Alexander Mayshera’s Blog

Teenage prostitution is slowly becoming a cause for concern in the growing society where the young ones are meant to become leaders of tomorrow. It is old news when we say prostitution is on the rise, but it becomes an issue to worry about when teenage girls of secondary school age compete with older and more experienced women in trading their bodies to men for money. Read reports from  Leadership News: Mary Istifanus (not her real name) 15 is a senior secondary school drop-out who has been sleeping with men for money. One might think she is in denial as she sees the act as one that is devoid of any personal gratification, saying, “I am not a prostitute, I just hustle to make ends meet. My father is dead and my mother who sells bean cake (Akara) can’t take care of us.’’ She explains how she got into prostitution. “My class mates introduced me to the trade. One day, they invited me to their restaurant after school where some customers gave us money. ...

Jose Mourinho made a winning return to Stamford Bridge as Chelsea beat promoted Hull City 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday after an early Frank Lampard penalty miss. Brazil's Oscar put Chelsea ahead on 13 minutes, slotting home low past goalkeeper Allan McGregor from Kevin de Bruyne's though-ball into the box. Lampard, who had his sixth-minute penalty and also a 15th-minute shot saved by McGregor, eventually got on the scoresheet with a free kick that dipped in under the keeper's bar for a 2-0 lead in the 25th. The newly installed goalline technology passed its first test when McGregor saved a header from Branislav Ivanovic on his line in first-half stoppage time and replays confirmed the keeper had clawed the ball out before it had fully crossed over.

According to the Senate Committee Chairman on Drugs,Narcotics and EFCC, Senator Victor R. Lar  (Plateau South, PDP), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would remain in power at the centre and in most states beyond the 2015 general elections as there is still no viable alternative to the party despite the crisis rocking the party and the formation of All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Lar, who was speaking with reporters in Jos yesterday, stated that other parties had their own crisis and that high-profile names in APC would not necessarily translate into victory for the opposition party come 2015. “I have been writing manifestos, campaigning and standing for elections for 31 years now, having started as a student union leader as far back as 1982. I know indices that account for victory. I can tell you that there is still no viable replacement for PDP. There is no party that does not have crisis; in fact, if you get to find out what is happening in other...

Former Super Falcons striker Iyabo Abade lived for many years as a hermaphrodite - a person with male and female organ. She/he had surgery in the US in 2004 and is now living as a man named James Johnson. Punch caught up with him recently and he opened up about his life Now that you are a man, has it been easy playing men’s football? I thank God for how far He has brought me. I have made every effort to get to the top as a footballer but there is no support from anywhere, even the Nigeria Football Federation. I am just trying on my own to get to the top but it hasn’t been easy. You go for trials and you do well and you are recruited but after sometime, they will start acting funny; they use my past against me. I try to ensure that I don’t let clubs know who I am.  I don’t like telling them that I am the former Iyabo Abade; I have to go there like every other normal player and fight for a place in the team. But when they hear that former Iyabo Abade has signed fo...

An LA judge has ordered Chris Brown to 1,000 more hours of community service months after he was accused of faking the community service hours he was ordered to perform as part of his probation for assaulting Rihanna in 2009. Chris Brown will now redo his community service to make up for the hours that could not be fully verified based on logs submitted previously. This time Chris will perform his community service in LA and not his home state of Virginia.

Brent Sr. believes the apocalypse will be triggered by a strong electromagnetic pulse, or an EMP, that will take out the entire power grid, plunging mankind back into the Dark Ages. To prepare for the inevitable, he and his family are building a fortified castle complete with a drawbridge, portcullis and an underground bunker. Atop a large foothill deep in the woods of North Carolina, a family of doomsday preppers are getting ready for the impending end of days. They are learning to use medieval weapons like crossbows and catapults, and building a fortified castle that will protect them from marauders and scavengers. Brent Sr., a retired infantry officer, got into doomsday prepping back in 1999, convinced that the predicted Y2K computer glitch would unleash chaos and bring about the end of civilization as we know it. Worried that the computers which controlled everything from electricity to natural gas would go down, he wanted to ensure his family’s safet...

Serving ministers own some of the companies handling contracts in airports scattered across the country, the chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Corruption, Values and Ethics, Honourable James Faleke, has disclosed. Faleke, in an exclusive interview with Sunday Tribune, maintained the stand of the House to expose everyone involved in unethical practices in the aviation industry, saying; “On the aviation contracts that we are probing, we went to the Corporate Affairs Commission and found out that most of the companies handling the contracts awarded are ministers’. Even if that is the only thing we would achieve in this House, we will expose everybody involved in this aviation corruption.” He noted that a particular contract was “to provide new security strategy for airports at the cost of N9.4 billion and they have paid N6.247 billion to this contractor. This is just one out of about 100 cases. The issue is this; what is new security strategy? When the...

Sandra, 24, thinks she knows it all when it comes to spotting whether anyone’s boyfriend is marriage material or not. We think she has the right to brag about it because she has married her long time boyfriend of 4 years and has never been in a committed relationship with anyone except him. Let’s find out what Sandra had to say when we asked her, “What is a sign that your man is marriage material?” 1. He treats his mother well “One of the first signs that your boyfriend is marriage material is if he treats his mother well. The way a man treats his mother is a clear indication of how he will treat other women”, said Sandra. So if you want to heed Sandra’s advice, try fixing up a dinner with your boyfriend’s family and find out how he treats his mother. 2. He invites you to meet his family It’s often believed that guys really don’t like their girlfriends to meet their own family until they are really sure about the future of their relationship. Sandra confirmed this ...

The remains of the General Overseer of the World Soul Winning Evangelical Ministry (WOSEM), Prophet Timothy Obadare, who died in March 2013 at the age of 83, were laid to rest in a mausoleum at the headquarters of WOSEM, at Illeki in Ilesa, Osun State yesterday Saturday August 17th. Osun State governor, the Osun state executive council, church members, associates, friends, and family attended the burial yesterday to pay their last respect.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said the Luis Suarez situation had been resolved but declined to reveal whether the Uruguay striker had apologised for speaking to the media about his desire to leave the club. Suarez had been made to train away from the first team for more than a week after claiming Liverpool had gone back on a promise to allow him to leave Anfield if a Champions League side made a high enough offer for him.   "I won't be saying anything on Luis Suarez and it's only purely out of respect for the players that are working hard at the minute," Rodgers said after Liverpool's 1-0 win at home to Stoke City in their Premier League opener on Saturday. "All I will say is I am very satisfied with how everything has been resolved and we as a club are now looking to the future and moving on," he told a post-match news conference. Suarez returned to first-team training on Friday and attended the match at Anfield with his ...

Police detectives in Delta State Command have arrested a 27-year-old self-confessed prostitute and College of Education graduate for allegedly stealing the sum of N700,000 from a new generation bank in Asaba, Delta State. LEADERSHIP Sunday learnt that the suspect now detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) cell, allegedly entered the bank where she operates a current account and made straight to the inner room, pretending to be a customer who wanted to lodge money into her bank account. She allegedly removed N350,000 from a customer’s money placed on the counter without being caught. Nemesis, however, caught up with her when she came back and stole N400,000 and was caught by the detectives who acted on a tip-off. It was gathered that the suspect a native of Uromi, Edo State has been living in Ubulu-Okiti, Aniocha South local government area. ASP Lucky Uyabeme, police spokesman said the suspect was arrested following a report by a victim of her c...

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Not many are aware that former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-kayode and former beauty queen, Mrs Bianca Onoh were heading for the altar in the late 80’s, but the wheels of their love life was clogged by an unexpected event. Bianca Odinaka Olivia Onoh, the sixth child of Late Chief Christian Chukwuma Onoh, the second republic governor of the of the old Anambra state, had met Femi Fani-kayode while she was  studying for her A- levels in Cambridge Tutorial College. The latter was also attending the University of Cambridge for his Master’s Degree programme in law. Sources revealed that the beauty was already a queen before they met. Bianca had won the MISS MARTINI, a beauty pageant organized by the beverage company known as Martini Rossi, while schooling at Yorkshire in England. Then, Femi, whose father was the second Queen’s Counsel{Senior Advocate of Nigeria} that Nigeria produced, was finishing his Master’s programme, while Bianca was settling down for her...

Maiduguri - Boko Haram, which wants to impose Islamic law in Nigeria's north, and other spin-off Islamist groups have become the biggest threat to stability in Africa's top oil exporter.   Suspected members of Boko Haram killed 11 people in an attack on Damboa town in Borno state on Thursday, shooting at soldiers, burning shops and killing civilians, a military source said, asking not to be named because he was not authorized to give official statements. "More troops have been dispatched to the area to confront the insurgents. They sneaked away towards the bush leading to parts of Yobe and Gombe States," the source said. Around 50 gunmen in cars and motorbikes stormed the rural town, forcing hundreds of residents to flee to hide in nearby farms, locals said. In neighboring Gombe state, police officers killed seven members of Boko Haram in a two-hour gun fight in the early hours of Friday, Gombe Police Spokesman Fwaje Atajiri told reporters....

Less than two months after four members of Ibadan Foodstuff Sellers Association were killed by gunmen in Borno State, another set of traders, number about 10, were allegedly killed by gunmen said to be members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram... Consequently, the president of the association, Alhaji Musliudeen Olalekan Azeez, has called on the Federal Government to save their members from incessant attacks and untimely deaths. Azeez, speaking with journalists at the Bodija Market, on Monday, said they learnt that their members, 10 of them, were among the over 60 people killed by people suspected to be Boko Haram members. Eight of those allegedly killed were said to be traders at Bodija Market, while two others were from Orita-merin Market, also in Ibadan. Confirming the report, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the market, Mr Akeem Emiola, said the sad news was relayed to them on Friday through a telephone conversation by one of their customers, adding th...

As we come to the next phase in the quest for the Sexiest Woman and Man in Nollywood, it is pertinent to give the picture of how each star has fared so far. There are 20 men and 20 women still standing and ready to battle it out until the last man and woman standing. However, popular opinion that held this week is that we should keep all the contesting stars still in the quest while do an expose of how they truly stand. Despite the position of the committee that the number of votes of each contesting star should not be published, popular opinion that the voters should know where their stars stand, has won through for this week. Thus for the men; the countdown begins with O.C. Ukeje at 20th position, Pat Attah at 19th, Kalu Ikeagwu at 18th, Emeka Enyiocha at 17th and Sunkanmi Omobolanle at 16th place. Alex Ekubo who, just awhile ago, looked like dropping from the quest sits at 15th place, followed by Odunlade Adekola at 14th, Chigozie has moved up tremendously to 13th w...

What if Men menstruate, get pregnant? A voice for Women Each time I decide to write on subjects that are miles away from politics, I feel this internal joy; the type I am sure my father felt the moment I emerged from my mother’s womb. The burden of regular commentary on national issues is copulated with headache – sometime acute – and my senior colleagues can attest to this. Writers on national issues always want to hit the nail on the head, so hard that the topic itself left crying out for help, while the readers armed with their personal views take on each other. Over the years, I have seen films and read stories about how the softer s*x are raped, beaten, relegated to the background and even killed for no just reason except being feminine. That apparently is their only sin, same way Amaechi’s wrongdoing is his victory at the Nigeria Governors Forum. There again; politics will never leave you even if you decide to. Womanhood can be defined as the period i...

Weeks after an impostor who claimed to be the talented singer, Ayo Balogun popularly known as Wizkid defrauded students of the University of Lagos (Unilag) of the sum of N500,000,00 as full payment for a show tagged “ Concert for Life”, the ugly incident has repeated itself. This time around, the victims are not Unilag students, but an Owerri,Imo State-based businessman, Chief Chukwudi Ofoha. He is the CEO of Ibari Ogwa, a popular hangout located in the World Bank area of Owerri. Showtime gathered that the impostor who claimed to be Wizkid was contracted by one Mr. Ugochukwu Favour Mayor on behalf of Chief Ofoha for a show at the hangout.  The impostor  is said to have charged the latter the sum of N1million. And in sealing the deal, an   advance payment of N300,000,00 was allegedly paid into the impostor’s  UBA account. An insider told Showtime that shortly after the payment was made,the impostor  switched off his cell phone, thereby raising th...

Nollywood’s top actress Ini Edo  has been picked as a judge of this year’s Miss Black Africa UK, UK’s largest ethnic pageant! The event is slated for October 2013

After four years playing the role of Telema Duke on M-Net TV’s hit soap opera, Tinsel, actress Damilola Adegbite has announced her exit from the show. In an official statement released by her management Cartwheel & Pandora PR to BellaNaija, Adegbite’s exit from Tinsel is ‘a professional career decision that had to be made’. ‘Damilola is sad to be saying goodbye to the show and would deeply miss everyone. The last four years spent on the show has been a very beautiful and fulfilling experience for her; Damilola over the course of four years has built not only a good work relationship, but great friendship and regards the entire cast and crew as family’, the statement read. The statement also revealed that Adegbite is currently on a movie set with AMAA award winning film maker, Michelle Bello and is ‘very excited about the next phase of her career’ as she will be playing the lead role of the movie. ‘I’m so sad saying goodbye to my tinsel family, but I’m also h...

It would be recalled that Ghanaian actor and one of the leading roles in MNET’s big soapie, Tinsel – Chris Attoh, issued a letter of resignation from the ongoing series claiming he was quitting to pursue other career interests, it appears there is more to the case. Reports has it that he was forced to resigned because he was on the verge of being sacked so it was either he quit by tendering a resignation letter or get sacked, in fact the Tinsel management did him a big favor by asking him to resign. He and Gbenro Ajibade (another tinsel star) were the victims but Gbenro was suspended instead. Findings show that Ajibade may have been suspended because he failed to show up for long sequence of shoots involving his character ‘Soji Bankole’ – thus Gbenro may be facing disciplinary action for being away from set after traveling to the US for the just concluded one week long Africa Fashion show held in New York where he pranced the runway as a model. There are already conc...

Ghana top actor, John Dumelo has made it all known that he’s single and can mingle contrary to what was rumoured about him the last time. Precisely August 11, 2013, the handsome actor was sighted with a lady who has never being seen with him before; he confessed actually that, the well-endowed lady with right fittings here and there, is his woman. No doubt, after all the controversies about his alleged relationships with multiple ladies mostly based outside Ghana, handsome Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo, has found chosen one, this we can authoritatively report. We hope she is truly the ‘chosen one’. The lady spotting a levy blue straight dress stayed very close to John all night. When asked John who the unknown lady was, and he said “Yes she is my woman” but refused to give any details. The two gladly posed for the paparazzi and were full of smiles. We hope she is truly the ‘chosen one’. Harrina Alexander and John Dumelo In another developme...

While performing at the grand finale of this year’s Star Music Trek, Ice Prince revealed that he has never charged any artiste to feature on their song. ‘I’ve never collected a kobo to do a collabo with any artiste. If the song is dope send it to me and I’ll work with it’, Zamani stated in between his performance at the concert which held at the hockey pitch of the National Stadium Surulere on August 10, 2013. Perhaps the Chocolate City artiste was bothered by the rumors about highly rated musicians charging exorbitant fees for a collabo. But why should he be? Track appearance fees are a norm in the industry. In the US, Philadelphia rapper and Rick Ross label signee Meek Mill reportedly charges $30,000 for a feature. Some Nigerian artistes are also said to charge fees for features/cameos. Buzzing rapper Olamide apparently charges N1m, his manager confirmed to us.

As universities lecturers continue their stay at home action awaiting an amicable resolution of the lingering dispute between their Union, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government, its president, Nasir Fagge has expressed optimism that the strike will end soon. Fagge insists that the F needs to vote more funds into education so as to achieve a better quality of graduates from universities. The ASUU president also spoke about the conduct of the National Universities Commission (NUC) accusing its leadership of misapplying universities’ Stabilization Fund. Read excerpts of the interview below: The Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Okojie, is shifting the blame on the rot in the universities to the authorities which he accused of lacking in good leadership. What is your take? The accreditation exercise conducted by NUC in all programmes in the universities was a charade. That is what the Needs Assessment report proved. ...

A member of the House of Representatives representing Malumfashi/Kafur constituency of Katsina state, Hon Ibrahim Babangida Mahuta, got more than he bargained for when he was beaten up by youths from his constituency while on a recent visit. Mahuta, who was elected on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) was attacked at Masari village where he had gone to attend the wedding of the daughter of former House of Representatives speaker, Aminu Bello Masari. The lawmaker had barely arrived at the venue of the event when some angry youths started raining invectives on him and before he could defend himself, he was beaten with his clothes torn. It was gathered that the angry youths accused the lawmaker of abandoning his constituency and queried why he showed up for the event. According to sources, Mahuta had not visited his constituency for a very long time, and all his overtures to the youths fell on deaf ears. An eyewitness said: “Some youth...