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Spiritual Sexual Security, Inauguration Speech, Onye Eze’s House – Here’s What Went Down This Week
We’ve had a full one this week, haven’t we? So much has happened this week that has left us weeping, laughing, upset, hopeful, confused, empowered, and exhausted. Here they all are.
Adewura Bello Was Found
Adewura Latifah Bello went missing a few weeks ago, and the internet, proving that there is, after all, still hope in humanity, went overdrive searching for her.
Unfortunately, when Adewura was found, she was discovered dead in a canal. It was shared that she was on her way home on an okada when the flooded road forced the okada down, and the rider, who had been warned not to ride through the road, chose to save his bike.
So on this missing lady’s issue, heard some guys talking about a lady that got swept away around that mosan canal area during d heavy downpour on Wednesday, heard d lady was on bike, the description of the lady match Wura’s identity,.I heard people told d bike man not to pass… https://t.co/ApmEm92Blv
— ?Śàńgò Óĺùkòśò? (@Otunbakush) May 21, 2019
That place cos it was flooded, but refused and went ahead, fell and the lady was swept away but the bikeman survived, he was caught and taken to moshalashi police station, so I urge the family members to pls go to moshalashi police station to pls confirm d identity of the lady
— ?Śàńgò Óĺùkòśò? (@Otunbakush) May 21, 2019
Thank you all for the search. Adewura is Dead. Her Body found in a canal. The heaven has gained an angel. We depart to meet again ?? till we Meet again Adewura ???? Forever in our Heart ❤️ God I am in pains ? but who am I the question you. Rip ? pic.twitter.com/cH6Sbd8VNh
— Benjamin Action (@theactionben) May 26, 2019
Condolences have been pouring in for Adewura since then, with people sending in their support to her family.
We just had of Ms Adewura Bello pass on to glory. It shouldn’t have been you Wura but God doing are perfect. We pray that your soul rest in peace and everything you’ve left behind shall multiply.#RestInPeace
— Ray’D Int’l Entertainment (@RayD_entertain) May 27, 2019
The news of Adewura’s death killed me within.
I lost the zeal to do anything.
Someone’s daughter, someone’s sister, someone’s friend someone’s lover.
And the death brings an end to all amazing relationships with family and friends.
May the Lord console them all.#RIPWura
— Tosin Olugbenga (@TosinOlugbenga) May 26, 2019
God please grant the family and friends of Adewura Bello peace and comfort in this devastating time. Wura I’m so sorry that you had to leave this way ??
— Kanayo Aneke (@just_kay) May 26, 2019
We hope that her family will find the strength to bear the immense loss, and that she rests in peace.
Blessing Okoro Vs. Onye Eze
Imagine you’re out of the country, or just out of your home, and maybe you find out on social media, or perhaps a neighbour reports to you, that someone is inside your home, taking photos and sharing them on social media, claiming it is theirs.
Yeah, that’s exactly what happened between Blessing Okoro and Onye Eze.
Okoro shared photos of herself on social media claiming a house belonged to her. The photos included one of her in a bonnet, claiming that she built the house before turning thirty, eight years after her ex-husband threw her out of their one-bedroom apartment. It’s … difficult to comprehend. Why?
– ICYMI this was the house Okoro blessing, IG blogger ,claimed to be hers before she was recently arrested by the real owner called “Onye eze” a billionaire based in China, as revealed. https://t.co/ZHXxLByXXZ pic.twitter.com/ajOzRVP6og
— SubDeliveryZone (@SubDeliveryZone) May 27, 2019
A video was shared on social media of the self-made star on her knees, crying in handcuffs, apologising to the owner of the home, Onye Eze.
Stop living fake life
Stop living fake life
If blessing okoro wasn’t caught now, we would have been hearing prayer points like “God of blessing Okoro do my own too”. Now she’s gonna live with this shame after Onye Eze the owner of the house exposed her.So sad. ? pic.twitter.com/24miBW3rig
— ??♂️Alaya Kamal??♂️ (@iam_skamal) May 27, 2019
While the internet laughed, advising that people not live “fake life,” another video was shared of Onye Eze and Okoro sitting and sharing two bottles of wine. It was ridiculous. This is Nigeria, after all.
Onye Eze says he has forgiven Okoro Blessing because no one knows tomorrow pic.twitter.com/LsIOBLXrc0
— Uncle Suru (@unclexofficial) May 28, 2019
Anyway, we leave you with a video of Onye Eze stunting, two wristwatches on his wrists.
Onye Eze is a whole mood, baba is on drip set ?????? pic.twitter.com/xTL8eShZVF
— Uncle Suru (@unclexofficial) May 28, 2019
#NowThatCyrilKePresident
Cyril Ramaphosa was elected president of South Africa, and the people of his country made it clear this week that they have certain expectations of him.
With the hashtag #NowThatCyrilKePresident, South African twitter went on, making clear their exceptions, and, of course, getting a few laughs out of it.
Check out the expectations of the Mzansi:
#NowThatCyrilKePresident he should work closely with the youth from Rural area and Townships and please deploy people atleast with corporate or Entrepreneurship experience in Department meant to help the SMMes and Youth. We already started with Patnership and solutions. Help Us. pic.twitter.com/bJxrTAlu62
— Siyanda Mhlahlo (@stv_dj) May 28, 2019
#NowThatCyrilKePresident certified copies need to last for 12 months we are tired of going to police stations pic.twitter.com/a2cdIvpNc1
— Khumbu M?? (@Tygerdkay) May 28, 2019
#NowThatCyrilKePresident sanitary pads must be free!
sanitary pads must be free!
sanitary pads must be free!
sanitary pads must be free!
sanitary pads must be free!
sanitary pads must be free!
sanitary pads must be free!
sanitary pads must be free!@CyrilRamaphosa @PresidencyZA— Mhlanga T Portia N (@mhlangatpn) May 28, 2019
#NowThatCyrilKePresident can you ban this Proverb “system is offline” at all your departments. pic.twitter.com/gGbsCMOSXG
— Im here for likes? (@MMM2GI) May 28, 2019
#NowThatCyrilKePresident SABC to broadcast all graduation ceremonies live .
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Just to motivate others ✊✊ pic.twitter.com/PZQPi47zRX— Collen (@KCollenm1) May 28, 2019
#NowThatCyrilKePresident Can communities stop abusing people with albinism. And show the rest of Africa how we can all live together regardless of skin tones pic.twitter.com/4iIxexcui6
— Mpho Tjope ? (@tjopem) May 28, 2019
Can he save taxpayers money from being used to buy MPs luxurious cars ? ? government splurge R48Mil on MPs luxurious cars.???♂️ while a black child out there doesn’t have a job.??? pic.twitter.com/FtJkvAhonI
— Apparently |425| (@Boss1sss) May 28, 2019
#NowThatCyrilKePresident Can we stop normalising Teenage Pregnancy & teach this Teens to condomise. pic.twitter.com/ViuF28uKtL
— khulii.m? (@khuliiey) May 28, 2019
London is not really an English city – John Cleese
Some years ago I opined that London was not really an English city any more
Since then, virtually all my friends from abroad have confirmed my observation
So there must be some truth in it…
I note also that London was the UK city that voted most strongly to remain in the EU
Comedy legend John Cleese shared this on his Twitter on Wednesday, and perhaps because Brexit remains an issue, Londoners were not having it.
Some years ago I opined that London was not really an English city any more
Since then, virtually all my friends from abroad have confirmed my observation
So there must be some truth in it…
I note also that London was the UK city that voted most strongly to remain in the EU
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) May 29, 2019
They made it clear that London’s diversity was part of its character, as is the character of any big city across the world.
I mean, it’s as English a city as New York is an American city, or San Francisco or Los Angeles or really *any* large international city. There are huge numbers of people (of many backgrounds, but mostly white Anglo-Saxon) who were born and have lived in London all their lives…
— Tom Coates (@tomcoates) May 29, 2019
These comments make John Cleese sound like he’s in character as Basil Fawlty.
Londoners know that our diversity is our greatest strength. We are proudly the English capital, a European city and a global hub. https://t.co/ZRkNKF3n38
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) May 29, 2019
Hi John, my parents came to London because the British Empire came to their homes first.
Like me, they were proud to be British subjects and proud to be English too.
For Englishness to be worthwhile, it has to be about shared stories, institutions and values. Not just DNA. https://t.co/FefUsmMUvH
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) May 29, 2019
The comment was also described as hypocritical, considering Cleese himself is an immigrant, leaving the UK to live in the Caribbean.
You left the UK to live in the Caribbean, @JohnCleese. What do you think that makes you? An immigrant. Just like the people who make London the great cosmopolitan city it is. Your hypocrisy is astounding. And to then conflate that with the remain vote is shameful. https://t.co/X66WtdyajJ
— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) May 29, 2019
Hi I’m John Cleese. Today I’ll be complaining there are too many immigrants in London from my home where I live in the Caribbean.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 29, 2019
Hi I’m John Cleese. Today I’ll be complaining there are too many immigrants in London from my home where I live in the Caribbean.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 29, 2019
Some, though, have said they don’t see how Cleese’s comment was bigoted. He only made an observation, they said.
I don’t get how this is @JohnCleese moaning or being racist. There’s no negative tone; it reads as an observation.
We celebrate London as a multi-cultural melting pot – i.e. that it’s an international rather than English city – so why are we annoyed that he has recognised that!? https://t.co/QSiJSzyDHw
— Tony Kent (@TonyKent_Writes) May 29, 2019
John Cleese mentions that London is no longer an English city and the left lose their minds…..Sadiq Khan says that London is a global city and the left pat him on the head and ruffle his hair….so which is it?
— David Yems #StandUp4Brexit (@DJYems) May 29, 2019
Certainly not purely English. It has been predominantly English in the past, though still heavily influenced by foreign residents & communities. All of which is celebrated. So for Twitter to now attack @JohnCleese for observing this just seems like they were waiting for an excuse
— Tony Kent (@TonyKent_Writes) May 29, 2019
Here’s what we’re asking: What exactly does it mean to be an English city and is it a bad or good thing?
President Buhari was sworn in for a second term … and he didn’t give a speech
Na so we see am o. President Buhari was sworn in for another four years in office, and maybe he felt the speech he gave in 2015 still applied, because he simply left like that, not addressing Nigerians.
No doubt it quickly turned to pants on Twitter, with people asking: Why?
Who in the word gets inaugurated and not deliver a speech?
— Henry Shield (@henryshield) May 30, 2019
Buhari takes oath for second term without delivering any speech
Since the return of democracy in 1999, this is the first time that a president would skip his inaugural address after taking the oath of office.#NextLevel #Inauguration2019 undemocratic.https://t.co/JHb7jvK9UZ
— Nkiruka Nistoran (@NkirukaNistoran) May 29, 2019
Baba Buhari took the wind out of their sail by giving no inaugural speech. No speech to over-analyse, none to misinterpret, no to miscontrue, none to wail upon.
They can reserve their energy till June 12. Another shocker will be waiting for them.
— Adebodun Kay (@drdebodun) May 29, 2019
President Buhari did not deliver Inaugural Speech after his swearing in today because in the spirit of Ramadan, he does not want to lie!#Dazzol
— Lere Olayinka – Aresa 1 (@OlayinkaLere) May 29, 2019
Why no Inauguration Day speech?
Go and ask your village native doctor.
Talkatives.
— Covenant Buhari (@CovenantBuhari) May 29, 2019
All those who are waiting to twist president Buhari’s inaugural speech to soothe their evil thoughts can wait till Democracy Day.
For the rest of us we say Congratulations to the people’s president for a successful swearing-in to begin another term of nation building. pic.twitter.com/C3Q4XdAa5t
— Jamaiyi Lolo Ibieneye (@jamaiyiibieneye) May 29, 2019
Nothing is less surprising than Buhari not giving an inauguration speech ? Eni eleni
— FK. (@fkabudu) May 29, 2019
Bobrisky Movie Getting Banned
We saw the trailer a while ago, of a movie titled “Bobrisky in Love.” The movie stars Bobrisky, the social media star constantly wagging tongues.
Listen. A transgender woman is about to star and feature in her own movie in NIGERIA. I have to make a big deal. Here’s the trailer for “Bobrisky in Love”. pic.twitter.com/eguLJcspNE
— child of jezebel. (@skinnydyane) April 28, 2019
Soon, we heard the National Film and Video Censors Board was setting up panels (yes, plural. More than one) to investigate the movie, and ban it if need be. Soon after that, the trailer disappeared from YouTube. We thought: Is that it?
The National Film and Video Censors Board set up 3 panels to analyse Bobrisky’s new movie “Bobrisky in Love”
This is the waste of resources we are talking about. The panel may even get allowance for reviewing the movie. #ChangeTheNarrative
— Kayode Trinity (@KayTrinity) May 24, 2019
However, we then learned that the Censors Board had never even heard of the movie, and when told about it, they said it was illegal ab initio, given its subject matter is illegal in the country.
Anyway, as is the case in our country, when they say something is banned, it is usually for their own pocket. Bobrisky in Love is available on YouTube. And it’s not a movie. It’s a TV show.
Snippet from the New movie featuring Bobrisky.
I am not Igbo buh this got me *rotfl* ???? pic.twitter.com/ttBnGEMJuc
— Sixty9 (@Ghetto_Overseer) May 14, 2019
Biafra Remembrance Day
Nigerians on Thursday, May 30, exactly 52 years after Biafra was declared a sovereign state, kicking off the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafra War.
Millions lost their lives to that war, most of them through starvation, and it is imperative that they are remembered, their memories honoured.
Today is the 52nd anniversary of a very dark day in Nigeria’s history. We must talk about Biafra in order to pave way for a better Nigeria, we must console the Ndi Igbos that lost everything, for their children starved to death and their women raped #BiafraRemembranceDay
— . (@FakhuusHashim) May 30, 2019
Born April 1963 I was 4 when the civil war started in July 1967. From that age to when I turned 7 at the end of the war in 1970, my childhood and that of many of my generation who survived deprivation, diseases and killings was overtaken by adulthood. #BiafraRemembranceDay
— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) May 30, 2019
Today marks the anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of Biafra. May 30, 1967. I keep two framed Biafran pounds on my desk to remind me every day. #BiafraRemembranceDay pic.twitter.com/hUicjg0Ldu
— Nnedi Okorafor, PhD (@Nnedi) May 30, 2019
I remember a few years ago when people would try to shut down the May 30 #Biafra remembrance and conversations on SM.
Today, it looks like many have realised it’s a part of our history we can’t runaway from!#BiafraHeroesDay2019 #biafraremembranceday #Ozoemena
— Changing Faces (@nornnie) May 30, 2019
Timi Dakolo doing God’s work
Not holding leaders accountable is a peculiar trait that comes with Christianity in Nigeria, and singer Timi Dakolo obviously has no time for that.
Last year May, he called out an “Abuja pastor” who had left “innocent girls” in “ruin.” The pastor should be in jail, he said.
Well, it seems like an end of May thing for Timi (last year’s call out was on May 31), because, again, he called out a pastor, perhaps the same one, as their crimes remain the same: leaving innocent women in ruins. (Curious choice of words, if you ask us.)
Timi still did not mention names, but this time, he was more specific, writing “Commonwealth ko, Zion ni,” indicating that *cough cough* it probably has something to do with some robust response we’ve been awaiting for (seven) years.
Anyway, Twitter folks had a lot to say. A lot. (Can someone explain to us what “sexual security” is?)
My COZA friend admitted they know their pastor did it. But ever since then, their mummy GO has beefed up sexual security around her husband, and personally screens all the women that work close to her husband. So all is well now.
— The Man (@Mrjemba) May 30, 2019
U know what is most shocking abt this Coza gist is that the congregation admit that their pastor is randy and sleeping with girls but they blame d girls for accepting to sleep with him.
Chai Its really the end time!
Just look thru the responses on the post, u will be shocked!
— siSi TaRa (@Sisi_Tara) May 30, 2019
Going through the COZA & Timi Dakolo tweets you’ll realise how appallingly religiously naive the Nigerian mind is. A man of God can literally kill a child & you’ll hear “touch not my anointed” “nobody holy pass” “leave it for Holy Spirit”.
YOU PPLE ARE DAFT & DISGUSTING.
— BILLION (@BillionTwiTs) May 30, 2019
It is easy to castigate COZA, but have you ever prayed for COZA and head pastor?
Have you prayed for God to move mightily in COZA?
Do you think the enemies of the church are happy the church is marching on, claiming territories?
Dear Christian, let’s be spiritual.
— Ike Amadi | #dsmentor (@ikeamadi) May 30, 2019
My take on Timi Dakolo vs COZA.
Be an enlightened Christian. pic.twitter.com/7BvhmkAyGQ
— Chidiogo Emmanuel (@Empexy) May 30, 2019
Forget plenty talk, COZA is lit sha!! Their Sunday service is damn lit!! Choir on a solid 10!! What goes on behind the scenes doesn’t concern me. I go there to worship my God and bounce!
— Den Ye Fa (@Denye007) May 30, 2019
Might have found it difficult to believe this COZA business, if I didn’t know anyone involved in the saga. I do. But if the church members decide to blindly defend their pastor… God help us all
— Bíbíire ò ṣé fowó rà (@yew1e) May 30, 2019
I was thinking Timi Dakolo was a christian, never knew baba just sings gospel for money!
Lemmi say it, the Holy Spirit has the sole job of conviction, if u think he has been breaking everybody, what have u done for them….
but to open mouth and castigate coza— Sømębödy’s Sõn (@nonsookongwu) May 30, 2019
I respect Timi Dakolo so much for exposing the COZA pastor. If your pastor is hurting innocent people don’t keep quiet and throw those hurt people to the wolves or silence them.
— Chidinma Ekanem Chukwuma (@chidinma_c) May 30, 2019
And that’s all for this week. If we missed anything, let us know in the comment section. Here’s hoping you have a wonderful weekend!
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