Gistmedia10: In an unusual twist, a young woman named Blessing, who went viral for seizing a man's mattress after he refused to pay for an all-night hookup, has received overwhelming support from well-meaning Nigerians.
Blessing, a mother of two from Benue State, captured attention when her story was shared widely on social media. The man she had spent the night with allegedly told her the next morning that he could not pay her. Instead, he offered her his home theater system or his mattress as compensation. By morning, he left with the home theater, and Blessing decided to take the mattress and sell it. This incident was captured by a neighbor, quickly spreading online and sparking mixed reactions from the public.
In an interview with humanitarian worker Ukan P Kurugh, Blessing revealed that her journey into sex work was driven by hardship. After her mother’s death and an early attempt by her father to marry her off, she ran away and eventually got married. However, her marriage did not last, and with two children to care for, she turned to the streets to make ends meet.
Blessing’s story took a positive turn when philanthropist Adoo Eugenia Ter highlighted her situation. In response, concerned Nigerians donated N500,000 and provided her with a new sewing machine to help her start a business and leave the streets behind. The donations are expected to offer her a fresh start, enabling her to support her children and regain stability.
What began as a moment of desperation has now transformed into an opportunity for Blessing to rebuild her life.
Here’s the new sewing machine she got from the 500k funds! She received.
I hope she can leave the "Asewo" lifestyle behind completely with all that money and the sewing machine given to her. She still has to go for some more capacity building in the fashion industry space and boost her creative skills in tailoring. Cheap money gotten from sleeping around with random men is aluring for a lot of lazy young women.
Whoa! At first, I thought it was a skit BUT after watching the full video, this is real.
Kudos to the gentleman though for having a video documentation of the eviction and house possession process.
How did the so-called wife gain access to his house documents if his name is on it? That's just something I have to find out. The man was careless there but then again, he is fortunate that the irresponsible wife didn't kill him before all these FACTS popped up. She even had the audacity to gradually pack out of the house before the bubble burst as CLEARLY stated in the video. Some women can indeed be very deadly.
He must be careful from here on out because his so-called wife and a few people who know about the scam can still organize his assassination in a worse-case scenario. That's how brutal this world has become.
OLAADEGBU: However, reacting to VeryDarkMan’s denial of the defamation and his claim, Inibehe in a post on social media said, “Saying that you expected Femi Falana to write to Bobrisky and not you who actually published the defamatory matter, is just a demonstration of your acute lack of knowledge of the law of libel.”
According to the lawyer, “Even if you want to plead the defence of fair comment in court, your personal and highly prejudicial comments makes it improbable for you to prevail.”
Inibehe said “If reasonable and right thinking members of the society can deduce from your statement that you were referring to the claimant, and that the claimant’s estimation is lowered on account of your statement, you are liable.
“It is elementary law that there is a distinction between the writing or authoring of a defamatory matter and publication of a defamatory matter.
“Publication arises when what is said or written is brought to the notice of the whole world or third parties. That is what gives rise to a cause of action and not the mere authoring of the matter.
“Assuming the audio is credible, the person who recorded it only authored it. I am using the word “assuming” intentionally because Falz has strongly disputed the substance of his conversation with Bobrisky. “Bobrisky did not publish the audio.”
He further explained that the person who published the audio is primarily liable for the injury suffered by those affected by it. According to him, “Asking Falana to approach Bobrisky and not you is ludicrous. The law does not work that way.
“I am passionately interested in sanitizing our country’s institutions. I know that the Correctional Service in Nigeria is corrupt and requires radical reforms.
“However, if you’re going to accuse a lawyer or anyone for that matter of aiding a prisoner to avoid jail time or to serve imprisonment outside the custodial centre, you should have solid facts to substantiate it.
“If you’re going to propagate that a lawyer wanted to pervert the course of justice through bribery or any other way, you should have more than ‘courage’.
“You didn’t just publish the purported audio, you went ahead to offer personal opinions and commentaries which has adversely impacted the reputation of Mr. Falana.
“You even said you’ve lost respect for him, and that someone who defended Fela shouldn’t be involved in such an act. Is that still within permissible limits of fair comment?
“The fact that many people online have made negative comments about Falana on account on your publication is evidence that his reputation has been lowered.”
The lawyer said that if Bobrisky wanted a pardon and briefed Falana to make the application on his behalf, “Is Falana supposed to do so pro bono?
“Now that Mr. Falana has denied ever having such discussion with Bobrisky, you are still grandstanding and asserting that you haven’t defamed him.
“Suggesting that Falana demanded for N10 million to bribe someone to facilitate an application for pardon is a grave allegation. “By the way, the said audio is not from a phone conversation between Bobrisky and Falz. It is supposedly between Bobrisky and a yet to be identified third party.
“This makes the case of defamation more compelling. If you have the voice record of the call between Bobrisky and Falz that substantiates your assertions and innuendos, put it out for everyone to listen to. If you don’t have it, you will need more than grandstanding to succeed.”
Inibehe said he supports the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) call for an independent investigation into Bobrisky’s case.
Though not included in the attached image on page 1, the iconic British Caledonian Airways livery is by far the BEST I have ever seen. It had the royal blue and gold colors including the image of the Scottish lion.
British Caledonian Airways was a privately-owned airline that flew in every week into Nigeria (Lagos and Kano airports) in the 1970s and 1980s from London Gatwick Airport in London and it later merged into the British Airways in the late 1980s (1988).
It was simply an esoteric feeling for me watching that massive Boeing 747 (with the beautifully designed livery) at the airport back in 1979 while my father was onboard that 747 as he headed for London Gatwick Airport.
The Pan Am livery would come in next for me because it was an easily recognizable global brand.
Thanks to the Internet, I've just attached right below the classic images of a British Caledonian Airways Boeing 747 with the iconic royal blue and gold livery of BCal. It was simply the BEST livery IMHO... in addition to the in-flight services they offered on the London-Lagos route back in the day.
Metrix147: Major General Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi, President of Interpol, hosted Sir Chikwe Udensi, Vice President of the International Security Association (ISA), to a working dinner at Interpol's headquarters in Lyon, France, ABN TV reports.
The meeting provided a platform for both leaders to discuss pressing global security concerns, share expertise, and explore opportunities for enhanced cooperation between Interpol and the ISA.
Major General Al-Raisi, who assumed the Interpol presidency in 2021, has been instrumental in driving international efforts to combat transnational crime and terrorism.
Sir Chikwe Udensi, a renowned security expert, brings valuable insights from his ISA role, which focuses on promoting global security standards and best practices.
The working dinner underscores Interpol's commitment to fostering strategic partnerships with international organizations to address evolving security threats.
"This meeting marks an important step in our continued efforts to unite global law enforcement and security stakeholders," said Major General Al-Raisi.
You're spot on bro. The handsome Bendel-born (now Delta State-born) Innocent Egbunike (alongside the Olympic boxer, Jeremiah Okorodudu) were a few of the iconic faces among those U.S.-based Nigerian athletes (with wet jerry-curled hair styles) that burned the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games tartan tracks. Whoa! How time flies.
The Rise and Fall of the Jheri (Jerry) Curl | Black Origins
The Will even said how the property be shared and how much each wife should get
But this problem started when the trustee NatWest bank pulled out, it allowed the Wura and Kola take control and left out over 55 kids who passed the DNA test in the cold just because they are older than them.
Wow. Naija sha
That's something that has to be sorted out. Kola and Wura's siblings from other wives indeed have a robust case here.
These creeps are indeed very stubborn and they are overdoing these crimes to the detriment of the image of Nigeria. Based on the masdive NDLEA and National Intelligence Agency (NIA) annual statistics that I have at my disposal, over 90 percent of these irresponsible drug barons and drug couriers come from various communities in just 1 state in the South East of Nigeria alone! Persuasion is NOT gonna stop them as they are very stubborn with a rabid love for materialism and constitute over 95 percent to 100 percent of those people serving jail terms or are on the death row in various countries such as Seychelles, South Africa, Brazil, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Thailand, etc, and it rubs off on other innocent Nigerian folks of various ethnicities out of at least 250 distinct ethnic groups. The despotic military and post-1999 civilian governments and law makers over the years in Nigeria have irresponsibly enabled this B.S. being perpetrated by these drug barons, drug traffickers, fake drugs, and fake wine makers, etc, by NOT implementing the death penalty through outright hangings, lethal injections, or the use of electric chairs.
An economically and technologically advanced city-state such as Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, etc, have the death penalty for hard drugs trafficking. This has helped to curtail the spread of hard drugs importations into those countries. It's time for Nigeria, South Africa, and indeed many countries of the world that are still putting up a politically correct facade to introduce the death penalty by electric chair for these crimes that involve selling of hard drugs that have destroyed many families, societies and fueled crimes. Period.
Usually one of the two most successful members of the group (Michael and Jermaine) sings the lead, but Marlon sang the lead on this track. Jermaine had just rejoined the group (after 9 years as a solo artiste) before this album was recorded.
That 1984 music video of "Your Body" led by Marlon Jackson brings back fantastic memories... Memories of the iconic 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games and those jerry-curled male athletes of the U.S.-based Nigerian and African-American descent and much more. The early 1980s leading into the late 1980s was a period of rapid, creative technological and social evolutions and the "Star Wars" program initiated by former President Ronald Reagan of the United States.
panafrican: That racist Elon Musk might end up in jail by day. Trump was ill-inspired to get closer to him.
That's irresponsible of Elon Musk. Now he's gonna make one stupid lone wolf to start thinking of shooting top members of the Dem party. The FBI agents have to keep a very close watch on Kamala Harris and Tim Walz before and after the November presidential elections.
A 🇷🇺 Russian Soyuz capsule landed on the Kazakh steppe on Monday, bringing two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut back to Earth after a stint on the International Space Station (ISS).
The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Oleg Kononenko and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson landed at 1159 GMT.
Kononenko and Chub had been part of the ISS crew since last September, completing a 374-day mission. Dyson's stay was shorter, lasting 184 days.
LocalFARMERS: Vegetable Pie is a rare snack. Since meat pie is not healthy for some group of persons who are vegetarians. Vegetable Pie is a good is a Pie that is good for both vegetarians and none vegetarians.
Gistmedia10: Nigerian DJ and music star, DJ Cuppy, has once again shown her support for British-Nigerian heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua, following his recent defeat over the weekend. Taking to her X (formerly Twitter) handle, Cuppy shared a screenshot of a video call with Joshua and offered words of encouragement.
"VERY tough day at the office, but we STAY smiling 😃✌🏾 God's plan is ALWAYS bigger! @AnthonyJoshua," she wrote, showing the boxer smiling despite the challenging outcome.
This public display of support has reignited rumors about their relationship, as the pair were once speculated to be romantically involved. Although neither has confirmed the dating rumors, their close friendship has kept fans guessing over the years. Cuppy's latest post only adds fuel to the fire, but for now, it seems the two are simply sharing a strong bond.
Fans quickly reacted to the post, with many praising DJ Cuppy for standing by Joshua's side during tough times. While some continue to speculate about a possible romance, others echoed her sentiments, affirming that Joshua's best days in the ring are still ahead.
I think these two (Florence aka DJ Cuppy and Anthony Olufemi Joshua) should just get married to each other. When AJ retires, he can go into global sports commentaries and international business. Femi Otedola, his namesake will put him through with useful global business contacts.
On another note, are you sure that 3rd attached picture of AJ in the boxing ring is NOT a Photoshop? I mean how can someone's face be looking grotesque like "twisted rubber" in that boxing ring?...
Yes, the Kosoko royal family are indigenes of Lagos Island (Eko Island) being direct descendants of the ruthless Oba Kosoko who was the King when the British Navy Squadrons bombarded Eko in the 1850 in a fierce bid to stop the slave trade and dethrone him and replace him with his uncle Oba Akintoye who was on the throne before.
There'll be a sharp rise in global crude oil prices soon that would lead to more hyperinflation and the tanking of several global economies if NOTHING is done to minimize tensions in that notorious region of the world ASAP.
adamusuleiman3: Brazilian ‘baecation’ with Nigerian lover turns ugly. Namibian drug mule’s fate from hell The former nightclub waitress and mother of one could face as many as 25 years in South African jail if convicted.
Pauline Mbangula, a Namibian woman arrested in South Africa on Sunday after airport X-ray screening allegedly detected drugs in her stomach, was apparently on a Brazilian ‘baecation’ with her Nigerian lover, who convinced her to smuggle the drugs by swallowing them.
South African Police Service (SAPS) national spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe told Namibian Sun that by noon yesterday, Mbangula had expelled 68 bullets of suspected cocaine.
“She will be taken to hospital to check if all those bullets are out. She is being closely monitored, and has not been detained at the cells because she needs to release all those drugs from her system,” Mathe said at the time.
Mbangula (30) allegedly took a flight from Luanda to Brazil with her Nigerian lover, who told her they were going on vacation in the South American country.
“Mbangula travelled to Brazil under the pretence of going on vacation with her so-called boyfriend. Upon arrival, he convinced her to ingest drugs, and upon returning to South Africa, she was supposed to meet someone - still unknown to the police - who would walk her through [the checkpoints],” Mashadi Selepe, also a SAPS spokesperson, told Namibian national broadcaster NBC yesterday.
‘Part of a larger syndicate’ Mbangula was arrested on Sunday morning at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg for smuggling 68 confirmed drug pellets. Acting on a tip-off, SAPS, along with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and immigration officials, were alerted to a drug mule arriving from São Paulo, Brazil, at approximately 07:25 on 22 September.
Selepe further confirmed that following her arrest, she was taken to a local hospital, where medical X-rays confirmed the presence of foreign objects in her stomach.
She yesterday described Mbangula as having a "fragile demeanour and looking vulnerable", based on observations.
"She seems to be part of a larger syndicate,” Selepe added.
In an update late yesterday, Mathe said: “Another medical examination/X-ray has confirmed that all drugs have been removed from the Namibian drug mule’s body. [She] has released 68 drug bullets from her body. The estimated weight of the drugs is 850 grams".
She added: “She has been moved to a detention facility and is expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 25 September, on a charge of dealing in drugs and drug possession. Additional charges may be added at a later stage”.
SAPS said the value of the drugs must still be determined.
Not a criminal’s playground General Fannie Masemola, National Commissioner of SAPS, commended the multidisciplinary teams’ vigilance in combatting crime at OR Tambo. "Our men and women in blue are hard at work intercepting hardened criminals. South Africa is not a playground for criminals, and we are squeezing the space for transnational organised crime," he stated.
International drug trafficking intercepted in South Africa could lead to imprisonment of up to 25 years.
According to research, this dangerous trafficking method involves ingesting tightly wrapped drug packages, often covered in latex or plastic, which are stored in the stomach or intestines to avoid detection during travel. However, this practice poses significant health risks. Any rupture or leakage can result in severe complications or even death due to drug toxicity.
In 2006, Namibian woman Darlin da Silva Paiva, who was allegedly used as a drug mule, died after pellets of cocaine burst in her stomach, triggering a deadly chemical reaction. She was carrying 31 pellets of cocaine with a street value of N$205 000. Her husband, Bruno da Silva Paiva, was found with 13 pellets in his stomach, and was arrested in connection with the crime.
Who is Pauline Mbangula? Born in Grootfontein in 1994, Mbangula lived in Walvis Bay for many years. For quite some time, she worked at a popular Klein Windhoek nightspot as a waitress.
However, earlier this year, the mother of one migrated to the north, where she stayed for some months before returning to Windhoek, where she allegedly found the going tough.
Sources from her social circles confirmed that she has been ‘struggling’ financially lately, and had been staying at a friend’s place in Otjomuise as recently as last month.
the prevailing culture of secrecy in governance, as it gives the impression that government holds its citizens in contempt. Instead, the government should take deliberate steps to create a knowledge society and bring about the emergence of an informed and active citizenry.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION
In the light of the above, the NMCC directs that the Daily Trust newspaper takes appropriate remedial action and, in particular, do the following:
1. Accept without equivocation that its reporting on the issue in question was inaccurate and misleading as its treatment of the report showed a lapse in news judgement and fell short of the expected standards of the 2022 Revised Code of Ethics for Nigerian Journalists.
2. Publish an apology prominently in both the print and online editions of the Daily Trust.
3. Take the necessary internal editorial measures to prevent a future occurrence.
4. Publish the report of the NMCC in this matter within seven days of receiving it.
The NMCC also commended the Complainant and the Respondent for submitting themselves to the co-regulatory mechanism offered by the National Media Complaints Commission.
There should be monetary fines imposed on these creeps and other Journalists who have been writing and publishing a lot of fake news. Just because they belong to the mainstream media doesn't mean these few journalists and Editors should be treated like demigods and can just be allowed to mislead the public with loads of B.S. meant to incite the readers and caused a lot of reputational damage to those in government. All mainstream media organizations must be made to pay damages (after taking them to court for criminal defamation of character). Public apologies are NOT enough tbh. The FAKE stories must also be pulled off the Internet because ignorant people will erroneously make reference to all the FAKE stories in the future.
This isn't how the iconic Newswatch Magazine team of Dele Giwa, Ray Ekpu, Dan Agbese [Dan is the FIRST man who ever wrote that "Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, GCFR, SAN, is the Best President Nigeria never had"], then Kunle Ajibade and Bayo Onanuga of the News Magazine, Odion Akhaine, and other veteran Journalists behaved back in the day. These men were and are still core professionals (for those who are still alive). I loved reading the Edo-born Dele Giwa's articles back then before his parcel bomb assassination in 1986 because they were factual and verifiable. As of today Omoyele Sowore and that Gazette blatantly publish misleading stories and get away with it. Omoyele's Sahara Reporters wasn't like this back in the day, but now, I don't trust it anymore haven been put off by some deliberately planted FALSE information and pure sensationalism in the headlines with the intent to subliminally manipulate the public just like "Gazette" and it's crappy gang of irresponsible Editor and mercenary Journalists also do.
WannaHowzit: King Misuzulu KaZwelithini says xenophobic sentiments have no place in KwaZulu-Natal, as he called for the embrace of foreign nationals and an inclusive environment for the province to thrive.
The king used the commemoration of the death of the founding monarch of the Zulu nation, King Shaka KaSenzangakhona, to address tensions between South Africans and foreigners.
He said: “Let us not abuse and ill-treat foreign nationals. Instead let us show them our ways because we know they come here to look for a better life and we must be happy they choose to come here.”
The king instead advocated for the social and cultural integration of migrants.
Tensions between South Africans and foreigners resurfaced recently over the nationality of a beauty pageant contestant and have been simmering for weeks, and hostility persists on social media.
King Misuzulu said that if foreign nationals are isolated in city enclaves away from the essence of the principles of ubuntu (humanity) they may stray with no guidance.
“It can be Nigerians, Cameroonians, Ghanaians, tell them this is a Zulu nation, tell them you have a king here. Bring them to me. Because if you stay with them in cities and do the things you do, things will get out of hand.
“Let us show them who we are and what we stand for, ubuntu. And move forward with purpose towards a common goal,” said King Misuzulu.
King Misuzulu, who took over the throne three years ago when his father, King Zwelithini died, was also celebrating his birthday.
Nice to see a Gen X bruv on the Zulu throne. A big congratulations to him on his 50th birthday anniversary. We rock.
Salewa97: Below is the list of languages that some banks in Canada allow with their customer service.
It seems in USA, Canada, and the UK, the Yoruba with if group far outnumber any other African ethnicity.
There seems to be an aggressive competition to grab the attention of new clients by the banks in Canada from among the immigrant communities in Canada. That's what is known as targeted marketing.
In any event, Canada is one of the major population centers for the large numbers of Yoruba folks in the Diaspora living in the West aside from the United Kingdom, the U.S., France, and Germany. So, this shouldn't come as a surprise because the language and culture of the Yoruba folks is taught in many famous Universities in the Western world as an international language and in Cuba and Brazil, Yoruba language classes are ongoing because Cuba and Brazil received the largest number of people of Yoruba descent who were deported on slave schooners from the late 1700s to majorly the 1800s. These folks took the Yoruba culture, language, and the Yoruba religion (Ifa divination) along with them. Today, Cuba has over 5,000 practicing Ifa priests (Babalawos) alone who are both Black and White Cubans.
diamond68: it’s all gravy brother. You always coming with that good info. Am hiding under this new name 🤣🤣🤣🤣 happy Sunday
@diamond68,
"Bazugee"... I hope you're doing well?
My gut instincts made me to realize that it was you I was having a convo with on that thread that you created to pay tribute to Gazzuzz. The feedback I read on that thread had your distinct esoteric footprints (but you threw some folks off the scent with the reference to your place of origin when you are infact a Prince of Ikd).
I felt you wanted to have a quiet time for yourself and that's why you went AWOL since March and wanted to remain below the radar.
I initially thought you had gone back to Gunchester (Manchester)... It's good to know you are fine though and It's nice that you took a break from using the other moniker. Introspection is important in life. I'll chat with you later as I only wanted to quickly reply the mentions that I just saw after being off NL since Sunday.
Romance › Re: Lady Who Took Mattress After Unpaid Hookup Gets N500K and Sewing Machine (Pics) by Konquest: 9:51pm On Sep 26, 2024
Whoa! How time flies.
