TIMITALKS

Friday 11 October 2019

President Buhari, 'his rumoured' new wife and what Nigerians are saying on social media

This morning, Nigerians woke up to 'unconfirmed' reports that President Buhariwill be taking a new wife on Friday, October 11th.

According to the media reports, 'President Buhari will be getting married in a very quiet ceremony to Sadia Umar Farouq, the current Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management tomorrow and will confirm the suspicions of concerned Nigerians over the whereabouts of Aisha Buhari'.

Back in Spetember 2019, several media outlets reported on the continued absence of the current First Lady, Aisha Buhari who has been totally incommunicado since her trip to the UK. She was said to have left the country in protest against “certain developments” at the presidency.

While the Presidency is yet to comment on the developing story, LIB reached out to Bashir Ahmad, the president's personal assistant on new media, for comments, but he didn't respond to our calls as at the time of this report.

Nigerians are however having a field day with the gist on social media.

See all the hilarious reactions below....

BBC journalist who went undercover to expose lecturers begins receiving death threats

Kiki Mordi, the BBC journalist who went undercover to expose university lecturers guilty of sex for grades, has started receiving death threats from people angry about the exposé.

Kiki, who said she was herself a victim of sexual harassment in the university and didn't graduate, said on Monday that the project was inspired by her personal story.

She revealed that she has begun receiving threats following the investigation, which saw her and other undercover female journalists secretly filming randy lecturers in Unilag and University of Ghana as they used their positions to demand sex from young ladies in order to favour them academically. However, she added that she is not bothered by those threats because the BBC takes the security of employees very seriously.

She told Sahara Reporters: "I have received subtle threats since this work was completed but I am not bothered because the BBC takes the security of employees seriously.

"Before embarking on this project, the team prayed a lot and also sang because it helped to calm the nerves.

"But I had to go through the trainings I received over and over again because I wanted to get it right.

"The bulk of the ritual I performed were reading, research and preparation.

"The biggest goal of this work was to be louder than the aggressor because sexual harassment is very loud. I wanted it to be silenced.

"I am happy that a lot is changing already since the documentary was release and I can confirm to you that one of the lecturers at the University of Lagos caught sexually harassing a prospective student has been dismissed by the institution.

"I believe it doesn’t stop there until there is a conviction. We have to break that culture of impunity."

UNN lecturer and Pastor reverses claim of #sexforgrade documentary being doctored after backlash

University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) lecturer and Pastor Joseph Nnaemeka Chukwuma has recanted his claim of BBC's #sexforgrade documentary being doctored following the backlash that ensued after his Facebook post went viral.

In a rejoinder post he shared, the clergyman said he drew his inference from an abridged version of the documentary. He further claimed he will never support sex for grades and has been a strong proponent of gender equality, hence the need to protect both men and women.

He wrote;

Good day friends,
Thank you for reaching out to me and all.
It is quiet unfortunate that I didnt get the complete video from BBC, I only got an abridged version and from that I perceived my earlier view but on posting my view, my friends and few facebook contacts called my attention and showed me the complete video.

I would never in any way support sex for grades and I am a strong proponent of gender equity...
Hence the need to protect both men and women... Hence my advice to men to be careful

Thursday 10 October 2019

Lady jailed after killing her fiance over engagement ring

27-year-old Blessing Edet who was arraigned before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for killing her 33-year-old fiance, Edet Ebong during a fight that ensued following her refusal to wear an engagement ring he gave her, has been handed a 10 year jail sentence.

New Telegraph reported that Edet was convicted on a commuted sentence of involuntary manslaughter after being arraigned before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, over the offence committed around 12:15 am on August 18, 2015 at her apartment in Lekki area of Lagos state.

Giving her account of the incident in court on February 7, she said the deceased wanted her to cook for him by midnight but she refused because she was tired.

“Upon hearing that I was tired, he went into the kitchen and saw the engagement ring he had given me beside the stove. He became angry and asked why I was not wearing the ring.

“He broke a mirror and used part of it to stab me, I was bleeding and I was crying out to the neighbors for help,” she said.

Edet said she stabbed Ebong in the abdomen with a kitchen knife during the fight. Delivering her judgement, Justice Taiwo said:

“By stabbing the deceased in the lower part of his abdomen, she did not intend to cause grievous harm to the defendant. The defendant has established factors necessary to prove self-defence.

“I find that the defendant acted in self-defence as she was a victim of unprovoked assault. The defendant is not guilty of murder but I find her guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Edet Ebong.

“Section 227 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State prescribes life imprisonment for the offence of involuntary manslaughter. This is a clear case of recklessness on the part of both the deceased and the defendant.

“I hereby sentence the defendant to 10 years imprisonment with no option of fine. The sentence will take effect from the month of August 2015 which is when she has been in custody.”