Touching moment actress Tonto Dikeh’s son, Andre and his father, Olakunle, reunited after years apart (Video)

A rather touching video circulating online has shown the emotional reunion of Tonto Dikeh’s son, King Andre, with his father, Olakunle. The clip has stirred reactions across social media, with many describing it as a moment of healing, grace, and restoration. Sharing the video, Tonto reflected on how time may pass, but what God ordains […]

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Gospel singer Omije Ojumi’s children discover their father at her funeral

Drama reportedly occurred during the burial of late gospel singer Bunmi Akinnaanu known simply as Omije Ojumi today after a man claiming to be the biological father of her children surfaced in an emotional phone call that stunned attendees. In a viral video circulating online, the incident happened during the funeral rites where mourners were […]

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Father of 3 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren dies of heart attack ―CAN chairman reveals

Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the Northern Region and the FCT, Rev. John Hayab, has revealed that a parent died of a heart attack following the abduction of his three children from St Mary’s Catholic School in Niger State. While speaking to ARISE News on Tuesday, Hayab described the trauma faced […]

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Daughter gets life imprisonment for the murder of her father

Polokwane High Court in South Africa has sentenced a 28-year-old South African woman, Mologadi Magdeline Mehlape to life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of her father, Dr Malekutu Johannes Mehlape, a circuit manager at the Limpopo Department of Education. The sentence, delivered on Wednesday, June 11, follows her guilty plea to charges of murder and […]

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Super Eagles goalkeeper’s father and mother to be buried on June 7

Nigeria’s Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, has announced the burial arrangements for his late parents, Chief Godspower Onyekamu Nwabali and Mrs. Grace Nwabali (née Mmai), describing the moment as one of unimaginable grief. Taking to his Instagram page on Friday, Nwabali, in a message shared alongside the burial poster, expressed the depth of his pain. […]

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That you had a good mother doesn’t mean your father had a good wife, By Stephanie Shakaa

They say every story has two sides. But in many homes,especially African homes, perhaps even globally only one is ever truly heard. The nurturing, sacrificial, ever-loving mother becomes the bedrock of childhood nostalgia. She is immortalized in memory, sanctified in speech. Songs are sung in her honor. Tears fall at the mere mention of her […]

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Why will a father tell his 16-year-old son not to give his mother his phone’s password? ―Basketmouth’s ex-wife, Elsie Okpocha asks

Elsie Okpocha, ex-wife of popular comedian Basketmouth, has sparked conversations online with a series of social media posts questioning parental rights and boundaries regarding their children’s privacy. Elsie had written earlier “I need an answer… is a mother not supposed to have access to her 16-year-old’s phone?????” The inquiry appeared to reflect frustration over a […]

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Kemi Badenoch: The Daughter of her Father, By Akin Osuntokun

“I find it interesting that everybody defines me as being Nigerian. I identify less with the country than with the specific ethnicity [Yoruba]. That’s what I really am. I have nothing in common with the people from the north of the country, Boko Haram, where Islamism is. Those were our ethnic enemies and yet you […]

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Father cries out for justice over two sons wrongly sentenced to death

“It is said that the judiciary is the last hope of a common man, but what happens when a common man cannot get justice? The purpose of seeking justice is forfeited.” An Oshogbo High Court judge sentenced two brothers from Cotonou to death for armed robbery and murder. The judge admitted the confessional statement as […]

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No matter how your mother tries to take you away from me, I remain your father ―Actress Mercy Aigbe’s ex-husband says on their son’s birthday

Lanre Gentry, ex-husband of Nigerian actress, Mercy Aigbe, has taken to social media to wish their son, Juwon, a happy birthday. He went further in the post he shared on his Instagram page where Mr. Gentry pointed out that no matter how much his ex-wife, Mercy, tries to take Juwon away from him, he still […]

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Young female Nigerian graduate dies, as kidnappers abduct, kill her father despite ransom payment

Newly graduated young Nigerian lady identified as Gladys Jonathan Yemi, whose father was kidnapped and killed after payment of ransom, has herself passed away. A family member, Prince Bawa, who resides in Abuja, disclosed this in a Facebook post on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. “Sister, why do you choose to left us with such pains, […]

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Nigerian actress loses father on eve of her husband’s burial

Nigerian actress, producer and mum, Obey Etok Chima has sadly experienced the heartbreaking passing of her father, occurring just hours before the scheduled burial of her husband, Chima Iheke. Taking to her Facebook wall, obey revealed that her father departed in the early hours of Thursday morning, lamenting the timing as it coincided with the […]

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“A father that doesn’t know his daughter’s pain is not a father” ―Singer Cynthia Morgan demands a DNA test from her father

Nigerian rapper and songwriter, Cynthia Ikponmwenosa Morgan, popularly known by her previous stage name Cynthia Morgan, now Madrina, has demanded a DNA test from her father. In a post shared on her Instatories, Cynthia said a father that doesn’t cater to his daughter’s pain is not a father. She mentioned that her father’s popular phase […]

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14-year-old Nigerian girl commits suicide for fear of continuous torture by father, step-mother

14-year-old girl identified as Desola Adeoye, on Tuesday, August 22, committed suicide in Shogunle community, Lagos. Vanguard reported that Desola who had allegedly suffered untold violence in the hands of her father, Sunday Adeoye, and his wife, drank insecticide to escape torture. It was gathered that she decided to commit suicide after her step-mother allegedly […]

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Otedola’s daughter, DJ Cuppy shows off her father’s new Rolls-Royce (Photos)

Nigerian Disc Jockey (DJ), Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy has shown off her billionaire father, Femi Otedola’s new Rolls-Royce. DJ Cuppy, who is currently in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, shared a video of the new car parked beside his Aston Martin Superleggera, at their home in Monaco. She wrote: “@femiotedola hasn’t seen his latest toy in […]

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18-year-old man kills father in Nigeria, mom arrested for concealing crime

Officers of the Oyo State Police Command have paraded 18-year-old man, Taofeek Adeagbo, for allegedly killing his father. Taofeek Adeagbo’s mother, Rashidat Adeagbo, was also arrested for concealing the crime. While parading the suspects alongside 23 others in Ibadan, on Friday, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Adewale Osifeso, said the incident occurred in […]

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27-year-old Delta man claims gov Sanwo-Olu is his father, drags him to court

27-year-old man and father of three children, Emmanuel Sanwo-Olu, has expressed a strong desire to see the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, whom he claims to be his biological father. According to him, his mother had just told him that the Lagos governor was his father. Making the assertions while speaking with journalists at the […]

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Son allegedly kills his father, sells his body parts to ritualists in Kwara

Officers from the Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspect for allegedly selling the body parts of his father, Michael Olagunju, to some ritualists in Kajola, Odo-Owa in the Oke-Ero Local Government Area of the state. Olagunju was allegedly murdered on his farm at Kajola last Thursday by his son who connived with some […]

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