Founder of Rose of Sharon Group Folorunso Alakija says she stopped using jewellery following God’s direction.
Alakija stated this on Sunday, November 28 while ministering in Lagos at the Amazing Grace Pentecostal Church’s 25th anniversary, Igbere TV reports.
She told the congregation that it took ten days for God to stop her from using jewellery.
“I used to love jewellery. I had all kinds and the jewellery had to match every cloth I wore. In those days I used to tell God not to take jewellery from me. If anybody had come to me and told me not to wear jewellery, I would not have listened to the person. I would have wondered where that person is coming from. But by the time God started dealing with me on it, I had no option but to do away with it,” she said.
The clergywoman, who is one of the richest women in Africa, said the turning point began when she started bleeding from her ear lobe while she was sleeping.
“That night I just suddenly found I was bleeding from my ear lobe. I did not sleep with earrings that night so I wondered what could have caused the bleeding. My ear lobe became sticky. When soap touched it while I was having my bath, it was hurting,” she said.
The 70-year-old has business interests in different fields such as oil and gas and fashion.
Senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries Apostle Johnson Suleman on Monday took to social media to celebrate his first child Vannessa Johnson Suleman on her 16th birthday, Igbere TV reports.
The preacher shared a picture of his daughter clad in red dress and prayed that she would continually be a good example to others.
“Happy birthday my daughter. GODSFAVOUR VANNESSA JOHNSON-SULEMAN. My 1st seed, daughter and friend. May you continually be a leading light to your siblings, peers and the world at large,” he wrote.
“Have a blast. You already know how much I love you.”
The Synagogue Church of All Nations has announced the burial arrangements for its founder Prophet T.B. Joshua who died on June 5, Igbere TV reports.
The church said in a statement on Monday posted to its social media pages that it will broadcast live the week-long funeral beginning from July 5 to July 11, 2021.
The statement confirmed Joshua would be buried at the church contrary to wishes by the traditional rulers in Arigidi Akoko, the prophet’s hometown in Ondo.
The church also assured its members that worship will not stop at the church following shutdown since Joshua’s demise.
The statement read,
“We know you are aware that our father in the Lord, Prophet TB Joshua, has been taken home to be with the Lord. We want to assure you that nothing will stop the work of God at The SCOAN from moving on. Prophet TB Joshua may be absent in the body but he is present in the spirit (Colossians 2:5). Indeed, God is even more powerful at distance!
“We are currently preparing for the week-long service from Monday 5th to Sunday 11th July 2021 in honour of Prophet TB Joshua’s life and legacy. He will be laid to rest at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos, Nigeria.
“All services will be broadcast live on Emmanuel TV. The services which will be open to the public will be communicated to you at the appropriate time.
“As our father in the Lord, Prophet TB Joshua says, ‘When we close our eyes to all things in this world, we shall open them in a world of glory.'”
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has opened the dossier of hip hop artiste, Eedris Abdulkareem after he released a song, ‘jagajaga reloaded’ to disparage the minister, Igbere TV reports.
Abdulkareem’s new song, ‘jagajaga reloaded’ disparaged Keyamo, saying “where Festus Keyamo sef? He don dey chop with cabal o.”
Keyamo took to his twitter handle and released different private conversations he had with Abdulkareem, how he allegedly begged for money.
According to Keyamo,
“Eedris Abdulkareem just released a song, ‘jagajaga reloaded’, where he waxed the following lyrics, “where Festus Keyamo sef? He don dey chop with cabal o”. I laughed out so loud and even danced to the rhythm too. But there’s a small story behind this poor attempt at blackmail.
“In 2018, when I was named the Director of Strategic Communications for Buhari Campaign Organisation Eedris waxed a song in support of Buhari & wanted to join us, albeit for a fee. He then made desperate efforts to see me through text messages from his phone no. 07019691772.
“When I finally met with him, I listened to the songs, but told him I had no budget for such or any for that matter. I explained that my job was voluntary. It was the same thing I told so many other so-called activists-by-day-and-hustlers-at-night who secretly approached me,” he said.
Keyamo said Abdulkareem then switched to the fact that he wanted a loan to pay for his hotel bills to the tune of N1.3m & to cater for his ‘sick mum,’ saying “that was already running into more than N3m. However, one govt functionary called me to say he told him another story that his child was sick.
“He begged me to introduce him to Malami (AGF), Amaechi & the SGF and to paint a good ‘PR’ for him. He pledged that he was with us in the campaign with his whole ‘body and soul’. But at this point, I knew he was a desperate hustler who could embarrass me, so I ghosted him”
“Shortly after this episode when he could not penetrate the system to get the money he so desperately wanted, he then endorsed Atiku and called Buhari a ‘fraudster’. But we decided to ignore his weak voice of opposition.
“After our victory, he went berserk and joined every protests against the same Buhari whom he wanted to serve with his whole ‘body and soul’, but needed money to do so. He has been mentioning my name specifically at occasions as if I am the cause of all his troubles in life”.
Keyamo said the latest is the ‘jagajaga reloaded’ that he has waxed to vent his frustrations at not getting into the system.
“His reference to me as ‘chopping’ reminds me of the gaffe of then Minister Sunday Afolabi who infamously said Bola Ige was invited to Govt to ‘come and chop’!
“I wish to assure Eedris and any who think being in Govt is tantamount to ‘chopping’, that for some of us (I can’t speak for others) it is just an honour to serve our country and an attempt to move from armchair criticism to a real participant in order to make a difference,” he said.
“Finally, we can all sit back and enjoy the ‘jagajaga reloaded’. One of the objectives of the song is to call me out since I ghosted him for attempted extortion – he has now succeeded. Another objective is to help promote the song by my reaction – that he has also achieved,” he added.
The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission has denied appointing Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh as an ambassador for peace building, Igbere TV reports.
The actress had visited the NCPC office in Abuja on Thursday and met the commission’s executive secretary Rev Yakubu Pam. She then claimed in a press release on Friday that she had been appointed ambassador.
However, following reports about the alleged appointment, NCPC boss Pam in a statement on Friday night posted to Instagram said Tonto was never appointed ambassador, adding that the public should discard the report.
The statement reads:
“I wish to state in categorical terms that King @tontolet paid an official courtesy visit to me as the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission on 25th February, 2021 at the corporate headquarters of the Commission in Abuja.
“As the founder of @officalthetontodikehfoundation she expressed her willingness and interest in partnering with the Commission in the area of peace building.
“She equally cashed in on the visit to commend me the NCPC boss for my positive and relentless peace initiatives across the country.
“However, I am suddenly inundated with claims from King Tonto Dikeh herself that she has been officially appointed as Ambassador of peace by this great Commission. This claim has gone virile in the media.
“The Commission frowns at this claim which is a clear misrepresentation of what transpired.
“The fact remains that the I the Executive Secretary of NCPC never appointed King Tonto Dikeh as an Ambassador of Peace for NCPC and this was not part of her visit therefore this claim by her is spurious, unfounded and should be discarded and seen by all Nigerians as a figment of her imagination.
“Nevertheless, we appreciate her desire to partner with us in our peace building initiatives and in the area of pilgrimage sponsorship to the Holy Land.”
Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina has denied suffering stroke as rumoured on social media, Igbere TV reports.
Mr Adesina said in an article on Friday that the rumour was false, lamenting that people love evil reports about government officials.
He also denied stashing $1.9 billion at a bank in Minnesota, United States.
He wrote,
“People love evil reports, particularly about those serving in government. Have we got so bad as a people, that we can’t have genuine, patriotic service again? Quite baffling.
“This leads me to a lie peddled about me from the pit of hell in the past fortnight. I had traveled to Umuahia, in Abia State, to deliver a paper at the Social Media Converge organized by the state government. At the Abuja airport, I had met former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, and we greeted pleasantly, as we always do. As we spoke, the former Minister’s aide took our photograph with his phone, which was later posted online.
“The camera angle was a bit awkward. My clothe seemed too baggy than it was, and my hand appeared twisted in the seemingly oversized sleeves.
“And what next? Some people subjected my arm and legs to photoshop, twisting them further, making me appear as a stroke patient. Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
The Chief Whip of the Senate , Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has just arrived the residence of the former President of Nigeria, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, Igbere TV reports.
Senator Kalu was ushered into Abdulsami's residence,where he was received by General Abdulsami Abubakar himself. .Kalu and Abubakar later proceeded for an indoor meeting which lasted over an hour.
The Chief Whip of the Senate earlier today paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello and a private visit to his boss, former military President, General Ibrahim Badomosi Babangida after which he proceeded to General Abdulsalami's residence.
Kalu, arrived the power state at exactly 11:30 am alongside President of Belema Oil, Engr Jack Rich ; The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Maintenance Agency FERMA, Hon. Femi Bamisile, former Chief of Staff to Abia State Government, Hon Mascot Uzor Kalu, other associates and his aides.
Details of meeting with General Abdulsalami yet to be disclosed....
Fares Boulos, the rapper and actor known as Oyibo Rebel, is the brother of Michael Boulos, fiancé of Tiffany Trump, daughter of immediate past US President Donald Trump, Igbere TV reports.
Tiffany (27) marked her father’s last day in the White House on Tuesday, January 19 by announcing her engagement to 23-year-old Michael.
Trump’s future son-in-law is a businessman of Lebanese and French descent, with strong ties to Nigeria.
His father is tycoon Massad Boulos, who has a long business career in Nigeria, while his brother Fares (30), has made a niche for himself as a singer and actor.
Checks by Igbere TV shows that there is a childhood photo on Michael’s Instagram showing him (with dummy) and brother Fares lounging in their father’s Rolls Royce.
Fares has no picture of his brother Michael on his Instagram page.
Born in Houston, Texas, Fares moved to Nigeria at the age of five and attended the exclusive American International School, Lagos along with his siblings.
He later studied liberal arts in Los Angeles, where he focused on theatre, and worked as an actor in London.
Fares also lays claim to a fleeting appearance in the second series of Netflix’s The Crown, playing the non-speaking part of film director Ken Russell.
As Oyibo Rebel, his Nigerian fans know him for his Instagram skits and songs like ‘Oju Mi Bloody’ featuring Mz Kiss and Chinko Ekun.
Fares called himself Farastafari before picking up the nickname Oyibo Rebel.
His mother Sarah Boulos, daughter of tycoon Zouhair Fadoul, founded the Society for the Performing Arts in Nigeria (SPAN).
According to Massad, Fares inherited his mother’s artistic bent, while Michael was always more likely to take the reins of the family business.
The family business empire in Nigeria includes SCOA Nigeria Plc and Boulos Enterprises Limited.
Unlike his brother who is based in the US, Fares lives in Nigeria and has no plans of relocating.
“Nigeria is my home. It is where I spent most of my childhood and most of my life. This is my base,” he once commented.
Tiffany is the only child of Trump’s second marriage to Marla Maples.
A manager at Sterling Bank, Rumuola Branch, Port Harcourt, Anthony Oko Ikpor, has secretly married a lady he was secretly dating and later impregnated despite being married for 17 years, Igbere TV reports.
It was gathered that the lady Anthony Oko Ikpor impregnated and secretly married is a sister to ex- staff to Sterling bank Easter Igbokwe who the bank relieved her duty as a contract staff in his bank.
Narrating the ugly incident to newsmen in Port Harcourt recently, Mrs Blessing Oko Ikpor, who has been married to Anthony since 2004, said she started life with him when they had nothing, adding that they were living in a boys quarter apartment.
Blessing, a graduate who hails from Owerri West, Imo State, said the marriage is blessed with four children, three boys and one girl. She however said it was when she had her third child that her husband stopped her from working and asked her to concentrate on taking care of their children.
According to her, they were living happily until her husband, Anthony, who hails from Afikpo, Ebonyi State, was promoted to the position of manager in charge of Rumuola branch of Sterling Bank.
Blessing, who said she did traditional, court and white wedding with Anthony, narrated that her husband, after his promotion to the position of manager, started living an opulent and wayward life style abandoning his Christian faith and quitting his position in the Church, this made her wonder where he was getting all the money he was lavishing on his sudden flirtatious lifestyle.
She said she didn't know he was having an illicit secret affair until he pushed her out of their matrimonial home to pave way for his lover to enter. "We were together until he was promoted to a bank manager.
Now he feels he has money to play around. He pushed me out of my matrimonial home," she lamented.
According to her, the lady Anthony impregnated, Tessy Igbokwe, just finished a tailoring skill, hailed from Eluama Amabo, Uzoakoli in Abia State.
On the reason why she stormed the venue of the secret wedding venue between Anthony and Tessy Igbokwe (Bishop Anthony Nnedo Pastoral Conference Center) BANPAC HOTEL Umuahia, Abia State, Mrs Blessing said She did so because she is still legally married to Anthony Ikpo and they are not divorced.
She also said the last discussion Anthony Ikpo had with Her family is that he ( Anthony) will reach them when he decides on what he wants to do
According to his aggrieved wife, Blessing, she said; “I took my daughter to prime Hospital for medical attention before I returned my husband have changed all our house keys getting to the house I found out that he have locked us out of our home without no reason with different padlock, I and my daughter have to look for a place to rest our head, his next actions, he moved our three boys from Port Harcourt school to Ogun State and denied me access to our children by writing to the school which the School has heeded to.
“Anthony Oko Ikpor abandoned our house we built at rumuomoi rumuigbo behind small market, and rented a duplex at mumy B link Road off GRA junction were both of them are cohabiting by denting the integrity of his Bank.”
She called on Sterling Bank, Afikpo people, FIDA and Anthony's friends to call Anthony Oko Ikpor, whom she said is now going about telling lies against her to cover up his misbehaviour, to order.
Insecurity: 348 killed, 411 abducted in violent attacks across Nigeria in December – Report
At least 348 people were killed in violent attacks across Nigeria in December 2020, a report by a non-governmental organisation, Nigeria Mourns, has shown
The report, titled “Violent Incidents Report: December 2020″, published on Monday was the last for the year 2020, through the use of newspaper reports and family sources to track violent killings.
According to the report, the cases for December were recorded in 27 states of the country and of the 348 people killed, 315 were civilians while 33 others were security operatives.
A total of 411 people were reportedly kidnapped in December last year.
The North-east state, Borno, troubled by Boko Haram, recorded the most alarming figures during the month with 70 deaths.
The casualty figures for each of the 27 states according to the report are as follows:
On the aspect of the perpetrators of the violence, the report shows 136 people were killed by suspected bandits, 66 people killed by persons suspected to be members of Boko Haram or its breakaway faction, ISWAP, and 60 lives were claimed by in cult clashes.
In addition, communal crises led to the death of 41 people, 30 persons died in isolated attacks, eight killed by herdsmen and seven people through extrajudicial killings.
“It is extremely worrying and affecting everybody,” said Ier Jonathan, a member of the Nigeria Mourns coalition.
“Those in leadership positions should not think they are immune. We should all be scared and keep working to find a lasting solution.”
She further explained that the aim of the monthly report is not to criticise the government but to ensure that authorities act.
For years, Nigerians have been through a roller coaster of emotions as insecurity continues to worsen across the country. While citizens have repeatedly called for the replacement of service chiefs, President Muhammadu Buhari did not subscribe to their demands.
Although Mr Buhari’s senior media aide, Femi Adesina, among other aides have claimed that the current administration is winning the war against insecurity, but Mr Buhari himself in his new year message delivered on January 1, 2021, admitted that insecurity is affecting the growth of the country.
He promised to re-energise and reorganise “the security apparatus and personnel of the armed forces and the police with a view to enhance their capacity to engage, push back and dismantle the operations of both internal and external extremist and criminal groups waging war against our communities in some parts of the country.”
“Insecurity as a challenge has direct repercussions on our national economic stability, growth, and development, setting us back at critical points through the destruction of public and private investments.”
“In parts of the country where chronic poverty, social exclusion, and disillusionment among sections of the youth were already a problem, the cycles of violence that have been unleashed by mindless groups like Boko Haram and others have thwarted the efforts of (the) government to undertake the social policy and associated investments that could make a huge difference in the quality of life of our citizens,” he said at the time.
Nigerian singer, Omawumi has penned down a heartfelt birthday message to her husband Tosin Yusuf who turned a year older today January 17, Igbere TV reports.
The singer who took to Instagram to celebrate her husband, described him as her "boyfriend, Baby daddy and gossip mate".
Omawumi revealed that he is a great dad to their kids and also expressed happiness that he is in their lives.
She wrote;
“Happy Birthday to my Boyfriend, Baby daddy and Husband... We are so blessed to have you in our lives, you are an amazing dad to our kids and you come be my number 1 aproko partner join
“God bless you for me, God will move you from glory to glory, grant you long life, good health, peace and happiness...Amen! And trust that I will be here to frustrate the Sh*t out of you forever!!! I love you Tosbabe aka Baba Kamillah.”
Media personality Toke Makinwa is set to join the Close Legs Association as almost all the men are joining the Stingy Men Association to save her vagina, Igbere TV reports.
Reacting to how almost all the Nigerian male celebrities are joining the Stingy Men Association, the 36-year-old asked where she can also sign up for Close Legs Association.
She said,
“This stingy men association na wa ooo… Abeg where can I sign up for Close legs association.”
A fan commenting on Toke’s comments said she claiming to join Close Legs Association as a response to Stingy Men Association perpetuates the saying money for hand back for ground.
“Jokes and all but “closed legs association” as a response to “stingy men association” definitely perpetuates a certain idea.
“The Multiple musical notes money for hand, back for ground (Peters, 1989) Multiple musical notes idea,” Omojuwa wrote.
Per Toke Makinwa’s post and the fan’s explanation, it’s obvious that some people sleep with men for money and now that the men are becoming stingy they are also planning to close their legs.
The Stingy Men Association trended on Monday after Mavin Records boss Don Jazzy shared his ID card of social media.
Several other men on Twitter have followed suit in acquiring their ID cards.
Singer Simi has vowed to deal up anyone who bullies her daughter Adejare, Igbere TV reports.
The 32-year-old said this on Instastories on Friday.
She said she does not care if the person is two years old.
“Deja still has sometime before she goes to school, buy I wanted to tell you down- if your baby is a bully pls don’t take him/her to Deja’s school.
“Because I will fight and also arrange boys to beat any thug that near my child. Be you two years old or more,” she wrote.
Simi and her husband Adekunle Gold welcomed their daughter Adejare in May.
They got married in a private ceremony in December 2019.
Igbere TV reports that the issue of bullying has been in the news since a woman cried out on Facebook that her son had been molested in his school.
Deborah Okezie whose son is a junior secondary school one student had in a Facebook video alleged that her son was starved, as well as molested by some senior pupils of the school.
Okezie said her son told her that the principal of the school moved him to the senior pupils’ hostel for urinating on his bed, adding that the senior pupils molested him by pushing their hands and legs into his anus and threatened to kill him if he reported to the principal or his mother.
The mother noted that when she reported to the principal, he promised to move the 11-year-old boy back to the junior hostel but reportedly failed to do so.
Magistrate Richard Bassey collapsed on Tuesday in front of the governor’s office during a protest over unpaid salaries for two years.
His colleagues revived him and later took him to a hospital.
Cross River Deputy Governor Prof Ivara Esu drove past the protesting magistrates without stopping to attend to them at the moment the magistrate collapsed.
This is the second day of the protest embarked on by the magistrates after a mother of two sparked the move on Monday, Igbere TV reports.
The magistrates were in their full regalia with various placards on Tuesday.
Speaking on behalf of the magistrates, Solomon Abuo said no government official had addressed them since they began the protest.
“As I speak we are still working. We will continue to protest until we are paid. This is our last resort,” he said.
A Nigerian doctor, Fatima has revealed that she turned down an opportunity to move to Canada because she wants to contribute to the growth and development of her country, Igbere TV reports.
"About a month ago, I got an opportunity to move and work in Canada. But honestly leaving this country is not an option for me. A lot of my colleagues have left but the rest of us will stay back. We’ll make our country work. We were born here, we’ll live here, we die here." she wrote.
While some Nigerians commended her patriotism, others said that she can afford to take such decisions because she is from a rich home.
"Clearly you are from a rich home. "We die here" but na one soft estate you dey o with private security, good house, nice car. If you grew up in poverty or in a slum you would be tweeting from Canada." one commented under her tweet.
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will not be hosting the usual Christmas homage by religious and community leaders this year, Igbere TV reports.
A statement by his spokesman Garba Shehu on Thursday posted on Twitter said the move was to comply with COVID-19 protocols.
The statement read:
“In line with the prevailing protocol put in place by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, restricting large gatherings, President Muhammadu Buhari will not be hosting the usual Christmas homage by religious and community leaders in the Federal Capital Territory.
“The President urges all citizens to, in line with the prescribed protocol, observe social distancing, use face masks, wash hands frequently and avoid overcrowding of public spaces, markets, shopping centres, offices and places of worship.
“President Buhari equally appeals to citizens to discourage all non-essential travels during the holiday season.
“He wishes everyone a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year ahead.”
2020 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES: IGP ORDERS 24/7 WATER TIGHT SECURITY NATIONWIDE
Directs Strategic Commanders to Ensure High Visibility Patrols
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has ordered 24/7 water-tight security arrangement and proactive high visibility patrols in all the States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), ahead of the Christmas and New Year Celebrations. The IGP gave the directives to all Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and Commissioners of Police in charge of Zonal and State Commands nationwide to ensure a peaceful celebration.
The IGP equally directed the Strategic Officers to ensure massive deployment of intelligence and other operational assets of the Force particularly on major highways, airports, railway stations, recreational centres, motor - parks, places of worship, financial institutions, amongst others. They are also to ensure that personnel deployed are adequately supervised for utmost professionalism in the discharge of their duties. He warned that acts bordering on indiscipline, extortion and intimidation of travellers and other road users will not be condoned.
While congratulating Christians in the country as they join other Faithfuls across the globe to celebrate the symbolic anniversary of the Birth of Christ, the IGP expressed profound appreciation to all Nigerians for their support to the Police and other security agencies in the fight against crimes in the country. He assured improved police service delivery and security generally in the incoming year, 2021.
Meanwhile, the IGP enjoined Nigerians to take precautionary measures to reduce exposure to security risks and the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. He stressed that citizens should avoid night travels, over-speeding, over-loading, stopping on lonely highways and unnecessary flaunting of personal details/wealth on social media. Citizens are also enjoined to voluntarily adhere to the COVID-19 prevention regulations and protocols to prevent further spread of the virus.
The IGP, on behalf of the entire officers of the Force, wishes Nigerians a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year in advance.
DCP FRANK MBA FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER FORCE HEADQUARTERS ABUJA
This comes after Onochie described Wizkid as Dumbkid over the way the singer approached the President on brutalities by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the country.
Wizkid in his tweet had called Buhari and old man which didn't sit down well with Onochie.
Reacting to the singer's manner of approach, Onochie wrote; “Its not disrespectful to call anyone old. Its the way and manner Ayo Balogun addressed the President that leaves a sour taste in the mouth.”
“He exhibited crass ignorance, insensitivity and childishness. But hey, he's a #DumbkidNotWhizKid
After the tweet was uploaded on public domain, Nigerians on Twitter are attacking the President’s aide for not keeping the same energy she used for the tweet in 2012.
American model, Christine Teigen has announced the loss of her pregnancy os an American model, , author, and entrepreneur
The 34 year old television personality took to her Instagram page to make the heartbreaking announcement on Wednesday.
Featured24 reports that this is coming barely 72 hours after the host of Lip Sync Battle was hospitalised due the pregnancy complications.
According to report, Teigen was hospitalised on Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles as a result of heavy bleeding during.
The model wrote; “We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we’ve never felt before. We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids he needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfusions. It just wasn’t enough.
“We never decide on our babies’ names until the last possible moment after they’re born, just before we leave the hospital. But we, for some reason, had started to call this little guy in my belly Jack. So he will always be Jack to us. Jack worked so hard to be a part of our little family, and he will be, forever.
“To our Jack - I’m so sorry that the first few moments of your life were met with so many complications, that we couldn’t give you the home you needed to survive. We will always love you.
“Thank you to everyone who has been sending us positive energy, thoughts and prayers. We feel all of your love and truly appreciate you.
“We are so grateful for the life we have, for our wonderful babies Luna and Miles, for all the amazing things we’ve been able to experience. But everyday can’t be full of sunshine. On this darkest of days, we will grieve, we will cry our eyes out. But we will hug and love each other harder and get through it.”
Featured24 recall that Teigen who usually update her fans on her pregnancy complications in series of posts on Instagram had earlier announced that she has been bleeding for a month.
She further revealed that the pregnancy complications led to a weak placenta.
Teigen got married to singer husband John Legend in 2013. Their marriage has been blessed with two children named Luna Simone Stephens and Miles Theodore Stephens aged 4 years and 2 years respectively.
Fans of the model including popular American personalities; Kim Kardashian, Hailey Bieber, Gabrielle Union, Jesse Tyler, Paris Hilton among others has commiserated with the her over the loss of the baby.
Reacting to the tragic announcement, Keeping Up With The Kardashians star, Kim Kardashian wrote; “We’re always here for you and love you guys so much.”
On her part, American actress, Gabrielle Monique Union Wade wrote; “We love you guys so much and we will be here for whatever yall need. Always.”
“I’m so so sorry. Thinking of you and John, praying for you guys and sending you so much love during this time. ❤️” Hailey Bieber, the wife of Canada singer Justin Bieber said.
American media personality, Paris Hilton wrote; "�� My heart breaks for you and John. I am so sorry for your loss. Sending you and your family so much love. Love you beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️”
The former Secretary to Edo State Government, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the first governorship Candidate in the State to lose governorship elections in Edo State commutatively within four years.
Featured24 recalls that he lost his first governorship election to Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who was Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in September 25, 2016.
Four years after the his defeat, Ize-Iyamu, picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship and contested the second time against the incumbent Governor of the State, Godwin Obaseki who by default became the Candidate of PDP in Saturday governorship election.
In the election, Prof. Agofure Rukeh of Federal University of Petroleum Technology, Efurun, returned the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki re-elected after he polled 307,955 votes ahead of his closest rival who secured 223,619 votes in the just concluded governorship election in the State.
Ize-Iyamu is renowned for his popular Campaign mantra, ‘No man is God’, lost to Obaseki who disqualified to seek re-election on the platform of APC with 84,336 valid votes cast in the election which was contested by 14 political parties.
The All Progressives Party (APC), has rejected results of Saturday governorship election in Edo State, a move the party supporters and some members of the party believe could tip their cause to the right.
Chairman of the APC Media Campaign Council, Mr. John Mayaki in a statement he issued on Sunday, cited alleged strong arm tactics.
The party, urged members to stay calm and thanked them for their support, but, alleged foul play while party leaders study the result and decide what is next.
Recall that the former National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole who followed for the APC Candidate across the State ahead of the September 19, 2020 election, had repeatedly boasted that the PDP will never govern Edo State while he is alive.
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Edo governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has concluded campaigns for his election as Governor.
The Edo election is set to hold on Saturday, September 19, with Ize-Iyamu and the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki of the PDP as main contenders.
Ize-Iyamu in a statement on Thursday by the Chairman, Edo State APC Media Campaign Council, John Mayaki thanked all his supporters at home and abroad for their solidarity.
“This is to thank all the citizens of Edo State at home and abroad for your solidarity and to announce that the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council and the Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation will close its campaign for the Office of the Governor of Edo State by 10PM on Thursday, 17 September 2020.
“We are overwhelmed by the massive support, the plethora of endorsements, the approval and reception of our SIMPLE agenda, and the valiant spirit of Edo people, which we encountered in all the 192 wards of our powerful state. With all your support and participation, we are assured that our candidate will commence the good work of reinstating democracy and resurrecting Edo state as soon as possible.
“The public is hereby enjoined to disregard any campaign-related material that may purport to come from our council, and we encourage the good people of Edo to remain vigilant, safe, dogged and unyielding to oppression as the election draws closer,” the statement read.
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Tuesday, in Accra, Ghana, met with representatives of the Nigerian community in the Country.
This was part of the sidelines of the vice president's visit to the West African country, Tuesday, September 15, 2020, as reported by Featured24.
We had reported how Osinbajo jetted out of Nigeria for Ghana, to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the situation in Mali.
The meeting with the representatives of Nigerians in Ghana afforded the vice president opportunity to discuss issues bothering on their wellbeing in the Country.
Featured24 reports that Osinbajo also used the opportunity to carry out an on-the-spot assessment of a building owned by the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana, which was demolished in June.
Earlier, Osinbajo who represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the ECOWAS summit, joined other leaders in the sub-region to discuss the political crisis in Mali and the security situation in the sub-region at large.
Featured24 gathered that the Accra meeting will form part of several efforts by leaders in the sub-region to resolve Mali's political crisis.
The vice president was accompanied on the visit to Ghana by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb Zubairu Dada. Osinbajo has since returned to Nigeria.
The Osun State Governor, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, has vowed to ensure that justice is served in the case of a young man who was killed during a hot chase by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the State police command.
Featured24 had on Tuesday reported how pandemonium broke out in Osogbo after SARS operatives caused the death of one person, with two others critically injured and hospitalized.
The trio, according to information gathered by Featured24, were sent on an errand by their father with his car when the SARS operatives gave them a hot chase, taking them to be 'yahoo boys'.
Angered by the incident, aggrieved youths besieged the Osun Government House, GRA, Osogbo with the body of the victim killed during the hot chase.
Reacting in a statement on Wednesday, Oyetola said; “The death of the young man that was reportedly chased to death by some security operatives in Osogbo today, is very unfortunate and devastating. I sympathise with the family & loved ones of the deceased.
“I urge our people, especially the youths to remain calm and not take laws into their own hands.
“I assure that a proper and transparent investigation will be conducted to unravel the circumstances surrounding the sad incident and ensure that those responsible for the death of the promising young man are brought to book.”
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