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Jacktheripper:
I am typing this with a heart that is pounding so hard that I can hear it in my ears. I swear on everything I hold dear, if not that I have no one to share this with, I wouldn’t have said a word. But maybe, just maybe, someone out there will have an answer.

This nightmare started in 2013. Our family used to be six, but by the end of 2012, we had become four. Death took my father and my grandmother within months of each other, and the house felt emptier than ever.

We live in a four-bedroom apartment. My mother has one room, my sister took another, my elder brother had his own, and I stayed in the last one.

There is a tradition in our home: once it is 9:30 PM sharp, we all gather in the sitting room for night prayers. How long it lasts depends on my mother's mood, sometimes just five minutes, other times, one full hour of binding, casting, and fire-fire prayers. After that, everyone goes to bed.

That’s why the morning of August 2013 felt like madness.

We had prayed as usual the night before. There was nothing unusual, no bad dream, no flickering light, no shadow moving where it shouldn’t. Yet by morning, my brother was gone.

And when I say gone, I don’t mean he packed his things and left. I mean disappeared, as in vanished from the face of the earth.

The two doors in our house were locked from the inside. The window in his room had iron barricades, unless my brother suddenly became the size of a house cat, there was no way he squeezed through, and there was the window net which was screwed from the outside. His iPhone, which I have always eyed, was lying on his power bank at the edge of the bed. His shoes and slippers were exactly where he always kept them. In fact, there was no sign that anyone had slept in the room at all. The only odd thing was that the door to his bathroom was open.

That was the moment fear gripped us by the throat.

We called our relatives, our church people, even that elderly man down the street who always had one proverb for every situation. Nobody could explain it. Nobody had an answer.

Let me tell you about my brother.

He was two years older than me, a 200-level engineering student at the time. He was the quiet type. The kind of person who could be in the house for days, and you’d forget because he barely spoke. If you wanted to get along with him, the best thing to do was to leave him alone. He didn’t go out much. He didn’t party. He didn’t even have close friends. Just his laptop, his laptop, and his thoughts.

We never reported the case to the police. After the way they handled my father’s death, my mother swore that we would rather trust in God than go to the police.

One day turned to one month. One month became one year. One year became eleven years.

We placed a camera in his old room, thinking maybe, just maybe, he had played some elaborate prank on us. But deep down, we knew. My brother wasn’t the type to play games.

I have always heard that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but that's only when you know where the person is. Otherwise, absence turns the heart into something else. Something frosty.

Time became the river through which we paddled our canoe. Or at least we tried. My mother stopped mentioning his name, at least publicly. I couldn't count the times she had cried silently, hoping we wouldn't hear, and I pretended along. I learned to push thoughts of him to the back of my mind.

Then came December 2024.

I was in my apartment when my phone rang. It was my mother. Her voice was shaky. She said I had to come home immediately.

I asked what happened. She couldn't string her words together. She sounded like a radio struggling for a signal.

That night, I barely slept. By morning, I was on the first bus heading home, my mind jumping from one terrible possibility to another. But when I saw my sister in flesh and blood, I breathed out like a teenage girl checking her pregnancy test and seeing one red line.

But nothing, nothing, could have prepared me for what my mother said next.

She took me to the police station and introduced me to my brother.

Or at least, a man who looked like my brother.

The same face. The same voice. He even had the same slight gap in his teeth, the same way of adjusting his shirt when he got nervous. And when he was asked to repeat what he said the day before, he knew everything.

He knew all the things only my brother should know. Our inside jokes. The gist we had over my primary school crush. Where we kept important documents. The exact location of the spare key to the back door, where we initially pumped water from, even my sister didn't know that, because she was too young to remember.

But when we asked the most important question, his mouth froze.

"What happened that night?" "Where did you go?" I was almost tempted to ask if he was abducted by aliens.

His face was blank. No answer.

The last thing he remembered was walking to his room after night prayers. Then, according to him, he "woke up on a school field."

He couldn't remember any of it. But what he could remember was even scarier.

He remembered all the details about our lives since he disappeared. My mother's shop that was built in 2019. COVID-19. The school I went to (I started school in 2014), the time my mother was admitted to the hospital for over a month in 2022, and how I couldn't return to the hospital one of the nights because of heavy rain.

He recalled them as if he were there, not from afar but from inside. But I felt something was wrong, or maybe I'm only overthinking. He was more of reciting the events as if he had read them in a book. His tone was flat, like a Siri reading out the news. No nostalgia in his voice, no emotion in his eyes. It made all the hair on my skin rise as if they were giving a standing ovation at that moment.

He spoke as if no time had passed at all.

But eleven years had passed. And the man sitting in front of me wasn’t the same person. My mother doesn’t believe it’s him. My sister doesn’t believe it’s him. I don’t believe it’s him.

We are now waiting for the DNA test results as I write this.

But even if the results say he is my brother, he will not be setting foot into our house.

For now, he is staying with the police. We are paying for his welfare, but that is where it ends.

Because whoever left that night in 2013… is not who came back in 2024.


Edit:
Treat as fiction.

Omo this was an amazing read ! See as I dey fear and panic as I dey read am, good job ! Your writing skills are on point.

The same Natasha accused Reno and it was all a lie.
It’s a shame she will loose her position for this shit, the recall process don start already 💀

GOFRONT:
I can already Loyalists around him...

They say....."When two Elephants fight, the grass suffer"..........But in this case, Two elephants fight and then Ibok Ibas Enjoy!!!

No be lie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1FHV7YZciA

The newly appointed sole administrator of Rivers state has made his arrival at the port harcourt international airport and he was given a warm welcome by the people.

Shortly after his arrival he gave a speech.

Full video above.

Mistersolar:
lool..so you know noob saibot..finally I meet someone who knows MK.....do you believe mortal Kombat:Shaolin monk remains the best MK

Sabi boy !!!! Yes o, Shaolin Monks is the best MK series for me as well. The 2 player adventure mode was mad and since then it hasn’t been replicated .

I’ll say Shaolin monks and Armageddon are tied as the best. Armageddon has unlimited characters and Shaolin monks has the best adventure mode.

foxman04:
two charcoals

Make them no go born gorilla

Their pikin go dark pass Noob Saibot for Mortal Kombat

You can take a man out of poverty but sometimes you can’t take poverty out of a man
See as Kante dey look like Aboki for my street and his wife is so beautiful! 🤩

hush15:
okay o... This Nigeria under Tinubu, you heard of the guy Police PRO arrested cos of comment he made about Police or IG i think. Neway, we understand and we go dey support in what way we can.

Yes o, now they want to pass bill for all bloggers to have a physical office smh 🤦🏽‍♂️.
They do all they can to frustrate and control the youths.
I really appreciate the support, Bless up 🙌🏾

hush15:
Hdge TV, you no wan comment on your own reporting but you want others to to enter the same trouble you are avoiding. Abeg, you part of the problem. Talk you own else, forget about it

Brother man no be so. When the Govt goes after someone for criticizing them it's usually the content creators they go after and not the people commenting.
That's why I said in the video I won't share my thoughts cause the video will go viral and reach places I never dreamed of but the comments is more of a safe space to share ideas and opinions.
I'm in no way shape or form an activist and l act accordingly to avoid yawa as I got mouths to feed, a real man should be able to understand and respect that.
Anyways, thanks for watching. If you like Subscribe or not the rest of my NairaLand fam dey my back so no shaking

@Plumcomm I feel I owe you a better more detailed response.
This is my logic :
When the Govt goes after someone for criticizing them it's usually the content creators they go after and not the people commenting. That's why I said in the video I won't share my thoughts cause the video will go viral and reach places I never dreamed of but the comments is more of a safe space to share ideas and opinions.
I'm in no way shape or form an activist and l act accordingly to avoid yawa as I got mouths to feed, a real man should be able to understand and respect that.
Anyways, thanks for watching, if you like Subscribe if you like don’t, last last my Nairaland squad got my back so no shaking

Cigarini:
You repost VDM video because you dey fear to talk about government, but you want us to subscribe to your channel to discuss. Ogbeni park well joor. Wetin we wan discuss with you. You wey dey fear to talk want engage us for discussion.

Lmao 🤣 I never claimed to be an Activist Chief, yes I dey fear to talk about government cause I’m not delusional and I know the country i’m in. If them hold me now you go carry food come give me for panti ? If no then stfu !

plumcomm:
who is this one ?,you have a moniker as OP and you have another one as FTC.you have a channel and you are saying you can’t comment or post your own view cos you fear the government will come for you but you want people to post their own comment and interact,all you care about is the views and subscribers,shame on your uselessness and stupid channel.thats why you people don’t grow,cos all you care about is yourself and money.subscribe my foot,you don’t wonder why that NYSC lady has gone further than your entire career in just one day?,you can’t talk but you want people to come and talk on your platform,you go soon collect office…

WHY’RE YOU SO PAINED ? Channel this energy to your oppressors not me

plumcomm:
who is this one ?,you have a moniker as OP and you have another one as FTC.you have a channel and you are saying you can’t comment or post your own view cos you fear the government will come for you

I never claimed to be an activist and yes I dey fear to talk about government cause I got mouths to feed.
ONE QUESTION : If them hold me now you go carry food come give me for Panti ?
If no then stfu !

Zonefree:
I rather watch porn.

You don’t say

Zonefree:
Oya, come carry the power give your papa na

lol watch the video first before you attack him. He made very good points

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW8hcbo_V74

The Governor of River State Siminalayi Fubara has been suspended for 6 months and President Tinibu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers state.

Very Dark Man made a video reacting to the whole situation and stated that “ Fubara is not fit to hold power “.

Full video above !

Ushman333:
You are just one person, it affects the nation not you, stop being always selfish, and you are either naive or pretending if you can't see the distraction and dangers of careless blogging.

You didn’t answer my question, stop deflecting. Is this among Nigerians top 1000 issues ??

Ushman333:
Very good, if we don't regulating bloggers they will ignite Nigeria on fire, even bloggers must be responsible and accountable for their actions.

Is this really among the top 1000 pressing concerns for n Nigeria ? Na people like you dey enable our oppressors. Tufikwa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mynODQMmwsE

An Ex-Naval Officer has gone viral for beating, humiliating and dehumanizing innocent hotel staff in Abuja.

Everything was recorded live on the CCTV cameras and the video made its way to national television.
The abuse of power in Nigeria is at an all time high and something need to be done about it.

Full clip above !

Them gats reconcile, we need good music !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxl0CBGpYOc

Nigerian Grammy award winning producer Kel p and Nigerian Grammy award winning Afro beat artist Burna boy have had a good working relationship for years !

They’ve collaborated on songs like : On the low, Gbona, African giant etc and it seems we might never get a new record from the duo as they had a fallout.

Kel p was on an interview and he spoke about the matter in depth.

Full video above.

Trending121:
I too love this vdm #NoHomo

Yes o, Vdm for president 💯

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF10gSS8LXg

Yesterday a court in Abuja ordered the arrest of Very dark man for not showing up when the court summoned him.

Very dark man’s lawyer made it known to the court that Vdm has had other cases in that same court and he has never missed a day.

Vdm’s lawyer also made the court understand Vdm is currently in China and when he comes back to Nigeria he will submit himself before the court. Still the court ordered his arrest and now VeryDarkMan has responded!

Full video above.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrR_oH_UmKk

AfroBeat Superstar Asake is trending as his Father Fatai Odunsi aka Malo was left paralysed in some parts of his body after suffering from a stroke.

Mr. Fatai unable to pay for hospital bills came online to cry and beg for help from Nigerians to help him.

The act generated mixed feelings from fans as they found it unbelievable that Asake as rich as he his would let his own blood father suffer like this.

Full video above.

DiasGodinHeaven:
Uselezz fullsss

Why e dey pain you ? Na your Kpekus them dey scissor for night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmGOPt6VJ1s

The VeryDarkMan, Mercy Chinwo & Ezee Tee Saga takes another turn as the Court Orders for VeryDarkMan's Arrest!

This comes after Mercy Chinwo took very dark man to court for defamation and he failed to honor court summons.

Full video above !

The Chief Magistrate Court, sitting at Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of blogger Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), for alleged criminal defamation of the reputation of gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo.

ThisDay Nigeria reports that the magistrate ordered the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) together with other law enforcement agencies to arrest VeryDarkMan and produce him before the court to answer to the criminal allegations levelled against him.

Magistrate Emmanuel Iyanna issued the bench warrant on Thursday, March 13, 2025, when VeryDarkMan failed to appear before the magistrate following a court summons on March 5, 2025 for him to do so.

Though VeryDarkMan’s lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, appealed to the magistrate to rethink the bench warrant and that he would personally produce his client in court, Magistrate Iyanna rejected the appeal and insisted that VeryDarkMan be produced in court by security agencies.

The bench warrant stemmed from alleged defamatory statements made by VDM on social media, accusing Chinwo of involvement in a contractual dispute and the purported diversion of $345,000 linked to her former record label boss, Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, also known as Eezee Tee.

In support of her claims, Chinwo furnished the court with documentary evidence, including emails and payment receipts, to substantiate that VDM’s allegations were not only entirely false but damning and injurious to her public image and reputation.

The complainant’s lawyers led by Pelumi Olajengbesi of Abuja-based law firm, Law Corridor, said the alleged actions of the defendant were contrary to Sections 391 of the Penal Code and Section 24 (1)(B) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015.

Recall that Chinwo’s counsel also dragged VDM before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, seeking N1.1bn damages against the blogger.

The lawyer sought an order compelling VDM to delete, retract, and issue a public apology for all allegedly false and defamatory statements made against Chinwo and her brand.

mohbadliveson:
@verydarkman, what's the update on our NGO donation ooo

Una mind go dey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcMmIQ7EOh8

The current controversy around Nigerian Senate president Godswill Akpabio and Nigerian Senator Natasha Akpoti has gone international as Senator Natasha reports Godswill Akpabio to the United Nations.

On seeing this, VeryDarkMan advised Senator Natasha on the right moves to make and he also praised her for standing up for herself.

Full video above.

iykololo:
Seun, this is disappointing. You’ve built a reputation as someone who speaks truth to power, yet now you’re defending the very system you once criticized. Calling people "stupid" for holding their leaders accountable is the exact opposite of the activism you claim to stand for.

If Tinubu is "smart," then let his actions speak for themselves—without you insulting those who challenge him. Real intelligence is about leadership, progress, and accountability, not just political maneuvering. Instead of attacking critics, why not use your voice to demand better governance? Or has your so-called activism become selective?

Respect is earned, not forced. If you truly believe in the people, then listen to them instead of insulting them.

Well said 💯

jiz:
How you want make blogger chop

Tell am o !
In M.I voice 🎶 : “ Me sef na human being o “

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzThz1MV_WY

Afro beat singer and Social commentator Seun Kuti has gone viral for making a controversial statement.

Seun made a video stating : Tinibu is very smart and anyone criticizing him is very stupid!

A lot of people feel this video was targeted at Very dark man because vdm made a video criticizing Seyi Tinibu a couple days ago.

Are Seun kuti and vdm no longer friends ? Did Apc pay Seun to make the statement?

Full video above!