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“I can’t call her mother” Woman narrates how her mother had an affair with her husband while she was on her death bed and eventually married him

A woman has narrated how her husband and her mother, who was still married to her father at the time, betrayed her by having an affair when she was on her death bed in a hospital.

The woman’s mother had moved in with her son-in-law to help him care for her grandchild since her daughter was in the hospital. But they began an affair that ended in marriage.

Kamylla de Melo said she will never forgive her mother and her husband – the two people she trusted the most – for the betrayal. 

Kamylla spoke about her ordeal in a candid interview reported by Brazilian news outlet Noamazonaseassim.

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Kamylla

She said: “As a teenager my mother first started to compete with me. She was only 20 years older than me, and said that my clothes were better suited to her, that her food was better. Nothing I did was good enough.

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Kamylla (R) with her mother (L)

“When I was 25, I fell in love with a boy ten years older than me.

“We got married in August 2013 and, the following year, our now six-year-old son was born from a complicated pregnancy.

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Kamylla and her son

“At the end of 2017, I needed to have bariatric surgery. The idea was not to lose weight but to take care of my hormonal rates. After operating, I had a stroke and needed to be hospitalised again.

“During this period, my mother – I swear I can’t call her a mother anymore – went to my house to help my husband take care of my son who at the time, was 4 years old. My father had stayed in the interior of Pernambuco with my younger brother.”

She explained that while she was mostly unconscious in the hospital, her mother never visited her.

She said: “Only later did I learn that in the four months I spent in the hospital, much of the time between life and death, my ex had only visited me twice and my mother, none.”

She added that her father came to get her out of the hospital on March 22nd, 2018 and told her the news of the affair.

She said: “I had the worst pain of my life. And it wasn’t physical. Without much ado, my father, who had already taken my son, said that his wife and my husband were having an affair.

“It looked like he was being stabbed in the chest, a mixture of disappointment and disbelief.

“I called my mother. Very nervous, I said that I had left the hospital, that I was alive and asked if it was true that they were together. The answer? That yes, together and very happy. I couldn’t believe what I heard.”

Kamylla revealed during the interview that her mother and her ex-husband are now married and following a court order, Kamylla’s son has weekly contact with her ex-husband and mother.

Kamylla added: “My son stays with his father two or three times a week, by court order. It is not easy, but I am obliged to allow my little one to live with this toxic and harmful relationship.

“I recently learned that my mother is keen to celebrate their relationship anniversary on March 2, without even disguising that she started going out with my then-husband while I was in the hospital.

“Almost two years after I separated, I found a nice guy and started dating. We have been together for 10 months, in a respectful and ethical relationship. I have a beautiful and close family, my father is loving and my son is perfect.”

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Kamylla with her father and her son (lindaikejisblog)

“This is rubbish” Nigerians react as President Buhari says in Independence Day speech “If some constituencies choose to bargain off their power, they should be prepared for denial of their rights”

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"This is rubbish" Nigerians react as President Buhari says in Independence Day speech "If some constituencies choose to bargain off their power, they should be prepared for denial of their rights"

Nigerians have expressed their displeasure with a part of the President’s speech marking the country’s 60th Independence anniversary.

In his Independence Day speech, President Muhammadu Buhari addressed a number of topics, including thanking Nigerians for entrusting him with hopes for a better country. He also reiterated his commitment to the service of Nigeria.

However, a part of his speech caught people’s attention and led to criticisms.

The part reads: “Democracy, the world over and as I am pursuing in Nigeria, recognizes the power of the people. However, if some constituencies choose to bargain off their power, they should be prepared for denial of their rights.”

Nigerians opined that the president’s statement was inappropriate. Some asked what constituencies he was referring to.

Read some Twitter reactions below.

"This is rubbish" Nigerians react as President Buhari says in Independence Day speech "If some constituencies choose to bargain off their power, they should be prepared for denial of their rights"
"This is rubbish" Nigerians react as President Buhari says in Independence Day speech "If some constituencies choose to bargain off their power, they should be prepared for denial of their rights"
"This is rubbish" Nigerians react as President Buhari says in Independence Day speech "If some constituencies choose to bargain off their power, they should be prepared for denial of their rights"
"This is rubbish" Nigerians react as President Buhari says in Independence Day speech "If some constituencies choose to bargain off their power, they should be prepared for denial of their rights"
"This is rubbish" Nigerians react as President Buhari says in Independence Day speech "If some constituencies choose to bargain off their power, they should be prepared for denial of their rights"
"This is rubbish" Nigerians react as President Buhari says in Independence Day speech "If some constituencies choose to bargain off their power, they should be prepared for denial of their rights"

EU launches legal action against UK for breaching Brexit deal and international law

The European Union (EU) has announced it has launched legal proceedings against the United Kingdom (UK) after the UK failed to withdraw legislation that would break international law by breaching the Brexit deal both sides signed last year.

The announcement by the EU comes after weeks of controversy since the UK revealed plans to pursue legislation that would override a specific part of the Withdrawal Agreement called the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Speaking in Brussels, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission, said that the EU had invited the UK to “remove the problematic parts of their draft internal market bill by the end of September.” She said that the draft bill is “by its very nature a breach of the obligation of good faith laid down in the Withdrawal Agreement,” adding that “it will be in full contradiction” of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The deal involving the protocol was reportedly agreed in order to eliminate the need for border checks between the only land border shared by the EU and UK on the island of Ireland. 

According to the EU, Border checks could lead to the return of sectarian violence between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

The European union has now written a letter of formal notice to the UK government, indicating the first step in an infringement procedure.

“The letter invites the UK government to send its observations within a month and besides this the Commission will continue to work hard towards full and timely implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement. We stand by our commitments,” von der Leyen concluded.

But the UK government claims that the bill change of a hard border is necessary to ensure seamless trade between the four nations of the United Kingdom in the event of a no deal Brexit at the end of this year .

Trade talks between the EU and UK are going on right now and on October 15, negotiators hope a deal will be ready even though there are disagreements on issues like the UK’s ability to use state aid in order to prop up British businesses, disputes over fishing rights and governance.

The EU has given the UK one month to respond to their legal letter and if no agreement is found between both sides, Brexit might not happen.

“I had baked this beautiful, delicious cake and the President put his foot in it’ – Fox news TV host Chris Wallace blames Trump for messy US presidential debate

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Chris Wallace, the Fox News anchor who moderated Tuesday’s Presidential debate between US president Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden, is now blaming Trump for sending the political showdown into chaos after the debate was hugely criticized for being messy and divisive.

Almost immediately after the debate started on Tuesday night, September 29, Wallace lost control of the debate and was never able to regain order as Trump repeatedly interrupted Biden and declined to obey the rules of the forum.

 "I had baked this beautiful, delicious cake and the President put his foot in it

Trump even spoke over Wallace, telling the Fox News anchor, “I guess I’m debating you, not him, but that’s OK. I’m not surprised.”

 "I had baked this beautiful, delicious cake and the President put his foot in it

Wallace, previously said in a Wednesday interview with The New York Times, that he wouldn’t blame Trump for the nature of the debates, but in a new interview on Thursday night, he told Bill Hemmer that he believes Trump “bears the primary responsibility for what happened.”

“I had baked this beautiful, delicious cake and then frankly the President put his foot in it,” Wallace said.

“That was frustrating,” Wallace added. “It was frustrating for me because I tried hard to prepare for a serious debate, much more frustrating and more importantly for the American people because they didn’t get the debate they wanted that they deserved.”

Wallace, who said that he wished he had stepped in more seriously sooner, went on to describe the missed opportunity as “a loss for the country.”

Asked by Hemmer if he had rewatched the debate, Wallace replied, “Oh, God no. Oh, God no. It wasn’t something that I want to revisit.”


“Look, it took me 4 years to re-watch the Trump-Clinton debate from 2016, which I very much enjoyed, and it still took me 4 years to look,” Wallace explained.

“This is going to take a while before I watch this one again.”

The Commission on Presidential Debates said it was mulling structural changes to the remaining debates after Tuesday’s debate.

When asked if giving the moderator the ability to cut off a candidate’s microphone is on the table, a representative of the presidential debates commission said it was “considering everything.”

Wallace, however, doesn’t support the idea.

“That’s a pretty tough spot to put any moderator in,” Wallace said.

At one point in the debate, Wallace asked Trump to obey the rules.

“I think that the country would be better served if we allowed both people to speak with fewer interruptions,” Wallace said. 

“I’m appealing to you, sir, to do that.”

“Well, and him too!” Trump quipped back, referring to Biden.

“Well, frankly, you’ve been doing more interrupting than he has,” Wallace countered.

Petrol price: ‘Comparing Nigeria with Saudi Arabia is ridiculous’ – Trade Union Congress tells Buhari

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The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s comparison between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia in his Independence Day address.

In his Independence Day Speech on Thursday October 1, President Buhari compared the oil price in Nigeria to those of neighbouring countries and even Saudi Arabia, arguing that it makes no sense for oil to be cheaper in Nigeria than it is in other oil-producing nations.

Buhari said, “Petroleum prices in Nigeria are to be adjusted. We sell now at N161 per litre.

“A comparison with our neighbours will illustrate the point. Chad which is an oil-producing country charges N362 per litre. Niger, also an oil-producing country sells 1 litre at N346.”

“In Ghana, another oil-producing country, the petroleum pump price is N326 per litre.”
Egypt charges N211 per litre. Saudi Arabia charges N168 per litre.”

“It makes no sense for oil to be cheaper in Nigeria than in Saudi Arabia”. 

The President of the TUC, Quadri Olaleye, has now criticized Buhari for his comments, saying Nigeria should not be compared with other countries as the country had achieved nothing despite six decades of oil exploration.

He alleged that successive governments had looted, laundered and wasted the country’s resources while patronising hospitals outside the country.

Olaleye said, “It is like comparing black and white. It is that bad!

“It is ridiculous to compare Nigeria with Saudi, Dubai, or any other country, not even in Africa. With the natural resources that we have, we could rule the world, but government is not interested. There is no need for this comparison because it looks like the president is defending fraud and the impoverishment of Nigerians.

“Come to think of it, what has Nigeria achieved with all the money made from oil since over six decades of oil exploration in commercial quality? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. All successive leaderships have done is loot, launder and buy properties in foreign land.

“So, if the president is defending the hike (in pump price), what does he want to do with the surplus they will make from the hike? The same old story of providing infrastructure! Our roads are nothing but death traps. Our leaders are not patriotic at all.”

“In Saudi Arabia, roads, water, and to some extent, jobs were not big issues.

“On the other hand, Nigerians contend with estimated bills because power firms had refused to provide meters,” Olaleye added.

‘Trump would have mocked Biden, Clinton or Obama if they were infected’ – Social media reactions to Trump testing positive for Coronavirus

#Trumphascovid is the number one trending topic on Twitter this morning after US President, Donald Trump confirmed today, Friday, October 2, that he has tested positive for Coronavirus, lighting up the social media space.

Trump, who never liked the idea of wearing masks in public, saying it made him look weak, contracted the virus after his close aid Hope Hicks tested positive on Thursday October 1.

As expected, many have been sending their prayers and wishing The President quick recovery but some are of the opinion that President Trump would not have been sympathetic if it was his opponent, Joe Biden, Hilary Clinton or Barack Obama that was infected.

According to Twitter user, @OgbeniDipo, Trump would have mocked Biden, Clinton or Obama if they were the ones infected.


See more social media reactions below.

Nursing mother and her baby allegedly detained in hospital for 7 months over her inability to pay bills

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A nursing mother and her baby have allegedly been detained in a hospital for 7 months since she gave birth, due to her inability to pay her hospital bills.

Blessing Bassey, 27, was rushed to Mojol Hospital, Church Street, in Shasha, Egbeda, Lagos in March.

She had lost consciousness on March 6 while she was 7 months pregnant and was taken to the hospital where she registered for antenatal care. However, due to lack of adequate equipment, she was transferred to Mojol Hospital.

She was operated on and delivered safely but when she was unable to pay her bills, she was detained. She was also asked to vacate the bed in the hospital for other patients. Blessing and her baby have been sleeping on the floor of one of the wards of Mojol Hospital for months.

It is alleged that Blessing, a hairdresser, had pleaded with the hospital management to allow her leave the hospital and return to work so she can earn enough to pay back but they refused.

She is also allegedly not allowed to leave the hospital premises to buy anything for herself and the baby except one of the nurses helps her out.

Nursing mother and her baby allegedly detained in hospital for 7 months over her inability to pay bills

Mrs Esther Ogwu, founder of Esther Child Rights Foundation, reported the case on Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons’ platform. 

She explained that Blessing gave birth in March through Caesarean section at Mojo hospital at Egbeda shasha in Lagos. She was charged N350,000 Naira and later the medical director reduced it to N250,000.

She was able to pay N160,000 but still owes N90,000, Mrs Ogeu said. As a result, the hospital allegedly refused to discharge her until she pays what she owes.

Mrs Ogwu said after the case was reported to Esther Child Rights Foundation, the foundation reported to the Afonka Police station and they assigned an officer to the case but there has not been any positive result since then.

From the hospital, Blessing, from Cross River State, called out to Nigerians for help. She said efforts by her husband – a mechanic – to raise the money had been futile.

A spokesperson for the hospital said they have been unwilling to release Blessing due to past experiences with other patients. The spokesperson said patients owing the hospital money beg to be released with a promise to pay later, but they never show up again.

Chimamanda Adichie’s family announces burial arrangement for their father, Prof. James Nwoye Adichie

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James Nwoye Adichie, father of renowned writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will be laid to rest in Abba, Njikoka LGA of Anambra State on Friday, 9th October, 2020, after a requiem mass at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Abba.

Recall that Prof. Adichie, who was the first Nigerian Professor of Statistics, died on June 10, 2020 at the age of 88 after a brief illness.

Announcing the burial in a statement on behalf of the family, Chuks Adichie, said that on Thursday, 8th October, by 6 O’clock in the evening, there will be a vigil mass at Professor Adichie’s compound, Umueri, Ezi-Abba village, Abba.

The statement added that other funeral rites will be observed while observing COVID-19 protocols.

Professor Adichie received his PhD in statistics from the University of California-Berkeley, and went on to become Nigeria’s first professor of statistics in 1976, with his dedicated life’s work done at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he was named professor emeritus in 2016.

Upon his retirement, he lived in his hometown, Abba, Njikoka Local Government Area, Anambra State, where he held the prestigious traditional title of “Odelu ora” Abba.

Independence Day: Police Arrest 30 Protesters, Detain Inspector For Assaulting Journalist

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday, arrested 30 protesters at various locations within the state for unlawful assembly and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace during the Independence Day celebration.

This was contained in press statement, signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, and made available to newsmen in Lagos.

Adejobi said that the protesters put on crested vests of #RevolutionNow# with placards and gathered in numbers in violation of the COVID-19 protocol in the state.

“They will be charged to court on Friday, Oct. 2.,” he said.

The officer also said that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, earlier ordered for the immediate detention and orderly room trial of one Inspector Adadu Innocent.

Adejobi said that the inspector, attached to PMF 22 Ikeja, had been detained for hitting and injuring one Mr Kayode Jaiyeola of the Punch Newspaper with a stick at Maryland, Lagos.

“Odumosu personally moved the injured journalist to the Police Cottage (Hospital) at Area F, GRA, Ikeja, where he personally waited and ensured that the injured journalist was given immediate and good medical treatment.

“An eyewitness account from senior officers on ground, revealed that the policeman suddenly attacked the journalist, without any previous altercation or confrontation.

“This propelled the commissioner to order for his trial in order to serve as a deterrent to others who are fond of engaging in unprofessional and unethical conducts,” he said.

According to Adejobi, Odumosu urged the general public to believe in the command’s commitment to sanitise and reform the policing system in Lagos State in conformity with international standards. (NAN)

Protest As Retiring Niger CJ, Mayaki, Moves To Appoint Daughter Head Of Senior Judicial Officers

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Confusion and uncertainty has enveloped the Niger State Judiciary over the plan to appoint more new Magistrates by the Chief Judge of Niger State, Justice Mohammed Aliyu Mayaki, according to CAPITAL POST report.

The Chief Judge who is billed to exit service of the State Judiciary on the 25th of October, 2020 has concluded desperate plans to employ more new Magistrates in the service of the Judiciary even as existing Magistrates are without courts to man.

Already, a total of 81 Magistrates are on the payroll of the service of the Niger State Judiciary with some of them without court to man.

In some cases, two Magistrates share one court through shifting among themselves, thereby resulting to slow dispensation of Justice for litigants and counsels.

Already, the Chief Judge has submitted the list of the Magistrates to be appointed to governor Abubakar Sani Bello for his approval and consideration for their appointment.

CAPITAL POST findings revealed that those shortlisted for the post of Magistrates by Justice Mohammed Aliyu Mayaki are the Legal Assistants (LA) to some High Court Judges in the Niger State Judiciary.

The confusion is already, pervading in the deliberate act of Justice Mohammed Aliyu Mayaki, over the appointment of his biological daughter Aisha Mohammed Aliyu Mayaki to the position of Assistant Secretary of Niger State Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

It was gathered that Aisha Mayaki who was on level 12 in the Niger State Ministry of Justice as a principal State counsel now on level 17 a position of Permanent Secretary in the State Civil Service even as protest trailed her appointment and her elevation to the present level as Assistant Secretary JSC from her former office in the State Ministry of Justice.

Equally, findings further revealed that previous Chief Judges in the State appointed the most senior Chief Magistrate in the service of the State Judiciary as the Secretary of the State Judicial Service Commission, but “with all indications, the Chief Judge who has just less than one month from now to go is planing to appoint his daughter, Aisha as the substantial Secretary of JSC which was never done before now” CAPITAL POST was told.

It was gathered that some sitting Chief Magistrates and some private Legal practitioners have applied for the Secretary of the JSC for the past nine months, but were not invited for interview by the Chief Judge who is the Chairman of the JSC just as Aisha has been acting and performing the duty of Secretary of JSC, a position equivalent to the rank of Permanent Secretary in the Niger State civil Service.

This singular act of the Chief Judge who is almost out of the service is an example of nepotism as he sits on the same table to decide the fate of Judiciary staff of Niger state.

Worried by the act of nepotism displayed by the Chief Judge over the appointment of his daughter, the former Permanent Secretary in the office of head of Service Niger State, Alhaji Shuaibu B. Adamu wrote to the office of the Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Justice Adamu Panti, bringing to his notice a circular dated 25th of January, 2016, informing him of suspending all forms of employment in the State Civil Service pending the lift of embango on appointment of Civil Servants of any cadres in the State.

The circular, with the caption “Re: Application for inter-service Transfer in Respect of Aisha Mohammed Mayaki” stated that, I write to you with regret that, inview of the current circular E/047/TV11/ CIR.05 suspending all forms of employment in the Civil Service of Niger State to which this case is one of such, the request cannot be entertained, untill there is a change of policy from Government”.

“For avoidance of doubt, you may wish to rehash the content of the said circular herewith attached for ease of reference. You will, therefore, request the officer to remain in her duty post in your ministry” yet the chief Judge ignored the letter as written to convey the existence of the circular to him.

The CAPITAL POST reliably gathered that, the Chief Judge daughter never even applied for the position just like Chief Magistrates that have applied for vacant position of the Secretaryship of the JSC nine months after and yet the applicants were not invited for interview.

Already, there is a strong move by the Chief judge to appoint his daughter as the substantive secretary of the JSC against the already existing procedures of appointing sitting Chief Magistrates to the office of the Secretary of JSC.

Efforts by this reporter to speak to the Chief Judge on the matter has not yielded the needed result as several calls to his phones could not be reached.

However, a source close to his office, who craved anonymity told this reporter “that you know that he was bereaved. He lost his first wife early last week. And you know he will not come to the office for now.”