The day I completed SHS I knew my education was over. I was in school when my dad retired. Mom had been sick for a long while and she wasn’t doing anything that brought in any income. My two other siblings were in school, the elder one was in the second year in university and the youngest one was still in Junior high school. My dad told me, “If you really want to continue your education, then you’ll have to wait until your elder brother completes, get a job and support you through school. It’s hard the way things are.…
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Video making rounds on social media captures the moment a slay queen stole the belongings of her client who paid her N50K instead of the agreed N40K.The embattled man in the video who was backed by his friends queries the call girl after his belongings disappeared overnight. The young lady denied being in possession of diamond earrings, a passport, and a gold necklace said to be missing in the room.After a while of questioning, the man found the properties carefully hidden away by the lady. She, however, pleaded that the recording of the event should be stopped immediately after handing…
A 45-year old man, Jeremiah Ode, has allegedly killed his uncle’s 65-year old wife, Priscilla Adoga, used her head to make pepper soup and was eating it before he was caught. P.M.EXPRESS reports that Police operatives from Benue State Command have arrested the suspect, Ode and charged him before the Makurdi Magistrate Court for cannibalism. According to the Police, the suspect, Ode, who hails from Igwe Ochekpo, Oju Local Government Area of Benue State, was caught eating the head of a woman he allegedly killed on her farm after making pepper soup from it.The Prosecutor, Inspector Omaye Ujata, told the…
Falling into depression in the UKA serial entrepreneur, Mr. Tobi Mohammed is the founder, the Mainland Block Party and Managing Partner of an entertainment company, The Plug. He discussed the influence of his mother on his career, among other issues. SEGUN KASALI brings the excerpts.What was your experience like growing up?I come from a humble background. Though I went abroad, my parents only started getting comfortable when I was around seven or eight years old. But, one thing we also had was discipline. My mum was very disciplined. She was a teacher. My mum used to coach me to the…
There is, of course, domestic violence in all cultures. So to post this is just “Islamophobic,” right? Wrong: there is domestic violence in all cultures, but only in one does it have divine sanction. Islam doesn’t teach that man may kill his wife, but once you’ve allowed him to beat her, accidents will happen. The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient.…
Pastor Mercy Okocha, presiding Pastor of Truth and The Spirit Prophetic Church of 2, Sanni Taiwo Street, Puposola area of Oko Oba, has been fingered has being the person that threw the coconut which inflicted fatal injuries on an Oro worshipper, Akeem Agboola, which eventually led to his death, reports thegazellenews.com. Our correspondents visited the scene of the mayhem where Oro worshippers and church members of the aforementioned church engaged each other in battle which eventually led to the death of Akeem Agboola, one of the Oro worshippers. According to investigation by our correspondents, the worshippers have informed residents of…
Peter Obi’s campaign promise of moving the country from consumption to production resonates well among the youths who see him as a saviour in a country ravaged by the corruption of the old political class. Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, have defiled rains across the country on Saturday to fill up streets in PortHarcourt, Rivers State, Auchi, Edo State, Makurdi, Benue State and Afikpo, Ebonyi State, in a one million march rally .Goldennewsng reports that the one million march rally has a large turn up of youths dressed in shirts crested the former governor…
A Nigerian woman has narrated how her life changed for the better after she quit prostitution.The abroad-based lady, who revealed she finally quit due to the low pay, stated that young girls were being paid as low as €10 per client as at 2013. According to her, she decided she could do more with herself in 2013, so she stopped being a prostitute and took some courses to upskill herself.She said that immediately after the course she got a job, which she now uses to fend for herself. She stated that being a prostitute is a bad trade and urged…
Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter ObiLabour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said that Nigeria’s forex problems and those of the economy generally are not too complex to solve.Production, he sys, is the solution.According to him, the solution to the problem of naira is to create things to sell to earn hard currencies.In a statement capturing his discussion with some Nigerians in Germany, he is quoted as saying: “So, it is our duty to turn things around in Nigeria for the good of our country.“Somebody asked me a question about going to look for foreign investors, I said Nigerians outside…
I met him at a picnic organized by my church. In the spirit of festivity, I was open to socializing. When he approached me, I welcomed him with a warm smile. It was an instant connection. We spoke as though we were old friends. This guy was down to earth and he behaved toward me in a manner that made me feel special. By the time the picnic was over, we had each other’s contacts. His texts always put me in a light mood. As for the phone calls, they often left me in fits of laughter. Our friendship grew…