#BBATheChase - Feza, Beverly, Cleo share stories of domestic abuse

In a rather emotional session on Wednesday, the girls of the Big Brother House revealed to their male counterparts personal tales of domestic abuse.

Feza, Beverly and Cleo all shared stories of the abusive relationship they experienced at the hands of their ex boyfriends.

While detailing her experience, Feza revealed that she was beaten and almost run over with a car by an ex, adding that she thinks there are certain spirits that push a man to assault a woman.

On her part, Beverly also revealed how her former lover beat her up and even smuggled her out of hospital after he had physically assaulted her at one point.

Zambia�s Cleo also shared her experience narrating how an ex beat her all the time and how she struggled to leave. �Even when he got arrested for beating me, I took him back because I thought he had changed. It was so difficult but by the grace of a higher power, I managed to leave him before he killed me,� she said.

As part of their task this week, the housemates are trying to address issues such as poverty, hunger, electricity, HIV/AIDS, women�s right and other issues which affect the continent.

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Nollywood Actress Mercy Aigbe In Hot New Stunning Photos

The actress captioned the photos "Chilling" More photos when you continue

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GTBank Commences “Instant Account Opening” on Facebook

Guaranty Trust Bank plc has once again raised the service bar for African Financial Institutions,�

by up grading its Social Banking offering on Facebook to accommodate Instant GTBank Account Opening.�

With this upgrade, prospective customers of the foremost Bank can open accounts and immediately get their account numbers while on Facebook, without having to visit any GTBank branch. Continue

Commenting on the new offering which went live recently, Managing Director/CEO of Guaranty Trust plc; Mr. Segun Agbaje said the upgrade will make it more convenient for people to commence banking relationships with the Bank. Mr. Agbaje explained that all people have to do while on Facebook is fill the account opening form, upload their passport photograph and signature mandate and immediately get their account number.

GTBank Social Banking is a unique offering pioneered by the Bank earlier in the year that allows people open GTBank Accounts, make Account Balance Enquiries, perform Money Transfers and purchase Airtime on Facebook.

�The Bank remains the leading Nigerian financial services provider in the social media space with over 1.3 Million followers on Facebook alone, the largest following for any Nigerian company.�

With Social Banking, Guaranty Trust Bank plc has successfully introduced a new and effective platform through which its customers can get real-time customer service and perform transactions quickly, safely and at their convenience. According to Mr. Agbaje the banking requirements of today�s customers necessitates a high degree of flexibility, which is why GTBank is instituting value adding channels on social and other platforms that allow people bank 24/7.

Guaranty Trust Bank plc was established in 1990 and has within the last 23 years come to be recognized as one of the most innovative and service focused banks in Nigeria. The Bank, which was recently conferred with the 2013 African Bank of the Year Award by African Banker Magazine, has banking subsidiaries in Cote D�Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, the United Kingdom and has concluded the purchase of a 70% equity stake in Fina Bank that will see its operations spread to Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda .

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See The Reasons Why This Policewoman Wants To End Her 19 year Old Marriage

A 39-year-old female Inspector of Police, Mary Igah, had pleaded with an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her 19-year marriage because of threats to her life.

She told the court that her husband, Emmanuel, who is also a policeman, threatened to deal with her, and that soon after that, she saw her pant and brassiere in his bag.

She said: �My husband took my underwear without my consent. I saw my pant and brassiere in his hand bag when he wanted to leave for work. I am scared of staying with him, I no longer feel safe in his house.�

Igah alleged that her husband was fond of disgracing her in public, including her place of work, saying, �My husband always comes to embarrass me at my place of work. He will drag me out of my office with beatings, calling me a prostitute.�

The respondent, 46-year-old Emmanuel Igah, who is also a police officer, denied the allegations levelled against him by his wife.

He alleged that his wife was promiscuous. �I heard about my wife�s infidelity, so I went to her office to find out and fortunately for me, I met her with the man. �I did not embarrass her.

I only excused her outside and asked what she was doing with the man and she started shouting. �I did not beat her. In short, I have never raised my hand against her since I married her 19 years ago,� he said.

He begged the court not to grant his wife�s wish because he still loved her. The court president, Mr. R.I. Adeyeri, adjourned the case to August14, 2013 for judgment.

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BUSTED: Army Raids Boko Haram Hideout in Sokoto!!

The Boko Haram shelter at Gidan-Igwai area of Sokoto was raided on Saturday, August 10, 2013, by the Nigerian Army. The operation was carried out in order to curb the influx of the extremist sect members from Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States.

"The operation was conducted as part of the ongoing efforts to rid Sokoto state of the fleeing insurgents from the volatile states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa," Capt. Yahaya Musa, the Spokesperson of the 1 Brigade, Sokoto, has explained.

The operation, the authorities say, has been staged thanks to a hint given by the local residents, with Capt. Musa adding that the raid was "part of the routine operations of the Army to cleanse Nigeria of insurgency and other criminal activities."

"Sokoto is peaceful, unfortunately insurgents from other parts of the country are fast making it a safe haven and we are battle-ready to dislodge them.

"The operation by the army would be sustained and intensified just like our sister security organisations are also doing theirs, nationwide.

"I cannot however confirm any fatalities as at now but scores of arrests have been made whose details would be made available later," the spokesperson further said.

Capt. Musa expressed gratitude to the residents of the city for their usual support and cooperation, noting that the task of ensuring the security of lives and property of Nigerians is a collective one.

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SEE PHOTOS: Kehinde Oloyede’s House For Funke Akindele Completed

Funke Akindele’s estranged husband, Kehinde Oloyede recently claimed in one of his recent interview with Encomium magazine that he was building a one-storey building located at Adeniji Jones in Ikeja, for the star actress before they partedways. Anyways the home is now complete. In fact he and some of his family members, excluding some of his said wives are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, and housewarming now at the new home. See pictures below:

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Eid-el-Fitri Tragedy: Teenage Boy Drowns At Bar Beach

An unidentified teenager drowned at the Bar Beach, Lagos as revellers celebrated Eid-el-fitri in the area on Friday.

A fun seeker, who witnessed the incident and identified himself simply as Michael, said there was a heavy traffic of persons at the beach while there were only two live guards on duty.
It is usual in metropolitan cities like Lagos for residents to go to the beaches during important national celebrations, especially when holidays have been declared.
According to the witness, the teenage boy was spotted by a few people who were standing at the tip of the ocean.
He said three unidentified young men made frantic attempts to see if they could rescue the drowning boy, but they could not muster enough courage to move into the centre of the ocean.
He said the high waves of the surging ocean were too much for the volunteers, who eventually gave up the idea of saving the victim.
According to him, all the fun seekers around watched helplessly as the boy struggled and was finally submerged by water.
However, other fun seekers continued with their fun as if nothing had happened.
It was learnt that nobody came out to complain about a missing person before most of the fun seekers left the beach.
It was learnt that a young lady initially raised the alarm, believing erroneously that the victim was her brother, but she soon kept calm when she saw her own brother.
Spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Farinloye, who confirmed the tragedy on Friday, told Saturday PUNCH that the victim had not been identified.
“The body has been taken to the mortuary. It is just sad that this had to happen despite the warnings we issued that people should stay off the beach because of an impending ocean surge,” he said.
Farinloye said the warning issued by NEMA stated that there might be an ocean surge of a minimum of four days and maximum of five days, appealing to revellers to avoid swimming at the beach for some days.
 “People are allowed to go to the beach but they should not swim. For some months, the ocean had been monitored and the warnings NEMA issued were consistent with the signs that were noticed, which showed that there might be an ocean surge,” he said.

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