The top notch Nigerian comedian, and his lovely wife, Stacy have welcomed a bouncing baby girl after 5 years of marriage.
Both the mother and child are doing fine, and the comedian wants to go all Tiwa and Beyonce on us by not releasing his baby picture.
He wrote:
“And today, the Lord blessed my household.
After 5 years of marriage and exactly 9 years after we met, God has blessed us with a beautiful baby girl.
Ladies and Gentlemen, help us welcome our Princess:
CHIDERA OLUWADEMILADEOLA TIWALOLUWA AVIELLA Aletile.
Glory be to God Almighty. Baby, Mother and Father are doing well.
SEYILAW.
PS:
No pictures until after her endorsements. I go do pass Tiwa Savage.”
A Pastor, Prince Adewale Fagbire, who was alleged to have been struck dumb and motionless when he invaded his community shrine at Ketu – Ayetoro in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun state while pulling it down, has told The Nation that though the town’s traditionalists assaulted him with “charms and other fetish objects,” but was not “harmed” at all.
Fagbire, who is a Pastor at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in Ayetoro area, said he actually entered the shrine, evacuated all the fetish items that were kept there and also took a position beside the entrance to it in quietness as instructed by God.
Prince Fagbire, son of the past Alaye of Ayetoro, Oba Taiwo Fagbire, who joined his ancestors in 1981 after his 20year reign in the agrarian community, said his late father and monarch, used to take him to the said shrine occasionally when he was alive.
Narrating his experience to The Nation and a handful of reporters, at the Office of the Chairman, Ogun State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Tunde Akin – Akinsanya, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Fagbire said he elected to “remain calm and mute” during the assault and interrogation at the shrine by the traditionalists and some villagers.
Speaking in the presence of over a dozen of Christian leaders from CAN and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Ogun State, said God instructed him to stay calm and not utter a word at the shrine.
The father of two noted that his not talking or not uttering a word on the site of the shrine had nothing to with his being beaten with “charms and fetish objects” by the traditionalists as what they did had no physical or spiritual effects on him.
According to him, it was also not true as reported in some section of the media that the priests and custodians of the shrine upon the intervention of the Alaye of Ayetoro, Oba Abdulaziz Adelakun, treated or healed him before he could regain his consciousness.
“I was conscious, physically and mentally sound, during and after the incident because God was already with me. I followed the instruction of the LORD to enter the shrine and packed all the items there away. I followed God’s instruction to be quiet aa instructed by God.
“God told me to go there (the shrine), create a scene, step aside and watch the film (the unfolding events). They struck me with charms and nothing happened to me. They know the truth, nobody treated me and I spoke when I got to the Palace of the Oba,” he said.
Our Correspondence gathered that although the traditionalists demanded N300,000 from a church in the community where Fagbire had once preached and also N200,000 from the pastor’s family to perform sacrifices to appease the gods for his alleged sacrilege but nothing was given to them eventually.
The church in the community incurred the wrath of the traditionalists and was attacked following the allegation that it instigated Prince Fagbire to carry out the alleged sacrilege on the shrine.
SaharaReporters has learned that a group of heavily armed kidnappers yesterday abducted Margaret Emefiele, the wife of Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele.
A source close to Mr. Emefiele told our correspondent that Mrs. Emefiele was kidnapped along the Benin-Agbor Road. Our source disclosed that the kidnappers have made contact with their victim’s husband, adding that they were demanding a huge sum in ransom.
Mrs. Emefiele’s kidnap represents one of the most high-profile kidnap cases in 2016.
Our effort to reach the CBN governor were unsuccessful
Dollar Falls to ₦490 per $1…While Pounds is ₦600 to £1…Euro is ₦520 to €1
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Naira drops to 490/$1, 600/£1 owing to ‘bombardment’ from Chad, Benin
Aminu Gwadabe, president of the Association of bureau de change operators of Nigeria (ABCON), says the free fall of the naira is due to activities of Nigeria’s immediate neighbours.
Over the week, the naira has been on a free fall at the parallel market, moving from 439 per dollar on Monday to 490 to the greenback on Friday morning.
The British pound and euro are also currently trading at N600 and N520 respectively.
According to Gwadabe, foreigners are mounting pressure on the naira by bringing in their dollar demand to Nigeria, hence, mopping up the dollars in the system.
“For the past few days, what we have been witnessing in the market is a kind of spike, a lot of volatility in exchange rate, and this has to do with fear,” Gwadabe told CNBC Africa.
“A lot of people are developing fear, and as a result of that, no naira is being kept. People are moving from naira to dollar.
“A very worrisome factor that we have been witnessing in the market is that the market has recently been bombarded by people from neighbouring countries to meet their demands.
“What I mean by neighbouring countries is that a lot of demand is coming from Benin Republic, from Chad. International demand is also accumulating; we see a lot of Chinese traders coming into the economy, mopping up any available dollar.”
Gwadabe said ABCON and Travelex are now into a partnership, which would take off soon, thereby easing the stress on the local currency.
The bureau de change boss expressed support for the proposed sale of some national assets to beef up foreign reserves and support the naira.
President Buhari says he will not stop blaming PDP for the current state of the nation.
Speaking at the launch of a pictorial book entitled ‘Buhari a new beginning’ by his personal photographer, Bayo Omoboriowo in the state house Abuja, President Buhari said;
“I’m going to bore you with what we met. I know I’m being accused in the papers of passing the buck, but passing the buck is sometimes absolutely necessary, to remind people who take things for granted.
The youth must watch our elite, the condition we found ourselves. It is unpatriotic for anybody to pretend that economically we don’t have a problem. We have gone into the farms.
I congratulate some of the governors and by the grace of God by the end of this government we will be exporting rice and grains. So all the money alleged to have been used to import will be available to sustain development.
I have bored you with this long explanation because there are things that could be hidden from you by those that have mismanaged the country in the last 16, 17 years.
I assure you that we will set the ball rolling in terms of security, industrialisation, manufacturing and food security. I said it years ago and I still mean it, we have no other country than Nigeria, we will stay here and salvage it together”he said
A clergyman who was reported to have been paralysed after destroying a shrine in Ketu, Ayetoro area of Ogun State, on Sept. 20th, said traditionalists beat him with charms and other fetish objects but he was not affected spiritually or physically.
Pastor Adewale Fagbire of the Christ Apostolic Church(CAC) said this on Thursday, in Abeokuta during a press conference organised by the Ogun State branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria.
Fagbere, while debunking claims that he was stricken by angry gods of the shrine and only regained consciousness after priests of the shrine carried out some rites on him, upon intervention of the Alaye of Ayetoro, Oba Abdulaziz Adelakun, said that his action was an instruction from God, that he evacuated all the fetish items in the shrine, and that while he was assaulted by the traditionalists, he decided to remain quiet.
He told those in attendance at the conference that his late father, who reigned as the traditional ruler of the town, Oba Taiwo Fagbire, used to take him to the shrine while alive.
“About what happened at Ayetoro, it was from God and direction from the Holy Spirit for the deliverance of Ayetoro from darkness. When I started what God told me, He told me to do three things in the shrine. He said that when I get there, I should evacuate; I should step aside and remain silent when people come out to see me. So, I did exactly as instructed by God on that Sept. 20. I got there around 5.a.m. and after I took out those things ,God told me to wait and stay and I did so. It was not their gods that held me transfixed or struck me; it was the idol worshipers that struck me with their charms. When I was taken to the palace, I told them that all my actions were directed by God and not human beings or the church of God. Although, they tried many charms on me, none was effective on me. I only followed the instruction of God that I should be quiet and they too know the truth.” the cleric narrated.
Meanwhile, the Regional Coordinator of Yewa/Awori Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Apostle Lola Dada, claims that the custodians of the shrine demanded for money from the family and CAN to appease the gods.
“They demanded for things they claimed they wanted to use for sacrifice. They asked the family of the pastor to pay N300,000 while CAN should bring N200,000, making it N500,000 for the sacrifice to appease their gods. However, no money was given to them and peace has returned to the town,” he said.
A move by the Police to charge Fagbere for malicious damage and act capable of breaching public peace, may have been stopped.
Spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen that the case might not continue because the traditionalists “were dragging their feet on the case.”
Top Nigerian comedian and motivational speaker, has given us an insight as to why it is difficult for him to lose weight – a diet of shaki, ofada rice, frech toast, waffles, ice cream, cake and other “ijekuje” are to blame.
He wrote:
If your weight is not in the 3 figure range, you can not appreciate what losing 7kg means in a very irregular exercise program, punctuated with, ofada, Jollof and coconut rice, waffles, French toast, boli, shakki, BOkoto, and all the orishi that complement your abula.
Afang and edikaikong with Ola Ola are some of the most unforgiving combinations I know… then comes those malt drinks, ice cream, yoghurt, with nuts or cakes or waffles… AND LATE NIGHT MEALS…
the battle is not ours but of the Lords! No wonder Jesus said it’s not what goeth into a person’s mouth that defileth the person… It’s what becomes of that thing that goeth into you! Hmmmm. Still got a long way to go! Aiming for 92kg by December.”
On September 29th, 2016, Jethro Adekola, the younger brother of Yoruba Nollywood star, Odunlade Adekola had his traditional wedding ceremony to his sweet heart, Blessing Adebori.
The actor, who shared the photos online revealed they are from a royal family in Ekiti – a royal staff was present at the wedding. The Oore of Otun Ekiti also sent his delegates to the wedding.
The elder Odunlade shared on his social media handle:
“Don’t be surprised to see the #OPA ASE at the back, in the picture….KABIYESI, OORE OF OTUN EKITI kabiyesiiiiiiiii oooo. He Sent his delegates with the royal staff because we are from ROYAL family.. Congratulations!!! to the latest couple in town.”
LMAO! Nigerian men have nor marry her finish, you just wanna come out of the blues and take one of the most eligible spinsters in the country… Hehe… This guy’s cojones must be really huge!
Mike Khailelu Jabateh, a Liberian guy is drunk in love with the President’s stunning daughter, Zahra, and has even promised to divorce his fairly beautiful wife in order to fulfill his dreams of marrying Zahra.
The dude had earlier shared that he didn’t need to travel to America to be happy. Happiness lies in Zahra Buhari’s arms, he says.
I was skeptical at first though… I thought the phones were dummies on display but after he smashed the Mac Book and it went off… I knew he was serious!
Images and the video you’re about to see shows the bizarre moment a man walks into an Apple store and calmly smashes every iPhone he placed his sight on.
The enraged customer, whose name is currently unknown, is believed to be in his thirties – after being refused a refund for an Apple product he returned, he claimed the store violated European rights, and decided to take justice into his own hands.
Using a steel ball from the bowling game pétanque, the customer casually walks around the Apple store smashing up iPhones and a MacBook.
“Apple is a company that ‘violated’ European consumers’ rights,” the customer shouted, according to another shopper.
“They refused to reimburse me, I told them: ‘Give me my money back’. They said no. So you know what’s happening? This is happening!” French newspaper Le Bien Public reports that the incident happened shortly before 1 p.m. on Thursday in an Apple Store in Dijon.
Days after the reality TV star shared his sister Kylie Jenner’s cellphone number with the world, his fiancee, Blac Chyna, has done the same to him.
His soon to be baby mama, then explained her actions on Snapchat.
“To ensure that your man is not texting no bitches, just tweet his number out,” she said. “How’s that feel, Rob?”
“Feels good,” her fiancé said with a smile while standing behind her.
“Get your number changed, thank you!” she added. “And to all these females wanna keep texting his phone ’cause they had his number before, talking about ‘You good? You and Chyna good?’ Naw, we good! We good. We straight, all right?”
The pair, who are expecting their first child together in November, are no strangers to endless drama and earlier this week Rob tweeted out sister Kylie Jenner’s number to his 6.69million followers.
It reportedly all stemmed from the fact Rob is living separately from Blac until their daughter is born because they don’t want their fighting to affect their unborn baby.
Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly referred to as Mr Ibu has carved a niche for himself in the movie industry, notably for being a comic actor, but in a recent interview with Punch, he has revealed that despite his commitment to making people to laugh, he has had cause to be unhappy, even bitter, on some occasions.
According to Okafor, negligence on the part of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) had a role to play in the 2011 death of his 2 year old son who had just been released from kidnappers.
He was so bitter that he almost instituted a court action against the management of the hospital.
Read his ordeal after the cut.
“The matter was actually between the Paediatric Department of the hospital and me. It was in 2011. My wife and our two-year-old son had been kidnapped. After I paid the ransom demanded and they were released by the kidnappers, I returned to Lagos from Enugu.
“Then on January 18, 2011, my son fell ill. He was diagnosed with inflammation of the liver. The hospital suggested that he should be scanned. At the same time, I was informed that I could take my son out of the hospital to get the scan done elsewhere. But the same people later declined, saying that everything had to be done in the hospital because he was too weak to be taken outside.
“After a while, I was told that there was no electricity in the hospital. When I asked if there was no standby generator, they said there was no fuel in it. I offered to pay for fuel only to be told that the man that operated the generator was not around. When I left the place and got back later, the man still had not returned. Then I was advised to write an application and to submit to the admin department.”
After writing the application, Okafor found that there was nobody to receive and treat it. While he was waiting, he was told that his son’s condition required blood transfusion.
The actor did everything possible to ensure that the ailing boy was given treatment at the hospital, but his efforts were in vain. Finally, the little boy gave up the ghost.
“That was how my son died. Later, one of the doctors came to me and, without even sympathising with me, asked if I could release my boy’s corpse to him so that they could cut it open and use it to teach other medical students. In that moment, I felt like committing murder for the first time in my life.
“When I told my lawyer what happened at the hospital, he was shocked. He said it was actionable. I told him that I was ready to take the hospital management to court and sue it for $100 million in damages because my son’s death was caused by the carelessness of the professionals whose duty was to save his life. But my lawyer advised me to let go”.
Nollywood Yoruba actress and movie producer, Yewande Adekoya-Abiodun, has come out to call out a movie marketer, Akeem Olatunji Balogun (Olasco Films) – revealing that after years of marketing her movies, he is yet to give her profit out of the movies.
She calls him a dubious and manipulative person, who likes to use people for his selfish needs.
Her story below:
Good day Nigerians. My name is Yewande Adekoya-Abiodun. I am a happily married movie producer, screenwriter and actress. I have been practising since 2002 and i am presently a bonafide member of Tampan. I want to beg Nigerians all over the world to please help me tell Akeem Olatunji Balogun (Olasco films) to leave my life alone. If anything bad happens to me, Nigerians, please hold Akeem Olatunji Balogun responsible.
He has marketed my movies for about six years now and i have nothing to show for it financially. I do not even have a car of my own. He sold igbodudu 1&2, omo elemosho1&2, kudi klepto1&2, Emere, Irawo meji and Kurukuru1,2,3. This man is presently owing me the sum of 2million naira and he has refused to pay because he feels no one can challenge him. He has been owing me since 2014. When he owes you, you dare not ask for your money, if you do, he will start war just like the one he has just started. He is also not the type that signs a contract due to his dubious character. He prefers verbal agreements.
He is very influencial in the yoruba movie market, so it is almost a waste of time to report him to anyone there. I know this because i had earlier reported him to several marketers who have good relationship with him, still no result. I called the president of the yoruba marketers association, he didn’t pick my calls. I was eventually able to speak with his assistant who sympathised with me and then told me that little or nothing could be done about the matter. Olasco has humiliated and oppressed me for too long, and now, i feel it’s time to speak up.
The last business deal i had with him that really pissed me off was Kurukuru, a three part movie i wrote and produced while i was 8months pregnant in 2015. He released kurukuru online and on DVD in nov 2015, and then claimed we didn’t make any profit from the 3 releases of the movie despite the huge success record the movie had. I decided to keep mute about everything since last year, because i do not like to fight anyone or make noise over anything whatsoever.
He sent me an embarrassing sum of N300, 000 which he believes should serve as my payment for Emere, Irawo meji and Kurukuru part1,2 and 3. I quietly moved on with my life and faced my work squarely, but Mr Akeem Balogun will not let me be. He keeps oppressing and terrorising anyone i choose to do business with.
He even went as far as influencing movie marketers and some movie producers to stop casting me for movie roles. Why? What exactly did i do to you? What exactly do you want from me? Mr Akeem Olatunji Balogun please leave me alone, i refuse to be enslaved by you, like you enslave some others. You don’t pay them and you also won’t let them do business with other people. Maybe it’s because i refused to date you even after all these years, that is why you are strongly determined to destroy me.
I serve a living God Mr Akeem and the God i serve will never allow darkness overcome light. Olasco films has refused to pay me my royalty for the three movies: Emere, Irawo meji and Kurukuru part1, 2, 3 and i have not yet taken him to court for that, and he is here, strongly advocating against me doing business with other marketers and film distributors of my choice.
I know you are tough but my God is tougher than you. Don’t try HIM. I still have the bounced cheque of 1million naira that you gave me in 2011. May my God reward you accordingly. My beautiful fans and fellow Nigerians all over the world, pls help me tell this man to leave me alone oooooooooo if he does not want the wrath of God to descend on his entire household.
High Regards,
Bukola Ogunrinde
Shawttynatt Media Africa
Ageless Nollywood Veteran actress, Joke Silva, was a year older yesterday and some Nigerian celebrities including Kaffy, Waje, TY Bello and Simi hung out with her to celebrate her lovely day.
Oh the disgust! Lord take this image away from my head please! How will you cook your menses for someone to eat?! Lord have mercy!
This story was sent to ‘Relationship Matters In 9ja‘ by a girl who sleeps with married men, cooked for her boyfriend with her period and also wants to marry her married ex.
Read below:
“Helo Rmi9, am posting thru a friend’s account.. I am 23 years, fresh graduate and am into entertainment. I model and dance.. All my life i v only dated young married men, just the 3 of them by the way.. They take care of me and i do the same.
They were all responsible cz they always took proper care of their wives..I broke up with my last guy cz i started developing serious feelings for him and i didn’t want to break his home and he was always all over me.I never had time for single guys but later i started reconsidering it cz i will get married someday and i started dating this single guy..
He is comfortable and always brought out money when necessary.I wasn’t so demanding cz my dancing and modeling was paying.. I tot this idiot was the one for me until he cheated on me with a girl he claimed was from his hometown.. He even had the effrontery to bring the girl home and slept with her on our bed… I was mad that night, i made sure i broke his laptop and wanted to tear down his flat screen on the wall before he held me…
I was hurt and fortunately for me, my menses started the next morning cz he stupidly tot i was ok after he begged me that night, so i used it to cook for him cz i heard it makes guys purge and he purged that morning… He could v died for all i care, the heartbreak was too painful.. I made sure i ate his money well before i dumped his sorry ass.. All these irresponsible broke single guys that will v a gf and still be sleeping with other girls. Totally immature..
The problem now is that my ex married guy wants to marry me and i have agreed.. The wife is making life hell for him but he is a good man and the only guy that understands me. I am not sure i will meet another person like him. I love his two cuties and am sure i will be a good wife but this wicked woman doesn’t want to give him a divorce, i don’t know what to do??
They v separated now. He said he no longer wants the marriage and his family knows but the wife is still claiming that she loves him. Judging from what I heard from him, he has never been happy in his marriage and am willing to make him happy. No insult please.”
Wife of Peter Okoye, Lola Omotayo shared these adorable photos of her daughter Aliona, and Paul‘s son Andre. She shared the photos with the caption:
“Aliona & Andre…..cousins for life! These two cannot be separated…lol!??? Andre’s look is like, “what’s that thing flying above the camera?” God’s own children. #culturalday #traditional #cousins #besties #theokoyes #aliona #andre #myloves ??????????????????❤❤”
A 49-year-old man, yesterday, gave a graphic description of how he had been sleeping with his 15-year-old daughter in their Oko-Oba home in Abule-Egba area of Lagos State.
The suspect, Tony Ehumadu, who hails from Mbaise area of Imo State, was caught in the act by his wife, a Customs officer.
Ehumadu, a businessman, was arrested after one of his brothers-in-law reported the case to the police.
He admitted to have slept with his Junior Secondary School 1 daughter twice, adding that the first instance was under the influence of alcohol. According to him,
“I did the abominable act with my eldest daughter. But I only raped her twice. I don’t know what came over me. I am convinced that forces beyond me led me into committing the crime.
“Both incidents happened on Fridays. One Friday night, one of my friends invited me to a naming ceremony around Power Line, New Oko-Oba. I came back home drunk but my wife was not around. All my children, except the eldest, were asleep. “Immediately, I rushed in and raped her.
I did not meet her as a virgin. But the second time, my wife was at home. “That Friday night, we were all watching a movie, when I suddenly stood up and went straight into my daughter’s room and started raping her. It was at that point that my wife caught me and started shouting.
“My wife did not want to go to the police because of the embarrassment it would bring to the family and because of her reputation as a Customs officer. But her brother did.”
According to online reports, this Lagos Bus Rapid Transit driver identified as Agape Enyere who is a midwife’s son, helped a pregnant woman identified as Mary Obi, who went into labour, while trying to board a BRT bus to Mile 2, Lagos.
The woman was said to have delivered a baby girl. How nice…
Facebook user, Akwaugo Precious NG Agu, who shared the story, claims that the woman in the photo above used hot iron and water on her 10-year-old maid.
Although she didn’t reveal what the maid did… what she wrote below:
“WONDERS THEY SAY, WILL NOT END….
This fair beautiful and elegant lady is called madam GOLD in BBA tradefair market Lagos…just imagine how she use hot iron, to iron this this 10years old girl’s body instead of ironing dresses , the poor little girl is her house help and sales girl at the same time ? as if that wasn’t enough for her she still boiled hot water and pour on her…. What a wicked world we live in…. Beautiful, elegant lady my foot, what makes you beautiful when you have a devilish heart ✋
I don’t blame you but rather I blame poverty, because poverty is the only thing that would make this girl’s mother to allow her daughter come to your house to serve you as a maid? I bet you wouldn’t do this to your own child
If I am federal government, I will send you to live imprisonment with hard labour…..your meals with only be unselected and half done beans without water ? madam Gold gbakwa oku… Mtchw”
This is the breakup that can absolutely destroy a person. If you don’t see a breakup coming, and you’re super happy with how your relationship is, this thing hits you like a truck and leaves you lying on your couch in sweatpants eating ice cream that tastes like your tears (because you’re crying, you see. Get it?).
2. The exhausting, long, painfully drawn-out breakup.
No, this isn’t the “grueling, three hour talk” break up. This is the kind that takes place over days or even weeks. You break up, but you don’t have closure. So you meet to talk more about it. And more. And then on top of that you drop stuff off at each other’s houses over the next few days. It’s masochistic.
Most Nigerians who have seen popular comic actor, John Okafor, aka Mr. Ibu, in action will agree that he is a talented comedian and one of a few Nollywood practitioners that are naturally cut out for the roles that they play in the movies.
Okafor has, so far, been able to prove to his fans that he does not only live by making other people to laugh away their sorrows; he is also humour personified.
But the actor, in an interview with PUNCH also reveals that despite his commitment to making people to laugh, he has had cause to be unhappy, even bitter, on some occasions.
On one of such, Okafor had an axe to grind with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba. He was so bitter that he almost instituted a court action against the management of the hospital.
Recounting what happened, he says, “The matter was actually between the Paediatric Department of the hospital and me. It was in 2011.
My wife and our two-year-old son had been kidnapped. After I paid the ransom demanded and they were released by the kidnappers, I returned to Lagos from Enugu.
“Then on January 18, 2011, my son fell ill. He was diagnosed with inflammation of the liver. The hospital suggested that he should be scanned. At the same time, I was informed that I could take my son out of the hospital to get the scan done elsewhere. But the same people later declined, saying that everything had to be done in the hospital because he was too weak to be taken outside.
“After a while, I was told that there was no electricity in the hospital. When I asked if there was no standby generator, they said there was no fuel in it. I offered to pay for fuel only to be told that the man that operated the generator was not around. When I left the place and got back later, the man still had not returned. Then I was advised to write an application and to submit to the admin department.”
After writing the application, Okafor found that there was nobody to receive and treat it. While he was waiting, he was told that his son’s condition required blood transfusion.
The actor did everything possible to ensure that the ailing boy was given treatment at the hospital, but his efforts were in vain. Finally, the little boy gave up the ghost.
“That was how my son died. Later, one of the doctors came to me and, without even sympathising with me, asked if I could release my boy’s corpse to him so that they could cut it open and use it to teach other medical students. In that moment, I felt like committing murder for the first time in my life.
“When I told my lawyer what happened at the hospital, he was shocked. He said it was actionable. I told him that I was ready to take the hospital management to court and sue it for $100 million in damages because my son’s death was caused by the carelessness of the professionals whose duty was to save his life. But my lawyer advised me to let go”.
Reflecting on his career, Okafor says he has been publicly embarrassed by fans at different times and in several places.
“I quickly forgive them because I was the one that looked for trouble in the first place. On one occasion, somebody came to me and said, ‘Ibu, because of what your jokes have done to me and my family, I promised God that anywhere I meet you, I would slap your face.’ I told him them to go ahead. Then he slapped me so hard that I couldn’t see clearly for two hours,” he says.
Mr. Ibu obviously relishes his status as a popular and relatively comfortable Nollywood actor. It is doubtful that, given a choice, he would have given up acting for any other career.
Going down memory lane, the actor reveals that he used to be a boxer and a Karate practitioner. Admitting that only a few people are aware of this aspect of his personal history, he says,
“I practised Shotokan Karate for 16 years and I was a member of the Karate Federation of Nigeria. I happen to be the first instructor that was teaching Karate in federal government colleges in Nigeria.”
The actor, no doubt, cuts the picture of a man enjoying a blissful marriage. But, asked if he ever had a girlfriend before he got married, he replied,
“I had problems with my relationships with women. Each time I had a new girlfriend, other men would always take her from me. Whenever I fell in love with a girl, somebody would snatch her from me. But I don’t fear any sense of loss because I married the best woman on earth. My wife is a former beauty queen. She was the winner of the 2004 Face of Imo beauty pageant.”
But Okafor says that even now that he is happily married, women have not stopped coming to him for a date.
“I don’t woo them, though. They are the ones chasing me. That is part of the price I have to pay for being popular.”
Moments ago, a Facebook user Martins Sammie shared the story of how one housewife (pictured above) narrowly escaped being lynched in Onitsha for abusing her maid in public.
Read the full story and see photos below:
‘If not for the prompt intervention of the White House Security; the woman pictured below would have been lynched by the Market Women of Kano Street Onitsha for abusing her maid in the open. I learnt she stopped the maid’s schooling and abuses her at will.”
I am yet to hear or see that money is very easy to earn. There is no country of the world where they do not refer to money as “hard-earned”.
All the same, it’s most unfortunate for human beings to spend this thing referred to as hard-earned in rather very careless and foolish ways.
Some do this with various reasons behind their actions while others do it as a result of sheer ignorance.
However, in whichever category you fall in this foolish or stupid spending, this article is meant to set you free and help you keep your money for better and more useful things.
1. Taking Private Drops When You Can Actually Take A Public Bus or Taxi
Normally, the ratio of taking drops to that of entering a public bus or taxi in a city ranges between 5:1 and 10:1. Many do it to show off or just out of laxity.
2. Giving Heavy Tips for “Express” Attention
It’s true that waiting in long queues can really be horrible but many Nigerians just feel they are above going through due processes like queuing up to be attended to.
They prefer to pay N5000 for what should have cost them a thousand naira just to avoid the queue, even when it’s not an unbearable one.
It’s unfortunate that even students who claim to be the “have-nots” do such.
Gone are the days when Nigerian artistes were confirmed to West Africa alone, now most of the good wines have international record deals, which aid the growth of their music career.
In January this year, HKN boss, Davido signed a mouth-watering deal with Sony Music Global becoming the first African artiste to be signed to the label.
Similarly, the likes of Don Jazzy, D’banj, Majek Fashek and more, who have tasted very promising international record deals, can testify to the fact that once your music crosses the shores of Africa via efforts made by your record label, the sky is just but a stepping stone.
Although the CEO of the defunct MoHit made a wrong decision with that deal, which he eventually walked out of before the first year elapsed, if he didn’t have that experience to learn from, his artiste may not have landed the Roc nation deal.
Moving on, let’s meet the following Nigerian artistes that are soaring on the wings of international record deals.
1. Seyi Shay
Seyi Shay signed a global recording contract with notable record label Island Universal Records, UK in 2015, the same label that manages Elton John, Bon Jovi, Dami Lovato and Sean Paul.
Prior to that, she was signed to Sony/Colombia with her defunct girl group in the UK.
YBNL boss and afro-hip-hop rapper, Olamide has aired his heartfelt opinion about his career and competition with his contemporaries in the music industry.
He also expressed his feeling regarding unnecessary sentiments attached to winning awards.
According to him, awards does not define him nor his music, so whether he gets any awards or not, it doesn’t matter to him as long as he makes good music and his fans are loving it.
“Dear fans, thanks for all the support over the years, you guys are so amazing,” he wrote. Everything the industry denied me of when I started, young, hungry, strong and passionate about music are coming my way now glory be to God.”
“The vultures in the industry tried to kill my shine saying I stole Dagrin style-we all love Dagrin but that was though one to overcome trust me, I’m at peace with myself. I’m happy living my dreams, bringing my brothers up, repping my hood, my heritage, my culture, everything I believe in everything I’m standing and living for.
“I don’t need to brag about the money and awards I have been getting, those that are not getting it yet are no less human. I am here to contribute the little I can to make everyone around me strong and independent, here to motivate the streets and less privilege that any thing is possible if you put your heart into it and put God first.
“I’m not here to make another man’s effort, work, or product look like nothing. There’s enough money to go round if u play your part well. If they give me award or not it does not define me. God bless whoever wins any award. God bless the organizers for the initiative. Thanks for creating an avenue to commend us for our works.
“But it’s nothing compared to what I am and who I am. I’m human! Made by God. I am Magic, If i need 1m awards on my shelf I’ll get someone to make them for me if I don’t have the money maybe I’ll go to P-Square’s house and rob them or D’banj lol (just kidding).”
Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole and wife beautiful wife Iara -couldn’t contain their excitement following the gubernatorial election victory of Godwin Obaseki, the All Progressives Congress (APC) party candidate. Obaseki, won 13 of the state’s 18 local government areas.
Governor Oshiomhole, his wife and others were seen in a jubilant mood yesterday at the government house in Benin, Edo state -as they popped a bottle of wine to celebrate.
According to Punch, the suspects, Kingsley Oke, Henry Osadere and Francis Ekwe, were arrested in the Majidun, Ikorodu area of Lagos State, before they were transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja.
It was gathered that the suspects, who lived in the same area with the parents of the teenager, identified only as Ijeoma, allegedly raped the girl in August 2016, after the mother went for a vigil.
Punch gathered that Ijeoma, a primary 6 pupil, was later discovered by the mother to be pregnant, and she reported to the police at the Owutu division.
The police said the three men were arrested on September 9, 2016.
Speaking with Punch Metro, Ijeoma said one of the suspects threatened to kill her if she disclosed the rape to anyone.
She said, “It was Uncle Kingsley (Oke) who first raped me. On that evening, he called me and said he would send me on an errand. When I went to his room, he immediately locked the door.
“I started begging him, but he forcefully carried me to his bed and raped me. On the second occasion, it was one man called Baba Ijebu that molested me. I had been sent to his house to collect an item.
“While in his house, he raped me. I cried, but he said I would die if I told anyone. The third man was Henry (Osadere). I don’t want to talk about it again.”
Forty-three-year-old Osadere, however, denied raping Ijeoma, saying she was a wayward girl.
He said, “She came to my place and said she had many boyfriends. I asked how a teenager like her had several boyfriends. Anytime she came to my apartment, she would steal some items. That was why I sent her away.
“I was surprised that she said I was one of those who raped her. She said she had a three-month-old pregnancy. I don’t know the other suspects. The girl lied against me. She knows the people who messed around with her. It was because I stopped her from coming to my house that she lied against me.”
Oke, 30, a welder, said, “I have known the girl since 2014. She usually came to my house to play. She is a wayward girl. Everyone knows about her promiscuity. I never raped her.”
Ekwe, 52, said Ijeoma and her mother had begged him in August to borrow them some money, which he did, adding that he did not rape the girl.
The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said the suspects would be charged to court at the end of investigations.
