Executive Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike and his lovely wife, Suzette Eberechi Wike were photoed having a PDA while other guest laid eyes on them during the independence celebration in the state yesterday.
He’s such a hopeless romantic, isn’t he?! How lovely…
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The Republic of China has newly attained quite an achievement – suspended railways – the first test run of the rails was completed yesterday without a hitch.
Zhai Wanming, chief designer of the project, told People’s Daily China, that the new train is more cost-effective and environmentally friendly compared to electric and diesel rail systems.
Each coach on the upside-down monorail will be able to carry up to 120 passengers. Further tests will be conducted to monitor the train’s ability to turn and climb up the tracks before it can be opened to the public.
The battery charging stations will also be examined.
Chengdu, which also operates an underground Metro system, is the first city in China to officially unveil a suspension railway but the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai will also be opening one next year.
She continues to live up to the expectations of managing those drooling massive curves of hers by the day and we can’t just get enough of it!
The stunning media personality donned a figure hugging dress which beautifully outlined her curves to the second edition of Baileys Nigeria & BellaNaija Weddings‘ Wonderland in Lagos.
Checkout another photo of the OAP, her husband, Noble Igwe and Basketmouth below:
The beautiful and inspiring model got back with the angel who catapulted her to stardom… She met with multi-talented personality, TY Bello for this beautiful photo to mark the country’s 56th Independence day today.
TY shared the photo with the caption:
Happy Independence Day Nigeria . May we add new feathers .. Let it be said that we found new ways to move forward .. That we shook off every heavy weight and learnt to fly beautifully again.
So this Twitter user shared that he took back his cheating girlfriend who even got pregnant as a result of her cheating – Folarin says it was quite hard to take her back but he did it anyways.
Interesting isn’t it? You don’t get to see this kinda guy everyday, do you?! Trust Nigerians to react to his revelation… as some are calling him a di*k head and others commending for such display of emotional stamina.
Continue below:
Augustina Higuera may just be 29 but she is very proud to be a mother of 14 girls! And if that wasn’t staggering enough, she beat odds of 500,000 to one to give birth to a third set of twins two months ago.
But the supermum is less thrilled that against all odds, all of her children are girls – and she has vowed to keep going until she has given husband Jose, 30, a son.
She said:
“We both really, really want a boy. We’d be over the moon, so we will keep trying.
“We’re besotted with the girls but Jose is outnumbered and it would be nice to even things out. I’m lucky that I enjoy being pregnant. I’ve never had any major problems, so it’s not a big stress for me.
“I’ve had so many girls I’m not sure what I’d do with a son. I just know I’d be blessed to have one. He and Jose would have an incredible bond. I hope I can give him that.
“I have no upper limit on how many children I’d have. I’d have another 10 if it meant having a boy.”
When Augustina gave birth to her second set of twins, Hailee and Braelee, less than two years ago, doctors joked she was more likely to win the lottery than have another multiple pregnancy. But she conceived youngest children Bella and Isabella weeks later.
Shortly after their birth, she did 42 loads of washing in 24 hours. She makes eight different meals a day and takes her kids to school in a minibus. And despite surviving on two hours of sleep a night, Augustina wouldn’t change a thing.
She said:
“It’s chaos looking after 14 girls but we wouldn’t have it any other way. I’ve always wanted to be a mum. When I was younger, I spent a lot of time looking after my younger brother and sister. Although twins run in my family, I never expected I’d have three sets. I know we’re blessed.”
Augustina, from Paris, Texas, got pregnant the first time she had sex, with teenage boyfriend Antonio.
She said:
“I was shocked and terrified. I was so young and I didn’t know what to do. But I’m a Christian, so abortion was never an option. And we were very lucky as both sets of parents supported us.”
First daughter Belicia was soon followed by Nyelli, 13, Liliana, 12, and Vanessa, 11. Augustina said:
“My older girls were not planned.
“Every time I got pregnant, I was shocked. I tried all types of contraception but something always went wrong. But when the girls were born, I was always over the moon.”
Augustina and Antonio married when he was 17 and she was 15, as Texan law permits those over 14 to wed with parental consent.
But their relationship broke down shortly after Vanessa’s birth and when she was four months old, Augustina met Jose at a party. Daniela, now nine, came along when they’d been together just over a year and Cilla, seven, followed.
Then, six years ago, she found out she was expecting yet again – and was shocked to see a second foetus at her first scan.
She said:
“I looked at the screen and thought one must be a cyst before it sunk in. I almost passed out with shock and excitement.
“I was scared but happy. When I showed Jose the photo it took him a few seconds to realise there were two babies. He burst into tears of happiness.”
Augustina felt sure at least one of the babies would be a boy. She said:
“The doctors told me it was more common to have a boy and a girl than same-sex twins. I let myself get excited.
“We found out the sex at one of my scans and it was two girls – I guess I should have known. We don’t let ourselves get upset as we feel so lucky to have healthy babies. But it doesn’t mean that we don’t want a boy.”
After Luzelena and Marielena, six, arrived, Analilia, four, and Aravelia, two, followed. And just three months after Aravelia’s birth, Augustina had another positive test. This time, she wasn’t shocked to learn it was twins.
She said:
“I just had a feeling. I went to hospital with stomach pains and they suspected a kidney infection but couldn’t do anything until they scanned the baby. The doctor was staring at the screen looking puzzled. Eventually, he said both babies were fine. I was right.”
The girls were just weeks old when Augustina began to suspect she was pregnant yet again. And her doctor suggested she was further on in the pregnancy than she had thought.
But Augustina said:
“I knew I’d got my dates right and then it sunk in. I was having more twins. The doctor said there’d be more chance of a lottery win. But a scan found there were two.
“I was still stunned as the odds on having three sets are so high. I did wonder if one might finally be a boy.”
But it was not to be and two months ago, Bella and Isabella arrived.
With 14 daughters, Augustina and Jose do not rely on welfare to support their family as he earns £6,000 a month running a landscape gardening firm.
Augustina said:
“Jose works seven days a week to support us. For now, I’ve had a contraceptive coil fitted but I think we’ll start trying for another baby when the youngest are four.”
Lol… Someone saw this photo and reminisced ” the good old days when 1USD = 0.5kobo” Lol… Is that true?! Was a Dollar ever equivalent to half a Kobo ?!
The photo shows Nigerians celebrating the first ever Independence day in London… How lovely!
A downpour of insults and curses rained heavily on Nigerian gay activist, Bisi Alimi’s Instagram page after he shared this photo of a Nigerian pastor that claimed an evil cat came to attack his church members after they concluded an intense night vigil.
The gay activist had argued how Nigerians could have possibly believed the pastor who he called an idiot and said should be arrested for animal cruelty, stating that his blood is boiling and yet, more Nigerian idiots are shouting Amen and sharing the stupid, silly post.
This of course, caused a stir amongst his followers who came for him, questioning how dare he insult a man of God… Read below:
A woman who has maggots dropping continuously from her private parts thrilled residents of Olakula area of Idiroko in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State on Wednesday.
The scene turned chaotic as residents trooped out to see the woman, identified as Iya Toheeb, who sat in a car with the assistance of family members and sympathisers, The Nation reports.
It was thought that she might have been a victim of money-making ritual after her condition allegedly defied orthodox medication.
The woman was also brought to one of the men she was associated with, a carpenter in the community. Of the reason for bringing the afflicted woman to the man, a source at the scene who asked not to be named, said:
“The woman was brought to the carpenter who was her former husband. Her family members believed that the man may be responsible for her worsening condition that defied treatment in hospital where she was admitted for months.
Doctors were said to have advised her relatives to seek alternative medicine to her ill-health because it had gone beyond the purview of orthodox medicine.”
Another source, who did not want her name in print, told The Nation:
“The woman had dated different men in the past and it is believed that she may have been used for money-making ritual going by what we heard from those who know her.
“She has no wound in her private part yet maggots keep dropping from her sexual organ and that sends a signal that there is more to her problem than meets the eye, particularly since doctors have asked her relatives to seek help from native doctors for solution to her problem.”
It was learnt that the carpenter, whose real name could not be ascertained at press time, made remarks that suggested the woman was being punished for her promiscuity, after which the woman’s family members decided to bring her to him for possible solution to her predicament. The carpenter reportedly fled before the arrival of TheNation’s correspondent.
At the scene, sympathisers helped spread a sack on the car seat on which the woman sat when the maggots continued to drop even as a stench emanating from her body fouled the air.
“This is what my beauty has done to me o,” said the woman shortly before being taken away by her family members.
12 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons have all expressed their wishes on what they want to see, how they want to be treated, and what they want as fellow citizens of Nigeria.
NoStrings recently conducted a ‘wish hunt’ and was able to successfully extract 12 interesting wishes from LGBT Nigerians who in the process used the opportunity to express their hopes, frustrations, and desires.
Below are the 12 entries that were extracted.
Popular Nollywood veteran, Martins Njubuigbo, popularly referred to as Elder Maya has kicked the bucket months after battling a liver-related ailment.
Actor, Yomi Fabiyi shared the sad news last night… He wrote:
A campaign to raise funds for the actor, fondly called Papa Labista and popular for his village chief priest’s roles in movies, had been started by his colleague after he was diagnosed with liver disease at a hospital in Lagos State. May his soul rest in perfect peace.
A Nigerian gay man struggled terribly with accepting his sexual stance and at some point, he attempted chopping off his own man hood.
Ibe, revealed to NoStrings that even though many people do not know that he is gay, he feels really different and so, isolates himself.
Ibe said that he has always felt that being gay is wrong and so wishes to change. But everything worsened when he met a so called christian prophet who convinced him that there was something special about him.
He said;
“I was told by a prophet that there is a light on my head, and that I am going to be a very powerful prophet”
After hearing this, Ibe said that he became so worried that his sexual orientation could stop him from getting close to God, and possibly, also stop him from being a prophet, and so decided to do something about it. He said;
“In a bid to fight my homosexual feelings, I went to different places for deliverance including an occult grandmaster who is now a Christian but still no deliverance came”
After so many failed attempts at trying to change his sexual orientation, Ibe said that he became so frustrated and depressed, and felt that the only thing that could take away the feeling was to completely cut off his own penis. He said;
“I planned a lot. At first I planned on cutting my penis but my conscience couldn’t let me. I wanted to kill myself”
So far, nothing has changed for Ibe, as he still identifies as gay. He said;
“I so love my fellow man. Sometimes I want to live with one”
Ibe said that he is currently struggling with school and needs help. He said;
“I need to get a job that can fetch me enough money to register for my exams, but getting a job has been very tough for me”
A Ghanaian born soldier has sued the UK Ministry of Defence for £200,000, claiming he got too cold on a military exercise in Wales.
Gershon Rawlings, 33, argued that his ethnicity made him more likely to suffer than other troops.
According to the SunUK, his lawyers claim he suffered numbness and tingling in his feet after being made to sleep outdoors in a waterproof poncho.
In a writ filed at the High Court in London, Mr Rawlings says he was forced to remain out in ‘very cold and wet’ conditions during the two-week exercise.
The experience, in October 2013, left him with ‘disadvantages’ which have limited his chance of getting another job, the writ claims.
When Mr Rawlings complained at the time of the exercise his Royal Artillery sergeant told him other soldiers were also cold and he should ‘man up’, it is alleged.
Mr Rawlings’ legal team claims the Army’s failings have left their client ‘disadvantaged’ over future jobs and ended his military career.
The case comes just months after Abdoulie Bojang, who was born in the Gambia, launched a claim against the MoD after suffering cold injuries in Banff, Canada, where temperatures dip to minus 22F (minus 30C).
US Presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared in a softcore porn video in 2000 and the video is right now trending.
Buzzfeed obtained the video from an online adult video store called Cinema Cornucopia. It features Trump welcoming the Hugh Hefner’s Playmates to New York during a bus tour in 2000.
Trump can be seen popping a bottle of champagne, which splashes onto a Playboy logo as women can be heard cheering in the background.
‘Beauty is beauty, and let’s see what happens with New York,’ Trump says.
While Donald Trump remains fully clothed, other scenes in the tape include naked women posing in sexual positions, touching themselves, rubbing honey on their bodies and caressing each other.
Trump’s porn appearance surfaced just hours after he launched additional attacks on former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, who won Miss Universe in 1996 while Trump owned the company producing the pageants.
culled from Daily Mail
Reports have it that over 50 Nigerian students were yesterday apprehended in Turkey, allegedly on the orders of the Turkish government.
A source whose relative was among the detained students told ThisDay that “upon arrival at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, they were all escorted to a room and their passport confiscated by Turkish police.”
The detained Nigerians are mainly students of Fathi University, one of the private universities in Turkey. The school which is located in the metropolitan Büyükçekmece district of Istanbul, Turkey was founded in 1996 with a relatively high rate of international students from 102 countries.
“When they enquired why they were clamped in a dirty room, the police said they are students of a terrorist organisation. They offered to transfer them to government schools but on the condition that we will pay same fees as private universities,” the source added.
The Fathi University is among the 2099 schools, dormitories and universities shut down in the wake of the July 15th failed coup in Turkey.
The Turkish authorities said the schools and universities were terrorist schools because they have links with Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen, whom the Turkish government had accused of being the mastermind of the coup in Turkey.
It would also be recalled the Turkish Ambassador in Nigeria Mr. Hakan Cakil, had requested the Nigerian authorities to close down 17 Turkish schools in Nigeria for alleged links to the Hizmet movement.
The Nigerian Authorities rejected the call, stating that it would rely on evidence linking the proprietors of the schools in Nigeria to the failed coup in Turkey.
In exclusive pictures obtained by THISDAY, students could be seen lying down on the bare floor in a room that could barely be habitable.
Their source also hinted of a particular case of a Nigerian by name Aminat, a final year student in one of the universities affected by the closure at the time of the coup. The source said:
“Aminat came to the airport to travel to Nigeria since her school had been shut, but to her surprise, she was asked to pay a penalty for entering the country illegally. She paid the fine, and she was kept, alongside others in the same room with people waiting to be deported.”
It was also gathered by the publication that some of those detained at the airport were made to sign documents giving their consent to deportation from Turkey.
An e-mail to the Turkish embassy on why the students were detained was not responded to as at the time of going to press, ThisDay reports.
A 36-year-old father of three, identified as Mr. Itorobong Iyang, told journalists yesterday that he was sex starved and drunk when he defiled his eight-year-old neighbour’s daughter.
Iyang, who lives on Oyo Road at Ajegunle area of Lagos, said he had been separated from his wife for a while.
While being paraded yesterday at the state Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, he said:
“I had just taken ‘hot drink’ (alcoholic drink) and was tipsy.
So I decided to cook, when some of my neighbour’s children came over to my place to play. After they left, I went to sleep. While I was sleeping I heard the little girl’s voice calling me. So I woke and found my neighbour’s daughter in my room. I decided to play with her.
While playing with her, I told her to pull off her pants and she did without hesitation. I
also asked her to insert my penis into her private part; she did and started rubbing it. What surprised me the most was that she did not cry and did not say she was in pains.”
Iyang stated that he was still in the act when the girl’s mother called out for her, when she noticed that she was not outside with her playmates.
When he had the girl’s name, he pulled out and quickly dressed up and the girl left to answer her mother.
But owing to her mother’s suspicion, she asked her daughter what she was doing in Inyang’s house and the girl, out of sheer innocence, confessed to her mother what transpired.
The mother then invited the police who arrested Iyang. Another man named Kingsley who was also paraded for raping a 19 year old said his victim was his lover.
Kingsley, who hails from Abia State, said he had known the girl for over a year. The suspect claimed that both of them had been having sexual relations since then. He said:
“We have been in a relationship for a year now. I usually take her from workplace and back to her house. This is not the first time I had sex with her.”
According to Kingsley, the relationship ran smoothly until she called him and decided to break up with him. The suspect said he was surprised because he had been meeting her needs. He said:
“I was surprised when she told me that she was breaking up with me. I suspected instantly that she had a boyfriend but she denied it.”
Kingsley said his suspicion was confirmed when two weeks ago he found out that she had a boyfriend and talked with her via WhatsApp, to confirm if it was true.
According to him, to punish his lover for being unfaithful, he invited her to the house, to sleep with her and made a sex tape.
He said:
“I found out about one Moses who is her new boyfriend. We had conversed via WhatsApp and I sought out a plan to send Moses a sex tape of her and me having sex.”
According to him, an opportunity presented itself on Wednesday last week when the girl asked him for drugs to treat vaginal infection. He added:
“I told her to come over to my house to collect the drug. From there, I gave her tramadol and had sex with her several times, recorded it and sent it to Moses.”
But the victim denied being in any relationship with the suspect. According to her, Kingsley usually drops her off at work. She said:
“I am not his girlfriend.
I only met him March this year when I started to learn tailoring. He usually drops me off at work and because of that I confided in him that I was sick. He sought out to help me purchase the drugs at a cheaper rate.”
The victim also explained that she visited Benjamin at his house in Okomiko since they were living in the same area. She said:
“When I got there, he threatened me with a knife that I must cooperate and he gave me Tramadol to drink. I was weak but I was conscious of the fact that he wrapped six to eight candles in a condom to insert into my private part. He raped me about two times.”
The beautiful kids whose moms and dads are popular citizens stepped out in their native attires for the National Independence day celebration.
Can you take a wild guess and tell us their folks? More below:
So what’s your take on this?! This lady says real niggas are the ones who pull out quick even before the STD notices any penetration…
Hehe… While some other ladies are looking for longer lasting brothers, this one is okay with a two minutes guy.
What do you think?!
Collaborative alert! Falz enlists the services of Ajebutter22 and DRB Lasgidi‘s Fresh L for a new single titled “Regards To Your Mumsi”.
Produced by Sess, “Regards To Your Mumsi” is a must listen; so waste no time and do that!
DOWNLOAD Music: Falz – “Regards To Your Mumsi” ft. Ajebutter22 & Fresh L
‘Oba Orin’ is in celebratory mood for the Nigerian Independence day! Titled ‘Oh My Nigeria’ sees Jaywon’s trademark singing on the instrumentation tinged with background trumpeting where he expresses his patriotism.
This is in countdown to his Mr. Eazi’s collaboration which he teased on his Instagram days ago.
Enjoy!
Listen and Download:
Off the recently released “Victory through Harmony” mixtape comes this brand new one, Exodus from Omar Sterling featuring Wizkid. Production credit goes to Bali.
Hope you like it, download and enjoy.
DOWNLOAD Music: Omar Sterling (R2Bees) – Exodus ft. Wizkid (Prod. By Bali)
A professor of Biochemistry as enumerated the amazing health benefits of having sex first thing in the morning. Prof. Musa Yakubu of University of Ilorin has said having sex in the early morning lowers blood pressure and reduces risks of heart attack.
Yakubu of the Department of Biochemistry made the assertion in a paper, “Knocking Down the Barriers to Four O’Clock Activities and Reproductive Inadequacies”, presented at the 163rd Inaugural lecture of the university on Friday.
He said that having sexual intercourse, three to four times a week, was good for love life.He said
“Research has shown that sex boosts immune system by stimulating the body’s first line of defence and production of immunoglobulin A (IgA), against cold and fever,” he said.
Immunoglobulin A is one of the most common antibodies in the body system. Antibodies are proteins made by the immune system to fight bacteria, viruses, and toxins.
Sex, according to Yakubu also regulates menstruation in women by influencing the levels of lutenizing hormones that control menstrual period and promote better sleep.
He said sex also releases the feel-good chemical, known as oxytocin, which enhances closeness with one’s partner and makes people feel happier for a longer period of time.
“Lovemaking of about 20 minutes reduces 150 calories,” he said.
The professor of Biochemistry postulated that sex is the most powerful creative force given to human by God for pleasure and deep companionship.
Yakubu, however, noted that any marriage in which the man or woman could not enjoy sexual intercourse or satisfy their partner in bed was a dead marriage.
He said lack of sexual satisfaction had led to the collapse of many marriages in Nigeria, and urged couples to seek for solutions to the problem.
“Sexual and reproductive dysfunctions are common among men and women in Nigeria, which necessitates regular screening and check-ups,” he said.
culled from NAN
Some brother goals here y’all!! CEO of Five Star Music, E-Money and his elder brother, singer Kcee stepped out looking stylish as they both rocked a trad outfit in these new photos.
Looking fly eh?! See another one below:
The man in the photo above has killed his parents in row over money and then went on to slaughter 17 villagers, including a three-year-old girl – to cover up his horrific crime.
27 year old Yang Qingpei, confessed to murdering his parents after returning to his hometown Yema in China’s Yunnan Province to ask for more money, reports say.
He then went on a mass killing spree and claimed the lives of 17 villagers, including four children and one 72-year-old neighbour.
Reports claim Yang killed the villagers in an attempt to prevent them finding out after his parents’ murders and informing police.
The victims, 11 men and eight women, were members of six families, Xinhua news agency reported. Their bodies were found on Thursday at different locations in the village, according to a state-backed news website.
Yang, who was born in 1989, was arrested in the provincial capital of Kunming, around 200km away from where the bodies were found.
His arrest came after 33 hours of ‘arduous investigation‘, a statement on the official social media account of the Yunnan police showed.
A list with the victims’ names circulating online showed four names were minors under the age of 18.
Yunnan officers have verified the list and the news release, Beijing News reported, adding that the police have said there was no link to terrorism.
culled from Daily Mail
The Nigerian gay rights activist, shared his displeasure over this photo of a pastor who said his church member killed a “evil cat” that came to attack people in his church.
He shared the above photo with the caption:
“Dear #Nigerians, I honestly don’t believe we are this stupid and gullible. This stupid dubious form of religious criminal has to stop. To think there are people in this great country called Nigeria that believed in this bullshit? This man should be arrested for animal cruelty. The fuck? Which stupid evil cat is the idiot talking about? My blood is boiling at the moment. And there are some idiots shouting amen and sharing the stupid silly things.”
A group of heavily armed kidnappers on Thursday night abducted Margaret Emefiele, the wife of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.
According to Sahara Reporters, Mrs. Emefiele was kidnapped along the Benin-Agbor Road.
More updates soon.
The United States of America on Friday congratulated the country as it marks its 56th Independence Anniversary which holds on Saturday.
In to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the US message was conveyed on behalf of President Barack Obama and the American people by the US Secretary of State, John Kerry.
Kerry was said to have admitted that there was still much work to be done to provide economic opportunities for all in Nigeria, end corruption and win the fight against Boko Haram among other challenges.
He however expressed the confidence that Nigerians are working hard to address current national challenges.
Adesina quoted Kerry as saying;
“On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the citizens of Nigeria as you celebrate your Independence Day on October 1.
I recently returned from my third trip to Nigeria as Secretary, and I came away with a strong sense of the nation’s resolve to build a better future. During my trip, I was reminded that many Nigerians are engaged in bringing people together across the divides of culture, religious practices, and ethnicity.
“There is still much work to be done to provide economic opportunities for all, end corruption, win the fight against Boko Haram, ensure broad respect for human rights and provide humanitarian relief for millions of displaced people.
“But we know that Nigerians are hard at work to address these challenges.
“The United States looks forward to deepening our partnership and friendship with Nigerians from all walks of life, so that we may work together for the betterment of Nigeria and all of Africa.
“Best wishes to all of you on this the 56th anniversary of your independence.”
A married woman, identified as Magdalene Charmunowa turned up at a court in Harare, Zimbabwe and exchanged fists with her 51 year old husband’s new bride in full view of people.
She also threatened to beat up her husband who watched helplessly as his 46 year old girlfriend was attacked and thoroughly beaten. She stormed into the wedding room with her relatives moments before the partners exchanged vows.
The woman reportedly informed the marriage officer, that the groom, was her husband and that they had four children.
The court immediately stopped the wedding after it was proven beyond doubt that she was still married to the man. According to reports, the scorned woman said;
“He is my husband and we got married in 1992 in Chiendambuya,.
“We have four children and our marriage is still subsisting. He has not divorced me. I only discovered that he wanted to marry his girlfriend when I saw a profile picture of her on his phone.
We stay together in our matrimonial house in Crowborough here in Harare but he leaves me in the house and goes to co-habit with his girlfriend in Mufakose.”
A 42-year-old man identified as Amir Darbanou has according to reports, murdered his 35-year-old wife, Nasrin Abek, for converting to Christianity in Sydney, Australia.
The suspect and his wife were originally from Iran but had been living in Australia for the past four years, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
The suspect, according to reports, who had been growing increasingly angry with his wife, a hairdresser, and believed she had been unfaithful religiously, stabbed her multiple times with a knife, inside their Potts Point unit apartment in St Neot Avenue on Wednesday.
Her body was however discovered at about 6:20 am on Thursday by the police after her father reportedly alerted the police. According to the deceased’s father, he received a ‘disturbing’ phone call from his son-in-law, Darbanou on Wednesday telling him his daughter was dead and on Thursday morning, police visited the scene where they found Abek’s body with multiple stab wounds.
The father said he had earlier raised concerns to the police about his daughter’s welfare in her husband’s house, following her conversion, before the unfortunate incident leading to her violent death.
According to the report, there was no previous history of domestic violence between the couple, until that night when some claimed to have heard a piercing scream around the time she may have been murdered.
Meanwhile, the suspect appeared before Central Local Court on Friday, facing a one-count of murder. A Kings Cross Police Superintendent, Michael Fitzgerald, was quoted to have said police had recovered what was possibly the weapon used to kill Ms. Abek from the tip where the rubbish from the unit block was dumped.
Fitzgerald said,
“We are not looking at any other suspects in this matter. It is alleged that the son-in-law told [the father] certain things which brought the concern from the father to speak with police today.
“There was no known history of domestic violence between the pair. Any incident of violence, let alone domestic violence, is tragic and we ask anyone if they’ve got any information about any loved one or any friend who may be involved in any domestic incident to come forward, to contact us, because we need to know,” the police Superintendent stated.
The magistrate, Les Mabbott, reportedly adjourned the case till November 24.
