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A woman, who was raped by a family member who is a reverend from the time she was 2 till she became pregnant with twins at 19, has told of how she suffered sexual abuse and how she was tied up and accused of luring her abuser after the truth came out.The story of Mmanti Umor is one that reveals the heights of callousness but at the same time highlights the power of the unbroken human spirit. Mmanti Umor was raped consistently from the age of 2 till she was about 19, she gave birth to twin babies as result of the incessant rape. She was also accused of being a witch who lured her abuser and was taken to a park, stripped and tied to a tree for one month.   As we mourn the dearth of compassion in some people, we also celebrate the unbridled resolve to excel above all odds, as is the case with this brave woman.Click on www.lindaikeji.tv to watch this heart touching story on 'Life Lessons with Betty Irabor'.Below is a sneak peek.   In this episode of “Life Lessons with Betty Irabor”

  Nigerians under the auspices of Arise for A New Nigeria stormed the streets of London, at 10, Downing Street, close to the Prime Minister’s office, to express solidarity with President Buhari over the suspension of Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).   They also presented a letter addressed to Prime Minister Theresa May, in which they urged Britain to support Buhari’s anti-corruption fight, especially concerning Onnoghen's suspension.   Speaking on behalf of the group, Andrew Kobani, President of the group, restated their commitment to supporting Nigeria’s present administration, as it has shown determination to “reduce corrupt practices”.   The letter reads: "Madam Prime Minister may wish to note that Nigeria is experiencing a turbulent period in the fight against corruption as initiated by the administration of Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Suffice to note that since 2015, the present administration has initiated measure

Drake has made two female McDonald's employees $10,000 richer after he stopped by for a meal this week and left them a generous tip.The rapper stopped by with his bodyguards at a branch of the popular fast food company in Los Angeles. After he got his meal, he gave two of the female employees who served him $20,000 in cash. That is $10,000 for each woman.A fan who witnessed it took to Twitter to write about it.@Imajnoel tweeted: Just saw Drake in McDonald's... crazy... He added: And he gave two female employees $10,000 each... in cash.   The post Drake gave two McDonald's employees $20,000 as tip when he stopped by for a meal appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog .

  Music and art have always been a vehicle for social transformation as such, the artist becomes the driver. Top Nigerian music artist are not taken a back seat in this election season but are lending their voice to ensure a prosperous future. A powerful combination of 2Baba Idibia,  MI Abaga, Teni d Entertainer, Chidinma Ekile, Waje, Umar M Shareef & Cobhams Asuquo voices are passing a message in this song "NOT FOR SALE". The song entreats Nigerians, as advocates of change, to not sell their votes because the power to change the nation for the better is in every one of us as. The song also encourages a non-violent electoral process by everyone as they come out to exercise their civic responsibility. The song was produced by Cobhams Asuquo, Shot and Edited by Paul Gambit, directed by Bobby Hai. This song was produced for INEC within its partnership with the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) and support from the European UnionThe post 2Baba Idibia, MI Abaga, Ten

Sanjoy Sachdev was arrested after couples in his shelter accused him of abuse and extortion.

The sea of muddy sludge released by a dam that burst in Brazil devastated tiny Córrego do Feijão.

  EFCC has reacted to the activities of some former staff of the commission who are still parading themselves as being in the employ of the Commission, and using this means to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. According to EFCC, 'preliminary investigation shows that some of the fraudsters brandish seemingly authentic Identity Cards as staff of the Commission to prey on their prospective victims. They make monetary demands and in return give promises to help stall ongoing corruption investigation, or promise to help secure employment for some people or their loved ones in the Commission'. Investigation also revealed that some Identity Cards being paraded by the hoodlums are those of members of staff who have earlier reported them as lost or stolen at gunpoint and got Police Reports to be able to get replacements from the Human Resources Unit of the Commission. Besides, some extortionists also design and print fake Identity cards with which they carry out their blackmai

Thousands skip school to join a march demanding tougher action against climate change.

Six men on hunger strike are force-fed via nasal tubes after a US judge approves the move.

Pink's husband Carey Hart says their daughter has been shooting since she was three years old.

A South Korean nursing assistant has been arrested for illegally performing plastic surgery on about 1,000 patients over a period of three years. The nursing assistant, only identified as a 70-year-old man, posed as a doctor from 2015 to 2018, performing some 1,500 illicit cosmetic surgeries on around 1,000 victims.  Through the illegal medical practices, he earned about 1 billion won (about 900,000 U.S. dollars).  A 56-year-old plastic surgeon, the head of a clinic in Joongrang district in eastern Seoul, was also arrested for his collusion with the nursing assistant in violation of the medical law. The nursing assistant attracted customers from beauty salons and skin care shops near the clinic, mainly performing face-lift and double eyelid surgeries.   Other employees of the clinic thought that the nursing assistant was a real doctor as he and the chief surgeon kept it secret thoroughly, the police was quoted as saying. The nursing assistant and the clinic owner denied all charges bro

A woman woke from a coma with a rare brain infection that turned her into a ‘different person’ and made her think she was the Messiah.Evie Moore, 23, from Cirencester, Gloucestershire, who is not religious, became convinced that she was ‘a messenger from God’ due to the disorder known as encephalitis – a serious inflammation of the brain.She spent two months in the hospital being treated for the disorder which causes the body’s immune system to start attacking healthy brain cells. It was so severe that it made her even temporarily forget who her parents were.Evie has now recounted the moment the disorder struck when she was 20.    She remembers lying on the floor next to her hospital bed, creating the sign of the cross.She said: When the junior doctor came to see me, I’d say, ‘Hello, I’m a messenger from God and I’ve been sent from heaven. She said it began with paranoia and feelings of jealousy. Then she had a seizure while at her parents' house and she was rushed to the hospital

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a former Spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, seeking to upturn the decision of a Federal High Court, Abuja, not to release his international passport for him to travel abroad.Metuh who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for alleged N400 million fraud had on February 22, 2017, through his counsel, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, applied for the release of his passport in order for him to “travel to the United Kingdom for five weeks to attend to his failing health”.Justice Okon Abang had dismissed the application as “lacking in merit”, and sternly warned his counsel against deploying tactics to delay the trial, which has been ongoing since January 6, 2016.Dissatisfied with the ruling, Metuh had approached the Appellate Court, praying for the release of his travel document.The Court of Appeal, however, on January 30, 2019 ruled that his application was “an abuse of court process”, as

Media personality, Bolanle Olukanni, took to her Instagram page on Thursday afternoon to testify of how she survived a near-fatal accident on January 20th, without a single scratch. She wrote;Upper Sunday I was in a life threatening accident with six other people . I came out without a single scratch. Not one part of my body was affected , no injuries , no minor scratches or cuts . I came out like nothing happened. I can’t explain what it means to me to be sitting here completely whole and healthy after that accident . A few things I can guarantee is that God is a miracle worker. As the car somersaulted I remember thinking to myself how is this happening to me , why is this happening BUT I also remember feeling like I was being carried, as not one part of my body felt the effects of the car tumbling.As I pulled myself out of the car after it came to a stop from the somersaulting. I stood on the highway in complete shock asking how did I survive it . The most interesting thing is moment

  Four major television stations in the country have been sanctioned by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC for airing hate speech.   The television stations are: Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, African Independent Television, AIT, Channels TV and Television Continental, TVC. They were sanctioned for allowing hate speeches by politicians from both the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to be aired on their networks.   According to the Director General of NBC, Malam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, he said letters to the affected organisations notifying them about the sanction were awaiting delivery in his office.   He said the four stations failed to shut out chieftains of both parties who wilfully engaged in hate speeches during their political campaigns.  He said, ‘’Broadcasters have huge responsibility of protecting and guiding our democracy; and we have a very huge responsibili

  A jilted boyfriend whose girlfriend had traveled out of town decided to confront her for allegedly cheating on him as he waited to welcome her at the airport.The Australian man turned up in the arrival area at Melbourne Airport in Australia holding a giant sign that read: 'I know you cheated'.A Melbourne traveller who spotted the funny message shared a picture of the man holding they the sign above his head via her Twitter page.At Melbourne airport today. He was waiting to greet his cheating partner... I AM DECEASED,' Krystal tweeted, along with a laughing/crying emoticon.  The post 'I know you cheated' - Jilted boyfriend confronts his 'unfaithful girlfriend' with a giant sign as he waits to welcome her at the airport (Photo) appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog .

A woman accused of faking insanity was apprehended with money, phones, ATM cards and other valuables along Dugbe-Eleyele road in Ibadan, Oyo state today.The residents of the almost set her ablaze before the police came in to rescue her. Watch the video below      View this post on Instagram         Woman accused of faking madness, apprehended with money, phones, ATM cards and other valuables along Dugbe-Eleyele road in Ibadan, Oyo state today. She was almost set ablaze by the mob.A post shared by LIB - Linda Ikeji Blog (@lindaikejiblog) on Jan 31, 2019 at 2:00am PSTThe post Woman accused of faking madness, apprehended with money, phones, ATM cards and other valuables in Ibadan appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog .

  As tweeted by the Nollywood actor cum politician.The post Are these the leaders of tomorrow? - Yul Edochie tackles Nigerian youths appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog .

One pastor William Emeka, who is accused of raping four women in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, fears for his life, his attorney Omoregie Ogboro said today. Speaking to African News Agency (ANA) shortly after Emeka made another brief appearance in the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court, Ogboro said Emeka abandoned his bail bid on December 5 last year because he feared being attacked by some members of the public. “There was a lot of tension and his church was burnt,” said Ogboro. The 43-year-old Emeka, said to be a Democratic Republic of Congo national, was arrested in November last year and his church was burnt by unknown people near Bronkhorstspruit in the same month. He faces four charges of rape and two of sexual assault.  Allegations are that Emeka asked four female congregants to take off their clothes before he smeared them with anointing oil and then raped them. On December 5 last year, police saved a Nigerian man from a crowd of people who wanted to attack and throw him

Sweden and Finland investigate meat from a Polish abattoir found to have handled sick cows.

After months of protests, France will prohibit face coverings and even specific people from rallies.

Flames from gas-fed heaters stop snow and ice from clogging up the track at railway intersections.

Creating artworks from ARV bottles and old pills to encourage Ugandans to take their medicine.

A married South African woman, Sophie took to Facebook to share the sad story of how her 4-year-old son was killed by armed robbers on Monday, January 20th.  Read her heartbreaking post below: "On Monday,8:30pm,20th January, young 3 arm robbers with guns walked into our back yard,broke the glass door and get into our house.they take everything in our home freely and killed our son with his little pajama on.This tragedy left me and my husband devastated and traumatized to the extent we felt like we're bad parents. Ethan was shot and survived two surgeries before his life was ended,First surgery was successful and when the Docotr came out to say Eth is breathing himself that was the best news I have ever received through that night..but after the second surgery,bleeding was too much,my Son had suffered severe internal injuries to the extent blood was not cloting And that leads to his death.Doctor came and call me and my husband to come and say our last goodbyes to our son whilst

A woman has been exposed on Twitter for owing a man money and rudely refusing to pay back. The rude debtor even went as far as throwing subs at her creditor on Twitter.She was given a chance to explain her side of the story but she refused.Screenshots of her chat with her creditor has now been shared and Twitter users are shocked by her behavior.See screenshots below. The post Imagine the rude messages and subs a woman sent to a man she was owing money appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog .

Uche asked this very important question on IG this morning. She wrote''Technology is the future,I know the importance of making sure our children are highly skilled in this digital age but the harsh reality is ....unless you are going to supervise your child's online activities they are not safe...the true danger lurking in the burgeoning number of children's internet chat rooms ( social media / gaming chat rooms) I know most of these apps say 13years and above (which kids can lie about to create profile) (Today is such an eye opener for me)Story for another day. Can we please discuss the right age for our kids to get on internet (social media and gaming chat rooms) unsupervised.Now that I have gotten that off my chest''.So what age is ideal for a parent to grant their young child unsupervised access to the internet?The post Uche Jombo is asking what is the right age a child should be granted unsupervised access to use the internet appeared first on Linda Ikeji

A woman forgave her ex and took him back, thinking he was truly repentant. But what she didn't know was that he had other plans. And she found out in the most painful way. The post Woman wakes up to the shock of a lifetime after taking her ex back appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog .

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested 35-year old Dorathy Sunday, pictured above, for allegedly stealing a five day old twin baby boy at the maternity ward of the Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Anambra state. A statement from the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Haruna Mohammed, said the suspect sneaked into the Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi at about 5pm yesterday January 30th and stole a five day old twin baby boy at the maternity ward of the hospital when the mother of the baby, 22-year-old Mmadu Happiness Miracle of  Uruagu, Nnewi went to the hospital compound to wash her clothes. However, luck ran out of the suspect when Nurses at the hospital gate saw her in a suspicious manner and raised an alarm which led to her arrest. Meanwhile, the stolen baby was recovered in good condition and the case is under investigation after which suspect would be charged to court for prosecution.The post Photo: Woman arrested for stealing baby

  American rapper, Lil Wayne has filed a $20 million lawsuit against his former attorney Ronald Sweeney, over claims he charged him beyond the industry standard for 13 years. In the court documents obtained by TMZ, the 36-year-old Grammy Award-winning rapper claims that Sweeney who served as his lawyer from 2005 through September 2018 charged him 10 percent when most deals in the industry were around five percent. According to Lil Wayne, the up-charge saw Sweeney make $20 million during his tenure.It was also claimed in the document, that the lawyer got greedy and started proposing he get an additional 10 percent of all profits from Wayne's label, Young Money but the rapper prevented that from happening.  In the suit, he says Sweeney managed to pull even more funds out of Wayne by enlisting the help of another law firm for the ongoing legal battles with Birdman and Cash Money Records, as well as Universal Music Group.  Wayne added that the firm got 23 percent of the Cash Money sett

Italy sees two quarters of negative growth as the eurozone expands by just 0.2% in the fourth quarter.

A schoolgirl was found hanged days after a family dispute over chores. It has now been revealed that prior to her death, she told teachers at her school that she was afraid to go home. The body of Amber Peat, 13, was discovered in bushes three days after she disappeared from her home in Mansfield, England, after a family dispute. Teacher Joanne Holland said she previously phoned the girl’s mother Kelly Peat after the girl told her she was afraid to go home.   Speaking at Nottinghamshire Coroner’s Court, Mrs Holland said: She was worried about going home because she had lost the belt off her coat.She basically said she was scared she was going to get told off.I had to phone home and tell mum, “It really is fine, we will find it”. School support manager Emma Dunn added Amber was normally pleasant and bubbly but this changed when she was around her parents in a meeting and she became quiet and withdrawn. In a statement, Miss Dunn said it ‘left her with an uneasy feeling.’The school meetin