A Nigerian couple, Louis and Lucy Agada, have welcomed set of quadruplets after eleven years of childlessness.
Lucy, who got married to Louis on April 17, 2010, gave birth to the children, two boys and two girls on Wednesday night, October 20, 2021.
Friends, family members and well wishers have taken to Facebook to celebrate with the couple. Louis’ twin brother, Luke Agada shared the good news on Thursday, October 21.
“A big miracle to my brother, Luis Agada and his wife Lucy Agada for the safe delivery of 4 babies (Quadripulets) !!! 2 Boys and 2 Girls!! Last night,” he wrote.
“God is good and gracious and merciful. Luis and Lucy married since April 17, 2010 and has waited on God for the blessing of a baby!! At God’s time, they got 4 children in one go. Your miracle is on the way. Believe and trust in God through Jesus. Praise be to God”
One Cyril Utomi, wrote: ” O YES, JESUS ANSWERS PRAYERS! I met Luis Agada over 25 years ago through his twin brother Luke Agada in Pharmacy School, Uniben. I rejoice with you and glorify God. A big miracle to Brother, Luis Agada and his wife Lucy Agada for the safe delivery of 4 babies (Quadripulets) !!! 2 Boys and 2 Girls!! Last night,”
“God is good and gracious and merciful. Luis and Lucy married since April 17, 2010 and have waited on God for the blessing of a baby!! At God’s time, they got 4 children in one go. Your miracle is on the way. Believe and trust in God through Jesus. Praise be to God”
The federal government has blamed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its military wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), for some violent attacks in Lagos and other parts of the country during the October 2020 #EndSARS protest.
Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami who spoke at a press conference today October 22, alleged that ESN was set up by Nnamdi Kanu to carry out “subversive activities” against Nigeria, and the arrested IPOB leader instigated the large scale destruction of public assets during the #EndSARS protest particularly in Lagos, as well as the South-east and South-south regions.
Malami said;
“The EndSARS protests of October 2020 played into the sinister plans of Nnamdi Kanu, whereby he seized the protests through subversive and inciting online broadcasts and actively commanded and directed attacks on security personnel and facilities.
“There were several IPOB/ESN attacks and destruction (arson) of public and private properties during the EndSARS and Biafra agitations across the country, especially in the South-East and South-South regions, notably the Palace of the Oba of Lagos where twelve (12) flats were completely looted and vandalized.
“Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, City Hall Race Course, First Bank Branch Lagos, Lagos State Public Works Commission, Nigeria Port Authority (NPA), Marina, Lagos, High Court Igbosere, Lagos, were all burnt, amongst other heinous crimes committed.
“The country home of the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, was burnt, over one hundred and fifty (150) buses burnt at the Lagos Bus Terminal, Sen. Ndoma Egba’s home in Calabar Municipal, Cross River State, was completely looted and vandalised.
“As a result of these broadcasts, members of IPOB attacked and killed security personnel and burnt down police stations, correctional centers, INEC offices, bus terminals, the Palace of Oba of Lagos, banks, hospitals, shopping malls and vehicles, amongst others.”
Malami further stated that the aim of the press conference was to intimate Nigerians on the findings of a presidential ad-hoc committee which was set up to investigate causes of widespread violence in Nigeria’s South-east region, following Mr Kanu’s re-arrest and repatriation from Kenya to Nigeria last June.
The AGF also claimed that some prominent Nigerians like All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Ahmed Gulak, Obi 1 of Okwudor autonomous community, Eze E. Anayochukwu Durueburuo and Eze Sampson Osunwa of Ihebineowerre autonomous community as well as Chike Akunyili, widower of the late Dora Akunyili were all killed on orders of Kanu.
The federal government has accused proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of attacking 164 police stations across the country
Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami disclosed this at a press conference on Friday October 22.
Malami also alleged that members of the proscribed group killed 175 security operatives
Nigerian banks have reportedly issued directives mandating staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19, or post negative covid-19 results every two weeks.
According to a report by TheCable, six banks shared circulars to their workers asking them to get vaccinated or conduct COVID-19 tests on a bi-weekly basis at personal cost.
This comes after the federal government mandated civil servants to get vaccinated against COVID-19 last week.
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), said unvaccinated workers would be barred from entering their places of work from December 1, 2021.
“Those are the options. If you are not taking the vaccine, then you’ll have to show your test result every two weeks,” an bank staff said to TheCable .
Since February 2020, Nigeria has recorded more than 200,000 cases and almost 3,000 deaths due to covid-19.
Mahjabin Hakimi, a member of the Afghanistan women’s youth volleyball team, has reportedly been beheaded by the Taliban in the country’s capital of Kabul because of its objection to women’s sport.
After the murder of Hakimi, the group is then alleged to have posted pictures of her decapitating head on social media, possibly as a brutal warning to others.
Conflicting reports have emerged about the death of the young girl.
A death certificate that emerged showed she had possibly died a week before the Taliban took control following the retreat by the US and its allies from the country.
Other claims state that the young athlete took her own life.
A leaked photo of her body showed wounds to her neck, but it wasn’t clear if a blade or a ligature point had caused this.
However, the Afghanistan based Payk Investigative Journalism Centre said that its sources had confirmed that Mahjabin had been “beheaded by the Taliban in Kabul”.
In an interview with the Persian Independent, one of Hakimi’s coaches – speaking under a pseudonym – said that she was killed in early October but that it had been kept a secret as her family had been threatened not to talk about it.
Dozens of female athletes have fled Afghanistan in fear of their lives since the Taliban swept back into power in August as the preexisting Afghan Government collapsed.
The Taliban has banned all sports for females since taking power, and have yet to allow girls to return to school for an education.
Only two of the women’s youth volleyball team’s players managed to escape Afghanistan, it has been reported.
“All the players of the volleyball team and the rest of the women athletes are in a bad situation and in despair and fear,” the coach said, according to the Persian Independent.
“Everyone has been forced to flee and live in unknown places.”
Hakimi played for Kabul Municipality Volleyball Club before the Taliban seized power.
Afghanistan’s Chef de Mission at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Arian Sadiqi, fears for the lives of 12 Para athletes who are still stuck in the country and is worried that those who did not escape when the Taliban seized power have been forgotten about.
“If these girls don’t get help soon, they may fall into the hands of the Taliban and may get killed,” Sadiqi said, according to Insidethegames.
Athletes Noorja Najafi, Rahela Haidari, Nargis Masomi and Benafsha Najafi have all called on European countries to help evacuate them from Afghanistan.
“The right to education has been taken away from us,” said Najafi in a video.
“We cannot go to university safely or study safely because we are disabled,” Najafi continues in the video.
“Without wearing a hijab, we cannot walk or go out.
“We are very worried that our lives are in danger.”
The women’s national volleyball team has petitioned for foreign organisations to help get them out of the country, but have so far been unsuccessful.
“Our players who were living in the provinces had to leave and live in other places,” Zahra Fayazi, a coach for Afghanistan, told the BBC in September.
“They even burned their sports equipment to save themselves and their families.
“They didn’t want them to keep anything related to sport.
“They are scared.
“Many of our players who are from provinces were threatened many times by their relatives who are Taliban and Taliban followers.
“The Taliban asked our players’ families to not allow their girls to do sport, otherwise they will be faced with unexpected violence.”
A suspect linked to the murder of Reverend Father Michael Maingi Kyengo from Machakos county in Kenya, has said that he killed the Catholic Priest because he sodomized him.
Michael Muthini said he got to know the Catholic Priest who was killed and buried in a shallow grave in Makima in 2017, during a mass session he participated in at Mbingoni Catholic church.
The accused through his lawyer Kirimi Guantai claimed that before the mass began, the father beckoned and asked to see him after the mass. Muthini claimed that after the mass, he went to see him but the cleric told him that he wanted to talk to him and since he had no time, he gave him his number so they could talk over the phone.
He informed the court that father Kyengo got closer to him, started visiting, texting and calling him on regular basis. The suspect told court that the late father even took the burden of paying his college fees and provided all his basic needs.
Muithini added that while he will call the cleric ”bro”, he will respond by calling him ”My dear” or ”Sweetheart”.
The suspect said their issue began after the father visited his rented house at Gategi in Mbeere South for the first time.
Muthini said;
”In September 2019 the late father called me and informed me that he was at Mwea town and said that he was going to stay at my place overnight as it was late for him to drive for a long distance via a rough road as he was headed to Machakos.”
He disclosed that after they ate dinner, he proceeded to the bathroom to clean it so that the father could take shower.
Muthini claimed that while cleaning the bathroom, the father called him and told him that it was better if they could take some juice first which he had already served in two glasses. The suspect said after drinking the juice and proceeding to the bathroom to continue his cleaning, he began feeling dizzy and fell asleep.
He claimed he regained consciouness around 3:30am with a lot of pain around his anal areas, and a watery discharge around his buttocks.
Muthini told court that he found the late father seated next to him while naked and smiling. Upon realizing that he had allegedly been sodomized, he asked the father why he had done that to him and the deceased told him that he was not hard on him since he was new to such.
He said;
”He went ahead to caress me and told me that he had every right to do whatever he wanted as I had no means of repaying him what he had done for me earlier.”
Muthini said when the father realised that he had become angry, he stood up, dressed, took his briefcase and said when he was at the door;
If I hurt you too much, take the money I put on the table and buy a chemist’s medicine. Let me run to work and we’ll talk
The suspect said he felt disillussioned in living, ashamed to tell anybody and he said he wanted to commit suicide. He also claimed to have called the cleric, threatening to report him to his Parish.
Muthini said the father pleaded with him not to report as it would interfere with his work. He promised to visit him the following week so that they could solve the matter in an amicable way.
The accused informed the court that on October 9, 2019, at around 8;30 pm, the father arrived at his house drunk, telling him that he (Muthini) was poor, only needed his money and have nowhere to run. Muthini said he felt insulted this time round.
He said;
”Instead of asking for forgiveness, he came towards me and started caressing me. When I resisted, he held me by force and that is when we started struggling.”
The suspect also recalled how the cleric allegedly dipped his hand into his briefcase and took out a blue-ish plastic bottle, opened it and told him to calm down since ”they were sharing the same status”.
Muthini said that the late priest struck him and that was when he realised that the priest was going to kill him to erase the evidence. He informed the court that he fell where the panga (machete) was and as the priest was holding his throat, he reached the panga and cut his neck.
The suspect said;
”When I cut him, he released me and I thought he would stand but realised that he was over bleeding and within seconds he stopped breathing. That is when I realised that he was dead.”
Father Michael Kyengo ‘disappeared’ on October 8, 2019, and was found murdered on October 16 and his body buried in a shallow grave in Masamba seasonal river in Makima Mbeere South, Embu county.
Michael Muthini was arrested at Kiboko along Nairobi’s Mombasa road on October 11 by DCI detectives while driving the priest’s car and he led the detectives to where father Kyengo’s body was buried.
The arrest of the suspect consequently led to the arrest of his accomplices Kavivya Mwangangi and Solomon Mutava.
Following the suspect’s testimony, Embu High court judge Lucy Njuguna ordered a victim impact report to be tabled in court on November 8, 2021, before the judgement date is set.
A University lacrosse star died over the weekend after choking during a hot dog eating contest.
Madelyn “Madie” Nicpon, 20, was participating in an off-campus fundraiser last Saturday when she reportedly choked and fell unconscious. The Tufts University student was then rushed to Boston hospital where she tragically died the following day.
Thousands of her classmates gathered on Sunday night to remember the lacrosse player, the university said in a statement.
Students placed candles around her No.2 jerseys at the vigil at the Gantcher Center.
“A native of Suffern, New York, Madie was a biopsychology major, a member of the women’s lacrosse team, and an active member of our community,” the statement read.
“In the face of this painful loss, our hearts go out to Madie’s family and friends.”
“We are beyond heartbroken to share the news of the passing of junior Madie Nicpon — ‘Scooter,’” the Tufts lax team wrote on Instagram. “Scooter was a true friend and teammate. She truly valued her relationships with her teammates and coaches.”
“Her reach was far beyond our team — she was a true connector on campus and touched every single person she met.”
They added, “We love you, Scooter. Keep dancing from above.”
Nicpon had played in several games in her first two years for the Jumbos, and was expected to be a key contributor this season.
Services for New York native will be held in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey on Friday and Saturday.
Bandits operating between Sokoto and Zamfara states have taken responsibility for the attack on Goronyo Market in Sokoto State, where over 40 villagers were killed, describing it as a reprisal, Daily Trust reported.
Tori Me! had reported that bandits stormed the market last Sunday and opened fire on buyers and sellers leading to the death of 43 people. However, the death toll has since risen to 49.
One of the kingpins, Shehu Rekeb, who is close to both Kachallah Turji and Halilu Sububu, the two notorious warlords in the area, said the attack was carried out to avenge killings of “innocent Fulani” in the area.
We heard those who attacked Goronyo being described as criminals. They were not. The president (Muhammadu Buhari) came out to say so. Those people (of Goronyo) have killed so many people, so they would have to be attacked and killed,” he said.
Citing the killing of some Fulani Muslim worshippers at Unguwar Lalle, Rekeb said,
“When those people (Fulani) were killed, the president did not say anything but he is now coming out to react to this one.”
A resident had on Monday told Daily Trust that, “The recent attack could be a misplaced reprisal by ‘Yan Sakai’ because of the recent killing of 11 herders at Mamande Market in Gwadabawa Local Government Area.
“This outlawed group is arresting and killing Fulani men unjustifiably,” he added.
Life can be very unfair. This is the very first girl I will Love after so many years.
I met her and we were friends, then we started dating and all that. I took her to meet my parents, they liked her and so we started.
When we wanted to start courtship, my church told me that I must choose a best-man who must be a third-party and all that, I never had a very close friend so I just met one young brother in the church and he agreed to be my best man.
The very day we all met and then he saw my Fiancée, I observed how he started forming, changed to more sweeter voice and started doing funny things. I never really mind, little did I know that he had plans.
I only knew him as a dedicated brother in church, I never knew him too well like that. We went on in the courtship for 6 good months. It was in the 6th month, at the end of the courtship while we were preparing for the traditional marriage in 1 week time that my fiancée bursted into tears while we were together. I was wondering what the Issue might be so I was very worried, she wouldn’t talk.
That day she had requested to speak with me alone and no other person was there. She really cried, It was that day she said she loves me and her conscience has flogged her and she can’t continue to hide it again. She then said that the very first day that the so called best man saw her, he traced her to her house, got her number and she felt since he was the best man that its okay to relate with him.
She said he then lied the next day that I was in his house and was seriously ill and that she needs to come quickly. She got the address and ran there, only to see the guy stack naked in the sitting room waiting for her with his long man-hood. She said she resisted him severally but he out-smarted her and slept with her.
She said he called her the next day to apologize and that he wants to make up for that mess, he begged and begged her to please let him make up for it. That day they met somewhere and had s*x again. That was how they started sleeping with themselves.
When I asked her like how many times now, she said maybe 30, that they met more than once every week for the 6 months. According to her she was a virgin but lost it to this best man and then became to a slave to him.
Well, the guy is on the run but because she confessed to me, we will proceed with this wedding and I will get another best man. I have learnt a big lesson of life.
Two Kenyan women have been arrested for stealing a newborn baby boy from a teenage mother and altering the birth notification details.
The two suspects, Judith Ingahitzu, 47 and her aunt, Florence Musimbi Abulu, 62, were on Monday morning, October 18, arraigned at Webuye Law Courts, where they initially pleaded guilty of two counts including Acts that Promote Child Trafficking (attracts a 30-year jail-term or 30 million fine), but later on in the afternoon changed through a lawyer.
According to a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation, the duo were arrested on Friday 15th October, 2021 by DCI’s Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit (AHT&CPU) detectives, acting on a tip-off reported anonymously through the DCI hotline.
“The anonymous call from a curious member of the public, reported of a miraculous baby boy born to a village woman who, unlike the biblical Mary mother of Jesus, was never seen carrying a pregnancy,” the statement read.
“Equally awed, detectives manning the DCI hotline centre alerted their ever ready AHT&CPU counterparts, who immediately swung into action by dispatching a team to Kakamega’s Matete area on a fact finding mission on October 14
“A day of scrupulous search in Matete area bore fruits when the 1st suspect (Judith) was spotted at her home lulling “her” bundle of joy
“The mother of four older children could hardly stand the presence of her unwelcome visitors, but her husband, with whom she has had no child over their marriage period, invited the detectives’ probe into the case
“In what would lead to the unearthing of an underworld of dreaded child traffickers who preyed on voiceless young mothers, Judith’s husband revealed that he hadn’t been aware his wife was pregnant, until she appeared holding a day-old toddler that she wouldn’t breastfeed
“Further, the birth notification provided by Judith had been altered using a white out, and the parents’ names entered by hand using a ball pen
“Persistent that she had been pregnant and that her ample proportions concealed it, detectives took the suspect to Webuye County Hospital for forensic medical examination, where three different tests conducted gave negative results of her having been pregnant
DNA tests run at a different hospital in Kisumu equally contradicted the suspect’s allegations. Cornered like a terrified rat, Judith had opened up to detectives, revealing a second suspect, her aunt Florence.
Detectives furthered their investigations to Kikuya village in Vihiga, where the 67-year-old was also arrested.
Thorough interrogations on the duo established that Judith had called Florence earlier in the year, asking her to find ways of getting her a baby
Florence, who was privy to a case of an expectant 17-year-old girl living with her grandmother at Vihiga’s Kaimosi area, offered to help
She (Florence) had then approached the girl with a job offer as a househelp in Nairobi, which the helpless minor accepted at once
Connecting her to a family living in Kajiado’s Ongata Rongai area, Florence warned the young girl not to reveal to any of her relatives that she was expectant, before instructing the girl’s employer to release the girl back to her as soon as she was due for labor
As agreed, the orphan girl had been picked by Florence 10 days to her delivery date, who stayed with her for the period before taking her to Vihiga Health Centre on Sept 8 where Judith appeared, tendering her till she gave birth to a baby boy
It was in the process of collecting the documents on behalf of the young mother that Judith, who was hell-bent to steal the baby, altered the documents before disappearing with the baby as her aunt took the girl in circles as to the whereabouts of the born child
“Threatened with dire consequences if she told anyone, the girl has had to live with the pain, until our detectives struck on Friday. Over the weekend, the girl was united with her baby boy, before the two were taken for medical care and rescued to safety,” the statement read.
Bond ruling will be made on Monday 25th October, 2021.
Meanwhile, further investigations are ongoing including pursuit of the man behind the girl’s pregnancy.
Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, this morning, October 21, appeared at the Federal High court, Abuja, dressed in native Ohafia regalia in solidarity with the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, whose trial is to commence today.
Thomas Markle hit out at his son-in-law Prince Harry once again during an appearance on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, October 19.
Meghan’s 77-year-old father was a guest on the show with hosts Susanna Reid and Richard.
During the morning show, Thomas complained about not being allowed to see his grandchildren and branded the situation “silly” and “childish”.
He then said that he will keep speaking out until his daughter contacts him.
Speaking about his son-in-law, Thomas said: “I think Harry has abandoned the queen and the royal family, the British people and the army, he’s abandoned them all.
“All he does now is ride a bicycle around the neighbourhood that he lives in. I don’t know if it’s much of a life for him either, doesn’t make sense.”
Richard Madeley then suggested that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are “certainly very rich” and Susanna asked: “Do you think they’re happy Thomas?”
Thomas replied: “Well, money isn’t everything but the book he’s writing should not be finding freedom, it should be finding money. That’s all they care about now.
“Harry’s coming out with a book and that can’t be anything but cruel. And to insult his grandmother, the Queen, it’s a ridiculous idea and it’s just something for money.
“That’s all they’re doing, everything they’re doing is for money. But to do that to your grandmother, who is 95 years old, is shameful.”
R. Kelly has been ordered to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges next summer.
On Wednesday October 20, a federal judge ordered the R&B singer to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges next year after the scheduled sentencing for his conviction in an earlier sex trafficking trial in New York.
U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber appeared to have wanted the trial in Chicago to begin earlier, but he set it for Aug. 1 after one of Kelly’s attorneys, Steven Greenberg, said that he and another of Kelly’s attorneys will be in court on other cases through July.
Kelly, who remains jailed in New York, was listening to the hearing on a conference call but he did not speak.
His sentencing for the federal trial in New York, where Kelly was found guilty of all nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering, is scheduled for May 4 as he faces up to life in prison.
Kelly, who was born Robert Sylvester Kelly, is also facing four separate indictments alleging sexual abuse in state court in Chicago and a child prostitution charge in Minnesota.
Experts have said there is a possibility that prosecutors could drop the charges in state court if he receives a lengthy prison sentence in New York. But there is virtually no chance that the federal charges in Chicago will be dropped
Kelly has been jailed without bail since 2019.
After being convicted in September in federal court in New York on charges that date back decades and stem from six complaining witnesses, Kelly’s other lawyer Deveraux Cannick said he was disappointed by the verdict.
“I think I’m even more disappointed the government brought the case in the first place given all the inconsistencies,” Cannick said at the time.
Kelly was placed on suicide watch after the September verdict, according to Greenburg, but that watch has ended.
Former US President, Donald Trump has announced the launch of his new social media platform called ‘Truth social’.
Trump’s media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) merged with Digital World Acquisition Corp. to become a publicly listed company with a potential valuation of up to $1.7 billion.
The former president announced that Truth Social is set to launch in early 2022, to compete with the likes of Facebook and Twitter — two sites that have banned his accounts.
Trump also announced that he will launch a ”subscription video on demand service” to rival Google’s YouTube.
”I created TRUTH Social and TMTG to stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech,” Trump wrote in the announcement Wednesday night, October 20.
”We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American President has been silenced.
”This is unacceptable.”
According to Trump, the move is a fulfillment of a promise to create a conservative media competitor to combat the liberal activism against his administration and in the 2020 presidential campaign.
”I am excited to send out my first TRUTH on TRUTH Social very soon,” Trump added. ”TMTG was founded with a mission to give a voice to all. I’m excited to soon begin sharing my thoughts on TRUTH Social and to fight back against Big Tech.
”Everyone asks me why doesn’t someone stand up to Big Tech? Well, we will be soon!”
The subscription video-on-demand service will be called TMTG+.
”TMTG+ will feature ‘non-woke’ entertainment programming, news, podcasts, and more,” according to the news release.
Trump has already launched lawsuits against Twitter and Facebook for their responses to conservative views and speech.
”Truth Social is America’s ‘Big Tent’ social media platform that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating against political ideology,” the Truth Social website reads, allowing future users to register early for the initial wait list.
Truth Social is “a Big Tent, an open and Free Network for people to be able to communicate, to exercise your First Amendment rights.” pic.twitter.com/Kbq8fdmeN0
Marriage in Igboland is a very important event. In fact, it is wrong to refer to Igbo traditional marriage as an event. The traditional rites involved and executed by both families and the consenting couples make for a series of events, structured in stages, each one important, each one bathing the other.
In Igboland, traditional marriages are deemed very festive and colorful, one is required to complete the traditional rite before their religious/church wedding can take place even if the couples choose to get married civilly at a courthouse.
Although some of these stages of traditional rite differ from one Igbo community to another, they are all similar in nature, with plenteous convergence points.
Here are all the stages of marriage in Igboland outlined.
The First Introduction (Ikụ Aka n’ Uzo)
The first stage of the Igbo traditional wedding rites that is meant to observe by the groom is the first introduction or knocking at the door known as Ikụ Aka n’ Uzo in the native language. The groom has to visit the bride’s family and informs them about his intention to marry their daughter and his wish to bring his family to come and see them.
On the agreed date, the groom’s parents, elders, and few family members will accompany the groom along with some alcoholic drinks to the bride’s home, While the bride’s parents along with a few family members wait for their potential new in-laws to arrive.
Upon arrival at the bride’s family house, the groom’s family is presented with a kola nut as a sign of a welcome gesture. After which the groom’s father will make his son’s intention known for the purpose of their visit, the bride’s father will acknowledge and says he will get back to them upon speaking with his daughter.
But customary the groom’s family will not be expecting an answer for their visit during the first family meetup immediately.
2. The Family Background Investigation (Ijụ Ajụjụ)
After the first meeting between the two families, the two families conduct their investigation separately, the bride’s family carried out the investigation with or without the bride’s consent, and often the groom’s family background investigation is carried out before the first meeting with the bride’s family.
The investigations help the two families to uncover where each family comes from, the village locations, each family character, family standing in society, religious practices, including family general health information. In ancient times, it was sought to know if the other family has ties to the Osu or some evil spirits or from an enslaved lineage.
Though the outcome of the family background checking can affect and determine the next step in the marriage process although a family can stop or delay the marriage process at this stage because of their investigation findings.
The Discussion Of The Bridal List (Ihu Isi Nwanyi)
This stage, in some cultures, is intertwined, comprising the discussion of the bridal list and the dowry negotiation. In other cultures, nearly everywhere today, the list is collected separately in a stage of its own then taken home and studied by the groom’s party.
This stage comes after the families complete their investigations and both families are happy with their findings, the families can schedule a follow-up visit for the discussion of the Bridal List required for the marriage process.
The List contains items the groom will bring to the bride’s parents on the Traditional Marriage, in that visit the bride’s father will call her to come and greet the guests and in the presence of the guests, will inform her of their guest marriage proposal and ask her should they accept or decline?
Tradition demands the bride’s family to give the required Bridal List to the groom’s family, which includes items for the bride’s parents and community both for the men, the women, and the young adults.
4. The Dowry Negotiations (Ego Isi Nwanyi)
Now when it comes to the Dowry Negotiations (Ime ego), both two families will meet and discuss the dowry amount as tradition demands. There is no set amount for the dowry as it’s up to the two families to decide when the dowry discussion comes up.
After the negotiation, the groom’s family then presents all they’ve bought to the bride’s family on the day of the wine-carrying ceremony.
5. The Traditional Wedding Ceremony (Igba Nkwụ)
The last and final rite done by the groom’s family is the traditional wedding ceremony. A ceremony is an open event and the only part of the marriage process the public are allowed to attend at the bride’s family home along with both families, friends, and well-wishers in attendance to witness the union of the couple.
An important part during the igba nkwụ is when the bride carries the wine from her father to look for her groom and when she finds him, she gives him the wine and the public will know her husband.
Then she will take the groom to her family for their blessing and words of advice after which the couple will rise to music and dancing, joined by their family and friends. The preparation for the traditional ceremony is the responsibility of the bride’s family as is in their compound.
Postscript
After the wedding, the marriage process is not over for many places in Igbo culture. The following stage is mostly done on the wedding day but it doesn’t make it part of the Igba Nkwu. It is a distinct stage of its own.
New Home Sendoff Gifts By The Bride’s Parents (Idu Ụlọ)
New Home Sendoff Gifts known as Idu Ụlọ in Igboland is the process in which gifts are given to the bride by the bride’s family, where the bride’s family showers their newlywed daughter with house gifts to start her new married life.
Although the gifts depend on what the bride’s family can afford to gift their daughter, upon leaving her family she goes along with a maiden or her sister who isn’t married to keep her company in her new family.
After few weeks after Igba Nkwụ (sometimes months or even years), the Bride’s family first visits the newlyweds’ home (Imata Ụlọ Di) to know where their daughter is living in case of an emergency and to confirm that she is happy and cared for in her new home.
Thus, the beauty of every culture is the traditions they practice, one might say that marriage in Igbo culture is a long and expensive one, but that is the tradition.
The Taliban was welcomed in Moscow today, October 20 during talks on Afghanistan as Russia seeks to exert influence over the new regime.
Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov opened the talks and emphasised that ‘forming a really inclusive government fully reflecting the interests of not only all ethnic groups but all political forces of the country’ is necessary to achieve a stable peace in Afghanistan.
Russia designated the Taliban a terror organisation in 2003 and never took it off the list but has been working to improve relations with the country.
With the US now clearly out of the way, the Taliban was welcomed in Moscow today.
Unlike many other countries, Russia hasn’t evacuated its embassy in Kabul and its ambassador has maintained regular contacts with the Taliban since they took over the Afghan capital of Kabul in August.
Lavrov commended the Taliban for their efforts to stabilise the military-political situation in the country and ensure the operation of state structures.
‘We are satisfied with the level of practical interaction with Afghan authorities, which allows to effectively ensure the security of Russian citizens in Afghanistan and the unimpeded operation of our embassy in Kabul,’ Lavrov said in his opening speech.
Lavrov then added that Russia would soon dispatch a shipment of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
Zamir Kabulov, the Kremlin envoy on Afghanistan who also attended the meeting, said the international recognition of the Taliban depends on the inclusiveness of their government and their human rights record.
‘We expect the Taliban to meet … the request of the international community about inclusivity and basic human rights, which include broadly all kinds of human rights, and they confirmed that they are working on that, the process of improvement of governance, the process of improving the human rights situation,’ Kabulov told reporters.
Senator Shehu Sani says bandits attacked the Kaduna-Abuja train on Wednesday night, October 20. According to Sani, the bandits attacked the train between Dutse and Rijana stations and planted an explosive that damaged the rail track and also opened fire on the driver.
Read his post below
”Yesternight,Bandits attacked the Kaduna-Abuja train.They planted an explosive that damaged the rail track and shattered the windshield of the train engine.They also opened fire,targeting the Driver and the Tank.
It happened between Dutse and Rijana stations.The Driver struggled to move towards Kaduna Rigasa station.
This early morning,I was on board when our train ran over another explosive damaged railings.The train nearly skid off its path then we miraculously escaped.
All Kaduna Abuja train operations need to be suspended for today until this issue is addressed.”
Photos of the attacked train have been shared online, See more below
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has said that leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu being charged with insulting President Buhari is an abuse of power.
LIB reported earlier that the IPOB leader in the new amended charges filed by the Nigerian government, was accused of refering to “President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as paedophile, terrorist and an embodiment of evil “knowing same to be false”, which contravenes Section 357 of the Criminal Code Act, 2004.”
Reacting to this, Reno Omokri noted that President Buhari had allegedly insulted former Presidents Goodluck Jonatha , Olusegun Obasanjo and Musa Yar’adua.
He added that if insulting Buhari is a crime, then all Nigerians including his wife Aisha, should be persecuted for the same reason.
The former presidential aide wrote;
If General Buhari feels slighted that Nnamdi Kanu allegedly called him “an idiot”, “a pedophile” and “a terrorist” then he should sue him for libel, slander or defamation in a civil court. Expressing a negative image about someone, even a President, is not a criminal offence! Charging Nnamdi Kanu for insulting Buhari is abuse of power. Buhari himself insulted former Presidents Obasanjo (as recently as last year) and Jonathan as well as Yar’adua. If insulting Buhari is a crime, then all Nigerians, including Aisha Buhari, should be tried!
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The US military base in Al-Tanf, Syria, was hit by a coordinated attack on Wednesday with a drone strike and possible ground fire, that US officials say was a ‘coordinated attack’
No US troops were injured and it is not clear who carried out the attack.
The base is used to train local Syrian forces against the Islamic State
This is the third attack in Syria on Wednesday alone following a bus bombing that killed 14 and a shelling that killed 13 on Wednesday, October 20.
A US official said the attack appeared to include at least one drone strike and possibly groundfire at the base in Al-Tanf, Syria, which houses some of the 900 US soldiers in Syria. The base is also located on a road serving as a vital link for Iranian-backed forces from Tehran, all the way to southern Lebanon and Israel.
‘Explosions resounded from the Al Tanf base used by the US-led coalition’ fighting Daesh group, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement. Daesh is a name used locally for ISIS.
The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said there was no information on whether local Syrian forces were injured or killed in the attack.
The UK government is keeping a “close watch” on a descendant of the coronavirus Delta variant which is being seen in a growing number of cases.
Downing Street said it was monitoring the AY4.2 variant but insisted there was no evidence it spreads more easily.
While the Delta variant remains the dominant strain in the UK, the latest research shows six per cent of cases which have been genetically sequenced are of a new kind.
“It’s something we’re keeping a very close eye on,” the Prime Minister’s official spokesperson said
“As you would expect we’re monitoring it closely and won’t hesitate to take action if necessary.”
Scientists said AY4.2 carries two characteristic mutations in the spike, Y145H and A222V, both of which have been found in various other coronavirus lineages since the beginning of the pandemic.
However, they have remained at low frequency until now.
The first strains carrying both mutations were sequenced in April 2020 and either are found in any variant of concern.
Francois Balloux, professor of computational systems biology at University College London, said: “The A222V was found in the B.1.177 lineage that swept Europe in the summer of 2020.
“But careful follow-up analyses pointed to the lineage likely having no inherent transmissibility advantage and that its spread was most likely caused by demographic processes.”
He added neither mutation was an obvious candidate for increased transmissibility but mutations can have different, sometimes unexpected, effects in different strains.
“As AY4.2 is still at fairly low frequency, a 10% increase in its transmissibility could have caused only a small number of additional cases,” the professor explained.
“As such it hasn’t been driving the recent increase in case numbers in the UK.”
He said AY4.2 was not comparable to the emergence of Alpha and Delta which were at least 50 per cent more transmissible than any other strain at the time.
“Here we are dealing with a potential small increase in transmissibility that would not have a comparable impact on the pandemic,” he added.
AY4.2 is rare outside the UK and there have been only three cases detected in the US so far.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the request of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to be moved from DSS custody to Kuje Correctional Service Centre. This is the second time Kanu’s request has been turned down by the court.
In July, the IPOB leader asked to be moved to the prison, alleging that he had been “subjected to mental and psychological torture” by the Department of State Services (DSS).
At the court session on Thursday, October 21, Kanu pleaded not guilty to an amended seven-count charge bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism preferred against him by the federal government.
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, his lead counsel, asked the court to transfer him from the custody of the DSS to Kuje prison.
The presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyako, refused the application and adjourned the case till November 10.
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the terrorism charges against him by the Nigerian government.
Kanu pleaded not guilty following his arraignment before a federal high court in Abuja, by 10am on Thursday October 21.
Recall that the federal government recently amended the charges against him, raising them to seven counts as against the five counts he was previously answering to, bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism.
Here are the CHARGES:
Count one:
That you Nnamdi Kanu, male adult of Afaraukwu lbeku Umahia North Local Government Area of Abia State being the leader of the Indigenous People of Bialra (IPOB) on diverse dates in 2014 and 2015 in London, United Kingdom, did broadcast on Radio Biafra monitored in Enugu and other areas within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, preparations made by you and others now at large for states in the South-East and South-South zones and other communities in Kogi and Benue States to secede from the Federal Republic of Nigeria with a view to constituting same into the Republic of Biafra and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 41(c) of the Criminal Code Act, CAP. C77, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
Count two:
That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaraukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area ot Abia State, on or about the 28th April, 2015 in London, United Kingdom did broadcast on Radio Biafra monitored in Enugu, Enugu State and other parts of Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, referred to Major General Muhammadu Buhari, GCON, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a paedophile, a terrorist, an idiot and an embodiment of evil, knowing same to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 375 of the Criminal Code Act, Cap C. 77, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
Count Three:
That you Nnamdi Kanu, male adult of Afaraukwu lbeku Umahia North Local Government Area of Abia State between the month of March and April 2015 imported into Nigeria and kept in Ubulusiuzor in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra state within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court , a Radio transmitter known as TRAM 50L concealed in a container of used household which you declared as used household items and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 47 (2) of the Criminal Code of Act ,Cap C45, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
Count four
That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult. of Afaraukwu iIbeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State in London, United Kingdom between 2018 and 2021 Radio Biafra monitored in Enugu, Enugu State and FCT, Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, professed to be a member of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a proscribed organisation in Nigeria and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 16 Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013.
Count five:
That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaraukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on the 22th of April, 2021 in London, United Kingdom on Radio Biafra monitored in Enugu, Enugu State and other parts of Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did an act of terrorism in that you incite the other members (followers) of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB}, a proscribed organisation in Nigeria, to look for security personnel, their family members through a Radio Biafra on 102.1FM monitored through the IPOB Community Radio and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act.
Count six:
That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaraukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia Stale on the 16thh of May, 2021, in London, United Kingdom within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did commit an act in furtherance of an act of terrorism by making a broadcast that “In 2 weeks’ time, what will happen will shake the world, people will die, the whole world will stand still, mark my word” and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 1 (2) (b) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013.
Count seven:
That you Nnamdi Kanu, male, adult, of Afaraukwu Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State on the 31st of May, 2021, in London, United Kingdom within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did an act in furtherance of an act of terrorism by issuing a deadly threat that anyone who flouted your sit-at-home order should “write his/her will,” as a result banks, schools, markets, shopping malls, fuel stations were not opened for businesses and vehicular movements grounded and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 1 (2) (b) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013.
Liberia’s President George Weah has honoured an 18-year-old motorcycle taxi rider who found and returned $50,000 (£36,000) to a businesswoman who had lost the cash in the north-eastern Nimba region.
President Weah met Emmanuel Tolue at a ceremony in the capital, Monrovia, on Monday and offered him cash and an educational scholarship.
The motorcycle rider has become a national hero in recent days for his action.
He found the money wrapped in a plastic bag and returned it after the owner, Musu Yancy, appealed on public radio for anyone finding the money to return it.
Ms Yancy appreciated the young man’s honesty with cash and goods valued at about $1,500.
The president hailed Mr Tuloe’s “exceptional sense of morality and good citizenship” as an inspiration for the youth.
The Liberian leader promised to recognise and award the young man with one of Liberia’s highest honours – the order of distinction – for his honesty.
In addition, the president gave him $10,000 as well as two new motorcycles “for you to improve your circumstances and sustain yourself financially”.
Mr Tolue, who dropped from seventh grade in school to go into motorcycling business, will also benefit from a fully-funded scholarship up to university level.
Real Madrid forward, Karim Benzema’s trial for his alleged involvement in an attempted blackmail case linked to a sex tape featuring his former France team-mate Matthieu Valbuena, has kicked off.
Benzema is accused encouraging Valbuena to pay blackmailers who threatened to make the sexually explicit video public in 2015.
The 33-year-old has denied wrongdoing and his lawyer has described the case against the player as “absurd”.
Benzema faces up to five years in jail and a €75,000 (£63,282) fine if convicted.
Benzema, who played for Real Madrid in their 5-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine on Tuesday night, was absent as the trial got underway in Versailles.
His four co-accused – Mustapha Zouaoui, Younes Houass, Karim Zenati & Axel Angot – face charges of attempted blackmail and were present as court proceedings began.
Benzema and Valbuena were international team-mates at the time of the affair but lost their places in the France squad in the wake of the scandal.
The striker was recalled to the France squad for this year’s European Championship and the trial comes at a time when he is shining on the pitch for club and country.
Police officers have alleged that passengers held up their phones to film a 40-minute horror sex attack on a commuter train, but didn’t call 911.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Police Chief Thomas Nestel said at a news conference that the 35-year-old homeless man identified as Fiston Ngoy, harassed the victim for more than 40 minutes. More than two dozen train stops passed as he harassed, groped and eventually raped the woman.
Ngoy who has been charged with rape, has a previous sex offense conviction and should have been deported back to Congo years ago.
Police said he went to sit next to the victim after boarding the El train at the same stop in northeast Philadelphia last Wednesday evening.
The train passed more than 20 stations as he harassed and groped her while she tried to fend him off, it is alleged. Eventually he ripped off her clothes and raped her, police said.
It is believed no one on board called 911 or used the emergency call box fitted in the car, and it was also claimed some passengers instead used their phones to video the attack.
The woman’s ordeal only ended when an off-duty train employee called police, who arrived within three minutes and pulled the rapist off her, according to an arrest affidavit.
Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt said it was “disturbing” to know people saw the attack and did nothing to help.
Bernhardt said;
“I have no words for it. I just can’t imagine seeing what you were seeing through your own eyes.
“I’m appalled by those who did nothing to help this woman.
“Anybody that was on that train has to look in the mirror and ask why they didn’t intervene or why they didn’t do something.”
Transit Police Chief Thomas Nestel said;
“We want everyone to be angry, disgusted, and to join us in being resolute in keeping our system safe.
“I can tell you that people were holding their phone up in the direction of this woman being attacked.”
Police have not released security camera footage or revealed how many other people were in the car. Supt Bernhardt said anyone who recorded the assault could face criminal charges.
Ngoy told police that he knew the victim, but that he couldn’t remember her name. He told authorities she consented. The woman told police his version of events was false, and further revealed that he ignored her pleas for him to leave her alone.
A security video is said to show her repeatedly pushing him away as he groped her breast, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Ngoy has been charged with rape, sexual assault and other offenses and was held in custody. The suspect who listed his last address as a homeless shelter, remains in custody on a $180,000 bail. His initial court appearance is scheduled for October 25.
The sexual abuse case against Nollywood actor Olarewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, continued today and a tape of the victim speaking about the incident was played in court.
During the trial today, October 20, in Lagos, the court played a tape recording of the alleged victim’s interview with child rights advocate Bisi Ajayi Kayode.
In the video played in court, the alleged victim, who is underaged, narrated how Baba Ijesha allegedly assaulted her 7 years ago when she was just 7 years old, and how he tried again recently after she turned 14.
She said that Baba Ijesha visited the house where she was staying with her guardian, comedienne Oluwadamilola Adekoya, better known as Princess, and brought out his penis then asked her to sit on his lap.
She said she was engrossed in the cartoon she was watching on television so she sat on his lap until she felt something wet on her body.
She said in the video played in court: “I didn’t make a sound after seeing his private part. I sat on his laps myself and removed my pant because of my concentration on the cartoon I was watching.”
Using a doll to demonstrate how she sat on Baba Ijesha’s lap, the girl said: “I sat in front of the television trying to watch cartoon.
“Baba Ijesha told me to come and sit on his lap and so I did. Then he removed his private part and told me to sit on him.”
She said she soon felt something wet and then went into the bathroom to clean herself up with a towel. She said Baba Ijesha didn’t say anything afterward.
She claimed that Baba Ijesha returned again the following day and penetrated her with a key.
“He parked his car away from his house and that was where he inserted his car key into my private part while trying to kiss me,” she alleged.
“When he inserted the car key, I felt some type of way.”
The girl then demonstrated how he allegedly penetrated her with the car key.
She said she eventually told her mother about the incident on April 17, 2021, and on April 19, 2021, CCTV was set up to get evidence in order to charge Baba Ijesha to court.
For the first time, Surgeons in US have successfully attached a kidney grown in a genetically altered pig to a human patient and found that the organ worked normally.
The procedure done at NYU Langone Health in New York City involved use of a pig whose genes had been altered so that its tissues no longer contained a molecule known to trigger an almost immediate rejection, according to the Reuters news agency which reported on the news on Tuesday.
The recipient was a brain-dead patient with signs of kidney dysfunction whose family consented to the experiment before she was due to be taken off life support, researchers told the Reuters news agency.
For three days, the new kidney was attached to her blood vessels and maintained outside her body, giving researchers access to it.
Test results of the transplanted kidney’s function “looked pretty normal,” said transplant surgeon Dr Robert Montgomery, who led the study.
The kidney made “the amount of urine that you would expect” from a transplanted human kidney, he said, and there was no evidence of the vigorous, early rejection seen when unmodified pig kidneys are transplanted into non-human primates.
The recipient’s abnormal creatinine level – an indicator of poor kidney function – returned to normal after the transplant, Montgomery said.
In the United States, nearly 107,000 people are currently waiting for organ transplants, including the more than 90,000 awaiting a kidney, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing.
Former US President, Donald Trump has derided former US Secretary of State, Gen. Colin Powell in death, calling him a turncoat who “made plenty of mistakes.”
Powell, 84, died on Monday of COVID-19 complications despite being fully vaccinated. He was battling multiple myeloma, a blood plasma cancer that can cripple the immune system, leaving him vulnerable to the deadly virus.
A lifelong Republican, Powell apparently annoyed Trump by endorsing Democrats in recent presidential elections as the GOP swung hard to the right. The retired statesman also once slammed Trump as unfit for the White House.
Trump in a statement, used Powell’s death to remind his supporters that the general was a prominent architect of the bloody U.S. war in Iraq, which Trump strongly opposed.
Years later after the war, Powell admitted his false claims about Saddam Hussein’s weapons programs, calling it a “blot” on his career.
Despite the unanimous chorus of praise for the soldier and diplomat, by Democrats and Republicans and Trump’s deputy Mike Pence, Trump slammed Powell on Tuesday as a “classic RINO,” or Republican in name only, “if even that.”
“He was….always the first to attack other Republicans,” Trump said in an email message. “He made plenty of mistakes, but anyway, may he rest in peace!”
He sarcastically noted that it was “wonderful” to see the media treat Powell with reverence despite his missteps, especially his checkered role in the launching of the second war with Iraq.
“Hope that happens to me someday,” Trump wrote.
“Powell … made big mistakes on Iraq and famously, so-called weapons of mass destruction,” Trump wrote.
American music producer, Dr. Dre was served with divorce papers while laying his grandmother to rest in Los Angeles on Monday October 18.
Dr. Dre is in the midst of a contentious divorce from Nicole Young that has garnered numerous headlines since the papers were first filed. Things were bitter before, and they may have just ratcheted up a notch further.
TMZ reported that a process server for the music producer’s ex-wife attempted to serve him with legal documents in the divorce while at the cemetery. Though the claim is disputed, sources however told the publication that Dr. Dre was standing graveside next to his grandmother’s casket when the process service first attempted to give him the papers.
It is unknown what transpired in the interim but sources close to Nicole Young say that Dre was in fact served in the cemetery’s parking lot after the burial.
Dre refused to take the documents and was understandably furious. Source for the opposing parties disagrees on exactly how service was achieved. Dr. Dre’s sources are saying the process server dropped the papers at the gravesite. Nicole Young’s source disputes this and says the papers were dropped in the parking lot of the Los Angeles cemetery.
The papers involved payment of Nicole’s attorney’s fees. There’s a dispute over how much he was supposed to pay. The music mogul has already paid $325,433.
The judge had earlier signed an order that he owed a total of $1,550,000. Dre believes that amount is in error and he paid the full fee. Nicole says the order is clear, and that her ex-husband owes a balance of $1,224,567. The legal docs that were served included the judge’s final order of $1,550,000.
A man named Michael Haugabook is trending after he married his Goddaughter, Deja, shortly after she turned 18.
Michael, a father with multiple children, was a part of Deja’s life right from when she was born and is seen in one photo carrying her when she was a toddler.
Michael also dated Deja’s mother, Davina Evans.
When Deja went missing in 2017, he’s also seen begging people on Facebook to help find her.
While Deja was still 17, she posted that she was in a relationship but people didn’t know who she was dating. When she turned 18, she posted that she was dating Michael, her Godfather.
She recently got married to Michael, causing people to believe Michael has been grooming and dating the teen then waited until she was of legal age to marry her.
The age difference caused outrage and also the fact that he’s her Godfather. Most people thought he was 55 and they asked why a man that old will marry an 18-year-old.
However, a document from when Michael was arrested in 2014 shows he was 54 at the time, meaning he’s 61 now.
Meanwhile, Michael and Deja have told people to mind their business.
A newborn baby girl miraculously survived after she was packed in a suitcase by her mother and buried in a shallow grave in a yard in Tsomo in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
The 34-year-old mother, Lindiswa Ntalo, who was arrested last week appeared in court on Monday, October 18 and granted bail.
According to police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu, it is alleged that during the early hours of Monday morning, 11 October 2021, the woman from Xolobe Administrative area in Tsomo allegedly gave birth to a baby girl.
“The baby was allegedly put in a suitcase and buried in a shallow grave in the yard.” Naidu state.
Naidu said police in Tsomo was alerted by the Chief of the area on Tuesday about his suspicion that the woman was pregnant and is no longer pregnant and that there is no child.
Police went out to Xolobe and found a grave in the yard. On digging it up, police discovered the child in blankets in the suitcase, still alive.”
She said the child was taken to the hospital. The mother was arrested on charge of concealment of pregnancy and also taken to hospital for medical attention.
Meanwhily, community leaders expressed their horror after learning that Ntalo had not been charged with attempted murder.
Amazizi traditional council head, Nkosi JongisizweNgcongolo, who reported the case on October 12, said: “This is shocking. This is the same woman who buried her baby alive for 24 hours and tried numerous times to perform an abortion,”
“She told the community and her relatives that she wanted to get rid of the pregnancy and the baby. Is this not making a mockery of justice? How can the police and NPA explain that? Why are they not charging her for attempted murder? We are disappointed. The baby could have died. It is a miracle that she was found alive.” he added.
Though the incident caused a huge public outcry, no family members were present when the mother appeared at the Tsomo magistrate’s court on Monday.
The accused said she cared for eight children, from her 18year-old eldest daughter to an 18-month-old grandchild.
“I am also looking after my sisters’ children. I am the only person looking after all these children and the homestead. Both my parents have since died. My sisters work in Gauteng,’she said.
“I am unemployed and survive on child grants and money from my sisters. The father of the infant left the village and I don’t know where he is. He said he was from Lady Frere [Cacadu] but I don’t know his surname. I got pregnant after a one-night stand,’ he said.
She will be represented by Legal Aid SA lawyers. The state did not oppose bail and the woman was released on warning.
Magistrate Bonakele Bakadela postponed the case to November 16 for further investigation.
Speaking to the Daily Dispatch, she said she was happy to be released on bail.
“It is not nice to be in jail. I miss my baby. When we were in hospital I had a special bond with her. All I want is to care for my little baby and the other children. I love my baby, she is so beautiful. I don’t know if my family or social workers will allow me to take care of her. won’t harm her, I love her,” she told the Dispatch.
Tonto Dikeh’s ex-boyfriend, Prince Kpokpogri has allegedly been arrested and detained by the police.
The actress friend and colleague, Doris Ogala hinted on the arrest via an Instagram post she shared. Though she never mentioned names, she however said he will be “sleeping with mosquito” till Wednesday October 20.
Doris wrote;
God of Tonto has brought down fire. Till Wednesday
Finally! Till Wednesday ooo #sleepwithmosquitoesbro
Journalist and former Presidential aide, Jackson Ude who then corroborated the arrest claim, mentioned Kpokpogri as the detainee. He wrote;
DIG Joseph Egbunike has ordered the arrest and detention of Prince Kpokpogiri who is asking Tonto Dikeh to return his Lexus SUV after both lovers parted ways. Tonto is allegedly using her relationship with the Police DIG to “teach Kpokpogiri a lesson” for messing with her
43 people have been confirmed dead in the wake of the attack by bandits on Goronyo township in Goronyo local government area of Sokoto state.
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state gave this clarification after due diligence on figures of those that died in the Goronyo market Sunday attack.
Earlier in the day Tambuwal had put the figure at about 30 when the Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Farouk Yahaya paid him a courtesy visit.
“The number of people that died in Goronyo. I did say it was above 30. I wasn’t categorical about the figure. We just finished a meeting with some stakeholders and I have confirmed that we lost 43 people unfortunately to that incident. May God Almighty have mercy on their souls,” Gov. Tambuwal said.
Norwich goalkeeper Dan Barden has been diagnosed with testicular cancer.
The 20-year-old Welsh footballer, who is currently on-loan at cinch Premiership side Livingston but will be taking a break from football.
‘It has been a very difficult and challenging period, but the support of my family, friends and colleagues has helped get me through the last few weeks,’ Barden told Norwich’s official club website.’
He will be closely monitored on a treatment programme after undergoing follow up tests following the initial diagnosis.
‘I can’t thank the medical departments at both Norwich and Livingston enough, as well as everyone at the Royal Marsden Hospital,’ the goalkeeper added.
The speed at which everything has moved has been crazy, but everyone has been absolutely brilliant with me. Both Daniel Farke and the Livingston manager, David Martindale, have also been very supportive.
‘The initial diagnosis was a real shock for me, but the positive thing is that we’ve caught it early and the prognosis and next steps have all been positive.
‘I’m optimistic and have a positive mindset. I’m confident that I’ll be able to beat it and that I’ll be back out there doing what I love soon.
‘I’d like to thank everyone around me for their support. I know that the coming period will be challenging and would ask for privacy for me and my family at this stage. Where possible, I’ll do what I can to update on my progress.’
Canaries sporting director Stuart Webber said: ‘Everyone at Norwich City wishes Dan a speedy recovery. Our love and thoughts are with him and his family as he starts this latest challenge in his life.
‘Dan is part of our family and we look out for our own. He knows we are with him every step of the way.
‘The care and attention Dan has had so far has been top class. We thank everyone who has looked out for him and we are grateful for Livingston for acting on Dan’s symptoms and alerting us.
‘We can’t wait to welcome Dan back to Carrow Road and the Lotus Training Centre.’
Dan’s diagnosis is the second to rock football in the space of a week after Bournemouth star David Brooks announced he has stage two Hodgkin lymphoma.
An English council has urged parents not to allow their children to watch the hit Netflix show “Squid Games” due to its graphic nature and the amount of violent content.
In email sent to parents and guardians, the Central Bedfordshire council’s education safeguarding team advised them to ‘be vigilant after hearing reports that children and young people are copying games and violence’ from the show.
Reports have said children as young as six are copying the show’s traditional children’s games in the school playground which, in the show, come with deadly consequences for the losers.
The South Korean series centres around a fictional game show in which poverty-stricken characters compete in a series of death games to win a £27million cash prize.
The survival drama, which features gruesome scenes of characters being shot in the head and organ harvesting, sees contestants take part in versions of traditional children’s games, with the winners progressing to the next stage.
Those failing the tasks are executed by a masked death squad standing by with machine guns.
The Central Bedfordshire council email, which was first reported in The Guardian, said: ‘There have been some concerning reports recently about children and young people ‘playing’ Squid Game whilst at school.
‘We strongly advise that children should not watch Squid Game. The show is quite graphic with a lot of violent content.’
The council is the latest in a string of schools to issue advice to parents about the show.
Gareth Nichols, from Sir Francis Hill primary in Lincoln, said ‘a small group of pupils within school, aged around six’ were discussing the show and ‘re-enacting some scenes’.
Mr Nichols said the class teacher ‘immediately contacted parents to make them aware’, the BBC reported.
Sandown School in Deal, Kent, said Key Stage 2 teachers had given their pupils extra lessons on online safety and the dangers of watching content that is ‘not age appropriate’ as a response to the show’s popularity.
A spokeswoman for the school said: ‘We are always updating our advice to the parents and children, it’s something we are constantly updating.
‘As a response to this show and others we have put on extra lessons about violence and online harms.’
Goodwin Academy, another school in Deal, confirmed its safeguarding team had sent a letter to parents regarding age concerns over the content in the series.
A parent who lives in Deal wrote on social media: ‘We’ve received 2 school letters (primary/secondary) warning parents about letting kids watch ‘Squid Game’.
‘I’m starting to think a more general letter about parental responsibility might be more useful. Keep an eye on your kids’ media consumption people.’
Jennifer Gates, the eldest daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates, has married Nayel Nassar.
The 25-year-old medical student, who announced her engagement to the professional equestrian, 30, in January 2020, got married to him on Saturday October 16, at her 124-acre horse farm in North Salem, New York.
They took to their respective Instagram accounts today, October 18, to announce that that got married over the weekend.
The wedding reportedly took place a day after the couple exchanged vows in a small Muslim ceremony on Friday, October 15.
Bill and Melinda Gates, who announced their divorce earlier this year, were present at the wedding and walked their daughter down the aisle.
The ceremony was attended by 300 guests, including Jennifer Gates’ siblings, brother Rory, 22, and sister Phoebe, 19.
An amended seven-count charge has been filed by the federal government against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
The fresh charges border on treasonable felony and terrorism following the pending charges he was facing since 2016 and it was also learnt that the court has issued a hearing notice in the case which is billed to commence on Thursday, October 21.
Justice Binta Nyako made fresh directives on the conduct of the proceedings throughout the case in the notice.
It read;
“This case will be transferred from the General Cause List to the hearing paper for Thursday 21st October 2021at 9 o’clock forenoon and will come on to be on that day if the business of the court permits or otherwise on some adjustment day of which you will receive no further notice.
“If either party desires to postpone the hearing, he must apply to the court as soon as possible for that purpose and if the application is based on any matter of fact, he must be prepared to give proof of those facts.
“The parties are warned that at the hearing, they are required to bring forward all the evidence by witnesses or by documents which each of them desires to rely on in support of his own case and in contradiction of that of his opponent.
“The proof will be required at the hearing and not on a subsequent day, and parties failing to bring their evidence forward at the proper time may find themselves absolutely precluded from adducing it at all, or at best only allowed to do so on payment of substantial costs to the other side, and on such other terms as the court deems fits to impose.
“Parties desirous to enforce the attendance of witnesses should apply at once to the court to issue one or more summonses for the attendance of the witnesses required.
“It is indispensable that the application should be made so as to allow time for reasonable notice to the witnesses required.
“If the witness is required to bring books or papers, they must be particularized in the summons sufficiently to enable him to understand what is meant.
” Any party summoning a witness through the court thereby becomes liable to pay such witness reasonable sum of money to be fixed by the court for his expense and loss of time.
“The court may refuse to enforce the attendance of a witness unless such sum has been fixed and deposited in the court.
“If either party desires to use in evidence at the hearing, any book or document in the possession or power of the other party, he must give the other party, reasonable notice in writing to produce It at the hearing, failing which he will not be allowed to give any secondary evidence of its contents.”
Explaining how Nnamdi Kanu incited violence in some parts of the country, the prosecution averred that it will lead evidence that Kanu granted an interview with Sahara Reporters “wherein he asserted that Nigeria, which he refers to as the ‘zoo’, ‘have come to an end.’”
The IPOB leader was accused of saying that violence is the language people in the ‘zoo’ understand, adding that “if they fail to give us Biafra, Somalia will be a child’s play; Somalia will look like paradise. We will kill everybody in that zoo called Nigeria. If they fail to give us Biafra, there will be no more living in the zoo.”
The prosecution which alleged that Kanu does not believe in peaceful approach to the realisation of Biafra and has insisted that he is not aware of anywhere peaceful approach worked, added that the IPOB leader in a broadcast on August 1, 2015, directed his members in Diaspora to identify families of Nigerian dignitaries abroad, their residences and schools for reprisal when security agencies attack Biafrans.
The prosecution said;
“In his broadcasts, he invited his listeners to burn down as many police stations as police and kill any policeman and military personnel.”
He was also accused of seeking to carve out Republic of Biafra from South East, South South, parts of Kogi and Benue states against the provision of Section 41(c)of the Criminal Code Act, 2004.
In a broadcast on Radio Biafra, London, monitored in Enugu on 28th April, 2015, Kanu is alleged to have referred to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as paedophile, terrorist and an embodiment of evil “knowing same to be false”, which contravenes Section 357 of the Criminal Code Act, 2004.
Other charges include;
“That you Nnamdi Kanu, male adult of Afarachukw lbeku Umahia North Local Government Area of Abia State between the month of March and April 2015 imported into Nigeria and kept in Ubulusiizor in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra state within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court , a Radio transmitter known as TRAM 50l concealed in a container of used household Which you declared as used household items and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 47 (2) of the Criminal Code of Act ,Cap C45, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
“On the 16th of May, 2021 in London United Kingdom within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did commit and act in furtherance if an act of terrorism by making a broadcast that “in two weeks time, what will happen will shake the world, people will die, the whole world will stand still mark my word” and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 1 (2) (h) of the Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013.”
An Indian woman claims to have had her first child at the age of 70.
Jivunben Rabari is believed to be one of the oldest first-time mothers in the world after she and her husband Maldhari, 75, welcomed their son.
They showed off the child to reporters as they said he had been conceived through IVF.
Rabari has said she does not have ID to prove her age, but told reporters it was 70, which would make her one of the oldest first mothers in the world.
However, another Indian woman, Erramatti Mangayamma, is believed to be the oldest after having twin girls in September 2019 at the age of 74.
Rabari and Maldhari, from a small village called Mora in Gujurat, India, have been married for 45 years and have been trying unsuccessfully for a baby for decades. They were able to have a child through IVF, which can be effective after menopause. The couple’s doctor Naresh Bhanushali said it was “one of the rarest cases I have ever seen”.
Dr Bhanushali said: ‘When they first came to us, we told them that they couldn’t have a child at such an old age, but they insisted.
“They said that many of their family members did it as well. This is one of the rarest cases I have ever seen.”
There have been several instances of women into their 60s and 70s having children through IVF in India.
Jamie Foxx, who is one one of Hollywood’s most eligible bachelors, has revealed why he plans on never getting married
The American actor and father-of-two, 53, made the disclosure during an appearance on E! News’ Daily Pop.
‘The 2.5 children, the wood paneling on the station wagon and the cottage, I didn’t think that was for me,’ he revealed on Monday.
Jamie, who has daughters Corrine Foxx, 27, and Annalise Bishop, 12, recalled watching his daughter’s friends suffer as their parents struggled in their marriage.
‘A lot of those marriages ended up not doing well as the kids got older. Unfortunately, we saw the kids get fractured from their families,’ Jamie said.
According to him, this brought his family closer over the years.
‘Us, we actually came together more. So I don’t know what that is, I just know that it is different but it’s a whole lot of love.’
‘The pressure of being married, I don’t think we can have a conversation about it. I just keep moving,’ Jamie said.
Though the traditional family life may not be for him, Jamie insists on keeping his family close.
‘It was by design to have my whole family living with me, because I don’t want them living away from my circumstance,’ he said. ‘I want them to see and share the things that I go through. There’s a lot of hard work, there’s a lot of disappointment, but there’s a lot of things to celebrate.’
Jamie has daughter Corinne with Connie Kline and Annalise Bishop with his ex Kristin Grannis.
The Ray actor, who is releasing his memoir Act Like You Got Some Sense on Tuesday, was famously linked to actress Katie Holmes following the end of her marriage to Tom Cruise.
Jamie and Holmes dated secretively starting in 2013. The ex- couple finally took their relationship public in the summer of 2019, only to break up shortly later,
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture, says the recommendations to lift the ban on Twitter in Nigeria will apply to all social media platforms in the country.
The minister said this on Monday, October 18, when he featured on ‘This Morning’, a programme by Television Continental (TVC).
The federal government had announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter’s operations in the country on June 4, while expressing concern over “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”.
Mohammed has now revealed that the recommendations by the team negotiating with Twitter on the suspension of the social media platform would be submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari.
He added that the engagements with the social media platform have been “positive and fruitful”.
“All I can say is that the recommendations we are going to make will not only be applicable to Twitter, but they will be applicable to all OTTs and other social media platforms in Nigeria,” he said.
“Today, we are dealing with Twitter. We don’t want a situation where we will be dealing with Facebook tomorrow and Instagram the next day. Our recommendations will be very comprehensive.
“You will recall that during the 61st Independence anniversary celebration, the president said Twitter will return to Nigeria as soon as they meet the conditions of government.
“Even last night, the ministerial team met under my chairmanship and we reviewed the position of things.
“I want to say that we should wait for the committee to officially give its reports to the president, but things are looking very positive and rosy.
“After submitting our reports and recommendations to the president, I will be disposed to say what we agreed and what has been met and what has not been met.”
A Nigerian man, Chisom popularly known as Mikky Miguel has died after he was allegedly poisoned by a friend in Indonesia.
One Prince Ebukason Victor, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Monday, October 18, said the deceased father of two, who is married to an Indonesian national, buried his late father few months ago.
“What a Wicked Word, he buried his Father few months ago and now they have to poison him in Indonesia. Some people has mind ohhh to take a life you didn’t give. What will you gain by k!lling someone who did nothing to you, because of jealousy and you have to poison him to end his Life half way. Guys let’s be very careful who we hang around with not everybody that call you blood or laugh with yoy are real , some are dëvil. Mikky May your soul rest in peace.” he wrote.
Meanwhile, friends have taken to social media to mourn the deceased and rain curses on his alleged killer. One Nzeh Sunday described Mikky as an angel in human form.
Donald Trump has been questioned under oath as part of a lawsuit where protesters allege they were violently attacked by his security guards.
The former US president testified at Trump Tower in New York City for several hours on Monday, and video of his deposition will be played before a jury if the case goes to trial.
Five New Yorkers of Mexican origin allege that his bodyguards assaulted them outside his Manhattan skyscraper in September 2015.
They were protesting after the then presidential candidate said Mexican immigrants were criminals and rapists.
During a speech, Mr Trump had said: “They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists.”
A lawyer representing his accusers said Mr Trump was questioned on a variety of topics – including comments at campaign rallies where he appeared to encourage security workers to treat protesters harshly.
Benjamin Dictor said: “The president was exactly how you would expect him to be, he answered questions the way you would expect Mr Trump to answer questions, and conducted himself in a manner that you would expect Mr Trump to conduct himself.”
Those suing Mr Trump want the billionaire to pay punitive damages, and argue that he should have known the security guards would act in a “negligent or reckless manner”.
Lawyers representing the former commander-in-chief had resisted having him sit for the deposition. However, a judge rejected their request because the allegations occurred outside of his time in office.
Following the deposition, Mr Trump said: “After years of litigation, I was pleased to have had the opportunity to tell my side of this ridiculous story – just one more example of baseless harassment of your favourite president.”
The 75-year-old republican is facing a number of civil lawsuits relating to his alleged conduct before and during his time in office.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths on Sunday, October 17, arrested two Nigerian women in connection with seizure of 530 grams of cocaine in Kochi, Kerala, India.
The value of the seized cocaine is estimated to be around Rs 5.5 crore in the international market, a DRI official said.
The carrier, Kane Simpou Julie (21), had arrived at the Cochin International Airport Limited (Cial) on Saturday, October 16, from Lagos via Doha on a Qatar Airways flight.
The contraband was concealed in the false bottom of her trolley bag. Sleuths approached her based on specific intelligence and made the seizure.
Sleuths then found out from the carrier about the second accused, another Nigerian woman, Ifeoma Queen Anozie (33), who has been staying in India for the past four years.
Anozie was based out of Mumbai and used to coordinate with the carrier about the contraband supply and the carrier’s travel.
Sources said that the DRI sleuths kept the information about the seizure quiet so as to make the woman think that the consignment got through the airport safely. She had come to Kochi via train from Mumbai and had got off the train at the South station.
Later on, sleuths contacted the woman through texts and made her come to a hotel on the pretext of meeting the carrier. DRI officials arrested her when she came for the meet-up.
The Nigerian women were later produced before the court and remanded for 14 days of judicial custody.
22-year-old Super Eagles and Napoli star, Victor Osimhen has revealed his ‘grass to grace’ story, revealing how he performed menial jobs in order to survive before his journey into professional football.
Osimhen is currently enjoying a good run of form for Serie A side Napoli where he has managed five goals from six appearances, has revealed he used to do menial jobs like cleaning gutters, fetching water to survive.
“Most people are familiar when I say this because they have come through even worse [situations] than mine and where I grew up, nothing is promised there because whatever you want to get, you have to work so hard for it,” he said as quoted by Head Topics.
“I remember when I was growing up, I was cleaning the gutters for 20 Naira, for my landlord and did some cleaning jobs for my neighbours close to my house, fetch water for 80 Naira, I think.
“I found pleasure in doing these things because I believed when I worked so hard to get this money, it was important for me. I had consciousness on how to spend this money and help my family.
“While growing up, my brother was selling newspapers, my sister oranges. I was in the traffic with water and I’d had to chase cars, give them water to get the money. I feel like these struggles helped me in life.
“I am grateful for where I am today because of what I’d been through, it shaped me into the man I am. I am really grateful to God for that.”
On his journey to stardom, the striker said: “It all started like a dream, a boyhood dream from the slum and I feel like I have achieved this feat, it’s one of my biggest achievements in life.
Destitute Families in Afghanistan are reportedly being forced to sell their children to pay off debts with the country’s economy on the brink of collapse following forceful takeover by the Taliban.
One destitute mother, who earns just 50p a day working as a housecleaner in the western city of Herat, owes £400 to a man she borrowed money from to feed her family. The woman, identified as Saleha, has been told by the lender he will write off the debt if she sells him her three-year-old daughter Najiba, reports The Wall Street Journal.
If Saleha, 40, does not pay the debt back in three months, her daughter will be moved out of her family home to work in the lender’s house before she is married off to one of his sons when she reaches puberty.
Other families in Herat have been forced to sell their children in order to repay their debts, residents said.
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August, the country’s economy is on the brink of collapse.
That has seen the value of its currency collapse, while prices for basic goods have soared due to shortages, with the UN warning that food could run dangerously low soon.
Chief of the UN this week warned that Afghanistan is facing a ‘make-or-break moment’ as he urgently appealed to countries to inject cash back into the Afghan economy, which before the Taliban takeover in August was dependent on international aid that accounted for 75% of state spending.
Afghanistan is grappling with a liquidity crisis as assets remain frozen in the U.S. and other countries, and disbursements from international organizations have been put on hold.
The effects of the economic collapse could prove lethal for the country where a third of the population survives on less than $2 per day.
For Saleha, she now must find enough money to pay off her debt – or lose her three-year-old daughter. Her husband, who is much older, does not work.
Saleha and her family had been working on a farm in Badghis but were forced to flee to Herat as a result of fighting. They were forced to borrow money to feed themselves.
‘If life continues to be this awful, I will kill my children and myself,’ Saleh told the WSJ from her small two-room home. ‘I don’t even know what we will eat tonight.’
‘I will try to find money to save my daughter’s life,’ added Saleha’s husband Abdul Wahab.
The lender, Khalid Ahmad, confirmed to the newspaper he had said he would write off the family’s debts in exchange for their three-year-old daughter.
‘I also don’t have money. They haven’t paid me back,’ said Mr Ahmad, from Badghis. ‘So there is no option but taking the daughter.’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is growing, affecting at least 18 million people, or half the country’s population. Many are now left to collect plastic bottles to recycle or sell to earn enough money for food.
But a Taliban official said Afghans will have to get used to the struggle for a ‘few months’.
The official said: ‘We suffered for 20 years fighting jihad, we lost members of our families, we didn’t have proper food, and in the end, we were rewarded with this government. If people have to struggle for a few months, so what?’ said the official. ‘Popularity is not important for the Taliban.’
UN chief Mr Guterres said this week: ‘Right now, with assets frozen and development aid paused, the economy is breaking down.
‘Banks are closing and essential services, such as health care, have been suspended in many places.’
BBNaija winner, Efe, has denied reports that organizers of the show blacklisted him after he won the reality show
Recall that a few weeks ago, media personality Noble Igwe in a tweet posted suggested that Efe, who won the reality TV show in 2017, was blacklisted by the show organizers after he sat in his car and asked for the head of Multichoice to meet him before he comes out.
However, in a statement released this morning, Efe said such never happened and that he has a healthy relationship with the show organizers. See his statement below
Netflix’s biggest series, Squid Game is estimated to be worth almost $US900 million ($A1.2 billion) for the streaming giant, Bloomberg News reports, citing figures from an internal Netflix document.
The nine-episode thriller, in which contestants play childhood games with deadly consequences in a bid to win 45.6 billion won ($A52 million), became an international hit when it launched last month.
In comparison to its estimated net worth, the show cost just $US21.4 million ($A28.8 million) to produce, Bloomberg said.
According to the report, about 132 million people have watched at least two minutes of the show in its first 23 days, easily breaking the record set by US drama Bridgerton, which was streamed by 82 million accounts in its first 28 days.
Netflix had earlier announced the show had amassed 111 million fans, but Bloomberg said those figures were based on slightly older data.
California-based Netflix estimated 89 per cent of people who started the show watched more than one episode, the news agency said, and 66 per cent finished watching the series in the first 23 days.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied claims ordering a to sit-at-home order across the Southeast region on October 18, 19, and 21 for its leader, and one year anniversary of #EndSARS protest.
In a statement released by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB warned those behind the rumour to retrace their steps and stop tarnishing its image. The group said it did not issue any sit-at-home directive except on October 21 when its leader was expected to appear in court.
The statement in part reads
“Our attention has been drawn to the fabricated statement being circulated by mischief makers and paid agents of darkness that IPOB had directed Biafrans to sit-at-home Monday, October 18; Tuesday, October 19; and Thursday, October 21 for our leader, and One year anniversary of#EndSARS protest.
We want to make it categorically clear that the above purported statement did not emanate from IPOB, and we completely dissociate with such falsehood. IPOB did not issue any sit-at-home except on October 21 when our leader is expected to appear in court.
We, therefore, urge members of the public to ignore the purported statement and utter falsehood being peddled by paid agents of the government to create confusion and demarket IPOB. Their intension is to portray IPOB as a violent and insensitive movement but we know their antics, and shall beat them to it.
For the sake of clarity, IPOB has not called for any sit-at-home except on Thursday, October 21 when our Leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will appear in court in Abuja. Biafrans will solidarise with him by staying indoors on that day because we are all in the struggle together. He did nothing to deserve any persecution by the federal government.
As a responsible and responsive movement, we stopped Monday Sit-at-homes in the interest of our people. When we discovered that hooligans and paid agents of death wanted to hijack the opportunity to unleash mayhem on our people are cleverly blame it on IPOB, we stopped it. So, anybody sitting at home on Mondays does so out of ones volition and not on the orders of IPOB.
We also urge the general public to ignore the fake news that our leader Mazi Nnamdi KANU has been taken away by foreign government.”
A Form One student from Chitungizwa in Zimbabwe, has committed suicide after being busted by his own mother bedding a 14-year-old girl.
The boy was said to have had a quarrel with his mother after being caught red-handed in the act at their house in Unit G.
15-year old Godfrey Chipare was found hanging on a roofing beam by the toilet side at his cousin’s house in Unit A yesterday, October 15.
Godfrey’s cousin, Samantha Chipare who expressed surprise that Godfrey would take his life, revealed that she was the last person to talk to him before he was found dead. Samantha told a local tabloid that after Godfrey quarrelled with his mother, he came to their house.
She further revealed that he never went back to his parents’ house even after saying he will the next day. Samantha said they had no idea where he spent the day, but only saw him later in the evening when he returned.
Revealing that they never questioned him upon his return since he had informed them about his intention to go to his mother’s place, she added that the last time she saw him alive was when she woke him up to prepare for school.
Noting that she could not monitor him whilst he was preparing, Samantha disclosed that Godfrey was later found by her mother hanging near the toilet. The deceased’s cousin said she had no idea Godfrey was planning to commit suicide. She also claimed that she discovered through neighbours that he had been looking for vegetable pesticides before hanging himself.
A Pastor has been caught red-handed sleeping with a married woman on his church altar.
The video which has gone viral was recorded by passers-by and the Pastor was seen “swinging” behind the naked lady who is believed to be his church member.
The people who caught them in the act, subjected them to severe beating while filming the whole encounter. The shamed-faced Ghanaian lovers asked for forgiveness and promised not to do that again.
A Nigerian set of twins, Amos and Juliana Kunde, from Nasarawa state, are currently at loggerheads after one of them informed the other he was about to get married.
According to media personality, Bello Lukman, who shared the story online, the twins lost their parents to gunmen attack sometime back. They started sleeping together and soon the sister became pregnant for her brother. To avoid the prying eyes of those who know them, they moved to another village where many believed they were a married couple. They later welcomed another child together.
Trouble started between them when Amos told Juliana that he wants to get married to another lady. This did not go down well with Juliana as she has objected to his intention to marry someone else but her.
Bello wrote
”Amos and Juliana Kunde are twins. They are from Guma Local Government Area of Nassarawa state. They are farmers having lost their parents to Gunmen attack.
They relocated to Doku in Doma local government area of Nassarawa state.
The twins, a boy and a girl started an amorous relationship and in January 2015 , Juliana became pregnant for her twin brother.
Few months ago, Juliana gave birth to a bouncing bay boy. Her twin brother was again responsible for the pregnancy after they had moved to Tse Ugba village in Keana LGA where the people thought they were husband and wife.
Trouble however started when Amos informed Juliana that he was set to marry a legitimate wife. Juliana his twin will have none of it saying he must marry her. He however reminded her they were twins and she needed to look for a husband to marry.”
Ahead of his arraignment on Thursday, October 21, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has told his supporters to embark on a dry fasting.
His lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, disclosed this after his routine visit to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader in detention.
In a statement released online, Ejiofor said that Kanu was in high spirit and is ready for the Thursday arraignment.
His statement reads
“Thankfully, the Federal Government of Nigeria is fully aware of this date, and more compelling is the fact that the detaining authority has since over a month ago, concluded every purported investigation into the matter.
Hence, no plausible excuse will be available to them not to produce Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in court come Thursday, the 21st Day of October 2021. You must all see him live and direct on this date”, the statement read in part.
Onyendu advised his supporters and millions of followers to go into dry fasting as the D-Day approaches, because resounding victory will be ours on this date and the Almighty Chukwuokike Abiama will be given the glory and adoration in the end, Iseee!!!
In a nutshell, our indefatigable Client – Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is firm and strong in his convictions.
He was never taken away from Abuja to any place. He will be in court next Thursday, and nothing will stop the Federal Government of Nigeria from producing him in court on the 21st Day of October 2021” he said
A pastor with the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, International Headquarters Annex, Wuye, Abuja, Olumide Oni, has recounted how he married his wife despite being told he was impotent.
In an interview with Punch, Oni recounted how he met his wife, Toyin, many years ago and told his wife that he was impotent. He said his wife mentioned to him that his impotence doesn’t matter as God had shown her he was her husband. Oni said he was healed of his impotence on their wedding day.
”Before I married her, I told her I was impotent. But she said she had prayed God and God had also confirmed that I was her husband and that there was nothing to worry about.
I took her to Dr D. K. Olukoya, our father in the Lord, who also confirmed that to her. I told Dr Olukoya and one pastor Solomon Akinade the secret. These were the two people that were aware of my impotence.
Anyway, my wife said she was going to continue with the marriage, impotence or not, since God said she should marry me. That is why Pastor Mrs Oluwatoyin Oni is not just a wife. She is a God-given woman to my ministry and calling. So, on the day of my wedding, I told the officiating pastors, Pastor Olaoye, in particular, that I would not be able to continue with the wedding, as I was having stomach upset and feeling uncomfortable. I pleaded with him to round off quickly. They quickly rounded off the wedding. We were to go to Saint Finnbas School, by Akoka College of Education. As of that time, the man in charge of that school happened to be my (house fellowship) member. Red carpet all over the place, the venue was free of charge but I could not go for the reception because of the stomach ache.
By the time I came to my house that day, my manhood came alive for the first time in the history of my life. God restored me and today, to the glory of God, I am married to Pastor Mrs Oluwatoyin Oni and blessed with wonderful children.”
Security forces in Libya have freed a large group of African migrants who were held captive and tortured by human traffickers in Tripoli,
The victims were rescued from their kidnappers during a security operation, the 444th Brigade of the Libyan army said on Saturday, October 16.
A special force from the 444 Brigade raided the criminal gang dens during a sweep operation south of Tripoli and found a large group of African migrants detained in the place.
According to the statement, the gang kidnapped, blackmailed, and tortured the detained migrants and demanded ransom for their release.
The migrants received upon their release medical care and assistance, the brigade said, reassuring families that their sons are free, safe, and in good health.
