A 100 Level Chemical Engineering student of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State has died of alleged suicide after a long-standing battle with depression.
The young lady identified as Hikmat Gbadamosi was found dead in her room, yesterday. According to her friend, the deceased had been battling a medical condition since birth and the resulting pain sent her into depression.
She is assumed to have consumed two bottles of a poisonous substance on Saturday and was only discovered on Monday after her bestie mobilized classmates to her room to know why she didn’t show up in school for a test they had yesterday.
Traders in Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday shut down activities to protest the planned installation of female and male market leaders “Iyaoloja” and “Babaloja” respectively in the hub.
The traders told NAN during the protest that the computer village was an international market that did not need such imposition of Iyaoloja as if they are pepper sellers.
Mr Wasiu Agbaje, an Information Communication Technology Engineer, insisted that the hub was not like the regular markets where such should be imposed.
Agbaje said that installing such would undermine the hub as there was no relationship between technology and Iyaoloja.
“What do the Iyaoloja and Babaloja have to offer, what value are they going to add to the hub? And what technological innovations are they bringing?
‘“The computer village is not like any other street market where pepper and other things are sold. It is an international technology hub and it should be treated as such,” he said.
Also, a businessman who preferred anonymity said the computer village was an international market.
According to him, it will undermine the position of computer village internationally as the biggest technological hub in West Africa.
He said installing such Iyaoloja and Babaloja would contradict what the hub was known for and breach the peace there because it was not a regular market.
A Software developer, Mr Joseph Efosa, said that such installation would disturb the 25 years of peaceful existence of the hub. He said that the computer village was not a regular market and such installation was not needed.
Tonto Dikeh has defended teen actress, Regina Daniels who is alledgedly married to a man who is 40 years her senior. Tonto took to her insta-story and wrote; ''LEAVE REGINA DANIELS ALONE!!! Hypocrites!''.
This is coming after another female celebrity, Helen Paul openly defended the teen actress,
Lol. Music Video Director, Clarence Peters, has reacted to claims that he sleeps with video vixens. Lagos club owner and socialite, Pretty Mike had taken to instagram damning every consequence and calling out video directors and others who allegedly sleep with young girls to 'help their careers'.
Clarence Peters has now reacted via his insta-stories telling everyone only haters and those who want to destroy others carry rumours. Hilarious! Lol...
A missing model who fell into the sea during a storm off Sao Paulo has been found dead. Caroline Bittencourt's husband Jorge Sestini was rescued on Sunday around two hours after jumping into the water to make a failed attempt to save her.
The model's own father Orley participated in the search for the 37-year-old and told a TV programme how he helped pull her body from the sea yesterday afternoon.
Caroline, known to Carol as friends, reportedly ended up in the sea after trying to save two pet puppies that had fallen into the water.
Personal trainer Can Saad, a close friend, said: 'She jumped into the sea to save two puppies of hers that had fallen into the water because of the wind.
It was just her, her husband and the puppies on the boat.
'Jorge jumped into the water to try to save her but they became separated from each other because of the storm.
'He had to swim three hours towards the coast to survive.'
The tragedy happened as the couple, who married in January, were near Ilhabela, a large island near Sao Paulo which means 'beautiful island' in English and offers visitors around 25 miles of pristine beaches, hiking trails and waterfalls.
Caroline's agent Andreia Boneti said her husband was in a 'state of shock', adding: 'Jorge tried to save her. He saw Carol drowning and wasn't able to save her.
A US embassy’s compulsory DNA test has revealed a Nigerian man’s children are not his. The man was planning to relocate his two children, when he was told a DNA test will be conducted. He agreed, and two weeks after, he got the shock of his life, the children he has been fathering are not is.
The man’s friend, Rita Ebiuwa shared the shocking story on Facebook.
''Just heard a most disturbing news this morning when a friend (male) called to tell me that the DNA test the US embassy did few weeks ago is out and its proves that his two 'children' a boy, 21yrs and the girl 17yrs are not his
He decided to do it because he was planning to relocate them to the US since he is a citizen and as such the US embassy demanded for it.
The man was never married to the woman before they had the children. In one of the guy's visit to Nigeria, that was when he met the woman and they started dating, when the guy went back, the woman called that she was pregnant.
Few years later, he came back and continue the relationship with her without serious commitment.
It is very obvious she did it deliberately because the man lives in the US probably better than the man who impregnated her, just wanted to trap the man
What is wrong with our women these days, is it foolishness or unfaithfulness that is making them commit such horrible crime?
Why not abort the pregnancy when you know you are not sure of the paternity? Why force it on an innocent man?
She should take the children back to their real father to save the children of the stigma of being a bastard
God really want to punish her otherwise she should not have agree to the DNA and imagine the trauma the children would be now after knowing that the man they call father all these years is not
The same woman is happily married to another man, the question is, will her present husband trust her with the kids she had for him?
God please comfort my friend, l know what he will be going through now''
Pink has spoken about the secret heartache of having a miscarriage at the age of 17.
The 39-year-old, who reveals she has had ‘several’ since, said she felt like her body was ‘broken’ and ‘hated her’ because of the miscarriages.
Now a mum-of-two, the musician said she was prepared to have the child after falling pregnant as a teenager as she addressed lyrics on her album Hurts 2B Human.
In an interview with USA Today, Pink said: ‘I’ve always had this very tomboy, very strong gymnast body, but actually at 17, I had a miscarriage.
And I was going to have that child. But when that happens to a woman or a young girl, you feel like your body hates you and like your body is broken, and it’s not doing what it’s supposed to do.
‘I’ve had several miscarriages since, so I think it’s important to talk about what you’re ashamed of, who you really are and the painful s**t.’
On the song Happy, Pink penned lyrics about hating her body and feeling like her body hated her since the age of 17. She first spoke about having a miscarriage during a 2010 chat on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
The artist, who is married to Carey Hart, addressed her nerves about being pregnant with her daughter Willow, who was later born in 2011. She went on to have son Jameson five years later in 2016.
Tonto Dikeh’s fans have come for her after the actress shared a post on forgiveness. Many were fast to tell her to practice what she preaches while others asked when she will forgive the father of her son. Their hilarious reactions below…
One of the men who hacked soldier Lee Rigby to death in 2013 is making a bid to serve out the rest of his sentence in a Nigerian jail with a VIP wing.
Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo killed the fusilier near his barracks in Woolwich, South East London and the former was given 45 years in jail for his part in the bloody attack.
The 37-year-old is currently holed in in HMP Wakefield, otherwise known as Monster Mansion - but he wants to return to his parent's native land.
Adebowale has even written to immigration experts asking for their advice, according to The Sun.
Last night a source told the paper: 'Michael hates Wakefield. It's stuffed full of lags who see him as a top target.
'He thinks he can spend the rest of his sentence in Africa.'
It was also reported that Adebowale plans to seek a prisoner-swap deal to Lagos' Kirikiri jail where then-Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson also agreed to pay for a new £700,000 wing in 2014.
Since then, some lags have been able to go there to serve out their sentences but Adebowale's chances seem destined to fail as he wasn't born in the West African country.
Mr Rigby's mother Lynn reacted to the news, branding it an insult to her son.
She said: 'This is a disgrace and an insult to Lee. I'm sure he doesn't like Wakefield Prison but he has the luxury of being alive unlike my son who he stole from me.
'He should serve his sentence here and not try to exploit the law for a cushier life.'
Ghanaian cleric, Prophet Kumchacha who is very controversial and loves openly talking about s-x has said the world will cease to exist the day he doesn’t have s-x with his wife.
He also said, he is not like men who shy away from talking about their s-xual activities. He says he openly talks about it and have 35 styles he practices with his wife.
He also spoke about being a compulsory thing each time he wants s-x. When, we talk about this, my wife has no say, he explained.
“I have 35 sex styles; so you can’t be my wife and be saying you’re tired of having sex; no matter how tired you are; you must avail yourself to me anytime l want it,” he said.
A 60-year-old woman's uterus fell out of her vagina while she was dancing in a public square.
The mother thought her womb had fallen out because of her overenthusiastic dancing, however a doctor told her it was more likely because of childbirth.
The Chinese woman went to see a doctor in the city of Xuzhou, China, because she thought a piece of flesh had dropped from her genitals.
Dr Song Hongjuan, supervisor at the Maternal and Child Health Centre, in Xuzhou, told her she had suffered a uterine prolapse.
The Daily Mail reports that the doctor suspected she had given birth to a large baby at a young age and never been treated for her prolapse.
The surgeon told reporters she had operated on the unnamed woman, who thought she had a tumour, and she was making a full recovery.
Dr Song advised other women to pay attention to their bodies and said illnesses such as constipation, allergic rhinitis and chronic coughs could cause damage to their pelvic floor muscles.
She encouraged mums to practice pelvic floor exercises after giving birth.
A 25-year-old Oxford University graduate has announced she is engaged to marry her former professor - who is 46 years her senior.
Cameron Platt, who just finished her master’s degree in English and United States history, took to Facebook to gush about her 71-year-old fiancé, writing that their engagement "will come as a surprise to many” after just six months of dating.
She wrote she met Lee Mitchell while she attended Princeton University - one of America's top colleges - where he was head of the English Department.
Platt, who lists Oxford as her home, said she took one of his classes five years ago when she was 20-year-old.
She shared a photo showing her and Mitchell beaming over wine at a restaurant, and another image of a diamond-crusted engagement ring.
She wrote on Facebook: “I was taking his lecture course on Henry James and William Faulkner.
"Lee was little more than a stranger to me then, but he captivated me with his brilliance, sensitivity, and passion.
“His lectures changed forever the way that I think.”
In what will come across as a really shocking development, a train has crushed people to death in Lagos. A tricycle carrying the victims was crossing the railway when the incident happened. The train rammed into the tricycle and killed the occupants.
The sad incident happened in Iju Ishaga area of Lagos state this Tuesday morning.
The tricycle was said to be going from Ike aro to Abule Egba when the tragedy occurred. People allegedly told the driver to stop to allow the train pass, but he didn’t listen.
He might literally not be the first, but he is the first among Nigeria’s most popular pastors to speak against SARS. The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, condemned the body saying he wonders why there is a need for them in the first place.
''What am yet to be clarified on is the need for SARS in nigeria..I really wish someone can explain to me..an anti-robbery squad now killing youths and trigger-happy..I need to know..should they be cautioned or scrapped?'', Apsotle Suleman said in a tweet.
So many of his followers have hailed him for the bold step.
After becoming fed up with city life, this couple moved to the world's most northern town and now live among 110 dogs.
Audun Salte and his wife Mia, live in Longyearbyen, in the Arctic, which is believed to be warming faster than any other town on Earth.
Two years ago, they bought a dog yard in a bid to improve the health of all the dogs and now they run husky tours for visitors.
Speaking to the BBC in a video produced by Daniel South and Trystan Young for Newshour, Audun said: "A life with dogs is just better.
"You have these four-legged friends that are happy to see you whenever you come and they just improve your life a little bit.
"Now I have 110 children, before we knew it we owned too many dogs.
"I tried to live in a city once. I used to be very annoyed at people all the time. You were annoyed when you were in the car, you were annoyed when you were in a shop, you were annoyed on everyone else and you thought you were always fine.
"And with the dogs, have you ever seen a dog that's annoyed at someone else? No, they usually bark at someone and then they're over with it.
"They don't sit and think about people being annoying. They just seem to enjoy life so much better than we do."
Chris Rock was having fun with a meme on Twitter over the weekend when he pissed alot of people off. The 54-year-old Grown Ups actor made a joke about the late Whitney Houston's drug use.
Soon, the songbird's ex, Bobby Brown shared that he was not happy with the remark.
'I thought you was a friend of the family,' said the 50-year-old rapper said.
The fuss began when Rock joked that he hates being in meetings when an email would have done the trick. The exact note read, 'Me sitting in a meeting that could've been an email.'
The comedian also shared a photo of a bored-looking Whitney with sunglasses on and a multicolored blazer.
The image was most likely taken from an old TV interview when she was in her twenties.
That was not the offensive part.
What bothered Brown was the note that followed from Rock: 'Hurry up I got crack to smoke.'
Brown reacted strongly to the insult. 'During this time of women empowerment you chose to use your time to try and humiliate our QUEEN!!!' he stated.
And he added, 'I thought you was a friend of the family.'
Rock's followers were also not happy about the rude comment. One said it was 'tasteless' while others trashed Chris for not being funny.
The Queen has visited Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at their new home ahead of the birth of the royal baby. The monarch saw the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Frogmore Cottage, in Home Park, Windsor.
Meghan is expected to give birth any day now and the Queen wanted to see her before she has the baby, according to a royal source.
The source told The Sun: "Her Majesty wanted to formally welcome the Sussexes to their new home so she was their first visitor.
"After all, they’ve practically moved into her back garden. She visited with other family members and Harry and Meghan were delighted to show them round."
The couple have also welcomed the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Zara and Mike Tindall, and other royals to their new home, which recently underwent a £3million renovation, partly funded by taxpayers' cash.
34-year old Nollywood actress Dayo Amusa has managed to keep her love life off social media. Many know little or nothing about her love life. The major rumour that has trailed Dayo’s love life has been an alleged affair with King of music, K1.
But now, Dayo is tired of hiding her man. Over the weekend, her fiancé, Wale Ade, a US auto dealer was a year older, and the actress hosted a birthday dinner to honour him. She invited 4 other couples who are friends with them and they all had a nice time at the Intercontinental Hotel in Lagos. More photos from the dinner below…
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been flooded with well wishes as they celebrate their eighth wedding anniversary.
Kensington Palace's Twitter and Instagram accounts thanked royal fans for their well wishes on Monday, as they tweeted throwback photos of the royal couple on their wedding day.
Writing a sweet tribute caption alongside the three pictures, the palace tweeted: 'Eight years ago today — thank you for your lovely messages on The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding anniversary!'.
Prince William, 36, and Kate, 37, married on April 29th 2011 at Westminster Abbey and the couple share three children - Prince George, 5, Princess Charlotte, 3, and Prince Louis, 1.
One post shows the famous picture of Kate and William standing on the balcony waving to fans following their nuptials, while another sees them walking down the aisle at Westminster Abbey, followed by William's best man Prince Harry and Kate's maid of honour Pippa Middleton.
Another shows brothers William and Harry chatting at Westminster Abbey, while the last shows crowds of excited followers waving to them following the big day.
Sharing their well wishes, one fan wrote: 'Eight years and three babies after! What an amazing royal couple!'.
Another said: 'William & Kate’s wedding was the first time most of us got a chance to watch a royal wedding and it surely didn’t disappoint! It was every bit of magical and dreamy! Wishing the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge a lifetime of happiness together!'
Meanwhile one even urged them to have another baby, writing: 'Happy Anniversary to a wonderful couple! Your love for each other is obvious. So happy for your beautiful life and family. Here’s to many more years of the same! Baby number 4?'.
