“Anele was not suicidal nor did she commit suicide" - Father of AKA's fiancée says at her funeral service

 

Prominent South African businessman and Anele “Nelli” Tembe's father, Moses, has set the record straight on circumstances surrounding her death.

 

 

It would be recalled that the 22-year-old, who was engaged to rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, died on Sunday morning, April 11, after apparently falling from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel in Cape Town. Read HERE 

 

 

Nellie is being laid to rest at the Durban International Conference Centre on today, Friday April 16. Her body has arrived in Durban on Thursday. 

 

The funeral service is currently being streamed on YouTube for fans and friends to pay their last respects. 

 

A letter from Moses was read out by businessman Sandile Zungu, who said the letter was a reflection of a “heartbroken father”.

 

"As Anele's father, I categorically state that Anele was neither suicidal nor did she commit suicide. We must as a matter of priority deal with the scourge that bedevils our youth. Alcohol which is overused and drugs. Fellow South Africans we better wake up and smell the coffee, we have a serious problem with substance abuse.” he wrote. 

 

“I cannot allow an unfortunate narrative to go unchallenged, a narrative that irks me to no end ... that is 'Anele was chronically suicidal'. All I can say is, until Anele turned 21, not a single member of her family, my family would have associated her with suicide.”

 

 

He said Anele's wish was to fall in love and marry the man who would become the father of her children, adding that they differed on the direction she should take in her life but he stood by her.

 

Moses said he was happy for her when she introduced him to Kiernan and suggested they go for proper premarital counselling.

 

"I knew Kiernan loved my daughter but their companionship needed more than love. It had to be premised and embedded on a Godly foundation.”

 

He said he was proud to be Anele's father.

 

"Anele made me happy as a father, very happy. Anele was feisty, strong-willed some might say. She was single-minded in her pursuits, what others would uncritically call stubborn. Anele never minced her words, an attribute that would perturb her siblings, which she balanced by giving her absolute best to those around her." 

 

"In my deepest desire that my girl live to be who she wanted to be, I nurtured these Anele traits. For I truly believed that she had needed guidance rather than repression, persuasion rather than brute force,” he said. 

 

Media Tycoon, Jimmy Lai sentenced to one year in prison for pro-democracy protests

 

hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon, Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after being found guilty of unauthorized assembly.

 

Lai was among nine of Hong Kong's most prominent democracy campaigners found guilty of organizing and participating in one of the city's biggest-ever protests in 2019. 

 

Organizers say 1.7 million people, almost one-quarter of Hong Kong's population turned out for a huge rally that formed the backbone of demonstrations that wracked the city throughout 2019.

 

Nine activists were sentenced for participating in the demonstration on 18 August 2019. Another three received sentences in relation to a separate protest on 31 August.

 

 

They include veteran campaigner Martin Lee, 82, and lawyer Margaret Ng, 73, whose sentences were suspended.

 

During sentencing, the judge said: "Actions have consequences for everyone irrespective of who they are."

 

Jimmy Lai, 73, the founder of Apple Daily is a fierce critic of Beijing. He faces eight charges in total, including collusion with a foreign country and a fraud case related to the lease of the building which houses Apple Daily.

 

Earlier this week, Mr. Lai's Apple Daily newspaper published a hand-written letter by him, sent from prison, which read: "It is our responsibility as journalists to seek justice. As long as we are not blinded by unjust temptations, as long as we do not let evil get its way through us, we are fulfilling our responsibility."

 

5-year-old Christian girl allegedly abducted, forcefully converted to Islam and married off to abductor in Katsina State

 

A 15-year-old Christian girl identified as Aisha Mani has been allegedly abducted, forcefully converted to Islam and married off to her abductor at Gidan Dandada Rafin Iyaka, in Sabuwa Kasa Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State.

 

In a report published by the Hausa Christian Foundation (HACFO) on Thursday, April 15, 2020, the conversion and marriage was said to have been carried out by the District Head of Kafur. 

 

According to the report, Aisha went missing from home on 10th February, 2021. Two days later, her parents received a call from the District Head of Kafur telling them to stop searching for Aisha because she is safe with him in his house.

 

He claimed that one Idris Shehu brought her to his house. Aisha’s family went to see the District Head at his palace in order to bring their daughter back home but he refused to release her on the ground that she wanted to convert to Islam.

 

Ten days later, the District Head called Aisha’s parent to tell them that one Mohammed Sama'ila wants to marry Aisha their daughter but they rejected the proposal.

 

However, the District Head went ahead to arrange the marriage between Aisha and Mohammed Samaila without the consent and approval of Aisha’s family. Read full report below: 

 

Rafin Iyaka Sabuwar Kasa, Kafur LGA of Katsina State is a mixed community of both Christian and Muslim Hausas, but the Christians continued to live in pains and bondage perpetrated by the Muslim side that constantly enjoys the protection of the District Head of Kafur and the Emir of Katsina.

 

These two Islamic traditional rulers do everything possible to stop the constitutionally recognized law enforcement agencies like the Police from rightly carrying out their statutory duties. That is why any crime committed against the Christians will always be swept under the carpet.

 

Due to the previous experiences of the Christian community of Gidan Dandada Rafin Iyaka on the abduction and forceful conversion of their young girls which Aisha happens to be the 9th person, the Family of Aisha didn’t hesitate to report some strange moves of one Mohammed Samaila around their 15 year old daughter to their village head.

 

As usual, the said Mohammed Samaila and his father kept denying having anything to do with Aisha. These strange moves continue for about two years and the village head was not willing to take any action against the said Mohammed Samaila. When the family of Aisha could no longer tolerate what they were seeing, they decided to relocate Aisha from the village Gidan Dandada Rafin Iyaka, to Funtua for Aisha to be staying with her elder sister.

 

On 10th February, 2021, Aisha went missing from the house where she stays. When the elder sister and her husband searched everywhere possible but they could not locate Aisha, they quickly reported it to the Funtua Police Station to help them find Aisha.

 

Two days later, on 12th February 2021, Aisha’s Parents received a call from the District Head of Kafur telling them to stop searching for Aisha because she is safe with him in his house. He claimed that one Idris shehu brought her to his house. On hearing that, Aisha’s family went to see the District Head of Kafur at his palace in other to bring their daughter back home, but to their dismay, it was not possible. He refused releasing her on the ground that she wanted converting to Islam. Aisha’s Parents insisted but the District Head refused them access to their Daughter.

 

Ten days later, the District Head called Aisha’s parent to tell them that one Mohammed Sama'ila wants to marry Aisha their daughter. When Aisha’s Parents went to the District Head’s palace, they rejected the issue of the marriage. They insisted their daughter to be returned to them and continue with her school and if anyone wants to marry her, he should follow the due process. The District Head ignored Aisha’s Parents and went ahead to arrange marriage between Aisha and Mohammed Samaila without the consent and approval of Aisha’s Family.

 

When Aisha’s Family did everything possible and peaceful for Aisha to be returned to them and they were ignored and humiliated, they decided to engage the services of a law firm; A. U. Ajodo & CO. Legacy Chambers to help them bring Aisha back.

 

The Law Firm immediately wrote a petition against the District Head ( Alh. Abdulrahman Rabe and Mohammed Sama'ila to the Katsina State Commissioner of Police through the Malumfashi Area Command demanding for the immediate arrest, investigation and prosecution of these two suspects and the immediate release of Aisha back to her Family.

 

Unfortunately, the Police did not arrest these two culprits or did anything to ensure the return of Aisha. They only summoned the District Head of Kafur without the said Mohammed Samaila. The Area Commandant told the District Head not to go ahead with their marriage plans between Aisha and Mohammed Samaila, but the district head ignored it.

 

They later agreed for the girl to be brought to the police station and be returned back to her family but the District Head refused to comply. Instead, he decided to take the Girl to the Emir of Katsina at Katsina on that same day he was to bring the girl to the police station. On reaching there, the Emir of Katsina joined Aisha and Mohammed in marriage without the consent of her parents.

 

As it is now, the Katsina state police command are not willing to carry out their statutory duties as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution and ensure justice is done.

 

It is very important to note that this is not the first time such a thing is happening. The said District Head of Kafur is known with such criminal acts right from the time of his late father. When his father was on the throne, he was involve in supporting the abduction and forced marriage of many Hausa Christian Girls.

 

The village of Gidan Dandada Rafin Iyaka, Sabuwar Kasa, Kafur LGA, Katsina State has suffered such unjust treatments from the District Head of Kafur who is also backed by the Emir of Katsina. Till date a total of nine Hausa Christian Girls have been abducted, forcefully converted to Islam and forced into early marriage. The following are the names of the Girls that were abducted, forcefully converted to Islam and forced into marriage from this village of by the same District Head of Kafur:

 

1) Jamima Solomon

2) Christiana Mamman

3) Deborah Habila

4) Phoebe Dankano

5) Rifkatu Markus (Rescued)

6) Saratu Isah (Returned her when she went mad after two years)

7) Dije Yakubu Nalami (Abducted as a married woman, and returned when she died)

8) Rebeccah Ado (Returned Pregnant)

9) Aisha Mani (Currently in captivity)

 

It is on record that any time this Christian Community agitates against the injustice done to them, the Muslim youths will violently go after them and threaten to burn down the Church and houses of the Christians.

 

The Hausa Christians Foundation (HACFO) is working tirelessly to ensure the safe and unconditional return of Aisha Mani and to ensure that justice is duly served.

 

We covet your prayers and support to ensure that Aisha is reunited with her family. Kindly pray for the Northern Christians especially the families whose daughters have been abducted, forced into Islam and marriage. Northern Nigeria is becoming hell for Christians to live in.

 

 

He didn't impact me the same way DMX did" Dancer, Kaffy responds to Samklef's post about actor Bruno Iwuoha not being mourned by Nigerians as much as they mourned DMX

 

Nigerian dancer, Kaffy has reacted to Samklef's post about late actor, Bruno Iwuoha receiving less love from Nigerians than American rapper, DMX did after they both died hours apart.

 

Samklef shared photos of the veteran Nollywood actor and wrote in the caption that he heard Bruno died too but because it's not an American celebrity, he gets little publicity.

 

Responding, Kaffy said, "Just because people posted about DMX doesn't mean it's fake love."

 

She added that DMX influenced her childhood but Bruno "didn't impact her the same way DMX did and that not my fault. "

 

See the rest of her comment below.

 

Former heavyweight champion, Evander Holyfield 'to return to boxing ring for the first time in a decade to face Kevin McBride

 

American boxing legend, Evander Holyfield is reportedly set to make a return to boxing for the first time in a decade to face Kevin McBride.

 

Sports Illustrated reports that the former undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight boxing champion will face McBride in an eight-round exhibition on the undercard of Triller's June 5 pay-per-view event, which will feature Teofimo Lopez defending his unified lightweight titles against George Kambosos in the main event. 

 

The 58-year-old, whose last fight in the boxing ring came in May 2011 will be hoping to defeat Kevin McBride after Mike Tyson recently revealed his plans to fight him and Lennox Lewis this year.

 

'I want Holyfield and I want Lennox Lewis this year,' Tyson revealed on his Hotboxin' Podcast.

 

'I want both of them, I want to get them both this year. I also want to box an exhibition with Tyson Fury.

 

'If I do that – even if I can get those two guys [Lewis and Holyfield], I'll say, 'This is a wrap, I'm just gonna live life.'

 

'And that's just exhibitions. I'm gonna break all my professional true records with exhibitions.' 

 

Holyfield, who finished his career with a record of 44 wins and ten losses, is the only man to beat Tyson twice, winning by knock-out in the 11th round in 1996 before their infamous 1997 bout, where Tyson was disqualified for biting his rival's ear.

"They said we will collect Ankara or lace or Adire" - Nigerian Alhaja speaks on Prince Philip's death after visiting Buckingham palace (video)

 

A Nigerian woman over the weekend went to Buckingham Palace to drop flowers following the passing of Prince Philip.

In a hilarious video she made from the palace and shared online, the Alhaja who was just  being funny, said Prince Phillip before his passing, instructed that all single ladies should be paid £500 on April 23. The Alhaja who claimed she cried her eyes out after hearing the news of the prince's death, added that the deceased monarch had been the one catering for single ladies.

She said she has spoken to the palace authorities and they have agreed for women to either pick Ankara or lace or Adire as Aso-Ebi for his funeral this Saturday.

 

Watch the hilarious video below

 

Ugandan man moved to tears as his five wives surprise him with a birthday party "for creating a harmonious relationship among them"

 

A prominent Ugandan businessman, Hajji Mohammad Ngobi, was moved to tears after his five wives threw a surprise party to celebrate his 57th birthday and three decades of happy peaceful marriage. 

 

The five women, Aisha Namatende, Zulufah Nampina, Sumaya Ngobi, Hajjati Lamulal Ngobi, Aminah Namukose and Sharifah Ngobi, have been married to Ngobi for a period of 30 to 10 years. Ngobi is also the prime minister of the Nagwere clan.

 

 

The party was held at the home of the eldest wife, Namatende in Nabidongha zone, Iganga town last week. 

 

The women's gesture aroused admiration as such friendship among women in a polygamous marriage is uncommon in the area.

 

In speeches before their families, the women thanked a blushing Hajji Ngobi for creating a harmonious relationship among them.

 

 

The women said that Hajji Ngobi had never discriminated against any of them in his treatment and ensured that he always shared all family resources equitably. Hajjati Zulufah Nampina recalled the many instances when Hajji Ngobi was considerate in his treatment.

 

The surprised Hajji Ngobi shed tears as he listened to speeches from his five wives and their children.

 

Hajji Ngobi said he had not expected the party thrown in his honour and thanked his wives and family for appreciating his decades of work.

 

"I have been able to build a house for each of my wives and they all have a business. Before I add another one, I am always open to the new one to know that she is not alone, but that there other women as well.” he said. 

 

 

Sheikh Shaban Ngobi, who presided over the function, urged wives in the audience to emulate the women before them. Sheikh Ngobi is Hajji Ngobi’s brother.

 

Family and friends concluded the evening by singing and presenting birthday gifts to Hajji Ngobi.