Somewhere in Nigeria at a movie location,
benytar was spotted with jenifa.
Benytar is a fast rising nollywood actress who
will be the rave of the industry in no time.
She posted this picture of herself and aunty funke
this morning on her twitter page.
You can follow her on Twitter and instagram
@benytar.
A widower in Brazil, Aparecido Castaldo, 74, has
decided to end his solitutude and marry his pet
goat, Carmelita.
"She doesn't speak and doesn't want money,"
says the father of eight children - four women
and four men from four different marriages.
Mr Castaldo, who has been in love with the pet
for two years, wanted to be united with his goat
Carmela in a church, by an evangelical minister.
Unfortunately, none of the churches he contacted
with his unusual request wanted to perform the
ceremony.
So Aparecido eventually contacted Toninho do
Diabo (Tom the Devil), an old friend who just
happens to be one of the most famous satanists
in Brazil.
The wedding is now scheduled to take place at
midnight, on October 13, at the Devil's Church,
in Sao Paolo. "Only our church accepted this
love between man and animal because we have
no prejudice," Toninho said.
The wedding will be followed by a big party on
All Souls' Day the following day.
Carmelita ate her first wedding dress but has
been found another.
Her husband to be , Mr Aparicedo said:
"Whenever someone says I am doing something
wrong I reply the goat does not speak, ask for
money to go shopping and doesn't get pregnant
- and she can't talk."
The High Flyers Magazine launch held at
Rhapsodys Bar, V.I, Lagos, last Sunday
September 8th.
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life
Bible Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, has
debunked claims by people who said they died,
ascended to heaven and came back with
messages.
According to him, these are the last days where
many people would come up with different
things to deceive the church of God.
Recently, videos of people claiming to have died
and gone to heaven and hell have flooded the
market and internet.
And in one of the CDs, a Sierra Leonean
lady, Linda Ngaujah, claimed she died and was
shown happenings in heaven and hell.
She had warned that many members of Pastor
Enoch Adeboye' Redeemed Christian Church of
God, RCCG would go to hell. She also alleged
that the founder of the Lord's Chosen
Charismatic Movement, Pastor Lazarus Mouka
was using diabolical means to perform miracles.
She warned him to repent while declaring that
Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith
Mission and his members were not even
recognised in heaven.
Linda said that the old Deeper Life form of
dressing was the divinely acceptable one, saying
that women who use rubber and wool to plait
their hair were headed for hell.
There are claims too that Pastor Kumuyi's late
wife, Biodun Kumuyi was seen in heaven.
In yet another message, a lady evangelist of the
Church of God Mission, Benin City, Margaret
Amure warned women not to wear jewellery,
lipstick, or any make-up or trousers which she
said were immodest.
But Kumuyi in a sermon preached and
transmitted among Deeper Life members,
warned his followers in many branches, not to
believe in those messages as coming from God.
Genny and Tonto in matching outfits, who wore
it better for you?
An eight year old bride in Yemen died from
internal injuries on her wedding night, bleeding
to death after deep vaginal tearing caused by
sex with her 40 year old husband.
The girl, identified only by the name Rawan, died
in Hardh in the governorate of Hajjah in
northwestern Yemen, according to a report
issued by UPI on Sunday, Sept. 8.
Activists in the region want to put an end to the
practice of marrying young girls, and
have called for police to arrest the girl's
husband and family.
Nevertheless, the forced marriage of child brides
in Yemen remains a socially accepted custom in
many rural areas.Indeed, the practice has deep
cultural and religious roots, and is widespread in
Yemen.
A February 2009 law set the minimum age for
marriage at 17, but it was repealed after some
conservative lawmakers called it un-Islamic.
In particular, a prominent Islamic cleric,
Abdulmajeed al-Zindani, issued a fatwa in
support of the practice, declaring supporters of a
ban on child brides to be apostates, and
ultimately leading a successful campaign against
legislation that would prevent adult men from
marrying children.
The issue of Yemen's child bride problem made
headlines three years ago when an 8-year-old
girl went to court, demanding a judge dissolve
her marriage to a man in his 30s. The girl
eventually won a divorce, and legislators began
looking at ways to curb the practice. However,
they have so far been unsuccessful.
Currently the law states that parents should
decide when a daughter marries.
Unfortunately, reports indicate more than a
quarter of Yemen's females marry before age 15.
Saxophonist YemiSax and his wife Sholatayo
Adeosun welcomed a son in the early hours of
today Sunday September 8th.
Sholatayo put to bed at around 12:50 am early
this morning at ST Georges Hospital situated off
Admiralty way in Lekki Lagos. Big congrats to
them.
Nollywood's finest actress, Genevieve Nnaji is
said to have bought a new house for herself this
is coming after months of acquiring a multi-
million naira home for her parents in Lekki.
According to sources the actress just recently
paid off a N220million mansion in Park View
Estate in Ikoyi Lagos State.
To avoid the media exposure, a source says the
actress has decided to keep mum on the deal
until she completes the renovation of the newly-
purchased house.
Genevieve Nnaji has currently spent an
undisclosed amount of cash to renovate the
building .
I brought you some pictures earlier on.
Word out is that everyone at the venue literally
went bunkers when Omotola came out on stage
looking super duper gorgeous in this purple
outfit, that wrapped her silhouette like a second
skin.
Somewhere in Nigeria at a movie location,
benytar was spotted with jenifa.
Benytar is a fast rising nollywood actress who
will be the rave of the industry in no time.
She posted this picture of herself and aunty funke
this morning on her twitter page.
You can follow her on Twitter and instagram
@benytar.
Nigerian Musician superstar Iyanya was pleased
and satisfied yesterday as he got to hang out
with one of his favorite icons R.kelly.
Nollywood actress, Ayo Adesanya who has a
nine-year-old son in a recent talks about
marriage.
The actress who was said to be married to
movie producer/cum actor, Goriola Hassan who
she had a son for has denied ever marrying him.
In her words: "I was never married to Goriola
Hassan. We lived together and had a child. He is
nine years old now. Reconciliation? I don't want
to talk about that. I have moved on and I guess
he has moved on too".
Ayo on what she feels about actresses and failed
marriage "It is not only actresses, other
professionals experience failed marriages too. I
just feel you shouldn't marry someone in the
same field because it has a lot of challenges.
When you are together, you do the same thing
and then the home suffers for it".
But in a recent interview with her supposedly ex-
husband that she denied ever marrying when
asked about his relationship with Ayo Adesanya
he said "Marrying Her Was Like Boarding A
'One-Chance' Vehicle".
When asked if she would give marriage another
shot she said "I am still young (in my 40s) and
will definitely get married someday. But I am still
learning because there are many things I need to
know"
A newly wedded wife has been arrested by
men of the Katsina State Police command for
pouring hot water on her husband, Aminu
Umar, during an argument over s*x.
Jamila Saidu Umar, it was learnt got angry
with her husband when he accused her of not
performing to his expectation in bed.
Speaking to Sunday Sun, Jamila Saidu Umar
said "I have confessed my sin to the police at
the State CID. I got married to my husband
five days before the incident happened and I
am his sixth wife.
"My husband had s*x with me many times and
on each occasion after the act, I would have
to use hot water to treat the wound I
sustained during the s*x.
"My husband loves s*x too much and there is
no day he would have s*x with me that I
would not be treating wounds in my body with
hot water.
"He complained that I didn't satisfy him in the
bed and that if I must remain with him I must
agree to have s*x and satisfy him always. I
don't know why he loves s*x so much."
The suspect further explained that an
argument ensued between her and her
husband on the day of the incident over s*x.
"He kept accusing me of not performing to his
satisfaction in bed and he started beating me.
"Suddenly I remembered that I had hot water
on fire, which I was preparing for his bath. I
rushed to the kitchen in annoyance and carried
the hot water and poured all on him."
"Neighbours who were nearby rushed in and
rescued him and took him to the General
Hospital in Katsina where he is receiving
treatment."
The victim, Aminu Umar, while Narrating his
ordeal, said, "I instructed my wife to prepare
hot water for me to bathe and we had a
quarrel. My wife suddenly rushed into the
kitchen and carried the hot water and before I
knew what was happening, poured the hot
water on me. I began to shout for help but she
continued pouring the hot water on me.
"As I was shouting for help, the good people in
the neighbourhood came to my rescue."
Katsina State Commissioner of Police,
Mohammed Hurdi confirmed the incident,
saying it occurred about 10.00am in the
Quarter Area of Katsina.
Hurdi said the suspect poured the hot water
she was preparing for her husband's bath due
to the cold weather on him during an
argument, which resulted in a fight.
"The couple were just five days into their
marriage when the incident occurred," Hurdi
said.
According to him, the husband's cry for help
attracted good Samaritans who rescued and
rushed him to the General Hospital in Katsina
where he is receiving treatment.
Hurdi said the suspect was in police custody
and would soon be charged to court.
Just so you remember, back in January,Frank
Ocean got beat up by Chris during a brawl over a
parking space.Chris was leaving a Westlake
Studio in the L.A when Frank Ocean and his
crew blocked him. Sources say Frank said, "This
is my studio, this is my parking spot."When
Chris went to shake Frank's hand,one of Frank's
people attacked Chris, a fight broke out and
Chris gave Frank a snake beating,cut two of his
fingers which Frank tweeted."
Karen Igho uploaded this photo on instagram
and captioned it "pool side" ... Watcha think?
Workers of the Living Faith Church, popularly
known as the Winners Chapel allegedly
attacked tax officials of Ogun State at the
premises of the church in Ota.
According to sources, tax men had gone to the
Kingdom Heritage Nursery School, located
within the premises of the Church Worldwide,
when they were attacked.
The source said one of the tax men is still on
admission in the hospital, in Ilaro, while several
others were injured. Some of the tax men,
were even detained by security officials of the
church, until they were freed by the local
divisional police officer.
Speaking on the attack at a press briefing
which held at the State Government Press
Centre, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, Friday
afternoon, Chairman of the agency, Mr Jide
Odubanjo said that the incident occurred when
his men were on a routine exercise of ensuring
total compliance with the tax laws of the
state.
"Yesterday, an ugly incident occurred in the
premises of Kingdom Heritage Nursery School,
a commercial venture which is located within
the complex of Winners Chapel, Otta, Ogun
State. Officials of Ogun State Internal Revenue
Service, OGIRS were violently assaulted and
later unlawfully detained in the premises for a
number of hours. As a result of this incident,an
officer of the agency is currently hospitalised in
Ilaro while others with minor injuries have been
treated and discharged…," he said.
Odubanjo further revealed that the policemen
attached to the agency were also manhandled
by those whom he referred to as, 'overzealous
officials' of the church.
According to him, several notices have been
sent to them to offset their tax debt which he
stated was below N2 million.
"What they owed is below two million naira. It
is from 2003 to 2010. We have sent several
notices to them.The first one was in 2010
followed by that of 2011 and the last was in
May 2013. Our men were explaining to them
when some personnel including their legal
officer and accountant came out and in the
course of discussion,our men were beaten blue
black and our equipment were destroyed.
"We view this as the height of irresponsibility
and lawlessness for any person or group of
persons to assault government officials who
are performing their lawful duties. A formal
complaint has been lodged with the Police.The
position of the State government is that it will
not tolerate any form of violence against any
of its officers or agents in the lawful discharge
of their duties," he maintained.
The State Attorney-General and Commissioner
for Justice, Mrs Abimbola Akeredolu said the
charges that will be pressed against the
attackers will be based on the statement made
to the police.
"Without prejudice to the fact on ground and
with the video evidence we have just
watched,they may likely be charged for false
imprisonment and assault," Akeredolu stated.
Unknown bandits have reportedly
gunned down three police officers in Tureta -
Tureta Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
The incident happened on September 4, 2013,
Wednesday.
Mr. Al-Mustapha Sani, the Public Relations Officer
(PRO) of the Sokoto State Police Command,
confirmed the incident briefing the reporters in
Sokoto on September 6, 2013, Friday.
"There was a report of an armed robbery by a
gang of hoodlums from the neighbouring Zamfara,
numbering between 15 and 30.
"They operated at Dorawa Village about three
kilometres from Tureta town, the headquarters of
the Local Government.
"Upon receiving information about the attack by
the hoodlums who were on motorcycles, a
combined team of police, Nigeria Security and
Civil Defence Corps and vigilantes was organised
the following morning.
"The armed robbers who had fled into a forest,
laid ambush at Kuruwa Village about 20 km away
from Tureta town and there was a gun duel
ensued,'' he stated.
The PRO further informed that two of the police
officers died on the spot while the third policemen
passed away while being transported to the
Tureta General Hospital.
Mr. Sani assured that the command was on top
of the situation, adding that investigation on how
to track the fleeing hoodlums had commenced.
"We are also collaborating with our colleagues in
Zamfara with a view to trailing the hoodlums;
however, no arrest has been made.
The PRO also addressed the people of the state
asking to sustain their support for the police
through supply of useful information and
intelligent reports.
Mr. Ibrahim Dansarki, the chairman of the Local
Government, said that one of the victims from
Kano State had been buried in Sokoto according
to Islamic rites.
"This was done in line with the directive from his
family.
"The remains of the other victim from Tsafe in
Zamfara and the Police constable from Jigawa
had also been conveyed to their various families
in their hometowns," he said.
Mr. Dansarki also appealed to people of the area
to report any suspected persons or movements to
the police for appropriate action.
A native doctor identified as
Fidelis Chukwujindu has been
apprehended by the police for
luring over 5,000 students, extorting money from
them and conducting fake entrance examination
for the unsuspecting victims.
Chukwujindu, was nabbed at the premises of his
non-existent College Hospital which has the sign
post "University College Hospital Ogboko, Ideato,
P.O.Box 1960, Orlu, Imo State. Also written on
the signpost, which was conspicuously mounted
by the roadside, is, "Present Courses: B.Sc,
Nursing, Health Sciences, Education Humanities,
Medical LAB Sciences. Admissions Are Still Going
On. Govt. Approved. Call: 08064082750."
The operator of the illegal college attracted
students by printing flyers which he distributes to
churches across the country, as most of the
students claimed they came to know about the
school through their pastors.
Chukwujindu claimed to have the permission of
the State Government and Federal Ministry of
education to run his non-existent college
hospital. He also claimed to be a product of the
prestigious Harvard University, America. "I won a
Federal Government scholarship to study abroad,
but was incapacitated by an accident which
disfigured one of my legs and I was flown back to
Nigeria where I later decided to set up the
college," he said.
Assisting the suspect, who claimed to be the vice
-chancellor of the university college hospital, was
a middle aged woman later identified as Ngozi
Ayoha. The woman, who initially said she was
deaf and dumb, caused a stir when it was found
that she was the Dean of Faculty of Medicine of
the illegal college.
Parading the suspect with his victims before
newsmen, the Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Muhammad Katsina, explained that one striking
thing about the strategy of the gang was that
they carefully selected the site opposite the Imo
State University, Ogboko, and adjacent to the
Rochas Foundation College, Ogboko, to convince
their victims of the genuineness of their business.
The Nigeria Immigration Service
(NIS) on September 7, 2013,
Saturday, announced the arrest of
two Cameroonian women, suspected in child
trafficking of a five-day-old baby.
Mr. Samuel Igoche, the state NIS Comptroller,
informed that the suspects include a legal
practitioner, Mrs. Ngala Nungu, 47, and Mrs.
Mende Cecilia, 54.
The NIS official said that Mrs. Nungu claimed to
have delivered the baby at a herbal clinic at
Okitipupa in Ondo state. The suspect claimed she
spent N1.5 million to buy herbal medicine from
the lady who owns the herbal clinic.
Mr. Igoche stated that investigation conducted by
immigration officials showed that Mrs. Nungu
never gave birth to the baby, adding that the
child in her custody was from a source she
refused to identify.
The suspect replied with her story, told the
newsmen she got information about the herbal
clinic in Cameroon. Then she borrowed the money
and used them to purchase the drugs which
made her pregnant.
"I came to Nigeria, met the woman who owns the
herbal clinic and bought the drugs. One month
after taking the drugs, I met with my husband
and became pregnant," she said.
Mrs. Nungu said that she had not giving birth
before and fed the baby with baby's food because
her breast had no milk. She begged the officials
of NIS to release her and her baby to return
home.
Another suspect, Mrs. Mende supported Nungu's
story by adding that she witnessed the delivery of
the baby: "I heard her screaming while in the
delivery room and later heard the cry of a baby; I
rushed in and saw the new born baby who was
still covered with blood".
The baby is currently under the care of the NIS in
Calabar.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has
said it is continuing its nationwide strike on the
advice of university students.
In a telephone interview with
SUNDAY PUNCH, the President of
the union, Dr. Isa Fagge, said
students were tired of the incessant industrial
actions by the university lecturers due to the
Federal Government's failure to implement the
agreement it had with ASUU since 2009.
Fagge said the union had decided to heed the
advice of the students to continue the strike until
the Federal Government fully implemented the
agreement.
"Our students have come out to say they don't
want us to call off the strike until the Federal
Government answers us, because they don't want
us to call off now and later we go back to strike
again. So, we are heeding the advice of our
students," he said.
On the complaint by the Federal Government that
it lacked the funds to implement the agreement,
Fagge said it was not all about money, noting
that government did not need funds to start
implementing some parts of the agreement.
"There are issues and agreement they can
implement without money. Why don't they begin
with those ones?" he asked.
He added that it was unfortunate that the
government had pulled out of dialogue with
ASUU, stating that the union would not be
intimidated.
He said, "Now, government has pulled out of the
dialogue. We thought we were the ones going on
strike, but now government has also gone on
strike."
Last Thursday, university students under the
auspices of the National Association of Nigerian
Students reportedly staged a peaceful protest in
Ado-Ekiti and flayed the Federal Government for
failing to honour the agreement it had with ASUU
since 2009.
The students, who were from public universities,
threatened to disrupt activities of private
universities, adding that the government was not
bothered about their plight because children of
government officials were studying either in
private universities or studying overseas.
The university lecturers began an indefinite strike
on July 1 and have been demanding full
implementation of the agreement ASUU had with
the Federal Government in 2009, which among
other things include the UNESCO-recommended
26 per cent budgetary allocation for education.
However, the government said it could not
implement the agreement, and is seeking re-
negotiation.
The Federal Government, last Wednesday,
accused ASUU of being unrealistic by continuing
its nationwide strike and asked it to rethink its
demands, considering other commitments
government has.
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, who
gave government's position on the strike when he
briefed journalists at the end of the weekly
meeting of the Federal Executive Council, said
apart from security, education was one of the
sectors the government had expended a lot of
money on.
Nollywood actor, Femi Brainard has joined the
cast of popular
comedy drama, Papa Ajasco and company .
Brainard and toyin Aimakyu's husband, Niyi
Johnson are the two new
faces to appear in upcoming series
The brand new episodes that will begin airing
sometime in September
2013 will feature two other new faces, Cassandra
Odita and Henrietta
Kosoko .
Papa Ajasco and Company is a comedy
programme by Wale Adunuga
Productions.
The principal of Ijokodo Junior Secondary School
1, Ibadan, Oyo State Mr Segun Dare, was on
Wednesday, found dead along the street to his
home at Citaga area, Sango-Eleyele road, several
hours after he didn't turn up at home as
expected.
Accordng to reports, Mr Dare, who left home
the previous day, was discovered face down in a
gutter, with his mobile handset in his pocket and
a polythene bag containing soup ingredients like
fish and pepper beside him.
It was gathered that the deceased left his home
in the afternoon of Tuesday, September 3, to go
to a first generation bank along Sango-Eleyele
road but could not do what he intended doing
there as he got there late.
He was said to have attempted to use the
influence of one of his friends in the bank but
was unsuccessful as the friend told him he could
not help.
Mr Dare reportedly called his wife and told her
that he did not achieve his objective, informing
her that he was returning home immediately.
A reliable source who spoke under the condition
of anonymity said the man did not turn up at
home as he promised, and when it was about 40
minutes after, his wife called his number to know
his whereabouts.
To her surprise, a strange voice answered the
call, telling her to get off the line as her husband
was busy and would call her later.
Not too long after, the voice called to inform her
that she could call her husband if she wished but
her attempts at speaking with the deceased
failed as her calls went unanswered.
The wife was said to have raised a search party
which went round without locating the principal
until late into Tuesday night.
The search party continued the following
morning when his body was discovered.
Since the discovery of the principal's body, there
had been speculations that he was probably
killed by some hoodlums who had been going to
the school compound to smoke Indian hemp.
The source said that some of the hoodlums were
sighted in the school smoking Indian hemp about
nine weeks ago, when the Senior Secondary
School students were sitting for their qualifying
examination into SSS3 class.
They were reportedly chased away while they
mounted waiting motorcycles parked around
WAEC junction to escape.
Then, that some hoodlums came back to the
school a week after and disrupted the
examination on the final day.
The school was also said to have written a letter
to the Ministry of Education to intimate the
authorities of the disruption of the examination.
The late principal was supposed to retire from
service in February, 2014.
Do you guys remember Tony Umez - the actor
that made his debut into Nollywood in 1994,
with the movie, Died Wretched: Buried in N2.3m
Casket.
So far, he has featured in over 200 English and
Yoruba movies.
Blood of the Orphan, Fire on the Mountain, Out
of Fire, Millionaires Club, No Rival: Ko si Orogun,
Oyato, Tin ba Taiye Wa, Billionaires club, Ikaiko
Restaurant, among many others are some of the
movies he featured in.However, of late, he has
not featured in movies whether local or
otherwise except in a soft pornographic movie,
Room 027!
I was disappointed, many of his fans were
disappointed as well!
Well, new findings reveal that he acted in the
porn movie because he's so broke - so says
A notorious cult member, identified as Tunde
Lawal, was reportedly shot in the chest during a
clash with rival groups after he and another cult
member identified as Para Alabi had accosted
and molested a 5-month pregnant woman.
Lawal, 23 was reported to be a member of the
Eiye cult group terrorising the community and
reportedly met his death in the evening of
Tuesday, September 3, 2013.
The duo reportedly left the woman unconscious
at the scene of the rape before finding their way
to where Lawal met his death. It was reported
that barely an hour after Lawal and his partner-
in-crime arrived at a beer pub, about 12
members of a rival cult group arrived in a big
bus.
They headed straight for the place where the Eye
group was seated. Almost immediately a heated
argument ensued among them and members of
the two groups reportedly started firing into the
air as if to scare the other group and when
Lawal wanted to engage the leader of the
opposing group in the fight, he was shot twice in
his chest.
He immediately slumped and died, lying in the
pool of his blood. About six other members of
the two groups were severely wounded before
others took to their heels.
According to the community leader, "That boy
(Lawal) and his gang are thorn in the flesh of
everyone of us in this area. The most annoying
aspect of it is that we heard that the parents of
most of these bad boys live close to us here, but
they could not call their sons to order".
A police source at Alade Police Station claimed
that some relatives of Lawal came to the station
to demand for documents to enable them collect
his remains from the mortuary, which they were
immediately issued.
Nollywood veteran actress, Steph-Nora Okere
was reportedly in tears yesterday as she buried
her sister in Imo State.
The beautiful former girlfriend of 'bad boy' actor,
Jim Iyke was said to be uncontrollable as her
sibling was finally laid to rest.
The lady named Emily died after a brief illness.
She gave up the ghost a day after Steph-Nora
returned to Nigeria from the United States of
America, where she went on vacation.
Emily died from a protracted diabetes.
The Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2013, Anna
Banner is now in Indonesia, and
so set for the competition.
Wishing her all the best. Nigeria needs that gold
one more time.
The Nigerian Army is to build its first 5 star
standard hotel in Enugu as part of its efforts to
diversify its sources of funding, the Chief of Army
Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has said. He
said the hotel would offer alternatives to soldiers
in transit while it would also be accessible to the
civilian population.
He also said the hotel would be built under a
public-private partnership arrangement.
The building is located along the 82 div. road at
the top of the hill were one can view the
beautiful land scape of the coal city especially @
nite.
The building when completed will be the tallest
in the city as Enugu is well known for
its sophistic-us manner especially in building a
complex modern residential houses.
The 2013 Miss World pageant is scheduled to
hold at the Sentul International Convention
Center in Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday
September 28th..but it won't hold if the Muslim
women in the country have their way.
For days now, members of an Islamic group
called Hizbut Tahrir have been protesting
against the pageant in Jakarta. Yesterday, they
converge outside the office of the local organizer
of the beauty contest, MNC media group,
warning them not to stage the pageant in the
city.
Other cities are also holding protests, demanding
that the permit to hold Miss World pageant in
their country be revoked, saying that the
pageant runs against their culture.
MNC Group and Miss World Organization say
it's too late to find a new location but promised
that contestants would not be allowed to wear
bikini at the event.
Same thing happened in Nigeria in 2002.
Nollywood actor Bob Manuel
Udokwu laid his mother to rest on
Friday, August 30, 2013 and some
have expressed their disappointment at the
absence of other nollywood stars at the event.
According to eyewitness, the family and members
of the community from which the actor turned
politicians hails expected to see some of the
stars that usually grace their screens, only to be
disappointed as Nollywood actors and reps were
hardly represented at the burial.
"Everybody was hoping for a large turnout of
Nollywood stars, the likes of Genevieve Nnaji, Rita
Dominic and so on, but we were all disappointed
that only the not so popular actors turned up for
the burial and that was very sad and
disappointing' Charles Inojie, Ejikeh Metuselah
and Steve Eboh are a few of the Nollywood actors
that made it to the burial, which took place in
Nkwelle-Ogidi, Anambra State".
Some have said that Bob has never attended any
event by his colleagues, that He has a way of
avoiding other people's events and this was more
like a pay back time for him. Some attributed it
to arrogance, while others said said it is his
stingy nature.
Rita Marley, wife of the late Reggae music icon,
Bob Marley, will participate in the Felabration
Festival, this year.
The deal was signed and agreed
upon, after she met with Ms. Yeni
Kuti, founder of the Felabration
and Mr. Theo Lawson, Chairman,
Felabration Organising Committee, in Ghana, last
week.
As such, Rita will be the Special Guest Speaker at
the 2013 Felabration Symposium, with the theme:
Movement of the People: The Fela-Bob Marley
Perspective.
The Felabration theme this year is aimed at
rekindling people-oriented messages which the
late legends, Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Marley,
imbibed during their lifetime.
The festival, which kicks off with the symposium,
will run through October 14 to October 20.
A 26-year-old actress Nancy
Ndukwe of Jikwoyi, Abuja, was sentenced by
Abuja Senior Magistrates' Court on September 6,
2013, Friday. She was convicted for two months
of imprisonment for stealing an IPad, IPhone and
jewellery.
Cpl. Paul Anigbo, on the side of the prosecution,
told the court that the matter was reported at the
Lugbe Police Station by one Faith Njoku of
Kapuwa Village, Lugbe, Abuja on September 2.
The prosecutor told the court that Nancy Ndukwe
visited her friend Njoku on the above-mentioned
date and stole her IPad, IPhone and jewellery, all
valued at N190,000.
Cpl. Anigbo gave the value of each of the items
as reported by the complainant: IPad - N100,000;
IPhone - N50,000 and jewellery - N40,000.
The prosecutor informed that the police
discovered all the stolen items in the convict's
possession.
Cpl. Anigbo stated that the offence contravened
the provisions of Section 287 of the Penal Code.
The convict pleaded guilty to the charge but
begged the court for mercy.
"I stole the items due to frustration. I have a one-
year-old son to cater for. I am sorry and I
promise not to do such again," Nancy Ndukwe
said.
Mr. Celestine Odo, the Magistrate, sentenced the
convict for two months imprisonment or an option
of N6,000 fine.
Most Rev. Ignatius Ogboru Kattey,
the Dean, Archbishop and Bishop
of Niger Delta North Anglican
Communion of Nigeria, was last
night kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen in
Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State.
The incident happened on the night September 6,
2013, at about 11.30 p.m.
The clergyman, along with his wife, Beatrice was
captured on Aleto bridge, Eleme in Eleme Local
Government Area of Rivers State, but the wife
was later found abandoned in their car.
The whereabouts of the archbishop remains
unknown.
Sources said the Archbishop and the wife were
driving to Port Harcourt late on Friday to beat the
traffic restrictions Saturday morning, occasioned
by the monthly environmental Sanitation.
Unknown to them, the exercise would not hold
because of the GCE-WAEC examination taking
place today.
Rivers State has been experiencing a rising tide of
insecurity since Police Commissioner, Mbu
Joseph Mbu was posted to the state.
Just last week, Felix Igwe, Commissioner for
Sports was shot by unidentified gunmen around
Eleme Inter-Change, Eleme axis of Port Harcourt
and he is receiving treatment.
In the hierarchy of the Anglican Communion,
Archbishop Kattey who was made a Dean of
Anglican Communion in Nigeria about a year ago,
is next to the Primate, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh.
Most Rev. Ignatius Crosby Ogborun Kattey
(Justice of the Peace) was born in the small
Nchia Town called Alode in Eleme Local
Government Area of Rivers State on 23 August,
1948. His father was Chief Amos Kattey who was
himself a devout Christian, church leader, produce
merchant, trader, farmer and Government
Recognized Second Class Traditional Ruler of
Nchia Kingdom. His mother was Mrs. Margaret
Ada Kattey.
He attended St. Paul's Catholic School Obigbo
(now Oyigbo) from 1954 to 1959. For his
secondary education, he attended the National
High School Aba and graduated with a Grade One
in West African School Certificate Examination.
He had his university education at Ahmadu Bello
University Zaria (beehive of Academic excellence)
where he graduated in Mechanical Engineering in
1976.
Arch. Bishop Kattey was born-again in 1971
through the ministry of the Scripture Union. He is
the Chairman, All Anglican Clergy Conference of
the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and
also the Chairman of Christian Council of Nigeria,
South South Area Council.
Gospel singer, Lara George writes a letter to her
husband to express her love for him as they
celebrate their 9th year wedding anniversary.
The mother of two wrote a very romantic letter
to appreciate her husband and the years they've
spent together.
"It was 9 years ago when we first looked into
each others' eyes and said 'I do.' Wow! 9 years
ago! Seems like just a heartbeat passed since I
said yes to you my love.
Olowo ori mi; my sugar, my baby, my bobo, my
friend, my husband and so much more. I
celebrate our love today in a very special and
brand new way. Nobody said it's been easy
peasy lemon squeazy... but it's been special,
and I am grateful to God for you.
My Olugbenga George- I am honoured to be your
wife. I pray that this will only be the beginning of
more greatness to come for me and you together
as one. While in this life, nothing will separate us
in the name of Jesus. And humbly... so very
humbly, I accept this love from you because it is
such a beautiful thing.
I look forward to such more beauty ahead. May
God restore for us the years that the cankerworm
has stolen. May peace surround us round about
and may our children be blessed beyond our
wildest imaginations.
May you and I together grow and mature to the
measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ
and may we be all that Jehovah has called us to
be.I love you my darling. I truly do. I just wanted
to let you know today especially (even though
it's coming a day late). I will always love you.
Happy Anniversary!"
Late MKO Abiola's daughter, Folashade Abiola,
married her beau Serdan Banjac last weekend
(August 31, September 1, 2013).
Folashade, who is the lawyer with USA Treasury,
and her husband, who works for a US Senator,
hosted a beautiful ceremony at Chateau
Cocomar in Houston, Texas.
Folashade's mum (in pink), Dr. Bosede Gloria
Abiola, and her aunt (in orange), Mrs. Vivian
Ayorinde, were also among the guests at the
wedding.
See more wedding photos below and write your
wishes to the newly-weds!
Nollywood actor and gospel musician Moses
Efret is likely to welcome his first baby any
moment from now.
On the 10th of April 2009, the actor married the
former girlfriend of actor Mike Ezuruonye, Emma
Ngo in Cameroon but the marriage is yet to
produce a child.
Before their elegant wedding, Emma, a
Cameroonian lady who is based in the US
showered Moses with lots of gifts and cash
before he joined her.
Moses Efret who moved to the United States not
too long ago to join his wife has been reported
by a reliable source that he is expecting a baby
from another lady she has been having an affair
with in Nigeria. The source says that, this
happens to be the actor's first child. He has
been married since 2009 but he doesn't have
any kids with his wife.
According to the source close to
whisperNaija.com, the lady Moses Efret
impregnated is a Nigerian lady from his town.
Moses recently released his first gospel album
this year, so i guess it's double blessing for the
actor.
Boyfriend jeans have been a hot trend for
number of years now, and it doesn't seem to be
going away anytime soon. Spotted today in a
fitted white t-shirt, boyfriends jeans and a pair
of strappy sandals, exuding effortless style is
Genevieve Nnaji.
She topped off the look with some sunnies, a
quilted bag & huge curly afro.
ARE YOU FEELIN' GENEVIEVE'S BOYFRIEND
JEANS LOOK?
Otuoke, the university community, in Ogbia Local
Government Area of Bayelsa, was thrown into
mourning on Thursday morning. Members of the
community woke up to hear reports that a 36-
year old man raped an 18-year old teenage girl
to death.
The man, who was said to have been driven by
his excessive libido, was identified as a close
associate to a former Community Development
Chairman.
It was learnt that the man whose name could
not be determined hailed from Isoko in Delta
State Local Government Area.
He was rounded up by an operative of the
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps
(NSCDC) who saw him attempting to cast the
remains of the girl into a nearby bush.
But some persons in the community claimed the
suspect was trying to assist the girl in his home
before she died.
The Nation gathered that the suspect lives in an
uncompleted building across the Otuoke bridge,
few meters away from the house of President
Goodluck Jonathan.
Eyewitnesses said the man was apprehended
with the naked remains of his victim, claiming
that the suspect must have drugged the girl
before raping her.
A source who identified herself as Eunice said
the suspect claimed that he met his victim
writhing in pains and decided to assist her.
She said: "We saw the civil defence officer
dragging the man and lamenting that the man
had raped a teenager to death. We rushed to the
scene. The man was begging for understanding.
"He said he was innocent. He said he met the
girl in pains. According to him the girl was
frustrated and drank poison and was rolling
violently on the ground when he met her.
"He said attempted to rescue the girl and
borrowed N5, 000 to take her to a clinic. On
getting to the clinic, he said there was no one
on duty and that he took the girl to his house.
The girl according to him died in his house
later."
