Joke

I like beating my sis a lot but each time i beat her she will rush to the toilet and stay there until she stop crying.This act made me wonder.So one day when we where happily watching a movie i asked her why she runs to the toilet when ever i beat her. She laughed and said anytime you beat me i run to the toilet and clean the toilet seat with your tooth brush.                                 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Joke

Why I go rent  3bedroom flat with 5 toilets?

Shey na only shit i come to
shit in this world?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Joke

Sarkodie Has Stopped Stating "You Know Say Money No Be Problem" In his Lines {RAP}

Who else Noticed? ....

Recession has taken over...

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Joke

*AKPOS STUDIES THE BIBLE WITH JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES*

JW: What bible character built the ark?

Akpos: Noah!
JW: Correct! According to the bible how many humans survived the great flood?

Akpos: 9 people
JW: U did well! But look attentively at the image below the paragraph. How many humans are there?

Akpos: 8 people
JW: Correct! So how many people survived the flood then?

Akpos: 9 people
JW: OK! let's recount please! Noah and his wife, his three sons and their wives. In total that makes how many people?

Akpos: 8 people
JW: So that gives us how many people that survived the flood?

Akpos: 9 people
JW: please why do you keep saying 9 people when on the image it's clear that they were 8 people?

Akpos: Bros abeg no vex ooo...! The photographer wey snap dem na animal??

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Joke

That moment when you are just at
The door of the church about to come in
And the pastor says
"Pray against the devil that is coming into the church right now"

#lobatan😀😀😀😀😀

E-money Hosts Zimbabwe’s Richest Pastor, Uebert Angel In London!! (Photos)

Five Star Music CEO, E-Money who is currently in London, hosted one of Zimbabwe’s richest pastors, Uebert Angel and his wife at his London home over the weekend.

In September 2016, Uebert became the second Zimbabwe-born man in history to be featured in Forbes magazine. He’s also on the list of world’s richest pastors and he boasts of exotic cars like Lamborghinis, Bentleys in his garage.

See more photos from his meeting with E-Money after the cut…

See Top 9 Nigerian Celebrities With More Than One Baby Mamas – #1 Has 39 Children From Many Women [See Full List]

Multiple baby mama syndrome seems to be a fast spreading virus now in the entertainment industry. It appears many Nigerian celebrities can no longer hold the konji again, they now spread the rod and born the child anyhow.

Below is the list of Top 8 Nigerian Male Celebrities Who Are Proud Fathers With More Than One Baby-Mamas;

1. Obafemi Martins

Nigeria football star, Obafemi Martins tops the list as a proud dad of three boys with three different women and he isn’t married to any of them. I guess Obagoal didn’t just have time for “Loving You”.

2. 9ice

The Special Adviser to the Oyo State governor on Youths, Abolore Akande popularly known as 9ice has children from three different women. The singer welcomed a child, Zion with his ex-wife Toni Payne in 2008 and his fiancé Olasunkanmi Ajala welcomed their first child together, a baby girl in 2014.

3. Flavour

This handsome singer is apparently a crush to many female fans and even celebrities alike. Recently, Kemi Olunloyo, popular controversial journalist called him out for a one night stand on twitter.

The Highlife singer currently has two children from two beauty queens. The singer welcomed a child with beauty queen Sandra Okagbue in September 2014.

4. Oritsefemi

Oritse Femi is another proud dad of two girls between the ages of 9 and 10 with two different baby-mamas. The singer who recently claimed to have acquired a 400 million naira mansion in Lekki is now officially married with his wife chilling in the new exotic mansion.

5. Wizkid

Starboy, Wizkid has a son, Boluwatife with Oluwanishola Ogudugu some years back and he has also been linked with another Baby-mama controversy with US-based Guinean model, Binta Diamond Diallo who has also given birth to a son.

Wizkid has been silent about the second baby-mama issue but he has stylishly accepted the paternal responsibilty of Binta’s child in a recent tweet on Mother’s day when he tweeted that “God Bless His Baby Mamas For His Boys”.

6. Davido

While Wizkid is Baba for the boys, Davido on his own is Baba for the girls. The DMW boss officially has two girls from two baby mamas. Imade and the new born Hailey are both proud daughters of the IF crooner.

Meanwhile, recent controversy sprang up as regards alleged third baby mama. Ibadan based Ayotomide Labinjo claimed to have been impregnated by Davido back in 2013 and now has a 3-year-old daughter for him. The singer aleggedly denied paternity of the child, so Ayotomide and her daughter is still out of Davido’s baby mama and daughter count.

7. 2Baba

This list would have been very incomplete without the legendary 2baba who has been tagged father of many nations for having a good number of baby mamas and children to his to his credit.

2Baba who is legally married to longtime girlfriend, Annie Macaulay has a total of five kids, two with Annie and the others with two Baby Mamas namely Pero Adeniyi and Sumbo Ajaba who is now married to a pastor.

8. Pasuma

Popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma is not left out of the Baby Daddy clan. All through his career, he has been linked with several women and he is said to have up to 12 children from five different women including Nollywood actresses and top socialites. Till today, Pasuma has not tied the knot with any woman.

9. Wasiu Ayinde KWAM

In this multiple baby mama game, Wasiu Ayinde, K1 DE ULTIMATE has really lived up to his name. While 2baba is the father of many nations, he is the father of many generations.

The Fuji maestro has 39 children from 3 wives and several concubines. Wehdone Sir!!!

Gospel singer Joe Praize proposes to his girlfriend

Joe Praize opens a new chapter of his life as he proposed to his gorgeous bride-to-be in a surprise, romantic proposal in front of friends and family

Joseph Omo Ebhodaghe, popularly known as Joe Praize is a gospel singer who dedicated his life to christ in 1991. The 39-year-old artist proposed to the love his life in a romantic, simple proposal which he shared with his fans on social media.

The proposal which took place in Port Harcourt happened during one his visits to a church. Joe shared the good news with his fans on his social media page.

Joe Praize and his bride-to-be

Joe shared the lovely photos and captioned it: "It's a beautiful Sunday today... Thank you Agape bible church port Harcourt for an amazing reception of the spirit this morning... Ok back to Lagos now ... Thank you everyone for your love and support this last few hours since I proposed to HER , YES I DID... Some asked , did u kneel down to propose ? YES I DID but before I did She fell off her chair because she didn't see it coming last night... so I can boldly say she fell under the power of the Holy Ghost ... Lol."

Gospel singer Joe Praize

As they sat for the event at Agape Bible Church, Joe pulled out a ring as he signaled people to cheer on as he knelt and popped the question. His surprised wife fell down in excitement before happily receiving the ring. Watch how it all went down below:

All secrets Revealed! ♥Angela Okorie's biography an clandestine personal life

What interesting facts from Angela Okorie biography do you know? See some entertaining information about her personal life, career and achievements.

Angela Okorie is a widely-known Nigerian actress. In 2015 she was honoured with an award at the City People Entertainment Awards for Best Supporting Actress.

During the period of 2009 to 2014, she managed to act in more than 100 movies.

What is Angela Okorie state of origin?

Angela Okorie was born in Cotonou, Benin. Her mother gave birth to and raised five children. Angela was her third.

Only at the age of 17, she was happy to move to Nigeria.

Angela Okorie education

She was able to attend both LASU and UNILAG. She studied Public Administration, Drama and Theatre Arts. Growing up, she also used to sing in a choir and was a member of a drama group.

Career

The first movie where she featured was “Sincerity” (2009). It was the beginning of her success. Since then she has featured in a lot of movies.

Her second movie “Holy Serpent” also captured everyone’s attention. After releasing this movie, she became extremely popular throughout the whole of Africa. The “Holy Serpent” film producer is Coruma International production.

Angela Okorie is a very professional actress, for her talent and hard work she was awarded at AFRIFIMO for the Best Actress of 2015 year.

Apart from being actress, she is also singer and songwriter. She has stated that music is a part of her life and she would like to combine these two occupations and release an album.

In addition to this, she once said that she would never film without clothes on even if the fee is exorbitant.

Angela Okorie husband

His name is Chukwuma Orizu. Have a look at his best pics!

What will you say if we tell you her marriage is not as happy as it may seem? We will discuss this a bit later. Just keep reading!

Angela Okorie son

Angela Okorie and Chukwuma Orizu have an adorable little son son. His name is Chamberlain. Have a look at the pictures of this young heartbreaker! He is absolutely precious!

The camera loves him, no doubt!

With such a smile he will break many hearts!

Secret boyfriend?

Attention! Latest Instagram research has shown that Angela Okorie has a secret lover. Check out his photos HERE! Does Angela Okorie really have a secret boyfriend? Maybe he is not so secret if we take into account the information and photos below!

An anonymous Instagram user has shared pictures of himself with Angela Okorie. His nickname is lord_bangz10. He states that he is in love with her and she is supposed to be the best thing that has ever happened to him. Do you believe in this? He adds that they have a relationship and they are happy to give love and pleasure to each other. Take a look at Angela Okorie’s pictures with this guy.

Now you know a little bit more about one of the Nollywood‘s shiniest stars. You have learned about her family, husband, son, career, and even a probable lover. To believe that last part is true or not is up to you but as they say, there’s no smoke without fire

Made-In-Nigeria Goods: Osinbajo To Hold Interactive Session

(NAN) The Presidency has promised to vigorously implement the new executive orders in its determination to significantly transform the business environment in the country.

The spokesman to the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Mr Laolu Akande, made this known in a statement he issued on Sunday to give update on the new orders signed last Thursday.

He said as part of measures to drive the reforms intended in the executive orders, Osinbajo would hold an interactive forum in Abuja on Wednesday.

He said that Osinbajo would be discussing in particular, the executive orders on business environment and promoting “Made-in-Nigeria” products with a cross-section of middle level and senior public and civil servants.

“These are the people who will be directly responsible for the attainment of the objectives of the executive orders.

“So the acting president wants an opportunity to talk with them directly and hear from them in person.”

Akande noted that the interactive forum would be open for live coverage and live streaming.

According to him, ensuring the effective implementation of the orders is critical for the overall prosperity of Nigerians and Nigeria.

He said that as part of activities commemorating the second year of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, a presidential level report card event on the Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) of the Buhari presidency would be held at Aso Rock on May 29.

“At this national event, we shall be updating Nigerians on the progress so far attained, how we are addressing some challenges and how Buhari’s Social Investment Programmes would be significantly expanded going forward,” Akande said.

The SIPs are the N-Power, which engaged 200,000 unemployed Nigerians graduates for a volunteer job programme and the Conditional Cash Transfer being implemented now in nine states.

Others are the General Economic and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), a micro credit scheme that has given out almost 60,000 loans already, and the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme.

In the feeding programme, 25 million meals have been served and over one million primary school pupils in at least seven states are being fed using over 11,000 caterers.

On the progress of the report of the Presidential Investigative Panel, Akande urged for patience.

He explained that at the appropriate time the outcome of the panel would be made public “and Nigerians will be satisfied”.

He said the two suspended officials remained suspended.

Tensions deepen between Saudi, Iran, US after President's visit

Trump's choice of Saudi Arabia for his first official foreign visit reflects the deep antagonism of his administration towards the Islamic republic.

US President Donald Trump speaks at Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh on May 21, 2017, calling on all countries to work together to isolate Iran "until the Iranian regime is willing to be a partner for peace"  (AFP)

The yawning gap between Tehran and Washington has grown even wider with US President Donald Trump's latest efforts to isolate Iran, which accused the United States of "milking" Saudi Arabia for petro-dollars.

Trump's choice of Saudi Arabia, Iran's bitter regional rival, for his first official foreign visit reflects the deep antagonism of his administration towards the Islamic republic.

The US president signed a giant list of deals, worth a total of $380 billion, including $110 billion for weapons that will invariably find their way into the numerous conflicts of the region -- including Syria, Yemen and Iraq -- where Riyadh and Tehran often find themselves on opposing sides.

Trump also vilified Iran as the greatest source of instability in the Middle East, though many observers noted the irony that his claims came on the same day that 41 million Iranians enthusiastically took part in elections, with a sizeable majority backing President Hassan Rouhani and his policy of engagement with the world.

Relations with the US and Iran have been under deep freeze since the Islamic revolution of 1979, which deposed the Washington-backed shah.

Trump's team is dedicated to reversing his predecessor's efforts at rapprochement with Iran, which saw a nuclear deal signed in 2015, lifting many sanctions.

"From Lebanon to Iraq to Yemen, Iran funds, arms and trains terrorists, militias and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region," Trump said in Riyadh on Sunday.

He called on all countries to work together to isolate Iran "until the Iranian regime is willing to be a partner for peace".

Analysts fear tensions are growing out of control.

"Battlelines are being drawn and it's worrying, especially when it comes just a day after the election victory of Rouhani which showed a real dynamic in favour of democratisation and opening in Iranian society," said Azadeh Kian of Sciences Po University in Paris.

'Bastion of democracy'

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who spearheaded the nuclear negotiations, reacted sarcastically, comparing this weekend's elections in Iran to the lack of democracy in Saudi Arabia.

"Iran -- fresh from real elections -- attacked by @POTUS in that bastion of democracy and moderation," Zarif tweeted, referring to the US president.

A supporter of newly re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani flashes the sign for victory as he takes to the streets to celebrate his victory in downtown Tehran on May 20, 2017  (AFP)

Is that a serious foreign policy, he asked, or is the US "simply milking" Saudi Arabia for billions of dollars?

Tehran sees itself as the vital force holding back the advance of the Islamic State jihadist group both in Syria and Iraq, and finds it hard to comprehend US bellicosity.

Shiite Iran regularly points to the Saudis' fundamentalist Wahhabi creed and their efforts to spread it around the Muslim world as the root cause of violent Sunni jihadism.

"Unfortunately, with the hostile and offensive policies of American officials, we see once again the reinforcement of terrorist groups in the region... and the dictators that support them," said Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi on Monday.

The US and its Arab allies in the Gulf respond that Iran and Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has helped perpetuate the chaos.

And they say Iran's support for Lebanese militia Hezbollah and Shiite Huthi rebel forces in Yemen are deeply destabilising.

But Iran's Press TV wrote on Sunday that the aggression coming from Riyadh this weekend ultimately reflected the Saudis' realisation that they are losing in conflicts across the Middle East.

"The Riyadh regime has... failed to achieve its objectives despite going to great expense," it wrote in an editorial.

Nigerian lady narrates how she met her Uber driver husband

A Nigerian lady has taken to social media to narrate how she met her husband, who is an Uber driver. According to the lady, they met after a hectic day at a client’s office. Here’s her story;

“OUR UBER LOVESTORY
On the 19th of July, 2016 after a very hectic time at a Client’s office, I ordered for an Uber ride somewhere around Bourdilion Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Then one ‘Gregory Shola Okorodudu @bigsholz ’ picked up my request and called to get exact description to where I was. I described it to him and asked to let me know when he arrives.

On getting to me, he said ‘goodevening Maam’, he got out of the car, took my bag, asked where I wanted to sit and opened the door for me. He was like “hope you’re okay Ma?” then I just cut in, “if you call me Ma again I will call you Sir”….lol.

Shortly after, I got a call from my Bestest Nonso and we spoke for a while as there seemed to be a very long traffic that day. At the end of the conversation she told me Afam our friend got us Ribs of fire (barbeque pork ribs) with fries. I was so excited I was singing ‘Afam is the best’…my favorite meal from Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Then I got off the call with a better countenance than I got in the car.

Then Shola cut in saying, ‘sorry to eavesdrop into your conversation but did you say you found ribs of fire in Lagos?’ I said ‘yes’. He had this big grin on his face then said it was one of his favorite meal in Manchester, UK.

Then I looked at him like, “You’ve been to the UK?” he said YES! Did a Masters in Petroleum and Gas Engineering and graduated with Distinction. I was in shock and he said you don’t believe, here is my certificate. He’s got his documents scanned on phone. So I was like why are you driving Uber then?

He said well job is not forth coming and Uber provided him an Entrepreneurship platform so he grabbed it. But that day in particular, his driver lost his dad and he said rather than the car just being at home doing nothing he decided to drive. I was thrilled and we got talking on and on about life in the UK and Lagos and his aspirations.

Then we moved on to his present walk with God and how he’s desirous of a higher walk with God. On getting home, I said, oh! I was going to the church for Choir rehearsal then he offered to wait and take me there. I just knew I had met an ANGEL somehow.”

The 2017 Budget and Nigeria’s debt profile

After over five months of tacky prevarication, the National Assembly ast Thursday passed the 2017 Appropriation Bill, increasing the overall budgetary expenditure as presented last December by the president from N7.298 trillion to N7.441 trillion. It is a telling sign of the times that the debt service provision is the third largest component of the 2017 fiscal plan, representing 24.73% or approximately a quarter of the entire budget. This is a reminder; if any was needed that Nigeria’s debt profile is becoming unsustainable. To make matters worse, the Budget Office failed to publish the approved 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), upon which the 2017 budget estimates were extracted. The move, which worsens Nigeria’s Budget Transparency rating among the global community, will undermine budget monitoring efforts, particularly by civil society groups. With the economy stuck in recession; and tempers flaring from the palpitation of socio-political discontents, Nigeria could easily be fanned aflame by suffocating debt which is a recipe for social cataclysm and possible implosion.

With a deficit financing of N2.35 trillion, the N1.8 trillion cost of debt servicing is about 36% of total expected revenue, indicating the debt service may soon be back to the pre debt relief period. The breakdown shows N1,488,002,436,547 is earmarked to service domestic debts; N175,882,993,952 for foreign debts and N177,460,296707 for sinking fund to retire maturing loans. The capital vote of 29.3% is just a little higher than debt service. The debt service compared to capital allocation of 10 key ministries shows the opportunity costs of servicing debts. The capital allocation to 10 key ministries as a percentage of debt service is 72.99% while debt service is 84.49% of the overall capital vote.

It should worry Nigerians that for the third consecutive year, the rising cost of debt servicing is in the top three allocations in the national budget. What this means in concrete terms is that, by the end of 2017, Nigeria would have spent N4.2 trillion on debt servicing; from N943 billion in 2015, it rose over 50% to N1.48 trillion in 2016 and now stands at N1.8 trillion. In the last three years, the government has had a budget of about N18 trillion; of which debt service alone took an average of 23%, more than one-fifth, leaving N13.8 trillion for recurrent and capital expenditures. Paradoxically, on a debt solvency and liquidity ratio analysis relative to revenue, this situation points to a broken fiscal regime with recurrent expenditure surpassing revenue, meaning the country borrows to finance consumption. This is utterly ridiculous. President Buhari must act decisively to salvage the nation crumbling under the weight of debt servicing and bureaucratic ineptitude. Nigerians are tired of excuses and deserve some respite.

Truth be told: the current situation has far-reaching national security implications, as it extends beyond the federal government to all the states. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, FAAC and Debt Management Office, show that many states, especially oil-producing ones are broke, or in the red; and the issue has well gone past crisis point. Lagos tops the chart with an indebtedness of N603.25 billion; Delta (N331.95 billion); Osun (N165.91 billion) and Akwa Ibom (N161.23 billion), as at 2016. Other states with high debt burden include: Benue (N49.15 billion); Edo (N94.54 billion); Enugu (N57.56 billion); Ekiti (N67.3 billion) Kano (N81.05 billion); Katsina (N30.03 billion) and Ogun (N103.75 billion), as at 2016.

Nigeria’s economy has been groaning under the weight of high governance cost which consumes 70% of its earnings to the detriment of capital projects. Infrastructure and other indices of development have been de-emphasized in order to foot the cost of governance. In a country where the government has crowded out the private sector, despite bouts of privatization, and the public sector is the biggest business entity, the federal budget is the oxygen of national life. It should therefore embody the vision and bear the imprimatur of the man Nigerians elected to be their president. The attitude of the presidency negates the cardinal place of the federal budget in the life of every Nigerian. Without concrete budget details, Nigerians have been cavalierly informed of the arithmetic benchmark price for crude oil as if the assumption of $44.5 per barrel and the overtly optimistic benchmark production rate of 2.2mbpd is realistic. It is an open secret that current production still falls short of the benchmark to justify the revenue assumptions. So, is the government already opening the window for further increased deficit financing? Besides, the budget approved exchange rate is unrealistic owing to the gap between the official exchange rate of N305/$1 and the N380/$1 which is what obtains in the market, creating multiple exchange rates in the country.

This tacky approach to the budget process implants fiscal and monetary policies that embarrass government and everyone else with growth indices without any human index growth in the country. It does not inspire confidence that everything is late about the budget. The attendant multiplier and time lags portend unfavourable results all over the economic and social sectors. All of this is avoidable if the president could find time out of his perennial medical leave to adopt the budgeting process as his first responsibility tool for Nigeria.

In the meantime, the rising debt profile of the country is a national emergency and a sad reflection on presidential leadership that could be interpreted as an act of nonchalance and a blatant endorsement of the status quo; which wittingly or unwittingly is pushing the nation towards the precipice. Preaching is not the solution. The buck stops at the President’s desk and any leader that perennially makes excuses only exhibits a lack of focus and opens himself to charges of cluelessness and failed leadership. Thankfully, Mr. President still has enough time to turn things around and prove himself as a man who can deliver on his promises; a President who fought the most, not just spoke out the most, on behalf of the Nigerian people. This is the time to deepen Nigeria’s democracy; and give it a new identity for it to live up to its billing as government of the people

Harrysong and Orezi to come together for the Real Deal experience

They will be joined by Tipsy Kelvano and De Don at the event.
Harrysong
Award-winning Nigerian singer, Harrysong will on Sunday, May 28, 2016 share the Real Deal Experience stage with music star, Orezi at the C.S. Park in Aba, Abia State.
The duo will be joined by live band, Tipsy Kelvano and popular comedian, De Don who will be hosting the show.
Harrysong and Orezi, who last worked together on the hit song ‘Raggae Blues’ in 2015, will collaborate once again on the Legend Real Deal Experience stage.
Speaking on the impending performance, Orezi said, ‘Uyo was amazing but Aba will be different because Harrysong will be joining us. He’s an amazing performer and I know the Aba people will have a great time.
‘The Real Deal Experience is a great way of meeting my core fans and I’m excited to meet more of them in Aba. I have to commend Legend for their efforts on this.’
Orezi
Harrysong added, ‘It’s my first time on the Real Deal Experience and from what I know about it, the show allows for Nigerian stars to showcase their unique music to core fans and I can’t wait to do that with the fans in Aba. Plus I get to share the stage with Orezi. I’m sure it will be great!’
The Real Deal Experience, which has already been to Nnewi, Enugu and Uyo and now berthing in Aba, will feature a simulation room where consumers can experience how the unique bitter tasting stout Legend Extra Stout is brewed as well as exciting game shows with lots of prizes to be won at the event.
Speaking on the games and the consumer experience, Portfolio Manager-Mainstream, Lager and Stout brands Nigerian Breweries,
Emmanuel Agu said:
‘Legend Real Deal Experience is known to always reward its consumers and this stop in Aba will prove it as did the ones in Nnewi, Enugu and Uyo earlier this year.
‘The consumers will not only be rewarded with numerous prizes but also with great music and a nice ambience.
‘We are counting on Legend fans to come out in their numbers, not only for Harrysong and Orezi but also for other performances set to thrill everyone.’
The Real Deal Experience, which has also featured dancehall star Timaya in the Nnewi and Enugu, will visit other major cities in Nigeria in the coming months.

Tinubu Offers To Fly Moji Olaiya’s Corpse Home After Governor Ayo Fayose Allegedly Refused

New reports surrounding the burial arrangement of actress Moji Olaiya have surfaced.This time it is reported that former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has offered to fly the corpse home.

New reports surrounding the burial arrangement of actress Moji Olaiya have surfaced.This time it is reported that former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has offered to fly the corpse home.

New reports surrounding the burial arrangement of actress Moji Olaiya have surfaced.This time it is reported that former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has offered to fly the corpse home.

According to the burial committee, consisting of friends and family. they had supposedly contacted Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose,through his aide Lere Olayinka.

However, Fayose reportedly rebuked the burial committee on the grounds that he has no idea who the late actress was.

The desperate team then reached out to Bola Tinubu, who then agreed to help bring the late Olaiya home.

Announcing the development on his Instagram, Olukayode Salako, the husband of actress Foluke Daramola, slammed Fayose for rejecting their plea.

He wrote;
WHEN SUCH A MAN OF CRUDE, DIRTY CHARACTER AND ORIENTATION IS IN CHARGE OF LEADERSHIP AND POWER Burial Committee: 
Your Excellency, Moji Olaiya is dead and as an ambassador of your state, we would appreciate your support to fly her corpse back to Nigeria for befitting burial.

Governor: Who is Moji?! I don't know any Moji. And I don't want to know any Moji! Please, stop disturbing my phone!

What an aberration! What an akwardness and crudity in leadership!

Meanwhile, Thank you Asiwaju Bola Hammed Tinubu for always proving it that you remain among the only few reasonable, reliable and benevolent fathers of the Yoruba nation ever since.

Moji's remains are coming back home. Thank you Jagaban! Thank you all well meaning Nigerians who have contributed in one way or the other. Thank you sir! What a man with such a large heart!

2Baba Dumps Airtel, Joins Olamide & Timaya As Globacom Ambassador

Nigerian hip hop legend and Hypertek boss, Tuface Idibia popularly known as 2Baba has joined the likes of Olamide and Timaya to become an ambassador for Nigerian Telecommunication company, Globacom.

His contract with Airtel telecoms ended sometime last week, but the music star refused to renew the contract with the red labelled telecom brand after citing some personal reasons.

The Nigerian telecom brand has welcomed Tubaba to their “elite family” on Instagram with photos of the African Queen crooner entertaining their crowd during their tour in Port Harcourt where this news was announced.

Improtant news! New rumors about ✪ Ini Edo kids ✪ are here!

Ini Edo's movies can`t leave the hearts of Nigerians. Her Nollywood acting career started in 2000. Her very first movie – “Thick Madam” brought her popularity. Ini Edo is one of the most famous and talented actresses in Nigeria. Still, her fans want to know about any recent news of Ini Edo kids. How many kids does she have?

Ini Edo Kids and first husband

Her first marriage with a US businessman Phillip Ehiagwina was a sweet dream. Their marriage started in November 2008. Fans waited for news about their kids or the potential pregnancy of Ini Edo. First rumors about Ini Edo kids were reported in September 2013.

Phillip Ehiagwina posted the pictures from their vacation on his Instagram page. A slightly big belly of Ini Edo momentarily attracted the attention of fans. A lot of people were sure that Ini Edo actress was pregnant.

Unfortunately, these rumors were not true. Three years later Ini Edo marriage collapsed. The couple did not have children from that marriage.

Ini Edo`s Life After The Divorce

After the divorce, she became closer to her family. Ini Edo and her sister started to talk after years of grudges. Ini Edo movies returned to the TV screens of Nigerians. When she became single, the news media started to search for new partners for her. Mike Godson was one of the first. However, Ini Edo did not prove rumors of their relationships.

One of the recent news is her potential relationships with the chairman of Stanel Oil, Mr. Stanley Uzochukwu. He has three kids and he is still a married man. Ini Edo did not confirm this relationship either.

Ini Edo Kids Revelations

Ini Edo movies make Nigerians cry and her personal life makes us sad for her. Ini Edo age is 34 now. She has no kids and does not have a life partner. She is an elegant woman with dreams and goals for her life. Still, in her recent interview, she confessed: “Wished I had kids at 25”.

Nigerians can only wait for news about Ini Edo kids. For today, it`s not a real thing. However, they can enjoy Ini Edo movies and hope for news about the next Ini Edo relationship.

Only this time, the relationship should end with family and kids! Fans want to see their favorite Nollywood celebrity happy!

Adesua Etomi ‘Delivers Twins’ For Banky W

While the cast of the record breaking movie, ‘The Wedding Party’ are still in Dubai, shooting the part two, we have gotten new story line of the movie.
Adesua Etomi who played the role of Dunni Coker in the Wedding Party movie, gave birth to twins according to the film script that focuses on her marital journey with her husband, Dozie Onwuka, played by popular R&B singer, Banky W.

A leak from the movie shoot as seen above shows Dozie and Dunni both carrying each of the pair of twin babies in the hospital.

In reality, Banky W and Adesua Etomi are currently engaged and expected to get married later this year.

Vicher entertainment: Must Read: The Claw, The Tail, And The Cross. [completed]

Vicher entertainment: Must Read: The Claw, The Tail, And The Cross. [completed]

Must Read: The Claw, The Tail, And The Cross. [completed]

Episode 10
“A cross?” Jenny said afterwards when we were alone at the back of the building. “Just a cross?”
“Yeah,” I responded as I watched Sidney basking in the Sun in a corner, his large tongue hanging out of his mouth exactly like a dog’s, p@nting away in a bid to keep cool. Every once in a while he would yawn, showing off huge canines.
He looked at us disinterestedly and went on to clean his fur.
“Chuks!” Jenny shouted and I turned to face her. She had this exasperated expression on her face. “Are you telling me that with all the detail you gave me about the others, the only thing you could see in Chioma’s case was some old cross?
“Old wooden cross,” I corrected. “Were you expecting something else?”
Jenny seemed caught off guard with the question and she paused before responding, “It’s not like I was expecting her to be the beast, it’s just, the way she is…the way she behaves…I was expecting her to be the one chained to a box of secrets.”
“I gather you don’t like her much,” I said raising my eyebrows. I remember how she had on more than one occasion looked at Chioma with something bordering on disdain…or was it jealousy? “Come now, it’s your turn to spill the beans. What do you have against Chioma?”
“Nothing!” Jenny exclaimed. “It’s just, well, she gets under my skin.” “Go on,” I said. “She’s a nice quiet girl, truthful, helpful and loyal to the company. She’s one person that does the work like she really wants to.”
Jenny sighed and I could see she badly wanted to express herself but was unsure of the words to use. She took a deep breath and went on. “She doesn’t drink, she doesn’t smoke, she never follows us out on weekend parties, always saying things like she wants to go to church, she wants to go for meeting, this is bad, that is not good, and so on. She’s an annoying irritating little tramp!”
“You are annoyed with her because she is a spoil sport?”
“Yes! No…I don’t know.” Jenny paced about a bit, her hips swinging erotically. I forgot what we were discussing for a moment as my eyes travelled down her hips to her lovely legs.
I wondered if any of the other members of the board had tried to hit on Jenny before and if they had been successful.
“You are not focusing, Chuks.” Jenny said, with a wink that told me she had caught me staring.
“I’m sorry.” I said and shook my head, forcing my thoughts back to the issue at hand. “It’s just amazing that you are this beautiful, you have such S£x appeal and I’m sure the men were falling all over themselves for you before I got here, and yet…you are jealous of Chioma.”
“You think so?” she asked “I know so,” I said. “I can literally see jealousy oozing out of you.”
She manipulated her ring, the one that was supposed to keep her under the radar of my gift.
“So much for this thing,” she said quietly.
“It’s just, I am hardly a saint. I used what I have to get to where I am today. But Chioma? She seemed to have worked her way to the top.
No short-cuts, no s£duct!on, no bribery. At least none that I know of. And that makes me uneasy.
There’s something that is not quite right with her and I was hoping you would be able to see it and tell me.” She looked so forlorn that I felt sorry for her.
“Really, I’m telling you the truth,” I said. “I even tried to look beyond the cross but the more I looked, the more it came into view, blocking my field of vision. It was almost as if the cross was blocking out every other thing about her. I felt something more was there but I just couldn’t see it.”
“That’s okay I guess,” Jenny said. “So who do we think is the man-animal?”
“I was really expecting to see a beast or at least some semblance of one, but there was no manifestation to that effect. I guess you are right, he must be doing something to keep his animal side under control when he is around people.”
I said. “That being said, we should be able to do some more investigating. Something is bound to come up.”
“Daniel gives me the creeps.” Jenny said.
“I think we should start with him first. He is an absolute pest and I don’t think anybody here really likes him. I heard the only reason Mr. Bells hired him in the first place was because of a highly placed call from Abuja. He hardly does his job and is always looking for where to siphon money from despite his huge salary. Mr. Bells has warned him on more than one occasion and has recently been thinking of relieving him of his duty, he told me so himself. He looks like someone who wouldn’t care about anything except himself.
If someone like him were to be the man-animal he would kill without remorse if only to feed his savage appetite. He is my number one candidate.”
“He looks too obvious to be the one if you ask me,” I said.
“That’s because you have the Sight.” Jenny replied. “If not how would you have known the man had so many issues?”
“I think Kelvin is the man-beast’s accomplice.” I said.
“He’s just friendly enough and hard working enough to blend in without arousing suspicion.
Also he suddenly leaves his wife and children behind and is loyal to a singular purpose or personality, why? And the blood on his hands?
That’s pretty straightforward to me. If we start with him, he should be able to lead us to our leopard.”
“Speaking of leopards, how are we sure it isn’t Mr. Bells? I mean, I like him, but carrying a leopard with you wherever you go seems kind of weird.”
I shook my head, “No, both the persons in my dream had Nigerian accents. Our foreign friends are out of this one.”
“So I guess John and Obi are out of it too?” Jenny said. “John, definitely. He’s harmless, except maybe when he hunting after you…”
Jenny laughed. “He is a sweet fellow, but I like my men with less beef around their stomach.” “And Obi…his secret is so small…more of someone with a personal problem than anything else. And he has a friendly aura as well.
I guess we can keep him out of it for now. Let’s go for the more unpalatable folk first.”
“Yeah, I like Obi too.” Jenny said.
I looked at the time, it was 11.30am. The power had just been cut off and in a moment we heard the gentle rumble of the Lister generator as it was switched on. Sidney’s ears picked up and he growled gently. He cast another look at us and looked away. I watched him with interest.
“Jenny?”
“Yes dear?” she said. “What’s with you and that leopard anyway? The normal leopard, I mean. He doesn’t seem to like you very much-“
“The feeling is mutual” Jenny said in disgust. “Yeah, I get that, but on more than one occasion I have seen it looking at you with a sort of…I don’t know how to explain it. Respect?”
Jenny touched her ring absent mindedly. “We respect each other, we keep out of each other’s way. It’s a mermaid-animal thing. Never mind.”
“Hmmn.” I said. “Let’s get back to the others.”
We walked back to the front of the house. I saw Chioma hurrying into the building, carrying some files with her. She cast me a glance and smiled. I smiled back. She was obviously interested in me though I didn’t think it was for the same reasons as Jenny’s. The others were still talking together in a group and we went back to join them.
After an early lunch we had an afternoon session.
Mr. Bells wanted me to head out to the Airport to meet the workers there. Mr. Obi decided to follow us while the others declined. It wasn’t compulsory that they should come so Mr. Bells didn’t mind. Our driver was late as usual; apparently his lunch had been a little late. We sent an orderly to find him and soon he was running out of the staff canteen, cleaning his mouth and making a quick call on his cell phone.
We all entered into the car, Jenny in the front and Mr. Obi and I at the back and soon we were on the express towards the airport.

Must Read: The Claw, The Tail, And The Cross. [completed]

Episode 9
“It’s not what you think,” she said. “I’m not here to hurt you or anything like that. It’s just…
what you have, it drives me crazy. It’s like I’m a bee being drawn to honey.”
I continued to watch her silently as she
adjusted a little on my bed. She had since come
over her shocking transformation in my room
and was now drinking a glass of water I had
offered her. Everything was so clear to me now,
I could see her aura, her passion, I could almost
even hear her thoughts. I was more alert than I
had been since my last encounter with Mr A****
and I was not in a very good mood.
“You tried to s£duce me, you more or less put
me under a spell the moment you saw me, you
wanted to make me yours by sleeping with me
and taking my powers…which part of any of
these did not involve hurting me?!”
“The s£duct!on part?” she said with a wry smile.
I frowned and she had that look of alarm in her
face again before calming down.
“What’s that about, anyway?”I said angrily.
“What?” she asked.
“Anytime I get upset with you, you have this
frightened look on your face…”
“Well,” she said, “you need to see your own
aura when you are upset. It lights up in violent
flames, as if you want to turn everything
around you
to ashes.”
She was right. i did feel like I could set
everything on fire if I wanted to. I was actually
angry at myself for being so blind as to be
almost used by this pretty damsel. I was so
angry in fact, that I had my sight fully open, I
could feel spiritual energy coursing through my
veins and for a moment I felt I was going to
have a fit. I closed my eyes and tried to get a
hold of myself and then I opened them and saw
jenny looking at me with apprehension. It was a
bit difficult remaining angry with Jenny for long;
she seemed so delicate. I took a deep breath
and tried to calm down.
“So, which part of this business trip is my effort
and which part is yours?” I asked.
She looked a little surprised. “I have already
told you, my influence stopped at making sure I
saw the man who had such an alluring and
powerful voice. The rest of it was all you.”
“I’d hate to think I got here through any way
other than my own effort…” I said.
“Even if you did, it wouldn’t be your fault
because you didn’t solicit for help. Come on,
I’m telling you the truth. I promised I would.”
“Okay then”, I replied. “What were you
planning to do to me the moment you had me
under your power?”
“Had you under my power?” she laughed. “It
seems you do not know your own strength,
Chukwudi. There is no way I would have been
able to
control you, I just wanted to get you in a
position where I could…er…manipulate you into
doing favors for me.”
“Like what?” I asked.
“Well, someone like you would have a lot of
pull…or influence in the spirit realm, having you
by my side would have made me more
formidable to…er…competitors.”
“There’s more of you?” I asked incredulously.
“Why so surprised?” she said smiling, “human
beings are all over the place, what makes you
think we mer-people won’t be the same?”
I sighed. But I was much calmer inwardly now.
I knew that she was more frightened of me than
I was of her though I still wasn’t sure why.
I guess it had to do with what she thought I
could do, things I obviously wasn’t aware of.
“So how did you get your powers chuks?” she
asked. “I see no dark light in you so you can’t
be a ritualist or anything like that.”
“I’m a Christian.” I said.
“I know,” she replied. “I can see the seal that
identifies true followers of the Son of GOD on
you. And the worn hilt of your two-edged sword
indicates that you have been close to your
guardian angel for a long time, although I
cannot see him anywhere”.
“I have a sword?” I exclaimed. Chukwudi had
mentioned something about this a long time
ago. “How do I use it? Can I use it here?”
“How should I know?” she asked. “It’s your
sword. Haven’t you drawn it from its hilt
before?”
I hadn’t experienced anybody describing the
manifested me before and it was a bit
unnerving. I decided to change the subject.
“Tell me about the ring” I said.
She looked down at the silver ring that was
once again encircling her index finger. It shone
brightly and on closer inspection I could see
small embers of fire, blue and hazy, emanating
from it.
“It became necessary after I talked to you for
the first time. Your voice alone caused me to
manifest in my office. I passed out after talking
to you.” She saw the alarmed look on my face
and smiled. “Don’t worry, nobody read
anything into it. But my curiosity was aroused. I
wanted to meet you, see what kind of man you
were, but I knew if I came in close contact with
you I would probably manifest again, so I got
the ring.
“What does it do?”I asked.
“It sort of scrambles powers, sometimes drains
them. It keeps the person it affects deeply
embedded in this earth realm and so he doesn’t
see things that go on in the spirit realm.
Even with it on, it was still difficult to suppress your Sight, but it enabled me to work my seductive
charms on you. I don’t understand though, it
should have worked in that area at least. You
must really love your fiancé.
“Yeah, she’s an absolute angel.” I said.
She looked at me with those piercing eyes, “I
wish I could experience the kind of love you
have for her. Most of the men I have come
across are more interested in my looks than in
my personality. It gets quite irritating after a
while. I don’t even need to use any charm on
them, I just smile and they fall at my feet. I
eventually get what I want from them without
having to use any magic whatsoever.”
“You get what you want? How do you mean?”
She sighed. “I’m not evil Chuks…”
“That point is very debatable.” I countered.
“Well I’m telling you that I’m not! I can be
labeled bad, naughty, a cheat maybe, but I’m
not evil. We mermaids are individuals like any
other race, we have the good, the bad and the
ugly among us as well and I’m telling you,
when you see an evil mermaid, you’ll know.”
She replied indignantly.
“So what did you mean by you get what you
want?” I asked.
“Haven’t you used your sight to gain a favor or
two before? Haven’t you used it to help you
choose friends, stay close to those that would
benefit you? Do you call that being evil? I have
used my beauty to make my transition to
success smooth but that hardly classifies me as
being evil. Other ordinary girls do the same.”
I heard a beeping sound and I looked at my
watch. It was already 5pm. How time flies when
you are having fun. Or interrogating a mermaid.
“You’ll have to go. I want to have some rest and talk to my Nina. Then there are some files I
have to work on before tomorrow, right?” I said.
“Or you could let me stay the night, knowing
who and what I am, knowing I’m as much
under your power now as you were almost
under mine,
and I’ll persuade the boss to move the deadline
tomorrow.” She said.
“Wow,” I whistled, “You don’t give up easily do you?”
“No I do not sir.” She said and smiled again.
No matter how many times she smiled I couldn’t
get tired of it. It was uncanny. “Is there any
other thing you want to ask me?”
“Yeah,” I said, “how come you could see the
leopard in the field?”
“I’m a mermaid, chuks. My vision though the
veil is not torn out when I come into this realm.
Anyone with half a gift for seeing things others
cannot see would have seen the leopard.”
“So was it a kind of test? For me, to get me off
guard or to prove my powers?” I asked
curiously.
She stopped smiling then and her face looked
scared again. “Actually, I see a lot of things on
this job, things I would rather not talk about,
maybe because I have nobody to talk about it
to…but, that leopard has been there since the
day we arrived in Asaba a week ago. Sometimes
the leopard appears well fed and quiet, and at
other times it seems agitated, hungry and even
angry. The first time I saw it I mistook it for Mr
Bells pet but then the next day I saw two
leopards and one of them had two tails. One of
them was Sidney of course and the other was
the manifestation. Sidney saw it as well and
paid obeisance to it. Nobody knew why Mr bells’
leopard was behaving the way it was but I
knew…”
“Wait, back up! Sidney can see the manifested
leopard?” I said quite surprised.
“Why of course,” she replied. “Sidney can see
everything, he does belong to the cat family,
and their eyes are even sharper than ours.
Sidney knows what I am and always becomes wary when I’m near him. I don’t like cats much either whether big or small so I try to avoid
him.”
“So, then, If you were not the one that conjured
up the leopard then who did?”
Jenny met my eyes. “I think one of our staff is a
man-animal.”

Must Read: The Claw, The Tail, And The Cross. [completed]

Episode 8
She steadied herself as she tried walking down
the street with her customers. The drug they
had placed in her drink was beginning to take
effect. She didn’t panic then though, she had
been drugged before. It was one of the hazards
of the trade. Some of the customers got off by
sedating the girls before being intimate with
them, they said it made them feel powerful, ”in
charge”. Her first experience of drug Molest had
been quite nasty and she had since found a
local antidote that she used whenever she felt
the effects of being drugged. She had used it
on many an occasion and it helped her to keep
a clear head although she pretended to still be
drugged so her clients could enjoy themselves.
It brought in more money for heart the end of
the day. This one however was kicking in faster
than usual. But they were already at the car
and they were behaving like such perfect
gentlemen, opening the door for her and all.
So she got in.
A few moments passed and she was out again.
She opened her purse and took out a small
bottle of Robb which had been filled with a
white powdery substance and she inhaled some
of it. The chemical coursed through her system
and her vision cleared but only temporarily.
She walked faster, trying to see if she could get
back to the junction where there were people,
where there was nightlife. She never should
have followed these strange men to this lonely
corner. There was nobody in sight. It was not as
if she hadn’t followed customers to precarious
positions before but these guys had given
started giving off a particularly bad vibe,
especially the one that was in the driver’s seat.
He just let off an aura that was…there was no
other word to describe it…evil. A little voice had
told her to steer clear but she had been
attracted by the beautiful blue Camry, the
handsome smile of the man at the back seat,
and the huge bundle of notes they had
displayed in front of her. She had followed them
in the car to this alleyway, they had shared
some more drinks and she had known almost
immediately that she had been drugged again
but she still didn’t mind, she still would have
played along, she had secretly slipped in her
antidote in the drink and was pretending to be
falling asleep when she heard the driver say
“See, she’s not going to run this time”.
The other man had said, “Good, I’m really really
hungry and I intend to sU-Ck her dry”
She smiled inwardly to herself. What sort of
perverted fetishes were these folks into?
The next thing she heard was:
“Better not get any blood on my car, I just
washed the upholstery.”
Her heartbeat began to race. Maybe they
thought she might be a virgin? Or they wanted
to rough her up a bit? She had experiences
with customers like that too.
Don’t worry. I’ll break her neck and drink
all the blood from there. She won’t
struggle.
And the world stood still as her heart jumped
into her mouth. What the hell did they mean by
that? She had decided to play smart, she was
still
in the car and if she raised an alarm they might
kill her. She had pretended to open her eyes
slowly and smiled stupidly at them.
They grinned back, looking as handsome and
innocent as ever.
“Do you boys mind if I take a pee first? I’m very
pressed.” She said.
The driver held her arm gently but firmly, “That
won’t be necessary baby. What we want to do
will not take long.”
She thought quickly, “Yeah, but it’s already
coming out, guess am gonna wet myself eh?”
and she giggled for effect.
A look of disgust came over the driver’s face.
“What, in my car? Oya go out, go out,quick!”
and he opened the door and shoved her out
despite protests from his friend at the back. It
was when she had gotten to her feet that she
realized that despite her antidote, the drug was
still making her feel dizzy. She pretended to
walk to the bushes at the side of the road as
going to relieve herself there, then suddenly
began walking towards the junction. It was a bit
far but she felt they would let her go if they
thought their drug would soon make her pass
out. That way they could collect her body
without causing a scene. Unfortunately it
seemed that that was exactly what would
happen as this was her third sniff of the
antidote and it had only cleared her head for a
few seconds.
She tried to open her mouth and call out but
her vocal cords were paralysed. She was
panicking now. She opened up the bottle of
Robb and downed its entire contents and her
vision cleared once again. She looked ahead;
the junction was an island of light a few yards
away, teeming with night life, filled with people.
Tears came to her eyes as she thought of what
her parents would say if anything happened to
her. They thought she was at school studying,
getting her degree, but here she was, in the
middle of nowhere, her life in jeopardy.
She thought of the numerous times he r roommate had warned her against these night excursions.
She had laughed and called her roommate a
“learner”, a prude, a self righteous born again.
She remembered how her mother had knelt
down and begged her to face her studies when
she got to school, to join a fellowship, to keep
with good friends, quiet friends. And she had
nodded in agreement to keep her mum happy
but deep down had decided that she would not
let her youth go to waste. Well, it seemed it
would go to waste tonight after all…
She heard the car door open, they were coming
for her, they were going to drag her back to the
car and drain her blood. She sobbed and tried
to run but her legs were heavy.
All she could do was quicken her pace a little.
Then she heard a growl. A blood curdling growl
.
She turned around and her eyes that had been
narrowed from sedation opened wide in fear. A
few feet behind her was the strangest and most
fearsome beast she had ever seen. It looked like
a leopard, like the ones she had seen in
pictures, with yellow and black spots and a
small mane at the neck. The head however was
like that of a human being. It had two tails that
swished excitedly from side to side. It was three
times the size of the largest dog she had ever
seen. It was stalking her, ambling up to her,
seemingly in no hurry. She opened her mouth
to scream but once again nothing came out.
She turned and quickened her pace, willing her
legs, her heavy legs, to run, but try as she
might she could only manage to increase her
pace slightly. She looked forward again and saw
the island of light and noise. She was almost
there. The tears were blinding her eyes as she
struggled with all that was in her to get to that
place, that safe haven. But somewhere deep
within her she knew she wasn’t going to make
it. An old memory came back to her, something
she used to do as a child in the darkness of her
room, when she was frightened and alone and
mommy and daddy had gone to their rooms,
something she had forgotten as she grew and
became wise to the things of the world;
“Jesus help me, a poor sinner. Jesus help me, a
poor sinner…”
She chanted it in her mind, for her mouth was
still numb, she chanted like a little child as she
strove towards the light. And there was a snap
as the creature stepped on a piece of wood
close to her. It had caught up, she could feel its
breath on her legs. It was behaving very un-
animalistic, an animal would have attacked,
tore at her by now. This leopard creature was
savouring her, smelling her, playing with her as
if it had a reasoning brain and was thinking how
delicious she would be…
She tripped on something and fell. Never once
did her teary eyes leave that island of light.
She cried now and was able to let out a whimper as the antidote made one final effort to neutralize
the substance she had been given. But it would
not be enough, she was still too far. Teeth that
seemed to be made of iron gripped her leg and
dug easily into her flesh as pain shot up to her
brain and she cried out a little louder this time.
Still not enough. She began to pass out as she
felt the creature dragging her limp body easily
back towards the car and she remembered
thinking it would have been better if she had
been sedated after all…
“Hey…HEY! What are you doing? Wetin be
dat?!” she looked up and in her dimmed vision
saw a man standing in a nearby bush, relieving
himself of pent up urine. She smelled the
alcohol on him and knew he was drunk.
He wouldn’t be of any help to her whatsoever. But then the man suddenly shone his torch in her
direction and must have seen what was pulling
her away because he gave out an ear-piercing
scream. Immediately people from the junction
started running in their direction and she felt
the creature relinquish its grip. There was some
scurrying of feet and a screech of tires as the
beautiful blue Camry zoomed off.
“Jesoooos!”
“Na which kain dog be dat?”
“Nna, check whether she still dey breathe o…”
A hand came close to her face and she grabbed
the hand with all her might, not letting go, and
crying feebly into the night air.

Must Read: The Claw, The Tail, And The Cross. [completed]

Episode 7
I looked into her beautiful piercing eyes and knew there was no need to pretend.
“Yes,” I said. “Yes I do.”
“And you are not scared?” she whispered.
“Not scared, just cautious.” I replied.
That seemed to please her a lot. She grinned and put a finger to her lips as the driver entered into the car and turned on the ignition. On our way back she kept on making suggestive motions, opening and closing her jean covered legs and biting her finger seductively. I had to make a stern face when she started running her hands down my thighs. She chuckled and kept to herself until we got to the hotel. I came down from the car and she followed suit “to go over a few plans” she told the driver, who shrugged and drove off.
I turned as she walked into the lobby with me.
“This won’t happen.” I said.
“What won’t happen?” she asked innocently.
“You know,” I said, “The flirting over the phone was really nice but like I’ve told you numerous times, I have a girlfriend!”
“Fiancee”, she corrected with a show of those beautiful pearls that were her teeth. “And like I’ve told you numerous times, it doesn’t matter, not
to me-“
“Well it matters to me!” I said and for the first time I raised my voice against her angrily. She looked genuinely alarmed and took a step back, but then she calmed herself again and I noticed that she was clutching her index finger on her right hand. She had done that before when she had manifested in my room. I watched as she slowly unclasped her hands and I saw a ring.
“Can we at least continue this discussion in your room?” she said and looked behind me. I turned around and saw the receptionist watching
us surreptitiously. I sighed and led her upstairs.
“D19?” she said a little puzzled.
“Yeah, why?” I asked.
“I didn’t notice the last time she was here,” she said, blushing a little. “You were supposed to be in D16. I’ll tell the manager to change it.”
“No, don’t. “I said, opening the door. “There’s nothing wrong with this room and I kind of like the view.”
As usual, the room had been arranged and I was grateful. Jenny walked over to the window and looked through it to the car park in front. “Some view,” she said and went to sit on the bed.
I stood there for a moment then went to sit on the sofa at the other corner of the room.
She chuckled.
“You are resilient!” she said and took off her shoes. I watched her warily.
“Don’t worry, I’m not going To Molest you,” and she stretched her feet a bit, “those high heels were killing me. When we invented it we didn’t think your girls would accept it so easily.”
“What?” I said, stunned. “What did you say?”
“Yeah,” she said, wiggling her toes sexily.
Even looking at her toes aroused me, I just couldn’t understand it. “And the wigs, fake eyelashes, Sekxy
clothes? That’s us too. Soon we will take over your civilization and rule the earth.”
I looked long and hard at her and she remained silent and watched me, her face blank.
“Naah, you’re lying.” I said finally. “That’s the first time your smile has left your face.”
She burst into laughter then, her smile coming back full force “You should have seen the look on your face!” she said holding her heaving chest
and still laughing. “You looked like you were going to burst!”
I shifted uncomfortably in my chair. “Well, I’ve never encountered a mermaid before, I don’t know what to expect.”
“What would you have done? Shoot flames at me?”
She saw the look on my face and shook her head gently.”Yes, I know what you are too; I know what you can do. I felt it over the phone the first day I talked with you. That’s why I wanted to get to know you so desperately, Chuks. The raw power I felt, the spiritual pressure…it was exhilarating!”
“Really?” I said, “Is that why you arranged for me to be brought here instead of my boss?”
She eyed me mischievously and grinned “Don’t sound like that, I only hinted that you had done a marvelous job and that it would be better for
continuation sake if you came to personally supervise what you had started. My superiors ran with the suggestion from there.” She got up from the bed and walked over, cat-like, to me. “I can make you even stronger Chuks, if you’ll just promise to be mine…”
“No thanks,” I said. “Not at all interested.”
“Are you sure?” she asked and sat slowly on my lap. I couldn’t move. Her skin was terribly soft and warm and my mind swirled uncontrollably into lustful desires for this ravishingly beautiful creature. I closed my eyes and pictured Nina’s face. My lovely wonderful, beautiful Nina.
I heard her voice, silky smooth and soft, “Thinking about her won’t help, you know…” she said, and I felt her fingers on my lips, my chin, and then running down my chest. “I dot even want to marry you or anything, it will just be a onetime fling, I just want to feel your power Chuks, that’s all.”
She was kissing my neck, nibbling on my ears, and even though I knew what she was I almost didn’t care. Almost. I held her firmly and tried
pushing her away. My arms felt like they were made of iron, exceedingly heavy and unwilling to obey the command of their master, my brain.
“No, I told you…this isn’t going to happen”
“Yes it is” she said kissed my neck again. She was deliberately avoiding my lips and I knew there was important about that but right now I couldn’t think straight, all my body was on fire, s£nsat!ons I didn’t even think were possible were coursing through me; the more I resisted the more my hands became heavy. Then I opened my eyes and saw Chukwudi the stronger standing in the middle of the room. He was shaking his head and saying something but I couldn’t hear him. I closed my eyes again as she continued to caress me and when I opened them again Chukwudi was closer and gesticulating with his hands and saying something over and over.
I tried to read his lips.
The ring
I traced my heavy leaden arms down to her hand and she smiled at me and intertwined my fingers with hers. She must have thought I was finally giving in. I felt for the ring and finally came upon it on her index finger. Then I mustered all my strength and pulled.
The ring came off with a pop as her knuckles crackled. And all the feeling s I had been having faded away like magic. She drew back, her mouth wide open but no sound coming out. For the first time her face was contorted into an ugly mask filled with expressions of pain and horror. She fell to the floor as if I had pushed her and her face became covered in scales. The scales spread from her face to her whole body and finally her tail, which had appeared out of nowhere. Two small fish swam around her body as if she were underwater.
“MY RING! GIVE IT TO ME!” she screamed.
I looked around me and I could see everything.
The two couples that had used this room previously, one couple being the manager and his woman; a dampening red flame coming out of the ring and burning bright in my hand, being engulfed by the flames coming out of my own hand, my own flames. It was like seeing clearly after having blurred vision for a long time.
“You were blinding me with this, weren’t you?
I asked, “How did you know I had the sight? Did you get that from listening to my voice too?”
I was watching her and she seemed to be having trouble breathing, she was gasping for air and her skin had turned a sickly green colour.
I didn’t know if it was part of the manifestation or if it was happening live.
“I didn’t know what you could do,” she faltered, “I didn’t know about your sight or whatever powers you possessed. The ring, it does my… please just give it back!”
“Promise to not use the power against me again.” I said.
“Yes, I promise!”
“Promise to not try any funny tricks on me?”
“I promise!” she whispered harshly.
“Promise to be truthful to me at all times?” I know, she wasn’t a genie, but I had the feeling that the moment I gave the ring back I would have
lost a big chance for favors…”
She looked at me and despite her obvious pain she managed a smile “I promise Chuks. Now please give me my ring.”
I gave her the ring and she put it back on.
Her scales vanished and her tail split in two.
Soon there was a very beautiful lady sitting on my bed once again.
“You could have asked for riches, you know.” She said dryly.
“Before you say anything else, I have to ask: you don’t turn into a mermaid anytime someone snatches off your ring, do you?
“No,” she said quietly, not looking at me. “You caused that.”
I sat back and took a deep breath. “It looks like we are going to have a discussion after all.”

Must Read: The Claw, The Tail, And The Cross. [completed]

Episode 6
The next morning I had taken my bath, dressed
casually and gone downstairs to the hotel
restaurant to have my breakfast of bread and
tea and eggs. It cost a crazy N1500 but I
wasn’t paying and so I decided to enjoy myself
a little. I was still eating when I received an
“official” text from the firm, telling me someone
would come to pick me up in an hour. I sighed.
Jenny was supposed to take me on some sort of
field trip but after yesterday’s encounter I
wasn’t sure she was still going to show up. Yes,
she had said she wouldn’t give up on me, but in
retrospect I suspected she had said it out of an
embarrassed bravado. I wouldn’t be surprised if
I got a new escort from Leemen’s today.
I remembered vaguely a lady who was trying to
get my attention yesterday at the meeting, a
young woman with short hair…but jenny had
taken all of my attention before and after the
meeting so much so that I hadn’t had the
chance to interact with anyone else.
I hadn’t really encountered a mermaid before
but then again I hadn’t had this much power
before the awakening of chukwudi the stronger.
He had thought me(or rather, I had taught
myself-the whole concept still got me confused
sometimes) how to completely use my ‘Sight’
and the more I learned, the more I realised that
I had been looking into the other realm with my
eyes half opened. I might have encountered
dozens of them without even knowing it. What I
was used to seeing were manifestations of
people’s problems; The greed demon on my
boss’ head, Lane the gateman back in Lagos
with his ever present single file of beer bottles
marching behind him, a loud mouthed pastor
with an empty soul. It was only after the
awakening of chukwudi the stronger that my
‘sight’ improved tremendously. I even had to
learn how to close it up a little to avoid being
overwhelmed by the problems of others. I had
kept it dim for a few months now and so it was
when I came to Asaba. But after yesterday’s
matter I was a little jumpy and so had done a
bit of eye opening before o came out this
morning. So far, apart from glancing at the
hotel manager who passed by me in the
hallway and realising he was having an affair
with one of the maids, nothing out of the
ordinary had happened.
I was thinking about all of this when the
restaurant doors opened and who should be
there lighting up the doorway but Jenny! She
looked as Sekxy as ever even though she dressed
simply in a red short sleeved top with an
insignia “biTe me!” on the front and a tight
fitting blue jeans . the top stopped at her
midriff and her beautiful flat belly was exposed
proudly for all to see. Despite warning bells
about what happened yesterday going off in my
head my jaw dropped.
She took one look at me, smiled coyly , and I
poo my mouth. Being good around her was
going to require a lot of will power.
“Good morning my Prince, did you sleep well? I
hope not.”
“You hope not?” I asked . “Why?”
“After the issue we had yesterday I want to
believe your night was haunted with dreams of
me. If not then that means I still have a lot of
work to do.” And she grinned mischeviously.
Nina, Nina, Nina, Nina…
What are you doing? She asked.
Using my girlfriend’s name like a mantra to
ward you off, I thought. Bit instead I said,
“Nothing.” Then I paused for a bit before
adding “I have a girlfriend-”
“You sound like a broken record,” she said and
made a swat at the air as if warding off an
annoying fly “Can’t we just be friends? We are
both adults and I would very much like to enjoy
your…company.”
“Yeah,” I said. “So long as its
nothing…er…naughty.”
She laughed. “You actually sound a little
scared! Don’t worry my Prince…I don’t bite.
And besides I seem to be making some
headway.”
“How so?” I asked, getting up from my finished
breakfast and walking up to her.
“Well yesterday you had a fiancee. Today she is
just your girlfriend.” And she winked and
walked off, her hips swaying gently from side to
side.
We followed our usual route to the firm where
we stopped briefly to pick up a few documents.
Then we headed out towards the field. It was on
the outskirts of town, a place not yet developed
and covered with a lot of thick bushes and tall
grasses. The piece of land to be used had been
cleared out and a bulldozer was currently
working on leveling the place. Jenny took me
along to the workers and introduced me to the
foreman, who was also Lebanese. There was an
assistant foreman, an indigene of the eastern
part of the country who spoke to us in a deeply
accented voice. I addressed him in his native
tongue and we exchanged pleasantries after
which he went on to complain of some of the
working conditions and if I could do anything
about it. I replied that I would try and he
walked off looking satisfied. I turned back to
Jenny and the Lebanese man who were looking
at me curiously.
“He says they would like better working
equipment and someone to provide lunch while
they work instead of making the workers
wander off.”
The Lebanese man nodded and went to make a
call. Jenny looked at me admiringly.
“You have barely set foot here and already you
are changing things” she said.
I shrugged. “I just happen to speak the
language, that’s all. How about you? Arent you
from around here?”
She nodded. “Originally, yes, bit I grew up in
Warri and among foreigners and never really
picked up the language. I’m learning every day
sha.” She looked at me, “maybe you can teach
me?”
I smiled and walked towards the edge of the
clearing and she followed me. I tried to change
the subject.
“I’m happy your firm has been able to create
some jobs here. There must be around a
hundred workers on this site!” I said.
She walked beside me replying, “two hundred.
And we hope to employ more when we set up
proper.” She picked out her phone from her
pocket suddenly, as if it had been vibrating,
“hello. Yes? They are?” And she turned to me.
“Some of our board members are around”.
“Let’s go and join them.” I said, and we turned
around.
We came back to the clearing just as two cars
pulled up. The doors opened and a man and
the woman I had seen with the short hair came
out. She was a pretty lady and wore minimal
makeup, and was a little on the slim side.
Her boss was a mountain of a man, huge, with his
shirt buttons almost popping out of their
positions as they tried to imprison a pot belly.
From the other car came out two young men
that looked left they would be in their late
thirties. Jenny introduced me to them and we
sat down in a makeshift platform We were still
talking when I saw something move in the long
grass.
It moved in the tall grass and surrounding
bushes and was extremely quiet. I watched it
from the corner of my eye and soon it came
into the clearing and into full view.
Sidney…
“Well, I suppose Mr Bells is somewhere around?”
I asked. They all stopped talking for a moment
and Mr John, the huge man said “No he isn’t .
He is attending a meeting on the other side of
town…”
“Well, who brought his pet leopard?” I asked
and pointed at the leopard that was now
standing calmly behind them.
All three men jumped violently and jenny and
the other lady gave shrill lady-like screams.
They all whipped around and then – started
Laughing.
“Very funny Chuks, you got us! The Lebanese
called Engman said.
“Got you?” I asked, puzzled. “How?”
“Well there’s nothing there sir.” The short
haired girl grinned. “My name is Chioma, by the
way.”
“Yeah, Chuks jokes like that sometimes…”
Jenny said smiling disarmingly and the men
nodded.
But I could see it. It stood like a statue behind
them, poised as if tracking down a prey.
I looked at this leopard closely. It was almost
like the other one I had seen the day before but
on further observation it was definitely bigger
and more majestic. It’s coat shimmered brightly
in the sunlight and it raised its head as if
surveying its territory. And it had two tails.
A manifestation.
I was mixing things up too much on this trip.
Something wasnt right.
And then I realised that they were all looking at
me, Jenny especially was giving me a “say-
something-fast” look
I laughed along to cover up and everyone
relaxed. I was further introduced to Mr kelvin
and Mr Obi who shook hands with me heartily.
We discussed some more and then Jenny said it
was time for us to go. I went back to the car
with her and we sat in the back seat waiting for
the driver. Jenny was oddly quiet.
“What is it?” I asked.
She remained quiet for a while then spoke:
“That’s why you are avoiding me and being
nervous around me.”
“What? I don’t understand.” I said.
She turned to face me.
“If you could see that leopard just now, then
you have the sight. That means you can see
me. The real me.”
I held my breath. She smiled and traced her
fingers along my chin.
I held my breath. She smiled and traced her
fingers along my chin.
“You know I am a mermaid don’t you?”