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How popular Actress, Orisabunmi, brother, sister died within 96 hours

January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 Gbenga Adeoti

More detailed information have emerged on how popular Nigerian actress, Mrs Folake Aremu, widely known as Orisabunmi, her younger sister, Mrs Janet Ademola, and her brother, Steve Onisola, died within 96 hours. Just 72 hours after the death of Orisabunmi, her younger sister, Mrs Ademola, reportedly passed on. News of the demise of Ademola, the last child of the family, was broken on Saturday by Gbenga Onisola, her nephew. It will be recalled that Orisabunmi’s brother, Steve Onisola, had died on Thursday, barely 24hours after the death of the…

How my son impregnated me, my daughter aborted for dad, brother — Banker

January 9, 2021 Gbenga Adeoti

A social media user who identified herself as a female staff of one of Tier 1 banks in Nigeria has narrated how she got pregnant for her son, who also impregnated his younger sister. The agonising wife and mother narrated her story to an Instagram page for family issues: Beyond Intimacy (BI). According to the woman, who sought for the protection of her identity, loneliness in her marriage drove her to molest her son sexually from the age of 12. She said that her son was the only male…

Nigeria’s Vice President Osinbajo will become president in 2021 – ‘Prophet’

January 2, 2021 Aoko Benjamin

The Founder of Prophetic Hill Chapel of Ghana, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, has stirred up controversy with his prediction that the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), would emerge president in 2021. The prophecy was delivered by the Christian cleric during the cross over service into 2021 on Thursday. President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2019 for a four-year term ending in 2023 but Gaisie said: “Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will become president in 2021.” He tactically did not mention the name of the country or…

Why I wanted to sell my 3 month-old son for $375 – Nigeria Woman tells Police

November 26, 2020 Precious Ibekwe

A 21 year old Nigeria woman, Emila Sunday from Akwa Ibom State, arrested by policemen in Anambra state for trying to sell her three months baby boy for about N150,000 ($375 based on N400 per dollar) has reportedly told the Police real reason she took the dastardly action. The Police spokesman, SP Haruna Mohammed, who stated this, noted that the suspect who was arrested while attempting to sell her three months old baby boy, claimed that she wanted to sell the boy due to hardship. She was arrested in…

How 70-year-old Nigeria man impregnated teenage grand-daughter

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Gbenga Adeoti

A 70-year-old man, Hunsu Sunday, was on November 10, 2020 arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for defiling his 15-year-old granddaughter (name withheld), impregnating her. This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Friday in a statement. Oyeyemi said the suspect was apprehended following a complain lodged by the aunt of the victim, who reported that the victim has been living with her grandfather since the demise of her mother. She stated further that the victim came to inform her that her…

Petrol station in Ogba on fire – Lagos Emergency Agency

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Damola Oyede

A Tuesday morning fire has gutted a petrol station in Lagos with safety officials stating that they are yet to unravel the material losses to the inferno. The filling station along Ajayi Road, Ogba, Lagos, went up in flames in the early on Tuesday. The Head, Public Affairs of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nosa Okunbor, confirmed the incident, saying: “A petrol station along Ajayi Road is on fire.” He added that recovery operation was ongoing. As at the time of filing this report, the extent of the…

Marketers demand cheaper, cleaner alternatives to petrol, diesel as Nigeria battles deregulation fallout

September 10, 2020 Micheal Olatunji

There must be cheaper and cleaner alternatives to petrol and diesel made available to the public especially now that full deregulation of the Nigerian Petroleum downstream sector commenced, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has said. The group also added that Nigeria could develop into the refining hub for West and Central Africa becoming a net exporter of refined products following Federal Government’s new policies on alternative energy, total deregulation, liberalization of the petroleum downstream sector and the coming on stream of new modular refineries. The association, in…

We’ll wear nose mask during sex – Ghana’s Prostitutes beg customers as patronage crashes

August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 Aoko Benjamin

Some commercial sex workers in Ghana have expressed worry about low patronage since the country confirmed its first COVID-19 case in March. Drinking spots, pubs and other places for social gatherings had remained closed since March, until a month ago when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo lifted the ban on them. The development, according to a report by Accra-based Mirror newspaper, affected the ‘oldest profession’ of the world forcing most of the prostitutes to resort to other businesses. Although the bars are now operating, some of the commercial sex workers are…

Nigeria makes U-Turn, Opens Secondary Schools August 4

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 Tim Bauer

WAEC confirms Platforms Africa’s report, starts WASSCE August 17 Nigeria has made a U-Turn over closure of schools as it ordered the reopening of Secondary Schools from the 4th of August, 2020 for exit classes only. The country’s Ministry of Education, which made this known in a press statement shared on its Twitter handle, @NigEducation, confirmed a report by Platforms Africa about the rejection by West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) of a plea by the Nigerian government for it to shift the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The…

Drama as Nigerian Cross Dresser, Bob Risky, Announces Two Weeks Pregnancy

July 15, 2020 Damola Oyede

“Can’t Wait to be a Mum.” With the statement above, Nigerian cross dresser and social media influencer, Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bob Risky, got people talking with his recent post which has sparked pregnancy rumors. The single post by the cross dresser which was liked by 49,770 people with 7,750 comments in less than one hour after being shared, has got everyone talking on and outside social media, as some wondering if it is really true. Bob Risky made a post that had the inscription, “I can’t hide…