Why I Once Abstained From Sex for Three Whole Years - Tiwa Savage Reveals

 Multi award-winning singer and performer, Tiwa Savage, has opened up on her religious belief, marital stand.

Tiwa Savage, the Eminado crooner who is popular referred to as the 'Mavins Records First Lady' revealed that she preached and practiced abstinence from sex for three years.

In an exclusive interview in the November edition of Genevieve magazine, the singer details the bond between husband Tunji ‘Tee Billz’ Balogun and her new baby.

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The Eminado singer recounts that her husband was so excited when she was pregnant, citing instances when he would attempt speaking to the baby right there in her belly.
She also went on to highlight his support since she put to bed, stating that he stays up to feed the baby when she is trying to get some sleep.

She said: “He changes diapers, makes his food and is very hands-on with the baby.”

When asked about her spiritual life she said she was ‘very spiritual’ affirming that she pays her tithes often as well as conversing with God.
She said, “I may not always get to kneel down and pray but at some point in the car or wherever I am, I would have a conversation with God; I am very spiritual. I do not joke with paying tithe or speaking with God. I owe everything to him and I guess a lot of people don’t see that side.

“I gave my life to God on July, 16 2002 and I went through a tough time following that,” she added.

Speaking further, the 35-year-old talked about the times she would get on a train and preach as well as practicing abstinence for three years.

“I had gone through a tough time trying to find myself. I went through heartbreak and I remember crying so much through that time. I felt lost and didn’t know where I needed to be in this world. I know this sounds cliché, but I was praying one day and I literally felt the presence of God in the room with me.

“And, you know when you first give your life to Christ, you are a radical. So, then, I would preach to strangers on the train and say Jesus sent me to you.

The mother of one added that: “Sometimes I would give my entire one month paycheck to the church; they asked for only 10%, but I would give the entire 100%. People scoffed and said “she is new in the faith, just give her another year”.

“And for three years, I was not intimate with a man. I didn’t kiss or have sex. Every time I hugged a man it would be from the side. A lot of people can relate to that because it has happened to a lot of us but the key is to be consistent.”

Tiwa also stated that even if she wasn’t a Christian she still wouldn’t have lived a promiscuous life owing to her nature.

“Even if I was not a Christian, I was never that type of girl. I was a tomboy. My mum used to think I would be gay. I am the only girl among four siblings so I used to wear trousers to feel like I was part of the boys. I never waxed my eyebrows and I hated high heels, which I still hate till today.

“I was never into boys, which is probably why my husband has full confidence that the big men flashing money in my face won’t faze me.”

Quack Doctor Infects Over 200 Patients with HIV Virus (Photos)

 An unlicensed Cambodian doctor was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday, December 3, after he was found guilty of infecting more than 200 people with HIV, including some who later died.

 

 

The 55year old doctor named Yem Chroeum, was facing the prospect of life in prison but his murder charge was reduced by the court to a lesser manslaughter offence, his defence lawyer said.

 

"My client still insists he is innocent," lawyer Em Sovann told AFP by telephone after the verdict was announced.

 

"I will represent him if he wants to appeal this conviction," he added.

 

 

The rural doctor was convicted of infecting locals in the remote village of Roka in western Battambang province by reusing dirty needles. 

 

For millions of Cambodians, especially the poor and those in isolated regions, unlicensed doctors are the only realistic healthcare option for everyday ailments.

 

World Bank figures say Cambodia, one of Asia's poorest nations, has just 0.2 doctors for every 100,000 people, on a par with Afghanistan. 

 

Some of those who were infected testified at the trial.

 

Loeum Lorn, 52, said he and four of his family members had contracted HIV. "We are his (the doctor's) victims but it was only late on that we discovered we were infected," he told reporters last month outside the trial. 

 

He added that around 10 villagers who were infected, mostly elderly, had since died.

 

During the trial, prosecutors accused the doctor of hiding the facts and changing his story.

Fani Kayode Accuses President Buhari of Trying to Kill Dasuki, Maltreating Kayode Are and Others

 Former campaign manager for Goodluck Jonathan's 2015 presidential bid, Fani Kayode has slammed President Buhari over the arrest of Sambo Dasuki and the interrogation of others allegedly involved in the $2billion shady arms deal.

 

 

The very opinionated politician has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for the alleged witch hunt of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki among other former political office holders being investigated.

 

Read the statement below...

 

“I have just spoken to Colonel Kayode Are, the former D-G of SSS during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration and the former Acting National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan and I am deeply concerned. He told me that his house is under siege and that gunshots are being fired at him and his family as we were speaking.

 

“I am not sure what the issue is about but a situation where security men go to the home of a respected patriot like that and start shooting at him and his family for whatever reason is unacceptable and extremely dangerous. When you consider what is happening in Are’s home and marry with the shameful manner in which Colonel Sambo Dasuki, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Governor Attahiru Bafawara, Alhaji Bashir Yuguda, Nnamdi Kanu, Godswill Orubebe, Bukola Saraki, Sule Lamido and others are being persecuted, threatened and demonised by the Federal Government it is clear that we are now in a police state in which law and order has broken down and in which anything can happen.

 

“The case of Dasuki was particularly bad. He was barricaded in his home against court orders and treated like an animal for three weeks. He was humiliated and subjected to mental and psychological torture for no just cause for that period of time even though the courts had told the SSS to let him travel out of the country for urgent medical attention. Instead of doing so after three tortuous weeks the SSS stormed his home, held everyone captive at gunpoint, grabbed him in front of his family, bundled him in a car and carried him to an unknown destination without any lawful authority or any arrest warrant.

 

“As far as I am concerned they are trying to kill him simply by denying him the right to see his doctors even though they know that he is very sick. If this were not the case then why are they indulging in all this dangerous and reckless drama. If they want to prosecute him that is fair enough but at least they should ensure that he stays well and that he remains alive and that they don’t kill him. You cannot prosecute a dead body and you cannot charge a man to court after he is dead.

 

“I saw Dasuki on various occasions before his arrest and I assure you that he really is very ill. What harm could have been done by allowing him to see his doctor as the courts ordered? Does he not have the right to live and get medical treatment? Is it not clear that there is more to this than meets the eye? Why are people remaining silent when this is a clear case of vendetta, vengeance, wickedness, injustice and a crude attempt to destroy, silence and kill an innocent man ? It is Dasuki today but it could be anyone else tomorrow.

 

“The truth is that the Buhari government is playing a dangerous game of Russian roulette with a loaded gun and if they are not careful it will soon explode. If they are not careful they will soon lose the confidence and trust of the people. They do not fear God. They are vindictive, petty, vicious, unforgiving and unjust and if they continue in this way apart from alienating the people they run the risk of provoking the wrath of God.

 

“If they have any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Dasuki or anyone else then they should present it in court rather than on the pages of newspapers and if they wish to charge anyone they should go ahead and do so in a lawful, proper and civilized manner. The era of witchhunting and demonising people and attempting to cower and subdue them into silence are long over.

 

“Those of us that oppose this government can never be intimidated or silenced because God is with us. If we could stand up against military dictatorship in the past, we can stand up against civilian dictatorship today. Anything outside of prosecuting people in a lawful manner and according to due process is barbaric and unacceptable and our President needs to be reminded that he is not running a military government but a democratic one.

 

“This attempt to silence us with guns, bullets, threats of arrest and prosecution, violence, storming of homes, locking up of relatives, kidnapping of citizens, shameful lies, baseless allegations, demonisation in the media and disinformation will not work. They do not have enough prisons to silence the voice of the Nigerian people or to break their spirit and no-one is intimidated by the governments evil tactics and wicked ways. My message to President Buhari is simple and clear: stop terrorizing your own people and save your terror waves and gestapo tactics for Boko Haram. “

Breaking News! NCC Reduces $5.2bn Fine Slammed on MTN...See New Fine and Deadline for Payment

 The Nigerian Communications Commission has reduced the $5.2bn slamed fine on giant telecommunications company MTN Nigeria to $3.4bn for flouting the regulatory body's directive on SIM deactivation.

 

 

 

The telecommunications regulator has also given MTN until the end of the year to pay the fine.

 

Read below the mail MTN management sent to its staff

 

“The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) reduces imposed fine to US$3.4 billion equivalent and further cautionary announcement.

 

Shareholders are advised that, after further engagements with the Nigerian Authorities, the NCC has reduced the imposed fine.

 

MTN has received a formal letter dated 2 December 2015 from the NCC informing the Company that, after considering the Company’s request, it has taken the decision to reduce the fine on the MTN Nigeria business from the original N1,040,000,000,000 (One Trillion, Forty Billion Naira) to N674 Billion which has to be paid by 31 December 2015.

 

The fine relates to the late disconnecting of 5.1 million MTN Nigeria subscribers in August and September 2015. The Company is carefully considering the NCC’s reply, however the Executive Chairman Phuthuma Nhleko will immediately and urgently re-engage with the Nigerian Authorities before responding formally, as it is essential for the Company to follow due process to ensure the best outcome for the Company, its stakeholders and the Nigerian Authorities and accordingly all factors having a bearing on the situation will be thoroughly and carefully considered before the Company arrives at a final decision.

 

Shareholders are therefore advised to continue to exercise caution when dealing in the Company’s securities until a further announcement is made. As we committed to you previously, and in the spirit of our Vital Behaviour of Complete Candour, we will keep you updated as the matter unfolds. As we enter the busy year-end period in our business, I encourage you to continue focusing on our customers and strive to keep our promise to provide the bold, new Digital World to them.

 

Regards,

Phuthuma

11 Oldest African Presidents, Buhari Edged Out (See List)

This is a list of the top 11 oldest African leaders with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari making the list as well.

(1) Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, GCB is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election. He was reelected in the 2014 election. Born: April 12, 1942 (age 73).

 

 

(2) Alassane Dramane Ouattara is an Ivoirian politician who has been President of Côte d'Ivoire since 2011.
Born: January 1, 1942 (age 73).
 

 

Alassane Dramane Ouattara

 

(3) Arthur Peter Mutharika is a Malawian politician, educator and lawyer who has been President of Malawi since 31 May 2014. Mutharika has worked globally in the field of international justice. Born: 1940 (aged 75), Thyolo District, Malawi.
 

Arthur Peter Mutharika

 

(4) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the 24th and current President of Liberia, in office since 2006. She served as Minister of Finance under President William Tolbert from 1979 until the 1980 coup d'état, after which she left Liberia and held senior positions at various financial institutions. She placed second in the 1997 presidential election won by Charles Taylor. She won the2005 presidential election and took office on 16 January 2006, and she was a successful candidate for re-election in 2011. Sirleaf is the first elected female head of state in Africa. Born: October 29, 1938 (age 77), Monrovia, Liberia.

 

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

 

(5) Manuel Pinto da Costa is a Santoméan economist and politician who served as the first President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1975 to 1991. He was again elected as President in August 2011 and took office on 3 September 2011. Born: August 5, 1937 (age 78), Água Grande District.

 

Manuel Pinto da Costa

(6) Alpha Condé is a Guinean politician has been President of Guinea since December 2010. He spent decades in opposition to a succession of regimes in Guinea, unsuccessfully running against the then President. Born: March 4, 1938 (age 77), Boké, Guinea.

 

Alpha Condé

(7) Abdelaziz Bouteflika is an Algerian politician who has been the fifth President of Algeria since 1999. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1963 to 1979. Born: March 2, 1937 (age 78), Oujda, Morocco.

 

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

(8) Paul Biya is a Cameroonian politician who has been the President of Cameroon since 6 November 1982. A native of Cameroon's south, Biya rose rapidly as a bureaucrat under President Ahmadou Ahidjo in the 1960s, serving as Secretary-General of the Presidency from 1968 to 1975 and then as Prime Minister of Cameroonfrom 1975 to 1982. Born: February 13, 1933 (age 82), Mvomeka'a.

 

Paul Biya

 

(9) Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi is a Tunisian politician who has been President of Tunisia since December 2014. Previously he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1986 and as Prime Minister from February 2011 to December 2011. Born: November 29, 1926 (age 89), Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia.

 

Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi

(10) Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR is the President of Nigeria. He is a retired Nigerian Army major general and was Head of State of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in a military coup d'état. Born: December 17, 1942 (age 73), Daura.

 

 

  Muhammadu Buhari

 

 

 

(11) Robert Gabriel Mugabe, born 21 February 1924 is the current President of Zimbabwe, serving since 22 December 1987.
As one of the leaders of the rebel groups against white minority rule, he was elected as Prime Minister, head of government, in 1980, and served in that office until 1987, when he became the country's first executive head of state.

 

Robert Gabriel Mugabe

 

I am mad... very mad! - Mad Matt

I think we all know the Kardashians are not talented, maybe that's why they deserve respect. Take a look at this. It will interest you really.

               I like to take pictures of the sun as it sets; I love to take pictures of green grasses, of purple hibiscuses or sun flowers. I think clear skies are beautiful so I save them on my phone to view later... I squat in the middle of the road to take a picture of those worker ants as they struggle to lift their newly found cockroach "kebab" to the colony. I take pictures of the can of 7up I just gulped. I take pictures of St Albert's Catholic Church, I think it looks great from "chicken eye view" therefore I must be mad. Ask the dozen pair of eyes that stare at me with unbelief, stark unbelief and not forgetting pity! Ask the other few really bold or blunt ones who tell me to my face that I'm mad. At first I didn't believe them but with time I found out 90% of people actually think I'm mad.  They must be right! But then again, they pay for these same pictures on shutterstock.com and most times I'm tempted to wonder what sort of sanity hates the process but loves the product...but I resist the temptation and just keep quiet so I don't get infected with their sanity.

     My beards are over grown, my trousers are either too short or too tight, but they're always never good enough in the eye of Mr public. My shirts are just the worst, too rumpled, too faded, too out-of-fashion and too many other negatives.... hmmm well, therefore I'm mad! Well, I sincerely agree with you on this one sha! I kinda look mad, but its majorly because my clothes look cheap, the truth is my allowance is meagre, I can't afford Nike shoes, I can't afford Gucci and Prada, ok, well maybe I can sha, but the wiredcampus.xyz (my start up) requires a lot of money and so I can't afford a lot of luxury right now and so do many people I know that wear them, they can't afford this shxt... and they're always running into financial trouble... before long they can't feed and guess who bails them out? Me! The mad man! And please all of you reading this that still owe me, pay up!

     Now, I don't like NYSC, I think it’s a disservice to our nation, by our nation. I also feel the educational system in Nigeria, from primary to tertiary, is a joke, a very stale one, I feel we ought to use what I call the "bullshit approach" in our teaching. It’s a five pronged fork. It requires that our children should be able to

·         First of all acknowledge the existence of bullshit.

·         Recognise bullshit aptly whenever they see it on the streets, on social media, on TV or from their leaders' mouth.

·         Develop a deep disgust for bullshit, bullshitting and bullshitters

·         Be equipped with the right pistols, Apache helicopters, jet fighters, nuke,  knowledge required  to combat bullshit

·         Have courage imbibed in them to tackle bullshit squarely.

     Then and only then can we rid our nation of this level of bullshit...

     I feel a large per cent of our leaders are actually really dull people, well and their followers too,  I feel campuses are a waste of space, I feel churches should pay tax, in fact I feel 95% of pastors are lying liars.

      I feel our policemen are incompetent, but, then I feel it’s what you get from cheap labour. I also feel they should go on strike to protest for better pay so they don't make up for the shortfalls by robbing us. I feel all religions tend towards violence, I feel Nigeria is not progressive but Biafra would not be any better, I do not support any football team, except the super eagles sha but that has not stopped me from calling them super chickens. I think Mikel Obi is the best player in the world. I think happiness exists only in our head. I would prefer a cool book to a cool movie anytime. I think the Kardashians shouldn't be stars. I think Nigeria can be clean so I keep my pure water sachet in my back pocket or back pack until I find a waste bin...but then that is if I find one, when I don't it stays there for weeks. Yea! You don't have to say I'm mad, the point of this is to stress that fact.

       I know the #wiredcampus will take a million people off the streets by 2017, my daddy thinks while its feasible, only a mad Nigerian can imagine it. My next book is titled "Matt, his madness and his melanin" , therefore I'm mad! I will employ a competent stranger over and incompetent brother, my parents think it must be an issue with my brain. I like taking on deep deep scientific, psychological, and social issues and usually I bore everyone around me. Needless to say, I like to think I'm a revolutionary, but it’s not one of the more popular sane jobs in Nigeria, it’s quite insane to want to innovate, we are Nigerians, let's just sit down and wait for the new iPhone 8 so we can rush to the stores again! But then I think not, so it’s an issue with my perspective,  I kinda see things from an insane point! Fine I agree!

       I don't go to church, I have issues with the charade, I feel it has nothing to do with being good or moral or even spiritual, I've seen good church goers and I've seen bad ones, I've seen good Christians, I've seen bad ones, even the ones that go and do not go to church, I've seen wonderful Muslims (I hope halimat is reading this, Shaka Mohamed too) , I've also seen the negatively wondrous works of shekau, so in my opinion there are only two kinds of people, no Christian, no Buddhist, no Muslim, no tall, no short , no rich, no male, no female... just good and bad!

       Therefore I'm mad... and errrrr I can't tie my lace... I can't eat without reading or read without eating or watching a movie... they go hand in hand! Therefore I'm mad! I feel conventional is boring and I agree with you that unconventional is mad! But it’s a price I'm willing to pay! Thank you for listening to my mad rants! You can go back to your sane business now.

Matthew Ose is an environMENTAL Biologist, whistle-blower, student of life and charles Darwin, book lover, cockroach hater, social commentator, hunk, talkative, proud owner of six packs, and God lover.

I received N2.1billion for Election publicity and campaigns - Raymond Dokpesi

Raymond Dokpesi who was invited by the EFCC for questioning over his role in the $2billion armed deal scam that has led to the arrest of the former NSA, Sambo Dasuki has narrated his side of his story.

Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, Daar Communication (Ray Power and AIT) founder, has explained what transpired on Tuesday 1 December 2015 when the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invited him, according to SaharaReporters.

In a statement signed by the management of DAAR Communications Plc, he said that around 2.00pm that day, the Ag. Chairman of the EFCC, Alhaji Ibrahim Magu, through a phone call, invited him to the Commission.

On getting there, he was requested to, “shed more light on some payments that were made to him through the office of the erstwhile National Security Adviser to the former President, Malam Sambo Dasuki.”

Dokpesi explained to the EFCC officials that the N2.1 billion that he collected from the former NSA  was payment for  for publicity and media political campaigns during the 2015 General Elections.”

High Chief Aleogho Dokpesi “made his statement on the various media exposures and campaign transactions which were dutifully carried out based essentially on contractual obligations/relationship.”

The statement however did not explain how the office of the National Security Adviser became the cashier office for the payment of campaign expenses and how could Federal government money be used for political campaign.

A special panel  and the EFCC are probing how trillions of naira budgeted for defence were spent in the last eight years. An interim report by the panel already reported phoney contracts in excess of $2 billion.