I Married Him For Money, But After Marriage Everything Stopped

es My name is Ayo. I am in my late 20’s. I have been married for 3 years. Okay let me start over again, I am writing this story because I want girls to read and learn from my experience. I dated Alhaji for a while, not minding the fact that he has three wives. I was only interested in getting married, and it didn’t really matter who, as long as he had money, and I could be tagged a Lagos big girl. I eventually got married to alhaji, and he promised to buy me a house, car, and startup a business for me. I got pregnant almost immediately and moved to one of his houses. I thought alhaji would buy me a car immediately since I was carrying his baby but he always asked his driver to take me wherever I wanted. Is excuse was that he did not want me to drive around because of my condition. I...

Why I want 20 more years from God, says 114-year-old Chief Ukeredi

…Says ‘Give me the most beautiful woman and I’ll throw her back at you’ BORN in 1898, Chief Daniel Ukeredi, aka Ogbolomo, a retired staff of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, who clocks 114 years on September 16, is the oldest living person in Okpe Kingdom, Urhobo ethnic nationality of Delta State. However, by Guiness World Records, he is only two years away from the oldest living person in the world, Mrs. Besse Cooper, who celebrated her 116th years on the earth, on August 26. Cooper was born in 1896 in Tennessee, United States of America. Nevertheless, there is currently a controversy over whether Cooper is world’s oldest person with the claim by Cuban Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez, that she is 127 years old. Her February 12, 1885 purported birthday is, nonetheless,...

LP accusses opposition of incitement in varsity, poly

Labour Party on Sunday alleged that the opposition parties in Ondo State had been planning to incite workers of the state-owned higher institutions against the Olusegun Mimiko administration. A statement by the Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Femi Okunjemiruwa, alleged that workers of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, and those of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, were the targets of the opposition. He said, “It is disheartening to know that opposition political parties in Ondo State have taken their morbid agenda to ‘capture’ Ondo State people and bring them into second slavery to the campuses of the higher institutions in the state.” He also alleged that “there were reports of frenzied activities directed at disrupting academic activities in these institutions in an...

ORANMIYAN FESTIVAL CONTROVERSY: Alaafin dares Ooni

AS the controversy over the celebration of Oranmiyan deity rages between the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, and the people of Ile-Ife in Osun State, the monarch has decided to go on with the celebration irrespective of the disapproval from Ile-Ife. Though, Alaafin has decided to keep mum over the matter for now, it was gathered that the monarch will still respond to the comments made by a spokesperson for the Ife community, Oba Adebolu Fatunmise, Adagba of Iyanfoworogi, Ile Ife that before any Oba in Yorubaland could worship a deity like Oranmiyan, he should first contact the custodian of the deity which is Ile Ife. While justifying the claim that Ife had the historical superiority to the deity, Oba Fatunmise had said, “the new contraption which they described as metropolitan Oyo...

Adenuga, 148 others to get national honours

Globacom Limited Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga, has joined the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, among personalities to be conferred with the award of Grand Commander of the Niger. GCON is usually bestowed on the country’s Vice-President. But last year, Dangote made history when he was conferred with the award. A statement on Sunday by the Permanent Secretary (Special Duties Office) in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Dr. Henry Akpan, said 149 Nigerians would be conferred with this national honours on September 17. He said, “The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Permanent Secretary, Special Duties Office, have concluded preparations for the conferment of National Honours Award on 149 Nigerians and others. “President...

McIlroy up by 3 after 3 rounds of PGA Championship

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland hits from the 18th tee during the weather delayed third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, S.C., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland … Tiger Woods putts on the 16th green during the weather delayed third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course of the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Kiawah Island, S.C., Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Tiger Woods putts on the 16th green … KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A frantic final round has begun at the PGA Championship. Rory McIlroy leads by three strokes after shooting a 5-under 67 in a third round that didn't end until Sunday. He was hoping...

Billionaire George Soros getting married for the third time

Billionaire investor George Soros and girlfriend Tamiko Bolton are pictured at Soros' residence in Southampton, New York August 11, 2012. Soros had a lot to celebrate on Saturday evening: his 82nd birthday and the engagement to his much younger girlfriend Tamiko Bolton. Soros and Bolton, who met in spring in 2008, formally announced their engagement at a party at Soro's summer home in Southampton, N.Y. attended by a small group of friends and relatives, according to a person familiar with the trader. REUTERS/Myrna Suarez/Handout Billionaire investor George Soros and girlfriend Tamiko Bolton are pictured at Soros' … Billionaire investor George Soros and girlfriend Tamiko Bolton are pictured at Soros' residence in Southampton, New York August 11, 2012. Soros had a lot to celebrate...