Wife learns about husband's secret second wedding with photos on Facebook

Thursday, October 23, 2014

A wife discovered her husband of 17 years had secretly married another woman in a lavish £45,000 ceremony  - after she saw the new couple kissing on Facebook. Yvonne Gibney, 55, had been married to globe-trotting oil contractor Maurice Gibney for the best part of two decades. 

But it was only when she checked Facebook and saw photographs of Mr Gibney, 49, dressed in a wedding suit and cuddling teacher Suzanne Prudhoe, that she learnt that her husband and father to her son had married another woman.

MailOnoine reports that,she learned that his family  - who were told that Mr and Mrs Gibney were divorced - had also attended the wedding held at the British embassy in the Arab state, and that her mother-in-law had walked her husband down the aisle.

The new wife

The father-of-three, who lives and works as a senior contractor for Oman Oil, pleaded guilty to bigamy at Wirral Magistrates' Court. He was handed a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years.

In an emotional statement read out in court, Mrs Gibney said:

 'I loved him unconditionally and believed that love was reciprocated. I simply don't have the words to effectively convey the pain and hurt and sense of betrayal. I have to accept that my husband was unfaithful emotionally and physically for a prolonged period of time.'

Mrs Gibney told the court that she had been in 'daily' contact with her husband in the lead up to the illegal marriage and that he had exchanged 11 emails with her discussing bed linen - the day before his bigamous wedding.

When she tried to contact him on the big day, he was to have been 'unwell' but later claimed he had been cycling.

'I have tried to understand Maurice's actions. Let alone planning it and going to such extremes. Maurice gave the impression that he was fully committed to our marriage. I found out about the wedding by a few comments on Facebook that led through to other comments. I clicked on Suzanne Prudhoe's profile and saw as her Facebook profile her wedding day, kissing my husband in their wedding finery.

I had no knowledge of Suzanne Prudhoe's existence or relationship with my husband. It appeared she announced her engagement to my husband on Facebook in May 2012. To initiate into that bigamous marriage, my whole marriage became worthless.

If he had wanted a divorce we could have started proceedings years ago. All the pain inflicted was completely unnecessary. I feel the intensity could only be seen as deliberate intent to harm his family.'

Earlier Mrs Gibney told the court she had met her husband - who she said has a tax-free salary of £85k when she was deployed to Nigeria almost two decades ago. 

Explosion rocks bus station in Bauchi

A bomb blast has occurred in a popular bus station in Bauchi. The explosion which is suspected to be a Boko Haram attack has been reported to have left five people dead and twelve injured.

The State Police confirmed the incident, making it known that it occurred at about 9:45pm yesterday in Azare town.The bomb was planted in a parked car which denoted remotely.

Corps members to receive N500 daily feeding allowance

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that corp members will now receive N500 daily feeding allowance.

LEADERSHIP reports that the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Johnson Bamidele 
Olawumi made this known during the House of Representatives committee hearing on the N4,000 compulsory online registration fee for all corp members.

Dana emerges as one of Nigeria’s top 50 brands

Dana has been listed as one of the top 50 brands in Nigeria following its immense contribution to the nation’s economy. The emergence of Dana as one of the top 50 brands in Nigeria follows the outcome of the research findings and evaluation of notable brands by BrandNigeria Journal.

The coordinator of the Top 50 Brands in Nigeria, Mr. Taiwo Oluboyede noted that as Nigeria becomes a haven for foreign direct investment, there is need for verifiable information about the top players in the economy to be made available. He said that operating in the world stage requires a new line of thinking as well as means of communication and engagement and the Top 50 Brands in Nigeria has created a platform for companies to proactively engage their target market for feedback.

Samuel Ogbogoro, Head, Corporate Communications of Dana said that Dana is committed to service as all the activities of all the companies within the group are geared towards improving the well-being of the populace. “We are happy to be so recognized as one of the top brands in Nigeria and our strategy is to continuously reinvest in the economy”.

Dana Group a has diverse range of strategically positioned subsidiaries that give the group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition. With interest spanning across different sectors of the economy such as automobile, steel, FMCG, pharmaceutical, aviation, as well as properties and shipping services; the group continues to contribute to the national economy as well as providing direct and indirect employment opportunities.

The unveiling of the Top 50 Brands attracted top industry players and representatives of the various brands.

Oscar Pistorius cries himself to sleep at night in jail

After bagging a five-year jail term, it has been revealed that Oscar Pistorius cries himself to sleep at nights.

The Citizen reports that Oscar was taken to the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria where he wept until he fell asleep.

'You could hear him. Shortly after the door closed you could hear the tears... he was torn up. Broken. The crying went on and on. We think he stopped when he fell asleep. It was really bad.' A prison source was quoted saying

Another source said he was being monitored constantly. It is reported that this week he would begin a 21-day risks and needs assessment. His orientation would include warning him of the dangers such as gangsterism and contraband, and determining whether he was a suicide risk.

The correctional services department refused to comment on his emotional state. Department spokesman Manelisi Wolela said.

'We have never given a blow-by-blow account of how an offender is progressing on a day to day basis. We have never done that for other offenders and we won’t do that for him.'

Because of  over-crowding, he is staying in the hospital wing and  is expected to serve just ten months of his five-year jail term before being placed under house arrest.

Boko Haram abducts 60 women in Adamawa

At least 60 women have been abducted by insurgents in a fresh attack in Adamawa State, residents confirmed yesterday.

Out of the 60, 40 were abducted from Waga Mangoro village while 20 others were abducted from Garta Village a news report says.

This occurrence is happening just as the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign group are optimistic about the return of the abducted school girls this week.

One of the locals in Garta, Tizhe Kwada, who escaped by a whisker told Thisday

'The insurgents are still in the area. They slit the throats of three men in Garta and abducted many young women. We also heard from residents of Waga that they killed two men and took 40 women away.'

Ahmadu, a resident in Waga Mangoroalso confirmed that the insurgents invaded his community which borders Gwoza in Borno State. He said the insurgents used the abducted ladies as human shields during reprisals by Nigerian troops.

THE VOICE: How to become more confident

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

written by Sylvia Njoku

Confidence or being confident is related to self-assurance, the expression or feeling of certainty. Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives, yet so many people struggle to find it. Sadly, this can be a vicious circle – people who lack self-confidence can find it difficult to become successful.

Most people tend to lack self-confidence;  it could be confidence to tell someone how they feel, confidence to render a speech to a congregation, or confidence to 'defend' a written work (seminar or project). However, whatever the case, confidence is an essential part of life and it is a trait everyone should possess because without it, one maybe limited if not totally restricted from certain things.

The good news is that self-confidence can be learnt and developed. And whether you are working on your own self-confidence or others around to you, it is well worth the effort. Here are some steps one can take to become more confident in whatever one set out to do, or achieve.

Find something you are good at and keep improving

You become a better person when you master your skill, this boosts your confidence because you will be sure of your capability when it comes to your discipline.

Adopt a positive mindset and avoid negativities

That Mr. A ventured into a particular field and failed does not mean you cannot succeed in that area. Believe you can do it, tell yourself you can be better, and work towards achieving it. Stay positive. By all means, be optimistic!

Maintain eye contact with people when talking to them

This has a way of boosting self-confidence. When you maintain eye contact with someone you are talking with, you gain balance and you won’t easily be swayed.

Stick to your principles

This helps in building your stamina when it comes to dealing with people. You get to stand for a particular thing and it gradually becomes ingrained in you.

Avoid perfectionism

We learn from failure, not success. Mistakes are not such a bad thing, but you must be smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. Perfectionism results when you try to do things without fault or mistake. This paralyses and also keeps you from accomplishing a set out goal.

Recognize your insecurities/Overcome shyness

Many insecurities, fears, and doubts stem from lack of understanding or lack of knowledge about something. The more you understand and know something, the more comfortable you will be, thus the less power your shyness will have over you. What makes you feel uncomfortable? What makes you feel shy? Identify this trait and when you do, work on it. This will go a long way in the improvement of your self-confidence.

Stop comparing yourself to others

Why think less of yourself? We all cannot be the same. Quit trying to be like someone else. You are a unique being, there is no other exactly like you. Love yourself and love what you do.

Do not feel intimidated

Do not feel despondent when it seems like your peers are ahead of you. Keep at what you do and strive to be the best you can.

We gain a sense of self-efficacy when we see ourselves mastering skills and achieving goals that matter in those skill areas. This is the confidence that when we learn and work hard in a particular area, we will succeed; and it is this type of confidence that leads people to accept difficult challenges, and persist in the face of setback.

As long as you keep stretching yourself (but not too much), you will find your self-confidence building apace. What's more, you will have earned your self-confidence because you have put in the hard graft necessary to be successful.

Sylvia Njoku writes from Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
ndysylvia@gmail.com

Prostitutes in Abuja given 48-hour ultimatum to vacate the city

Prostitutes in the city of Abuja have been given a 48-hour ultimatum to vacate the city or face the full wrath of the law while men and women who patronise them will be punished with a death sentence. These strict measures were laid out by the Secretary for Social Development, Mrs. Blessing Onuh after an official visit to several locations known to witness heavy activity of prostitutes and their patrons in the Federal Capital Territory.

Mrs Onuh added that several other severe measures had been lined up after security agencies combed several red-light districts and made several arrests.

She noted that experiencing a decline in the scourge, the secretary noted that prostitution has metamorphosed from the conventional sedentary practice in local brothels to a sophisticated cartel of “runs babes” and the corporate realm.

She revealed that the ‘executive’ type now holds in many luxury hotels in the Abuja metropolis and the exquisite homes of the super-rich adding that notorious spots include Port Harcourt Crescent, off Gimbiya Street, Garki; Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent and Sheraton Junction in Wuse II; and virtually all the discotheques; even in poor neighbourhoods like Nyanyan, Mararaba and Gwagwa, little girls have joined the illicit trade.

“They parade a horde of half-unclad girls and women of various ages and sizes brazenly exposing themselves, while openly and desperately beckoning on motorists and passers-by to pick them for the night. They insult, poke rude jokes and pour vituperation on those who look at them scornfully or ignore them.Indeed, for Abuja’s affluent and powerful men, it has become commonplace to place order for these women on the street or import them from other states and even from far-flung countries in the Caribbean and Asian countries.

High-society social, political functions are incomplete without a harem of these shadowy women. The import of these is that the upsurge requires a holistic framework to be able to deal with this seemingly intractable scourge.”

CityPeopleNews

Clems Onyeka's family to consult juju priest over his death

Barely one week after Nollywood actor, Clems Onyeka lost his life after being hit by a stray bullet from a robbery incident. The family of the deceased has come out to say that they do not believe in the story documented by the police and are willing to take every necessary step to ascertain the true cause of his death.

According to LEADERSHIP, they plan to consult a juju priest to unravel the real cause of his death

Angered by what they described as foul play with the death of a popular Nollywood actor, Clems Onyeka, after he was attacked by armed robbers, who also attacked a bullion van in Asaba, Delta State, relations of the victim have taken their case to a juju priest.They vowed not to rest until they get to the root of the matter.

Some of the aggrieved relations, including Patrick Onyeka told our correspondent in Asaba that the family members resolved to take the case to a juju priest for perspicacious judgment; saying that they do not believe in the stray bullet story as vehemently claimed by the police.


As it were, the robbers, according to dependable sources, trailed the bullion van from the Benin/Asaba Express way through the Summit road and intercepted it along the DBS road before U&I Foundation, where they engaged the police team on escort duty in a fierce gun battle, allegedly killing the popular Nollywood actor by stray bullet.

PHOTO: Woman chops off husband's penis

A newly married woman has cut off the genitals of her husband with a blade when he was asleep inside their house in Giridipalli village under Odagan block of Nayapalli district in Odisha, liveleak.com reports.

Police said the young couple had quarrelled at night, and at around 2 AM, the wife "Bobbitted" her husband's genitals with a blade.

As the man screamed in pain and began bleeding profusely, he was rushed to the local government hospital in Nayagarh, where he was given treatment. The man has given his statement to the police, who are presently investigating the matter.

The picture below is something you may have not seen before, viewer's discretion is advised!

Lagos strippers make up to N150k weekly

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

 

The man pictured above, Shina Eddo, is a popular nude club owner in Lagos. And he has made a rather shocking revelation about the benefits attached to being a stripper.

Shina says his strippers are happy girls and breadwinners of their respective families because they earn about N150k per week, and a total of N600k per month. In a recent interview with News Of The People, Shina made it known that these girls are majorly undergraduates who are well taken care of by him. Read details below...

'Actually the kind of money they make help them to take care of a lot of issues, like most of them are in school and you can imagine when you are in school and in a situation where you have to sleep with a guy to get 5/10 thousand or what have you, but here you don’t have to sleep with anyone. 

 In a strip club, all you have to do is lap dance a guy or sit on him. When you sit on him, you whine and he gives you money, some can give you N5000, some can give you N10,000, some can even give you N20,000, it depends.

In this place, a girl makes up to N150, 000 in a week. We open on Tuesdays to Sundays and we go off on Mondays. If a girl makes up to a N150,000 in a week, that is about N600,000 in a month and when she goes out to tell her friends that this is the kind of money she makes, her friend will want to come too and that is why they keep coming from different parts of the world.

So the kind of money they make here enables them to take care of their parents, some of them have kids, some of them help their siblings, those going to school take care of their school needs and sort a lot of issues for them. 

 We have accommodation here at no cost and they have all the freedom here, they are making good money and they catch all the fun. We have a clientele, the big boys come here, they come, they don’t pay anything for accommodation, they don’t pay for feeding, their welfare are well taken good care of and they make good money, so that is why they all keep tripping in.

Other girls all over Nigeria, once they hear what we pay them here, they keep coming in and we keep having them, we should have about 70 girls if I am not mistaken.'

Former Ekiti state governor bought N50m mattresses for his wife’s bedroom

The newly elected Governor of Ekiti state, Governor Ayo Fayose has revealed some of the 
things his eyes have seen in the newly built government house. 

According to him, in a statement by his Special Assistant Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the new government house was an act of insensitivity to the plight of Ekiti State people, many of whom cannot afford to feed once in a day. PREMIUM TIMES reports that the affluence the immediate past governor lived in while he was still the governor can be said to be alarming.

 

“When we visited the Government House for the first time yesterday, I was like: how I wish I can sell off this place or turn it to commercial use.“It is simply wicked for a governor to be more interested in this manner of ostentatious comfort at the expense of the people.“The bed on which Fayemi slept before he left government alone costs over N30 million!

“That of his wife costs over N20 million! “Between Fayemi and his wife, what was spent on their bedrooms, toilets and bathrooms will be in the region of N100 million.

“How can a responsible government use borrowed fund to provide this kind of luxury for the governor and his family alone in a state where a lot of people cannot afford to feed once in a day?

“People should ask the outgone governor what was really wrong with the abandoned governor’s lodge used by his (Fayemi) predecessors, the governor quizzed.

Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years

More than seven months after Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius' trial for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp started, Judge Thokozile Masipa today announced a punishment of five years imprisonment after finding him guilty of culpable homicide.

Pistorius was acquitted of murder. He had testified during his murder trial that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder. Reporters in court in Pretoria say that Arnold Pistorius, uncle of the jailed athlete, has indicated there will be no appeal – the family expected him to go to jail.

Lecturers of Abia State Polytechnic goes on warning strike

Warning strike by academic staff of Abia State Polytechnic has begun. From our gathering, every office is under lock and key. Students were seen stranded, and some lecturers clustered outside the main school gate were guided by members of the Nigeria Police Force to avoid hoodlums taking advantage of the situation.

Below are photos from Abia State Polytechnic.

Lagos to give N50m to First Consultant Medical Centre, Ebola survivors

Monday, October 20, 2014

As Nigeria has been officially declared Ebola-free, the Lagos state government has revealed plans to present N50 million to First Consultant Medical Centre, Obalende, where the index case, Mr Patrick Sawyer died. The hospital also lost their chief consultant, Dr. Adadevoh and a nurse, Justina.

The state Government will also give an undisclosed amount to other Ebola causalities and survivors, to help them get back on their feet.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, disclosed this at a joint media conference in Alausa, Ikeja

'Support to affected persons including those alive and N50 million lump sum as business support gesture to First Consultant Medical Centre. This is with view to getting people, businesses back on their feet and for businesses to re-secure patronage of their customers.'

Footballer DIES after injuring spine in failed somersault goal celebration

A footballer has died after suffering a serious spinal injury during his somersault goal celebration.

Peter Biaksangzuala, 23, fell awkwardly on his head after scoring the equaliser for his team Bethlehem Vengthlang FC in India last week. MirrorUk reports that the match was being televised and watched live by thousands of supporters.

Teammates were about to jump on the midfielder to celebrate the goal when they realised he was
seriously hurt. He was stretchered off the pitched and rushed to hospital where doctors operated to try and repair his spine which was badly damaged, local media reports. But Biaksangzuala died on Sunday after his condition deteriorated in hospital.

Lal Hmar, a football official in Mizoram state, told reporters in capital Aizawl that the young footballer had agreed to donate his eyes before his death.

Watch the very sad video below, from 2:22 minutes onward to see footage of Biaksangzuala’s fatal goal celebration.

  

What is wrong with this picture?

LOL. I am not above mistakes, neither are you. But when international media does things like this, I wonder if it's intentional.

This is a grave one, biko!

Former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah picks PDP nomination form for Senate

Former Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah has picked the nomination form for senatorial ticket for the 2015 election.

The controversial former minister of Aviation, who was ousted from office after a sleazy deal on bullet proof cars has decided to contest for the Senatorial seat of Anambra North Senatorial Zone.

She was reported to have yielded to intense pressure from stakeholders to contest for the seat thus she has indicated interest to run in the 2015 polls.

Stella who is contesting for the position on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), picked up her nomination form this week for N4 million.

'Nigeria is Ebola-free' - WHO

Nigeria and the World Health Organization were poised to declare the country free of Ebola on Monday, a containment victory in an outbreak that has stymied other countries’ response efforts.

The milestone was set for 9 a.m. local time or 4 a.m., E.T., 42 days since the last new case. The outbreak has killed more than 4,500 in West Africa is remains unchecked in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, so Nigeria is by no means immune to another outbreak.

“It’s possible to control Ebola. It’s possible to defeat Ebola. We’ve seen it here in Nigeria,” Nigerian Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu told TIME. “If any cases emerge in the future, it will be considered—by international standards—a separate outbreak. If that happens, Nigeria will be ready and able to confront it exactly as we have done with this outbreak.”

For the WHO to declare Nigeria Ebola-free, the country had to make it 42 days with no new cases (double the incubation period), verify that it actively sought out all possible contacts, and show negative test results for any suspected cases.

Nigeria had 20 cases of Ebola after a Liberian-American man named Patrick Sawyer flew into Lagos collapsed at the airport. Health care workers treating Sawyer were infected, and as it spread it ultimately killed eight people, a low number next to the thousands of cases and deaths in other countries. Nigeria’s health system is considered more robust, but there was significant concern from experts that a case would pop up in one of the country’s dense-populated slums and catch fire.

TIME

Man beats pregnant wife to death in Enugu

The Enugu State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has arrested a man, Mr. Ozoemena Nwankwo, for allegedly beating his pregnant wife, Ndidi Nwankwo, to death.


According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, the incident occurred around 10pm on October 17 at Nwankwo’s residence in Akpawfu village, Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. Nwankwo, who was described as a chronic wife-beater, beat up Ndidi, who was four months pregnant, until she lost consciousness. The woman sustained a severe injury on her right leg in the course of the beating. It was gathered that the pregnant woman gave up the ghost after she was rushed to a nearby hospital.

Ndidi’s corpse has been deposited at Agbani General Hospital, in Nkanu West Local Government Area, while Nwankwo is currently in custody as police operatives conduct investigations into the incident. Amaraizu said Nwankwo has expressed regrets over the development, saying he never thought his pregnant wife would die as a result of the beating.