The son of Dr. Hajo Sani, Senior Special Assistant on Administration, to Aisha Buhari, took to Instagram today to show off his cars. The young man captioned the photos "Cos I like cars"

It's not clear if he owns all the cars though. Dr. Sani also served as a Minister under late General Sani Abacha.

More photos below...













More @ http://trendzbase.blogspot.com/2018/02/son-of-aisha-buharis-senior-special.html

Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

Following the appointment of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by President Muhammadu Buhari to reconcile aggrieved APC members ahead of the 2019 elections, indications emerged on Thursday of possible hurdles that may pose serious challenges to Tinubu’s efforts and may dent the party’s chances in the forthcoming general election.

Analysts said after a sweeping victory that brought the APC to power in 2015, the party could not consolidate its gains as evident in the increased bickering amongst party bigwigs at all levels especially among leaders of factions that came together to form the party in February 2013.

The party that emerged from the merger of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and a faction of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) is currently fragmented owing to crisis among leaders both at the federal and across some states of the federation.

APC chieftains have hailed President Buhari’s decision in giving priority to reconciling aggrieved party members and the appointment of Tinubu to lead the consultation, reconciliation and confidence building efforts toward improving cohesion within APC.

However, party chieftains who spoke with INDEPENDENT on Thursday said since Tinubu is not a neutral person and is deeply involved in some of the events causing crisis in the party, it remains to be seen how he as head of the reconciliation panel will initiate the peace moves between himself and some key leaders of the party which include President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Bukola Saraki and Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chairman of the party, who he wanted sacked.

According to APC sources, the biggest conflict in the ruling party is between Tinubu himself and Saraki. Both men have been at loggerheads since June 2015 when Saraki against all odds defied the directives of the party and connived with senators from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to emerge Senate president.

His action was seen by many as a direct affront to Tinubu, who wanted to install Senator Ahmad Lawan as the number three man.

Since his emergence, Saraki has been going in and out of the courts on allegations of corruption which many of his supporters link to Tinubu. Inside sources said both men hardly see eye-to-eye and stakeholders are waiting to see how the reconciliation between the two plays out.

Speaking with INDEPENDENT, a member of the party’s National Working Committee said the major hurdle before Tinubu is reconciling with Saraki, adding that this will go a long way in fast-tracking the healing process the party seriously craves for.

“To me, the major hurdle before Asiwaju Tinubu is how he will reconcile with Saraki. It is a tough task because given Tinubu’s influence, we are all wondering if he will be humble enough to go to Saraki and seek a truce. It is a herculean task but we believe nothing is impossible”, he said.

Stakeholders are also wondering how Tinubu will mend fences with Odigie-Oyegun. Though he was instrumental to his emergence as national chairman, Odigie-Oyegun in several of his decision-making process has gone against Tinubu as witnessed in his handling of the Kogi and Ondo governorship primaries leading to Tinubu’s demand for his resignation.



Read more https://independent.ng/tinubu-faces-hurdles-reconcile-aggrieved-apc-members/

Gallant police officers engage a gang of deadly armed robbers who have been terrorizing people for a long time in a bloody shootout bring all 9 to their kneels. 

A nine member armed robbery gang have been dealt with by the South African police after they engaged them in a bloody shootout. According to reports, the armed robbers who were on their way to rob were confronted by the police. 

Six were killed in Mpophomeni, Howick and others managed to flee all the way only to be cornered near Marianhill Plaza and shot dead.

More photos below....


More @ http://www.exlinklodge.com/2018/02/police-engage-armed-robbers-in-brutal.html?m=1

Quote:FESTUS Keyamo, lawyer to Stephanie Otobo – the Canada-based musician that accused the general Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman of breaching a marriage proposal – has withdrawn as legal counsel to her from the case his chamber filed against the cleric.

This information emanates from Otobo who
also deposed an Affidavit of Disclaimer, stating, interalia, that the statement of defence filed at Ikeja high court, purportedly on her behalf by her lawyer was untrue.

According to Otobo, the statement and photographs exhibited in the court processes did not emanate from her.

“I was invited to my lawyer’s chambers to sign a bundle of documents but when I asked what the bundle of documents were meant for, I was deceived and told they were to be sent to the Nigeria Police to release my cell phone seized from me in March 2017 when I was arrested by the Police for blackmail and extortion, following the complaint of Apostle Suleman.

She said “with my affidavit of disclaimer, my lawyer quickly ran to Ikeja high court where the civil suit filed by Apostle Suleman against me came up for hearing, seeking to withdraw as my counsel.”

“In the said letter, my lawyer’s chambers surprisingly admitted that they never knew any known address of their client (Stephanie Otobo) despite having defended me so profusely.”

Confirming their withdrawal one of Festus Kayamo Chambers senior lawyers, Mr. Festus Afeiyadion, told newsmen that based on the videos their client, Stephanie Otobo, has released without informing them is the reason for their withdrawal.

Below is the affidavit deposed to by Otobo:

Source: https://www.headlineng.com/sex-scandal-otobo-disowns-statement-document-kayamo-withdraws-case/





Re: Kayamo Chambers Withdraws From Stephanie Otobo & Suleman's Sex Scandal Case by sirequity(m): 3:47pm
https://www.headlineng.com/sex-scandal-otobo-disowns-statement-document-kayamo-withdraws-case/

Abdulsalami Abubakar Visits Governor Wike In Rivers State(Photos) by Groovenaija360(m): 4:01pm
Former Head of State and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Pamo University, Rtd General Abdulsalami Abubakar, His wife Rtd Chief Judge of Niger State Justice Abubakar, the former Governor of Rivers State Sir Dr Peter Odili and other members of the board of trustees of Pamo University arrive the Rivers State Government House for a courtesy visit to His Excellency Nyesom Ezenwo Wike CON GSSRS.

Pamo University located at Iriebe in Obio Akpor LGA od Rivers State is the first private medical university in Nigeria.

See Photos..

>>> https://groovenaija360.com.ng/former-head-state-abdulsalami-abubakar-pays-courtesy-visit-wike-photos/

Chinese police are using smart glasses to identify potential suspects

China already operates the world's largest surveillance state with some 170 CCTV cameras at work, but its line of sight is about to get a new angle thanks to new smart eyewear that is being piloted by police officers.
The smart specs look a lot like Google Glass, but they are used for identifying potential suspects. The device connects to a feed which taps into China's state database to root out potential criminals using facial recognition. Officers can identify suspects in a crowd by snapping their photo and matching it to the database. Beyond a name, officers are also supplied with the person's address, according to the BBC.
Chinese state media reports that the technology has already facilitated the capture of seven individuals, while 35 others using fake IDs are said to have been found.
The glasses have been deployed in Zhengzhou, the capital of central province Henan, where it has been used to surveil those traveling by plane and train, according to the Wall Street Journal. With Chinese New Year, the world's largest human migration, coming later this month, you'd imagine the glasses could be used to surveil the hundreds of millions of people who travel the country, and beyond, for the holiday period.
China's has been criticized in many quarters for the way it uses its database, and facial recognition tech, in relation to ethnic minorities. A system deployed in Xinjiang -- a province with a population of some 10 million 'Uighur' Muslims, is reportedly designed to notify authorities when "target" individuals go beyond their home or place of work, according to Bloomberg.
Uighurs have been the targets of roving VPN crackdowns and smartphone confiscation. Back in 2010, the government shut the region's internet connect for a 10-month periodfollowing violence between Uighurs and Han Chinese.

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In Christianity, our lives have a meaning; there’s a purpose for your life. You’re not living for nothing. Jesus knew, and understood His purpose. In John 17:4, He said, _*“I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.”*_ This ought to be your thinking as well; glorifying the Father should be your passion and purpose for living, and the way to glorify Him is to finish the work that He commits to your hands.

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Quote:The Federal Government may have notified the management of MultiChoice DSTV/GOTV that their operations, in Nigeria, will come to an end in 2019 as their license expires June next year.

According to a letter to that effect issued, on Tuesday, by the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation(NBC), the license issued to them in 2014 by NBC will not be renewed because it was not in line with Digital Switch Over (DSO) White Paper.

If Multichoice DSTV/GOTV will ever operate in Nigeria again after expiration of its license, the only option left for them is to go to licensed Signal Distribution company, that is Pinnacle Communications Ltd or ITS.



GOTV has been accused of being used as a conduit to siphon foreign exchange from Nigeria by its parent company, South African Multi Choice DSTV.

Details later…

As shared by Nathaniel.....

'AND FULANI HERDSMEN CONTINUE MASSACRE

This afternoon, I sat at the entrance of the A&E Ward of the Benue State University Teaching hospital. Then a bus drove in with  Aondofa Ufa'ave (in the picture here with his mother and other relations) from Imon, Adudu in Obi Local Government of Nasarawa state. He was  brought in, writhing in pains. His crime? He's Tiv and the Fulani won't allow him bath in a stream where he and his friend had gone to take a bath. The duo were macheted and left to bleed to death. His treatment was being compromised at a local clinic so had to be rushed to the BSUTH. This is what the Inspector General of Police says it's Communal clashes'


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2018/02/fulani-men-machete-2-men-who-went-to.html?m=1

Quote:
Some Nigerians have condemned the Big Brother Naija (BBN) show saying it is a profitable show, but a cause for alarm.

The third season tagged “Double Wahala,” commenced some weeks ago with 20 contestants competing for a N45 million prize and a brand new SUV.

Some of the viewers of the programme told newsmen that the show was “an insult to their intelligence as it promotes immorality among contestants.”

They condemned how the housemates were kissing each other as if they had been legitimately being married.

Mrs Olabisi Afolabi, a mother of two teenagers said, “BBNaija becomes addictive when one indulges in watching it.

“I always engage my children in productive activities while the show is on. “My children are under eighteen. They should not be exposed to anything that is pornographic in nature.”

For Abimbola Coker, BBNaija shows should be censored by government approved regulatory agencies to remove all obscene portions before transmitting it for public consumption.

“Obscenity and nudity become rampant in the show and such should not be encouraged in our society.” According to Samson Ogunsunlade, “BBN has shaped the perspectives of youths to glamorize or embrace unethical and immoral scenes as if it is a convention. “It is an avenue to make fast money without meritorious cause and a perverse drama costumed with the facade called ‘entertainment’.”

Some viewers said that the organisers of the show should improve on its organisation to make it more educative because many teenagers were watching either legally or illegally.

“A balance should be created between fun and depth.” They, while comparing the 2018 show with the 2017 edition with the theme ” See Gobe”, said that the 2018 show had not been entertaining enough.

This is the second week the show kicked off and many Nigerians had said that it was not entertaining enough.
Cassandra Smith, a banker, said that the housemates were not serious and it appeared that they were more interested in catching some fun in the house than winning the whopping prize money of N45 million.

She said they looked unambitious and were attending to issues nonchalantly referring to when the housemates lost their wager in their first week in the house. “The housemates are not serious, they are there to entertain us, and they are not doing anything serious that compared to the housemates from the 2017 edition. “They should be made to sit up and entertain the viewers because that is the essence of the show,” she said.

Also, Hope Samson, an Accounting student of University of Lagos said that Biggy’s voice which was one of the endearing factors to the show was not audible enough. Samson said that Biggy’s voice was a brand on its own and wondered why such loud and baritone voice would be changed this year to such that was not audible enough.

“Biggy’s voice should be as clear and audible as that of 2017 because we see that voice as an attraction to watch the show,’’ she said.

Mr Alao Lawal said that the scrolling pad on the television screen was not clear enough for viewers to read comments. “ To me, the show has been interesting, mostly at night during their daily task but the information pad on the screen has very tiny characters which make it difficult to read through except one moves closer to the television screen. “I expect that this should be improved on,” he said.

Elizabeth Afolabi, a staff member with a courier service said that the show had been boring as only a handful of the housemates had been entertaining so far. Afolabi advised Biggy to work on them so that they would be themselves and stop being pretentious.

“In my own opinion, I am always finding the show boring each time I watch it because I feel the housemates are still pretending to be what they are not. ” Biggy should think of more tasking activities that will force them to bring out their true persons,” she said.

Mr John Ayilara said that the show should inculcate educative activities and minimise obscene scenes which could influence children negatively. “I see no sense in watching something that will not influence me positively and my children will not be able to come and join me to watch. “Indecent scenes should be avoided so that when children switch on the television set on their own, they should not be welcomed with immoral acts, ” he said. NAN

Quote:At Nigeria Online Business, we have been enlightening Nigerians on different earning opportunities that can bring about financial freedom. In today’s post, we are going to be revealing to you some business opportunities that can earn you at least A million Naira before 2018 runs out.


If you are ready, read on.


1 Onion Products:

According to fact fish, Nigeria is the eight largest producers of onion in the world and produces about 4.3% of the onion produced globally. This translates into billions of naira for those that know how to utilize the opportunities that lies in onion.

I will show you 2 very important onion opportunities that can earn you a million naira in 2018.

First I will start with onion seeds: I know not a lot of people knows about what onion seeds are, these are very tiny seeds that are planted to get onion. They are much smaller than tomatoes seeds.

Onion seeds are mostly available for purchase between the months of august and September in the northern part of the country.

The unfortunate part of it is that most of the farmers that will need those onion seeds for dry season farming of onion are still battling with their farms and in most cases are church rat broke because of the expenses on their farms.

So, around this period (august – September), if you buy and store this onion seed for about a period of 2 months, the price can double up to 5 folds or more. I mean an investment of N250k in these seeds can yield over 1 million naira in profit.

Secondly, under onion products I will also discuss about onion itself

Onion stored during the months of august and September also doubles about 8 folds during December. Onions are abundantly available during august – September, so they are very inexpensive.

If you took a typical case study in 2017, onion that was selling for between N2800 to N3500 per bag during august in most northern states that produces onion when up to N28, 000 upwards in most other parts of the country in December 2017. This means that, a 250k investment will translate to over one million Naira in profit.

2. Sweet Potato Chips Production:

This business requires very little startup capital. The major raw material which is sweet potato is very inexpensive. What you require to get started are: wide frying pan, oil, iron drainer, vinegar and other spices, slicer and packaging. The package can be a white leather that have a seal and a little paper inserted for contact details and bulk buyers.

Let’s do some basic analysis. Cost of production per pack is N15, selling cost to hawkers and other resell outlets is N35. Profit per pack is N20. Let's say you have 20 hawkers that sells 20 packs each daily and 20 supply stores that sells an average of 10 daily. This will translate to 20 packs x 20 hackers = 400 x 20 profit = N8000 naira profit daily from the hawkers.

From the supply stores: 20 stores x 10 packs each = 200 x N20 profit = N4000 profit daily from the supply stores.
N8000 + N4000 = N12, 000 daily profit x 30 = N360,000 monthly. If you multiply by the remaining 10 months in 2018 we have N3.6 million naira.

3. Local Drink Production

These drinks can be any of the local drinks that are In high demand. They can range from “kunun aya, Ginger Zobo, Soy Milk” etc. you can also start in a very little way, you can borrow coolers, pots, big bowls etc and then buy your own gradually.


If you master the production this drinks, the profit per bottle depending on the form of packaging can range between N30- N70.

If your profit per bottle is N30 make your goal targeting 5 distribution outlets that can sell up to 30 bottles of the drink daily. This will amount to 150 bottles daily.

This is Dating gone wrong, lol.. Anyway its not a joke something, A Guy has cried out following a public announcement made by a lady he had sexual encounter with..

Now according to the guy the both of them works in same office and had been chatting for a while, so she visited him during the weekend, they smooched and when the time came for the main thing she allowed him pull through, till after she had orgasm she started pushing him to stop.

As a guyman that he is, he refused to stop and made sure he had his own fair share of the cookie..

The lady got angry left his home, and is now announcing his name at work that he raped her..
see his post below!


News From Ebiwali-- 
https://www.ebiwalismoment.com/2018/02/lady-accuses-man-of-rape-for-refusing.html?m=1

The Bayelsa State High Court preceded over by Justice Nayai Aganaba has sentenced 30-year-old Victoria Gagariga to death by hanging for killing her husband, Henry Gagariga on the 4th of February, 2015, in their Bayelsa home. 



In Delivering the case is said to have lingered for 3 years after the death of the deceased, the judge said the prosecution called six witnesses and produced seven exhibits while the defence only had one witness who happened to be the accused.



Going through the records of cross-examination of the witnesses, Justice Aganaba noted that all evidences provided by the prosecution team showed that the suspect was guilty as charged and other facts also confirmed that she was the only person with the deceased as at the time of his death and so she was the one that killed him.



The accused who hails from Brass Local Government Area and is said to be an employee of the Bayelsa Arts and Culture reportedly stabbed her husband on the neck during an argument.

According to the judge, Victoria killed her husband out of jealousy and obsession.

He said;

It is unfortunate that I can only pronounce the sentence prescribed by law. I wish I had the discretion to do otherwise. However, that discretion rests with the executive governor of Bayelsa State. I am only left with the compulsion to pronounce the sentence prescribed by law. I hope that person the discretion would look at the circumstance of this case and do the needful. I hereby pronounce my sentence. My sentence upon you is that you shall hang on the neck until you die. May the Lord have mercy on your soul.


http://www.newshelmng.com/2018/02/photo-30-years-old-husband-killer.html

Quote:Insufficient supply of premium motor spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol has continued to compel many fuel stations in different part of the country to ration the product causing queue of vehicles at retail stations to soar.

A record of daily PMS truck out to Abuja and environs since January 1, 2017 showed that PMS supply to retail outlets have been fluctuating since the beginning of the year.

The data obtained by our reporter in Abuja showed that in the last one week, daily PMS truck out has average 101 trucks but up 140 trucks were supplied late January.

However, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had in December said normal truck supply to Abuja was 70 daily claiming that additional trucks of petrol had since been deployed to Abuja.

This comes as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Abuja Zone has commenced daily monitoring of all retail stations in the city to ensure products received are sold to the public.

Speaking after inspecting some filling stations in the federal capital on Tuesday, the DPR Zonal Operations Controller, Abuja, Mr. Abba Misau said he would personally lead the operation to monitor fuel stations on a daily basis.

“There should not be any reservation for any customer. Whatever the type of customer you have to sell the product to the public. We cannot accept that anymore and we will continue to monitor,” he said.

A 35-year-old Nigerian man, Francis Ibegbulem, has been laid to rest, days after committing suicide in Altenstadt Bayern, Germany.

It was reported that Ibegbulem, from Imo State, moved to Germany from Turkey in 2015 and he was granted 3 years asylum by the German government.

According to associates in the European country, Ibegbulm was said to have made an initial attempt to kill himself with a knife. He was then rescued by friends after which he ran into the forest to hang himself.

When friends didn't hear from him for some days, a search party was organised before his corpse was then discovered in a nearby forest.

The circumstances surrounding his death is still unclear, as some of his friends said that he used to complain about unseen beings following him around, and that he used to soliloquize, prompting his company to sack him.

Some of his friends are also of the believe that the man got jilted by a girl he left in Nigeria. He is reported to have invested so much in her but it eventually happened that the girl got married to another man in 2017.

The Nigerian man was said to have been seriously heartbroken over the issue and he spoke to himself most of the times, in what looked like he was already losing his mind.

According to media reports, one of his friends who was interviewed says:

"We made so much effort to rescue Francis when it was obvious he was losing his mind. Everyone was aware of the lady he was dating before he left Nigeria and news spread to use here that she got married last year. Since then Francis has not been the same"

Francis has been buried in Germany as no family member laid claim to his corpse in the country as well as from Nigeria

http://lailasnews.com/nigerian-man-germany-commits-suicide-jilted-girlfriend/

For grabbing the joystick of an opposition defender during a league match recently, Matt Miazga, Chelsea loanee, has been fined by Vitesse Arnhem.

Reports have it that the incident occurred on January 20th, during Vitesse’s 1-1 draw with Heerenveen.

Vitesse announced punishments for Miazga and Tim Matavz, who elbowed Dumfries in the same match on Wednesday.

Matavz according to the punishment, will serve a four-match ban imposed by the Dutch football association (KNVB) while both players were fined by the club for ‘inappropriate behaviour’.

‘First of all, we regret the commotion that has arisen,’ Vitesse technical director Marc van Hintum said. ‘We have fined both Tim and Matt directly after the events because they do not fit the behaviour shown within the fair play concept of the club.’


Source: http://dailyleakblog.com/2018/02/08/chelsea-loanee-matt-miazaga-fined-by-vitesse-for-grabbing-opponents-joystick-during-match/


 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8LXG6e323E

• Says economy is attracting huge interest from foreign investors

Quote:Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja, with agency report


The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, is proposing increased tariff for cigarette and alcohol.

Her proposal is in line with the implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET), one of the instruments of harmonising member states to strengthen its common market agreed upon on October 25, 2014.

In a memo sent to President Muhammadu Buhari and seen by TheCable, Adeosun suggested that a two-part tariff be approved for tobacco products.
A two-part imposes two types of import levies on the same item.

Adeosun suggested a 20 per cent “ad valorem” tariff and a specific tariff of N1 per stick be placed on cigarettes and tobacco products.

She also suggested that a specific tariff of 35 kobo per CL be placed on beer and stout, N1.50k per CL on wines, and N2 on spirits and other alcoholic beverages.
Ad valorem tariff is levied as a fixed percentage of the value of a commodity.

According to the minister, this was a recommendation made by the Tariff Technical Committee (TTC), which is chaired by the ministry of finance with members from ministries of industry, agriculture, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Office of the Secretary to the Government and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN).

“Further to the request, the chief of staff to Mr President requested for my views on the matter. As a result of this, the TTC deliberated on the subject and recommended for an upward review of excise rate on tobacco and alcohol, taking into consideration their health implications and revenue potential,” she wrote.

“In addition, it also recommended the introduction of a specific rate of excise on alcohol including beers and a mixture of ad valorem and specific rate excise structure on tobacco products in ECOWAS member states.

“In line with the recommendations of the TTC, I wrote and requested your excellency’s consideration and approval for the proposed revised rates of excise on alcohol and tobacco, vide letters: FMF/OHMF/TA/1/2017, dated October 30, 2017 and FMF/PHMF/ALCOHOL/1/2017, dated November 8, 2017.”

In November, Adeosun told the ECOWAS financial council of ministers that the federal government was working on policies to increase taxes on tobacco and alcohol.

In 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO) called for increased taxes on tobacco products to discourage its use.
Nigerians smoke about 20 billion sticks of cigarette yearly, according to Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health.

Nigeria is also said to be the highest alcohol-drinking country in the world.
Meanwhile, Adeosun yesterday also declared that the Nigerian economy is increasingly attracting huge interest from foreign investors, noting that the momentum was occasioned by huge spending on infrastructure by the government.

She noted that such interest would translate into massive investments, culminating in the creation of jobs and a reduction in the poverty level in the country.

The minister spoke at the headquarters of the ministry in Abuja while playing host to a delegation of about 20 investors drawn from various countries and continents who are in Nigeria to discuss investment opportunities.

She said the huge investment which the federal government is making on infrastructure projects across the country was attracting fresh investments into the country.

The minister told the delegation led by a one-time finance minister. Dr Shamsudeen Usman, that in 2017 alone, the sum of N1.2 trillion was released for capital projects.

According to her, one of the cardinal focus of the current was to address the infrastructure deficit in the country through targeted spendings at projects that would unlock the economic potential of the country.

The minister noted that it was an auspicious time for investors to be in the country.

In her words, “It’s a great time for investors to be in Nigeria. For us, it’s a more better time now than last year because finally we think that we are beginning to address through deliberate policies, some of the most stubborn problems that have held back Nigeria’s growth.

“We have gone through a very difficult adjustments but we are seeing that the macroeconomic fundamentals are much more positive and the outlook is that they will remain positive.

“The goodness is that the narrative that we have been adopting around the reason for our reliance on oil we have actually beginning to take steps in terms of reducing our benchmark price by keeping it low, allowing us to rebuild some of our buffers.

“Our budget is predicated on lower oil price, and for me, we are discussing on revenue because we think that is the missing part of the Nigeria jig-saw.

“We always want to increase our tax-to-GDP ratio from six per cent to an initial target of ten and the long term goal is to be around the 15 to 20 per cent range,” she said.

The economy, she added has started seeing the impact of the expanded budget of the federal government with massive infrastructure investments in power, roads, and rails.

“Our commitments in solving the infrastructure challenges in Nigeria is firm because we think that is what would unlock growth in agriculture, and solid minerals and make us move away from our over reliance on oil,” she stated.

Quote:The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of merely playing politics with his Wednesday’s N200 million donation to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State, while Rivers people are wallowing in abject suffering.

It expressed shock that whereas victims of killings and criminalities in various parts of Rivers state were licking their wounds and wondering where help would come from, but their governor was busy donating money in another state, creating the impression that all was well in Rivers state.

Rivers APC, through its Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone, yesterday in Port Harcourt, stated that lofty as Wike’s gesture seemed, what he only succeeded in doing was classical and wanton display of primitive hypocrisy of the worst type.

The main opposition APC in Rivers said: “Beyond the highly politicised, self-serving and half-hearted visits to Omoku (in Rivers State, where 23 innocent worshippers were massacred on New Year’s Day), Wike has completely ignored the killings in various parts of Rivers State, especially in the local government area of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman – Andoni (Prince Uche Secondus).

“The Rivers governor has neither mentioned nor visited Ajakajak and other Andoni villages, where many persons have been gruesomely killed. Why has Wike not gone to visit victims of killings in Rivers State and donate to their welfare, but chose to travel to distant Benue State to display crass duplicity? APC demands an answer from the Rivers governor.

“Quite disappointing to the APC is that some prominent Rivers indigenes (some of whose people are being killed in Rivers State) joined the Rivers governor to Benue State and even prayed at the graveside of the victims, while their own people are being killed in Rivers State, without any intervention by Wike and his government.

“We believe that the only purpose for the Rivers governor’s ego trip to Benue State is mainly to score cheap and pedestrian political points that have no value whatsoever to Rivers people. He (Wike) is only working in line with his belief that he is the de facto leader of PDP. Our people consider the current doling out of N200 millions of Rivers money as part of the billions of naira Wike is spending to sustain and exercise control over his political party – the PDP.”

Rivers APC also called on well-meaning elders and opinion leaders of the state to prevail on Wike to refrain from playing Robinhood with Rivers money, but to use the commonwealth of Rivers people to give the citizens meaningful development and not the superficial projects he had been deceiving the people with.

Having openly donated money, the main opposition APC equally called on the Federal Government and its security agencies to keep an eye on Rivers governor, in order not to donate “other things” secretly, given that reprisals were already happening in Benue state.

Gov. @GovAyoFayose arrives Benue for a condolence visit Consoling Governor Samuel Ortom over the New Year Massacre of over 73 innocent farmers and still counting.
Credit: Jimin Geoffrey

The Amanyanabo of Okochiri clan in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, King Ateke Tom, has instituted a N1 billion suit against eight chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the state over alleged defamation.

King Ateke, in suit No. PHC/345/2018, before a State High Court s in Port Harcourt, further demanded an apology from the APC chieftains on national newspapers for denting his character.

Defendants in the suit included, deputy governorship candidate of the APC in the 2015 election, Asita O. Asita, the party’s state Chairman, Dr. Davies Ikanya, Dumo Lulu Briggs, Sampson Ngerigbara.

Others defendants in the suit included Prince Tonye Princewill, Sekonte Davies, Emeka Beke, secretary of the APC in the State and Lawrence Chuku.

The defendants were said to have, during a pro-SARS rally organized, in Port Harcourt, by the party, in which Ateke’s picture was printed in a banner and allegedly described as a criminal made a king by the State government.

The suit read in part: “On the 11th Day of December, 2017, at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, all the defendants falsely and maliciously wrote and published or caused to be written and published of and concerning the claimant in the way of his office as a Second Class Traditional Ruler recognised by the Rivers State Government in the form of Written Banner wherein his picture was displayed in his traditional regalia beside that of the Executive Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency Chief Nyesom Wike, with the following inscriptions on it”.

However, Ateke wants the court to compel the defendants to jointly and or severally pay him the sum of N1 billion for libel and defamation of his character.

Ateke also want the court to make an order directing the defendants to render a written apology in a prominent and conspicuous medium retracting the said offensive banner publication and publication in three national dailies.

He further sought a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, whether by themselves or their supporters from making any further defamatory publication concerning the claimant or his office in any form whatsoever, as well as an undertaking to that effect.

http://www.akelicious.com/2018/02/defamation-ateke-tom-slams-n1b-suit.html

Quote:There was a mild drama in Owerri, Imo State, on Monday when a man reportedly sighted his wife coming out of a brothel with an alleged boyfriend, identified simply as Okey.

A witness told our correspondent that a fight broke out between the couple when the man alighted from the car and queried the wife.

Sex workers at the brothel were said to have booed the man while the fight lasted. They reportedly held him as Okey and the wife allegedly beat him up.

Okey was reported to have broken the man’s head with a club.

The fight reportedly ended after the owner of the brothel intervened.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the brothel is on Amaigbo Street, Owerri, adjacent to an electricity distribution company.

The wife was also said to have told the public that she regretted marrying her husband, whom she called Jerry.

Our correspondent learnt that the woman, a mother of three and in her early 30’s, had had a disagreement with the husband on Sunday before fleeing the house.


“Blood was gushing out of the man’s head due to the injuries he sustained. He was later treated in a nearby chemist’s,” a source said.

A sister in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari, Hajiya Aisha Mamman, is dead.

Mamman, 75, died in the early hours of Thursday.

The Information Officer of the Daura Local Government Council in Katsina, Alhaji Salisu Haro, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Daura.

He said the deceased died at 11:30 a.m. at the Federal Medical Center in Katsina during a brief illness.

Haro said that the deceased was the wife of the late Alhaji Mamman Danbaffale, the elder brother to Buhari.

He said that Mamman was survived by eight children, including Fatihu Mamman, a staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission and Hajiya Rabiya Mamman, a nutrition officer with the Katsina State Government.

Haro said the deceased had since been buried in Daura in accordance with Islamic injunction. (NAN)

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/buhari-loses-sister-in-law.html

The coming together of the Executive and Legislative arms of government for Security Summit; This is a pointer to the seriousness of the situation.


http://www.newshelmng.com/2018/02/photos-vp-osinbajo-meets-with-bukola.html

President Buhari today received in audience Catholic Bishops at the Council Chambers, the State House Abuja. 

https://www.gistmore.com/president-buhari-receives-catholic-bishops-state-house-photos

Bruschetta


Opened my fridge and saw left over of the bread i made few days ago and i felt bad it would be such a waste to throw it away and then came a recipe to save the day!!! Bruschetta is so perfect for left old breads. It is an Italian recipe and is usually a starter...well so they say but i ate it as a meal because after eating it i had no space in my tubby for any other meal. It is super fast, unbelievably easy and you don't even need a lot of ingredients to make this super easy yummy bread delicacy and i bet you will end up making it almost every day...Wink

Ingredients

• bread/baguette cut diagonally
  
• tomatoes diced
  
• onions diced
  
• Italian seasoning
  
• salt
  
• black pepper
  
• garlic minced
  
• parmesan cheese grated
  
• olive oil
  
• butter
  

Bruschetta


Opened my fridge and saw left over of the bread i made few days ago and i felt bad it would be such a waste to throw it away and then came a recipe to save the day!!! Bruschetta is so perfect for left old breads. It is an Italian recipe and is usually a starter...well so they say but i ate it as a meal because after eating it i had no space in my tubby for any other meal. It is super fast, unbelievably easy and you don't even need a lot of ingredients to make this super easy yummy bread delicacy and i bet you will end up making it almost every day...Wink

Ingredients

• bread/baguette cut diagonally
  
• tomatoes diced
  
• onions diced
  
• Italian seasoning
  
• salt
  
• black pepper
  
• garlic minced
  
• parmesan cheese grated
  
• olive oil
  
• butter
  

This salad was really fun to make and it ended up exactly how i thought....Delicious...Try it out, play with other vegetables and nuts, share with us when you make it...Wink

Ingredients

• chicken breast roasted and cubed
  
• almonds roasted (any nuts you have would be fine)
  
• lettuce some chopped and some reserved to be used as a bed for the salad
  
• cucumber, remove seed, some diced and the remaining halved 
  
• eggs diced
  
• tomatoes diced
  
• broccoli chopped
  
• onions diced
  
• vinegar
  
• olive oil
  
• croutons
  
• salt
  
• pepper
  

Lets Make It...
1. Wash the vegetables very well, soak in vinegar to clean well.
2. Make the bed for your salad with the lettuce by nicely arranging lettuce on the plate you intend to serve the salad.
3. Mix the chopped lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, broccoli, onions, eggs, chicken, roasted nuts, little olive oil,little salt and little black pepper. Use the cucumber that was halved to decorate the salad.
4. It is ready to be served. You can use salad dressing, salad cream or make ranch salad dressing to eat it.

NOTE: Throw in the croutons when ready to serve to avoid the bread soaking any liquids, you would enjoy it more if it remains crunchy. Croutons are bread cut into cubes and pan roasted.


Chicken Salad with Roasted Almonds and Croutons 

I always notice this beautiful pasta at the supermarket whenever i go shopping and i decided to buy it and make something yummy other than salad out of it and that i sure did...Wink

Ingredients

• tri-colour pasta
  
• carrots diced
  
• red bell pepper diced
  
• yellow bell pepper diced
  
• green pepper diced
  
• onions diced
  
• garlic
  
• mushroom diced
  
• cream
  
• parmesan cheese
  
• worcestershire sauce
  
• cayenne pepper
  
• meat stock
  
• olive oil
  
• butter
  
• salt
  
• italian spices
  
• tomatoes paste
  

Lets Cook
1. Boil the pasta when cooked drain and set aside.
2. Heat a pan with olive oil and butter. When hot add the onion and garlic. Add the mushroom, carrots, yellow, green and red pepper. Stir for about 3 minutes.
3. Add the worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper, tomatoes about 2 TBS and salt. Pour in the meat stock and italian spices. Stir for another 3 minutes, taste and adjust seasoning.
4. Pour in the cream and parmesan cheese. Add the pasta and stir until cheese has melted.
5. Serve immediately and enjoy...Cheers

Creamy Tri-Colour Pasta

A pregnant woman is seen entering the airport bathroom, then she comes out without the pregnant belly and without a baby. She is confronted by a suspicious cleaner and she refuses the baby boy in the bathroom is her own, says that boy is 3 months old. Suddenly, she is nowhere. Police is now looking for her. Read below...

KYLIE JENNER'S DAUGHTER, STORMI'S NURSERY IS 100 PERCENT NATURAL AND ECO-FRIENDLY

New mom Kylie Jenner is making sure her baby girl has the best start in life. She is ensuring that nothing stops her daughter from living the best life right from pregnancy, when she did quit Social Media just so that she doesn't read and feel those negative emotions that would have sure affected her unborn child. Now she is born and Kylie would stop at nothing! 

WIFE ABANDONS HOME AFTER HUBBY SAW HER NUDE PHOTO WITH ANOTHER MAN

Not her real photo.

Remy Ma Fires Tamar Braxton’s Husband As Her Manager

Rapper, Remy Ma, is officially done doing business with Tamar Braxton's estranged husband Vincent Herbert and has fired him as her manager. 

Her  comeback career has been going all the way up since her 2014 prison release.

According to TMZ, the Grammy-nominated rapper said she’s had enough of Tamar and Vincent’s divorce drama, and decided to fire him because he’s more focused on repairing his marriage than he is on her career. In Remy’s words, he’s fallen short of his “promises” to deliver as a “super manager.”

It reports that Vincent came up short on promises of being a "super manager" for Remy, and her complaints include Vincent dropping the ball on basic manager duties like booking studio time, and scheduling performances.

Vincent his a solid list of talent on his roster, but sounds like Remy Ma is no longer one of them.

MODEL STORMI BREE SHADES KYLIE JENNER FOR NAMING HER BABY GIRL STORMI

ISRAEL'S PLAN TO DEPORT AFRICAN MIGRANTS PROMPTS SOUL-SEARCHING

Matthew Knowles Claims Beyoncé Wouldn’t Be as Popular If She Had Darker Skin

Matthew and Beyonce. Photo Credit: Getty Images
Matthew Knowles’ new book, Racism: From the Eyes of a Child, is the talk of the town. The 208-page memoir focused on his views of racism was officially released in December of last year via Music World Publishing, but it’s currently receiving mixed reviews because of his commentary regarding his family and how they’ve progressed in society because of their skin color.

Bey’s father – and former manager – was first under scrutiny last week after passages in the book told stories of Mr. Knowles’ dating life, which only included white women before he met his now ex-wife Tina Knowles Lawson. But as the book has received further review now that Matthew is making is press rounds, many are now questioning his comments surrounding Queen B and the ways her success is related to her skin color.

In a recent interview with EBONY magazine regarding the book, Knowles said, “When it comes to Black females, who are the people who get their music played on pop radio? Mariah Carey, Rihanna, the female rapper Nicki Minaj, my kids [Beyoncé and Solange], and what do they all have in common?”

The answer unfortunately is simple: they all have lighter skin complexions.

He went on to admit that he only began dating his now ex-wife, Tina Knowles, because he thought she was white.

Matthew Knowles’ comments were blunt, but we must ask ourselves, does he have a point?

SEE REAL REASON OBASANJO'S SON FLED HIS MATRIMONIAL HOME

Not only has Jonwo fled the home he stayed with his buxom wife, Tope, he is incommunicado and all efforts to reach him by his wife and in-laws have proved abortive.
Quiet, easy-going and unassuming Jonwo, who is not known for violence was said to have fled from his wife, who is one of the daughters of Chief Kessington Adebutu, as a result of the domestic violence he has been suffering in her hands. A close friend of Jonwo, who craved anonymity told Kemi Ashefon thus:
 “He left home around October 2017, which was about five months after his wedding to
Adebutu’s daughter. The girl is violent, slaps him and assaults him at will. She would tell Jonwo that she thought he is from a rich family but that she discovered he’s poor!”
 Poor? Why would a wife of an Obasanjo’s son refer to him as poor?
“After their marriage, he was giving her N100,000 as feeding allowance for the home and she complained bitterly. She was not comfortable with Jonwo’s prudence and that had always been an issue with them even before they got married. She would assault him but he has never laid a hand on her because of his nature. Aside that, she would threaten to destroy his name in the media if he retaliates,” Jonwo’s friend said.

So, where is Jonwo now?

“The last time I spoke with him, he was not in Nigeria. He had to abandon the home because his father and in-law insisted he stayed with his wife despite the fact that he has reported her violent acts to them. They don’t want the marriage to crash in order to save their faces,” sources said again.
The wedding between Olajonwo Obasanjo and former Miss Tope Adebutu was indeed grand and had many crème of society present including first class monarchs.
Source: wivestownhallconnection.com

Michael Jackson Stole A Lot Of Songs - Quincy Jones Tells It All In Recent Interview

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According to the latest interview with New York Magazine, Quincy Jones, the legendary music mogul had a lot to say about everyone, including the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

Keep in mind Quincy Jones is prepping for a new Netflix and an American TV special.

Let’s start with what Quincy had to say about Michael Jackson…read the excerpt below;

I hate to get into this publicly, but Michael stole a lot of stuff. He stole a lot of songs. [Donna Summer’s] “State of Independence and “Billie Jean.” The notes don’t lie, man. He was as Machiavellian as they come. Greedy, man. Greedy. “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” — Greg Phillinganes wrote the c section. Michael should’ve given him 10 percent of the song. Wouldn’t do it. 

I used to kill him about the plastic surgery, man. He’d always justify it and say it was because of some disease he had. Bullshit."

Quincy also mentioned his “PAST RELATIONS” with Trumps daughter Ivanka Trump;

"Twelve years ago. Tommy Hilfiger, who was working with my daughter Kidada. Hilfiger said, “Ivanka wants to have dinner with you.” I said, “No problem. She’s a fine motherfucker.” She had the most beautiful legs I ever saw in my life. Wrong father, though."


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RHAPSODY OF REALITIES

THURSDAY, 8TH FEBRUARY.

Pastor Chris

TOPIC ✨ YOU HAVE TO SAY IT TO LIVE IT✨

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith (Mark 11:23).

The most beautiful natural gift from God to man is the gift of words, the ability to speak and make words. You’re what you say. Your life is the summation of the words that come out of you. Our opening verse emphasises the importance of framing your life aright with your words. The principle is clear: what you say is what you get. Life will produce for you a harvest of what you say—good or bad.

Understand that in this, there’s no middle ground. Someone might say, “Well, I haven’t been saying anything at all; so I believe I’m going to be okay,” no; it doesn’t work that way. You’ll still have a harvest; howbeit, the wrong one. It’s like having a garden and refusing to sow any seed in it; something will definitely grow of its own accord—weeds. Sadly, the lives of some are that way. They don’t realize it’s their responsibility to keep themselves in victory, dominion, and prosperity.

God already did all that’s necessary for you to have and enjoy a transcendent life in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. It’s your responsibility now to keep things that way, and it’s mainly about your confession. You must affirm that you have a great life, if you’re going to live it! You must acknowledge and confess that you’ve been called to a life of glory and virtue; a life of power, beauty and excellence.

2 Peter 1:3 says, “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.” Now you can see that there isn’t anything you don’t have. This ought therefore, to form the basis for your faith declarations.

Never talk lack, sickness, weakness, inability or fear. Rather, keep affirming that you have and walk in divine health. Affirm that the Lord is your strength, your righteousness, your success, and your prosperity. Keep saying it and your life will go in one direction only—upward and forward.

CONFESSION
My life is the testimony of God’s grace. The glory of God is revealed in me today, as I walk in the Word and produce results by the Word. I’m full of strength, because Christ is in me; He’s my righteousness, wisdom, success, and prosperity. Blessed be God!

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 13:5-6 [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Mark 11:22-23 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING

1-Year Bible Reading Plan: Matthew 26:31-56,
Exodus 34-35

2-Year Bible Reading Plan: Acts 16:11-18,
Psalm 5-6
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# AFFIRMATIONTRAIN 8TH FEBRUARY.
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I affirm that I've been called into the class of God and the supernatural is my daily experience. I walk in dominion today because the Spirit of the Lord has mantled my heart and imparted divine courage to my spirit. Nothing in this world can stop or intimidate me from fulfilling my ministry of reconciliation committed to me by God. I live by faith and not by sensory perception, for what I see with my optical eyes are temporary and subject to change. I respond to the Word with my spirit, knowing that true faith is of the spirit! I rule, reign and dominate from within, for I have learnt to dominate from my spirit. Hallelujah! Down in my heart is the nature of the Father! The nature of God in me is righteousness; therefore I don’t struggle to do right. I am at liberty to serve God with my whole heart and do only those things which are pleasing to Him. Glory to God!
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Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has explained why he did not go to neighboruing Nasarawa State to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. 

Many critics were wondering why Ortom failed to welcome the president, who doubles as his party leader at the event but rather sent his deputy, Benson Abounu to represent him.

Ortom in a swift reaction said he could not leave his people who were being killed by the marauding herdsmen to welcome the president, hence his reason to send his deputy to represent him.

He said, “I was invited by my colleague from Nasarawa state over the visit of the President. As a mark of honour and respect for his office and that of the president, I have sent my deputy to represent me because I cannot leave the state when my people are being killed.”

https://www.benuepress.com/2018/02/gov-ortom-reveals-why-he-refuse-to-welcome-buhari-in-lafia/

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, today pays a solidarity visit to Benue State over fulani herdmens attack.

Wike along side his delegates were ushered by the Governor of Benue State to the grave site of the victims.

The Governor has also donated N200million to Benue State on behalf of Rivers State Government for the purchase of relief materials and medicine for victims.

>>> https://groovenaija360.com.ng/wike-donates-n200million-medical-relieve-materials-benue-state-photos/

His Excellency Nyesom Ezenwo Wike CON GSSRS is presently in Makurdi,Benue state on a condolence and solidarity visit to the Government and people of the state.

Benue State has recently been in the news for attacks by Fulani herdsmen on the people of the state.On the visit with Governor Wike are Sir Celestine Omehia, Senator George Thompson Sekibo,Sir Abiye Sekibo, Chief OCJ SAN, Chief Ferdinard Anabraba, Senator Olaka Nwogu, Hon Tammy Danagogo and others.



Governor Wike and his delegation were led by the Governor of Benue State to the grave site of the fallen heroes, where prayers were offered for the repose of their souls and on ending the blood shedding in Nigeria.

http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2018/02/fulani-killingsgov-wike-pays-gov-ortom.html?m=1





Re: Wike Visits Ortom Over Fulani Herdsmen Killings In Benue State (Photos) more. http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2018/02/fulani-killingsgov-wike-pays-gov-ortom.html?m=1

Quote:Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has said that the state has benefited much more under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. 

Speaking in Calabar, Ayade said though the president was a Muslim and from the North of the country, he had shown practical interest in Cross River which was governed by a PDP governor. 

He said the state got key federal appointments courtesy of President Buhari. Ayade said, “Never in the history of Nigerian politics has Cross River State benefited this much from the gale of appointments that have come to us. Head of Service of the Federation, Auditor General of the Federation, federal Permanent Secretary (Information), Chairman NDDC. We also have Minister of Niger Delta, Chief of Naval Staff, Chief Justice of Nigeria, the list is endless. We have never had it this good.


“The president is from the northern part of Nigeria while Cross River is in the south. This is a president who is an APC member while Cross River is a PDP state…This is a man who did not look at all biases and made a choice of Cross River State as the first state to perform his first working visit; this is unprecedented,” Ayade said. 

Urging Nigerians to work in tandem with President Buhari’s “deep vision for the citizenry,” Ayade said, “work with full loyalty and support for Mr President to continue to do the good job he is doing. “You have an opportunity to reduce hunger; we cannot leave it for the president alone. The pressure he’s come under is occasioned by the poverty in the land,” he added.

The management of Dana Air has reacted to news going round on social media said the door of its aircraft fell off because a passenger attempted to open it.
DANA Air today debunked falsehood alleging that the door of one of its aircraft fell off after landing and whilst taxing in Abuja earlier today.

Some online publications had started posting reports that the door of one of the airline’s aircraft fell off but stated that the allegations were not only untrue and damaging but categorically could never have happened without a conscious effort to open it.

By design, the emergency exit door of our aircraft are plug-type backed by pressure, which ordinary cannot fall off without tampering or conscious effort to open by a crew member or passenger.

A statement by Dana Air of the alleged incident read,”We wish to state categorically that this could never have happened without a conscious effort by a passenger to open it.”

“By design, the emergency exit door of our aircraft are plug-type backed by pressure, which ordinary cannot fall off without tampering or conscious effort to open by a crew member or passenger.”

“We also wish to enlighten the author that, when an aircraft is airborne, it is fully pressurized and there was no way the seat or door could have been ‘shaking’ as insinuated.”

“A thorough inspection was however carried out on the said aircraft upon landing in Abuja, by our engineers and a team from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and no issue was reported. There was also no threat to safety at any point.”

“The flight was only delayed for 8 minutes as we needed to demonstrate to the regulators that the safety and comfort of our guests is at the centre of our operations.”

“We wish to apologize to our guests for any inconvenience such report may have caused and for the slight delay on the return service to Lagos.”

“A thorough investigation of the concerned passenger is ongoing.
As one of the oldest and most experienced airline in Nigeria, we remain committed to global best practices. “

via http://mandynews.com/2018/02/07/dana-air-speaks-on-aircraft-door-that-fell-off-photos/

A Fake Lawyer identified as Chris Elisha has been 
Arrested at an Ojo Magistrate court where he appeared on behalf of an accused person but found it difficult to move a motion for the variation of the bail condition of his client. 

The man who had been practicing as a lawyer for the past fifteen years without being spotted, was Caught after one Barrister Nnamdi Samuel Nwafor challenged his qualification. 

The hot argument between both men attracted the attention of other lawyers and the court duty policemen. 
The officers took the suspect to the nearby Ojo Police Station where he confessed that he is a mere " charge and bail lawyer" who had been practising for the past fifteen years. .

He claimed he was more into corporate law practice and does little of litigation. He stated further that he read law at Eastern Ukrainian University, in the former Soviet Union but had no certificate to show for it.


"Barrister " Chris Elisha told the police that he is a native of Avodim Ubakala in Abia state.

The suspect is currently undergoing interrogation at the X- Squad Section of the State Police Command Headquarters and would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.


News from Ebiwali--
https://www.ebiwalismoment.com/2018/02/fake-lawyer-who-has-been-practicing-for.html?m=1

A lady identified as Funmi Adewola, has taken to Facebook to warn Nigerians to be careful when using mobile phone near gas cylinder. The warning is coming after a horrific explosion which happened in her house recently in Lagos. According to her, the gas cylinder was leaking in the kitchen as she and her other relatives tried to fix the burner before it exploded after a message came into the phone.

Read her story below;

PHONE IGNITING GAS IS REAL, BE WARNED!

At about 1:30pm on Sunday 20th January, 2018 I was chatting on my phone in the sitting room in my house when I heard an hissing sound. On investigation it was my wife's niece and my Niece's daughter in the kitchen trying to fix burner onto a camp gas cylinder.

When the leaking persist the wife came from the room to help them fix the burner. I kept hearing the hissing sound of the leaking gas so I stood up with my phone in my hand and went into the kitchen to give a helping hand and luckily we were able to stop the lickage but already the kitchen was charged with the gas.

I warned them not to strike matches yet because the gas is much in the kitchen, at that moment a message came into my phone which was on vibration and the next I heard was was the explosion which threw all of us in different direction with different magnitude of burns as you can see in the picture.

I posted this to warn us all to be careful with phone when using gas.

May almighty Allah heal my family."

My view:

If you use gas to cook, please make it a habit never to go into your kitchen with a phone.

No call or message is worth your life, if you need to use your phone light to see, please put it on flight mode.

Same goes to those who use their phone light to refuel their generator.

May Nigeria Succeed...

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/02/family-burnt-using-phone-near-gas-cylinder-home-lagos-photos.html

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Barr. Mike Nkwocha and a self-professed Colonel of the United State Army, Richardson Obasogie for impersonating EFCC operatives to obtain $10,000 by false pretense.

The victim had petitioned the EFCC alleging that one Ladan Mustapha who claimed to be an operative of EFCC, gave him a call informing him that there was a petition against him which bordered on illegal acquisition of assets in different parts of the country and that he was currently a subject of investigation.

Partnering with Nkwocha, a meeting was arranged, in which $200,000 was demanded in order to help “kill” the case, but $15,000 was later agreed upon as payment. An initial payment of $5,000 was eventually paid in cash to Nkwocha while he continued to pressure him for the balance of $10,000.

However, suspecting foul play, after a retired personnel of the DSS told the petitioner that EFCC operatives don’t demand money to carry out its official duties, the EFCC was petitioned.

Acting on the petition, the EFCC later arrested Nkwocha who confessed that Obasogie was the “brain” behind the fraud.

A search warrant was executed on their houses which resulted in the recovery of: letter-head papers of the United State Government, Department of state services (DSS), Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA), Independent and National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Bayelsa State Government and one computer system.

The computer system and other electronic devices found on them have been forwarded to the forensic department for further analysis.

Nkwocha and Obasogie who were both arrested on November 27, 2017 will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Meanwhile, operatives are intensifying search Mustapha Lada, who is currently at large.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/02/fake-american-colonel-arrested-impersonating-efcc-operative-photos.html

A gallant police officer, Ezekiel Peter has been killed after being attacked by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Benue state. According to his colleague, corporal Umar AK Abdoullahe, the slain policeman was based in Abuja before he was deployed to Benue to the increasing violence in the region.

It was gathered that the suspected herdsmen had attacked and set many houses and farm produce ablaze in a community, before being confronted by the Police drafted to maintain peace and security in the community.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/02/fulani-herdsmen-kill-police-officer-attack-benue-state-photos.html

Quote:BARELY three days after declaring him wanted, the Nigeria Police has apologized to Kassim Afegbua, the spokesman of former military president, Ibrahim Babangida.

Afegbua was on Monday officially declared wanted.

The police through its Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, said he was wanted for wanted for for giving false statement.

On Wednesday Afegbua stormed the Force Headquarters with his lawyer, Kayode Ajulo.

Shortly after his release, Afegbua addressing journalists said, “Incidentally, it became a very fair discussion; the Police said there was a mix up somewhere, to have warranted me been declared wanted and they apologized.

“They said the Police are for the people, in a democracy, it is their responsibility to be there for the people, not to intimidate, not to harass me.

“That they didn’t intend to harass me, they didn’t intend to intimidate me, of course, you know we have a case in court, my lawyers will advise what steps we are going to take.”

Afegbua noted that he has excluded media houses he included in the litigation he filed against the hierarchy of the Police.

He had filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday asking for N1bn as damages.

Those joined as respondents to the suit are the Nigeria Police Force, the IGP, the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Moshood Jimoh, the Nigerian Television Authority and the Channels Televisions Limited.

“I have withdrawn Channels and NTA as respondents to the suit this morning,” he said, maintaining that Idris and Jimoh are the remaining respondents.

Quote:THERE is palpable tension in the once sleepy town of Akunnu-Akoko community of Ondo State over the alleged invasion of suspected herdsmen in the area.

Reports emerged on Monday night that some vigilantes patrolling the town in the night got wind of the development and reported the situation to some community leaders.

The community is located in Akoko North East Local Government Area of the State.

According to Sun Newspaper, the herdsmen were conveyed in four trucks and they arrived their destination on Monday night.

Youths of the town have reportedly being protesting the presence of their visitors, calling on them to relocate as no tangible explanation was given to the community leaders on their mission in the town.

The Chairman, Akunu Akoko Progressive Union, Mr. Tunde Bayode, confirmed the incident.

The herdsmen were said to have left Iseyin in Oyo state for Akunu following an invitation by one of them identified as Doya Bello who lives in the community.

Condemning the invasion, Bayode, said, “This may be an attempt to engage our land in Fulani colony as proposed by the federal government.”

“We are calling on relevant authorities to come to our rescue and chase these Fulanis away. They are known to be arsonists, rapists and killers. We don’t want our land to be used for Fulani colony. This is unaccepted to us and they must leave our community,” he stated.

The chairman, Akoko North East Local Government Area, Mr. Rafiu Eniayewu who said he had moved round the town in the company of security agents urged the people to remain calm and not to take laws into their hands by causing crisis in the town.

The Police Area Commander in charge of the area, Mr. AbdulRauf Abduirazak, said the police are on top of the situation, saying that they are closely monitoring the activities of the Fulani herdsmen in the town.

*Openly Protests Killing by Herders…’Their Sponsors Will Go Down in Six Months’

 

In protest against the alleged killing of many Nigerians by suspected herders and in solidarity with their grieving family members, the General Overseer of the Manna Prayer Mountain, Dr. (Bishop) Chris Kwakpovwe who is also the author of the popular daily devotional, Our Daily Manna denied representatives from The Presidency, Lagos and Delta state governments the usual honour accorded them at the ministry’s annual World Anointing Night at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos recently.

The functionaries of government were politely requested to stay away from the annual gathering of hundreds of thousands of worshippers.

Last year, the Chaplain of the Aso Rock Villa, Pastor Oluseyi Malomo represented Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. The Speaker of the Delta House of Assembly represented Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, while also appearing in his own capacity. The wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode was present as well.

This year, however, Kwakpovwe shocked the throng of believers when he announced that there was no place or special recognition for government functionaries at the meeting. This was a clear departure from the previous practice of allowing these Very Important Persons the privilege of addressing the crowd.

Visibly angry, Kwakpovwe said, “We are all stakeholders in this country. We cannot keep quiet when people are being slaughtered like animals. Some pastors are saying we should buys guns and fight them back. That is not the way to go. We have a weapon that is more lethal than guns. Mugabe was removed in a way that nobody can understand. When we come together like this, we have the authority to command things to happen. Who is buying those AK47 guns for the herders? Who are their sponsors? I declare that God is going to do a new thing that will shock people in this country. The killing is too much. Are we at war?”

The programme which was streamed live to over 200 countries witnessed a tumultuous thunder of, “Amen” from the congregation to his prayers against the sponsors of the killer herders. Kwakpovwe prophesied that “in six months from now, the sponsors of these killing spree all over the country will lose their hold on power. They will be exposed. They will fight themselves. There will be confusion in their camp.”   

In an atmosphere of praise and worship featuring Pastor Kunle Ajayi on the saxophone, Praise Channel and the Manna Mountain Voices, there were evidence of diverse miracles of healing from different diseases and freedom for those who were possessed by demons. Persuaded by his team, Kwakpovwe later allowed the representative of the wife of the Lagos State Governor to present a sealed copy of Her Excellency’s speech (but it was not read) which he received with thanks.

Firing more shots at government at different levels, Kwakpovwe said, “many governors are my friends, but I do not take contract from them. The Lord warned me against it. I do not need money from government. If you take money from politicians you cannot speak against them when they go wrong.” The programme was held under the theme, 'Change of Garment' and the worshipers were encouraged to carry out a symbolic tearing of their clothes representing life circumstances that do not want to be associated with.

http://www.alexreports.info/2018/02/why-...r.html?m=0

February 7, 2018

Senate President, Bukola Saraki

WINTER OLYMPICS 2018; AFTER QUALIFYING,THE NIGERIAN WOMEN BOBSLED TEAM HOPEFUL TO MAKE HISTORY WITH MEDAL WIN

Wow! After achieving the seemingly unimaginable feat of qualifying for the forthcoming 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, the Nigerian Women Bobsled and Skeleton team are hoping to go a step further by winning a medal at the competition.

WIZKID CALLS TIWA SAVAGE HIS QUEEN! SHARES FIVE PICTURES OF SINGER ON INSTAGRAM & SHE RESPONDS

February 5 was Tiwa Savage' birthday and Nigerian mega singer Wizkid couldn't hide his joy as he celebrated by posting not 1, not 2, not 3, but 5  pictures of music diva Tiwa Savage. The StarBoy records CEO shared the lovely pictures on his Instagram page and tagged her his queen in the caption.
Wizkid rarely makes birthday posts for anyone on Instagram so it is quite interesting see him share five different pictures of Tiwa on her special day. Tiwa responded as expected with this sweet message;

“Star boy,” she wrote. “You already know how emotional I get so this is just making me teary. Forget music, you’ve been there for me even when you didn’t have to be. When I doubt myself, you call me ‘mama JamJam’ and put a smile on my face. My dear Ayo, mama JamJam loves you
”

11-YEAR-OLD GIRL GIVES BIRTH TO HER OWN 14-YEAR-OLD BROTHER'S BABY AFTER PARENTS THOUGHT SHE HAD INTESTINAL DISORDER

Hospital where she unexpectedly gave birth to a baby.

BEAUTY CONTEST IN CRISIS AS FINALIST ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS ACTUALLY A MAN WHO WANTED TO PROVE THAT HE IS BETTER AT MAKE-UP THAN MOST WOMEN

A beauty contest was thrown into chaos after one finalist revealed that he is not a woman.  He decided to go into the contest after betting with his friends that he is better at natural make-up than most women. He then announced to them that they all; The organizers, the whole country and those who vited for him to get to The Finals have been conned. He said that he was making a point about beauty, saying that individuality and looking natural is more important. He confessed that he was a man when he felt that he had gone too far with his prank
Ilay Dyagilev, 22, fooled organisers by posing as Alina Alieva, beating 4,000 applicants to the last stage of the competition.
He said: ‘My friends and I, we had a debate on beauty, and I decided to take part in the pageant. I’ve always been a champion of natural beauty. ‘You can see that many young women look identical, the same make-up, the same style – and they believe that they are beautiful if they follow trends. I
don’t think so.’ But he decided to tell the organisers of Miss Virtual Kazakhstan that they had been conned, as had online voters from all over the country. ‘I came through to the finale and decided to expose the identity of Arina Alieva when I realised it had gone too far. ‘At the very beginning there were around 4,000 applications from across Kazakhstan, but I got to the final,’ he said.

The organisers said they were ‘shocked’ by the revelation of the man from Almaty. Ilay’s confession led to him being removed from the finalists and replaced by Aikerim Temirkhanova, 18. She has scored 1975 votes in the semi final compared with 2012 for the fake Arina Alieva. 

The imposter came through a semi-final which whittled the numbers down from 142 to 16. In neighbouring Russia last year, male student Andrey Nagorny, 20, posed as a lingerie model and won a contest. The ‘striking brunette’ used his girlfriend’s lingerie and makeup and called himself Ms Avacado. After the organisers discovered the truth in the contest on the Pacific island of Sakhalin, he was stripped of the title and prize.

Exxon Mobil Corporation at the weekend announced fourth quarter 2017 earnings of $8.4 billion and an estimated 2017 earnings of $19.7 billion, compared with $7.8 billion earned in 2016, just as Chevron reported fourth quarter earnings of $3.1 billion and annual earnings of $9.2 billion.

According to ExxonMobil’s results, the US federal tax reform in the fourth quarter resulted in a non-cash earnings gain of $5.9 billion, due to revaluation of deferred income tax balances.

Non-cash asset impairments of $1.5 billion were recorded during the year, mainly relating to assets in the Upstream.

“The impact of tax reform on our earnings reflects the magnitude of our historic investment in the U.S. and strengthens our commitment to further grow our business here,” said chairman and chief executive officer, Darren W. Woods.

“We’re planning to invest over $50 billion in the U.S. over the next five years to increase production of profitable volumes and enhance our integrated portfolio, which is supported by the improved business climate created by tax reform,” he added.

Fourth quarter upstream earnings were $8.4 billion, including $7.1 billion from US tax reform and asset impairments of $1.3 billion.

Fourth quarter earnings excluding US tax reform and impairments increased $1 billion, to $2.5 billion, driven by higher prices as liquids realisations increased more than $10 per barrel.

Upstream earnings were $8.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017, up $9 billion from the fourth quarter of 2016.

Higher liquids and gas realisations increased earnings by $1.2 billion. Lower volume and mix effects decreased earnings by $110 million. All other items increased earnings by $7.9 billion driven by U.S. tax reform impacts of $7.1 billion, lower asset impairments of $847 million, and gains from asset management activity.

In a related development, Chevron Corporation reported earnings of $3.1 billion for fourth quarter 2017, compared with $415 million in the 2016 fourth quarter.

Included in the quarter were non-cash provisional tax benefits of $2.02 billion related to US tax reform and a non-cash charge of $190 million related to a former mining asset.

Foreign currency effects decreased earnings in the 2017 fourth quarter by $96 million.

Full-year 2017 earnings were $9.2 billion compared with a loss of $497 million in 2016. Included in 2017 were non-cash provisional tax benefits of $2.02 billion related to US tax reform, gains on asset sales of $1.44 billion, and impairments and other non-cash charges of $840 million. Foreign currency effects decreased earnings in 2017 by $446 million.

http://investorsking.com/exxonmobil-chev...-2bn-2017/

The Nigerian Ports Authority on Tuesday declared a total revenue of N299.56bn for the 2017 fiscal year.


The 2017 revenue exceeded the previous year’s N162.20bn by 84.65 per cent and was the highest generated by the agency in the past five years, according to a statement by the General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, NPA, Mr. Abdullahi Goje.



The statement gave a breakdown of the revenue generation in the past five years, with the NPA making the sum of N154.50bn in 2013. This increased to N159.30bn and N180.50bn in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The agency’s revenue, however, dropped to N162.20bn in 2016.



It noted that the 2017 figure was made up of revenues from traffic, harbours, administrative and other sources in the sums of N136.04bn, N66.80bn, N86.06bn and N10.75bn, respectively.



Earlier, Usman had expressed concerns about the condition of the port access roads and its impact on revenue generation for government, adding that more revenue would have been generated if the roads were not so bad.



http://investorsking.com/npa-declares-n3...enue-2017/

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has revealed that its Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) across the country dispensed over N2.8 trillion between January and December 2017. The Bank’s Group Head, E-Business, Chuma Ezirim, said this in a statement made available to Brand Spur Nigeria at last weekend. According to the statement, the Bank’s ATMs currently accounts for 37 percent of bills payment services on ATMs in Nigeria’s banking industry.

It pointed out that in 2017, about 402,102 bill payments were made through the Bank’s ATMs while the value of airtime purchase was about N1.7 billion.Besides, stated : “To cater for the financial services needs of its customers and in line with its strategy to drive convenience and ease in banking, FirstBank is presently leading in the industry as the Bank with the highest number of ATMs, with 2,897 ATMs deployed across the Nigeria, making it the nation’s financial institution with the widest retail footprint.

The Bank’s ATMs have unique functional features, which include bills payment, cash transfer, airtime top-up, cash deposit among others. “FirstBank is currently responsible for over 15 percent of interbank transactions and 21 percent of airtime vending. As active mobile network users in Nigeria are over 142 million and the need to recharge is on the increase, the Bank’s ATMs also provide the platform for a convenient and easy top-up.” Chuma Ezirim explained that the distinct developments in FirstBank ATMs were achieved as a result of the desire to reach out to more people in the country and as part of putting customers at the heart of the business.

“FirstBank is positioned to meet the needs of its customers and to reach out to the underbanked and unbanked. Our mission is to remain relevant in the lives of our customers by continually working at making banking services a more convenient experience for our customers, ” he stated.

SOURCE: https://brandspurng.com/firstbank-atms-m...n-nigeria/

MONEY
Naira may depreciate to 386/dollar in H2 —PwC
Published February 7, 2018

Oyetunji Abioye

The naira may depreciate against the United States dollar at the Investors and Exporters Window to 386 from the current average of 360, PricewaterhouseCoopers has said.

In its economic outlook for 2018, which was released on Tuesday, the professional services firm said increased foreign exchange demand ahead of the 2019 general election might make the local unit to weaken.



The report read in part, “With the outlook on the oil price and level of reserves accretion ($40.6bn), we expect that the CBN would maintain the exchange rate peg of 305/dollar at the CBN window.

“In H2’18, we estimate a seven per cent exchange rate depreciation in the I&E window to 386/dollar, as FX demand increases and foreign investments slow ahead of the 2019 elections.

“Overall, the CBN maintains its multiple exchange rate regime, sustaining its intervention in the various FX markets.”

According to analysts at PwC, exports are likely to outpace imports on strong oil export revenues and shrinking import demand this year

The real Gross Domestic Product growth is expected to reach two per cent year-on-year on improvements in net exports and domestic demand

The professional services firm said investments would benefit from an improving investment climate.

It, however, said that some of this growth would be offset by uncertainty usually associated with election cycles in Nigeria

On monetary policy projection, it said, “Moderating inflation, exchange rate stability and a fragile economic recovery provide room for a rate cut. We expect only one rate cut in 2018 which would likely be capped at 200bps. The need to keep rate differentials attractive means Open Market Operations issuances would become more aggressive



“To offset the impact of pre-election spending and currency volatility, we expect a 200bps increase in the MPR to 14 per cent at the September meeting
http://punchng.com/naira-may-depreciate-...in-h2-pwc/

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES

WEDNESDAY, 7TH FEBRUARY.

Pastor Chris

TOPIC ✨ DON'T ASK FOR STRENGTH…DECLARE STRENGTH✨

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man (Ephesians 3:14-16).

The Apostle Paul had such a beautiful and powerful understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Consider His prayer in our theme scripture; notice that he wasn’t praying for himself, but for the church at Ephesus, that they be strengthened with might in their inner man by the Holy Spirit. He prayed thus for them because he knew that’s the level in which the Christian ought to function. He was already functioning at that level; recall in Philippians 4:13, he said, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

Have you come to know Him as your strength? Have you recognised Him as the strength of your life? David said in Psalm 27:1, “…the Lord is the strength of my life….” As your strength, you have nothing to fear; no impossibilities; no limitations; you triumph always, in every situation.

Affirm always that the Lord is your strength; that’s the language of the spiritually mature. Don’t ask God for strength; affirm He’s your strength. Declare, “I’ve been invigorated with might for every task. I can do all things through Christ who is my strength.”

Yes, before you received the Gospel, you may have been weak and timid, giving up easily and unable to face challenges. But thanks be unto God! The Bible says, “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly” (Romans 5:6). Now, you’re turned on from within, by His divine power! You’re bold and courageous; audacious in faith.

The Bible says God has given us the spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7); that has become your song. You can do anything without fear. Even now, affirm that you’ll do bigger things for the Lord, according to His power, which works in you mightily.

CONFESSION
The Lord is the strength of my life, and by His strength, I can do all things. I’m sufficient in His sufficiency, and therefore up to any task. I dominate circumstances. I reign and rule in life, according to His might that works in me mightily.

FURTHER STUDY: Colossians 1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Exodus 15:2 The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING

1-Year Bible Reading Plan: Matthew 26:1-30,
Exodus 32-33

2-Year Bible Reading Plan: Acts 16:1-10,
Psalm 3-4
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I affirm that I am born again; I have put off the old man and all his carnal desires. Daily, I yield myself to the programming of the Spirit through the Word of God and by so doing my progress is assured. The knowledge of God's Word in my spirit puts me over and gives me the advantage in life! Fear, sickness, poverty, and death have no place in me because I live by faith in the Word of God, which is my recipe for total success, victory, prosperity and divine health. At all times, my heart is opened to receive God's Word and live by it every day. I refuse to be swayed by the many contrary voices in the world; rather, I make a deliberate choice to look away from everything else and focus my gaze on the Word. By this, I continuously function in the realities of the Kingdom; making visible progress and move forward from one level of glory to the next and higher level of glory. Blessed be God.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested 15 suspected Internet fraudsters for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence, lottery scam and love scam. The suspects are: Adeyemi Tiwatope, 20; Odeyemi Olawale, 20; Nike Afolabi Olaiya, 20; Awe Abimbola Ireti, 23; Yusuf Aliu Oluwafemi, 20; Osidipe Olatunbosun, 24; Tosin Adesanya, 19 and Adeyinka Bello, 17.

Others are: Aliu Lukman, 18; Damilola Fatona, 20; Shonubi Adetola, 18; Adewale Babatunde, 17; Afolabi Lekan, 19; Awe Ayodele, 24 and Adeyemi Gbadebo, 19.

The suspects were arrested on Saturday, February 3, 2018 in the Shotubo and Awoluwo areas of Sagamu, Ogun State. Their arrest followed intelligence report received by the Commission about their criminal activities.
They were alleged to be living flamboyantly without legitimate sources of income.

Items recovered from the suspects include laptops, phones bearing scanned forged documents, six exotic cars, charms and SIM cards, among others.

Meanwhile, in a related development, the EFCC also recovered coffins, calabashes and gourds from the home of a suspected kingpin of a syndicate of fraudsters, Adesanya R. Olaoluwa, who is currently under the EFCC watch.
Olaoluwa is alleged to be a herbalist who performs rituals for fraudsters to hypnotise unsuspecting victims.

The suspects will soon be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/02/efcc-arrests-15-suspected-internet-fraudsters-recovers-coffins-calabash.html





Re: EFCC Arrests 15 Yahoo Boys In Lagos; Charms, Cars, SIM Cards, Coffins Recovered 
see more >>> https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/02/efcc-arrests-15-suspected-internet-fraudsters-recovers-coffins-calabash.html

Yesterday around 4:00pm, a man was caught in First bank Sango, Ibadan, with 60 atm cards and 2008 Toyota Corolla 

He was recognized by 2 victims which they were charmed by him sometimes ago by revealing their Atm pin code at the ATM machine


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5tyqmXsD10?t=8

SOURCE: https://instagram.com/hadegoldmedia

Quote:Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared that the amnesty granted by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State to cultists who killed 23 persons in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state, has no impact in Rivers State.

Governor Wike spoke, on Tuesday, during the signing of a bill at the Government House, Port Harcourt, saying that the wanted cultists, said to be kingpins of the Don Waney’s gang, would be brought to justice.

He declared that the N20 million placed on their heads still stands, adding that security agencies would be empowered to bring the criminals to account for their crimes.

He said that the action of Governor Okorocha was a proof of the intelligence available to Rivers Government that the All Progressives Congress (APC) planned to grant amnesty to wanted cultists for political reasons.

The governor berated the APC and its officials for politicising security to the disadvantage of the rest of the country.

In the words of Governor Wike, “Just yesterday (Monday), the Governor of Imo State granted amnesty to the cultists we declared wanted. These are cultists of the Don Waney gang, who killed 23 persons on New Year day.
“These are cultists, who have been killing security agents. That amnesty offered by Governor Okorocha cannot cover Rivers State. These criminal cultists are still wanted for their crimes against Rivers State and her people”.
The Rivers State governor stated that it was wrong to introduce politics into security affairs because nobody knows what the outcome would be in future.
“There is no need playing politics with the security of lives and property. Before Governor Rochas Okorocha granted amnesty to those who killed our people, he did not deem it fit to call me.
“They should always weigh the implications of these actions to the security of the region. Whether you are in PDP or APC, there is no need to politicise security”, Governor Wike said.

Governor Wike also said despite the obvious political sabotage against the security infrastructure of the State, the Rivers State Government would continue to work towards improved security in the state.

Quote:President Muhammadu Buhari has reinstated the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf.

Mr. Yusuf was suspended by the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, in June 2017, following allegations of gross misconduct.

A panel commissioned by the minister after Mr. Yusuf’s suspension later found him culpable of infractions that ranged from nepotism to theft of public funds.
An administration official familiar with the development told PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday evening that Mr. Buhari did not consider Mr. Yusuf’s indictment by a ministerial panel before asking him to return to work.

According to the source, the letter of reinstatement was sent to Mr. Adewole on Tuesday evening.
Mr. Adewole confirmed receipt of the reinstatement letter to PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday night, but did not elaborate on when Mr. Yusuf would resume or under which terms.
“It is true that the president has reinstated him,” Mr. Adewole said.

The reinstatement letter urged Mr. Yusuf to work closely with the minister upon resumption.
Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, did not immediately respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for comments about the development.

For the minister to cooperate with Mr. Yusuf will not be easy, said Eluma Asogwa, a legal practitioner.
“This is a humiliation of the minister,” Mr. Asogwa told PREMIUM TIMES by telephone Tuesday night. “He has sent a wrong signal and encouraged insubordination amongst heads of agencies against ministers.”
“This has now become a growing trend that does not portend well for our polity, it does not even augur well for the anti-corruption war of the president,” he said.
Mr. Yusuf did not immediately respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for comments about his reinstatement Tuesday night.

The House of Representatives had demanded Mr. Yusuf’s reinstatement shortly after he was suspended, saying the minister was wrong and absolved the NHIS boss of any wrongdoing.

Mr. Yusuf had also replied the minister that he would not obey the suspension, saying the minister had no powers to suspend him.
PREMIUM TIMES broke the news of Mr. Yusuf’s suspension on July 6 over corruption allegations.
Mr. Yusuf, 54, took over the state-run health insurance provider on July 29, 2016.
But his reign at the agency has been fraught with graft controversies.

The suspension came weeks after the Senate launched investigations into his activities as the NHIS chief.

The lawmakers accused Mr. Yusuf of “corrupt expenditure of N292 million” which he allegedly spent on health care training “without recourse to any appropriate approving authority.”
The NHIS chief denied any wrongdoing.
The panel established by the health minister indicted Mr. Yusuf following which he was suspended indefinitely.

Mr. Adewole in a letter to the embattled NHIS chief, dated October 5, indicated that the committee that investigated Mr. Yusuf had submitted its report.
He said the report had been forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari for further action.

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Lafia, Nasarawa State earlier today for a day working visit. During the visit, president Buhari commissioned some infrastructure projects in the State. While the president visited, reports had it that the heightened tension in Nasarawa South Senatorial District has caused villagers to flee their communities.

It was gathered that people in the area were under siege as 25 villages of the area have been sacked by herdsmen.

According to the group, the deserted villages are Azer, Tamen, Bature, Agbara, Peter Agbede. Nguchi, Igbacha, Shatse, Gidan Sule, Ngur, Nyam Adaga, Cha, Tseiyo (Gidan Akpen), Ahima, Mori, Kpilaior, Che Tor, Chia, Anisa, Dooga, Mbamar, Rest house, Anom, Che Utsaha and Ikpe.

Meanwhile, a group under the umbrella of Concerned Indigenous Tiv People in Kadarko, Keana Local Government Area of Nassarawa State, claimed that the Tiv people were displaced from their ancestral home as a result of the alleged herdsmen attack since 15th January this year.

The group further alleged that despite the fact that the military had been drafted to the affected areas, the police were not properly liasing with the military for the military to credibly discharge their duty to get to the terrorists that sacked the villages.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/02/villagers-flee-communities-herdsmen-attack-buhari-visits-nasarawa-photos.html





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UNIBEN Students led by some ANSA members are currently boycotting lectures to protest rustication of 5 of their colleagues. 

The 5 students were rusticated for demanding reversal of fee hikes and improvement in hostel condition.protesters demand sack of VC, Prof. Orunwese. check the video below : 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWT9Hd6SWIM
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more pictures from the protest.

Breaking 

Crisis in some part of Benin (M.M way and Igun) as Police unjustly killed a young man over 100 naira, angry youths killed one police officer and set police vans ablaze over the death of the man whose wedding is Saturday this weekend.

Nigeria police force is a disgrace to our nation....