In our Usual way, Nigerians have reacted after the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God visited the President, Muhammadu Buhari in London.
Following the report, Nigerians have taken to social media to share their support and their displeasure of this visit.
Ugoo Ugochukwunyereoha said:
“Hope you have accepted Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour. Muhammad will not save. Repent and ask for forgiveness of your evils against the children of the Most High God. You will see yourself coming back to life. A word is enough for the wise”
Onuchuckwu Leonard Emeka said:
“So, finally PASTOR Adeboye is into this scam? I wonder if its God or money he is serving. Please uncle PMB should resume office Or resign. He should also apologise to Nigerians for not keeping to his promises.”
Nigerian Singer, Lola Rae, who recently unfollowed her Estranged boyfriend, Triple MG Artiste, Tekno on Instagram, has taken to social media to cry out over the issues of guys sending her penis pictures via Direct messages on Snapchat.
According to her, men floods her DM with unsolicited penis photos and she is tired of receiving them.
For months Lola Rae and the ‘Samantha’ singer have been sparking dating rumours as people have noticed they’ve been spending a lot of time together.
Tekno has been hinting us about a possible ‘baby’ as seen on his Instagram page. On Lola Rae’s birthday in January, Tekno referred to her as “Smally” while wishing her a happy birthday.
The couple officially began dating in March 2017 after Tekno posted an affectionate image of both of them on his IG. Rae was seen grabbing her boo who captioned the post with a love emoji by the shoulder, launching them into a world of romance.
President Buhari receives in audience the General Overseer Worldwide Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, at the Abuja House London on 18th August 2017.
Apart from notable public officials and members of his family, Adeboye is probably the first Nigerian clergy to visit the president since he left Nigeria for London to seek medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment.
Recall, Buhari has spent more than 100 days in London having left Nigeria on May 7, transferring power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
His absence from the country has spun a few yet sustained protests in the Nigerian capital city Abuja. Counter protests by groups loyal to the president have also been held. Face offs between the two groups have resulted in violence.
An unidentified man who disguised as a representative from an orphanage home, was caught on camera stealing laptops from an office in Victoria Island, Lagos.
Instagram user, Ibrahim AbdulRasheed who works in the office he stole from, raised an alarm on the platform, stating that the man entered his department and stole 2 new laptops, a Lenovo and a Dell Laptop.
Ibrahim wrote:
“Good afternoon! Please kindly help identify this person if you can. He came to my office around 2pm today while I was out for jumah and pretended like he is from an orphanage. He entered my department and stole 2 new laptops. An Lenovo and a Dell Laptop.”
Nigerian male barbie doll, Bobrisky has been talking about him signing an endorsement deal with a company since the beginning of this week and it has finally happened today.
The male barbie shared photos during his photo shoot and his signing… “slaying” his usual slay… See photos below:
According to reports making the rounds online, this situation happened on 17th August, Thursday evening – a woman had everyone is disarray after she allegedly gave birth in public to a tortoise at Eleme market, River state.
Not much details were given by social media users who shared the photos on whether she was given first aid treatment or taken to a hospital.
Stunning Akwa Ibom breed, Ini Edo may be tight-lipped about her love life but babe just hinted us on the identity of her crush.
The delectable actress dropped a comment under foreign actress, Taraji P Henson’s photo with colleague, Terrence Howard. She dropped the love and eye emojis in the comment section with Terrence’s name before them.
So while some of you guys are crushing on her, she has her eyes on another… BTW, Terrence is single, so she just might have a chance.
Nigerian comedian, Seyi Law, has taken to his Instagram page to ask when the Federal government will rearrest IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, or have a referendum.
Following the inauguration of the Biafra Secret Service by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, two days ago, the father of one has reacted vigorously to this development.
He wrote:
Have you heard that BIAFRA now has a SECRET SERVICE? When will the Government rearrest Nnamdi Kanu or have a referendum? Is Osinbajo trying to be politically correct or just following the silence is golden rubbish? There are certain things you don’t condone and this is one of it. The build up of Al Qaelda, ISIS, Boko Haram etc all started like this. From formation to subtle killings and then, massive bombing and we will beginning to look for a needle in the forest.
The IGBOs in the NORTH will not come out to jointly condemn Nnamdi’s act now, but once the North start issuing threats which is not right by the way, they will break the code of SILENCE. If you don’t support this, speak now and not later.
Walls and borders have created disunity amongst us. Natural resources has become the bane of our agony. I hope we will not fold our arms and watch this Nation plunge into an unnecessary war. Anyway, before you crucify me, remember and know that my wife is Igbo and I have a daughter who is Yoru-Igbo.
SILENCE on this means APPROVAL.
Media Personality, Toke Makinwa, has revealed that she is set to give out N3million to four individuals who has good business ideas.
The 32-year-old television host who is known for co-hosting The Morning Drive on Rhythm 93.7 FM and her YouTube vlog series, Toke Moments, said it is her own ‘little way of saying thank you, and it is also a call to action to get our minds thinking right’.
She wrote:
“This project is very close to my heart ❤️ thank you Jesus for the vision. Sooooo I’m sure a lot of you have wondered what #OnBecomingEmpowered is all about, go to my YouTube page (bio in my link) and watch this weeks Vlog. I am giving out 3 million Naira to 4 people. It is my own little way of saying thank you, it is also a call to action to get our minds thinking right. #Imusthavemyown because life can happen at anytime and I have seen things change overnight, from losing my parents at the age of 8 to going thru the most heartbreaking divorce at 30! I keep thinking what if? What if I didn’t have a job, a dream, purpose…etc. We all must be prepared. It breaks my heart to see people on social media daily in need and I can’t reach everyone. I feel a of people feel stuck and in order to become some more, we must empower our minds. It’s not about the money, it’s about impacting lives and this year we will start with business ideas, next it’ll be education. I truly want those who genuinely need the money to win the grant so do a one min video with your ideas and make it creative. Have fun with it as it’s going to be a fun process so get your videos up and tag @onbecomingbytokemakinwa, the best videos will be uploaded there and we can can all choose together who makes it to the next round. More info will be released as we go along! Good luck guys?”
Nigerian rapper, Olufemi Olukayode Adeyemi populary known as Fshaw, who became an internet sensation when he was unveiled as the famous, witty and anonymous EFCC Twitter handler, has been spotted in the studio with Ego (Lagbaja’s former back-up singer).
Now, he’s back to his first love, music as he is a passionate singer who has had hit songs in the time past..
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Providing y’all with a hint will make it too easy but urrhh, let’s say she’s grown to be one of the country’s leading actresses and she still is prominent on our TV screens.
Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has finally banned the sale of bleaching products in Ghana.
Ghana has banned bleaching creams in the country. This was made public by the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Mrs Mimi Darko on Wednesday while appearing before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Darko revealed that the ban commenced since last year as it also stopped registering body creams with bleaching agents.
Adom News reported that while answering questions posed by the Chairman of the PAC, Mr James Avedzi, on what the FDA was doing about bleaching creams, Mrs Darko said the FDA was currently engaging in sensitisation programmes to educate market women and other groups on the negative effects of bleaching.
The committee commended the FDA for its performance so far and urged it to do more to protect consumers in the country. It emerged during the committee’s sitting that an amount of GH¢61,448.00 was paid to a former staff of the Pharmacy Council while she was on study leave for three years.
Ms Marian Torgagbo now Mrs Marian Honu, who was an Inspecting Pharmacist, resigned from the council in November 2013 after returning from her studies abroad but the council declined her request.
According to the 2015 Auditor-General’s report, Mrs Honu was on study leave from July 2010 to September 2013 to pursue her Master’s Degree in Public Health at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America (USA) but resigned immediately after the course.
According to the report, “her action violates the terms of the bond on July 7, 2010, which required her to serve the Council for five years after completion or in breach refund the compensation paid her during the period of her study with five per cent interest.”
Officials of the council told the committee that the council had sued Mrs Honu for recovery of the amount plus interest.
Ohemaa Afia, an 18 year old lady has taken to her Twitter page to announce that she got admitted into a university in London.
Ohemaa, who is a single mother of twins also used the opportunity to disclose that she had her adorable twins boys in the photo above, at the age of 14 and still graduated high school with her mates, with excellent grades to follow.
She shared a lovely video of her twins boys cheering with her as she celebrates her admission into the university… How adorable!
This beautiful lady, Ayanna Michele who is completely deaf, has shared her inspiring story on Instagram – according to the damsel, she wasn’t born deaf but had hearing problems.
She’d started using hearing aids when she was just 6 years old but went completely deaf this year. She was given an option by her doctors to go through the rigorous series of surgeries in an attempt to at least have a percentage of her hearing but she decided not go through the process.
She shares,
“I wasn’t born deaf. I was born hearing; although I don’t remember being able to hear at all. I’ve been having hearing problems since I was a child. My mother just thought I was mischievous and I didn’t like to listen. Until they found out I actually couldn’t hear. I ended up wearing a hearing aid in my left ear & remained completely deaf in my right ear. Ever since I was 6 years old. Regardless of my disability I’ve always excelled in school & amongst my peers. My doctors use to tell me… one day you’re gonna go completely deaf. I am in my 20’s now & I actually went completely deaf this year (2017). My doctor gave me an option; I could choose to go through a long process of surgery; which would give me an attempt to at least have a percentage of hearing or remain completely deaf. -No, no need. I’m gonna do my thing… the world will adjust OR not.”
Man In Photo Is Only An Illustration, Not Actual Culprit.
The Katsina state police have apprehended a 30-year-old man, identified as Inusa Aliyu, from Rafin-Makadi in Rimi Local Government Area of the state, for reportedly having sex with his 14-year-old biological daughter.
The state police spokesperson, Gambo Isa, disclosed that Inusa was arrested after his wife, Mariya, caught him pants down with their daughter. The victim had always told her mother of her father’s illicit activities.
When he was interrogated, the suspect said a herbalist told him that sleeping with his daughter would bring him immense wealth and good luck.
“The daughter informed the mother of the sexual affairs with her father, but she could not believe until she caught him having sex with their daughter. She reported the case to the police headquarters in Rimi Local Government Area and the man was arrested. The girl was rushed to the General Hospital in Rimi for medical attention and the case has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.” the police spokesperson said
Warri billionaire, Emami Ayiri’s brother, Bawo has been accused of being a wife beater – the couple, who got married in a lavish ceremony last year allegedly got into a fight which was recorded and shared online.
In the video clip, his wife’s mom can be heard shouting at Bawo, asking him to let go of his wife’s hand since he had already beaten her up.
He is later seen dragging his wife from the car while his mother-in-law continues to scream at him.
Right now, the story on Social Media is “Why Did Olayode Juliana, a.k.a. Toyo Baby Lie about Being a Virgin”.. This question was prompted after she revealed in her book that she lost her virginity at the age of 17…
Before now, everyone else believed Juliana was a virgin as she had said so several times on interviews and shows!
In her 150 pages book (REBIRTH), she explained how she confessed to her foster father Timi Adigun and his wife after they all thought she was a Virgin.
She went further to write about how people assumed she was a virgin after her Instagram post and how she had to lie on TV!
She wrote:
However, the fact that I had confessed to TiTiMi Adigun did not mean the world now knew. People had assumed I was a virgin. I had never said I was but I had never corrected their assumptions either. So, I was still in that fix.
Shortly after my confession, Ebony Life TV called me for an interview. I went and for the first time in my several interviews, I was asked point blank if I was a virgin. I tried to evade the question, but my interviewer was not having it.
She demanded for a yes or no. I did not see the question coming and I lied. I said, “Yes, I am a virgin”.
Immediately the interview was over, I hurried to the bathroom in the studio and cried. I felt terrible for lying and told God I was sorry. I called Dee on my way home and confessed my wrong. I explained further when I got home.
The next thing he said shocked me. He said, “Call her and confess the truth. Ask for a rescheduling of the interview; do it again and undo your mistake.”
I was not going to do that. I felt it was my secret and the whole world need not know about it. I was upset with myself, however, for answering her. I could have insisted I could not tell. So, I proposed never to answer such again. Easier said than done, right?
Shortly after, I was on another TV interview, Crux Of The Matter, with Elsie. I was invited to talk for sexual purity while the other guest spoke against. In the process of the discussion, around the time when it was heated, I was asked out of the blues again if I was a virgin. And before I knew it, I heard myself lying again. I was mad at myself.
I was on another TV interview that trended for a while. It was On The Couch, with Lady Ariyike. I talked about sexual purity, but thankfully I was not asked if I was virgin.
After that one, I decided to stop interviews altogether. I was tired of lying or having to dread lying if I was asked straight up.
The Federal Government has urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke the bail granted to leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, for failing to keep to the terms of the bail.
The government particularly wants Kanu to be returned to prison for issuing threats that the scheduled gubernatorial election in Anambra state would not hold unless there was a referendum about the proposed secession of the south-east region from Nigeria.
Other grounds cited by the government include claims that Kanu has allegedly conducted himself in manners that threaten public peace and his choosing to address crowds exceeding 10 persons as against the court’s directive that he must not be seen in a crowd of over 10 people.
The government made the demands in response to an application filed on behalf of the IPOB leader that his bail conditions be reviewed by the court. In the counter-motion, dated August 1, 2017 and filed by Magaji Labaran of the Federal Ministry of Justice, the government argued that not only had Kanu not met the bail conditions and was enjoying the bail, it was also an affront to the court’s authority for the IPOB leader to approach the court for the review of the conditions, having allegedly breached them.
“The offence for which he (Kanu) is standing trial is not ordinarily bailable; the court, not withstanding, granted bail to the 1st defendant/applicant (Kanu) on health grounds on 25th April 2017,” a portion of the motion published by The Nation read.
The government added, “We categorically state that justice would have been denied the state by this court, if the state is not protected from the offences being perpetrated by the 1st defendant/applicant, who is currently on bail.”
Kanu and four other suspected IPOB members – Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu, David Nwawuisi and Bright Chimezie – are being tried before the Federal High Court, Abuja on offences relating to conspiracy and treasonable felony.
Luck ran out of a suspected thief Mr Madabuchukwu Unamba from Ebonyi state as he was arrested by men of the Imo security Network Orlu West on Thursday afternoon.
Maduabuchi, a native of Ebonyi state and bus conductor broke into a shop located at No 2 Maternity road Mgbidi belonging to Mr Chijioke Ogidi an automobile electrician along side his driver accomplice known as Nwa Papa as they attempted to sell their loot at the Onitsha old parts market.
With signals from the Anambra state vigilante service, men of the ISN quickly moved in and got Maduabuchukwu having arrested Nwa Papa earlier and handed him to the Nigeria Police Mgbidi.
Items stolen include eleven (11)Vehicle batteries, one (1) Tiger Power Generating set as well as five (5) mobile Phones.
The suspect who confessed having once escaped from Police cell, also just finished serving a one year jail term for similar offense. He has equally been handed over to the police.
Yesterday, Excerpts from Toyo Baby’s Book, Rebirth went viral, and the most talked about thing in her book, was where she narrated how she lost her virginity at the age of 17.
It’s worthy to note that, Toyo Baby in an interview with Punch, claimed she was still a virgin.. She was quoted to have said:
“I am a strong advocate for sexual purity and it goes beyond the screen for me. That is who I am and I’m not doing it for any other reason than that. Years before I began acting, God told me that He would open doors for me and that wherever I go, I should always talk about Him and sexual purity.
I belong to Mine Ministry which advocates sexual purity and we have our World Virginity Day on the second Saturday in June every year.
Virginity Day isn’t only for virgins but for all who stand for sexual purity and know that virginity isn’t a thing of the past. There are lots of immoral things on social media which attract a lot of traffic but it’s sad that when you talk about something like sexual purity, people look at you like you’re doing something weird.
I must confess that it has not been easy for me. But irrespective of what goes on around me and in the movie industry, I have resolved to stand tall and stay true to my values.”
Even in one of the issues of gemWOMAN Magazine, she made mentioned of her virginity again, and claimed that being a virgin, does not necessary mean she is old school.
In her words:
“Being a virgin is not ‘old school’, it’s actually trending and if sex, pornography, nudity, homosexuality and the likes can be discussed freely without apologies, why then should we be quiet about virginity and sexual purity?”
Now, in her new book, REBIRTH, she is claiming to have lost her virginity at the age of 17.. and we are here wondering… How? Aunty Toyo HOW?
The police in Nasarawa State have confirmed the arrest of a 25-year-old woman, Mwuese Keleve, who allegedly murdered her three-day-old child in the Kadarko area of Keana Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Idirisu Kennedy, who hinted this in an interview with Northern City News on Thursday in Lafia, said the command on Monday received a report about the corpse of a baby found in a river in the Keana Local Government Area.
He stated that police detectives on Tuesday arrested the suspect who turned out to be the mother of the dead child.
The police image-maker said the suspect had confessed to committing the crime, but did not give any cogent reason for killing the baby.
Kennedy said,
“Based on the report from the preliminary investigation, the woman is sane and has admitted to committing the crime.”
The suspect’s husband, Mr. Fanen Peter, said what his wife did took him by surprise.
He explained that they had been married for 15 years with two children and the deceased was their third child.He said the deceased child had since been buried.
Reacting to the incident, the paramount ruler, Kadoko of Kadarko, Chief Fabian Orugu, described Keleve’s action as a devilish act “which cannot be tolerated.”
A Nigerian Lady identified as Sophia Gold has urged all her friends, and females in General to treat their boyfriend wrong when they find out he cheats.
Sophia who feels cheaters aren’t meant to go scotfree has berated all females to try and put their period bloods in his stew.
This of course made most of her male friends angry, and she was forced to delete the post.. Not until we got a screenshot of course.
Though many of her female friends felt she was joking, but others said stuff like that isn’t something to joke about.
Nollywood actor and comedian, Francis Odega has backed the agitation for Biafra by Nnamdi Kanu and his group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
Odega, known for his ‘gerara here’ slang, explained that he was in support of an Igbo nation because the North ordered Igbo out of their region.
He said the October 1 ultimatum was a warning that the Southeast people should be on their own.
“I don’t think Nnamdi Kanu is doing bad for himself. Because when one look at it, how can some Northern youths say they don’t want us (Igbos) from their states?
“That means we are not welcomed. If one say ‘leave the North, quit the North’ that means such persons don’t want us and the only thing for us to do is to have our own.
“If someone ask me not to come to his house again, what do I do? I look for my own house. I don’t have a reason to pretend about this.
“If Biafra want to come let it come,” Francis Odega told entertainment site, Celeb Police.
Meanwhile, a video of showing Nnamdi Kanu,inspecting the some youths called ‘Biafra Secret Service’. is in circulation.
Kanu is seen in the footage walking around and in between the ‘guard of honour’.
Dammy krane has been cleared of all charges filed against him in Miami.
According to Davido who shared tidbits of the case on his social media, the singer, who appeared today before a court in Miami, was cleared of all the charges filed against him.
The Miami-Dade County Criminal Justice Online System, also revealed that he appeared for his trial at 9:15am today at the Justice Building, Room 4-3 with Courtney Erik as his defense attorney and Migiel De La O as the judge and after the hearing, he was discharged and the case was officially closed.
Dammy Krane was arrested and booked on June 2, 2017 for theft, credit card and identity fraud in Miami. He was released a few days after he pleaded not guilty to the charges and met his bail condition that was set at $7,500.
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that the first thing he would do if he buys Arsenal club is to fire the club manager, Arsene Wenger.
The 60-year-old Business Tycoon said he will consider making an offer to buy the club once the $11 billion oil refinery he is constructing in Lagos is completed.
He said:
“The first thing I would change is the coach. He has done a good job, but someone else should also try his luck.”
Wenger who renewed his two-year contract with Arsenal in May this year, is one of Europe’s longest-serving manager. He was first appointed in 1996 and has won three Premier League titles and seven FA Cup trophies.
A Facebook User, Salihu Yakubu has said that “had it been he was at the Resume or Resign protest, he would have lynched Charly Boy and his members of his group”.
Recall, Charly Boy and members of the group were attacked at Wuse Market, Abuja on Tuesday, by Hausa traders who opposed to his OurMumuDonDo protests.
Commenting on the report published by Saharareporters on its Facebook page, Yakubu wrote.
“I wish I was there, let me lynch Charlyfool and Co to death.” Yakubu said. “I love Buhari and nobody can ridicule or humiliate my hero, Nigeria’s Messiah, Mohamadu Buhari.”
Actress Olayode Juliana, a.k.a. Toyo Baby has revealed that she lost her virginity at the age of 17. She also revealed more details about her life, how she gained admission to study Mass Comm at the University of Ibadan, How Her Pastor sexually assaulted her and more.
This was revealed in her much anticipated book titled, “REBIRTH”.
The 23 chapter book has detailed revelations about the good, bad and ugly parts of her life we will summarize in 10 points below.
1) She lost her virginity at 17 to her married music teacher
Juliana gave detailed narration of how she lost her virginity to her married music teacher at 17, how he brainwashed her into believing he would marry her.
The day finally came. He wanted to move the date because he was expecting some money that he wanted to use to pay for a good hotel, but moving it would mean my mum back from church. So, he settled for a cheap hotel. I still remember the smell of cigarette that filled the room. I hated the smell of alcohol and cigarette; I still do. We had to wait at the reception for the room to be cleaned and aired.
So, we went back into the room, and it happened. It was a painful experience for me.
I cried at different points and he kept apologising, begging me to keep my voice down
lest they think he was raping me. He told me to relax and bear the pain. In his words, “do not be a weak woman”.
That got at me because I hated feeling or being treated as weak.I asked for a break. He tutored me some more and tried again until he finally got through. It was not anything like he had told me it would be. I saw no clouds, I made no sounds, I felt nothing special. It was painful all the way, but it was obvious he was satisfied.
When he was done, I checked the bed for blood. I screamed! There was no blood!
He told me that not all virgins saw blood. I was so confused, but chose to believe him anyway. Soon after, he slept, and I was there crying. Why didn’t I see blood? Even if not all virgins see blood, why should I be on that list? How would I tell the story of losing my virginity without blood? Who would believe me that I was actually a virgin?
2) Juliana Olayode’s mother is an illiterate! (She can NOT read)
Although her father is educated, Juliana revealed that her mother was uneducated and could not read!
In my letter to my mum, I was able to tell her how terrified I had been living in my step-dad’s house. I thanked her for telling me the details of what happened to her after dad asked her to leave. I told her I was proud of her
and that I would make her proud.
I gave it to her and she kept it in her bag. Later on, I asked her if she had read it and she reminded me she could not read. I wondered how I forgot that. My dad was the one who could read, not my mum.
So, your guess is as good as mine. I had to read it to her! I was so shy. I read it to her and had to explain some parts in Yoruba. Long before I was done, she was already crying.
I said “I love you” to my mum and it sounded so strange to my ears. I forced the words out of my mouth and then hugged her. My mum laughed and said I was behaving like ‘Oyinbo’, like an American.
3) Her pastor abused her sexually!
Juliana also revealed that one of her pastors sexually abused her one time I got to church and it was just the pastor there. I assumed he was the one who picked his children from school that day as they were still in their school uniforms and they were with him in church. He told me to come into his office and asked his children to go into the car.
In his office, he asked me if I read the scriptures he gave me and if I observed my prayer time. I told him I did. So he then claimed God told him I needed a spiritual bath and that I had to take my clothes off. He claimed his office had been supernaturally made a spiritual bathroom. He wanted to wash away the dirty water that was poured on me in my dream.
As he spoke those words, I began to cry. Was my case that critical? Why would God want me to have a bath in the pastor’s office? Couldn’t God wash me without me taking off my clothes? Why all these complications?
The pastor told me to stop crying and that I should follow God’s instructions through him. He said he would excuse me so God could do the sanctification. He left his office. I shut the door, made sure the windows were locked and put the curtains down. I was naked in his office. He had told me how to pray and I prayed. I cried as I did.
I saw the door handle moving so I quickly got up, and got dressed. I opened the door and he came in with oil. He claimed again that God asked him to anoint my body from head to toe.
So, the anointing session started. He anointed my head, my eyes, and
was moving down. When he got to my chest, he did the sign of the cross and wanted to proceed to touch me. I stopped him and told him to put the oil in my hand. I would anoint myself.
He told me to lie down, that he wanted to anoint me down there. It was at the point when he wanted to anoint me, I remembered I had forgotten to wear my pant when I hurriedly dressed up. At that time, I also remembered the dirty things Mr. F used to talk about. It was then my eyes were opened and I knew what this man was trying to do to me.
I got upset, took my bag and left immediately.
4) How her Meeting with Mercy Aigbe changed her life
Talking about how controversial actress, Mercy Aigbe’s words changed her life, she wrote:
Someday last year, I met Mercy Aigbe through one of my friends that works with her, Tosin Odusanya. She was very pleasant and kind. She answered many of my questions and gave me some serious words of advice. I could tell she was talking from experience.
At that time, I had just been written out of the Jenifa’s Diary TV series. I told her about my desire to change my social media account name from Toyo Baby to another name I wanted to push. I explained my fears and struggles.
After listening to me, she encouraged me on my stand as a Christian, asked me to stay out of scandals and told me to maintain good relationships in the industry. In response to my change of name, she told me sternly, “Do not confuse your fans. You worked hard for that name. You gave life to the Toyo Baby character. Ride on it!”
It was after my conversation with her, that I got more comfortable with people calling me Toyo Baby everywhere and I watched God open doors for me.
That meetingwith Mercy Aigbe was a great blessing to me.
5) She is only 22 years old!
Even though she looks and carries herself like a 30 years old lady, Juliana just turned 22, June, 2017!
I finished writing the first draft of this book some days to my birthday this year. I clocked twenty-two (22) on Wednesday, the 7 of June, 2017. So, you can easily deduce that that I was born Wednesday, the 7 of June, 1995. Now, I would assume this is the most shocking piece of information in this book. I have found out that the top question
people are asking Google about Juliana Olayode, is her age.
Now, you know.
6) She was born in a CHURCH!
Julie also revealed how she was born in a church, she revealed how her mother went into labour for 3 days, and was taken to the church for prayers and later birthed her!
The last time she called me Aduragbemi was when she told me how I was born. She was in labour for three days! She kept seeing a black cat and every time she saw it, she lost her strength. The strange thing was she was the only one seeing the cat. The midwives did not see it. They were beginning to think she had a problem.
On the third day, she asked to be taken to church.
The head of the prayer team prayed over a cup of water and gave her to drink. At that moment, my mum’s strength was renewed and she stopped seeing the cat. That’s how I came into this beautiful world at C.A.C. (Christ Apostolic Church), Oke-Iyanu, Ogba, Lagos. That was the reasonbehind my name, Aduragbemi.
7) She started Menstruating on the 5th of April, 2010
On the 5 of April, 2010, I got home, took off my uniform and saw a blood stain.
At this time, I was in Senior Secondary School, at Babs Fafunwa Millenium, Ojodu, Lagos. I did not remember having any injury and mum was not home.
When I discovered where the blood was coming from, I started crying. How would I explain this to my mum? I kept cleaning, but it kept flowing. I hurried to Toyosi Oyesile’s place. She asked what was wrong and I explained to her, perplexed at bleeding
non stop, without an injury. She laughed at me; she laughed so hard, she nearly choked on her laughter. I was irritated at her insensitivity. I wanted to walk out when she pulled me
back, locked the door and said, “Congratulations. You’re now a woman”. She hugged me very tight.
8) Her role in Jenifa’s diary gave her fame NOT Money!
She also revealed that her role in Janifa’s diary made her famous NOT rich, contrary to what people think! She also talked about how she hustled for Ushering jobs as low as 5k just to make ends meet after acting the Toyo baby’s role in the Comic Series
The plans my mum and I had were exaggerated. I was paid for the series, but the money I received could not do all my mum and I had fantasized about.
In retrospect, I laugh at the things my mum had planned to do with the pay; we had big dreams.
I honestly did not know how big my role in Jenifa’s Diary would be when I got the role. I thought I would be done after the first season. I was surprised when I was called back season after season. I got so busy. Jenifa’s Diary practically became my life; I was almost always on set.
Even though I was already acting in the Jenifa’s Diary TV series, whenever I got a call for ushering jobs, I took them. I needed the extra pay. I did decent ushering jobs. I had values I could not compromise. No club, bar or night ushering jobs. No jobs with
indecent outfits. I did the regular wedding, and concert jobs. The pay for decent ushering jobs was as low as Five thousand Naira per job but for me it was worth it.
My mum was concerned for me, wondering why I would be on TV and still be going for such cheap jobs. I told her I had to do so. I could not sit at home when not on set doing nothing and I definitely was not going to sleep around. Dee did not like the idea
either, but he understood my position.
There were times I went for ushering jobs and people recognised me. I smiled at them. At times, fellow ushers jeered at me, wondering what Toyo Baby was doing serving as an usher with them. I always found a way of laughing my way out of the teasing.
I was living with the Adiguns at this time. TiTiMi always gave us monthly stipends.
Even if I asked for more before the next was due, I was sure they would give me, but I wanted to make more money myself.
But eventually, the ushering job started getting very embarrassing. There was a day I went all the way to Shagamu for an ushering job and after a long day, working, we were
paid One thousand Naira. The Madame said she had not been paid and asked us to write down our account details. Except she plans to pay tomorrow, I got no alert.
At that point, I cried to God. I felt cheated. It was getting too humiliating. I cried to God and He made me know I should stop the ushering jobs. It was only God that could stop me in spite of the embarrassment. I was asking Him to make sure the woman paid me, but He said I should stop ushering. I was initially upset with God, but before I left the place of prayer, He had comforted me.
9) She could NOT go to school even after gaining admission cos of poverty!
I graduated from Babs Fafunwa Millenium Senior Grammar School, Ojodu-Berger, Lagos. I was the Head Girl in my final year at school, loved by the principal, Mrs. Adebayo, other teachers and students.
My Valedictory Ceremony in school was a very emotional one. I was missing everyone and everything already, coupled with the fact that I was afraid of facing life outside the four walls of my school.
Before I graduated, I took the JAMB exam and I passed. I was already an undergraduate at the University of Ibadan as I had been given admission to study the course I applied for, Mass Communication. Mrs. Adebayo was all smiles when I made the
information public. She announced it to the school with so much pride. People applauded and my teachers congratulated me.
Little did I know I was going to lose the admission. My mum tried so hard to raise my acceptance fee, tuition and other necessary payments, but she did not make headway.
I told her not to worry; I assured her our finances would be better the next year. She still tried to raise it, but we missed the deadline. She was bitter for days and wondered why
they would not extend the deadline.
That was how I missed my admission to the University of Ibadan. My principal and my English teacher, Mrs. Obabolujo called me to follow up. When I disclosed the bad news, they were upset with me and told me I should have kept them abreast with how
things were going.
10) Her parents are separated and are both married to different people now!
Her mother married a Native doctor and her father married a divorcee who forced her and her younger brother to hawk puff even when she was suffering from chicken pox and had an infected leg!
Letting all these out would not have been an easy job for Juliana, but i commend her for this! What’s your take on the book guys?
