She just had to share how deep her feelings are for her family in spite of the fact that she’s not one with doing so.
The Queen Bey took to her IG last night to share this lovely photo of her relations, her dad and mom and sister, Solange, declaring her deep love for them.
Sharing the video, she gave it the caption:
My beautiful Father, Sis, and Mother. I love you guys so deep.
The parents of two abducted sisters – Chikamso Okpara aged two, and four-year-old Chinaza Okpara – say they have not heard any positive news from the police about the kids’ whereabouts since their abduction on May 14, 2016.
They said they had explored all avenues to trace the abductor, identified only as Rose, to no avail and urged the police to ensure that their children were rescued safely.
Rose reportedly fled with the children around 12pm penultimate Saturday shortly after their mother, Ijeoma Okpara, left the shop to buy foodstuffs at a market – a few metres away from the shop on Cemetery Street, in the Ajegunle area of the state.
The incident happened four days after Rose enrolled as an apprentice hairdresser.
Ijeoma, a stylist, had left the children in the care of Rose and a resident, Franca, only to return 15 minutes later and discover that Rose had fled with the kids.
Her husband, Emeka Okpara, told PUNCH Metro on Thursday that except the assurance he received from his pastor that the kids were safe, the police had yet to give the family any positive development after the incident was reported at the Ajeromi Police Division.
He said:
“We have searched for them. We have made reports and people have helped us to circulate their pictures on the social media. We have been told by men of God that the children are safe and are being kept within the state by the apprentice. We pray every day for their protection and safe return.
“I spoke with the policeman investigating the case. He said no progress yet and that I should be prayerful. I don’t know the mode of their operation, but they should make more efforts to rescue them. Those are the only children we have. I am very disturbed and it has been difficult handling my emotion and that of my wife. Nobody has contacted us for ransom so far.”
The distraught wife, Ijeoma, said she was surprised that the apprentice could abduct her children.
She said:
“The shop is in front of our house and is owned by a woman. I only work there to assist the owner. On Tuesday, May 10, Rose came and said she wanted to learn hairdressing. I told her to come back as the owner of the shop that will decide on her acceptance was not around. She begged me to allow her start immediately, saying she was idle at home. I eventually accepted after much pleading.
“The customer I was making hair for on that Saturday said she wanted to pick something at home, so I had to take a break. I decided to quickly go to the market to buy foodstuffs. The market is near the shop and I didn’t spend more than 15 minutes before I returned.
“On getting to the shop, Franca said Rose went with my children to buy something immediately I left. I became apprensive when she did not return early and that was how we began to search for her and the kids. We went to Turner Street which she gave as her address, but we could not find her.”
The Lagos State Police Command, however, said it was on the trail of the apprentice and promised to get her arrested.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos said, “The police are on the trail of the abductor. Efforts are ongoing to rescue the children and apprehend the culprit.”
Baby mama of foreign pop singer, Chris Brown, Nia Guzman, is setting the record straight for the very first time, on her own terms.
In an exclusive interview with Latina.com, she opens up about the struggle to co-parent under the unforgiving media lens
On keeping Royalty a secret, she said:
Well, the world didn’t find out about her until a year ago. He always knew about her, he just wasn’t ready to deal with the situation. But, it’s been quite the experience. I can’t say anything positive about it… at all. Nothing positive.I knew what the outcome was going to be once it came out. I was very fearful for… everything that’s going on now. I know that he’s young, he’s wild, and he has the bad boy persona, and I just knew that it just wasn’t going to be the best situation. And if I could have still kept it quiet until now, I would have.
On trying to limit Chris Brown’s time with Royalty.
No. That’s the false story. I didn’t go back to court to limit his time, at all. That’s never what I wanted. What’s wanted to limit his time or take any of his time from him. I totally want him to be hands on with her, and be a father, and try and get it more focused, and leave all the other bullsh-t that he has going on, alone. “I just want to have Royalty in a safer home. I would want it to be not leave to dad, not be in a mansion, and huge playrooms and backyards and TV rooms, and then she comes home with me and you know, she’s in a small apartment. I just want to keep her balanced. He feels like she should have everything when she’s with him, and limited when she’s with me. I don’t think that is okay, at all.”
On feeling Chris is too young and irresponsible to watch her alone
It’s pretty common sense. He knows. He knows he cannot do it on his own. he’s only two, and she’s a lot of work. I just wanted a nanny in place when she was with him, and it be agreed upon. It’s not like I was just going to throw anybody in there, it was something that we would agree, and this was what it was going to be, and then we go forth.
On Chris’s reason for not wanting a nanny
I don’t really know what the issue is with that. I could throw around all kinds of speculations, I could totally bash the situation. I’m not going to do that. I won’t do that. Everything that’s put out there, I don’t even have to explain it.
A Saudi man has been apprehended after he shot a male obstetrician, arguing that he had no right to assist his wife’s delivery and that a woman gynecologist should have been around.
Dr Muhannad Al Zabn, who has a Jordanian father and a Saudi mother, delivered the baby one month ago at the King Fahad Medical City in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
The man, who has not been named, is believed to have wanted a female doctor to deliver the baby and was upset that the male doctor would have seen his wife naked.
According to media reports, the father went to the hospital and told the doctor he wanted to see him to thank him for helping his wife with the delivery of the baby, Saudi news site Sabq reported on Thursday.
The two met in the garden of the hospital and during the conversation, the shooter took out a gun he had concealed under his clothes and fired at the doctor.
As the Saudi father fled the scene, medics rushed the victim to the emergency department then to the intensive care unit. The shooter was later arrested by the police.
Bassam Al Buraikan, the spokesperson for the hospital confirmed the incident, saying that a doctor was shot and that his condition was now stable.
That’s the theme of these photos seen as you scroll through this page. The Kardashian clan had their white style game on as they attended the birthday party of their family person, Scott Disick at Nobu in Malibu.
While Kim K rocked a white lace that barely concealed any part of her bod. her daughter, North can be seen rocking a bump shorts and a nice rugged tee…
Khloe Kardashian is also featured in the photos as she’s seen rocking a fur coat which happens to be the trademark of her ex, French Montana.
She’s definitely got the spotlight on her. Looking like she’s from the early 60s and all, Niyola has sure got the looks of a classic woman in these new photos of hers.
The beauty is captured in this photo shoot by Remi Adetiba.
A Chinese advert for laundry detergent, which recently aired on Television and in cinemas, has been labeled ‘the most racist advert ever’ and is currently causing an outrage on social media.
The extremely racist commercial, released by Qiaobi detergent brand, begins with a woman loading her washing machine.
Then a paint-splattered black man confidently approaches her, only to have detergent placed in his mouth and his body shoved into a washing machine for a thorough rinsing. Once the wash cycle is done, he emerges as a young Chinese man in clean clothes.
In a recent interview with Pulse Nigeria, Nollywood actress, and filmmaker, Doris Simeon talks about the most challenging part of her career as an actress and mother.
According to the actress, she just had a baby and went on set to produce and play two roles at the same time while her baby was only a few months old. Unfortunately, she lost her father at almost the same time while trying to handle all of these.
Doris Simeon is an award-winning Yoruba and English actress. She was born and raised in Lagos. The actress came to the spotlight in 2001, in a movie entitled Oloju Ede.
She is popular for her roles in movies such as “Oloju Ede”, “Alakada”, “Onitemi”, “Ten Million Naira”, “Modupe Temi”, “Silence”among others.
Doris Simeon, husband, and son
According to Doris, this most challenging experience happened when she was producing the movie “Omo Iya Kan,” which was directed by her ex-husband, Daniel Ademinnokan, who is now married to Stella Damasus.
“It was when I did “Omo Iya Kan. I was producing, playing two characters in a movie, and I just had my baby who was just 3 months then, and I just lost my dad,” she said. So, it was kind of challenging, but then, it all went well.”
Doris Simeon graduated from the PEFTI Film Institute, where she studied production management. She then featured in three episodes of the Papa Ajasco comedy series.
Back to singlehood, Doris Simeon now focuses on her child and movie career. Although she once had a fight with Stella Damasus for snatching her man, the actress cum director has moved on with her life as there are over 1 billion single men on earth from which she can always find another husband.
Stella Damasus and her husband (Doris Simeon’s ex-husband)
14 year old Ese Oruru who was abducted by a man named Yunusa Dahiru from Bayelsa state and taken to Kano where she was forcefully married to him and converted to islam delivered a baby girl yesterday at the Government House Clinic, Yenagoa, Bayelsa.
Femi Fani-Kayode is in detention under the EFCC after he was accused of stealing/looting billions of naira during the 2015 presidential election campaign for his party, PDP.
The funds were reportedly disbursed from the #DasukiGate $21 billion arms deal scam.
Apparently, FFK on Monday was ordered to be remanded in prison for another three weeks, by a Lagos court.
His girlfriend, Precious Chikwendu has released a statement reacting to his present predicament.
The statement reads;
If life was a movie I’m sure we would have our fingers on the fast forward button to skip so many scenes that ain’t just fair.
But this is reality and in reality we live through it. It’s a time when strength and courage comes in play and only the brave can afford both. My Lion (Femi Fani-Kayode) will walk through this webby den of lies and injustice.
Persecution and trials are common, only the weak fear them. He remains brave and strong through all these and soon he will be vindicated. I stand with my husband Femi Fani-Kayode.
It’s Not Her Time!!! Recall we reported that Joy was in coma following an accident that claimed almost all occupants of the commercial bus.
A reporter with Abia Fact Newspaper has just confirmed that Joy Akabuike is alive. She has regained consciousness days after the ghastly accident.
All the passengers (except her) were confirmed dead following an accident involving a commercial bus belonging to Peace Mass Transit and a truck last Sunday May 22nd in Umuahia, Abia State.
OAP, Bello Lukman of Unitry FM Jos, shared the sad news on his Facebook Page.
He wrote:
“A female student in the Department of Library Science, Faculty of Education Bayero University Kano Sarah Imoleaya has ended her life by taking an insecticide. Sarah, an Indigene of Edo state dropped a suicide note saying, “I will not apply for course suspension my academics is all I live for. If I can’t get it right, F… K existence. The deceased had gone to the faculty office to see if anything could be done about her case, but she found out that it was too late to make amends. Consequently, she left the office and descended to the stairs where she left her bag. There, she wrote the suicide note and brought out a container containing Sniper insecticide. She left her mobile phone, charger, suicide note, her bag and the container under the staircase. She was rushed to the hospital where she died.”
So, reports are claiming that Tyga is owing His Ex-Girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, $2m. According to RadarOnline, things have taken a turn for the worse, as Tyga allegedly owes his ex around $2million.
“Kylie had been bankrolling Tyga for well over a year and she’s finding herself short on cash as a result,”He was shocked when she asked to be paid, telling her he thought the money was a gift, not a loan,” the insider added, even claiming he owes “over $2million.” Momager Kris reportedly “hit the roof” over the news.
The widely reported 14-year-old schoolgirl from Bayelsa, Ese Oruru, who was allegedly abducted, converted to Islam and married to her lover, Kano State-born Yunusa Dahiru, a.k.a Yellow, has given birth to a baby girl today in Yenegoa.
We’ll be updating you with more details as soon as it is made available…
Food is important and here are 6 things you should totally avoid on a first date:
1) Spaghetti
Most people can’t eat spaghetti without a slurp and that slurp splatters sauce all over your mouth and chest not to mention ruining your makeup.
Forget that romantic scene from Disney’s ‘the Lady and the tramp’, spaghetti is not romantic food.
2) Draw soup
A favorite among Nigerians and guaranteed to leave a mark. Okra, ogbona or mixed, anything that leaves a trail from your plate to your mouth should be avoided at all costs.
3) Shawarma
Show me a person that can finish a whole Shawarma without making a mess and I’ll show you the real MVP! Most people can’t manage this small feat which is why Shawarma is a no-no.
In an amnesty published in Government Gazette No 36, general notice 85/2016, Mugabe pardoned all convicted female prisoners regardless of offences, with the exception of a few serving life sentences.
“A full remission of remaining imprisonment is, hereby, granted to all female prisoners regardless of offences committed, save for those sentenced to life imprisonment and to death,” part of the order reads.
Chikurubi Female Prison, which was home to 246 prisoners, released 139 inmates yesterday.
Some of the prisoners were due to serve lengthy jail terms for murder, fraud and armed robbery.
Those who remained behind are inmates still on remand and a few foreigners, who will be released to their respective governments.
Mosline Chakamufuna (25), who was sentenced two weeks ago to 10 years in prison for murdering her child, was one of the beneficiaries of the presidential pardon.
She joins Adlaidy Murombo (21), who was jailed for 10 years in 2014 for attempted murder, after striking her uncle with an iron bar in the eye.
Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) acting public relations officer, Superintendent Priscilla Mthembo said more than 2 000 inmates were likely to benefit from the latest presidential pardon.
“We don’t have the total figure at the moment because the verification process is still going on, but we expect over 2 000 prisoners to be released under the amnesty order issued by the President,” she said.
For male prisoners, Mugabe pardoned all those who are under the age of 18 regardless of offences committed, and those over the age of 60, who have served two-thirds of their prison terms and all inmates in open prison.
Terminally-ill prisoners, who were unlikely to survive their prison terms, were fully pardoned regardless of offences.
At Chikurubi Farm Prison, there was still uncertainty, as prison officers were still compiling names of beneficiaries, particularly those jailed for stocktheft, who have served a third of their sentence.
The officer-in-charge of the male prison, Superintendent Tonderai Magwaza, said so far, he had vetted 190 prisoners, who would be released.
Male inmates convicted of murder, rape, armed robbery and treason were not part of those pardoned.
The jail, which has a holding capacity of 560 inmates, currently has 681 prisoners.
Mthembo said the amnesty had the effect of decongesting the 46 prisons around the country, which were currently overpopulated by nearly 16%.
Currently, the correctional facilities have a population of 19 900 inmates, although their total holding capacity is just 17 000.
Comic actor, John Okafor, might be very jovial especially while interpreting his scripts but he never jokes with his family and when he is less busy, he ensures he plays his daddy’s role.
His wife who put to bed some months back proving how much he loves his wife boldly declared that he is done with having more child as he is already blessed with three.
The actor recently shared a picture of his wife when she was still young before he sighted her and stepped into the bold shoes of love.
In his words, “My humble wife when she was still in beauty contest business.”
Stella Damasus is a very proud mother as her youngest child, 12 year old Angelica Aboderin has won the prestigious Presidents’ Award for Educational Excellence in the US.
She shared the news via her instagram page with the caption:
“I am so super proud of my daughter Angelica for her huge academic achievement. She received the Presidents’ Award for Educational Excellence in America. Thank you for darling for making me so proud. Isabel & I are proud of you. I am so happy to have two of the most intelligent daughters any mother can hope or pray. #ProudMom#education #excellence#presidentsawardforacademicexcellence#america #smartkids #Godisgood#beautyforashes #Godvindicates#happymom #academic #award”
On our screens, actress-Jackia Appiah seems to be slowly disappearing—gone are the days when she used to be in every movie, and new movies were being released each day.
These days, we hardly catch her anywhere and she hardly makes it into the news.
However, she has been on set recently—with actor Van Vicker, so her fans will definitely be seeing her soon.
Also, we’ve put together some lovely recent photos of Jackie Appiah for those of you who have been missing her.
As usual, she looks really great—and of course in good spirit.
Following a month of drama, accusations and global publicity, Tiwa Savage has put the controversy behind her as she features on a new Solidstar track set to drop on Friday 27 May, 2016.
A refix of ‘Wait’, which originally featured Davido, the song also features dancehall hotshot Patoranking, as Solidstar prepares to release his third studio album ‘Weed’.
Commenting on Tiwa’s involvement on the track, Solidstar remarked,
“When the chance came to work with Tiwa, I immediately went for it. She is one of the biggest artistes in Africa and certainly the biggest female artiste in Nigeria, so it was a big privilege to feature her on the ‘Wait’ refix, which is probably one of my favourite songs. I think her fans have been looking forward to this very much, and I hope they will enjoy this track as much as I do.”
Actor and ex husband of screen diva Toyin Aimakhu, Niyi Johnson has opened up on reports that he is in hot romance with fast rising director and actress, Seyi Edun.
The actor claimed in a statement that he would not dispel the news that he is dating Seyi but he is very sure that the news is baseless and pointless and that moreover, no publicity is bad as he and Seyi are currently enjoying the trend in which they intend to use to promote Seyi’s new film.
He says, ”I’m not defending because I can’t but I won’t because it is baseless and pointless… Anyway thanks for making us trend …. we will look into it ….”
From the statement, the actor did not fully confirm that he is not dating the rising star because he believes there’s no point in doing so thereby implying that the viral report is indeed true.
Fans of the actor have also called him out, asking why he would again date or enter a relationship with a film star following what happened to the previous affair with Nollywood star, Toyin Aimakhu.
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, since putting to bed, has really had to stay back to play the motherly role and has now had a feel of what real and loving mothers go through.
The actress while analyzing how wonderful some mothers were could not hold back her joy and appreciation for her step mother who took care of her after her mother’s death.
Tonto expressed that her step mother is one who has stood out and has help created a new perception about step mothers as she is never judging and ready to protect a child not hers.
According to her, “My Woman crush goes to my Wonderful step ma, She happens to be the best mom ever. Never judging and ever ready to protect, Pray and love.
“Her devotion to the family is next to none,In a country were step moms are far from great she stands out heavy. I love you so much Mrs Dikeh Aka Big mummy/Mama. Thank you for playing the mother role with a heart of gold and wanting nothing other than Greatness for all of us. Thank you for giving me the best brother any girl could ask for (Pastor Tonye aka Boss).
“Thank you for sharing your husband with us and taking good care of him,I believe my mom appreciates you too. Love you and God bless you continually in Jesus name, Amen.”
Toolz Oniru will be tying the knot with her Pilot Husband – Captain Tunde Demuren in a lavish white wedding which will hold in Dubai this weekend.
The big wedding was the reason why Tiwa Savage and Jamil traveled to UAE this week. Tiwa and Toolz took off their busy time of getting the wedding set to take this lovely picture.
We wish Toolz and Tunde the best as they await their big day this weekend.
Veteran Nollywood actor, Martins Njubuigbo who was diagnosed with Liver disease has just been given a life line by Pro. Joshua Iginla who is still in the mood of birthday celebration.
The prophet who dashed 32 cars as birthday celebration got wind of the actors story from Linda Ikeji’s blog and asked Bruno Iwuoha who confirmed the details to him.
Thus, as part of the birthday gift gave Bruno a cheque of N1 million that an old man like that should not be subjected to public spectacle for assistance. He also promised to see what else he can do to assist him after recovery.
When we spoke to Bruno, he confirmed the story saying he was not surprised when the clergy gave him the cheque for Martin’s treatment. He said he was responsible for his own upkeep too during his health challenges.
It would be recalled that Actor Ernest Obi shared the sad news on his Instagram page.
Nigerian rapper Lil Kesh is finally a boss of his own, after completing his two years contracts with YBNL.
The rapper, who is currently enjoying the moment of been his own boss, has just opened up on the fact that his father is a supporter of his chosen career.
He mentioned in a recent post that his father does check his page for updates.
He wrote: “posting this picture just because I know my dad will come to check my page for updates.”