucify sinners not because they are more righteous but because they have never been caught. We live in an age where ladies who have done series of abortions laugh and mock a young girl who chooses to keep her own pregnancy. In a world where robbers and serious criminals work freely in the streets dressed in disguise but those who steal biscuits are stripped and disgraced in the social media.
The truth is that we all leave in glass houses. But some of you throw stones on other people’s glass houses just because you think that nobody knows the location of your own glass house. We all are guilty of one thing or the other, don’t be too fast in pointing an accusing fingers because you do not know tomorrow and guess what? Yours may even be worse.
Ahead of Anthony Joshua‘s title defence against Carlos Takam at the Principality Stadium this Saturday, former WBC and IBF heavyweight, king Holmes has offered the Brit some unconventional and candid advice.
The 67-year-old former professional boxer won two world heavyweight titles during a memorable career which began in 1973 and ended in 2002, for Anthony Joshua to be a heavyweight legend, he needs regular sex.
And Holmes has revealed he used to follow that advice, until he realised he was ‘missing the good stuff’.
He said:
‘If I had to give him one piece of advice it would be this — get laid a week before each fight,’
‘You need to relax. It restores your energy and everything.
‘He’s a heavyweight, he’s got to get that s**t out of him. But he doesn’t want to do it every day or nothing because that might drain him!’
“I listened to that for a while but then found out it was all a lie and you’re missing the good stuff man.
He’s a heavyweight, he’s got to get that sh** out of him. But he doesn’t want to do it everyday or nothing because that might drain him!”
It restores your energy and everything. You know they say you’re not allowed to do that when you’re fighting.
Many boxers rule out sex before fights, believing it to affect performance.
Joshua’s compatriot David Haye bans sex six weeks before a fight while Carl Froch didn’t use to allow it for up to three months before a bout.
