A Nigerian man has been arrested for allegedly beating his wife to death because she refused to have sex with him.
According to a family of the deceased woman who shared the heartbreaking story on social media, the suspect was in the habit of beating his wife, and has called for justice for his late aunt.
He stated that on June 27th, the woman, Mrs Ugieki Asemota returned home from a wedding to find her husband drunk, so she had a bath and locked herself in a room to avoid getting beaten which is allegedly her husband’s habit when he’s drunk.
Later that night the husband reportedly banged on her door asking for sex, she turned him down and refused to open the door.
She feared that her husband could break down the door so she jumped out of her room through the window to seek help, but unfortunately before she could get help he attacked her, repeatedly hit her with planks and block till she bled and fainted.
She was rushed to the hospital where she eventually died by concerned neighbors.
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Congratulations are in order for Comedian, Bright Okpocha popularly known as Basketmouth, and his wife, Elsie, as they welcome their third child together after three miscarriages.
It is indeed double celebration for the Okpocha famly as Elsie is also celebrating her birthday today, July 13.
Elsie took to social media to share the heartwarming news as she revealed that she prayed earnestly for God to bless them with a third child and He has finally done it.
Sharing photos from her maternity shoot, Elsie wrote,
“I prayed for this, Endlessly
I craved for it desperately(yea even after 2 kids, lol)
And after 3 Miscarriages….
God said it was time….his perfect time!!!
It’s A NEW CHAPTER!!!!!!”
Photos serving rounds online has captured the moment Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu personally arrested traffic robbers in the Ojota area of the state.
Luck ran out on the suspected criminals on Monday, July 12th as they were nabbed while attempting to rob a motorist around Ojota in-bound Alausa.
It was gathered that the machete-wielding suspects were attempting to drag the motorist off his vehicle, when the governor’s convoy arrived the scene.
The security personnel attached to the Governor accosted the suspects, retrieved their dangerous weapons and arrested all three of them.
See photos below,
In other news, the executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the parents of children convicted of cultism will also be punished.
The Governor made this known while addressing students on Thursday, May 27, during the Children’s Day celebration at the Police College, Ikeja.
Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, said a new law had been signed to fight cultism and it includes punishment for parents of wards convicted of cultism.
Congratulations are in order for Mr. Anthony Ohiorenoya, a Lawyer and Pastor with Revival House of Glory Intl’ Church (RHOGIC) Abuja, who recently welcomed his first child after years of waiting.
His wife, Chrestee Ohio, a Gospel music minister gave birth to a baby boy after 11 years of marriage.
Taking to Facebook on July 4, 2021, the proud new father said words could not describe the joy he feels.
He wrote ;
“That indescribable and unexplainable feeling that is beyond words, knowing that you’re not in a dream, and that truly, you’re now a Father. AFTER ELEVEN SOLID YEARS OF WAITING!. Truly, What God Cannot Do Does Not Exist!”
“Eleven(11) years of waiting is over!!! Finally, I have stepped into Fatherhood!
Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson has seemingly dashed the hopes of women who might have invested in ‘Slimming Tea’ and ‘Waist trainers’ on the quest to get a snatched body.
The actress in her tweet stated that slimming tea and waist trainer won’t give anyone a snatched body.
In her words ;
Before we go to church, lemme say this…baby gyal,no slimming tea / waist trainer is gonna give you no TAPOLI / snatched body,stop letting these companies / influencers fool you. Two people, a doctor or your mum and one place , the gym can give you that body
The Olympic games are upon us and it seems the Nigerian Basketball Team is in good spirits as they’ve also walloped Argentina, ranked the number 4 team in the world.
This is coming just days after Nigeria gave the USA a shock defeat in an exhibition match.
The social media account shared the photo and wrote ;
Beat the No. 1 team in the world.
Beat the No. 4 team in the world.
Just getting started.
A viral video of a masquerade dancing inside a catholic church in Nigeria has stirred reactions on social media.
In the video which made it’s way to the internet the masquerade who joined a church service is seen happily dancing while the church members as well as the officiating priests cheered him on.
The video has however stirred mixed reactions online. While some netizens were against it many others averred that the house of God is for everyone, regardless of religion.
An Instagram follower @ms__jon wrote, “If u are not Catholic and from my place (Southern Kaduna) u will not understand what is going on here and I honestly don’t have d energy to explain! Na d sound I dey enjoy here”.
@eurosia_silver wrote, “Yesterday was cultural day for we Catholics”.
@iamheady_, “I wonder how a masquerade is related to evil.. even in traditional marriage, masquerade dey come dance and everybody dey happy”.
@y.b.n.l.princess wrote, “This world is coming to an end sha”.
@february8property wrote, “The question is. Did God rejected him?”.
Popular social media influencer, Dencia, is currently in mourning following the death of her sister.
According to Dencia, her sister, Rebecca, lost her 3-year battle with Brain Cancer.
Dencia’s sister, Rebecca
She wrote on Instagram ;
It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful sister Rebecca has lost her 3-year battle with brain cancer on 7/11/21.
My heart feels like a block of lead that I can’t lift off the ground. I reflect on the fact that so many beautiful souls on this earth are taken away from us by this overwhelming disease.I have cried nonstop for 3yrs,Oh if only we looked like what we were going thru a hot Cheeto Mess.
Poukis fought a courageous fight.
To your last breath Poukis,you never gave up and remain victorious in my eyes.They gave u 3 months & u fought for 3yrs.U are my rock in life and my inspiration in your death.From the day u were nominated as my sister, u looked out for me, I was ur 1st child as every1 made fun of it.You believed in me more than anything or any1 in the world & pushed me to attain my full potential in life & that’s why the last 3yrs, my life stopped when I got that famous call.Today I am who I am because of u,u made so many sacrifices for my health & wealth, My brokevillian days when u will give me ur card & say spend $50 & I’ll spend $5k u never got mad.Days when I was sicker than a dog & u will find the best Drs for me no matter what country I was in,I can go on & on but all my life, u loved & protected me from everything & everyone.We fought Cancer so hard together & it whooped all of us, it just stole u away from us.What I’m I supposed to tell Ethan,jojo & Cam?Your 1 wish for me was for me to have kids who will love you how ur kids love me, I promise u when they are here, they’ll hear all about the amazing big sister I have who’s living her best life somewhere else.I’ve loved & I’ve lost again
Becky’s love and life will always be remembered by every1 who had the opportunity to meet her, she had the biggest heart & was always ready to help every1.
I’ll be taking some time to be there for her 3 beautiful children she lived for who have lost their mom,so forgive me in advance if you don’t hear from me for a while but always know I feel your outpouring love.All public engagements I have will be postponed till further notice.
Barrister Franklin Ufu, who is a cousin of Michael Ataga, the deceased boss of Super TV, has opened up in graphic details, how the body of Ataga was found after he’d been killed.
In an interview with CrimerFighters NG, Barrister Franklin Ufu who is a cousin of the deceased hinted that Chidinma might have not acted alone in killing the deceased.
Ufu said;
”I have had the very regrettable priviledge of seeing that dead body five time. My cousin’s hands were tied so badly that the rope entered his skin. The rope is right there as an exhibit with the police.
That binding could not have been done by that lady alone, not possible, even if he was drugged. It is not possible because I saw the lady and I saw my cousin and I said this is not possible.
Apart form the fact that he was tied, there were multiple stabs on his body. So that story of two stabs and neck is not true. He was stabbed in other places, his leg. Infact in Yaba mortuary, the attendants were so dramatic that they told us clearly. The stabbing here (touching his stomach) was so bad it is a hole. The guy stuck his two fingers into my cousin’s body in my presence. He was stabbed here(touching the right side of his neck” deliberately twice and on his body multiply”
Julius Eze is a Facebook user, and is currently trending on the platform after he revealed that he returned 2.5 million naira that was mistakenly paid into his bank account.
Eze who describes himself as an entrepreneur explained that on Friday Evening, July 9th and Saturday, July 10th he got credit alerts totaling 2.5m.
He explained that he was later able to trace the owner and transferred the money back.
He shared screenshots of his bank transactions and explained that he couldn’t keep the money because a good name is better than ill-gotten wealth.
Big Brother Naija star, Kemen has explained why people receive more love, attention and respect when they die, compared to when they are alive.
This comes after the death of Nigerian music legend, Sound Sultan, at age 44. Following his death, celebrities and Nigerians at large took to social media to mourn his demise and pay tributes to him.
However, the likes of music executive, Soso Soberekon accused people, who didn’t reach out to the singer when he was battling with cancer, of showing fake love after his death.
In an apparent reaction to this, Kemen has now taken to his Instagram page to correct the popular notion that the attention people give dead people is “fake love”.
According to him, huge respect and attention can only be given to the dead because it is a one-time affair, adding that it can’t be given to a living person because it is not sustainable in the long run.
He wrote;
“The love, attention, and respect accorded to the dead can only be accorded to the dead because it is a one-off it’s called “last respect”. You can’t give such to the living cos it’s not sustainable. Don’t mistake this reality for some selfish emotional bais.”
Popular socialite, Pretty Mike have taken to social media to share the “unusual sight” he saw in Lagos traffic.
The night life king revealed that he saw a Range Rover, which is regarded as an exotic car in Nigeria, carrying a mattress in an undisclosed location in Lagos. He also shared a photo of the Range Rover on his Instagram story.
Reacting to this, Pretty Mike stated that Lagosians can convert a luxury vehicle into a moving truck, without giving it much thought.
He shared the photo and wrote, “My lagos city “where any luxury car can be converted to a moving truck”.
See the photo below,
The photo has stirred mixed reactions on social media as netizens argue that it is economical to use one’s vehicle to move items, instead of hiring a commercial moving truck.
See some comments below,
maryanncorner wrote, “It doesn’t make sense paying 20k to convey mattress when you have a car, I totally understand, ahhh country get as E be. Besides that mattress isn’t cheap”
_egooyinbo wrote, “So because the car is luxurious now, the person should rather carry the mattress on his/her head.”
forlahbee wrote, “I get range and I buy matress, make I still pay separately to carry am go house ba”
official_alviravows wrote, “So he should buy his mattress and book an Uber to carry it for him then they both move in convoys like what”
Nigerian crossdresser, Bobrisky has sparked a controversial debate on social media, with his latest statement about men.
According to the self styled billionaire girlfriend, men are born to hustle and spend the money they make on women.
The drag queen who stated this in a recent Instagram post also noted that women rule the world and get away with so many things.
In his words,
“We women get away with a lot of things na man come this world come suffer…yaay women rule d world, men are born to hustle … then spend all the money on us”.
See his post below,
This statement attracted divergent views on the matter as social media users agreed with him, wile some objected.
In other news, popular Nigerian transvestite, Bobrisky, recently took to his social media page to declare that no girl in Nigeria is richer than him.
He stated this via his snapchat handle,
In his words;
No girl in dis country is richer than bobrisky NEVER
• • •
Let start from hair MI,- zst13 el only my hairs alone worth over 100million. You all know I buy hairs like water. I don’t repeat hair naaaaa
Let talk about my jewelry pure GOLD
Let go to my cars top notch machines
Now let go to how much bob charge for ambassadors and deals. Each brand I charge 10million for 6months deal ask all d brand I’m working how much they pay me
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Nigerian singer, Small Doctor has shared his last WhatsApp chat with veteran singer, Sound Sultan as he takes to social media to mourn him.
Olarenwaju Fasasi popularly known as Sound Sultan died yesterday, Sunday, July 11th after battle with cancer. However, in his last chat with Small Doctor he was positive about recovering from the ailment.
When Small Doctor reached out to ask about his health he stated that he was recuperating and has been discharged from the hospital to begin the next phase of his treatment from home.
Unfortunately he lost the battle to cancer yesterday and has been buried in New Jersey according to Muslim rites.
The late veteran singer who died at the age of 44 is survived by his wife, Farida Fasasi and three children.
Sharing a screenshot of his last conversations with the late singer, Small Doctor captioned it, “Rest easy bro”.
A young Nigerian man reportedly slumped and died after DNA test allegedly revealed he’s not the biological father of his son.
According to a friend of the deceased who shared the heartbreaking story on Facebook, the man who was based abroad discovered his wife was cheating on him with a younger lover after he stumbled on a Snapchat video.
Following the discovery he rushed to Nigeria and requested that a DNA test be carried on his supposed son. However test result revealed he’s not the biological father of the little boy who he thought was his son all along.
Shattered by the DNA test result the man reportedly slumped and died.
This is coming after a video vixen, Lyn Magodo popularly known as Lady Storm was reportedly exposed by a DNA test conducted on her child who she’s been accused of using to get ‘maintenance money’ from different men.
The DNA test revealed that Lady Storm’s daughter was not fathered by businessman Tinarwo “Mukanya” Gotora as the she has always claimed, but by a South African-based car dealer, Luckmore Pongolani.
The car dealer, Luckmore Pongolani in an interview with H-Metro revealed he decided to go public with the news after Lady Storm denied him access to their child and insisted on running more tests.
In his words,
“I have just called you to clarify on my paternity row with Lady Storm, which has been raging on for the past three years.
“As I have always maintained from the start that DNA tests should be conducted, she has not been cooperating insisting that Mukanya (Tinarwo Gotora) who was married to her was the father since he provided for her needs before they split.”,/blockquote>
He also accused the dancer of defrauding multiple men by using the little girl to claim money for child support.
“She once came here (South Africa) and that’s when I realised she was also claiming money from another guy in South Africa called Denzel and another old man in Harare.
“It appears she had been having unprotected sex with other men at the same time and I am, glad that I am HIV negative otherwise it could have been another story.
“My daughter’s life is at stake and that’s why I decided to take this action.
“Lady Storm has been nagging me asking for money but she always changes her mind after receiving what she wants from me. “multiple men by claiming money for child support. He said.
American rapper, Cardi B has reacted after a follower criticized her and her husband, Offset, over the expensive jewelry they gifted their daughter, Kulture, on her 3rd birthday.
Kulture clocked 3 on Sunday, July 11, and her parents threw her a grand princess-themed birthday party. During the party, rapper Offset presented her with a Richard Mille watch, which is reportedly worth $250,000.
Cardi B also went all out for her daughter as she gifted her an expensive Mickey-Mouse charm diamond necklace.
This stirred mixed reactions on social media as netizens criticized them for spending so much on the gifts when she is still too young to understand the value.
A Twitter user, who also reacted, said that the celebrity couple gifted their daughter expensive jewelries when all she really wants, considering her age, is toys.
“Cardi & Offset got that baby jewelry & all she wanted was toys smh,” he wrote.
The rapper fired back at the Twitter user for assuming that their daughter doesn’t have enough toys. According to her, Kulture is spoiled with toys and she’s super educated so she doesn’t need more toys.
She added that since she and Offset are “fly” (i.e. they were expensive outfits and jewelries), then their kids must be too.
A South Africa based Nigerian lady has taken to social media to cry for help after her shop was vandalized and looted by protesting South Africans over the weekend.
According to a report by Aljazeera, Violent rioting has erupted in two South African provinces following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma, with supporters blocking roads and looting shops.
A Nigerian lady who was one of the victims of the looting which took place last weekend took to her Instagram account to air her anger and frustration.
According to her, all her skin care products and clothes in the shop were stolen asides a sofa.
Sharing videos of the looted store, she wrote,
“This is what South Africans did to my store in 14 Brickhill Road, KwaZulu-Natal Durban. They looted everything and stole all my goods they did not leave anything… All my cloth and skin care products..
“Been out since 4am midnight with my innocent little kids cos I don’t have nanny. God help me ooo, what have I done…Now they will say we foreigners are this and that. I curse this south Africans with tears in my eyes. Please pray for me cos am heart broken. I don’t know what to do”.
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of popular Nigerian singer, Olanrewaju Fasasi better known as Sound Sultan.
In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, the President noted that the death of the music icon is not only a loss to the Nigerian music industry but to Nigeria as a whole.
President Buhari described the deceased as a kind and generous citizen who was deeply passionate about issues in the country,
The statement read in part,
“Sound Sultan’s demise is not only a loss to the Nigerian music industry, but to the country as a whole. As a celebrated rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, he lived an exemplary life, achieved several milestones in his career and contributed greatly to the development of the Nigerian music and entertainment industry through his artistic genius, creativity and talent, which has inspired many young Nigerians in the industry.
“He was kind, generous, and deeply passionate about issues in the country, which reflected in his music and art, and as an avid basketball fan, he made telling contributions to the development of local basketball in the country. The President prays for the eternal repose of the soul of the departed and divine peace and comfort for the family, friends and associates”.
The 44-year-old veteran singer died yesterday died yesterday, July 11th 2021 after battle with cancer and was buried in New Jersey yesterday according to Muslim rites.
Controversial Investigative journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has disclosed that she’s battling Osteoarthritis and Carpal tunnel syndrome.
The 56 year old who disclosed this via Instagram page urged the public to add her in their prayers as she revealed the pain is unbearable.
In her words,
“Keep praying for me. The pain is too much!! I’m suffering from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I may be back August or September. I will be checking on you once a week. Pls check on me too. I have Osteoarthritis and Carpal Tunnel. I can’t use my hands much due to pinched nerves”.
Giving an update on her health and treatment, she added,
“Doctors say it comes with old age and a busy hand, holding phones for years as a digital Journalist and filling prescriptions with the counting spatula for 33 yrs. Last time I had this was 199. I’m on high dose Calcium, anti-inflammatory drugs and nerve/muscle relaxants”.
Ghanaian singer, Wendy Shay has alleged that some upcoming Nigerian artistes are sleeping with top Ghanaian female celebrities.
Speaking in a recent interview on Accra-based radio station Peace FM, Wendy Shay claimed that she knows some female celebrities who are dating and sleeping with “underground Nigerian singers”.
According to her, it is sad because Ghanaian singers can’t easily penetrate the Nigerian entertainment industry, talk less of dating a Nigerian celeb.
She chided the Ghanaian celebs and urged them to stop the act because it is disrespectful and could also be the reason why Ghanaian music isn’t doing well.
“Our top stars not only musicians… all you see are an underground artiste from Nigerian who comes and is dating a top female star in Ghana. I can’t mention names but it’s the female celebrities I’ve seen do that. It’s heartbreaking.
I can’t mention names because if I do that, it will be like I’ve personalized the issue but it’s an observation I’ve made for some time now. Even the country as a whole, you’ll realize that we support outsiders than we support our own,” she said.
She added that Nigerian top stars will not open their arms “for you”, neither will they date a Ghanaian celeb so Ghanaians should not replicate it.
The party, which was themed “Life after death”, has stirred massive reactions on social media.
See some comments ,
mfenaandrew wrote, “See enh in this life just have friends and family that support your madness ”
lasgidimouthpiece wrote, “God forbid! This is like giving my village people that golden opportunity they’ve been looking for, no be me nd una oh….”
dreamcloset_ent wrote, “Obviously not a Nigerian! This kind of Event,i would not even eat. Would walk out after the Madness. Her voice like Akuko adiye. Nonesense&Rubbish.”
_afreekhana wrote, “She was going for the fairytale effect but missed road and landed in the funeral section. It is well”
Celebrated author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has revealed that her family’s experience during her parent’s funeral has reaffirmed her reservations about churches in Nigeria.
Chimamanda, who has always been vocal about her reservations about some of the doctrines and practices in Catholic churches in Nigeria, shared this in the latest edition of the L’osservatore Romano weekly bulletin.
The 43-year-old writer, who lost her parents in quick succession – her dad in June 2020 and her mom in March 2021, alleged that the church didn’t treat her family with compassion despite the fact that they were grieving.
Her words,
“My family’s experiences during my parents’ funerals served to reaffirm, if not renew, my reservations about the Nigerian church.
So much could have been handled with compassion for the grieving but was not. So many opportunities to show dignity were left unused.
Our communication with the local church was more of an exercise in priestly power than anything else; we begged and negotiated for a suitable funeral date, with an exaggerated but insincere deference shown to the priest lest he change his mind and not agree to the funeral.”
Chimamanda also revealed that during her mother’s thanksgiving service, the parish priest criticized her statement in one of her interviews, where she said she stopped attending Catholic churches in Nigeria because activities became “way too much” about money, fundraising, and thanksgiving.
She wrote,
“At the Thanksgiving Mass, a strange concept, as giving thanks was the last thing I felt like doing a day after the funeral — my siblings and I were seated in the front pews, all wearing purple, my mother’s favorite color, all still in shocked disbelief to have buried her so soon after my father.
I was immersed in sadness and did not realize right away when the parish priest began to criticise me about a press interview I had given a few months before.
After the interview, there was both criticism and support of my views, as one would expect, but I had not given that interview any thought in months. And so I was shocked by the parish priest standing at the altar and issuing a rejoinder, during my mother’s funeral, in terms so petty and so ill-timed as to trivialise the crushing enormity of her death.”
Popular comedian/ranter, Lasisi Elenu drops a new comedy video titled, “The Storm”. This new comedy features, Instagram comedians; Pankeeroy, Shank Comics and others.
Osun state governor, Gboyega Oyetola has asked civil servants in the state to wear Adire uniforms to work every Thursday to promote fashion and culture.
The governor who gave the directive during the state’s International Fashion Week in Osogbo, stated that wearing of Adire (a distinctive local fabric) by civil servants to work will promote the Osun-Nigerian fashion and culture.
According to him, the initiative which would take effect from August 27,2021 is part of efforts to preserve and promote the production of Adire in Osun, as well as bolster the image of Osun as a culturally correct and indigenous product inclined state.
In his words,
“Adire is indigenous to Osun and it is not for nothing that Osogbo, the capital, is referred to as ‘Ilu Aro’ (Home of dye).
In furtherance of efforts of this government to preserve and promote the production of Adire Osun as well as bolster the image of Osun as a culturally correct and indigenous product inclined state, every Thursday has been declared Adire Osun Day.
Consequently, effective from August 27, 2021, all public and civil servants in the state shall wear Adire to work.”
a hot Cheeto Mess.
I’ve loved & I’ve lost again 
(@iamdencia)
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