Abuja was agog on Saturday as Olorogun Jonathan Oghenero Esin gives away his lovely daughter Othamuke in a marriage ceremony adorning style and glamour.
It was celebration galore as Omayemi Jaja tied the knots with his heartthrob as who is who in Delta grace the occasion to celebrate with the Jajas and Esins.
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Nigerian actor, Denola Grey has lamented about the obsession of the older generation with marriage.
While speaking on a podcast, he stated that most of them are in unhappy marriages, but they want the younger generation to tie the knot and manage like them.
In his words;
ââWhen will you marry? When will you fix your marriage? How about that? I don’t know why they are so obsessed with marriage because a lot of them are not in happy marriages especially like the older generation I’m like so you want me to just like meet someone, marry them and just be managing them. Like, I hate slavery. ”
Big Brother Naija Reality TV star and chef, Uriel Oputa, popularly known as Uriel says critics questioning her single status should back-off as marriage is not for everyone.
Uriel who is also an entrepreneur and chef, took to her Instagram @urielmusicstar to address the issue said, marriage is not an achievement, the reason why she does not feel any pressure from the family or the public.
According to her, she does not need validation from social media to prove that she is married or not.
She added that posting her partner or relationship status on social media was a prohibition for her.
âMarriage isnât for everyone. If you think marriage is an achievement, thatâs on you. How do you know Iâm not married? Do you think everyone needs validation from social media?â, Uriel wrote.
She went ahead to reiterate that she would never post about her partner or relationship status on social media.
âI would never post my marriage or my partnerâs full face here. Age-shaming and marriage-shaming is so 2018. Letâs maintain this energy and save the lives of young men and womenâ.
On the topic of trolls who bully people on social media, Uriel reassured them that she is bully-proof.
âBullying doesnât work with me. I went to an all-white school and I was the blackest kid that ever livethâ.
Meanwhile, the social media influencer has earlier expressed her taught and feelings on the topic of trolls, as well as those that were good in bullying others on social media, reassuring them that she happens to be a bully-proof.
She became famous after appearing in Big Brother Naija season 2 in 2017, and ever since then, she has built a successful career in various fields.
A High Court in  Birnin Kebbi on Monday sentenced a woman, Farida Abubakar to death by hanging for killing her former husband, Chief Magistrate, Attahiru Muhammad-Ibrahim.
Abubbakat was arraigned before the court for murder on Aug. 25, 2022 while the main charge was filed on July 26, 2023.
The prosecution said that the convict stabbed chief magistrate Muhammad-Ibrahim with sa sharp object on his abdomen, neck and left arm which led to his death .
Delivering judgment, the Chief Judge of the state, who adjudicated on the case, Justice Umar Abubakar held that the court was convinced that the accused person based on the evidence adduced by the prosecution.
âThe defendant was last seen with the deceased in his house in Birnin Kebbi, shortly after, he was found dead.
âCircumstantial evidence linked the defendant to the offence.
âThe burden of proof is on the prosecution to establish guilt against the accused person beyond reasonable doubt within the boundary of evidence adduced.
âWith the extra judicial statement of the accused person and the testimony of 12 prosecution witnesses, the court is overwhelming convinced that the circumstantial evidence is an irresistible fact that she was the one who killed the deceased.
âThe evidence adduced is cogent, compelling, not controverted.
âHer Hijab was found smeared with blood. It was her intention to kill him. She knew death will  be the consequences of her action. The offence committed at a time the deceased was about to marry a new wife.
âThe court is satisfied, it is clearly established that the defendant mercilessly planned and marshalled the attack with sharp object, obviously to cause death or knowing the consequence of her act to cause death or does not care.
âThe court has found you guilty of culpable homicide and bodily harm, the court has convicted you as charged.
âThe court has sentenced you to death by hanging in accordance with section 191(b) penal code law of Kebbi State. You are to be hanged by the neck until you are dead.
âThe court has also sentenced you to seven years in prison for causing bodily harm in accordance with section 224 (1) of penal code law of Kebbi State,â the Judge read out in the judgment.
In mitigation, the defence counsel, Mudashiru Sani, holding brief for Abdulnasir Sallau, described the convict as first time offender with aged parents.
The counsel said that the convict was her parentsâ caregiver and also has a young daughter in need of motherly care.
He pleaded with the court to give the convict lighter sentence, so that she could finish her time and come back to the society as reformed individual, considering her age.
In reply, the Prosecuting Counsel, who is the Director, Public Prosecution in the state Ministry of Justice, Lawal Hudu-Garba, enjoined the court to follow the latter of the law to serve as deterrent to others from committing the same heinous offence.
Shortly after the judgment, the defence counsel, Sani, said, his client would appeal the verdict.
Controversial influencer, Saida Boj has explained why she is always happy when a woman divorces her husband as she insists men are cheap and abundant.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Saida Boj said this during a recent episode of the Honest Bunch podcast hosted by popular OAP, Nedu Wazobia.
The media personality revealed that she respects and gets happy when a woman divorces her husband because she might be unhappy in her marriage.
She added that if she wanted to get married, she would have done so long ago, reason she said men are not scarce.
Saida also stated that men are cheap and she has quite a number of guys who are flooding her DMs.
Additionally, she mentioned that guys should compensate women for their appearance, considering the expenses involved in maintaining their beauty.
According to her, ladies should bill a guy 24 hours after he collects their number, this practice she stressed will allow girls to assess the guy’s ability to provide for them.
She emphasized that failing to do so would result in wasting time with a guy who may not be financially capable.
However, Nedu seemed to disagree with Saida Bojâs views and statements on his Podcast.
âSaida if you continue with this mindset, you will be old and remain single,â Nedu told Saida Boj on the podcast.
Veteran Nollywood actor, Zack Orji, has revealed that his involvement in a nude scene with actress Eucharia Anunobi in hit film, Glamour Girls affected his marriage.
Orji made this known in a candid conversation with Emmanuel Ehumadu, the host of the âNollywood Hardcore: The Legendâs Untold Storyâ podcast.
Explaining how the scene created issues with his wife: âEven though sheâs an actress, but they were putting a lot of things on her mind,â he said.
Orji also said that his pastor contacted him, citing numerous troubling reports regarding the issue, and subsequently suspended him.
âMy pastor invited me. Then I was a member of the Board of Trustees of the church. He said that he had been receiving too many calls from members from other members of the Board of Trustees. âHow can Zach go and do this kind of thing? it is scandalousâ
âHe said he called me because he wanted to suspend me but he wanted to inform me first of all before suspending so eventually I was suspended for a month.
âHe said he was not going to tell anybody that it was just between us but that I was suspended from doing any church activities at the time.
However, what was intended to be a private matter unexpectedly made its way into the public sphere, as the news of his suspension was leaked to the media.
He said while he was on another set for a movie, a journalist called him on the matter.
âHe came to the set where I was filming and said, âI just want to confirm from you before going to press. Is it true that youâve been suspended by your church?â
âI said âWho told you that?â He said âIâm sorry. I canât reveal the source of my information.â
âI was so angry because the pastor told me it was confidential. I went back and told the pastor what had happened. I asked him how a reporter got to know about this. He was just looking at me he couldnât say anything.â
Orji disclosed that the incident led him to leave the church, requesting that his name be removed from the Board of Trustees and all related documents.
He said although the pastor later reached out, stating that they had retracted the suspension and didnât want him to leave, Orji stated that his decision was final, and he had made up his mind to move on.
Controversial Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti has noted that women are more unfaithful in relationships and marriages than men.
According to him, the notion that men cheat more than women was a propaganda.
The maverick singer spoke on the âBahd & Boujeeâ Podcast co-hosted by reality star Tolanibaj and actress Moet Abebe.
âThe society made it seem like itâs only men that cheat. Women cheat more than men,â he said.
The hosts: âWe donât agree!â
Kuti, âOkay, this propaganda out there⌠The truth is that women cheat more than men. Even in the bible, Josephâs masterâs wife tried to cheat on her husband with him and because he refused, she framed him for rape.
âWhich man did they write in the bible that he cheated on his wife?
âWe [men and women] are all equally bad. Letâs just accept that. And men that are out there thinking that you are the only unfaithful one in your marriage or relationship, you are living in a fantasy.
âIf she is not stepping out of the house, youâre sure she is in that compound 24 hours, start looking at everybody in the compound.â
Handsome Nollywood actor, Olumide Oworu has hinted on when and who he would eventually get married to.
The actor said he is open to marrying his current girlfriend.
Oworu, 29 noted that he has found his missing rib in her current girlfriend.
The actor made this known while appearing on a âSurviving Lagosâ podcast on Saturday evening.
âI feel like I have found the one [my soul mate],â he expressed.
Responding to the host, Susan Pawjokâs question on why he is keeping his partner private, Oworu said, âThe industry that we are in would take a lot from you. So in the tug of war, Iâm trying to hold on to something to myself.â
Susan inferred: âWould you say you are scared of showing her face before some people would snatch her from you?â
Oworu rebuffed: âNo, Iâm not scared. I dare people to try her. I am a very secured man.â
Speaker of Niger House of Assembly, Mr Abdulmalik Sarkin-daji, has denied forcing 100 orphaned girls into marriage as part of his constituency project.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, had petitioned the Inspector General of Police on the matter.
The Minister had sought for a court order to restrain the speaker from engaging 100 orphaned girls into forceful marriage.
Addressing a Press conference on Tuesday in Minna, Sarking-daji said the purported story was untrue and mere speculations.
âI didnât force any child into marriage and I didnât arrange the marriage of anybody,ââ he said.
The speaker explained that recently he announced plans to support orphan girls, especially victims of banditry attacks to get married following an appeal by religious and traditional leaders from his constituency.
Sarkin-daji said he was approached by religious and traditional leaders in his constituency to support less privileged parents, whose children were due for marriage.
âThey appealed for my support on behalf of the less privileged parents whose children are of maturity age with suitors of their choice but cannot afford marriage expenses.
âThey wanted my support and I felt that instead of allowing the girls fall into fornication because of the marriage expenses, I decided to respect the appeal and support them,â he said.
The speaker further explained that apart from Women Affairs Minister, he also received a message from Senior Special Assistant to President on Community Engagement, Mrs Abiodun Essiet, on the issue.
âThe honorable minister should have got across to me directly to share ideas and work out initiative on how to develop the gesture and serve as guidance rather than making a topic out of it,ââ Sarkin daji said.
He urged the minister to be confirming issues from reliable sources as against relying on social media fake stories.
Sarkin daji said about 200 JAMB candidates of which majority were orphans and Internally Displaced Persons from his constituency have benefited from his support programme.
The Speaker, however, said he withdrew the marriage support to the orphans following the ministersâ petition, pledging to communicate the action to his constituency soon.
The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulamlik Sarkindaji, has stopped the planned hosting of the wedding of 100 orphan girls in his constituency, saying he would not grace the occasion.
Sarkindaji took the decision following the action of the Women Affairs Minister, Uju Ohannaya, who dragged the Speaker to court to halt the wedding.
The Speaker made this known on Tuesday during a media briefing in which he said the minister had overstepped her bounds.
He said the minister should take over the sponsorship of the wedding ceremony.
The Speaker disclosed that he had already made funds available to the girlsâ parents through the traditional leaders and clerics of his constituency, noting that he would not withdraw the funds.
Abdulmalik also pointed out that his motive for wanting to sponsor the wedding was the state of poverty of the girlsâ parents and not the constituency project, as reported in the media.