Popular American television personality, Jacklyn Smith aka Ms Jacky Oh, has died.
Jacky Oh! who is also the mother of the children of popular YouTube personality, actor, and comedian DC Young Fly, died at 32, after reportedly undergoing a cosmetic procedure.
According to a report by TMZ on Thursday, she died on Wednesday in Miami after undergoing a "mommy makeover."
Jack was already being featured as one of the show's "Wild 'N Out" girls before she met Young Fly in 2015, the same year he made his premiere on MTV's hit show "Wild 'N Out."
Young Fly was in Atlanta shooting new episodes when he got the tragic news about Jacky's death.
WNO said, "We are deeply saddened by the passing of Jacklyn Smith, known to the world as Jacky Oh, a talented Wild 'N Out family member whose impact will be forever treasured and missed. Jacky Oh was a loving friend and beloved colleague of the Wild 'N Out cast throughout five seasons.
"More importantly, she was a tremendous mother to three beautiful children. The BET Media Group extends our condolences to the Smith family, DC Young Fly, B Simone, Nick Cannon and all friends who loved and cared for Jacky Oh during this difficult time.”
The couple, though never married, had three children together, two girls, Nova and Nala, and a boy, Prince who was born last year.
A nun whose exhumed body showed nearly no signs of decomposition four years after she died is drawing thousands of Catholics hoping to witness the alleged “miracle” to the sister’s rural Missouri monastery.
The visitors are coming from all over the country to see and touch the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died at age 95 in 2019 and was exhumed in April with her body and clothing still intact.
Between 10,000 and 15,000 worshippers were expected to visit the chapel of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, in Gower, a small town 40 miles north of Kansas City, each day over Memorial Day weekend, Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish said in a Facebook video.
The nun’s body was coated in a protective wax and displayed inside the chapel as travelers touched her face and prayed over her.
Her remains — which were initially exhumed to be put in a new shrine — will be placed in a glass case on Monday.
Local officials said they expect visitors to continue making the pilgrimage from as far as Canada and Mexico for several months.
Fish said the rural area’s gravel roads weren’t designed to serve that level of traffic.
“We are going to put a very large pressure on our infrastructure that is not designed for it,” he said.
Local police created a mobile command center to deal with the size of the crowds in the town of just 1,800 people, and additional land was cleared for more parking spaces near the monastery, according to FOX4 Kansas City.
Samuel Dawson came with his son from Kansas City to see Lancaster’s body last week.
“It was pretty amazing,” he said. “It was very peaceful. Just very reverent.”
Lancaster was buried in a simple wooden coffin without any embalming four years ago, according to a statement from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles.
When the Benedictine nuns exhumed their founder last week, they expected to find bones in her coffin but were instead shocked to see her fully intact body and “a perfectly preserved religious habit.”
The nuns had hoped to keep their discovery private, but an internal email about the matter was posted online and the news spread and soon made headlines.
Many Catholics believe that Lancaster’s lack of decay is a miracle and that she could be a modern-day saint.
“It just felt like the presence of God was there as soon as I went into the monastery. It’s a true miracle. I really think that,” Rita Cospelich, a visitor from Blue Springs, Missouri, told FOX4. “God works in strange ways with miracles.”
However, the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph has approached the reported science-denying matter with caution.
“The condition of the remains of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster has understandably generated widespread interest and raised important questions,” the diocese said. “At the same time, it is important to protect the integrity of the mortal remains of Sister Wilhelmina to allow for a thorough investigation.”
“Incorruptibility has been verified in the past, but it is very rare. There is a well-established process to pursue the cause for sainthood, but that has not been initiated in this case yet,” the diocese added.
The process to investigate sainthood can only begin five years after a person’s death, and Lancaster has only been dead four years, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, also said.
Scientists are also wary of the supposed miracle.
Human remains decay at different rates depending on a number of variables, and a lack of decomposition even years later isn’t all that rare, according to Rebecca George, an anthropology instructor at Western Carolina University in North Carolina
The Indian bishop, Franco Mulakkal, allegedly accused of rape last year has tendered his resignation letter on Thursday.
The Vatican announced that it has accepted the resignation of the 54-year-old Mulakkal accused of raping a nun between 2014 and 2016.
Mulakkal, the bishop of Jalandhar in the state of Punjab, who had denied the allegations was found not guilty last year by a trial court in Kerala state, according to BBC.
The Vatican’s diplomatic representative in India said that an appeal against Mulakkal’s acquittal had been admitted in the high court in Kerala.
Mulakkal, yesterday, confirmed his resignation and thanked his supporters for standing by him in difficult times.
Given the “still divisive situation”, Mulakkal’s resignation was requested “for the good of the Jalandhar diocese” and to make way for a new bishop, the Vatican’s diplomatic representative said in a statement.
It was not a disciplinary action against Mulakkal, he said.
The Joint Christian Council, a federation of Christian organisations, said it welcomed the decision.
The nun who accused Mulakkal of rape belonged to the Missionaries of Jesus, a congregation in Kerala that is part of the Jalandhar diocese.
She had alleged that the bishop raped her 13 times and the assaults happened when he visited the convent where she lived in the city of Kottayam, in Kerala.
She petitioned the Vatican and wrote an open letter to the Pope’s representative in the Indian capital of Delhi in 2018 – which she claimed was her fourth letter to them.
This led to unprecedented protests by nuns and activists who came out in support of the woman.
Several other nuns who protested against the bishop had accused the church in Kerala as well as Vatican officials of turning a blind eye towards the rape allegations.
Mulakkal was arrested in Kerala in 2018. The Vatican had temporarily relieved the bishop of his duties.
In 2022, after he was acquitted by the trial court, the nun’s lawyers said they would challenge the verdict in the high court.
Nollywood actress and media personality, Toke Makinwa, has revealed how crushed she was after discovering her estranged husband, Maje Ayida, impregnated his ex-girlfriend.
According to the actress, she learnt about it when the pregnancy was nine months.
The thespian stated this on the latest episode of her YouTube vlog series, Toke Moments.
Recall that Makinwa separated from her husband, Ayida, in 2015, but the marriage will officially get dissolved in court in 2017.
She confessed to finding solace in her job after being emotionally devastated by her husband’s infidelity.
Makinwa said, “I think that [my job] was the only thing that I was sure of in my life. Every other thing that was familiar has failed. The world that I had built had crumbled. And the only thing that I was sure of, was my job.
“I remember walking into the [radio] studio, and like 7am the World News goes on. And there is a call from the owner of the radio station, and he is like, ‘everyone is talking about you, I don’t want to get into it but people are thinking you would literally fall apart. I think you need to go home.”
On how she was able to manage her work despite the stormy event, she said she learnt earlier how “to leave her feelings at the door and then pick them up when you are on your way home. So, once you walk into the studio, it’s not about you. It’s about the millions of people who are trying to make their ways to work; they are the ones who are tuning in expecting to get entertained, informed, and on top of what is going in the world.”
Chef Hilda Baci and influencer, Enioluwa have incurred the wrath of a dog lover for turning her ‘babies’ into a delicacy.
The lady who identified herself as Jackie Idimogu, President of My Dog and I group, expressed a feeling of betrayal considering that she supported Hilda during her cook-a-thon only to get ‘stabbed in the back’ by cooking and eating dogs.
In the referenced video, Hilda was at a table with Enioluwa with a range of Akwa Ibom delicacies where she tried convincing him to have a taste of the dog meat.
“I’m so livid right now. During the cook-a-Thon, members of the My Dog and I group wore their shirts to go and support Hilda. Dogs were present at the cook-a-thon to support Hilda. Now imagine my surprise this evening, scrolling through Instagram, and then I see on a news blog that this same Hilda posted that she is eating a dog with Eniola.” a visibly unhappy Idimogu said
“I’m disappointed in Eniola because you are supposedly the president of Gen Z. He insisted he did not eat the dog, but I will never be found on a table where dog meat is being served. You won’t see me there for nothing. So whether he ate the dog (meat), I don’t know about that. But even sitting at a table where the delicacy being served is dog meat. That’s a taboo.”
She expressed fear that dogs may be at risk coming around Hilda as all she thinks of when she sees them are spices to garnish their meat and what delicacy to make with them.
She called for Hilda to be ‘cancelled’ for giving a wrong representation of Nigeria as a country of dog eaters.
Founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide and presiding Bishop of the Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun State, Bishop David Oyedepo, has asked Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Plateau State to embrace the act of forgiveness.
Naija News understands that Bishop Oyedepo said this while delivering relief materials worth over N20 million to the victims of recent attacks in the IDP camp in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Represented by the vice president of the Living Faith Church, Pastor Olayinka Folarinsho, Bishop Oyedepo preached tolerance and peaceful co-existence among the IDPs.
The renowned preacher urged the state Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, to strive to end the security challenges.
Items donated to the IDPs include bags of rice, beans, vegetable oil, seasoning, maize, yam, blankets, mattresses, insecticide-treated nets, toiletries and many other household items.
Oyedepo also offered an undisclosed amount of cash in aid of victims receiving treatments in hospitals.
Receiving the items on behalf of the IDPs, the paramount ruler thanked Living Faith Church for showing love and concern.
The monarch urged the church to continue praying for the protection of lives and property in the state and the country.
A 123- year-old Kenyan woman, Theresa Nyirakajumba has revealed that she turned down many men in her youth because of the culture that forbids to see woman with men and allows women to be introduced by her family but her family never introduced her.
Theresa, who is still a virgin and never had sexual relations with a man all her life revealed that she was looking for the right man whom she would share a special connection with, but never found one.
When Theresa was ready to get married, age was no longer on her side as she claims she was already too old to attract the attention of men.
She said she might have had children if she had been sexually intimate with a man in her youthful days.
Theresa went ahead to state that she is still hopeful to find a male companion at 123 years of age because she is tired of living a lonely and boring life.
“I never had a husband in my entire life. Yes of course i am still a virgin.. i would think of it during my era but i wont take myself to any husband.
“My name is Theresa Nyirakajumba. I have never seen the nakedness of a man. For 123 years, i live with an unfulfilled desire, a deviant hope and a courageous spirit of waiting that one day a man will emerge and embrace my soul.
“At the moment, you can help me and bring me a man. When i was young i didnt want to associate with men and that prevented me from any potential relationship. I never developed love for any man.”
A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Jerry Ogunsakin, was on Thursday arraigned before the Federal High Court, in Lagos for alleged unlawful conversion of N128m.
The defendant is facing three counts of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and unlawful conversion preferred against him by the Special Fraud Unit.
The police prosecutor, Chukwu Agwu, told Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke that the defendant committed the offences on November 15, 2022.
He said the defendant conspired with five people, Ogbu Patricia aka Lamba, Michael Babatunde aka Orija, Bolaji Sobande aka Barrister Onifade, Peter Ben and Idris Wada aka Coker, who are all at large.
The prosecutor told the court that the defendant connived with others at large and fraudulently obtained N128m from a businessman, Esomonu Everest, under the guise that they have United States dollars to sell.
Ogunsakin was also accused of converting the N128m to his personal use.
According to Agwu, the offence committed contravened Section 8(a) which is punishable under Section 1(3)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006 and Section 15(2)(b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as Amended in 2012.
However, the policeman pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Following his not-guilty plea, the prosecutor asked for a trial date and also urged the court to remand the defendant pending the determination of the charge.
His counsel, Kole Bello, did not oppose the prosecutor’s request.
Consequently, Justice Aneke ordered that the defendant be remanded in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Centre and adjourned the case till July 19.
Earlier, the police had arraigned four men concerning the alleged crime before the court sometime in February.
The four men are Ibikunle Wasiu, John Babatunde, Taiwo Michael Fagbayimu and Pius Irabor, aka John.
A mother broke down in tears after receiving a call from a medical examiner informing her that her son was dead.
The poor mother instantly regretted giving her son her car which got into a fatal accident that killed him.
According to her, the young man had crashed his first car and in her quest to make him happy, she gave him hers to drive.
“My son crashed his first car and I wanted him to be happy so I gave him my car and I wish I never gave him my car cause he used this car to take his life”, the woman lamented.
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I Sell Babies For N1.4m, N1.5m, Depending On Gender — Woman Arrested For Operating ‘Baby Factory’
AdminThe female suspects detained by the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly operating a baby factory in the state’s Akudo Azoroh region have revealed details of their business.
Depending on the child’s gender, they admitted to selling it for N1.4 to N1.5 million.
Recall agents had raided a child trafficking facility in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area, in the state, and had rescued six young pregnant women.
The 20 to 23-year-old women who were rescued were camping with the idea of trading their newborn children after they gave birth to them.
On May 31, the new State Commissioner of Police, Polycarp Nwonyi, made this announcement during his first press conference in Port Harcourt. He added that during the raid, police detained Azoroh and her accomplice, who ran the child trafficking centre
The suspect acknowledged operating a criminal enterprise, but she said that she distributed the newborns to families without their own children and not to ritualists.
The young women, according to Mrs. Azoroh, were already expecting when they came to see her, and she said she paid them between N800,000 and N900,00 depending on how far along they were in their pregnancies at the time they visited and what gender the baby was when it was born.
“I have given out six children in the past, I started the business three years ago. I do not have boys who get the girls pregnant, they were already pregnant when they came; they came to me on their own,” she said.
“I give out the babies only to families who do not have children and not to ritualists; I give them out for between N1.4 and N1.5 million, depending on the sex of the baby, while I pay their mothers off depending on the stage of the pregnancy at the time they came.”
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Nigerian famous entertainer and socio-political activist Charles Oputa, known by his stage name, Charly Boy, has thrown his weight behind the decision of President Bola Tinubu to remove fuel subsidy.
There has been public outcry over the skyrocketed new pump price of petroleum products following the removal of the subsidy.
The Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS, is currently sold above N500 per litre in many parts of the country.
Reacting to the controversies surrounding the development, Charly Boy, a staunch supporter of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, Peter Obi, backed the removal, saying there is no better time than now.
In a tweet on his official handle, the singer opined that the fight is beyond support for his preferred candidate, but the alleged criminal elements disturbing the country’s economy.
He wrote, “Listen and be informed. Okonjo Iweala bares it all on the subsidy removal. There can be no other time, and the time is NOW.
“My fellow Nigerians this fight is really not about Obi. It’s about the criminals who insist on stealing our national patrimony leaving us poor and hopeless”.
Former Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun state said his successor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun took him to the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, but God delivered him from the case.
Daniel served as the governor of Ogun from 2003 to 2011, while Amosun succeeded him in 2011, serving as the governor of the state till 2019.
Ansewring questions on Ogun state politics, Daniel, who is a senator-elect representing Ogun East, however, said he has resolved with the former Governor Amosun.
Daniel said, “I think a number of people got it all wrong. Amosun has long been my friend. He was one of the prople, who actually harassed me when I was out of government. Amosun took me to EFCC but, God delivered me.
“But, at a stage in your life, you sit down and begin to ask: what is it all about? I then came to the conclusion that there is no need for these wars.
When asked if he was in good terms with the reigning Governor Dapo Abiodun, Daniel said, “I’ve resolved issues with everybody. There are no personal issues.”
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Haruna jilantikiri, the Chief Whip of Adamawa State House of Assembly, has dropped his personal car for bicycle in protest against hike in fuel price.
Jilantikiri, who represents Madagali Constituency at the Assembly, opted for use of his bicycle to run his daily activities.
The price of petrol was hiked considerably by oil marketers shortly after President Bola Tinubu declared end to fuel subsidy regime.
The Adamawa Assembly chief whip who spoke to newsmen while riding on his bicycle on Thursday, lamented that Nigerians do not have the money for the new petrol price regime.
“The overwhelming majority of citizens cannot afford to drive cars or ride on their motorcycles considering the current situation,” he said.
He stressed that the whole thing is having a devastating impact on the masses, adding that leaders like him ought to lead the protest against the trend.
“We are supposed to pack our cars and use bicycles to identify with our electorate,” he said.
He appealed to the Federal Government to address the problem without delay to ease the hardship already being experienced.
Former Big Brother Naija reality star, Hermes Iyele has revealed that he is still in a polyamorous relationship and his partners are friends.
Recall that Hermes disclosed in the Big Brother House that he is seeing two women.
He revealed his relationship status while appearing as a guest on the latest episode of BTS Reality podcast..
The reality star said, “I am still in two relationships. Both of them are friends.
“For me, I can only operate on the truth. That truth is that, I be ashawo and I will do ashawo things. I can like more than one woman. And I will tell you that I’m with this person, if you are not fine with it, find what you like.”
He also confirmed that his partners are seeing other men.