Veteran Nollywood Actress, Joke Silva has aired her opinion on “The Crash of Nigerian Celebrity marriages”. In her interview with News Telegraph, Joke revealed that most young marriages don’t last because of social media.
According to her:
“It is because the younger generation are very popular because of social media, and so, whatever happens to them becomes news; forgetting that there are as many divorces, there as many separations in other professions such as medical, financial, legal among others. Name any profession; there are so many separations in those as well,” she told New Telegraph.
“There are a lot of challenges that are being faced by artistes of this particular generation; and one of those challenges is the social media, which almost doesn’t allow you your life. People of my age, when we were getting all the attention, and we were feeling like we were the best thing, things were different.
You need all the attention anyway. For your work to sell, you need that popularity. It goes with the job, so you need that popularity. But after a while, you also get to learn that it can be a double edge sword. So, it is about managing it, appreciating the audience for appreciating your work, but also giving yourself that limit to what aspect of you they can experience.
“In this age of reality shows where nothing seems to be off limit, the new skill that the entertainer has to learn is how much do you give your audience? More so, because you don’t want to be false; like used to happen in the early years of Hollywood where they would create this incredible image, and then it was almost impossible for the performer to live under that image; and a lot of them used to use all kinds of medications just to fit a particular image that was being built around them. Now, we are in the age of social media, so it is learning how to cope with social media, to do the work that social media does, which is to get your work out there, to get your face out there. But then limit that too so that you do have a life; so that you can have some modicum of emotional privacy. Those are the challenges that I know that the younger generation face.”
Nnamdi Kanu today, arrived at his hometown in Isiama Afara Umuahia in Abia State where he met his parents, Eze Israel and Ugoeze Nnenne Kanu, one week after his release from Kuje Prison in Abuja.
Kanu was arrested in 2015 and locked up in prison for treason and his agitations for the Republic of Biafra from Nigeria.
So, really it’s been over 3 months since her “Cucumber” drama made headlines… and Now, Ms. Chidinma Okeke is back with another video, but, apparently, not the kinda video you think. Lol.
This apparently, is her new music video titled – “Friends”. In the 4-minute music video, Chidinma talked about friends who try to pull others down.
Immediately after Bobrisky saw this, he unfollowed MC Galaxy on Instagram He also deleted McGalaxy’s photo which he put up on his IG a few days ago to celebrate his birthday.
Bobrisky’s Instagram Following
Bobrisky has been “a loyal” friend to MC Galaxy, as he heavily promotes the singer’s track on his snapchat. Recall, Bobrisky also appeared in Galaxy’s new video “Oya Snap”..
It doesn’t end there.. When Bobrisky threw his multi-million naira housewarming party. MC Galaxy was there and he sprayed the self-acclaimed king of snapchat with lotta bills.
Last Night, Mercy Johnson took to her Instagram to write to her husband a heart-warming tribute to her “beloved” husband.
She wrote:
Odi ur so oooo shy but: I Love d way u pick Angel at night and drop her in her crib each time I put her in the middle of the bed as an obstacle cus am upset.
I love the way u whisper in her ears,saying”Angel go to ur crib and don’t put Asunder ? I love d way u increase the AC ,Snatch the blanket and 30mins later you grab me and say”u too vex,aren’t you Cold?? I love the way you say,I play too much.
I love d way you chastise me after cooking by saying”my love salt pass this food but e sweet”? I can go on and on Thank you baby,the kids go to bed Happy and wake up smiling.even they know, that Daddy loves Mummy.
Ur birthday is close and I don’t know what to say or how to show that you are the Very Air I breath. No one has an assurance of Happily ever after but I beg God to please Help me and lets stay this way forever.
Pray for me Friends cus with Him is where I would rather be. #hubbysbirthdayloading#thankyoulord#papapurity#
This is coming after social media is cracking down with reports of Failed Celebrity Marriages, Domestic Violence and whats not!
Guess We aren’t the only one praying for Don Jazzy and Linda Ikeji to get hitched.. Peter Okoye is also a fan of the duo coming together..
Yesterday, Peter took to his Instagram to announce that he will be sponsoring the duo’s wedding were they ever to surprise fans like Banky W and Adesua Etomi did.
“@DONJAZZY and @officiallindaikeji in case that movie finally happens I, Mr P will sponsor the wedding. #loveisabeautifultin,” said the singer and dancer.
This of course is coming just days after Don Jazzy “stylishly proposed” to Miss. Ikeji… and then she accepted.. Read here.
Recall, the duo were rumoured to be dating in 2014. They never debunked that story. And we guess it is why Peter Okoye doesn’t want to be taken unawares.
Mercy Aigbe has officially responded to her husband, Lanre Gentry’s claims.. In an Instagram post, she wrote an open letter to him. Read Below what she wrote:
Dear Lanre Gentry, It breaks my heart that I have to do this but as it is you have left me with no choice……I had sleepless night because I just couldn’t comprehend why someone i loved , someone with whom I have a child will be hell bent on destroying me, I just cannot comprehend it..
I read with tears in my eyes all the LIES you fabricated against me, LIES you feel will justify your inhumane act, LIES you feel will gain you public sympathy and LIES calculated to bring my person to public opprobrium……..
You claim ….
(1) I am Mentally Unstable
(2) That you have caught me with different men
(3) That I do not take care of my parents
(4) That a man rented an apartment for me……….
LIES all LIES……..
Dear hubby I challenge you to back on your claims with PROOF!!!!!!!!!……….
Hmmmm lanre you forget quickly!…., you forget how I have labored and stood by you all these years, even tho all what I was getting from you was constant beating, harrasment ,threat to my life and threat to destroying my image if I dare,leave you…… .,,You must PROOF all your allegations otherwise God knows I am going to add another lawsuit to the one on ground!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Although my Team has been pleading with me to stay silent all these while, but I have come to realize that you want to ride on my keeping mum……
Pictures of the victim who perished at the Calabar viewing centre have emerged and amogst them is a 14-year-old girl identified as Blessing Okon Udo.
They were all electrocuted to death while watching the UEFA Europa League match between United and Anderlecht at a viewing centre in Calabar, Cross River State.
While narrating what happened on the fateful day, the father of the deceased little girl, Okon Udo tearfully said:
“I was away for work. When I came back, I understood there was a problem. I saw my daughter among the victims so I had to rush her to the hospital and she was certified dead. Her death is a big loss.”
Recalling Blessing’s love for football, he said: “She was a football lover. She even played football and I did not know she used to go there and watch football. This incident was the first time I knew she came here to watch football. She was a student at Holy Secondary School. She was in SS3 and was going to write her WAEC last month.”
Earlier today, a Nigerian lady took to twitter to accuse singer, Tunde Ednut of sending her D*ck pics he allegedly took from google.
“Tunde Ednut is the most sex starved f-list celebrity in Nigeria. Somebody tell him to stop sending other men’s dick pics to young women. It’s disgusting,” said the Nigerian woman who tweets from the handle @barristeroz.
Asked to reconfirm her claims, the lady alleged that the singer had harassed her with the pics in 2015 and was now doing the same with her unnamed sister. “If the dickshots were his, that’d be a different thing entirely. But he’s saving dickshots off the internet and dishing out to women,” said the lady.
Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe was pictured sleeping at the World Economic Forum taking place in Durban today. The 93-year-old has a bad reputation for falling asleep at conferences and meetings
People on Twitter critisised the Zimbabwean president for sleeping while important matters are being discussed.
Mugabe made a surprise appearance on a morning panel on fragile states at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban today.
There was a game on Facebook, the “No Likes” Game, where N5,000 was up for grabs to anyone whose comment doesn’t garner a like..
The game was played by many, the game gathered 51,000 comments on Facebook, with many Nigerians laying curses on whoever likes their comment.
Apparently, this game was taken to “Twitter”, But this time, the user promised to give out N50,000 to anyone whose tweet doesn’t get a retweet. Then here’s the weird part.
A tweet which reads: “Pls dont retweet this post if you do so you will die #50kChallenge”.
Then an OAU Student, Jerry Ashiru retweeted the tweet alongisde 15 other people………5 days later, he died.
Jerry also participated in the challenge, saying he needs it for school fees as his school is resuming.
Below is an interesting, yet encouraging story of a Female Vulcanizer who is making a name for herself after learning the job from her husband.
Read the story below as shared by Jeff Unaegbu:
“Every day, except on Sundays, the energetic Mrs. Chinelo Ogbonna comes to work at Mechanic Village, dons her work wear and sets out many types and sizes of vehicle tyres one atop the other in front of her husband’s vulcanizing workshop. She rushes at stopping vehicles, wheel spanner in one hand, ever ready to begin the loosening of a deflated tyre for repair. Her husband, a wiry fair youth, does not stand akimbo watching in front of his number 40, New Parts Section shop.
He does not assume the pride of a man whose wife is at work with him. No, Mr. Ifeanyi Ogbonna is busy already working on a flat tyre, determined to patch it by fire, not with a cold sealant. He makes as if it is a common virtue in women, to behave like his wife. Don’t be fooled. He knows he has a unique wife, and he asks me to soften my wonder at this rare form of feminism, and to make-belief she were an ordinary apprentice, else it will get into her gait and slow the turn of work!
But not me. I step out of my SUV, looking to quietly observe the whole drama, scratching my eyebrows in measured curiosity. I buy a fairly-used tyre and sit like other clients to await my turn for service, if only to catch this out-of-the-box situation.
A big tyre rolls at her command of hand. She stops it beside the press. And I think the man of the shop will take over to excavate the wheel from the tyre. My eyes almost bulge to see her sit the large ring on the tyre flange and jump upon the big handle of the press to free the wheel. I want to remonstrate by reflex. But something stops me. It is her deftness, like one just tearing apart a paper. She does not care that men are watching. The reflexive but pretentious effeminacy that shows up in some ladies whenever they are in the presence of men, knows no place in her life.
It is not that she is not well-endowed as to mesmerize the world if she wants. But she has packaged all the voluptuousness of her body into that work wear.
The matter at hand is money. The money to feed her family of a hardworking husband and four children must be fought for. Yes, she has four children and she is still in the side of youth. But here she is, vulcanizing, for the good of the society.
Her way of life is a decision she made herself. She is not forced by her husband. There are moments of disagreements between the two. But the quickness with which they settle their differences is beyond public comprehension.
I go on in my mind about the standing values we peddle around and which of them affects us negatively or positively, until she calls my attention to tell me she is through…
I reveal to them that they are news. I educate them how this is so. They consent to a public view such as this you see. It may bring more clients, who knows. Welcome, again, to Nigeria….
(c) Jeff Unaegbu, May 3, 2017.
NB: This is a true story. The address and all names are real. Patronize them if you are in Nsukka.”
Mercy Aigbe and Lanre Gentry’s Marital Issue has just gotten messier!
Moments ago, LIB released a copy of a Police Report signed by CSP Fatai Shoetan, stating that Lanre Gentry is now at large after three men harassed his estranged wife.
A video showing the alleged harassment was also shared on the blog.
See below.
https://youtu.be/LeAr9uQegrY
The shocking report comes barely 24 hours after Lange Gentry came forward with claims that Mercy Aigbe is mentally unstable.
“Mercy has mental issues and I am the one who knows how many places we’ve been to so she can remain stable. I have papers to prove this. When I challenged my wife, she said she only wanted to collect money from him – a married woman!!! But i discovered that it was the same man that paid for the Magodo house she just moved to, which i also found out had been rented over a month ago.” he told BON.
See the police report below:
The three suspects involved in the harassment have since been arrested and charged to a Magistrate court in Ogba.
Assistant General Overseer and Pastor-in-charge of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, West African Coast, Pastor Olu Obanure is dead.
Obanure who became the Assistant General Overseer in charge of Establishment following his investiture at the 64th Annual Convention of the church last August died in the early hours of Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017.
According to a statement announcing Obanure’s demise and signed by the church’s Head, Media & Public Relations, Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi, said:
“Pastor Olu Obanure was appointed the assistant general overseer in charge of Establishment during the 64th Annual Convention of the Mission in August 2016.
“He had served the Mission in such various capacities as the special assistant to the general overseer (Admin/Personnel) pastor-in charge of West Coast with base in Accra Ghana and as the provincial pastor, Northern Province 5 with headquarters in Abuja.
“The Kogi-state born man of God had a Masters Degree in Communications and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan. “He is survived by his wife and children.”
The life of a 25-year-old corps member, Charity Thilza, has been brought to an abrupt end three days to the completion of her National Youth Service Corps programme in Abuja .
The Borno State indigene was killed by some robbers along Wuse 2 Road while she was returning home from a nightclub in Carribean, Wuse 2 around 3 am on Monday.
The ‘passing-out parade,’ which marked the completion of her one-year programme would hold on Thursday (today). She studied Linguistics and English at the University of Maiduguri .
PUNCH Metro learnt that Thilza and four friends identified simply as Lola, Bisi, Pooja (an Indian) and a man had attended a show at the club where a hip hop artiste, Chibuzor Azubuike, popularly called Phyno performed on Sunday.
They were said to be returning home from the party in a car the following day when the robbers gave them a chase.
The assailants reportedly shot at the car repeatedly and some of the bullets pierced through the windscreen and hit Thilza who was sitting at the back. One of the friends Lola was said to have also sustained gunshot injuries.
Our correspondent learnt that the robbers retreated when they noticed that the driver of the car was heading towards a police station.
Thilza’s close friend, Thlama Bukar said she was rushed to a hospital but was rejected. She said she died on the way to another hospital that she was referred to.
Bukar who spoke with the press on the telephone said she was together with Thilza until Friday, when she (Bukar) returned to Maiduguri, Borno State, where she lives.
She said, “ Phyno performed at the Carribean (the club) on Sunday. They were coming back home around 3 am on Monday when they noticed that a car was trailing them. They took a detour but the car continued following them.
The driver of their car started speeding and the robbers opened fire on the car. Unfortunately some of the bullets hit Thilza from the back of the car.
“Five persons went for the party. One of them is a man, but I don’t know his name . I learnt Lola was also hit by the bullets and has been admitted to a hospital. The incident was reported to the police.
“Thilza lived in Zone 6, Wuse 2 and served at the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Abuja. She clocked 25 years in January. Her corpse will be brought to Maiduguri on Thursday (today). Her father is late . Presently, her mother is not talking ; she is very distraught. She was the first child of the family. She has four young siblings.”
Bukar said Thilza had planned to join the NSCDC after the service, adding that her death was a big loss to the family.
She said, “She was a kind and simple person. I left her and other friends in Abuja on Friday. They accompanied me to the airport when I was returning to Maiduguri. She told me she wanted to join the NSCDC.”
Friends of the deceased on Facebook have also expressed shock over her death, extending their condolences to her family.
One Monsurat Abdulrasaq wrote, “Oh Charity! Our souls are full of pains on hearing of your unfair demise. This got to me like a swift wind. May God comfort your entire family at this tough time. May God bring you comfort. Amen”
A colleague, Jabal Gadzama wrote on Thilza’s timeline that they met a few days ago.
“Please can someone explain what happened to me? I was with her last week during the biometric for our NYSC final clearance. Please just tell me it is not true,” she said.
The spokesperson for the NYSC, Federal Capital Territory, Mrs. Abosede Aderibigbe said the corps was making efforts to ensure the release of the corpse for burial.
She said, “The victim was our member with code number, FCT/15a/5295. She was supposed to pass out on Thursday (today). We learnt she and her friends went clubbing.
“When they were coming back around 3 am in a flashy car, armed robbers trailed them. When they could not get them, they shot at the car and the bullets hit her.
“They tried rushing her to the National Hospital, Abuja but she died on the way. The family members are in Abuja with the NYSC coordinator. The corpse is with the police. Possibly, it will be released for burial today (Thursday).”
The police spokesperson, FCT Command, ASP Anjuguri Mensah, said he was on a course and promised to send the number of his deputy to our correspondent for comments on the incident. He had, however yet to send the number as of press time.
Lai Mohammed has yet again explained the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari at Wednesday’s Federal Executive council (FEC) for the fourth week.
Lai revealed that the President was following doctors orders. The Minister of Information stated this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting, which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said:
‘I know you will want to know why the President was not at the meeting. You are also aware that the President was at his office on Tuesday and worked at the office.
I think about a few days before now we did come out to say he has been asked to take some rest by his doctors and he chose today to rest instead of attending the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. I want to use this opportunity to thank Nigerians who have expressed a lot of concern and sympathy and those who have been praying for him.
We always said Mr President will stick to his doctors’ advice so that he can recover much more quickly’..
Beverly Osu be going on a shading spree.. She took to her Snapchat to shade to hell outta Mercy Aigbe, Tonto Dikeh, Kcee and Oge Okoye while congratulating Banky W and Adesua Etomi!
She wrote on Snapchat: “Banky w broke the internet… God bless him for making a change in the news about celebrities… no be every time Divorce .. my husband beat me, this one they thief picture of people things dey claim LUXURY.”
If yo u din’t see the shade above, let’s help you.
“Banky w broke the internet… God bless him for making a change in the news about celebrities… no be every time Divorce (Tonto Dikeh & Mercy Aigbe) .. my husband beat me (Tonto Dikeh & Mercy Aigbe), this one they thief picture of people things dey claim LUXURY. (Kcee & Oge Okoye)”
The Lagos State Government has demolished Sabo market Ikorodu overnight… Traders arrived the market this morning only to see that their places of business have been brought down.
These photos and video below shows distraught owners wailing as they woke up to see that their place of businesses has been destroyed.
VIDEO: Distraught owners wail as Lagos State Govt demolishes Sabo market in IKORODU overnight pic.twitter.com/PYO0bQnIxT
Results to the recently just-concluded Mock Exam for the 2017 UTME have been released.. and it’s free to check. Follow the instructions outlined below to check your 2017 JAMB Mock Exam Result.
1. Visit the JAMB portal at www.jamb.org.ng/efacility/. PS: Do not use MTN or GLO Network to Visit the Jamb Portal.
2. Login with your profile email and password.
3. Click on “Result Notification” among the list of services and click on “UTME Examination (Mock)”.
4. Your result will be displayed to you or you would see the message “You did not seat for Mock Examination”.
A 100 Level female Law student of the University of Ibadan on Wednesday said a died on Monday during a show at her hall of residence.
According to a statement signed by the institution’s Director of Public Communications, Olatunji Oladejo, said Effiong Imarbong died after she jumped from a dangerous position having displayed signs of restlessness during the show.
The statement said,
“It is with deep regret that the management of the University of Ibadan announces the sudden death of Miss Effiong Deborah Imarbong, a 100 Level student in our Faculty of Law on Monday, May 1, 2017 at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
“Her sudden death, however, remains a mystery. It is in the light of the above that the university management wishes to state that the cause(s) of her death are still being investigated by the appropriate authorities. Moreover, her parents had been duly contacted by the relevant key officers of the university on the loss.
“It is pertinent to state that by the tradition of the Queen Elizabeth II Hall where she was a resident, an event tagged ‘Freshers/Finalists’ Week’’ was organised by the hall’s Executive Council.
“Her colleagues reported that the deceased was seen at the hall cafeteria, the venue of the movie show.
“Furthermore, it was reported that she was seen at about 8.40pm. Thereafter, she received a telephone call from a fellow; she left the venue of the movie show to meet the caller. The fellow had been identified after her death by the Campus Security Service.”
Imarbong became hyperactive and developed strange attitude after returning to the hall and left the venue after a wild dance.“
It was further revealed that she left the venue of the movie show and, thereafter, there was a bang, which her colleagues explained, she jumped from a dangerous position in the Hall.
She was later found by her colleagues in a seemingly helpless condition in the precinct of the hall,” the statement said.
The deceased was rushed to the UCH where effort to safe her live proved futile.
Here’s a beautiful Story about a couple who Dated for 8 YEARS WITHOUT SEX… Life Coach, Solomon Buchi Bartholomew had an Exclusive chat with the bride, Omobolanle Adeyemo on his Facebook Timeline..and it was monitored by www.yabaleftonline.ng and her story is beautiful!
Take your time and read… Remember, you read it First Here!
Good. Great having you Omobolanle Adeyemo. So kindly let us know you better. Briefly introduce yourself.
My name is Omobolanle Adeyemo. Although I am now Omobolanle Awoyemi. Popularly called ‘Omoby’ by family and friends.
Omoby was the name given to me from birth by my family, more of my dad, to distinguish his name from mine. He’s Omobolanle as well.
I trained as a Quantity Surveyor and hold two degrees in similar fields, but beyond the construction industry, I enjoy counselling in the areas of Relationships and Careers. My focus is to help youth maximise their purpose to succeed and achieve their dreams. I also help youth debunk all myth about fears to help them live their dreams. I am a total abstinence advocate and believe in youths keeping themselves sexually pure…until Marriage.
I am 29 years old, currently on my doctorate degree, the last girl, in the family of four. I enjoy writing, teaching and reading. I am a shoe fetish! I love books as well. You don’t ever borrow my books without returning them. I’d chase you, hunt you, until I find you!
You got married last month after an eight years dating relationship without sex. I was supposed to be in your wedding but you know I couldn’t make it.
The first question I’ll like to ask you is; How did you meet him? What attracted you to him? When?
Well, we were classmates, level mates and all that. He was the extremely intelligent one in class. Always topping the class in tests and exams and I was like, it wouldn’t be bad to have this guy as a friend o. Nothing personal. I just wanted him to be a friend because the guy is damn good, especially that I had dreams of graduating with a first class. Lol, I wish!
On his own while, he saw this slim, smart and beautiful babe, me and was crushing on her. He came to introduce himself to me which I can’t even remember. I just knew we became friends somehow. Then when I moved to my own apartment which was so close to his house, he told me that was one of his best days. He’d teach me difficult modules, help me with stuff and was generally a good friend.
It was in our Part three in University, he asked me out. Took me 6 months or thereabout to give my consent. I like that he didn’t pressure me. He left me alone to make my choice. He’s smart and confident like that.
I gave my consent to start a relationship with him because we shared same values: sexual and all. I saw him as focused, ambitious and reasonable. I wanted somebody who would not pressure me for sex, a well self-controlled man. Specifically, I desired to do it first and last. I didn’t like all the heartbreaks I saw my sisters and friends go through. Ha! It brought tears and heartaches. To God be the glory, I got that! I am his first and he’s mine as well. 😉 😉
We were successfully able to combine academics and our relationship. In class, we were classmates. Outside, we were lovers :p ;). He graduated with a First Class Honours as the best in the department and Faculty while I was rated the most improved student who rose from a Third Class Grade to a Second Class Upper Division. We were the talk of Uni. Everyone wanted to know how we did it. Lecturers used us as great examples (even though some of them were skeptical at the onset). Younger ones wanted to know how we successfully combined both without one or both falling apart. I’d say, we were focused. We helped eachother a lot. He was the one doing more of the helping though because he’s the smarter one who grabs things faster.
What attracted me to him?
1. He had godly values that aligned with mine. I was not ready to compromise on some of them. When I discovered through friendship with him that our values clicked, the attraction spurred.
2. I desired a guy smarter or as smart as me. As said earlier, he was always helping me out with modules. I like that he was just always there to help. I didn’t want a guy who would dim my shine.
3. He studied me. There’s a part of me which people hardly get to know. He discovered that I often wrote out my feelings in journals. Such a sacred book nobody was allowed to read. He was able to penetrate through.
4. I like that he knew where he was heading and took action steps towards them. He knew what job he could take and not take, he knew where he wanted to be in few years and he was very proactive about his life.
5. He possessed good fruits that spoke everywhere he went. Nobody had a bad thing to say about him. I investigated. Because we were classmates though, our friends were mutual, notwithstanding, every one had a good thing to say about him. Friends attested to his character and person. Then when my sisters met him, they said I had made a good choice. That to me confirmed everything.
A Question From A reader reads: Believe me when I say,i have been in a non sexual relationship and I know how hard it can be. So my question is, How do u guys do it. As in dating for 8 years without sex?
The Bible says can two walk together except they agree?
Trust me when I tell you that the two of us made it happen because we both agreed to a non sexual relationship from the let go. Our convictions were personal. We were not going it for anyone but were personally convinced it was best for both of us and because God instructs same.
I think problem arises when one party isn’t up for the abstinence game while the other is or one party is doing it selfishly for the other without any genuine personal convictions.
It’s impossible for two people to agree on a thing and not achieve it. Remember the story of the tower of Babel?
The irony is that when he started asking me out, I didn’t like him. There was no iota of attraction at all. I was almost turning him down.
But I remember the words of my friend, Sandra, not real names, who told me to just talk to God about it.
My relationship with God is such that I can talk to him about anything and have conversations with him at anytime of the day. Prior to discussing it with Sandra, I didn’t want to tell God about it because I didn’t want to hear His own opinion. I think God would approve him as a potential suitor. I just felt it was not something to give serious thought to jareh!
Three months after, on his birthday 9th March, 2009 he invited me to have lunch with him in a new restaurant in town. He held my hands and expressed his sincere intentions to date me. I would say that at this point, I completely saw that he was sincere but I was scared. I didn’t like the idea of dating someone within my age bracket. He is one year older than I am, but I desired to get married to a man who is atleast three years older than me. I expressed all my associated fears and reasons for such expectation, but he reassured me that he was really sincere.
I remember the inscription he wrote on a piece of paper as we left the restaurant, reading “I LOVE YOU OMOBOLA’. These words sank into me for a very long time and so several time, I would ask him what he meant by ‘loving me’, what was his idea, what were his expectations? Would he still love me if I exposed and told him everything about me? Would he still claim to love me?
I was not under any pressure from him. He completely left me to make a choice and didn’t put me under any unusual intense pressure. I pride myself as one who is not given to intense pressure anyway, but I liked the idea that Temitope seemed different from other guys who would threaten you, pressure or manipulate you to date them. I liked it. I was not scared that he would go away or some other girl would ‘snatch’ him away.
Somehow anyway, I told God about his intentions, asking Him if I could go ahead and if indeed he had good plans for me, I got some sort of inner peace about everything. It was God’s positive response to my question. My Friend Sandra also advised that I ask him very key and direct questions. I did. I asked him about his sexual values, his church beliefs, everything I could ask him about. I had also known some answers to some these questions while we were friends.
We were 21 and 22 years respectively when we started.
How did we both break the bias? Well, I wouldn’t say we didn’t broke any bias because we did, but what we did was that we were both intentional, serious and straightup with eachother.
People knew we were dating and they also knew we were not wasting our time with eachother. They knew we were both serious. I guess that’s because neither of us were double dating or having sexual relations with eachother.
Our lecturers were skeptical on the onset because they thought it was going to affect our academics, but when we both graduated excellently well, many of them approved our relationship.
Secondly, his character helped to erase any doubts that anyone could have. My parents didn’t frown about my relationship with him at that age because they could attest to his character and person.
He tells me that my values did attract me to him. Just like him, he desired to remain sexually pure until Marriage and when he met me, it was an answer to his prayer. Beyond this, my character and attitude endeared him more to me.
I was a person working on making myself better for my generation, parents and the world at large. I was constantly improving on myself…not doing all these because I wan5bed a mate but for my own good. He saw this part of me and liked it.
Much more, he says that because I didn’t put him under any financial pressure whatsoever. Despite the fact that we started dating in Uni, it was not a time to allow him bear all my financial responsibilities.
Furthermore, I was also intentional about my life and knew what I wanted to do with it. I didn’t need a man to bring me happiness. He saw all this in me and loved what he saw.
So Omobolanle Adeyemo, tell us, you guys dated for 8 good years without sex?
No! We dated for almost eight years WITHOUT sex. It was going to be eight years on the 13th of December this year if we hadn’t gotten married.
Seems impossible/unbelievable with some, but I often say that whatever you think is impossible would never be achievable by you.
You simply can’t have what you think is impossible! It’s that simple.
So please, before I get back to the question about sex. Did you guys know it’d take up to 8 years before getting married? Was it clear it’ll take that long and what motivated to decide to go on a journey of 8 years with him?
Oh no. Neither of us thought we would date for 8years or almost. Although, there was an iota of such feelings because 1. We started dating very early. 2. We knew we hadn’t gotten a hand on our lives after school and we both knew we had to settle that aspect before getting married. Beyond the funfair of Marriage, we both knew that getting married without laying any concrete foundation was testamount to frustrated but married life.
Many of my friends who got married before me, even though I started my relationship before them, had this so because their men were already financial stable and well settled in their careers before they even graduated. But I was dating my classmate. I well understood that Marriage wouldn’t come soon. Rather than mope and mourn, I got busy with my own life. There were just so many things I needed to do. My second degree was one. Writing a book was another. Just enjoying being single was also another. I didn’t want to get married wishing I had enjoyed my single life much longer. I explored. I saved. I spent. I took myself on vacations. I slept. I bought books. I just had fun without being accountable to anyone.
My motivation for sticking with him that long was because I had seen from the onset where he was heading. He shared his plans with me. He was not just a dreamer but one who took action steps to make his dreams a reality.
For instance, because he knew he wanted to go into core consulting, He had started searching out prospective firms that aligned with his passion and applied to them. He didn’t allow life or chances just happen to him, he made life happen for himself.
Who’d see such a man with such zeal, vision and passion to living and say your village witches are doing you?
How did you have to trust him that even if you guys weren’t having sex that he wasn’t having sex somewhere else? Because a lot of people say it’s impossible for a man to not stay without sex. He must have been getting it somewhere else..
Like I said earlier, it was never a worry to me. This was because I had already ascertained the kind of person he was. This was my first assignment because I knew that every other thing is dependent on his character and values.
You see, that’s why the character of a person is very important and the fruits he or she possesses. I often say that you can’t be rotten on the inside and not bear rotten fruits. The problem is that many people look at the stem or leaves to judge a man rather than concentrating on the fruits he breeds.
My trust for him as being intact from the moment I ascertained his person and character. Secondly, he had very godly friends. A man can also be judged by those he keeps as friends as well.
Further more, he had never given me any reason to doubt him. If for anything, it was for me to believe that he was different and he was here to stay.
He told me he was a virgin, I believed so. Time with him had proved to me that he was not a person who would say a thing and mean another. He was a person of integrity. He would never ask me for sex, neither put me in any uncompromising situation. He was also watching out for me. He wouldn’t also tempt me.
Like I said, it was easy to trust him because I had done my homework well and confirmed that his fruits were godly.
How did both of you manage sexual urges? Where there no points where you nearly lost it? And like some Nigerians contemplated yesterday, was it just no sex or was there other sexual peripherals like smooching, fingering, and the likes?
I would say that, It was really easy to curb sexual urges before I was 26, because konji hardly visited. I don’t remember if there were any visits. But as soon as I turned 26, they came in full force.
The Bible says that can two walk together except they agree?
I wouldn’t take glory for remaining sexually pure until Marriage without giving him some credits as well. Due to the our sole agreement of not defiling ourselves which we agreed on, we were about to manage through. When one person was almost sliding down the drain, the other was there to help through.
Much more, rather than actually demonstrate our sexual urges, we spoke them out often. That helped a lot because we were only free to talk about our urges but not to demonstrate it to either of us.
For instance, rather than actually kiss and smooch, we’d say things like, ‘I really feel like kissing you.’ ‘I want to have sex with you?’ ‘What does it feel to even give you a blow job sef?’ I asked him this when I read about blow jobs. Lol.
Much more, we always asked for God’s help. It was always a simple prayer of telling God to help us not to complicate our lives with premarital sex.
Yeah and No. There were no times we hardly lost it because we were also on guard. The Bible says the devil is like a roaring lion seeking whom to devour. We didn’t want to give him any chance.
Like I said earlier, when one person was weak, the other was always there to help.
Yeah! Because if you ask me if there were times I felt like removing his trousers and touching his penis? Oh yeah! At that point, we learnt to voice our urges to eachother rather than demonstrate what you actually feel. I tell him about this and he’d say, ‘Don’t worry baby. Just a little more time.’
And definitely, there were few times, he’d almost want to start smooching or rubbing my body. I am often stronger at such point. I gently caution him or and help him pull through. That’s why I say that I don’t take glory for anything. We helped eachother.
We both knew about the other sexual acts and we both understood how each of them could lead to sex. We avoided them like plagues.
Prior to this time, we had studied how sexual sin starts and we understood that once you start an act, eg, kissing, you would never get enough. The urge to dig further continues. Thus, the body begins to desire for something more. The devil is cunny and wise. He continues to lead you on until you both have completely fallen.
I also knew and understood how privileged I was to always request and have God’s help available. I knew that if I don’t know how to request for help, if I didn’t know I could request for help, I’d’ll keep failing into the same temptation over and over again. Konji would keep oppressing me and one day, I may give in.
Heaven has a 24-7 emergency hotline. Psalms 50 vs 15 states this clearly. For me, I call it my microwave prayer. When the sexual feelings were too impossible to bear, I don’t often have the time to pray long lengthy prayers or to start reciting my purity confessions. I don’t even remember to speak in tongues. Hain! In my despair, I cry out to God always in a whisper.
Similarly, the Bible reassures me that God always hears my cry for help because Jesus is sympathetic to my struggles. It always worked for me. My responsibility is to cry for help. His responsibility is to find an escape route for me.
The truth is that God is always willing to help us defeat a temptation but most times, we don’t want to be helped. We do this by thinking that we can go through it on our own. We think we know that’s best for us. We think we’ve gone too far to be helped. For instance somebody said, if you’ve been sexual active in the past, it difficult defeating a sexual temptation. But that’s not true. Jesus help isn’t only for those who haven’t being sexually active. He helps all. Regardless.
Some other times, we often feel embarrassed calling for God’s help over and over again. But the Bible reassures that God’s patience never runs out. Hence, even if it means crying out to God’s help over and over again: a hundred times in a second, God’s always eager to help us. Ask Him for the power to do the right thing and expect Him to provide it.
The problem is often that many believe that sexual urges aren’t that part of our lives were we should cry out for help. Or many of us are looking to pray lengthy prayers thinking that’s what God honors. Some other times, we think that praying to defeat sexual urges isn’t a practical step. But if you don’t expect to be helped, God can’t help to either. The Bible says, let not a double minded man think he’d receive anything from the Lord.
Tell me. How did you guys settle disputes in the relationship for that eight years. How? And was there a time you almost broke up or you just thought you were in the wrong thing?
Disputes resolution?
We talked until we understood. We asked questions. We talked everything out. Just everything. We had agreed prior to this time that nothing was too big not to talk about.
That’s all.
Talking wasn’t easy for me o. One, I am a wordy person who does more of writing my hurts and feelings than voicing them out. He helped me talk. He’d always tell me that I could tell him anything. Two, I was often too shy to share my feelings because I felt they would make me feel stupid.
Temitope also had, still does, a best friend who was also my own friend. I call him my twin brother. During times I think myself to be silly to communicate, twin brother, was often the person I ran to when I couldn’t understand what my bobo was talking about. As you know, men and women receive the same information but interprete them differently. Thus, when there were times I just couldn’t comprehend what he was talking about, my twin brother was responsible for receiving the information from him, helping me break it down in bits in the way that I would understand the situation.
I trusted twin brother because just like my bobo, he also had good fruits. We had being friends longtime. Twin brother often told me he was caught up betw’n his best friend and his twin sister (me).
However, One day, twin brother, told to I have to learn how to talk to my bobo regardless of the misconception that I may not understand or what silly feelings I feel. In other words, he was tired of being an intermediary. Oh! That was the day I learnt how to gradually voice out my concerns.
This has helped our Marriage. We avoid third parties and communicate our concerns to eachother.
And No! We had no fundamental issues that threatened our relationship. We never broke up all through the years we dated. There were so many things we agreed on prior to starting our relationship. One of such was that, we’d never threaten or manipulate either party with a breakup. We knew we were stuck with eachother. This didn’t make either of us feel indispensable to eachother, because we also respected the fact that we both made a conscious effort to be with eachother. Neither was doing anyone of a favor!
What other part of this eight years journey will you like to touch?
Okay. I’d like to talk about Finances.
It was not difficult opening up in Marriage about our finances with neither feeling cheated, that’s because we had laid the precedence while courting.
We were completely open with eachother about our salaries and every other received income.
During our wedding, I received more cash gifts than he did. But because he had earned my trust with finances, it was not a big deal to show him everything.
I remember the first time I borrowed him a little amount of money. One, was because I hadn’t yet started to trust him with money. And two, if I could trust you with money, then you must be a really good person. What struck me was that, he returned it as at when due. When he needed much more, his integrity earned him my trust.
And when he borrows me money, it’s a loan which must be returned as well. I have learnt to say dash me money o. Lol. ??
I can’t emphasise more the need for singles to choose men and women who are people of integrity. It’s the bedrock to a happy home.
Similarly, I used to struggle with some silly stuff. He earned my trust as well with keeping my secrets safe and keeping me accountable. He’d never use such against me.
Omobolanle Adeyemo, so what will your counsel to young singles be?
To young singles.
While waiting for a mate, get busy with your life. There’s so much you can do with your life. You’re an embodiments of talents, gifts and virtues. Discover them. Explore. Have fun. Spread your wings. Fly. If you can afford a thing, buy. Go on vacations. Sleep well. Read books. Just ensure you’re enjoying and making the best use of being single.
Discover what career path you wanna thread and take action steps to achieve them. If it’s business you wanna learn, go all out. Just explore.
Life doesn’t start with having a mate. To can make your own life start now for you.
Remember that you don’t want to get married, wishing you had just enjoyed your single life a little more. It’s a phase you’ll never get back. Make the best of it.
Do not let anyone tell you that being single is a disease. Neither let any married person tell you that being Married is only what you need to succeed. Marriage would take away some single privileges, eg the freedom to do anything you want to do. Ensure you’ve enjoyed your single life to the fullest while waiting.
It worries me when I see young singles just do nothing with their lives, but only just wait for a make life happen for them. Let’s get a shift in our mentality and discover all about the amazing things of yourself you can do.
Lastly, Omobolanle Adeyemo, so ever since you got married. Lol. How has konji been?
Konji (sex) is beautiful. I like that I can play with hubby’s genitals without shame, shyness or guilt.
Secondly, I like that I can choose to have sex anyday, just anytime, without guilt. That alone awes me.
I like that anytime I am horny, I don’t have to begin to pray about such feelings anymore or start my abstinence therapy. I just take what belongs to me and have fun. Lol.
I also like that I don’t have to worry if my period doesn’t arrive as it ought to. Marriage gives all such kind of freedom.
Initially, penetration was painful but we got a hang at it, sought advise and now it’s become beautiful experience.
When penetration was still difficult, I used to think there was really nothing with sex. But having overcome that phrase, I’d say that my expectations are being met.
New revelations about Controversial Nigerian pastor, Tim Omotoso has emerged. Details from Herald SA claims that he allegedly made teenage girls rub Vaseline on their thighs and told them to recite Psalm 51, an act he claims would cleanse them from their sins.
Read the Report below:
Pastor Omotoso was arrested and dragged at the Port Elizabeth Airport on April 20. He has now been charged to court and some of the revelations at the court hearing are shocking!
The manner in which Nigerian pastor Tim Omotoso lured teenage girls into sexual relations with him was laid out at the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, May 3.
Tensions were high at the Court in the morning ahead of the appearance of the controversial pastor who is facing charges of sexual assault and human trafficking.
While groups sang struggle songs outside the building‚ inside a large contingent of people filled the corridor outside the courtroom where the pastor is to appear for his formal bail application.
Descriptions of how he would allegedly have the girls rub Vaseline on their thighs while telling them to recite Psalm 51 – a psalm that deals with sin and being cleansed – were read out in court.
Reading from a statement by investigating officer detective warrant officer Peter Plaatjies of the Hawks‚ state prosecutor advocate Nceba Ntelwa told the court that the pastor would then tell the girls that If they spoke about the encounters they would be cursed and would die.
National Hawks spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Robert Netshiunda confirmed that the pastor was facing 22 charges related to contravening the sexual offences act stemming from sexual assault to human trafficking with possible additional charges to be added at a later stage.
It was the defence submission that the pastor denied any wrongdoing and intended to stand trial to prove his innocence.
Ntelwa said the state would oppose bail because he was a flight risk‚ had no permanent residential address and would intimidate and interfere with state witnesses.
“He has the propensity to commit the same crimes‚” Ntelwa embers of the media and general public inside the court were instructed by members of the police’s Tactical Response Team to switch off all cellphones and recording devices during court proceedings or “face the consequences”.
One member of the TRT told the gallery that he would personally remove anyone whose cellphone lights up during proceedings. The pastor is due back in court today.
How Nigerian Petrol Attendants Cheat You In Filling Stations and precautions to cut the cheating attendants
The rise in the price of petrol from ₦86.50/L to ₦145 Naira/L still leaves a heavy toll on Nigerians, most have gotten used to the excruciating fact that a litre of petrol now ₦145 Naira.
Sadly, as if the skyrocketing price of petrol isn’t enough, the ‘friendly’ fuel station attendants have found numerous tricks to add to their regular income, and undercut the customers who at the first place are paying through their noses.
The nefarious activity perpetrated by petrol attendants nationwide has gone unnoticed by many motorists as they drive into the filling stations to fill their tanks.
Fuel Station scams are not something new. There are plenty of foul plays which can leave you cheated at a fuel station.
Why do the petrol attendants cheat you?
First of all, the petrol attendants in Nigeria are one of the least paid in the country, infact an average petrol attendant is paid between ₦10,000 – ₦15,000 monthly, but a smart attendant can make his salary in one day by cheating customers.
Ideally, when a petrol attendant resumes for work, he/she takes the reading on the meter on the fuel dispenser, which they call The Opening Meter, and after they close for the day, the reading on the meter, called The Closing Meter is taken by the attendant. Then, they multiply the difference in the readings by the cost per litre, which is the amount they deliver to the manager. If there is any surplus cash, the attendant takes it.
Unfortunately, the surplus money is simply a product of manipulation/cheating of petrol buyers by the fuel attendants on a daily basis.
How Nigerian Petrol Attendants Cheat Customers In Filling Stations
I have compiled a list of some of the most common dirty tactics which are used to cheat customers at Nigerian fuel stations based on my research and conversation with some petrol attendants across the country.
TRICK 1: Recall or TIM/CAL button
On the fuel dispenser there is usually a button labelled ‘Recall, TIM/CAL’ or any other label, depending on the machine. The essence of the button is to enable the attendant to see the past sales.
If you want to see your last ten sales, you just press Recall, then the number you want to see etc, depending on the number you want, and it shows you the amount.
Beyond seeing past sales,petrol attendants use it to cheat and make money from the customers.
For example, if a petrol attendant sold ₦5,000 worth of fuel to (Customer A), and the next customer (Customer B) also wants to buy ₦5,000., the attendant will clear the screen to ₦00.0 and tell Customer B to look at it (A way of gaining your trust and making you relax) then when they observe that the second customer (Customer B) Isn’t paying attention, they will sell some quantity, like ₦3,500 for example and press Stop or Cancel, depending on the machine, then press Recall 1, and Ok,With that, ₦5,000 will appear on the screen and that is what the customer will see on the meter, believing the sale is complete, meanwhile the attendant recalled the previous sale.
My investigations revealed that this can be done in less than one second.
Infact, some attendants could go to the extent of writing out some past sales on a paper where they can easily have a glance to know which number to recall when a customer is distracted or looks away, since many people prefer to buy based on price and not litre.
For example Recall 1 can be ₦5,000, Recall 2 – ₦3,000, Recall 3 – ₦2,000, so based on the customer they want to cheat, they look at the paper to recall, and the customers would think the machine was fast, so they wouldn’t always suspect anything.