Breaking: Election tribunal upholds Obaseki’s election as Edo gov

The Edo Election Petition Tribunal, on Friday upheld the election of Mr Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Edo.

                        Edo state Governor and his Deputy jubilating                                            with APC supporters

Delivering the judgment, Justice Ahmed Badamasi-led three member tribunal, dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as lacking in merit.

Badamasi held that the petitioners failed in all fronts to prove the allegations as pleaded in their petitions.

“The petitioners have failed to prove their case with credible evidence and is therefore dismissed,’’ he said.

The tribunal held that while the petitioners abandoned some of their pleadings, “witnesses evidences were controverted under cross examination’’.

“The much talked about ticking and over voting by the petitioners have not be specifically proved beyond reasonable doubts.

“And not calling witnesses to prove their allegations of corrupt practices and over voting was fatal to their case and is deemed to have abandoned their pleadings,’’ he held.

Badamasi therefore held that “the petitioners have failed to prove their case with credible evidence to show that they are entitled to their pleadings’’.

“Accordingly, the petition has failed and is hereby dismissed,’’ he said.

The petitioners had listed INEC, Obaseki and the APC as first, second and third respondents.

Ize-Iyamu had asked the tribunal to nullify the election of Obaseki and declare him winner, having scored majority of the lawful votes cast among other reliefs.

He avvered that INEC was wrong to had declared Obaseki winner of the Sept. 28 governorship election.

Ize-Iyamu also alleged that the election was fraught with corrupt practices and over voting.

He added that INEC did not comply with the relevant provisions of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) in the conduct of the said election.

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Ile-Ife Crisis: Stop provoking Hausa people, AYCF warns Yoruba organisations

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has warned Yoruba groups including the Afenifere over comments credited to the latter over the recent killings in Ile-Ife, Osun state.

A clash between the Hausa community and the indigenes of Ile-Ife on March 8, 2017 led to the death of some Nigerians, most of them reportedly from the north.
The Nigeria police had waded into the crisis and arrested some people. However, some Yoruba groups have kicked saying that only Yorubas were arrested.
The leader of the AYCF, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, said the comments from the Yoruba groups amounted to a gang-up to harass and intimidate the courts and the police from investigating and punishing those found guilty so that a repeat of the sad episode would be avoided.
“We take exception to those marauders who are hiding behind ethnic umbrella and are desperately trying to pervert the course of justice.
“We are cautioning them to tread carefully so that their latest action would not provoke reprisal attacks, because this is an important period in the history of this nation, when all compatriots are working hard to address the multiple challenges confronting the nation, economically, politically and socially,” AYCF said.
The northern group reminded the Afenifere that the Hausas have displayed maturity by not going after the millions of Yoruba citizens doing business in their region.
“This is a demonstration of respect for the rule of law and not cowardice. We are aware that no one has the monopoly of violence or creating hot-air balloons in order to cover up an organized attack on people doing legitimate business in any party of our country.
“We watched with dismay, how the Afenifere is beginning to fan the embers of hatred against the victims and creating heroes out of the attackers. This amounts to a subtle ethnic cleansing campaign and we wish to warn Afenifere and its paymasters to shun such a dangerous act.
“It was unfortunate that a few loquacious Yoruba sons have joined the bandwagon by shouting to the roof tops, in a calculated attempt to dissuade the courts and law enforcement agencies from doing the needful.
“For the records, one-time vice presidential candidate in the 2007 elections, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has launched a negative campaign against the Nigerian police for detecting and carrying out the arrest of prime suspects in the clash. Other tribal champions include Femi Fani-Kayode; and the Yoruba Youth Council (YYC), which bought airtime on Channels TV, just to condemn the arrest of the suspects,” AYCF said.
AYCF added: “Let the Afenifere and their fellow collaborators in this massive cover-up campaign bear in mind that we, the Northerners, are watching and if we were not law-abiding, we would have followed the same path of ethnic antagonism and defending the indefensible.
“We can only stress that this is a crucial moment in the history of this nation and the most important thing is how to move forward in all spheres by shunning acts capable of breeding large-scale violence in the North in the name of reprisal attacks
“To make matters worse, it is in the news that Afenifere has hired eight SANS who have. s is unacceptable and the Nigerian law knows no sacred cows, whoever breaks the law must be made to face the consequences of his deeds, no matter how highly placed. No amount of media propaganda should be allowed to make the innocent people killed in Ile-Ife to look like sacrificial lambs.
“We urge the Nigerian judiciary to let justice take its full course and ignore the ranting of tribal jingoists, masquerading as champions of ethnic cleansing agenda.
“It is now evident that Afenifere has openly endorsed the killings, especially as they were all quiet when the killings were going on and shamelessly came out after the arrests by security agents have been made. Let this be last time anyone would be shielded for killing fellow citizens in the name of ethnic or tribal agenda. We have had enough of this rubbish.”

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Mikel Obi's twin daughters are growing up so fast

Footballer, Mikel Obi shared this adorable photo of his twin daughters. He captioned it; "sister love"

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Parents of NAF personnel murdered by jealous lover finally speak out

The parents of the slain Nigerian Air Force personnel, Solape Oladipupo, who was killed by her colleague and jealous lover, Bernard Kalu, has revealed that their daughter ended the relationship after they told her about a prophecy they received in church, which warned the deceased against engaging in any romantic relationship in her place of work, Daily Sun reports.
Mr. and Mrs. Tolani Oladipupo also revealed that the deceased already has a five year-old daughter.
Solape was 16 years when she gave birth to the girl, who currently lives with them.
Solape, who was popularly known as Shomzy was murdered by her jealous lover over the suspicion of infidelity in Makurdi, Benue State on March 12th. She was buried last Thursday, at the cemetery in Ojo Military Barracks, Ojo, Lagos. Her mother collapsed and fainted as the remains was being lowered.
Speaking with Sunday Sun in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, Mrs. Oladipupo said that the family received a prophecy warning the deceased against engaging in any relationship with anybody at her base in Makurdi.
She further revealed that her daughter was planning on ending the relationship shortly before she was murdered.
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"We were given a prophecy in our church to tell her not to ever date anyone where she worked and we told her. That was when she decided to part ways with Kalu. We didn’t know it was going to lead to this. Even one of her uncles called her to tell her. I think that was how she took the bold step to tell Kalu she wasn’t interested in the relationship anymore. We didn’t know it would result in this. Her father and I gave her a stern warning not to ever get involved in any romantic relationship with anyone within her base,” she said.
Speaking in an emotion-laden voice shortly after Solape’s remains were interred, the deceased’s father, Mr. Tolani Oladidupo, who described her death as a huge loss said getting justice for the deceased would be a major source of succour for the family.
“Her death is a huge loss to us and we can’t just express how much of pains and agony we share as a family over the death of Solape. You can see that I am just trying to be a man, pacifying my wife and children. I insist that what can provide a kind of succour to us as a family is to see government do something about the case.
"I can say her death is our own sacrifice to the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We cannot wake her up again and I am not here to trade my late daughter, but the government should do the needful,” he said, insisting on death penalty for his daughter’s killer.
How did you get the news of your daughter’s death?
When I received the new I became unconscious and fainted immediately. When I was resuscitated, it was still like a dream to me. I still spoke with her the day before she was murdered. I have lost over 70% weight, right now. When we were talking that night, she even said was going to speak with her daughter, and she did.
You mean she had a child already?
Yes (showing our reporter the child).
What’s the name of her child?
Her name is Bisola Ogunyemi.
And as it is now, how are you taking the loss?
The person who killed my daughter won’t go unpunished. He has said he was going to die too and he should be made to die. In a situation where Kalu’s family hires a lawyer to defend him, I will view it as an attempt to cheat us. I know justice would still prevail.
Did you have any premonition that such a thing would happen?
I have never thought I would lose anyone of them at all. In our church, we were given a prophecy to tell her not to ever date anyone where she worked and we told her. That was when she decided to part ways with Kalu. We didn’t know it was going to lead to this. Even one of her uncles called her to tell her. I think that was how she took the bold step to tell Kalu she wasn’t interested in the relationship any more. We didn’t know it would result in this. Her father and I gave her a stern warning not to ever get involved in any romantic relationship with anyone within her base. That was the prophecy we had. Yes, she told me about Kalu and that was why we had to accept one Sola, who was always calling me, although I have never met him.
Would you say you regret allowing your daughter join the military?
I won’t say that. No regret because the people there are humans too. There is no job that doesn’t come with its own risk. The rest there are humans too and some even grew very old on the job and retired. She had got an admission into the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education before she was recruited into the Nigerian Air Force.
So, you don’t have any regret whatsoever?
No, I don’t have any regret. In fact, I don’t mind if the government can compensate the family by recruiting some of her siblings into the military.

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Breaking: “Dino Melaye Reportedly Assassinated A Witness” – U.S Government

The troubles might not be over for embattled Senator Dino Melaye has he has been fingered to be the mastermind behind the death of Victor Obafaiye a witness during the Kogi State election tribunal.

Here is an excerpt from a news write up on US government website:

On August 19, Victor Obafaiye, the principal witness for the Action Congress in the Kogi State election tribunal, was assassinated. Obafaiye was crucial to the case as he was supposedly in possession of documents that would have served as evidence of election tampering by PDP House of Assembly candidate Dino Melaye

Meanwhile, the certificate scandal involving Senator Dino Melaye has deepened as facts point to the fact that his certificate might be fake.

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Nigerian Soldiers Beat A Man To Death In Ogun State

A woman has claimed that her husband, Prince Adeola George Oyekan, died as a result of being brutally beaten by four Nigerian soldiers. Glory Fagbayibi told our correspondent that the four soldiers gave a severe beating to her husband at the instance of the landlady of 10 Prince Jamiu Oyebade Street, near Car Wash bus stop in Ogijo, Ogun State. She added that her husband, who owed the landlady a month’s rent, died 15 days after the assault. 

                               A Nigerian soldier

woman has claimed that her husband, Prince Adeola George Oyekan, died as a result of being brutally beaten by four Nigerian soldiers. Glory Fagbayibi told our correspondent that the four soldiers gave a severe beating to her husband at the instance of the landlady of 10 Prince Jamiu Oyebade Street, near Car Wash bus stop in Ogijo, Ogun State. She added that her husband, who owed the landlady a month’s rent, died 15 days after the assault. 

Mrs. Fagbayibi stated that she and her husband were in the same room when four soldiers, led by the landlady’s son, whom she only identified as Tunji, barged into their apartment and descended on her husband. She added that, after assaulting her husband, the soldiers bundled him into a van and drove him to 174 Battalion barracks at Ogijo where he was further brutalized. 

According to the widow and other sources in the area, the landlady’s son, Tunji, invited his soldier friend, Godswill George, from Ikeja cantonment. The sources alleged that Godswill George then mobilized other soldiers from 174 Battalion to join him in the assault that led to the death of Mr. Oyekan. 

Our correspondent learned that, upon his release by the soldiers, the victim filed a complaint at the Ogijo Divisional Headquarters of the Nigerian police. “We went to Ogijo police station to lodge a complaint,” said Mrs. Fagbayibi. She added: “The police took pictures of my husband and asked if we would like the issue to get to court. The police ordered the landlady and his son to pay for the medical treatment of my husband, but up till the death of my husband, they did not pay anything.”

She continued: “Both the landlady and her son fled for some days, but the police were able to apprehend them and keep them in detention.” 

An aunt of the deceased told SaharaReporters that the hospital where George was admitted for treatment stated that the cause of death was internal bleeding caused by the severe beating from the soldiers. 

A referral note seen by our correspondent stated that the deceased was referred from Pillar Hospital, where he was initially seen, to Ikorodu General Hospital for some dental procedure. Mr. Oyekan’s stated that five broken teeth were removed from her late husband’s mouth.

“A few days after the beating, and with continuous pain in my husband’s mouth, we took him to the hospital for a checkup. Not less than five of his teeth were removed. Pillar Hospital then referred us to Ikorodu General Hospital for further treatment when they could no longer handle his condition,” the widow said. 

One of Mr. Oyekan’s cousins said she went with the wife of the deceased to the army barracks to plead with the soldiers beating Mr. Oyekan. She said they found her late cousin hung to a tree as two soldiers repeatedly flogged him. She added that, while she and the victim’s wife were still begging, the soldiers ordered Mr. Oyekan to cut an area of grass in the barracks as the soldiers continued to beat him. 

“I went with my cousin’s wife to 174 Battalion. When we got there, we were shocked to see how my cousin had been disfigured due to the beating he had received. I saw my late cousin hung on a tree, being beaten by two soldiers. While we were still there pleading for him to be released, one of the soldiers gave him cutlass to cut some of the grass in the barracks,” said the aggrieved cousin. 

The victim’s widow said her husband was unable to stand upright after the pummeling he suffered at the hands of soldiers. She added that, upon his release, her husband was unable to go work. Instead, he remained bedridden before he passed away. 

SaharaReporters learned that Mr. Oyekan, a prince in the Oyekan royal family, worked at the Apapa wharf. A family source said the late Oyekan was forty years old, but the hospital referral listed his age as thirty-seven. 

http://saharareporters.com/2017/03/25/nigerian-soldiers-beat-man-death-ogun-state

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Igbo would have been President if they understood Nigerian politics – Igbokwe

•Asks Obasanjo not to complicate S-East presidential bid Joe Igbokwe is the Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State.  In this interview, Igbokwe speaks on the clamour for Igbo presidency in 2019, among other issues of national importance.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni

 What is your assessment of the APC FG-led administration in the last two years? We have recorded monumental achievements. Though, people want to see achievements in terms of  money or food on their table, we have embarked on laying a very important foundation to transform Nigeria from a corrupt nation to a progressive one. If one does not have the third eye, he or she may not see it. We all know that corruption is a hydra-headed monster in this country.

And the President has declared war against things that affect the development of the country. This is because we have lost several years without nothing being done and that is why we have infrastructural decay. For over 16 years, we battled to make available 10,000 megawatts of electricity in spite of the huge funds allocated to the sector annually. And it is pathetic that yearly, we are regaled with the same story from the administrators of the sector.
 The present administration has decided to address the issues and make the country great again. For instance, the man at the head of the administration, President Muhammadu Buhari, went into the judicial system and exposed the corruption within the third tier of government. And this is one area that many never dared to put their searchlight on.
 Meanwhile, people who don’t want this country to move forward following the war declared against corruption are fighting back and some people are wishing the President dead. I remember that before the 2015 elections, I prophesied that APC will win but events thereafter will not be rosy. And that corrupt elements will fight back after accumulating resources over the years. Don’t forget that it took the progressives about 30 years to come to power.
 I remember that the journey for the progressives started in 1985. Between that time and 1993, we had M.K.O Abiola but they killed in 1998.  Despite winning the election that was free and fair, they could not accept the man’s presidency. Many Yoruba leaders were jailed while others were chased out of the country. Others killed at that time include Suliat Adedeji, Kudirat Abiola. Those killed were big guns in South-West. The loss suffered by the region led to the emergence of President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999. The North couldn’t provide any presidential candidate as the South-West produced the two presidential candidates. We (progressives) were robbed in 1999 because Obasanjo wasn’t the South-West candidate. It was Chief Olu Falae. It was those forces against the progressives that ensured Obasanjo emerged as President. And one can’t go far before understanding the  reasons Obasanjo’s region didn’t vote for him even in his ward, council, state and the entire South-West. And when OBJ was asked before the elections, Villa, he responded that he didn’t forget anything in the seat of power. It was strange to him that some forces wanted him in power. Obasanjo was almost dead in jail. If you ask Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, he will tell you OBJ did nothing for the South-West for eight years. This is because he wasn’t prepared for the post. He didn’t know what to do after assuming office. It was after two years that he got his bearing. After 1999, we struggled again to get a progressive into power. It started with Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State and, today, we have a progressive in power at the federal level. Two years after we assumed power, Nigerians have started complaining that they haven’t seen the change promised by the administration. But I want to urge them to look deeper. They should open their eyes and see the plans the  administration has for this country. First, the Buhari-led administration has started the diversification of the country’s source of income. Before this administration, we could not achieve our oil quota because militants threatened that if former President Goodluck Jonathan did not win, they will cripple the economy. And we have seen it. They have blown up gas pipelines and other facilities in the Niger-Delta region. And that is why we could not achieve stability in power supply. Also, the price of crude oil dropped. That is why the Buhari administration has decided to look towards agriculture, especially rice production, on which huge money was spent yearly on its importation. And Lagos, Kebbi and others have taken the lead. I know that before the end of 2018, the country would have achieved so much. What gives you that confidence that Nigeria will achieve great things by the end of 2018? First is the President because the buck stops on his table. We are not praying for the demise of Mr. President but, if anything happens to him today, government will continue. 
He has a competent Vice President that will take over the affairs of government. The President is human like the over 170 million Nigerians, who can fall sick. This is the only President that has allowed his vice to run the affairs of the country. Obasanjo didn’t do that for Atiku and the late Musa Yar Adua didn’t do it for Jonathan. Those leaders who didn’t sign-off to allow their vice run government affairs took us 30 years behind civilization. After the bombing of the World Trade Centre in the United States, do you know how many years it took the government to clear the ground? If I am to bomb Lagos, it would not take one more than 25 minutes to bring the state to a standstill. And don’t forget that it took several years before Lagos could achieve all it has at present. To return the state after the act would require years. Building this country is not a tea-party. Nigeria is like a broken city, a city after war. When one examines the system, one will realize that in the oil sector, there isn’t enough money; infrastructure, we don’t have. And having infrastructure could help make the country a destination for tourists just like Dubai in United Arab Emirate (UAE). 

We need to build and it requires time to build a broken city. Aside time, you need huge funds and there is no money currently at the disposal of this government. So it requires the government to look inward. And looking inward, the government introduced TSA and shut about 20,000 accounts. No government before Buhari aimed to build Nigeria. The building of Nigeria has just started. It is pathetic that previous governments, whenever they visited foreign countries, didn’t copy what they saw to improve Nigeria. For eight years, former Governor Babatunde Fashola begged the Federal Government to handover the Airport Road to him, the PDP-led government refused. I know what it took the government before it could secure the release of Ikorodu Road to allow the construction of the BRT lane. I understand the struggle because when we gave telecom operators the permission to lay fibre optic cables, we were challenged by the Federal Ministry of Works; claiming that the road belongs to the central government and that the state did not have the right to give anyone the road to lay cable. I approached Fashola, who gave me the papers signed by ex-President Obasanjo which indicated that the road had been handed over to the state government. I remember that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu wanted to build a power station that would have improved power supply in the state but the Federal Government kicked against the project because they knew that immediately Lagos is removed from the sector, it would be reduced to nothing. In order to prevent the plan, the then administration kept on saying that the power sector was an Exclusive List. That is why Fashola decided to build six small power stations to provide electriity for government offices, hospitals and other government projects. What is your view on the claim that your party does not have the blueprint to move Nigeria forward? Don’t forget that Buhari was a  minister, head of state and he had contested for the presidency thrice before winning in 2015. And if anyone says he didn’t have blueprint for the country, then the person doesn’t know what he is saying. Nigerians are also saying that Buhari’s policies are anti-people, especially with the ban placed on the importation of some items.What do you say to this? I remember that when India banned the importation of textiles, the citizens of that country wondererd what will they wear? And they were asked to go naked. But, today, the country has one of the largest textile industries in the world. And the policy banning rice importation has started yielding result. One of the results is LAKE rice. For years, I have been hearing about Abakaliki rice and they have not moved it beyond the primitive stage. If we fail to close the door, we will not achieve anything. What do you think can bring unity between the Yoruba and Igbo? Until the Igbo wake up from their slumber, they will not realise the need for cooperation. The 1993 presidential election provided the Igbo the opportunity to cement their relationship with the South-West because we needed to bridge that gap.


 The North was able to actualize the annulment of that election because the Igbo failed to stand with the Yoruba. It was only a few of us who stood with Abiola – myself, Ndubuisi Kanu, Payne Jackson – among others. When we put the issue before our people, they claimed that the Igbo had fought their own civil war and that it was the turn of the Yoruba to fight their own.  I like the ruggedness of the Yoruba. While the Yoruba were confronting their issues, the Igbo were busy clapping and that is why we warned them that if with the sophistication of Yoruba leaders and this was happening to them, the Igbo weren’t safe. I wrote in my book that I didn’t know that I was a slave in Nigeria until Abiola won the 1993 presidential election. If Abiola with his calibre could be treated that way, it baffled me then. Kudirat Abiola was killed to provoke the Yoruba to war. And the aim was to destroy Lagos. But Bola Ige said no. If it was the Igbo that were provoked like the Yoruba, there could have been another war. But the Yoruba resisted the North’s temptation and they decided to use their pens and newspapers to fight the war. Why are Igbo always divided on the issues affecting the country? They don’t understand Nigerian politics. And that is my problem with them. Nigerian politics is not business. After the demise of Yar Adua, what I expected the Igbo to do was to ask Jonathan to finish the four years of Yar Adua and allow the North to have their eight years. And by 2015, the President would have come to the South-East. They (Igbo) were cajoled with the belief that no one could defeat the incumbent. But Jonathan appointed some Igbo in his cabinet The question you should ask is, what value did the appointments add to the South-East? And what did Obasanjo’s eight years give to South-West? We had six ministers from the South-East in Jonathan’s cabinet. And did they add any value to the South-East. People must begin to understand that once they assume any position, it isn’t for their friends and families, rather it is for everyone. One man had the opportunity to build the Onitsha airport while serving as Obasanjo’s close aide but declined, arguing that he would start the job when he became the governor of the state. But fortune didn’t favour him because two weeks after he was sworn-in as governor, he was sacked. It is pathetic that my people don’t know how to play politics. When do you think it will be ripe for the Igbo to vie to be President? It is simple. The time for the South-East is 2023. But Obasanjo said that 2019 should be the year. The ex-President is about creating another crisis for the South-East. The North will spend their eight years. I want the Igbo to understand that they must support others before they can also receive support. The North hasn’t finished their eight years. What the late Yar’Adua did wasn’t up to eight years. We want them to finish their two terms before we step in. If this is done, there will be no complaint  from northerners that they have been short-changed. There is a caveat for the Igbo to get  power and that is pitching their tent with APC. Do you see APC ruling Nigeria for eight years with the state of the country and the economy? APC will rule Nigerian for many years to come. Do you see Bola Tinubu, national leader of your party, leaving to form a mega party? I can assure you that Asiwaju can never leave APC.One cannot build a house and destroy it overnight. It is our duty to make APC succeed. Mega party is a figment of imagination of some people. If we  leave the APC, how do you want Nigerians to take us serious? Don’t forget where we were coming from- AD, AC, ACN. Asiwaju is done with forming new parties.


 I can assure you that Buhari will rule this country for eight years. And those complaining now will come to eat the humble pie. What President Buhari planned for Nigeria was what Singaporean ex-President, Lee Kuan Yew, did for his country. It is sad that people don’t believe in foundation and it is that foundation that determines the longevity of the structure.

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U.S EMBASSY MISSION GRANTS(YAAN BENUE) STORMS BENUE-WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME(TRAINING AND WORKSHOP)

YAAN is a group of youth from the KL-YES program who are committed to making the change they want to see in their society as well as that which will bring development and support to the society through empowerment.They carry out community service projects and offer voluntary services.

                                                               IRIS TEAM PHOTO

This empowerment program of 2017 is sponsored by the UNITED STATES embassy through their mission grant program,they project goal is to empower the women financially through an entrepreneurship training program that will teach them

• HOW TO MAKE LIQUID SOAP
  
• HOW TO MAKE VASELINE
  
• HOW TO MAKE SHAMPOO

with the aim of aiding them start up a business with the knowledge of how to make all the above mentioned products to help carter for themselves and support their children in school.

They Empowerment program is going to last for a period of  3 month which began MARCH 2017 and will  end by MAY 2017...an approximated number of 60 participants is recorded,training will be in 3 batches of 20 participants each.

The people of Nyambee community of North Bank will ever remain grateful for being lucky to have had such an opportunity.their words of appreciation has never ceased since the beginning of the IRIS program.

DURING THE IRIS TRAINING

GALLERY OF THE TRAINING 

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Drama in Abuja, as police deny arresting Peace Corps boss

  - The Nigeria police force has said it did not infringe on the rights of Dickson Akoh who is the bss of the Nigerian Peace Corps - Police also denied sealing off the National Headquarters and State offices of the Peace Corps The Nigeria Police Force in a counter affidavit dated 22nd March 2017, and deposed to, before a Federal High Court in Abuja; has absolved itself of any wrong doing in its dealings with the Nigerian Peace Corps. Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had on Thursday, 16th March, 2017, issued a 12-day ultimatum to the Nigeria Police, to give reasons for the arrest, harassment and detention of Akoh and 49 others. In a 20-paragraph counter affidavit submitted to the Court on Wednesday, 22nd March, and signed by one Sgt. Philip Tumba of a CID unit, FCT Command, the police alleged that the peace corps was police alleged that the peace corps was "organizing military like training" for its officers. "None of the applicants or any person whatsoever was manhandled, brutalized or harassed or intimidated by any of its personnel as falsely claimed. Drama in Abuja, as police deny arresting Peace Corps boss "The Respondents did not invade or brutalized the applicants but only went to a suspected scene of crime in the lawful performance of its statutory duties to carry out investigation", the counter affidavit reads in part. READ ALSO: Soldiers step in as Delta community protests against Chevron over electricity supply While also denying the sealing off of the National office of Peace Corps, the police said, " The Respondents only cordoned a scene of crime to secure it for further and detail investigation". NAIJ.com gathered that the force totally disagreed with the affidavit submitted by the Incorporated Trustees of Peace Corps of Nigeria in support of its originating summon, that the rights of Akoh and the 49 others was trampled upon. It could be recalled that, the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Security (DSS) raided the National Office of Peace Corps on Tuesday, 28th February, 2017, arresting the National Commandant, Akoh and 49 others. They were allegedly detained at the Police facilities for 3 days, without food, water and the young nursing mothers among them were denied access to their babies, for the period of detention. According to Daily Post 6 of the Peace Corps Officers were physically tortured during the arrest and 3 were lying critically unconscious at the National Hospital, Abuja. A visit to the Trauma Unit at the National Hospital by Journalists on Wednesday, 1st March, 2017 also confirmed the admission of those who sustained injuries from Police brutality. Addressing Journalists at the National Hospital, the Spokesperson for the hospital management, Dr. Tayo Armstrong, said "in our investigation, we were told that they were working for Peace Corps, and that, the Police came to assault them, that's why they sustained injuries. "As a responsive hospital, we immediately admitted them into our trauma centre, so we could promptly attend to their health issues. As I speak to you, they are still in trauma centre". Irked by the seemingly violation of their rights, the Incorporated Trustees of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, through former Attorney General of Nigeria, Kanu Agabi (SAN), dragged the Nigeria Police and DSS to Court, demanding for N2bn compensation. In a swift reaction, the Nigeria Police also slammed the Peace Corps with a 90-count charge, demanding for N1.4bn. The 2 suites are currently being heard by Justice Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja. At the time of this report, The National Commandant who surrendered himself to Police had been in detention since last Sunday as all efforts by eminent Nigerians including legal practitioners to secure administrative bail for him from Police have been rebuffed.

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VIDEO:FLIGHT VEHICLE BURNS TO ASHES DUE TO DRIVER'S CARELESSNES.(MKD)

A FLIGHT VEHICLE COMING FROM GBOKO TO MAKURDI HAD ALREADY ARRIVED TOWN WHEN THE ENGINE OVER HEATED AND A LITTLE FIRE CAME UP,BUT THE DRIVERS CARELESSNESS NEVER PERMITTED HIM TO APPLY CAUTION IMMEDIATELY. THIS  LED TO SUCH A DISTRUCTION.THIS TOOK PLACE AROUND SOME MINUTES PAST SIX ON SATURDAY 18 2017 OPPOSITE B.S.U.

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The Truth About Sarkodie Death Hoax

Read the truth about Sarkodie death hoax. .

Its all over the news that Ghanas Fastest Rapper confirmed dead in Johannesburg, South Africa following a shooting incident at the Movida Club in Sunninghill last night.Shot according to a fake website.Fans Sarkodie didn't take this viral news likely at all.


Loyal Fans of sarkodie have been been wondering whether theirrkodie favorite rapper is still alive or dead. Meaning the hash-tag ” sarkodie dead ” has been trending and news about sarkodie’s death have seen many interest. Many are still wondering if Sarkodie is really dead , many cant still believe sarkodie is dead.

In what turned out to be a hoax, the amorphous website (meganews360) either faked the news to attract readership to boost hits or was grossly misinformed by a source of which I doubt


In the Internet era, an arm of journalism that focuses on fake news is emerging. This trend of fake news is more prominent in the US, Europe and Asian countries. While some fake news is produced purposefully by bloggers seeking to make money from advertising, false information can also arise from misinformed social media posts by regular people that are seized on and spread through a hyper blogosphere.

Source: http://www.gbagan.com.ng/2017/03/is-sarkodie-really-dead-read-truth.html?m=1#more

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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has given Fulani herdsmen in Tombo-Mbalagh, Buruku Local Government Area of the state a two-day ultimatum to leave the community.

The order was given by the governor on Monday in Tombo-Mbalagh during a visit to ascertain the casualties and damage inflicted on the community by herdsmen.
Ortom’s visit is coming on the back of the recent attacks on the community by the cattle rustlers during the weekend.
Speaking on the attacks, the Sole Administrator for the council area, Mrs Justina Sorkaa, said eight bodies have been recovered, while three persons are missing.
Sorkaa’s account was contradicted by the state police commissioner, Bashir Makama, who insisted that six persons died in the attack.
Ortom said that he had directed security agencies as a matter of urgency to lead herdsmen out of the area for peace to reign.
He said the herdsmen must leave since they were not welcomed by the unarmed inhabitants of the area.
It is understood that majority of the resident in the state were disarmed through the amnesty programme executed by the Ortom administration in 2015.

”Some of the displaced persons have moved in with their relations in Buruku town and those who do not have anywhere to go are with us in an improvised IDP camp here at St Peter’s Anglican Primary School, Imenger,”the Sole Administrator, Mrs Justina Sorkaa said.

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Buhari’s tenure may end democracy in Nigeria – Clergy

….says Nigeria will not break.               

            Daud Olatunji

 

 

 

 

ABEOKUTA-The President of Pentecostal Sanctuary Bible Ministries Worldwide, Prophet Sunday Iyunade has predicted a possible end to the reign of democracy in Nigeria after the administration of Muhammadu Buhari.The prophet who had predicted theemergence of Donald Trump as thePresident of the United States of America, the recession being experienced in Nigeria among other prophesied that hardship in the country may continue for the next four years.He said this in Ijebu-Ode while addressing newsmen at a press conference heralding the 21st anniversary and 15th convention ofthe Ministry , Prophet Iyunade called on Nigerians to pray against threats to democracy.He said ” I had prophesied before the 2015 elections, some doubted, but, it came to pass. I told you about the first three month of enjoyment after Buhari’s election and what will happen in the remainder of his tenure which we are experiencing now .“This government will work towards one party system. There isnot much hope for democracy in this regime as we will not operate democratic system. For now, election has been suspended in Nigeria as the choice of the people will not be reflected on the throne.“We need to pray for political stability and must pray against threat to political stability as there will be threats to democracy. We need to seriously pray for our governments and politics to survive as various new dimensions of crisis will emerge in this dispensation.“The government will disorganise all the democratic strictures they met on ground and will set up another structure. The government will pocket Nigeria and rule with a mighty, powerful, iron and steel hand and very soon, Nigerians will ask God questions and many will moan under this government. This is because there will be a repeat ofthe Roman Empire rule in Nigeria.“The government will depreciate the economy and power to rule.”Speaking further, the prophet who highlighted the shortcomings of the government lamented that the Treasury Single Account has killed the Nigerian economy.“The little Nigeria makes has been buried by putting all onto one account, TSA. The money that ought to be increasing has been decreasing in the account. The TSAhas killed the Nigerian economy. The government has borrowed almost 14 trillion naira ever since they came to office”.While rolling out prophesies, he said that the southern and southwestern Nigeria will experience marginalisation and plotical failure while the international bussiness profit will be trippled encouraging Nigerians to invest in foreign businesses.Meanwhile, he said that the church has been praying for the President’s survival and completion of tenure, noting that everyone is prone to sickness.He however, affirmed that no matter the efforts made by different regions, Nigeria will not break warning that any tribe that tries to break will go, into extinction.

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I beat my wife when she flouts my instructions, husband tells court

Akure – An estranged husband, Clifford Monday, on Wednesday admitted in an Akure Customary Court that he only beat his wife, Bukola, whenever she flouted his instructions.
Clifford made this known when he testified in a divorce petition filed by the wife.
He told the the court that Bukola was the main cause of the misunderstanding they had in the union.



He also admitted he destroyed his wife’s property, adding that his wife used tricks to extort money from him.
Ealier, the petitioner, urged the court to dissolve the 11-year-old marriage for alleged constant beating, drunkenness, promiscuity and insensitivity to her.
Bukola gave an instance when the respondent beat her during her second pregnancy to stupor and attempted to abort the pregnancy but her mother intervened.
She said that the respondent always raised suspicion on all her movements, and had abandoned her and the three children of the marriage.
The President of the court, Mr Ayodele Omotola, held that the evidences before the court showed there was no marriage between the two parties.
Omotola noted that the court’s priority and consideration were on the products of the union.
He, therefore, dissolved the union and ordered the respondent to pay N10,000 monthly to the court for the upkeep of the children.
He further said that the respondent would be responsible for the education of the children.
The president awarded custody of the children to the petitioner and gave the respondent unhindered access to the children.
He said that both parties would be responsible for the medical and clothings of the kids.

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Why I Let Bassey Suck Me – Coco Ice #BBNaija

Coco Ice real name Moji, evicted on Sunday has revealed the reason she allowed Bassey to suck her breast.


Coco Ice shocked the entire country when she brought her breast out live on TV during a dare-game at the house.
She told Linda Ikej TV, the reason she allowed Bassey have a taste of her nipple is because she doesn’t like to be dared. Coco says she didn’t remember what happened the next day because she didn’t see it as a big deal. She also revealed she was evicted because she was a threat adding that she had a crush on Bally.
Watch the full interview below
 

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Largest Church Auditoriums In Nigeria – PHOTOS!

The Christian religion is one of the most popular religions on the planet and churches are springing up on daily basis. Nigeria has been ranked as one of the countries with the highest number of churches and one with one of the highest devotes as well.

This lovely Sunday afternoon, we take a look at 5 of the churches with the biggest church building/auditorium that can accommodate the most people. Continue below to see which church made the list, and don’t forget to share your thoughts with us on which church you think shouldn’t have made this list or the ones who should’ve made it. Happy reading!

1. The Redeemed Christian Church of God [R.C.C.G]
The Redeemed Christian Church of God has the world’s biggest auditorium. The facility can accommodate more than a million worshipers at a time. The auditorium, which was opened by the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, was built at a cost of $60 million (about N7.7 billion).The auditorium, which is floored with marble is sited on a vast tract of land within the Redemption Camp. The large auditorium is built with steel and cement fibres.
It sits atop over 40,000 hectares of land and stretches as far as Sagamu, Ogun State. Its current worth is put at N200 billion.

2. Mountain Of Fire and Miracles Ministry [M.F.M]
The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, (MFM) founded by Dr. Daniel Olukoya is one of the largest Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria and has one of the largest church auditoriums in the world with a seating capacity of 500,000.

The firebrand ministry became famous when it joined the league of churches who own camp grounds along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. Popularly known as ‘Prayer City’, at Kilometre 1, Lagos Expressway, Ogun State.
The auditorium, which is fashioned after the Redemption Camp could accommodate over 500,000 worshippers, with an overflow of 250,000.

 
3. Living Faith Church World Wide [Winner’s Chapel]
Living Faith Church World Wide, also known as Winners’ Chapel, and its affiliated international churches known as Winners Chapel International is one of the biggest churches in Nigeria today.
The church which was founded by its presiding Bishop, David Oyedepo with headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. The Faith Tabernacle, is a 50,000 seat church auditorium, reported at one time to be the largest church auditorium in the world by the Guinness Book of Records, which has an overflow capacity of 250,000.

“The international headquarters of Winners Chapel is called Faith Tabernacle. It covers about 70 acres (280,000 m2) and is built inside an over 10,500-acre (42 km2) church complex called Canaanland, the international headquarters of the ministry in Ota, a suburb of Lagos.

 

4. The Apostolic Church
The Apostolic Church is also one of the biggest churches in the country today having several millions of branches all over the country.

After about 25 years of construction work, the multimillion Naira National Temple of The Apostolic Church Nigeria, TAC, touted as the largest church in the world, was inaugurated in Lagos. Sited at the international ground of the Church in Ketu, the newly dedicated temple has a sitting capacity of 100,000 worshippers at a time.

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BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY APPROVED ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2016/2017 ACADEMIC SESSION FOR REGULAR STUDENTS/SOME ASPECTS OF SANDWICH - FIRST SEMESTER

S/NO	DATE	EVENT	DURATION/REMARKS
1.	Monday, 20thFebruary, 2017- Friday, 3rdMarch, 2017	Screening/Registration of Fresh Students	2 weeks
2.	Monday, 27thFebruary, 2017- Friday, 3rdMarch, 2017	Registration for Returning Students	1 week
3.	Monday 6thMarch, 2017- Friday, 10th March, 2017	Late Registration/Lectures	1week
4	Monday 13th March, 2017	Departmental Boards meet on Second Semester 2015/2016 Session Undergraduate Results	1 week after resumption.
5	Monday 20th March, 2017	Faculty Boards Meet on Results	2 weeks after resumption.
6	Monday 27th March, 2017	Departmental Postgraduate Committees meet on Results	3 weeks after resumption.
7	Thursday 30th March, 2017	Senate meets on Undergraduate Results	3.3 weeks after resumption.
8	Monday 3rd April, 2017	Faculty Postgraduate Committee meets on Results	4 weeks after resumption.
9	Monday 10th April, 2017	Postgraduate School Board meet on Results	5 weeks after resumption.
10	Thursday 13th April, 2017	Senate Meets on Postgraduate Results	5.3 weeks after resumption.
11	Monday 13th March, 2017- Thursday 6thApril, 2017	LECTURES	3.3 Weeks
12	Friday 7th April, 2017 - Friday 21st April, 2017	Easter break/Sandwich Lectures	2 Weeks
13.	Thursday 6th April, 2017	Add/Drop Electives	End of Add/Delete Electives
14.	Friday 28thApril, 2017	Matriculation of Fresh Students	8.3 Weeks after Commencement of Lectures
15.	Monday 8th May, 2017- Friday 12th May, 2017	Continuous Assessment/Lectures	1 Week
16.	Monday 24thApril, 2017- Friday 9th June, 2017	LECTURES	7 WEEKS
17.	Monday 12th June, 2017- Wednesday 14th June, 2017	Semester Examination: GST/EPS Courses	0.3 Week
18.	Thursday 15th June, 2017- Saturday 30th June, 2017	Other Undergraduate Courses	2 Weeks
19.	Monday 3rd July, 2017- Saturday 15th July, 2017	Semester Examination Postgraduate Courses	2 Weeks
20.	TOTAL DURATION		18 Weeks

National public holidays: 8th March, Women’s day, 14th and 17th April, Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively, 1st May, Workers day, 27th May, Children’s day, 29th May, Democracy day and 26th June, Eid-el-Fitri. These dates are subject to confirmation by the Federal Government.  

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VALENTINE'S DAY REPORT.

Attention please did you guys notice hammatan (cool weather) on 14th?....I was even thinking is an Xmas period....... Well that's by the way and that brought us to another editing captioned
VALENTINE'S DAY REPORT.
(1) Engagements .........12%.
(2) Heart breaks ........95%.
(3) Wife caught cheating ........69%.
(4) Husband caught cheating ......79%.
(5) Condom sales .........99%
(6) Fast food sales ........89%
(7) Visit to Motherless Babys' Homes, prisoners/ cells, beggars/destitutes .........2%.
(8) Girls in hospital over Love........60%
(9) Boys in hospital over Love.......5%
(10) Girls arrested for fighting over Boys.......69%.
(11) Boys arrested for fighting over Girls.......10%
(12) Husbands beating wives in public....... 1002 still counting
(13) Pregnancy ......... 39,572.
(14) Number of switched off phones on Feb 14 2017.... 9 million .
The research teams are still taking statistics....
Will keep you all Updated
Val is finally over noni

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UAE’s Football Association Wants Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan To Cut His Hair by Prince Jacon

Footballers have been known to experiment with their hairstyles for as long as we can remember. As children we looked up to them – making sure our barbers styled our hair to match our favourite footballers.
Even though we turned out just fine, the United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA) is of the opinion that there are certain hairstyles that can corrupt children. For that reason, they are calling out Ghanaian football star, Asamoah Gyan, for his “unethical hair”.

(Photo: ESPN)

According to BBC, Gyan who is on loan to Al Ahli F.C., is not alone in this. Like him, 45 foreign players in the country have been issued warning letters by the association to get rid of their hairstyles, which go against some Islamic teachings banning the partial shaving off one’s head.
Match officials in the country are concerned about children copying the hairstyles. On these grounds, a referee can stop a player from taking part in a match. It doesn’t end there: if Gyan and the other players don’t comply with the directive, the UAEFA will fine them and, probably, have them suspended.
We’re not going to judge, but…

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