Media Personality, Toke Makinwa, shared the below story this afternoon of how herex boyfriend ended their relationship because she was from a poorer background.
Read:
“On this journey to success, it is important to inspire and motivate others so that on the days you feel less motivated, you too can find inspiration in another persons success story.
Today I remembered something deep. I used to like this one guy and he didn’t like me back like I liked him. He was into me but something was off.
One day after he was breaking up with me yet again I asked him why he didn’t think we would work out? He responded with “we are from different worlds”, he said his family had high expectations of him to bring home someone of a similar background to his and he couldn’t take us further cos basically to him my daddy was a nobody.
I cried to bed that night but even in my tears, I developed a hunger for success.
I never wanted to feel that way again so I vowed to make a name for myself. To make something out of my life. I got my shit together and started working hard cos I already know what it feels like to be a “nobody”, I wanted to become more. I work hard to be more, to inspire and to leave my name in the stars. I’m not quite there yet but I’m on a journey and I feel so blessed to love what I do.
Radio/Tv/Vlogging and basically monetizing my life. My career makes me dream and Prayer helps me key into my dreams. With faith I see that God rewards diligence. Today I’m still building, brick by brick, stone after stone, I will get there and you too can” – she wrote
Kim Kardashian-West has finally released a photo of her baby boy Saint West. Kim, who shared the photo on her website, said she did it in honor of her late father Robert Kardashian whose post-humous birthday is today, February 22.
In December last year, Kim and Kanye welcomed their second child three weeks before Kim’s due date and the world has been dying to see what the power couple’s son looks like since then.
Now that we have finally seen his face, we know that Saint is an adorable child just like his big sister Nori!
Kim shared the above photo of Saint as he slept peacefully all dressed in white on her monetized app moments ago. She wrote: “Today is my dad’s birthday. I know there’s nothing more in the world he would have wanted than to meet his grandchildren. So I wanted to share this pic of Saint with you all.”
The Lagos State Police Command on Friday, February 19 paraded three members of the gang that allegedly robbed the Festac branch of popular online retailer, Jumia on October 29, 2015. The gang looted N1.2 million in cash, phones, laptops and clothes.
The gang was smashed following a tip-off received by the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) that a member of the gang identified as Ogaga Pemu had arranged with someone to service his operational German pistol and also provide magazines for the weapon, The Nations reports.
According to Pemu, who was arrested at Joe Baddy Hotel in Mende, Maryland, Yohanna who worked for JUMIA provided his gang information on the company in exchange for N200,000.
“We were six that participated in the robbery. Myself, Daniel the store keeper and his older brother, Hosea. Don Domie, Chris and another guy. We got N1.2million. I gave Hosea N400,000 for him and his brother. Their share was N200,000 each. I took N250,000, gave Don and Chris N200,000 each and gave the other guy who was a new person N150,000. That operation was my fourth. I was arrested first and then I told the police how to get them and they were also arrested. But the other members have fled.”
Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni who paraded the suspects said two locally made pistols, two cartridges, a locally-made magazine with two .9mm live ammunition and a laptop were recovered from the gang, adding that investigation was ongoing to arrest the absconded members.
Harrysong has been crowned the Most Creative Man of the Year at the 13th edition of Sun Awards ceremony.
The event was held at the Eko Convention Centre on Saturday, November 20, 2016 with top dignitaries like Oba of Lagos,Rilwanu Akiolu, Bola Tinubu, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, Nuhu Ribadu and many others in attendance.
Harrysong’s award was presented by the Chairman of Sun Newspapers who is also a former Governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu.
The elated singer took to Instagram to express his excitement. He wrote ‘ About last nite..the sun awards..won the most creative man of the year..brothers..sisters..followers..fans ..lovers..just want u’ll to know that it’s been God all the way..don’t stop working..don’t stop praying..@fivestarmusicng #AKAGUM is a sin ??
Recently we reported that, Obi Chukwuka Noah Akaeze I, 17, (pictured above), was recently Installed as the king of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State following the death of his father, Obi Akaeze Edward Ofulue III who was kidnapped and subsequently murdered last month by unknown gunmen.
Actress, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry met with child comedian, Emmanuella at a show over the weekend.
The savvy actress took to Instagram and shared a photo with the up and coming child star with the words,
‘Emmanuella killed the show! Raw talent, I was WOWED! U remember her? “this is not my real face oh” May God take u to greater heights IJN…..@officialemanuella’
On seeing these videos, Seun Egbegbe stormed Toyin’s movie location, reportedly took her away and seized her phones, then started posting his own pictures.
Now the actress has gotten hold of her phones back. Upon her return, Toyin has deleted all his photos.
However, fans say she should go back to her ex-husband, Adeniyi Johnson(See Screenshot Below). Also recall she left him after he allegedly cheated on her. He even confessed she caught him flirting.
Veteran Nollywood Actress, Shan George moments ago took to her Instagram page to expose a Soundcity staff who she claimed swindled her of N100,000.
According to the 45 year old actress, she had met with a certain Andrew Ameh Ujah known as DRO and also made a deal with him to help in the promotion of her music video by airing the video on Urban Music Channel, Soundcity. The said Andrew demanded a sum of N100,000 before the video could be aired on their TV Station.
However, Shan says even after she made the payment the video has not been played.
When she contacted him to find out what the problem was, Ameh had stated that the music video titled Summer Rose and directed by MattMax, was rubbish and couldn’t be played.
But according to Ms. George, who shared an evidence of payment, Ameh had previewed the video and approved before she paid him.
She also stated that he has refused to refund her money despite the fact that he didn’t keep his end of their agreement.
Mavin Record Artiste and Mother of 1, Tiwa Savage is currently in London for the London Fashion week which she apparently attended yesterday, February 21st.
The singer shared photos from her first day at the event yesterday. Photos Below:
Now the 68 year old Swedish woman, Mona Lisa Larsson, has accused Guvnor Ace of using her to get into Europe. He has dumped her and now wants to marry a younger Ugandan woman.
Guvnor visited Sweden last December and has obviously started singing a new song. According to Monalisa, Guvnor Ace is seeking political asylum in Norway with this other women.
She made the accusations in two post she shared on her Facebook wall yesterday.
“Please tag her family members to put this woman in order,” Annie captioned the photo of the unknown woman, adding, “She needs to stop bugging my family. I’m a peaceful person.” And then she threatened to leak the lady’s messages.
Annie quickly deleted the post shortly after she made it, and it wasn’t long before people who knew the lady let the cat out of the bag on social media.
From the conversations, and confirmation from top blogger Stella Dimorkokokus, the mystery lady is Raymond Dokpesi’s niece who allegedly had been dating 2baba Idibia.
Is this bime? She looks different here…Tuface allegedly disvirgined this girl nau….I wrote the story years back,infact he was supposed to marry her sef……Hmmm make i no talk too much …..well, well well, the past comes haunting – Popular Gossip Blogger, Stella Dimorkokokus wrote.
It is alleged that the lady, named ‘Bime’, met 2baba back when she was a student at the University of Lagos and kicked off a brief affair with him.
Now, she seems to be back and a clearly worried Annie decided to use the power of social media to ridicule her.
Davido might not be a legend yet in Nigerian music but his achievement can’t be overstated. The 23 year old in a very short time in the music business has been able to put many Nigerian music stars on the map.
Most of those he put on the map have gone on to be megastars of their own and some of them are even his rivals today.
We takes a look at 7 music stars that Davido put on the limelight!
Runtown
Runtown gathered airplay when he released Party Like 1980 but his big break didn’t come until he got a verse from Davido.
The HKN chief laced Runtown’s biggest hit, Gallardo with one of his best verses and the Eric Many artiste has gone on to become a star of his own.
Monalisa Chinda and Daughter (Below Right) during her Traditional Marriage.
Nollywood actress, Monalisa Chinda yesterday had her traditional marriage ceremony to Victor Tonye Cole in Port-Harcourt (click here if you missed it).
Prior to that, she had a chat with ThisDay Newspaper where she talks about being a single mum, how much she loves being loved, her past marriage with Dejo Richards, her new marriage to Victor Cole and more.
See excerpts below.
On motherhood: Motherhood is the most honourable blessing I have ever received. It has changed the way I live, think, feel and behave. Who knew you could feel so much love for someone? The only word I can think of is to describe it as a joyful experience.
On being a single mum: Everything comes in stages; they need to have a lot of patience, be flexible and hardworking. As a single working mother, I know it gets hard sometimes to raise a child on your own. Through your busy schedule, it can be easy to forget that you are not alone when you have so much to deal with. Building your own support system gives you a shoulder to lean on when it comes to all the things that come with raising a child. It’s great to surround yourself with life-minded people or people you trust to be involved in your everyday life. In my case, I am incredibly lucky to have a wonderful family and close friends who are always ready to help as needed. And every day I feel enriched by everything that is going on in my life. I am so proud to be a mother.
On balancing work and motherhood: My daughter is my happiness; so I always have time for her. For me, I try to always work around my daughter’s schedule. By doing this, I give my all to my profession and her upkeep. Most times, we sleep together and I make sure she doesn’t miss my presence when I am out on set. At times, I take her out to most of the places I go to and at the end of the day she is tucked into bed. I set aside some time for myself and plan how to work for the next day. This is the time I will reflect over the day’s work and prepare for the next day.
On getting married again: I would love to remarry. In fact, I’m designed to be under a man. I’m not going to lie that I like this single mother nomenclature. But whereby there is no one at the moment, one is bound to get used to the situation.
It’s not a do-or-die affair because I have been there before. Anything I’m going to do now, it has to be done right. I’m not in the school of thought where the first one happened and perhaps, the second one. No, any bold step I have to take in settling down again, it has to be right. I’m not ready to make another mistake. But I will definitely remarry. I believe in the principles of marriage.
Whether you like it or not, marriage is a better option. I love the whole concept and idea of love. I am open to love and marriage that would work. Marriage is always a better option and I love to be loved. I am currently engaged to the best man in this earth.
We just concluded the introduction ceremony. The white wedding is scheduled to hold soon but I will not disclose the date. But it will take place this year by the special grace of God.
On rumours that she is pregnant: You can see that I’m not pregnant. Naturally, I’m not pregnant for anybody.
On if her ex comes back to beg: God forbid! He’s a closed chapter in my life. Yes, he is the father of my beloved daughter. He speaks to his child whenever he wants to.
On divorce: One thing I regret most is the fact that I am divorced. Where I come from, I am the first daughter. I am from a royal family; it was never on record in my family that the first daughter would walk out of her matrimonial home. But it (my marriage) was a matter of life and death.
Otherwise, I would have stayed back and make my marriage work. I tried to make it work, but it takes two people to tango.
That’s the only thing I regret, having to raise my child without the father. It’s a bit painful. But I have to live with it. It’s better that way than to expose my little daughter to all sorts of domestic violence.
It will definitely disorient her and affect her upbringing. She will be dysfunctional. God knows the best. May be, I should have been more careful and make my marriage work.
It was definitely an amazing end to the year for actress, Stephanie Okereke as she welcomed a baby in December 2015.
The actress had her son, Maxwell Enosata Linus with her second husband Idahosa Linus. The actress and producer shared this cute new photo of her husband, Linus Idahosa and their adorable baby boy, Maxwell.
Osita Iheme popularly known as PawPaw was hosted at the birthday party of Popular Malawian pastor and founder of Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECG), Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, few days ago.
The flamboyant Pastor who is one of the richest in Africa arrived the birthday venue accompanied by a fleet of cars and a yellow helicopter all branded “Happy Birthday Major 1.”
A mother whose only son died after treatment in a Lagos hospital tells her heartbreaking story:
Mrs. Lillian Essien is a distraught woman. Her anguish was palpable as she spoke amidst tears. She just lost her only son — two-year-old Shawn.
Essien’s story is telling. Prior to her son’s birth, she had suffered a “terrible miscarriage” and was trying to recover when she got pregnant again. According to her, Shawn’s birth brought her joy, adding that the boy was a constant excitement to her while he lived.
She spoke in a disconsolate voice; weak, resigned and quiet..
Her words were filled with anguish and cry for justice as she narrated how her son died due to “negligence” of a Lagos private hospital, De Vitals Cares Hospital, Ilogbo in Ojo Local Government Area.
Essien said she wanted the private hospital to be brought to book for the untimely death of Shawn. According to her, the hospital did not give her son the appropriate treatment.
She told PUNCH’s Bayo Akinloye what happened on the day she took her only son to De Vitals.
“On December 9, 2015, I took my two-year-five-month-old son to De Vitals Cares Hospital at Babalola Bus Stop in Ilogbo for treatment. My child had been restless all night and had woken up weak and with yellowish eyes. We hurriedly left the house very early in the morning and got to the hospital a few minutes past 7am. They inserted a cannula (into his body), took his blood and put him on intravenous fluid immediately (after) his blood had been taken.
“I asked the medical doctor attending to him why the IV was given and what drugs were being injected into the IV, since the results of the tests weren’t out yet. And my son wasn’t passing out stool or vomiting. He murmured ‘B-complex’ and walked away. About an hour later, the doctor walked back into the room and I asked him if the test results were out and what the results of the tests were, he said he would be back and walked out again. He kept coming in and out of the room without telling me what the results were.
“This got me very worried. I started to feel something was horribly wrong with my son and that was why he didn’t want to tell me what the results were. The next time he came into the room I told him I wanted to know what the test results were and he said it was acute malaria and his PCV (packed cell volume) was 18 per cent and that he might need a blood transfusion,” Essien said.
Another IV, a saline solution, she noted was given to her son, with the hospital medical staff saying it will “wash away the yellowness from my son’s eyes.”
But her son’s condition worsened.
“My son became very restless when the second IV fluid got half way and it seemed like he was trying hard to breathe. I asked three nurses that came into the room if they had a nebulizer but they all didn’t seem to know what a nebulizer was. They said I shouldn’t be scared that it’s malaria parasite that made him restless. They kept assuring me that by the next morning, he will be fine,” Shawn’s mother said.
With Shawn’s health not improving, the hospital reportedly gave him a third and a fourth IV. At the third IV, his stomach, arms and feet were double of their sizes, his mother said. Despite the baby’s worsening condition, Essien said the hospital assured her the baby would be fine.
“My son seemed to be finding it so hard to breathe. The doctor came in again and I asked him exactly what all the IV fluids were for; that my child wasn’t passing out any stool neither was he vomiting. I don’t think he needs any more IV fluid. He left the room immediately and less than a minute later a nurse came in and said the doctor asked her to take out the IV.
“At about 10.33pm, the doctor came into the room and I said, ‘Doctor, please help me. My baby isn’t getting any better.’ He replied ‘Madam, pray to God to help you!’ He said he had decided to transfer my son and he wrote a referral letter for me to take my son to another hospital. My son had started gasping and his eyes seemed to have gone right into their sockets and looking even more yellowish,” she added.
By midnight, Essien and Shawn arrived at Isolo General Hospital. The chubby two-year-old was said to have arrived too late as he died about two minutes after he arrived the hospital.
“We got to the Isolo General Hospital, past midnight. The doctor on call seemed shocked after reading the referral letter. I remember him murmuring ‘What kind of stupid doctor administered all this medication to a child!’ He immediately put my son on oxygen and my son passed away in my arms after about two minutes.
Two weeks after Shawn’s death, Essien got a call from one Dr. Vitalis Mezie, the Chief Medical Director of the private hospital that treated her baby.
“I got a call from a certain Dr. Vitalis. He said he was the owner and medical director of the hospital where my son was treated. And that he was calling to apologise for the incompetence of his staff, which led to my son’s demise. He asked if I could send my address, so that he can come and apologise face to face and pay condolence. He came over a few days later with a member of his staff called Jerry.
“According to Dr. Vitalis, on the day I brought my son to his hospital, he had a court case in Ijebu-Ode (in Ogun State) and left a certain doctor in charge. The doctor in charge had to go for Shiloh 2015 (Winners Chapel Church’s convention/crusade), and (that doctor) invited another doctor who is a friend to stand in for him in the hospital.
“Dr. Vitalis went ahead to explain to us (my mother, my husband and I) how a nurse had called him to explain the situation at the hospital and he ordered that my son should be transferred to another hospital, because he didn’t want my son to pass away in his hospital.
He said when he was contacted while away in Ijebu-Ode, he knew his staff had ‘messed’ up, and it was ‘too late.’ He promised that the doctor who treated my son would visit to ‘apologise’ for his mistakes. My husband asked him what the doctor’s name was and he claimed he didn’t know, that when he came back from Ijebu-Ode and heard the entire story of what happened, he ‘beat the hell out’ of the doctor and asked him never to come close to his hospital. He never brought the doctor to apologise,” Shawn’s mother narrated.
But when Punch contacted Dr. Mezie, he denied taking responsibility for the two-year-old’s death.
“I have told her that the medical doctor who attended to her son is not our doctor. He was just on a visit. We are not responsible for the death of her son. It is not negligence of the hospital. You know some of these general hospitals give a bad image of private hospitals; maybe they are having problems with them (private hospitals), I don’t know.
“What happened was that the woman refused blood transfusion when she was told that her son’s PCV level was 18 – that was what my doctor told me when I came back. She said she didn’t want blood transfusion.
“While I was away (in Ijebu-Ode), and was informed that the baby’s condition was not improving I told my staff to discharge the baby immediately. The baby did not die in the hospital; the baby died at the general hospital. Nobody knew what they did in the general hospital with the baby. The medical doctor who treated the son was a visiting doctor. I was not around and my doctor was not around.
“I didn’t go to apologise for any negligence on the part of my hospital. I only went there to sympathise with her. Apologise for what? Why should we apologise? The baby died in the general hospital. How can we apologise? What are we apologising for? We did not apologise. In the normal Igbo culture, if someone dies, you go and visit; and he was our patient. We referred him (to another hospital) and a patient died and we are there to find out what happened,” De Vitals’ medical director said.
Essien, however, refuted Dr. Mezie’s claim that she did not allow the hospital to give her son blood transfusion, saying that she is not a Jehovah’s Witness who will refuse blood transfusion on religious grounds.
“The doctor that attended to my son mentioned once that my son might need blood transfusion and never again in the 16 hours I spent in that hospital was the issue of my baby needing blood mentioned. Never! I have had two cesarean sections. In both major operations, two pints of blood were demanded by the hospital I used; my husband provided the blood, which I didn’t use at the end of the day.
“I am knowledgeable about these things and if I can get blood for myself why would I refuse blood for my son? Why didn’t they refer me to another clinic immediately since they claimed I refused that my son should be transfused? Why did they keep us there for a whole 16 hours and kept pumping his tiny body with IV fluids?” she said.
Dr. Mezie also denied any attempt to shield the identity of the doctor who treated Shawn.
“I am not hiding the identity of the medical doctor. I will give you the number of my doctor who brought him,” he promised.
He had not done so until this report was filed. Repeated phone calls and text messages to the medical director did not yield any fruit.
The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has however expressed its interest in the case.
In an email sent to her following Essien’s complaint about how her son was treated at De Vitalis, the MDCN said it was ready to investigate the allegations against Dr. Mezie and his hospital staff.
“We’re in receipt of your email complaining about the negligence of one Dr. Vitalis. Matters like the one you complained about are dealt with by the Medical and Dental Practitioners’ Investigation Panel. By the rules of the panel, you are required to reduce your complaint to the form of an affidavit deposed to before a Commissioner of Oath or Notary Public. The affidavit should reach us as soon as possible to enable us ignite the process as prescribed by law,” it said.
When contacted the Secretary of the MDPIP, Dr. Emejo Abdul, told PUNCH that, “We don’t discuss matters under investigation in the public.”
Essien said she was determined to get justice for her son. “I am going to petition the Nigeria Police Force. This man (Dr. Mezie) and his hospital must be investigated. I will like the medical association to please investigate this man and his hospital, to prevent more lives being lost either to carelessness or negligence and to avoid a situation whereby any human being will pass through the emotional pain and trauma I am currently going through due to the death of my only son,” she cried.
Singer Yemi Alade in a recent exclusive with Hip TV has spoken on her Headies award, competition in the Nigerian music industry and her upcoming album Mama Africa.
“I finally have a Headies award. It’s time, it’s high time I had a Nigerian award in my house,” she said as she chuckled.
On whether she sees herself as an achiever in the Nigerian music industry hence the need to relax in her pursuits, she responded saying:
“No, the grind is different. If before the grind was on the street, the grind is in the sky [now]. Imagine walking against gravity and everything against you. It’s different, it’s deep.”
On the new strategies she intends adopting in order to sustain relevance given her new status in the music industry she explained:
“The strategy hasn’t changed. It’s still the same thing, just a different magnitude. [We’ll] continue doing the simple things we’ve always done and try to bring in the extra, put God first and have a creative team. Renew them, refresh them, that has been the strategy, it hasn’t changed.”
She also laughed off talks about comparisons between her and Mavin records super star Tiwa Savage.
She rounds the interview off with talks of her new album Mama Africa, adding that it is about her singing on her personal experiences. Watch full interview below:
Lol, it’s a sure fact that Wizkid isn’t in good terms with Blogger, Linda Ikeji. As this isn’t the first time the starboy will bash her directly or indirectly.
So, there was an article by a Lagos Based Lawyer, Olamide Akinola which was titled: “Linda Ikeji is suffering from poverty mentality”
The article stylishly bashed the blogger after she made some comments which many tagged as arrogant over her Birkins Bag. You can get to read the article below:
Wizkid read the article, shared the link to his almost 2 million followers on twitter and wrote: “Nice Read”. Lol.
Not stopping there, the former EME signee took to his snap chat account to highlight a part of the article as hilarious with an emoji.
The part, which Wizkid captioned as too deep with the emojis read, ‘A major symptom of poverty mentality is money and material fixation. Sometimes, no matter how far away from poverty one runs, some people still need an open brain surgery to expunge the poverty mentality.’
The Article below:
When Linda Ikeji bought a huge house in the luxury Banana Island, most people were happy for her and wished for such to happen to them too. In fact, I sent her an email congratulating her and hoping I can write for her blog someday.
Yesterday, Linda Ikeji showed off two Hermes Birkin bags on her Instagram page as new acquisitions. Before anyone could say jack, internet trolls had sent the bag to Hermes for Authentication. Hermes came back and confirmed the bags are fake.
I do not believe she knew the bags were fake, so I’ll give her a pass for that. What shocked me was the way she went all out to defend herself, like her life depended on it…
– “I can afford to buy a N500million house but can’t afford a $14k bag? B**ch pls!”
– “This lovely bag cost me more than these haters cars cost and they want to come and disgrace me online? Lol. Lailai”
– “The side of the bag. Oh and I’m snapping from my banana island mansion(insert LMAO emoji) love this life
– “….can someone cc Hermes with the new images? These people can’t come and disgrace me here. Lol”
– “Too rich to buy fake…”
All of the above quotes are some of the words she used to defend her purchase of a fake bag
From someone who people admired and prayed about, she has come from 100-0 in my eyes. I see the desperation to fit in, the pride that comes from wealth but is skin deep, the class that’s lacking and a huge ego that is blinding.
A major symptom of poverty mentality is money and material fixation. Sometimes, no matter how far away from poverty one runs, some people still need an open brain surgery to expunge the poverty mentality.
If you have decided that your car, purse, wardrobe or jewelry are the most valuable things you own, then the quality of your life is based solely on these things. If someone takes them away from you, what would the state of your mind be?
Wife to 2baba, Annie Idibia went on Instagram to rant about a lady who she tagged as “A family home wrecker”.
The Nollywood actress who is quick to settle scores on social media, put up the picture of a female, whom she also referred to as a rich kid.
She wrote, ‘Pls tag her family members to put this woman in oder….she needs to stop bugging my family….Am a peaceful person…won’t embarrass you by munching all your messages here… stay away rich kid.’ – while captioning the photo of the lady.
Apparently, it is unsure who the female in the picture is or what she has done to the mother of two, but she sure got the attention of Annie as well of her fans. The post had over 250 comments and 700 likes before it was deleted.
The Alleged home wrecker.
Annie Idibia is married to Innocent Idibia, who was fondly known as 2face Idibia before rebranding to 2Baba.
Funny thing about this whole Wizkid’s Second Baby mama thing is that Wizkid Himself hasn’t even come out to either acknowledge or deny Binta’s Claim.
Despite the fact that the buzz around the controversy is already dying down, Binta doesn’t seem to care has she has been taking to social media to share photos of herself with her son.
Though she has refused to show off the lad’s face. She shared this new photo of herself with her son, Ayo Jnr. We hope she can show us an up-close photo of his face.
A 72-year-old man on Saturday married his 60-year-old lover who had been living with him for 45 years. The couple were married at a mass wedding at a church, Omega Power Ministries, in Port Harcourt.
According to the church’s post, the wedding ceremony which was financed by the church involved 140 other couples who had lived together for many years without being properly married.
The church said it provided money for the bride price, wedding gown for brides, suits, shirts and ties for the grooms and all that.
According to the OPL General Overseer, Chibuzor Chinyere, he conducted the wedding ceremony so that the couple and others will not be condemned by God.
“I decided to do this because everyday, I get sleepless nights because of the amount of people living together when God has not joined them. It is a sin before God. Do you know that one out of every five people you see on the street are living together without being legally married? If rapture happens now, they will all miss rapture. So what is the solution? Solution number one: couples must live apart until you get money to wed, which is very risky.
“Any of those women can be my sister or maybe she already has five children. The woman will suffer. And a strange woman may come in. Solution number two: Legalise their union. But many don’t have money to legalise it. They already have children, but no money to pay bride price. So that is why I decided to intervene, so that when rapture happens they shall not be found wanting,” Chinyere said.
Speaking further, he stated, “What is a church building when the people inside the building have visa to go to hell fire? Salvation is better than a beautiful church building.
That is why I conducted marriage blessing for 140 couples at the OPM headquarters. By the grace of God, I gave them money to pay bride prices. I bought wedding suits and gowns including shirts and tie for 140 couples.
I paid for their marriage certificates and also food and drinks at the reception. Now I can sleep well knowing that an additional 140 souls have been added to the kingdom of God.”
Tragedy struck at the Ijaiye area of Lagos State on Saturday after the corpse of a vulcanizer identified as Fatai Sulaimon was found hanging in the kitchen, Punch reports.
According to reports, the deceased took his life early in the morning for reasons yet to be ascertained, leaving behind his wife and two children. Eyewitnesses claim there was nothing around the scene to indicate the reason for the suicide.
Neighbours stated that nobody suspected anything until his corpse was discovered in the kitchen where all the tenants in the house prepare their food.
“Somebody raised the alarm and that attracted a crowd into the place. They removed the rope and brought down the corpse. He did not write any note or drop any hint as to why he killed himself. Even his wife said she could not explain what happened to him.” one of the neighbours stated.
The late Sulaimon was described as gentle and hard working by sympathisers who sometimes hired out motorcycles to people who need work.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, revealed however that she could not confirm the incident because it was not reported at any of the surrounding divisions.
She said, “The case was not reported to the police. We implore relatives of the deceased to report such a vital case. Meanwhile, the police will commence preliminary investigation to ascertain the case.”
The corpse was said to have been deposited in a mortuary in the area.
