Nigerian songstress, Simisola Kosoko simply known as Simi, recently got her husband, Adekunle Gold concerned after she revealed how a photographer got her pregnant.
The ”Joromi” singer, while sharing new photos on Instagram page, noted that the photographer who took the pictures, mixed business with pleasure and impregnated her.
Don’t mix business with pleasure”, but the photographer of this picture impregnated me.
PS: also, he does the cutest shit like make a map of where we went on our honeymoon into a necklace for me. ugh?
PPS: one of my buttons was undone but “it is what it is,” she wrote.
From her caption however, some fans deduced that she was referring to her husband as the one who got her pregnant.
Reacting to her post, Adekunle Gold, probed Simi on the manner she used her words.
Famous Nigerian actress, Toyin Abraham has finally broken silence on her lingering squabble with colleague, Lizzy Anjorin.
It all started in September 2019, when an Instagram blog reported that Liz was ‘held and searched for drug peddling’ during hajj in Saudi Arabia.
The blog reported that she was ‘teary all through her encounter with the security agents at the airport’.
Speaking in response to the story, Liz Anjorin said her investigations revealed that Toyin Abraham ‘leaked’ the story to blogs and she came for her guns blazing.
Toyin’s response at the tie came with threats to sue Liz.
Well, recently, the story came up again after Liz had an interview with social media influencer, Esabod. Apparently, during the interview, Esabod reigned curses on Toyin, her husband, Kolawole Ajeyemi, and their son, Ire.
Toyin, on seeing the recent interview, took to an IG live session with Iyabo Ojo on Tuesday, May 25 where she stressed that she had nothing to do with the drug peddling story about Liz whom she said she isn’t friends with as she has met just twice in her life.
She swore by the Bible that she had nothing to do with the story.
Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, says fake news has adverse effects on society, such as ruining homes and leaving many depressed.
He said this on Tuesday when he received a delegation from The Guardian Newspaper in Abuja.
The minister said fact-checking will address the menace of fake news. Mohammed noted that it will help separate facts from fiction.
He also urged all media establishment to take the issue of fake news seriously.
He said; “To be sure, the issue of fake news and misinformation is not just about the government alone, as some have insinuated. It is about all of us.
“Fake news has ruined homes, pushed many into depression and done untold hardship to others. It is a clear and present danger to all.
“I believe it will not be out of place for reputable media organisations like the Guardian to set up a special desk for fact-checking as a panacea for this problem.
“That way, you can help citizens to separate fact from fiction. I am aware that some media organizations are already doing this, but it must be taken seriously by every media establishment.
On our part, we are undeterred as we have continued our engagement with stakeholders to find a way out. Hopefully, we will be taking a more concrete step on this in the months ahead.”
The minister said no democracy could survive without independent media.
“As a matter of fact, no true democracy survives without a professional, responsible and independent media. It is in this context that the government continues to view the media as a strong partner.
“It is said that for the media to be able to play its role, which is to inform, criticize and stimulate debate, it must take responsibility for whatever it puts out. In other words, it must get its facts right.
But can we say today that most of what we read, hear and watch in the news are factual?” he said.
William Shakespeare, the first man in the world to take the first jab of COVID-19 vaccine, has died.
He was 81.
William’s name and face graced the front page of publications and media outlets on December 8 2020 after receiving his vaccine at the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
The pensioner from Coventry died last Thursday, May 20, at the same hospital, of an unrelated illness.
Local councillor Ms Jayne Innes has described him as a “much-loved figure” with the Coventry Labour party, The Mirror reports.
Innes said: “He was such a lovely man, one who had a real commitment to making his local area better.
“During lockdown local families will have enjoyed walking amongst the trees planted by Bill and his colleagues in Allesley back in the 1980s.
“He was also very involved with the creation of the Coundon Wood in 2005 and in fundraising for the purchase of Elkin Wood, now managed by the Woodland Trust in 1997.”
William once worked at Rolls Royce and was also a school governor at Allesley Primary School, as well as at Coundon Court School.
The grandfather leaves behind his wife and two sons.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have sold all their shares in Apple and Twitter just to purchase stock in a South Korean firm, Coupang, which operates in global e-commerce market.
The couple had sold their one million Apple shares and the 272,420 Twitter shares by the end of the first quarter in 2021, indicating the sale took place before their divorce was made public.
The capital from the sold shares was divested into Coupang which had its public listing in March. The divestment from Apple came at a period the smart gadget firm’s stock was losing market value.
Co-founder of TikTok, Zhang Yiming is stepping down as CEO of ByteDance, the Parent company of the video-sharing app.
Yiming, 38, said Thursday, May 20, that he will leave the role because he lacks managerial skills. He added that he preferred “reading and daydreaming” to running the tech giant.
On Monday, May 24, Zhang announced his resignation in an official letter to his employees. he reiterated that he lacked some skills that’d make him an ideal manager.
“The truth is, I lack some of the skills that make an ideal manager. Similarly, I’m not very social, preferring solitary activities like being online, reading, listening to music, and daydreaming about what may be possible,” he said.
According to Bloomberg, he resigns with a net worth of $44.5billion, making him 31st on a list of the world’s richest people.
Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, multiple sources told Reuters.
President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a military base in Kati outside the capital Bamako, hours after two members of the military lost their positions in a government reshuffle, the diplomatic and government sources said.
Their detentions followed the military ouster in August of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The development could exacerbate instability in the West African country where violent Islamist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State control large areas of the desert north.
Political instability and military infighting have complicated efforts by Western powers and neighbouring countries to prop up to the impoverished nation, contributing to regional insecurity.
The United Nations’ mission in Mali called for the group’s “immediate and unconditional” release and said those who hold the leaders would have to answer for their actions.
A delegation from the top regional decision-making body ECOWAS will visit Bamako on Tuesday to help resolve the “attempted coup”, ECOWAS, the U.N., African Union, European Union and several European countries said in a joint statement.
“The international community rejects in advance any act imposed by coercion, including forced resignations,” the group said.
The U.S. State Department called in a statement for the “unconditional release of those currently being held”.
Ndaw and Ouane had been tasked with overseeing an 18-month transition back to civilian rule after the August takeover, but they appear to have moved against the military’s control over a number of key positions.
The Kano State Commissioner for Works, Garba Idris, has blamed a filling station for violating the procedure of offloading inflammable substance after 51 persons were injured in a tanker explosion.
The commissioner blamed the filling station for offloading fuel in day time despite the scorching sun.At least 51 persons sustained injuries late Saturday after a fuel tanker exploded in Kano.
The incident occurred at a filling station in Sharada in Kano metropolis while the tanker was offloading the inflammable substance.
“Everybody knows it is against the law to offload the substance in the hot weather like that of Kano, which was responsible for the explosion.
“The fire disaster affected 51 persons, including eight officials of the fire service,” Mr Idris said.
Also, the spokesperson, Federal Fire Service in Kano, Nura Maigida, said the agency was investigating the cause of the fire.
Not less than nine people were injured in a blast on Sunday at a plant producing explosive materials in Iran’s central province of Isfahan, ISNA news agency has reported.
According to the Head of the province’s crisis management organisation, Mansour Shisheforoush, the reason for the blast, which occurred at Sepahan Nargostar Chemical Industries at 4:00 am local time (2330 GMT) was unclear and still under investigation.
He said the nine factory workers that were injured had been taken to hospital, while several investigative teams were currently working to determine the cause of the blast.
Meanwhile, the plant is located about 45 kilometres northwest of Isfahan city.
The company manufactures “industrial-commercial explosive materials” and was established in 1941, according to its website.
Hellen Auma Wandera has made history as the youngest Member of Parliament (MP) in Uganda.
The 23-year-old fish vendor was elected into the 11th Parliament as the MP representing Busia District in Uganda.
She took her oath of office on May 18, 2021 amid fanfare after her shocking win over the influential opposition candidate, Sharon Nabwire.
Wandera was born on December 12, 1997. The student-entrepreneur, who sold fish on campus to her friends, won the parliament seat under the governing NRM party in Busia District, eastern Uganda.
Before joining politics, the politician was a fish vendor in Banda market, a job she did while at Kyambogo University to be able to cater for her accommodation and other school requirements.
She enrolled at Kyambogo University in 2016, where she graduated with a Bachelors’ Degree in Arts and Social Science in 2019.
The Busia native saw the struggle her parents went through monthly to put food on the table and take care of their needs, thus, she decided to plow people’s gardens to earn extra cash to help pay her school fees.
Same year she abandoned her fish vending job and went back to Busia where she immediately began her campaigns.
Speaking during an interview with Daily Monitor, youthful Wandera attributed her decision to join politics to a divine dream she has been experiencing during her education career.
Though it was not an easy journey, the 23-year-old believed in herself and started door to door campaigns with the help of boda-boda riders and she was able to trounce the primaries to earn the support of the National Resistance Movement (NRM).
After I was declared winner, Sharon Nabwire (her closest competitor) said it was a mistake and demanded a recount which I still won,” Hellen said.
OyoAffairs has confirmed that contrary to the news making rounds that the Convoy of Governor Seyi Makinde overran a child during a campaign in Ogbomosho for the incoming LG Elections. Reports reaching us have debunked this accusation.
According to reports reaching Oyo Affairs, this is a case of false accusation and mere political attack on the office of the Governor.
As opposed to the Convoy running over the child, it was a Toyota Matrix that overran the child, and the Governor’s convoy doesn’t make use of such a vehicle. Also, it is confirmed that the accident happened, long before the arrival of the Governor to the said event.
Residents of Ogbomosho have been asked to remain calm and await further investigation into the accident, as the culprit has been found and arrested; right now he is in the police custody.
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has deployed forces in Dunguop village of Abyei town after an attack on civilians left at least 11 people dead and seven others injured, according to the area deputy administrator.
Speaking to The EastAfrican on Tuesday, Kon Manyiet said one person is missing following the attack.”The attack happened on Sunday… They did random shooting on the civilians,” he said.
Calm returned to the area after UNISFA deployed its troops there, he said.
“We have issued a statement and I assume the Juba administration is now aware of the issue,” Manyiet added. In January last year, an attack on the Dinka village in Abyei left at least 19 people dead and dozens others injured, according to UNISFA.
After days of negotiations, six children who were reportedly abducted during the clashes were returned.
Days after the incident, activists urged Juba, Khartoum, UN and the African Union to fast track the designation of Abyei to avoid future conflict.
In the following month, South Sudan and Sudan agreed to form a joint team to look into violent clashes.
The consensus was reached after President Salva Kiir met with Sudan’s deputy leader of the Transitional Sovereign Council Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in Juba over the matter, in response to an outcry over the incident.
They later announced the two had agreed to form a joint team of investigators, as well as a response force made up of soldiers from both countries, to protect civilians. However, the findings of the committee are yet to be made public.
Abyei is a contested border town between Sudan and South Sudan. The two countries are yet to agree on the flow of the border since secession of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011.
Last year, the UNISFA warned of the possibility of renewed clashes despite the ongoing peace efforts in the area.UNISFA was deployed in June 2011 to protect civilians under imminent threat of physical violence, and protect the area from incursions by unauthorised militants. Civil society groups, however, said the area was attacked mostly because the UN forces did not counter it.
There are 3,550 soldiers, 640 police personnel, including 148 individual police officers and three formed police units deployed in Abyei. As is tradition with most blue helmets, they are non-combat troops meant to defend civilians and prevent occurrence of violence.
The UNISFA, whose headquarters are located in Abyei town, operates in three Sectors; Sector North, Sector Central and Sector South with Sector headquarters at Diffra, Abyei town area, and Athony, respectively.
South Sudan and Sudan are yet to agree on a joint administration, including a police force, for the Abyei area.
The area has faced occasional violence and cattle rustling incidents.
In 2019, the Undersecretary of the UN Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, called on South Sudan and Sudan to use their cordial bilateral relations to resolve the status of the Abyei region.
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on European countries and global financial institutions to consider reducing the devastating effect of the coronavirus pandemic on African economies by restructuring debt portfolios, opting for complete reliefs.
The President also canvassed for the release of vaccines to the African continent, which he said was still behind in protecting majority of its citizens. President Buhari made the call on Tuesday at the Financing Africa Summit held at Grande Palais Ephemere in Paris, France, with the theme: “External Financing and debt Treatment”
President Buhari
In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, in Abuja late Tuesday night, the Nigerian leader said the fall in commodity prices as Covid-19 took a toll on the global economy further slowed growth in some countries and strained health facilities. The statement quoted the President as saying, “It is in this vein that we solicit the support of the French government with its influence in the European Union to lend its voice to the efforts being made to mobilize additional resources for developing economies most especially Africa in order to strengthen the quantum of investments to our economies. “This financial support should also be extended to the private sector.” President Buhari advocated that the European Union should encourage fair and equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines in less developed countries, and promote the establishment of manufacturing facilities. According to him, many African countries were already experiencing debt distress and the Debt Service Suspension by France and G-20 does not go far enough, adding that there was need for more sustainable and affordable financing solutions, including debt relief and further debt restructuring. On the Paris Agreement for Climate Change, President Buhari noted that African countries would need financial support for green energy investment and COP-26.
He said Nigeria will refocus on gas while adopting a Strategic Revenue Growth Initiative. On the theme of “Africa Private Sector — Reforms – Infrastructure’’, President Buhari said Public Private Partnership (PPP) will be fully explored to ensure more precision in development, cutting down waste and reducing chances of corruption. “The government intends to leverage on Public Private Partnership to bolster its job creation, and anti-corruption drive. In terms of job creation, Nigeria has an abundant labour force since 30.5 percent of its population is between the ages of 25 and 54.” he said.
Jelena Noura Hadid also known as Gigi Hadid was born in Los Angeles, California on April 23, 1995. She is the daughter of Palestinian real-estate developer Mohamed Hadid and Dutch model , Yolanda Hadid (née Van den Herik). Through her father, she claims to be from Daher Al Omer, Prince of Nazareth. She has a younger sister named Bella, and a younger brother named Anwar, both of whom are models. She also has two older paternal half-sisters named Marielle and Alana. In 2013, Hadid graduated from Malibu High School, where she was captain of the varsity volleyball team as well as a competitive horseback rider. Following high school, Hadid moved to New York City. She studied criminal psychology at The New School beginning in the fall of 2013, but suspended her studies to focus on her modeling career.
Gigi Hadid
Hadid’s modeling career began when she was two years old after being discovered by Paul Marciano of Guess clothing. She started modeling with Baby Guess before stopping to concentrate on school. Hadid eventually returned to modeling in 2011.She resumed working with Marciano, and was named the face of a Guess campaign in 2012. Hadid has shot three campaigns with Guess as an adult.
In November 2014, she made her debut in the Top 50 Models ranking at Models.com. In 2016, she was named International Model of the Year by the British Fashion Council. Over the span of four years, Hadid has made 35 appearances on international Vogue magazine covers.
From 2017–present, Hadid has won so many awards and recognition.
Some $5.8m (£4.2m) recovered by UK agencies that was stolen by a Nigerian former governor and laundered in Britain have now been returned to Nigeria, the Nigerian authorities say.
Former Delta state Governor James Ibori was convicted of money laundering in the UK in 2012.
Prosecutors say he stole an estimated $165m (£117m) from the oil-rich state.
A Bombardier Challenger jet is among the items listed in court documents for a confiscation order against Ibori.
The £4.2m has been recovered from Ibori’s wife, sister and fiduciary agent, who were also convicted of money laundering.
Observers expect more money to be retrieved from Ibori himself.
Nigeria’s Attorney General Abubakar Malami hailed the return of the loot as a “demonstration of the recognition of reputation Nigeria earns” for managing recovered money, according to a statement from his spokesperson.
Who is James Ibori?
James Ibori went from petty thief to Nigerian state governor to convicted money launderer.
He went to the UK in the 1980s and worked as a cashier at a DIY shop in London.
Ibori was convicted in 1991 for stealing from the store but then returned to Nigeria and got involved in politics.
When he ran for Delta State governor, he lied about his date of birth to hide his UK conviction – which would have prevented him standing for office.
He became governor in 1999 and soon began taking money from state coffers. Delta state is the source of much of Nigeria’s oil.
Why did the British authorities convict him?
The British police began to take an interest in Ibori again in 2005 after they came across a purchase order for a private jet, made through his solicitor in London.
He evaded capture in Nigeria after a mob of supporters attacked police, but was eventually arrested in Dubai in 2010 and extradited to the UK.
He was convicted on 10 counts of fraud worth a total of nearly £50m in 2012.
After his release in 2016, Ibori was placed straight into immigration detention.
The publication of the court judgement revealed a Home Office email which had recommended keeping him in immigration detention to buy time to work out how to recover at least £57m.
What happened to Ibori?
image captionJames Ibori seen here celebrating in 2009 when he was cleared by a Nigerian court, but he was later convicted in the UK
Once he was eventually released, he returned to Nigeria and sued the Home Office for unlawful detention.
Ibori won the case but was awarded just £1 compensation.
In 2020 prosecutors in a UK court asked a judge to make a confiscation order against Ibori of £117.7m.
Court documents list several bank accounts owned by Ibori, as well as more than 10 properties around the world, ranging from flats on London’s famous Abbey Road to a £5m mansion in Nigeria’s capital Abuja.
The documents also list a Bentley car and a Bombardier Challenger jet valued at just under £17m.
How have Nigerians reacted?
The UK authorities’ announcement in March about how it promised to return the money to Nigeria provoked outrage.
The agreement laid out that the money would be used to contribute towards building a bridge and two roads.
The bridge, called the Second Niger Bridge, connects Delta state with neighbouring Anambra State.
But the two roads – the Lagos-Ibadan Express road and the Abuja-Kano road – are more than three hours’ drive from Delta state.
“It is bad news that this money is not going back to the victims,” said David Ugolor the Director African network on Environmental and Economic Justice on Tuesday.
Mr Ugolor is among the critics who argued that this money should have specifically gone to people in Delta state instead
Spain has deployed troops after record numbers of migrants entered its north African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco.
Some 8,000 people have reached Ceuta in two days, Spanish officials say.
They say the migrants – who include about 1,500 minors – either swam around the border fences that jut out into the sea or walked across at low tide.
Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez has vowed to restore order. Spain says it has already sent some 2,700 migrants back – but not the minors.
Cancelling a trip to Paris, the prime minister travelled to Ceuta and Melilla to deal with the crisis, seen as the worst diplomatic spat with Morocco for 20 years. Morocco withdrew its ambassador, Karima Benyaich, for consultations after Spain’s foreign minister told the envoy of her “disgust” at what had happened.
Most of the migrants are said to be from Morocco. The Spanish troops have been deployed to the beach to help border police at Ceuta’s main entry point – Tarajal, on the enclave’s south side.
Dramatic scenes were captured offshore as families waded through the water and officers from Spain’s Guardia Civil went into the sea to rescue young children.
image captionSpain’s Guardia Civil posted pictures of a baby and toddlers being rescued from the sea off Ceuta
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said 200 troops, plus 200 extra police were going to assist Ceuta’s normal 1,100-strong border force. The enclave has some 80,000 inhabitants. By evening reports said the number of people trying to enter by sea had decreased.
Spain’s Ceuta and Melilla enclaves have become magnets for African migrants.https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.42.4/iframe.htmlmedia captionMigrants determined to enter Spain’s Ceuta enclave: “Either I’ll die or I’ll cross”
On Tuesday, Moroccan security forces at Fnideq, the adjacent town to Ceuta, fired tear gas to disperse a large crowd of migrants at the border fence, AFP news agency reported.
Mr Sánchez had been due to attend a a French-led summit on financial aid for Africa. Instead, he was focusing on Ceuta, promising “maximum firmness” in restoring normality to the enclave.
He has received support from senior EU officials, with European Council President Charles Michel tweeting: “Spain’s borders are the European Union’s borders.”
EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson described the number of arrivals in Ceuta as “unprecedented” and “worrying”, noting that “a big number of them [are] children”.
At the other enclave, Melilla, 86 sub-Saharan Africans entered on Tuesday via its southern jetty, which marks the border with Morocco.
Melilla has a formidable border fence, and several hundred more migrants were blocked by security forces, Spain’s Efe news agency reports.
Spanish officials quoted by Efe said Moroccan guards had helped the Spanish forces in Melilla. Some migrants threw stones at the Spanish forces, they said.
Spanish media said it was different in Ceuta, where Moroccan border guards stood by and watched as migrants took to the sea to try to reach the enclave.
Most of the migrants were said to be young men, but there were also several families. Many had used inflatable rings and rubber dinghies.
They started arriving in Ceuta at 02:00 (midnight GMT) on Monday, but the number soared during the day. At least one died during the crossing.
Last month, more than 100 migrants arrived at Ceuta’s Tarajal entry point. Most were sent back, except about 30 minors whose ages were confirmed by medical tests.
image captionMigrants entered shallow water at Fnideq, a Moroccan border town, to get to Ceuta
Since the 17th Century both Ceuta and Melilla have been under Spanish rule, though they are long claimed by Morocco. The port cities now form the EU’s only land border with Africa. They have semi-autonomous status, like some regions of mainland Spain.
The influx comes amid renewed tension over Western Sahara, a territory occupied by Spain until 1975, when Morocco annexed it. Since then it has been disputed between Morocco and the indigenous Sahrawi people, led by the Polisario Front.
image captionChristopher Columbus is celebrated by some, and reviled by others in the US
President Joe Biden has revoked a string of proclamations by Donald Trump, including an order to punish vandals who destroy monuments.
Mr Trump issued the order amid last year’s social justice protests as statues were being defaced or toppled.
Mr Biden also rescinded Mr Trump’s plans for a sculpture garden to honour American heroes.
And he canned a 2019 proclamation that sought to bar entry to immigrants who could not afford health insurance.
Mr Trump issued an order in June 2020 instructing the federal government “to prosecute to the fullest extent” any person “that destroys, damages, vandalizes, or desecrates a monument, memorial, or statue”.
The proclamation – which singled out “rioters, arsonists and left-wing extremists” – was a popular talking point for the Republican president at his rallies.
It followed demonstrators targeting statues, many dedicated to figures from the pro-slavery Confederacy, during US-wide protests following the murder of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Also among the Trump orders scrapped on Friday afternoon by Mr Biden, a Democrat, was the former president’s plans for an outdoor park featuring a sculpture garden of American historical figures.
Mr Trump himself chose some of the figures to be included in the project: singer Whitney Houston, 19th Century anti-slavery icon Harriet Tubman, NBA star Kobe Bryant, 18th Century frontiersman Davy Crockett, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and evangelist Billy Graham.
The project was never funded by Congress and no site was ever picked.
Mr Biden also took down Mr Trump’s order in October 2019 that immigrants must prove they could cover medical costs before being allowed into the US, a policy that was quickly blocked by a federal judge.
“My Administration is committed to expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare,” including for non-citizens, Mr Biden said as he revoked that proclamation.
On Friday, Mr Biden also scrapped his predecessor’s orders taking aim at social media “censorship” and for all US foreign aid to be branded with a logo reflecting “the values and generosity of the American people”.
Uduak, according to the state Police Commissioner, Andrew Amiengheme, was paraded today to dispel the rumour that he committed suicide in police custody.
While fielding questions from journalists, the suspect revealed that he invited Umoren over for a fake job and then demanded to have sex with her.
According to him, she agreed to his demand but became furious which made her hit him on the head with a stabiliser, which he in turn used on her before she died.
Uduak said, “I asked her whether she can work on a farm as a secretary, she said she can and that she’s ready to do the job. So, when she came, I revealed to her that this farm doesn’t exist and that it was just a hoax.
“I told her that before she leaves that I’ll like to have sex with her, and she agreed. But she gave a condition that I should use a condom, which I did. When I removed the condom, she became furious, so she took the nearby stabiliser to hit me on my head. Then she bit my left ring finger.”
He continued, “In a bid to stop her, I used the stabiliser to hit her and she fell and started bleeding, thereafter she died.”
When asked to state the number of people he has killed, Uduak said Umoren is the only one but about six other women have fallen victim to his antics.
Meanwhile, Umoren has been laid to rest today in Akwa Ibom amid tears and wailing from family members and friends.
Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi, has narrated his encounter with his colleague, Olanrewaju James also known as Baba Ijesha, after he was alleged of sexually abusing a minor. In a video, Fabiyi said he met Baba Ijesha in the Lagos police custody to hear his own narrative. According to him, Baba Ijesha denied raping any seven-year-old girl. He said, “When I heard about the situation, I was unhappy. It was controversial. When I asked him what happened, did you rape the minor, he (Baba Ijesha) said ‘Yomi, I never did. Princess brought a general to harass me. I didn’t sleep with this girl seven years ago.’ At that time, Princess was also in marriage.” Narrating the first time he met the girl in question, Fabiyi said Baba Ijesha told him that “The first time I met this girl was at a garage and touts were harassing me for money. How could I have slept with her?” Fabiyi clarified that Baba Ijesha is not a paedophile, adding that he never had canal knowledge of the teenager. He said, “The girl never at any time said Baba Ijesha raped her. The girl said she was not raped. What happened is sexual assault. “Pedophiles don’t go for adult teenagers, the majority don’t know what it (Pedophile) is. Not to talk of somebody who is an adult. “You watched a child being molested for 30 minutes, somebody must pay for that. He (Baba Ijesha) said four men beat him to a stupor when they rushed in (in the leaked video). He said he could barely hear anything when they were asking him questions; that all he could hear was ‘molest’, ‘molest’. “He didn’t conceptualise the ‘molest’ in the face of the law. He thought it was the normal way that we play with it. He needed to save his life. Then, he was scared that they could kill him. What if the man died in that process? “A child cannot understand why you will ask her to submit her body and play along with somebody she does not know. I don’t want lies. I want a genuine case to be established.” The police had announced that Baba Ijesha was in their custody for allegedly sexually abusing a minor, adding that there was CCTV footage of the allegation. Fabiyi had staged a protest demanding the bail and release of Baba Ijesha, claiming that his offence is bailable.
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