This is a true life story of a woman who is lamenting her ordeal after getting divorced by her husband due to her ego and bad advice from people around her. This was shared by ‘Relationship Matters Forum’. Read below;
I am 32 years old. Me and my ex hubby dated for six years, I started dating him whilst I was in grade 12, I was 19 years old. We were best of friends, I waited until he completed college and started work, my family and his family then met, we got married and had a son. (7 years old now).
My husband was short tempered at times, but our problems started when I wanted to make him feel he can’t control me. Every time we argue, I would pack my bags, go to my family and explain. My sisters would phone my husband and shout at him. If he is controlling me I would always dare him that if you wish divorce me- I never wanted divorce, I just had pride and I never wanted to look a lose in his eyes.
One day I pushed him so had that for the first time he beat me and lock me out side, I went to my family, my family took him to police, every time I looked like I am being abused! But to be honest, I used to abuse my husband emotionally.
He was arrested and detained. I was asked by his family to withdraw the case, I felt that what I was doing is wrong.
My husband was never a violent man, he did what he did because I pushed him to the wall. Of which he openly knelt down and apologized. I withdrew the charge, and we reconciled.
After three months, I packed my bags after a small issue, and he remained alone. After two days I received a call that he is in hospital, my family told me that I shouldn’t go there because it will look like am begging him, and my sisters believed he is faking the illness.
All this time, people felt sorry for me like I was the one being abused. He spent a week in hospital, after he came out, I just received a divorce summon. I wanted to say no to divorce, but because I felt this pride, I wanted him to change his mind and beg me, I called him and say he will get the divorce because I live like am in hell.
When we went to court, I wanted to make him pay, so I told the court that I needed his properties to be shared. To my surprise he openly told the court that whatever he and me acquired together should be given to me, all he wanted was divorce.
We got divorced in 2009 July. Now, this Saturday my husband is getting married again, whilst I am here wasted! My family are gossiping about me, I depend on what my ex gives to my son for survival. I know I wasted my marriage. I am here telling all wives to be careful how you get advise. Don’t be cheated. Even my young sisters are much more respected than me. Those who encouraged me to divorce are always bad mouthing me.
Rev. Musa Asake is the General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria.
In a recent interview with The Punch where he spoke with Bayo Akinloye, the pastor made comments on the recent spate of killings and attacks on non-Muslims.
When he was asked how he feels about the killing of a Redeemed Christian Church of God preacher, Eunice Elisha, he said:
“I really don’t know – that’s not the first killing.
“I don’t why this is happening; we have security agencies in Nigeria. But when a Christian is killed, they (Muslims) either say it’s due to blasphemy or they don’t give a reason at all.
“After the killings, we are often told some people were arrested – that’s the best we hear. And, after the arrest, nothing happens again. As Christians we’re going through a difficult time.
“Therefore, my reaction to the killing of the RCCG’s pastor is that it was an ugly incident. It ought not to have happened. There’s never been a situation where a Christian will go and kill somebody for no reason but Christians are being killed Muslims – let me say by extremists; because not all Muslims are involved. Then, we are also faced with Fulani herdsmen who are killing people and wiping out villages as if we don’t have a government in the country. It is a very sad situation.”
When he was asked what the implication of the crisis was, Asake said:
“From the way I see things happening, there is a grand plan to wipe out Christians in this country but by the grace of God it will not come to pass.
“That is why I am saying if the government is not going to protect us, then we have no choice but to protect ourselves. We will not continue to fold our hands and accept being killed for no reason.
“These killings are going on as usual and we have got to a point to say ‘enough is enough.’ Everybody has to defend themselves.”
6 Children of the same parents yesterday were allegedly poisoned to death in Ekwulumili, Anambra State.
Details surrounding the tragic incident are still sketchy at this time but according to Abia Facts Newspaper, unknown person poisoned a pot of food kept in their house which the children ate.
Security agents are currently investigating the matter. See The Photos Below:
Beautiful Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, who was rumoured to have relocated from her Omole Estate residence to Lekki, has disclosed that she didn’t actually relocate but she is planning to!
The lovely actress and mother, who runs a movie retailing marketing outfit, is speculated that, in the entertainment industry, she is presumably, the richest Yoruba actress.
Sharing an inspiring story to mothers about how she started from grass to grace, she had this to say on her Instagram page few hours ago:
Be grateful! It helps u appreciate d little u have knowing fully well that there are better days ahead! A time had been when all i got on a gud day in our one room apartment where 2 of my inlaws also lived with us was 100 naira daily to feed my son, my unborn daugther n my self which didnt even come regularly but with love n gratitude i managed it knowing that i was still in a better place than someone who was suffering from one deadly disease that had no cure n i also believed that oneday i will have more than enough to go round bcos i deeply believed in my self. i blamed no one 4 my mistakes, i took out my pain n frustation on no one, i refuse to be lazy, i refuse to allow my mistake n situation rule n take d better part of me ‘yes! sometimes i break down,most especially when my babies fell ill n i know say no money, hummm d tears where so uncontrollable but i never gave up! I got a job, worked as a sales girl 4 a while, sent my self to school doing part time, later got a better job n worked as a secretary, i was so hard working that in few months i was promoted to a site manager with a salary of then 18k monthly until oneday i lost my job bcos they felt a male was better off. tho they did gud by paying me a 3months salary upfront still i was very unhappy, i had 2 babies! i remember crying all d way home that i missed my bus stop, again i blamed no one n i never lost hope i then decided to start trading, i went into d business of buying n selling clothes, i started my own business with just 30k chai i lost alot of weight o bcos of d stress, dont be mistaken i wasnt born poor, love made me journey down that lane but now am glad i did bcos i understand what it is to be poor n appreciate every little thing i have achieved! Thank u Lord! Now am telling part of my story to help encourage any poor mother who feels she cant make it bcos she has kids n u ask ur self where do i start from, d society is bad, am too much 4 this job, i have failed so i give up, No No No u can be d best of u, never give up on ur self, start anyhow, even if u have to sell pure water or do odd jobs. #proudmothers #strongwomen #mytruelifestory #bemotivated #beinspired#begratefulx
She however, debunked the rumours that has been flying around that she has now become a Lekki Landlord. Below is what she shared:
I didnt know moving from one apartment to another was a big deal lol! I am not yet a landlady #punchnewspaper thanks 4 wishing me well tho, i claim it! but dont worry its a work in progress i have started, very soon when i become one u all will be well imformed! tho Right now Festus & priscy & all my other blessed kids i send to school to have a great & brighter future are d masions that i am building??? i believe in future i will own many houses as gift from my many children
Speculations have been made whether or not the popular Afro pop singer is really married or not after the news spread like wild fire few weeks ago that he was married.
In recent weeks, reports had it that D’Banj got married to Lineo Kilgrow, who is said to be an undergraduate of the University of Abuja.
While some take the news as seriously, it is to others a mere stunt by the singer to attract more attention to himself and ultimately, his music.
Though fans are eager for the singer to reveal the true details, Sunday Scoop can authoritatively reveal that contrary to what is being reported in the entertainment circles, Dbanj did not have a court wedding.
What took place was a formal introduction ceremony as it is customary between a groom’s family and that of his bride-to-be.
It was gathered that he pleaded with his bride’s parents for the introduction to be hosted at his father’s house in Lagos because he did not want it to be an all-comers affair.
Luckily, they were in support of his suggestion, a source told Sunday Scoop. The introduction was witnessed by only close family members of the couple. The Kokomaster was unhappy the news leaked but was again comforted by the knowledge that bloggers got many of the facts wrong.
According to his camp, he did not get married at Onigbongbo Registry, Ikeja, neither did the couple have a traditional introduction in Jos, Plateau State.
A source close to the singer told the media publication that he chose not to react to the news making the rounds.
“Dbanj has given so much information about himself to the public and he deserves to keep some things private and this is one of those things. He is not worried about losing female fans, he just wants his marriage and the impending white wedding off public radar,” the source is quoted as saying.
In this decade, bridal showers and pre wedding photo shoots have become the in thing before the real show and we cannot but love the creativity that are being put in these events, most especially, the pre wedding shoots.
We’ve many a times brought you guys exceptional pre wedding photos that have hit the internet and we know for sure that y’all love it and that’s why we’d do it again and again and again and again!!
New pre wedding photos have emerged yet again and it’s that of Seun and her fiance, who are proud Celestial Church of Christ members.
They creatively and uniquely decided to rock their white church garments for their pre-wedding shoot… We’re sure you’re gonna fall in love with them!
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An information technology expert, named Wale Ibironke (the individual in the image above) who lost N400,000 to a SIM swap fraud, has accused Etisalat of complicity in the act.
Below is how BAYO AKINLOYE of PUNCH tells the story:
In May, an information technology expert, Wale Ibironke, woke up with the mind to send some money to his sister. But before he would do that he planned to visit any of the customer care centres of one of Nigeria’s leading telecommunication companies, Etisalat.
Ibironke wanted to lodge a complaint about his phone line.
What happened after his visit to an Etisalat centre at Ikeja City Mall, in Lagos, was a messy SIM swap fraud that led to Ibironke’s bank account being cleaned out.
Ibironke, who considers himself as a shrewd IT expert thought he understood the risks of online banking. But to his chagrin, by the end of that day, he would become one of the latest victims of a growing menace in the country – SIM swap fraud.
He said,
“My official phone line stopped working on May 12 this year at about 3.30 pm. Initially, I had thought it was a network issue and that the signal on my phone would come up again. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. When I realised that a couple of my colleagues had network service on their lines on Friday (the following day) I decided to visit the Etisalat Experience Centre at Ikeja City Mall (Shoprite) on May 14. The Etisalat worker who checked my phone line to find out what was wrong with it told me that my phone’s SIM card was damaged. He told me that since it was damaged, the card would have to be replaced.”
But Ibironke could not authorise the replacement of the SIM card because it was a corporate post-paid line. He was told by the Etisalat representative to get authorisation from his organisation’s account officer. Ibironke then realised that he would have to wait till he got to his office on Monday for the authorisation to be done. Before Monday however, great damage had been done.
“On May 14, I got an alert that N200,000 had been withdrawn from my Diamond Bank account. I got the alert because I receive bank alerts on my second phone number and not the one I took to Etisalat for repairs. I was helpless. Around 12am the next day, my phone beeped again with another bank alert that another transfer of N100,000 from my account had gone to a UBA (United Bank for Africa) account. By 9.30 am, I got another alert indicating that N100,000 had left my account for a UBA account. It was obvious that my Etisalat line which I took for repairs had been swapped,” Ibironke told SUNDAY PUNCH.
But how did he know his phone line had been swapped?
“Etisalat officials admitted that my line was swapped (by their staff at the centre?) without being authorised to do so. They said it was not their fault; that the unauthorised swap was carried out by one of their third-party suppliers (contractors that they outsourced some of their services to),” Ibironke stated.
Within 24 hours his GTBank account had also been depleted with a paltry N500 left. According to the officials of GTBank whom he contacted later, the withdrawals were made through a *737* short code service from Ibironke’s Etisalat line.
“I immediately sent an email to my account officer and the human resources officer of my organisation to inform them,” he said.
The matter had since been reported to the Special Fraud Unit, the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
“Ten days after my complaint to Etisalat about my stolen money, they requested that my complaint should be made formally through my company. On June 6, in a sinister move they (Etisalat representatives) requested for a meeting with me and some of my colleagues by sending the mail to a different email address from the ones we had been using earlier, thus delaying my company’s response to them.
“The meeting eventually held –a telephone conference involving two of my colleagues and Etisalat representatives; Manager, Corporate Sales, Abideen Ojomu; Property and Litigation Department, Anthony Emioma; and Head of Enterprise Sales, Olayiwola Akinwunmi,” Ibironke said.
Speaking further with SUNDAY PUNCH, he said, “It was at that meeting that they informed my colleagues and I that an unauthorised SIM swap was done by a third party agent of theirs but they wouldn’t be responsible for whatever happened to my bank account. So we requested that they respond to us officially which they haven’t done as I speak to you today (July 14). We have sent several emails to them requesting for an official response but Etisalat has refused to respond to us.”
Shortly after, another meeting was called by Etisalat. This time, one of the telecommunication company’s directors, Eric Uwaoma, was at the meeting. Ibironke’s request that Etisalat identified the person who swapped his line was ignored. At that meeting, Uwaoma reportedly offered to compensate Ibironke with N400,000 worth of airtime.
“I declined and he promised to get back to me which he hasn’t done as I speak. On June 27, after we had sent another email to Etisalat complaining of their apathy towards the SIM swap fraud. They requested, again, for another meeting which was attended by Ojomu and Akinwunmi, where they basically also offered airtime as compensation. Again, I declined. They left with a promise to revert to us. They haven’t done that to date,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Public Relations Manager of Etisalat Nigeria, Chineze Amanfo, absolved the company of any wrongdoing. Amanfo told the publication that the telecommunication firm did not provide the financial service that led to Ibironke’s bank account being compromised.
“We have conducted an internal investigation into the issues raised by Wale Ibironke concerning his telephone number, and we confirm that a SIM swap was performed on the line after the requester provided our customer agent with the prescribed SIM replacement information.
“The service carried out using the short code *737* is a financial service provided by the customer’s bank and Etisalat is not responsible for the security of the service and the transactions carried out using the short code. Etisalat only provides its network for the service to operate. We are of the view that Mr Ibironke should take up this issue with his bank for an investigation on how his account was compromised,” Amanfo said.
In the United Kingdom and South Africa, SIM swap fraud has become a cause for concern as hackers infiltrate subscribers’ SIM cards, to steal large sum of money from their bank accounts.
In 2015 alone, the UK lost a total of £755 million to fraud involving “payment cards, remote banking and cheques”, according to Financial Fraud Action UK’s latest report.
Though Nigeria does not have statistics on frauds perpetrated through the platforms highlighted by FFA-UK, daily anecdotes and social media conversations reveal that many Nigerians have been caught in the web of SIM swap fraud.
This year, one Adetoke Oluwo posted on social media that she was duped of N400,000 following an unauthorised SIM swap.
She said,
“I feel it is necessary I share my story so as to shed light on the way fraudsters dupe unsuspecting Nigerians and also to expose the shady Airtel employee who aided them. My purse with other documents and identity cards were stolen last year April and as usual, I got an affidavit for it. This year January, I got a call from Airtel in Ibadan concerning a SIM swap I wanted to do in Ibadan (I work and live in Lagos). I immediately informed them that it was a fraud when they told me someone presented to them one of the ID cards that was stolen.
“I immediately went to Airtel office at Ikeja City Mall to report and told them to flag and fortify the security on my SIM card as my Airtel line is connected to all my bank accounts. The Airtel employee said they would do something about it,” Oluwo said in her post.
That assurance only lasted a few days when her mobile phone beeped to alert her of bank withdrawals of N400,000 from her account.
Like Ibironke, Oluwo’s request that the telecoms firm should identify its worker who swapped her SIM card fell on deaf ears.
One month after, Oluwo had cause to smile – but not due to Airtel’s sympathy or its professional responsibility.
“Airtel officials till now did absolutely nothing about my stolen money even though they admitted the scam of N400,000. They neither replied a letter from my lawyer nor reached out to me after my meeting with them last month (February).
“I am presently in London for a course and would want to focus on it till I am back home to do the needful regarding Airtel. The good news is that GTB has refunded the N400,000 even though the fault was Airtel’s,” she said.
Would Ibironke also have a cause to smile soon? Nobody knows. However, the ICT expert has said that he is determined to get his money back.
“I recalled that the guy who attended to me asked if I was sure of the last time the line worked and made a face. I asked if anything was wrong and he shook his head, advising me to send an email to my account officer. A thousand and one questions raced through my mind; what if they had used the line to commit other serious crimes like kidnapping? Wouldn’t the police arrest me as a suspect or an accomplice?” he said.
Roughly three weeks ago, the MAVIN’s recording artiste took her fans by surprise when she shared on Instagram that she had welcomed a baby boy.
Well, the beautiful songstress has returned back to work as she hits the studio in new photos – the photos don’t even show her like someone who has just had a baby, she’s still the slender looking Di’Ja we all fell in love with.
On the other hand, it sure would be fun to see the new direction and influence being a mother would have on her music from now on.
Heart breaking images show the moment a Turkish policeman took to the aid of a pro-coup soldier following the rioting after the failed coup attempt.
Moments before the photos were taken, the soldier was brutally stamped on, punched and pelted with rocks by angry civilians.
The policeman plunged himself into the midst of the violent act, after he saw what was going on, he boarded an armoured vehicle and hugged the soldier (pictured without a weapon or helmet) and urged the angry crowd to calm down.
The anonymous policeman, who had a gas mask on and was carrying a rifle, helped the man up.
More photos below:
Death toll caused by the attempted coup has risen to 250 according to a Turkish local newspaper and a Turkish official.
Former first lady of the country, Patience Jonathan, yesterday, 16th of July, 2016, paid a visit to her hometown, Okrika in Rivers state for the funeral ceremony of Late Queen Comfort Kaine Obudibo, wife of His Royal Highness, King E. T. I. Obudibo, Ikwo V., Amayanabo of Ogoloma.
Mama peace was all smiles as she greeted guests at the event. See more photos below:
More photos have emerged from the graduation dinner of President Muhammed Buhari’s children, Halimat, Zahra and Yusuf, following their recent graduation from a U.K University and Nigerian Law School.
Beautiful president Muhammed Buhari’s daughter, Halimat, who was called to bar after her graduation from Nigerian Law School, is pictured here with her husband as they celebrate her achievements.
Halimat got married to Babagana Muhammed Sheriff in 2012. See another photo below:
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized six choice properties allegedly acquired by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State with stolen public funds.
The duplexes, estimated at N1.350billion include four in Lagos and two in Abuja, The Nation reports.
They were allegedly acquired for him by his associate, Abiodun Agbele and sister. Mrs. Moji Ladeji. A furious Mrs. Ladeji has approached the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti laying claim to one of the Abuja duplexes.
EFCC, according to impeccable sources, believe that the properties were bought with public funds including the N1.219billion slush fund from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) handed over to Fayose by former Minister of Defence, Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro, and bribe money from contractors.
Part of the funds came from the N4.745billion which was paid into Obanikoro’s company, Sylva Mcnamara by ONSA for the 2014 Ekiti governorship poll.
Operatives of the anti-graft commission have located and marked the duplexes as follows: 44, Osun Crescent and 32, Yedseram Street in Maitama, Abuja; and houses 3, 4, 6, and 9 in Plot 100, Tiamiyu Savage Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
EFCC sources said the funds were wired to pay for the duplexes.
While the duplex on Osun Crescent was allegedly bought for N200million from Skye Bank Plc, the one located in Yedseram Street in Abuja was purchased for N270million from a businessman, Rabi Kundili.
All the houses in Lagos were paid for by Abiodun Agbele, the detained associate of the governor who is currently under investigation.
Agbele allegedly paid over N880 million for the Lagos properties. Sources said the duplexes were
“acquired within 180 days in office by Fayose.”
“We have discovered that he paid for the houses through his associate’s company, De-Privateer Limited of Agbele.
Before she plunged into secular music, Simi was well known for her elevating and inspirational gospel music tracks, like “Ara Ile” – the fast rising songstress has now come out to say she doesn’t think she’d be doing gospel music anymore.
The “Love Don’t Care” crooner who spoke to PUNCH, said she had prayed to God to bless her career, before she moved on to the genre of music she’s in now.
The beauty also spoke on her relationship life pointing out blankly, that she is not in one with popular singer, Falz.
Below is what she told PUNCH,
You began your career as a gospel act. Why did you go mainstream?
The first thing that comes to the mind is that I did it for monetary reasons. However music became about ‘more’; I wanted to have a broader purview. It was a tough decision for me to make at first. I wanted to explore music more. My faith in God hasn’t waivered because before I went mainstream, I prayed to God to bless my career if it was his plan for me. I also don’t see myself doing gospel music again.
What has fame cost you?
I don’t go out much but I love to go to regular places. I can’t do so any longer and I miss having a regular life because I am a regular girl.
Are you currently dating anyone?
I am in a relationship with someone else who is not Falzthebahdguy; we are just friends. My man is mature and understands the fact that I may be erroneously romantically linked with an artiste simply because we work on music projects together.
Apata Emmanuel, brother to murdered Abuja evangelist Deaconess (Mrs) Eunice Elisha, has revealed that Pastor Adeboye’s Redeemed Christian Church of God paid N1.5 million for her postmortem examination.
He also announced that she may be buried next week.
Her Name is Tonia…and she’s proud of her mum..I mean, who else isn’t?
Tonia is celebrating her mother after she struggled to send her to school for 4 years. Tonia’s Mum is a petty trader..and a very hardworking one for that matter.
Tonia captioned the photo:
“I’m a product of Sacrifice, Focus, Patience, and Perseverance. Mum Sacrificed all to get me Educated. I remained Focused, even when confronted by temptations.
“I stayed PATIENT when all was going downhill. And finally PERSEVERANCE made me stood and passed the Test of time throughout my 4 years!”
The young man pictured above, identified as Ambrose Ali on twitter, shared a stunning story about a guy who literally “stole” his phone in Aba. Not like he “Stole” it or something…But a person who sees an item belonging to someone and refused to return to the rightful owner…what do we call that?
According to Ambrose, after his phone was stolen, he kept placing calls to his numbers to see if anyone would pick up but no one did.
However after several calls, the person who had “stolen” the phone sent some text messages to him telling to take heart.
Below is how he told the story on his twitter handle:
This is the face of a terrified young child who had just learnt about periods for the first time – in the most awkward way. 3-year-old Rain Tolentino learnt about menstruation a little earlier than most of her mates after she followed her 16-year-old big sister Meeiah, into the bathroom while she was on her period.
Rain like most kids her age – likes to follow her big sis around and Meeiah was in a rush to use the toilet and didn’t bother to check that the door was locked. So when Rain walked in – what she witnessed was more than she could handle. Meeiah shared a video of the little girl’s traumatised reaction from seeing her bleed ‘down there’.
In the short clip, Meeiah asks Rain, ‘why are you crying’ and she replies, ‘because you’re bleeding there’ (points to vagina) .
She then yells “You need to go to the doctor,” and “You’re going to die because you’re bleeding!”
The video of Rain’s meltdown has now been shared over 1000,000 times on Twitter! Watch the funny clip below..
im on my period and my baby sister wanted to watch me while i use the restroom and well… pic.twitter.com/KbwRTuFLCy
Nollywood veteran actress and wife of movie mogul, Pete Edochie, Rita Edochie, thrilled her fans when she shared a photo showing her after she had been transformed into a male chief for a movie role.
The actress who is known to be one of the country’s prolific actresses, having started from the scratch captioned the photo:
“Dis is: CHIEF DORATHY a serious COMEDY frm d stable of BUSYMINDS ENTERTAINMENT ABUJA a must watch. Chaaaiiiiii BUSYMINDS ENTERTAINMENT ABUJA is seriously taking over everything abt ENTERTAINMENT in ABUJA”
She was supposed to go to her parents’ house at Oshodi on that fateful Friday like she usually did every weekend after closing from work as a secondary school teacher at Abule Oko, a community in Ogun State.
But this day — June 23, 2016 — turned out to be different for both her and her family.
After waiting till Friday night and still didn’t hear anything from her daughter, with her two mobile phone lines switched off, her father was troubled and had to come looking for her.
There and then he got one of the most shocking moments any parent could ever witness.
The door to her apartment was locked, but one of the windows was opened.
He asked her neighbours whether they had seen her that day, but all of them said no. They last saw her on Thursday when she returned from work.
He was confused, didn’t know whether his daughter was inside or not, so he kept on trying her phone lines, all to no avail.
After reaching his patience limit, he called on a carpenter in the area to force the door open and then everyone was horrified — her daughter laid in her own blood, a pillow case covering her face and her body already swollen.
Someone had murdered her in cold blood when she was sleeping and had taken her two mobile phones away.
According to an eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity, the death of Yemisi Tiamiyu, a 27-year-old University of Lagos graduate, is still one of the most mysterious events the source had ever witnessed.
“It is still a mystery to me up till now because Yemisi was an easygoing lady who could never have offended anybody,” the source said. “I saw her last on Thursday and we greeted before she went to sleep. When I didn’t see her on Friday, I thought she went to work early, which was strange, only for us to find her on Saturday murdered when her door was forced open on the order of her father.”
What could have led to her murder?
The source said no one had yet to find out, but that she was seen on the day before she was murdered shouting at a guy on the phone.
The source said, “I overheard her shouting at a guy, I think it’s her boyfriend, on the phone. Both of them were involved in a heated argument and she was uttering the words: ‘Leave me alone. Leave me alone. I don’t want you in my life again.’ I even told her to take it easy with him and asked what the argument was all about, but she didn’t say anything. She was a conservative lady, she didn’t talk much to people.
“She told me not to worry, that she would sort out everything. That was on Thursday evening. She must have been murdered in the early hours of Friday and there is suspicion she was killed by the guy. It is very painful what the murderer did to a very beautiful lady like Yemisi.”
One would expect that this atrocity would have generated an outrage and a cry for justice by the family, the school where she taught, the residents and the community, but the reverse is the case.
In fact, the source who spoke to Punch said everyone — including her family — had been trying to let the situation lie low.
“They strictly warned us never to let the incident leak out. But how could I, as a human being, keep quiet when a fellow human being was murdered in a mysterious circumstance? What is the family hiding? Why is everyone keeping quiet over this issue?” the source bemoaned.
Asked if the source had ever seen the guy with Tiamiyu before, the source said, “I have never seen him before, so I don’t know how he looks.”
Wanting to let the incident ‘die’ was clearly evident when Punch visited the deceased’s apartment on 24, Unity Crescent, Abule Oko.
The unpainted house sits idly between two uncompleted buildings, locked up. Everywhere was quiet, except for the chattering of some neighbours.
“We don’t want to talk about this issue and we are not going to. Whoever informed you of this incident should also tell you who killed Yemisi. There is an order to that effect, even by her father and the rest of the family. We don’t know the murderer; we have never seen him,” one of them spoke harshly to our correspondent.
The school where the deceased taught, Tobbles Primary and Secondary School, a few metres from her apartment, had also been warned by the family and the community not to say anything about the incident, but the administrator of the school, simply Kolawole, had no choice but to say a few things about the incident when it was clear to him that the incident could no longer be kept secret.
He said,
“She was one of our staff members and she had not spent up to a year here when the incident happened. I saw her last on Thursday before the incident occurred. I was going round for supervision and when I got to the staffroom where the teachers were, I saw her. I was cracking jokes with them before I left. She taught the secondary classes and she was hardworking. On Friday when I was carrying out another supervision, as I do every day, I didn’t see her, so I asked her colleagues, ‘Where is Yemisi?’ They said they had not seen her and had they had been trying to call her, but her numbers were not going through.
“Every Friday, I learned she usually went to her parents’ house at Oshodi. But on this fateful day, we didn’t see her and the only means we could contact her was through her phone lines. I didn’t call her, but all her colleagues were calling her, but her lines were not going through. I was in the church on Sunday around 12 noon when my boss called me that somebody called him that Yemisi was found dead. I screamed, ‘What happened to her?’ I asked. It was strange and I couldn’t concentrate again in the church service as a pastor. In fact, the people around me saw that I had lost my mind. They were wondering what happened to me. It’s like you are flowing and then you suddenly lose focus.
“This was a lady in her prime years and that day, I had to leave Lambe, where my church is, and had to get to her residence. When I got there, the house had been shut. I saw some people coming out in mourning.”
On the type of person Ms Tiamiyu was, Kolawole said,
“She was very cool a lady, easygoing. She didn’t talk much. She was not troublesome. She was an introvert and a formal type of person. Very conservative. So it was strange when we heard what happened to her. We mourned her for a week here. All activities were suspended. The situation got everyone moody.”
The leader of the community, simply called Baba Lati, was not around when Punch visited the area on Thursday, but on learning about the purpose of the visit, he screamed on the phone, “Who told you that? Where did you get your information from? Don’t come and cause problem and confusion for us in this community. Even the father of the deceased has stated categorically that he doesn’t want to let this matter leak. Go away!”
When Punch visited the deceased’s Facebook page, she had in time past been sharing tips on relationship and men.
On July 15, 2015, she posted, “If you lose your mind because someone says he or she doesn’t love you, what will happen when you eventually meet the person who loves you? Always value yourself.”
On January 11, 2013, she shared, “Men who beat their wives are heartless and will never change because heart transplant is very expensive.”
On November 6, 2012, she wrote, “If a guy cannot love you for who you are, what will happen when you start giving birth? When a guy loves you only because of your stature, watch it.”
A few of her friends also expressed shock at her death.
“I can’t believe you are gone, still shocks me,” her friend, Teniola Adesanya, wrote, while another, Omoniarami Asanikehinde, simply said, “Rest in peace, dear.”
Up till now, Tiamiyu’s killer has yet to be found.
The Ogun State police spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi said the command had yet to learn of the incident until Punch brought it to the command’s notice.
Football legend, Samuel Eto’o had his Private Foundation’s Gala Dinner in Antalya, Turkey yesterday night – a charity match was scheduled for today, 16th, July 2016, but unfortunately, there was a coup attempt by Turkey’s Military forces and hence, the match had to be cancelled.
Eto’o had invited top notch football players for the event, including Kanu Nwankwo and Jay Jay Okocha, spending millions on 1st class tickets and five star hotels for his guests but all to no avail.
Some of his guests are even stranded in Turkey following the lockdown of their major airports.
Hazard Eden, Puyol, Michael Essien, Kolo Toure, Kanu Nwankwo, JJ Okocha, AY Comedian, Paw Paw and many others are currently in Turkey.
More photos below:
Eto’o pictured earlier this week with Mayor of Antalya Mr Menderes Türel, the President of Antalyaspor Mr Ali Şafak Öztürk, with the president of Turkey, who supported him.
In the one of the site’s segments called, “Resident Presidents”, BBC has caused a serious stir on the Internet after one of the segment’s episodes spoke on President Buhari’s ear infection.
The segment has two people conversing about the ear infection of the president few weeks ago, which caused him to travel abroad to have it checked.
In the episode titled, “Was Buhari’s trip to London ‘medical tourism’?”, the two individuals, using a blend of comical and formal presenting, recalled that Buhari had said he was going to put a end to medical tourism, but he obviously didn’t practice what he preached.
The episode had the caption:
“Kibarkingmad and Olushambles debate Nigeria’s president’s trip to London last month – reportedly to be treated for an ear infection – after he had promised to end “medical tourism”.
A few days after a female pastor in the Redeem Christian Church of God, Mrs. Eunice Olawale, was brutally killed by suspected Muslim extremists, about 200 Muslim youths on Friday attacked St. Philip’s Catholic Parish, Baki Iku, which is very close to Zuma Rock in Niger State, for worshipping on Friday. (Read Details Here)
According to eyewitnesses, some Catholics had gone to the church to pray and were attacked by the Muslims who claimed that Friday is their day of prayer and that the Church only has right to worship on Sundays.
Information gleamed from eyewitnesses said that the invaders destroyed Church properties, including doors and windows.
Although some soldiers managed to get there later, however, a lot of damage been done to the building, while the Christians ran away in different directions to avoid being killed.
Rev Fr. Luka Sylvester Gopep, the Vicar-General of the Diocese confirmed the incident.
According to him: “Sometime around 2pm, some Muslim youths in their hundreds left their Mosque after their Friday Jumat prayer and rushed to the Church premises, climbed the wall and destroyed everything in the Church: the windows, the alter, musical instruments, the chapel. The security man in the church premises was beaten to a pulp. Some women who were holding a prayer meeting were chased away. The seminarian who is resident in the premises was also beaten up and chased away,” he stated.
Just last week, Mrs Olawale, a mobile preacher of the Redeemed Christian Church of God was killed by some fanatical Muslims in Kubwa, FCT.
A few days after a female pastor in the Redeem Christian Church of God, Mrs. Eunice Olawale, was brutally killed by suspected Muslim extremists, about 200 Muslim youths on Friday attacked St. Philip’s Catholic Parish, Baki Iku, which is very close to Zuma Rock in Niger State, for worshipping on Friday. (Read Details Here)
According to eyewitnesses, some Catholics had gone to the church to pray and were attacked by the Muslims who claimed that Friday is their day of prayer and that the Church only has right to worship on Sundays.
Information gleamed from eyewitnesses said that the invaders destroyed Church properties, including doors and windows.
Although some soldiers managed to get there later, however, a lot of damage been done to the building, while the Christians ran away in different directions to avoid being killed.
Rev Fr. Luka Sylvester Gopep, the Vicar-General of the Diocese confirmed the incident.
According to him: “Sometime around 2pm, some Muslim youths in their hundreds left their Mosque after their Friday Jumat prayer and rushed to the Church premises, climbed the wall and destroyed everything in the Church: the windows, the alter, musical instruments, the chapel. The security man in the church premises was beaten to a pulp. Some women who were holding a prayer meeting were chased away. The seminarian who is resident in the premises was also beaten up and chased away,” he stated.
Just last week, Mrs Olawale, a mobile preacher of the Redeemed Christian Church of God was killed by some fanatical Muslims in Kubwa, FCT.
An Indian man who bought one of the world’s most expensive shirts made entirely of gold has been allegedly battered to death, police reports.
Datta Phuge shot into the global limelight in 2013 when he bought a shirt made with more than 3kg of gold and worth $250,000 .
Money-lender Phuge, 48, from western Pune, was reportedly set upon by 12 people on Thursday night, who hit him with a sickle and stones.
Mr Phuge’s 22-year-old son witnessed the attack but was not harmed, according to the police, who are questioning four people in connection with it, BBC reports.
The alleged killers had invited the pair to a birthday party in Dighi area the police said. One of the suspects had invited Mr Phuge and his 22-year-old son to celebrate a birthday at an open ground in Dighi area when the men attacked him with stones and a sharp weapon.
Police said the son had witnessed his father being murdered and had been spared by the alleged killers.
“However, we are investigating how Mr Phuge reached the open ground where he was murdered,” Dighi police station inspector Navnath Ghogare told the Press Trust of India news agency.
He had before his death explained that he bought the gold shirt to attract women.
‘I know I am not the best looking man in the world but surely no woman could fail to be dazzled by this shirt?’ he said at the time.
‘The gold shirt has been one of my dreams,’ Mr Phuge told Indian newspaper the Pune Mirror. ‘It will be an embellishment. It will be an embellishment to my reputation as the “Gold man of Pimpri”.
In spite of the coup attempt in Turkey that has been buzzing all over the internet hours ago, some Nigerian celebs like Peter Okoye who shared a photo with Chelsea star, Hazard, were present at football legend, Samuel Eto’o’s Private Foundation, Gala Dinner in Antalya, Turkey yesterday night.
They are there to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Cameroonian footballer’s foundation. The celebrity charity match is set to hold today.
