Popular Nollywood actress, Ruth Eze has voiced her displeasure with her colleague Junior Pope for their public altercation on Father’s Day.
Recall that Jnr Pope publicly chastised Ruby Ojiakor for celebrating herself on Father’s Day and informed her that she could never be a father to her child just a mother. Read their exchange here.
Ruth Eze criticized Junior Pope for confronting Ruby in public over her post in a video shared on her Instagram, emphasizing on their close friendship.
She highlighted how highly Ruby regards Junior Pope and consistently speaks positively about him in their conversations.
In her words;
“Junior Pope you aren’t a close colleague and I don’t think we’ve ever worked before but what you did is wrong. Your definition of a father is wrong and I commented on that post too and some psychop@ths were tagging me.
Ruby is somebody that loves you, your friendship with her I love it so much that it encouraged me to be friends with Benson Okonkwo.
If Ruby post-Happy Father’s Day, you have her number why go to her comment section. Why the bitterness, hatred, and unnecessary drama?”
Nigerian chef Hilda Baci, who recently broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time for an individual, has finally received her record plaque.
Taking to her Instagram page on Monday afternoon, June 19, the elated chef shared a video capturing the moment she received the plaque.
In the video, an ecstatic Hilda screamed with joy as the delivery guy handed her the plaque. However, she refrained from opening it, hinting at an official unboxing.
Sharing the video on her Instagram page, she captioned it, “Our plaque is here 😆😆😆😆 @guinnessworldrecords.”
Watch the video below,
Guinness World Records on Tuesday, June 13 officially confirmed Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci, as the record holder for the longest cooking time by an individual with a record time of 93 hours and 11 minutes.
The 26-year-old chef from Akwa Ibom state embarked on a non-stop cooking marathon in May 2023, cooking for a total of 100 hours. This surpassed the previous record held by Indian chef Lata Tondon, who cooked for 87 hours and 45 minutes.
Confirming Hilda’s record, Guinness World Records released a statement on its website stating,
“Following a thorough review of all the evidence, Guinness World Records can now confirm that Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has officially broken the record for the longest cooking marathon (individual), with a time of 93 hours 11 minutes.”
Popular Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson, has revealed how her relationship with Nigerian singer, Iyanya ended after she found out he was cheating on her with popular actress, Tonto Dikeh.
Recall that Yvonne Nelson and Iyanya used to be in a relationship before they broke up for lack of time according to the singer.
The 37-year-old actress has made a shocking revelation about their split in her recently published book titled “I Am Not Yvonne Nelson.”
She claimed that she never expected the breakup because she thought their relationship was true until an unknown person called her from his residence and informed her of Tonto’s constant visits.
According to Yvonne, she had taken to Twitter to call out Tonto but the latter had told her to move on from the relationship because feelings change and the singer’s feelings towards her had changed.
She added that even if she did not find out about Tonto she would have still left the relationship because she discovered other shocking things.
Read an excerpt from the book below,
“We had a decent relationship breakfast in bed and all niceties, dream relationship one could chink of. had the assurance that hero someone I could be with forever. He tattooed my initial, YN, on his wrist, and I thought that was a big deal. If he wasn’t serious about me, he wouldn’t do that. In his hit song, “Ur Waist, he mentioned how he lusted over me. One can therefore imagine my shock when I returned to Ghana after one of my visits to Nigeria and someone called me from his house.
The caller said anytime I left Iyanya’s place, another actress came over to him and sometimes slept over. The person felt strongly that there was something going on between them and thought I should know. That actress turned out to be Tonto Dikeh of Nigeria, one of the female celebrities Iyanya named in his “Ur Waist” song. When I was convinced about the authenticity of the information I received, I was heartbroken. I took to Twitter to rant and vent. Tonto Dikeh responded on Twitter, saying people changed and so did feelings, so I should move on.
I later heard more stories about what Iyanya did with some of his male crew members. It convinced me that what happened between him and Tonto Dike wasn’t an isolated incident. It was a pattern, his way of life. I knew I eventually would have left even if Tonto Dikeh didn’t come into the picture. I did not see the need to keep fighting her for a man I had lost, especially when I knew her fate was not going be different from mine.”
The family of late Deborah Samuel, who was lynched to death over alleged blasphemy at the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, have cried out over the hardship they have been facing since relocating to Port Harcourt.
It will be recalled that after Deborah’s tragic passing in May 2022, her parents vowed not to send their other children to school anymore.
This stirred compassion in the heart of OPM’s General Overseer, Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, and he took to Facebook to announce his intention to help them.
“I just watched a video clip where the parents of Deborah Samuel said they will not be sending their children to school again. GOD FORBID,” Chinyere wrote on Facebook on May 16, 2022.
He then facilitated their relocation to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, from Niger State. He also donated a mini estate, a car, and a restaurant to her parents to ensure their financial security and stability in their new state of residence.
The car was specifically intended for Deborah’s father, Garba Emmanuel, to start a ride-hailing business to fend for his family. Read here ICYMI
Well, in a new update gotten one year after the highly praised act of philanthropy, Deborah’s family have said that life has not been rosy since moving to Port Harcourt.
They stated this in an exclusive interview with Foundation For Investigative Journalism (FIJ) where they shared their struggles and challenges.
L-R: Mariam, David, Emmanuel, James, Sarah holding Deborah’s portrait, and Alheri. Photo credit: Joseph Adeiye/FIJ
Garba said,
“People think that we are living well but we are not. OPM took us from where we were in Niger State to Port Harcourt City last year. The OPM pastor gave us a mini estate with about 14 self-contained apartments. After that, OPM rented this bedroom flat for us,” Emmanuel told FIJ on Friday.
“He said we should be staying here because we are a family and those self-contained apartments cannot be enough for the family. He furnished the apartment with the appliances.
“The first time we got here, OPM got me a car. It was a Toyota Corolla but it wasn’t new. It was a fairly used vehicle and the car has developed some faults. I was using it as a taxi before but it has some challenges and I have parked it.
“The first time OPM brought us to Port Harcourt they brought food items to us. After that first time, we have been struggling on our own. Right from the day OPM gave me this car, the car has been developing faults. On the first day I tried to take my children to school the car broke down on its way back. We towed the car back.
“I even went to the OPM pastor to speak with him in person. I let him know that the car has been developing a fault all this while. He called the person who bought the car on behalf of OPM and that person said that I did not know how to drive the vehicle properly. I have been a driver before now; this is not the first vehicle I’ve driven.
“The engine of the car is bad and I don’t have the money to fix it. I am looking for money to feed myself and my family. All the money people gave me for my upkeep, I used it on this car. Whenever I complained, the PA to the OPM pastor told me to stop complaining about the car but to fix it myself.”
Recall that in May 2022, Pastor Chinyere also said that Deborah’s family will be staying in one of OPM’s free estates where they will never have to pay rent ‘forever’.
Speaking on this, Deborah’s father said the clergyman only rented an apartment for them and paid for a year’s rent.
“From time to time, the OPM leader used to call to check on us. He paid the rent. Right now, the rent for this apartment has expired. The landlord has told us to renew the rent or leave. All the appliances and the equipment in this apartment belong to OPM, we don’t own it,” he said.
See a copy of the receipt below,
On the scholarship offered to their other children, Mr Garba said, “OPM gave Deborah’s siblings a scholarship each. They are schooling here in the church’s free school. However, the scholarships were not all what we thought they were. They promised to send one of my boys to school abroad. We were told it was going to be a European country. I was surprised when my son turned the offer down because they sent him to Cotonou instead.”
On the tragic demise of his daughter and how justice has not been served one year after her death, Mr Garba said,
“Since the death of my daughter, I have not recovered. I have not been feeling okay. It is as if there is no justice on the matter. I am just living without any other way to react. As a Christian, I leave it all to God. The way she took her Christian life, we were very proud of her. They were eight in her classroom who were Christians and they all renounced their faith except Deborah. Only Deborah stood firm. They killed her on her faith. It is a lot of hurt to deal with.”
A Chinese woman has cried out for justice after allegedly being raped by her butler while on holiday at a hotel in the Maldives a few days ago.
The lady, identified as @YolyYitong on the micro-blogging platform, said she arrived at the hotel on June 6 and was assigned a butler named Usham, who allegedly took advantage of the fact that she was alone to sexually assault her.
She stated that after Usham assaulted her, she reported the case to the hotel management; however, they allegedly refused to take any action.
According to her, the hotel management stated that it was a matter between the police and Usham and had nothing to do with the hotel.
Frustrated by the response, she turned to Twitter to seek justice.
“I was raped in the Maldives. I don’t know how many people this will reach to but help me get help. I arrived in the Maldives on the 6th. I was to return to China on the 10th but i extended mg stay and decided to stay at the @RCMaldives.
After arriving to the hotel I was allocated a butler, Usham. I checked into the room and he helped me settle down and explained all the facilities in the hotel for me. The same day i unfortunately splashed water into my phone and my phone wasn’t Turing on.
I was concerned didn’t know how to contact my family so I asked the front desk to help me and they sent Usham. He came and he let me use my sim in his phone and speak to my mother. He then sat on the bed and started chatting with me.“Why did you come alone, where do you live etc
And then he started asking me questions about what I did last night. And if I slept outside by the room pool. And that’s when I realized he watched me. And I wanted to change the topic. He left the room for a brief moment and came back because my mother had sent a WeChat.” She wrote in part.
Popular Nollywood actor, Damola Olatunji took to social media to celebrate fathers day on Sunday June 19, howbeit with a little twist.
The movie star shared a video of himself and his twin children alongside a cryptic post, hinting that he is keeping quiet about some issues because of his love for them.
This is coming several weeks after Bukola Arugba, his longtime partner and mother of his children, announced their split and clarified that they were never legally married.
She wrote in a statement drafted by her lawyers and shared on her Instagram page on May 30,
“Please take NOTE that our client, Bukola Awoyemi, and Mr. Damola Olatunji are no longer an item. They have gone their separate ways, and this is without any hard feelings or ill will. They have never been married to each other but are blessed with two lovely children (twins).”
Since her statement, Damola has refrained from offering a direct response, except for a post depicting him enjoying a sumptuous meal and living his best life.
Well, on Father’s Day, June 19, the actor took to his Instagram page to say that fathers go through a lot that is not said, yet they still remain a rock of support for their children.
He added that he has chosen to remain silent on certain issues in order to protect and prioritize the well-being of his children.
Damola wrote,
“A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout the lives of his seeds. Taiwo and Kehinde my silence is out of my love and respect for you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️#best dad #mydadycanfixeanything #myhero
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY !”
A young Nigerian man has taken to Facebook to seek the advice of netizens on who to marry between his two girlfriends.
The confused man revealed that his first girlfriend is caring, supportive, independent and has a skill, but struggles with serious anger issues.
On the other hand, his second girlfriend is loyal and submissive, but does not have a job or a skillset.
According to the young man, he is at a crossroad and doesn’t know which of the two women to marry.
Taking to a Facebook group on Monday June 19, he wrote,
“Help a brother, I have two girls that I am currently dating now. They both love me like bad, but am just trying to make a good choice, out of them, the first one is good, she is supportive, she always understand, she care so much, she doesn’t demand too much, and she have a hand work, but if she is angry with you or she suspect u of anything, they is always a war, even if u apologize, before she accept things as already been destroy, but the second one she is not yet working, she is caring too, and she always have a good plan for the feature, she is loyal, she ask question before getting to action, so guys which one is good to settle down with?”
Controversial media personality, Shade Ladipo, has urged people to allow women who want to wish themselves Happy Fathers Day to do so.
She stated this in a post shared via her Instastory on the Fathers day celebration on Sunday, June 18, in reaction to the controversy surrounding single mothers who celebrate themselves on such days.
According to her, single mothers should be allowed to celebrate fathers day because people don’t know the sacrifices they have made for her children.
She went on celebrate actress Tonto Dikeh, who shares a son with her ex-husband, businessman Olakunle Churchill, and Sophia Momodu, the first babymama of Nigerian singer Davido.
Shade wrote on her Instastories,
“If a woman wants to wish herself Happy Father’s Day please allow her breeeef. You’re not in the relationship You don’t know or understand the sacrifices she has made. Happy Father’s Day Sophia, Tonto and everyone else It.”
In other news, Shade Ladipo shared her inspiring story of how she moved from working as a cleaner to owning her first property in Canada.
Shade, who relocated to Toronto, Canada, in March 2020, in a series of posts on her Instagram page shared her journey to becoming a property owner. Read here
Big Brother Titans winner, Khosi, has revealed that her relationship with Nigerian housemate Yemi was purely a game.
During an interview with Cool FM, Lagos, the 25-year-old South African journalist explained that both she and Yemi were using each other solely to play their respective games in the Big Brother House.
However, Khosi emphasized that Yemi initiated the game, and her flirting with other guys was merely a response to his actions.
When asked about the current status of their relationship by the host, OAP Do2tun, Khosi stated that there has been no friendship between them since leaving the house.
“We [Yemi and I] were kind of dating, and yeah, when he left the house, I think that is just where it ended. There hasn’t been any friendship between me and him. To be honest with you, when I stayed behind, and a lot happened, I didn’t expect any friendship, anyways.
“If I owe him an apology that means he also owes me an apology. It was a game at the end of the day. And then coming out of the show and seeing that he had strategy, my gut feeling kind of rises. What happened is that Yemi played the game first.
“Obviously, I saw how he would react when I interacted with Thabang, and I was like, oh! Okay, now he even understands what I was going through when he was doing his thing. But then, when he started like changing his ways, I didn’t know how to stop.” explained.
Celebrity stylist Toyin Lawani’s Father’s Day post to the fathers of her children has sparked mixed reactions on social media.
The mother of three took to her Instagram page on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18, to celebrate the fathers of her children with a heartwarming post.
The post consisted of three slides, each featuring a photo of one of her children with their respective father.
The first slide showcased a photo of her husband, Segun Wealth, with their daughter. The second slide included a lovely video of her son Tenor and his father, while the last slide featured a photo of Toyin’s first child with her father.
In her caption, Toyin Lawani expressed her appreciation for the men and emphasized the importance of fathers in their children’s lives.
She wrote, “Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing super dads out there. God bless you all for all you do. We live in love out here. No child is complete without their father’s love, no matter how the mother tries. Let love live and raise them with love so they can grow up spreading love. #kingofallQueens.”
See the photos below,
The post, however, garnered mixed reactions from social media users. While some commended her for appreciating each father, others expressed their opinions about her having three children with different men.
Reacting, one Instagram user wrote, “3 children, 3 fathers. God, please, I don’t know what she went through.”
Another user added,“You broke a record… Celebrated 3 men on Father’s Day. It’s the love for me… Your perception about life should be studied, dear ma. Kudos.”
Popular Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson, has shared the story of how she was allegedly impregnated by Ghanaian singer, Sarkodie, in 2010.
The 37-year-old actress made this shocking revelation in her recently published book titled “I Am Not Yvonne Nelson.”
She claimed that Sarkodie impregnated her and refused to take responsibility for their unborn child, which forced her to terminate the pregnancy.
According to Yvonne, the 37-year-old musician refused to accept the pregnancy because there was another woman in his life at the time.
Read an excerpt from the book below,
“I had gone for a pregnancy test to confirm what becomes the most obvious conclusion for a sexually active young woman who misses her monthly flow. I was in the company of Karen. And when the test result was ready, I wasn’t strong enough to open it. She did and declared the verdict.
“Charlie, it dey there!” she exclaimed.
“On an ordinary day, I would have laughed out loud and that would trigger a string of jolly conversations and jokes. But this was no laughing matter. It was a grim piece of information that was capable of turning my world upside down. I wasn’t the only one responsible for the situation, so I called the man whose potent seed had germinated in me. His name is Michael Owusu Addo, a renowned Ghanaian musician who is better known as Sarkodie.
“Sarkodie was a budding musician with the potential to become one of the biggest artists in Ghana and beyond. At the time, however, the future looked uncertain, and his way through the maze of life still appeared too foggy to predict. Success was not guaranteed. He was still living with his mother and was not ready to carry a burden while he was being carried by his mother.
“I wouldn’t call what had developed between us a serious relationship. I gravitated toward people in the music industry. For the longest time in my life, music was my getaway from all the unpleasant things life threw at me. So, I liked his talent. We started talking and got close. Closer.
In the eight chapter of the memoir released on Sunday, June 18, the mother of one said she tried to terminate the pregnancy by ingesting some concoctions from her colleague but to her disappointment, the substance was ineffective as a test revealed she was still pregnant.
Yvonne said she choose to abort the pregnancy because she grew up without a father figure in her life and doesn’t want her child to have the same experience.
“The first thing that hit me when he said no to keeping the pregnancy was my own life. I had grown up without a father in my life. I had often been reminded of how I had been borne by mistake.
“I was still wondering if the man whose name I bore was my father. How was I going to bring another human being into this world to live like me, someone whose father would reject him or her as Mr. Nelson had rejected me? If there was a way to spare someone else the trauma I was contending with, why would I reject that option, especially when I was not,” Yvonne Nelson said in her book.
She, however, stated that she regrets terminating the pregnancy.
“It is one of the most regrettable mistakes in my life. If the clock of life could be rewound to my younger self, I would keep it.”
Popular Nollywood actress, Didi Ekanem has revealed why she would marry a man like her colleague, Sylvester Madu, in a heartbeat.
Didi made this statement while reacting to a recent video of Sylvester defending his hustle after he was spotted selling second-hand clothes, better known as ‘Okrika’, in Enugu.
It will be recalled that a video of the actor showcasing his wares at a market in Enugu surfaced on the internet over the weekend. Watch here
This sparked mixed reactions online, with many expressing disbelief that the renowned actor was now selling clothes in a market.
Addressing his detractors, Sylvester disclosed that he brought in some goods from overseas and personally chose to sell them because of his light schedule.
He said he has people who usually handle the sales for him, but he decided to come out himself because he had free time.
Sylvester also chided people berating him for selling clothes, stating that Nigerians would rather celebrate people who make money illegally than those with legit work.
Reacting to his statement, actress Didi Ekanem praised the actor for engaging in a legal business. She added that she would marry a man like him without any hesitation and would willingly join him in
running his business.
According to Didi, she would choose a man like him because she would feel secure and at ease knowing her spouse is not involved in fraud or other illicit activities.
“I have so much respect for you sir.. This is the type of man I can literally marry in a heartbeat and join him to knowing that I will sleep well at night,” she wrote.
Popular Nigerian on-air personality Kayode Ojuolape Oladotun, better known as Do2dtun, has cried out about his inability to have access to his children.
Recall that in November 2021, Do2dtun’s wife, Omotayo, filed for divorce, citing forced abortion, domestic violence, and emotional abuse.
According to the petition filed before Justice A. I. Akobi of Court 23 of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Suit Number: GWD/PET/25/2021, the on-air personality allegedly compelled his wife to terminate her third pregnancy as a married woman.
The court granted the couple, who married in 2013 and have two children, joint custody of the children, a decision which Omotayo did not oppose pending the final determination of the suit in court. Read here.
However, in a touching Father’s Day post on his Instagram page, Do2dtun revealed that he hasn’t seen his children in ten months as he has been denied access to them, despite the court granting them joint custody.
“Today marks a whole year since they sent me that video, and it has been 10 months since I last saw you. I miss you so much. No amount of lies, games, deceit, or slow legal processes can break me. Fife and Fiore, Daddy just wants his time with you, as he deserves it, but they deny it; they disobey the law because they are scared, cowards, and immature.
“No one should use kids as bait or weapons in a fight. Once again, they picked the wrong one this time. Every effort has been made to prevent me from exercising my rights as a father, but I won’t give in or break. I will keep fighting the right way, even though some believe they have the monopoly on madness and breaking the law. I simply don’t want to play that game just because of these wonderful kids. I am law-abiding, but I am not a fool.
“If you are a father out there, for the sake of posterity and goodwill, fight for your place and your right to be in their lives. Every child needs their father just as much as they need their mother. No one should use children as a means of power or to substitute their emotions.”
Former Big Brother Naija ‘Shine Ya Eye’ star, Angel Smith has taken to social media to pay a glowing tribute to her late boyfriend, Victor.
Angel, who lost the love of her life to the cold hands of death at the age of 19, penned a lengthy post eulogizing her ex-boyfriend for bringing happiness and laughter into her life.
She recalled how she contemplated suicide before she met him and how he changed her mindset and gave her a will to live again. According to Angel, her love for Victor surpassed her love for death so she chose to stay alive for him.
Unfortunately, he died in his sleep when she was only 19, leaving her heart crushed in pieces. The 23-year-old star, however, stated that she hopes to see him again in another lifetime.
Read her full post below,
“My love, I loved you more than I loved death, I spent years and years dreaming of the day it would wrap me in its arms until I met you. People talk all the time about loving someone enough to die for them, for me it was the complete opposite, dying was easy, living on the other hand was something I dreaded. Before I met you, I would spend long hours staring at the ceiling dreading my existence and then one hot afternoon in front of rhapsodies, I met you, you had captured the sun in your eyes, I wonder if you knew just how luminous you were, you were glorious, so much so that I was scared of you, you were something good, I wasn’t used to good things. That night, when you first hugged me like I could break, it was so soft I felt like you were absorbing me and maybe truly you were, maybe it was you who took away all of those heavy feelings and gave me light because I went home that day and looked up at my ceiling, the sun was there.
I loved you so much that I wanted to live for you, I sucked at it but you made me want to try, I lived simply for the moment when I would wake up from sleep, roll over to the right and you’d be there with the brightest smile, it was so bright you know, even when you left it lingered or maybe it was because I memorized the details, I too wanted to capture the sun in my eyes. You know the day you died, I went to Eko Atlantic, it wasn’t as beautiful as it is now and I started running, it was 3pm, I ran so fast hoping that you would be at the other side waiting for me to fall into your arms just like when we first met, I ran as though I could hack the matrix and catch you before you left without a proper good bye, it was 6:30pm in Eko Atlantic when the sun slowly started to disappear, I stood still holding my breath, that would be the last time I would see you, I didn’t want to forget just how beautiful you were.
I still chase the sun sometimes you know, I tell myself that one day, I’ll catch it, I’ll catch you and every time the sun rises, I catch a glimpse of you, I still live just to see it every day. I know that somewhere beyond my imagination, the sun is still in your eyes, for now my baby, sleep, I will see you in another life time.”
Media personality, Daddy Freeze, has reacted to journalist Moji Danisa’s warning to popular clergyman Jerry Eze regarding his closeness with actress Tonto Dikeh.
The drama started when Tonto Dikeh expressed her gratitude on social media for the birthday gift she received from Pastor Jerry Eze a few days ago. According to Tonto, the clergyman had gifted her a significant amount of money for her 38th birthday.
Showing appreciation to Pastor Eze for the generous gift, the mother of one wrote in part:
“I would love to appreciate my papa, my spiritual leader @realjerryeze. Papa, I can’t shout, you shook my account balance… Pastor, when will I finish this money? I am in awe. God bless you, sir.”
However, Tonto’s revelation triggered a wave of reactions from Nigerians on social media, with many commenting on the pastor’s rare generous gesture towards the actress.
Responding to this, Nigerian journalist Moji Danisa took to her Facebook page to advise the pastor to stay away from Nollywood actresses to avoid unnecessary drama.
“This is for you, Pastor Jerry Eze. STAY AWAY FROM NOLLYWOOD DRAMA QUEENS. You sent money to this one for her birthday. I will still say ‘allegedly’ because I don’t want to believe it. She even took it to social media, claiming it was a substantial amount that shook her bank account.” She wrote.
See her post below,
In reaction to the journalist’s advice, media personality Daddy Freeze simply dropped laughing emojis in the comment section of a blog that shared the news on Instagram.
Nigerian content creator, Olagunju Solomon Olamide, popularly known as Akika, has lost his son, Ilerioluwa to the cold hands of death.
The ski tmaker shared the heartbreaking news on his Instagram page on Sunday, June 18.
Akika revealed that his son passed away on Sunday morning while he was searching for a perfect picture to post on social media to celebrate Father’s Day.
“I was looking for a perfect picture of me and him to post, so I could celebrate myself as a father. My son is gone, Ilerioluwa till lore. I lost my son this morning 😭😭😭 Rest In Peace INIOLUWA ADIGUN,” Akika wrote.
See his posts below,
In other news, a Nigerian woman, Taiwo Ajayi, has taken to social media to call out her estranged husband, popular clergyman, Pastor Joseph Okpongete, accusing him of domestic violence, threats to her life, and financial abuse.
In a Facebook post titled “A CRY FOR HELP,” Taiwo shared her harrowing experience during her 12-year marriage to Okpongete, who reportedly serves as a pastor at the House on the Rock Church in Lagos.
According to Taiwo, the alleged physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse began during their honeymoon and persisted even when she was pregnant with their first child.
Having been separated from Okpongete for four years, Taiwo pleaded with Nigerians and church leaders to come to her aid as he allegedly threatens her for filing for divorce and refusing to reconcile with him. Continue reading…
Some Nigerian men have been heavily criticized on Twitter for trolling an African-American lady who shared her photos on the micro-blogging platform.
The young woman from Florida, identified as Princess Nique, had taken to Twitter on Saturday, June 17, to showcase her new hairstyle.
See her tweet below,
Sadly, the woman who only wanted to flaunt her new look received a lot of mean comments from netizens, particularly Nigerian men, about her physical appearance.
While some commented on her weight, others stated that she should have gotten her face done, instead of her hair.
Read some of the vile comments below,
This has sparked an outrage on Twitter, with many dragging Nigerian men for bullying and sharing their unsolicited opinion about the young woman.
@JayKayPamela wrote, “Just look at that CS. I dropped a tear. It shall never be well with Nigerian men that wake up every morning and all they think of doing in their miserable lives is to bully and say mean things to someone that has done absolutely nothing to them. I hope y’all never prosper 🙏”
@ebelee_ wrote, “Nigerian men have to be the most embarrassing & pathetic demography of black men on the planet. You see unprovoked misogyny towards women on here & you just know they’re the culprits, always.”
@moonlight_sira wrote, “You people dating Nigeria men are trying cos the level of lack of emotional intelligence one would be dealing with eh.
The comments are irritating and it’s mostly from nigeria men”
A Nigerian woman, Taiwo Ajayi, has taken to social media to call out her estranged husband, popular clergyman, Pastor Joseph Okpongete, accusing him of domestic violence, threats to her life, and financial abuse.
In a Facebook post titled “A CRY FOR HELP,” Taiwo shared her harrowing experience during her 12-year marriage to Okpongete, who reportedly serves as a pastor at the House on the Rock Church in Lagos.
According to Taiwo, the alleged physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse began during their honeymoon and persisted even when she was pregnant with their first child.
Having been separated from Okpongete for four years, Taiwo pleaded with Nigerians and church leaders to come to her aid as he allegedly threatens her for filing for divorce and refusing to reconcile with him.
Read her full story below,
“A CRY FOR HELP! – Part 1 Fellow Nigerians, my name is Taiwo Ajayi. I have been separated from the ex-husband for the past 4 years. I was married for 12 horrible years to Joseph Okpongete.
For those 12 years I suffered greatly under his roof, subjected to domestic violence in its most horrific forms. I faced physical, emotional, psychological, and financial abuse.
We are both Born Again Christians and Ordained Ministers at the House On The Rock Church, Lagos. I appeal to the Christian Body in Nigeria, to please call one of their Ministers to order. I don’t want to become another statistics of a Christian woman who died from domestic violence.
This case has been reported last year to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) where Joseph Okpongete was invited to and he confessed twice to having beaten me, and this was recorded. It was also reported to the Nigerian Police Force.
I was brutally raped on our honeymoon in Cairo, Egypt, as a virgin. I was beaten up when I was 5 months pregnant with our daughter, I was called fat, useless and ugly by this man I had married, even though he married me as a beautiful size 12. I was beaten up severally, beaten while holding a new baby boy, having my head bashed into the wall which landed me in the hospital. I have faced several hospital visits and admissions due to the abuse. I suffered terrible silent treatments, was humiliated severally publicly and privately, was cheated on by the husband with other women, and I would discover he was sleeping with the housemaids, who I would have to chase away from the house.
My successful career as an award winning Recruiter has been threatened and almost destroyed, even when I had worked within the Oil E & P industry in Nigeria and worked with multinationals within Corporate Canada in the finance industry. Because of the stress he was giving me, i lost my job with a multinational last year which was fetching me the equivalent of N55million, I was being paid in Canadian Dollars, and it was 100 percent remote. My hard earned resources and all that I have worked for, for the past 16 years was stripped away from me.
Due to the abuse I was suffering in the hands of Joseph Okpongete, I relocated to Canada with my children in 2016 to distance myself from this man, and to give my children and I peace. He would come to Canada and ask the landlord to evict us from the property that I rented with my own money, and we would be suddenly rendered homeless and have no choice than to return to his house in Nigeria. Due to the stress I was receiving on the home front, I would have burnouts on my jobs in Canada and have to resign, leaving me with little or no income. When the abuse became too much, I had to call the Canadian Police in Mississauga, ON who came to warn him at the house that if he continued this way, he would be arrested. This made him step back a bit.
I returned to Lagos 2 months ago because I prefer being at home in Lagos, the climate works better for me. I have received threats from him about what he will do to me. He has also refused to pay child support, take care of the kids nor pay their school fees. I have been running from this man for the past 4 years and my country people I am tired, hence why I am crying out today for someone to please help me ask this man to leave me alone. He has insisted in a forceful manner that I return to his house.
2 weeks ago his Auntie called me, commanding me to return to his house, to which I politely but firmly refused. She told me that if I divorce him that I will not make heaven, that I will go to hell. Thank God the sacrifice that Jesus paid on the cross is all I need to make heaven and not my marriage to this Shylock. He is owing me $250,000 CAD as initial relocation expenses to Canada, draining my resources, up to his plane ticket into Canada I had to pay for it. Who was the husband and who was the wife, please somebody tell me?
2 days ago, he called to speak to the children and I do not keep him from speaking to them nor from contacting them. He said all manner of things and gave all manner of threats, he has also been playing delayed tactics with the divorce process in court. Knowing I am from a comfortable background, this man manipulated his way into my life and manipulated me into marrying him, because of what he will eat. I was young and naive. Immediately I entered the marriage, I realized I had been deceived and it was very hard to come out.
He called 2 days ago to tell our 14 year old daughter that he is planning something against me, issuing threats, I do not know what he is planning, and sincerely I am not ready to find out. Last year he asked the police in Lagos to arrest me and lock me up for leaving him, only God delivered me. I had to run for my life back to Canada. Please fellow Nigerians, help me to ask Joseph Okpongete to please leave me alone. It is not by force to be married to him. It not by force for me to return to his house. I have moved on, please help me beg him to move on.
Two pictures earlier attached reflect my physical state after being psychologically abused for so long, and also landing in the hospital when Joseph refused to drop his passport to the Canadian High Commission in Ghana for us to collect our Canadian Permanent Resident Visa. I had paid $8000 USD for the application process, the visas had come through which was a thing of joy for me, but Joseph wanted us to loose the visas, just to hurt me. He waited till the last week before the deadline to submit his passport to the Embassy. All my pleas fell on deaf ears.
I landed in Reddington Hospital at 1:00am in the middle of the night when I could not breathe. I was about to loose the opportunity of a life time. I have a Doctor’s report to substantiate this event, detailing the psychosomatic stresses he had put me through. He eventually dropped his passport 3 days before the deadline given by the Canadian Embassy, after family members pleaded with him.
I fainted in my son’s school the following week due to the stress he was giving me, teachers and the school principal including my driver poured 5 bottles of water on my head to revive me and I was admitted for 3 days again at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja.
Egba mi Ejo, mo beyin ni o! Anyone who knows him should please ask Joseph Okpongete to LEAVE ME ALONE! Marriage to an abuser and to a Narcissist is not by force. My life is being threatened”.
Annie Idibia, a Nollywood actress and the wife of legendary Nigerian singer, 2face Idibia, has gotten people talking online after she shared a compilation of videos of her first daughter, Isabella.
The thespian took to her Instagram page to post the video as she praised her daughter for her impressive grades in school and for making her proud.
The 38-year-old mother of two showered her daughter with sweet words and expressed how much she loves and misses her.
She captioned the video,
“My Sunshine ☀️
My first seed 💖
My Good luck charm ..
my overly talented, brilliant daughter @officialisabelidibia2
I LOVE YOU 💕❤️
We miss you 🥰
We are sooooooooo proud of all your WINS ..especially with your amazing grades in school ! Continue to stand out my Sunshine ☀️
Heart of an angel, selfless, humble n totally loving 🥰”
The video has sparked a ton of lovely reactions from netizens, with many gushing over the 14-year-old girl’s beauty.
@tricia_84 wrote, “She looks like you, she’s so beautiful”
@prettyluvify wrote, “Annie oo. Buy Ak47, Plus grenade n then two tigers, one for front gate and one for the ones that will jump back fence, cos this your daughter is too fine😍😍”
@kissable_0606 wrote, “She looks so much like you and also like the father. She took 70% of you and 30% of him. She’s super cute 😍😍 May she keep making you both proud 🌹”
@uonyegbule wrote, “This lady is pretty. Very careful not to expose anything. Well raised, nwaoma”
Nigerian talent manager Paul Okoye, popularly known as Paul O, has offered a reward of N5 million to anyone who can provide the location of a Twitter user who wished death upon Nigerian singer Davido.
It was earlier reported that the Twitter user, believed to be a devoted fan of Burna Boy, depicted a scenario of Davido’s demise while sharing a video of a massive crowd awaiting Burna Boy in the Netherlands.
In his caption, he suggested that even Davido’s funeral, which would be free, would not attract as many people as the crowd shown in the video, emphasizing how packed the arena was.
Although Davido immediately responded, questioning what he had done to the man to warrant such a malicious post, Paul O, via his Instagram page, announced a N5 million reward for anyone who could assist in locating the Twitter user, as he wanted him to clarify the meaning behind the post.
“@davido, we need to find this guy!!! What is this??? I’m offering 5M!! to find this guy’s location just to explain this tweet,” Paul O wrote.
The Twitter user swiftly fired back, accusing Paul O of using the situation to seek attention on social media.
“If you genuinely want to find me, you can easily do so without making noise on social media, and when you do find me, I promise you that nothing will happen,” he replied.
A young Nigerian woman has taken to social media to joyously celebrate becoming the first in her family to experience air travel.
The lady, identified as @ceelove on TikTok, revealed in a video shared on her TikTok profile that she had broken a family record by being the first person to board an airline.
The video captured the moment the lady was cat-walking in her green jumpsuit and knee-high boot as she was about to board the aircraft.
Reeling with excitement, she also expressed gratitude to God for making her the first to achieve the feat in her family.
“Congratulations to me. I have broken a record. The first person to enter flight in my family. Thank you Jesus,” she captioned the video.
The clip has since gone viral on the video-sharing platform, sparking thousands of likes and comments from netizens.
While some congratulated her for breaking the record in her lineage, others asserted that she should not have shared it on the internet.
According to James, he finally understood the importance of a partner now that he was sick and alone.
“Is as am sick now I understand the disadvantage of not having a girlfriend kaiii no joy. Am now single and singular please person daughter should locate me please, I promise I won’t take you for granted I will welcome you like a Queen. Kaii mvor.”
A young Nigerian lady and her American lover have melted hearts online after she shared their beautiful love story.
The young lady, simply identified as Kashi, revealed in a video she shared on TikTok that she met her lover on an online dating platform.
Despite being miles apart and never meeting in person, their bond grew through chats, texts, and video calls.
After one year of texting, her American lover flew down to Nigeria to marry her.
The video captured the emotional moment when her partner arrived in Nigeria, and she welcomed him at the airport.
Another part of the video showed beautiful moments from their intimate wedding ceremony.
Overflowing with joy and gratitude for their love story and finally becoming his wife, she wrote, “There’s a time for everything, and I am glad I was patient through it all. Today, I am a proud wife.”
“After a whole year of talking, texting and long hours of video calls we made it.” She added.
Watch video below,
In related news, an American woman, identified as Blessed Tamma, has tied the knot with her young Nigerian lover.
They say that love has no boundaries, and Tamma is a testament to this as she flew all the way from the United States to Nigeria to wed her heartthrob, who hails from Imo State.
The wedding ceremony was attended by family and friends of the couple.
The excited bride took to her social media pages to share photos and videos from their wedding, and it caught the attention of netizens.
She also shared a video montage that captured the moment she landed in Nigeria and her groom came to pick her up at the airport ahead of the wedding.
Sharing the video online, she wrote,“Well you guys i made another trip to go get married in Nigeria and it was great and i am glad to say im married to @dannythamara5 😘👰♀️❤️🎂”.
Cynthia, the wife of popular media personality and TV host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, has jokingly queried him for asking for a present on Father’s Day.
The mother of two beautiful daughters had taken to her Instagram page to express admiration for her husband on Sunday May 18, celebrating him for being an amazing father to their children.
She posted a family photo with the caption,
“Happy Father’s Day..
Thank you for being an extraordinary father . God bless you for us.”
In response to the heartwarming post, Ebuka seized the moment to ask for a gift from his wife as a gesture of appreciation for being a dedicated father.
“So where is my gift? 🤔”he quizzed.
However, Cynthia gave him a savage response, questioning whether her presence in his life is not enough for him.
She asked “@ebuka my presence in your life isn’t enough for you ?”
A while back, Cynthia penned a heartwarming tribute to her spouse in honor of the conclusion of Big Brother Titans’ first season (BBTitans).
Taking to her Instagram page, she thanked the Almighty for the triumph of the season and praised her husband for his superb hosting abilities. Read here
Billionaire daughter, Temi Otedola, has seemingly responded after social media critic Daniel Regha came for her and her sister, DJ Cuppy.
Daniel, known for giving unsolicited advice and critiquing public figures, recently took to his Twitter handle to question Temi Otedola and Cuppy about the delay in their marriage plans.
He wondered why the sisters got engaged if they had no intention of getting married within six months.
He pointed out that Cuppy has been engaged since November 2022, and Temi Otedola got engaged to singer Eazi in April 2022, yet there are no visible indications of an upcoming wedding.
“Cuppy has been engaged since November 2022, while her sister Temi got engaged in April 2022, but there’s no proof that Mr Eazi has tied the knot. Why rush into an engagement if there was no plan to get married within 3 to 6 months? It’s not like money is a problem. No offense,” he tweeted.
Moments after the tweet, Temi, via her Twitter handle, seemingly shut him down, emphasizing the importance of minding one’s own business.
“Never forget rule number one: mind your own business,” she wrote.
Meanwhile, Mr. Eazi has stated that he could be married to Temi already and people would not know about it.
According to him, he keeps his family off social media since the celebrity lifestyle is toxic and he does not want people to know too much about his personal life.
In his words;
“I was engaged for two weeks before the world knew I was engaged, so it’s like I could be married right now and you wouldn’t know and maybe I’m just not wearing my ring. It’s just how you feel, is not everything that should be outside. I think I posted an old picture of my parents out once for their 30. you know this celebrity life is not healthy and it’s not everything that should be out there.”
A while back, Ini said that she wants her child to live a private life.
She made this disclosure in a recent interview when she was asked if she would be flaunting her baby on social media like her other colleagues.
In response, the mother of one hinted that she won’t be unveiling her child’s face anytime soon because she wants to keep everything about her private for now.
“I really hope to keep my baby off social media, and this was why I’ve been reluctant to put her out there. I would love to keep everything about her private for now. There are a lot of celebrities whose children are not growing up on social media pages and living normal lives. That is how I want it to be for my daughter… it is a choice to put her out there or not and I choose to keep her private.” She said.
Nigerian superstar singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has revealed that he is currently building a mansion for himself and his wife, Chioma.
The singer, who is reported to have moved out of his Banana Island mansion following the death of their son, Ifeanyi, disclosed this while appearing on the latest episode of the Drink Champs podcast, co-hosted by N.O.R.E and DJ EFN.
According to him, the new house is a Mexican-themed mansion located in the highbrow Eko Atlantic City in Lagos.
Speaking further, the 30BG boss said that if he were to work in a field outside of music right now, he would choose real estate because it is lucrative.
“Real estate right now, I would say in Lagos. People have been building some really impressive structures. Yeah, it’s a very good investment, I’m telling you.
“You can buy a place for like $1.5 million… But you can sell it for like $4 million. I am telling you, it is a very good investment. The new house I am building now, for me and my wife, is by the beach; it’s at Eko Atlantic City. It’s really amazing, with a lot of impressive buildings,” he said.
Nigerian singer Davido’s fourth baby mama, Larissa London, has caused a stir after she shared a rare photo of her son and the singer.
Taking to her Instagram stories on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18, the mother of one shared the lovely father-son photo to celebrate him.
Captioning the post, she simply wrote, “Happy Father’s Day.”
This comes after the singer publicly admitted for the first time that he has a son with her.
Davido had recently disclosed in an interview that he has another son, Dawson, who stays with his mother in London.
There have been unconfirmed rumors that Davido has a child with London-based makeup artist Larissa, but he seemed to have confirmed it by sharing that he had another son called Dawson, who is older than Ifeanyi.
Speaking on a recent episode of the ABtalks podcast while discussing his kids, he said, “I have a son too; Ifeanyi has a little brother.”
Meanwhile, Larissa had previously declared herself as her son Dawson’s only parent.
During a question and answer session on her Instagram page a while ago, an inquisitive fan asked why she has never posted pictures of her son’s father on her social media page.
“Are you having any little misunderstanding with Dawson’s father? Because you have never posted him,” the follower asked.
Responding, Larissa, a UK-based makeup artist, revealed that she’s taking care of her son alone as his father is not in the picture.
“No. I am Dawson’s only parent,” she responded. ICYMI, Read here.
Popular Nollywood actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo, has gotten into a battle of words with his colleague, Ruby Ojiakor after she wished herself a happy father’s day.
Ruby had taken to her Instagram to share a video compilation of priceless moments with her daughter and celebrated herself for acting in the capacity of a father.
She wrote;
“HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ME”!!! 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃
IT HASN’T BEEN EASY WORLD” Bt in alllll we give thanks to the ALMIGHTY”🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Thank You Jesus Christ for everything 🙏🙏🙏
HER ROYAL MAJESTY”
Jnr Pope who did not agree with her caption told her that she could only be a mother and not a father no matter what she had gone through and done for her child.
He wrote;
“RUBY (father) ??? Anyways you are doing a great job 👏 👏👏👏 You can only be her mother never her father, someday she will be United with her father …… There is a difference between a father and a parent.
Feel free to look it up…..He is not a parent because he did not partake in raising her but he is still her father and still very mush alive…. ( His sperm)
Let’s not all be too quick to copy the white man”
Reacting Ruby wrote;
“How can you of all people that knows everything I went through Nd still going through drop this disgusting comment??? I will never do it to you Nd you know it
I’m trying to hold my patience Bt it’s obvious vou know exactly what u’re doing”…. Now I know nobody likes me” because if you” that I respect somuch will drop this devilish comment here” it means I’m no longer safe” like how can you even dare Oga na you wan unite them???? Pls get out of my page”
A Nigerian man from Benue State, James Jemix has gone online to seek for a girlfriend, promising to treat her like a queen.
According to James, he finally understood the importance of a partner now that he was sick and alone.
Sharing in a Facebook post on Sunday, June 18, he wrote;
“Is as am sick now I understand the disadvantage of not having a girlfriend kaiii no joy. Am now single and singular please person daughter should locate me please, I promise I won’t take you for granted I will welcome you like a Queen. Kaii mvor.”
