Tamar Braxton is speaking out for the first time since being hospitalized following a possible suicide attempt. The reality star was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles after she was found unresponsive by her Nigerian boyfriend David Adefeso in her hotel room on Thursday, July 16. 
Adefeso called 911 to report his girlfriend had been drinking before she took an unknown amount of prescription pills following a possible suicide attempt. He explained that she was having issues with the TV network (We TV) that airs her reality show, 'Get Ya Life!' The 43-year-old "Braxton Family Values" star has now taken to Instagram to issue a lengthy statement, where she addressed some of her personal problems and reality television’s impact on her mental health. She began her post by thanking her fans for their support, writing : "Thank you to each and every individual who has prayed for me, thought of me, sent me their love and has showered me with their support. In this present moment, it is my only responsibility to be real with myself and to be real with the ones who truly love me and care for my healing. I have without fail, shared with you my brightest days, and I know that sharing with you what has been my darkest will be the light for any man or woman who is feeling the same defeat I felt just only a week ago. " She then opened up on the pressures of her career and her reality TV series. "Every one of us has a desire, whether small or big, to make it out of where we come from to an ideal future place that includes, freedom to be who we choose, security for our children and families, and fortune to share with the ones we love. We believe these things can co-exist with just being happy. I believed that, that as a black woman, as an artist, an influence, a personality I could shape my world, and with whom I believed to be my partners, they could help me share my world." "Over the past 11 years there were promises made to protect and portray my story, with the authenticity and honesty I gave. I was betrayed, taken advantage of, overworked, and underpaid. " "I wrote a letter over 2 months ago asking to be freed from what I believed was excessive and unfair. I explained in personal detail the demise I was experiencing. My cry for help went totally ignored. " "However, the demands persisted. It was my spirit, and my soul that was tainted the most. There are a few things I count on most to be, a good mother, a good daughter, a good partner, a good sister, and a good person. Who I was, begun to mean little to nothing, because it would only be how I was portrayed on television that would matter." "It was witnessing the slow death of the woman I became, that discouraged my will to fight. I felt like I was no longer living, I was existing for the purpose of a corporations gain and ratings, and that killed me." Ending her post, Braxton declared that “Mental illness is real. We have to normalize acknowledging it and stop associating it with shame and humiliation. The pain that I have experienced over the past 11 years has slowly ate away at my spirit and my mental." The singer/actress then promised that she will now do “everything in my power to aid those from mental illness, including those of us who’s mental illness was only a result from the toxic systematic bondage that dwells television.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tamar Braxton (@tamarbraxton) on Jul 30, 2020 at 12:57pm PDTThe post Tamar Braxton breaks silence after a possible suicide attempt appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.source http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2020/7/tamar-braxton-breaks-silence-after-a-possible-suicide-attempt.html
481 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Thursday July 30, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A breakdown of the new cases across states is as follows; FCT-96, Lagos-89, Plateau-68, Ogun-49, Edo-44, Rivers-43, Oyo-25, Osun-23, Delta-15, Enugu-11, Kano-7, Kaduna-7, Bauchi-2, Bayelsa-1, Yobe-1. There are now 42,689 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 878 deaths has been recorded. 19,270 patients who recovered from the disease have been discharged. 
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Two commuters died on Sunday, July 26, when a 20-feet container fell on a commercial bus in Ojota, Lagos, crushing them (read here). One of the victims has been identified as Chidinma Ajoku, aka Deedee, a staff of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN. Chidinma was on her way home from work with a male colleague when tragedy struck. According to her mother, the bus Chidinma was in had stopped to either drop or pick passengers when a speeding trailer carrying a 20-feet container fell and the container landed on the bus. 
Many people were injured but Chidinma and her male colleague died. The bereaved mum narrated her anguish and fear as she waited all night for her daughter's return only to be informed the following day that there was an accident and the casualties had been taken to the hospital. When she got to the hospital, she was told her daughter isn't one of those brought in and she was referred to another hospital in Yaba. The second hospital referred her to the morgue where she saw her daughter's body. Crying, the mother asked the state government to do something about the tankers and trailers on the road so that no life will be lost again in this way. 
A Go Fund Me has been created to help pay for Chidinma's burial. 
Watch the mum narrate what happened in the video below. This is Chidinma Ajoku’s mum. Deedee recently died because a container fell on the car she was in. Enough is enough ! It’s time to get these tankers and trailers off the road! It’s time to get justice. We can’t keep quiet and allow people to keep dying and suffering due to useles pic.twitter.com/COEbXHHXuk— M (@MineKohwo) July 30, 2020 And inefficient government officials we have. The governor of Lagos state has to do something about this! Deedee did not deserve this Please retweet and tag whoever you can @jidesanwoolu @MBuhari @RotimiAmaechi @tundefashola pic.twitter.com/BijrHVnjfD— M (@MineKohwo) July 30, 2020The post 
A man has accused his baby mama of domestic violence and he shared photos to back his claim. Dominic Barry, a Youtuber, said his baby mama has been subjecting him to "domestic abuse" from "day one" He added that "after 4 years of trying to be a real great father and role model... this is the last straw". 
He said he took her on a yacht trip recently and when they returned, she beat him up over "jealousy, lies and envy". Below are his posts accusing his baby mama of domestic violence and photos of his wounds. 
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Eucharia Anunobi has condemned "ill-gotten wealth" and she listed some actions people engage in that makes their wealth to be considered ill-gotten. She condemned increasing prices of items for profit. She also condemned having sex with rich men and women for money. She wrote: Undue increase in prices of items you sell to make profit ...Having sex with rich men or women for the purposes of getting expensive items that you call wealth ...Collecting money to be paid to someone and you turn around and give them a minute fraction because you're the middleman or contact person .... ARE NOTHING BUT THEFT , HIGH CLASS PROSTITUTION AND WICKEDNESS !Let's call a spade a spade .Ill gotten wealth soon fritters away 
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A German shepherd in New York that was the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in a dog in the U.S. has died. Robert and Allison Mahoney of Staten Island told National Geographic that their 7-year-old shepherd, Buddy, developed breathing problems in mid-April after Robert had been sick with the Coronavirus for several weeks. A veterinarian tested Buddy in May and found him positive for the virus. Buddy’s health declined steadily after he developed breathing problems and thick nasal mucus in April. He was euthanized on July 11 after he started vomiting clotted blood, the Mahoneys told National Geographic. It’s unknown if the coronavirus played a role in his death. Blood tests indicated Buddy likely had lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system, veterinarians told the family. A spokesman for the New York City Department of Health said arrangements were made to take the dog’s body for a necropsy but when the instructions were shared with the veterinarian, the body had already been cremated. A USDA database of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in animals in the United States includes 12 dogs, 10 cats, a tiger and a lion. The agency says there is currently no evidence that animals play a significant role in spreading the coronavirus but it appears the virus can spread from people to animals in some situations.The post 
British-Ghanaian rapper, Solo 45, has been jailed for 24 years for repeatedly raping and assaulting four women while he held them against their will. The Grime star, whose is real name is Andy Anokye was known by his stage name Solo 45. He was found guilty at Bristol Crown Court of 30 charges relating to a two-year period. The 33-year-old was convicted of 21 rapes and five counts of false imprisonment, two counts of assault by penetration and two of assault occasioning actual bodily harm by a court in the southwestern city of Bristol. The offences were committed between February 2015 and March 2017. 
Police began investigating Anokye in 2017 after one of his victims told friends and police that she had been raped. After his arrest, officers discovered harrowing footage filmed by Anokye on his mobile phone, and this led police to three other women. He met these victims at his gigs and developed relationships with them before assaulting them, his trial heard. One of his Anokye's victims who testified in court told the Guardian newspaper: "He put me on the bed and put a flannel over my face and poured a bottle of water over it, which made feel like I was drowning," she said. Another said she was stabbed in the thigh and held at knifepoint. Anokye told the court that all the acts were consensual role play in a game called "catch me, rape me". The trial heard he forced one woman to lie in a bath of freezing cold water, held a shotgun to the head of another woman. and made one sit with a bottle of water tied to her finger with a shoelace. According to prosecutors. his abuse included holding a cloth covered in bleach to women's faces, with one woman telling jurors he had forced a mobile phone down her throat. Giving evidence, Anokye told the court he had dacryphilia - sexual arousal from tears. Graphic video clips filmed by Anokye were played to the jury, in which the rapper was seen interrogating the women about previous sexual partners, slapping them, insulting them, and raping them. One clip showed a woman crying and saying 'I hate you', with the musician laughing and making a thumbs-up sign to the camera. The videos were so intimate and extreme that Judge William Hart cleared the public gallery of the courtroom when they were shown. During sentencing, Judge William Hart imposed an extended sentence, meaning Anokye will serve 24 years in prison and five on licence, and ordered he must sign the sex offenders register for life. The judge told Anokye, who appeared by video link from HMP Long Lartin, he had 'no sexual boundaries or empathy for those concerned'. He said Anokye had 'become addicted' to the 'perverted pleasure' he took from abusing the women in the case. The judge added: 'You have a background that includes gang associations and criminal violence. 'I'm entirely satisfied that your career as a music artist was flourishing at the time of this offending and that you would have gone to great heights. 'You were part of a well-known collective - Boy Better Know. The fellow artists from that collective have achieved great success.' The judge said none of those fellow artists were aware of Anokye's behaviour, or 'dark side'. 'They are in no way tarnished by your misdeeds which you carried out in a private way,' the judge told Anokye. 'Your convictions have deprived you of that career but the fault is yours alone.' Anokye, who was signed to Island Records and had collaborated with Stormzy, JME and Wiley, was described as a 'violent, controlling narcissist and a bully' by prosecutors during the case. The post