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Hausa man's exceptional birthday wish to his wife earns him praise from most and criticisms from a few

A  Muslim man from northern Nigeria wished his wife a happy birthday with words that were beautiful and unique, and a number of people have things to say about it. Sharing photos of him and his wife, Aby Rayyan wrote: "Today I celebrate the woman who took me as a boy from my mother and made me a man. The mother of my child and yet the best decision I've taken as an adult. Happy Birthday to my Hajiya. I bend the knee my queen...yesterday, today and the day after forever!" His birthday message was one of gratitude and worship for his wife but some egoistic men had a problem with it, especially with the words, "I bend the knee my queen." Some accused him of overdoing it but, to them, he replied: "There nothing like "over doing the thing" when it comes celebrating your loved ones....especially for once in a year events. Over do and do do do! let those who have a problem with it climb mount Kufena and break a neck!" However,...

FG board set up panels to analyse Bobrisky's new movie and may ban it

The National Film and Video Censors Board has set up three panels to analyse a new movie starring popular Nigerian crossdresser, Bobrisky. The movie titled, "Bobrisky in Love" features Idris Okunneye, popularly known as Bobrisky. In the movie, Bobrisky plays the role of a transgender who travelled out of the country as a man named Cherechi but returned to the village as a woman named Cherry B, to the shock of his fiancee and relatives. A top official of the NFVCB told The Punch that three separate panels have been set up at the zonal levels to analyse and classify the movie and it could be banned seeing as Nigeria has laws that prohibit homosexuality, therefore work of arts that promote it cannot be endorsed by the government. He said, according to the publication: "We have set up three different panels to view the movie which was given to us by the producers for classification and review. "For the purpose of ...

Man arrested for raping his teenage stepdaughter, multiple times in Akwa Ibom

A 45-Year-Old Man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter in Akwa Ibom state. Joseph Sunday Essien, is accused of sexually abusing Patience Edet Edem on 4 different occasions. The girl reported to her mother but the woman didn’t believe the child. She only believed when she caught him in the act. The mother, who has two children for the suspect, reported her husband to the police after making the shocking discovery. The State Police Commissioner, Musa Kimo, while parading the suspect said that the father carried out the last heinous act on January 13, 2019. The mother of the victim, who married the suspect after the death of her former husband – the father of the victim – said that her recent husband left her in their bedroom on the day of the final abuse and snuck into the girl’s room to rape her. She described her husband as wicked and vowed never to return to their home. However, the suspect denied the allegations. While speaking to newsmen...

Horny wife raped 13years boy

A Bikita woman who slept with a 13-year-old nephew pleaded guilty and said she committed the offence because she was ho_rny after her husband spent a year in South Africa without coming back. Veronica Tombere (26) of Farm number 148 Nyahunda, Chief Mazungunye is being charged with aggravated indecent assault. She appeared before Bikita resident Magistrate Calisto Mutema. The abuse happened in the grazing fields. It is the State case led by Chamunorwa Honye that on December 31, 2018 the accused went to where Tombere was herding goats and allegedly kissed the complainant. She dropped his trousers and to knee level and removed his panty. She then had se_xual intercourse with him once without his consent. Tombere said she was ho_rny because her husband is in South Africa for a year without coming back. The matter was referred to the regional court for trial.

Private school bus driver rapes four-year-old girl after school hours in Osun

A driver with an unnamed private school in Osogbo, Osun State, Oluwatomisin Oyelakin, has been arraigned before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates Court for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor after school hours on January 15th 2019. While being arraigned in court yesterday, the police prosecutor, Sergeant Temitope Fatoba, the accused was a driver in the school the four-year-old victim attended and allegedly committed the act after school hours. Sergeant Fatoba said on the day the incident happened, Oyelakin dropped off the other pupils in his vehicle at their various homes and he was left with the victim. He then poceeded to have canal knowledge of his victim in a secluded place. The prosecutor said the offence contravenes sections 360 and 218 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. 11, Laws of Osun State, 2003. The mother of the victim, simply identified as Mrs Gbadamosi, explained amidst sobs that after the incident, her child was taken to the hospital where she was subjected to X-ray and sca...

Uganda bans sports betting

Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni has banned sports betting and that no new licences should be issued to companies nor renewing of permits for the existing ones. According to Minister of State for Finance, Mr David Bahati, the President gave the directive saying that gambling has diverted attention of the youth from hard work. “We have received a directive from President Museveni to stop licensing sports betting, gaming and gambling companies. The President has now directed the board which has been regulating them. From now onwards, no new companies are going to be licensed. Those which are already registered, no renewal of licences when they expire,” Mr Bahati revealed on Sunday during a church service in Rugarama Hill in western Kabale town. Mr Bahati said church leaders who have been against sports betting can now praise the Lord because their prayers have been answered. However, the Ministry of Finance spokesman, Mr Jim Mugunga, said he was unaware of the president’...

Davido’s “Fall” takes over radio stations in the US

Reports by “Rolling Stone” reveal that Davido’s song, Fall is taking over radio stations in the United States of America. The American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture described the song as one of the biggest to ever come out of Africa. Check out the full report here; The Nigerian style of music known as Afrobeats has quietly entranced a large swathe of the world’s population. “Pretty much every song on pop radio [in the U.K. now] is sort of a Mr. Eazi-style, chill, afrobeats [track],” the producer Riton told Rolling Stone last year. But Nigerian singers have not yet established a foothold Stateside, despite well-received, afrobeats-dusted singles from established stars like Drake and Janet Jackson. So it’s unusual that “Fall,” a springy, 19-month-old track from the Nigerian singer DaVido, is currently gaining traction on the airwaves. The growth has been gradual: 482 plays to date, spread across 36 stations, according to Nielsen BDS, which tracks radio acti...

20-year-old man commits suicide after losing his iPhone at a party

A vlogger hanged himself after he was found “sobbing uncontrollably” because he misplaced his iPhone at an Arctic Monkeys party last year, an inquest heard. Archie Day, 20, of Bishop Stortford, Herts in England, took his own life on October 5 at Peel Park halls of residence at Salford University in Greater Manchester. A coroner said the undergraduate was “ extremely upset ” about losing his phone before he hanged himself. His family believe he did not intend to kill himself – blaming excessive drinking at the club night for contributing to him ” not thinking rationally .” Archie, a keen Instagram vlogger and broadcast journalism student, had a history of depression and anxiety but told his family it had become less of an issue, an inquest heard. In a statement, his flatmate Kane Markham said Archie’s friends were aware of his mental health battles but didn’t realise the severity. His Instagram page featured a post that read “ Should have died already ” and he listened to ...

Lecturer accused of beating his wife to death two weeks after she welcomed their child in Rivers

A lecturer at the College of Health in Rivers state, Mr Jonathan, has been accused of beating his wife, Ole, to death, just two weeks after she welcomed their child. In a post shared on Facebook, the aunt of the deceased, Nkesi Wogu, alleged that Mr Jonathan, is currently on the run after beating Ole to death in the presence of her mother. She wrote, “My niece with a two weeks old baby was beaten to death by her husband the man is oh the run his from etche and also a witness. Good bye my soft spoken sis rest in peace”   Also the sister of the deceased, Constance Wogboroma, took to Facebook to mourn her. She wrote “My own sister, My very best friend, my gist mate. So our discussion yesterday was a good bye. Hey! My heart is very heavy o. How i wish tears can just bring you back for us especially for your 2    The matter has since been reported to the police and investigations have since commenced.

Atiku explains why he stayed away from America for 13 years

PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who arrived the US yesterday January 17th, has explained why he stayed away from the country for 13 years. He explained this in an interview with VOA Hausa Service in Washington DC Read excerpts from the interview below VOA: What has been in the news for many years has come to past right now I’m together with the former Vice President of Nigeria and the Presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after he had just returned from some interactive session with some high ranking Congress Men and Women. Your excellency, now that you have visited Washington D.C, does it have to do with those who said you cannot come to the United State of America or the visit is for what purpose? Atiku: Aliyu I told you before that my coming to the United States is in the hands of Americans, if they decided to issue a Visa to me I will definitely come and if they refused to give me I cannot come. And now they have issued it t...

Czech Republic offers Nigerians 4,000 euros to leave their country

The Czech Republic has decided to pay Nigerians and other migrants to encourage them to leave the central European country. The offer is under a programme that focuses particularly on migrants from Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Mongolia, Russia, and Vietnam. According to a report published on RemixNews, a Czech Republic-based newspaper, the Czech government would pay any migrants who would voluntarily leave the country and other EU countries 4,000 EUR. The programme tagged ”Returns” established by the Czech Interior Ministry would assist immigrants with transportation costs and integration in their country of origin, including accommodation, household equipment or domestic animal expenses. ”Anyone who voluntarily leaves the country and promises not to return not only to the Czech Republic but to the EU will be eligible for the money,” the report said. ”Allocation for the program amounts to 60 million CZK, 75 percent is to be covered from the European Asylum, migration and in...

EFCC arrests Abuja Yahoo Boys, recover two Bugatti, Benz, N300m duplex

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested six suspected Internet fraudsters in separate raids carried out at various times across a number of locations in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The suspects: Chemezie Valentine Ezeife, Onwochei Chibuzor John, Onwochei Joel, Marvin Nwankwo, Prince Ojenike, and Jude Olatekobowale, were arrested following a tip-off.   Ezeife was arrested on January 16, 2019 at the Life Camp residential area in Abuja, following intelligence reports of shady activities traced to him. Among items recovered from him were a Mercedes Benz C300, Toyota Camry and Lexus Jeep, Seagate hard drive, four laptop computers, an ECOWAS international passport, various wrist watches, two iPhones and blackberry phones, and a Samsung phone. Several suspicious emails were also traced to his account. Investigation into the activities of another syndicate traced to the Nova Estate in Apo, led to the arrest of Joel and John (b...

FG to question Atiku on Fraud Allegations when he Returns from U.S – Lai Mohammed

Presidential candidate of the  People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ,  Atiku Abubakar has questions to answer when he returns from the U.S, Minister of Information and Culture,  Lai Mohammed  has said. According to  The Guardian , Mohammed said this while briefing State House correspondents on Friday. The decision to question Atiku is “following fresh evidence that he benefitted from slush funds that led to the collapse of Bank PHB,” the minister said “The federal government has paper trail which shows that he benefitted from N156 million. It started from an internal memo dated 13 January 2009 asking that a draft in favour of Atiku Abubakar of N156 million should be raised,” he said. Mohammed added that the government has proof of the account mandate, cheque and account statement showing Atiku as the signatory to the account that received the money. “We want him to stay in the US for as long as he wants but he has to explain to Nigerians when h...

Atiku doesn’t Believe the 2019 Elections will be Free & Fair

The  People’s Democratic Party (PDP)  presidential candidate  Atiku Abubakar has said he doesn’t believe the 2019 elections will be free and fair. Speaking to the BBC, Atiku said he hasn’t seen any evidence that the present administration is willing to organize a credible election. He gave primary elections of the  All Progressives Congress (APC)  has evidence, saying they “deploy members of the security forces sometimes to harass voters from the opposition.” You can listen to the interview on the  BBC World Service .

FG orders freezing of CJN Walter Onnoghen’s accounts

The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation has sent a letter to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, asking that the bank accounts of the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to be frozen immediately.  According to Punch, the AGF in a letter dated January 14th with reference number HAGF/2019/E06/Vol.01,  said the order was in line with Executive Order 06 on the preservation of assets connected with corruption. In the document signed by Abiodun Aikomo on behalf of the AGF, Onnoghen’s dollar, pounds, euro and naira accounts with Standard Chartered Bank were requested to be frozen. The five accounts bearing Onnoghen’s name have the following numbers: 0001062650, 9300106268, 285001062679, 5001062683 and 0010626667. The letter read in part “I am directed by Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to request that you, pursuant to Executive Order 6 of 2018, forthw...

Former Air Force chief, Adesola Amosun, forfeits N2.7 billion to FG

Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, today Wednesday January 16th, ordered the permanent forfeiture of N2, 244,500,000 (Two Billion, Two Hundred and Forty Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) only found and recovered from a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to the Federal Government. The sum of N190, 828, 978.15 (One Hundred and Ninety Million, Eight Hundred and Twenty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy Eight Naira Fifteen Kobo) only recovered from Air Commodore Olugbenga Gbadebo, a former Director of Finance and Budget, Nigerian Air Force, NAF, who is standing trial along with Amosu for a N21 billion arms deal fraud, was also ordered forfeited to the Federal Government. Also forfeited was the sum of N101, 000, 000 (One Hundred and One Million Naira) only million recovered from Solomon Enterprises, a company linked to Amosu. The court h...

Pastor nabbed with bag filled with female pants and bra in Auchi, Edo state. (Photos)

  A middle-aged man who claimed to be a pastor, was today nabbed with a bag full of female pants and bra in Auchi, Edo state. According to reports, the pastor who is known for going about to preach in the mornings, was accosted by members of the state vigilante and asked what was the content of a Ghana Must Go bag he was always going about with. A search carried out showed the bag contained different types of female pants and bra. He was taken to his church where more pants and bra were discovered.

NIGER STATE: Man arrested for stabbing his wife to death in Niger state

A 39-year-old man named Farida Banti, of Hungu village in the Mariga Local Government Area of the state,  has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife, Maijari, with a cutlass during one of their frequent fights.  Speaking to newsmen, Banti said his wife lacked manners and that he was forced to send her back to her parents house to learn some manners. He said they engaged in a fight recently and he used a cutlass on her. Banti said he regrets his action but that women should learn how to respect their spouses. “I inflicted deep cuts on my wife, which resulted in her death, because she refused to obey me. In fact, it was extreme provocation that made me kill my wife. Women must learn to obey their husbands so that what happened to my wife will not happen to them.” he said Banti will be charged to court as soon as investigations into the case is completed

Meet the new Most Liked Picture on Instagram: An Egg

Yup! The most liked picture, ever, on Instagram, is of … an egg. That’s it. The @world_record_egg account was created on January 4, encouraging everyone to “set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOGulcndj-/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading The account posted the photo of an unimpressive, perfectly normal egg (do impressive eggs exist?), and asked that people like it to make sure it beat out  Kylie Jenner ‘s photo with then-newborn  Stormi  which has 18 million likes. The egg currently has over 26 million likes and is still raking up more. Its creator is so excited, sharing on the stories, a thank you note to everyone.

Cardi B flaunts her ample cleavage in a revealing low-cut swimsuit (Photos)

Rapper and mother of one,  Cardi B , enjoyed a trip to the beach in  New Zealand  on Thursday and took to her Instagram Stories to flaunt her very ample cleavage in a swimsuit. See full photos below.