Category: Society

CBA FOUNDATION TAKES INTERVENTION AMONG UNDERPRIVILEGED WIDOWS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, WITH THEIR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE

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If indications from two separate but related events that were held few months ago are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and split by a 20-day interval, held at a time when self-splurging by many young Nigerians was at octane levels, and saw young men and women behind an NGO that caters to the welfare of underprivileged widows and their vulnerable children, passionately putting the widows’ needs above their…

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Why I spoke about Tinubu’s age -Tee Mac

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My attention has been drawn to a post that has gone viral on Social Media regarding a private banter with a Facebook acquaintant on the eligibility of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Whilst it is regrettable that such a private conversation went viral vide from a Facebook Account, let me state that the conversation was taken out of context. In the first instance, I have high regards for the person of the APC Presidential candidate; a two (2)-Term Governor…

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Lady dies after plastic surgery went wrong

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A trending news, has it that Christabel, a Port Harcourt based social media inflencer has lost her life after a ‘butt’ enlargement surgery went wrong. She was said to have died as a result of complications from a botched Plastic Surgery done here in Nigeria. A friend of hers, Miss Posha confirmed her death and shed light on she died from the botched surgery complications. In the tweet, Miss Posha (@poshcupcake_1) revealed: “I want to bring this to the public, A friend friend just died at this hospital in Lagos…

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Globacom accountant commits suicide

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Folake Abiola, an accountant and staff of the telecoms giant, Globacom, committed suicide by drinking pesticide. The incident occurred on Friday, May 27, 2022, at her 1 Abayomi Kukomi Close residence at Osapa London, Lekki, Lagos. Folake, aged 47 is single, and childless had suffered depression for a while before she took her life. Sources said, “she has been battling depression for a while on account of no husband and no child.” Lagos State Police PRO, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said the incident happened on May 27, 2022. In his words,…

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SAHEED ADEMOLA ELEGUSHI: Twelve Years as a KING

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by Temitope Oyefeso When the instrument of authority was presented to Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi on April 27, 2010, as the 21st monarch of Ikate-Elegushi kingdom, a coastal community along the Lagos lagoon, the people were ecstatic. But, there were careful expectations because, the prince, though steeped in the rich pedigree of his predecessors and forbears, was being entrusted with leadership at a relatively young age. He was in his early 30s. But he was not unmindful of the huge responsibilities placed on him. Armed with robust tutelage from the…

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200 youths arrested in Abuja cannabis party

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About 200 youths have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for organising a cannabis party in the Asokoro area of the Federal Capital Territory. The party was reportedly organised by a group of ladies on Wednesday night. It was gathered that the youth were having a nice time when the NDLEA officers invaded the venue of the revelling. A tweep with the handle @ezioimmauel, said about a hundred suspects were arrested. “In the police station right now. Was at a 4/20 party in Asokoro and…

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CBA FOUNDATION CALLS OUT IN-LAWS OVER DEHUMANISATION OF WIDOWS

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AUTHOR: Ony Kachi After Mrs kumbaya (name changed to protect her identity) lost her husband at work in 2005, she was accused of killing him. The accusation did not come from her husband’s brothers but his sister, who had earlier lost her own husband. It took the combined hard work of the brothers to get their sister off the back of her fellow widow. They told their sister pointedly that she too could face the same accusation she was levelling against their sister-in-law, since her husband was deceased too. This…

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‘YOU’RE A LIAR!’ man whose girlfriend calls off wedding speaks

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Nigerian man known as David Okike has replied his girlfriend Ozioma Michael, who called off their wedding billed to hold this Saturday, over alleged domestic violence. Ozioma had alleged that her fiancé usually “hit and abused” her at any slightest provocation. “My supposed husband is full of rage. Beating me with his belt, stick, broom is his daily routine. Many atimes, he had lifted his hammer on me (but I fled),” Ozioma alleged. Reacting to the allegation on his facebook handle, David in an article titled: ‘MY ABORTED MARRIAGE WITH…

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Days to wedding: Lady calls off marriage ceremony over domestic violence

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Barely a week to the wedding ceremony, a lady named Helen Ozioma called off her wedding ceremony to her fiance, David Okike over allegations of physical abuse, threat to life and frequent beatings by her to-be-husband. This is coming after the death of the popular gospel act, Osinachi Nwachukwu who died as a result of domestic abuse. The lady writes on social media: “Hello Guys!!! I never wanted to bring this here but I have to, I am a type of person who likes to keep my relationship away from…

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Late singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu’s husband arrested over wife’s death

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Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi, has been arrested by the police over the death of his wife on Sunday afternoon. Late Osinachi, a 42-year-old Gospel artiste, who was a lead singer at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, shot into the limelight  in 2017, with the hit “Ekwueme”, which  featured another singer, Prospa Ochimana. She died on Friday after spending days at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. After her death, colleagues and family members of Osinachi, accused her husband of always beating her. One of her…

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