King Mavis Amarchi, a young lady residing in Lagos who almost committed
suicide in Lekki yesterday December 5th, has taken to her Facebook page
to narrate how God saved her from ending her life.According to Amarchi,
she has been battling depression for six months and had no longing to
continue living. On several occassions, she had attempted to take her
life by way of overdosing on drugs or cutting herself but her mother
always came through to rescue her.Read her story below..5-12-19 was the
day I gave up on life.I gave up on my mom, my brother, and my friends. I
was tired of Life, Family, Everything. I have tried overdosing myself
with series of drugs twice, but God will always send my mom to my
rescue. I have been battling with depression for the past 6months. At
first I tried cutting myself with blades to feel better, it helped a bit
tho. One, two, three till it became a habit. Yesterday I took the worst
step of my life, I headed to law school bridge lekki to end it all.
When
I got there I said to myself "yes this is my final bustop". But my
Gracious God said No that he has plans for me. He sent his Angels to
take charge over me, two policemen and a brother, they came at the peak
of time. Then I realized God's purpose for me. I realized I was selfish I
never thought about the pain my mom would go through, what about my
brother. I realized I only have God to talk to, the Almighty who is
faithful in his words. I have learnt to talk to him when I'm down, he
would listen and won't judge me, he would give me peace of mind and
solution to all my problems.
I
alone knows what am going through and I have only God to turn to.
Please try and reach out to your loved ones, call and text them people
are going through a lot you know nothing about. Help me share this in
every way you can, media, group chat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram.
Help me save a life. No problem, No one is worth stressing nor dying
for. GOD IS THE ONLY WAY#This IS MY STORY#This IS MY TESTIMONY#KING
Chioma Agwuegbo, the founder of Tech Her Nigeria has expressed
concern after visiting the site where a 7-storey building collapsed and
trapped people in Port Harcourt.Chioma revealed that the officials on
ground aren't doing enough to see if they can rescue more trapped
people. She said that of the three excavators on site, only one is in
use. She also added that they haven't gotten to the ground floor yet
even though 13 days have passed since the building collapsed.She
tweeted:Just leaving the site where the building collapsed in PH. 13
days after and they're not yet at the ground floor yet. Only one
excavator is in use. Officials on ground seem quicker to stop people
from filming than getting anything done. No urgency. None.She
added:There were at least three other excavators on site, but only one
was in use. The pace of work I saw? Laughable. But the joke is on us.
Our lives don't matter. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of
the people trapped in the building.
An American man has gone viral after he took to Twitter to share a date
story of two friends, 'male and female' who developed an interest in him
but have no idea of his sexual orientation.The young man, Cody Craig,
23, received a handwritten note from Tanner Forbes, 23, where he
wrote that he would be open date him if he's gay, but if he's straight
his female friend would like to date him instead.
Taking
to Twitter to share the story and how everything unfolded, Craig who
works at his local mall in Salt Lake City went for Forbes, confirming
that he's gay.
Read his story below.
Facebook shares has taken a sharp fall one day after documents
incriminating the tech giant were leaked. As the stock markets opened
today, the company's shares opened around 2.5 per cent down, wiping
about $9.5billion out of the company's $379billion value. 
This
comes one day after a document leak which shows that Facebook used its
platform to cripple rivals, aggressively pursued competitors, and
leverage developers for advertising money, setting up conflicts with
regulators and politicians around the globe. The leaked documents
revealed that: Facebook planned to grant companies access to user data
based on how much advertising they bought, and threatened to cut off
access for firms paying under a certain amount.Facebook programmed its
android app to see users call and text records in which it admitted was a
"pretty high-risk thing to do from a PR perspective".Mr Zuckerberg said
he was "sceptical" that apps with access Facebook users' data would
pass data on, as then happened in the Cambridge Analytica
scandal. Facebook used Onavo app it acquired to spy on users' phone
usage, apparently without their knowledge, to identify competitors such
as Whatsapp to buy out.Following the document leak, stock investment
firm Stiefel downgraded Facebook's shares from "buy" to "hold" ahead of
markets opening in New York, saying the company has made "too many
adversaries" for its business to thrive. Stiefel told CNBC:Facebook’s
management team has created too many adversaries -- politicians/
regulators, tech leaders, consumers, and employees -- to not experience
long-term negative ramifications on its business.One key issue is how
Facebook took "aggressive positions" against rivals and denied key
competitors such as Vine access to its data, which shut down shortly
after. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally approved a decision to
block Twitter's app Vine from accessing users' Facebook friends
lists.The papers leaked by British MP Damian Collins also showed that
Facebook signed deals to give companies such as Netflix and AirBnB
special access to user dater and spied on Android users' calls and
texts.Facebook strongly denied ever selling user data and insisted it
only granted these companies "short term extensions" to preserve user
experience.In the midst of the fallout, Zuckerberg was forced to defend
himself on Wednesday night, saying in a lengthy Facebook post that the
company "never sold anyone's data".The EU is aggressively cracking down
on tech monopolies and recently fined Google $5billion for breaching its
competition laws. While the EU has so far been silent on the Facebook
leak, regulators are certain to be aware of it and will likely
investigate whether the social media giant broke any laws, Daily Mail
reports. Politicians from eight world governments investigating the
spread of fake news, led by British MP Damian Collins who leaked the
papers, will also pile pressure on Facebook to disclose exactly how it
monetises user data. 
Following
the document leak, on Wednesday night, a former Facebook staff
described a "toxic and hostile" atmosphere at the company. One former
senior employee told Buzzfeed News that workers are desperate for a
change of leadership. Another said staff fear being scolded by furious
bosses who are "spouting full-blown anti-media rhetoric, saying that the
press is ganging up on Facebook."
The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor
Biodun Ogunyemi, has urged the striking academic staff of the Nigerian
public universities to be prepared for a long strike as the Federal
Government is yet to show any seriousness in saving public schools from
collapsing. He reiterated to #ASUU members “to be on the watch and
prepare for a long drawn out struggle to salvage the University System”.
Ogunyemi stated this in a Strike Bulletin No 5 sent to all members of
the union and a copy of which was obtained by our
correspondent. ASUU embarked on nationwide strike over unfulfilled past
agreements by government and under-funding of education. Ogunyemi
charged members to remain steadfast “and resolute in the face of
intimidation or antics employed by government through Vice chancellors
and Governing councils to undermine the ongoing struggle”. According to
ASUU President, “Government is yet to change its “keep them talking”
style and stance as all the meetings held so far with the Minister of
Education are yet to resolve any of the demands of ASUU”. While speaking
after their Zonal Meeting held at Ladoke Akintola University, ASUU
chairman, University of Ibadan, Dr Deji Omole said Ibadan zone of ASUU
had been fully mobilised with her members to ensure the reason for the
strike got actualised. Omole noted that it was regrettable the federal
government that had not put anything on the table to revitalise the
comatose education sector was busy mobilizing funds and resources for
re-election in 2019. He, however, appealed to parents not to mortgage
the future of their children by following politicians instead of
fighting for proper and adequate funding of public education.
National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomole, has said that God will indeed
punish former president Olusegun Obasanjo, for supporting Atiku
Abubakar's presidential ambition. Obasanjo who declared his support for
Atiku after he forgave him in October this year, had in the time past,
said that God will never forgive him if he supports Atiku for any
political office.Speaking at a meeting with APC women leaders in Abuja
yesterday December 5th, Oshiomole said God will indeed punish Obasanjo
for the turnaround in his vow never to support Atiku.“The two candidates
are from the north and they are both Muslims. People are now going to
look at character. Nobody has ever said Buhari is a thief. But who said
the other person is a thief? It was his boss.When you are working with
me and I said you are a thief, God will punish me if I support you. And
when you are confused because your supply line has been chopped off, you
now turned around to support the same person.“That God that you called
with your name to punish you if you support the person is about to go to
work. And he will go to work in February and he will punish him
thoroughly and the person he is supporting, in favour of Nigeria.”he
said
A police officer attached to the Inspector-General of Police
Intelligence Response Team, Idowu Haruna, has told Justice Oluwatoyin
Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, of how alleged billionaire
kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, shot the Chairman of
the Young Shall Grow motors, Obianuju Vincent and killed two of his
escorts while attempting to kidnap the transcorp executive. At the
resumed hearing of the case yesterday December 5th, Haruna told the
court that Evans and his gang members turned co-defendants namely Joseph
Ikenna Emeka, 29, Chiemeka Arinze, 39, Udeme Frank Upong , 43, attacked
Obianuju on August 27th 2013 at Third Avenue, Festac Town.While being
led in evidence by the state counsel, Adebayo Haroun, Haruna said“I
recognise the defendants as those who attempted to kidnap the chairman
of Young Shall Grow motors, Chief Obianuju Vincent, sometime in 2013.
The YSG chairman was returning from a game house along Festac Town when
his convoy was attacked by heavily armed men led by Evans. During the
attack, the YSG chairman was shot in the right arm while his driver, one
Mr Peter Nweke, was shot dead. One of his escorts, Chijoke Ngozi
(female), was also shot dead. During a gun duel between the chairman’s
police escorts and the gang, three of the gang members were shot dead by
Inspector Solomon Igwe, while the rest fled the scene.“Two rifles
belonging to the gang members were later recovered by the Festac Police
Division, where the case was reported and the corpses were later removed
by the police. Immediately the matter was assigned to my team, we
arrested the 1st defendant (Evans), who narrated the entire operation to
us. Evans told us that he was the leader and the one who led the gang
to the operation. Evans mentioned the 3rd defendant (Arinze) as the
informant of the operation. “He told us that Arinze had monitored the
movement of the YSG chairman for four days in order to give him detailed
information about his routine. Evans also named the 2nd defendant
(Emeka) as his syndicate in all criminal activities while the 4th
defendant ( Upong) supplied him with the weapons and firearms. When the
victim came to the station, Evans knelt before him and apologized for
killing his two escorts. He told him that he was sorry for their deaths
and that it was a mistake.“Evans told the victim that he had no
intention of killing anyone during the operation but only wanted to
kidnap him and later demand for ransom. Evans begged that he was
misinformed about the victim’s police escorts who were also armed.”The
matter was adjourned till January 6th 2019, for the continuation of
trial.
Stanel World, Nigeria’s premier one stop shop brand is set to premiere a
breathtaking movie project titled ‘The Last Kidnap’ The movie premiere
which is in honor of ace and legendary movie producer, late Mr Chukwuka
Emelionwu, will be hosted by the Chairman Stanel Group; Dr. Stanley
Uzochukwu, and the special guests of honor will be The Executive
Governor of Anambra State, His Excellence Willie Madubuchukwu Obaino and
His wife, Her Excellency Ebelechukwu Obaino. Also to be part of the
program is a fund raising event for the family, as championed by Dr.
Stanley and a host of other dignitaries and celebrities to be present. 
MC
Shakara and Solidstar will be present to thrill the crowd. This is an
open invitation to every one to join us for this historic and phenomenal
event in Awka, even as we not only celebrate the life of Late Mr.
Chukwuka, but we also create an avenue for everyone to celebrate his
memorable strides in the industry and contribute to his family’s
welfare. - Dr. Stanel Uzochukwu. 
Supermodel, Naomi Campbell commanded attention as she arrived for the
(RED) Auction event which took place at the Moore Building in Miami on
Wednesday.The 48-year-old fashion icon stormed the event's red carpet in
a dazzling electric blue floor-length gown which flashed her long legs
through her split dress.She completed her look with matching glittering
heels and a watch.See full photos below.
Seyi Law corrected a follower who decreed that his daughter will be a
first lady of Nigeria.The comedian shared lovely photos of his adorable
daughter and a follower commented saying Tiwa is "the next first lady in
Naija in the nearest future". But Seyi Law believes his daughter
doesn't need a man to get to Aso Rock and he said as much.He replied:
"Future president you mean to write."
Newly single Cardi B looked unbothered as she attended the Miami Art
Basel event on Wednesday, where she partied with friends.The 26-year-old
mother of one who reportedly ended her marriage to Offset because he
was organizing a threesome with a lookalike rapper Cuban Doll and
another lady Summer Bunni, was seen for the first time since announcing
her split from the Migos rapper, 26.The Bodak Yellow rapper who stormed
the event in high spirit rocked a revealing semi-sheer mini dress, which
flaunted her underwear.She was also seen throwing a wad of dollar bills
into the air as she partied at the star-studded event.See more photos
below.
