A married woman who is now proudly living as a transgender man has revealed how he overcame his/her fears and transitioned to a chiseled transgender bodybuilder.
Seven years ago, Cody Harman, 30, walked down the aisle in a wedding dress. According to him, he had always felt like a boy when he was a young girl and knew he shouldn’t be getting married but he was filled with fear of what other people would think if they knew he was transgender.
Cody, a chef from California, said:
“I knew I was doing the wrong thing by getting married – but I didn’t know how to tell everyone. I also knew I was attracted to girls but because my parents were very religious they made me think it was a sin, so I dated guys instead”
Cody was aged 20 when he met his construction worker husband through an internet dating website.
After a year of dating, Cody and Adam got married in 2008 with a traditional wedding. But their marriage crashed 3 years later and in 2012, Cody told his family and friends he was a lesbian and a year later told them he was transgender.
He said:
“I waited to tell them I was transgender because I thought it would be too much for them to cope with. My mum cried at first, but now she’s happy for me. I also met a great community of people online and I realized that I wasn’t alone.”
Cody underwent a mastectomy in 2014 and started taking male hormones prescribed by a doctor. Cody underwent a hysterectomy the following year and started lightweight training in 2016.
Popular philanthropist, Kokun, has offered N20,000 to anyone who can help him in locating the crippled man who was brutalized by some soldiers in Onitsha, Anambra.
Reacting to the situation, he shared this on his timeline:
Please anyone that can give me right information on how hi can see the cripple man with wheel chair that the two soldiers were beating will be given 20,000 naira.. Its so sadden and devastated looking at the video and we need to stand up and help each other because that’s while we are here to make each other feel safe…#Urgent Reply,..
A Port Harcourt-based pastor, Gobari Maxwell, of the Believers’ Love World Ministry aka Christ Embassy Church was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja High Court for allegedly defrauding one of his members, Osazuwa Okungbowa, of N4.5 million.
Maxwell, who superintends over one of the satellite churches led by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, was said to have tricked Okungbowa into believing that he would help him procure two plots of land near the Port Harcourt Polytechnic, Bori Camp.
A detective, Shedrach Ternenge Iyo, attached to the Cyber- Crime Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), told the court that the commission received a petition from the complainant sometime in September 2013, alleging that the pastor received N4.5 million from him through his wife’s First Bank account in bid to buy two plots of land.
Iyo, while being led in evidence by the prosecution, A. A. Adebayo, said the accused was not invited by the commission since he couldn’t be reached through the phone but was arrested in Port Harcourt and brought to Lagos for proper investigation.
According to the charge sheet, Maxwell allegedly committed the offence on June 12, 2012 at Ikeja Judicial Division by dishonestly converting the said sum to his personal use. He is facing a one-count charge of stealing contrary to Section 258(a)(b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, No. 11, 2011.
“During investigation, the agency sent a letter to the two banks which were used for the transaction; a First Bank account belonging to the complainant’s wife and a Diamond Bank account belonging to the pastor, requesting for account statements. “When we received the banks’ response, we analysed both accounts and discovered that the sum transferred for the land purchase was N3.8 million while N700,000 was transferred as a loan to the pastor,” the detective said.
Iyo, however, noted that Okungbowa made the land payments in seven installments through his wife’s bank account from June 24 to May 31, 2012 in the variations of N300,000 and N500,000 consecutively.
He added: “After volunteering a statement and being read a caution, the pastor confessed to have received the money but claimed he used it to settle his elder brother’s hospital bills, who was brought back to Nigeria from the United States of America (USA) for treatment.”
When asked by the prosecution if the agency visited the said land, Iyo said
“we didn’t visit the land since the accused had told us that there was actually no land to visit and besides the area was under grave crises”.
“The pastor told the commission that there is no land and he didn’t have any specific land to buy for him, beside the area he had promised to purchase for him was already having community fights,” the detective added.
Meanwhile, the defence counsel, V. I. P. Nwana, objected to the statement of account which was presented to be tendered as exhibit by the prosecution, arguing that the witness was not the maker of the said document and therefore could not testify to its documentation as exhibit.
Nwana argued that the detective was not a bank operative and under the Evidence Act could only give evidence to the said document if the originator of the document was permanently indisposed to tender it, which was not the case.
Justice Kudirat Jose adjourned the matter till April 13 and 14 for conducting a trial within trial based on the admissibility of the document and continuation of trial.
Senate president, Bukola Saraki, last night took to his Twitter to tweet that he spoke with president Buhari and the President joked about him working late, “as usual“.
Well, most Nigerians didn’t believe this, as they think the Senator is lying… See some reactions below:
This Twitter user, Deriano Agada, has claimed that his brother who works at a London hospital, supposedly the one where the president is being administered, said the President is in a coma, as he had an unsuccessful surgery.
He says doctors have advised PMB to resign from his work and attend to his health – this further proves that the president is not dead.
Dancer cum singer, Peter Okoye, yesterday made an Instagram post telling his followers to stop blaming and throwing swipes at celebrities and instead, face the government.
Little did he know that his followers would turn deaf hears or rather, blind to the wordings of his post as they slammed him – this caused him to then disable comments on the post.
The media personality cum author is certainly not backing down on her ‘On Becoming’ book sales/African international tour, despite her estranged husband, Maje Ayida’s threat to sue.
After her book reading and signing in Ghana, which went hitch-free with Ghanaian celebrities – Jackie Appiah, Ama Abebrese, Victoria Lebene, Ahuofe Patri, Vanessa Gyan – in attendance, Toke Makinwa now has Kenya as her next stop in the African International Tour.
At the book reading/signing in Ghana, Toke gave insights on her book like never before, and said it was important people share certain experiences in their lives as a means of encouraging the public.
Act of gratitude is not only beneficial to someone receiving the praise, but even more so, to the one who shows gratitude.
On this score, the president and founder of Omega Fire Ministry worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has sent his warm appreciation to Nigerians, Africans and the world in general for their exceptional show of love during his recent encounter with the Department of the State Security (DSS).
Suleman, who is regarded as one of Africa’s most popular pastors at the moment in his thank you message during the kick-off of this year’s edition of the annual ‘The Ebenezer’ programme to mark the ministry’s 13th anniversary, said:
“I’m grateful to all. I never knew I was so loved. For the first time ever, fellow Nigerians behaved like Americans. Nigerians naturally have business-like mentality but I was shocked that on this particular issue, 90 percent of Nigerians spoke with one voice, saying enough is enough.
We were not fighting any government, we just declared our stand that we are not cowards and we cannot be cowed by fear. I was so shocked at the level of strength and courage that I had throughout the period.
And the courage I surmounted was aided by the love and exceptional concern shown me from all over the world. From over 70 nations, I received a lot of phone calls and text messages from people showing their love and compassion. I got messages of love from different people that I have never even met. I got up to 18,000 different text messages. I read and read. The solidarity was overwhelming. I was moved to tears,’ states the man of God.
Furthering, Apostle Suleman said,
“One thing that first moved me was when I got to Abuja to see the DSS, the crowd I saw almost made me to go into hiding. The crowd was so massive that they were ready to take bullets on my behalf. It moved me.
The love shown was not just about me but for what they believe in and it gave me so much courage and made me to realize that I was not alone. I’m not taking it for granted, that’s why I’m saying thank you to all. I have to confess that I’m yet to recover from that show of affection. I therefore want to enjoin Nigerians that in whatever situation that we find ourselves, they should keep hearing our voice and I want them to know that one day, things would be fine.
Meanwhile, the firebrand cleric will be visiting the White House, the American seat of power, in March. According to a reliable source from the church, Apostle Suleman’s planned visit was on the invitation of the Mayor of Washington.
We gathered that during the august visit, the man of God will have a prayer session with both the Mayor and the president of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump.
The invitation, the source notes, was in recognition of Suleman’s selfless service and commitment to humanity and delivering souls.
The Ebenezer programme of OFM started on Wednesday 8th of February, 2017, with people from 32 countries of the world arriving Auchi, the headquarters of OFM worldwide. This year’s programme themed ‘From Glory To Glory’ will end on Sunday 12th.
For 13 years, the mission that has now spread into six continents of the world, with the resilience of Apostle Suleman, has brought salvation to millions, healing and deliverance to a lot more, restoration and settlement to very many more.
Also, the church is warming up for the birthday celebration of the matriarch of the ministry, Reverend Dr. (Mrs.) Lizzy Suleman on Sunday, February 26th 2017, although the birth date is February 28th.
The source adds that ‘an unusual gift’ awaits the OFM queen from her caring husband, Apostle Suleman.
Everyone knows how Miyonse and Tboss were like the irreproachable couple in the Big Brother Naija; See Gobe house until he was truncated from the show last Sunday, and learnt that she nominated him for eviction.
In a new interview with Pulse, the chef talked about being disappointed in her action and how it has given him a reason to have trust issues.
He also talks about the fact that he discovered himself in the Big Brother House and how that has helped him be more confident.
A man had to have his testicles reattached after his girlfriend bit them off his body after an argument when she returned late home from church.
The eye-watering attack happened in Botswana, where the victim, 33, required emergency services to sew his privates back on. The couple were said to have fallen out after the 32-year-old woman arrived home a day late from church.
Officers arrested her in Samuchima, Botswana, after they were tipped off by medics treating the man in hospital.
Shakawe Police Commander Superintendent Goitsemodimo Molapisi said she would be brought before court when paperwork on her lover’s medical condition was finished.
He said:
‘Currently she is facing a grievous harm charge and the doctor’s report will determine the final charge. It can be lesser or remain as it is.’
Shakawe Police Commander Superintendent Goitsemodimo Molapisi who said the woman will be facing charges of GBH
The man is recovering after an operation to reattach his testicles at Gumare Primary Hospital. A senior policeman, who wished to remain anonymous, said:
‘They exchanged harsh words with the man demanding to know where she had been.
‘She tore and left the testicles hanging.
‘He is very lucky because she nearly cut them off from the body.’
A Nigerian family has given an outcry after their daughter, Mrs. Oluwashola Gaska (nee Adefolalu) mysteriously died and was cremated by her Polish husband, Mr. Jakub Gaska, without their consent.
According to the deceased’s elder sister at a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday, Mrs. Abimbola Essien-Nelson, Oluwashola was murdered and her corpse hastily cremated to cover it despite the family’s objection.
The family has petitioned the Federal Government to unravel the mystery surrounding her death and cremation.
In the petition, dated January 29, 2017, and titled, ‘Petition against Mr. Jakub Gaska for the murder, unlawful cremation and burial of Oluwashola Atunrayo Gaska (nee Adefolalu) in Krakow, Poland, on December 28, 2016,’ the family detailed how the late Oluwashola, who studied in Poland, settled in the country and later married Gaska in 2010.
The petition read in part:
“The last verbal conversation I had with the deceased took place on December 24, 2016, and she made no complaint about her health. At about 11.28am, on Wednesday, December 28, 2016, I received a telephone call from the husband that ‘there had been an accident, Shola had fallen unconscious and had died.’
“The husband did not tell me the nature of the so called accident. I was still conversing with the husband when the telephone was disconnected.
“The husband later called me back on the same day, stating that Oluwashola fell ill on Tuesday, and that he and his sister took her to the a hospital (the name of the hospital was not provided). He said she passed away at about 3am on Wednesday, December 28, 2016.”
The petition added that plans were being made to travel to Krakow to give the deceased a befitting burial when her husband informed them that her remains would be cremated as he and Olwashola agreed during a discussion.
It was gathered that the family requested that the husband wait until the arrival of family members in January 2017 to partake in the funeral rites.
“We also made it clear to him that because of the sudden nature of her death, we want to see her corpse. We sent several sets of representatives from the Nigerian community to him in this regard, but he refused to allow anyone access to the corpse. His response was that Oluwashola said only Abmibola and no other person, should see her corpse,” the petition read.
Gaska reportedly cremated Oluwashola’s remains on January 2, 2017. He also allegedly interred the ashes on January 7, 2017, without officially informing the Adefolalus.
Essien Nelson recalled that the husband’s final words on the heated issue regarding the cremation was that :”The cremation will proceed as planned and there is nothing anyone can do about it”
On how the couple met, Essien said:
In 2000, Shola travelled to Poland to study Architecture,after graduating and working for some years the deceased informed the family that she had met and intended to marry Jakub Gaska and settle down in Poland”
“As an African family, the expectation of the family was that the potential husband would formally visit Nigeria to comply with Yoruba native laws and customs in respect to the traditional marriage rights but this did not happen”
“Reluctantly and for the happiness of the deceased, the family sent a representative to Poland for the church wedding and I was the representative of the family with the wedding taking place on the 15th of August,2010”
“The matrimonial home was at Ui.Owiecimska 33,32-551,Wygielzow,GMINA Babice District,Chrzanow County ,Lesser Poland, a suburb of Krakow where the deceased lived a communal life style as had to share the home with her mother –in- law”
“In her life time, the deceased taught English language as a foreign language. Shola also owned a photography business and made reasonable income with which she maintained the matrimonial home “
“The husband was in and out of employment between 2010 and 2016 as his highest educational qualifications was high school certificate, though his last employer was the IKEA Store in Krakow,Poland”
“I constantly received reports that the deceased had constant frictions in the marriage due to the over bearing influence and meddling stance of her mother-in-law and as a matter of fact my sister had informed me of their plans to relocate to a separate house for the privacy of herself and her husband as there was no privacy whatsoever in the matrimonial home.”
The Senate President, Speaker, House of Representatives, President, Republic of Poland, among others, were also copied in the petition.
Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo shared this adorable photo of his son, Kenechukwu on his Instagram page with the caption:
“The Santa that came to our house during Christmas with blessings and made us happy. As many of you that are waiting on the Lord for this kind of visit, this year is your year IJN”.
Actress, Funke Akindele took to Twitter to campaign for BBN housemate, Bisola Aiyeola, who is one of the five housemates nominated for possible eviction this Sunday on the show.
The actress with allias, Jenifa, showed her support by tweeting…
#bisola stays in the house!! Pls vote for her!!! Thanks. #bbnaija
…and as expected, Bisola’s fan have been excited about the endorsement.
A fashion designer, Omotolani Alele, on Wednesday told an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan that her husband beat her each time she refused to worship his family idol.
Omotolani, who lives at Ojoo area of Ibadan, had approached the court for dissolution of her five-year-old marriage on grounds of brutality and threat to her life by her husband, Anthony.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that hearing in the case began on February 1 and was adjourned till February 8 for the defendant to produce their marriage certificate.
The plaintiff had refuted the claim of her husband that they were legally married. However, at the resumed hearing of the case today, the husband failed to produce the marriage certificate.
In her testimony before the court, Omotolani had said that the union, blessed with a three-year-old child, had been a regrettable one due to daily ill treatment from Anthony.
“My husband asked me to join him to worship his family idol several times but l refused, and this made him to beat me always.
“His parents did not want him to marry me but we came together since he claimed to love me but he changed.
“He even took the only child of the union from me and cannot really say where he kept my child.
“I pray the court to grant my request for divorce; I am not ready to worship any idol and l don’t want to die young due to his constant beating,’’ Omotolani pleaded.
The defendant did not object to the petition. The Court President, Mukaila Balogun, consequently upheld the request of the petitioner and dissolved the union.
He held that the evidence before the court proved that both parties were not ready for amicable resolution of their conflict.
He gave the custody of the child to the plaintiff and directed the defendant to pay N4,000 monthly for the upkeep of the child.
John Obi Mikel has begun stepping up his preparation for his Chinese Super League debut as the former Chelsea midfielder is pictured in a calming mood with his new teammates.
In the picture, the Nigerian appears to have settled in with his Tianjin TEDA teammates having penned a three-year, £140,000-per-week deal.
The footballer is Tianjin’s star signing and moves after 10 years with Chelsea to boost manager Jaime Pacheco’s side, ahead of the new season.
A swift-thinking bus driver trapped a thief in his doors and drove him to the police station with his legs dangling from the vehicle, Daily Mail reports.
The crook had stolen from a passenger on the bus and pictures of the swiftly administered justice shows the criminal painfully trapped in the bus’ pneumatic doors with his jeans-clad legs poking out.
Colombian passers-by in Villa Hermosa, a neighbourhood in the capital of Bogota, misread the situation and tried to pull the doors open but the driver jolted forward to stop them, allowing passengers on board to tell them he was being held on purpose.
Painfully swallowed up by the doors, the unnamed thief is unable to free himself as traffic clears and the bus continues on its journey.
The hero driver diverted from his planned route and took the thief straight to the nearest police station.
District police commandant Diego Vasquez said: ‘The driver supported authorities’ work and immediately closed the door so that this man was not able to finish the robbery, and was trapped in the bus instead.’
But the thief’s victim, a woman from whom he had stolen a mobile phone, did not press charges and so police had to release him.
Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo is currently on vacation on the Caribbean island – the actor shared photos of his ongoing trip, which includes stops at Trinidad and Tobago, and the tiny island of Granada.
The beautiful MAVIN’s first lady looks as joyous as can be as she shared these photos from Los Angeles – the beauty kept it casual as she donned a sheer shirt and jeans with green heels to mock the touch on her shirt.
The comedian is gracefully and fully back to his feet and is all set for his thanksgiving in America. The video below shows him rehearsing in church ahead of the big day.
Ghanaian actor Chris Attoh‘s wife, actress Damilola Adegbite, said a man she sat by in her church asked for her number after church, saying he wanted to discuss a project with her.
The project they discussed is quite interesting if you read it below:
Pastor Tunde Bakare, the serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari chose him as his running mate in 2011, because he wanted a vice-president who can hold the nation together if he dies in power.
Both men contested the election under the platform of the then Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), but lost to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Addressing his congregants in Ogba, Lagos, last month, Bakare said Buhari rejected former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s choice of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance.
He said all what transpired during that period had been documented in the book: ‘Strategic Intervention in Governance’, a book he authored.
“After I was called and I went to Abuja, and I sat with Mr President or General Buhari then, I said why me? ‘I’m not a politician’, ‘I do not belong to any political party’, ‘I am not carrying card of any party, why me’?
He gave me all the reasons, they are written in the book; Strategic Intervention in Governance. He gave three reasons, but the one that made everyone around me that day to dove their hats was when he said: I am not as young as you think, and even Yar’Adua that is younger is dead.
In case I die, I know you can hold the nation together. That was when Jim (he didn’t give his surrname) removed his cap and said egbon, you must agree.”
Bakare said on another day, he sat with Buhari and said,
“Sir, I need to understand something before I do anything. Every running mate of yours, including the one that was even your deputy in the military, is dead.
“Ume-Ezeoke is dead, Okadigbo is dead, Idiagbon is dead, I am not about to die?”
Bakare said Buhari told him;
“Pastor, you must be very funny, I have never even thought about it.”
I knew he had nothing to do with their deaths, but that man carries a dimension of grace that if you deal with him, and betray him, you pay with your life,” Bakare said.
So I said to him, hear me now, ‘I will never betray you, I leave it to you to betray me if you wish to do so’… I’m not kidding you, you don’t know what transpired, for you, it was just campaign.
Loyalty is a two-way traffic, if you cannot do that with God, forget, you cannot do it with men, you’d betray the cause, somewhere along the line, when things get tough, when they are not as easy as you expect them to be.
God builds your confidence if you heed to his agreement.”
I said five reasons why you must embrace this: ‘1. Ngozi Iweala is Delta Igbo; you have solved the problem of south-south and south-east. 2. She’s a Christian, faith balance. 3. She is a woman, gender balance. 4. She is a former minister of finance and external affairs, it is called experience, and currently, her position in the World Bank gives her global exposure, any of this five, I don’t have’.
He looked at me, and said did Obasanjo meet with you or Nasir? I said honourable minister (el-Rufai), you speak, and he repeated all the things I’ve said. And he (Buhari) asked him, what do you think he (Obasanjo) is up to? He said ‘you know our boss, there is something up his sleeve’.
Then he turned to me, and said Pastor Bakare I told you I have prayed my own prayer the way I know how to, and I chose you, if you don’t want, give me the form, I would look for somebody else.
It was then Nasir said, egbon, sign it. In that room ,I signed it, and Nasir seconded it. I left the place and it was as if a burden lifted.”
Bakare said he heard the voice of God to go ahead, which strengthened him in the days ahead.
Lovely actress, Mercy Johnson and top notch comedian Bovi are on the cover of House of Maliq’s February issue. The actress looks flamboyant in her elegant apparel and hairdo, while the comedian looks comical and quite happy though.
The “Hush Up The Silence” crooner took to his social media page to share this throwback photo of his father and we can’t help but notice that he has his father’s looks.
The singer also revealed his next tattoo would be of his dad, Mr. Balogun. Full photo below:
The movie veteran’s second daughter, Meraiah Ekeinde is 17 years old today and she’s all shades of gorgeous as she shares this pretty photo to mark her day.
The lovely teenager shares the same birthday with her mum. How lovely eh?
A Lagos court has declared a 45-year old man, Raphael Emmanson wanted, for allegedly conning N450,000 from a lady, Miss Chinedu Chukwu under the false pretence of marrying her and to procuring visa for both to travel abroad as husband and wife, PM Express reports.
The wanted man not only duped Chinedu of the said amount, he also made the victim to lose her fiance and job with a pharmaceutical company and then fled.
It was gathered that Chinedu suffered her fate after she met Emmanson at a park in Abuja where he pretended to be stranded and she decided to assist him.
Emmanson, who is from Okigwe in Imo State, deceived Chinedu by telling her that he came to Abuja to procure visa to travel abroad but was stranded and needed a place to sleep till the next day that he purportedly had an appointment with an embassy.
She took pity on him and drove him to her house after explaining to her fiance what happened. Chinedu said when Emmanson got to her house and she introduced him to her fiancé.
However, they became friends and after a while he ensured that she collapsed her relationship with her fiancé after he promised her marriage and that both will travel abroad.
It was through that deceit that he managed to obtain the money from her to procure visa. After she gave him the money, the suspect bolted away and ran to Lagos.
Asides that the victim lost her fiance to the deceit of Emmanson, she also lost her job because part of the money taken off her was her company’s money.
After searching for him for several months, Emmanson was eventually arrested in his hideout in a hotel at Shasha area by the police.
Upon his arrest, it was discovered that the suspect is married with two children. He was later taken to Ejigbo Magistrate’s court where he was charged with obtaining under false pretence and stealing under the Criminal Code.
He pleaded not guilty. The presiding Magistrate Mr J.O.E. Adeyemi granted him bail and remanded him in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail.
However, when he was released from custody, Emmanson ran away again and has not appeared in court to face trial. Consequently, the court declared him wanted and ordered for his arrest while the matter was adjourned till 27 March 2017.
Ademola Victor said he was on his way from UNILAG yesterday when he saw a man who had just been involved in a hit-and-run accident.
He said he was able to stop the man’s bleeding and revived his heart rate back to 60 beats per minute before taking him to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.
He shared the photo above, writing:
On my way from Unilag today, I saw the man on the road at Fadeyi Bus stop, I had to quickly step in to help.
A vehicle at about 60-80km/hr hit him and he sustained an head injury, had a deep cut on his head, breathing slowly, was unconscious and had lot of blood on the floor. Thank God I stopped his bleeding, brought back his pulse to about 60bpm just in time. Now he’s
stable, thanks to God. And he’s in an ambulance on his way to LASUTH. The doctor said, if I hadn’t stopped his bleeding, he couldn’t have made it.
Someone at the bus stop sent this video to me of the man few seconds after the accident.
#ThankingGodForLife #accident #lagos #nigeria #hazard #hazards
