Theophilus Afe

While talking with a female bank manager, she made a scary revelation to me. She told me how Nigerian bank vaults are filled with monies of dead men who kept their bank accounts secret from their wives. She explained it was against bank ethics or policies for an account officer to inform the relatives of a deceased customer of his account (without his permission). And since the man is dead, without giving his permission, the bank dubiously keeps silent about the money. She told me it is rampant among many businessmen. She revealed many instances of dead men whose families are still suffering, while they have millions stashed in their secret accounts. She mentioned one that happened few months back. The man died and the wife was crying all over the place, looking for money to bury him. Whereas the man had nothing less than 60 million naira in his accounts. The banker said it got to a stage that she could no longer bear it, her conscience was pummelling her. She had to go against h...

It was a gathering of the biggest personalities, comedians, Nollywood producers, directors and superstars at the 2018 edition of the Memento End of Year Festival held at 18 Oyekan Road, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday, December 29, 2018. M. C.Marcarty, D. J. Kelivnator, M. C. Desk Talker, Papa Nothing Spoil and D.J. Smooth joined the likes of Mellamby, and Erasmus on stage at the 2018 Memento End of Year Festival. The Memento End of year festival which is in appreciation of Memento customers both the regular and the V.I.P. It was well organized to inspire social activism with the aim of bringing customers and staff together by 2019 leveraging on the star power of celebrities from around the Nigeria to make a difference in the lives of youth. The sharing of Memento Faze Caps followed immediately. The highlights of the events was when Mr Mellamby came on stage to give a touchy vote of thanks to the customers by breaking it category by category. Th...

I am a terminal optimist; ‘a believer’ in Nigeria’s future greatness, that is why three years ago, I would not have believed a bag of rice could be sold for the national minimum wage. With 87million extremely poor people and 13million children out of school in 2018, the mighty has indeed fallen and change has come. Now I know ‘all things’ are possible in a country ruled by incompetent ‘saints’. We have mass starvation in the North East, yet a clan of ‘Grass cutters’ are making their billions and smiling to the bank with the blood of hungry, homeless children, and internally displaced people in their hands. We hear rumors of ‘Bama Initiatives’ yet the fraternity in power manufactures internal solutions and our conniving cabinet of ‘saints’ watch in silence. They seek another term for their inaction, they call out the nation to pray for God to bless their cluelessness while we wait forever, for just anyone to answer the ‘grass cutter’s’ question; ‘who is the presidency?’ There ar...

The moment of the decision CREDIT: AP Gareth A Davies, boxing correspondent, at the staples center (report and live updates) Molly McElwee, (live updates) Telegraph Sport Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury fought to a split draw Saturday night, with the Alabaman retaining his WBC heavyweight title for an eighth time after knocking down his British challenger twice. But it was a dramatic contest, and a bewildering performance from the self-proclaimed Gypsy King, whose movement and footwork, slipping and sliding allowed him to win most of the rounds. But when Wilder landed, he was dangerous, flooring Fury in the ninth and twelfth rounds. Fury did well to recover from the second knockdown as Jack Reiss counted him. Somehow, Fury got back to his feet and even had an exhausted Wilder in trouble. Judge Robert Tapper scored the fight 114-112 for Fury, while Alejandro Rochin favored Wilder 115-111. Judge Phil Edwards, the only British judge, scored it a 113-113 draw. Your correspondent had ...

THEO: Can you let us know about your personal profile? Your name and what you do for a living. JEKURMON: My full name is Idea Michael Segun. But my stage name is Jekurmon. I do music. Music had been my guiding point. It's my aspiration and I major on Rap music. THEO: Tell us about your growing up. JEKURMON: My growing up had been full of challenges. So many challenges. It not easy on the street trying to make music especially this part of the world where I am in. But I am very grateful for God mercy and blessings. THEO: I will still take you back your growing up. Thus your background, school and parents. The numbers of kids your parents have. JEKURMON: I grew up from average religious background. From childhood, I don't like music. I wasn't passionate about music. I finally discovered my talents when I left secondary school. During my secondary school days, I read poems and poetry. It was poems and poetry that triggered the talent. I never knew I will become a mu...

TRUE LIFE STORY FOR MEN ONLY. By Bola Adewara. In these few years I have spent on this *terrestrial* divide, I have seen *how* life *treats* men, especially in their *old* *ages* . I have seen *men* *work* , *labour* , *sweat* throughout their *youthful* lives on their *wives* and *children* and I have also *seen* how they *end* *up* . My *brother* , as you are working *hard* to *train* your *children* and to make your *wife* proud, don't *forget* to have *something* for *yourself* for your old age. May you not be *begging* your *children* to *eat* in your *old* age. Remember, *women* can be *jumping* from one *son's* house to another *daughter's* house. Not so for *men* . Can I *tell* you a *truth* ? You are a *stranger* in that *family* you call *yours* today. That house you *struggled* to *build* is not *yours* . Its for your *wife* and the *children* ! Seriously! A *friend* sent me a *story* recently. Let me *quote* him here: "My *grandfather* told me that...

Femi-Fani Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation has insisted that the person occupying the Presidential Villa is not President Muhammadu Buhari. Fani-Kayode said Nigerians would be shocked in 2019 when the true identity of the president would be uncovered. He was reacting to the ongoing crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to the ex-Minister, “If APC provokes me again I will tell the whole world what we were cooking that got the house burnt”- Gov. Amosun. “If I say what I know about APC Nigerians will burn down AsoRock within 24 hours”- Gov. Okorocha. “There is something rotten in the APC that stinks worse than a dead body. “For example the true identity of the man in the Villa that claims to be Buhari will only be made known after he is defeated and steps down from power. “When that happens, Nigerians will be shocked to the marrow. In 2015, I warned about his fake certificate. Today I am warning about his fake identity.” Make yo...