The cute little toddler has her daddy’s chubby chin and it’s absolutely adorable! The proud father shared this collage photos as he and his wife takes their daughter, Tiwa on her first swimming lesson.
He captioned the photo:
Who’s got the swag?
Yeah! Tiwaloluwa got swag.
Her first swimming lesson.
Cooler than cool.
#PepperdemGang #PreValentine
One 38 years old Mr. Hassan Joshua, has been sentenced to two months imprisonment in Abuja for criminal breach of trust and cheating, after he was unable to pay back his customer’s N430,000.
Joshua, a welder, who resides at Nimasa Estate, Gwarimpa, Abuja, said he paid the money into the money doubling scheme, Movrodi Mondial Movement (MMM).
The prosecutor, Zannah Dalhatu, had told the court that one Mr. Fagbo Tubosun of Gwarimpa Estate reported the matter at Gwarimpa Police Station on February 7.
Dalhatu said the convict was given the money in October 2016 to construct a water tank and doors.
“After collecting the money, he refused to do the work and he absconded to an unknown destination,’’ he said.
The prosecutor said that during police investigation, Joshua confessed to the crime.
The judge, at the Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, however, gave him N10,000 option of fine and warned him to desist from committing crime, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The judge also ordered the convict to pay N430,000 to the complainant. His offence is punishable under Sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code.
U.S President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban will remain blocked – this is according to a federal appeals court ruling late Thursday.
The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel means that citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries will continue to be able to travel to the US, despite Trump’s executive order last month.
“On the one hand, the public has a powerful interest in national security and in the ability of an elected president to enact policies,” the judges wrote. “And on the other, the public also has an interest in free flow of travel, in avoiding separation of families, and in freedom from discrimination. We need not characterize the public interest more definitely than this… The emergency motion for a stay pending appeal is denied.”
The ruling is a significant political setback to Trump’s new administration and raises questions about how the courts will view his apparent vision for an expansive use of executive power from the Oval Office on which he is anchoring the early weeks of his presidency.
Trump immediately tweeted his reaction to the ruling:
“SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE!”
Ugandan media socialite Zari Hassan has revealed why she and Tanzania bongo superstar Diamond Platinumz aren’t officially married yet.
Speaking to a local Tanzanian radio station, Zari said she wants the biggest wedding affair in East Africa but first, some conditions have to be met.
“We are not under pressure to exchange vows, we have never sat down to plan out wedding despite having two children together. But before all this, we first want to advance our economic investments.
“We will settle down formally once we build our children apartments which will help them in the future, even if we won’t be around,” said Zari as quoted on Clouds FM on Thursday, February 9.
In spite of these conditions, Diamond is scheduled to visit her parents for a formal introduction in March 2017 where he will seek Zari’s father’s blessings.
Zari and Diamond have been the face of bongo love after the 36-year-old Ugandan mother of five fell in love with 26-year-old Diamond Platinumz.
They have two equally famous children; Princess Tiffah and Prince Nilan.
According to Edaily, despite the fairy tale affair, Sheikhs are not impressed by them because of “Zari’s habit of siring children out of wedlock” which is not in accordance with Islamic teaching.
Kenyan comedian, Eric Omondi and his lovely girlfriend Chantal Juliet Grazioli are so love smitten that they decided to recreate Adam & Eve in the garden of Eden to celebrate lover’s day.
The photos are quite unique and we’re loving every bit of them… continue below:
Ghanaian actress and movie producer, Yvonne Nelson, was photoed on a British Broadcasting Corporation live show yesterday, where she talked about her career, charity, dumsor in Ghana and a lot more.
A 45-year-old applicant, Wahabi Sodiq, told an Igando Customary Court in a Lagos suburb on Thursday:
“I caught my wife in her shop cutting a man’s nails.”
Sodiq made the allegation while testifying in a divorce case filed by his wife, Kudirat, 44, a public bar operator, seeking dissolution of their 24-year-old marriage over threat to her life.
“I believe my wife is having extra marital affairs. I got to her shop and met her with a man who placed his legs on her table while my wife was cutting his nails.
“Immediately the man saw me, he quickly removed his legs from her table but I did not say anything; I left immediately.
“Since that day I became bitter because I felt cheated; I have given her Holy Bible and Quoran several times to swear that she was not dating the man but she refused,” he told the court.
On the allegation that he beats the woman, he denied, saying:
”I only beat my wife once since we got married and I did that because she assaulted me.
“Anytime my wife goes to her shop, she will not come home for days; she prefers sleeping in her shop.
“She also loves going to parties without my consent and whenever she returns and I queried her she will turn it to a fight.”
The husband, however, pleaded with the court not to grant his wife’s request for a dissolution of their marriage, saying “I still love her.”
Kudirat, responding to the husbands submission, said:
“My husband is always threatening to kill me and suffocate me to death with a pillow. I am always afraid to sleep at home and because of the fear, I packed some of my belongings back to my parent’s house”, she said.
The petitioner also accused her husband of planning to sell the house she laboured to build. She said,
“My husband called me on phone and threatened to sell my house if I refused to come back to our matrimonial home.”
Kudirat alleged that her husband was in the habit of chasing away her customers, accusing her of infidelity.
The mother of four, who said she had no emotion or love for him anymore, urged the court to dissolve the marriage.
The court’s President, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, ordered both parties to come along with three members of their families for a possible resolution and reunion at the next hearing date.
As yet another love-filled Valentine’s day beckons again, Nigerian celebrities spoke with SunNews and recounted their most embarrassing Valentine’s Day experiences.
See them below:
I was robbed on Val’s Day -Young6ix
It was back then in Warri, Delta State. I was robbed on Val’s Day and it was not funny but I thank God I survived.
I was caught playing pranks -Lolo 1 That was the year I took my sister’s Valentine card, erased her name and put mine but someone noticed and blew the whistle on me. I was so embarrassed but I was in secondary school then.
Mum made me dump my lover on Vals day- John Agoha
Last year when I was planning to having a splendid day with my girlfriend, my mother called and asked me to come home that we have a family meeting. Her calls were so persistent that I had to beg my Val to understand and cancel our date. She was not happy with me because she had gone shopping to look good for me. I tried to explain but she refused to understand. Meanwhile, I rushed off to Benin to see mum but there was no meeting of any sort. She was just missing her son and wanted me around. That was how I lost that relationship till date.
My surprise plans were overshadowed- Sophia Willams
My most embarrassing valentine was when I secretly paid for a comedy show and got two tickets just to take my partner out and have fun but I didn’t know that he also had a surprise too. He secretly got a ticket for us to travel out and when he told me two days to Val’s Day to get my things ready I was happy but then sad that I lost the money I used in buying the VIP tickets for the comedy show.
I have never had an embarrassing Val’s Day but… – Stella Idika
I cant recall any embarrassing Val’s Day but I can remember one one that happened to a friend in Abuja. She had been with this guy for months not knowing he was married. On Val’s Day last year, unknown to the guy, his wife planned to pay him a surprise visit. My friend was in the kitchen cooking for the big day and hoping the guy wiould propose when madam entered and before my friend could say a word, madam asked who my friend was and he said ‘Honey, that is the new cook I told you about. Angela meet my wife.” My friend was so shocked that she nearly fainted. She looked at the guy’s finger and noticed he was wearing his wedding ring on for the first time. he slapped the guy and fled.
Stranger knelt down and begged me to be his Val- Ruth Eze
I entered a restaurant on Val’s Day to get something for myself. As I got in a guy left his sit and came straight to me and knelt down crying that I should please be his Val because he had nobody. I was like what? It was quite embarrassing because he caused a scene and people were just looking to know my next reaction. We later got talking and became good friends till now.
I promised my lover cake but after paying for it, the outfit relocated- Arinze Okonkwo
That was three years ago. I ordered for a cake a day before D-Day only for me to go pick it up on Val’s Day and receive the news that the outfit had moved to Lekki that morning. Meanwhile, I had told my lady to be ready for my surprise. I was really embarrassed.
My husband doesn’t believe in Val’s Day- Bose Alao
I don’t have any embarrassing experience because my husband believes there is nothing special about Val’s Day so I don’t have any interesting story to share.
I had just snubbed a guy chasing me when I tripped and fell -Success Asibor
I was waiting for my ex at an eatery when a guy approached me for relationship. It was so weird I walked out on him. After a while, I stood up, headed to the restroom but unfortunately I fell down and the guy started making fun of me. I felt like crying.
Val’s day is my birthday – Tope Sholaja
The interesting thing is that Valentine’s Day is always fun for me because it is my birthday. I always have fun all the way so I have no embarrassing tale for now.
I have never experienced such -Tayo Shobola
My dear, I don’t think I have had any such experience.. Valentine is always fun for me. No bad or embarrassing moments so far.
President Muhammadu Buhari has received leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in London, UK. Chief Bisi Akande and Chief Bola Tinubu paid a visit to President Buhari on Thursday, February 9 which confirms the status of the president being alive.
There had been rumour that President Buhari was dead over the past few days but these photos have refuted the claims. The president spoke with the APC leaders at the Abuja House in London.
Choc Boy Nation’s pioneer, Audu Maikori, is today, February 9, 2017 celebrating his wedding anniversary with his lovely wife, Zel Umunna Maikori.
The music label mogul and lawyer shared the photo above with a heartwarming message on Facebook, writing:
“Happy Anniversary to us. I am lucky to have found a woman who is very beautiful inside, but also looks the part! God is the glue that keeps us and blesses us So we give Him thanks! Zel Umunna Maikori thanks for being there always .Love always.”
Audu and Zel met in the university back in 2004 and kicked off a relationship that led to their marriage years after. While the mogul hails from Kaduna State and graduated as a lawyer from the University of Jos, Zel is from Amambra State and also graduated as a Medical Doctor from the same university.
A former British soldier, Dave Mitchelle could win the title of owning the oldest mobile phone as he still uses a Nokia 3310 which he brought almost 17 years ago.
The retired combatant brought his trusty phone in 2000 and claims that it only needs charging once every ten days.
Dave has taken the handset on military tours of Iraq and Afghanistan during his career as a soldier.
He insists the phone has been put through a washing machine, stamped on and submerged in curry sauce but remains in perfect working order.
The 49-year-old said he would be “distraught” if he was forced to give the phone up and is not tempted by a newer model.
The former beauty queen was on Thursday looking radiant as she showed off her svelte figure in this plunging brown jumpsuit – the photo has so much sauce that even her husband had to repost on his Instagram account.
Nollywood veteran actress and humanitarian, Clarion Chukwura, was of recent, photoed, all loved up with her U.S. based husband, Anthony Boyd.
The actress who’s the mother to popular Nigerian music video director, Clarence Peters, looks like she doesn’t want to get any older… She looks like she’s trying too hard to be a teen again ??.
The local Police in Greenwich are appealing for the public’s help to find a missing woman and her daughter. Folashade Fashinas, 34, has been missing from her home in Woolwich since Friday, 20 January.
Their statement declares that also missing is her seven-year-old-daughter, Precious Sebastian. Their description gives Folashade as a black, 5ft 4ins tall, medium build woman with dark curly hair. Her daughter Precious is black, of slim build with dark hair.
Folashade is believed to be frequenting the Streatham and Croydon areas.
Officers are increasingly concerned for their well being and would urge anyone with information on their whereabouts to call police on 101 or Missing People on 116000.
The Federal Government has said it has identified the cause of hike in prices of food items and adopted some measures to reduce it – this was revealed by the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC.
Mr. Ogbeh said the task force set up to advise the government on how best to address the rising cost of food items across the country submitted an interim report to the council on Wednesday.
He said the committee had identified that the hike in cost is “not due to shortage but high cost of transportation”.
Food items are generally moved across Nigeria with heavy trucks and the price of diesel which has gone up has therefore, led to increase in prices.
He said the government had therefore, decided to “start using railway wagons to transport food items” to curb that.
The minister said the use of wagons to transport cattle from the north to Lagos has already greatly helped in reducing cost and will be replicated in food distribution.
“We will also work with state governments to reduce delays experienced by trucks along the roads through all sort of taxes by local governments,” he said.
Mr. Ogbeh also said the government has decided to adopt the “Ivory Coast model” in which trucks distributing food items are given special labels.
Following the fortune that came with the Kenyan couple that wedded in T-shirts and spent just Ksh 100, another couple have wedded on an even cheaper budget.
The couple reportedly spent just Ksh 50 on their wedding last Saturday for buying scones.
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.
The before & after photos of Jennipher, a contestant in Zambia’s MUVI TV contest for transformation has become a viral sensation ever since its emergence on social media.
Her transformation really proves that no one is born ugly, just broke… and the things makeup can do to somebody’s life, is tremendous! More intriguing photos of her transformation as you scroll below: