Category: Faith

Man Divorces 14-year-Old Wife For Allowing Male Doctor Attend To Her

JUSTINA EMMANUEL OKPARA

A man in Katsina State has reportedly divorced his 14-year-old housewife for allowing a male medical practitioner to attend to her while giving birth to his baby. The Executive Director, Nana Women and Girls Initiative, Dr Fatima Adamu, disclosed this, saying the teenage mother, who was divorced by her husband, was said to have had a complicated childbirth, resulting in being rushed to the hospital where there was no female medical practitioner on the ground to attend to her. As a result, the only medical practitioner available to attend to…

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My Father Slept With Me For Years, Nigerian Lady Shares her Story

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A young Nigerian lady named Zayla Odell has taken to Twitter to share the horrific abuse meted on her by her parents. According to the young lady identified as @justsotired on Twitter, her father has been molesting her physically, mentally, sexually and financially since she was a child. Zayla said her father broke her in many ways and she battled depression for years. She shared a picture of herself when she was just 12 and her dad who molested her for years. Sharing her story, she said: “The year I…

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Billionaire Dantata: I’m Waiting To Die, I Don’t Enjoy Life Anymore

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An elder statesman and billionaire businessman, Aminu Alhassan Dantata, says he no longer enjoys life and hopes to die soon in good faith. Dantata said he had travelled to all the states in Nigeria and had made a lot of friends from his youthful age, but could hardly identify 10 that are still alive. The 91-year-old man said this when he received the Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Kashim Shettima, at his residence in Kano on Tuesday. He said he was the only one left in…

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The New Africa Magazine Names Onyeali-Ikpe, Banda, Taylor, Senator Olujimi, Others As Outstanding Women in Africa

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The New Africa Magazine, a strong believer in the culture of recognition for both men and women who have been shaping the vision and progress of the African continent, has released its list of 110 Outstanding Women in Africa for the year 2022. Some of those picked for the special recognition are the first female Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc, Ms. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe; Hon. Joyce Hilda Banda, Fmr. President of Malawi, Hon. Jewel Howard Taylor, Vice President of Liberia; Jamila Sedqi, First Moroccan Female Judge at the UN Administrative Tribunal,…

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7 Killed As Gunmen Attack Apostle Suleman’s Convoy

JUSTINA EMMANUEL OKPARA

About seven persons have been reportedly killed after gunmen attacked the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleman along the Auchi-Warrake Road, Edo State on Friday. Suleman, who had just returned from a foreign trip, was heading to a destination in Edo State when the gunmen opened fire on his convoy, allegedly killing three of his police orderlies and four other yet-to-be-identified persons. Suleman’s lawyer, Samuel Amune, also confirmed the attack, saying the cleric just returned from a programme in Tanzania. He noted that Suleman escaped death by the whiskers. He said,…

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Queen Elizabeth II To Be Buried In Decades-Old Coffin

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The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest-reigning monarch, is made of English oak, lined with lead and it was built decades ago, according to British media reports on Monday. The coffin is made of oak from the Royal Family’s Sandringham Estate according to royal tradition, the Sky News reported. According to the Telegraph, it was originally built by the specialist firm Henry Smith over three decades ago. The records of the exact date that the casket was made were lost when Henry Smith was taken over by another firm in 2005. Since its manufacture, it has been in storage under the care of…

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Beer Truck Falls In Front Of Hisbah Police Office in Kano!

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There was mild drama in Kano when a Hilux truck conveying alcohol fell inside ditch close to the Hisbah office in Kumbotso Local Government area of the State. It was gathered that the truck driver sustained injuries in the incident which happened on Tuesday evening. Residents, who went to rescue occupants of the truck, were the first to discover that it was carrying alcoholic drinks. Hisbah has already packed the broken bottles as well as other crates of the alcohol. Confirming the incident, Kano State Hisbah Board, through its spokesperson,…

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Pastor Taiwo Odukoya Loses Second Wife

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The Founder of the Fountain of Life Bible Church, Taiwo Odukoya, has lost his second wife, Pastor Nomthi Rosemary Odukoya. Pastor Odukoya’s first wife, Pastor Bimbo, died on December 10, 2005 in a plane crash in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Pastor Bimbo flew on Sosoliso Airline, from Abuja to Port Harcourt, where the plane crashed on landing due to bad weather. The death of Pastor Nomthi, a South African, was announced on the Instagram page of Pastor Taiwo. She was said to have been battling cancer for two years. She…

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Pope Francis saddened by ‘brutal attack’ which killed Catholic nuns in South Sudan

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Pope Francis has sent his condolences after a violent attack on a group of Catholic religious sisters and others in South Sudan left five dead on Monday. “His Holiness Pope Francis was deeply saddened to learn of the brutal attack on a group of Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,” the Aug. 17 message said. A road ambush along a highway in South Sudan Aug. 16 resulted in the deaths of five people, including Catholic nuns, Sr. Mary Daniel Abud and Sr. Regina Roba. The two were among a…

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Faith Oyedepo: Wives Who Question Husband’s Position Are Under Demonic Influence

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    Wife of President, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Mrs. Faith Oyedepo, has said any woman or women organisation that attempts to question the position of a man in a family should be seen as being under demonic influence. The renowned pastor’s wife said women should be in subjection to their husbands in everything. She shared this thought on her Istagram page, saying ”Any woman or women’s organization that attempts to question the position of the man in the family should be regarded as being under a demonic influence. God…

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