A fetus was found inside a San Antonio woman’s purse while she was being apprehended for drugs in a park Thursday night.
Bernadette Rivera, 32, had several felonies worth of narcotics, including heroin and methamphetamine, on her reportedly near her private area, sources told KENS-TV.
During the search, Rivera openly told officers of the fetus in her purse and explained that she recently had a miscarriage.
“Rivera left the hospital with the remains deciding that she would determine” the disposal of them, said San Antonio Police Department Public Information Officer Romana Lopez.
Officers discovered decomposing tissue about two inches long inside a small plastic Q-Tip box covered by napkins inside Rivera’s purse, San Antonio police reported.
The fetus was estimated to be about 8 weeks old.
Detectives determined that Rivera’s possession of the fetus was not a criminal case and she is only being charged with possession of narcotics.
The Medical Examiner’s Office is in contact with Rivera’s family and they are working on funeral arrangements.
Last night, social media was swept in a storm after singer Tiwa Savage’s interview with Azuka Ogujiuba was published by Pulse, and it since has dominated conversations on social media especially because of the shocking things she revealed about her husband, Tee Billz.
And now, Nigerians are beginning to formally react to all the Mavin queen said. Most notable of them by movie producer and writer, Charles Novia, published on his blog, Charles Novia Daily.
According to Novia, the interview was completely tacky, poorly delivered, though Savage still has a right of reply.
But the producer feels her PR machine failed woefully by not portraying Savage as the iconic singer she is; having her dressed in house cloths, with a scarf bound tightly round her head just to elicit sympathy, is a minus to her brand.
“This is a video which would be watched for years to come and even more so by her kid. Having tried so hard to be a Beyonce clone in Nigeria (and that’s my perception of her artistic projections all these years), she should have known too that Beyonce never plays with her optics in any way,” Novia said, adding, “That scarf and sombre look wasn’t the right optics, if you ask me. There are more visually acceptable ways of projecting a diva’s side of the story and her PR team ( if she has any) messed it up there.”
“I watched the video interview of Tiwa Savage. And I have a few thoughts on it.
Seems to me that the basic idea, coming from a PR perspective, was to pull a fast Olivia Pope ish on the scandal which broke a few hours ago. And understandably so. Tiwa Savage is a Brand Ambassador for a few top brands such as MTN, Pepsi and Pampers.
Whatever the negative fallout of this impending and scandalous divorce, it’s going to have some downside a bit on the brands she campaigns for. So a fast ‘tell-my-side-of-the-story mode’ had to be employed and fast too.
I don’ t know if a professional PR person was involved with the packaging but it was tacky. Not professionally done, in my opinion. I’m not harping on what she said, as those things are her personal heart cry and she has a right of reply but I’m more interested in the optics of what has been put out.
First, perhaps in a bid to elicit some linear empathy or something, Tiwa was made to think that looking humble and contrite corresponds with tying a dormitory scarf on her head and looking casual in a T Shirt was a good way to send the message home. I think it only demystified her brand more. This is a video which would be watched for years to come and even more so by her kid. Having tried so hard to be a Beyonce clone in Nigeria (and that’s my perception of her artistic projectionsall these years), she should have known too that Beyonce never plays with her optics in any way. That scarf and sombre look wasn’t the right optics, if you ask me. There are more visually acceptable ways of projecting a diva’s side of the story and her PR team ( if she has any) messed it up there.
I’m asking myself too if the proprietary of having such an interview twenty four hours after the scandal was advisable. For many, it wouldn’t matter but for some, perhaps a little dignified silence would have been advisable. Ma’am, you are supposed to be pop queen. You be ‘ Dorodiva’. A simple press statement that you and your family would love to have your privacy respected at these trying period and bla bla bla would have kept everyone a bit cool till a proper interview surfaces. Recent clamping up lessons from Toke Makinwa would have helped.
And the spilling though! I really have nothing to say on that much. First, every marriage have peculiar challenges. And couples try to work things out till the pressure point either makes the marriage go South or force the brakes for reconciliation.
I have written many times about couples, especially celebrity couples who ‘flash and form’ seemingly pristine lifestyles on social media and I always end my homilies with the caveat that incessant kudos by one or even both partners to each other on social media at the slightest opportunity, are indications of a festering problem in that marriage. It’s the way it is here. The guy can be pummeling the wife every morning and she still would go up on social media to post his picture with words like ‘the only one for me…my lover, my life’. Incredible.
In her interview, Tiwa said she dreaded his birthdays or wedding anniversaries because of “what people would say”. Sad, when a marriage is predicated on keeping up appearances for the public when it should actually be more private for both couples.
Like I said, what she said in the interview is her right of reply. I would sympathise with her beyond the cosmetic sympathies she’s getting from fans, friends and fiends. She wanted a fairy tale life, worked hard to build it but found out that she was kissed by a frog who didn’t turn out to be the Prince she desired. My sympathy would be on the truncation of that dream and really not the nightmare she woke up from. Because she created it with him. And it had its entertainment value for the fans who lapped it all up.
He was still legally married, from reports back then which were either squashed or played down, yet she ignored the alarm bells and still went ahead to marry him “after the traditional introduction”. What was celebrated in far away Dubai was just a reception for the introduction perhaps and not the legal nuptials. I stand to be corrected on this?
It’s the classic case of the gullible girls always falling for the bad guys. And when you ask the question why such girls fall into that trap, they would reply that ‘I thought I could change him. That he would change’. Shiooor! His father could not change him, his mother could not change him but it’s you and your ikebe that will now change him?
The gods are wise!
She has denied the allegations of the trysts she purportedly had with Don Jazzy, Dr Sid and Tuface. Just as well too. Because I’m sure those guys must have had some temporary flaccidity after Tee’s ‘depressed’ rant. Person go just siddon e own and next tin your name go dey for somebody gbanshing list! Na wa o.
And hasn’t this marital incubus taken its toll on her career in the past year? I think it has. In my opinion, this last album of Tiwa is crap. It’s quite a flat album. And it’s being received as such since its release in December. Perhaps the matrimonial shenanigans distracted the focus.
It’s going to be hard work to rebuild her career from here on. Hard work.
But she could just reinvent her career too. She seems like one who came into the scene with a ferocious focus to be on top. And she was arguably the biggest female act on he scene before perhaps a personal yearn for emotional fulfilment veered her off the path. And in trying to make a comeback, it hasn’t been easy. The fans have limited patience and other female rivals have come on the scene.
Somehow, some comic relief seems to have come out of this. And it is perhaps culinary by inference. ‘ Edible Catering’. Talk about choking on one’s swallow! No pun intended.
I do not know how people psycho-analysed that Tee Blizz’s instagram rants were as a result of depression. It seemed like a drunken or spaced-out outcry to me when I read it. And an accompanying recant on twitter later that his account was hacked seemed too like some silly sobriety thereafter. It’s high time these celebrities stop using the hacking excuse to cover up for infantile discretions.
In all of this, I do feel some little sympathy for the couple. But there is a larger lesson to be learnt from all this by them and intending couples too ; stop trying to keep up with The Joneses when in actual fact you have forgotten that you are The Jegedes. Keep the ish real.
Oh….and if Tee Blizz was really hovering around the Lekki Ikoyi bridge as reported, for a suicide swim from which he was saved by Banky and others, then I would advise a whole squad or eagle – eyed friends to surround all bridges in Lagos after this Tiwa’s interview.
She cleaned him out. Finished his ass like he messed up hers the day before.
Depression? Nigger’s likely to see any bathtub as a river after he watches this video.”
Following one of the heaviest downpours since the start of the rainy season, a six-storey building collapsed in Nairobi on Friday night at around 9:30pm, leaving 7 people dead and about one hundred and twenty-one others injured and currently receiving treatment in the hospital.
Yahoo news is reporting that the Kenyan Red Cross and other rescue teams are on site making frantic efforts through the pile of crumbled rubble in a desperate search for survivors of the collapse which has affected about one hundred and fifty households.
“We have lost seven people after the house collapsed last night, we have 121 others who have been rescued and taken to hospital,” Nairobi police chief Japheth Koome told AFP.
A surge in the middle class has triggered an explosion in demand for housing and a rise in real estate prices in Nairobi bringing about a building boom for some years but the quality of materials used and speed of construction have sometimes been called into question.
Nairobi’s deputy Governor Jonathan Mueke, who visited the scene on Saturday morning, said an investigation would look into why the two-year old building collapsed.
“The building went down during the heavy rains, but we still want to establish if all the procedures were followed when it was constructed,” he said.
Kenya Red Cross spokeswoman Arnolda Shiundu said the site had been “complete chaos” and teams were “still searching,” assisted by a crane.
“We don’t know how many people are under the rubble, but we fear there are still several of them,” she said.
A building in another part of the city also collapsed, killing at least three people, according to local media and two neighbouring buildings in the densely-populated and poor Huruma neighbourhood were declared unsafe on Saturday and are being evacuated.
Following the crash in the marriage of Nigerian songstress, Tiwa Savage and her ex-manager, Tunji Tee Billz Balogun, many individuals and celebrities have started identifying with problems in their current relationships.
Here are five lessons celebs should learn from the Mavins singer’s crashed marriage.
– Never indulge your spouse by financing his/her excesses just to maintain a good relationship
– Always keep business away from family or pleasures at every point
– Your happiness is the most important not what the fans, public or culture will dictate
– Take time to know your spouse and his/her dirty linens before exchanging vows
– Never marry a spouse jealous of your career or eventual success in your career
Ever since the announcement of the youngster, who just released his album Y.A.G.I, was made that he’s leaving the record label which brought him to limelight, there have been mixed feelings on Social media with tons of fans asking him not to leave the label.
While these fans might not want him to leave because it’s apparent that he’s a core artiste in YBNL music group, what the star doesn’t or mightn’t know is that leaving the record label will do him no good.
In recent years, we’ve had Nigerian artistes in the same shoes as Lil Kesh and truthfully, not up to 90% made it on their own when they decided to leave their respective labels that brought out the shine in them.
YBL wishes to remind Lil Kesh of these artistes, letting him know how their careers stagnated when they left their labels.
His story has definitely gotta be the most popular cause he left two huge record labels in the space of four years!
Wande Coal’s story is akin to Lil Kesh’s cause back then, the singer decided not to renew affairs with Mo’Hits/Mavin Records after his time elapsed.
After he had issues with Don Jazzy’s MAVIN records, the coal singer went on to create his own label called Black Diamond Entertainment.
What can we say of his career since then? It has stagnated in spite of the singer working overtime to return himself to the top of Nigerian music food chain.
Who knows? Probably if he stayed with MAVIN, he too would have gotten a GLO endorsement deal like most of them did but… Oh well.
Following the accusations by Tunji TeeBillz Balogun, hubby and ex-manager of songstress, Tiwa Savage, the Mavins recording artist has opened a can of worms on their marriage that lasted two years.
Read exact words of Tiwa here>>>
With the recent outburst of your husband on Instagram, why are you just about to respond to the allegations?
The honest truth is I was in my bedroom when my friend walked into the room with a couple of other people and woke me up; and basically just started narrating what had happened. When someone wakes you up from sleep you… The honest truth, my first thought was I thought maybe they found him dead.
When they said they didn’t know where he was, my thought was, and everybody’s thought was, we need to find him.
He’s suicidal, we need to find him, we need to make sure he’s alive and he’s well. So, my initial thought was not… I didn’t even know what he had said. It was just ‘Let’s find him, let’s make sure that he’s okay and he’s alive’. So I couldn’t respond to anything because I didn’t even know the extent of what he had said till much later.
Someone actually took my phone away from me. They didn’t want me to see what was said online. I was just scared for his life. I was just panicking.
At what point did you find out that he was okay and that nothing is wrong with him?
At about 10-11, we got a call. We were in my bedroom – Banky’s mum came and she was praying, we were all praying. I know that his family in LA were praying as well. About 10-11am, we got the call that he’s been found on Lekki bridge and at least he was safe. He was, I believe in Banky’s house, and he was okay.
I remember very well 2 years ago we were all in Dubai for your wedding ceremony and yesterday was supposed to be you anniversary. I saw on Instagram you posted videos of you guys celebrating your new single which was trending yesterday, TJ wasn’t there. At what point did all these events started?
My marriage and relationship has been very public and at one point I decided that I didn’t want to make it public anymore so I’m always nervous when it comes to his birthday because if I post, they read meaning to it. If I don’t then they’ll say we’ve broken up or there is a problem in our relationship.
In this case I knew the anniversary was coming and I was either going to post or not, but the honest truth is that for the past two months, TJ and I have not been together. And it was something that we were trying to work through but for me I knew that this marriage wasn’t going to work.
It’s been like that for the past two months, I didn’t know if I should post and keep up appearances or if I should face reality.
I haven’t spoken to TJ in about a week now, he had left the house. We were supposed to get some documents for my son, his passport actually. So I was calling TJ on Sunday night because the interview was on Monday and he had booked the interview for Jam Jam online, so I wanted to know the time and other details but he was reading the messages and he wasn’t responding.
I remember I sent a message that reads, ‘TJ please let’s at least be friends and good parents to Jamil and whatever is going on between us please let’s do this for Jamil’, but he still didn’t respond, so I left it and I know one day we’ll apply for his passport.
At what point did you realize the marriage won’t work?
I have covered up for a lot of hurt in our relationship. I was in Jamaica recently and just before I went to Jamaica, I found out that I was pregnant again. We both discussed it and tried to figure out how to manage the situation, because it was another baby so soon. So I went to London and got on a 10-hour flight to Jamaica to shoot a video with Busy Signal.
But on the morning we were supposed to shoot the video, while I was doing my make-up, I started bleeding uncontrollably, so I started panicking and I called TJ. I took pictures and sent it to him, they rushed me to the hospital, I had complications but I still couldn’t reach him, so Thompson who was with me, had to help me sign all the documents in the hospital.
So I got discharged from the hospital and still tried to call TJ to let him know what happened because he didn’t call to see how I was or know what happened.
I got back to Nigeria and while we were sleeping, his phone was going off and it was middle of the night and I kept on seeing the name calling him ‘Edible Catering’. And it didn’t make sense because why would a catering company be calling my husband at that time of the night and yes as a woman, I picked up his phone and I went through his phone got into his Whatsapp and there’s this long conversation with this same ‘Edible’ number.
And I’m seeing stuff like ‘Can we meet at the hotel tonight’, ‘Do you live alone’, and ‘Is it ok if I come by’. The last message I saw was, ‘I had to leave at 7am today because you were still sleeping’.
Then he responded saying, ‘Yea because you knocked me out last night, it was a great night’.
So obviously I woke him up and was like what’s going on, and he said to me, it’s not what I think. Then I asked if all these happened on our bed, then he said no it was at a hotel but nothing happened that they were just chilling.
The thing that hurt me the most was that this happened while I was in Jamaica in a hospital and I was sending him pictures but he didn’t bother to respond because he was chilling with another woman in a hotel room.
At that point, I packed my stuff, I took my son and I went to my friend’s house, her name is Tiwa as well, I stayed the night there and she asked me one question, ‘What’s the next step?’. And I said to her, ‘I’m done’.
Has he been cheating on you before now?
I don’t think we have enough time to cover that, I don’t even know where to start or which one to say first. I’ve covered up for so long because I wanted people to believe this story that TJ is the head of the house, he’s the one that takes care of me, a loving husband, I wanted people to believe that and I wanted him to feel like a man, so I covered up so many times.
Since my son has been born, TJ has not spent one naira. I paid for the hospital bills, I paid for his flight to come to London, I paid for the apartment we stayed for two months, the clothes, the nursery, the grocery.
Even when we were in London we didn’t just go shopping for my son, we shopped for TJ as well so that when we come back to Nigeria he’ll have new things because his excuse most times is, ‘I don’t have money, I don’t have money…’
So I try to pay for everything because I have to pay for everything, otherwise where would we be? So at least he can go out to hustle or focus on the contracts he’s looking for. And he’ll still tell me he doesn’t have money to buy diapers but he has money to get haircut twice a week, he has money to do laundry, he has money to take women to hotel rooms.
Is it possible that you do everything for him but still don’t respect him as a husband?
That’s a lie! I’m not going to sit here and lie to you that every time I come home I cook… and I’m not going to make excuses and say it’s because of my career that’s why I’m busy. I’m the same person that works and puts money in the house, I’m the same person that works long hours to make sure we have a roof over our heads.
I come home late most times and very tired, sometimes I’m out of the country. There’s no time that I come downstairs to make something to eat and I don’t make for TJ and because I know what my schedule is, I had to hire a cook and I don’t think there’s anything wrong in that.
Most times he leaves home and doesn’t come back till 7am at times 2pm the following day, so how am I supposed to cook for someone that’s not in the house?
You come back drunk, angry; we were living on eggshells because we never know what mood he’ll be in. At times I even pray that he’s with another woman, so that way I know he’s still alive and has not gotten drunk in an accident or something else.
When you sacked him as your manager, what job did he start doing?
I’ll never discredit or take away the fact that TJ hustled for me; I’ll never deny that he worked hard for me or that he believed in me. But the first time I realized there was foul play was a time when he booked me for a wedding in London and our company policy is that you don’t go for a show till you’ve been fully paid.
So I got to London already and I called the accountant to confirm if payment has been made and she was like they still haven’t paid o, so I called TJ again and said these people haven’t paid and he said ‘no its fine, just go, just go and perform don’t worry everything is fine’.
Fortunately for me, I know one of the organizers, I pulled him aside and was like, ‘bros what’s going on, why haven’t you guys paid’, and he was like, ‘what are you talking about, we’ve paid about four months ago’ and we tried to confirm and realized they paid into TJ’s personal account and not company account.
Then the other thing was TJ would declare that they paid N3m meanwhile they paid N4.5m, and out of the N3M he’s still receiving his management fee of 40%.
So you are basically stealing from your wife and he doesn’t feel anything. So I had to perform at the wedding for free because TJ had already squandered the money.
He also accused your mum of ‘witchcraft’?
My mum is based in the UK and when I had Jamil she moved back to Nigeria with us. If anyone has ever met my mother, she’s not like that. She’s a sweet lady, she’s very British so she doesn’t hang up on traditions and she doesn’t judge. Infact a lot of times my mum will say to me, ‘Tiwa you are the wife, be patient, don’t shout, don’t curse, a woman builds the home.’
Whenever we have issues, TJ always runs to tell my mum and she always calms him down so she’s been nothing but a great support for me. So I’ll love for him to tell me if there’s something that my mother has done because I have no idea.
How about his allegations that you slept with Don Jazzy, Dr Sid and 2face?
I would say for the record, I have never cheated on my husband. Not with Don Jazzy, not with Dr Sid, not with 2face or anybody, and I’m willing to take a lie detector test for that. And he knows it in his heart.
(Crying) this really hurts. I’m not going to pretend like I’ve not read comments and what people are saying about me, it hurts. And it’s not true.
So what do you think drove him to attempt suicide?
I know that for any human being, when your finances are not straight, you’ll be depressed and be bothered. So I know that for a while, since he stopped working for me as my manager, he’s been struggling financially, but that wasn’t my fault.
I loved when we were working together and everybody loved us, but he messed up by starting to steal from me and being fraudulent, so I had no choice.
I wanted to save my marriage by separating the business from the home, but TJ loves to keep up with the life, he wants to live a life that’s not true without a steady income. He went to buy a car that he knew he couldn’t afford, and I ended up paying the balance of about N3M and he says I took away his manhood because he doesn’t want people to know am the breadwinner.
As a woman I want him to be the breadwinner too, and that’s why I put the balance of the car in his account so they’ll think it’s coming from him and not me.
He also went to buy a Rolex watch and he still couldn’t pay up the balance and so they called me and because I don’t want it to get out in the press (people have threatened me with that before) so I always find a way to put the money in his account so he can pay off the debt.
He keeps on putting us in debt all the time. He goes out to the clubs with women, spend money on drinks, leaves without paying and the club owner would call me and I’ll end up going to pay.
The last one that happened that I think really triggered this whole thing was that he went to borrow N45m from someone and he’s lost the money. I just found out. I was in the studio recording and got a call that EFCC is investigating that TJ is in big trouble that people may hurt him. So in my frantic move to try and suppress the situation no one could help raise the N45m he went to borrow.
Or should we talk about the fact that I walked in on him taking cocaine in my house when we were still leaving in 1004 then. It was just after we got married and I didn’t even know he does cocaine, only to walk into the kitchen and saw him snuffing. I screamed TJ!!! And he quickly hid it and he started screaming at me! So the first thing I did was call his parents. So I’m dealing with alcohol problems, the fact that you come home late, infidelity, cocaine, debts, and a husband that’s jealous of his wife’s success.
Didn’t you see these coming before you got married?
It’s a combination of everything; I didn’t know about the cocaine, I didn’t know about his third child in Nigeria apart from the two abroad that he tells everyone. I won’t say I didn’t see signs, even a lot of people warned me about the type of person TJ is, but I made a mistake and I’m not ashamed to say it at this point.
Now that I’ve made a mistake, do I want to wait 10 years or 15 years? If you are not happy you can leave and I was scared will I ever find somebody, will I ever find happiness, will I ever find someone else to marry me?
I don’t care at this point if I never get married again. All I care about now is being happy for Jamil. I care about being strong; I care about not walking on eggshells.
And you know what?
I do want a man that works, that can help me financially. Not saying he has to be a millionaire or billionaire, but somebody that can help or at least not put me in more debt.
Has he ever physically assaulted you?
No, and I’ll never play that victim card. But it was a mentally abusive relationship because all I hear everyday is how he made me, how he did this and that for me, I created you, I took you from nothing. He didn’t find me in a dustbin.
What’s the status of the marriage now?
It’s finally over. It’s been over for a while and I’ve covered up for a while. I think what happened is God sent because he’s made it easy for me to walk away because of what he did on social media because he got so many people angry, he called so many innocent names, he dragged many people including his own family.
So if I was to consider to make it work a lot of people will warn me that if it happens again I can’t come back crying. So he’s made it easy for me to finally walk away.
I’ll never stop him from seeing Jamil, never! But the only thing I’ll promise myself is to bring up my son to be a good man.
Till now I don’t wish anything bad on him, even when he was abusing me. First I was and still I’m concerned about him because I’m worried he might see this interview and trigger something else or lead him to do something bad but I don’t wish that for him.
Tonight I’m still going to pray for him. If I didn’t care about him or his well-being, I won’t have covered up for him for this long and even now I’m still helping him find a way out from his debt.
But if there’s anything that I’ve overlooked to Tunji, I’m absolutely sorry. If have done anything wrong to neglect you or not make you feel like a man, Tunji I’m sorry and you know I tried everything, you know I love you so much and I’m sorry.
I never wanted to divorce and I never wanted it to come to this and I want him to get better. I’m not just saying it for the camera but I’ll always pray for him!
In this age and time, even before this age and time, there are a million and one ways women try to get money from their partners, some might not even need to be their partner before they drain them of their doughs!!
YBL counts down five famous lies women tell to get money from their men. The actual truth is, it could go all the way round as there are some men who also tell the same lies.
So let’s check em out! Be sure to add yours too though… Don’t lie to me that you don’t LIE to get money! Pfft! Hypocrite!
1. Lend me some money. I promise to pay back.
“Promise“. Promise to do what?… when? How? Where? C’mon sister, you know your guy can’t certainly ask you back for his money… being like “Baby, how about that money you promised to pay me back?” Even you sef would condemn him and even start recounting all the things you’ve been doing for him that is worth more than money.
MSN Gang superstar artist – Oritse Femi, premieres the video to his recently released single titled – “Mr Gomina“, featuring Mavin records buzzing act Reekado Banks.
Tiwa Savage has addressed the shocking accusations leveled against her by (ex) husband Tunji ‘Teebillz’ Balogun.
Yesterday, Teebillz had taken to social media to level allegations of infidelity, neglect and passive torture from Tiwa Savage in their marriage.
He was later reported to have attempted suicide by jumping off the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge in Lagos.
The allegations brought on a lot of heat and discussions on social media, with many polarizing opinions being offered.
But in an exclusive interview with Azuka Ogujiuba, ThisDay Editor, which was obtained exclusively by Pulse TV, Tiwa Savage addressed the allegations, and made emotional revelations about her husband.
Read the edited quotes of her interview below.
1. When I woke up, I thought they found him dead. My first thought was that we need to find him, he is suicidal, and we need to make sure he is alive. I didn’t even know what he had said. Someone took my phone from me, they don’t want me to see what was said online. I was just sacred for his life.
2. At around 10 and 11, Banky W’s Mum and his family were praying, and we got the call that he was found in Lekki, and that he has been taken to Banky’s House.
3. For the past two months, TJ and I have not been together, it was something we were working through, but I knew this marriage would not work.
4. I haven’t spoke to TJ in about a week, and we were supposed to get some passports for my son. He was reading the messages and he wasn’t responding. I begged him to be friends, and let’s be good parents to Jamil. He didn’t respond.
5. I covered up for a lot of hurt in our relationship. Just before I went to Jamaica, I found out that I was pregnant. We were just trying to find out how we were going to manage another baby so soon. I got to London, on a 10-hour flight to shoot a video with Busy Signal (Reggae Artiste). While doing my makeup, I found out I was bleeding and I passed out. I was rushed to the hospital, and we were trying to call TJ to tell him what happened. While we were sleeping at two AM a number called him saved as Edible Catering….I checked his phone, and the number was asking him if she can come to his hotel. She responded that He (TJ) knocked her out last night, that he was a great night. I confronted him, and he said he took another woman to the hotel and said they were just chilling. This happened the period I was in Jamaica, and I was in the hospital. I sent TJ pictures, and he was busy with another woman. I was in ahospital and you couldn’t be bothered find out what happened to me. I packed my stuff, took my son and went to my friends house, her name is Tiwa also. I stayed the night, and she asked me for the next step, I told her I was done.
6. I covered up for so long because I wanted people to believe that TJ is the one that takes care of me, TJ is the head of the house…I wanted him to be the head of the house. I covered up so much.
7. TJ has not spent one Naira, I paid for hospital bills, his flight, his accommodation, we also went shopping for TJ so that he will have new things. His excuse was that Í don’t have money’. I had to pay for everything so that he can go out and hustle, and get the contracts. He didn’t have money for diapers, but he had money to have a bi-weekly haircut, had money to pay for his laundry, had money to take a woman to the hotel.
8. His cooking allegations is a lie. I am not going to say because of my career that I am not going to cook. I work long hours to put money in the house, I work to make sure that we have a roof over our house. I come back home really late, and when I make something for myself, I make some for TJ. I had to hire a cook to cook for me, him and the other people that live in the house, I don’t think that is wrong…Even if it is true, the things he puts me through will not even encourage me to ask him if he is hungry. He goes out and you come home at 7 in the morning, sometime 2pm. He comes back drunk, he comes back angry, and we don’t know what sort of mood he is in. Sometimes TJ will go out and he will not call, and he will not tell him. I am just sacred for his safety, I will be calling him frantically, to find out that he didn’t go and drink. I am even praying that he is with another woman, so that at least I know that he is alive. That’s not the person that I will ask if he has eaten.
9. When I sacked him as my manager – I will never discredit or take away that TJ worked hard, hustled and believed in me. But what I will say is that at one point….he is booking events and he will book shows. The first time I found out that there was foul play was when he booked me for a wedding in London. I have to be paid before I perform. I called one of the organisers, and said I have not been paid. He said that the show has been paid four months ago, he showed me the account were they paid him. TJ declared that the show was for 3M but they really paid 4.5M, out of the 3M he was still receiving the management fee 40%. He took money already, and collected his percentage, and he didn’t feel anything. He was stealing from his wife. I had to perform at the wedding for free. I do get to perform for free when he takes my money.
10. My mum is based in the UK, and when I had Jamil she moved back to Nigeria with us. My mother is not like that (witchcraft), she is a sweet lady, and she’s very British, she doesn’t judge, she is not hung up like that. A lot of times, my mom would say ‘Tiwa you are the wife, be patient, don’t curse don’t shout, build the home.’ She has been nothing but a great support for me. I would love for him to tell me if there is something my mother has done.
Tiwa Savage keeps spilling the beans on what led to a breakdown in their marriage.
The songstress in an exclusive interview obtained by Pulse yesterday, Thursday, April 28, 2016 revealed all the nitty-gritty going on in their home.
According to her, “I am dealing with infidelity, cocaine, bad debt and a husband jealous of his wife’s success.”
“I walked in on TJ taking cocaine in my house in 1004 (Victoria Island, Lagos). I didn’t even know he takes cocaine. I walked into the kitchen, and I saw him taking cocaine, so I screamed, and asked if that is cocaine. HE started screaming that ‘What am I doing down here, where is the cocaine?’ How can someone without money take cocaine? I called his parents and complained that I can deal with weed, but cocaine, no. So I am dealing with his alcohol problem, you come home late, infidelity, cocaine, bad debt, jealousy over my success.”
Speaking further on the allegations she revealed their marriage has been full of infidelity, mismanagement of funds and mental abuse.
She also said they’ve gotten help for the embattled artiste manager several times but he keeps backsliding.
Savage said, “He was getting help at one point when the whole cocaine thing came out. This has been happening for a long time. We get him help and he goes to see a doctor or a pastor, or a counsellor and he uses his own hands to ruin things again. If I didn’t care about him, I wouldn’t be covering up for a lot of things. I wouldn’t be searching for help for him. Even now I am still searching for a way to help him out of his debt.”
Also speaking about her mental abuse, she said, “Everyday all I hear from TJ is that ‘I created you, I took you from nothing, look at you now.”
More development keeps arising as Tiwa Savage opens up shedding more light on what really went wrong with their marriage.
Savage pouring out her heart in the interview, revealed TeeBillz never cared, was unconcerned about her health even when she got pregnant and lost the baby.
“Just before I went to Jamaica, I found out that I was pregnant. We were just trying to find out how we were going to manage another baby so soon. I got to London, on a 10-hour flight to shoot a video with Busy Signal (Reggae Artiste).
While doing my makeup, I found out I was bleeding and I passed out. I was rushed to the hospital, and we were trying to call TJ to tell him what happened. While we were sleeping at two AM a number called him saved as Edible Catering….I checked his phone, and the number was asking him if she can come to his hotel. She responded that He (TJ) knocked her out last night, that he was a great night.
I confronted him, and he said he took another woman to the hotel and said they were just chilling. This happened the period I was in Jamaica, and I was in the hospital. I sent TJ pictures, and he was busy with another woman. I was in a hospital and you couldn’t be bothered find out what happened to me.
I packed my stuff, took my son and went to my friends house, her name is Tiwa also. I stayed the night, and she asked me for the next step, I told her I was done.”
Obviously, it’s a no going back for Tiwa who said she doesn’t care if she never marries again.
Recall that on Thursday, April 28, 2016, Tiwa Savage’s husband and former manager Tunji ‘Tee Billz’ Balogun shared some very disturbing posts about his marriage on Instagram.
Tiwa Savage clearly has a lot to say concerning her failed marriage.
In an emotional interview exclusively obtained by Pulse, the singer says she never knew of his third child here in Nigeria.
According to her,
“Before marriage, I didn’t know of his third child in Nigeria. A lot of people warned me about him, but I am going to say I made a mistake. At the beginning everyone says you can’t leave the marriage because our culture frowns on it. I made a mistake, do I have to wait ten years, 15 years?
If I am not happy. And I was scared that if I ever find somebody else to marry me? That’s the misconceptions of our society. I don’t care if I ever get married again. I care about being happy for Jamil, I care about not walking on eggshells.
I do want a man that works, that will help me with my financial burden. He doesn’t have to be a millionaire or billionaire, but at least someone that helps, and won’t put me in more debt.”
Tiwa Savage (left), TeeBillz Kids (right)
Speaking more on her marriage troubles, she said,
“The marriage is finally over, it’s been over for a while, and I have covered up for a while. What happened was God-sent, and he made it easier for me to walk away with what he did on social media. He got so many people angrier, he pulled so many innocent people into this. Even his family. He made it easy for me to finally up and walk away.”
Teebillz with his son
Savage pouring out her heart in the interview, revealed TeeBillz never cared, was unconcerned about her health even when she got pregnant and lost the baby.
Obviously, it’s a no going back for Tiwa who said she doesn’t care if she never marries again.
A few hours ago, Paul Okoye took to Instagram to dish unsolicited advise to fellow celebrities and entertainers.
“Please beware of these two evil spirits – the spirit of insecurity and ranting spirit,” he posted moments ago, and also added the caption, “word”.
The quote seemed to have been typed directly on a mobile device and was not attributed to any source, and so fans have assumed the words to be the P-Square star’s own words.
Although, it is unclear who Okoye is referring to, people are already making a few guesses based on recent events in Nigerian social media platforms.
Read his full note:
However, this is the first controversial comment the singer is making since he made peace with his brother, Peter Okoye. Recall that the P-Square family drama kept social media busy for weeks after Peter Okoye called out their elder brother Jude on social media. But they made peace and have since traveled to South Africa to shoot a new video.
And so, when Paul Okoye took to his page to make this statement, many people assumed he was referring to a more recent family drama involving Tiwa Savage and her husband.
Ubi Franklin is currently catching a lot of flak for the interview he granted media house, Hip TV.
According to the Triple MG boss, many Nigerian artistes become difficult to control after they become famous, and he added that many of these celebrities had to beg to get signed to record labels in the first place.
Recall that the record label boss has been in a messy feud with singer Emma Nyra. In an interview with Vanguard Newspapers, Nyra made scathing remarks about her relationship with Ubi Franklin and accused the label boss of physically abusing her, saying that it was why she left.
Also, she accused Franklin of not addressing her grievances, managing her career and finances.
And so, when Hip Tv published Franklin’s new interview, folks trooped to social media to criticise him.
Olajumoke Orisaguna is climbing the social ladder, and according to Daily Post, the hottest new model reveals that her life has quite changed from how it used to be.
“My lifestyle has changed. I am looking healthier, living healthier; I have more things to be thankful for,” the new model said, adding, “I have a lot of clothes, not just clothes but fashionable ones. I eat better things. People have been helping us from right, left and centre.”
However, she maintains that she is still the same Olajumoke who struggled to make ends meet and support her family. “I am still the same Jumoke people know. The same Jumoke people knew in Osun state is the same as the Jumoke speaking with you right now, but the story of my life has changed.”
Notably, the mum of two daughters has not changed one aspect of her life, keeping friends. “I don’t have friends now. My husband and my children are my friends now,” she said. “Even while in Osun state, I didn’t keep friends. I don’t like going to a friend’s house to gossip and all that. It is not because God has smiled on me, no, that is who I am. I can never go back to hawking. I am now a model. I have a better work I do now,” she noted, adding that she does not miss hawking a bit.
Fast rising sensational act “GILO” is back with a Monster Dance Hall Hit Titled “OKO OLOSHO”. The brilliant melody has been filtered to get you on your feet and dominate your playlist playing it for hours.
OKO OLOSHO is set to rave clubs, parties and many social gatherings as “Gilo” teams up with hitmaker 2T Boiz to deliver this brilliant piece.
GILO is set to take over the industry as he has proved on this track and previous tracks that he is one unique artist to watch out for as he will definitely be a strong force to reckon with.
The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba Erediauwa Akpolokpolo I, has been reported dead.
The announcement was made a short while ago made the Iyase (Prime Minister) of Benin Kingdom, Sam Igbe, in an official statement from the palace.
“King has reunited with his Ancestors,” the statement by the Iyase read, after it was confirmed that Omo n ‘Oba had finally given in to a long-running battle with an unknown illness.
Oba Erediauwa, born in 1923, ascended the throne of his fathers in 1979 to become the 38th Oba of Benin, traditional ruler of the Edo people in Benin City.
Prior to his coronation as supreme ruler of Benin kingdom, he was addressed as Prince Solomon Akenzua, and took on the title Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa I after succeeding his father Oba Akenzua II, in a ceremony held in Benin city, on March 23, 1979.
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has showed his disappointment at Head of States, President Muhammadu Buhari for his reaction to the increasing attacks and killings by herdsmen in several states in the country.
In an address to the National Conference on Culture and Tourism on Wednesday said he was shocked by the President’s claim that the attacks would soon be over, Punch reports.
He added that comments made by the President and the government fell short of expectation and did not provide any reassurance for Nigerians.
He said:
“When I read a short while ago, the Presidential assurance to this nation that the current homicidal escalation between the cattle prowlers and farming communities would soon be over, I felt mortified.
“He had the solution, he said. Cattle ranches were being set up, and in another 18 months, rustlings, destruction of livelihood and killings from herdsmen would be ‘a thing of the past’. Eighteen months, he assured the nation. I believe his Minister of Agriculture echoed that later, but with a less dispiriting time schema.
“Neither, however, could be considered a message of solace and reassurance for the ordinary Nigerian farmer and the lengthening cast of victims, much less to an intending tourist to the Forest Retreat of Tinana in the Rivers, the Ikogosi Springs or the Moslem architectural heritage of the ancient city of Kano. In any case, the external tourists have less hazardous options.”
When a friend and I saw this, the dude went, WTF?! Certainly, you can’t rock this in Nigeria and not be called an effeminate or gay sef! Pfft!
The football running back for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, Ezekiel Elliott had this outfit y’all are seeing worn at the night of Thursday’s NFL draft.
The NFL star is obviously seen rocking a crop-top dress shirt.
Would a typical Nigerian man rock this? The first man that will come to my mind is Denrele Edun.
A few days ago, Delectable Actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie her husband and their two kids had so much fun at the pool and she shared the Photos (See The Photos Here).
Now, here’s an Epic Throwback Picture of the Delectable actress during her “Struggling” days with Actor & Politician – Desmond Elliot.
Mercy Johnson married Prince Odianosen Okojie on August 27, 2011 after meeting him aboard a flight from France in 2008.
The actress is a mother to three kids and was delivered of her third child from her marriage of four years, in December 2015.
While I vividly remember this photo, lovely actress, Stella Damasus says she was just 22 when the photo was taken. If one takes a look at her recent photo, now that she’s 38, you can hardly compare and contrast the difference!
18 year old star, Kylie Jenner, looks unusually innocent as she plays cover star of Glamour magazine UK’s latest issue…
Like I said, she looks unusually innocent as this has definitely gotta be one of her best looks yet.
Speaking to the publication, she says she is an inspiration to young girls who want to stand on their own…
I’m a young woman, for one thing, and I don’t depend on a man or anybody else. I make my own money and start my own businesses, and I feel like I’m an inspiration for a lot of young girls who want to stand on their own.’ ‘I haven’t had a dollar of my mum’s money for five years. Ever since I started earning my own money, I’ve paid for everything: all my cars, houses, clothes, everything.
‘I like to know exactly what’s going on and I’m actually quite careful with what I spend. We all are as a family.’
Annie Idibia and her husband 2baba are currently one of the trending topics in Nigeria and it’s all because of the shocking rants Tee Billz, the husband of singer Tiwa Savage, shared on his Instagram page yesterday morning. (Read Here)
In his posts, the manager accused legendary singer 2baba Idibia, among others, of sleeping with his wife. And also, that it was Annie Idibia who always served him home-cooked meals.
Not long after, Nigerians on social media unearthed the stories surrounding the earlier thorny relationship between Annie Idibia and her husband. Memes flew. People mocked the actress and business woman.
Annie Idibia has proven that she is unperturbed by this stories, that she continues to stand by her husband.
“#AgbadaGang,” she captioned the photo of themselves all dressed up in agbada made by Tiannah’s Empire. And in another post, she revealed that it was the outfit they wore to the British High Commission event held on the Queen’s birthday.
While in the midst of all this “Teewa” marital drama and even Tee Billz accusing his wife of sleeping with 2 Face, 2 Face looks stuck with his only wife as they both stepped out looking glamorous for the British high commission dinner in Abuja.
Annie Idibia, as always, looks as admirable as can be in her Agbada by Tiannah Styling.
2 Face on the other hand, is one dapper looking gentleman!
Trust Nigerians to make a Joke out of everything…even something as serious as depression.
Recall yesterday morning, Thursday, 323 Management Boss Teebillz went on an Instagram rant about his pop star wife, Tiwa Savage and other family members..
Nigerians on Twitter of course went creative with memes and some of the comments are just too funny…
Check out some of the best tweets and reactions about Tiwa Savage and Tee Billz’ brouhaha:
A woman named Tabitha Boyce has recounted how her son, Jacob, handled some kids trying to bully him – in a post that has been shared over 10,000 times on Facebook.
According to her, they were both exiting the car after a long day at the track when some neighborhood kids started laughing and pointing at him. They were taunting him about his spandex track uniform. Rather than get into a fight, he replied them saying,
“This my track uniform and I’ve been at the track running all day, while you sleep and play I’m at work, which is where you need to be”
When another boy tried to insult him by saying he is probably a slow runner, her son Jacob went into the house and came out with just some of his medals.
According to Tabitha, the bullies’ eyes lit up in amazement, looked pretty surprised and they were speechless.
Yola, April 28, 2016 (NAN) The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is to deploy medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical professionals to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps nationwide.
The Director General of NYSC, Brig-Gen. Sule Kazaure, made this known Thursday while flagging-off the NYSC intervention programme at Damare IDPs camp in Yola.
Kazaure said that the deployment of NYSC to the camps was part of the scheme’s contribution to government’s efforts in assisting the IDPs.
“This programme, which is designed to bring succour to the inmates in this centre, is also intended to compliment government’s efforts towards provision of the welfare needs of members of IDPs nationwide.
“The scheme, therefore, will deploy the services of corps professionals such as medical doctors, nurses, pharmacist, etc to the centre to assist Federal Government in the provision of medical and other sundry needs of the IDPs.
“Specifically corps members will be participating in medical outreaches, environmental sanitation, educational intervention and general awareness creation on healthy living,” he said.
Kazaure also said that the scheme would use the opportunity provided by the programme to distribute food items and other materials to the IDPs.
He said that the flag-off of the intervention programme was his major official assignment outside Abuja and this was an indication of the importance the NYSC attached to the plight of the IDPs.
Kazaure urged other wealthy Nigerians and corporate organisations to assist government in rehabilitating IDPs in the country.
He commended the military, NEMA, Red Cross, NGOs and various faith based organisations for their contributions to welfare of IDPs.
“I want to thank you all, especially, the corps members who despite all odds are currently serving in the state,” Kazaure said.
The leader of IDPs in Damare camp, Mallam Modu Gana, lauded the intervention programme of the NYSC which he said was timely.
Gov. Muhammadu Jibrilla of Adamawa and the State Coordinator of NEMA,Sa’ad Bello, also lauded NYSC for the gesture, which they said, reflected one of the objectives of the scheme.
A very close source who spoke to Bellanaija has revealed that Tee Billz is “safe and with loved ones”.
When asked if Tee Billz’ Instagram account was hacked, the source confirmed that the Instagram messages were posted by Tee Billz though he is being advised to say it was a hack.
On whether this is a publicity stunt of some sort – “definitely not” was the answer given.
On reports that Tee Billz attempted suicide this morning, the source declined to comment but told Bellanaija that “today has been a difficult and traumatic day for everyone. People should remember that there are children involved here and we should all be sensitive and supportive”
He added, their 2nd wedding anniversary was 2 days ago so it is an emotional time.
On how Tiwa Savage is coping, “pray for her like you would your sister in this situation”.
He ended by saying Tee Billz is “Safe and is surrounded by people who love him…Tunji is a great guy, he will overcome this”.
I’m an avid reader of your blog and i just wanted to share my own 2cents on the Tiwa and teebillz matter so my fellow Nigerians can open their eyes on this fiasco.
First of all, i have learnt in life that things are not always what they seem like in the world of celebrities, that’s why it’s called “show” business, I have no doubt that teebillz was experiencing depression prior to his outburst, but his rant on IG is very typical of an insecure man that abuses his wife physically and emotionally, I am a married man myself and unfortunately I have been in the eye of the storm of other people’s abusive marriages; trying to be the peacemaker , from those experiences I have observed that it’s common for the man to be insecure and falsely accuse his wife of unproven infidelity , and to never accept responsibility for the failure of his marriage/life.
You will notice that teebillz never took any responsibility for his life; he blamed his father, his mother in law, Tiwa, don jazzy e.t.c. Tiwa savage’s career story is an experiment on if a woman can be successful in naija without her husband becoming jealous and insecure, you don’t marry a celebrity woman and be expecting her to cook for you or regularly ask you if you’ve eaten, how reasonable is that? the price of fame is that you don’t get to cling to a normal life like everyone else. How come the women that are married to celebrity men never complain about not always seeing their husbands or their constant infidelity?
It’s shocking that I was just watching Tiwa’s new video “if I start to talk” yesterday and I wondered about the imagery depicted in it; I thought she might be trying to share something about her experience with the world, but a lot of people missed it, there are subtle signs that she is being physically abused in her marriage.
Lastly if teebillz really wanted to commit suicide he wouldn’t be so “attention seeking “about it , the best way someone like him can destroy his successful wife is to cater to the emotions of Nigerians with the suicide claim ,why did he rant on IG first? Why did he not go to the bridge and silently jump? How did banky W know he was there?
Why did he not consider a more direct way of dying? (Run into a fast moving car).My people let us open our eyes and stand for justice, I don’t care much about Tiwa or teebillz but I know that this whole buhaha is a testament to the mentality of the typical Nigerian man”.
