‘I’m sorry for my words’: Blessing CEO begs Nigerians for forgiveness

Nigerian social media personality Blessing CEO apologised to Nigerians in a video posted on Tuesday, November 3, days after being released from detention and following the death of her son, Brian. In tears, she said she regretted speaking about other people’s pain without having experienced it and promised to correct her mistakes. The apology follows controversy over her comments on the domestic dispute involving Bimbo Ogbonna and IVD, her criticism of May Edochie, and donations she solicited after claiming to have stage four breast cancer—a diagnosis she later said was not confirmed. She also said she and her mother sometimes hid from each other to cry over Brian’s death.