A young Nigerian man has been apprehended after digging a grave in his room and attempting to bury his victim alive for a money ritual.
It was gathered that the suspect dug a grave in his room to bury his victim alive as part of a ritual process, but fortunately the victim escaped and alerted the neighbors.
The incident reportedly happened at Ubomiri community, in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State on Thursday, January 6.
In a video that was shared on social media, eyewitnesses were heard saying the man wanted to do the ritual because he wanted to buy a new car.
A lady, heard speaking in the background, also disclosed that she had repeatedly said the man was evil, but no one believed her.
However, Daily post reported that the victim is a 14-year-old boy who lives in the neighborhood.
The suspect reportedly invited the boy to his apartment for an errand. On arrival at his room, the unsuspecting young boy met him blaring loud music from his home theatre.
The Daily Post gathered that as soon as the young boy entered the room, the suspect jammed the door, hit him with a machete, and wanted to push the 14-year-old into the already dug grave.
The boy’s screams attracted neighbours who forcefully broke down the door and rescued him, before handing the ritualist over to the police.
Billionaire businessman, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has shown off his first-ever night club building amid reports that he was invited for questioning by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
It was earlier reported that Obi Cubana on Thursday, January 13, visited the headquarters of the National Dr#g Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and spent about four hours.
According to Vanguard, the Night-Life Entreprenuer arrived the NDLEA premises at about 9am based on invitation over some foreign transactions involving payments and transfer of huge foreign currencies that needed clarifications but was allowed to go home at about 1.30pm.
However, taking to his Instagram page to share a video of the club established in 2006, Obi Cubana noted that the video was to show what he does for a living.
“The first EVER club we built; ibiza……Established 13th October 2006! 16yrs and still standing tall! If you never come here that year for abuja, you never start!! @ibizaclub_abuja @jaywonjuwonlo ……this year! Showcasing what we do for a living!”. He wrote.
The latest car winner in Globacom’s Joy Unlimited Extravaganza promotion, 37-year-old Kafayat Adewale, on Thursday declared that there could not have been a better way to start the new year.
The insurance executive who received the keys to her brand new Kia Rio at a prize-presentation event held in Okota, Lagos, said, “For the past five days, I have not been myself. It’s not that I don’t have a car but if anyone had predicted in December that I will have a brand new car in January, I wouldn’t have believed”.
She said the calls from Glo informing her about her fortune sounded like a fairy tale until she arrived at the venue of the presentation and saw the car parked there. “It was then I became convinced. I have received the car key and I am now a Glo ambassador. I will continue to convince all Nigerians to join the Glo network. God bless Glo”.
Mrs. Adewale was among the 67 winners who went home with their prizes. The rest 65 received household appliances including 23 television sets, 20 refrigerators, and 23 generators. They said Glo “has brought joy to us at the beginning of the New Year, thus giving us hope for a better year ahead”.
For Allen Onyige, a television production executive in Berger, Lagos, it was a prayer answered. “I was actually trusting God for a new generator for my production work since last year, only for me to receive a call from Glo this January that I won a brand new generator. To God be the glory, this is a New Year gift from Glo. Now, I can go to work. More blessings to Globacom”, he declared. A refrigerator winner, Kafilat Rasaq, a 30-year-old businesswoman from Oyo State said, “My family will enjoy the new fridge at home; I thank Glo and God for making my family happy”.
Also, a television winner, Odunayo Balekan, a 42-year-old Engineer with Dangote Cement in Ibeshe, Ogun State, said, “I will enjoy both my football games and Nollywood movies with my family on the new television set. I appreciate Glo and will make it my permanent network henceforth”.
Regional Manager, Sales, Globacom, Abdulrasaq Ande, expressed the appreciation of the board and management of the company to all Nigerians, particularly Glo subscribers for their support and loyalty over the years.
He said, “You remain our pillar of strength and we will continue to give more value to our subscribers as they use their Glo lines”, adding that 12 brand new Kia Rio cars have been won so far in addition to hundreds of thousands of subscribers who have won home appliances including television, refrigerators, and generators as well as data plans and other Glo freebies. Ande added that two more prize presentations would be held in January and that car prizes, as well as household appliances, would be given out at the events which would take place in Abuja and Lagos.
Zonal Coordinator, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mrs. Prisicilla Onuzulu, who also spoke at the event congratulated Globacom for always delivering on its promises. She said, “Glo is a big brand and they have been compliant since the commencement of the promo. So far Globacom has done very well”.
A viral video of a boy and a girl in school uniforms displaying seductive dance moves has sparked outrage from social media users.
In the video that found its way to the internet, the girl guessed to be a teenager is seen twerking against her male colleague who should be in the same age group as hers.
Engrossed in the dance, the boy then bends his face to her bum as she grinds her bum against his mouth for some seconds. The video was shared on social media with the caption, “Our future leaders“.
Watch video below,
In other news, the video of a secondary school student getting proposed to by her boyfriend who also is a student of her school, has gone viral after it was shared on the internet.
As can be seen in the video, a young lad in school uniform is seen proposing to his teenage girlfriend who was overly excited. The young guy is seen putting a ring on her finger as well.
And right after accepting his proposal, the duo shared a passionate kiss before she then flaunted her ring. Watch video here.
A couple of days ago, a Nigerian gentleman took to Twitter to share how the absence of his spouse causes him to go into existential crisis and surprisingly, quite a number of other husbands could relate to his state.
Twitter user, @Chukwuemekazee took to his page to share how anytime his wife leaves the house, it feels as though his life has lost purpose. He wrote,
Anytime this woman leaves the house it’s just as if my life has lost purpose. Is this how the marriage thing is??
What followed his tweet is a thread of other gentlemen who could relate to his situation and they told stories of how they as well, can barely do without their wives and how their absence puts them in an uncomfortable state.
We curated a couple of beautiful stories of these married gentlemen… Enjoy them as you scroll,
Popular Nigerian socialite, Noble Igwe, has opined that men who are capable of keeping clean beards can never have body odour.
Noble Igwe stated this in a recent Instagram post, flaunting his clean full beard.
According to him, he’s been keeping his beards for a long time and can assert that a man’s beard shows whether he’s clean or not.
“Any Man that can keep a clean beard will never have Body Odour. I was beard gang before your MCM grew his first pubic hair.” He wrote.
See his post below,
In other news, British-born Nigerian actress, Beverly Naya recently took to her social media page to share a post centered on women and their attachment to men’s beards.
The actress in her tweet said “once a guy decides to lose his beard, he will also be losing about 70% of women physically attracted to him”.
See her tweets below;
“Once a guy decides to lose his beard, he’d also be losing about 70% of the women who are physically attracted to him. Better to not have a beard and gain a woman’s attraction than to have grown one, cut it and then lose her desire for you altogether lol.”
Nigerian rapper, Oludemilade Martin Alejo, better known as Ycee, has appealed to Nigerians to get their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) ahead of the 2023 elections.
Taking to Twitter, the “Omo Alhaji” crooner stated that people exercising their rights to vote is a strong form of protest and they should get their voters card as soon as they can.
According to him, he is tired of “old heads” running the country into the ground.
The 28-year-old singer tweeted,
“PLEASE LETS ALL BE SURE TO GET OUR PVCs AS SOON AS WE CAN!
EXERCISING YOUR RIGHT AS THE VOTER IS ANOTHER STRONG FORM OF PROTEST
Enough of these old heads running this country into the ground.”
Brooding over it, the ‘omo Alhaji’ questioned where they get the guts to want to live such lifestyles.
The Jagaban hitmaker wrote;
”I honestly really can’t stand you lot that wanna be doing luxury lifestyle (fancy outfits and what not) but zero on the finances … like where do you even begin to get the mind?????
You rock all the Gucci and the LV and the balanciagas and co … you wan come Dey bill me wey Dey manage my Nikes and my Zara God Abeg
Nollywood actress, Jemima Osunde, has slammed Governor Sanwo-Olu’s aide, Jubril Gawat, over a post he shared on his Twitter page about presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In the post, the Lagos state chapter of the All Progressives Congress had stated that they are supporting Tinubu for presidency as a show of appreciation for all the help he has rendered to them in the past.
They also described the APC chieftain as a “man of honour and destiny helper for a whole lot of people”.
Sharing a photo of Tinubu, Gawat wrote,
“We see Asiwaju’s decision to run as an opportunity for all of us who are beneficiaries of Asiwaju’s goodwill and large-heartedness, including the VP, to pay back and appreciate Asiwaju for being such a man of honour and destiny helper for a whole lot of people” – Lagos APC”
Reacting to this, Jemima asked them to throw Tinubu an 80th birthday party instead of using the whole country to say thank you to him.
“Then you guys should throw him an 80th birthday party Folded hands you can even make it a surprise for him.
“They don’t use to use a whole country to say thank you.”” she responded.
A Nigerian big boy has been captured on camera spraying Naira notes on his classmates as they signed out of the institution they were schooling in.
The young man appreciated the young lady by giving her a number Naira of notes, with his friends joining in in the celebration and popping bottles of alcoholic beverage on the both of them.
According to the guy, before they signed out, the lady was instrumental in course of his program in the institution as she always helped him with his assignments. Now that they are graduates, he remembers her for her kindness and gives her some money in style.
The video was shared online and while many are not quite okay with his method of appreciating her, others are merely okay with the gesture because at least, he remembered her unlike some people who could care less.
A driver has taken to social media to seek help in finding the mother of a little baby a passenger “forgot” in his car.
According to the driver, he picked up passengers from Ogbaku to Owerri, but on getting to Owerri, after every passenger alighted, the baby was left in his vehicle.
The mother of the child reportedly left the baby in the vehicle while she alighted.
In the video serving rounds online, the driver begged the mother or anyone who knew the baby to come and pick her up.
However, reacting to the video netizens suggest that the woman might have deliberately left the baby in the car to get rid of her. See some comments below,
@sylvias_bonnets, “Could this be deliberate or could it be a stressed out mother?”
@sharon_hillary_, “She just dumped the child”.
@moebolaji, “Ahhhhh who forgets her baby in a bus..na only mad person abeg”.
@official_iria, “It was intentional omg Such a cute thing”.
Billionaire businesswoman, Apostle Folorunsho Alakija, was spotted preaching the gospel on the streets of Lagos on Friday, January 15.
Before embarking on the evangelism, the philanthropist had taken to her Instagram page to share photos of herself and announced that she would be at Bode Thomas, Surulere.
She also urged her followers to join her as she preached the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Mrs Alakija wrote,
“In Mark 16:15 Jesus Christ commended us to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation”.
I will be at Bode Thomas Surulere today to preach the wonderful gospel of Jesus.
Hope to see you there.”
In a video shared online, she is seen with a microphone in hand urging people to accept Jesus Christ into their lives and be saved.
She was also wearing matching T-shirts with other men and women who joined her in evangelising.
Watch the video below,
According to Forbes, Folorunsho Alakija is estimated to have a net worth of $1 billion as of 2020.
Controversial female preacher, Evangelist Funmi Adebayo, popularly known as Mummy G.O, has stated that saying ‘Hello’ is a sin.
The Senior pastor of the Rapture Proclaimer Evangelical Church of God (RAPEC), Iyana Ipaja, Lagos, stated this during a sermon in her church recently.
According to her, when ‘O’ is removed from ‘Hello’, it’s left with ‘Hell’, which makes it a language of sin.
In her words,
“A bishop from Ghana was arguing with me. He said Evangelist Funmi, we are listening to your message but don’t say nonsense. Don’t teach us wrong things. I said what is the wrong thing that I taught.
He said ‘you said if somebody said Hello, it is demonic. It is not good’. I said yes sir I said so. I never denied it.
By the time you remove o from Hello, what remains? Hell! So I greet you in the morning or you call me and I just mention Hell! It is a language of hell, a slogan of hell.”
Reality TV star and media personality, Uti Nwachukwu, has taken to social media to share his opinion on paying tithes in church.
In a series of tweets, Uti noted that setting aside 10% of one’s income and giving it to God in return for blessings, as practiced in the Christian faith, works, but pastors shouldn’t coerce their members into paying it.
According to him, it’s not compulsory and it’s a covenant blessing available for those interested.
“A lot of people get this whole tithing thing wrong! Does it work? Yes! But It is not compulsory! And you will not be punished for not practicing it! It is an elective! A covenant blessing available for those interested.
“What is wrong is using fear of punishment to threaten your congregation into practicing it! It’s like the government waking up today to tell us that you’d be arrested if you don’t invest in real estate. Same goes for first fruits, offerings and all types of giving.
“Let people know the advantages but do not lie to them that they sin if they don’t practice it. Love and faith are all that matter in our chosen religion. Your faith will always produce results. Which is why some people doing the unimaginable still produce results.” He wrote.
Popular Nigerian businessman, Obi Iyiegbu aka Obi Cubana, on Thursday, January 13, visited the headquarters of the National Dr#g Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and spent about four hours.
Vanguard reports that the Night-Life Entreprenuer was said to have arrived the NDLEA premises at about 9am based on invitation over some foreign transactions involving payments and transfer of huge foreign currencies that needed clarifications but was allowed to go home at about 1.30pm.
A source disclosed that for the NDLEA to invite such a notable businessman and ‘interact’ with him for long there may be likelihood of certain allegations.
There are reports that suspicious payments were made into Cubana’s account by three convicted drug dealers from Malaysia, Nigeria and India and this may be some of the reasons behind his invitation.
It is claimed that some payments paid into Cubana’s account were traced to account’s of persons convicted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia while the third one was convicted in New Delhi, India.
Popular Ghanaian relationship counsellor, Charlotte Oduro, has advised wives to not leave their cheating husbands and told them what to do to get their husband’s love back.
In an interview on Kofi TV, the marriage coach said it would be unwise for a woman to leave her home for another woman to take over, so she should shower her husband with love and care even after he cheats.
According to her, a woman’s actions might be the reason her husband is cheating. Therefore, when a woman discovers her husband is cheating, she should first work on her attitude.
“If my husband cheats, I am not leaving him. I will die with him. Maybe, my actions are the reason he is cheating so I will change my ways and pamper him to love me again.” she said.
Meanwhile, Princess Shyngle has given married women an important tip to prevent their husbands from cheating.
Shyngle stated that if women cheat back anytime their husbands cheat on them, the men will start thinking twice before cheating.
She added that it will also make the rate of divorce reduce.
In her words,
“If married women also cheat anytime they catch their husband’s cheating, I promise you married men will start thinking twice before cheating on their wives. The rate of divorce will reduce.
My little advice to all married women , if they cheat also cheat back . They will start behaving Dear future hubby I hope you’re reading this Have a blessed week y’all . #just4laughs”.
Controversial Nigerian crossdresser, James Brown has flaunted the individual that gets his groove going and netizens have a bunch of things to say about it.
The effeminate took to his Instagram page recently to share a video of himself with a mystery guy whilst having an intimate session with him.
Calling the said guy his “Papito”, Brown holds on to his shirtless lover while making a video of the both of them.
After sharing the video, netizens trooped to the coment section to say a couple of things about the transvestite’s video.
One user wrote,
My sister but na fvck up oo, u weh be girl stil deh single and James weh be man don get boyfriend..wat is it dat u girls are not doing ryt dat James did ryt i really want to knw
Watch the video and see other reactions as you scroll,
The traffic hawker whose video where he gave handouts to prisoners inside a correctional service vehicle went viral online, has given reasons for the thoughtful gesture.
The video of him where he was spotted along Ajah axis of Lagos giving money to prisoners who were being transported in a truck, went viral on social media for heartfelt reasons.
His irregular show of kindness garnered traction on social media which got the young man an interview with a journalist who asked him aboujt the reason for his action.
According to the traffic hawker, unlike the prisoners, he is privileged with freedom, which was his sole reason of giving to them.
“I gave the prisoners money out of pity, Though I am very poor and sell pure water, I still have my Freedom, I can eat whatever I want to eat and go anywhere I want to go, but the prisoners do not have that freedom,” he said.
Operatives of the Lagos State Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Bolarinwa Oluwasegun, a fake Army General, for an alleged N270 million fraud.
The suspect is reported to have posed as a General in the Nigerian Army. He allegedly made false representations to a complainant, Kodef Clearing Resources, that President Muhammadu Buhari had shortlisted him and one other to be appointed as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and that he needed a short grant “to press and process the appointment.”
He reportedly forged a letter of appointment as COAS purportedly signed by the President and showed the same to the victim to further prove his claim. In the said letter, he claimed that he needed to pay a certain amount of money into the coffers of the Federal Government of Nigeria, as part of the requirements for the appointment as COAS.
EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Thursday, January 13, said the suspect in his bid to defr#ud the victim, also allegedly forged several documents and the signature of the President.
“He was arrested at his house in the Alagbado area of Lagos State on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. Upon his arrest, six pump action g#ns, three cartridge b#llets, a swagger stick and several forged documents were recovered from Oluwasegun, were recovered,” Uwujaren said.
A lady was captured on camera battling with the boyfriend of her younger sister who was always assaulting the latter.
The enraged lady reportedly took matters into her own hands as her younger sister had always endured.
“Mbona unapiga sister yangu (Why are you beating up my sister)” the lady is heard saying in the viral video of her fighting her sister’s boyfriend.
She was also spotted holding on to the man’s cloth as she dragged him around before people intervened.
Watch the video,
In other news, a beautiful lady has been recorded expertly stealing a mobile phone from a woman’s bag in a public place.
The video that found it’s way to the internet showed the women coming out of a building. While the woman whose phone was stolen carried a baby with her luggage, the beautiful pickpocket followed her closely from behind.
As they made their way out of the building guessed to be a mall, the lady swiftly removed the woman’s phone and her purse from her bag when she was sure no one was looking.
opular Nigerian IG influencer and comedian, Gloria Oloruntobi, known better as Maraji, has said men are not useful for anything except to get women pregnant.
The newlywed skit maker, who is currently pregnant with her first child, gave this statement after her spouse failed to put the edible cowhide (pomo) she was meant to cook later in the fridge.
In a video she shared on her IG stories, she revealed that when she asked him about it hours later, he told her he wasn’t aware that he was supposed to put it in the fridge.
Reacting, she said in Pidgin English that women won’t need men for anything if they could get pregnant on their own. She said: “Like my mummy will say, e no get wetin dem dey use man do (men are not useful for anything)“.
She then said she’s “beginning to acknowledge” that her mother’s words are true.
The management of a private secondary school in Akwa Ibom State has responded to an allegation of child abuse made against one of its staff.
A Facebook user, Celestine Mel took to the platform to share photos of the student identified simply as Udeme, alleging that she was beaten ruthlessly by a staff of the school, King Solomon Secondary School in Uyo.
Mel revealed that the SS3 student is his relation’s daughter and alleged that she got beaten because her “school uniform was too short and goes against the Bible“.
He wrote,
When a relation of mine forwarded disturbing images, regarding the bestial brutality visited on her daughter, who is an SS3 student of King Solomon Secondary School, a privately owned co-educational institution in Uyo – Akwa Ibom by Mrs. Ndifreke Etim Asuquo, the daughter of the proprietress, who also doubles as the school’s admissions officer to me today, I was initially hesitant to believe my eyes. The gravity and beastliness of the sight scared daylight out of me. It was a Monday morning, and I was busy at work. I needed to focus on my to-do list and the many Monday meetings. So, I let it be.
Try as I could, my mind did not depart from those scorching pictures. I kept prancing between Microsoft Projects Office Suit, (which is my primary work tool), and the WhatsApp webpage which I used to archive the ghoulish pictures. Each visit to WhatsApp haunted me like a bad dream. I started hating myself and my environment. I was feeling tormented, raped and brutalized. I scoffed at the lack of empathy and grace, that could have provoke such violence by whomsoever, on my friend – Udeme. Some of unsightly videos are too graphic to share. Whodunnit?
Upon returning home this night, I demanded for and got the phone number of the beastly child-abuser. A woman for real? I was filled with more rage; too bitter to ring her up, to ask why she defiled this little angel so cruelly. As the adrenaline rushed down my veins, I summoned the courage to dial her. I needed to hear her side of the story. To be fair to her. And my conscience. I needed to convince myself that it was a dream.
At the second ring, she answered. The following dialogue ensured:
“Hello, my name is Celestine Mel, calling from the FCT. I’m I speaking to Madam Ndifreke of King Solomon School – Ewet Housing Estate Uyo?” I asked.
“Yes, this is Ndifreke”. She answered.
“Dear madam Ndi, I got this disturbing information regarding an incident in your school today, 10th January 2022, wherein you have been accused of beating your student – Udeme and causing serious bodily injury to her. I want to hear your own side of the story. What happened?” I asked.
“I cannot speak on the matter. I will sue you for intruding into my privacy. I am a mother, a wife and a woman. I did not act alone. I acted on behalf of the school. The school would respond officially. Bla..bla..bla.” Ndifreke answered. Then the phone went blank. I continued to hear crackling noises at the other end…. Then I hanged up.
From her tone, it was very easy to deduce that I just spoke to a wickedly cruel monstrous and unapologetically merciless child bully. I could not imagine myself caught up in this sort of story, akin to the recent shenanigans in Dowen College Lagos. Or the Deeper Life High School Uyo. I needed to get to the root of this. I called up my relations and asked them if they would wish to tell this story to the world. They consented and sat down with me to bare it all…
Ndifreke accosted Udeme this morning at school, accusing her of violating the school’s dress code. The charge was that her school uniform was too short, and goes against the Bible, which (according to Ndifreke) forms the moral pillar of the school. She wanted to strip the child down. She does it to other students. The child tried to run away. Ndifreke descended on her, using every weapon within her reach: cane, stick, planks, etc. From the head to her back, shoulder, thighs, legs, etc. There were bumps, blood and bruises. She looked like a lucky survivor, out from a bombed-out rubble in a war zone. The head bulged out. The eyes blood-shot. He skin peeled here and there, lacerated and bleeding. She left the school by foot and in pains, and walked home by foot, several kilometers away. Alone. With no mercy. Or money. Or pity.
The mother who dropped her off only a few minutes earlier, could not understand the turn of events. She literally ran mad. My child? Who? How? Why? Questions. More questions. No answer….
I am told that King Solomon Secondary is a notorious haven for child abuse. I am told that stories abound in the schools’ WhatsApp group of similar outrageous incidents, wrought on female students by the belligerent Mrs. Ndifreke, who operates above and beyond the law, and whose conduct goes unchallenged. I could visualize her cold-heartedness from my little phone encounter with her this night. She was neither remorseful nor contrite. She sounded bellicose and haughty. She must have gulped from the forbidden jar of intoxicating raw naked power, luxuriating with the self-assurance that the authorities which should regulate the conduct of schools, are too impotent and too lethargic to act. She loathes the idea that she broke the Child’s Right Act by physically harming a child that was left under her paid-care, on the first day at school. After the Christmas break – the symbolism of love itself.
I will let the pictures and videos that follow, do the rest of the talking. I know that the parents of Udeme, reported the abuse to Ewet Housing Police Station, which issued an extract for medical assistance to the victim. I am adding my voice to condemn this unconscionable act of disproportionate violence by yet another school, on the body and flesh of the girl child. I call on the authorities, especially the government of Akwa Ibom State to swing into action, arrest and prosecute all those involved in this crime and take every action necessary, towards saving our schools from continuing to serve as slaughterhouses for our children.
I know I have supported the use of strong disciplinary methods in schools in the past, to help mold the character of the child. But I never supported any form of bodily injury or breaking of the law to harm somebody’s and anybody’s child in the name of discipline. It happened to my own very dear and precious friend, Udeme, as she spends this night in the hospital. Today ……
#TooMuchIsTooMuch
#JusticeForUdeme
In response to the claim, the school stated that Mel’s account is an exaggeration of what happened. They confirmed that the incident centered on the student wearing “short school uniform“, but accused the student of “rebuffing and muttering offensive words to the staff“.
Their statement read;
“On Monday, January 10, 2022, the resumption day of (the) second term for the 2021/22 session, a female student in SS3 was spotted coming to school with (an) inappropriate dress, a skirt with (an) edge above the knees.
“One of our staff, Mrs Ndifreke Etim, who is a member of the Management Board, accosted her on grounds of the wrong dressing, but the said girl rebuffed, muttering offensive words to the staff, a behaviour that prompted the use of cane on her,” Ubong Akpan said in a statement on Tuesday.”
The school revealed that the girl’s parents were not pleased with the incident, but that its management were already on the matter before it was “overblown and taken to social media”.
The statement added,
“While it is obvious that the version of the story circulated by Mr Mel is an exaggeration of the true state of things, we acknowledge the established grievances of (the) girl’s parents who have remained reliable stakeholders in our school and have taken steps to resolve the issue amicably.
“It should also be known that our school has never condoned child abuse of any kind, or harbour abusers. Our staff are well cultured and our students are bred in line with accepted standards of school administration. The staff in question is one of our best and does not deserve the unpleasant tags on her personality.”
Responding to the claim made by the school, Mel wrote,
RE: THE SORDID COLD-BLOODED ABUSE OF THE GIRL-CHILD IN KING-SOLOMON SECONDARY SCHOOL UYO, AKWA IBOM
Ordinarily, I would not have continued to join issues with the owners, Management and Staff of King Solomon Secondary School – Uyo, over the now-viral case of child torture, abuse and molestation which I painstakingly reported two days ago, and which is attracting the attention of relevant law-enforcement agencies.
I have however been forced out of that self-imposed hiatus to issue this statement, by the hurriedly cobbled self-indicting Press Release, issued by the school today, 12th January 2022, signed by one Obong Ubong Akpan who claims to be the Principal of the school wherein, my name was copiously mentioned.
I have taken time to parse the release and I make bold to state as follows:
1. I do not know the proprietor, staff or owners of King Solomon International School. Not the least Mrs. Ndifreke Etim and so, I have nothing personally, against them.
2. The story of the abuse of girl-child Udeme which I broke, has just been validated by the school as true, by the confessions contained in the said press statement.
3. Specifically, paragraph two of the press statement, reproduced as follows, says it all:
“On Monday, January 10, 2022, the resumption day of second term for the 2021/22 session, a female student in SS3 was spotted coming to school with inappropriate dress, a skirt with edge above the knees. One of our staff, Mrs Ndifreke Etim who is a member of the Management Board accosted her on grounds of the wrong dressing, but the said girl rebuffed, muttering offensive words to the staff; a behavior that prompted the use of cane on her.”
4. The use of cane on her for getting to school with mini-skirt and muttering offensive words against a Management Board member is exactly the unarguable validation of the truth, regarding the culture of coldblooded callous child-abuse, laceration, torture, injury, etc., which the school and her Management have normalized.
5. Their obstinate refusal to understand that the brutality visited on citizen Udeme by them, is against the laws of the land and runs contrary to the UN convention on the rights and protection of the child, Nigeria’s Child Rights Act (CRA) and other laws enacted to protect children from bullying, torture, battery, cruelty and abuse speaks volume about the sort of horror under which children exist in the school and in their minds.
6. More specifically, I wish to remind King Solomon Schools to find time to study the statutes, vis-à-vis their responsibility to the children whom they are paid and licensed to teach. The following clauses in the Child Rights Act (2003) readily come to mind:
NIGERIAN CHILD RIGHTS ACT SECTION 11.
Every child is entitled to respect for the dignity of his person, and accordingly, no child shall be:
(a) subjected to physical, mental or emotional injury, abuse, neglect or maltreatment, including sexual abuse;
(b) subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
(c) subjected to attacks upon his honor or reputation;
NIGERIAN CHILD RIGHTS ACT SECTION 221. Restriction on punishment
(1) No child shall be ordered to be
(a) imprisoned; or
(b) subjected to corporal punishment or
(c) subjected to the death penalty or, have the death penalty recorded against him.
7. By trying to turn the story against me as one Celestine Mel and exonerating the assailant/child abuser – Mrs Ndifreke from blame, whom the statement venerates as one of our best and does not deserve the unpleasant tags on her personality I dare say, King Solomon is still living in the fading illusion that the school and her promoters are above the law and would continue to promote their culture of violence based on so-called high moral standard with zero tolerance for indiscipline without regrets.
8. The physical torture of citizen Udeme, no matter her offense, whom they admittedly and wickedly bruised and scarred, has done more damage to the already dented image of the school than I could possibly do.
9. It is not true that the school took any steps to reach out to the parents of the victim to assuage the hurt and trauma that they visited on their child until I broke the story. Indeed, they started running from pillar to post after it became obvious yesterday that my expose would turn the worlds attention to their reprehensible (and unlawful) modus operandi. They have sent several emissaries to me to pull down the story so as to protect the investment that the late proprietor made in school. I have all the conversations recorded in the clouds and would publish them at the appropriate time if the need arises.
10. What I have nor heart is what they would do to re-orientated their abusive board members on modern child care techniques and penance for the callous brutality on citizen Udeme.
10. The public should note that I reached out to the school on the night of 10th January 2022 (12 hours after the incident) to hear their side of the story for balance, but Mrs. Ndifreke roundly and arrogantly rejected the opportunity and chose rather to threaten me with court action if I dared publish this damming expose. I published this story after I was convinced that they broke the law and were cruel.
11. This entire issue means so much to me (a proud father of tender kids myself and the son of a teacher who was a strict disciplinarian himself) and I would never stand anyone who brutalizes my child the way Mrs. Ndifreke did, no matter the provocation. Torture is not discipline. Hurt is not morality.
Finally, I undertook this project with the intention to spark frank conversation about these accepted abusive practices, to draw global attention to the scourge of child abuse in our environment and to let people know that we have left the barbarian age long ago. Torture and molestation that still exist in our school system is not only injurious to the child, but breeds further violence which metastasizes to create the violent society we all live in today. More so, it is a crime. It is unthinkable that a licensed school would admit publicly (in this century) that it used cane on a 16-year old because she wore skirts above her knees and muttered abusive words to a management staff to the extent of lacerating her body; and is gutsy enough to claim that the public should disregard any publication seeking to discredit our school as it is our continued vision to raise responsible individuals in the society, give value to education system as well as relentlessly advocate for the right of every child. Everyone concerned with this dastardly act must be punished to serve as deterrent to other schools, who make violence against children their go-to pastime. We shall get to the bottom of this.
Actor Femi Adebayo and his siblings celebrated their Mother’s 70th birthday in grand style and she won’t forget in a hurry.
The popular Actor and his siblings got her a Toyota Venza for her birthday and it was indeed a big moment of celebration.
See photo below ;
Here’s what he wrote for his mother’s birthday ;
It’s my Sweet mother’s birthday!!! Pls the whole world should help me celebrate my mother at 70! Hmmmmm… EJIDE! Orisa bi iya o si… Abiamo boja gborogboro…
My mother is many things, but top on the list is : “Love” She embodies the true meaning and definition of Love.
She’s the true definition of ‘if I no chop…my mother no go chop..’
It is my everyday prayer that if I have to come to this world 10 million times, the Almighty should make me come through her.
Mummy I love you so much In Sha Allah I will celebrate your 120 years in this world in good health and abundance of blessings
Ejide…We all love youContinue to grow in health and peace of mind.
Popular Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia, better known as 2Baba, has hinted that he has given up on having more children while affirming his changed personality.
The father of seven stated this during a performance at the Idoma carnival, which was held recently in his hometown in Benue State.
In a video that was spotted online, the legendary singer while singing his hit track ‘True Love’ asked the audience, “Where is my true love? Is it here or there?”
Seeing the audience’s reaction to his question, 2Baba quickly noted that he’s a changed person and doesn’t plan on welcoming any more children with another woman.
“E be like some babe dey fear to shout, make una no fear, I no dey give woman belle like that again. I don change, ask anybody, they will tell you I am innocent, I no dey do that kain thing again…No be small thing, I don resign for that kind matter.” He said.
A Nigerian man based in Dublin City, Ireland has taken to Twitter to share his amazing transformation after relocating abroad.
The man with handle @dayveedcody_ shared of photo of when he was in Nigeria and a recent photo of himself abroad and the difference is as clear as day.
He stated that a lot can happen when one leaves the shores of Nigeria for a western country and his transformation is proof!
In the before photo, Dayveed looked a lot darker than he looks now that he is based abroad. According to him, he didn’t expect that he would change this much.
He wrote,
“A lot can happen when you leave Nigeria. E.g glow and growth
Who would have thought I could change this much?”
See the photos below,
A while ago, aNigerian medical doctor who relocated abroad 4 years ago wowed netizens after he showed off his amazing transformation.
The young man identified as @don_pet on Twitter shared a photo of myself in Nigeria alongside new photos of himself, and in his caption noted that the difference in his life is palpable after his relocation.
Sharing the photos taken four years apart on Twitter, the man captioned it, “Four yrs ago today I japa’ed from Nigeria. 4 year on, the difference is palpable. Isn’t God a magician?” See here.
Nigerian celebrity couple, Adekunle Gold and Simi are marking their 3rd wedding anniversary today and they took to their respective social media pages to shares adorable photos accompanied with beautiful words of endearment.
Sharing the photo, AG baby wrote ;
I thank God for the best 3 years of our lives. Doing this life journey with you is by far the best decision I have ever made. Thank you baby for changing my life forever. I love you Magic.
Simi on her part wrote ;
3 years and you’re still the one I love oooh the one that I belong tooooo still the one I kiss goodnight. I love you my boy. I thank you for this journey. God really working overtime with us.
A wise man once said “luckily oh mo lowo ti mo fe na”. I look forward to spending your money and rubbing your body forever kingofphotoshop. Amen
@ibizaclub_abuja @jaywonjuwonlo ……this year! Showcasing what we do for a living!”. He wrote.
Have a blessed week y’all 
