Man sets himself on Fire & Embraces Politician during TV Debate(Shocking Photos)

A television debate in India ended in horror when a spectator set himself alight before embracing a politician, leaving both men fighting for their lives.
The man, named by police as Durgesh Kumar Singh, emerged from a crowd of about 150 onlookers, doused himself in petrol then grabbed the local leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Kamruzzama Fauji.

A local photographer,Pankaj Kumar Gupta  whose photos show the men engulfed in flames with spectators fleeing the scene,told AFP

    This man suddenly came on the stage, poured petrol on himself and set himself on fire before tightly hugging one of the political guests.People were just too shocked to know what was happening,Two other local politicians taking part in the show, Ram Kumar Singh and Chowdhary Hriday Ram Verma, sustained minor burns while trying to save the pair.

'The injured were first admitted to the district hospital here (in Sultanpur) and were then referred to Lucknow.Singh sustained burns on 95 per cent of his body which doctors say are likely to be fatal, while Fauji was in critical condition with 75 per cent burns,

Asari Dokubo places a curse on Boko Haram & those who say he is behind it..(Must Read)

This is Asari Dokubo's response to claims that he is behind Boko Haram attacks..He vehemently denied and called on God to inflict them with all sorts of ailments ..Powerful prayer..

May the wrath and destruction of Allah be upon me and my twenty children if I,Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari knows anything about the operations of the evil organization Boko Haram or carry out any attack on her behalf. If I don't know anything about the operations and attacks of this evil organization (Boko Haram)and this Munafiq Ahmed Mahmud Abubakar Gumi falsely associate my name with the evil organization(Boko Haram) ,her operations and attacks...
Oh Allah do justice to me...clear me of these false accusations and association...

Oh Allah visit this Munafiq Ahmed Mahmud Abubakar Gumi,his supporters,helpers,collaborators and associates with the most sever of your curses,wrath,destruction and punishment....

Oh Allah visit him with madness,blindness,been crippled in both legs and hands,leprosy,hepatitis B, HIV-AIDS,Ebola virus,lassa fever, diabetes,high blood Pressure,cancer and other most terrible diseases without mitigation and cure.Let him Ahmed Mahmud Abubakar Gumi suffer all these in this world,in the grave and the disgrace of the day of judgement except he repents publicly on to you ..
Oh Allah and clear me of these evil accusations and association with the evil organization Boko Haram.

    Oh Allah visit your wrath and destruction on the following persons Nasir el rufai, Murtala Hamman-Yero Nyako, Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso,Junaid Muhammad,Ango Abdullahi,Lawal Kaita,Farouk Adamu Aliyu,Aliyu U. Tilde,Kashim Shettima,....their supporters,helpers,collaborators and associates....
    If any of these persons have in any way contacted the evil organization(Boko Haram) to seek for their protection from attack,....give them cash in exchange for peace from attack,...fund their attacks to heat up the polity against the government of Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan to malign him in their locality or internationally.

Oh Allah expose them....disgrace them...punish them with the worst of your wrath if they had in any way contributed to the activities of Boko Haram.
I know Oh Allah, that you are The Lord of justice and the avenger of the innocent...hear my cry of innocence and do not let them escape your wrath and justice.....Amin!
~ Mujahid Dokubo Asari

"It Was All a Publicity Stunt,We Played the Media"-Psquare's Publicist ...

Just when we thought this chapter was closed, it's re-opened. Psquare's Publicist, Bayo Adetu spoke to Icon Weekly magazine where he explained the reason behind the breakup reports

Greetings, Bayo, we heard that the Okoye brothers have finally reconciled, can you give us an insight on what really happened?

    After a long laugh… My brother, I’m telling you this as a friend, there was no fight at all. The whole thing started after Jude tweeted some days back and bloggers feasted on it and gave it several interpretations which never existed, and that was how we got here.

Are you saying there wasn’t a fight at all, how then did Peter and Paul keep releasing comments through their Facebook accounts?



    My guy, I can authoritatively tell you that neither of the P-Square brothers, nor even Jude operate their Facebook accounts anymore. Whatever Facebook posted was from an impersonator, pretending to be anyone of them. P-Sqaure is active on twitter, not on facebook, so you see, the whole thing was founded on lies.

 If what you are saying is true, why did they all tweet a reconciliatory tweet this morning indicating that they have mended fences?

    There’s one thing you should know, P-Square are not politicians, neither are they businessmen to be worried about what one useless blogger or the other has to say about them.In this game, bad publicity is good publicity. When we read those funny posts, we decided to play along with the general public and what they were meant to believe.

    Yesterday, Thursday, April 24, 2014 was Jude Okoye’s birthday and he also used the opportunity to propose to his girlfriend while we laughed at the stupidity of some Nigerian bloggers.

    We later decided to further play into their hands by reaching a consensus to tweet what they have termed the ‘reconciliation tweet’.However as a journalist, I am pained that trained journalists allow themselves to be remoted by Linda Ikeji, a mere blogger without any professional training to stall them from investigating serious news material like this. These days, immediately Linda posts anything on her blog, journalists just go there and copy and paste the story without any checks and balances, it is outrightly wrong, I’m really upset about this.She called me after posting the story and I just decided to ignore her calls, because I didn’t think we had anything more to say when the milk has been spilt.I have taken my time to explain to you this way because, you are a friend and did not join the bandwagon.As for those bloggers out there, I allowed them to write whatever they like; after all, they are consuming their Internet data, not mine.

Nollywood Veteran Filmmaker,Amaka Igwe is Dead

One of Nollywood's most respected film makers Amaka Igwe,CEO of Amaka Igwe Studios has passed on at the age of 60. The recipient of several awards has written & produced award winning movies & sitcoms such as Rattle Snake, Violated,Checkmate and Fuji House of Commotion.She is also the CEO of Top Radio 90.9FM,...

She was in Enugu preparing to shoot a new Igbo soap when she suffered an asthma attack last night ,April 28th .She gave up as she was rushed to the hospital.
She is survived by her husband of 21 years,Charles Igwe and three children...

 So sad..May she RIP

Chibok Kidnap:Abducted school girls spotted in military coloured vehicles-BBC reports

Almost two weeks after they were driven away from their boarding school in the town in the middle of the night, there is no sign of the over 187 abducted girls
According to BBC,

    A resident of the small town of Gwoza in the remote north-east said on 25 April she saw a convoy of 11 vehicles painted in military colours carrying many girls.
    This will be of little comfort to the parents as it suggests at least some are now even further from home, close to the Cameroonian border.
    The fact that Islamist fighters from the Boko Haram group are still able to move across parts of Borno state in convoys points to the severe limitations of the current military strategy.

The attack is an eerie echo of a mass abduction in northern Uganda back in 1996. A total of 139 girls aged between 11 and 16 were seized from dormitories at St Mary's School in Aboke.

    They were tied together with rope and were taken away by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), which says it is fighting for a state based on the Biblical 10 Commandments. So, same terror tactics, different religion.
    In an extraordinary act of bravery the headmistress, Sister Rachele Fassera, followed them into the bush and managed to rescue 109 of them.
    The rest were forced to become so-called wives of the rebel commanders. Most of the "Aboke Girls" escaped and returned years later as young mothers. But at least four of them never came home.

In Nigeria there was such utter confusion and terror after the attack on Chibok School that several days later it was still not clear how many girls were missing.
A solider told BBC

    "We are in a difficult situation. We are underequipped we do not have the required weapons,."You cannot confront someone with more sophisticated weapons than you. It is not our superiors doing the fighting - we are the ones at the front line,.
    This problem is not from us at the front line but from our superiors. We, the soldiers, have the courage to confront Boko Haram but we do not have sufficient weapons."
    "So we have to consider our families our parents and when we go there and get killed, what becomes of our families?"

There cannot be many countries where the political leaders stay as silent following such a tragedy. So far, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has said more about the Chibok attack than Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan.

First born girls are most likely to succeed

Whoop..According to a new study conducted by the University of Essex, girls who are first born are more likely to succeed and be acheivers..They took a cue from some of the world's most powerful and successful women  like Miss Petite, J.K. Rowling, Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé
Lead researcher Feifei Bu said:

 ‘There are several possible explanations for the higher attainment and ambition of the eldest.It could be that the parents simply devote more time and energy to them – it could be they are actually more intelligent. For me, I tend to lean towards the theory that parental investment is possibly at work here.’

They are 13 per cent more ambitious then firstborn sons,But firstborn boys – such as Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W Bush – were next in line for success.

The report – Sibling Configurations, Educational Aspiration and Attainment – followed 1,503 sibling groups and 3,532 individuals through the British Household Panel Survey and its successor, Understanding Society.

Photos: Wife Accuses Husband, Pastor Chris Okafor, of Assault

Bessem Okafor, the estranged wife of the pastor of Mountain of Liberation Miracles Ministires, Dr. Chris Okafor, has accused her husband of beating her up at their home in Magodo, Lagos.

According to Punch, Bessem who left her home in 2012, said she had, a few weeks ago, gone to visit her four children who were in the custody of their father. The visit was said to have been arranged by a lawyer from the Office of the Public Defender, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, and her husband’s lawyer, Mr. Onyechukwu Ubani.
She said:

“I have not seen my children for nine months and our lawyers agreed that I could come see them at home after school hours by 5pm. I went to the house at the appointed time, but my children were not there.

I had to wait outside in the compound until 10pm before my husband arrived; the children were not with him. They were later brought home by the driver about 12am. By then it was clear I couldn’t leave again, I had to spend the night.  

The following morning, I bathed and dressed them for school. They pleaded with me to stay back until they returned and since I hardly spent time with them the day before, I agreed.”

A few hours after her children had left for school, Bessem received a phone call from Chris who had also left the house. He allegedly questioned her presence in the house and ordered her to leave.
When Bessem insisted on staying till her children returned from school, Chris allegedly sent a policeman who was part of his entourage to the house.
She said:

 “The policeman told me to leave the house. At that time, I was wearing only my dress. I had washed my undies and spread them to dry since I didn’t come with extra. I told the policeman that I would leave after my children returned from school. Later, Chris came in and on seeing me, he started beating me and dragged me out of the house.”

She said some policemen came to arrest her, but could not go with them because her clothes were torn.

The following day after making a complaint of assault at the Isheri Police Division, she was hospitalised at the Solid Rock Hospital, in the Ojodu/Berger area.

A copy of her medical report made available to PUNCH Metro said Bessem was brought in for treatment after a brawl with her spouse.
It reads in part:

Examination revealed a middle aged woman in distress with multiple bruises, BP 140/80mmhg and pulse rate 104bpm. There was inflammation around the left knee and tenderness along the spine. She was subsequently admitted, placed on intravenous fluids and managed as case of multiple trauma secondary to domestic violence.”

The report was signed by one Dr. Ametepee T. M.

Chris, when contacted, did not respond to calls and a text message to his phone. Punch's correspondent visited his church at Ojodu on two occasions, but his aides said he was not available for comment.

When PUNCH Metro contacted the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Braide, she did not respond to calls and text messages to her phone.
However, Chris' lawyer, Ubani, said:

“Bessem has made all sorts of allegations against her husband,  but what she has failed to tell you is that she left her marriage of her own volition. She ended her marriage with her infidelity. She would leave her house, come back at late hours and would not tell her husband where she has been. 

The couple are already in court for divorce. This particular incident you are asking about, it was Bessem who tore her own clothes. Chris never laid a hand on her. Why did she not get a medical report from a government hospital? If she was truly assaulted she would have gone to the station to make a report. Then they would give her a paper to take to a public hospital. That of the private hospital is not admissible in court. Chris never refused her access to her children; they were simply brought to the church because his mother and cousin were not at home. After bringing some policemen from Isheri to arrest Chris while he was at the pulpit, she still went ahead to Zone 2 to make another report.”

The PPRO Zone 2, SP Lewi Suleimann, when contacted said:

“We are still waiting to get the file transferred from the Isheri Police Station. I would not like to comment much before we get the file.”

Have You Ever Forgiven a Cheater?

please help me. I have never been this depressed and I fear it's going to kill me.  

I recently caught my boyfriend of a year plus now, right in the act cheating on me. With one of his neighbours. I had gotten a half day off from work that day and was in high spirits. So I decided to surprise my boyfriend. My plan was to go to his house, he was also supposed to be at work, he's a sales rep for a company. So my plan was to visit him, prepare a delicious meal, set up the house for a romantic, relaxing night rest and wait till he gets home from work.  

Since I had my own key to his house I just went straight to the market, bought stuff I
needed and headed for his house without calling him. I got there, as usual I opened the door and walked in. Only to be confronted with soft moans coming from our bedroom. I was confused! At first I paused but curiosity got the best of me and I headed towards the direction of the noise. What I saw made me nearly collapse in complete shock. My boyfriend was in bed with his neighbor, who knew very well about me. 

 He saw me and immediately got off.  I was speechless. I couldn't believe it! When I finally regained consciousness, I just quickly left, weeping and shaking violently. My supposed darling boyfriend chased me and was saying all this stuff how he was sorry and that she meant nothing to him. That it was just a one time thing. I was just screaming in shock.  

It's been two weeks now. My boyfriend has also cried his eyes out to me since I caught him, sent everybody imaginable to come beg me and won't leave me alone but the hurt and the pain of being betrayed like this has been too much for me to bear.  

Have you ever forgiven someone who cheated on you? Why did you take them back? And did it work out the second time? Are you guys still together? Or is forgiving a cheater something you would never ever do again? At this point, I don't even see myself in that house again. But I really loved my boyfriend. I really loved this man. Why would he do this to me? Why?! The tears won't stop pouring.

Chris Brown breaks down in tears as he is thrown back in Jail till June....

 Chris Brown has been thrown back in jail until June after his bail application was denied by the judge.

The trial was to start today but was postponed till June .He has been locked up since March 14  and faces a 4 year jail sentence..CNN reports..

Chris Brown must return to California the same way he got to Washington, D.C. -- in chains on the grueling "Con Air" inmate transport system.
A Los Angeles judge refused a request to free the singer from custody on Wednesday so he could make his own way back from Washington.

His lawyer , Mark Geragos,said 

"I think it's a little over the top to have him in custody on this misdemeanor when everybody saw the bodyguard's trial and which was nothing more than a bloody nose,And you have got the bodyguard who was convicted and who readily admitted he was the one who did the punching. So all of this is much ado about nothing."

A source told Hollywood Life that he broke down in tears infront of Karrauche who was at the trial,confessing he was so terrified of being locked up for 4 years.He also said he is tired and doesn't sleep because he's nervous.

This is so sad,I feel sorry for him ....Who else feels the same..

Checkout recently captured Boko Haram members who confessed to many attacks

A group of  Boko Haram members were arrested and paraded after they confessed to operating in middle belt states of Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba and even those that recently killed scores of people in Zamfara state.
According to Vanguard ,they  disclosed to  security forces that they took  part in many Boko Haram attacks.
A statement signed by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade confirmed the development saying

    “A group of terrorists operating under the guise of herdsmen from a camp in the outskirt of Wukari have been arrested, while others died after an attack on military check point at Gindin Dorowa, a suburb of Wukari in Taraba State.Other members of the group were sighted in the course of air surveillance and later trailed to their camp where they engaged the troops in a battle.The terrorists were clad in the usual pattern of dress of their counterparts operating in Borno and Yobe States”.One of the apprehended armed men confessed that he had been fighting for the terrorist group in Borno State and was recently brought to Wukari area in furtherance of their mission,Assorted arms and ammunition were recovered from them”.

Nollywood Actor Chris Nkulor is Dead!

Nollywood actor, Chris Nkulor who was diagnosed of a kidney ailment is dead. And this is happening barely one month after a campaign was launched to help raise N3million for his treatment at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching hospital Ile-Ife Nigeria. News of his death filtered in earlier on today. May his soul rest in perfect peace.

Aftermath of Nyanya blast: Military checkpoint causes traffic gridlock

 In the wake of the Nyanya bomb blast which occurred on Monday April 14th, which killed over 80 people, military checkpoints have been mounted at various strategic road junctions to check human and vehicular activities in the FCT.

 

Motorists/workers say these checkpoints have become a big problem for them as they lose many useful hours in traffic with some of them getting late to work and receiving queries.

 

According to a report on Channels TV, residents in Abuja say their fear is in the manner in which the military men carry out their search operations. They say the traffic opens them to a possible attack from Boko Haram men who can take advantage of the gridlock and strike again. They pleaded with the military to seek more effective ways to carry out their search... 

Robbers raid 8 streets in Lagos for 7hrs,rape women,Vandalize 30 cars (Photo)

According to Punch,There were fears and tension in the Mushin area of Lagos State on Monday morning after about 60 robbers operated on no fewer than eight streets and destroyed about 30 vehicles.

Some residents told our correspondent that the robbers also raped some young ladies and operated unchallenged for about seven hours.

The hoodlums, who reportedly belonged to two cult groups – Akala boys and Toheeb’s gang – ravaged New Balogun, Euba, Ayonuga, Tiamiyu, Haruna, Ereko, Oyedele streets and Coker Lane.



A mosque on Coker Lane was not spared as the worshippers, who slept in the mosque after a vigil, were robbed by the hoodlums.

One of the people in the mosque told PUNCH Metro that the robbers fired bullets for over one hour before robbing from house-to-house.

He said,
“It was around 12am on Monday morning that we started hearing gunshots. It lasted for about an hour.

    “Around 1am, they started going from house-to-house, robbing the occupants. They stole about seven laptops from the house opposite this mosque. They stole phones, money and everything they saw. They came inside the mosque and took our phones and money. People were crying throughout the night. It was terrible.”


Another witness said the robbers were not in a haste. He said they robbed till 5am and came back at 6am to continue before leaving around 7am.


    Our correspondent observed that a generator was also removed from its shed by the robbers. Vehicles parked on the streets were vandalised by the robbers, just as two Toyota Hilus van were burnt.

    Our correspondent counted 20 vehicles, but some residents said about 10 damaged cars had been taken away by their owners for repairs.

Kasali Daramola, a driver who spoke while fighting back tears, told our correspondent he owned one of the burnt vehicles.
He said,

    “This is the third time they will do this to me. What have I done to them? The first was a Lexus car my younger brother bought for me, which I was planning to sell to acquire a commercial bus to take care of my four kids and wife. I sold the scrap for N30, 000. I used the money I raised to get a bus and I was paying for it by installment. I have not finished the payment when they destroyed it.”


Daramola said the men entered his house and some of the ladies living there were raped.

He said attempts to bring in the police were abortive as they kept saying they were on their way without showing up.

A resident said,

     “For over five years now this area has not known peace. Will the police say they cannot do anything about it? Around 7am that policemen came here, they still saw some of those robbers around, but did not do anything. Why? I believe the police know all the people causing trouble here and if they want to do something, it doesn’t take them anything.”

Tosin Gbolahan, a resident, said a policeman attached to Alakara Police Station was with the hoodlums on Monday morning.

He said the hoodlums took advantage of a carnival that was held the previous night on Ojo Street to perpetrate the havoc.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Ngozi Braide, said she would call back, but she had yet to do so as of press time.

" Peter Okoye's Happiness is in the eyes of Lola"-An Open letter to Paul & Jude Okoye(P-Square)

Lol this Psquare issue eh..They haven't even said a word yet ..but fans allover are so worried about them.The other day,Freeze called on all Nigerians to pray for them..They are blessed indeed.Here is an open letter sent in by a reader

    "As far as I can read meaning into all that is going on with these guys, Lola is not the one who wants the division. Peter has all the right to ask for more money but may have no right to be in charge. Peter has a larger family than paul,he has to spend more. Peter is a man who knowns what he wants and am so sure he would have pleaded with his family to accept Lola but the refused.

The brothers don't want the happiness of Peter. They all know his happiness is in the eyes and heart of Lola, yet they don't want to see him smile. Lola maybe older than jude, she respects him. She does not visit the squareviler, how would she when she knows they don't like her, what if Peter told her not to come around cause he can't stomachs the abuse his brothers will send to her in igbo.?



 Jude has no right to disrespect the wife of his younger brother no matter what, they are married. If you don't like her don't disrespect her,just keep it inside. Lola may likely be the best thing that will happen in your family you never can tell.

    Jude,you so much believe lola is the one pushing peter than bring her in,tell her to talk to her husband to stay in. The bitter truth is Peter is protecting his immediate family (his wife and children) from his extended family (his brothers). He is a real man and every real african man puts his immediate family first and above other family members.
    If Peter used to be the cool nice guy among all of them and now his not stable : His brothers are frustrating him because he married Lola,he wants to be free from them; they (brothers) are sideling him; that he peter said no more p-square jointy venture, he may have seen if he dies nothing will be given to his wife and children. His children future needs to be secured by him.If truly their mother told them marring Lola will split them, what did she do to make it not to happen? Its just a part in the vision of which I think its the negative part. If you guys don't accept Lola, your mum vision is likely going to come to pass. You guys can still make it not to come to pass. Jude, should see lola as a blessing in their family. Accept her and others will, age is just a number. Take a look at this book " the gods are not to be blamed " (the gods said he will kill his father and marry his mother : if that child had grown up with his parents, he would have not killed his father and marry his mother).


    Mama may have seen the division, which is just the part the devil want you to see,she is gone may her soul RIP. Turn this vision around, make it a positive one. Think of the good side, think about what you guys have gone through together, think about your happiness as a family. Paul, I guess you want your brother to be happy, pls,make it happen. Help others to see Lola as a member of that family and all will be well. Mama is gone, her wish is not fulfilled, you are living today see to it that, that which mama told you guys about spitting don't come to pass. I feel for you guys, am praying you should understand soonest, understand the power of Love without conditions, understand the will to accept things you may not like cause in the long run it maybe the best.Peter and Lola are partners now, he has made his stand known to you guys. Jude, Paul & Peter, you guys are partners too. All I'll say to you guys now is this "NEVER LEAVE YOUR PARTNER IN A FIRE "

    Don't let him (peter) go,sure things are really hot for you guys now but don't let go of him. He need you guys more now than ever before, he wants you guys to accept his wife, he wants you to respect her, he need you guys to know she is the only one who can make him smile, he wants you guys to know he has given her his heart in Gods hands. He wants to smile again and be happy. You two are the ones that can make it happy by accepting Her.

For once don't act as a Nigerian, drop your prides and egos and work things out like real men. Please, accept the change for its the only thing that is constant. Take it one step at a time with unconditional love.

I wish you guys good luck with Gods blessings.
Sikirat Olusola

"Artists who show off online are asking for trouble"- Etcetera says

Reacting to Alibaba's position on the advantages of Nigerian celebrities showing off their possessions online, Etcetera said he doesn't agree with the practice.

Speaking with Punch, the singer said celebs who do this are asking for trouble.

"I think that artistes who are in the habit of posting expensive items on social media should tread carefully because of the present situation in the country. If they continue to do this, they might be asking for trouble. Also, artistes, who prefer to have their names on the license plates of their cars, had better watch it. If their colleagues in the United States do these things, it doesn’t mean it is okay to do so in Nigeria.”

Is it over with P-Square?

I've been hearing a few stories about Peter and Paul Okoye of P-Square having issues for a while now. I hear they disagree on everything now...songs, videos, ideas etc...but because they are twin brothers, I figured well, they will sort things out...so I didn't write.

On Wednesday April 16th, I gathered exclusively from industry sources that the brothers fought each other physically during rehearsals. They had to be separated by their dancers. This is fact! But I decided to leave the story alone because which sibling doesn't disagree sometimes, right? But now their older brother, Jude Okoye, who is also their manager, just tweeted that after ten years he's done. I hear one of the wives is causing some of the problems between the brothers. *sigh* Dear P-Square, don't even think of breaking up. You will break the hearts of millions of people...including myself. Please stay together.

Man Beheads Two Year Old Boy After Raping his Mother in Ogun State (Photo)

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a middle aged man, for raping a woman and beheading her two year old boy in Ofada town in Obafemi/Owode local government area of the State.

The suspect, identified as ‎Mamodu Bashir Ibrahim, reportedly trailed the woman into the bush where she had gone to ease herself, pounced on her despite the baby tied to her back and dragged both into an uncompleted building. Police believe the man then raped the woman and stabbed her. He was also alleged to have severed the boy’s head.

PMNews reports that someone who smelled foul play, trailed the suspect and his captives into the building. The suspect was said to have initially escaped. The woman was rescued. But the effort came too late for the boy. He was dead and his severed head had been taken away.

When he was arrested, the suspect led men from the Criminal Investigation Department, CID of the State Police Command to the scene to locate the head, but it could not be found again. Only the knife with which the suspect perpetrated the act was discovered at the scene.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP, Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the suspect was arrested through the help of some community leaders, who monitored him after he fled the area to Ibafo, a nearby community, immediately he committed the crime.
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Adejobi added that further interrogation of the suspect revealed that he had sold the head of the boy to a woman in Ibadan, adding that the detectives from the State Police Command are on the trail of the buyer.

Speaking with journalists at the scene of the crime, which was filled with blood stains, the suspect confirmed he raped the woman, killed her son and severed his head which he claimed he threw away into the bush. He also informed the detectives that he has an accomplice who resides in Ibadan.

Mentally-challenged woman allegedly caught with N100,000, BlackBerry in Lagos(Photo)

A mentally challenged woman who was allegedly caught with a N100,00 blackberry & an android,escaped being lynched by an angry mob

Punch reports that the incident happened around Onabanjo Street, Oworonshoki, Lagos State around 10am.Residents also claimed that two ATM cards were also found on the woman.

A resident, James Ogunkoya, said the mobs took action when they spotted her with some money and trailed her and beat her to a pulp...

    “Around 10am, I saw a crowd around an unkempt woman. Some of the youths picked up sticks and were beating the woman. When I asked what was wrong, they said they found three phones and N100,000 with the her.They said the woman was not mad, but was only pretending to be mad so that she could easily perpetrate evil acts.”



Another resident said it was N50,000 that was found with the woman.The resident said the youths started suspecting her when she was overheard speaking like a normal person with somebody two days ago.

    “Some guys were convinced that the woman was only pretending because they overheard her talking with a man on Monday night. They also wondered where a mad woman could have found the phones,"

A police team was said to have rescued the woman from the mob & she was seen lying on a bench near the counter of the station.Our correspondent noted that she had a burst lip while her arms were bleeding.

A policeman said

    “I have been asking the woman questions all day, but she has just been incoherent. She has even refused to tell us her name. At some point, she just started crying, so I let her sleep. I don’t even know if she is a mad woman.
    “Also, when she was arrested and we searched her, we did not find any money, phone or ATM cards on her. Nobody has come to write any statement here at the station.”

The General Secretary, Oworonshoki Youth Forum, Babajide Kabiawu, blamed the incident on the fear in the minds of people since the arrest of ritual killers in some South-West states.

He said there was a need for the government to set up a special task force at the community level.

     “I do not condone people taking the laws into their hands. However, it is a reflection of the level of insecurity coupled with the discovery of the activities of ritual killers in Oyo and Ogun states.The notorious cannibal, Clifford Oji, used to parade himself as a mad man as well. We have also seen cases in our neighbourhood where supposed mad people kidnapped children. We want the government to support the community in setting up a task force that will evacuate mentally-challenged people.”

Britain's youngest parents:Girl,12 & boyfriend,13 welcome baby girl(Photos)

A 12 year old girl & her 13 year old boyfriend are now  Britain's youngest parents. The schoolgirl became pregnant by her 13-year-old ‘boyfriend’ while in primary school at the age of 11.The couple who say they are inlove have been together  for 2 years she is five months younger than the previous youngest UK mother.

    "The baby’s mum and dad have been in a relationship for more than year, so this isn’t a fleeting romance. They intend to stick together and bring their daughter up together."

Her 'father' said that he would stand by his daughter eventhough he only found out 4 weeks before she gave birth

    That little girl does not bring shame to me at all, I’m so proud of her. Shame doesn’t even come into it.We didn’t know this was happening. Unfortunately kids this age are going to grow up to have boyfriends and partners or whatever. If they do things behind their parents’ back that’s something we’re never going to be able to find out.’

    We only found out she was pregnant a month ago. That means she was eight months pregnant. The baby is going to come into the world no matter what. You can just be supportive about it. The families on both sides are going to be very supportive about it. It is heartbreaking, but you can't turn back time. You can only go forwards.We don't know where it happened. What you're implying is that we knew they were having sexual intercourse in bedrooms. No.'They made a mistake and that’s the thing we’ve got to deal with now and just be proud of what we’ve got.’

The 5 Types Of Men Who Make Great Husbands

In my line of work, I meet a lot of great husbands and the wives who adore them. Over time, it’s not hard to pick up on a pattern among these men — especially when I chat with other wives about why they chose the men they’ve married and what qualities in their husbands have most shaped their marriages. For all those single women out there who often wonder what type of man they should marry or how they will know if he’s “The One” they’re meant to spend forever with, this list is 100 percent for you. It’s based on my own personal experience as a wife, those of the many wives I’ve encountered throughout my career as a Weddings and Relationships editor, and the observations I’ve made about the great husbands I’ve met or bumped into over the years. Not all of the answers are here, but I promise you, this list has some of the insight you seek. Read on, ladies, and take notes.

1. The Provider
He puts family first, always. He’s a selfless man, who lives to please those he cares most about. He’s the kind of man who can work two jobs in his sleep, always has a side-hustle in mind to earn more money, and guards his savings with his life. He can’t rest until he knows the ones he loves are okay. He strives for perfection at home and in the office. Work-life balance is very important to him, but if missing time with his loved ones means a better life for them, he’s always game to put in the overtime and take one for the team. Words like “no,” “can’t,” and “impossible,” are just not in his vocabulary, and when he hears others use them, it only increases his devotion to the task at hand.

Why He Makes a Good Husband: Marriage is the start of a new family — your family. You will both want to provide for the family you create together, and it’s imperative that you are partners with the same goals in mind. That said, there will be times when one person just cannot do as much as the marriage (or family) requires — such is life. Marrying a natural-born provider will be a huge plus when the scales in your marriage tip, as they inevitably will at different points along your path.

2. The Rock
At your weakest moments, his strength keeps you stable and inspires you to push through. He isn’t immune to pain or frustration, but he does handle it well, and he knows how to pull himself out of low places. He’s the kind of man who never misses your call when he knows you need to get something off your chest, or better, just a friend to be there for you. Speaking of chests, his is always there for you to lean on, squeeze, and find comfort in when it feels like only a hug will do.
Why He Makes a Good Husband: He’s loyal, devoted, and a true pillar in the world of the woman he loves. This is the perfect recipe for a loving husband that you can count on through thick and thin; what woman doesn’t dream of marrying one of those?

3. The Critical Thinker
There isn’t a problem, big or small, that he isn’t itching to solve. He’s a quick, solid, thinker, who hates to be backed into a corner. He doesn’t just see the problem in front of him; he sees a road map of the many solutions available to him and takes his time as he determines the best way to get there, or the course of action he must take. He is patient, because he has to be — rushing things is rarely the answer and he knows this. He’s diligent, focused, and considers himself a mental Olympian of sorts.

Why He Makes a Good Husband: Marriage is truly beautiful, but it comes with its share of problems, and its rough patches. Happier times aren’t always just around the bend — getting there may require a detailed plan and thinking smarter, not harder. He will make a great team player during the moments where the only way to win is to work together, and trust me, those moments can and will arise in marriage.

4. The Believer
When the world around him comes crumbling down and the sun seems as if it will never rise again, this man still believes — his faith is his foundation. It gets him through the good and the bad, and it never falters. He believes in the things unseen and those that many give up on when the world turns cold: hope, morals, kindness, and good will. He has a church home, or a religious mainstay in his life and the fellowship refuels his engines. He’s God-fearing (whoever his God) and he’s proud of his strong beliefs. His moral compass is always turned in a positive direction, and he refuses to accept failure. He helps others and chooses to live his life in a way he believes others should live theirs.

Why He Makes a Good Husband: This man has the emotional tools needed in his toolbox to repair many of the cracks and dents that will inevitably appear in any marriage. He’s a fighter, and he will fight with you and for your marriage. He won’t give up, even when you do.

5. The Free Spirit
Spending time with this man never gets old. He believes that life is about living and therefore is virtually immune to the physical afflictions caused by stress and worry. It’s not that he doesn’t feel those emotions; he just refuses to let them consume him. He stays positive and seeks to enjoy all aspects of his life, as much as humanly possible. He has most likely chosen a career he loves over one that pays all the bills. Therefore he’s just as passionate about his work as he can be about feeding his cravings for new adventures. He enjoys traveling and most likely has a bucket list at least a quarter complete. He doesn’t believe in wasting time worrying about what can’t happen and prefers to shift his focus to what can. With him, there’s never a dull moment at home, in the bedroom, or when you’re out and about. His inner light shines through and warms the spirits of those around him. He keeps life exciting — almost as if, each day he presses the refresh button.

Why He Makes a Good Husband: Spending the rest of your life with the same person, doing many of the same things can be as boring or as exciting as you make it. Marrying this man ensures that one pitfall your marriage won’t ever fall into is that of pure and utter boredom. It sounds simple, but it’s so important.

This article originally appeared on ManWifeandDog.com. (Special Thanks to them)

Thief swallows six watches,lighters,spoon,fork & nail clippers to hide evidence(Shocking Photo)

This is heart churning..A thief swallowed six watches,cigarette lighters,spoon,fork, a pen, & nail clippers after burgling a house in Poland.Dariusz Piotrowski who was caught fleeing the scene was then taken into custody when he started complaining of severe stomach pains..

A  police surgeon was called and after an X-ray,they were shocked to see all the items in his stomach.He was then operated for several hours with all the items placed on a surgical table for display..He claimed he had been able to swallow unusual objects all his life which has aided in his crime

Gangsters rape,kill 18 year old sex-worker in Lagos(Photo)

Police have apprehended two gangsters for allegedly raping and killing an 18-year-old commercial sex worker, Oluwatosin Ami.The suspects, John-Paul Chukwuebuka, 19; and Ebuka Chimudi, 22; belonged to a gang which specialised in luring young ladies to hotels with the aim of dispossessing them of their belongings and raping them.

According to police authorities, on April 10, 2013, two members of the gang posed as customers and visited the Happy Day Hotel, Orile.Oluwatosin was approached by the suspects and she took them into her room at the hotel which she secured at the cost of N3, 500 per day.The suspects were said to have overpowered Oluwatosin and stuffed a cloth in her mouth to prevent her from screaming.



She was also bound by the hands, while the suspects took turns in raping her.Afterwards, the suspects were said to have stolen her phone and money before locking her inside the room.The suspects were also said to have taken the key of the room and tossed it into a canal.

A relative of the deceased said the following morning, when the hotel attendants wanted to clean the hotel rooms, they knocked on the door of the room where Oluwatosin was, but there was no response.

It was learnt that the  attendants then used a spare key to open the door and the corpse of Oluwatosin was found.Her father, Babatunde, told PUNCH Metro that the matter was reported at the Orile Police Station and his daughter’s corpse was taken to the Mainland Hospital, Yaba.

Babatunde said he had no idea that his daughter was a commercial sex worker.He said the family had been looking for her since December last year and had reported her missing at the Adeniji Adele Police Division on the Lagos Island.

He said,

     “My daughter was in JSS3 in 2012 when she dropped out of school. She said she wanted to be a sales girl and we got a job for her, but she did not stay there. Suddenly, in December last year, she left the house and did not return home.Her mother and I called her on the telephone several times, but she would say she was fine and putting up in a friend’s place. She used to visit her grandmother, but in January, she stopped picking calls.All attempts to get her proved abortive. We did not hear anything from her until we received a telephone call a few days ago, saying her corpse had been found in a hotel.”

The mother of the deceased, Muibat, lamented that Oluwatosin was her third child that would die within five years.She said the deceased was her first born and she had only two children remaining.She said she did her best as a parent and wondered why her daughter chose such a lifestyle

"Education is not for me,I scored 17 in JAMB"-Timaya

Lol Timaya has no time to waste..On Saturday 12 April,during his Star Trek performance in Uyo,he opened up to fans on why he didn't further his education

“Education is not for me, it is important, yes, but not for me.I scored 17 in JAMB. That’s when I gave up. I don’t have the brain for education but for those of you who do, please do it, it’s good.” 

Fire guts PDP Headquarters,Abuja...(Photos)

Barely hours after PDP accused APC of masterminding today's Abuja bombing, the PDP headquarters situated at  Wadata Plaza, Michael Okpara Way, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja is on fire .An eyewitness claims the press section of the building is worse hit..

How our friend & colleague disappeared after making ATM withdrawals (Must Read)

I just received this mail and just had to share... and it is really important to spread the word..

On the night of Friday, the 7th of March 2014, our friend and colleague disappeared.
He was with a friend in his rented apartment in Port Harcourt on that night when he received a call. After answering the call at about 8pm, he told his guest he had to dash out to meet some colleague and that he would be back shortly. That was the last time anyone saw him alive, he met with the persons but never returned.
He had planned to travel to home to his family in Warri on Saturday but sadly, their expectation to see him alive and well was cut short. He never came home.
By Monday his family was fully panicked.  They checked and confirmed that there were no accidents on the PHC-WAR road and that his name was not on any manifest of the more popular transport companies.
Further enquiries revealed that there had been several withdrawals from his account via his ATM card along the Eleme/Onne axis of Port Harcourt.
It was then assumed that he had been kidnapped, though there was never any call or demand for ransom.

THIRD PARTY INFORMATION


Fast forward three weeks to Friday 28th of March, when a
guy flew in to Port Harcourt from Lagos. Apparently, he came to close a business deal.
On arrival, he checked into a hotel and got in contact with a driver/mechanic whom he was familiar with and arranged for the guy to take him somewhere for a business meeting with some persons. Upon arriving at the location, they were attacked, but luckily the mechanic/driver escaped. He returned to the location a while later with police men and met the corpse of his client (the man from Lagos). Per protocol, the police searched the area and discovered the now de-composing corpse of our colleague.

OUR THOUGHTS
It appears there is a syndicate or gang of criminals who are using a ‘honey trap’ to lure unsuspecting people to an untimely and gruesome death. We believe based on the little facts we have that they are parading an item for sale for an unbelievable bargain price. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS OR HOW THE INITIAL CONTACT IS MADE (MOST LIKELY ONLINE), it could be anything from a high end vehicle or heavy duty equipment to real estate property, though it’s more likely to be a car/vehicle because it is unlikely our colleague would go out at night to inspect a piece of land and the fact that their last victim contacted a mechanic/driver indicates that he was likely looking for his input/opinion on the state of item he wanted to buy. AGAIN, WE DON’T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE ‘DEAL’ BECAUSE NONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO STARTED THE DEAL SURVIVED TO TELL THE TALE.
Whatever it is, we believe that they are offering it at a
substantial below market price, hence the interest from would be victims.
After price negotiations (presumably on phone), they would arrange to meet up with their customer for inspection only to accost the person, beat and torture him/her until the person divulges the pin code to his/her ATM card(s) which they would have already taken. They proceed to confirm the code they have forced the victim to divulge is correct by using it in any nearby ATM machine (also definitely check the balance), after which they kill the person and set-up another deal for the next weekend while they continue withdrawing from their victims account(s).
It seems logical because in the build up to the deal, it’s logical that the person would have started accumulating money in his/her account towards the purchase.

This scenario fits our colleague’s case.
They called him on Friday night of 7th March, 2014 to meet-up with them, he went, they beat him and tortured him till he gave them his pin, they confirmed it and killed him.
The same scenario played out again three weeks later only this time, one of the two people escaped to raise an alarm.
Please we all need to be careful not to fall for this or any other ‘honey trap’ be it via online or any other media.
SPREAD THE WORD - THEIR NEXT WOULD BE VICTIM COULD BE SAVED BY YOUR ACTIONS!!

 The shell staff was a young man (under 40 yrs).
He was at work on Fri and promised to see his family on Saturday.
Sadly, that did not happen.

Stories abound of kidnap cases and ATM theft

Some of the learning(s) from this incident.

1.       Stop receiving bank alerts on your phone (Kidnappers check phones for account balances and make withdrawals from accounts after obtaining the PIN from the kidnapped individual)
2.       If possible, maintain a separate account for ATM use (separate your salary or main account from the account that has an ATM card. Someone says she has an account she transfers funds too for weekend use. Never a lot of money in that account so the loss of the card / account would not be
an issue)
3.       Have only one ATM card on you at any point in time (especially for ladies, do not put all your “cards” in one “bag”
4.       ALWAYS let people know what you are up to (or where you are going to)
5.       Be very wary of “deals” that seem too good to be true

Please  let’s all be careful especially those who are always interested in buying parcels of land, following strange agents to unknown places to check out apartments or cars for sale. This is a great eye opener !!! Always ensure you transact business through a known and registered office, it’s safer. God help us all.

Splash, Bright Chimezie to headline Ibari Ogwa Village’s Easter Concert

The stage is set for this year’s Easter Commotion music and comedy concert, which will see performances from top Nigerian acts including the Igbo’s finest and female rapper, Splash blending it with Africa’s highlife musician, Bright Chimezie, Freewindz and host of others

Promising to be five solid days of uninterrupted entertainment, it will start from April 17-21, 2014. It will also be holding at the all expanse premises of Ibari Ogwa Village in Owerri, Imo state.

this event which marks another edition of the Ibari Ogwa Village’s Easter show, tagged: Easter Commotion, will however be graced by other acts, who interestingly would be thrilling the much-appreciative audiences.

Rated as one of the female artistes of the rave, Splash who shot into limelight with her Church Agbasa hit single will be storming Ibari Ogwa Village on April 19, 2014.According to her, “This is the first show that will bring me to Owerri, and I’m promising to give my best and hit tracks back-to-back. I expect Imolites to show me some love that evening, because anyone who misses that night will be regretting”.

Expectedly, the Duke of Africa, Bright Chimezie; Freewindz; Ajibo Machine; Onye Bobby; Freeman; Egbeigwe; Cogency; Stone Cold; Achara Man; Uche Ogbuagu; Uncle O; Lafin Gas; Young Evangelist and few others will be performing.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Decry Marriage Restriction

According to a report on PMNews, some Jehovah’s Witnesses have decried the restriction on them, barring them from marrying Catholics, Anglicans, Baptists and members of all Pentecostal churches, among others.

According to the Witnesses, marrying non-members is seen as immoral and contrary to the teaching of their church. Thus, such union is strongly discouraged and attract religious sanctions. Any defaulting member who marries outside the congregation is excommunicated and treated as a non member.

Some of the members, especially the unmarried ones, who spoke with P.M.NEWS but did not want their names mentioned, expressed concerns that they have limited choices to make as they cannot marry outside their church. They said as a result of the marriage restriction, many of them could not marry on time or are forced to marry spouses they are not compartible with in the church.

Confirming the marriage restriction, a senior teacher of the church, Elder James Etop, told PMNews reporter on Sunday that the decision was taken in line with Biblical injunction and members of the church have obligation to comply with it or not. He said the church cannot compel its member to obey the directive but would not attend such wedding or honour the union.

Etop explained that Jehovah’s Witnesses and members of other churches do not share many fundamental beliefs and if members are allowed to marry outside the church, their faith would be affected. He said there are many contradictions between the teachings of Jehovah’s Witness and other churches, including issues about heaven and hell fire.

Etop said other churches believe that when they die, they would go to heaven contrary to the teaching of Witness, who believes that Earth is the paradise they would inherit when they die.

“For instance, there is nothing like hell fire as propagated in many churches. Hell fire was mentioned just as an illustration by Jesus Christ when He was saying the parable of Lazarus and the rich man in the Bible. If a member marries such a person who believes in such doctrines which is against the teaching of the Witness, it will definitely affect his or her faith.”

Meanwhile, there were reactions from some leaders of other churches on the marriage restriction.
They said such teaching by the church was like turning the Bible upside down.

Pastor Frank Osemele of God’s Hand Delivery Ministry and Prophecy said such teachings are strange and contrary to the Biblical teaching. He said once one believes in Jesus Christ and the Bible, such a person is a Christian and therefore segregation among Christians is not what Jesus taught His followers. He also said there is Hell Fire and quoted the Bible in Revelation Chapter 19 verse 20 and Revelation chapter 20 verse 10 to support his claims.

Osemele urged that such teaching should be disregarded by members because it was only meant to cause confusion among Christians. Prophet Jide Ogunshola of the Celestial Church of Christ also advised members of the church to disregard such teaching because it did not come from God.

Man kills Roommate during Fight over Cooking Pot (Photo)

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 20-year-old man, Ngwuta Nweke, for allegedly killing his friend in their apartment in the Sawmill area of Ebute Meta.

According to the police, the suspect strangled Emeka James during an argument over a cooking pot on March 22, 2014. But the suspect says he did not mean to kill his friend, but only strangled him in a bid to overpower him in a free fight.
He said:

“James is the owner of the apartment, I only started living with him about a month before the incident. I sell fuel pump for a living at Idumota and I did not have the money to secure an accommodation so James took me in.  

On the day of the incident, I had some stew in a pot and James told me to empty the pot because he wanted to make use of it. I told him that I could not pour the stew anywhere and he should be patient, but he got angry. In a fit of rage, he picked up the pot and poured the stew into a dirty container. I also got angry and we started fighting. I grabbed him from behind and as we were struggling, we both fell to the ground. When I got up, I realised that James was no longer breathing.”

It was learnt that the deceased was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
Neighbours alerted policemen at the Denton Police Station after which the suspect was arrested and transferred to the homicide department of the SCID.
The landlord of the victim, who spoke to PUNCH Metro on the condition of anonymity, said he was surprised that the suspect was living with the deceased.
He said:

“I have known James since 2011 when he started living in the house. He was a good person and was very hardworking. He was a hawker, but when the state government began a clamp down of their activities, he started doing other menial jobs. I never knew anyone was living with James. It was when I was invited by the police that I saw the guy (Nweke) for the first time.”

Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide confirmed the incident saying:

“On the fateful day, around 12.30pm, Nweke strangled James who lived in an apartment at Kadara slum, close to Sawmill, Ebute Meta, during a fight over a cooking pot. The corpse has been deposited at the Mainland Hospital Mortuary, Yaba, while the matter is under investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba.”

Man gets Jailed for Being ‘Too Good at Sex’

An Italian man named Romeo has been given a six month jail sentence after at least 12 angry neighbours complained to a judge that his noisy lovemaking kept them awake at night.

MirrorUk reports that according to 42 year old Romeo Artemio Lori's neighbours, Romeo ‘terrorised’ them with his sex sessions which go on for more than an hour. They eventually got so sick of  Romeo's girlfriend's loud moaning, asked the Latin lovers to  tone down their lovemaking sessions but their repeated requests were ignored.

During the hearing, Romeo claimed he was being punished for "being too good at sex". But the judge said he found the neighbour's demands "reasonable" and sentenced Romeo to spend time alone in prison for six months.

"There's No way I can be Faithful to One Woman" – Femi Kuti Finally Shares the True Story behind his Crashed Marriage

Afrobeat maestro, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, has finally opened up on his crashed marriage. The musician, who is currently in Paris, France where he is due to perform at the biggest African music festival in Europe, went down memory lane and recalled how he met, married Funke, his ex-wife and mother of his first son, Made, right down to their divorce in this new interview I found on DailySun. He also spoke about other intimate issues. It is a vintage Femi – candid, honest and brutally frank! Enjoy it.

Interview seems long but it's very revealing, guys. What would you suggest as the best way to love a man like Femi?

    Because of Made, maybe you and Funke see to talk about common things but we are shocked to see her sitting next to you at ‘Femi Segun’s burial?

She is the mother of my child and we are very friendly, we even call each other. At least, what I manage to do is not to let the breakup affect Made first of all, and our relationship. Human beings must fight. There must be misunderstanding sometimes. It is now left to us if we are matured enough to overcome these problems.

To some people, breakup is so bitter that they end up hating each other. I manage to take my hatred and throw it away, and still respect her as a human being and the mother of my son, and most importantly for the love of my son who needs his mother. If she too understands that he needs his father then we must get rid of our misunderstanding. He was the one at the church who said ‘please sit beside my mother’; I had to oblige him. I could have refused because I went with my girlfriend, so I told my girlfriend not to be annoyed and she understood.

    Does it mean you and Funke may come back as husband and wife?

I doubt it. But you never know. You never know what God has in plan for you. What if you say never and something just happens? If they told me she would leave my house one day, I would have said it is impossible. So, if she comes back one day, you never know what can happen. One sickness can hook you down and she might be the person by your bedside, what would happen? I don’t pray for it but you never know what God has in plan for you. So, I am not the one that tempts fate. Right now, I am content, I am happy, we are friendly and my children are also happy.

    Tell me your greatest memory of Funke?

Are you trying to bring us back because this question is mischievous (laughs). There are many great memories of her. I can’t say one or two because it is not possible to throw 10 years away. There are great, good and bad memories. All are memories.

    How did you meet Funke?

I met her at a restaurant where I was playing jazz, at a place called ‘44’ in Ikoyi. She came with my cousin, Funmi Ransome-Kuti, they were in UNILAG together. She was so beautiful and she was looking at me, so I knew she likes me. So, I told my cousin to introduce me to her. That’s how we met.

    How did you eventually propose to her?

I didn’t propose; one day, I just told her that ‘from today, we are boyfriend and girlfriend’. She said, ‘ha ha, what kind of love is this?’ I said, ‘when we have been calling ourselves everyday, are we misleading ourselves? And it was on a Christmas Eve. I said to her ‘from today you are my girlfriend, if you have a boyfriend, get rid of him now because I must not see him when I get to your house’ and she laughed. That was how we started.

    I am sure you don’t want to pull that off your mind so soon?

It is off. Like I said, I have a new life. I am staying with two of the mothers of my children; we all stay in the same house. I have a very good family. They are content, but they respect Funke. If Funke comes, they will excuse us. They are very respectful of her. Don’t forget we are in Africa; this is the way we grew up, so if she comes around they give her the respect. If I go to the church and she is there, if I say ‘please I have to sit with her’, they will accord her the respect. And I am sure she has her life.

Can we ever get together? I can never say no, because something can happen that may be for good or bad and we’ll be together again.Never say never! If you ask if I am happy right now, I am very happy not just with my relationship, I am also very happy with my children who are progressing, which is really my priority. At 52, I have experienced a lot. If I die today, I cannot complain in heaven that I did not enjoy my life.

My biggest challenge is to ensure my children have a good life. I want the children to grow up very stable and that requires a lot of sacrifice on my part. I cannot use my selfish, jealous or whatever interest to disrupt their future, which is the same attitude I have with Made. He is doing very well. He is playing piano well. And probably if I use his mother’s problem as an obstacle in his life, it might just be worrying him. And you never know why children have psychological problems, but it is the parents’ duty to always protect their children. ‘Nobody send us message; we slept with each other, we born pikin, you now want to give the pikin problem.’ I don’t indulge in that. Since there is a child involved, I try my best to keep my reservations to myself by just facing the truth.

    You don’t believe in monogamy?

Yes. I grew up in a polygamous home. I grew up wanting to be like my father. I grew up wanting to have many women; that was my training. I will not tell you it is right or wrong.

You see my son, he believes in monogamy. He has one girlfriend that he has been following for many years, and they want to get married. I don’t pray for them to breakup. If they want to even get married in the church, I will not stop him. Whatever he wants to do I will not use my own life to rule, direct or control my children. They must have the liberty to choose because if they fail or succeed, they have to understand it is their life. I can always be a good father. I will have to teach them how to take good decisions because I love them. I am not going to discourage my son by saying ‘what if she breaks your heart, so get ready for heartbreak’, because I don’t pray for it. I can only support him. If he is successful and even if he breaks up with this girl, he might still go for another person. But for whatever reason, this is the life he has chosen for himself and I love it that he is happy.

Because of the way I was brought up, there is no way I can be faithful to a woman. I will not even try it. I wasn’t trained to do so. I didn’t grow up with that attitude. I grew up in the real house of Kalakuta where there were women and I loved it. So, I wanted the same thing for myself.

Now, I don’t have the life of Kalakuta but I know that I can’t leave that dream and say I want to be faithful to one woman. I will rather be by myself; truth, I love my freedom. I don’t love the part that I owe anybody anything. Even the people with me know that I love my freedom. I like to sleep when I want to sleep, if I want to go out I love to enter my car and go on my own; I love my independence. I was brought up with total independence.

    Did you give Funke a ring, that ‘with this I thee wed’?

No, she bought the ring.

    And you put it in her finger?

Yes, in the registry.

    That makes you a monogamist so you cannot marry another wife under the Nigerian law?

I am not a monogamist because we are divorced.

    It looks like you sacrificed all when Funke was with you?

No, I didn’t. When we got married she was pregnant and I knew it was a boy. I didn’t know how I knew but I just knew. I told her ‘we will get married, but I will never be faithful to you’. She knew one of my dancers then was my girlfriend. I have been dating her long before I met Funke.

Funke’s mother and I are not good friends. When she (Funke’s mother) came back into her life, we started having problems. I don’t know if that is part of the problem or if it is Funke who is bored with the marriage or her friends were talking to her, whatever the reason, I tried my best to bring her back. I tried to even change my ways. Many things went on, those that are close to me know that I went out of my way, when I saw that I was wasting too much energy, I had to relax. Funke and I didn’t talk for a long time. It took us years to understand that there is a son in our midst.

I don’t want to open the can of worms because we have settled all these. It is something that we have left behind. I have forgiven her and I will not tell you that I was totally right, but was I sincere in my marriage? Yes be rest assured that I was. I wasn’t doing anything that she wasn’t warned of before. That I won’t have girlfriends? She knew that I was a very humble polygamist. I tried to be as discreet as possible but you know the more you are getting popular, the more people are taking your tales to your wife. She might find condoms in my car that I forgot to hide very well, who knows?

    Why then did people blame your sister, Yeni, all this while…?

I will never reveal to you why our marriage broke up, but YK (Yeni) definitely was never part of it. YK and I even fought because she advised Funke to take Made along with her, and I said if she takes Made I am in trouble, because I love Made and I want him to be with me. All my life was circled around Made, so if Funke had gone with Made maybe I would have committed suicide, because everything in my life in that marriage was based on Made.

I saw Made as my inheritor; I saw him as the next Anikulapo to take the music to another level. So, my investment emotionally, financially, everything was stationed on Made. If Funke had left with Made, I didn’t have another child, and a politician had already threatened me that what if Made dies? So, I thought that was a threat from the government saying they will kill Made. I was very protective of Made, which was another reason I decided to have other children.

What if I lose Made? What will I do? If you check the Anikulapo and Ransome-Kuti families, there are not many boys; everybody is just having girls. So, the only inheritor of the Kuti dynasty was Made. My cousin in America had a girl, Yeni had a girl, others also had girls, and Made was the only boy. I thought of protecting him or else the Anikulapo-Kuti clan will die. Seun also had a girl; the only person that recently had two boys was Kunle. He just had his own boys when Made was already a teenager.

    We heard your father had a son in the US?

 He didn’t have a son in the US; it is in Australia.

    Have you met him? What is his name? How did he meet you?

Yes. His name is Couney. I went to play in Sydney and he came to meet me there. That was about four or five years ago.

    Did Fela ever tell you about him or how did you know?

Fela told us about one woman that probably got pregnant for him. She told Fela she was pregnant but she disappeared with the pregnancy. Fela now came and told us the story. He (Couney) met my sister on Facebook and told her the same story. And he traced his mother because his mother put him up for adoption, so when he met his mother, she then told him that his father was Fela.

     How old is he?

I am a year older than him.

    So, he is part of the inheritors of Fela?

Yes, but he doesn’t want to be known. He doesn’t want anything, he just wants to meet us, and case closed.

     He answers Kuti too?

Yes.

    Are you not inviting him to Nigeria for a visit?

He will make his decision. He doesn’t want much publicity. It was his son who wants to know the family. He has met us, if he wants to go the extra mile that is his business.

     What does he do, is he into music?

He is into drawing. I don’t know much about him. We talk once in a year. I went to Australia early this month and my sister told him I was there, but he didn’t come to meet me because he was busy. Don’t forget that 50 years of our lives have passed, where do we want to start the friendship. He is a very nice person. He is probably a Fela’s son, we cannot say for sure except there is a DNA to prove it.

    And to do that, would you have to bring Fela from the grave?

But from my perception he looks like Fela.