A video of All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu campaigning for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 at the MKO Abiola Stadium Abeokuta, Ogun State has resurfaced.In the video, Tinubu was heard chanting the good works of the Buhari claiming he has the military experience, the ability to resolve the security issues in the country. The former Lagos State Governor during his speech that Nigeria is challenged economically and physically and Buhari is the right person to turn to lead the country. Bola Tinubu said;”…Nigeria is security challenged. Who do we turn to? General Muhammadu Buhari.He’s the right man for…
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•regrets enduring brutality for love•seeks custody of her children in orphanageBy Henry Ojelu &Esther OnyegbulaAS a teenager, Olamide Akinbobola’s biggest dream was to marry a good man and raise a home filled with love. That dream was fuelled by the fact that she never enjoyed the love of a mother or father. Her mother was a mentally unstable woman, who roamed the streets of Lagos and nobody knew how she became pregnant. Olamide was born and raised by her mother on the dirty corners of the street. When her mother passed away a few years after, her grandfather took custody…
The poor woman has been working as a cleaner for almost 10 years. One day, she realized that her children no longer had clothes that they were not ashamed to wear to school. She had no choice but to go to her tough boss and ask for extras, although she knew perfectly well that he did not give it to anyone. Born the eldest of eight children to a low-income earning family, Judy had to stop school early and work. She took the simplest job that did not involve much thinking to help her parents feed her siblings and send…
In one of Manhattan’s elite salons, Sophie, a hairdresser, was known for her creative cuts in town. Many people came to have her work magic on their hair and impressed every one of her clients.Outside of work, Sophie is a single mom raising a four-year-old son. One day, her daycare service was canceled at the last minute because of a sudden shutdown in the afternoon. So, she was forced to take her little Russ to work. While cutting and styling people’s hair, Ross sat on the couch and played with the different combs. Suddenly, a woman wearing a thick and…
James Daniels was fifty-two when his beloved son and his daughter-in-law passed away in a horrific car crash, leaving him to raise their six-year-old daughter Erin alone.It was a painful time for James and Erin, but little by little started to heal and to find comfort in each other. It wasn’t easy to suddenly become a ‘dad’ to a little girl, but James was determined to get it right, and it would bring him a new lease on life. James became an expert on Barbies, little girl fashion, and he started fixing Erin’s hair each morning before school. To his…
When she was two years Nina was adopted by a loving couple, Rita and Harold Fane. Rita and Hal showered their little daughter with love and they never hid the fact that she was adopted from her.As Nina grew up, she became spoiled and began to demand that her patents indulge her every whim. When they refused, she’d have a tantrum and scream that she wanted her REAL mother. One day, when she was 18, Rita decided to give her what she wanted… Nina Fane was showered with love, attention, and almost everything her heart desired. Almost, because her adoptive…
LASTMA GM, Bolaji OreagbaA bus driver has been prosecuted for stripping himself naked and smearing officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority with faeces to prevent the seizure of his vehicle.The LASTMA spokesperson, Olumide Filade, said the suspect was arrested on July 4 and arraigned before a magistrate’s court.He noted that the driver was remanded till August 2022. Filani stated this in reaction to a video of the driver which went viral on Wednesday. Our correspondent, who watched the video, observed that the driver, who spoke in Yoruba, demanded his offence as he threatened to deal with the men.…
Ginas Carton was just 19 when she married Liam Barton. He’d proposed to her in the most romantic way possible, in a moonlit garden surrounded by hundreds of candles.When Liam knelt at her feet and placed the beautiful ring on her finger, Gina knew she was the luckiest woman in the world. Thirty years later, her dream shattered and her world fell apart… Two weeks after their thirtieth wedding anniversary, Liam called Gina from work one afternoon and invited her to have dinner with him at a fancy restaurant in the city. Gina was delighted. It had been years since…
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Three men reviling a convert to Christianity for leading Muslims to Christ in eastern Uganda killed him on (July ), a witness said.Simolya Latifu of Molu village, Kasasira Sub-County, Kibuku District was slain with a sword at about 7:15 p.m. at a swamp near Molu, the witness said. Latifu was 47.Latifu had left an evening service at Christ Discipleship Worship Center in Molu at about 6:30 p.m., and three witnesses saw a motorcycle and then heard wailing and calls for help at a nearby swamp at 7:15 p.m., one said. “The killers were condemning…
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot in the chest while giving a speech and is showing no vital signs after being attacked from behind. The former Prime Minister, 67, was in heart failure after being shot, NHK public television said Friday.The broadcaster aired footage showing Abe collapsed on the street, with several security guards running toward him. Abe was holding his chest when he collapsed, with his shirt smeared with blood. NHK says Abe was rushed to a hospital. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots in the apparent attack in Nara. He was standing while making an election campaign speech…