Mrs Olivia Plangnaan Sunday, has every reason to be grateful to God after wife of Nigeria’s Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki, came to her aid, following her delivery of a set of triplets.
Mrs Olivia who delivered triplets through Cesarean Section surgery at the Maitama General Hospital, had been a student of Mrs. Saraki’s Wellbeing Foundation, Africa’s MamaCare Antenatal and Postnatal Education Classes Program, which caters for expectant mothers from the antenatal stage through to the postnatal stage.
Mrs. Saraki who paid the triplets’ mum who sells pure water a visit, after she received a distress call while on her way to Abuja airport, later took to her Instagram page to welcome the new set of triplets; two girls and a boy.
The senate President’s wife, who is also a mother of two sets of twins, made a donation right there at the hospital, to cover the hospital costs for the mother’s surgery and special care of the newborns.
The new mum was also visited Wellbeing Foundation Africa Mamacare Midwife Trainer Rita Momoh and MamaCare Lactation Counselors.
A young Lagos gentleman was giving a ruthless shock of his life on Valentine’s Day three days ago – his story is just as bitter as it is sweet. Hehe.. Read below:
When BBNaija housemate, Gifty claimed she didn’t know popular Nigerian singers, Falz and Banky W and Emmanuel Ikubese, social media was set on fire with her comment with many hating on her “ingenuity” and her being a fake and all.
Well, Nollywood actress Funke Akindele, kinda shares that light as she fired off tweets that also had Nigerians talking and reacting.
Jenifa reacted and said that Gifty was fake, a liar who needed attention and better off as a mannequin rather than an actress.
And Nigerians reacted, some good, some bad… just follow the thread below:
President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha is celebrating her 45th birthday today, February 17th, 2017 – the first lady was celebrated by her daughter Zahra Buhari-Indimi with this lovely message:
Happy birthday to Nigeria’s First Lady @aishambuhari but most importantly happy birthday to you mummy, temple of greatness, reservoir of inspiration and a light to everyone that comes next to you.. so kindhearted, wise and special in every way.. May Allah increase you in every way my darling Mother
Lots of love xxxxx
While some of us were being showered with love in various forms, all around the world on Valentine’s, one lady, Sabina, was somewhere in Nigeria being bullied by her neighbour.
Social media user with the name, Chukwu Sabina narrated the violent physical abuse she fell a victim of on Valentine’s Day by a young man alleged to be taking contraband substances.
According to the story she shared, the beating was as a result of a minor dispute that went amiss. The beautiful lady shared her bloodied face on social media as she seeks sympathy from friends.
Read her story below:
“For those of you guys saying rubbish on my social media it’s happened to me unexpectedly on 14 February on Valentine’s Day.
“I was washing my clothes outside my house, one stupid Guy that always shout like a fool bcuz he do smoke weed, shouted & said his water was missing & I told him I don’t know about d missing water he looked at me & said to me re u mad, I told him wot have I done worry nd he said wen his talking I shouldn’t talk I told him y not nd he started beating me up”
Former child star and gospel singer, Benita Okojie has lost her father – she gave made the tragic announcement this evening on Instagram. His soul rest in peace.
Below is the post she shared:
“My hero and father has gone to be with Jesus. He made such great impact in my life and in the lives of so many people. I’m eternally grateful to God that you walked me down the aisle.
Quizzed my then boyfriend like every father would , gave your consent and enjoyed that day and many other months with us.
I love you with all my heart. Thank you for believing in us (your children) and seeing to it that we all followed our passion.
Thank you for your legacy.
No more tears anymore. Now its celebration. You will be celebrated for life. Mummy misses you like crazy but she knows you’re with Jesus.
You remain in our hearts forever. THANK YOU, OBU SIR!!
Jesus is coming soon so I know we will see in heaven soon.
Nigerian guy, Adebiyi Muizz took to his Facebook to celebrate his white wife as she turned a year older today.
He wrote on his wall:
“My love and respect grows for you with each passing year. I am truly blessed to have you as my life partner. The various ups and downs that we have faced together in the life have further strengthened our bonding, love and respect for each other. May you be blessed with the choicest blessings from dear God? There never be any sad moment in your life. You always remain happy and cheerful, this year and in years to come. Love you from the bottom of my heart. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY ONE AND ONLY MRS ADEBIYI, I LOVE YOU Susan Smith”
“You’re basing your relationship on the validation of people that you don’t even know” – giving an advice to people in relationships, Tunde and Wunmi Obe, said couples are not to put their relationships out there, on social media, rather keep it to themselves.
A Nigerian well wisher, with the name, Akinjide Ajisafe has delivered a Flower and get well card which was referred to President Muhammed Buhari at the Abuja house, London.
In the card signed on February 13, Ajisafe wrote the following message:
“Dear President M Buhari
“May the prayers and blessings of good health I am sending with these flowers make you stronger and healthy
“Mr president, I am sure if you have look outside, right in london the sun of Allah is shining and he is telling you to get well. Many are so earger to have you back, especially in terms of the stability of the country.
I hope this litte card and flower help a little to know how lovingly you are thought of … by many of us in UK
May Allah continue to guide, bless and direct you to the right path.”
Just being his usual self on social media, the macho artiste shared a shirtless photo of himself on Twitter, wishing his followers a good afternoon… and that’s how aunty Kemi just came and asked when they both will get down… tsk tsk tsk.
Maybe it’s beauty queens he does, maybe it’s not cougars… ?? See tweet below:
Franco-German Technical adviser of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr has shared his excitement during his visit to the popular Balogun market in Lagos.
Rohr resides officially in Abuja and mostly travels to Uyo for Nigeria’s games hence he’s hardly in Lagos that’s why he was very happy when he finally spent time in one of Nigeria’s commercial hub.
Rohr, 63, who has had a successful run so far as coach of the team, says he also took a photo of the market and will send it to Nigerian defender Leon Balogun because he believes that’s where his father hails from.
“We went to Balogun market, it was wonderful and a big crowd and some people spoke about football. You must beat Cameroon’ they kept telling me,” Rohr told Super Eagles YouTube page.
“I took a photo because I will send it to Leon Balogun. His father comes from there, I think. I had a beautiful day in Lagos. In this big city, very nice people, everybody is big on hospitality.
“I spend some time in Lagos, I have seen not only the final of the Federation Cup. I saw the Super Cup final in Abuja before coming back to Lagos.”
An elderly woman was murdered by some robbers who stormed her home at G.G Dake in Kaduna state two days ago. According to Rariya, one of the robbers slaughtered her like a ram after she recognized him.
The police is currently on the trail of the robbers. The deceased has since been buried according to Islamic rites.
A new study has claimed that if you have body odour, you can treat it by rubbing the sweat of a more fragrant family member under your armpit and this will help treat your body odour.
The research which was led by Dr Chris Callewart from the University of California, San Diego, found that applying the sweat of another person without body odor, treats body odour by replacing strong-smelling armpit bacteria with some that do not smell as bad, causing your armpits to be tricked into breeding nicer smelling bacteria.
The method of treatment which is called bacteria transplant was tested on two identical twins – one of whom suffered from bad body odour, while the other had little to no smell.
The twin without body odour was told not to bath for four days so as to produce more of his non-smelling sweat while the twin with body odour was told to bath every day using antibacterial soap.
Dr Callewart proceeded to rub the sweat of the twin without body odour on the other twin who has body odour and they found that the twin with body odour became treated of his bad smell and has been odour free for over a year now.
The experiment has been done several times again and the result has been steady so far.
An Instagram user, has shared how she mistakenly sent her rent money, N1m to a cosmetologist and how the said individual has refused to return the money for weeks now.
According to the victim, @chaff2chic_ltd:
“Sometime late last year, I came across a couple mr Ahmad Lawal @egnr_m.I.u and mrs Fatima Tijjani ahmad @mssfancy, in my business place in Calabar, I noticed her nice skin and complemented her and she told me she sells natural cream and soap. I patronized her and asked for her account number. my bill was 16,000 naira.
2 days later, On d 29th of December, I asked my shop agent to send me the account number so i can pay my shop rent and for some reason, a message drops with account number and phone number. Very unlike me, I was careless and mistakenly transfered part of my shop rent (1,000,000) to Mrs Fatima Tijjani Ahmad @mssfancy.
Upon realising what happened, I called to inform them and thankfully, they swiftly acknowledged receiving an alert from me and agreed to transfer it back the following day.
2 days passed n I didn’t call to trouble them because I made the mistake in the first place n at this time the agent n lawyers we’re already on my neck.
Then a week passed and they kept giving stories of a loved one dying and his wife having a miscarriage and kidney infection.. I still waited for them to mourn their loved one While I prayed for her quick recovery.
2 weeks passed and three weeks passed and still nothing. When i tried to reach out to people following her on ig, she suddenly blocked me and every other person that confronted her about it and sends me an epistle of how wealthy they are.
One Emmanuel Agan, who is a neighbour to the accused, noticed the grave injuries on Nse, and immediately reported to Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, a front line child rights organization in Calabar.
The organization immediately documented the case and effected Uduak’s arrest. Nse revealed that he is from Uruan in Akwa Ibom State and his dad is late, but his mother who is a trader (crayfish seller) gave him out to live as house boy to one Madam Ime.
The said Madam Ime is a food vendor and on the fateful day of the incident, he could not wake up on time to wash dishes, when Ime’s eldest daughter, Uduak, woke him up by pouring boiling water on his face. He has since gotten justice and reunited with his mom, thanks to Basic Rights Counsel Initiative.
Two 2016 Batch B Stream 2 members of the National Youth Service Corps have lost their lives along the Taraba Benue road as they were returning home from the 21 days orientation camp.
The bus which was reported to be conveying mostly youth corps members from Taraba to Benue state got two corps members killed and the rest injured. The corps members are yet to be identified as at the time of publishing this post.
A painter, Mr. Ese Akpan, had told his family on Tuesday that he was going out to get the money owed him by a construction company.
He, however, did not get to his destination, as he was killed by a stray bullet from a police team escorting a bullion van to a bank.
According to a Closed-Circuit Television camera, which captured the scene, Ese was shot at exactly 1.45pm on Old Aba Road, Rumuomasi, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
PUNCH Metro, which obtained footage of the incident, observed that Camera 4 captured Ese as he
walked along the road while the police van came behind.
The second side, captured by Camera 1, showed a woman with a baby standing at the bus stop as Ese approached.
There was a sudden gunshot which hit the 60-year-old, while the frightened woman fled the sight.
About two minutes afterwards, some sympathisers, including workers of First Rivers Hospital Limited, a private facility in front of which the incident occurred, rushed to help the victim.
An official at the hospital, who did not want to be identified, said a few minutes after the victim was taken to the hospital, a man came in to check on him.
He said:
“The man said the escort team was coming from an eatery at Rumukoro where the operatives had gone to pick some money. He said they were heading towards a bank in the area and he was driving behind the van when they fired the shot. He said they usually did that when they approached where they were taking money to. Unfortunately, the man was hit by the bullet. He told us to save his life.”
A senior official at the hospital, who spoke for the management, said efforts by the hospital to save Ese were abortive.
“Our doctors, nurses and matrons were all involved in the battle to save his life. He lost a lot of blood. The bullet destroyed his internal organs. We took him to the theatre, and our workers even donated three pints of blood to save him, but he died. He was able to give us his name and address before passing on,” she added.
She noted that the hospital reported the matter to a police station in the area.
The widow of the victim, Mrs. Christiana Akpan, said when she attempted to report the case at the Area Command, Moscow Road, she was chased out of the command.
She added that when she went to the governor’s office, she was not given any audience.
Christiana told PUNCH Metro that her husband had left the house with a plan to demand payment of a debt owed him by a construction company.
She said,
“He worked as a painter and had executed a project for a construction company last year. He used the money that we saved for our house rent to complete the project. The firm paid him part, but still owed him about N266,900.
“Since that time, he had been going to ask for the balance without any result. Our landlady recently served us a notice to quit and he became desperate to recover the money.
“On Tuesday, January 31, around 1pm, we both left the house and when we got to Mile 1, we parted ways. I went to see a friend, while he went to the company. It was not up to one hour that I was called that my husband had been shot.
“I went to report at the area command, but immediately I said policemen shot my husband, I was chased out. I went to the governor’s office and I was sent away like a thief.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased, who was survived by four children, had been taken by the family to a mortuary in his hometown in the Essien Udium Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
The family’s first child, Kingsley, demanded that the government bring the culprits to book and pay the damages.
“Before my dad died, he told me that he was shot by the police. The police are silent about the case and have refused to do anything. We want the government to bury him and pay damages,” he added.
Another member of the family, Blessing, asked the authorities not to sweep the case under the carpet.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Omoni Nnamdi, said he was not aware of the incident, promising to get back to PUNCH Metro.
The actor gives ladies an advice on not wasting their times on fruitless relationships. He wrote:
“#bitter-truth
SIMPLE BREAK DOWN
His above 30
He has a healthy line of income
you have dated for more than a year
You are still answering GIRLFRIEND.
Take away the bedroom benefits
And stop acting the wife role when u have no insurance/ assurance. Time waits for no one
Don’t walk past the right guy while holding hands with the wrong guy????
At this junction it’s very ok to ask that bro whats his plan for the relationship . Oya go and marry”
Actor, Johnpaul Nwadike and his wife welcomed a bouncing set of twin boys in the US on Monday.
The actor actively participated in the delivery of his kids as he personally cut their umbilical cords. He has been married for 4 years.
He wrote:
“??????
The Great Deliverer, the King of Kings,Ancient of days, the Unchanging able God,the Ubiquitous God,The Conqueror, The Protector, The Merciful God,The Miracle Worker, The Great Provider, The Rock of Ages, The Great Healer, The all Sufficient God, The Beginning and the End,The Great I AM that I AM, the Trinity God, the Giver of Life, the Creator. I thank you soo muchhhhhhhhhh for blessing me and my household with Twins Boys. I will forever praise you, cause you’ve promised me that you will bless me abundantly only if I believe and have faith in you.#everything na double double oooo#?????????”
If you’re looking for crime news updates with a blend of sarcasm and pettiness, then you should go follow the official handle of the EFCC on Twitter, whoever is behind that account is a pure savage. #JustSaying.
See how they shaded English club, Chelsea FC below:
A robbery suspect shocked newsmen and the police when he said he believes it’s God’s will that he become an armed robber after he was arrested for robbery barely two months after he left prison for the same crime.
According to Hussein Mohammed, there is nothing that happens without God’s knowledge as he is the one that created good and evil.
The trio of Salawu Nurudeen, Hussein Mohammed and Ogunbiyi Kola a.k.a. Timmy are ex-jailbirds.
The Nation reports that while Nurudeen left prison in July 2016, the other two came out in August same year. But with their recent arrest along with two others by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Oyo State Police Command, it is most likely that they have paved way for their return to the prison.
According to the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr Sam Adegbuyi, Nurudeen (25), Mohammed (35), Timmy (23), Oriowo Ayo (28) and Ahmadu Garuba (30) were arrested in November 2016 for armed robbery.
They had gone to Arafat Area of Saki town and robbed a family of their valuables, including cash, a Toyota Corolla car, phones and laptops at gunpoint.
The victim, Alhaji Badmus (surname withheld), who spoke with Metro said:
“The armed robbers entered my compound in Saki on November 21, 2016 at about 7.45p.m., and held my family members hostage. As I was returning home at about 9.50p.m., I called my wife and daughter, unknown to me that they had been held hostage, though they allowed them to use their phones so that I would not suspect anything.
“As I drove in, two of the armed robbers (pointed at them among the suspects) jumped out, put a gun at my chest and asked me to cooperate with them. As I looked at them, wondering what was happening, one of them said ‘continue looking at our faces; we have been told that you are very stubborn,’ warning me of the consequences of the action I might be thinking of taking as my wife and other children were taken hostage inside the house.
“I surrendered to them and as we entered into my residence, one of them gave me a slap on the neck. They demanded for gold, money, receipt to my plasma TV and wristwatches I bought from Makkah, Saudi Arabia, when I went on holy pilgrimage.
“They asked me to lie down and started ransacking my house. When they were through, they locked me up in a room with my family members and left. They went with six phones, my daughter’s laptop, clothings, my wife’s gold jewellery and my car.
After the escape of the armed robbers, a distress call was made to the police, which was followed up by a unit of SARS at Ogbomoso/Oyo axis, leading to the arrest of the suspects.
Recovered from them were an English-made pistol, six live ammunition, a Toyota Corolla car belonging to the victim, a Microsoft cell phone and two wristwatches.
One of the suspects, Nurudeen, confessed to being an armed robber.
“It is true we went to rob. I did not enter the victim’s house with other gang members; I stayed outside. His car was handed over to me after the operation. I met Timmy and Mohammed a.k.a Goodluck in Ilesa prison.
When we got talking, I told them I needed a vehicle and they promised to work with me after leaving the prison to achieve my desire. I was a driver before I went to prison for fighting. I was arrested with the car we collected from our victim on the same day at Sabe on Saki-Iseyin Road.”
Another suspect, Mohammed from Gombe State, also confessed to being an armed robber.
Metro learnt that he was arrested in 2005 for robbery and remanded in Agodi prison in Ibadan till his release in 2006. In 2012, he reportedly robbed in Ilesa and was in prison till July 2016 when he got his freedom.
But Mohammed said:
“I went to prison because the police were looking for my friends whom they suspected of committing armed robbery.”
When asked why he chose robbery after his experience as prison inmate, the suspect replied:
“I believe it is God’s will that I graduated to being an armed robber in the prison. There is nothing that happens without God’s knowledge. He is the one that created good and evil.”
Speaking further, he said:
“I knew Timmy in a hemp joint at Ojoo area of Ibadan. A man, an Alhaji who said he was a Tokunbo dealer at Ago Are told us he needed vehicles and gave us a gun to snatch vehicles for him. A guy we met in the prison linked us with Alhaji. I spent three years in prison and came out in July 2016. This is the first time I would be working for Alhaji.
Timmy, on his own part, said:
“I will blame the police for charging me court over a fight in which I stabbed someone with a bottle. I knew it was not a good deed, but it was anger that pushed me into the act. It was when I went to prison that I became connected with armed robbers.
“In the prison, I connected with Nurudeen and one Ojo who linked us with Alhaji in Ago Are town. I came out of prison in August 2016. I was the one keeping the gun that was given to us by Alhaji.”
Metro learnt that Nurudeen, Mohammed and Timmy were charged to Saki Magistrates’ court on February 8 and were remanded in Oyo Prisons. The case was adjourned till April 22, pending an advice from the Director of Public Prosecution. (DPP).
Prominent Nigerian activist, Dr Joel Odumakin was manhandled by security operatives during the May 19, 2004 protest – she has announced that former President Obasanjo apologized to her when they met at an event in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Joe Odumakin wrote on her Instagram:
“I apologise on behalf of the security operatives that manhandled you during the May 19, 2004 protest. Former President ;Chief Olusegun Obasanjo told me today during d JAMB retreat interactive session, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
