Kwaku has been my best friend for the past eight years since our days in the university. He was the kind of friend who woke me up at dawn to study. When I had difficulty grasping certain concepts, he patiently taught me. He gives me a listening ear regardless of what I want to talk about. Our closeness made people wonder if we were more than friends. I didn’t know if he had feelings for me and I didn’t care to know either. What I cared about was that he was my best friend. In the course of our friendship,…
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A woman who was involved in a bloody accident yesterday, August 10, has received both criticism and sympathy after she filmed herself bleeding at the accident scene and shared it on TikTok.The user known as confidence was involved in an accident alongside other commuters. The accident left her bleeding from the head. As first responders tried to help her and others, she’s seen crying while filming.The video also shows a vehicle lying by its side as a result of the accident.The TikTok user also shared other videos of her in the hospital, with bandages on her head, hand, and knee.…
Muslim extremists went to the home of an evangelist who had held open-air events in eastern Uganda and killed him, sources said. Charred home of one of the Chistians slain in Widho, Lamu County, Kenya.-Morning Star NewsCut with a sharp instrument that left his head and neck with deep wounds, Sozi Odongo was killed at his home in Omorio cell, Agule Town Council, Pallisa District on July 29 while his wife and four children hid in a room. Odongo was 45.The previous week, sources said, Odongo had received threatening text messages, including one from Nasuru Ongom, a Muslim sheikh (teacher)…
I’m a housewife. It has taken me several years to accept this as a role. I didn’t choose it for myself. Things happened. Situations changed without any notice. I went home to deliver our first baby and then Covid happen. I was home when I received a letter that my contract had been terminated. I wasn’t given a chance to prove myself. I wasn’t even given a hearing. The company was going through hard times and had to downsize. Unfortunately, I was part of the weight they had to shed off. I was devastated. My boy was only one month…
There was drama and confusion at a church in Oyo when a senior pastor engaged a young lady during a programme in Ekiti.The head pastor reportedly proposed marriage to the girlfriend of his assistant pastor and it caused murmurs among members of the church. According to reports, the lady in question has been dating the assistant pastor and head pastor but neither of them knew about the other. It was gathered that the lady is also the choir mistress of the church During a church programme, the clergyman decided to surprise her by proposing to her, but the assistant was…
Reno Omokiri, former Presidential aide has advised Obidients to consider transparency and personal fulfillment in choosing Atiku to succeed Muhammad Buhari.The author took to his official Twitter account to plead that a support for Atiku by Obidients will go a long way in the 2023 general elections. He wrote “People who say things like ignore Obidients, they only exist on social media, they are less than 1% of the electorate, they don’t understand elections. No matter how small 1 is, 999,999 needs it to become 1 million. We need Obidients. Please, join us and vote Atiku!”From the tweet, Reno has…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday warned Nigerians against electing the wrong candidate during the 2023 general elections.Obasanjo warned that making the wrong choice in the election may consume the nation.Obasanjo spoke as the special guest of honour at the Wilson Badejo Foundation’s 15th annual lecture with the theme, ‘Overcoming the twin challenges of poverty and insecurity in Nigeria’ held in Lagos. “It is either we make the right choice in 2023 because if we make the right choice, we would get there.“However, if we do not make the right choice in 2023, things would consume us and we pray…
A 40-year old man, Joseph Alu, has been arrested in Lagos State for allegedly ridiculing a cleric, Pastor Sunday Eguaoyo, by calling him fake and allegedly revealing his dirty secrets to the Church members and on social media. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Bungalow Estate, Jakende area of Ejigbo, Lagos, where the Church is located.The suspect, Alu, was said to have told Pastor Eguaoyo that he knew him very well and that he was a fake while deceiving his followers claiming to be a real Pastor. The revelation was said to have thrown both Pastor Eguaoyo’s family and…
Former Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani has said he’s battle ready for any online troll, especially supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi.IDOMA VOICE observed that Nnamani has been under fire over his comment that his fellow Igbo man, Peter Obi can never be the president of Nigeria. His recent comments against Obi angered supporters of the LP presidential candidate, who have been dragging him online.This forced the former Enugu governor to start blocking some online trolls.However, in a dramatic U-turn on Wednesday night, Nnamani said he has developed a thick skin for anybody who would…
•Party’s crisis: NWC members may have ditched Rivers gov to back Ayu •Council boss berates Maeba for attacking gov •We cannot return Rivers to bitterness, Abe tells WikeChuks Okocha, Sunday Aborisade in Abuja and Blessing Ibunge in Port HarcourtAll Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain representing Sokoto North senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, has poured cold water on Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike’s assertion that he lost the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election because of religion.Wamakko, hosted by Wike, spoke in Port Harcourt on Tuesday at the inauguration of one of the Rivers State governor’s…